Disclaimer: I do not own any characters used in this chapter. Gai, J,
Mikoto, Renais and all GaoGaiGar characters belong to Sunrise; all Starfox
characters belong to Nintendo, etc. etc. etc.
Metamorphosis
Part one
The four stood facing each other, not speaking a word. One turned and gazed for a moment out the main viewer into the luminous stars, only to turn sharply away again. Dark, mysterious and ever tranquil, space is a beautiful spectacle, but one motionless view of the same stars is almost sickening when it is the only thing seen for several hours. Eventually, Gai Shishioh, unable to stand the silence, spoke up.
"What are they doing out there? Are they coming or not?"
"I'm sure they will be here soon." replied Mikoto Utsugi, "For such a mission, I'm sure Mamoru would not want to miss."
With the silence now broken, Soldat J took the opportunity to ask what he had intended to for some time. "Could you explain what exactly this mission is, and why do they want my battleship for it?"
"This mission was done in co-operation with Japan's GGG and Chasseur. We had recently received some strange signal from an outer part of the galaxy regarding unusual threatening activity going on in the planetary system where it came from. We were ordered to go investigate." Answered Gai.
" But what about my ship?"
"The system's very far away. It would take centuries to reach without wormhole technology. Anyway, if you object to it so much, why'd you respond to our transmission?"
J looked away, with barely a grunt in reply. Gai momentarily glanced at Renais, who returned the look with a rather cold glare.
"Come on, guys! We shouldn't be so gloomy when there is such an exciting mission ahead. Mamoru and Kaidou will soon come, and then we'll all explore a whole new world together! Gai, surely you're looking forward to it!" said Mikoto cheerfully, in an attempt to ease the hostility.
"Sure I am. It's great to have a chance to help strangers like this" Gai replied, warmed by Mikoto's good intentions.
" 'Explore a whole new world together!' Hmph! You wouldn't be so excited about trying to integrate with a bunch of aliens if you'd been through what I have." snarled J.
Renais smiled.
"Why do you have to always be so cynical about everything, J? I almost thought you had started caring about people for once. I guess I had you all wrong," snapped Gai.
"You know, you have not exactly known me that well. It would be better for you not to jump on such early assumptions." Replied J.
"What do you mean? I've known you for nearly six years now!" retorted Gai.
"You knew of me six years ago, but did not really get to know me. And besides, it has been a long time since we last met." Answered J.
"Well. well anyone can tell when someone's being a jerk!" said Gai.
"So I am a jerk now?" said J coolly.
"Yes of course you are! Talking to my Mikoto like that! If you weren't so important for this stinking mission then -
"Stop that, both of you!" yelled Mikoto, "This is an important mission here. We shouldn't get worked up on who's being a jerk or not."
The two remained silent. Mikoto turned away.
"Why can't you behave like a real hero for once, instead of acting like a jerk?" Gai suddenly hissed.
"You have no idea about being a true warrior, so I ask you to keep quiet on that subject." Replied J.
"Not again!" said Mikoto. They ignored her.
"What makes you such a great warrior? If you were so great, how come you lost in your war? And with thirty-one of you!"
Gai had crossed the line. "WELL, WHEN YOU YOURSELF HAVE ENDURED THE TRIALS OF LOSING NOT ONLY YOUR FAMILY BUT YOUR EVERY FRIEND, ALONG WITH YOUR HOME AND ITS ENTIRE PLANET TO SOME RUTHLESS BUNCH OF ALIENS, AND THEN BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR THEM, AND GETTING ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT WHEN FINALLY DEFEATING THEM, AND SOON AFTER TO BE HEARTLESSLY BETRAYED BY YOUR OWN CREATORS, THE VERY PURPOSE, ORIGIN AND MEANING TO YOUR LIFE BECOMING WORTHLESS, YOU CAN START COMPLAINING! GOT THE MESSAGE IN THAT PEA-SIZED BRAIN OF YOURS YET?" roared J.
