Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Godzilla, only the story. Godzilla and all the other Kaiju belongs to the Toho company. I apologize for any errors in grammar and/or if I was not accurate in reference to something.
Chapter 3: The Intense Training Begins
Four of the five kaiju looked in awe at the ape kaiju before them. King Kong said, "Yes. May I help you?" Then he saw Zilla with them and gave a small wave to the small lizard kaiju.
Zilla waved back to him and Godzilla stepped forward and with a small bow he 0asked, "Are you the master that we have been seeking?"
"Perhaps, then again, perhaps I am not." King Kong said cryptically as he stroked his chin. Godzilla, Rodan and Baragon raised an eyebrow as the latter asked, "What is that supposed to mean?"
"What I mean is, do you wish for me to be the master? Do you wish for me to train you to fight your enemy, the terrible King Ghidorah?" King Kong asked. This causes Godzilla and the three who came with to gasp in shock. Mothra flapped a little closer and asked, "How did you know of our fight with King Ghidorah?"
He motioned for them to follow him, and they did not hesitate to do so. Master King Kong led them up one of the towers of his tree house. When they reached the top of the tower, they realized that it was tall enough to look over the mountains. They walked out onto the balcony and King Kong pointed in the direction of the village that King Ghidorah attacked. He said, "I saw the smoke from the fight on the day that it happened."
King Kong looked to the group and said to Godzilla, "I also know that you have come because you feel that King Ghidorah has outclassed you in every way."
Godzilla looked to the ground and felt a little down at this, but King Kong placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "But you should know that, even though the hydra kaiju was able to beat you, you have a power greater than you know." With a smile he said, "And I can help you to harness this power, so that the next time you face the hydra, you will win."
He looked past the godzillasaur to his friends, with the exception of Zilla, and said, "I can teach all of you to harness this power."
"Are you sure we can do this?" Baragon asked. He looked from himself to Mothra and Rodan and said, "I don't think that we'll be of much use in that fight."
"No one is truly useless. But if this fight is to be truly won, then you all must undergo the training." King Kong told him. They all looked to Godzilla who was looking out to where the village was.
Hang on Machiko, I will be back to protect you better than I ever could before, I swear it, he thought with narrowed eyes. The godzillasaur looked to the ape kaiju and said, "When can we start?"
King Kong out fitted Godzilla and his friends with an arm-band with a fighting monkey stance on it, though Mothra's had to be made smaller and Rodan wore his on ankle. The only one without one was Zilla, for he had already completed his studies under Master Kong. They stood in the courtyard of the tree house, all four of them in a straight line, shoulder to shoulder. Master Kong walked before them with a stick in hand. Clearing his throat he said, "Now King Ghidorah has a few things that you all have yet to possess: the superior speed, superior strength that exists both physically and mentally."
Turning to Zilla who stood on the other side of the courtyard he said, "The first thing that we'll work on is your speed. So your first task is to catch Zilla since he has already gotten most of the training completed." The four gave him question-able looks as he said, "You can work together or separately, it is up to you on how you complete this exercise."
Walking backwards, he moved to a fancy chair that was off of the courtyard. He sat down in it as he watched the training unfold. Godzilla, Mothra, Baragon and Rodan looked to each other before looking over to Zilla who had a smirk on his face. All four of them tried to jump him, but Zilla quickly moved out of the way. This resulted in the bashing of four kaiju heads.
All four of them winced as they picked themselves up off the ground. Two of the four rubbed their heads from the pain. As they tried to stand back up, they were knocked onto the ground from behind by the smaller lizard kaiju. Zilla remained on their backs for a moment before jumping off. When Godzilla lifted his head he saw that King Kong was chuckling a little. He growled at the humiliation and got up off the ground. Turning to his friends, he pulled them into a huddle and said, "Okay, so here's what we're going to do. We have Rodan use flight to chase Zilla into a corral composed of the four of us. When he's boxed in, he make a grab for him. Sound good?"
All four of them nodded and broke the huddle. They turned to see Zilla standing there, waiting to see what his new friends would do. Godzilla looked to Rodan and nodded, signaling for the pterosaur kaiju to go. Nodding back, Rodan flapped into the air and started to dive bomb Zilla. Like before, the smaller kaiju lizard quickly ran out of the way, but instead of crashing into the ground he maneuver-ed himself into following the young kaiju. He chased Zilla all over the courtyard as Godzilla and the other two got themselves ready. As soon as Rodan had chased him into the direction that he wanted Zilla to go, he started to feel something like he never had before. He felt as if he were starting to go faster.
The thought of the plan quickly erased itself from Rodan's mind as he felt himself going faster. Maneuvering his body with his feet out front, Rodan reached out with one of his toes and tapped Zilla on the shoulder. His friends saw that Rodan hadn't gone through with the plan, and Godzilla was about to say something when they all heard clapping. Looking to the source, they saw that Master King Kong stood up and leaned on his stick to clap. Coming closer the ape kaiju commended, "Very good, Rodan. You have discovered your superior speed."
Looking to the others, King Kong said, "You each have a different abilities, and will each have to find it your own way."
Moving towards Mothra, placed a hand before her and closed his eyes. As if sensing what lay deep within her soul. He opened his eyes and didn't say anything as he walked toward Baragon and did the same. When he finished with Baragon the ape kaiju moved over to the godzillasaur and placed his hand before his heart. Something incredible happened, the master felt a surge of energy from within his new pupil. King Kong's eyes snapped open as he started to have a vision.
