Haruo grunted in pain as he was thrown backwards. His Peacelandian form seemed to be covered in some sort of armor, the only pieces that were visible was his mouth, his hands, and his legs. Like his father Haruo's hands were silver, his legs were blue on the outside with red on the inner thigh areas. His boots were split down the middle with a white line, the outside of the boots was orange, while the inside was black. Haruo painfully and slowly sat up. "You aren't focused Haruo," Hikaru said, Haruo slowly but surely stood back up. "You're fighting with these." He held up his fists, "You're thinking too much when you fight. You need to fight with your heart and soul!" Haruo growled, "Again."

"No, I'm done. I'm never going to beat you."

"If you can't beat me then there's no way you'll be able to protect Yuko. Your future and your planet will be destroyed!"

Haruo clenched his fists, "Shut up!" Haruo then charged to attack, Hikaru struck a fighting pose and then charged Haruo. Hikaru was able to block and easily counter all of Haruo's attacks. He then quickly jabbed Haruo in the chest, "This is bullshit! I can't do a damn thing in this damn armor!" The armor released steam, it also added pressure onto Haruo's body, he grunted in pain. Hikaru then raised his arms, rockets formed on his wrists. Haruo looked over at Himaur, "Oh shit..." Hikaru then fired directly at Haruo. The ground beneath Haruo started to explode, Haruo screamed in pain as he felt the rockets hit his body. Hikaru then disarmed and placed his hands at his sides. The smoke cleared, Haruo laid on his back back in his human form. Haruo started to pant heavily.

"Tell me Haruo, do you really think you're ready?" Haruo clenched his fists, he slowly stood up, he got back onto his feet. He pulled up the buckle, he then slapped it onto his waist.

"Damn right I am..."

"Zone! Standing by! Say to change!"

Haruo grit his teeth, "Zone On..." Haruo then transformed. The armor on his body was no more. His body and arms are mostly a blue color, the lightning bolts on his body were silver along with his head. His eyes were a light blue LED type color, he slowly raised his hands to a fighting position.

"Ike! Zone Smasher!" The buckle said.

"Come on old man." Haruo said, Hikaru chuckled.

"That's my boy." The two of them then charged each other and began to engage in combat. Hilary, being the more experienced fighter, had the upper hand at first. Shortly into the fight Haruo started to analyze Hikaru's fight patterns. Hikaru threw a punch, Haruo grabbed his fist and then quickly sent his knee into Hikaru's gut, Hikaru gasped and hunched over. Haruo then slammed his fists onto Hikaru's back causing Hikaru to fall to the ground. Haruo then rolled Hikaru onto his back, Haruo threw a punch and Hikaru quickly blocked. Hikaru quickly kicked Haruo in the back causing Haruo to stumble forward, Hikaru quickly sprung to his feet and turn around. Haruo turned and faced his father, "Come on Haruo, with your mixed DNA you should be the most elite fighter in the galaxy!" Haruo nodded. The two then charged each other and each threw a punch.

Meanwhile back in reality Yuko had found her way to a training room. She needed to let off some steam, she looked around the room and eventually spotted a punching bag. She walked over to it and then looked around for some gloves, she saw a small table with a drawer near the bag. She opened the drawer and inside were a few different sizes of gloves. She grabbed the smallest ones and set them aside, she removed her jacket and stripped down to her tank top. She then slipped the gloves on and she walked in front of the punching bag. Yuko swallowed, she had never actually fully thrown a punch before, she was just used to shooting a gun.

She took a few deep breaths and she quickly threw the hardest punch she could. She felt as if she did it right, she remembered how Haruo threw one so she followed what he did. She started to punch the bag over and over again. She threw another punch and she suddenly yelped in pain, she pulled her hand into her chest. "Ow..." she removed her glove, her wrist was red and starting to swell. "Maybe that's enough for today..." she removed the other glove and then grabbed her shirt and put it back on and then put on her jacket and headed to medical bay. Once she got there she saw Akira sitting there in a chair working on something. "Hey..." Akira turned and looked at Yuko.

"Ah, Miss Yuko What brings you here?"

"I sprained my wrist, got any ice?"

"Mm." He reaches into a drawer and pulls out an instant ice pack and hands it to her, "Here you go."

"Mm, Thank you." She activates it and puts it on her wrist.

"What did you do?" He asked getting up and going through some other drawers.

"I punched a bag, and I think I did it wrong."

"Mm." He then pulled out some firm bandage tape, "Give me your wrist." She showed him se hand, he then started to wrap the bandage around her wrist. "You definitely did it wrong." He said finishing wrapping the bandage around her wrist. Yuko then went back to putting it on ice, "You See, when you punch you want to put your thumb on the inside like this," Akira made a fist showing her the proper way, "And you want you lock your wrist so then that way you won't break or sprain it."

