Jayr POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  As soon as I sense Adiane's presence, from the distance a huge wave be seen approag the Dai-Gurren, in fact, it is so big that it is basically a tidal wave that quickly almost submerges the huge Dai-Gurren whole.

  But as quick as it came, it also goes away, leaving behind a drenched Dai-Gurren with Adiana's Guhe Sayruanding on top of the deck of the now drenched Dai-Gurren with its arms crossed.

  Adiane's voice is then heard as she yells, "I've returned, just as promised, human scum!" at the same time, I notice that despite the tidal wave's size and power, luckily no one was swept away by it, not even Simon, Nia, Kittan, and Dayakka Littner, a huge and rough man with shreen hair and the pilot of the Dayakkaiser, who all were still standing on the deck of the Dai-Gurren.

  And while I was cheg the state of the crew, Adiane tinues her speech, "First, won't you let me be reunited with my precious princess? I want to say thanks for taking care of her."

  After hearing her request, an annoyed Kittan yells, "Bitch, being so high and mighty! I'll smash you up!" but Dayakka, a tall and buff man, with a square face, shreen hair, and eyes wearing a white tank top and green trousers, hold Kittan from his shoulder and says, "Wait! Dai-Gurren still 't move. We o buy some time."

  (Image Here - Dayakka Littner)

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  [colpse]Hearing what Dayakka just said, Kittan realizes his mistake and says, "I see! Right! We'll send out Nia!" and quickly after, Simon ents, "We 't!"

  Kittan then faces Simon and yells, "Hey! You got a problem with the leader's decision!?" making Simon shyly reply, "I don't know why, but it feels kinda dangerous." making Kittan once more yell, "Don't babble. Just get to the point!" but suddenly Nia turns around looking at them and decres, "I'll go."

  Making Kittan huddle up both Simon and Dayakka as he whisper loudly, "See... she even said it herself!" followed by Simon that still unsure says, "No, but..."

  And at this moment, Yoko returns and says, "I'll be alright. This girl might be able to help us avoid a battle." Nia quickly starts to thank her, "Yoko-san, thank you very much." but Yoko quickly adds, "It's not like I trust you pletely... I'll be aiming this rifle at your back. If you do anything strange, I won't hesitate."

  And soowo girls look at each other until Nia says with eyes full of resolve, "Fine."

  Meanwhile, I 't help but cover my face with my palm a out a sigh full of frustration while muttering, "e on, don't they realize that Adiane hear everything they are saying!? Not only do they reveal their pn but also the fact that the Dai-Gurren is currently uo move! 't they be smarter about such things!! I mean at least try to whisper such crucial pieces of information!!"

  At the same time, Nia starts to walk toward the Sayrune while Simon and the others take cover ihe Dai-Gurren.

  Nia POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  I calmly walk toward Adiane's Sayrune while thinking, 'I will finally have some ao the questions that are swarming my mind since I woke up in that box. All the things I just learned are they really true? Did Father truly cause so much suffering?'

  And while thinking that, I finally stand in front of Adiahe Elegant's Gunman, and soon I hear her voice as she asks, "Are you okay, Princess Nia?" but I ignore her question and ask back, "Adiane, please tell me... Did you know that you are making people on the surface suffer?"

  The Sayrueps closer and slowly lowers itself, then the cockpit opens and I see Adiane's kneeling figure as she replies, "As you say... It's my mission to exterminate humans on the surface."

  Hearing her answer, I feel a pit in my stomach, but I hold on and tio ask, "Did my father give you those orders?" to which she quickly replies with a curt, "Yes." feeling upset, I tio question, "Are you saying you've never questioned what you're doing?"

  And as if amused, she says, "Questioned? Goodness... Humans are like is crawling everywhere. No matter how many of them suffer or die, it doesn't bother us."

  Shocked by what I just heard, I excim, "Unbelievable!" then I request, in the hope to make my father ge his mind, "Let me speak with my father, Adiane." in a anding tone I order using my position as princess, "Take me to see my father at once!"

