Hello guys JAG03 over here. I wrote this story well because I wanted to try something out guys, I wanted to create and OC and put him into the world of Code Geass because well I like Code Geass and HELL YEAH SEASON 3! Which I am praying is not going to be shit. Well this story is and like all my other stories will be updated when the urge to write it hits me. I write when writing feels fun and all if you get my drift also where I live Shadows of War will be coming out in like less than a week so yeah all updates might be real Slow. I also got the Gundam VS game form PS4 which is rather good, though it could be a whole lot better. But enough about me onto the story at hand folks!
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Area 11
The invasion of Area 11 formerly known as Japan had not taken long, especially since the suicide of its Prime Minister. But now in the midst of the carnage and destruction that had been wrought four children made their way through the country side. One was a boy of black hair and purple eyes of Britannia descent, the other was a boy with brown hair and green eyes. There was a girl with with sandy brown hair who was being carried by another boy with greyish blue hair with emerald green eyes.
They came to a halt now close to a bamboo thicket as the boy with the greyish blue hair said "We need to split."
The black haired boy turned and asked him "What, there is no way we can split up now, not after all that we have been through."
The greyish blue haired boy turned his gaze to the brown haired boy before he stated "You know it to, we are being hunted."
The brown haired boy gave a slow nod "Yes we are, but they are not very good at it."
In response to this the black haired boy asked "Wait we are being what, how long have you know this for?"
To this the greyish blue haired boy replied "A few hours perhaps more, I thought they were just another group, but there seems to be at least five of them actively following us."
This was not a good situation, five men possibly armed and possibly looking to kill them. There might be an off chance that they were friendly, but in a situation like this one cannot take risks like that. If they stayed as they were, those men might catch up to them and take them by surprise or when they were sleeping. It could not come to that so now the greyish blue haired boy said "One of us will have to run decoy."
The black haired boy was the first to speak saying "I'll run decoy then, you guys get Nunnally to safety."
Nunnally the little girl on the back of the greyish blue haired boy physically winced when she heard her brother offering to do something like this. But the offer itself was shot down by the brown haired boy saying "If you do that they will find you can kill you, I'll run decoy, I have a better chance of surviving."
The two boys were about to argue over that when the greyish blue haired boy told them "Of course I will be the decoy, Suzaku while your offer is selfless, my duty and honour as their knight comes first, I will run decoy and if I can I will meet up with you later, but don't wait for me."
He now handed the young girl over to Suzaku the brown haired boy as he said "Get them out of here safely, get them to where they need to be, I charge you with this Kururugi.
Suzaku in reply to that took Nunnally from the greyish blue haired boy saying "I will not fail you, remember us fondly when you are with your father and your ancestors."
Replying to Suzaku the boy stated "I have no intentions of just leading them on a merry chase, I will show them the true way of the warrior, just like my father!"
Nunnally now spoke saying "No you can't leave us, if you do we won't be able to go on like we have, we need you, we all need to come out of this, you can't do this if you do you will die?"
She said this in tears now as the boy prepared to go his separate ways, the boy ignored her cries and said "Enter the Bamboo thicket with me, then exited quickly, stay low and I'll do the rest."
He knew that if he had let her speak, she would convince him to stay, there were some things in life he could not do. One of those was if he let her speak for to long, he could not refuse her and right now that was not truly and option for him to take
So now as Nunnally was about to say something again, but the boy put a finger over her lips and said "It is my duty to sacrifice myself if need be for the your sake and the sake of your brother, if I have to die, I will do so willingly if it gives you a chance, it is the duty of the to allow the flower to bloom, it is the duty of the flower and fall to the wind."
Now standing up as they prepared to enter the Bamboo thicket he spoke to them one final time saying "I have said my goodbyes, farewell my friends."
With that the entered the Bamboo thicket and then separated out from each other, the greyish blue haired boy knew he had to set up traps and he had a limited amount of time to do it. In, the real question was how many of them were actually going to come after them, was it five or did they have more men than that?
