1) EMIYA14: For your comment in the first fic, glad you enjoyed the adventure. I've said this once before (which was in the old version), but Vampire Ben is more destructive than Atomix or Way Big, in the sense that at least Ben has control over them... the vampire has a mind of his own. For your comment last chapter, good observation there. You may have predicted something...
With that said and done, here we are boys and girls! Happy belated Thanksgiving by the way (if your reading this from America)! Welcome to the first [previously] unaired chapter of Ben10 and a Vampire CAPU2. Its a 2-parter, based on Save the Last Dance, but it's much more humorous than its canon counterpart due to the inclusion of 3 certain monsters... one of which lives inside Ben. I hope you enjoy it!
By the way; the polls coming along nicely, though I'm not totally surprised which game is currently leading. Be sure to vote if you haven't already.
In Japan's monster realm, some time after the Albedo incident; Ruby, Yukari and Mizore were once again dealing with Kokoa; whom had also found Kou last night as he flew back to her. Before she could punish him (basically hurt him in some way) for leaving her, he requested an emergency meeting since it involved where Moka and Kurumu were, so they met in Ruby's quarters again the next day.
"I'm... serious... whee..." choked the little bat, as he was being squished by the hotheaded vampire... but that only got him squeezed tighter. Fed up, she threw him down on Ruby's floor.
"QUIT LYING! ALIENS AREN'T REAL!" Yelled Kokoa. She was told by Kou that he was on another planet... and that's when she started choking him out. Moka and Kurumu on another planet? Yeah right! What a load of bollocks! Kokoa didn't notice of course, but the other 3 monster girls had 2 reactions to that bit. One was concern, as they saw how powerful Ben's aliens could be; however brief... the other was jealously. Not fair that Kurumu and Moka had the honor of seeing ACTUAL aliens first!
That's of course, assuming what the hamster-like bat said was true.
"Can't you two just conjure them up or something?" Asked Kokoa to the witch duo.
"It... doesn't work that way" said Ruby, dreading Kokoa having an outburst, which she did.
"WHY THE HELL NOT?!" The vampire screamed.
"If were gonna use a teleportation spell, we need to know point A and point B. Me and Ruby have to know EXACTLY were they ended up... and Kou's description isn't the best" explained Yukari.
"Exactly. Plus the spell was experimental, it might have been the Tottori Dunes for all we know" said Ruby, which wasn't helping Kokoa.
"IT WASN'T! IT WAS ANOTHER PLANET! WHE-GAH!" Kou claimed again, but was slapped aside by his master. He hit the screen (making a small crack) and slid down slowly with a squeak.
"Then try that! Get my sister back so I can kill her!" Yelled Kokoa. The harem girls felt awkward about this; although Kurumu and Moka were competition, that didn't mean they wanted them dead... though it would make the final decision easier.
Regardless, since they knew from personal experience to NOT piss a vampire off, Ruby and Yukari went to work. As they did, Mizore could've sworn she heard a noise outside. Looking out the window, she saw some bushes rustling... Gin again? She began to leave the room when,
"Where do you think your going? It's your fault they disappeared!" Snapped Kokoa as technically, it WAS Mizore's fault.
"Well, I don't know magic, and Gin's peaking again. I'll be right back" said Mizore, in her normal tone of voice as she closed the door behind her. No one questioned her on this. With Kurumu gone, SOMEONE had to keep Gin in line.
The Snow Woman approached the bushes, and froze them by removing trademark lollipop with a blow from her mouth. She began to walk away back to Ruby's room; but low, raspy breathing came from behind the frozen plants! She craned her neck to look back... and saw something leap out at her!
(AN: Theme song.)
Chapter 2: Hungry, Hungry Big Chill + Vampire - Part 1
3 days earlier, after Albedo's introduction and subsequent ticket to the Null Void, Ben was riding his bike that night. He did this often as a form of exercise... only now with Moka hugging his back. Luckily for her, Kevin was a bit of a mechanic, and was able to modify the bike... Kevin grumbled as he did, asking himself how the hell did Ben do it?
At first, he had no intention of doing it, as it sounded dumb... until Kurumu tapped his shoulder, getting his attention; and pointed to the vampire girls Rosario.
Not wanting to be on the receiving end of learning his place, Kevin complied. Ben was surprised to see his bike had been modified into almost motorcycle-like design, but appreciated it. The voice he's been hearing in his head commented it was: "Because your girlfriends' wanted to ride with you", and it was clear by his tone he was NOT referring to Julie, but Ben ignored it. This was actually confirmed when Ben asked why Kevin did something so nice.
