Chapter 10 Three Years Later
One Day After Containment
It didn't take long for Grandpa Max to find out what happened he wasted no time getting to Japan, he told Gwen and she refused to be left behind, they were now in a lab, in hell, that was owned by Sirzechs. They entered the room and caught first sight of Ben in containment. Gwen was going to cry after seeing Ben with his third degree burns, and broken body from the fall.
"It's okay Gwen, Ben will come back, my comrades will make sure of that, right Sirzechs?" He sent him a glare. Sirzechs looked down, sure Riser was the one who set up the match, but Sirzechs could have stopped him from making it unfair.
"Ben will still be alive, but it will take a long time for him to be awake again." Sirzechs explained. "And, I'm truly sorry, not just to you, I am sorry for my sister and her peerage as well." He also said. The two left in wait for Ben's recovery. Gwen had to go back to Bellwood, but Grandpa Max wasn't going anywhere.
One Week After Containment
Rias was in the ORC room wit her head buried in her desk. She was so miserable after what happened to her friend she felt as if she couldn't handle it. She did get a call from her brother saying that they will try to help Ben, but it would take some time. She didn't have to worry about marrying Riser anymore because he was stripped of his House and thrown in prison after killing Ben. The room seemed silent, and it was darker than ever, no one was happy, no one could say anything. They all fell into a depression.
Even Koneko refused to eat her sweets that they loved so much. She didn't really talk to him but everything just became depressing the day after the fight.
Kiba felt like he failed as a comrade and a friend, as if he failed to train Ben hard enough to take Riser's finishing blow. Even though he would push Ben to the limit it wouldn't have saved him, but Kiba couldn't help but add the weight to his shoulders.
Izzy was pissed, she really liked Ben and was looking forward to the time where he was as strong as her, and possibly have the mind of a healthy fourteen year old boy, but that dream slipped away. She lost someone she cared about, and it didn't do anything but eat her heart away.
Akeno was just as sad as everyone else. She wanted to see Ben as much as Rias. She missed his smiling face, but she might not ever see it again.
"He came back to us, just die because of us." Izzy said with a tear in her eye.
"It was my fault, I could've done something to stop him, I wish I could've done something." Rias cried. "I don't know what to do anymore."
"Oh Rias." Akeno cried too. In the end they all shared tears for their fallen friend."
One and a Half Years After Containment.
Everything turned into chaos, another war between Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels began out of nowhere, with a leader class fallen angel responsible from the beginning. Since the plumbers were not active anymore on earth, nothing could stop the conflict and it created destruction in many corners of the world. The ORC had to show up on the front lines to fight in the battle that was an attack from the fallen angels.
"Rias, we can't hold the position for much longer!" Akeno yelled.
"Kiba, Koneko, fallback!" She yelled. Koneko ran as fast as she could back to basecamp, but Kiba was nowhere to be seen.
"Kiba, KIBA!" No answer. Izzy left without a word to go find him, it was difficult to navigate with all of the spears of light getting thrown right at her, and because if that, she couldn't find him. She flew back to base and shook her head. And Rias's knight was missing in action. Everyone returned to hell to recover from the battle. The reinforcements arrived to drive out the fallen and it barely succeeded. The ORC took a look around and and at themselves wondered where it all went wrong. The first thing they thought was their unspoken friend that they try so hard to keep buried in the darkest parts of their mind, but now they had to find Kiba.
Two Years After Containment.
In a prison camp occupied by the fallen, Kiba was held in a solitary room and shackled to a chair. He was okay for now, but his mind was close to insanity from the torture that he had to endure. Six months of being captured and tortured twisted his mind, his desires and thoughts. All he wanted now, is revenge, revenge for capturing him and torturing his body until it was near death. They gave him little food, and little water. His body couldn't take this much longer. He was in the brink of despair until he sees a little boy in the corner of his eyes, realizing who it was, he clung onto hope and endured as much as the fallen gave him.
