Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BEN 10 OR AKAME GA KILL. THEY BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS. BEN 10 IS OWNED BY MAN OF ACTION AND AKAME GA KILL IS OWNED BY SQUARE ENIX.
Hello, guys! This is MegaRdaniels bringing you a new chapter for Ultimate ga Kill! You guys thought I've forgotten ya. lol. Anyway, school is about to start soon, but I do not have 5 classes like last time. Boy, was that a nightmare. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this story as much as I had fun writing it! Please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated. Thanks! :)
ブルを殺す
XX: Kill the Bull
Ben woke up earlier that morning feeling a little groggy. He didn't feel as heroic or as eccentric as he once did. The image of Bulat's death never escaped him. He had avoided everyone for the past few days. The image was stuck in his mind like a fly on a flytrap. He had heard from no one for the past few days. They might have gotten the message that Bulat's death struck Ben the hardest. Akame, one of the members in charge of keeping an eye on him, sat by the door most of the days he was out of commission reading a book, but today she was out with Tatsumi helping him train before she could go back and watch Ben.
He heard three knocks on the door that morning. He groaned knowing that it could Akame being absolutely nosey or Leone being the bratty big sister. He slammed his head on his soft, white pillow.
"Go away," he muffled.
"It's me, Ben," said a soft voice. He knew where that voice sterned from.
Sheele.
Ben sighed and got up. He opened the door and saw a concerned Sheele toying with her fingers, "Did..."
"No one called me, Ben," she said, "I was...well concerned."
"Concerned about what?" Ben asked, "I seem to be doing okay?"
"Being cooped up in a hot room while smelling like a wild Danger Beast?" Sheele nodded her head left in confusion. Ben sighed and gave up.
"Good point," he sighed, "What do you want?"
"Just to talk," she said.
"Talk?"
Sheele nodded, "If it's okay with you?"
Ben sighed and invited her in. She looked around his room and spotted well...nothing.
"If you are looking for secrets, it ain't in here," he said.
"I see," she said, "Unlike many others, I'm not worried about your Imperial Arms," she said, "I know how powerful you are."
"How?"
"I just know," she said, "But to get to the meat of the story I want to..."
"If it's about Bulat," Ben interrupted, "It was my failings."
"It wasn't your fault, Ben," she said softly, pulling up a chair. Ben sat down on his bed, "It was no fault of your own."
"But I could have..."
"You've done enough," she said, "You have saved our lives many times. You worked and tried your hardest. It was no fault of your own. You may not know it but, I was once like you...well except that um..."
"I don't kill," Ben finished.
"What? Oh yeah, sorry," she apologized. Ben smiled. "Yeah, you don't kill. Why you don't? I mean...um...finishing..."
"Because I do not have the stomach for it and I believe that people can be rehabilitated in some way," Ben said.
"But sometimes, your words alone cannot reach the unreachable. Sometimes you have to do whatever you can to protect the ones you love the most, even if it means sacrificing your core beliefs," she said.
Ben, after hearing that, heard it before. Just before he came close to killing Kevin, Gwen had to snap him out of it. He still had that core notion of hatred and betrayal Kevin struck into his heart, but the hero in him was still there. He didn't want to admit it, but Sheele was right. Had he killed Nyau right then, Bulat would have been alive.
Sheele, though airheaded, understood what Ben stood for, but wanted to plant a seed of realism for reference. Ben sighed.
"There was a time when I almost killed my best friend," Ben said. Sheele got confused and interested. Not interested as in good, but in worry. Sheele, as of this moment, saw Ben as a 'classical hero'. Not an assassin or a murderer. She was shaking at the notion of Ben Tennyson, the guy with monsters that can destroy an entire country if not the world, was about to use his Ultimatrix for murder. Compared to Akame, Ben would have been the most dangerous assassins if pushed too far. He would have made her look like Seryu in seconds if he was driven to kill.
