Author's Note

Yes, I know... Another version... I had to do it considering Lucky's personality change, though.

Force of Nature and Element of Kindness Ver. 2

-Ponyville-

The tremendously sized, green-grey kirin shifted himself upon the hilltop, his thoughts swirling in his mind like a hurricane, all of which too fast for him to catch all but glimpses. He could see his father, Godzilla Junior, Fluttershy... The hurricane died, ceasing nearly the instant that the Element of Kindness was visible to his subconscious.

A small smile slipped across Lucky Dragon's muzzle as he entertained his thoughts. He knew what joy was, though he seldom felt it. In spite of this, he recognized the feeling from the times that he was able to relax on Solgell with his cousin or when he let all of the anger seep from his body like a sponge when he told Fluttershy about his family. It was a different feeling that had lodged itself in his thermonuclear heart that The Ancient was having a hard time figuring out. He hadn't felt it since his parents were alive, and even then it hadn't made a dramatic effect on how Lucky viewed things.

Now, though... Now he feared for the safety of a being he had no blood relation to.

The kirin stallion stared in stoic silence up at Princess Luna's full moon, feeling a tear slip down his cheek at the remembrance of his parents. Lucky felt lost, insignificant... Hopeless. Xenilla's words, whether he was attempting to speak them in a non-threatening manner or not, were starting to rub off on him. Was he truly a Guardian Beast? It was a question that The Ancient found himself asking more often with every passing minute, every passing hour.

What was worse was the former-kaiju's affection for the Element of Kindness. He was a god amongst kaiju! He wasn't supposed to have romantic feelings! Every nerve in his body was telling him not to get comfortable in Equestria... He was needed on Terra, and yet... and yet... Here he was, dueling with his subconscious and the words of his father to avoid falling in love.

"I... I'm sorry," he choked, looking to the heavens above as if searching for his family "I let you down, Father... I can't do this," Gojira growled through clenched teeth.

"There is no need to apologize, My Son," a familiar voice acknowledged. "You have not let me down. You have brought a life of peace to those who needed it most." With that, a glimmering figure came to his son's side. A robust earth kirin with brown chest scales and dark green-grey fur, side burns growing from his spiny mane. Looking his form over, the spirit spoke with a smile. "So, this is what being a quadruped feels like?" The Ancient's father said as another kirin came to Lucky's left.

It was a mare that looked like a carbon copy of the stallion to her far right, only with all the factors that make a mare. "You have made us proud... For you to think yourself a failure is like giving up all that you have worked to keep safe," she said softly, walking to face her son and lifting his chin with a smile.

As she spoke, Lucky's father came to her side and put an arm around her shoulder, hugging his life-mate with a smile. "Do not let our deaths go in vain... Gojira, you are the balance, the protector. Just as we once were. Let not our memories fade, but prosper."

The kirin stallion cracked a small smile as a tear slipped off of his cheek.

"As for the mortal, My Child, you are a guardian. So do this much... and keep her safe," the Alpha Predator's mother smiled, embracing the kaiju beside her. "I love you."

Lucky looked to his parents as their forms became shrouded in a glimmering blue vail before disappearing.

The stallion dipped his head with a sigh before the sound of gentle wing beats became apparent to his left. The stallion lifted his head, now aware of the tears that had stained his cheeks and part of his beard. Quick to wipe them away, Lucky swiveled his head to the right as to avoid being seen in such a state as this.

"Hey," Fluttershy said softly as she acquainted her hooves with the earthen ground beneath, a small smile slipping across her muzzle.

The tremendously sized kirin before her didn't acknowledge.

A frown slipped across her muzzle as she looked down to her hooves, mulling over her thoughts in an attempt to lift the downtrodden kaiju's mood. Upon thinking of something, the mare looked to Princess Luna's full moon, completely unaware as to the fact that both Luna and her confidant, the crooked horned unicorn Godzilla, had set this up. "Would you look at that moon! Princess Luna really outdid herself tonight, didn't she?" Fluttershy exclaimed with a soft smile.