On one faithful day however, the prison camp was attacked by the devils and Kiba heard a voice that he missed so much.
"Kiba!" Rias yelled.
"Rias!" Kiba cried, he was so happy to be rescued but his body couldn't move. Koneko walked past Rias and picked him up and got him out of there so that he could heal and recover.
After Kiba was rescued, he spent quite a while in the hospital and physical therapy for him to at least walk again. The ORC was instructed to leave the frontlines after a year of fighting against the fallen and the angels. They were on the channel back to Kouh, but they didn't have to worry about education because they all graduated besides Koneko, instead she dropped out. Kiba was leaning on the window as the magic glows and lights passed by.
"How are you feeling?" Rias asked. Kiba and giggle.
"I should've lost it." He whispered.
"Huh?" Rias asked.
"I shouldn't have survived, every time I felt myself dying, I would see 'him' in the corner of my eye, cheering me on and smiling, telling me to fight and to not give up." The two had tears in their eyes.
"I wish he was back." The tears rolled uncontrollably. "I have to tell him thank you, if I never met him, I would've died." He cried. The two shared tears as the memory of their 'friend' began to unbury itself from the darkest part of their minds.
Two and a Half Years Later.
The war has come to an end, after a year and a half of fighting the three sides decided to call it quits, but it left a trail of destruction and despair. Kiba was doing okay now, he was his bright and happy self once again, but under his smile, he still lusted for revenge. The three factions began to rebuild and hope for a better future after they realized that war was not the answer.
The ORC lived a normal life after that. They would sometimes help out rebuild hell, and they would do their normal duties as devils as if they were back in highschool. Koneko went back to school and started her freshman year in highschool so that she can finish as much as she can.
Grandpa Max as busy still helping with a certain boy's recovery, he looked as though the injuries were never there, but it had to take a little more time for him to wake up. He lived in the house where Ben stayed and made sure to keep it clean until the boy wakes up. He was currently in the house and petting the cat.
"I'm glad you weren't apart of that, 'he' would've been sad to know that you were gone." Suddenly the cat gave a nod before jumping off to go and take a nap. Wondering when she will see her love again.
Three Years After Containment
The boy took a breath inside of a oxygen mask. He opened his eyes and realized that he was in some sort of tank that was filled with some weird liquid that surrounded him. Hh then heard a siren go off and the liquid began to drain out of the tank. Once the liquid was gone, the glass door opened only to have the boy fall out of the container. He felt his hands, then his arms, then his feet, then his legs. He slowly got up from the floor and realized where he was and pieced together what has happened. He looked over to see his old clothes and piece of paper that resembled a magic circle. He put on his get up and realized it was a bit tight on him. He grabbed the paper and concentrated on where he wanted to go.
In the old school building, Rias and the others were working on contracts like normal, and looked up to see Koneko done with her semester finals.
"So how did it go?" Rias asked.
"Top of my class as usual." She said. Though Koneko was the only one that was a student at Kuoh academy, the school still allowed Rias and the others to have it since it was abandoned property. They all ran their normal business until a magic circle appeared. Rias rolled her eyes and buried her head in the book she was reading.
"I told you Grayfia, I will wait until I find the right person, so just leave me alone!" She gave an attitude with that. No one in the clubroom could say anything. Everyone ,except Rias, was frozen from seeing the boy right that appeared in the middle of the room. The boy smiled.
"Really? I come back to see my favorite people in the world and that's what you say? My feelings are hurt." Rias slowly lets her book down to see who that voice belonged to. Her eyes went wide as she saw those clothes, those heroic eyes, and that smile that lit up her entire world. The one that sacrificed himself for her happiness, and the one who she had feelings for, and that person was…"
"BEN!" She screamed at the top of her lungs before jumping over the desk and hugged him as tightly as possible.
"Hey there Rias, it's nice to see you too." Everyone began to cry their eyes out. Izzy was the first one to join Rias in the hug, then Akeno, and then Koneko. Kiba thought to just lay back and let his friend have the moment with four girls coddling him.
