Ultraman Tiga Chapter 9

Sinister Space Monster Duo!

Intro Theme: Take me Higher

Cadence approached Celestia who sat upon her throne, she was once again using the sun as a pair of eyes, which she could view all across her land. This time, she was looking the opposite direction, peering out into the depths of space. It has been approaching the planet for quite some time now, and was getting more and more close to earth. The great ball of flames was not a visible monster like Ligatron, it was just some sort of large asteroid. But it was heading on a straight coarse for earth, as if it had a mind of it's own. Accelerating in speed the closer it got.

Cadence broke her concentration, "Celestia, hows that, sighting been going? Have you been able to identify what it is yet?".

Celestia opened her eyes, but looked down to the floor, "No, I have not. There is no doubt it's getting even closer, accelerating in speed the nearer to earth it gets. I shall check it in the morning light, until then, we shall rest. Luna will take over for the night."

"I understand Princess Celestia. Shining Armor has put up a protection spell as you wished, he awaits your further commands." Cadence exited the room, passing by Luna through the hall.Luna entered through the doorway, she arranged the night sky earlier so she could keep watch after her sister. Celestia stepped down for Luna, embracing her sister for a quick moment, "Luna, make sure you keep firm watch on it, it's close enough for the eyes of the sun to see it, try to use the moon, and find out what it is."

"I will, Celestia, now rest, as I will watch over the night." Both Cadence and Celestia left the room as Luna sat on the throne. She closed her eyes, and slipped into a coma like state, looking out into the depths of space with her eyes. Hours slipped by, when finally the meteorite came into view. It was much closer now, in fact, it was already passing by the moon. The rock entered the atmosphere, bits of it melting and dissolving away from the intense friction and heat. The space rock was now only miles away from the surface. Miles, yards, feet, BOOM! The impact from this shook the whole area, rocks and earth was sent flying as the heat from the meteor wilted surrounding vegetation.

Luna's eyes quickly opened, her face covered in sweat. She glanced out the throne room window. Whatever it was, it had finally arrived.

At Sugarcube corner, Cory awoke from his deep sleep, his eyes snapping open. He sat up in bed, sensing that something was wrong. He looked around his bedroom, there was nothing but darkness and moonlight spilling in from the window. He got out of bed and looked outside, his eyes scanning the street. He could see the glow of one or two lights from a few close by houses, nothing more. He laid back into his bed, it was awhile before he fell asleep again.

Off the shores of Equestria, there was a great amount of activity. Deep in the black depths of the ocean, a great monster swam through the deep abyss. For thousands of years he fed off of the large whales, making him grow to monstrous size. His predecessor came from distant space long before he hatched from his giant egg, and now it was his turn to wreak havoc on this world. He made his way to shallower waters, his head rising up from the sea as he could see the shoreline. Soon he was out of the great ocean, he threw his head back an released a ground shaking bellow at the moon, finally free from his underwater home. He trailed further onto the shore, Kelbeam, was now heading towards the heartland of Equestria.

Hours later in the early morning at Carousel Boutique, Rarity was sewing Cory a new pair of shorts. The ones he came here with her old, worn, and ripping. And wearing the same pair of underwear daily, not the most pleasant feeling. But it would've been much better if Rarity didn't have to make him stand up while she sewed the clothe together.

"Ah! Son of a-!" Cory caught himself from swearing as the needle pricked his thigh, for the third time.

"My apologies Cory, but you must simply hold still for me! I'm not purposely trying the hurt you now." Either way, the pain still remained in his leg.

"Hold on, one sec and , there! All done!" The gray fabric which was Cory's new pair of shorts was finally mended together, and he wasn't any happier. "So, how're my new shoes comin along?"

Rarity was putting back the unused fabric back into their closets and bins, "They'll be done soon, I'm working on the laces now, but the rubber used for them will wait awhile."

"So, turns out I'll be wearing Moccasins" he thought. "Well, I'll see you later. Me and Pinkie Pie got some pranking to do."

Rarity worked at her sewing machine, sewing together the thick clothe of Cory's foot wear, "Have fun Cory. And this time, take it easy on the pranks? That last prank you pulled nearly gave BonBon a heart attack."

Cory remembered her and Pinkie putting Gummy in her bath water. The look on her face was priceless as she screamed at the toothless reptile. Yeah, it did make her hyper ventilate, but it was all in good fun, and she forgave them afterwards.

