"Where do we sit?" the first board member asked when the group arrived with Sweet Mask. The A class hero also had Tajima with him to sit with him.

"Just along the inner arena," Inichi said and escorted Fubuki to a seat.

"Mom! Dad!" Fumio said when he ran out of the apartment to get to them.

"Son," Saitama nodded.

"You are well, dear?" Mitsumi chuckled softly.

"What happened? Black Sperm wouldn't let me come out!" Fumio frowned and got set down. Overgrown Rover licked his cheek in greeting before nuzzling into Mitsumi again.

"Your mom gained a fever out of nowhere. We found out it was that crappy venom. It tried to come back. We got rid of it. At last," Saitama sighed.

"What?!" Fumio said with shock.

"Dear, calm down. I won't get sick like that again, okay?" Mitsumi soothed. The monster pets made way to let Fumio get hugged by her. Black Sperm brought over a chair for Fumio to sit down in to be close to his parents. He jumped into Fumio's lap the moment he sat down, and Saitama saw more clones zip out from Black Sperm's form. Plans were now mentally made to ensure that the new clones vowed to be his pets the moment he was able to do it.

"That she won't," Fire Flight said gently and nuzzled under Mitsumi's chin. "I must go back to my mate. I shall be close."

"That's fine. Thank you for everything," Mitsumi said and watched Fire Flight fly off to land on the ground. She covered herself with her wings before standing tall in her human form. Her wings had melted away into her hair, and now she saw that there was a soft layer of clothing over her skin resembling scales. Much like Wind Crane, her outer clothing was part of her monster self. Shenjou was there to shield her lightly with a silk sheet to help her while she shifted, though. Tacki was seen a few minutes later with a barrage of clothing for the two of them to get them laughing.

"If you plan to be below the home, then I can leave you a wardrobe later on. It looks like I mainly need to get Shenjou clothes unless he can make his own," Tacki said. "Let me know what promise rings you want. After the summoning, I need to get back to finishing up my blacksmith building."

"That is fine," Fire Flight chuckled. "I tend to make clothing from my own monster skin, but it is nice to not have to."

"I need to talk to you all," Kamikaze said on approaching the board members. The four of them nodded to let him continue. "Tacki…may need to become a hero. S class. I don't care about the ranking. She holds a powerful sword now that is the equal to one I have. Now, as you know, she is pregnant with my twins. I don't know if I'll want her on any intense missions. Not unless I'm with her, and I'd want that at all times. However, she can do cleanup work and a bit of building excavation. If that's fine with all of you, then we can work something in. I know you all have wanted her to become a hero, but no less than S class. That's the deal. You know what all she can do."

"I have no issues with that! Ah, Sweet Mask?" the second board member asked on looking over for confirmation.

"She'll need a nice costume…" Sweet Mask started before pausing at Inichi's sudden berating thought. "Never mind. Yes, we'll see what we can do…"

"Inichi said something?" Tajima grinned softly at his wince.

"Yes…" Sweet Mask grimaced. "He really does plan to evaluate a lot of heroes that need to advance into S class. Despite my say-so…"

"You're 'say-so' can be as bad as the scripts you want me to read!" Inichi growled at him from where he hovered nearby. "You know it!"

"Oh! Ah, can you read this? I finished writing it for him," Tajima said and pulled out a manila folder from a small suitcase at her side.

"Gladly!" Inichi beamed and took it up to flip through it. "How peculiar! A time machine?"

"I said the same thing," Sweet Mask chuckled.

"Hmm…" Inichi mused. He brought over a small pen to note any corrections. "Not that many errors. The plot is fundamentally entertaining! Ah. One plot hole…I can mark that…"

"Where?!" Tajima said with complete surprise.

"There was no true explanation on where the machine appeared from past to future. I marked it for you for the correction," Inichi chuckled. "I would advise a little more detail on where the machine was initially found, though. Otherwise…hmm…I am thoroughly impressed!"

"What? No ranting? Boring!" Saitama said and grinned at Mitsumi's small huff of disbelief. He growled in her ear to make her blush and pressed a kiss on her mouth to soothe her even more. Overgrown Rover continued to press into them and pant happily.

