The Wings of Demise
Chapter One: Nothing Will Be the Same.
Monster Island: Three Months after the destruction of Skull Island.
Kong, leaped down from his cave, landing gently in the jungle below, and causing the normal green Kamacurai and the ruby red one to scatter quickly at the sight of him. He had his axe and chain with him, the axe slung on his back being held by the chain, and listening carefully, he could hear someone moaning in pain. "Mothra?" He walked through the jungle and swung through the trees, until he could hear the moaning much more clearly, and saw Mothra on the beach, one of her legs clutching her head. Angurius and Leo were right beside her, the two of them looking at her with concern. "Hey…. are you okay? What's wrong Mothra?"
"Bagan," she muttered, looking at her son with a concerned expression, causing Leo's eyes to widen with fright. "Where is Junior? Angurius, can you find him?"
"Sure, I'll be right back." Angurius turned around, and ignoring the ache in his back, ran down the beach, his heart racing as he looked for Junior. Skidding to a stop near the other end of the island, he saw Junior, looking at a strange cave. "Hey Junior, what the hell are you doing? Mothra wanted to know where you were."
"Hey Gurius," Junior answered, looking at his friend who was panting heavily, "I'll come with you in a few seconds, okay? I was just checking out this cave." With one more glance at the cave, Junior then turned around and started to follow Angurius back to where Mothra was. "Is she okay Gurius?"
"More or less, but it's kinda hard to explain right now Junior. I'm worried about her honestly, I feel like she's been pushing herself too much recently."
"You really care about her that much huh? You know, sometimes I wonder what you would've thought of my father." Junior could see Angurius's worried look in his eyes, and a small smile on his face.
"We make each other happy…... You know? I think he and I would've gotten along damn well if I had met him. You know…... I'm glad we found each other…... Thank you Junior. I'm glad to have you as a friend."
"You're very welcome Gurius…you are very welcome." The two then finally could see Mothra, Leo, and Kong, along with a familiar crustacean waiting for them. "What's Ebirah doing here?" Mothra then noticed Junior, and walked up to him, her wings flapping lightly.
"Junior, you made it." She sounded happy to see him, and relived as well, like she had just been away for so long. "Do you know where Neo is?"
"I'm sorry Mothra…. but I don't think we'll see him right now," Junior replied, wondering why he also hadn't seen Neo for a long time. "So, what happened? How come you needed me?"
"Bagan is why I called you here, all of you," she replied, looking at Kong, Junior, Ebirah, and her two loved ones. "Ever since the battle with him on Skull Island, his name keeps ringing in my head, as if I have heard his name before, and yet, no matter how much I keep looking into my memories and that of my mother, I can't find any trace of him." Moll, Lora, and Belvera were watching from the treetops, listening intently, until Belvera heard something from one of the leaves on the tree. She figured it was the breeze, and continued to watch her master's sister. "Not even looking through Moll, Lora, and Belvera's memories of the past could help me, as if any mention of him was scrubbed clean from their minds. Along with mine as well."
"So?" Ebirah clacked his claws together, one redder than the other, and got into a fighting stance. "Now look, I was watching you all when you battled those freaks before, and let me just say, that you guys can do anything. This Bagan? He's just a poser I bet. I could beat him with my own two claws." Everyone stared at Ebirah in silence, Kong smiling as he put one of his hands over his mouth, pleased that the crustacean had taken to his humbling.
"Ebirah, I admire your courage," Mothra softly replied, "But it was he that led Skull Island to its destruction. He withstood my most powerful attack, and even with Neo's help, all we did was just hurt him barely. He won. We barely survived."
"Oh…. I see…." Ebirah went back to a sitting position, his face locked in a look of horror thinking about his own home's destruction….. thinking about Kong's words to him so long ago. Leo moved close to Junior, his heart beating rapidly as he continued to listen to his mother's words, Junior wrapping his arm around the frightened larva.
"Until we know the full extent of his power, what we need to do is watch and listen carefully, and try to figure out what he is planning next. I know that from my dream the next of his followers to appear is one of death and flames, and that they will burn a forest to a ground. When it is happening, I do not know. But-"
"Yes? Oh, don't be so surprised brother, I've just been working on some of my abilities recently." Neo was behind the entire group, his crest glowing as he held his hand against one of the trees. Junior was staring at him in shock, having no idea on what to say to the space kaiju, only watching as Neo walked up, and took his hand off the tree.
