Chapter 3: A Manly Spiral Heir

The room is silent until Rossieu corrects himself.

"Uh, I mean, Kome! Excuse me but the resemblance is utterly striking. That being beside the point, you obviously don't know why you've been brought here," his gaze shifts to Namura and the guards that were part of the escort, "or why such honorable guests were treated so horribly."

"Honorable? Guests?" Asks Anne, "President Adai if I ma-"

"Call me Rossieu. Please." He says with a smile.

"Okay, uh, Rossieu. Can we be told why we are here? This is all very confusing and I'm sure the kids are scared." Replies Anne.

"HEY! WE AINT SCARED AND WE AINT KIDS!" Shout Kittanna and Kome simultaneously.

"Ah yes. Everyone calm down just a bit. LEERON! VIRAL! GET IN HERE WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE MISSION!"

"Ooooo don't spare any of the juicy details, including all the special parts about me?" replies Leeron.

"Haha of course Leeron. So Kome. Starting today, you are the new leader of the Spiral Corps and you are the leader of the First Squadron more commonly know as Team Dai-Gurren."

"I'M WHAT?! Why?! Why me?"

"2 simple reasons. 1: When we scanned the Earth for all Spiral energy readings, amongst the civilians, yours was by far the largest. And 2: You were hand picked by Simon himself."

"Simon?!" His first real friend. Simon. What does any of this have to do with him?

"We know about the Core Drill he gave to you 6 years ago. In fact we know many things. Things about your real parents, things about spiral energy, and even things about immortality. Isn't that right Leeron?"

"I'm living proof of immortality, baby. And I'll be living proof for many millennia."

"Hold on, back up." says Kome, "Real parents? I knew my real parents. They died when I was 7."

"Close. The people that found you died when you were 7." Explains Rossieu, "But in fact your real parents are Katiyu Giha and a Spiral entity known as Lira. You see in order to understand this tale of lineage, we must go far into the past. Before humans had breached the surface. When Lordgenome still reigned. Your real father, Katiyu, lived underground in a humble village called Giha. He was a digger and during one of his expeditions he hit a patch of Spiral Energy that had condensed itself into a crystalline form. It glowed a dim dark green. He peered into the Spiral Crystal and saw a woman encased within. Being the good samaritan that he was, he immediately did all he could to break her out. He drilled away at that Crystal for approximately 4 hours with no breaks. He eventually reached the woman and brought her back to the village. He had been in that tunnel for so long that everyone working had gone home and it was lights off for the night. He took her into his house and cared for her. Now Katiyu also had a wife at this time whom was pregnant with their first son, the hero of the universe Kamina. Together they nursed this woman back to health. Her name was Lira. One week later, Lira came to. She was frightened at first. But once calmed down, she explained how she got there. She was a Spiral Entity. A being comprised solely of Spiral Energy. She fought in the war with Lordgenome, who had subsequently created her to aid him in his travels. When she was with Lordgenome on Earth's surface, she witnessed him change from the man he was, a Galactic Warrior, into the man who enslaved an entire race. And seeing this change, she tried to talk sense into him, but he quickly grew angry and sent his 4 generals after her. They scoured the surface looking for her, destroying most of it into wasteland. With less and less places to hide, she went underground and manifested 90% of her spiritual energy into a blast that would crystallize and seal her away safely underground. Until now. She encouraged Katiyu to raise an army to the surface and over throw the demented King. He was conflicted. He wanted a better life on this surface for his son, but he also wanted to stay safe in the life that he had known for so long. So they made a compromise. Lira would assimilate with the Spiral and give her remaining 10% to Katiyu. She told him all about how Spiral Energy can be transferred from person to person. He was to grow her 10% within his body, displace it evenly through other people in the village and start an uprising when he was ready. But Katiyu did not follow this plan. He never used his Spiral gift so it remained at 10% for years."

"Okay but where do I come in?" Demanded Kome.

"I was getting to that point." Replied Rossieu, "You see Kamina was born a few months later. They lived a happy life until Kamina was 5. Katiyu needed to know if the surface was real. And he needed to know if it could be a safer place than the village. Katiyu knew that food would eventually run out in Giha, so he made the decision to take his family to the surface. His family of soon to be 4. Himself, his wife, Kamina...and you. His wife was pregnant with a second child."

"Woah woah woah, not so fast Prez," exclaims Kitanna, who had been surprisingly quiet for this whole ordeal, "if this were true, Kome would be hundreds of years old right now. Does this pile of Grippo (grape/hippo creature) dung look centuries old to you?"

"Ah yes Kitanna, but the Spiral does not bind itself to our laws of reality. It has its own set of amazing capabilities and even some major handicaps. Allow me to continue. Upon reaching the surface, Katiyu could see this was no place for a child. With a loving pat on the head, he bestowed Kamina with 5% of his Spiral Powers and sent him back down to Giha. He tried to convince his pregnant wife to go back down, but before he could, a gunmen appeared. The stomping of the Gunmen above Giha village causing an earthquake, which we believe to be the earthquake that killed Simon's parents. Katiyu and his wife were forced to run for their lives, leaving Kamina behind. They managed to get away and hide on the surface for 2 months. One night, his wife went into labor, with you of course Kome. The yelling attracted a nearby gunmen. You were in this world for 15 seconds and your life was already in danger. Your father grabbed you in his arms and ran with you, leaving his wife behind. She was captured and brought to Lordgenome. She later became the mother of Nia, the Anti-Spirals' spy and special operative. Katiyu ran for 2 hours, all the while clutching you, Kome. After stopping he looked down as on you as you began to cry. He new that you wouldn't last long in this world without a mother. So he tried something extremely experimental. Something Lira had once done. He gave you the last 5% of his spiral power and then he turned you into a Spiral Crystal."

"Well then how come he ain't a rock right now? Huh? Your story seems a little hokey to me Mr. Adai" piped up Kittanna.

"Kitanna PLEASE shut up and be respectful! He is the president of Earth." Scolded Anne.

"Hahaha oh Anne, I'd expect nothing less of Kittan's namesake. Well you see a few events led up to the reversal of your crystallization. Kamina started Team Gurren and teamed up with the great Wanderer Simon." There was that name again...Simon. Kome's heart started beating faster and the whirring sound in his head came back. "But in the beginning, Simon actually had no Spiral Powers at all. Until our battle with Thymilph the Raging Wave. In a moment of doubt, Simon froze, causing Kamina to punch Simon into a solid state of mind. When doing this, he accidentally transferred all of his spiral energy into Simon. This was the damning moment in Kaminas life. With Spiral Energy, he would have been able to regenerate the wound that led to his death. Fast forward to our battle with the Anti-Spiral. The ring on Nia's finger, held the stone that was to be you. When Simon passed Gurren Lagann through the ring, he sensed your life force. After concluding the battle he returned home to marry Nia. After her death he wandered the earth with her ring. Then one day he decides it is time for the next generation of the Spiral to come about. He wanders into a village and decides on a nice family to bestow you upon. He knew Anne was in this village and he entrusted you to her, if your new parents were to fail. He places 5% of his own Spiral energy into you causing you to revert back to your infant self. He handed you over and then returned to exploring all there was to explore."