"One of ya mistresses wanted a ride with you" Kevin said, pointing to Moka behind his shoulder with his thumb, and ironically almost repeating what the voice had said word-for-word.
As soon as those words left his lips, the girl in question immediately blushed. "Um..." was all she could say.
"You rode him?!" Yelled Kurumu, her nails coming out, thinking ride was be used in the other sense.
"I-I-I-I didn't ride with Ben! A-A-At least, not yet..." Moka stuttered, not understanding the other meaning of 'ride'.
"YET?!" Kurumu roared and it was at this point, her eyes glowed and some of the tools from around the garage started coming together to form a monster. Luckily, the boys managed to restrain her and calm her down BEFORE the tool monster was fully formed.
Inner Moka revealed to Outer Moka the other day that, in addition to their Love Charm ability, succubi also have the power to cast illusions... though much to her surprise, Kurumu's appeared to be physical rather than just life-like images (Moka had also explained this to the rest of the group). Inner Moka hated to admit it, but if Kurumu had unlocked/used this power during her infamous 'Harem Plan'... even she might have had trouble dealing with her despite having S-Class attributes. That included Kuyo.
Very few succubi have such a high degree of this power, and even less can do it on the first try! Which also explained why Kurumu passed out after using it. Not only that, but according to Kurumu herself, not even her own mother could cast illusions like that. Still; even though she was working on controlling this new power, the illusion magic sometimes spilled out and affected the environment whenever she got heated... HECK! Just yesterday when Moka got too close to her Mate of Fate, she accidentally brought a Mr. Smoothy billboard to life! A FREAKING BILLBOARD!
Getting back on topic, it was a nice evening drive... though kinda distracting due to 'pressure' on Ben's back, so he had to swallow a lump in his throat.
"Hey. Now that your riding each other, I'm sure she'll give you the green light to fill her gas" said Ben's inner voice. 'Will you PLEASE be quiet?' Asked Ben, feeling odd that he was talking to himself. Now that he thought about it, he only started hearing the voice after he left Yokai Academy... when his monster friends' claimed he became a vampire...
Moka felt safe while holding onto Ben as they drove, the stars flying above their heads. She tightened her grip slightly. It was peaceful, relaxing... and kinda romantic.
Until the mailbox ahead turned towards them, grew a mouth with sharp teeth, and opened like a hippo.
Mailbox: RRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARRRRR!
Ben/Moka: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
SKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Ben griped the hand brakes and the bike slid for a bit before stopping just an inch from getting devoured by a mailbox. The mailbox slammed its mouth shut, then turned back around and appeared to be just a normal one. Laughing was heard above the human and his vampire friend... it was Kurumu holding her belly while airborne. She didn't want to be left out, so Ben compromised and said she can have a turn as well, so she opted to fly above while she waited.
"KURUMU!" Said Ben.
"What? It's my turn anyway" she said, as she flew down and recalled her wings and tail... although the real reason was because she noticed Moka hug Ben tighter...
"Ya almost gave me a heart attack! I could've crashed!" Said Ben.
"Well you did have 2 airbags..." said the voice. 'Can you just be silent?! PLEASE!' Asked Ben. "Or what, Achmed? You'll keel me?" The voice retorted.
"Wait, but... what about me?" Asked Moka and frankly, she asked a good question. She couldn't fly like Kurumu... honestly, the 3 of them didn't think ahead this far.
"You can just run behind us" Kurumu suggested.
"But I'm not fast!" Said Moka, which was also true. In her current state, she was no Kineceleran.
"Then have Ben unseal you" Kurumu suggested again with a shrug. While that might have worked, as Inner Moka was certainly fast and strong (though still no Kineceleran), Ben had a short fantasy.
-FANTASY-
FLASH! *Bat Swarm*
Inner Moka, now released, takes in her surroundings. She raised an eyebrow in confusion, as in: 'where's the bad guy?' "So... Kurumu wants a turn to ride, and..." said Ben, already a little nervous. Then Inner Moka's aura flared.
"... you called me out, for THAT?!" Asked Inner Moka, and the next thing Ben saw was the bottom of her shoe... then stars.
-END FANTASY-
Yup... not a good idea.
VRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A green car suddenly sped past Kurumu, just barely missing her! She gasped in response, not expecting it. "HEY! WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING, ASSHOLE!" She shouted at the car, also giving it a middle finger. The car continued on, swerving back and fort as if trying to get control of itself. It hit a parked car, but just kept going. The friends heard a short conversation since the car had its windows rolled down:
"STOP THE CAR!"
