Ok, time for the next chapter! Happy New Years! Anyway, enjoy the fights!
Chapter 3: Tougher Challenge
Osaka
A roar tore through the air as one of the most powerful monsters to ever live landed. The monster had a long horn on his snout, his head dragon-like, he had what seemed to be a head crest behind that, his arms were covered in spikes and ended in an ax and the other a mace. His body was reptilian, a strange flower-like area in the stomach, his back was covered in thick armor with spikes, down his tail. Tyrant roared to the heavens, smashing a building to bits with his mace then another with his ax. The chimera kaiju breathed a torrent of flames into a skyscraper, sending it up in flames. Tyrant roared skywards but then received a kick in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground. Tyrant was quick to rise and see Ultraman Taro standing before him, the only Ultra Brother at the time who'd managed to defeat him. Tyrant roared in outrage and charged.
Taro leapt into the air and did several flips before coming down with a diving kick but Tyrant fired a grapping hook from his mace, latching onto Taro's leg and swung him around with the chain, slamming him into a building. Taro managed to free himself and charged in close, throwing a barrage of hard punches into the kaiju's chest, staggering him back by his sheer strength but then fired a stream of poison gas from the flower-like area on his stomach, knocking him to the ground. Tyrant then proceeded to try to beat down the hero with his ax and mace but Taro caught his attacks and forced his way back to his feet before giving Tyrant a clothesline and knocking the monster down. He jumped back and took the bracelet off his wrist, turning it into a two sided dagger and throwing it, stabbing Tyrant in the arm. The kaiju roared out in rage and spat flames at Taro, the Ultra back flipped several times to dodge. He then fired two streams of energy from his hands into Tyrant, knocking the monster back by its force but not its power, as the monster's armor was too tough. Taro crossed his arms over his head and pulled them down to his sides, rainbow colored energy drawing into them. "Storium Kohsen!" he yelled, putting his arm horizontal with the palm on the fist of the other hand. A powerful rainbow colored energy ray fired out but Tyrant flew up, despite his bulky appearance, he was in fact capable of flight. The kaiju dove down and smashed the hero with his ax hand once the beam had been avoided. As Taro fell downwards, Tyrant brought his mace hand up and smacked the Ultra in the face, knocking him to the ground. Taro tried to rise but the monster kept smashing down on his back with his weapons, knocking him to the ground. Tyrant then kicked him in the ribs and flipped him over, stomping down on his chest repeatedly. Taro caught the foot finally and forced it back with all the force he could manage but was then struck in the face with a blast of the chimera monster's flame breath, allowing the monster to stomp down with his foot. Taro's timer began to blink and the hero tried hard to force the kaiju's leg off. Tyrant roared, hoping this was finally his chance for vengeance on the Ultra who defeated him the first time. He rose his mace hand and lined up a strike with the weapon straight to Ultraman Taro's color timer. Finally he swung down with all the force he could manage but something caught his arm.
Tyrant looked over to see his arm clasped in the arms of Zoffy. The Ultra commander kicked Tyrant in the back of the knee, knocking him backwards to the ground. Zoffy quickly helped Taro to his feet and shared his energy with Taro, recharging him. The two Ultras nodded to each other and charged Tyrant, landing a double dropkick in his chest as he tried to rise, knocking him straight down to the ground. They waited for him to rise before Zoffy clasped his hands together and sent a freezing mist into Tyrant as he stood up again, freezing him. He and Taro charged forwards and sent a onslaught of chops and kicks into the behemoth, with his armor frozen, Tyrant felt the blows as his thick skin began to crack. The two monsters jumped backwards and both prepared their finishing beams, however before they could be fired, something dove down and kicked both of them in the head.
