"The chambers are made," Stable Rock said when he bent down to peer into the luxury cart. "Each one sent down will be locked away in a specialized room. There will be airflow, but this way it will happen discretely. Everything will be done all at once in the end."

"Good. I want this done. Mitsumi really needs to rest. My son is just…I don't know what to do," Saitama frowned at him.

"We know. She is good for now?" Stable Rock asked.

"Yeah. The pillows are helping. Hmm. Have Cold Snap reach in and touch the pillows a bit? To cool her off?" he asked. This was quickly done, and it definitely helped out Mitsumi when she sighed with relief. Then he thought and sent a mental message to Stable Rock. :Hey. I want to make it so we can look down at the fighting. Like a cage match style from above. You can make barriers to keep them in, right?:

:OH! THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING! YES. WE CAN DO THAT. I SHALL INFORM THE OTHERS RIGHT NOW.:

"Saitama…" Mitsumi winced and forced herself to move.

"What? What is it?" he asked and helped her.

"I feel…sick...!" she gasped.

"Eh?! Crap!" he shouted with alarm. Cold Snap was quick to send them both to their bedroom. She appeared right in front of her toilet to use it. Saitama swore at this and ran a hand over her back. "I'm here…"

"Mitsumi!" Blue Ripple said when he appeared next. A glass of water was brought over by Zenchu's quick phasing in and out. Tangled Vine whined with worry and focused on the tree in the room to produce intensely nourishing fruits.

"It's okay. I'm right here. We won't go back out there. Just lay down in bed with me. I'll undress you. I'll undress me. We'll rest," he said. She could only nod weakly and let him undress her. He did put on a very light gown of soft blue over her. He knew that others would want to see to her, too.

"I can't move…" she whimpered. He lifted her up easily and carried her to the bed. The cold pillows were already set there for her, and she gasped with relief when they were used. She was soon resting comfortably and being fed various fruits to replenish her strength. Stable Rock was soon lumbering in as his natural form. He climbed onto the bed and blinked his glowing amber eyes.

"I didn't…know…if it was…safe…for human…forms…" he grunted and snuggled into Mitsumi carefully.

"Yeah. Better safe than sorry," Saitama nodded. Overgrown Rover was trotting in with Scritch to snuggle down. Bright Bolt was next in his natural form, and even Fire Flight flew in to help comfort Mitsumi.

"We just need to focus and apply our touch," Fire Flight said and crooned at the scratching Saitama gave her. "We are creating a new place for the monsters to fight in. And Stable Rock will have crystals placed all over for maximum viewing needs. Of course, you'll be able to talk through them, too. None of us want Mitsumi to do anything right now. She struggles far too much with your son growing as he is."

"Will my next kid be like this?" Saitama had to ask.

"We do not know. It may be only because this is your first one. Hopefully with one born like this, the others will know you are protected. It is odd, though. The way your son grows…a monster grows just as quickly. But that is clearly not the case. We feel it is your inner power. You have a power that could classify you as one of us. But…you are not. You are human. You just have this power in you that none can describe," Fight Flight sighed.

"GOD breaker…" Stable Rock grunted and swooned at the head scratching.

"You're all my pets. You make Mitsumi happy. That's all that matters," Saitama nodded. "Damn! We left the gem in the cart, didn't we? Hmm. Stable Rock, can you get those visions back again on your shell? Then again…you may be needed elsewhere. Ugh…"

Stable Rock mused at an idea. Bright Bolt rolled onto his back and kicked up his feet from laughing so hard.

"What is…your favorite…color?" Stable Rock asked Saitama.

"Ah…hmm…" Saitama blinked. "I don't think I have one."

"Good…" Stable Rock snorted and moved off the bed. He teleported himself to the arena and focused on Tatsumaki for her help. She lifted him into the air for him to grow to his immense size. Then a fiery, sparkling white diamond the size of a man at six feet high and just as wide was shed off. He focused to flatten it out on the front and back, but it had the faceted design on the main front side. Then he focused for it to be able to stand on its own with a flattened bottom. He was set back down when he shifted small, and he transported himself and the diamond into the bedroom. And he snickered at Saitama's look of intense shock.

"What…the hell…?!" Saitama gaped.

"Your new…television…for my…stones…" his pet snickered again. Tacki was soon charging in to inspect where it was to go. The original television was moved aside to allow Saitama to game. The diamond was set next to it with Cold Snap's help, and multiple gems that were doing visions appeared in various faceted sections. Saitama focused on one in particular, Stable Rock caught the thought to expand it and the hero was incredibly impressed.

"Mitsumi," Saitama said.

"Yes. I know," she sighed and laughed softly.

"My pet is awesome," he said to get her laughing a bit more. "He made me a TV. Out of a massive diamond! For watching other gem visions! Hmm. We should have this done in other areas that need security."

