Jayr POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  Time slowly pass and finally, the first light of the day be barely seen, the night quietly passed, well, not really as the nearby volos kept erupting throughout the night and still keep erupting at this moment c the sky with a vast cloud of ash that masks the sun and robbed me of the opportunity to admire the dawn on this Earth.

  But despite that, the people of the Dai-Gurren Brigade were still able to sleep through the noise and explosion, well, not all of them, Simon and some others were way too nervous and weren't able to sleep much, especially Leeron, who spent the whole night w on the Gurren and ahe tech support for today operation.

  Of course, I also didn't sleep a wink, as I kept the focus on the nano Spiral Ball in Kamina's stomach, and I was right in doing it, as Kamina almost "evacuated" it in the middle of the night.

  Speaking of Kamina, right now he is talking with Yoko, in fact, they started to make out, of course, I don't focus too mu them to give them their privacy, but still, seeing that se I'm still uo trol my urge and once again lowly sing the first opening song of Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans, "Raise y... Koe no kagiri. Koe no kagiri. Koe no kagiri sakende! (Raise y. Keep screaming. Keep screaming. Keep screaming. Until your voice gives out!)..."

  At the same time, my mind waoward the anime iion, 'Damn, that sure is one of the darkest Gundam anime alongside Z Gundam and Victundam, well in Victory there was basically a character death in almost every episode, and in Z there wasn't much gore or death but it really shows how war affects the mental state of a young kid... But in IBO... well, so many well-written or favored characters fell oer the other, that you also felt the pain of every loss... Still a good anime... In fact, I was tempted to go to a Gundam Universe before... I even already pnned every move with miails... But Saori and Tio's pregnancies ged my pns.'

  While thinking that, I ighe sound of Simon's heart breaking as he sees his first crush kiss his respected and loved big brure, and rush back toward Lagann to hide.

  Meanwhile, Kamina finished sealing his fate by raising one of the most oh fgs in anime history and moves away to gather everyone so that he tell his strategy, at the same time, I think of something more important, 'Should I teach my child some essential rules to survive this crazy Omniverse, like reizing and avoiding the most ohs fgs like, learning a major secret or attempting to. A bad guy regretting his as. Making a fession - of love, sic. Doing something really out of character or out of routine. Pnniirement after o mission / Also promising that it will be the st time. Telling the girl you'll be right back / marry them when you return. Telling someoo look after your pnts/pets. Refle on and summing up your life. Leaving it to / Paving the way for the geion. Knog up your... girlfriend/wife... and leav- Shit!!!'

  And as I mentally start to make a list of some of the most oh fgs, I start to panic as I realize that I already checked a couple of them, in fact, I just now realized that I already faced a deadly crisis as soon as I made a step in this Universe because of a previous ht.

  Realizing this, I stop taking it easy and uimating my current situation even if no one on this p is an actual threat to me, and start to seriously check my surroundings, careful of any immediate ge, ready for anything to happen no matter how ridiculous or improbable like some bird's dropping suddenly turning into the Anti-Spiral, I will act like a character from a Final Destination movie.

  At the same time, I decide to be even more careful in using my Spiral Power and shut down any idea I had to apply Jojo's Spin Theory to the Spiral Power, at least not in any pce where the Anti-Spiral or someone else potentially se, especially if it truly enhahe Spiral Power.

  Realizing what kind of danger I truly am, I help but curse, 'Damn it! How could I be so careless as to ighe most fual anime rules? Moreover, I choose a Universe as dangerous as this oo be so careless!! Shit, my experien the Arifureta Universe dulled my sense of daoo much. In my home Universe, I wasn't the absolute stro, there are Saga, Kanon, Shaka, Aiolos, and all the Gods. But in the Arifureta Universe, after a shaky beginning, I was basically the undisputed stro, no matter what happened, I could overe everything thanks to my sheer power... And I've grown x and arrogant... I made the same mistake that many Saints before me made. No more, I have to be better not only for me but also for Saori, Seika, Eri, Tio, my future children, and the others that t on me!'

  With renewed resolve, and an even more careful and sharp mind, I focus ba what is happening to the Dai-Gurren Brigade, and sehat Kamina started his briefing, "Listen up. The strategy is simple. We'll attack first with uo lure out the enemy. Then, Simon... he'll bine Lagann with that big guy and take trol. And with the bined big guy, we'll crush the enemy! And then we'll return victorious from this battle! Got it?" and soon everyone replies, "Yeah!"

