Sorry it took so long and I know last chapter wasn't much, but I've been trying to work on some of my other stories which are indeed quite popular. But now I've got this one updated, and you can thank Mace sheperd for suggesting a new member of the crew. Trust me when I say you're gonna like this! Enjoy the show!

Disclaimer: I still don't own Ben 10, or One Piece!

"..." = Regular Speech

"Italics" = Thinking

"Bold" = Yelling

Guilt of a Galvan Scientist!

Back in Ben's old world on the technologically advanced planet of Galvan Mark II, a certain scientist was sitting around his lab feeling ashamed of himself. That's right. I'm talking about Azmuth; greatest mind in three, possibly five, galaxies.

Azmuth is a member of a race of aliens known as the Galvan. He was six inches tall, had bulbous green eyes with rectangular pupils, wrinkled gray skin with a few liver spots here and there, four fingers on each hand, and three toes on each foot. He also had some long appendages hanging from his upper lip and shorter ones on his chin that resembled a mustache and beard. Azmuth wears a black and green outfit that resembled a mix of a Greek toga and an Aztec battle dress, and silver armor on his arms and legs.

But the Galvan scientist was too busy berating himself for what happened to Ben earlier that week. He had recently heard about how Ben's family and friends had died at the hands of Vilgax. Ben had fought valiantly, but alas he was powerless without his old Ultimatrix.

"If only I had given him the Biomnitrix sooner. Maybe things would be different if I had." Azmuth said to himself.

He knew that professor Paradox had given Ben the Biomnitrix and sent him to a new world to live out the rest of his life, but that didn't make him feel any less guilty. If he had just entrusted it to Ben sooner, then none of this would've happened! Azmuth had felt that having the Biomnitrix at the time would have only given Ben a bigger ego due to how he acted in the past.

But now he sees that it was foolish to think that Ben would ever misuse the Biomnitrix. And now, it was too late for Azmuth to try and correct his mistake.

He wasn't really feeling up to working on any inventions right now, so he decided to take a walk through the town to try and clear his head. But even this proved to be ineffective against the ever growing guilt that was eating away at Azmuth's mind. Sure, he was well liked and respected by his people. But the only person he wanted to speak to right now was Ben, and that was impossible now!

Azmuth stopped in his tracks to look up at the sky. He thought back to bow this all started when he tried to repent for his creation of Ascalon. But now, he knew that it was only his own selfish attempt at trying to ease the pain of losing the woman he loved.

"Zennith... What would you say to me if you were here right now?" Azmuth thought to himself.

That's all I've got for this chapter! For those of you who are wondering, yes Azmuth will be joining the Straw Hats later on in the story. And if anyone has a request for a Devil Fruit power that Azmuth should get, here are the requirements you have to tell me!

1. What color the fruit is, and what it's pattern looks like.

2. What kind of fruit it looks like.

3. The name of the fruit. (Both Japanese and English translation)

4. A detailed explanation of its powers.

5. What type of Devil Fruit it is. (Paramecia, Logia, Zoan)