Ok, time for another chapter! This one is more lighthearted for the most part than the previous ones, trying to mix it up a little. Anyway, I'm also adding something from the Ultraman series (at least the original) where the monster set to appear in the episode's name appears after the theme song. So enjoy!
Ultrawoman Corona Episode 8: Monster Defense Directive
Zakira and Mischievous Guardian Beast Vulperas appear!
Itazura Village Temple, midnight;
The temple stood behind the village, nestled in the mountains and forests, protected from all sides by a wall. Bright patterns and colors covered the structure, atop each of the pillars was a statue of a nine tailed fox, a mischievous grin carved into the face. A group of five thugs, dressed in full black and armed with machine guns, snuck around front. "Mr. Okane, we are moving in on the temple of Vulperas," said one of the thugs over an ear piece.
"Good, remember, I want the creature alive," responded a voice on the other end.
"Understood," replied the soldier, then ordered his men to move forwards, the group slowly moving into the temple. Inside was a shrine, a gold statue of a bipedal nine tailed fox creature, a third eye in the middle of its forehead, as well as one on each shoulder and another in its chest. However, despite these strange features, the creatures face seemed mischievous, not angry or evil.
"Is that what we're looking for?" asked another soldier.
"Yeah, except the real one."
A stone in a purple aura lifted off the ground nearby, then flew across the room, drawing the attention of the thugs, letting something swing down from the rafters and grab two, lifting them into the rafters screaming, leaving them hanging from two nails by their underwear with a laugh.
The leader growled, turning and looking up at the creature, nine long tails swishing behind her as she perched on the rafters. The living version of the statue had majestic white fur, except her tail tips which varied in colors, red, yellow, light blue, green, dark blue, purple, black, pink, and white. Her pupils were a deep blue, adding to her beauty. "There's Vulperas! Attack!" he yelled but the fox-like creature's white tail acted like a paint brush, painting over her until she vanished into thin air. "Where'd she go?!"
Vulperas reappeared behind two more, using her red tail to light one's pants on fire, sending him running around trying to put himself out before crashing into a wall and shocking the other into unconsciousness with her yellow one before dashing off. Vulperas laughed and vanished with her white tail again. The remaining two looked around, realizing everyone else was indisposed. "Retreat!" yelled the leader, running and leaving his partner behind.
The other thug was about to run but heard something behind him. He turned, but instead of Vulperas, he saw a beautiful white haired woman in a flowing white dress. She motioned for him to come over and, enchanted by her beauty, he did and she wrapped her arms around him…but just then, he noticed she had nine tails behind her. "Huh?!" he asked, right before the woman kneed him in the groin hard enough to lift him off the ground. The woman laughed as the man crumpled to the ground with a moan before turning into Vulperas with her black tail.
The lead thug looked around outside, seeing nothing. "I think we lost her…" he said, before realizing his partner was gone. A roar came from behind him and he slowly turned around to see a kaiju sized Vulperas with black fur and demon horns curled under her neck standing above him. The massive fox spirit kneeled down slowly and opened her mouth, fire welling up in her throat. The man covered his face with a scream but nothing happened. He looked to see a putrid smelling yellow gas instead of flames greeting him from Vulperas' maul. He covered his nose and mouth coughing, while he was distracted with the stench, he stepped back and fell down the long stairway to the temple, rolling down the steps to the bottom where he lost consciousness. Vulperas watched the whole thing, her appearance reverting back to her normal white form before she fell on her back laughing.
Neo Ultra Garrison, 9 am;
"Almost there…" said Yuki, building a tower of playing cards on the center desk. It was a slow day, so everyone was just fooling around doing nothing important, except Kat, who kept her constant vigil on the terminal. "There!" he said, putting the top level on. "Done!" he said, quite proud of himself. However, suddenly, Rimu Eleking jumped through it, knocking it down, much to Yuki's grief. "Why?! What did I ever do to you?"
Rimu Eleking simply hopped over to a special adapter placed up so he could feed, giving a dismissive screech. Kira laughed. "Looks like he doesn't care!" she said, watching footage of Ultraman 80, a red and silver, compact Ultraman from the 1980s, as he formed a lance of blue energy and throwing it.
