Colossus By Choice: Book 1 Verse 15

3001 P.G.E. (Post-Godzilla Era)

[Universal Date: Day 118]
[Planet: Pyrestar]
[Capital: Silver Sun City]
[Location: Pyrestar wilds – forest region]

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Rodan the Fire Demon and the Oozaru a.k.a. the Great Ape of the Moon prepare to square off once again.

The 2 Kaiju charge at each other, locking hands and talons once more in a power struggle that shakes everything around them; their contact points emit powerful waves that ripple through the very air, making it difficult for any flying creatures to maintain steady flight. Despite this turbulence, Captain Gairi and the knights under his command push on through to join the fight against the simian invader. Taum, the Draconi youngling that’s way in over his head but remains in the thick of it, continues to survey the situation while riding on the captain’s back.

After a brief bout of struggle, the living gods break off their power struggle, clearing the air and allowing the flying squadron to move in closer. However, Rodan and the Oozaru start wildly swinging and clawing at one another, forcing the knights to stay back and circle around the Kaiju from a safe but still close distance.


(Cpt. Draconi): We saw some of your team’s performance against the Oozaru after finishing up evacuations. Good thinking focusing on that big ape’s senses.

(Taum): Thanks captain, but unfortunately his eyesight and hearing has adapted to our equipment. He won’t be affected enough to turn the tide.

(Cpt. Draconi): Then we need to find an alternative weakness. Knights, begin preliminary assault! Probe the target for structural weaknesses until we find a sensitive enough area to focus our efforts on!

(Everyone): Yessir!


The Draconi defenders and overwatch for the great Silver Sun City dive down and begin their attack on the Oozaru; most of them focus on his head, in particular his eyes and ears. As predicted by their youngling informant, though, their attacks are proving quite futile and mostly being ignored. While all of this is going on, Taum pushes himself up a bit, allowing Captain Gairi to pull out his Longsword. The captain flies in close and ducks beneath the Iwi-ki mutant’s thrusting left arm before then slicing his sword across the beast’s chest in one long continuous motion.

The fur is extremely thick and prevents the experienced veteran from even reaching the skin; additionally, his Longsword striking across the dark-brown hairs creates huge amounts of sparks in spite of the texture and feel. Once Captain Gairi finishes this single slice, he flies out a fair distance and circles around to survey the situation.


(Cpt. Gairi): Not only is the fur too thick to get to the skin without diving in, but even the fur is far too strong to cut. It was like trying to cut through a field of solid steel trees.

(Taum): That rules out direct body attacks. Captain, though we knew that well enough. Maybe we can try the appendages, instead, see if there’s any weak skin somewhere.

(Cpt. Gairi): Good idea, youngling. Alright, fall back and regroup, men!


The Defence Watch and City Scout knights break off their assault on the Oozaru’s face and fly around the retracting right fist of the giant monkey. While most of them make it to the captain’s position just outside of the range of the 2 Kaiju, a pair of stragglers end up accidentally caught by the extending left fist; said fist ends up flying square into Rodan’s chest and knocks the bio-volcanic flyer back a bit. In response to this, the Fire Demon shrieks loudly and flies forward with talons aimed directly at the Great Ape’s head.

Rodan grabs his opponent’s head with his clawed feet before the big ape can properly counter or block and slams his head straight into the ground. The Oozaru attempts to get back up, but the fire-born bird quickly slams his head and upper body right back into the ground; Rodan begins lifting up his enemy’s head in order to slam it back down once again. This time, however, the Great Ape takes advantage of this rising motion to quickly pull himself onto all fours; the forward swinging momentum breaks the Fire Demon’s grip and knocks him on the ground on his back in front of the Oozaru’s face.

The transformed Iwi-ki soldier proceeds to grab the titanic bird by his legs and starts spinning him around like a toy. After several complete rotations, the Oozaru releases his grip on Rodan and sends his opponent soaring through the air; the One Born of Fire tumbles a bit before regaining his composure. He then flies straight at the simian Kaiju at full speed, devastating the landscape beneath him with winds far surpassing even the largest hurricanes.

Unfortunately, this single-minded charge is exactly what the mutant monkey wanted.