"Just…our homes…" Stable Rock agreed. He moved back onto the bed and swooned at the intense head scratching he got.

"Good. When we visit each one, we'll do that. We should have one in all of our security rooms," Saitama said seriously.

"I let Lightning Max know. He's making a spot for one now. He did suggest to allow the need for touch to be done on an image to focus on it," Bright Bolt said. "I think that is an awesome idea."

"It would be," Mitsumi smiled.

"Done," Stable Rock nodded.

"Sweet! I don't know if I'd touch it, though. I don't wanna break it. I'll just focus like I just did for you to help me," Saitama chuckled. "Okay. So…Secret Skins. We have a plan?"

"Yes. They were going to bring in all but one. One at a time, of course. They would ask if freedom is wanted one more time. If denied, we will touch as agreed. Then that one would be moved into a cave to wait," Blue Ripple said. "The last one left will be touched by all of us to see if you can destroy it."

"To test how it could go. Right," Saitama nodded.

"Can't you look through their minds now to see where they stand?" Mitsumi asked. Bright Bolt blinked at this from he was curled up on the bed.

"Hmm…" he focused his glowing electric blue eyes and snorted. "I got one. Nope! Not changing. Happy to be a monster."

"Inichi is scanning their minds, too," Tangled Vine said. "All do not wish to change. They willingly became what they did."

"So sad," she frowned. Saitama placed a hand on her belly to feel his son kicking at him. He sighed and kept a close watch on his wife.

"How are you feeling?" he asked.

"Exhausted," she said and rested against him. He nodded and fed her a piece of fruit. "I need…something spicy…"

"The red fruit," Tangled Vine said. This was harvested, sliced up and fed to her. She sighed with relief that the craving was killed off neatly. She reached for a sweet fruit next, and that was cut up to be fed to her.

"I think…I could go for some Wagyu…" she blinked.

"Orotsu is cooking now," Blue Ripple said. "He is refusing to work in Neutral Grounds until your child is here. Anno is handling things perfectly."

"Okay," she nodded. "Ah…I need the bathroom…"

"I got you," her husband said and lifted her in his arms.

"That will happen a lot," Fire Flight chuckled.

"He's still growing too much," Saitama frowned on watching her belly. "Start on those Secret Skins, please."

"Metal Knight is evaluating the first one now," Blue Ripple confirmed. In the warehouse laboratory, the first false man was strapped down.

"He's supposed to have the teleporting flea. Then touched by Starlight and Black Shade," Inichi said from what he had written down on a list.

"Of course," Metal Knight confirmed from his hovering robot. "Let's see if this one will take the new flea. I think it may be far more beneficial."

"We should have them all do that," Child Emperor said.

"True. When they know they are cured, they'll still want the chance to be monsters. We'll see if they have a change of heart after they realize they are free of the flea," Dr. Kuseno chuckled in the voice chat from his place below ground. "I was thinking about the flea that ate another. If it gained the power of the prior flea. If there was no extra power, would a touched flea transfer power to the winning flea? And if another flea ate that one…would the power continue to transfer until the winning flea was all that was left?"

"That…would be interesting to test…" Metal Knight mused.

"Mr. Saitama says to try after all of the fleas are gathered," Inichi said.

"It would be scary to think about. But the curiosity is there," Fubuki chuckled. Inichi nodded to her and watched the regular flea get released from its jar. It hopped over to the unconscious false human and dug down over the current flea to pull it out. Inichi separated them into jars, and they set out the flea with teleportation in its own sealed jar.

"Wait. Let it get touched, but don't let that guy use that one just yet. Get another flea out that can use shadow for teleportation," Saitama said quickly. "I kinda want to…hold onto that one. Weirdly enough."

"Really?" Mitsumi asked.

"Yeah. Maybe let that one be part of the last flea to get touched by everyone. Choose another flea and let it get touched by Wind Crane, Blue Ripple and Cold Snap. Wind Crane can still use wind to teleport," Saitama nodded. The teleportation flea was touched with Starlight and Zenchu before being hidden away. Then it was removed from view and another flea was set in its place.

"What…?!" the freed man blinked awake and coughed. He focused and blinked his eyes. "It's…gone…?"

"It is. But the choice is yours if you want it back," Metal Knight said calmly through the speakers. The man turned and saw the flea in the jar. Wind Crane, Blue Ripple and Cold Snap focused on it to let it glow. "And now it is made stronger."

"I…I want it…" the man growled and rose up. He staggered over to the jar to remove the lid.

"Not strong!" the flea snarled.

"I don't care!" the man grounded out. He reached in and yelped at the bite the flea gave him. Then he reached in again to pluck it up from the back and forcefully put it on his arm. The instinct was too strong to resist, and it dug straight down into his skin.

