Synopsis: This, is NOT a story about a man who blew a hole in the Fate of a universe that was ruled by a cycle of violence. This is a story about a man who seeks to tamper with Fate, yet also make sure that the Fate of the Digger still had the same outcome, even if that would mean that he would have to stain his hands with blood...
You know how some people think how it would be awesome to be in, let's say Gurren Lagann, helping Team Dai-Gurren fight for humanity's survival? Well, it's not fun, well, unless you get off on getting smacked around in a Ganmen's cockpit by your opponent, a Beastman who has actual training in piloting these blasted things.
Now, some wise person might point say something like; "Uh, actually, since Beastmen are unable to use Spiral power, which the Ganmen were originally meant to be fueled by, humans are the best pilots for those.". Well, in case that wise guy didn't understand, we don't have Spiral Power, something that I had the "pleasure" of finding out myself, the hard way.
«Kier Fraga»
Kier Fraga woke up to the sound of beeping. For a while, he thought that it was just his alarm clock going off, but as he opened his eyes, he was met with a sight he didn't expect, but one that he recognized all too well, from an Anime he had recently finished.
"…Alright then, so how the fuck did I end up in the cockpit of a Ganmen?"
As Kier was busy trying to get the salvaged mech moving, to little avail, he was suddenly shaken as something impacted his Ganmen, knocking it onto the ground.
"Fuckfuckfuckfuuck…" Kier groaned out, managing to spot the Ganmen that attacked him from the cockpit's peripherals, and it one of those grunt-models, the spherical ground units from Parallel Works 8, the ones that looked like a skull, only it was painted with a brown color scheme instead of usual green. That gave Kier a little hint of exactly where he was.
If his memory served right, the Ganmen in the region that Guame controlled were colored with shades of brown, Thymilphl's were mostly green, he didn't know what kind of units Adiane used, most likely aquatic Ganmen, and Cytomander's were all sky-based ones.
[Observation]
/Tokotsu\
Chassis: 97/100%
Charge: 58/100%
Alright, so at least the opposing Ganmen wasn't in tip-top shape, but that wouldn't be of much help if he couldn't move his Ganmen. Also, apparently he had The Gamer…which would explain why he was so damn calm, when by all means, he should've been pissing his pants in fear.
«"HAHHAHAA! Y-You puny human actually thought that you could win in that scrapheap?"» the pilot of the Tokotsu laughed, his Ganmen slapping its knee as it mimicked the expressions of its pilot. It was oddly enough by its lonesome self.
"C'mon, move dammit." Kier cursed silently as he pushed and pulled at the controls, trying to get the machine moving, only to be met with no response.
'Dying here is unacceptable! I am not going to die!' Kier thought, gripping the controls tightly. Even if the chances of his survival would always be dicy in this world, he wou-No, couldn't simply let himself die here. Sure, he could die against some other beastman, or possibly from starvation, but at least it wouldn't be by the hands of some filthy artificial animal.
«System reboot complete» The screens in the cockpit all flashed blue, a screen opening on one of the side monitors.
[Ganmen Status]
/Onibi\
Chassis: 91/100%
Charge: 55/100%. «Energy Levels slowly rising…»
[Active Skill: «Mana Charge» has been created!]
[Passive Skill: «Mech Piloting» has been created!]
"Alright then, time to start…" Kirei stated calmly, grabbing tightly onto my Ganmen's club -And he noted that his Ganmen's arm was of a stocky build, and dark green- as he piloted it to stand upright. Kier knew all too well that if he desired to make it out of this situation alive, he'd have to play smart. He couldn't just try and cover the club with this Mana, as he could feel the amount of Mana it was taking him to boost the Onibi's battery.
Looking around, he could see that they were in a flat environment, so any chances of going with guerrilla tactics were out.
«"Oh, so you actually managed to get that old model moving? However, don't think that it'll save you!"» The beastmen roared, the Tokotsu charging at Kier, intending to go for a punch. Kier swerved the Onibi away from the attack, swinging the arm with the club at the extended arm, causing the Tokotsu to lose its balance, and with a great thud, it hit the ground.
Taking advantage of the situation, Kier startled the downed Ganmen with Onibi, and started bashing away with the club. Dents started forming on the Tokotsu's chassis, one after another, and Kier wasn't planning on stopping until his opponent was. A. WET. SPLAT. ON. THE. GROUND!
Not even the screams of the pilot gave him pause.
«Enemy has been defeated…»
«Gain 4200 EXP»
«Level 11 reached!»
