Ben 10 Alien + Vampire
Chapter 5: Revenge of the Fan Girls; Songs of Love, Destruction, and Protection
The Next Weekend
Youkai Forests
In the dark and twisted trees of Youkai's forest, a familiar individual was walking through. It was Moka, or rather, the Inner Moka, who strolled through. She wore what appeared to be a black under armor tank top that clung to her mature chest rather nicely, and a pair of white sweatpants as well as a pair of sports sneakers. However, if she had noticed, Grey Matter was crawling up one of the trees. He hopped from one extended branch to the other, doing his best to hide from her as best as possible. He jumped towards one long extended branch, and successfully landed there, scurrying over to the thick trunk of the tree.
He hid behind it, with his ear to the trunk, if he had any. But hten amazing, jumped off towards the ground, as soon as the spot he stood formerly, was splintered into a billion pieces.
Appearing there, was Inner Moka, in a powerful stomp position, and looking at Grey Matter's falling form. She smirked at his little retreatin form, nad jumped right after him. However, Grey Matter tapped the Omnitrix symbol on his back, and changed into Stinkfly, flying away as fast as he could from her. As she landed gracefully on the ground, she took off after the insectoid alien, jumping from tree trunk to tree trunk, catching up with the fast bug flyer.
When Moka-sama had caught up on one tree, Stinkfly turned around, and he shot out three goop blasts straight at her when she landed on a massive tree trunk. However, Moka-sama swatted them away with his left arm, amazingly disintegrating from her aura no doubt. The third shot snug onto her foot, nearly trapping her in one spot.
She grunted, still stuck to the tree, "Dammit."
Stinkfly saw that as he charged forward, his claws sharped out, but flew in midair. He then touched the symbol, and changed into Fourarms. He landed gruffly on the ground, and dug into the dirt, tearing out a huge chunk of land, holding it up above him. And with all his might, he threw it as hard as he could right at his intended target: Moka-sama. However, she broke free of the goop, and jumped forward, meeting the rock head on. She flipped in the air, circling like a ballerina in the air… and delivered a devastating drill kick into the rock, pulverizing it without even hurting her.
Fourarms gulped, "Did not see that coming."
Moka-sama launched herself on one of the rocks that was large enough to stand on. With one powerful jump forward, the rock began to crack with tremendous energy, until it exploded, causing the force of the explosion to throw her straight towards the Tetramand.
Fourarms saw Moka-sama being rocketed towards him, and then lifted both his left arms as she prepared for a kick. She kicked the hands, connecting as his arms were pushed back, but didn't buckle from the strength. He tossed Moka away, as she came to the ground, but flipped as she landed on her feet, crouched like an animal. She smirked at the show of strength, but noticed a flash of green, preparing as to what form he'd take next. Probably that dinosaur creature, Humongousaur.
Until suddenly, shards of green crystal shot towards her direction. So she jumped-dodged out of the way, and shot up to her feet in a battle stance. However, she didn't take into effect that the crystal flattened and spread, making a sort of makeshift ice skate trail. She didn't get it at all, until she saw Diamondhead skating towards her. Apparently she learned that these Petro Sapiens could skate on their own crystals like ice. Diamondhead pulled out one of the crystal spikes from his back, as it grew into a sword of katana build. He immediately took a swing at her, only she flip dodged away from it. However, the tip of the blade slightly scratched the surface of her stomach on her shirt, cutting open a hole in her shirt. As she landed on her feet, she noticed the hole in her shirt, exposing her navel.
But before she could shout out about the cut in her shirt, she saw that Diamond head skidded to a halt. And in a green flash, transformed into Cannonbolt, and revved up into ramming speed. Charging right at her. She snarled a smirk, taking such a frontal assault as some sort of joke. She drew her foot back, and when he was close enough, she shouted, "KNOW YOUR PLACE!"
And connected a powerful kick to Cannonbolt.
The impact had sent Cannonbolt flying off to the other direction and straight into a tree, shattering it into splinters. And before Cannonbolt could counter-attack, the sexy platinum-haired vampire was at his non-existent neck at ready. The two combatants looked at each other, steel-gazing on who would make the first move. However, that was interrupted as Moka-sama simply said calmly, "Aaaaaaaand… time!"
And then Cannonbolt disappeared, as the Omnitrix timed out, and in a green flash, Ben was back. He was dressed in his workout attire from last time. Moka helped him up as he groaned, "Ten minutes. I thought I'd have done better than last time."
She smirked to him, though it was a calm smirk, as she stated, "I wouldn't berate yourself just yet. You actually lasted longer against me." She showcased the slice on her shirt, exposing her navel, "You actually managed to hit me this time." But then she glared dagger evilly, as her red eyes glowed with fury, as a sinister smile spread across her face, "Though don't get too cocky; you still have a long way to go to defeat a vampire with so many various forms at your disposal." She then pointed to her shirt, glaring even further, "Not to mention you owe me a new shirt."
Ben just gulped at this frightful image, even from behind her, he could see her dark aura nearly emanating from her without Moka-sama knowing it, "Okay, I'll get you a new shirt, just stop doing that…"
Her frightening visage disappeared, as she retained her calm and collective attitude to him, "Though steadily, you're improving… even for a human."
"Well, that's good news." Ben quirked out, but then paled as he saw his left sleeve. On it, was a small cut caused by an attack Moka-sama had done a lot earlier, and gulped, "But I think I'm gonna need a little more work."
"A lot of work," Moka-sama corrected, and started to walk towards the school. But then started to wobble a bit, as she nearly fell over. Ben raced over to her, and caught the vampire, as she mumbled, "I think… I'm a bit taxed." Ben helped her over to one of the trees as they sat down, as she sighed, "Honestly… your alien forms don't look much, but they are keeping up with me. We'll start again for another two hours."
Ben went wide eyed, as he yelped, "Another two hours? Moka-sama, it's been four hours already!"
Moka-sama shot him a look as she shot out, "I haven't begun to push you ye…" she nearly fainted at that moment, but was caught by Ben just in time. She huffed a little, as she sighed, "It seems I've been pushing myself too hard as well."
