Chapter 87 - 3-

Chapter 3: Welcome to Fairy Tail

Magnolia Town

Home Town of Fairy Tail

Magnolia Town was a city located in Fiore, and it was also the location of the Main Guild of the Fairy Tail Mages. Magnolia was located in the southeastern part of Fiore, with the sea and Hargeon Town not too far to the south, a series of minor built-up areas (namely Onibus, Kunugi, Oshibana and Clover Town) linked to it by a railway line to the north, and the state boundary with the nation of Bosco to the east.

Magnolia had a population of 60,000 inhabitants, and was a merchant city that had been prosperous in Magic since the ancient era. Such reputation was supported by the fact that the town house was the strongest Guild in Fiore, Fairy Tail.

Magnolia possessed a large built-up area, extending over a large, rectangular surface to the shores of Lake Sciliora. Splitting the town vertically and horizontally was a series of large roads. The whole place was western in style, with its buildings being mildly reminiscent of neat Medieval ones. Located almost in the middle of the town, overlooking Central Path, a horizontal road where events and parades were held, was Kardia Cathedral, one of Magnolia's most important and distinctive landmarks. In the northernmost part of the city, sitting on the shore of Lake Scilliora, was Fairy Tail's building; to the west, on a hill overlooking the built-up area, was the Guild's female dormitory, Fairy Hills. In the southeastern section of the city is the train station, which, to the west, had the HalfCocor Hotel Bar, the Toy Store Tom and the Magic Store Lendis; north from the station, on the town's western border, was the entrance to the park.

When Ben and Team Natsu were on a large hill overlooking the place, his smile couldn't have been brighter, or him more exciting. "Mind. Blown. Away," he managed to speak out, as he looked to them, "So this port town? This is where you work?"

"This is also where we work." Gray pointed out.

Then Lucy smirked, "And if you've decided yes, it'll also be where you could work and live."

"Temporary stay," Ben corrected. "Don't forget that I'm from another world, so for now I'll only be staying until I can find a way back home." But then sweat dropped, as he groaned, "If I can find a way back."

"You know we still don't buy that whole being from another world thing." Gray reminded Ben to his annoyance.

"Yeah well I'm sticking to my story cause it's the truth." Ben said stubbornly.

Erza then asked, "So do you know if anything else is going to come out of a tear in the sky?"

Ben looked the the red head with a stunned look. "I thought you didn't believe me!?"

"I don't believe your story but you seem to know something's about the ship we saw so by any chance is something else going to come through the sky?"

Ben frowned at hearing that but shrugged, "I sincerely doubt it. That and the sky hasn't turned purple again with earthquakes popping up…" but then Ben paled, as the others did, once Erza stated seething at the big in anger, and deeply sorrow. "Uh, Erza? Are you okay?"

"Just thinking about those earthquakes only remind me of the loss of that slice of cake," Erza shakingly answered. She then reared her head up to the heavens and cried out in despair, "IT WAS A STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE WITH A WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING! THEY SAID IT WAS SIMPLY DIVINE, AND I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SAVOR EVEN AN IOTA OF THAT HEAVENLY SENSATION TO MY TASTE BUDS!"

Ben blinked as he sweat dropped, looking to Natsu and Happy, "She must really love her desserts. Eh?"

Natsu nodded, "You don't know the half of it." But then Natsu smirked all confident, as he teased, "So why do you call yourself Ben 10? Don't tell me you only have ten forms to choose from? That's actually kind of pathetic."

Ben shrugged, as he smirked, awaiting the expressions on their faces to come, "Yeah, it started out that way when I got the watch when I was ten. Seven years later, it's up to over 70 now."

Natsu nearly went wide eyed at that moment, as did Gray, Lucy and Erza.

"That's almost as much as I have in battle armors" Erza said to herself in amazement which went unheard.

"OVER 70!?" Natsu shouted which caused Ben to cringe from the loudness.

"Could you not yell like that?" Ben retorted.

"You have more forms then Elfman and Mirajane put together." Gray said impressed.

"Who?" Ben asked not knowing who they were.

"Mirajane and Elfman, their siblings who're members of our guild. They both use Take-Over magic although Mirajane hasn't gone on missions for a long while." Erza stated.

Ben looked curious as he wondered why this Mirajane had stopped taking mission but decided not to ask as they walked down the hill and into town.

A little white later, they had walked into town, with Ben pushing the Tenn-Speed Mark II into town, like he would with a bicycle. The townsfolk were staring at the team, well more at Ben in his condition. He was someone completely new, pushing a vehicle they had never seen before, or even had gone out of the market, and his clothes were in ruin, except for the watch and shoes he had on. The Fairy Tail members took notice of this as well, and they figured for their friend, had to get cleaned up and look presentable for the Guild, if he was gonna be accepted.

Erza stopped him before they went any further, and stated the obvious, "Before you make an appearance at the Guild with Master Makarov, you should at least look presentable." Ben blinked for a moment, and then looked at the state his clothes were in. He sighed and nodded in defeat, as Erza calmly explained, "If someone were to see you, they'd think you were a heretic, or worse… a slob."

"Or I'd get shot/hanged," Ben replied, as he crossed his arms.

"Before the outfit got tattered, what idiot dressed you up like that," Gray asked.

Ben turned and answered, feeling deeply offended, "I did" he said which got Gray to back off a bit from seeing his angered face. "Also for your information, my style's way better than yours." But then he stopped being offended and then arched an eyebrow in confusion, "Speaking of dress, what happened to your clothes? Again?"

Gray blinked, as he looked down, and went bug-eyed, "WHAT THE HECK? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?"

Lucy sweat dropped, "Seriously?"

Later On

Shopping Center

Clothing Store

After they had found a store that sold some pretty good and durable clothing, they went inside. Well, only Lucy and Erza went inside, while Natsu, a fully dressed Gray, now sporting a black turtleneck and a white Mage coat, and an oogling Happy waited outside. The little cat was looking at the Tenn-Speed MK II, and teasing Natsu on how he got sick on such a cool bike. Natsu lost it, as he and Happy ran around the bike, while Gray merely fell asleep on a bench… wearing only pants and boots at the moment.

Inside, the girls were helping Ben pick out some clothes, but Ben already had found some stuff. He immediately purchased the items with Lucy's help, who slightly whimpered out, "Goodbye, Rent Money…"

As they stepped out meeting with the boys, Erza arched an eyebrow at the items in hand, as she asked, "You sure this will be enough?"

Ben nodded, "Yeah, I just need a place to work all this stuff out."

The girls and boys looked to each other, as everyone, minus a groaning and frowning Lucy, all agreed, as Erza stated, "I think I might know of a place."

Thirty Minutes Later

Lucy's Home

They had arrived at what Ben could figure was Lucy Heartfilia's apartment. The apartment was located on Strawberry Street and was near Magnolia Town's shopping center. It was located in a two-story apartment house with red walls and a dark-brown sloping roof with two chimneys and two dormer windows. The building overlooked one of Magnolia's canals (Lucy often got warnings to be careful from the men in the boats while she walked along the edge of the canal) and a stone bridge. The rent cost 70,000, which was pretty expensive for poor Lucy to live in, but it was worth it altogether.

Inside

Inside her apartment, it had pure white walls, and a lot of storage space. Her main room was quite large and included a lot of furniture such as a bed, desk, bookcase, commode, dresser, a table with three chairs, a coffee table and an armchair. She also had a large number of books. The entrances to the bathroom and the kitchen were on the other end of the room, with two turquoise curtains. The bathroom was blue with Trade Card tiles. The kitchen had not been shown, but that mattered little at the moment.

At the moment, Natsu was sleeping on Lucy's bed, with Lucy and Happy at her desk. Erza and Gray were waiting patiently at the table, as Ben was finishing up with his wardrobe.

Ben stepped out of the bathroom and walked in the living room, as the gang all saw his new ensemble. He was now sporting a newly sewn black turtleneck T-shirt with a green collar below the turtleneck, as well as green trim on the ends of the sleeves. He had a pair of brown jeans, but it was black with green trim from the knees to the ankles; obviously fabric shin guards, with brown pouches strapped up near the knees. His old sneakers were still in good shape so he kept them on, and now he was sporting black fingerless gloves that ended at his wrists, and the left glove didn't cover the Omnitrix, with green straps on the wrists, and green guards on the back of his hands. Wrapped in his right arm was a white hooded jacket with the sleeves cut up to the elbows, with green trim on the outside, hood, and sleeves. Wrapped around the waist was a brown leather belt with a phany pack on the left side. Sewn in the left breast was a green circle with a black 10 in it. And on the back, the Fairy Tail Guild sign was sewn in green, with a black 10 in the center of it.

He looked to everyone, as he asked, "Well, what do you think?"

Lucy smirked, "That's a pretty awesome stitch job. You look really cool"

"Thanks, I used XLR8 to stitch it up fast enough," Ben smirked, liking the compliment.

Gray pondered that, as he said aloud, "That would explain the gusts of wind in there."

Happy cheerfully pointed out, "For a moment there, I thought he was doing a toot fest in there. Meaning that Lucy's bathroom was pretty messy afterwards."

"DON'T YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT," Lucy cried out in shock.

Ben slipped the jacket on, as he zipped it up to his collar, and strapped the belt on. But then Erza took notice of the Fairy Tail mark on the back, as she asked, "Are you sure it's such a good idea to sew the Fairy Tail Guild mark on your clothes already? You haven't been welcomed to the Guild just yet."

