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Ultrawoman Corona Episode 13, Instinctive Rivals;

Sinister Space Monster Kelbeam appears!

Tokyo, 7 am;

While the city was still being repaired after the last kaiju attack, it wasn't such an uncommon occurrence that Japan weren't used to coping with such events. The people of Tokyo had returned to their daily activities as they always had and probably always would. However, soon the streets splintered and cracked apart, people running for their lives as a familiar form burst forth from the ground, Earthtron, his wounds and head horn fully recovered from before. The underground monster didn't turn his fury on the city, instead, he looked straight up into the sky, fixated on something that was far away. He discharged his beam into the sky twice, scaring more people. He snarled when he got no reaction from this action, turning and diving back underground, other than a huge hole in the ground, no damage having been done.

Neo Ultra Garrison HQ, 10 am;

The group were scratching their heads over this latest event. "Why would Earthtron attack now?" asked Eiji. "He's been happily living on that island for weeks."

"Technically he didn't attack, the only damaged he caused was coming up from underground," said Kira, defending Earthtron.

Yuki nodded. "And Earthtron's island hasn't been disrupted in any way, so it must be something else."

Anne nodded. "Yes, Earthtron was very content to just stay on that island of his own accord, there's no logical reason right now for him to leave it."

Kat scratched her head. "And he doesn't trigger my telepathy when I'm searching for a monster that's aggressive towards mankind."

Garret looked over the video. "And this wasn't any kind of direct attack, he had no targeting the buildings or people…he was just fixated on the sky."

Nami entered. "Hello everyone."

Yuki smiled. "Hey Nami! How you doing?" he asked, coming over and hugging her, the two now technically dating.

Nami frowned. "Personally, good…officially not so much."

Yuki blinked. "What do you mean?"

"The Prime Minster is furious," said Nami. "He wants to have Earthtron killed."

This caused the group to gasp in surprise. "Why?"

Nami sighed. "Because, you said Earthtron was a peaceful kaiju, and now here he is turning up in Tokyo."

Kat nodded. "We understand, but the thing is, Earthtron must have a reason for showing up here and now."

Kira looked at the footage. "Maybe there's something we're missing."

Garret nodded in agreement. "I think Earthtron is probably looking for something."

"I agree, and that was likely also whatever he was shooting at," said Anne. "And since he was firing into space, it's probably something we should be worried about."

Eiji blinked. "So you think Earthtron came out because something is on its way to earth that he's not too fond of?"

Nami nodded. "It would make sense," she said. "Monsters are territorial, its possible whatever is coming is something Earthtron considers a threat to his territory and he wants to defend what's his."

"Well then we'd best get into space and check out the situation," said Kat.

Eiji shook his head. "Sorry," he said. "The Ultra Condors and Phoenix aren't space worthy, they can't fly outside the atmosphere."

Garret smiled. "I've been tinkering around with a back up Phoenix we got a few weeks ago when we needed replacement parts to repair the main Phoenix," he said. "Come with me and I'll show you what I've cooked up." He lead them to the hanger, then through a hidden door to a hanger set aside for Garret to tinker around in. He flipped on a light and revealed another version of the Ultra Phoenix, but this one had larger engines and a bright silver paint job, as well as a blackened cockpit covering. "This is my new invention. I figured since we've been dealing with monsters and aliens, I might as well fix us up something to go into space if need be. It's called the Space Phoenix, not very creative, but oh well."

Yuki blinked. "Man you have a lot of free time on your hands!" he yelled. "Ok, so who will pilot it?"

"Garret should be onboard to identify whatever might be up there," stated Anne.

Kat nodded. "And I'll go as well, so we aren't just flying around in circles up there."

"Ok…but what will we do if Earthtron comes back?" asked Kira, concerned.

Nami sighed. "I'm sorry but the Prime Minister was quite clear, he wants Earthtron killed if he appears in Japan again."

Eiji scratched his head. "I know I normally wouldn't say this about a monster, but I don't feel right following that order, Earthtron isn't a evil monster, we already proved that before by relocating him safely and him not just returning to attack Japan."

Anne nodded with a sigh. "I know, but orders are orders…best we can do is just say we're busy dealing with another possible monster sighting."

