Guest: It's definitely an interesting suggestion. Unfortunately,I can't do it because I haven't watched Kamen Rider yet.

Jss2141: Glad you liked it, and don't worry, you won't have to wait much longer.

Also,I absolutely love your suggestion on Ben's potential Domain Expansion. Because of it, I'll work towards giving him one and when it does debut,I will make sure to give you full credit for the suggestion.

Felipe1402XZA: I understand your concern about Megumi's potential being dampered since he doesn't fight Sukuna like in canon. I can assure you that not only is that not the case,I also have a plan for him later down the line.

The Princess of the Red Moon: Hope this chapter meets up to your expectations.

Maximum Rhapsody: Glad you liked it. Ben and Yuji will start their training from this chapter. You'll have to read it to see how Satoru approaches training Ben.

If you are asking how much trouble Ben's transformations would have against Sukuna once he's closer to his full power, this is my answer.

It's not going to be purely definitive so as to avoid spoilers, but hopefully it's simple to understand as well. The stronger Sukuna gets, the more Ben can not only not afford to hold back against him, but he will also have to utilize his more powerful transformations as well.

If this isn't your question, please clarify.

Jetjaguar98: Glad you liked it, I'll keep doing my best.

Glad you liked the interactions between Ben and Yuji. It gives me more confidence to do them as the story progresses.

Sukuna is now interested in seeing Ben's full power for himself. He's plotting something sinister no doubt.

Glad you liked how I healed Yuji's arm. I wanted it to be in a way that wasn't obvious, and I'm glad it was received well.

I'm happy you liked the role Paradox played in the previous chapter. In this chapter, you'll all get to understand more just how much Paradox has set his plans into motion.

Pranking Satoru with spicy foods is an interesting concept. One I can definitely see myself doing. I just need to think it out more so that it's done in an entertaining way.

That actually makes a lot of sense as most of Ben's enemies would know about the full extent of his powers to some degree at that point. Him wanting to make his arsenal more versatile is something I can definitely see him doing. Well done.

Also, your explanation on the genetics passed down between the Tennyson's and each gender is really interesting and I can actually see it being incorporated into the show with more fleshing out. I'm impressed.

I'd love to see your suggestions on cursed weapons/tools mixed with technology.

I'm doing all right, thanks for asking. Thanks also once again for the support, and consideration for my well being. Greatly appreciate it.

Bountyodst: I'm glad you liked it, and that you are enjoying the story more as it progresses. On how I plan to have Ben trained compared to Yuji, you'll find out within this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ben 10 or Jujutsu Kaisen in any way. They were both created by Man of Action and Gege Akutami respectively and are owned by Cartoon Network and Shonen Jump respectively.

Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Inner Strength

It was the next day, and both Ben and Yuji stood on opposite sides of each other inside the basement. They both wore casual clothes,and had their hands in their pockets.

Ben wore his usual attire, but was missing his green jacket,thus leaving with only his black inner shirt, thus revealing the Ultimatrix in all it's glory on his left arm.

Yuji wore a dark blue hoodie and grey pants that stopped at his ankles, along with red sneakers. The duo looked at Satoru who had his left hand inside his pocket and his right index finger raised up.

"You're a head above the rest when it comes to close combat,Yuji." Said Satoru as he looked at Yuji.

"And your powers grant you so much versatility that you more or less have a solution for every situation, Tennyson." Said Satoru as he looked at Ben.

"So what you both need to learn right now is cursed energy control,as well as the bare minimum of jujutsu knowledge." Both Ben and Yuji reacted to Satoru's words differently. Whereas Ben looked at Satoru with confusion,Yuji looked at him with a warm smile.

"What's the matter with you two?" Asked a confused Satoru.

"Oh,I figured you'd be the best person to train us,so I'm just happy." Said Yuji as a faint blush appeared on his cheeks while smiling with his eyes closed.