Everyone froze. Gai was speechless for a moment, and then raised his voice. "So. You do have a sensitive side, eh, Conkenstein?"
"You have a problem with that, beauty boy?" growled J.
"So what if I do, bird brain!"
"Cretin!"
"Ugly!"
"Miss Ao no Hoshi 2010!"
"Jet Link Rip-off!"
"Heroic stereotype!"
"You. er."
"What? Lost for words, Simba?"
"You'll pay for that Disney reference." muttered Gai, trembling with fury.
"What're you going to do? There are internal defence mechanisms all over in here, and you can't leave this ship without my authorisation." Sneered J, who then began whistling 'Circle of Life'.
"Stop that! You. SNOWBOARD KID!!!"
"THAT'S IT, NOW YOU DIE!"
The two both lunged after each other at the same moment. Mikoto leapt in front of Gai, pushing him back, and he ceased. Renais grabbed hold of J from behind and struggled hard to restrain him.
"Cool it, there's no need to be bothered about Gai," whispered Renais.
"Excuse me!" yelled J, "Did you hear what he said? Snowboard Kid. SNOWBOARD KID!!"
"It's still Gai." Renais replied calmly. She undoubtedly found this argument amusing.
"Well, you have a point there." Replied J, no longer shouting.
"Hey, what do you mean by that?" snapped Gai.
"What information do you have on the planetary system?" asked J in a casual tone.
"Not much," replied Gai, "That's why we're going to investigate."
"Sounds awfully suspicious," said J, "Going on such a mission with so little information. At least have you checked -?
All of a sudden, a dazzling light flashed, filling the bridge. When it died down, an immense glow remained in view.
"What in the world is that?"
"A wormhole! Strange, it isn't the kind produced by Red planet technology."
Suddenly a massive tremor swept over J-ark. The four struggled to keep their balance, and Mikoto almost fell, but to be quickly caught by Gai.
"Gai. Thank you." She murmured.
"Report! What happened there?" barked J.
The monotone of Tomoro's voice replied, "Shields holding. Ship appears to be under some form of gravitational pull."
J let out some exclamation which none of the others could comprehend. "Can you deal with it? Get us away from here!"
The powerful thrusters came on, and propelled J-ark a short distance, but the movement slowed to a stop, and the ship continued to be pulled backwards into the hole. Tomoro's voice came on again.
"No effect. The wormhole appears to match the power of our thrusters."
Mikoto let out a small yelp in panic. J and Renais turned to her with faintly disdainful looks, but were met by a brief, rather threatening glance from Gai, and they desisted. Taking notice of Gai's defence, Mikoto felt slightly bolder, and enquired in as calm a voice as she could manage, "What's going to happen to us then?"
J's face twisted to a rather sinister smile in response, "Well, we can't be too sure. If we're lucky, we'll end up wherever this wormhole leads, but if it is unstable, of which there's a ninety percent -
"Ninety-six" chimed in Tomoro.
"Ninety-six, even. A ninety-six percent chance of being the case, we'd probably be torn up inside."
At that moment, Taiga's voice came on the speakers. "What's going on there?"
J responded calmly, "We are experiencing minor technical difficulties. You can just keep out of-
"Chokan, WE'RE GONNA DIE! HELP US! PLEASE!" Mikoto cried, "We're being sucked into some vortex and we're going to be torn apart unless we-
Taiga heartily answered, "I don't want to hear of that, Utsugi! Remember; find answers to the most difficult of situations by keeping positive, even when facing impending doom! That is Yuusha!"
"Renais, are you all right? Please be careful!" shouted Shishioh Liger.
"See you again, dad." replied Renais coldly.
At that moment, contact broke off, and the four felt the gravity of the vortex growing. Mikoto tried her hardest to keep back tears. Courage in the face of doom; that was what it was all about. Do not show them you're afraid, she thought to herself. However, she did not find this easy, and the powerful, twisted gravity was killing her. Suddenly, a warm pair of arms wrapped themselves around her from behind.
"Mikoto, don't be afraid." whispered Gai.
