This came into my head one day and I thought I'd write it out. DISCLAIMER I do NOT own Ben ten or the oc character I'm using in this. I only own my fantasies.

Ben's P.O.V

Is been 3 years since I ran away from Grandpa and Gwen, and I'm fine living on the streets. I have a half-alien dog I walk with, named Arsine, and she's plenty of crazy company as it is. She's all black, with a red stripe on her check, left eye, the inside of her ears and tongue are completely and naturally red, and on her right ribcage, which are actually scars from a battle she never talks about. She also has a dragon like tail, a little over the length of her body, which is all muscle so she can move it around, hit people with it, and it detaches like a lizards. She wears red and black striped front leg warmers and a black bracelet over one paw.

He tail looks like a cats with a tail plumage like a lions over it. She is half blind in both eyes as well; she can only see heat sources and sound vibrations. She grew hair over her face so it's impossible to see her eyes without her consent. Her eyes are both red as well, like living fire. Her claws can come out more like cats, and always wears a spiked collar.

She speaks complete English, along with some alien tongues. When enraged, she is also known to set her back of neck and back fur aflame, turns out I got a fire dog. I've grown up a little since I last saw then, my hair is down to my ears, which I use to hide my green eyes, and I'm a little taller as well. Otherwise I'm the same; my clothes are black now though. The reason I left was simple, Gwen almost died.

Well, technically she did die, and got rejuvenated, but I still feel responsible. I also feel in love with her, which was way wrong, so I ran away so I didn't ruin what little relationship we had. I still own the omitrix, but only use it when I hear about trouble. My stomach growled and I stopped thinking and looked over at Arsine

"Arsine" I whined "I'm hungry."

She cracked open one of her red eyes and looked to where I was sitting in the alley and she stood up.

"Alright, pup" I groaned at the nickname "I'll go find some food."

"Oh no" I chided "I'm going with; I know you don't like that I can steal too, but I want to help you."

She groaned and said "how am I supposed to raise you the best I can when you're turning into a pick-pocket?"

"You are doing the best you can" I replied as we walked down the streets of New York "I'm just too stubborn for your own good."

"You're telling me" she muttered back then said "where are we going next? Or are we sticking here for a while?"

I thought about it for a moment "how about somewhere father south?" I suggested "that way you'll be able to see much better."

She thought about it for a moment then said "alright, I guess we'll set off in a few days then."

I then spotted a large man with a suit on. I walked behind him before bumping him, mumbling apologies, but unbeknownst to him, I had his wallet now. I ran back over to Arsine, who was trying to see as much as possible, and slipped the wallet into her jaw. We walked away slowly, so we wouldn't attract attention. We reached a drive through and grabbed a few hamburgers and a soda, then went back to our alley, for know it was at least.

She gave me a glare as I tore into my burger and growled "you could have told me you were going to mug that person instead of just shoving a wallet in my face you know."

I shrugged my shoulders; I was used to the red eyed glare of hers, and chomped down the rest of my burger. She ate hers, but with a slight irritation flowing through her, as I knew from her tail thumping into the concrete, leaving large indents.

"You know" she started and I looked up "I heard some news about your family today from the woodwork of animals around here."

"Really" I said perking up "what'd you hear?"

"There in the area" she replied "and still looking for you."

I gave a soft groan, they just didn't get it. I didn't want to be found, I'd rather stay a street rat. That way I didn't endanger them, or have my love found out. I know what incest is, so even if she did like me back (which is impossible) I wouldn't want Gwen to have to go through all that criticism, it wasn't right.

Arsine gave me a reproachful look and said "you should take that as an invitation to go home."

Again I sighed, she wasn't trying to get rid of me or anything, and she just thinks I should go home to be with flesh and blood.

I shook my head "I won't endanger them."

She gave a soft smile "the things people do when they love, is truly amazing."

My head snapped up from my burger, I'd never told her I had a crush on someone. "What do you mean?" I asked, trying my hardest not to stutter.

She laughed a little and said "why do you think I taught you about sex? You started having wet dreams about someone named Gwen, who is she may I ask?"

I looked away and prepared for disgust as I whispered "my cousin."

She nodded and said with and amused tone "is that all the info I'm going to get on my pups first crush?"

I looked up, shocked "you're not disgusted?"

She looked me in the eye and said "two things pup, one, you need higher self-esteem. Two, I don't care who you fall in love with or don't fall in love with, I'm happy you've found love in the first place."

I looked down and said with a small smile "the next time I want to see my family is when Gwen gets married, I want to wish the man or women good luck."

She looked sad and said softly "you didn't even tell her?"

I shook my head once again "I didn't want to ruin what little relationship I had with her, she wouldn't like me that way anyway."

Our conversation was stopped when Arsine picked her head up and growled "pup, I hear some cops. We gotta run now."

I nodded and stood up. I was more than ready to run, when I noticed we were surrounded. I could tell they all had small guns and even some bats. I raised an eyebrow at all the safety precautions they'd taken. After all, a 13 year old kid shouldn't be that hard to catch. Rolling my eyes at how easily it was to catch me I put my hands in the air.

Today was a bad day; hopefully I'd be able to get away from them tomorrow.

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