"Kevin was about to kill my cousin. I tried everything. I tried talking. Imprisonment. Everything! It was then I realized that Kevin, my best friend was so bloodlust, I had to put him down. I didn't thank god, but the thought of me doing it was...it was unlike me," he said.
"So you were thinking about protecting the people you loved the most," Sheele said, "No one said it's an easy decision."
"No one told me that being a hero would be an easy job," Ben giggled.
"And a hero you are," Sheele said. Ben looking up to see a smiling Sheele, "You saved Tatsumi and the Resistance. Bulat would have been happy," she kissed him on the forehead. Ben's eyes dilated as his cheeks flushed once Sheele got close. His eyes zoomed into her window. Once she pulled back, Ben's heart rushed into 60 miles an hour before it slowed.
"Anyway, I don't think a strong hero would last long in a battlefield if they are in their room all day. Akame, well...she asked..."
Ben stood up, "So someone did ask you to come and check on me. And that person happens to be Sword Girl," Ben joked softly. Sheele giggled.
"She asked to see if you want to train with her," she said, "She also said that you have to get some air."
Ben got up and stretched, "Well she is right though. I do feel kind of light and drowsy."
"Not to mention fumbly," Sheele giggled.
Suddenly, Akame barged into the room carrying a tray of food. She was looking worried though bothered to hide it. Sheele saw Akame and then back at Ben.
"I got to go," Sheele said, "I'll be in the kitchen if you need anything."
Ben nodded. After Sheele left, just before looking back at Ben, Akame walked inside with the tray. She sat it on the table by the window and sat on the chair pulled up by Sheele.
"Akame, I..."
"No need," Akame spoke, "Tatsumi told me everything."
"It's about me turning into Upgrade huh?" Ben sighed, "Well...I don't..."
"No, it's not Upgrade," she said.
"Then what?" Akame wanted to tell him what's been going through her mind as of late. It wasn't romance by any chance, but more of a thank you. But she doesn't know how to give that said thank you. Her previous thoughts were that Ben was too privileged to even care about the cause. Ben was too dangerous. Ben could not be trusted and etcetera. She knew Ben was powerful. But how powerful? That's the question that scares her the most.
Ben was confused about Akame. He couldn't trust her because of the power he wielded. He had feelings that Akame would try to kill him if he was ever disarmed and such. Every time she sees or hears a new transformation she would like info on those creatures and tell Ben to train with either her or Tatsumi.
"Train with me," she said, "Even with your strongest forms you can still be defeated by your enemies," she dodged her gut.
Ben nodded, "Alright, sure whatever." Ben said.
Akame nodded and gave him his tray of food, then suddenly, Akame kissed him on the nose, "I'm glad you're safe." She left and closed the door leaving Ben confused and yet red in the face.
"I can understand why Sheele kissed me, a little bit," Ben rationalized, "But why did Akame?"
Inside the palace inside of the Imperial Capital was a fairly muscular young man of above average height with short dark blue hair and eyes. Like Tatsumi, he also had a cowlick. He wore a blue leather jacket and a red scarf with an anchor on it. The scarf was said to be his symbol of justice. Under that was a white shirt with a single blue line down the middle. He also wore a pair of gray jeans with a belt and dark blue boots. He carried his Imperial Arms on his back. Wave stood outside the door excited to meet his new comrades while carrying a large bag of fish he brought from his home village.
He opened the door with great enthusiasm, "Greetings friends!" he shouted. Unfortunately, when he opened the door sitting there ominously was a large man wearing a mask.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" he said quickly closing the door.
"Oh God, that's probably the interrogation room! Gosh, I'm such an idiot," he said sitting on the floor. He took out a piece of paper from his back pocket and then looked up to check that the room he barged into was the room he was supposed to be in.
"Are you kidding me?" he said with fear, "I'm supposed to be working with that guy?"