The duo looked up to see a blue, bird-like kaiju with a red rib-like pattern on his chest and a vicious looking beak on his face, Birdon. The two Ultras nodded to each other and got to their feet, dodging a strike from Birdon's beak in the process. Birdon screeched in rage and pursued them, striking out with his beak again and again but the two dodged and kicked out, striking Bridon in the chest and driving him backwards. The ancient kaiju breathed a torrent of flames at the two and they dodged but the blast struck Tyrant, thawing him out. Tyrant broke free of the ice with a roar and charged forwards, bashing both heroes in the back of the head with his weapons. Tyrant roared and stomped down on both of them before kicking Zoffy to Birdon and continuing to beat down Taro. Birdon screeched and buffeted Zoffy with winds from his wings, blowing him back and through a building. Tyrant roared and wrapped his chain around Taro's wrist, swinging him around over head and slamming him down on Zoffy as he tried to get up. Tyrant got next to Birdon and the two unleashed their flames on the heroes. After they washed over the heroes, the kaiju stopped to see the result, only to discover the heroes holding up a combined force field against the attacks, though the strain of the assault made their timers blink. Zoffy held up the device on his arm, the Ultra Converter, the device glowed blue and recharged both heroes.
Zoffy charged forwards and threw a high knee into Birdon's jaw, staggering the beast. Meanwhile, Taro ran at Tyrant, dodging an attempted strike with the mace by jumping into the air, coming down with a hard kick to Tyrant's nasal horn, destroying it. Tyrant roared out in rage and made a swing with his ax hand, only for Taro to duck and grabbed his legs, pulling out, toppling him to the ground. Taro leapt onto Tyrant's chest and sent fist after fist into the chimera. Zoffy uppercutted Birdon repeatedly and finally grabbed him by the head and kneed him hard, driving him to the ground. As Taro had, he leapt on him and drove his fists into his face. As the two got off the kaiju, they looked to each other and nodded, picking them up and wrapping their arms around their heads. The two charged forwards and rammed the two monster's heads together, getting Birdon's beak stuck in Tyrant's snout. The two leapt back and Zoffy charged his M87 Beam, charging the energy into a ball. Taro crossed his arms over his chest and slowly pulled them out to the side, explosive fire surrounding him. He charged forwards and latched onto Tyrant and Birdon, using the Ultra Dynamite at the exact same time Zoffy fired a bomb version of his finisher. The resulting explosion vaporized the two powerful beasts, leaving nothing but a crater behind. Taro reformed out of the energy of the blast and fell to his knees, tired. Zoffy came over, placing his hand on his shoulder and giving a nod. The two heroes took off, ready to help with any other attacks this night.
Okinawa
Ultraman Leo flew in and landed on the scene, but saw no monsters as of yet, however their sensors had clearly picked up a disturbance here. He walked through, not much Christmas decorations here, but some where celebrating. He wondered if any of the children he'd trained on the Earth during his time would mind him paying a visit, he'd always considered Earth his second home. Suddenly, the Earth began to quake and Leo immediately grabbed the nearest building to stop it from falling over. He looked to see a massive shape burst free from the Earth, its main body was insect-like and red, two long white spikes from its shoulders with a long, segmented tail behind it, its head resembled one of those skulls you'd see in a desert scene in the movies. Leo knew this creature well, Black End, the final kaiju he'd battled on Earth, the last of a group of monsters called the Flying Saucer Beasts.
Leo took on a battle pose and leapt over Black End as he fired a blast of flames from his maw. Leo did a diving chop into the top of the kaiju's head, knocking it downwards but was then bashed by the huge spikes extending from the monster's shoulders. Leo rolled through, getting back to his feet just in time for Black End to breath a torrent of flames from his mouth at him. Leo quickly leapt backwards, going into a back flip and doing several more to avoid the flames. As he came to a stop, Black End swung his long tail around to try to hit him but Leo caught it and pulled as hard as he could, keeping his feet firmly planted in the ground. Black End roared out, trying to escape the Ultra's grasp and finally let himself be pulled backwards, extending two spikes from his back that hit Leo, stunning him enough for Black End to throw him through a building. Black End roared and charged the hero but Leo sprung up and caught his spikes, pushing backwards. He finally sidestepped the monster, letting him plow into the ocean. Leo nodded and leapt high into the air and tried to come down on the monster with the Leo Kick but suddenly explosive blasts struck him in the back, knocking him to the ground. Leo turned to see what could only be described as a floating eyeball with a cannon in his pupil. Leo knew exactly who this was, another kaiju from his time, Akumania.
