Hey everybody, welcome back. I hope your ready to see more of what Remnant has in store for Ben. Now before we get to the story, I would like to address a few topics that have appeared in the reviews, regardless of how few of them there actually are.

First, I would like to reiterate that I had no intention of plagiarizing the preexisting work "RWBY and Emerald". This story was simply inspired by the other. Since they are two different takes on a "what if" situation, it is only natural that they share some similarities. I promise that any similarity with the preexisting work were unintentional. This story will continue to deviate from the other story and the gap will only get larger in this chapter. by the next chapter, the story will have taken a different path from "RWBY and Emerald".

Second, some of you may have been wondering if I was going to do any pairings. For in-universe pairings, I will keep those a secret since some spoilers for how Ben might change the path the world of Remnant takes. For crossover pairings, there will be a not-so-well-hidden hint as to what pairing(s) I will be doing. There will be a note at the end of the chapter for those of you who do not pick it up.

Now, without further ado, on to the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: The following is a crossover between Man of Action Studio's "Ben 10" franchise and Rooster Teeth's "RWBY" series. All characters and settings belong to their respective owners. The plot is simply a retelling of the original "RWBY" storyline if the cast had help from another dimension.

Chapter 4: Settling In

As Ben, Ruby, and Jaune continued to wander the campus, they eventually found themselves in the amphitheater. Most of the other students had gathered there already crowding the area for orientation. After scanning the area, Ruby noticed Yang waving to them not to far away.

"Ruby! Ben! Over here! I saved you two a spot!" Yang called out, still waving.

"Oh! Hey, w-we gotta go! We'll see you after the ceremony!" Ruby said to Jaune as she grabbed Ben by the back of his shirt and dragged him along.

"Is the dragging really necessary?" Ben asked, surprised that Ruby's small figure could let her drag him so easily. He knew she was strong, but he didn't think she was this strong.

"Hey, wait!" Jaune called out. However, he realized they were already long gone and let out a sign.

"Ah, great. Where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to?!" Jaune said as he walked off to find a spot to watch, not noticing the redheaded girl a bit behind him take notice of his presence.

Making their way through the crowd, Ben and Ruby managed to reach Yang. Ben was no longer being dragged at this point, as he got Ruby to let him go and started to walk on his own feet.

"How's your first day going, little sister?" Yang asked with her arms crossed.

"You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?" Ruby asked with a small hint of anger.

"Yikes! Meltdown already?"

"Not exactly," Ben said with a bit of caution.

"No, I literally exploded a hole in front of the school! And there was some fire, and I think some ice...?" Ruby said, a bit unsure her memory.

"Well, I don't remember any physical ice, but there was defiantly some sort of cold feeling," Ben said, referring to how cold Weiss had acted to them.

"Are you two being sarcastic?" Yang asked with a smile.

"Do we sound sarcastic?" Ben said with some sarcasm before adding, "don't answer that."

"I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, and then I sneezed, and then I exploded, and then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I just wanted her to stop yelling at me!" Ruby rambled on, her voice breaking a bit near the end and failing to notice said crabby girl approach behind her.

"You!" Weiss yelled, scaring Ruby into her sister's arm in bridal position.

"Oh, God, it's happening again!" Ruby said with a bit of fear.

"Where did you come from?" Ben asked, just as surprised as Ruby.

"You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!" Weiss yelled at Ruby, disregarding Ben's question.

"Oh, my God, you really exploded..." Yang said astonished.

"Told ya," Ben said.

"It was an accident. It was an accident!" Ruby said as she got out of Yang's arms, only to be cut off when Weiss held out a pamphlet in her face with the words "Dust for Dummies."

"What's this?" Ruby asked confused.

"The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product. Although not mandatory, the Schnee Family highly encourages their customers to read and familiarize themselves with this easy to follow guide to Dust applications and practices in the field," Weiss said as her voice got faster and higher pitched with each word, as if she was being played back on a tape recorder in fast forward.

"Uuhhh...?" Ruby said, still confused.

"You really wanna start making things up to me?" Weiss asked.

"Absolutely?" Ruby said a bit unsure.

"Read this, and don't ever speak to me again," Weiss said as she handed the pamphlet to Ruby.

"Look, uh, it sounds like you two just got off on the wrong foot. Why don't you start over and try to be friends, okay?" Yang suggested.

"Yang as much as I love to play peace keeper, I don't think this is a battle we can win," Ben whispered.

"Yeah! Great idea, sis!" Ruby said, clearly not hearing Ben, "Hello, Weiss! I'm Ruby! Wanna hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"

"Ten Lien says Weiss answers sarcastically and an addition ten lien if Ruby doesn't pick it up," Ben whispered to Yang.