  But Adiane once again surprises me as her expression turns into a malevolent one as she yells and denies my order, "Shut up already! Why don't you go yourself!" so much that I 't help but ask, "What did you say!?"

  Theands up and moves in front of me looking down at me from her t height and says, "You still don't get it? You aren't a princess anymore! You've been abandoned by the Spiral King. Abandoned! ABANDONED!! I don't know what you did, but I'll kill you along with these is."

  Stunned I 't help but repeat her words and asks, "Abandoned? Kill me? My father said that!?" at the same time, I feel a crushing sadhat almost brio tears as I tio question myself, 'Why would Father do that? What did I d!? Is this really true!?'

  So much that I question her again in denial, "That's a lie! My father would never do something like that!" but Adiane smiles viciously and says, "Oh, really? Fihink whatever you want. He'd hate the way you are now anyway!" and hearing that I ask, "Do you hate me too?"

  Adiane looks at me with a mog expression, "Hate? Who cares whether I do or not?" then she jumps bato the Sayrune cockpit and makes her Guand again as she says, "I do whatever the Spiral King orders, no more, no less."

  Then the Sayruransforms into its scorpion-like form, with a multitude of legs, huge cws, and a stiail, and moves the cw around me ready to pind crush me with them while saying, "Hatred or whatever has nothing to do with it!" but I ighe deadly cws and still focus on her and ask, "Are you going to kill me, just because you were ordered?" and Adiane replies without any hint of hesitation, "Of course!"

  Hearing that, I question her more, "Then if my father said "die", would you?" this time, she is uo respond, and notig this fw ihinking process, I tio attack, "You're wrong! Those people haven't done anything wrong! They just want to live on the surface peacefully. That alone is not a reason to kill them!"

  That seems to wake up Adiane as she quickly adds, "They killed Thymilph." hearing that, I think back at the te general and his reputation as an honorable warrior respected by mamen and mutter, "Thymilph..."

  At the same time, Adiane tinues, "Isn't that enough of a reason?"

  I quickly shake my head as I remember what Simon told me before and reply, "No, no, that's wrong! That's wrong too! They also lost their Aniki, and now they are deeply hurt. That's right... This is what happens when people die. When somebody is sad, it hurts. A, hurting each other like that... Don't you think that's strange!?"

  But Adiane yells, "No, I don't!", and Sayrune's cws start to pinch me and I grunt in pain as they hold my body preventing me from moving and leavi her mercy, as I realize that Adiane is truly about to kill me.

  Jayr POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  I calmly look at the se of Adiane's Sayrune holding Nia between its cws as it raises its scorpion-like tail which is ready to strike its deadly blow at any moment now.

  I also notice that Simon is now rushing toward her in a desperate effort, trying to save her after he was uo activate his Lagann as his Spiral Power is still way too unstable.

  At the same time, from behind him, Gurren currently piloted by Rossiu Adai, King Kittan, Dayakkaiser, and the unmen of the Dai-Gurren Brigade rush out of the Dai-Gurren's hangar, as Nia's words and feelings moved them, and so they too now want to rescue her.

  As I look at them running toward the Sayrune, I hear Kittan yell, "Abandoning his own daughter! We 't five a guy like that!" while all the others yell back, "Unfivable!"

  Meanwhile, Adiaries to kill Nia ond for all by pierg her with Sayrune's sharp scorpion tail, but a pinpoint precision shoot from Yoko's rifle is able to deflect it buying enough time for the Guo reach them.

  Simon who is using his normal human speed falls behind and when he realizes that, he loses tration and trips over rolling on the ground, and only look as the Gunmen ram into the Sayrune and push it out of the Dai-Gurren's deck.

  Thanks to the impact of the Gunmen's tackle, Nia is unched in the air but is then quickly grabbed by Dayakkaiser piloted by Dayakka.

  Meanwhile, as the Gunmen fall toward the ground, I hear Adiane yell, "You piece of trash!" then the Sayruransforms bato its humanoid form and pushes the Dai-Gurren Brigade's Gunmen away, it brings out its whip and uses it to grab one of the Gunmen and sm it on the grouroying it with a big explosion, luckily the pilot is able to eje time and it is unharmed if not a little dizzy.

