Chapter 12: The Scowling Flower
*IMPORTANT* Please read the notes at the end of this chapter
It was nearly 11 AM when Godzilla was awoken from the sound of his ringing phone, 'Who the Hell could that be?' he thought to himself as he picked it up "Hello?" he asked groggily, "Unlock the damn door and let me in you big oaf! I've been sitting here for 45 minutes!" Godzilla instantly recognized the voice of Biollante, his step-sister. "What?" Still waking up Godzilla quickly tried to figure out why she would need be let back into their house before deciding that she was probably at a friends house the night before, but that raised another concern he chose to immediately address, "Look Biollante, I don't l know how you forgot but I can't let you into the house, I'm at my dorm, so-" She immediately cut him off "I'M OUTSIDE YOUR DORM YOU IDIOT! Now let me in!" "Huh? Shit, give me a minute." Godzilla replied as he pulled himself up from his bed roll and went to unlock the door. Sure enough, opening the door did in fact reveal Biollante standing just outside. Biollante came up to just above Godzilla's elbow, she had yellow eyes and long black hair like her step-brother with streaks of leafy green and a hair clip shaped like a rose, her frame made it apparent that she was physically active. She currently had her famous scowl on her otherwise rather pretty face. "What the Hell took you so long?" Biollante asked as she hefted a large duffle bag up, "Shut up, what the Hell are you even doing here?" Godzilla retorted as he let her in. "Did you not get dads text?" she asked in annoyance, 'Text?' Godzilla thought to himself as he pulled out his phone, and there it was, "Oh, that explains everything." He said as he read the message and saw the time it was sent, 10PM, right in the middle of the hellish study session he and the guys had, "No wonder I never saw it." Godzilla grumbled, "Jeez, what's wrong with you, you NEVER used to sleep in this late either." Biollante inquired, "College is a mistake, that's what happened, don't ever go." Godzilla answered, not wanting to go into all the details. Biollante dropped her duffle bag on the floor of the main room and started unpacking as Godzilla locked up and went to the small kitchen area, "Put your stuff wherever, I don't care as long as it's not my room, I'll make breakfast in the meantime." He said and Biollante gave a quick wave of acknowledgement, with that, the first day of Golden Week began.
"How's everything been back home?" Godzilla asked as the two ate, "Mostly the same, we just don't have you lumbering around anymore." Biollante answered, "It has been sort of weird though, mom still sets out a fourth cup for tea and a fourth plate for breakfast and stuff." "Hmm, yeah I can see that, I had to get used to the changes on my end too." Godzilla responded. "Any idea around what time dad and..." Godzilla stopped for a second before continuing, "Any idea around what time they'll be here." He finished, "No," Biollante responded "only that it'll be sometime Saturday... it really is still hard for you huh?" Godzilla looked down and sighed before answering, "Yeah... yeah it is." Godzilla had a weird situation with his step-mother, he didn't dislike her or anything and she treated him as if he was her real son, Godzilla really did appreciate it and in his eyes she and Biollante were just as much his family as his dad was, no ifs ands or buts, at the same time though Godzilla had known his step mom for, at least to him, too long to keep calling her by name, however Godzilla had also known his birth mother long enough and had enough memories of her that in a way it felt wrong to just call her "mom". His father, step-mother, and Biollante understood this, but he always felt guilty about it, especially when he'd sometimes just stop speaking in the middle of talking to her because he was unsure of how to address her. "I guess it would be." Biollante started, "My situation was different so it was really easy for me to call your dad 'dad', my 'real' dad wasn't around hat much, plus he was... well..." now it was Biollantes' turn to go silent, "A crook." Godzilla finished for her. Biollantes' father was currently in prison, arrested for at least 12 confirmed cases of wilful medical malpractice. The marriage between Biollantes' parents had already been heading towards a divorce for a few moths, and the allegations had been made public just shortly after his arrest, ironically on the steps of the courthouse where custody over Biollante was to be discussed, her father had gotten cocky after having been able to evade the police for the first few days of the divorce proceedings, he had gone through the process so far via phone calls or emails, however that day he had no choice but to appear in person as he would have to provide proof that he could care for Biollante in some capacity. Confident that he could get away he showed up, but he never made it into the court room, the next day the judge informed Biollantes' mother about what happened and that, as a result, she was to be given full custody. Biollante herself however didn't find out until three days later when several kids at her school began to make fun of her for reasons she didn't know until later that evening when she overheard it on the news when her mom thought she wasn't there. The subsequent bullying is also what lead Biollante to wear a scowl so frequently, an effort to ward off as much of the bullying as she could. "Don't worry about it," Godzilla assured her, "you know it doesn't matter to me or dad, besides, you're giving the bastard way more than he deserves by thinking about it that much." He said giving her a nudge with his elbow and reassuring grin, to which Biollante gave a faint smile and nodded, "Come on," Godzilla said, setting down his finished breakfast, "let's get our minds off this. You brought your gi right?" he asked, "Pft, of course!" Biollante answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Good, we'll get changed and then you're going to show me if you've been keeping up with your practice while I've been gone." He responded as he got up to prepare.
