Hey everyone thanks for logging in for my latest chapter I really appreciate it and I hope you enjoy it.
Before we begin I just want state that although I am a fan of the Ben Ten series I have not watched the newest rebooted version of Ben Ten. So, none of the new aliens or new characters (if there are any) from that series will appear. Sorry for those of you that are disappointed by that fact. truthfully I tried to give it a chance but it's just not for me. Anyway, let's move on to Chapter 2.

Ch.2 Accept This New Reality

An hour has passed since the Sludge Villain attack, the sun has begun to set, yet heroes are still occupying the scene as to help clean up and ease the people's nerves.

Their presence however does not help Henzu Uuichi's mood. 'Well, this sucks.'

The black-haired teen is leaned up against a wall from across the street watching as the heroes such as Mount Lady and Deatharms are interviewed and the police take statements. 'Man, why did that hero have to ruin my fun, sheesh.' Henzu is, of course, referring to the guy with the one green eye and tendrils on his head. 'Well no use sticking around.' He kicks himself off the wall, from the corner of his eye he spots the bandaged Bakugou receiving compliments from pro heroes that witnessed his quirk 's power in action. 'Looks like you get to stick around for a little longer, Blasty.' Henzu absorbs the iron from his wrench and proceeds to punch the cement wall breaking a small crater into it, he stuffs his hands into his pockets and strolls off. "One day, you will get what's coming to ya."

Eventually, the heroes are done praising Bakugou, and the police have already gotten a statement from him, leaving him to his thoughts. Throughout the entire time he gave the police and the heroes very little information about what happened at most he said that he was caught by the pile of crap and then a hero saved him. Bakugou did however say that it was Thirteen who saved him and who fought the villain, like Thirteen asked him to. Honestly, Bakugou could care less about which hero took the credit, but what does have him interested is what the weirdo called him. That tall black-skinned freak called him "Kacchan". 'The only one who calls me that is Deku. That couldn't have been Deku? Ha, yeah right. The guy probably had some kind of telepathic aspect to his quirk or something. Maybe the bastard already knew who I was and decided to try and get chummy. Yeah, that's probably it.' Bakugou trods off towards home, laughing at the idea of Izuku ever having a quirk.

As he leaves, he unknowingly passes by the Number One Hero in all of Japan.

'Pathetic…this is all my fault.' The skeletal All Might stands alone, his dark thoughts are all that give him company as he watches pro heroes, active heroes, heroes that are capable, doing their duty. 'Apparently, Thirteen was able to make it inside and handle the situation, but…' He grabs his injury as if it personally offends him. 'I wasn't able to do anything! I was useless… All I was good for was watching from the sidelines and hope that someone else would save the day.' All Might shakes his head in denial. 'No, stop that! This was bound to happen eventually that's why… I need to continue my search for a worthy successor. One that can take my place and become a new Symbol of Peace.'

"Ugh…" Everything aches as Izuku opens his eyes to a bright blinding light. With his head spinning he can eventually make out a white clean ceiling. "Huh?! Where am I?!" Sitting up, his head swinging from side to side, he realizes that he's in a hospital. "How'd I get here? What happened?" His memory of transforming and saving Bakugou return to him. "Oh yeah, I jumped in and saved Kacchan… THAT WAS SO SCARY! Maybe it was a dream?!" That's when he notices that the watch is still attached to his wrist. It green-light blinks as if to say hello. "It was real! What was I thinking?! That was so stupid! I bet I'm going to be arrested for vigilantism! Maybe they think I'm a villain! Oh my God, how am I going to explain myself?!"

"Wow, you're sure a lively one."

Izuku shakily turns to the door his eyes full of dread. However, the gleam in his eyes turns to that of surprise and despite the looming fear he can't help but smile. His eyes sparkle as his terrified and nervous expression turns to one of excitement and joy. "You're the Space Hero Thirteen!" Indeed, the Rescue hero themself is standing at the entrance of the hospital room. "I'm a huge fan! You're so amazing! A top-notch rescue hero with the ability to create blackholes that can be used to clear any debris it's-"

Thirteen cuts him off. "Haha, yes, yes, thank you. That's very nice of you to say. I am more concerned about you." Thirteen takes a seat in the chair closest the bed. "How are you feeling."

"Oh, I, um, feel pretty good all things considered. Just a little banged up here and there."

"That's good," Their voice becomes deadly serious. "now I have some questions for you." The greenette's mouth snaps shut as Thirteen stares him in the eyes and leans forward. "What are you doing here on Earth?"

"Huh?"

"Come on don't play dumb. Where did you get Level 20 technology?" Thirteen's voice rises with annoyance.