Suddenly, she grabbed Ben by the shoulders, forcing him on the ground, and with her on top. Ben gulped at the slight show of force; this was not at all how Moka would do what she normally did. Seeing that he wore an under armor spandex shirt as well, she didn't have to tear his shirt open, to pull at the collar, exposing the left side of his chest. Gulping, Ben blushed a little, as she leaned in, her breath tickling his bare skin, "Ah, I'm guessing…"
"You would guess right, Benjamin," Moka-sama whispered. She leaned in closer, cupping his face, as strands of her hair tickled his face, and hiding a blush from her as well, "These sessions don't come cheap…." As she leaned closer, their lips got dangerously close to one another, as she whispered, "… and you're gonna pay up."
The Next Day
During Class
Everything seemed to go pretty well, as the day started out pretty well. Except for a certain American exchange student halfway asleep. Just at that moment, a piece of chalk was tossed at the half-dosed Ben as he shot up, shouting, "AAAH, ZOMBOZO!" He blinked looking around as to where he was, and remembered he was in class, as well as among everyone else. They all just seem to stare at him, like he had lost his mind or something.
However, Miss Nekonome, who's cat like smirk never faded, pointed out, "I'm sorry, but the answer to the question wasn't Zombozo, it was Batosai, a legendary slayer of the Meiji Era."
The other students chuckled, or rather howled, at this sight, as Ben bowed in apology as he sat back down. However, his little slumber in class didn't go unnoticed, as Kurumu looked at him rather worried. This hadn't been the case for long, as he had been going like this for a whole week. Ever since last week, Ben had looked rather exhausted and slightly paler. She thought it was due to Moka sucking his blood, but sudden anemia wouldn't have been enough to cause this kind of situation. There was more to it, and she looked to Moka, who was also looking at Ben rather concerned as well. She cocked an eyebrow, looking suspicious at the vampire in particular, even as Moka poked Ben from falling asleep again.
After Class
"Okay, what the hell's going on," Kurumu shot at Moka, nearly startling the poor girl, "Just what have you been doing to Ben? I mean look at him!"
The two girls turned and saw an exhausted and drained Ben, nearly about to keel over at this point. It was only with Yukari's help that he remained upright and balanced in his seat. Kurumu glared daggers at Moka, snarling, "You haven't been drinking too much blood from him, have you?"
Moka shook her head as she honestly replied, "Well, no. I only drink one pint from him."
"HE ISN'T A BEER MUG, MOKA," Kurumu screamed out daggers.
Yukari had to sweat drop at their argument, and looked to Ben, advising to him, "Well, whether it's anemia or exhaustion, it's clearly obvious you need something to eat."
The boy asked, "What makes you say that?" suddenly, a rumble came from him… at the area to be his stomach. He chuckled weakly, still feeling a little weak around the knees, "Maybe a good meal's what I need right now."
The two older girls stopped their argument, and looked to Yukari. When she had made that comment about lunch, they had remembered something very important they were gonna do, or rather had challenged each other. It was a week when they silently made that challenge, and today was the day.
Kurumu smirked, 'Today's the day for my secret weapon. With this, Ben will be mine.'
Yukari looked at the smirk written, and countered with a scheming smirk of her own, 'So she's got one as well, eh? Well, try your luck no matter what, Boobzilla. With mine, both Moka and Ben are in the bag.'
Moka looked to both the girls, and an aura of worry washed over her, as she gulped, 'Oh boy...' But turned to Ben, who didn't notice her, and smiled a little, 'Hope this perks him back up.'
Ben, on the other hand, groaned and looked ready to pass out, 'I don't know how much more I can take this. Even if it's been a whole week, I'm zonking out here.'
After Class
Lunch
Having lunch with the girls was certainly an interesting experience for Ben. Even during this time, the girls were competing for his affections. As they sat together at the same table, as they always have done so as each other's friend. However, today seemed to take on a new chapter on itself, as Yukari, Moka and Kurumu had each brought along some extra lunch boxes for Ben. He had heard that girls in Japan would make a boy that they liked a box lunch. He just didn't expect for all three to each make one for him on the same day. Even for him it was a bit much, and well what he got was certainly interesting. Being human meant he had a slightly different sense of taste than the girls.
"Try mine!" Kurumu insisted. Hers mostly had sweets, as she winked, "I guarantee these'll make your heart beat faster, as well as make you more active." Secretly, she grinned on the inside, yahooing for self-victory, 'Especially when I laced this lunch with love potions, aphrodisiacs, and sexual performance enhancers. This is a sure chance for Ben to fall for me, without the use of my powers. It isn't necessarily cheating; I'm just giving a gentle nudge in the right direction.'
"No, try mine!" Yukari pushed Kurumu aside to present hers to Ben, "Unlike Kurumu's unhealthy sweets, mine's full of vitamins and minerals to give you an extra boost for the day." Ben could see a twitching frog's leg and some crickets, and slightly gulped. Yukari smiled brightly, but hid her dark ambitions, 'Luckily, I made sure to lace in a special love potion. No more undecisiveness, Ben. This time, I'm gonna get you to fall for both Moka and me. Our ménage a trios begins today!'
"Ben, I'm not so good at cooking but please try mine," said Moka. Out of the three, her bento looked like actual food which was good for lunch. She smiled warmly to him, with no hint of any scheming, but thought, 'I hope he feels better from that last workout. Though I'm surprised he's pushing harder with the Inner Me.'
The Rosario slightly glowed, almost sensing Moka's thoughts, as the Inner Moka thought to herself, 'Honestly, I didn't think he'd keep on with this. Given he's been through the training for a whole week, a normal human would have given up by now. Though I'm far from impressed.'
Ben wasn't sure what to do, as to the situation before him. He couldn't just choose one out of all three of the girls. If he did that, then would cause a mini-war, with Yukari and Kurumu doing most of the damage, and Moka caught in the crossfire trying to stop the two. Though in most likely scenarios, if he had undone the seal, Inner Moka would slaughter them both, and try to force-feed him the food. He wasn't oblivious to what the repercussions of his actions would lead this. He knew these girls liked him, a lot; okay, a whole lot, and it was proving difficult for him to make other friends. Seeing as how most of the male student body wanted to kill him for making friends with the most popular girls on the campus. Still, the gesture was welcomed, but how was he going to eat all that?
"Girls, please, I can't eat all that," Ben said, trying to be reasonable with them. However, the answer he had given them proved to be a resounding negative, for they all frowned in disappointment. He thought about it, trying to make some sense as to how to do it, and the it clicked. He snapped his fingers as he looked to all three of them, with an assuring smile, "But, I think I know what can."
