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Ben 10 + Vampire
By Ten-Faced Paladin and ZK Chromedragozoid
Chapter 7: Big Chill + Vampire
Ben would never admit that he'd been scared before in his life. But there were those times when he'd been absolutely terrified. Like, when he faced Zombozo for instance. That had been scary. But, like any other hero, he faced his fears and saved the day. But, he was a little scared whenever he was late for school, which was why he was in so much of a hurry to get ready for school.
"My tie! Where's my tie!?" Ben panicked as he slipped on his jacket while looking around frantically. His hair was a mess and his shirt was not tucked in and wrinkly. "Oh, found it!" said Ben in relief. He then stared at the clock. "Crap, I'm late!" Ms. Nekonome is SO gonna kill me!!!"
It had been awhile since Ben had come to attend Yokai Academy on a special exchange program. Finding out it was a school of monsters didn't surprise him. He himself had faced various monsters, like Vilgax or Kevin 11 as well as a myriad of villains, both from Earth and beyond Earth. He still came up on top…with a little help from Gwen and Max.
They must miss having him around…
Ben didn't have time to reminisce when he realized he only had 5 minutes before the bell rang. So, after setting the Omnitrix to the alien he wanted to become, he slammed down his hand and in a flash of green light he'd changed. "XLR8!" he called before he ran out of his dorm room in a blur. He then came back. "Almost forgot!" He picked up his bag. "Now I'm set!" He then rushed right towards school and made it to the gate with only a minute to spare. He reverted back to normal and with a sigh walked towards the main building.
Ben suddenly shivered and sneezed. "A draft?" he asked himself as he rubbed his nose. He shrugged and then headed to the school, hoping to meet his friends. Nobody at home would believe his luck with girls here.
Speaking of 'luck with girls', a cute girl in a sweater and purple striped stockings with long purple hair peered at Ben from behind a tree and uttered, "Jiiiiiiii…" as she smiled wistfully before retreating.
Ben scratched his head as he walked out of the school building. He was actually relieved when he finally remembered that he'd purposely put his alarm clock 10 minutes early, so he was actually early and not late.
It had taken some time, effort, and one sleepless night, but the newest edition of the Youkai Academy school newspaper was ready to be distributed tomorrow. The actual handouts would be during the next day. Ben was just glad that the work was over and he could take a break from it for a moment.
The Newspaper club had been sending out editions since Gin managed to stay behaved. Having his butt handed to him by Ben and several VERY pissed off girls finishing the job helped changed his attitude. With everyone on board, the Newspaper Club managed to start actually making newspapers, much to Ms. Nekonome's delight.
"Well, hopefully we'll do as well as we did before," Ben sighed to himself. Truthfully, he knew why they sold so many papers. Most of their customers were boys who wanted to talk to Moka or Kurumu. Chief among them were the three fanboys of doom.
Snapping out of his thought, Ben felt a chill run down his spine. Looking around, he didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Deciding to ignore it, Ben rubbed his arms to try and get some warmth on them.
As Ben continued walking, he didn't notice someone stepping out from behind a tree. This person was a girl with long violet hair who was wearing a sweater along with the skirt for the Youkai Academy's girls uniform. Her sleeves were long enough to partially conceal her hands. Her eyes were a pale blue and a lollipop was sticking out of her mouth.
"Jiiiiiiiiii," she sighed softly as she watched Ben walk. A fond smile came over her face.
"Ben! Wait up!" Moka called as she ran up to Ben and hugged his arm. "Let's walk home together!"
"OK, Moka," said Ben with a smile.
"Hey, I wanna walk home with him too!" snapped Kurumu as she suddenly appeared and grabbed Ben's other arm. It soon turned into a tug-o-war with him in the middle. Finally, Yukari leapt onto Ben's back.
"Ben, can you change and fly me back to the dorm?" asked Yukari.
Ben groaned. 'Why me?'
The next day, before school started, the Newspaper Club was out in front selling the latest issue of the Yokai Academy Newspaper. With Kurumu and Moka helping to sell the papers, the boys fought over to buy copies while the girls were also fighting over to but papers from Ben. Ben was becoming quite popular with the girls because of his ability to become a variety of strange and powerful monsters, while being envied by the boys for having the friendship of the hottest girls in campus. The bubblegum pink haired vampire and blue haired succubus were his closest friends here because they knew his secret. It was the same with Yukari. Though, he noticed that she somehow felt a little bothered with him being human. That, however, didn't deter him as the little witch tried to flirt with him but Ben was no pedophile. Maybe if he was younger he could see himself with a girl like Yukari, but not at this age. He was 15 and if he was ever looking for a girlfriend…
"Wow, we sold out!" exclaimed Moka in amazement.