Yuki groaned and started rebuilding his tower. "Well not like I have anything else to do but rebuild this thing," he muttered. He barely got the first row done when Kat signaled an alarm, making Yuki fall through his tower, scattering it again. "Oh man!"
Kat looked over. "We've got something," she said, calling everyone over. "A small mountain village called Itazura sent in a request saying they need help with a 'problem with a monster'. I've sensed something there."
Anne nodded. "Ok everyone, you know the drill, I'll monitor things from here, you all go."
"Why all of us?" asked Eiji, confused.
Anne smiled. "Because you're all bored and your complaining about it is getting on my nerves."
Itazura Village, 1 pm;
The crew got out of their craft, having landed in a clearing near the village, which was rather modern in appearance but still retained the serenity of an old style village. It looked like a festival of some kind was going on, posters and statues of Vulperas all over town, kids running around with toys of her and playing all kinds of pranks on each other. "Looks like we landed in the middle of a festival of some kind," said Yuki, happy about the fact as he ducked a thrown water balloon.
Garret looked at a brochure. "Says here it's the Festival of Vulperas."
Eiji blinked. "What's Vulperas?"
"Its says here it's the guardian spirit of the village and this is to celebrate it."
Kira smiled. "Well at least we've got a fun place to check out this time," she said, looking around.
Eiji shook his head. "We're here on business, not fun!" he said, grumbling. He leaned against a fence. Something tapped him on the shoulder, he turned around to see Vulperas staring at him. He screamed, falling backwards to the ground. "What is that thing?!" he asked, Vulperas laughing, then running off.
Kira looked at the creature as she dashed off. "That's the same creature that the kids have toys of."
"Very observant," said a voice behind them, they turned to see an old Japanese man, white hair, a white beard on his face, his clothing white and oriental, as was the can he supported himself with. His dress gave him the air of an elder, someone worth respecting.
Garret blinked. "Who are you?"
"I am Isao Haruo, the elder of this village and the chief caretaker of the temple of Vulperas."
Eiji looked at him. "Was that the problem you called us about?" he said, standing up.
Isao shook his head. "No, no, Vulperas is our guardian monster," he said. "I said we had a problem with a monster, not a monster problem."
Eiji shook his head. "What's the difference?" he asked, confused.
Kat looked at him, using her powers slightly to figure out the answer. "You mean there's a problem with Vulperas, not that she's the problem?"
Isao nodded. "Exactly," he said. "Vulperas has been our protector since feudal times, when a village samurai saved her from an oni, to reward him, Vulperas promised to be the village guardian for all eternity," he said. "But on one condition, that when she wasn't protecting the village, she could play lighthearted pranks on the villagers, we agreed. But of course, as the world became more safe, Vulperas had more and more time to play pranks. Eventually, a deal was made, if she kept those in the village safe from all threats, and stopped criminals, then she'd be allowed for one week per year to play all the pranks she wanted."
Kira came to a realization. "That's what the festival is for, so she can play pranks?"
Isao nodded. "Yes, exactly, and to show how much we appreciate her protection, she's very good at it," he said.
Just then, a young black haired teen ran past an old woman, grabbing her purse and running down the street. "My purse!" yelled the woman.
The Ultra Garrison prepared to do something about it but Isao stopped them with his cane. "Watch."
"Vulperas!" yelled the woman for help. As the man ran down the street, Vulperas stuck her light blue tail out, painting a layer of ice on the ground. The thug didn't see the ice and slipped, falling but Vulperas reached out and caught him by his underwear. She hung him from a tree for the cops before taking the purse and returning it to its owner, getting petted by the woman.
Eiji blinked. "Wow…I never thought there were good kaiju."
Isao smiled. "There are more than you know."
Yuki was just laughing heavily. "Oh boy! That guy didn't know what hit him! Vulperas even uses pranks to fight crime!"
Kira watched Vulperas use her green tail to make a vine grow around a pole with a Venus flytrap head on the end, scaring some people, who shook it off a laughed. "Ok, so what's the problem?"
Isao sighed sadly. "Last night, a group of thugs broke into Vulperas' temple and attempted to capture her. She fought them off and captured them but we have the feeling they're not done with her yet."
Yuki nodded. "So your guardian needs a guardian?"
Isao nodded. "Exactly, that's why I called you, you're the only ones equipped to deal with something like this."
"Any clues?" asked Garret. "Who would benefit from Vulperas being out of the way?"
