The God of Destruction comes to Remnant
An: And here we are! The last chapter of the Predator and Maidens arc! Hope you guys enjoy it!
And to all of those guys out there that think Gojira isn't going to be killing anymore just because he made a promise that he wouldn't, I have only one thing to say to you:
Who said anything about Gojira not killing?! Gah! Gojira only agreed to it to keep Coco and Velvet as allies! And if I wanted to keep them in the harem (which I still intend to do by the way!) if he didn't, they would have up and left and it would have been difficult to get Gojira back into their good graces! THINK PEOPLE!
[Sighs in exasperation] Sorry about that rant, guys. But I wanted to express my frustrations with people who think in such one dimensional ways. As to why he agreed so easily, I'll attempt to explain it this chapter. And with that said, I'd like to Spirit Soldier, lincoln time, and RookieChie for their help with the scene that explains it. I know the scene isn't that great, but hopefully it will explain some things.
Now with that out of the way, let's get started!
Disclaimer: I don't own Godzilla or RWBY. I also don't own Jurassic Park, Land Before Time, or Caesar Flickerman (whose from Hunger Games).
{EDIT: This chapter has been edited to try and better showcase Coco and Velvet were being influenced by Laal's semblance.}
Chapter VI: Predator and Maidens 5
The Emerald Forest, southwest side of Vale, 120 miles from Beacon Academy, 3 days later
There were no words. No way to describe the blood boiling, soul crushing anger that coursed through Gojira's veins at the moment. He was currently standing in the middle of what the humans called the Emerald Forest, waiting for his presence to attract these 'Creatures of Grimm' in an effort to not only test them to see if they were really a threat to him, but also to vent his new found frustrations.
Immediately after leaving Coco and Velvet and obtaining about 9500 Lien from that suitcase the man dropped, the humanized Kaiju returned to the library in an effort to continue his research for a way home and learn more about the human body. His fights with Rexy and Cobalt showed him that he knew nothing about how his new body worked.
So, in an effort remedy the situation and to better understand his new form as well as blend in with humans better (at least until he gained his previous form back), once back at the library, he immediately sought out books about the human mind, body, and every other piece of related material.
The results…were not to his liking unfortunately.
Flashback; Vale Library, three hours after fight with Cobalt
"Shrreeeeeeeeoooooooonnnnnnnnnk!" The maddened roar of a pissed off Kaiju came from a dark corner of the Vale library, scaring all who heard it. Even the librarian was hesitant to go investigate.
Gojira, however, was glaring at the pile of books in front of him, trying to set them on fire with just his glare (despite the ever-growing desire to do just that). He snarled loudly as he mulled over the texts he just read.
'It had to be me. Not Orga. Not Biollante. Not Kiryu. Not my sons. Not Zilla. Well…I wouldn't wish this on those last three, but still! Why is it that I'M the one Kaiju with the worse damn luck out of all the numerous Kaiju of my world?!' he raged mentally, looking back down at the human psychology book first:
The theory of attachment is the attempt to describe dynamics of long-term and short-term interpersonal relationships between two or more people. Attachments can range from the attachment a newborn has to its caregiver to the attachment to one's spouse. Many psychologists state that it may be a basic human and Faunus need to form these attachments with other humans and Faunus in an attempt to fend off negative feelings such as loneliness, depression, etc.
Gojira had scoffed at the passage at first. But now, after the second book he had started reading, the passage only served to further enrage him. That said, he turned to the other book, an anatomy book and growled lowly at the page the book was opened to:
Hormones are any signaling molecules in the body that are produced by glands in multicellular organisms that are transported by the circulatory system to target distant organs to regulate physiology and behavior. Also known for to communicate between organs and tissues, hormones also play a role in physiological regulation and behavioral activities, such as metabolism, respiration…
He had continued to read through the book until it came to list the effects of hormones on the human body, and something began tickling at the back of his mind. It wasn't until another passage in the book that sent his mind reeling:
Hormones also play a role in preparing the body for various activities such as fighting, exercising, mating…
'The hell?' That made the tingling sensations in the back of his mind even stronger as he read more intently. His eyes began to widen in surprise and shock until his face contorted into fury.