"I'm weak,and couldn't save anybody. I nearly got in Tennyson's way against the curse. And even though we managed to beat it, I'm certain that if I had fought it alone, things would have turned out differently, and not for the best." Ben and Satoru were slightly taken aback by this sudden shift of tone from Yuji to a more somber one.

"As I am now,I won't be able to face the others. I want to become strong." Yuji, who was looking at the ground the entire time he spoke raised his head up to look at Satoru directly.

"Teach me to be the strongest." Satoru's initial surprise was replaced with a grin as he crossed his arms with confidence.

"You've got a keen eye." Said Satoru.

"Sensei, you're the one who called yourself the strongest." Said Yuji.

"So... just to make sure we're on the same page." Said Satoru, ignoring Yuji as he turned to face Ben.

"Do you feel the same way, Tennyson?" Ben's initial surprise was replaced with an expression of uncertainty.

"Like Yuji,I do want to get stronger if it means I can save more people. But I don't think I can get any stronger if it comes down to cursed energy." Said Ben.

"You don't think you can use cursed energy?" Asked Satoru.

"I know I can't. I didn't know anything about curses,cursed energy and all that until I met you." Said Ben.

"And if I told you you could?" Said Satoru.

"Huh?" Said Ben with a mixture of confusion and surprise.

"Is that what you meant when you were talking about that strange feeling I had when I exorcised that curse?" Asked Ben.

"That, and more." Both Ben's and Yuji's eyes widened in surprise as they understood the implication of what Satoru was telling them.

"Are you saying..." Began Ben.

"That your latent power goes beyond cursed energy, Tennyson? Yes." Answered Satoru with a smirk.

"What exactly is this hidden power? How is it that I'm just finding out about it now?" Asked Ben more to himself. His eyes briefly widened before narrowing as they fell on Satoru.

"You know exactly what it is, don't you?" Asked Ben suspiciously.

"All right,first,take a look at those drink cans over there." Said Satoru as he pursed his lips together, turned to his right side and outstreched both palms towards the direction he was facing.

A small tick mark appeared on Ben's forehead as he was annoyed by Satoru avoiding his question, but he still looked at what Satoru and Yuji were looking at.

On top of a wooden table were two drink cans;one green and one orange. They were both slightly far apart from each other.

The green can suddenly fell back as a small but quick gust of wind hit it's body. The force was powerful enough to cause a small puncture on it's body, causing it's contents to spill out gradually. It's contents being a green liquid.

The orange can suddenly tightened in a manner similar to being squeezed. The force applied to it was strong enough to cause it to gush out it's contents completely from it's formely sealed lid. It's contents being a brown liquid.

Both Ben and Yuji gasped in astonishment.

"This is with cursed energy." Said Satoru, referring to the green can.

"And this is with a cursed technique." Said Satoru, referring to the orange can.

"I see. I don't get it." Said Yuji with a stoned face as he cupped his left hand underneath his chin.

"I think I have an idea though." Said Ben as he looked at Satoru by turning his head to the left.

"You destroyed the green can by using cursed energy in it's purest form. And you destroyed the orange can by using it in it's refined form." Mused Ben.

"Excellent Tennyson. You catch on quick." Said Satoru with a wide grin.

"Huh?" Said a still confused Yuji.

"Think of it like this,Yuji." Began Satoru.

"Think of cursed energy as electricity, and cursed techniques as appliances. Electricity by itself is hard to use, right?"

"That's why we run electricity through appliances to achieve various results."

"Just like Tennyson said,I fired off pure cursed energy here." Said Satoru, referring to the green can.

"Whereas here,I channeled cursed energy into a cursed technique to activate it and twist the can with jujutsu." Said Satoru, referring to the orange can.

"In other words, we're about to learn a very, very good cursed technique?!" Asked Yuji with a smile as he raised his left index finger up.

"No, you can't use cursed techniques." Said Satoru, instantly dashing Yuji's hopes.

"Huh?!"Said Yuji in disbelief, though his smile was now widened as he opened his mouth.