  After that, Leeron says, "I made sure that you guys unicate via yunmen. Although... It's not like you're the types to listen to each other. If the chit-chat gets too much, just cut off unications"

  Then Kamina yells, "All right! Let's move out! Dai-Gurren Brigade, sortie!" and quickly all the pilots start to run toward their Gunmen and jump into them, and move toward their target while the non-batant cheers them on and wish them luck.

  Kamina POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  As we start our mard slowly advaoward our target, the still erupting volos, the area where our enemies are buried in the ground are waiting for us.

  I 't help but notice that Simon is clearly feeling the pressure and he isn't the only one, so I start to speak through our new unication el so that everyone hear us and maybe lessen the pressure they are feeling, "Don't worry about it, Simon. When we left the vilge, the Gurren Brigade was just the two of us. Now we've got rades to march triumphantly with us into battle. Damn! I 't get enough of this!"

  And soon I hear the cute oink of Boota, the small pigmole that follows Simon everywhere, and after that, Simon transtes, "Boota feels the same." which makes me ugh and then I add, "Hahaha! Really? I guess that's right... sorry... The Gurren Brigade was us and a little beast." it seems that it works as soon, I hear Yoko make a fake cough then she says, "I was there too." making me py the fool, "Huh?"

  And Yoko quickly repeats, "When you left the vilge, I was with you" I then tinue by asking, "Is that so?" which makes her ask back, "Don't you remember?"

  Then I expin, "Well... whatever. At that time, you weren't in the Gurren Brigade." lightly offended, Yoko asks, "What's that supposed to mean?" finally the rea I was waiting for es, as everyoarts to ugh, and Dayakka expins, "He means you weren't "together", Yoko." making her embarrassed as she realizes that everyone was hearing what we just said.

  Something that Leeron further firms by saying, "The el is always open. I expihat earlier, didn't I?" at this point, Kittan ents, "With so much fidence, everything should be fihen he asks, "We win this battle, right, Kamina?" to which I reply with a fident, "Damn straight! Who do you think I am?"

  Jayr POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  I carefully follow the Dai-Gurren Brigade assault group from a safe distance as they march toward the buried Dai-Gunzan position, and ohey are close enough, I notice that Simon's Lagann digs a hole in the ground and then sehat it starts moving toward the Dai-Gunzan by digging a tunnel underground, meanwhile, the rest of the group tio boldly march above ground.

  Seeing that, I nod and think, 'Good... For now, everything is going as I remember. They are still following the same pn. Kamina and his group will act as decoys by fog all the enemy's attention on themselves, meanwhile, Simon will wait for the right moment to make his move and use Lagann to assimite the Dai-Gunzan and gain trol of the enemy fortress and its overwhelming firepower so that they turn it against the Beastmen... A good pn... if not for the death fg raised by Kamina and Yoko, those fools... Well, it isn't like I speak... I also fell into their sweet nasty trap and now I have to deal with the sequences.'

  Meanwhile, Kamina's group finally reaches the buried Dai-Gunzan's location, and soon, they start to prepare for their attack, first, they start to use the Guo gather together all the rocks big enough to be used as an effective on even against the normal Gunmen, while a part of the group, keep a lookout on the Dai-Gunzan's movement.

  Ohey are ready, the Dai-Gurren Brigade's scout, who is watg the Dai-Gunzan from above, gives his signal to the nearby Kamina, who yells "GO!!!" and together all their Gunmen make their presenown by the enemy's forces led by Viral's Enkidu, that were hiding under a disguise that makes them look like debris that fell onto the Dai-Gunzan's deck.

  At the same time, Viral's voice be heard as he yells, "I've been waiting for you! We knew you were getting closer!" while he is saying that, the Enkidu and the remaining Gunmehemselves of the camoufge, and start shooting with maeguns mounted on their arms trying to suppress the Dai-Gurren Brigade's group with their advanced onry and it seems to work.

  But soon, Kamina says, "I thought as much." , the Dai-Gurren Brigade's Gunmen pick up the boulder they gathered and start to throw them at their enemies, crushing a few uheir immense weight, and making Viral excim, "Rocks!?" while Kittan yells, "Eat that, you beast bitches!" making Viral questions, "You filthy humans, won't you fight us with your fists?"

