"Genos! Do you know where—" You stopped short when you found him in the bathroom cleaning the toilet. You smirked and leaned against the door frame. "You look cute today."

"What?"

"The apron is a really good look for you," You quipped.

"Funny," Genos huffed. Just as he was about to resume his work, something in his systems began flashing warnings. He stood up straight and looked around suspiciously.

"The proximity alarm?" He mumbled to himself.

"Genos? What's going on?" You asked, slightly alarmed. He waited a moment before responding. "I guess they're not interested in anything over here."

"What are you talking about?"

The cyborg shook his head. "Nevermind, what did you need?"

"I was going to ask you if you knew where Saitama was, but I'm guessing he left?"

"Yes, a little while ago actually."

"Damn, I was going to invite you guys to a jog with me. You don't suppose you want to go?" You asked.

"I have no need for physical exercise, plus, I need to clean," Genos replied.

"You don't need to clean, we told you we'd all be taking turns with the chores but here you are stealing our jobs," You sighed with a smile.

"I want to be useful," Genos defended.

"You are more than enough," You placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "But anyway I'm gonna go, have fun."

"Be safe."

"Will do, chief," You gave him a mini salute before dashing out of the apartment. Right as you were about to take off running from the door, you something at your feet. To avoid falling on it, you ungracefully rolled over top of it with weird yelp. You must have made a lot of noise because when you looked up you saw Genos staring at you.

"Uh, hi."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing!" You yelled guiltily. You then glanced down at the cause of all the fuss and saw that it was exactly what you had thought you'd seen. "Whoa, check it out! It's an egg!"

It was a strange looking egg but it still had the shape of one so you assumed as much. It was a little larger than your palm and was completely black with only a few washes of silver around it. It looked like a galaxy of stars by the combination of the two colors.

"What is that?" Genos questioned curiously.

"I've never seen an animal with this kind of egg....maybe it's a dinosaur!" You gasped with excitement.

"I don't think so."

"Well, what do you think it is?" You pouted and handed him the egg. He circled it around to get a good view of it but still had no clue. "I don't know. Maybe you should put it back."

"What!? And risk it being cracked!? No way!" You argued.

"Well what do you suppose we do with it?"

"Let's keep it!" You bounced ecstatically. You took the egg back from Genos and noted how cold it was. "Aw, you cold, little buddy? Hold up, I'll warm you up." You cupped the small egg and summoned a small bit of fire energy that you pressed onto it with a gentle kiss. You and Genos were shocked to see that your small token had ignited the egg a flamboyant red. But as soon as the light came it faded back to its original black.

"Whoa...." You breath out in awe. "Just what the hell is this thing?"

"How peculiar," Genos said intrigued by the odd egg. "It may be worth looking into. I could take it to Dr. Kuseno to see if he can identify what it is."

"Okay," You said, giving him back the egg. "Keep it warm, alright? I want to see what it is when it hatches."

"Okay."

"Be careful with it!" You shouted as you made your way down the stairs.

"I will," He sighed with a smile.

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As you rounded the blocks around City Z you noticed various potholes in the roads and on the sidewalks. There were also several areas where large debris and rubble were so abundant that your morning jog turned into an obstacle course.

You had just finished your 15th mile and were ready to call it a day and head back home when something down the street caught your eye. You walked closer to get a better look and found that it was this weird seaweed thing and a man. The guy was all tattered up and bloody but still held a weak stance against the creature. You also noticed that there was another dude but he was unconscious off to the side.

"If it means running into monsters like this....I definitely don't want to live....here," The man said before he collapsed to the ground.

"How boring," The creature whined, its glistening hair snaking around with its movements. "I beat the heroes but they're not screaming anymore. Living in an empty place like this will never get me famous!" The monster began to look around with its big buggy eyes. "I should go into inhabited areas and attack...."

Just as it took a first step, it spotted you a few feet away. "Oh! Someone still lives here? Then I guess the monster group rumor was false. No human could live here with a brigade of monsters running around."

"What are you?" You asked, totally confused.

"I am Kombu Infinity," The creature smiled but that only made its eyes bulge out further. "And you...." You suddenly yelped as its slimy tendrils wrapped itself around your ankles and turned you upside down in front of it. "....are a girl! Girls always tend to scream the most, so maybe I do have a chance of becoming famous here."

"Get your gross things off me!" You yelled, but you didn't even get to pick at your bindings before more tentacles pinned out your wrists.

"No can do," The creature chuckled. "Now, let's alert the neighborhood, shall we?"

