"This is so beautiful!" Mitsumi gasped at the very sight of the entryway into the new house on the hill. It resembled one of those little classic villas with a rounded tower entrance and tall, rounded windows. There were east and west wings to show plenty of space for family events and expansions. Burgundy roof tiles layered over each other neatly, went around chimneys to show fireplaces were set in and even had a few sky lights. Hidden solar panels would neatly soak in sunlight to store in a backup generator for power.
A texture like beige stucco covered the outside to help with weather resistance, and the group studied the layout leading up to the beautiful, quaint home. Saitama knew there was likely a backyard of intense beauty, too, and he planned to see that in the morning. He also had an idea that the monster pets with them were going to improve the home even more. The next few minutes would prove his thoughts correct.
Tangled Vine studied the bare marble pillars in front of the regal three-story house that graced the entryway outside foyer and mumbled to himself. He focused to let vines creep up and let flowers of intense types, colors and sizes bloom all over them. The vines moved to cover over any iron wrought balcony with the same flowers blooming everywhere. It made the little villa seem even more enchanting as though it was there for far longer than a few hours.
Stable Rock looked at the pathway to the home and had small, grey, smooth path stones pop up. Tangled Vine chuckled and had a rich, emerald green moss appear between each stone on the path. Small, white flowers soon blossomed in the moss to add even more of an enchanting feel. Blue Ripple mused at an idea and had a small, bubbling creek sprout up to feed into a newly made pool of crystal clear water on either side of the entryway steps. Stable Rock noticed that and rose up the rocks to make small waterfalls to further delight Mitsumi.
"Can't see much with the sun down," Saitama frowned.
"Easily fixed, Dad," Cold Snap chuckled and whispered to Tangled Vine. Large trees sprouted up with drooping branches over the path. Bright Bolt knew what was to happen and let loose the electrical fireflies. Cold Snap sealed them in ice spheres to hang off the branches neatly. Blue Ripple focused to let water droplets fasten to them and sparkle out their shimmering lights.
"Ah! Incredible!" Mitsumi praised. "Thank you all so much!"
"No need to thank, Mom," Cold Snap smiled and got picked up by Saitama for a hug. "You deserve this."
"That she does. She deserves to be happy at all times," Saitama nodded.
"Will they melt?" Mitsumi asked. Then she gasped with complete delight again at the tiny ice orb given to her to hold easily.
"Nope! They may hide away in the daylight, but they'll be out in darker weather and at night. They'll last for as long as we want them," Cold Snap beamed at her. "You can keep that one, too. Just carry it with you."
"I will!" Mitsumi smiled and planned to put it on her belt loop later.
"Can we have these in our rooms?" Fumio asked with a grin.
"Sure!" Cold Snap nodded and reached for Mitsumi to get held.
"Let's see what the inside of this place is like," Saitama mused. The key card was found under the elegant welcome mat and used. Then he scooped up Mitsumi into his arms fully to carry her over the threshold into the new home. The ornately designed door opened to reveal the main entrance being a circular central tower connecting all three floors together. The east and west wings would join to the central tower room to go up and down a beautiful oak and gold staircase. It joined all three floors, and there was even a small elevator for more intense needs in the middle of the staircase in the form of a clear glass pillar.
At the topmost vertical ceiling point hung a stunning gold and crystal chandelier, and Cold Snap made an ice sphere to enhance the lighting at the base of it. Stable Rock studied the floor layout and snorted before transforming the basic stonework into black marble tiling with gold flecks.
"I want this house as our main house design. I know I said I liked the small cottage that your uncle had, too, but I want all of our houses to have this type of design structure," Saitama said on gazing around at everything.
"Even the Hero Association room?" Mitsumi frowned.
"Eh…we'll see. But personal houses? I want this. Even if it's a one story, I don't care. I just really like how this layout is," he said with a small smile.
"We have a section under this house, too," Mitsumi chuckled. "Remember the hidden ways around? And didn't we want to do a training ground, too?"
"Not here. This place is for private relaxation. Supply drops for discreet needs are one thing. Everything else? No. Private stuff for family only. Oh! I wanted a hot springs somewhere for only family use. I'd like to have that in each home. Same with treasure rooms!" he grinned now and squeezed her for a rewarding squeak. "Anyways, we'll explore this house later. Time for bed. And snacks! Lots of snacks!"
"Game night watching!" she beamed and saw a light turn on over their destined bedroom door on the right wing side. It was the first door from the stairs and appeared to be the only door on the third floor. "Ah! That's so cool!"
