Chapter 10: What Could Possibly Go Wrong
After a, slightly, less gruelling second week Sunday was here again, and after a bit of planning and coaxing It was finally time for Mothra to introduce Megaguirus, Scylla, and Mutosan, to Godzilla and his "Assembly of Assholes". Last week had been a bust, everyone was simply too exhausted to be bothered to go out. This time though, they had all managed to muscle through. "Caesar, Varan, Baragon, you three actually made it on time. I'm surprised someone, Varan, didn't get lost." Godzilla said as the last of his group turned the corner to where he, Anguirus, Rodan, and the others were, "We almost had to hold his hand and lead him hear." Baragon replied, "You shut up!" Varan retorted, pointing a finger at Baragon. "Mothra and the girls not here yet?" Caesar asked, "Nah." Rodan answered, "One of her new friends has some social anxieties, so their helping her out a little first." "Oof, we're the last people she should be meeting then." Caesar joked, giving the group a good chuckle. Just then they heard yelling and saw a girl with black and red hair charging towards Godzilla, ready to slug him in the face. As she swung Godzilla caught her fist, grabbed her wrists, locked her arms at the base of her back and had her standing with her back to him, "Ah, ow, O.K., uncle uncle, you win, let me go." She said, "No way, before I do you're going to tell me exactly what the Hell you were-" Godzilla started before he heard a familiar voice, "Mutosan please- ah, Goji! I'm so sorry, please let her go." Mothra said as she came up the sidewalk, followed by Moll, Lora, and two other girls he and the other guys didn't recognize. "You know this crazy chick?" Goro asked, "Yes, again, I'm sorry, that's Mutosan, she can get... a little excited, please let her go." Mothra explained, behind her Moll shook her head, Lora tried not to laugh, the girl with glasses fidgeted and the one in the jacket had her face in hand and was muttering how "she couldn't have waited like two minutes.". Godzilla sighed and released his grip on Mutosan "Alright, and you don't have to apologize Mothy, YOU'RE not the one who tried to punch me in the face.". Mutosan rubbed her wrists as she walked back over to the other girls, giving a quick hearty laugh before saying "Geez Mothra, all the stories you told us about him were true!", 'Stories?' Godzilla thought to himself, but dismissed it for later, "I guess we should introduce ourselves." He began, "Wait, why are we going first?" Rodan asked, "Because it's polite." Godzilla responded, "Since when do you give a damn about being pol-DOUF" Rodan was interrupted as Godzilla quickly, and forcefully, elbowed his stomach, "As I was saying, you already know I'm Godzilla, the one choking on his own lung is Rodan, that's Anguirus, Manda, Goro, Varan, Caesar, and Baragon." Godzilla said, gesturing to each as he spoke their names. "Well, you already know Mutosan now." Mothra started, "Yeah, sorry about that." Mutosan apologized, "And the other two are..." Mothra gestured towards Megaguirus and Scylla. "Hey, I'm Megaguirus" She looked at her bespectacled friend and gently pattered her back "Go on, say hello." She encouraged, "Oh. Hel-ummm-hello, my name is... Scylla..." Scylla said with a bow, before she stood there seemingly frozen in place, "Look, It's O.K." Caesar began after a few seconds of her just staring straight down, "We all know what you're thinking and we agree, Manda's moustache IS really weird.", "Yeah, it- WAIT WHAT!?" Manda said in annoyance, giving everyone a good laugh, causing Scylla to slowly raise her head and give a faint smile, "See," Lora said as she went over to Scylla and patted her shoulder, "We told you they were good guys.".