"Hey Neo. Finally took my advice huh?" Kong had a big smile on his face as Neo stopped and stood next to him, putting his arm around the space kaiju and causing him to flinch just a bit.
"H-h-hold on a minute," Angurius stammered as he tried to figure out what it was he was exactly seeing, "You mean to tell me you've been training with him all this time?! No wonder you disappeared for long stretches of time. I thought you were just being lazy."
"Well, maybe if Neo is willing here, he'll let you train with us," Kong replied.
"Mothra…. Do you need my help right now? I know what you were talking about, and I think I can help you if you need it." Junior still continued to stare at Neo, still unsure of what to think of what was happening.
"…. Not right now… But thank you for wanting to help us Neo…. Right now…. I need to rest, and figure all of this out." Mothra then flew off to her cave silently, alongside the Shobijin. Angurius looked at Junior, a worried look still present on his face, and followed her, ignoring the pain in his back. Neo and Junior looked at each other, and Kong sensing that he needed to let the two talk, turned around and started to leave, only saying one thing to Junior.
"Listen Junior… I hope you and he can work things out. I mean it… I'll be in my cave if anyone needs me." And with that, he leaped up onto the cliffs, and climbed up to his cave, disappearing inside of it. Ebirah too left and walked down the beach, muttering under his breath nervously, the idea of Bagan scaring him more than anything. Leo was nowhere to be seen, and thus, only Junior and Neo were left now.
"What do you want Neo?"
"It's easy brother, I just want to talk to you right now." Junior backed away a bit, growling softly at the sound of the word "Brother."
"Don't call me that…. Please. If you were my brother…... you wouldn't have attacked me. I was just a child…. why should that make me a target?"
Neo didn't speak, his face filled with regret, before he spoke once again. "I don't know. I wish I could take it back so badly. I could see the fear in your face… and I still attacked you…."
"…You want to make it up to me? Is that it? You remember what I told you a while ago? Help us defeat Bagan… I mean it…. But I will never call you brother." Junior was almost taller than Neo, his eyes burning as he looked at the space kaiju… remembering how once Neo towered over him.
"Hm…... If that is what it takes…. Then I will do it brother. I know you will never forgive me, and I will leave you all after everything is over. You won't have to see me ever again, or even think of me again…. That is a promise." Neo then left, walking back to wherever he had come from, leaving Junior alone on the beach. The sound of ocean waves crashing and the cool breeze reminded him of Birth Island, and he could feel himself already beginning to relax after the conversation with Neo. Junior sat down on the beach, and started to sun himself, feeding off of the radiation from the sun's rays. And then he noticed the foliage starting to move and turn brown, revealing Leo right there.
"Leo…. Did you hear all of that?"
"Yeah Junior….. I haven't told anyone else this, but I discovered that I can camouflage myself, and well, I've been working on perfecting it. I want to help you so badly. And if he can…... then why can't I help?"
"Leo, since you were listening in to my conversation, do you remember how I brought up that Neo attacked me as a child?"
"Yes."
"I know you aren't exactly a child anymore, but your mother loves you deeply, and she wants you to be safe and protected, because what we have faced….. they will kill you if they get the chance. Do you understand me?"
"I do Junior… I do…..." Leo crawled up next to Junior, and sighed, the words of those voices ringing through his head about his uselessness. He looked up at Junior, and finally decided to tell him something he had on his chest for a long time. "Hey Junior? I have a question for you. Do you….. love anyone here?"
"Oh? Love? Well…. No….. Well, I love Angurius and your mom as friends…. How come you ask?"
"Because….. I love you…"
"I love you too Leo….. you've been a great friend …Leo?" Junior looked at the larva, and saw his eyes wide, and him starting to back away from Junior, muttering something under his breath,
"I shouldn't have said that, I shouldn't have said that…. I'm so stupid… Junior….. I'm sorry…. I ruined it…." Leo then crawled back into the jungle, quickly camouflaging himself as Junior tried to go after him, but he lost track of him, ending up at the crystal-clear lake in the middle of the jungle. He sat at the edge of the lake, and after taking a drink from it, waited to see if Leo was anywhere near there.
