Chapter 29 The Final Strike

It's been three days since the incident with Diadora and Shalba, and Izzy would still not wake up. Ben would constantly check up on her to see her lying peacefully on the bed with her left hand that morphed to look like a dragons hand that resembled her boosted gear. Sometimes he would even lay his head on the edge of the bed and sleep the whole night from waiting for so long.

Sometimes the girls would offer to take a turn on watching her, but Ben would refuse as he was too worried that it made him sick to his stomach. The girls were worried about Izzy of course, but Ben slept more rarely as the days went by. No one knew what to do until Azazel appeared to give a helping hand.

"No change with Izzy's condition yet?" Azazel asked.

"No, and I'm starting to worry about Ben, he hasn't eaten and he doesn't sleep anymore." Rias explained.

"The kid's feelings are way too strong for his own good, but that's Ben for you." Azazel said.

"What is it that your here for?" Gabriel asked.

"I have some news from hell, but first, I thought I would help with the Red Dragon Empress." Azazel answered.

"What can you do to help?" Raynare asked.

"It's not what I can do, if my theory is correct, it's what Ben can do." Azazel said. Everyone didn't know what he meant, but they let Azazel into Izzy's room to get a look at her. He walked in and saw Ben with his head on the bed resting. Azazel gave a sympathetic before beginning to speak.

"I need to speak with you, Red Dragon." Azazel said. The gem on Izzy's arm glowed.

"What is it that the governor of the fallen angels want from me?" Draig answered his summons

"I want to ask you about Izzy's condition, and the form that she took on when Ben disappeared."

"My partner's anger and despair reached beyond its limits and she activated a forbidden form called Juggernaut Drive, but this time it was different. I felt sad for my partner and I gave her an excess amount of my power to defeat Shalba, but once again I let my emotions lead me to be a fool as I gave her too much causing her to become more dragon than a devil, it was a good thing that the boy helped break her out of the loop or we would have lost her forever." Draig explained.

"So what you're saying is that she has too much of your DNA in her own physical body." Azazel guessed.

"That would be the case, yes." Draig said.

"Okay, thank you for your time." Azazel said and the gem's glow died. Azazel shook Ben and he slowly began to open his eyes.

"Azazel? What are you doing here?" Ben asked.

"I'm here to tell you that you can wake up Izzy." Azazel answered.

"Really? Please tell me!" Ben said anxiously.

"Calm down, Izzy had too much power when she activated her Juggernaut Drive and too much of Draig's DNA was left behind, resulting in her dragon arm." Azazel said. "Her body can't comprehend the dragon's DNA mixed with her's, which is where you come in." He finished. Ben nodded as he knew what to do.

"Let's get started." Ben said as he looked at the omnitrix.

"Hold it Ben, your dealing with a dragon's DNA, it's risky." Azazel said.

"I've done this before, Red Devil, Rath, and not to mention Feedback." Ben said.

"Red was from your evil piece, Rath and Feedback were acquired because your enemies had similar properties, but your acquiring Draig's DNA directly, I don't know the effects or what it will do to the omnitrix." Azazel warned.

"Thank Azazel, but you know me, I'm all about risk." Ben said. Azazel nodded and left the room. Ben walked to the other side of Izzy's bed to see her dragon arm. Ben placed his hand on her arm and the omnitrix began to blink yellow. The omnitrix opened its dial and a green glow began to engulf the two and light the entire room. Ben felt the resistance but he kept trying to extract the dragon's DNA.

'Izzy, come back to me!' Ben hoped and the glow died. Ben looked and saw Izzy's arm turn back to normal.

Izzy began to stir, she sat up and looked around to realize that she was in her room. When she saw Ben he dove into her and hugged her as tight as he could.

"Ben? Am I actually awake?" Izzy asked.

"I'm so happy, I was so worried that you would never wake up!" Ben cried.