"Um."

"How did you avoid registration? Why did you interfere today? Where are you from?! Who sent you?! Who gave you that device?!"

"I-uh, sorry but I don't understand…"

Thirteen sighs, leaning back on their seat. "Alright, let's start from the top." Thirteen opens the folder that they were carrying under their arm. "According to these files your name's Izuku Midoriya, age 14, attends Aldera Junior High, and you're registered as Quirkless." Thirteen eyes Izuku suspiciously before continuing. "I ran a test of your DNA while you were unconscious, and it came up as purely human." They close the folder. "So, tell me, how were you able to become a Conductoid and then revert back to human?"

Izuku blinks. "I still don't understand…what you're saying."

The space suited hero sighs heavily. "How were you able to transform into the black-skinned being that can absorb and release electricity?"

"Oh, um, I'm not completely sure myself."

"Well just explain the best you can."

"Um, well, I was at Dagobah Beach and I found a strange metal sphere…" Izuku hesitates, if he continues there's a good chance that the hero will think he's either crazy or a liar, maybe both. Thirteen, meanwhile, encouragingly gestures for him to continue. Izuku continues deciding to stick with the truth, maybe his story won't seem as crazy as he thinks. "And I found this strange watch." Izuku raises his left arm to indicate the item in question. "It just leapt onto my wrist and when I tried to remove it… it turned me into that . . . thing."

Thirteen cups their helmet as if holding their chin. "Interesting. So, why did you engage with the slime villain?"

"Oh, um, well my legs...they just sort-of...moved on their own. I saw Kacchan's face and I just thought that… he needed saving."

Thirteen takes a moment to think before standing up. "I think I understand now."

That makes one of them, Izuku still isn't sure about everything that's happened. What did Thirteen mean by their questions? They were so bizarre; they almost suggested that he committed a horrible offense.

Izuku is pulled out of his musing by Thirteen. "I think I owe you some answers." Thirteen points at the newly revealed watch. "While you were unconscious, I ran some tests on that...watch. That thing on your wrist appears to be Level 20 - or extremely advanced technology that has the capability to overwrite and reprogram the wearer's DNA to that of other beings."

"Transform DNA?"

"Yes, it's a device like none other on this planet or any other planet for that matter. This device can break up your human DNA and relater it to that of other living lifeforms."

"What are you saying?"

"Midoriya, do you believe in aliens?"

Izuku stares dumbfounded at the pro hero. "Excuse me?"

Thirteen rather than play this gentle decides to drop the truth. "Aliens exist." Izuku's stupefied expression somehow increases. "You know extra-terrestrials, intelligent life, aliens?! Well they are very real…in fact it's my job to watch over and monitor aliens that come to Earth, even make sure that they follow intergalactic laws and such. For you see I am a… Plumber."

Izuku gives the hero a quizzical look. "A...plumber?"

"Not that kind of plumber. The Plumbers are an interstellar disciplinary force that uphold justice across the known galaxies. Basically, heroes but in space."

"Oh…" Izuku's eyes comedically widen in realization. "W-wait! You're being completely serious here?!"

Thirteen deadpans. "Yes."

"But that doesn't make sense! Aliens don't exist! I mean of course there is a possibility, but wouldn't we have some kind of evidence by now. Not to mention this puts science and even our own history into question. There's also the chance that the world's governments are aware of this…"

Thirteen can only stare as the teen begins to ramble on into a storm of muttering that lasts for a good length of time. Izuku eventually realizes what he's doing and silences himself, but only after a few minutes have already passed by.

When he's done, Thirteen decides to continue. "Anyway, as I was saying… As a Plumber it's my job to make sure that any and all aliens on Earth behave themselves...usually that isn't an issue. That also includes tracking any and all alien technology, products, and goods. So, I've definitely seen a thing or two." Thirteen rubs the back of their head. "Admittedly, I've never encountered or even heard of anything like this." They gesture towards the watch. "A device that can transform people into aliens."

The two sit in silence. Thirteen lets Izuku's mind process everything, while Izuku honestly has no idea what to think of all of this.

Izuku fidgets from his uncomfortable seat. "So...what now?" His green eyes meet Thirteen's.

"Well, this piece of Level 20 tech, um…" The look on Izuku's face tells them that he's confused. "This piece of technology is so advanced that it would take millions of years for regular humans to make it. For comparison the Earth has only Level 3, arguably Level 4, technology." Thirteen reaches into his back pocket.

"Ah." Izuku nods his head in understanding.

Thirteen pulls out a small light gray disc that's shaped like a circular hourglass with a bright red dot in the middle.