  Hearing that Kamina replies, "These rocks are my fists!" with the clear i of upsetting the Beastmen's forces.

  Enraged, Viral yells, "Rocks are rocks, not fists!" and Enkidu under his trol pulls off the sickle-like on, which was affixed to its head, and with it, he breaks one of the boulders that was falling toward him into pieces.

  Seeing that se, Kamina further mocks him, "Why are you pointing out the obvious? Idiot!" and somehow he makes the Gurren stick its to to further mod ehe Beastman.

  Meanwhile, as I look at this se from the distance, I help but mutter, "That is something that I 't uand... Why do some Gunmen have a tongue? Why would such a thing be useful in something used for bat? It doesn't make any sense... Unless Lenome has some very unusual kinks, but thinking that he is over 1000 years old maybe he did want to spice up things from time to time..."

  Meanwhile, I hear General Thymilph as he quickly makes his move to calm down the riled-up Viral, "Calm down, Viral... To think yetting riled up by trashy human words. You're still green. Dai-Gunzan won't crumble under such minor attacks. Muhahahaha!"

  But soon Dayakka in his Dayakkaiser starts to fire a volley of rounds all aimed at the bridge, but su attack is only able to tilt the Dai-Gunzan a little, but it isn't strong enough to break through the armor of the battleship.

  In respoo the Dayakkaiser's attack, the Dai-Gunzan starts to fire with its on, and quickly the fight turns in favor of the Beastmen as the hulking battleship's overwhelming firepower start to suppress the Dai-Gurren Brigade's Gunmen, and then, the Dai-Gunzan takes advantage of the opening it created to use its arms to unch the Beastmen's Gunmen, including Viral's Enkidu, toward the Kamina's group.

  Without hesitation, Yoko uses her sniper rifle to snipe 4 defenseless Guill in mid-air, but the 5th one she shoots, Viral's Enkidu, is easily able to block it using its wrist-mounted cave bst shield, then it pulls off its sickle-like on and charges toward Kamina's Gurren, which pulls off its Gsscutter and does the same.

  And soon, the two start their csh and Viral yells, "Kamin! This time I'll be taking my helmet back!" but , Kamina replies with, "So you're still here? You should know this is a decoy!" Viral who finally realizes that Simon's Lagann is missing asks, "You punk! Where's your head!?" and instead of replying, Kamina yells, "Now! Go, Simon!"

  Following Kamina's shout, from one of the walls of the hole the Dai-Gunzan fell, Simon's Lagann drills out, just above the Dai-Gunzan's bridge, too close for it to aim it with its ons.

  And so, with its huge drill ing out of its "neck" spinning full of Spiral Power, Lagann starts to fall toward the Dai-Gunzan's bridge as Simon yells, "Lagann Impact!" and the moment, Lagann drills through the Dai-Gunzan's armor and start the process of taking over of the hill-like battleship.

  Meanwhile, seeing what just happened, Viral asks, "What's the meaning of this!?" and still keeping him occupied, Kamina expins, "It's called bining! Between y guy and ann! We're taking it... that big thing!" hearing that, Viral says, "Kamina, you bastard! You phis!" then tries to push Kamina's Gurren away to stop their pn.

  But Kamina quickly recovers and while saying, "Yeah, we p!" once more attacks the Enkidu with the Gsscutter f Viral to defend himself, then Kamina yells, "Executed with our lud a man's persistence!" and start a relentless assault that forces Viral's Enkidu to back away as it defends itself.

  And soon the fight bees more fierd chaotic, plus, Simon isn't in the right mental state and is uo gain full trol of the Dai-Gunzan that starts to randomly fire at everything around it.

  Seeing that, I focus even more ohing that is happening otlefield, while at the same time, knowing what is about to happen, I prepare to use the micro Spiral Ball in Kamina's stomach at any moment while thinking, 'I have to be very careful and precise... Keeping someone alive long enough and then healing him isn't that big of an issue. It isn't like reviving someone, I don't have to break some Universal rules to make it happen... so it shouldn't catch much attention. But still, no matter how careful I'm, what I'm going to do is going to ge a lot of things I have to be ready to face them!'

  Meanwhile, the situation otlefield gets worse for the Dai-Gurren Brigade, as Simon is uo fully focus and so isn't able to gain trol of the Dai-Gunzan as his Spiral Power is too unstable and stantly fluctuating, and Viral notices the same ands, "Fet about those small fry! Everyo back to the Dai-Gunzan!" but just as he is about to do the same, Kamina throws the Gsscutter and with it pins the Enkidu to the ground preventing it to move back yelling, "You aren't going anywhere!"

