On Monster Island, far away from any human civilization, in a gentle valley, two huge monsters were talking with each other.
Actually, that's not quite right. They were not speaking like a human would, but they were screeching, growling and making other sorts of monster noises. It's just that they were able to understand each other.
"Well?" the giant, armored, four-legged dinosaur called Anguirus asked. "Are they at it again?"
The equally massive, pteranodon-like monster named Rodan nodded. "Yup, just outside of Tokyo. You know, I'm getting sick of this..."
"And? What's the reason this time?"
Rodan huffed. "Oh, you know, the usual... humans test their military aircraft above our island, a few misguided missiles hit Godzilla's lair, he wakes up, gets angry and decides to teach humanity another lesson. Of course, that means he leaves the island and marches towards Japan... While he's on his way, Mothra learns about what he's doing and flies after him, catching up with him just as he's about to enter town. They squabble, the squabble becomes a fight, and they've been at it since this morning."
"And I suppose the Japanese humans are not too happy about this, aren't they?" Anguirus asked.
"Not one bit," Rodan nodded. "Still, they decided not to let the tanks and airfighters interfere, they want to see if Mothra can take care of the problem. Maybe those priestesses of hers have already informed the human leaders..."
"Heh, figures!" Anguirus snorted. "I'm telling you, the way those two always get it on with each other reminds me of a married couple..."
When hearing those words, Rodan rose up from the ground with one mighty wing flap and screeched: "WHAT?"
Anguirus was certainly startled by Rodan's irritated reaction. "Well, ya know... they say that married people always fight, don't they?"
"If that was supposed to be funny, I'm not laughing!" Rodan shrieked. "Whatever would Godzilla see in that wrinkled, old moth? I'm much more attractive than her, you hear me?"
Anguirus was silent for a while after this outburst. "Um... Rodan, old buddy..."
"What?" the bird kaiju squawked in annoyance.
"You are... a female... aren't you?"
"Well, DUH!" she shouted and flapped her wings again. "Of course I am! What ticked you off, Sherlock?"
Anguirus lifted his massive front leg and scratched his head. "Well, um... it's just that I always figured, you know... that you were male?"
"Are you that stupid or do you want to annoy me?" Rodan grumbled. "Everyone can see that I'm a female of my species. Why else would I think Godzilla is the most handsome dinosaur that has ever roamed the face of Earth and..."
She blushed and landed back on the ground. Hiding her beak underneath a wing, she whispered: "I... didn't say that aloud, did I?"
"Um... I guess you did," Anguirus replied.
"Oh gooooddd..." Rodan groaned. "How embarrassing... you're not going to tell him, are you? It's bad enough that I have that other secret I'm hiding from him..."
"You mean that you weren't actually changed to Fire Rodan by his radiation?" Anguirus asked.
"Sssshhhhh!" Rodan hissed. "You want him to hear you? Yes, of COURSE that's what I mean! I mean, how stupid would it be if he found out that I received my fire powers through some sort of tiny wand that appeared in front of my face when I was lying incapacitated on that island? Stuuuupid..."
Anguirus accomplished an unusual feat for a kaiju and sweatdropped. He still believed that story was a bit too weird. In his opinion, Rodan had merely been delirious on that day and had imagined the strange wand. Obviously, it was indeed Godzillas radiation that had turned her into Fire Rodan.
"Let's... just talk about something else, shall we?" Rodan muttered.
"Yes, let's," Anguirus nodded.
For a while, they stayed silent.
"Say, what did that wand look like?"
"Well, it had a strange symbol on it that somehow looked like the human sign for the planet Mars... HEY! I thought I told you to drop the subject!"
Anguirus winced. "Sorry, ma'am..." And he wisely did as he was told and dropped it.
Still, he couldn't help but wonder how a creature like Rodan knew what kind of symbol the humans use for the planet Mars...
The spiked dinosaur let out a melancholic sigh. This reminded him of the sad existence as a kaiju without any supernatural powers, no beam weapon, no heat breath, no flight ability, nada. He wished he would be able to fly to a faraway planet as well...
Read the comments on this episode
See other episodes by Shritistrang
(Posted Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:43)
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Send a mail to addventure@bast-enterprises.de
or use the contact form.
らんま1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi
All other series and their characters are © by their respective creators or owners. No claims of ownership of these characters are implied by the authors of this Addventure, or should be inferred.
The Anime Addventure is a non-profit site.