-18 days since alien arrival-
"Hey, Boss! You're on the TV!" B.S. shouted from inside Saitama's apartment.
"Really?" Saitama asked curiously as he put his gloves on. He walked in and saw not only himself on the TV, but Eyonae as well clinging to his back. "Wait a minute. Isn't this from yesterday?"
"It is." B.S. confirmed. "I was watching TV since I got bored and was flipping channels, but stopped when I saw you. They've been playing this a lot since your little outburst at the crowd."
"Huh. Guess someone was recording it. Meh, whatever." Saitama responded with a shrug as he headed for the door to head out to the ship.
"Are you really not angry?"
The bald hero paused before turning his head to glance at B.S., who was looking up at him with an unreadable expression.
"A lot of people died that day. Anyone would be angry with her, whether she was responsible or not." B.S. said.
"It was horrible what happened to City A, but I meant what I said. We can't blame her for what happened." Saitama answered as he looked back at the door. "Besides, the ones who attacked are already dead." And with that, he left the room. B.S. simply stared at the door before hopping on the couch and began channel surfing.
"Good luck finding anyone who thinks that way." he muttered to himself before a knock came to the door. "Hmm?"
"Saitama? It's my turn to watch your pets, remember?" came a voice from the other side.
"Sounds like Chain 'n Toad. Oh...right. It's his day to take care of us." B.S. drawled.
-H.A. Executive Meeting Room-
"Status report?" Sitch asked his fellow executives. Ever since the video of Saitama defending Eyonae went public, phones had been ringing off the hook in the H.A. Some asked if it was a publicity stunt. Some asked why the Caped Baldy continuously defended the alien leader. And some...actually sounded like they felt sympathetic, though still angry.
"We're having a lot of trouble keeping up with the reports." another executive spoke up. "The video has really rattled a lot of people. Some of which have actually changed their opinion on the alien."
"Hmph. I doubt that it will make a dent in the general population's opinion of the aliens." scoffed a female executive.
"Still, this could be the beginning. As long as they don't do anything to provoke the public and behave themselves-"
The squinting executive's words were cut off when an H.A. grunt burst into the room, his breathing ragging as sweat poured down his face.
"Leader...AWOL...Baldy...Berserk!" the man panted out as he tried to get his breath back. Everyone stared at the man in shock before turning back to the squinting executive, who slowly closed his mouth.
-Saitama-
Saitama didn't know what happened. One moment he was walking up to Eyonae, who was already fully healed and standing outside her ship, and the next...
BOOOOOOM!
He was lying face up in a crater caused by Eyonae punching him to who-knows-where. He blinked for a moment before pulling himself out of the hole and looking around at the forest he was currently in.
"Where am I?" he asked himself before a noise invaded his ears. He looked around again as the sound started getting louder.
"That's weird." he mused to himself as he folded his arms over his chest. "That kinda sounds like..." he trailed off as the source of the noise came from above him, causing him to look up in mild surprise. "Screaming?"
"DIIIIIIEEEEE!"
Aaaand he was back in the dirt.
-H.A. HQ-
"And she just started attacking Caped Baldy when he arrived?!" the bespectacled worker asked, his voice slightly tinged with panic.
"Yes! She crushed the tracking ring when it was presented to her when she exited her ship and simply waited until he approached before sending him flying with a punch!" the H.A. grunt explained after getting some water.
"This doesn't make sense! From all the video footage we've seen and reports we've gotten from her Class S escorts, she should be wandering around another city with either the Caped Baldy or Class S hero instead of getting into another fight with the Class A hero so soon!" the bearded worker exclaimed.
"Maybe she's finally showing her true colors." another executive said with a slight tremble in his voice. That seemed to send a wave of panic through the rest of them.
"Get a drone in the sky! Find out where those two have gone! NOW!" ordered Sekingar.
The grunt was about to execute the orders, only for another grunt to run in and halt them all.
"We've got a problem!" they shouted.
-City V-
The Hero Association workers assigned to watch the ship began to panic as the ship itself began to rise into the air before speeding off towards an unknown direction.
"This...is not good."
-H.A. Executive Meeting Room-
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE SHIP TOOK OFF?!"
"Shortly after the alien leader attacked Caped Baldy, the ship's engines came to life. Not long after that, the ship flew off!" Grunt #2 wheezed.
"Which way was it heading?!" Sitch demanded.
"North-East! The same direction that the Caped Baldy was sent flying!" the grunt explained.
