Hey guys! This is my first story so please be gentle and not flame both it and me into oblivion too hard.
I was inspired by the works of Emiyn and I kind of ripped off his introduction sections and the general scenario of Ben being stuck in the Null Void for two years after the ending of Season 2 Episode 13 of the original Ben 10 series before Ben is sent to another world that isn't his because of Phil screwing things up for him. But don't worry, that is the only thing of his I plan on ripping off (and if Emiyn is in fact reading this, sorry for ripping off your general scenario, it's just really good). Plus, you know what they say: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Unless you completely copy someone else's work and claim that it is your own. Then that's being an asshole. But enough of that.
Anyways, if you guys are confused by the first chapter, just read the first chapter of The Null Fairy by Emiyn and that's pretty much everything that leads up to Ben being stuck in the Null Void for two years (damn, I am unoriginal).
So, why a crossover with High School DxD? Well, aside from there being only two Ben 10/High School DxD crossovers that I consider good (those being Ben 10: Dragon God of Life by DragneelGiant96 and Ben 10: Game of Life by mak89), I thought that making a Ben 10 & High School DxD crossover would make for an interesting first story.
One more thing that I should mention is that, like Emiyn does (with Huntsman of the Void Ben being a shy weapon enthusiast, The Null Fairy Ben being a cocky prankster and My Omnium Academia Ben being the violent and overprotective bodyguard), I'm going to give Ben his own distinctive personality that is different than canon Ben.
This Ben is a good deal more lazy and sarcastic than canon Ben. He has a weakness for sweets and salty things since he hasn't had any in, like, two years (so he is kind like Koneko in that way, minus being a shapeshifter previously stuck in a prison dimension). While generally unmotivated to do things, he can be hardworking if he believes that his work will pay off. This version of Ben also curses because he has been in the Null Void for two years without anyone to tell not to do so. Whenever somebody calls him out on this, he gets defensive and says something like "I'm entitled to since I had to fight off Vilgax and Kevin before becoming stuck in the Null Void" or something similar.
Anyways, enjoy the story.
In the long run of things, people make up the masses of faceless, nameless bystanders that are ever so present throughout humanity's history. Usually a person's life, no matter how long or influential, will always be a mere footnote at best compared to the vast amount of events that make up Earth's history. And Earth itself is insignificant in the scale of the galaxy, which is in turn nothing compared to the infinite expanses of the universe.
However, there are exceptions to this rule. There are those whose names become etched into the history of their world and sometimes even worlds beyond for centuries, millenia, even eons. Few ever reach this level of relevance and those that do gain that relevance through great valor, great evil or great power.
The names of these people are known by the masses of all ages, either loved or hated: Heracles, Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler are a few of the many people who have made their mark. However, one thing that the masses forget is that these people didn't just pop out of nowhere being 'good' or 'evil'. They were born, had childhoods, were influenced by outside factors and had to make choices. These people didn't start out relevant. They were once a part of the masses of faceless, nameless bystanders.
Now, another new person is gaining this relevance. That person's name: Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, otherwise known as Ben Ten. He too started out as a part of the masses, on his way to an existence of no interest. However, that all changed the night that he became the wielder of the Omnitrix, an incredible piece of technology that allowed him to transform into any sapient alien species within the Milky Way Galaxy.
From that night on, young Benjamin spent his summer vacation doing work as a traveling superhero. In the short span of his hero career, he had fought zombies of extinct animals, battled extraterrestrial bounty hunters, saved countless people, defeated over a dozen different villains and even faced off against both an intergalactic warlord and a ghostlike alien trapped inside of the Omnitrix.
For a time, life was good for Ben, his cousin Gwen and his grandfather Max. However, these good times were not to last.
During one particular encounter with the intergalactic warlord Vilgax of Vilgaxia and the misshapen former street thug Kevin Levin resulted in both of them and Ben becoming stranded within an alternate prison dimension known as the Null Void. This was a hostile world full of dangerous creatures and the worst of intergalactic prisoners, where to survive you had to either kill…or be killed.