He rolled up his sleeve and revealed the Omnitrix. He scrolled through the alien forms he had and found the perfect one for the job. "OK, cover your eyes!" He slammed his palm down. Once the green flash subsided, the girls stared at a new form Ben hadn't shown them before.
"Upchuck!"
Ben was replaced by a small pudgy green alien. He looked like the combination between a hamster and a woodchuck-like with some amphibian traits, and had beady white eyes. Small ridges ran down his back, and a stubby tail came from the back. His arms and legs were white on top, and black on the bottom, and stubby, with four small green clawed fingers sticking out of the black sleeves. On his legs, which were black as well, he had one white line around where the leg connected to the pelvis, and white footsies on the bottom of his feet. He had a plump tummy exposed from the body suit, which seemed to be kind of cute. On the back of his left hand was the symbol of the Omnitrix.
Omnitrix Encyclopedia
Upchuck A.K.A. Gourmand
The Gourmand people hail from the planet Peptos XI. They have four adhesive tongues which are able to get a hold on a lot of things, and even break them under their surprising muscle power. The Gourmands are capable of eating almost everything and anything, though mostly they eat solid matter, and aren't known to eat organic material. Their jaws are adjustable so they can swallow things bigger than their mouths, and their teeth are diamond-hard, as well as elastic stomachs. They can swallow very large objects and digest them in seconds. After digesting something, Gourmands can vomit glowing spheres of acid that explode upon touching anything.
They also have great stamina for their size, such as being hit by a car, skidding across a concrete road for a decent distance or crashing through a brick wall. The only real downside to these people have is their small size, which can make it hard to fight sometimes, seeing as how they don't jump very high to avoid an attack.
However, after five years, Ben had found a way to go around that problem.
Both Moka and Kurumu blinked at the strange woodchuck looking monster, though Moka knew it to be an alien. Kurumu nearly stuttered as she pointed to him, "Th-That form is…"
"CUUUTE!" Yukari finished, as she giggled, taking in Upchuck's form.
"Heh, I'm glad I thought of this form, because now I'm feeling hungry," Upchuck laughed as he eyed the three bento in front of him. Now that he was in this form, the odd-looking bentos didn't look all that odd or unappetizing anymore. "Down the hatch!"
Upchuck then opened his mouth and three tongues lashed out. They wrapped around the lunches and their containers, surprising the girls altogether. In another snap movement, Upchuck withdrew his tongues and pulled the three lunches into his mouth. He chewed happily, not even slowing down for the plastic and metal that was holding the food itself. After chewing, he gulped loudly,
"Delicious!" the human turned Gourmand smiled. He patted his protruding stomach with his tiny hands.
Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari sweat dropped at what they had seen. Well…Ben had eaten their lunch. They were kind of hoping that he would pick ONE of them. Of course, did he have to eat the containers AND utensils? Though two of the girls wondered if their love-potion laced food were taking effect to the little guy. So Kurumu leaned in, allowing her boobs to jiggle seductively to the boy turned Gourmand, and blushed looking rather seductive, "So, Ben… feel any different?"
Yukari shoved her out of the way, as looked cute and innocent, "Forget about her, feeling a bit light hearted, Ben? Going through a few temperature changes, mostly in the face?"
Upchuck looked a bit clueless to the girls, and shrugged, "Well, I feel small, sweaty, gaseous. The way I always feel when I turn in this form."
The two girls face-vaulted on that, except for Moka who chuckled nervously, as Kurumu shot up, looking rather exasperated and slightly desperate for the much needed results, "Not even a little different?"
Upchuck tapped his chin, looking down at his feet in serious thought. But then shrugged, "Nope. Don't feel any different." Both Kurumu and Yukari sighed, knowing full well it failed, realizing that as long as he wasn't in his human disguise, he couldn't be controlled by Allure or love potions. "Ooh…" Upchuck groaned. "I don't feel so good." His tummy rumbled. "Girls, stay back!" he warned, and looked to everyone in the cafeteria, as he shouted, "EVERYBODY, TAKE COVER!"
"Ben, are you okay?" asked Moka in concern.
"I will after I…" Upchuck's cheeks swelled up. "Oh boy! This is a big one! EVERYBODY, TAKE COVER!"
Everyone looked clueless to the little creature, although some of them shouted for him to return to his human disguise. They didn't care if he had so many forms, he shouldn't have broken the rules just like that. Despite everyone else's protests, the girls did as told, and hit the dirt as Upchuck released a belch. A plasma ball flew out of his mouth and into a wall near a vacant area of the cafeteria, incinerating the wall, leaving only a fifteen foot smoking hole. Everyone, including the girls, gawked at the amount of power such a little guy had.
"Urk, sorry," Upchuck apologized.
After Lunch
The three girls just walked down the hallway all by themselves. Ben, who was still in Upchuck's form, decided to right off the transformation in the bathroom. Despite the big one in the cafeteria, he felt more coming on to him. However, they slightly pouted that their love potion lunches didn't work on him. Well, just Kurumu was pouting, as Moka smiled, remembering that he had said that the lunches they had made for him were all delicious. That meant that he didn't disliked hers either. She smiled as she thought, 'I'm glad I can help him in this way. That makes me happy.'
Yukari looked at Moka's smile, and smirked as well, "I'm guessing you're happy that Ben liked your lunch too, eh?" Moka nodded, and Yukari just smirked mischievously, "So… you and he going out on dates now?"
That question caused Moka to blush up the whazoo, as she desperately denied the idea, waving her arms around like crazy, "N-NO, YUKARI! W-w-what makes you say that or even have such an idea?"
The little witch shrugged, "Oh, nothing much. It's just that I've seen you two walk out in the forest at night. Late at night."
That caused the vampire to blush uncontrollably, as she became even more frantic with covering up the story, "Oh, um… well, we weren't doing anything indecent, if that's what you were thinking." She gulped worse, as behind her; Kurumu's presence was darkening, as she was seething with unheard and unearthly anger, pointing right towards the vampire girl.
Yukari got even farther to pushing it, as she commented, "You sure? I've been noticing that out of all of us, you and Ben have been the closest of lately. Hanging out together, going out on these late night 'workouts', and as always, the occasional hicky or two."
