Hello my fellow readers, writers, and people who have been enjoying this story so far, I'm back with yet another new chapter. In this chapter we're going to be going over the events of the episode basic training which I already have an idea for that. Lucy's attitude will be exactly like Hulka's in this story so expect a drastic change from what you know of her already. Okay don't have anything else to add so without further ado let's get this show on the road.

"talking"

"Thought"

"Yelling/spell name"

(author's input, location change, time change)

Mira's P.O.V

We had just stopped Trombipulor from stealing a large shipment of peanuts which he kept calling the sacred power or whatever. After getting the energy cuffs on him kevin said "how are the energy cuffs dumbbozo comfortable" and he just said something in his language that Gwen obvious understood or I think she did.

She said "his name's Trombipulor" and Kevin said "whatever I forgot" and Ben who had just transformed back from ultimate echo echo said "he wouldn't." Trombipulor must have said something about the joke because Ben retorted "it was too funny anyway your rides here." A plumber ship then put a light on him before it landed and when the guys got off the ship Gwen said "he's wanted for level 3 weapons-dealing he all yours officer."

I said "aren't we technically officers as well" Lisanna said "technically we're just cadets at this point" and then the plumber who we handed Trombipulor off to said "Tennyson, Tennyson, Levin, Strauss, Strauss, Dragneel, Fullbuster, and scarlet right." Without waiting for a response he held his badge out to us and it sent something toward us and it appeared as writing in a language that at least I couldn't read.

Judging by the looks on everyone's faces they couldn't read it either and Kevin said "that doesn't look like a medal" and Lisanna just elbowed him in the chest and he said "what." Gwen could obviously read it and read it out loud "because you received your plumber commendations during a field engagement your required training is incomplete please report to academy 2814 for field certification courses."

Ben said "wait we have to go to school" and after packing a bag each we got on a ship heading for the academy and Ben said "what's the plumber academy going to teach us anyway it's not like we haven't saved the whole entire universe." Natsu who was slowly getting over his motion sickness said "doesn't anyone notice we're missing someone" and we all looked around.

I said "we're missing Lucy in fact I haven't seen her for at least a week I was told that she had a solo mission" and Ben said "well she is a magister so that means she's already completed this stuff." Kevin said "cool it Tennyson if this is what we have to do to keep our badges then this is what we're going to do."

The only person who wasn't part of our group heard Kevin and said "Tennyson you're Ben Tennyson hero of the highbreed wars conqurer of Vilgax" and Ben said "yeah hi" and Grey said "cool it kid he doesn't need his ego inflated any more than it already is." The guy said "it is because of you that I go to plumber's academy my name's Tack" and he extended his neck and touched his forehead to Ben's.

Ben said "uh what are you doing" and Tack said "greeting you reverentially" and Ben said "I thought it was really slow headbutt" and Tack said "head butt" and looked at his butt. Gwen was on a laptop and said "this is awesome look at the classes we get to take weapons and tactics, interstellar law, cultural sensitivity" and Kevin said "you started strong but then you lost me."

Gwen then said "starship maintenance" and he looked interested again and Ben said "and you got him right back" and Kevin said "I wouldn't mind learning about the foldspace engines they're putting in the new cruisers." Ben said "classes too much like school" and Tack said "this is like no school any of us have ever attended."

I heard that our drill instructor is the meanest toughest plumber in the service" and Ben said "except for my grandpa" and Tack said "with all due respect to your grandfather, Magister Heartfilia is the most decorated officer in plumber history, and she expects no less the excellence from her students." Tack then added on "but obviously she's never had a pupil like the great Ben Tennyson" and Gwen said "obviously" and I said "we all actually know her.

Maybe she puts on this mean persona when teaching but she's really nice if you know her outside of the force" as the ship docked in the docking bay and we got out we instantly got into a hallway. Gwen pulled out her badge and said "I think our barracks are this way" and when she tried to pull up a map of the base she just got a beep in response and said "I can't get a signal."