"I told you, it takes more than that to get rid of me." Izzy said with a smile, she pets Ben's hair as he cried with relief. Everyone else was watching from the door relieved to see that Izzy was awake. They all stepped in and give their usual hugs of relief before returning to the living room to see Azazel and Sirzechs waiting for them.

"Brother, what brings you here?" Rias asked.

"Bad news I'm afraid, Loki and Zeus escaped from our custody and are back out roaming free." Sirzechs said.

"When can you give us good news?" Ben asked.

"Ben, this is serious, if they both escaped, that means they might be after you." Rossweisse said.

"It's okay Rose, I just need to go hero and kick some ass." Ben said.

"And how did that go the last few times you've battled." Hades said. Ben was surprised but realized that he wasn't doing really well with holding his own against the brigade.

"That is another problem, it's not that Ben isn't capable, but our spies tell us that Ben is their top priority now, and that means that all factions will be gunning for him." Azazel said.

"Okay, but don't expect me to run and hide." Ben said before his omnitrix went off, summoning him to his plumbers outpost in the basement. He ran down and saw on the screen that there was a massacre happening right in the middle of town, and the forever knights were behind it. He ran out of his secret entrance leaving everyone behind. Azazel sighed.

"He just can't keep his head down." He said. Rias sighed and rubbed her temples while Sirzechs gave a gentle smile.

In the middle of the street, people were running away as the forever knights were shooting tires and cars, causing explosions leaving people hurt. Ben was in a nearby alley witnessing the event.

"You want a massacre? I'll give you one!" Ben said before slamming on the omnitrix and turning into Wildmutt. He dashed towards the knights and grabbed one with his jaw and threw him into a building. He hacked and slashed all of them leaving them knocked out. Wildmutt howled and was about to go home until he he was consumed by a purple mist.

Wildmutt sensed that he was someplace different, even though it looked the same as where he was before. In the middle of the street, but the only person there was him, or at least he thought.

Wildmutt heard a whistle and turned before getting hit by some sort of staff and sent flying into a picked himself up off of the floor and roared.

"Fourarms!" He yelled and looked around and saw a man with dark blue hair and a large spear.

"Oh great, another pretty boy that wants to ruin my day." He said.

"Oh, but meeting you makes my day better." The man said.

"Who are you anyways? Or are you just another Brigade lacky?" Fourarms asked.

"My name is Cao Cao, and I'm one of the last members of the Hero faction, after you took on Mount Olympus and killed Hercules." Cao Cao said.

"Oh what an honor, but I'm going to have to cut this greeting short." Fourarms said before grabbing a chunk of the ground and threw it at Cao. The chunk split in half as the Cao only thrusted his spear forward and pierced the earth.

"Is that all you got?" He asked.

"AHH!" Fourarms charged and and began to throw punches but Cao Cao dodged every single one of them and cut Fourarms side. He yelped a bit and jumped back.

"Heatblast!" He yelled and threw fire before emitting a massive explosion, only for Cao to block the fire with the spear.

"Oh come on." He said.

"It's no use, your efforts mean nothing against my sacred gear." Heatblast didn't listen and turned into Stinkfly and spat his snot at him it made a hit and stuck Cao to the ground.

"Rath!" The tiger yelled and took the opportunity and gave Cao a few punches before punching him out of his sticky situation and threw him against a car.

"I'll admit, you're good, but I am better." He said as he disappeared and reappeared right in front of Rath and swiped the back of his spear into his gut and sent him into another car.

"Let me tell you something Cao Cao man, Rath is getting more mad that he can't get you to even flinch!" Rath yelled and charged again.

"When will you learn?" He said before disappearing.

"XLR8!" Rath yelled and disappeared right along with him. Running and clashing at each other until Cao Cao tripped him like the dick he was, making XLR8 crashing into the ground before turning back into Ben. He picked himself up and gave Cao a glare.

"What's wrong? Mad you can't win?" Cao Cao said with a smirk.

