…well this is awkward.
First of all, apologies for being away so long: school has been a bit crazy for me now and of course, it didn't let me work on this.
But now I'm back, and that means a new chapter for you fans! Now for the reviews:
Ke-Pa: The kaiju profile for Baragon will tell you which one it is. And for the story idea, I understand what you're saying, but I have never really watched the show since I don't have access to it.
Anyways, here's another chapter for you all to read. Without further ado, let's begin.
Disclaimer: I do not own Godzilla and Kung Fu Panda. They belong to their respective owners.
China, the Valley of Peace
In the past couple of years, the citizens of this Valley have seen many things: a panda becoming the Dragon Warrior, the death of Master Oogway, the return of Tai Lung, and the destruction of their home from General Kai. But what was in front of their eyes was something unimaginable: a beast of all sorts, with a ginormous presence and a hunger that they have never seen before. And the worst part of it: no one knew what it was.
For the majority of the people, they are absolutely terrified of what they are witnessing. They're confused as to how this creature even exists, as this thing has never been seen in the history of C-no, the history of the entire world!
For a small portion, they're somewhat interested in it. After all, this is a huge breakthrough that could revolutionize the world itself, with the existence of giant monsters.
And for one of these citizens…
"Oh my god…that was so AWESOME!" Po said, with a grin on his face.
…he's somewhat excited.
"I mean, did you guys see that? Now that's what I call a dramatic entrance! Better than Kai's, I'll say." The panda would exclaim, giggling a bit like a child.
To say the Furious Five have mixed feelings about this would be an understatement. On one hand, they are literally in the presence of a creature that could just slam its hand onto them and they would be gone: so they would have expected Po to be a bit more serious. But on the other hand…they're not really surprised about this actually.
But that doesn't mean they should be like him.
Sighing, Tigress went over to Po quickly and hit his forehead with one of her paws. "Can you for this one time focus on the massive beast? Then you can gush all over it."
"Alright, jeez! No wonder we don't play games with each other anymore!"
While they were arguing, the monster would observe the small beings, amused with what was happening. But now was not the time for such entertainment, it would find some later: what it really needed was some food to satisfy its hunger.
Making a low growl, it attracted the attention of the residents of the town, now focusing on it. For a while, no one knew what to do for that matter.
"…so now what?" Mantis whispered, hoping for what to do.
"Now…we fight." Monkey said, feeling lots of confidence.
"Against that thing?! We should just get out of here, find somewhere safe to go to! After all, I don't even think we can hurt it!" Crane shouted, getting more and more anxious.
"We don't need to hurt it: we're going to distract it." Viper said, getting into a fighting stance.
"She's right, we need to let the villagers go to somewhere safe far from here." Tigress claimed, both eyes focused on the beast.
"Oh, this is going to be good." Po exclaimed, getting ready for the battle by making a pose with his staff. "You mess with our people: you mess with us!"
As if on cue, a bell would begin to be heard, like if soldiers from opposite sides were about to be in a battle, confidence inside of each of them. And just at that moment, the beast would let out a gurgling high pitched wail, just like before, as if responding to the ringing sound.
At once, the creature began to walk towards the Valley slowly, yet somehow causing more collateral damage than Kai, considering as he walked into the houses of many innocent people. Speaking of people, the villagers, understanding what's going to happen, immediately ran away from the beast to go far away from here, all the while screaming in fear.
The monster, angered on how its food was running away, began to quicken up its pace until it felt something on its arm. Though not harmful, it did make him look down to see, surprisingly, five, maybe four, of some small beings running on it, with another one flying slightly above them. At first, it was confused as to what they were doing…but then it realized they were giving it a free meal. Naturally, the beast brought its arm closer to its face, slowly opening its mouth ready to take its first bite.
As it believed it was close enough, it closed its mouth, before realizing something: he didn't feel any of the small beings in there, nor heard their screams. But if they were not there, then that means-
Suddenly, it felt a pang of pain on its arm. Realizing what had happened, it opened its mouth to scream loudly. When it finished, it began to see blood coming out of its arm rapidly. The beast looked over to see its food getting closer to his shoulder. In a fit of rage, it began slamming its other arm onto the wounded one, trying to get the small beings off of it, involuntarily hurting itself even more.