"Now that's interesting," Inichi admitted. "A forced transformation."

"How curious," Metal Knight mused. "Let's put this one to sleep now."

"Quickly," Dr. Kuseno said. The gas was released so the now false man was quickly affected. Stable Rock was already teleporting the false man underground, and Cold Snap froze the entire cave in a block of ice. They didn't want that one to figure out how to teleport out, and it was decided that all of the Secret Skins would be sealed in ice completely after falling asleep. As monsters, nothing would harm them until it was time. Stable Rock soon had elemental barriers in place by the others to ensure that none could escape if they did break through Cold Snap's ice.

"Mom? Dad?" Cold Snap asked when he teleported into the bedroom.

"Hey, son," Saitama nodded. He had already put on his striped pajama bottoms, but he left his chest bare to keep Mitsumi calm.

"Were you able to see the first one get contained?" Cold Snap asked.

"Yep! Eight of them left?" he asked.

"Yeah. How's Mom?" Cold Snap frowned.

"I'm doing fine, dear," Mitsumi smiled. She got hugged by him and let him feel her belly. He laughed at the kick given, and she said, "You are going to stay with Fumio?"

"Yeah. We're gonna watch things together," he nodded.

"Good. Just keep these pillows cold," Saitama said.

"Already done, Dad! They're set with an eternal chill in the middle of them. They get cold just enough to keep her happy," he nodded with confidence. Then he shouted when Saitama lunged to grab his son and mess up his hair. "Dad!"

"What?" Saitama grinned and poked his son's sides to get him laughing hard at it. Mitsumi sighed and laughed at them. "You give up? Huh?!"

"You win! Stop it!" Cold Snap finally begged. Saitama relented after that let his son teleport out to safety.

"So silly," Mitsumi smiled softly and got kissed by him. "I'm so happy that he's our son."

"Same," Saitama chuckled and let her get comfortable against him. "Hmm."

"What?" she asked.

"It's…weird…not being with you the way I normally am. It's also like…an odd feeling. Like…I'm content. I know you're uncomfortable. I'm doing what I can. And it's just…different," he admitted.

"You mean…we can spend a day or two not locked at the hips?" she joked. Now he looked at her and seemed to grumble.

"I…guess?" he blinked at the idea. "I mean…we'll have to see."

"Well…we've been together practically every day, so…" she smiled.

"I said we'll have to see," he muttered to get her snickering.

"Of course, we will," she sighed.

"Maybe I can sneak being with you while you sleep," he mused with a small grin. Then he grinned wider when she smacked him with a normal pillow. He calmed her down gently and returned his gaze to the massive diamond screen.

"Tangled Vine and Bright Bolt for this one," Inichi said. It was a false woman that was freed next, and she bolted up from the confinement chair. She was told she was freed of the flea, and she was in complete shock.

"What…?! How?! I was told it wasn't possible!" she said with a hard shiver. "That…it was permanent!"

"We found a way to remove it. You are human again. Did you want to remain this way? If you do, you are free to leave. And you will need to appeal to the Hero Association for your job back," Metal Knight said calmly.

"I'm here, too. So you can speak with me. But only if you wish to remain human," Sweet Mask said. Tajima looked at him with silent understanding. The woman looked over at the flea in the jar and how it glowed. She cringed and shook her head.

"I was controlled by it! No! Not again!" she whimpered.

"Then you are free to leave," Metal Knight said and opened the doors for her. Sweet Mask was there to meet with her and talk to her at length.

"Give me ten minutes. I suppose this is what will happen to those that choose to keep their freedom. If they were controlled, then it's understandable on why they acted as they did," Sweet Mask sighed.

"Of course," Inichi agreed. Saitama watched what happened and nodded to himself on this. Mitsumi had fallen asleep against him, and he made no move to wake her up. There were strips of elegantly cooked Wagyu beef, pieces of lobster and grilled tuna ready for her when she did wake up. He was casually sampling a few pieces here and there while watching the diamond screen.

Over the course of thirty minutes, only four of the Secret Skins kept the fleas. The other five were taken back to the Hero Association for evaluation. Metal Knight had judged that the combinations of three elements were accepted when the ones with two elements were set aside. Each person was given the chance to have three strengths instead of two.

"So, we have air, water and ice. Dreams, air and shadow. Plants, earth and water. Ice and shadow was the only other one taken when the three other fleas were taken. We could have done another element, but it made no sense for now. I have to wonder what else we have planned for the touched fleas," Inichi mused at what he wrote down.

"I think we should see if they can eat each other. I don't know about the last one that has all of the elements. We did knock out the last guy that wanted a flea, though. That man was ready to take the dual combo. I wonder what he would think when the others touch it. We should just use that same flea. You think?" Child Emperor asked. "This way it's still used."

