Chapter 6: Day 1!
Ben's day just got shittier than it already was. Not only did Bellator reveal that his Ben's parents were murdered by a Dakuju, but he was suppose to lead a team of amateur heroes from other dimensions to fight the race of Demons responsible for their demise
...oh and did he mention that two of his so called future teammates hate his guts? Yup, fate just loves to Fuck with his life!
"Sometimes I wonder why the hell were all here!" Ben thought time as he recalled the first interaction between his new teammates not long ago...
[ONE HOUR EARLIER!]
"I suggest you all return to the manor to choose your desired rooms before Dinner, and maybe wash up while you're all at...some of you reek like a pigsty...kanda!" Bellator exclaimed to them all while kanda glared daggers at him.
"Now if you excuse, I've just been informed that our unidentified moocher has awoken and I shall see to that matter at hand, you're all dismissed!" Everyone took notion of him before leaving Bellator's office...all except two who caught Ben by his jacket before slamming him against the wall.
"Listen here you son of a bitch! I'm only going along with this stupid plan so I can become strong and protect my loved ones from falling victim to those godforsaken monsters!" Mikasa said who was holding a blade under his jugulars.
"And if you get in my way of that mission...I'll kill you, GOT IT?!" She threatened as Ben nodded before walking away with the others.
It was Kanda's turn to speak his mind. "And just because I'm going to be on the same team as you peanut head doesn't mean I'm going to act all chummy with you! So don't talk to me, don't look at me, and don't bother me unless it's mandatory or I'll cut your balls off, shove em down your throat and slit it!" Kanda informed Ben before leaving him alone in the dark cold office.
"Well...nice to meet you too!, yeah right!"
[FLASHBACK END]
Now here he was, sitting on top of the mansions roof gazing at the stars above to try and forget his troubles.
"*sigh* can my shitty life get any worse?!"
"It could, but that's how life is sometimes." Ben was brought out of his thoughts by one of his assigned teammates who was wearing a yellow sundress in favor of her shihakusho.
Rukia just happened to find herself watching the stars to be alone when she noticed The ultimatrix bearer by himself contemplating before bringing him out of his current daze.
"Oh, are you here to threaten my life too like Emo girl and pony boy?"
"Not really, just wanted to be alone for a little while to watch the stars. They sure are beautiful tonight!"
"Yeah, they sure are!" Ben solemnly said. He then started to remember his late parents, who always told him since he was a little boy that the stars that shimmer at night were actually the souls of people looking down and protecting their loved ones from afar.
"I wonder if you two are among them tonight." He asked himself, rukia noticed his gloomy expression and decided to ask..."are you alright ?"
He sat there unresponsive for about a minute before replying. "No...no I'm not!"
"You know, it helps if you decide to talk about your problems rather than keeping them bottled up."
"I...I lost my parents not long ago!"
Rukia now felt bad for making him spill the beans. She thought it was just going to be some random problem like what she assumes to be Mikasa and kanda complaining about their current situations to Ben before threatening his life...but to learn that he was Down because of his parents deaths, he had every right to be upset with her for making him open a wound that has yet to heal!
"Oh God, I'm so sorry...I had no idea that you-" she started apologizing before being cut off.
"It's quite alright you didn't know, but would you refrain from letting the others find out about this information?" Ben asked.
"Consider my lips sealed!"
"Good, thank you...uh, I'm sorry what was your name again?"
"Kuchiki...rukia kuchiki!"
"Why hello Ms. Kuchiki, my name is Ben Tennyson...so far your the first one in our group who approached me without being hostile." Ben said while giving her a small smile, it was nice to know that not everybody resented him in their group.
He then decided to confide in rukia about the details of his parents death, to which she wanted to just give a big old hug and comfort him about it but decided against it to respect his personal boundaries...whatever they may be.
"Wow, that must have been totally difficult for you. I couldn't imagine what it would be like if orihime or anyone of my friends were to be killed by those ugly beasts!"
"So you've encountered a Dakuju as well? Tell me...what did it look like?" Ever since learning the description of a female Dakuju that apparently caused him his heartache, Ben was determined to seek this Bitch out and eliminate her along with her disgusting species forever!
"It appeared as a dark Inhuman beast with skeletal features throughout its body, the power radiating from it's aura was inconceivable!"
Ben was disappointed that it wasn't The demon that fit the description of his parents murderer, but continued listening Anyways.
"When we first encountered it, Kanda, Edward and I tried to take it down...but upon impact, our attacks had no effect on it, leaving us at the creatures mercy until that Knight Daniel arrived and took him down like it was nothing."
"I know how you felt, I met face to face with one of those bastards a week ago before...anyways, none of my transformations could harm the Damned thing and I ended up wounded badly. I lucked out when Bellator saved my ass during our first encounter, I owe him one." Finished Ben as he sighed, still gazing out into the night sky.
"Wait, you mean you've recently met Bellator? I thought you've known him for almost your entire life?...and I thought your last name was pendragon?"
"No, I've only known Bellator for a week now. And my last name from birth is Pendragon, but I was raised as Ben Tennyson from my adoptive parents...and I plan on keeping their last name to keep their memory alive."
