Okay, my bad waiting this long to update

But this is a hella long chapter, so hopefully, that makes up for my procrastination

Also, I dropped a LOT of f-bombs in this chapter, so PG-13??

Enjoy!

P.S.: sorry about fucking up the titles, already fixed it ;p

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"This is your last chance to surrender, Garo!" A spiky-haired guy with a gun, who I'm assuming is Death Gatling, said. They had him surrounded by heroes, with two arrows in his right shoulder. "Not how you figured you'd be going out, huh? Well, that's too bad, hero hunter. Every hero here is a veteran who's faced down death countless times. I brought in the heroes I personally know are the best, with an unexpected appearance of (L/n)-san... just to hunt your ass down!"

"'The best', you say? (Y/n), am I the only one who feels something's off about that term? Where are the rest of the Class S heroes? Doesn't the Hero Association understand how dangerous I am? These bargain-basement mediocrities barely get my blood up!" Garo complains, directing his attention to me as I huffed.

"Who said we were on a first-name basis? There's no way in hell I'd treat you as an equal." I argued, crossing my arms.

"Wow, harsh! And I thought we were soulmates!"

"Hell would freeze over if I ever chose you!"

"So even a criminal like you cares only about Class S, eh?" We looked over at Death Gatling in confusion as his tone changed. "They sure are popular, the S Class heroes. They get paid off the charts by the Hero Association, and they get let in on secrets that we're not privy to." I shifted a bit, uncomfortable about the way he talked about my rank. "Even though we're all heroes, the gap is huge! The rankings to decide who's on top are so arbitrary that lots of capable heroes don't get fairly recognized. They may not be Class S, but they're still tough as hell. And you, hero monster! You've got all this attention for taking out and kidnapping Class S heroes. That makes you the perfect target for proving my point!"

"But (Y/n)'s the only Class S hero here." Garo pointed out.

"I'm not here to fight you, plus I kind of agree with Gatling's claim on how biased the system is in the Association." I stood my ground, backing away from the fight.

"...So that's why there are no other Class S heroes here. You guys want to take all the credit. Any kid who heard you would be so let down." I looked over at the shed, feeling pity for the hero fan inside. "I heard there's some 'Monster Association' kicking your teeth in. You sure a loner like me should be your priority? What about that hostage who needs rescuing?"

"Once you're dealt with, the Monster Association comes next. We'll be the ones to take all you upstart monsters out." To be honest, Garo looked like a piece of shit after getting a single kick by Saitama.

Smile Man, Shooter, and Chain'n'toad all attacked Garou at once, making him dodge them all barely.

"The poison's taken effect." Stinger pointed out as that answered my concerns.

"He can't take much more." Death Gatling added as I tilted my head.

Either I'm dumb as shit, or I'm overthinking this, cause I still don't understand why we're fighting him. He's a "hero monster" but right now he's a human acting cocky to protect another human.

"Men are so hard to understand," I mumbled, focusing back onto the fight.

Chain'n'toad grabbed Garou's ankle, putting him off-balance as Smile Man threw his ball. Garou broke the ground underneath him, pivoting his whole body to hit the ball into Chain'n'toad's path. Smile Man tried to pull his ball back to him as Garou took Chain'n'toad's kusarigama (chain-sickle), cutting the wire.

"The snake's got a blade or something!" Gun Gun yelled, firing bullets at Garou as he hid behind the ball.

"Like I'm not allowed to have one? Talk about discrimination." I watched as Garou took in a breath and pushed the ball towards Gun Gun, knocking him out immediately.

Did Garou just use hamon?

The ball was still moving as I flew up, dodging its path. "Look out!" Smile Man yelled as Wild Horn stepped up to the plate.

"He's mine." Wild Horn broke the ball as I didn't even notice Garou was inside.

"Keep your distance!" A random guy in a tracksuit yelled I'm guessing he's Glasses.

"What?! When did he...?!" Garou grabbed Wild Horn with the kusarigama, holding him up as a shield as Shooter's arrows rained down.

I watched as Glasses threw some rocks at Garou as he grabbed them, grinning at his new ammunition. Garou threw the rocks at Shooter like a bullet, sending him to the ground in seconds. Stinger ran in with his weapon as Garou grinned again, blocking him with Wild Horn.

"Halfway there..." Garou smirked as I knew I could barely heal that amount of people.

