Chapter 11- Erupt.
Garou stayed at her side as long as he could. But he had to leave from time to time. What happened between himself and the wyrm god was not settling with him. The pains he has been battling have only gotten worst. He needs to find a place to settle himself down, but also out of the way of any civilians. The last thing he needs is to be blamed for a monster attack.
He looked to Star and whispered. "I'll be right back, I promise." Before leaving her bedside.
Meanwhile.
"Master, thank you again for the mock battle, I feel I have gotten stronger, but I know I am still a long ways to go from achieving your power."
Saitama gave an unusual smile. "Oh… yeah… but you have gotten stronger, well done Genos… Hey… who's that?"
From a distance, they saw him. Genos's eye zoomed in and saw the dark figure ahead. "It appears to be Garou… but according to his vitals, he is in great pain."
"Maybe we shouldn't bother him then…"
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
Saitama turned to Genos. With a sigh he said. "Okay, let's go see what's wrong with him."
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Garou couldn't contain it, he couldn't bare the pain any longer. He felt his body rebel against him and started to grow. He felt the demonic serpents pull away from him, detaching themselves from his body and limbs. He was doing everything he could to keep them contained, but was unable to control them. He began to fall apart, becoming a massive monsters without guidance, without purpose… without a conscious. Then he began to see things, images of his past self haunting him, fighting him to take control of his body. He couldn't face them all at once, was this the source of his anguish?
"Oh…"
Garou froze when he heard the voice come from behind him. He turned and saw Saitama and Genos staring right at him. Genos appeared to have fired up his weapons, ready to take aim if need be. Yet Saitama kept calm. "Ease Genos, he's not attacking us."
Genos slowly lowered his arm, but then asked. "Garou… what is happening?"
"I… I don't know," he said. "I… I can't control myself. I keep trying to control it, but I can't!"
Saitama was silent as he began to walk towards Garou. The monsters attached to the body began to stare at him, watching with great interest. "How long have you been suppressing this?" Garou shook his head, he couldn't answer. "Okay then, come on. On your feet."
Dread began to fill the former hero hunter. "You… you're taking me to the Heroes Association, aren't you?"
"Naw, I am going to tire you out!" Saitama said. "So come on, do your worst!"
"Master…"
"Relax Genos, I think he needs to blow off some steam. So I suggest you step back. Garou? You want to do this?"
Garou couldn't answer, instead, his mind began to slip. He unleashed a demonic howl and charged right at Saitama! One strike sent Saitama flying down the canyon. Another sent him skyward. Garou had no coordination, no technique, nothing that was his style of fight. It was a pure all out assault!
Genos could only watch on as the battle went on for a full half and hour. In that time, Garou began to slow down. He couldn't keep up with his barrage, or attacks. Saitama was no worst for wear. Instead he merely nodded. "Yeah, just like the last time. The bigger you got the weaker you got, that happens when you are not in full control of yourself. You weren't were you? If you were, this would have at least been interesting."
However, Garou wasn't shrinking, he wasn't settling himself down. He appeared to try and rally himself out for another fight. When he charged, Saitama put an end to it all, one slap across Garou's face sent him flying into the canyon walls.
Genos was quick to investigate as he sensed the vials change in Garou. When the dust cleared, they found him. He was back to his normal size but unconscious. "See, he needed to be tired out. No doubt he's been holding himself back for some time now."
"Master, how did you know?"
"Huh? Oh… Well... I didn't really. I just remember you telling me Silverfang saying Garou was a lot stronger since the last time the heroes faced him. I was curious. Silverfang wasn't lying."
Genos was stunned silent. "Oh… What do we do now? Do we report this?"
Saitama thought it over. "No, he wasn't harming anyone. But I think we may have to do this every so often just so he doesn't erupt in a public place."
Garou suddenly moaned, his eyes opened once again as he found himself covered in rock and dust. "Wh… What just happened?"
Saitama leaned down smiling. "You needed a break, so I gave you one. Come on, up you get." Helping Garou out of the rock pile, he shook himself off. But he felt a little better. The pain was gone that he was battling, yet a new one was known. Stiffness, bumps and scuff marks covered his body.
"Did we fight?"
"Meh, not really," said Saitama. "You went a little berserk though, I was explaining to Genos it was like the last time you and I fought. The bigger you got, the weaker you got. But in this case it was more like you couldn't control your own actions."
"Shit…" muttered Garou. But then, he realized something. "Genos… are you going to report me?"
He was silent for a moment, yet Genos turned to Saitama. "What do you think Master? We are to report anything unusual with Garou if such an event were to occur,"
Saitama shook his head. "He didn't do this on purpose, I forced him. So, this isn't unusual… We were sparring!"
Garou gave but a small smile. "Thanks… I think."
"Hey, if you want to again, let me know. You make this almost fun!"
"I'll keep that in mind…" Garou paused. "I have a favor to ask of you. Don't tell Star about this, or anyone else."
Saitama nodded. "No worries, not a word, right Genos?"
Genos was a little reluctant, but agreed since it was what his master asked of him. After dusting himself off, Garou took off once more. He had to get back to Star.
