A/N: Short chapter.

Kogane and Super Mouse were sitting on a bench as they continued to talk.

"So you're saying that Saitama's managed to convince the Tornado of Terror to not kill you guys?! Or even report you to the Hero Association?!" Super Mouse asked in shock.

"It's true! She had me and so many other monsters and heroes held down with her powers. She was dead set on bringing everyone in to the Hero Association." Kogane answered.

"What stopped her?" Super Mouse asked.

"Ki started calling Tornado a coward for not wanting to fight Saitama. A few others joined in a riled her up. She finally got fed up with it and decided to crush Saitama to prove she was stronger." Kogane explained. "She restrained us all, dropped us off at a safe distance to watch and then began to tear up the landscape with her powers as she fought Saitama. Needless to say, she was absolutely baffled at the fact that she didn't even scratch him, even after trying to crush him with two literal mountains of rock."

"Are you for real?!" Super Mouse balked. "What, is he related to King or something?!"

"Don't know. Haven't asked him about his family." Kogane chuckled. "Well, that was enough to convince her that Saitama was strong. As for not killing us or turning us in, I think she made a deal with Ki."

"What could she have that Tornado would want?" Super Mouse asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Remember what I said about my and my sisters hair?" Kogane asked while holding a single strand up.

"Yeah. Eat it and your body under...goes...oooooh." Super Mouse trailed off in understanding.

"Bingo." Kogane answered. "So now, we all chip in a few strands of hair whenever she comes to collect."

"Better to give a few bits of hair than lose your heads, huh?" said Super Mouse.

"Yeah. Glad she also wanted some of my hair as well. Can you imagine Tornado being the same height, but with Nori's breasts and Midori's ass?"

The two of them pictured it for a moment, then started to laugh. They laughed so hard that they almost missed a terrified Great Food Tub running by, a panicking Little Splitter riding on her shoulders.

"Was that the Great Food Tub and Black Sperm? And...why was he a girl?" Kogane asked.

"Better question: Why did they look like they're running for their lives?" Super Mouse pondered. Both of them looked thought for a moment before coming to the same conclusion.

"Class-S Hero!"

"Shit! If it's one that doesn't know about you guys, then we have to run too!" Super Mouse exclaimed before yelping when she felt Kogane's hair wrap around her body.

"This way!" Kogane yelled as she ran, pulling Super Mouse close. "We need to get to Saitama!"

"I thought you said you couldn't bring me there with talking to him fir-HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GRABBING!" Super Mouse hollered while blushing.

"THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!" Kogane yelled back as she ran. 'Saitama! I'm sorry! Please save us!'

Electric Catfish and Maiko Plasma were still waiting for Nori to return with the answer of meeting Saitama. As they did, they decided to simply enjoy the sunshine...and each other's company.

The two were dancing a slow waltz with each other as they spoke of their love.

"My darling~ I love how the sunlight glints off your whiskers~"

"It's dull compared to when your pale skin glows in the moonlight when we danced under the stars~"

The two then gently kissed each other after Electric Catfish Man dipped Maiko Plasma, the two monsters lost in their own world. The kissed would've lasted longer if they hadn't suddenly sensed a presence and immediately got defensive.

"Wait, it's me!" Nori yelped.

"Nori? How long have you been there?" Maiko Plasma asked while she and ECM relaxed.

"A few moments. Sorry I ruined the mood." Nori answered. "But I've got good news. Saitama said it's okay for you two to come and meet him!"

"That's great!" Maiko Plasma said with a smile as Nori lead the way. "Hopefully, finding his home will be enough to keep Lord Gyoro Gyoro from killing us." she whispered to Electric Catfish Man, who nodded in response.

"Can I ask you two a question?" Nori suddenly spoke before looking over her shoulder at them. "Are you two dating, or married?"

"Oh?" Maiko Plasma hummed before both monsters giggled while she covered her mouth with her fan. "We'll leave you to wonder." she said.

"Aww! That's going to make me want to know more!" Nori whined with a smile. The two electric monsters laughed before all three of them heard footsteps approaching. They turned to see the Great Food Tub running towards them before stopping and hunching over. Their body was covered in sweat and their breathing was deep and raspy.

"Keep running!" Little Splitter yelled from on her shoulder.

"I...I can't..." GFT wheezed as she fell to her knees, her bloated shrinking until it was flat while her breasts and butt swelled a little. "My legs...hurt too much...and...I'm hungry."

