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Form: Burning Gojira
Age: 166 years old
Height: 340 feet tall
Length: 600 feet long
Weight: 78.000 tons
Homes:
Monster Island (Birth Home)
Sollgel Island (Current Home)
Mount Fuji (Transformation Occurrence)
Relationships:
Shin (Ancient Ancestor)
Dagon (Father)
Bijirin (Mother)
Minira (Adopted Son)
Gojirin (Mate)
Kiryu (Biological Son)
Kaiju-Alliance
Miki Saegusa
Mechagojira Type-2 (Former Rival)
Shodai
Soshingeki
Musuko
Daisenso
Gyaku (Species Members)
Chaos Monsters Team (Rivals)
Bagan (Nemesis)
Affiliations:
Kaiju-Alliance
Deusaurus Clan
Status: This form has only been used twice.
Classification: Protector
Species: Supercharged Deusaurus Haruoi (Meaning: Haruo's God Lizard)
Aliases:
The King of Flames
Magma Gojira
Molten Gojira
He Who Decimates All
Critical Mass State
Burning State
Moerukokoro (By the Infant Islanders)
Living Nuke (By General Arisuke Tanaka)
Duration: Unknown. As long as the heat is still present, it will continue to function until Gojira powers down or if he explodes.
Cause of activation: Extreme Heat.
Appearance:
Burning Gojira is far more muscular than Gojira's base form, mainly because his skin is constantly burning and expanding at the same time like a balloon. He has a square shaped head, fangs, and has two long arms with four fingers, muscular legs with four claws, and a long tail. Unlike his base form, this form is filled with many veins on his back, eyes, and tail, along with burn patches on his chest, shoulders, and legs. He also has smoke coming out of his mouth and under his feet. And his spikes are also very different, they look more like flames than his base dorsal spikes. His eyes also don't have pupils.
Colors:
A lighter shade of black was used for his body and the base of his dorsal spikes. A cream color was used for his teeth and claws, and a vibrant orange was used for his veins, eyes, burn patches, and spikes. A shade of grey was used for the smoke.
Personality & History:
In 2021, Gojira, Radon, and Mosura challenged Emperor Ghidorah to a showdown on his makeshift base atop Mount Fuji. During the fight, Gojira was lifted by Emperor Ghidorah and was thrown into Mount Fuji itself. He also killed Mosura when she tried to shield Radon from Emperor's Gravity Beams. Mosura's life force transferred into Radon, giving him a new form dubbed "Fire Radon".
Fire Radon faired better when it came to fighting Emperor, and though he was now equipped with a new breath attack, it still wasn't enough to take down Emperor Ghidorah.
Deep within Mount Fuji, something was stirring. It turned out that Gojira wasn't dead. Or at least, not yet. His species have the unique ability to absorb heat, however, the heat he was absorbing was overwhelming. He has never experienced anything like it and it felt like his heart was going to explode. This led to his body reacting to this new influx of heat by channeling it and using it to empower Gojira.
The top of Mount Fuji exploded. Gojira emerged with a new form just like Radon, but whereas Radon's form was Mosura's last gift, this new form for Gojira yielded destructive tendencies not only to his enemies, but to himself as well.
As Gojira challenged Emperor again, the three headed dragon was pushed back by the dinosaur's Molten Atomic Pulse. And during the rest of the fight, Gojira tended to use a modified version of his atomic breath many times. The humans who were watching this from afar were confused as to what was going on, mainly because Gojira only ever uses his energy attacks in very specific situations, but in this fight, he kept unloading his breath attack over and over.
Fire Radon also helped. He attacked Ghidorah from behind and targeted the center head. Emperor's wings were burnt to the bone during the last segment of the fight, and Gojira choked the center head and stared it down. With Gojira being frustrated that Emperor killed Mosura who he saw as a mother figure, he decided to give the dragon the most painful death possible. Radon also cut off two of Ghidorah's heads, leaving the center head to Gojira.