"Well, I did bring another script…" Sweet Mask started and paused at Inichi's sharp glare.

"Absolutely. Not. No thank you. I just had a year shed from my mental asylum. I don't want to add a repercussion!" Inichi snapped to get them all laughing hard at it.

"This one holds promise, though!" Sweet Mask argued.

"The only promise it holds is to provide you with laughter," Inichi muttered. "If Miss Tajima did not write it, then I do not want to read it."

"You know, with the crap my wife just went through…maybe a good laugh is needed for her," Saitama said calmly. Inichi glanced over and sighed hard.

"That already happened when Charanko failed to recognize what he was coloring," Inichi growled out to get Mitsumi coughing with laughter.

"What's this?" Sweet Mask blinked. Now Inichi found himself musing at an intense idea. Fubuki could only pale and cringe when he mentally told her what he wanted to do now.

"I will read your script if you can color in what I give you," Inichi grinned. Now Fubuki pressed a hand to her mouth to keep from shouting out her laughter. Genos glanced over with Kamiko in his lap to give a small smile. "If you cannot color it in completely, then I refuse to read your scripts of rubbish."

"Shall I make more copies?" Genos asked.

"If one gets colored in, I would say so," Inichi agreed.

"You should make it a flip book!" Tacki said to get Kamikaze blinking at her and shaking his head quickly.

"That's just wrong!" Kamikaze said to get her beaming grin in response.

"Master, what's going on now?" Iaian asked. He blinked at the sight of the coloring page being given to Sweet Mask. "I'm going to need a chair."

"Here," Zenchu grinned and brought a few chairs over with Garou's help. The page was now given to Sweet Mask, and Tajima gasped with shock at it.

"This is…are you kidding?!" Sweet Mask said with complete disgust.

"No," Inichi grinned wickedly.

"My disciple thought it was two people fighting," Bane sighed.

"Do not let your disciple be around me. I may end up slapping him out of sheer irritation," Sweet Mask grumbled and started to color in the picture. Iaian was in tears of laughter now. The board members got to see the duplicate image to find themselves in fits of laughter and shock.

"We should make this part of an entrance exam," the fourth board member mused. "Who sketched this?"

"I did," Genos nodded. Kamiko was hiding her face against his neck and smothering her intense laughter. He whispered softly to her to grin at her gasp of complete shock before barking out with more laughter.

"We need to print a hundred of these and distribute them to the lowest C class heroes. If they can color it without complaining, then maybe they can get a ranking boost of ten ranks," the second board member grinned.

"Do not give one to the one called 'Punch Out Pete'," Inichi said.

"Oh, no. Not that guy. I'll punch him out!" Kamikaze growled.

"What's wrong with that one?" the first board member asked.

"He…used to date me. Then he used me…" Tacki grimaced and found herself getting lifted into Kamikaze's arms. "It was only a week, but it was enough to show how damaging he was. He still weirds me out and stuff."

"What's this?" the third board member asked. Inichi sent over the visions to get the board members looking at each other.

"We normally don't do background checks like that. Such a thing is something we don't require. But this does change things…" the fourth board member said with a heavy frown. "What do we know about him now?"

"He has one day left until his hero status is revoked," the first board member said on looking up a listing on his phone.

"We want to see if he can 'rescue' a monster. If he'd actually do it," Saitama said calmly. "We plan to let him do this with another hero that has issues, but the monster that agreed to this can easily save herself."

"Yeah. Me! I'm with Metal Knight," Siren chuckled through the hovering robot in her gravelly tone. "I'm Siren."

"Oh! You are with Metal Knight?" the first board member asked.

"That she is. As in, she is sitting in my lap. She is mine, and I am hers," Metal Knight chuckled lightly.

"They got married. Just look at it like that," Zenchu said. Wind Crane was still in her human form and had her arm around Zenchu's. Sweet Mask glanced up at her and paused with complete shock.

"I am Wind Crane. The giant bird monster," she chuckled. "This is my human self. One I never really appreciated until Zenchu proved me wrong."

