My first fan fiction, please don't be too harsh.

I own neither Code Geass nor Dante's Inferno. Each belong to their respective owners.

Chapter 1: Cheating Death

The crowd watched in awe and terror as the pronounced dead revolutionary, Zero, impaled the 99th emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire: Lelouch vi Britannia. Even as Zero retracted his blade, the crowd remained silent was Lelouch took two steps and then fell over and slid down to the lower part of his escort vehicle, sliding down next to his crippled sister Nunnaly, the same sister who he had in chains and intended to execute along with his step-brother Schneizel and the leading members of the Black Knights.

People would think that Emperor Lelouch would be furious in his final moments because of how quickly he was assassinated after he destroyed the only force capable of stopping him from taking over the world, but no, while few realized this, everything went according to Lelouch's plans. Lelouch would make himself the most hated person on Earth, a target for people to take their anger and sorrow out on and have Zero, who was actually his best friend, albeit a few backstabs from him, Suzaku Kururugi, kill him. Since Zero is a symbol of freedom amongst the people of Japan and the rest of the world, it would be perfect.

As Lelouch's view darkened he could hear Nunnaly scream "Big brother, I love you!"

'She always was a smart girl. Good job for figuring it out in the end Nunnaly.' Lelouch thought as his vision grew even darker. 'Guess it's time for me to go to C's World.' Lelouch thought as everything went black.

"Who are you kidding?!" A voice that, while sounding old and raspy, boomed with fear and terror as Lelouch suddenly sat straight up to see the source of this voice. However, Lelouch got preoccupied at the fact that it seems time has stopped, given how no one's moving or reacting to what's going on, and the fact he feels perfectly fine and puts his hand over where he was stabbed and while he felt blood, he did not feel any hole in his chest.

"How am I alive?" Lelouch said to himself as he saw a floating figure in black and ragged robes. His head appeared as a skull with glowing, yellow eyes. The robes showed the figures chest which was just its ribcage the only other part of his body that was visible were his hands which looked black with a human hand's skeleton placed on top of their respective hand. In his right hand Lelouch saw what looked like a scythe, but instead of just simply a long stick with a blade on top, the shaft looked like a very long spine with 2 upside down, demonic skulls on top of it with each one facing the opposite side the other one was facing. Slotted in between the two skulls was a metal gear with the scythe blade protruding from one of the sides of the gear. A truly menacing scythe indeed, especially for those who find themself on the wrong end of it.

"Sorry to disappoint you kid but you're not alive. You're a spirit, existing between the realm of the dead and the living also, in case you're wondering, while it looks like time stopped, it didn't actually, it's just that your time in the living world stopped, that's it."

"Thanks for the info. Anyway, I take it that you're Death here to take me to C's World?" Lelouch responded as he got up.

"Yes and no." Death replied, confusing Lelouch. "You see for most people, when they die, they go to C's world, which is better known as Heaven. However, for the especially bad souls, Attila the Hun and Judas to name a few, I come and take them to-"

"Hell." Lelouch said, interrupting Death. "I thought C's world was all there was, but apparently it's just Heaven so it's quite obvious that there would be a Hell given your statement. Very well then take me to Hell, I've got no regrets."

"Quite a brave mortal you are, but no. I'm not here to take your soul to Hell; I'm here to destroy it." Death said, much to Lelouch's surprise. "You see, your soul is practically over flowing with sins and my master would very much like to have it. However, you also have that supreme intellect that could easily cause a major blow to his plans, so he instructed me to destroy you when you die and get your woman as a concubine for him."

"My woman? Last time I checked I was still single." Lelouch said.

"But you are still close with that immortal witch of yours and I'm sure you two have feelings for one another. My master thought it would be a wonderful idea to make her his." Death responded.

"She's immortal, how do you expect to take her soul?" Lelouch asked, fearing for C.C.'s safety.

"Ah, you see there is actually a special rule in place. You have the right to take the soul of any mortal who still has their soul even after they were supposed to die. In other words, the soul of an immortal that has already died at least once is completely up for grabs by Heaven or Hell." Death said, enjoying the looking on Lelouch's face until he remembers his mission. "Well telling all of this to you won't change the fact you're going to be finding yourself to be non-existent very soon." Death said as the gear the blade of the scythe was attached to rotated until the blade was pointing up and thus turning the scythe into a spear. "Don't worry; my master will take very good carry for her." Death said as he pointed the spear towards Lelouch as he pulled his arm back with the blade still pointed at Lelouch as Death then shot his arm forward and even though his arm reached its full extension the blade kept going towards Lelouch, or more like the shaft stretched itself.

