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Hello, guys, this is MegaRdaniels giving you guys a BRAND NEW CHAPTER, "Ultimate ga Kill!" Throughout my break, I was on Writer's Block thinking on ways on how to make the Twenty-Third chapter work.

Yo, you guys would not believe what happened right, so basically while I was writing this, my computer froze while I was writing this chapter. I did not save it AT ALL. So everything I had written, all 786 words of it were gone. So I was back to square one. It took a few days of reorganizing, but at least I got it done! :3

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XXIII: Kill the Master Warrior

Sheele froze when Swampfire evolved into a being, Ben called as "Ultimates". She watched them fight for a few minutes now and already Ultimate Swampfire was gaining the upper hand (though barely) against Esdeath. She was still worried though that if Esdeath was somehow defeated, she would alarm the Empire, and assuming that Seryu was still alive after that sonic blast, Ultimate Echo Echo delivered would only make matters worse.

Ben had a strict, "no kill" rule. He would only brutalize his opponents rather than kill them outright unless the situation called for it. He almost did it with Kevin, so what was stopping him from killing Esdeath?

Ben's no kill rule only lasts but for so long. He wasn't Batman nor was he Superman. His Grandfather, allegedly, had killed a few alien foes before in his plumber days.

She thinks that the reason that Ben does not want to kill them was that he generally believed that he could rehabilitate them.

At least that's what she thought.

She watched carefully as Ultimate Swampfire continued to fight against Esdeath. She became worried. As time went by, his Ultimatrix dimmed with power. Sheele had been watching Ben for over a half hour. He was barely landing a punch. Esdeath quickly took over and dominated the fight.

Tatsumi, on the other hand, was in an ultimatum. He knew that if he squared off against Esdeath, he and many of his friends would die. All he could do was watch in horror.

~Ben had battled people like her before~ Tatsumi analyzed, ~Had he stayed in that regular Swampfire transformation, he would have stood a chance - only but barely~.

Ultimate Swampfire was thrown to the ground, and was soon enveloped in a green flash, and then another before he was finally transformed back to human. Ben was in excruciating pain. He wounds screamed as they drooled blood from their mouths. He moaned as his bruises echoed in a bottomless chamber.

He tried to get up until Esdeath's boot pierced through his back. He screamed in pain.

"In pain I see. Must be a new concept, am I right?" Esdeath said cooly, waiting for Ben to fight back, "I wonder, what are you going to transform into next?"

Sheele had had enough of this. Just before Ben was able to push her off, Sheele came out from the bushes, jumped in mid air and delivered a powerful butterfly kick to her face, scrunching it like playdoh.

Esdeath spun around and crashed into a pillar. She shook it off and turned to see Sheele helping Ben up.

"Sheele?"

"I'm here, Ben," Sheele said with worry in her eyes, "She held him close, not letting go, "I was so..."

"...worried about your new pet?" Esdeath asked. Sheele loosened her grip and faced the sadist herself. She guarded Ben, blocking Esdeath's visage. Ben checked the status of his watch and discovered that it was in recharge mode, leaving virtually vulnerable to a person like Esdeath to seek the opportunity to kill him. He had to lay low until his watch reactivated.

Meanwhile, Sheele stared Esdeath down. She did not have her Imperial Arms Extase, but she was still a force to reckon with. She was on her kata ready to fight against Esdeath.

Sheele was absolutely livid. Seeing her friend being brutalized by this sadist pushed her over the edge. Sheele's heart thumped rapidly. Her blood boiled, evaporating in the air. Her casual, determined look hid her blind rage of a man slaughtering a crying pig in a slaughterhouse.

"Unlike your friend, you don't have your Imperial Arms, which could make this suicidal don't you think?" Esdeath explained.

"Unlike my friend here, I'm not merciful," Sheele spoke, "But I am going to give you to the count of three to leave."

