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(Goop)
Chapter 3: The emotionless blade. The determination of a hero.
Third person POV:
"Well better change. Alright omnitrix give me Humungousaur!" He activated the selection screen and pressed down the omnitrix core, the signature green flash appeared and expecting a twelve-foot dinosaur instead in its place.
The being in its place has a yellow-armored body and looks much like a robot. His head is similar to a Greek Corinthian helmet with two ears on it giving him the appearance of an armadillo. It also has a gray tail and jackhammer parts on his elbows, wrists and hands, creating the impression that Armodrillo is a digging robot. Despite the mechanical appearance, all of these aspects are in fact biological and natural to his race.
This is Ben's Talpaedan from he had dubbed Armodrillo.
"Armodrillo? Uh Armodrillo is good too."
Tsubasa then charged in first and leaped to the air. "One Thousand Tears!" she yelled one of her attacks. Conjuring a large number of energy swords in the air, which rain down on her enemy, destroying them in seconds.
To Hibiki and Ben it was like a well-choreographed dance. "Wow Tsubasa-san is so amazing!"
"I'll admit that was pretty cool. Well we had better join her. Ready Hibiki?"
"Yah, ready then ever Ben-kun"
The two then dashed towards the blue-headed idol ready to fight alongside her.
Ben thrusted his jackhammer arm to the ground causing a miniature earthquake. The Noise in the vicinity all fell to the ground while Tsubasa and Hibiki were barely keeping still.
"Now's our chance before they recover!" Tsubasa didn't waste to take the opportunity and immediately continued her attack, but with greater ease then earlier.
Hibiki followed and began her assault, punch after punch, kick after kick she delivered to the Noise and all disintegrated from it.
Ben observed the two in action. As he expected Hibiki was just like him when he was ten and just gained the omnitrix, brash, recklessand just fighting head on. He does admit he was still a bit like that.
Tsubasa on the other hand he still saw the same thing he did every time he encountered her. A calmness, a coldness of a blade. To Ben he saw her not a wielder of a sword but she was the sword herself.
This didn't bode well for Ben. If she kept on being like she is now. One day Tsubasa will get herself killed.
Seeing that they didn't need him at the moment he turned around and found a large number of Noise already surrounded him. He narrowed his eyes at the large group of Noise.
Once again he thrusted both his arms to the ground and a large torrent of earth erupted around him. Spires of jagged earth ran towards like a waves to the Noise and ripped through them with ease.
Ben had to admit the Noise were rather fragile. They couldn't even compare to the standard guard robots that the Plumbers use as security drones. The only true threat they can dish out was in this dimension they can turn anything they touch to carbon ash.
Seeing that a few Noise's survived his attacked he rushed towards them and like Hibiki delivered savaged punches to the poor mindless monsters to oblivion. It didn't help that Ben's form had organic jackhammers in his arms creating more kinetic force that made shockwaves from each punch he delivers.
Finishing off the last of the Noise. Ben turned to see the others progress his eyes widened at the group of Noise was right behind Hibiki and worse she doesn't even realize it.
"Hibiki!" Ben called out to her and started to run towards her. The girl looked to where Ben was and saw the group of Noise that was already behind her. She quickly responded with punching the closes Noise while Ben handled the ones in the farthest in the back.
Finishing them off Hibiki momentarily sighed in relief. "Thanks for the help Ben-kun." She thanked our alien hero with her usual cheerful self.
"Yah no problem Hibiki, but next time be more mindful of your blind spot. If I didn't notice the Noise on your back, you would have been overwhelmed." He said in a way that Max did for Ben when he was still starting out.
"Right! I won't make the same mistake next time!"
He gave a nodded to her. Ben wondered if this is what it felt like when being a mentor of shorts. Their moment was cut short when they heard a loud roar of shorts. They turned to the source and found Tsubasa was now facing a rather large Noise.
Unlike with the Ben faced earlier this one was on its fours, its shape was similar to a fat slug with an elongated neck with a large gaping mouth with rows of sharp teeth. It rather disgusted Ben.
"Okay… that thing is gross. Come Hibiki we should…" He wasn't able to finish when he heard another roar coming from another direction. Both of them turned and saw another giant Noise which was an exact copy of the one Tsubasa was facing.
"You have got to be kidding me…"
"What should we do Ben-kun?" Hibiki asked, unsure what to do in the situation.
Ben thought of a plane. It was better if Hibiki and Tsubasa would face the other Noise while he himself will be fine against the other one. "Alright Hibiki I want you to head over to Tsubasa and help her take down that Noise, alright." He instructed.
"But what about you?" Hibiki asked. Ben turned to the approaching Noise.