Lelouch somehow jumped out of the way and landed right next to where he was stabbed. A truly surprising jump, especially for one as weak and underdeveloped as Lelouch is, who was very surprised at how he performed this feat that only someone like Suzaku or Sayako could do. 'Seems like there are some benefits at being nothing but a dead man.' Lelouch thought as he saw the blade pierce through his escort vehicle and cut a few strands of hair off of Nunnaly's head who is still crying over where Lelouch's body was supposed to be. Lelouch then realized he needed to defend himself as he couldn't keep jumping around forever. 'Damn, where's a good weapon where you need one.' Lelouch thought to himself as he eyed the area as Death was aiming his spear for another attack.

"Give up mortal, you're time has come!" Death said as he launched his spear again. This time it was faster and Lelouch barely dodged and saw the spear impale the throne he sat on. Lelouch turned to see Death who, even though he had a skull for a head, was smiling at Lelouch's worry.

Lelouch then felt his hand come across something and turned to see that it was the sword that Zero/Suzaku and impaled him with. Without any hesitation, Lelouch pried Suzaku's fingers off of it and the moment he did, Lelouch quickly grabbed it pointed it at Death just as the spear finally retracted. "Sorry, but the only one who's gonna get destroyed here is you." Lelouch said while smirking only to see Death enraged.

"Foolish mortal, your time has come!" Death shouted as the spear went back into the shape of a scythe. He then made a diagonal cutting motion with it as the shaft part extended again. Lelouch jumped forward onto the ground in front of the escort vehicle just as the scythe cleaved a chunk of the upper part of the vehicle clean off, though it wasn't the part Suzaku was standing on or Lelouch would have heard a lot more than just pieces of the vehicle falling onto the street.

Lelouch then jumped forward to try to get a quick attack right off the bat, but Death quickly blocked it. In reaction to this block, Lelouch grabbed the scythe's shaft with his left hand to try to hold it in place, but Death easily sung the scythe even with Lelouch still holding onto it. Eventually, Lelouch lost his grip and was flung away, hitting a wall that was also the side of the street. Death suddenly appeared in front of Lelouch just as he was struggling to get up. Death then grabbed Lelouch by his neck and held him up. "You can't win this. Many have tried all have failed. Don't think you'll be able to win just because you're smarter than the others." Death said as his scythe made another transformation. This time though, the shaft seemed to have completely disappeared and Death was gripping the scythe by wear the demon like skulls are, making it look like a sword.

Just was Death pointed the sword at Lelouch, intending to impale him and thus destroy his soul, Lelouch said "Actually, I think I'm going to win because you're too arrogant." Lelouch then mustered up all his strength, and stabbed Death in his right arm and then his left. Death, completely caught off guard at this, howled in pain as he dropped both his scythe and Lelouch. Lelouch then quickly rolled to his left and grabbed the scythe before Death even had a chance to. Lelouch then stood up and took a small jump away from where Death was and took this chance to feel the scythe. Lelouch was quite surprised at how light this thing was and hypothesized that the scythe is designed for easy use for the wielder.

"Impossible!" Death said, completely upset over how his scythe was stolen from him. "Wretched mortal, you'll pay for that."

"Oh really?" Lelouch said with a coy smile as he threw his sword straight at Death who easily swatted it away, but was surprised that in the short second Death put his arm in front of his face to swat the sword away to the point where he swatted it away, Lelouch launched towards Death with the scythe in its spear form pointed right at Death. As the spear went straight through Death, he cried in agony, but Lelouch wasn't done yet. Once the entire blade went through Death, Lelouch had the scythe go back into scythe form, preventing Death from wiggling loose. Lelouch then proceeded into slamming Death into the walls and ground. After hitting Death against the ground for the umpteenth time, Lelouch pointed the scythe diagonally towards the ground and changed it back into its spear form. After Lelouch watched as Death slowly slid off the spear and onto the ground Lelouch said "Wow, looks like your near death." Lelouch said with a sadistic smile while liking the irony of his words.

Death, on the other hand, did not find this so amusing and was now terrified of Lelouch as this was the first time ever someone has stolen his scythe and beaten him up so much. "Back away!" Death said, his voice drenched in fear, but Lelouch just kept his sadistic smile and changed the scythe into its sword form. "Stop, I can help you!" Death said, trying to appease Lelouch.