Rukia felt bad for the poor Guy. Having to Lose his parents on the same day he learns of his family legacy. She was alone for most of her life until the day she met her best friend Renji Abarai so she would never know how it feels to lose a parent, but she has lost so many loved ones in her life from her childhood friends in the rukongai to her Vice captain kaien Shiba...she could relate to his internal pain.
Ben didn't want to bum her out anymore than he already did so he decided to change the subject.
"So rukia, might I ask what's your special power or skill that Might've caught Bellator's eye to end up having you brought to our universe?" He asked.
"Well Ben, I am a soul reaper! And in my universe, we soul reapers are tasked with balancing the realm between the living and the dead while eliminating demons called hollows who devour human souls. Each Soul reaper wield swords called zanpakutou's that utilizes a special ability that Depends on the Wielder themselves. My zanpakutou is named Sode no Shirayuki, an Ice Katana that is beautiful just as it is deadly!"
The omnitrix wielder became intrigued by this girls power and wondered to himself what his other future teammates are capable of.
"So what about you Ben, from what I saw back there with Mikasa...it seems that you possess a unique power." Rukia asked in return, ever since Mikasa's brief skirmish with him...she wanted to know more about his abilities.
"My powers actually come from this little device on my arm." Ben explained while pointing his finger to the ultimatrix. "This is called the ultimatrix, it allows me to transform and harness the powers of many alien species scattered throughout the universe."
"Such a powerful device exist's? That's unheard of!" Rukia said in a questionable tone while inspecting the ultimatrix thoroughly.
"Yeah, you wouldn't believe how much trouble this was worth. Many psychos out their tried and are still trying to claim it's power for themselves."
'I could believe it.' She thought to herself, remembering the incident with Aizen and the Hogyoku during her execution sentence.
"As much as I want to stay up and watch the stars some more, I better get some rest for our first training sensation with Bellator tomorrow...you coming inside?" He asked.
"No, at least not yet! I think I'm going to gaze at the stars for a little while."
"Ok, well...goodnight rukia!"
"Night...Ben." she finally said before he returned to the warm comfort of the manor.
"I'm looking forward to seeing you in action...Ben Tennyson." The familiar voice of Daniel shade said from afar before disappearing in the shadows.
[BEN'S DREAMSCAPE]
'Hehehe...Benny...Benny...Ben...Benny...so saaaad about your little situation regarding your so called parents..." an unknown demonic voice called out to Ben somewhere deep within his subconscious.
He didn't know where the unidentified being the voice originated from, but it was making him extremely irritated at the moment.
"Who's there?" Ben called out the intruder as the voice continued.
'...if only you'd stuck with them beforehand, then maybe they would still be among the living instead of being six under.'
"shut up!"
'But then again...the outcome would remain the same, seeing as you know nothing about the power you possess...the power we possess...' the voice continued on, striking several nerve's in the hero turned Knight in training.
"Shut up!"
'In other words...YOUR WEAK!'
"I SAID SHUT UPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Shouted Ben, he had enough of this intruder and decided to take matters into his own hands.
"Where the hell are you?...who the hell are you?...Show yourself so I can kick your ass you cowardly son of a bitch!"
'Hehe...O-k!'
He finally got his wish when a black blur weaved around his entire subconscious instantaneously before lashing out a multiple barrage of punches upon him, barely having time to block most of them before a hard roundhouse kick threw him across the dark void.
"Huff...who...huff...the hell...huff...are you?" Ben asked the intruder who finally revealed himself hiding in a dark long trench coat with the hood covering his entire face.
'Who, little old me?...lets just say...I am you, and you are me!' The dark figure said before lifting his hood from his face, the image made Ben's blood entirely cold...the intruder was nothing more...than an exact demonic replica of himself, only with grey pale skin, blood red eyes, long black hair and pointy ears.
"W-What?" Ben had no idea what the demonic clone was spouting about, only to earn an bemused glare from his seemingly evil replica.
"You idiot, I said and I quote: I am you...and you are me! If you didn't get it the first time you whiny little bitch...then your not even worthy of my presence!" The entity arrogantly noted before turning around ans proceeding to leave.
"What the hell are you even talking about you butt-ugly copycat!"
"SEE! there it is right there, I've been with you for 17 Fucking years and not once have you acknowledged my presence or even bothered to learn my name! I even took on this form to rile your ungrateful ass up to-...you know what, forget about it Pendragon, Your loss!" The unofficial named copycat ben shouted in annoyance before resuming to leave again.
"Look, I don't understand what the hell your trying to imply or who the hell you are...but I want to ask you one thing...why are you here?"
He asked the copycat, to which he replied...
"If your so eager to know the answer pendragon, then get strong...really strong...if you can do that and return to me when you've not only gathered the power to fight the demons known as Dakuju's, but solved the answer to the riddle I implied to you earlier...then I will challenge you to a one on one battle between us! If you can defeat me in battle...then I will inform you of my name and the purpose I play in your destiny...heh, maybe I'll even reveal my true form to you...I'm sure you'll be surprised by my real appearance." The copycat finished.
Ben thought about it for a minute before complying to the copycats terms.
"Alright then...I'll be back, just be prepared for an ass whooping of the century you damn prick!"
