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侵略前の快適さを殺す
XXXII: Kill the Comfort Before the Invasion
Leone, Lubbock, Tatsumi, Ben, and Gwen all sat in the cabin next to the hot spring. They all shared some interesting conversations with one another. The topic was, of course, Ben and Gwen. Leone had some questions about Gwen and her abilities and motives since she knew the motives of Ben, but even that was shrouded in mystery. Ben felt comfortable to tell them their whereabouts and their origins. But to be fair to Ben, he had no idea why he was here. Paradox only gave him half answers before he disappeared.
"So this doctor, Professor Paradox can manipulate time on a whim - only within reason right?" Leone asked, "That's...that's ludicrous! Who can manipulate time?"
"Well Ben and I can," Gwen said, "I can manipulate the space around time, Ben can manipulate time out front with Clockwork."
"We're fully aware," Lubbock said with his fear amplified a bit.
"So you mean to tell me this Nemetrix is the complete opposite of Ben's Ultimatrix? Is it powerful?" Tatsumi asked.
"Well, no," Ben said, "It's just an Ultimatrix knockoff," he continued as he expected Night Raid to sigh in relief, "But in the wrong hands, it could be just as powerful as my Ultimatrix."
"So, find it and destroy it as soon as possible. Got it!" Leone said, "Which begs the question," he eyes now on Ben, "How many of those things do you have on your watch? Because every other day you transform into a new Danger B...I mean alien that is powerful than the last!"
"Do you want to know the exact number?" Ben and Gwen asked the lioness aware of her ego as well to the other Night Raiders.
"Is it around 50?" Lubbock asked, trying to remain conservative.
"100?" Tatsumi followed.
"Nope," Ben said, "Not even remotely close," He took a deep breath, preparing for the reactions he and Gwen are going to see, "Over a million."
The direct silence from Night Raid spoke volume with their shock. Not only Ben could transform into those powerful forms, but he could transform into forms powerful than those he transformed. And over a million aliens to choose from? Ben was a one-man army, and Gwen, depending on what powers she had, would just be overkill! Night Raid had every right to be wary of Ben, but since he saved their lives multiple times, they were extremely thankful that he was on their side because he could be easily be swayed to the Empire. The fact that he was ignorant of them at first made it even worse. But now that he was aware of the Empire, Ben was NOT gonna sell out.
Leone sat back down in silence. She then stared at Gwen, "And what about you?"
"Um...I control Mana. A life force that I control with...my...command," Gwen said seeing a sickling look on their face. Ben looked at her wanting her to give them a small demonstration. To which she obliged. She opened the palm of her hands and generated a small energy ball floating on her hand before she crushed it forming an electrically charged energy blast from behind.
"Whoops," she said.
All of Night Raid in that cabin paled.
"So we have fuck that and hell no," Leone said, "In revisionist talk, 'Thank God!' and 'That Goodness!'"
"You guys seem scared, after the crap you put my cousin through!" Gwen reminded them.
"Oh yeah," Leone said, "It was a misunderstanding."
Gwen smirked.
"I think we need to know what we need to know so we can work with you better," Tatsumi said, "Because if we do not know what your forms are, it would be difficult for us to help you - assuming if you need it of course."
"With 1 million of those things plus your cousin's magical properties could prove too great for the Empire to handle and with us would just be overkill," Leone explained.
"Are you saying that Ben and Gwen are too powerful?" Lubbock asked.
"No, what I'm saying is..."
...
Sheele overheard everything from outside. She had her ear leered in y the door while holding a plate full of cookies in her hand. The designs were awfully similar to the emblem wore on Ben's watch. Akame had baked some cookies for the people of Night Raid after dinner - and the only people that hadn't attended were Leone, Tatsumi, Lubbock, Gwen, and Ben.
She was wary of Gwen, often trying to shield Ben from her, but since this was his cousin, she couldn't do it - even though instinctually she wanted too. This was something Gwen picked up from her. She knew that Sheele was protective of Ben and she respected that. It's just that she was extremely close to her cousin was what worried her.
"They are a league of their own," Leone said.
"Look, I don't know what Ben had done, but..."
"It's not you Gwen, nor is it Ben," Leone said.
"It's just that if it was just you two and you guys wanted to end the Empire tomorrow, you would have in hours," Lubbock said.
"The thing is we don't kill," Ben said, "We take our enemies down, not out."
"So you guys hold back a lot," Leone said, "But if you guys went all out, a lot of problems in your universe wouldn't have happened at all if you guys pushed the envelope."
"But if we do that, we'd be no better than our enemies," Gwen said.
"Gwen, remember when I almost killed Kevin the last time he went berserk?" Ben asked.
Gwen nodded.
"Wait...you almost did it?" Leone asked.
