This should be set after the Tiga and Dyna movie as well as around the middle of Dyna's episode 50.
Passing the Light
By Izzu
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Watching her husband so diligently working in his Biopark, always gave her a lot of mixed feelings. On one hand, she was happy that Daigo was so committed to making the project be successful. Yet on the other hand... she had to wonder just how much of this was affected by the many hardships her husband had gone through as Tiga, on how much he decided to no longer fight. But Daigo have been smiling a lot these few years, much like before he started becoming Tiga... so perhaps things weren't so bad for them after all.
Yet, so far Daigo never really like to talk much about the days when they used to be in GUTS. And it was only recently that Daigo started to open up and talked more about Kamilla, Dahram, Hyudra... as well as his memories from the ancient times. A part of her was always so wary to want to open such topics to Daigo, because she worry that it might be painful to Daigo. The things that happened in Ruruya, still something that hurts him after all.
She worry that any talks of fighting would reopen those wounds, but perhaps... this was one of the times that it might just be all right to do so. After all, it's not just any giant of light that made its appearance again after so many years. It's Tiga.
Rena took her fresh mug of tea before going to see Daigo at his Biopark.
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"Ne, Daigo... when I visited Captain Iruma, she told me something."
Daigo stopped his work and turned to face her, looking puzzled. "Hmm? What was it? Was it related to this earlier incident where Tiga appeared?"
Rena gave a startled gasp before nodding. "Yeah... even if that Tiga wasn't really you," she said eventually. She sighed, but suppose... despite everything, Daigo would still be looking out over the things happening on Earth.
Daigo shrugged, before minding his plants again. "So, what was it that you guys talked about?"
Rena took a sip of the tea from the mug she was holding. "There was a Super GUTS officer, looking for her to ask about Tiga. He seemed troubled about something and wanted to ask her on what gives Tiga so much power to defeat all the enemies." She sighed again, "Well, she wasn't able to tell him anything helpful.. but the kid seemed to have some kind of realization before he left. She felt a bit bad about it later, but she can't just tell him about you."
Daigo looked up towards Rena, suddenly looking interested. "That kid... what was his name?"
Rena stared at her husband, curious. "Hmm? Is it important?" she asked before noticing the keen look her husband gave her. She shrugged.
"The captain said his name was Asuka. Asuka Shin. Do you know him?"
Daigo let out a smile before shaking his head. "Not really, I guess. But I suppose I wanted to know his name at least. The one who came to look for her to ask about me. So, his name is Asuka. I see."
Rena looked at him strangely. "It must be important if you're curious about who he was. Was he someone you know? Do I know him?"
Daigo chuckled. "It's not that important. And Rena, no... it wasn't someone we know before. But we did met him, the day when we first set off for this Mars Project." He smiled gently. "But I guess, to me... knowing his name would have been important. Since that kid, was the one that inherited the light after me. The one who would continue protecting Earth in Tiga's place."
Rena gasped. "Eh? That person was the the new giant? I think they called him... Dyna, Ultraman Dyna. But how did you know that it was him?"
Daigo shrugged. "I guess, I just knew. That kid was not the same as me yet... back then, I had this feeling that the kid would inherit the light. Perhaps, that kid had experienced something in the past to end up being chosen to become Dyna."
He was suddenly quiet, wistful. "But if he looked for the captain, it must be something important. For him to want to find me." He shrugged again, "But considering the incident with Promethius ended well, I guess his meeting with Captain Iruma did some good. Since Yuzare's time capsule was no more, having him seek the captain for advice would have been the closest thing for the kid to get some advice. Captain Iruma would also be less cryptic with her words compared to Yuzare's AI."
Rena smiled. "I guess you wished you had been able to meet that officer, then?"
"I wouldn't say that. In fact, I don't think I could have said anything better to that guy more than Captain Iruma could. But yes, if I had the chance... I would have wanted to meet the kid. I guess after all these times, both of us would have had things that we would want to talk about."
Daigo sighed before looking up to Rena with a new twinkle in his eyes. "Were you worrying about me? I'm fine."
Rena chuckled. Perhaps she worried a bit too much.