"Yeah. Wind Crane's my girl. I'll just leave it at that," he grunted and flicked his barbed tail. "We, eh, also got married. In a sense."

"I should become my human form…" Bright Bolt mused.

"You won't be our pet in that form. Remember that," Saitama warned.

"I know. I'm fairly sure I will see Mitsumi as a sister. If I don't…well…slap me. It will force me to change back," he said.

"Then don't become human," Mitsumi said and hugged his tiny body. "If you feel something will go wrong…"

"I'm sure I'll be fine," he chuckled and nibbled her cheek with his lips as most horses did to show affection. She giggled at it and watched him jump down.

"Enjoy yourself," Blue Ripple grunted and pressed into Mitsumi's arms to purr happily with contentment.

"You should become human, too," Bright Bolt said while trotting off.

"No. I'm fine," the water monster grunted. Saitama yawned and pressed his hand into Mitsumi's belly. Then he glanced over at the board members.

"I have a question for all of you," Saitama said.

"Of course!" the first board member said.

"When is the spa day thing?" he asked.

"Ah…I think next week?" the second board member said.

"Can we make it tomorrow?" Saitama asked now.

"What? Why?" the fourth board member asked.

"I have my reasons. Can this be done?" Saitama asked again.

"Well…we'd have to consult with Stitch…" the third board member frowned. "It's always partly his involvement."

"Craaaap…!" Saitama groaned.

"Inichi, can you lightly put in the idea of this in Stitch's mind? Just to see what he would think? Don't say it's you. Just glean the responsive thought," Mitsumi suggested. Inichi looked over and nodded slightly to think.

"Hmm…he actually wouldn't mind…" Inichi mused. "I will give him the idea to come here and discuss it. Ah…wait…"

"What's this?" Genos blinked and took out his phone. "Oh! The spa day is set for tomorrow now?! Ah, not yet. The email is to inform of the possibility and to change plans. I thought…well…we have Neutral Grounds still open…hmm…"

"He is calling the establishment now to push the day for tomorrow. On listening to his thoughts…" Inichi frowned.

"We shall need to leave in the early morning," Blue Ripple snorted. "I am hearing the thoughts of those he is speaking with. How interesting. The day initially planned for would have been an issue. They were close to renovations. They only have one other guest for tomorrow. That one will be reached out to and asked to postpone for one day. If not, then that one may end up joining us. Actually…this is…"

"The guest is a Secret Skins?!" Inichi asked on gleaning the thoughts.

"Yes. A specific benefactor for the Hero Association. One that was discussed before?" Blue Ripple frowned at the memory exchange from Inichi. "May as well take that one out when we find it."

"That's fine. One less monster out there," Saitama shrugged. "So, spa day tomorrow? That right?"

"Yes. It is being cemented now," Inichi nodded.

"The confirmation email has just been sent. I just received it," Genos nodded. "I shall hope other heroes can make the event at such a short notice."

"The staff will not be happy to cater to monsters," Sweet Mask muttered softly while coloring. "But, they are also aware of your family here. I also recall that you did warn ahead about your company, too, so they shouldn't be too surprised. As for the restaurant, you may need to put in for a half work day."

"Well, it is another day or so for the day off for family. But we do have Anno there to help out, too," Mitsumi frowned. "We could also recruit Genus and his assistant, too, if we need to. Suiryu is also there with Orotsu. How much longer until the restaurant is done for the day?"

"It is closed now. They are on their way home," Inichi said.

"Orotsu will need to go back to the restaurant to prepare ingredients for meals. He'll be free to help us after it's done," Rendor nodded. "Ah. Inichi, can you have him do that now? This way he does not need to go back?"

"Oh! Definitely," Inichi said and focused. "He is having Anno assist. He says to please wait an hour before doing anything. He would like to be here for the summoning in case his cooking is needed."

"That's fine. We're still working on things," Saitama nodded.

"I can help set up a few more seats. Possibly," Rendor chuckled.

"You'll be with us at the spa?" Tatsumaki smiled at Rendor.

