Chapter 33 of 62

Harm to Heart

Solar Gear1,539 words~8 min read

3rd person POV:

Aibella:...

Aibella:?!

Aibella:(mind) Ho boy...always so rough-

Jacklin: Aibella, may I have a word?

Aibella: Huh? Yeah, sure, what do you need?

Jacklin: I need to know if you're hiding something.

Aibella:...

Aibella: Why do you think I am?

Jacklin: You've always disliked Nexstar industries, but you've never given me a straight answer as to why.

Aibella: That's because telling you why that is, would involve revealing something about myself.

Jacklin: Is that such a bad thing?

Aibella: It's not like you've revealed a lot about yourself to me.

Jacklin: If I did, would you be more inclined to tell me?

Aibella: That's not the exact reason why I haven't told you.

Jacklin: What do I have to do, to get you to tell me?

Aibella: I need to know, in the worst-case scenario where what I say to you will need to become public knowledge...

Aibella: Would you keep it a secret for me?

Jacklin: Did they make you do something? Whatever it is, I can protect you.

Aibella: I don't need protection, just need to know if you can keep a secret. A big one.

Jacklin:...

Jacklin: You're asking quite a lot for a secret I don't know.

Aibella: Listen, unless it becomes absolutely necessary, I won't tell you.

Aibella: So if you really want to know, think about what I asked you.

Jacklin: Very well.

(Opening theme)

(Unknown location)

In the strange underground Gear arena, Yn and Luna just had lost their Gears to the legendary red gear, Azrexel.

Yn: Ugh!

With not much of a choice, Luna moved towards Yn, who got back onto his feet with some trouble for he gained some injuries from falling down Azrexel's body after punching him.

Luna: I hope you learned the valuable less of, DO NOT PUNCH A GIANT ROBOT!

Luna: In all honesty, what exactly were you thinking? That your "burning spirit" could overcome a Gear?

Yn: Tch! Quit trying to give me some kind of lecture!

Yn: Doing something is always better than doing nothing, like you!

Luna:(glares)

Yn: Go on... Keep glaring, I'll knock that look and that bucket off your face.

Luna: Are you trying to impress me, with that act? You're in no condition to go up against me.

Yn: Why would I want to impress a bucket-wearing coward, who's too scared to show their face!

Luna: I wear this to be a symbol!

Yn: A symbol? A symbol for what!?

Yn: You're not trying to change some sort of sick corrupted way of life!

Yn: All you're doing is trying to get some rich dicks to let everyone play with their secret toys with your band of tinfoil hat lovers!

Luna: You know nothing!

Yn: I know nothing!? I KNOW NOTHING!?

Luna:!?

Clenching his right fist, which was bleeding because of him punching Azrexel, Yn spoke his mind.

Yn: Listen here bucket head! I might not be some genius but what I do understand is that you're playing it safe!

Yn: You're risking nothing for your supposed cause! If times get tough you can just go back to whoever you were!

Luna: No, I cannot. I gave up that life, to take revenge-

Yn: You expect me to believe that when you speak with a distorted monotoned voice and blank masked face!?

Yn: That's what pisses me off most about you!

Luna:?

Yn: You say you've suffered, but you refuse to show it, prove or even explain exactly how!

Yn: All you're doing is demanding my sympathy.

Yn: You want my sympathy!? You want me to be on your side!?

Yn: Then show me! Let me hear the pain in your real voice! Let me see the pain in your real eyes!

He grabs the collar of her jacket with his left hand.

Yn: Give me the real you, so I can really help you!!!

Luna:!?

(PUNCH)

With his bloodied right fist, Yn uppercutted Luna off her feet. She was knocked forward and landed on her back.

She held her face in pain.

Yn: UGH!

After that punch, Yn further fractured his already hurt hand, causing him to fall to one knee as he held his bloody hand.

Yn: Damnit!

Luna: You...YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS PRICK!

Yn: Huh-(grunts)

Turning to Luna, Yn saw her foot as she high kicked him in the face with such force he flipped over onto his stomach.

Luna: You think I want your worthless help?! You were only useful to me, AND everyone else because you could pilot the solar Gear!

Luna: But now...? What good are you?!

Yn slowly pushed himself off the ground to attempt to stand.

Luna: All you are now is an infuriating pest!

