A/N: I apologize if the last few chapters sounded the same. Was trying to get a proper build-up.

-17 days since Alien Arrival-

Saitama and Eyonae were once again retreating towards her ship after another fight. The bald hero, who had finished the fight when he punched Eyonae's bottom half clean off, was forced to endure Eyonae holding onto his neck with her arms until they either reached the ship or her legs grew back. Whichever came first. Luckily, he didn't mind lending her his cape to wrap around her waist and give her some decency.

"Hey...that area back there...did you fight something there before?" she asked in a tired voice.

"Yeah. I had a match against Genos since he wanted to fight me." Saitama replied as he walked. "Why'd you ask?"

"Considering how strong you are...I figured that only you could blow a hole through a mountain of sheer rock of that size...and have it keep going through the mountain a fair distance away." she explained from what she observed about the area before their fight.

"Oh." he replied as he kept on walking in the direction of their ship. Not wanting to hurt her any further after the fight was over, he opted to just take his time and walk at a lazy pace. "By the way, how long will it take for your legs to grow back?"

"A couple of hours." she replied.

"That long?" Saitama asked curiously. "So, you can't just make them grow back in an instant?"

Eyonae made to respond, but paused as she ran that last question through her mind before sighing.

"How much power was my father using when he grew whatever limb back?" she asked.

"I think he said he was using his full power." Saitama replied, a look of thought across his blank features. "Actually, his arm grew back just before his whole body turned white."

"That's the Meteoric Burst technique. It brings out incredible power to those that can use it, but it's always a double-edged sword." Eyonae explained.

"Really? How so?" Saitama asked as he finally entered into a populated area, causing the onlookers to freeze at the sight of the Caped Baldy carrying the alien leader on his back.

"Because it uses too much power for the body to handle. Even my father rarely used it since it shortened his lifespan. I can't use it without vomiting most of my insides." she said as he walked on before her eye turned to the various people around them. "Heh. That's different."

"What is?" Saitama asked as some people ahead of him parted to make room for him to walk by.

"They're not running or shouting for their lives." she said as she took in their stunned looks of shock.

"Hey, you're right. Maybe they got tired of it?" Saitama guessed.

"I highly doubt that's the reason." Eyonae sighed in a bored tone. "And before I forget, I can't grow my limbs back that fast. My father was...far more gifted than most, if not all, of my planet's people."

"Oh. Sorry, I tuned out most of what he said when he began saying how I was fighting a losing battle." Saitama answered with a bored look on his face. "Anyway, it'll take awhile to get there. Unless you can handle me running. What do you think?...Eyonae?" He stopped when she finally answered with...

"Zzzzzzz."

"Hey! Wake up!" he said as he shrugged his shoulders a few times, jostling her awake.

"Huh? What?!" she asked as she looked around in confusion. "What happened?"

"You fell asleep." he responded with a look over his shoulder, earning a groan from Eyonae. "Now that I think of it, you were really slow this fight."

"I've...not been sleeping well." she grumbled before turning away. "Why do you care anyway?"

"Just asking." he replied with a shrug. Eyonae only grumbled as she rested her head on his back.

"Hey! Bald Guy!"

Saitama and Eyonae turned towards the direction of the new voice before looking down at the group of children scowling up at them.

"Yeah, you!" the child in front yelled as he pointed up at them. "What are you doing?!"

"Huh?" Saitama responded while blinking in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

"I mean what are you doing carrying that alien around?! Shouldn't you be doing your job and destroying her?!" the child asked, followed by similar shouting from the other children.

"Yeah! Beat her up!"

"Make her leave our planet!"

As the shouting of the little children continued, despite some of their parents coming up and trying to get them to stop, Eyonae shut her eye and just let the insults come. It wasn't anything new to her. Many other species and worlds would do the same and scream for her to leave, most of them begging out of fear that she'd come to slaughter them like her father had done to many other worlds.

"Why?"

Silence filled the air as everyone stared at Saitama in suprise. Eyonae was stunned as well, though all she did was open her eye in confusion.

"What do you mean 'why?!' That's what heroes do! They beat up monsters and bad guys, right?!" another child yelled.

"Yeah, they do. But I can't do that now." Saitama replied. The faces they made clearly spoke their increasing confusion at his answer. "She's not a monster, she's an alien. There's a difference. And I can't attack her since she hasn't done anything wrong anyway. If I did, then I'd be the bad guy." The children, and other civilians, all stared at Saitama's reasoning before a child tried to find her voice.

"But...s-she..." the little girl stammered out, her shaking finger pointing at Eyonae.

"That's it." Saitama sighed under his breath at their attempt to find a reason to finish Eyonae before looking out at the crowd, a serious look on his face.

"Listen up!" Saitama shouted, making everyone jump at the sudden tone. "You can all yell and be angry at what happened to City A! You can curse and swear and rant on and on about how horrible it was, or how tragic it was for those that died and those who lost someone in the blast! There's nothing wrong with that! But all of it was caused by her father and the aliens that came on that first ship, not her! None of us have the right to be angry with her for something she didn't do! It wasn't Eyonae that came to our world not that long ago and attacked out of nowhere! If you're gonna be angry with her, at least find a legitimate reason to do so! If not, shut your mouth and leave her alone!"