Ben shrugged, "Well, you can think of me as a big fan. He sheepishly looked to everyone as he confessed, "But before we do anything, we should stop for something to eat."

The others nodded, as Natsu shot up from the bed, fully awake as he roared, "MEAT FOR EVERYONE!"

Ben nodded, "I'll go for a cheeseburger. But man, I could sure go for some chili fries right about now. I'm starving."

The others blink at this, as Gray asked, "Chili Fries?"

Ben blinked at that, as he realized the obviousness of the truth, "No chili fries? Here?"

"We have potato slices that we bake, but we never thought about topping it with chili," Erza confessed.

Ben calmly realized that, as he seemed calm about it, "Oh, well I got a lot of discovery to do for you guys in fast foods. At least you guys still have smoothies, right?"

The Four looked to each other, and then sympathetically looked to Ben, as Erza bit her lip, looking the other way.

Outside

The citizens of Magnolia were calmly going about their day at the time. Those that walked by Lucy's apartment building were peacefully walking, enjoying the day as it was. But things got jumpy, as someone from inside the apartment screamed out,

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THE SMOOTHIES!"

Later on

Fairy Tail Guild Building

As they made their way to the Guild, Ben was moping nonstop, as he groaned, "No Mr. Smoothies. No chili fries. I'm in hell. I am royally in hell."

"Oh stop whining Ben." Natsu shot out, as he glared at Ben's sulking attitude, "At least you won't go hungry."

"Easy for you to say. You don't even know what chili fries or smoothies taste like," Ben shot back, getting frustrated at the moment. He groaned as he explained, "The taste of baked fries smothered in steaming hot chili sauce. And the smoothie flavors: Strawberry Kiwi, Cherry Lime-aid, watermelon blackberry, Nectarine, and Grasshopper flavor."

Happy blinked, as he asked, "They ground up grasshoppers for one of those smoothie things?"

"No, they only called it grasshopper; the flavor's different," Ben corrected. But then thought aloud, "Though, I think the only flavor I won't miss was Smelt Petunia."

Suddenly, Happy got into his face, as he was all starry-eyed, as he cried out with a smile, "SMELT PETUNIA?! THEY MADE A SMOOTHIE WITH FISH AS THE FLAVOR!?" his face then went dark, as he encouraged Ben, "Ben! You must invent Mr. Smoothies in Earth Land. And to start it off… YOU MUST MAKE SMELT PETUNIA!"

Ben gulped, as he squeaked, "Okay."

Just then, they all stopped, as Lucy smirked, "Well, Ben… we're here."

Happy flew off of Ben and back to Natsu, as Ben Tennyson got a good look at where they had arrived, and was in complete awe.

The Fairy Tail Building was a large, two-story high building that is the headquarters of the Fairy Tail Guild. Little was known about the history of the building besides the fact that it had at least been in Magnolia Town since Precht was the Guild Master of Fairy Tail. Situated in the Kingdom of Fiore, it lies on the southern coast of the country in Magnolia Town where it was the only guild, until the rise of Twilight Ogre. It was located in the southern part of the town not far from the coast, and lay about 4-5 kilometers up the Magnolia central path. It was located near Fairy Hills and Caldia Cathedral. It was an imposing building consisting of three floors and incorporating several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof. The roofs also bore great resemblance to those of real pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of those seen on Arabian buildings, which bore a flag on its point. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it, held up by a pair of vertical poles. The building's large entrance was again Arabian in design, with its shape being reminiscent of that of the dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a protruding, stylized heart shape and flanked by a pair of carved fairies. Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.

Truly, the Guild of Fairy Tail was something to behold even for Ben.

"You mean… this is the Guild of Fairy Tail," Ben asked.

"Yep," Happy smiled. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Ben!"

Natsu nodded, as he patted him on the back, "You bet. And if you think the outsides alright, you're gonna flip when we go inside."

Inside

Once the team had entered inside, Ben got a good look at the inside of the Guild. Apparently it was separated into two floors, for some odd reason, which he didn't know yet. But one thing he did know was that there was an awful lot of members in the area, as he reviewed and remembered about the area before him.

The inside was similar to a large lunch hall, and mainly consisted of wood, possessing a parquet floor and a mezzanine held up by wood beams overlooking it. Several long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a bar at the end. There were several waitresses assisting the other members with meals and drinks, as they all conversed with one another. And beside the bar, was a large request board apparently posted on it wanted posters and jobs.

But then Ben took notice of the second floor, which is strictly off limits to everyone under S-Class, contained another request board which is dedicated strictly to S-Class Jobs, off-limits to everyone except S-Class Mages. The floor appeared to have a few, small round tables and chairs seated around the tables for sitting. In addition, there were also barrels, crates, and bags scattered in corners around the room. The S-Class Request Board was located on that floor. It was a brown, decorative board that was set off into its own area of the hall. It was adorned by velvet curtains, which were tied with golden tassel.

Ben couldn't believe the sight before him… but he did believe of Natsu's attitude, as he burst in, shouting, "HEY, GUYS! WE'RE BACK!"

"And we're alive after our first S-Class Mission," Happy cheered on.

At that moment, the guild members all turned to see the team arrive at the door, and cheered out to them, "YEAAAAAAAAAH! HEY!"

Especially one of the guild members, a scrawny brown-haired guy, who had a buck tooth on his face, "Hey, Natsu! Gray! You guys survived…"

DOUBLE THWACK!

Gray and Natsu ran up, and double team kicked the guy across the room, much to the surprise of both Ben and Lucy. "YOU JERK! YOU RATTED US OUT TO ERZA, DIDN'T YOU!" Natsu shot out in anger at the guy.

The Guild Member shot up, and roared angrily, sporting a swollen cheek, "Hey, it's not my fault you two didn't go without an S-Class Mage."

"Yet you had to rat us out to Erza of all people," Gray shouted, as both of them pounced on him, causing an all-out brawl. It soon spread all over the place, as most of the Guild Members started beating the living snot out of them.

Ben blinked at this, as he was flabbergasted by all this, "But… the guild… and the… what the… I mean…"

Lucy gently patted him on the shoulder, "I know, this happened the first day I arrived here." She then turned towards Erza, "Isn't that right, Erza?" But then the two noticed that she was gone, as they both blinked, "Erza? Where'd you…?"

"YOU WANT TO FIGHT," Erza roared out, as she equipped herself a battle hammer, "THEN LETS GO!" And sooner than later, she was smack dab in the fight cloud along with the others. Both of them and Happy made their way over to the bar, avoiding all the fighting that they could.

Happy just floated onto the bar, as he sweat dropped, "Another day, another crazy fight…"

"God, these guys don't have any class," someone spoke up, getting all three of their attention. "That's why I don't date any of these men at all."

When Ben turned to the voice and saw who spoke up he froze on the spot as he looked at the person.

The one that had spoken up, was a nicely tanned Caucasian brunette young woman, eighteen years old; she was a tall, slim young woman with an ample bust. She had long, mid-back length brown hair, with two shoulder-length strands of hair framing her face, with the left one starting from a prominent high fringe, making it thick and wavy. She also had large brown eyes, visibly long eyelashes, and possessed a very voluptuous figure, with large breasts and curvy hips. The Fairy Tail stamp was located on the lower left part of her abdomen, right above her hips. Her outfit consisted of a light blue bikini top that showcased her cleavage which Ben tried to keep his eyes away from with difficulty, which featured a camouflage pattern, a pair of capri pants, with two bands hanging from each leg, and a light belt covered in heart motifs loosely tied around the waist. She completed her general outfit by wearing a pair of high-heeled sandals. She also had a pair of metal bracelets adorning her biceps, bearing an incision compose of many 'A's and three simple, round metal bracelets on her right wrist. The lovely lady was known as Cana Alberona, a prominent member of the Fairy Tail Guild, and daughter to one of the older members, Gildarts Clive. Her Magic specialty was Card Magic; a type of Holder Magic which revolved around the use of Magic Cards, which could produce a variety of effects, such as generating both abiotic and biotic things.

She also had a reputation as being Fairy Tail's most heavy drinker… and hardly ever getting drunk, no matter how much she guzzled down. This was made evident as she guzzled down an entire barrel in front of Ben, Lucy, and Happy.

Lucy looked at the shock expression on Ben's face, as she nervously giggled, "Yeah, that's Cana for you. Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker."

"Come here, and fight me, Natsu," Gray shouted… as he stood there in black boxers.

"Not until you get your clothes back on," Natsu shot back, but the two fought each other anyway.

Ben blinked at this, but his attention was turned to someone else, as a shadow hopped over them. "It's not even dinner yet, and already you two are fighting like a bunch of spoiled kids!"

The figure landed in front of the four, as he stood up to reveal himself to them and the two fighting. He was a large muscular man of eighteen years of age, with tan colored skin, and whose height caused him to tower over most of the guild members. His long white hair was kept styled upwards in long, wavy spikes, and his dark eyes possessed no visible eyebrows, and his rectangular, elongated face had a stitched scar running down its right side, crossing his right eye. His Fairy Tail stamp was black and located on the left part of his neck. His attire had a Japanese look to it. His outfit resembled that worn by fictional, Japanese high-school hooligans: it consisted of a dark blue jacket with purplish blue inners, held closed on the front by a line of large buttons, with similar buttons on the sleeves' back and the zip located on the high collar left open. The back of his jacket was adorned by a large, light kanji, which read 'the greatest', and the jacket itself seemed to be worn over a light red shirt. The outfit was completed by loose pants matching his jacket, held up by a simple belt, and traditional Japanese geta sandals, and held in place by bands colored the same as his jacket's inners.

