Omarnosian10: Hello, readers. I'm back!
Ben: And better than ever!
Kirche: Nice line finisher, Ben.
Omarnosian10: Yeah, I'm definitely going to use that whenever I came.
Saito: Anyway, we have a surprise for the readers.
Louise: And we're not telling.
Ben: No hints, either.
Tabitha: Ben's going to show 2 OC forms.
Omarnosian10: HEY! I SAID NO SPOILERS!
Tabitha: Sorry, I was reading.
Rath: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, CHARLOTTE HELENE D'ORLEANS, ALSO KNOWN AS TABITHA, THE SNOWSTORM! NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE SPOILS SURPRISES FOR RATH!
Saito: MOMMY!
Omarnosian10: YOU HAVE UNLEASHED THE BEAST! WHILE WE TRY TO CALM RATH DOWN, ON WITH THE SHOW!
Chapter 4: The Phoenix Sword
(Tristain Courtyard)
Kirche and Ben are currently standing in a clearing. It has been a day since they told Tabitha about the Ultimatrix. She was surprised at first, but believed her friend and appreciated her honesty. Tabitha made a promise not to tell anyone, and undoubtedly kept it. Tabitha asked them to come with her to Tristain, and they accepted. Kirche was surprised that she wanted to go somewhere since today was 'the Day of the Void'. Suddenly, they felt a gust of wind from above. They looked up to see Tabitha on her blue dragon landing between them.
"You ready to go?" asked Tabitha as she gets off her dragon.
"Yeah, but why did you bring Sylphid?" asked Kirche.
"How else are we going to head to Tristain?" asked Tabitha rhetorically.
"With this." smirked Ben as he activated the Ultimatrix. He shortly slammed it down before a green flash occurred, forcing Kirche and Tabitha to shield their eyes. When the flash died down, Kirche and Tabitha uncovered their eyes and stared in awe. Standing in Ben's place is a bluish-purple armored Minotaur-like figure with purple circles around the arms, legs, forehead and torso with a miniature wormhole between the horns. He has black stripes on his hind legs, wrists and horns. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet. The Ultimatrix symbol is located on the chest.
"IMPORTAL!" cried the newly transformed Ben.
"What can this form do?" asked Tabitha as Kirche smirks. Importal would smirk if he had a mouth.
"Watch this." suggested Importal as the wormhole between his horns expanded until it engulfed Importal, Kirche and Tabitha.
(Tristain Village)
A wormhole appeared above an alley before it disappeared, revealing Kirche, Tabitha and Importal... who are all falling.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" screamed Kirche as they continue falling. Tabitha took out her wand from her robe and pointed it toward the ground before it blasted a gust of wind toward the ground, slowing their descent. When their feet touched the ground, Importal changed back before holding his knees in exhaustion.
"That never happened before." commented Ben as he took deep breaths.
"What happened that caused us to teleport to the sky?" asked Kirche before Tabitha put her hand on her chin in a thinking pose.
"This is just a theory, but it's possible that due to the distance between the Academy and Tristain, Importal's teleportation could be inaccurate." answered Tabitha.
"That would also explain why Ben's tired. The energy used for the teleportation must have drained him." added Kirche as she jerks her thumb toward Ben.
"Next time we need to go somewhere, we should just fly." suggested Ben as he stood up straight. Kirche and Tabitha nodded before the trio walked out of the alley.
"You didn't tell us why you wanted us to come here, Tabitha." said Kirche as they walk the streets.
"Since you told me about (looks at the people around) Ben's powers, I thought about what would happen if someone finds a spell that could prevent him from transforming, or a situation similar to that, so I found out about a blacksmith here that sells swords. I figure we should buy one in case something like that happens." explained Tabitha.
"I never thought about that." admitted Kirche before Ben noticed a certain duo coming out of a blacksmith shop.
"Looks like we're not the only ones here for a sword." observed Ben as he pointed at Louise and Saito, who is carrying a sheathed sword.
"Why did Zero buy a sword for Saito? I thought that she is too selfish for that." asked Kirche.
"Maybe because the sword he used against Guiche wasn't originally his." shrugged Tabitha.
"I don't mean to get personal or anything, but Kirche, why do people call Louise Zero?" asked Ben curiously. Kirche sighed before speaking.
