Chapter 3: Have Time Will Travel Part 1

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Chapter 3: Have Time, Will Travel Part 1

Everyone stared at Ben. To them, what he just said was about the same as him declaring he was going to solve the world's hunger problem.

Lilynette stared at him in amazement. "Turn them all...into Arrancar?" .

Everyone, or mostly everyone, jumped when they heard laughing. They turned their heads and saw that Yoruichi was the one laughing.

"Ben," She said to him once her laughing died down. "That has got to be the craziest, most ridiculous, most absolutely impossible plan I have ever heard of." But then she grinned. "I like it."

"And how do you intend to do this?" Ulquiorra questioned Ben. "Aizen was only able to accomplish such a thing with the Hogyoku. And it required his vast amount of spiritual power to do so. Of course, you could easily accomplish this, and without the Hogyoku, if you simply turned into Alien X."

Many of the Arrancar, and the Hollows, got excited at this. They heard of this powerful being that had beaten Aizen like a ragdoll. They were all eager to see the powerful Alien X in all his glory.

Ben cringed. "Oh." He frowned. "Using Alien X would be a good idea, but I don't know if I can get Serena and Bellicus to agree with me on that."

"No problem, Ben," Yoruichi reassured him kindly. "Kisuke has the Hogyoku, remember? And he'd be more than willing to help you in your plan."

"Would Soul Society let him do it?" Starrk asked her.

Yoruichi's grin became Chesire-like. "He's been going behind Soul Society's back for years. This will be just another day for him."

"But you need a high amount of spiritual power," Kevin reminded everyone. "No offense but Aizen still had that in his favor."

Yoruichi nodded. "Yeah. Aizen's spiritual power was strong. But that was required to bypass the Hogyoku awakening. I'm quite certain that Kisuke can find a way to wake it up by now."

"Personally I wouldn't be surprised," Ulquiorra commented. "Of all the Shinigami, Urahara Kisuke was the one who Aizen respected the most."

"With Ben and Kisuke working together," Yoruichi explained. "I'm quite certain that Ben's plan for turning all the Hollows into Arrancar can actually be pulled off."

Just then the Hollows all gathered began giving out cheers and praises for Ben.

"Did you hear that?" One Hollow cried. "The great Ben-sama is going to grant us all the state of Arrancar! We shall obtain power like we have only dreamed of. See how Ben-sama rewards those who are loyal to him!"

Ben made a face as the Hollows cheered wildly.

"Seriously," Kevin whispered to Yoruichi. "I thought Hollows were supposed to be cold blooded killers. What's up with these guys?"

"They must be the underdogs who came crawling for someone other than Aizen to protect them," Yoruichi answered him. "But considering that Ben's the one who defeated Aizen, I bet everyone in Hueco Mundo is scared of him."

Ben snorted, having overheard them. "Not Grimmjow. I'm still aching from our last fight."

Gwen cringed. "Yeah. I forgot about him. Something tells me he's not gonna like all these Hollows wanting Ben to be their king."

"Grimmjow Jagerjaques has gone off on his own," One Hollow said. "Of course, wherever he goes, all other Hollows make sure to stay out of his way. Nobody wants to mess with him."

"Well," Mila Rose said. "I suppose with so many of the Espada over here, Grimmjow is the most powerful Arrancar in Hueco Mundo."

"But it doesn't matter," Another Hollow said. "He's no match for Ben-sama, so even if he tries to pull something, it will only end in his agonizing defeat."

"These guys are broken records," Lilynette muttered.

"Well," Ben told her. "At least we have something to work with."

"It's a good plan, Ben. But I think you have something else you need to worry about."

Everyone turned their heads to see Gin standing there in normal clothes. That smile on his face. "Hey, everybody."

"Gin!" Ben said with a smile. "What are you doing here?"

This really got the attention of the Hollows present. Even though Ben was the one who defeated Aizen, Gin was said to be the one that finished him off. Yoruichi frowned. Sure Gin had finally gotten rid of Aizen but that still didn't make her willing to trust him.

"What are you doing here, Gin?" Nelliel asked curiously. "I thought you were traveling with Paradox."

"I am," Gin said pleasantly. "And that guy's got a great sense of humor."

"So what brings you here?" Starrk asked. Even though Gin was revealed to be against Aizen all along, he was still wary around the guy.

"I have a message from Paradox for you," Gin said, pulling a folded up piece of paper from his pocket.