Cory laughed, "No promises there Rarity,".

The crystal marked Unicorn rolled her eyes and giggled, "Run along now Cory, I don't want you to see this new pair just yet."

Cory walked out the front entrance, the warm sunlight bathing his body. He had recently noticed when the days were sunny, they were SUNNY. Not a clod in the sky unless there was needed times of shade if it was too hot, but this weather was just plain out perfect.

Next thing he knew he was tackled by the Pink party Pony, "Cory! There you are! I didn't see you anywhere in town and I just got worried that you were lost or somethin happened so I came out here to make you were alright and cause you were late to-"

Cory placed his hand over her mouth, "I think I get what you mean Pinkie. Look, I'm fine. Rarity was just makin me a pair of new shorts cause my old ones were falling apart. I guess I should've told you I was leaving this morning."

Pinkie stepped off of him, "Oh, I'm sorry, but its ok right? Were still gonna totally pull some pranks!"

Cory wrapped an arm around her neck, "You know it, but first, lets take a small trip to the prank store, I got a great idea!"

At the market, Berry Bunch was selling this seasons Jelly and other preserves, her business was doing quite well. Didn't have a line, but ponies were coming and going. Pinkie Pie hopped to the front of the line, "Hey BerryBunch! Hows business today?".

Berry Bunch was sorting out her money bin, "Oh, hello Pinkie. Its going quite well, thank you for asking."

While Pinkie distracted her, Cory crawled over to the side of the stand, and took one jar. He emptied out a small amount of jelly before placing a spring coil inside of it, an screwing back on the lid. He placed it in front of the rest of the jars while BerryBunch still had her back turned.

"Hey, mind if I buy a jar?" asked Pinkie pie.

Berry Bunch nodded, "Why of course, that'll be 2 bits."

She grabbed the one jar and handed it to Pinkie, "Hey! This jar has a big fly in it!" Pinkie shouted.

"What? let me see!" Berry Bunch snatched the jar away from Pinkie unscrewing the cap quickly, when she did the coil sprung out of the jar, making BeryyBunch shout in surprise. Pinkie Pie rolled on her back laughing alongside Cory, who was almost in tears.

BerryBunch felt a small smile on her lips, and soon giggled along with the two of them. Everypony loved a good prank.

Cory and Pinkie walked through the town together, exchanging jokes, but some of Cory's left Pinkie a bit confused. Whether or not she did understand them, she loved being around Cory, more than any of her friends. She hit it off with within the first day he came to their "world" and since then was his friend. The day she was having with him were the ones she enjoyed the most.

Far from Ponyville, the royal guard was inspecting the impact sight. The crater was quite large, and the meteor still gave off immense heat.

One of the soldiers approached their leader, "Commader, what're we gonna do with it? We can't just let it lay here. We've tried pulling it out, but the rock is just far to heavy for us all to lift."

"At least keep trying, We've gotta get this rock out of here. Who knows what it could contain.".

No sooner had he said that did the asteroid start to tremble. It cracked down the middle, slowly splitting apart the giant space rock. Royal guard members fled in all directions, releasing the ropes they used to pull. A ground shaking roar echoed form the gaping crack in the stone, one that sent a chill down the spine from those who heard it. Rising from the shattered meteor was the monster Earthron, looking towards the sun and bellowing.

The Commander beckoned to the left behind troops, "Quickly, get away from there! We must go and warn the Princ-AHHHHH!" The Commander along with other members of the royal guard were incinerated by a great ball of flames. However, it was not Earthrons doing. Stomping into the scene was the Sinister Space Monster, Kelbeam. His glowing eyes fixed on the cowering ponies. His eyes soon met with Earthron, both of them staring down eachother. Earthron was about to charge at Kelbeam, but his body stiffened up, right when the ears on Kelbeams head began to vibrate. The horned space monster quickly took control of his new crested slave. Now conquering this territory, this world, would be much easier.

Kelbeam roared at Earthron, and his body relaxed. What had just happened? Was this beast controlling the other? Either way, the two of them marched towards the nearest city, Phillydelphia. Upon entering the city, thousands of ponies fled in all directions, taking all they could carry with them. Kelbeam released a powerful fireball from his mouth, engulfing the streets in flames. Earthron did his fair share of destruction as well, firing his Magma beam at the nearest building, blowing them as well as the ponies inside of them to pieces. Within just half an hour, the whole city was a sea of flames. Earthron stomped on the small fleeing creatures below him, feeling the warm trickle of their blood underneath his foot. He bellowed with sick glee as he fried the rest of them with his beam.