"No need to search! Awesome!" Saitama grinned a bit more.
"I bet that's Metal Knight. Blink that light twice if I'm right!" Mitsumi said. The light flickered off and on twice to show she was correct in her assumption.
"Do I share a room with Cold Snap?" Fumio asked. A light lit up on the opposite side down the hall on the left wing side on the third floor. "Sweet!"
"Not bad," Cold Snap chuckled. Mitsumi noticed he looked troubled, and she glanced at Saitama.
"Hey. What's going on?" Saitama asked.
"I kinda…wanted to be with you…" Cold Snap admitted.
"Wait until the game night is over. Then come over to us," Mitsumi smiled. "You can study how Fumio has fun and gain some ideas to be more human in a child-like mindset. Okay?"
"Ah! Okay. I can get that," Cold Snap smiled. He got set down to show he was ready to follow Fumio. They all looked over to see Orotsu walking in with his human form. He waved at them and moved to check over the kitchen. One of Inichi's blue bubbles was following him and it was filled with various snacks and trays. Mitsumi smiled warmly at this and let Saitama run her up the stairs to their bedroom.
"Ready?" Saitama asked and kissed her forehead before opening the door. They both stared in wondrous shock at the bedroom layout before them. The same type of bed from the City X mansion took up the center of the room, save the golden frame. Plush, cream colored, leather couches lined the walls of the massive room. Pictures of friends and family lined the walls, and this even included photos of Neutral Grounds. Two large, airy windows were lined with velvet red curtains, and a balcony lined with vines from Tangled Vine was seen at the far left side of the room. Large, faux fur rugs lined the redwood floor, but the floor area with the fireplace was wisely left bare for safety.
The furniture, too, was large and spacious with plenty of shelves and hanging spots for clothes. There was a large walk in closet, but there were areas for quick costume grabs with self-cleaning areas for touch up jobs. Large, dark redwood drawers were lining various areas of the room neatly. There was even a massive vanity desk for Mitsumi's needs with a complete arsenal of makeup and hair accessories to choose from.
The bathroom, itself, had a bathtub and a standing shower. Soaps from City X were also stocked with other toiletry needs. Ultra soft and fluffy towels with robes of various colors were hanging within easy reach. Even the toilet was sensor activated for automatic needs for quick use. Mitsumi simply had no words. Saitama was beyond excited with everything. Stable Rock, though, was not impressed. He lumbered right over to the bed and snorted after examining it.
"What's wrong?" Blue Ripple asked when he moved to a small bed-like tub that was meant for him.
"This place…of rest…is…stupid…" Stable Rock grunted.
"Well, it's not a treasure bed. So, you're right about that," Saitama agreed.
"Oh, geez! The bed is fine!" Mitsumi sighed and got set down to stand.
"Nope! My condition for each new home still stands. A treasure bed and a treasure room must be present. I have standards," he said and found himself kissed in an intensely loving way. His gaze softened as he looked at her for her to talk.
"You can work on the bed. I'll get the television started for the live stream and check on our snacks. Okay?" she smiled. He sighed and nodded for her to get on that. Then he looked at Stable Rock and blinked when the mattress frame became solid gold with platinum end caps.
"I want…to move…under…this thing…" Stable Rock nudged the mattress.
"Ah! I can move the mattress…" Saitama said and lifted it easily. While he watched Stable Rock fill up the underside with priceless gems and gold pieces, Mitsumi was working the remote on the television to pull up the live stream. She was pleased to find an instruction sheet left by Metal Knight that was easy to follow. Once she had the stream up to show it was almost ready to start, she called up Orotsu in the kitchen from the audio button by the bed.
After confirming that snacks and drinks were ready, she saw a steel, tubular pillar rise up next to the bed and make a larger top in a fan-like way all the way around. She found blue, red and green napkins in small holders with a note of what to ask for. She took up an empty plate in a specialized holder and set it on the central part of the table with green and blue napkins. A small receptacle shifted down, and that was when she realized that Metal Knight had made a serving system into the kitchen to various bedrooms. "This is crazy!"
"What is?" Saitama asked and shifted around various gems to fit under the mattress easily. "I wasn't paying attention."
"I figured," she chuckled. When she winced a bit, he was right there to put a soothing hand on her belly. "Thanks…"
"It's okay. Stable Rock's done for now. What do you want to show me?" he asked gently and kissed her forehead. She pointed at the large screen and then to the intricate snack table. "Oh!"
