Follow Me

Chapter 3 : A Hard Time

Note : Many spoilers in this one. Please finish the manga first if you don't want spoilers ahead of you, not that it's necessary if you don't really like the show or just bored. I'm gonna censor one name here, and it's up to you to find out whose name it is. This takes place after the "man" and Saitama fought according to the webcomics, well, 1 month after.

The sunset made a spectacular reflection against the pond, making it very bright, meanwhile, two beings sat on a public chair, next to each other. The first one being an ordinary kid, the second being is a tall man with a V shaped, tall hair, he is also very muscular. The man seems very interested in the comic that the kid is reading.

"Hey brat, how you doing?" The man asked the child in a convincing tone, flexing in front of him.

"Hey! You're back! How did you do it though?" The kid exclaimed, giving a smile.

"Do what?" The man replied, taking a look at the comic the kid is reading.

"How did you came back without a single scratch?" The kid asked while flipping pages in his comic.

"Oh, that's just my way. Seeing that bald headed guy take up on me, I feel like I could take him on again, I've trained so hard though." The man spoke, glaring at his muscular arms.

"That's nice, hey, that guy's name is Caped Baldy, A Class ranked 39th." The kid replied, giving the man a confused look.

"Tell me more." The man asked, making a smirk then at the same time, a confused glare.

"It's said that many are speculating around him. He made a debut 70 days ago, started as the lowest rank in C Class, then shot himself up to the fifth in one swoop by helping S Class Heroes destroy a meteor in City Z, ranked up to B Class 48 days ago, participated in the Alien Invasion, then ranked up to A Class 7 days ago."

"Hmm, what a weird coincidence." The man cracked his knuckles and stretched his back, having a horrifying look.

"He may be, the most powerful man I've ever met, but he still can't defeat me thorougly with my techniques. Thanks brat, and go home." The man said, giving the kid a pat on the head.

"Hey! No problem." The kid replied, flipping pages on his comic.

As the man walked away, he paused for a second.

"By the way, thanks for letting me get away." The man gave a thumbs up then continued to walk.

The kid stared in awe, realizing he saved a man who wants to be a monster. He then followed what the man told him to, to go home.

Meanwhile, under a curved bridge, Saitama is walking with the empty bag in his back, thinking he is now content with the situation he faced, his worryings has been ended, seeing now the esper can eat, no wait, of course, she already ate! Why didn't she?! At the least thing, that's what he thought. He just wasted his time, making an unreasonable attempt to get the food she was supposed to eat after their lame challenge thing isn't entirely necessary, but why did he even do it? Is it an automatic instinct? Maybe... no. It's something more important than that... something more special.

"If I'm facing this crisis of mine, of having no feelings, then why did I do that kind of thing...?" Saitama thought as he paused walking for a second.

"It's maybe my own instinct to care about someone, just like I'd let Genos live in my apartment..." He then continued walking again.

"Wait, I also put in mind that she is the top 2 in S Class... why'd I do something like that for an S Class... S Classes can already take care of themselves..." Saitama quickened his paced, doing a walk-run.

"So why did I do that... for her specifically?" Saitama thought, as he is now running...

"Do I..." Saitama threw his backpack, smirking.

"Have like, feelings now?" He stopped running, as he is on top of the bridge.

"Ugh, why am I even doing this." He gave a bored look, jumping down from the bridge.

"I guess I do it because I want to..." Just as he was about to continue walking, he is stopped by two creatures.

"Excuse me Sir..." A small black... dog-creature or whatever patted Saitama's back.

"Who are you!?" Saitama recoiled, seeing the dog creature and a dog with 6 eyes, all vertical, standing there.

"Sir, can I live in your home, me and my friend here are looking for homes apparently." He spoke in a decent manner, his weird-eyed dog barked happily, well, not until Saitama declined.

"No, and stop calling me Sir please." Saitama continued walking, only to be stopped again.
"Alright then, Boss it is! Please Boss, we really want a home to stay, you can make us your pets." The dog creature said, trying to urge Saitama to accept.

"I said no, my house is filled with people everytime, and stop calling me boss." Saitama continued walking, leaving the two creatures aside.