This fellow was Elfman Strauss, a muscle bound Mage of Fairy Tail, whose specialty was Take Over Magic. And whose motto was that all you needed to solve a problem was two strong fists.

He pumped his fists into the air, as Elfman roared out for the two to hear, "I'm a real man! Want me to prove it to ya!?"

Ben blinked, "Is this guy encouraging the fight?"

Lucy nodded sadly, "Unfortunately, yeah."

DOUBLE PUNCH ATTACK!

Both Natsu and Gray tag teamed yet again, and punched Elfman across the room, stunning Ben, as he pointed out, "He just got thrown across the room…"

"Yeah," Happy smirked, as he gnawed on a fish, "Hard to believe that guy's a Take Over Mage."

Ben blinked, "Take Over? I remember hearing about that before when you guys thought that was the kind of magic I used. What's that?"

"Oh, it's a kind of Magic that allows the user to morph his/her body into various forms for combat," Lucy explained. "It's kind of like mix and matching parts of various deadly creatures and demons into battle forms."

"Really," Ben smirked. "That sounds awesome. It's kind of like what the Omnitrix does. Except for the mixing forms and stuff." Although there was that one time when the omnitrix's dial ring came off and he ended up with hybrid alien forms that weren't at their best for battles due to unbalancing their natural abilities.

"What the heck is an Omnitrix?" a new voice spoke up, getting Ben's attention next to him.

He was a handsome young man of average height, distinguished by his delicate facial features and his orange hair, which was kept in a mildly short, spiky cut, with spiky strands covering his forehead, and other, longer ones jutting upwards from the top of his head. His hazel eyes were covered by a pair of azure-tinted sunglasses with a thin frame, and his left ear was adorned by three earrings. His green Fairy Tail stamp was located on his back, unknown to Ben. He wore a green coat with a wide collar, complete with prominent, spiky, brownish white fur trimming lining the hood, over a light red shirt covered in many flower-like motifs, black pants and whitish sneakers, each adorned by a pair of light green stripes.

This was Loke, another Mage of Fairy Tail, reputed as a greatly handsome man, being top ranked in Fairy Tail, as the 'Mage you want to have as a boyfriend'. Which was evident by the two gorgeous girls that were wrapped around his arms acting all lovey dovey with him.

That is until a brick smacked him in the face, as he turned his attention to the fight, but turned to the girls, as he winked "Sorry, girls. But I'm going into the fight. Just so I can protect you ladies." and jumped right into the squabble.

Ben blinked, "Um… who was that?"

"That's Loke, the alleged playboy of the Guild," Lucy replied.

Ben smirked at her, "I take it he's hit on you a couple of times?"

"He tried to for a while," Happy replied. "But he stopped as soon as he found out she was a Celestial Mage. Apparently, Lucy scares the heck out of him."

"What'd you do to him that freaked him out," Ben asked while slightly scooting away.

"I don't know why he's afraid of me. Stop avoiding me like the plague," Lucy whined as she fell at the bar table whimpering. "Why am I so unlucky with boys?"

"Oh, don't worry, Lucy," a new voice spoke up from behind the bar. "Loke's just terrified around all Celestial Wizards."

Ben turned and saw who was the owner of such a soft spoken voice.

She was a lovely nineteen year old Caucasian girl, with a slim yet curvy, voluptuous figure with large breasts, and below average height. She had large blue eyes, and white hair which curled slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait was a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead. Her Fairy Tail stamp was white and unknown to Ben, was located on her left thigh. She was wearing a sleeveless, ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. The chest was adorned by a large, pink bow, and similarly colored trimming that framed the rather ample neckline, acting as straps, and circle around the waist. She also wore high-heeled shoes that matched her dress, and accessorizing with a small chain necklace with a blue oval gem attached to it, and a bracelet made of white flowers circling her right wrist. She had an angelic friendly face that had Ben blushing slightly but thankfully it wasn't big enough to be noticed.

"Man are all the girls in this world this hot with the bodies of models?" Ben thought to himself in wonder considering how he's met 4 so far that were prettier than any girl he ever saw back home.

Immediately, Lucy perked up, as she smiled, "Hey, Mirajane."

"Oh, hi, Lucy. I'm glad you and the others came back from that S-Class mission," the girl named Mirajane responded, but then noticed that Lucy sulked again, as she asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's just that I remembered about the S-Class mission. And the punishment on taking it," Lucy groaned.

Ben blinked, "Okay, what's wrong with taking an S-Class mission?"

Mirajane looked to Ben, and looked to Happy, "And who's this?"

Happy finished his fish, as he answered, introducing Ben to Mirajane, and vice versa, "Oh, allow me to introduce our newest recruit, Ben Tennyson. Ben, this is Mirajane Strauss. Mirajane, this is Ben Tennyson."

Mirajane smiled at this as she extended her hand in a friendly handshake to him, "Oh! Well, it's nice to meet you then, Ben."

He graciously shook her hand as well, as he smirked obviously smitten by both her beauty and nice personality, "It's nice to meet you too."

Happy flew over to him, with a magazine, as he explained in further detail, "She's an S-Class Mage with a special Take Over abilities like Elfman. She's also a model for the Sorcerer Magazine. She's a real bikini beauty. Here, take a look."

He flipped open a copy of Sorcerer's Magazine… and saw several snapshots of Mirajane in sexy poses, wearing the most skimpiest and sexiest bikinis he'd ever seen. Ben's face nearly went red with embarrassment, as he saw this, while Mirajane blushed, pushing both of them away. "Oh, you boys are such perverts!"

"I gotta get those magazines. I should definitely sign up for a subscription" Ben thought while reducing his blush and clearing his head of the pictured his mind wanted to save.

But then suddenly a sandal came flying out of the dust, smacking Mirajane square in the face. Ben gasped at this, as he looked at her, almost fainting but caught her, "Mirajane! You alright?"

"I'm fine, thanks," she weakly responded, obviously almost knocked out.

Ben turned around, and realized that this was gonna tear down the entire place before he got recruited. He switched on the Omnitrix, scrolled for the right alien and then slammed the dial down. In a green flash, Ben stood transformed… into Terraspin.

Terraspin was a green, turtle-like alien with six holes in his shell. He also has large, flipper-like arms and stumpy legs with three toes and with brown spots on them, and shoulders, and also had a hectagonal body shape on his shell. He also has 3 holes which can extend 3 finger-like claws to use as fingers. And had the Omnitrix symbol on his chest.

Omnitrix Encyclopedia

Geochelone Aerio AKA Terraspin

Geochelone Aerios are a species from the planet Aldabra, in the Andromeda Galaxy. Geochelone Aerios are non-violent and prefer to spend their time eating grass and debating philosophy with each other. Geochelone Aerios appear to enjoy gathering in groups. Terraspin can create devastating wind blasts. When doing so, he retracts his head into his shell, opens a hatch to see, his fins become triangular, and his legs combine into a similar shape. His shell stays static and suspended while his limbs rotate at absurd speeds. The holes on Terraspin's shell eject powerful winds, as well as do the vice versa to create strong vacuums. He can use his winds to fly, blowing air to hover over the surface and uses his rotating limbs as propellers. He can also use his powers to blast himself forward and up ramps. Terraspin possesses enhanced strength, as he is able to lift and throw a car. He also has superhuman durability when he is completely withdrawn into his shell. Terraspin can extend the black holes at the tips of his flippers into finger-like claws. He is capable of using magic, but doesn't know how, and is immune to spells and mana..

All the Mages stood parallel to each other, charging up their magic for one final attack on one another, even while Cana had stopped drinking, as she was stunned by Ben's transformation. But Happy smiled, "A giant sea turtle? Yummy!"

"This is the end of the fight," Elfman roared out, as his right arm became encased in granite, becoming more powerful.

"I find that, unlikely," Loke pointed out, as his ring glowed golden, as he readied his attack.

Natsu's fists were balled in fire, as he roared out, "Let's end this!"

"How about we call a time out," Terraspin waltzed in, causing everyone to stare at him.

Before anything else happened or before anyone else could do anything, that's when it happened. Terraspin retracted his head into his shell, opened a hatch to see, his fins became triangular, and his legs combined into a similar shape. His shell stayed static and suspended while his limbs rotated at absurd speeds. The holes on Terraspin's shell ejected powerful winds, causing a massive burst of air to shoot at everyone. They all screamed as they were suddenly blown away to the walls by this turtle being.

Once they were pinned to the wall by the winds, Terraspin stopped, and in a green flash, Ben landed back on the floor, smirking, "Time out called."

Once the winds died down, everyone fell to the ground in a heap, along with the benches and rubble that went with the wind from before. Everyone was a messy daze, as they all saw that one guy knocked them all on their butts. The first one was Natsu as he roared out, "That. Was. AWESOME, BEN!"

"Now that's a real man there, guys," Elfman roared out.

"WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE?!"

The booming voice nearly shook the room, as Ben shook in his shoes, and then all went dark around him. A giant shadow shaded him from the light, as he turned around, and paled at what he saw. It was a dark giant that loomed over him… and wore a clown hat. Ben saw the hat and figured it was a clown, he turned to face the shadows caster but then paled at what he saw as he backed away and then screamed "DAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"WHO ARE YOU, BOY," The giant boomed out, as he stomped towards the staggering Ben. "DO YOU KNOW THE PENALTY OF ATTACKING A GUILD?! DO YOU?!"

