Chapter 43: Wedding Crashers of a Whole New Breed.
Kyle 10 Alien Force Alien #4…
Name: Rhapsody
Species: Nightmarian
Planet: Anur Phaetos
Powers: Rhapsody always carries a scythe, which does 3 things. It can decapitate the limbs of any living being, shoot laser blasts/freeze rays, and even create dimensional vortexes. Other than that, he has invisibility, and intangibility. He speaks with a bit of a Jamaican accent.
Weakness: Can't phase through energy beams, and solidifying chemicals will work on him, like Ghostfreak.
Strength: 5/10
Durability: 10/10 (Due to intangibility)
Agility: 4/10
Senses/Reflexes: 8/10
Speed: 8/10
Energy/Mana projection: 9/10
Voice Actor: Greg Eagles
Well, I think this is a little self-explanatory myself here. Max was trying to get his old tux on Ben, who was greatly protesting it.
Max: "Stay with me, Ben!"
Ben: "No! I can't… take it! GAH!"
Kyle: "Ben, it's only gonna be a few more seconds if you would just sit still!"
Max: "About that, Kyle, how about some Goop over here?"
Kyle: "Looks like you got him to me, Max."
Ben: "No Goop! No Goop!"
Gwen: "Give it a rest, Ben. I have to do this too, you know."
Ben: "Yeah, but… Grandpa! Not the bowtie!!!"
Max: "But it completes it." He then let go, and Ben looked like his face was red in the mirror."
Kyle: "How about loosening that up a bit, eh?"
Gwen: "Yeah, Grandpa. His brain needs all the oxygen it can get!" Max loosened it, and Ben breathed in some air.
Ben: "The only thing worse than going to a stupid old boring wedding is being IN a stupid old boring wedding. Why can't they get someone else to be the ring bearer, huh?"
Max: "Ben, no one else was available, anyway, so, live with it." Ben put his head down in shame.
Gwen: "Smile and say megadweeb!" She took the picture.
Kyle: "GWEN!!! He's embarrassed enough as it is. Come on!!"
Gwen: "Oh, you ruin my fun sometimes…" She walked out of the RV.
Max: "We've verified that the tux fits, so, I'll get it off."
Kyle; "Yeah. I was getting tired of seeing him in that." Ben immediately put his clothes back on.
Ben: "Much better, guys."
Kyle: "Ah, weddings. How they celebrate…"
Gwen: "Hold it!"
Kyle: "What?"
Gwen: "You weren't invited, remember?"
Kyle: "But I can't just stay in the RV! You know that!"
Gwen: "You're going to have to, Kyle. Sorry."
Kyle: "Why can't I just be Ghostfreak and stay invisible, or be Grey Matter in Ben's tux pocket or something?"
Gwen: "The groom's family is almost all Plumbers. If they see any sign of you as an alien, they could go ballistic and to kill you."
Kyle; "Ghostfreak, hello?"
Gwen: "Grandpa doesn't want to take a chance with this one, okay?"
Kyle: "But… Can't I be, like, Plumber cadet in attendance or something similar?"
Gwen: "Grandpa says no. I want you here too, believe me, but, you can't."
Kyle: "This is going to be one boring wedding."
Gwen: "Why didn't you think Grandpa got an extra tux in your size?"
Kyle: "Ah. Touché."
Gwen: "Grandpa left a Plumber communicator so you can talk to us whenever, and we can reach you if something happens, okay?"
Kyle: "Yeah. Max said something about the bride's family being aliens, and that they were hostile, right?"
Gwen: "Exactly. So, make yourself at home, and try not to ruin anything in here, okay?"
Kyle: "Plumber's honor!" I saluted to Gwen.
Gwen: "At ease, cadet." I went back to normal.
Gwen: "We'll try to stop by later, okay?"
Kyle: "No problem. I'll wait here, totally unsupervised. No one else but me and the Omnitrix." I closed the door.
Kyle: "I need someone to talk to. Hey, I know!" I sat in the couch, in a Metrion meditating position, and cleared out all other distractions, and started running through my own mind, looking for the one guy that would be cool to talk to.
Kyle: "Kyuubi, you still behind that cage?"
Kyuubi: "Yes, human. I'm right here." His eyes and fangs became visible from behind the cage.
Kyuubi: "What do you want now?"
Kyle: "Well, I'm lonely, need someone to talk to here, y'know?"
Kyuubi: "Ugh… It's always me, isn't it?"
Kyle: "Well, the other aliens don't seem to want to come here anyway, so, I don't see the issue."
Kyuubi: "If only you knew why…"
Kyle: "Huh?"
Kyuubi: "It's nothing important. Anyway, what is it?"
Kyle: "Well, I've been pondering your way of transforming me. Everyone else here I automatically turn into, but you, I only got like, a taste of your powers when I transformed that time. What's going on?"
Kyuubi: "Simple, human. This cage in front of me prevents you from turning into me fully, but will allow you to control how much power you take from me. If you take all of it, you turn into me. But, if you take little portions at a time, you only get certain power boosts to your human form, which are very strong by themselves, indeed."
Kyle: "Wow… is there other guys like you in here?"
Kyuubi: "Sealed behind a cage like me, where you can only receive small portions of power at one time?"
Kyle: "Yes."
Kyuubi: "There are eight others."
Kyle: "HUH?!"
Kyuubi: "Surprised, huh? You should be. Especially since you haven't met any of them."
Kyle: "Why is that?"
Kyuubi: "I'm the dominant one over all 9 of us. I make the rules, and whatever I say, goes."
Kyle: "How'd all 9 of you get in here?"
Kyuubi: "The… AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!" He got painfully shocked.
Kyle: "Kyuubi, what happened?"
Kyuubi: "Stupid thing… AGH. That hurt."
Kyle: "Well, can I at least get their names?"
Kyuubi: "I'm sure. They are Shukaku, Bakeneko, Kyodaigame, Saru, Irukauma, Namekuji, Kabutomushi, and Kyogyu." He was still smiling as he said that, which made me even more worried.
Kyle: "And… How do the rankings work exactly?"
Kyuubi: "By the number of tails each of us has. I have 9. On the way down, Kyogyu has 8, Kabutomushi has 7, Namekuji has 6, Irukauma has 5, Saru has 4, Kyodaigame has 3, Bakeneko has 2, and Shukaku has only 1. But, we were not always separate. We used to be one whole being known as Jubi, who had 10 tails."