"If you don't keep running, then that pile of mes you ate earlier will be the last meal you'll ever have! Now MOVE!" Little Splitter snapped while slapping Great Food Tub's cheek.

"Great Food Tub? Little Splitter?" Maiko Plasma called out, gaining their attention.

"What's wrong? You both look like you've seen a ghost." ECM commented.

"We wish! We have to head back to the Monster Association and hide!" Splitter yelled.

"What? But what about Saitama?!" Maiko Plasma asked in a panic. "We were sent up here to find-"

"FORGET SAITAMA! WE'VE GOTTA RUN!" Splitter roared.

"Why?" Nori asked.

"King...is...coming!" Great Food Tub got out between her breaths, sending terror through the others before they all ran off, leaving GFT and Splitter behind. "H-HEY! WAIT...FOR US!" she yelled as she got up and started to slowly run after them.

King was calmly walking through the empty streets of the Ghost Town, a frown on his face as he kept on thinking of the monsters he saw.

'Holy crap! That was way too close! If they hadn't of run, I'd be in deep shit! Where the heck is Saitama's apartment?! I gotta find him, fast!' he thought. He was broken out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of something crashing nearby. 'Oh shit! More monsters?!' he thought as he prepared to run, only to stop as another sound hit his ears.

The sound of crying.

"I HATE EVERYTHING!" a woman's voice wailed. "WHY DIDN'T I SAY ANYTHING SOONER?!"

"I'm asking myself the same thing." came another woman's voice. "Still, it's his choice. We can't do much about it."

"But...it hurts! It hurts so much! I don't know how to live with this!"

'Who's talking? Live with what? And who's choice?' King thought. He wanted so much to run, but he was also curious. Plus, the woman sounded like she was in so much pain. 'Maybe just a peek.' he thought as he crept up towards the voices and leaned his head out to see who was talking. He nearly shit himself when he saw the Subterranean Queen consoling a crying Deep Sea Queen. 'Oh fuck me! They're monsters! And worse! One of them is on the Hero Association's wanted list as a Demon Level threat! I gotta get out of here and find-'

"WHY CAN'T I BE WITH SAITAMA WHEN I LOVE HIM SO MUCH?!"

'...what?'

King blinked as he tried to figure out just what it was that the Deep Sea Queen just cried out.

"I know, it hurts. After all, I love that handsome bald hero too." the Subterranean Queen confessed. "Don't tell him I said bald. He'd pummel me."

The Deep Sea Queen let out a chuckle before she wiped her eyes, her frown quickly returning.

"I just don't get it. My family would take many mates." Deep Sea Queen stated.

"So would mine. But you must remember, we're up here with humans. There society is...different. Not all humans want more than one wife or girlfriend." the Subterranean Queen explained.

"But why doesn't Saitama want me? Am I not beautiful to him?!" Deep Sea Queen asked while gesturing to herself.

"We all know that Saitama is attracted to us. His recent reactions prove that." the Subterranean Queen said with a smile as she gently pat her friend's back. "I think it's more of Saitama being a decent human and not wanting to hurt Vaccine Woman. Don't forget, she's been with him the longest, so they grew close."

"I know that." Deep Sea Queen sighed. "Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he'd have taken me as a concubine."

'Whoa! She's got it bad for Saitama.' King thought before raising an eyebrow. 'Wait a minute. Why does a monster love Saitama? How could a monster love anybody?! Something's going on here. I need to find Saitama and ask.'

He slowly eased his foot away to start running, only to nearly piss himself when he knocked over an empty can.

"Who's there?!" Deep Sea Queen yelled as she and her friend looked in the direction it came from, catching a brief glimpse of someone before they bolted.

"Who was that?" the Subterranean Queen asked as she and DSQ got up and ran over to see a figure running away at full speed. "Crap! I don't recognize them!"

"It could be anyone! A spy for either the Hero or Monster Assocation, even!" DSQ answered before gritting her teeth. "They must've heard us talking about Saitama."

"If this gets back to either one, we're all in a lot of trouble!" the Subterranean Queen said in slight panic.

"Let's follow! If they try to leave the Ghost Town, we'll stop them!" Deep Sea Queen ordered before they followed after them.

"Uh...Ki, was it?" Abysstalon spoke up.

"Yeah?" Ki answered.

"Can you let me out of here already?!" she yelled. She was currently being held in the air, and upside down, by strands of Ki's hair. "I'm getting dizzy from the blood rushing to my head!"