"Death Gatling... He might get us all at this rate." I looked at Smile Man's eyes as he didn't even look human at this point. "Let's forget about taking him alive."

"Agreed. He made his choice." A part of me feels like he wasn't planning on taking him alive from the start.

Garou glared before zipping past them at a crazy speed. Glasses tried to keep up with him as they completely went in a circle.

"Stinger!" Garou yelled. "Fight me one-on-one!"

"I accept your challenge! Everyone, stay out of this!" Stinger made a terrible decision.

"Don't! We have to fight together!" Smile Man yelled at Stinger as Death Gatling raised his gun.

"I'll turn him into bone fragments!"

Garou ripped into the ground and pulled up a giant root as he kicked Smile Man in the face. Smile Man was knocked out as Garou grinned again.

"Lucky for me you're as dumb as they say, Stinger!" Garou teased him.

"You tricked me!"

"Out of the way!" Stinger moved as Death Gatling had his gun pointed straight at Garou. "I'll do this! Garou can't dodge my rapid-fire in his condition!"

Garou started running as Death Gatling started spraying a bunch of bullets after him. He stopped, seeing that Glasses was near him.

"Move away from Garou!" Death Gatling yelled as Glasses started running with Garou keeping up.

"Oi, Oi, what's the matter? We were so close a second ago... Why run away from me now? I'm gonna be all lonely!" Garou jokes, catching up to him and sending a bunch of punches his way as he blocked all of them.

Glasses' POV

With our formation busted, am I just holding them back now?!

"The new guy's just holding us back." I stared at my colleagues as they complained to Fubuki. "I don't want to share the credit with him."

I held back my sadness, speaking up. "I don't need the credit... You all take it."

I remembered the final time I was a part of Fubuki's group, staring at the robotic monster as I was the only one left. "This is it... I'm gonna be killed!"

My vision was blocked by a white cape as I looked up to see a bald guy and a (h/c)-haired woman who looked like heroes. The guy raised his fist, punching the monster into the sky as it exploded.

I closed my gaping mouth, letting a stray tear fall as I looked at the floor. "I'll never be a hero... I'm just an ordinary guy... I've reached my limit!"

"Limit? Who decides what your limit is?" I looked up, seeing the two shine from the sun as it peeked through the clouds. "Instead of overthinking setbacks, just move forward."

The woman walked up to me with a warm smile, healing my cuts. "Why doubt yourself now when you can improve from here? Keep going."

That's when I decided to remake myself. To be like them!

(Y/n)'s POV

Glasses-guy grabbed Garou's bandages, winding up a punch. "I won't be used as cover! I'd rather fight to the--"

Garou cut him off completely with a punch as he continued his barrage on the poor guy's face. "Oh ho! That's the spirit! You've got lots of stamina, right?"

"Bastard!" Stinger yelled, ready to attack as Death Gatling stopped him.

"Stinger! It's a trap!"

"Maybe it is, but I can't ignore it!" Stinger rushed in anyways, thrusting his weapon towards Garou as he dodged, clocking him in the chin before punching his stomach over and over.

Glasses got back up as Garou shifted to him, pushing him into a tree. He slid down to the ground as Stinger collapsed behind him.

"Holy shit," I mumbled, admiring his strength.

"You took out your meatshields... Now I don't have to worry about friendly fire." Death Gatling pointed his gun straight at Garou's back as he looked crazed. "You're dead, Garou the monster!"

Garou raised up his hand as I realized he was right in front of the shed. "There's a kid in the shack. He'll get hit if you shoot from there."

"Trying to talk your way out... with a lie so completely obvious?" Death Gatling didn't believe him as I landed down between them. "Why are you protecting him (L/n)?"

"Cause he's telling the truth. There really is a kid in the shed, don't shoot!" I pleaded to him as he hesitated before pointing the gun at me. "What the hell?!"

"He must've put a drug in you (L/n), you're protecting a monster!" I glared at him before looking at Garou as he stepped in front of me.

"He won't listen no matter what, stay by the shed." I nodded, backing up a bit as Garou took in a deep breath. "See now! The moment the monster wins!"

"The winner will be justice. Time to die!" Death Gatling put on his skull mask, sending a bunch of black bullets towards us.

Garou prevented it from hitting directly, but it started to wrap around as I busted a hole through the shed, hugging the kid and putting a shield around us. The bullets finally stopped as I looked up to see Garou still standing with a few blood spots on his body.