"All this time…..He's been in love with me… Why didn't I see it? He sighed and put his hands over his face, thinking about how much he hurt Leo.
The Dark World.
"It's time isn't it my two bestest friends in the world? C'mon this world has nothing for us here anymore!" Nutcase groaned loudly and shoot his head around, hoping that Leader and Vicious would respond to him. He looked back at the pillar of light, and could see that the flesh was nearly regenerated on the skeleton in it, a few more souls still swirling around, not yet properly absorbed in.
"SHUT UP!" Vicious glared at Nutcase, who cowered away, and immediately stayed silent, "Be patient and stay silent!"
"Well then…. I think it's about time this plan was put into motion," Leader declared to his two other heads, the two looking up at him as he summoned a Dark Portal. "First we go to Okinawa and then we-"
"Brother… I knew it….." Ghidorah suddenly leaped down in front of the portal, his body glowing gold as he glared at Desghidorah. "So, you've decided to leave Father and the rest of us…. didn't you? I'm surprised it's taken you this long, you useless, useless, useless excuse of a dragon. However, I won't let you leave alive here if that is the case, so this has been a long time coming for you! DIE!" Gravity beams shot out of his mouths, and were met with crimson beams from each of Desghidorah's heads, the two beams clashing in bright lights of red and gold.
"Useless? USELESS!?" Desghidorah roared as the beams exploded and staggered both of them, glaring at Ghidorah and speaking with all three of his heads. "If I was so useless, then tell me brother… COULD I DO THIS!?" His eyes started to glow with darkness as Desghidorah summoned the one Shadow Demon he ever had. "Do you remember my mission with Orochi? How I said that he was slain by that filthy human? I only told you a half-truth…Orochi lived for a brief while…." A massive blob rose out of the darkness, and took the shape of a four-legged beast which started to walk towards Ghidorah, sprouting eight dragon-like heads with glowing white eyes. "I KILLED OROCHI! AND NOW HE WILL SERVE A GREATER PURPOSE IN DEATH THAN HE EVER DID IN LIFE!" The demon attacked Ghidorah, who took to the air, and started to blast the demon with his wing lightning while Desghidorah quickly ran for the portal, and went in, leaving the world behind. As he tumbled through, he could hear another voice in his head, the last one he needed to cut off like he had done with his brother.
"You dare to leave like this?! Then you will have none of my aid once you are in the human world, and should the Earth Defenders destroy you, so be it!"
"Oh, you misunderstand father… I am showing you that I am not a mistake like you say I am, and I will prove it by destroying the Earth Defenders…NOW BEGONE!" And with that, he could no longer hear Bagan's voice, thus leaving Desghidorah on his own as he could see the swirling darkness around him disappear into light. His wings unfurled and he started to glide down to the Earth.
He was on his own now…...and he had never been happier.
If only he was aware that Bagan was still watching him in spite of his words, as if he had predicted this would happen sooner or later.
Okinawa, Japan: King Caesar's Cave.
"Even the great burning sun, pierces through the curtain. Beautiful morning sun from sleep the star wakes my Caesar."
The sounds of jets and maser blasts were the first thing King Caesar heard as he lay in his cave, listening to the song sung by someone from the Azumi family. He often wondered how long it had been since he was awake last, and how much the world had changed. The cave was big enough for him to sleep in, and aside from the lit candles on the shrine, the only light that ever came in was the sun through a hole on the top, meaning he had spent quite a while in darkness.
"Beloved star of the beach, we are waiting for you to be here. Ceasar, strongly help, hear the young children's lament; the tears on their cheeks. Grant us your help."
Caesar started to slowly move his limbs, hearing his bones crack as he slowly started to rise up, his red jewel like eyes opening, and slowly blinking. Sometimes he missed being in the Otherworld alongside his family, but the Earth herself had asked for a guardian who could be there, since Daimajin's worshipers had all but died out. Even he was no longer sure the descendants even remembered his old religion. The Azumi family themselves had used Caesar to stop a wicked warlord from conquering all of Japan.