"Shrreeeeeeeeoooooooonnnnnnnnnk!"
Which was the result of his roar.
'She's laughing at me!' he thought angrily. 'Somewhere, Azusa is LAUGHING at me right now! I just know she is!' During one of his talks with the woman via telepathy, she had always said that one day his lack of care of humans would get the better of him one day. He had scoffed at her, like always, and replied she was delusional.
Yet, he now had proof, right in front of him, that proved she was right.
From what he gathered so far, his body's changes were the direct cause of his caving into Coco's and Velvet's demands and the main reason why he didn't want to lose them as his only allies on Remnant. His lack of understanding of human physiology caused him to fall victim to his new body's hormones. And if he wasn't missing his guess, his new thought processes (he was skeptical on this, but he didn't have a better explanation yet) processed them and had him form an 'attachment' with the first people that had actually shown some sort of care for him…
Which would be Coco and Velvet.
'I've been tricked,' he growled angrily in his mind. 'Those two tricked me into this! This is…Ugh! Unacceptable!'
However, he knew that wasn't the case. Despite the circumstances, his…befriending (for a lack of better terms at the moment) of Coco and Velvet had been genuine on his part. Even if it was unintentional.
"DAAAAAAMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!" he roared in pure anger and frustration.
Flashback end*
That was three days ago. He had left the library in a rage, knowing he'd draw more attention to himself if he stayed around, which would do nothing but anger him further if he had to deal with more people.
So, he went back to the harbor and jumped into the ocean, intent on sleeping off his rage. Curiously, his new body needed less time to sleep than his old one, meaning he had more energy than before, as opposed to his bulkier, Kaiju form which required more energy to function and required at least 98 hours of sleep compared to the 48 Gojira could now sleep as a human.
However, without the ability to sleep any longer than those 48 hours, the Kaiju Faunus was more irritated than ever.
Suddenly, a rustling came from his left side, he turned to see a bipedal wolf creature with very little bone armor crossing his black fur. 'A Beowolf. And a young one at that,' he recalled. Scoffing, he turned to the Grimm and said, "'Bout time you showed up. I was beginning to grow bored." More Grimm started flooding into the clearing as Gojira cracked his neck in anticipation. "Let's see if you guys are worth the trouble of fighting. Now…" he fell into a stance. "Come."
The Grimm charged.
Beacon Academy, Headmaster's office
"I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation Ozpin," Glynda stated with a tone.
"M-hmm," came the reply of Beacon's headmaster, Ozpin. He was tall man with spikey silver hair and amber colored eyes and wore a green sweater vest over a long-sleeved green shirt. An intricate cane sat by his side as he watched something on the holo-screens in front of him.
"This young man, whoever he is, is dangerous," the huntress continued.
"Uh-huh," Ozpin replied again.
"He's a hazard to those around him, and perhaps to himself as well."
"M-hmm…"
"…You're not listening to a word I'm saying, are you?"
"On the contrary," Ozpin said, "I've heard every word. However, I'm more concerned about this…" He gestured to the screen, and Glynda frowned as she looked at it. It was a rerun of a late-night talk show that aired two nights ago, with Cobalt Yashi sitting in the seat next to the host. It was rare since Cobalt never went on night shows, saying he wasn't a Hunter for the fame, but once he sat down, he shocked everyone by saying, "I'm no hero. I'm a murderer."
It had made the headlines. Cobalt Yashi, the hero of the people, the gentlemen Hunter, the Fastest man on Remnant, was a cold, calculating murderer who was also the founder and leader of the Red Sons! It had thrown people for a loop. Many were shocked, trying to deny his claims, but he assured them multiple times he was telling the truth, and to add more damming evidence to his name, he gave a list of Faunus and Faunus families, and even some humans that had gone missing, detailing where their bodies were or where they were now, and how he manipulated them.