"Yes. Would you want to go in your own pool with the other girls?" he chuckled. "I wouldn't mind that at all."

"Hmm. Maybe. Then we can have a private bath after," she nodded and snuggled into him. "Um…what were those cookies that helped from getting sick?"

"Do you…need one…?!" Rendor blinked at her.

"I…yeah…" Tatsumaki winced. Kamiko was quick to bring one over for her. "Thanks. That was just…ew…"

"You're sure she really is pregnant? I know she said she was, but I want to make sure. Can we check?" Rendor asked. Mitsumi whispered to Saitama before getting up and walking over. A fan set was quick to come out from her fan belts for her to hold and help evaluate. On vibrating around Tatsumaki's belly, it was quickly confirmed. "How many?!"

"Hmm…" Inichi listened to the vibrating thoughts.

"Just one," Wind Crane chuckled.

"They are your fans," Inichi said with a small smile. He looked over to see Speed-'o-Sound Sonic walking over with Hirata at his side. Mitsumi looked over after settling back in Saitama's lap and waved.

"How have you both been?" she asked and giggled at Overgrown Rover's licks to her cheek.

"We have decided to continue dating," Hirata said with a small nod.

"Your fault," Saitama grinned at his wife. She kissed him to confirm it.

"Anyways…what's the plan?" Sonic asked.

"We are going to a spa. A hot springs event tomorrow. If you want to come along, you can. There may also be a monster we need to destroy there, too, if we encounter it," Mitsumi said. "You may also stay here and protect the home."

"Been a while since I had a good soak in a hot springs," Hirata mused. "I can tag along and ensure nothing goes wrong."

"It won't, but that's fine," Zenchu grunted.

"I can come along?" Lily asked with a small smile.

"Definitely! And so can Garou," Mitsumi nodded.

"Awesome!" Garou grinned. "Ah, I may stick close to Saitama, though. Just in case people get nasty with me."

"That's fine," Saitama nodded.

"I should probably head back to my dojo after this night is done," Bomb said. "Ah…do plan for me to stop by now and then, though."

"Fine," Saitama shrugged. Then he looked over at the sight of an extremely tall, lanky, pale man wearing yellow shorts and a white button down shirt that was opened in the middle walking over to them. He was also wearing open-toed sandals and blinking glowing electric blue eyes. His hair was pale yellow and came down the middle of his back in a way that showed constant static around him. He even flicked a small tassel of a tail and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Who…?" Mitsumi blinked before realizing it was Bright Bolt.

"Yeah. It's me," Bright Bolt chuckled in a light-hearted tone. His deer antlers were quite apparent on each side of his forehead, and he pushed a lock of hair back behind a pointed ear. His face almost resembled Zenchu's with the long facial features coming to a rather fine point. "Not too bad?"

"If you do anything more than a brotherly hug…" Saitama started to warn.

"I get it," Bright Bolt said calmly.

"You're as tall as us," Fire Flight chuckled. "I am ten feet in height. As is my mate. So is Wind Crane, for that matter."

"Such a truth," Wind Crane nodded.

"I don't like him. He looks like Zenchu," Garou said and kept Lily at his side. Zenchu was simply amused at the whole thing.

"So…what's your form like?" the first board member asked Blue Ripple.

"I am not changing," the water monster snorted and continued to press into Mitsumi's form. She ran a hand along his neck to get him to sigh with contentment. "I won't lose this. I refuse."

"But you won't," Mitsumi whispered. "Your human form can be an emergency reserve to get to me if all else fails. You can think of it like that. Do I want you to change? Only if you want to. I am curious about it, but I won't pressure you into that. Okay?"

"An emergency to…hmm…" Blue Ripple thought about it.

"She does have a point on that. Up to you, though," Saitama nodded. Blue Ripple sighed hard, snuggled into Mitsumi again and pulled back. He focused on his bucket to levitate it and move it to a changing booth. Inichi was amused that he was able to move himself, but he calmly watched to ensure things were fine.

"He's going to do it?!" Bright Bolt grinned.

"You never saw him as a human?" Garou asked.