Ben wiped the sweat off his brow. It was hard work but still worth it. Oddly enough, but actually expected, was Gin's absence whenever any REAL work was involved.
With no more papers to sell, the Newspaper Club began to pack up. They had to get the stuff for the club put away before they could head into class. Yukari set to work with boxes while Kurumu and Moka went through the paperwork that they brought with them to keep track of numbers. Ben was delegated to the task of folding up the table that they had brought out to help them.
Suddenly, Ben felt another chill run down his spine. Looking up, he saw someone approaching. From first glance, the person approaching was an attractive girl with long purple hair. She wasn't wearing the standard uniform and she was eating a lollipop.
"Hello," the girl spoke softly, stepping up to Ben. "Is there anymore papers left?"
"Uh…" Ben blinked, but quickly came to his senses. Checking all his pockets, he managed to produce a copy of the newspaper. He had bought it earlier for articles he wrote so he could send it back to his grandpa and Gwen. Still, this girl had asked for one. "Just one. Here you go. It might be a little wrinkly though."
Indeed the paper was a little wrinkled from being in Ben's pocket, but that only served to make the girl's eyes light up. With a gentle smile, she took the paper and held it close.
"Thank you," the girl nodded. "You are very kind, Ben Tennyson."
"Huh, you know who I am?" Ben blinked.
"Oh, everyone knows who you are," said Mizore with a mysterious yet cute smile. "I'll see you later." She then glided away without another word.
As Ben stared at Mizore's retreating form, Moka asked, "Ben, who was that girl? Do you know her?"
"No," Ben shook his head.
"Well, whoever that girl is, we probably won't see her again," said Kurumu hopefully. She had enough rivals for Ben's heart already and didn't want anymore competition.
"OK, but we better hurry or we'll be late for class," said Ben.
As Ms. Nekonome was about to begin the day's lesson, the door slid open and the girl from earlier walked into class, causing Kurumu, Ben and Moka to stare.
"Huh? She's in our class?" Ben commented with a questioning gaze.
"Sorry," the girl apologized, "I'm late."
"Ah, Shirayuki-san," said Ms. Nekonome. "I'm glad you finally came. Please, take your seat." The girl bowed and went to her seat, which was at the front of the last row that Ben sat in.
Ms. Nekonome then explained, "Mizore Shirayuki-san was ill so she couldn't come to school. I'm glad she's feeling better now."
"I am," Mizore nodded before looking over her shoulder at Ben. The boy blinked.
"Now, as I was saying…" spoke Ms. Nekonome as she started the lesson.
The classes ended for the day and the students were milling about, minding their own business. At the moment, Moka, Kurumu, and Ben were meeting up. To celebrate being completely sold out, the Newspaper Club was going to be hosting a party in their club room. Yukari was already collecting party favors and the three remaining members were talking details.
"So we'll meet up in the club room after we finish buying everything," Moka smiled. "Is that okay?"
"Hey, Ben," Kurumu purred. "I'll bake my special cookies for you. You'd like that wouldn't you?"
Kurumu's statement was punctuated by her pressing herself against Ben, making sure her breasts were pressed tightly against him.
"Kurumu-chan! You're doing it again!" Moka huffed before she grabbed the amorous succubus by the shoulder and began dragging her away.
"Hey! Wait! I wasn't done!" Kurumu cried as she was dragged away.
Ben heaved a sigh. He was probably not going to get used to Kurumu's ways of showing her affection. Most guys he came from would welcome such attention but that just proved they were hormonal perverts. Rubbing the back of his neck, Ben suddenly got the feeling that he was being watched. Turing around, he looked for some sign that someone was there. He found it when he spotted someone's shoulder sticking out from behind a pillar.
"Hey, is someone there?" asked Ben.
Things were silent for a moment. After a breath, the familiar form of Mizore Shirayuki poked her head out from the side with a friendly smile on her face.
"Hi," she greeted.
"Ah, Mizore," Ben smiled. "How are you?"
