BEN 10: THE ONE WHO DEFIES GODS
CHAPTER 7: HENSHIN!
(A/N: For readers who are not familiar with "Henshin/変身" is a Japanese word meaning "transform" or "transformation." The reason why I named this chapter "Henshin" is in the author's notes below to avoid spoilers.)
Today's pre-chapter session features Benjamin Kirby Tennyson from Ben 10: The One Who Defies Gods!
Ladies and Gentlemen! It's Ben Tennyson! Let's welcome him to the stage!
Uh, it's awkward. This isn't even a stage.
Hello, I am Ben Tennyson, the wielder of the Omnitrix. Today I will explain some simple functions of the Omnitrix to the readers.
Master Control, yes, the feature that I want to talk about is… Master Control of the Omnitrix.
Omnitrix includes at least a thousand extra features other than DNA conversion.
Some known features are Teleportation and Universal Translator.
Should the Master Control be unlocked, all those functions would be available, including access to all DNA data stored in the Omnitrix.
Notably, the Omnitrix contains all the DNA inside it, unlike the prototypes and Ultimatrix, which are connected to the Codon Stream.
Omnitrix has a Genetic Repair function and another function that keeps the user's health at peak condition. So long as the Omnitrix is still working, the user can even be revived from death and recover from any injury at a high speed. If the user is dead, it will instantly revive him. But the injuries take longer to recover (but the user can use DNA with high-speed regeneration for that). The Omnitrix makes the user immune to diseases, viruses, and poison.
Omnitrix provides the tools or materials or devices essential for an alien form to live in an environment that either isn't the home planet of the species or doesn't meet the necessary conditions for the species to survive. Some examples are – Brainstorm's breathing apparatus, the energy provided to Chromastone, and Goop's anti-gravity projector.
Thus, the Omnitrix can create suits needed for some aliens to survive in space.
The Omnitrix can change the user's gender, so it can do the same to the alien forms.
The Omnitrix can make custom clothing, not just programmed ones. It can change the nature of fibers on a molecular level.
The Omnitrix has enough power to build or destroy a universe. (But only the Milky Way Galaxy will have lives.)
The complete Omnitrix also focuses on the survival of the user.
Alrighty, my presentation about the Omnitrix is over for today. Until next time.
-(TRANSITION)-
The city too beautiful. I don't remember Fuhren being this beautiful. There are lines of merchants… but there are also people who are trading slaves.
But they disappear into a dark valley.
"Ruby… this city is…"
When I tilt my head to see Ruby… she isn't there. Instead, standing behind me is a blonde girl around my age. She has a beautiful body and wears an outfit similar to Ruby's. And her appearance is too familiar. But I don't know her…
Who is she?
She is smiling at me, her cheeks painted pinkish red with blush. Why?
"Shea? Where are you?"
"Hmm, Bennison, what is it?"
When I turn around, I see Shea and Tio. Tio is carrying a child in her arms… a young girl that has long wavy blue hair, green eyes, and maple-like small hands. Her ears are fan-like fins.
"Shea, Tio, where is Ruby!? And who is she!?"
I demand the answers… Shea and Tio stare at me, dumbfounded looks in their eyes.
"Hmm, Benny, Ruby is behind you."
"Yeah, please don't fool around, Master Ben."
Hmm… I quickly spin around and see Ruby standing before me… in the place where the other blonde girl was standing just a minute ago.
"Ruby… I thought… ha…"
"Calm down, Benny," she calmly says with a smile.
Ruby… I don't know why but… maybe I have become attached to you.
I shake off the weird feelings and look back at Tio and Shea who are playing with the fin young girl.
Her eyes are green… but not mint green like my eyes are.
She is an adoring child… but where are her parents?
"Tio, who is this child?"
"Daddy!" I widen my eyes in horror as the girl calls me… Daddy… "Why are you acting like a stranger!? I am Myu, your daughter!"
Myu… I remember Ben 10 000 having two children… Ken and Gwen.
But wait a minute, the future can change. And I am not even Ben Prime.
A girl with fins… hmm… if I am her father, who is the mother then?
Wait a damn minute, have I ever dated anyone?
No… Zero.
I haven't even lost my virgin– it can't be.
"M-my daughter… impossible…"
"Hmm, what are you talking about? She is your daughter, of course."
The sixth voice enters the conversation.
It is… a giant Myu… no, an older Myu. She has green hair, but she looks like older Myu…
Wait, she is… her older sister?
"Excuse me? Who are you?"
She pouts at me. "Ara, ara, did you forget your wife?"
"Hmm?"
I mentally scream as I realize the meaning of her words.
Myu… and this big Myu…
What is happening…
"Don't… don't lie, I am not married! Heck, I've never had a girlfriend!"
"Ara, ara, we are… your w-i-v-e-s wives…" the older Myu says.
AHHHHHH
I am surrounded by women… Shea, Tio, Shea, Older Myu, and… Hatayama-sensei? Shirasaki and Yaegashi? And who TF is that golden-haired princess!?
"Benny." "Bennison." "Master Ben." ""Tennyson-kun."" "Tennyson." "Benjamin." ""Ben.""
"We are your wives, why can you forget about us!?"
AHHHHHH, this is my worst nightmare… no, this is hell… this must be a nightmare, right? Yes, it must be. No way I have eight wives! No way I marry my teacher!
For the love of Alien X… perhaps my immortality curse has moved up to another level – "Cursed Polygamy."
"Help! Help me!" I shout with all my might as "my wives" start to grab, pull and push me… and I am suffering in the center of the swarm of "wives."
This is… lucky harem situation.
For the first time in my life, I have become popular with women, hahaha–
Wait a minute, why am I enjoying it!? At this rate, I will definitely be imprisoned when I get back to Japan… for polygamy.
"Tennyson… everyone, let's go home…"
"No, Ben, don't listen to her! Let's go on a date with everyone!"
"Tennyson-kun… I will heal your injuries…"
"Ben, let's walk Myu to her school together!"
"Benny, give me blood, or I will report you!"
"Bennison, take my virginity!"
"Please tie me up, Master Ben…"
"Tennyson-kun has not finished his homework! Don't disturb him."
They are fighting over me–
Wait, what's with the last four lines? Ruby and Shea are threatening me, Tio is just a pervert, and Hatayama-sensei wants me to finish my homework.
This must be some kind of nightmare… I haven't done my homework crap in months.
During the struggle, I'm finally able to pinch my own cheek…
Ah, it hurts… then… shit, it is real.
Suddenly the scenery that surrounds us changes…
We are now in a desert… with no buildings or no trees nearby, just sand and sand.
"Hmm, guys?"
My "wives" suddenly vanish from the sight…
"Ruby? Shea?... Um, Tio? Guys?"
There is nothing but sand around me.
"Hello… anybody here?"
I see a red figure in a distance… a man in a redshirt.
I walk up to the figure… but… wait… this is…
He is facing his back towards me. He wears a red Hawaiian shirt with a floral design. He has grey hair and blue pants, as well as brown shoes.
His hair is grey… and his body is big and muscular…
"Grandpa… Max?"
He turns around and… smiles at me as if he's been waiting for me.
"Ben, it's good. You are finally here."
"Ben!" a familiar feminine voice calls my name.
This voice… I've not heard her voice in years…
"Gwen…"
I can see her running towards where Grandpa and I are standing.
"Grandpa, Gwen, why are you here?" I ask. Joy and surprise mix together… I look at them in disbelief.
"To celebrate your return… you are a hero again, right?" Grandpa says, with a smile and a thumb-up.
"A hero… again?"
"Of course," Gwen nudges my shoulder. "You protected a town, and you sparred the lives of two. If I may, it's an impressive development, doofus."
"But… wait, why are you guys here telling me about that? I am not a hero. I have quit it."
"A hero isn't a title you give to yourself. It's given by others, the people you save, and the villains you fight."
Hero… Grandpa Max and Gwen…
No, these are just delusions. Grandpa and Gwen were…
"You guys… are already dead, right? I… I must be hallucinating…"
Grandpa holds my shoulders. "Calm down, Ben… you are true. But Gwen and I are standing here… living inside your heart."
"You are telling others to live on," Gwen says with a smile. "But you aren't moving on properly…"
Hmm…
Thoughts flood my mind, and I can't think of anything…
"I… I moved on, right?"