"From Paradox?" Apacci asked. "Why didn't he give it to Ben in person?"

"He can't step foot in Los Soledad," Ben explained to her. "He's constantly time traveled here and he said it makes the time continuum in the area paper thin."

"Bingo," Gin replied slyly. "He had to bring me a good distance away from here. And since I'm in a gigai, I had to walk here. My feet are killing me." He handed Ben the piece of paper and sat down, that grin still on his face.

"So, Ben," Kevin spoke as Ben began unfolding the piece of paper. "What does Paradox have to say?"

"Dear Ben," Ben read aloud. "I need to talk to you about a very important matter. With the space-time continuum being so paper thin in Los Soledad, there is a slight chance of a time anomaly taking place any day now. It is imperative to make sure the continuum is fixed. As I am unable to step foot in Los Soledad anymore, I would really appreciate you doing it in my place. Such a thing would be rather simple for Clockwork to do and I am quite certain you can do it. Good luck, Ben. Sincerely, Paradox."

"That's it?" Kevin asked skeptically. "Nothing Paradox does is this simple. There's got to be more to do it."

"I have to admit that Kevin has a point," Gwen admitted "Why is Paradox asking you now of all times to do this? Something's fishy, Ben."

Ben frowned. "No kidding." He looked at Gin. "Alright, Gin. What's Paradox planning?"

Gin still smiled. "Sorry, Ben but I'm just as lost as you are. That Paradox is better at hiding things than me."

Ulquiorra frowned at him. "You have successfully managed to fool everyone, including Aizen, that you were on his side, only to reveal that you intended to kill him all along. Someone like you would not be able to fool easily, even it was Paradox."

Ben remembered Paradox keeping him in the dark about this whole war between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo. But he had to admit that Paradox had good intentions and everything turned out fine. He would just have to take a leap of faith for this one.

"Guess I might as well." He said as he activated the Ultimatrix. He scrolled to the alien he needed and slammed the dial down. In a flash of green light, he had transformed.

"CLOCKWORK!" the alien cried in a German accent.

Everyone gathered around this brand new alien. He looked like a some sort of golden robot, made up of brass colored material. His chest had a translucent window on his chest, revealing gears on his chest. The strange protrusion on his head gave him an like appearance an Aztec idol. On its chest was the Ultimatrix symbol.

"This is one of the aliens I discovered over the summer," Clockwork explained as he looked at himself.

"So you have an alien with time powers?" Apacci asked. "That would have been helpful against Baraggan, you know."

"Don't I know it," Clockwork muttered, wishing he could have seen the look on that old fart's face if he learned that he had time powers too.

"Hey!" Dondochokka said. "This guy's gotta come in real handy, don't cha know?"

"Yeah," Pesche agreed. "He could go anywhere in time he wants. I've always wanted to know what it's like to travel through time!"

Baraggan's Fraccion looked at Ben in shock, awe...and fear. Time had always been the power that Baraggan prided himself on. To know that Ben had this kind of power all along scared them and caused them to respect him a little more.

Except Vega. In his mind, it was the Ultimatrix, not Ben, that was the power. Without that powerful device, Ben was nothing.

But the Hollows all looked at Ben with great awe. The fact that Ben had a form that could rival Baraggan just increased their already high worship of him.

Nelliel noticed Harribel was looking at Clockwork with a strange expression on her face. "Tier?" She asked her friend. "You okay?"

Harribel snapped out of her stupor. "What?"

"Are you okay? You were staring at Ben really weird," Nelliel replied.

"I'm...fine," Harribel said and spoke no more. She looked at Clockwork with her usual level headedness. But in her mind, Harribel was buffled.

Something about that creature. Why does it look so familiar to me? I have never seen Ben turn into that creature before nor have I ever met any others like it. But still...this nagging feeling in my mind.

"So," Clockwork said as he looked at the others. "...How exactly do I fix the space time continuum?"

That brought a look from everyone. They all shared a look with each other. How exactly was Ben supposed to fix this problem? Paradox didn't tell him how. But then again, Paradox didn't always give him specific instructions about what he needed to do.

"This is tricky," Gwen admitted.

"I guess he just needs to win it," Kevin suggested. "Ben does most of his good stuff by accident."

Clockwork looked at Kevin. If his face could move, everyone figured he would be frowning right now.

