Chapter 10
The next day, Tatsuya sat at lunch with his friends. "Man, is there any monster that can beat Ultraman?" Ken said. "Let's hope not." Sakura said. "It was a joke, Sakura. We all know that Titan won't ever lose. He said so himself." " 'I will never accept defeat' were his exact words." Tatsuya said, remembering when he had said that as Titan. "Good memory, Tatsuya." Ken said. " Heh, thanks." "Say, guys?" Sakura asked suddenly. "Yeah?" Tatsuya and Ken said at the same time. "My dad's taking me to the amusement park today after work. He said we don't get to have fun together enough. So, he wanted to do something fun with me." "Good for you, Sakura. Have fun." Ken said. "I'm not done, Ken. He said you guys could come too." "But, I thought it was some kind of father-daughter thing." Tatsuya said. "Dad said that he knows that I have the most fun when I'm with you guys and he said that, as long as I'm having fun, he'll be having fun too. So he said, to get the most fun out of this trip, you guys can come too. So what do you say?" "Goof off on a school night? Do you need to ask? Heck yeah, I'm in. What about you, Tatsuya?" Ken asked. "Sure, I'm game. But, we should probably call our parents, just in case." "Guess your right. Alright, everyone, phones out." Ken said. The three friends removed their phones from their pockets. "On three. One, two, three! Dial!" The three called their parents and did their best to convince them to let them go. Once Tatsuya and Ken had the go ahead and Sakura's dad had been alerted, the three hung up and high-fived each other. "Alright, looks like we're going." Ken said. "Right. Now, we just have to meet dad at work." "He works at the power plant, right? Will they even let us in?" Tatsuya asked. "Don't worry. They know me. Trust me, they'll let us in." "Alright then. I'll see you guys later. Time for my special teachers." "Alright, see you after school." Sakura said.
After school, Ken, Sakura and Tatsuya gathered at their school's front gate. "Alright, let's go, guys." Sakura said. "Right." Tatsuya said. Meanwhile, on the monster's ship, Draxil was plotting with Tyros. "You know, Tyros, I was thinking, just to mix things up and keep Ultraman on his toes, maybe we should target a specific place. What do you think?" "I think it's a brilliant idea, master Draxil. But, what area should we attack?" "I've been monitoring the humans and this seems to be an important place. Computer, show Tyros what I'm talking about." The computer responded by posting an image of a large building. "What is that, master?" "According to the ship's translator, it's known as a power plant. Apparently, this one building produces the power upon which the entire city runs. Imagine what would happen if it were destroyed." "Ooo! Master, you're a genius. Targeting that place would definitely throw Ultraman for a loop. But, who do we send?" "I've already summoned him." Suddenly, the control room door opened and an insectoid monster stepped through. He had long claws and a beetle like horn sticking out of his head. His name was Multofas. "Ah, Multofas, welcome to the control." Draxil kidded. "Yeah, let's skip the formalities, Draxil. What do you want me to destroy?" "I want you to use your powers to destroy this building down on Earth. Destroy it from the inside out." "You got it. I just love smashing stuff. Let's do this!" "Computer, a portal to Earth for Multofas, please. And try to set him down by the power plant." "Acknowledged. Multofas, prepare for transport." The portal opened and Multofas stepped through. "Master, you do realize that we don't have many soldiers left." "Who cares, Tyros? The less there are, the fewer we have to share the prize with." "I see. So that's your angle." "You won't tell anyone, will you, Tyros?" Draxil asked, his eyes glowing blood red. "N-no sir. They won't hear a word from me." "Good."