From then on, Ben had to survive this eerie void of violence and malice. He needed to fight, kill and hide to ensure his survival, destroying his innocent past self in the process to better cope with the constant bloodshed he had to subject himself to in order to live. His psyche was shattered before being reforged stronger than before, giving Ben the will needed to carve himself a niche in the hellhole he now called a home. And for two years he would do just that and prove himself a strong and clever survivor.
So it should come to no surprise that he eventually managed to escape the prison space after two years of hard work and determination.
Our story begins there…
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Dear readers, please allow the author to direct your attention to a very large rock floating through the Null Void. While this dimension was meant to house intergalactic criminals and creatures that for some reason or another couldn't be kept safely back in Ben's home dimension, there were those that didn't fit into one of those two categories: settlers, wrongfully convicted prisoners and people at the wrong place at the wrong time. Our protagonist fit in the last category. And speaking of our protagonist, he's waking up somewhere on the aforementioned rock.
Ben rubbed his eyes as he started to rise up from his makeshift bed that consisted of the skins of various Null Void creatures, namely a pack of Vulpimancers that had made the unfortunate mistake of attacking the Omnitrix wielder on a particularly bad day made better by Ben getting a new bed. May those foolish Vulpimancers rest in peace.
Ben was currently wearing a dull grey shirt that had black lines with olive green pants that had black stripes on the bottom and a pair of black and white sneakers. Due to the Null Void's lack of sunlight, Ben's skin had paled slightly and the lifestyle that had allowed him to survive the dimension had gifted Ben a slim but muscular build, similar to that of an athlete's. His brown hair had also grown out to the point that his bangs would occasionally get in the way of seeing.
"Today is the day," Ben said to himself as he sat up and stretched his arms, popping them in the process. After stretching, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes before standing up. A green flash emerald engulfed him, transforming Ben into a red, humanoid raylike being with yellow horns, green eyes and two lightning bolt-shaped stripes. It also possessed a skinny tail, yellow patagia, gills along it's sides and skinny legs with two toes on the front and one two on the back. The Omnitrix symbol was displayed on the chest of this alien.
"Jetray!" the newly transformed Ben shouted out before flying over the edge of the rock. Upon going over, he started gliding downwards to a small hole near the bottom of the rock. It was under a section of rock that sloped inwards, preventing anyone from climbing down and getting to the hole without the very high risk of falling off and into the...void of the Null Void. The only possible way of getting here without that risk was if you could fly, levitate or had sticky appendages that allowed you to cling to rock while hanging upside down.
"Today is the day, today is the day, day is today, today is the day," Jetray kept repeating to himself with a smile as he hovered in midair to reach his arm into the hole and grab an item within the hole. Once he secured his grip on it, Jetray flew back to the top of the rock and landed. He placed down the item he had grabbed, which was a machine about the size of the average Fedex box, before another green flash enveloped him, transforming him into a new alien.
This alien was a rather miniscule one, being frog-like in nature with grey skin, two large eyes with horizontal eyelids, gills on the side of it's head and small, sharp teeth. Unlike Jetray who wore no clothing, a black and grey jumpsuit outfitted this transformation.
"Grey Matter!" the amphibian announced to the world before he started tinkering with the machine before him. Grey Matter would continue to do this for several more hours, never noticing the figure watching from an increasingly short distance away behind the large rocks. Finally, after about six hours of continuous adjustment and modification, the Galvan deemed his work complete and transformed back into Ben in a flash.
"Finally! After two years in this stinking place, freedom at last!" Ben shouted out in joy at his completion of the device, which was a dimensional portal generator.
"That's great Ben," someone said from behind Ben, causing the teen to spin on his heel as shock shot through his system at the familiar sounding voice. "For me that is."
Stepping from out of the shadows was a familiar but unwelcomed face making itself known. The owner of the voice was a rather tall man with hair that was turning white with age and fair skin. His black clothing had certainly seen better days, as it was torn, burnt and dirtied in multiple places. A permanent scowl seemed to have formed on the man's face and his facial hair was starting to grow long. It was obvious that this man hadn't been doing nearly as well as Ben had.
"Oh great, a familiar face," Ben groaned sarcastically before putting on an obviously fake smile as the man grabbed a pistol from his belt. "How ya doing Bill? You staying in shape? Eating healthy? Getting enough sleep?"