"Everyone at the Academy calls her that because she never does a spell correctly. Every time she tried, an explosion occurs." answered Kirche.
"Random stuff, or out of thin air?" asked Ben before Kirche makes a peace sign, saying that it was the second choice.
"That could be useful in a few situations." commented Ben, making Kirche glare at him.
"Such as?" asked Kirche angrily.
"For example, the smoke could be used to escape or attack stealthily." answered Ben.
"I doubt she knows that." grumbled Kirche angrily while Ben walked closer to Tabitha.
"What's between her and Louise? It's like that they hate each other." whispered Ben.
"Well, technically they do. Their families have a rivalry against each other for generations." whispered Tabitha.
'Kind of like Vilgax and my family.' mentally compared Ben.
"We're here." stated Kirche as the trio stop walking and look up to see the weaponry symbol on the shop.
(Blacksmith Shop)
The trio walked into the shop to see multiple swords in barrels.
"What do you know? Three nobles in one day." commented an old man with a pipe by the counter as Kirche walked to the counter.
"Do you know what kind of sword the noble not long ago bought?" asked Kirche.
"A d-dirty and rusty one." answered the shopkeeper nervously as he takes in the sight of Kirche.
"Why did they buy a rusty sword?" asked Kirche.
"Because they didn't have enough money." answered the shopkeeper.
"She went broke! Valliere! Your Duke's house will cry for this!" laughed Kirche, making Ben sweat drop.
"Uh... is my lady here for a sword too?" asked the shopkeeper, making Ben twitch when he said 'my lady'. Ben doesn't know what he felt when he heard that. Probably because he never had a girlfriend and wanted Kirche to be the first.
'Get your head out of the gutter, Tennyson. She probably won't date you because of your lack of experience.' thought Ben to himself.
'These nobles looked racked and rich compared to that other tiny one.' thought the shopkeeper as he eyes Kirche and Tabitha.
"Yes, but for my familiar." answered Kirche as she jerked her thumb toward Ben. The shopkeeper nodded before he took out something from the counter. It was a gold broadsword of around four and a half feet long. The handle was made for two-handed wielding and was metal with three sphere shaped rubies between it and the blade.
"Wow, nice." commented Ben as he grabbed the sword by the handle.
"Well, it was made by..." paused the shopkeeper as green fire surrounded the sword from Ben's hands before it changed it's appearance. The sword turned green while the hand-guard became phoenix wings. The rubies have turned into emeralds. Everyone stared at it in awe and silence.
"Well, that's never happened before." commented the shopkeeper.
"Today is just full of surprises." commented Tabitha.
"So how much does it cost?" asked Kirche as she recovers from her shock.
"Originally, it costs 4500, but since your boyfriend (both Ben and Kirche blush) is the only one who has ever changed a sword just by touching it in my shop, I'll cut the price to 2200 gold coins." answered the shopkeeper with a shrug. Kirche nodded before she quickly wrote a check, and slapped it on the counter.
"Bought!" shouted Kirche before she grabbed Ben (who is still holding the sword) and Tabitha's hands, taking them outside.
(Tristain Village)
"How are we going to get back? I don't want to teleport again." asked Tabitha as soon as the trio exited the shop.
"Sounds like a job for Jetray." smirked Ben as the trio walk toward an alley. When they entered it and looked around to make sure no one is looking, they all nodded before Ben activated the Ultimatrix. When Jetray's hologram was set, Ben slammed the dial, creating a green flash, thankfully unnoticed by the villagers. When the flash died down, Kirche had stars in her eyes. Floating in Ben's place is a small figure that looks like Ben and wears the same clothes, except the head is normal size, he has small green butterfly wings, and he has a green wand with a star on his left hand. The Ultimatrix symbol is on his chest.
"JETRA-. Wait a minute! I'M NOT JETRAY!" shouted Ben's new form as he looks at himself.
'Wait a minute! Small body with a normal-sized head, butterfly wings, AND a star-shaped wand! There's no doubt about it! I'm a-" thought Ben's new form before Kirche squealed and hugged him, suffocating him in her breasts, and making his face purple.
"Darling. Why didn't you tell me you had such a cute form?!" squealed Kirche as she hugs Ben's new form tighter. When Tabitha tapped her shoulder, Kirche turned her head toward Tabitha, who is pointing at Ben's new form. Kirche had a confused look on her face until she looked down to see Ben's new form suffocating. Kirche panicked and let go of Ben's new form, who is still floating regaining the lost oxygen.
