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Thanks goes to Pyromania101 and the Incredible Muffin.

New World, New Adventure

It was a typical day in the city of Bellwood… actually, it wasn't. A typical day in Bellwood usually involved the city being attacked by some supercriminal, galactic warlord, or gang of xenophobes in suits of armor. Today was actually peaceful, tranquil, and to universal hero Ben Tennyson, boring.

"Are you sure there's nothing going on, Grandpa?" Ben asked into his Ultimatrix as he walked down the street with a delicious (in his opinion) smoothie in hand.

"I'm sure, Ben," replied Max Tennyson, Ben's grandfather and senior Plumber. "Well, nothing that the other Plumbers and authorities can't handle on their own."

Ben sighed before taking a big drink out of his smoothie.

"You know," Max said and Ben could just imagine his grandfather smiling, "I'd have thought you'd enjoy not having to save the world for once. Even heroes need a break, you know."

"It's not the break that's the problem, it's the boredom that comes with it," Ben said. "There's nothing to do."

"I'm sure you'll find something to pass the time," Max assured his grandson. "Any new Sumo Slammers games coming out?"

"No," Ben groaned. "And believe me, I've checked."

"Well what are your parents doing?"

Ben snorted. "I try to stay out of the house as much as I can. I love my mom, but I'm not really in the mood to get dragged into her new workout regiment."

Max chuckled at this. "Well, maybe you could try finding a part-time job."

Ben cringed. "I already have a job, Grandpa."

"Maybe, but simply being a hero doesn't pay for smoothies and video games," Max pointed.

"Pity," Ben said, taking another sip of his drink.

"Well, what about Kevin and Gwen?" Max inquired. "What are they doing?"

Now it was Ben's turn to chuckle. "Now that everything's so peaceful, they're trying to enjoy their date life as much as they can."

"Well…" Max said, almost hesitantly. "You could try dating again."

Ben's mood took a big dive as he sighed. "Grandpa…"

"I know, Ben, I know," Max said softly. "But what happened between you and Julie was not your fault…"

"Grandpa," Ben said firmly. "I don't want to talk about it. Please."

Now Max was the one who sighed. "Alright, Ben. I won't push this on you."

"Thank you," Ben said, his mood not lifting.

Max realized that he might have crossed the line and decided it was probably best to cut things short. "I'll…keep my eye out for anything and if something comes up, I'll let you know, Ben."

"Thanks, Grandpa," Ben said quietly. "I appreciate that."

"…Take care, Ben," Max told his grandson before ending the transmission.

Ben pinched the bridge of his nose. "Really wish Grandpa hadn't brought that up." No longer having an appetite, he tossed his smoothie into a nearby trashcan and continued walking around Bellwood, trying to find something to occupy his time, and get his mind off certain things.

"Perhaps I can find a means of helping you pass the time," A familiar voice said.

Ben turned around…and looked down to see a small, bipedal frog-like creature with bulbous eyes, whispers above the being's mouth and under his chin gave the appearance of a mustache and beard.

"Hey, Azmuth," Ben greeted the creator of the Ultimatrix, his hopes rising. "So, what new threat do I have to stop this time?"

"Why do you immediately assume my presence means something bad is happening?" Azmuth asked exasperatingly.

"Because that's the only reason you ever show up," Ben shot back with a grin.

Azmuth sighed. "Fair enough. For once though, I'm not here because of some intergalactic threat or universal crisis."

Ben slumped in disappointment. "Well that's a first." He straightened himself up. "So what brings you here this time, Azmuth?"

"Well, Ben," Azmuth said. "I'm here to bring you to Galvan Prime."

Ben tilted his head. "Why do I need to go to Galvan Prime?"

"We both know this peace and quiet won't last," Azmuth said then he added dryly. "It never does. However, we should take advantage of this temporary tranquility to upgrade your Ultimatrix."

Ben looked at his Ultimatrix. "Upgrade it?"

"Extending the time of your transformations, decreasing the amount of time needed to recharge, boosting its signal to Primus," Azmuth listed. "All in order to improve your performance, which I do feel has been lacking lately."

Ben scowled. "Hey! I've been doing fine, thank you very much!" Then he added sheepishly. "Although I really wouldn't mind those upgrades."

Azmuth gave a light smile. "Excellent. Let's be on our way."

The next thing Ben knew, Bellwood was gone and in its place was Azmuth's lab, back on Galvan Prime. They had been instantly teleported, courtesy of Galvan technology. He glared down at the diminutive genius.

