Welcome everyone, I know it has been a while since I posted a fic (even longer since I've done a good one) but I am back to give you this super crossover. A tournament of Western Animation characters, we will get to who exactly later. By the way this fic is not a solo effort so a special mention to Jcogginsa.
It was a bright and sunny day at Bellwood and since there hadn't been a major alien attack or world endangering moment, Ben, Rook, Gwen, Kevin and good ol' Grandpa Max decided to have a picnic.
"It must be nice" Gwen said, "I mean to just have a nice break after saving the world. College isn't as forgiving."
Ben chuckled, "I guess most people are afraid to mess with Ben 10, I mean who can blame them, I am awesome!"
Kevin got Ben into a headlock, "Don't forget, we had just as much to do with saving the world as you."
"But you weren't as awesome as me" Ben said getting out of the headlock. Ben then sniffed and made an "ew" face. "You better have brought a big appetite because I'm making Earthworm Gumbo" Max said at the grill
All but Rook made a disgust face.
"I could really use an excuse to leave" Ben whispered.
Just then a portal opened up and a small figure came walking out. Ben blinked in surprise, "Not what I expected but I guess it will do."
A small purple bird man, the size of Ben's leg, came to the group.
"Greetings" he said
Everyone was a bit taken back by their new guest but it was Ben who spoke, "Uhh, Are you going to...attack us?"
The bird man chuckled, "Oh I am Barga and I come from another world"
"Obviously" Gwen said, "We've dealt with aliens before"
"I beg my pardon I mean I come from another universe, a different dimension" Barga said, "And I've come for you Ben Tennyson"
Ben crossed his arms and chuckled, "Your dimension is in trouble and you need a strong hero to save you."
Barga shook his head, "Also My world is fine, couldn't be better. I came for you, all of you really, to give you this."
He pulls out an envelope and hands it to Ben.
Ben picks it up and opens it, "You and any number of guests are invited to a Universal Tournament of the Ages. What?"
Barga nodded, "See we have decided to go to several different dimensions to find the strongest fighters so that they can enter our little tournament so that we can find out the strongest warrior in the universes. And the winner gets...three wishes!"
"That is...really really cool! We are so-" Ben said excitedly before being stopped by Gwen and Rook.
Rook then said, "Ben, we don't know this guy. This could be a trap."
"Besides" Gwen said, "It's a waste of time, we need to stay here and protect Bellwood...and I still have class so there's that as well."
Barga cleared his throat, "The whole time you are in my world barley anytime would have passed in yours. And if it helps, it's not a trap but I'm a bird creature from another world that you never met before so...there's that."
"Come on, he looks trusting" Ben said but saw the looks he got from Rook and Gwen, "Look, we are some of the best fighters around. Gwen's magic, Kevin's powers, Rook's skills and Prototool, and of course my Omnitrix we are a force that no one can stop. If it is a trap we can handle it."
Kevin then chuckled, "It COULD be fun to beat up some guys from another dimension."
Gwen sighed, "...I could use some practice with my karate."
"I'm coming too" Max said, "Someone has to keep an eye on you. Besides, I need to work off some of " He motions his belly.
Ben smiles, "Alright You heard them Birdo, we're in!"
Barga smiled, "Excellent! Oh, are there any fighters that are not present that you wish to enter with you?"
"Uhhhh...Ester" Ben said thinking of the stretchy girl that helped him not too long ago, "Might take a while to get her here but-"
Barga snapped his fingers and the pinkish half alien girl was there with them.
Ester looked around, "Uh...Ben what's going on?"
Ben did a short summary of what the bird guy told them.
Ester giggled, "Sounds fun and I'm flattered that I was the first on your mind" Ben chuckled awkwardly and slightly blushed.
"So is that it" Barga asked which Ben answered with an excited "Yes"
"Very well" he said and he lead the six through his portal.
Once they went through they saw an incredibly large coliseum and a large arena in the center of it.
"Awesome" Ben said giddily and the others seemed impressed as well.
Barga seemed proud that they were excited then looked behind them and said, "Oh good, the rest from your dimension is here."
"The rest" Ben asked and looked around and he yelled, "Psyphon? ATTEA?!
"It's Princess Attea to you" the frog princess said in her New York accent and took a fighting stance.
"Ben Tennyson" Psyphon yelled and brought energy to his hands.
Ben readied to press his Omnitrix but Barga ran between them, "Stop stop stop! One of the rules is no fighting between contestants and that goes for those in your own world! I'd hate for any of you to leave so soon when the fights haven't happened yet!"
Everyone calmed...uneasily.
"What are some of the rules" Max asked as he put his hand Ben to hold him back.
Barga cleared his throat, "As I mentioned before you cannot harm another fighter when not in the ring with said person.
When a match is called you have 1 minute to enter the ring or you are disqualified,
when someone is in the ring during a match, no one can interfere. This means advice as well, we are okay with some basic warnings as we understand that's a basic reaction but giving advice during or strategies is against the rules.
You lose a match if you are out of bounds of the ring, you are knocked out for 10 seconds, give up, or die."
"...die" Gwen asked, "Killing is allowed?!"
"Why yes"
Gwen grabbed Ben, "See there was something to this, we could die!"
Psyphon chuckled, "Don't worry it's only if you lose...oh wait, you should be worried."