Lelouch said nothing and grabbed death by his hood and pointed his sword directly and Death's head, with the blade only a few centimeters away from his face. "Oh really? In that case, could you help me get some information? To start off, who is your master." Lelouch said with a look that couldn't get any more serious.

"My-my master's name is Lucifer, the king of Hell." Death responded rather quickly, fearing for what Lelouch would do to him if he said nothing.

"Why did you say Lucifer desired my soul for its sins?"

"Lucifer gets stronger for every sinful soul that falls into Hell. The more sinful the soul, the power he gets from it."

"What does he intend to do with this power?"

"I-I don't know!"

"Why my soul specifically?"

"Lucifer kept a close eye on you since the day you got that power known as Geass which to higher beings is known as the Devil's Blessing and saw how you willingly committed so many sins and thought your soul would give him enough power to."

'Should've known that Geass was the work of the Devil given how unpredictable it can be.' Lelouch though then said. "Why destroy my soul then?"

"Lucifer realized that your intelligence and ability to move the people might cause a rebellion in Hell, trying to lead souls to over throw my master or escape Hell. Lucifer didn't want to take the chance and decided to have your soul destroyed instead."

"I see, last question: Where is the nearest entryway to Hell?"

"You're not seriously intending to go after that immortal, are you? It's foolhardy and-" Death tried to continue, but Lelouch brought the scythe sword only a few millimeters away from his face, making Death realize he should shut up.

"I'll be the one asking questions here. Now I'll repeat the question, where is the nearest entryway into Hell?" Lelouch said sternly.

"O-on an island! There's a temple there! People call it Kamine!"

'So Thought Elevators can be used not only to access C's World, but Hell as well.' Lelouch understood as he remembered how he and his father were taken to C's world from the Elevator. He then let go of Death and said with a smile "Good job."

Death was relieved at first but then looked in terror as Lelouch took a few steps back and turned the scythe into its spear form so the blade was once again in front of Death. "I thought you'd let me go if I answered your questions!" Death exclaimed as Lelouch pierced Death and lifted him into the air much to Death's dismay.

"Who, me?" Lelouch asked feigning an innocent face which then turned into a sadistic one. "I never said that, you just assumed." Lelouch said as he launched Death into the air and before he came down, Lelouch turned the spear into the scythe. "Just as Clovis' death was the first step to waging war towards Britannia, yours will be the first towards waging war against Hell!" Lelouch proclaimed as he swung his scythe down in perfect timing as it struck Death in the right shoulder as he was falling down. Death screamed in pain as the scythe cut deeper and deeper into him until Death was completely cut in half diagonally with the half without the head falling to the ground before the bones vaporized, leaving only the black cloth and the other half floated up and up until it disappeared in a flash of black light.

'Probably went to restore itself somewhere.' Lelouch thought before looking at the black cloth, the only visible remains of Death. Lelouch went to pick to up, but when he touched it, the black cloth came to life and itself around Lelouch, which stretched and expanded, soon completely covering Lelouch. As soon as Lelouch thought he'd suffocate, the black cloth disintegrated, Lelouch, confused of what just happened, decided to look at himself through one of the escort vehicle's side view mirrors and to his surprise, he saw himself in a new get-up. His pants and shoes don't seem to have changed all that much except for that now they're mainly black with purple lining. On his hands are apparently gloves that that only cover his palms, a third of the fingers, and half of his thumbs. On top of the gloves are skeleton hands that only show as much as the gloves cover. On his back seems to be some sort of holder for a spear which has been refitted to hold his scythe, much to Lelouch's satisfaction as he really didn't want to run around all of Hell with only one free hand. However, what really got Lelouch's attention was of the only thing that covered his chest and not much on that note either. It was a piece of red cloth that was sewn into his chest and was fashioned into a cross with the vertical bar in the middle of his chest going from waist to collar bone and instead of a horizontal bar was what looked like the geass sigil that went across the full with of his chest with the tips of them ending just below his armpits. Lelouch thought he looked very cool until he realized that there were pictures on the geass cross. There was a picture of him killing Clovis, killing Euphie, the landslide he caused at the battle at Narita, a picture of him 'ordering', albeit accidentally, Euphie to kill all Japanese, and many more. Lelouch fell to his knees as everything he felt during all of those moments came back to haunt him.

