Author Note: Godzilla has a wild day.
Kirjoittajan Muistio: Godzillalla on villi päivä.
Disclaimer: I do not own Godzilla or any of the movie monsters that you may see named here.
Erottamislausuma: En omista Godzillaa tai mitään muista elokuvahirviöistä jotka saatat nähdä nimettävän täällä.
Claimer: I DO own Sabina, Susan and my Godzilla-like self, Jonna.
Omistuslausuma: Minä OMISTAN Sabinan, Susanin ja minun Godzillamaisen itseni, Jonnan.
Godzilla's bride
Chapter 7: King at work
I walked with Angilus up the side of a high hill. In the middle of the hill we passed a ledge, on which Ghidorah usually used to live. He also had a couple of other places, where he used to live. We walked past this place and proceeded to the top.
On the top were a couple of big rocks, on which one could sit on and a nice view. On the top was also Ghidorah, who sat on a rock sulking by himself. I sat on a rock opposite to him and Angilus sat next to my rock. We sat quietly for a moment.
I gathered my thoughts and spoke: "Tell me, Ghidorah, what is wrong, when I hear that you are arguing with yourself. Is it true?"
"Yes" said the left head.
"No" said the right head.
The middle head glanced at its two companions, though for a moment and said: "No comment."
"So it is true. Tell me what happened, why did you start arguing?"
"Well because..." began the left head, but the two other heads interrupted its speech, both trying to explain their own version of the argument's reasons. The left head didn't like the interruption and started shouting at the two other heads. They didn't the interruption either and soon all three heads were shouting at each other.
The noise made my head ache. I took a deep breath and as loud as I could: "Quuiiieeeet!"
Ghidorah fell quiet and my shout echoed for some time. Ghidorah looked at me. Angilus looked at me. I looked at them. Angilus shook his head and said: "I think, that all the monsters on the island just had a heart attack. If you had shouted any louder than that, Ghidorah would have pieces of your lungs all over himself."
Ghidorah smiled at first, while thinking about what the abovementioned situation would look like, but then he began to look like he was nauseous. Then his heads noticed, that they agreed on something and looked at each other viciously, ready to argue again. I stopped the argument before it had time to begin: "Start explaining, what happened. One head at the time. First you, then you and then you. And that head, which interrupts the other one's speech, finds his teeth at the back of his throat instead of his mouth."
Ghidorah's left head licked its lips and looked away, gathering its thoughts. After a moment it looked at me and asked: "Hey, why does this interest you? Wouldn't our argument be beneficial for you?"
I didn't let the surprising question confuse myself and answered: "It is my job. I'm supposed to solve arguments and to take care of things on this island. You are arguing and you obviously can stop it by yourself, so this is my duty. And if I don't take care of my duties, I'll soon have in my hands an island full of monsters, who are trying to kill each other, themselves or me (and not necessarily in that order). Besides I benefit of you argument right now, the longer I have work to do, the longer I can stay away from home, and the longer I stay away, the longer Sabina has time to get used to my identity."
Ghidorah blinked his eyes and asked: "Huh? What do you mean?"
I sighed and slid down from the rock. I sat on the ground and leaned against the rock. I laid a frustrated look on Angilus, and Angilus explained to Ghidorah: "You see, Sabina realized just this morning, that boss really is Godzilla, the king of the monsters. It is best to let Sabina get used to that thought for a while."
Ghidorah's left head nodded and said: "Aha, that explains a lot."
"Like you should be explaining right now." I said irritably.
"Yeah, let's see... Well, originally we were supposed to argue only a little bit, and just for fun. You know, to spend some time, because there's so little to do on this island... At some point it turned into a real argument. I, we were going to stop it, but all of us suggested different things, and we did manage to agree, which of them to do first."
I picked small stones in my hand and started throwing them one at the time down the hillsides, listening to the sounds they made.
"Was that all you have to say? It was? Good. Now is your turn."
Ghidorah's all heads told approximately the same story. I kept throwing stones while thinking.
