There were many changes from the sudden shift in the Earth's structure. The one continest has been divided in so many cities and there were so much techological advances. These, however, lead to the birth of the Princess of Minuses and her meeting w...
The Hero Association was just bussiness as always. The interior of it was like the definition of a hallway to a help desk, the kind of place where you'd fall asleep and will be unconfortable after waking up.
Is there any homely welcoming room inside? Kumagawa doesn't know, he didn't see one yet at the very least.
Kumagawa:[So stuffy....I should have brought my Tetris.]
Bang:Hm? You play Tetris, Kumagawa-kun?
Kumagawa:[Yeah. Although I'm a bit particular about it.]
Bang:Particular?
Kumagawa:[You see...]
Kumagawa then delved into a deep speech about Tetris. About how he liked to play, about the only way he ever played.
It was a speech that Genos had already heard once. But the rare passion in his teacher's voice made it worth hearing again.
Bang:Hoho, I see! And here I thought the youth today only cared about those high quality games with complicated mechanics on the market...It's nice to see the old games are still appreciated.
As they made their way through the halls they encountered a man. He grinned at Bang like an old friend.
This man had black eyes and black hair tied in a spiky bum, together with the beggining of a goatee on his chin. His name was Atomic Samurai.
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Atomic:Oh! Silverfang! I know you'd come!
Atomic walked towards them when he say Bang. He studied the others, trying to recall each of them.
Atomic:Let's see...The Cyborg, that little girl must be the one who they talk about with the knives and...Oh! You're that knew kid! Well, I guess not really a kid. You have a daughter already, after all. But still...
Kumagawa:[Eh? How did you know?]
Atomic let out a dry chuckle. How could he not know?
Atomic had never meet Kumagawa before. But his description made it obvious.
A young man with a strange way of talking that always smiles and is often accompanied by his daughter...How could anyone mistake him for anyone else?
He looked younger than Atomic expected. People have kids at that age today?
Atomic:You really are something, kid!
A sigh echoed in the hallway. Everyone turned their head, and then everyone but Kohina looked down.
The one who let out that sigh was a petite woman with curly green hair and green eyes. Her name was Tatsumaki.
Tatsumaki:Can you not be this loud? This is why I don't like attending these things...
Kohina:Eh?
Kohina stared unblinking at Tatsumaki for an unintrerupted period of five minutes. Tatsumaki said nothing, feeling confused about why this little girl was staring at her with no emotions on her face, and also a bit disturbed by the stare given by Kohina's crimson eyes that seemed to glow in the shadow.
But the Kohina brought out the stare. She pulled on Kumagawa's sleeve.
Kohina:Papa! Papa! I thought everyone but me and another guy in Class S are adults? Who's this girl?
Kumagawa:[It's useless asking me that. I never keept up with the news about heroes before and I didn't start after getting this job either. Oh, although...From my experience I can tell she's not actually that young, she only looks so. She's a loli!]
Kohina nodded her head. She wasn't unfamiliar with this concept.
Her father looked younger than he looked to. Although this green lady's case was closer to aunt Hanosode's.
Kohina:Eh? But we act similar. She's bratty too! I thought we were closer in age...
Kumagawa:[Well, lots of adult act immature.]
Tatsumaki:Huh!? Immature!? Hey, don't ignore me! At least have the decency of saying that to my face!
Tatsumaki had enough. What's the deal with talking about her like she's not even here?
Kohina:Ah! I can see it now, Papa...She's complaining like an old lady!
Tatsumaki:Old lady!? Why you little...Haaah...
Tatsumaki took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. She repeats in her head that Kohina was just a little girl and she didn't know better.
Yes, Kohina was just a little girl. Her father, on the other hand...
Tatsumaki:Hey, you! Where do you get off calling people immature?
Kumagawa:[Eh? Oi, oi, don't assume things like that. Really, I'm not so callous as to whisper insult people behind their backs. I prefer to insult them to their face.]
Tatsumaki:You weren't even whispering!
Irritating. This man was truly irritating.
Kumagawa:[I didn't say that with any malice, you know? I was only making an observation. I'm immature too. So you must be like me.]
Tatsumaki:Huh? Like you? What do you mean?
Tatsumaki was truly confused now. How were they alike?
Kumagawa:[You were deprived of love as a child too, right?]
Tatsumaki:Wha...I...You...
She was going nowhere with this. She figured out that it was useless to try to reason with this guy.
Tatsumaki:Hmph! I'm leaving.
Tatsumaki turned around and walked away. She choose to walk away.
She choose to not engage in this childish dispute any longer. Because she was very mature!
Atomic:Bwahaha! You really are something, kid!
Atomic was pleasantly surprised. He never saw anyone tell Tatsumaki off like that.
The closest thing to it was Bang reasoning with her. It was worth coming to this meeting just to see that.
Bang:There she goes again...She says she's leaving, but she's just going to the same room everyone in Class S is gonna meet.
Kumagawa:[She's pretty cute.]
Bang:Hoho, indeed she is.
Kumagawa was glad to find out such a cute girl was also in Class S. She's gonna be lots of fun to tease.
Well...What Kumagawa considers to be teasing, anyway.
Most people would call it bullying, if not outright harassment. But he never really cared what other people thought.
Kumagawa:[Speaking of which...Who really was she, Genos-chan.]
Genos:Her name is Tatsumaki, the Tornado of Terror. Sensei, she ranked second among the S Class Heroes. She's an esper.
Kumagawa:[An esper, huh?]
Kumagawa scratched his chin. He let out a small hum.
Genos:Have you ever meet an esper, Sensei?
Kumagawa:[Hm? Not really. I knew guys who said they were espers to pick up girls when I was in middle school, though.]
