Yup. Mothra Vs Godzilla is awesome! Plus my copy of Godzilla Vs Gigan came today. Sweet!

Anyway, enjoy the monster scrap!

Godzilla is © Toho

GRUDGE MATCH

Mothra looked down at Godzilla, giving a shrill chirp and extending her wings, but did not leave her perch. She had no desire to fight this creature.

Godzilla, on the other hand, was itching to get his claws on the insect and rip it to shreds. He was a wild animal, acting on pure instinct: And his instinct demanded that this territorial intruder be destroyed.

With a flap of her great wings, Mothra descended from her perch, circling around Godzilla as she looked down to spy the Cosmos.

Godzilla watched as she descended…

And then, all hell broke loose.

Godzilla unleashed another bellowing roar, attracting Mothra's instant attention. As the great insect turned, Godzilla leapt forward, grabbing Mothra in his jaws as he rocketed into her, carrying them both through the air before they slammed into the ground and send a cloud of debris flying up around them.

Mothra was thrown to the ground by the force of the impact, sprawled beneath Godzilla as his jaws parted his clawed hands pulled back ready to strike.

Mothra was a gentle creature; perhaps one that could even be considered a pacifist. Nevertheless, she still knew when she had to defend herself.

Flicking her abdomen upwards, she jabbed the stinger into Godzilla's midsection. The saurian hissed, falling back as Mothra rose gracefully into the air. Godzilla shook his head, his regenerative ability already healing the damage from the poison.

Mothra chirped into the air, opening her wings as tiny, golden spheres of pollen began to fall from their fur. In seconds, what started as thin trails formed a cloud around Godzilla, an ever-thickening envelope of multicoloured rain.

As Godzilla hissed angrily at Mothra, his angry snarl suddenly became a groan. He shook his head, and as he stepped forward, he was suddenly unsteady. His arms started to hang loose by his sides as he swayed at the hips, his tail hanging limp to lie along the ground. His eyes started to drift shut, darkness clouding his vision.

Watching in sudden fear, Miki felt the exact same sensation start to grip her, sneaking their way into her mind through the link. Her head felt heavy, her breathing slowed, and it hurt to keep her eyes open.

"Miki!" A familiar voice snapped her halfway back to alertness. Osaki, Miyuki, Kazama and Akane all raced towards her from the damaged tower.

"Jesus, Kid!" Miyuki gasped, "Get out of the link before you both go down!"

"What about Godzilla?" Miki insisted as she obliged, pulling her mind back into her own head.

"The pollen is only a tranquiliser," Moll reassured her. "Godzilla won't be permanently harmed; it will just put him to sleep."

Unfortunately, Godzilla had obviously worked this out for himself, and had no intention of allowing that to happen.

Even as he teetered on the brink of sleep, he spun round, slamming his tail into Mothra's side. The stream of pollen ceased as Mothra was sent flying off to the side, extending her wings to fly upwards with remarkable skill before striking anything.

Godzilla, in spite of his strength of body and mind, fell sideways from the effects of the pollen, crashing to his side on the ground.

"He's fine," Lora reassured Miki. "Mothra just wanted to stop the fight and not hurt him."

At that moment, Godzilla's orange eye flashed open, blazing with fury. Already, he was regenerating, forcing the tranquiliser out of his system.

"Well," Kazama offered, "She's doing the second part just fine…"

Godzilla rose, seething with anger, baring his teeth as he turned back towards Mothra.

"Alright, this has gone on long enough," Osaki ordered, "Miki, you've got to call him off before they trash the place!"

"I'm trying!" Miki replied, hands on her head as she focused. She'd never tried to establish a connection while Godzilla was fighting mad before… even when fighting the larval Mothra on Infant Island, he had been, at most, irritated. Now, he was really spoiling for a fight.

Mothra circled around Godzilla in the air, the raging monster turning to follow, leaning back on his haunches.

He pounced forwards even as Mothra rolled to the side, missing entirely and instead landing on all fours in front of her. Mothra swooped down, more pollen falling from her wings, and grabbed Godzilla's head with her insect legs, slamming him sideways into the ground before swooping upwards.

Godzilla rose behind her, shaking his head to remove the pollen, as Mothra turned round in the air, her abdomen pointed forwards.

A burst of thick, blast stingers shot forth, striking Godzilla in the neck. Godzilla snarled furiously, swiping at the stingers and clearing them instantly as he stepped forth, shaking briefly, his jaws snapping at empty air as he healed from the poison.

His eyes narrowed. This creature might not have severely wounded him, but it was still an annoyance. One that he was now fully tired of.

His spinal plates flashed bright blue, his eyes following suit as blue smoke curled up from his mouth.

"Godzilla!" Miki shouted desperately, "Stop!"

The dazzling blue flame shot forth, surging through the air as, instead of pollen, tiny, curved, shining scales started to fall from Mothra's wings.

When the blast was almost upon Mothra, it struck against the scales, and suddenly, impossibly, it reversed its direction, shooting back through the air and striking Godzilla in the face. The blast sent him falling back, skidding across the ground and cutting a deep gash in the ground before him, sending a cloud of debris into the air as he was, however briefly, stunned by the force of his own reflected attack.

Miki watched, horrified, for a few seconds before Godzilla rose to his feet with a mild grunt of annoyance.

He wouldn't stop. He wouldn't back down. However powerful this enemy was, he wouldn't end the fight until he won.

Unless…

Miki cupped her hands to her mouth in one last try.

"Godzilla!" She shouted, holding the last syllable until her lungs were empty.

Finally, Godzilla turned down towards her.

"Stop!" Miki shouted to him, finally managing to tell him what to do through the link. "Go back!"

Godzilla looked from Miki to Mothra. Hesitantly, he finally drew back, turning past Mothra and back towards the water. He gave one last, angry snarl towards Mothra.

Miki told him through the link, as though talking to a child who still wanted to fight with another.

Grudgingly, Godzilla dived back into the water, a wave of surf turning over itself and smoothing over on the surface of the water.

"So," Kazama piped up after a few seconds, "Just wondering… who won that?"

Who indeed? After all, Godzilla never did manage to actually hurt Mothra. Yeah, I thought it's be fun to see Godzilla actually meet his match considering how tough he is. Anyway, one more to go, and then this story ends and the next one begins, so if you have any guesses about the next villain, get them in now!

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