"Someone find out where the Caped Baldy and the alien leader-"
"TROUBLE!" shouted a third worker as he burst into the room looking like the first two that came before him, cutting off the executive mid-order.
"What could possibly be worse than what we've heard?!" shouted a female executive before a low rumbling shook the room. "...What was that?"
"...That was the sound...of the Caped Baldy...landing a mile away from H.Q." the third grunt whimpered. Everyone paled the moment the last word left the man's mouth.
"If they're here, and the ship was reported to be following them..." Sekingar started before turning to the three grunts. "SEAL OFF THE H.Q. AND CONTACT ALL CLASS S HEROES! RIGHT NOW!"
-Tatsumaki-
"Ugh! Nothing? No monster attacks?" Tatsumaki growled as she hovered over City U, growling her boredom to the air. "If something doesn't happen soon, I'm gonna-"
Ring! Ring!
The Class S hero was broken out of her ranting from her cellphone going off.
"This had better be good!" she grumbled as she flipped her phone out and answered. "Hello?"
"TATSUMAKI! HELP! THE ALIEN LEADER'S GONE BERSERK! SHE'S NEAR THE H.Q. ATTACKING THE CAPED BALDY AND HER SHIP IS HEADING THIS WAY! PLEASE COME AT ONCE!"
"Hmph! Only a matter of time before they snapped." she huffed before closing her phone and speeding off towards the Association H.Q.
-King-
"Ah. Nothing like the feeling of getting a new game." sighed the 'Strongest Man in the World' as he tore the plastic off a newly purchased RPG. "Hope the storyline's as amazing as the last one." He was two seconds from inserting the game before his phone went off, earning a tired sigh. "Hello?" he asked after answering. He listened to the frantic yelling on the other end before paling, his eye twitching as the news of a H.A. vehicle five minutes away to pick him up. He quietly hung up his phone...then whimpered as tears and sweat began to flood from him.
"...Why me?!"
-Pig God-
"Hello?" Pig God mumbled through his fourteenth sub sandwich, one hand holding his phone, the other holding his food. One warning later, he hung up, shoved the rest of his food into his mouth, and walked to a nearby waiter in the restaurant he was in.
"Hold the rest of my order until I get back." he said before dashing out of the exit.
-Child Emperor-
The young Class S watched the video screen showing the inside of the alien ship while riding inside the vehicle sent to retrieve him for an emergency summons. The sudden shouting coming from the surveillance spy bug earlier showed Eyonae storming out of her room prompted C.E. to switch the bug to manual mode to follow her. He didn't even bother to try and have the bug follow her after she jumped in the direction she'd sent the Class A hero flying, so he instead had it stay behind and watch the aliens left behind.
"What is she planning?" C.E. muttered to himself.
-Genos-
The young cyborg was pushing his systems to the max to arrive at H.Q., his mind ablaze with questions and concern.
'Why would the alien leader attack Master Saitama out of nowhere? Master has shown that his strength far surpasses hers. Could she have come up with a new strategy to win?' His eyes narrowed as he saw the Hero Association H.Q. come within range. More specifically, he saw the damage surrounding it. His sensors picked up a massive power surge just as another crater formed a ways away in front of him, forcing him to alter his course to avoid the fight. The moment he was a safe distance away, he began scanning the area for the two fighters.
"Where are they?" he asked himself as his sensors worked furiously to try and find his master and Eyonae.
"Having trouble keeping up with them?"
Genos turned to see Flashy Flash standing next to him, his eyes darting around in many directions as he effortlessly watched the fight take place.
"Yes. How is Master Saitama?" Genos asked after getting over the shock.
"He's fine." Flash said before narrowing his eyes. "But the alien leader...something's not right." Genos blinked before turning to the sound of Eyonae screaming, followed by his sensors detecting a massive spike in energy.
-Saitama-
The bald hero watched as Eyonae's body turned white, her hair entending down to her legs.
"METEORIC BURST!" she screamed to the heavens, her blank gaze returning to Saitama.
"Hey, don't push yourself. If I said something wrong, then-"
"Shut up AND DIE ALREADY!" she yelled as she nailed him in the jaw, sending him plowing through the ground and tearing up more of the landscape. Her cheeks bulged before she began coughing up blood, but simply wiped her mouth and sped off after Saitama. All across the area she dashed, smacking the bald hero around like a ragdoll with every attack she landed, pouring every ounce of strength she could into each strike.
