Marmaduke and Ben Tennyson

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Ben laughed mischievously as he ran off with Gwen’s kite through the park.

Gwen glared as this was the seventh time her dweeb of a cousin stole her kite. Her angry expression turned into a grin as she knew the perfect revenge on Ben. She discovered that Ben loved dogs and that dogs really, really loved him.

She remembered when Ben had tried to get his German Shepherd to pounce and slobber on Gwen only for his prank to backfire and get slobbered on by his own dog.

She looked around the park for a dog. The park was filled with dogs but none of them were too big to soak the dweeb. She turned her head at the sound of laughter, then saw a fawn-colored Great Dane pinning down a blond kid and licking the laughing boy’s face happily.

Gwen smiled cheekily as a lightbulb went off in her head.

*Let's see how Ben likes playing with a dog as big as Wildmutt~* Gwen thought to herself as she readily cracked her fingers in preparation for what she was about to do.

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Ben laughed as he ran far enough with Gwen's kite and began to fly it. He stood there as he watched the kite float in the air, a huge grin forming on his face.

*Can this day get any better?* Ben though to himself as he started to walk while making sure to keep the kite steady.

Unfortunately for him, asking himself this turned out to be one of the biggest ‘jinx’ moments for him. The preteen found this out the hard way as he heard a loud bark, forcing him to turn his head to the side in confusion.

His eyes widened comically as he saw quite possibly the biggest Great Dane he’d ever seen bounding towards him. With a yelp escaping his lips, he started running as fast as his legs could carry him while holding onto the kite.

Now Ben has been chased by several dogs before like his own German Shepherd at home, three different dogs his cousin has enchanted, Wildmutt when he escaped the Omnitrix, and several other dogs and been slobbered by them. Despite this, he still hasn’t learn the fact that running from dogs only made those dogs even more excited and wanted to chase after him even more.

Marmaduke barked twice happily as the boy ran, his new playmate wanted to play! His dripping tongue lolled out as he chased after the boy.

By the time Ben had gotten the idea to activate his Omnitrix and turn into XLR8 he had been pounced from behind. The ten-year-old landed on his stomach with an “oof”. The kite dropped and landed right in front of him.

Before Ben could reach for the kite a massive tongue crashed into the side of his face. Ben was forced to shut one eye as his cheeked was rolled upward.

Ben with one eye opened tried to reach for the kite but kept getting distracted because this big dog kept slurping his face. He tried to push himself up the big dog kept him pinned on his stomach. He immediately became aware when the back of his head was being licked as his hair was being rolled up.

"Hey, stop that!" Ben tried to say in a commanding tone, like he did with his own dog back home. But he couldn't resist giggling as the dog returned to licking the side of his face. After a while the Great Dane finally stopped and only panted down at the boy with his drooling tongue out.

Ben winced as he felt drool drop on him. He crawled out from under the dog and stood up, facing his slobbery attacker. The Great Dane did seem calm. Ben wiped the back of his hair back down, still keeping an eye on the dog.

The preteen turned back to the kite and tried to pick it up with the goal to fly it again.

Ben was alarmed by a deep bark and fell on to his back as the Great Dane pounced on him again.

"Hey, come on! Get off!" Ben tried, but the dog was too strong for him.

Both dog and boy turned to the sound of laughter as Gwen came to the side and picked up her kite. Ben tried to reach for the kite, only to get his entire face slurped by the big dog.

Ben spluttered and glared at his cousin who was smiling devilishly at him.

”Looks like you made a new friend, Ben.” Gwen said with a smirk.

Ben scowled. “Alright, you win. Take your spell off this Fido.”

Gwen’s smirk grew. “Oh, I didn’t enchant him .”

“What!?” Ben yelled.

”I just asked his owner if I could borrow him and I presented Marmaduke your scent. You see, I learned that dogs don’t need to be enchanted to drool all over you.”

”Well then get this dog off me!” Ben demanded.

”Nope, this is your punishment.” Gwen said, as she walked away with her kite.

"Gwen! Gwen!" Ben protested, before promising vengeance. "Some day, I'm gonna get Wildmutt out of the Omnitrix and have him slobber all over you."

"Just like you did with your own dog?" Gwen asked back.

Before Ben could retort Marmaduke decided that Ben needed another washing.

"MMMPPPP!" Ben squeeled as the slobbery tongue kept slapping at his face. All Ben could see was Marmaduke's snout and his big tongue as it scraped over him again and again.

Marmaduke stopped and panted happily at his new playmate who was barely conscious.

Ben with a disgruntled expression walked back to the park with Marmaduke trotting alongside him with his tongue lolling out on the side.

He stomped over toward Gwen who was talking to a blond boy, the blond boy turned in his direction and grinned. "Wow, Marmaduke really likes you!"

"My cousin has a way with dogs." Gwen smirked.

In response, Marmaduke dragged his tongue up Ben's face and lifted the preteen on to his tippy toes.