Kelbeam bashed his clubbed tail on a carriage full of evacuating ponies. With most of the royal guard now dead, there was nothing that could stop the two of them.

In the Castle, Celestia's messenger came galloping up to her full speed, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Its urgent!"

Celestia looked down to the small earth pony, "What is it, SunnyDays?"

He was completely out of breath, "The whole city of Phillydelphia is destroyed, completely engulfed in flames. And most of the Royal Guard members you sent to investigate the crater are gone. The few that came back told us that inside that meteor was a large monster, and soon after yet another showed up. Two monsters!"

Celestia was shocked for a moment, "They must have been the ones who destroyed that city..." She stomped her foot in anger, "They certainly will not get away with this! Send out the Royal guard, we must stop them!"

"Your Majesty we can't! Most of the guard is gone, and the rest refuse to go. Don't you know that the only thing that awaits them is death if they go?"

Celestia bowed her head, feeling hopeless, "I cannot have my Protege and her friends go out there, it is far to risky...."

The messenger bowed to Celestia, don't worry your highness, we'll think of something!" he galloped out of the throne room, closing the doors behind him.

In a distant meadow, Cory and Pinky Pie laid down in the grass with eachother, Pinkie rested on her side with Cory's head on her stomach. Cory crossed his legs, taking in a deep breath, "Man, what a great day of pranking. You have no idea how long I've been wanting to pull off that coil in a jar joke."

Pinkie giggled, "It was pretty funny. I'm just glad I was able to do it with you-" Pinkie stopped herself, "Oh no!" she thought, "Please don't take the hint!".

Cory smiled, "Hey, its pretty nice hangin with you too." he turned to face her, but he noticed the nervous look on her face, which was totally different. "Um, Pinkie, you ok?"

"Me? Oh yeah, I'm Pinkie Keen!" She tried not to blush.

"Hahaha! Your so random sometimes Pinkie." Cory winked at her.

He suddenly felt the pulsation within his pocket, the Spark lens telling him once again of danger. He quickly sat up, glancing around the open field.

Pinkie placed a hoof on his shoulder, "Whats wrong?" She asked.

Cory didn't see anything, "Nothing, just thought I saw something."

"Oh, ok! I was just wondering." Pinkie nuzzled Cory's head.

Cory scratched behind her ear, "Hey, I'm kinda hungry, why don't we go back and eat or somethin? It's on me."

Pinkie smiled Sure, that sounds great!".

The two of them traveled back to Pinkies bakery. Pinkie sat next to Cory as they looked over all the possible recipes they could do. "Cory! I just know one your gonna love!"

"Hehe, well take it away then Pinkie!"

They were interrupted by Spike, the purple dragon rushed towards them, "Guys quick! Twilight needs you down at the library immediately!"

Cory reached into his pocket, "What is it? A monster is nearby?"

Spike nodded, "Yeah! It's heading right for Ponyville, there isn't much time left!"

Cory and pinkie ran out the entrance with Spike, they passed through the village before halting at the library where Twilight was waiting with the others. "Pinkie pie, Cory, your here! Its very urgent, Celestia needs to see us in Canterlot. She sounded like she desperately needed help."

Rarity nudged Twilight, "Then we must hurry! The train leaves soon!"

They barely made it in time to catch the train, but they were relieved to know they could actually make it. While they were on the train, Cory and Spike played rock paper scissors as the others enjoyed the train ride. Twilight glanced outside of the car, taking in the sight of the mountains and open fields.

"So, what'd ya'll think the princess needs?" asked AppleJack. "It's gotta be somethin big, usually see snds us letters about all of this. She did the last time a giant monster that looked like a corn cob attacked."

Twilight closed her eyes, "I dunno, it could be the Changelings again, who knows..."

RainbowDash thought for a moment, "or maybe those Kyrieloids, what about them?"

Suddenly the train halted to a stop. Everyone in the car toppled over and slid from the sudden halt of the train.

"Hey! Whats the big idea!?" shouted RainbowDash.

"Um, guys...!" Fluttershy squeaked, "Look!"

They peered out her side of the car window, there they could see Earthron making his way towards the train. The conductor stopped the train and fled from it in hopes of escaping, but Earthron fired his Magma Beam at him, incinerating his body. Earthron roared as he turned his attention back to the train, he craved even more destruction.