"In other words things got out of your hands?" I asked.
I threw again one stone down from the hill. Ghidorah didn't answer. I looked at him. Ghidorah stared at me. I looked at Angilus. He stared at me too.
"What?"
Ghidorah and Angilus were still staring at me. Disapprovingly.
"What did I say?"
"Our hands? Where do you see hands?" Ghidorah asked.
Oops. Better to clear up this situation quickly: "Sorry, I wasn't supposed say that, it just slipped. So, things got out of your control?"
Ghidorah seemed satisfied and nodded. I thought and kept throwing the little stones. I came to think, that the hill was really steep and rocky behind Ghidorah, so it would probably make a nice sound when I'd throw a stone down from that side. I took a stone of a suitable size and aimed: "Ghidorah, move your wing."
Ghidorah looked at the stone in my hand, his wing, which was in the way of my aim, and the rocky, steep hillside behind his wing. He moved his wing and I threw the stone.
"Ow! Who threw that?"
After a while Jonna climbed over the edge. She didn't look happy. She noticed the little stones in my hand and said: "So you threw that stone on my head. Hopefully you can say something for your defence."
"Actually I can say something."
"And that is... What?"
"I didn't know, that you were there, when I threw that stone."
"Good." said Jonna, sat down where she was, (which happened to be next to Ghidorah,) started drawing on the ground and seemed to completely forget about us. Ghidorah peeked over her shoulder and asked what she was drawing. Jonna answered, that nothing actually and wiped away the lines she had drawn. They looked at each other for a moment and Ghidorah said: "We wanted to see you, but we weren't able to decide, whether to come and see you before having a snack or after having a snack. But now that you are here, we can eat a snack and go see Gigan and Megalon. Do you come with us?"
Jonna shrugged: "Why not?"
"We're coming with you. I have work to do with them." I said and got up. I threw away the rest of the little stones.
Ghidorah got up and asked: "What do you do with them? They get along well."
"Usually, but now they're arguing so badly, that if they had hands, they'd be strangling each other." I said and started walking down the hill with Angilus.
"They do have arms, so hurry up!" Ghidorah shouted after us and flew towards the place, where Gigan and Megalon used to be. Jonna was on Ghidorah's back, arms tied around Ghidorah's neck and looked around curiously in a way that reminded me of Susan. Confusion flashed through my mind and disappeared as soon as I realized how right Ghidorah was.
I started running down the hill and Angilus followed me. Below the hill I slowed down, so that I wouldn't fall over. Angilus (who was right behind me) didn't manage to slow down, but ran at full speed against my legs and from between them to the forest, which stopped him. The power of the collision made me fly up in the air, spin a partial volt and made me land on my stomach.
I got up, shook my head and kept going: "So that's how flying feels like..."
Angilus hurried after me. When we found Gigan and Megalon, Ghidorah and Jonna were there already. They stood and watched Gigan and Megalon fighting.
I went to Ghidorah and asked: "Why you and Jonna haven't tried to do anything?"
One of Ghidorah's heads was munching some animal, which's leg was hanging out of the side of his mouth, at the same time he was watching the fight with the two other heads. He turned to look at me and spoke at the same time he was munching his snack: "We just got here. And we already tried to do something, but it didn't really work. Besides, we don't ha arms and Jonna is too little to do anything."
"Yes, indeed..." I turned to look at the fight. Just in time. Megalon stood in front of me, back towards me, and Gigan was in front of him, ready to hit Megalon. He hit, but Megalon crouched and rolled away from under the hit, so I was left in the way of the blow. I bent down and the blow whizzed over my head towards the nearest Ghidorah's head (which happened to be the one munching the animal). Ghidorah didn't have time to dodge and the blow hit. The animal, which looked like some kind of deer, fell to the ground and the head that had been munching it crashed into the middle head, which smashed against the next head: "Pthyh, ow ow ow!"
I got up: "Gigan, if you and Megalon absolutely necessarily have to fight, you could at least make sure, that no one else gets in the line of fire, ow!"