Were they Britannian or Japanese or someone else, were they really after them or not? If the Invasion had taught this boy one thing it was not to take chances with people, especially armed men and women. To him right here and now there was no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt and he was to be judge, jury and executioner.
The boy knew though that if he was going to do anything he would have to keep low and be quick on his feet. Now as he prepared what primitive traps he could, he did have a small sword with him a Tantō on him, his Tantō. While most would lament at having such a short blade, in the Bamboo thicket, it could be used more effectively, no need to worry about a blow hitting the bamboo instead of its target.
But that at this stage was all theory, if he failed here, if they killed them, they might be able to catch up to Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunnally. If that was the case, he would have died in vain and that was one thing he knew he could not do.
No if he was to die here in the place he would have it be such an end that it could rival the stories of old. More specifically the story of Yorozu from the Nihon Shoki told in the section on Emperor Sushun. Now as he finished readying the traps that he could muster he said mantra of sorts to himself and that was. "I wanted to show my bravery!"
Two Weeks Later
Emperor Charles zi Britannia looked at the child that had been brought before him, the boy in question was restrained by a straight jacket. His skin was worn and dirty, his hair a mess and his eyes showed that he was feral.
After a few moments of silence Emperor Charles asked the Knight of One "Where did you find him?"
Bismark Waldstien in reply stated "About two weeks after the invasion, we discovered that it was him in the bamboo thicket.'
Charles raised an eyebrow at that before he asked "Just how many men were lost in this bamboo thicket?"
Bismark shifted uncomfortably before he answered "From our own troops the casualties could be from 50 to 100 if not more, we are not sure and as of right now we don't know about the Elevens, your majesty."
Charles now chose to ask a different question "Was he with anyone?"
To this Bismark replied "No he was alone and as of yet, we are unable to find any corpses or skeletons of children, your majesty."
Charles took note of that before he now looked the boy in the eyes and then smirked as he stated "He did not kill them, if he's alive they are too."
Bismark gave his Emperor a bow as he asked "What of the boy, your majesty?"
This boy though he was only a child of nine years still had a duty to his country a duty that none could say he accomplished or failed, well none save the Emperor himself.
The Emperor raised an eyebrow at his old friend before he questioned the Knight of One "Are you concerned for his safety, to you feel attachment to him because he is what is left of your nephew?"
Bismark shifted once more, there was no correct answer to that, but before he could open his mouth his Emperor stated to him plainly. "If he is alive, the two of them are alive, I have no doubts about that."
But that did not answer the question Bismark has asked of Emperor Charles, what was to be done with the boy, his nephew. Charles once more gazed into the boy's eyes, Bismark was half afraid that the child would be geassed then and there, but that did not occur. No instead Emperor Charles zi Britannia stated "As a Special favour to you as Knight of One, I shall leave this child in your care."
Before Bismark could thank his Emperor, Charles continued on saying "I do believe that his father died in the invasion didn't he, it is not unknown to me that he was an Eleven or rather formerly Japanese Nobility."
Bismark did not know what to say, what could he say to the Emperor about this, all of it was true. The marriage between his sister and Nobushige Sanada was an alliance that allowed his family to gain access to Sakuradite in Japan. Since Japan was now Area 11, that was no longer valid, though the husband did die leaving behind a widow and three children.
The Emperor now asked "Tell me Bismark, he was the only one with his father during the invasion?"
To this Bismark gave a curt nod as he replied "Yes your majesty, he was the only one in Area Eleven during the invasion."
Emperor Charles now asked his final question "Do you believe that he would simply accept his mother's new marriage and take on that name."
To this Bismark knew the answer and answered it honestly even though it may cost him the life of his nephew. So now he said honestly "No your majesty, he is too proud of his heritage to do that, he would not accept her as his mother nor would he accept his siblings if they did so, he would fight against it with all that he had and then some, even if it cost him is life."
Charles raised an eyebrow at that, but then began to laugh, his laughter boomed in the empty room and echoed unsettlingly. Even as the Emperor stopped the laughter continued to echo as Charles said "Then he deserves to live, anyone who is willing to resist to never surrender is worth keeping. He'll have to live under your name though, but I am sure that is preferable to his Step Father's."