"Listen! My heart is burning! Is burning! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! King Caesar! Even the great burning sun, pierces through the curtain."
Caesar himself was often likened to being a combination of a dog and a lion, with his head having sharp cat like fangs, and an almost canine like face, alongside a golden mane and two almost floppy ears that could stand upright for better listening. The rest of his body however, did not have the fur his mane did, with his skin being almost rocklike in texture, and being a very simple brown in color. His fingers and toes all ended in sharp white claws and there were tufts of fur near his ankles and wrists. However, on his shins, elbows, chest, back, crotch, along with his shoulders, there was golden armor, which almost seemed like a natural extension of his rocklike flesh. Finally, his tail ended in another tuft of fur, and on his back was slung a red and golden pole, with his family's insignia on it.
"Beautiful morning sun from sleep the star wakes my Caesar. Beloved fruit of the coconut tree, we are waiting for you to be here. Caesar, strongly help; red king of the day, I am calling you."
Caesar himself had once been to China, before he left the Otherworld all those years ago, and the people likened him to something called Sun Wukong. It was so long ago that this happened, and yet it always stuck with him. But now, there was something different in this awakening, as if not only Japan was in danger, but the entire world. He had heard about these creatures called, "Titans," or, "Kaiju," although he had only met a few of them in his life. Somehow…... he figured this would be the final time that he would be awakened like this. After this, he would be free to go wherever he wanted, and to defend the Earth freely.
"Listen to my request, grant me this. Listen my heart is waiting! Waiting! Caesar! Caesar! Caesar! King Caesar!"
"In your time of need, I shall pay you heed. Now I shall defend my home and slay my foe, lest I hear cries of woe!" And King Caesar burst out of his cave, leaping out of the hole and landed gently in the forest, making sure to take in the smell of fresh air. He then turned around, and saw where the sounds were coming from. There was his foe, busy destroying buildings and killing innocent people, laughing all the while.
Time to get to work.
Okinawa, Japan: Desghidorah vs King Caesar.
A crimson beam hit a building, and with an explosion of brown and grey, rubble rained down on the fleeing citizens as Maser tanks fired at the three-headed dragon, their blue beams making him laugh as they did little damage. Stomping down on the ground, a wave of fire and explosions erupted from the ground, quickly immolating the tanks and groups of fleeing civilians. "NOW THIS IS MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN YEARS! OH, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN SITTING ON MY GODDAMN ASS!" Nutcase was cackling as he fired flame blasts at incoming fighter jets, sending them tumbling down into more buildings, and watching them explode.
"Look at them flee before us," Vicious snarled, "WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE!"
"Now, now," Leader chuckled as he watched his two other heads having their fun, "Once we've terrorized the humans enough, we still have to go to where those Earth Defenders are hiding, so make sure to conserve energy as much as possible. The last thing we need is for-" A fist buried into Leader before he could finish, and Desghidorah fell forward, flatting the buildings before him. Rising back up, he quickly turned around to see who had done that, and right before him stood what appeared to be a strange lion-like kaiju, glaring at him as he took a fighting stance. The sun shined behind him like a golden aura, and Desghidorah stood still for a moment, before he took to the air. "And what matter of being are you? Oh wait….. you must be Daimajin's lesser cousin…."
"Creature of darkness and death, I am here to take away your breath. I am King Caesar, Protector of Okinawa. Now with my righteous hate, I SHALL LEAD YOU TO YOUR FATE!" The dragon flew at Caesar, blasting crimson beams at him, to which Caesar avoided by nimbly leaping into the air, kicking Desghidorah in the back, sending him crashing back on the ground. Desghidorah got up, only to be met by Caesar's pole smacking into his heads, the guardian quickly swiping with precision.
"ENOUGH!" Vicious spoke for the others as he slammed his front legs into the ground, blowing Caesar back and allowing Desghidorah to quickly bite into the guardian, shocking him with crimson energy. "YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A CUR!" Desghidorah then tossed Caesar up, and flew after him, gripping the guardian in his claws and tossing him into another building, causing it to collapse on top of him. Citizens still continued to run in terror, and the jets themselves were unable to avoid Desghidorah's maws, as they chomped down on them and caused them to explode.
