Now for the next alien unlock, NRG. This is also why Kuyo was NOT the DNA sample in the original fic. I really think you'll enjoy this one, the beginning sets a dark tone (as to why it wasn't in the sneak peek), but leave some comments anyway! :D
1) Captain Imaginat (from CAPU2): I have a feeling your talking about the rebooted Teen Titans. This sounds like a legitimately good idea and an interesting crossover, but I'm personally a bigger fan of the original cartoon. I might do something like this in the future, but let's stick with Ben10/Rosario for now.
2) The Brod Road: Yeah, sorry I get quiet. I was gonna PM you, but the answer to one of your questions is right here...
3) Blake2020: HA! Ben and Moka, BONDING! Yeah, that's one way to put it.
One thing before we start, if you've read since my first fic, you may have noticed when you click the link for a new chapter, it takes you to a redirect page. If this happens, check the previous chapter. I purposefully post a blank chapter to send notifications to my followers, letting them know the next chapter is ready. Since the site doesn't send notifications for an updated chapter, it only notifies for new ones.
Chapter 14: Burning Desires + Vampire - Part 3
Elsewhere on a floating island...
"They did what?" Asked a clam, yet intimidatingly powerful voice; belonging to a man who was sitting in an office. This man wore a very handsome business suit, and was smoking a cirragate. While his face gave no hint as to his mood, the person who gave him some news knew the tone... he wasn't happy. "Let me see if I heard you correctly. Your saying that the Snow Oracle canceled our transaction? The deal was she hands over the girl and in return, we give them all the men they can put their cold hands on. Based on your report, you expect me to believe that is... Benjamin K. Tennyson... a human... convinced her otherwise?" Asked the man.
The messenger in front of him shook in fear. "Y-Y-Yes sir... u-unfortunately the tribe is c-c-c-canceling the contract b-b-because of this Tennyson child. W-While our field reporters can't see how h-he's human, our latest recruit Kuyo insists Tennyson is an imposter" said the messenger. "Kuyo? Isn't he the leader of security of that accursed academy?" Asked the man, his interest peaked. "Used too. He admits to being defeated one-on-one with Tennyson, the boy is not one to underestimate" said the messenger, calming down. "Is that so?" Asked the man, eyes widening very slightly in surprise. Due to being the leader of this establishment, he knew all about his employees... including their monster ranking. To hear that a powerful S-Class monster, that can go toe-to-toe with a vampire, was defeated by a seemingly normal human... was intriguing.
"Mister Miyabi... I'm aware this failure puts Fairy Tales plans behind, but if I may..." the messenger began, concerned for his safety. Which made this worse, was the fact he was sent to pick up Mizore from the village. "No need, carry on" the leader, Miyabi said. He appeared to understand the situation, thank God. "T-That's it? No punishment, no cut in pay, no..." shocked, the messenger blabbed out certain things that he's heard from our workers what happens when you fail the boss... some rumors were not pleasant. "You've don all you can, unless you want to be fired?" Asked Miyabi, seemingly in a joking manner. Nervously laughing, the messenger agreed and proceed to leave the office, his heartbeat began to return to normal. "Y-Yes, sir Miyabi. I-I'll be on my way."
The messengers hand just grabbed the nob when, "Actually... there's one more thing you can do..." said Miyabi. Turning around, "Anything, si-"
STAB!
Right in the left eye of the messengers face, a large tentacle speared through. Blood was leaking out of the wound, but the messenger was still conscious. His face had fear, surprise and sorrow mixed on it. He wanted to speak, but all that came out was a gargling sound... and the taste of iron in his throat. Miyabi's answer to this was: "Thank you for your cooperation, you are dismissed" and with that, he withdrew the tentacle. Relighting his cigarette, the dialed on the phone next to him. "Margret, get the janitor up here... there's a mess that needs to be cleaned. And while your at it, get Raika on the phone... tell him to let my pet bird out, stretch its wings a bit" he exhaled, blowing smoke all over your screen.
-TIME BREAK-
Back at Yokai Academy...
Hearing the scream (and giving a mental groan), Ben and Moka looked right at the door. Ben let go of Moka, and barged into the room, watch at the ready. "IT'S ADORABLE!" Screamed one of the girls, it was impossible to tell who it originated from. In a circle: Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore, Ruby and surprisingly Kokoa; stood around something. Wanting to get a better look, Ben approached and noticed a bird-like creature the ladies fawned over. It was mostly red and orange; and its beak and legs were bright yellow. It looked almost like a parakeet, but was the size of a burrow owl. In the corner of the room on a pile of newspapers, were remains of a shell, which was colored red with yellow spots... that was most likely its egg. What exactly WAS this creature but the better question was: WHY was it here and more importantly, WHERE did it come from?
