//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Your Saitama and You // by Element of Power //------------------------------// "Well this is certainly surprising. I shall watch this "Saitama" as well. Anything that can truly cause that much damage, could also be a great asset. For now, let's pull some strings." Moving his arm, Saitama felt little pieces of something shifting under his hand. When he opened his eyes, he saw something that was clearly broken. "Huh, I wonder what that was." He said to himself. Getting up, he looked around for his hero suit, before remembering that he slept in it. "Well, what should I do?...I guess I'll go look around town. Maybe they have a place where I can get some shopping done." At this, the Hero walked out, jumping back down to the ground. As far as he could tell, the town was more active than yesterday, the ponies already over the monster attack. 'If there are monsters here too, then there could be some sort of Hero's Association I could join.' Saitama walked down the road, oblivious to the looks he was getting from ponies with their smaller humans. This was due to him being a random human walking down the street alone. Some looked in fear, while others were in different kinds of curiosity. Going up to a cabbage stand he found, he looked at the produce. The tan-ish pony running the stand wore a green vest and cap, while holding a bit of a crazy glint in his eye. "Well! It looks like SOMEPONY likes my cabbages! Now, run along, tall human. These aren't for you." The pony was smiling at Saitama, pleased with himself and his cabbages. "I wasn't going to buy them. I don't have any money." The pony froze, the smile still awkwardly on his face. 'Wait, didn't Rainbow tell me not to do something?' Saitama thought to himself. But before either could say anything, there was a shout behind Saitama. "There! That's the human! He's just wandering around without an owner!" Turning around, Saitama saw a pony pointing a shaky hoof at him. Unknowingly to all, her eyes shone purple for an instant. Behind her, there were three ponies dressed in golden armor. All three had spears at the ready, along with a collar and leash in their magical grasp. They inched forward, slowly raising the restraint. "It's okay, come here." Saitama just stared at them as the got closer. 'Wait, they're going to make me wear that?' The Hero quickly grabbed the collar, breaking the guards' hold on it. Then, he threw it into the distance. All three guards immediately took stance, pointing their spears at him. "He's aggressive! Detain him!" They ran forward, spears at the ready. Saitama simply grabbed one of the spears, bringing it to his face to look at it. By doing this, he unknowingly flung the owner of the spear away, sending him crashing through a produce stand. "My Cabba-!" Saitama didn't hear the rest, when the rest of the guards rushed forward, determined to stop the threat. Seeing this, the Hero simply poked the both of them, sending them flying off into the distance. At this point, all the ponies around had once again ran off, except for a certain tan pony, who was curled up amongst the wrecked stand, crying about something. The Caped Baldy just shrugged before walking off. Before he could get very far, two ponies appeared right in front of him, in a flash of light. These two were taller than all the other ponies, with wavy looking hair. One was white, while the other was dark blue, reminding Saitama of that Yin and Yang thing he remembered. It was Celestia and Luna, though Saitama didn't know them. They both looked around, noticing the spears and guards on the ground. "Are you two horses?" Both of them seemed to ignore this, still staring at him. Celestia boldly stepped forward. "Saitama, we can't let you endanger the ponies of this town! Stand down!" However, Celestia knew very well what could happen to her. On the other hand, Saitama was a bit confused. "Uh, why? Is it because of those guard pon-" He was cut short by a blast of magic that was hurled toward him. In a split second, however, the Hero smacked the blast away, sending it into the already ruined produce cart. Seeing this as a threat, Luna dashed forward, summoning a dark blue spear with her horn. In a flury, she repeatedly stabbed at Saitama, only for his to simply stop each one with the tip of his finger. Then, he smacked her away. Right before he did, however, she raised a shield, so he ended up hitting that instead of her directly. Luna was still blown away, creating a deep ditch that ran all the way down the road. Across town, Rainbow Dash woke up from her nap, stretching out before taking off, destroying the cloud in the process. "Hopefully, Saitama's up, so we can... I don't know. I'll think of something." Flying off, she was headed for her house when she heard a loud boom. Hovering in place, she looked into the distance, seeing a shockwave over by the market. She zoomed over, getting closer to see what was happening. First, she saw the smashed stand, bits of cabbage on the ground around a crying pony. "Poor Cabbage pony. He never gets a break." Looking farther, she saw Princess Celestia, aiming her horn at Saitama. "What did he do." She huffed before flying down. Saitama stared at Celestia, waiting for her to move. She did the same to him, thinking of a plan. She tensed up, ready to charge, before a shout was heard. "Wait! Princess!" Looking over, both Saitama and Celestia saw the cause of the disruption. He saw Rainbow, haphazardly coming to a stop in front of him. "You don't need to attack him! He hasn't really hurt anyone!" Celestia narrowed her eyes at Saitama, who just stared back. "You don't know what he can do. He is capable of an indescribable amount of destruction! I have to contain him." Before Rainbow Dash could say anything, more hoof-steps were heard, bringing the rest of Rainbow's friends to attention. "Princess, what's going on!" Twilight exclaimed, before noticing a certain human. "Oh. OH! Princess, you don't need to do this! I'm sure he's nice!" She pleaded. Celestia