"We should do that," Dr. Kuseno asked. "I would like to witness what happens with it eating all the others."

"So, use the flea that has all the elements as the one to eat the others?" Siren asked from Metal Knight's robot in her gruff tone.

"It would already have the strongest elements bound. I think we should do that," Metal Knight agreed. "But first, we need to let the current Secret Skins fight each other off. We need the discarded skins for the fleas that were tricked. Then we can focus on the final one."

"No. I wanted the one with teleport to have all the elements. Use that one," Saitama said. "Remember what I wanted before?"

"Ah! You are correct. We shall prepare it when it is time," Inichi said.

"Then let's do it!" Child Emperor said. He started typing on his console to get cameras, recording software and lighting activated.

"Hmm…" Stable Rock mused from what he was listening to in the bedroom.

"What?" Saitama looked at him.

"Time…to fight…" he grinned at him.

"Me?"

"No."

"Oh. Each other?"

"Yes."

"Eh. Fine," Saitama shrugged.

"Hmm?" Mitsumi blinked awake and lightly stretched.

"Monsters are gonna kill each other now," Saitama said.

"I see," she sighed and snugged into his arms. Then she smelled food. "Ah! We have food?"

"Yep!" he chuckled and reached for the plate. Blue Ripple levitated it to him, and Tangled Vine purred deeply to keep her calm. Overgrown Rover was curled up with contentment against Saitama's side. Scritch was fully stretched out and watching the diamond with complete interest. Then it chittered at Saitama.

"It wants to know if it can help play," Blue Ripple chuckled.

"Hmm. Maybe I can see how it can fight alongside me. It was pretty cool watching it come out from the ground like that! Possible distraction? We can test that," Saitama nodded. Overgrown Rover grumbled and whined. "Doggy, I know what you can do. I don't know what Scritch can do."

Overgrown Rover huffed and snorted. Now Scritch looked over to growl with a form of irritation. Mitsumi frowned and said, "Both of you are no less to me. You should both work together. Right?"

Overgrown Rover blinked all six eyes at her and carefully moved to snuggle into her happily. Scritch did the same to get her laughing with delight.

"That would be pretty cool if you both could figure out how to make a chew toy out of a monster! Chew toy on top and the bottom, eh?" Saitama grinned. Now both monster pets looked at each other before tackling him with licks and snuggles. "Gaaah! Not me!"

Mitsumi died laughing at that and helped him wipe off the drool. Blue Ripple, Bright Bolt, Fire Flight, Tangled Vine and Stable Rock laughed hard. Down below in the earth, the ice was removed by Cold Snap. Various rock doors crumbled down to nothing. Looking above the main fighting chamber was a grid-like flooring to allow everyone above to look down below. Crystals were still set all through the walls and in each chamber for viewing. Cameras were already moved in and clamped to the grid top to help others view that were still settled in their rooms for safety.

"I bet they'll all chicken out," Garou said in the live chat.

"I think one of them will tease them if they chicken out," Zenchu said in his live chat. "What do you think, babe?"

"It depends on who removes their skin first," Wind Crane said. She was working with the children and tending to the new eggs. Shenjou was in the treasure nest below the apartment and listening in on his live stream. The eggs he and Fire Flight claimed were nestled in protective mounds of coins and gems.

"Dad, I kinda think you should threaten them if they don't do anything," Starlight chuckled. "And…I wonder if we can force them out of their skins…"

"That would be something to try," King said from the live chat. "I think you all did something before. Maybe the ones with the fleas that have been touched by their elements can do something. If they don't remove the skin, of course."

"What's that new game you're playing?" Kianna asked.

"Hmm? Oh! It's a single player game where you're a fighter with intricate skills. You run around in a free world and try to fix things as you go along," King chuckled. "You try to help an orphanage, you work on yourself and even do small missions to unlock harder missions to get better skills."

"That sounds pretty neat," Saitama said in his microphone.

"Yeah. And the tattoos some of these characters have are just insane! I might be able to play it for everyone later. If you all want that? This game has been around for a while, so there's a full time line for each game that's part of the branch. It's a pretty intense storyline. I heard the latest game wasn't all that, but I'm down to try it out," King said.

"Go for it," Kamikaze said. "Not like we have much else to do right now."

"Okay. We can make it a week-long event. Or however long it takes," King agreed. "And I'll make sure to unlock every secret, talent and map section. And that's for every game played in this series."

"That would be insane!" Lily gasped. "Do it!"

"Will do!" King laughed softly. Kianna started to look up each game title to compile into a list for him. Inichi would ensure that the games would be acquired.

"I was thinking about something," Mitsumi said. Saitama kept the microphone on to nod to her. "If…our son is born when my father is here…and I know that I'm back at full strength…"

"Hmm?" Saitama looked at her curiously.