"Like what you see?" A voice said as a cloud of black smoke appeared, taking on the form of a man. "I especially made sure you knew what you were going to hell for."

Lelouch immediately regained his composure and stood up. "You must be Lucifer." Lelouch said.

"Bravo, you figured it out." Lucifer said mockingly. "I knew that since you were going to be going to Hell, I figured that you should be dressed for the occasion."

"Where's C.C.?" Lelouch demanded, not even bothering to respond to Lucifer's comment.

"Oh, do you mean my fiancé?" Lucifer asked as C.C. appeared however she was wearing a white gown, was much paler and didn't have the geass sigil marked on her forehead making Lelouch realize this was her soul.

"Please, don't come after me." C.C. said with a plain face. "I got my wish after all so I'm happy." C.C. added with a small smile.

"Liar." Lelouch said bluntly. "I know you wouldn't want to die like this after all I remember about what you said as your new reason to die.

Flashback: Church, before Lelouch's Death

"So this is where you were." Lelouch said as he entered the church, staring at C.C.

"What? Just because I'm a witch means I can't go to church." C.C. replied with a small smile.

"Can't say I've heard of any witch who has gone to church though." Lelouch said as he stood next to the C.C. as Suzaku closed the church doors, deciding they should be alone. "You're not gonna watch the finale?"

"I already know what's going to happen so it won't be fun."

"I see, well then, time to get this off my chest, sorry."

C.C. looked at Lelouch with eyes full of surprise. "For what? Last time I checked, you didn't commit many crimes against me, unless you did it while I was asleep." C.C. said with a suspicious, but mainly teasing gaze.

"No, I'm sorry I couldn't fulfill your wish." Lelouch said apologetically.

"Don't worry about it, besides while I still wish for death, I now have a new reason."

"What is it?"

"Secret."

Lelouch sighed and turned around before saying "Mysterious to the end. Got to admit, that's really one of your good traits C.C."

"Flatterer."

"Probably right." Lelouch said as he walked towards the door with his head held high, knowing full well what awaits him.

When Lelouch was at the door, C.C. said quietly "My new reason for dying is the fact that soon you'll die."

Lelouch turned around and said "Did you say something?"

"No."

"Must be hearing things then. Knowing your death is near really can cause one to go crazy apparently." Lelouch said as he turned back around and opened the door to where Suzaku was with a briefcase in hand which held the Zero suit.

Present

"So you did hear." C.C. said.

"Yes, now how exactly did you get acquainted with Lucifer?" Lelouch said with a menacing look directed at Lucifer.

"I'll answer that one." Lucifer said with a sadistic smile on his face.

Back at the Curch

As the church doors closed, C.C. found herself alone in the church and sighed. "Even if the reason changed, there is no way I can die if there's no one to take my code." C.C. said to herself.

"Perhaps I can help." A voice said as black smoke appeared taking the form of a male.

"And you are?" C.C. asked, highly suspicious.

"A man who can grant your wish."

"Doubt it."

"No, really! I can promise that your soul will go to the same place as Lelouch's soul."

"First, give me your name and tell me what you are."

"You can call me… Luke, I am a child of the holy father."

"Why does this sound too good to be true?"

"Because you have faced many hardships on your life's journey and He has taken pity on you. Now come, soon you'll see your darling Lelouch."

C.C., while suspicious, couldn't pass up such an offer, said "Alright, deal." The moment C.C. said that, she suddenly felt lighter and saw her body on the ground as it slowly faded away. "That's all it took?" C.C. asked as she saw her skin was almost completely white and she was wearing a white gown.

"Yes, you stupid woman, and now you're mine." Luke said as black smoke appeared and wrapped itself around C.C. as both Luke and C.C. vanished.

Present

"Still can't believe I didn't see a connection, Luke, Lucifer, making deals, black smoke… I was a fool." C.C. complained.

"Yes and it was quite touching how she, a woman with over a millennia's worth of experience, would carelessly accept an offer just so she can be with you." Lucifer said while he put his arm around C.C.'s waist and pulled her closer to him.

"Let her go!" Lelouch snarled.

"I don't see why, but if manage to get to my throne room, maybe I'll think about it." Lucifer said as he laughed evilly as he and C.C. vanished in a puff of black smoke.

"I'll find you C.C. I swear!" Lelouch said as he raced off towards the docks near Kamine Island.

Please review, I want to know if I should continue and see if I can improve myself.