  Then Kamina says to the rest of the Dai-Gurren Brigade, "You guys take care of those Gunmen. I'll do something about Simon!" and without hesitation, he rushes toward the Dai-Gunzan.

  Seeing that, I focus my gaze on the Gurren piloted by Kamina as it jumps toward the Dai-Gunzan and climbs on its deck, then runs toward the bridge and while sg it with a couple of leaps, it goofily stumbles as it reaches the top.

  Then without losing momentum, Kamina jumps out of the cockpit and starts to painfully roll and boun the ground until it sms into Lagann's cover then without pause he yells, "Open up, Simon!" and at the same time, he raises his right fist as he prepares to throunch.

  As soon as Simohe Lagann's cover, Kamina hits him with a powerful punch while yelling, "Grit your teeth!!" making Simon's body spin, surprised, fused, and still a little stunned, Simon only say, "A-aniki?"

  Then Kamina smiles and says, "Have you e to your senses? When you go astray, I'll be there to punch you back. So rex. I'm by your side. Believe in yourself. Believe in you, who believe in yourself!"

  And after a few seds, Simon smiles and yells, "Uood!" at the same time, I sehat his Spiral Power is now steadily raising in power and isn't unstable anymore, and slowly Simon start to gain trol of the Dai-Gunzan.

  Seeing that he is successful, Kamina smiles and jumps down from the top of the bridge aurns back to Gurren that fell on the deck, but just as he is about to return back to the battlefield, a powerful beam attack from below hits and pierce through the Gurren, injuring Kamina at the same time.

  Then from the hole in the deck, a new Gunman jumps out, its body resembles a white skull with a sharp and a smaller face protruding out of its forehead, the shoulders and thighs of the mecha are spearhead-shaped, and spearheads are also attached to its arms and wield a long polearm as its on, a spear with a three-pointed cross bde, basically a Yari, that is the Byakou, general Thymilph's personal Gunmen.

  (Image Here - Byakou)

  Spoiler

  [colpse]The Byakou quickly reaches the damaged Gurren, and as it stands in front of the still-in-mid-air Gurren, Thymilph's voice be heard as he says, "Muahaha! I won't let you take my Dai-Gunzan so easily!" then the Gurren is hit by it own Gsscutter thrown by Viral's Enkidu, who in the meantime freed himself aurned back to the Dai-Gunzan.

  Thymilph seeing that opening doesn't hesitate and takes the ce to attack Kamina's Gurren once more. The Byakou raises its yari, whiits an energy bde from its tip, and at the same time, Thymilph yells, "Alkaid Give!" and with a thrust, it hits and cut off Gurren's right leg.

  Then the Enkidu grabs the Gurren from its arm, as Thymilph says, "You're a stubborn man, aren't you? But with this..."

  Still in mid-air, Enkidu move its body pulling the Gurren with it, positioning in such a way that it is easier for the Byakou, who jumped above them to hit it on its defenseless back.

  Thymilph yells "... It's over!", and the Byakou's polearm pierces the back of the Gurren as they crash through the Dai-Gunzan's deto the ground u, making Kamina loudly shout out in pain.

  Through the micro Spiral Ball in his stomach, I clearly feel that his wounds are lethal, in fact, it is already a miracle that he didn't die on the spot, most of his vital ans are either crushed or are failing, the amount of blood he lost is already at the deadly level, and of course, his spine is in pieces, basically the only reason he is still barely alive and even capable of moving a little is because of his Spiral Power, and of course my support as now I'm using the Spiral Ball in his body to act as a duit for my Spiral Power as I use it to make sure that he doesn't take his st breath, and prepare the ground to put him in a death-like state at the right time.

  As I focus on keeping Kamina alive, Simon who realized what happeo his dear brother-like figure, shouts out in grief, "ANIKI!!"

  At the same time, his Spiral Poes totally berserk, unleashing an unpreted level of power that affects even the enviro around him as it seeps into the ground creating crack all over it and making the nearby volo erupts with even more power.

  At the same time, the Dai-Gunzan also goes berserk and starts to march toward the volo as it randomly attacks everything in its range, and in one of its random attacks, it sends the Enkidu flying with a bad sp.