"We should test all the fans as we planned on," she said.

"Ah. Yeah. We should," he nodded. "And with your dad there?"

"Yes. I want him to see exactly what you and I can do now," she nodded back. "He needs to know that he won't have to worry about me."

"I'm sure he doesn't, but I get why you say it. We'll see what happens. Only because you are not going to do anything while pregnant," he said seriously. "Especially when you're like this."

"I know," she smiled. He kissed her and looked at the diamond to watch the various false humans walk out of their chambers. They glared at each other, and Inichi started to put thoughts in their minds that they were better than the other. He didn't mind manipulating monsters at all. Even Starlight enhanced the sensations of proving how strong the other was.

"You're nothing!" one of them shouted and let fire erupt from the air.

"That's a weak trick," a false woman grinned and crackled with lightning.

"You're all pathetic," another false man smirked and seemed to fade into the shadows. The fourth one just glared and gave out an aura of ice cold wind.

"Eh. Doubtful," Saitama said to be heard through the crystals. "I'm sure I could lay all of you flat within five seconds. All at once."

"Bullshit!" the first Secret Skins growled.

"Then prove it. Fight each other. Then the winner fights me," Saitama said with sense of boredom. "Or you can all back down now and do nothing."

"Who are you?" the false woman asked.

"A hero for fun," Saitama responded.

"A hero for…wait…" the second false male paused. "We're dead."

"What?" the fourth Secret Skins asked.

"That's Caped Baldy!" the second false male panicked. "I've been following his progress in the Hero Association ranking! He's S class and ranked at 3! But he's practically on the same level as Blast! Maybe even stronger! Shit!"

"Oh. You've heard of me? Huh! Well, now you're a monster. I have to kill monsters. No choice. So…you do have a choice, though. Give up the flea in your arm. Or kill each other without your skin. Only choice you have. And if you win, well…I might let you try and hit me. Just to see if I can feel it. I doubt I can, though. And my wife needs me. So…I might not let you live past two minutes. Maybe five seconds. If you even manage to hit me."

"I'll become human again. I'm not going up against you!" the second false man said. "I watched you fight in the video feeds!"

"Wait a minute. Is this the same guy that took out the training room?!" the false woman said with a form of fear.

"Yep. That's me," Saitama agreed.

"I…um…" she started to panic.

"Oh, come on!" the third false man smirked. "We're stronger now! And if we work together, well, we'll take him out!"

"Count me out," the second false male said. "He took out a group of monsters with one punch. One! Punch! There's no way that I'm gonna be part of that! I'll get this thing removed from me. I was always on the fence about this, anyways. I was close to getting a promotion! I can't give that up."

"Yeah…I'm having second thoughts now," the first false man grimaced. The third false man stared at the other three with shock.

"Then give me all your transmitters!" the third false man scowled.

"You wanna die?" Saitama asked with a sense of surprise. "We watched two fleas take over a guy before. The skin melted. He was turned into some random mutant monster. And I still took him out in one hit. And we have other really strong allied monsters that took a turn at him. You really wanna go that route? You're weird."

"Well, we do have one other that was going to be given a very powerful flea. So, perhaps you could go against that one and see how you fare. If you would like that option?" Metal Knight asked in the live channel feed.

"Just give me that one! Don't waste it on another! I'll take it and fuck up everyone!" the third false man growled.

"Can we go now and become human again?" the second false man asked.

"Eh. I guess," Saitama said with boredom.

"I'll find all of you!" the third false man growled after the other three vanished away. It took only ten minutes to remove their fleas, and now there was an intense discussion on what to do next.

"Do we get the last one, have the last flea touched and then introduced? Or do we just focus on the flea in the current one?" Dr. Kuseno asked in the live feed.

"We should offer the last one the same choice. To stay as a human or return to being a monster," Sweet Mask said. "It would be fair."

"I agree!" Child Emperor said.

"Also, depending on the outcome, I am curious if an already residing flea can gain excess powers. It was done with the GOD monster that made it. Should we attempt?" Metal Knight asked. "It would be beneficial."

"I think we did it before, but that was with fleas that didn't have other powers. Just single powers or no powers, and those fleas were touched at the same time. These fleas will have more than one element already on them. I have to wonder if it's possible to add more power to them after they are already touched. Starlight's flea only had dreams. Other fleas didn't have anything on them when touched," Child Emperor pointed out. "Same with the teleportation flea. It had only one power and we added two more while still out of the body."

"Huh. Eh. Whatever you all want to do. I don't care," Saitama said from his microphone. "I just need to keep Mitsumi calm and happy. She's sleeping right now. If I have to move, well…she'll know why. I just don't wanna wake her up. My son is really draining her right now."