"Alright," Clockwork announced as he readied himself. "Here goes nothing." With that, Clockwork began focusing his powers. The dial like object on his head began spinning and emitting green energy.

"Ben..." Gwen nervously called to her cousin. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"I have absolutely no clue!" Clockwork called back, hoping that he was doing the right thing. He pondered about what he needed to do as he thought about Clockwork's powers. He could travel through time, though Ben had never actually used that ability. He could look into the past to see what had happened without time traveling. And he could shoot green beams that had the power to age things into dust. Well, maybe he could the opposite with his powers and restore things to a younger state. Just like how Paradox was able to revert Kevin back to a younger age and when he fully restored Ulquiorra.

I hope this works. He thought to himself. With no other way to do but to do it, Clockwork focused his power on restoring things to a previous state.

But then something went wrong. Clockwork found his body being engulfed with green light.

Everyone's eyes widened as they saw this happen. But it was surprisingly Redder who spoke what everyone was thinking. "Something tells me he's not supposed to be doing that."

"Ben," Sung-Sun spoke up. "I think it's best if you stop right now."

"I...I'm trying!" Clockwork cried out. "But I...can't...move."

"Hold on, Ben!" Nelliel tried to encourage him but failed to hide the nervousness in her voice. "We'll think of something."

"What exactly do you propose we do?" Kevin asked her.

"We've got to do something!" Lilynette cried out.

"Look," Kevin said to her. "I want to help Ben but last time I went up against something with time powers, I got aged into an old man. And I don't think Paradox is gonna be here to de-age anyone this time."

"But what's going on?" Yoruichi asked. "Why is this happening?"

"It must be because of how thin the time space continuum is," Gwen theorized. "Clockwork attempting to use his time powers must have been the last thing it needed to set it off."

"But what's going to happen?" Findor asked her.

"I don't know," Gwen admitted. "And I don't think I want to know."

"What about me?" Clockwork yelled at them as the green light around his body began glowing brighter.

The others all looked at each other. They wanted to help Ben but they had no idea what to do.

Suddenly the green light expanded into a blinding flash. Everyone was forced to shield their eyes due to the brightness.

"Guuuuuuuuuys!" They heard Ben scream.

"Ben, hang on!" Kevin called to him but was unable to do anything because the light was so bright.

"Hellllllllllp!" Ben shouted. Suddenly his voice began getting fainter, as if there was a distance between him and the group. Everyone wanted to see what had happened but the bright light was still shinning in their eyes.

When the light finally faded, everyone was able to open their eyes. Everything was the same except for one thing...

"Where's Ben?" Lilynette asked, looking around. "Where'd he go?"

"Ben-sama?" One Hollow asked. They all began looking around.

"What do you think happened?" Kevin asked Gwen.

"I don't know," Gwen answered shakily. She began focusing her power to track Ben's mana. Pretty effective since nobody was no capable of sensing spiritual energy at the moment. "I can't sense him anywhere."

"You don't think...he got erased from existence do you?" Redder asked nervously. But he was greeted with many pairs of death glares.

"Don't even joke about that." Kevin threatened. While he didn't always show it, Ben was the closest thing he had to a brother.

Apacci ran forward and grabbed Gin by the sleeve. "Did Paradox know this would happen?" She demanded. "If anything's happened to Ben, I'm gonna kill that stupid professor!"

"Apacci, calm down," Mila Rose said. "Getting mad won't bring Ben back." She walked over to Gin. "But I agree. Ben's fate is on Paradox's hands and if anything bad's happened to him. We will gladly make sure that Paradox suffers for it."

Normally Sung-Sun would reprimand her comrades for her tendencies but she did agree with them. Paradox was the one who wanted Ben to fix this time space-continuum problem and now something had happened to him.

But then Harribel suddenly grabbed her head. Instantly her three Fraccion were at her side.

"Harribel-sama!" Sung-Sun gently touched her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Harribel was trembling badly and her Fraccion looked at each other confused and helpless.

"I..." Harribel said in a low whisper that her Fraccion strain to hear.

"What is it, Harribel-sama?" Mila Rose urged. "What's wrong?"

"I...I'm...re...remembering..." Harribel replied weakly.

"Remembering what?" Sung-Sun asked. "What is you're remembering Harribel-sama?"

But suddenly Harribel collapsed to the ground.

"Harribel-sama!" Apacci panicked. She looked over at Gwen. "What's wrong with her?"

