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 do apologize about not updating. But thanks to the recent comments I have started again. College, is college, what do you expect? But as I recall, I vowed one time long ago that I would finish this fanfic. This is one of the longest Ben 10 fanfics ever, and damn me if I'm not going to let some sorry sods (no offense) take it away from me! Onto the story!

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Many years ago…

Diamondhead viewed the giant ore deposits with both admiration and awe. Down in the dark caves of his planet, ore was a commonly mined resource that was used primarily for the many gems that were buried deep within its dark substance. As he looked at the cool and damp walls, the gems glittered back at him like stars shining down from the night sky. He placed a large, bulky hand on an ore and felt the substance rub smoothly against his hard skin.

"Beautiful, isn't it? I know we are made of same materials as these gemstones, but there is something magical about these stones. They're so full of…life. Millions of years have gone by, and these gemstones have been melted, solidify, crushed and molded into various shapes and forms. If only they can tell us their secrets…"

The Petrosapian female near him grabbed hold of his arm and leaned her head upon his shoulder. Diamondhead smiled and gently placed his hand around her.

"Few people can delve into the past and find its lost secrets," she said, "But I bet your one of those few!"

Diamondhead lifted his hand off of the wall and went in for an embrace. After a lifetime of eternity but was in reality only twenty seconds, he released his hold. He then said, "I'm the luckiest fool upon this planet."

She giggled; she then said softly in return, "That makes the two of us."

Hand in hand, they walked down the sparkling tunnel. Stepping over rocks and ducking underneath the tulgey ceiling, they talked of many things. Of birthdays and novels and science fiction and whether or not Pyronites really do have brains.

They paused in front of a small, mineral rich stream. They took each other again and embraced even longer than before. Diamondhead looked up and said, "Let's go this way! We never gone through this tunnel before!"

And without her replying he dashed off, following the river as a petal would follow the wind. She didn't hesitate for a moment for she too dashed off, all the while shouting, "I'm going to catch you this time!"

"Haha! I bet you won't!" he replied. His base voice reverberated off of the gnarled walls.

Diamondhead slowed down, she came closer and closer, but just as she was about to reach him he sped back up again. He playfully laughed at her and this time slowed down enough for her to catch him. She pounced upon him like a Vulpinmancer and held onto him tight.

"Looks like you caught me," he said as if it didn't matter to him.

"Looks like I did," she replied as if it didn't really matter to her.

They both smiled again and this time walked arm and arm together.

While they were walking, Diamondhead said, "Soon Asthena, we will be traveling the universe! Looking for adventure and learning about the mysteries of the world. Can you believe it will only be a month before we go?"

Asthena suddenly looked very sad and said, "Diamondhead…I'm afraid I have some bad news…"

She looked down at her feet and was not willing to look at him in the eye, plainly, she did not want to go on. Diamondhead looked at her with fear and said, "What's wrong, Asthena?"

Asthena looked back up at him and said slowly, "My bill came in a few days ago, and I'm afraid I made a devastating mistake. It seems that I have a lot more to pay off than I originally thought I did. I'm afraid…we can't go next month."

Diamondhead was a bit relieved that it was just a bill but he was still sad that they had to delay their trip. With a small smile he said, "Well, I'm sure that you'll pay off your debt soon and we'll be out of here in no time!" Diamondhead didn't know how much he meant that. Asthena had been paying her scholarly fund for several years now, if she found out she made a mistake, she might have to spend another year here.

Asthena grabbed hold of Diamondhead tightly and said, "I'm so sorry! I know how much this trip meant to you. Every time we saw each other you talked about meeting new people and exploring new worlds, I hope I didn't let you down…"

Diamondhead returned the hug and said, "Of course not. These things happen, it's just the way things are. I will wait and when you have taken care of everything, we will go."

Asthena pulled Diamondhead in for an embrace, that took him off guard since he wasn't expecting that but he delve in anyways.

A sound from down the tunnel perked his ears (that is, if he had anything that could be called ears).

"Did you hear that?" he said.

Asthena shook her head.

"Come on, let's see what it is…"

Diamondhead and Asthena slowly walked through the dark tunnel. As they walked through it the sound got louder. It sounded like a great machine pumping away. Chug. Chug. It went sounding like a monster breathing in and out. Diamondhead and Asthena crept up to it and peered out behind a greasy rock to see what it was.

Whatever Diamondhead thought he was going to see, it definitely wasn't it. He gasped in horror as he saw many of his species hauling large deposits of ore. They carried the grimy material through the large cavern, and placed their load onto a machine that had a conveyer belt going. Robots stood guard at all sides, pointing their weapons at them to keep moving. The Petrosapians looked miserable and most of them looked cracked or broken. Standing on top of a guard tower stood a menacing figure that was violet in color. Diamondhead looked at him and said, "By the Mines of Rhyolite…that's Sixsix! The famous bounty hunter!"