"I CAN'T! THE BRAKES ARE JAMMED!"
Two boys were in that car, screaming as they barreled down the street. "I'll see ya guys at home," said Ben, turning on his Omnitrix. "Time to go to work" Ben was just about to slam down on a picture of XLR8, when the image changed itself just as Ben's hand was above his head... into an icon of himself? The girls saw this as well, but they somehow sensed what... or rather who... it was supposed to represent.
"Don't go prehistoric, Spongebob! Let me!" A voice in Ben's head said, and it was at this point Ben realized what it was. It wasn't his inside voice... it was his newest transformation! That's just great, another Ghostfreak situation!
Ben ignored it and turned the dial back that the dinosaur he was gonna choose, but it changed right back to the icon of himself. "COME ON! PLEASE! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEEEEEASE?" The voice asked again.
"Ugh, go away!" Said Ben, turning the dial in the opposite direction, but it ended with the same result. This continued back and forth, with Ben changing the dial and the dial changing back as the voice kept speaking to him.
Vampire Ben: Please?
Ben: No.
Vampire Ben: Please?
Ben: (speaks a little more sternly) No.
Vampire Ben: (speaks obnoxiously polite) Please?
Ben: No!
Vampire Ben: PLEASE!
Ben: NO!
Vampire Ben: I'M FASTER THAN YOUR JURASSIC WORLD BLUE KNOCKOFF!
Ben: LEAVE ME ALONE!
"Ben? Why are you yelling at your watch?" Asked Moka, a little concerned.
"Argh! I'll explain later!" Said Ben, snapping a little; but the girls understood why. Ben had 2 modes: Student Mode and Hero Mode. Currently, he was in the latter, and he was trying to focus. He finally managed to slam down on Big Chill, not caring anymore which alien he picked as long as it got his vampiric voice to shut up. Saying the aliens name, he flew off, not wanting to waste anymore time.
Big Chill managed to catch up just at the car turned to avoid smashing into a large truck, though it fell of the bridge and would've went for a swim if Big Chill didn't dive in first and create a giant slope of ice behind him. This freaked the 2 boys in the car even more, even as Big Chill phased through the car itself. Grabbing the bottom of the car's rear bumper, Big Chill pulled as hard as he could to stop the car, with his wings and feet pulling back as a counterbalance.
He was successful. The car was stopped and the boys were saved. With the job completed, the Necrofriggian folded his wings back into a cloak. "Nice. I didn't have to boost you up this time" commented the vampire in Ben's mind, but he was ignored. The 2 boys stepped out of the car, one asking what the hell Big Chill was, and the other saying that it didn't matter and thanked Big Chill for saving their lives.
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CRUNCH!
"WHOA! THE FUCK YOU DOING? THAT'S A NICE CAR!" Asked Vampire Ben, but got no response other than Big Chill munching down on the car.
"Hey, that's...!" Said the kid that was driving, getting rightfully upset; but shut up when Big Chill turned and growled at both humans with bits of metal still in his mouth... then bared his teeth and hissed.
-TIME BREAK-
The next day, which was a Wednesday, Kevin was in the garage working under his car. He seemed to be doing this allot lately, especially on nights the group had been fighting DNAliens and Highbreed.
Upstairs in his bathroom while brushing his teeth, Ben gargled and spit the water he used to rinse his mouth out. As he did, his felt his tongue run along something in between his teeth... must've missed something. Instead of wasting some floss, he tried using his tongue first and much to his surprise, whatever was stuck came out. Good thing too, cause it tasted bitter. He reached into his mouth with a finger and thumb, getting ahold of something... pointy?
It was a small, thin piece of metal. (AN: Real quick... HOW! Do you miss a giant piece of metal in your mouth while brushing you teeth?! Just asking. To me, a small thin strip makes a little more sense.)
"The heck? Where'd this come from?" Ben asked out loud. Just to make sure he wasn't still dreaming, he tapped the metal against the sink's spout. It made a ping sound, when metal clinks against another metal.
"Whatdaya mean; where'd this come from? YOUR the one who ate the car!" Vampire Ben piped in.
"What? What are ya talking about?" Asked Ben, looking down at his Omnitrix while confused and shocked. It seemed appropriate to look at the watch when speaking to his inner vampire... to him anyway.
