Gurren Lagann: Define Love?
In this story there is a question... Do you believe in life after
love? A good question, don't you think? Well in this story we put that
very same question into perspective. In this story, it's the real
deal...
(Chapter 1: Think about it.)
A girl sat in her room, huddled on her bed. Her room was aboard a big
robotic ship aka also known as 'Gurren Lagann' to all those who live
aboard it.
The girl's long red bangs covered her puffy swollen eyes as she
continued to cry. Some drops would slide gently down her Rosie red
cheeks, and then would fall a land on her almost bare chest.
All she wore was a flame bikini top and short, shorts that barely fit
her.
"Kamina..." she would mumble occasionally, which made her cry even
more. The name just triggered more and more crying spills. Her hidden
eye showed show nothing but pain and broken memories of her lover the
tragically died.
Out of all her moping, crying and sobbing she heard a knock on the
door. She gasped and looked up in surprise.
"Who is it?" the girl called out. But with no answer coming from the
person on the other side o the door she decided to call out again.
"Who's there?" She called out, this time receiving an answer. "Yoko,
it's me Kittan. Can I come in?" A man's voice shouted back. But she
didn't answer him...
She decided to slip under the covers to ignore the unwanted guest. Only
the top of her head was showing from under the sheets as her bedroom
door started to open.
Slowly her mechanical bedroom door slid open to the side and there
stood a spiky haired blonde. He wore a black leather vest that looked
very wore out and black, leather skinny jeans too.
The man entered the room just enough to let the door shut behind him.
Now he stood in the middle of the room looking angry. And then
finally he spoke.
"Yoko he's been gone over a month now! You can't keep acting like
this, it's not right! We should be out fighting other gunners! Not
mopping around waiting for some guy on a white horse! Come on!" He
shouted angrily.
But soon after he said that he calmed down. "I'm sorry Yoko... I-... I
didn't mean-..." But he was cut off by the noise of a small sniffle
coming from under the covers.
"Yoko? Are you crying?" The man known as Kittan asked, as he started to
approach the bed where she lay. Only the top of her red hair was showing
out from under the sheets.
She heard the slow footsteps stop at the side of the bed, and felt a crease
on the middle side of the bed as Kittan sat down. Slowly Yoko poked
her head out from under the sheets just reviling her eyes. Just
enough to look at him. When she saw his expression she raised an
eyebrow. He was sweating with a serious face as he stared off at the door
"Why are you acting weird?" she asked, curiosity filling her voice.
"Love is hard, and I know that just as much as you... Yoko. You know
I'm not the romantic, huggable or loveable type, nor the stubborn
type to admit it. Or poetry type-..." But before he could finish he was cut
off again.
"Skip to the point please." Yoko growled from under the covers. So much
as she loved listening to him speak nonsense she was trying to mourn.
He glared at her for a moment before continuing.
"As I was saying! I may not know any romantic CRAP! But I do know
one thing," his glare turned into a selfconchusly grin, and then it went
away as soon as it came as he glanced over at her. "It hurts to see
the person you 'love' cry... and Yoko I hate to see you cry. So just
think about that for me, okay?" Kittan sighed after the long few
seconds that seemed like hours as he spoke.
Finally Kittan got up and stuck his hands into his skintight pockets
and left. Leaving her angry amused a shocked. So once the door shut
behind Kittan she hoisted herself up with one arm and used it for
support as he lay almost like a beach model, but stunned and looking
at the door which the man who'd just confessed his love had left from.
So Yoko decided to think about what Kittan had said.
(Will Yoko get back in the game? Or, will she continue mourn for her
lost lover, who will never come back?)
After Kittan left Yoko was alone. She scrambled to the edge of the bed
and looked around the room as if she was looking for something, and
in fact she was.
"Shit where is my gun? I'm gunna' shoot him!" She said unaware that
she was talking to herself.
Yoko got on her hands and knees then lifted the sheets that hung off
the bed, which in fact covered a small space. It was small enough to
hold a stash of money, but, was it? No, it was holding two twin
pistols which she had grabbed and pulled out. But before she could
stand up and put the two pistols in their holsters that where attached
to her long up leg boots, her mechanical bedroom door slid open.
She spun her head around to look over her shoulder, behind her, within
a second to see a kid. The kids' name was Simon, the owner and or
Gunner of the big robotic ship 'Gurren Lagann'. He was also mourning
over his friends' death. The same person she was mourning over.
"Yoko I had that dream again... The one about...Kamina..." Simon
said while rubbing the sleep from his eyes. When he stopped to look at
her, he blushed.
Yoko and Simon where in an awkward position. Simon was facing Yoko's
back-end instead of the front.
"Hey! Simon! Quit looking at my butt! What do you want?" Yoko
snapped, putting Simon's attention back on her face. He chuckled
impishly then took a big gulp. "Right, I just wanted to tell you I had
that dream about Kamina again and that I don't know what to do about
it... That's all." He said scarcely.
Yoko sighed and got to her feet, then just to bend over and put her
two pistols in their holsters. "Simon, I don't know what to tell you,
you know that, am I right?" Yoko said while stretching her arms and
yawning.
Simon just sighed, and then nodded in agreement. "Sorry Yoko I-..." but
before he could finish Yoko laughed and walked to his side."You know
I'll always forgive you. Besides we're in this together, right?" She
asked as she put her hand on his head and ruffled his hair. Simon
looked up at her with a grin and nodded in agreement.