"Okay okay, I missed you guys too." After everyone gathered their composure, they all sat down to let Ben breath.
"So, how have you guys been, it doesn't look like much has changed except for." Ben looked at Koneko.
"Did she hit a growth spurt?" Ben was then attacked by a pinch to the cheek.
"It was a complement, sorry, sorry." He cringed until Koneko let go.
"Wait, how long do you think you were asleep?" Ben scratched the back of his head. Uh, three weeks maybe? I don't know I was in the omnitrix and it doesn't tell time." Rias looked at Ben with shock.
"Ben, you've been dead for three years now." She said. Ben immediately stood up. He walked to a mirror and realized that he looked older than the last time he saw his face." Ben shook his head.
"Three years?" He said. He tried to keep his mind from going blank so he tried something.
"What did I miss?" He said. Rias took a deep breath as she tried to collect the thoughts of past events. She explained everything that happened except for details that were unmentioned.
Ben had a hard time processing the information that was given to him. He turned to Kiba and felt the guilt that he felt three years ago. Ben choked as he began to feel emotional.
"Kiba, I, I wish I was there, and I'm, I'm sorry I wasn't." He said before taking a deep breath.
"But you were there man." Ben looked up.
"What?" He asked.
"When I was dying, I was ready to give up, the pain didn't seem worth it at the time. But when my life was slipping away, I saw you in the corner of my eye yelling at me, cheering for me, telling me not to give in." He said. "I'll be honest Ben, it hurt us, it hurt us more than you can imagine, and we actually tried to forget about you. It hurt to much to know that we lost you, but when I saw you, and when I remembered who you were, I realized that all of us were jerks for trying to do that to you. Since that day, I've wanted to thank you, and say that we are sorry for trying to throw you away." Ben couldn't say anything, he wasn't mad, nor was he happy. All he knew that he could forgive them. He wasn't the one that lived for three years in despair, nor did he have to live through a war.
"I forgive you guys, you don't have to worry about me. When learned about my condition, I promised myself the moment I open my eyes." There was a pause. "I would do my best to do good ad to be a hero and try to make up for lost time. If anyone needs help with repairing anything, I'll be there. If there is a fallen that is giving you guys trouble, I'm kicking its ass." Ben said.
Everyone felt as if a giant boulder left their shoulders. They were glad that Ben was was back and noticed how mature he was after the time in recovery. Rias had a blush, Izzy and Akeno had smirks, and Koneko just gave a small smile.
"Huh, even you missed me Koneko." Ben laughed.
"Don't push it." She said. Ben immediately shuts up.
It was night time, and Ben didn't leave the ORC, instead he was on the roof and looking at the stars. His thoughts were up there until they were dragged down by the sound of Rias's voice.
"Ben? Aren't you going to go home?" Riass asked. Ben only giggled to himself.
"Even the sky seems different." He said. Rias sat next to him on the roof.
"How much did everything change? Did I miss out that much, was I asleep for that long? I just can't believe it." He began to ramble until Rias placed a hand on his opposite cheek and pulls his face to where he was facing her.
"It's been three years without you Ben, three years that I can't take back, even for a devil, I'm just sorry that it turned out like you did. It's my fault." She looked down.
"No, don't ever say that Rias, even if you tried to stop me or that battle, I would still find a way to save you, I'll would save you no matter what the cost." Rias blushed a cherry shade.
"Plus, you said that Riser was put to jail right? Then it all worked out in the end." Ben said. Rias smiled and they both looked up in the sky. She slowly leaned her head on Ben's shoulder which made his heart skip a beat, but he stayed composed and looked up at the stars together.
"The stars may have changed." Ben said. "But they're still beautiful."
After a while up the two sharing a moment, Rias felt sleepy and went to bed as Ben left for his house. He wasn't informed that the house was being taken care of and he was afraid of how dirty and dusty it was going to be, but he looked at the house to see that it was taken care of, and that the lights were on. Ben lifted an eyebrow before opening the door to see Grandpa Max and Gwen they turned to see who opened the door and the two stood there frozen. The only one that moved was Kuroka who jumped right on to Ben's shoulder and began rubbing and purring on Ben in excitement.
