Match 29: Godzilla (2004) vs Gojira (1954)
The city of Tokyo had become nothing but rubble and smoke. The once mighty towers that mankind had spend their lives building are now brought down like trees. Trains and cars- tanks and jets, even- were squashed under the might of a monster more fearful than any ancient creature that would stalk the streets. The fires that almost eaten away the cities had been all but forgotten. The night sky has now became a realm of grey clouds and swirling darkness. And the sea has become quiet and calm despite the chaos that was made years ago. This was once a peaceful time of Japan, but since this sight of devastation, it will forever become a ghost town and a message to all of humanity.
For this was Tokyo. 1954; when the first Godzilla attacked and left his mark on the arrogance of humanity. When the first Godzilla attacked the city, it was like facing a natural disaster. No matter how hard the people of Japan tried, no matter what weapons they used in their defense, Gojira pushed them aside and destroyed all in his path. Now, this land has became nothing but a memory.
In this realm of death, with time forever frozen, Gojira stands over the smoking rubble. No light could ever illuminate over the charcoal-black skin of the leviathan. No human being is left alive to watch his grey dorsal fins flash with white atomic energy. No fear could be felt when looking up into the eyes of the monster that they had awoken. White eyes, with black pupils, stare down at the burnt rubble that he had spread across the land. Once, he had felt pride and rage in destroying the land of Man. Now, he only feels guilt. Guilt that the violence between Man and his kind had only begun. And with Humanity never learning their mistakes, the destruction and the death has only started. However, at the same time, Gojira feels no pity. No shame for what he had done. It was only when he was killed by a weapon so destructive, he had only had a moment to feel a sense of mortality. Now, he had returned to this realm of death, his personal hell, to pass down his power to another of his kind.
A descendent.
Gojira hears heavy footsteps behind him, and he turns to a shadow approaching under the light of the moon. With every foot fall, dust and ash are pushed into the air before the face of the Kaiju before him is finally revealed. Much similar to Gojira, the monster that approaches him has three rows of white dorsal fins. The Kaiju's tail moves upward occasionally. Its eyes, although under the moonlight, still remains hidden in darkness. Keeping his fiery eyes upon his original namesake, Godzilla clenches his claws before he roars out to the ancient leviathan. Gojira, unfazed, turns to Godzilla as his own tail sweeps the rubble behind him. He had heard of this Godzilla from the world of the afterlife. A Godzilla that fought an entire planet of alien-controlled Kaiju in twenty-four hours, destroyed the vile Keiser Ghidorah and had the gun pointed on the crew of Gotengo. And yet, Godzilla spared them. That outcome is something that Gojira could not understand, but he knew that the year this Godzilla existed was the time of redemption for both species.
Now, Godzilla has come to this realm that Gojira now calls his dojo. And the oldest of the Gojira kind has come to answer Godzilla's call for one purpose: to fight. After both of the mighty monsters exchange their growls, Gojira slowly gets into a battle stance. With a stomp into the earth, Gojira keeps his elbows back and his claws raised to his chest. Godzilla pulls one arm back, and slowly lowers his other forward. Both mighty Kaiju, ancestor and descendent, stare at each other for what feels like an eternity. And they both at once charge at one another. Debris and dust is kicked up when the fight begins. Gojira swings one clawed hand up, aiming to strike across Godzilla's chest, but Godzilla crosses his arms. Catching Gojira's clawed hand, Godzilla pushes it aside before he raises one arm to block Gojira's right hand. Gojira raises an eyebrow; the young king learns fast. He ducks when Godzilla swings a punch aimed for his head, and he pushes with all his might. Godzilla roars in surprise when Gojira uses his strength to shove him back. Godzilla snarls before he digs his feet into the earth, creating trenches before they come into a full stop. He knees Gojira into his gut, causing Gojira to stagger back before Godzilla takes the advantage. Gojira only recovers for a second before he sees Godzilla's tail swiping his face. Gojira roars, but he turns his gaze back at the young king stepping forward. He grins, making Godzilla a bit uneasy. Gojira roars as he tackles Godzilla, but Godzilla merely keeps his footing and keeps the old Kaiju back.
