The screams were the only tell. The only sign that this... thing was human, a blob that was being cradled by a woman who was waiting for someone to help her with the mess of flesh that was wriggling and writhing in her arms as the doctors rushed out of then room to get what they needed. Repeated variations of "shh" and "it's okay" were said to the blob by the woman as two doctors came back in with a glass incubator that they hurried to put the blob into, before sealing the top with a hiss. After a few moments the blob turned into a new born child and the wailing started to die down until the only sounds that could be heard were the mother trying to deplete the world's oxygen and the chatter outside.

After a while the head doctor walked in and over to the mother, before explaining the situation, the child was incapable of holding a solid shape due to his quirk, the doctor's had technology to help him retain a human body but it would take time to make something small enough to be portable. And so began the long week of the mother staring at her baby son through a glass pane, hoping to any deity that would listen that that day would be the day she could hold her son, but none answered until the seventh day when the doctor's came back with equipment on a tray and began to work. It didn't take long, all it took was putting a complex looking device on his arm before they brought the baby out of the glass container and handed him to the patient mother, who immediately started to cuddle the child and smother her cheek against his head, causing the baby to start laughing. This was Ben Tennyson, the wielder of the most powerful weapon the world had ever see.

Over the next sixteen years Ben grew up and lived his life, which lead to him running behind his best friend, Izuku Midoriya, to a scene straight out a comic book, a giant villain was standing on a railway bridge after being cornered trying to rob someone. The teen wanted to jump in, he knew he had the tools to take the villain down with minimal effort, but he had gotten in enough trouble for jumping in and being a hero without proper authorisation, even getting told off by his uncle for fighting without his powers when he was ten.

"I'm bored, let's keep going... Izuku? You here buddy?" Ben said, looking around for his green haired friend, spotting him at the front of the crowd. With a grown, the brown-haired male made his way to the front and proceeded to watch the ensuing fight, not saying a word to his companion, instead taking a couple of pictures of the heroes who had turned up to look over later, including his secret crush Mt. Lady after she came and ended the fight.

Their lesson was as dull as ever, however Ben had learned to tune it out and doodle in his notebook, until he heard his name being called "Oh yeah Midoriya, don't you and Tennyson want to get into UA too" the teacher said which caused the rest of the room to fall silent which gave the teens a moment to hope the inevitable wouldn't happen before the entire class burst out into fits of laughter, claiming he would never get into a school as good as UA. An explosion rang out from Izuku's desk as the love child of Michael Bay and a stick of dynamite started yelling at my friend, "leave him alone Bakugo" I ordered him as I left my chair, which caused most of the class to flinch away.

Bakugo slowly turned towards me, his hands tensed as his rage at my friend turned to pure hatred of my entire being "YOU" he growled as he slowly approached me. "If you wanna fight, I'll be happy to put you on your ass again" I informed the bully as he kept coming closer towards me, making me sigh as I reached for my wrist but Bakugo was undeterred from his approach, however a hand smacking us round the back of the head took our attention off each other and towards the source of the hand. "Both of you stop it, need I remind you your still on probation from the last time you fought" he said, pointing outside to an area of the school which was under construction from when Bakugo tried to fire an explosion at Izuku and I'd stopped him.

After class had ended, I was packing my stuff into my bag and trying to ignore the stares I was getting from my class mates as I conversed with Izuku about Mount Lady and how her powers worked and potential weaknesses, though our conversation was cut short as Bakugo came over and snatched Izuku's notebook out of his hands. This was the final straw as I grabbed his wrist with a grip tight enough that I could feel his bones shifting under his skin, though he didn't show any signs of pain. "Put it down Bakugon" I told him, using the nickname I had come up with for him about two years ago, though this only seemed to piss him off as he tore his hand away, blasted Izuku's notebook and threw it out of the window and into the fish pond below.

I immediately went to slam down on my watch, but I couldn't be bothered to fight him anymore so I lowered my arms and walked out to go and get the notebook back from the fishpond, Izuku looking confused as he grabbed his bag and followed me out the door. I marched round to the pond as Izuku tried to start a conversation with me, but I was too pissed off to listen though I did catch what he said when I snatched the wet bundle of papers attached together by rusted staples, "my dreams have turned into fish food" he said, depression etched into every slayable. I handed his notebook back to him as we began to head home, we were already here too late and would get told off if we were here much longer.

Izuku and I didn't talk much on the way home, which gave me a chance to think back on the biggest event on my life. It happened when I was about five, there was a massive fight on TV and it had changed EVERYTHING. It was a villain who could copy other people's quirk's and he had beaten the other heroes until they were bloodied on the ground. He walked over their bodies as he approached the only person standing, an older man, in his late 30s with a large black watch on his wrist. This was Ben Tennyson the first, also known as Ben 10,000...

My father.

The villain had gained the powers of all his transformations after draining his device, which he'd named the Omnitrix, and leaving him for dead. After that everything had changed, mom shut herself off from everyone and sent me away to live with my godfather, somehow the Omnitrix arrived on my door step and launched itself at me, attaching to my wrist.