"Darn it, we should try harder to find information about that guy." The dog creature spoke to his dog, giving an angry bark.
"Hey, hey! I'm not the target here, he is!" he mimicked a "NO" sign to the dog, which the creature acknowledged properly.
"We should already start, or else he'll fire us." The dog creature said in a menacing tone, glaring at the bald headed guy at the distance.

Saitama opened the door with the keys, only to find it open. He opened the door silently, seeing there's someone inside other than Genos.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaygh." Saitama thought as he saw King's face, playing on the console again.

"Hey Saitama. How's it going?" King said, flicking the controller, of which he's playing a first-person shooter game.

"Hey King, good, how about you?" Saitama said as he laid down on his futon.

"Good, I am finally gonna defeat the Boss in Carnage Chronicles. You might wanna check this out." King said, while drinking soda.

"Oh, okay then." Saitama scooted next to King.
"Look, look, this is the part where it gets interesting..." King pointed into the screen where it seems a girl and a boy kissing.

"Eeeww, do you seriously like these stuff?" Saitama asked, patting King's back.
"Well, I am clearly an otaku for these things. I like anime, you know that don't you?" King said, drinking of what's left in his can.
"Hey, do you have an idea of where Genos might be?" Saitama asked, picking his nose.

"Oh, he's in the kitchen, doing something, he said it'll be a surprise." King spoke, flicking the controller much harder.

"A'ight, thanks." Saitama paced through the kitchen to find a busy Genos in front of the stove, he seems to be cooking something.

"Oooh, that smells good, Genos, what are you cooking? Is it udon?" Saitama asked, placing a hand over the cyborg's back.

"Master, feast your eyes on this!" Genos pummeled the hot soup over Saitama's face, which in his demise, this is the first time Genos had cooked something he isn't really told to.

"Oooooh! What is it!? It smells good!" Saitama said, drooling over in the soup.

"It is Hōtō, a popular regional dish that is said to have originated from City Y, made by stewing extremely flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though Hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it as the same type of soup because the dough is clearly different than that of the normal udon's noodles and prepared in a dumpling style, rather than noodles." Genos said in a complicated manner, atleast to Saitama's.

"I don't give a crap, let's EAT!" Saitama said excitedly, picking chopsticks, then sitting down quickly as Genos placed it on the table.

"Master, I made sure you get the best experience possible, I made other 16 bowls of this for your pleasure." Genos said confidently.
"Wait, so aren't you gonna eat?" Saitama said, picking the noodles in the chopsticks and eating it in a fast pace.

"No Master, I already ate to test its flavor. I also made sure I kneaded the dough with my bare hands to turn it softer, and I stretched it to dry. I also folded it and slashed it into several different parts and large pieces with my latest knife, installed by Dr. Kuseno. I added a small amount of gluten in it, and boiled a pumpkin into a miso soup to turn it into blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah."

"Please stop..." Saitama thought, giving a confused yet horrifying stare at the same time. Meanwhile...

"King, do you want to eat udon?!" Saitama spoke.
"Oh, please, I have been hungry for atleast the first hour I have been here." King stood up from his game, pausing it then pacing over in the kitchen.

Saitama stood up, getting another bowl of Hōtō. While King is getting annoyed by Genos, for his detailed information-giving about the soup.

"This is good." King said as he sucked the noodles unto his mouth.
"Yeah, he made it." Saitama gave King a reassured look, sucking the soup out of his bowl.
"He must be really good huh? Even for a cyborg." King spoke.

"You're damn right." Saitama said, finishing his first bowl.
"Most hōtō noodles are wider and flatter compared to regular udon noodles. Though it is a hearty meal on its own, it can be served with white rice in the same manner as miso soup. Some restaurants will serve hōtō with very thick, heavy noodles in large iron pots to bring about a voluminous feeling reminiscent of nabemono and other steamboat dishe-" Genos stopped, realizing he's sensing something, something suspicious.

"Thank god he stopp-" Saitama thought, getting interrupted by Genos again.

"Fast object or monster approaching in West." Genos said.

"Don't worry Master, you stay here and do your activity, meanwhile I check who it is." Genos said, glaring of what it seems to be an enemy.