"That's absolutely ridiculous." Rodan said, "No it's not, I'm totally faster than you." Megaguirus replied, full of confidence, "Nah, if anyone's faster it's me," Goro interjected, "I actually ran track.", "Yeah, 'ran', past tense. Face it 'Gorosaurus' that you is as extinct." Rodan said back with a sarcastic grin. "You two wanna go?" Goro challenged, "Hell yeah!" Megaguirus exclaimed, "Loser has to buy everyone else drinks." She said, eager for the challenge. It had been about 30 minutes since the initial meet up before the argument between Rodan, Gorosaurus, and Megaguirus started, attempts had been made to settle the three down, but to no avail. So, to finally settle this the group found a mostly empty side street so the race could start. "It's simple," Varan began, "the three of you will start around the corner where the side street meets the main road, and you'll continue following that path until you reach the spot where we first entered, that should be a good 15 meters. The last person to reach the end buys drink for everyone at the cafe. On your marks, get set, GO!" and the three shot off. "Why would Goro try this, he should know he'll lose." Godzilla remarked as they waited at the end point, "What makes ya say that?" Mutosan asked, "Didn't he say he was in track?" "Yeah, but he was never all that fast." Manda explained, "Goro was an endurance runner, he could just keep going. Rodan though, he's a sprinter, and this is almost a perfect track for him. He was actually approached about joining the track team back in high school but said 'I wanna go home though.' and never gave it a second thought." "Megaguirus did that a lot too, it started in elementary school so she could pretend she was riding a motorcycle." Scylla pointed out. "I think there making the turn now." Moll announced, and sure enough there were Rodan and Megaguirus, neck and neck with Goro trailing behind them a few seconds later, they cheered as the racers got closer and closer ending as Rodan and Megaguirus came to a halt at the sidewalk at the same time "HA, I WON!" they cried triumphantly in unison, "WHAT? NO YOU DIDN'T, I DID!" thy argued until Baragon interrupted "It doesn't really matter, Gorosaurus still lost." They turned to see Goro, his head hung low, "Damn you blind confidence." he mumbled in shame.
The large group sat at a local cafe, enjoying the drinks Goro had begrudgingly paid for as per his agreement with Rodan and Megaguirus. Godzilla had been asked to wait by the front counter for his coffee since the coffee maker was on the fritz and the cafe was short on staff and Mothra had gone to use the bathroom, as such, the rest began to plot while their targets were away and out of earshot. "So, we all know the deal right?" Lora began, "Godzilla and Mothra NEED to get together." "No, this is totally new information to us." Varan replied sarcastically, "Hey, should we really be part of this?" Megaguirus asked in reference to herself, Scylla and Mutosan, "I mean, Mothra's our bud, but we haven't been in on this that long.", "Oh believe me, we'll need all the help we can get. We've been at this for years and made basically no progress." Anguirus assured. "Quite." Moll began to explain, "In truth, there's nothing Mothra wants more, and Lora and I truly want to see this happen for her. And I'm certain the boys desire the same for Godzilla." "We wouldn't put it that elegantly, but yeah, the big guy needs this." Rodan affirmed. "We all agree then, by the end of the year, SOMETHING will happen with them." Caesar said, getting a nod of agreement from everyone else, at the same time, a shiver ran down Godzilla and Mothra's backs, as if some horrible plot had been conspired against them. Before more progress on a joint plan could be made though Godzilla returned to the table with his coffee. "You guys been talking about something weird?" He said as he took his seat, "Nothing at all." Anguirus denied, Godzilla glared at him suspiciously but was snapped out of it when he heard Moll welcome Mothra back, who promptly took her seat between Moll and Godzilla, an arrangement Lora had adamantly insisted upon. Normal chatter soon resumed for them, "Hey, Mothy?" Godzilla asked Mothra just loud enough that only she could hear, "What is it Goji?" "Uhh, exactly what kind of 'stories' did you tell them about me?" "Oh, well, you know... how... your nice... reliable... stuff like that." She said, trying to hide her blush. "Heh, you're way to nice about me." Godzilla mumbled "What?" Mothra asked, "Oh, uh, nothing," Godzilla stuttered, "just uuuhhh-", "You guys talking about something weird?" Goro asked in a slightly mocking tone, "Absolutely not." "No, nothing." Godzilla and Mothra respectively replied in almost complete unison and slight surprise. "Suspicious." Varan commented, "I'll break you." Godzilla shot back. "Oh, do me next then, I want a get out of class card!" Caesar chimed in, "Denied." Godzilla responded, "Ugh, so cruel!" Caesar said with exaggerated despair. Upon finishing there drinks they all wandered around a bit more until evening hit and the large group separated back at the campus, said there goodbyes and headed for their respective dorms. "Soooo, that was your dream man huh?" Mutosan teased Mothra as they headed back, "We'll try to make somethin happen.", Mothra sighed in frustration "I almost regret introducing you now."
Notes: This was a fun chapter to right, and one I was personally looking forward to doing, I hope all of you had just as much fun reading it. I spent about two hours searching online for weather or not it's considered rude in Japanese cafes/coffee shops to wait by the counter for your drink but couldn't find any answers to it, so if anyone does know and says it is, I'm sorry, I really did try. To everyone here on , we're almost at 500 views, keep it up! As always please feel free to share the story around to anyone who you feel would enjoy it, and let me know any comments, questions, or criticism you might have, just keep it respectful.