"Yeah. Ya started tearing it up like Gabriel Iglesias and chocolate cake. Those 2 kids just abandoned ship and swam away from the ice island you made... especially after that hiss. You were so angry, sounded like an Xenomorph Queen giving birth" explained Vampire Ben.
"I ATE. A CAR?!" Repeated Ben. "That, and a motorcycle... the rails of the bridge... a Ronald McDonald statue..." the vampire added in.
"This is bad" said Ben.
"I know. Too much iron's bad for your heart" said Vampire Ben.
"Something might be wrong with my powers again" said Ben, thinking off the last time something like this happened.
"Or ya just had 3 too many Happy Meals" shrugged Vampire Ben, which got the Human Ben staring down at the watch unamused. "Its a fucking joke, cool your ass" snapped the vampire.
"Well... why did I do it?" Asked Ben, eyeing the watch with suspicion.
"Beats me. I'm a vampire, not an Elsa/Spider-Man love child... ya even went into the desert for some reason..." said Vampire Ben.
"HA! So you DO have something to do with it!" Claimed Ben.
"Wha? Wha? W-W-W-WHAT?!" Asked Vampire Ben, unsure why Ben was blaming him all of a sudden.
"You took control of me again!" Said Ben.
"Aw great, here we go... listen bro. Like I told Moka, I'm NOT! Like Casper the Freaky Ghost!" The vampire defended himself.
"Tell me the truth! What are you planning to do with all that metal?" Demanded Ben, thinking it was something like Ghostfreak's/Zs'Skayr's plans.
"Why the FUCK... would I want to eat metal?! Vampire, dude. VAMPIRE! My teeth aren't made for that shit!" Said Vampire Ben.
"Well if your not planning anything, why control me like back at Yokai?" Asked Ben.
"HEY! YOU... were the one who selected... ME! I just shut the fox up cause he wouldn't stop saying shit... and he was FUCKING ANNOYING! Not my fault you can't remember, but don't start coming at me just cause I did YOUR job for you!" Snapped Vampire Ben, going silent after saying his piece.
Ben groaned and went to his room to put fresh clothes on. He'll discuss this with the others downstairs.
-TIME BEAK-
At the same time while Ben was brushing his teeth, Gwen had walked inside since the garage itself was wide open; she was holding a pamphlet of some kind. She tossed it on Kevin's left leg, which it fell off, hoping to get his attention... it didn't work.
"Ahem" Gwen said with a smile. Still no response. "Ahem!" She said again, louder this time and getting a little annoyed... still nothing. She raised her hand, about to use her mana abilities to pull him out from underneath; but spotted Kurumu talking to Moka and dispelled it, getting a better idea. The Tennyson cousin heard one of the monster girls say something about Ben not coming home until 3AM, that Big Chill phased into the room and once he was put back in the Omnitrix, Ben just plopped on the bed passed out.
That didn't matter much to Gwen at the moment, nor did it raise any red flags as Ben did that sometimes with her and Kevin with the DNAliens.
"Kurumu" she called, to which the succubus looked up. Gwen only needed to point down. Using a tiny bit of her Illusion magic, Kurumu's eyes glowed and the toolbox next to Kevin growled. The ruffian under the car looked in the sounds direction with confusion... the toolbox next to him had a monster face on it, and it gave a screech.
"WAH!" Kevin freaked, and...
BANG!
"ARGH!"
Rolling himself out from under the car, Kevin had a hand over his face in pain since he tried getting up fast and banged his head. "Ugh, the hell?" He moaned.
Now using her own power, Gwen used mana to gently (albeit a little forcefully) pull Kevin's hand off his face, dispelling her power now that she got Kevin's attention. Kevin looked up at Gwen with confusion, the girl above him had her hands on her hips. "What?" He asked, annoyed that he and 'his baby' got interrupted.
All he got was an index finger pointing to the pamphlet next to him, which was now near his head. Kevin eyeballed in the direction Gwen pointed, seeing the paper and picked it up. He looked at it, then back up at Gwen. "... you drop this?"
Moka just stared, and Kurumu facepalmed. "And I thought Ben was an idiot" commented Moka's Rosario.
Gwen just made a gesture with her hands that said: open it. Kevin eyed the Anodite, then opened the pamphlet. "Oh, wow; look at that. There's a formal dance next Friday" said Gwen.
"... aaaaaaand?" Asked Kevin.