"KAW!" Called out the tiny bird, which the girls surrounding it giggled and went: awwwwww. "Weird, my Pokedex app says Rowlet's a green Grass-type, but its as red as Kokoa's panties" said Nosfer-Ben, in another corner looking at... how did he get Ben's phone?! Sneaky bastard. "HEY! Ya gotta catch'em all!" He complained as Ben swiped his phone back... and deleted the pics of the girls' underwear, which he facepalmed at. Honestly, he's worse than Gin sometimes. Thankfully, the girls were too preoccupied to hear either of his comments.
Gwen and Kevin ran in; glowing hands, armored up and all. They heard the scream coming down the way, but seeing as to why it was caused, they powered down. "We got worked up for nothing... again" said Gwen. She's never been as stressed out before transfering here, she didn't know how Ben did it but God bless his soul eternal happiness. "It's our job at this point, isn't it?" Kevin deadpanned. Checking out what the girls where going gaga about, the other Plumber teens approached the circle. Gwen could see WHY they acted this way, the darn little thing was cute, but weren't they going a little overboard with it? "So... what is this thing?" Asked Gwen, curious.
"Don't know, don't care. It's so cute!" Said Yukari, giving it a tight hug, which it did not seem to enjoy very much. Squirming and squawking, the bird-like creature flew over to Ben and landed on his head, snuggling itself in his hair. The monster girls giggled at him, finding the scene cute. "See? They told you you'd be a great mom" Nosfer snickered. "Well, he is a babe magnet" Kevin mumbled to himself, somewhat jealous. To this day, he just couldn't process how Ben got himself a bevy of females so easily.
"Seriously, what is this little guy?" Asked Ben, as curious as Gwen was. "A sparrow, or maybe some kind of owl?" Suggested Kurumu. "Your oddly interested in this, huh?" Said Mizore. "Of course I am, this'll be perfect practice before Ben and I have..." Kurumu said, but didn't get to finish because she got froze by the snow woman. "If anyone gonna practice with childcare, its me" Mizore stated. "Don't those boards ever stop?" Asked Kokoa, to Nosfer-Ben. "2 minutes, 14 seconds" he answered, not looking up from his manga and flipping a page. "Excuse me?" Kokoa asked. "That's usually when Ben gets involved and you-know-who gets out of confinement" Nosfer clarified.
"Ruby, do you know what this creature is?" Asked Moka. "It looks familiar, I think I've seen it in one of Tenmei's books" Ruby said. "Really, you guys have no clue what it is?" Asked Nosfer, finally looking up. "Why, you do?" Asked Ben, the bird in question now on his shoulder like Ben was a pirate. "Moka... the hotter one... she's seen it once when she went to a zoo. It's called a Sunbird, from Shona legend" Nosfer-Ben explained, surprising everyone with his knowledge.
"I don't remember that" said Moka. "You wouldn't. You were 3 years old at the time" said Nosfer-Ben. Everyone just stared at him. "WHAT! I told you I was the embodiment of Ben and both halves of Moka, there's almost nothing I don't already know" he explained, kind of annoyed he had to bring this up again, it was a touchy subject for him. "Almost?" Asked Kevin. "One of the few things I sadly don't know is her training cup size..."
BANG!
Kokoa's leg sailed into the wall Nosfer's head was seconded ago, he ducked of course. "... Oh shit, you ARE wearing red today!" He said to the petite vampire, since he got a nice view. Getting angier, steam visibly came out of her ears as she started to pull her leg out of the wall... wow, she kicked harder than she thought. "While she's... *snorts* pulling her own leg... we need useless commentary, KOU!"
Kou: WEEEEE, finally! Sunbirds as their name implies, are mythical birds based on the rising and falling of the sun. A Goddess named Dzivaguru created them and when another God named Nosenga trapped them in a magic barrier, she declared for every sun he created, droughts would dry up the land. This meaning that the Sunbirds would scatter sometimes and the sun would stay in place for longer periods. They don't appear when its raining, for obvious reasons. In another legend, they are actually baby Phoenixes, but their too young to rise from their ashes if they die. So they feed on sources of heat (older Phoenixes, normally the mother) to sustain themselves till their fully mature, ready to take to the skies and turn up the heat! WEEEEEE!