"Hell, I never saw any one of us as humans. I become this form now and then out of boredom, but that's about it. Of course, not many would see me as a true human. But many don't realize it until they get up close," Bright Bolt said. Saitama was giving a silent glare at Bright Bolt with a touch of mistrust. Bright Bolt glanced over and saw Zenchu walking up to him with an outstretched hand.

"Brother?" Zenchu asked with a small grin. They both clasped hands and he noticed that Saitama's small glare dissipated. "I thought so."

"Huh?" Bright Bolt frowned. "What did I miss?"

"Until I claim a new monster guy as strong as myself as a brother…" Zenchu started before watching Mitsumi get up to walk over.

"Big brother," Mitsumi smiled and got a hug by Bright Bolt.

"Yeah. I see now. I get it. You're my little sister like this. I'm your pet in my normal form. I like that," Bright Bolt chuckled softly and gave her a protective squeeze. It was a purely family feel to him now, and he was amazed at it.

"Good. Keep that mindset," Saitama nodded before sitting up to lean forward to show his seriousness. "I respect who you are and what you can do. I respect that you want to protect my wife and be my pet with her. But I will never allow you to have any other thoughts about her in any other way, shape or form. I will not hesitate to slap you and kick your ass. Got it?"

"Ah…yeah! Loud and clear!" Bright Bolt nodded quickly.

"Saitama! Stop it!" Mitsumi growled at him.

"I'm just getting my point across this once. Okay?" Saitama said calmly.

"It's okay," Bright Bolt chuckled.

"So, are your clothes also your skin? It feels like velvet. It's much like your usual skin as a monster in touch. It's very nice," Mitsumi said and ran a hand over Bright Bolt's shirt. She noticed it could even come off like clothing.

"It is. Of course, I can't feel that until I change back. It's like clothes. I also can't change back until I'm wearing them again. And, eh, no, I don't lose my powers over lightning. Just the main form," he nodded and led her back over to Saitama. "Here you go."

"Right," Saitama said and gently pulled Mitsumi into his lap. Overgrown Rover paused and sniffed at Mitsumi's belly before taking Saitama's hand to press rather hard into her belly. Now it leaned into his hand with intense force as though it was on a mission to keep his hand there. "Doggy?!"

It whined a bit and continued to press his hand against her. Bright Bolt frowned and said, "Um, you know she's-"

"Having her womb ready for offspring," Inichi said quickly to cut him off. :Silence! Until she is ill, we cannot let him know! He knows something is there, but we need to go to the spa retreat. She always wanted to go. Only after we arrive and she soaks in the springs can we reveal the truth!:

:I SEE. OKAY. I WASN'T SURE, BUT I'LL SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY.:

Bright Bolt cleared his throat and said, "Yeah. You took the words right outta my mouth! It's just making sure you know that the time is getting close. She's not quite there yet, though. Your power is insane. You know this."

"I know," Saitama frowned. "And why is everyone lying to me?"

"What?" Zenchu blinked at him.

"Cut the crap. I know she's pregnant. I can feel it. My dog also confirms this just by doing this. My power is actually protecting her in various ways. As much as I want actual confirmation by everyone, I really hate being lied to about this. Why aren't any of you being straight with me?" he asked point-blank. "I need you all to come clean. Now."

"We need to ensure it takes in full," Wind Crane said gently. "If she's under any form of stress, even from your concern…"

"Oh," he frowned.

"If she's stressed, she'll get sick. You don't want that. Neither do we," Kamiko said softly. "She really wants to bathe with us at the spa retreat. As in, with us and not alone with you. The moment anything goes wrong, though, you'll be called for. That will also tell us that the pregnancy is in full motion. But why did you want the retreat to happen sooner?"

"Because I can't stand the thought of her being away from me. Even for twenty minutes. So, I figured that if we just get the spa thing out of the way now, I won't have to slap people to get to her if she starts to suffer. I'm trying to be reasonable. That's why," he explained. "Also, if she wants to bathe with the group, then it would need to be done before she really does get sick. As much as I hate to think about it. Because, the moment she gets sick, she will NEVER leave my side. You all know this."

