Chapter Text
After the End
Three
The village elder was a wolfen type Beastman, his rough brown hair shading from age to gray. Despite his fearsome muscles and claws his eyes seemed kind, and the wrinkles on his face indicated that he smiled often. Like the other villagers Yoko had seen he wore a simple set of briefs, his scarred chest easily visible as he smiled up from where he sat on the floor of his hut.
"Welcome, Yoko Littner," the old wolf got up from his seat then bowed to her respectfully, his long mane of hair swinging as he introduced himself, "I am Orion."
"Nice to meet you," Yoko offered her hand to shake a bit nervously, watched it get engulfed by his much larger hand, but he just squeezed it gently and let go.
"I know Kira has offered our thanks but I wanted to say it as well," Orion told her gently, "we owe you a great debt. If not for you those renegades would have killed more of our villagers and stolen more of our precious supplies."
"They were hitting travelers too," Yoko shrugged slightly as she explained, "that's why I came, but you're welcome."
Kira smiled as the brown haired woman said, "For whatever reason, you helped us all. And for that we owe you a great debt."
"Yes, we do," Orion agreed, nodding his head firmly. He studied her intently as he asked gently, "How are your ribs?"
Yoko touched where her ribcage had been well bandaged, the broken ribs immobilized. "Painful," she admitted wryly.
"Hmm," Orion sympathetically mused, "and you can't travel in that condition." Making a decision he nodded briskly and said, "I offer you the hospitality of our village, at least until your ribs are fully healed."
Before Yoko could say anything Kira offered, "And we'll be having a celebration tonight in your honor, to mark the defeat of the raiders."
Yoko hesitated, but there was no way she could travel through the desert with her injuries and all alone. Nor, honestly, could her body take the rough ride her mini-gunmen provided. "All right," she conceded, "I'll stay until I've healed enough to travel."
"Good," Orion nodded, smiling as he told her, "I look forward to seeing you tonight."
"Come on," Kira lead her out, the sun shining on them as they stood outside for a moment, letting their eyes adjust after being in the dim hut.
Yoko wished she could have stretched away the tension she felt after meeting Orion, but the broken ribs made such a idea painful. "He's very impressive," she conceded. In fact Orion kind of reminded her of Viral, a older warrior who maintained a rigid code of honor.
"Yes, he founded this village not long after the defeat of the Spiral King," Kira agreed as she revealed to Yoko, "he realized then that we no longer had to kill each other or humans, and could live together in peace."
"I bet it wasn't easy," Yoko noted.
"Nothing important ever is," Kira answered honestly.
"Where will I be staying?" Yoko asked curiously as they walked between the village huts. As they navigated she saw one hut was for pounding and shifting wheat for the grain, another larger one was a forge where they worked any salvaged metal for tools.
"There is a large communal hut for unmarried women," Kira admitted a bit sheepishly, "I live there along with several others. You should be quite comfortable."
Yoko was tempted to insist on having a private hut, but realized she'd probably be displacing some other poor soul. "That'll be fine," she said, looking around her curiously. "So there's a hut like that for unattached males too?" she asked.
"Yes, on the other side of the village," Kira made a cute face as she said, "it makes assignations difficult, but not impossible."
Yoko was a bit startled, then realized that even if the Beastmen couldn't breed, they could still have sex for fun. "Well, I won't be sneaking off," Yoko shook her head, thinking sadly of both men she had lost over the years.
Kira gave her a thoughtful look then nodded, "Of course."
After being shown around the village Yoko was urged to just relax, but that wasn't her style. She saw a group of older women taking apart fabric for the threads, as well as stitching together reasonably intact pieces, and sat down by them to try it herself. She soon discovered she had the eye for the fine work, and it felt good to be doing something rather than just laying around.
As the sun was just beginning to settle against the horizon Kira arrived to get her, the young woman smiling gently. "Come," Kira said as she offered a hand to pull Yoko up from where she had been sitting on the sun warmed rock, "the celebration is about to begin."