(Vision)
King Kong found himself on a desolate battlefield. Destruction and carnage everywhere as flames burned high. He turned and saw a hunched figure standing on a hillside. He moved closer to whomever it was and it rose to its full height. What King Kong saw was his pupil Godzilla with purple eyes as he unleashed a devastating power over the land.
(End of Vision)
King Kong backed away panting from his pupil. This confused the students as they looked to one another. Godzilla took a step forward and asked, "What happened?" When the ape kaiju didn't answer, Godzilla asked, "What did you see, master?"
King Kong looked his pupil in the eye and said, "Godzilla, promise me this; that if you do unlock your potential, you will never use it for evil."
Godzilla, not fully understanding what his master spoke of, still nodded his head and said, "I promise."
"Good." King Kong said before moving to where he could view all four. When they stood before him in a straight line he said, "I'm going to help you unlock and hone the skills that I have sensed in each of you. But I will warn you, it will be an enduring process." He looked each in the eye and asked, "Will you do it?"
"Yes, Master!" The three kaiju shouted. King Kong smiled at his student's devotion.
The next three days were grueling for the four friends. King Kong would spend hours on the ground with Baragon as he would help him harness the fires of the earth. With Mothra, both master and student would try to bring out her inner energy. In the trees, King Kong would watch as he had Rodan where weights as he flew. As for Godzilla, both he and the ape kaiju would hand to hand spar with each other.
All three days, three of the four made exceptional progress. Godzilla was the only one whose progress barely moved an inch.
One the fourth day, it was the day to see how far King Kong's students had come. Rodan was the first as he flew through a series of rings without the weights. Without those weights, he flew faster than he had at the beginning of the training and let loose a beam of pure fire at a bullseye target. Mothra flew through the rings and then harnessed her inner energy and unleashed into a powerful blast of light that destroyed four targets. Baragon did a stomp with both feet spread out before raising his arms and caused two nearby mountains to blow their tops. Godzilla was the last one to go.
He and Master King Kong stepped into the ring. Both fighters raised their fists and prepared themselves for the sparring match. When Zilla rang the Gong of Kong they charged at each other. As they neared each other, King Kong jumped high over Godzilla's head. Godzilla ducked down and used his tail to try to smack the ape kaiju. King Kong took the force of the blow by covering his face. As he fell to the ground, Godzilla then leapt high into the air and stretched out his left foot for a stomp. King Kong looked up and saw the attack coming, then rolled out of the way. Godzilla's foot came crashing down and caused cracks to form in the wood. When he turned to face his opponent, King Kong wrapped his arms around the reptile's neck and put him in a headlock. Godzilla remembered the last few days of sparring he had and didn't struggle. Using his tail from behind he smacked it against the back of Kong's head which caused the ape to loosen his grip and allowing Godzilla to slip out.
Both human-sized kaiju bared their teeth as they stared each other down. Then Godzilla charged at his mentor again and then dropped down on the ground into a roll on his side. As he came closer to his opponent, Godzilla rolled onto his belly and did a spin on his hands and feet. The action caused King Kong to jump up into the air. But Godzilla had anticipated this and quickly stood and jumped at the ape kaiju. This allowed to tackle Kong from the air and brought them crashing back down. The crash had kicked up a huge cloud of dust, making it hard for the others to see. When the dust settled, they saw that Godzilla had Kong pinned down with a foot to the apes chest. King Kong shakily looked up to his pupil and said, "Well done, Godzilla."
The godzillasaur smirked as he stepped off of his mentor. King Kong sat up as Mothra, Rodan, Zilla and Baragon joined Godzilla as the teacher said, "You have all progressed well. You each have made me proud." But his proud smile fell when he looked to Godzilla and said, "But you, Godzilla, haven't entirely completed your training."
Godzilla's friends looked to him as he couldn't believe it. He took a step forward and asked, "What do you mean, I haven't entirely completed my training."
"Yeah," Rodan said and flapped forward a little, "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is," King Kong said as he put his hands up to calm them down. He then explained, "Your hidden abilities weren't brought out by the training." He stood on his feet and said, "When I sensed the abilities inside you, I could feel that they took a little extra to come out." He sighed as he revealed, "Something that can't be taught."
Godzilla seemed a little upset about this. King Kong then said, "But I do believe that you will find it. For it the key to unlocking it lies," He placed a single finger on Godzilla's chest, "in here."
Before King Kong could say anything else, all six kaiju smelled something in the air. And it smelled as if something were wrong. Running to the top of the tree house, they came to the balcony. Looking far out into the land, they saw a huge black cloud of smoke rising in the distance.
"It's the village." Mothra said in fear. Godzilla glared as he knew who was responsible and growled, "Ghidorah!"
King Kong turned to the group and said, "You must go and stop Ghidorah's rampage. I believe that each of you are ready." He looked to Godzilla and said, "Though you haven't unlocked your full potential, you should be able to at least stand a better chance against the hydra."
"Maybe I should stay for extra training." Godzilla suggested. But King Kong shook his head and said, "We don't have time to put you through anymore training. The people of your village need you now."
Godzilla knew that King Kong was right and looked to the others. He had a determined look on his face as he said, "Let's do this, you guys!"
Author's Note: Here is the first chapter of part two, I will try to post the final chapter for either around Thanksgiving or Christmas. It will be a gift to you Godzilla fans out there. I would like to apologize for the sparring scene to be short, I don't know why I didn't make it longer. I will do my best to make the fight scene in the final chapter longer. Looking forward to reading your reviews. Be sure to leave a comment either about if I've done something wrong or if you want something specifically to happen. See you next time.