"Tell us again, Mr. Yashi, just how you lured all these people into your trap?" the host, Caesar Flickerman, asked, his over the top multicolored suit glowing in the spotlights.
"Certainly," Cobalt said in a short, cut monotone. "A member of the Red Sons, Laal, has a Semblance called Toxic Thought. It allows her to implant thoughts into her target's minds, un-focusing their minds and gradually weakening their mental defenses.
"She was sent to break our stronger willed and strong-minded opponents," he finished.
"So, how many times have you done this?" Caesar asked this.
"So many times, I've lost count," Cobalt answered, to everyone's shock. "However, our latest and last victims were two young Huntresses to be from Beacon Academy…"
Glynda gritted her teeth as the man went onto describe how he had his subordinate stalk them for weeks, using her Semblance to mold Coco's and Velvet's mind into something more malleable. She turned away from the screen and growled, "You're changing the subject Ozpin! As usual!"
She was answered with a sigh. "Glynda, I know this whole debacle is hitting close to home with you, but the young man you are attempting to incriminate isn't at fault for it," Ozpin replied calmly.
"I'm not trying to incriminate him!" Glynda dismissed. "I'm saying he's a danger to the people. According to Miss Adel's and Miss Scarlatina's report, he slaughtered no less than 80 people remorselessly, mind you, before he removed them from the warehouse."
"It also states that they were able to convince him not to kill unless the situation was dire," Ozpin reminded her.
"And you seriously believe he'll honor that request?" she asked dubiously.
The headmaster shrugged and opened his Scroll, viewing the pictures of this mysterious Faunus. Unfortunately, most of the photographs were either of his back as he walked on, or were too bleary to make out any details. But he did have one picture that was good. It was of Gojira as he walked into the Vale public library, glaring at everything. Ozpin felt a bit of dread at the sight of the Faunus's orange eyes, but brushed it off, thinking it was just nothing.
"I don't know, Glynda," Ozpin admitted. "Miss Adel and Miss Scarlatina seemed to believe he would, so I'll trust their judgement. Besides…" He looked at another picture, this one of Gojira's retreating back as he walked with Coco and Velvet over his shoulders as he left the old warehouse. He smiled slightly.
"Despite his rough demeanor, I can see a lot of potential in him," he said.
"Potential? What are you-Oh, Grimm dammit Ozpin, you're not really suggesting-"
"Would you rather have him outside of Beacon unsupervised?" Ozpin asked.
Glynda frowned. "I don't think of him as a criminal, Ozpin," she said flatly. "But if what Miss Adel and Miss Scarlatina said is true, then this young man needs help. He's been running all his life. And I don't think having him here at Beacon would do him any good. He did after all take out several well-trained hunters and huntresses, as well as effortlessly defeat Cobalt, and somehow identifying the man's true Semblance is Gravity. Those are not the skills of a student, Ozpin."
"True…" Ozpin said. "However…" He sighed. "I fear what would happen if our enemy got ahold of this young man."
Glynda's eyes widened. "Do you think he would join them?" she asked in alarm.
Ozpin sighed again. "I'm not sure," he admitted. "And that's what worries me the most…"
At the same time, near an abandoned orphanage on the outskirts of Vale
Blue stared up at the hated building with unveiled anger. Since she fell into this world, this building was the cause of her furthered heartbreak and loneliness. It was here that she was forced to mourn the loss of her sisters to the Big White One (or as her Alpha had called it, the "Indominus").
'Alpha,' she thought as she scratched her shoulder, a nervous tick she had as a velociraptor back on Earth, which had carried over to this land when she arrived via the humans' odd contraption. She missed her Alpha. Owen had been a constant since her birth. Her caregiver. Now she was without him. It was like losing her sisters all over again, but it hurt worse, as she saw his face when those humans shot her with whatever that machine was, and she came to Remnant.