Luna: Who the hell do you honestly think you are, huh!?

Luna: Thinking I want your bloody sympathy...suggesting I'm some kind of indecisive faker...and wanting to see the real me.

Luna: You really want to see the real me? Fine!

Yn:!

She takes off her helmet and throws it at Yn's face before he could look up and see.

Thanks to his instincts, Yn was able to slap away the helmet and get on his knees to see Luna's true face.

(Celena A. Hydel A.K.A Luna)

Yn: Celena...

Luna: I abandoned that name. It's just Luna.

Luna: Surprised?

Yn: Of course not.

Luna:!?

Yn: I just told you I'm no fool! I recognized your voice when you slipped up earlier today!

Yn: But now that I know it's you...I'M EVEN MORE PISSED OFF AT YOU!

Lunging at her, Yn punches her across the face, then falls on to of her. He quickly pins her to the ground.

Yn: There's one thing I gotta know, how did you get out of the building when it blew up?

Luna: I was never in the building when it blew up.

Luna: After the shuttle landed, I knocked everyone out, then set up a pre-recorded message to play and left.

Luna: I had hopped my message would play a bit longer before I detonated the place myself, so I could be free from the old me.

Luna: But you know how that ended...

Yn: How did you know to poison the cake!?

Luna: Heh... This is why I think you're an idiot...

Yn:?

Luna: I didn't poison the cake you fool! It was my lips!

Yn:!?

She headbutts him, putting the young ace pilot in a daze long enough for Luna to roll him and herself around so she was on top and pinning him.

Yn: So that kiss was just to poison me?

Luna: Of course. That's just another thing the corporations around the system were hiding.

Yn:...

Luna: What? (Smirks) Don't tell me you actually believed that kiss meant something to you.

Luna: Hahaha! But I guess you couldn't help it, since that was clearly your first kiss.

Yn: You're a great actor... But that kiss didn't make me fall in love with you.

Luna:?

Yn: That kiss made me think you fell in love with me.

Luna:!?

Yn: That's stupid, I'll admit that... But if you wanna know the truth, I could have never have fallen for a girl like you without feeling like I was taking advantage of you.

Luna: Well aren't you just a gentleman!

Yn: Gentleman? The only place I'm gentle is in your dream!

He punches her in the throat.

Luna:(coughing)

Again the two roll over, but Luna wasn't going to give up her position so easily, so the two continued rolling.

They hit, poked, and eventually began to try and choke each other out as they continued rolling.

After the Eclipse event, meeting Azrexel, losing their gears, and speaking the words that first came to mind, along with everything before, the two simply couldn't stand the other anymore.

Rolling into a wall, the two were on their sides. Luna was choking Yn as he slowly punched her again and again.

Yn:(choking)

Luna:...(GRUNTS)

Yn:(choking)

Luna:(GRUNTS)

Yn/Luna:..... GHA!

They pushed each other away.

Now lying on the ground, Yn breathed heavily as Luna held her bruises.

Yn:(breathing heavily) You...gorilla handed...bitch...!

Luna: Ugh... You...anime protagonist wannabe fuck wit!

Yn:(coughing) Eat a dick!

Luna: Kiss my ass!

Yn:(breathing heavily)

Luna:(breathing heavily)

Yn/Luna: FUCK YOU!

Yn/Luna:(breathing heavily)

Yn/Luna:.....

The two stayed in silence, staring at the ceiling for quite a while, before Yn dragged himself to the wall, and leaned against it with Luna following his lead.

Still not uttered a word, they continue to stay in silence.

....

....

....

Yn:...

Luna:...

Yn: Was any of the time we spent on Mars real?

Luna:... The truth can fool anyone.

Yn: Yes or no, I still have a concussion from that damn kick to the face.

Luna: It was...

Yn:(chuckles)

Luna: What's so funny?

Yn: Eh, nothing...just have one less reason to be pissed at you.

Luna:...

Yn: So you actually poised your lips to kill me?

Luna: The poison was never strong enough to kill you, simply get you out of the way.

Yn: Huh... Still...dick move.

Luna: I don't care...

Yn: Anyways... Mind telling me how you became Luna?

Luna:... Might as well. Not like we're going anywhere.

Luna: But in exchange, you must tell me your origins.

Yn: Sure, but ladies first.

Luna:... Fine.

(Ending theme)

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