Back on Earth, Tatsuya and friends had arrived at the power plant. It was not far from the school. As Sakura said, the guards knew Sakura and let her and her friends inside. Once there, they quickly hunted down Mr. Kudo. "Good timing everybody. I just got done with work. Let me go get changed and we'll head out." Mr. Kudo said. "Alright, dad. We'll wait right here." Mr. Kudo nodded and left for the locker room. While they waited, Tatsuya decided to people watch from the nearby window. He walked over to the window and looked out. He saw the sky acting up again. "Oh, crap. Why now?" Tatsuya muttered to himself. "Did you say something Tatsuya?" Sakura asked. "I said I need to go to the bathroom." 'Oh, I saw one on the way in here. It's right down the hall." "Thanks. See ya in a minute." Tatsuya raced out of the room and down the hall. Once he was sure he was out of sight, he ran out a nearby door. He ended up outside, on the left side of the building. He looked up to see Multofas stepping out of the portal. He watched him touch down and then reveal the nature of his powers. Multofas had the ability to break himself down into a legion of human sized versions of himself. Tatsuya watched in horror as the drones ran inside the building. "Oh, crap. We've gotta hurry. Let's do this, Riser!" "Right." Riser produced the gauntlets and Tatsuya went through the arm movements. He concentrated on the idea of being human sized and yelled 'Titan!' He transformed in a golden flash of light and ran back inside the building. It was a scene of utter chaos. The Multofas drones were attacking everyone. There was an evacuation order being blasted over the loud speakers. Tatsuya knew he had to pacify the situation and quickly. He got to work by blasting the nearest drones with his twin beams and told the men the drones were attacking to run. After that, he raced through the building, blast into oblivion every drone he came across. After a minute of this, he heard an ear-piercing scream. "That sounds like Sakura!" Tatsuya had Titan race back to room he had left Sakura and Ken in. When he got there, he found a small swarm of the drones attacking Sakura and Ken. Ken was doing his best to fend the monsters off with a mop he had found. Tatsuya charged up energy and folded his arms into an L shape, before firing it in a wave at the monsters. He tore threw them all and cleared the room. "Ultraman!" Sakura yelled. "Go on, get out of here!" Titan yelled. "Look out, Titan!" Ken yelled. Tatsuya turned around just in time to be caught up in a sneak attack by a pack of drones. They tackled him to the floor. "Ultraman!" Sakura yelled. Just then rapid bursts of energy tore into the drones back, providing enough of a distraction to the drones for Titan to transform into power mode and force them off of himself. He then charged his twin blasts and made short work of the drones. He then looked to see where the energy bursts had come from. Standing a short ways away was Hitomi. "Hey, it's that lady from I-NAC." Ken said. "Hitomi Watanabe, at your service. Don't worry about these kids, Titan. I'll escort them out. You finish up here." Titan nodded and flew off. "Good luck, Tatsuya." Hitomi thought, before leading Ken and Sakura out of the room.
While Hitomi took care of Ken and Sakura, Titan flew through the building, chasing down all the remaining drones he could find. He had them on the run. They ran out the front door and stopped right in front of the crowd of people that had gathered there. They then began to combine and reform the giant Multofas. Once he reformed, Titan assumed his giant form and began fighting the monster. As he did, Multofas fired several drones from each hand like living missiles. The drones grabbed onto Titan's arms and weighed them down. Multofas then struck Titan repeatedly with his claws and horn. Titan did his best to hold Multofas off with kicks, but it wasn't doing much good. "Arg! We need to break free or he's going to gore us to death. Got any ideas, Riser?" "Well, I remember that Taro had this one move where he would cloak himself in fire and charge at the enemy. Then he would explode the energy upon contact with the enemy and teleport away, dodging the explosion. Maybe we could do the same thing." "Alright let's do it. Just like with the volcanic fist, concentrate on the idea of heat and fire." As the two concentrated, heat energy began to gather around Titan's body. When a solid cloak of heat began to build, the drones holding onto Titan began to get burned off. The fell off in burning heaps, exploding when they hit the ground. Once freed from the Drones, Tatsuya had Titan charge Multofas. Multofas jumped high into the air to dodge, but Titan flew after him. He eventually caught him and finished the attack. "Ultra Dynamite!" Riser yelled as they finished the attack. The attack exploded and Titan teleported to safety. The blast completely obliterated Multofas. "Taro would've been proud, Riser." "Thank you, Tatsuya. Now, let's go rejoin your friends." "Right." Titan flew off and disappeared over the power plant. Tatsuya then entered the plant from the back and ran through to the front to join his friends. "Tatsuya! Where've you been?" Sakura yelled. "Well, to be honest, I've been hiding from the monsters in the bathroom." "Man, you are such a wuss." Ken said. "Yeah, whatever. But, man, now I really need a break. Are you ready to go, Mr. Kudo?" "Uh, yeah."
Later that night, after a relaxing day at the amusement park, Tatsuya sat at home, watching TV. Suddenly, his mother came into the room. "Tatsuya, honey, we're out of milk and eggs and I have make cupcakes for Setsuna's class tomorrow. Can you be a dear and run down to the market and pick some up?" "Sure thing mom." Tatsuya switched off the TV and stood up. He walked over to his mother and accepted the money for the groceries. "Alright, I'll be back in a minute." Tatsuya headed out the door and began to make his way to the market. It didn't take him to arrive. He quickly got the eggs and milk and then paid for them. He then left as soon as he came. As he began to walk down the street back to his house, he heard Riser making nervous noises inside his head. "What's wrong, Riser?" "I sense a strong source of power, Tatsuya. And it's getting closer." Soon, a woman rounded the corner. "I finally found you." She said to Tatsuya. "It's her! Tatsuya, she's the one with the power!" "What?" "She's not human Tatsuya. This power, it's the power of an Ultra!" "What? She's an Ultra?" "I see. So you're a human host." The woman said. "She knows what I am. Who is she, Riser?" "This power, it feels so familiar. It, it can't be. I saw her fall." "Answer me, Riser! Who is she?" "It's impossible, but, I sense the power of the princess coming from her!" "What? She's Yullian?" "Indeed I am. And it's time for us to talk, Ultraman Titan."