"It's Phil!" the now-revealed Phil hissed out, not bothering to answer Ben's questions. "And if you don't want to die, I recommend that you step away from the portal generator."
"Uh huh," Ben said as his fake grin vanished, visibly unintimidated by Phil's threat. "And what makes you think you're able to back that threat up?"
"I'm so glad you asked," Phil said with a sadistic smile. "You see, for the past year I've been watching you…"
"Stalker."
"Don't interrupt me! Anyways, for the past year, I've been watching you and observing all of your alien forms. I knew that eventually you would come up with some way to escape this accursed dimension with either your Galvan or Cerebrocrustacean form, so I watched and waited. All the while, I also developed counter strategies to every alien that you've transformed into, even your Vaxasaurian form. I'm pretty confident when I say that you don't stand a chance."
"Uh-hu," Ben said, not buying it for a second. "Well, since you're so confident, then I think I can spare one more beatdown for old time's sake before I hit the road and head back to Earth." Ben took a fighting stance with his hand hovering over the Omnitrix. "Whaddaya say Bill? Round two?"
Phil grinned in bloodlust as he shot at Ben without answering. Ben quickly slammed down on the dial of the Omnitrix, blinding his assailant with a green flash before it died down. Phil opened his eyes, expecting to see some variety of dead or, at least, injured alien, only to be greeted to the sight of a short, fat, blob-like creature wearing green underwear with no visible injuries. It's eyes were green, his clawed hands were bearlike and the feet were similar to an elephant's. The Omnitrix symbol was located on the creature's belly button.
"This guy may be The Worst," the alien said as the bullet Phil had shot at him bounced off of his hide and onto the ground, slightly surprising Phil. "But even he comes in handy sometimes."
"That form is a new one," Phil muttered to himself annoyed before he released shot upon shot on the Atrocian. Every time Phil fired, The Worst would give cries of 'ouch' and 'ow' as bullets bounced or ricocheted off of him. When Phil finally figured out that he was just wasting ammo, he placed his gun back into the holster on his belt and pulled a large hunting knife from it's sheath.
"I may not be able to harm you because of that transformation's thick skin," Phil began as he started rushing at Ben. "But the eyes and inside of your mouth are another story."
"Probably," The Worst admitted with a shrug. "But that knowledge doesn't mean anything if you never get the chance to find out if it's true or not."
"We'll see about that you damn brat!" Phil exclaimed while running towards Ben with his knife pointed at The Worst's left eye. Just as Phil was just to reach him, Ben slammed down on the Omnitrix symbol, transforming him once more. Phil was forced to close his eyes but kept charging forwards to try and end this fight before Ben turned into something stronger.
Just because he developed strategies to deal with every alien that he had seen didn't mean that they were easy to pull off, especially when they were supposed to be used against Vaxasaurians, Tetramands and other such powerhouses.
When Phil felt nothing being impaled upon his knife, he opened his eyes to find the Omnitrix bearer had seemingly vanished into thin air. No alien of any sort could be seen anywhere. Anger welled inside of Phil as he looked everywhere for Ben or one of his transformations, but to no avail.
"TENNYSON!" Phil yelled out in frustration. "STOP HIDING AND FIGHT ME!"
"Who said I'm hiding?" asked a gravelly voice. Phil turned around wildly to find whoever had spoken but couldn't see anything. "If anything, you're overlooking me Bill."
"IT'S PHIL, YOU INSUFFERABLE PEST!" the ex-Plumber couldn't help but rage in frustration. "WHERE ARE YOU TENNYSON?! HAVE YOU TURNED INVISIBLE?"
"Invisible, no," the voice said. "Invincible, yes."
Following that statement, Phil felt a sharp pain at the back of his neck like something small was biting him. Growling in pain and annoyance, he used his free hand to smack the area from which the pain was originating in an effort to crush whatever was causing the pain. Almost immediately the pain moved from his neck to his palm, prompting Phil to bring his hand back in front of him to see his attacker.
Standing upon his palm was a tiny, brown flea-like creature with a single eye in the center of it's head, six limbs and a large lower jaw that was currently biting Phil's palm. A construction worker's helmet sat atop his head and allowed his two antenna to poke out. The alien's Omnitrix logo was on it's chest and the lower four limbs acted as legs while the two highest limbs were arms complete with hands. Speaking of which, they were currently crossed as the alien gave Phil a smirk.