He entered the room again and closed the door nervous as all hell. He took a seat far away from the man as he possibly could. The masked man stared at Wave ominously, making the former Navy veteran nervous.
"Oh crap, what did I do?" he thought, "Why is that creep staring at me like that?" Wave was becoming increasingly nervous until the door opened again. He turned around saw a young woman wearing a black uniform with a red tie carrying a bag of cookies walking towards the table.
He was excited to meet her.
"Ahh, it's a normal person!" Wave thought. He walked over to her while Kurame was snacking on her cookies, "Hey, my name is Waaaahaaay!"
Kurame surrounded her body to protect her bag of cookies, "Stay away from my cookies."
"Never mind not normal!" he noted, "Sorry, if I bothered you," he said sadly.
"Damn these guys are wackjobs!" Wave thought.
When the door was slammed open again, Wave saw another young woman with auburn hair. Seryu's clothes were altered slightly. Very slightly. On the center of her Imperial uniform was a rough symbol of the Ultimatrix under an interdictory circle, "Hello my fellow, Ben 10 Killers! I am Seryu Ubiquitous here to spread awareness of the threat known as Ben Tennyson!" she said proudly, "The man who can transform into a damn dinosaur and a radio demon must be given swift justice!"
Wave was confused and disturbed.
"Who the hell is Ben Tennyson?" he thought, "And what did he do to piss her off?"
She bowed and greeted a feminine man wearing a lab coat, Dr. Stylish with rose petals, "Come and greet us with your gracefulness, Dr. Stylish," she introduced.
Dr. Stylish was an incredibly flamboyant man who loved experimenting with various things or in some cases people, "I love a good, dramatic introduction. It is the very definition of stylish! You captured my masculine grace!" he said.
"Oh now it's this guy?" Wave thought.
"Oh my! You're just a little country boy! You're just too adorable by far!" Dr. Stylish said, "I'll polish you up there cowboy. So don't be shy!" he winked.
Wave was creeped out, "I think he likes me!"
Finally, standing into the room was a calm man with fair hair color with a nice soothing tone in his voice. He wore all white and had golden eyes.
"Oh hello there, the name's Wave," Wave introduced bored out of his mind.
"Oh, hey, you can call me Run. The pleasure's all mine!" he said. Wave, seeing how sane he was held his hand in celebration.
"Amazing! A person who doesn't freak me out!" After everyone got settled, Bols, the masked guy gave everyone tea and apologized for scaring his coworkers upon first entry. Especially to Wave. Seryu, on the other hand kept ranting about how much she wanted to kill Ben Tennyson to which caught Wave's attention.
"Who's Ben Tennyson?" Wave asked the disturbed young woman. Seryu turned and smiled.
"Ben Tennyson is a cancer to this world!" she said, her smile turning into a frown, "He was responsible on sending me and Koro to the hospital because we were hunting down some criminals!"
Wave got confused and then angry, "So this criminal is still running free?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh don't get me started that you're buying this crap," Kurame said to Wave, "There is no way in hell a person can transform into a dinosaur and then a damn radio!"
"I saw it with my own two eyes!" Seryu protested, "Ben Tennyson is a threat! He has this...this Imperial Arms he calls, 'The Ultimatrix' that can transform him into Danger Beasts never been recorded in the record books! A dinosaur, a bipedal tiger..." Koro growled whenever she said, "bipedal tiger", "and a blue robotic, radio thing!"
"You know what I can transform into? Me Not Giving a..."
Suddenly, the door barged open, "What the hell are you guys doing in here!?"
Wave, getting offended by this, after letting go the crazy rhetoric spewed by an unstable Seryu walked to the tall woman wearing a mask to confront her until the woman flipped him over.
"You never know who's an assassin! Do not be careless," she warned.
The Woman targeted Run who dodged her attacks, "This person has good reaction speed," she noted.
Suddenly, Seryu flew from behind the Woman, carrying all of her Ben 10 hate and enforcing it towards her target, only for her to be smashed to the floor as well as her pet Koro.