But before anything could happen, Lucy managed to snap out of her funk and run up between the two, as she explained the best she could, "No, no! Master Makarov, it's not what you think! Ben was just trying to stop the fight! He's actually here as a recruit for Fairy Tail!"

The giant stopped for a moment, as he gave that much thought, "REALLY? WELL, IN THAT CASE…" and then the giant disappeared into a puff of smoke. And from out of the smoke, Ben was met face-to-face with the Head Master of Fairy Tail.

It turned out that the giant…was actually an eighty-eight year old Caucasian and extremely short, elderly man. He had black eyes and was growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair. He also had a thick white mustache. He had a black stamp of Fairy Tail that covered his entire chest area. He was dressed in casual manners which consisted of a white shirt with black Fairy Tail stamp in the middle, which was covered by an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue stripes designed jester hat. This was Makarov Drayar, the Head Master of the Fairy Tail Guild, and unknown to Ben, one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

The old man then smiled to Ben, as he greeted him with a more friendlier tone, "Nice to meet you…Ben, was it?"

Ben finally managed to get back to his feet, as he nodded, "Yeah, it's ah… Ben. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, sir."

Natsu laughed aloud at that, as he cackled, "KIRBY! Your middle name is Kirby? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA! THAT'S RICH!"

However, Elfman decked him one, as he shouted, "You don't make fun of a man's middle name! IT'S A SOURCE OF PRIDE THERE!"

"SHUT YER YAP, ELFMAN!" Natsu roared out, as the two were in each other's faces, grinding their teeth.

Ben gulped, "Does this happen here every day?"

"Yeah, and I can't figure out for the life of me why so many grown-ups act this way," Makarov groaned.

"Pardon me master." Erza suddenly spoke up as Makarov turned to her.

"Yes what is it Erza?" The guild master asked the titania of fairy tail.

"Well before you allow Ben to join our guild I request you give him an interview to see if he's qualified to be accepted." She said which got surprised looks from the others besides team Natsu. It was rare to interview someone to join fairy tail. The last person to be interviewed was Gildarts himself due to his destructive tendency.

Makarov raised an eyebrow at the request. "May I ask why your requesting this?" He asked wondering if their was a specific reason Erza seemed hesitant to allow the young man to join.

Erza didn't speak right away as she looked at the stares she was getting from the others. "I would just feel better seeing you judge him and see for yourself if he can be trusted to join our guild. It's not that I think he's a bad person but rather that I don't trust him enough to join the guild yet until he has your approval." She said seriously with her arms crossed.

Makarov remained silent as he seemed to look into Erza's eyes to see what she was feeling. The other guild members were whispering to themselves wondering why Erza was being more strict than usual on the new guy.

"Very well then, Ben follow me into my office." Makarov said before he turned around headed to a room in the back.

Ben said nothing as he just followed and figured he may as well get it over with. Although a part of him was wondering what to say during an interview since he had never been to one. Heck he never even got a job before. His responsibilities in protecting the earth kept him busy and sometimes provided payment in the form of a thank you from those he saved or just from getting an allowance.

The two walked into a room behind bar and Ben walked inside after Makarov to see it was a small room the size of living room and kitchen together. The room looked like an office with a desk at the back that had some papers on it. The walls had some pictures hanging, some he saw were of the guild from the outside, a picture of the guild members looking younger and one of an elder looking man who was carrying a staff. He had long grey hair, a long beard and strangely an eye patch on where his right eye would be. There was also a couch and some chairs but other than that it wasn't much of an impressing room.

"Huh somehow I was expecting more." Ben said outloud.

"Yeah I know it's not much but I don't really care for having a high maintenance office. I usually just do paperwork here and it's so tedious. Also I don't come in here much since I enjoy being in the bar with my dear children."

Ben raised in eyebrow in surprise. "Your children?"

Makarov nodded sheepishly. "Yep everyone whose a member in fairy tail is my precious child."

"SAY WHAT!" A gaping Ben said disbelievingly at what he just heard.

"NOT BY BLOOD YOU IDIOT!" Makarov comically argued. "I only have one grandson in fairy tail." He then grew a fearful expression. "Besides you think I'm crazy enough to have had a wife give birth to that many children? She would have killed me during the her third child birth." He said while shivering from remembering how she crushed his hand when he held it for comfort during the delivery. The way she was swearing she'd kill him for impregnating her gave him a real idea of what she'd do if she got pregnant again. He then got a cheesy grin that Ben thought looked perverted. "Besides if they were my children by blood then I couldn't look at Mirajanes swimsuit catalog." He said while looking giddy as he seemed to let his mind wander.

Ben blushed at remembering the magazine pictures Happy showed him. "This guy is supposed to be the master of the guild?" he thought to himself.

"Anyway we're getting off track." Makarov waved off. "Let's start your interview." He said before sitting on his chair by the table. Ben took a seat in front of the desk with a lazy posture. He heard a humming noise and turned around to see that the floor by the door now had some strange purple writing that covered the entire office.

"What're those?" Ben asked while pointing to the glowing unknown language.

"Ohh those are just magical runes I had drawn up a long time ago. When we enter the office and close the door then this becomes a soundproof room so that no one outside can hear us. It's just to make sure nobody outside is eavesdropping." Makarov explained.

"Strangely I find that believable and very likely to happen."Ben thought sarcastically.

"So what's your name?" Makarov began with the classic first question.

"It's Ben Tennyson." Ben answered.

"That's an usual name." Makarov admitted "It doesn't sound like one from these parts. Where are you from exactly?"

"Well let's just say I'm from far away." Ben said before looking deadpanned for a moment "A really really far away place."

"Hmm that's interesting. So how long have you been able to use magic?" Makarov questioned.

Hearing this Ben tried to make it sound as truthful as possible without lying which would blow his cover "Well I actually started out when I was only 10 years old. Since then I've been using my abilities to help people."

Makarov raised an eyebrow in surprise at hearing that. "You've been using magic since you were 10 years old!? Well that's surprising to hear."

"Yeah well I'm surprising that way among many other ways." Ben said sheepishly.

"So what kind of magic do you use?" Makarov asked as he wondered if he possessed any magic that no one in Fairy Tail had.

"Well I use mostly take over magic and a little requip as well." Ben said with his left eye twitching unintentionally. Makarov saw this and found it odd.

"Huh so you use two types of magic. That's interesting. Most members in fairy tail only use one type." Makarov said while looking interested in him having Erza and Mirajane's types of magic. "So why do you want to join fairy tail?" he asked wondering what his reasons were exactly.

Ben looked up in space in thought for a moment before answering. "Well I wasn't going to at first but when I met your members the girl named Lucy offered me the idea of joining the guild. She said it would be great to have me along. So we travelled together back here for me to join. Also I don't have a place to stay so getting some work would definitely help me pay for supplies and a home." Ben admitted honestly.

Makarov nodded while thinking about what he heard. It seemed this young man was simply looking for work and a place he could call his own. It was sounding like this boy had been traveling for a long time as a wanderer. It wasn't strange for some members to join fairy tail simply because he was looking for work. Some started out as simply loners who just wanted a place to stay and make a living. Erza had been one clear example when she first joined. Always by herself and never talking with the other members, she even beat up those that picked a fight with her. Gray was the poor sap that she frequently beat up when he dared pick a fight with her.

"So tell me, if you were to join the guild how would you complete missions and what methods would you use?" Makarov questioned.

"Umm doesn't that depend on what kind of mission I'd be on?" Ben questioned back since that wasn't exactly a specific question he was being asked.

"Oh you're right." Makarov admitted cheerfully before he took a thinking pose. "Okay so let's say you're on a mission to stop a gang of dark mages who have taken over a town. How would you free the town?"

Ben didn't answer for a moment as he thought about the situation. "Well I guess I'd sneak into town and once I find them I'd give them a serious but kicking until they all gave up or were unconscious."

Makarov nodded. "Okay and what if they had hostages, how would you overcome that and save the hostage while completing your mission?"

Ben knew the answer to his one easily. "Well first I would fake surrendering by standing down. Then when the guy is trying to escape with the hostage in tow I would use stealth to secretly sneak closer and closer to him and them BAM, I would take him down before he could harm the hostage."

Makarov smirked as he found his enthusiasm to be interesting. He reminded him a little of Natsu only…with a bigger brain. Based on how he answered the question he seemed to have experience with combat and hostage situations. "So have you ever worked in another guild?"

Ben shook his head. "No never, I worked with a partner doing things by ourselves but we separated so now I'm on my own." He halve lied since he did work with other aliens but he figured he didn't have to mention that.

Makarov nodded. "Okay final question. How are your socializing skills with people and interaction?"

Ben just gave him an amused look. "Well I'm good with people and I can promise you that unlike everyone else outside, I'm not going to be starting or participating in destructive free for all fights."

Suddenly Makarov was right in front of him shaking his hand while looking blissfully happy. "YOUR HIRED!"

Back outside the office

Erza and the others were outside waiting for Master Makarov to come out with Ben and tell them if he was going to join their guild or not.

Natsu tried to eavesdrop and listen in but couldn't hear anything to his frustration. He even got the urge to break down the door but Erza stopped him and beat him up to make him stop.