"I am well," Mizore nodded as she walked closer to Ben. Reaching into her pocket, she withdrew the copy of the paper that Ben had given her. "I read your article. As always, it was very good."
"Oh, thanks," Ben smiled. He had been slightly worried that no one liked his articles. He was mainly writing about some of his adventures since coming to Youkai Academy. He wasn't very experienced in journalism so he only wrote what he knew about. He also did current events which kept the interest of the student body. "You always read my articles?"
"Yes," Mizore smiled. Reaching into her sweater, she pulled out a blue book with an ornate silver heart on the back and a white rabbit on the front. "Here."
"A scrapbook?" Ben identified.
"When I was away, I asked Ms. Nekonome to send me copies of the School Newspaper," Mizore explained as Ben opened the book. "I found your articles interesting so I kept them in this scrapbook."
"Oh, thanks," Ben smiled. "I'm glad somebody likes them."
Opening the book to see what articles Mizore had kept, Ben was surprised to see that the odd young woman had been writing comments next to the articles. There were so many of them Ben had some trouble reading them all. Some were pretty tiny so he wasn't sure what they were saying.
"I made some comments of my own too," Mizore added. She began to smile gently as she drew a circle on the floor with her right foot. "You always write your articles from an outsider's point of view. I can really relate to that."
To Ben's surprise, Mizore almost seemed to glide over to him before she wrapped her arms snugly around one of his own and contentedly rested her head on his shoulder. Ben blushed at the contact. Mizore seemed to be a little cold, which Ben reasoned was why she was wearing a sweater over her uniform.
"I can't help but feel that our personalities are the same," Mizore sighed contentedly. "You must be pretty lonely too. I know how that feels."
Ben frowned a little at the declaration. He did feel pretty lonely sometimes. Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, and even Gin were all good friends, but it still felt lonely a little when he couldn't hang out with them. He was also the only human and American in the entire academy. He tried not to think about it and instead he focused on the good things he had since coming to the hidden school. He had made a lot of great friends and was having lots of fun too
"I do feel lonely sometimes," Ben admitted. "I miss my family, my cousin and grandpa the most, but I don't feel it as often. I do remember how it feels, though."
"Then we do understand each other," Mizore smiled. "Do you want to hang out? I know a nice place."
"Well…actually…" Ben hesitated. He still had to head to the party with Moka and the others. Still, he did have some spare time and he could use it to get to know Mizore better. She looked like she really wanted to be friends. "I guess…we could hang out for little while."
"Yatta," Mizore smiled. She began tugging Ben's arm so he could follow her. "This way. I'll show you where I like to spend my time."
"See that?" Mizore pointed after skipping a stone across the lake. "It skipped 5 times."
Ben applauded, returning the smile she was giving him. She then placed a pebble into his hand. "Now, you try," she said.
Gripping the pebble, Ben looked across the lake and tossed it, only for it to sink into the water. He sighed. He wasn't good at it, it seemed.
"Sorry, guess I'm not much of a pitcher," apologized Ben. He felt Mizore standing behind him, holding his wrists.
"It's all in the wrist, Ben," Mizore said as she pressed against him. He started to shiver a bit but then he remembered something.
"Hey, Mizore, I'm really sorry to cut this short but I really gotta go." She let go of his wrists and then he turned to see her frowning. "Mizore?"
"You want to see that girl, don't you?" questioned Mizore.
"That girl?" Ben blinked. "Are you talking about Moka?"
She smiled placing a hand against his cheek, "But don't worry, I've taken care of her and soon you won't have to think about her ever again…"
Moka was in the club room, snacks and drinks on the table, sitting in a chair as she waited for Ben. "He's late," she mumbled. "Where could he be?" She then heard the door slide open. Smiling, she looked up to see if it was her friends. "Ben?" Her smile fell when she saw that it was that girl in class. Mizore Shirayuki. "Shirayuki-san?"
"Moka Akashiya," said Mizore as she stalked towards Moka. "You are an eyesore."
Moka backed away in fear as she felt the temperature drop. "Shirayuki-san, what's going on? What are you doing here?"
"I think it's better for Ben and I if you just…" She lunged forward and grabbed Moka's throat, squeezing tightly. Moka struggled to remove Mizore's cold grip from her throat "Disappear."
"What do you mean?" questioned Ben as he backed away from Mizore. "What did you do to Moka?"