"You gave up on your biggest dream… being a hero. It's yours to choose. So I can't exactly say anything." (Grandpa)
Suddenly the scenery around us changes… we are now in Fuhren town but it's awfully quiet and nobody is around.
"Follow me."
Grandpa gestures at me and walks along the street. Gwen beams at me and runs up to Grandpa Max.
I've got no choice, huh?
"When you were young, you used to dream of the future events, right?" Grandpa Max asks.
"How do you know?" I am surprised.
"Anodite genes," Gwen says, holding up her index finger. "You getting the Omnitrix never was a coincidence, doofus."
"Hmm… I don't understand."
We arrive at the center of the town where a water fountain exists. And eight women… they are standing around the fountain, facing their backs at others.
"The chosen one," Grandpa Max answers. "I was chosen. But it was changed. the Omnitrix chose you. Azmuth chose you. The universe chose you. Even celestialsapiens chose you."
"The ability to see presumptous dreams... it's a trait of the chosen one, Ben. Don't be a dweeb..."
"Then I am seeing you guys..."
"Well, don't think much about it... just go with the flow and everything will be OK," Grandpa says. "But yeah, are you sure you don't want eight wives?"
"Yeah, I don't! No way I am marrying sensei!" I shouted.
"It's like you. It's your choice so we won't have a say in this. Oh... I have a present for you, doofus," Gwen walks up to me, creating a purple orb in her palm. "I will give you my anodite powers."
"Hmm?"
"An anodite hybrid has 50% chance of possessing ability to manipulate mana or not," Grandpa explains. "If you have a spark of anodite gene, you will be able to use magic more efficiently."
Gwen pushes the orb into my torso. "Make good use of this power, and don't be an idiot."
"Thanks... Gwen..."
Tears flow down her cheek... "Anything for you, Ben."
"Ahem, seems like our time is up..." Grandpa says with an assuring smile. "Bye, Ben..."
And then Grandpa and Gwen walks away from me.
"Wait! What are you going–"
I try to chase after them but the girls suddenly grab me.
"Where do you think you are going?"
"Release me! No, Grandpa... Gwen..."
"Oh... Ben," Grandpa Max stops his steps and turns around. "Thanks for rebuilding our Rust Bucket."
"Grandpa..."
Gwen also turns around. "Don't destroy it again, doofus."
And then they turn into dust and disappear from sight.
No... it... it must be real... I can see them again. Yes, maybe they are alive in other worlds.
But they won't be my grandpa and my Gwen.
I sit down on the ground in the center of the girls, crying silently.
Gwen has entrusted me with her anodite spark. I must... make good use of it...
To become a hero again.
"Daddy!" Myu calls out. "Why are you crying?"
I hastily wipes the tears away. "I am not crying..."
"But you were."
Myu is standing before me, putting her hands on her hips.
From her looks, I suppose she is at least 4 years old.
"Benny... let's go."
When I turn around, I can only see my party members, not my wives.
Ruby, Shea and Tio in their regular outfits.
And a Myu... whose origin I don't know.
Suddenly the world around me disappears into a void.
And I suddenly wake up... from sleep.
"Ahhh..."
Hmm... so it was a dream. A strangely realistic dream.
I am lying in the bed and there is a vampire girl who has crawled to the place next to me.
"Grandpa Max... Gwen..." I open my palm and try to channel my mana. My mana aura has become a purple one. "Thanks..."
"Benny... did you have a good dream?" Ruby awakes and asks.
"Perhaps," I answer... without looking at her naked body. "Why?"
Man... this girl! She always takes off her clothes everytime she crawls into my bed.
"You look happy. Grandpa Max and Gwen must be important to you."
"Of course." I mutter, forcing myself back to sleep.
She embraces me with her bare tiny body beneath the blanket. "There, there..."
I don't know if she notices... but tears silenty flow down my cheeks.
I am grateful to her. She never asks about my past. Maybe... she can become someone precious to me.
"Master Ben!" "Bennison!"
""What happened here! I just heard your scream!""
The girls knock on our room door again and again, shouting… Seems like they are so worried for nothing.
"Stop knocking on my door!"
I slam open the door and shout at the two girls.
The girls are staring blankly at me… They both are in their pajamas. Tio's pajamas are similar to a Japanese outfit.
"Um, wh–what is Ruby doing in Bennison's room!?"
"And sh-she is naked!"
When I look back at Ruby, she is sitting on the bed, with an usual expressionless face.
I turn back at the duo and desperately refuse.
"No! You are misunderstanding!"
-(TRANSITION)-
The mercantile city-state of Fuhren. A place where people, goods, and ambitions all mix together to form the largest trading center in the world. Today too, it is bustling with activity. One can hear the clamor of the city a good distance away from the walls, even.
A long line of adventurers, merchants, and tourists snakes out from the main gate. They are all waiting their turn for Fuhren's trademark inspection. Some lounge about lazily, while others tap their feet impatiently.
Ignoring the line of people who are waiting for the inspection, a young girl walks up to the guards near the gate. She possesses long wavy brown hair and green eyes and wears a green jacket and a V-neck black shirt underneath, which exposes her cleavage, as well as dark blue pants and black boots.
The girl behind him is a beautiful blonde girl who possesses a petite body and sharp red eyes. She wears a white coat with a golden lining as well as a short pair of boots and knee-high socks.
Following them are two women and a noble boy. One is a Haulia bunny girl who possesses a pair of rabbit ears atop her head, light-blue hair, and eyes, and wears an unbuttoned sleeveless light-blue crop-top jacket and a sleeveless bikini armor underneath, as well as hot pants and a miniskirt with her legwear consisting of sturdy white boots that lace up to her ankles as well as a leg lace on her thigh.
The boy is a noble-looking blonde. And another is a seemingly 20-year-old woman with long black hair and a gorgeous figure, in a black kimono-like attire.
"Hello. I am Benjamina Tennyson," I give documents to the guard. "We have to transport Mr. Will Cudeta to the Adventurer's Guild."
The guard reads the documents that Ilwa Chang made for us. "Oh, my apologies. He is the third son of Count Cudeta, right? I will let you in right away."
And so we arrived at Fuhren.
Indeed, the buildings in Fuhren look exactly like those in my dreams.
Let's skip some frames.
"Thank you for accomplishing the job, Miss Tennyson, Miss Haulia and Miss Ruby… Uh, who is she?"
The three girls sit on the couch before Chang and I am standing behind the girls.
Chang questions, looking at Tio.
"She is Tio. My new party member I recruited in Ur. She helped me take down a dragon."
"Oh, I heard from the Count's son that you single-handedly defeated a black dragon… but this girl helped you?"
I widened my eyes in shock.
"Oh, yeah, she… helped me a bit. But Will Cudeta didn't get an opportunity to meet her so he never knew."
"O-okay, if you say so. So what do you want as rewards for my commission?"
I cup my chin, pretending to think deeply.
Mmm, I already had something in my mind. While I am not good at scheming like merchants, I also see the benefits and profits of an offer.
So I gave some time to this topic last night.
Then I responded to his question.
"Say, how about promoting us to Gold Rank?"
Adventurer Ranks! It sounds like an RPG thing but let me explain –
Blue, Red, Yellow, Silver, Gold… etc. The higher the rank is, the more likely an adventurer will earn a decent reward. Well, every commission is worth accomplishing. But the higher your rank is, the better rewards you will earn.
"Um, the rank suits you. Dragon Slayer Miss Tennyson…"
"Please spare me the titles. And… if you need help from us, don't hesitate to ask, OK? We don't prioritize rewards."
The guild chief raises an eyebrow at my offer.
"Sounds great. As a merchant, I find your offer precious and fair."
And then we left the guild and decided to visit the tourist spots of the town of Fuhren.
-(BREAK)-
Fuhren. Being a mercantile city, Fuhren is famous for trading and markets. It feels like everything is made for the rich. "Luxurious" is the word I am searching for.
Food stalls, shops, restaurants, and coffee shops are also other fancy things you can visit in Fuhren.
But… There also is a dark side to Fuhren.
"Slave Traders?"
"Well, there is discrimination against beastmen in human regions so I am not surprised," I reply. "But if I encounter a slave trader, I will destroy his career."