"Oh, for the love... SHE WANTS YOU TO TAKE HER, YOU BUFFOON!" Yelled Kurumu, not able to contain herself anymore. Really, were all American boys this dense? At least Ben picked up on her hints, and she was a monster from halfway across the globe, AND another world for crying out loud!
Kevin had looked in Kurumu's direction upon that outburst, then back down at the dance paper before looking back up at Gwen. It's not that he didn't understand her asking him to take her to a dance, its just... why did she pick HIM? "You... want me, to take you?" Asked Kevin.
"Great! Pick me up at 7!" Said Gwen, turning and walking away.
"WHAT? W-WAIT A SECOND! GWEN!" Kevin called back to Gwen, getting up to follow her out. As Moka and Kurumu watched this, they then heard the door open that connected the garage to the main house.
"Ben!" Said Moka, smiling and running to Ben, hugging him once she got close enough. Kurumu was jealous at this, but figured Ben must've had a crazy night since he didn't come home until VERY late, so she let it slide. "Are you ok?" Asked the vampire in a worried tone.
"Yeah, though I can't stress the importance of flossing" said Ben. Moka and Kurumu first thought that was a joke, but heard the seriousness in Ben's voice. "This was in my teeth" he continued, presenting the metal strip. Of course, the girls were surprised.
"Uh... why?" Asked Kurumu, blinking a few times at the metal strip before looking at Ben.
"Well according to someone, I had a few midnight snacks" said Ben, glancing at his watch-like device as he said this. He half-expected the vampire to answer, but he got no response this time.
"How is your mouth not slit ope... never mind" Inner Moka began to ask, but then recanted it. According to the pink haired vampire and the bluenette succubus, he was in alien form at the time.
"I think the better question is: why were you gone so long?" Asked Moka.
"Long? I'm only in alien form for 10 minutes" said Ben.
"You came home as Big Chill... at 3AM" said Kurumu, and that got Ben's mouth to drop. From when Ben left them, that was no 10 minutes... that was 6 HOURS!
"Yeah... somethings definitely wrong with the watch again" said Ben. This didn't come as a surprise to the girls, as Ben had mentioned he's had a few problems with the watch in the past. The first one was, although they hadn't seen it yet, was the malfunctions when choosing an alien form. He also mentioned something about one of his transformations going rouge, but never went into too much detail. They weren't gonna pester him about it though, as it wasn't any of their business unless he was willing to share... didn't mean they weren't curious.
Another thing was the time spent in the form, wasn't the watch supposed to prevent that somehow? So that the aliens' personalities and behaviors don't overwhelm his own? Ya know, 10 minutes at a time?
Kevin walked back inside the garage, apparently missing Gwen as she made her escape. "Hey, Ben? You dated 5 times back in Japan, right?" Kevin asked Ben.
"... dated... that's the word. Why do you wanna know?" Said Ben, as that wasn't exactly what happened. How was he supposed to know 5 monsters' would start clinging to him everyday?
"Gwen invited to me to some dance... I think she might expect me to take her" said Kevin.
While Moka just stared dumbfounded, Kurumu started pulling the hair out of the sides of her head at Kevin's stupidity while hissing through her teeth. She was a succubus, so love and/or affection was a soft spot for her. Gwen claimed Kevin could be cute and funny, and a bit charming at times; so it was aggravating to Kurumu that the Anodites potential Mate of Fate was being an idiot... ESPECIALLY since Gwen had asked him once point-blank: 'why haven't you asked me out yet?'
"Smart enough to frame Ben and almost kill him 4 times, yet can't tell when a girls interested?" Commented Inner Moka, as Ben mentioned his run-ins with Kevin before. Again, it's not that Kevin was stupid, he was just in shock that Gwen was choosing him.
"So take her" said Ben.
"But its at her fancy prep school, with a dinner and everything! Will I have to waltz, o-o-or use a finger fork?!" Asked Kevin, getting a little nervous.
"Well if she wants you to dance, then dance" said Ben.
"But..." Kevin began.
"And there's, no such thing as finger forks" said Ben.
"Sure there is, those small wooden picks them fancy folk use" said Kevin.
RIP!
Kurumu ripped a few locks of her hair out, and Moka just continued to stare. "You have GOT to be kidding" deadpanned Inner Moka.
"Kev, those are... just pain toothpicks" Ben sighed. "See? If I was preppy guy; I'd KNOW that!" Said Kevin.
"You've helped save the world Kev, and you survived the Null Void and back; pretty sure you can handle a dance" praised Ben, which boosted Kevin's confidence a little bit. "I'm also having problems... alien problems, so I was wondering..." Ben began to ask, but Kevin cut him off without really paying attention since his mind was on Gwen.