The others had been talking amongst themselves wondering if the new guy was going to be accepted or not.

Suddenly the door flew open and Makarov walked out with Ben behind him. Everyone looked to them as they silently waited for him to speak up with his verdict.

"So how'd it go master?" Erza spoke up after having enough of the silence.

"Well the interview was interesting and amusing in some parts." Makarov began.

"And?" everyone asked.

"Say congrats everyone cause we have a NEW MEMBER!" Makarov shouted happily as everyone cheered. He then smiled brightly, as he hopped on one of the tables, and shouted, "WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE GAWKING EVERYONE! BRING OUT THE CEGS AND FOOD! TODAY, WE WELCOME A NEW MEMBER INTO THE FAIRY TAIL GUILD!"

"YEAAAAAAAH!" they all cheered, running around setting the place up and grabbing a drink or two.

Even Cana grabbed a mug as she winked at Ben, "Yeah! Let's have a toast for the new cutie!"

As they all cheered and celebrated on a new member coming into their guild, Ben had to let a small half-smirk spread on his lips, as he took a mug, "What a bunch of crazies. Cool and awesome…but still crazy." But then he sweat dropped, "Then again… I'm one to talk."

Afterwards

After the party, and the acceptance into Fairy Tail, Ben was sitting at a table looking at the Fairy Tail stamp he had. It was located in the middle of his left forearm beside the Omnitrix and colored his signature type of green. He smirked as he thought to himself, 'All it took was one stamp from a magic ink stamper and poof: Magic tattoo.' He sweat dropped, as he thought aloud, "Wonder if my Mom would kill me if she saw this." He grimaced, "Yeah, she would."

"Awww are you homesick Ben?" Happy popped up, along with Natsu as the two sat down.

Ben took a sip of what appeared to be alcohol, but didn't seem to taste or have any properties of it. He shrugged, as he replied, "Honestly… I'll be leaving my home when I turn eighteen next year, as soon as I go to college." But then he thought about it out loud, "Though I've got to be honest. I'm not sure I should, since I've already got a degree."

Both Happy and Natsu both went wide eye, as they said together shocked, "YOU'VE GOT A DEGREE ALREADY!?"

Ben smirked, as he got all smug about it, "Yep, just call me Professor Tennyson."

But then Natsu went back down to Earth, as he stated, "Nah, I don't buy it. There's no way you'd suddenly get a college degree. I mean, you're what? Seventeen, like me? How'd you get a degree?"

"I saved a professor or two," he responded rather smugly, but then stopped as he looked around asked, "Hey, um… where's Lucy?"

"Oh she's no fun. She went home deciding to call it a day and leave me here," Natsu groaned in boredom.

Then Happy turned towards him, and asked, "So what do you think about Fairy Tail so far?"

Ben shrugged, "It's pretty… different from what I've seen. It's certainly a cool looking place and everyone here looks nice."

Natsu smirked at that rather proudly, as he continued to lay on the table, hiding his face. Then Happy smirked as he asked, "So let me ask something. What's the one thing you find different here from your home?"

Ben blinked at that, as he thought about it, until he spotted something in particular. Cana, Mirajane, Erza and even some of the fewer under-developed girls, as he arched an eyebrow, and confessed, "I have to say… the curvaceous girls." The two blinked at this as he explained, "Believe it or not, the girls in my world were hardly this, um… attractive at first glance." It was true when Ben had come into town he had seen woman with figures and levels of beauty far greater than Jennifer Nocturne. They all such curvy figures that models would kill for, large breasts and had lovely faces. So far he saw that Mirajane was the best looking with Erza in second but then again that could just be from seeing her in the magazine.

Happy teased him, "You can't handle the level of sexiness in this world, can ya?"

Ben grumbled, "Well, you have a way of making it uneasy for me to handle it with all that teasing."

Finally, Natsu sat up; as he looked to Ben all serious, as he smirked, "Let's fight."

Ben went wide eye at that, as he asked, "Wha…? Why?"

"Back in Hargeon, I was giving all I got on the iron giant but in the end, you were the one to beat it." the intensity around Natsu was flaring up. It was almost as if he was getting excited just thinking about fighting him, "I want you to give me all you've got in this! No holding back."

Not too far from the boys, two men were watching this with amusement. The First man was a thirty-six year old Caucasian man initially portrayed as a slim, mildly muscular man of average height with short, straight, slicked back dark blue hair. He had linear dark eyebrows, dark eyes, and a prominent nose with a flat, rectangular front. The lower part of his face was covered in quite a large amount of stubble, which included a thin mustache. He was considered to be quite attractive amongst women. The man's guild mark was located on his right bicep, positioned just below his shoulder. His initial outfit consisted of a knee-length white jacket, often kept open, with a wide, dark purple collar and matching edges, with the sleeves kept rolled up. The sleeves of the simple, dark shirt he wore underneath this jacket were visible sprouting from the latter's own sleeves, and reached down below his elbows. He donned brown, pinstriped pants held up by a lighter-colored belt bearing a snake-like pattern, with a simple, square-shaped buckle, partially obscured by his shirt, and a very distinctive pair of shoes, adorned with a leopard pattern. Around his neck he wore a large, serpentine necklace, which was held up by a chain. His name was Macao Conbolt, one of the other Mages of Fairy Tail, expertise in Purple Flare and Transformation Magic, also father to Romeo Conbolt, who was a friend of Natsu's.

He was a thirty six- year old Caucasian man of average height, distinguishable by his brown hair, which was kept in an ostentatious pompadour-like style that protruded frontward from the top of his head in a large, curly and fluffy tuft. He was almost always seen with his eyes either closed or semi-open; they seemed to have light-colored pupils, as shown when he opened one of them to display his surprise. His physique is peculiar in the fact that, despite Wakaba having quite a large belly, his abdominal and pectorals are well-defined. His Guild mark was yellow in color, and was located near his left pectoral. He also seemed to have mildly hairy legs. His outfit usually consisted of a loose, light green shirt decorated with many motifs of stylized dark-colored flowers with five petals, a pair of pants cut down below his knees (held up by a light belt adorned with many black stars partially hidden by his shirt) and sandals held up by striped bands. His name was Wakaba Mine, a friend and partner of Macao, and an expert in Smoke Magic.

And the two had a sort of habit on betting in fights like this, as Wakaba smirked, "Betcha 500 Jewel Natsu takes him down in five punches or less."

"Well, that's not fair," Macao brushed that aside, until a glint was in his eyes, "800 Jewel that he takes the new guy down in one punch."

"You suck at this, Macao. No wonder I keep getting rich from all the bets we make," Wakaba chuckled.

Ben just sweat dropped at this, "They're both betting on Natsu…"

"Yeah," Happy explained. "It's because Natsu always has a way of beating the new guy. They don't even think you stand a chance against him."

Ben looked to Happy, worried, "Gee, I feel very welcomed here."

"C'mon, Ben," Natsu roared, as he hopped to a clearing in the room, and fired his fists up, as he readied for the fight, "We gonna talk all night or fight!?"

"C'MON TENNYSON!" Elfman roared out. "If you're a man then ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!"

Ben sighed, as he hung his arms up in surrender "Alright, alright. I'll fight. But after this, we're going house hunting; I'm not staying at a hotel. They always charge you so much just for the snacks and their beds are sometimes uncomfortable."

"Not so fast!" Makarov spoke out as he stepped forward.

"What is it gramps, don't tell me I'm not allowed to fight!?" Natsu protested.

"I'm fine with that" Ben said simply as he didn't really want to fight.

"On the contrary if you're going to fight then take it out back cause I won't have you two messing up the place any further." Makarov said as Natsu got his grin back in excitement.

'Oh great,' Ben thought with a sigh as he and Natsu walked out back with everyone else following to see the match.

When they did get out a temporary pause was called as Cana was gathering bets from the other members of the guild. Practically everyone was betting on Natsu winning the match while only a few decided to bet on the new guy. Erza in particular betted 20,000 jewels on Ben winning much to everyone's surprise. When Cana said that all bets were now closed the two fighters were now ready to duke it out.

"Get ready Ben cause I'm going to show you what I'm made of." Natsu said while cracking his knuckles eagerly.

Ben however didn't seem so eager compared to his opponent. "Whatever, let's just get this over with so I can go find a house to purchase."

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "I thought you said you didn't have any money?"

Ben now had a sneaky smile. "True but I just thought of a possible way to make some quick cash but enough about that let's get this fight started." He said while scrolling through the Omnitrix for the right alien to use.

"Hmm well I saw him use fire so maybe fighting fire with fire will be a good start" Ben thought before choosing his alien and slamming the Omnitrix.

In a green flash, Ben's entire body was covered in red stone. The creases in between glowed brightly with heat. His face was turned to red stone with yellow flames rising from it. His hands swelled to a bigger size, meant for battle. In the center of his chest was the symbol of the Omnitrix.

"I call this one… Heatblast!" the fiery alien spoke up.

Omnitrix Encyclopedia

Heatblast AKA Pyronite

These people hail from the star Pyros, which isn't a planet but more of a still-living sun. They are a magma-based life form that is capable of manipulating fire and temperatures to do whatever they want. They can even fly using thermal energy to propel them along. However, they are riddled with weaknesses. They are extremely vulnerable to water and other such fire extinguishing materials. They are also unable to lower their body temperature which makes it impossible to touch almost everything outside of their home planet.