"Could you give a guy a little warning before you do that?" Ben asked irritably.

Azmuth simply ignored Ben as he went over to his an operating table.

"I recommend making yourself comfortable," Azmuth suggested. "This may take a while."

...

True to Azmuth's word, the operation did take awhile but Ben was so excited about the improvements to the Ultimatrix that he didn't even notice.

"There," Azmuth said once he was finished. "Your Ultimatrix has been fully upgraded."

"Awesome!" Ben looked the Ultimatrix over, a big grin on his face. "Thanks, Azmuth."

"Well, then," Azmuth said, looking proud of his work. He went over to his computer. Ben just stood there, waiting to be sent home. As Azmuth punched in the controls, he looked over at the wielder of the Ultimatrix. "Ben?"

Ben looked over at him. "Yeah?" It might have been his imagination but he could've sworn Azmuth actually looked…concerned.

"You…you take care of yourself now," Azmuth said softly.

Ben was understandably put off by how Azmuth was acting. "Um…I will, Azmuth. You take care too!" He managed to say before the teleportation technology kicked in. Azmuth was still staring at the spot Ben had just been standing.

At that moment, his assistant Myaxx walked in. She saw the melancholy look on Azmuth's face.

"You did the best you could," she told him.

"And yet I still feel as if I could've done more," Azmuth said before sighing. "May whatever Powers that Be watch over him."

…

For some reason, Ben couldn't get Azmuth's worried look out of his mind as he found himself back in Bellwood. The smartest mind in three, possibly five, galaxies, looked like he knew something bad was going to happen. Was that the real reason he upgraded the Ultimatrix? If so, why didn't Azmuth tell him? Oh no. Was it one of those 'Have to find out for yourself" situations? Ben was really starting to hate those, especially since things would go a lot easier if people just flat out told him what was going on.

"Hello, Benny-boy,"

Ben spun around to see a strange man standing behind him. He was tall, fair-skinned, with bright, straw blonde hair and a slightly crooked nose. A long, black trench coat hung over a sharp, white suit and a pair of sunglasses covered his eyes.

"Word on the street is that you're bored," The strange man said with a grin. "And I think I know a way to help you pass the time."

Ben braced himself for a fight. He didn't know who this guy was but he setting off all kinds of warning bells in Ben's head. The man was merely amused by all this.

"Relax, buddy," The stranger said. "I'm pals with Professor Paradox. We're both travelers, him and I. Only while he travels through time and space…I travel through universes."

Ben swallowed.

The man chuckled. "Take it easy there. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to help you. You're bored and I have just the cure."

Ben narrowed his eyes, slowly shifting his body to activate the Ultimatrix at a moment's notice. The man spotted this and chuckled.

"Okay, okay. I will admit that did sound pretty menacing," He said. "But I can assure you, I bear you no ill will."

"That doesn't really fill me with confidence," Ben retorted.

"Fair enough," The stranger replied casually. "But seriously, it's obvious that you're bored out of your mind. Perfectly understandable. I mean, what's a super-hero without villains to fight, crimes to bust, and lives to save, am I right?"

"Could you get to the point?" Ben asked in annoyance.

"The point is…" Here the man paused dramatically. Just as Ben was about to say something, the man continued. "If there's nothing exciting going on in your universe, then why not check out another one?"

Ben stared at him. "What? Go to to another universe?"

The man suddenly pointed at him, startling Ben. "Exactly!"

If Ben wasn't used to this sort of stuff by now, he'd have sworn the guy was nuts. But he was used to it so he had a feeling that if this guy was talking about sending him to another universe, he honestly meant it. Whether or not this guy was actually a friend of Paradox's…was debatable.

"What have you got to lose, kiddo?" The man asked Ben. "Considering it a vacation, Ben. A reward. It's your turn to take it easy."

"Your sales pitch could use a little work," Ben replied. "Still…the idea of traveling to another universe does sound pretty cool."

The man gave a massive grin that seemed too big for his face. "Excellent." He snapped his fingers.

Before Ben could do anything, a swirling red vortex appeared behind him. Already he could feel himself being sucked towards it, so he activated the Ultimatrix, switched the dial to just the right alien, and slammed it down. In a green flash he was now a massive, bipedal, humanoid dinosaur: Humungousaur. As soon as he transformed, Humungousaur slammed his hands into the ground, digging it deeply.

"I didn't agree to anything yet!" Humungousaur bellowed in frustration, doing his best to anchor himself.