"Happy to see you too Kuroka, I do have to thank you for taking care of Kuroka, and my house." Grandpa gulped before he formed a smile.
"Ben, it's good to see that you're alive." He said. Gwen stood up and walked to Ben to kick him in the shin. He yelped in pain before falling on his but to hold his right shin.
"What was that for?" Ben yelled.
"For thinking you can leave, and just die on me, dweeb." Gwen had a sour look on her face.
"Oh give it a rest, I'm fine right?" He said with the same expression as his cousin.
"You two haven't changed one bit." Max laughed.
The three of the mhad a talk about what they have been up to while Ben was in containment. It seems that Gwen learned all about the plumbers and supernatural business after she and grandpa took the time to round up some extraterrestrial beings in Bellwood. She learned to master magic and helped out the medic teams with the devils during the war. Grandpa Max, though not as a plumber, but as a friend, helped Sirzechs with strategies that saved lives in defence against the angels and fallen angels.
"I guess Rias and the others weren't the only ones busy while I was asleep." Ben sighed. "I'm sorry Grandpa, I let Riser kill me and for this I missed so much that I could have done to help." Ben looked down feeling as though the guilt began to build once again.
"It wasn't your fault Ben, Riser didn't have to kill you in order to win, but that was his choice and I made sure that he is rotting in the dungeon." He said giving Ben a pat.
"But the thing I could've done to help, I just don't know how to make that up." Ben said.
"Actually, we still have a problem, near the end of the war, I conducted my own investigation on who was mad enough to start another war." Max said before flicking Ben a picture. He caught it to see a fallen angel with pale skin and ears of an elf, and with a red glowing eyes that could pierce a soul.
"His name is Kokabiel, he is a leader class fallen angel that I discovered that he was the one who started the war, and according to his profile, it matches perfectly as he is a crazed war maniac." Grandpa explained.
"Great, another maniac to deal with, so do we have a plan?" Ben asked, but Grandpa shook his head.
"He went missing shortly after the war, after the head leader of the fallen angels found out that he was manipulated by Kokabiel, he announced that he is to be captured to be dealt with, but kill him if necessary." Max said.
"Great, he went missing, but there is no way to find him, but I'm guessing that if he is a war maniac, he might make another move to cause another one." Grandpa clapped for Ben's thinking.
"Exactly, but the question is, how?" Max said.
"I guess we'll have to wait and find out." Ben said.
"We can't risk that, in fact I have a contact in heaven and we agreed that we cannot risk another war, so they sent a couple people down to help us with the investigation, but they refuse to work with the devils here, which will make thing complicated for you specifically." Max said. Ben lifted an eyebrow.
"Why me specifically?" He asked.
"How about I make that a surprise?" He said. Ben only yawned.
"Yeah whatever, anyways, I'm tired, I need some sleep right now." He said before turning around to go upstairs. He opened the door to see his bedroom still preserved. He looked down after feeling Kuroka walking past his legs.
"I'm glad you didn't forget about me, but I bet the time was hard for you." The cat stopped and reacted to what Ben was saying. She looked into Ben's eyes and they looked so sad to him. He almost broke a tear but he was back, and that was to be happy for.
"I never realized this, but your not an average cat." Ben smiled before jumping on his bed and Kuroka did the same. Ben laid on his back to catch some z's, and Kuroka laid on Ben's chest.
"I want to tell him how much I missed him, but not yet." Kuroka thought before falling asleep right along with Ben."
It was in the middle of the day, at Bellwood Elementary School. At the playground Ben was getting kicked in the stomach by a kid that was older than him, they laughed at his misery until a strong but sweet voice was heard behind them.
"Hey! Leave him alone before I tell the teacher!" A girl yelled. The boys turned around, only to laugh at her.
