-Kira's P.O.V.-

I sat on a cliff looking at my surroundings and though most of where we were now was desert it was beautiful...except for the Beastmen.I had only joined Yoko, Simon, Kamina, Leeron, Kittan, and various others in their quest to bring down the Spiral King a month or so ago.I may not have known much about fighting then...but, now, I was pretty good at it.

I had only come up from my underground village to see what life was like above ground.I'd been attacked by Beastmen that piloted huge robots called Gunmen almost all of what had been going on had been explained to me by Siomon and the others it had made my head spin.I'd never ever been told anything like that in my life,never had that been the explanation for having to live some odd reason I'd become strangely fascinated by one Beastmen in name was was more interesting than any of the other Beastmen...sure he thought the same way as them...but still...there was something about him that caught my attention.

I was pulled from my thoughts at a soft rustle behind I turned on the I could open my mouth to call out "who's there" someone, or something jumped me to the ground.I struggled against the hands that held me, but they were too strong.I couldn't break the grip they had on my arms.I tryed to kick whatever, whoever, it was off of me, but it didn't this thing was weather it was human, animal, or Beastmen it was fast and strong.

As I tried in vain to escape whatever had me was a cold and cruel laugh that made my blood freeze.I'd, had my eyes closed as I'd struggled so I hadn't been able to see who exactly my attacker that I opened my eyes and actually looked, despite myself, I let out a gasp of surprise.

"V-Viral!"I stammered as sI looked into the Beastmen's golden yellow eyes.

"Long time no see you naked ape.I may not have been able to destroy you before, but now that your alone with no possible way to contact the other apes you can't do a thing against me."he sneered.

"What do you want!"I yelled as I struggled against his gave a grin that showed his pointed teeth well and laughed again.

"You humans really are stupid aren't I said when we first met, when you were running for your life from my fellow Beastmen I believe, 'I am with the Human Eradication Army, East Theater, Commander Viral, and my job is to dispose of all humans that come to the surface'.And now it's your turn!"he said, musing slightly at the memory of our meeting, and pulling out a large hatchet that was battered, chipped in places, and roughed up as if it had been used a few times.

I shook away the images of the tall, blond Beastmen using the weapon on humans to dispose of them as he raised it slightly.I saw an opening for an attack and I took was risky and deadly if Viral's hatchet were to go the wrong way, but I had to try and stop him.

Lifting my legs up she managed to catch him off guard and squirm my legs under his stomach area.

"What the-!What are you doing!"the Beastmen screamed as she shoved with all her might.I felt his grip on my, now one arm, slip away as he was sent tumbling backward off of , in his surprise, had let go of the it was sailing through the air as it's wielder lay, on his back, near the edge of the cliff.

I stared wide eyed as the hatchet was flung back towards me, going the wrong way.I'd planned for it to be flung over the cliff edge so that he wouldn't have a weapon, but now it was heading strait for me.I got up and ran, just missing the hatchet's contact by inches, as the now very angry Viral got back on his feet while wiping away blood from scratches.

As I ran I heard him pick up the hatchet again and start chasing after me, cutting down anything in his had unbelievable speed and within seconds he was strait beside me.

"I'm going to enjoy disposing of you, you stupid ape!" he snarled and flung out his hand which held the sharp , from a distance of inches away, I managed to duck it and take a swing at the my fist made contact with his face the hatchet arm flung out again.

I felt a pain as it struck my in the .For an instant after, Viral stopped running and put a large hand to his he slowly took it away I saw the faint red from his .I'd actually hurt him...and I didn't have a clue if that was a good thing or a bad I didn't want to find out and kept on his shout to me it must have been a very, very bad thing.

"You'll pay for this!I'll make sure your death is painful!"

He chased me and chased me.I was starting to get tired, but he wasn't.

"Simon!Kamina!Help!"I screamed in hopes that my friends would be able to hear I looked back and saw Viral closing in on me I felt a few tears come to her eyes.I was going to die this would kill me.

I stopped and turned around to face Viral who had stopped to my knees I lowered my , as the viscous Beastmen approached me with his hatchet still in hand, I raised my looked down at me with no feeling for my life on his golden yellow eyes shining brightly.

"Go ahead and kill me Viral.I won't fight and I won't run 's just get this over you kill me you'll be happy and if I'm dead I won't need to keep on worrying about when you'll kill me.I think I've had a good life, even if all of it, except for a few months has been spent go ahead and get rid of me."I said and I meant it.

I wouldn't try and fight it and I wouldn't try running away from if I did, and somehow managed to get away alive, Viral would just come after me again and again and again untill he finally killed me.

Might as well get it over and done with now.I thought as he looked down at me and I up at him.

"So...you've come to see it my way have you?Good.I was beginning to bore with the chase, besides I have better things to do with my time than try and track down one single human ape."he said as he raised the hatchet to bring it down on me.

-Viral's P.O.V.-

What's one less of those hairless apes to this world anyways?They're inferior to the Beastmen.I thought as I slowly, for some reason, lowered my hatchet at an was a strange yet somehow highly fascinating idea...an idea different than any other I'd ever the girl on her knees in front of me and in a state of expectancy towards being killed, with a slightly amused tone lingering on the edges of my voice at the girls shocked expression, I said:

"I'd like to know the name of the human I am about to kill so that I may inform those other apes that you've been killed when I meet them next."

The girl was silent as she knelt there looking up at impatiences was starting to creep over, slightly consuming and wreaking, my amusement and with a frown I asked with a lightly annoyed tone:

"What's your name?"

When she didn't answer yet again I said, with annoyance covering my voice:

"I'd like it sometime you said before if you die I'll be happy and then I won't need to go chasing you down anymore."

"Kira."the girl whispered finally.

"What was that?"I asked even though I'd heard what her answer had been, I wanted her to answer the question louder, whispering like that wasn't something I was going to stand if she was going to be my captive...or maybe a pet.

Captive, that I could do what I wished to as well as making a good thing to use against Kamina and the others, or...a pet, that I could treat the way I wanted and not have a real need for it other than a bit of amusement at times?A tough decision.I hadn't decided which I would make her...then again I hadn't given it much thought yet seeing as this particular idea had only came upon me a few minutes before.

"My name's Kira."she said answering louder, just as I wanted.

"I was going to kill you, but I've got something better in mind.I'll take you hostage, that should be enough to stop Kamina and the other apes in their all you're one of their own."I said with a shark tooth grin.

-Kira's P.O.V.-

With that Viral stowed his hatchet away in it's sheath and picked me up, flinging me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing to him at all, turned around, and began walking back to his Gunmen.

"Put me down!Put me down now!Kamina!Simon!"I screamed while trying to squirm out of Viral's my attempts were useless was much stronger than me and no matter how hard I tried he kept me right where I was, flung over his shoulder and looking pretty pathetic to have let the Beastmen get away with I gave up and let him take me back to his Gunmen.

Once to the huge Gunmen, bigger than any I'd seen since I'd been to the surface...well except for Gurren Lagann which was roughly the same size as Viral's, he discarded me into the cockpit or sorts and then hopped in he turned around I was in the seat gripping the handles that controlled a Gunmen, no matter what type it was, and looking at him with determination.

Viral, his surprise quickly passing, strode up to me in the small space only meant for the pilot and no passengers and simply shoved me aside.

"Out of the way you ape.I doubt you have the slightest idea how to pilot a Gunmen."he said looking down at me before sitting in the pilot's seat.