"Sorry, Ben! Your form was so cute I couldn't resist!" cried Kirche with a blush. Ben's new form's face blushed while he finished regaining oxygen.
"Apology accepted! I never transformed into this guy before, so I couldn't expect your reaction." smiled Ben's new form.
"Is this one of the 10 new forms you got?" asked Tabitha. Ben's new form shook his head before he started telling the girls about the Morphoid invasion, including obtaining 4 new forms by scanning Leonardo, Fright Knight, Zim and Cosmo, and teaming up with the New Evil Syndicate and the other worldly heroes and meeting Globulous Maximus.
(Ten Minutes Later)
"That was impressive." smiled Kirche with a nod.
"So if what you told us is true, then it means your current form is a fairy." stated Tabitha, rather than questioning. Ben's fairy form nodded in response.
"To be honest, I thought fairies would be smaller, and have the head in normal-size, and have different colored skin." admitted Kirche as she scratches her cheek sheepishly.
"Me too. So did you decide on what to name your fairy form? (Ben's fairy form shook his head.) How about Mystar?" asked Tabitha with a smile.
"That's not bad. Since fairies are technically from a different world, and they can use magic." agreed Kirche.
"Alright, I'll start calling this guy Mystar from now on." nodded Ben's fairy form, now officially known as Mystar.
"Can this form teleport us home?" asked Kirche. Mystar nodded before his star wand glowed as the trio vanishes in a puff of smoke.
(Kirche's Room)
A puff of smoke filled the room until it completely vanished, revealing the trio.
"It worked flawlessly!" cheered Kirche before Mystar changed back to normal.
"Yeah, I should've used Mystar for teleportation in the first place." smiled Ben as he puts his sword under the bed.
"Shouldn't you train with your sword?" asked Kirche. Ben ignored her before he activated the Ultimatrix. In a few seconds, he slammed the dial before being bathed in green light. When the light died down, standing in Ben's place is a crystalline figure with the body of a strong-builder, with pale green crystals as his arms, face and chin. The rest of his body is made of indigo stone. He has 6 crystal shards on his back, and 2 on his chest. The Ultimatrix symbol is on his chest.
"DIAMONDHEAD!" cried the Petrosapien.
"Never seen this form before." commented Kirche. Diamondhead smirked as he extends his left arm away from the girls before it turned into a diamond blade. He grabbed it with his right arm, and slowly removed the blade cleanly, revealing it to be a diamond sword. Diamondhead's left arm turned back to normal before he gripped the sword handle.
"You can make weapons with your bare hands?" asked Kirche amazed. Diamondhead nodded before he slapped the Ultimatrix symbol, changing back to normal.
"Yeah, but they can be shattered by sonic attacks, so I only made this sword as a back up." answered Ben as he puts the diamond sword under the bed.
"You must have a lot of practice with Diamondhead to be able to do that." complimented Kirche.
"Actually, yeah, I had because he was one of my first 10 forms when I got the Omnitrix." smiled Ben before he yawned.
"It's getting late. You should return to your room, Ta... bi... tha." suggested Ben as he realized that Tabitha already left.
"She's like a ninja." complimented Kirche as she looks around the room.
"Looks like I might have a ninja rival." quipped Ben, referring to Ninjurtle, before he took off his shoes and jacket and laid down on Kirche's bed.
Omarnosian10: Done.
Ben: Why is the chapter so short?
Omarnosian10: Because this is the chapter when you get the Phoenix Sword, and you already showed off 2 OC forms.
Saito: Not to mention a classic.
Louise: Hey! How come Saito and I don't have speaking roles in this chapter?
Omarnosian10: Don't worry. You'll have your roles next chapter, also known as the Fouquet Mini Arc.
Kirche: Mini?
Omarnosian10: It's 2 chapters long, and after that is a certain familiar's maiden rescue.
Saito: Aw, man. Ben's going to have Siesta crush on him?
Omarnosian10: I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU, YOU MORON!
Saito: Oh, sorry.
Omarnosian10: Good, and just so you readers know, I only insult people when they do something wrong. See you, next time.
Tabitha: And please PM him a good bye catch phrase.