AppleJack bucked out the Train car door, "Quickly! Everypony out! Lets go!"

Everyone fled from the train, just in time before Earthron blew the train to pieces with his Magma beam, bits of steel flying in all directions. As Cory ran with his friends, he gradually got more distant from them, finally making his way into a small ditch. He pulled the Spark lens out from his pocket, raising the relic high into the air, pressing the switch. The emblem unfolded as Cory's body glowed with blinding light, becoming the warrior of light, Ultraman Tiga.

Twilight used her magic to fire streams of purple energy from her horn, singeing the Space Kaiju's skin. Earthron quickly grew annoyed by this, and he marched towards Twilight, her friends ran away from as his mouth glowed with orange energy once more, but it vanished as a bolt of blue light struck his chest, making him roar in pain. He doubled over, gripping his wounded chest, slowly standing straight to see his attacker.

Tiga landed right infront of both The Mane six and Earthron, a surprised roar escaping the space beasts mouth. Ultraman kept a silver hand over the ponies, keeping them out of Eathrons view. Tiga watched out of the corner of his eye as the six of them galloped away from the battlefield.

"Good luck!" Pinkie Pie yelled back. Turning back to face his enemy, Ultraman was now ready for battle.

As the Kaiju ran towards the hero of light, Tiga jumped at Earthron, wrapping his arms around his neck before tackling him to the ground, the two of them rolling around for a bit. Ultraman was first to get back up, and he jumped over Earthron, kicking him in the back of the head and sending Earthron face planting into the soil. Ultraman grabbed hold of the crest on top of his head, pulling Earthron up and kicking him in the throat. Eartrhon tried to swat Tiga with his fist, but the hero of light back flipped away from, and landed a powerful chop to the back of the Kaiju's neck.

In the blink of an eye, Ultraman had locked his grip on Earthrons tail, tugging and pulling at the beast, but this was in vain as Earthron tossed the hero away from him, sending Ultraman falling onto his back. The kaiju turned to see the downed Ultra, and charged full speed at him, but received a kick to the stomach that knocked the wind out of him. Quickly regaining his stance, Tiga cartwheeled at Earthron, locking his legs around his neck before tossing him over his body.

This move even impressed RainbowDash, "Woah! That was awesome! But of course, I'm still cooler.."

AppleJack peddled her hooves in the air with excitement, "Yeeehaw! You show em Tiga!"

Pinkie jumped with glee, "Whoopee! Give him a right! Give em a lefty!"

Ultraman began gathering energy for his Zepellion Ray, when suddenly a ball of flames struck him square in the back, knocking him forward. Tiga and the Mane six turned to see Kelbeam slowly marching into the Fray.

Twilight bit her lip, "Oh no, can he take both of them on?"

Rarity lowered her head, "We'll have to wait and see."

Tiga barely dodged a strike from Kelbeams horn, dive rolling away from the two monsters. Without the hero's interference, Kelbeam turned to his left to face Earthron, and bellowed at the kaiju. Earthrons body stiffened as he faced kelbeam, the horned space beast beckoned towards Ultraman's direction. Earthron nodded at him, and ran towards the hero of light, but he was soon sent tumbling back as Ultraman tossed him over his shoulder.

Kelbeam turned to face the Mane six, surprised to see the likes of them still there. His ears flopped up as a ball of flames churned in his throat. The six of them were frozen in fear, even RainbowDash didn't move, it was over, they thought. Ultraman saw this, and tossed Earthron who he was grappling with to the side, he ran up, and kicked Kelbeams mouth shut. Ultraman grabbed hold of Kelbeam, and fell back with him before kicking him off with his legs, tossing the horned space Kaiju over him.

Earthron rejoined the fight, swinging with hand at Ultraman, but his limb was quickly caught by Ultraman's , repeatedly taking punches to the gut before being kicked away.

He stumbled back until he bumped into Kelbeam, but was pushed away by him. Kelbeam ordered Earthron to fight, but he only cowered behind him, whimpering and protecting his face. This got him a swipe from his master's claws. Twilight was observing this the whole time, watching their behavior closely.

Her horn glowed as she used her translation sell, it was gibberish at first, slowly becoming coherent speech.

"What do you mean you don't wish to fight? Get out there and destroy him!" Kelbeam roared.

