AN: Not too long ago, someone tried to send a review to this story, and they called me a name that I consider very offensive. So to those of you who liked the original Japanese version of Ultraman Tiga, this is what I have to say to you. I'm not doing the English dubbed version of Ultraman because I thought that's what you wanted to read; I did it because without those English dubbed episodes, I wouldn't even know who Ultraman is. So I'm not trying to be culturally insensitive to the Japanese, I just enjoyed watching the dubbed episodes of Ultraman Tiga when I was a kid, and I thought that someone else might too. And I apologize if I've made some of you Ultraman fans upset with my story, that was not my intention. So now without further ado, please enjoy the dubbed version of the Ultraman Tiga opening; I'm not going to do it every time, but just for right now I am. So let's jump into it.
Ultraman Tiga opening: U.S version
Larger than life, Ultraman
Searching for a hero
Searching for a man with all the right stuff
Searching for a hero
When super's just not enough
Super's just not enough
ULTRAMAN
ULTRAMAN, TIGA
Larger than life
He's the one ten stories high, save the world
ULTRAMAN
He's the hope for all mankind, save the world
ULTRAMAN
TIGA
ULTRAMAN
ULTRAMAN
Larger than life
ULTRAMAN
Metropolis, Jimmy's apartment
When Jimmy woke up on the next morning, he thought that everything would go back to normal; but his life would never be normal ever again. As he opened his eyes to awaken from his slumber, he noticed that the Torch of Tiga was still sitting on his nightstand, right where he left it. "Ah great, so it wasn't a dream" he said in a sort of exasperated tone, while he also ruffled his hair in an attempt to relieve stress. It wasn't that he hated being Ultraman, it was quite the contrary in fact, he loved how he actually had a chance to be the hero. Sure there were times when he helped out, or even saved Superman on occasion. On one such occasion, he actually helped Superman beat Metallo, that was the day that they officially became pals.
It was a good feeling to know that he could be of use to the man whose saved his life so many times. But that's not why he was so bummed out at the moment. He was upset because he knew that this was going to become a regular thing. Him fighting giant monsters, risking his life, and worrying that he might not be cut out to be a hero. Because at the end of the day, he knew that he was no Superman. If he had lost that fight yesterday, then everyone could have gotten hurt. And he was sure that Superman would have found a way to save the day with ease. Plus, he suspected that being Ultraman would probably have an effect on his social life; it could mean less time for Sarah, or his job.
But then Jimmy got into a sitting position on his bed, and he realized how stupid he must have sounded for thinking this way. And it was at that point where he could only guess what Superman would say to him if he knew everything that was going on. He would probably tell Jimmy that everyone on planet earth has value, and then give a speech about how even he could be a hero. He would say that Jimmy was given a gift, and he should use it to protect his world and the people that he cares about; just like all the other heroes do. And knowing that's exactly what Superman would say, filled Jimmy with a new found sense of hope; hope that such a task as protecting people, was not beyond him.
After Jimmy realized how silly all of his self doubt was, he got out of bed and proceeded to get ready for work; knowing full well that he'd be late if he didn't hustle. So he took a shower, brushed his teeth, got changed, ate breakfast and grabbed his camera before he started to leave. He got half way to the door before he noticed that he forgot something. "Oh, I almost forgot" he said as he walked over to the nightstand and picked up the Torch. "I can't forget this" he stated as he placed it on the inside of his jacket, in one of the hidden pockets. Then he went just outside of his apartment, locked the door, and left for work.
Watchtower
Superman walked down the halls of the Watchtower, towards the ops center. He wanted to talk to J'onn about Kara's first mission as an official member of the Justice League. And as soon as he walked through the door that led to the ops center, he had found the person who occupied his thoughts. J'onn J'onzz had blueish green skin and red eyes, he wore a blue cape with matching boots and trunks, and he had a red x that went across his chest with a matching belt to complete the look. He is the soul survivor of the dead world of Mars, and a founding member of the Justice League. In time, the people of earth came to know him as The Martian Manhunter. When Mars died he lost everything, his wife and children, his civilization, and any sense of what would be considered as a normal life.