Nami nodded. "I agree, that would probably at least buy some time, but then the military will just be sent into action."

Kat smirked. "Since when have they ever worked on a kaiju?" she asked. "Now come on, let's get into space!"

Upper Atmosphere, 11 am;

The Space Phoenix accelerated higher and higher into the air. "Ok, we're nearing space," said Kat.

"Turn up the thrusters…now!" yelled Garret.

Kat nodded, pushing the lever up and causing the engines to increase their output greatly, letting the Space Phoenix break through the atmosphere into the vastness of space. It was shaky until finally, Earth's gravitational hold was broken and they were moving through space. Kat lowered the thruster output now that it wasn't needed. "Ok, here we are."

Garret nodded, looking around. "Alright, try using your powers to sense a kaiju."

Kat nodded, tuning into her powers. "Hmm…I sense a few, but only one seems presently aggressive towards Earth, others are ether peaceful or not considering the planet at the moment," she said. "Let's go after that one." She headed off in that direction at full speed.

Tokyo, 11:10 am;

Earthtron erupted from underground once more with a loud roar, once again calling skywards towards whatever he sensed. As predicted, when the Neo Ultra Garrison didn't, or wouldn't, come, the normal military moved in and opened fire on the subterranean kaiju. Tanks, jets, missiles, and the like all pelted Earthtron but his thick hide was untouched. Angered that he'd been attacked, he opened his mouth and fired his magma beam, blasting a group of tanks to molten slag. He turned and did the same to the jets, sending them falling to the ground in fireballs. He advanced on the missile launchers, which tried to retreat, only for him to swing his tail around and crush them beneath it. Roaring in victory, Earthtron continued to wait, roaring skywards and firing his beam into the air.

Neo Ultra Garrison HQ, 11:20 am;

Kira nodded. "Well…Kat was right, the military was completely an utterly useless," she said. "Now what?"

Anne scratched her head. "I honestly don't know, he still didn't attack the city, he only fought back when he was attacked."

Yuki nodded. "Yeah, now he's just standing there roaring at the sky."

Eiji watched Earthtron continue. "And he's not just retreating underground like before, whatever is agitating him must be close."

Nami ran in. "The Prime Minister just called, he demands you attack Earthtron."

Kira sighed. "But he's not doing anything wrong, and there might be something far more dangerous on the way."

Anne shook her head. "That's a direct order…like it or not, we've got to follow it…Neo Ultra Garrison, prepare for battle."

Space, 11:30 am;

Kat and Garret continued through space. "Man its beautiful up here," said Kat, looking around. "So many stars and planets out there."

Garret nodded. "Yes, sometimes us humans completely forget how insignificant we are on a universal scale."

Kat nodded in agreement. "Yeah, no wonder so many races are mad at us," she said, then looked at the sensors. "Oh! Sensors got something!" she said. "Hold on!" she said, accelerating and giving Garret a slight whiplash. They finally reached the area of space the sensors had picked up and saw nothing. "I don't see anything."

Garret nodded. "But the sensors say we're right where they picked something up."

Kat blinked. She then realized something and flipped the Space Phoenix upside down, though in space it didn't matter to those inside. She looked up to see a large blue reptilian creature with a huge horn on his head and small spikes coming from his elbows. The monster had two huge ears that made it look like he wore a helmet and had tusks jutting from his lower jaw. But the most striking feature of the monster was a tail that was longer than his entire body, ending in a huge spiked club. Kat gulped. "Doctor…what are we looking at?"

Garret was excited. "Oh my! It's a Kelbeam! A space monster that appeared in Mebius' time! There were two, the first one appearing early on and a second reappearing later where it eventually ended up fighting another Earthtron."

Kat blinked, then realized something with a gasp as Kelbeam headed towards Earth at an accelerated speed. "That's why Earthtron came out! He senses Kelbeam!"

Garret nodded. "They must have some sorta instinctive rivalry, even though the second Kelbeam did seem to help Earthtron at first, they really didn't get along."

Kat sighed. "Ok! Let's call back to Earth so they know why this is happening!"

Garret nodded, trying to get a connection but nothing but static came through. "No go, we can't get a message through…that's strange, maybe there's still bugs to work out."