"What's he doing in a place like this?" said Asthena who was scared by all of this.

Diamondhead gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know…but my guess is that he's using our species to harvest the mines down here. He's getting rich while everyone else dies."

"We got to go get help Diamondhead!" Asthena said, tugging at his shoulder.

Diamondhead didn't want to; he wanted to go kick all of their asses right now. But reason and logic for now outweighed his emotions.

But just then, one of the Petrosapians fell down, he shuddered on the ground as a robot looked down at him with no pity. Stepping up to the Petrosapian, the robot unleashed a wave of sound from its gun. The Petrosapian screamed and right before Diamondhead's eyes, he began to fall apart. Diamondhead's emotion then outweighed his reason and he jumped up from his hiding spot. He sprinted with all his might and before anyone could react, he punched the robot right in the gut. The robot staggered back and sparks of electricity danced out of its wound. Diamondhead pulled back his hand again and punched the robot right in the head. The robot's head exploded and it fell to the ground.

Diamondhead looked down at the fallen Petrosapian and said, "Hey, you alright, buddy?"

But as the words were coming out of his mouth, Diamondhead instinctually knew he was dead. The body laid there, as lifeless as the robot next to him.

Sixsix looked out from his tower and screamed in rage as he saw his robot dismantled upon the oily floor. Screaming in his guttural language, all of the robots received their order and about faced and walked towards Diamondhead.

"Shit," said Diamondhead. Diamondhead raised his palms and shot diamonds at the robots. Some of the diamonds bounced off but others penetrated the hard, outer shell of the robots and "killed" them on the spot. But there were too many of them, one robot got close enough to Diamondhead and released a wave of sound at him. The high pitched screech was horrible to Diamondhead. He screamed in agony as the waves took his diamond body and began to shatter it. He thought he was going to die when all of a sudden, the sound stopped. He looked up and saw Asthena, with her hand straight through the torso of the robot. The robot looked at the diamond hand in surprise before it slumped down like a puppet whose strings were cut from it. Asthena threw aside the robot and ran up to Diamondhead.

"Come on! Let's get out of here!" Using her strength, she lifted up Diamondhead and began to drag him out. But more robots came at them and one shot a pulsating wave of sound at her back. Asthena screamed and dropped Diamondhead to the ground. Hearing her scream gave righteous energy back to him and he stood back up and shot the robot in the head. Grabbing her hand, he pulled her out of the cavern.

But as he was doing that, a pissed off Sixsix-who made sure his Petrosapian slaves wouldn't go anywhere-took out a sound wave rifle and took careful aim at Diamondhead. He fired and the sound screamed through the air and landed directly onto Diamondhead's arm. The arm exploded off of his body and his connection with Asthena was no more. She staggered to the ground and looked in shock as she realized she was holding Diamondhead's arm. Diamondhead fell to the ground and groaned in pain and agony.

Asthena looked up and saw Diamondhead and his dire situation, she shouted, "Get up Diamondhead! Get up!"

Diamondhead groaned and looked behind him to see Asthena…crying? Diamondhead's head ached as he tried to remember the last time he saw any Petrosapian cry before. He shook it out, he had to get Asthena.

But Sixsix thought otherwise, taking careful aim, he fired into Asthena's back. The sound wave penetrated her and her body was blown apart making shards of diamonds. The sound was so powerful, that the tunnel's walls shook and rocks fell in. Diamondhead got out of the way in time as the fallen rocks separated him from the rest of the cavern. He fell to the floor and tried to comprehend what just happened.

Silence.

The silence was unbearable and so was the darkness, not one gemstone glittered.

He leaned against the wall and he too began to cry.

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To move on with his life and to forget everything that happened to him. Diamondhead began to distance himself from everything he once knew and loved. And he tried his best to get rid of emotion, for having emotion brings nothing but sadness and anger to oneself. But all of that failed. Instead of becoming as lifeless as the gemstones of the cavern, he became split in personality. One, Yang, represented emotion and happiness, a cry out to a time long past. The other, Yin, represented the cold and heartless being that Diamondhead tried to become. And becoming two different people, he successfully forgot his past.

But for what price?

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Diamondhead opened his tiger yellow eyes. What the-? He thought, How the null void did I come back?

Diamondhead shook his head and he sat back up and saw the barrel of a gun looking down at him. With quick reflexes, he slapped the gun out of the way and the gun went flying. Diamondhead looked up and saw the robot looking back at him with an almost curious look upon it.

You…are not dead… it said.

Diamondhead jumped back up and the crowd roared with life. He looked around stupidly and suddenly, he knew why he was here and what he had to do. Stretching his body around he said, "I'm not surprise, when you have a stubborn fool made out of diamonds…you have a fool who is hard to kill. Now…"

Getting into a fighting pose, Diamondhead smiled and said, "Come on baby! Let's see what you're made of!"