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: I wonder how long girls brush their hair?

By the way, I'm going to camp on Sunday. I'll be there for a week so I'm going to see if I can squeeze one more chapter in before I leave.

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The popularity of Cannon Bolt grew suddenly gigantic ever since the first day. Students loved him so much that they signed up to take Philosophy because that was the only class he was teaching. Needless to say, when Cannon Bolt heard that he was teaching five straight classes in a roll about Philosophy he blew his top. Rumors had it that he went straight to the head Mineralist and demand a full raise in his pay check otherwise he would quit. Some aliens confirmed this by saying he and the head Mineralist's arguments were so loud, that they were keeping them up all night. On the second day of his arrival, he wasn't in class. However, on the third day and out, he taught (or as the students said, sit and tell war stories whenever he was bored) the students Philosophy.

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On the fourth floor of the Girls Dormitory lies a room that are just like all the other rooms in the building. The room's number was 4G, and this was the place where Blizzard and her roommate slept at when the sun sets and their eyes got droopy.

Okay, I lied, only Blizzard slept there.

Ever since the Earth Trial happened, some of the girls in the dormitory never have came back and some left right after the Earth Trial to their home. To Blizzard, it was quite pleasing to have a room all by herself.

For one thing, she could hog the mirror whenever she wanted.

Like she was doing right now.

"148…149…150!"

Blizzard put the comb in the other hand and switched sides to the other side of her head. Then, she started combing her icy blue hair on that side.

"1…2…3…"

In the past, her roommate that Blizzard would spend to much time putting on make-up. But what did she know? She was ugly.

Blizzard smiled.

"23…24…25…"

She had to make herself look beautiful in order to please the public, why, if she didn't…she would be a shame!

"35…36…37…"

However, whether she looked gorgeous or not didn't really matter for the males. All the males were entranced by the mere image in which she walks in. With a snap of her fingers, she could have a male deliver her chocolates…money…homework…anything! The girls said she was an Ice Queen for stealing their boyfriends and turning them inside out. Yeah, she was an Ice Queen, but she didn't have a choice whether she wanted to be one or not.

"132…133…134…"

But there was that one fellow.

Blizzard stopped combing her hair, she rested her hand on her lap and started thinking. Yes, there was that one male who could resist her charm. The only male that has done that was Diamondhead and he doesn't really count. No, this male completely blocked out her superiority over him. It was like he had some sort of barrier between himself and her. What was his name again?

Oh yes, Upgrade.

She didn't know why he didn't fall for her. Oh well, one boy is just one boy.

Blizzard placed her comb back towards her hair and was about to start combing again when she stopped.

"Now what number was I at again? Hmmm….oh well! No biggie! I'll just start all over! 1…2…3…"

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Upgrade couldn't wait to be in Cannon Bolt's classroom again. In all his ages of living, he never had experienced quite a fun teacher. He was walking happily down the campus with his Philosophy book in hand towards Cannon Bolt's building.

"Uh…Upgrade?"

Upgrade turned around to see a female alien looking at him with pleading eyes.

"Could you please help me with my math homework? I mean…you are in my math class and you seem sooooo smart."

Upgrade, with his ever bountiful happiness, said, "Sure! What do you need help on?"

After ten minutes of helping the alien in math Upgrade looked at his clock and said to her, "Well, that's all I can help you with…does that explain everything?"

"Oh yes!" said the relieved alien, "It does! Thank you Upgrade, you are so kind"

Upgrade suddenly tripped over a log, he quickly got back up and turned towards her. He nodded his head, "Your welcome."

He gave the alien a nod and waved goodbye.

While he was walking his mind started rolling again.

Hmph, kindness. That is still a question right there and then. Do I even have kindness? It's hard to say the way I was built. My creator, blast her living soul, always had to make one of her creations unique didn't she? When she made me, she didn't even tell my if I had emotion or not. When I asked her, she just gave me a wink and said you'll find out. Hmph.

After walking for about 15 minutes, Upgrade finally arrived at the building. He looked around, opened the door, and walked in.

Not too far away, Blizzard was also traveling down the same path that Upgrade took.

With her finely combed hair, she walked gracefully down the path with a cool smile on her face. Just then, a regular height male alien with grayish skin approached her.

"Good morning Princess Blizzard! May I carry your books?"

"Certainly. Thank you."

She gave the books to the smiling the alien.

"Oh your very welcome Princess Blizzard! My…your looking very lovely today!"

"Thank you."

Just then, another male alien of the same species approached them.

"Hey man! What are you doing messing with my girlfriend?"

"Your girlfriend? She's my girlfriend."

"No she isn't! Queen Blizzard…may I please carry your books?"

Blizzard placed her finger on her lips and said, "How about this? Why don't you carry my books to the school. And you can carry them back to my dorm!"

The two aliens nodded vigorously.

"Anything you say!" they both said together.

Blizzard smiled.

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It should be noted before we continue on with our story, that we must explain something about Blizzard and her species. On her home planet, and Diamondhead's as well, the Icetopes have evolved a certain aroma. Now, this aroma is only found in single status Icetopes. What this aroma does is that it tries to seduce the opposite sex into loving that single Icetope. The aroma does not work on the same sex. Once the single status Icetope has found its soul mate, the aroma switches off and does not work anymore. To avoid cross-species breeding, Diamondhead and his kind evolved a smelling barrier so that the aroma will not affect them.

However, when Blizzard had move to another planet, all single male species were seduced by this aroma by a much larger scale since they couldn't handle that large of quantity of "love aroma."