"Setting aside simple shikigami and barriers, cursed techniques are fundamentally etched into your body from the day you're born." Explained Satoru as he placed his left hand on his chest.

"So the power of a jujutsu sorcerer is roughly 80% innate talent." Though Ben looked at Satoru in surprise,Yuji looked like he was about to fall over due to utter disbelief.

This was because not only was his mouth still wide open, his body swayed from side to side as he struggled to maintain his footing.

Just as Satoru finished his musing, Yuji's body turned completely white in a manner similar to that of a paper. His body went a step further as all his limbs and body parts lost their original features and instead,took the appearance of a doodle drawing.

Yuji fell on his back gently, causing both Ben and Satoru to look at him with confusion.

"Dude,are you alright?" Asked Ben.

"I just thought I'd be able to pull off thunder or fire or a power bomb or something." Said Yuji in a very low tone.

"You can pull off a power bomb. Onita's, right?" Said Satoru, referring to wrestler Atushi Onita's powerbomb technique.

"Not sure that what he means,Gojo." Said Ben as he walked towards him before standing by his side.

"This sucks." Began Yuji as his paper body began to sway slowly from side to side while still on the ground.

"I wanted to pull off a Spirit Gun or Bankai,or Rasengan,or a Dodon Ray." Said Yuji as he formed each attack he named on his hand.

"He's still going on about that." Said Ben with a light chuckle.

'You just can't use them yet. Eventually, Sukuna's cursed techniques will be engraved into your body.' Thought Satoru with a smirk.

"I wanted to fire off a Kamehameha." Yuji's body began to shake even more than before.

"Let's just ignore what you can't do! We're going to enhance your strengths!" Said Satoru enthusiastically with a smirk.

"This totally sucks.' Said Yuji as he continued with his self loathing.

"We'll get you to imbue your fighting style with cursed energy. I'm way more scared of someone who can force their way through with the basics than I am of inferior jujutsu." This piqued Yuji's interest,as he stopped rambling.

"Like I just said,your talent for close combat is top notch." Yuji gasped in surprise, causing his body to turn back to normal.

"Get up." Said Satoru.

"I don't understand exactly what you're saying but if it's just imbuing my attacks with cursed energy,it shouldn't be too hard. I am basically half a curse right now." Said Yuji confidently as he got to his feet.

"Then give it a try." Said Satoru with a smile as he raised up his left palm.

"Hit me here. Not that you actually can." Said Satoru as he pointed to the outstreched palm with his right index finger.

"Don't blame me if you get hurt." Said Yuji confidently as he held his left bicep with his right hand, and began to turn his left hand which was closed into a fist, backwards in a manner similar to a circle.

"Just hurry up and do it." Said Satoru, causing Ben to take a few steps back.

With a determined glare,Yuji placed his left fist down his right palm before sending a straight punch to Satoru's hand. The blow only had enough force behind it to cause a small gust of wind around the room.

"That didn't have any cursed energy behind it." Said Satoru, still smiling.

"How?!" Shouted Yuji in surprise.

"Negative emotions are the source of cursed energy." Said Satoru before letting go of Yuji's fist.

"When you say it like that,it basically sounds like you always have to be in a bad mood to use cursed energy." Said Ben.

"That's probably why Fushiguro's always a bit snappy." Said Yuji, causing Ben to snicker.

"Not like that." Said Satoru, dismissing the thought.

"Everyone's trained to produce cursed energy using the faintest sparks of emotion." Began Satoru.

"They've also trained on how to not waste cursed energy when emotions are flaring,too." Ben and Yuji looked confused by this.

"They are several methods to train this." Satoru then pointed towards Yuji.

"I'll be having you use a pretty exhausting one." He then pointed towards Ben.

"Yours,on the other hand will be much more daunting." Ben could only look at Satoru with a bewildered expression on his face.

