Here we go! In this chapter, we'll see what's wrong with Katashi, and the results make Katsuro angry... very angry.
Katsuro
It felt like ants were crawling all over my skin but the only thing I was able to scratch were hard, thick scales. My back was burning, but there was no way to get rid of the pain, as if my flesh had bonded with flames entirely. My knees buckled underneath me so that I as kneeling on the ground, trying to peel off the black scales crawling all over my body.
I could feel everyone's shocked reactions behind me. "It looks like Katsuro figured out how to transform already" Ayumu said.
Rage built up inside me. I wanted to jerk and rip his head off so badly but I forced myself to stay down. The only thing that left me hanging on to reality was Katsuro's condition that was caused by Saburo. But in my new half kaiju eyes, everything was distorted. No one had a human name anymore. It was just me and more kaiju standing behind me, their faces morphing from shocked human ones to fierce, kaiju ones.
A soft, gentle hand patted my shoulder. I clenched my teeth, my body pissed off at the person behind me, but her touch was so sweet and calm. I could tell it was Mothra, and I wanted to lash out at her, but she kept patting my shoulder, and moved down to my back as the spikes faded away, her dainty fingertips stroking my bare back.
I wasn't sure whether to be embarrassed or not. What should I say? 'Oh, sorry, I just had a panic attack!' I opened my mouth, but Airi just told me to be quiet as activity hustled around me. I think I heard something about setting up camp here 'cause it was pretty much hopeless to go on at the moment. I tried to move, but Airi told me to stay where I was.
The car parked on the edge of the forest and several tents being put up, I watched the sun move against the tree line while I rested my head against Airi's lap. Before I knew it, my legs were sprawled out against the dusty road and I was fast asleep.
When I woke up, the sky was a bright golden orange, and Airi was still by my side. I wanted to stay like this forever and pretend that I wasn't part Godzilla, but Airi told me that it was time to go help. She helped me up to my sore knees and we went to the area where we had set up.
The door to the van was open to that two people could sleep inside. Katashi was automatically going to sleep in there, given his condition. A one-man tent for Song's father was near the car, while there were two more three person tents the rest of the girls and the rest of the guys.
"Someone has to stay guard" I said. "Who knows when Saburo will be back?"
Everyone agreed with me. "I'll go first!" Haruki volunteered, but I shook my head. "No. I want to do it."
"Then if you're on guard, I'll be on guard with you." No one asked any questions about our decisions, and my mind conjured up a loathsome thought. Were they... afraid of me? I felt like sinking to the ground when I knew the answer was a yes.
I hoisted myself onto the hood of the van so that I was able to climb to the roof. "Don't worry, I'll look after Katashi" Haruki said below me, diving into the van. I sat cross legged, overlooking the entire forest as Airi sat down next to me.
I caught her off guard with the next question. "Are you afraid of me?" I asked. I was sure that I had gotten her there, but her answer surprised me.
"No" she said confidently. "You just need to work on your control. We all do. We all have to accept that this is a part of our life now, and that will never change."
I was silent for a while, and I honestly didn't know what to say, so Airi tried to strike up a conversation. "Ayumu found out who Ricky and Shouta are. Shouta's Rodan and Ricky is Gigan. Pretty cool, huh?"
I snorted, and Airi frowned. "It's about Ricky, isn't it? Why are you always so cold to him? Sure, he can be a bit dislikable at times, but he's a great friend. Are you like, jealous or something?"
I hesitated. "I… guess I am. You're into him and…"
Airi held back a laugh, but kept her serious tone. "You're jealous because you think I'm into him?" At that point, I felt my checks grow hot, and opened my mouth stuttering, until Airi could cut me off. "I told you, he's a great friend, but… that doesn't mean I like him. In fact, there's someone else I like.
"Who is it?" I asked nervously. "Ayumu, Haruki?"
This time, Airi laughed. "No, silly it's you!"