"Not only that but he almost killed Esdeath until Sheele stopped him," Tatsumi added.
"So you were holding back the entire time?" Leone asked.
Ben and Gwen nodded.
After a few moments, the people began talking about other things, things unimportant to which made Sheele even more curious about Ben and his cousin. However, things were about to make an awkward turn when she heard the knob rumble. She quickly spread to action to move out of the way until Ben opened it causing her to almost lose her balance carrying her the cookies and such. Ben closed the door and helped her reshape her balance, despite wasting some of the cookies on the ground.
"Oh no," she said in shame, "I dropped them! I'm sorry."
"Those are for me?"
"Yes, I'm so deeply sorry!" she bowed.
"It's cool and...how long were you standing here?"
"About a few minutes," she admitted, "I brought you cookies from Akame and hoped that you would enjoy them since you haven't eaten in a few days," she said.
"A few days? I ate only yesterday and the day before yesterday," Ben said.
"Oh...damn, I forgot," Sheele said, "I apologize!"
"Why do you...you did nothing wrong!" Ben laughed.
"Huh? You mean, you're not mad?" she asked.
"Why would I be?" Ben asked taking a cookie and eating it, "This is delicious here!"
Sheele smiled, "Thank you, I hope you liked them." She blushed.
"Mmmm," Ben said. Sheele giggled, "Question is how much have you heard?" he asked as they begun walking in the woods.
"Well, your cousin seems powerful," she said, "Is she a magician?"
"Something like that," Ben snacked on another cookie.
"And also I heard of something called, The Nemetrix, am I correct?"
"Yep."
"What does it do?"
"Oh, it allows the user to transform into the predators of my sentient forms," he said.
"That's horrible."
"It's a knockoff."
Sheele laughed.
"I wish I can be in your universe," she said out of nowhere, making Ben to almost choke. Having Sheele in his universe would make going hero, not only easier but more devastating for the villains he faces. Not only that but imagining Sheele fighting Vilgax or worse, Akame fighting Vilgax. That fight would have been as short as a short man's fuse.
Ben had to admit, Sheele was rather beautiful, so having her in his universe would cause a lot of unwanted attention. He didn't doubt Sheele's finesse in killing and combat, she could defend herself quite ably in difficult situations - however that could also pose a big problem. She could be too good that she could be a bigger target than Ben 10 himself. A Techadon could arrive to destroy her and only her.
That would pose a problem.
However, Sheele could just defend herself quite enough for Ben and the gang to figure out its weak points. Nonetheless, it would be quite interesting to have her on the team. Plus, Kevin would tease him everytime they were together.
Immediately, Sheele came to Ben's defense when he was about to choke. She was to about to wrap her arms around his waist, only for Ben to forcefully swallow the said cookie down his throat. When he opened his eyes, of course, he flushed at the site of seeing her breasts close up. She backed up when she realized that Ben was okay.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
Ben only nodded, his eyes trying to eye away from her breasts. Sheele, though airheaded at best, caught this. She flushed and tried to control her breathing, "Sorry about that."
Ben blushed harder, "Wait what? No, no, no! You didn't...I mean...oh sweet God." Sheele laughed. They continued to walk. Ben didn't realize it but since the coming days, it was easier to talk to Akame than Sheele. Though Akame would briefly express how she feels, Sheele blurts it out. Not once had she thought enough to at least hide it. Ben and Sheele walked quietly together, however, unlike Akame when she respected Ben's space, plus she wasn't all that social, to begin with, Sheele not only invaded it, but she glued herself to him, making it impossible for Ben to escape her grip.
He had to admit, she was quite strong - and protective at that putting Gwen to shame.
"Um...Sheele?" Ben began. Sheele opened her eyes and saw Ben's uncomfortable look, "Oh I am sorry Ben-kun...uh I mean Ben," Sheele said straight up with her face ever so blushing.
"Are you okay?" Ben asked, "And Ben-kun? Wait...you like me?"
"YOU JUST FIGURING THAT OUT?" Leone asked from the cabin. Sheele and Ben looked at Leone as if she was crazy. Leone slowly crawled back inside, her eyes never leaving Ben.
"Dumbass," she said.
"Excuse you?" Gwen asked offended.
"You burped?" Leone said with a smug.
"That escalated quickly," Ben chuckled.
"Yes," Sheele said with shame, "Is that a problem?"
Ben felt guilty. He should have paid attention. Sheele was literally throwing herself at him and he ignored her advances. It wasn't that he didn't like her, it was that Ben was too scared too! Besides in this universe where your loved ones could die at any moment, made sense for him to not flirt or have any sort of intimate relationship with any of the girls.
But he would have never guessed one of them would fall in love with him.
