A long week later, the two heroes are playing video games as a way to cool off since the events that followed.
Ben took the form of a gigantic, advanced crustacean. He was reddish-brown in color, a large head that took up the entirety of his upper torso, his eyes were black with a green outline and shiny reflections within them. The top of his head was composed of three plates that revealed a pinkish-colored brain when opened up, the middle plate was colored black with a green outline, and the Omnitrix symbol placed on top. He has thick crab-like arms with sharp pincers and the assets jaws, as well as a total of six spiky legs that allow him to move, the rest of his costume's parts cover his wrists and lower torso.
The Cerebrocrustacean used his electrokinesis to levitate and hack the controller, preventing Saitama's ability to fight back regardless of the effort he poured into it.
"By strategically manipulating the controller's systems, it grants me automatic access to all of the options needed to ensure my victory, allowing me to make my every move imminent. I'd advise you simply submit, your attempts to rebel against my genius tactics are futile, dear friend." His voice sounded like a genius gentleman.
The bald hero, on the other hand, looked absolutely pissed as he desperately tried to refute against the alien crab. He would not dare to admit how helpless he was in this situation, no matter how much it pained him otherwise.
It didn't even take 5 seconds for him to have his ass whooped in-game, the fury in his face only tightened as he rose to face the grab. "YOU SNEAKY CRABBY PIECE OF--!!"
DING DONG*
"Do you believe it to be him?" The alien asked curiously, the baldy's expression immediately returned to his default look as he turned to his closest and went to wear his costume, this just left an amused non-existent smile on the massive crab. In a bright flash of light, the 16-year-old legend returned.
The man then walked over to the door, slightly opening it as he stuck his face out, "You actually showed up..." he said lowly.
It was indeed him, and the cyborg remained strict on his task, although he knew what he was here for.
"Uhhh--" The man was not prepared for the new sight, but it did not matter to the teen.
"Genos, sensei sir." He answered quickly.
"Would you lay off all the sensei stuff?" The baldy asked tiredly.
"Yes master!" Genos responded, having already shifted his entire persona on the man when he witnessed his strength.
"No, not master either!" A nerve bulged out of his shining head.
In Saitama's living room, the duo sat down on the floor with a table in front of them, Ben chose to sit alongside the hero.
"Just have your drink and go home, I'm not looking for any disciples. Also, are you supposed to be a cyborg?"
"Indeed, my body is mostly mechanical, so my parts can be replaced."
"You're definitely one, aren't you?"
"Then what kind of parts have you installed on your body master?"
Ben immediately covered his mouth and snickered, boy he was not prepared to hear this.
"Don't use any." It was clear the cyborg wasn't convinced from such a simple explanation.
"But what about the skin-colored armor on your head?" He pointed to the man's perfectly clear spot, a sensitive topic for the hero.
"Yeah, that's just my skin dude."
The Omnitrix wielder was slowly dying inside, having lowered his head as tears of joy began to form underneath his eye lids, he couldn't help himself in times like this.
Genos rubbed his chin using his index finger, bringing his head down in deep thought.
"That's odd, you appear far too young to already be bald."
"So I'm bald! What's your problem, huh?!" The man shouted in irritated embarrassment.
What's with everyone always making comments about my head?!
Finally, Ben succumbed to his laughter as it popped out like a balloon, the outburst forced him to collapse on his back.
The young hero hugged himself on the floor, tilting to his sides back and forth. The sight left the cyborg and baldy to exchange deadpanned looks.
"This isn't funny, y'know..." Saitama's face sulked.
Tears were spewing out of the Omnitrix wielder's eyes, he had never felt so plastered before.
The Caped Baldy lowered his head as he faced the table, a shadow crept over his face. Purely blank eyes peered through the darkness underneath.
Genos had been planning to ask his new master why he was accompanied by a comedic teenager living with him in his home, but the man didn't bother trying to answer his questions, he felt as if he knew why now.
There was something about the brunette that he couldn't quite catch, his experience with him a week ago felt surprising, seeing how the boy caught him when he was observing his sensei from afar.
More over, he felt that there was more to the teen than what met the eye, his aura and the way he seemed to figure out the cyborg's actions led him to believe that he was aware of him the entire time.
I must not let my guard down around this person, there's clearly something off about him, he clearly knows Master Saitama all too well.
Even with the irritation present on the baldy's expression, the cyborg still held the urge to speak, as he shifted his attention to the man once again.
"Problems? You want to know about my problems?"
Tilting his head to his left. The hero replied tiredly, "Yeah, no thanks, I'm good."