"I might need to rent a DvD on dancing... and one on forks, just to be safe" said Kevin before leaving the garage. It was pretty obvious that he had feelings for Gwen as much as she did for him, though he appeared to be shy about it.
"Thanks Kev!" Said Ben, watching the Osmosian leave and losing the only person with extensive knowledge on aliens.
"What are you gonna do now?" Moka asked Ben. As bad as she and Kurumu felt for Ben, they were NOT aliens in the slightest; so its not like they could help him out.
"Actually, maybe its got something to do with your new vampire form. You said he sped you up, so maybe it took control of you again?" Asked Kurumu, Ben having mentioned Big Chills speed increase on Turrawuste.
"He says he didn't" answered Ben.
"How do you know?" Asked Moka.
"He told me. I've been hearing him in my head lately... allot... Sometimes he won't shut up" said Ben, and that got the girls a little concerned. Did him hearing voices in his head signify he was losing himself to the vampires personality? Azmuth had said the watch wasn't initially designed for monster DNA.
"Aaaaaaaand you believe him?" Asked Kurumu.
"Don't have a reason not to... yet" said Ben. "I don't NEED! To control that wimpy human body of yours, thank you very much!" Commented the vampire himself.
"Why not ask Gwen?" Asked Moka, as Gwen was an alien herself... or at least partly one.
"She's... not a fan of ghost aliens" said Ben.
"Why not?" Asked Kurumu, and that's when Ben had a quick flashback when Ghostfreak/Zs'Skayr possessed her and almost made her jump off a roof. *stutter* Those eyes...
"... she doesn't like talking about it" Ben said and frankly, he didn't either. While it was an eye-opener and an experience he'll never forget (nor be able too), he'd much rather keep it behind him.
"Ya could ask... I don't know... your girlfriend?" Suggested Vampire Ben.
"What would Julie know?" Asked Ben aloud while looking at this Omnitrix, making Moka and Kurumu even more worried about him. Moka had an excuse since she WAS in fact, two people in one. The watch however, only alters Ben's DNA and body for a short time, which was totally different.
"I'm just saying, MAYBE she'll wanna help you... worse she could say is no, right?" Asked Vampire Ben.
The guy wasn't wrong. Julie was a kind girl, and smarts to go along with her looks, which was an added bonus. Figuring he might as well give it a shot, Ben pulled out his cell phone and dialed Julie's number.
"Hello?" Her voice answered after a few rings.
"Hey, Jewels; its Ben" said the Omnitrix teen... and unbeknownst to him, the pet name he gave Julie made the monster girls somewhat triggered. Not like they could really do anything about it though; he DID currently have a girlfriend, and Moka and Kurumu were NOT the kind of girls who cheat despite their feelings for Ben.
They COULD still show Ben affection (which Kurumu does ALLOT), as there was no rule against it in the dating world; they just couldn't act on it. And as much as they liked Julie, that doesn't mean they don't secretly hope Julie flies the coop or breaks up with Ben, but those two appeared to be peas in a pod. Nothing'll tear them apart easily, and both monsters' were genuinely happy Ben was happy... though they still wished it was because of one of them.
"You free? I need to talk to you" asked Ben.
"I'm practicing at the school tennis court... HA! You can stop by if you want" said Julie, as a shot was shown of her swinging a racket and hitting a small ball.
"Thanks, Julie. I'll be right over" said Ben.
"See ya then" said Julie, kindly. Then hung up and hit another ball that came at her. Hanging up his own phone, Ben left his home with Moka and Kurumu going with him.
-TIME BREAK-
PONG! WHACK!
Julie hit yet another tennis ball from a machine that was shooting them at her at regular intervals. Ben had arrived with Moka and Kurumu by walking, as only one of them could ride his bike with him... and he was sure no one would just gloss over the fact that a girl was running crazy fast (Inner Moka) or flying alongside him (Kurumu). He was gonna use his powers, but opted not to for aforementioned reasons. If one good thing came out of this, it was that JT and Cash happened to walk by and see Ben walking with 2 of the 4 hotties he took on a date last year... oh, how Ben wished he had a camera.
"Hey, Julie" greeted Ben, as he and Moka entered the tennis court. Hearing her boyfriends voice, she smiled.
"Hey, guys... HA! Moka, you mind turning off the machine for me?" Said Julie cheerfully, then whacked another ball. Moka walked over to it.