Her blush disappeared as she asked, "You know he said the exact same thing when I had my usual blood quota." She pondered aloud, "He never did tell me what that word meant."
Kurumu, even though her anger was slightly subsided, she huffed in fury, as she grumbled, "Yeesh. For a vampire, you're oblivious to this kind of thing." She looked to her, and answered, "A hickey is a…"
"MOKA AKASHIYA!"
The trio's attention as drawn in front of them, as a new sight was in front of them. There, three female students, all freshman like them, were standing before them. They each had a slim and slender figure, befitting for what appeared to be cheerleader bodies. They all wore the same female uniform for Youkai Academy. The girl in the middle had mid long blonde hair that ended in the middle of her back, with a bang swept to the left, and had blue eyes, and a pair of headphones on her head. The girl on the right had bottle lens glasses with brown eyes and short blue hair and two bangs dangling at the front. And the last one had mid long bouncy red hair with violet eyes, seemingly the youngest. And the odd thing about the girls were that they were all crying. However, they all had a seething anger… as they looked right to Moka.
"Uh…can we help you?" Moka asked.
"Today is the day we finally declare war on YOU, Moka Akashiya!" Blue specs finished.
"Declare war?" Kurumu cocked an eyebrow, as Moka seemed a bit shocked by this news.
"We'll never forgive you!" cried Blondie, probably due to the headphones she wore.
"What?" Moka asked, even more confused, "But why?"
"It's because you're Enemy Number 1!" the redhead shouted, pointing at Moka. "You stole our idol!"
"Huh?!" Moka blinked. "What are you talking about? Enemy? Declaring war? Idol?"
"You don't know?!" cried Blue Specs. "We'll tell you then!"
"You're bothering our idol! That's what you're doing!" growled Redhead.
"We cannot tolerate this!" roared Blondie, "It's not fair! Even though you're the Number One Top Beauty of the school, you can't just go for our Boy Toy like that, and keep him all to yourself!"
"Make sense, for crying out loud!" Yukari snapped, getting annoyed with the weirdness that the three students were showing off. She threatened to pull out her wand, but the trio before them finally began to act.
The trio then tossed off their uniforms, stripping in lighting speed, to reveal stylish black and green winter cheerleader uniforms, and all with the number 10 on their breasts. If others saw them, their jaws would drop, considering that their shirts were skintight, leaving no imagination that they wore nothing at all underneath. Even the skirts seemed a bit short, even for uniform standards. These three were literal bombshells ready for football season, if there was one for Youkai Academy.
"FORMATION START!" Blue Specs shouted, as she pulled out a pair of green and black pompoms, and began to cheer with her teammates in formation, "READY…"
"OKAY!" Blondie and Redhead shouted together. The trio formed a cheer stance that was befitting of any cheer team for a major football team, like the cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys. They then started to chant, almost singing it out, as they went,
So if you see him, you might be in
For a big surprise
He'll turn into a monster right before your very eyes…
"He's Tiny, Slimey," Redhead led in.
"Creepy, Fast, and Strong," Blondie followed.
"He's no Ordinary Guy," Blue specs finished.
Blondie and Redhead linked their arms together, as Blue Specs ran towards them, and forward circle flipped upward, landing gracefully on their shoulders. Then the trio shot their pompoms to the sides, as they shouted in unison, "HEEEEEEEEE'S… BEN TENNYSON!"
"Ben?" Moka blinked, until it finally clicked iwht her and the others, as she gawked "Wait a sec, you don't mean…"
"That's right!" Blue Specs announced, "I am the leader of the B-10 Cheer Squad, Ran Otonashi!"
"Furthermore," Blondie continued, "I'm the co-leader and cheer writer of the B-10 Cheer Squad, Rin Otonashi!"
"And I'm the good looks and info broker of the B-10 Cheer Squad, Ren Otonashi!" Redhead announced.
"And together we are…" the trio then struck another pose, as they announced, "THE BEN 10-YSON FAN CLUB!"
Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari gaped as wind blew by. People, if there was anyone around the area at that time, were staring too. Kurumu gulped, feeling that something this similar happened a while ago. She even commented on it, whispering to Yukari, "Talk about Déjà vu." Yukari nodded to that.
Moka said, nervously chuckling, "Okay… well, we should be going now."
"Don't think you'll escape us that easily!" Ran shouted, raising a pompom. "You are our sworn enemy!"
"Our vengeance will be painful and swift!" Rin added, raising her pompoms. "You won't know what hit you!"
"Prepare yourself, Akashiya! You hussy!" Ren finished, raising her pompoms and completing the trio.
"You've gotta be kidding me," Kurumu pouted, ignoring the nervously shaking Moka. "Ben's got a better chance iwht me than Moka ever had!"
"Akashiya's got a better shot at him than you do, Big Boobs!" Rin shouted, as the trio ran up to their target: Moka Akashiya.
"B-10 CHEER SQUAD!" the Cheerleaders shouted loudly. "CHAAAAAARGE! KILL THE HUSSY!"
Suddenly, before the cheerleaders could charge at her, four prehensile tongues shot out from above them, snatching their pompons away from them. A small fellow somersaulted above, and landed in a battle stance in front of Moka and the girls. It was none other than Upchuck, as he swallowed the pompoms. Once he did, he glared at the cheerleaders as he stood up, "Look! I've heard of girls gone wild, but this is getting really weird! Even for this school!"
Moka sighed in relief, "Ben…"
"Yeah, you tell him, Ben!" Yukari shouted.
"Yahoohoo! You tell those skanks," Kurumu fist-pumped.
The cheerleaders looked at the unknown opponent, and then to each other. But Rin asked Upchuck, "Uh, yeah… and you are?"
But then, Ren suddenly went wide eyed, as she pointed to the Omnitrix, blushing like crazy, "Ah! Look! That's the same dial lock that Tennyson has whenever he transforms!"
"So, then that means…" Rin started, equally blushing at looking at the new form of their idol.