"Yare Yare, must you be so melodramatic...until then you whiny little bitch!" Copycat Ben said before light began to illuminate his entire subconscious...
[REALITY]
"Wake your ass up you piece of shit!" Mikasa bluntly stated just as she shoved her foot in Ben's face.
He briefly gasped for air, flailing his arms like there was no tomorrow as he fell off his bed before landing on his head.
"YOU BITCH! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR MELISSA?" Ben snarled at the Stoic soldier who stood beside the bed wearing a grey tight tank top that showed off her physique, military style camo pants, and slim black combat boots.
"It's Mikasa, but only my friends and companion's are allowed to acknowledge me by my first name. You fit in neither of those categories, so you will refer to me as Ackerman understood?" She speaks the truth, nobody outside of her social group was ever allowed to call her "Mikasa" unless you damned well earned her respect, and quite frankly...Ben was off to a lousy start with her! Mikasa doubted that he would ever earn the right to be called her friend, less be able to refer to her by her first name on friendly terms. In her eyes...Ben Tennyson was nothing more than a weak minded fool!
"Tch, fine ackerman!"
"Good, now put these on and meet everyone downstairs in twenty minutes." Mikasa then handed him clothing similar to her current attire she was now wearing.
He hesitantly accepted the clothing before Mikasa left him by himself to change into his gear. "Well then, don't wanna keep every one waiting." He told himself before getting dressed, today was a new day...a day he hoped would bring him one step closer to achieving his Newfound goal of destroying the Dakuju's and avenging his parents murder...He would never surrender until his ambition had been fulfilled!
[ENTAKU SETTLEMENT, UNDERGROUND]
Waiting was never an option for Edward Elric, he was used to traveling from town to town in search of the elusive elixir known as the philosophers stone with his brother Alphonse. He made a blood oath to his Brother that one day, they would find the stone of legend to reclaim their lost bodies from that bastard truth!...but here he was, leaning against the nearest tree, anxiously waiting for that newly appointed "leader" of his to show up for their first day of training under the watchful guidance of Eques Bellator, along with an entourage of heroes like him who found themselves in the same predicament as he was.
"What's taking him so freaking long?!" Edward whined as he was starting to get irritably bored.
The others were all dressed in the same training outfits as Ben and Mikasa, Bellator on the other hand...wore his Entaku uniform. He suddenly checked his pocket watch to see the current time displayed when he heard the familiar sound of his masters footsteps fastly approaching the group.
"Good morning my young lord!, it seems your eager to get started on our training rather quickly am I right?"
"Of course Bellator, the sooner I learn how to destroy those damn monsters, the better the universe will be without em!" Ben declared with fire in his eyes, he'll show those ugly bastards the true meaning of pain they made him endure with their own blood!
"Excellent! Well then...let us proceed to the nearby training grounds shall we!"
"Finally!" Edward shouted out loud before joining the group. He was pumped up and ready to learn some new techniques from the Butler/Knight...but little did they all know, Bellator is going to make their training a living Fucking hell!
"So uh...Bellator is it? What the hell are you going to be teaching us first?" Asked a curious kanda whom like his comrades in training, is wearing the Same attire.
"I'm glad you asked Mr. Kanda, Since it's your first day of training...I've decided to test your combat skills upon further examining every one's strength's, weaknesses, and attributes amongst the seven of you before going any further!"
"So in other words, your going to beat the shit out of every one of us and explain how we all did wrong correct?"
Bellator could only chuckle by the exorcist's response. "When you put it that way, you make it seem like I'm going to enjoy pummeling you into the ground...maybe a little!" He muttered lowly so nobody could hear.
The walk to the isolated training grounds took around fourty five minutes just to get there, but every one kept their opinions silent due to enjoying the surprisingly beautiful scenery of the Forrest camouflaging their main destination.
It was a bit of a hassle, but they finally made it.
"Well here we are ladies and gentleman, beautiful isn't she?"
Beautiful was an understatement, for an underground training area, they expected a roughed up patch of dirt littered with scars...boy were they wrong!
The place was surrounded by many lush trees full of the juciest apples you would ever lay eyes on, a crisp clean waterfall with it's own babbling brook nearby, the training ground itself had a healthy coat of earth all around the perimeter...A perfect Trainers paradise!
"Woah, it's absolutely gorgeous Bellator!" Ben praised everything from the lush apple trees, the spotless training field, the waterfall with the beautiful naked lady...BEAUTIFUL NAKED LADY?
"Ohayo!" The same lady who passed out after she drank the entire supply of sake (which Bellator has to order a new shipment of before his knights cause a riot due to the lack of said liquor thank you very much!) Waved as she bared her entire nude body for all to see!
"AHHHH, IT'S YOU!" Ben pointed her out to Bellator, he remembered what the rambunctious woman did to him yesterday and frankly her being totally Buck naked in the water didn't help the raging bulge that threatened to emerge from his camo pants
"Holy shit!"
"WHAT THE HELL?"
"DEAR FATHER, HER BREASTS ARE EXTRAORDINARLY SYMMETRICAL!" Kanda, Ed, and kid Shouted before suffering a heavy nose bleed.
"R-Rangiku-chan?"