Tack said "plumber's badges don't work on campus it's against the rules to use them" and Gwen said "oh" and put it in her pocket quickly. Ben said "good thing they're not grading on following directions huh Tack" and he cracked up and said "you are funny Ben Tennyson." However, that was the wrong thing to do since he bumped into one of the cadets in a red suit" and the guy turned around and said "eyes forward you larval dipteroid."

Ben said "did cadet no-neck just call my new buddy a" and Kevin interrupted and said "a maggot yeah insulting" and Gwen said "technically he implied that he was a space maggot so there's that." He said "Are you plebes giving me attitude" and Tack said "no that's Ben Tennyson he's new here but he's hardly a lowly plebe" however he got cut off when the guy gave him a shove."

He said "I don't care who he is I'm senior cadet Brannigan commander of alpha squad you are a larval dipteroid who's here to learn plumber works so shut it" and Ben tried to be civil. "we got off to a bad start how about I buy you and Tack whatever passes for a smoothie here an we all start over." Brannigan said "there's been a null void breakout.

So, magister Heartfilia wants all new recruits in their bunks and accounted for you don't want to make her and me mad on the same day. Do we understand each other larval dipteroid" and Erza said "oh bad idea" and Natsu came forth with his fists blazing. Ben said "Brannigan you just bought yourself a nose full of Humungosaur" and Natsu said "along with a fire dragon's iron fist."

However before Ben could transform and Natsu could act rashly Kevin grabbed Ben's hand stopping him from slamming down the face plate and Erza punched Natsu on the head knocking him out." Kevin said "we're going Tennyson you're not getting us thrown out of here on the first day" and since the hit to Natsu's head knocked him out Erza flung him over her shoulder while Grey grabbed his bag."

Ben said "wait your holding me back" and as we were walking away I heard Brannigan say "anytime any place" and after about 10 minutes of walking we got to the barracks. As we got in Ben did a very bad imitation of Brannigan "oh I'm in alpha squadron look at me I should have gone all Armodrillo on him no fourarms."

I said "you should have just walked away which you did thanks to Kevin" and Ben said "yeah thanks for having my back Kevin" and he said "keeping your plumber's badge may not matter to you but it does to me." the door opened and Lucy was standing there and said "you ladies settling in okay" and I said "hey Lucy."

She said "while I do know what all of you have done before coming here you are all larval dipteroids none of you are fit to shine my boots but maybe just maybe if you shut your hole and learn everything I teach you, you might become a plumber any questions" and Gwen said "I was thinking maybe we could help with the null void break out" and Lucy said "thinking did I order you to think" and Gwen said "No ma'am."

Lucy then said "then your mind is a blank slate much like Natsu's is that clear" and Gwen said "yes ma'am" and Lucy said "listen up this is the plumber academy you're here to learn how to do your job not help me do mine. So, while you are under my instruction you will study hard, shoot straight, fight to win, and above all follow orders got it."

Everyone including me with the exception of Ben said "yes ma'am" and she said "I can't hear you" while shifting her eyes over to Ben. I ran over to him and whispered something to him that made him say "Yes ma'am when the rest of did again." She seemed satisfied and said "report to me at the firing range at 0500 every second you are late will be an eternity of suffering."

She left and Gwen came over to me and whispered "what did you say to Ben to make him cooperate with Lucy in this case" and she said "basically I said that when we got back to earth that he wouldn't see any skin that he likes seeing for a month." Gwen then said "okay I'm sorry I asked" and she walked away while probably trying to get the mental image I accidently just put in her head.

Ben than said "she really needs to cut back on the caffeine" when she was out of ear shot and we all went to the built in bathrooms and changed into plumber's standard issue suits with the exception of Erza since she just had to Requip into hers. After managing to find our way to the firing range Lucy said "where have you all been" and Erza said "we had some trouble finding the firing range."

Instead of responding Lucy said "well don't just stand there get to your booths" and we all went and got to them. After gathering 9 of the blasters we were working on and placing one in front of each of us with the exception of me who was at the end of the line of booths she said "this is a top of the line Mach 12 techadorian multiblaster" and Kevin just whistled in amazement.

Lucy then said "it is capable of delivering a maximum power blast of 3 petawatts" and Kevin just whistled in amazement again." She then started dissembling them and continued "you will learn how to assemble it blindfolding with one arm behind your back. You will keep it cleaned and maintained used properly it will save your life and the lives of those you have sworn to protect.