Akumania fired organic missiles from his cannon but Leo dodged and charged forwards, grabbing the bizarre alien and slamming him to the ground. Black End tried to blindside Leo but another transport orb descended and landed between them, forming into an Ultra almost exactly like Leo, only without the horns, Astra, Leo's twin brother. Astra did a running kick and smacked Black End in the bottom jaw. As the monster staggered backwards, Astra followed up with a barrage of chops and kicks. Meanwhile, Leo dropkicked Akumania backwards into a building but the strange alien began to glow with red energy and transformed into a Cyclops monster with a huge mouth full of razor sharp teeth and two horns on his head, Akumania's true from. His eye flashed red and both Leo and Astra were lifted into the air then slammed down by the beast's telekinesis Black End took advantage and rammed them, tossing them into a building. Akumania clashed his teeth, approaching the two, intending to eat them but Black End fired on the Leo Brothers with his flames, bathing them in powerful flames. The two stood up, color timer's blinking and staggering. Akumania charged forwards and rammed both down with his horns. He laughed insanely and separated his arms, sending them to punch and slash the Leo Brothers. As they arms grabbed the two by the throat, a large orange energy blade sliced straight through the dismembered limbs. As Akumania roared in pain, he turned to see another, slimmer Ultraman with a larger head fin with a hole in it, Ultraman Ace. Ace fired a long beam of energy from the green beam lamp on his forehead into Akumania's eye, the Punch Laser. The impact badly hurt Akumania's eye, causing the alien monster to topple over, roaring in pain. Ace ran over to Leo and Astra, helping them up, the three nodded to each other and took their fighting stances.
Black End roared out in surprise, realizing his partner was down for the count. Still, the Flying Saucer Beast charged like a bull, trying to run over the heroes. Leo and Astra flipped out of the way but Ace stood his ground, raising his hand, a small blade forming in it. He sidestepped Black End and slashed, slicing off one of the monster's shoulder spikes. He then spun around and sliced off the monster's powerful tail. Leo saw Akumania stand up and took out a cape that had been given to him by Ultraman King, spinning it around and transforming it into a pair of nun-chucks. He spun the weapon around and smashed the alien in the eye repeatedly, causing him to roar in pain. With his eye and arms destroyed, all Akumania could do was try to ram with his horns but Leo charged his hands with energy and sliced both horns off. Akumania then tried to bite Leo with his tooth filled maw but Leo grabbed hold of his teeth and spun around, lifting Akumania into the air and after a few spins, let go, sending Akumania flying. Be fore the kaiju could land, Leo leapt into the air and came down on its back with the Leo Kick, driving him into the ground. Akumania tried to rise but fell down, dieing and turning back into his eye form.
Meanwhile, Astra and Ace were sending chops and kicks into the wounded Black End but the monster's enormous strength threw them off. Leo came over to the aid of the other two Ultras, holding the Ultra Cape like a bull fighter would. Black End did as expected, charging and Leo using the cape to sidestep like a matador. After several of these, Black End charged right into an Astra Kick that toppled him over. As the kaiju tried to rise, Astra kneeled, raising his hands up and a white lightning bolt firing from them. Leo put his hand into the energy, turning it red in their combination attack, the Ultra Double Flasher. At the same time, Ace turned his top half to the side then swung around, forming his arms into an L and firing his Metellium Beam. The two attacks slammed into Black End, sending it up in a huge fireball. Leo and Astra shook Ace's hand but Ace received a message that told him he needed to go, one of his monsters was attacking somewhere. All three flew off into the night to fight the rest of Geronimon's army.
Ok, Ace will get more time next chapter, he was just backup there. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