"Can't we talk about this?" Saitama casually asked as if he wasn't being pummeled.
"RAAGH! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" was Eyonae's response before slamming his chin with an uppercut, sending him skywards at sub-sonic speeds, only to jump after him and send him spiralling back down with a vicious kick to his neck. The resulting damage from the impact left a crater big enough to fit another H.A. HQ inside. Saitama's usual poker face remained in place as he stared up into the sky, even as debris that shot skyward rained down on him.
'I wonder what I did to set her off?' he thought as he focused his attention on Eyonae's form standing on the edge of the crater. Her breathing was ragged, her blank eye glaring in his direction, and blood dripped from around her mouth down to the ground. He blinked in surprise when she suddenly collapsed to her knees and began to throw up, her body color beginning to fade to her usual light green...
"...no...NO!"
Only for her to slam her fist into the dirt as her skin flashed back to pinkish-white. The bald hero finally stood up and dusted off his clothes, his focus remaining on Eyonae as she tried to melt him with her murderous...tear-stained gaze?
"You...took him away..." she rasped out, blood dripping from her mouth, venom in her words, and tears in her eye.
"Huh? Took who away? Your dad?" Saitama asked in confusion.
"Yes!" she screamed as she took shaky steps towards him. Each step seemed to tax her body far beyond it's already exceeded limits. She was visibly straining to remain upright, her skin flickering between pinkish-white and green. "My father...was all that I had left...in this entire stinkin' UNIVERSE!" With the last of her strength, she rushed up and grabbed Saitama by his shirt with one hand and began punching his face with the other. "WHY?!" she roared as she landed punch after punch on him, none of which seemed to be doing anything to him. "WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?! YOU COULD'VE JUST BEATEN HIM DOWN AND SENT HIM AWAY! WHY?! WHY?! WHY? WHY? WHY...Why?...why...wh-why..."
Saitama quietly watched as Eyonae fell to her knees, her body's color finally reverting back to it's light green color. Despite how weak show was, she still had a death grip on his shirt. His gaze never left her, even as several figures appeared out of the corner of his eye outside the crater.
-Edge of the crater-
"It appears that she's finally exhausted her strength." Flashy Flash stated. He, Genos, and Tatsumaki, who had arrived moments before, had been watching the fight from a distance before the sounds of battle had ceased.
"No, really?" Tatsumaki snarked up at the fastest hero before noticing a few cars and helicopters approaching from various directions. "Hmph. Looks like everyone else is finally showing up."
Genos quietly observed as, one-by-one, other Class S heroes were exiting the various vehicles as quickly as they were arriving. Not only that, but others were beginning to show up as well. Both human and, to his surprise, nonhuman. Class-A heroes were appearing from the Hero Association HQ, a spy drone from the H.A. floated overhead, and the alien spaceship landed a good distance away from the crater.
Genos scowled when he noticed a certain bat-like alien flying towards them from the direction of the ship, prompting him to get into a battle ready stance.
"What is the meaning of this?" Genos demanded from Screech, his arm glowing as he aimed his hand at the alien that landed a few yards away, with Flashy Flash reaching for his blade and Tatsumaki's power flaring up.
"What this is?" Screech began, his face remaining stoic as he approached the heroes. "Is Lady Eyonae reaching her limit."
"We can see that she can't fight anymore." Flashy Flash stated, his grip tightening on the hilt of his blade as Screech continued his approach.
"You're wrong." Screech denied with a shake of his head, stopping only because his body became incased in a green glow. "The limit I'm talking about isn't from her strength."
"Then what is it?" Tatsumaki huffed.
"I'm talking about Lady Eyonae reaching...what was it you earthlings called it? 'The end of her rope?'" Screech said, wondering if he got that right. The three Class-S heroes looked on in confusion before wincing as a ear-splitting scream came from the crater. "Ooooowwwwww..." Screech groaned as he rubbed his ears, an action that was repeated by the three heroes. The four all looked inside the crater to see Eyonae openly crying her eye out on her knees in front of Saitama. It sounded like she was saying something, but it was too quiet to hear.
"..y wo...ll m..."
"What did she say?" Genos asked aloud. The other heroes didn't have an answer, while Screech only sighed.
"Reduced to actually begging for it." he hissed quietly.
".hy won't...ill...e!"
This time it was louder, but not enough to make out completely.
"Begging for what? Her life?" Flashy Flash asked.
"No..." he began before Eyonae screamed at the top of her lungs.