A plumber's blaster is his or her one and only best friend" and Ben whispered "hello old friend" and after Tack started laughing at that Lucy was in his face and shoved a piece of the blaster into his hands and said "your best and only friend is in pieces assemble your best friend go go go." After most of us were getting the blasters assembled I noticed Tack's power pack going under the cabinets and Ben must have noticed it as well.

Considering he walked over to where Tack was trying to lift the cabinet and then after a quick look around he activated the Ultimatrix and transformed into Fourarms. Ben then lifted up the cabinet and after Tack grabbed his power pack he went back to assembling his blaster with a quick thank you to Ben and Ben put the cabinet down.

The cabinet was obviously obstructing his view to his side since Lucy was standing right there and after he put it down she said "what do you think your doing." He said "helping my squadmate ma'am his power pack fell under the" only to be cut off "did you read your general orders in your orientation material on your flight in."

Ben said "skimmed them ma'am" and she said "this is a learning facility there is to be no use of powers during training none you should know that." He transformed back and said "I have bad reading habits ma'am" and he went back to assembling his blaster. After all of our blasters were assembled Lucy then had the targets move toward us and while Gwen and Kevin were doing pretty well with their shooting the rest of us were slightly worse.

I managed to hit the target but none of the areas in a red bullseye the same with Erza, Grey, and Lisanna, while Natsu and ben were completely missing or hitting the edge of the target. Ben then obviously fed up with the blaster transformed into swampfire and burned the target and Natsu just sent a fire dragon's roar at it which metaled them both.

When they both had completely destroyed their targets they then noticed that Lucy was right beside them and Ben then weakly said "ma'am" and Natsu was saluting since even he knew when it was time to get serious. Ben transformed back and said "I should probably practice with the blaster more huh I'll go do that" and Natsu grabbed his blaster and walked away with Ben.

After a week of classes, we were all standing in a large open area of the base Lucy was there and said "the trick to using fusion grenades is to reverse the polarity of the magno-catch so instead of being attracted to your hand it repels" and of course Tack was the first one to try. Lucy said "you first Cadet" and he activated the grenade and tried throwing it only for it to stay attached.

She said "what the glitch we've been studying this all week reverse polarity and get rid of it" and Tack while trying to pull it off said "it won't come off" and Lucy while pulling with her full strength said "it's on overload" and when we all went toward them to try to help she said "Get back that's an order" and then the grenade exploded.

Since I knew Ben he had transformed into something fast enough to save both Tack and Lucy and when the smoke cleared it was proven right when he appeared around the area in a blur and stopped in front of us as fasttrack. After Ben had let go of Lucy and Tack, Tack said "wow you saved us you really are the greatest plumber ever."

Lucy then got in Ben's face and said "he's a larval dipteroid he disobeyed orders" and Ben transformed back and said "I was supposed to let the grenade get you." She said "you were supposed to do what I tell you you'd know that if you were ever listening in class" and both Ben and Lucy were glaring at each other.

Gwen broke the tension and said "you don't think this was an accident do you ma'am Tack's glove was tampered with to stay magnetized." Grey said "I get it this is some sort of test to get us to solve the mystery isn't it" and Gwen said "this is no test someone want's to hurt Tack" and Tack said "uh who would want to hurt me."

Ben said "Get real guys it was just a bad grenade" and Kevin said "what the magna-lock was bad and it was set to overload instead of stun she's right" and Lucy said "get back to you barracks." Erza said "someone's out to get you aren't they Lucy or you wouldn't let Tack out of your sight" and I saw something that I thought I would never see.

Lucy got in Erza's face and said slowly "mind your own business" and Erza looked ready to summon a sword to attack Lucy but was held back by Natsu. After getting back to the barracks and sitting around for a few hours we decided to change out of our plumber suits and into the academy regulated uniform which consisted of shorts and tank tops.