However, they have an amazing transformative advantage. If a Pyronite catches a cold, their symptoms and body temperature drop down to subzero degrees, and the flames on their bodies become electric blue. And instead of fire, they will shoot out ice and cold blasts.

And on a fan-based note, Heatblast was the first alien form Ben turned into once he obtained the Omnitrix.

"Ah, nice," Natsu smirked. "I would've called you Matchstick, or Charcoal. Maybe Heatwave."

"Dude those names suck. Although the last one wasn't so bad, I'm still going to reprimand you for that! HERE!" Heatblast reared back his arm and before thrusting forward repeatedly. Five spheres of pure fire shot forth through the air towards Natsu. Aiming to use them as a distraction, Heatblast then slammed his hands down on the ground and a giant wave of fire raced towards Natsu.

The Pyronite smirked as he watched his opponent being engulfed in fire.

The two adults were amazed by the large display of fire but Wakaba shrugged. "Bet this kid doesn't realize he's just feeding Natsu?"

"He'll learn the hard way." Macao added.

"Don't worry guys. I manipulated the temperature so that he would only get first degree burns at best." Heatblast said. However, he gained a confused expression on his face when he saw everyone starting to laugh or smirk at his comment.

"Actually..." Macao pointed at Natsu's location. "...you best take a look at your opponent before you think you took him down."

"What are you talking about, I basically cooked...him." Heatblast's words decreased in volume as he turned to where Macao had pointed, his eyes widening in amazement and shock at what he saw. The fires he created were swirling around like a vortex before vanishing from view...down Natsu's throat. As the Fire Dragon Slayer finished eating the fire he released a small burp and pounded his chest.

"Damn. That was some of the best fire I've had in a long while. Thanks, Ben!" Natsu grinned toothily at the Omnitrix wearer.

"Did you just eat those?" He asked, sounding rather shocked.

Natsu belched again to get rid of his excess gas. "Yep sure did."

"So that's what you do? Eat fire?" He asked.

Happy flew next to him, avoiding his flaming body, "That's one of Natsu's abilities he learned from Igneel, his Dragon Guardian and Teacher."

"Oh, is that so?" Heatblast muttered. However, as he processed the information, his fiery eyes widened! "Wait, you're telling me he was raised by a Dragon?! LIKE A FLYING FIRE-BREATHING LIZARD BEAST?! THAT KIND OF DRAGON!?"

"What other type of Dragon is there?" Happy asked curiously. Ben was silent at that as the images of Daigon in his dragon form went through his mind before he shook them off.

"That's right, Ben! I was raised by a badass Fire Dragon on how to use fire, making me a Fire Dragon Slayer!" Natsu boasted. He then dug his feet into the ground to get a better footing before pushing off, racing towards the Pyronite alien. "NOW LESS TALKING, MORE FIGHTING! FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!"

Natsu's fists were coated in fire before he leaped into the air to deliver a powerful punch. However, Heatblast just stood there and took the attack head on. A powerful explosion rocked the ground and covered both combatants in dust and smoke.

"Well Tennyson's down," Elfman nodded. "A real man who have avoided the attack."

Erza however wasn't sure about that, 'Somehow I get the feeling that a guy made of rocks and fire won't be easy to beat with fire magic. Not to mention Ben is stronger than he's letting on.'

"Hear that Wakaba? Now pay up," Macao held out his hand, making 'gimme gimme' motions with it. The smoker puffed a smoke cloud in his friend's face.

"Like hell I'm gonna pay you now. Let's wait for the smoke to clear, then we'll see if I have to pay or not."

As Wakaba said that, the smoke and dust settled and the mages of Fairy Tail had their eyes wide with amazement as Heatblast had been standing as tall and as strong as he was when he first appeared. The Pyronite chuckled as he looked at Natsu's fist which was embedded against his rocky chest. Heatblast then grabbed Natsu's arm and twisted so that his back was facing the Dragon Slayer. He jammed his hip against the parallel side of Natsu's own, lifting the pink haired mage over his shoulder before bringing down with a great amount of force, enough to crack the ground. Heatblast kept his grip on Natsu before spinning around rapidly at dizzying speeds.

"Oh boy. Natsu's gonna get motion sickness now." Cana sighed.

"That idiot's gonna be dead if he continues being so weak from just moving quickly." Gray muttered while silently enjoying the sight and wishing he had some popcorn.

Heatblast threw Natsu through the air, but the son of Igneel managed to recover from his motion sickness, the adrenalin overpowering his need to vomit, and righted himself in midair. His sandals made friction with the ground which made him skid backwards before he came to a stop.

"Nice shot, Ben, but how'd you take on my punch?"

"Pyrokinetic being bro," Heatblast tapped the side of his head. "You gotta think when you fight. Fighting with fire against Heatblast is like trying to drown a goldfish in seawater."

"AYE SIR!" Happy shouted. "I like goldfish! They taste good!"

Natsu growled at that comment. "Fine, but even though you can take on fire..." Natsu's hands were encased in flames once more. "I'm still a better fighter." Natsu ran towards Ben and delivered a punch aimed for Ben's chest. Ben shifted into a fighting stance and made a 'come at me' motion.

As Natsu ran, Heatblast smirked before clasping his hands above his head and slammed them down on the ground. The earth began to shake and quiver before three large pieces of the ground raised themselves up into the air. "Yeah, just so you know, Heatblast has a bit of geokinesis as well. Now let's see is you can eat burning hot rock, Fire Dragon Slayer!" Ben shot a few bursts of fire at his levitating weapons, turning the earth into molten magma in an instant.

"That's just...wow!" Everyone couldn't believe their eyes at how powerful Ben's alien form was. Ben then thrust his hand forward and one of his boulders shot towards Natsu. The magma projectile burned the air as it raced towards him, but the son of Igneel coated his leg in fire and leaped into the air before spinning.

"Fire Dragon's Talons!" Natsu's attack came in the form of a powerful roundhouse kick that sent the burning rock flying back towards Ben, but the sixteen year old saviour of the universe caught it with his geokinesis before sending it back at Natsu and this time he sent a second one at him at the same time. Natsu growled in annoyance as he was forced to deflect both projectiles.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu leaped into the air as his arms became coated in yellow-orange flames. He swung his arms forward as the fire took on the shape of a dragon's wings, clashing harshly with Ben's magma weapons. The rocks shattered apart and magma rained down from above like a meteor shower, but Heatblast ignored it before sending his last magma weapon at the son of Igneel.

Natsu ejected fire from his hands and from the bottom of his feet so he shot towards it.

With a roar, he reared back his flame covered fist. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" The momentum carried behind the fist was so immense that Heatblast could only stare in amazement as Natsu literally punched through his attack and continued on a path to hit the Omnitrix wielder. Natsu landed on the ground a few feet away from his opponent and grinned toothily as he lay crouched on the ground.

"That all you got?" The fire dragon slayer said cockily and with excitement.

Heatblast's face gained an annoyed expression. Overconfident banter was his shtick and nobody else's. In that mild fit of annoyance, Ben's sense of smart battling took a short break as he launched himself in the air, as he soared over Natsu. As he landed behind him, he formed a large blast of flame. "Try this on for size!" Heatblast roared and fired the blast right at him.

It exploded and Natsu was engulfed in flames. Mirajane was amazed by this battle. "Wow. Looks like Ben might be on the same level with fire magic as Natsu."

Cana merely took a sip at her drink, and blushed a little as she looked at Ben's form, Heatblast, "I think...he's pretty hot."

Mirajane sweat dropped as she asked, "Are you saying that because you think he's cute...or because he's literally flaming hot now?"

"The first one but then again it could be both." The heavy drinker said.

As Natsu ate the fires from the Pyronite's latest attack, the members of Fairy Tail cheered for the Salamander.

Heatblast's eyes narrowed in thought, 'He's got firepower that much is certain. I'm getting nowhere if this keeps up. Though I have immunity from fire, he seems to be good at hand-to-hand and so I need something to help me with that. Something durable but with power...' Ben's fiery eyes brightened as he had his choice made.

"You're good, Natsu." Heatblast said. "But I for one think it's time I cooled you down and put you out." Heatblast patted the Omnitrix symbol on his chest and a flash of green obscured him from sight before it vanished. Standing in Heatblast's place was a large creature that resembled the mythological werewolf. The new opponent had grey fur, a long flowing mane, and a large bushy tail. Four sharp claws were on each hand with one of them acting as a thumb. The wolf-like beast snarled before unleashing a loud howl to reveal the inside of his mouth is green.

"Blitzwolfer!"

Omnitrix Encyclopedia

Loboan AKA Blitzwolfer

Loboans are a werewolf alien species located on the moon of Luna Lobo which orbits the central planet of Anur Transyl. Loboans can emit a powerful green ultrasonic howl by opening their quadra hinged muzzle. This can either cause considerable damage to his targets, reflect incoming projectiles, or propel themselves like a booster rocket. Loboans have enhanced senses of smelling and hearing, as well as agility, speed, and strength. Loboans have formidable claws, fangs, and strength. The claws on their feet can grasp like hands and they also have a prehensile tail. Their weaknesses is their hearing, as loud noises can stun them. They are also color blind.

Blitzwolfer looked at himself before slumping. "Ah come on, I wanted Water Hazard."

"Hey, where'd Heatblast go?" Natsu asked as he looked around for the Pyronite.