"You must really love the number ten. I'll take that bet," Yang whispered back confidently.

"Yeah! And we can paint our nails and try on clothes and talk about cute boys, like tall, blond, and scraggly over there!" Weiss answered, with Jaune taking noticed but missing the not-so-thinly laced sarcasm.

"That's one win for me," Ben whispered.

"Wow, really?!" Ruby said excitedly, clearly missing the sarcasm. Yang silently handed Ben the twenty Lien.

"No," Weiss said bluntly, causing Ruby to look at the floor depressed.

The group of teens' attention was suddenly taken away from their personal conversation when Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch walked on stage. Ozpin prepared the microphone at the front of the stage, making sure it was working properly. Once he was sure the microphone was working, he spoke into it to address the new students.

"I'll... keep this brief," Ozpin started, "You have traveled here today in search of knowledge, to hone your craft and acquire new skills, and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step."

Once Ozpin finished, Glynda stepped up to the microphone as he left and said, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight; tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed."

With orientation over, the students began to disperse. Most of them left to explore more of the school while other stayed to discuss the meeting.

"He seemed kind of... off," Yang commented.

"It's almost like he wasn't even there," Ruby added.

"Not the most encouraging speech I've heard recently," Ben said.

"I'm a natural blond, you know!" Jaune said to Weiss off handedly, clearly still unaware of her sarcasm in her earlier comment.

Ben tried to signal Jaune to abandon his wooing attempts, but his messages failed to inform him. Weiss simply face palmed at Jaune's antics. See that they had some free time before they had to go to the ballroom; Yang grabbed Ruby and Ben by the back of their necks and started to drag them out of the auditorium.

"Yang, what are you doing?" Ruby said in a panic, trying not to get strangled by her hood.

"You two said you would show me Ben's secret and I think now is the perfect time," Yang said joyously.

"Is the dragging really necessary?" Ben said, struggling.

The three teens left the auditorium without another word. After a moment of silence, Juane asked to no one in particular, "What just happened?"

At a more isolated courtyard of the school, Yang continued to drag Ben and Ruby. Once she was sure they were out of sight, she let go of her sister and the hero form another dimension, much to their relief.

"Yang, you have got to stop doing that," Ruby said, catching her breath.

"Seriously, I don't need to be dragged everywhere. I have two perfectly good feet," Ben complained.

"Sorry, I just really wanted to see Ben transform," Yang apologized.

"If that was the case, you should have just asked," Ben said as he touched the Omnitrix and began to cycle through his aliens.

"Ben, are you sure this is a good idea?" Ruby asked.

"Everyone is going to find out eventually, I might as well show at least a few people right off the bat so more people can answer the multiple question I'm going to get."

"That watch is what lets you transform?" Yang asked, observing the Omnitrix.

"Yup," Ben answered ", I got the prototype by accident during summer vacation when I was ten and became a superhero, took it off and retired when I was eleven, put it back on when it recalibrated when I was fifteen to stop an alien invasion, lost it to an alien warlord, destroyed it with its self-destruct feature, got a somewhat less than optimal replacement called the Ultimatrix when I was a few months from being sixteen, and got this final version of the Omnitrix a little under a year ago."

"Man that is a lot of equipment changes," Yang commented.

"Why did you retire?" Ruby asked.

"I'd… rather not talk about it," Ben said as he directed his attention to his wrist.

Ben had to make sure he made a good first him impression when transforming, so The Worst and Walkatrout were definitely out. He also didn't want to draw to much attention to himself so Way Big and Humongousaur were also out. He also knew that he couldn't turn into Alien X otherwise he would have to debate with Serena and Belicous (Alien X's other two personalities) to do anything, including talking and changing back. Ben decided to pick one of his classic aliens since nothing beat the classics. As long as he didn't turn to Gray Matter, Ripjaws, or Wildmutt, he should be fine. Finally deciding on an alien, Ben locked in his choice, causing the core of the Omnitrix rose out.

"You two might want to stand back," Ben suggested.

Ruby and Yang complied, taking a few steps back as Ben raised his right hand over his head. He then slammed his hand on to the core, pushing it back down and activating the transformation, engulfing him in a green light. When the light subsided, in Ben's place was a humanoid alien made entirely of burning charcoals with a flaming head and the Omnitrix core imbedded on his chest. The form was none other than Heatblast, the very first alien Ben had ever transformed into.

After striking a heroic pose, Ben looked at the two sisters to gauge their reactions. Ruby reacted exactly as he expected her to. After seeing him transform for the third time in the last two days, see was still as energetic as she was when she saw him turn human again after meeting Bloxx. The fact that Heatblast is a whole new alien for her was definitely a bonus in the amazing department.