Bismark did now voice is one concern over this and it was "Your Majesty, if I may ask you, do you believe that he will become a threat to Britannia, his loyalties after all lie with your son."
Charles now grinned as he replied "Of that I have no doubt, Lelouch is more like me than he is like anyone else, Lelouch survived the invasion I'm sure of that. Your nephew, he is the same to my son as you are to me, there is no doubt about it, though he would never admit to such a parallel."
Bismark was about to admit that was true was well but Emperor Charles said "I'm not going to use him to bait Lelouch and bring him back into the fold, I sent him away for a reason, even if he never learns of it."
Bismark was about to ask if the Emperor was going to rewrite any of his nephews memories? But on such a subject Emperor Charles zi Britannia remained silent on such a manner. But Bismark knew that his Emperor did not believe in charity, such actions would have to be paid for even if it was a special favour to the Knight of One.
Now Emperor Charles said to Bismark Waldstein "I want numbers Bismark, the number of bodies you can attribute to your nephew from that bamboo thicket."
Bismark for his part was not sure if the Emperor was doing this to screw with him or if he was interested in how many people might have died in there. Bismark now said "Your Majesty, we have no way of knowing whom my nephew killed and which of them killed each other, there were bodies of Area 11's former defence force."
The Emperor now said "Then find out if anyone of them were not killed with bullets and then come back to me."
Bismark knew that if the Emperor wanted him to do something he had to do it. So now he would have to contact the people he had on the scene to do the clean up and verify what he could from there. So now as he gave a gracious bow he said "As you wish your majesty" and move to exited the room.
Leaving his nephew alone with the Emperor who now looked at the boy and asked him "Can you speak, is there any part of you that can still be considered human?"
He just gazed at the Emperor with eyes that told the man whom ruled Britannia that the boy wanted to kill him. Though Emperor Charles was unsure if that was desire or instinct he saw in the boys eyes right now, but he could respect the lack of fear that he saw in them.
Emperor Charles zi Britannia was not a small man by any standard nor did he look weak at all. Tall, strong, imposing, intimidating and powerful were more of the vibes he'd give someone. But right now this child was one of the few people in the entire world who could look Charles in the eye and not feel fear.
Chuckling deeply now at the restrained boy he said to him "Perhaps there is something we can salvage from you after all."
Seven Years Later
Nanteleod Aurelianus Khushrenada Waldstein stepped out of his car and into Ashford Academy, it was his first day back in Area 11 since it was invaded. He did not say it openly but it was good to be back after all these years that he had been stuck in Pendragon. He now surveyed the area in front of him, it was filled with Students going about their business as usual.
He had arrive a little early, but that was to compensate for the fact that he did not know where to sign in. While he did know where the Head Office is the Principle in his letter had said that he was to meet his grand daughter Milly Ashford. She would handle his transfer to their academy and so on so forth, Nanteleod was rather eager to get this done. It meant that he would officially be part of Ashford Academy and also would be the beginning of his independence from his Uncle whom he had to rely on for so long.
He had been rather surprised that his Uncle let him off the leash as it was. After all the years that his Uncle had acted as his adopted father, he was sure that the Knight of One would not have just let him go like this. But he had inherited is rightful inheritance at the specified age of 16 and his Uncle decided that it was time for him to get a taste of the real world. The condition though for him going was that he only keep the last name of Waldstein and not attempt to change it.
But now he decided that he had to at least find out where this Milly was at. So now with grace Nanteleod waylaid a group of students and asked them "Excuse me, could and of you be kind enough to tell me where I could find a Miss Milly Ashford?"
The polite tone that Nanteleod spoke with and the every to noble way he presented himself obviously caused the students to pause. There were a group of two guys and four girls and all of them just stared at Nanteleod for a moment. But then was it out of bravery or was it out of the desire to show off to the four girls with him, one of the boys managed to speak saying "Ah, yeah um, Milly would be at the Student Council Building."
Nanteleod followed this up by asking "And good sir, could you possibly direct me to where this building could be?"