"Gai." she sobbed, "I owe you so much."
"No you don't, we need each other always, and are in this together. Be brave, for me, okay?"
Mikoto nodded, tears beginning to fill her eyes. She was starting to feel dizzy. Everything was going out of focus.
At that moment, she blacked out.
"I'm. still alive?"
Slowly everything came into focus, as Gai began to regain consciousness. A sharp pain stabbed repeatedly in the back of his head.
"Mikoto! Renais! You all okay?"
He heard a groan, from a distinctively female voice.
"Whew!" he continued, "I though we were dead meat, there. The main thing is that we stuck together, and we're all right now, right?"
He turned on his front and proceeded to heave himself up. However, upon this, he noticed something about the hands in front of him. They were hardly hands. They were more of. paws.
"WHAAA-
"So you've noticed too?"
The voice was that of Renais, but as he turned, he saw not the Renais he knew, but a rather strangely proportioned pink feline. The pupils of her slanted, blue-green eyes were like vertical slits.
"You're a-
"Yes, that's right. An animal."
Gai looked round. He then saw a giant red doe rabbit, once again with human proportions, lying unconscious on the floor of the bridge. He could guess what had happened - that bunny he was looking at was Mikoto.
"This isn't all bad. Look at these cool claws!"
Gai could hardly believe the composure in Renais' voice.
"Well at least you're happy with being a big pink cat," said Gai, "I feel ridiculous!"
"You feel ridiculous?" snapped a deep, slightly harsh voice from behind.
Emerging from behind where the commander of this ship usually stood was a large, menacing bird, with ruffled feathers and a long, dull grey, razor-sharp bill. His armour was cracked and a voluminous green plume stuck out painfully from his behind.
"Look at me! I'm a jay!" he cried.
Gai struggled, and failed, to hold back a grin. "Suits you." he chuckled.
"What is a jay, anyway?"
Gai felt like fainting again.
END OF PART ONE
Well, I hoped you enjoyed that. It's my first ever attempt at writing a fanfic, and it may be some time before I complete the next chapter, so please be very patient. And Starfox will come into play eventually, so bear with me.
Metamorphosis
Part one
The four stood facing each other, not speaking a word. One turned and gazed for a moment out the main viewer into the luminous stars, only to turn sharply away again. Dark, mysterious and ever tranquil, space is a beautiful spectacle, but one motionless view of the same stars is almost sickening when it is the only thing seen for several hours. Eventually, Gai Shishioh, unable to stand the silence, spoke up.
"What are they doing out there? Are they coming or not?"
"I'm sure they will be here soon." replied Mikoto Utsugi, "For such a mission, I'm sure Mamoru would not want to miss."
With the silence now broken, Soldat J took the opportunity to ask what he had intended to for some time. "Could you explain what exactly this mission is, and why do they want my battleship for it?"
"This mission was done in co-operation with Japan's GGG and Chasseur. We had recently received some strange signal from an outer part of the galaxy regarding unusual threatening activity going on in the planetary system where it came from. We were ordered to go investigate." Answered Gai.
" But what about my ship?"
"The system's very far away. It would take centuries to reach without wormhole technology. Anyway, if you object to it so much, why'd you respond to our transmission?"
J looked away, with barely a grunt in reply. Gai momentarily glanced at Renais, who returned the look with a rather cold glare.
"Come on, guys! We shouldn't be so gloomy when there is such an exciting mission ahead. Mamoru and Kaidou will soon come, and then we'll all explore a whole new world together! Gai, surely you're looking forward to it!" said Mikoto cheerfully, in an attempt to ease the hostility.
"Sure I am. It's great to have a chance to help strangers like this" Gai replied, warmed by Mikoto's good intentions.
" 'Explore a whole new world together!' Hmph! You wouldn't be so excited about trying to integrate with a bunch of aliens if you'd been through what I have." snarled J.
Renais smiled.
"Why do you have to always be so cynical about everything, J? I almost thought you had started caring about people for once. I guess I had you all wrong," snapped Gai.
