Hey everyone, sorry for being over 3 weeks late. I knew it would take a while but I thought in a week and a half it would be done. But everything that could go wrong, did go wrong these last few weeks and it really affected my writing. And it's sort-of sad to say but this is one of my shorter chapters so I sort-of feel like the wait wasn't worth it. Sorry. I've just been so exhausted lately because of everything that it was hard to write this one. I even cut out a number of ideas just to try and get it out ASAP. So please don't bother with "You should have done this" for this chapter because I was just so exhausted that I just couldn't do as much as I wanted to.

So fair warning, I tried my best but this chapter is more like a pilot, a dull-pilot, for the rest of the Road Trip Arc. I promise that the other chapters will be a whole lot better. And next time I take this long I'll try to fill it in with an Omake between updates. At least that way you guys can get something and I can buy more time. Anyway I still hope this turns out okay. I tried guys, so please forgive me.

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Disclaimer I do not own the rights to Ben 10 or MHA.


Ch. 48 Life on the Road

"Welcome aboard my Master's ship." Psyphon greets as the new arrival enters through the docking bay. "My Master is pleased to have you." Psyphon eyes the arrival, examining the being's form. "Kraab"

Kraab is as his name implies a robotic crab-like creature. He resembles a fiddler crab with a goldish brown-colored armor, a sideways mouth, four scythe-like legs and a large, powerful pincer for a left hand. From within his massive claw lies a glowing red blaster.

Kraab sighs as he's greeted by Psyphon. "Oh great, just what I wanted to see after traveling the galaxy: your albino looking mug."

Psyphon tsks, grumbling to himself in annoyance. "Bounty hunters…"

"If his majesty is so pleased, then where is he?"

Psyphon waves off his demands. "He has more urgent matters to attend to."

"Like what?" Kraab demands indigeneity.

"Nothing of your concern." Psyphon spits back.

"So, what's the job? Some sort of fetching quest, right? Pft, if you weren't offering up such a huge reward, I wouldn't be bothering with this. No way."

Psyphon scowls but continues with his task. "The job is more complicated than that. Your target is the device known as the Omnitrix."

"Omnitrix?"

"Yes." Psyphon raises his wrist and with a press of a button a holographic image of the Omnitrix projects itself in midair. "Your job is to retrieve this device from its current wielder." With a flick of a button the image of the Omnitrix readjusts itself to fit perfectly onto the newly projected image of a green-haired adolescent human. "Izuku Midoriya."

Kraab clutches his midsection, immediately bursting into a fit of mocking laughter! "Hahaha! A brat?! Seriously?! Your boss can't steal a watch from a baby? And here I thought Vilgax was some big bad overlord or something."

Psyphon clearly doesn't appreciate the bad mouthing. "You'd be wise to hold your tongue, poser."

"Yeah, whatever. I'll get your stupid watch for ya. Don't you worry."

"The task is more complicated than that." Psyphon warns although he wouldn't mind if this cyborg got a good beating while he's down there. "This planet, although low on Plumbers, is heavily patrolled by their own form of justice and security that will no doubt try to intervene in your work if you draw too much attention."

"So?"

"So, this mission requires subtly." Something the crab may not understand. "And it is imperative no one finds out who sent you."

"Got it be discrete and subtle." Kraab eyes the hologram of the boy, his claw clamping shut in a threatening manner. "At least as much as I can be."

"I should also tell you, but this boy has proven himself to be quick witted in battle and mightily elusive if given the chance." Psyphon scowls at the hologram. "He is a…difficult one."

Kraab waves off the warning. "Right. But whatever the case you guys are clearly in trouble. But you at least decided to start with the best possible choice." He is of course referring to himself.

"Yes we did." Psyphon admits before throwing this next jab in. "But Tetrax betrayed us."

Kraab tsks, already feeling the sting at his pride. "Not surprising, Tetrax always had too much of a conscience. But I guess you morons learned that the hard way." Considering they don't have this Omnitrix. "But don't worry, your second choice is more than qualified for this job."

"Yes, well SixSix has failed as well."

Seriously?! Kraab wasn't even on their radar for the job until now?! "Look here you bleached looking Mako. I'm nothing like those posers. Got it?"

"I can clearly see that." Psyphon spits back, calmly and without worry. "I care not for your…distaste for each other. I only care about results."

"And trust me you'll have them." Kraab turns back towards his ship, ready to take his leave. "Just have my reward ready."

"We shall see." Psyphon pauses, pondering for a moment, before deciding to throw in more of an incentive. "But if you fare well, then there might just be more to offer."

Kraab pauses, intrigued. "Like what?"

"We shall see."

Instantly the salty Kraab turns away in a huff. "Whatever, just tell me how I'm supposed to find this kid?"

"With this." Psyphon hands over a small pocket-sized radar. "It'll home in on the Omnitrix's signature whenever it's in use."

Kraab takes the device and the moment it's in his hand the device lets out a loud bing! *BING!*

The two aliens eye the device, it appears to already be working as it just picked up on the Omnitrix being activated within the island nation of Japan.

"Keep your wits about you." Psyphon warns again. "This child has proven resourceful and he has many allies."

"The mark's nothing but a pimple-faced kid? Ha! And not even SixSix could take him?" It's almost laughable. "Talk about pathetic." Kraab eyes the hologram, raising his claw around the image's neck. "This kid's head's going to pop like a grape."

Psyphon frowns, unimpressed and irritated. "We shall see."

*CLAMP!*


Feedback focuses his attention down at the rusted innards of the appropriately named Rustbucket, his tendrils pressed against the too-old of a car battery.

Hisashi Midoriya sticks his head out the window of the driver's seat. "Okay, give it a go!"

Feedback nods, scanning the gas station's parking lot, making sure no one's in danger of being electrocuted.

When it all seems clear he goes ahead and allows a current of electricity to surge through him and into the car battery as Hisashi starts the engine.

After a moment the RV kicks into start, the engine roaring to life.

"There we go!" Hisashi pats the wheel like a dog trainer pats their award-winning hound. "She's been sitting around for too long. Forgot to check the battery."

Feedback slams the hood down before strolling over towards shotgun and hoping in. "So, where'd you get this…um, unique set of wheels?" He asks delicately as he sits down on the moldy and smelly leather seat.

"Oh, this old girl?" Hisashi pats dashboard affectionately. "The Rustbucket's been in the family for generations. It was my Grandpa's who got it from his father, who got it from his father, and who won it from a friend in a game of mahjong." Apparently great great Grandpappy was a bit of a cheat.

"Interesting." Feedback eyes Hisashi, cringing as he takes in his Dad's appearance. "But can you also explain…that." He gestures towards Hisashi's attire.

Hisashi looks down towards his shirt which just happens to be a red button-up Hawaiian shirt with floral designs over his white undershirt.

Hisashi frowns. "What? What's wrong with it?"

'Everything.' Feedback thinks. "It's just a very…interesting sense of fashion." Outdated is more like it.

"Really?" Hisashi asks confusingly, eyeing the vacation shirt. "I like it. It's really comfortable. And this is the only time I can wear it anyway."

"Why's that?"

Hisashi shrugs. "Your Mom, actually. She doesn't like me wearing them for some reason. Not sure why."

'I think I know why.' Feedback thinks to himself.

^Wa-bop. Wap!^

Feedback spins around in his seat to spot the one and only C1-10P wheeling up towards them from the back of the RV.

Feedback frowns, not appreciating the little droid's company. "And I thought this was a father and son trip. So, why is…he here?"

^Wap! Bzz-bop!^ Chopper hoots, offended!

Hisashi frowns towards his transformed son. "What, Chop? I can't just leave him behind. He's my pal, my partner. He always has my back. I've traveled with him everywhere; it feels wrong to just leave him behind." After a moment Hisashi decides to throw in the other reason he brought him along. "Plus he's a good navigator."

And it's not like Chopper's really needed at Plumber Base, One-One pretty much handles everything, especially maintenance anyway. So it's all good.

^Wap wap! Wap Waa Waa!^ Chopper waves Izuku off with his metal limbs before making a sort-of prideful gesture before continuing to act almost smugly. ^Bwaa Bwaa Wap!^

Hisashi gasps, immediately scowling down at the droid. "Chopper." He scolds.

Feedback leans over. "What did he say?!"

Hisashi hesitates to answer. "Um, he was insulting you."

Figures. "Jerk." Feedback spits. "Making fun of me when I can't even understand you."

Chopper shrugs, laughing in the alien's face.

Hisashi smiles, embarrassed by his own droid's actions. "Don't worry. It takes a while but by the end of this trip I'm sure you'll pick up a little bit of binary."

"That'd be…nice." Feedback admits with an air of caution.

After all, he's not entirely sure he wants to know exactly what Chopper's saying to him at all times. Especially if it's a harsh insult.

Hisashi continues leaning back in his seat. "But anyway another reason I brought him along was in case we needed another driver."

Feedback frowns, eying the very short droid and up towards the very high steering wheel. "Um, how's he supposed to?" He chuckles. "Unless we strap him out in front like a sled dog."

Chopper glares at the transformed Izuku. But instead of responding he decides to demonstrate. He wheels forward, inserting himself between the driver's and passenger's seat, positioned right in front of the lower dashboard just below the radio, AC, and aux cord.

Chopper props himself up and out comes his hacking device, the high-tech rod inserts itself into what Izuku thought was the electrical cigarette lighter for an adapter.

The hacking rod turns and shifts and after a moment the Rustbucket jerks in place before rolling forward through the gas station parking lot.

In a panic, Feedback grips his chair, slinging his seatbelt around himself as tightly as possible!

Hisashi chuckles, letting go of the steering wheel that seemingly moves on its own in coordination with Chopper's hacking rod. "Don't worry the old girl's got cameras all over." He pats Chopper's head. "Giving him a 360-degree view at all times." So nothing to worry about, he can see everything if he can't look over the dashboard.

Feedback still isn't convinced. "The…Rustbucket has cameras?"

"Haha. She does, and" Hisashi leans over smirking. "more."

Feedback frowns, wondering what that could possibly mean. Peering around towards the back of the RV he can't help but take note of how normal it is. Although it does smell like oil and rust, there might also be a hint of mold too. The fridge is leaking as is the AC above, the table is leaning to one side, the door to the side rattles in place, and the wheels creak and squeak as Chopper gets them out of the parking lot and onto the main street.

And so they drive on and an awkward silence befalls the RV even as Izuku timeout and turns back into his normal form. In his seat Izuku adjusts his favorite black and green hoodie, as he sits back and tries to enjoy the view from the moving window. But the awkwardness grows as neither are sure how to start a proper conversation between each other.

Hisashi can especially feel it, sure things are better, but they still seem to be hitting speed bumps that throw their connection into an air of awkwardness and uncertainty. And he doesn't like it. To give himself time to think, he waves Chopper to give him control back to the RV, and he drives forward himself. Maybe a quick distraction by driving will give him an idea.

As he picks up speed down the highway, he pats the leathery steering wheel and he gets the conversation starter he's been looking for.

With a smile Hisashi leans over and says. "The Rustbucket may not be a beauty but she's part of the family. In fact she's the first vehicle I ever drove." He pauses before adding in. "It could be yours too someday."