There were times when he helped saved the people of earth. But he could never connect with humanity in the same way as the other members of the League seemed to be able to. So now he primarily stayed up in the Watchtower, he acted as the team's coordinator; he decided where members of the League would go when they were needed. J'onn was the one who sent Kara to Chong-Mai for her first mission, and Superman just wanted to know how his cousin did as a League member. "Hi J'onn, I heard how Kara was sent to Chong-Mai for her first mission, and I was hoping that you could tell me how that went."
"Are you asking as her cousin, or as a member of the Justice League?" J'onn asked. The one thing that everyone knew about Clark, was that he was very protective of his cousin; but that's not why he was asking, well not entirely. "As a member of the Justice League, I just want to know what happened" Superman said. "In that case, you'll be happy to hear that despite some troubles, everything turned out alright. However, there was something a little strange about her and Green Arrow's report." "Strange, how?" Superman asked. "Based on what they told me, someone else was there, someone who helped them destroy the giant robot. And according to them, it was some sort of mysterious giant that saved them" J'onn answered.
"Ok, that's a little different, but whoever that giant was, he helped save the day; and isn't that all that matters?" Superman questioned. "It would be, but his mere presents at the site of the emergency wasn't even the strangest part" J'onn stated. "What do you mean?" "While he was there, I was tracking an unusual energy signature, of which I now believe to be the source of his power. The amount of power he was giving off was immense, but when he flew away, it just vanished, like it was never even there in the first place." "Well, where was he going when you lost his trail?" Superman inquired.
"He was currently flying over Metropolis when the signal disappeared" J'onn answered. "That's impossible, if he's really as big as you say, then someone had to have seen him." But after thinking about it for a moment, Superman realized that he knew next to nothing about the man in question; so it was possible that he had some unknown ability to hide himself. "Tell you what, I'm due back in Metropolis anyway, so how about I keep my eyes peeled for our mysterious savior while I'm there?" "Alright, but be careful, we don't yet know how powerful this individual may be." "I think I can take care of myself, I mean the S does stand for Superman, you know" he said confidently before he left for Metropolis.
Metropolis, The Daily Planet
Jimmy was currently sitting at his desk while staring at The Torch of Tiga. "Well I guess this is my life now, Jimmy Olsen, guardian of the planet earth, kinda has a nice ring to it" he said to himself in a somewhat humorous way. "What does?" Sarah said as she walked over to her boyfriend. Acting fast, Jimmy stuffed the Torch back into his jacket and said "Uh, nothing, I was just thinking about something silly." "Oh, well I came over here because I just wanted to know if you maybe wanted to do something tonight. We could do something fun, like go to the movies, if you wanted" she said. "Sounds good, what time should I pick you up?" Jimmy asked. "Great, how's about eight o clock. You're the best, I love you sweetie" she said to Jimmy. "I love you too babe" Jimmy said right before Sarah planted a fat one right on his lips and went back to her work space.
"Sounds like you've got a fun day planned." Jimmy did a quick spin around in his chair to see who said that; and none other than Clark Kent stood before him. "Oh Mr. Kent, uh yeah things with me and Sarah are going pretty great actually." "Glad to hear it, and I'm sorry if I startled you Jimmy." "No, you just surprised me that's all." But then Jimmy had an idea to ask Mr. Kent for some advice on the whole Ultraman thing. He wasn't going to tell him the truth of course; but he knew that Mr. Kent was a straight shooter and he often gave good advice. So maybe he could make sense of what to do.
"Uh Mr. Kent, can I get your advice on something?" "Sure Jimmy, what's on your mind?" "Well, I've recently been chosen to do a job, and it's a good job, it's something that could help everybody. But I don't know if I'm up for it, this job requires a lot of responsibilities, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to see it through. So I guess what I'm trying to ask you is, have you ever wanted to do something great, only to be stopped by your own fears and self doubt?" "Well that's a mighty big question Jimmy; but now let me ask you one. Is this new job something that you want to do?" "Yes, it's actually the greatest job in the world, in my opinion" Jimmy said.
