Ultraman Tiga Chapter 8

I'll call you, Makeena

Intro: Take me Higher

"I'll be back soon Angel, I'm gonna go and get some berries, would you like to come with me?" Fluttershy asked, she hoped he'd say yes, she hated going alone now-a-days. The white rabbit gave her a stern look, the answer was obvious.

Fluttershy was slightly disappointed, "Oh, that's ok I guess, and when i get back I'll make us a delightful berry salad, how does that sound?"

He didn't answer, he just sat on the couch with his back facing her. Fluttershy stepped out of the doorway and into the bright sun, "What a beautiful day" she thought, "The berries surely must be ripened from all this sunlight". The thought of them sweet and sourness of the fruit made her stomach rumble. "Oh my, I really need to hurry".

As she traveled throughout the field, she finally came to the edge of the forest where the fruit grew. There they were, red and purple, as if gems growing off the plants. She picked bunch after bunch, "You know, why not also bake something nice for Cory? He's helped me oh so much these past few days taking care of the animals, he even bandaged Hummingway's wing. It's the least I could do."

As she walked through the patch, she suddenly felt her hoof brush up against a hard, but smooth surface. She looked down to see her leg brushed up against what appeared the be a football sized egg. She felt it one last time, it was cold, meaning there was no creature watching over it. Fluttershy couldn't just let it sit out in there, "I must get this back to my cottage before its too late! Don't worry little egg, I'll take good care of you" she rolled it into the empty right side of her back satchel, "I guess the berries will just have to wait".

When she returned to her cottage, Angel was passed out on the chair, so she was careful not to wake him. She immediately sat down her bags, and went to her closet to get her electric blanket. She placed the egg in a basket wrapped in the blanket, slowly incubating it.

She looked it over, it had a strange coloration to it, it was green, with a yellowish tinge to it. "Hmm, I wonder what kind of animal this egg belongs too..? It's to big to be and ostrich, and a tad smaller than a dragons egg."

Fluttershy turned back to the kitchen, and went to go prepare the salad she had promised to make. Angel at the same time awakened from his nap and noticed the large egg in the basket. Scratching his head, he walked over to investigate the egg, wondering where Fluttershy would've found it. He flicked it, and immediately the egg began to wobble. Angel gasped and dashed into the kitchen. He frantically tugged at Fluttershy's tail, she turned around to see the frightened bunny, "Oh, Angel, what is it?"

He pointed out into the den, Fluttershy followed him and there she saw the Egg slowly start to crack open, "Oh my!" she cried happily, "Its hatching!"

She flew over to the egg, she was so excited, "Come on out little one, don't be shy, I'm not gonna hurt you" she cooed lovingly to the creature. A small appendage poked it way out of the shell, and a small little roar followed afterwards. Soon the little creature made its way out. Fluttershy was taken back slightly by the creature, it was like nothing she had ever seen before. But when it looked up at her with big round eyes, her heart melted.

"Oh my, I've never seen an animal quite like you before" she lowered her head to the creature, who instantly imprinted on Fluttershy as his mother, "But your soo cute!" said Fluttershy as the little monster nuzzled her cheek. Fluttershy glanced out the window, and was surprised to see it was already dark. She was also tired from a day full of berry picking, and needed her rest. "Come on little one, lets get to bed."

She prepared a small bed for the little creature, but when she went upstairs to sleep, he clumsily climbed up the steps after her, he just wouldn't leave her side. Fluttershy smiled sweetly as the baby, "Alright, I guess you can sleep with me, just for this one, ok?"

She flew down and scooped up the little monster, it yawned as it snuggled into Fluttershy's cradling forelegs, she carried the thing up into her bed, laying him next to her on the bed. He yawned once more, nuzzling her soft yellow coat, letting out a content little sigh. Fluttershy then realized she hadn't even named him yet. She thought for a bit, and then a name popped into mind,

"I'll call you, Makeena..."

Makeena was now asleep, snuggled close to his "Mother", Fluttershy wrapped a foreleg around him, holding him close as they both drifted off into sleep.

The next morning, Fluttershy awoke to see the baby monster still snuggled next to her, his snores sounded like little purs. She smiled sweetly at him, and got out of bed. As soo as her hooves hit the floor, Makeena was awake as well, yawning and reaching out to Fluttershy. Fluttershy never hit it off with any animal lie this, in fact, she felt like she was this things real mother. She had always wanted a little filly of her own, but this little guy would do just fine, even if he wasn't a pony. He waddled over and wrapped his arms around her neck, and her heart melted yet again. She scooped up the little monster and carried him down the stairs.