  If my enhanced memory serves me right it was the Sawzorthn, Zorthy Kanai's personal Gunmen, which he pilots as part of the main group of Guhat the Dai-Gurren Brigade deploys, uhe other cunmen, its design is peculiar and squarish, not resembling any sort of animal or other object, it may, however, be some sort of speaker.

  The unmehe Mo-Shogun piloted by Makken Jokin, its main on is a rge katana, and its physical appearance is that of an a Japanese samurai.

  Twinboekun a Gunmen jointly piloted by the twin brothers, Jun and Balinbow Bakusa, resembles two cojoined faces, each with a fist ing out of its mouth and a leg ing out of its neck.

  This Gunmen vastly differs from most others, as it sports two cockpits, each with a full array of trols simir to that of a typical cockpit, this means that each twin would only trol half of the Twinboekun, making it unpilotable by anyone else, as a strong uandiweewo pilots must exist for them to use the Gunmen coherently, much less to use it with the skill the two showed.

  Kidknuckle the Gunmen piloted by Kid Coeega, this Gunmen resembles a blue and red monkey, unlike most Gunmen seen until now, it uses its rge arms for movement, with its proportionately small legs being armed with rapid-fire guns.

  And the st that is still on the Dai-Gurren deck is the Eihe Gunman that Iraak Coeega pilots that serve as a mobile rifle ptform for Yoko in bat.

  It resembles a green shark's head with two small legs, giving it an ostrich-like gait, the long barrel on its back swivel around for use as a on, or point behind the Guo act as a thruster.

  (Image Here - All five of them, From Left tht: Top; Mo-Shogun, Twinboekun. Bottom; Sawzorthn, Einzer, Kidknuckle)

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  [colpse]While I was cheg the uhey all nd on the ground with the Sayrune surrounded by King Kittan, Gurren, Kidknuckle, Mo-Shogun, and Twinboekun.

  But despite the fact that the Dai-Gurren Brigade has the number advantage, a fident Adiane decres with a tone full ahird-rate Gunmen, eh? Bring out as many as you like! I'll take all of you on!"

  And with that, the fierce fight between the Adiane's Sayrune and the Gunmen of the Dai-Gurren Brigade starts with the Sayruhat s its whip around the Mo-Shogun's arm and quickly pulls it toward itself and then pu in the face blowing it away.

  Then it uses the recoil of its attack to dodge the attack of the Twinboekun who just shoot its Wired Fist at it.

  Taking advantage of the openi behind by su attack, the Sayrune nds on top of the Twinboekun and uses it as a springboard to jump and intercept the approag King Kittan's Kittan Stinger.

  The Sayrune easily grabs the King Kittan avoiding being impaled by its sharp head and throws it back toward the still stuwinboekun, but just as it's about to finish them off with its energy whip, the Gurren takes advantage of its focus on them, and the fact that is exposing its back, to throw its Gsscutter, that hit it and push it ba the ground stopping Adiane's attad momentum.

  Su attack surprises Adiane who yells, "What?" at the same time, she doesn't realize the threat behind her until it is too te as a huge foot quickly approaches.

  Indeed, while she wasted time talking with Nia and fighting the Dai-Gurren Brigade's Guhe meic Leeron Littner, was finally able to patch up the Dai-Gurren and made it able to move.

  The Sayrune is then kicked by the huge foot of the Dai-Gurren a flying and crashing into the ground like a victim hit by the almighty Truck-kun raising a thick cloud of dust.

  The cloud of dust quickly clears and reveals the heavily damaged Sayruhat looks exactly like a victim of a terrifying hit and run, with its whole body brutally distorted.

  It is clearly trying to move to get up, but it is uo do so, and realizing this, Adiane yells, "Impossible! Sayrune is..." and at the same time, Kittan yell is also heard as he excims, "You did it! Finally! Now! Crush her!" while the Dai-Gurren tis slow advaoward the powerless Sayrune in the effort of stepping on it and crushing her ond for all.