One of the girls now eagerly volunteered saying "Oh I can, don't worry guys I'll catch up to you!"
The other three girls had looks of both dismay and disappointment on their faces while the guys did not look to happy either. But Nanteleod turned on the charm when he spoke to her "Oh there is no need for that Miss, your directions is more than I deserve."
He said this knowing full well that she would insist that she accompany him now. Nanteleod did have to admit that it was rather amusing to see the jealous looks on her fellow students faces now as she said "Oh no, we should set a good example for our new students, please let me show you."
He would refuse one more time in order to get her to assert herself or give up, a test of character as it were. To see if she would persist despite resistance and the judgement of her peers and this girl did prove that if someone wants something their peers don't mean anything to them.
For now she said to Nanteleod "Oh no worry at all, believe me it would be my pleasure to assist you."
In response to that all Nanteleod said to her was "Then by all means lead the way Miss?"
Nanteleod let that hang there for a moment, indicating to the young light purple haired girl to say her name. She did pick up on this saying "Sophie, Sophie Wood and its a pleasure to make your acquaintance Mr?"
To this Nanteleod gave a rather handsome smile as he said "Nanteleod, Nanteleod Aurelianus Khushrenada Waldstein."
Sophie Wood as it were now said "That is a nice name, may I call you Nanteleod, are you relative of the Knight of One Ser Bismark Waldstein?"
Now as Sophie began to lead the way to where Milly Ashford was supposed to be, Nanteleod gave a chuckle before he replied to Sophie. Still smiling at her Nanteleod said "Ah yes you can say that I am relative of his, he is my Uncle and I have lived the last handful or more years with him."
She now beamed at him after he said this, of course anyone claiming to have been around the Knight of One would get this reaction. But to Nanteleod she seemed to be taking a lot on trust since for all she knew he could be lying to her. He wasn't lying but that was not the point of why he now noted that Sophie Wood was either gullible or ready to believe anything a handsome and polite stranger would say.
Now Sophie lead him to a rather large building for a school that did not seem to be classrooms. Now as Nanteleod gazed up at it, Sophie told him "This is the Student Council Building, my Roomate Shirey should be inside, she can help you get to Milly."
Now Sophie went up and opened the door calling out "Hey Shirley are you guys in here, I have a Nanteleod here who has just come here to be a new student and has to see Milly."
Nanteleod now heard a reply coming from inside the building saying "What, a new student, Miss President said that we would have one but they were to arrive tomorrow, wait is he here with you now?!"
To this Nanteleod chose to step up and said "Thank you for your help Miss Wood, you have my gratitude for this, but I do believe that I may have to handle this miscommunication."
Sophie Wood did seem a little reluctant to go, but she did leave after Nanteleod winked at her. Now as he opened the door he saw a somewhat average height young lady with long bright orange hair and yellow with a mix of green eyes. Nanteleod now looked at her and said "Miss Shirley, I do believe there has been a mix up but today was the day that I was scheduled to arrive here."
This Shirley looked a little taken a back, it probably had to do with Nanteleod's appearance and the fact that while he was polite. His tone did tell anyone with enough intellect to understand it, he was in no mood for games. Shirley for her part did seem to pick up on this and called out "Hey Rivalz do you know where Madame President is?"
To this there came no reply and Shirley now looked at Nanteleod and bowed deeply before saying "Oh I am so sorry, I'll just go and find here, please wait here."
Nanteleod gave a nod now as Shirley rushed off up the stairs and turning down a corridor. If he had to go off first impressions, Nanteleod would not be impressed with the Student Council of Ashford Academy. But he was not going to judge books by their cover or how well they held up in a storm. No you judge a book based on its contents above all else, but only sometimes do you get to see the contents of the book.
So now as he waited Nanteleod just stood their politely and stoically waiting for someone to appear. Yet he now saw someone he did not expect and he had it took all of his discipline to hold back any tears that he may have had. It also took that same willpower to hold back himself from calling out her name to her, if he did so he might raise the suspicions of people and then, well that was not something he wished to do.