"Alright now Makeena, what would you like to eat?" Fluttershy placed an apple infront of him, he picked it up in his small arms, amused by its scarlet colors, before scarfing the fruit down. He belched before squawking for more. Fluttershy was taken back a bit at his vigorous eating habits, but then realized he was still a growing creature.

"Ok, Fluttershy will get you more food, gimme a second." She turned around to see Angel, with his usual morning "Wheres my food?" pout.

"Oh, I'm very sorry Angel, you see Makeena is very hungry so I just needed to make sure he had some food as well."

Angel kicked his food bowl over to Fluttershy, and Makeena saw this. His eyes turned from a baby blue to pale glowing white as he growled and thrashed his arms about, wanting to rip that bunny to shreds who dared show aggression to his mother.

"Makeena! Makeena, calm down! Everything's alright, mommy's fine..." she leaned her head in for Makeena to hug, his eyes turning back to blue. "Alright Angel, "ll get you your food now real quick.".

Angel nodded as he shook in fear in the corner of the kitchen, not wanting to go an inch closer to Makeena."

When it was midday, it was time for Fluttershy to go to market, "Now Angel, I need you to look after Makeena, ok?".

He shook his head, holding onto her front leg. She eased him off and used her snout to push him back into the doorway, "Come now Angel, he's harmless, you two be good now, alright?".

When Fluttershy was near her mailbox, she heard the familiar pitter patter of tiny feet, it was Makeena following her. She was surprised for being barely a day old he could walk so efficiently by himself. "Why not let him go?" she thought, "I'm sure my friends would love to see him." She set one of her bags down for Makeena to crawl into, where he immediately made himself comfortable. And with that, they two were on their way. When she arrived, Fluttershy was surprised to see all six of her friends at the market, this was the perfect time to show them.

Cory waved, "Hey Fluttershy! Where were yah yesterday?".

"Oh, I was just doing some berry picking and well, I came across something, well, very special.".

"Oh really?" Twilight asked, "What did you find?".

Fluttershy slid her satchel off her back, and laid it softly onto the ground. "Come on out Makeena, don't be shy, mommy's here".

RainbowDash raised an eyebrow, "Um, did she just say mommy?"

Slowly, the little creature stumbled out of the shopping bag, squeaking in surprise when he saw the other ponies.

"Awwwwww" they all said, except for Cory. He simply smiled at the little creature.

Rarity blushed slightly as he hugged her leg, "Whats his name? My, what an adorable little creature!".

AppleJack petted his head, "He sure is a cute one yah got there Fluttershy, mah just look at them Baby blue eyes".

Pinkie Pie hopped up and down, "Ooo!Ooo! Can I see him next! Can I? Can I!?".

Cory knelt down to pet him as well, "Yeah, what is the little guys name?".

"His names Makeena, I found him while he just an egg yesterday in the berry patch.".

Cory began scratching the monsters chin, "Makeena huh? Well, sure does fit him".

"I just wish I could have something that, adorable!" said Twilight.

"Come on guys, he's not that cute.". RainbowDash landed in front of Makeena. And as soon as her eyes met his, she instantly fell in love with the young beast. "I, guess I take that back, he actually is kinda cute.".

And that whole day, they did nothing but hold, and play with Makeena, and Fluttershy couldn't have been happier. Sure people cocked an eyebrow at the monster, but soon fell for him like everyone else.

That night when Fluttershy was taking to bed with Makeena, she couldn't help but notice, did Makeena grow noticably, larger? Whether it was just by looking at him, or how heavy he was carrying him up the stairs. She was probably over thinking things, she was very tired after all. "Goodnight, Makeena." she yawned.

He was already dead asleep, a deep one at that.

The next morning, Fluttershy awoke to the whole mattress leaning forward to one side. It was Makeena! He has grew more than twice his size over night, and the bed legs on the right side broke from his sheer weight. Fluttershy instantly scrambled out of the bed and to the opposite side of the room, she didn't know whether to be calm or afraid. It was Makeena after all, right?

"Ma-, Makeena?" Fluttershy stuttered out, this was too much to take in. The monster awoke, his eyes were now green instead of blue. Fluttershy was starting to honestly grow fearful of Makeena, was he supposed to grow like this? But, he was still like a child to her, and she would not let a growth spurt get in the way of them.