Before Rodan can properly pull up, the Oozaru clotheslines him in the neck with his extended right arm that completely knocks the wind out of him and drops him to the ground; the Great Ape then stomps down on his chest with his right foot and continues to repeatedly stomp on him.


(Cpt. Gairi): Dammit, we need to find a weakpoint ASAP! Move in, don’t let up on the offensive until we find a vulnerable spot!


The Draconi knights fly in at high speed and begin attacking any potentially sensitive part of the Oozaru’s body in a desperate bid to halt its unceasing curbstomp. While the rest of the troops direct their attacks on parts of the head and the beast’s left foot, Captain Gairi, Taum, and a few other troops hover around the giant ape’s tail.

As soon as Taum and the captain’s group touch down on massive forest of hair covering the base of the Great Ape’s tail, the giant simian Kaiju suddenly halts its curbstomping onslaught on Rodan. The flame-born flyer attempts to take advantage of this lapse in focus by biting down on his assailant’s foot, but the transformed Iwi-ki mutant quickly breathes a huge beam of golden Thunder Element straight at Rodan’s face and knocks him unconscious; he then looks behind him and down at his tail. Upon seeing the tiny beings clambering all over the base of his fifth appendage, the Oozaru invader suddenly goes absolutely ballistic and roars extremely loudly.

He then steps off of Rodan’s unconscious body that’s sprawled across the ruined ground and begins thrashing his tail back and forth rapidly in an attempt to throw off tiny assailants on its base.


(Cpt. Gairi): Hang on for dear life!


The small crew can do nothing but grab onto the thick and sturdy hairs lining the tail and hold on as tightly as they can while the Oozaru swishes his tail violently. When this thrashing doesn’t shake them off, the giant primate spins his whole bulky and muscular body around which applies the momentum to his comparatively thin and spindly tail. After several rotations, the giant mutant stops spinning and looks down behind him at his tail’s base.

When he sees that he still hasn’t shaken off the intruders, the Oozaru roars in frustration and begins jumping up and down to use the constant rising and descending momentum to shake off Taum and the others.


(Taum): Seems like he doesn’t want us on his tail in particular!

(Cpt. Gairi): Then that means he’s protecting it! We found his weakpoint!

(Taum): We need some kind of distraction to focus on trying to cut it, then!

(Cpt. Gairi): I’d like to call my men, but this thrashing is preventing me from getting out any orders to anyone but us! It’ll take a miracle to—


The captain is interrupted by the Oozaru they’re riding coming to a sudden stop on the ground after ceasing his constant jumping. In his latest attempt to get rid of the Draconi intruders that are mounting his tail, the Great Ape of the Moon reaches down to the base of his tail with his right hand.

Despite easily possessing enough strength to simply clamp down around his own tail and rub it roughly, the mutated Iwi-ki Kaiju is instead unusually delicate and attempts to pick out Taum, Captain Gairi, and the others with his fingertips like he was picking off specks of dirt. Due to this overly cautious use of fine motor control, the group is able to easily evade his comparatively clumsy fingerpicking by simply crawling deep into the veritable forest of hairs and silently crouching near the bases of each hair follicle’s shaft.

While the Oozaru continues to carefully run his fingertips through the hairs on the base of his tail, Taum regroups with Captain Gairi and the others; they keep their voices down and continue to stay crouched in order to avoid detection.


(Taum): I just tried cutting through some of the tail here with my carving knife earlier, captain. I did actually manage to get through, but only barely before he noticed and forced me to switch positions.

(Cpt. Gairi): Then we’ll need to do this carefully. Too much damage, and he’ll be able to pick us out more easily. This would be easier if any of us had a Greatsword.

(Taum): If only I could safely contact Yun-Tao. Maybe she could—


A loud rustling through the forest of smelly dark-brown hair follicles gets the attention of the group. They see that the Oozaru has turned his attention away from picking at his tail and is focusing on something in front of him now. From the group’s viewpoint, all they can see is some small streak of grey reflecting the light brightly and flying through the air at incredible speed all around the Great Ape’s head; small blue lights are occasionally shot from the shining streak at the smelly giant’s head that explode into small blue explosions.