"Then there's your answer, everyone has fears and insecurities, Jimmy. But it's how we deal with them that makes us strong. So if doing this job makes you happy, and if you think that you can help others by doing it; then I say go for it." "Thanks Mr. Kent" Jimmy said as a sign of gratitude. "Any time Jimmy, whenever you want to talk, I'll always be here" he said. Then as they were finishing up their conversation, a big explosion could be heard. Then they both ran to the window to see what was going on. To their surprise, the explosion was caused by two giant monsters that were making their way towards the city. One approached by air, the other by sea. The one that was flying through the sky, looked sort of like a pterodactyl, it's name was Melba.
But the one who was earth bound, looked like some sort of giant lizard, and it's name was Golza. Clark could see them from a far away distance by using his super vision, but Jimmy had to use the zoom on his camera to see them. "Gee Mr. Kent, what do you suppose their doing here?" Jimmy asked while he turned around, only to find out that Mr. Kent was nowhere in sight. "Mr. Kent?" he said as he searched the room for him before turning his attention back to the window. By that time, Clark had already super speeded to the roof, changed into his Superman attire, and launched himself into the sky towards the monsters that were currently destroying the city. Superman met Golza head on with a punch to the face; the force of the punch made Golza take a few steps back.
Superman never let up his assault on Golza, he delivered deadly punch after punch. However, some collateral damage was unavoidable, as Golza did crash into some buildings because of the blows that Superman dealt to him. Superman was doing so well, until Melba blasted him with his laser vision, and sent him colliding into a building. But then Superman quickly recovered and returned to the fight. Golza then smacked Superman to the ground with his tail before repeatedly stomping on him. This went on until Superman could no longer get back up, at which point they had continued their destructive path through the city.
As the chaos progressed, Lois lane came to stand next to Jimmy, as they both looked out the window to see what was happening. Lois could feel that this would make for one heck of a story, because it's not too often that Metropolis is attacked by giant monsters, well not lately anyway. "Jimmy, get your camera, we've got a story to-" she tried to say but was at a loss for words as she turned around to see that Jimmy was gone. "Jimmy?" she said to no one in particular. Jimmy made his way to the roof, pulled out The Torch, and said "It's now or never." Then he raised The Torch to the sky while giving it a good squeeze, and then he was surrounded by light as his body began to change and transform.
Omni
Power
Speed
Then when the transformation was complete, Ultraman stood at his full gigantic size. When Golza finally reached The Daily Planet, he prepared to smash it to pieces with his arm. So the people inside closed their eyes and shielded themselves for an attack that never came. When everyone opened their eyes, they saw that Golza had been stopped by a giant man who was holding his arm firmly in place. As Ultraman applied more pressure to Golza's arm, he realized that he couldn't fight either of them in the city, for fear of hurting someone. So he shot off into the air, taking both Golza and Melba with him; he tossed them into the harbor where he was sure that they could fight without there being too much collateral damage.
He then proceeded to beat down on both of them; he got Golza into a headlock while Melba charged at him. Luckily, he was able to kick him away; and then after that, he kneed Golza in the gut before he tossed him to the side. When Golza got back up, Ultraman delivered a series of punches and kicks to his body. But when Ultraman was getting the upper hand, Melba blasted him from behind which forced him to take a knee. Just then Superman recovered enough to see the monsters fighting Ultraman. This was all very strange to him, but he knew that if Ultraman was fighting the monsters, then he couldn't be all bad. So now, he at least knew who to hit. Then he rocketed off towards the fight with the intent of helping Ultraman pound those monsters.
Superman crashed into Melba with all his might while Ultraman continued to fight Golza. Ultraman, knowing that he needed more strength to defeat Golza, switched to Power mode. He grabbed onto Golza with enough force to break his back; but after he was done squeezing the life out of him, he used Golza's own wight against him and threw him over his shoulder right into the ground. Ultraman then looked to see that Superman was having a bit of trouble dealing with Melba; but when he turned his attention back to Golza, he saw that he was making his escape through the water. Knowing that Golza was retreating, Ultraman focused all his energy into helping Superman take down Melba. But when Melba fired another laser blast at Superman, Ultraman unexpectedly jumped in front of the blast, effectively stopping the attack and saving Superman from any further pain. However, this act of bravery caused Ultraman to be weakened substantially, he took a knee just before his color timer started flashing red. When Melba unfolded his wings and took off into the sky, Ultraman knew that he had to be faster in order to keep up with him.