Eiji shook his head. "From the looks of it, any criminal in this town."
On the other side of town, in an old abandoned warehouse, a Japanese man in his 30's with short brown hair, green eyes, and wearing an impeccably made business suit stood looking over a model of Itazura angrily. "Those thugs can't get anything right!" he yelled, throwing the model off the table and smashing it into a wall. "With that blasted monster running around, there's no way I can get anyone to sale!"
"You know Mr. Okane…you could just move on to a different area…" muttered one of his partners.
Okane snarled, looking at him. "Itazura is prime real-estate! A great many of my partners will pay top dollar for that place!" he yelled. "And I won't pass up a great opportunity!"
"Perhaps I can help," said a voice from behind him.
Okane snapped around, seeing Gamma standing behind him. "Who the heck are you?"
"Call me Gamma," said the invader. "I'm here to offer you a deal."
Okane looked him over. "Why would you help me?"
"Because you're greedy, conniving, and cunning, and I like that in people."
Okane chuckled. "Flattery will get you nowhere, those things are very helpful in my line of work."
Gamma nodded. "I'm a scientist," he explained, pulling out a suitcase and putting it on the table. "And I've got some gadgets for you…"
Meanwhile, the Ultra Garrison were watching Vulperas tap someone on the shoulder and when they turned around, spray them in the face with water from her blue tail, ending up making them laugh. "How many pranks does one monster have?" asked Yuki, enjoying himself.
"45...and counting," muttered Eiji, just the opposite. "Where's the action? We've been here for how long?"
Kira had several stuffed toys and prizes. "Oh come on Eiji! Enjoy yourself while we're waiting for something to happen! I mean we are at a festival after all!"
Kat nodded, playing a dart toss game and winning a stuffed Vulperas doll. "Yeah, stop being a spoilsport!"
Eiji groaned. "I'm a soldier! I'm not use to this type of thing!" he yelled, looking to them, only for his underwear to be pulled over his head, Vulperas materializing from invisibility behind him laughing, causing everyone else to laugh as it revealed little cartoon Gomoras on his underwear. "…That isn't funny!"
Garret laughed. "No, its hysterical! But Vulperas is one of the more interesting kaiju I've seen," he said, returning to taking notes on her. "It seems each of her nine tails has a different power. Red is fire, blue water, green control of plants, yellow electricity, white invisibility, light blue ice, and yellow electricity."
Eiji nodded. "True…what does the pink do?" he asked, putting his underwear back. Vulperas turned towards him as he set back down, spraying a pink mist from her pink tail onto his chair. Eiji felt it and tried to stand up, only for his rear-end to be stuck to it. "…It makes things sticky…great!" he said, watching Garret write that down. "Help me out here!" he yelled, Yuki coming over to try to help him.
Kat laughed, giving Vulperas a high five. "You're great! We need something like you around our base on a slow day!" she laughed but then snapped to look at a truck coming up, several of Okane's thugs jumping out, armed with high tech looking rifles. "Incoming!"
Kira dove to the ground along with the others, Vulperas looking around, then following them as the thugs opened fire, lasers firing from their guns. "Laser guns?! Normal thugs don't have lasers!" she said, pulling her gun.
"Great! Finally action and my butt is stuck to a chair!" yelled Eiji, still trying to get himself unstuck.
"Take your pants off!" yelled Kat, pulling her pistol as well and shooting back at the minions.
Eiji groaned. "No way! I don't want to fight evil in my underwear!" he yelled, by a laser lit the chair on fire. "Ok! Ok! I'll fight evil in my underwear!" he yelled, taking his pants off to free himself, fully showing his Gomora underwear. "Why'd I choose to wear these today?!" he asked, opening fire.
The fire fight continued as Vulperas helped civilians get out of harms way, protecting them as well as she could. A man wearing a hooded coat laid in an ally nearby, crying out for help, drawing the spirit's attention. Vulperas cocked her head but approached him, wanting to help if she could. She reached down to help him, only for him to throw his hood back and reveal Okane, who drove a golden rod into her chest eye, electrocuting her. Vulperas cried out in agony before falling to the ground unconscious. "Finally you're mine…and now you'll help me have this town for my partners, or die trying."