"You know, you have not exactly known me that well. It would be better for you not to jump on such early assumptions." Replied J.
"What do you mean? I've known you for nearly six years now!" retorted Gai.
"You knew of me six years ago, but did not really get to know me. And besides, it has been a long time since we last met." Answered J.
"Well. well anyone can tell when someone's being a jerk!" said Gai.
"So I am a jerk now?" said J coolly.
"Yes of course you are! Talking to my Mikoto like that! If you weren't so important for this stinking mission then -
"Stop that, both of you!" yelled Mikoto, "This is an important mission here. We shouldn't get worked up on who's being a jerk or not."
The two remained silent. Mikoto turned away.
"Why can't you behave like a real hero for once, instead of acting like a jerk?" Gai suddenly hissed.
"You have no idea about being a true warrior, so I ask you to keep quiet on that subject." Replied J.
"Not again!" said Mikoto. They ignored her.
"What makes you such a great warrior? If you were so great, how come you lost in your war? And with thirty-one of you!"
Gai had crossed the line. "WELL, WHEN YOU YOURSELF HAVE ENDURED THE TRIALS OF LOSING NOT ONLY YOUR FAMILY BUT YOUR EVERY FRIEND, ALONG WITH YOUR HOME AND ITS ENTIRE PLANET TO SOME RUTHLESS BUNCH OF ALIENS, AND THEN BEING FORCED TO WORK FOR THEM, AND GETTING ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIT WHEN FINALLY DEFEATING THEM, AND SOON AFTER TO BE HEARTLESSLY BETRAYED BY YOUR OWN CREATORS, THE VERY PURPOSE, ORIGIN AND MEANING TO YOUR LIFE BECOMING WORTHLESS, YOU CAN START COMPLAINING! GOT THE MESSAGE IN THAT PEA-SIZED BRAIN OF YOURS YET?" roared J.
Everyone froze. Gai was speechless for a moment, and then raised his voice. "So. You do have a sensitive side, eh, Conkenstein?"
"You have a problem with that, beauty boy?" growled J.
"So what if I do, bird brain!"
"Cretin!"
"Ugly!"
"Miss Ao no Hoshi 2010!"
"Jet Link Rip-off!"
"Heroic stereotype!"
"You. er."
"What? Lost for words, Simba?"
"You'll pay for that Disney reference." muttered Gai, trembling with fury.
"What're you going to do? There are internal defence mechanisms all over in here, and you can't leave this ship without my authorisation." Sneered J, who then began whistling 'Circle of Life'.
"Stop that! You. SNOWBOARD KID!!!"
"THAT'S IT, NOW YOU DIE!"
The two both lunged after each other at the same moment. Mikoto leapt in front of Gai, pushing him back, and he ceased. Renais grabbed hold of J from behind and struggled hard to restrain him.
"Cool it, there's no need to be bothered about Gai," whispered Renais.
"Excuse me!" yelled J, "Did you hear what he said? Snowboard Kid. SNOWBOARD KID!!"
"It's still Gai." Renais replied calmly. She undoubtedly found this argument amusing.
"Well, you have a point there." Replied J, no longer shouting.
"Hey, what do you mean by that?" snapped Gai.
"What information do you have on the planetary system?" asked J in a casual tone.
"Not much," replied Gai, "That's why we're going to investigate."
"Sounds awfully suspicious," said J, "Going on such a mission with so little information. At least have you checked -?
All of a sudden, a dazzling light flashed, filling the bridge. When it died down, an immense glow remained in view.
"What in the world is that?"
"A wormhole! Strange, it isn't the kind produced by Red planet technology."
Suddenly a massive tremor swept over J-ark. The four struggled to keep their balance, and Mikoto almost fell, but to be quickly caught by Gai.
"Gai. Thank you." She murmured.
"Report! What happened there?" barked J.
The monotone of Tomoro's voice replied, "Shields holding. Ship appears to be under some form of gravitational pull."
J let out some exclamation which none of the others could comprehend. "Can you deal with it? Get us away from here!"