With a growl, Godzilla pushes Gojira back before he spins. Gojira ducks as soon as he sees Godzilla's tail coming right at him. Gojira stands straight, but only to see the bright-blue light of Godzilla's atomic ray. The ancient beast roars in pain when the powerful beam of energy strikes his chest, pushing him back. Sparks fly off Gojira's body before the powerful beam ceases. Gojira growls as he falls to his knees, smoke snaking off his hide. He falls to his hands onto the ground, and Godzilla slowly marches to him. The young king looks down at the older king, but he didn't expect Gojira's intensions. With a flash of the old saurian's dorsal fins, Godzilla's eyes widen before Gojira unleashes his own atomic breath. The stream of super-heated, vapor-like atomic energy is not as concentrated as Godzilla's atomic ray, but it is just as destructive. Godzilla shuts his eyes when his face is assaulted by the atomic breath, and he roars in pain as he raises an arm. As the young king shields his eyes, Gojira rises to his feet to take advantage of the distraction. Gojira ceases his weapon, and he thrusts his jaws onto Godzilla's raised arm. Godzilla grits his teeth when he feels Gojira's sharp teeth sink into his flesh, and Gojira jerks his head down. With the strength of the older king, he drives Godzilla into the earth. The earth shakes when Godzilla's body hits the ground, only for Gojira to stand tall over his opponent.
Godzilla growls as he rises to one knee, shaking his head. Gojira looks down at the younger king, and he roars to him that he should remember one important rule. To never let another atomic weapon be used against him. Should the young king fall victim to another atomic power, he will be no better than the enemies he fight. Godzilla growls, keeping that in mind before he notices Gojira's clawed hand. Godzilla accepts his hand, and Gojira pulls him back to his feet before he takes a step back. They return to their battle stances, and they charge into battle once more.
Gojira decides to send a kick into Godzilla's groin, but Godzilla catches his foot before pushing him back. Gojira staggers back before Godzilla sends an uppercut under the old king's bottom jaw. Gojira growls with his bottom jaw hanging. Impressed by his decedent's strength, he pops his jaw back into place before he nods. Godzilla keeps concentration in his eyes, remembering not to feel proud until the fight is over. He raises his clawed fists, only to watch Gojira do the same. The two kings circle each other above the many fields of rubble and ashes. And as they charge towards each other once more, their fighting continues. With every traded blow, Gojira and Godzilla show their dedication and will into fighting. Gojira thrashes his head forward for a headbutt, but Godzilla catches his attack before he flips him over his shoulders. Gojira shrieks in surprised horror before his body hits the ground, creating a cloud of dust over the ghost town. Godzilla roars as he turns to Gojira, who slowly rolls to his feet, before he marches to him. Gojira grins when he watches Godzilla charge his weapon, and he wonders if the young Kaiju learned his lesson yet.
Before Godzilla could unleash his atomic ray, Gojira's own dorsal fins flash before he releases his atomic breath. The vapor-like stream of energy burns onto Godzilla's face, but the younger king shuts his eyes. Enduring the atomic vapor striking on his face, Godzilla opens his maw to strike upon Gojira's open maw. Gojira roars in pain when the atomic ray strikes his jaw, and he jerks his head away. Opening his eyes, Godzilla takes the opportunity to send a tail-slap across Gojira's legs. Gojira roars in surprise when Godzilla's tail sweeps him off his feet, and his body hits the ground like a ton of bricks. Pushing himself off the ground, Gojira looks up at Godzilla standing over him. With a smirk, the young king roars to Gojira that the shoe's in the other foot. Gojira grins. He growls to Godzilla that that may be true, but at least the younger king's learning. Godzilla smiles, but he looks up to see the tip of Gojira's tail shooting at like a scorpion's. Like a punch, the tail tip hits Godzilla in the snout, making him stagger back before Gojira tackles him.
The only thing Godzilla could comprehend after that is Gojira laying a foot onto his chest. Gojira has taught Godzilla many things in combat with other Kaiju, but he didn't teach the younger king everything. Godzilla growls before his dorsal fins flash, and his body releases a nuclear pulse under Gojira's foot. Gojira releases a startled roar before he loses footing, falling back-first into the pavement. Gojira groans, raising a clawed hand to rub his nape before he pushes himself up. However, he feels a foot of Godzilla's laying on his chest, and he looks up at the younger king. Godzilla looks down at the older king, caught off guard when Gojira growls lightly. The lesson is learned.