He pried Ghidorah mouth open forcefully, then shoved his atomic breath straight down Ghidorah's throat. The burning sensation was so severe, Ghidorah's center head, along with what remained of the two heads that accompanied it, bursted into flames at the base of the necks, and because the heat was too much to handle for the dragon, the flames also came out of their eyes and bled into the main body, causing massive holes to form.
After the fight, Gojira powered down and returned to his base form. He looked at Radon and the two nodded at each other in respect before they went their separate ways.
Ever since then, the Kaiju-Force have been trying to understand what Gojira's new form was and how he gained it. There were many theories, but the one that preveiled the most was Kaiju biologist, Kensuke Maki's theory, which states that Gojira gained the form because of the heat he absorbed and because his body was trying to find a way to contain it, his body converted itself to a state that will be able to stabilize Gojira while keeping the heat contained.
The Shobijin Sisters, Lia and Mia, who were Mosura's Priestesses, revealed that this was not the first instance of a Deusaurus like Gojira gaining this ability, it was actually the third.
In ancient times, the people of Infant Island bared witness to two Deusaurus who managed to gain this form after absorbing a large amount of heat. They called this state "Moerukokoro" which translates to "Heart of Fire". And though this form has been used in the past, it hasn't been seen in over 400 years. But what happened to Gojira was seen as a freak accident to the sisters. Because though this form has been used before, the version that Gojira obtained behaved very differently due to how many times he was using his energy attacks, which led to the Kaiju-Force reconsidering whether or not this form really is beneficial to the Earth. Because at this point, they still didn't fully trust Gojira, so knowing that he could obtain a dangerous form such as this was a terrifying thought that resided in everyone's minds. This form was later dubbed "Burning Gojira" by Yoshido Chujo, the pilot of the Garuda warship.
In 2022, many of the Kaiju around the world, including Gojira and his new family consisting of his mate, Gojirin, and his adopted son, Minira, joined forces to eradicate a new monster that threatened the existence of every being on the planet.
Destoroyah was far more powerful than any Kaiju that Gojira had faced before. So powerful that he was the first Kaiju to make Gojira retreat. After absorbing Minira's DNA, Destoroyah evolved and turned into Perfect Destoroyah which had the unsettling ability to eliminate oxygen from his target, depriving them of the ability to breathe.
During the fight with Destoroyah in Tokyo, many of the Kaiju who Gojira teamed up with were weakened in the last segment of the fight. Gojira, however, stood his ground and kept fighting, but he was slowly losing consciousness as Destoroyah was draining his oxygen. In a desperate attempt to protect The King, Fire Radon stepped in to distract Destoroyah.
Fire Radon led Destoroyah away from Gojira long enough for them to have their own fight. And whilst Fire Radon put up a great fight, even taking out both of Destoroyah's wings, he was downed when Destoroyah sliced Radon's chest open using his Horn Katana. But Radon planned ahead because during the fight, he actually led Destoroyah back to Gojira.
With his dying breath, Radon fell on top of the fallen Gojira. And he proceeded to do what Mosura did to him when she died. Radon faded as his life force entered Gojira's body, and an explosion occured. Burning Gojira was reactivated as he roared ferociously at Destoroyah.
This fight lasted longer than Burning Gojira's fight with Emperor, mainly because Destoroyah's regeneration was extremely fast, and whenever he got desperate, he would separate into multiple Aggregate Destoroyahs to buy the lead Aggregate to recover from his injuries. The longer the fight went on, the more heat came off of Burning Gojira.
During the fight, he tore off Destoroyah's nasal horn which he failed to do earlier, and he even used the horn as a knife and stabbed it into Destoroyah's chest. But the more he fought, the more pain he felt, and halfway through the fight, he began to shoot buildings randomly with his breath attack which confused the people who were observing the fight from afar.
But then they realized why this was happening.
After analyzing Burning Gojira's temperature, Shinzo Mafune, the father of Mechagojiras's pilot, made a horrifying discovery.