'Didn't think that I'd be fighting a flea' the ex-Plumber thought to himself with a smirk. 'Although it does make crushing him like the bug he is easier.'
"Sup Bill?" Ben asked nonchalantly as he let go of Phil's palm, uncaring about the current size difference between them. "Is it just me or have you gained weight?" Phil snarled in anger and glared at the alien as he curled his fingers in to try and crush Ben in his hand.
"IT'S PHIL YOU DAMN FLEA!"
"Actually, the name is Rockflea," the newly-dubbed Rockflea called out from Phil's hand in an amused tone of voice. "And you do know that crushing me won't do you any good with this alien, right? If anything, you keeping me closer to yourself is making what I'm about to do next a whole lot easier."
"What?"
Phil didn't have time to further question Rockflea as a green flash erupted from Phil's hand, forcing the man to open it and let go of Rockflea as he was replaced by something much larger. The alien now standing before Phil was taller than him by two or three feet. It greatly resembled a mummy that was made seemingly out of organic bandages and possessed glowing green eyes. The Omnitrix symbol was placed upon it's left shoulder like a sort of badge.
"This has been fun, but I think it's about time I Snare-oh up and leave," the mummy alien tried to pun (and failed horribly) while stretching his bandage-like fingers towards Phil, who started hacking away at them with his knife in an attempt to remain untrapped.
"Why haven't I seen these forms before? Did you just unlock them now?" Phil asked with gritted teeth as he watched the fingers grow back mere seconds after he cut them off.
"No," Snare-oh said, having grown bored of this fight and now looking idly around him, something that infuriated the ex-Plumber in front of him greatly. "I just haven't used them this past year. An indestructible punching bag and a mining flea don't really help you survive inside of a prison dimension. As for Snare-oh, I just haven't had a reason to use him."
As Ben finished saying that, he managed to wrap one of his fingers around Phil's knife. Taking advantage of the opportunity before him, Snare-oh yanked the weapon out of Phil's grasp and sent it skidding across the ground several feet away. Phil's face drained of color at this and he only had a moment to attempt to run towards it before he was finally captured and bound tightly in bandages. He was bound so tightly in fact that he wasn't able to stand anymore and fell to the ground like a chopped-down tree.
"And if you don't need anything, I guess I'll be going now," Snare-oh said as he started walking back towards the portal generator. "Have fun Bill! Remember to eat your vegetables while I'm gone."
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TENNYSON!" Phil raged as he squirmed in his bandages, loosening his arms just enough that they could reach down to his belt and grab his pistol without Snare-oh noticing.
"Ah, are you sad?" Snare-oh taunted over his shoulder as he made his way to the portal generator. "Should I go get your mummy?"
The entangled man snarled in rage and grit his teeth together before he pulled his pistol out and aimed at the portal generator. "IF I CAN'T LEAVE, THEN YOU CAN'T EITHER!"
"What?" Snare-oh turned around just in time to see Phil fire at the portal generator. His eyes widened when he saw a bullet hole appear in the side of the portal generator and saw the machine start to spark. Turning around, the Thep Khufan glared at the human that was smirking in triumph.
"WAY TO GO FUCKTARD, NOW WE'RE BOTH DEAD!" the mummy-like alien yelled at Phil. The unexpected cursing from a twelve year old caused Phil to stop smirking and start giggling in humor at Ben's frustration.
"You kiss your mother with that mouth?" Phil asked between giggles. "I'm pretty sure that she wouldn't approve of your language."
"I'VE BEEN STUCK IN A FUCKING PRISON DIMENSION FOR GODDAMN TWO YEARS, I'M ENTITLED TO SPEAK HOWEVER I WANT!"
Phil started laughing his ass off at the cursing Omnitrix bearer before he was stopped by a green flash, replacing Snare-oh with Jetray. The Aerophibian wasted no time in grabbing the bound ex-Plumber with his feet and attempting to take off into the air. Of course Phil didn't make it easy, thrashing within the bandages that held him and basically making flight impossible without risk of immediate crashing.