Unfortunately, the blonde did not care. "4 years ago, when I was 15, I was still a normal human being."
The bald hero immediately interrupted him thereafter, "You heard what I said right?"
Regardless, the cyborg continued, "Though we were poor and forced to pinch pennies, we were still able to get by, we lived a peaceful and happy lifetime together..."
By now, both heroes' attention was set on the story, but the baldy could not bear to listen any further. Ben, on the other hand, was focused as Genos carried on with his origins.
"...until that fateful day, when a crazy cyborg went rogue and attacked our town. We never knew why it happened, mostly likely a failed body modification generated in the regularity of his brain. He destroyed everything in sight... parks, schools, buildings, my house... he even took the lives of everyone in my family. Miraculously, I survived... but being a frail 15-year-old, I was alone and at the end of my strength in a ruined town.
That's when Dr. Kuseno happened to pass through, a doctor, the scientist of justice was on a mission to stop the rampaging cyborg and end his oppression.
I asked the doctor to give me body modification surgery, to make me better, stronger, faster... that's how I was reborn as a cyborg who fights for said justice, I promised Dr. Kuseno I would terminate the evil cyborg and return peace to this world."
After the long info passed, Ben raised his hand, "Alright, so what exactly are you--" only to be interrupted by the older teen again, both he and the bald man were left with dissatisfied faces as the blonde continued to ramble.
"It's been 4 years since that day, at 19 years old, I'm focused and driven. I wander from town to town eliminating evil, the monsters and criminal organizations I've destroyed are numerous."
The duo glared at the cyborg with another face that read: "Are you kidding me right now?" While the teen went on with his seemingly endless story.
"But I have been unable to locate any clues about the insane cyborg, and have been increasingly frustrated and restless."
Saitama's right knee tapped the floor while a small, cold sweat rolled down the face of the Omnitrix wielder. How long will he go on?
"I find myself chasing a virtual image of that cyborg whenever I face my enemies, and last week when I faced that mosquito monster with the assistance of the other monster named 'Ben', I allowed my concentration to slip and paid the price for my ignorance. I thought I could lose to no one but the rampaging cyborg, so I neglected analyzing the data on my opponent and rushed in head on to face her.
Had it not been for Ben, the result would've been being bested by the mosquito. If you and he had not been in the area, Master Saitama, I would've been undoubtedly destroyed. Even though I gained major assistance that day, you were the one who delivered the finishing blow with no fear present in your eyes. Not to mention, I saw great power huddled within you.
You saved my life that day, the life that was once saved by Dr. Kuseno many years ago has now been saved yet again thanks to you Master Saitama. I feel the weight of that responsibility, I must not allow myself to die before finding and destroying that cyborg once and for all.
And to achieve that, I have to continue fighting evil as a righteous soldier until that fateful day comes when he appears before me. I need to get stronger!"
Genos' monologue showed to be so debilitating, that Saitama's elephant flowering canister appeared as if it too were sweating under the pressure of the blonde teen's words.
"Last week, when I saw what your attack was capable of, I knew immediately that I had to study under you as my disciple, if only I could be as strong as you and wield such awesome power!"
A vein revealed itself under the baldy's skin as his head twitched back, while Ben's face was covered by his hands, the eyes underneath were as drowsy and pained as the man beside him.
Neither one could deal with the poorly explained story that the older teen read through, their nerves were more than prepared to just pop as the pressure of the cyborg's words continued to rise.
Finally, the duo interrupted him with the same character building line; "Enough you idiot! Shorten the damned story to 20 words or less!" they yelled in outermost rage.
Far away in a large cover of mountain ranges, a tall albino skyscraper hid underneath the shadows.
A new voice suddenly rang out, "Mosquito Girl was defeated in battle? And with one punch you say?"
The view shifted into a dark room with book shelves and an advanced green screen in front of a young man with glasses. The room appeared to be rather old and it's industrial design only pushed that thought forward, especially with walls surrounding it.
Of course, a futuristic desk displaying a virtual screen debunked the old story claim, it's features appeared far more stylized than what passed for the rest of modern civilization.
In the chair stood an attractive young man with glasses, dark blue hair with a thick streak covering the right side of his face, he wore glasses and a special business suit.
"Oh well, she was little more than a prototype after all."
The screen displayed a variety of different heroes, pictures suddenly booted up on the monitor, revealing them to be photos from the battle that originated a week ago.
"Who is this guy?" He asked, witnessing the casual face of Saitama seemingly prepared to slap the camera with his palm opened up and risen.
"Unknown."
"Whatever it may be, I'm sure he'll make quite an excellent specimen. We shall study his physiology, by force if necessary..."