"Red Devil!" Ben yelled and began to use his devil magic to Cao Cao who kept swatting it away away with his sacred gear. Red Devil smiled as he summoned a magic circle behind Cao and shot it with all he had. Cao smirked as he sensed the circle from the beginning and did a backflip over the shot and impacting Red. He tried to block as much as he could, but it was too strong to just walk away from. Red turned back into Ben as he laid on the ground, he tried to get back up and get back in the fight, but was pinned to the ground by Cao Cao stepping on him.

"The day has finally arrived, the death of Ben Tennyson that has plagued us for a year, we can finally go forward with our plans." He said.

"My friends will stop you. You have a whole army to face before you get anywhere near to what you want." Ben said.

"We still have a few gods, and we also have the White Dragon Emperor still on our side." Cao Cao said.

"Hehe, we have the Red, and I already know who will win, kill me or not, I made sure that you will lose in the end." Ben said. Cao Cao was about to stab Ben in the heart until he was push off by a dragon shot. Ben went to his feet and saw everyone and Azazel behind him and ready.

"Well look what we have here, it's the fallen angel leader, come looking for your demise also?" Cao asked.

"Enough Cao Cao, it will be a cold day in hell before I let you kill the boy." Azazel said.

"I do believe you especially that I'm out matched, and with that I take my leave." Cao Cao disappeared and everyone was transported back to the real world. Ben wiped the tear of frustration from his eye before anyone noticed.

"He got the drop on me, it was a trap set by Cao Cao." Ben said.

"We watched and saw Wildmutt get taken by the mist and thought that it was to something bigger, so we followed." Azazel said.

"Glad you guys did, Cao Cao is almost untouchable with that spear that he has." Ben said.

The day turned to night and Ben was looking out on the balcony, looking up at the stars once again. Feeling a bit helpless as he hasn't been successful with his battles lately.

"Trying to cheer yourself up?" Hades said behind him.

"I feel like I'm doing something wrong, yeah, I would go in head first, but if I had ghostfreak I wouldn't have a problem, I even hit him with XLR8 and even that didn't work." Ben said, he was obviously frustrated.

"I've trained almost everyday, unless me or someone else was injured, but that's not enough?" Ben asked himself out loud but was then grabbed and pulled into Hades chest.

"Have you ever thought that you need to sit this one out?" Hades asked.

"Not really, but it might be best, but then I think about you guys, and how I failed to keep Izzy safe. Everyone is working hard to fight against the Brigade, and I don't want to let anyone down, which is why I refuse to sit this one out, no matter how hard it gets." Ben said. Hades looked at Ben with a sad smile.

"What is it? Was it something I said?" Ben asked.

"No, I'm just glad you're okay." Hades said before walking away. She made her way to the living room and met up with everyone.

"He made his decision, and there is no way of talking him out of it." Hades said.

"That's Ben for you, but I'm going to feel awful doing this." Rias said.

"Well of course you will, we all feel that way." Izzy said.

"I don't want Ben to go away." Koneko said.

"I know, I don't either." Kuroka agreed.

"But if we love Ben, we have to do this." Aphrodite said.

"If we do this, he will be pissed." Raynare said.

"He doesn't really hold a grudge, you should know that more than all of us." Xenovia said. Raynare couldn't do anything but agree.

"It's what's best for him, even if he doesn't know that." Rossweisse said.

"We can get him when we finish the Chaos Brigade, no matter how long it takes." Irina said.

"Right, and when that happens we are all making moves on him." Akeno said.

"You really can't try to hold yourself back with him can you? Gabriel shook her head.

"Can you blame me? I mean we all think the same thing." Akeno cooed.

"Okay then, we need to call Grandpa Max." Rias said.

Back at the balcony, Ben yawned as he began to feel drowsy after looking at the night sky for too long. He went back inside and was met by Koneko who was had a blank look on her face.

"What's up Koneko, you getting tired too?" Ben asked. She shook her head.

"No, but Michael wanted to meet you in heaven for a moment, he had something that he wanted to ask of you." Koneko said.