Kyle: "Whoa… Deep."
Kyuubi; "Tell me about it. They each are sealed behind their own cages in this device. But it was a unanimous decision that I take the spot on the Omnitrix for you. The rest of us are… separated amongst this device. We are the only 9 of our kind, as well."
Kyle: "Really?"
Kyuubi: "Yes. We were all… no. That would only inflict more pain upon me. This is something the bearer isn't supposed to know, apparently. "
Kyle: "For better or worse, Kyuubi?"
Kyuubi: "Accursed… AAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!" He was shocked again.
Kyle: "Well, hopefully you're still okay here, I mean…"
Kyuubi: "I'll be perfectly fine." I left him by waving, and he just moved his tongue around, which I thought was waving, but I wasn't sure… and left the device, going out into reality.
Kyuubi's POV
The human left. He is starting to question my offer to help him, I guess. No matter. Our plans will still move along as scheduled. I'll make sure of that. Azmuth will pay for sealing all 9 of us in here. The little b******.
A voice: "You almost risked the success of our plan, Kyuubi!"
Another voice: "D***. You were SO close. Now he's going to NOT use your power at all!"
Voice 3: "You had him on the tip of your tongue!"
Voice 4: "I knew I should have…"
Kyuubi: "ENOUGH! ALL OF YOU!" My partners shut their traps. I smiled, and walked over to them. All 8 of them were still there, but with not too happy faces, as I thought.
Shukaku (who looks kinda like sand made him, with blue stripes all over his body): "Kyuubi, this plan of yours is going to endanger the…"
Kyuubi: "I'm contemplating."
Bakeneko (Little blue cat on fire): "Why let this go like that? The human will…"
Kyodaigame (A giant green turtle with red hair): "Shut up. It's most likely a part to gain his trust. He needs to be able to know how the Omnitrix sealed us in. You should have…"
Saru (A red orangutan): "It doesn't matter now anyway. Besides, even if he did know the combination, which I have tried to unlock many times before, it wouldn't fully let all 9 of us through at once."
Irukauma (Half-horse, Half-Dolphin): "But we have figured out a way to get around that. We need him to remove the faceplate of the Omnitrix. It's ingenious! I never thought it would be so simple as that!"
Namekuji (A giant slug): "It probably isn't that effective, though. It only blended two aliens together. Not 9!"
Kabutomushi (She had six wings, and one long tail behind her. The wings had a tail like shape to them, and she had a horn): "But, maybe if all 9 of us escaped and he popped off the face plate at the exact moment…"
Kyogyu (Interrupting Kabutomushi) (He was a giant ox, and his tails looked like squid tentacles. One of his horns was slightly broken): "Impossible. Kyodaigame and Namekuji cannot move that fast. They are but a turtle and slug. It's pointless. Jubi will never be released again." He sat down, and put his head down in shame. Although he is my second-in-command, he surely doesn't show it.
Kyodaigame: "Maybe if one of you guys pulled us along with you…"
Saru: "You are too heavy!"
Namekuji: "I'm sure I can ride Kyogyu, right?" He looked at him, and Kyogyu nodded.
Kyuubi: "We will get out, and become Jubi. But, at the time we do, the human will die. He can't handle that kind of power."
Kabutomushi: "You said at that point, it won't matter."
Kyuubi: "It will if he dies before we get out of this insidious device. He must remain alive until then. After all, he is… the tenth tail."
Kabutomushi: "Yes, but, that's…"
Kyuubi: "Without him, we cannot escape! Yes, I know he doesn't have 10 tails, but, he is the one thing keeping us from being Jubi again. Shukaku, you are the first tail, correct?"
Shukaku: "Yes."
Kyuubi: "Look at our tails! The number of tails determines which tail we are on Jubi! He is the missing link! He is the ONE!"
Bakeneko: "Yes sir. But, what if he can't take it, or if he does remain alive, even after we escape, wouldn't he try to stop us?"
Irukauma: "We've already seen that not even a Celestialsapien can stop Master Kyuubi. They are the most powerful beings in the universe!"
Kyodaigame: "True, but…"
Kyuubi: "Everyone. He's already undone the first seal, which was to release his desperation in a time of dire need. We have only nine more to go. And, Bakeneko…"
Bakeneko: "Sir?"
Kyuubi: "He won't stop us. Even if he becomes a Celestialsapien. Our plan will succeed. I can assure you that." I looked at her with a very intent glare. She bowed her head down.
Bakeneko: "Yes sir. I won't question your plan again, sir."
Kyuubi: "I wasn't concerned about that. I was concerned about our morale."
Saru: "Morale? What morale? We don't have any morale to work with!"
Kyuubi: "Hmph. We do. Maybe not much, but, we do. I will re-assume my position. The rest of you, return to yours as well. We'll meet later."
Everyone else except Kyogyu: "Yes sir." They all left my sight.
Kyuubi: "Kyogyu?"
Kyogyu: "Hmm?"
Kyuubi: "That means you, as well."
Kyogyu: "I'm sorry sir. I was just pondering." He continued off, out of my sight, like he should have in the first place. I simply let him go, and went to my post in front of my cage.
Kyle's POV
I'm really starting to get suspicious over Kyuubi now. Why didn't he tell me all about him and his friends in the first place, anyway? And what was he hiding? Was it good or bad? What would it mean? Ugh, too many questions for me at once to think about… It was Gwen and Ben I should've been thinking about. Those two are probably fine, though. Just walking around the wedding grounds or whatever. They're perfectly okay. I started to play on Ben's game system, playing Sumo Slammers 2.1 to pass the time. Things had been going fine, I even made myself dinner that night. Pizza. Mmm-HMM was it awesome. I then heard the Plumber communicator go off, and I picked it up.
Kyle: "Hello?"
Ben: "It's me, Ben!"
Kyle: "Hey Ben. What's up?"
Ben: "Um, the wedding chairs outside are on FIRE!!!"
Kyle: "WHAT?!"
Ben: "Get over here! Now!"
Kyle: "I'll be there. Wait a few seconds." I went Big Chill, and fazed through the RV, looking for fire, and breathed my ice breath all over it. I landed next to Ben, and put my wings around me as a cloak.
Big Chill: "Ben, what happened here?"