Ultraman stood tall and raised his hands to the crystal on his head, and when he brought his arms back down to his sides, all the red on his body was replaced with blue. This was called Speed mode because of how it makes Ultraman's reflexes triple in quickness. After the change in modes was complete, Ultraman jumped high in the sky and delivered a powerful kick to Melba's face that made him crash back into the harbor. When Ultraman was back on the ground, he saw that Melba had gotten back on his feet. So Ultraman raised his arms in a T formation before he brought them above his head, and then he lowered his hands back down to his sides while putting them together. He then fired off a blast with his right hand, that was strong enough to destroy the monster in one shot; this attack was called The Zettro Bolt.
After the fight was over, Superman flew up to Ultraman's face and said "Who are you?" But without saying a word, Ultraman shot up into the sky and flew away. "HEY!" Superman shouted as he went after him. But by the time Superman got high enough in the sky to even make an attempt to look for him, Ultraman had already vanished. Superman still couldn't understand how someone so big could just disappear without a trace; but since both Ultraman and the monsters were gone, he realized that his time would be better served by helping the people who were caught up in the attack. So Superman zoomed off to help the people that might be hurt.
When Jimmy returned to The Daily Planet, he was immediately scolded by Lois. "Jimmy, where were you? I mean the story of the decade if not the century, just falls into our lap and you're nowhere to be seen. I could have used a decent photographer on this, you know" Lois said. "I know, and I'm sorry Miss Lane; I went to go take pictures of the fight, but when I got there I realized that I forgot my camera" Jimmy said hoping that she would buy his excuse. But just then, Perry White, the Editor-in-chief of The Daily Planet, inserted himself into the conversation. "You forgot your camera? Olsen, how many times have I told you, if you want to be a good photographer then you always have to be prepared. You have to be willing to live with your camera, eat with your camera, and even sleep with your camera, if that's what it takes." "Yes sir, Mr. White" Jimmy said. "Well what now chief, by now every news hound in the city will have shots of the fight, and we've got nothing. We don't have a statement, we didn't get any pictures, we don't even know what to call our mysterious savior" Lois stated.
"His name is Ultraman" Jimmy said. Then both Lois and Perry stared at Jimmy in a state of wonder. "And how do you know that Jimmy, what are you pals with him too now?" Lois asked. "Uh no, it's nothing like that. It's just that, when all the fighting was going on, he saved me and then he told me his name" Jimmy answered. "But doesn't Ultraman sound a bit redundant, I mean we already have a Superman" Lois murmured. "Hey, it wasn't my idea to call him that, that's just what he said his name was" Jimmy relied. "Tell you what Olsen, the next time your buddy shows up, and if you manage to get a shot of him, then you get to name him, sound good?" Perry asked. "Yes sir, Mr. White" Jimmy said.
Later that day when Jimmy went to meet up with Sarah, she was so worried that she wouldn't stop hugging him. She heard from Lois about how he rushed into danger just to get pictures of the fight, and ever since then she wouldn't stop fussing over his safety. She even though that it would be a good idea to cancel their movie date and just spend some time together. "You know Jimmy, we don't have to go to the movies. We could just stay indoors and get something to eat. I don't care what I do, as long as I'm with you and your safe" she said while still holding on to him. Jimmy was glad to know that he had a girlfriend who cared so much about him, but he knew that he had to wake her up to reality. "Sarah, it's okay, this sort of thing happens all the time." "I know but it shouldn't have to. You're my boyfriend Jimmy, and I don't want you to get hurt, I just love you so much" she said while looking up at him. "I love you too; tell you what, why don't we forget about the movie and just go back to my place. I've got plenty of leftovers to cook for us" he said while he placed a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. "Okay" she said as they made their way to Jimmy's apartment.
