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: heheheheee. Wildvine, I'll make your life hell.
Damn. This chapter is long. I hope you all don't mind freaking long chapters. I also want to thank TwoFeet for giving me the idea for this chapter.
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It was a week before the Water Trial and the students were excited. Of course, they were excited before the Earth and Forest Trial, but this is different. For more than a year, the students were always in small groups ranging from two to at max five. The reason why they were separated in such small groups was that the academy wanted to eliminate the weak. Those who can't survive in small groups, dies in small groups. But anyways…never have they even gotten to see their full team or know who is on their team. Such rumors were flying around all over the place about who is with who. One female alien was devastated and almost killed herself when she heard the rumor that she might be paired up with a slobbering dog.
Yes, truly everyone was excited.
Except for one student.
That student didn't have time for rumors. He didn't have time to listen to the gossip or to socialize with anyone. He just wanted to be by himself.
And he was doing a good job…well…sort of.
On the outskirts of the campus, lies one of the female dormitories. This female dorm was your plain, regular dorm. It was a two story building that had enough room to hold forty students and had an exceedingly plain floor. Nothing special with this dorm right?
Sort of.
It just so happens that this female dorm holds thirty-nine female aliens, and one male alien. That male alien student, who the female students considered him as one of their own, gets his own room for obvious reasons. His room is on the first floor at the end of the hallway near the entrance. It wasn't the room that made him special, but the student himself.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Diamondhead looked up. He was sitting at his desk, busily writing at his homework and studying his text book. He hated it when someone disturbed him of his studying, it broke his concentration. He wanted absolute quiet whenever he was studying and if he didn't have this, he would be cross. And besides, if he talked too much or moved too much…he would be awaken.
"Yes, what is it?"
Instead of a reply there was a high pitch giggle. Then, the sound of running footsteps could be heard outside the doorway and then came a door slamming.
Diamondhead sighed, he slowly got up from his wooden chair and then pushed it back in. With gradual steps, he walked to the only door entrance of his sleeping headquarters. He slowly turned handle and opened the door to reveal…a basket of flowers.
Diamondhead expected this. Ever since he came here, he has been getting flowers from the ladies at least once a week. It was basically their way of showing how much they love him. And it was getting pretty annoying.
At least…for Yang.
Diamondhead looked to see if anyone was still there. Seeing that no one was, he picked the basket up and headed back into his room. He slowly closed the door, basket still in hand.
Yin woke up from his nap.
Yawn! That was a most pleasant nap!
Yang groaned.
"Go back to bed Yin."
Yin was offended.
Why should I go back to bed! I have every right to this body as you do! Now it is my turn to have control of the body!
"No."
Please….!
"No. I want to study some more."
Blah, blah, blah. "I want to study more." "I like studying." You know Yang. You need a life. You shouldn't be so cross.
"And you shouldn't be so stupid. You never take anything seriously and if you were in charged of this body more. We would have been kicked out of the academy long ago."
Do we have any cheese? said Yin suddenly.
"Do we have what?"
Cheese.
"No, we do not have cheese. You should stop that cheese addiction of yours."
Humph…hey…what'cha got there rabbit?
Diamondhead couldn't hide the fact that he was holding a basket of flowers. Dimly, he replied, "Uh…flowers?"
FLOWERS!
Instantly, Yang was pushed out of control over the body. Yin took over with an eager look on his face.
"Yay! Flowers! And they're blue too! I love blue! Where should I put them?"
By the window?
"The window? But I already have filled up the window ten-fold!"
Like I said before hand, Diamondhead has been getting flowers from the females ever since he first came to the school. Diamondhead, or rather Yin, took care of each and everyone of them until old age killed them. Currently, fifty pots that were holding flowers were sitting on several shelves that were by the window. The suns rays were warming the plants and opening their flowers, giving them life and happiness. Diamondhead looked desperately for a spot for the new arrival but found none.
"Hmmm…where should I put this?"
Outside?
"Oh but Yang! That will kill the plant if I don't water it and tend to its every needs!"
Why are you so obsessed with some freaking plants? We can't smell them and we can't eat the fruits.