Ben: "I don't know. I was just going out for a swim, and I saw these on fire for some reason."
Big Chill: "I'll check out the area. You go back inside. Things won't be too safe out here anymore."
Ben: "Why?"
Big Chill: "It's dark. Think about it, Tennyson."
Ben: "Okay." He started to head back for a house in there, and I went Starfire, and made a starbolt in my hand.
Starfire: "Come on out. I'm only a little human girl… Walking through the night with a glowing hand. Don't mind me…" I felt something wrap around my belly, then my mouth, and pull me into some bushes. I shot out a starbolt, and the thing went flying out of the bushes, and landed with a splat on the ground ahead of me.
Starfire: "Heh. Fooled ya, dude." The splat got up, and swung its arm at me. I ducked under it, grabbed it, and pulled it towards me, punching it across the face. Then, it hurled something at my face, blinding me. I shot eye beams through it, but got hit in the gut. I went Goop next, and slithered along the arm, making it dissolve.
Splat: "AGH! Get this Polymorph off of me!!"
Goop: "Okay. How about, instead of that…" I glowed, then was Upchuck.
Upchuck: "This!" I shot out my tongues, getting a glob out of him, and shot it at him again, making an explosion.
Splat: "GRR…" It put its arm up, turning it into a mace, and I went Diamondhead, and shot out my diamond shards at it. It knocked the mace off, then I punched it in the face. It enveloped my arm, then I went Heatblast, and shot a flame through him. He got off, smoking a bit, then I went Rocks, and slammed the ground below me, making an earthquake. It made it fall down, then I went Fourarms, and slammed it again. It wrapped itself around me all the way, but I phased out as Big Chill, freezing him up in the process. He busted out, then I went XLR8, and ran around him in a tornado, sending him up in the air, then went Cannonbolt and bounced up into him, sending him flying towards the ground. Then I went Heatblast, and shot down a meteor ball, blowing him up into different directions.
Heatblast: "Seems my work here is done." I got shot in the back.
Voice: "What are YOU doing here?"
Another voice: "A Pyronite?" I turned around, and saw who I assumed were the Groom's parents. Max and Gwen were there with Ben.
Woman: "What are YOU doing here?"
Heatblast: "Nothing. Just taking a walk. Is that wrong?"
Woman: "It is if you're crashing a wedding!"
Man: "Blast 'em!"
Heatblast: "Hold on a sec!"
Max: "Guys, he seems to be telling the truth here."
Man: "Not taking a chance this time, Max."
Max: "Gordon, I meant it. You too Betty Jean."
Gordon: "Well, there was a fire out here a second ago! He might've started it!"
Ben: "No! He put it out!"
Gordon: "Just let us handle this, Ben. We're licensed Plumbers."
Heatblast: "Look. Maybe we can get to an agreement here."
Betty Jean: "Wait a second Gordon. His chest! Look!" He looked at it, and saw the Omnitrix symbol.
Gordon: "Oh no. A Plumber! We're sorry for attacking you on your mission, fellow Plumber."
Heatblast: "Um… actually…"
Max; "Yep. That's why I said to stop. This Pyronite is a Plumber. Now that you've shot him, he might turn you in." He winked to me.
Heatblast: "Um, that's right! Yeah. I may be tempted to report you for disorderly conduct! Now, I haven't had to do that to a fellow Plumber of mine, but…"
Betty Jean: "What?"
Heatblast: "I'm gonna let this one slide, if that's cool with you two."
Gordon: "Of course, um…"
Heatblast: "What?"
Gordon: "What's your name?"
Heatblast: "Um… Blazebuster of Sector, um… 16."
Gordon: "Rank?"
Heatblast: "Just on a training mission from the Plumber Academy, sir. That's all."
Gordon: "Cadet?"
Heatblast: "Yes, Magister Max Tennyson approved my training mission. What's your score, sir?"
Max: "Perfect A."
Heatblast: "Thank you, Magister Tennyson, sir!" I saluted to him.
Max: "At ease, cadet. You graduate."
Heatblast: "You mean, I'm an official Plumber now?"
Max: "That is correct."
Heatblast: "BOOM, BABY! I can't wait to tell everyone on Pyros!"
Betty Jean: "Aren't you stuck here?"
Heatblast: "Nah. I'm cool. I was here on vacation, as well, anyway. Figured I might as well finish my last mission, though."
Gordon: "I'm sorry for interrupting your graduation, Blazebuster. Carry on." They left.
Max: "Phew. That was close!"
Gwen: "I know."
Ben: "Dude! Blazebuster? Would a real Heatblast alien even be named that?"
Heatblast: "I don't know. Maybe?"
Gwen: "You'd better get to the RV before someone else catches you." I went Big Chill.
Big Chill: "Got it." I took off, and went back into the RV for the night to get some shut eye!
The next morning…
Gwen's POV…
I woke up, and immediately changed into my clothes and got ready for today. Things were pretty sweet here. It was like an actual regular hotel room in here. I was sorry Kyle couldn't come in, though. He was missing out on some stuff here. I went to our Plumber communicator phone, and dialed up Kyle on it.
Kyle; "Hello? Who is this? YAWWN!" He actually picked up!
Gwen: "This is Gwen."
Kyle: "Oh. Hey Gwen. I just woke up. Hardly expected you to call, though."
Gwen: "I'm all ready for today. In one more day, Joel and Camille will get married!"
Kyle: "Huh?"
Gwen: "The bride and groom? Didn't you pay attention to what Grandpa was saying?"
Kyle: "I was paying attention to mission objectives. I'm staying incognito in the RV, remember? You three were going in to get the wedding underway."
Gwen: "Well, I also figured out yesterday that the person who was supposed to be the flower girl actually showed up, too! Remember how I was going to do it?"
Kyle: "Yeah. You were so hyped up on it, and never shut up about it. I was actually happy for you."
Gwen: "Oh my God! You were HAPPY for me?!" My heart literally went to my throat for a split second.
Kyle: "Yeah. I was. The only regret I have about it is I can't see you while you're up there tossing flowers around."
Gwen: "Really?"
Kyle: "Yeah. You looked pretty in that dress." Man, was my face red!
Gwen: "Thanks. Too bad it was all for nothing."
Kyle; "Huh?"
Gwen: "Camille's little Cousin Lucy actually showed up, and she was originally planned to be the flower girl! I was only a substitute!"
