Chapter 3: Godzilla VS Baragon- the first Guardian

"Ethos…?" called out Seiko on the pullout couch, "Are you sleeping?"

There was no answer from the man lying next to her.

"... I know you're awake. You have your prosthesis plugged." she stated.

At that statement, the man stiffened and started moving a bit, as if trying to not make any noise. The pharmacist sat up and leaned over the form of the destroyer. She saw him unplugging his robot arm and gently put it on the floor next to him. She stood still, looking down at her old classmate. He retreated his arm under the blanket and faked sleeping again. Seiko sighed.

"Ethos… I can't say that I know how you feel… Mostly because I don't have many friends…"

Ethos slightly opened his eyes.

"But… We never knew that our class was also turned into Ultimate Despair… We never knew that Mori-chan and Hyde-kun were also… You'll have to tell us tomorrow what happened. You know that, right?"

He didn't move.

"But I want you to know… That you have friends here that are worried about you. You have the survivors of the 78th class Killing Game… You have Ando and Izayoi… and you have me. I think that you don't believe we see you as a friend because you were more around Mori and Hyde… And after we got expelled you didn't see us for almost two years... "

Ethos turned his head a little bit towards Seiko..

"Kirigiri-san told us there was proof that you are not one of them. I'd be lying if I said I don't have some doubts… But I remember enough about you to say what you look and act a lot like when we were at school… and Mori and Hyde were completely different."

Ethos was gripping the wing of his kaiju onesie tightly. Frowning.

"What I want to say is… I hope we can prove that you're not one of them with your story… Because I want to trust you Ethos. I care about you. I am happy to call you my friend." she smiled under her mask as she put her hand on Ethos' cheek.

He remained silent for a few seconds before he started to chuckle. He turned around and looked at her with a grin.

"You know… In these kinds of moments you usually put your hand on the shoulder, arm or even the top of the head. Not the face." he smiled.

"O-Oh! I'm sorry! I never did that before so I-"

"It's fine." he cut her, "Thank you Seiko. What you just said… means a lot to me… I'm happy to have you as my friend too."

She looked at him happily.

"I'll hug you tomorrow morning. A hug while sharing the bed will make it awkward." he smirked, "Good night, Seiko."

She leaned back to the pullout couch.

"Good night, Ethos."

And they spent an actually pretty comfortable night in those onesies.


Meanwhile on the other side of the globe, two kaijus were having a staring contest, or rather a glaring one. They slowly started to walk in circles. They knew that what would come next couldn't be avoided, but Baragon had to at least try.

"Godzilla… This has to stop. Stop this nonsense, old comrade."

But he didn't understood that he won't be able to stop the bigger kaiju. Godzilla will reach his goal, Baragon had nothing to say about this. There was no stopping him, and certainly not the red kaiju.

The mammal-like kaiju looked down, as if unsure if he wanted to go on. But he quickly raised his head and growled. The other Guardians were counting on him to slow down Godzilla as much as he can. There was no other choice then. Baragon roared at his new opponent.

GRRREEEOOONGK

Godzilla stepped back in surprise. So they really were going to fight, heh? He puffed his chest and let out a mighty roar of his own. The fight was about to commence. He steps forward, the impact between the ground and his foot shaking the earth around them. Let's begin.

Suddenly, the red kaiju started running up one of the mountain surrounding them.

Baragon got way faster than the last time he saw him. The moment the smaller kaiju was high enough, he jumped toward Godzilla's face and slapped it with his giant paw, making the monster's body jerk along the swing. He also got stronger. The moment the Guardian landed on his feet, he immediately ran again up another mountain and repeated the attack, this time scratching the back on the right shoulder of the giant lizard with his giant claws. The scratch was deep as blood splashed on the ground. He repeated the action once more but this time, Godzilla leaned, turned around and slammed Baragon on the ground with his tail.

The red kaiju wasn't done yet, oh no. He faced the giant monster face on, his horn starting to glow an orange light, he opened his mouth and a wave of orange flames spread out from his snout and wrapped everything in his field of view: the valley and Godzilla.


The rescue team from the last city were now ready to go to the next city that Godzilla will go through. They just needed the information from the choppers following and attacking him. The only survivor of the last hostages was sent to a Headquarter to be healed and taken care of. Munakata jumped into the helicopter with his friends, ready to go. As the helicopter took off, he contacted the attack team.

"Head Munakata! We've been trying to contact for an hour!" shouted an agent through the intercom.

"We had problems with the connection after Godzilla destroyed the city. What's his status and position?" The Future Foundation vice-leader asked.