Izuku watches in fascination as Thirteen touches the red dot. The dot lights up and projects a hologram of a screen where Thirteen proceeds to type in a few things. "What's that?"

"My Plumber's badge. I have no knowledge on things like this so I would like to file a report and see if other officers know of anything like this."

"Ah."

"Yup, hopefully we can get this thing off of you."

Izuku's inside fill with nervousness. "Do...do you really have to take it?" He subconsciously grabs the watch. "It's just that this thing, this watch, gave me the opportunity...to do something." Thirteen only watches as Izuku continues. "It gave me the chance to be useful, to help someone else...to be a hero. So, can't I just...keep it?" A few tears escape Izuku's eyes as he begs for this.

Thirteen's heart goes out to the boy, but they have a job and a responsibility to uphold. "I'm sorry but no. It goes against protocol for humans to possess Level 20 tech. Heck, I don't even know what this thing is fully capable of. I can't just let you keep it." Thirteen looks away from Izuku's dejected appearance. "I'm sorry, but that's just how it's going to be." Thirteen scratches the side of their face/helmet. "However, according to the test results. The watch has fused with your own genetic structure."

"What, what does that mean?"

"It means that it's bound not just to your wrist but your DNA." Izuku's head snaps up in worry. "Although I said that you can't keep it, it's not like I can keep you here as well and trying to lock it in portable case will look too suspicious."

A flicker of hope lights up within the teen's heart. "Does that mean?"

"Yeah, you can hold onto it for now." It's unclear but Izuku is pretty sure that Thirteen is smiling from under their helmet. "It should be fine, as long as you don't draw attention to it or yourself."

Tears of joy slide down the boy's cheeks as his hold tightens around the watch. "Thank you."

"Don't get too excited, I'm still not sure about what it can do. Also try to avoid using it. The last thing we need is for some lunatic to go after it."

"Yeah," Izuku chuckles lightly. "I wouldn't want that."

"Definitely. Now, I'm sure you have more questions, but it's gotten pretty late. Let's get you home, alright? We can discuss more later."

"Yeah, wait, how am I going to explain everything to my Mom?"

Thirteen smiles and gives the teen a thumbs up. "Don't worry I got it covered."

"Izuku, honey! Are you alright?!" Izuku is enveloped in a bone crushing, yet very loving, embrace.

"I, uh, I'm fine Mom." He returns the hug. "I was really well cared for."

Inko Midoriya examines, making sure there's nothing other than the few bandages dispersed across his body. "Oh, thank goodness. You must be starving I kept dinner warm for you."

Izuku smiles brightly. "Thanks, Mom." There's a hint of regret in his aura. 'She really doesn't suspect a thing.' As Thirteen had explained, they really did have this covered.

##########(Flashback)#########

After Thirteen had questioned Izuku, the hero not only generously paid for Izuku's medical bill but drove the teen from the hospital and back to his apartment complex. Before Izuku can head towards the elevator Thirteen stopped him. "Just to make sure, what's the cover story?"

"Um, after school I was hanging around the shopping district when the villain attacked, and I was knocked unconscious. Then you rescued me, took me to the hospital to be checked over, and even paid for my medical bill."

"Correct, which works well since I already had my agency call your mother ahead of time when I apprehended you."

"Yeah."

"As for the watch just say that you bought it okay."

"Kay."

Thirteen holds a card out to Izuku. "Here, take this. It's my contact information, I'll be in touch. I gotta make sure you're not abusing this thing and I'll give you any information that comes in about it. Oh, and keep all this alien and space talk down to the bare minimum alright, last thing we need is a global panic."

########(End Flashback)#######

After dinner and bidding his mother a goodnight, Izuku heads straight to his room. He dumps his uniform into the laundry and changes into some fresh clothes. 'I don't really like lying to Mom but what can I do?' Izuku falls back onto his All Might themed bed. 'Today has been one giant roller coaster of emotions.' He raises up his fist gazing up at the alien transforming watch, a hopeful glint shines in his eyes. 'I know I'm not allowed to use this thing, but…maybe, just maybe, I can use it to become a hero. A hero that saves everyone with a smile. Wait, Thirteen said that the Plumbers, that's such a horrible name, are like space heroes. Maybe I can join them and if I do, I can use the watch.' Izuku sits up raising his fists in determination. 'Next chance I get I'll talk to Thirteen about it. But in the meantime…' He stands up, walks over to his desk and grabs a notebook, it's similar to his hero analysis one except this one has clearly never been used. Once he grabs a pen, he heads for the kitchen. "Hey Mom."

Inko is busy washing dishes. "Yes?"

"I'm going to walk around the block for a little bit, I need some air. Is that okay?"