Kyle: "What the f***?! What does she look like? I can take her out of the picture for the wedding if you want."
Gwen: "No, no. I'm just disappointed. Not pissed."
Kyle: "Oh. Forget I said that."
Gwen: "I won't mention it. Okay, you still good in there?"
Kyle: "Just bored most of the time is all."
Gwen: "Oh. Man."
Kyle: "Tell me about it. Jeez… there's nothing on the TV, either."
Gwen: "Not even Alien Hero League of Justice?"
Kyle: "No. It's on its mid-season break."
Gwen: "Oh. Hope it comes back on."
Kyle: "By the end of summer it will."
Gwen: "The end of summer?"
Kyle; "Yeah. We won't be able to watch it together anymore until next summer."
Gwen: "Oh. Yeah." I lived pretty far away from Ben, but Grandpa lived close to Ben, so he'd at least have Ben to play around with and joke with, but he wouldn't have me. We'd have to see each other the next summer after I finished sixth grade.
Kyle: "Gwen? You still there?"
Gwen: "Yeah, I am."
Kyle; "Good."
Gwen: "Well, it's almost breakfast time, though. I'll have to call later."
Kyle: "Okay. Call whenever. I won't be anywhere else but here."
Gwen: "Okay Kyle. See ya after the wedding, then."
Kyle: "Eeee-yep. Bye." He hung up.
Gwen: "I love you…" I hung the thing up as well, slightly teary-eyed he couldn't be here with Ben, Grandpa and I to see a wedding so I'd at least have him next to me. Without him… not being flower girl was a little hard to take. That darn Lucy!!
Grandpa: "Gwen!? You coming down here?" They must've walked past me while I was talking to Kyle on the communicator.
Gwen: "I'll be right down!" I ran down the stairs.
Kyle's POV.
Kyle: "Ahh… This is the life! The RV all to myself! No Gwen ranting about flower girls, no Max to lecture me, and no Ben to horse around with. Maybe I should take the RV for a little spin. Wait… Nah." I lied back down in the couch, staring at the ceiling. Things could be so dull without those three. Things usually were. Nothing to do but talk to myself or call up a friend. D***, even going back to Kyuubi seemed reassuring. But, I didn't. I flipped on the TV to watch whatever was on, and I saw that some Sumo Slammer thing was on. I changed it to another, but that was just the news. I flipped that to something like TBS, which really didn't calm me down anymore, so I switched it, AGAIN, to some shopping network, which was showcasing jewelry. I flipped over to something else, seeingit was a commercial, then just turned the TV off.
Kyle: "It's the life, alright…" I flipped through one of Gwen's books, but didn't find it interesting in the least.
Kyle; "Boring…" I then found, on accident, Gwen's clothing drawer.
Kyle: "Wha… oops." I immediately closed it back up, and then another thought hit my head, but then ignored it, deciding it was stupid. I went back to lying on the couch, watching stuff out the window. There were little black birds hopping around, looking in all directions, like all birds do. I sighed, and lied back down.
Kyle: "Maybe Ben's stuff has more to it." I looked through his bag that he had packed up, and found a handheld system, with a Sumo Slammers game in it.
Kyle; "Doesn't he have a game that's NON-Sumo Slammer?" I went through the bag, then found something titled, "Dino Rampage".
Kyle; "Eh, why not?" I flipped it on, and started playing through a level, destroying buildings.
Kyle: "Ooh! This games fun already! Alright! Godzilla!!!" I kept smashing stuff, and eventually, got to a boss.
Kyle: "A Spinosaurus, eh? Okay. This'll be bada**!!!" I started fighting it, and I easily beat it after tail whipping it a few times.
Kyle: "That was fun." I turned the game off after it saved, then tripped on something lying around.
Kyle: "What the heck?" I picked it up, and found something I wish I never found.
Kyle; "Gwen's undies!?" No kidding. They were sitting out for some reason.
Kyle; "Um…" I was thinking, then put it on my head, and looked at myself in the mirror.
Kyle; "Ooh. This does kinda make me think of a pirate. ARRR! I'm Captain Butt-Pirate! No one sails these seven seas without giving yer booty to me first!" I then took it off again.
Kyle: "Awkward…" I put it in the laundry bin.
Kyle; "God. I'm so bored I'd put women's clothing on my head." Wow, I was pretty darn bored.
Kyle: "I want to go out. But I can't unless it's an emergency, dang it!" I looked in the mirror again, and drunk some water in the bathroom. I sat on the toilet for a few minutes, then walked back out, got myself some snacks, and went to take a nap again. I woke up later, to play Ben's Sumo Slammer console game. It was mildly entertaining, but I still got bored quickly. Geez. Nothing to do but electronic crap all day. I heard a knock on the RV door, then I looked through the window, and saw Gwen. I opened it, and she walked in.
Kyle; "Finally some company. I was bored out of my mind."
Gwen: "I can see that. Hey, this wedding's been making me wonder…"
Kyle: "What?"
Gwen: "What if we got married?"
Kyle: "Um, I don't know. It might be like that time Ben, you and I went to the future."
Gwen: "But we never had kids. I kinda want to."
Kyle: "Oh. I see." I was now looking at the ceiling.
Gwen: "Do you think we'll continue to stay together?"
Kyle: "I hope so. I mean, I haven't had much reason to stay with you guys other than the family bond we all have. I want to keep it that way."
Gwen: "You do also realize when this trip is over, we'll be separated again, right?"
Kyle: "Yeah. We've talked about it a lot." I did know I'd be living with Max, who was near Ben, and I'd get to see him every day, pretty much, but Gwen lived a lot farther away, and I'd rarely get to see her. I was annoyed about that for the longest time, too, but lived with it after a few days.
Gwen: "I want you to move in with me and my family."
Kyle; "What?"
Gwen: "I want you to move in with me, my Mom, and my Dad."
Kyle; "I don't know. I don't know how your parents will feel about you having a 13-year-old boyfriend, and you're 10."
Gwen: "I'd make it work."
Kyle; "You sure? What if your Mom and Dad hate me?"
Gwen: "They won't! I promise! I'll even give the full details of our relationship to them!"
Kyle; "Won't they hate the part about you being Lucky Girl, helping me out?"
Gwen: "No. Dad would think that was cute."
Kyle: "Your Mom, though. What about her?"
Gwen: "She's going to be hard to explain it to. She's uptight."