"It would not be fair to her if we kept her asleep. We need her opinion, too, and we vowed to wake her during important events," Tangled Vine said. Saitama grumbled about it, but he nodded with agreement. He watched Tangled Vine when he purred and snuggled into her to gently rouse her.

"Hmm?" she smiled and giggled at his purring snuggle.

"We were talking about the last Secret Skins. Three of the ones that wanted to stay realized they'd have to fight me. They chickened out and gave up the fleas to become human. The last one still wants to hurt us. But there's one other one that we were gonna test if humanity was an option. We were also discussing if a flea can gain powers if still in the body," Saitama said. "It happened before, but that was with fleas that weren't touched by our family and pets. We don't know if the touch would work if already touched and added on later. I didn't wanna wake you, but the pets did to get your input."

"Ah. We should see if the last one regrets becoming a monster. Then, well…that last guy? If we don't have to remove the flea and just let all of the pets and monsters touch it…why not? Then we can see if the skin can be salvaged. If not, then we could have another flea touched to see what happens," Mitsumi said while thinking about it. "Then we can see if we can remove that flea from the skin. If the skin is still there, of course. We don't know what everyone touching it will do, right?"

"That we do not," Metal Knight agreed.

"Then let's do the first bit and see if the final Secret Skins would like to become cured for good," she smiled. Saitama nodded and helped her move to watch the diamond screen. Stable Rock made small adjustments to the various facets for better viewing. Tangled Vine had several ultra-strong vines move to gently encompass the massive diamond to let it swivel slightly.

"I have awesome pets," Saitama grinned at her. She laughed softly and nodded with complete agreement. Blue Ripple snorted and craned his neck to let Mitsumi caress under his muzzle. Fire Flight nuzzled Mitsumi before flying out to be with Shenjou and the nest. She was sure to come back if she was needed. Bright Bolt flicked his tufted tail while curled up at his spot at the base of the bed. Then he snorted and looked at Stable Rock.

"They need a bigger bed. We're getting another pet in here," Bright Bolt said with a wicked snicker. Stable Rock snorted and looked over where Silver Mist appeared at the balcony.

"I have a human form, but I'll reveal it later," she said. She shrunk down to be even smaller to be the size of Overgrown Rover's tiny form and jumped onto the bed. "And no need to adjust the size of this."

"I wouldn't complain about a bigger treasure bed!" Saitama grinned. Mitsumi rolled her eyes at him and sat up slightly to let Silver Mist move in to curl up against her side. A soft purr came forth at the petting she was given now.

"This…feels so nice…!" she swooned and accepted a belly rub.

"Me too!" Tangled Vine said and now got his belly rubbed. Overgrown Rover whined and even Scritch chittered while rolling onto its back.

"Seriously?!" Saitama gaped and found himself sighing. Now that the pets were getting appeased with belly rubs, the last Secret Skins false male was getting the flea removed with another flea.

"I…what…happened…?" he asked on waking up.

"You are human again," Metal Knight explained from the audio feed. "Now you have a choice. Stay human. Or become a monster again. If you remain as a human, the Hero Association will re-evaluate you. If you become a monster, we will have to destroy you. What do you choose?"

"I was actually tricked…into becoming one of those things…" he grimaced. "My mind was not my own. I tried to say I wanted to be free of it! But…"

"You're free of it now," Child Emperor nodded from his place in a second story glass lab. "What do you plan to do?"

"I'd like my job back. Please," he begged. "I want to live a normal life. And I'll report if I find anyone attempting to do this within the association again!"

"Done! Please report to Sweet Mask," Metal Knight said for a set of doors to slide open. He breathed a sigh of intense relief and did just that.

"So…down to that one guy. Okay! Pets! GOD monsters! Can you all focus on that flea in the guy's arm? He's the last one left. Let's get rid of him," Saitama said. "As much as it would have been nice to have various eggs from those others, I'm glad that we didn't have to kill anyone else."

"I can fully agree," Mitsumi said with her own sigh of relief.

"Hmm…" Stable Rock snorted out and focused. "It is…a different…pattern…"

"Yeah. Like…it has a weird shielding on it!" Bright Bolt blinked. "And it happened after we touched it and now it's in the body!"

"So, you can't touch it when it's already in someone?" Saitama frowned.

"No. So weird!" Cold Snap said from his live stream in Fumio's room. "It's almost like…it bounces off. No effect. It has to be outside the skin for us to enhance it more now."

"Can one of the kids with multiple powers try?" Saitama asked.

"I'll ask one of my kids," Zenchu said from his live chat. He came back to the microphone and said, "Hurricane was able to give more details. He said it felt like…a hard marble casing. As we thought, a shield of sorts. Other fleas can attack each other and pull them out. Anything else? Unless we rip it out, we can't mess with it in this fashion. This is what happens after we all touch it."