"I don't think I'd be able to have you leave my side if it happens," Mitsumi frowned at the thought. "Much like how you were with your power. We talked about this, too. Ah…!"

"Mitsumi?!" he blinked and sat up to hug her. "Talk to me."

"Your hand…on my belly…it…helps…I think…" she winced.

"You need his direct touch?!" Inichi blinked with surprise.

"Not all the time. But I'm worrying. So it's helping me," Mitsumi said carefully. "It may be why puppy was doing this with his hand. It knew."

"Doggy, you have to get me the moment anything goes wrong," Saitama said. "You stick to her side. The moment she needs me, you know to get me."

Overgrown Rover huffed and licked his cheek with understanding. Inichi was relaying all of the information being discussed to it. Then Black Sperm looked over from Fumio's lap and asked, "I help?!"

"Yeah. And I need to know how many clones you made now," Saitama said. "If you made even more, are they my pets?"

"Yes! All pets! All know!" Black Sperm nodded. "Soon I make others. Stronger ones of me. They will help."

"Good. If they don't, I will kill them," Saitama said flatly. He was clearly in no mood to show he was joking around. He was completely on guard with Mitsumi in his lap and made no means to hide it.

"I'm going with you, right, Dad?" Fumio grinned.

"Yes, you are coming with us," Saitama chuckled.

"Also, um, Dad, you know Mom is going to be fine," his son frowned.

"Son, remember how I was when my power berserked? I always had to have her close. I suffered without her. She told me that…she feared that she may need me with her for the whole pregnancy. All nine months of it. I mean, I was gonna be with her, anyways. But…if I have to constantly do this to keep her safe…" Saitama sighed. "It is a bit concerning."

"I do worry what would happen if we have to confront the group of Secret Skins with me so heavy with child…" Mitsumi said with an intense frown.

"Crap…well…hmm. We'll have time to figure things out. I know it," Saitama said and kissed her forehead to calm her.

"We'll do what we can," Zenchu nodded. "Just know that this may happen every time she gets pregnant. We'll see how it goes and what we can or can't do. As for the Secret Skins garbage, don't sweat it. She won't have to do much at all with all of us here."

"Right," Saitama nodded and squeezed Mitsumi to comfort her. Sweet Mask finally put the last colored pencil down to get their attention.

"I finished it. Barely," Sweet Mask sighed and showed Inichi the finished colored page. Inichi brought it over to study it and smirk. Then he glared at the manila folder to sigh at it. He brought it up to read in a blue bubble and flipped through the pages. He was thankful that he didn't have that much to read.

"Sweet Mask…" Inichi started to have everyone quiet down. "This…writer. Were they one that did clay sculptures at all?"

"Ah…not that I am aware of…" Sweet Mask swallowed.

"They should try to make a clay sculpture and set it in a kiln at the highest heat possible. Should it melt down into something indescribable, it will match what this script is all about!" Inichi ranted out to get everyone dying with laughter. "No structure! No plot! I don't even know if there is a main character! Do you know if there is one in this 'script' you gave me?!"

"I was…hoping you could tell me…?" Sweet Mask cringed for control. Tajima was in tears of her own laughter and hiding her face in her hands.

"May I?" Genos asked to get Mitsumi dying with laughter all over again. Inichi gave over the script to be scanned through. "Hmm…"

"Do we dare to ask for a verdict?" Inichi grimaced.

"It appears to be about a meadow, but there are no people in it. Just animals, plants, rocks…mainly nature? I fear this is not a script. It is more like a daydream one had and they wrote of it. I do see about fifty-three errors, six plot holes and twenty-eight run-on sentences of obscure dialect within these five pages of…something," Genos said and gave the script back to Sweet Mask. "However, that clearly is not a script. Read it again and you'll see."

"A daydream?!" Sweet Mask asked with shock.

"Let me read it," Tajima said and took up the folder to look through. "Huh. I think Genos is right. It's like…almost like someone had an intense thought and had to write it out and share it with others. So weird!"