A figure stood far from the desk wearing a blank shirt with a red number "8" situated over his chest, and held out a paper in his right hand. The handsome man turned his stool to face him, "Send a messenger and invite him here, to our House of Evolution..." an evil smile formed over his face, redirecting his focus back at the photos.
"And that magma monster... I can tell he's someone special..." He grinned, imagining the possibilities that would occur once he successfully managed to capture and take control of the Pyronite's power.
"Here's the short version as you and your friend requested, master..." Genos calmly explained, as his face rose up seriously, "Please, teach me the way to becoming strong like you are. I beg of you."
To Ben's surprise, Saitama appeared to be enlightened for once, his face forming into a strong glare. "Listen, Genos."
"Yes, master!" The cyborg immediately replied,
"How old are you again?"
"I'm 19, sir!"
The man lowered his head a little, "So young... I'm sure you'll surpass me in no time." this shocked both teens as they lightly gasped.
"Do you really mean that?"
"I'm 25 years old now, but I didn't even begin training until I was 22." This left the blonde teen to gasp again, while beside him the brunette raised an eyebrow as he stared at the baldy closely.
"Fine, I'll teach you." His expression went even deeper, glaring closely into his disciple's optics. "But it won't be easy, do you believe you can handle it?"
The cyborg's face remained concentrated, even harder than before.
"Yes sir!" He shouted in determination. That was until his eyes lit up in a blaze as he leaped outside the room, his cybernetic arms attached to the floor while crouching on his left knee.
"High speed objects are approaching, they are here..."
"Huh?" Questioned the baldy, while the Omnitrix wielder stood up in the heat of the moment.
Suddenly, the ceiling burst open, and a green humanoid insect emerged from the smoke. It was covered in a tough spiky exoskeleton with two mandibles next to its mouth, long sharp scythes for hands, and the top of its head was encased in a transparent glass shell, revealing a human brain underneath.
"Kyakyakyakya!! Greetings, I am- huh?" Its speech was cut short as the red fist of death made contact with its face, the top of its head, brain and eyes pushed out while the remainders of its expression were pasted on the apartment wall. Its body stood in place, twitching, as green blood flowed like a fountain over its neck.
"You're gonna pay for my ceiling!" Saitama retorted angrily, a vein revealing itself behind his skull.
Glancing up at the apartment stood two fat mutants, one looked like a green toad while the other appeared to be a bright pink slug covered in dark magenta spots.
"So..." Started the slug with a lazy voice.
"Eh?" The toad responded.
"It seems our advanced agent Kamakudi is down, I can't sense him with my telepathy."
The toad glared at him nervously, "What? Wait a second, wasn't he one of our stronger guys?" his words sounded more raspy and stupid.
Genos' attention turned to face the location of the voices, making his move from there.
"Two more outside... master..." he front-flipped off the building, "Leave them to me!" dropping in a fighting position upon meeting the floor, but his face widened upon seeing his teacher and the familiar brunette teenager standing there with the monsters buried in the floor from the top of their heads.
"We took care of 'em, Genos. You can look after threats behind us just in case." The teen explained, and the cyborg nodded in approval, turning behind him as his scanners activated.
The bald hero's face bore an annoyed expression as he narrowed his eyes to the right, aimed directly af the mutants, "Enough, okay? There's a front door for a reason--" and as he said that, two long claws emerged from the ground underneath and pulled the latter inside.
Ben was quick enough to leap behind him, his back facing Genos', as the baldy's head poked out of the ground, who merely gasped in slight awe at the situation he was placed in.
The blonde teen turned his head in shock, "Master!" he shouted.
Saitama, of course, could give less of a shit about his position.
"No, it's cool, I'm fine." He tilted his head around to examine the floor, "I kinda feel like... a young bamboo shoot." and closed his eyes in relaxation.
"Genos, focus!" Yelled the brunette, as both faced a figure emerging from the broken building next to them. The metal giant appeared in silver armor which represented that of a bulky, advanced knight, two blue dots shined underneath its empty visor.
Genos' eyes zoomed closely at the robotic knight, remembering the faint moments of his past upon being obliterated. Could it be?
"I doubt that thought, Genos." Ben chimed in, and the older teen appeared startled for a moment, did this boy just read his thoughts?
Then the knight gave its speech, sounding like the deep voice of a stereotypical robot, "You are not the target..."
Saitama attempted to turn his head to witness the mech, "Hey, what's going on? I can't see." he wiggled his head around in an attempt to shift his view.
"Out of the way!" The mech roared, raising its right fist to strike the duo, eyes bright and sharp.