"Mm, makes more sense now. Thank you." She smiled,

"Anytime."

"Yeah, Hey do you know where Hikaru is? I went to talk to him this morning but didn't get a response."

"Ah, he's currently meditating right now. Though his mind is in the Gotengo he still has a mind, give him a few minutes to clear his mind and he'll be with you shortly."

"Alright, Thank you."

"My pleasure."

"So...Akira, how'd you come about being Hikaru's assistant?"

"Mm, well you see I came to Earth in the mid-70's, around 1973 to be precise, as well as other members of my race. We constructed several Anti-Godzilla weapons, Hikaru and I knew of Godzilla's existence well before the rest of the human race, and we wanted to keep it under wraps. My people and I, with Hikaru's help, built three functioning MechaGodzillas, one in 1974 which we rebuilt in 1975, another in 1993 and then a third and final one in 2002 which was reconstructed in 2003 and then it ultimately destroyed itself. It was later that our people were exposed and one by one were killed off except for me."

"I'm sorry, it must be so lonely."

"It can be." He cleared his throat, "Anyways, by the time we could no longer keep Godzilla covered up...that's when Hikaru and I began construction on the Gotengo, we finished ahead of schedule...and that's when Haruo was born."

"I see, so you two have been friends for a long time then."

"Yes."

"Are you going to build a new MechaGodzilla? That could be a lot of help!"

"No, instead I'm working with Kairi to make a mech suit called Core-Braver." Akira then showed her what he was working on.

"Mm, I like it. It has a nice slim design which should be easy for combat, unlike the giant mech shows I used to watch in my downtime."

"Mm." Akira nods. "My only problem is, we need someone to operate it."

"Well, it was Kairi's idea so why not Kairi? She seems tough."

Akira laughed, "Oh heavens no, are you silly? Having a woman pilot a mech suit is like having a women driven show in pop culture. It simply can't be done without major problems."

"Well, if not Kairi why not you?"

"I'm far too old."

"You don't look too old. You look about Haruo's age maybe a bit older."

"It doesn't matter how old I am, I'm not doing it."

"Ok then." Yuko then sighed, "Anyways, I'm going to go and check on Haruo. He slept in today so I don't know if he's feeling ok." She then turned and left the medical bay, she went straight to Haruo's room. She frowned when she saw Haruo still asleep. She went and sat on the edge of the bed, "Come on Haruo, wake up. This isn't like you." She placed her hand on his forehead, he wasn't feeling hot. She placed her finger near his nose, he was still breathing regularly.

In Safe Zone Haruo leaped backwards to quickly avoid the barrage of missiles heading his way. Once he was in the clear he thrusted his hand forward firing an energy blast. Hikaru quickly lunges backwards to avoid it. "You've improved." Hikaru said, "Let's see how you can handle me at this speed." Hikaru then ran forward, everything else around Hikaru seemed to be frozen. Haruo then quickly flew forward at a faster speed and went clear past Hikaru. Hikaru gasped and stumbled backwards clenching his gut. Haruo then turned around, he then held up his hands, instead of rocket launchers on his wrists Haruo had Gatling Guns. Hikaru turned around, Haruo then began to fire several bullets towards Hikaru. Soon the Gatling Guns turned to submachine guns, and then finally to rockets. The earth around Hikaru went up in a fiery explosion. Haruo commenced firing and his hands returned to normal. The smoke cleared, the color timer on Hikaru's waist started to flash red. Hikaru fell to one knee, "Alright...that's it, you win." Hikaru said returning to his human appearance.

Haruo grabbed a hold of his buckle, he powered down and then removed it from his waist. Hikaru looked up at Haruo, Haruo snickered softly. He then smirked and started to laugh. Hikaru stood up, "What's so funny?" Haruo then fell onto his back continuing to laugh, "Haruo what's wrong?" Hikaru walked over to Haruo, he looked down at Haruo and Haruo finally stopped laughing.

"Nothings wrong." He said, "I just...I don't know why that happened." He said shaking his head, "I haven't heard my own laughter in over twenty years...and hearing it now just seemed hilarious." Haruo sighed, "Don't Tell Yuko."

"Your secret is safe with me." Hikaru then sat down next to Haruo, "Well, what's next in the life of Haruo?" Haruo's cheery complexion then went back to being dark.

"We need to find the other monsters." He said sitting up, "We then unleash hell on Godzilla and get our home back."

"Mm." Hikaru said, "What about Ghidorah?"

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it...right now I need to find myself again. Once Godzilla's gone I'll be able to explore it. I spent my whole life hating Godzilla, nothing will ever stop me from hating it. You...mom...I watched everything explode right in front of me. Several hundred people have died...and it's all because of me." Haruo almost felt tears coming on, "And now...Yuko is having a baby...and if she dies then..." Hikaru looked at Haruo.