"I'll handle big ugly myself, now go!" Hibiki didn't argue and immediately ran towards where Tsubasa was.
Ben now was running towards the other giant Noise and he then slammed both his arms on the ground and a torrent of earth shot towards the creature. But it didn't slow down its march its only stunned it for a second and continued on. Ben decided to give it a new approach. Tapping the omnitrix, he transformed to a new alien.
His new transformation could be easily mistaken for a werewolf of myth. His mane and tail were black in color and a white mouth, sporting a green suit, collar and wristband and four claws on each of his hands. The omnitrix is placed at the center of his chest.
This is Ben's Loboan form Blitzwolfer.
"Blitzwolfer!" Ben shouted his alien name along with a howl, eyeing the giant Noise like an attack dog. The Noise saw him coming and shot its gapping mouth directly at Ben. But Ben was far more agile in this form and easily jumped up and landing on the Noise's neck.
He ran along its neck and was dead set on reaching its middle back. The Noise took notice of this and sprouted tendrils in order to intercept Ben. Using Blitzwolfer's sharpened claws, Ben is able to rip through the fragile tendrils with ease. He just had to deal with the number of tendrils.
The many tendrils were able to halt Ben's charge. He growled in frustration at his current situation. He needed to hurry and re-group with Hibiki and Tsubasa soon.
Ben opened his mouth and it turned into a Quadra-hinged muzzle and he released a green sonic scream and the result all the tendrils in front of him were ripped to shreds and disintegrated.
With that out of the way, Ben resumed his charge while the Noise took a considerable amount of damage took time to create more tendrils.
Finally reaching the center of its back, Ben delivered relentless blows with his claws. Now creating a deep enough wound to the back he once again opened his mouth and released the most powerful sonic cream he could deliver.
A few seconds pass and the Noise began to enlarge and grew large boils on its body. It slowly multiplied until it rapidly covered its entire body. It gave its last roar in defiance and burst like a balloon. Hurtling back a few feet and crashing to the ground.
He slowly stood while rubbing his head while groaning in pain. "Never going to do that again…"
Looking over the smoking crater where the Noise was, Ben smiled at a job well done. Now with that dealt he turned to where Tsubasa and Hibiki are. He saw both had already finished off the Noise.
Thanks to the enhanced hearing ofBlitzwolfer, he was able to pick up their conversation while walking towards to them. He heard that Hibiki was telling Tsubasa that she was still inexperience and that she would do her best to fill the role Kanade had.
Then all Ben heard next was silence. Not a single word came from the blue heard idol. Ben started to hasten his pace. Still all he heard is silence. He began to worry, unknown to him his pace became even faster. He heard Tsubasa spoke Hibiki's name and her tone was cold, too cold. He saw her raise her sword and pointed it to Hibiki. He made a mad dash towards them.
(Goop)
Minutes earlier:
Tsubasa was facing the large slug like Noise, staring at it in cold indifference. Readying her blade she was about to move but stopped when she heard Hibiki's voice calling out to her.
"Tsubasa-san!" Hibiki yelled while arriving mid air and delivering a flying kick directly towards the Noise. The attack caused the Noise to stager to its side while wailing in pain.
Tsubasa was shortly shocked at the sudden arrival of Hibiki. Hardening her expression once more, she activated her swords function and the sword grew thrice its original size along with crackling electricity around it. She then swung her sword down on the still recovering Noise.
"Azure Slash!" she said while delivering her signature attack. A large crescent blue thunder came and cutting clean through the Noise. An explosion came after and the Noise was no more.
Both Hibiki and Tsubasa landed on the ground and stared at their good work. "We did it Tsubasa-san!" Gaining her attention Tsubasa met with Hibiki's gaze.
"I know I'm still inexperience in fighting the Noise but I'll do my best to fill in the role of Kanade-san, so let's fight together from now on Tsubasa-san!" Hibiki excitedly said, sincerity and hope filled her voice, but to Tsubasa it was the complete opposite.
"You? Replace Kanade? An immature brat who knows nothing of suffering and lost. Someone who does not realize one must sacrifice everything to protect humanity, someone who by some twisted fate gained the power of my best friend that had too literally pour her blood sweat and tears to gain. Dare say she will use it so casually? And I, Tsubasa Kazanari, the blade of humanity accept that." She said to herself.
"I'm sure that Ben-kun would agree!" Hibiki continued not noticing the blood lust Tsubasa is emitting.
"Ah yes, the SAVIOR of the universe. The SLAYER of the demon god Diagon. He wields power no one can ever obtain yet he SAVED YOU and left Kanade. No… since the start there were only two who protected this world. One who will slay all threats as the emotionless blade. Threats against Kanade Amou, the Noise, Ben Tennyson and…"
She paused before speaking to Hibiki while the bangs of her hair covered her eyes. "Hibiki Tachibana…"
"Yes?" Hibiki asked cheerfully but turned to bewilderment when she saw the tip of Tsubasa's katana was inches from her face. "Heh?"