"Metal Knight has a complete serving system in this house! He left us instructions, too," she smiled and revealed the note. "With the table, we remove the serving plate from its holder on the tube to initiate the need for service. A clean plate is sent back when we're done in full with a red napkin, but we put the dirty plate back on to initiate a sensor.
"If we want more snacks, we put a blue napkin over the plate. A red napkin is for no more snacks or service. If we want drinks, we add a green napkin first. Then we would put our empty glass next to the plate if we wanted drinks to continue with the snacks. So, to start the need for it, I put the clean plate on with green and blue napkins to activate the sensor. We can use the red napkin in place of the green for no more drinks and add a blue one for more snacks. Same thing if we want snacks and no drinks. A red one by itself shows we're good for now. It's a color code system."
"That is awesome!" he grinned.
"And we have a menu that we can check off to start!" Mitsumi giggled. He took up the small pencil to circle a few delicacies and a type of drink to receive. The empty plate was already sent back with a noted reminder for the menu list. Mitsumi blushed and realized she didn't include what they wanted. That was now sent back with a reseating of the plate. Five minutes later had a full plate of various delights with two large glasses of iced soda. The napkins were returned to them to set aside for later use.
"I absolutely approve of this," Saitama said with a nod and moved the plate carefully off the central serving part of the table. The drinks were collected and set on a bedside table that was made just for this need on her side. "Okay, let's see…"
"Hmm?" Mitsumi smiled and watched him move to where the standing wireless microphone was. He pressed a button to unmute it and carried it to set it on the other bedside table on his side of the bed. He saw speakers were built around the room for easy sound carry, and he found himself grinning at all of it.
"We're here!" Saitama said into the microphone. He realized he didn't even have to be too close to it in order to be heard easily.
"Same!" Fumio said from his room with Cold Snap giggling with him.
"Good," King said. "Kianna's with me, of course."
"Yep," Zombieman chuckled with Himiko yawning next to him.
"Wind Crane and I are present," Zenchu chuckled.
"I'm here with Fire Flight," Shenjou said calmly.
"Garou and Lily reporting in!" Garou grinned and let Lily cuddle him.
"I'm curious on this," Sweet Mask admitted. "Tajima is ready to take a few notes for a possible scripting."
"Hey," Kamikaze grunted. "Tacki, no fixing things. We're watching a video game. You need to rest."
"You're telling Tacki to rest?" Kamiko laughed with Genos.
"We're here, too," Fubuki chuckled with Inichi.
"Same here," Tanktop Girl said with Tsuruga grunting next to her.
"I'm looking forward to this," Rendor admitted with Tatsumaki feeding him a couple slices of beef.
"We are also in the live chat to watch in our downtime. You can also request snacks and drinks this way," Orotsu chuckled.
"As he said," Anno agreed with Takeda washing dishes in the background. He was still at the resort to help the kitchen staff there.
"I am letting you know that Puri-Puri Prisoner will also be watching with his, ah, guest," Metal Knight said. "However, they are not in this live chat. And they cannot hear us."
"Good!" Tacki growled out.
"Yeah, it should be couples only, eh?" Kamikaze agreed with Tacki. "And I personally don't want to hear what happens with him."
"That's correct. Couples and close family are in this chat only. No video chat, either, but this way we can help King out. If he feels he needs it," Metal Knight chuckled. "Siren will be monitoring our live feed and chat."
"It's so neat to do this with him!" Siren giggled in her rough tone.
"Nice! Well, you know what happens if I mute. Or anyone, in this case," Saitama chuckled. Then he glanced at Mitsumi when she rose up to stretch. His eyes locked on her curves with a hungry desire. "Yeah. I'm muting now."
"Have fun!" Tacki giggled sharply. Others were quick to mute their microphones to show they were also going to follow his example.
"Hmm?" Mitsumi glanced at Saitama's rising form after pressing the mute button. He pressed right behind her to excite her.
"You mentioned before how we should…unwrap each other…?" he growled in her ear to get her blushing hard.
"Did I? Want to remind me on what was said?" she asked and shivered when his gloved hands moved up her sides. Then he took them off and set them on a nearby chair.
"I think so. But…I'd rather do it and discuss it later…" he muttered and ran his mouth over her neck. "We need to build up our appetites…for the snacks…"
"Do we?" she murmured and gasped softly when he began to loosen the beautiful wedding dress. "Should we…take turns…?"