An instance of dread fills Izuku, as he eyes the rusted out exterior and the window that has to be manually lowered. "Well…I'd need to learn how to drive first." He admits in an attempt to change the subject.

It works, but a little too well as Hisashi beams. "I could teach you! We can start right now!"

"Ah!" The two yell out as the RV jerks and creeks, smoke bursting from the exhaust and the steering wheel locks up for a brief moment before Hisashi gains back control.

Despite the scare, Hisashi stays positive. "Woah, steady girl. Haha! She sure has character."

Izuku nervously tugs on the collar of his black and green hoodie. "You know, maybe we should put that lesson on hold for now..." After he makes sure his health insurance is up-to date.

Hisashi's smile disappears, turning his attention back on the road, looks like that attempt failed as the awkwardness returns.

It's eating him from the inside, he really wants this trip to go well. He needs it to. Izuku's giving him a chance here and he has to make the most of it. Sure things are patched up but…he wants them to come closer together. He wants them…to make their own memories. Together.

Not willing to throw in the towel, Hisashi scans the RV for anything to inspire him to connect with his son. And his eyes practically light up at the sight of the radio and cassette player.

With a stupid grin, Hisashi reaches over to the glovebox and pulls put an old and faded out cassette tape.

"How about some good old-fashioned music?"

Izuku eyes the faded-out cassette, his eyes squinting as he tries to read the faded lettering. He can only make out a few letters: G, O, F, and Y but not much else. "Um, sure." How bad could it possibly be?

The answer…very, very…embarrassing.

As the music plays Hisashi joins in on the very old and cheesy, and much to Izuku's dread, sing-along.

"Do ya need a break from modern livin'~?

Do ya long to shed your weary load~?

If your nerves are raw~

And your brain is fried~

Just grab a friend and take a ride~

Together upon the Open Road~!"

Izuku cringes, hard, gripping his ears as Hisashi tries to get him to sing along too. 'Please, no. Not a sing-along…!'

And in that moment does it truly sink in for the boy just how long, painful, and embarrassing this Road Trip is going to be for him.


As the RV speeds down the highway, passing by a tall water tower, a robotic crustacean peers down watching the RV drive off into the distance. "One Omnitrix coming up." Kraab taunts as his robotic eyes zoom in on the RV, locking onto the green-haired boy. "And one side of fried broccoli coming up." He finishes, raising his claw as the inner blaster glows red hot.

And so the hunt is on.


First stop on Hisashi's list…Naofumi's Tanuki Park?

This place is a dump, and that's not an exaggeration. It looks like it was built decades ago and not once did someone so much as put another coat of paint on it after it was built. With a large wooden building in the shape of a Raccoon Dog surrounded by a gross swamp.

The place's mascot is, obviously, a tanuki. But the costume's old and creepy, moth eaten and smells like barf. And the guy inside has clearly never understood the concept of personal space.

The main attraction of the place is that they have access to their own groups of Tanukis that tourists can meet. But first all visitors have to get through the cringiest and creepiest of shows, an animatronics show.

And was it a show, a shit show that is. Izuku was forced to sit there on the crooked wooden bench as the creepy and broken group of robot tanukis sing the cheesiest and most earsplitting song he's ever heard. And it was clear to Izuku that he was probably the oldest kid in the group, the rest being small children forced to come here by their parents too. At least they're young enough to actually think this is fun.

And it seems like Hisashi had fun too: saying he and his Dad came here before when he was little. Obviously little enough where he actually thought this was fun. The nostalgia must be palpable with him.

After the…show they were all allowed outside where the entire yard was filled with large enclosures that contained a plethora of raccoon dogs for them to see. But even the enclosures don't look to be in tiptop shape, the large pens are breaking down at the seams, surrounded by large chain-link walls that rusted over, and the wood holding the frames are rotting. But at least the tanukis look okay, with their big cute eyes and fluffy bodies as they laze about their enclosures. The only real thing disturbing the peace is the creepy and smelly mascot, hopping around from one end of the yard to the other.

A handler waves the Midoriyas over as he reaches inside of the larger enclosures that's housing about ten or so tanukis. He shuts the large chain-link gate behind him with a large rusty padlock before holding up the fuzzy creature for the two to see.

And for once Izuku actually smiles, finding the little guy adorable with his big eyes, fluffy tail, and lazy demeanor.

As Izuku tries to pet the little guy's tiny hand he is unaware of the set of eyes locked on him.

"Fitting, hunting a rodent among rodents." Kraab laughs from amongst the trees, a fair distance away.

He's far enough away to be out of sight, perched just outside the perimeter of the Tanuki Park. The cover of the leaves and fog ridden swamp perfectly keeps him out of view.

"It's almost laughable, a brat causing all this trouble. Haha! This'll be too easy." Talk about an easy payday, not to mention he can rub this is those Sotoraggians' stupid faces later.

He aims his claw out, the blaster humming and glowing red as he takes aim, prepping to snipe the boy from a distance: locking onto his head.

Meanwhile, Izuku gets a little too close to the tanuki.

The little raccoon dog blinks up at him and they both just stare into each other's eyes. Before all hell breaks loose.

"Grrrr! Skreee!" The tanuki suddenly goes feral, foaming at the mouth, his claws projecting out as he snarls nastily at Izuku.

And before they can even blink the rodent leaps up, Clawing at Izuku's face!

"Ah! Ah! Get it off! Get it off!" Izuku screams, flailing around trying to pry the claiming and screeching rat from his face!

"Izuku!" Hisashi cries chasing after him.

They two are flailing and running around so much in a panic, they don't even notice the missed laser shot at them. The laser zooms past without their notice and it ends up blasting the large padlock, containing the rest of the raccoon dogs.

The loud bang spooks them and throws the creatures into a panic, and they rush the gate that's so weak it falls right over at the snarling and screeching beasts go into a frenzy!

"Aaaahhhh!" The visitors scream and run away in a panic as the feral tanukis foam at the mouth and chase after them!

From his perch, Kraab tries to aim another shot but the panicking and flailing Midoriyas just won't hold still! "Shit!" He won't be able to get a clean shot like this.

There is some rustling of leaves nearby, close to his head.

Kraab's head spins around only to find a fluffy and big-eyed raccoon dog perched on the branch above him.

"Hey, little guy." He reaches up towards it. "You know for a rat you're kinda cute."

That must have been the wrong thing to say as the raccoon dog suddenly goes feral, foaming at the mouth and letting out a terrifying screech before it pounces down on the bot's head!

"Ah! Ah! Get it off! Get it off!"

Kraab tries to save himself, but he loses his footing, sending him tumbling off the tree as his face gets clawed and chewed on!


After getting doses of rabies shots, Izuku and his dad were released from the local hospital. After which they got hungry and decided to stop at the first burger joint they could find.

Unfortunately, the pictures on the menu look way more appetizing than the actual thing. Izuku's burger is out-right nasty: it was messily slapped together, the cheese looks moldy, the lettuce and tomato look dry, the fries are soggy, and there's even a few flies hovering over the entire meal. Talk about gross. And a health code violation.

Izuku gags, checking his phone as he shoos away the flies. "Dad, this place has literally zero stars on Yelp. It says do not eat here EVER."

"Haha!" Hisashi merely laughs off his worries as he gets ready to chow down on his own burger. "What we're gonna let an app tell us how to eat?"

And so, much to Izuku's worries, they ate their meals before getting back on the road. But it wasn't long before both Midoriyas, ironically, started to turn a little green.

As the RV speeds forward, just down the road Kraab shoots out from the ground like a spinning drill, having dug his way onto their path. "You two are roadkill!" He prepares to fire.

However, the green and wheezing Midoriyas don't even see him as they wretch and groan in pain. His stomach churning, a green Hisashi suddenly jerks the RV off the road and onto the shoulder.

*HOOONNNK!* From behind the swerving RV a semi-truck races forward, the driver up way too high to even notice the poor, unexpecting Kraab.

"Aahhh!" Kraab screams out as the grill of the truck slams into him, carrying him off like a bug on a windshield!

*HOOONNNK!* The truck zooms past the parked Rustbucket.

Both Izuku and Hisashi barf their guts out, leaning over the side of the road railing.

Despite the situation, Hisashi denies all accountability. "This is totally unrelated. Bleh! This is totally unrela-BLEH!"

From inside the RV, Chopper can't help but laugh at their expense.


Afterwards the Rustbucket finds itself locked in the middle of traffic thanks to an accident up ahead and the road construction that's blocked off an entire lane. And as a result traffic has been backed up for miles and miles with no end in sight. The Rustbucket's literally been stuck in place for five minutes stuck between traffic and the lane closed off by a line of cones and construction signs.

And the wait is seriously starting to get to Hisashi as he taps the steering wheel impatiently. "Ugh, stupid traffic…" He grumbles annoyingly. "Never had to deal with this in space…" He eyes the traffic cones, noting how there's no construction workers or police in sight. And so with the coast clear an idea pops into his head. "You know what this calls for?"

Izuku becomes very nervous at the sight of his Dad's gleeful smirk. "For what?"

Hisashi lights up, proud to show Izuku one of his signature moves! "For the Midoriya Special, baby!"

"The Midoriya Speci-AAH!?"

Without warning the RV jerks to the side and suddenly cones are bouncing off the front windshield as Hisashi has the RV tank right through the line of cones!

"Hahaha!"

Izuku grips the dashboard, his knuckles turning white. "Dad! This is illegal!"

^Wa! Wa!^ Chopper for once looks scared as he magnetically locks himself in place.

"It's not illegal if you're good at it! Hahaha!" Hisashi laughs like a mad man, usually this move is meant for a spaceship to crash through a blockade, but this works too!

Meanwhile, Kraab hides out behind a large construction sign that's in line with the cones.

"I'll take them out while they're trapped." It's perfect they won't be able to escape, no one can escape the terrible reality that is rush hour traffic!

The sound of rubber cones and tires screeching catches his ears. "What is that-GAH!?"

The racing Rustbucket runs right over him, sending him down and under the wheels!

He's hit so hard that he actually throws the RV off balance!

"Aaaahhhh!" Hisashi and Izuku scream as Hisashi loses control and they skid right towards the tail-end of a semi-truck! "Aaaahhhh!"

And the next thing you know, Hisashi's gotten himself pulled over and dealing with a very exasperated police officer who's already done with Hisashi's bullshit.

Hisashi, on his part, tries to play it cool with the officer. "When you think about it, I was helping the flow of traffic."

Without missing a beat, the deadpan cop clicks his pen and begins to write out a ticket.

Hisashi becomes very nervous, trying to look over and see what exactly the officer's writing. "What, what are you writing down?"


Izuku leans over the side of the fence, looking over the beautiful forested canyon view below him as a mountain range lingers in the horizon.

The sight is breathtaking with the carved stone walls of the canyon, the colorful leaves, the tall mountains, and fresh air.

And Izuku is in awe of it all. "Wow, I gotta admit this is actually pretty amazing."

Hisashi calls him over. "You know what's even more amazing?"

Izuku frowns, spinning around towards the nearby animal stables and tourist trap where an old man is offering mule rides for $50 bucks a rider.