"Oh Jesus," Ben scratched his head in shame, surprising Sheele, "Sorry about that. I didn't know! I was so busy being arrogant that I didn't pay attention. Sorry about that. Hope you're not mad," Ben said until he was suddenly grasped by one of Sheele's epic bear hugs.
"I will never be mad at you," Sheele said squeezing the life out of the boy.
"Sheele, can't breathe," Ben said, scaring Sheele.
"Sorry!" Sheele said. Ben coughed.
"Ben?" she asked. Ben caught his breath and popped some of his bones back.
"Yeah and yikes!" Ben said.
"A few days ago when you saved me and Mine, I lost my Imperial Arms."
"I got that."
"And I heard that back at the ship with you and Bulat, you merged your body with Tatsumi."
"Right?"
"I was wondering if, could you be my Imperial Arms until I get a new one? I mean...I know its stupid but...um..."
"I am not a weapon," Ben said. Sheele looked down in shame, "But I can still help you anytime you need it!"
"You mean, I'm useful?" Sheele asked.
"Um yeah? You did save me from that white dog creature," Ben said.
"Yeah, I did!" Sheele said, "Well, in that case, I will not leave your side! I will continue to protect you no matter what!"
"But didn't you say you had no Imperial Arms?" Ben asked worriedly.
"Had one, but as long's I'm alive, no one will be able to harm you," she said getting close ready to kiss him. However, too close even. When she got close to Ben, Ben got so nervous that Sheele pushed her entire body weight on Ben sending them hurtling to the pond nearby.
SPLASH!
Ben sat up cold. He shivered. He turned to Sheele, "Sheele, are you..." He stopped mid-sentence when he saw that her dress was sort of see-through. He could see her underwear from her wet clothes. Sheele coughed up some water. She saw Ben, drenched in water. She hurried herself to help him up.
"I'm sorry, Ben!" she apologized, "I'm..." Unexpectedly, Ben started to laugh. Sheele was confused.
"It's been a long time someone pushed me down like that," he giggled, "Though I never knew how strong you were until now. I mean, you already were strong but..." Ben's eyes averted back to Sheele, a faint blush returned when he saw Sheele's wet dress. Both sat in silence.
"Um..." Ben started.
Sheele smiled and giggled alongside with him. She got up and extended her hand. Ben got it and with one swoop Sheele pulled him up. They giggled.
"Hey I can transform into something that can dry you off," Ben said trying to avert his eyes away from a smiling Sheele, "Here let me..." Sheele did not let him, instead, she gave him a deep, long kiss. They broke it. Ben was stunned. He actually enjoyed that!
"Are you okay?" Sheele asked.
Ben nodded. He recalled just hours ago Akame kissed him, which was weird and he didn't know why she has done so, but with Sheele it was abundantly clear. VERY clear. It's not like Akame was not protective of Ben, she certainly was, but not to the extent Sheele was of him! Akame still had some doubts. SOME doubts. And Akame was coming around to becoming closer to Ben than before.
Akame treats Ben with great respect, but at every opportunity she has, she would either play the role as big sister or that best friend who would let you kiss them every once in awhile. Sheele, god, she was blunt on how she felt.
Ben felt stupid for not realizing it earlier! He was completely ignoring her advances. It wasn't as if she wasn't trying. She certainly was. It was that Ben was paying her no attention. Though, yes she was attractive but Ben did not see it that Sheele would ever go out with a guy like Ben. She was too much for him. Plus in a world where you could be murdered from a drop of a dime, he thought it was not in his best interest to not fall in love.
But with Sheele, god, she was blunt at how she felt. Extremely blunt. Sheele felt nothing but shame because she felt that she was coming off as too strong for him. Ben caught this and lifted her chin.
"Look, I'm sorry," he said, "I had no idea! I never thought that a girl like you would ever fall for a guy like me."
"Why would you think that?" she asked.
"Because of...I...well you...I...um...I don't know its just that after what happened to Julie, I felt that..."
"Wait you had a girlfriend?" she asked.
Ben nodded.
"What happened?" she asked interested, "What happened to Julie."
Ben took a deep breath, "She and I broke up because every time I had to go and save people, it gave us less time for us to be together. She thought of my job as too strenuous over the years and eventually broke it off. I was hurt over that and..."
"She broke up with you because you had a job to protect people?" Sheele was getting angry, "She's too stupid for doing that!"
"Well, I'm..."
"You were fated to protect the people who cannot fight back and she broke up with you because it was too strenuous? That made no sense!" she pointed out, "If she really cared, she would have stuck by you. That was selfish!"
"I can't call her selfish," Ben said, "She's anything but that. All the fame got in my head and...it cost me her. I didn't like what I was becoming," Ben said.
"If I lived in your world, I wouldn't do that," Sheele said, "I would have stuck with you because you stuck by me. And I promise you, I wouldn't do what she did to you because I..."