Inko would really like to say no, but she has no real reason to. "Um, well, as long as you're nearby then I guess it's okay."

"Thanks Mom, and don't worry I won't be gone for more than 10-20 minutes or so."

"Take care sweetie."

Izuku hugs his mother, slips on his shoes, and heads for the alleyway behind his building. The alleyway is dark with only a few street lights illuminating it. Izuku, innocently, places his new notebook on top of a shiny American muscle car that's magenta in color. The car belongs to an elderly neighbor of his.

'I know Thirteen said not to use it,' He grips the watch almost affectionately. 'but if I want to convince Thirteen in letting me keep it then I have to learn as much about this watch as possible.' Izuku writes a new title onto the cover of the notebook, "Hero Transformations #1".

Izuku grips the watch making sure the coast is clear he activates the watch. The dial shoots up the diamond-symbol forming in the middle reveals the same tendril silhouette from before. Izuku rotates the dial and takes count of all the different silhouettes; he counts a total of nine forms before returning to the first form he transformed into. With little hesitation, and a lot of excitement, Izuku slams the dial down. A flash of green light envelopes the greenette and the teen can feel his body changing all the way down to the microscopic level.

"Aw, yeah!" The Conductoid cheers grinning happily at his form. The morphed Izuku turns to the muscle car as a mirror uses it to examine his new body. "You know now that I'm aware this is an alien body, I don't feel so embarrassed that I'm not wearing clothes...Oh, who am I kidding it's still weird." Izuku tries to cover himself, but he knows that there's no point anymore. "Well anyway."

Izuku takes a few moments to draw out the general shape and look of this transformation. When he's satisfied with his drawing, he puts down the pen. "Now for this form's powers."

The two tendrils on his head stretch up and attach themselves onto the street lamp that hangs above his head. The tendrils absorb the electricity causing the lamp to flicker. Izuku removes the tendrils and aims a finger out towards a garbage can, a small beam of electricity flies out and knocks the can away. "So cool."

Izuku, as the Conductoid, takes time to write down what he does know about this alien into his new journal: agility, can hear radio waves, feeds on electricity, has tendrils on the back of his head, staticky voice, etc.

"Okay, I should probably give this form a name, like what some pro heroes with Transformation type quirks do." He presses his pencil against his lips. "What did Thirteen call this thing by the way? I think they said Conductoid, that must be this guy's species or something." Izuku jots the species name down before taking a moment to look over what he has written. The words "feed" and "back" stick out to him. "Feed...back… Oh, I like that. Feedback. It fits and it sort of plays off this guy's staticky voice!" He picks up the notebook and writes in big bold letters, "Feedback".

Feedback is so excited that his tail and tendrils reach towards the nearest electrical items they can find: lamp, electrical lines, etc. Having charged up on electricity, Feedback begins firing small blasts from individual fingers at various items namely garbage. He gets a little too carried away thou, the teen swings his hand to the side and accidentally releases a ray of lightning that's ten times more powerful than what he's been releasing. The sound of metal being fried and the smell of burning rubber and leather fills the alien's nostrils, assuming he has those.

Feedback gasps as his green-eye widens in shock. The once shining American muscle car that Izuku was using as a table is now charred with melting tires and burned leather seats, somehow the alarm is still able to work and is blaring. The Conductoid is shaking as he looks upon the result of his carelessness. By some fortunate coincidence his notebook had been flung off the car allowing it to evade being fried to a crisp. "NO! Not Mr. Baumann's car!"

Now for some context; Mr. Baumann is an elderly gentleman that moved to Japan from America many years ago. He's Izuku's neighbor and he apparently runs some kind of foreign grocery store somewhere in the warehouse district. Unfortunately, Mr. Baumann doesn't exactly enjoy Izuku's company... in fact he doesn't like Izuku period, but unlike Bakugou his reasons are a bit more justified. For you see Izuku has accidentally caused Mr. Baumann great misfortune, usually involving the man's car, which was the only thing the shop owner brought with him from America.

For example, when Izuku was five he spotted Mr. Baumann waxing his car. Like a playful child Izuku tried to inspect the car using a magnifying glass and he just so happened to notice that the gentleman had missed a spot on the hood of his car. Unfortunately, the sun had direct access to the magnifying glass and because Izuku had the magnifying glass over the waxed hood for too long the car actually caught on fire. Izuku ran away as Mr. Baumann shouted and cursed at him. There were several other similar instances like this as the years went by.

Not wanting to be scolded or seen in his altered form, Izuku quickly retreats down the alley hoping to avoid his angry neighbor.

Feedback rounds the corner and a few seconds later Mr. Baumann himself makes his way down the alley having heard his car alarm from his apartment.