Kira heard Vulperas cry in pain with her enhanced senses. "I'll go check on Vulperas," she said, crawling under some bushes as the rest of the Garrison handled the thugs. She managed to get far enough way, running to the ally. "Where are you?" she asked worriedly, knowing Vulperas might be in trouble. "I need Kat to help fine her," she said, turning to see the Neo Ultra Garrison was still having trouble with the thugs, who were using their truck as a shield. She switched her blaster to stun and snuck around behind them. "Hey guys!" she said, the thugs turning as she opened fire, hitting them and paralyzing them swiftly. "Based off Baltan Seijin's freeze ray, what you think?" she asked, the thugs unable to move. She looked to the rest of the Garrison. "Got them!"
The others walked over, Eiji finally managing to get his pants unstuck. "That's better…where's Vulperas?"
Kira sighed. "I think whoever is in charge of all these thugs got her…Kat, can you do your monster finding thing?"
Kat nodded. "Yeah, I should be able to find her," she said, concentrating. "I…think I've got her, she's being taken across town."
Later that night, the Garrison followed Kat, Isao following along. "Her signal is getting stronger," she said, reaching out. "But I think she's in pain."
Kira looked down. "We should've kept a better eye on her…"
"Kira…it's her duty to defend this town, we couldn't stop her from helping those people," said Garret.
Kira nodded. "Yeah…but we can rescue her."
"I get why we're saving the…fox…spirit…monster…thing, but why is the old guy with us?" asked Eiji, pointing to Isao. "He'll just slow us down!"
Isao looked at him, using his staff to take off his belt, causing his pants to fall down. "Let's see how fast you can walk with your pants at your ankles," he said with a laugh before throwing him his belt back. "Don't underestimate your elders, they may be more skilled than you think."
Eiji sighed. "I deserved that."
Kat looked ahead, seeing a warehouse in the distance. "Vulperas is in there, I can feel it," she said, pointing. "But she's in pain, like something is hurting her."
Kira growled. "Let's go hurt them," she said, heading ahead and pausing at the end of the ally, looking the place over, seeing two armed guards at the entrance. "Its guarded, we'll need to sneak up and-" she said, being interrupted by Yuki simply picking off both guards with single shots from his pistol. "…Or just do that," she finished.
Yuki smiled. "Hey its what I do best!"
"Come! Vulperas needs rescuing!" said Isao, walking ahead.
"You heard him," said Kat, following, the others following shortly after.
Kira snuck around to the side, leading them up to the roof. "Yuki, can you slice through here with your laser?"
Yuki nodded. "Your wish is my command," he said, using the laser setting on his pistol to slice open a square in the roof, Garret and Eiji pulling it off.
Kira nodded. "You're always good with that gun," she said, climbing down into the rafters. "Ok, Kat, lead the way." she said, letting Kat climb down and walk ahead, using her powers to tract Vulperas. She lead them down several stairwells, a voice starting to become audible. "I head someone," whispered Kira. She peeked through a small window, seeing Okane and his thugs, Vulperas strapped to an electrified brace muzzling her and holding all of her limbs, tails included, and shocking her.
"Struggle all you want," said Okane, smiling as he paced in front of his captive. "It'll just make it shock you worse," he said. "Now, let me explain what we're going to do," he continued, pulling out a golden metal collar with two green jewels imbedded in it. "I'll put this on you, and it'll make you follow my orders, then you'll attack the town, destroying everything in your path, scaring the entire population," he said. "Thinking their beloved 'guardian monster' has turned against them, they'll sale out for a lower price than I wanted originally!" he said, laughing. "Now, let's try on your collar," he said, moving in to put it on as Vulperas struggled but to no avail, as the collar snapped around her neck. A tear ran down the noble beast's cheek as her eyes went dull, her mind submitted to his command.
Kira snarled, unable to take anymore. She ran down the stairs, the others following suit. "Leave her alone!" yelled Kira, pulling her gun, the others joining her.
Okane looked, not unsurprised. "I knew you'd be coming to rescue this 'precious' monster," he said with a laugh, his thugs standing between them. "The Neo Ultra Garrison, I'm honored to have the chance to kill you."
Isao growled. "Release Vulperas! She's done nothing to you!"
Okane laughed. "Old man, I don't care about that, I'm just selfish," he said. "Now…" he continued, pressing a button and releasing Vulperas. "Attack the city," he said. He looked to his thugs. "Kill them," he ordered.