"Nothing…yet," said Mizore dangerously. "But she's not going to be a problem anymore."
"She's my friend!" Ben insisted.
"I'm sorry, Ben-san, but you can't leave," said Mizore
Moka had smashed a stapler against Mizore's head and gasped when she saw the part she'd hit break apart. "Sorry, but I'm not the real Mizore," Mizore apologized soullessly. "The real Mizore is out there with Ben. Now, Moka Akashiya, die quietly and just disappear from my sight."
"I cannot let you leave," Mizore spoke softly as the lake froze over with a thick sheet of ice. Ice claws covered her hands while her hair seemed to turn to ice as well. "I suppose you can tell I'm a yuki onna now. I will make you mine.
"Now, let's talk about this!" Ben cried before he lost all feelings in his feet. Grimacing, he looked down to see that his feet were encased in ice. "Oh man, not good!"
"It will only hurt for a little while," Mizore smiled gently. "Then we can be together."
"I'd rather not be a popsicle!" Ben hissed before he reached for the Omnitrix. Shifting through the alien forms, he found another old favorite.
Pressing the face down, Ben's entire body was covered in red stone. The creases in between glowed brightly with heat. His face was turned to red stone with yellow flames rising from it. His hands swelled to a bigger size, meant for battle. In the centre of his chest was the symbol of the Omnitrix.
"Heatblast!" the fiery alien roared as he thawed out of the ice that tried to cover him.
Omnitrix Encyclopedia
Heatblast A.K.A. Pyronite
These people hail from the star Pyros. They are a magma-based life form that is capable of manipulating fire and temperatures to do whatever they want. They can even fly using thermal energy to propel them along. However, they are riddled with weaknesses. They are extremely vulnerable to water and other such fire extinguishing materials. They are also unable to lower their body temperature which makes it impossible to touch almost everything outside of their home planet.
"Too hot," Mizore mumbled as she shielded her face from the heat radiating off her target. Yuki onna were very sensitive to high temperatures. In other words, beings like Heatblast were something out of a nightmare for her.
"And it's about to get a whole lot hotter!" Heatblast growled as he flared, making his fire even larger. The high temperatures were causing the ice to crack all over the lake.
"Nnn!" Mizore gasped, backing away from the heat. "Stop it."
Waving her hand, Mizore sent waves of ice at the flaming Pyronite, hoping to extinguish his fire. Heatblast wasn't having any of that. Pointing his hands, he fired two continuous streams of fire. The two opposing elemental forces hit each other, creating a huge cloud of steam.
"Too hot, too hot," Mizore trembled as she recoiled from the steam. She knew that Ben could choose his form, but she never expected him to be able to take such a terrifying form such as the fire monster in front of her.
"Seems a little on the cool side to me," Heatblast commented as he walked through the cloud of steam. Mizore trembled and tried to shield herself from the heat radiating from the alien in front of her. "Oh, sorry."
Heatblast stepped back and allowed himself to revert back to Ben. Mizore gave a soft sigh of relief, happy to be free from the flames that threatened to harm her so. Still, the heat had weakened her somewhat. It would take considerable effort to make her ice again.
"Okay, if you wanted my attention you could have just said so," Ben sighed. "You didn't have to try and flash freeze me."
"I wanted to keep you," Mizore spoke softly. "I guess I can't."
"Great. Another girl crushing on me," Ben sighed to himself. "Gwen is not going to let me hear the end of this."
Ben was a little unsure about what to do next. Obviously Mizore was holding a crush on him. The problem was that she had gone to extremes to try and make Ben into her man. A little extreme, but Mizore didn't seem to be very experienced in the proper ways of getting a boy's attention. Or maybe that was how yuki onna got boys they liked.
"I honestly don't mind you hanging out with me," Ben sighed. "I really don't. But you can't just force me to be your boyfriend or something. That isn't the right way to start a relationship or make one work."
"But how else will I get you to pay attention to me?" Mizore asked.
"Well, you had my attention when you got a paper from me," Ben shrugged. "Go with that. In the meantime though, could you not attack my friends?"
"…okay," Mizore nodded. She then snapped her fingers.
Moka struggled with the attacking ice clone. Its hand had turned into razor claws and was about to pierce her head. Just when it looked like the clone would actually kill her, it suddenly shattered.