"Ah, shut up!" Rhino Wrestler grumbled before being pushed by Vaccine Woman, a sphere of energy on her pointer finger and aimed at his back.

"Keep moving." she warned as they walked through the empty streets. "So, why are you both up here?" she questioned.

"We told you, we came up here because our leader is curious about Saitama." Abysstalon answered.

"Okay. Who told you about Saitama, and what have you learned from them?" Ki asked.

"All we know is that his name is Saitama, he lives up here in the Ghost Town, he's not Class-S but is said to be powerful enough to be on par with them and has a lot of monsters living under his rule." Rhino Wrestler listed off. "As for who, our leader, Gyoro Gyoro, squeezed Saitama's name out of a few others that come up here before."

"Well that answers that." Ki said as they kept walking. "So, why are you up here now? Need more information about Saitama?"

"Yes, as much as we can get. Or at least enough to satisfy Gyoro Gyoro into not pasting us with his mind." Abysstalon answered.

"Actually, before all that, I got a question of my own." Rhino Wrestler spoke up. "Why hasn't this Saitama character ratted us out to the Hero Association?"

"Because he doesn't know it exists. None of the heroes do." Ki answered.

"You mean you haven't told anyone about us?" Abysstalon asked in mild shock. "Why not?"

"If we did and he told the Hero Association, they'd come storming this place and might find us, and learn that Saitama is harboring monsters, so it's a lose-lose situation." Ki answered before smiling and bringing Abysstalon closer so she gently pinch her cheek. "Plus, we also wanted to give other monsters a chance to realize that there's not only more to life than killing humans, but that there's also no point in trying since Saitama's strong enough to crush anyone or anything that fights him." she finished while gently patting the furry monster's cheek.

"At least for now. But after I train and crush the Class-S heroes, I'll be coming for him." Rhino Wrestler boasted, making Vaccine Woman and Ki burst into laughter.

"That's what they all say!" Vaccine Woman chortled.

"Defeating Saitama?! Not even in your dreams!" Ki guffawed. The laughter made Rhino growl and snort steam from his nose. He took a step towards Ki, but stopped when the spot in front of his foot was blasted.

"Uh uh uh~" Vaccine Woman warned while wagging a finger at him, another orb of energy appearing on her pointer. He turned and growled at her before spotting a familiar group of monsters running towards them.

"Rhino Wrestler! Abysstalon!" Electric Catfish Man called out as they regrouped.

"Let them go!" Maiko Plasma ordered.

"You gonna make me?" Ki asked. "And what's with you suddenly barking orders-"

"There's no time for hostility! We have to hide! Right now!" Electric Catfish Man interrupted as the Great Food Tub finally made before her legs gave out.

"I...I'm tapped..." she wheezed, her whole body coated in sweat.

"Keep running, you moron!" Splitter snapped.

"Can't...move...too...painful..." GFT whined, tears leaking out of her eyes.

"You know what?! Fine! Let King kill you! Leaves us more time to run!" Splitter huffed.

"King?! What are you talking about?!" Abysstalon yelped.

"We're talking about the fact that the Earth's Strongest Man is here in the Ghost Town!" Splitter yelled.

"Oh shit! This is bad!" Vaccine Woman yelped.

"If he finds us, we're dead!" Ki stated.

"Forget Saitama! Run back to the Monster Association!" Splitter ordered, causing Rhino Wrestler, ECM, Maiko Plasma and Little Splitter to run, leaving Abysstalon stuck in Ki's hair and an exhausted Great Food Tub on the ground.

"HEY! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE! COME BACK!" Abysstalon yelled before Ki ran off in another direction.

"VACCINE WOMAN! HELP HER OUT!" Ki yelled while pointing at the Great Food Tub.

"Right!" VW nodded before she grew into her monstrous form, allowing her to easily lift Great Food Tub up and over her shoulder. "Oof! What's this girl been eating?" she asked before running after Ki.

Saitama was quietly preparing some tea inside his home as he waited for Nori to return with her monster companions, completely unaware of the two monsters still hiding under his kitchen sink, waiting for a chance to run.

'At this rate, we'll have to wait until nightfall until we can sneak out.' Splitter thought as she and Manako played a silent game of rock-paper-scissors. She lost another game to Manako before they heard someone furiously pounding on the door.

"SAITAMA! YOU HOME?!" came someone's voice.