Gojira's temperature was rising too quick. His temperature was exceeding even the hottest magma recorded on the planet. His temperature continued to rise as he fought Destoroyah and it had no intention of stopping. Shinzo came to the conclusion that it's possible that Gojira will have a meltdown, or will explode due to the heat he absorbed, but unlike a reactor meltdown, this meltdown would be far worse.
From what he could infer, it's possible that if the excess heat isn't expelled, the blast radius won't just destroy Tokyo, but the whole world with it as well. Which explains why Gojira tends to use his energy attacks in this form, he's trying to get rid of all the heat he's absorbed.
The Kaiju-Force, now known as the Kaiju-Alliance, quickly sent out the Gotengo warship to cool down Gojira's temperature. Miki Saegusa, with the help of the Shobijin Sisters, communicated with Gojira and told him that they were going to try to help him by lowering his temperature. They did this to ensure he wouldn't see the Gotengo as a threat.
While Gojira fought Destoroyah, he was joined by Super Mechagojira, who used his Plasma Grenade to blow out Destoroyah's chest. But Super Mechagojira kept his distance since Shinzo's daughter, Katsura, was piloting the mech, and he didn't want his daughter to get too close because Gojira was giving off a layer of heat strong enough to melt the buildings around him.
Gojira realized that fighting Destoroyah like this wasn't working. He just kept on using his separation tactic to get out of harm's way. So to get rid of him, he needed to get closer. He noticed earlier how Destoroyah's body reacted to being hit by Komodithrax's Frostbite Cannon, it actually affected him and made him move slower, so he concluded that extreme temperatures are Destoroyah's weakness. And with him essentially being a walking volcano, he knew exactly how to end this fight in a way that would annihilate Destoroyah.
He closed in on Destoroyah who tried in vain to suck out Gojira's oxygen with his Oxygen Destroyer beam, but Gojira ignored it and held Destoroyah close and tight. He grabbed him by the shoulders and bit his neck. He then charged up his atomic pulse as Destoroyah screamed in fear. At the same time, the Gotengo shot out it's Absolute Zero Blaster and aimed for Gojira's dorsal spikes.
The pulse engulfed a large percent of Tokyo, but the Gotengo and Super Mechagojira were far enough to where they wouldn't be hit. Once the smoke cleared, nothing.
No Destoroyah and no Gojira. Not even the sensors picked them up.
Minira cried out in horror. Gojira, for a while, was the only parent he had. He was the one Kaiju who took him in without question, he was the one who inspired Minira to fight back against his enemies. And now... he was gone?
There was no victory roar at the end of this fight. All of the Kaiju who joined the fight stayed silent in respect to their King. Miki started to tear up because for a while, Gojira was seen as nothing but a mindless monster who wanted to end the planet. But she saw something else that most people didn't. She was one of the first people to believe that Gojira was more than just a monster. That he had the potential to do good for the world.
And now, the Kaiju that the world feared and hated the most, died protecting his home and everyone who lived in it.
Or so they thought.
Just as Miki was crying, she felt a spark underneath the rubble as she used her powers in an attempt to find anything under the remains.
The ground shook and broke open as smoke poured out. Gojira, who was now back in his base form, lunged out of the ground, with the burnt remains of Destoroyah's head in his mouth which he proceeded to crush as it was reduced to ashes.
Luckily, the Gotengo was able to lower his temperature to the point where he was able to expell all of the excess heat left in his body. Minira happily greeted his father and Gojirin nuzzled her mate. Afterwards, Gojira and his family left. But as they were leaving, he could barely hear two voices in his head thanking him for what he had done.
Those were the spirits of Mosura and Radon who spoke to him through the energy Radon gave to Gojira before he died.
Ever since that fight, Gojira vowed to never activate that form again. It may have been very helpful, but it also hurt him in a way that most of his enemies didn't. And that was the last the world saw of Burning Gojira.
That is unless, Gojira absorbs a large amount of heat again. But only time will tell whether or not the King of Flames will return.