"Only an idiot would let loose like that. Don't bother with the act. See, I know. That was 'Death Shower,' where you use up all your ammo." Garou read him like a book as I felt the boy shivering. "'Monsters it hits are turned into mincemeat and obliterated.' But not quite, eh? I'm grateful! You proved I can't be defeated by guns. Not how you figured you'd be going out, that it? Too bad for you, but that's how foils work. You shoulda called in some Class S heroes like good little Class A's. If even two more like (Y/n) had joined you, things might've been different."

"Screw Class S! You think the rest of us are just second string? Class S heroes are incredible... But we fight through blood and death, same as them!" Death Gatling pulled out a knife as he continued. "Look at me! I cornered the hero hunter! I am the Class A hero, Death Gatling!"

"You got issues, brother," Garou mumbled.

"I, not them, will defeat you! To show that we deserve to have our place!" Death Gatling charged at Garou.

"Seems the one most obsessed with rankings..." Garou punched him as his gun completely disintegrated. "...is you, dumbass!"

Death Gatling shot into the air and landed on the ground with a hard crack as I sighed.

"You disgust me." Garou finished, crushing the rest of Death Gatling's gun underneath his foot. "Idiots..."

The boy and I stepped out of the shed as I didn't want to speak. "M-Mister."

"Oh... You're still alive..." I looked at the ground as the boy started screaming, running away from us into the forest. "Hey!"

"Garou..." I mumbled, looking up at him as he stared at the last spot he saw him. "Do you really want to become a monster?"

Garou dropped his hand before ripping the arrows out of his shoulder, breathing heavily. I ignored my rank, helping him walk to the shed before having a terrible feeling in my stomach.

A familiar feeling stopped behind us as I looked back in slight fear, hearing the voice. "Since when were you all buddy-buddy with this freak (Y/n)-san?"

We turned to see Sonic as he glared at Garou. "Who the hell is he?"

"Sonic, this is Garou, Garou, this is Sonic. Now if you'll excuse us..." I tried to get out of the awkward tension as Garou didn't move from his spot. "What the hell."

"What's your problem kid? You look like you have something against me." Garou glared at Sonic as I didn't like this one bit.

"Kid? I bet I'm older than you brat. Why are you with (Y/n)-san?" Sonic asked, walking closer to us.

"Why can't I be with her? She's cute." A weird look flashed across Sonic's eyes as he got in Garou's face.

"She's mine, back off, freak!"

"You're the only freak around here skinny-bones." They were moments away from fighting as I held up my hands, getting between them.

"Hold up, I think we're forgetting that I'm already ta--"

"Winner gets to take her, deal?"

"Deal." Sonic flashed past me, slashing at Garou's neck as Garou blocked it, jumping back.

"Fucking men," I mumbled, stepping back from the fight.

Sonic kept going around Garou, attacking as Garou kept blocking his attacks. Sonic smirked through the fight as Garou already looked bored.

"You're pretty strong for being almost dead. You should be honored, considering my only other enemy is Saitama." Sonic pointed out as Garou looked over at me.

"Who the hell is Saitama?" I was about to answer before deciding against it.

Sonic stopped talking, going faster with his attacks as Garou planted his feet, using Bang-sensei's move. Sonic jumped back as Garou grinned, rushing towards him with glowing fists. Sonic was unable to move away in time, letting a punch get him as he slid back.

"What's the point of this fight?!" I yelled, pouting when they ignored me.

"You're too easy to read. This fight is over." Garou announced, grinning at Sonic as he charged him again.

I watched in awe as Garou grabbed Sonic's sword, punching him square in the face as he doubled over.

"This fight is dumb! I'm already taken!" I screamed at the two idiots as they stopped moving and looked over at me.

"By who?! Let me fight this guy!" Garou yelled as Sonic jumped up.

"You mean that blonde cyborg claimed you first?! I've beaten him already!" I glared at the two knuckleheads as they started yelling about how they're stronger.

"Genos is way younger than me! He's 19!! I'm talking about Saitama!" I yelled back at them as they quieted down again.

"Saitama? He's really your type?" Sonic said as I gasped. "You could honestly do better (Y/n)-san..."