She fidgeted with the hem of her new sleeveless blue denim vest as she attempted to calm herself. Her sea green shirt was loose on her torso and her legs were covered with dark blue jeans. She had no socks or shoes on. Strapped to her back were two black tonfas, her multi-bladed Armor Piercing Blade tonfas, Echo and Charlie, and at her side was a tri-barrel pistol she called Delta. All three weapons were named after her sisters…
"You're fidgeting," Spike's voice came from behind her. She turned to see him in a dark green shirt and baggy pants with his weapon, a massive arrowhead shaped sword that transformed into a rocket launcher that fired multiple mini-rockets out in random directions called Spiketail, resting on his shoulder.
Blue shrugged. "It's nothing," she muttered.
Spike frowned at her, before he placed a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly. She looked at him and smiled slightly. "T-Thanks," she whispered.
"Anything to help, Sister," he said with a smile. He soon frowned and said, "It's time. Let's save our brothers and sisters."
"Yes," Blue said fiercely, grabbing Echo and Charlie from her back.
"I trust you weren't forgetting me?" a sensual growl asked from behind them. The two turned to see Rexy, wearing a red shirt and black jacket with gold lines running down the arms and jeans and boots, walking up to them a tannish scarf around her neck and her weapon (given to her by Cobalt himself, a 7 foot long single edged longsword that transformed into a custom made gun that fired lightning called an Arc wave cannon, called Revenant) strapped to her back.
"Old one!" Blue said.
Rexy smirked in amusement. "Do I look old now, Small biter?" she asked.
"You're still older than me," Blue pouted. Rexy laughed a little. But before she could say anything, Spike spoke up.
"Sisters," he said. They looked to him. "Let's not get into an argument just yet." He knew that the two could argue for a long time. "We have something important to do." The two lost their previous expressions and turned to the abandoned building. As a unit, they stepped towards it.
Back at Beacon Academy, Team CVFY dorm room
Coco frowned and fumed silently as she re-watched the interview Cobalt had given, explaining everything he had ever done and just why Velvet and she were so off their game the other day. She hadn't realized it until she heard it from his traitorous lips, but they had been so distracted by everything. It…It wounded her pride as a Huntress in training that she allowed someone to manipulate her mind to such a point.
She was going to find this woman, whoever she was, and beat the shit out of her for this.
"You two do realize that now we're not letting out of our sights for a while, right?" a copper headed young man with dark skin and blank, white eyes asked from his bed. He wore a sleeveless orange shirt and burnt orange pants. This was Fox Alistair, one of the male members of team CVFY.
A tall young man nodded from his own bed. He had short cut brown hair and dark skin as well, though not as dark as Fox's skin tone, and was wearing a light green T-shirt and shorts. This was Yatsuhashi Dashi, the second male member of Team CVFY. "That means no more trips to Vale either, and once Coco starts back to work, Professor Goodwitch has asked either Fox or myself to accompany her to and from the shop."
Velvet nodded glumly. She was in her pajamas as she stared at the screen Coco was watching. She winced as a sharp pain coursed through the ear Rexy stepped on. Turned out the girl had some serious power in her legs, as the area where she stepped on Velvet's ear wouldn't heal right now.
So, the top of her right rabbit ear would always be drooping.
"I-I'm just glad Gojira came around…when he did," Velvet mumbled. "Otherwise…"
"You might not be here today," Yatsuhashi said grimly. "Cobalt Yashi has a lot to answer for."
"Which he'll never do," Coco growled for the first time since she woke up that morning as the video showed Cobalt finishing his interview after talking about the fights in the abandoned warehouse (to which she learned was actually used as a base of operations for the Red Suns, to her furthered agitation) and then, to everyone's shock, slit his own throat. He had purposefully neglected to use his Aura, so he began to bleed out, to everyone's horror.
Fox sighed. "Coco, I know you're upset, but sitting here moping about it will not change that he chose death over paying for his crimes."
"I know," she mumbled. "But it still hurts."
Yatsuhashi placed a hand on Coco's shoulder. She looked at him and smiled slightly, nodding at him. He nodded and smiled at her.
"So," he said, amusement evident in his tone, "let's get on a different, happier topic: What's this Gojira guy like?"