"Oh don't worry, after the tournament is done we have means to revive warriors who have perished" Barga said casually which caused all of them to look at him.
"You can...bring people back from the dead" Max asked, "Have you...done this before?"
"Yes, we have perfected it" Barga said, "Oh look the other contestants have "
Ben and the others looked and saw bird people like Barga come in with other people, and even creatures and ...ponies?
"Well...this is going to be interesting to say the least" Ben said
After a few minutes of watching people, Ben spoke up "I'm going to go up high and see if I can get a better look."
Then he held out his wrist and dialed the omnitrix to Stinkfly. Gwen barely had time to say "Ben, wait-" before he slammed his hand down on the device and became...a Necrofiggian?
"Big Chill?" he asked. He shrugged "Oh well, at least he can fly." before taking off.
The area was certainly unique. There were twenty walled off sections, and from the walls sprouted stone pillers that jutted into the sky, connected at the top by a metal circle with strange vents on the inner side. Ben could also see unlit lights in between the vents.
"Weird." He commented to himself. Suddenly, he a whoosh of air as someone landed behind him.
Then a familiar voice said to him "You're one to talk dude."
Ben turned, confirming what he already knew. A Hispanic boy, same height as him. Ben tapped the Omnitrix symbol on his chest, returning himself to his human form. Then he said happily, and a bit too loudly "Rex! Been a long time dude. Should-a known you'd be in this thing."
"You didn't expect me here? I'm heartbroken" Rex said good-naturedly, then held out his hand. Ben grabbed it, and they had a tight handshake.
"So, how ya been?" Ben asked, eager to learn how his friend from another world was doing
"Oh you know, same old same old. Being awesome, kicking butt, and schooling the baddies. Shut down most of the Nanites, so there's less Evos." Rex answered, clearly proud of himself. "How about you?"
"I'm good. Lost the Ultimatrix, which was a bummer. But I got a brand new Omnitrix, so it ain't too bad. Gwen went to college so I haven't seen much of her and Kevin. But I got an actual partner now. His name's Rook, he's a bit weird but he's got this awesome Prototool, and he-"
Ben was interrupted when a young voice spoke up. "Excuse me, do you two know each other?"
Ben and Rex turned to see a young kid, who couldn't be more than twelve or thirteen years old. He was wearing strange robes that reminded them of monks, and carried a strange stick. His most notable feature was his head, which was not only bald but also sported a blue arrow tattoo.
It was Rex who answered him. "Yeah, Ben here got lost-" Rex winced when Ben playfully hit him in the arm, and continued "-and wound up in my world. We ended up teaming up to fight this nanite alien monster thingy. Name's Rex by the way."
"Nice to meet you to, i'm Aang. I'm the Avatar."
They both stared at him, and he realized that they didn't know what an Avatar was. There planets must have been really weird
"It means I can bend all 4 elements." he said, trying to explain.
They had the same look on their face.
"You don't know what bending is, do you?" Aang said
They shook their heads.
Their worlds really were weird.
"Twilight, you gotta remain calm. Not even Pinkie Pie's this jittery." Said Applejack in her patented Tennessee drawl. She was a pony. That was the first thing the other competitors would notice about her, and all her friends. Her coat was orange, and her hair was blond. The hair was also done up in a ponytail, which actually identical to her real ponytail.
Her friend Twilight was also a pony, specifically a purple coated alicorn. "I can't help it. Alternate worlds bring so many possibilities for study and research. It's all so exciting."
"Only you would be excited about studying Twi." Said another of the ponies, a blue coated pegasus named Rainbow Dash. True to her name, she had a rainbow mane and was quite fast.
Meanwhile, in another section of the arena a certain magic user was trying very hard to ignore the fact that a pony sounded so much like her.
In the air, there was a puff of smoke. Everyone looked up and saw a commentator's box floating in mid air, though not all of them recognized it as such. A voice was broadcast throughout the arena, which unnoticed to the competitors had become filled with spectators.
"Welcome everyone to the Grand Multiversal Tournament" said a relatively normal sounding voice. "My name is Mage-"
At that, a second, gruffer sounding voice interrupted "And I'm Shotgun! We're the hosts, commentators, and referees for this thing. So basically, we decide who lives and who dies!"
"Forgive my partner, he's a bit over excited. But I digress, it's time for the first step of the game: Summoning the tournament ring!"
Suddenly, gobs of strange white gunk emerged from vents around the circle, and the lights came on. The gunk formed into a large sphere hundreds of feet in diameter, floating in the air.
"This is our trademark morphic ring! It can take any shape, and is designed so that anyone who controls the earth can use this stuff just as well!" Mage said.
"Plus, it has its own gravity, so unless you jump really high you ain't falling off." Shotgun said exuberantly.
"Yes, quite" Mage said.
"Okay, this ring is cool." Said Ben. Rex and Aang nodded.
"And now, decided by random lot, it's time for the first match!" Shotgun said.
"And the match is..." Mage said, complete with drumroll
"Black Manta II vs. Toxzon!" Both announced.
Alright, hope you enjoyed this. Now I have to mention the elephant in the room, meet Lloyd the Elephant
Lloyd: Hello!
Also, yes the plot to this is basically the same plot to Dragonball Multiverse, it's a good idea and making a crossover means it isn't a complete ripoff…right?
Anyway, see ya next time for an actual fight!
(Don't Mage and Shotgun seem kinda familur?)