"He lost all of his hair AFTER we were already dating, and fuck you!" I yelled at Sonic, taking a deep breath in. "I'm done arguing with fucking children! Garou, let's get you some water!"

"But--"

"Sonic, go home! I'll come by later when I'm not in a fucked up situation!" I didn't react as he pouted, turning, and leaving the clearing. "Now, let's go--"

A large explosion was behind us as I didn't like this outcome one bit.

"I received a call for assistance." My blood went cold hearing the familiar voice. Garou glanced over at Glasses as he had his thumb over an emergency pager. "From the look of it, you are that hero hunter..."

"I'm so fucked." I said, seeing a glimpse of blond hair from the smoke. The smoke finally cleared, revealing Genos with a murderous intent straight on his face. "Correction: we're so fucked!"

"I will eliminate you." Genos was not here for fun as I immediately pushed Garou out of the way, blocking a blast. "Out of my way (Y/n)-sensei!"

They ran off before I could even speak, making me fly up into the sky as I saw explosions in the trees. I watched as Genos flew up into the air, blasting down to stomp Garou. Genos sent crazy punches towards Garou as he barely could block all of them, sliding back.

Genos was barely stopping as he was able to hit Garou a few times with his blows. Garou tried to punch back as Genos ducked, punching his face. Garou did the splits, blocking Genos's punch with his thigh as he hit him in the face with his other leg.

Garou was in the air, landing down with a kick as Genos had a new move, blasting a beam towards Garou.

"What the fuck was that..." I collapsed to my knees, staring at the cyborg in terrifying awe.

"Bastard... He let me bury him to lure me in." Garou said as we watched the cyborg use his blasters to stand up immediately. He slowly looked at Garou as Garou ripped his bandages, glaring at Genos.

My luck is absolute trash for these outcomes...

Saitama's POV

"Okay! I'm gonna do this! You got a millimeter of health left! Guess I've gotten better than you!" I challenged King, knowing I can finally win. "Oh? Still, got some fight left? H-Hold on a sec. Stay calm, Saitama... One more hit and I win. It'd take a miracle for him to come back n--"

"K.O.!" The TV rang out as I leaned back, slamming my head onto the ground screaming.

"So how was that? I set up for a last-gasp, come-from-behind win. Hope you had a little fun, at least. I wouldn't let you win, but I'll let you get this close." King was rubbing it in as my anger kept rising. "I mean, your moves are always the same. I gave you a chance, but all you do is spam the same button. I could beat you with my eyes closed. This puts us at 81-0. I'll loan you the console, so try practicing a bit."

I felt my blood vessels about to pop as I held myself back from breaking the controller. "Games stress me out!"

I felt King's hand on my shoulder as he spoke. "If you ever win, it'll all go away. Don't break anything, okay?"

King's thing buzzed in his pocket as I looked at it. "Your thing's going off!"

"Oh, you're right." King pulled it out and looked at it as I got angry.

"Is it monsters?! I am so ready to kick the friggin snot out of 'em!" I smashed my fists together, getting ready for the fight.

"It says other Class S heroes headed there immediately. By the time we get there, it'll probably be all over." I slowly lost interest, falling back onto the floor. "Speaking of which, Saitama... All those dead monsters near my house frighten me. It seems kinda unsanitary..."

"Cool, I'll tell (Y/n) to have Genos incinerate them later. But I wonder... Why do so many monsters appear around here?" I questioned.

"They're why no one lives in this area anymore. If monsters start to show up everywhere like yesterday, there might be more neighborhoods like mine. Where is (Y/n)-san and Genos anyway?"

"Ah, Genos hasn't been home since yesterday. And (Y/n) suddenly left the house this morning and hasn't contacted me at all."

King stopped playing and stared at me. "What? Are they all right? There's like a Monster Association now. Maybe they got them."

"It's Genos and (Y/n). They're probably fine." I immediately thought of the state of them during the fish king guy and stared at my suit. "Maybe I'll have a look."

(Y/n)'s POV

Genos and Garou stood face to face before Garou turned around.

"Give it up," Genos spoke. "There is no way you can escape from me."

Garou moved a different way, much like Watchdog Man as I stepped back. Genos looked around as Garou jumped from different trees sporadically.

I looked back at Genos as Garou was there, grinning at me as he held one of Genos's arms. "Shake." Garou spun around, taking his arm off as he ran. "I've always been good with precision machinery! Mainly at breaking it!"