Kyle; "Oh." I looked at the floor.
Gwen: "But I would make it work." I looked back at her.
Kyle: "I don't know. Your Mom doesn't sound like someone I'd handle living with. Sure, you'd be there. Your Dad should be cool with me, but, your Mom? Ugh…"
Gwen: "I feel the same way. Trust me."
Kyle: "Cool, heh."
Gwen: "Yeah. So, what do you say to it?"
Kyle: "I'll give it some thought, okay?"
Gwen: "Okay." We walked up to each other, and hugged, then kissed. We then let go.
Kyle: "See ya." She grabbed my hand.
Kyle; "Gwen?"
Gwen: "I'm inviting you in."
Kyle: "The wedding?! No!" I pulled my hand back.
Gwen: "I was just kidding, Kyle, man, I can get such a kick out of it!" She opened the door, and ran out.
Kyle: "Phew…" I sat back down, and closed my eyes, entering the Omnitrix section of my mind. I ran around for a bit, looking for Raven, Sugilite, or Ghostfreak.
Kyle: "Guys? Raven?"
Raven: "We're right here." She had Sugilite and Ghostfreak with her.
Sugilite: "What have you been up to?"
Kyle: "Ben, Gwen, and Max were invited to a wedding, and I couldn't go in because I didn't have an invite."
Sugilite: "Oh. Where are they now?"
Kyle; "Inside the place. I'm staying in the RV until it blows over."
Ghostfreak: "Ah. I understand that."
Kyle: "By the way, do you three know anything about Kyuubi?"
Sugilite: "Yes. He's not exactly too friendly, though."
Raven: "Why? You've been talking to him?"
Kyle; "Yeah, and I've used a fraction of his power once…"
Sugilite: "Okay. Stop there. When did that happen?"
Kyle: "When I got out of that dream thing with Enoch."
Ghostfreak: "When you were glowing green?"
Kyle: "Yeah."
Raven: "Oh no. It's already started."
Kyle; "What's already started?"
Sugilite: "He's starting to get himself and his partners free. This isn't good…"
Kyle: "Why? He's been cool to me so far."
Ghostfreak: "Only because he wants you alive."
Kyle: "Huh?"
Sugilite: "Kyuubi is an evil spirit that was sealed inside the Omnitrix by Azmuth. Or, at least part of the story. Raven knows it best."
Kyle: "Raven?"
Raven: "Let me put my hand on your head. I'll project the story in, okay?"
Kyle: "Okay." She did that, then I saw a HUGE beast with one HUGE eye and nine smaller eyes around it, with 10 tails.
Kyle: What the hell is that?!"
Raven: "That is the cosmic entity known as Jubi. It was the most powerful being in the universe. Not even a Celestialsapien had the power to stop him."
Kyle; "Not even Alien X?"
Raven: "Nope." I then saw a Grey Matter alien walk up to it.
Jubi: "Who are you, little one?!"
Grey Matter guy: "I am Azmuth. I have come to stop you." Jubi laughed, literally shaking the ground.
Kyle; "This guy's freaking me out…"
Raven: "He should. Kyuubi is 1/10th of his genetic coding."
Kyle: "Huh?! Really?!"
Raven: "I bet you're wondering how this person could stop him, though."
Kyle: "Yeah. There's no WAY Grey Matter could beat that!"
Raven: "Physically, no, but he had the one thing Jubi was weak to."
Kyle: "What?"
Raven: "The Codon Stream."
Kyle: "Codon Stream?"
Raven: "Yes. That one thing is how Azmuth was able to defeat him. He had a device…"
Kyle; "The Omnitrix?"
Raven: "Yes. The very thing you're wearing. But, before he did it, he had used a special kind of magic."
Kyle: "Huh? Really?"
Raven: "Yes. Keep watching and you'll see." I turned to keep looking.
Jubi: "You have this 'Omnitrix' I have heard of, but if you believe that that has ANY hope of stopping me, then…"
Azmuth: "Oh, I'm not doing this alone." A purple glowing woman appeared next to him, with none other than MAX!
Kyle; "Max?!"
Raven: "Do you want to find out or what?"
Kyle: "Yeah. I do."
Raven: "Then stay quiet for now. I'll sum it up later."
Max: "Verdona, are you ready?"
Verdona: "As ready as I'll ever be, Max." She started making hand signs, and then stopped, making a triangle. With her fingers and thumb.
Jubi: "What is that?!"
Max: "Well, you'll see in a second."
Verdona: "Sealing energy! Anodite encasement!!!" Three orbs appeared, trapping Jubi in a triangular prison.
Jubi: "Hmph. This is no issue for me."
Max: "Don't count on it!" He shot out some green slime from a bazooka, and it all got on Jubi's body.
Jubi: "AAAAGGGHHHH! But, nothing in the universe can stop me!!"
Azmuth: "Except the Codon Stream!"
Jubi: "How did you get that?!"
Azmuth: "I got a sample from the center of the galaxy, Jubi. It weakens you to a level where ANYTHING can work on you. Even Anodite magic!"
Jubi: "WHAT?! NO!!!"
Verdona: "Now, here it comes!" She got the Codon stream to slice off all 10 of Jubi's tails, then they were each transformed into a different being of some sort, except for the 10th one. It absorbed the body into itself, and stayed floating.
Max: "Azmuth, now! I don't know how long Verdona can keep him like this!"
Azmuth: "Omnitrix, capture mode, now!" He shot nine yellow rays at the separate beings, and all nine were absorbed into the Omnitrix. Verdona then teleported the 10th tail somewhere else, and she dropped to the ground, panting.
Verdona: "Manipulating that Codon Stream is harder than it looks…"
Max: "You'll be okay, honey."
Kyle: "Honey?" Raven shushed me.
Verdona: "You're right, Max. I always am in the end."
Azmuth: "I can't thank you two enough for saving the universe. Now, I must go."
Max: "Where?"
Azmuth: "Back to Primus. The server for the Omnitrix. The Codon Stream takes longer to recharge than the actual Omnitrix itself in these kinds of matters."
Max: "I see. Well, good luck with the Omnitrix."
Azmuth: "Yeah, whatever. Hey, Albedo! Where are ya?" A ship teleported in front of him. This Albedo guy was a Grey Matter himself, as well.
Albedo: "Where, too, Azmuth?"