The result?

Relationships are blown apart such as friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, gayfriends, you name it. Hence, this is why Blizzard is hated by much of the females on the campus. This is also why Blizzard cherishes her friends Diamondhead and Ripjaws so much. Diamondhead is not affected by the aroma and Ripjaws hates her soon to be husband.

With that said, let's continue on with the story.

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Class has started in Cannon Bolt's classroom. The students were as usual, studying in their Philosophy textbooks. Ever since the tree incident with Cannon Bolt, Heatblast has been on good behavior and he hasn't talked in the classroom since the first day of Cannon Bolt's arrival. Cannon Bolt was as usual, writing on some important documents and sighing occasionally. The only sound that could be heard in the class room was the scribbling of pencils and the sighing from you-know-who. After fifteen minutes, XLR8 got out of her desk and approached Cannon Bolt with her text book in her hands.

"Ssssssir?"

Cannon Bolt looked up, "Yes, what is it…uh…"

"XLR8 ssssir. I have a question about the textbook and it involves page twenty-"

Cannon Bolt held up a large hand.

"Please stop student, I have said it before and I will say it again, I don't know a thing about Philosophy. Why don't you ask Diamondhead?"

"M-Me? Ask Diamondhead?"

"Yeah sure, that is not a problem is it?"

"No sir!" said XLR8 quickly, "Not a problem!"

"Good."

XLR8 quickly bowed and got back to her desk. She nervously looked at Diamondhead and said, "Uh…Diamondhead…? I wassss wondering if you could…"

Her eyes met the cold steel gray eyes of Diamondhead. Diamondhead looked at her with an odd expression. XLR8's voice gradually soften.

"…help…me…with my homework?"

Diamondhead looked at her and said, "Yeah, sure."

"Oh thank you!"

Meanwhile, at the front of the classroom where Cannon Bolt sat, Cannon Bolt was restless. After XLR8 disturbed him of his concentration, he couldn't work anymore. Instead, he got out a rather large, colorful quilt out of his desk. He adjusted his spectacles and took out some knitting needles. He then began knitting on the rather large quilt with his rounded hands. Heatblast saw this and said, "Sir?"

Cannon Bolt looked at Heatblast and said, "Yes, Heatblast what is it?"

Heatblast looked at the quilt that Cannon Bolt was currently knitting. Cannon Bolt followed Heatblast's eyes and got the question.

"Well, if you must know Heatblast. This quilt is going to be a peace keeper's item."

"A peace keeper?"

"Yes, a peace keeper's item. Right now, my planet is having some rough negotiations with the people of the another planet in our solar system. I was the ambassador there last year. The people liked me so much that they gave me a small task. They told me that if I made a quilt that signified happiness and unity, that they will be our allies and friends for a long time. All I have to say is, that I'm glad I took knitting class."

Meanwhile, farther back in the class, Upgrade and Blizzard were busy taking notes out of their books. After awhile, Blizzard's pencil got too dull. She turned her body towards Upgrade and said, "Upgrade, will you be a dear and sharpen my pencil?"

Without looking up, Upgrade said, "I'm sorry, can you please do it? I don't want to break my concentration with my notes."

Blizzard was shock that she was just denied a command by a male.

"Upgrade!" she said getting very annoyed, "Can you please sharpen my pencil?"

"I would love to Blizzard, but right now…I'm in the middle of something very important."

"I'll sharpen it for you Princess Blizzard," said the alien next to Blizzard.

"Shut up," she said.

Blizzard was now getting very angry.

"How can taking notes be more important than my needs?"

"How can me sharpening your pencil be more important than my gaining of knowledge."

"It's just a pencil!"

"Exactly!" said an angry Upgrade who threw down his pencil, "It's just a pencil! I don't see why you can't do it yourself! Honestly! Do you think you own the world or something?"

The class by now were turning their heads to see the fighting pair. Some of them were actually impressed that a male was standing up to Blizzard.

Blizzard got up so fast that her desk fell over, the rage that was pulsating out of her had an affect on her powers. The room got colder and colder, as frost formed on the windows. As the aliens breathed, they could see their own breaths. The more that Blizzard's rage grew, the colder it got.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? You and your electronic equipment that keeps your dead body alive! How dare you speak that way to someone who is alive and doesn't need electricity to keep himself going! Why, you have no kindness! No feeling, no emotion! You can't even do something as so kind as to sharpen something as small as a pencil!"

Upgrade got up slowly, he was half a foot taller than her and therefore had the height advantage. Blizzard was caught off guard for a brief moment but nonetheless, continued.

"Look at you! The way you are staring at me with that expressionless face! No one can tell anything from you! How you feel, how you think! Why don't you do anything about it?"

Upgrade was very quiet and didn't say anything. The single round eye that he had was pinpointed exactly onto Blizzard. With a twist of his neck and back to his desk he said, "You have no heart."

Blizzard was stunned. Her anger was falling downwards at a rapid decline.

"…Heart?"

The roomer got back to being warmer and the frost disappeared from the windows. Cannon Bolt was the first to say something.

"Speaking of hearts Miss. Blizzard, I haven't the heart to tell you this, but if you keep up your attitude like this, you'll be in detention."

Dumbly, Blizzard shook her head and said, "Yes, sir."

Cannon Bolt returned to his knitting and Blizzard turned over her desk again.

She sat back down and tried to get back to work but she couldn't. Not after what happened. Heart? That was a matter of question right there and then.

At the same time both Upgrade and Blizzard thought,

Do I have a heart?