Kat gave another sigh. "Let's just go!" she yelled, accelerating. "Should we attack?"

Garret scratched his head. "This one isn't as durable as the normal Phoenix so it could be light enough for the engines to take into space. And if we get shot down out here, it could be game over."

Kat sighed. "Of course!"

Garret growled. "It was a prototype after all!"

Kat shook her head. "Alright! Let's just go and try to get to Earth first so we can tell the others."

Tokyo, Midday;

The Ultra Condors circled around Earthtron, who still didn't attack them. Kira sighed. "Do we really have to do this?"

Eiji scratched his head. "I don't want to…but an order is an order."

Yuki growled. "The Prime Minister is stubborn and impatient, enough said," he commented. "Let's just get this over with."

Kira nodded. "Alright…" she said, preparing to fire and hesitating quite a bit. When she finally prepared to fire, she sensed something and looked up. "Look!" she yelled as Kelbeam plunged down from the sky and hovered to the ground. "We've got a space monster!" she yelled but there was no response suddenly but static. "Huh?" she asked, confused. "Guys! Come in! Can you hear me?!" she asked, still nothing. "Oh what the heck!" she said and started firing on Kelbeam.

Earthtron roared in challenge and charged forwards, slamming into Kelbeam and knocking him backwards to the ground while Kira had him distracted. Kelbeam screeched in surprised and brought his tail around, smacking Earthtron in the side of the head and toppling him to the ground. Earthtron roared and bit down on Kelbeam's ankle, causing the kaiju to roar in anger and bash Earthtron with his huge claws. Earthtron growled as the blows landed, dazing him and allowing Kelbeam to bite down on his shoulder with his long tusks. Thankfully, the Ultra Condors flew in and fired into Kelbeam's face, causing him to snap up and snarl. He brought his tail up and swung the long appendage around, sending Kira's Condor spiraling to the ground. Kelbeam seemed to give a laugh-like roar and looked back down at Earthtron, only to be blasted in the face by the kaiju's beam, knocking him backwards through a building. Earthtron rose to his feet and was quickly on the attack, clawing Kelbeam's face savagely.

Kira got out of her wreaked Condor and ran back to the battle as Kelbeam's ears stuck up and a fireball blasted Earthtron off him. Kelbeam then stood up and started bringing his tail down on Earthtron's face and chest repeatedly. "Time to get involved," she said, pulling out the Ultra Pendent. "Corona!" she yelled, putting it to her chest…but nothing happened. "Huh?!" she asked in surprise and tried again, the same result. "What the heck? Why can't I transform?" she asked. She then looked up at Kelbeam, remembering that the moment he'd arrived, radio contact had been cut off. "He must be giving off some kind of jamming signal or something…I can't transform…but how?"

Kelbeam started bringing his bladed elbows down on Earthtron's head, causing him to screech in pain. The space monster seemed to laugh again, this time he stabbed his horn into Earthtron's side, making the kaiju scream in pain. Kelbeam reared back and tried it again, the weakened and bleeding Earthtron barely catching the horn and managing to hold him back, allowing the Neo Ultra Garrison to fire on his back but doing nothing. Kira growled. "I might not be able to transform, but that doesn't make me helpless!" she said, pulling out her package of capsule monsters. "Let's see…how about you?" she asked, pulling out a blue one and threw it into the air. In an explosion of light, a grayish-blue, saurian kaiju with gills and finned hands appeared blue spots decorated his body and several fins went down the length of his back. "Help Earthtron!"

The monster roared and charged Kelbeam, tackling him off Earthtron blasting the space monster in the chest with his energy beam, knocking him down. The capsule monster then helped Earthtron to his feet.

Yuki blinked. "Who is that?" he asked, though no one responded due to the jamming signal.

Eiji looked over the creature and checked the database. "Alright, so you're Zoa Muruchi, a kaiju from Ultraman Mebius' time and upgrade of a monster from Ultraman's time called Muruchi, commonly employed by aliens called Meits Seijin," he said. "Well looks like you're at least on Earthtron's side!"