Gigan hit me. Megalon stood by our side and watched. I spat out a couple of teeth and blood. Gigan said: "Shut up, this is none of your business."
He and Megalon started fighting again. I and Ghidorah joined in, ready to give them the spanking, which they deserved.
It was unusual, me and Ghidorah fighting on the same side, but it was fun. I hadn't had a good fight for a long time, so this was refreshing.
Angilus and Jonna sat watching our fight and shook their heads. Out of the corner of my eye I saw how Angilus started walking away. I had to dodge a couple of Megalon's hits and turned my back to Angilus. Less than half a minute later I heard Angilus approach running. I had time to wonder at his intentions for couple of seconds, before I felt him crash into me from behind. I flew up into the air for the second time that day, but this time also Ghidorah, Gigan and Megalon were left in Angilus' way. Ghidorah fell on his back just when he was using his gravity beam and hit my backside, Gigan and Megalon fell and hit their heads together. I spun another partial volt, but this time I landed butt first on a rock. I fell backwards from the rock, holding my fried, suffering backside, and whispered in my agony: "Ouch. Mother..."
Angilus came to me. I looked at him angrily. I looked at Gigan and Megalon, who were (more or less) unconscious, and Ghidorah, who was lieing on his back, and couldn't get up. I looked back at Angilus and said: "Buddy, I can forgive you, if you help us to Rodan and get fuel to Mecha-Godzilla for me."
Angilus nodded: "All right, it sounds like a good deal."
I got up slowly, being careful of my sore backside. I wasn't able to straighten myself completely, so I stood half bent and tail slightly raised. Angilus looked at me worriedly: "Are you all right?"
I grimaced and limped to Ghidorah: "I'm fine, I'll just walk funny for an hour or two. These scratches and bruises heal before tomorrow, and those few lost teeth will grow back in a couple of weeks. All right Ghidorah, get up, and we'll go see Rodan and her miraculous herbs..."
I helped Ghidorah back on his feet. He went to pick up the animal he had dropped and kept munching it, even though every one of the three heads had lost a few teeth. Then we (I, Ghidorah and Angilus) started dragging Gigan and Megalon to Rodan. Jonna rode on Ghidorah's neck.
Rodan had already returned home and was sorting the herbs she had gathered, when we wobbled into her home. She looked up from her work and dropped the herbs she was holding. She shook her head and said: "Well, boys, I hope, that you had fun."
I smirked: "Of course we had."
We marched further in and dropped Gigan and Megalon on the ground. Angilus left to get fuel for Mecha-Godzilla, just like he had promised. Ghidorah sat on a good-sized rock and I crouched near Megalon. Rodan told Ghidorah to spit out the animal, which he was munching, and threw it to the forest. Then Rodan gave some sweet herb for us to chew: "This keeps your mouths clean, so that the rest of your teeth won't fall of as well."
Rodan started cleaning and bandaging Gigan's and Megalon's wounds at the same time she was talking to us. It wasn't very comfortable when she talked and we couldn't answer, because we had to chew those herbs. I think, that Rodan teased us on purpose.
Gigan woke up for a moment and groaned about his aching wounds. Rodan gave Gigan the herb potion she had mixed, which relieved pain and anesthetized. Gigan fell asleep soon and Rodan started cleaning my wounds. The cleaner, which she used, stung in my wounds for some time and left a strange feeling of cleanness on my healthy skin. I relaxed and made the mistake of sitting down on my sore backside. I growled from pain and returned to crouching position, holding my sore butt, so that I just wouldn't forget it again. Rodan moved my hand: "Show me what's wrong. Oh oh, that looks bad, I refuse to clean up that mess. You have lost some scales and received a couple of scratches. They heal in a couple of hours, but it takes a couple of days for your scales to grow back."