Both girls blushed brilliantly. "W-Well," Velvet stuttered. "H-He's kind of rude. Very blunt. I-Intimidating as hell. A-And if it wasn't for the whole situation with the Red Suns, I don't think, I would approach him on a normal occasion."
"That being said, he does have a nicer side, once you pick away at the layers," Coco continued. "He's surprisingly soft-spoken, but man, his growl puts that tiger Faunus in our year to shame. He's also freakishly strong! It took all my Aura empowered strength to get him to move! And even then, I barely did that!"
That intrigued the two males. Coco's Aura imbued strength was legendary around Beacon. She had one punched a senior who had tried to make a move on her and she sent him through the building a good half mile and into the Emerald Forest.
For someone who Coco had trouble dragging around was definitely noteworthy.
"And he fought R-Rexy and won," Velvet said, a bit stronger now, but she faltered at Rexy's name. "I-I remember C-Cobalt saying even his toughest subordinates couldn't beat her. And Gojira beat her pretty effortlessly!"
"He had some problems, but in the end, he beat the T-Rex girl and THEN was still strong enough to fight off Cobalt!"
Fox smirked. "This sounds like a guy I've gotta met," he said. "If he can get both Coco and Velvet into blushing stuttering messes, he's seems like a heck of a guy."
Coco glared at him for a moment while Velvet blushed, both wondering just how he knew they were blushing when he was blind. They still didn't know.
Their thoughts went back to Gojira, and just what he was doing now. Was he still keeping to his promise? Was he doing ok? Questions like that swarmed through their minds. 'I wonder what he's doing right now?' both girls thought in unison.
Meanwhile, in an abandoned orphanage on the outskirts of Vale
The moment Blue, Spike, and Rexy walked into the building; chaos broke out. The three effortlessly broke through what remained of the Red Suns and freed any Faunus they knew that would fight back, breaking their collars and resuming the fight. It became a slaughter as the Faunus still capable of fighting back (which was around 3/4ths of the Faunus in the building), found their weapons and began attacking their oppressors.
Spike casually walked up to a wall that had a young man a year or so his senior chained to the ground. He was about as tall as Gojira was and had brownish hair and white skin. He wore a tattered silver T-shirt and jeans. A long, silvery scaled tail with a streak of brown scales down the middle rested on the ground next to him.
The teen looked up to see Spike and smiled. "I take it this is your doing?"
"Of course," Spike said.
"How'd you get the collar off?"
"A new brother, who not only beat the T-Rex Faunus that came in a few months ago, but from she says, he beat Cobalt pretty badly," Spike told the Faunus. "He's about as tall as you, Bron, maybe taller."
The newly named Bron scoffed good-naturedly. "That I'll pay to see."
"Perhaps you will, but right now, I think you're missing out on this party we're hosting." Spike moved slightly to show a teen girl about Bron's age with long golden hair and two horns sticking out of her forehead and one on the tip of her nose was bashing a guy into a wall. Another girl, who was slightly older than Bron, with green hair and webbed hands and feet and pretty blue eyes was drop kicking a woman through a window.
"I know how much you hate not being able to help your friends out, so I saved getting you out for last," Spike said laughingly as he cut the chains holding Bron, who massaged his wrists. Spike held out a hand for him and asked, "So, you ready to lead us out of here, leader?"
Bron mock glared at him. "I think I liked you better mute," he mumbled.
Spike smirked. "I think liked you better as Littlefoot."
Deep within the Emerald Forest
Gojira's temper hadn't abated. Why? Well…
"Pathetic!" The Kaiju King snarled as he slammed his fist into another Grimm's head, the atomic energy discharging and turning the Grimm's head to paste. "Pitiful! Unsatisfying…You things are supposed to be the bane of humanity, yet even a mindless Mutation from back home is more dangerous than the lot of you!" He roared loudly and curb stomped a bear Grimm (an Ursa) in the chest, making its whole torso disintegrate into nothing.
He believed that his atomic energy was the reason they kept dying so quickly, but that only served to infuriate him more. The only things that MAY have given him a challenge…were barely even distractions! "Hmph! What a waste of time!" he snarled and turned around.