Esdeath sniggered at Sheele; she guessed that Sheele was probably a member a Night Raid, she knew not to underestimate her like how she underestimated Ben. Sheele became extremely defensive of Ben when she got close. Esdeath drew her rapier at her mockingly, encouraging her to make the first move.

"And what if I don't yield to your demands, assassin?" Esdeath said with a smug.

"I'll hang you with your own guts from upon a tall tree where you bury your trophies," Sheele threatened with gritting teeth, "Stay away from, Ben."

Tatsumi was shocked. He knew how protective Sheele was to him, but not to this degree. Ben was shaken by this. Though it shouldn't come to no surprise, even when he was training with his friends at the Hide Out, Sheele would partially block his opponents from ever reaching him.

Now she was full-protector mode.

"Sheele, you don't have your giant scissors," Ben whispered.

"I'll be alright. Just lay low," Sheele said with a smile, "It'll be over before you know it. I promise." Her smile suddenly flipped to a determination. Unlike Ben, she was an assassin. She had a talent for killing. She slowly pulled out her kitchen knife and brandished it, showing Esdeath she meant business.

Ben took a step back. Sheele was not fooling around. She was ready to take a life.

"Why not show me?" Esdeath challenged, "Show me what you got."

"With pleasure," Sheele growled. She didn't waste time showing off what she could really do. She dashed her way towards Esdeath with great prowess and speed. Daft at her speed, Esdeath struggled to dodge and counter her attacks. Sheele was extremely aggressive and surprisingly calm. Esdeath was already struggling to strike and counter her attacks.

Ben's eyes were locked at how skillful of a fighter Sheele really was, he lowered his arms where he bore the Ultimatrix.

Meanwhile, Sheele landed blow by blow against the Sadist. Esdeath struggled to land a blow. When she tried to land a punch at Sheele's face, Sheele dodged it last minute and smashed her fist into Esdeath's face, sliced her stomach, broke her knee and shattered her chin while giving her a left hook of her leg towards her hips forcing her to hurl stomach acid from her mouth.

Esdeath was the ground in pain and before Sheele delivered the finishing blow, Esdeath tripped her over, took the knife and smashed the handle of the knife to her nose.

"My turn," she said with a smile.

Sheele took a step back and spat blood from her mouth, wiping it away from her lips. Seeing that Esdeath now possessed her knife, she was at an ultimatum. She was defenseless, and the only person that could defend her at this point would be Ben, but his Ultimatrix was not charged enough to do so.

Sheele understood this very well, and she did not care. She was very clear that she was not interested in the Ultimatrix but the person wearing it. She knew how powerful Ben was, but going after a person like Esdeath is like a Clownfish trying to eat a Great White Shark. It just wouldn't work.

"Come on little girl, unless you're scared," Esdeath toyed.

Sheele and Esdeath continued their fight, however, unlike last time, the tables had turned. Esdeath was gaining the upper-hand. Sheele struggled to land a simple blow towards Esdeath. And Esdeath, now knowing how Sheele fights, used this knowledge to gain the upper-hand against her opponent. Sheele was beaten more times than what Ben received.

"Sheele! Fight!" Ben yelled.

Suddenly, something terrible happened. Something that would change everything - forever. Esdeath sliced Sheele across her torso buried the handle of the blade inside the wound by kicking her towards Ben. Ben hurried over Sheele while she screamed in pain.

Tears flowed from both of their eyes. Esdeath approached them both. Ben was still injured from their last battle, but that's all about to change. Ben's growing anger fueled by hate only made his Ultimatrix glow brighter. It was already recharged, ready for use - but Ben now, because of the death of Bulat, became more and more livid against the Empire and those who participate in it.

Ben tried to protect Sheele as much as he could.

"So much for reinforcements right?" Esdeath said, "Whatever happened to that false bravado you had?"

"You're going down, lady," Ben said darkly.

"Excuse me?"

"Ben?" Sheele shakingly held Ben, "I got this. You just..."

