Chapter Five: Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu'a
[Author's Note at end of chapter]

The water around the two was silent minus the calls of whales in the distance, the mechanical workings inside Castle Bravo and other things the King could hear underneath the waves as the two titans slept curled up at the ocean floor.

Rue was still between Godzilla's body and arms in his curl around her, his arms and head shielding her from the world around her in a protective shield to keep the people that harmed her and made her who she was from getting to her again.

How many hours had passed of the two sleeping? I would say about five or six.

The king suddenly woke up with a quiet rumble leaving his mouth and blinked a few times to get coherent.

Yellow eyes glanced around to survey the surroundings for any danger before he relaxed and moved his head so he could check on Rue.

While she didn't need to breath anymore, her body rose up and down steadily showing calm breathing (probably still having to breathe not for air but to keep blood pumping through her body and organs) as she held her tail still like a stuffed toy.

Godzilla frowned a bit noticing her radiation levels was still quite low. Sure smaller titans even the young even after some time after they hatched or born (where newborn and newly hatched Kaiju gave off extreme amounts of radiation before they would regulate) would have low radiation levels but never this low. And this was her internalized radiation at that.

Rue had a strange ability not super rare but Godzilla had seen it a couple of times in the past where Kaiju didn't give off radiation on their body but rather it was internalized, so humans could be around them like nothing but with that they could absorb radiation around them instantly so as long as they were in a radius humans could be around titans with no radiation effects as the radiation would pull to them like a magnet.

So it was concerning how little her radiation levels were. 'Maybe the volcanic vents could help?' Godzilla thought to himself as he nudged Rue a bit with his snout.

Rue woke up relatively quick at that as she hummed and rubbed her eyes (being careful not to poke her eyes with her claws) while letting go of her tail which moved away from between her legs and behind her.

"Did you sleep well?" He asked her making Rue freeze a bit as she then slowly turned her head and looked up at him.

"Oh so that wasn't all a dream then." She said aloud in surprise making Godzilla raise an eye ridge in an equivalent to raising a brow at that. "Yeah I had dreams in the past where I hoped someone would get me out of that hell hole, a few times it was you. Hey it helped me cope with my situation." Rue admitted as she stretched her arms behind and above her head while her tail stretched behind her.

The King gave a brief sad look, "Well I apologize it took so long to do so." He apologized to her as he nuzzled her with his snout a bit. The sight of it was a bit awkward considering the huge size difference between the two, he could crush her with just his snout alone if he wanted to.

Rue froze at that in surprise before shaking the surprise off as Godzilla moved up a bit allowing Rue to swim up a bit.

"Is there a reason why you woke me up if you don't mind me asking?" She asked him as she stretched again, her tail swaying a bit underneath her to keep her from sinking.

"You need more radiation, unfortunately the constant levels emitting from my body apparently do not seem to be enough." He began as he glanced at the surroundings a bit. "I am hoping the volcanic vents could help aid that. Since the vents give off radiation levels from the magma of the planet it will be ideal." He explained to her as he rolled his neck a bit to stretch it.

Rue got excited, "Oh there's plenty around Hawaii, it's how the islands formed." She told him making Godzilla look at her in confusion. Rue laughed sheepishly, "Whoops, forgot you don't know human stuff." She realized, "Well Hawaii is a series of like eight islands in the ocean and the main big island is the most populated if I remember correctly with a big active volcano along the mountains." She began to explain.

Godzilla instantly remembered now, "I see, it's where I first encountered the male parasite." He recalled aloud cutting Rue off before she could explain further. "You mean the Male MUTO? That makes sense." She told him as she swam upwards a bit to be more at his head level, her tail helping propel her.

He gave her a side glance, "You seem to know a bit with us including those parasites." He mused making Rue blink in surprise. "Oh yeah, I was in both San Francisco and Boston, aka you fighting the MUTO's and the second one you fighting Ghidorah. I had a deep like, obsession almost of learning what I could of you guys growing up, you guys are just so interesting." She admitted to him as she was swimming around a bit to keep herself from being still.

Godzilla was surprised at this, "How old were you in both those attacks?" He asked her, Rue paused a bit to think back. "The first one I think, god maybe three years old? It was before my little sister was born. But I do remember I was ten with Ghidorah, it was two months after it all I got taken and turned to," Rue paused at the end to jester at her form, "Well this."

The king was surprised by this, she was so young yet had experienced so much for her age. He shook his head before the bubbles of memory of how many other young humans must've experienced the horrors of him defeating old enemies could surface.