"Vice captain matsumoto?" Orihime and rukia Responded rather quickly, completely confused as to why another member of the Gotei thirteen was currently taking a bath in the waterfall's brook.
"YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS?" The now bemused Bellator spoke up.
"Hai, she's one of the vice captains for the Gotei thirteen, the soul reaper's who are tasked with keeping the balance between the living and the dead." Explained rukia, who quickly drew examples of the Gotei thirteen out of nowhere that displayed the soul reapers looking like amateur drawn bunny rabbits, earning awkward looks from her companion's.
"Uh, that's a...nice drawing you have there!" Ben complemented, earning a smile from the petite soul reaper, kanda however...
"Your drawing skill's suck!"
...decided to insult her picture work...which was a wrong played decision as a dark malicious Aura surrounded her as rukia revealed a evil smirk across her face.
"Oh shit..."
While Rukia pounced on kanda, Ben ans everyone else returned their gaze to the woman named rangiku matsumoto who was now currently dressed in a robe, courtesy of Bellator.
"My that was a lovely bath, I haven't showered since yesterday!"
"Ahem!, now that you finished your bath, Ms matsumoto was it?!"
"Ai, Matsumoto Rangiku at your service...and who's this cutie here?!" Was her response before shoving her breasts in Ben's entire face...the familiar suffication he received yesterday was coming back to haunt him.
"Thmf forrer!"
Excuse me miss, but once again...would you kindly let my master out of your Breasts of death before he loses anymore oxygen?" The Butler sincerely asked her before rangiku gave him room to breath.
"The horror..." Ben uttered to himself before picking himself up from the dirt ground.
"As I was saying, Ms matsumoto...do you have any recollection of exactly how you entered this dimension undetected?!"
The busty soul reaper thought to herself for a moment before her face suggested that she remember's.
"I got it!...it all started after the captain and I along with our support squad finished battling a group who called themselves the arrancar..."
[FLASHBACK]
The battle against the lone group of hybrid's known as the arrancar almost took a toll on the town of karakura as the Soul reapers Lead by Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya suffered heavy damage from them as the battle almost drained them of their remaining energy.
Rangiku, though after being thrown around like a ragdoll after taking many hits from the enemy...she she still finds time to enjoy her favorite sake. But in this case...she had no access to any nearby sake...and her thirst became almost ungodly from a major withdrawal from said liquor.
"Oh, if only I had a bottle of sake right about now, I'd die a happy woman...again!"
As if the God's granted her wish, an unexpected wormhole appeared from beneath her, sinking rangiku into it's engulfing light before transporting from Karakura town...into the knights Personal cellar full of exotic and expensive liquor from around the universe and beyond...including her favorite Sake!
She excitingly thanked the God's before diving straight first into their seemingly endless supply.
[FLASHBACK END]
"...and that's when I blacked out!"
Bellator inwardly cursed the woman for guzzling every single drop of sake that was worth almost 5,789, 422 dollars in total!
"Breath Bellator...BREATH!"
"Bellator-San?" A timid Orihime tapped his shoulder gently before regaining his composure. "Yes Ms. Inoue?" He replied politely in his velvety voice.
"Not to be in a rush or anything, but when are we going to begin our training?"
"Ahh yes! Pardon me everyone for that minor intrusion!" Bellator addressed everyone before eyeing rangiku intently as he mouthed for her to head back to HQ!
Nodding in agreement, rangiku complied to Bellator's order...but not before she slid her hand down the young prince's pants as a parting gift.
"My my, you're certainly hung like a bull aren't you?" Rangiku teased while groping Ben's private's, caressing every single inch of him as she curled a pubic hair before pulling her hand away from his now erect sex.
"See you around cutie! Maybe next time we'll have our own private wrestling match, if you know what I mean!" Rangiku then sauntered off as she swayed her hips in a sensual matter, leaving a gobsmacked Ben to wonder...
"Did that just happen?" He wanted to deny, though the face of his soon to be partners confirmed his sexual encounter with the sultry soul reaper did indeed occur.
"Now that's over with, it's Time...we've begun!" Bellator immediately threw his upper Entaku uniform to the side, showcasing his athletic muscular physique that would make any girl blush bright red...which both orihime and rukia, even Mikasa to an extent were just about doing.
"Now then, this first training exercise is simple: I want each and every one of you to attack me all at once!" Answered Bellator before switching to a battle stance.
They all stared at him like he was some kind of wack job, how is he going to fare when it's seven on one? They wanted to voice their opinion on the matter, but the look on Bellator's face literally screamed out "Give me your all or I'll show you no mercy!".
Coming to terms with the situation, they each started to form their own battle stances before Bellator gave them the signal to begin, and just like that...the training began!
Kanda made the first move and swung a right hook for Bellator's face, only for him to miss as Bellator took the opportunity to grab a hold of his ponytail and swung him around until he crashed into one of the tree's nearby.
Edward transmuted his automail arm into a blade, slashing at Bellator who Dodged the attack with precise movements as he snapped Ed's automail arm mercilessly in half. The Butler used the automail like a makeshift baseball bat, quickly incapacitating Ed before he could begin screaming from the loss of his metal limb.