"Come Makeena, lets go get you some, food." Fluttershy didn't even know if she had enough for him to eat.

Each step Makeena took down the steps make the board break under his sheer weight. "Oh no," Fluttershy thought to herself, "How in the world am I going to repair all of this?".

At breakfast, Angel hid outside of the house, not once coming close to the door to get Fluttershy's attention. Fluttershy carried out a small bowl of carrots and garden greens for the little bunny, which he vigorously chowed on. Fluttershy sat back and sighed, "Oh Angel, what am I going to do with Makeena? I just can't get rid of him, to him, I'm just like his, mother....".

As days went on, Makeena continued to grow, even to the point of where he was twice the size of Fluttershy's cottage. She would take him to the forest where he would feast upon entire fruit trees, something Fluttershy obviously couldn't supply him with at her cottage. When it all got to this point, she realized she just couldn't keep him anymore, even if she was his adoptive, mother...

One day she thought to herself as Makeena munched the vegetation off a fruit tree, "Maybe I can talk to Cory, he always manages to help me take care of the animals, I just hope he can help me."

An hour later, Fluttershy finally met up with Cory, Fluttershy telling him all that has been going on. "And he seems to just be getting bigger and bigger and i just can't, I can't, just let him go.". Fluttershy hung her head low.

"Don't worry, you can still keep him. I mean come on, 2 weeks ago he was barely up to my knee. How much bigger could he get since then?" said Cory.

When they arrived at Fluttershy's cottage, Makeena was no where in sight.

"Um, where is Makeena?" Cory asked.

"He's behind the cottage, be careful! He doesn't like it when others disturb his napping!" Fluttershy held onto his arm.

As the two walked behind the cottage, Cory finally saw what she meant, Makeena encased himself into a large pod with his appendages of body armor. This was typical for him while he slept.

Cory was about ready to yank the spark lens out of his pocket, "Jesus Christ! What the hell is that!?"

Fluttershy covered Cory's mouth, "Shhhhh! you'll wake him up!". she trotted up to the giant egg shaped pod. "Makeena! Its time to wake up now!" she softly shouted.

Makeena's upper folds spread out, revealing his head and arms, he roared in joy as he saw his mother. Cory slowly walked up to Fluttershy, "Damn, you weren't kidding about him growin, weren't yah?".

Fluttershy began to cry, "Yes, and that's my big problem! He's getting so big, and, I can't keep him, but I can't just let him, go..!"

Cory felt for the Pegasus, "Do you really love him like your own child?"

Fluttershy began to cry, "Yes.." she choked out.

"Then you should do whats best for him, he's not meant to be kept in a cottage, he needs to be out there, its for the best of you both. Understand?".

Fluttershy wiped her eyes and nodded, "Makeena, come on, were going for, for a walk.".

Makeena wandered over to his mother, but then he noticed the tears in her eyes, he looked at Cory as his eyes turned a burning yellow once more. Fluttershy flew eye to eye with Makeena, "No, Makeena, mommy's fine, don't worry...."

Makeena's eyes turned back to his lime green, but he still looked at Cory, unsure of this visitor. "Come on Fluttershy, it's time we take him home.".

The three of them walked till they came to the middle of the Everfree forest, if it was just Cory and Fluttershy, they never would've walked this deep, but since they had Makeena, they felt much safer. They came to a large clearing, a somewhat field like area. Makeena turned around to Fluttershy, looking somewhat confused of why they were there.

Fluttershy walked up to him, tears rolled down her face, "Makeena, its, " That's when she lost it, "I can't keep you anymore, I just can't now, your, all grown up and, now I just can't..!"

Makeena understood everyword, he tried to reach out for his mother, caressing her pink mane. He picked her, and it was him who cradled her this time as she cried, "I'm sorry Makeena, but, mommy needs to let, you go now.I'll come see you soon." Fluttershy flew out of his arms and hugged him one last time before flying down to Cory's side.

Cory aided Fluttershy, "Go now, Makeena, It's where you truly belong".

As Cory and Fluttershy walked away, Makeena took a few steps after them, but then stopped and turned his back to them, and sadly lumbered off into the forest, crying as well. He did not know whether to feel loved still, or betrayed. But his heart was broken, and he sat down in the dirt, tracing one of his fingers in the dirt, that soon became soaked with his tears.