"Yeah? Well how about we keep you from telling on us!" The boy smirked. He walked closer and almost landed a hand on her until she ducked and punched the bully in the nose. The boy's nose began to bleed and he ran off crying. The girl walked up to Ben and offered a hand.
"Are you alright?" She asked. Ben grabbed her hand and stood up.
"I'm fine, I'm used to it anyways." He said. "Thank you, but you shouldn't hang out with a loser like me." Ben was going to walk off.
"Are you serious? No way I'm going to let you walk off like that." The girl said.
"I'm fine really, I don't need a stranger to help someone like me." He said. The girl only smiled.
"Then how about we become friends, then I can help with what hurts." She said cheerfully. "And don't bother answering, because I'm not taking no for an answer." She said as she began to drag Ben by the collar.
"Hey let me go!" Ben yelled in his young and cute voice.
The scene cuts to two years later when third grade ended and summer vacation occured. Ben was excited as he didn't have to deal with school for three months, and he got to spend it with the girl that was her friend for a couple of years. Ben went to the girl's house and knocked on her door. The door opened and it revealed the girl's face and her apologetic look.
"What's with the long face? You know summer just started right? We have all the time in the world to hang out now!" Ben jumped in excitement.
"I'm sorry Ben, but I'm moving out of the country, I have to go due to family matters and I don't think I'll ever be back." She said. Ben's face dropped.
"What? You can't leave, who will I be able to hang out with after school? What about summer?" He cried.
"I'm sorry Ben, I don't want to leave, and I'm worried about you getting bullied again, but I don't have a choice." She said. The girl walked past Ben as the family took the girl so that they could go to the trainstation without a goodbye. When they made it to the sidewalk Ben ran after them until they could hear him.
"Irina!" She turned to see Ben. "When we see each other again, I'll be strong enough to protect you! I promise!" He yelled. Iriana nodded with a tear falling from her cheek. When she was out of sight, Ben broke down to the ground.
Ben opened his eyes and realized that he was in the most lucid dream by far. He sat up breathing heavy as the memories of his dream became dimmer. He shook the feeling off and hopped into a shower, so that he could be ready for his first day of school once again.
"I wonder how hard it will be to catch up with learning this time, then again, I can always turn into Greymatter to help me catch up." He said. He got out of the shower and got dressed. He gave Kuroka a pet goodbye and let Grandpa know that he was going to school, Gwen was gone however as she still went to Bellwood, but all she had to do was teleport there and back.
It was time to get to class and Ben realized that he was the only one, besides Koneko, that went to school. He realized that he will be unable to eat lunch with them anymore, unless-
Ben stopped to hear some roughling sounds happening in the background. He looked into an alley to see a middle schooler get picked on by a highschooler.
"Hey, give me back my notes, I need them to study!" The little kid whined.
"Yeah sure kid, that'll be ten dollars." The high schooler laughed.
"Selling someone else's things that don't belong to you, isn't that illegal?" Ben said.
"What the?" The bully turned around before getting poked in the eyes.
"AHHH, you dick!" He yelled.
"You'll be fine, but I guess you won't be able to use these anytime soon." Ben swiped the notes and handed them to the kid, but he didn't say anything. He only gave Ben a nervous look, he then turned around and ran the other way.
"You're welcome." Ben mumbled.
Ben entered the classroom and everyone went silent. Ben raised an eyebrow and looked around to see that Koneko was not in his class this time. He sighed before the teacher spoke up.
"Class, this is Ben Tennyson, he will be joining this class for the rest of the year. Is there anything you would like to say?" Ben shook his head.
"Not to be rude, but I really don't feel like it." Ben said. The teacher was taken back, he didn't expect that kind of response.
"O-Okay then, you can take a seat right over there." He instructed. The class went on and as expected, he didn't understand any material as he was forced to skip a couple grades, but he at least pretended to understand.