A few minutes later and the siblings were in the small yard behind the dorms, they bowed to each other and then got into position, "Go on," Godzilla said, "hit me with all you got." Biollante nodded and then started launching punches and kicks at Godzilla as he took mental notes on the power and precision of each one as he blocked. "Heh, you got better, I could almost feel that last one." Godzilla joked as Biollantes' fist hit his palm, "Asshole." Biollante shot back in good humour. It was almost odd to see the two, at a glance anyone would believe Godzilla and Biollante were blood related, they had a similar posture, similar attitudes, and even similar facial expressions, but upon closer look it would be clear that wasn't the case as the only similarity they had in terms of actual facial features was their long black hair, the size and shape of everything else though clearly showed they had different parents. "Been putting all this to good use?" Godzilla asked as he blocked a kick, "Some asshole at school was flipping all the girls skirts, so I kicked him in the face and then pinned him in an arm lock till he swore to stop." Biollante answered with pride, "Hah, good work, serves the bastard right." Godzilla said in affirmation of the deed. Godzilla had taught Biollante a bit of martial arts a few years back, she had come home from school one day all covered in scratches and dirt, so she asked Godzilla to beat them up for her. He refused and she got mad at him, before Biollante could storm out though Godzilla said that while he wouldn't beat the kids up he WOULD still help her, and so that weekend Godzilla gave Biollante a crash course on martial arts, teaching her just enough that she would be able to deal with her bullies. Biollante took a liking to it and asked Godzilla to teach her more he agreed and said that if she really waned he'd take her to enrol at the places where he learned, but on the condition that Biollante not pick fights with random people like Godzilla had done when he was younger, only "Real assholes", now she had a red belt in both Karate and Judo. "So," Biollante began as she reset her position from another punch, "you told Mothra that you have the hots for her yet?" this soured Godzillas' mood just a bit, "Oh not this shit." He grumbled, "Why does this matter so much to everyone? Anguirus, Rodan, you, the rest of the guys, who next, dad?" "Because it's stupid obvious!" Biollante responded, "Plus Mothra is super nice and pretty and it would be SO COOL to have her as my sister-in-law after you two get hitched!" her eyes lighting up as she spoke. "uuuh..." Godzilla froze up at the mental image of Mothra in a wedding dress, his mind painting an absolutely radiant image of her in his imagination. "Look it's... it's not that easy alright? So just stay out of it." Godzilla answered after coming back to his senses, "Ugh, you're hopeless!" Biollante said with annoyance.
Notes: This was another chapter that I was looking forward to getting to and had fun writing. Also, we did it, we hit 500 views! Thank you all so much! Now then, the important bit, I have received several messages and comments both here and on other platforms about the potential for other pairings in the story besides just Godzilla and Mothra, I'm open to the idea but also don't have any really planned. So, in an effort to give back to my readers I have come to a decision, I'll allow all of you to decide, so let me explain the rules and process. Rule 1. You can submit multiple pairings but can only submit one for each character, for example you can't submit to pairings for Anguirus or just send a list of just ships involving Moll, this is to help me keep things organized You don't have to send multiple but you can. 2. I'll only accept ones for characters that have been introduced into the story at this point and who are based off of characters actually seen in the films with the exception of Biollante, she's four years younger than the rest of the cast, it would just be creepy. 3. I won't accept any pairings involving either Godzilla or Mothra, them getting together is the whole point of this after all. All you have to do to make your submission is send a private message to my account with your submissions in it and feel free to give explanation for why you want or support any of your submissions, I'm actually curious to know, again, you don't have to, but you can. Two chapters after this goes up I will tally up all the submissions and the winning pairs will start being weaved into the story, I hope you all have fun with this. Anyway, as always please let me know any comments, questions, criticism, or feedback you have, just keep it respectful. And lease do keep spreading the links to people who you think would enjoy this, that's what it's here for after all.