Dunno why but slave traders piss me off. I once wiped out the whole Dark Menu association because they ate sentient beings and even abducted children from the earth. So I saved all the victims and wiped out the entire ship.
"Whoa, whoa, do you have a thing against slavery, Bennison?" Shea says.
"Hmm, I hate people who treat others as slaves."
"Then you don't want me as your slave?" Tio says, covering her face with a paper fan.
I pat her shoulders as if I am motivating the depressed. "What good do you have? Perverted woman. I don't see any benefits in having you as my slave."
Tio makes a satisfied face again. "Ah, you are so harsh, Master Ben. Your words and action are contradictory though."
"Shut up."
Walking as a woman for a long time is really a pain. No, I don't mean to insult females. I am a male and not used to this body. Yes, it's like I have lived in this body for my entire life. But I feel comfortable only when I am naked. Something's definitely wrong and I can feel it.
And... the problem... breast physics. It's crap... and maybe I am so stubborn. I never wore a bra. And sure, the Omnitrix doesn't have a function that helps you make your breasts stable. Thankfully, it created a shirt that could contain these demon breasts.
So I am so cautious about my chest. I wear a coat although it is daytime and warm. I couldn't care less about my cleavage even though I am trying to conceal breast physics.
Grrr, I will ask Tio and Shea, who have practical experience in breast physics, for some advice.
Whatever. I can feel empathy for Tio and Shea... oddly enough, it suits the general purpose of the Omnitrix. Walking in the shoe of a woman…
I remember Ruby castrating a man because he tried to hit on me... lol, scary.
"Let's have some lunch, Bennison."
Shea recommends, pointing at a fancy restaurant at the corner.
"Fine, let's eat something," I seconded.
As I roll my eyes...
Suddenly, a sight caught my attention.
A group of suspicious people with stereotypical bad-guy attitudes. The man in a black coat and redshirt leads the group into a valley. One of the men carries a weird black metal box that is like a small cage and something is struggling inside.
Hmm...
"Hey, you guys, I'll be back later. So please have lunch without me..."
"Where are you going!" Shea asks, with a worried voice.
"Just an errand to attend. Don't pay no mind to it..." I give her a thumbs-up.
It's... hero time!
I get behind a wall and transform into Big Chill. Then I phase through the multiple walls, invisible, and float towards the valley where the suspicious people go into.
They are still there... the leading man is opening the lock of a door.
I phase my head into the box and... thankfully, it isn't all dark. Some light leaks inside through the holes. There is a small humanoid creature sitting as she hugs her knees.
Myu...?
The little girl who has light blue hair, green eyes, Marple-like hands, and fins for ears... she is inside the metal box.
Wait... this means... these guys are...
"We can make money by selling this girl!"
"Yeah... the boss will sure like this."
"Hahaha..." "Haha..."
Crap... I wanna crush them to bits...
I turn tangible and touch the leading person's shoulder.
"You think you are cool? I am... cooler..." I whisper into his ear.
"Hmm!" He turns around and looks suspiciously at his gang.
"Behind you..." I whisper again...
This time, when he turns around, he will see a moth-like bizarre creature in a hooded robe.
"Ahhh–"
The ice breath escapes my mouth and spreads towards them.
The whole group turns into ice statues before they can run away.
"Ha..." I let out a chuckle and freeze a portion of the metal cage, avoiding the girl inside and breaking it.
"Wh-who are you?"
"Rest assured..." I reveal my Benjamina form. "I am an adventurer."
She stares at me for seconds... therefore I try to maintain eye contact with her to gain her trust.
The mermaid girl is an exceptionally cute girl and her green eyes, whilst
Finally, she nods at me. "Mhmm."
"OK," I put her down on the ground. "Don't go anywhere. I am gonna ask the bad guys some questions."
She nods as a sign of comprehension.
Now then...
I punch the frozen leader and grasp his collar.
"Tell me where your boss is or I will break your bones..."
-(SKIP)-
Slave Traders.
As long as slavery exists, legally or illegally, the slave market is a form of business in the dark side of a human region. Slave merchants and agents walk in the shadow of humanity and sell the slaves to the rich and people who want slaves.
Slaves – mostly beastmen. Both children and grown-ups are enslaved when caught. The traders tend to invade the beastmen's territory and abduct the children. In other words, slaves aren't criminals who become slaves as a punishment for their crimes.
I carry Myu on my shoulder and walk back to the girls at the restaurant.
"Take care of this girl..."
"Wh-who is she?" Shea asks.
I give them an assuring smile. "I will explain the details later. "
Tio embraces the girl in her arms. "As you wish, Master."
"Miss!" Myu grabs my coat. "Don't go."
I kneel before her and pat her blue hair. "I'll be back... OK?"
She looks at the girls with doubts... but when she turns back at me, she gives me a nod... I give her a head-pat again.
"Good girl... Myu..."
"Hmm, how do you know my name?"
I wink at her and refuse to answer as I transform into XLR8 and disappear as a blur.
XLR8!
Some people would probably complain that the Kinecelerans are based on reptiles yet how the heck does Helen Wheels have tits?
She is a human/ kineceleran hybrid.
Thankfully, I don't have big breasts in this form though I still have a feminine chest. The female XLR8 has a slightly slimmer body and a tail with more stripes. Her face (beneath the visor) would look more feminine and somewhat beautiful by kineceleran standards.
I have somehow managed my way out of the town, past the toll gate.
The slave trader said his boss was...
Tunnel... Tunnel...
Running on the water, I find a tunnel that connects to the secret place under the town.
Tsk... it's either the government intentionally turned a blind eye to the slave business or they legalized slavery. Well, I don't wanna mess with them, honestly.
Don't think much of it. I'm gonna kiss his ass...
Hmm... several chambers exist on either side of the corridor that is immediate to the other end of the tunnel.
The tunnels are executed like cages... and several beastman children with non-human features are imprisoned in the cages. They wear dirty clothes and a slave choker around their neck.
Tsk...
"Hey... everyone..." my raspy feminine voice calls out to them. "Are you OK?"
I fast-talk as my bio-metallic pincers start destroying the lock of the nearby doors, checking on other enslaved children every second.
"M-monster?" A child reluctantly asks.
"No," I hastily refuse. "I am your hero."
"H-hero?"
The door slams open as I tackle the metal bars to get inside and grab the child with rabbit features.
"Now..." I mentally command the Omnitrix to transform me into Haulian (Haulia Rabbitman). "You can relax your mind."
"... are you a beastman like us, too?"
"Mhmm..."
Female Haulian is similar to Benjamina but a little taller and muscular. The springs wrapped around my boots are now thinner.
Ironically, her outfit is similar to Shea's former adventurer outfit, which is basically bikini armor, but.. haha, Haulian wears a white crop-top coat over it.
The Omnitrix symbol lies on my waist.
"Alright, let's save your friends together, OK?"
"Yes! Um, what is your name?"
"... Hmm, call me Haulian."
"Hau... Miss Haulian."
"Haulian is enough," I grab his hand and walk out of the chamber. "What's your name, kiddo?"
"I am Usagi!"
I raise an eyebrow at his name but I decided to not say anything because... I don't want him to think I am making fun of his name.
"Is... is that so? Cute name, hehe."
After getting the kids out of their chambers.
"Hey, you guys, don't make a sound and quietly wait for my return here, Okay?"
"Yes! Miss Haulian!"
I place my index finger on my nose... as a sign for them to be quiet.
"Now then... the main dish..."
With a flash of green light, Miss Haulian is replaced by another bizarre creature, shocking the children.
"No, don't be afraid, ok. I am Haulian... breath in and out slowly... yes. Alright... I am going and I will be back in a minute. Please be patient..."
Ladies and Gentlemen! Fasttrack!
What! Who said XLR8 is faster than Fasttrack! I will skewer them!
Ahem, my personal favorite alien – Fasttrack. Why, you ask?
XLR8's fists are pincers there they kill the enemies pretty quickly if I punch them with my pincers several times in a second.
Fasttrack lets me punch a villain longer than XLR8 before they die.
Hahaha... an evil thought suits an evil Ben.
Wait, no, I have become a hero again. I shouldn't think that way.
Oh... I can think this way – "XLR8! Haha, good choice, Omnitrix. Now I'm gonna castrate the villain with my bio-metallic pincers."