Rukia decided on a more tactical approach as she had orihime use her Seton kessen to district Bellator by attacking him with Tsubaki while she snuck up behind as she used sode no shirayuki to freeze him in his tracks...it would've worked if Bellator wasn't so perceptive.
"Ah Ah Ah! I'm afraid that isn't going to work on me!" He smiled before kicking rukia in the ribs, throwing her straight at orihime who's head collided with her's!
"Don't think I'm going down as easy!" Kid replies before managing to land a couple of hits on Bellator, forcing him to defend himself for once as he gave him a nod of approval.
"I must say, you're the first one in a century to strike me more than once catching me off guard...but my sister hits a lot more harder than you unfortunately!" Bellator coyed, but kid remained unfazed by his remark.
"Try to insult me all you want, but you are never going to rile me up like that!"
"Maybe not, but then again...do you know what Time it is kid?"
"Oh sure, it's..." kid briefly paused in horror as he stared upon his mortal enemy invading his digital watch...the number seven!
"...GAUGH!" without a moment's haste, kid suffered a massive convulsion before passing out on the training field floor.
"Well that was convenient! Now...only two little sheep remain!" Bellator enlightened himself while turning his attention upon the only two left standing...Ben and Mikasa.
"Great, now what the hell are we supposed to do now?" Ben was not liking their current odds, as seen before them...Bellator was no ordinary man, he was a beast that could easily crush them if he wanted to.
"We aren't doing anything you pathetic weakling, I however...have a score to settle with this asshole, training or no training!" Mikasa told her so called "teammate" before rushing straight forward towards Bellator as they began to clash.
She began her assault with a Lethal right kick in the face, only to have Bellator Dodge it at the last moment before attempting to backhand her. Mikasa was quick enough to evade the Butler's atttack but he managed to catch her off guard, striking her hard in the chest with his palms before leaping back a few feet.
"Now that was impressive miss ackerman, if I'd known better I'd say you're actually trying to kill me!" Bellator teased his opponent who now seemed to become even more irritated than she already was.
"Enough talk old man, let's settle this right here, right now!"
Mikasa continued on the offensive as she sent multiple strikes his way, but no matter how many hits she tried landing on him...Bellator ended up blocking each and every one of them without so much as showing the slightest hint of fatigue on his entire structure.
Ben continued to watch from afar as both Mikasa and Bellator were equally matched in combat...or so it seems. He knew Bellator was actually pulling back his true prowess, especially with the display of power he briefly showcased during the battle with the first Dakuju he encountered the day his parents...became deceased.
'To hell what she says, I'm not going to stand by here any longer while I watch her get hurt!' Thought Ben before selecting the desired alien he was searching for from the ultimatrix.
The battle between Human and Demon lasted for more than ten minutes as Mikasa started feeling fatigued, the muscles in her body were already aching from trying to keep up with The Knight.
"Damn it, I don't think I can take any more of this! I haven't been able to land a single scratch on him, and yet he blocks all of my attack's as if they were nothing to him...like a fly trying to swat a giant!" The ackerman cursed as she tried to move her entire body, unfortunately it didn't go very well, for Mikasa became short of breath...but not before Bellator caught a hold of her by the neck. She tried struggling from his iron grip but it was no use, her entire body already gave out from ramming her fists and kicks into the brutal Butler's rock hard body.
"Didn't I say miss ackerman to Give it your all or I would show you no mercy?" Bellator repeated himself while jabbing her in the face and gut multiple times, causing her to cough up a decent amount of blood from her mouth.
He then threw Mikasa a few feet away on the ground before kicking her around like a soccer ball. The last kick landed her straight into a wall near the waterfall, completely immobilizing her.
"Oh dear, and I was so anticipated to continue our little skirmish miss ackerman...I'm afraid I'll have to dispose of you since you show no sign of cooperation amongst the candidates...well there's kanda, but that's a completely different story! Tah Tah!"
"You...s-son of a..." was all Mikasa could utter as she prepared for the worst. What started out as a simple training exercise turned into a struggle between life and death!
Bellator was just about ready to finish her off when his fist was caught by a flash of black and blue with the ultimatrix symbol on his chest.
Ben as fasttrack clutched Bellator's hand tightly in his grip. He was furious that his so called guardian was seconds away from murdering an innocent person just because she wasn't a team player, he clenched his teeth in anger before throwing him across the training field.
Bellator managed to catch his footing while skidding to a stop.
"Why the hell did you try to kill her Bellator? I thought she was supposed to be an important part of our team damn you!"
For minutes Bellator remained calm and collective before answering..."simple my young lord, she's nothing but a nuisance! A stray dog who remains to be collared and leashed by her masters! If she's not willing to work with us willingly...then she is of no use to us!" He proceeded before summoning Diaboli Spina from his possession. He twirled the blade one handedly in a circular motion before preparing to seal her fate.
"Now if you please move out of the way my lord, I'd like to finish her off as quickly as possible before Supper!"
"No!" Was his reply as Bellator became dead silent.
"...did you just disregard my request milord?" Was Bellator's response as Ben stood between him and Mikasa.
"She might not be the nicest one of us Amateur Knight's or the most submissive...but that gives you no right to exterminate her for her lack of cooperation you dumbass!"