"Hmm. Yeah. We can do that," he said and turned her to kiss her ravenously. He carefully removed her fan belts to drape over the chair next with his gloves before pulling her close. He leisurely began to kiss what he exposed under the dress before noticing the game was finally starting on the large screen.
"Can we watch and…continue this?" she grinned softly and started to help remove his cape from the onyx buttons.
"Challenge accepted," he growled out and planted another hungry kiss on her mouth. They were able to mildly glance at the introduction to the murder mystery game before finally getting to the bed. She shouted out when he claimed her, and he consumed her senses to such a degree that she could barely respond back to him. Even as he lay back with her locked to him in solid contentment, she was still flush and panting slightly against him. He pulled up a light sheet of intricate pearl and white lacing to drape over them before noticing Bright Bolt looking at him.
"Is it safe to jump up now?" Bright Bolt asked.
"I think so," Saitama nodded and blinked when all of the monster pets found spots around the bed. Overgrown Rover snuggled into his side. Blue Ripple was purring against Mitsumi to help her recover. Stable Rock was stretched out and watching the television at the foot of Saitama's side of the bed. Bright Bolt was laying on his side contentedly at the foot of Mitsumi's bedside. Tangled Vine had made a small nest-like bed in the potted plant set in for him along Mitsumi's side of the wall and even strengthened the plant to form a small, graceful tree. Saitama sighed and rolled his eyes at everything.
"What?" Mitsumi smiled and offered him a piece of teriyaki glazed Wagyu beef. It was dehydrated out and candied to perfection in the glaze.
"Too many pets!" Saitama grimaced and gave an amused glare at Overgrown Rover's cheek lick.
"And I absolutely love it!" Mitsumi giggled and snuggled into Blue Ripple's purring form. Stable Rock was paying attention to the game being played, and he appeared to be thoroughly amused with it. Then he turned his head to the balcony and let out a low growl of protection.
"What?" Saitama asked and looked at him.
"I'll…handle it…" Stable Rock hissed and slid off the bed. Bright Bolt tilted his head and got up when he was looked at. "Sense it…?"
"Hmm. Yeah. Did we protect this place yet?" Bright Bolt snorted.
"I was…waiting…for daylight…" Stable Rock admitted. "Oh! Tangled Vine…can you…assist…?"
"What's going on?" he wheezed out from the potted tree branch he was lounging on. He climbed down and scuttled over to sniff the air. "An enemy, eh? Shall we trap it until daylight?"
"Can you do that?" Saitama asked. Tangled Vine snickered and blinked his glowing emerald eyes. He focused slightly and a sharp shrieking was heard in the distance. Saitama blinked and narrowed his eyes. He unmuted the microphone and said, "Hey. I'm back. And I have an intruder around my house. The GOD monsters are playing with it."
"Is that so?" Metal Knight asked with amusement in the live chat. "I'm scanning the area now…ah. And found the intruder. Appears to be a blonde…dominatrix? Of a sort, I suppose? Rather close to the home, too. I wonder what she's looking for…"
"Her?!" Fubuki asked with surprise. "She still lives?!"
"Who is it?" Saitama asked. Then he saw Overgrown Rover perk up and tilt its head at an unknown sound. It whined and pressed its head into Saitama's side as though to shut it out. "Okay. I'm pissed. My dog is getting affected by something. I think I heard a sound, too. Like a toy whistle. I think. It clearly disturbed my dog. I need to find out what it is and kill it."
"You heard that?" Mitsumi blinked. "I didn't hear anything."
"You know how my senses are stupid strong," Saitama shrugged.
"Could have been a dog whistle of sorts," Kamikaze mused.
"Sounds about right," Zombieman muttered out.
"True, if that's what it is. I don't want my poor puppy stressed over it. It clearly doesn't like it," she frowned.
"Need some help searching?" Zenchu asked.
"If you do, I'm game," Garou said.
"I can pause the game until you're ready to watch again. That's fine," King said and did so.
"Don't worry, Dad. I have her encased in a block of ice now," Cold Snap giggled sharply through the live chat. "Do you want me to bring her to you?"
"How in the hell did you do that?!" Kamikaze asked.
"Well, Tangled Vine had her run into a shallow stretch of land that had some water on it. She was being chased by walking plant monsters that sprung up around her. Then I kinda…froze her in the water. Like I'd try to do to Blue Ripple at times," Cold Snap sighed with admittance.
"Rude! Completely rude!" Blue Ripple grumbled.