Gwen bent down next to Harribel and checked her pulse. "Her pulse is normal." She brought her head to Harribel's mouth and could hear her breathing. "She seems fine. I don't know what happened."

Sung-Sun, Mila Rose, and Apacci all looked at Harribel in concern and worry.

Pesche looked at Nelliel. "First Ben, now Harribel. What next?"

Dondochakka flipped out. "Don't say that. Whenever someone says that, things get worse, don'tcha know?"

Pesche quickly covered his mouth. "Oops. Sorry. I didn't mean to."

Yoruichi looked at the whole scene sadly. "And this day was starting out good too." She looked over at Gin, who was looking with a smile on his face. She frowned. "You seem to be enjoying this."

"Only because I know that everything's going to work out in the end." Gin replied, causing Yoruichi to furrow her brow at him.

"So you do know what's going on?"

"Haven't a clue," Gin shrugged. "But I do know this. There's no way Ben would be taken out just like that. It's too...simple."

"You call possibly getting erased from existence simple?"

"Well, after all the things Ben's faced," Gin said. "For him to get written off by something like that would be too...anticlimactic."

Yoruichi looked over at the scene in front of her. The majority were helping the unconscious Harribel while Ulquiorra walked over to the Hollows.

"Return to Hueco Mundo," he ordered them. "When Ben returns, then you may present your desires for him to rule over you."

"Who are you to order us around?" demanded one bold Hollow. "You do not command us."

"This is true," Ulquiorra conceded. "But I am still more powerful than any of you. I was the fourth Espada in Aizen's army. Do any of you truly believe that you have the power to stand against me?"

The Hollows instantly realized how right Ulquiorra was. They were all low level Hollows while Ulquiorra was a powerful Arrancar. And without Ben to stick up for them, Ulquiorra would probably kill them all without so much as a second glance. Plus, there was plenty of other powerful Arrancar right there and the Hollows knew they didn't stand a chance.

"Very well," One Hollow said. "We'll be back once Ben-sama has returned from wherever he has gone."

They opened a portal to Hueco Mundo and began to into it. Soon, the last Hollow left.

"Good riddance," Kevin left out a sigh of relief. "Hollows are the last thing Bellwood needs."

"I'm glad they're gone too, but what about Ben and Harribel?" Gwen pointed out.

"Paradox must have known this would happen," Ulquiorra spoke, drawing everyone's attention over to him. "I am certain that Ben is somewhere, but whether or not he is in capable conditions, I do not know. As for Harribel, I cannot say for sure."

"She said she remembered something," Starrk said. "I wonder what could it be."

"We'll have to ask her once she has regained consciousness," Ulquiorra told him.

"I hope Ben will be alright," Charlotte said sadly. "Harribel too."

"How do we explain this to his parents?" Kevin asked. "We can't exactly tell them that Ben vanished into thin air while trying to fix time and space."

"We'll think of something," Gwen assured him. "Right now, let's find someplace for lay Harribel down at. Charlotte, Redder. Give me a hand."

"Sure, sure." The two picked Harribel up. "Where do we put her, Gwen?"

"There's got to be a medical building around here," Gwen said as she looked around the base. "We'll put her there for now."

The two nodded and followed Gwen as she looked around for the medical building. Apacci, Mila Rose, and Sung-Sun went after them. Starrk and Lilynette exchanged looks with each other and headed in the same direction. Kevin walked over to Ulquiorra to come back.

"Do you really think Ben will come back?"

"After what I have seen from watching Ben and Ichigo," Ulquiorra replied. "I don't think death itself could stop either of them. Ben will return to us." And he went to follow after Gwen and the others.

"I hope you're right," Kevin said to himself as he looked up into the sky. "Be safe, Ben."

The first thing Ben realized was that he was normal again. Two, he realized he was in the air. Three...he was falling.

But Ben had no time to activate the Ultimatrix and choose one of his flying forms as he already hit the ground. Apparently he hadn't been very high in the air. He noticed that the ground he had felt didn't feel like the ground of Los Soledad. It felt like...

"Sand?" He inquired. He sat up and looked at the ground. Sure enough, he was sitting on a massive heap of sand. A very familiar heap of sand. Instantly Ben was up on his feet, looking around. His jaw dropped.

"I'm back in Hueco Mundo?" He groaned.