A great fire had been lit in the center of the village, and meat roasted on a spit, one of the many strange creatures the Spiral King had left behind for his warriors to eat. Beastmen and women cheered and danced over the destruction of the raiders, and they saluted her with some kind of local beer. It wasn't bad too, with some kind of fruity under taste.
"To Yoko!" Orion yelled, hoisting a foaming tankard of beer, "Who defeated the raiders and left us two large Gunmen to salvage!"
Yoko frowned to herself a moment even as the Beastmen cheered, having considered hauling the Gunmen in to town herself for salvage. 'Oh well,' she shrugged that thought aside, 'they probably need the raw steel more than I do anyway.'
Yoko was surprised to see the Beastmen pairing off and dancing, drums pounding out a beat as improvised instruments played. It was a infectious thing and Yoko stood up to dance too, being careful of her broken ribs at the same time.
Surprisingly the male Beastmen kept away, presumably because of her ribs. Kira and several of the other female Beastmen did dance with her, their mostly feminine bodies swaying in a beautiful if quite erotic way. One had bird feathers replacing the hair on her head and lining her arms, which shifted sensuously as she danced. A bunny girl had the cutest long ears and a fluffy tail that Yoko ached to caress. And there was Kira, another fluffy type, hanging close to her as she smiled warmly.
As darkness settled and a chill came to the air the dancing eased to a halt, the tired women walking together to the communal hut. "Did you enjoy the dance?" the bird woman asked after she had introduced herself as Hara.
"You were all stunning," Yoko admitted, feeling somewhat exhausted by how much she had danced, too. Her ribs ached, but mildly so, as she had been reasonably careful about how much moving she had done.
"Thank you," Hara leaned forward and kissed Yoko on the cheek.
Yoko blushed slightly, not used to such casual kissing as the women settled onto the mats lining the floor of the large hut. It was surprisingly comfortable, really, especially as the other women settled in around them, the body heat warming up the room.
"Sleep well," Kira said gently, curling up beside Yoko.
Yoko eventually drifted off, surrounded by the sweet perfumes the other women wore, along with the scent of cooked food and the wood smoke from the bonfire. She slept soundly, dreamlessly, but eventually something pulled her back to wakefullness.
"Hmm," a soft voice sighed happily, not far away.
Yoko shifted a bit, trying not to disturb the women sleeping nearby. Kira was curled up in the arms of Hara, the two women kissing lingeringly. Hara's hands roamed across the other vwoman's body, making her gasp in pleasure.
'What in the...?' Yoko's eyes got as wide as dinner plates as she watched silently.
Both women had shed the loin cloths that were their only clothes, writhing away nude on the warm mats. Hara's entirely bare sex glistened wetly as she worshiped Kira's small but pert breasts. She nursed on each pointed nipple. Kira gasped and arched her back as Hara nibbled and sucked, then let her mouth slide down across her ribs, over the belly and down to the lightly furred mound.
Yoko realized she was breathing hard as she watched, her own nipples hard and aching to be touched. Boldly she reached up to caress and tease her fuller breasts, biting her lip to silence a breathy moan of pleasure.
Hara wiggled her hips happily as she lapped at the juices surrounding Kira's sex, making the other woman gasp in pleasure. "Please Hara," Kira mewled breathlessly, "don't make me wait."
Gently parting her folds Hara licked across the red wetness, her tongue flicking across the clit then deeper inside. Yoko was panting softly as she watched, then felt a hand run across her back.
The bunny girl looked at her with warm amusement, her rabbit ears flopping cutely as she moved nearer to Yoko. "It's very exciting, isn't it?" she murmured into Yoko's ear.
Yoko was deeply embarrassed, but she also couldn't deny the wetness between her own thights, or how hard her nipples were. "Yes it is," she whispered back, "I've never seen..."
"Never?" the bunny looked startled, then amused. "We beastmen can't mate to have children, so we simply mate for pleasure. Gender doesn't really get into it much."
"I see," Yoko blinked, blushing under the somehow hungry gaze of the bunny girl.
"My name is Aya," the busty young woman purred as she licked Yoko's cheek, "and I find you very attractive. Would you like to...?"
Yoko blushed even brighter, if that was possible, yet she was stunned at how excited she was. "I've never done anything like this before," she cautioned Aya as she kissed she gently.