The blonde pounced off the ground, while the brunette caught the fist with his left palm, revealing his Celestialsapien heritage that he'd acquired a long dimensional travel earlier.
Before the mech could get a closer look, Genos landed a horizontal kick to the knight's face, knocking him off balance.
He jumped back onto the pavement, before sprinting full force as the giant growled, and turned to launch its right wrist at the blonde.
Only for it to be caught by Ben using his opposite arm.
The young hero displayed a look of pure dissatisfaction, comparable to Saitama's natural expression, not even bothering to restrict his power as he crushed the armor with a light grip.
"AARGH!!" The mech screamed, apparently it was capable of processing pain.
Genos glared into the eyes of the giant, "Now listen, I have a few questions that I must ask you." but the knight only let out a quiet growl.
The bald hero from afar could barely even get a good look at the commotion, as a monstrous shadow loomed over him, the ground rumbling with every step it took.
"Hm?" The baldy turned his head forward and raised it, in turn leaving the beast to laugh in response.
He had a sleeveless brown messy shirt with chains worn over like an 'X' fashion, shorts of the same color but lacking the equipment, with what appeared to be a tiger-like hoodie wrapped around his waist, his skin was a rotten gold while sharp chains covered his ankles and the end of his wrists. His eyes were tainted blood red, face contorted to represent a lion's skull and sharpened ears poking out the top of its head, with the beast's brighter hair functioning as the latter's mane.
"You appear to be in what they call a tight spot! Magnificent work Ground Dragon!" His voice sounded an angry villainous man, with a hole popping up north-east of their angle as a brown mole revealed itself. Its name was painted vertically on its torso in a Japanese accent, albeit in a brighter hue, although its claws were built like heavy daggers.
"It's meant to make things a bit messy to see if they can put up a fight--!" Its toxic ratty monologue was cut off by Genos grabbing it by the head, causing both to gasp in shock.
The teen gazed into the mutant's eyes, as the monster shrieked in fear upon being the witness to the sheer power behind the golden optics. "One wrong move, and I will eliminate you..."
"Let go of my comrades!" Yelled the dark silver knight, until its helmet suddenly shattered thanks to a karate chop from Ben, leaving behind a petrified face of a gorilla with grey skin and even similarly darker fur.
This was no plain robot after all, and the mammal stuttered to make a sound as he twitched when creaking his head to face the Omnitrix wielder.
He could see how the boy stared down at him, his shining green eyes burned through the gorilla's mechanical soul, yet seemed to pity the mutant cyborg's condition.
"You know... your friends remind me of someone. The very first villain I ever fought, a twisted scientist that experimented on animals and morphed them into hazardous mutants for his own benefit.
He was more than prepared to do this to the entire world, he was relentless... evil... and while I often kicked his ass without care, I could not help but feel sympathy for all the victims that wound up in his grasp.
They had lost their very mind, their structure, nothing more than fabricated drones that he manipulated and controlled to satisfy his desire for power. I could see the same thing within you, it's obvious you had no choice in the matter, is that correct?"
The gorilla remained still, how could an adolescent know so much about his master? Or was it even his master he was talking about? It sounded very similar, but he could not manage to wrap his head around it. It baffled him, to say the least.
Ground Dragon attempted to strike back as hard as he could, but could only flail his arms and legs in anxiousness. "Ahh!! Beast King! Please, don't just let me die here! Do something!"
The bald hero was still laid below the floor, staring at the sight, and the beast exposed his claws while growling at the blonde. The plain baldy sighed in annoyance and lifted himself out of the hole, he was done taking the situation easy now, it was time to get serious.
Both the Beast King and the helpless mole exchanged drowsy, deadpanned faces as the cyborg's lips formed into a pleased smirk.
"Alright, I've had enough of this. Listen up, this is the only chance you have left to apologize. You clumsy little runts smashed up my ceiling and attacked my friends."
The lion merely snickered at his poor choice of words, "Hm? Well is that so? Then prepare yourself as you witness the true power of the mighty--" before he was interrupted once again.
"Ah, man, I got dirt in my special place."
"Hey, are you even listening?" The beast lowered his head, and the baldy shook his belt and swiped off the crumbles of rock.
"Let me just shake this out." His bored voice crept into the ears of the dumbfounded mutants.
"You done?" The king asked awkwardly, he himself could not even grasp the carelessness of the man, how could a mere human be so ignorant in the face of death?
"One sec." He continued wiping off bits as readjusted his belt and faced the monster, "Okay, I'm done." this only granted the beast his ultimate opportunity.
"Then once again! Prepare to witness the true power of the almighty Beast King!"
