Wrapped in a blanket of silk, Mothra transformed
inside her cocoon. She had come to Japan to
rescue her beloved Cosmos, and began her retreat
when she learned of their safety. The military,
however, fired on the larva. When a cease-fire
was issued, Mothra looked very lethargic. She
slowly made her way to the Capitol, and wrapped
herself in a protective cocoon.
Meanwhile, the pressure of the magma flow beneath
Mt. Fuji began to reach a critical level. Suddenly,
Godzilla emerged from the volcano! It was believed
that the menace had died in an erupting lava
flow beneath the sea, but it turned out that
he merely swam through the molten rock to his
present location. The saurian shadow, pulsing
with anger, began his descent toward Yokohama.
As Godzilla was emerging from his fiery tomb,
the furry shell of Mothra's cocoon began to
stretch and tear. Two beautiful, cerulean pools
pierced through the night, as a pair of plush
wings began to unfold. Mothra began to fly into
the night, for it was her duty to destroy her
dark counterpart: Battra.
It was thought that Battra had died earlier
in a lava flow in the ocean depths, but the
reddish glow on the surface of the sea burned
a flame of doubt on this assumption. Battra
rose from the surf and immediately transformed
into its imago form in a blaze of energy. It
sought to destroy its mortal enemy Mothra, and
flew toward the mainland.
At Yokohama Cosmo World, the park goers gazed
into the sky as Mothra and Battra clashed above
the city. Battra pursued Mothra with his deadly
eye beams, and in the process, the indifferent
insect caused the collapse of the Yokohama Bay
Bridge. Mothra crashed into the ground, and
her archenemy's eye beams continued to fire.
Before Battra could continue the onslaught,
though, he was suddenly distracted by another
monster; Godzilla had arrived on the scene.
Battra, recognizing the threat that this new
entity posed, proceeded to fire his eye beams
at the nuclear menace. In the process, the dark
moth destroyed the Yokohama Landmark Tower,
sending the once proud structure crashing onto
his furious foe. Battra flew to the ruins where
Godzilla lay, but the devious creature beneath
the rubble released his nuclear pulse. Godzilla
regained his balance and tossed Battra into
the distance. A nuclear ray quickly followed
the physical assault, and Godzilla's foe was
rendered incapacitated.
Mothra, understanding the futility of the current
battle strategy, shot Godzilla with her antenna
beams and descended to meet Battra. They communicated
and agreed to cooperate. Mothra began to revive
Battra, but Godzilla interrupted the process.
The determined moth left Battra to fight her
true foe. She reflected his attacks with her
glimmering scales, but the terrible titan's
nuclear pulse sent the majestic moth crashing
underneath the Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel in
the theme park. Godzilla fired a blast at the
Ferris wheel, and it began to tilt and fall
toward the immobile creature. Battra caught
the amusement ride just in time, and sent it
crashing into Godzilla instead. Regaining her
composure, Mothra created a bright shield of
energy around Godzilla as her ally fired his
eye beams at the monster. Godzilla continued
to fight on, and in the process destroyed the
Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel. The reptile's
reign of terror was finally over, however, when
the monster was sent crashing into the ground.
Mothra and Battra communicated once more, and
they made a pact. The former latched onto Godzilla's
tail as the latter grabbed onto Godzilla's head
and neck. They slowly lifted the detestable
behemoth into the air, and they carried him
out to sea. However, Godzilla sank his teeth
into Battra's neck and used his thermonuclear
ray on the creature's wound, which was flowing
most repulsively with yellowish blood. Eventually,
Battra's eyes lost their glow; the creature
had died. Mothra released Godzilla's tail, sending
her ferocious foe and her late ally into the
depths of the sea. The majestic moth sealed
the area with a special energy, and departed
for the mainland.
It so happened that the year 1999 was going
to bring an asteroid plummeting to the planet.
Battra was going to be the one to destroy the
massive meteor before it collided with Earth,
but since he had died in the battle with Godzilla,
Mothra would have to halt its approach in his
stead. After all, the two monsters had made
a solemn pact. After saying their goodbyes to
humankind, the Cosmos departed. They joined
Mothra and flew into space, for they were about
to save the Earth yet again...