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(CITY-Z)

"Why is this happening to me?" A bald man asks himself, as he looked at the almost two year old baby and a five year old with him, both sleeping without a care in the world, leaving the bald man with the dilemma of a lifetime. The bald man seemed done with life.

Usually he never shows any emotion. Like any at all, but since the day these two kids entered his life, his life took a turn. Like a really weird turn.

It's not a bad turn.

It's more like a turn that he is not sure about, but the changes that the turn brought were welcoming one.

It's been almost a year since the two entered his life, an infant and a child.

He didn't want to take care of these kids, God knows that he was neither ready nor prepared for taking care of a child let alone two, what with him loosing his emotion and being bald and also because he didn't really had anything on him, nor did he had a stable income of sorts, on top of that the two were half mosters.

Half human and half monster.

He didn't think that was possible.

It probably shouldn't be possible, right?

But here they were, snoring away without a care in the world.

Saitama still remembers the first time he was given these two to be protected from some bad guys, the mother who was a full blown fox monster with plethora of abilities trying to keep the kids away from danger as monsters surrounded the three.

  
                                                                                             

(An year ago)

                                                                                             

"I should make some eggs for tonight." Saitama, whose head was in the shape of a egg thought before looking off in the distance, a blank look on his face wearing a yellow body suit with red gloves and boots and a white cape fluttering in the wind.

Until he heard a commotion.

He paused, he distinctively remember that this place was an abandoned area, as most of the people moved out this part a while ago, as this place was the most monster infested zone of the city, or well it was supposed to until he cleared the whole place, killing all the monsters, with a single punch.

He looked towards where the sound was coming from and paused again.

He saw a group of large animal type monsters sorrounding a single large fox type monster with tails in a kimono, wounded all over, guarding somethin.......wait the thing just moved so it's probably someone.

"Huh?" Confusion made way on his face as he looked at the scene. Normally monsters worked together or well when they were trying to attack him they worked together, the attacking monsters jumped up and instead of aiming for the fox type monster who countered but didn't move from its place. Another monster attacked from the side getting a painful howl out of the fox monster as it retaliated with a glowing slash of it own, forcing the monsters to move back.

He got ready to attack, legs slightly bent ready to take out all of the monsters, including the fox one.

"Ma!" He paused again, now more confused than moments before, as a child with human features except for few tails and fox ears came running towards, that caught the attention of fox monster as the rest took advantage of the distraction.

The fox monster howled in pain as the attacks connected but tried to keep the thing behind it safe, as the other monsters attacked the kid, who looked terrified as the large monsters attacked the child out of nowhere, and then it felt it's legs off the ground, as something was grabbing it and the next thing it saw was a human without any hair on its head or face, looking like one of the eggs off the bird kind back at its place. Before her gaze hardened when it saw the wrapped clothe in his grip beginning to stir.

"Ma!" Saitama saw the something looking like a human child being attacked and then he got to work, he first got the fox monster with his speed, seeing how the human like monster child  called her 'Ma', it would mean that the fox monster would be, whatever she/it is, mother. He also got the thing behind the mother as it was trying to much to protect it, and then he got the child out of the way, dropping the fox monster mother and the monster-human child, before the thing that the fox monster was previously guarding stirred in his arms.

Saitama looked down to see the thing that he had grabbed in his arm carelessly. He looked back to see that all of the monsters have stopped, the attacking monsters now lookin  at him in confusion, and then he heard sniffling sound from the wrapped clothes.

"What?" The man begins looking at the wrapping before more sniffles came from the cloth. The fox monster lept at him and he was ready to punch it, but stopped when he saw that the fox monster was aiming for  the thing in his hands, so he stopped before he could punch her as it took the wrapped up thing.

The Fox monster gently removed the cloth as Saitama peeked in and was amazed as a smile began to form over his face to see almost an year old child with fox ears with his hands stretched towards the fox monster who heaved a sigh of relief as her form began to receded to an actual very attractive bipedal fox monster form surprising him, even if it couldn't be seen on his face, the surprise was still present.

"Cute kid." Saitama said to himself as the little child began to cry when his mother flinched when he touched one of her wounds.

"Thank you." Saitama was surprised when the fox monster replied to him in a lightly tired, probably due to wounds, and serene voice. Before any of them could say anything else, another voice interrupted them.

"Who are you?!" One of the monsters yelled out as the litte fox monster hid behind her mother as the child in her arms began to cry loudly.

"Oui can you be a little quite, there's a little child here!" Saitama shot back in a bland and rebuking tone as the mother began to console the little child.

"Oh sor----wait, don't deflect, I won't ask again." One of the monster who looked like a cross between a lizard and a crocodile with few extra set of eyes yelled out claws coming . "So tell me now. Who. Are.  You?!" The monster growled out.

"Me?" Saitama asked in the same bland tone before  pointing to himself. "I am just a guy whose hero for fun." And the temperature around him dropped significantly, he looked behind to see that the fox monsters bar the little infant were looking at him in shock.

"Ah so that's how it is." Another monster, the one who looked like a hippo looked towards the. "You were so desperate that you decided to ask help from your worst enemy, huh?"

"Even I didn't think you would've been so desperate as to hid behind the Association." Said a monster that looked like a jackal. "But what could you expect from a bitch." The jackal like monster took a step towards them. "And look what did they sent you, a wannabe baldy hero!" A tick appeared over his head as the monster stopped right in front of Saitama. "Tell me, what an egg head like are you going to do to us?" Another set of ticks appeared over him. "Hey look." He called out to other monsters. "His head his so clear and shiny that I can see his my face in it."

Saitama who was now very annoyed with his words, reared back his fist, which was noticed by the the jackal.

"Oh, are you angry, is the little-widdle baldy angry?" The Jackal began in a mocking voice. "Are going to hit me?" He then leaned down towards Saitama and pointed towards his face. "Tell you what baldy, I will give you one free hit, right her---" He didn't get to say anymore as all of them were covered in the shower of gore and blood, with only legs of jackal, remaining on the ground.

All of the monsters looked wide eyed at the thing that just happened in front them as one of their own was beaten or obliterated or whatever that resulted in that jackal monster remains being only their legs.

"So." Saitama started. "What was that about a baldy?"