It was lunch and Ben had the good idea of stopping by the ORC to eat and see everyone. He walked to the trail and found out that Koneko was behind him and running to catch up.
"Wait up Ben!" Koneko yelled. Ben was shocked, she never called his name or said anything about waiting up.
"So you finally decide to talk to me." Ben smiled.
"Don't get the wrong idea, I just thought we would walk together since we were going to the same place." Koneko pouted.
"That's a good idea, come on." He turned and the two went to the ORC for a visit.
They entered the room to see Rias with a glare that was directed to two mysterious people who were sitting on the sofa. Rias noticed Ben and her glare shattered instantly.
"Oh Ben, I didn't know you would show up this early." She said.
"Yeah, I thought I would take my lunch break to come visit, I didn't want to stop having lunch with you." Ben explained. Rias blushed.
"Oh, well in that case." She changed her face back to the two people who were in white robes. One had blue hair and green highlights. The other had orange hair and with twintails.
"As you can see we are in no interest in helping you with the issue of the missing fallen angel Kokabiel, yes it is rumored that he started the war, but until my brother confirms it, we will stay out of your way, but I will warn you if any harm comes to my household due to your investigation, I will personally send you two back to church in a body bag." Rias said. Ben was shocked to hear Rias give out a threat, but from what he just heard it was for good reason, but he also caught the part that caught his interest.
"Actually Rias, Grandpa Max conducted his own investigation and has plenty of proof on Kokabiel, and because he is missing, he is concerned that he's cooking up something to start another one." Ben interrupted.
"So you're Max Tennyson's grandson. Didn't expect you to be a devil." The blue haired girl said.
"Stuff happens." Ben said. "Are you his contacts that he told me about." He asked.
"More than that." The girl in twintails said. She faced Ben so that he could have a good look at her.
"Hi Ben, it's been a while hasn't it." She said with a smile. Ben was looked closer, he was confused for a moment on what she meant. It took him a moment until a flashback of his childhood friend went through his mind.
"Irina?!" Ben yelled.
"How's it going Ben? You seemed to be better than the last time I saw you." She laughed.
"Yeah, I had a lot of beauty sleep." Ben chuckled. This was all too much for Rias's head.
"Hold on a minute, you know this girl?" She asked.
"Yeah, her and I were childhood friends in Bellwood back in elementary school, it's been forever hasn't it?" Ben said. Irina nodded, and the blue haired girl coughed.
"Irina, we cannot associate with these devils by anything above business." She said.
"Oh come on Xenovia, Ben can't be like other devils right, I mean I know him." Irina said. Ben raised his eyebrow.
"Other devils?" Ben asked.
"Devils are normally rotten creatures that destroy anything that's good, it is why the church have means to destroy them, unfortunately however we were sent to do an investigation, but we refused to work with the likes of you." Xenovia said. It seemed that Rias was taking it with a grain of salt, but Ben wasn't going to let that slide.
"Okay listen you…" Ben took a step forward to have a swords tip near his face, something about it though was a bit dangerous, and he felt like he shouldn't be close to it."
"Ben!" Rias yelled, but Ben didn't fear anything right now.
"Take a step closer and I'll cut you down." Xenovia said. Ben can only form a grin on his face.
"I would like to see you try, I've faced death before, I'm not afraid to face it again." Xenovia only smirked and puts her sword away.
"Maybe Irina is right, you aren't like the other Devil's, we'll be taking our leave now." Xenovia turned to leave.
"So sorry Ben, let's catch up some other time okay?" She said with a gentle smile. Ben nodded and she turned to leave.
"What were you thinking ya moron?" Izzy slapped the back of Ben's head.
"Ow, hey she was bad mouthing us devils, do you really think I was going to take that from her?" Ben said.
"Izzy is right Ben, what she had was a holy sword in her hand, and those can cook a devil inside and out." Rias explained.
"Oh." Ben said. He gulped thinking that he should be more careful this time.
"So what's this talk about Kokabiel?" Kiba asked.