Mikasa didn't believe what she was hearing, she might be a bit battered and bruised from her brief altercation with the Butler, but she could still listen to her surrounding's. Even after the way she treated him yesterday up to now, This boy decided to defend her from his wayward guardian just when she was about to bite the big one.
'What the hell...is the matter with this Guy?"
Mikasa pondered to herself before her consciousness faded.
"Then I'm terribly sorry to inform you master that it's either she who becomes destroyed or it's the both of you?"
"Then you're going to have to get through me Bellator before I let you touch a single hair on her head!" And thus, both servant and master have begun their battle as sparks flew between the two powerhouse's!
[MEANWHILE...]
She wasn't sure what the hell just happened, or where the hell she was transported to...But Young Meister and Spartoi member Maka Albarn Became suddenly aware of her new surrounding as she finally came to.
It was utterly confusing for her, one minute she's in the midst of Battle against The Demon Weapon Giriko in the Book of Eibon with her
Weapon partner Soul Eater, the next she becomes swallowed inside a mysterious portal...Which ended up transporting her to an Underground City of some sort.
"Ugh, w-where...am I?" Maka wondered before picking herself off the hard dirt ground, dusting her white sailor Spartoi outfit as she scanned the entire perimeter closely.
Maka found it odd to See a Whole entire city Deep within an underground cavern, but then again she lived in a city where Both the moon and sun gave off a creepy appearance in the sky so who was she to assume the obvious?
"I wonder where I am? And more importantly, I hope soul and the other's are doing ok without me for the time being...I've got to find a way back asap!" She muttered under breath before she began pondering what to do next.
The sounds of Blades clashing in the nearby Forrest and The absurd amount of energy emanating from said location drew her attention away from her thought's.
"What In the name of Death was that?" Maka wasted no time and decided to see what was causing this massive surge of power to Erupt out of nowhere.
[BELLATOR VS BEN]
The battle Between Master and Butler ignited with Ben turning into Diamondhead, creating a massive makeshift shield to guard against the onslaught of Diaboli Spina. The Claymore's sharp blade left a deep gash between the Petrosapien species skin. Ben let out a disgruntled groan while clutching his arm in pain. If the Weapons Bellator mentioned before as Dominator's could easily cut through a Dakuju's thick hide, he didn't want to know how capable Diaboli Spina was of Slicing through Diamondhead's durable skin without effort!
Diamondhead proceeded to trap Bellator with multiple Diamond tendrils to restrict his movement, it was proved to be futile however when Bellator broke free of his temporary bonds...leaping Towards Ben with killer intent as lighting fast sword strikes made contact with diamondheads Body, leaving countless lacerations all over his bulky form before collapsing a bit.
"Forfeit this battle while you can young master, or Suffer the consequences of protecting the wench!" Bellator calmly said, his red eyes filled with malicious contempt as the protector of earth refused to give in to defeat!
Mikasa tried to resume freeing herself from the clutches of the wall she was unfortunate to be stuck in when she noticed the idiot prince on his knees already, refusing to surrender her to his psychotic manservant.
"Just give it up already you damned spoiled brat, can't you see you've already lost?!"
"Will you just shut your Damn mouth for five minutes you condescending bitch?" Was Ben's reply before reverting to his human form.
Mikasa would've slapped him for talking back to her like that if not for her immobile state right about now.
"Why?..." Mikasa screamed at the top of her breath. "...why the hell are doing this? Why the hell are you Defending me of all people? I did nothing but antagonize you from yesterday until now! So why in God's green earth are you defending me From him?...WHY DAMN YOU?"
"BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO FAIL ANYONE AGAIN!...Not ever again!" Ben wrapped his arms around his head In agony, the memory of failing to protect his Parents and unborn sister still stung his now fragile heart while the tears that threatened to fall from his eyes for days finally released from his sockets like an emotional waterfall.
Mikasa wondered why he was so downtrodden in the first place, but one look directly from his face signified an emotional turmoil going on from deep within his entire Psyche.
Did something awfully traumatic happened to him in the past, was this the reason why Ben seemed a little too determined to eradicate the Dakuju's?
She didn't have time to figure it out before Ben got right back up while wiping his tears from his eyes.
"I've failed to protect three innocent lives exactly one week ago today Bellator...BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF I FAILED TO PROTECT ANOTHER!" Ben shouted with all his might before a powerful burst of energy erupted from within, engulfing the entire Forest of it's essence!
"This sudden display of energy, did he ...has he finally unlocked it?...after all these years?" Thought the Butler as he stared upon the face of his young lord with burning desire etched deep into his eyes, a green Glowing aura surrounding his entire physical structure. In a momentous display of sheer brutality, Ben flashed in front of Bellator's frame as he let out an enraged battle before smashing his fist in the bewildered Butler's face! Bellator instantly felt the pain upon impact when he found himself knocked back five miles on the large training ground floor, skidding to a stop in a second...just as Ben appeared behind him with another strike in the chest, knocking the wind out of him for a moment while he tried to match with his masters newfound power.
Maka who finally located the source of the disturbance, became perturbed by the one sided battle between the two Titanic brawlers as she observed the fight from afar.