"He's heading for the California coastline."

"Alright, we're heading to the cities over there. Keep distracting him." ordered Munakata, looking at his teammates that nodded at him.

"Also… Sir?"

"What is it?"

"There's… Another one." said the agent gloomily.

"What?"

"Another Kaiju. A smaller, dog-looking, red one. It's confronting Godzilla at the moment we're speaking."

Munakata raised his head, Sakakura and Yukizome were looking at him with wide worried eyes. The Head of the second Branch looked outside. Another one? Just how many are there, hidden? Are they all like Godzilla? How will humanity defend themselves against such monsters in times like these?

"Sir? What are the orders?" demanded the agent through the intercom.

"...Is the red one hostile? Towards the humans?"

"We don't know. It appeared from the ground, and engaged combat with Godzilla."

"There's no choice then… Attack both Kaijus with all you have. We're not taking chances. But aim mostly at Godzilla." ordered Munakata.

"Yes, Sir!" shouted the agent before cutting the communication.

The vice-leader looked outside again. Sakakura was already cursing, another kaiju thrown at them was not what Future Foundation needed. Indeed, it was not what they needed at all. They just hope that the weapons Izayoi's making will be effective… And when will they be ready?

Another Kaiju… How many more will appear?


"You heard the orders! Fire!"

And another rain of missiles and bullets started to fall on the two fighting kaijus. The bigger one didn't even flinched at the impacts and explosions but Baragon was pushed back and thrown backward by three successive explosions.

How does it feels to be attacked by the one you're protecting? The humans don't understand, they'll never do. And their ignorance is what led them to their doom, but there's more left. The remaining humans will be destroyed by Godzilla, Baragon should stay out of his way.

"They just don't know yet and it does not matter. Mothra and King Caesar are counting on me. I will keep fighting you. No matter the disturbance."

Godzilla growled at that response. So like that King Caesar and Mothra will appear too. The one who sealed him. So Baragon's role here is to slow him down. He'll have to defeat the smaller kaiju quickly then. His dorsal spines started to glow a blue light. Baragon noticed that and he started digging on the ground quickly.

The titan released his Atomic Breath at the spot the red kaiju was standing, but the latter was quicker than expected and the only thing in front of Godzilla was a giant hole. He started to look around suspiciously, where will he emerge from?

A roar from his right caught his attention, he turned only to see his opponent jumping from a hole in the mountain, and locking his maw on the right forearm of the titan. Baragon quickly tightened the bite and dug his fangs inside the taller kaiju's flesh. Blood started to spurt out and drip on the scaly arm of the King of Monsters. Baragon being smaller, the rest of his body was dangling in the air but he kept trying to have some support with his paws. The missiles from the human's flying vehicles still attacking both kaijus were not helping him, but he kept his mouth biting.

Godzilla roared in pain as his muscles were getting pierced. He could feel the pressure of the red monster's jaw slowly getting stronger. He needs to get rid of the Guardian. He tried to punch him with his left hand but all attacks were blocked by the flailing paws of the other kaiju. He then decided to use a Nuclear Pulse, this should do it. Atomic energy pulsing inside the small kaiju's mouth should hurt him enough to force him to release his grip.

Godzilla started to focus his energy but an explosion from a missile near his eye broke his focus. He turned around to roar at the humans. His tail slamming on the lowest target, destroying the vehicle. He started to focus once more.

Baragon noticed the raise of temperature so he spat his flames on the arm. Shattering the focus of the titan. Flames and fresh wounds were a very painful match. The King let out another painful roar.

Oh! So Baragon's wants to play the stubborn bastard, heh? Well he'll play the cruel bastard.

Godzilla used all his strength to lift his right arm up, with Baragon still clinging to it. He lifted his fist to the highest point and suddenly slammed it down on the ground, slamming at the same time the body of the red kaiju on the ground. The impact shaking the earth in a giant cloud of dust and an enormous bang. But the Guardian still didn't let go, his grip just loosened up a bit. The King of Monsters lifted his arm once more and slammed it down harder. He noticed that Baragon was now bleeding from his nostrils but still did not let go. His eyes full of determination, glaring up to Godzilla. So the titan lifted his arm one last time, the smaller monster was now trying to stop him by throwing his paws everywhere, scratching him at certain occasions. But that did not stop the leviathan from slamming the monster on the ground with even more force, actually leaving an impact crater where he smashed Baragon. The latter finally letting go of the bigger monster's arm, tired and hurt.