"IT'S OUR BEN!" Ran shouted, as she ran up to a surprised Upchuck… and scooped him up, cuddling him like a little teddy bear. Everyone, minus the other two cheerleaders, just sweatdropped as they saw the scene before them, as Ran continued to cuddle a struggling Upchuck, as she squealed aloud, "HE'S SO CUTE IN THIS FORM! I THOUGHT HIS OTHER FORMS WERE AWESOME, BUT HE'S SUPER CUTE IN THIS FORM! I JUST WANNA PUT HIM IN MY BEDROOM AND HUG HIM LIKE A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR ALL NIGHT LONG!"
"ACK! LET GO! LEMME GO!" Upchuck struggled, trying to break free of the girl.
"Oh, no you don't!" Kurumu ran up, grabbing onto Upchuck, as she tried to yank the struggling Gourmand away from the fan girl cheerleader. "Ben's mine! Leave him alone!"
"I got this," Yukari winked as she pulled out her wand, chanting, "MAGIC WAND, ABRA KADABRA!"
Suddenly, a couple of garbage cans came shooting at the cheerleaders, smashing into them like torpedoes. This caused the girls to let go of Upchuck, as Moka ran up and scooped him away from the crazy cheerleaders. The cheerleaders realized they were severely outnumbered and outmatched, and ran way, but not before Ran shouted, "This isn't over yet, Akashiya! We'll free Ben of your seductive hickies!" And with that, they bolted right out of there.
"Yeah, you'd better run," Kurumu shouted, keeping herself from exposing her true from. Seething with annoyance, "And what am I, chopped liver?"
"Ben, are you alright?" Moka asked, as Upchuck was slightly dizzy from all the squeezing. But when Moka looked at him in this form, and in her arms, an overwhelming force drover her to do the unthinkable… she hugged him tightly as she squealed, "AHH! YOU'RE JUST SO ADORABLE; I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT RAN FELT WHEN SHE SAW YOU LIKE THIS!"
Upchuck groaned as he looked to the Omnitrix's symbol and groaned, "C'mon already! Time Out!"
That Night
Moka's Room
After the day was over, and with no sign of the Ben 10-Yson Cheerleader squad, Moka had retreated to her room after the day was over with. Dressed in electric pink PJs, she laid sprawled on her bed, looking up at the ceiling in deep thought. She was thinking about how Ben must have felt with the Fan Club Coalition going after him. She sweat dropped, feeling this may have been payback for what Ben had gone through. But then she turned to her side, looking at her desk. As well as a small photo of her and Ben at their first time in Youkai. The picture had been taken by a fellow freshman who had gotten his camera as a gift, and offered to take a picture of the two, joking that they made an adorable couple.
But Moka just frowned, as she deeply sighed, "Ben…"
"What are you moping about?" the Rosario glowed, startling Moka as she shot up, as Inner Moka spoke up, "I know you think that this Cheerleader squad fixation on Benjamin is your fault, but the only one to blame is…"
"I know what you're going to say, but I have to disagree," Moka interrupted. But turned away sadly, as she explained, "But that's not what I'm upset about."
"Then what is it," Inner Moka asked.
Moka looked at the window, and looked afar to the Boys dorm. There, it was a while ago through some turn of events that Moka had discovered that Ben's Room and her own, both had a clear view to each other. She had found that out when Ben showed her the view at his window, and she pointed out that she saw her own room from there. At that moment, she saw a recovered Ben, back in human form, and placing an ice pack on his head at his desk. Just seeing him from afar made herself question her own thoughts about the relationship they had.
She took a deep breath, and asked not just the Rosary, but herself as well, "Just… what is Ben to me?"
"What kind of question is that?" The Rosario questioned, almost sounding oblivious of Moka's true question to that, "He's your bodyguard and friend…"
"Bodyguard, maybe, but Friend, I know," Moka interrupted, and sighed, deeply confused, as she held her Rosario… and brought her hand down to her heart, "So… why do I feel like this, if he's just a friend to me?"
The Rosario remained silent, almost as if Inner Moka was pondering the same question. In truth, the two Mokas were a split of the same person down the center: Light Side and Dark Side. Each given a face and identity of their own. It was true that they felt differently on some cases, but they had one thing in common, even if the latter wouldn't admit it: they cared deeply for Ben, as he was the first person to ever befriend them. So why all of a sudden, did that thought make her heart ache?
Elsewhere
Youkai Academy Gym
Cheerleader Room
That night, in one of the unused clubrooms, plotting was taking place. Within a room that was covered wall to wall of pictures depicting the young American, and pictures of his known various forms, three fan girls plotted to do away with their opponent.
Ran posted a new picture of Upchuck in what appeared to be a scrapbook of Ben and his various other forms that were seen. She smiled as she wrote the name of the form underneath the picture, "A new form present for our idol's bible. AND A CUTIE TO BOOT!"
"Ben Tennyson," Ren cooed. She was sitting with a cardboard cut out of Ben in her arms. "Why do you go to that skanky vampire girl, Ben-sama? Why? WHY?!"
"You can do so much better, Ben," Rin moaned as he cuddled against a life-size picture of Ben. "Moka and those groupie girls don't have an infinite amount of room in their hearts for you, not like I do."
"We have seen the enemy, and she has seen us," Ran spoke from an actual shrine made to the boy. "Now the battlefield is set for us to destroy the true enemy once and for all!"
"DEATH TO MOKA!" Ren and Rin both cried, still cuddling the pictures of their idol.
"I propose a plan," Ran continued. "We must wait until Moka's alone. That way we are able to crush her! We must not let our idol see this though. Such action would devastate him."
"YEAH," the two fan girls nodded.
"But what about the fact that Moka's an S-Class Vampire?" Asked Ren, "I mean, I know Ben-sama's unstoppable, but she's invincible in combat. Vampires can never lose in a fight unless we have the necessary weakness to exploit."
"Plus, our darling Ben is stuck to her like glue, even when they're not exchanging hickies," Rin added, "What are we gonna do?"
"Don't worry. I've done my homework. Moka can't utilize her true form's potential, so long as the Rosario that's attached to her choker remains there. Ben's the only one who can remove it, from what I've heard through rumors," Ran finished, as she adjusted her glasses, giving off a glint of scheming. "And as for separating those two… leave it to a Dishoujni manga fan like myself to use the Ultimate Lure to separate those two."
"HUZZAAH!" the two fan girls cried loudly.