Hisashi grins as he slaps a few bucks in his hands. "I signed us up for a seven-hour mule tour!" He hands over the cash to the old man who tiredly hands over the reins of a nearby mule.

Izuku quivers looking towards the steep canyon and back to his dad. "Dad, doesn't that sound steep and dangerous?" He asks as Kraab peeks out from the nearby bushes, unnoticed.

Hisashi pfts, disregarding any worries. "Izuku! What could go wrong?"

The answer: EVERYTHING.

"Get to the bridge if you wanna live!" Hisashi cries out as the rainstorm rages on above them.

The wind and rain whipping at their faces as their mules struggle to keep their footing on the slippery and narrow canyon pass. The flooding waters tear through the canyon just meters below them, the waves crashing into the canyon walls as thunder roars in black sky.

Izuku clings to his mule, crying out to his Dad! "What about Prancer?!"

"Prancer belongs to the canyon now!"

"HE-HAW!" On que, a mule, or Prancer, cries out as he's swept away by the rapids BELOW!

"GAH! Help me! I can't go out like this!" Kraab flails about in the rapids as well! "I'm a crab god-dammit!"

Not to worry though after realizing Prancer was in danger Izuku pulled out Stinkfly and was able to save the unharmed Prancer. Thank god.


And that was all just one day, believe it or not!

But the day has yet to end and so until then, there are some that are still at work. Specifically the squad of Dittos now setting up the campsite for the night.

"Put that there!"

"Here?"

"No, over there!"

"Is this enough firewood?"

"I think so?"

"Ah! I think I touched poison ivy!"

"Are these berries safe to eat?"

Hisashi chuckles, watching the many clones hard at work as he too helps a group of Dittos set up the picnic table. "Thanks for the help, everyone, I think that'll do."

The Dittos all turn and smile up at Hisashi. "Okay!"

Hisashi smiles before hopping into the Rustbucket so he can get their dinner together.

And so the exhausted Dittos all essentially collapse onto each other and just in time to timeout as a drained Izuku plops down on the table bench with a heavy sigh.

And so with the picnic table set up by the Rustbucket and a fire pit made along with a pile of firewood. The nearby small lake reflects the calm trees and surrounding mountains. The tall trees shroud the forest in a soothing darkness as the soft light of the setting sun breaks through the leaves. Giving the place a very calming and welcoming air, allowing Izuku to let his stress of the day wash away in the soft dimming light.

A very cheerful Hisashi drops a large bowl down onto the table. "Chow time!"

Izuku turns, reaching for the bowl, but he stops, blinking a few times, unsure at what he's seeing.

Why are those grains of rice…moving?

"Okay, I give up. What is that?"

His grin never faltering, Hisashi answers in the most casual and joyful way that he can. "Marinated mealworms."

That's right: it's a bowl filled to the brim with mealworms, living mealworms. Mealworms that are still very much alive and moving about.

"Hard to find them fresh in Japan. But they're considered a delicacy in some countries." Hisashi thinks for a moment. "And planets." He adds in.

Izuku shivers as he watches a few of the mealworms crawl out of the bowl and onto the table. 'And very…gross in others.'

Hisashi, without any hesitation, reaches for the grubs but stops halfway, his face lighting up. "Wait, I have some smoked sheep's tongue in the fridge! I should grab it too; you're going to love it!"

Izuku physically gags. "No! That's okay! The…mealworms are enough…"

"Nonsense!" Hisashi laughs. "This summer's going to be a culinary adventure for your taste buds." Hisashi turns towards the RV. "Just give me a minute to put it all together."

Izuku grimaces, his face turning a light green as more mealworms begin to make their escape.

^Wa wa wa!^ Chopper laughs from beside the table.

Izuku scowls down at him in response before squirming as one of the mealworms inches closer towards him!

^Wa wa wa!^

While Hisashi is away, Izuku snatches up his backpack before scrambling through it, desperately looking for something that's actually edible. He knows he packed away a few snacks: let's see he's got a bag of chips, a Crunch bar, some stray Jolly Ranchers, a pack of trail mix, and…an envelope?

Izuku blinks, examining the envelope. 'I didn't pack this?' Weird, it feels weighted, and filled with paper.

And so he flips the corner open and he pulls out a little note from his Mom!

The note reads:

I didn't get a chance to warn you before you left but be careful of what your Father tries to feed you. Your Dad has a…unique taste. I love him but some of his…eating habits are a little out there. Take care and don't feel too guilty, I tried to talk him out of it, but he insisted. Hang in there sweetie and try to have fun.

Love, Mom

P.S. I left enough cash in the envelope for you to buy your own groceries and snacks for the entire summer. Use them in case of emergencies and try not to let him see, he'll only use it to buy more of his own…groceries.

A single tear of relief slides down his freckled cheeks as he smiles up towards the heavens, clutching the envelope to his chest. 'Thank you, Mom.' Leave it to Inko Midoriya to make sure her baby's well fed. 'I might actually be able to survive this trip now.'

"Hey, Champ!"

"Wah!" Izuku yelps, panicking to hide the envelope away! "Y-yes?!"

Hisashi sticks his head out of the RV. "How would you like your tongue? Medium-well or well-done?"

"Bleh." Gross, so gross. If only there was a way out of this. Wasn't one bad meal enough for the day? Wait, he can use that!

"You know what Dad. I think my stomach's still upset." Izuku tries to sell it by clutching said stomach while trying to look as miserable as possible. "I better not force myself to eat."

Hisashi's disappointment is obvious as he hops down from the RV. "Oh, okay." But after a moment his smile returns as he gives a light shrug. "Well, more mealworms for me."

Without any hint of fear or disgust, Hisashi grabs a handful of mealworms before he shoves them all right into his mouth like they were popcorn. "Hmhm~! So good~!"

Izuku retches, choking back the bile as his face turns green. "I'm…going for a quick walk." He says while getting up. "Maybe work up more of an appetite." Without waiting for an answer, he heads off for the nearby trail.

With his mouth stuffed with mealworms, Hisashi watches Izuku off. A part of him wonders if it was the worms but that can't be it, these things are delicious! And so he gets right back to eating besides Izuku's stomach hurts anyway and he's got more mealworms for next time.

Chopper wheels forward. ^Bwap wap.^

"No, Chop. He's not bailing. Sheesh."


Izuku marches through the woods as fast as he can and the moment he thinks he's far enough away he looks around and makes sure he can no longer see the Rustbucket. With no RV, Dad, or droid in sight Izuku quickly grips the Omnitrix and dials up!

Within a second XLR8 pops into view and with the envelope in hand he zooms away back towards the highway.

After a few minutes he arrives at what will be his saving grace of the night.

A disembodied voice calls out from the speaker. "Welcome to Big Belly Burger, can I take your order?"

XLR8 silently cries in relief, clutching the envelope tighter as he scans the drive-thru menu. "I will survive."


Kraab scans the dark horizon from atop the billboard and instantly his gaze locks in on a blue blur speeding away from a Big Belly Burger.

He pulls out the tracking device and sure enough it got a ping at two locations: one being the burger joint and the other located in the far-off woods where the blur appears to be heading. "Elusive…huh? Not for much longer."


"I won't survive…" Izuku whispers to himself, his eyes bloodshot and straining as he stares up at the RV's ceiling.

*Zzzz! Srnnk! SRNNK!*

'Why…? WHY!?' Izuku silently cries, gripping his sheets as he turns over and glares at his father.

Who is peacefully sleeping away in the other cot without a care in a world. *Zzzz! Srnnk! SRNNK!*

Hisashi's snoring is out of this world, he's so loud! And every time he breathes out a puff of fire actually poofs out. So not only is he loud but he's lighting up the entire RV!

'How?! Why?!'

*Zzzz! Srnnk! SRNNK!*

"Ugh…" There's no way he'll get any sleep like this, not a chance.

And so with sleep evading him, Izuku begrudgingly crawls out of bed, grabs his hoodie and slips into his shoes as he tiptoes his way out of the Rustbucket making sure to not bump into the shut off Chopper.

He shivers and sinks into his hoodie as the cold night air washes over him as the door slams shut behind him. The moon is out, and the night is filled with the soft song of crickets, singing frogs, the hoot of an owl, and the soft glow from dancing fireflies.

And so with no real destination in mind Izuku wanders over towards the trail from earlier allowing the fireflies and the light of the moon to light his path.

It's soft and comforting despite the dark but the song of nature is soothing and a welcomed friend allowing for a peace of mind.

As he walks Izuku reflects on the day as a whole and he has to admit that despite the chaos, embarrassment, and bizarreness…he's actually having a lot of fun.

Sure the tanuki park was embarrassing and a disaster but now he got to see raccoon dogs and now he's immune to rabies so that's a plus. The barf burgers were gross and disgusting but something tells him that he'll look back on the moment in the future and have a good laugh out of it. Heck, just thinking about Hisashi trying to pass off his so-called "Midoriya Special" to an officer as helping traffic was pretty funny. And the mule ride, although a disaster, could also be considered an adventure.

So all in all today was a very hectic but memorable day. It's been fun and if the start could even be considered a mess then the rest of the summer could only improve.

And so with some newfound excitement for the rest of their trip, Izuku continues his stroll up the mountainside feeling much more refreshed and excited for the future. "Yeah, this is going to be fun."


A red-visor locks onto the Rustbucket from afar, near the summit of the closest mountain. "There you are." Kraab grins, his eyes zooming in closer towards the silent RV.

He checks the tracker to see if the last Omnitrix signal came from there and sure enough it was.

And so with his target found he raises his claw and aims down at the distant RV, but he hesitates. And for good reason after all he's been chasing after this kid all freaking day and every single time he's been thwarted by rabid raccoon dogs, semi-trucks, traffic, and even mother nature. Every time he's pursued them, things have gone wrong.

"What I need is for them to come to me."

But how?

"Hm…" Kraab turns his gaze away from the RV to scan over the entirety of the mountain valley, his eyes transferring from infrared to thermal for the most effective views of the valley.

And then he finds something: the little glow of a still going campfire in the distance with many groups of bodies in several tents, RVs, and cabins.

Off in the distance he's found a campground that's filled with campers. Innocent, defenseless campers. Campers that need…heroes to save them.

Kraab's claw clamps open and closed like a clap as he grins and zooms in on the campground. "Yeah, this is going to be fun."


Izuku goes cold, freezing in place, his ears picking up on the distant sounds of havoc and panic in the distance.

Spinning around he can see the faint glow of flames reaching over the treeline and the cries and screams of campers echo throughout the valley. Along with what can only be described as some sort of gunfire, or maybe a cannon? Whatever it is, it can't be good!

Without even thinking Izuku rushes back down the mountain side path but this time he crashes his way through the brush and trees, desperately trying to cut his way towards the chaos.

"Izuku!"

Izuku comes to a screeching halt and looking over he sees Hisashi sprinting towards him with a high-powered flashlight in hand. Chopper seems to be following along too although at a slower pace.

"Dad! What's going on?!"

"I don't know!" Hisashi shouts as he finally reaches his son. "It might be a wildfire! Come on! We gotta make sure!"

"Right!"

And so Izuku takes off after his Dad with Chopper bringing up the rear while whistling and beeping all the way in a mad panic!