In the present day of 2034, Burning Gojira has now been studied extensively by Kaiju-Alliance scientists and they quickly concluded that the twins were right about this form, it was a freak accident.
After looking at ancient paintings depicting the form used by the Deusaurus of the past, they noted that they did not contain that burn patches seen on Burning Gojira. The only resemblance that ancient form had when compared to Burning Gojira were the flame shaped dorsal spikes, which led to these ancient forms being called "Pyro State" whereas the "Burning State" Gojira obtained was a far more lethal and evolved version of that form. It was also found out that in the ancient days, Deusaurus consumed volcanic rocks in order to activate the Pyro State which is why their forms are more stable because instead of simply consuming volcanic rocks, Burning Gojira was activated through extreme temperatures that far outclass any kind of volcanic rock which is why that form was extremely unstable.
In this state, Gojira is the most aggressive he has been in a while. He is very quick to act, not thinking of a strategy, with the only thing on his mind being his need to get rid of the heat he's absorbed. As mentioned before, he mainly uses energy attacks, but he does still keep his sanity at first, but when the form starts reaching critical mass, that's where Gojira becomes unhinged due to the pain he's experiencing.
Abilities:
Physical Strength:
He is very good at hand-to-hand combat and can lift Destoroyah who actually weighs more than he does.
Intelligence:
As a Deusaurus, he pretty much has human level intelligence and he used this to great effect in understanding Destoroyah's weakness and finding a way to kill him without the crustacean separating again.
Swimming:
Though it's not shown, he can swim in this form, but if he did, he would boil the water around him, killing anything unfortunate enough to be caught in the radius of his heat layer.
Speed:
Despite his weight, he's actually pretty fast compared to most Godzilla incarnations. Although, this is due in part due to the fact that he's burning of a lot of his muscle mass.
Durability:
He is so durable to the point that if someone were to make physical contact with him, they'd only hurt themselves.
Constant Heat Layer:
In his base form, Gojira has a heat layer that forms over him when he charges his Atomic Breath. In his Burning form, this heat layer becomes a permanent feature and it melts anything in it's path which is why nobody got close to him unless they were like Fire Radon who absorbs heat and turns it into fuel for his breath attack.
Absorption:
Normally, Gojira can only absorb heat and nuclear radiation, but in this form, he is able to absorb his enemy's energy attacks and use them to power his own energy attacks which is why he felt nothing when Destoroyah used his Oxygen Destroyer beam on him.
Molten Atomic Pulse:
Unlike his regular pulse attack which is a shockwave that pushes his enemies away and doubles as an EMP attack, this pulse attack melts anything it comes in contact with. And it also acts like acid where it strips it's target down to the bone like how it did when it was used on Emperor Ghidorah.
Infinite G-Spark Spiral Ray:
This version of Gojira's Atomic Breath is orange with red spirals. And it drills deep into it's opponents. Every time it's used, it gets even stronger, especially when Gojira reaches critical mass and is close to exploding. It also doesn't have a cool down like his standard Atomic Breath which is why it has infinite in its name. His spikes, veins, and burn patches turn red when it's charged. His spikes also burst into flames right before he shoots, and a spark occurs just as the beam is coming out of his mouth.
Regeneration:
Like his other abilities, this one is amplified in this form. But he only used it twice when Destoroyah used his Horn Katana on him.
Brainwave Sensing:
Like his base form, he can also locate other Kaiju using brainwaves.
Problems:
Constant Pain:
As mentioned, he is in constant pain during this form because of how much heat he's generating. It's tearing through his skin and though it empowers him, it doesn't do any favors when it comes to his physical health.
Thermonuclear Explosion:
If he doesn't expell all of the heat he's accumulated, he will explode, destroying the atmosphere and the Earth's core.
Trivia:
• He is both inspired by the 1995 Burning Godzilla and the 2019 Burning Godzilla, with this version also occuring during a fight with a Ghidorah.