  Soon, the Dai-Gurren's huge foot is right above the Sayrune and it is about to e down and crush it.

  But I easily sense anunmen quickly approag and more important, the presence piloting it is a quite familiar one, and soon I am also able to see it, as the Gunmen is quickly rushing toward the downed Sayrune raising a trail of dust, and reaches it just in time to stop the Dai-Gurren's foot using its whole body to sustain its weight.

  Adiahen realizes that she was saved and looking at the white Gunmen holding the Dai-Gurren's foot, she excims, "Enkidu!? Is that you Viral?" and soon after I hear Viral's voice as he replies, "I humbly apologize for disobeying your orders! I've got my own reasons!"

  Then with a herculean show of strength and power, the Enkidu pushes the Dai-Gurren's foot away sending the whole walking fortress into the ground.

  Seeing that, I 't help but whistle and mutter, "There's for sure quite a lot of power hidden in the Enkidu, that is basically the same as throwing up and lifting a small hill!"

  Meanwhile, taking advantage of the chaos, the Enkidu picks up the Sayrune, and I hear Adiane say, "Wait, we 't leave like this!" but Viral quickly replies, "As long as you have your life, you fight again, Adiane-sama. Let's retreat from here!", theices the Gurren standing in front of him and thinking that there is Kamina inside he yells, "You bastard! We're retreating for now, but we'll be back to finish this!" fusing Rossiu.

  Then the Enkidu uses a smoke bomb and quickly retreats away with the Sayrune leaving the battlefield.

  Looking at the battlefield and especially at the Gunmen, I let out a sigh and mutter, "None of them feels right... It seems that I have to look somewhere else food Gue with my Cratergann. Performance-wise, the Enkidu and the General Gunmen like the Byakou and Sayrune are good enough, but I don't quite like their style... Something just doesn't click with them and even Cratergano reject them. Oh well, there are still the other two general's Gunmen, if her will feel right, I'll just pick the most pleasant looking one, after all, the true power of my mecha will be determined by my Spiral Power..."

  Then I focus on what is happening on the deck of the now sitting on the ground Dai-Gurren, as Dayakkaise opens his hand revealing an unharmed Nia as Dayakka asks, "Are you okay, Nia-san?" then she joyfully replies, "Yes, thank you."

  Her mood dips down as she remembers what she just heard and then she tinues, "But... I apologize. You did all that for me."

  Dayakka quickly says, "You don't owe us anything. Have a look around." as she hears that, she turns around she sees all the members of the Dai-Gurren Brigade ing out and greeting and cheering for her.

  Dayakka then tinues his speech, "Everyone is happy that you're okay."

  Moved by such a dispy of care, Nia shows a genuine smile on her fad waves her hand at them while saying, "Thank you. Thank you!"

  At the same time, I notice that Simon is now slowly limping bato the Dai-Gurren ahat his Spiral Power is being even more chaotic, but now it doesn't seem to lean toward the Anti-Spiral Power anymore, but it is more like it is slowly growing weaker and weaker like a flickering light.

  Seeing that, I let out a sigh and say, "He is about to lose his will to move forward and fight, stantly waveriween his desire to tio fight in honor of Kamina's memory and to protect what he cares for, and his desperate o take his pce for everyone in the Dai-Gurren Brigade and the guilt he feels for surviving the battle where Kamina "lost" his life."

  After saying that, I decide that it is time to go bay Soulbouory and che Kamina.

  Simon POV - Earth, Gekion - 1007 AFA-SW

  I'm in my , ying curled up on my bed c most of my body in the sheet, when all of a sudden, I hear Nia's voiing from the other side of the door, "Simon? Simon... are you there? I brought you some food." but I remain in silehinking back to all the times I have failed.

  I hear Nia kno the door two more times, and after a few seds of silence, she says, "Simon... I was happy that everyone came out to save me. Even though I'm their enemy. This pce is filled with nice people after all. But I know... at that time you ran... You ran out before everyone else to e and save me. Simon... Thank you."