As they crash through the forest the sounds of screams and panic only grow as smoke and burning heat begin to pass through the trees. And soon they crash out of the woods and into the campgrounds.

And immediately they realize that they've jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire, literally. The campgrounds are on fire with RVs, tents, cars, and cabins all set ablaze. The campers have all been thrown into a panic as they run away in all directions, gripping their belongings and loved ones as they all desperately try to escape the ever-growing blaze.

The air is filled with nothing but the sound of burning grounds and the screams of the panicking campers:

"Run!"

"Fire! Fire!"

"Someone call a hero!"

"There's no service!"

"Help! Somebody!"

Izuku jumps away as a burning branch collapses beside him. "What is this?! A wildfire?!"

"It is." Hisashi doesn't sugarcoat it, his pro hero side coming forth.

He's already scanning the entire situation and it's not good, the flames are spreading further and further into the forested mountain side and at the rate it's going things are bound to get worse.

From the smoke a man sprints out and rushes for the gate. "Help! Someone! It's a villain!"

The Midoriyas gasps, Hisashi rushes forward cutting off the man's path. "Where?! Where's the villain!"

The panic and terrified man doesn't bother to stop but he does cry out in a panic while pointing off in the distance! "Over there!"

Through the flames, burning debris, and smoke they spot the very evil at work here. A large robotic crab is firing off rounds of lasers into the campgrounds: aiming for anything and everything he can find and setting it ablaze with a single shot.

Izuku gasps! "It's a villain!"

"Worse." Hisashi corrects with all seriousness.

Izuku blinks, his heart plummeting. "What?"

"That's a cyborg." Hisashi explains. "Nearly his entire body's been converted into a cybernetically altered and enhanced." His glare narrows in on the destructive cyborg. "He's a living weapon."

Izuku's in complete disbelief! "That's insane! There's no way that kind of technology exists! Not on Earth anyway!"

"Exactly."

Just then, for Izuku, the true reality of the situation sinks in. "Is he after…" His eyes dart down towards his left wrist, towards the Omnitrix. "But if he is, why is he attacking a campground?"

Hisashi frowns, his gaze never trailing away from the enemy. "Not sure." He could be after the Omnitrix in some roundabout way. Or maybe he's got his wires crossed, literally. Or maybe he's hunting another alien in the area. But whatever the case maybe they have to intervene. Now! "But what matters is stopping him before any heroes or police arrive." Hisashi, no, Cinder states going into full pro hero mode; his mind already formulating ways to counter this new foe.

"Right!" Izuku grips the Omnitrix, rotating the faceplate for the right alien. "I'm sure Four Arms could take this guy, or maybe Feedback, heck even Buzzshock."

"No." Hisashi grabs Izuku's wrist, stopping him from transforming. "I'll take care of the crab. You handle the fire."

"Huh?" Izuku slowly peers over at the flames…the raging flames…the massive spreading flames. "Me?! But I don't think even Water Hazard could put these out! I mean Water Hazard absorbs the moisture from the air but... " He waves at the intense searing heat and dry air. "there is no moisture! There won't be enough and we're too far from the lake!"

Hisashi frowns, the kid has a good point so if water's not an option then there's only one other solution. "Then, we need to fight fire…with fire." God is that cliché but in this case it'll prove to be just as effective.

But his logic goes right over Izuku's head. "Fire… Wait, Heatblast?!" His mind rushes back to the last time he…used the Pyronite… "No! No! No! No! No! Are you insane?! Heatblast will…! Heatblast will…" Only make things worse…far worse…

What if he loses control again? What if he messes up and only causes the flames to grow?! What if he hurts someone?! What if-

"Izuku!"

His father's call snaps him out of his internal panic.

Without looking away from his foe Cinder delivers an understanding yet determined speech. "I get it…fire can be scary. It burns and destroys. And it can cause a lot of pain." For the wielder and for those that they…care for. "It eats away at everything." Until there is nothing, but ash left. "But it can do so much when one can focus and not allow themselves to be consumed by the flames."

Izuku gasps, his mind spinning in confusion! 'What does that mean?!' Also 'Why is he being so cryptic?!' Now is not really the time for this!

More laser fire echoes through the burning camp as more explosions blast out in the distance, followed by the screams of innocent bystanders!

"We're running out of time! Chopper stay with Izuku!" Cinder charges forward, making a beeline right for Kraab, not showing a hint of fear as he practically dashes through the dancing flames. "You got this, Champ!"

Izuku just stands there, slack jawed and lost. Watching Cinder disappear within the flames, the flames he somehow has to combat…

"Hahaha! Woah! This is fun! Like shooting womp-rats in a stable!" In the meantime, Kraab continues to fire away, blowing up any and every target he can find. "Haha! Man do I love some senseless destruction!

Suddenly a stream of flames crosses his path, but the stream snakes and coils around and around the alien, trapping him within a cage of swirling flames. "What the hell?!"

He follows the spiraling flame column towards its source: the maw of a Fire Breathing Cinder.

"Nice trick." Kraab spits before breaking free of the flames with a slash of his mighty claw. "But it doesn't really pack much heat."

Cinder scowls, standing tall and dignified. "Now that I have your attention. As my duty as a Plumber I must ask you to stand down. If you don't comply I will have to use force to detain you."

"Ha! I'd like to see you try, Red-Spot."

"The name's Cinder." Cinder spits back, reading himself for a confrontation. "And if you don't mind, I like to know the name of the ass I'll be kicking."

Kraab tsks, an irk mark forming over his forehead. "The name's Kraab."

"Kraab." Cinder blinks, finding the name sort-of cheesy and convenient. Like come one it sounds like a name a cartoon director would come up with for a lame C-list villain. "I heard of you. You gave our boys a lot of trouble over on Saleucami."

"You heard about that did you?" Kraab smiles, cockily or at least what passes for a smile on an emotionless robotic face. "Then you know what you're getting yourself into, don't ya?"

"I do. But I'm not exactly scared. Because when I'm done with you." A cold smirk dances across Cinder's lips. "You'll be nothing but a boiled salted crab."

And like that, the string holding Kraab's patience snaps. "That's it! Prepare to be barbecued!"

And with his claw raises he fires a hail of lasers!

Cinder, without so much as blinking, races forward, dancing and weaving his way through the shower of oncoming lasers without a hint of fear or hesitation.

He inhales and upon exhaling a long-thin whip of fire jets out from his breath as he cries out his Attack! "Fire Lash!"

The whip coils around Kraab's leg as Cinder races by and with a pull of his head, the fire whip coils tightly around Kraab's leg, pulling it right from under him!

"Wah!" Kraab cries out as he's pulled down onto the ground.

"Now the follow up!" With his opponent down, Cinder rushes forward, throwing his leg up high over his own head as he prepares to deliver one hell of an axe-kick!

Seeing the kick coming, Kraab tucks his head into his robotic armor just in time for the kick to slam into the hot dirt where his head was. "Don't think you can just kick me aside!" Kraab leaps up, throwing his massive claw forward like a giant hammer!

Cinder leaps up as the claw smashes into the ground, and he lands right on top of the claw, squatting down over it to where his face is level with Kraab's.

Kraab blinks in confusion as Cinder gives the alien a devilish grin. "Yes, I can." And with a flip backwards he delivers a roundabout kick right into Kraab's face!

Cinder lands on his feet in a squatting position as Kraab stumbles back a bit. "It's over!"

With a big exhale of air a jet of fire surges forth!

Kraab glares at the flames, his body tucking in on itself as his legs clamp together like a drill bit and then his entire body begins to spin and spin. And like a drill his entire mass burrows into the earth as the flames surge right past him!

Cinder scowls. "Dang it."

Before he can act the earth around him begins to shake and rumble and then the ground begins to crack and surge forth as Kraab drills through the dirt like a missile through water!

With the ground shaking under his feet, Cinder leaps to the side just before the drilling Kraab crashes into him! However Kraab turns right back around and goes in for another run!

Cinder rushes towards a nearby dumpster, leaping onto it. Without looking he can sense Kraab's already heading right for him, and so he launches himself off the dumpster and to the side, nearly landing in some flames as the tunneling Kraab crashes into the dumpster and sends it flying!

Cinder scowls as Kraab turns to make another run. 'Wish I had my gear.' He rushed out of the Rustbucket too quickly and he's got nothing to help him out: no breather, no tech, not even the RV keys. He's got nothing to work with.

Off to the side Cinder spots an untouched gas grill, not too far away. 'Well, I guess I can work with that.' He thinks with a sly grin.

As the tunneling Kraab makes another attempt, Cinder rushes over to the grill and basically rips out the propane tank inside and tosses it between him and the oncoming foe! He waits at the ready as Kraab unknowingly drills closer and closer towards the trap! And when the crustacean is in range, a smirking Cinder let's out nothing more than a small wisp that fires out like a hot bullet. The wisp easily breaks through the tank just as Kraab is about to collide with it, and then.

*BOOOOM!*

"Yaaaargh!" Kraab screams out as he's launched right out of the ground, the explosion ringing in his sensors!

"Ughhhh…" Kraab groans, pushing himself back up on his shaky feet but with a shake of his head he's back to his senses. "Blow me up will ya?" He aims his blaster. "Let's see how you like it?"

And he fires away, firing beam after beam as he rushes the pro hero!

With his opponent coming in for the charge, Cinder retreats while dodging the incoming lasers, leading Kraab on and away from the flames and other campers. 'Just have to keep his attention for now. And strike when I see an opening.'

"Hold still, dammit!"

"Shut your clam, why don't ya?"

"You bastard!"

Yeah, it'll be pretty easy for Cinder to hold Kraab's attention. Maybe too easy.

Meanwhile, Izuku is rushing through the burning campground looking for any stragglers as Chopper follows close behind. 'Put out the flames?! With Heatblast?! How?!'

How can he possibly do that? What is he supposed to burn the flames away?! That's just stupid? Or what make burn brakes to stop the flames from spreading? It's too late for that and with so many small intense fires around that'd take too long!

He thinks back to his father's words: "But it can do so much when one can focus and not allow themselves to be consumed by the flames."

'What does that even mean?!' Dang it! 'Why do people act so cryptid when they wanna act smart?! It's so impractical!'

It doesn't make sense; the only option is Water Hazard. And even with the lack of moisture there's got to be some use for him! Besides if Pokémon's taught him anything is that Water beats fire, every single time.

So with no either options Izuku comes to a halt as he dials up for Water Hazard. "I chose you, Water Hazard!"

As his entire body is enveloped by a green veil, Izuku can feel an intense heat enveloping his entire being as his body morphs and stretches.

As the veil vanishes Izuku is stunned to see what he's become. "Heatblast? You too Omnitrix?" What did it agree with Hisashi or something?!

"Seriously? Heatblast is the total opposite of Water Hazard. They're not even close!"

So now what is he supposed to do?!

^Wa Bw-wap!^ Chopper calls in a panic!

Heatblast spins around. "What is it?"

^Bzzz-bop!^ Chopper gestures down the burning path.

Looking down the path towards a burning cabin, Heatblast gasps, spotting a man and his daughter both pinned down by a fallen log! The loft must have been burnt off the roof of the cabin and fell atop of them as they were escaping!