"No idea," Saitama shrugged and kept his hand pressed against Mitsumi's belly. "Anyways, spa day tomorrow. No restaurant visit. Are we summoning something? Or is Orotsu not ready to come back?"

"He is finishing up now. I shall retrieve him directly. Five minutes?" Inichi said and focused lightly. The important man had arrived shortly after with his assistant to sit with the board members to record any and all events. When Orotsu and Anno appeared, they all chatted together for another ten minutes over a light dinner before a large shadow began to appear over them. Mitsumi just gasped with delight at who it was.

"I hope this satisfies everyone's curiosity," Blue Ripple snorted and crossed his arms over his massive chest. His muscular body easily made Shenjou look thin, and he stood with the others at ten feet in height. He had no hair, but his fin wedge started from the middle of his forehead to go down the back of his neck. His ears were wedges, much like Deep Sea Prince, and his lips were a faint blue with a rounded nose. His iridescent scales were a solid form of body armor over his body, and his solid white eyes scanned the others there. If he turned around, there would be a slight eel-like tail that wavered gently.

"Not bad!" Bright Bolt grinned.

"I thought you said you had a beard?" King asked.

"I went against it this time," Blue Ripple shrugged. "I also decided to keep my height the same as the others. I said I was twelve feet tall before. I am keeping myself at ten feet for now."

"Hmm…" Saitama frowned. Zenchu walked up to Blue Ripple to shake hands with him in a brotherly way. That got Saitama to nod with acceptance. Blue Ripple moved to sit in a newly provided chair that was more like a lounge sofa to be near Mitsumi. She rested a hand on his knee, and he covered her hand with his massive one to show he saw her as family.

"I'm here!" Child Emperor said when he arrived.

"Same. We all met up. Metal Knight texted me to tell me to come by. Something important, eh?" Zombieman said when he arrived with Himiko to find a seat and get a plate to share with her. Then his jaw dropped when he learned about the GOD monsters in front of him. Iwasaki and Flashy Flash were soon sitting with Deep Sea King and Akiyama to chit chat with excitement. Wind Crane cleared her throat to get everyone's attention after the small meal was done.

"We should summon the one we need now," Wind Crane said. "We are all here together in human form. As much as I would prefer my original one…"

"I told you we had to be in human form. It further shows the urgency," Bright Bolt said. "I'll start charging up the air. Fire Flight, set fire to the circular pattern. Wind Crane, send the fire to all the piles of earth collected."

"I'll make the shielding of water to ensure nothing can disrupt us," Blue Ripple nodded and rose up. "No one else needs to intervene. Wind Crane is right, though. We need to summon him now."

"I shall be on alert," Inichi nodded. The four powerful monsters now moved to circle the summoning pattern in the arena to start preparing. Blue Ripple stood on the southern point. Wind Crane moved to the northern point. Fire Flight went to stand on the western point. Bright Bolt was now moving to stand on the eastern point to show he was ready.

"Hmm…" Tatsumaki frowned. Rendor kept her in his lap and nuzzled into her neck to make her giggle. Sweet Mask and the board members kept close watch on everything. The important man's assistant was getting ready to start taking pictures with her tablet, but Inichi pulled it away from her with a blue bubble.

"Hey!" she said.

"I do apologize, but this cannot be revealed to the public. Nor can it be recorded. We don't know who will see this event. I will remove all footage from you coming to our location. We cannot have our home and secrets compromised," Inichi said and gave the tablet to Genos.

"But…" she frowned.

"Please heed his warning," Mitsumi said. "That's like me walking into your home and taking footage without permission."

"Oh…" she blinked.

"I understand with Neutral Grounds, as it is a public place. But this is my home. Please respect our wishes," Mitsumi smiled softly.

"It's fine. Memories will be more than enough," the important man nodded.

"I shall pause all of my recordings," Metal Knight said from his hovering robot. "Only the security footage for Wind Crane's nest and inside any needed buildings will work properly."

Mitsumi winced a bit and found Saitama's hand getting pressed hard into her belly by Overgrown Rover. It whined and licked her cheek to help comfort her. Saitama studied her features and found himself recognizing something. "Mitsumi. Tell me this. Are you feeling…a burning within you? Like a fire that needs to be put out all the time?"