"I thought of your suggestion and I agree. Instead of fighting together but we fight each other. We fight until one of use is the last one standing. I want use to clash our weapons and prove to you that you don't deserve Gungnir!"
The words Tsubasa said to her felt as if cold knives had stabbed her heart. Hibiki didn't move she couldn't understand what Tsubasa had said to her. The blade of was pulled back and immediately thrusted towards Hibiki again. However, it didn't even touch Hibiki. Because Ben had already arrived and stopped the katana with his bared claws. Blood was seeping through his hand.
"Ben-kun!?" Hibiki cried out in worry after noticing Ben and the blood dripping from his hand.
"Tennyson…!" Tsubasa was also surprised at the sudden arrive and act of Ben. She saw the glared from his green eyes and heard a growl from his canine mouth.
"What the hell are you trying to do Tsubasa!?" Tsubasa answered by pulling her katana from Bens grasp. Causing the blood to guess out making Hibiki cringe at the sight but Ben didn't even flinch. He only stared at her waiting for an answer.
"So the GREAT Ben Tennyson arrived at the nick of time to save the girl. Where was this when Kanade needed someone like you the most!?" Ben narrowed his eyes at her obvious insults.
"Tsubasa listen. This is not what Kanade would have wanted. She would-" Ben began with the intention to calm and reason with her. But Tsubasa didn't let him finish, she pointed her sword at our alien hero.
"Don't you dare say her name. You, the one who abandoned her has no right to say her name!" Her head was looking at the ground and then she started to chuckle darkly. "Fight me Ben Tennyson, just like with Hibiki Tachibana, I'll prove that the world doesn't need someone like you, the one who let Kanade be in the state she is in now!"
Ben couldn't face her. His face was hanged down, a pained look was present. He clenched his eyes swallowing the guilt down. He can't afforded to mess up now. This might be the only time he can change her.
"Fine we'll fight!" He said and Hibiki gasped at his words.
"What are you saying Ben-kun?!" He looked at Hibiki. Determination was on his eyes.
"Please understand Hibiki. If I don't do this now, Tsubasa might never move forwards. So please stay back and let me handle this idiot!"
Hibiki eyes widened. She wanted to stop them, but she found herself unable to say anything. The look that she saw in his eyes was the same back then when he helped her. The only thing she could do was give him an encouraging smile.
"Alright Ben-kun, I'll believe you. Please save Tsubasa-san, because you're… a hero, Ben 10!" At her words ben gave his signature cocky grin.
"Yah the greatest Hero! Ready when you are Tsubasa!"
"Gladly…" She then leaped into the air.
(Goop)
2nd Division:
During Ben's arrival on stopping Tsubasa's blade. Everyone bared witness at her actions. Genjuro, who was sitting on his command sheet stood up in a hurry and planned on heading towards where the three combatants are.
"Wait Genjuro-kun!" Ryoko called out and stopped the commander from leaving. Genjuro turned to her and spoke with an urgent tone.
"What is it Ryoko! Can't you see what Tsubasa is doing?!"
Ryoko turned back at the monitor before speaking. "You can't stop her you know." At her words, his eyes widened, knowing that what she said was true.
Not once Genjuro could break the wall that her niece build around herself. Even so, he can't just watch and let his niece become a murderer.
"You expect me to just stay and watch!" He almost roared at her, his worry escalating every second he spoke.
Ryoko didn't turn to look at him she just stared at the monitor not wanting to miss a second of it. "Like I said before, you won't be able to change a thing. But I believe Ben-kun will be able to do it."
Genjuro just expecting Ryoko to continue her point.
"If everything Ben-kun said is true he will be able to reach out to our dear blade." A smile slowly crept on Ryoko. "We, in the end are just witnesses, chroniclers to this tale, a tale of a hero from another world, unlike any our world's legends had passed down."
Genjuro stayed silent puzzled at Ryoko's strange attitude from her usual bubbly one. However, he can't argue with what she had said. Right now all he could do was to put his fate in Ben. "Ben please save her. And end this sad tale."
(Goop)
Battlefield:
Back with the three teens. Tsubasa was already on the air preparing to deliver her attack.
"Heaven's Wrath!" As she spoke she conjures a sword comparable in size to a large truck. She delivered a kick at the end of the swords handle. It accelerated the swords speed and Ben could only give a look of complete disbelief.
"Are you kidding me! Better change fast!" He tapped the omnitrix and the signature blinding light appeared. And Bens new transformation is beheld by everyone.