There’s something about this unknown assailant that seems unusually familiar to Taum, though it takes him a while to fully process what he thinks he sees. The Draconi youngling finally starts to piece things together when a small object is dropped by the silver streak; it’s quickly gaining momentum as it falls down and becomes clearer to see.


(Taum); Wait a minute, is that—

(Yun-Tao): INCOMING!!


All of a sudden, the boisterous bruiser of an Oxbul comes crashing down with Skrill screaming and hanging on for dear life on her hip right on top of the base of the Oozaru’s tail while wielding her Giant Jawblade. The huge length of sharpened bone and the sheer amount of built-up momentum cuts deep into the giant monkey’s tail, almost halfway across and deep; Yun-Tao is left hanging by her Greatsword’s handle.

The huge cut sends immense and sharp pain to shooting up through the transformed Iwi-ki mutant’s body and causes him to fall to his hands and knees as he roars from the pain of his highly sensitive tail being cut a quarter of the way through. While the Oozaru is reeling from this sudden injury, Yun-Tao quickly climbs up and runs towards the others.


(Taum): Yun-Tao, what are you—

(Yun-Tao): MOVE IT!


The Oxbul forge-widow suddenly bulrushes Taum and tosses him over her right shoulder. The large and well-muscled woman of the forge tackles through the smaller Draconi knights and sends them over the edge. Yun-Tao herself jumps off the edge of the Great Ape’s tail while still carrying the Draconi youth over her shoulder and allowing the elderly Radent smuggler to hold onto her left hip; Captain Gairi and the other elite Defence Watch knights follow their lead and leap off of the massive tail.

The captain is quick to fly down and wrap his arms around Yun-Tao’s midsection. He flaps his wings with all his might in order to slow down their descent, though the combined weight of her, Taum, and Skrill is still quite taxing even on his muscular and well-developed wings. This position gives Taum the perfect vantage point to look behind him as everyone flies down to the ground.


(Taum): What’s the plan. Yun-Tao?

(Yun-Tao): That’s the plan!


Sure enough, the Silver Rathalos from before dives straight down at incredible speed; he’s headed straight for the base of the Oozaru’s tail. As the big ape starts to get back up to his feet, the Silver Sun bites down on the handle of Yun-Tao’s Greatsword while continuing its diving momentum and ends up slicing through the entire left half. The Silver Fire Wyvern flies over the group and drops the Greatsword in its mouth on the ground in front of Yun-Tao.

Meanwhile, the Great Ape of the Moon is reeling and roaring in agony at his tail nearly being cut off. He begins to stumble around a bit from the sudden shock and pain from this injury, preventing him from noticing the Silver Rathalos ascending upwards once more. Once again, the Silver Sun dives down at great speed; an immense blue flame is building up in his mouth, and his chest’s Hellfire glow intensifies in brightness. The shining metal-clad Flying Wyvern, he who can rival even some Elder Dragons, unleashes a hyper-concentrated blue fireball straight at the sever point that detonates into an enormous blue inferno that engulfs the entirety of the tail’s base.

The flames and smoke linger for several seconds, but once they die down the damage becomes clear for all to see.

The sever point has been blown apart so thoroughly that the tail is hanging by just a few sinewy muscle fibres; these strands soon falter and snap as the flames consume them. The Oozaru’s tail, extending beyond the length of some of the largest Monsters around, drops to the ground with a massive thud that leaves a huge snaking indent in the battered earth; the heat and flames die down soon after. When the tail hits the ground, Taum and the others let out a unanimous cheer in celebration of what they’ve achieved against this quite literal deity.

It's around this time that Rodan has finally regained consciousness and is getting back up on all fours after being knocked out for the past few minutes; the Fire Demon shakes his head and body to rid himself of his daze. When he looks back up, he sees the Great Ape of the Moon standing before him; the giant monkey mutant almost seems to be in a state of petrification or trance. Rodan then looks through his opponent’s legs and sees the severed tail left on the ground; he looks a little to the right and spots the group cheering. The Titan of Winged Fury then turns his attention back onto the Oozaru and shrieks loudly as he spreads his wings wide; yet again, the transformed Iwi-ki shows no response.

Rodan pounces upwards to perform a flying strike, but he’s suddenly caught by the neck within the Oozaru’s left hand; this instantly causes Taum and the others to cease their initial cheering.