When Cory and Fluttershy arrived back at her cottage, Fluttershy bursted into tears, burying her face in Cory's shoulder, and he hugged her neck. "Its ok" Cory said as he ran his hand through her mane, " You did the right thing, it would've been worse if you kept him longer".

"Yes, but, I've, never felt that way for an animal, I truly felt like I was, his, his..!" She couldn't say it, it hurt to much to know she abandoned a creature she viewed to be her own child.

That night Cory stayed with Fluttershy, she cried all night till the fur around her eyes became stained with tears, and till her nose was swollen, and her head ached. But he sat there, holding her in a warming hug. All Fluttershy's pets, even Angel came and tried to comfort her, but it seemed that nothing at all could even to as much as get her attention for a few seconds. She was a wreck.

When morning came, Fluttershy layed on her couch with Cory, she rested her head on his lap while he had his head tilted back, and a hand on her head. Fluttershy awoke first, feeling terrible from last night, and it felt so different, waking up, not having those baby blue or green eyes greet with a good morning squawk. Either way, Fluttershy knew she had to move on.

Cory soon awoke afterwards, he walked and stood in the entrance way to the kitchen where she sat., "Hey, do you need help with anything else? I really don't have anything planned today."

"No." She lied, "You've done plenty for me, I'd hate to keep you caught up in my own problems. You can go home now."

Cory wasn't convinced, "Are you sure? I mean I can help you-"

"Please..." she choked out, tears welling in her eyes once again.

Cory didn't say a word, he slowly walked out of the cottage and down the dirt road, "Damn, I've never seen her down like this, I mean yeah she does cry a lot sometimes, but never like this...." He couldn't help but feel just as depressed as Fluttershy, as he knew what it felt like to lose someone that is family...

When he arrived in town, he was met with RainbowDash who was sorting few of the clouds overhead. She noticed the sadness in his body language, so she flew down to see what was wrong. "Hey Cory, whats got yah down?" she asked.

"Well, Fluttershy gave up, Makeena just yesterday. She's realy been down about it, cried in night in fact.". He sighed.

"Aw man, that really sucks. Is she ok now though?" she worriedly asked.

" I don't think so, I didn't stick around much this morning cause she sounded like she wanted to be alone."

"Oh, well in that case-"

Before Rainbow could finish her sentence, she heard an ear piercing scream, and a whole crowd of ponies running through the streets. They also saw Twilight with spike on her back galloping at them full speed.

"Twilight! What the hay, hell, is going on here!?" he asked.

Twilight was gasping for air, "There's another monster stomping through the town, he's already making his way through here! Hurry, run!"

Instead of running away, he ran towards where Twilight was running from. As he came to a wide street, that's when he saw it. It was Makeena, no longer was he a medium sized young monster, he was a full grown beast, with dark scaley skin, and yellowish white eyes, eyes that were full of new found hatred for these ponies. Makeena turned around, and thats when he saw Cory. The two stared at each other for a minute, with Makeena recognizing the human. It was him that made his mother give him up, it was him that made him feel this way, and he was going to pay for it.

Makeena charged towards Cory, then he ran after the sprinting human. Cory pulled the Spark lens from his pocket, but before he could press the switch, he tripped over a large chunk of rubble on the road, dropping his spark lens. Makeena saw his chance to kill the bastard who forced his mother to give him up, but before he could lift his foot up to stomp on him, he heard a familiar voice.

"Makeena..." it called. It was that same soft motherly voice he knew. He looked down the street, to see a beautiful yellow Pegasus approaching him slowly. "Makeena, calm down please, Mommies here" she cooed. Cory saw the chance and got back to his feet, quickly grabbing his spark lens before Fluttershy could notice it. She wouldn't have anyways, she was staring into Makeenas green eyes.

Suddenly, a purple blast of energy struck Makeena is the head, making him cry out in pain and surprise. Fluttershy turned to see Twilight firing off laser blasts from her horn at Makeena, causing him to roar in rage. "Run Fluttershy! I don't think I can hold him off any longer!"

"Twilight, no! Please stop!" cried Flutterhy, "He's not meaning to hurt anyone, your scaring him!"

Makeena was now stomping over to Twilight, his face contorted in rage once again. Now not even Fluttershy's pleas could stop him, he was blinded by anger, and he chased after the purple Unicorn. Nothing could possibly stop him now. Twilight galloped full speed, but Makeena was still easily gaining on her, wanting to feel her shattered body as he crushed her in his hand.