The new alien appears to have crab-like claws for hands and his body is mainly black with yellow feet, hands, shoulders, and chest. But the strangest of its appearance is the magnetically floating metal head which levitates in an arch between his shoulders. The omnitrix is located on his chest.
This is Ben's Biosovortian from called Lodestar.
"Lodestar! Now metal meet magnetism!" At his words Ben release green magnetic waves from his chest accompanied with a humming sound. Upon contact with Tsubasa's blade it virtually stopped without much resistance, save for some small shaking.
"What!" Was all Tsubasa could say, she had not expected Ben could counter her attack so easily.
Then a noise started to emit from the tip of the blade. Something akin to metal being ripped. The tip started to draw back, like someone was peeling a banana. It's started slowly but gradually became faster. Tsubasa took notice and jumped off from it. Landing safely to the ground.
She looked and saw her blade was almost completely peeled off. Then as the giant sword was nearly ripped to shreds its exploded causing everyone, save for Hibiki who was far enough from the battle, to be thrown off the ground due to the force of the explosion.
"Ah!" Ben screamed while skidding on the ground landing a few feet from the explosion. "Again, never going to do that again." He noted while getting back to his feet. But once he stood he saw Tsubasa was already charging towards him. Thanks to his quick reflexes he was able to parry Tsubasa's attacks.
Each hit from her katana chipped away some of Lodestar's rock like skin. Ben narrowed his eyes at Tsubasa. Her movements were not like her usual tactic. He could she the only the ruthlessness, the desperation in her attacks.
Again, using his power over magnetism. He released a much weaker magnetic pulse at Tsubasa. But it was just enough to push her back a few feet away from him, giving him some breathing room. So ben opted he had to immobilize her. Pressing the omnitrix again he has changed his alien form once more.
The new form Ben has chosen is what appears to be a humanoid being, made out of green goo shaped in an amoeba like shape. He had green eyes much like with all of Bens other transformation's. The only other noticeable difference it has was the small flying saucer like device floating on top of him. He wears the omnitrix on his chest.
This is Ben's Polymorph he has called Goop.
"Goop!" he spoke in a rather squeaky voice.
This didn't dieter Tsubasa. After she regained her footing she jumped to the air and initiated her next attack.
"Azure flash!" She used one of her earlier attacks and conjured dozens upon dozens of energy swords and rained downed towards Ben. She expected him to dodge or run but was surprised that he just stood still. She thought that he might just be insulting her buy not moving at her.
The first of the energy swords struck Ben and she expected him to have a massive hole on his body. But to her shock he didn't. Well he did receive a massive hole on his body but it reformed so fast that it might as well didn't happen at all. The rest of the blades came down at him like rain drops but it resulted in the same thing.
Tsubasa clenched her jaw. Again and again he had a form that could counter or over power whatever anyone can dish out against him. She admits the omnitrix is truly the most versatile weapon she has or will ever encounter.
The last of the blades came and Ben didn't waste any second to his counter attack. He stretched his arms toward Tsubasa and rapped her in his goo like substance. Pulling her down to the ground in a loud thud.
Next, he floated himself towards Tsubasa and rapped his entirety on her. She desperately tried to struggle free but she couldn't move a single muscle, she had no leverage what so ever.
"Well I guess you're in a really tight spot huh Tsubasa?" Ben delivered his usual quips while stretching his head to look at Tsubasa face to face. She just glared at him in hatred, thinking that he was just treating this as a game.
"Let me go!" Tsubasa demanded but only received an amused laugh from her binder.
"Not until you say uncle." Tsubasa just screamed in rage.
"Wight Slayer!" At her command she unfolded the long blades on her ankles, creating a leverage from ensnarement. Finally having freedom on her arms she did a spinning handstand. By spinning in a rapid rate she was able to shred Goop in to small clumps sending him around the vicinity.
She stopped at her attack and stared at her work. A smile crept, happy at what seems to be a finishing strike. But to her horror the small ufo that resided on one of the goop puddle started to move to one puddle to the next and moments later Ben was reformed like he was good as new.
"Ah good as new." Ben sighed in relief. He looked at Tsubasa and reeled back a bit from the murderous looking she was giving at him. "Oh no…" he said in dread.
Tsubasa roared in rage and charge once again to our alien hero. He used the advantage of the anti-gravity unit of Goop and morphed in to a shapeless goop and dodge all of Tsubasa's attacks.
Her attacks now were driven in pure rage. No will from its thrusts, no clear intention on each swing. Nothing but pure rage.
Ben couldn't take it anymore, seeing her in such a state is hurting him. Hurtling a distance away from Tsubasa. He landed on the ground and tapped the omnitrix and change to a form for his next plan to work.