Vulperas roared, vanishing. She appeared outside in her more demonic form, roaring aloud and smashing through the surrounding buildings.
"No! Vulperas! Stop it!" yelled Isao, then growling to Okane. "You monster!" he said, as the thugs opened fire, Kat puling Isao behind a crate as the Neo Ultra Garrison opened fire from hiding, beginning a firefight.
Kira looked outside, knowing Vulperas didn't want to do it and was probably suffering more than anyone from this. "I'll distract Vulperas, you guys try to take that guy down and break his control over her," she said, getting nods all around. She snuck back out the way she'd came in, making it to the roof. She pulled out the Ultra Pendent. "I don't want to hurt you, Vulperas but I can't let you kill innocent lives," she said. "Corona!" she yelled, transforming.
Vulperas roared, breathing a torrent of flames into the buildings around her, blowing them up. As she turned to march further, Corona appeared in a pillar of light, grabbing her tails. Vulperas roared, looking back at her and trying to get her off. Corona planted her feet in the ground and pulled back, managing to lift Vulperas off the ground and spin her around, throwing her into the woods surrounding the village, leaping to join her. "Shiah!" yelled Corona, taking her battle stance as Vulperas rose to her feet. Vulperas roared and charged with her horns, but Corona sidestepped her, though she didn't want to counterattack too strong out of fear of harming the guardian beast. Vulperas shot flames at Corona, which were blocked by her bracers.
Back in the warehouse, the fire fight continued. Without any cover to hide behind, several thugs took shots, ether being killed or stunned but there were many of them. "There's so many of them!" yelled Yuki, ducking fire then firing, hitting a thug in his chest.
"I know!" said Eiji, then looking at the crate he was hiding behind, wiping off dusts. He read the writing. "Marbles…great we're in a warehouse storing prank novelty toys! As if I hadn't seen enough of those today!"
Kat smiled. "Actually, I think its just what we need!"
Eiji cocked his head, wondering what she meant, then realizing it, smiling. "A little like a cartoon, but good idea," he said, shooting the lock off the crate with his gun then tipping it over, spilling marbles all over the room around the thugs, causing many of them to trip and fall on them, several colliding and getting knocked out, others firing randomly as they fell and shooting others.
"Prank warfare! I love it!" yelled Yuki, looking at another crate. "Let's see…whoopee cushions…rubber chickens…Oh boy, here we go," he said, opening a crate and tipping it over, causing a torrent of joy buzzers to spill out over the room, several thugs stepping on them and getting shocked, distracting them so Yuki could pick them off.
Garret looked around. "Ok, my turn," he said, finding a crate of those spring-loaded snakes in nut cans. "Perfect!" he said, opening it and turning it on its side facing the thugs. "Kat, care to do the honors?"
Kat smiled, using telekinesis to open all the can simultaneously. The spring-loaded snakes launched out, striking several thugs in various places, combined with the other pranks knocking most of them down.
Isao smiled. "My turn!" he said, running forwards and kicking one thug in the face with a jumping kick, then taking another out with a spinning chop.
Kat blinked. "Ok…so that's why he meant by don't underestimate the elderly."
Yuki laughed. "Dude! That's awesome! A ninja old person!" he said, watching Isao knee one in the gut and drive him face first into another one's groin.
Eiji's jaw dropped. "Ok…from now on, I never assume someone can't kick butt."
Outside, Corona flipped over Vulperas' head as she charged under her, landing behind her and kicking her in the back. Vulperas roared, staggering forwards, but as Corona charged for another attack, the fox spirit turned, sending a gout of black smoke from her jaws, blinding Corona and covering her in black ash. As Corona tried to get it off her eyes, Vulperas charged and slashed her across the chest, sending a shower of sparks and knuckling her to the ground, where she was kicked repeatedly, rolling her over several times. Vulperas picked the Ultra hero up and blasted her back with her flames, causing several explosions and sending Corona to her knees. Corona groaned, trying to stand, she couldn't fight to full ability since Vulperas wasn't in control of herself at the time and wasn't evil to begin with. As she tried to figure out what to do, Vulperas kicked her to the ground and ground her foot into her color timer. Corona cried out in pain, trying to free herself. That's when she saw the collar on Vulperas' neck, remembering Okane putting it on her neck. As Vulperas roared, Corona put her fingers to her beam lamp, firing the Glacial Shot into it, shattering it. As the device fell off, Vulperas roared out staggering back, her eyes returning to normal before she smiled at being free but passing out from the strain of what had happened. Corona stood, petting Vulperas' head softly, glad to have restored her.