I felt my jaw drop seeing Genos's severed arm grab Garou's neck, blasting straight into a tree and pinning him there with wires.

"D-Detachable arms... just when I thought Genos couldn't be more awesome..." I mumbled.

Genos walked up to the tree emotionless. "Meaningless." He stopped, hearing Garou chuckle.

"One after another... I must've really gotten the attention of you heroes! Makes me happy to be so popular!" Garou grinned.

"The appearance of an evil organization has thrown the world into chaos. The Hero Association must work as one to deal with that threat. We don't have time to waste on nobodies like you." Genos struck a nerve as Garou started moving away from the tree.

"You think I'm a nobody?! Then help me change that, Demon Cyborg! Once I've beaten you, the world will fear me more, won't they?!"

In a split second, Genos shot a beam towards Garou as Garou kicked the tree, knocking it over and dodging Genos's attack. Garou snapped the wires, ruffling up his hair as he crouched down.

"Tell them all. No hero is a match for me." I watched in horrified awe as Garou's hair turned red along with his right eye. "A monster stronger than anyone else... is right here!"

Genos retracted his arm back as he powered up another blast. "No such thing exists."

The ground behind Genos split open as a bunch of monsters attacked Genos. "Now! Rescue the hero hunter!"

"What the fuck..." I mumbled, getting a splitting headache as I kneeled down.

They dog piled Genos as a weird plant monster appeared behind Garou. I tried to keep focus, ignoring my head as I listened to the plant.

"The Monster Association, at your service. Garou-sama and (L/n)-sama, we've come to bring you back with us. You're in a pinch, right? We will help you." The plant explained, picking me up with one of its stems as I couldn't fight back.

"You guys again?" Garou glanced at me with a concerned expression before glaring at the plant as the plant tilted his head a bit creepily.

"Our superiors say they'll offer you and (L/n)-sama an executive position. Isn't that wonderful?" The plant monster asked.

"Don't want it. Piss off, and drop (Y/n)." He looked over at Genos's situation as I tried to pull myself away from the monster.

"I'm afraid we can't, not this time. We're here under orders." The plant monster lifted up one of its stems before placing it back down as we looked at Genos completely destroying the monsters. "No way--"

Genos immediately sliced up the plant monster, grabbing me and landing on the ground. I looked up at Genos with a warm smile as he scanned my injuries before focusing on Garou.

"The hero hunter...in league with the Monster Association?" Garou turned towards Genos. "Yesterday, I lost. But I learned that there are more monsters more powerful than I can imagine. Now, no matter what threat may appear, my guard may never be down again. Plus, I am stronger than I was yesterday. Saitama-sensei said to aim for a higher level and train my spirit. I began to understand what he meant. It will take more than this to defeat me."

"Saitama-sensei?" Garou questioned.

"There is a hero stronger than all others who no monster can match." Genos powered up his hand, glaring straight at Garou as I spotted something in the sky. "Incinerate."

Bang kicked Garou's face out of the way of Genos' blast, making him hit the tree. "Genos-kun, (Y/n)-chan."

Genos powered down as I couldn't see Bang's face. "Bang..."

"Would you mind letting us handle this?" Another monster appeared about to hit Bang's back as another old man cut him into a bunch of circles, making the rest of the monsters gasp.

"Let me handle the monsters, Bang. You take Garou." The old man next to Bang said as I was more than confused.

Genos helped me up to my feet as Bang spoke up again. "Thank you, Big Brother." I got a bit excited hoping to watch some grandpas kick-ass as Bang walked up to Garou. "Now then... We meet once more, Garou."

"That voice... The world's most annoying old geezer is here for me?" Garou complained, looking up at Bang.

"What the hell happened to you? I'll end it for you. On your feet!"

I leaned onto Genos, feeling the headache come back. He sent a dead cold glare towards me as I ignored it, watching the fight.

"We're talking after this." Genos said clear enough for me to hear as I sighed missing the cyborg.

"I missed you too," I mumbled, hoping this fight would take forever.

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Couple of notes:

1. Genos snapped HARD

2. Used a lot of f-bombs

3. "Accidentally" added a Jojo reference

4. ONE MORE CHAPTER.....

We'll see what happens, I'll probably add a few more of the bonus chapter ideas I had before dearly parting with this book

Stay tuned for the final chapter!

See ya!