"The Omnitrix has a function that allows me to switch between my alien forms by tapping the symbol on my chest." He pointed at said symbol. "Though it does tend to lower the power for me with every change I say it's worth it for me to keep fighting at max time limit. I can stay in my alien forms longer because of that, so the trade-off is kind of good depending on the situation.

"Oh." Natsu blinked as he stared at the Loboan. There was a period of silence as Natsu stared at Blitzwolfer and the green eyed werewolf sighed.

"You didn't understand any of that, did you?"

"None whatsoever," The dragon slayer said clueless.

The mages on the sidelines sweat dropped, planting their faces in their hands. "Idiot," was the simultaneous comment.

"Alright, basically, I can switch between any forms I want if I tap the Omnitrix symbol. That's all you need to know."

"Gotcha," Natsu said now getting it.

And with that, the two ran towards each other. Natsu's eyes widened when he noticed just how fleet footed his opponent was. Blitzwolfer left a trail of dust behind him as he ran and reared back his arm, aiming to slash at Natsu with his claws. However, Natsu dropped down and quickly managed to channel his forward momentum and slid between the Loboan's legs. He pushed himself to his feet and went to deliver a kick to the back, but Blitzwolfer grinned toothily before wrapped his tail around Natsu's leg and stopped the attack. Blitzwolfer let go and Natsu lost his balance when he fell before the werewolf alien spun around and delivered a quick punch to the chest and abdominal area that knocked the wind out of Natsu's lungs, however, Natsu recovered quicker than Blitzwolfer would have anticipated and was met with a powerful left rook that sent spittle flying from his lips.

"Eat this!" Natsu delivered a right hook this time and then grabbed Blitzwolfer by his mane and spun around rapidly. Once he built up enough momentum he threw away the alien of Luna Lobo before taking a deep breath. His stomach swelled as magic and air filled his body.

"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" The tongue fire raced through the air towards the airborne Omnitrix wielder. Blitzwolfer flipped in the air and skidded backwards before looking up at the blazing attack.

Everyone's eyes widened when they saw Blitzwolfer standing strong before rearing his head back and then his muzzle split apart into four parts, revealing the inner parts of his mouth much more clearly.

"Well...that's interesting," Mirajane commented.

"More like peculiar if you ask me," Erza stated.

"Not everyday you see a werewolf do that," Gray commented, unknowingly stripping his shirt in the process.

"Interesting? That's disgusting!" Cana exclaimed looking sick from seeing the display of splitting flesh, the others nodding in agreement.

Blitzwolfer then unleashed a powerful howl. Sonic waves rushed forth from his maw and clashed with the tongue of fire and everyone was forced to cover their ears due to the volume of the attack. Natsu's attack came to an end when the Fire Dragon Slayer had to cover his own ears due to his sensitive hearing. His scream of pain was quickly overpowered and the Sonic Howl continued onwards and slammed into the son of Igneel and sent him rolling on the ground.

Closing his mouth, Blitzwolfer suddenly entered a coughing fit. "Ugh, I hate doing that for too long. It's bad for my throat."

"Just what kind of monster is Ben?" Macao commented.

"I don't know but he's tough that's for sure, Macao." Wakaba said.

"Oh by the way, you two owe me money." Cana said. The two adults turned to each other before looking at the female drinker.

"What! why?" They exclaimed.

"You bet five hits and you bet Natsu would end the hit in one. Neither of you guessed correctly and so the money's mine."

"But you're not even part of the bet. You just organized them!" They both shouted in protest.

Back on the battlefield, Natsu shook his head as he lay on his hands and knees. He turned away and vomited for a second due to his nausea and then shook his head once more to rid himself of the ringing in his ears.

"You got me good Ben. I'll admit that." Natsu moaned out sickly as he regained his sense of balance.

"I feel a but coming on." The Loboan predicted.

"But...I still got you beat in close quarters!" Natsu yelled before he pushed himself towards Blitzwolfer. Natsu roared as he swung his fist towards the Loboan, but Blitzwolfer effectively sidestepped the strike and went to counter with his own punch aimed for Natsu's head.

However, Blitzwolfer's eyes widened when Natsu grinned toothily. "Gotcha." Natsu fell forward with the momentum of his punch, leaning his head downwards so that he avoided the blow to the skull. He then twisted his body as he got down lower to the ground so that he was lying down on his back on the ground. He then utilized his leg and lower abdominal muscles to go into a cat spring to get back onto his feet and punched away Ben's outstretched arm, thus leaving him unguarded. Natsu then engulfed his entire leg in fire and manipulated it so that it gave his leg an added thrust.

Blitzwolfer released a cry of pain as Natsu delivered a powerful flying knee to his face and sent his head rearing back. The werewolf alien could have sworn he saw miniature moons and stars swirling around his head. However, more pain was introduced to Blitzwolfer as Natsu grabbed him by the back of his furry head as he fell. As Natsu hit the ground, the momentum of his fall had brought Blitzwolfer's head down at the same time and the Loboan had Natsu's knee slamming into his muzzle for a second time before being delivered a straight kick that sent him skidding backwards. The combo didn't end there as Natsu leaped towards Heatblast and delivered a two punch combo to the stomach before lashing out with a low kick to the knees.

Blitzwolfer began to fall to his knees due to the loss of balance, but Natsu bent his knees and channeled fire so that it burst out from his elbow. With the increase in thrust, the son of Igneel lashed out speedily a flaming uppercut crashed against Blitzwolfer's chin and caused the werewolf's lower jaw to meet his upper one with a resounding 'clack' sound. The force of the attack sent the Loboan a few feet off the ground before Natsu leaped after him and wrapped his legs around his opponent's head.

"And now for the finale!" Natsu yelled. He provided a little more altitude for his attack by releasing flames from his fists and then performed a backflip while keeping his legs wrapped around Blitzwolfer's head. Once he reached the apex of his flip, his legs were swung over at a rapid pace and he let go of the werwolf alien. Blitzwolfer zoomed towards the ground at a breakneck speed and canine yelp of pain echoed through the air as he made impact.

A resounding crash was heard and the earth cracked and broke apart before Natsu fell after Ben and slammed down on his back. Another yelp of pain erupted from the canine alien's muzzle and Ben now lay in his own personal crater.

Natsu grinned as he toothily as the other members of Fairy Tail clapped their hands for Natsu. The Fire Dragon Slayer bent down to Blitzwolfer's ears as he stepped off of him. "Good fight man. You're fun, I think..." Natsu's eyes widened when Blitzwolfer's closed eyes snapped open and a grin formed on his face.

"Psyche!" Blitzwolfer suddenly flipped himself over and tapped the Omnitrix symbol on his chest and another flash of green appeared. When the light died away, Ben was no longer Blitzwolfer. Instead, he was now a massive nine-foot armoured being shaped like a heavy oven-like suit. The suit had a handle on its head, and the shoulders had bolts. There were three more bolts on each hand and two in the chest. The being's helmet was built into the shoulders and had three grills for eyes. And the Omnitrix symbol was on the chest piece.

"NRG!" His new form spoke out.

Omnitrix Encyclopedia

Prypiatosian-B AKA NRG

Prypiatosian-Bs are a race of aliens from a planet located somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy. Prypiatosian-Bs are humanoid aliens made of pure, red, radioactive energy. Only male Prypiatosian-Bs have been seen, so it is unknown what female Prypiatosian-Bs look like. They need to wear a containment suit in order to walk around other life forms to prevent radiation poisoning. The suit also manages their powers. The energy Prypiatosian-Bs radiate enables them to generate intense heat, and melt through solid metal and rock by merely touching it. They are capable of firing highly radioactive energy beams which can corrode and melt metallic objects. They can channel heat through the ground, resulting in a massive geyser of lava. They can fly at high speeds. They eat energy and the more they eat, the bigger and stronger they become.

Because NRG is always in his containment suit, his abilities are weaker than if he was outside the suit. Because of dangerous radiation his body gives off, NRG must stay in the suit for the safety of others and keep its radiation to a minimum. NRG's suit decreases his speed and agility. Taedenite is the only known element that can damage NRG's suit, outside of the suit itself. The eye holes in the suit are quite small, which limits his vision somewhat. NRG is vulnerable to carbon dampening rods, which slow down nuclear reactions and inhibit his radiation generating abilities. However thanks to Ben's new Omnitrix he can now open the suit and unleash NRG's true form whenever he wants.

Natsu blinked at this, as he asked, "A giant walking oven? Not much of an improvement."

"Oh don't worry, my friend. Dis alien transformation can handle itself pretty well." NRG spoke out in a Russian accent. He clumsily ran towards Natsu and threw a punch at him, but Natsu hopped out of the way before countering.

"Too slow Tennyson!" Natsu wrapped his arms in flames. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu cried out and slammed his attack against the armored boy. He sent him flying, crashing into a couple of benches. Natsu then inhaled deeply. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu then used his signature move, releasing a large quantity of flames from his mouth directly at NRG.

The flames flowed all around him, hiding NRG from sight who was not even moving. Natsu and everyone else figured that he didn't make it out when the tower of flames continued to burn brightly. Natsu panicked, "Oh crap! Don't tell me I killed him?!"

"Natsu you idiot!" Happy cried out.

"Wait! NATSU LOOK OUT!" Mirajane cried out. Natsu stopped yelling to the skies and turned to Mira.