Ben was starting to take a liking to the baby Sunbird, it seemed happy on his shoulder and the human had to admit, he always wondered what it would be like to have a pet bird. He realized however that he's heard of Shona once. It was actually when he was still learning to speak Japanese from Gwen. Shona was a language spoken in Africa, mostly by Bantu tribes. Why was this little guy so far from home? "Your a long way from home, aren't ya?" Ben asked the bird, petting its head. Of course it wasn't gonna answer back, but it appeared it understood what Ben had said, as it nodded its head. "Well, I'm Ben. This is Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore, Kokoa, Ruby, Gwen, Kevin and... me... more or less" Ben introduced the Sunbird, and it understandably cocked its head to the side, not getting what the human meant by his twin brother was him.
Everyone said hello/hi to the baby Sunbird; only Kevin, Gwen and Nosfer-Ben felt odd about presenting themselves to an animal. "But I wonder how it could have gotten here. The Great Barrier..." Ruby began, but then realized that in a case of 'right place at the right time', its mother might have flown in by accident when the barrier was weakened during the mirror incident, and told this to everyone. "Awwww. Well, where's your mommy, little birdie?" Moka asked the Sunbird sweetly... it nuzzled Ben as its answer.
"First the girls, then the friggian babies, NOW a parakeet? What are ya, the new Cesar Millan?" Nosfer-Ben asked. "Speaking of names, what should we call it?" Asked Yukari. "Your not supposed to name it... once you name it, you get attached to it" said Nosfer. "We named you, didn't we?" Ben asked dryly. Nosfer-Ben's mouth opened, but he just pouted and shut up. "Any ideas?" Ben continued. "Why is it called a Sunbird anyway? Looks normal too me" said Kokoa. A second after she asked this, a blackbird flew onto the open windowsill and chirped: good morning. The Sunbird was startled and cawed a stream of flames in the direction of the sound... the blackbird got roasted, looking very much like chicken. "TTTTTTThat's why" said Nosfer-Ben, slowly pointing.
-TIME BREAK-
A) Polly (if male) or Polyester (if female). Suggested by/votes: Kurumu and Yukari.
B) Ash (if male) or Ashley (if female). Suggested by/votes: Kou.
C) Smokey. Suggested by/votes: Nosfer-Ben, Ben and Kevin.
D) Sunshine or Sunny. Suggested by/votes: Nosfer-Ben and Ruby.
E) Tweety. Suggested by/votes: Kokoa, Nosfer-Ben, Mizore, Gin.
F) Mango. Suggested by/votes: Moka, Kokoa and Gwen.
G) Pepper (only if female). Suggested by/votes: Nosfer-Ben, Kurumu, Yukari, Gwen and Kevin.
H) Kiwi. Suggested by/votes: Ben, Nosfer-Ben, Moka, Kurumu, Mizore and Gwen.
I) Aaden (if male) or Aagney (if female). Suggested by/votes: Kou, Ben, Gin, Kevin, Nosfer-Ben.
J) Little Bastard. Suggested by/votes: Inner Moka and Nosfer-Ben.
K) Abiz, Ablaze or Blaze. Suggested by/votes: Deshiko and Miss Nekonome.
L) Barbeque. Suggested by/votes: Kevin and Nosfer-Ben.
M) Charcoal. Suggested by/votes: Deshiko, Gwen and Kou.
N) Amber (only if female) or Ember. Suggested by/votes: Moka, Inner Moka, Ben, Nosfer-Ben, Kurumu and Ruby.
O) Pyrus (only if male) or Pyrrhus (only if male). Suggested by/votes: Miss Nekonome, Gin and Kou.
P) Rivin. Suggested by/votes: Gwen, Yukari, Ruby, Deshiko, Ben, Kokoa, Moka and Ruby.
Q) Shararah, Sharah or Shahra. Suggested by/votes: Miss Nekonome, Nosfer-Ben, Mizore, Kokoa, Inner Moka and Yukari.
R) Ignatius. Suggested by/votes: Ben, Gwen, Nosfer-Ben, Kou, Ruby, Inner Moka and Moka.
S) Joash/Josh (only if male). Suggested by/votes: Nosfer-Ben.