• Originally, he was going to be completely orange with red veins and his back didn't have spikes because all that was left were flames on his back. I redesigned it in my head in June of this year and now he looks more like the original Burning Godzilla because personally, an all orange Burning Godzilla is kind of boring. At least with the burn patches, it actually looks like his body is tearing itself apart from the heat within it.
• The spikes bursting into flames was not just a reference to the cut concept of him not having spikes but flames on his back, but also a reference to that one scene in Terror of Mechagodzilla where Mechagodzilla II lights Godzilla's back on fire.
• This form is supposed to be made to look and feel as painful as possible. I want this form to feel like the original because Godzilla in Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah was in constant pain in this form and that's how I prefer Burning Godzilla to be portrayed whereas the Monsterverse version is just a power up that has no consequences.
• Originally, the back portion of his spikes, from the base of the tail to the tail tip were supposed to be white like the 1995 Burning Godzilla but I thought that wouldn't make sense. Personally, I always thought that didn't make any sense even in the original design so I changed it.
• Originally, he was supposed to be just a recolor of the Charged Gojira that me and my brother made where he's shooting his Atomic Breath, only with the veins and spikes being colored orange instead of blue. But we changed it and gave him new spikes and a different physique.
• His roars are modified versions of 1995 Burning Godzilla's roars mixed with Millennium Godzilla roars and 1954 Godzilla roars.
• Burning Gojira is the second most recurring form in Kingdom, only second to Fire Radon.
• Burning Gojira is the most unstable form in Kingdom, with it being the only form that harms it's user.
• This version of Burning Godzilla is also inspired by Super Saiyan Blue. I see the ancient form mentioned here as the "Super Saiyan God" of this universe. And you know how I mentioned that Burning is an evolved version of that ancient form from the past? It's like how Super Saiyan Blue is an evolved version of Super Saiyan God.
• The names "Pyro Gojira", "Thermo Gojira" and "Critical Gojira" were considered, but in the end, I chose to go with the original name because there's no point in changing it if it serves the same purpose of giving Godzilla a form that is related to heat. But I did use the "Pyro" name as the name of the ancient version of this form.
• There were many scrapped ideas on how he was going to get this form. The first one involved Mosura transferring her life force to Gojira which was changed to him falling into Mount Fuji because it was too similar to how KOTM handled Burning Godzilla. Then, another concept was him finding an old nuclear reactor during the Destoroyah fight. Then I thought, "Why the heck would the Japanese government just leave a nuclear reactor in the middle of Tokyo Bay?".
• The reason why I used Burning twice is because of Destoroyah. Originally, Base Gojira was supposed to kill Destoroyah, but I thought that would've eliminated the threat Destoroyah posed, so I added in the other Kaiju into the fight and Burning Gojira as well. Plus, in a story that features Destoroyah and Gojira's adopted son who Destoroyah wants to kill, why wouldn't I put a fight between Burning Godzilla and Destoroyah in there as a reference to my favorite Godzilla movie?
• There was a plan to activate Burning Gojira a third time in a later arc where he fights Orga, but it was replaced by Super Gojira's fight with Bagan.
• Being Burning Gojira is easily the most painful experience Gojira has had to deal with physically. Bagan blowing out his dorsal spikes with his Chaos Buster beam comes at a close second.
• He was supposed to be red, but I preferred the classic orange so I kept it that way.
• In earlier drafts, he actually would've melted down, and he would have taken Destoroyah with him. Leaving Minira as the new main Kaiju protagonist of the series. But in the final draft, I changed it to him using his pulse on Destoroyah while the Gotengo lowers his temperature.
• The pose of this drawing is supposed to portray the moment he goes critical and is close to exploding, which is why he looks so angry in this pose.
• Burning Gojira was supposed to be used more often after he first got it. Because in the original drafts, he would've used it like how Goku uses Super Saiyan, by activating it on command. Which would have meant that every fight would have no stakes because he can just transform into this form like how a person would flip a light switch. This idea of a Kaiju using a fire based form on command was changed to Radon having the ability to turn into Fire Radon on command instead.
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