Wait a damn minute, the amount of evil is so much I can literally pee in the river of the town.
This makes no sense.
I let out a sigh of craziness before vanishing from their sight as a blur.
This feline alien... Fasttrack belongs to Citrakayah.
Lemme tell ya something, readers! If XLR8 resembles a velociraptor, Fasttrack is a Cheetah.
Theoretically, XLR8 is fast enough to gain temporal speed and ability to go beyond light speed... because of friction manipulation.
Speaking of friction manipulation, we have to talk about XLR8 and Cannonbolt.
XLR8... has balls beneath their feet... and they have a natural ability to manipulate friction. Thus, they can run at super high speed and decelerate to zero velocity in no time.
Cannonbolt! Cannonbolt curls up into a ball and can move by rolling from one place to another.
Cannonbolt also has full control over his speed and balance... and momentum! He can just turn at the corners with a decrease in his speed. He can decelerate to zero in no time.
Citrakayahs on the other hand don't have such fancy abilities. But they are basically bipedal cheetahs – thus their flexibility is relativity great. They can leap to high speeds, and they seemingly have greater strengths than kinecelerans.
The problem with citrakayahs is they don't have fancy abilities like friction manipulation. Therefore, going high speed or accelerating in a short time will cause trouble for them and they have to take time to decelerate to zero.
Rescue? Citrakayahs have a strength advantage and their hands aren't pincers, hence the victims won't be hurt.
So dear readers… NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALIENS! We have to treat each of them the same! Don't hate Fasttrack! Don't hate Walkatrout!
Oh, you can hate Feedback because it is Ben Prime's favorite alien. I hate Ben Prime.
In the theatre where the auction of slave market is going to take place…
"Wh-what? My men were beaten by a g-girl and the kid… w-went missing!?"
The man in a white fur coat with a red shirt underneath it exclaims out of shock. He then orders his disciple who is standing before him.
"Now, you! Look for the girl and the one who beat my men! Now!"
"Y-yes, Sir!"
There are people in this underground theatre – most of them look like nobles and wealthier class.
"Wh-what are we gonna do?" one of the customers asks.
"Ahem…" a feminine cough that comes from a dark corner of the hall catches their attention.
"Who goes there?" The boss demands.
I walk out of the shadow… in my citrakayah form.
Sorry, but female Fasttrack has a bigger chest than female XLR8 because she is a mammal species.
Female Fasttrack wears a similar costume as her male counterpart.
"I am gonna end your career…"
I curl up my fist and then become a blur… everything I see is massively slower than me. And in a split second, I have punched him in the guts with the momentum I have gathered, sending him flying into a glass sphere filled with water.
"Hmm, interesting…" I comment, examining the now-broken sphere. "So you intended to put Myu in this sphere, huh?"
"Y-you…" the man gasps, holding his stomach. "You… are the one… who defeated my men, right?"
"So what?" I tease him. "I just wanna punch you ten times over for abducting innocent children."
He scowls at me. "D-do you have any idea… that I've lost profits… because of you!?"
"I missed the part where that's my problem."
The people who came for the auction begin to run away.
With a flash of green light, I become a female Deejay Emcee and vanish from his sight. He is the main dish anyway.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," I teleported to the spot between them and the exit. "Where do you think… you are going?"
They are surprised and…. back away.
Now I notice them, they all wear masks.
The energy becomes concentrated in my palm before I use my ability to erase all the masks they are wearing. Then I create a rope that ties all of them together. Finally, I create a paper signboard and attach it to the rope.
"Wh-what kind of freak are you!?"
"Your… worst… nightmare…" I teleport all of them onto the roof of the Fuhren's town hall.
I walk back to the man who is still lying on the stage.
"Did you enjoy the show?"
"Freakshow?"
I chuckle. "I had no idea you had enough energy to insult me in this condition."
"Who are you?"
I glare at him… I gave him a scary glare that could send shivers in his spine. "The one who will destroy your whole career."
Scared, he crawls backward on his back. "Wh-why would you do that?! I did nothing to you! I don't even know you!"
I grab his face and lift him off the floor. "Remember this for the rest of your life," a dagger appears in my other hand. "If you abduct someone and enslave them again, you will be sorry."
The dagger sinks into his stomach. Ignoring his scream, I create a hollow glass sphere that is big enough to place him inside.
"Goodbye, I guess. Pray you will never see me again."
-(BREAK)-
"Guys… sorry I was kind of late…"
The beastman children gather around and hug me. "There, there, sorry, I was dealing with the bad guy. Now I have avenged you guys, okay?"
"Yayyy! Thanks, Miss Haulian…"
Oh, now, they can say I am Haulian. Probably because of the Omnitrix.
"I will transport you all to Verbergen. I am… well, friends with the higher-ups there."
"Verbergen?" "Verbergen!"
Two minutes later,
Chief Heipyst greets me with a smile, though he wasn't expecting this.
"Oh, glad to see you again, Ben Tennyson… and these are…"
"The children I saved from the slave traders."
He looks at the children and mutters something, assumably the names of the beastman tribes.
"Thank you, on behalf of them."
"Don't mention it, uh, so please excuse me. I am in the middle of my lunch."
He simply nods at me.
Ulfric Heipyst is the chief ruling elder of Verbergen. He is an elf.
And so I arrive back at the shop, detransformed.
"Oh… this girl… I forgot her," I murmur out of regret as I walk into the restaurant, witnessing Myu play with Tio and Shea. Ruby is enjoying her lunch. Well, good, she won't ask me for my blood.
"Ahem, Myu," I grasp her attention. As she notices my presence, she runs up to me and hugs me. "Sorry for being late to the party, guys. Oh, I have brought all other… uh, slaves back to Verbergen. Are you from Verbergen, too?"
She shakes her head, gently.
"Apparently…" Ruby speaks up. "She is from Erisen."
"Erisen?"
"Yes, home to Dagons. Dagons do not side with Verbergen," Ruby answers.
"Why?"
"Because they are aquatic, I guess."
I directed my gaze at Myu. "I can't take you to your home, yet but… until then, you can stay with us, okay?"
For some reason, she embraces me tighter and begins to cry out loud.
"There, there…"
"Thanks, Miss…" she whispers. And then "Are you a man or a woman?"
"Hmm…" I decided to puzzle the little kid. "Guess which?"
Myu rubs her head as she thinks out loud. "Tio said you have breasts, so you are a female. Shea said you are a male since you are gonna take her virginity. Ruby said you have both organs."
I sweatdropped, listening to her thoughts.
"What the heck did you guys teach her in my absence!?"
"Sex education?" Ruby says nonchalantly.
I facepalm out of disappointment.
"Well…"
From Commonplace to World's Weirdest.
After that, we visited Ilwa Chang again to say goodbyes.
Some children are excited to learn something. Myu was excited to see the Rust Bucket.
Only when we exited Fuhren and got into my RV, did I reveal my male form to her.
"Wow… you are handsome… uh, what should I call you?"
"Hmm, let's see… Just call me Ben. My female version is Benjamin so I don't see why I shouldn't be called Ben. I mean, Ruby always calls me Benny."
"Then I will call you Daddy."
Wait a damn minute, how did she get to that conclusion?
"Dad… daddy!?" Shea gasps.
"Ah, my master is so good at babysitting, the child straight up calls him Daddy."
"Sh-shut up!" I bark at Tio before questioning Myu. "Why do you want to call me Daddy?"
For crying out loud, don't tell me "Daddy" stands for "Sugar Daddy."
Sorry but I am not a lolicon. Let alone being a pedophile.
"I don't have a daddy. So you have to be my daddy. Doesn't a daddy protect his children?"
"Y-yes…"
"You protected me. So you are my daddy."
"Aw, haha…" I laugh dryly. Don't tell me you want 3 more mommies. Yeah but… if the future I have seen is true… she will get 7 more mommies.
Ahhhhh!
I steal a glance at the old hag vampire, the worthless bunny girl, and the perverted dragon girl (the latter two have big chests.).
I avert my gaze from the three girls who are staring at "the daughter and her daddy."
"The future? The past is fixed,
the future is uncontrollable and out of range.
The present is the only thing you can change because you are living the present.
You aren't living the past nor the future."
- Bad Ben -
-(TRANSITION)-
A high-tech black motorcycle rolls its wheels on the road to Horaud, followed by a rumbling green car.