"You cannot attack from behind when your bloodlust is so easily sensed," she said.
Kurame snuck from behind, pulled out her sword and sliced her mask off, "I'm not gonna hold back," she said with a cookie in her mouth, "Even if it is just a game."
The Woman's mask crumbled off from her face revealing Esdeath smiling at her members, "Must be the Imperial Arms Yatsufusa . Just as sharp as expected," she noted.
Wave sighed in disappointment to know that his Superior Officer was a complete mental case.
...
Outside of the Palace, the group walked in their suits and ties later in the day. Esdeath informed her new team about the threat faced them, however, Seryu, still shot from her defeat against a certain 16-year-old boy, still warned her and her team members about the man to which her team members sighed in frustration - except for Esdeath. She just ignored it thinking it was all a fairy tale.
"After we visit the Emperor, we'll have a little party," she announced.
Wave responded a confused and shocking, "What? We're gonna meet the Emperor?"
"With all due respect, are we taking things a bit too quickly?" Run asked.
Esdeath turned around with a smug, "I prefer to get the tedious things over with," she stated.
"Oh, by the way, General," Dr. Stylish began, "Have you come up with a super fierce name for the squad yet?"
"Yes," Esdeath sneered, "We are an independently mobile team charged with hunting down elusive gangs of vicious murderers. Therefore, I would like to be called, The Jaegers," she said.
...
Back in the kitchen, Wave and Bols were fixing dinner for the squad, though he was confused on why he and Bols were the only ones in the squad that knows how to cook. He was about to put the spinach in the pot until Bols stopped him, "Wave, the spinach goes in last. It'll whither if you put it in too soon."
"You're right, I'm sorry!" Wave apologized, "Anyway, I wanted to tell you about how much of a nice guy you are, Bols," Wave said. Bols was bothered by this that he completely chopped off the head of a fish too fast. It was still a clean cut though.
"N-No, no, no. I'm afraid that I'm not all that nice," Bols said.
...
Back in the meeting, Seryu was talking to Esdeath while Kurome was toying with Koro, "Have you seen a guy with a green jacket? If you do, that man is Ben Tennyson! He's a dangerous psychopath that must be brought to justice pronto!" she said.
"And how much of a threat is he?" Esdeath asked, curious, "Is he tied to Night Raid?"
"I don't know. But sources says that he attacked them once and disappeared from them. But still, he cannot be trusted to live!" she said.
Esdeath's interest sparked, though was clouded with skepticism, "He seems like a dangerous individual. I will look into it."
Kurome sighed, "Anyone would buy anything these days."
"Thanks! Also, is there anything you do in your free time?" Seryu asked.
"Torturing prisoners. Learning new methods of torture, but as of just recently. I'm interested in falling in love!" she said openly shocking everyone in the room.
"Anyway, I heard an extra Imperial Arms!" Esdeath said.
"One that is not the fictional watch wielded by a fictional boy you get wet over, you crazy nut!" Kurome chewed her cookie.
Seryu growled at Kurome, "Yes, besides that, it's a scissor type weapon I reclaimed from evil! - before..."
"Don't you dare..." Kurome warned.
Seryu stuck her tongue out. She faced Esdeath, "We couldn;t find anyone who could use it."
"The Minister would confiscate it if we don't find a wielder, which would be a waste. To make things interesting, let's turn our little search into a game!" she suggested.
...
Tatsumi, Ben, and Sheele met Lubbock at a bookstore trying not to be seen as possible by the locals. Sheele walked very close to Ben even to the point that Ben and Tatsumi noticed. Even a jealous Lubbock. Once inside, Lubbock and Tatsumi snickered. Ben was confused.
"What's funny?" he asked.
"Oh nothing," Tatsumi said trying to hold his giggle. Ben turned around to see Sheele very close to him. Ben became VERY uncomfortable when she gets TOO close.