Earthron's arms went limp, "Why must I do the fighting while you stand back here?"

Kelbeam tapped the monsters back, "Look here you pathetic excuse, I'm the superior! Your the subordinate!"

"Aw, come on! At least help me out?" Earthron squawked.

"Whatever whatever, you go first!" Kelbeam pushed Earthron back into the fight, the young Kaiju shaking as he did so.

Tiga went into his battle pose and sprinted towards Earthron, barely dodging a Magma beam from the monster's mouth.

Twilight clearly understood, "That monster..." she said to herself quietly.

Rarity glanced at her, "Speak up dear, we can hardly hear you."

"Look" Twilight pointed at Kelbeam, "That monster is full of himself, while the other one is his subordinate. Right now he's forcing the smaller monster to fight for him! I think..."

This angered Rainbow, "Come on you coward! Fight your own battles!"

Ultraman caught hold of Earthrons crest, stepping to the side and then kicking him in the throat, nearly crushing his windpipe. Kelbeam came in from behind swinging his tail at Tiga, the spiked club lashed across his chest, but Tiga managed to grab hold of it, but was flung to the side from the powerful appendage. Kelbeam came up from behind , holding Ultraman in a head lock as Earthron bashed him with his fists and tail, while the giant's color timer began to blink red. He needed to end this, and fast. With all his might, he elbowed Kelbeam in the ribs, over and over before his adversaries grip was loose enough for him to escape.

Ultraman spinning hook kicked Kebleam in his neck, as well as uppercutting Earthron in his stomach, making him double over and stumble back. Kelbeam grabbed hold of Tiga's left arm, and Earthron grabbed the other. Together, the two of them tossed Tiga away from them, he was drastically losing power and energy.

He looked up in time to see Earthron coming in for another attack, swatting the air with his fists. Ultraman's chest glowed a bright blue for a moment, before he used his hands to fire the energy at the dinosaur like space beast. The guillotine like attack sliced through Earthron like a hot knife through butter. He let out one last roar before falling to his side, his upper body sliding off his lower.

Kelbeam shrieked in rage, now it was up to him to finish this. He fired a fireball at his enemy, but it was simply blocked by a light barrier, this surprised the group of ponies as it did Kelbeam. Kelbeam roared in anger, releasing a whole barrage of them. They were all blocked as well. Now Tiga's energy was drastically low, and with Kelbeam gathering more internal flames for an even stronger fireball, it was now or never.

He gathered energy for his Zepellion Ray, light energy channeled from his color timer to his right forearm. Kelbeam launched his fireball, his head jerking back from the recoil of it, but Ultraman's Zepellion Ray was far more powerful. It blasted through the Sphere of flames before hitting home in Kelbeam's lower chest, filling him with concentrated energy that burned and ripped him apart from the inside out.

Kelbeam roared as he fell to his back, exploding into pieces a few moments later. The two space monsters, were finally no more. Ultraman quickly flew towards the sun, another battle accomplished.

Twilight flung her forelegs in the air, "He did it! He actually did it!"

"Yay! You got em Tiga!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

RainbowDash kicked and punched the air, "Man, just watching these fights are totally worth the danger of coming out here!"

AppleJack readjusted her Stetson hat, " Them were some fancy fightin moves, it seems he's got a maneuver for everythin!"

Fluttershy joined in, "Oh my, he took on two of them, thats very, um..."

"Badass?" added RainbowDash.

"Um, I guess so" Fluttershy blushed.

Twilight looked around, "Hey, have you guys seen Cory anywhere?"

Cory popped up from behind one of the trees, "I'm right here. Hey, did you guys see that fight? Crazy stuff huh?".

Rarity nodded, "It certainly was, the most impressive one so far. If you ask me, I don't see how Ultraman can stand rolling around in the dirt like he does."

AppleJack rolled her eyes, "You always have a comment to make about dirt, don't you?".

Rarity looked away, pointing her nose up, "Well, least I care about staying clean"

"Guys, come on, is that anyway to act after all this? Lets all go home. It's supper time. And personally, I'm hungry as hay.." Cory thought to himself, "Hay? did I really just say that? Crap, languages really do brush off onto yah". They all followed the train tracks back home. Sure, it was a long walk back, but when they got home, there would be much to celebrate about. And all of them were grateful for that.

Chapter 9, End

Ending Theme: Brave Love Tiga

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