"Huh?" Moka blinked. She got up and brushed the ice off of her. She suddenly gasped as a thought hit her. "Oh no! Ben!"
Mizore stood up after dismissing her ice clone. Her eyes were on the ground, refusing to meet Ben's gaze. She felt too ashamed to be worthy of looking at him. She just tried to encase him in ice, and he managed to defeat her. Instead of destroying her, he changed back and got her to stop her attack. He didn't seem mad at all. Instead, he was staying calm and trying to get her reasons.
She didn't deserve such kindness.
An ice crystal dropped from her eyes, which had been a tear a moment ago.
"Mizore?" Ben asked. "Hey, are you okay?"
"I don't deserve you," Mizore sniffled. Rubbing her eyes, she ran away with a loud sob.
"Wait! Mizore!" Ben cried out, but Mizore was already long gone. "Aw…man!"
"Where Shirayuki-san lives?" Ms. Nekonome asked curiously.
It was after class the following day and Ben was visiting the faculty room where most of the teachers got their paperwork done. It had been pretty easy to find where Ms. Nekonome's desk was. She was the only one who had cat ears sticking out from her head.
"Yeah" Ben nodded. "I'm worried about Mizore."
"Oh, how nice of you!" Ms. Nekonome smiled. "I know exactly where she stays so I can give you the room number."
"You sure you wanna do that?" asked a rough voice asked from behind.
Ms. Nekonome and Ben looked up to see who had been talking. They found themselves looking at a man who was wearing track suit pants and a sleeveless shirt. His skin was tanned and he had red hair. He appeared to be someone who thought they were slick. There was also something in his eyes that Ben didn't like.
"She's dangerous, you know," the man continued. "A really unstable girl."
"Kotsubo-sensei?" Ms. Nekonome blinked.
"I'm just saying she's trouble," Kotsubo shrugged. "You know why she was gone so long, kid?"
"She was sick, wasn't she?" asked Ben.
"That's the cover story," Kotsubo chuckled. "You see, she attacked a teacher, apparently for no reason. She just snapped all of a sudden."
"Huh?" Ben blinked. That didn't sound right. Sure, Mizore seemed to resort to violence, but only when there was a real reason. She didn't attack for no reason. "Are you sure about that? Maybe it was a mistake?"
"Heck yeah I'm sure," Kotsubo chuckled. "You see, I was the teacher she attacked. Put me down for a while too."
Ben observed that he didn't look too badly hurt for someone trying to play off being injured by Mizore. He also seemed to be enjoying telling the story about how Mizore had attacked him. He was also leaving out a lot of detail from his story. Like where he was attacked and what he was doing there in the first place.
"She's escalating too," Kotsubo continued. "Two students were attacked last night. They got frozen in ice and looked cut up pretty badly. They might have died if we didn't find 'em."
"Huh?" Ben gaped. "But…!"
"No mistake, kid," Kotsubo snickered. "The ice was pretty unmistakable. There's talk of Mizore Shirayuki getting expelled since she's so dangerous."
"But…but, how are we sure it's her?" asked Ben.
"The ice," Kotsubo answered. "Who else could it be?"
"She can't be the only one here who uses ice," Ben tried to argue. "There must be…hundreds of monsters here. Mizore can't be the only one who uses ice." He knew this to be a possibility. With so many students here, Mizore couldn't be the only one to have ice powers.
"Ohhhh! That's a good point!" Ms. Nekonome gasped. "It could be someone else who uses ice. She's just the only one who we know who can!"
"And all this starts up the night of the day she gets back here?" asked Kotsubo with a frown. "Sorry, but I know a troublemaker when I see one."
"Well…it could just be a coincidence," Ben attempted to retort. "Weird stuff happens here all the time."
"You know…" another teacher, Ririko Kagome, spoke up. She had been overhearing the conversation. Ririko was a sexy teacher who wore short skirts and let her cleavage show. She was also incredibly beautiful with full red lips and always with a sway in her hips as she walked. "He has a point. Plenty of odd things happen out here with so many different monsters grouped together."
Kotsubo started to become agitated, "Hey, are you forgetting that she attacked me? Can we really let that go? The fact she hasn't said anything speaks for her guilt!"
"She won't talk to you," Ben answered. "Maybe she's afraid to for some reason. I might be able to get her side of the story."