But that didn't mean they were done. Godzilla stomped the red kaiju with his giant scaly foot. The Guardian let out a shriek of pain that was cut as air was cut from his lungs when the titan kicked him. Baragon was now panting heavily on the ground. He was defeated.

Godzilla turned around toward the city, it seems that the humans stopped attacking. He didn't know the reason and it didn't matter. If Baragon was smarter, he would stay down.

"You… I'm not done yet. I… Must slow you down. It's only been a few hours… I… Can't give up. They are counting on me to gain some time."

Hmf! Either he has a great resolve, or he's stupid. He didn't want to go there but it seems that if he didn't want to be bothered by the Guardian… He'll have to beat him to the point he wouldn't be able to walk for some days. He turned around, the smaller kaiju was already on his feet. Suddenly he did something the titan didn't expect: Baragon folded his ears over his eyes, the notches interlocking with his horn.

And then charged at Godzilla, who quickly unleashed his Atomic Breath on him but the ears protected him from hurting his face so he didn't stop and managed to stab deeply the soleus (just above his feet) of the right leg. The Guardian retreated, removing his horn from the stabbed hole that started to spurt blood.

The King kneeled down. And at seeing this, Baragon folded his ears again over his eyes and aimed at his torso. He won't kill Godzilla but with a wound that important, he'll be stopped for at least two days. He took some momentum and charged then jumped. But the giant lizard blocked the thrust with his hand. Instead of his torso, his palm got stabbed and skewered. During this moment of confusion, Godzilla used his other hand to grab the horn, pulled it off from his injured hand and lift the red kaiju as he stood up. The glare he sent to Baragon froze him to the bone.

Godzilla lifted his right injured hand, balled it into a fist and punched at full speed and force at the Guardian's stomach. Baragon spat blood as he was getting thrown back, ribs cracked but also his horn was pulled forward by the titan's left hand. And after three more powerful punches, the horn gave up, cracked and finally broke, separating itself from the rest of the body.

The Guardian kaiju flew a few dozen meters away and landed on his back. Utterly defeated. He couldn't even move a muscle. Godzilla huffed and turned around, dropping the yellow horn to the ground. It will take at least ten days for Baragon to get back on his feet. He warned him.

"I'm sorry… I failed… Mothra… Your plan…? Will it work…?"

Baragon grunted before losing consciousness. Godzilla didn't even feel the need to let out a victory roar. So… like that Mothra had a plan…

Godzilla limped away from the battlefield, leaving a trail of blood from the leg wound. He reached a city, he could at least roar at it to warn the humans that their doom was coming.

SKKKRRREEEOOOONGK

He reached the sea, leaving a trail of destruction mixed with his own blood behind him in the last three hours. Baragon managed to slow him down. And the fight was actually long enough for the rescue teams to evacuate most of the humans, which kind of disappointed him that there was no many humans who will die under his feet. But it didn't matter.

There was somewhere he needed to go. Somewhere across the ocean, very far away.

The place where the giant human weapons were built.


"Munakata, the report says that the red kaiju is down and unconscious. What are the orders?" asked Sakakura, report in hand.

"Whatever creature that red kaiju is, thanks to its fight with Godzilla, we managed to save 85% of the hostages… For the moment keep him under surveillance. Do not let any Remnant of Despair approach it. We'll ask the other branches if any agent recognize the red kaiju."

"Roger that. Gonna tell them right now." nodded the former Ultimate Boxer turning around.

"Oh, and Sakakura." called out Munakata.

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad we got to do these missions together again. It's been a while. Pass the message to Yukizome too, please."

"Y-Yeah. No problem boss. Will do." said the boxer leaving the room.

Munakata sat down and looked at the reports. The giant lizard was unstoppable… for Future Foundation anyways. It seems that only a kaiju can face this monster. He hopes that he'll have some good news about the identity of the red kaiju. If only they had… is aiming at inhabited cities, the casualties will be enormous. He needs to be less extreme. That's what Naegi Makoto taught him, just like he taught him to take more actions. These kind of weapons of mass destruction are not existent anymore anyways…

Future Foundation was completely powerless against the King of Monsters…

They were completely overwhelmed by…

Godzilla.


Part 1: Baragon

-The End-

Kaiju Guardians left: 2

To be continued…


And here's the end of the first part. Baragon is defeated!

King Caesar, it's your turn!

But what is this place Godzilla is looking for? And are the citizens safe from him?

Future Foundation can't do nothing against such monster.

Next time: Part 2: King Caesar! Chapter 4: Ethos' experience of the Tragedy.

Time to hear a story about suffering.