"I…don't know…" she swallowed.

"Hey," Saitama said to the fans on her belt. "I may need your help. If she gets worse, I need a barrier to be with her."

One of the crane fan sets now came out to hover in a set of two to show he was heard. The other nine came out to do the same to leave the controlling set in her belt. He nodded and turned his attention to the sudden dome of clear water that appeared at Blue Ripple's mere thought. Bright Bolt filled the air in the dome with electrical static that sparked and zapped visibly for everyone to see with the naked eye. Fire Flight focused for the center of the protected land to burst up into a volcanic flame. Then Wind Crane used the wind to spread the central flame to the piles of various earths to light all of it aflame.

"Whoa…" Fumio blinked and saw the central flame sputter out. The static in the air charged up even more when a rumbling began to filter out from that exact central point. Wind Crane moved the smoke from the charred soils through the air to saturate the charged air, and a small hole suddenly appeared in the center.

Two large sets of digging claws like a giant mole appeared to clear away the earth. Then a small snout that resembled an armadillo poked out before pulling a body resembling a beautifully jeweled turtle shell to be revealed. The monster appeared to be four feet in height with long, floppy ears that almost touched the ground in a sitting position. He pulled his clawed hands up like a rabbit and tilted his head cutely at the others that called him. A small, fuzzy tail twitched on the ground when he pulled himself fully out of the ground, and Blue Ripple removed the watery shielding. He blinked his glowing amber eyes and sniffed the new air around him curiously.

"Cute!" Mitsumi gasped and squealed with delight.

"Not yet!" Saitama grinned and hugged her to his chest.

"But…but…cute monster! I must snuggle!" she said.

"In time," Saitama soothed her. Overgrown Rover huffed and whined out to get the new monster's attention. The earth monster seemed to simply vanish and reappear right in front of Mitsumi to sniff her. Then he grunted and pushed his dirty head right into her arms for the snuggles she wanted to give him.

"Did…that monster even move…?!" Sweet Mask gaped.

"I…am earth…itself…" the monster said on looking at him. "I move…with earth. I was…called? And…I like…snuggles…"

"Do you have a name?" Saitama asked. Tacki was soon walking over to help clean off the dirt that was now getting all over Mitsumi's performance gown.

"Stable Rock…is my name…" he nodded.

"You have an interesting voice. It's like…rocks moving over themselves," Rendor mused. "Very cool!"

"Thanks…" Stable Rock chuckled.

"Yes. We called you. You wanted us to call you if anything big was happening. There may be a GOD monster of multiple elements making monsters for its own purpose," Bright Bolt said.

"Oh? Hmm. Not good…" Stable Rock snorted. Then he turned to look at Garou to sniff him. "Chaos…touched you…"

"You know the GOD monster that touched me?!" Garou asked with shock.

"Met that one…once. Unpleasant company," he grunted. "We must…talk. I hunger…first. Can I…?"

"Tell me what you wish," Orotsu chuckled.

"Hmm. Blue Ripple. Give that one…a form…" Stable Rock said with a small, toothy grin. Blue Ripple blinked and looked at Orotsu.

"A form?" Orotsu asked.

"To turn monster and human at will," Blue Ripple mused.

"Ah…!" Orotsu found himself surprised.

"Wind Crane. Give the…hovering one…a form…" Stable Rock said on looking at Inichi. Now Fubuki's jaw dropped.

"We shall discuss it," Wind Crane chuckled and moved to sit with Zenchu.

"I…suppose we should…" Inichi said with his own form of shock.

"It is…needed. Now…I must eat…" Stable Rock said and moved to sit down in front of Mitsumi and Saitama. Then he looked at Saitama and said, "You and I…must talk…in depth. After eating."

"That's fine," Saitama nodded. Orotsu was able to pull himself back into a cooking mindset, but a part of him was lost in thought. To become human again and a monster whenever I need to. A human form to rejoice in when I feel the need to become it. And my monster form to cook at the levels I desperately need to have. I think I can do that…