Hey guys! This is my next Ultraman fanfiction. As usual, this is mostly about Taro (I can't help it. I really really love him!) This story is almost done so please pray that I will not have writer block or you will have longer updates than a chapter in a week.

So without further ado, enjoy!

Chapter 1

CRASH!

Taro gripped his desk with his right hand. He watched numbly as his report fall from his unresponsive other hand. He made his way back to his chair and sat down slowly.

"What happened?" He frowned while trying to regulate his breathing. He could felt his heart thudded fiercely in his ribcage. He closed his eyes in concentration. He tried to sense whatever power that sparked the deep terror that he felt just now but nothing. Only lingering sense of uneased remained. He opened his eyes and exhaled shakily.

"I better tell Father." He got up and took the fallen report to his father. Along the way, he pondered about the situation. He heard voices conversing from his father's office. He knocked and came in when he heard a faint "Enter!" from the other side.

"Morning, Father. Mother." He greeted when he saw the other occupant of Ultra Father's office. Ultra Mother smiled and hugged her son. He returned the hug before sat down in front of his father.

"Father. This is my report." He handed him his report. Ultra Father frowned.

"Why didn't you send it through your brother, Zoffy?"

"Actually, I want to ask you something. Did you felt that disturbance just now?" He saw his father glanced at his mother.

"Yes, I felt it. I take it you had been affected?" His father asked.

"Yes. It was horrible. I felt it sapped my strength. The horror, the misery…" He trailed of. He jerked when he felt something touched his shoulder. He looked questioningly at his mother.

"You are shaking." She explained worriedly. He clenched his hands and exhaled.

"I'm sorry to lose control like this. It's been a long time since I last felt like this." He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead wearily, unaware of concerned look passed between his parents.

"You have been working too hard lately. I want you to take a break." He snapped his eyes opened and blinked at his father.

"Didn't I took my leave last month?" he asked dumbfounded.

"Yes. Only for you to go to Earth and help Mebius fought Imperiser." His mother interjected.

"I can't leave right now. There are only Zoffy nii-san and me here. I'm not going to dump my workload on Zoffy nii-san." Taro shook his head.

"Your other brothers are still stuck on Earth. They will come back after they have settle their affair. No one know how long that will take. In the meantime, you better go and take some leave. After all, this is as peaceful as we can get now."

"I'm not going to say 'peaceful'. Not with the disturbance I felt just now. I will just wait for my brothers to come home before I'm going to take any leave."

"Taro." Taro unconsciously straightened himself from his slouched position on the seat. He knew that tone. Whenever his father used that tone, that means he wanted whoever at the receiving end of it to follow his orders. Without complaints.

"Take a break. Go somewhere and enjoy yourself. Don't make me make it an order. Leave the disturbance for me to handle." His father crossed his arms in front of his chest. Taro sighed defeated.

"Fine, fine. I'm going." He sat up.

"Taro." He turned around and faced his mother when she spoke. "We love you too much to let anything happen to you. You understand, right?" He watched her anxious face and smiled.

"I know. And I won't have it any other way." He waved at his parents and got out. He went to his office and settled all his affairs.

"Busy morning?" Taro raised his head and straightened himself when he saw Zoffy leaning at his door.

"Zoffy nii-san! I have something to tell you." Taro shut his mouth when Zoffy raised his hand. He walked inside and seated himself in front of Taro.

"I know. Ultra Father had told me that you're going to take some leave, right?"

"Yes. I'm sorry. I don't want to go but Father insisted." Taro bowed his head in regret.

"What are you apologizing for?" Taro raised his head when he heard Zoffy chuckled. He looked in confusion. "Relax. You're working too hard lately. Even our cadets at the academy had been whispering about your tired state." Zoffy continued.

"Both of us are the only senior Ultra Brothers here. With I'm gone, all of my work will be pass to you. I can't, in my good conscience to burden you with my work." Taro leaned a bit on his chair.

"Stop worrying for nothing. The work can be delegate. Just go and have some fun, alright?" Taro thought about it for a while before he sighed.

"Alright. I will go. But at the first sign of trouble, you will contact me immediately, okay?"

"80 is here. Don't worry. Have you decide where you're going?" Zoffy asked curiously.