The feline's claws grew and sharpened, ready to cut the man in pieces, "Lion SLASH!!" though his attack was effortlessly dodged by Saitama tilting to the right, leaving the force from the attack to instead shred a building behind him to bits.
The Beast King continuously swiped his claws in several directions in immense ferocity, while the plain man paid him no attention, carelessly dodging the attacks without any thought.
The chubby mutants from earlier could barely lift their heads up as the shock from claws shred them and the road to bits, "Out of my way peasants!" he shouted in frustration.
The lion laughed evilly regardless of his failed attempts to catch the baldy, "Such is the law of the jungle!" but the man could not bother to respond, he was better off dreaming.
"And you're next!" He yelled again, and the clothing on his upper torso expanded and ripped open as the monster roared in rage once again.
Ground Dragon shrieked, "No, wait! Don't kill 'em yet!" but the mole was shut up from a well-placed strike to its nape, leaving Genos to watch the sight in awe.
The Beast King continued to throw a fit, "Lion Slash! Meteor Power Shower!" his attacks sped up simultaneously, yet no strike scarred the man.
The man's empty face ignored every single cut, simply jumping side to side while rotating his position, and then he made the move to prepare the fist of doom. "Consecutive... Normal Punches."
And with that, a few tiny blows merely tapped the mutant lion, as his body blew up into chunks of bloodied flesh and bone.
The mole could hardly even open his eye, still bearing a brutal pain at the back of his neck, as he witnessed the body of the almighty Beast King shower the area in front of the hero in gore.
As Saitama annoyingly shifted his focus back at the mole, it went completely limp as its eyes rolled behind its head, heart stopping from the resulting pressure.
Genos released its nape as its body collapsed onto the floor, and directed his attention to the cyborg gorilla slouched in front of Ben.
He knew what was needed for him to pursue his goal, and the gorilla just so happened to bear a close resemblance to the same cyborg that ruthlessly slaughtered his village years back.
Although, this cyborg was now embedded in front of Saitama's apartment on the floor, horrified by the alien teen's power. For whatever reason, it could not move its limbs.
"I want to know, right now, who you are and where you come from." The emerald-eyed chad's gaze did not disappear, "Or else..." he pointed to the older teen with his thumb, "We'll be taking this the hard way, I don't think you wanna end up like those comrades of yours, do you?"
The gorilla could not even comprehend the situation he was placed in right now, all he could do was stutter out quiet vocals as the blonde teen aimed his glowing palm at him. A faint shadow covered Genos' face, his eyes turning completely black, and his face reflected nothing but disgust towards the mutant cyborg.
"I'd advise you to answer our questions, or you are going to be eliminated..." He said deeply, his palm burning brighter than ever, though another hand signaled his attention upon it's placement over his left shoulder.
He turned his head to stare at the younger teen, who appeared relatively relaxed, "I already frightened him, he will not say a thing until he's snapped out of his thoughts."
Genos lowered his arm as they both glared into the gorilla's shaking irises, his head wobbling side to side.
"Alright! I'm sorry! I'll tell you everything, just don't kill me!"
"Not so much of a tough guy behind that mask, are ya, eh?" Ben smirked, and the gorilla was reassured as a sigh of relief left his mouth.
"Sorry about that, I was just trying to sound cool..."
The Omnitrix wielder crossed his arms, patiently thinking to himself about this new realm, and there was not one moment that he enjoyed from his experience. It was packed in a spinning cycle of stupidity, chaos, destruction, war, rebuild, retry, and repeat.
He was getting tired of having to reverse the damage done by the monsters, even if it revived civilian lives and infrastructure. But how could any of this be worth it knowing that they'll be brought back just to die again?
He could not risk anymore casualties, these threats were getting out of hand, even the slaughtering of monsters didn't feel right. Obviously they couldn't be spared, they were relentless beasts with an endless strive to wreak havoc throughout the globe.
Ben clenched his fists, he could not bear to keep this up anymore, the blood on his hands never felt right. He did not feel any better just because he had eliminated the evil, how would that feel good? Wasn't there another way to prevent these events from ever occurring?
He'd find his answers eventually, but he could not simply reach his destination with the snap of a finger, there was a reason for him to take it slow.
This world was not prepared for higher level threats beyond the cosmos, let alone above their own planet, which was why he had to stabilize his abilities to the lowest extent possible.
Wonder what else this world has in store for me...
Cast:
-Beast King: George C. Cole
-Ground Dragon: Ben Diskin
-Armored Gorilla: Kaiji Tang
-Brainstorm: Dee Bradley Baker