"I even tried to coax it. It fully ignored me. It's like…immune to us when it's in the skin of a host," Starlight said. "I have to wonder if it has to come out just to do anything with what made it. It's something to think about."

"The flea with teleportation that's now been touched…ah…" Inichi mused on a headset to talk to them all. "It was able to be touched with teleportation while in the skin, but it learned that it had to leave the skin to get any other powers from the same creator if chosen again. So…even the creator of it…"

"Can't touch the flea after it got touched once! Wow…" Garou blinked his own surprise. "That's so bizarre!"

"It will have to expose itself a little bit. That exposed bit will allow it to get touched again. To keep from leaving the host completely," Inichi said from what he gleaned from the jarred flea. "So, here is my suggestion. Everyone focus on that flea. It's outside the body, so it can still get touched. Even if it was touched by the same ones, it won't matter. That's the one with teleportation. All should focus on it to make that the experimental flea."

"Like I wanted to happen. Go for it," Saitama agreed.

"Then we can put it in the area with the Secret Skins that refused to become human. Got it," Cold Snap agreed.

"If it still lives after, we could have it eat the other fleas left over. Or do we save them until we can make eggs?" Mitsumi asked.

"A good question," Kamiko said from where she was with Genos.

"If it's already gonna be touched, it makes no sense for it to eat others. Unless it's a weak one with only two or one touches," Tacki said from where she was in the blacksmith building. "I mean, we have plenty of fleas to work with. And everyone can just touch various ones for different combinations, right?"

"Eh. Let it eat the others after the last guy dies," Saitama said. The teleportation flea was now pulled from a labeled shelving unit to be set on a central table in the lab. The mechanical arm kept a grip on the jar while the flea within glowed with intense power. Right after it was done, something odd was happening to the flea within. It looked around as though with a new sense of awe from within its glass prison.

"Huh…" Stable Rock mused from the bedroom.

"Did it…really just…?" Bright Bolt blinked.

"What's going on?" Saitama asked.

"We gave it so much of our essence…interesting…" Tangled Vine said and rose up to stretch. "I'll be right back."

"Be careful," Mitsumi said. He nuzzled her and licked her cheek to get her laughing before using the plants to teleport away. He appeared outside the warehouse and trotted into it. He gave a mental nudge to Metal Knight, and the flea was carefully released from the jar.

"You know me now?" Tangled Vine asked.

"Yes…" the flea shuffled nervously.

"You have broken free of what made you? How?" the plant monster asked.

"Power given. Strong. I wake new. I think?" the flea blinked.

"You have an extra power to teleport. And there is one down below us that wants you in his skin. There is another flea controlling him. We were thinking of you eating other fleas to get stronger. But, if you are already awake with a new mind…what would you like to do?" Tangled Vine asked and swished his tail.

"I…want help. I remember…bad things…" the flea shivered.

"Oh! You gained our intellect to do good and not bad! This could be quite beneficial. But…how can you help us?" he asked carefully.

"I show!" the flea said. "Show me this one. Please?"

"I said you can teleport. And you have our essences to get past the barrier," Tangled Vine chuckled. The flea paused and chuckled back. Then it jumped and vanished away in the air.

"What…?" the Secret Skins looked at the flea that appeared. "You're…so strong! Yes! You can make me strong!"

"Hmm…" the flea studied the one before it. "Don't know. You have one. Already. You take it out."

"What?!"

"Rip out that one."

"I can't do that!"

"Yes. You want me? Take out that one. Now."

"But…I'll turn into one of you!" the false man panicked.

"Don't know. If another did, yes. But you?" the flea shrugged.

"This is fascinating…" Metal Knight muttered in the live stream feed. "The flea…wants that Secret Skins to remove his own flea…"

"That hasn't been done yet!" Child Emperor blinked.

"No. It hasn't," Inichi nodded.

"Hey, Saitama!" Bright Bolt looked at him on the bed.

"What?" the bald hero asked.

"You're gonna get another pet!" the lightning monster whinnied out laughter. "That flea has us in it now! It wants to be a pet!"

"WHAT?!" Saitama gaped.

"I…wow…" Mitsumi blinked. "How would that be even possible?!"

"Apparently, as we are mainly your pets, our essences combined in it sort of altered its mindset. It would be a bit like Black Sperm, but it cannot reproduce itself. Just a very, very strong elemental monster pet," Blue Ripple said.

"I don't want any more pets!" Saitama groaned.

"I do!" Mitsumi beamed. Now he looked at her with scrutiny. "Love, it's another one that can help protect me! And it may even be able to fool others, too. It can be a reformed transmitter!"

"But…!" he started again and got silenced with her finger to his lips.

"It would make me happy," she smiled.

"You're playing that card? What the hell?!" he grimaced.