"Bye-bye you stupid lion!" Nutcase cackled madly as all three heads fired their crimson beams, blowing the remains to smithereens. "Well that was easy…. now how about we go-" Crimson beams shot back out of the wreckage taking Desghidorah by surprise as he retaliated, only to see Caesar step out, somehow firing his own beams back at him from his eyes. Growling, Desghidorah landed as the two beams dissipated and charged at Caesar, his rage taking him over. Caesar quickly started to charge two, and the two began to have a furious fist fight, as Desghdiorah's front claws swiped at Caesar, while his own fists started hitting precise points at Desghidorah's heads. With one more missed swipe, Desghidorah soon felt the flurry of fists quickly incapacitate Vicious and Nutcase, and then Leader watched in horror as Caesar's fist started to glow golden, and then slam into him, sending a few of his teeth flying out. Desghidorah flew backwards into some nearby hills, cursing himself at summoning Orochi to distract Ghidorah, knowing the eight-headed dragon could've helped him with Caesar. Looking upwards, the dragon saw the sun momentarily be blotted out as Caesar leaped towards him.
"No more playing around then." In unison, Desghidorah's heads blasted flames out in a triple attack, sending Caesar tumbling to the ground. Rising up and towering over the guardian, Desghidorah continued to blast him with flames, watching as he struggled against them, as if he was unable to withstand the heat. Desghidorah continued to blast, eventually getting point blank as he bit on Caesar's limbs, and blasted him with crimson energy, watching as the guardian screamed in pain… and then tossed him into another mountain, an avalanche collapsing on top of the guardian.
"Ugh…you are strong…...powerful….and yet you find yourself at turmoil…but I won't let that stop me…" A golden light surrounded Caesar as the sun's rays seemed to be absorbed into him and the guardian leaped out, his golden armor shining brightly as his eyes fired rays of pure light out at Desghidorah. "With the power of the sun in the palm of my hand, I VANQUISH YOU FROM THIS LAND!" Desghidorah grinned wildly, for this was a chance to test out one of his abilities he had never really gotten a chance to use before. Sure, he had used it in sparring matches with Ghidorah, but due to how powerful he was, this technique never was able to do much against Ghidorah, and would often result in more berating from Bagan. And against Daimajin… his mistake was that he went in too cocky, and expected the living statue to be a pushover.
"THUNDER CANNON FLASH!" The rays soon reached their target, only to be met by what appeared to be a barrier of heat and energy, and they bounced back to Caesar, flying right back into his eyes and exploding on impact. The guardian fell back, clutching his head in pain as Desghidorah marched right up to him, his red eyes glowing in the blaze and smoke caused by his flames. "NOW WITNESS TRUE POWER!" Caesar was drawn closer and closer to the Dragon, who's chest was glowing red, until with another roar, he created a massive explosion that sent Caesar flying all the way into the distance and disappearing into the horizon. Standing in a crater that used to be part of Okinawa, Desghidorah laughed wildly as he looked at all the destruction caused in the fight, including the collapsed buildings and uprooted forest.
"Now then…. Shall we go to where the Earth Defenders lie?" Vicious looked up at his other two heads, who had calmed down along with him, trying to recharge their energy. Nutcase and Leader looked at each other…... almost lost in thought. Did he really have to go and destroy the Earth Defenders? Bagan wouldn't aid him after all, and considering that Caesar had given him some trouble, who was to say that the Earth Defenders wouldn't be the same? Why not just simply choose his own path? Sure, sooner or later an Acolyte would most likely come to destroy him, but he could just simply live for a while. And yet, Bagan's words continued to run through his heads…. Always coming up at inopportune times.
"Weak pathetic creature."
"I would've rather Orochi lived instead of you, as he could've done something for me. Instead you still live, and he is gone."
"I expect speaking with Destoroyah should be an easy task for you. After all you don't have to be there."
"I don't understand, why is it so…. hideous? Hm. Perhaps I miscalculated how much power I had left. I'll dispose of it when I can create an equal to my Ghidorah."
"I sometimes wish I never created you."
"I say yes….. I want to kill something badly," Nutcase replied as the memories of Bagan's words started to flow in his mind, causing a rising anger to grow in him. "And who better than that goody good Mothra? I want to make her watch while I pulverize her friends…."
