My Little Kaiju: Ponies Are Weird

If the Jaeger she was carrying had better optics it might have seen tears flying from Otachi's face. She knew the instant the Jaeger attacked that Leatherback, her mate, was dead. In agonized fury, Otachi slammed the murderer against rooftops and began to ascend into the atmosphere. Her grief was so great that back under the Breach, the Precursors decided that she was unfit for active service and was to be decommissioned. Otachi knew this through her psychic link and didn't care as it meant she'd join her beloved soon. Before she died though, she would get her revenge on the Jaeger that caused her this pain. Had she been in a better state of mind she might have noticed a chain extending from the mecha's arm. This was a mistake that would cost both her and her unborn infant (though she would never knew she was pregnant) dearly. The chain hardened into a long sword and slashed through Otachi's gut. Otachi coughed up bright blue blood and looked at her bottom half falling apart from her. Seconds before expiring, the pain finally reached her stunned nerves and caused her to screech in despair before her heart stopped.

Leatherback felt bright light enter his eyes when he woke up from dying. Wait, what?! Leatherback remembered quite clearly his attempt to stop the Jaeger ending in his arm being blasted off and being eviscerated by a plasma cannon. Even though kaiju could survive heinous injury, getting the chest cavity destroyed was going to be fatal. It was the preferred method of killing a kaiju actually and had happened to Knifehead, Verocitor, and Mutavore to name a few. Leatherback chuckled at the thought of Knifehead getting sent flying by the plasma cannon. It had been no secret that Leatherback despised Knifehead because of how his model was now considered outdated and therefore hurt Leatherback's pride that he had to live with a piece of old junk. Leatherback then felt a small twinge of sorrow for the category three. Being shot to death by a plasma cannon was not a nice way to go as Leatherback had just found out. Shaking himself back into the present, Leatherback inspected his body. It had gray fur with hooves at the end of four legs. Leatherback snarled in disgust at this putrid body before wishing he had talked more to Raiju. Raiju had spouted some mumbo-jumbo about the kaiju coming back as furry plush things and Leatherback had dismissed her as a crackpot. Rage flowed through Leatherback's veins at the hopelessness of his new body. Then he remembered Otachi's teachings and took a deep breath and scoped the situation better. He had to find some water or glass and find out what he looked like. Unfortunately, the heavens answered his plea with a deluge of rain.

"Oh efutue" Leatherback growled in his native tongue. The gods must hate him for them to punish him so. At least there were a few trees nearby that would provide shelter. Leatherback trotted over to one and looked at his reflection. The first thought to run through his mind was how similar he looked to the characters in a human show that Kaiceph(gay moron to get killed by one nuke)watched through the data streams he was given. Leatherback had an equine body with gray fur and a teal mane as well as two fluffy wings. His hair was a wild mop that spilled over his eyes like an upside down bowl and his tail was short cropped and tucked into a small poof. Leatherback spread his new wings while looking at them with as much disdain as he could muster. While they looked stupid, they would help him scope out the area much faster than on foot-or hoof now. Before he could move though, a blur of teal fur slammed into him and started attempting to gore him with a short horn. Leatherback snarled in surprise before charging forward and tripping the other pony with his tackle. The pony got up and Leatherback could look at it more clearly. It had pale teal fur as with a mane the color of granite. Leatherback felt almost like this pony was a reverse of him via color. The mane spiked into two, separate prongs that swept back onto the back of her neck around her horn. The tail was long and ended with thick knot that could probably serve as an effective club.

"Get out from under my tree before I make you" the pony growled while snorting steam out her nostrils and lighting up her horn. Leatherback then realized why the mare felt familiar.

"Otachi?" Leatherback questioned to the unicorn mare. The unicorn let down her guard at the comment. "It's me, Leatherback" he said, stepping closer as he did. What Leatherback expected was a romantic kiss like in the movies Scunner pirated. What he got was a brutal smack to the face with the knot at the end of her tail. He had been right, it could be used as a weapon. While Leatherback attempted to right himself, the unicorn leaped onto him and held her glowing horn against his face.

"Who told you that name you nebulo!" she hissed with hatred plain in her voice.

"I am Leatherback, Otachi" Leatherback whimpered as the horn's heat started becoming uncomfortable

"You lie! I saw him die"

"Remember when we first met at Karloff's flesh pit and how you beat me up in the combat game" With that Otachi's eyes softened and her horn's glow faded. She climbed off of him with a blush creeping across her face. Just as she was about to open her mouth Leatherback bucked her in the face and sent her to the floor of the forest.

Otachi got up and licked the blood off her lip before responding "Yup, you're the genuine article"  She then hugged the pegasus firmly and let some of her blood drip onto his fur to signify their fight was over, for to kaiju blood was a sacred thing to only be used at the end of battles or in battle. "But you died" Otachi said dejectedly.

"I figured out what happened" Leahterback said, puffing out his chest and involuntarily puffing out his feathers.

"Sing your praises, my mate just used his brain" the unicorn teased with a light shove. Leatherback scowled and gave Otachi a look that could atomize her if looks could kill.

"You know that crap Raiju was spouting? Turns out she was right" Leatherback said with considerably less pride than before.

"If I ever see Raiju again, I promise I will apologize for dishonoring her and remake our friendship" Otachi said, remembering when she had heard Raiju's story and publicly dishonored her by denouncing their friendship.

"Uh, Otachi I think we should go" Leatherback said sounding very afraid all of a sudden.

"Why?" Otachi asked in confusion. She looked around and took a few steps to check for what had scared Leatherback. She felt her hoof go into something squishy on her second step back. Looking in between her legs revealed that the tree hid the entrance of a cave and she had just stepped on something's eye. The loud roar that followed blew both ponies back several feet with its power. "Oh, that's why" Otachi muttered in an attempt to keep her cool when the beast crawled out of the cave.