"Oooh! You're right!" Ms. Nekonome smiled brightly. She quickly scribbled on a piece of paper and handed it over to the young American. "Here you go! I wish you success."
"Thanks," Ben smiled. He eyed Kotsubo for a second before he headed for the exit of the room. He was starting to feel that something was up and if he didn't do something soon, Mizore was going to get seriously hurt. As he was leaving though, Kotsubo was staring at his back with a frown.
"He's going to be trouble," he frowned.
When he was young, Ben would often jump to conclusions and it was up to either Gwen or Grandpa Max to set him straight. He wanted to believe he was right and didn't listen to anybody else. After growing up he managed to learn how to listen to the perspective of others so he wouldn't be making such mistakes again.
Now, as far as he could tell, Mizore wasn't a bad person. She was just lonely and misunderstood. He knew what that was like too so he could understand her.
He hadn't told the other girls that he was going to see Mizore. They would freak if he had so he decided to go at it alone. It was probably best that way. Mizore may not want to see so many people at once since yesterday.
Ben stood at Mizore's door. It had the name plaque 'Shirayuki' hanging at the front. "OK, Mizore, it's time we talked," he said to himself. His hand went to the knob but then he recoiled from the sudden child. "It's cold." Well, she was a yuki onna so it was probably normal for her door knob to be cold.
He tried again and it turned easily. "It's unlocked," Ben observed. He pushed the door open and an arctic breeze greeted him. The entire place was covered in ice. "Mizore?" He went inside and wished he'd brought a winter coat along. "Are you in here?" He explored the place and ended up in her living room. He heard a crack as he stepped onto something and looked down to see a framed photograph. He picked it up and despite the layer of ice covering it, he could see it was a picture of him.
"Guess she's been crushing on me for awhile," muttered Ben. "I gotta try and find her." He exited the room and closed the door behind him before going on his search.
Mizore was just standing at the edge of a cliff that was overlooking the large lake. It would appear that she was alone once again. Ben didn't want to see her anymore. Heck, she doubted anybody would want to see her ever again.
She'd done some thinking. Maybe she shouldn't have attacked Moka and maybe she shouldn't have tried to freeze Ben. But, she was just so lonely and well he seemed the same way too. Too bad she was wrong.
"Well, well, well," she heard a voice. "Alone again, huh, Shirayuki?" Mizore spun around and saw the gym teacher, Kotsubo.
"Kotsubo…sensei?" Mizore backed away from the grinning teacher.
"You know, it's funny what kind of card life deals you," he said as he approached her, grinning lecherously, "You said you liked me and then you attacked me."
"You were taking advantage of me," she defended. "I didn't like it."
"Well, nobody was going to believe you anyway," he said. "I mean it's a teacher's word against a student's." He finished, "That's why you were hiding yourself and now you're doing the same thing." He then lunged at her and pinned her to the ground. She struggled against him.
"Let me go!" she demanded.
"Oh, don't be like that," he licked his lips. "Just let me do whatever I want and I'll put in a good word for you. How's that?"
Mizore's eyes blazed with fury and she was about to attack him when all of a sudden a large rock smashed into the back of Kotsubo's head. Mizore blinked and then looked up to see Ben.
"Stay away from her, creep!" Bens shouted.
"Ben?" Mizore blinked in confusion. He'd come for her?
"Mizore, get away!" shouted Ben. "I'll take care of this pervert!"
Mizore nodded and was ready to run when all of a sudden a purple octopus' tentacle wrapped around her ankle and tripped her.
"Not so fast!" said Kotsubo as he sneered. His entire formed change and now he was in his true form of a Kraken. He looked to have an octopus attached to the back of his body with the octopus' head acting a s cowl over his head and the tentacles swinging about his own harms had turned into tentacles with suction cups and he looked really pissed off.
"Mizore!" Ben shouted as he ran over but then a tentacle smashed into him and sent him to the ground. Not giving up, Ben got up and ran to Mizore. He grabbed the tentacle holding her and pulled it off. "Get out of here!"
"You little bastard!" roared Kotsubo. His tentacles lashed out and wrapped around Ben's body.
"Ben!" Mizore shouted.
Ben was slowly being crushed to death as Kotsubo's tentacles were squeezing the life out of him. The red haired Kraken who happened to be the school's teacher was trying to kill him.
"You Gaijin monsters are so weak," Kotsubo sneered. "What's the matter, Tennyson-kun, lost your breath?"