The motorcycle has a car-like hood that can fold down for the user to climb out. It has a black body with green lines, black hood, and a green/ black hourglass symbol on the side.
Ladies and Gentlemen! It's Tenn-speed! Super High-tech motorcycle from sci-fi movies... Powered by solar energy and mana!
"Wow, it's awesome!" Myu screams in joy.
She sits between my legs on the seat of the Tenn-speed, therefore I have to use child-safety belts, which I never thought I would have to use. We both also wear helmets projected by the tech of the motorcycle.
"I know right?"
Tenn-speed is only single-ridden, hence I have to allow Myu to sit between my legs.
And then... following the cycle is a black car which resembles a black Mazda RX-8 with a green X-shaped pattern on the hubcap spanning across the sides. Its body is heavily modified to look as sleek and stealthy as possible.
Ruby drives the car although it has an autopilot function and can follow the Tenn-speed via said function. Shea sits on the seat beside the driver's and Tio sits in the back.
I created some vehicles while Ruby and I were staying at Orcus' house. I decided to ruin the technology level of this world! By the way, the device on my wrist, which is the OMNITRIX (It's sometimes called "the Omnitrix" to not confuse with other Omnitrices.) is already a Level 20 DNA Alterer.
"Ruby..." I say through the communicator. "Please slow down. I am with a child, you know. It's dangerous if you do that!"
Ruby responds to my warning with an engine rumble.
I sigh and pull down the visor of the helmet. "You are challenging me, huh?"
We both accelerate our vehicles and go on a rampage on the wasteland roads.
Horaud! It is a small town that is surrounded by a large cliff.
The Great Orcus Labyrinth, built by Oscar Orcus, lies in the center of the town. Many buildings are embedded in the mountain walls...
No, more like they were built to be a part of the mountains... Several buildings, such as the Adventurer's Guild of Horaud, are actually made out of the cliff walls that surround the town.
It's also said that Horaud was the capital of an ancient kingdom... uh, it dates back to 1,000 years ago at least.
When we were first summoned to this world, the men from the church forced us to train in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, therefore this town is no stranger to me.
Hourad is located along the southwestern portion of the northern continent.
Well, I am Benjamina Tennyson right now, though.
Since there is this GREAT LABYRINTH in this town, the outpost town of Horaud has a lot of visitors, mostly adventurers. The town folks open a mini-market on the path to the labyrinth and try to sell the local products.
"Hey, don't release my hand no matter what, okay?"
There isn't a festival around or anything... but should a beastman child get lost in a human town, I can't imagine what will happen.
"Mmm," Myu nods at me in response and grips my hand tightly.
I give her a head-pat.
"Alright, let's go, guys..."
Later at the adventurer's guild of Horaud...
"Can you let us see the guild chief? We have a message for him."
The guard nods. "Fine, please tell me your name. I will notify the chief."
"Benjamina Tennyson, I came from Fuhren."
The guard raises an eyebrow. "Please wait here, miss."
He gestures to another guard who then goes into the guild chief's room.
The guard returns to us in a minute. "Please go inside, adventurers."
And so we entered the office of the chief.
"Oh, the guests from Fuhren... I am Loa Bawavis. It's my pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"I am Benjamina Tennyson. And these people are my party members."
"What message do you have to deliver to me?"
Loa Bawavis is an old man, who I guess is at least older than 55 years. He's got a large scar that runs over his right eye.
"A letter for you from the guild chief of Fuhren, Ilwa Chang. I don't know the contents and details but..." I take out a letter in a paper bag with a red seal and hand it to the chief. "Here."
"Thank you."
I don't know what Chang wrote in the letter but... the old man looks surprised after reading it. He looks up at us who are sitting on the couch, the opposite side of the table.
"Huh. According to this letter... sounds like you went on quite a rampage."
I just shrug with a dumb face. "Kinda?"
"Hard to believe a newbie like you took out an entire army of 60,000 troops in one day and destroyed an evil organization the following day. But I've never known Ilwer to lie."
Hmm... it kind of has a feel of the overpowered shounen anime protagonist being praised in the face.
Suddenly, the door opens without anyone coming inside, making me flinch... but it wasn't NO one entering the room. Indeed... an invisible individual...
Hmm... when his invisibility wears off, the individual is revealed to be a young man in a black adventurer outfit. His black bangs cover the upper half of his face, thus giving off a gloomy aura.
He is panting and sweating... after taking some breath, he speaks up.
"Urgent Message! There's a Demon in the labyrinth!"
"And who are you?"
The chief asks.
"I-I am Kousuke Endou."
"Hmm… you are part of the Hero's party, right? What happened?"
"Hero's party…"
Endou's gaze is directed at me… "You… You look like… someone I know. But…"
What a shame… I don't remember him.
"She is Benjamina Tennyson. A gold rank adventurer from Fuhren."
"Ten… Tennyson?"
Endou catches his breath and supposedly stares at me… I can't say for sure because of the bangs that cover his eyes.
"Ahem, Mister Chief…" I request. "Can you keep this a secret?"
Chief looks at me, with his eyes widened. "I don't know what you are saying but… you can trust me."
I give him a nod and mentally command the Omnitrix to change my gender.
With a flash of green light, I return to my normal self.
"Ben Tennyson… I knew it!"
The chief looks surprised, his eyes seem like they're gonna pop out of the sockets.
Endou just exclaimed in astonishment.
"Well… What's the occasion, … Uh, Endou-san?"
2 minutes later,
"What!? You are only level 2!"
Based on what Kousuke Endou said, we had a flashback here.
Some of the hero's party members had surpassed the strongest humans of this world.
And they'd reached… Level 72…
AHHHHH! I am here stuck at Level 2!
Anyway… For the above-mentioned reason, Meld Loggins and the knights couldn't follow the heroes into deeper floors.
For reference.
Name: Kouki Amanogawa
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Level: 72
Occupation: Hero
Strength: 880
Vitality: 880
Defense: 880
Agility: 880
Magic: 880
Magic Defense: 880
Skills
All Elemental Aptitude [+Light Element Proficiency] [+Speed Casting] — All Elemental Resistance [+Increased Light Resistance] — Physical Resistance [+Improved Healing] [+Impact Mitigation] — Composite Casting — Sword Mastery — Herculean Strength — Supersonic Step — Foresight — High Speed Mana Recovery — Sense Presence — Sense Magic — Limit Break — Language Comprehension
According to stats, Amanogawa must be the isekai protagonist.
Name: Ryutarou Sakagami
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Level: 72
Occupation: Monk
Strength: 820
Vitality: 820
Defense: 680
Agility: 550
Magic: 280
Magic Defense: 280
Skills
Close Quarters Combat Proficiency [+Body Strengthening] [+Partial Strengthening] [+Focused Strengthening] [+Penetrating Strikes] — Supersonic Step — Physical Resistance [+Diamond Skin] — All Elemental Resistance — Language Comprehension
The heck. A monk rivaling a hero… is he a kung-fu monk?
Name: Shizuku Yaegashi
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Level: 72
Occupation: Swordmaster
Strength: 450
Vitality: 560
Defense: 320
Agility: 1110
Magic: 380
Magic Defense: 380
Skills
Sword Proficiency [+Improved Slashing Speed] [+Improved Drawing Speed] — Supersonic Step [+Continual Steps] [+Steel Legs] [+No Tempo] — Foresight — Sense Presence — Invisibility [+Illusionary Attacks] — Language Comprehension
Sounds like Yaegashi. She is a samurai no matter where she is.
Name: Kaori Shirasaki
Age: 17
Sex: Female
Level: 72
Occupation: Priest
Strength: 280
Vitality: 460
Defense: 360
Agility: 380
Magic: 1380
Magic Defense: 1380
Skills
Recovery Magic Affinity [+Improved Proficiency] [+Increased Casting Speed] [+Image Supplementation] [+Piercing Spells] [+AoE Proficiency] [+Remote Healing] [+Improved Status Effect Recovery] [+Reduced Mana Consumption] [+Improved Mana Efficiency] [+Chain Casting] [+Multicasting] [+Spell Retention] [+Effect Multiplication] — Light Magic Affinity [+Speed Casting] [+Improved Proficiency] [+Increased Spell Duration] [+Chain Casting] [+Multicasting] [+Spell Retention] — High Speed Mana Recovery [+Meditation] — Language Comprehension
Shirasaki is an overpowered heroine that rivals the hero…
Alright, let's pause the flashback. I am depressed as hell…
"Um… what about your stats…" Endou asks curiously.