"He's apparently the fallen angel that started the war in the first place, he was going to condemned for undermining their own, but he escaped and now in hiding." Ben explained. Suddenly Kiba had a look of anger and hatred on his face.
"Kiba? Hey what's wrong?" Izzy asked but Kiba didn't say anything for a moment before he snapped back into reality.
"Oh nothing, I'm fine really." Kiba said. Everyone was concerned but decided to deal with the matter at hand.
"Well anyways, Grandpa thought it would be nice to have some help so he got those two to help out." Ben let out a sigh.
"Rias, I know you probably don't like the two, but I might be asked by Grandpa to help them find Kokabiel, so I need your permission to let me go to work and find where Kokabiel is." Ben said. Rias lets out a sigh.
"I don't want to, but if there is proof then I will let you go, but I'm not letting you out of my sight, so I will accompany you with everyone else too." Rias said. Ben gave her a smile that she loved so much.
"Thank you so much Rias, I owe you one." He said.
Ben was on his way to his house, the sun was going down and the club activities finally ended. Ben was surprisingly tired for a guy that slept for three years. He walked down the sidewalk until he noticed a shadow above that flew above him. He looked up to see that nothing was in the sky and he kept walking, but he began walking a little faster. He saw the shadow once again and picked up his new phone out of his pocket.
"Grandpa we've got a problem, I think I'm being followed by what seems to be a fallen…" Ben was going to say angel until he was grabbed from the ground and taken into the air. Him and his kidnapper went above the town and began to fly to its location. Ben couldn't make out who he was he did know that he needed to escape right away. Ben struggled for his omnitrix and slammed on the dial.
'Wildmutt.' He thought after transforming. He turned his head and took a bite into the kidnapper's arm, making him let go. Wildmutt fell into the ground and slowly crawled out of the crater. He saw the kidnapper slowly descend to the ground. He couldn't see his details due to only using his senses, but he didn't was to leave his alien form in risk of getting killed.
"What's wrong mutt? I need you to come with me so that I could hold you for ransom. Oh how Rias Gremory would miss her rook, the things that she would do to get you back, maybe start a war even." Wildmutt reacted to that last part. He growled and snarled.
"Oh so scary, well then let's see what you can do dog." He snickered.
"Wildmutt pounced only to get a kick in the back of his neck after the figure flew up to dodge his jaws. It surprisingly hurt, and he was at a disadvantage. The figure went in for an attack but Wildmutt refused to let himself get in the way of his attack. He jumped to the side and went in for a claw attack and managed to scratch the attacker's face.
"Ugh, you cut me." He growled.
"Fine then, I don't need you to start a war. I'll just put you down." Wildmutt was backed into a tree and the attacker seemed to make an object that was too big for him to dodge. He was nervous from the pain he had to feel, but the two heard a whistle in the distance. The attacker looked and got a face full of what looks to be a girl's heel in his face. Wildmutt didn't really know what was happening, but he felt some sort of magic that was unfamiliar to him. After a few minutes the attacker roared in frustration.
"Forget this, you can have him for now, but I will come back for him later." The attacker's presence was gone, the girl walked up to Wildmutt and pets him. He heard a hum from her.
"What's with you and fighting all the tough guys by yourself?" She siad before disappearing from his senses, he wasn't exactly sure, but he could've sworn that he saw cat ears. The omnitrix timed out and Wildmutt was changed back.
"That was odd. Was that Kokabiel that attacked me, if that's the case I need report this." Ben said to himself. He walked home as he felt pain in the back of his neck.
Ben made it home and the door swung open and revealed Rias. Ben was confused for a moment and thought what she was doing here.
"Oh thank god, Max called us and said you were in trouble, we just got here to see what we could do, but I'm glad your safe." Rias said pulling Ben into a hug.
'Too close.' Ben thought feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Now that we know your safe, do you mind explaining what happened?" Ben nodded.