All of a sudden, huge quantities of golden Thunder Element arc out from the big monkey’s shortened tail stump; said bioelectricity begins circulating all across his fur. This time, however, the sheer amount far exceeds anything the Oozaru had displayed beforehand. After several consecutive seconds of building Thunder energy, a dramatic mutation overtakes the Great Ape’s entire body; starting from his tail stump, all of his fur turns a shimmering golden colour. All across the transformed Iwi-ki giant’s body, the previously dark-brown fur shifts into a glowing blonde state; all of his fur soon becomes aglow with overflowing bioelectrical power.

Upon completing this transformation, the Golden Oozaru throws his head to the sky, spreads out his arms, and roars louder than ever before while his golden body continues to pulse with arcs of Thunder Element; Rodan is completely helpless while his neck is gripped within the beast’s left hand.


(Skrill): By holy Mothra, it’s like….. like—

(Cpt. Gairi): Like a Rajang powering up into its golden enraged state. A Golden Oozaru.

(Yun-Tao): And if it works anything like one of those beasts…..

(Taum): It’s strength and abilities will have increased dramatically severalfold.


The awe and fear in the group’s voices is clear as day. This is far beyond what anyone could’ve ever expected.

Even Rodan himself, a fearless and persistent Kaiju of epic proportions, begins to show his first signs of legitimate fear as he beholds the quite literally thundering might of the beast holding him right now. As he finishes his roar, the Golden Oozaru brings the One Born of Fire close to his face and stares him down intently. The golden god roars viciously straight into his face and pulls his left arm back as though he were preparing to toss a ball; instead of a ball, Rodan is the one about to be thrown.

The Golden Oozaru quickly spins around as he throws the Fire Demon away and ends up launching the bio-volcanic giant straight at another section of Silver Sun City’s out limit walls close to where the first section had been destroyed; naturally, the sheer force of the throw and Rodan’s own immense mass crumples the walls like tissue paper. The stone-skinned flyer lies still for several seconds before he starts moving again, and even then, he’s sluggish to get back up. Meanwhile, the Golden Great Ape of the Moon isn’t giving his opponent any quarter and immediately sprints forward with incredible speed that outstrips his already impressive gait.

The blonde-haired Iwi-ki mutant jumps high into the air with the intent of crashing down on Rodan’s position. The Fire Demon is only just starting to look up after beginning to shake off his stun when he sees the Golden Oozaru is about to land right on top of him. With no time to properly take off and fly away, the giant bird has to resort to crawling along the ground as fast as he can. Even then, the Great Ape landing and slamming his fists down on Rodan’s original position creates a huge explosion of golden energy with a shockwave strong enough to blow the winged Kaiju across the ground several hundred metres.

Yet again, Rodan struggles to get back up to his feet from being blown across the wide stretch of the untamed wilds.

He looks behind him and sees the silhouette of the Golden Oozaru in the dust cloud that he kicked up upon impact. The silhouette stands back up and turns around, revealing 2 glowing red eyes through the cloud; he steps out through the kicked-up dust, still glowing golden and looking absolutely furious. With teeth bared and fists clenched, the Golden Oozaru starts walking towards his downed enemy with malicious intent. Rodan can do nothing but attempt to crawl away while still sprawled out on the ground, but he’s too weak and slow to make it very far before the Thunder-clad Kaiju catches up to him.

Knowing that he has no other options, the Fire Demon uses the last of his strength to weakly stand up on his hindlimbs and turn around to face his fate; Rodan attempts to roar, but he chokes on this attempt and coughs up some glowing magmatic blood.

The Golden Oozaru bares his teeth and raises his right fist to finish the job.

Before he does, however, he suddenly freezes up. Soon after, he starts to emit huge arcs of crimson Dragon Element from every part of his body and begins screaming in agony for several seconds straight, almost as fast as it happened, the Dragon energy stops arcing out. The Golden Oozaru’s body is now releasing large quantities of steam all over; his eyes are blank white instead of their pure red, and he’s lost his original satisfied expression.

The transformed Iwi-ki then collapses to the ground flat on his face; his body’s glowing golden fur loses its power and returns to its original dark-brown colouration.