Without even thinking Heatblast rushes over, running through the flames until he reaches them. "I've got you!" He bends down, hugging the large burned log and lifting as hard as he can.

The man wastes no time in pulling him and his daughter out from under their imprisonment. "Thank you so much! You're our hero-WAH! You're on FIRE!"

The daughter screams the moment she sees the fiery being, tucking her crying face in tighter to her father's side! "Daddy! He's scary!"

"Don't be scared!" Heatblast begs, trying to look as non-intimidating as possible. "I'm only trying to help, really!" He reaches out to help them.

It doesn't work as the man pulls his daughter back and away from him! "Back off! Please don't burn us!"

"I won't!" This is bad, they must think he's the villain that started this fire.

Just then a loose part of the burning log roof burns away and comes hurtling down towards them!

Heatblast cries out as he lunges forward! "Look out!"

The man and daughter scream out in terror as they collapse to their knees!

But no harm is done as Heatblast uses his entire body to catch the flaming log before it could crash down on them.

It takes a moment for the two humans to realize they've been saved by who they thought was a villain ."Th-thank you."

"Don't…mention it." Heatblast grumbles as he struggles to lift the log before he finally tosses it aside.

^Wooo wap!^

Looking over Heatblast can see that Chopper's cleared the path of any flames with the help of his internal fire extinguisher. "Thanks Chopper."

^Bw. Bop.^

The man stares at the bot curiously. "What is that?"

Heatblast needs a second to answer. "It's, um, an automatic fire extinguisher.. Like a Rumba!"

^Wa?^

"Oh."

Heatblast gestures towards the cleared path. "Now keep your heads low and head for the exit. And try not to breathe in the smoke."

The man nods as he guides his daughter forward. "R-right." And so with a lot of trepidation they make their way through the cleared path and towards the front gates.

Heatblast watches them off, making sure they're okay, before he peers down at the droid.

Chopper stares up at him as well.

After a moment Heatblast recalls a certain feature the droid possesses. "Chopper!"

^Wa wa?^

"Can you scan the campgrounds for anyone else that's trapped here?!"

^Bop-bzz!^ With a nod of his whole body, Chopper's antenna begins to hum and rotate as he starts a radar scan across the fiery terrain.

^Wa!^ After a brief moment Chopper wheels forward in a hurry, he picked up on more campers!

"Lead the way!" Heatblast shouts as he runs after the droid. 'I don't know if I can put out these flames, but I can at least move about without getting myself burned. And so I'll help those that I can!'

At the same time, Cinder is still fighting off against Kraab as the flames continue to rage across the battlefield.

'Usually I'd pull this off better with my breather, but I'll have to improvise.' Cinder cups his hands to his mouth, interlocking his fingers, and leaving small enough gaps between them, he takes a breath and fires out! "RED HOT BULLETS!"

In rapid succession, quick small wisps of flames are fired out from between his fingers, zipping through the air like red bullets!.

The fiery bullets collide into Kraab, leaving behind searing red marks as the force of the attacks repel him backwards! "Ragh!" Kraab lets out a furious screech as the bullets force him back.

"You really like to play with fire don't ya." Kraab hisses before peering towards a nearby column of flames. "Fine, then let's play!"

Without any fear or reaction to the searing heat, Kraab jabs his massive claw into the searing flames!

Cinder hesitates for a moment, wondering what he could be up to, but decides now's the best opening he's going to get. And so he charges in, sliding in from below as he prepares to strike at the unguarded alien!

"Have a taste of this!" Kraab shouts as he swings his claw out from within the flames!

"Gah!" The searing hot claw burns into Cinder's side, knocking him away! "That hurt!"

"Haha. Ha." Kraab taunts, raises his claw up at the ready; the massive pincer is glowing red, radiating with intense heat from the flames. "Trust me, that was nothing."

Cinder scowls, he didn't want to drag this fight out no more than he already has. But this guy is not making it easy, not at all.


"Come on this way!" Heatblast stays put as he waves for the other campers to follow him through the cleared path. "Move it people!"

The campers rush forward as Chopper uses his fire extinguisher to clear away the last of their escape path.

"Thank you!"

"Hurry! Hurry!"

"We're going to make it!"

Heatblast makes sure they all escape the flames before turning back towards the burning campgrounds. 'That should be everybody.'

Good thing too since nearly the entire campground has been swallowed up by the fire, the glow of the flames hiding away the stars and illuminating the pillars of smoke that rise higher into the night sky.

The flames are already spreading into the forest, the only thing keeping them at bay is the cold and condensation of the night, but it won't be long until it really takes off, and things become even more destructive.

"Destructive…" Heatblast murmurs to himself as the inferno rages around him. "Fight fire with…fire?"

That can't be right, Hisashi's logic doesn't make any sense here! Okay yeah the saying sounds cool and all but how is he supposed to apply it here? Fire…! Fire only makes things worse. He's seen it firsthand when he…when he lost control. Those flames and the destruction and harm he caused… It was terrifying. He can't let that happen again… But it is happening again, another fire has broken out and it's burning…eating away at everything! The fire is swallowing everything up and turning it into ash with no sense of morals or reason! Fire only consumes! And it consumes everything!

For some reason, Hisashi words rush to the front of his mind: "But it can do so much when one can focus and not allow themselves to be consumed by the flames."

"Consume…?" Heatblast ponders. "Consume…" He slowly peers down at his flaming hands. "There's no way… But what maybe?"


"I'm going to roast you, Red-Spot!" Kraab swings his glowing red claw forward!

Cinder throws his head back, the claw nearly smashing into the side of his skull! As the pincers pass over his head, he can feel the heat burning away at his face and eyebrows all before Kraab lunges forward with his scythe-like legs out!

Cinder tumbles back, rolling away as the sharp-thin limbs pierce the ground, nearly impaling him!

Cinder rolls to a stop but then he shoves himself to the side as a wave of roaring flames nearly tear at his flesh.

'Not good.' He thinks as he eyes the campground. Everything's like a sea of fire, almost nothing is recognizable at this point: RVs are encased in fire, cabins are now ashes, and tents are nothing but piles of melted plastic.

Cinder grips at his throat, breathing heavily, with all these flames and smoke, they're sucking up all the oxygen in the area making it that much harder for Cinder to use his own flames.

"Give up?" Kraab taunts, marching forward, swinging his claw into the nearby flames. "Guess even a pyro like you can only take so much heat huh?"

Cinder glares up at Kraab, struggling to keep his breathing steady as the hellish inferno rages all around them.

But when it seems like the fire is truly ready to flood through the mountain valley, it finds itself pulled back in by a powerful, almost unnatural force.

And Cinder can feel it. His eyes widen as the flames begin to change direction like they're being sucked into a vacuum, a vacuum that's leading back to one-singular point: Heatblast.

Heatblast stands amongst the burning rubble and ash, his face hardened in concentration as he opens his mouth and inhales, focusing all of his might on the inferno.

The heat washes and spirals towards his open maw as he inhales the flames, the fire around his head stretches out absorbing the incoming flames and heat along with his inhaling!

^Wa! Wa-bop!^ Chopper sits nearby, his arms outstretched like he's trying to tell Heatblast to hold out his hands.

For once, Heatblast understands what the bot's trying to say. And so allowing his instincts to lead him, he stretches out his hands while focusing all of his might on consuming the flames. More and more of the surrounding heat and fire is pulled into the Pyronite's very being, absorbing it all and pulling it back, forcing the flames to retreat. Until there's nothing but cold ash and columns of smoke left.

Heatblast stops absorbing, breathing and exhaling heavily, whipping at his maw as if he actually broke into some sort of sweat. "Piece of…cake…" He breathes, savoring the ironically spicy and smoky taste of the flames.

Kraab glares at Heatblast, his eyes locking onto the Omnitrix symbol lodged onto his chest. "There you are." He murmurs, looks like the kid's finally decided to come out and play.

Kraab aims his cooled down claw-blaster at Heatblast and prepares to fire.

But Cinder delivers a swift kick to the claw, redirecting the laser fire that harmlessly blasts the ground!

"Damn you!" Kraab yells as he swings back around, aiming to crush the pro hero between his massive pincers!

"No!" Heatblast, shockingly, zooms forward and catches the massive pincers, prying them open.

"What?!" Kraab screams!

Heatblast can't help but think the same, it feels like he chugged gallons upon gallons of energy drinks! He feels so energized and full of such raw power, it's intoxicating!

"I'll kill you!" Kraab screams as he lashes out, throwing a punch with his free hand!

The fist collides with the side of Heatblast's burning skull, but he doesn't so much as flinch as the fist presses against his side.

"You done?" Heatblast asks coldly, the flames around his head raging and lashing out.

Kraab gasps, his mind replaying Psyphon's warning: "I should also tell you, but this boy has proven himself to be quick witted in battle and mightily elusive if given the chance." Psyphon scowls at the hologram. "He is a…difficult one."

'What have I gotten myself into?!' Kraab questions in a panic as the heat around the Pyronite begins to rise.

With Kraab's claw in his grip, Heatblast glares straight into the alien's eyes and shouts out his special move! "FIRE TWISTER!"

Suddenly a column of spiraling flames bursts forth around Kraab, hurling him into the air.

"Izuku!" Cinder calls out! "You need more power than that, he can resist flames!"

"More power?" Sure he can do that, with no campers in sight and with nothing else at risk of burning away, he can go all out! ""FIRE TORNADO!"

And like that the thin column explodes forth, swallowing up Heatblast and the elevated Kraab! The flames crash and swirl and spin around and around as the fire tornado stretches high into the sky!

"AHHHH!" Kraab screams out as his entire body begins to glow red hot!

It's too much, not even his fire resistance is enough, he can feel his internal hard drives and wiring frying and melting away, even bits of his armor begin to chip and burn away from the intense heat that has him throwing and spinning around in the air like a paper bag!

In a desperate attempt to escape, he opens his claw and prepares to fire a barrage of lasers in the hope of striking his foe!

But that was a mistake, the combination of the intense heat and sheer pressure of the tornado, tears the claw right open, shredding it apart like it was made of paper!

"NO!? It can't be!"

And so around and around he goes, and with his armor compromised the rest peels away, burning and crumbling away.

"I'm…! I'm…!" A snap and. "I'm…toast."

And with one last whoosh of flames, Kraab is swallowed up as his entire being is washed away into the flames.

With their foe defeated the tornado dissipates in a near instance, Heatblast standing his ground, exhausted but full of pride, as Kraab's burnt and silent head impales the ashen ground a few yards away.

"Huh…" Heatblast groans, holding his head. "I feel dizzy."

"Nice job, champ!" Hisashi cheers! "I knew you'd figure it out!"

"You know, you could have saved me the headache and told me out right?"

"I could have, but don't you feel so much prouder in yourself for figuring it out."

Heatblast sighs, chuckling softly. "Yeah, I guess I do."

^Bo-bop!^ Chopper calls, dusting himself off of ash, as he gestures towards the gates of the no longer burning campgrounds.

Heatblast frowns, not sure what he's saying but his ears are greeted by the noise of police sirens, fire truck horns, and even a helicopter.

Hisashi hears it too. "We better go! Come on!"

"But what about the police and the heroes?" Heatblast questions. "Don't we need to report this?"