The powerful thrusters came on, and propelled J-ark a short distance, but the movement slowed to a stop, and the ship continued to be pulled backwards into the hole. Tomoro's voice came on again.
"No effect. The wormhole appears to match the power of our thrusters."
Mikoto let out a small yelp in panic. J and Renais turned to her with faintly disdainful looks, but were met by a brief, rather threatening glance from Gai, and they desisted. Taking notice of Gai's defence, Mikoto felt slightly bolder, and enquired in as calm a voice as she could manage, "What's going to happen to us then?"
J's face twisted to a rather sinister smile in response, "Well, we can't be too sure. If we're lucky, we'll end up wherever this wormhole leads, but if it is unstable, of which there's a ninety percent -
"Ninety-six" chimed in Tomoro.
"Ninety-six, even. A ninety-six percent chance of being the case, we'd probably be torn up inside."
At that moment, Taiga's voice came on the speakers. "What's going on there?"
J responded calmly, "We are experiencing minor technical difficulties. You can just keep out of-
"Chokan, WE'RE GONNA DIE! HELP US! PLEASE!" Mikoto cried, "We're being sucked into some vortex and we're going to be torn apart unless we-
Taiga heartily answered, "I don't want to hear of that, Utsugi! Remember; find answers to the most difficult of situations by keeping positive, even when facing impending doom! That is Yuusha!"
"Renais, are you all right? Please be careful!" shouted Shishioh Liger.
"See you again, dad." replied Renais coldly.
At that moment, contact broke off, and the four felt the gravity of the vortex growing. Mikoto tried her hardest to keep back tears. Courage in the face of doom; that was what it was all about. Do not show them you're afraid, she thought to herself. However, she did not find this easy, and the powerful, twisted gravity was killing her. Suddenly, a warm pair of arms wrapped themselves around her from behind.
"Mikoto, don't be afraid." whispered Gai.
"Gai." she sobbed, "I owe you so much."
"No you don't, we need each other always, and are in this together. Be brave, for me, okay?"
Mikoto nodded, tears beginning to fill her eyes. She was starting to feel dizzy. Everything was going out of focus.
At that moment, she blacked out.
"I'm. still alive?"
Slowly everything came into focus, as Gai began to regain consciousness. A sharp pain stabbed repeatedly in the back of his head.
"Mikoto! Renais! You all okay?"
He heard a groan, from a distinctively female voice.
"Whew!" he continued, "I though we were dead meat, there. The main thing is that we stuck together, and we're all right now, right?"
He turned on his front and proceeded to heave himself up. However, upon this, he noticed something about the hands in front of him. They were hardly hands. They were more of. paws.
"WHAAA-
"So you've noticed too?"
The voice was that of Renais, but as he turned, he saw not the Renais he knew, but a rather strangely proportioned pink feline. The pupils of her slanted, blue-green eyes were like vertical slits.
"You're a-
"Yes, that's right. An animal."
Gai looked round. He then saw a giant red doe rabbit, once again with human proportions, lying unconscious on the floor of the bridge. He could guess what had happened - that bunny he was looking at was Mikoto.
"This isn't all bad. Look at these cool claws!"
Gai could hardly believe the composure in Renais' voice.
"Well at least you're happy with being a big pink cat," said Gai, "I feel ridiculous!"
"You feel ridiculous?" snapped a deep, slightly harsh voice from behind.
Emerging from behind where the commander of this ship usually stood was a large, menacing bird, with ruffled feathers and a long, dull grey, razor-sharp bill. His armour was cracked and a voluminous green plume stuck out painfully from his behind.
"Look at me! I'm a jay!" he cried.
Gai struggled, and failed, to hold back a grin. "Suits you." he chuckled.
"What is a jay, anyway?"
Gai felt like fainting again.
END OF PART ONE
Well, I hoped you enjoyed that. It's my first ever attempt at writing a fanfic, and it may be some time before I complete the next chapter, so please be very patient. And Starfox will come into play eventually, so bear with me.