All this to say, that doesn't mean this was easy for the Dragon Warrior and the Furious Five at all. This was without a doubt, the hardest thing that they had to face so far, in their entire lifespan. They would have never expected this to happen ever. But still, they had a duty to protect the Valley of Peace and its people. And they won't go down without a fight.
"Why…is this…so long?" The Dragon Warrior said, taking deep breaths while speaking. "It would have been nice…for it to be a bit shorter."
"Didn't you say this beast was so, and I quote, awesome?" Crane said, smirking a bit.
"That was before I got on it! Now, I regret it!"
"Oh, so now you regret it," Mantis exclaimed on top of Crane's rice hat, "Well, at least you finally know how serious this is!"
"Can we all just stop arguing and just focus? The more time we talk, the less time we'll be able to live!" Tigress said, not looking back at his friends.
"He's right, you guys. And we better watch out when "Big Guy" decides to smack us." Monkey said, while running on all fours.
"Big G-you know what, not going to ask why we need that name." said Viper, slithering as fast as she could.
Suddenly, a huge shadow was seen above them. The Kung Fu warriors looked up to see the hand falling towards them, faster than they would expect. They kept on running, trying to get faster, but it still gained on them.
"We're not going to make it in time!" Monkey exclaimed, with a worried tone in his voice.
Just as it was about to come down on them, it stopped all of a sudden, causing the group to stop.
"…well that just happened." said Mantis, confused as to what just occurred.
Suddenly, the beast let out a loud shrieking noise, almost as if something hurt it. They looked over to see something small on its face. At first, they couldn't see who it was, considering the person was far away. But after the monster looked over at them involuntarily, they found out that it was-
"Master Shifu!" The students and master would say, as they would see him putting the wooden staff into the monster's eyes, while dodging the creature's paws.
Growling in frustration, it decided that enough was enough. If these puny beings didn't want to get off of it, it would make them get off. So, in retaliation, it began to shake its body as much as it could, causing Po, the Furious Five and Shifu to grab onto the beast's skin as much as possible.
Po tried to think of a solution, before looking over at the red panda on the monster's face, then at the leader of the Furious Five. "Tigress, use my staff to throw me at Shifu, now!"
Nodding reluctantly, she tried her best to not fall off, while grabbing onto the Dragon Warrior's staff with him holding it as well. She began to swing as hard as she could before releasing them, causing Po to "fly" into the sky towards the creature's eyes.
Po began to smile in relief, before gaining a serious face and going towards Shifu. He landed safely on the skin of the being before running towards his master. The Dragon Warrior grabbed onto him and his staff, before trying to find a way off of it. Po looked everywhere, but nothing he saw could help him. Until he got an idea. A brilliant…but dangerous idea.
He looked at Shifu, then at the Furious Five, before sighing and running off to the nearest eye. Po took the staff given to him by Master Oogway and turned it so that the Yin-Yang was in front, like a blade.
"Well, here goes nothing!" Po exclaimed, before stabbing the staff right into its eye.
For a moment, all was silent. No one moved or said a word, not even the fleeing citizens who watched in the distance, not even both of Po's dads.
This lasted only a few moments, before the beast looked at Po, with such fear that could rival Lord Shen of all people. And at that moment, Po knew that he had made a terrible mistake.
"…oops." said Po, not being able to formulate any other answer.
Just as if the Dragon Warrior was about to be eaten, the beast suddenly jumped a few meters off the air, while scaring the lives of the small beings on it. That was when the panda realized what it was trying to do. Just then, he grabbed onto Shifu as tight as he could as waited for the impending crash.
