"Mark my words. This drill will open a hole in the universe! And that hole will be a path for those behind us! The dreams of those who have fallen... The hopes of those who will follow! Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow! And that'sTengen Toppa. That's Gurren Lagann! My drill is the drill… THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!"
Simon shouted, fighting back against the Anti-Spiral threat.
Gurren Lagann shattered the Anti-Spiral's attack, advancing at incredible speed towards the humongous beast. Having lost the Universe-proportioned Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, it was only Simon, Nia, and Viral advancing towards the Anti-Spiral menace. Tendrils shook and attacked Gurren Lagann.
"SIMON! GET IN THERE!" Viral yelled, ripping Lagann from Gurren Lagann and tossing him towards the Anti-Spiral.
"YOU STRUGGLE IN VAIN!" The main Anti-Spiral creature yelled, assaulting the oncoming Lagann.
"Maybe, but I still…!" Simon retaliates, Lagann flying into the overwhelming assault of attacks. Simon gets ripped out of Lagann, but somehow Lagann manages to throw Simon in the direction of the Anti-Spiral.
"Lagann?!" Simon questions in the daze, launching himself at the Anti-Spiral and yelling.
He strikes a critical blow, falling to the ground below. Simon recovers and delivers a powerful uppercut, but is only met with a downward punch. He returns with another punch landing square in the creature's face. The two continue hand-to-hand combat until eventually both stand, surrounded by their own blood and wounds.
"That may be, but I still believe..." Simon raises his arm up in the air.
"In the me that I believe in. In humanity. In the future." The blood around him starts to collect into one place around his arm, and from it a large, sharp drill manifests encasing his arm.
"I believe." Simon lowers his arm, pointing the drill in front of him.
"My drill… is.. myyyy SOUL!" Simon yells, as the drill begins to spin at unseen speeds, and both Simon and the Anti-Spiral collide into one last final attack. All around them, the world seems to glow white, and then everything fades to black.
"Hello? Hey, is this guy alive?" A man poked at the new body laying in front of him. Just a minute ago, he was on his daily commute to school when all of a sudden, some weird spiral-shaped vortex appeared in mid-air, and out came a blue-haired man and a very large robot with two heads. This day was already getting weird for him.
Simon came to his senses, jumping up quickly before looking around at the new landscape. It seemed to be a densely populated town, however the buildings were not very high and they reminded him of the villages built outside of Teppelin. "Where… am I?"
The young man spoke up. "It's, uh, Japan."
Simon looked unsatisfied but accepted the answer. "So, who are you? Did you save me?"
The young man brightened up a bit. "My name is Issei Hyoudou. And no, I just happened to be here when you and this giant robot fell from the sky."
Issei was getting excited. This was something out of an action anime or something. He was tempted to believe he was dreaming, but he's done that before and it turned out to be real.
"Well, thanks anyways. I wish I could say I'd be going, but.. I don't exactly know WHERE to go." Simon laughed slightly, although it just now hit him that he was gone and there was no sign of the Anti-Spiral. Had he won? Is this another parallel reality he was sent to by the Anti-Spiral? For now, he'd rest his suspicions.
Issei shrugged. "You could come to school with me. I know some people who may be able to help you."
Simon perked up. "Really? Awesome! Let's go!" Simon, without any shirt on, ran off towards the direction Issei was facing.
"WAIT!" Issei shouted, forcing Simon to turn back around. "Can I at least get you into a shirt first?"
After having followed Issei to school, Simon was told to wait by an old building outside the main school building. Simon still needed to rest, so he took the offer.
He spent his time thinking and wondering about everyone else. Would they come looking for him? Could they even find him in the first place? He worried for Nia, Viral, and the others. As he thought, he noticed rustling in the nearby bush, and his happy-go-lucky pig mole friend Boota appeared from within.
"Boota! I'm glad to see at least one familiar face in this world." Simon sat with a smile on his face, Boota, sleeping on his shoulder. For hours, he sat simply watching the school kids do daily activities. He was very underwhelmed. Looked like something Rossiu would do for fun.
Issei walked towards where Simon was told to sit, motioning for him to follow. Simon got up and followed, Boota still on his shoulder.
They entered the house and walked through a series of hallways until they entered a single room with two couches and one large desk in the back. At the desk was an attractive woman with red hair, which immediately struck Simon with the reminder of Yoko. Also in the room was a short, white haired girl, a curvy girl with long black hair and violet eyes, a male with white hair, and another girl with long blonde hair.
Simon was about to introduce himself, but Issei cut him off. "Hey, I brought someone today. This is Simon. He fell from the sky." Issei directed everyone's attention to Simon, who was standing unfazed at the attention of the new people.
"Yep, I'm Simon the Digger, leader of Team Dai-Gurren and-" Simon cut himself off when he realized they would have no idea what he was talking about. "Well, basically I am not from here and I have no idea what I'm doing."
Rias suppressed a small giggle at the man's initial statement and address him. "Well, if Issei trusts you, then I guess we will allow you here for now. Do you remember anything from your past life?"
Simon nodded. "Everything. But, it'd probably take years to explain everything I've gone through, so I'll leave it at just I got sent here during an intergalactic battle, without any of the people who were with me."
Rias looked surprised. Intergalactic? Had he really been in space, fighting? She could believe it, and although Simon looked very athletic and masculine, she doubted it was enough for space travel and such.
Kiba, the male with white hair, spoke up. "So, if you remember your past life, then I'm assuming you won't have to be taught all the basics, like reading and such. That makes life a little easier."
Koneko chimed in. "You know, I wouldn't mind another guy here who isn't as perverted as Issei." Issei sighed deeply at the mention of his pervertedness.
Rias folded her arms against her chest. "Well, we can't just admit him, can we? I mean..." She gave a decently long look at Simon, suppressing a blush at the fact his shirt barely covered half of his torso. It was definitely Issei's shirt.
Simon sighed. "I get if you don't want someone who you've only known about for only a few minutes. It took me a lot of time to accept some of my old friends." He perked up though. "If anything, I at least want to know what this is all about!"
Nodding, Rias began. "Basically, we're devils."
Simon began interpreting the new information he had received. He sat next to Akeno on the left sofa, towering over everyone in the room at 6'2".
"Well, I'll tell you one thing..." he gets a huge smile on his face and sits straight up. "That sounds totally awesome!"
Rias smiled sweetly. "Well, if you feel as if you are fit and you are really interested." Rias holds up a chess piece, from a game Simon remembers as chess. "I am willing to add you to my peerage as my pawn."
Simon nods. "I feel like being with you guys is the right idea. I don't know what would happen if I just left and roamed the planet."
Rias motions for Simon to come towards her, and he does so. After initiating the ritual, the other members of the peerage had to shield their eyes from a bright green light that was emitted from Simon's body, which mixed with red to become a dark yellow color. Afterwards, Simon fell to the ground, on one knee.
"Wow, I… Feel different." He stood again, looking at everyone's shocked faces. "Something wrong?"
Rias, bewildered, decided to ask. "Can I ask what the green light was? I've never seen anything like it in my years."
Simon thought for a moment before realizing. "That must have been.. my Spiral energy! It must have reacted to the new influence of becoming a devil." He tapped his forehead to see if he felt any different. "I don't feel any different though."
After a minute, Rias spoke up. "Maybe I should show you to my brother, Sirzechs Lucifer. He may know what is happening."