Azmuth: "Back to Primus. We need to take these new samples back to the Codon Stream and upload them in."
Albedo: "Of course, Azmuth." Azmuth walked in to the ship, and the ship door closed, and it took off.
Verdona: "I'll be off, too, then, darling." She smooched Max on the cheek, then was about to disappear, but Max stopped her.
Max: "Where did you teleport Jubi's 10th tail?"
Verdona: "I put it in the Earth moon's core. No one would think to look there. Not even the Jubi beings themselves."
Max: "Good. Bye."
Verdona: "Good luck, honeybun!" She teleported, then Max started heading for a parked ship, and took it off that planet.
Raven; "The creator, Azmuth, Max Tennyson, and Verdona, his wife, managed to stop Jubi. But only Max, her, and Azmuth know where the tenth tail is. Not any of the other beings he became."
Kyle: "Oh, that's good, right?"
Raven: "Right on the dot, there, Kyle."
Kyle: "So, can you fill me in on why you guys know?"
Raven: "Only Sugilite and I were chosen to bear that knowledge in our coding, so if he ever tries to release himself, we'd tell him ASAP."
Kyle: "Or the bearer."
Raven: "Bingo." Our little flashback scene ended, and I was with her, Sugilite, and Ghostfreak again.
Sugilite: "See?"
Kyle: "Yeah. Now much of this seal have I unlocked?"
Raven: "Only 10 percent of it. We're still in the clear. For now."
Ghostfreak: "Sounds good, I think."
Sugilite: "As good as it can get."
Kyle: "Tell me everything about Kyuubi and his partners you know."
Raven: "The 9 beings created from least to most powerful are Shukaku, Bakeneko, Kyodaigame, Saru, Irukauma, Namekuji, Kabutomushi, Kyogyu, and lastly, Kyuubi. What they think is, by letting Kyuubi be your primary being, as you release more seals, they'll gain more control over you and what you do. Since only 10% of the seal is gone though, they really can't do much. Plus, they think, when all of the locks of that seal are unlocked, and Kyuubi fully takes over you, they'll immediately become Jubi again, and continue on their conquest of the universe."
Kyle: "What'll happen to me?"
Raven: "You'd die."
Kyle: "What?!"
Sugilite: "But thankfully, even if Kyuubi fully releases himself, they can't."
Kyle: "Why?"
Raven: "They need Jubi's 10th tail. And you know where that is, right?"
Kyle: "Yeah."
Raven: "But they don't know that."
Kyle: "They don't? Really?"
Raven: "And they're confined to those sealed cages anyway. They can't supervise everything that goes on. They may be powerful, but not THAT powerful."
Ghostfreak: "But Kyuubi's proven to be more powerful than Alien X himself."
Raven: "Well, true, but he'll be easier to seal back within the confines of the Omnitrix than Jubi was. You'd also be perfectly unharmed."
Kyle: "Okay, so they kill me, and if Kyuubi's re-sealed, I come back to life?"
Raven: "Exactly. It'll be like he never came out in the first place, and the seal will be 100% locked."
Kyle: "That's a relief. Phew!"
Sugilite: "They think they have everything under control. HAH! They don't," He chuckled.
Ghostfreak: "What about… Azmuth?"
Sugilite: "Azmuth, Verdona and Max would be re-alerted at any time Kyuubi at full power came back out. It would just be an easier job than before."
Raven: "So we're still home free. For now."
Sugilite: "Never tell Kyuubi what Raven just told you, okay?"
Kyle: "Got it."
Raven: "You have my permission to unlock more of the seal if you absolutely must, but try not to utilize that power to much, okay?"
Kyle: "Yes. I understand."
Raven: "Never forget that tale. Ever." I nodded, and crossed my heart.
Raven: "Now, if you have any other questions… ask me or Sugilite later, okay?"
Kyle: "Got it. See ya later."
Raven: "Bye." I left, and got back to reality, and started flipping through channels on the TV again.
Raven's POV
Kyle left. I looked at Sugilite and Ghostfreak.
Ghostfreak: "What?"
Raven: "You two, come with me, okay?"
Sugilite: "You got it." I flew off, Ghostfreak took off with me, and Sugilite ran after us. We went to Kyuubi's door, noticing how much was left on the seal.
Raven: "90% locked. Good. Let's hope he keeps it that way."
Sugilite: "I hope so, too, Raven." Ghostfreak gulped.
Raven: "Ghostfreak is actually scared?"
Ghostfreak: "No. I'm just… a little nervous to be here with you two is all."
Sugilite: "It's nothing."
Kyuubi: "Is there anything you three want?" His eyes and fangs appeared before us.
Raven: "Such. Power…" I backed off from the cage. Sugilite was standing his ground, though.
Sugilite: "Just checking on the seal, Kyuubi."
Kyuubi: "Yes. 90% locked. All because Kyle used one small fraction of my strength."
Ghostfreak: "You will never succeed."
Kyuubi: "Don't make me laugh, Ectonurite. Even your legendary race trembled before our power."
Sugilite: "Hmph. But you're not free. And you'll never be Jubi again."
Kyuubi: "Heh. I wish to see you three try to stop me now."
Sugilite: "As long as that seal is there, there won't be a thing to worry about!"
Kyuubi: "I know, Crystalsapien. Your bravery never ceases to amaze me."
Raven: "You will never win, Kyuubi."
Kyuubi: "We shall see, Raven. We shall see." His eyes and fangs thankfully disappeared.
Raven: "Glad that's over."
Kyle's POV
I was still watching the TV, when I heard the communicator go off again.
Kyle: "Hello?"
Max: "Kyle, get in here! A Sludgepuppy is trying to ruin the wedding!"
Kyle: "I'll be there! ASAP!" I became Big Chill, and phased through the RV again, looking for the dinner building. I found them hiding behind tables, and I breathed ice out at the sludgepuppy, freezing him arm off.
Big Chill: "You'd better think twice before messing up this wedding, mudman!"
Sludgepuppy: "A Necrofriggian? What are you doing here?"
Big Chill: "Um… friend of the groom?"
Sludgepuppy: "Then you're no friend of mine!" He charged at me, and I became Frostbite, and made my hands swords, and ran for him, too. We collided, but he punched me into the wall behind me. He then tried to smash me, but I dodged his attack, then shot out ice shards at him. They each did nothing but seep into his body.
