I destroy worlds... and create them.. anew...

Lelouch remembered his last words. He then opened his eyes.

"What is this! I should be dead!" He thought to himself. He realized he was in the world of C. It looked strangely different to what he remembered, not having been back there since the death of his parents. He was laying down in a huge field, near a garden. He could see a big blue sky, filled with clouds. He stood up, trying to make sense of his surroundings. "Is there where we go, after we die?". "You could say that, yes."
He turned around to see a woman with an remarkable resemblance to C.C. However in place of those golden eyes he had come to admire were bright purple eyes similar to his own. She has black hair that had purple ends, truly a colour combination that wouldn't be available in his world. In her eyes you could see the wisdom and she shared that same bored expression that C.C had always worn.

"Who are you?" He asked with a puzzled expression.

"What am I, or we are is the collective consciousness of the Universe. I think that falls into your terminology. We intervene in the Evolution of Universe." The strange lady replied back to him.

"Why can I still feel the pain in my chest? Shouldn't I not feel pain if I'm truly dead?" Lelouch asked, while clutching his chest.

"You are many things Lelouch Vi Britannia, but dead is not one of them" she said sternly.

"I was supposed to finally atone for all the sins I've committed. All the death I've brought to the world."

"You think that by dying you can really atone for your sins? We have decided that for you to actually atone for what you've done, it will take far more effort than simply dying."

Lelouch was taken aback at this. "Far more effort?" He thought to himself.

"Yes. You will be sent back to the time of your greatest failure. The massacre of the Japanese by your sister. You will be given the task of not becoming the demon emperor that the world hates, but the truly just and kind emperor that the world can love. A symbol of hope and justice that the world will rally behind." She replied to his thoughts.

Lelouch frowned at this. "But I finally put a true noble and kind empress in charge! Alongside several people that will make sure nothing ever happens like that again!"

"Are you really that foolish, or are you just stupidly stubborn? We see all of time in every dimension and your peace will undeniably break down eventually. Your sister is truly a kind soul but for the enemy that is to come, they need a true cunning leader and symbol of hope and justice." He looked startled, wondering what this 'enemy' to come would be.

"We will send you back into a dimension where you didn't miscalculate at Narita. So you also don't have to bear the sin of your friend's dad death on your shoulders as well. I hope this will help keep your strength for what is to come. We will also allow you to awaken people's memories of the old timeline. This can only be done to three people however, so make sure you choose wisely.

"How will I be able to awaken them?" Lelouch asked, finally opening up to this new situation.

"You must look into their eyes with your geass and speak the words 'memento mei'. Speaking your geass, we have removed all limitations on it. It can now be used more than once, and it can not go out of control. This is to prepare you for what is to come."

"I honestly don't feel like I deserve all of this! Undoing of all my mistakes, upgrading my powers, reuniting me with my loved ones.. " Lelouch said, almost on the verge of breaking down. The lady walked closer to him, putting her hand on his shoulder. She then turned him around where he could face the open sky. The clouds that were there before were completely gone now. The sky started to fill with what he could only describe as visions. Visions of what he could only imagine of the world in a different future. Visions of billions dead and tortured. Visions of the gentle world he tried to create never coming to existence so soon after he died.

"We are not just doing this for you, although we do view you favourably after you saved us from your father. We do this because you are the only person capable and willing to stop this horrible future from happening." The girl said as she turned to face Lelouch. He crouched down, wanting to get some reprieve while he tried to make sense of all this.

"We are now done here. You know the task that is in front of you. Bring true peace to the world and build your strength so you can fight the evil that is to come. Don't make the same mistakes you did in the past. Don't be so stubborn, and learn to trust in others more. Please remember that we are always here watching you, in C's world."

As soon as she said the last word, Lelouch's mind began to spin. His eyes fell shut.