  Kamina POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  'So... cold... Is this the end...?' as I think that, the cold and scary sensation of my life stantly leaving my body, my breath getting more and more irregur, and even my heart is beating slower and slower, as the sound of the battle around me beore and more muffled, and as total darkness seems about to swallow my being, it is clear that I'm dying, and there is nothing I do about it.

  But, just as I'm about to succumb, through the still ected unication system, I hear Kittan's voice as he yells in panic, "What the hell is going on!?" followed by Leeron that says, "Dai-Gunzan has gone berserk!" and that kid Rossiu that adds, "At this rate, it'll fall into the volo!"

  Hearing that I think, 'Simon... is in danger...' and I use all my remaining strength to slowly open my eyes as Leeron yells, "Get a grip, Simon! you hear me!?"

  I slowly try to move my body, and using all the fighting spirit I have left, I use my hands to push my body up as I mutter, "'t I eve in peace?" as I get up, I see that even more blood flows out of my body but I don't even care anymore, as right now I don't feel anything, not even my body.

  I grab the Gurren's handles, and with my fighting spirit I urge it to stand up and move once more, then as it follows my and, I make the Gurren grab one of its arms and rip it off, then with my swaying vision, I take aim, and through the unication el I yell, "Simon!! GRIT YOUR TEETH!!" and throw the arm toward Lagann, pung it and shaking Simon awake.

  Soon, I hear Simon yells, "Aniki! You're alive!" I ighe weakness I'm feeling and simply say, "Simon! Who the hell do you think you are?"

  I make Gurren point at the sky and tinue, "Isn't your drill the ohat will break through the heavens ah to tomorrow!! What are you doing messing around here? We won! That big guy is yours now. There's no reason to hold back!"

  And with a weak smile, I look as Simon instantly gains trol of that big guy and strikes my same pose as he yells, "Everyo's okay now! Dai-Gunzan belongs to us! Jump on board!"

  But the moment, Thymilph makes once again his appearance as he tinuously shoots those beams as he yells, "You damn human scum! It's mine! Given to me by the Spiral King! If you want to take it from me, I'll smash it up!" hearing that I 't help but ent tiredly, "That old goril doesn't know when to give up."

  Then feeling the eing closer as I grow weaker, I tell Simon, "Simon, listen... Let's finish this in one go... by bining. As our st time with Gurren Lagan's settle this." to which he replies, "All right! Aniki!"

  I look as Lagann jumps out of the big guy, grabs Gurren's arm and Gsscutter, throwing the tter at some Gunmen behind me, and with a smile, I say, "Let's go!"

  Lagann quickly takes its pce, and all the damages recover as unmen bio Gurren Lagann.

  And as the transformation takes pce, I yell, "Whether it's impossible hable... Great men open up paths of battle!" followed by Simon, "If there's a wall, we break it down! If there's no path we make oh these hands!"

  And with our usual e, we yell at the same time, ""The heart's magma burns with fmes! Eversting bination! Gurren Lagann!!"

  Then as the Gsscutter is pced in its usual pce, we yell, "I...", "Us...", ""Who the hell do you think we are!?""

  Once we are dohymilph once again shoots at us with his beam yelling, "You bastard, take this! n Gize!" but this time, we are easily able to stop it by f an energy barrier by raising the Gurren Lagann's hand.

  Feeling that the end is near, and I 't dey it anymore, I say my st words, "Listen, Simon... don't fet. Believe in yourself. Not you, who believe in me. Not me, who believe in you. Believe in you, who believes in yourself!" then I move to finally end this fight and open a path for their future.

  I take trol and Gurren Lagann grabs its Gsscutter, and I yell, "Hissatsu!!" Gurren Lagann throws them like a b, and as it flies toward Thymilph's Gunmen, it splits into two, hits the Byakou, and pins it in mid-air, then I push all my remaining Fighting Spirit into Gurren Lagann, which summons all its drills before it summons from its right hand a huge drill as I yell, "Giga... Drill..." I roar, "BREAAAAK!!!" and Gurren Lagann flies towards the pinned Gunman drilling straight through it.

  Once we nd on the ground, I hear the explosion behind us that signs the death of our enemy and the end of this battle, and with a relieved smile on my face, I feel my remaining strength leaving me as everything fades into darkness and say, "Farewell... my friends..."

  Odyin