Sludgepuppy: "Heh. Useless. Even if you can shapeshift!" I transformed into Goop.
Goop: "Let's see how you handle this!" I shot out an acid hose. He felt it, and started panicking.
Sludgepuppy: "AAAAAGGGH! ACID!!" I then transformed to Humongousaur, and charged him straight through a wall. He slammed into the ground, then when I walked in, I found someone on the sauna.
Humongousaur: "There you, huh?" The woman screamed.
Humongousaur: "Sorry miss. I thought you were some alien I was looking for." She threw her pillow at me, then walked out.
Humongousaur: "She took that rather casually."
Sludgepuppy: "Then how about this!" He slammed me across the face, and we fell into a pool. I went Squidstrictor to prepare to fight, but he completely fell apart in the water, dying.
Squidstrictor: "Okay…" I swum up, and stepped out, becoming Humongousaur again, walking out.
Humongousaur: "I got him. Don't worry."
Woman: "Thank you, Mr. … um…"
Humongousaur: "Call me Humongousaur. It was all in a day's work anyway, miss." I saw Gordon walking up to me.
Gordon: "You were a Necrofriggian, then a Cryosapien (Frostbite's race), then a Polymorph, and now, a Vaxasaurian? What ARE you?!"
Humongousaur: "Um…"
Guy: "It doesn't matter. He saved our wedding. That's all we need to know." This guy must have been Joel. The girl next to him was most certainly Camille, then.
Joel: "How about staying a little while, huh?"
Humongousaur: "Thank you, but I really gotta go." I started to head out, but he grabbed my tail.
Joel: "It's the least we can do for making you come out so late, right?"
Humongousaur: "And I really do appreciate the offer, but I have to go."
Camille: "How about this?" She got out a chocolate cake slice.
Humongousaur: "I guess I can stay for a few slices of cake." I walked towards her, and she handed me the cake. I shoved it down my throat.
Humongousaur: "Mm-hmm! Chocolate! My favorite junk food!"
Gwen: "Grandpa, should we just send him back now?"
Ben: "Nah. He's the life of the party now."
Max: "Well, he can stay for some cake slices, but that's it."
Gwen: "Okay." As planned, dinner continued with me eating cake slices, and even some chicken. This really was turning out to be some huge day. Not boring like the last one. No sir.
Joel: "So, big guy, how'd you even get here, huh?"
Humongousaur: "Long story, dude. I was just taking a stroll, and I heard some noise, so I became the Necrofriggian to see what was wrong."
Camille: "That was my ex-boyfriend. I'm actually glad you got rid of him."
Humongousaur: "If he couldn't let go, then what was the point?" I took another bite of chicken.
Joel: "I think I know who you are."
Humongousaur: "Really?"
Joel: "Yeah. There's only one thing that can shape-shift like that, and have a Plumber's symbol on his chest!"
Humongousaur: "What would that be?"
Joel: "You're the Omnitrix wielder, aren't you?"
Gwen (thinking): "BUSTED! Oh crap!"
Ben: "Oh no…" Max just whistled.
Humongousaur: "Well, you're right. This isn't even my default form." I reverted to normal.
Kyle: "Hi, everyone. And, Gordon Tennyson, I was Blazebuster also. His real name is Heatblast."
Gordon: "Well I'll be… it's a real pleasure to have ya here!" He walked up and shook my hand.
Kyle: "Thanks!"
Betty Jean: "You know who I am, then, right?"
Kyle: "Yeah…"
Joel: "So, you knew about this wedding all along?"
Kyle: "Well, it's a charity thing I do every so often. Protect weddings from being crashed in a bad way." A blonde actually ran up to me and started hugging me.
Kyle: "AGH! Air, darn it!!"
Girl: "Sorry, I just never thought I'd meet THE Omnitrix bearer. I'm Lucy."
Kyle: "Lucy? So you're the flower girl?"
Lucy: "Yeah. Why?"
Kyle (Yelling to Gwen): "GWEN! You were right! You should've been flower girl!!"
Gordon: "And I take it you know him, Max?"
Max: "Yes, I do."
Gordon: "Why didn't you tell us?! We would've happily invited him!"
Max; "Really?"
Gordon: "Yes, Max! I should've guessed that's where that racket from the RV was!"
Kyle: "Ooh. Sorry, Mr. Tennyson."
Gordon: "Please, call me Gordon, okay?"
Kyle; "Yes, sir! I mean, Gordon."
Betty Jean: "So, I guess you can be on guard duty."
Gordon: "We won't need our Plumber gear anymore!"
Kyle: "You sure?"
Gordon: "Yep. With you here, all of those sludges better watch out! They're dealing with a grade-A hero!" I even started to get red in the face. I never was THIS appreciated in public before.
Kyle: "I'm… amazed. I didn't know I was this popular…"
Gordon: "Are you kidding? Beating Vilgax both times you ran into him? That is the mark of a true Plumber."
Max: "I told them about what we did, you don't mind, right?"
Kyle: "Not in the least, Max." Well, I got the Tennysons as a fan club now. Weird, but I'll stick with it!
Man: "Well, ANOTHER wedding crasher."
Woman: "Yes. How unexpected…"
Kyle: "Huh?"
Camille: "They're my parents."
Kyle: "Point taken, there."
Camille's Mom: "I hope you enjoy your stay."
Camille's Dad: "Make yourself at home. Seeing as everyone likes you enough."
Kyle: "Thanks." I started making the same smug tones they were making.
Camille's Mom: "We'll be heading out now."
Camille's Dad: "Dinner's over anyway." They both headed out while I kept my eyes on them until they walked out the door.
Joel: "What's up?"
Kyle: "Something's telling me we'd better watch out. "
Camille: "For what?"
Kyle: "Them."
Camille: "Oh come on! My parents are, letdowns, but they aren't evil, right?"
Max: "I would hope not."
Kyle: "Plumbers, pack up some gear in case you need it. We have to be seriously ready tomorrow."
Gordon: "I'll take that as advice." He nodded.
Kyle: "But don't attack unless we can verify they're hostile. My senses have been wrong before."
Betty Jean: "Right." We all headed out, and I got to stay with Max, Ben, and Gwen for the night.
Max: "Well, Kyle's the only one that's going to be out of place, but, this should work out."
Ben: "And if Camille's parents are actually evil, Kyle will beat them down! HARD!"