"I know. And I said it wouldn't happen anymore. But I heard that weird sound, too. I tracked her with that. As a monster, she'll be fine when we thaw her out. Or if I choose to free her. Whatever we decide to do first," Cold Snap said.
"My poor puppy!" Mitsumi frowned and got snuggled by Overgrown Rover.
"Yeah. My dog was being attacked. In a sense. Son, you're sure that monster won't break free?" Saitama asked carefully.
"Yep! Tangled Vine just had a plant monster appear to eat the ice. If she thaws out, she's trapped in a plant cage. Oh. Bright Bolt just set up a shock field if she tries to break out of that. I think she's trapped," Cold Snap snickered.
"How do you know this?" Mitsumi asked.
"I got a spare microphone that doesn't need cables. And I'm sitting on the roof of the house. The intruder was too close for comfort. Oh! Tangled Vine is having the plant monster extend the cage waaay high into the air! That's funny!" Cold Snap laughed out hard now. "You'll see it tomorrow!"
"Okay. Ah…huh. Inichi is able to see through you and is showing me visions. I want that thing that was disturbing my dog. Can we get it?" Saitama asked and pet Overgrown Rover to calm it.
"I can get it, Dad," Cold Snap said. A few minutes later had a flicker of bright blue light appear at the balcony and reform as Cold Snap. He ran over and set a type of dog whistle on the bed. Saitama picked it up to study and saw Overgrown Rover sigh with irritation at the sight of it.
"If you don't like this, lick my hand," Saitama said and held up his hand. Instead, it grumbled and snorted with distaste.
"Ah. It says it doesn't mind it, but the whistle was used to call for it for stupid reasons. It was not attacked, but it was being called on for something. A summons. It chose to ignore the call. It knows it needs to stay here with us. It would actually prefer for you to keep it as an emergency way to call for it. It will respond anywhere it is," Blue Ripple chuckled.
"Such a good puppy!" Mitsumi beamed and scratched around where the ears would be. It huffed and licked at her nose to get her laughing.
"Glad to know what you said, doggy," Saitama nodded. Overgrown Rover now blinked all six eyes at him and huffed. "What? I don't get you."
Now it whined and yapped to start an argument to get everyone in the live stream laughing at it. Cold Snap seemed to fidget a bit, and Mitsumi chuckled softly. "Dear, if you want to stay with us for a bit…"
"Can I?" Cold Snap asked.
"I'm still with your mom. If you stay, you can sit on the bed with the others. Fumio? Are you good?" Saitama asked while finally sipping on his soda. Mitsumi rose up a bit with the sheet around her chest to accept hers.
"I'm good, Dad!" Fumio said in the live chat. "I have Black Sperm with me. We're both doing okay."
"Okay! Time to resume the game!" King chuckled and began to play again.
"I wonder what that monster needed our puppy for," Mitsumi frowned. Saitama just shrugged and set the odd whistle aside. Then he let her move the plate of snacks between them to share.
"I don't know. But she was obviously after my dog. Nope. My dog came to me and chose to be with me. With us. It stays with us. Blue Ripple said it even said so. If she doesn't wake up by you, I'm killing her. Nothing else to say," he shrugged and pressed a kiss to her forehead. She nodded with a small smile and fed him a few potato chips tossed with sea salt.
Overgrown Rover sighed, shrunk tiny to save space and snuggled into Saitama's side a bit more with a contented yawn. It got fed a potato chip and then a good scratching was given to its side. While the other monster pets climbed back into their resting spots on the bed and in the potted tree, it just remained contentedly at Saitama's side. Then it mouthed at his hand to press against Mitsumi's belly before fully pressing into them to show it was needed.
"Do you love us, puppy?" Mitsumi asked and fed it a piece of teriyaki glazed ham. It snapped up the morsel and moved to snuggle into her. Saitama was quick to save the snack plate and set it on his bedside table. Now it rested its head in her arms and let its eyes droop with complete contentment while licking its chops from the tasty treat. "You're such a good puppy."
"Yeah. It is," Saitama nodded and rested a hand on its back to further comfort it. "Not a slave. Not an object, either. It's my dog. And a damned awesome one at that!"
It gave a healthy lick to his cheek before snuggling back down with Mitsumi again. That got her and Cold Snap laughing while Saitama wiped off his cheek. With the small groups and couples watching the game playthrough, Saitama sat back to enjoy the rest of the wedding night. This game is rather interesting! I don't think I'll get any sleep. I think I'm fine with that. We'll see what time it is when the game is done. If I'm still awake, of course.