"This is insane! Their soul's are unlike any I've ever encountered!" She said while the battle raged on. "The man's soul seems cold, dark, and yet...surprisingly warm for some reason!" Maka finished as an image of Bellator's soul had the appearance of A Black orb with dark red eyes and Bellator's hair style.
But when she turned her sights on Ben...she couldn't help but take in how handsome he was when a faint blush managed to creep up her cheeks,...what really surprised her though, was the massive soul the Young man appeared to have. "His soul however...it's...it's the most powerful one I've ever seen!" Ben's soul appeared to surround himself just like his aura, a large emerald orb with Ben's hair style and a determined face that practically yelled out "Kill" that would give any foe a case of the Jitters should they stare intently in his murderous eyes!
Mikasa continued to leer at the awesome sight of Ben pummeling Bellator to a bloody mess. She still couldn't believe he chose to protect her after she was a complete bitch to him. She felt a pang of guilt deep in her chest for misjudging him too quickly...she promised herself that she would apologize for treating him like shit underneath her boots once they survived this...if they survived this...whatever the situation they were currently stuck In.
The tide seemed to shift back unfortunately when Bellator regained the upper hand in their fight as he dislocated Ben's shoulder.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAUGH!"
"I warned you my lord, and yet you've refused to listen to whatever I say!"
"SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTH!" Ben shouted before decking Bellator in the jaw with his other available arm.
Even with this new power he possessed, Ben was still no match for the brutal tactics of Bellator's never ending streak.
"Leave him alone..." Mikasa uttered to the Butler who savagely started to stomp on Ben's stomach as he cried out in agony.
The rest of her companion's who woke from their brief unconscious state's during Ben's outburst to find him beneath the mercy of Bellator's clutches...also had enough of this gruesome sight.
"You bastard...leave him be!"
"Don't you dare...lay another finger...on him!" Kanda and kid demanded respectively.
"Sonova bitch, let him go!" Argued Edward as the Screams of Pain continued onwards.
"He did nothing wrong damn it,...let Ben go!" Rukia clenched her teeth while Bellator ignored her plea.
"Please...stop it Bellator-San, STOP IT!" Orihime cried out as she couldn't bear watching the horrifying scene unfold any longer.
"Didn't you hear what I said you Dumb Fuck...I said...LEAVE HIM ALONE, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!" Just like Ben experienced moments ago, Mikasa, Kanda, Kid, Edward, Rukia, and Orihime...All six of these heroes found their own surge of energy from within as They immediately rushed towards Bellator without haste...Their true battle had just begun!
Bellator had no time to react when they began their counterattack:
Kanda made the first move by unleashing consecutive energy infused strikes in Bellator's face, torso. And lower back area's before finishing with a heavy elbow blow to stomach before skidding back a few feet.
Orihime then used her Seton kessen to fire a more powerful Tsubaki at Bellator, causing him to skid towards Kid's location.
The young shinigami went into his sanzu crime stance before dealing a heavy combination of punches and kicks. He then punted the staggering Butler to his other fellow shinigami Rukia.
She wasted no time to create a huge Ice tsunami with her Zanpakutou, hurling the massive ice glacier straight in Bellator's direction...completely knocking him back several feet while he tried his hardest to recover his momentum.
But Edward didn't allow him to regain his footing when he used his non-mechanical hand to backhand him Painfully as possible...damn did it feel good to him.
"THAT'S FOR MY AUTOMAIL ARM JACKASS!"
Bellator certainly found himself between a rock and a hard place this time when he suddenly found himself in the mercy of The war Goddess Aka Mikasa!
"Let's see how you like getting your ass handed to you stuck up Bastard!" She taunted him before socking him straight in his battered face with a heavy uppercut. Bellator found himself hurled into the air in no time, just before Mikasa leaped into the air and unleashed a devastating drop kick...resulting in an seismic crater where his body now laid...the Battle Was finally over!
It wasn't until after their energy dissipate did they realize what they were briefly capable of.
Mikasa stared at her hands in disbelief, comprehending the mysterious power she and her group unleashed during the one sided beat down of their inhuman "mentor".
"What...what was this feeling just now?...It felt like my entire body was on fire, but in a good way!" Was her reply, she was sure everyone else thought the exact same thing.
"That was freaky, yet satisfying to a degree!" Kanda told himself while clenching his fist with a serious look on his face.
"Astounding, this energy felt similar to the one used during Soul resonance...and yet so different I can't put my finger on it!" Said kid.
"This is unheard of, never have I used a power as mysterious as this!" Rukia added, orihime overused her own that she seemed to be knocked out at the moment.
"I kicked that Guy's ass somehow...It felt great!" Beamed Edward.
Maka who found herself sitting on a lone tree branch, became enamored by the heroes standing in the battered Training field before her...where in the name of death did that wormhole bring her to?
"Hehehe...it seems my plan worked after all, You all passed the first phase."
"EH?" Was everybody's reaction to see Bellator standing up from the damaged ground of the now scarred training field.
"Everything from the beginning of the test up until now...was a ploy to get each and everyone one of you to unlock your True power...That power you all used to beat me into oblivion with...was the power of Seishinryoku!" The Butler explained as everyone face faulted in dissatisfaction.