"What's the big deal?" The man asked. "You get to experience a whole new world with all kind of people you've never met before. Didn't you have fun in Rex Salazar's universe?"

"When we weren't saving it from Alpha, sure," Humungousaur admitted. "But I ended up there by an accident!"

The man snorted at that. "Details, details. Look, pal. I'm doing you, and the universe you're going to, a huge favor."

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Humungousaur demanded.

"I could tell you," The man said. "But sometimes it can be a lot more fun when the hero finds everything out on his own. Like it actually means something. Why do you think all the big wigs and authority figures never spill the beans. Okay, I will admit that sometimes they really do need to quit playing the cryptic card, but trust me, in this case, I want you going there with an open mind."

"Would you please start making sense?!" Humungousaur snapped.

"All in good time, Ben," The stranger said with that ridiculously wide grin. "All in good time. But for now, bon voyage!" He pulled out some sort of gun and fired at the ground near where Humungousaur had anchored himself. The ground explode, destroying part of the ground, including where Humungousaur had been holding onto. The force of the explosion and lack of footing sent the behemoth into the air and straight into the vortex. The Vaxasaurian's roars still echoed as the it closed.

"And so it begins," The stranger said, sounding quite pleased with himself.

"You call that a beginning?" A very, very, very cross voice said. The man turned around to see a stern looking, elder man wearing a long white labcoat with a pair of lab goggles hanging around his neck. This was Professor Paradox, time-traveler, scientist, and hero of another story.

"It's as good a beginning as I could get," The stranger said, suddenly looking sheepish.

"You could have at least tried harder to get Ben to agree to your nonsense of his own free will," The stranger turned around to see Azmuth glaring up at him. "That ridiculous impatience of yours is going to cost you dearly one of these days, if not the people you drag into your little games."

"You didn't even bother telling Ben anything about this universe you've sent him to," Paradox added with a glare of his own."You have thrown him into the lion's den!"

"If I wasn't confident in his abilities, then I would not have just blasted him there!" The stranger suddenly snapped. "Despite some of my methods, I honestly do know what I'm doing, Paradox. I wish you would have more faith in me!"

"Considering your own disdain for gods," Azmuth spoke up. "It feels rather ironic that you of all people would demand faith."

"We're not having this discussion again, Azmuth," The stranger said firmly. "Look, all I'm saying is that Ben can do this! I know he can! Paradox, you know where all the shortcuts are. You know how this will turn out."

"Yes, but at least I bother to give Ben some clues and reassurance before sending him off," Paradox argued.

"Yet you don't bother telling Ben everything he needs to know," The stranger shot back. "How easier things would've been if you had simply told Ben about the Highbreed invasion, or the fact that it was the Omnitrix itself keeping Kevin in his second mutated form, and don't even get me started on the whole mess with Aggregor and the Forge of Creation!"

"If we could have done more for Ben, don't you think we would have?!" Azmuth retorted. "You know perfectly well why we can't."

"Because you allow yourself to be bound by rules and regulations!" The other man hollered. "I don't."

"And you risk destroying the multiverse itself simply by treating it as your own personal playground!" Azmuth snarled.

"Enough!" Paradox interjected. "This is getting out of hand. Right now we need to be discussing about Ben."

"If you want to get him back so badly, you can just go and get him," The stranger pointed out.

"You've already set events in motion now," Paradox said. "For better or worse, the timelines are altering to best fit the scenario you've set up."

"And the preparations are in place?" The stranger asked.

Azmuth nodded. "Yes, I've improved the Ultimatrix's capabilities."

"And then some," The man said with a smirk.

Azmuth glared at him. "I'm grateful you supplied me with all that information regarding the inhabitants of that universe. Using the Ultimatrix as a base, I was able to grant it the same amplifying capabilities as the Potis Altiare*. Now Ben's aliens are more powerful than they ever were. Granted, he won't be able unlock any new ones but this power boost should be worth it. If your information is correct, Ben will need his aliens enhanced just to survive."

"And I've prepared for when Ben's loved ones find out about this," Paradox added.

"Good," The stranger said, his massive grin now returning. "Well, now…it's time for the show to begin!"

Azmuth narrowed his eyes at his acquaintance. Despite his occasional frustrations with Ben, the Galvan genius was actually fond of him and Ben was a good boy at heart. If anything happened to him…Azmuth would not rest until his old friend payed.