The beast then began to fall to the ground and suddenly there was a massive BOOM that was heard from miles away. Pieces from infrastructures built at the Valley of Peace were suddenly seen flying into the air, before crashing down onto the green surface of the grass. People made sure to stay out of its way, not wanting to get hurt from it. A shockwave made out of dust and dirt would be felt by everyone as they closed their eyes from the amount of particles hitting them. Once it was finished, they looked over to see what had happened to their town.
They wish they hadn't.
By the time the area was not easily seen, a massive hole, seemingly from the large creature, could be seen in the middle of the village. Around it, homes or shops of different shapes and sizes were seen to be broken down, with lots of work needed to fix it. Only the Valley of Peace survived the explosion, yet that did not change anything. And worst of all, the once proud protectors of the Valley of Peace, now with bruises and wounds around their body. Sure, it wasn't anything that killed them, but it did not mean it hurt.
The Kung Fu masters and trainers all stood up slowly, slowly realizing what had happened to their hometown.
"No…this was not how it was supposed to happen." Po said quietly, almost like a whisper.
"Yet it did unfortunately." Shifu replied, angered as to what the creature had done, yet still calm. "But that doesn't mean we shouldn't give up, not now-"
Just as the red panda was about to finish his sentence, two paws began to lift up from the hole and grabbed onto the rough surface of the ground. All at once, it caused the warriors to back away, knowing what was about to come out.
Slowly, the beast began to reveal its full body, with now one bloodshot eye after it got stabbed. It looked over at them, before getting on all fours and slowly walking towards them, with a hungered expression on its face.
Finally, after so long, it can have what it wanted. No more silly little attacks from the puny creatures, no more fun and games, now just for it to munch on them now.
Po gathered with the rest of his friends, still ready to fight. Even after what has just happened, they would not give up. But somehow, the Dragon Warrior felt that this time, this will be their final battle together.
That was…until all of a sudden, he heard a familiar pop from his far left. Looking over to it, he saw a ball that looked like it had blue fire all around it. And when he saw that, it reminded him of one thing. One event where he learned of what had happened to his family. But the strangest thing of all: instead of hitting the group of fighters, it went for the beast.
China, on the east side of the Valley of Peace
Soldiers: they have been part of many types of armies, some small and some big, and some more powerful than others. These ones from MONARCH were different: their job wasn't to protect not just one country, but all of them from the Titans of long ago.
But despite all that, they never really confronted one of them, since most of them have either been silent or in hibernation for a long time. So suffice to say, they wouldn't lie that they felt a bit of fear when they saw the beast for the first time. It seemed so…strange seeing this creature, as it was physically impossible for this to be possible. But even then, the monster, or now known as Baragon, proved that wrong.
But now was not the time to focus on it: it was now the time to strike.
"Alright then, listen up," Monique said quietly, not wanting to attract the beast. "The plan is simple: distract the beast by using those improved weapons of ours for as long as possible until Mme. Saegusa manages to get into its mind. Understood?"
When she saw the nearby soldiers nod to her, she nodded back at them. "Alright then, hurry up!"
After a quick salute to their French captain, the soldiers immediately began to move the cannons to their designated position while facing towards the very hungry Titan.
While they continued, Monique heard quiet footsteps approaching her, before turning to see the psychic fox herself, with eyes filled with interest.
"Isn't he beautiful?" Miki whispered as she stood on Monique's right side.
Sighing, she looked back at the beast. "If it didn't decide to attack the people, maybe. But no, I wouldn't consider it: not now at least."
Miki was about to ask her something, but decided not to. After all, she heard the conversations that the French leopard had with the others: she believed that these Titans are dangers to the world as a whole and they would not be able to stop it unless they are killed. And while the psychic could understand her reasoning, she would have wished that Dupre-San at least had a soft paws for these old beings.
"All cannons in position Captain!" A soldier exclaimed, with a serious yet fearful tone.
"Very well: prepare to fire when ready."
The soldier saluted, before going to his comrades. Truth be told, no one was exactly sure if these improvements on the cannons could actually damage a Titan: at least there must be some damage to it. But they didn't have time: they needed to attack now.