"If it will only take a second then I won't mind." He responded and followed Koneko to the living room. Everyone waited for him Ben was confused as they all looked at him with sadness.

"Hey, is everyone okay?" Ben asked.

"We are just worried that Michael will asked for something dangerous." Rias said.

"Hey no worries, I'll be back in a flash." Ben said. He gave his huge smile that everyone loved. Rias almost cried at his smile.

Ben stepped through the portal and was instantly where it lead. He looked around and saw that he wasn't in heaven, he looked up and saw a Mr. Smoothies advertisement above him.

"Bellwood?" He whispered to himself. He turned back to the portal and saw Rias and the others on the other side.

"Rias?" Ben asked. The portal began to close at a rapid pace. Ben tried to run back through it, he called out to them before the portal closed completely.

"What?" Ben said to himself, he didn't believe what just happened. He was back, half way around the world just like that, but that was the least of his problems. He was still in shock when the Rustbucket pulled up and Grandpa Max stepped out.

"Hey there sport, glad you made it here safely." Max said. Ben didn't say anything. He looked up at grandpa and saw the smile on his face.

"You knew about this?" Ben asked.

"Not really, they only told me to take care of you for the time being, dealing with the Chaos Brigade and all, but now that you're here, let's grab a smoothie, I'm sure you want one after being away for so long." Max said. When Ben came to realize, anger rose from the pit of his stomach.

"Want?" Ben said Max turned around in confusion.

"What's wrong Ben?" Max asked.

"I didn't want to come back, they tricked me into coming back and they just left me here!" Ben yelled.

"They didn't just leave you here, they left you with me." Max said.

"That's not the point, I'm supposed to be over there with them against the brigade!" Ben yelled.

"I'm sorry Ben, but I heard about what happened and I think it's best that you stay here until the situation is laid to rest." Grandpa said.

"I can't wait this out Grandpa, I need you to get me back to Japan, I need to help them." Ben said.

"I won't, you might not understand now, but they sent you here for your protection. Don't you understand, that they are terrified of losing you? There have been too many close calls recently and you've sacrificed far too much to save the day." Max said.

"Fine, then I'll get there myself." Ben said before slamming on the omnitrix, nothing happened.

"Sorry, but I agree with your Grandpa." Azmuth said. "Besides, if you die, then they get the omnitrix as well, that I cannot risk." He said.

"Here, take the omnitrix, I don't care, I just want to fight with them, and make sure they're okay." Ben said, his anger turned into sadness mixed with desperation.

"As much as I would like to take it someplace safe, it's better to keep it with you, as long as you stay here." Azmuth said.

"Fine, then I'll turn into Red Devil and fly there." Ben began to cry. He tried to concentrate but nothing was working.

"Sorry, but I implanted a chip that can deactivate any source of Red Devil, or your powers as a devil." Azmuth said.

"You can't do this, I'm powerless now, how can I help them if I'm powerless?" Ben cried.

"I'm sorry, but if that's what it takes for you to give up, then so be it." Azmuth said.

Ben was confused and sad. How everyone was supporting him on what he does, of how much of a hero he became, then it was all gone. No devil powers, no omnitrix, and no friends. He stood up and entered the Rustbucket and sat at the table. Grandpa felt sorry for Ben, he really did, but if it meant keeping Ben alive, then he would do whatever it takes.

'How could I just give up, I can't give up, can I?' Ben thought to himself.

Grandpa thought that a week of camping would do Ben some good to clear his mind, but it seemed that it was a good time for Ben to think. He would leave Grandpa alone and walk through the forest.

Day 1

'Maybe they will come back and get me, they need my help, don't they?'

Day 2

'I know I've had my fair share of losses, but if they are beside me I can do anything, didn't they feel the same thing?'

Day 3

'They're not coming are they? I know they want to protect me, but I wanted to be with them, target on my head or not.'