Yang on the other hand looked like she was in a mixture of amazement and shock. After hearing her sister on the phone, she was already convinced that Ben could shape-shift. However, she did not expect his transformation to be so drastic. It was one thing to change his shape, but to change the composition of his body was a whole other thing. If Yang's jaw could have dropped any lower, it would have hit the ground and bounced off the cliff, all the way back to the city of Vale.

Seeing their reactions, Ben smiled a bit to himself before asking the girls what they thought of his transformation.

"This is the most amazingest thing I have ever seen," Ruby said, jumping up and down.

"One, that's my line, you stole it. Two, this is the third time you've seen one of my transformations," Ben said, holding up his figures as he counted.

"I have to say, this is a lot more than what I expected," Yang admitted, putting her hands on her hips, "You got a name for it."

"Sure do," Ben said, "I call this form, Heatblast. This is the first alien I ever turned into."

"Well, can he bring on the heat?" Yang challenged, "How about a little spar to see if Heatblast here can actually blast any real heat?"

"I'm not sure this is a good idea," Ruby said, hiding under her hood.

"I know it isn't," a voice said from behind the teens, one that they all recognized.

The three teens turned around to see Professor Goodwitch standing behind them. She had her arms crossed and her face clearly indicated that she was not the slightest bit happy. She gave the three teens a stern look before readjusting her glasses before speaking.

"Mr. Tennyson," she said, "Professor Ozpin would like a word with you."

"Right," Ben said, not feeling like being yelled at by a teacher.

"Also, please change back to human before you attract any unwanted attention, or worst burn the school down," Professor Goodwitch added.

Seeing that he was still Heatblast, Ben gave the thought of turning human again and the Omnitrix instantly deactivated. Now human, Ben rubbed the back of his head as he followed the teacher.

"Funny thing is, I accidentally caused a forest fire the first time I was Heatblast," Ben said to Ruby and Yang as he left.

"Man, you were right. She really isn't a Good Witch of the North, although I still don't know what that is suppose to be referencing," Yang said once Glynda was out of hearing range, causing Ruby to giggle.

After taking a very long and very boring elevator ride, Ben and Glynda were in Professor Ozpin's office. The trip was so boring that Ben had to resist every urge to fiddle with the elevator control, knowing that pushing the buttons for the other floors would only make the trip longer. The office was a rather large room with several gears and clockworks at work. The roof was a glass dome and the back wall was a single window which appeared to be a functioning clock face. In front of the window was a single desk, where Ozpin sat.

"Nice to see you again, Ben," Ozpin greeted, "Please, take a seat.

"Don't mind if I do," Ben said as he sat down, "So, what's this all about."

"I just wanted to inform you of tomorrow's initiation test," Ozpin explained, "You see, the academies across Remnant have a special quota system, and with the addition of you and Miss Rose, we have exceeded our quota by one."

"I don't see the problem," Ben said confused, "I thought this arrangement was to give me a place to stay while I try to find a way home."

"Well, during the initiation test, students are given a task and assessed. Their assessments not only determine whether or not they belong in Beacon, but also arrange them in teams of four," Ozpin continued.

The realization suddenly hit Ben as he said, "So you're saying that by letting me come in, you're now three people short of a full team."

"Which is exactly why you will not need to take the initiation test, nor will you be put on a team," Professor Goodwitch said as she joined Ozpin behind the desk.

"Not only have you proven that you are capable based on your stories, this will also prevent any complications when you eventually return home," Ozpin added, "By not being on an official team, we will not have any undersized teams when you return home."

"I guess that makes sense," Ben said as he leaned back in his chair.

"You will be provided a personal dorm which will be ready after the test. You are also welcome to watch the test with the professors. In addition, after teams are made, you are welcome to accompany any team on their future missions," Glynda went on.

"So, what kind of test is it?" Ben asked curiously.

"It is a field test, where the student will have to retrieve artifacts from a forest filled with the Creatures of Grimm," Glynda explained.

"That doesn't sound like something kids should be doing," Ben said bluntly.

"Says the boy who claims to have been fighting evil from both Earth and space since he was ten years old," Ozpin said with a smirked.

"Hey, I'm armed with the most powerful device in my universe. I don't think anything on Remnant can compare to level 20 alien technology," Ben argued ", Most of the stuff on Remnant is similar to the stuff on Earth, and the most advanced Earth technology is only level 4. Earth itself is only and level 2 technology planet, the Omnitrix is literally 10 times more advanced than common Earth technology."