"We can't!" Hisashi replies in a hurry. "This was an alien incident as such, if we can, we should avoid reporting the incident." He rushes over to Kraab's head and scoops it up before dashing into the woods and back towards the Rustbucket. "Hurry!"

"Right!"

And so they take off, the wind washing away their footprints and thus erasing any evidence of them being here as the campgrounds fall completely silent as the last of the smoke dissipates.

A small four-seater car pulls up on the scene, its headlight illuminating the silent campgrounds. Four individuals jump out, ready for a fight and to rescue some poor campers but they are thrown for a loop to find the place silent and void of people.

"Where's the villain?" The muscular one of the group asks aloud.

"Where's the fire?" A blonde woman asks.

"Perhaps the fire died out on its own." Suggests the brunette of the group, she turns to the greenette of the group. "Are you seeing anything?"

The greenette answers. "I see one, but it might be a spooked camper, I think they've got some kind of fire Quirk. They're moving really fast."

The muscular one of the group frowns. "Are you sure it's not the villain?"

"It can't be. The reports said the villain was a crab."

The brunette calls her group together. "We'll let the police handle the investigation for now let's make sure that villain isn't hanging around!"

The whole group calls out at once! "Right!"


"Phew! Oh, man, that was insane!" Izuku breathes, leaning back in the passenger seat, his clothes filthy with ash. "That was crazy!"

^Wop!^ Chopper nods in agreement from the back.

Hisashi nods, never taking his eyes off the road. "You said it, Chop!"

Izuku frowns as he turns around and picks up an item off the floor. "So, what do we do with…him?"

Hisashi looks over to find Kraab's severed head in Izuku's arms. "We get some answers. Chop!"

Upon being summoned, Chopper wheels forward.

Izuku lowers the quiet head allowing Chopper to work his magic and after a brief moment of tinkering around Kraab's eyes light up as if he's blinking awake.

"Ugh, my head. AAH!" he screams! "Where's my body?!"

Izuku pales, finding it kinda creepy that he's holding a severed head in his hands. "It, uh, was burned away."

"What?!" Kraab tries to turn his head but can't and so Izuku spins him around. "Who are you?!" Kraab cries out when he sees the kid! "What did you do to me?!"

… It takes a moment for Izuku to process what Kraab asked.

"What do you mean, what did I do to you?! You came after me, didn't you?!"

"I don't know!"

Both Midoriyas are taken back. "What was that?"

Hisashi reaches into his glove box and pulls out his Plumber Badge, flashing it in Kraab's line of sight. "You better tell me who sent you and why or I swear I'll put your head in a trash compactor!"

Despite the very real threat, Kraab lets out an exhausted sigh. "Listen, I can only assume you're my target, but even I can't be sure. I mean why would I target some kid?" Kraab asks with some actual honesty. "It's almost laughable."

"You'd be surprised…" Izuku admits with a frown.

Hisashi's starting to lose his patience, especially after losing out on some sleep. "You better be giving me real answers!"

"Look here Red-Spot. Haven't you ever heard of customer confidentiality? I'm a bounty hunter, I take pride in that, which means I don't just go around telling others about who I work for and why!" That's a quick way to lose out on business opportunities, while also making some new enemies while you're at it.

Hisashi still isn't buying it. "Fine. Chopper!"

^Bo-bzz?^

"Hack into his memory banks, I wanna know what he's hiding."

^Wo wop!^ Chopper salutes, reaching over for the head.

"Naw, naw naw!" Kraab tries to shake his head, rejecting Chopper's approach. "That won't work either. I'm programmed to delete any and all information relating to any and all current jobs upon being captured or destroyed."

In other words, any info about his employer, his target, and the job have all been purged from his mind. Every. Last. Detail.

Hisashi sighs in defeat. "Great!" This truly sucks. "I'm gonna have to turn around. Looks like we'll have to cut our trip short. Sorry, Champ…"

Izuku's breath hitches. "Why?!"

"We gotta get this guy processed and jailed away. And who knows we might be able to salvage some data."

Kraab glares up at Hisashi. "And what makes you think I'll come along?"

Hisashi sighs, glaring down at him. "Well you don't really have much of a choice. Do ya?"

No, no he does not.

Izuku frowns. "Do you think…Vilgax sent him?"

Hisashi shrugs. "I don't know. He didn't say anything when we fought. For all we know he was after someone else." But his gut is telling him otherwise. "Either way…I'm gonna have to call this trip a bust."

Izuku pales. "Wait, are we…going home already?"

Hisashi sighs in defeat. "Yeah…yeah we are…" It's not safe to be away, especially if Vilgax was somehow able to track the Omnitrix down.

Izuku shakes his head: this was their chance to make something of their summer, to build new memories. Is it really going to end already?

"No."

Hisashi frowns. "What?"

"Dad, I wanna keep going."

"Izuku."

"Listen! There's no way Vilgax can find me. We're jamming his signals, remember? He has no idea where I am or what I'm doing."

"Izuku…"

"And we can handle ourselves, I mean, look!" Izuku raises up Kraab's severed head as proof.

"Izuku.."

"And…I really want to hang out with you."

Hisashi does a double-take, his heart pumping with joy.

Izuku gives him a reassuring grin. "I want us to have fun this summer. I want us to have adventures all around the country! Sure things have gone wrong and things probably won't be going our way, like at all. But that doesn't matter! We can eat at every barf burger place there is and still have a good time! We can go see every lame tourist trap there is and walk away with some funny memories. We can have a total disaster of an adventure, but guess what? That makes it a true adventure!" Izuku is beaming, his grin wide and full of excitement. "I don't want it to end, not yet. Okay?"

Hisashi smiles, giving in to his demands. "Okay."

"Yes!"

"But what about him?" Hisashi eyes the robotic head.

Kraab tsks. "What about me?!"

The Midoriyas share a look, they know what to do with him.


"Hey, wait! Don't you dare! Hey, hey! I'm talking to you! Don't you-mphmph!" Kraab's muffled shouts echo out from within the cabinet.

Izuku chuckles as he makes sure the door is secure before heading back to his seat.

Hisashi chuckles. "I guess we've got ourselves a hitchhiker."

Izuku laughs. "I guess so."

"Well, he won't be going anywhere anyway. And Chopper can hack into his mind during the trip anyway."

^Wo wop!^

And so determined to continue with their father and son Road Trip, the Rustbucket cruises down the highway. Onto their next destination and to their next adventure.


"Master, one of our surveillance drones just reported back in. Kraab has been defeated." But really that was no surprise, nor a disappointment for Psyphon.

"RAHHHH!" Vilgax slams his fist into a nearby worker drone, smashing it to bits! "Again the child eludes me. Aren't there any beings in this galaxy that are actually competent."

Psyphon cowers away, having no desire to inquire his master's wrath.

Vilgax sighs, inhaling through his breathing apparatus. "What I need are pawns that have already proven themselves to me."

"Sir?" Psyphon frowns. "What of the League of Villains?"

"For now, they are inconsequential. I still have much time before I meet with this Sensei." Vilgax clicks away at the keypad of his command center and a few holographic images pop into view "And during this time I wish to prepare."

"Yes sir." Psyphon takes that as his que to leave, bowing as he slowly backs away.

Vilgax eyes the various holograms with great interest.

The images range from various alien planets, to bounties from the Guild, posts by the Retriever, and even a few Japanese news articles such as the one that reads: Akai Kitou Charged with Attempted Kidnapping and Assault.

Vilgax eyes more and more of the projections with great interest. "Now, whom shall I try out next?"


THE PREVIEW:

Izuku: So the trip could have gotten off on a better start. That's for sure.

Heatblast: Hey man don't let it get you down. Things are looking up now. Just relax and enjoy nature's beauty for a while. You know-hey wait is that? Huh?! What is he doing here?

Izuku: What?! Why is he here?! And just when I thought this trip was going to be nice!

Heatblast: Hey don't get a hothead okay? Stay calm, it could be worse.

Izuku: AH! It just got worse! It got way way worse!

Heatblast: What the? Where did they come from?!

Both: Next time: Ch.49 Fun Guys!

Heatblast: You two really have your work cut out for ya this time! Hey, wait, woah! Izuku what happened to you?! You look…great?


Like I said at the beginning. Sorry for being over 3 weeks late and for such a shorter chapter. I hope it was worth it. I knew it would take a while, but I thought in a week and a half it would be done. But everything that could go wrong, did go wrong these last few weeks and it really affected my writing. And its sort-of sad to say but this is one of my shorter chapters so I sort-of feel like the wait wasn't worth it. Sorry. I've just been so exhausted lately because of everything that it was hard to write this one. I even cut out a number of ideas just to try and get it out ASAP. So please don't bother with "You should have done this" for this chapter because I was just so exhausted that I just couldn't do as much as I wanted to.

And next time I take this long I'll try to fill it in with an Omake between updates. At least that way you guys can get something, and I can buy more time.

*This chapter is more like a pilot to show what the general outline for the rest of the Road Trip Arc will be like: Izuku and Hisashi go somewhere new, they run into MHA/Ben Ten characters, and mayhem/misadventures ensue.

*Yes Chopper is with the Midoriyas as well, I wanted to include him. And after discussing it with my "editors," we thought it might be kinda funny if the served head of Kraab begrudgingly got in on the fun or at least for the ride, literally.

*There weren't a lot of Easter eggs/cameos in this one. Like I said I was so exhausted and had to cut stuff out. But what I did have was still pretty fun. 1. There were several shout-outs to the Goofy Movie. The first one being the "Open Road" song. 2. The other being Naofumi's Tanuki Park which was a spin on Lester's Possum Park from the Goofy Movie. I didn't do opossums because they don't live in Japan. 3. And those scenes for the road trip montage (barf burgers, traffic, and mule ride) were all ripped out from the movie "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" on Netflix. Go check it out, it's a blast. My versions of the scenes don't do it justice. 4. Saleucami is a planet from Star Wars. 5. "Big Belly Burger" is a fictional McDonalds ripoff from DC comics, you also see it a lot in the CW Arrowverse shows too.

*Hisashi will be wearing that Hawaiian shirt for the whole trip as Izuku will be wearing his hoodie the entire time too.

*Fire Twister and Fire Tornado are generally the same move, but Fire Twister is faster and can quickly lift its target while minimizing the area it affects. While Fire Tornado affects more of an area and delivers some devastating damage.

*There is more to the Rustbucket than meets the eye. But like many things in this fanfic it will take some time to show it off.

Responses for "Guest" reviewers from Ch.47:

Shark: Well worth the wait and finally the main man Rath has arrived!Can't wait for this arc, it'll be interesting seeing what classic Ben 10 stories you do. Also do you have any plans to adapt the episode where Ben and Kevin get stuck on an alien gladiator ship in your story?

CreateGunner1209: I have a plan like it but I am giving it my own spin and sort-of combining it with another classic Ben Ten episode.


guest: i see a wild mando.

wait... is mando still human in this universe or is he an alien? an alien that looks human? a human raised by aliens? a human from a human society that isnt earth? Is it like that old never published eu story where the humans from star wars came from our galaxy to theirs via time travel? sorry its just im now thinking about this and i cant stop

CreateGunner1209: That's up to you to decide. I don't give cameos and easter eggs intrical thought or reason. If I think it'll be fun then I add them in.