"Who's that?" Manako whispered.

"Turn on your light and find out." Splitter ordered, making the weaker monster nod before turning on her X-ray vision. They looked as Saitama answered the door, allowing a terrified man to run inside. Splitter had to cover Manako's mouth when she nearly screamed at the sight of King being so close to them.

"Hey King. What are you doing here? And do you mind taking off your shoes? You're tracking dirt in." Saitama told him.

"S-Sorry!" King wheezed before whipping around and looking at Saitama. "Wait, there's no time to worry about that! I have a problem! Two huge monsters were chasing me!"

"Well, this place is the Ghost Town. You knew that when I told you where I lived." Saitama answered.

"Why does King look so freaked out?" Splitter muttered to herself while Manako shrugged.

"Guess you didn't take my advice to get strong, huh?" Saitama said as he looked at the freaked out hero.

"Get strong? King's already the strongest man in the world." Manako whispered.

"I know that! But one of them was the Deep Sea Queen, a Demon Level Threat! You know that a weakling like me can't fight a monster on that level!" King yelled.

"Weakling?" both monsters said in hushed whispers while looking at each other in confusion.

"Well, what about the other monster with her? Could you fight that one?" Saitama asked.

"That monster was just as big as the Deep Sea Queen! Besides, we both know I can't fight! After all, all my victories and achievements are yours! I'm nothing but a weak, cowardly, pathetic fake!"

When those words left King's lips, both monsters felt something inside go haywire.

Manako's mouth dropped to the floor while Splitter felt all the rest of her go berserk inside her body.

"We just hit...the motherload!" Splitter whispered, her grin threatening to split her face.

"How...What...Why...Who?!" Manako muttered, her eye wide and unfocused.

Both of the monsters nearly yelped when they heard the front door being banged on.

"SAITAMA! WE HAVE A PROBLEM! OPEN THE DOOR!"

"Is that Nori?" Manako asked as they watched Saitama open the door.

"Nori? What's wrong? Did something happen with those guests you were bringing?" Saitama asked.

"No! They went home! We have a problem! King is-" Nori began before she and King spotted each other. It was quiet for a moment before the King Engine activated, the sound echoing throughout the apartment and frightening Nori. The little monster trembled before she fell over, foam coming out of her mouth as her eyes went white.

"Uh oh." Saitama sighed before he gently lifted her up bridal style and closed the door with his foot after he brought her in. "Can you turn that thumping sound off?"

"Not really. Wait, what are you doing? She's a monster!" King exclaimed.

"I know. Mind grabbing the futon from the closet?" Saitama asked. King just stared at him before he got the futon and laid it out, then moved so Saitama could lay Nori on it.

"Why aren't you destroying her? And why'd she know your name? Come to think of it, those two monsters I saw earlier were talking about you!" King listed off. "Saitama...What's going on?!"

"It's a long story." Saitama answered before they heard someone knocking on the door again. "Now what?"

"Saitama! We have a problem! Someone's snooping around and we don't know if they were from the Hero Association!"

"Oh shit! That's the voice of one of the monsters I heard!" King yelped as Saitama answered the door. When both Queens saw King, they flipped.

"THAT'S HIM! THAT'S THE GUY!"

"THAT'S...KING?!"

"This is not good! I don't want to be here if they start rampaging!" Manako whispered.

"Shh! This is getting good!" Splitter told her.

"SAITAMA!"

The bald hero's face fell flat at the sound of his name being called, followed by multiple footfalls before Vaccine Woman and Ki showed up, a struggling Abysstalon in the latter's hair.

"We have a problem!" Vaccine Woman yelled.

"Yes. King is here, and he's in my house." Saitama drawled as he pointed at King, who was growing more and more confused judging by the look on his face. "Now, who is she and why did you bring her here without permission?"

"Uh...we met some monsters, heard King was coming, and panicked before running here to warn you." Vaccine Woman answered before looking down at the street. "And she's not the only one."

"Saitama!" came Kogane's voice as she and Super Mouse appeared. "We...uh...is this a bad time?"

"So this is where he lives?" Super Mouse asked.

"Saitama?" King spoke up, getting everyone's attention. "What. Is. Going. On?!"

Saitama's only response was to sigh and rub his forehead.

"You know something?" Manako whispered. "I think I actually feel sorry for Saitama?"

"Me too." Splitter nodded.

A/N: Merry Christmas!