A/N: Gonna say this at first. Love the series. Can't quite figure out at what point this story takes place. Still, hope you all like it.

The rain fell across what used to be part of a bustling city. It seemed to soothe the two figures, and man and a woman, standing in the middle of the destruction, despite the torrent of anger and hatred around them.

"KILL IT! DESTROY THAT MONSTER!"

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! AREN'T YOU A HERO?!"

"THAT THING CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO LIVE!"

Surrounding the two figures were both heroes and civilians, the latter of which who were now homeless. Both groups were angry and shouting at the top of their lungs about the destruction, but their words seemed to fall on deaf ears. One figure, a bald man clad in a yellow jumpsuit, reds boots and gloves, and long white cape, said nothing as he looked at the woman in his arms. She was covered in wounds that ranged from fresh burns and bruises, to deep cuts and bleeding gashes, with her hands dripping with blood.

"You!" cried out an angry voice as someone finally decided to approach them. "Step away from her! Now!"

"Huh? Why?"

"If not for her, this city and the others would still be standing!" shouted the man, his eyes a piercing red. "We should've killed her when she first came here!"

-3 months ago, When it all began-

-Hero Association HQ-

Sitch was inside his office looking outside the window down at the newly made H.A. HQ, a hard frown on his face. Once again, the topic of Madam Shibabawa's 'End of the World Prediction' had been shortened during a meeting so as to make room for other priorities, such as 'What name should be given to this hero' and such.

"Why is no one taking this seriously?" he asked himself. "Madam Shibabawa's predictions are never wrong, yet so many seem to taking her final prediction too lightly." He stared down at the scrap of paper in his hands, the words 'THE EARTH IS IN TROUBLE' written out on it. He had already assembled nearly all of the S-Class heroes to an emergency meeting so as to put them all on alert, but that did not quell his fears. With a sigh, he put the paper and closed his eyes in thought. He hoped that, when the time came, they would be ready for whatever was coming. Sadly, that time may have come sooner than he would think. Without warning, alarms began to go off through the HQ, sending everyone into a panic.

"What's going on?!" Sitch yelled through his earpiece. He listened to the report before his eyes widened in horror.

"Sir?! Are you there?!" came a voice over the earpiece.

"Say again?" he finally responded in an almost inaudible tone.

"Long range orbital scans have picked up an unidentified craft heading towards Earth! The current trajectory of the spacecraft puts it in the path of City V! Estimated time of arrival is 17 minutes!"

-City V-

"THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE HERO ASSOCIATION!" came a woman's voice over the loudspeakers scattered throughout City V. "EMERGENCY EVACUATION WARNING! THE THREAT LEVEL IS DRAGON! ALL CITIZENS, PLEASE EVACUATE TO A SAFE DISTANCE!" All C-Class and B-Class heroes were currently helping the panicking citizens safely leave the city while City V's A-Class heroes waited nearby the estimated landing zone, which was a large field near the city, ready to attack the aliens should they turn hostile. Or at the very least keep them preoccupied long enough for the S-Class heroes to arrive and take care of them. The photos that were taken of the craft showed that, though drastically smaller than the one that destroyed City A, was still quite large.

"It should be within sight any moment now." said an Association grunt as he and others all looked towards the sky.

"THERE!" cried out another man holding a pair of binoculars. Everyone turned their gaze to the part of the sky the man was looking at before gasping in shock. Though a tiny dot to the naked eye, there was no mistaking it the ship in the sky.

-At H.A. HQ-

"We have visual conformation!" one of the on-sight Association workers reported through the line to the HQ. All those present were listening intently to the report as they gazed at the screen showing the far off spaceship up close. "What are y-" came the same voice before it was replaced by another voice.

"This is the XMO Mk V Cruiser. Requesting permission to land." came a female voice.

"What?! Who is this?!" yelled an Association worker with a scruffy beard.

"The ship in the sky that you are all watching." said the voice in irritation. "We wish to land. Do we have permission or not?!" Nobody at the HQ knew how to respond to that. Neither he, nor his bespecaled knew what to do at this point. If they turn their request down, they could simply fire upon them from their ship. And if they did grant permission, they could wipe out everyone in the vicinity before moving on and attacking everything else.

"Let them land." Everyone turned to an female Association Executive that was standing near the door. "If they're asking for permission, then their intentions may not be malevolent. We have teams and heroes in place should they try something. Plus, Child Emperor arrived moments ago, and other S-Class heroes are already on their way." The worker's stare hardened before answering the voice.

"Permission granted. Here are the coordinates."

A/N: And that's all I have for the first chapter. If anyone has a good design in mind for the ship, I wish for permission to use it since I haven't got any good ideas of my own. Also, at what point should this story take place? Before, during, or after the incident with Garou?