Guest: IzuMina for the win! Love the way how you've integrated her character it's so smooth. Can't wait for the next Chapter!

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I do hope the wait was somewhat worth it.


Eclipse Serpent: So Mina is brought into the fold and becomes a plumber recruit. Now, I wonder if Kirishima or any of the others will question her and why she's suddenly hanging out with Ochako and Izuku or where they're going. Also Rath is finally here! And he tore Vulkanus a new one, literally. I liked it when they believed he went over the line.

Now we're getting a road trip bonding arc between Izuku and Hiashi over the Summer. When the I-Island movie happen during that time?

In addition, you had Korosensei appear as a cameo? It would be nice if there was a chapter dedicated to him actually being reincarnated into this universe as an Alien that the Omnitrix can't sample.

Also still waiting for the Bakugo and Aldera punishment by Nezu. Still I enjoyed the chapter and can't wait to see what occurs this next arc. Hopefully because the focus will be on Izuku more that Uraraka will be taking a backseat for a bit. Because Even though she has dual main character status, it was not enjoyable seeing her win all the time. It just got tiring and repetitive, but your slowly fixing that.

Finally, let's cheer the Ben 10 Reboot is over! I enjoyed some concepts and episodes of the series, but it was nothing really comparable to the real Ben 10 series.

CreateGunner1209: So like I said in previous ANs. The arc will go for about ten chapters which leads into the I-Island movie. Which will be followed by the start of the Training Camp Arc.

And yeah Koro-sensi won't be getting a chapter to himself. Cameos are just cameos, there's no rhyme or reason other than I think it would be fun to a character to show up and disappear.


Guest: Booo still no death again

CreateGunner1209: Well who'd you want dead? Vulkanus? Why?


Guest: Baby Yoda?

CreateGunner1209: Who doesn't love Baby Yoda?


Guest: Who's tougher between Four Arms and Rath?

CreateGunner1209: IDK. I guess Rath but I feel like Four Arms actually has more endurance.


Atom king: Well this chapter just blow me away with all the references to other alien movies and shows like Mando and the child showing up in the alien store, and Mina first day in the alien community Is exactly how I picture it with it being awkward and excited the same time with her asking random alien to show her their powers.

Than our space cadets face off against Vulkanus who kidnapped the Lewodan child but thanks to Izuku saving the kid just like in alien force the kid unlock rath's DNA, and we get to Izuku using rath for the first time and take down vulkanus and return the kid to his parents.

I like the part with thirteen fighting both the predator and aliens, later see them again with their suit damage from the fight I would love to see what happens, an other part is Hisashi getting something out of storage and that thing turn out to be the rust bucket RV, which means it's the start of the summer road trip can't wait to see what kind of trouble that the father and son can get to but also we see Vilgax planning something with the league of villains I can't wait to see what he has in store.

Now during the road trip I hope that Izuku meets New people but also meets some of the UA students during their summer break along with a few from the other schools like for example he met up with Momo or tenya or Shoto and team up with what ever problem that pop's up in the chapter.

Hey I got one question to ask will Izuku meet any other plumbers during the road trip like one of the pro heroes that know about aliens?

CreateGunner1209: Thanks frot he review and trust me Izuku will be seeing more of his fellow MHA characters too, not just Ben Ten ones. As for your question, there will be no other Plumbers…sort-of but not really.


DeadCool14: YES! RATH! This chapter was so good! I LOVED all the references, the fighting was great and yes! Road Trip Arc! I love it! But I am dissapointed that Rath didn't say the "Eating. Babies. Is not. COOL!" line. But who cares? RATH! And the Rust Bucket!

Oh man I can't wait for things to catch up in the plot tho. I'm really looking foward to The League of Vilgax (Yes, that's how I'm calling it) and that preview was great.

And yeah now I understand, sorry I didn't really think my questions through, I'll try better this time. So sorry for bothering so much, I feel really bad. I'm just really excited to what is gonna happen in this story.

Can't wait to see what episodes you have planned to adapt, I can think of a few that could work really well with Izuku and Hisashi as parallels to Ben and Max, and also some I really hope happen.

Will the Omnitrix have that energy feedback that pushes people away when they try to remove it by force?

Idk if you answered this already, but are you gonna do the OVA's?

I thought of this attack that Ditto could do if you want to use, since he doesn't have very offensive moves. He does a kip up and when he's on his hands or about to push out his legs he creates a chain of clones either in front of or behind himself to give it some extra punch or kick.

How about this cute ship idea: Thirteen x Cementoss

Who would you want to voice Hisashi?

Will Aunt Vera appear?

I just realized, is Tsu meant to be the counterpart to Gwen the same way Thirteen is the counterpart to Grandpa Max? Cuz re-reading some chapters she definetly gives off some Gwen vibes, mostly Classic Gwen vibes but also some UAF Gwen vibes.

Are Bakugou's lackeys gonna show up again? The kid with the stretchy fingers and the other guy, and if so will they be this world's version of J.T. and Cash?

If you are gonna change some of the alien's powers to make them different, I got some ideas from this artist redesigning the aliens and also altering their powers too, and they're pretty good.

Like Wildmutt insane-mane/art/Wildmutt-Concepts-HT-878608608 in this one he has a nose and his gills are more like his ears where he listens via echolocation. I think it's neat.

Will Goop have the Omnitrix on his chest or in his Anti-Gravity Projector?

Can you add the Volcano Thieves and the Wild Villains in the story? I think they'd be perfect for this arc. They're really interesting characters and they should appear more MHA media, and since some of them don't have backstories you can make up anything you want for them, specially the Wild Villains since they resemble characters from Omagadoki Zoo and they're related to Gang Orca. They're from an arcade game called My Hero Academia: Clash! Heroes Battle just throwing them out there if you wanna use them. You can look them up on the wiki.

CreateGunner1209: Glad you loved Rath, I know I did.

No, I will not be doing the OVAs. I thought about them but they'd be a waste of time and slow things down so I cut them out.

The Ditto attack sounds like a good idea.

Thirteen x Cementoss…I don't see it.

Voice Hisashi…someone had a suggestion before but I can't remember off the top of my head. I'd have to check in the reviews somewhere. But the suggestion was a good one. I'll find it and try to say something next time.

Aunt Vera…okay I'm pretty sure I said no Anodites would be appearing.

No Tsu is not Gwen, or at least that was not my intention.

No bakugou's lackeys will not appear. I did have the thought to make them like J.T. And Cash but I decided against it.

Goop having the Omnitrix on chest or projector? That's up to you. I keep the descriptions vague so you, the reader, can envision which version of the aliens you prefer.


Paradox: This episode is a chefs kiss level of perfect. I have been waiting for Rath and you did not disappoint. I was hoping for him the minute we saw the tiffin. I am really looking forward to this original arc it will give you a great chance for development and world building. I also can't wait to see the classmates react to Rath. To quote a great robot, "this is gonna be fun in the bun"

CreateGunner1209: Thank you, I thought so too. And yeah I can't wait to show Rath off some more especially during the Training Camp :)


Loaderbot: I love this chapter I like the reference to baby Yoda and the mandalorian I love the introduction of wrath I loved all the scenes with him they were funny and I like the introduction of volcanus and I like near the end where raft cut volcanus's head off I thought that was awesome and I can't wait to see where you go with your original chapter love your stuff please keep writing

I forgot to mention I like how you included the rust bucket and I like the ending part with vilgax and him trying to start his own League I think that's going to be very interesting

CreateGunner1209: Thank you, thank you, thank you! I knew you guys were going to love this chapter!


Guest: Tengo una sugerencias para un o varios posibles antagonistas secundarios o de un capítulo:

-Cad Bane,Embo,Aurra (de Clone Wars)

-Los simbiontes(de Marvel)

Si tienes planes para alguno de ellos, bien, sino un cameo bastará.

De cualquier modo veamos cómo vas, historias buenas como están merecen ser vistas.

CreateGunner1209: Trust me I want them to show up real quick too.


Guest: Ni en el mundo de MHA, nadie resiste al Baby Yoda..

CreateGunner1209: True, very true.


Jakesurfboy: Dang this was an amazing chapter, Rath finally made his appearance which is what everyone (myself included) wanted, Although when you mentioned the baby marshmallow I knew Rath was coming in. Also the introduction of the Rust Bucket was unexpected but not unwelcome I'm surprised no one was really thinking about it before. Also to answer your question yes I'm looking forward to this original arc that your planning, I'm looking forward to see where it goes and what aliens come next in the story. Although are you going off Japans form of summer where it's a month because I don't know how much of a story your going to get done in one month but we will see where it leads

CreateGunner1209: Thanks for the review and I sort-of imagine the chapters occurring the next day or a day apart from each other on the timeline.


CatterPix: is there gonna be a 3rd person on the trip? like a "Gwen" of sorts to kind of equal The Road Trip Crew?

CreateGunner1209: Nope not unless you count Chopper or their new friend, Kraab.


I'm Hellboy: Is Chopper gonna tag along?

CreateGunner1209: Yes…


Guest: Are you going to do the Secrets of the Omnitrix" story line?

CreateGunner1209: Eventually, but I'll be putting my own twist on it.


Guest: Great chapter! How do you think Four Arms would've done against Vulkanus?

CreateGunner1209: Probably just as well.


Arsenal: I would just love for one of the chapters to have izuku stuck transformed as a rare alien like cannonbolt or chromastone and Hondo just captures him, and by the end izuku is an honorary member of his crew. Speaking of which, might we be seeing the ghostfreak arc as part of the road trip chapters? Might be a good way to introduce the anur system aliens. Also, if/when we see nedzu fight, I would love to see him use a lightsaber. He's small, he's a teacher, he's batshit insane, I think he could totally kick ass like yoda. Also he seems like the type to just have a lightsaber and never bring it up until he's about to stab someone. Wait, I'm not sure if you remember, but in the clone wars, there was a creature called the zillo beast, which was large enough to cause significant damage to corusant. The zillo beast was intelligent, enough so to recognize how palps ordered the beast to be killed, and maybe even recognize him as darth sideous. I'm not saying izuku NEEDS to get a transformation of one, but it would be awesome, and it would be a great time to introduce waybig. Would you also be giving ochako the Ofa stored quirks?it would help raise her to izukus level, because while he has over a dozen powerful and various transformations, her abilities are boiled down to strong, fast, ungrounded, and throwing balls. Which the previous quirks, she could drop the flight gear, have a strong restraint ability, a decent visual obscuring ability, and what is essentially danger sense. That last one is an ability on the very short list of powers we've never seen a Ben 10 alien have, right next to traveling through time (not clockworks time manipulation , aerokinesis (controlling air, not just blowing like terraspin) and maybe transmutation (changing molecules within something into something else. Turning things into scrap, melted goo, or reverse engineering things doesn't count.) when the time come it would be a great way to have them both fighting together and covering the other's disadvantages.

CreateGunner1209: Thanks, I'm glad you liked the chapter so much. Yes, Ochaco will be getting the OFA Quirks. It was one of the main reasons why I chose for her to get OFA.