"We should head off." He said as he began to swim off with Rue quickly behind him. "Shouldn't we let them know somehow?" Rue asked him as she pointed to Castle Bravo at the them part so he could get she meant MONARCH. "So they don't think you're going to do bad stuff and not shoot you."

Godzilla used his tail to bring Rue closer to him so she could hold onto his arm so she didn't have a struggle keeping up with him. "I will alert Belivera with the priest bond so she can relay the message. Her stubbornness can help get it through to them." He told her, 'It's been eons since this priest bond I've had my own, this is going to take long to get used to again.' He thought to himself as he watched Rue nod in understanding.

"Belivera, tell the humans we're heading to one of the islands where I faced the male parasite. I'm hoping the volcanic vents around the islands can help her radiation levels." "Understood my king."

The silence underneath the waves between the two felt strange to Rue as they swam, while it was almost peaceful it also made her feel on edge a bit.

The blonde worried about getting on his nerves if she spoke. Yes there was nothing that showed he would but she still feared to upset him in some way.

It wasn't an easy to miss thing off of her even to the king, he couldn't use the ways he did to cheer Jr up because how fragile she was, she was more fragile than Leo and Mothra even.

"Left your kisses in the car, I'm just sittin' in it. Found your jacket at the bar, now I'm sleepin' in it. I'm a sucker for your heart, took a bite out of it. Yeah, I can't resist it, so-so-so delicious." The King was surprised by the sudden music as he glanced down at the girl holding his arm. While his telepathy wasn't as great as Mothra's (her's was really incredible whenever he thought about it) his was strengthened a lot when the target was in physical contact with him, so he could tell the music was from her thoughts.

"Can't back out, yeah, you've done it now. Hold me in your arms tonight, Until it's hard to see, till I cannot breathe." "May I ask what song is playing in your head I can hear with the telepathy?" He asked the girl making Rue jump a bit at that sudden talking.

"O-Oh, I didn't know you could hear that sorry." She apologized as the song stopped playing in her head making him frown a bit.

"There is no reason to apologize, it is quite nice music. That I will admit of humans." He reassured her. Rue just looked below her in silence for a bit.

"Tell me what to sacrifice. 'Cause you're a killer, going in for the kill, yeah."

"It's called Death of Me, it's from a movie humans made called Smile Two, a horror movie." Rue explained as the music resumed in his head from the telepathy. "I'm not scared to go, I'm collateral! Knocked out, your love will be the death of me! Not scared to go, it's not rational! Strung out, I'll trade it for my sanity!"

"Basically the movie and its previous is about this curse of a demon, the demon is called the Smile Demon, and he feeds off of and uses humans most traumatic memories to make them go insane so he can absorb their soul. Once he finally has them like that he makes them commit suicide with an insane smile on their face hence the name in front of another person so the curse can be continued passed around. Plus with every victim he gains a new smile along his body." Rue explained to him as her tail swayed behind her while watching the water around them.

"I don't wanna give you up, I don't wanna give you up (I can't). I don't wanna give you up, I don't wanna give you up (I can't). I'm not scared to go, I'm collateral! Knocked out, love will be the death of me!" The King thought about it for a bit. "Alright that's another thing I'll admit of humans, your creativity has no bounds especially revolving entertaining yourselves." He finally answered making Rue laugh a bit at that.

"I'll take that as a compliment but I will agree on it." She responded with a small smile once she calmed down her laughter.

While Rue mostly kept close to Godzilla by the reefs she still explored a lot while keeping close. The volcanic vents radiation reached far levels closer to the surface and with how it would pull to her like a magnet the king could notice her radiation levels steadily increasing as well.

Sure the vents themselves were at twenty five thousand feet below surface their radiation reached the two quite easily to the reefs. The levels in the reefs weren't harmful to the humans of course but it was still noticeable.

Rue watched some of the fish in wonder, partially focusing on a school of Lemon Miletseed Butterflies with purple eyes wide in amazement and full of wonder.

Rue noticed another fish making her excited. "What is it?" Godzilla asked her, curious of what had gotten her so excited. "It's a Picasso Triggerfish!" Rue exclaimed as she pointed to the said fish swimming by. "Is that what humans call it?" He asked her, "Yeah but it's the Hawaiian State fish, so like a mascot. Its Hawaiian name is really long though." She explained to the king.