"What's mine?" Asked a reluctant Yuji. Smirking, Satoru then brought up his hands, showing that he held numerous DVD cases, each with different designs, colors and covers.

"Watching movies." Said Satoru.

"Watching movies?" Asked Yuji in confusion. Ben looked at Yuji then Satoru in disbelief.

"Yup." Said Satoru as he pointed towards a table with a lot more DVD cases. In front of it was a small silver colored TV on a slightly larger table.

"Everything from masterpieces to C-grade horror films and terrible french movies." Yuji and Ben looked towards the red couch placed in front of the table, and saw that it had even more DVD cases on top of it.

"You'll be watching them nonstop as long as you're awake. Of course, you won't just be watching them." Said Satoru before dropping the DVD cases in his hand on the table before walking towards a corner of the room.

Once there,he brought out from seemingly nowhere a dark brown teddy bear with lean arms and blue boxing gloves, and small legs. It seemed to be sleeping,as it was lightly snoring while being held by the head by Satoru.

"You'll be watching them with this guy." Said Satoru.

"What's with the doll?" Asked Ben.

"It's a cursed corpse that the principal made." Said Satoru before handing it over to Yuji.

"Ah,I knew it! It has his sense!" Exclaimed Yuji. Ben looked on curiously as Yuji began to lightly shake the doll, inspecting it from each corner of it's body by holding it, straightening it out, shaking or even pinching it. None of this seemed to get a reaction out of it.

"And?I don't understand what you're getting at here." Said Yuji.

"Don't be hasty, now. You'll see soon." Almost immediately after saying this, the doll woke with it's eyes wide open, and it's teeth gritted. It then proceeded to land a powerful right punch to Yuji's face,

"The cursed corpse will wake up and attack you, just like that,if you don't keep pouring a set amount of cursed energy into it." Explained Satoru as he leaned back on the side of the couch with a smirk on his face, and his hands in his pocket.

Meanwhile,Yuji and the doll were stuck In a slow motion like state. Yuji, with his neck arched back, seemingly falling to the ground on his back as the saliva he spat out due to the blow still hanged in the air.

The doll, with it's fist still outstreched, falling slowly to the ground. All the while,Ben looked at both of them in disbelief.

Just as Satoru finished his explanation, Both Yuji and the cursed corpse were restored back to normal time,as Yuji bent forward as he clenched his jaw in agony. Meanwhile, the doll,now on the ground,sat down in place,as if greatly exhausted.

"Ow!" Shouted Yuji, still holding on the bruised jaw.

"Like I just said,we have all kind of movies available here." Said Satoru, completely ignoring Yuji's plight.

"Heart-throbbers, thrillers, exciting ones, ones that'll make you cry, laugh,or feel disgusted." Ben held Yuji up by his right hand as the latter wrapped it around his shoulders . Both boys then looked at the sleeping doll with contempt.

"Your first goal is to watch an entire movie,from start to finish, without waking the cursed corpse." Said Satoru, causing both boys to looked towards him. Satoru then picked up a DVD case from the table and held it up.

"This trains you to maintain a steady output of cursed energy,no matter what emotions you feel." Explained Satoru.

"You can't use too much or too little." Frowning,Yuji held the doll by the head with both hands, causing it to rattle in his grasp. It wouldn't last long though,as almost immediately,it went back to sleep. Ben could only look on with pity as he stood a few meters away from Yuji by his side.

However, just as Yuji let out a sigh of relief, the doll began to shake violently once more, causing a frantic Yuji to use all of his strength to keep a firm hold on it.

Satoru on the other hand,had squatted in front of the table holding the TV, opening turning the DVD, and thus, opening the disc drive in the process.

"I have set it to the faint level of cursed energy you can produce right now, but it'll steadily start demanding greater output. So don't let your guard down." Said Satoru as he picked up a DVD case from the table.

"I couldn't let it down even if I wanted to." Said Yuji weakly as he had managed to put the curse to sleep for a brief moment.