This was a list that the group made for the Sunbird's name... there was no definitive winner however. They tried pulling names out of a hat, but a wind blew from the still open window, stopping the process. Next was a bingo cage, but the handle snapped off. Then the group read the list of of names too the Sunbird... some of the names it didn't like, and it burned or pecked at the paper in frustration. Ben had everyone use index cards instead, so whichever one the bird destroyed wouldn't be used. This lowered the choices to the following:
A) Sunshine or Sunny
B) Aaden
C) Little Bastard (Ben thought: ... WHY?!)
D) Ember
E) Rivin
F) Ignatius
With these, it was clear that the Sunbird was a boy, but which name to choose? "Don't worry, I have an idea... its foolproof" said Nosfer-Ben.
-TIME BREAK-
A white sign with the words "Newspaper Club" and a picture of a bird strikingly identical to the Sunbird was... zooming out? "T-shirts? We're giving out T-shirts?" Asked Ben, who was wearing one of them. He had to admit, it was more comfortable than wearing the uniform, but he felt silly with this on... despite the sounds of glee from females. "It's perfect, isn't it? We sell merch alongside news, have them enter a polling booth for a mascot, BOOM! Name decided... AND funds to spoil, its a win-win!" Said Nosfer-Ben, explaining his foolproof plan. "Did we REALLY need the shirts?" Asked Ben. Nosfer just pointed his thumb to where the female club members were... and with the line forming, it speaks for itself.
Every female club member was wearing one. While each of them wore smiles for the sake of the campaign, some of them felt strange. Kurumu, Yukari, Ruby, Deshiko and Miss Nekonome were fine with it; in fact they really got into it. Kokoa was ready to kill someone, Moka was a little shy as always, Mizore was cold (figuratively and literally) and every ounce of Gwen was trying very hard to not walk to a changing room. How girls could flaunt themselves like this and be ok with it, she just didn't know. It didn't help that the women sized T-shirts were tight-fitting, showing a LOT. Kevin, who again refused to wear uniform, was standing near a birdcage with the Sunbird. Hanging below it was a "No touchy, just looky" sign, and Kevin was guarding it; since it wasn't just the female Newspaper Club that was affected by the Sunbirds beauty.
The Sunbird of course, didn't like this at all, and would constantly squawk in Ben's direction as if it was saying: "Moooooooom! Get me outta here!"
It was actually for a good reason, as storm clouds started bunching up... funny, there were no storms in the weather forecast. While some students (10% of them) were doing the smart thing and heading for shelter, the majority (90% of them) stayed. They had hearts in their eyes... and chanted something about a wet T-shirt contest... like hell Ben would let that happen, especially when 3 participants (4 counting the newest addition) can't get wet. That didn't mean the idea didn't catch Ben's attention... what can he say, he's a guy. Kurumu made matters worse but actually ANNOUNCING one would take place! Whether it was because she was a trooper (doubtful, unless she gets something), wanted to show off or try to prove something to Ben (which was most likely); he didn't know.
Mizore and Ruby were getting in on it too?! Ugh, can't he catch a break?! Ben gently grabbed Moka's and Kokoa's arms, getting them away from prying eyes. The redhead was about to snap at him, but the insult wouldn't leave her lips. So what Ben was shielding them from those perverts... and caring enough to get them away before a possible downpour... and has a manly yet gentle grip... UGH! Why was she thinking this way?! Maybe she was hungry again? Yeah, they didn't have lunch yet, so that was definitely it... right?
Just then, the Sunbird was thrashing around its cage, kinda like Six from Little Nightmares when she escaped Roger the Janitor. Squawking like a madman, he broke out of the birdcage a zipped over to Ben and the 2 vampire females he was escorting. Pulling on Ben's Omnitrix, he flapped his wings as if trying to lift Ben out of harm's way.
Moka: Ben!
Kokoa: Get off him, birdbrain!
Ben: Ow, ow, ow! Hey, what are ya...?
ZAP! CRASH!
HOLY SHIT! Where'd that lightning bolt come from?
?: RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWK!
The battle is up next. Now for those who don't know what going on (if you haven't read the Rosario+Vampire manga) from the first couple of paragraphs, I'll be nice and tell ya so you don't need to web search it. Fairy Tale is basically the equivalent of Isis and Osama bin Laden combined, they are a bloodthirsty terrorist organization that despise humans and hate Yokai Academy for even thinking of trying to coexist with them. However, Fairy tale won't be directly involved until much later, we still have the monstrels' to worry about.