Ignacius Baumann is a short potbellied man with a little black mustache over his lip. He's always wearing his magenta apron and bowtie over a light pink-striped yellow dress shirt with brown pants.

Mr. Baumann rushes over to his crisped car. Steam practically explodes from his head. "Oohh, this has got Izuku written all over it!" The grouchy neighbor grumbles various ways to make the teen take responsibility for this. He becomes silent as the bumper of his car unceremoniously collapses to the ground.

The following morning.

"I'M LATE!" Izuku scrambles out of his home and down the street with a piece of toast dangling from his mouth as he tries to adjust his school blazer. 'I can't believe I slept in!'

Izuku was kept up late last night. After running off it took about four more minutes for the watch to begin beeping and flashing red reverting Feedback back into Izuku. Izuku also noted that he was Feedback for about ten minutes, he also took note that the watch was red instead of green for another ten minutes after.

But that isn't what kept the teen up. After Izuku returned home and showered, Mr. Boumann stopped by and, despite little to no proof, gave Izuku an earful for nearly an hour. Followed by another five or so minutes of Izuku apologizing and explaining that he accidentally kicked a loose electrical wire at the car. Considering he set the car on fire with a magnifying glass once, Mr. Boumann believed him.

Izuku continues his exhausting sprint having just finished his toast. 'There's no way I'll make it in time!' Izuku stops dead in his tracks, skidding across the ground. He jumps into a nearby alleyway and begins fiddling with the watch. 'I know. Maybe Feedback can get me to school on time.' He believes that he found Feedback's silhouette but before he presses down the dial he hesitates. 'But Thirteen said try not using this thing too much, but they didn't say that I couldn't use it at all. And this is an emergency, I mean Thirteen is a teacher at U.A. , so they should understand the importance of making it to class on time.'

With that reasoning to comfort him, Izuku slams the dial down. Green energy surrounds him and Izuku feels his body changing. Except it's different this time. He feels himself becoming skinnier rather than bigger or taller, his feet reshape, and his fingers join together, a stretching feeling originates near his tailbone.

"What da? This isn't Feedback."

Indeed, it seems that the watch turned the teen into the wrong alien. His current form resembles a semi-armored Velociraptor. It has black orbs on its feet and wears a black conoid helmet. The raptor like alien has a blue face, green eyes, and black lips. The alien's skin is blue with black stripes along its long tail. Its arms are thin with three sharp black talon-like fingers. It wears the Omnitrix symbol on its chest. "Interesting I wonder what it is, hmmm." The morphed Izuku tries to move forward and in a blink of an eye Izuku finds himself across the street. "Woah!" A black visor now covers his face to protect it from wind and debris. "This guy is fast."

From under the visor the reptilian alien smiles gleefully. Like a speeding bullet Izuku takes off leaving only a blue streak behind him. "Man, this guy has such amazing speed. Just look at how he accelerates. Oh, that's a good name, accel-no XLR8. Yeah, that's it."

To avoid drawing attention to other people and the authorities, XLR8 uses various backways and unpopulated streets, that he learned from Henzu and his own endeavors in order to avoid Bakugou. XLR8 makes it to school in a mere three minutes. In fact, he makes it there so quickly he has about twenty minutes to spare. So, to make use of that time Izuku scribbles down a drawing, characteristics, and the speed of the new alien into his new notebook. Notably XLR8's speed doesn't just involve his speed but his basic motor functions as well, in this case he finishes his notes in less than five seconds.

Izuku spends a few seconds thinking about what to do until the timer runs out. In one second, he types and sends Henzu a text asking how he's doing. XLR8 taps his foot rapidly waiting for a reply which comes a few minutes later; Henzu is ditching school today. Usually Izuku would have a small panic attack but this is pretty normal for his best friend.

'Ah, man I really wanted to show the watch off to Henzu…' XLR8's mind reals back to the last thing he showed Henzu. It was a limited edition All Might figurine and for some reason he "lent" it to the delinquent only for Henzu to go behind his back and return with a huge wad of cash with him, although he did split some of the cash with him. 'You know what maybe I shouldn't mention it. I'll have a real hard time explaining myself.'

After replying back, a few students pass XLR8. When Izuku notices them, he flinches expecting to be ridiculed but his classmates simply walk right by him without so much as a glance.

"Huh?" Izuku looks at his sharp claws. 'They must think I'm someone with a mutation quirk.'

"You were so cool!"

"Yeah man just like a hero!"

"Your quirk's so powerful!"

XLR8 spins around and sees an annoyed Bakugou surrounded by some of their classmates. They seem to be praising him for surviving the Sludge Villain attack yesterday.