Day 4

'I guess they're right, I can't protect myself, how could I protect them? Maybe it is better off that I stay here.'

Day 5

'If that's the case there's no reason to go back at all, if they think I'm that weak. If that's the case then they should be fine all on their own.'

Day 6

'I lost my reason to really care, if they missed me they would come, but they don't, they just care about there stupid wars.'

Day 7

'It doesn't matter to me anymore, they can do whatever they want, it doesn't matter to me. If they lose the fight they will regret leaving me here, but that was there mistake, it has nothing to do with me. If this is being a hero than I want nothing to do with it, I tried to get the omnitrix off like I did in Vilgax's ship but the whole thing is on lockdown. Damn, I wasted four years of this bullshit just to be left alone.'

After the seven days Ben stopped caring. About aliens, about the omnitrix, about the brigade, but there was something that he couldn't get over, the people that he loved. He stopped caring about everything else, but he was still mad at them, but he still tried not to care.

Grandpa Max and Ben both finished packing and went back into town to get to the trailer park where Grandpa Max was living from now on.

"By the way, Gwen was going to come by and say hi, so get yourself clean." Grandpa Max said. Ben didn't say anything. He only got up and went to take a shower. He took off his favorite shirt and threw it against the wall. He washed himself and remembered how the girls would barge in while he was in a bath to flirt and tease him. Ben shook his head and turned off the water. He put on a red t shirt and stepped outside and saw Gwen. She looked and saw Ben stepping out. She smiled and waved before giving Ben a hug.

"How's my favorite cousin?" Gwen asked.

"Honestly, fine." Ben said with a straight face.

"Are you sure? Your not looking like your usual self." She said.

"I said I was fine, how are you doing?" Ben asked.

"Awesome, I've been helping Grandpa fight some aliens, and I've been training my powers to do even cooler things, I can even teleport if I wanted too." Gwen said.

"Huh, that's cool." Ben said. The teleporting part caught his attention, but he didn't care enough to read much into it.

"Wow, you seemed enthused, like you back to who you were before." Gwen said.

"Whatever dweeb, love to see you again but I'm taking a walk." Ben said before walking off.

"Grandpa, when did Ben get back to his emo phase?" Gwen whispered to Grandpa.

"He's having a hard time, I think he's starting to lose himself again. He thinks that everyone betrayed him, but in reality they want to protect him, no matter the cost." Grandpa said.

Ben made it out of the trailer park and was walking down a street. He past Mr. Smoothies and kept walking she didn't have the stomach for it. He recognized the street that he was on and kept going down until he stopped at a bare plot of land where him and his family lived. He then had a flashback of running towards his house until it was blown to pieces with his parents still inside. The flashback ended and Ben could only sigh.

Back in Japan, everyone was getting ready for their final assault against the Brigade. With news of Ben missing, the Brigade is taking the opportunity to eliminate all of the faction leaders. With the little amount of faction leaders that they have, they still have more than enough men to raid tenfold, which means Rias and the others were in for a fight. Alongside two other houses they were ready for a fight.

"Rias, their troops are approaching, were waiting for your order." Kiba said.

"Thank you Kiba, are you sure you want to do this again?" Rias asked.

"If this means getting rid of the Brigade, and bringing Ben back home, I won't have it any other way." Kiba answered. Rias nodded. That was on everyone's mind, was making sure that Ben could safely returned home. Aphrodite was right beside Rias and she could help but ask.

"How is he?" Rias asked.

"He is heartbroken, and his mind is clouded." Aphrodite said, her eyes were filled with guilt.

"We'll get him back, once this fight is over." Rias said before looking at her necklace. Aphrodite gave her a nod. Everyone looked at the necklace that Ben gave them, they smiled to themselves until Izzy realized that the enemies were drawing near.

"Rias." Izzy called. She pointed over the ridge and saw thousands of troops marching before stopping.

"Be careful Izzy, don't forget about the White One." Rias reminded. Izzy nodded.

