Hate Is All We Need

Disclaimer: I don't own Gurren Lagan, but then again, who does?

Pairing: Simon/Rossiu implied Simon/Nia

Warning: shonen-ai, bad language

The punishment

'' The judge has spoken, commander Simon will have to face the punishment of death.''

Angry shouts were heard around the huge courtroom, some of Simon's co-workers and friends hissing and crying. But more cries of victory and happiness are heard outside the building where the mob recently has destroyed the monument over Kamina. Soon the protests are dieing down and Simon stands alone in the light, facing upwards as Rossiu drones on and on with the legal sounding mumbo-jumbo. Everybody knows he judges Simon to save their city from its angry inhabitants and it's probably the best solution. But still it hurts and Simon is standing alone, facing that window high above him. Suddenly it is deathly quiet in the great hall. Simon slowly lower his eyes and are surprised to see that someone is standing in front of him. Mainly because he is standing on a platform high over ground. His eyes widen and he gasps.

''N-Nia!''

She says something with that grave, dead voice of hers but Simon focuses on talking to her, trying to understand. Again she speaks of madness and disappears, and the hall falls silent again. In the darkness someone whispers, but in the utter silence it travels down to Simon.

''she came to him again! He must have some sort of bond with her…''

''yeah, she's always been with him''

Simon flinched at the harsh words, wanting to hide his face in his hands but unable to do so because of the cuffs.

''bet they were lovers!''

He shut his eyes and bows his head a little bit, so that his bangs shadow his face. He doesn't want to se the look of mixed disgust and pity on Rossiu's face; don't want to hear his friend condemn him, killing him.

Simon was later shipped of to the grand prison complex in the outskirts of Kamina city, clad in the striped jail-uniform and with his hands tightly cuffed together. The crowd around him kept screaming at him and threw things at him. He didn't want to think of them, not look at them. Those ungrateful bastards his dear brother and he had fought for. Now they thought it was his entire fault. But how could he have known about the anti-spirals. Who would have told him this? The obvious answer was Nia, he realized. The people probably thought that she'd been like this all along, that she was a calculating monster and that he followed her lead like a dog. They assumed that she was the mastermind behind this and that he, like a love-sick school-boy followed her every whim.

Then he realized that Rossiu also must think this of Nia, and that was the reason for him not defending his friend. He grinds his teeth together, his eyes threatening to show the world just how angry he was. But then the vehicle stopped and surrounded by guards he entered the building. Walking through a grand entrance hall that managed to be creepy even whilst it was painted in soft colours and contained big potted plants. Then he was lead through corridors that was plain in colour and lastly to a door into the prison itself. They walked into a huge room, with what looked like niches with birdcages in them. Not all the birdcages contained people, since Kamina city was relatively free from crimes, but some did. The silence was heavy in the room. The guardsmen opened a cage and Simon walked into it, still refusing to acknowledge the anger that burned like hot coal in the pit of his stomach. The door locked behind him and he was left alone in the dark. Or almost.

''he he…put you here now Simon?''

He turned to the cage on his left side and the only thing that separated him and viral was a wall of thin bars.

'' What are you doing here?''

Simon kept his voice cool, his eyes not meeting the shark-man. The blonde grinned, showing all his gruesome teeth. He sat down on his bed, still smirking at the other man.

''I was put here after the final battle with the spiral king, remember? I think you sat in as judge that day Simon.''

Simon just shook his head and lay down on his own bed. He didn't sit as judge that day; he was just sitting in the courtroom, never uttering a word. Rossiu had taken over the show for him and he'd allowed it, never thinking that Rossiu could turn against him. Virals gleeful smile grated him when he turned on his side, trying to find a comfortable position. The beastman now stood with his face pressed against the bars, his narrow eyes glowing slightly with malice.

''tell me Simon-kun; how is it to sleep with someone who isn't human?''

Simon just sat there, his eyes glowing brightly with hatred. Viral howled with laughter and hammered against the bars with his fists, denting the metal. Virals laughter died down after a while and he mustered a rather sober chough. Then he looked back at the human. Simon hadn't moved at all. The beastman leaned close to the bars once more, yellow eyes smiling.

''would you like to sleep with someone else who isn't human?''

Simon bowed his head and let his bangs hang in a curtain before his eyes, hiding the embarrassment he was sure the other would see there. Viral started to laugh again.