The Ancient didn't budge until he noticed her circle around to face him. "I'll be alright. It is nothing that you need worry about," Lucky muttered through a sigh.

The Element of Kindness ushered a sigh of her own. If she learned anything at all from inter-dimensional beings that were bigger than a house, it was that there was always something. A miracle, it would be, for that nothing to be an honest answer.

Lifting her gaze, Fluttershy noticed a thin line that ran down the stallion's cheek, the trail glinting in the light of the moon. Hesitantly, the pegasus mare lifted a hoof and ran it across Lucky's cheek, feeling a wetness that could be nothing else but tears. Seeing the other oddities to his expression, Fluttershy noticed that his ears were flat against his head and his brows were furrowed in visible sadness. Sighing again, she spoke. "You kaiju think that you're so big and tough. But in reality... You're just a broken hearted veteran in need of somepony to love," Fluttershy murmured, peering into his amber and yellow eyes and gently wiping tears from his face.

Lucky exhaled deeply, lowering his gaze he finally relaxed his muscles. "Love is a fantasy that a monster is not entitled to," the kirin stallion muttered. "It is a poison that drives so many to murder." His voice, she noticed, was beginning to grow wrathful, a sneer forming upon his lips. "You all treat a potential firestorm like a tiny candle that spreads warmth to those it comes in contact with."

Fluttershy gazed up sadly at the kirin, her ears flat. "But... But I love you," the Element of Kindness whispered, dipping her head as a tear developed in her eye.

The reaction was instant. Lucky's expression morphed from angered, to surprised as he snapped his head to face the pegasus, his eyes wide and jaw open a couple inches. "You... Can't be serious?" he questioned, voice so unlike his usual stern tone that it almost wasn't the same kaiju.

Fluttershy merely looked up at the stallion shyly and nodded.

The Ancient let a slight smirk cross his muzzle as he leaned down slightly and wrapped the mare in his arms, careful not to crush her meek frame with his kaiju strength. "I don't know much about communicating my feelings... But I hope this is a good substitute," Lucky whispered.

"You're squeezing my tears out," Fluttershy smiled softly, a blush forming on her cheeks as said liquid ran down her cheek.

The old world guardian sighed heavily with a content smile before gently reacquainting the mare's hooves with the grass.

Fluttershy looked into his amber eyes before she became awash with emotions, those of happiness and love. Beating her wings slightly to raise herself to Lucky's height, the Element of Kindness placed a gentle hoof on his shoulder and leaned forward slightly, her snout hovering inches from his own. In a motion that defied her classic skittish demeanor, the mare locked her lips with her first love.

Though Lucky was just as confused as he was surprised by the action, it was one that he didn't fail to return, feeling Fluttershy snake an arm around his neck as he lifted a clawed hoof to her cheek. His eyelids closed as he embraced the mare, the gentle sound of wing beats the only that carried through the air.

The two stayed like this for a time before Lucky gently pulled away, his expression a surreal sight to those who knew him well enough. His expression was that of a gentle warmth that completely overlooked his prideful, reserved attitude and battle-scarred form. He was happy.

Looking into his eyes, Fluttershy giggled before gently resting her lightly built form against him, feeling the heat that radiated from Lucky and ruffling his fur slightly as she nuzzled his chest.

The Alpha Predator chuckled slightly before leaning back and diligently running a claw through her soft mane, looking up at the stars with a content sigh. "Thank you, Father, Mother," he whispered as the mare gave in to sleep, her gentle snores accompanying the expanding of her chest with each breath.

Anguirus, having happened by, paused to watch the sight with a smirk. The Guardian Beast of Fire looked back on his times with Ki Seong as he gazed upon the duo... It took the power of Equestria to soften his oldest friend's ridged, enclosed heart. "You did good, Gojira... You finally found something worth chasing..."