Rodan cleaned the last wounds on my arms, gave me the rag she had used and told me to keep it on my scratches, until the stinging would stop. She took another rag and started cleaning Ghidorah's wounds. I wrinkled my face because of my stinging backside and chewed my sweet herb. When my scratches weren't stinging any more, I dropped the rag on the ground and chewed my herb lazily at the same time I was watching how Rodan cleaned Ghidorah's last wounds. I felt strangely sleepy. Apparently Ghidorah was also sleepy, because his middle head dozed of for a moment. When it woke up, it dropped its herb, mumbled something about that, what a dexterous and nice girl Rodan was, gave Rodan a kiss on the cheek and fell asleep again.
The two other heads dropped their herbs as well and started dozing of. Rodan helped Ghidorah to a comfortable sleeping-position and came to me: "Boss, are you feeling sleepy?"
I nodded and that herb fell from my mouth. Rodan said: "Good, that means, that the herb is starting to take effect."
I snored, even though I was awake and drool dripped down my chin. The next thing I knew, was that at I was lieing on the ground on my side. I heard the voices of Angilus and Mecha-Godzilla before I fell asleep.
A couple of hours later I woke up when I heard Angilus laughing. I sat up and noticed, that my backside didn't hurt any more. Rodan noticed me and asked: "Are you feeling better now, boss?"
"Yes, much better. Hey, where's Jonna?"
"She's sleeping in my nest." Rodan said and pointed at the pile gathered from plants and soft materials behind me. Jonna peeked over the nest's edge.
"I'm not sleeping." she said and disappeared back to the nest. After a moment she climbed out of the nest and said she was going to go and see Sabina. I said goodbye to Rodan, Angilus and Mecha-Godzilla and left with Jonna.
At home I was greeted by two happy kids and one very confused Sabina. Junior and Susan came to me and Jonna, but Sabina stayed in her usual place near the pond. This time however she was standing. Our eyes met for a moment. I tiredly nodded her a greeting. She nodded back a bit uncertainly. I went to the pond to drink. I washed my face at the same time. Sabina started speaking, slightly nervous, but she spoke, and I listened.
"So, you really are Godzilla, the king... I'm sorry, that I didn't believe, that I have been so rude and mean... Can you forgive me?"
I nodded: "I understand why you have behaved like that. I wouldn't have believed either if I had been in the same situation as you."
Sabina looked at me and seemed thoughtful. I asked what was bothering her and she said: "Well, I was just thinking, that how have you reached your position. By birthright or by earning? And how am I supposed to speak to you?"
I smiled: "Speak to me just like to anyone else, like my friends do. Only in official occasions are you supposed to speak to me formally, but then I'm also supposed to speak to you formally. And what comes to reaching my position, then the answer is both. I was born to this, but I have fought several times with those, who have challenged me for my position. Most monsters on this island are my former challengers."
Sabina nodded. It was evening and the sun was setting. The children began to get ready to sleep. I still felt lots of negative emotions between Sabina and me, but one, disbelief, had now been wiped away. This evening was a time of a temporary peace. I got up and started walking towards my sleeping place. Sabina's surprised voice said: "Hey, you're lacking scales..."
I turned around and smirked: "Yeah, I was learning to fly, but my landing still needs a little practise."
Sabina smirked too and continued: "I don't believe that. You're missing teeth as well."
I shrugged: "I was just doing my job and I got smacked in the face. That's it."
I went to my sleeping place and lay down. Junior came next to me. I was already about to fall asleep, when Sabina said: "Good night Godzilla."
I looked at her and answered: "Good night Sabina."
Then I fell asleep and I slept better than for a long time, dreaming about strange things, like flying.
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Author Note: All readers, please Review! Important news: I'll be keeping a pause from writing this story, because I have promised to translate my friend Jarkko's (Finland's Ghidorah-fan Jarkko) story in English for him.
Kirjoittajan Muistio: Kaikki lukijat, olkaa hyvä ja Arvostelkaa! Tärkeitä uutisia: Minä pidän tauon tämän tarinan kirjoittamisesta, koska olen luvannut kääntää ystäväni Jarkon (Finland's Ghidorah-fan Jarkko) tarinan englanniksi hänen puolestaan.