I was once again reminded why I stopped wearing tank tops since I hit puberty which was because of the simple fact that it was hard to stop my boobs from poking out through the sides of the tank top. Ben was for some reason trying different hair styles and Tack was copying them for some reason and Lisanna said "someone tampered with that grenade and Lucy knows who it was."

Ben had finally stopped trying different hair styles and went with his default one and said "she doesn't want our help let's take the night off explore a little. We've been stuck in these barracks all week" and Kevin who was reading the plumber handbook stopped for a moment and said "the whole place is on lockdown breaking curfew is against orders" and Ben in a shocked voice said "it's like I don't even know you anymore."

Kevin sat up and placed the handbook beside him and said "being a plumber isn't something you mess around with if you mess this up you and I are going to get into it." Ben ignored that threat and said "come on Tack let's see what this place is about we'll bring you a souvenir" however at that point Tack seemed kind of reluctant and said "uh yeah I don't think this is such a" however before he could finish Ben pulled him along with him.

Since I stayed awake waiting for Ben to get back to scold him for disobeying orders again I heard when him and Tack got back which was about 5 in the morning. Tack must have hit the edge of his bed with his leg because he said "ow" and Ben said "shh" and Tack said "I can't help it I'm exhausted" and Ben said "relax we get to sleep in until 0800 tomorrow" and I thought "That's only 3 hours away."

Just as he and Tack had settled in their bed the door opened and I saw the faint outline of Lucy and after a moment she threw a metal trash can into the room waking everyone up. She said "on your feet cadets" and everyone quickly got out of the bed and stood waiting for a command. Well everyone except Ben and Lucy noticed this as well and just walked over to the side of his ben and tipped it on it's side thus making Ben fall out of it.

She simply said "late night" and I heard him mumble "how did she know" and Lucy said "full gear and ready for dust off in 10 minutes. Your inability to follow orders yesterday and last night have bought you a combat exercise" and Gwen said "nice" and Kevin said "way to go Tennyson." We all got our gear on over our sleeping and downtime clothes and went to where Lucy would be waiting since we were given a tour of most of the facility."

As we got to where the combat exercise was Lucy was explaining the whole scenario "you are the plumber's on duty, Alpha squadron has taken a hostage, your goal is to rescue that hostage using your plumber training and not your powers. All multiblaster are set on stun go" and Alpha started shooting their blasters the instant Lucy said go but they were all missing us surprisingly.

As we all took cover behind a rock formation large enough to hide all of us one of the blasts almost hit my helmet and Grey said "they may be jerks but they're good" and Ben said "not as good as us." Gwen said "no Ben we can't use your powers we're going to do this the right way" and Tack said "what is the right way."

Gwen thought it through for a second and said "Kevin advance to that boulder I'll cover you then I'll advance while Lisanna covers me, then Lisanna is covered by Erza, Erza is covered by Grey, Grey is covered by Natsu, Natsu is covered by Tack and Tack is covered by Mira and Mira is covered by Ben." Ben said "who am I covered by" and Gwen said "you stay here as backup" and he said "why" and Kevin said "because you're a lousy shot" and Gwen said "no offence.

The plan went into action and was going good and Ben obviously wasn't having the same thoughts since we were all able to hear each other through the built in communication system into the suits. Ben said "or I go big chill, phase through the ground and come out behind them" and then he said "I hate this" in an agitated voice.

Since we were going in pairs of 2 first pair were Kevin and Lisanna but they were in a sense captured by one of the members of alpha squadron and were being led somewhere at gun-point. I though to myself "good thing they're guns are set to stun only" and then the next pair to go were Natsu and Gwen however they were quickly captured as well.

The next pair were Grey and Erza but they were captured as well by an alpha taking the high ground and then when Tack and I went in Tack was elbowed in the helmet which sent him falling to the ground. The alpha that did that pointed their gun at me which since it would be real danger if this weren't a training exercise I dropped the gun that I was holding.

I heard Ben say "okay that's it" and he charged out from the boulder that we were initially hiding behind and was firing his blaster and Lucy said "alpha what's the matter with you take him down" and Brannigan started shooting at him and when one of the ones that were leading us wherever they were went to help Brannigan handle Ben Kevin said "is anyone else going to handle these clowns or should I."