Jimmy's apartment
When Jimmy and Sarah entered his home, Sarah asked to use the bathroom before they started cooking. He showed her where the bathroom was, but before he could start cooking, he heard a strange but familiar voice. "I like her, she's nice" the voice said before Jimmy did a quick spin around to see where it came from. It was the same lady who told him about Ultraman. "You know maybe I should get you a key, that way you'd stop breaking into my apartment" Jimmy said in a humorous way. "I wanted to make sure that you were ok, this is the first time that a monster has appeared in a major city, let alone two of them" she said referring to the appearance of Golza and Melba.
"Yeah about that, why was it that they came to Metropolis, out of all of the places that they could have attacked?" he asked. "There are two possibilities for that. One, it's possible that since the light and darkness are polar opposites, that they might be able to sense each other. Or two, it's more likely that the monsters would be drawn to big cities with lots of people, that way they could cause the most destruction." "Wait, so you're telling me that there's a chance that I brought those things to Metropolis simply by being here; but that means that it's my fault that Sarah and everyone else were put at risk. And if that's the case then maybe I should just leave, because the people of Metropolis don't deserve that, and Sarah certainly doesn't deserve that. I love Sarah and I don't want to see her get hurt because of me."
"That's the sweetest and most stupidest thing I've ever herd. I know I told you that Tiga betrayed the dark Ultras, but I don't think I told you why he betrayed them. Believe it or not, he turned his back on them because he fell in love with a human. No one knows what she said to him or how she said it, but what is known is that she made him believe that humanity was worth protecting. So take it from me when I tell you that if you really love Sarah, then you shouldn't abandon her; make her your reason to protect earth, make her your reason for fighting on." "You know, you do have your moments of wisdom; but when you dress in sweatpants and sandals, it kinda makes you look like a hippy rather than a wise mentor" Jimmy said in a comedic tone while referring to her wardrobe.
"Well I have my moments, and I like to be comfortable, but that's not the point. What is the point is that your relationship with Sarah is a good thing, and you shouldn't let your life as a superhero get in the way of that. I know you can split the difference between being Ultraman and Jimmy Olsen, I just know it. So I'll close by saying good luck and goodbye" she said before she vanished. "Strange lady, maybe the next time I see her I should ask for her name" Jimmy said in a casual tone. "Who are you talking to Jimmy?" Sarah said as she finally came out of the bathroom. "Uh, nobody" he said as he walked over to her and unexpectedly kissed her on the lips. When they parted she said "What was that for?" "No reason, I just really love you; would you be at all interested in helping me make dinner?" he asked. "I love you too Jimmy, and I would love to help you with dinner."
So Sarah helped Jimmy with the cooking, and they made and enjoyed a box of spaghetti. And when it was time for Sarah to go home, both her and Jimmy got up and walked to the door; then she gave Jimmy one last kiss on the lips and said "See you at work tomorrow, I love you" and then she proceeded to leave. "See you tomorrow, I love you too." When Sarah left, Jimmy plopped himself on his bed and began to think about today's events. He stopped the monsters, he helped Superman, he saved the city, and he had a wonderful time with Sarah. It had been a good day. And with that final thought, Jimmy went to sleep with a smile on his face.
AN: In case it wasn't obvious, I based this story in the world of the Justice League Unlimited cartoon; and there will be times where Jimmy has to fight some of Ultraman Tiga's villains, but there will also be times when he helps the Justice League with their missions. And I said I was only going to use the opening for this chapter, but I always loved the transformation stage that Tiga did in the English dubbed version, so I'm going to keep that. I'm also not the best at writing fight scenes, so sorry. Also I'm not going to describe every character; if you've watched the cartoon of Justice League, or even read the comics, then you know who I'm talking about. This chapter or even this story, may not be my best work, and if that's the case then I apologize, but please don't use the reviews to be mean. Remember, everyone's got feelings that you can hurt. Other than that, see you next time and STAY AWESOME!