Genos then quickly ran up to the door, hiding behind it. "I don't think this is an enemy, but if it is, I must eliminate it, or Master will get distracted." He then heard several knockings on the door, only to hear "Saitama? Are you home?"

"Oh, it's only Fubuki." Genos opened the door, greeting the young esper.

"Hey Genos, have you seen Saitama around?" Fubuki said in a decent tone, eating ice cream.

"Greetings Fubuki, he is here, eating udon." Genos smiled, mimicking the esper to go inside.

"Hey Fubuki! You hungry?!" Saitama shouted.

"No thanks, I already ate." Fubuki spoke, finishing her ice cream.

"What brings you here though?" Saitama said as he stood up, getting another set of udon.

"I don't know, I only paid a visit since I'm bored the hell out. No meetings, that's a cool part." Fubuki then stood up. "Do you know where's my sister?"
"Oh, she went unto another part of the country to work with those ad things.. *schoorlp*" Saitama said in a garbled manner, while eating udon. "You gotta try this out Fubuki! It's another type of udon! or should I say, A Class Udon!"

"Hmm, alright, I guess I can taste." Fubuki stepped into the table.
"Hey Genos! Get this girl a bowl of your epic food! *schlooorpfft*" Saitama then raised the bowl up his face to suck all the soup.
Genos then paced on the main dish bowl then proceeded to take a clear glass bowl with chopsticks, meanwhile, he flicked a hidden button on his hand then a loading bar appeared in his face, somewhat a recorder. He then stood up, scooping a large portion of the soup.

"This is my chance to uncover some hidden classified information, nothing is obscured through me when it comes to these situations..." He thought, placing the bowl in front of Fubuki.

"Woah, this is hot, is it good?" Fubuki asked, un-sticking the chopsticks.

"Hell yeah it's good!" Saitama finished another bowl.
"Yeah, it is good." King finished the question, rapidly eating the noodles.

"So what's the ad you're talking about Saitama?" Fubuki asked, gathering a good amount of noodles.

"I don't know, that Siccki guy or whatever his name is said so..." Saitama, again, filled his bowl with more udon and proceeded to eat it.

"Oh, you mean Shicchi, Master?" Genos asked, giving a confused look.

"Whatever." Saitama replied, giving an unnecessary boring look while dumping everything in the soup in his mouth.

"First time I've seen Tatsumaki work, must be tough on her." King said as he poured more into his bowl.
"Well, you know my sister, always mysterious, even for me, I don't know what she does all times." Fubuki replied, eating slowly.

"Huh, it gets me everytime." Saitama said, eating almost all of his udon on his bowl, meanwhile, Genos sat on the last end of the table.

"Gets you what?" Fubuki paused eating, staring at the bald headed person.
"Hey, I was gonna say that." King spoke, giving a comical glare.
"Whatever." Fubuki spoke.
"Everytime, I find her trying to kill me or something. Do I really look that dangerous?" Saitama asked, finishing up his bowl.

"Well, yeah, you are dangerous for starters..." Fubuki stated as she continued eating.

"Obviously, yes you are, even for that bald head of yours." King gave a snickered look, angering Saitama.

"HEY! That's not even the point here!" Saitama gave King a glare, while refilling up another set of soup. "Shoot, there's only three more servings left, King, how many times did you fill your bowl?"
"Four times." King answered.
"And you Fubuki?" Saitama turned to Fubuki, which in his surprise, answered...
"I didn't, this is the first bowl Genos gave to me." Fubuki said, as she continued to eat, much to Saitama's demise, her bowl didn't even reach it's halfway.

"Genos, didn't you say you made 16 bowls of udon?" Saitama turned to Genos.

"Yes I did Master, I made three for myself aside from the 16 bowls I made for you and the others." Genos gave Saitama an assured look.
"Huh, so if King filled four times, I filled in five times, then Fubuki only once... 4.. 5.. 6..7..-" Saitama's counting was interrupted by,

"10." Everyone except him said in unison, causing him to rage.
"Hey, I was about to get it!" Saitama shouted, giving an aura of anger.
"You're too slow... Sorry man." King gave a smirk, causing Saitama to say "SHUT UP!"