"You're bleeding and hurt. You stay put - I'll end this," Ben said, gently pulling Sheele to the side. Sheele held on to Ben, trying to reassure him that she would be okay. Ben didn't buy it.

He walked forward to the already injured Esdeath, "You look pretty beat up," Ben said, "How about I turn it up a peg."

"Trying to be savvy, boy?" Esdeath giggled, "I've beaten one of Night Raid's top fighters, how can you beat me?"

"I'm not trying. Not anymore," Ben said revealing his Ultimatrix.

"That old thing? I've killed many with Imperial Arms. How's yours any different?"

"Very," Ben said. Sheele already saw the power Ben had in his arsenal, except for one function. She knew about the Ultimate forms and the original Omnitrix that stored them, but the one thing on what he was going to do was only going to confirm the fears Akame had while with Ben. Ben while talking to Esdeath toyed with his Ultimatrrix as if unlocking something.

Akame finally reached the point where Sheele and Ben discovered Tatsumi with Esdeath, and from what she discovered was anything but pleasant. Ben was incredibly injured but not as much as Sheele. Sheele was brutalized and was bleeding. Ben was protecting her as from what it looked like as she protected him from what she analyzed.

This went against everything she feared Ben of becoming, however she was curious on why Sheele was there in the first place. Did he tag her along or did she willingly came there? Did Ben know?

All these questions and more were quickly overshadowed by Ben's efforts to try to protect her against an enemy she once served under and feared that Ben's a spy or agent.

This was proven false on multiple counts.

He ranted against the Empire exploiting their citizens and even defended Night Raid.

That was unsuspected.

This made her fear of Ben inantiquated and irrational at best as well as incompetent and dangerous at worse. Akame felt like a fool, a fool to her own fear.

"I sent Ben to his death," she said as a lone tear flowed from her eyes, "He's protecting one of our own and I...dear God."

Akame continued to watch as Ben stood Esdeath down, angrily shouting at her as the Sadist laughed. Ben played with his Ultimatrix, unlocking something of some kind. Akame thought that he was going to transform into Rath, one of Ben's strongest forms - at least he was in her mind.

No. It was much worse.

"Command Function Override Code 10. Voice recognition mode," Ben said.

"User: Ben Tennyson recognized. Access: Master Control Available," The Ultimatrix responded. Akame and Sheele were shocked. Ben, not only had an Ultimate function, but he had Master function. Was this thing actually an Imperial Arms?"

"This is not an Imperial Arms," Sheele noted, "This was something extremely different.

"What is that thing?" Akame said.

"Access Master Control; Command Code 000; Access 0," Ben coded.

"Access: Master Control Granted," the Ultimatrix said, switching off the timer to his device wowing everyone - including the Sadist. Within seconds, Ben transformed into Clockwork. He turned around to Sheele who was confused and blasted time rays at her torso. Ther knife slowly came out of her stomach as her wound sewed shut. Within seconds, Sheele felt no pain. She felt a few bruises from Esdeath, but nothing serious.

"Rest," Clockwork said to her, "You've foiught well."

"Ben?"

"Let me handle this," Clockwork said turning to face Esdeath, "This is personal." A bright green flash blinded the purple girl for a second before she finally saw a creature heavily coated in flames.

Heatblast.

"Now thing's are about to get interesting," Esdeath said, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

Tatsumi was screaming in anticipation in his mind, but knowing Esdeath, Ben had no idea what she had in store for him, however, so does Ben.

"Master Control?" Tatsumi said.

"What on Earth?" Sheele said.

"This is not an Imperial Arms. Ben's not an Imperial Arms user. He's...he's...what the hell is that thing?" Akame said.

"You're going to pay for what you done to Sheele," Heatblast threatened.

"Then show me how I would pay. Come!" Esdeath invited.


AN: Hello guys who were waiting anxiously. Yep, Ben unlocked Master Control against Esdeath. So who do you think would win this fight and what do you guys predict the outcome's gonna be? Tell me your honest thoughts on the chapter and until we meet again, I bid you all an adieu and...

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