I was speechless. After she spoke, even looking at her changes everything. "Airi I…" As I spoke, that was when the yellow bolt danced over our heads.
The top half of Saburo was shown above edge of the van, smiling at us. "Aw, look at the two lovebirds… too bad this romance has to end."
Saburo pointed his hand at Airi. I leapt to my feet to launch myself at Saburo, but with his bare hand, he lifted up… Katashi! Saburo smirked. "I don't think so. One false move and your brother gets it."
Saburo tightened his fingers around Katashi's neck. Katashi squirmed under the grip, his hands scratching Saburo's and his legs flailing. His blank, purple eyes were filled with a distant pain. All of it became too much. Saburo's smirk, Airi's face twisted with shock, and my wrecked brother in terror. Rage from before bottled up inside me. I never cried, and I didn't cry now, but my emotions found another way to escape.
My jaws were forced open and I sunk to my knees as rage came shouting through my mouth, actually burning the skin inside, and then I realized that I wasn't screaming. Raw energy was being pushed out of my mouth, shining a dazzling blue in the night sky. It was Godzilla's famous weapon of destruction.
The atomic ray fired out of my mouth, charring the inside of my throat and causing smoke to billow from my mouth as well, but the ray struck Saburo's arm, and I watched as he cried out in pain as radiation and fire peeled away at his exposed arm, flesh instantly melting and third degree burns and sores dotted his arm.
Somehow, the golden-haired bastard still hung on to Katashi, and he stuck out his other arm at me. As I watched, his arm snaked forward and bit me on my right shoulder. I cried out in pain as block trickled out of the wound. Saburo's hand had morphed into a horned golden head with wicked red eyes and gleaming teeth. The ray stopped flowing from my mouth as the head pressed down harder.
"You're going to pay for that!" Saburo growled. As I watched in horror, a gleaming object floated from his pocket. My eyes widened in shock. It was the same crystal from before. The crystal floated right up to Katashi's face, right between his eyes. The crystal glowed until it was the same color as Katashi's eyes. As Katashi's body began to glow, also, the crystal slammed into his head.
There was no cry of pain as the crystal embedded itself into Katashi's skull, slowly adapting to his skin until it was partially enveloped by flesh. The crystal morphed into a permanent bright purple, and Katashi's eyes remained the same way. Saburo tossed him away, but Katashi floated in the air all by himself.
"How ironic" Saburo said, his voice dripping like poison. "He's you're younger brother. In a way, Spacegodzilla was Godzilla's younger brother." As the shock of what Saburo had just said sunk in, Saburo laughed. I got back up on my feet. "Fuck you!" I shouted, and we both lunged at each other, Saburo pushing me back way past the van.
We both rolled into the forest, fist flying and noses being broken, and then magically healing again. In my fighting spirit, I felt my skin harden into scales and my shirt rip open again, my spine and tail bone stretching as a long black tail grew out of my back. My head stretched to from a muzzle filled with pointed teeth. My eyes adapted to the dark as they morphed into the pupils of some saurian beast.
Saburo stepped back. "So that's how you want to play it, huh!" He shouted. His other sizzling arm turned golden like the other one, and another golden head of Ghidorah formed. As this happened, his real head stated to sprout horns and a snout. His shirt split as large, golden wings came into view, blocking the little moonlight that shown through the trees.
Growing was a weird sensation. My bones creaked and a million growing pains shot through my body as I began to tower above the trees, Saburo following me, and the hate still gleaming in our eyes. Some of my human feelings began to be shrouded by the kaiju instincts that came with Godzilla. Eventually, Katsuro wasn't recognizable.
My brother had been turned into a kaiju human, and the guy who did it was another kaiju in front of me.
I had to put that son of a bitch who was in charge. One though ran through my head.
I AM GODZILLA.
not gonna lie, Im excited for writing the next chapter. I hope I can put it up over the weekend. Expect full-out kaiju fight! Please review!