  But her words don't make me happy at all, after all, even if I tried, I still failed to be of any kind of help, the only thing I was able to do was trip and hurt myself, and so the only thing that resounds in my mind is that I once again failed to be like Aniki and mutter, "It's no use... I 't bee like Aniki..."

  Jayr POV - Jayr's Soulbouory - 1007 AFA-SW

  Ba my vil's living room, I'm greeted by the sight of Kamina focused on the s with blood shoot eyes, the image on the s shows his character, equipped with leather armor and the always trusty Greatsword, fag, or more precisely getting sughtered by a hellish bight wielding a long sword and fear-inspiring looking Greatsword.

  That is one of the mnizable figures of the game Dark Souls 2, one of the hardest bosses in the game, the Fume Knight also known as Raime the Traitor and Rebel Raime.

  The reason for his difficulty is that he doesn't use many attacks that are telegraphed, and prefers to use those that are slightly deyed to throw pyers off, moreover, he has a stroao all types of magic, so physical damage is almost a must when taking him on.

  Plus he is one of the few ehat use dark and fire magic that is potent enough to damage the pyer, even when using shields that resist 100 pert fire damage.

  All of this, bined with a smaller boss arena that throw off the camera, make this boss extremely difficult to deal with, so much so that I lost t of my attempt the first time I faced him, especially because I ying as Pyroma that time.

  Even so, I'm surprised that he was able to advanuch that he already reached the DLC, but I quickly realize the reason, his Spiral Power is stantly enhang his reflexes, so much that even if he 't still find the right strategy to deal with the Fume Knight, Kamina is still able to persevere thanks to his almost uny dodging ability.

  Seeing that, I sit o him and once I know that I won't distract him, I give him some vague tips, "During the first stage of the fight, run up on the boss a in some free hits while he is appearing. In phase o is easier to dodge the Fume Knight while hugging his left knee. Watch out for the small indications of attacks from his greatsword. During each of the phases of the boss fight, the pyer get a few free hits on the boss wheransitions."

  Seeing him nod, I tinue, "In phase two, watch out for the greatsword attacks, sihat will be his only on. It is now infused with dark fire and deals more damage. Make sure to e into the fight with good dark and fire resistance, which will help e some damage from his attacks."

  Then I look as Kamina slowly start his terattack, as he tries his best to time right the timing for his attack because the Greatsword is one of the worst ons for fag this kind of oppo because of its slow attack speed, but still, the best part of this game is that with enough skill everything is possible, even running the whole game unarmed and naked, sure, it will be hard as fud it will take a lifetime to defeat any boss but it is still possible.

  And indeed, after some time, Kamina is finally able to defeat the boss and starts to cheer loudly, "YES! I told you! I, the great Kamina-sama, won't be defeated by a mere game!" then he quickly grabs the loot and moves toward the boo save and then he finally turns the ps3 off.

  Then he looks at me and asks, "How did it go? Is everyone safe?" I nod and reply with a fident smile, "Everythi well, everyone is mostly safe, just some minor injuries...", then I fall silent unsure if I should tell him about Simon, and he seems to notice my hesitation and remember what I told him yesterday he asks, "It's about Simht? He still didn't get over my "death", isn't it? Did his Spiral Power situatio worse?"

  Once again I nod and say, "Yes, he is still struggling with it... But our major about him starting to use Anti-Spiral Power is gone... Its willpower is so weakehat he isn't even able to pree it." then I smile and say, "But luckily it looks like that your sister-in-w is already w on that. She stands by his side and doesn't have any iion of giving up on him."

  Hearing that, aed expression forms on Kamina's face as he asks, "Good! Does that means that I'll be able to get out of here aurn back to them soon!?"

  I get up from the coud reply, "Yes." then I remember what should happe, and with a grin I ask, "By the way, in a couple of days you should be able to see your Otot out the potential he had always kept hidden until now."

  The smile on his face grows even bigger and he yells, "Yosha!! I 't wait for it!" and as I move to the kit to prepare our lunch I add, "Trust me, if everything goes as expected, he will truly make you proud. He will take the helm of the Dai-Gurren Brigade legacy that you have left him."

  Odyin