"I wonder how Akame would feel about this?" Lubbock giggled.
"Okay, what is this?" Ben said.
"Nothing man. Just nothing!" Tatsumi giggled as Lubbock pressed the books down to unveil a passageway.
"You guys are weird," Ben said until Sheele (who hid her own laughter) tapped on his shoulder. He turned to her only for her to point downwards towards his pants. Ben quickly became red in the face. He turned towards the door, got his hands in his pants and straightened up.
"Seems like Ben's weakness is girls," Tatsumi giggled as both boys walked down the halls following a disappointed Sheele and an embarrassed Ben to which he had to rip a towel from the rack to cover up his friend's window.
"Just bear with me," Ben said, "It'll distract me."
Down below, the once giggling group of boys met the clown, cat girl herself. Leone bawled out laughing after hearing about Ben's "little accident", "Oh smooth, Ben. Real smooth! Hahahahahahaha!" Leone laughed.
"Oh harty har!" Ben yelled, "And nice job being secretive."
"Hey at least you covered her tits because now, your 'friend' won't jump up on occasion now would he?" Lubbock laughed. Ben growled.
The laughter ceased once Tatsumi grabbed a Wanted poster from his back pocket showing Mine sticking her tongue out.
"There's only a few of us that could still be seen out there without suspicion," Lubbock said.
"The whole Capital's going crazy over the new police force called the Jaegers I believe," Ben said.
"Exactly," Tastumi finished.
"That's because Esdeath is leading them. She's a pretty big deal in this town, Ben. You don't want to mess with her. Even with your powers, she will find a way to kill you," Lubbock said.
"I believe that," Ben said.
"Is this Esdeath chick really all that dangerous?" Tatsumi asked.
"You have no idea," Lubbock said.
Lubbock Ben and Tatsumi the story of what made Esdeath so infamous in the eyes of the Rebellion. After that, Ben and Tatsumi were terrified.
"That's just sick!" Ben said.
"That's just sick how she jailed those people before letting them go," Tatsumi said.
"But wait a minute, from the Empire's POV, she was instigating the rebellion," Ben added.
"Yep, that was what Esdeath was trying to do," Lubbock yawned, "Yet, she wants to stir up another uprising so she can get her kicks on the battlefield forever."
"She sounds like a crazy person off her meds," Ben said. Sheele giggled. Leone lied down and yawned.
"That was a close one," Leone said, "I made the right choice of me not picking a fight with her by myself!" she said, "Imean you had to murder a million people to get a reputation like hers!"
"I think Ben can win," Sheele shared her opinion.
Everyone stared at her, "Are you trying to give him an ego boost? He already had a boost downstairs ago, don't give him a mental erection!" Lubbock said annoyed.
"I'm saying that with all the monsters and Imperial Officers he fought, I think he can win. I believe that he can. Can you?" she said outspokenly. Ben had to side with Tatsumi. Ben knew the limits of his powers, and the sheer overconfidence could get him killed in a world like this. It was nice to hear optimism, but this was clearly not a time for blind egos.
"Thanks," Ben said, "But I have to side with Tatsumi and Lubbock here. I was almost killed at the deck of the ocean liner back when Tatsumi and I fought those Three Beasts. My watch was off most of the day because of my rapid transformations."
"Oh," Sheele said.
"Oh Ben," Lubbock said, "If you want, you can check her out for herself. They are hosting a martial arts tournament. Besides, it's a good way to let off steam after being stressed out for a few days," Lubbock showed Ben the poster, "There's a cash prize for the winner."
Ben took the poster from Lubbock and studied it, "Cash prize huh? Seems fair."
AN: Hello all! This is MegaRdaniels giving you the 20th chapter of the story! Sorry, it took so long, had a lot of personal issues that needed meddling lol. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this story as much as I did writing it! Please always leave reviews, they are always appreciated. Until we meet again, I bid you all an adieu.
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