"What do you want to start with? I recommend this one.The heroine's annoying, but she dies spectacularly in the end." Said Satoru with a smile.

"That's not disturbing at all." Said Ben in a low tone as he put his hands on his waist.

"Major spoilers." Said Yuji with a grimace.

"I say we start off with an action-" Yuji was once again punched in the face by the doll with it reaching back with it's right hand.

"Oh,come on!" Shouted a frustrated Yuji as he threw the doll to the ground. The doll in question, took a boxing stance, and began to throw jabs at the air.

"Hey, even if you're irritated,keep the cursed energy steady." Said Satoru as he was about to insert a disc into the disc drive.

"Easier said than done, don't you think?" Asked Ben rhetorically.

"I'd be a lot more cautious if I were you, Tennyson." Began Satoru as he inserted the disc.

"You don't what it is I have in store for you just yet." Ben looked at Satoru warily as he put the disc drive in place, and stand up in order to turn on the TV, thus causing the movie to start playing.

"Something tells me that it's a lot harder than Itadori's, isn't it?" Asked Ben with caution. Meanwhile, the afformentioned Yuji held the doll by the head with mild aggression. It initially continued shaking violently, but would eventually cease to do so as well. Now that the doll was sleeping again,Yuji walked towards the couch and sat on it in order to watch the movie.

"You guessed it." Said Satoru with enthusiasm, causing Ben to groan.

"It can't be all that bad." Said Ben.

"You're going to be sparring with me." Said Satoru, causing both boys to gasp in surprise.

"Without using your powers." Said Satoru with a devious grin, causing Ben's jaw to drop.


"What?!" Shouted the voice of Ben.

Both Ben and Satoru were in a park,with no one else but them nearby. Satoru stood with a grin on his face both hands in his pockets.

Ben, now wearing his normal attire fully, stood with clenched fists as he looked at Satoru with uncertainty.

"Remind me again exactly how this is a spar?" Said Ben.

"It's not. It's basically just me hitting you with minimal but pure cursed energy repeatedly until you're able to stop it from hitting you." Said Satoru with a smile.

"Right. Remind me again why exactly I agreed to this." Asked Ben rhetorically.

"Because a seemingly fight or flight situation is more or less the best way for your latent power to manifest itself." Said Satoru as he stretched his hands forward.

"Right." Ben deadpanned as he looked at Satoru who proceeded to stretch his hands backwards.

"You know,out of all the ways I thought I'd see just exactly how strong you are,I never imagined one of them being a crash test dummy for one of your attacks." Said Ben in an attempt to make light of the situation. Though it was evident that he was nervous from the tone of his voice.

"You don't have to worry though, Tennyson. You won't be injured in anyway during this exercise." Said Satoru with confidence.

'Somehow I doubt that.' Thought Ben with a mental sigh as he looked to his side.

"A word of advice before we begin." Ben looked back at Satoru with curiosity.

"Because this isn't an actual life or death scenario, you're going to constantly struggle with actually manifesting your abilities successfully. So no matter how many times you feel like giving in, don't and just try to keep an open mind." Explained Satoru as he held his left index finger up.

"Huh.I thought for certain you were going to say something more original than..." A gust of wind hit Ben with enough force to send him falling on his back. He groaned in pain upon hitting the ground.

"Hey, what's the big idea cutting me off like that?!" Said Ben in annoyance as he sat up to look at Satoru.

"Class is in session, Tennyson. Best to keep your guard up at all times." Said Satoru with a devious smirk.

"If that's your idea of advice, it could use some work!" Said Ben with a tick mark on his forehead.

"Though I guess it's better than nothing." Said Ben with a sigh as he got to his feet and began to dust his knees.

"So,we go again?" Said Ben as he looked at Satoru.

"You seemed pretty eager just now. Nice, makes it more fun for me." Said Satoru with glee.

"Why do I get the feeling that I'm still going to end up getting hurt somehow?" Said Ben with worry.