"Hmph…"
Name: Benjamin Kirby Tennyson
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Level: 2
Class: Transmutation Artist (Synergist), Adventurer || Unknown Disturbance Found || Error
Strength: 12 || Unknown || Error
Vitality: 12 || Unknown || Error
Defence: 12 || Unknown || Error
Agility: 36 || Unknown || Error
Magic: 320 || Unknown || Error
Magic Resistance: 320 || Unknown || Error
Skills
• Transmutation
• Cyclone Joker
• Cyclone Metal
• Cyclone Trigger
• Luna Joker
• Luna Metal
• Luna Trigger
• Heat Joker
• Heat Metal
• Heat Trigger
• Blaster Mastery
• Master Swordsmanship
• Rising of the Shield Hero
• Great Bow of Dawn
• Lightning Sonic
• Thunder Mach
• Rabbit Tank
• Magic Edition
• Language Comprehension
"Wow, you got a whole bunch of… useless– I mean, weird skills."
Endou, my man doesn't just have mercy on me.
"But he wiped out a monster army of sixty thousand troops and stopped an evil organization in two days."
The chief says. "But you are a living miracle."
"But it was a SHE," I whispered to him.
He widens his eyes after realization.
Endou's jaw dropped in shock.
"Anyway, please go on."
"Um…"
Resume the Flashback.
They reached the 90th floor. Since the 89th floor, they were suspicious that something had been definitely wrong.
There is no way Knights can survive in such an environment.
The monsters could go invisible and make their comrades invisible. This is one heck of a monster.
These lizards caused quite a problem… even for Endou whose presence was said to be so weak that even the automatic doors didn't usually recognize him as a living being.
Endou became an assassin and his natural stealth skills were then even advanced! He can literally go invisible.
The monsters sensed his invisible body and tackled him… thus he received quite an amount of damage.
"It's possible there's monsters that intelligent down here, but... it seems more likely this was the work of a person. And the fact that the bloodstains here haven't been wiped away means they didn't manage to cover their tracks in time, or that—"
"This is the place we wanted to lure you to."
An unfamiliar woman's voice echoed throughout the room. It was a husky, hoarse voice. Everyone drew their weapons and turned to face the voice at once.
Footsteps rang out on the stone floor as a young woman with fiery red hair walked into the room from the other side. Her skin was swarthy, and her ears tapered to fine points.
The students' eyes opened wide in surprise. They recognized those particular characteristics, if not the person. They'd never seen one in person before, but they knew from Ishtar's lectures what race she belonged to. According to the Holy Church, she was mankind's greatest enemy. In other words…
"A demon..."
One of the students muttered quietly. A cold smile formed on the demon lady's face.
She looked over the shocked party of students. Her eyes were the same fiery crimson as her hair. She was dressed in something that resembled the biking suits that motorcyclists wore. The black suit hugged her body, emphasizing her ample curves, even in the dim light.
"I take it you're the hero? The one dressed up in that ridiculously sparkly armor?"
"I-It's not ridiculous! Besides, a demon like you has no right to criticize me! What're you even doing in this place!?"
Amanogawa's somewhat overblown reaction could probably be chalked up to how shocked he'd been to see a demon here, but he managed to recompose himself and ask what everyone was wondering.
The demon lady ignored his question and shook her head in exasperation.
"Well, you certainly are straightforward. Really though, this is the 'great hero' they want me to win over to our side? Unbelievable. Well, I guess orders are orders."
With an annoyed sigh, she addressed Kouki once more.
"You, the one in the stupid shining armor. How about joining our side?"
"Wh-What? What do you mean... join your side!?"
"Slow on the uptake I see. Literally what I said. I'm inviting you to join us, the demons. I promise we'll treat you better than the humans have."
The students were so stunned by the offer that it took them a second to comprehend it. Everyone turned to Kouki, waiting for his answer. He wiped the befuddled look off his face and glared angrily at the demon.
"I refuse! Do you honestly believe I would betray my comrades, and my fellow humans!? I see now that you demons are as evil as the stories say! You may have come here to persuade me, but it was foolish to come alone. You're outnumbered here. Surrender quietly and come with us!"
Kouki's yells reverberated throughout the chamber, but the demon didn't even flinch. Instead, she narrowed her eyes and carefully observed Kouki. She didn't seem too perturbed by his refusal. In fact, she tried offering even more favorable conditions.
"What if I said you could bring your comrades with you? Do you still refuse?"
"My answer won't change. No matter what you offer me, I won't betray the humans!"
Knowing Amanogawa… his half-ass justice still benefited him.
There wasn't even an ounce of hesitation in his reply. Offended that the demon had even offered, he raised his sword and started pouring mana into it. The holy sword began to glow with white light. His stance made it clear there would be no more talking.
Ahem… flashback ends.
"A demon, huh… interesting…"
"Is that your response?"
I roll my eyes and look up at Endou.
"You said Shirasaki-san and Yaegashi-san are with the hero's party, right?"
"Y-yeah! Please help them! They are going to die! Please! You can even take down a dragon single-handedly, right?" he begs.
I silently look at him before responding.
"I will help you but… it's not because I consider them as friends or anything. I just wanna save Shirasaki and Yaegashi."
Tio steps in. "That's why your classmates called you a Tsun–"
I hastily stood up and slapped her back with all my strength. Heck, no, my slap wouldn't even be a pinch for her.
"Ha… Master…"
Better than being called a tsundere.
Myu climbs onto my thighs, therefore I give her a place to sit on my legs.
Endou looks grateful. "Th-thanks–"
Suddenly he is interrupted by the crunching sound of the potato chips Myu is eating.
"Wh-what's with that child?"
"Daddy!" Myu suddenly cries because of Endou's yell.
"There, there…" annoyed by his disturbance, I quietly pat her head.
"Tio!" I call out my perv– ahem, my reliable party member. "Keep Myu safe, Okay?"
"As you wish, Master Ben."
Then I look back at Endou.
"You said they were on the 90th floor, right?"
He nods at me.
Hmm… I have to reveal my Omnitrix forms to my classmates for the first time… well, I never showed them clearly… So this will be my legitimate first time.
With a flash of green life, I am replaced by…
"Wh-what!?" the chief exclaims.
"Shoo… Please don't tell anyone about this."
The chief nods silently with his jaw dropped.
-(BREAK)-
"Ehehe. No one wants to be alone at the end."
Suzu Taniguchi had done the impossible. Though she was on the verge of fainting, she'd managed to create a wall of barriers stretching from her to Shizuku. There was a faint smile on her lips.
Suzu knew they were all going to die here. And so, the least she could do was use the last of her magic to make sure her best friends didn't die alone. This, of course, meant her barriers protecting the rest of the party weakened. Suzu mentally apologized to the rest of her friends, but even if she'd done her best to fight, they were doomed.
A few attacks managed to get through and graze Kaori, but she was able to reach Shizuku more or less intact. She lifted Shizuku's limp body and held her close.
"K-Kaori... what are you doing... Hurry up and go back to the others. It's too dangerous for you to be out here."
"No. It's dangerous no matter where I go. If this is where it ends, I at least want to be by your side, Shizuku-chan."
"Sorry. I couldn't beat her."
"I'm sorry I can't do more either. I don't have any mana left."
Kaori smiled at Shizuku and cast a small spell to dull Shizuku's pain. It was such a basic spell that it cost practically no mana. Shizuku gripped Kaori's hand with her remaining good hand and smiled back.
A huge shadow covered the two of them. Ahatod – the giant monster with a horse face and four arms – had arrived. It stared down at the two girls with bloodshot eyes. With a ferocious roar, it raised all four of its fists.
Suzu's barrier was still protecting the two of them, but it may as well have been tissue paper in the face of Ahatod's immense strength. One blow would have been all that it would take to smash Suzu's walls to pieces, and the shockwaves would be enough to kill Kaori and Shizuku.
"In the end, I couldn't keep this promise either." Tears spilled from Kaori's eyes. "Tennyson-kun…"
…
With a flash of green light, the ahatods that are coming for the duo… have been slashed into halves.
