The girl continued to pull Nanashi by the arm, as they kept going with Yakumo trailing behind them. After a couple of minutes they reached a cave at the side of the ridge, but when they got there Nanashi regained his grip from the girl and blurted out
"Hold on a minute! Where are you taking me and what are you up to!" the girl just looked at him and said
"I'm not going to hurt you; I'm just going to show you two to our village." She then pointed her finger at Nanashi and continued to speak
"You especially need to see it. There is someone there you need to meet." She then turned away from Nanashi and continued to lead him and Yakumo through the tunnel of the cave. Nanashi sighed and continued to follow the girl, shortly after Nanashi began to stare at her. She was his age with long pink hair, she was an inch shorter than he was and had pretty brown eyes and she also was wearing a skirt and a jacket that had what appeared to be the symbol of a hand. Suddenly Yakumo put his hand on Nanashi's shoulder and whispered to him
"She's a cutie, don't you think?" and in response Nanashi turned bright red, even redder than his own hair and said in a low tone
"Oh, knock it off Yakumo! I just met her and besides she's way too serious! She needs to lay back more!" Yakumo gave a smug little grin and said "Sure she is…..I know what you're thinking." Nanashi then turned back to his skin color and said in an angry whisper
"I don't even know her name Yakumo! So before you start teasing me think about…" he was interrupted when the girl said out of nowhere
"Yuriko" Nanashi and Yakumo quickly looked at her and then Nanashi asked
"Huh, what?" and the girl simply responded
"My name, it's Yuriko" and she continued to lead the two boys through the tunnel. Yakumo resumed his smug grin and said in a playful, but tricky tone
"Well, you know now." Nanashi then punched him in the arm and said
"Shut up." After a while of following Yuriko down the tunnel they finally got to a gate, Yuriko knocked on it in a strange pattern and the doors opened and inside was a giant community of people walking around, buying things in the shops and minding their own business.
"Wow, look at this place!" said Yakumo with excitement "This place is much higher class than our village wouldn't you say Nanashi?" Nanashi observed the village's surroundings. It seemed to look like it was underground; there was some kind of crystal that was providing all the light from the ceiling of the cave and in the area they were in, there were many shops and restaurants all over the place.
"Welcome to our village, the crystal village." Said Yuriko with a smile. She then grabbed Nanashi's arm again and said
"I'll now take you to the one you need to see, core drill bearer" Nanashi sighed and said
"Don't call me that! My name is Nanashi and that crazy mechanic over there is Yakumo!" Yuriko smiled again and said
"Okay nice to meet you Nanashi, Yakumo. Now let's go I'll lead you to him." Yakumo butted in and said "Is the one we're going to meet gonna be Leeron, because that would be so cool?" Nanashi looked at the glimmer in Yakumo's eyes and said
"What's the big deal? Do you know him or something?" Yakumo glared at Nanashi and then grabbed him from Yuriko and said
"You really have never paid attention in history class have you? Leeron was the mechanic for team Gurren and I've always wanted to be as good at being a mechanic as he was." Yuriko interrupted him by saying
"Leeron left awhile ago with Diayaka and his family, but there is someone else from team Gurren who you're about to meet" Yuriko grabbed Nanashi a third time and brought him and Yakumo to a small cabin in the village. She opened the door and inside in the dark, sitting on a chair was a looming figure. As the light hit him Nanashi noticed that he had long blonde-like hair color, including a small beard, bright yellow eyes, big furry hands that appeared to have claws and fangs that looked like they could pierce bone themselves.
"Yuriko….." said the weird figure "Who are two boys and why have you brought them here?" he said in a raspy voice.
"Forgive me Viral, but you need to meet this boy in particular, he bears the core drill around his neck." Yuriko said to the figure named Viral. Viral stood up and walk towards Nanashi, examining his stature. He then grabbed Nanashi by the arm with one hand and grabbed the core drill with the other and yelled "Where did you get this?! Answer me child!" Nanashi responded in a terrified way
"I-I-I found it in a lake while fishing." And suddenly there was a loud bang outside the cave and Yakumo, Nanashi, Yuriko, and Viral all rushed outside to see what was going on.