Chapter 4: Expanding the Circle

Mothra found herself with an unexpected free period after lunch, the professor having been called away at the last minute due to a family situation. So Mothra took the opportunity to wander the campus a bit and familiarize herself with the layout. Toho U. was larger than she initially expected, it was far from Japans largest college, but at nearly 205,000 square meters, it could certainly overwhelm you. She took in the sights and attempted to memorize the layout of the schools West wing facilities, where her medical classes were held. As she did Mothras mind wandered a bit, wondering how Moll and Lora were doing, how her family was handling their first day without coming home, and how Goji was handling his classes. One other thought however was her lack of friends, not that she didn't have any at all, Moll and Lora were obvious and Manda, Caesar, and Baragon had been friends of hers before meeting Godzilla, but those three tended to hang with the rest of the guys more often. Mothra, the twins, and Godzilla's group was a large circle of mutual friends and this point, but Mothra, quite frankly, needed some more girl friends. I need my own 'Assembly of Assholes'... I also need a different name for it." She mumbled thoughtfully to herself a small smile on her face at the last statement.

Deciding to wait outside until the period ended so she could get a head start towards her last class of the day Mothra lifted her head towards the tree on the other side of the sidewalk as three girls appeared to be arguing. Mothra slowly approached to get a better look at the situation. "You dumb broad!" yelled a girl of average height in a vaguely husky voice. She light brown hair that was tied in a long braided ponytail, she had orange eyes and a pair of sunglasses sat atop her head and was wearing a leather jacket with a large dragonfly printed on it's back. "Hey, yer both fine, you dodged when I shouted, so I'd say it's all good!" loudly exclaimed the tallest girl in a deep voice with a confident grin, she had short, dark grey hair, that spiked everywhere with a streak of red just above each ear and had deep red eyes. She was wearing a plain white tank-top and had a sweatshirt tied around her waist. The last to speak was the girl to the side of the one with the sunglasses and leather jacket. She had long, wavy, black hair and wore a pair of large round glasses, behind which her violet eyes could be seen, "Now now, we aren't hurt and she did apologize so maybe-" she began in a timid voice before being cut-off by the girl in the jacket. "That's not the point!" she yelled at the tall girl, completely ignoring her bespectacled friend "You don't just jump out of nowhere screaming and try to punch people!". Seeing the girl in the glasses becoming more and more worried and fearing a fight might break out Mothra decided to step in and try to defuse the situation. "Ummm, excuse me" She began "maybe it's none of my business starting a fight probably isn't the best idea." Mothra said as she approached the three, the girl with the glasses visibly relieved by another sensible persons arrival. "She's the one who started it!" the girl in the jacket exclaimed, pointing to the taller girl, "Wait a second, I wasn't trying to start a fight!" the tall one said in her defence. "What exactly was that then huh?" the one in the jacket shot back in annoyance, "I was trying to recruit ya!" the tall one exclaimed. "Recruit us?" the one in glasses asked, "Yeah! Ya see I wanna start a boxing club here! And... well... I guess I got a little over excited and... now were her heh. Sorry." The tall girl explained, grinning nervously and scratching the back of her head. "Pfff, I'll say." Said the girl in the jacket, "But... I'll let it go, besides, I can appreciate being passionate about something.". "Thank you very much for the help... ummm..." The girl in the glasses said to Mothra, stopping upon realizing she didn't know exactly who she was thanking. "I'm Mothra! And really, it was no trouble. You are?" She said with a smile. "Oh, I'm Scylla Rocheron." She said with a polite bow, "My friend over their is Megaguirus Watanabe," She gestured towards the girl in the leather jacket who responded with a wave and a nod, "and this is... ummm..." "Ah, right, I'm Mutosan Allsopp, great to meet all of ya!" She happily replied.

The four spent some time chatting and getting to know each other after that, Mothra learned that Scylla was a bit of an otaku who was really into romance and horror stories, Megaguirus was a motorcycle enthusiast who had been friends with Scylla since grade school and now they were discussing Mutosan's love of boxing. "My dad was originally from America, he was super into boxing and taught me everything about it! Nothing beats that thrill, toe to toe, alone in the ring, the 'whoosh' as a punch wizzes by, I love it!" Mutosan excitedly explained, "I mean, I get it, but, like, doesn't the school already have a martial arts team? Why not join that?" Megaguirus asked, "Meh, they've been on a decline for the last five years, I heard that last year they didn't even get passed the qualifiers. So, I figured this'd be the perfect time for me to set up!" Mutosan responded, "But, the school says I need at least six willing members besides myself to make it happen, and I heard a rumour that the school brought in some "secret weapon kid" to et the team back on track so now a lot of people aren't that interested." Mutosan said with a defeated sigh, Mothra couldn't help but laugh a little, earning her an annoyed glance from Mutosan, "I'm sorry," she quickly explained, "I wasn't laughing at you, it was the "secret weapon" part." "Wait, you mean that's real?" asked a confused Megaguirus, "Sort of." Explained Mothra, "I mean, "secret weapon might be just a little overkill, but I do know that my friend Goji was given a scholarship by the school in exchange for joining their team." She said, obviously proud of him. "So it is true! Who exactly is "Goji"? If he's that good then I gotta spar with him to find out!" responded Mutosan, Mothra now having her full attention. "Well for starters," Mothra began, "his name is actually Godzilla, Goji is just a nickname I have for him! He's really tall, has three 3rd degree black belts, he's really strong, and nice, and..." at this point Mothra started to trail off and blush earning a confused look from Mutosan, a knowing grin from Megaguirus, and an excited smile from Scylla. "Huh?" Mothra said as she snapped out of it and took notice of the other three girls faces "Oh no. No no no no no no no no no!" se said in embarrassment. "Damn, you got it HARD don't you?" Megaguirus said with a laugh, "Hold on I'm lost now, what's going- ooooohhhhh" Mutosan said as everything started to click in her head, giving Mothra the same look a Megaguirus, "Increased temperature, blushing of the cheeks, flustered speech, repeating "no" it's every Shojo manga's tell tale signs of love." Scylla said, leaning close to Mothra's face with a serious, analytical look. "ARGH, Moll and Lora were bad enough." Mothra groaned. "Here" Megaguirus said, handing Mothra her phone, "I like hanging out with you, you too Mutosan. Besides, something tells you might need a little push at some point with your guy troubles." She said with a grin. "Sure, I'm in. I might even convince the three of ya to join ma club at some point!" Mutosan answered heartily, "Oh, me too!" Scylla chimed in. Mothra was a little surprised at first, but couldn't stop the smile that spread on her face, "Well, I am in the market for some new friends." She cheerfully answered, and with that, the four girls traded contact info. Mothra wasn't expecting to make a new friend today, let alone three, but she welcomed this turn of events. Having these three, plus Moll and Lora, made her feel all the more confident for the year to come.

Notes: Thank you as always to everyone who's been reading so far, and thank you to anyone whose just started. I hope the introduction to Megaguirus, Mutosan, and Scylla turned out alright. As always if you have any comments, questions or feedback feel free to let me know, just keep it respectful. I do have to wonder though if me saying "keep it respectful" make people less willing to do those things, so to clarify what I mean by that is rather simple, don't cuss me out/say something like "this is stupid, why did your right this you fucking shithead" aside from that, I don't really care how you word it (I have yet to receive anything like that but a bit of precaution doesn't hurt).