Lelouch opened his eyes. He was back in his bed at Ashford Academy. C.C was beside him, stirring a bit. He smiled at her. 'It's so nice to see her again. I really regretted leaving her behind all alone' he muttered to himself. He got up and went straight to the bathroom, washing his face and rubbing his eyes. He could see the geass symbol clearly in left eye. "So I'm back .. and I have a lot of work to do." He quietly thought to himself. He slowly walked back to the bedroom, C.C now awake and sitting up in the middle of the bed.
"Going for a little potty break in the middle of the night, boy?" She smirked at him. Lelouch couldn't bear but smirk back as he replied to her comment. "I suppose you could say that witch. But could you do me a favour?"
"Like I've said before, gentlemen should sleep on the floor. I'm not going to be any doing any 'favours' for little boys like you." She replied back to him smugly. He was staring at her intently, while she started back. He then spoke two words in a language she hasn't heard in quite a long time. "Memento mei witch" he said quietly, eyes piercing into her brain. She gasped as the memories started to flood her brain.

Memories of a promise, of kisses, of love and admiration, and memories of complete and utter sadness. She couldn't hold back the tears that started forming. "I.. thought I was going to be alone again. I thought I lost you forever" she said as she tried to fight the tears that kept coming down. She jumped up and embraced him, pushing him deep into the bed. He looked deeply into her beautiful golden eyes. "I'm back. And I'm not going to leave you again." He said quietly. All she could do is smile at him, while pulling him closer and tightly. He held her as she wept silently, trying to comfort her the best he could, as she did for him so many times before in the past. After a while, she sat up. He realized what this meant and started explaining the situation to her.

"So you can awaken two more people huh? Let me guess.. Kallen and Suzaku?" She said with a slight chuckle.

"Kallen would be a good choice, but I'm not so sure about Suzaku. He really detested me after the whole 'Massacre Princess' thing. I don't want to make him relive those memories again."

"I see your point but you do want to work with him this time, yes? How are you planning to lure him to your side?"

"I was going to start with Euphy actually. She understands the world I want to create so if I can get her on my side, hopefully I can also lead Suzaku as well. So then I could save my last awakening just in case. Was there anyone you felt would actually side with me after the Zero Requiem?" Lelouch asked her in a stern tone.

"Tohdoh. Kallen told me he figured out at the same time she did. They understood what you were trying to do and actually treasured your memory greatly."

"What? They realized that Zero was actually Suzaku before he killed me? How long did it take them to figure it out?"

"As soon as he came running down the road dodging bullets."

"Wow."

"For some genius strategist, the 'Zero Requiem' was extremely lazy. Did you really think nobody would figure it out?"

"That doesn't matter now witch. What matters is how I'm going to fix my mistakes and bring peace to the world. First problem though, the SAZ."

"She did announce that today. That's interesting. How are you planning to handle it this time? Are you going to go with your original plan?"

Lelouch smiled at that last question.

"I got a couple of ideas."


"YOU BASTARD!" Kallen screamed right before she slapped him hard. Lelouch couldn't do nothing but smile, because he felt like he deserved this. "This is going exactly as I thought" He said in his head.
"I mourned you. Cried for you. AND NOW YOU SHOW UP HERE AND YOU GIVE ME BACK THESE MEMORIES!" Kallen kept shouting, although within Lelouch's soundproofed bedroom walls she could not be heard from the outside.

She tried to cool down, sitting down on the bed and holding her head. She sat there for a few minutes, trying to be thankful that the love of her life has finally 'returned' to her. He knelt down in front of her and started explaining the situation.

"So you're saying you were sent back as a punishment."

"Basically, yeah."

"Some punishment."

"You're telling me."

Kallen chuckled at this, and then looked down. "Lelouch."

"Yeah?"

"Why did you decide to awaken my memories?"

"You are my knight of zero, Kallen. One of the only true friends I had. I'm sorry I didn't explain everything the last time we met. I just couldn't let you die with me that day on the Ikaguara. I wanted you to have a chance to live in the new gentle world that we built."

Kallen actually smiled at this. She got up from the bed and pulled him up from the floor also.

"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth Lelouch. We will do it better this time around. I promise."

"Thanks, Kallen."

"You're going to have share him with me you know." C.C said sternly with a small smirk on her face as she entered the room with a fresh box of pizza. Kallen immediately blushed at this statement and turned away. C.C smiled knowing her teasing got through to the girl.

"As if." She said quietly.

"So what now Lelouch?" C.C asked, before chewing on some pizza.

"Time for us to start preparing for the months to come."