XLR8 cautiously watches on as the group walks closer. He thinks about hiding but figures that he won't be recognized.

Bakugou stomps forward doing his best to ignore the annoying fucks. 'Stupid extras.' Bakugou thinks back to yesterday's events, specifically to the strange person that saved him from the slime. 'Tch, that bastard. How dare he think of me as some helpless, useless punk! I could have killed that guy if I wanted to!' His grip around his backpack strap tightens in frustration as if he doesn't believe that himself.

As the group of noisy kids pass by the blue-scaled alien, Bakugou's eyes divert down towards the symbol on the lizard's chest. Bakugou, recognizing it as the same symbol that the other hero had, so he stops and turns towards what he thinks is a person with a Mutation type quirk. "Hey, Lizard Tail." The students surrounding Bakugou shut up and freeze in place, afraid of interrupting their item of worship.

XLR8 freezes up in fear, which is the only thing preventing him from running away. "Y-yes?"

Bakugou points at the watch's faceplate. "What's with that fucking badge? And do you know a strange one-eyed tentacle bastard with black skin? If so" He raises his palm as if to threaten the reptile with an explosion. "Then tell me about him."

Izuku is shaking in fear, but with a shake of his head he registers the questions. "Badge? Tentacle Freak?" He looks down where the dial shines on his chest. "Oh, um, it-" The dial begins to beep and flash red. "Um, sorry, but I have somewhere to be." XLR8 gives a friendly yet nervous smile before taking off as fast as he possibly can, which is of course extremely fast.

Bakugou blinks and then glares angrily towards where Lizard Tail ran off to. "What the fuck?!"

Meanwhile, XLR8 makes it to the other side of the school grounds before he reverts back into his human form. "Phew, that was close." Izuku wipes the sweat off his head. "I have got to be more careful." Gripping his backpack, he noticed that his backpack transformed and reverted back with him, the greenette heads to class. 'Kacchan recognized the watch.' He pulls his sleeve up to hide the said object. 'I better be careful. I don't need another reason for Kacchan to come after me.'

The school day goes uneventfully especially since Bakugou seems content to keep his anger to himself today. Izuku ignores everything, his mind is only focused on Thirteen, the Plumbers, and what other aliens he has access to. He even tries to theorize if certain events in human history were caused by extraterrestrial influences: building of the pyramids, U.F.O. sightings, Area 51, even Atlantis.

As the end of the school day approaches, Izuku can't help but write a few of his thoughts into his journal allowing the classroom to empty out. He also took time to text Thirteen about the next time they can talk.

As Izuku packs up he gets a text from Thirteen asking him if he would like to stop by their agency; they figure that Izuku has many follow up questions to ask.

Izuku grabs his "Hero Transformations" notebook and heads for the exit as he eagerly replies with yes and promises to meet the hero in a hour.

"Hey, Deku!"

Izuku turns stark white and shakily turns towards his old childhood friend. "Y-yes, Ka-Kacchan?"

Bakugou eyes Izuku's wrist. "What's with the stupid looking watch?"

The greenette slowly averts his eyes towards his wrist where the watch, with its green hourglass symbol, is in full display; he had forgotten about covering it up with his sleeve.

Bakugou growls. "That's the third time I've seen that thing." He raises his palm in a threatening manner, tiny explosions pop from it. "What is it and why do you have it?"

"Oh, I, uh, bought it. Yeah! I got it yesterday at a little gift shop."

Bakugou scowls. "You better not be lying to me you little shit."

"I'm not! I swear!"

"Good." Bakugou turns away so he can fetch his backpack from his desk. Seeing that he's free to go Izuku waddles towards the exit clutching his new notebook for comfort as he goes.

Bakugou glances back and spots the none burnt notebook and notices the word "Hero" on it. "Hold it nerd!"

Izuku freezes in place, a tear leaks from his eye.

Bakugou jabs an accusing finger at the notebook. "What's. With. That?"

Izuku follows the angry blonde's finger but his brain is too nerve racked to reply. And in that brief moment Izuku's instincts went into fight or flight mode.

Izuku seemingly flies down the hallway, leaving behind a trail of terrified tears.

"GET BACK HERE SHITTY DEKU!"

Izuku can hear the sounds of small explosions coming after him. 'What do I do?! What do I do?! Oh, da, of course! He won't recognize me if I go alien… I need a better way to refer to transforming.' Rounding a corner, the teen activates the dial and disappears behind a flash of green light.

Izuku can feel his head widening, his eyes bulging, but for some reason his entire body shrinking at the exact same time. All this occurs just as Bakugou catches up with him.