Suddenly a giant hand scooped Twilight up from the front of Makeena, and kicked the monster back, making Makeena stumble and fall onto his back. It was the protector of Equestria, Ultraman Tiga.

The hero knelt down and opened his hand, allowing the purple unicorn to walk safely onto the ground. Twilight nodded at Ultraman, and gasped. Ultraman turned around to see Makeena rushing towards him, bellowing with rage. Ultraman went into his battle pose, and jumped at Makeena. He kicked the monster in the head, but before Tiga could land another hit, Makeena turned around, making the hero's hand bash on his body armor.

Ultraman held his hurt hand, and then tried kicking, but to no avail. Makeena turned around and held onto the hero before tossing Tiga away from him, making the ground shake when Ultraman made impact with the ground.

"Makeena! Please don't!" shouted Fluttershy. She knew that only one outcome could come from this, either the loss of Makeena, or Ultraman's defeat, neither of which she wanted.

Tiga quickly got back up, and jumped into the air, landing a drop kick on Makeena's back. This had little effect on Makeena, and he kicked the downed Ultra in front of him in the gut. When Ultraman was back up, he grabbed hold of Makeena, falling back before pushing the monster off of him with his legs.

When the two were finally ready to fight, Makeenas leaf like body armor encased around him, turning him into some sort of egg shaped pod. He then floated at a fast speed towards Ultraman, his body knocking Tiga to the ground. As soon as Ultraman could regain his fotting, he was quickly struck again. Makeena was coming in for the final blow, and Ultraman wouldn't allow it. He got back up, and switched to his power mode, soon enough to grab hold of the giant pod. He tossed it into the air before punching it away from him, the force was enough to make Makeena unfold from his protective shell. Makeena groggily got back up, and soon felt a powerful fist make contact with his face, he raised up his arms to protect himself, but not even his body armor could protect him from the fists of Ultraman's power mode.

Tiga's fist glowed with red energy, and he delivered an energy punch right to Makeena's face, sending him flying a good distance back. Makeena tried to get up, but his energy was gone, he lacked the strength to even stand up. Ultraman thrusted his fists down, gathering energy for his Delacium light stream which would surely put an end to the beast, when suddenly a tearful Yellow Pegasus flew between him and Makeena.

"Tiga! Please, pleast stop! Don't hurt him anymore!" Ultraman looked at the Pegasus, and back at the pitiful creature. The orb of red energy between his dissipated into the air as he lowered his hands.

"Thank you," said Fluttershy, "I'll take it from here now."

Ultraman nodded to the yellow Pegasus, and he jumped to the air, flying off towards the sun.

Fluttershy flew over to the badly injured monster, Makeena, bad boy Makeena, look at what you've done..!"

Makeena looked at his mother, and cupped his hands over his eyes. loud sniffles escaped his nostrils. "Its ok, Mommy forgives you." she nuzzled up against his scaley skin, and he let out a contented grunt.

Cory leaned against a building, watching the heart scene, and couldn't help but smile. He was just glad he didn't have to take away what meant so much to someone he cared for.

Later that day, Fluttershy and all her friends went to take Makeena back into the forest where he belonged. When they were turning to let him go, Fluttershy came and hugged him, her soft pony fur rubbing against his thick scales.

"Don't worry, "she said, "Mommy will come and see you everyday" she kissed his head and received a lick that soaked one side of her coat. She hugged him one last time before joining her friends.

AppleJack lightly nudged Fluttershy with her elbow, "Your doin the right thing thing there, Sugarcube."

Fluttershy nodded, and smiled back at Makeena. The two of them realized what needed to be done. Makeena waved goodbye to Fluttershy, and lumbered off deep into the woods. Tears flowed down Fluttershy's face as she smiled, but this time she knew they would be better off this way. Besides, she was holding herself to the promise she made to come see him. Everyone yelled goodbye to him as he slowly disappeared from sight. As they walked back towards Ponyville, Fluttershy slowly turned around, she could still hear Makeena's distant roars. She remembered that small little monster, holding him while she slept, singing him to sleep when he was a newborn. And now, she was letting him go.. Forever.....

"Goodbye.. Makeena..".

Chapter 8 , End

Ending Theme: Brave love Tiga

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