…

Ben, who had long since changed back, could not help screaming as he was flung to and fro within the vortex he had been blasted into. He was spinning so much he couldn't tell which way was up and was in no position to use the Ultimatrix. Even if he could, what good would it do? None of his aliens short of Alien X had anything to do with dimension travel, and that was way too risky to try.

Suddenly the swirling redness was gone but Ben still felt like he was falling. Maybe because he was! But Ben's brain had little time to register all of this and take it in before he landed on something relatively soft. If Ben didn't know better, he'd swear it was…

"Sand?" Shaking his head, Ben got up to check his bearings. Sure enough, he had landed in sand. Correction, he appeared to have landed in some kind of desert. At least that's what Ben figured. A desert that seemed to stretch on for miles. And wherever he was, it was nighttime, as he could tell by the darkness and the bright moon. "Whoa. Where am I? Oh, that's right. Another universe apparently." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "All I wanted was to find something to do and what happens? I get sent to another universe! Even Paradox wasn't as vague as that guy was!" Ben took a deep breath. "Okay, getting angry won't help. First things first, I need to find civilization and fast." He looked in front of him, he looked back, he looked left, and he looked right. So far, all the directions looked exactly the same, nothing but sand. Ben sighed. "Could you have at least given me a map or something?"

…

In a further part of the desert, which is known as Hueco Mundo by its inhabitants, there is a great dome. Within this dome are a series of palaces and passageways. This is Las Noches, home to the powerful warriors known as the Arrancar. And their leader, a man by the name of Aizen, was sitting in his throne room with a contemplative look on his face. For just a brief moment, he had sensed a vast amount of power and energy the likes of which he had never sensed before. Just as quickly as it had appeared, it vanished. Aizen was certain that his army, or at least the Espada, had sensed the power as well. He didn't know what it meant, but he was certain of one thing:

Something interesting was about to happen in Hueco Mundo.

End of Chapter

That's right, I'm back!

No doubt you're all surprised that I actually decided to follow through with a remake, and I'm sure a lot of you are disappointed that I decided to start over instead of continuing where I left off. Several of you did supply me with pretty good ideas on how to continue, but I just couldn't do it. While my motivation to write Ben 10 and Bleach fanfics was at an all-time low, I was also just too ashamed of all the mistakes I made in the original version to continue on. I was actually tempted to quit all together, but I didn't want to let you all completely down so I figured starting over would be the best bet. I'll still leave the original version up for all of you, but hopefully you'll come to like this remake too.

As you may have noticed already, there's going to be some changes in this fic. I'm thinking that, instead of a remake of both Bleach: Ultimate Alien and Bleach: Omniverse, I'm going to use ideas from both and combine them into one story. First and foremost, you'll notice how Ben's universe is separate from Ichigo's. It was the best choice since it would explain why Ben's never met Hollows and why the Karakura gang never heard of him.

Of course you're probably wondering about this OC of mine who sent Ben there in the first place. Well, I actually created this guy in my head awhile ago. He's going to be the reason (in-universe) for all my future crossovers and since I was restarting Bleach: UA, I decided to go ahead and introduce him. You'll learn more about him later.

But why did I create an OC to send Ben to the Bleachverse instead of having Paradox do it or have Ben get sent there by a freak-accident? Well, the reason I didn't use Paradox like I used to is because there wouldn't really be a point. Paradox would only get Ben involved if events in the Bleachverse affected his own. But since they don't and the Bleachverse has its own heroes, Paradox wouldn't send Ben there under normal circumstances. As for freak-accidents, like Ben being too close to some sort of experimental wormhole technology or something, well I'm not fond of using the freak accident plot personally.

That's all for now. I'll explain some things in my A/N's but I'm trying to let the story itself do the talking. I will say one more thing though: There's not harem in this story. Period.

*The Potis Altiare was a MacGuffin from the video game Ben 10: Cosmic Destruction. It was created by the Ancient Galvans with the funciont of boosting's one's natural abilities to tremendous levels. Throughout the game, Ben battles enemies who gained pieces of the Altiare, which amplified their powers. One of the pieces got broken so Ben had to use the Ultimatrix as a substitute piece during the final boss battle.

The reason I had Ben been given this upgrade is because spiritual power gives the Bleach characters an unfair advantage against him (especially those like Kenpachi). Ben needed an edge to level the playing field and several of my friends and I agreed that maybe one of the upgrades Azmuth gave Ben could have enchanced his aliens' powers. And this is the perfect way to do it! Now nobody can really complain about me overpowering and underpowering Ben. Ha!