"Are you Fucking kidding me?" Kanda and Edward shouted.
"The reason you kicked the stuffing out of us for our so claimed "Test", was nothing but a ruse to awaken this Seishinryoku energy we had locked deep inside of us?"
"YOU ASSHOLE!"
Bellator nodded in response before snapping his fingers, instantly healing himself, his master and allies at once.
"There you are, good as new!" Bellator exclaimed while they all checked their injuries. And true to his word...they were all healed one hundred percent, Edward even had his automail arm repaired back to normal.
"My arm!" The young alchemist jumped for joy.
"I'm terribly sorry for scaring you like that everyone. But It was necessary to unlock your Seishinryoku Coils from within! The process in unlocking ones Seishinryoku energy is triggered by mental and physical strain to the User's body and soul. It's a rather complex theory to explain so I'll tone it down to simplify itself rather easily: Think of your bodies as tea kettle's, and your Seishinryoku as Steam." He begun to explain his simplified theory as they nodded for him to go on.
"Think of your soul's as water inside of the kettle, if you leave it be inside without heating it up...nothing happens correct? However, if you heat it up at a certain Temperature...depending on how hot the kettle becomes, The water turns into steam...completely bursting from the top of the kettle with ease!"
"So speaking metaphorically, in order to release the steam building up inside of our kettles, we have to be heated to a Certain degree in order to use it?" Mikasa noted as Bellator nodded in agreement.
"Correct!, which was why I pushed you all to your breaking points!"
Just before Bellator could explain to them anything else about Seishinryoku, an unhappily though now healed Ben completely decked his guardian square in the jaw.
"WAS THAT COMPLETELY NECESSARY YOU DAMN PSYCHO?" He shouted with whatever energy he had before passing out on the floor!
"Is he going to be ok?" Rukia asked, not wanting to see her new friend die of exhaustion.
"He'll be fine Ms. Kuchiki I assure you! Though I must warn you all right here and now..." Bellator began. "...Starting tomorrow, Your training is going to be much more difficult that you have probably proceeded it to be! As we speak, the Dakuju's are growing in numbers by the Counting days...And I've selected you all as the last line of defense against them, which is why I'm am going to crush, break, and beat your Each and every one of your individual limits...and strife to replace then with new ones! I am proud by the Effort you put into protecting The young master, a complete stranger I know some of you resented for thinking he was the reason you are stuck In this predicament now! ...but in the end, you six managed to awaken your Seishinryoku and completely overpowered me when you thought I was going to kill him...and for that, I commend you all for such determination!" He saluted them as they did in return.
"You are all dismissed for today! Get plenty of rest, for tomorrow...your true training begins!"
"Yes sir!"
They all started to head back when Mikasa stayed behind with Bellator For a moment.
"Bellator! If...if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to volunteer to return the sleeping Princess back to the manor...I believe I owe him an apology." She admitted while Bellator patted her shoulder gently.
"Of course not! Just make sure gets some rest as well!" He reminded her as she agreed before carrying the unconscious Ben on her shoulders.
Bellator couldn't help but laugh at the scene before him, it wasn't every day you see a young woman carrying a man on her Back.
However, he paused when he noticed that one of Mikasa's arms seemed to encased in a beige colored rock armor before slowly dissipating to her Normal skin tone.
It astonished Bellator that Mikasa had possessed these abilities as well. The only other people who once used this power as well...were now deceased!
"It seems that I've finally met your long lost daughter...Ryusuke...Katsura...I'll make sure she becomes the Strongest Knight you've ever seen, old friends!" He silently promised to his old comrades wherever they were in the White city above as he made his way back to the knights in training, with maka following secretly in tow.
[ELSEWHERE...]
Deep within the ruins of a forgotten kingdom, The King Of legend and hid queen were currently preparing for their long and perilous journey yet to come...The reclamation of their long lost children!
"Almost there...perfect!" King Arthur exclaimed to his wife, who seemed to be preoccupied for a moment with a photograph of two infants: a boy and a girl with charcoal colored hair and golden eyes like their father, but with the facial characteristics of their mother. These two were born two years after she was forced to give up her first child to the relatives of the plumber Maxwell Tennyson.
At first Alisa was ecstatic to find out that she was pregnant again with twins, but was saddened when she learned that Arthur had sent their children away under the care of a king and his wife in a far away dimension where the Natives there can manipulate earth, water, fire, and wind abilities depending on their nationality.
She didn't even get to hold them in her arms when they were born, but Alisa pendragon will rectify that problem by reuniting with all three of her children!
"Are you ready my dear?" The king asked his beautiful queen while standing in what seems to be a well drawn giant circle with numerous equations etched throughout the circumference of it's shape.
"I've been ready for many years my love...at last, will finally be reunited with one another!" She said with many emotions goin through her mind at this very instant.
"We'll be one happy family like you've always dreamed!..." Arthur replied before he began to rehearse his Desired release spell..."...DIVINE RELEASE: INSTANTANEOUS TELEPORTATION!" He recited, and as the name suggests...The king and queen were engulfed in a flash of light before beginning their quest to reclaim their children, whose lives will be forever changed by the discovery of their true origins!