"WHY WON'T YOU JUST KILL ME ALREADY?!"
"Just the opposite."
-H.A. Executive Meeting Room-
Silence.
That was all that filled the room. Everyone watching could do nothing but gape in silence as they watched Eyonae scream at Saitama. Finally, one of them found their voice.
"What...did she just say?" they asked, as if wondering if they heard wrong. They weren't the only one to wonder either.
"Wait...what?" Saitama asked as he stared down at the one-eyed alien.
"YOU HEARD ME! KILL ME! DESTROY ME! END MY LIFE ALREADY!" Eyonae roared in the bald hero's face, fury and desperation packed into her voice.
"She's asking him...to kill her?" another executive guffawed.
-Outside-
The other Class-S heroes just stared at the spectacle before them in awe and confusion.
"Well...that's new." Metal Bat said to himself as he watched. Standing with him were the other Class-S heroes sides the three near Screech, Metal Knight, Zombieman, and Blast. "Usually the monsters beg us not to kill them."
"There must be a reason behind this sort of behavior." Tank Top Master mused stoically.
"Maybe she's realized she can't avenge her dad?" Superalloy Darkshine shrugged.
"Possible." said King in a neutral voice, hoping to keep his fear of the situation under lock and key. 'Why would you wish for death?' he thought while Eyonae continued to scream at Saitama.
"WELL?! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! YOU WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO DESTROY MY FATHER AT HIS BEST, AND I'M NOWHERE NEAR HIS LEVEL OF POWER! SO WHY?! WHY WON'T YOU KILL ME?! WHY NOW?! AND WHY NOT THEN?! YOU HAD ALL THOSE CHANCES TO KILL ME DURING ALL THOSE OTHER TIMES!"
"What a minute! Is she saying that she's wanted to die from the start?" Atomic Samurai blinked.
"Indeed, she has."
Everyone turned to see Genos, Flashy Flash, and Tatsumaki approaching them, with Screech being subdued by Tatsumaki's psychic energy.
"She's wanted to die for a long time." Screech continued, his voice actually sounding sad.
"What do you mean?" Pig God asked as he wiped the sweat from his brow with a handkerchief.
"Lady Eyonae has no one...had no one but her father." he explained, his eyeless gaze shifting towards his crying leader. "When that human, Saitama, killed him, she truly lost everything." The heroes could only stare in confusion at his words, but before they could ask further, a chorus of ringing filled the air. Each of them reached into their pockets to answer their phones. A few moments of mumbling and head nodding later, the heroes closed their phones before glancing back at the crater, where Eyonae's screaming had devolved into quiet sobs, her grip finally going slack and releasing Saitama's shirt.
"I just got a call from the H.A." Watchdog Man said in a monotone voice.
"Same here." Tank Top Master added. "They wish for us to bring her down for breaking the agreement of her tracking device and attacking a hero without provocation."
"Not to mention the damage she's caused from this fight. Or all the men that she's been putting in danger!" Puri-Puri Prisoner said, the last sentence having some dramatic flare to it.
"It would seem they've made their decision based on Miss Eyonae's actions." Pig God surmised.
The Heroes were ready to move out...
"Hold on!"
Before turning to Screech, his body still held within Tatsumaki's grasp.
"If you're asking us to spare her, then save your breath." Metal Bat scoffed.
"She did break the rules." Drive Knight reminded him. "Plus, the sudden relocation of your ship has been causing quite a bit of unrest with the citizens."
"I know that." Screech said, his head moving over the crowd of heroes. "I'd like to make a request?"
"A request?!" Superalloy Darkshine asked incredulously.
"I don't know how strong all of you are, but if it's enough...make it quick. If nothing else, she deserves at least that much after all she's been through." he requested.
"And what would that be?" King asked, the 'King's Engine' roaring in his chest.
Screech opened his mouth to respond...
"YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!"
And promptly closed it when cheering sounded out nearby. They were surprised to see that, due to being engrossed in the conversation, a massive crowd of people who live inside the H.A. HQ apartments had surrounded the crater.
"LOOK! THE ALIEN'S ON ITS KNEES!"
"AND ALL THE OTHER CLASS S HEROES ARE HERE!"
"THEY'LL STOP THEM BEFORE SHE ATTACKS ANYONE!"
The heroes all looked around, though Genos stopped when his eyes fell on his master.
'Sensei, what should we do?'
A/N: End of Part 1. Tell me. Did anyone see this coming?