"I'm not sure. Maybe I will go to Earth. There's much more places that I haven't visit yet. After that, I may go and visit my brothers. Just want to know what hold them up." Taro mused.

"Alright. In that case, safe travel, otouto." Zoffy patted Taro shoulder before he walked out.

"Safe travel indeed." Taro exhaled wearily before he closed his eyes. He intended to have some shut eye before he embarked the long journey.

'The space is too quiet.' Taro observed warily after he got out from the space portal. He watched around him covertly to make sure that there were no enemy readied to ambush him. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' He fingered his bracelet anxiously while flying.

"Hello young warrior."

"Wha-"

Taro widened his eyes and hurriedly crossed his hands in front of his face to block an oncoming attack. He winced when hot searing pain licked his arms. He gasped when he felt the cackled of electricity originated from the bracelet before it disintegrated. The attack lasted for a while before it stopped.

"As expected from the son of the commander of Space Garrison." He heard someone whispered from behind him. He whirled around to see his assailant when he felt pain erupted from his stomach. He grunted and flew to give some distanced between him and his enemy.

"Who are you?!" Taro shouted while clutching his stomach. He saw someone wore a cape that covered all of his body. That someone removed the cape and watched Taro with his blood red eyes. Two curved horn adorned his head. He smirked.

"This is marvelous! I am Miiraz, the leader of four Heavenly Guards of Alien Empera. Killing you while completing my mission. That's a bonus. Now, prepare to die!" His form blurred when he sped up towards Taro. Taro readied himself and met Miiraz head on. They fought hand to hand combat but Miiraz easily overpowered him.

"What is your mission?!" Taro yelled when he had some respite from the attack.

"Considering that you're going to die right here and right now, I will tell you. My mission is to destroy every weapon system on Earth so that we can conquer it with less time. Then, I will slaughter every person that dare to oppose us!" He cackled madly. Taro watched in disbelieved on that.

'He's insane! He's also the cause of the disturbance! I need to send message to Father for back up.' He thought while blocking furiously. He concentrated on the message and thrust his hand upwards. A ball of white light shot out from his hand and travelled to the direction of the Land of Light.

"I don't think so!" Miiraz yelled while a beam shot out from his eyes. It connected with the message and exploded.

"No!" Taro yelled in despaired. He didn't had much time to lament in his predication before Miiraz started his frontal assault again. He rained blows after blows on Taro's body without mercy. Taro grunted in pain and tried to evade him. His agility helped him but not much. They didn't noticed that their fight had brought them much nearer to the Earth atmosphere.

'I need to use Ultra Dynamite. I'm running out of energy.' Taro thought tiredly. His body ached in several places. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and accumulated his energy and waited until Miiraz came to him again. When Miiraz had came within reasonable distanced, he used up every last bit of his energy and reserves.

"Ultra Dynamite!" he shouted while ran towards him. His body had been engulfed in flames. He managed to pin Miiraz arms to his side while letting his flames burned him.

"What's this?! No!" Miiraz shocked yelled had been drowned with the explosion that occurred shortly. Taro had been changed to his particle form during all of the commotion. He changed back to his full form while hovering tiredly in space.

"He's too powerful. I'm running low on reserves. I can barely fly. I need help to get back to the Land of Light." Taro panted. He raised his shaking hand before a voice stopped him cold.

"Damn you. It's been a long time since someone managed to injure me to this point. I'm going to kill you!" Taro watched helplessly when Miiraz emerged from the smoke, smoldering and bleeding. He gripped a club tightly in his hand. Taro tried to evade the attack but his sluggish body didn't prevented him from moving far away from the punch.

CRACK!

He closed his eyes tightly in pain when the pain from his broken arm threatened to override his senses. That lapsed of concentration cost him much more. Miiraz managed to sneak behind him and smashed his club at the back of his head.

Taro widened his eyes in pain and choked on his scream. The second blow came too fast for him to comprehend. When he came to his senses, he was spiraling fast towards Earth ground.

'I'm sorry'

The last thing he saw before darkness consumed him was Miiraz yelling in rage.

A/N: How's that for the first chapter? Please review and tell me whether it's good or not.