"Because you are." Said Satoru with a wide grin. Almost immediately, another gust of wind hit Ben and sent him to the ground on his back, causing him to audibly gasp in pain.

And this was only the beginning of his woes.

As each time he got, he was sent back to ground with more force than the last time. And though to his surprise, he didn't sustain any injuries,nor was he feeling any unbearable pain, the discomfort was evident each time he landed with a new position on the ground.

It seemed that a considerable amount of time had passed,as Ben stood with his hands rested on his knees, his head ducked forward, and his breathing ragged as he panted heavily.

"Gotta hand it to you, Tennyson. You're a lot tougher than you look, still managing to stand after all those blasts." Said Satoru with his smile still present.

"No thanks to you. I've been falling on my butt for the past thirty minutes." Said Ben as he looked up to look at Satoru. Large beads of sweat could be seen dripping down his face, and his eyes seemed to be struggling to stay open.

"And you're having way too much fun with this." Said Ben accusingly.

"You can't prove that." Said Satoru with a smirk as he waved his left hand in a dismissive manner.

"Why I.." Began Ben in annoyance, only to be sent back to the ground once more by the gust of wind.

"Gaah!" Shouted Ben in pain as he initially bounced off the ground on his back before landing properly.

"Come on, Tennyson, you can do better than that." Said Satoru as he looked down at Ben with evident disappointment.

'I'm beginning to wonder if Paradox' fate in him isn't misplaced.' Thought Ben as he stretched out his hands while still on the ground panting heavily.

"Speaking of." Said Ben in a low tone before beginning to get up.

"Gojo, time out for a bit." Said Ben as he held up his left hand.

"Huh? What for?" Asked a confused Satoru.

"I've been meaning to ask. You seem to know way too much about me, and even though I get it's because of you and Paradox are friends, I'm still finding it hard to believe you know so much considering..." Asked Ben as he stood while still resting his hands on his knees.

"How cryptic Paradox is?" Interrupted Satoru.

"Yeah, that." Said Ben, mildly surprised.

"I'm guessing you've had to deal with it too." Said Ben with a smirk.

"More than I'd like to admit. It's pretty much in his nature." Said Satoru with a chuckle as he smirked as well.

"Which is exactly why I was so surprised by how much he told me about you." Began Satoru.

"From how you got your powers, some of your adventures, your closest friends." Ben's eyes widened in surprise.

"Heck, this entire training, he's already given me an idea of what to expect by the time we're through. Speaking of..." Satoru held up his left index finger and pointed it at Ben.

"Wait. What exactly did he tell you to..." Ben was sent back to the ground once again, this time with Satoru using his left index finger as a finger gun.

"Not again." Said Ben in dismay while still on the ground.

"Uh uh uh. No spoilers." Said Satoru as he swayed his left index finger in a playful manner.

"Especially not when we've made it this far." Ben got back up to his feet while clenching his head with his right hand.

"Do you really have to keep holding out on me? I feel like I could collapse any second." Said Ben.

"Which is exactly why I have to keep doing this." Said Satoru before flicking his left middle finger pursed his left thumb towards Ben.

"Agh!" Shouted Ben as he hit the ground once more.

"Your body's at it's limit, and your mind's getting foggy. It'd be easy to just quit. But you can't afford to do that." Explained Satoru.

"Easier said than done." Said Ben as he struggled to get up.

"Wrong. You're going to do just that." Ben's eyes widened in surprise as he had managed to rest his hands on the ground as he kneeled.

"It's exactly when you feel like the odds are stacked against you that you're at an advantage." Ben had managed to stand on his left leg and placed his left elbow on his knee while looking at Satoru with curiousity.

"It's when it feels like your body is about to break that you push on." Ben had managed to stand on both legs, though still resorting to resting his hands on his knees.

"It's when it feels like your mind is clouded that you make it clear." Ben had now managed to stand straight and looked straight at Satoru.