You didn't even know what that meant until the monster began whipping its steel-like tendrils against your skin. You were so shocked by the abrupt pain and the strength of the creature that it doubled the intensity of its hits. At first you held your tongue and tried to endure it, but the quick frequency didn't help. You struggled and squirmed against your captor but the hold so strong it nearly capped the blood flow to your hands and feet.

You finally grew so anxious and desperate you accidentally let out a shriek. This seemed to please the monster. "That's it! Those are the screams I want to hear!" It cackled. You whimpered as you tried to gain enough concentration to conjure up a lightning bolt to fry this thing's ass.

One more blow to your back and you screamed out into the barren street. That's when your shaky vision saw something walking down the middle of the street. You would've let out a relieved sigh if you weren't being pummeled when you realized who it was.

Saitama's eyes widened as he saw the whole torture show. "(y/n)!? What the hell's going on!?" Before you could respond, he snapped off the tentacles that were holding you up and caught you in his arms. His concern spiked as he saw your stinging red skin laced with a few bloody cuts.

"(y/n)!"

"I'm fine," You said through trembling lips as you tried to stand. "I'll heal."

"Aww, you just ruined my fun..." The creature complained. "But I guess two is better than one." Its tendrils suddenly shot forward but before they could land on their mark, Saitama caught them in his hand.

"I thought I forget something at the store," He sneered. "But this will do."

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"Are you sure you're okay?" Saitama kept asking when he took you home.

"Yeah, I'm good," You smiled weakly. "Thank you for saving me. I feel like I'm never going to be able to say that enough."

"I'm happy as long as you're fine," He said. He then delicately touched the wounds that were taken a bit longer to heal. "I feel kind of guilty for these."

"Why? You didn't cause them."

"I know, but being around here puts you in danger. I should've gotten there sooner, I'm a hero after all," Saitama argued.

"You did amazing and that's all I ask for," You gave his arm a reassuring squeeze. The encounter with the creature ended up with Saitama brutally plucking off its tendrils until it was left bare.

Saitama nodded, although he didn't appear persuaded. "Why don't you go lie down? I'll fix you something to eat."

"Sounds good."

As soon as you crashed on the couch, you heard the front door open and the calm voice of Genos speak. "Why is there so much kombu outside your door?" He questioned.

"Well, uh.....I got it cheap," Saitama blatantly lied on the fly as you chuckled.

"I heard that seaweed is good for hair growth but the effects have not been medically confirmed," Genos commented nonchalantly. You could practically see Saitama simmering with irritation from your place on the sofa.

Since the bald hero didn't reply, Genos continued. "I was researching on it. For example, according to this website—"

"I didn't ask!!" Saitama got red in the face from both anger and embarrassment.

"Hey, Genos, did you pass by your doc's place?" You asked, trying to save him from the wrath of Saitama's baldness issue.

"Yes, but Dr. Kuseno didn't know what it was either. He said he'd never seen anything like it," Genos informed as he went over to you. But when his eyes landed on you, he halted. "What happened to you?"

"Uh, I fell," You shrugged, not wanting to put effort into lying. "But anyway, show me the egg."

"Tell me what happened first," He said with a frown.

"Nothing," You assured.

"This doesn't look like nothing," Genos retaliated, lifting your arm for good measure. You had to admit, it did look pretty bad with all that dried up blood.

"I ran into a monster. It caught me off guard but Saitama showed up before it could do any terrible damage," You summed up. You didn't want to worry him further with any details.

"This isn't terrible damage?" He asked in disbelief.

"I'm fine, let it go!" You pouted. "I want to see my baby." Genos sighed and took out the egg from a small cube. As he handed it to you, his heated hands lit up the egg into that fiery scarlet before it got to you.

"You're what?" Saitama inquired as he carried over some bowls of kombu soup.

"I have decided to adopt this little egg," You grinned and showed him the dark egg.

"What is it?" He asked as you swapped him the bowl for the egg. He was severely surprised when it ignited into a galaxy of crimson stars. "Whoa, what the hell?"

"I know right?" You beamed excitedly. "We have no clue what it is but we want to hatch it!"

"Are you sure that's safe?"

"It's a small egg, what can it possibly hide?"

"I don't know, maybe a demon?" Saitama tried.

"That's plausible," Genos added.

"You guys are exaggerating," You rolled your eyes. Genos watched as the egg lit up briefly to Saitama's touch. "Oh yeah, we also found that the egg reacts to heat. Why it lights up is unknown though."

"Makes sense since eggs normally need warmth to hatch," You nodded. You smiled as you saw how Saitama handled the fragile egg while giving it back to you. "I don't know, but I want us to raise it. We'll be like a cute happy family," You giggled and kissed the mysterious egg.

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Next Update: June 11, 2016