Guest: Rath DÉJAME DESURTE ALGO AUTOR DE ESTA INCREÍBLE HISTORIA RATH QUIERE PROTAGONISMO EN EL CAMPAMENTO DE GATOS QUE SON COMO RATH POR QUE RATH ES UN GATO Y ESA ES LA GENTE DE RATH

CreateGunner1209: Let me tell you something Rath! … Take some catnip and relax, I've got you.


Guest: Me encantaron las referencias eso se inifica que en esta historia los que icierom las películas de alien y depredador sabían de esos aliens y los usaron para Aser películas o solo los vieron y dieron disfraces de eyos

Me gusta imaginar lo segundo

Rath A YEGADO como serán las relaciones del resto de sus amigos ante RATH

Ahora viaje por carretera ira también Ochaco o solo será padre e hijo podrías poner el intro de jojos bizzare aventure el de la parte 2 es mi favorito

También que

DEJAME DECIRTE ALGO AUTOR RATH QUIERE ASER REFERENCIA A JOJOS ASIENDO ESAS FABULOSAS POSES ASI QUE DEJA QUE RATH LAS AGUA Y TAMBIÉN LAS AGAN EL RESTO DE SUS AMIGOS ALIENS DEL OMNITRIX TAMBIÉN AGA ESAS FABULOSAS POSES

TAMBIÉN RATH QUIERE DESIR ORA ORA ORA

EN EL CAMPAMENTO DE IZUKU Y SU PADRE HISASHI PODRÍA ABLAR LE DE LA DIMENSIÓN DEL PROYECTOR Y MAS DE SUS HISTORIAS Y AMIGOS ALIENS

CreateGunner1209: Mh, I don't give the cameos that much thought of how they fit in context. They're just for fun :)

And no Ochaco is not going on the trip, this is a Father and Son thing. But she will make an appearance a few times but not for a while.

And trust me I have a lot planned for this arc already so just you wait and see what I have in store.


Ghostboy: Have you considered using characters and antagonists from the Ben 10 comic books in your Road Trip Arc? You might not be aware of some of them so if you Google search Ben 10 Category Comic Only Characters you'll be able to see them all. I personally think you should give them a look cause maybe you can use some later on in the War Arc if you don't use them in the Road Trip Arc. I think Frostbyte, Sool and Gontu can end up working for this Arc. Actually let me also ask this, have you ever read or seen any of the Ben 10 comic books?

CreateGunner1209: No, I didn't know they were a thing.


Dead face: Hey this story is really good.

So family road trip to strength the bonds with father and son.

The female space cadets are going to be in for a lot of training and chaos.

I island is probably when izuku gets upgrade. An idea I have further story that you might like with this ark is Melissa has nanites put into her around the time izuku got the omnitrix. A ben 10 generator Rex team up would be awesome.

How would you have alien's becom exposed. When all for one is defeated. Vilgax exposing aliens for some sort of plot.

How do you think everyone would react to aliens being real. How would Mina classmates react to her being half Alien. I can see a lot of chaos going to happen.

Mei is going to be after the watch so so she can create her own version.

A new program in the hero course involves becoming a space cadet.

Last thing before ending this review. When is izuku going to unlock swampfire. This alien is one of my favorites in the show.

CreateGunner1209: Thank you, I'm trying my best! At least most of the time, when life doesn't get in the way. But thanks!

Yeah others have suggested the same thing for Melissa but I already decided not to go there. Sorry, I have something else in mind.

So I'd love to answer your questions…but I can't. They are way too spoilery. Even about Swampfire. That said after a recent discussion with my "editors" I now know exactly when and where Swampfire will appear. But it won't be for a while and certainly not during this arc.


DeadCool14 (again): Oh man I just realized that Rath was not saying any kind of bad words XD he's more polite than Bakugou.

Wow I did not realize that was Koro-Sensei, I thought that was a reference to Squidstrictor.

I got some ideas for other theme songs you could use for openings: Mikakunin Hikousen the Digimon 2020 OP, Re:Re: the OP from Erased, Cerulean from the Gundam Fighters Try OP, Flyleaf from the ending of Initial D 5th Stage and Zero to Infinity the OP from Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy.

I got them from these fan-made Ben 10 anime openings (they're all in line with the names on top. PS: Some have subtitles):

watch?vZq1FCfEJl4k

watch?vDv_K32PFjyk&t33s (in this one they used the english cover of the song by NateWantsToBattle, there was one with the original song but it got deleted)

watch?vbUOEf225Qck

watch?vDoU8rPtmZRA

watch?vayz_5llf3MI

CreateGunner1209: Haha! You caught that? Good, that was my intention, I always thought it was funny that Rath wants to curse but he can't.

And I have a theme song I wanna use, I was going to do it for this chapter but because of how things went I couldn't finish it on time.


Nick4speed: I have a question for you author and it just for fun if you don't mind. It has nothing to do with the fic it just I want to know what's your opinion.

Putting the omnitrix aside which one of this power/ability down here are great or fit for izuku to use...,

-Gate of Babylon (fate/stay Night)

-Super solider serum (Marvel comic)

- Shazam (Dc comic)

-Sharingan (Naruto)

Also this question are not limited to author alone. Any of you reader who just happen to reading can share your answer too,

CreateGunner1209: Shazam. Look up ForeverRed3000 on Youtube and check out My Hero SHAZAM! - Official Anime Trailer 2 (My Hero Academia PARODY). There's also another version of the first trailer too.


Guest: Not much to say here except things are about to be good. Not that it had been already.

CreateGunner1209: You have no idea.


Guest: I need to say it. You made a better izuku than the original. Im not saying "the original izuku is boring or lame" i like his character but you made a more funny and interesting to read. This is more enjoyable

CreateGunner1209: Thanks I'm just doing what I find fun especially for an MC.


Loveless: With being gone for the summer you can use this for them to take down the alien overlord.

How will you introduce the hybrid aliens into the series along with other kids being half alien.

How would exposing aliens happen and what would the effect on the world be. What would you like to do with this story with future arcs.

Will there be the self destruction movie happening with uraraka and Mina joining. You could get way big this way. You could add this into the road trip arc.

CreateGunner1209: Not yet, not yet, the vacation is about having a good time.

As for hybrids…I don't want to say. I fear spoilers. I will say that it will probably involve the Plumbers' Helpers but I'm not sure yet if that's how it will play out or not.

What I would like to do: more aliens, more Ben Ten characters, and a lot more that I can't share because then I risk saying something that can ruin a whole lot of surprises.

So the Secrets of the Omnitrix will occur in a way but not for a looooong time. And no it won't occur during the Road Trip Arc.


Josep: Oye crees que con el omnitrix izuku pueda Aser que el todos los que no tiene poderes tengan al ibridisar los con ADN alienígena como lo iso Ben con los haibris es posible

Cres qué apareseran la especie de el detective Marciano de DC los que son de Marte pero en su verdadera forma solo como cameo y los hermanos y el robot son los de la serie de Titan sinviotico

CreateGunner1209: Sorry I have to use Google Translate and as such I don't fully understand your first question. Sorry :(


Guest: El PADRE de enzu si era plomero como en la serie y es así como aran que henzu se redima o tienes planes

CreateGunner1209: Perhaps.


Guest: When you get to the joint training arc, are you going to change up the team members from both class 1A and 1B? It would be boring to have all the teams be exactly as they were in canon. It would be nice to see each match being played out differently with different team members. Also given the fact that characters like Izuku, Ochaco, Mina, and Momo have gained powers that aren't in canon, it would likely change the outcomes of their matches differently. And with Shinso now officially part of class 1A, how are you going to make the competition more balanced since he won't be acting as a handicap for either class? 21 vs 20 doesn't seem fair.

P.S.

When is Izuku going to learn that he can switch forms by touching the Omnitrix dial on each of his transformations?

CreateGunner1209: I have not yet decided. I might do what i did during the exams and keep some teams the same to save myself some time but obviously characters that have gone through changes thanks to my story will need more of a spotlight. I have yet to come up with teams because it is so far off but I know what the results will be, what will occur, and how the plot will progress. That said I know exactly how to fix the 20 v. 21 problem, and you guys are going to love it.

P.S. Eventually, I don't want to write Power Fantasy so it will take some time.


Guest: Question: does Rath have clothes? Or are you doing the whole "horrible error" in the Omnitrix joke?

CreateGunner1209: That's up to you. I keep the description of Omnitrix aliens vague o you, the reader, than imagine the version of the alien you like. But personally I don"t like the way Rath looks with clothes.


Guest: Please continue soon

CreateGunner1209: I'm trying!


Guest: Have you thought of any Alien and Hero team up's when Izuku unlocks more Aliens? because I can name a few but I'll just name 10.

Ochaco Uraraka with Gravattack

Tenya Ida with XLR8

Tsuyu Asui with Bullfrag

Eijiro Kirishima with Diamondhead

Mina Ashido with Goop

Denki Kaminari with Shocksquatch

Kyoka Jiro with Blitzwolfer

Fumikage Tokoyami with Ghostfreak

Mezo Shoji with Eye Guy

Hanta Sero with Spidermonkey

that's the Ten team up's I thought up and maybe a Idea to use well I look forward to what happens in the next chapter.

CreateGunner1209: I have but I can't promise if they will occur.


I'm Hellboy: Will Izuku get his own Droid like an R-series BB-series a Battle Droid a DUM-series pit droid or a

IG-series Droid?

CreateGunner1209: IDK yet. I wanna solidify Chopper first before I even think about giving Izuku a droid. I have considered one droid but I dropped the idea. If he does get one it will be later on, that's for sure.


Dinobot: If Venom could be in this story and could there be Venomized Aliens from the Omnitrix just imagination

Izuku getting a Venom transformation then sometime later the venom symbiote would start to control Izuku and use's the Omnitrix to go on a rampage and the Aliens would get Venomized like Four Arms Diamondhead XLR8 Terraspin and Rath.

CreateGunner1209: So Venom might make a cameo but that doesn't not mean Izuku will get that transformation. That said if Venom plays an important role (he won't but for sake of discussion) then Izuku would get the transformation. And what you suggest probably would occur.


Guest: So I notice that in some cases you give Izuku new alien forms based on the type of element species he's fighting. Big Chill and Heatblast vs Todoroki. Stinkfly against Clancy. Buzzshock because of the Nosedeenians.

I'm curious if you'll do the tick episode from Ben 10. I read another Ben 10 Mha crossover talking about Cannonbolt species and how the omnitrix unlocked Cannonbolt based on the left over traces of Arburia in the atmosphere as the tick was descending to Earth.

Though that depends if Arburia is still in existence in this storyline. Anyways, can't wait to see what comes next.

CreateGunner1209: I read that too somewhere before. But I already have a plan on how and why Cannonbolt appears.


Guest: Does the plumber base have a doctor cause I really like to see zoidberg as the doctor or an appearance in a chapter but if you already did then I must have forgotten then you don't have to cause this is your story.

CreateGunner1209: No it does not


Zack: For the road trip any plans for more aliens for the Omnitrix

like Blitzwolfer Humungousaur Whampire Shock Rock?

CreateGunner1209: Yes I have plans, trust me, boy do I have plans. But no Shock Rock. As stated in previous Author's Notes no elements, characters, or aliens will be used from the rebooted series.