The horse-face monsters instantly die and turn into dust, blown away.
The demon lady is now shocked, widening her eyes at the sight of the remains of her toys.
After the dust has been cleared, standing in the spot is a young man in a black coat with mint green lines and patterns.
"That promise isn't needed anymore…" I say, tilting my head to see the duo behind me as I throw my prototool Mark X into the portal. "Shirasaki-san…"
"Ten… ny… son… kun?"
"Surprise?" I jokingly say, taking out the double-driver. "Well, nice to meet you, too, Yaegashi-san… though it is not a good occasion."
"Tennyson? You are alive? What is going on?"
"Save the reintroductions for a later time, Yaegashi-san," the double-driver belt has now wrapped around my waist.
Meld Loggins seems to be fatally injured. Some of the heroes have part of their bodies turned into stone. Many of them are exhausted and apparently, their mana has run out.
"Not an enjoyable sight, I am glad I asked them to stay out of this."
Endou suddenly appears behind me and joins the heroes. "Everyone! I have called the help…"
"Kousuke!"
"Jugo! Kentarou! I've brought reinforcements!"
Reinforcements… the demon glares at me and grits her teeth.
"Tennyson-kun…" Shirasaki mutters.
"Everything's gonna be alright. Why, you say? Because I am here…"
She whimpers a "Hmph."
"Tennyson," Yaegashi comments. "Your anime reference is lame."
"Please don't ask…" I mutter, maintaining my gaze at the demon lady.
Demon lady… she is as sexy as Endou described she was. Her ears are pointed and her skin is swarthy red. Her hair is red as fire.
"I don't know who you are," I declare, pointing at the demon lady. "But if there is only one person here who can take you down, it is me. Now… count up your sins."
I hear some chatters from the crowd behind me but I choose to ignore them.
"You insolent human–" the demon lady said something back but I interrupted her.
"Henshin…"
I take out both cyclone and joker memories and press the buttons.
"Cyclone." "Joker."
The demon scowls… "Hmm, what kind of joke is it supposed to be?"
"A cyclone joke."
I insert them into the slots of the double-driver.
"Cyclone… Joker."
With a flash of green light, I am replaced by a copper-colored fat robot-like creature.
"This isn't Cyclone Joker!" A male classmate complained furiously. "You liar!"
I rotate my head 180° to greet the heroes.
"Don't sweat the details… I call this one CLOCKWORK." I say back with a German accent.
"AHHHH… you freak!" a random girl screams in terror.
"Tennyson, what has become of you!? You are…. A freak in many ways," Yaegashi mocks me. Shirasaki can't speak… her jaw has dropped.
"Spare me the cliche. Anyway… I will heal you all…"
"I don't care what kind of freak you are," the demon orders. "Kill him!"
You have made a fatal mistake, Ms. Demon.
The first monster that charged towards me was a Chimera – A monster with two heads, four limbs, and wings. Well, in this one's case, its heads are lion heads.
The gear sounds and a ticking sound come out of my body as the key on my head begins to spin.
As I channel the time energy, the whole world has come to a pause.
Now then… let's heal them quickly.
I concentrate the time energy in my chest and then blast the energy at the commander, Meld Loggins, reversing the time of his body, thus healing the wounds.
And then I fire the time rays at the petrified heroes… they sure look courageous, huh? If anything, I must praise them. The stone limbs slowly turn back to normal due to the effect of the time ray.
"Ha… it's exhausting. But… I should do some party tricks."
I decided to approach the demon lady and give her one or two punches… but as I walk towards her, I collide with something in the air…
An invisible barrier… no, something is invisible here.
Endou said… some monsters could turn invisible. Mmm… ok, I should turn it to dust.
Wait, I shouldn't waste my time energy. Otherwise, I will just tire myself out and when the boss comes out, I will be good as dead.
"Alrighty…" I grit my non-existent teeth and resume the time flow.
With a flash of green light, I have become Four Arms.
"Hmm… I can move my legs."
"Commander, you are okay?" "Meld-san?"
Haha, I will impress you, Demon-san.
"He actually healed us!"
I move one of my fists towards where I think the invisible monster is and deliver a blow on whatever surface I touched.
The monster groans in pain and instantly turns into dust.
She grits her teeth and unleashes something black.
Alright, I don't know what is coming for me, but… here is THUNDERCLAP!
The black cats (?) are blown away by the shockwave.
"A-amazing…" a muscular male classmate comments.
"Let me show you something shiny…" Fourarms is now replaced by…
"DIAMONDHEAD!"
The demon lady unleashes another swarm of black cats that scream "meow" with a freaky voice.
They collide with my body, but have no effect on my body. Feeling annoyed, I slap them like killing a mosquito.
"Hmm, what! Why don't they… petrify you?"
I hold up my arms and aim at the random spaces of the cave where my classmates are not.
"Because… I am already living rock…"
I fire the crystal shards at the targeted areas… and in a moment, the grunts of the monsters are heard…
Oh yeah, they were invisible.
The invisibility of monsters wear off and the giant bulltaurs appear… before dropping to the ground, and turning into dust afterward.
"Tsk… kill him! Kill him! Kill him!"
A group of four-white-eyed wolf monsters charges towards me.
"Interesting…"
I thrust my hand forward, and create crystal spikes on the ground, which instantly kills the whole bunch of monsters.
"Who's next, Miss Demon…?"
"Tsk… you all, attack him!"
Again, another bunch of monsters is unleashed. I know demons can tame the monsters but still… it's getting boring…
"Unicorns… Bulltaurs… bullshit…"
Turning my arms into blades, I charge into the swarm of monsters and start slicing them into pieces.
"You got to try better…"
Grrrrr….
The roars of the horse monsters behind me startle me…
Shit, I am alone.
I don't think small crystal shards are enough to kill those monsters.
While I am distracted, I am suddenly tackled by two chimeras…
"Hmph…"
Oh shit… in the corner of my eye, I notice a giant turtle-like monster with colorful patterns on its shell open its mouth to concentrate pink magic energy into a mana ball.
"Holy crap, CHROMASTONE!"
With an energy outburst, I hurl all the monsters around me away… and afterward, I activate my absorption ability and consume all the mana beam the turtle monster has fired at me.
"Itadakimasu… I guess."
"You aren't just a freak, you are many freaks… a freak show… well, in the end, I will still gonna kill you…"
I chuckle at the demon's declaration of war. "You can try. Because I have tried that enough times to understand myself."
I start floating in the air and clench my fist, concentrating the energy I've just absorbed in my hands… and finally, I deliver two fatal energy blows into the horse monster bodies.
"No, no, no! Ahatods! They are the gifts from Lord Freid!"
"Hmm?" My cycloptic eye shoots a disinterested gaze at her and I fold my arms. "And these two are my friends."
"F-friends…" Shirasaki mutters.
"Rest assured, Shirasaki-san… and Yaegashi-san, I've got a gift for you."
Yaegashi looks up at where I am floating mid-air.
I open my dimensional inventory and take out a mana-enhancing sword that resembles a katana.
"I think this one will suit you," I throw the sheathed sword at the samurai girl and take off from my spot to take on the other monsters.
"Grr!" Growling, several abnormal bulltaurs approach the place where the heroes are resting.
Meld Loggins snaps himself out of thoughts and grips the handle tightly…. Then charges at the bulltaurs.
Yaegashi takes out her katana (which I just gifted her) and runs up to Meld, to join him in the battle.
They combine their moves in rhythmic cooperation and try to defend the rest of the party members who don't still recover from the exhaustion and injuries.
"BLOXX! Thanks, guys, but now…" a color full gorilla lands between the two swordsmen and the bulltaurs. "I will have to protect you guys…"
The swordsmen jump backward and join the heroes…
I create a wall between the outside and the heroes…. And then cannons on the wall, which aim at the monsters who are coming for the heroes.
Ladies and Gentlemen! It's Bloxx of the Segmentasapiens.
Being an organo-sillicon-based life form with segmented hardened quasi-organic polymer skin, Bloxx's body is made up of individual red, blue, and yellow building blocks that he can rearrange at will.