The Neo Ultra Garrison and Isao finished up with the thugs and now had Okane surrounded. "Give it up! Your surrounded!" said Kat.
Okane laughed hysterically. "You think you've won? That collar and those guns weren't the only gifts my benefactor gave me!" he said, clenching his fist, green scales growing. The heroic team opened fire but the growing green scales absorbed the impacts. He suddenly grew, increasing in size and smashing through the roof.
"Run!" yelled Kat, her and the rest of the Garrison running out the door of the warehouse as a vicious looking reptilian monster covered in dark green, thick scales except for his stomach, which where equally thick but yellow. Red eyes glared out of its predatory head, vicious fangs sticking from his jaws and a row of spines running down his back and tail. "Dr. Connors, what is that thing?!"
Garret looked the beast began tearing through the city. "The space predator Zakira. He's a predatory space creature from Ultraman 80's time, he's extremely strong."
Eiji nodded. "Then we need to get to the Ultra Condors and Ultra Phoenix to help Corona with him!"
Zakira roared looking to Corona and charging, taking her off guard, slamming her to the ground with a powerful blow. Corona cried out in pain from the strike and kicked him in the gut, giving her enough time to get to her feet. She threw the Frost Saber but Zakira merely batted it aside with his thick hide and immense strength, causing Corona to gasp in surprise before being struck by two lightning bolts from the space monster's eyes, blasting her to the ground with a cry of shock. Zakira roared, charging forwards and leaping onto his chest, driving powerful blows into her face before grabbing her head in his claws and squeezing tight, Corona struggling to try to free herself, her blows having no effect as her power began running out, her timer flashing red. Suddenly, Vulperas slammed her horns into Zakira's back, knocking him off Corona. She roared and breathed her flames onto the space predator, staggering him slightly but having little actual effect. Vulperas looked to Corona, seeing she was still trying to recover from the beating.
Zakira roared in rage, charging forwards, Vulperas charging as well, leaping over his head, only for her tails to be grabbed, slamming her to the ground. Zakira lifted her up, swinging her around and throwing her for some distance. Vulperas roared out in pain as she crashed to the ground, then again as Zakira's eye beams struck her back, burning her fur. Vulperas whined, trying hard to stand up, only for Zakira to smack her hard in the back of the head with his great strength, smashing her to the ground before grabbing her head and driving her face first into the ground repeatedly. Zakira screeched in predatory fury, licking his lips as he lifted Vulperas up, preparing to sink his powerful jaws into her throat. But as he leaned in to do so, six energy rays struck his back, not hurting him at all but getting his attention. He released his grip on Vulperas, looking back to see the Ultra Phoenix and two Ultra Condors flew over his head.
"Jeez! The lasers had zero effect! Normally they at least roar in anger or something!" yelled Yuki, surprised.
"Zakira has a very thick hide," said Garret. "It took Ultraman 80 two finishing moves into the exact same spot to kill him."
"Well we've go to give Corona and Vulperas time to recover," said Kat. "Neo Ultra Garrison! Attack!" she ordered.
Zakira roared, firing his eye beams at the machines, only for them to dodge and all fire again, hitting him in the chest. He simply brushed the place off and roared, firing again, narrowly missing Yuki's Condor. Eiji fired two missiles into Zakira's face, once again, when the smoke cleared, Zakira was unharmed. The space predator fired his rays again, grazing Eiji's wing and igniting a fire on it. Before Eiji could right himself, another beam was fired into the rear of the fighter, striking the engine and sending it crashing to the ground, though Eiji was able to climb from the machine unharmed to continue the battle on foot.