"On my mark…"
The leopard looked at one of the groups near the cannons, before nodding at them. Understanding what they had to do, they prepared themselves for the attack. All the others watched in trepidation to see what shall happen and for the upcoming battle.
"Now!" Monique exclaimed, getting a reaction from the soldiers.
One of them lit up the fuse, before suddenly, a big blue ball of fire shot out from it, soaring towards the upcoming beast…right to its right ear. When it immediately got into contact with the Titan's skin, it suddenly exploded, causing Baragon to stagger and scream in confusion.
Looking over to his left, he suddenly saw multiple weapons pointed directly at him, with more of the small beings. He then growled, realizing what this meant: these insolent creatures could actually hurt him now! Sure, that black and white creature only damaged the eye, but it would heal with time. However, he knew that if they kept on firing at him with whatever it was, he would be forced to retreat…and he did not want that to happen, especially on an empty stomach. Knowing what he needed to do, he began to prepare his special attack on them, all the while feeling a burning energy in his mouth.
Monique, happy at what this meant for them, realized that they might have a chance at defeating Baragon, perhaps even injuring it if possible! Perfect, this was all perfect!
"Continue firing on the beast, make sure that it's weak enough for Mme. Saegusa to make it go back to where it came from!" Monique shouted, receiving quick nods from the soldiers.
Just as if nothing would stand in their way, one of the soldiers began to notice something. "Hey, what is it doing?"
Following the soldier's eyes, Miki looked over to see Baragon rearing his head backwards a bit. At first, she was confused. Perhaps he was about to roar, to scare off the soldiers? No, if he did, it would already be done right about now. But then she began to feel some kind of burning energy emanating from the creature, which felt almost like lava.
Suddenly, the fox realized what was about to happen. "Cap-"
Before she could even say anything, Baragon leaned forward and let out a ray of bright light just a few meters in front of them, where the grass began to go on fire and suddenly began to spread to anywhere nearby. Slowly but surely, he began to walk to them, causing the ray to get more and more closer to them.
Realizing what was going on, the soldiers began to panic, even if they tried to stay calm. But Monique wasn't afraid: and she would only do it if she didn't die gloriously.
"FIRE! Give it everything you got!" Monique exclaimed loudly for all to hear, which made them follow their leader's order.
Lighting up the fuse on each of the cannons, they began to release the small blue balls of death into the air towards the face of Baragon. Even though they had hit him, Baragon provided no reaction, he just kept on going, wanting to make them burn for even thinking of hurting him and hopefully, he could eat them one by one.
The French leopard, though slightly worried, didn't let it reveal on her face. "Back up now, I repeat, back up! And that is an order you should definitely follow!"
Hearing what she had to say, they started to move backwards away from the heat ray as much as possible, but it seemed that the heat ray just kept on getting closer and closer as seconds instantly passed by.
"I-I'm not sure we can hold this up ma'am!" A soldier exclaimed out loud. Worry could best describe the look on his face. "We might need to leave the cannons behind!"
"I'm not risking it. Not now at least!" Mme. Dupre tried to think of another solution then turned around to see the archers that they brought along. She then thought of a plan: probably might not help, but at least it could distract Baragon for the time being.
"Archers, light up the tip of your arrows and fire at it now!" Monique said with a tone of urgency in her voice.
Nodding, the soldiers quickly took out their arrows, lit them up by doing a special technique, and quickly shot the arrows using their bows to the Titan itself. When they got into contact with the skin of it, it did not seem to have an affect on the creature: it looked like Baragon didn't acknowledge them at all.
Even though they kept on firing at him, the captain knew that they wouldn't manage to lay a scratch on them. Just as she was going to call for a retreat, she suddenly noticed something on the beast. At first, Dupre thought that she was just dreaming of what she saw, but if it was so, then how could it be in this scenario? No, what actually shocked her was the fact that there was a literal panda climbing on it!
"Wha-HOW DID HE GET UP THERE?!" Monique yelled, startling the soldiers, causing them to look in her direction.