"Ah, but we have senses that detect odors."
…That's not the same as smelling.
It would look particularly weird if anyone was listening in right now. For all they be hearing is Yin's voice and not Yang's. To the casual viewer, this scene would look strange and make it look like that Diamondhead was crazy. However, this is perfectly normal for Diamondhead to act this way. Since Diamondhead hardly spends time with Ripjaws and Blizzard, he gets to be by himself most of the time. So talking to himself was a way to keep him from getting bored.
"Yang! Growing plants is more than just eating them or smelling them…it is about bringing natural beauty into our world! Let life live and grow!
Yin, our species lives in caves. How in god's name do you suppose we can see natural beauty?
"Lighten up Yang! You should loosen those ropes that have you tightly coiled down!"
And you should be more serious.
"You should be more serious," said Yin in a mocking tone. Still desperate to find a place for the blue flowers, Yin turned to the study desk and was about to placed them on the top right corner of it when a picture caught his eye. He picked it up and examined it.
The picture was of that used by a regular camera, it was surrounded by a gold frame and had a wooden back. The picture showed that of Diamondhead when he was five years younger. He had a smiling face on him and was wearing a gray jumpsuit. He wasn't the only one in the picture. An arm that belonged to Diamondhead's was wrapped around a female Mineralist. She had large eyes and had a spiky, mineral hair style. She had a warm smile on her face that would make the sun shine bright and she had an amazingly smooth, crystal skin. She was hugging Diamondhead.
Diamondhead, instead of having gray or green eyes, had yellow eyes.
Don't tell me you are looking at the photograph again.
"And why should I not?"
It might make you have funny ideas, that's all.
Diamondhead continued to look at the photograph. Giving a small sigh, he placed the picture down and started thinking again about where to put the flowers.
It should be noted that Yin or Yang have no memory whatsoever about how they came to be in this large universe. The only memory they have is when they first came to this world four and a half years ago. The only thing to remind them of their life before they came to existence was the photograph of the smiling, yellow-eyed Diamondhead. Yin and Yang have always respected this photograph. They worship him as a higher god, looking over them as they progress on in life. Since then, they have always referred to the yellow-eyed Diamondhead as "the Tiger spirit." A spirit that they know is somewhere out their but they don't know where.
It should also be noted, that Yin or Yang do not remember who the girl was.
Diamondhead looked at the large clock on the wall. After seeing the time, he decided that he should go to dinner and go eat some rubies. He was about to leave when he realized that he still had the pot of flowers in his hands. Still with the dilemma of where to put the flowers, Diamondhead got an idea.
"I know! Let's give it to one of the teachers!"
Why?
"It will be a token of our appreciation towards them!"
Whatever, just as long as we can get rid of it.
Diamondhead smiled, he walked to the door and placed the flowers on the floor. He then grabbed a handkerchief off of the coat rack and tied it around his face so that it would cover his eyes. He bent down again and grabbed the pot of flowers and picked it up. Yin switched places with Yang and thus, Yang had control of the body. Diamondhead opened the door and started walking down the hallway.
Since Diamondhead resided in the female dorm, it was rule that he should have a blindfold on whenever he was walking in the hallways of the dorm. Mainly so that he wouldn't see any girls if the only thing they had on was their underwear. But that didn't bother him since he had other senses that could detect his whereabouts wherever he walked.
It was also procedure that Yang would be present in the body whenever Diamondhead was out in the public.
When Diamondhead was out of the building, he took off his blindfold and proceeded to the cafeteria. It was a quiet walk and a peaceful walk. The birds were chirping and the animals of the forest could be heard. As usual, girls would stop and be in awe as Diamondhead walked past them. Once he walked past them, they started chatting relentlessly on how handsome and strong he is and how they want him to be their boyfriend. Whenever it was this peaceful out, Diamondhead would go on autopilot and relax his mind. All day studying and training was enough to make him tired and hungry. In fact Diamondhead-
"COMING THROUGH!"