Corona groaned getting to her feet, rubbing her head. She turned to see Vulperas and helped her up. The two heroines looked at one another, then gave each other a nod, turning to Zakira. Corona charged first, jumping into the air and wrapping her arm around his head, using her momentum to drive him face first into the ground with a bulldog-like maneuver. Zakira roared in rage, though finally felt some pain, before rising to his feet, only for Vulperas to jump full on his back and drive him down again. Vulperas jumped off, landing a little bit in front of Zakira laughing at him. The predator rose up, glaring at Vulperas with a roar of rage. However, before he could attack, Corona leapfrogged off of Vulperas and delivered a diving kick to Zakira's chest, staggering him back. Zakira gave a feral snarl and grabbed Corona's arm swinging her around and throwing her to the ground. Vulperas roared, using her purple tail to lift huge boulders from the ground and launch them into Zakira's back, hitting him in the head and knocking him forwards. The beast roared in anger, turning around and firing his beams, catching Vulperas in the shoulder and forcing her back with a cry of pain. He turned back to Corona, only for her to do a back flip kick to his face, staggering him. Corona flipped over Zakira's head and landed next to Vulperas, both charging him. Zakira, however, caught both by the throat, lifting them up.
Yuki watched on. "Guys! Aim for his eyes! No matter how strong you are, the eyes are vulnerable! Use the missiles!" he said.
Eiji nodded, switching his gun and attaching a grenade launcher attachment to it. "Ready!" he said, firing as Kat, Garret, and Yuki fired their missiles at the same time.
Zakira cackled as he choked his opponents but then roared in pain as the Neo Ultra Garrison's weapons all hit his eyes, blowing them up and making him drop Vulperas and Corona. Both heroes kicked Zakira in the gut, Corona flipping backwards. She decided to try something and clenched her fists, putting them together like she was holding something, a spear of icy-blue energy growing out from them. She nodded, then reared back and put all her force into throwing it. The projectile hit Zakira right in the shoulder, piercing his flesh and stabbing a deep hole in it, making him cry out in pain and swat madly in all directions.
Yuki smiled. "She just used 80's Ultra Ray Lance!"
Garret smirked. "She's learning from her elders, just like Mebius did."
Vulperas took advantage, breathing a torrent of flames into the wound, lighting Zakira's shoulder on fire. The predatory monster roared in agony, trying to put out the flames. Corona slammed her fists together, preparing the Aurora Blitz while Vulperas' eyes and tails glowed bright blue, nine blue fireballs forming at each of her tails. Corona crossed her arms in a plus shape, firing her finishing beam, striking Zakira in the chest and staggering him backwards as ice formed over him. Vulperas launched her fireballs together, forming one huge one that she launched into the human-turned-kaiju, causing huge explosions until finally, both attacks stopped and Zakira fell limply to the ground with one last roar, an explosion of blue energy marking his demise. Corona slowly turned to Vulperas, extending her hand, Vulperas taking it quickly and shaking her hand, only to shock her lightly and laugh. Corona looked at her hand but then nodded with a chuckle. "Shuwatch!" yelled Corona, taking off into the sky.
The next morning, the Neo Ultra Garrison stood in the town square across from Isao and a human-sized Vulperas. "Thank you very much for all you've done for this town, and for our guardian," said Isao, Vulperas giving a happy roar.
Kira smiled. "You're welcome…still, that technology wasn't from Earth, and a human transforming into Zakira is disturbing."
Eiji nodded. "Yeah, how did that even happen?!"
Garret thought about it. "The same aliens that gave that Okane fellow that technology he used must of somehow bonded him with Zakira's DNA, letting him transform into a giant monster."
Yuki sighed. "Like we didn't have enough to deal with."
"Well that is important, but equally important is to savor every victory, no matter how small," said Isao, smiling. "And this was no small victory."
Kira nodded. "Yeah…you're right," she said, giving a smile of her own. "Thank you."
Vulperas smiled, listening, then put her red tail to Eiji's shoe, lighting it on fire, then laughing with everyone as he jumped around in pain.
"Oh come on!" yelled Eiji, trying to put his foot out. "Why me?!"
Next Time on Ultrawoman Corona, Episode 9; Wrath of the Tide Demon;
After doing well at their duty, the Neo Ultra Garrison take a well deserved break to an island in the Sea of Japan. However their fun in the sun soon turns into a working vacation when illegal blast fishing locals unleash a centuries old sea monster from its hibernation. Named Moraydon after an ancient tide demon of island legend, the prehistoric monster goes on a path of destruction towards Japan. Can the Neo Ultra Garrison drive the ancient beast back into extinction before the coast of Japan suffers his wrath?