"It's true, there's only 3 servings left... what the.." Genos gave a confused look. "I am sure I made 16 bowls of these for Master and his companions, but where did the 6 bowls went..." He thought.

"It's fine, anyways, Fubuki, if you need more, there's the last 3, I won't eat anymore since I'm practically full." Saitama said, finishing his last bowl, giving a loud burp.
"Dang Saitama-bro, you can't do that in front of a lady." King gave Saitama a pat on the back.
"Well, sorry, anyways, I'll head outside for some exercise, a good way to digest my food." Saitama spoke.

"..." Fubuki gave a confused look, turning into the huge bowl.

"Where are we again?" Tatsumaki asked, as she stepped down from the staircase of the Heli-Pad.
The Chief of Operations of City Z's Hero Association's branch, McCoy, replied
"In Sydney, My dear Tatsumaki."

"Why are we here? I thought this is for the advertisement?" Tatsumaki asked, levitating.

"We are here for that reason." McCoy said, smirking.
"I don't see any film producers or make-up artists, what gives?" The esper spoke in a menacing way, now glaring.

"You'll see for yourself sooner or later." The man smirked, giving a really suspicious smile.

*Tun-dun-tur-un-tun-dun-dun, wun-pun-tun-bun-dun-dun-dudun-duuun-tun*

"Excuse me for a second." Tatsumaki paced over in another direction, bringing up her phone. "Who is this from?" Tatsumaki asked as she accepted a random call.
"Don't trust them, they're gonna make a big cash because of you. You're their only hope besides from Blast." A robotic voice said, giving the esper a creepy vibe.

"Who are you!?" Tatsumaki shouted.

"You'll know sooner or later." The robotic voice said in a deep pitch.

"You, how do you know where I am!?" The esper shouted, demanding of an answer.

"See the building at the West of your position? The one that has the poster of Colgate?" The robotic man said, urging Tatsumaki to look for it.

"I see it, why?"

"Do you see the flashing lights?" The robotic voice spoke in a detailed manner, while Tatsumaki tried squinting her eyes to see what she's looking for.

"Yeah, I do."

"Look, I'm not gonna do anything funny but you can trust me, if not, you can throw a rock at me right now." The robotic man spoke. "But, either way, if they do something funny to you, I'm gonna try to get you out of there."

"What something funny!?" The esper glared, making a yellow glow.

"Trust me, it will happen, either way if not, forget this. Also, you might wanna change outfits, that black dress of yours looks way to funny, and even if something peeks under it. *beep*" The robotic man hung up, making the esper really uncomfortable.
"YOU PERVERT! Wait, Hello? Hello!?" Tatsumaki's cheeks glowed a bright red, turning at the figure above the building, crushing her fist.

"This will be much harder than I thought it would..." with that, Tatsumaki went inside the building.

I am SO SORRY if this chapter took SO LONG to release! I had to make my projects in school, and yeah, you know how it goes.

Chapter 4 RELEASING TOMORROW!

Until then, see ya! :D

~CRY

BeniKaze : Not bad at all, the way you use caps and the italics for the speech kinda mess me up. Best wishes!

War : Finally a fanfic about these two... Saitama and tatsumaki are cute, i hate why people keep saying "She's a kid and could it be pedo" fuck that she was 28 years old, its not like she had a small body that she don't deserves to be with someone... And nice chapter, i will be waiting for the next chapter.

Guest : This was a interesting chapter, im impatient waiting for the next one, this looks to be a interesting story.

The Unknowing Herald : There's some small nitpicks I have with the story as a whole. The plot part of it is fine, and Saitama is just perfect, down to his personality and the humor. But Tatsumaki shouts way too much.

Like, using all caps implies actual screaming, Tatsumaki does not do that THAT often. It gets grating on the eyes and it gives off a bad vibe as a whole.
When it comes to Genos... c'mon dude, he's not THAT overprotective. This Genos feels more like a parody of canon Genos than actual Genos. If that's what you are going for here, more power to you, but just know that this Genos does not line up with the canon one if you think he does.

AnimeWatcher : I'll give you credit for making a fan-made expansion into the One Punch Man Universe with the subplot you've come up with, I can actually see 'One' (Author of One Punch Man) doing something similar with Bofoy.