"Um... which button? Asked the shy vampire, as another ball shot out only for the pro tennis player to gracefully knock it away.
"HA! Top green button, the one on the right" Julie said, hitting yet another ball.
"Why Ben would date her is beyond me... she's not even physically impressive" Inner Moka commented, giving her opinion. Moka didn't have the same pride as her inner self, so to her that sounded kinda rude. Moka shut the machine off and now that she looked, there were only 3 balls behind Julies person, with a large number of balls behind the machine itself. Moka estimated a total of maybe 146 balls... possibly more. That meant out of all the balls in this machines barrel... Julie only missed 3 times.
'Be nice. She does have good hand-eye coordination' thought Moka back to her inner self.
"Fine. But she's still a little princess, kidnap repeatedly and lock in another castle material. What could she possibly offer him that we can't?" Asked Inner Moka, at least acknowledging one of Julies skills. Outer Moka was about to reprimand her, even though she felt bad about Ben moving on, but it wasn't like she and Ben made anything official...
Hang on... what did her S-Class counterpart just say? The way she worded it her last statement made Moka pause. 'Inner Me... are you... jealous?' Asked Moka.
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She got no response for that one.
Wiping the sweat from her brow, Julie walked over to Ben just as Moka also returned. "So, what's up? More cool alien stuff?" Asked Julie, knowing her boyfriend well.
"Damn. Smart and to-the-point, I like her... actually, can you twist your arm to the left?" Commented Vampire Ben, then asked his own question.
'Why?' Asked Ben.
"I'm in your watch, not your eyes. Already saw your first 5 girlfriends, but Julie? Can I get a littllllllllle... look-see?" Asked Vampire Ben, a little creepily. It was at that point Ben pulled down and covered the Omnitrix faceplate with more of his jackets sleeve. "COME OOOOON! NOT EVEN A PEAK?!" He complained upon not getting his way.
"More concerning than cool. Last time I used the watch, I blacked out. Didn't come home till 3 o'clock this morning" Ben explained.
Now, Julie wasn't gonna TRY and pretend she knew what Ben was going through. She could attempt to understand, but she didn't have the coolest watch in the universe, nor any superhuman abilities of her own like his 2 monster friends. All she really could do was provide support for her man.
"Weird... does it happen often?" Asked Julie, wanting to gather a little more information before suggesting anything. All she knew about the watch was whatever Ben told her, which was that it allowed him to change into aliens. He also said it was handy at allowing him to blend in while he was in the monster realm (which also sounded really cool, and she'd love to see it someday), or on this prison ship he once had to visit since his watch was gonna blow up.
That last one sounded like a blast.
"Its... not supposed to. Funny part is, I only remember selecting an alien but, that's about it" said Ben.
"And he found metal in his teet- MMPH!" Kurumu added, but Moka slapped her mouth shut a little too late, making Julie more concerned. Remaining calm, she dug into her bag that she had placed on a nearby bench, pulling out a notebook.
"How about you transform again, and I'll follow you. I'll record everything that happens, even Moka and Kurumu can as well, and you can read them afterwards" Julie smiled.
"While that's fine and dandy, how does a human keep up with an alien?" Asked Inner Moka, bringing up a valid point. While the tennis player's plan did sound solid, from what Inner Moka's seen Ben change into a few times, many of his forms can rival some of the fastest monsters' alive... INCLUDING a werewolf! That's not even bringing up the fact that some aliens can fly, so how did 'Princess Julie' think she'd able to record EVERYTHING Ben might do?
Moka repeated this back, but in a nicer way. "Can you keep up though? Your not 10+ aliens like Ben or monsters' like me, Inner and Kurumu" said Moka innocently, then slapped her own mouth shut upon slipping up 'Inner'.
"Inner?" Julie questioned with a raised eyebrow. What was that supposed to mean?
"Uhhhh, that's right! Maybe Kurumu can carry you or something" interjected Ben, quickly changing the subject.
"Do I LOOK like a fucking bus to you?" Kurumu asked with slight aggravation, as carrying people seemed to be her job sometimes.
"Yup. A big, yellow suck-u-bus" said Vampire Ben. Human Ben had to hold back a groan. This vampires comments [while some were somewhat funny, Ben had to admit] were getting quite annoying... and sadly, it appeared to be embracing this fact; if the echoing snickering in Ben's head were any indication.