Letting go of the controls, Kier sighed as he leaned back on the cockpit's chair, shaking his head as he tried to make sense of the situation he was in. He had gone to sleep back his apartment in London, and then he woke up in the cockpit of a fictional machine, and he had just killed a being with said machine. And he had felt the pain, and he wasn't some all-powerful god, so yeah, he could count dreams out of the possible explanations to his situation.
So, for now, he'd just roll with this. Even with the Gamer's Mind skill no doubt working overtime, Kier didn't want to risk, well, shattering his mind as he tried to make sense of the situation.
"Well, that fight was pretty anticlimactic, not that I mind." Kier had expected the opposing pilot to roll away, or do something that would've extended the fight. Perhaps he got lucky by encountering a rookie pilot who got cocky. But no, his opponent made one sloppy mistake, a mistake that cost the pilot his life. And netted him a hefty EXP, which wasn't too surprising, considering that he had fought in a mecha battle, so the EXP yield should be higher, due to the increased danger.
Actually, since he had the Gamer, he should check his status.
"«Status»." Kier said, going with the usual thing that triggered the Gamer system.
[«Status»]
/The Gamer\
Kier Fraga LV: 11
EXP: 475/1100
\Human/
HP: 150
MP: 85/170
STR: 16
INT: 44
VIT: 20
WIS: 45
DEX: 24
AGI: 17
Points: 15
Money: 0
Looking at his stat sheet, Kier could tell that the most important stat right now were his Intelligence and Wisdom stats, since those seemed to be increasing his Mana by 10 points for every 5 points in either one of them, and so, he added more points to them, 8 to Intelligence, and 7 to wisdom, just to balance them out.
«MP: 86/200»
With nothing better to do, Kier grabbed hold of the controls and started moving away from the scene of battle, heading towards the closest hill in the vicinity. Sure, he needed to recharge his MP, most likely by creating the «Meditate» skill.
As he walked, Kier couldn't help but chastise himself for not interrogating the Beastman for information first, like where and when he was. Had Simon and gang already defeated Lord Genome, or was this still in the early days of Genome's human subjugation? Important information like that would've been useful in planning his next stage.
After Kier made it to the hill -which he was pleased to see had crevices that, by a rough estimation, were big enough for him to park his Ganmen there-, Kier let go of the controls, and simply relaxed, trying to empty his mind…
AN: Alright, I'm not going to lie, I made this on a whim. Don't expect me to make more of this particular story, since by god, there is NOT enough information to make a concrete Gurren Lagann fanfic. I mean, most of the Ganmen that appeared in the series were left un-named, without a proper picture of them.
Also, in case any of you were curious, no, I wasn't planning on giving Kier access to Spiral Power, for a couple of reasons, although only one of them could hold water, that reason being The Gamer's Mind passive skill.
See, we all know how it works; Gamer's Mind represses your emotional response to situations, thus allowing you to think calmly through it. Now, some of you might be thinking "What's stopping a Gamer using Spiral Power?" well, the answer is quite simple.
Spiral Power is activated by heightened emotions.
I mean, look at every single time that a noteworthy amount of Spiral Power has been used, and every time, their user has been anything but calm. So, yeah, Kier is pretty much unable to use Spiral Power, thus, he has to rely on his Mana, and the battery of the Onibi to move it.
And, The Gamer itself is weaker than Spiral Power, so him getting huge amounts of EXP from beating people who are in giant robots won't actually be a game-changer.
Now, as for what I possibly had in mind for this particular story idea, I had two possible routes:
1: Kier would meet with the Black Siblings, after they had met Kamina, and then he'd partner up with them, and eventually, Team Dai-Gurren.
2: Kier would meet the group from Parallel Works 6, although, I would alter some things about them, and come up with some stuff of my own, since we know pretty much jack-shit about them. Also, I'd turn that Lagann silver, and keep their version of Gurren Lagann Silver, since I feel like that would look better.
And eventually, after hijacking the ship from Parallel Works 6, which was controlled by the brain-washed sister of the blue-haired kid you see screaming at the end(*), Team Silver Oni would join up with Team Dai Gurren.
In either works, he'd make sure that Kamina would die in a heroic manner during the battle to take Dai-Gunzan, since yeah, that's what inspired the team, and Simon to keep fighting.
*: If you pause at the right moment when the mask breaks, you can see a girls' face underneath it.
Anyway, if anybody wants to attempt this, or the previous one, go ahead, just drop a review before you do that.
Also, please go check out my Fate/Extra_Code on Sufficient Velocity.