"I was walking home until I realized that something was watching me from above, I was going to run home but I was snatched off the ground by what seemed to be a fallen angel." I couldn't identify him because I turned into Wildmutt to make sure he would let me go, we fought for a little bit until he pinned me, but someone or something came in to save me." Ben explained. He didn't notice Grandpa Max and Kuroka looking at each other for a moment.
"I know I'm only assuming, but I think it was Kokabiel, saying how he would use me to make Rias start a war." Ben said. It sent a chill down everyone's spine.
"Well it fits his profile, but that only means one thing." Grandpa said.
"What's that?" Rias asked.
"Your relationship with each other is no secret from the fight with Riser, and word quickly got out of Ben's recovery. It would make sense if Kokabiel knows about you." Ben's and Rias's face turned red.
"Relationship!?" They both said.
"Yeah but that's not the point." Grandpa Max.
"If that was Kokabiel that tried to take you away, then that means he's targeting you specifically." Grandpa explained. Ben gulped. He wasn't ready to have another big bad guy chasing him everywhere again.
"He might have gotten the drop on me this time." Ben said, he turned to Rias. "But next time, he won't be so lucky." Ben said with confidence.
"Don't be so cocky Ben, we don't know if your ready for a full on battle yet." Grandpa explained.
"So what, I'm just going to sit this one out? No way, I made a promise and I intend to keep it, and that means making sure Kokabiel doesn't start another war, and I will do that by beating him to the ground." Ben said with determination.
"Okay Ben, but if your out there, you are risking another war to start." Grandpa said.
"I'm surprised Vilgax isn't back with an entire army behind him." Ben said. Grandpa Max could only sigh. There was nothing that he could say to convince Ben to stay out of this one, but in Ben's case he makes a point. He missed three years of opportunities to save people's lives, does Ben feel guilty for not being able to help? No one but Ben knows.
Kiba wasn't feeling so hot, he was trembling and sweating in his bed as nightmares from him being in a prison camp haunted his memories. The pain, the torture, it was too much for him to just set aside. No, he believed that revenge would put his mind at ease, and his target was Kokabiel. With his death, maybe Kiba would find a piece of mind and help him serve Rias with the best of his ability, but how?
Cutting back to Ben he yawned as he felt tired from the whole attack and how boring school was. He walked upstairs and realized he was being followed. He turned around to see Rias, she notices him and her face becomes as red as her hair.
"Can I help you?" Ben asked feeling a little nervous.
"Oh, I just thought I would… tuck you in?" Rias said. Ben didn't know how to feel about that.
"I mean, if you want I don't see why not." Ben said suddenly Grandpa Max was in the hallway."
"Actually Ben, Rias agreed to stay here in case Kokabiel shows up again." He said, Ben gulped. "Well goodnight kids." He said before going into his own room.
"Ben and Rias looked at each other."
'I'm thirteen, she is twenty, part of me likes this, but another says to abort, I need guidance.' Ben thought.
"It's fine, I'll sleep on the couch, if that's okay." Rias said.
"What? No! I'm not having you sleep on the couch, I'll sleep on the couch, you can have my bed." Ben said.
"I'm not kicking you out of your room so that I can sleep on your bed." She puffed out her cheek which ben thought it was adorable.
'Seriously she hasn't aged at all.' Ben thought. He sighed.
"Fine, if you want we can sleep in the same bed." Ben said with a red face.
"That's fine with me." Rias agreed. The two got ready for bed and laid down on the mattress, but they were, much much closer than last time.
"Sorry for the lack of room, my bed isn't as big as yours." Ben said.
"No, this is fine. As long as you're here it's fine with me." Rias said.
"Wait, so does that mean?" Ben wanted to ask.
"Means what?" She asked. Ben felt embarrassed.
"Does that mean you like sleeping here?" Ben said curving the question.
"Yes, I like sleeping here with you." She said. Ben had no idea how to feel, but he decided to put those thoughts aside so that he could get a good night's sleep. It didn't take long, however, for Rias to pull Ben in her sleep and use him as a hug pillow.