Beautiful Mistakes

I do not own Ben 10.

When he step out of the university the chill of the air hit his skin like tiny needle points. He zip his jacket up till the top of the zipper touch his chin, but even so a jacket was no substitute for an energy shield. which he saw the students rushing passed him begin to activate to keep the heavy droplets of rain off of them.

He raised his left arm to activate the Omnitrix when he stop in mid action remembering the promise he made to his grandpa and Gwendolyn "That's right I can't use the omnitrix powers outside of battle for a week." It had only been two weeks since Gwendolyn bought his and hers past selves through the time portal. Although the encounter had taught him some very important lessons letting go of XLR8 for Ben was a difficult change to make after spending years inside the alien's body.

As he exited the university courtyard he glance across the street. The sight of an old umbrella catching his eye. The main color was a navy blue but spread around it was patches of white cloth sewn into it. White cloth that he immediately recognize as pieces of his old white and black shirt he had own in his youth. The owner was a woman dress in different shades of blues and had red hair peeking out from underneath the umbrella "Gwendolyn. . ."

Quickly glancing left and right he jog across the street to the other side and slowly made his way towards her. Her head was down low looking at her shoes, She hadn't notice him. Good he always like surprising her "Well, Well looks like I found a little lost kitten." he said with a grin. She looked up quickly a shock look in her eyes that was replace with a shy smirk as she got a good look at who the voice belong to "Hmm. . .careful even a kitten has fangs and crawls." she said pushing herself off the wall and walked towards him holding the old umbrella over him.

He raised one of his eyebrows "Noted. But what are you doing out here anyways? Shouldn't you be back at headquarters? " she let out a mock sigh and briefly closed her eyes for emphases "will you relax I got the Galactic Enforcers covering H.Q. and-" he cut her off "The Galactic Enforcers? Now I'm really worried." he let out a little cry as her foot made contact with his shin "Dweb don't say things like that! They may have made their mistakes but-" he held up his hands in front of him "Okay, Okay I get it I'm sorry." it was then that he notice the folded umbrella in her right hand.

"Is that for me?" he asked pointing to it. She looked at him puzzle for a moment before looking down "Oh yeah! This is also the reasons why I'm here. You left in such a hurry you forgot your energy shield and seeing as you can't use the Omnitrix for seven more days I thought I'll stop by and give you this." she said as she reach out offering it to him. He looked at it this umbrella seem to be pretty new. He took it but did not open it as he looked upwards to the old one Gwendolyn was holding "No thanks! This one's much better." he stated as he toss his left arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him.

She gave a tiny gasp and for a few seconds Ben thought he might have cross a line but then he felt Gwendolyn muscles relax and her arm loop behind his waist as she snuggle closer to him. He smiled and whispered "lets go."

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Around them people rushed in blurs trying to get from one destination to the other as fast as they possibly could but Gwendolyn and himself kept their pace slow and steady. Ben for his part enjoying the view around him, it was the first time he had actually seen this much of the city he protected for the last twenty years without it being a mess of colors and sounds.

Gwendolyn face seem to take on a soft glow as she happily pointed to each store or building and gave him a small history of each one " and this restaurant "Une Vedette" just open last month but its already getting rave reviews from almost every data paper!" they stop in front of said restaurant and Ben could already see a line of what he would guess would be about fifty people already forming a line.

"Wow the food here must be really something." he mutter rubbing his chin thoughtfully "Alright then since The Galactic Enforcers are in charge of H.Q. for tonight how about you, Grandpa, and I have dinner here?" he suggested.

Her jaw drop and she gave him a look that he knew meant "Are you out of your mind?" "Are you crazy there's a three month waiting list. Its not like anybody can just waltz into the doors and demand a table." he gave her a bright smile and said "Your right not just anyone can but I'm sure their have a table for Ben 10,000 party of three."

She gave him an annoyed look but before she could start an lecture on how he shouldn't abuse his power he interjected "I know what your going to say but hear me out. I want tonight to be a celebration." she turn her head slightly to the side and asked "A celebration?" he smiled "Yeah it's a new chapter in my life now and I want to start fresh not just with the Hero business but with everything else to." he spoke the last part softy as rub her shoulder a little.

She turned away from him and looked towards her shoes again. Her grip around his waist as tight as ever. She seemed to be contemplating something as it was a few moments before she spoke again but when she turn to look into his eyes he saw that innocent teenage girl once more "Ben I-" she began but was cut off by another female voice.

"Ben!?"

They both turn to look in front of them and Ben's eye rest upon a face he never thought he'd ever see again.

"Kai?"

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After I watch Ken 10 the other day my muse would not leave me alone and I ended up writing this short first chapter. I ended up really liking Ken 10 and for a second when Gwendolyn said "Kenneth Tennyson" in that total mom voice I really thought for a second Kenny was going to say "Mom"

Just to clear the air I don't hate Kai I just hated the way she treated Ben. So in some points Kai will not make the best choices but everyone will learn that some mistakes can be beautiful.

Oh writing on "A Gift From The Stars" umm. . .imagine that the story is a 1 GB file and my writing is the download speed which is 0.3 KB. . .I'm sorry everyone it is being worked on but I keep getting distracted by different muses and it keeps getting pushed back.