Note: first fanfic, will improve as I go along, I have been a gamemaster on my past RP site so the action should be good, and I do not own Ben 10 or anything that is remotely like Ben 10.
AUTHOR'S NOTE OF GLORY: May I remind the public that Ripjaws has a magical orb that keeps her hydrated even on land.
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Ripjaws looked at the large lake that she was sitting next to. Whenever she wanted to get away from the world and be by herself she usually went here. She looked up from the lake to peer at the large trees that were surrounding it, their reaching branches and large leaves would act as an umbrella for her. Shading her from the harsh sun and making her body cool and moist.
Today though, she was not alone. She was with somebody who was right now in the lake looking for fish. She waited for that somebody to come back up.
"Well, well, well," said a female voice from the trees, "What do we have here?"
Ripjaws was so startled that she felt like she jumped five feet in the air. She looked up to see who it was.
It was Stinkfly.
Stinkfly flew downwards towards her, Ripjaws got into a fighting position in case she attacked her.
But she didn't.
Instead, Stinkfly stopped near the water and put her hands in it, she then splashed some water on her face and then turned towards her.
"I do not intend in hurting you. So you may drop your stance."
Ripjaws looked at her and slowly did so. Ripjaws then said, "What do you intend to do?"
"Simple my Crocodilian friend," said Stinkfly who was only six feet from her, "I came here to ask you a question."
"A question?"
"Yes, who came to you and your village and what did he look like?"
"I'm sorry?"
"You know, the alien who came to your village for you to sign up in joining this training camp."
"Oh…well…I forgot the name of him but he was blue and had four eyes coming out of his head. He was quite fat too. Seemed to be very eager when he wanted some of us to sign up."
Stinkfly made an annoyed face, "Let me guess, something about if you join this training camp, you will be able to defeat the Flys?"
Ripjaws began to nod her head slowly, "Pretty much. You too?"
"Yeah, only this time instead of 'Flys' it was 'Crocodilians'."
Stinkfly sat down on the sandy beach and then patted her hand on the ground.
"Sit down."
Ripjaws sat down though she was still weary of what Stinkfly might do.
"What's your name?"
"Ripjaws, and yours?"
"Stinkfly."
The two females said nothing to each other for five minutes. Sometimes they would peer out of the corner of their eye to see what the other one was doing. Ripjaws noticed that she had a bandaged over one of her arms, the rest of her body remained uncovered. Stinkfly seemed to be in deep concentration because she had a complex look on her face. Finally, Ripjaws said, "Tell me, why don't you spray acid all over my face?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well…the elders at my village said that Flys would try to deceive you the first chance they get. Also, if your alone with them, they will kill you on the spot and eat your face off."
Stinkfly laughed so hard that she felt like one of her lungs was about to burst.
"What so funny?" said Ripjaws in her gargly voice.
Wiping off the tears that were running down her face, Stinkfly said, "First off, it is in our code of religion never to lie or to deceive anybody. And second, we would never eat anything that was an intelligent species! It's just not us!"
Ripjaws laughed.
"Yeah, I guess that sounds sort of stupid the more I think about it."
Both of them laughed again. Stinkfly looked around and said, "Well that's all I wanted to say. See you later!"
Ripjaws waved goodbye to her as she flew off.
You know what? They aren't so bad after all. If only we weren't at war with them…
"Whatcha thinking about?" said a voice right behind her.
For the second time that day, Ripjaws jumped about five feet in the air. She turned around to see Heatblast looking right at her. He had his hands on his waist and his head was cocked to the side. He was giving her a sly look while he was standing there.
Instantly, Ripjaws grew nervous.
"Oh! Heatblast! I-I-I mean…Hello! Nice day out isn't-no…wait. You must be Heatblast! I recognized you because I have always seen you from a distance-no wait! I'm not a stalker! I mean…"
Ripjaws took a deep breath and said, "How are you doing Heatblast?"
Heatblast felt highly amused, Ripjaws was stumbling on her words and was hitting herself every time she said something odd. Not wanting to break his cool, Heatblast said, "I'm fine Ripjaws and how about you?"
Ripjaws could hardly keep her excitement down.
He knows my name! HE KNOWS MY NAME! HEATBLAST KNOWS MY NAME!
Ripjaws wanted to scream this so badly but she knew she had to keep her cool. Her pounding heart was making it impossible to stay calm. She wanted to do…something!
Making sure her voice wasn't shaking, Ripjaws said, "I'm doing just fine too."
Suddenly, the water from the lake began to ripple. Then, splashing out of the water, was another Crocodilian. He was taller than Ripjaws or Heatblast and he was more muscular too. Heatblast was as surprised to see him as he was to him too. He gave Heatblast an odd look and turned to Ripjaws.
"Ripjaws, who is that fire like alien?"
Heatblast was annoyed that he was referred to as "Fire like alien."
Ripjaws quickly bowed to the male Crocodilian and said, "That is Heatblast, Cuttooth."
She then turned to Heatblast and bowed to him, "Heatblast…this is Cuttooth, my soon to be husband."
Heatblast's jaw drop.
"Husband?"
"Yes, husband," said Cuttooth who quickly grabbed Ripjaws and pulled her to his side, "that aint bothering you right? I mean…you are a different species from her, so you shouldn't care about the world for her."
Ripjaws was showing a sad look on her face and was trying to push herself away from him.
"Seems to me," said Heatblast observing Ripjaws, "that she doesn't like the idea of being married to you."
An odd, red glare flashed in Cuttooth's eyes. He then said, "Of course she likes it! She does like it and she'll love it even more once we're married."
An odd expression came onto Cuttooth's face. He then turned to Ripjaws and ignored Heatblast like he wasn't even there.
"Hey honey, why were you talking to a Fly? Those creatures are dangerous and can eat you the first chance they get!"
Ripjaws said nothing and looked away from him. Still in his grasp, she started to squirm to get away from him.
"They're not dangerous," said Ripjaws in a very quiet voice.
"HAHA! Get a load of her!" said Cuttooth who was now talking to Heatblast and pointing to her at the same time, "she doesn't know what she's talking about! I tell you, the female of any species must be ruled over by the male half. Otherwise she can go haywire and probably do dangerous stuff. Am I right?"
Heatblast was looking at Cuttooth with a calm expression, he then said, "I'm afraid there are more differences between ourselves than our looks Cuttooth."
Cuttooth shrugged.
"Oh well. Hey honey! I caught a load of fish down here! Let's eat lunch together!"
Cuttooth then dived back into the lake. Ripjaws had a full sad expression on her face, she briefly looked at Heatblast and then, she too dived in.
After a few minutes of looking at the lake and biting his tongue, Heatblast thought,
This bet is going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be.