Suddenly, there was a sudden burst of air that passed through a dark passage. In other words, Sheele farted.
Both stood in silence. Sheele became red in the face, redder than a tomato. She clutched herself tight trying as if to protect herself from harm. Ben giggled. Sheele looked in shame.
"Hey, Sheele listen," Ben said. He passed gas as well. She loosened her grip. Ben laughed as Sheele loosened up. She giggled.
Both parties laughed at each other as they made fart noises with their arms and poking fun at each other in the process. Sheele had never expressed herself in this way before.
"As you were saying?" Ben laughed.
Sheele walked close to Ben, "I wouldn't do to you what she did. When I'm here, I'm here whenever you need me."
"Awww," Ben joked, "That was sweet!"
Sheele blushed, "Well, I have Pixie Dust to thank."
"Wait what?" Ben stopped, "How did you...Gwen."
"What?" Sheele defended Gwen, "You look so cute!"
"But its not manly!" Ben complained.
"Who cares! I like him. He's you after all!" Sheele kissed him in the cheek.
"But its..."
"You. All of them are," she said, "You are more than just 10 monsters in that Ultimatrix of yours. It's not the watch that makes the man, its the man who wears it."
Ben smiled, "Thanks."
"What can I say? I'm an assassin. I kill in blood and in kindness...like you and Pixie Dust!"
"Okay, really! I'mma get you!" Ben yelled chasing her around. Both Ben and Sheele didn't know it but Tatsumi, Leone, Lubbock, and Gwen were all looking at them from the window.
"Aw, that's cute!" Gwen said.
"Damn lucky bastard," Lubbock said under his breath until he was smacked across the head by Leone.
"I think its cute," she said, "Look how happy they are, but..."
"But what?" Gwen asked.
"Ben has to be careful," Leone said.
"Why?" Gwen asked.
"From my experience Gwen," Tatsumi said, "The Empire does not care who it kills or rips apart. It would do anything to protect itself. So for Ben here, I'm not sure about your universe, but in here, you can die at any time."
Gwen looked back at the duo outside. Just when Sheele tackled him down.
"Ben," she said.
...
At the Base, a tired Ben carried a knocked out Sheele through the dark and quiet halls. He had no idea where Sheele's room was, so he had the next best thing, well a nightmarish thing really. Ask Mine.
He knew that by barging in, well one was rude, and two, it could cost him his life. He knocked on the door and waited ever so patiently.
"Who the hell is it!?" Mine yelled rudely.
"It's me, Ben," Ben said.
"Ben? Aren't you supposed to be sleep?"
"I would but I have someone in my arms!"
"Who?"
"Sheele."
"Ugh, hold on!" Mine walked over to the door and opened. Her expression was anything but welcoming. Her face was a mess, her hair was a complete definition of a mess, and her eyes spoke volume of anger and annoyance.
"She better be alive," she threatened, "And why is she wet? Oh dear god..."
"If you are thinking what you are thinking right now, I'mma tell you right now and that is a definite nope!" Ben defended, And yes, she is alive," Ben reassured, "I just can't find her room."
Mine glared at Ben for a moment. She sighed with frustration, "Alright follow me!"
...
Mine led Ben across the hallway to Sheele's room. She opened the door and to Ben's shock, it was a lot bigger than he had imagined. There was the same style furniture but her room was littered with books, some on the floor while others were on the bookshelf.
Ben lied Sheele on the bed while Mine yawned, getting ready for bed, "So what were you guys doing anyway? Mine asked, noticing that Ben had some evidence of water dripping from his shirt.
Ben explained what happened to which Mine, and rightfully so, made fun of him.
"Ben, really?" Mine asked, "You idiot, she was literally throwing herself at you!" she giggled.
Ben groaned as Mine laughed her way into her room, "Next time, learn how to read people before you go hero!" She closed the door.
"Now I wonder why Tatsumi wanted to throw her in a whirlpool," Ben said. Ben was getting ready to leave until Sheele caught Bens shirt.
"Ben, I..." She loosened her grip and fell to sleep. Ben's face had a small smile on his cheek.
"Good night, Sheele," he said closing the door.
...
Standing outside of the cliff was a man. He was more of an Anodite than anything. He stood by the Time Lord, Professor Paradox. Koan watched as the rest of Night Raid settled in for the night. Unlike other Anodites, his aura shone a neat, neon blue light rather than pink.
"You know what to do," Paradox said.
"Yes," he said.
A/N: Hello guys of the Fanfiction community, this is MegaRdaniels who brought you the 32nd chapter of Ultimate ga Kill. Now, I was given a request by one of the readers to include an OC in here. Well, I am and will in the next chapter when Dr. Stylish starts his invasion. I hope you all enjoy this fic as much as I have written it! Please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated and until next time I bid you all an adieu and...
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