The new form is a humanoid, plant-like alien that has an overall green and black colored body, mostly with a flame-patterned head and root-like feet, seemingly holding rocks. His eyes are oval shaped with points at each end with pupils copying the shape but are smaller. Also, his shoulders and head have red petals. His elbows and legs have green frills sticking out.
He is taller than an average human and has a distinct rotten stench that worsens with heat. His voice is very stuffy and nasally because he has no nose. He wears the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.
This is Ben's Methanosian form he calls Swampfire.
"Swampfire!"
Wasting not a second longer Ben grew seeds into his hands and threw it on the ground directly at the path of Tsubasa. He waited until she was directly above the seeds and commanded it to rapidly grow.
Once it did they grew into large thick vines and successfully capturing the girl. She struggled unable to break free. She could break free like earlier with goop but she was too blinded with rage to even think about it.
"Tsubasa…" Ben just stared at her current state and looked at her in pain. He couldn't help but feel responsible at her current state, even though it wasn't his entire fault.
He walked a bit closer until he was at least ten feet from her before speaking. "This is enough Tsubasa. You can't beat me as you are now." But what Ben said fell to deft ears. Tsubasa didn't even look at him. She just continued to struggle free from the vines.
"Do you even know why I even agreed to fight you?" Finally Tsubasa stopped her struggling and looked at Ben but still retained her heated glare
"Because I know why she did what she had to save Hibiki. She saved her because she believed that it was the right thing to do!" He pointed his finger at Hibiki before continuing. "There, right there. That girl you hate is Kanade's legacy! By hating her and blaming her, you are spitting at everything she believe in! Hibiki knows that!
That is why she lives he life everyday as the best she could! Every day she greats it with a smile, with an optimistic attitude that brings hope to others. So she could make most the life that Kanade had saved filled with hope!"
"SHUT UP!" Tsubasa cried out surprising both Hibiki and Ben. "SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP!" She was practically screaming, denying what he was saying. Her head was facing the ground trying to avoid his gaze while hot tears were flowing from her eyes.
"I fought you because I won't let you make a mistake you would regret!"
She could not take it anymore. With all she could give, she was able to free her right hand that was holding to her arms gear. "SHUT UP! SOUTOU BAKKOUZEN!"
She delivered an attack similar to her Azure Flash. A variation that didn't need for her katana to change size do deliver an arc of blue lightning. The attacked had hit Ben seconds later and a large flash of blue light accompanied my static sounds came after. The light faded, signaling the attack had dissipated. Everyone could clearly see the results.
Only the lower limbs of Ben had remained. His upper body had completely disintegrated while the omnitrix was on the ground. The lower limbs fell to its knees and had fallen on the ground moments later.
(Goop)
2nd Division:
In the control room, everyone watched the scene in horror. Tsubasa actually went through and killed Ben.
"Damn it!" Genjuro yelled, slamming his fist on his on the table.
"Ben-san…" Sakuya wishpered in shock still can't believe on what he saw.
Aoi and Shinji just stared at the monitor unable to say anything after witnessing what Tsubasa had done.
A dreadful suffocating silence continued but was broken by a sound of an amused giggle. Everyone looked who was giggling and found Ryoko as the source.
"This isn't something funny Ryoko!" Genjuro yelled at the professor, agitated that she couldn't see the seriousness of the situation.
"I just don't understand what you guys are so worried about." She said in amusement while everyone just stared at her.
"What do you-."
"Didn't you notice anything about bens current form?" She said cryptically, waiting for some to realize what Ben's plan was. Realizing no one was able to pick it up she decided to answer for them.
"Ben's current form is a plant." Then the rest of them finally realized. They turned back to the monitor and as they thought, they saw the omnitrix and the remains of Swampfire were twitching and re-growing.
"Truly, Ben-kun is very adaptive."
(Goop)
Battlefield:
Hibiki looked at the remains in horror. Unconsciously she started slowly walk towards Ben's remains, her mind still unable to understand what happened.
"Ben…" she wishpered her hands stretched out towards Ben. "Ben… get up… please get up." again she repeated almost brokenly. She fell to her knees and tears started to fall, she cried out in anguish. '"BEN!"
Mean while Tsubasa heard Hibiki's cry and snapped out of her anger. She saw what she had done and her eyes looked at Ben's current state in horror.
"Wh-what… I…I…" she muttered, still unable to believe on her action. The vines that were holding her started to fall apart freeing her, but she wasn't able to stand moments later she fell to her knees still staring at Ben's remains.
"This isn't…I didn't want this…" She had dropped her arms gear and stared at her trembling hands. "I didn't mean to go this far... I'm so sorry." She said in between her sobs.