Godzilla lifts his foot off of Gojira's chest, and he helps the older king up. Standing face-to-face, the two kings, dead and alive, look at each other with the utmost respect. Gojira's place in this ghost town is to be the teacher; to say when the lesson is learned. And Godzilla's place to be the student; to grow more powerful and learn from the original of his namesake. Being a few feet away from each other, Godzilla and the original Gojira bows their heads to one another. They show their respect between master and apprentice before Gojira roars his infamous bellow. And Godzilla's vision becomes blurred with a bright, white light.
In a split second, Godzilla opens his eyes. He is no longer in the dead, by-gone realm of what was once Tokyo. Now in the dark, cool depths of the Tokyo Bay, he finds himself sitting on the site of the sea area. The place that the death of the first Godzilla took place. The older king's burial site was only a memorial that humanity had made their terrible mistakes all these years ago. It is also a reminder that the line of kings can not be so easily broken or forgotten. And descendants like Godzilla will make sure of that. Every once in a while, Godzilla comes to this place. Either drawn by the energy of the first Godzilla's unrest soul, or Godzilla comes here for his own purpose. However, Godzilla couldn't understand what that purpose is. His ponder was suddenly interrupted when he senses a presence at Monster Island. A presence that has not been felt for a while, but no less familiar. He turns back to the sand of the sea floor, and he growls in respect before he swims away. Leaving the site of the first Godzilla's death and Japan behind.
Just as he left, however, a new foot slowly drives into the sea floor. Sharp claws end the four toes that go with the foot. The darkness of the deep depths barely darkening the pale-peace color of its skin. Slowly moving underwater, each of these feet move towards the grave site of the long-lost king. While Godzilla was unaware of the beast, the beast himself had been watching his distant relative for some time. Despite his curiosity, he had to keep a distance between him and Godzilla. Breathing out the red gills on his neck, the creature looks down at the sea floor with its fish-like eyes. Unaware of his namesake, the slowly-evolving creature couldn't understand why Godzilla shows respect to the site below his feet. Perhaps one day, he'll find out. And perhaps one day, he will have the power to walk onto dry land and become just as powerful as Godzilla is. For now, the creature lays belly-first onto the sea floor, onto the burial site of the first Godzilla, and he waits for the time to come.
Draw: Godzilla (2004) & Gojira (1954)
Hello, guys. I know that it's been a while, and perhaps it is my fault. Worries about the incoming storms aside, blah-blah-blah, excuses-excuses. Sometimes, a guy needs his time to freshen up. You know, meditating on plots, battles and what not. And, of course, life. You know how busy THAT is sometimes.
However, I have returned. And there's been some ideas in this series and my other series that would be yet to come (not making any promises). This chapter, in particular, actually got me interested of the concept. Having the present day Godzilla learn from the long-dead master sounds...um...legendary? I don't know the word for it. I would say that this is dedicated to the memory of Haruo Nakajima, but nah. I have something BETTER in mind.
Another thing of what I've been thinking is the chain of events that would eventually lead to the Godzilla V Ultraman War. And, well...a few potential faces and factions that would come into play. Something along the lines of: "Angels...Titans...and Zagi". Pretty much. I let you guys connect the dots there. Because this, my friends, shall be what will change everything on the world of humanity and Kaiju as we know it. At least in THIS series.
Although...I have been meaning to cook up something for this year's Halloween. And, as much as some people may give me suggestions on the match-up for this special match, it did pop some MONSTROUS ideas. Actually, I'm going to make that a goal. By the week before Halloween, this match will be done.
The Legendary Wolfman vs Frankenstein (Toho Trademark Here) vs Kyuranos (pretty much a vampire Kaiju) vs Stegon (undead Kaiju) vs Sakunaoni vs Ragon vs GODZILLA
A perfect Monster Mash, don't you think? And I may add a Kaiju or two in the future, but we'll see how it can process. And I'm already excited to do it! Among all of the holidays in a year, Halloween is by-far my favorite. So, you guys could see that this match will be a bit personal to me.
So yeah. I've been going through a lot of brainstorming...which kinda was keeping me away from the next match for so long. However, I'm back on track. We're going to get our match finished, and we're going to make it worth the wait. So, thank you guys so much for your time. And just, you know, let me know what you guys think. Could I be doing the right events leading to the GVU? Could this Halloween match be perfect? *shrugs* Eh. So, anyway, as always, this is PsychoReptile signing off!