Diamondhead stopped and turned around, but as soon as he did, a blue blur smashed into him causing him to fall over. Books went flying in the air as the two beings fell to the ground. Luckily the plant was unharmed. Diamondhead regained his senses and got into a sitting position to see who it was that ran into him.
It was XLR8.
"I'm ssssorry! I'm ssssorry! Pleassssse forgive me!"
She kept bowing to the fallen Diamondhead at the same time she was picking up all of her books. Diamondhead was amazed that such a small figure could carry all of these textbooks. He picked one up and examined it.
The title of the textbook was Advance Calculus. It was large and was very heavy. Diamondhead skimmed through it and was amazed that this student was taking such a hard class.
"Um…excusssse me?"
Diamondhead looked up. XLR8, with a mountain load of gigantic text books in her hands, was looking at him with an embarrassed look on her face. Her legs were shaking hard from the extreme weight that has been placed upon her.
"May I have that?"
Diamondhead looked at the textbook and back at her.
"Need a hand?", he said.
"What! Oh no no no no no no! I got it! Pleasssse don't do-"
Without saying a word, Diamondhead got up and took all of the textbooks off of her hands. As a trade, he gave her the pot of flowers and held the textbooks with both of his hands.
"Can you please hold that for me?"
Shock that she was given flowers from the great Diamondhead, XLR8 said, "S-sure."
"Where are you headed?" said Diamondhead.
"The cafeteria, I'm asss hungry assss hell."
"Good, I'm headed there too."
"Really?" said XLR8 quickly.
"Yeah, so that works out well for the both of us."
XLR8 smiled, "It doesss."
They resumed their walking again. XLR8 was looking at the pot of flowers that were still in her hands. She looked back up to Diamondhead and said, "Thank you for the flowersssss."
Diamondhead, or rather Yang, was taken aback from this comment. Originally, he (or rather Yin) wanted to give them to a teacher. But he didn't care as long as he got rid of them.
"Your welcome."
XLR8 smiled, when Diamondhead saw that smile he was instantly reminded of the girl Mineralist from the photograph. The way she smiled and XLR8 smiled were exactly the same. He suddenly can't shake the feeling that the two of them were alike.
Suddenly, a large bark came from the forest. The two of them turned around to see a running Wildmutt coming straight from the forest. His large tongue was hanging out and he was barking like hell. XLR8 looked disgusted as Wildmutt headed towards her.
"Ssssstop! Sssstop now you dumb animal!"
But Wildmutt didn't stop, instead, he jumped on top of XLR8 and started licking her. XLR8 screamed as the huge animal's weight was pressing down on her. She kicked the creature off of her and quickly got back up.
"You damn dog! Why don't you go back to Prince Four Armssss!"
"Four Arms?" said Diamondhead.
"Yesss, thissss damn dog belongssss to Prince Four Armsss!"
Wildmutt gave a large, playful bark and turned towards Diamondhead. Diamondhead just looked at him and then smiled. XLR8 was surprised since she never saw Diamondhead smiled before. Now that she thought about it, why does he have green eyes instead of gray?"
"Prince Four Arms, eh?"
He shifted the weight of the textbooks to one of his hands and petted Wildmutt with the other.
"Go back to your owner, boy. I'm sure he is looking for you."
Wildmutt barked again and ran back to the forest.
XLR8 looked at the running Wildmutt and then back at Diamondhead. She looked at his gloved hands.
"Issss that why you wear glovessss?"
Diamondhead smiled even bigger, "yes, that is why. I don't want to hurt anyone with my sharp hands so I wear gloves to protect the person being touched from getting hurt."
Now she was sure she wasn't seeing things, Diamondhead's eyes turned from green to steel gray in a matter of seconds. She looked at the delicate flowers that he gave to her. The blue petals matched her skin and the aroma that came from them smelled wonderful. She smiled and said, "Well, should we continue to the cafeteria?"
"Yes, let's continue. I'm in the mood for some rubies."
XLR8 laughed.
"Your sssso funny!"
Diamondhead didn't know what he said that was so funny, but he just shrugged and the two of them continued together on the sidewalk to eat dinner together.
Unbeknownst to him, Diamondhead made a new friend today.