"Screw…you!" Ben managed to utter.
Kotsubo's face curled into a mask of fury as he continued to crush Ben. He would teach this damn gaijin how to respect his teachers. His plan was cut short when he howled out in pain as a sudden chill froze his tentacles solid. They became brittle and with some effort Ben was able to break them and escape.
"Ben!" cried out Mizore as she ran to his side. "Are you okay?"
"Sure," he gasped. "Never better. Now, Mizore, get out of here while I take care of calamari-face here."
Mizore looked regretful. Ben was trying to help her even after what she tried to do before. Now, it was her turn to help him. Her hand was pressed up on the Omnitrix and suddenly the watch-like device beeped to life. The two teens stared at it curiously and Mizore asked, "What's happening?" as she removed her hand.
The holographic display now depicted a figure wearing a cloak of some kind and resembling a phantom-like being. Ben had never seen such an alien before, but as Kotsubo was recovering and regenerating his tentacles, now was a good time as any to use it.
"Mizore, cover your eyes!" instructed Ben and she did as told as he slammed down his hand onto the Omnitrix.
"Big Chill!"
This new alien seemed to be hidden under a large dark blue cloak. All that could be seen of its body was a blue face with large green eyes and a mouth that looked like clenched teeth. Blue claws and feet were also seen coming out of the sides and bottom of the robe. He exhaled and gave off mist, indicating a chilly breath.
"Ha! You don't look so tough!" Kotsubo crowed.
"Looks…can be deceiving," Big Chill spoke.
That was when he unfurled his wings.
The cloak was in fact a large pair of blue moth-like wings. Big Chills body was entirely blue with darker blue segments on his body. The symbol of the Omnitrix was in the centre of his chest, proudly placed. A long pair of antennae rose from his head, which had been hidden by his folded wings. What others would see was a giant mothman, but Mizore saw something else.
"A snow angel," Mizore gasped, entranced by Big Chill's appearance.
Omnitrix Encyclopedia
Big Chill A.K.A. Necrofriggian
These insect-like people hail from the planet Kylmyys. They are capable of folding up their wings, gaining a phantom-like appearance. They can fly at considerable speeds as well as breathe freezing vapors and turn intangible. Despite their frail appearance, they possess superhuman strength. It is not wise to cross one of these people for they have the means of making you regret it for quite some time…if you live that long.
Flapping his giant wings, Big Chill took to the skies. Kotsubo attempted to strike him with his tentacles, but to no avail. When he was high enough, Big Chill swooped down and started his attack on Kotsubo who lashed out with his tentacles. However, like a ghost, Big Chill just phased through them and once he did they were all covered in ice.
"Gack!" Kotsubo cried as he felt his tentacles becoming covered in ice.
"Too chilly, for you?" joked Big Chill.
"Ben!" Big Chill heard and turned around to see Moka, Kurumu and Yukari running into the scene. They didn't recognize Big Chill at first but they finally did when they saw the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
Taking advantage of this distraction, Kotsubo lashed out with one of his tentacles. Big Chill was sent flying when it smashed into him. The girls gasped. He crashed and tumbled along the ground. His hand snagged onto Moka's rosario right before he landed on his back. As he rubbed his head, he raised his other hand to see the silver cross that hung from his fingers.
"Uh oh," Big Chill blinked. Like clockwork, Moka's vampiric aura began to flood the area.
"It's been so long since I've been out," said Moka-sama with a smile. Mizore was floored and Kotsubo was shaking. "An octopus? You brought me out to deal with an octopus?"
"Not my idea," replied Big Chill. "But now that you're here, maybe we can show this guy his place."
Moka-sama smirked. "Good, I like how you think."
"RARGH!!!" Kotsubo shouted as he lashed out with his tentacles.
"Move!" shouted Big Chill to Yukari and Kurumu. They obeyed but then started their attack. Yukari summoned a wash basin and slammed it on Kotsubo's head while Kurumu cleverly maneuvered around the lashing tentacles and cut them up with her claws. Moka-sama, however, had her arms crossed and side stepping each tentacle lash with ease. She alone didn't need help but Kotsubo just wasn't worth her time.
"Mizore!" Big Chill called and the yuki onna stared up at the alien. "I need your help!"
She nodded and got ready. Kotsubo was distracted by both Yukari and Kurumu and leaving himself opened.
