Kafka the Single Kaiju Dad
Here we are with the Single Dad iteration of the Like A Starfish AU! There are gonna be some differences involving this version unlike the other Skully related stuff. Let's get started with the setup.
Kafka gets his powers 6 months earlier than in canon specifically when he's asleep. Yup, I'm really going into our himbo's namesake with him waking up as a kaiju. Adding more to the chaos is that this happens during a sleepover with his Monster Sweeper coworkers.
No better way for Toku to sober up from a massive hangover then seeing your coworker's kaiju face. Kafka has a much larger starter support group to help figure out his new situation. (They only find about Tiny when someone suggests checking camera footage around the neighborhood.)
Anyway, it's a normal day at work about a week after the transformation. Things were looking up as Kafka gotten a pretty decent handle of staying human in public. And then someone accidentally fumbles with the Heat Saw right where his right arm is.
No better way to cause a massive panic then cutting your coworker's limb off. Kafka does grow a new one but there's still the severed arm to deal with. Thus they stuff the limb in a bag inside the corporate truck before their unaware substitute supervisor gets suspicious. (Kafka does have to lie about his cleaning suit being damaged.)
While they go back to work, the severed arm begins to change. It soon gains a life of its own as Tiny ain't the type to let anything go to waste. Something they are quick to learn when Kafka opens the back only to be met with a baby kaiju bearing similarities to his own.
Our himbo already knows who this whelp belongs to and where he came from. Kafka's lucky that he has a pretty big support group since he's gonna need a village to raise the newborn Skully. They're relieved the little baby is thankfully a docile little bundle in nature.
Skully here is physically different than the other iterations. Due to not gathering DNA from someone else, he looks much closer to Kafka's kaiju form in coloration and lacks his unique markings. (These are traits only developed by having a second 'parent' set of genetic code.)
Another thing is Skully can't take on a human form as he is pure kaiju in nature. (He'll need to ingest human blood from someone else.) Being born like this does come with a very unique perk. If Skully ingests material from certain kaiju then his form will immediately mimic their key abilities. Ex: No.10 gives advanced regeneration and boosted durability.
This ability is called 'Copycat' and allows him to even share this perk with others if in Combat Mode. Anyway Kafka ain't gonna join the Defense Force for obvious reasons. (He does help Reno get in though.) Skully will follow him and he's bound to go kaiju more often should the whelp be in danger.
That doesn't mean the chaos won't come for them. Weaker kaiju will immediately go after Skully thinking he's an easy meal. The Defense Force also get involved as No.8, the strongest recorded kaiju, having a whelp isn't something they can ignore.
Or the fact these monsters seem drawn to a certain sweeper's neighborhood. This Kafka is gonna have an interesting time when it comes to raising Skully. Luckily the kid ain't a picky eater and no one would care if stuff like kaiju meat goes missing from time to time.