"Fare enough," Ozpin agreed, "Regardless, applicants for Beacon are all trained in lower grade warrior schools, as I'm sure you remember Miss Rose mentioning Signal academy. All of these students are well prepared."

"Well, when you put it like that," Ben said reluctantly.

"As for other matters, you will need to prepare a presentation for everyone in Beacon explaining yourself," Ozpin continued, "Everyone will learn of your abilities eventually, you might as well answer all of their main concerns all at once."

"I'll work on that," Ben assured.

"In addition, we are also providing you with a Scroll and Beacon Academy Uniform," Glynda said, holding out said items for Ben to take, "We would not want you to be unprepared for life here in Remnant, nor would we want you coming to classes in your normal… attire."

Ben looked down at his green sneakers, brown cargo pants, and black T-shirt with a vertical green strip down the middle and along the shoulders and sleeves with a white "10" print. In his bag, he also had a white hoodie that he sometimes wore with a green zipper, two green stripes on the forearms, and a green "10" print on the left side of the chest. In hindsight, his normal outfit would probably not be the best for such an exclusive school. Ben wondered if this was how Gwen felt going to a prep-school in high school.

"Is there anywhere I can get a few more of these?" Ben asked, holding up the uniform.

"The school store sells them at a low price," Glynda responded.

"Now, if you have no more questions, I believe we are done," Ozpin said, "You are dismissed, Mr. Tennyson. You want to keep Miss Rose waiting."

"You don't seriously think we would be a couple after meeting just the other day? I have a girlfriend back home," Ben asked hoping he was joking.

"Why not? Red and green are complementary colors," Ozpin said, "A red rose cannot bloom without vibrant, green leaves."

"Tell that to my evil twin," Ben said.

"Come again?" Glynda asked, stunned.

"I'll tell you some other time," Ben said as he left.

"He certainly is a strange on," Glynda said offhandedly.

"Yes, but defiantly someone the world might need," Ozpin agreed.

After his visit to Professor Ozpin's office, Ben told Ruby and Yang the news about the initiation test. While they were a bit disappointed that they wouldn't be able to be on the same team, Ruby being more upset than Yang, they were happy to hear he could still unofficially team up with them. Ben spent the next couple of hours until nightfall getting acquainted with some of the other students. Among the students he met were Nora Valkyrie and Lie Ren. Nora was a redheaded, cheery girl who wore mostly pink while Ren was the complete opposite, a black haired, stoic boy who wore mostly green.

When the sun set, the ballroom was filled with cots and was divided with a boys' side and a girls' side. While getting ready for bed, Ben, Ruby, and Yang also got acquainted with the girl in the bow that stood up for Ruby earlier, Blake Belladonna. Of course, they also had another unfortunate run in with Weiss, who did nothing but attack Ruby, just like before.

While lying down on his cot, Ben noticed a familiar voice ask for his attention. Looking up, he saw that Jaune had asked if he could take the cot next to him. Ignoring Jaune's embarrassing night wear, Ben gave the cot to him with no argument.

"So, what was it that you had to do in such a hurry this morning?" Jaune asked.

"Yang just wanted me to show her something. It was nothing special," Ben answered.

"Really, because I followed you guys out of curiosity, and you seemed a little… different," Jaune said carefully.

Seeing that Jaune had found out his secret, he decided to try to ease him in. After making sure he wouldn't freak out, Ben explained to Jaune his whole situation with the Omnitrix and his origins being from another dimension. Jaune surprisingly took it very well, even asking for more information. Unfortunately for Jaune, Ben said he would have to wait for tomorrow when he told the rest of the school. With that promise for more details made, the two boys went to sleep, awaiting the day that their year at Beacon truly begun.

I hoped you found that enjoyable. For those of you who are just that inapt at finding obvious hints, the crossover pairing will be BenXRuby, but it will be onesided with Ruby having the slowly developing crush. The reason for this is because my personal headcanon is that Ben and Kai became a couple some time after "The Most Dangerous Game Show", which would lead to the events that resulted in Biomatix Ben 10000. I just really like that future for Ben and it is the only known canon possible future that has any likeliness of of coming true since OG Ben 10000 had the prototype Omnitrix and Ultimate Ben 10000 had a recalabrated Ultimatrix.

Also, I would like to apologize for taking so long to specify which of his 16-year-old outfits Ben was wearing. It didn't occur to me until I was writing this chapter. I just really liked the Omniverse designs and Omniverse as a whole. Yeah I said it. What are you going to do about it?. On the bright side, id differentiates this story form "RWBY and Emerald" even more since Ben is in his UAF outfit in that story.