Coming back to reality was weird, Izuku had started doing his impression of All Might's laugh and scared the crap out of me while we walked under a tunnel that had been altered to make space for people with quirk's that made them tall. "Jesus don't do that!" I yelled out, my heart settling back to more acceptable levels, though Izuku's sullen face made me regret raising my voice. "Sorry man, just don't shout out like that, you know I scare easy" I joked hoping to put a smile on his face, though my efforts seem to have been n vain. "I'm sorry, it's just... what Kachan said, it reminded me of everything and... how much I still want to achieve" he said, looking down at his shoes. "Don't worry" I said, my head pointed towards the light coming from the end of the tunnel, "you've got the son of the almighty Ben 10,000 to train you, you'll have muscles on muscles on muscles by the time I'm done with you" I told him, putting on a tough voice for the fun of it. Izuku and I always had arguments about who would win in a fight between my dad and All Might. I would say that All Might may have strength but he couldn't stand against Heatblast's fire, then he would state that All Might was faster than any of his transformations, so he could take him out easy. We would go around like that in circles, on and off, for days until we just agreed to disagree before we started all over again the next week.

Izuku and I started laughing our heads off, causing so much noise that we didn't hear the sound of something slithering out of the cracks in the man hole. The next second Izuku had been snatch from beside me and forced under the skin of a villain who's body was made entirely of green liquid. Panicking for all of a second, I immediately went to transform into something that could fight the hulk mass that was trying to take over my friend, though this proved detrimental as the villain saw this and swung at me.

Loud, bellowing laughter that I recognised immediately, came from where the villain had emerged which halted his attack and caused everyone present to widen their eyes. That same laughter turned into words that sent shivers down two of the three spines and fear to travel down the other one. "Have no fear, you're safe..." the voice called out and I swear I could hear superman's theme song going off when he said that.

"Now that I am here that is"

Completely forgetting about me he took a swipe at All Might, which did absolutely nothing and he got a face full of All Might's punch in return.

Taking several deep breaths as the situation had finally been defused, though turning towards the look our saviour was giving made me want to curl up and disappear into the side of the tunnel. It was a mix between disappointment and a man's patience running thin, a look that made me feel guilty. I had promised my god father I wouldn't transform until I passed UA's entrance exam after the fight with Bakugo, but as soon as I encountered a fight, I immediately went for the Omnitrix.

All Might walked over to us and picked up Izuku while I stood to my feet, which my head was pointed towards "You promised you wouldn't do that anymore" he said, I could tell he was upset. I couldn't think of what to say so I just stayed silent while he went through Izuku's notebook. I could tell he was impressed by the knowledge he had amassed and I thought of the best way to cheer him up. Going to my knees and unzipping my backpack, I rummaged through it until I found my pen and pointed it towards my guardian, "please.. For him" I started "he wants to be a hero, even though he doesn't have a quirk" I carried on, my head pointed down at my feet "it would mean the world to him" I finished, my knuckles and fingers tensed around the writing tool in my hand.

He looked surprised for a moment, I knew what he was going to say before walking out of the tunnel and setting Izuku on the ground "he would never make it... you know that" he said, though neither of us could face each other "it's cruel to let him keep believing he can". I was angry, here was the man I had looked up to since my dad died and he was saying my best friend couldn't achieve his dream because he wasn't as strong as we were. I stood up and just started walking away and leaning against a wall, not a word leaving my mouth even when I heard Izuku scream about getting to meet All Might and the autograph I'd got him.

As All Might was getting ready to leave and I went to resume my walk home, Izuku did something stupid. He'd lunged towards the number one hero and grabbed onto his leg as he'd taken off... both of them leaving me here. "THANKS FOR NOTHING GUYS" I yelled towards their rapidly shrinking figures as I started running in the general direction All Might had leapt, which turned out to be an apartment complex where I found All Might, in his shrunken form, explaining his situation to Izuku.

"So no, I honestly don't think you can become a hero without a quirk" the look on Izuku's face as those words left his idol's mouth... had clearly broken him. I wanted to yell, to scream at him that Izuku could do anything if he worked hard enough, but all words failed me, even as All Might walked towards me and told me he was taking me home, which I didn't have the energy to fight so I just started following him. An explosion going off in the distance was the only thing that brought me back to my senses and when I saw All Might searching for the sludge villain I realised he must have dropped him when Izuku grabbed his leg. Breaking into a sprint down the rest of the stairs and out into the street, I knew I had to get there, All Might was out of commission and I knew I could help, despite the consequences that would come from using the Omnitrix.

Arriving at the scene was like getting tonal whiplash as one part of the street looked fine, then the alleyway the fight was going down in was ablaze and was coloured with dark hues as if all light had been shut off. Looking around me I saw that most heroes weren't suited for taking him down and Mount Lady couldn't access the street as she couldn't fit in the narrow lane. Hearing panting coming from beside me made me realise All Might had caught up, though what good he would be, I had no idea. Spotting Izuku coming towards the crowd made me concerned, this was only going to make it worse for him, I knew he had potential and was smart enough to help... but he would only get in trouble for putting himself in danger.

Taking another look at the villain I realised it had caught someone and from the messy blonde hair I knew exactly who it was, the rage inside me after realising he had probably let the villain loose and been targeted first was quelled as I knew he wouldn't last much longer, but when I looked to All Might for help the only thing he could offer was a dejected face and a stare aimed at the crowd.

Grunting to myself I took off for another alley way, on the opposite side of the building and I climbed to the roof. I knew I had to do something, I could help others and that was enough of a reason to put my own life and reputation in danger.

Looking down at my wrist, at the most powerful weapon in the world, I knew exactly what to say.

"IT'S HERO TIME"