Gwen tripped up one of them with her martial arts skills and Kevin just grabbed the blaster of the other one and punched them which thankfully for their sake didn't break the helmet. They were holding the blasters and Kevin said "don't blame yourselves she's devious" and Ben had done a roll which caused him to grab another blaster only to drop them both and transform into Diamondhead.

He then charged up the side of the mountain and knocked Brannigan back right next to the dummy and Brannigan grabbed the dummy and said "nice try but you still lose." Ben was advancing on him only for Brannigan to remove the gun from the head of the 'hostage' and continue firing at him only for Ben to crush the gun and grab the dummy and throw it aside and knock Brannigan back again.

Ben then jumped up and landed right in front of Brannigan and said "in case your wondering this is what it's like to lose" and Lucy said "the exercise is over stand down." Ben transformed back and Lucy turned to Brannigan first and said "how could you let yourself be taken down your supposed to be the elite squad" and Ben said "maybe you should add my moves to the lesson plan."

Lucy then rounded on him and said "not only did you disobey a direct order and use your powers but look what your smart moves did for the hostage" and I noticed since we got up there as Lucy called off the exercise that the dummy was now headless. Ben said "come on if the hostage were real that wouldn't have happened."

Lucy said "you failed case closed" and Ben said "it doesn't matter how you handle a situation as long as it gets handled if you can't see that your crazy." An hour later we were all scrubbing the floor of our barrack with our toothbrushes and Tack said "perhaps you should not have called her crazy" and Ben said "what are you complaining about I have to use this tomorrow" and I said "I'm actually going to wait until we get back to earth and buy a new one before I use a toothbrush again."

Then we heard a large explosion from somewhere and headed to where it seemed like it came from and alarms were blaring. We came to what appeared to be a large office area that was currently on fire and as we got there one of the plumbers said "does anyone know if she was in there" and Erza said "who" and the plumber said "Magister Heartfilia these are her quarters when she's here."

Tack said "if Heartfilia is in there she doesn't stand a chance" and Natsu said "yes she does" and inhaled air as no one else normally could. As he was inhaling the fire started flowing into his mouth and after a moment he finished and said "man that was some bad tasting fire." We all got in there and Kevin knelt down and said "somebody likes fusion grenades" and Grey said "and doesn't like Lucy."

Ben said "so where is grouchy mcrulebook anyway" and just as he said that Lucy appeared in the doorway and said "what happened in here." Kevin just handed her the fusion grenade remain and she said "plumber issue" and Gwen said "you know who it is isn't it." Instead of answering Lucy just said "once your quarters are clean you can get started on mine" and we all got both done rather quickly.

As we were sitting or lying on our beds Gwen said "plumber's weapons and tactics someone with a grudge against Lucy." Kevin said "that's a long list but Brannigan looked pretty ticked when she called him out" and I said "that's not proof" and Tack said "so what do we do" and Ben said "stakeout." All of us decided that since we were the most logical and not loud that Gwen, Erza, and myself would go after Lucy.

As we were tailing her we saw Brannigan follow her into a storage area and we all followed him and after a few minutes of walking around I heard him from behind us and said "Heartfilia sure hasn't taught you much about surveillance." Ben and the rest of the team appeared on the other side of the shelf that he was leaning against as I said "Actually she did" and Ben said "we just put our own spin on it."

Natsu pinned him against the shelf and said "why are you trying to hurt her" and Brannigan said "I don't know what you're talking about I'm tailing her because she doesn't want a guard." There was a loud crash behind us and we turned around just in time to see Lucy get thrown against another shelf. Just as she managed to move the person who had been trying to kill her this whole time punched the shelf where she was and managed to turn around and charge at her again.

As the person punched the floor due to a nimble dodge by Lucy she said "open gate of the lion Loke" and Loke appeared and uppercut the person which knocked them back slightly. The person however managed to grab Loke and slam him into the ground which caused him to disappear back to the celestial world and Lucy managed to engage in the person with two of their four arms.

The person looked like fourarms only blue and with red eyes and Lucy said "I knew it was you all along I see you didn't learn anything in the null void." The person punched Lucy in the gut and then the face and then slammed all four arms into her knocking her into a shelf unit and knocking the shelf unit into pieces and scattering what it was holding.