Aya pulled Yoko's hands up to her breasts, the palms rubbing against her pointed nipples. "Trust me," she sighed happily, "it's very very easy."
Yoko caressed the other woman's breasts, feeling gratified as Aya sighed happily. "Yeah, maybe it is," she mused as she pushed Aya over, kissing her again then nibbling down her neck.
"Ah!" Aya yelped in pleasure as Yoko's hot mouth swiftly reached her breasts, "I knew you were a fast learner."
Yoko didn't end up getting very much sleep that night. Her romp with Aya drew the attentions of Kira and Hara, both of whom soon joined in. Her lovers were careful of her injuries, not letting her pull or twist too far, but even with that Yoko was a exhausted rag by morning.
Over the next two weeks Yoko was approached by most of the women in the hut for single women, and had enjoyed herself with all of them who asked. Most often she found herself pairing with either Aya, Kira or Hara, and the three women clearly enjoyed her too.
On a night like the others Kira looked at Yoko curiously, both women laying on their sides as they talked. "Are you sure you're leaving tomorrow?" she asked softly.
"I think so," Yoko nodded, regret in her own eyes. "I've enjoyed my stay here, but I have obligations out in the world."
"Are you sure we couldn't convince you to stay?" Aya asked from behind her, pressing her own full breasts up against Yoko's back.
Yoko moaned softly, arching her back a bit then tensed. "No," she said gently, "I can't.." She stroked Aya's cheek as she turned to her, "I'm sorry."
Aya sighed, her smile just a little sad. "We'll miss you, you know," she said quietly.
"Yoko," Kira said softly, "I wasn't going to ask this, but..."
Yoko turned around again, looking at Kira as she asked, "Yes?"
Nervously Kira said, "I told you before, that we reproduce using the devices of the Spiral King." She met Yoko's eyes, "Could I have a small piece of you, like your hair or a nail, and use it to put a bit of you in our next generation of children?"
"I...," Yoko's first instinct was to say no, but she had always liked kids and taking care of them. The idea of children that were partially her's was rather... beguiling. "The children would be part mine and yours?" she asked cautiously.
"And others in the village," Aya admitted, smiling as she looked over Yoko's shoulder. She added firmly, "We raise our children as a village, and all of us take care of them."
Yoko nodded slightly, knowing that the kids would probably be better cared for than most in the cities. "It won't hurt, will it?" she asked, smiling.
Aya and Kira nearly tacked Yoko, laughing. "No, not at all," Kira promised warmly.
The next morning and Yoko was gone, the redhead seeming little changed from her experiences in the Beastmen village. She walked out into the wastelands alone, her long red hair flowing around her, back in her usual jean shorts, bikini and heavy weapons.
Orion watched her go, the shaggy old wolf giving her a farewell wave, though one much less enthusiastic than the one Kira was giving. "I'm still surprised you managed to convince her to give up her DNA for us," Orion noted quietly.
"She's kinder than I think she wants people to know," Kira said gently, wishing that Yoko would turn around one more time. As the tall redhead did Kira blew her a kiss, smiling even as a few tears glimmered in her eyes.
Finally Yoko was out of sight, and the two walked back towards the village together. "Did you tell her that you, Aya and the others already had samples from your various nightly escapades?" Orion asked with some amusement.
Kira blushed as she said, "It never really came up."
Orion laughed softly to himself, shaking his head. The plan had been to steal the DNA from Yoko unknowingly, but instead the woman had given it to them willingly. The Beastmen were not Spiral lifeforms, and could not reproduce on their own, but with the addition of Yoko's DNA, that might finally change.
"Did Yoko say when she's coming back?" Orion asked, curious.
Kira smiled slightly, "In nine months, when the first of the children are born."
End
Notes: I don't know how Beastmen are created in Gurren Lagann canon. My assumption is that they were engineered by either the Spiral King or the Anti-Spirals, and were cloned as needed. I'm assuming they cannot reproduce on their own since the Anti-Spirals wouldn't want them to become a threat.
All of this is assumptions, and if it's proved wrong in canon let me know.