Yoko swung her one arm around his neck and bent down to his level,
face to face. "Simon! Your drill is the drill that will pierce
through the heavens!" she shouted happily, then pointed to the sky
with her other hand.
"Thank you." Simon giggled.
Then they began to laugh.
When the laughing a giggling stopped there was a loud gurgling noise.
"What was that?" Simon asked as he narrowed his eyes and looked around
the room. "Oh it was my stomach!" Yoko chirped delightfully with a
goofy smile.
Simon chuckled for a moment and smiled. "I think their serving
sparrow-coons today, can't remember. Hey want to check?" Simon asked.
As he walked towards her door making it opens.
"Simon... I'd love to!" Yoko giggled. And followed him out the door,
into a long hallway.
After about 5mins of walking Yoko noticed they were lost. Yoko
quietly scurried up behind Simon and whispered in his ear. "Hey Simon
I think we're going the wrong way." She said softly, wearing a
worrisome face. She didn't want to say anything to embarrass Simon,
but she had to say something!
"I don't think so. There are two hallways up here. I can't remember
which one to take though... Hehe." Simon sighed and blushed out of
embarrassment. Yoko hit herself selfconchously for going along and
following Simon to lunch.
"Simon? Why don't you go left and I'll take the right? I'll meet up
with you if I don't find anything for 3 minutes ok?" Yoko suggested.
"Ok!" Simon said with a nod then walked off down the left hallway
leaving Yoko all alone, in the fork in the road.
Yoko glanced down the other long hall and saw someone walking towards
her in the distance. So she started
towards the mysterious person in hopes of finding the lunch room aboard
this huge ship.
She walked and walked but it looked as if there was nothing besides
the person in sight. No mechanical sliding doors and not even a smell
of food. Yoko clutched her stomach in pain. She hadn't eaten anything
for two days, she was literally starving!
Soon the figure in the distance was in closing in and it looked like
someone she didn't expect. "Kamina?" She shouted with a surprised
tone and a hopeful look. But to her dismay it was Kittan coming to
look for Simon.
He was trying to find out where the kid' could've gone to. He always
wandered off before lunch and left the other gunners to fend off the
enemy. Kittan grit his teeth out of anger but stopped when he spotted
Yoko who wore a disappointed face.
"Who you looking for?" Kittan asked, approaching her further. "No
one..." She mumbled lightly with a huge frown. Kittan smirked and
walked up to her, to where they were face to face. "You thought I was
him huh?" Kittan scoffed. "So what? You're nothing like him Kittan!
So lay off!" Yoko snapped back.
"Me? Why you little-... I know I'm nothing like him but I'm the leader
of this ship now so shape up! Got it?" Kittan shouted angrily in her
face, receiving a glare. "So who were you talking too?" Kittan said
calmly trying not to blow-up again.
But Yoko did not answer him... All she did was smirk and rolled her
eyes at him. "No one..." She said as she started to walk past him down
the long hall. But Kittan followed and insisted to know who she was
talking to.
"Yoko! I demand you to tell me!" Kittan shouted again and again. They
neared the first mechanical door in at least 5 minutes! Yoko approached
it and suddenly stopped in front of it making a disgusted face.
"Hey Kittan," Yoko said, catching Kittans' attention away from the
conversation. A simple 'What?' was his reply. "I don't remember anyone
being down in this area of the ship. Who's room is that?" she asked
timidly. "Mine... Why?" was his reply.
Yoko shot Kittan a frightened look. "What's in there? Smells weird..."
she mumbled under her breath, but he heard.
"Lots of things. Mostly boo's." he chuckled selfconchously. But the
smile on his lips quickly went away at another thought crossed his
mind. (He was the only person who lived in this area of the ship
besides the room of Kamina's...)
"Yoko," Kittan chocked a little, catching her attention. "What?" Yoko
asked Kittan. Slowly he approached her pinning her between a wall and
him, with little space between them.
"Back off this isn't funny!" Yoko growled. But was stopped by a light
mumble coming from Kittans lips.
Before she knew it she was pushed up against a wall, her wrists pinned
next to either side of her head. "Let go of me you asshole!" she
shouted. But again she was stopped, with a kiss.
After that there was no resistance.
Finally after 10seconds he parted the kiss, leaving Yoko breathless.
"Yoko," Kittan whispered into her ear. And, without turning her head,
in her peripheral vision she watched him come closer to her neck.
"Before I go any further. Yoko," He whispered again in a loving tone.
He lifted his gaze to meet hers again.
"I love you... Do you feel the same?" Said Kittan ad he narrowed his
eyes and looked her over just to end up meeting her gaze again. His
look sincere.
"Kittan," Yoko said breathlessly.
She wondered was this really happening. Is this for real? How can he
just come on to her like that? Did he even mean it? Or did he just
want some HOT'n sweaty sex? What was it? What was it he really wanted?
Her eyes started to fill with fear and terror of the past. She didn't
want to take another chance losing someone! She just couldn't bare it!
She shook her head and pushed with all her might pushing him off of
her. "Kittan I can't. I don't love you..." she said which was
obviously a lie. She quickly turned away and rejected the offer to be
loved and started walking back down the hall where Simon awaited her.
Leaving Kittan sad and frustrated.
(End of Chapter 1)