Sure enough, Ben was back at Hueco Mundo. And in an area he had never been before apparently. Los Noches was nowhere to be seen, which was weird given its size. Not only that, but there were mountains and large bodies of rocks all over the place.

"Okay...how does using Clockwork take me here? I thought he took me through time, not dimensions." Ben was truly confused about it. But then, maybe it was possible. Since Clockwork could travel through time, there might be a chance that he could travel through space as well. That could certainly come in handy.

"But I need to get back," Ben said, reaching for the Ultimatrix. Just as he was about to pop out the dial, he heard a sound coming closer to where he was. It sounded like...galloping. Curiosity getting the better of him, Ben went to see what was making the noise. He saw a strange hollow that looked like a cross between a deer and a unicorn with large antlers. It had grey skin with a brown coat of fur covering the back half of its running from something. He was wondering what it was running from until he saw the huge sand cloud following it. As much as Ben wanted to get back home, he could just sit by and let this Hollow get eaten by another.

The deer like Hollow leaped into a gorge but found itself with nowhere else to run. Suddenly its pursuer burst out of the rocks. It was a freakish hollow with a lower body like that of a worm, a long, thin upper body with many arms, and a horse like face. The deer Hollow responded by shooting a bala at it, but the attack didn't even leave a scorch mark. The bigger Hollow chuckled.

"This is it," he said. "There is nowhere for you to run."

"Hey, ugly!"

Both Hollows turned to the direction of the voice. Both were shocked to see Ben standing on the edge of the gorge.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size!"

"A human?" The deer like Hollow asked. "In Hueco Mundo?"

"Heh," The bigger Hollow loomed over at Ben. "I don't know how a human got here, but I'll gladly enjoy having you for my next meal."

"Yeah," Ben said as he tried to activate the Ultimatrix. "Well let's see how you like a taste of Way Big!" But the Ultimatrix dial wouldn't bop out. "Uh...hello. Kind of need you to work right now!"

The deer hollow and the worm horse hollow were confused by what Ben was trying to do.

"Whatever it is you were hoping to achieve, human," the worm hollow said as he started walking over to Ben. "It seems you can't do it. You'll make a lovely appetizer to this meal." He indicated the other Hollow with his head.

Ben looked at the Hollow nervously. "I could really use some help right about now."

Just then there was a slight shift among the rocks on the other side. Ben and the two Hollows turned their heads to a smaller, but more human looking creature standing there.

"Who's there?" The large Hollow shouted.

The figure did a flip into the gorge and stood facing the larger Hollow.

"Well, what do you want?" The Hollow demanded. The smaller one didn't say anything. "Well, aren't you a tiny thing. If you want to die, I'll gladly eat you first!" He started charging. But then the more human looking Hollow suddenly used Sonido. In the blink of an eye, the large Hollow was split right down the middle. Ben and the deer hollow both looked with wide eyes amazement. And it personally made Ben glad that none of his Arrancar enemies had ever used such a technique on him.

"You...can't be..." The Hollow said said weakly before he hit the ground.

The smaller Hollow appeared behind him and turned to face Ben and the deer Hollow. And it was here that Ben felt as if time stopped.

The Hollow before him was female. That was obvious. Her body had gill like markings and shoulder spikes. Running from her back was some sort of white extension with a dorsal fin attached to it.

But that wasn't what surprised Ben. No. He saw her short, blonde hair and the gigantic sword that completely covered her right arm. Her green beautiful eyes, blonde eyelashes, the way her jaw was completely covered up. There was only one person he knew like that.

"Tier?" He asked aloud. The Shark woman looked up in his direction and without warning, leaped right at him. Before Ben could do anything, she was right in front of him and raised her sword right to his face.

"Who are you, human?" She asked. It was Harribel. That was her voice. Albeit a lot colder than he remembered. "And how do you know my name?"

Ben realized what had happened. Somehow, when he tried using Clockwork to Los Soledad, he not only got blasted to Hueco Mundo, he got blasted to Hueco Mundo in the past. And right now, one of the women he cared about was ready to shish kabob him.

"It's...kinda hard to explain," Ben replied, grinning nervously at the sword in front of him.

End of Chapter.

By the way, the Hogyoku has granted Ben his aliens abilities, but I think I'll make it that the Hogyoku also amplified his aliens' powers. That way, that break down sphere doesn't render Ben's transformations to his aliens useless. Hopefully this works.

That explained why Ultimate Humungousaur grew in battle against Yammy in Volume I.