Ran ran up to a cutout of Ben in casual clothing, and cooed out, tracing her hand on his cheek, "Once she's been defeated, you'll be mine and mine alone. And we'll make such sweet music, my darling Ben…"
Next Day
After Gym Class
Girls Locker Room
Moka had finished her morning practice, and had finished cleaning up in the shower. She was in a towel, with the rosary seal choker still present around her neck, as she walked over to her locker and opened it. But when she did, a small letter fell out of it. She bent down and examined it; it was sealed with a small heart as she blushed, "This is a letter from Ben," she then began to open it, "But why in secret?" she opened the letter and read it:
Dear Moka,
I'll be waiting at our usual spot in the Forest.
There's something I need to confess to you.
Ben
Moka blushed madly as she looked at the letter in shock, "No way!", she held the letter up, "A love letter… from Ben?"
Hidden behind one of the lockers, a pair of spec lenses reflected in the light, smirking scheming at Moka's surprised gullibility on that letter.
Elsewhere
"Argh! This stinks," Kurumu fumed out, as she walked along with Yukari, as she groaned, "Those crazy cheerleader girls are going after Moka! All because she sucks Ben's blood, and thinks she's giving him hickies!" She stomped on the ground, groaning, or rather whining, "Why can't it be me? If anything, I want a hickey from Ben."
"You know…" Yukari scratched her chin, thinking aloud, "Now that I think about it. It was last week, after the Fan Boy incident, that Ben and Moka started going out into the Youkai forests. All alone. And here's the odd thing: he and Inner Moka are always there."
Kurumu stopped for a moment, and looked to the little witch in shock, "Inner Moka? Wait a minute! Why her?" She thought about it; which was scary, considering that deep thinking wasn't her strong suit. 'Think about this clearly: Inner Moka may be kind of scary, slightly anti-social from her behavior,' she thought, putting all the facts, 'Although… she does seem a bit relaxed and off her guard when she's around Ben.' She felt maybe too relaxed on that.
Sensing what Kurumu was thinking, Yukari thought aloud, "Though it wouldn't surprise me… if Inner Moka was falling for Ben." Kurumu shot her a 'What the Hell' look on her face, as Yukari explained, "It's like this, Inner Moka and the Moka we know are two split sides of one whole. It wouldn't be impossible that Inner Moka would feel the same way about Ben, the way that Moka feels about him." Her face then cringed in seriousness, as she thought aloud, "Although… it could be feesible that what she feels for Ben, maybe more than just friendship. And that these latenight rendevouz they have, well… it could be…"
"NOOOOOO!" Kurumu shouted, as she hunched over… and then scaring Yukari, chuckled evilly, and her eyes glowed crimson, "That Moka… I don't care how tough she thinks she is…" her wings then shot out, and she looked to Yukari, who paled and cringed at the fact that she snapped, "… SHE'S NOT TAKING BEN FROM ME! NOT LIKE A MUTT IN HEAT!"
However, that mismatched remark caused Yukari's fear to drain out, as she mumbled in exasperation, "I think you meant to say, 'A wolf in heat'."
In the Forest
Moka awaited to meet up with Ben, just as the letter instructed them to be at. However, she wanted to make sure she was ready for this. So instead of her school uniform, she decided to dress for this. She was in a black dress with the skirt reaching down to her knees, a white belt around her waist, and a black loose dress jacket, and black sandal heel shoes. She leaned next to the tree, rolling her sleeve to see her watch. She looked around, not sure of what to do or what to say if Ben arrived.
'I know what you're thinking,' Inner Moka called out, 'And I disapprove of this.'
Moka frowned, "I know, but…"
'Have you forgotten what he is, despite what he can do,' Inner Moka insisted, 'Even if you do feel something other than friendship, I doubt it would work out. He's a human, you're a vampire; your worlds apart.'
Moka grabbed the Rosario, almost silently not wanting to hear that, she nearly shook, knowing it would be impossible. But she shook her head, "But I don't know how I feel about him. He's very important to me, I know that." She looked away, and allowed a small blush to appear on her face, bringing her hand to her face to cover it, "But still… if I did feel that way, would Ben feel the same way?" The Rosario remained silent, almost contemplating that as well.
"Where do you get off calling our idol by his name?"
"Where do you get off with calling my Goddess's name, you piece of trash," Ran called out, getting Moka's attention from behind. And sure enough, the B-10 cheerleaders were there, crossed arms, glaring at her, and wearing their cheerleader uniforms.
Sensing a bit of dread coming from them, Moka gulped as she stepped back, shrinking in fear, "W-Wait. What are…?"
"Oh, by the way. That letter Ben sent you, was actually one of many we forged for Ben to get us to meet with secretly!" Ran shouted. "Also, don't expect him to come in to the rescue!"
"We also used another forged note to fool him in meeting with you at the library," Rin crossed her arms, acting all smirky at the scheme laid down before them all.
"If was foolish to be here out in the open! For a vampire, you've got a lousy sense to detect danger, even when it's right in front of you!" Ran added. "Here beyond the school grounds, we can do anything we want! Because now, we can defeat you in our true forms! And this time, our beloved Ben wont remove your Rosario to unleash your true form!"
"Prepare yourself for defeat!" cried Ren.
The three girls suddenly arched over, and popping out from their backs, a pair of angelic wings sprouted. They looked to be almost close to angels, much to Moka's amazement. However, this was not their real forms, as they proved it on their first attack. They all opened their mouths, and within them, a small gold ring appeared at the top of their tongues. Once they took a deep breath, they unleashed a powerful scream of high frequencies, striking Moka.
The blast sent her flying towards one of the trees, smashing into it, as bombardment of bombardment of soundwaves hit her. Finally, the waves died down, as she cradled her head; the aching waves of sound echoing through her mind. Never letting out, as Moka tried to right her mind from the shock blasts. But getting back on her feet proved difficult, as her mind was disoriented, 'Wh-What's going on? I can barely stand, let alone move…'
'They're Sirens,' Inner Moka spoke up to her, 'Beings that were said to be on the same level as God. Their voices create a sort of sound wave attack that could lure sailors to their demise, or kill them on the spot with concussive blasts of sounds.'
Ran chuckled out triumphantly, "Nahahahahaaa! This is rather ironic: the most powerful among the monsters, and she's being overpowered by a trio of so-called lower class monsters." She then shot her finger forward, declaring, "Now admit defeat, Akashiya, and surrender Ben's heart to us!"