"Because the true strength of a Jujutsu sorcerer is knowing when you're backed into a corner, but still push to give it your all." Said Satoru, his tone devoid of any humor.

"And if you can't do that,then you have no place amongst our ranks." Ben's eyes initially widened in surprise, but they quickly narrowed in determination m

"Now,Ben Tennyson." Began Satoru as he raised his left hand up slowly.

"Show me..." Satoru's left thumb was placed on top of his index and middle finger respectively,as he pointed it towards Ben.

"Just how strong your resolve really is." A gust of wind was sent towards Ben who had already crossed his hands over his face. He would be sent falling on his back once more, but this time was different,as he got up almost immediately.

Curious as to what he was planning, Satoru didn't immediately fire another compressed air blast as he observed the steely glare on his face. After taking in the confidence Ben oozed from his stance, Satoru shot another compressed air blast towards him.

For a brief moment, Ben's surroundings seemed to have frozen as he closed his eyes and opened them to face Satoru. The only thing still in motion was the grass in front of him,as it was lightly rustling, indicating that the air blast was still in motion, albeit slow motion.

Instinctively,Ben took in a deep breath while closing his eyes as he stretched his hands forward. Recollecting the words Satoru had just spoken to him caused Ben to open his eyes. They weren't just filled with determination however,as for a brief moment,an eerie pink color filled his pupils before fading away.

As the air blast drew nearer in it's slowed state, the air in front of Ben began to slowly materialize into a small but oval shaped disk that had a pink color scheme.

Now,in real time,the gust of wind never made direct contact with Ben,as it dispersed in front of an object that caused Ben to gasp in shock and Satoru to be visibly surprised.

Floating in front of Ben was a small rectangular shield like construct that was pink in color. Ben's eyes widened in shock and his mouth was opened just as wide as well. It seemed that the construct was tied to Ben's concentration,as almost immediately it faded. However what came in it's place was still as jarring to the teen hero.

"N-n-no...No way." Gasped Ben in utter disbelief as he looked at his hands. They were now encased from the wrist to the fingers with a thick pink aura that took the shape of a circle.

Whereas Ben still seemed to be unable to process what had just transpired, Satoru seemed to have already moved on,as his shock was immediately replaced with a grin.

"Well done." Said Satoru earnestly. Ben seemed to not have heard him,as he looked at his hands, which had lost the pink aura with disbelief.

TO BE CONTINUED


(Long A/N incoming)

That marks the end of Chapter 10.

The hardest part of this chapter was without a doubt, the training session between Ben and Satoru.

Even though I already decided on how I wanted to do it,my biggest hurdle was not allowing doubts to cloud my judgement. Why because of the fear that the training itself would be received as painfully lackluster. To which,I wish to explain.

I didn't make it flashy or exciting because I wanted to keep it grounded in a form of realism akin to Yuji's actual training. That and I wanted to push a particular theme that I felt would work for the training: Pushing past one's limits.

I myself am satisfied with the final product,as it took me a considerable amount of effort to complete this chapter due to numerous challenges in my personal life. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did,if not more.

Now,to take a brief moment to analyze the progress of Ultimate Kaisen.

This chapter was based on the 6th episode of S1. My primary goal at the moment for this story is to cover the entirety of S1, which is 24 episodes in total. With 6 episodes already done, that leaves 18 more to cover. That is a 25% completion rate already, which means that it's remaining 20 chapters to achieve that goal.

This analysis boils down to ultimately one fact. All of you who have read and supported this story are nothing short of amazing. Just two months after the first chapter was released, and now on the 10th chapter, this story has amassed 79 faves and 89 follows.

I cannot begin to express how grateful I am to all of you for helping me to achieve this milestone. I promise as always to keep doing my best to make each chapter better than the last, and I'm have faith in that now more than ever, with how much of the story we've covered so far.

Thank you all once again, you are all truly breathtaking. Expect chapter 11 either before this week ends or early next week, but until then, please, have yourselves a good one.