"Apology accepted." Tsubasa's heard shot up the moment she heard Ben's voice and to her disbelief, he was standing there as if nothing had happened to him.
"You're okay…" Tsubasa said in a whisper looking at the impossible.
"Ben-kun, you're alright!" Hibiki cried out at the sight of the now reformed form of Ben. Joy and relief filled her heart.
"But how?" Tsubasa asked and Ben gave her a smug grin.
"Well I'm kind of a sentient plant." Tsubasa could say a word and just stared with relief in her eyes.
"I guess you fell kind of like crap right now, huh?" As Ben asked, Tsubasa could only feel guilt and averted her eyes from him. Ben sighed, pressed the omnitrix on his chest, and reverted to his human form.
"This is exactly what I wanted to avoid… But I had to do it you know. I didn't want you to do something like this. I don't want the first thing Kanade will hear when she wakes up that her best friend did something terrible."
She looked down in shame yet still she was able to ask her question. "What do you mean?"
Ben closed his eyes, thinking the right words to say to her. "Did you learn?"
"Huh?" Tsubasa answered, she looked up to him unsure what he had meant.
"Did you learn?" He repeated once more and Tsubasa realized what he was talking about.
"I… don't really know. But I think some of it is finally getting to me. It is still somewhat confusing. No that's wrong, I think I always knew and yet still I denied it because… because." She could not finish and Ben saw her pain. He placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to meet his gaze.
"Then I guess it's enough for now." He said in a reassuring tone once gain left the teen idol confused. "You don't have to understand everything at once, you learn little by little." He gave her a reassuring smile before continuing. "And we will be there to help you if you're lost Tsubasa, me Hibiki, your uncle, Ryoko and everyone else."
Hibiki has started to walk towards the two gaining their attention.
"Tsubasa-san, I didn't know of the pain that I caused you."
"Hibiki you-." Ben suddenly cut her off but she raised her hand telling him to stop.
"No Ben-kun I need to say this please." She said her expression showed only determination. Ben saw this and reluctantly nodded, agreeing on Hibiki's decision. "I'm sorry Tsubasa-san, earlier I kept spouting about how I'll take Kanade-san's place, when it's because of me she's in the state that's she's in.
"Tachibana…" Tsubasa muttered never leaving her sights form the cream haired girl.
"I don't want to take Kanade-sans place, but I truly want to help you Tsubasa-san. I maybe inexperience in fighting or using my Symphogear, but I will try my best to help! So you don't have to shoulder the burden alone anymore!"
Tsubasa was speechless. Even after the way she treated her she was still willing to give her a second chance. She then felt something pulling her and saw Ben was drawing her closer to a hug. It was warm and comforting. It was just like the ones Kanade's gives when she was unsure or nervous.
"Just like what Hibiki said, you don't have to carry the burden alone anymore Tsubasa. We got your back. Then one day when Kanade wakes up from her coma, you could tell all the things you have done, all the good you have accomplished, with your head held up high."
That did it. She could not hold the swelling feelings she has inside. Her cries started softly and slowly grew louder while returning the Ben's hug. For two years, the emotions she bottled inside slowly came out.
Ben didn't move, he just smiled, finally being able to help her tear down the wall she built around herself, he stayed and waited until Tsubasa had finish crying out her pain, even if Tsubasa's grip on him started to hurt a bit.
Hibiki didn't bother the two, she was content at watching the touching scene, even with the urge to pull Ben way from Tsubasa.
(Goop)
2nd division:
In the control room everyone were all relived at the outcome. Genjuro watched the screen with a smile on his face, glade that he took the gamble on putting his fate on Ben.
Ryoko turned to Genjuro with a triumphant smirk. "Didn't I tell you Genjuro-kun. He has the right stuff doesn't he."
He sighed at Ryoko. He should have learned by now that to never doubt her with anything. And he got the feeling she won't let him forget this for a while. "I have to admit Ryoko, I can't doubt with this results."
She just giggled at Genjuro. The again her expression changed to something he never shown, not until Ben arrived.
"Really a hero unlike any we have seen."
(Goop)
Battlefield:
A good few minutes past and Tsubasa had finally finish crying. Ben had let her go with a bit of unknown disappointment of Tsubasa.
"All better?" Ben had asked the teen idol. She sniffed before giving him a node.
"Yes thank you Tennyson-san" She gave her thanks and Ben gave a relived smile.
"Yah no problem, but could you just call me Ben, I'm still not used to the last name basis thing, so just please call me Ben."
Tsubasa was taken back on Ben's sudden request and she felt her cheeks heat up a bit. "Ah… alright if you insist Ben-san" she stuttered a bit but was able to give her answer.