Moka weakly got to her feet, leaning with the tree behind her, and she galred at the sirens, as she answered, "I never had his heart! He's my friend, nothing else!"
Rin sneered, "So you're rejecting him?"
"How can I reject him, if we've never gone out on a date," Moka reasoned, much to the dismay that the girls didn't want to be reasoned with. But she looked at them, defiant in her answer to come, "But… that doesn't mean I don't care about him! He means the world to me; he was the first person to actually accept me as a vampire. And because of that, I accept him for what he is as well. And I'll gladly die to protect him too!"
"And that is why you must die," Ran declared, as she and her sisters took a deep breath, preparing another shockwave attack.
The blast went off without a hitch, as the soundwaves came waving towards Moka, threatening to destroy her with one blow. Until…
"DITTO WALL!"
Suddenly, crashing down in front of Moka, and multiplying like an amoeba, was a strange creature that had hopped in the nick of time in front of Moka. There were fifteen identical creatures, and they were each the same from head to toe in appearance. It was about the height of a human child. He had white skin, a black head, white face, along with black shoulders. The creature's hands were large with 4 digits and its feet were merely stubs. It had 3 fin-like growths on the head. The creature and its clones also had gem-like orbs on the upper arms, and 3 crater-like things on the waist.
The creature's clothes were black and have an overall-like design. And on the forehead, bore the Omnitrix symbol. Moka smiled, seeing Ben in the nick of time, "Ben!"
"Oh, me and my clones here aren't just Ben," Ben's new form smirked, as they all shouted unison from the wall they made, "WE'RE DITTO!"
Omnitrix Encyclopedia
Ditto A.K.A. Splixson
These people hail from the planet Hathor. They have the ability to clone themselves to an undetermined degree. The clones act independent of the original, but usually do what he wants since they have the same mindset. The link also allows them to telepathically share each other's thoughts. A downside is that they share pain. If one gets hurt, the others will feel the exact same pain. If one gets knocked out then they all go down. They also only possess strength proportionate to their size, which isn't impressive. However, they can also breathe underwater, which comes in handy at sometimes. But what they lack in strength, they make up for it in sheer limitless numbers.
On Hathor, Splixsons are peaceful creatures that work as farmers or artists. They developed their duplication abilities to avoid predators, as they are low on Hathor's food chain.
The Dittos managed to block the shockwaves, as each Ditto grit their teeth in annoyance and to hold up the wall. Fortunately the girls stopped, as they paled, realizing they had hurt their idol as such. The Dittos broke apart, and gathered around Moka, looking deeply concerned around the surprised girl.
"Moka," Ditto 1 ran up to her, leaning on her knees, as they were eye to eye, "You're not hurt are you?"
"You need aspirin?" Ditto 2 asked.
"Earplugs," Ditto 3 chimed in.
Moka, looking deeply confused by this, looked to all the Dittos, and asked, "Um, I'm fine, but… which one of you is the real Ben?"
All fifteen Dittos looked at each other, and back to Moka, smiling, "All of us."
Moka blinked, as she asked, "Wait! How did you know where I was? And how did you know I was in danger?"
"Well, when I got this love letter from my locker, saying that you'd wait for me in the Library. When I spotted one of those Cheerleader girls sneaking away," Ditto explained, causing Rin, the girl who delivered it to flinch, and pointed out, "I figured they had to have done the same thing. So I went Ditto and looked all over around campus."
Ditto 15 hopped up and down, shouting, "Hey, I'm the one that found her, you know!"
"You guys did all that, including getting hit by that Siren soundwave, just for me. After all I put you through the whole week," Moka tearfully asked.
All the Dittos nodded in agreement, as Ditto 1 answered, "It's because of all that, you're helping me a great deal in getting stronger. Protecting you is the least I can do."
Suddenly, Moka lunged forward, and scooped up Ditto 1, embracing him in a warming hug, as she whispered, "Thank you, Ben."
All the other Dittos chuckled bashfully, blushing and acting all shy as they all acted that way, as Ditto 1 returned the hug, and smirked, "Aw, shucks, Moka. It's nothing."
However, the happy moment was interrupted, as they all heard sobbing from behind the Ditto group. There, they saw the Ben 10 Cheerleaders weeping like crazy. It was pretty evident that this only made their hatred for Moka even greater. "Dammit," Ran whimpered out, "Damn you, Akashiya. You're stealing our man from right in front of us."
Rin whimpered as well, "Shit, doesn't she know she's hogging all the love? How does a girl as perfect as her gets a monster like him?"
"That does it! She's in violation of the Romance/Anti-Trust Act!," Ren shouted out. Suddenly, her wings sharpened out, as they flung forward, as she shouted, shooting arrows of feathers at Moka, "WELL, IF WE CAN'T HAVE HIM, THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE HE CAN'T HAVE YOU!"
Ditto went wide eyed, as he saw the feathers coming at Moka. He broke her hold on him, and he jumped up… taking all the feathers in him. He fell to the gorund, crying out in pain, and in a strange turn of events, the other Dittos fell to the ground, feeling and acting the same way as the one that got hit. Ditto reached for the control symbol, and tapped it quick, and in a green flash, Ben reappeared in front of Moka.
She ran to him, as she was on his knees, looking to him in concern, as she held his shoulders, "Ben! Are you alright?"
Ben shook his head, as he glared at the Cheerleaders, who were preparing to fire a barrage of feathers at them. "I will be, as soon as I…" Ben started, but groaned as he looked to his arm where the Omnitrix was. Still embedded in his arm, one of the feathers still remained. Gritting his teeth, he pulled out the feather… but accidentally reached out and pulled at Moka's rosary. Once again, the air seethed with such monstrous aura, as Moka changed into her Inner persona.
Moka-sama glared deeply at the cheerleader sirens, "All this over an infatuation with my other's dear friend? You've dug yourselves a ditch in this foolishness."
"Blab and stand defiant all you want. You may have the most strengths, but you're riddled with the most weaknesses," Ran shouted, as she and the others unleashed siren shockwaves nearly pushing Moka-sama, despite all her strength to stay her footing.