Suddenly, NRG's armored body came flying out, smashing Natsu across the room and into the wall, as Happy and the others turned towards the flames. The flames were suddenly being sucked in. As the flames all disappeared and were sucked in, the mysterious new figure was revealed. The being was humanoid, but made of red and yellow energy. He wore two suspender straps with green buckles on them, a belt with the Omnitrix symbol for the belt buckle, two wristbands on both arms and two knee braces on both legs with green buckles on the braces. On his face he had a savage looking grin like the kind you'd see carved on a pumpkin for Halloween where the inside was completely white and he seemed to have lightning shaped bolts for eyes.

This was NRG's true form, hovering in the air.

Natsu tossed the armor aside, as he looked at NRG's real body, "So that's what was inside the armor?! That is so awesome!"

"You haven't seen anything yet." The now unarmored and unrestrained NRG smirked larger.

"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu ignited both his hands in flames and brought them together, creating a gargantuan fireball and threw it at NRG. The blaze encompassed the energy being.

"HA that got him." Natsu cheered however he's mood quickly changed when he and everyone else where shocked to see the flames whirling around before they began to shrink and NRG was revealed absorbing the flames in his palms and mouth in a way similar to Natsu. When he finished absorbing them NRG let out breath of satisfaction.

"Ah now that was a delicious meal." NRG said while patting where his stomach would be.

"He actually ate Natsu's flames" Erza said in surprise since that's never happened before.

"HEY THAT'S MY THING YOU COPY CAT!" Natsu protested angrily which Ben found humorous.

"Then you should've gotten copy right infringement." NRG said which earned a confused look from Natsu. "Oh never mind, anyway Natsu you should just give up now cause there's no way you can beat me as NRG." He stated as if it was a fact.

"Give up? Ha as if, I never give up and I never will!" Natsu stated almost as if offended.

"I admire that spirit of yours but sometimes you need to know when to stand down." NRG said before he built up power in his hands and then unleashed a blast of energy at Natsu who rolled to the side to avoid it before charging forward.

"Let's see you eat this! Fire Dragons Iron Fist!" He shouted as his fists become coated in fire and he jumped into the air delivered a aerial punch at NRG who had a smirk on his face as he didn't move or put up any defense as Natsu wailed on him where the force of the hit sent NRG rearing a few dozen feet back before he stopped himself in mid-air.

"Well that stung a bit but nothing I can't take." NRG said while seemingly stretching to flex himself.

Natsu was surprised by how little his attack did and then he noticed that his hands weren't on fire anymore. "What happened to my flaming fists?"

"In case you haven't noticed Natsu I can absorb any fire you throw at me. Including the ones on your fists. So go ahead keep fighting me cause at this point your just a meal for me to drain dry." NRG said a bit smugly.

"Then let's see how you do without fire!" Natsu said before he ran forward and attempted to punch him without any fire this time.

"Oh so you're going to use simple hand to hand combat to fight me? That's pointless too I'm afraid." NRG simply said while crossing his arms and just staying put like before.

Natsu was over him in an instant and then to everyone's surprise Natsus fist when right through NRG as if he was a ghost or something.

"WHAT THE! WHAT HAPPENED!" Natsu yelled not understanding how he went right through him.

"You're not getting it that's what." NRG said as he began explaining. "I'm not flesh and blood anymore Natsu, I'm living energy. The only way you can touch me is by using magic but as you already know your fire is useless against me cause I'll absorb it. So unless you can use a different type of magic there's basically nothing you can do to fight me evenly. I however…" NRG reared his arm back and then punched Natsu in the jaw which sent him skidding back a few feet. "Can still hit you physically."

Now all the viewers were shocked at what Ben said.

"Natsu's fire dragon slayer magic can't injure him and if he tries fighting without it then he can't touch Ben. He can't win!" Happy said hurryingly at the revelation.

Erza was in similar thought, 'He chose a form that can absorb fire and can't be touched by physical attacks that aren't powered with magic. Natsu doesn't have any other powers besides fire, there's nothing else he can do now.'

"OH YEAH WELL TRY THIS THEN!" Natsu said before ran at him with his fists blazing again as NRG took a stance this time. Natsu swung his fist forward but then suddenly jumped over NRG who looked surprised but before he could react or turn around Natsu shouted from behind him. "Fire Dragons Roar!" and then exhaled a tremendously large amount of fire that seemed to affect NRG as he was blown forward and then caught in the attacks large explosion.

"Ha ha bet you didn't expect that did you. Looks like you couldn't eat that attack if you weren't facing it." Natsu proclaimed while breathing a little heavily from using up a lot of magic as he took a victory pose as the smoke and fire went down.

"HA HA HA HA HA!" A loud laughter sounded from the smoke to reveal NRG looking unharmed, in fact to everyone's surprise he was now taller than he was before and looking more illuminated.

"WHAT THE!?" Natsu said dumbfounded at the now larger opponent.

"That was some real good stuff but now it's my turn." NRG said as he gather an enormous amount of energy and then let it out as one huge blast that Natsu couldn't avoid in time as he got blasted into a crater.

The attack was so strong that everyone shielded their eyes as they felt the intense heat that attack was putting out.

'Incredible, his attack is so strong it feels like I'm standing by an awakening volcano,'Erza thought while also shielding her eyes from the intense heat she was feeling from the attack.

When NRG stopped pouring his attack he flew down to see Natsu lying in the crater with swirls in his eyes and looking like he wasn't getting up anytime soon. Seeing his opponent down NRG flew over to the suit, and transformed back into Ben. He went over to Natsu and saw him wake up but had trouble moving.

"And that my friend is how you win. Good try thought Natsu." Ben said while he helped the dragon slayer up.

"I don't feel so good." Natsu said while looking pale and holding his mouth closed like if he was about to puke.

"Hey you better not hurl on me otherwise I swear I'm gonna throw you on a runaway train!" Ben warned while moving him further away from him.

Happy was smiling at Natsu, as he teased, "Whoa. Looks like Ben's NRG has a big appetite for flames, as much as you do. Though I don't think you can eat his."

"Yeah… too… salty and bitter…plus they make me want to puke…badly" Natsu could only wheeze out.

Wakaba blinked at this, as his pipe dropped on the ground, "He beat Natsu? A newbie?"

Macao smirked, "Makes ya wonder what would happen if he faced Gray or Erza, let alone Laxus or Gildarts."

Elfman roared out with his fists pumped in the air, "YEAAAAAAH! NOW THAT'S A REAL MAN FOR YA!"

Even Mirajane was stunned a little, as she smiled, "Wow. He's amazing for a newbie." She looked to Cana, as she asked, "What do you think, Cana? Not that I think that…" But then she blinked, as she saw a look she saw only on a rare occasion, "Oh boy…"

"Looks like this Guild's got a real man in the mix," Cana smirked. And then she hopped up and down, "And this man earned me a ton of money! WHOO-HOO!"

Gray smirked, "About time somebody his age kicked Natsu's butt. I'm just sorry it wasn't me."

Erza smirked, "And it earned me a nice large reward in the bet."

As Ben brushed his shoulder suddenly Cana popped up on the bench next to him. Taken aback, Ben blinked and stepped back a bit, a bit jumpy at her sudden appearance. He asked, "Um, can I help you?"

She winked at him, "Wanna have a drink together, Big Ben?"

But then Mirajane popped up, flailing her arms around, as she whined, "Cana! He's not old enough to drink!"

Ben sweat dropped at the two, as he simply answered, "Uh, sorry but I've got to find a place to stay."

"A hotel," Mirajane asked.

Cana winked, "You can stay at my place." She then gave him a saucy look. " We could share the same bed, if you'd like."

Ben blushed at the implication and how he was starting to feel really tempted to take her up on her offer as he shook his head, "Thanks for the offer but I'm just trying to find a place of my own. Preferably one with a huge attic."

Cana frowned, "Oh poo. You know, I've got plenty of room in my place."

But a playful bonk on the head from Mirajane stopped her, as she looked to Ben, "You know, I might know of a place. If you're interested but it'll be kind of pricy?"

Ben blinked at that, as he smirked, "That's fine with me, just wait a while until I get back." He said before walking away.

"Where are you going?" Mirajane asked.

"To make a withdrawal," Ben simply said before he was gone.

Later On

Outside

Ben got a good look at the place that Mirajane had led him to. It was a nice two stories tall house with the main body of the house being cream colored and the roof being shaped triangularly from a two dimensional point of view, being made of reddish white tiles. It had a few windows and a nice balcony near the roof. The door is of European design from the kind you would see on a mansion with white painted metal creating the border but the rest of the door was made entirely out of oak wood but had intricate carvings in the shapes of swirls and other things.

The best part was that the house was in a clearing away from the town and surrounded by a large metal fence for security which gave him plenty of room inside for a front and back yard.

"Remind me how you got enough money to afford the down payment?" Mirajane questioned.

Ben just gave her a sly smile. "Let's just say I sold something valuable for cash."

However what Ben didn't tell her was that on the way to the guild with the others he had spotted cash trade shop where they take in gold, gems and anything valuable for cash. So with a quick change to Diamondhead he made himself a bag full of shards that he sold to them for as much as they'd give him. I nice big 188,000 jewels.

"Well I'm sure you'll enjoy it considering how it has about three bedrooms with a bathroom with two showers and one big bathtub. Like a miniature Jacuzzi, if you think about it. What do you think, Ben?"

"I hope the insides as good," he asked with some excitement.

Inside

"I was wrong it's better." Ben said with a grin while looking at his new place. "Home sweet temporary home."