"Mmm…" Both turned when they heard Hibiki. She was looking at the two with an annoyed expression while she had puffed cheeks.
"Whats wrong Hibiki?" Ben asked in wonder, unsure why she was acting that way.
"Nothing." She responded the averted her gaze from Ben with a huff.
"Okay?" He was not sure what to say. "I guess we should head back now. Come on I'll drive as back since you Tsubasa's injured."
"Aren't you injured to Ben-san?" Tsubasa suddenly asked but Ben just shrugged at her question.
"Not anymore. Since I transformed to Swampfire all my injuries where healed." Both Hibiki and Tsubasa stared at him making Ben feel a bit pressured at their gazes.
"You're really over powered you know that…" Tsubasa said with a dried look, Hibiki nodding in agreement. All Ben could do was laugh nervously at their comment.
(Goop)
Sun flower:
It was been about an hour since Ben and the girls returned to HQ. Once they arrived, Tsubasa was greeted by a hand chop from the commander followed by a long lecture on what a stupid stunt she pulled. It ended with a hug that was embarrassingly returned by Tsubasa.
Then Genjuro gave his thanks to both Ben and Hibiki, much to the latter's embarrassment. As usual Ben wasn't to humble with his response but everyone just lets it go, it was at least what they could thank him for.
Saying their fare well Ben had escorted Hibiki back to her dorm. He was about to leave until Hibiki demanded Ben to give her a head pat. He was confused at first but relented to her request.
She gave off a soft moan of delight and said her thanks before entering her room.
Ben was about to leave but suddenly stopped when he felt like someone was watching. Looking over his back he only saw the dark halls. He stared for a while trying to find something but decided to leave.
Now he parked his car in the shed and entered the now closed restaurant. He walked upstairs and entered his room. Once he noticed a flash of blue light and turned to find someone, he had not seen for a long time.
"A job well done as always young master Tennyson." The man said in a British accent.
"Professor Paradox?!"
The man right in front of Ben was a man of middle age, who wore goggles that hanged from his neck and a white lab caught. To some he would be just your average scientist. But to those who knew, he is the human who survived the event horizon, the one who bares the title Time Walker and an ally to Ben Tennyson, Professor Paradox.
"It's good to see you old friend, how are you?" He asked with his typical merry tone.
"Ah yah I'm good. Wait that's not what I want to say! Do you have any idea how long I've been waiting for you!" Ben said with a bit of anger, still cant believe Paradox arrived only now.
"Do forgive me for not meeting with you when you arrived in this universe, but I had other pressing matters needed to be attended." Ben was still peeved but he let it slide for now.
"Would have been nice if you left a note or something. So what gives Paradox. Why exactly I'm I here? And no excuses I need a straight answer." Ben asked the one question that bugged him ever since he arrived here.
"Very well, you deserve to know that much. You see Ben at the very moment you activated the self-destruct mechanism of the omnitrix, I intervened and brought you here in this universe which is ironically dubbed the Symphogear universe.
It was a good start for Ben, yet something came to his mind almost immediately.
"Wait if you saved me and the omnitrix from the explosion… is Malware…" He dreaded the answer but Paradox smiled and alleviated his worry.
"Don't worry about Malware for now Ben. For all I can say he is not the current crisis you will face."
Ben had interpreted that Malware is alive somehow and he will probably show up later on. He could only feel a head ace coming.
"So why exactly I'm I here? And it's been two years' professor. Why now?" He asked almost impatiently.
"For your first question my young implosive friend is that I had peered into this universe time line and found something quit troubling. Which will affect many other universes, including your own."
Okay that revelation caught Ben off guard, something that big was actually happening. Then something hit him, he remembered something in the back of his mind.
"Is… it the time war?" He said like he was confused on his own answer. Paradox eyes widened at the mention of the time war. It as he had dreaded.
"So it had already began affecting you. This I must see the damage that it already caused. But going back to your question. I brought you here as a wild card if you will. To change the outcome of this world original time line."
"Original time line? What happened when you didn't bring me here?" He asked, almost terrified of his answer.
"In the original time line the young Kanade would had finished her swan song and died. Little Hibiki would survive but the events that came after the Noise attack would not have been resolve as well if you didn't intervene. Tsubasa wouldn't have recovered from her emotional suppression and would have led her to injuries she might not recover from. Not to mention all the people you saved that should have died when the Noise attacked.
My young friend you have done so much good simply by being here. You even have saved others you haven't even met yet. Never doubt yourself."
Ben was taken back at what had Paradox said, but never the less he felt happy that his action did change a lot of people. Even though he might let it get to his head later on.
"For your second question. Time is rather irrelevant for you Ben."