Everyone within earshot was left speechless at the bald hero's outburst, their mouths wide open in awe at his words, even as he walked away with Eyonae still clinging to his neck.

-Later at H.A. HQ-

"If not, shut your mouth and leave her alone!"

Everyone inside the meeting room were watching the video footage from earlier that day play from the screen, their jaws also as slack as those of the civilians on the screen.

"Seriously? When are they going to let it go already?" Saitama spoke up from on screen a few minutes after walking away from the crowd.

"He honestly expects the population to simply forget the devastation of City A at the hands of aliens?" asked a female executive.

"I think he's just sticking to the fact that the group of aliens currently on earth weren't responsible for City A's destruction." Child Emperor said around his lollipop as they watched the video play on. Some of the executives looked ready to argue-

"Why?"

-only for Eyonae to speak up so quietly, it was practically a whisper. Her face was obscured by her hair, so they couldn't see her expression as she continued.

"Why do you keep doing that?"

Everyone watching stayed quiet as they watched Saitama stop walking and look over his shoulder at her.

"Doing what?"

"Why do you keep defending me?" she asked, her tone still barely a whisper. "Is it because your one of this planet's heroes?" No one said anything as they watched the bald hero stare back at her for a second before looking forward again.

"No." he answered, making a few of the executives blink.

"Then why?!" Eyonae asked, her grip visibly tightening around the hero's neck.

"Simple. Whether I was a hero or not, defending someone innocent is the right thing to do."

No one could think of what to say to that. Some, like the bearded worker, cracked a small smile at the hero's words. Other members simply scowled, unable to come up with anything to counter the hero.

"...take me to my ship." Eyonae demanded, though her voice was still quiet as she further tightened her grip. "Now!" The bald hero merely blinked before disappearing from view, the camera following her tracking ring as fast as it could fly. The video was suddenly cut off by Child Emperor, the young hero sighing as he licked his lollipop.

"By the time the drone reached the ship, she was already inside, the area vacant of anyone human or otherwise." C.E. explained. "If that's all you want, I'll be signing out now." He didn't even give them a chance to say anything before his screen went dark, leaving them to sigh in aggravation.

-With Child Emperor-

The young hero silently sat alone, his mind racing with thoughts of all the video footage he'd seen, those that he shared and those that he hadn't, the bald hero's constant defense of the alien leader, and Eyonae herself. After a few minutes of silence, he typed a few keys before his monitor brought up the faces of Pig God and King. A sound of a phone ringing was heard before the word 'CONNECTED' came up for Pig God, followed shortly by King.

"Pig God. King." Child Emperor greeted from his room.

"Hello, Child Emperor." Pig God answered, his voice muffled by whatever food he was eating.

"Hello." King answered. "Is something wrong?"

"I'm calling about the alien leader." Child Emperor stated. When neither answered, he continued. "Both of you spent a separate day escorting her around a different city. In disguise with King, and publicly with Pig God."

"Correct."

"Yeah."

"Well, I just showed the latest footage of her to the Hero Association. The Caped Baldy stood up for her when the city wanted her head on a platter...again." the young hero said the last word with a groan before snapping back to serious. "I've watched all the footage, but now I'm curious about what you both think of her." Silence came up from both ends, or at least King's end since the sound of chewing came from Pig God's end.

"Personally, I don't think she's as bad as everyone's making her out to be." King finally answered. "While disguised, she helped a little girl try to find her mother. As we were searching, the little girl told me that Eyonae had lost her parents, and that she didn't wish for the child to experience the same lonliness."

"Interesting." came Pig God's voice before an audible gulping sound was heard. "While she was with me, she was quiet and reserved. She barely reacted at all during that incident when that drunken woman threw food on her and demanding that I do something about her."

Child Emperor nodded to himself as he listened to their reports while bringing up a file on his computer. He made a copy of the file, had the sending adress specify the two heroes...and stared at the screen. On the file was video footage of Eyonae alone, her emotions freely being expressed in isolation. He had been wondering if it was a good idea to show the rest of the Association these files, or to still keep them a secret. Finally, he made a decision.

"Pig God...King...Can I trust you two to keep a secret?"

-On the ship-

A few of the crew were carrying Eyonae back to her room to let her recover from her injuries. They would have moved her to the medical bay if she hadn't of ordered them to take her to her room to be left alone. They complied, set her on her bed, and left her in peace. The cycloptic alien simply gazed at the ceiling, her mind repeating Saitama's words on an endless loop. Each time buzzing louder in her head.

"That...bastard!"

And each time sending waves of fury throughout her entire being. Her fists clenched to the point of drawing blood as she ground her teeth, her one eye slowly narrowing, veins practically bulging as more and more of them appeared. She didn't even feel it when her teeth broke under the strain as she slammed her fist into the wall, denting the metal and circuitry underneath.

"Tomorrow...win, or lose." she snarled to herself. "I'm. Ending. This!"