-TIME BREAK-
They decided to meet in a parking lot later that evening, so this way Ben and the 2 monster girls could keep their secret identities without freaking out the general pubic. Julie revealed she had a electric scooter and while it wasn't too impressive, it would at least give her some momentum should Ben fly/run off somewhere. Moka would also ride with her, while Kurumu would follow from the air. Julie didn't mind of course, but had asked Moka why she couldn't just take her vampire form to keep up. Ben chimed in, saying she gets tired in her true form easily, which was the reason that Rosario was always around her neck.
Not 100% honest... but not a total lie either.
Julie gave Moka and Kurumu a few pages for them as well, this way if they get separated, they'd still be able to write down whatever Ben does. "We'll get to the bottom of this. You ready?" Asked Julie, looking at Ben it with a smile.
Ben couldn't help but smile back. Despite not having any powers of her own, Julie was trying to help anyway she could; and if that didn't, he also had his 2 monster friends. "Ready as ever" said Ben, turning on the alien selection. "Maybe I should go Grey Matter, or maybe Diamondhead?" Questioned Ben, wondering whom he should pick. He didn't want a form that was too fast or too hard to see, then he'd lose the group. He also didn't want something too strong, as that might endanger them or other people should they be around.
"Ditto maybe?" Suggested Moka, as even if one clone got separated, they'd eventually have to get back together or Ben couldn't change back.
"Or Fourarms?" Suggested Kurumu... though she had a blush on her face upon saying him.
"I don't know... Fourarms might be dangerous, and Ditto's... well, Ditto" said Ben, remembering the side effect Ditto came with.
"How about m-?" Asked Vampire Ben, to which Ben replied a quick 'no' in his head.
"How's about Jetray? From the pier" asked Julie, as that alien was her introduction to Ben's crazy side life. While he might be just as dangerous, he had very thin limbs, so it'd be easier to keep up with him if they slowed him down. Ben pulled up Jetray's image, and raised his hand.
"Ok... here goes..." said Ben, slamming down the Omnitrix. "JE-..." Was all Jetray got to say before he was suddenly switched with: "BIG CHILL!"
"Big Chill?" Asked Julie.
"Ben didn't pick you!" Said Kurumu. This creeped the girls out a little, as they literally just saw Jetray a second ago; only for him to shift into Big Chill before their very eyes without a good reason, so the watch misreading a command and giving him the wrong Hero wasn't an excuse this time. Ben had either:
A) Have this 'Master Control' he mentioned enabled... which he claimed was a function he unlocked purely by accident, and had no idea how to reactivate it.
OR
B) Change in-between forms by turning the emblem on his body... which he did not do either.
So as of right now, there was no explanation as to how or why Big Chill was let out. The alien mothman flew off and luckily not at too fast of a pace; so Julie, Moka and Kurumu could keep up. He landed a mile away to a small Burger Shack, which was more of a giant kitchen like Checkers/Rally's rather than a walk-in restaurant like McDonald's. The alien kept pushing the buzzer on the order window, almost as if he was hungry... seemed pretty innocent.
Until he ATE the buzzer, spitting out the red button once he finished chewing and swallowing the rest of the metal.
"Alright, alright! I'm coming to... AHHHHHH!" Screamed a female employee, who came out of the door after hearing the buzzer go off like 10 times, but then freaked out and ran from the alien she was seeing. She was also carrying a tray with a nice-looking burger and fresh fries, but she dropped it for obvious reasons. Big Chill looked down at the food near his feet, only picking up the tray and feasting on it like a chipmunk.
He was still hungry it seemed, for he eyed the support beams nearby that housed a sitting area. There was only one other customer there who had a pair of headphones in his ears, and didn't hear the employee scream due to loud music playing in them. As he was enjoying his drink, he felt someone breathe down his neck... literally. "Bro, can you..." said the costumer, getting up and turning to tell the person to stop breathing down his neck... only it wasn't a person.
"Mooooove..." was all Big Chill had to say to get the kid backing up and running to his car to drive off. With no more obstacle in his way, Big Chill chowed down on the support beam and...
CRASH!
The girls taking notes had to look away and raise their hands in defense because of the dust cloud that formed. They looked back quickly in concern, but saw just before Big Chill would've gotten squashed like a bug; he must've went intangible, cause he returned to being solid and continued feasting on the pile of scrap metal that he created. After 2 minutes of that, he flew up and also ate the burger the Burger Boy statue on top of the diner... then the statues head like a Facehugger from the Alien franchise.
Julie, Moka and Kurumu could only stare. "... Huston... we have a problem" said Julie.