"Let's go Draig, Balance Breaker!" Izzy yelled. She flew up in the sky and began to attack the enemy troops while the others followed to do the same.

Ben could feel a chill down his spine as he began to walk the streets as it began to become dark. The streets became less crowded. He was walking past an alleyway and heard a cry for help before a man yelled.

"Shut up lady, just give me your purse and this will all end okay!" The robber yelled. Ben thought for a moment an entered.

"Sorry, but this isn't the exact town to be robbing random women in alleyways." Ben said. The robber turned around and smiled.

"What's a kid like you doing in a place like this? Turn around and run off to your mommy." He said. He was about to back around until Ben grabbed his shoulder.

"I don't have one." Ben said before punching him in the face and kicked the crap out of the dude. He grabbed the purse and gave it back to the woman.

"Go home." Ben said.

"Thank you." The woman said before running off.

'Huh, it feels good to be a hero.' Ben said before walking out of the alley.

Ben made his way back to the trailer park to see Grandpa standing at the door with his arms crossed. Ben shrugged at his posture.

"What?" Ben asked.

"Where have you been?" Grandpa asked.

"I was out walking." Ben asked.

"Out this late?" Grandpa asked.

"Last time I checked I didn't have a curfew." Ben said.

"I was worried, just don't stay out that long." Grandpa asked. He was about to walk away until Ben spoke up.

"You'll be happy to know that I saved someone." Ben said.

"What happened?" Max asked.

"I stopped a mugging, saved a woman in the alleyway." Ben said.

"Without your powers? Do you know how dangerous that is?" Grandpa asked.

"You and danger, you know who was in danger? Mom and Dad yet no one could anything to save them." Ben said.

"How dare you bring up your mother and father?" Grandpa asked in an angered tone.

"I'm saying that if I could go back in time I would turn into XLR8 and grab them, dangerous or not, powers or not, I still would have tried to get them out of there, and that goes for my friends who are out there risking their lives to keep me safe, why wouldn't I be there for them and have their backs." Ben chewed. Grandpa didn't say anything as bringing up his son wasn't bad enough.

"One thing you taught me Grandpa is to always try, how can I do that when I'm stuck here, and the fight is out there." Ben finished. Grandpa wanted to get mad, but all he could do was laugh. Taking his lessons to heart, even when it was so many years ago, besides Ben had to bring up his parents to make a valid case.

"What are you waiting for, you've come this far, why stop now?" Grandpa asked.

"Awesome, can we head back now?" Ben asked.

"Sure, let's just get the rocket engines warmed up." Grandpa said. Ben jumped in the air in excitement.

Suddenly an alarm began to ring and a message popped revealing Aphrodite. Ben was surprised but was horrified on what she had to say.

"We need plumber help, they have aliens as backups and we are outnumbered. Ben if you can hear this, we need you, please help us." The message ended.

"We need to leave now." Grandpa said.

"We don't have that much time, get Azmuth here and get to Gwen's house." Ben said. Grandpa started driving.

"You said you need me?" Azmuth said.

"Things have gone bed in hell, I need you to activate my powers again." Ben said.

"Sorry, but the answer is no, its too risky for the omnitrix to be out there." Azmuth said.

"Damn it Azmuth, it's not about the omnitrix, my friends lives are at stake, innocents can die, I need you to work with me." Ben said. "Hell, I'll give you the omnitrix back when I'm done, you want it back right?" Ben was trying to cut a deal as fast as he could. Azmuth thought for a second.

"No no, you don't have to do that. I would be stupid to take it away from the only boy that is worthy of it." Azmuth said. With a snap of his fingers the omnitrix lit up and prepared all of Ben's previous transformations.

"Thank you Azmuth." Ben said.

"Just go save your friends." Azmuth said before disappearing.

"Ben we're here." Grandpa said. Ben ran out and knocked on Gwen's door, she opened it and was surprised to see him.

"Sorry for being an ass, I need you to teleport me to hell." Ben said.