"Let's just see what happens. Okay?" she chuckled and kissed him softly.

"Eh…fine…" he mumbled and pulled her against him gently. "But I will slap it if it tries anything stupid."

"I know you will," she laughed softly. They shifted their attention to the diamond to see that the false man was starting to panic.

"I can't rip it out!" the false man pleaded with the powerful flea.

"Then no need me. Right?" it snickered lightly.

"I mean…can't you take it out for me?" he asked.

"Maybe. But…no. Don't want to. Anyways, hmm. Too much time gone. Show me what you are now. Maybe…I can go in your inside self?" the flea asked. "Can't go in skin. But…maybe if out of it?"

"I…um…" the man blinked. "Was that ever tried?"

"Don't know," the flea admitted. The false man weighed his options. Then he started to undress and removed his skin. The massive monster he was now reflected the powers of air, water and ice. And the flea wasted no time in teleporting over the monster's back and digging straight down into the back of the neck. The monster convulsed and screamed in pain. But the flea kept digging until it reached inside the chest cavity. Now it began to feast.

The others watched with fascination as the flea devoured the monster from the inside out. Shenjou was actually impressed. All that was soon left of the monster were parts the flea didn't want. And it dug down carefully into the earth to reveal a pearlescent blue egg with white striped overtones. Wind Crane teleported into the chamber to collect it, and she looked down at the flea. "I see you have switched sides. Not a bad thing at all. What will you do now?"

"I want stay," the flea said and shifted all six of its legs.

"Can you change form? Many of us can," she chuckled. Zenchu shadow phased in to collect the skin and shadow phased back out. Then he was back again to help with the egg.

"Huh…" the flea thought. Then it hunkered down to focus. Two massive, beautiful, prismatic wings like that of a butterfly emerged from it. Ornate designs that reflected every color of the rainbow shimmered as it flapped them, and three more sets of wings appeared with odd patterns and sizes. Its body even elongated to resemble just that of a butterfly. It fluttered up into the air to show it had a three foot wingspan, and its body was pearlescent white with iridescent overtones to reflect the elements it now held.

"Not bad! Even your wings reflect all of the elements you hold. Nice! You'd better head over to Lady Mitsumi now. Just be nice and show you want to keep helping. You did awesome so far! Keep it up," Zenchu grinned. It teleported out and appeared on top of the massive diamond.

"Crap. It found us," Saitama sighed.

"You are so pretty!" Mitsumi gasped with intense delight. It fluttered down and landed carefully on her belly. Two large antennae twitched with excitement, and it turned its head to look at Saitama. The two large compound eyes focused on him to show it wasn't going to harm anyone.

"Okay. I can deal with this. I think. What do we call you for a name?" he asked. "You gotta have a name, right?"

"Um…" the new butterfly thought. "Fly By."

"Fly By? It sounds confusing. I know! You look like a rainbow. And you fluttered like a petal in the wind. Rainbow Breeze!" she grinned.

"That's too long of a name," Bright Bolt said. "That name also sounds like a flavor of ice cream…"

"I want ice cream…" Saitama said with a blank, neutral stare.

"I shall prepare some now," Orotsu said from where he was in the kitchen.

"I have a name!" Cold Snap said when he teleported in. "Prism!"

"Prism…" the butterfly monster thought. "Pretty!"

"Yes. A crystal prism reflects all the colors out there. You have all of the colors, too! And you'll likely get even more to add even more colors to you. So it would work awesome," Cold Snap grinned.

"Let me gift you with my touch," Silver Mist chuckled at Prism. She focused to let the butterfly body become a lighter, silvery blue color. "There you go. You can go mildly invisible now."

"That…would be so cool…" Saitama said. Silver Mist looked at him and nodded with agreement.

"Now you can, too!" she said.

"I can go invisible?!" he gaped.

"You can to a point. Not full invisible, but much like your outline will merge with your surroundings like camouflage to a certain degree. Many will not see you unless they focus," Silver Mist winked. "I have made it so only friends and family will see you. If you decide to let them."

"I always want my wife to see me. But others? Hmm. I should test on Zenchu to see if I can get close enough to slap him…" he grinned.

"The fuck?!" Zenchu said in the live chat now.

"And I didn't mute. Crap," Saitama said. Mitsumi was laughing at everything with the others, and Prism placed itself back on the large diamond. It was now learning what it could do and couldn't do to help the family. And it was the happiest it had ever been that it could remember.

*Author's Note - And there's the small 'nod' to the other fiction I'm working on! Work is taking on an intense toll now, so updates may be a bit slower all around. I'll still do what I can to keep my fictions going. I'll also be going through and doing a massive edit on this fiction soon, too, but I've been noting where to fix things. If anyone sees anything odd, please feel free to DM me the chapter and where the possible error is. See you all in the next chapter!*