"Try to say it then, I am curious." He told her making Rue make a face. "Humu-humu... Nooo- no that's not it." She tried to say but miss said. The king chuckled quietly at that, "Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu.... a? I think I got that right." Rue tried again.

"You humans and the names you come up with." Godzilla mused, finding it a bit funny. "Isn't the one MUTO you don't actively try to go kill named and I quote Barb? Quite a human name for her." Rue asked him in retaliation.

Godzilla laughed quietly at that, "Touché there little pup." He praised her making Rue smile slightly.

"Barb is a, strange case of those parasites." Godzilla began as Rue listened in, sitting on a rock as she did. "While her major line factor is that she's, faulty of their terms, being infertile," 'Oh explains a lot why she's not a threat then.' Rue thought to herself, "She does not see herself as one of her kind but tries to blend in amongst us quite a lot." He explained, eyes glancing off to the side in thought.

"Huh, I always wondered why MONARCH never considered her a threat considering the previous two MUTO's." She mused aloud in thought making Godzilla chuckle in amusement at that.

Rue's nose suddenly twitched making the blonde perk a bit as the king also caught the smell. "Is that-" Suddenly Rue swam to hide in Godzilla's arms making the king freeze at that. "What-" "There's a person in the water, their swimming close!" Rue whisper shouted in fear as she tried to make herself as small as possible while hiding her barely glowing dorsal spikes against his person to hide their glow and held herself in fear.

The king watched with narrow eyes as a person with a mask over their eyes and nose a small plastic tube in their mouth swam far too close for comfort. He knew well even MONARCH would have their boundaries at least in being physically there without their metal insects that flew in the air.

Rue shut her eyes tight as she forced her breathing to stop in panic. Godzilla suddenly moved his form, using his head to hide and shield Rue while a deep rumbling growl in warning was shot at the human as his dorsal spikes glowed blue in warning.

The swimmer was surprised at the sudden action of the king while Rue hid herself further against the said king.

Godzilla heard a voice from the swimmer, though their mouth was moving. The swimmer quickly swam away and back to the surface by the voice they heard.

Rue could hear it as well in her panic, looks like even swimmers bold enough to do that were not safe from cops.

'Strange, I smell blood in the water but the human was uninjured. What is causing it?' Godzilla thought to himself, as he watched the human leave the water.

"They are gone now little pup. You have no reason to be scared now." He reassured Rue who peeked an eye open, slowly peeking from her hiding pace to make sure before swimming out.

Rue seemed to slowly relax before she smelled the blood in the water as well making her tense a bit as she looked around.

Godzilla was surprised when the girl swam off to a random direction before he noticed it, there was a white tip shark slowly sinking in the water. It was alive as it weakly tried to swim with its tail but something was preventing it.

Rue got close enough to the sharp where she suddenly grabbed its neck in her tail wrapping it around it and coiling it trying to snap the shark's neck with her arms wrapping around its body holding it still to make twisting its neck easier.

The quick snap quickly killed the shark and Rue quickly sunk her claws into the body of the shark and swam back over with her prize. Though the blood scent caught the attention of other sharks that started to swim after the girl.

When Rue got close enough to him, Godzilla immediately got between the girl and the sharks growling in warning to stay away which they quickly took the hint with a much larger predator.

When they were a good distance enough from them Godzilla looked at Rue who was busy digging into her meal, biting down the meat to tear it away to slowly eat it.

Now up close the king could see easily why it had struggled to swim and was bleeding, the shark was missing its fins. He could tell they weren't torn off either, the cuts were far too clean for that.

"What creature made such clean cuts to remove those fins?" He asked aloud to himself gaining Rue's attention as she quickly finished her mouthful. "Oh yeah, there's this stupid thing with humans in some type of hunting, where they take the fins off a shark for 'medicinal use' when in reality it's like some prize thing. They just throw the poor guys back into the water to slowly die either from blood loss or lack of oxygen from the lack of swimming. They get too many in one trip that it's illegal so police try to get them before a big drop in shark populations." Rue explained to him, taking another big bite of the shark meat like she hadn't eaten in weeks.

The king found himself growling, "Humans already seem to care less about the planet as is." He growled out making Rue mock a laugh earning his surprise. "Tell me about it, I know a lot of human stuff like money doesn't exist for you guys but their greed for a lot of humans has no bounds that they'll not care if someone is screwed over from basic needs for extra buck in their pockets." Rue explained in annoyance, using her claws to rip out some meat of her catch and began to eat that.

