Sidekick [One Punch Man Fanfic]

Chapter 13

*First person pov*

Mumen stood there, out of breath probably from peddling too hard. "They Cyclist for Justice, Mumen Rider is here!" The Deep Sea King stared at the C-Class Hero before lifting his foot off me. I gasped for air, coughing right after words. "M...Muuu....Mumen..... R....Run..." I wheezed out. Genos also said his share too, softly saying 'don't'. Mumen Rider smiled at me. He mouth to me 'I have to try, Ren' before letting out a battle cry and charging at the monster.

"I'm already bored." The villain sighed, as he caught Mumen Rider's fist. He wrapped his hand around his fist and arm before picking him up and hitting him with the ground. Over and over, I heard Mumen cry out, making me squeeze my eyes shut. Please, just fucking stop it already... The sea monster then threw Mumen over his head, looking at his hand with had cloth from Mumen's costume that had been ripped off.

The deep sea King looked dazed, before he turned to me with his eyebrows raised as if he realized something. "Ah, my apologies. I nearly forgot to kill you." I glared at him as I spat out blood. "You..... fucker...." I then heard footsteps behind me, that sounded like it was staggering. It could only mean one thing, and I nearly cried out. Why can't you just run away from this fight, Mumen?? "Justice.... Tackle..."

Mumen hugged the Deep Sea King around the waist, his feet digging into the ground in attempts to get the monster down to the ground. "HUH???" The King's face and body contorted into his bigger form, the bigger uglier form that he had. I saw Mumen's lips move, as he started to talk. "No one... expects much from me..." The Deep Sea King pimp slapped Mumen away about 5 meters. Blood spurted out of Mumen, pouring from his head and body from open wounds.

He laid there on the ground. "... I already know that already..." Mumen turned on his side onto his hands and knees, trying to get up. "They think a C-Class Hero won't be much help..." Mumen's elbows locked causing his upper body to fall to the ground. Blood mixed in with the rain dripped down his face and onto the street. "I know that better than anyone!! I'm not good enough for B-Class."

Mumen finally but slowly got back onto his feet. My breath got caught in my throat knowing if he keeps going he's just going to get killed. You've done more than enough already... please... just stop... "I'm weak... I know that much. No one has to tell me I have no chance of beating you. I already know that much!!" Mumen yelled out, shaking from all the raw emotion he's showing. The Deep Sea King turned away from me to look at the broken individual. "What are you babbling about? Begging for your life?"

Mumen Rider clenched his fists. "And yet, I must try." I could hear Genos beside me try to get up himself, despite being so FUBAR, while I just laid there crying. "It's not about winning or losing!!" Mumen shouted, getting into fighting position. "It's about me taking you on, right here, right now!!" Mumen yelled so loud, that blood spewed out of his own mouth. "Enough of your rambling. Time to finish you off." I can't... let that happen.... I tried getting up, despite of all the pain I feel.

But no matter how hard I tried, it isn't enough. Damn... "You can do it!!!" I gasped. Who...? It sounded like a little boy. "Mumen Rider, you can do it!! You're the Cyclist for Justice, don't give up!!! Beat up that weird monster, beat him!!! YOU CAN DO IIIIIIIT!!!!" I could hear the little boy scream. And like a chain reaction, the crowd started to cheer. "Yeah, get him!!!" "Beat him up!!" "We're counting on you, Mumen Rider!!!" "You can do it!!!"

I started to cry harder. Please.... stop it.... It'll just be sadder... when he gets defeated. Mumen Rider lets out a battle cry as he soaked in all the cheers of all the desperate people. But, as I thought.... One punch from the monster is all it took. "I think not~!" But before Mumen Rider hit the ground, I saw a flash of yellow and white. He caught Mumen Rider. It was Saitama.

"You did fine. Nice fight." Saitama said, smiling at Mumen. I was getting more hopeful that now Saitama was here. "Yet another piece of trash washed up on my shore??" Saitama ignored the gigantic blue monster in front of him as he laid Mumen on the ground. His head moved toward us, spotting Genos and I. "H-Hey Genos, Ren!? Are you even alive!?"

I gave Saitama a weak nod in reply. "Sen...sei..." Genos spoke out. Saitama sighed out in relief to see that we were still alive. "Hang on a second. I gotta pound this seafreak or whatever it's called." Saitama got to his feet, with a blank look on his face. But I can tell, that Saitama wasn't happy. I mean, he wasn't angry, but he wasn't angry either. It said it all in his face.

The Seafold go behind Saitama. "I HEARD THAT!!" He punch Saitama in the head, making Saitama's head bob back and forth as he stood there like nothing happened. When he punched, it caused a shock wave of wind and air that stopped the raining for about 4 seconds. Steam came off of Saitama's head, as he only glanced at the king behind him.

"Impressive. You're still on your feet after one of my punches. Clearly you're different from the rest of the trash." The seafolk continued to talk. "Huh? Your punch was too weak, that's all." Saitama said with no fucks given. I sweat dropped. I can't tell if Saitama has a death wish, or he's just so powerful that he doesn't give any fucks about anything.

The crowd in the evacuation center started whispering to each other, skeptical of Saitama's strength or whether or not he can beat this monster. "I am the King of the Deep, Lord of the Seas. All life on earth comes from the sea, as if she were our mother. In other words, as ruler of the seas, I am the pinnacle of a pyramid that includes every living organism on this world! To defy me, that means-"

The Deep Sea King got cut off. "Yeah yeah, I got it." Saitama brushed him off, as he stuck his pinky in his ear to clean out the earwax. "It's raining out, so let's do this." In rage, the monster threw the first punch. But before it could even land, Saitama moved in a blur then there was a loud boom. A hole opened up in the monster's chest, as the shock wave blew the whole rain away.

The body fell to the ground, and everyone yelled out in surprise. Then they started to cheer for Saitama. I sighed out relief. I thought so. Saitama would never lose to anyone.