"Hm…. No sense in wasting anymore time here then," Leader muttered as he spread his wings, and took to the sky. The thought of just simply living was fleeting in the end, and now it was time to end the Defenders.
Unknown to Desghidorah, Bagan watched him from his own private viewing globe. He was curious to see what his lesser creation could do after all. He grinned as he could see the turmoil of the dragon, amused at how foolish he had been in not getting rid of the other two personalites, and simply keeping one.
He just wondered why it took him all of this time to leave after all, and why he hadn't left sooner.
"Go on Desghidorah…. Either you live or you die…. Or entertain me… but I always keep my word."
Author's Note: Hey everyone welcome to part 3 of Godzilla Rebirth of the King! So once again I apologize for how long it has taken for this chapter to come out, as I have not gotten as much time to myself as I would've liked. I can tell you that it may take a while for the next chapter to come out as well, but I will still work on it when I get the time to, so I'm hoping for the best. Not to mention that writing Caesar's dialogue in rhyme was harder than I thought it would be. Now here is the voice cast for the story, although there are no new additions this time. And I hope you are fine with me having parings in the story, like Varan and Ghidorah and Mothra and Angurius.
Johnny Yong Bosch as Godzilla Jr (adult and teen).
Dan Southworth as Neozilla/SpaceGodzilla.
Sumalee Montano as Mothra.
Matthew Mercer as Angurius.
Yuri Lowenthal as Mothra Leo (Imago).
Christopher Niosi as Mothra Leo (Larva).
Steve Blum as Kong.
Sigourney Weaver as Biollante.
James Sie as King Caesar.
Marc Diarson as Godzilla.
Quinton Flynn as Rodan.
David Gallagher as Battra.
Phil LaMarr as Baragurius.
Richard Epcar as Bōryu.
Travis Willingham as Kong's Father.
Laura Bailey as Kong's Mother.
Cate Blanchett as Gigamoth/Mothra Gaia.
Sean Astin as Baragon.
John Rhys-Davies as Gorosaurus.
Viggo Morteson as Gomora.
Mae Whitman as Moll.
Lara Jay Miller as Lora.
Grey Griffith as Belvera.
Greg Baldwin as Daimajin
Fred Tatasciore as Destoroyah.
Charlie Adler as Varan.
Willem Dafoe (Leader), Dave Wittenberg (Nutcase), and Kevin Michael Richardson (Vicious) as Desghidorah.
James Woods as Daghara.
Spike Spencer as Deutalios.
James Patrick Stuart as Gigan.
Patrick Seitz as Grand-King Ghidorah.
Tony Jay as Bagan.
James Earl Jones as Gojira (Godzilla 1954).
Angela Basset as Godzilla Earth.
Nathan Lane as Ebirah.
Tim Curry as Hedorah.
Patrick Warburton as Megalon.
Robert Englund as Gabara.
Cathy Weseluck as Godzilla Jr (child).
Stephanie Nadolny as Kong (child).
Veronica Taylor as Angurius (child).
Jim Ward as M.O.G.U.E.R.A.
Gregg Berger as G.O.R.T.
Jeffery Dean Morgan as Gaira.
Nika Futterman as Lilith (female MUTO).
Daran Norris as Nimrod (male MUTO).
Eartha Kitt as Megagurius.
Brian Drummond as Zilla.
Dee Bradley Baker as Gezora.
Robert Axelrod as Ultraman/Kaiser Belial (Vision).
Mark Hamill as Baltan Seijin.
Kerrigan Mahan as Griffonrzer/Goldar.
Goji73 as Shadow of RED.
Kaiji Tang as Akira Yuki.
Colleen Clinkenbeard as Akane Yashiro.
Don Frye as Douglas Gordon.
Skip Stellrecht as Dan.
Carrie Kernanen as Miki Saegusa.
DC Douglas as Cameron Winter.
Charles Dance as Alan Jonah.
Next time, what happens on Monster Island when Neo decides to train alone? What will happen when Junior tries to find Leo about what happened between them? And what will happen when Desghidorah arrives at the Island? Find out next time in The Wings of Demise!
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