The king sighed in frustration while resting his head down, the surface humans had already gotten so complex over the centuries they've been gone and that was just the tip of the iceberg of it all that they would even screw over the chances of their own kinds chances of survival for their greed.

Rue continued into her meal with a fevor from her annoyance of her own kind just from the thought of them.

"Slow down on your eating little pup," Godzilla told her as he watched her eat, "You do not want to risk choking on your food or even getting a stomach ache later with how fast you are eating."

Rue stopped to finish her mouthful. "Sorry," She apologized, "I just haven't eaten anything other than possibly expired even if they can military meals and eating something else even if it's a fucking shark feels so good." She explained, ripping another piece of meat from her catch with her fangs and chewing it. "A little salty though. Nothing unexpected from a shark, but it is tasty." Godzilla had to chuckle a bit in amusement at that.

"Though I do think a Bull Shark would be less salty if it was in a freshwater river, they can apparently change the salinity in their livers to swim in freshwaters to breed." Rue explained a bit, taking another bite of her meal.

Godzilla found it interesting with her knowledge of sea creatures. "You seem to be quite knowledgeable about sea life little pup." He told her making Rue finish her mouthful. "Oh yeah, alongside the fascination I had with you guys I have this fascination with sea life. If I'm being honest if I didn't cut out as a potential MONARCH agent my runner up dream career would've been a Marine Biologist to study sea life." The blonde admitted as she went back to her meal.

The king didn't question what a Marine Biologist was, he already got a slight understanding with that as he watched the area around them while Rue continued to eat.

When the king glanced back at her Rue was starting to slow down of her eating almost struggling to finish her catch. An easy tell sign she had gotten full but did not want her catch to go to waste.

Godzilla nudged her slightly with his snout. "Are you full?" He asked her, he already knew the answer to that but still felt inclined to ask. Rue grumbled, "Yeah but I refuse to let this go to waste. I know other critters would eat it but still." She answered as she slowly chewed another piece of meat in her mouth.

The King got an idea as he nudged her slightly once again making Rue pause before grabbing the shark by its tail taking it from the girl and swallowing it whole like nothing.

Rue stared at him dumbfounded as Godzilla licked his teeth. "That... Works, I suppose." She mused earning a chuckle from the king.

Rue rubbed her face in her hands before curling up close to Godzilla making him nuzzle her in response.

Her radiation levels were quite better now than before but getting them higher wouldn't cause any harm. Besides, Godzilla had to admit the warmth of the reefs with the sunlight was pleasant to relax in.

The king took a deep breath through his gills then relaxed while exhaling keeping the girl close.

'Just an hour of this,' The king thought to himself. 'Just an hour and those humans the priestesses are with will be able to see her.' With that the king soaked the sunshine through the waves of the coral reef with the girl who purred quietly in content.

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Chapter Five: Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu'a
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[Author's note:

AYYYYYYEEEEE ITS BEEN UPDATED IN 2025 LET'S GOOOOOO!

If you're in America you can understand why I'm stressed so much of, EVERYTHING here

Anyways I ended up getting the Novelizations for KOTM's, Vs Kong AND The New Empire so with those I'll be able to use the information from them for this fic series!

I'm only on chapter five of Vs Kong Novelization (finished The New Empire and King of the Monster's) and SOMEHOW it's already better than the movie, like come on Legendary how y'all flop with that alongside with Vs Kong being the last film we had my girl Madison
Y'all already did her dirty with her casting but like come on man

I do plan on tweaking things for fit both fic AU and also what I see fit especially the Mecha Godzilla fight because damn that was a bit disappointing ngl

This entire chapter mostly hogged up my mind of ideas I'm not gonna lie
It's not the only one planned out dw

Plus I wanted to flex my fish knowledge of YEARS of watching Tanked on Animal Planet for the use of the Picasso Triggerfish's Hawaiian name as well

There was a scene I sadly had to scrap which involved Rue being chased by a Male Garaboldi and Godzilla scaring it off, tempted to eat it but Rue explaining male Garaboldi only do that during mating season to scare off any potential predators from their nests even doing it with humans but unfortunately the Garaboldi is not native to Hawaiian waters so yeah

The Shark Finning was planned tho, I half blame a baby Godzilla fic on AO3 of Godzilla getting a successful hunt as a technical toddler or kid in their age so yeah here we are

I do have a 1998 Godzilla: The Series fic now featuring an OC who's Nick's little sister called Aqua Reiga so I hope y'all read that once I get the first official story chapter done with

Now on to Rue properly meeting the main team at MONARCH!]

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