Kelbeam screeched and stood up, swinging his long tail around but Zoa Muruchi caught the tail whip and held onto it as Earthtron grabbed on as well, pulling and lifting Kelbeam off the ground and slamming him back down. The two kaiju charged and lifted Kelbeam up, both raking him with their claws, sending showers of sparks. Earthtron rammed Kelbeam back with his horn, allowing Muruchi to smash him in the face with his tail. Kelbeam screeched and stood back up, his ears flipping up, revealing a small, relative to his body, red device attached beneath them. Kelbeam then fired his fireballs at the two in a steady stream, Earthtron and Muruchi being buffeted by the explosive blasts.

Kira saw the device. "That must be what's jamming us," she said, pulling out her gun and firing, striking the device and blowing it up, causing Kelbeam to roar in pain as the resulting explosion blew his ears off his head. Kelbeam roared in agony, feeling where his ears used to be, allowing Muruchi and Earthtron to charge forwards and slam him to the ground.

"Guys! Can you hear me?" asked Kira into her communicator.

Yuki nodded. "Yeah, we've got communications back, looks like whatever you hit was jamming us…where'd it come from?"

Eiji shrugged. "Probably evil aliens trying to conquer the Earth," he said. "Let's just help those two fight Kelbeam," he said, firing on Kelbeam.

Kira nodded, turning off her communicator and pulling out her Ultra Pendent. "Corona!" she yelled, transforming into her Ultra form and appearing in a pillar of light. "Shiah!" yelled the heroine, taking on her stance. She switched to her Power form, which was still incomplete, and charged forwards, punching Kelbeam in the side of the head and knocking him to the ground with a crash. She looked to Muruchi and nodded in thanks. The kaiju nodded, turning back to capsule form and returning to Corona.

Eiji blinked. "Well I'll be, Zoa Muruchi was a capsule monster!" he said. "That explains where he came from at least.

Corona held Kelbeam, allowing Earthtron to charge forwards and ram the space monster several times. She let go the last time, allowing Kelbeam to be toppled backwards. The space monster tried to rise and stab her with his horn, only for Corona to catch it and shatter it with her enhanced strength. Earthtron took advantage of Kelbeam's agony and fired his beam into Kelbeam's face, burning off a few layers of skin. As Kelbeam clutched his face in pain, Corona charged forwards and threw several palm strikes into his gut, knocking him backwards and the wind from his lungs. Corona grabbed Kelbeam, lifting him up and spinning around, throwing Kelbeam headfirst into the ground. As the monster got to his feet, Corona turned to her incomplete Speed form and did a rapid fire barrage of punches and kicks to his head and neck, finally kicking him back were Earthtron leveled him with a tail whip. Corona turned back to normal mode and nodded to Earthtron, who began charging more energy into his beam as she prepared the Aurora Blitz, the two attacks striking Kelbeam and causing him to roar in pain before exploding. Corona turned to Earthtron and nodded, petting the creature's head. Grateful, Earthtron dove underground and headed home. Deciding to do the same thing, Corona took off. "Shuwatch!"

As Corona flew off, the Space Phoenix returned. "Huh?!" asked Garret, surprised. "Oh man! We missed the fight!"

Kat growled. "That's because you wanted to document that Baru swarm we came across!"

Garret huffed. "Well they were amazing creatures!"

Yuki laughed. "Welcome back guys."

Eiji nodded with a chuckle. "But I do wonder, where did that device on Kelbeam come from that was jamming our signal?"

Space, 1 pm;

In orbit, a ship resembling a much smaller version of Alpha Seijin's set in orbit. Gamma sighed, watching the monitor. "I knew Kelbeam was far too weak for this job," he said. "Should've attached the jamming transmitter to something much stronger," he muttered. "Well my friend, I guess its time to test your upgrade to see if you're an improvement over the previous models."

From the shadows behind him, Hiraku, the businessman who awoke Earthtron and attacked Pestar appeared. "I thought you'd never ask," he said with a smile.

Next time on Ultrawoman Corona, Episode 14: The Advent of Zetton;

Ultrawoman Corona's greatest challenge yet occurs when Gamma Seijin deploys his 'perfected' fusion of human and kaiju, Hiraku, who has been merged with the Space Dinosaur Zetton, the kaiju who defeated the original Ultraman and has pushed many Ultras in the past to the limit. Does Corona have enough power to defeat the powerful space monster or will she suffer her first loss?