"DEKU!" Bakugou turns the corner with smoke emanates from his hands, but his target is nowhere in sight. "DAMMIT! Where's that bastard?!" The completely pissed off Bakugou charges down the hall in order to hunt down his prey.

The sound of detonations eventually gets further away. "Phew, he's gone. For now, at least." A tiny bipedal amphibian steps out from behind a garbage can.

The little guy has grey skin, a wide head with large green eyes and rectangular pupils. The face dial of Izuku's watch is lodged onto its back.

Izuku takes a moment to examine his new form. "This form worked out better than expected. After all, if I turned into Feedback or XLR8 then I really would have gotten Kacchan's attention." The tiny Izuku shivers at the thought. "Even with Kacchan gone I have another problem…I'M SO TINY! And Kacchan is still after me!" The frog-like alien takes a deep breath. "Maybe this new form will work to my advantage. It'll be harder for Kacchan to find me if I'm only five inches tall. But he'll recognize the watch if he sees it. Plus, I could accidently get stepped on. So, how do I get out of here?" The little guy looks around and spots an air vent near the ceiling.

After further scanning he notices that the janitor left his mop and bucket cart in the hall; the amphibian smirks. A few seconds later one would be a bit shocked to see a gray frog riding the janitor cart towards the wall. The cart slams into the wall, the change in momentum launches the mop forward allowing the frog to grab on and be flung towards the vent. Izuku crashes into the vent cover and tries to grab it but he slides down, he adjusts his fingers and he stops moving. That's when Izuku realizes that this form can stick to walls. "Huh, I probably could have climbed up if I had known."

Izuku takes a moment or two to unscrew the vent with his finger before crawling inside. Once inside he takes a moment to take a little pride in himself. "I guess being little has its advantages. Now how do I navigate this place." Izuku taps his chin in thought, he then squats down and begins drawing out an overview of the school with his finger onto the dusty floor of the vent. "Well I'm near the science room so I'm on the east side of the building and if I remember correctly the air conditioning units are over here on the roof. Based off that I can determine how the vents are laid out in comparison to the school facilities and thus I can find the best route to get outside." Izuku points at his exit, and jogs towards it. "Strange, I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty smart on my own. However, it seems that this specific alien species has an increased intellect." As Izuku makes a few turns here and there and even a high jump at one point he can eventually spot sunlight in the distance. The entire time he's trying to come up with a good name for this alien. "IQ? No. Tiny Genius! No...How about Ace Student? That's even worse!" Izuku glances at his grey hand. "Grey Anatomy? Grey...Matter? Ah, that's it! I shall call this new form Grey Matter!" Grey Matter pries the exit vent open as he declares his name to the world.

Grey Matter smiles proudly as he takes a breath of fresh air and enjoys the heat of the sun. Not to mention bask in the fact that he managed to avoid Bakugou. Grey Matter peers down and sees the barrier surrounding the school a mere five feet away. Walking back a few feet (human feet) Grey Matter takes a running stance and with a determined look in his eye he sprints towards freedom. The grey alien leaps off the vent flying through the air and lands safely onto the barrier. From there he sticks himself to the side of the outer wall and safely climbs down. Just in time for the watch to flash red transforming the alien back to human.

Izuku glows with pure joy that he got away scot free. Happily holding his backpack and notebook Izuku heads off for Thirteen's agency with high hopes.

"Hi, Thirteen!" Izuku is so excited that his yell actually shakes a few items in Thirteen's office.

Thirteen adjusts their helmet's earpiece just encase Izuku's voice becomes too loud again. "Oh, hello Midoriya. Good to see you." Thirteen places a few papers onto their desk.

Izuku replies from his seat. "Nice to see you too."

"Listen, I filed the report about... the watch but I have yet to receive any information back and there hasn't been any requests or reports made for its location or return." Izuku sits up with a hopeful look. "That said I'm still not completely comfortable with you having it." Izuku slouches in his chair in dejection. "I understand."

"Not to mention… You already used it three separate times!" Thirteen grabs their computer monitor and spins it around showing several images of Izuku in his various alien forms.

The photos seem to be taken by various security cameras: one photo is Izuku in the alleyway as Feedback, another is a photo taken while he was zipping around as XLR8 so you only see the streak of blue, and the last photo is of Grey Matter climbing down the school wall.

"How'd you get those?!"

"Like I mentioned yesterday, my job as a Plumber is to monitor any and all alien activity on Earth. That includes teenagers that don't follow directions and use alien devices as toys!"

Izuku bows his head. "I'm sorry."

