Awakening of the Omnitrix

Trial by Fire

The loud explosion in the sky above Konohagakure echoed throughout the entire village. Normally, most would have assumed it'd been from one of the many training grounds, but the location of it and the sheer volume of the sound indicated otherwise. In the office of the Hokage, Hiruzen's eyes peered up as he felt the shockwave reach the building.

"Hmm," Hiruzen hummed, standing up and walking towards the window. Smoke started to rise over the tree-line, making the Hokage narrow his eyes in response.

This was a strange occurrence. From the looks of it, the smoke was coming from near one of the training grounds. Naruto should be training with Ben and Azmuth right about now. Why do I have this feeling this is somehow connected?

Naruto watched as the large object soared towards the ground, crashing twenty feet in front of him. He could feel the heat from the impact and the wind blow his hair back. Lifting his hand up to block the gust of wind, he watched as the large object was revealed to be a large, dark red pod.

The pod hissed, opening up to reveal large appendages, as it stood up. Naruto couldn't believe his eyes as the pod's robotic form lumbered over the three of them, with bulbous glowing eyes. A laser sensor moved onto Ben, and moved promptly to Azmuth, before to Naruto.

It's eyes seemed to lock onto the young shinobi, and Naruto felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. The robot let out a strange noise, and it stepped forward towards him. "Oh, it doesn't look happy to see me," he gulped.

"Hey Naruto, remember what I told you my signature catchphrase was when it was time to use the Omnitrix?" Ben asked, gaining his attention.

It only took him a moment, as Naruto turned to face Ben, smiling brightly, returning his attention to the robot. Sliding his sleeve back to reveal the Omnitrix, Naruto selected Heatblast on the dial, and chuckled. "Oh yeah. It's Hero Time!"

As the flash of light engulfed his body, the blond launched into action, bringing a burning fist into the robot's arm. As Heatblast landed, noticing that the hit barely even left a scratch, the Pyronite pouted.

Why did he think punching that would leave any mark? He was going to need to figure out how to beat it, but before Heatblast could move, the robot's fist slammed into him, sending the Pyronite crashing into a tree.

"Naruto!" Ben called out, pulling a laser lance from his jacket's inside pocket. "Are you okay?!"

"Ugh," Heatblast groaned, shaking his head for a moment. "I'm alright. The tin-head got lucky."

Oh dear, he's already making battle quips like Ben. Azmuth facepalmed silently, as Heatblast jumped to his feet and saw the robot aim at him with a shoulder mounted weapon. A low whirr came from the weapon as it lit up and shot a laser blast at Heatblast. With quick reflexes he rolled out of the way, instinctively throwing his arm out to shoot a fireball into the robot's chest.

The robot's legs let out a mechanical groan as it raised up another foot and the spot where Heatblast had struck it split open, revealing four small drones about the size of a stop sign that spread around the training grounds, surrounding the three.

Ben took aim, firing his laser lance, managing to strike its "eyes," taking out its motherboard in the process, rendering it useless as the drone hit the ground. The other drones immediately turned their attention to Ben, and began firing upon his position. He dove out of the way, rolling to his feet, managing to grab Azmuth and slip him into his shirt pocket all in one fell swoop.