"Let go!" Phil tried to command the red and yellow flyer. "I'll shoot you if you don't unhand me this moment Tennyson!"
Jetray growled in annoyance. "Do you want get sucked into a black hole? Fine! I'll leave you here to deal with the malfunctioning portal generator. I hope you know how to disable or fix the portal generator before a black hole starts."
Phil's eyes widened at that before he wisely chose to shut up and stop struggling in an effort to conserve his life. Jetray's face turned into a smirk of triumph at the ex-Plumber's new compliance, but that compliance came just a moment too late as a swirling vortex appeared behind Jetray and Phil, sucking them towards it.
The faces of both turned into ones of fear as Jetray attempted to enter hyperspace in an attempt to escape the pull of the black hole, but to no avail. Just before the two were pulled inside of the black hole, Jetray decided he needed to get one last quip in before his imminent doom.
"WELL, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE BIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL!"
"IT'S PHIL DAMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!"
This was the last that the Null Void would ever see and hear of Ben Tennyson the Omnitrix bearer and Phil Billings the ex-Plumber. When the black hole finally ceased to be, the rock that had been the stage for their battle had been sucked through, along with several other floating rocks nearby, which thankfully had no life on them.
The Null Void was now short one corrupt intergalactic police officer and one shapeshifting hero. One could only wonder what had and would become of them.
Author's Note
Before I end the chapter here, I am going to answer some questions that I will almost certainly get in the future.
Q1: Will Ben get a familiar?
A: Maybe. I haven't decided yet. But I can tell you that if I do give Ben a familiar, it will NOT be Ship or Skurd. Ship doesn't exist yet and, as much as I would like Skurd to be in this story, I don't think Skurd is capable of multiversal travel. If you guys have any ideas about a familiar for Ben, let me know. Just don't make it too strong (which means no hydra or Tiamat).
Q2: Will Ben have forms he didn't have in the original series?
A: Yes. In fact, Ben will get all of the original series aliens (including the ultimates and Andromeda aliens) and the reboot aliens (even Overflow because I can just explain him away as a case of Cascans convergently evolving with Orishans). You already saw Ben use the Hulex transformation that I gave him, Rockflea. I am going to give him other forms from species that Emiyn hasn't made forms of already (like Dragonaut the alien dragon from Be-Knighted, Sludgestrike the Lenopan and Copysplat the Limax). Why? Well, I feel bad enough for ripping off his intros and general plot scenario. No need to rip off the alien forms he/she/whatever Emiyn likes to be referred to as (I don't know Emiyn's gender) creates too.
Q3: Is Issei in this story?
A: Yes. He is still the same loveable pervert we all know and love. Still has the Boosted Gear, the unhealthy obsession with breasts, the dream of becoming the harem king, everything. Just because I'm bringing in one of the most OP characters in fiction doesn't mean I need to make him any more OP by removing Issei and giving him a Longinus.
Q4: Will Ben have a harem?
A: Yes, Ben will get one eventually. Eventually. What did you expect, this is a High School DxD story. And heads up, the following will NOT be in the harem, no matter what anyone says: Akeno, Asia, Gabriel, Grayfia, Ingvild, Irina, Jeanne, Koneko, Kuroka, Raynare, Rias, Rossweisse, Serafall, Sona, Venelana, Xenovia or anyone in Sona's peerage. I should also mention that there will be NO OCs in this story at all (unless you want to count the original alien transformations like Rockflea).
Update as of 4/25/2019: I changed my mind about Koneko. She will be in the harem.
I could keep going on, but you get the point. Just because someone has a double X chromosome doesn't mean they are going to jump into the protagonist's bed. That isn't realistic in the slightest. Also, Ben is twelve in this story, so everyone mentioned above is too old to be interested in Ben (except for maybe Koneko, but I would rather keep her with Issei like in canon).
And if you are Emiyn...
On another note, I feel that, while I am writing this story, Emiyn is the one who should get, like, sixty percent of the credit for this chapter because of me copying the way Emiyn usually does things in his intro chapters.
Anywho, leave a comment. It really motivates me when I see people leave their opinions on my work. Anything, good or bad.
Oh, and if you're Emiyn….please don't sue me for copying you.
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Until next time!