Ben was confused at what Paradox said, how could time be irrelevant to him. "What do you mean?"
"You see each universe, time flows differently some faster than others and some even slower. It's rather rare for a universe to have the same time. One such universe is where you had met Rex."
That was a big revelation for Ben. "So I guess this universe and mine have different time speed. How much of a difference?
Paradox took out his pocket watch, which was known as the Chrono Navigator. Which is basically a map of the omniverse.
"As I've looked only a month had passed in your universe. And don't worry Ben I have already explained the situation to Max and the rest."
Ben was glad not much time went by in his universe so his friend and family isn't as worried as he thought.
"Ok glad to now. But why isn't it relevant to me?" He asked still confused why shouldn't be concerned of this time gap.
"Because for you Ben a month had past for you."
He didn't answer clearly confused on what Paradox had said.
"In a sense this universe time doesn't affect you. You are still part of your universe even though you have been separated from it. You are still bound to your universe time flow which means that mentally you have aged but physically you remain as sixteen."
Ben's eyes widened at his revelation, it was good news and a bad one for him. It was good news that not much has change for him when he returns home and bad because he was still stuck as a sixteen-year-old kid but was mentally older.
"Well cant complain I guess. So anything else professor?" He asked seeing that the main point was already given.
"For now that is all. Forgive me Ben but I must be going now. Ah almost forgot, looked at your desk.
Ben did what he was instructed and he saw on his desk something that made him smile. It was a double cheese burger and chili fries from Burger shack and a triple large smoothly from Mr. Smoothies.
"A little something from home and also Ben." Paradox's voice gave a foreboding tone "Even far away from you home you are not safe from old nightmares." Ben gulp, frightened from Paradox's warning. The almost light lightning his tone changed back to his merry tune.
"Farewell Ben and please be mindful of young Chris's antics."
"Huh, who? Wait Paradox!" he tried to stop him but like always the flash of blue light and he was gone. Ben sighed, he wanted to ask who this Chris person is but knowing Paradox after a long time this person will show up sooner or later.
"Well let's leave it at that. But for now Its chili fries and smoothies!" He declared excitedly, really hungry for his most favorite food in the whose entire universe.
(Goop)
Unknown location:
In a holographic screen floating in the middle of a dark room. Surrounded by a dozen clocked figures while three other people were closer to the screen.
They were obscured by the darkness but it can be noticed that three were female. They were watching a recording of Ben in his alien forms doing all the deeds he had done since his arrival. And other recordings with Ben and the Symphogear users.
"A cutie isn't he, but even with his powers I can't see him as a threat. I think the Lodge master is just yanking our chains." One of the three female said with an upbeat tone.
"He already changed the outcome of our planes to kill the original user of Gungnir. And had stopped many of our operations with hardly any effort. So yes he is a threat." The second of the three spoke with a condescending yet quiet tone.
"Threat or not we will still continue to observe him. The lodge master and his associates told us this is not the full extent of his power They alerted us of two other transformations he has that would destroy use." The last of the three said.
"What were they called again?" The upbeat one said.
"The Lodge master said a Chronosapien Tennyson calls Clockwork and a To'kustar called Way Big. Childish names if you asked me." The second girl answered.
"Childish as it is, but he has shown to be very adaptive in combat that alone with his transformations makes him a dangerous being." The third of the group said with a hint of fear.
"So I supposed it is my time to take stage wouldn't you agree." A new voice came causing the three and clocked figures to look at the entrance.
The new comer was a man with a green complexion, and his brain is exposed in a large dome, with two antennae on it. In the present, he wears a long green lab coat and keeps his eyes covered with red goggles. He retains his black, fingerless gloves.
"You!" The upbeat girl said in surprised.
"Hello my friends, as you may have guest your lodge master had sent me to deal with Ben Tennyson. And he expects you all to be in full cooperation in this endeavor. Isn't that right Saint-Germain, Cagliostro and little miss Prelati."
The now named three gave the new comer annoyed glares especially Prelati with the little comment.
But reluctantly they sighed in acceptance. "Very well, we will assist you… Animo."
"That's DOCTER Animo to you! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Chapter End.
(Goop)
Yes, finally done. I hoped you guys liked this chapter. I'm still a bit troubled about the fight scene of Ben and Tsubasa but I think I delivered it nicely.
Now Ben knows why he was here in the first place and that he physically didn't age. Like I said it was good and bad for him.
To be honest I wanted Ben to gain the ultimate function in this chapter but decided a while back to save it for a later time. Probable in at G.
Now we see that the Bavarian Illuminati has their eyes set on Ben and one of Ben's enemies Dr. Anime. Bet you didn't see that coming.
Well enough about that R&R please.
This is berserkerzero7 signing off.