"I understand, you only fall in love once, sometimes twice. But the first time you fall in love...it never leaves." Hikaru clasped his hands together and looked up at the sun, "I remember, being on Planet Peaceland when I met my Angel. From the moment our eyes met I knew she was the one. We had our son Junior...and we moved to Earth. When I had them, they were my whole life...and like you Haruo, I watched Godzilla take them from me in a massive explosion. I never...i never thought I'd be happy again." He smiled, "But, I knew my Angel wouldn't want me to be depressed and angry my whole life, so that's when I met Mistress X on Planet X, your mother. Now there was someone who truly knew how to make me smile again, she believed in me, she rooted for me, she rebuilt me from the mess I was to the man I am now." He then placed his hand on Haruo's shoulder, "Son, Yuko is your Angel. You need to hold tight to her, never let her go, and never lose sight of what's truly important. And that's yourself and your love."

Haruo looked over at Hikaru, "Thanks dad." He then stood up, "I better get going, Yuko's probably worried sick."

"Yes," Hikaru stood up himself, "I'm sure the crew could use my assistance too."

"Dad..."

"Yes Son?"

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry I've been bitter...I've lived this long without a father so I didn't think I'd need one in my life again."

"Ah."

"I see how you are with Yuko, you care about her like she's part of the family." Haruo sighed, "Look, if there's anything I can do to get your physical body back then-"

"Haruo, I'm a dying man. My physical body died long ago and now my mind is in this ship. Eventually that will die too." He placed his hands behind his back, "It's been thousands of years, I'd like to see my Angel again, and your mother." Haruo sighed, "But, I'll make you a deal." Haruo looked at Hikaru, "I'll stay around long enough to see my granddaughter, how's that sound?"

"I'm sure Yuko would love that."

"Mm." Hikaru smiled, he then walked up to Haruo, "I love you my son." They then touched foreheads and Haruo slowly started to wake up.

"Mm..." Haruo slowly opened his eyes, he saw Yuko sitting on the edge of the bed, "Y-Yuko..." Yuko turned and looked at him, she smiled.

"Haruo!" She then plantes her lips on his, "Thank god! I thought maybe you had died!"

"No, I'm fine." He said slowly sitting up, "Did I miss anything?"

"Not really, I almost punched Kazuya."

"Mm." He rubbed his forehead.

"Oh, he's awake now." Hikaru said, Yuko smiled and looked up.

"Yeah!"

Haruo rubbed the back of his neck. Did he just wake up from a dream? "Yuko...I'm feeling hungry, can you maybe get me something?" Haruo asked.

"Sure." Yuko smiles and gets up and leaves.

"..." Haruo paused, "...dad?"

"Yes Son?"

"...did I just wake up from a dream...?"

"What do you mean?"

"...Safe Zone, did that really-"

"Yes. It did."

Meanwhile Metphies was outside, he had a book of scripture in hand, he smiled and then shut it. "And with that, the father and the begotten son have become one." Metphies then walked down the hall to Kazuya's room, he knocked gently, "Kazuya." Kazuya opened the door, "Shall we continue the reckoning?" Kazuya nodded, Metphies walked inside Kazuya's room. Kazuya sat on a chair, Metphies stood behind Kazuya placing his hands on the rope of his head, "Oh god, the eternal one, we ask thee to manifest yourself in the vessel of this man. That on the records this man will no longer be known as Kazuya, but as one of your messengers." Kazuya then started to scream in pain, "Monster X. The Kaizer."

A/N

Boom! One more done! Anyways here's today's references!

Haruo's battle armor: Alright this is a tricky one, but it's very subtle and a bit genius. Haruo's Japanese voice actor is Mamoru Miyano. Miyano is best known for voicing Death the Kid, Light Yagami, And Ultraman Zero. Haruo's Zone Fighter Armor is a direct reference to the armor that Ultraman Zero wears in Ultra Galaxy Legends Daikaiju Battle the Movie.

Haruo's suit and white shirt: Here's another one! Haruo's suit and shirt is a direct reference to what Light Yagami wears ont He anime Death Note. I didn't add a tie because it's been YEARS since I've watched Death Note so I forget if Light actually had a tie...

Kamen Rider: Here's an obvious one. Haruo's transformation buckle is a direct reference to Kamen Rider, a series best known for transforming using transformation belts known as Drivers.

Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger: When Haruo puts on the buckle, it says "Say to Change" which is a reference to Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger where the Seizablaster says "Seiza Change!" Which translates out to "Say to Change."

Monster X: Anyone who is anyone is familiar with Monster X from the giant anime cluster madness that is Godzilla Final Wars, he appears as the final monster that Godzilla fights in the climax of the film.