Gwen: "Now we can share the bed!"
Kyle: "Yeah. Instead of sleeping on that couch… Ugh! I needed to get out and stretch a bit…" We all went to bed, and the next day, things were pretty much laid out. We had the priest out with Ben waiting on the side, and Joel and Camille saying the things they were supposed to say, blah, blah, blah. What none of them besides Ben, Gwen, and Max knew though, was I was in Ben's tuxedo pocket as Grey Matter, waiting for the first sign of hostility.
Priest: "If some one has a reason that these two should not be wed, please speak now, or forever old your…" Sludge splashed into his face.
Camille's Mom: "We have something to say alright." Camille's parents morphed into their sludgepuppy forms, exactly as I predicted! I popped out of his pocket, then transformed into Chromastone.
Chromastone: "Hey, sludges! Eat this!" I shot a laser at them and they ducked under it, and her dad hit me across the face, having her mom swat me aside. Another guy became a sludgepuppy, and attacked as well. Gwen materialized on her Lucky girl outfit, and Max, Gordon, and Betty Jean pulled out some Plumber gear, and started shooting. Gwen shot out a blast, also hitting the sludgepuppy, but he didn't seem to be affected. Camille's Dad came for me, but I transformed into Humongousaur, then punched him across the face. Her mom came back around e and wrapped me up, but I became Echo Echo, and screamed at her, making my own way out of her grip. I made a clone, and he became Swampfire, then I became Heatblast.
Swampfire: "I'll take her dad."
Heatblast: "Got it!" We split up, and I shot a flamethrower into her. She started slowing down, then clobbered me with her fist. I went Spidermonkey and webbed myself on to a tree safely, though.
Spidermonkey: "Bring it, girlfriend! I'm only up a tree!" She prepared to attack again, but I shot a web into her face, then transformed to Cannonbolt, and tackled her into the ground. I then became Fourarms, and started clobbering her, but she wrapped up around me.
Camille's Mom: "Did you really believe that you could beat a sludgepuppy just by doing THAT?!"
Fourarms: "Actually, that's what I wanted you to do!" I transformed into Spitter, then shot slime into her, making her get off of me, then I became Buzzshock, and shocked her into submission.
Buzzshock: "And now, electricity hurts. Meaning…" I became Benvicktor.
Benvicktor: "I can do this!" I charged my fist up, then punched her, sending even more of a shock through her. Swampfire was punching her Dad, but not having much success.
Camille's Dad: "Wow. You're dumb for a superhero, boy!"
Swampfire: "Actually, I was wondering why I didn't do this!" He became Arcticguana, and shot out some ice breath, freezing him to the ground.
Camille's Dad: "AGH! Ice?"
Arcticguana: "And you're going to get what's coming to ya!!" He went Terramorph, and made his steel hand a hammer, with his rock hand becoming a diamond-spiked mace.
Terramorph: "By your very own custom beatdown!" He was pounding at the ice, making it crack up each time he hit it, but her dad punched him away, and he freed himself from the ice. He became Benmummy, and swung himself back around, kicking her dad in the face.
Back with everyone else…
Gwen: "this guy isn't going down no matter what we throw at him! AGGH!" She shot an energy blast, but it just went through the sludgepuppy, and it roared.
Camille: "NO one will ruin my wedding day! Especially my parents!" She had become half-human, half-sludge, and charged at the sludgepuppy, and hit him with a hammer to the face. He retaliated with a punch back, and Gwen decided to join her, by kicking him in the chest.
Gordon: "Our blaster still have no effect. We can't help them."
Max: "But something else will. Camille! Gwen! Hit the deck!" they moved off to the side, and Max chucked a grenade into the sludgepuppy, and when it exploded, it sent it flying up. Gwen and Camille gave it a finishing team attack to the head, making it flying to the water, killing it.
Camille: "Where are my parents, anyway?"
Gwen: "Follow me. I saw the way Kyle went." She took off, and Camille followed her.
Max: "We'd better make sure everyone else is still okay."
Meanwhile, her parents were beat to a pulp, and Benvicktor and Benmummy were standing, looking down at both of them.
Benvicktor: "You could just give up now and save yourselves the trouble."
Benmummy: "It'll feel much better in the end."
Camille's Dad: "No! We have one more trick left!" Both of them merged together into one big sludge menace, and they absorbed me into it.
Benmummy: "NO!!" he became Humongousaur, then grew to 30 feet, and charged at Camille's parents, but he was socked across the face.
Camille's Mom: "Your efforts are futile!"
Camille's Dad: "In a matter of seconds, your clone will be suffocated by mud!"
Humongousaur: "RRRRRRAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!" He grew to his full height of 60 feet, and started pounding away at their chest, but couldn't get anywhere. His fist was binded in, too.
Humongousaur: "NO!" Now, they were laughing, until they felt something bubbling, and hot. Humongousaur felt it too.
Camille's Dad: "What's happening?... AGH!"
Camille's Mom: "NO!!" They became a stone statue, then I exploded out as Heatblast, and landed on the ground, safe.
Humongousaur: " Heatblast! You made it!"
Heatblast: "You thought I was really going to die? As if!"
Humongousaur: " Heh. Should've seen you winning. Ahahaha!"
Gwen: "So, you made it?" Humongousaur was reabsorbed into my symbol, and I reverted to normal form.
Kyle: "Yep. Camille's parents have both been objected."
Camille: "Hehehehehehe. Nice one."
Kyle: "Well, it wasn't that funny."
Camille; 'Nah. It just fit." She actuall walked up, and got me in a hug.
Kyle: "Huh?!"
Camille: "It's all thanks to you that I can get married to Joel! How can I repay you!?"
Kyle; "No thanks are necessary, Camille." She set me down, then noticed I was covered in Sludge puppy crap.
Camille: "Oops."
Kyle: "Eh, I've been in worse messes than this…
Priest: "I now pronounce you, man and wife." Ben handed them the ring, and everything else just came together by itself. Ben danced with Lucy, and I finally got a good dance session with Gwen.
Gwen: "I didn't know you could dance so well!"
Kyle: "I know what the ladies like. What can I say?" Gwen giggled.
Gwen: "Oh, Kyle." Ben's tux got torn, making Max freak, there was a food fight at the end… my kind of wedding.
The end.
Authors Note: Next is… The Night I became Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix…