To say that they were shocked was an understatement: after all, no one would have expected to see this in the first place when encountering this beast. This already raised questions: who was he, how did he manage to get up there, how is not even scared at all, just so many!
And if that wasn't enough to surprise them, they wouldn't have expected what would come next: as if magic, the panda took out some kind of staff, and just by performing a few moves, a literal golden dragon suddenly appeared out of nowhere and flew into the sky.
By doing this, it attracted the attention of Baragon, making him stop releasing his heat ray onto the soldiers to see the small flying creature. And just by looking at it, he knew that something was not right: it seemed too unnatural on how it looked and how it didn't even seem to have a body at all. He tilted his head, curiosity getting the better of him, causing him to forget about the people below.
"…so we're all seeing this, right? Unless I've had too many drinks." One soldier said, before getting slapped at the back of the head.
"Can you just be serious for once?! This is not the time for you to make jokes about being drunk!" The warrior that hit him whispered, not wanting to get the monster's attention. The soldier just nodded rapidly, not wanting to get into trouble. "Good. No wonder you don't have any friends…"
"It was just a joke. But, now what? I mean, do we let Saegusa-San make him go back to sleep?"
The French leopard nodded. "I believe that is the best situation. Mme. Saegusa, the stage is yours." She backed away, letting the psychic in question to advance forward to Baragon.
Miki looked back at Monique, thanking her, before looking again at the giant beast. She stopped, a look of contempt in her eyes. It seemed so lost, so confused, despite living here for millions of years. But alas, this was for the better: despite them doing what they needed to do to survive, she couldn't let him kill anyone else. Taking one deep breath, she closed her eyes and focused on her goal.
At first, nothing really happened: only the sounds of nature of China resonated into everyone's ears, with Baragon still staring at the golden dragon. However, the creature began to shake his head, almost like something or someone was in his head. He began to growl a bit, focused on whatever is happening to him. At first, the MONARCH personnel began to get worried, until the beast stopped moving. Then slowly, he opened his mouth, revealing small and needle-like teeth, and what most expected to hear a roar like before, was a simple, yet animalistic yawn.
As if that wasn't enough, the Titan went on all of his fours, advancing towards an open patch of land, before starting to burrow into the ground itself. This kept on going for a few seconds, before it seemed that it was finally done. Letting out another yawn, Baragon then went into the floor that he had created, and like magic, he was gone, with big stomps starting to fade and fade away…
And just like that, the soldiers erupted into cheers of joy and happiness, as they had finally managed to bring the monster back to its slumber at long last. Miki finally opened her eyes, with a smile so sweet that it could melt a murderer…not really, but she was almost there.
Monique smiled, a rare kind, before going back into her usual self, because although the monster was gone, there were still a couple of answers that she wanted to answer immediately. She whistled to her men, stopping them from celebrating their victory.
"Now, I know that despite us scaring him away," The leopard noted to her men, not wanting any distractions to happen. "We still need to deal with the citizens of this "Valley of Peace" I believe."
"You lot will stay over here, preventing our equipment from getting taken away from us. Mme. Yashiro, you will be in charge of them: make sure they don't do anything foolish." Monique pointed to one group, who nodded in response, before looking at another band of soldiers. "Everyone else, follow me."
She, with Miki on her side, began to march to the town, with soldiers murmuring to each other, talking about things that couldn't be distinguished.
After a couple of minutes, they arrived at the Valley, which was in a big "mess" so to say: buildings destroyed, grass burned, and a large hole in the ground, perfectly suitable for someone like Baragon. As they went around the massive crater, they saw already a couple of citizens there: a mantis, a snake, a monkey, a crane, a tiger, a red panda and the same black and white panda that was on the creature's back of all things, which intrigued both Monique and Miki.
As they kept getting closer and closer, the citizens suddenly turned towards the group of soldiers, not scared in the slightest. Finally, both females stopped walking, just a few meters away from them, causing the rest of the group to stop as well.
Smiling truthfully, Miki stepped forward to greet the odd band of misfits.
