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Genos screamed, his voice scratchy from the pure panic and shock but it went unheard when the water beast chuckled at your stupidity. The little girl almost screamed in horror but her voice, her body and her eyes were frozen before her father yelped and pulled her away to cover her eyes and leave.

You felt the heat of the stream as it sizzled your flesh. The stinging sensation brought you to your hands and knees and the clothes and skin on your back melted away like a popsicle on a hot summer day. It reached your insides and your spine too, but it didn't stop there, Genos, in panic and despair had also managed to get some of the acid onto him though he didn't get as much damage, the liquid still ate at his arm and some of his chest.

He didn't care for it when he watched your despondent form lay flat on your face, unconscious and near death. He felt hopeless when flashes of Saitama and yourself flashed through his mind, becoming distracted when a large and strong, animalistic hand grabbed his head and threw him out of the shelter.

When the monster and Genos were out in the rain, in front of the shelter that was when people had raced to your side to attempt to put you at ease or somehow help or heal you. The cries of the little girl was overbearing but they pushed that to the side when the sight of you, a human just like them, throwing yourself in front of a little girl was still very fresh in their minds.

"H-hey.. Oh g-g-god wh-what do we do?! I-Is anyone a doctor!?" You heard a man yell as he stuttered in distress while more people surrounded your motionless body. You felt fingers on your neck and under the side of your jaw and they uttered, "Her pulse is very weak- she doesn't have much time."

They sighed in horror and hopelessness as some people looked outside to see someone throwing their bike at the beast who was seconds away from killing Genos, "Justice Crash!"

"Is that Mumen Rider?" You heard people murmuring among themselves and their neighbours and you smiled internally, thinking that if Mumen Rider had arrived then Saitama wasn't that far behind. More people spoke of the hero who was at the top of C- Class with hopeful voices, they cried and cheered him on and the water King only flicked him away like he was a pesky fly.

The cheers were hesitent and unsure when you could hear Mumen's raspy and broken voice over the rain. You couldn't move and your whole body screamed in agony and anguish, you breathed in and out calmly and acknowledged how shallow your inhales and exhales were, you knew you didn't have much time left but you only wanted to hear his voice.

You wanted to listen to Saitama one last time.

"Justice Tackle!"

You heard the sound of his body being thrown to the ground again and grimaced slightly, listening to his words with so much concentration that you didn't even notice that you shouldn't even be able to hear him mumbling to himself with such a wide distance between you two,
"I.. I want to be helpful. I know.. I know I can't beat you and I know I'm weak!" Listening to his heavy footsteps as he got up once again, "I also kn-know I'm not good enough for B- Class b-b-but I have to try! I'll keep trying because this isn't about winning or losing!"

Water leaked down your face though you still didn't move. A huge blow made you flinch and gasp in pain at the sudden movements when a sob escaped you, listening as Mumen flew into the air, waiting for his heavy and defeated body to hit the ground before another voice was heard, "You did fine, nice fight."

Saitama is here, "Hey relax, you'll be o-okay."

You knew they were lying through their teeth, you knew you in your last moment's but you weren't afraid because you only regretted one thing..

"H-hey Genos, You still alive?!"

"Sai-..tama...-Sensei.. (Y/N).." He stammered and spoke slowly in pain as most of his system were shutting down due to the acid. Get that Sea Freak Sai..

"Hang on a second, I gotta pound this sea freak or whatever."

"Hey what's happening to her skin!?"

"Oh my god!"

"Unbelievable.. "

You inwardly smiled at his choice of words and breathed one last, shaky breath with one thought on your mind, You only regretted one thing..

And that was telling Saitama that you really do love him.

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".. And then the Sea folk creature punched Sensei in the head but he didn't even move. He punched Sensei again but Sensei didn't react at all, I hope to obtain that power one day. Sensei said that the creature's punches were too weak and the citizens were also shocked because they didn't know who Saitama- Sensei was.

The Sea folk creature explained himself, stating that he was the pinnacle and ruler of all organisms on Earth but Sensei didn't care, he seemed to be getting annoyed because it was raining.. They both punched eachother at the same time but Sensei hit the creature first and it made a large hole in his chest. The Sea Folk died instantly."

You couldn't move and it had been this way for days. You were on a bed, you automatically recognised it as your own. It felt as if your eyes were moving under your eye lid's but that obviously was just your imagination because Genos would've noticed already.

"The rain stopped right away and the citizen's kept on talking amongst themselves and came to the conclusion that the hero who had defeated the Sea Folk was Saitama; a hero and a cheat from City Z. I also heard other's that were talking about you too.. I'm not sure if you can hear what I am saying, or if you can and will remember this but they watched your bones and flesh completely heal over with a few second's after you were hit by that acidic liquid."

No pain registered in your body and your mind froze at the cyborg's words, your heart almost shattered when thinking about something as abnormal and freaky as that happening to you.

"Saitama later allowed the people to believe that he was waiting for heroes to try and defeat monsters before he finished the job for them.. I wasn't sure why he did it but I wasn't going to stop him if that was what he wanted.

He then found you being surrounded by a small crowd and his voice was very shaky, he sounded very scared and panicked.. I.. The people who attempted to help you and myself told Saitama-Sensei and your injury and how it healed but he didn't believe it. He is sad now because it has been a week and you still haven't awoken."

"Genos! Are you coming or what?" You heard Saitama's yell and Genos silently left your bedside to accompany Saitama at the table in front of the television.

You heard paper's being scattered across the table and as Genos sat down, Saitama spoke, "How is she?"

"She is stable Sensei.. I'm sure she just need's time."

"Ohh.. I'm not sure how much longer I can wait..."

"... Sensei, shall we open the letters, they are from fans who congratulate heroes, I believe it's called fan mail."

"Eh, okay."

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"(Y/N)-Chan.. I got a.. uh- fan mail that said 'Thanks.' And it surprised me but I didn't think anything of it because of how much hate mail I got. 

I also got a letter from the Hero Association and," A hand tightened around your own, entwining his fingers through yours and it physically hurt your muscles to attempt to reciprocate the action, "They let me choose between staying in Class-C or moving up to B, I really wanted you with me because I knew you would've been really excited for me. I took the test so now I'm Class-B, rank 101."

A twitch of the fingers went unnoticed by Saitama, "I'm sorry about the things I said to you, about being.. good for nothing.. It isn't true because I need you next to me.. I realise now. I don't understand why though..

Genos told me about what happened to you, I'm not sure if I believe it so that's why you need to wake up. Then I had dinner with uh.. Mu..Mumen Rider..? Yeah. He offered to pay for anything and also told me he was the one who wrote me the letter that said thanks... It made me.. Happy.. He looked glad.. I wish you were there too."

"..(Y/N)!?"

'Saitama.. I wish I could've seen you smiling..' You thought in content when a tear broke through your eye lid to slowly flow down your face.

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