Thirteen sighs. "Luckily for you. I am able to erase footage like this in order for aliens and those associated with them to remain discreet. But that doesn't mean it's a sound system. Even if people assume that it's just someone with a mutation there is still the risk of aliens being exposed." Thirteen glares at the ashamed teen. "What you did was incredibly irresponsible. Do you understand that?"

Izuku is trembling, he feels so ashamed that he can't look the pro hero in the eye. "Y-yes and...I'm sorry...I'm sorry that I disappointed you."

Thirteen's eyes soften. "I'm not disappointed. Heck, I'm not even mad at you." They lean back into their chair. "I'm a bit frustrated by all of this and with myself. After all I really should have expressed the severity of this situation better to you. And I'm just worried about what the watch can do and what unforeseen consequences it may have."

"So, I shouldn't be allowed to use it." Izuku grips the watch as if it'll be ripped away from

him. "It'll just be a strange watch that can't tell time…it'll just be something…useless." A tear drips from his freckled cheek.

"That's how it should be."

"Oh...okay." The tears begin flowing, Izuku tries his best to hide them by slouching forward allowing his hair to cover his face.

Thirteen watches on in thoughtful reflection. 'This boy. He means well but he lacks restraint. Then again that might be expected when one grows up without a quirk. Seeing everyone do amazing feats like it's normal but never be able to have what makes yourself unique. This watch really is a dream come true for him…'

"Can you answer something for me, Midoriya?"

Izuku sniffs rubbing his eyes as he picks his head up.

Thirteen looks the young man in the eye as they ask him a question. "Why do you want to be a hero?"

Izuku thinks about his answer before answering. "I'm… a quirkless kid without any powers. But ever since I could remember all I've ever wanted to do was be a hero, a hero that saves everyone with a smile. A smile that inspires and gives them hope. And honestly I nearly gave up on that dream…" Izuku holds the watch up in appreciation. "But then I found this watch and it's able to give me powers. Powers that I could only dream about, powers that I would hopelessly wish for. Yet here it is sitting on my wrist. So, maybe it's a sign…a sign that I can be a hero." Izuku's eyes burn with a silent passion that's determined to prove his self-worth.

And Thirteen can sense it. "Alright."

"Huh?"

"I think, no, I believe that you can be a hero." Izuku stares wide eyed at the rescue hero. "Really?"

"Yup, and I'll help you make that dream into a reality."

"Really?!" Izuku shoots up out of the chair with a mix of disbelief and excitement.

"Yes, but there will be some caveats."

"Anything is fine with me!"

Thirteen holds up a finger. "1. Don't go using the watch for personal gain. 2. Don't tell anyone about the watch, aliens, or the Plumbers."

Izuku comedically bows rapidly. "Okay, I promise!"

"Wait, there's a third condition. The last condition is that you must assist me in Plumber work."

Izuku gives the hero a surprised look. "Excuse me?"

"You heard right. You see the Plumbers on Earth are extremely understaffed and bringing in pro heroes could complicate things. Also, while employed under the Plumber name you will be allowed to keep and use the watch as you see fit. So, this is also in your favor as well."

Tears of joy begin to form. "So, this really means…"

"Yes, you can be a hero." Thirteen stands and raises their hand towards the boy. "I will help you achieve that goal."

"Thank you…that means a lot to me..." Izuku clenches at his heart as he tries to prevent himself from crying.

Thirteen pats his shoulder and lets him get his emotions out. 'I wonder if I should tell Midoriya about him… No, it's not my place to tell. Perhaps someday, he will find out for himself. In the meantime, I'll watch over him. Who knows what the future has in store?'

Yay! You made it to the end I know it was nothing too exciting, but I hope you liked Chapter 2. I promise that Chapter 3 will make up for it. How is Thirteen as a character? How did you guys enjoy the new aliens? Did you guys like the Mr. Boumann scene? Please leave a comment or helpful criticism. Thanks again, I should have the next chapter up by next week. It's already turning out amazingly. A few notes:

*So, I gave the Omnitrix a set time limit. It always kind of annoyed me how in the main series they never clarified how long Ben stays in alien form or how long it actually takes for the watch to recharge. I'm hoping that this will make Izuku something to work against in his pursuit to become a hero.
*Yes, I made Thirteen a Plumber. Originally, I was going to have a different character or OC take Izuku on as a student but then remembered that Thirteen is the literal space hero. So it was perfect.
*Also, I am referring to Thirteen as a "they", "their", "them", etc. Namely because in several My Hero Academia forums (Wiki, manga, etc.) Thirteen is referred to as either male or female and I wasn't sure which was true and decided to keep it neutral.
*More information about the Plumbers, aliens, and transformations will be explains further in Chapter 3.