"Now!" Big Chill ordered and he exhaled ice cold vapors from his mouth. Mizore fired a beam of ice energy from her hands too. Both attacks collided with Kotsubo and started to encase him in ice. Finally, he was trapped in a block of ice with only his head sticking out. He struggled but then looked horrified as Moka-sama strode towards him.
"Normally, I wouldn't deal with pests like you myself, but since I haven't had my fun, I think it would be good for me to stretch my legs a little." She shouted out, "Know your place!" before throwing a kick into Kotsubo's frozen form which sent him flying across the water before he dropped inside. Moka-sama scoffed and turned around. Big Chill had reverted to Ben and he was holding out the rosario to her.
"While I appreciate the exercise, I would prefer not to have to deal with a lowly octopus," Moka-sama sighed before taking back her rosario. "Although, I dare say you're doing almost too good of a job of protecting my other side. I barely get any fun these days."
"I'll try to include you in our next life or death brawl," Ben chuckled.
"Be sure you do," Moka-sama smirked. She then placed the rosario on the chain, returning her to regular Moka before passing out in Ben's arms.
Gin, meanwhile, was in the bushes with a camera in hand.
In the days after the fight, what Kotsubo did to Mizore was exposed, turning his reputation to mud. Under normal circumstances, he might have been fired, but after the thorough beating he had received, his sentence was lightened. Of course, he had lost respect with most of his fellow teachers. Those in the Newspaper Club were celebrating their victory and good deed.
"Kampai!" they all cheered as they gave cheers.
"To a major scoop!" Gin smiled. He hadn't had such an incredible story since he first joined the Newspaper Club in his first year.
"And we have Ben to thank for it!" Kurumu smiled as she leaned against said American's shoulder. "Without him, we never would have found out about it!"
"But how did you know where to go in the first place Ben?" wondered Moka.
"Well, there was something about that Kotsubo guy that rubbed me the wrong way," Ben explained. "He seemed to almost be amused with telling how Mizore attacked him. He was also leaving a lot of details out of the story. Not to mention he was getting mad when I started defending her. So I called Gin and asked him to help me find Mizore."
"If there's one thing I'm great at, it's finding cute girls," Gin snickered. "When I got on the trail of Mizore-chan, I called up Ben and let him know. Of course, when we got there Kotsubo-sensei was already attacking. So Ben went to do the hero stuff and I decided to collect evidence."
"How noble," said Kurumu.
Ben smiled and suddenly sneezed as he felt a chill. "I think someone should close the window. There's a draft," he said
"That wasn't coming from the window," Moka said and she pointed at the door. Ben and the others turned to see Mizore at the door.
Ben blinked. "Mizore?"
Kurumu and Yukari backed away from the yuki onna who entered. She now sported a shorter hairstyle. Standing up, Ben went to greet her, "Mizore, what brings you here?"
"Do you like my hair?" she asked.
He smiled, "Yeah, it makes you look cuter." She returned the smile.
"I'm glad to hear that," Mizore said as she hugged him. "I'd like to thank you again for before, for sticking up for me, my beautiful snow angel." He shivered at the contact.
"Hey, get off him!" shouted Kurumu but suddenly she was frozen in a block of ice.
"Mizore!" gasped Ben.
"Sorry, but old habits die hard," said Mizore. She then turned her attention over to Gin, but she didn't release her grip on Ben. "Also, I wanted to join the club."
"You do?" Ben blinked. He and everyone else were surprised at Mizore's sudden desire to join a club.
"It's very lively and…I don't want to be alone."
"Well, welcome to the club!" Gin grinned. "We welcome anybody!"
Moka frowned, not liking how Mizore was hanging off Ben, but she knew what Ben was like so she allowed it. He was just too nice sometimes.
Ben, however, was shivering as his teeth chattered due to Mizore hugging him. He would become a popsicle if this went on.
To Be Continued...
ZK Chromedragozoid: And yet another girl joins Ben's growing harem. Boy, he's getting popular. Featuring Big Chill in this fic and Heatblast! Well, let's see what happens next with Ben and the girls, shall we?
Ten-Faced Paladin: And here comes Big Chill! Another addition to Ben's growing arsenal. He also gains another girl, which he probably isn't going to hear the end of if Gwen ever catches wind of him. More aliens and madness to come!