But before he could walk off, a rustling caught his attention. Turning, he saw a large Grimm with massive bone plate armor walking out from the brush. Fully turning, he saw it was an Ursa. "Hmph. Another one, huh?" he said scathingly. He scoffed. "Alright then…" He charged forward. "Die!"
He slammed his hand into the Grimm's chest, but the Grimm jumped to the side and swiped at the humanized Kaiju. Gojira was stunned it dodged, but quickly lashed his tail out and knocked the claw away. 'What?' He tried again, this time he jumped and tried to punch the Gimm's head off, but the Ursa ducked under it and tried to rise up and head butt Gojira in the stomach. The Kaiju quickly used his 'tail spin' maneuver from gain more height on the Grimm as he spun to the ground.
He looked up and frowned. 'I wonder…' He shot forward at a higher speed than before and landed a couple of punches to its sternum, leaving large cracks on the armor. The Ursa roared in annoyance before its leg lashed out and connected with Gojira's kneecap. He buckled under the surprising amount of force, and it was all the Grimm needed to grab the Kaiju and throw him through a few trees. The Ursa charged after, but a loud roar and a blue beam of energy shot forward and hit its chest, completely shattering the armor and tearing away at the beast's skin. It fell apart almost instantly.
Gojira walked back into the clearing he made and hummed in thought. 'That one was different from the others. It actually tried to avoid my attacks. It was pretty armored too, meaning it was older than the ones I fought before it. Hmm…I guess that means when I want a challenge amongst these beasts, I'll need to track down the older ones.' He looked down at his hand and frowned. 'And I need to get the hand of this Atomic beam I'm shooting from my hands. It's pretty easy to use, but that last one hurt a little. I'll need to absorb more of that Dust stuff and test it out some more.'
With that in mind, he took back off into the woods, but before he could go five steps, his danger senses went off, something jumped out of the underbrush and tried to bisect Gojira, but he had jumped at the last second. The figure quickly turned and lashed out at Gojira's stomach, leaving a small wound. He roared in annoyance as he landed, but the figure proceeded to leave more cuts to his torso before going for the neck.
Having had enough, Gojira quickly lashed out his hand and stopped the figure's blade with one hand, and punching her in the face, sending her back into a tree. As she hit, he bolted forward and pinned her against it. He looked at the person, who was revealed to be a woman with wild black hair and bright red eyes. Remnants of a mask she must have been wearing covered the ground. He snarled at her. "Stop doing that!"
The woman, Raven Branwen, was shocked. Originally, she came to investigate the explosions and roars that sounded like some new Grimm, and once she got there, the roars stopped, so she decided not to take any chances and kill whatever was in that clearing.
She didn't expect a young reptile looking Faunus to be the cause.
Quickly lashing out a foot into the Faunus's crotch, she grabbed her blade and made a quick exit by creating a red swirling portal and jumping through. Gojira was surprised when he actually felt pain when her foot connected, so much so that he dropped her sword and loosened his grip on her. He looked back up in primal fury as she vanished in a flash of red.
He growled menacingly. "Damn crazy bitch!"
~End: Predator and Maidens Arc
Next Arc: Little Light Dragon and Giant Monster King~
An: And the Predator and Maidens Arc is done! Next arc, if the name wasn't enough of a giveaway, will feature none other than team RWBY's own Yang Xiao Long! So stay tuned!
And about how human hormones and psychology effecting Gojira, well Kaiju and humans are vastly different in a lot of ways, so it's plausible. And he went from a 300 ft. tall, irradiated lizard that believed humans inferior to a seventeen year old body, with all the good and bad qualities that brings. So if the explanation isn't enough for you, I tried.
Also, since he now knows why he acted so OOC with Coco and Velvet, he'll work to correct it and Yang will have a much harder time gaining his respect than they did.
Plus, Gojira will be finding a lot of 'loopholes' in his promise with Coco, so to those who think Gojira won't be killing next chapter, guess again.
'Till next time!
{I hope my edits helped showcase Coco and Velvet were not at their best for this}