thought for a moment, before sighing. "I'm trusting the 6 of you with this. You are to stay with him, and make sure he doesn't get into any trouble. We can't have him running around causing havoc." The group cheered, except Saitama, who was absentmindedly picking his nose. "Saitama, are you okay with this?" He looked up, and shrugged. "Sure." Then, he remembered what it was Rainbow told him not to do. He wasn't supposed to talk. Checking over the ponies, the whole group except Rainbow and... Pinkie... were staring at Saitama with wide eyes and open mouths. Twilight pulled out a scroll and started writing. "I have some que-" Celestia had more to say, though. "But! If he is going to stay with all of you, he must wear a collar. I'm sorry Saitama, but if you don't, more ponies will think you are a stray, and more situations like this will occur. You're lucky all the ponies around here fled, or they would have saw." Rainbow Dash looked around. "But, I don't have a collar." Then Applejack stepped forward. "Ah have an extra one here! Luckily, this one here fell right outta the sky!" She said proudly. Saitama took a closer look, and confirmed that it was indeed the same on he threw. A sweat dropped on his face. Celestia took the collar in her magic, and levitated it onto the Hero's neck. Once it was clipped into place, he already hated it. Rainbow hovered over to him, grabbing his arm. "Ok, now that that's all good, I should get him home!" Saitama followed along, giving every one of the ponies the signal to disperse. Left alone, Celestia sighed, still unsure about her decision. To her left, the pony was still curled up on the ground, passed out from crying. She shook her head before using her magic to fix his cabbage stand. Then, from behind her, she heard a rumble. A shower of dirt and rubble exploded, revealing a disheveled Luna. "Where is he!" She shouted. Celestia simply rolled her eyes, but smiled a bit. Wrapping Luna in her magic, she teleported the both of them back to the castle. Back in Rainbow's cloud house, Saitama sat on her couch and fiddled with the new collar on his neck, his stomach rumbling with hunger. He had checked her kitchen for food, but it was barren. He couldn't go back to the market because of what had happened. Even though none of the ponies saw him fight the Princesses, they still saw his altercation with the guards. He got up from his spot and looked around for Rainbow. He climbed the stairs, and heard grunting from behind her door. Oblivious, he walked right in. Rainbow Dash was on her back, doing some pony equivalent of sit ups. She looked ragged and ready to give out. Saitama scratched his head. "I'm going to your friend's house." He informed her. She didn't hear him over her own heavy breathing. Saitama just shrugged before closing her door and heading back downstairs. He didn't look back as he left the front door and stood at the edge of the cloud. He looked at the town below, searching for someplace one of her friend's lived. He saw the large crystal tree in the middle of town. "I think Rainbow said the purple one was a princess. Maybe she lives there." With that, he jumped off, sailing through the air to the crystal structure. As he got closer, he saw an open window. Saitama twisted his body, aiming for the opening. He was successful, sailing right through and crashing into a hallway. He got up and dusted pieces of crystal and rug off of him. Down the hall, he heard a set of hooves heading in his direction. When the pony came into view, he saw it was the purple one. 'I was right.' She looked confused. "I thought you were Rainbow Dash not using the doors again! Why are you here?" Saitama just shrugged. "Rainbow doesn't have any food. Can I eat some of yours?" Twilight seemed shocked at that. "Rainbow doesn't have any human food? How does she expect to take care of a human then?!" She looked at him "Don't worry. I'll go buy a bag of food, then you can eat." Saitama imagined her coming home with something that looked like dog food. He started to sweat. "No, that's okay, I can eat whatever you have! I don't eat pet food!" Twilight simply shook her head. "No, you need the best nutrition for a human of your size. Stay here, I'll be right back." She ran off, leaving Saitama worried for his health. He walked through the hallways in search of the kitchen. 'I need to eat before she gets back.' he worried to himself. After a few turns, he came to a set of double doors. Saitama pushed them open, revealing a room lit by lanterns. At the far end, a desk covered in equipment stood. On the ground in front of it, sat a human, who was eating what looked to be dog food from a bowl. Also, his skin was purple. Not bruised purple, but paint purple. Saitama slowly closed the door. "I'll just go back and see if Rainbow will go get food." He hurried back to the window he jumped in from. Looking at Rainbow's house, he jumped straight to it, becoming a blur in the air. Landing back on Rainbow's house, he quickly went in, searching for his "owner". She was flying down the stairs, about to leave. "Hey Rainbow." She stopped and hovered. "Yeah? Where'd you go?" Saitama pointed to the castle. "You didn't have any food, so I asked your purple friend if she had any." Rainbow laughed nervously. "I haven't bought any yet. Wait, do you need human food? " He quickly shook his head and hands. "No! Just regular food!" Dash just shrugged. "Got it. I'll go get it before I go to practice. I AM a Wonderbolt after all!" Saitama just looked at her blankly. She huffed before flying off, leaving a trail behind her. He watched her leave, before going back to sitting on the couch like before. He thought about his world. "I wonder how Genos is doing. Hopefully, he didn't get himself killed." "Tell me where Saitama is, NOW!" Genos told the winged monster he caught. He was currently strangling it against a wall. "I don't even know who that is! Let me go, you psycho!" The monster squawked. From the air, you could see a plume of fire appear. "Eh, I'm sure he's fine." Saitama told himself.