Bloxx's default appearance looks similar to that of a gorilla made of mostly red and yellow building blocks with some blue blocks. He has black lines and studs all over his body. His feet are stubs and his hands are extremely large to balance most of his body. Bloxx wears the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
But I forgot one thing…
The turtle monster unleashes its beam once, destroying a good part of the wall.
AHHH! It hurts… holy crap, I gotta change again.
"Tennyson-kun!"
By the time I heard Shirasaki's voice, I had dropped onto the ground, again in my human form.
"Um, you aren't completely unbeatable, I see. While you can use a form for specific abilities, that comes with weaknesses… and you can't use the abilities of other forms…"
The Demon Lady comments… with a mocking tone.
Well, I have expected that much. Randomly attacking the opponent... it's not a bad strategy.
But...
"Yeah... because it is more interesting that way," I tap the Omnitrix faceplate, mentally commanding it to give me the right alien.
"BIG CHILL... I will give you a... cool... nice... chill..."
"Whoa... wow... it's..."
The Demon lady smirks, probably underestimating an enemy she has encountered for the first time.
"Huh? Whatever you throw at me, I will still kill you in the end."
"I wanna hear that again after the battle."
I chuckle and switch on my invisibility and intangibility.
"What!?"
I phase through the shell of the turtle and freeze it from its very core, thus petrifying the whole turtle monster in ice.
"Im-impossible!"
"What is impossible?" A cold dry hand suddenly touches her bare shoulder. "You know what? I am Ben Tennyson. If you think you can kill me easily, you can try ten times over. I am not unbeatable, yes. But I am unkillable."
She instinctively jumps away from me, glaring at where I might be.
I suddenly appear behind her again.
"Boo!"
"Ah! You freak!"
The unicorns and bulltaurs she summons afterward are all frozen by the necrofriggian's infamous ice breath.
"Now then... What will be your answer? Give up? Or Run away?"
She glares into the air where she thinks I am.
"Neither!"
Her nails suddenly glow pink... now she doesn't aim at me but the heros who are still unable to move much...
"Crushing Garole!"
Shit... shit... holy... shit!
"GRAVATTACK! It is cheating, you know!?"
I furiously complained to the villain.
I hastily create a gravitational force around the stones that fall from the rock ceiling.
"You are wide open!" She lets out a battle scream as she fires consecutive mana blasts at me.
I smirk... well, creepily, with my mouth full of giant-size teeth. "I have two hands..."
I thrust another hand forward and stop the beams mid-air, suspended... and then redirect them into the ground.
"What! It can't be."
"Crap... I am becoming impatient..."
I curl up my body into a planet-like sphere and attract all the floating stones, making them orbiting around me as asteroids.
"Whoa, whoa, the fuck. He is... like..."
"Saturn?"
"Yeah..."
Two of my classmates commented.
"Because this is a living mini-planet," I jokingly declare.
"Living... planet..."
"I thought that sort of thing only exists in Marvel movies!"
I move toward the demon lady who is now too horrified to even think rationally.
"Sh-shit..."
"Say..." I question her again. "Would you rather give up or retreat, choose one?"
Yes, neither sounds good and I know it very well.
"I said... neither! You can take my life. My lover will hunt you down..."
I mockingly laugh at her. "I told you. If he thinks he can kill me, he can try... I am not afraid of death. I have faced it countless times... and I have died again and again. But... I will never take the life of an opponent unless there's no other choice."
"Then... what will you do to me!?"
"Fear... I will inflict fear into your soul. One that will haunt you to the point you can never fight again."
Her glare never goes down. But deep down, I know this method is even harsher than killing a villain.
Why did I start killing my opponents?
Back then, my thoughts were like... "how are these bad guys alive... while the good guys have died?"
No... I was wrong.
Once you start killing someone, you will gradually enjoy killing and in the end, you will become a murderer.
"He's too dangerous to keep alive!"
Yeah, a murderer would think of reasons– no, he would squeeze the reasons out of his brain and then murder someone... he will probably say – "Hmm, what? I killed him because I should."
I smack the Omnitrix insignia and become an Ogre-like alien.
"TOEPICK!"
The scariest alien in my arsenal! Toepick!
Toepick is a greenish yellow-skinned, ogre-like alien with long and misshapen arms that have weed-like spikes coming out of them, pointy fingertips, and a visible belly button. He wears a simple pair of black briefs with a metal dark green waistline with white bolts on it. His eyes are glowing green and can be seen through the bars of a dark green metal cage helmet worn on his head. Inside his helmet is Toepick's terrifying face, which is supposed to resemble an eldritch horror. He also has a layer of tentacles that covers his true face.
Toepick's helmet has two horns protruding from the sides of it, and also a crest that resembles a toenail in shape. The cage's door has five bars, three of which are in the center of the door. It opens in two halves, with the lock in the very center of the door, staying on the right half. Connected to this cage is Toepick's armor, which wraps around his shoulders and goes halfway down his chest and is connected to his briefs by chains.
Toepick's Omnitrix symbol is on the helmet's extension covering his chest, with two green metallic protrusions accompanying the symbol on both sides.
"You won't regret your choice."
"Glad to hear..."
The students begin to make a fuss over this.
"I've got a very bad feeling about this."
"For some reason, I feel like he is a monster now..."
"It's... so intimidating..."
Ignoring their comments, I walk up to the demon lady who is now lying on the stone floor.
The cage of the helmet opens to reveal my nightmarish face.
Her composure falls off and her calm expression vanishes.
"AHHHHHH! S-so..."
She couldn't think straight for a moment.
She desperately catches her breath as she struggles to look away – her face has become pale as if she is horribly sick.
"Ah... ah..."
And then she faints, and drops to the ground like a doll.
I transform back to human form and summon a portal to bring out some metal cuffs to restrain the drained demon.
"Shit... I hate to use Toepick."
Evil… Is everyone born evil? I know so well that not every flower bears thorns. Some flowers have poisons of their own.
Is everyone born good?
I brush her hair to the side subconsciously… while I examine her face, I constantly think about how to deal with her afterward.
I have changed my policy.
Bad Ben. A title I am proud of. Because I don't wanna be a plain hero with plain beliefs… like Ben Prime. As much as I hate him, I was albeit the same with him… then I… I quit my job. Everything in my life screwed up.
Hah…
When I tilt my head, I am suddenly greeted by a girl's face that's awfully close to mine at the time.
"Ah… Shi-shirasaki… San?"
It is Kaori Shirasaki… and behind her is Shizuku Yaegashi.
Shirasaki's eyes become watery and she grabs my head, then embraces me between her chest and arms.
"Shi-shirasaki-san? Shirasaki-sama? Excuse me?"
Yaegashi shakes her head gently. "Kaori is hopeless…" she mutters to herself.
"I'm glad… you are alive. I thought… I would never see you again…"
She has become a sobbing mess.
Shirasaki is the only one who knows my secret in the whole class.
"Didn't you know… I am the Uchuujin boy. I will never die."
Her laughs mixed with the tears and sobs.
Then she hugs me even tighter.
I decided to give no mind to the rest of the class. For today, I can at least accompany my only friends.
"Say, Shirasaki-san, Yaegashi-san…"
"Hmm…?" (Shirasaki)
"What is it, perverted Uchuujin boy?" (Yaegashi)
Who are you calling a pervert! You?... You samurai Otaku!
"Let's eat out tonight," I whisper to them, not wanting the rest of class to hear. "I will introduce you to my party."
"R-really?" Shirasaki asks excitedly.
"Of course… uh, first…"
I look back at the unconscious demon lady.
"I will first deal with this woman."
THE END OF CHAPTER (7).
Season (1) Ends here. The rest of the storyline will be different from the original stories.
Note: Ben often dreams of future events that have yet to happen because of the anodite gene in his DNA.
Note 2: "Henshin/変身" means "transform" or "transformation." 1) It is a reference to the Kamen Rider show (which Bad Ben likes.) 2) Ben's classmates are Japanese, therefore they can understand the reference. 3) It also represents the gender change between Ben and Benjamin because Myu didn't know Ben is a male at first. 4) Ben uses a henshin device (the Omnitrix) to henshin (transform) and gain superpowers (by turning into aliens.)
I never considered the evolution feature in this story. But I will introduce new aliens (based on canon alien species) occasionally.
Please write reviews for the story so that I can improve the further chapters. Thanks for reading.
Christopher Paradox Chronos.