The person said "I learned enough to break out and come here to pay you back" and Lucy grabbed a weapon that was near her. She shot it and a red equipment thing landed on the person, electrocuted them, and wrapped four metal tentacles around them holding them prisoner. Lucy said "but not enough to get lured into attacking me in an equipment depot" and the person growled at her and said "you ruined my life."

As the person ran toward her she shot another on at him and said "you ruined it yourself Kolar plumber's have honor you have nothing." Kolar said "I may not have gotten smarter but I got stronger" and he broke free of the tentacles and Ben transformed into fourarms and said "stronger then fourarms" and Kolar said "oh yeah."

He punched Lucy aside and was giving Ben a beatdown and in the confusion in which Ben had landed on top of us Kolar had grabbed Tack and Ben who hadn't noticed said "let's try that again." Kolar said "nobody moves or I tear him in half" and Lucy said "hands off my cadet" and Kolar said "gladly magister but first your going to do something for me."

He then pulled out a null void projector and placed a portal on the floor and said "you're going to step into this space warp." Lucy said "and the other end lets out where" and Kolar said "a small sun in the null void you won't feel a thing" and Lucy was about to do so when Ben looked down at the ground and said "Tack greet Kolar."

Tack said "what" and Ben said "you know with great respect" and he caught on and said "ah headbutt" and did so which caused Kolar to release him however he just barely managed to grab onto the edge of the ground while almost falling into the portal. Lucy then jumped across and punched Kolar back into a shelf and then grabbed Tack just as he lost his grip.

As Kolar was going to push them both into the null void Ben shot him with a grappling hook thing which gave Lucy and Tack the time to get away from Kolar. Kolar was pulling Ben toward the portal with all of us including Brannigan trying to prevent him from sliding further across the floor. However that was stopped as Lucy grabbed onto Kolar and pushed with the help of Virgo who she must have summoned threw him into the portal.

As the portal closed Gwen said "you pushed him into a sun" and Lucy said "I did not I changed the arrival address to a null void penitentiary Plumbers are law enforcement not judges don't ever forget that." Ben changed back and said "what do you know we saved our instructors life and used plumber tactics and weapons" and Lucy said "but you still used your powers you just can't resist improvising can you."

After a week we had our final exam with Natsu surprising scoring the minimum it took to pass which was 72, Erza scoring 78, Lisanna scoring 80, Grey scoring 83, Ben scoring 95, Gwen scoring 98, Kevin scoring 90, and me scoring 93. Gwen said "I can't believe I only scored a 98" and Ben said "out of a 100 Gwen try to unclench" and Kevin said "it only takes a 72 to pass which I succeeded what about you Ben."

He held up his hand which had the projector of his score in it and said "95 people don't think I'm paying attention but I am" and Gwen said "my 98 is starting to look really weak' and Ben said "this is me not paying attention." The door opened and Lucy walked in and said "to my considerable amazement you all passed the course you're plumbers" and Ben said "but we knew that already.

So you really just came here to thank me for saving your life so go ahead and drop the tough, and mean personal will you." She did so and said "I knew I wouldn't be able to pass one up on anyone except Tack but quite frankly it was harder then hell to keep that persona up at all times." She then took the metal off her armor and put it on Ben jacket and said "our shuttle leaves in 5 minutes so let's get moving."

As she left the room to pack her belongs Ben said "Wait what's this for" and Tack leaned his head forward and read it "for demonstrating a plumber's most valuable attribute the ability to exercise latitude and creativity in problem solving wow." Kevin said in a snarky tone "sounds like a thank you to me" and we all grabbed our bags and heading toward the docking station.

yet another chapter done in the next chapter we're going to be going over the events of the episode Ben 10,000 returns which I have a few ideas there but not as many as I had in this. Also as I said in the last chapter but reiterating in this chapter I'm going to be skipping the episodes it's not easy being Gwen because it won't change much if at all and the episode moon struck since it's just a flashback episode with Max at the center focus.

I don't have anything else to add so until next time this is Diamondholder signing off.