"That might be difficult, I'm going to need a lot of magic power for that." Gwen said.

"Easy." Ben said before turning into Red Devil. He held Gwen's hand. She began to chant as magic power began to flow from Red's hand to Gwen's as she finished her incantation a shockwave was felt throughout the room and a portal opened revealing a battlefield with too many troops on the enemy side.

"I'll see you guys later." Ben said.

"Good luck cousin." Gwen said before Ben went through the portal.

The battlefield was so thick with magic energy that you could cut it with a butter knife, the skys were roaring as the field has traded blows from the explosions as the air boomed from each sides attack, but to make matters the main faction alleys were outnumbered, even with the Norse faction used as back up. Ben was teleported above the field and was falling down to the ground ready for action.

"We need to fall back Rias, there army is just too big!" Akeno yelled.

"Did somebody say, 'too big?'" Everyone heard a voice that they knew too well. They all looked up at the sky as a flash of green glowed in the air before a massive alien revealed itself.

"Waybig!" He roared. He then powered up his fin and shot his overpowered laser across that battlefield getting rid of half of the enemy troops in one swoop.

"Nice one Ben." Izzy called out.

"Don't you wish you brought me with?" Waybig said before getting blasted off of his feet and slowly fell flat on his back, luckily just before where everyone was. Waybig changed back into Ben and got up.

"Nice of you to finally join the party." Vali said as he slowly descended from the air.

"I heard that I had the chance to get you well acquainted with my fist, and I knew I just couldn't pass that up." Ben said, he turned into Rath and jumped to grab his armor. Rath tore it with his claws and tried to pull the wings off, but was knocked off by a sudden blast of power. Rath turned back into Ben when he saw Loki, Zeus, Vali, and Cao Cao all here and ready to gang up on Ben.

"This doesn't seem very fair." Ben said.

"Unfortunately, but you really do have to die." Cao Cao said with a smirk.

"Well lucky for me, I have another trick up my sleeve. Ben said. He dialed in his new form that he required after helping Izzy from her coma. He didn't really wasn't to try it, but if Waybig couldn't stop them, he needed to try this one.

He slammed on the dial and the DNA began to travel through Ben's body. He formed red plates around him that were similar to Izzy's balance breaker. He then began to grow wings of a dragon and they were big. He He began to grow all parts that resembled a dragon and he grew a snout that was lined with razor teeth and his eyes glowed green. His body then became as big as Izzy's Juggernaut Drive, and his transformation was complete, revealing a form that was similar to Izzy's Juggernaut, but more human look than a monster.

"Juggernaut!" He roared. Everyone was shocked to see Ben in his new dragon form, and Izzy was mind blown more than anyone else. Vali had a smile on his face thinking that he had another rival to fight, but then grabbed by Juggernaut's jaw. Crushing Vali in between his teeth. The dragon yanked Vali out of his jaw.

"You think your so tough Vali? You hurt my friends and I'll make you regret that you were even born." Juggernaut said in a voice that was similar to Draig's. He was then shocked by lightning by Zeus and then stabbed in the back by Cao Cao.

"If it's one of us, sure, but all four of us, and all your efforts will end in failure." Cao said.

"I could say the same thing." Juggernaut said before Ophis swift kicked Cao Cao off the ground.

The girls and Kiba charged and began their attack against the four. Everyone but Cao Cao was occupied as he dodged everyone of their attacks in order to get to Juggernaut. Cao Cao went in a tried to jab Juggernaut with his spear, but was grabbed and thrown around.

"Hey Cao Cao, you missed!" Juggernaut said. He pulled Cao in and punched him into the ground creating a crater. Cao slowly only to get dragon shot in the face by Juggernaut. He was going into for another punch but Cao jumped out just in time. He swung his spear only to have Juggernaut block it with his extra tough scaly skin. Cao went for one more hit but his weapon was grabbed by the dragon's jaw and ripped from his hands.