"Greetings to you all. My name is Miki Saegusa," The psychic fox stated, before turning towards the leopard. "And this is Monique Dupre, or Dupre-San due to my Japanese heritage."
"And we are part of MONARCH, which we will ask you soon. But first: I think a little clean-up would be nice, don't you think?"
Unknown Location
Meanwhile, as all of this was happening, another event was occurring. It seemed to be some sort of discussion within a group on a particular subject. However, these individuals were…different, suffice to say. While they seemed to look normal, what made them stand out was not their cult-like clothing, nor was it the strange placement of their location: it was rather who they served.
Right now, the leader of this group of followers seemed to be annoyed as to how they acted. Didn't they know the seriousness of the situation? After all, it has been the first Titan to awaken in 400 years. But alas, he shouldn't be surprised, as this was supposed to be expected in the "so-called" prophecy. However, what did surprise them was not who came first, but rather who will come next: the true ruler of the planet.
"Alright, that's enough! That's enough!" The leader exclaimed angrily, attracting the other members of this group. Sighing, he rose up from his seat. "Look, I understand that this might be all…unexpected to witness. However, I do not believe that we should be surprised. After all, that elder from long ago said that he had seen it happen in front of his own eyes. And in order for him to succeed in his ultimate plan, we must first release him from his tomb."
"But how?! We do not have the necessary supplies that are required to actually break the ice. And I doubt those cannons will be of any help." One cult member said, rising from his seat, with an aura that demanded to be seen. "And don't you remember what the elder said about those two warriors? How they will be the ones to stop him. Perhaps even if we do release him, he might not be able to-"
"Finish that sentence and your head will be spilled onto the wall. I will not ask again." The leader said calmly, despite the words he had just said. Gulping in fear, the member sat back down, with another member patting him on the back, trying to calm him down.
"I will say though, thankfully, that those cannons you've mentioned have been more or less modified by those from MONARCH. They have proven to be quite dangerous and deadly, considering the fact that one of our men has reported that it has been quite useful in hurting the Fierce King of the Underground. So do not worry, I believe they will be quite useful in breaking the ice."
"But even so," said another member, seemingly old judging by the voice. "I believe we should all be in agreement that when he awakens, it will surely alert the King." A few murmurs could be heard, seemingly agreeing with what he had just said.
"Unfortunately, yes." The figurehead added truthfully, not surprised at all. Suddenly, he began to chuckle quietly. "And that is why we are leaving for Terra Australis right this instant."
"Wait a minute, right now?" A cult member asked in confusion. "But we haven't even gotten all the necessary food needed for the travels. Or the boats for that matter."
"Don't worry, that has already been taken care of." The superior answered calmly. Snapping his thin looking fingers, a part of the wall was taken apart, revealing three boats near the pier, with men bringing boxes inside. "Before we even decided on discussing this subject at hand, I asked some of the others to prepare for our departure towards the cold land, as I knew the answer to this question is quite obvious."
"For far too long we have kept silent. Ever since he chose us, we have done nothing useful for him: only just killing a few peasants and there. But now, this is our chance to finally do something right for once. For now his reign shall begin, and this time, we will prevent anyone or anything from stopping it!"
The group suddenly erupted into cheers filled with confidence and glory wrote what shall come soon enough. Chuckling, the leader looked back at the wooden ships, almost ready to depart.
'Do not worry, your excellency. Your dreams shall finally come true. But first, for your world to finally be seen by many, you must reveal yourselves once more…Ghidorah.'
So, there we go: the first (technically third) Titan to awake after sleeping for too long…only to go back to bed from a psychic. And as promised from last chapter, here is the profile for Baragon:
TITAN PROFILE: TITANUS BARAGON
GENDER: MALE
HEIGHT: 75 METERS
MASS: 34,000 TONS
POWERS: MAGMA HEAT RAY; BURROWING; EXTRAORDINARY JUMPER
APPEARANCE: THE ORIGINAL VERSION, FROM FRANKENSTEIN VS BARAGON, RELEASED IN 1965
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And with that, see you next time!