Ben was struggling with the sounds as well, until he was alerted to a beeping from the Omnitrix. He looked down at the Omnitrix, which was blinking brightly a shade of yellow. Ben arched an eyebrow as he brought the siren feather closer, which made the device blink and beep faster. "So that's what it's reacting to," Ben deduced
Rin shouted, "and a sharp object to the heart's one of them!" And the girls all shot their feathers right at Moka-sama, as the girls' soundwaves kept her pushing, and she paled as the feathers were coming at her.
Suddenly, Ben shot in front, as the startled Moka-sama shouted, "You idiot! Get out of the way; you'll be killed!"
Ben smirked defiantly, as he brought the Omnitrix, which featured a new form of a small fellow with headphones on, "No today. I'll be going hero!" and slammed on the lens, activating the transformation.
Ben's body was bathed in a growing green light, as his body shrunk down to the size of a ten year old. His body's structure became more silicon than carbon, and metallic features began to form on his back and ears. His voice box became a living amplifier, and in a flash, the change had finished as the new aliens stood between Moka-sama and the Siren trio.
"Echo Echo," Ben's new form, as well as five immediate clones, spoke out with a speaker voice tone.
The new alien, or aliens, was a small white silicon-based alien whose body is a living amplifier, has a headphones connected to square appendage resembling an MP3 player in his back with a port on it decorated with a binary digit situated like the number 10, and cassette tapes-like on his lower legs.
Omnitrix Database
Echo Echo AKA Sonorosian
Echo Echo is a Sonorosian from the planet, Sonorosia. Sonorosians are the only natives with the innate ability to manipulate sound waves, but other creatures on Sonorosia are able to take advantage of the planet's cavernous topography, utilizing different specific locations on the landscape as whisper chambers or to generate echoes as a defense mechanism. He can scream at ultrasonic frequencies, capable of overloading machinery and stopping projectiles in mid-flight; also can use echolocation; channel vibrations to enhance his power and transmit sound waves through speakers. He also has the ability to duplicate himself, but unlike Ditto, in that the clones are not linked in any way and can revert even if all duplicates are not re-integrated, which splinters the original's personality. With these skills, Sonorosians can create a "Wall of Sound", where the original and his clones can redirect projectiles back to their source by bouncing them off of strategically placed clones. Also, they revealed an ability to fly by using sounds at a precise frequency to rocket themselves off the ground. It is also revealed that the body is actually a containment suit, and that the inner body is living sound waves.
The five clones stood together, and unleashed a powerful sound wave through their five combined speaker voices. The sudden sound blast scattered the feathers all around, stopping the projectile objects in mid-flight. The sirens stood there, completely aghast, as one of the Echo Echos pointed out, "This has gone far enough! Echo Echos… Together!"
The five stood defiant, as the reared their heads up, and shouted, "WALL! OF! SOUND!" and unleashed a powerful sound blast that caused the girls to nearly fall off their feat, as well as scatter any and other projectile feathers at Moka-sama.
Suddenly, two Echo Echo clones appeared in front of Moka-sama, and two more in the trees. The pair of Clones nodded, "Get ready for a Boost, Moka!"
Moka-sama seemed a bit confused, but then smirked, "Hmmm. Wall of Sound, eh? Very well." She ran towards the two and hopped up. The two boomed up a sound blast, sending Moka-sama flying upward in the air. Then the other two Echo Echos blasted forward, sending Moka-sama forward… right towards the struggling Sirens. She then shouted, as she was shooting towards the trio like a torpedo of vampiric power, and shouted, "KNOW YOUR PLACE!" and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick, sending the sisters flying and crashing into the trees, knocking them out cold.
Once the Sirens were down, Echo Echo changed back in a green flash, and Ben was once again himself. He smirked as he looked at a victory well done, and to Moka-sama, "Gotta admit, first time usage on that new alien was awesome!"
Moka-sama snorted, "You could still use a little more practice. I believe you once said, we barely scratch the surface of what we have."
Ben smirked as he scratched his head, hiding his dread, "Then I guess that means more training then, eh?"
"Actually…" Moka-sama crossed her arms, and turned towards Ben, "I think we should put all that on hold. Permanently."
"What?" Ben paled out, "But we were making a whole lot of progress. I admit, I'm no way close to strengthening my senses like a vampire's, or even close to beating you in less than ten minutes…"
"Benjamin," Moka-sama calmed him down as she walked towards him, not being arrogant. But surprisingly, concerned for him, "A week ago, you asked me if I could make you into a better fighter to protect the Other Me while I sleep, right?" Ben nodded at that, "And you've actually managed to do so. Creating strategies and picking the right forms to perfect a combination attack to actually go on par with me." But she crossed her arms, looking to the side, "But as payment, I asked for two pints of blood, as well as push you up to eight hours of training nonstop. I have to remember, you're limited, so I can't push you to a breaking point as you fall asleep in class every day. You need to watch your health from that."
"Oh," Ben slumped.
"And besides," Moka-sama said as she let her trademark small smile appear only to him, "You know we look out for each other. So don't try playing solo hero just yet." She then looked out to the forest, and called out, "You get all that, Yukari? Kurumu?"
Ben arched an eyebrow, and saw up in the air, Kurumu and Yukari, flying overhead. They had watched the whole thing, just after they had heard sound waves blowing out of the forest, erupting into explosions. Yukari paled at what she had learned, "So he's been practicing with Inner Moka for the whole night for a whole week, and after that gets his blood sucked out? No wonder he looked dead to the world."
Ben just had to smirk that that scene, but then was startled, as Moka-sama slipped her arms around his neck, startling him. Now, they were looking eye to eye, almost as if the Inner Moka was hypnotizing him with her ruby eyes. Kurumu gulped as she called out, "Moka, no! you said so yourself you'll drain him dry!"
"Not hardly," Moka-sama whispered, and gently nuzzled Ben's cheek with ehrs, as she silently and gently, whispered, "Here's another Lover's Bite… for my final training tuition."
"Lover's Bite? Hey, wait a minute! You know?" Ben asked, but stopped as she had already sunk her teeth into his neck.
"CHUUU!"
"Ack! Moka-sama can't you be a little more gentler?" Ben pleaded. Once again, another usual day for Youkai Academy.
However, the cheerleaders, who had regained consciousness, smirked as they all said, "AWWWW! THEY MAKE AN ADORABLE COUPLE! GOOO BEN AND MOKA!"
Next Chapter: Club Hunting; Out of the Water