Juggernaut threw the spear far away across the battlefield Cao Cao went to go and get it, but was stopped by XLR8.

"Going somewhere?" He said. Before running circles around him, kicking up a storm around Cao. He was stuck in a tight circle and was ched and kicked multiple times before the dirt died down. Cao Cao couldn't find XLR8 until he got multi kicks in the face. He then turned into Fourarms and grabbed him and threw him in the air. He then turned back into Juggernaut again and flew above him power punched him back down to the ground, leaving him unconscious.

"That's how it's done." Ben said after changing back.

"Ben!" Rias yelled as she ran up to him.

"How's everyone else?" He asked.

"Everyone's fine, Izzy took out Vali with ease, and Loki was no problem for us." She said.

"What about Zeus?" Ben asked. Rias pointed up towards the sky. He looked up and saw Ophis and Zeus fighting. With the god of thunder sending strikes towards Ophis, and Ophis dodging with no luck in getting a hit.

"What's better than one dragon? Two." Ben said. He turned back into Juggernaut and flew up to meet Ophis.

"You okay?" He asked. Ophis nodded.

"For a greek god, he is powerful." She said.

"No problem, get on my back." The dragon said. She did as he said and he flew and charged right at Zeus before calling out. "Ophis, NOW!" Juggernaut yelled. Ophis used him as a launch pad and forced a powerful punch onto Zeus. He knelt down as he lost his breath, but they weren't done. Juggernaut boosted his own power, like Izzy's sacred gear, and sent a massive dragon shot in his direction, consuming him until he disappeared. Suddenly dark clouds formed and lightning and thunder was unleashed onto the field.

"Good job." Juggernaut said to Ophis, she nodded with a gentle smile.

They both descended back onto the ground. All of the troops began to retreat, rain began to fall as the thunder clapped in the sky. Everyone was relieved that everything was over, and that the brigade was defeated.

"I'd say that we finally saved the world again, if I do say so myself." Ben said. Everyone smiled as they began to return home.

Ben was behind them and was keeping pace until he was grabbed from behind by Cao Cao and stabbed in the side by a dagger. Ben yelled out in pain, getting everyone's attention. He pushed Cao back before getting kicked in the stomach. Izzy was charging towards them but was stopped by a magic wal that was formed by the now angry warrior.

"Nothing will stop me, I will kill you off, and then rebuild my plans from scratch if I have to." Cao Cao said obviously angered that Ben was still among the living.

"Why go through so much, risk so many innocent lives?" Ben asked.

"After the war that took place years ago, I realized that this world is flawed, what we need is to start anew, and build back from the ground up as a new and more perfect society." Cao Cao explained.

"You know how much of a cult that sounds? Your a maniac, thinking that bringing out the end of the world will make things so much better." Ben said as he was lying on his side trying to get up. Cao Cao grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground. The thunder still clapped and the rain came down heavy as Ben was struggling for his life.

"It's time for you to rest hero." Cao Cao said.

"Sorry, I've been asleep long enough already!" Ben said before summoning a powerful magic circle and blasted it making Cao Cao let go. Ben turned into Red Devil and sent punch after punch. Until Cao Cao jumped back.

"Enough! I will take you out no matter how much of my being I use!" Cao yelled, he formed a magic circle and added as much energy that he could muster into that attack. Red Devil did the exact same thing. He put all of his power into that attack and they both unleashed their power. As their attacks impacted, Red Devil's magic was too powerful for Cao Cao's and it pushed it back. Cao Cao could only stare as the Red's destruction magic consumed his being, leaving nothing behind. Red Devil was left breathing heavy as he did put his all into that one final attack. Red turned back into Ben and collapsed as his stab wounds were bleeding too much, and his energy was lacking to help him stay on his feet.

Rias and the others ran after him after the barrier dissipated. Rias felt Ben's breath and began to do CPR while Kuroka and Aphrodite used their magic to attempt to heal him.

"BEN!" Rias cried.