So now as a sandy haired girl was wheeled out in front of him in a wheel chair by a maid. Nanteleod did his best to say nothing to them except a simply greeting. His voice was broken so he did not have to worry about her picking up on who he was too soon. But he could not risk talking too much with her or else she might figure out who he is and being blind she may say the wrong thing at the wrong time. So now with all this in mind Nanteleod simply said to her and the maid "Good day to you."
With Milly
Milly had not be sure what to expect when Shirley burst into the kitchen telling her that a new student by the name of Nanteleod. Now that name was not common at all and it did match with the name of a new student whom her Grandfather had asked to deal with the transfer work. She had not been told why, just that her Grandfather had said to do it. Nanteleod had a long name, four to be frank and from what Milly knew of Britannia hierarchy, he was not a commoner.
But now he was here a whole day earlier than she had expected, a clerical error, it had to be. But whose fault it was, Milly now came and saw that Nanteleod was waiting for her. But he was not alone, in fact Nunnally was there with Sayoko speaking to him. He seemed to be speaking with her rather kindly and was in fact very polite and let her speak to him at length about some things.
So now as Milly cleared her throat she recalled the name she had seen and did her best to pronounce it stating "Ah Nanteleod Aurelinaus Khushrenada Waldstein, I'm sorry about this mix up and that you had to wait, we were expecting you tomorrow not today."
In response to this, Milly saw Nanteleod's emerald green eyes turned away from Nunnally and onto Milly in an almost unnerving way. Then so did his head and the rest of his body as he said "Ah Miss Milly Ashford, yes I am Nanteleod at your service, it must have been some clerical error that cause this mix up I'm sure."
Milly did not let the charm that came with those words effect her as she now said "Yes that I am sure, please come with me, I'll take you to the head office and we can handle your transfer from there."
Nanteleod who had been standing all this time, did not seem put off by having to walk some more. But before he replied to Milly her turned to Nunnally and said to her "Well then Miss Nunnally, I will have to speak to you another time, for now farewell."
Milly saw and heard Nunnally give a giggle in response to that and say to Nanteleod "I guess we will, don't let Milly push you around too much though."
Milly wanted now to ask what was it that Nunnally and Nanteleod had been talking about before but now she was sure that it had to have been about her. Milly did not think she was eccentric, she only wished to live life to the fullest in the present. Now saying to Nunnally, Milly stated "Oh come on Nunnally, I am not pushy, isn't it a bit unfair to just tell someone that I am before he gets to know me."
To this Nunnally gave a giggle again but this time it could be taken as a little evil in a way as she replied "I don't know Milly, you are rather persistant when you want something aren't you?"
Rivalz who had also joined the scene asked "Hey have any of you guys seen Lelouch he bailed on me, when we were on the highway?"
Milly turned and spoke before Shirely could berate Rivalz for helping Lelouch go gambling. "I'm not sure Rivalz, he has not come back yet."
Shirley now added to this saying "Yeah Lulu also hanged up on me, when I called him before."
Milly was about to go off on a tangent before she recalled that they did have a stranger in the room who was meant to be a new Student at the Academy. So now before it could go any further she said "Nanteleod, please come with me."
Milly could see that Nanteleod was at least a little amused with the entire scene that had been before him but now he turned to her almost mechanically, saying "Sure thing, lead the Miss Ashford."
Later
After about one hour of paper work, signing forms and verifying identification it was official, Nanteleod was now a part of Ashford Academy. During the whole process Nanteleod had made sure to be polite and as cooperative as he could be during this time. Milly for her part might have been a bit flirtatious or rather more like teasing, but she had got the job done and for that Nanteleod was grateful.
One thing he was not grateful for was the for some reason he had been drafted to serve in the Ashford Academy Student Council by the decree of the all high and mighty Principle. Milly now offer her hand to him stating "As the Student Representative of Ashford Academy and the Student Council President, I hereby welcome you Nanteleod Aurelinaus Khushrenada Waldstein to Ashford Academy and the Student Council."
Nanteleod took her hand and now as the two of them shook hands he said "I look forward to our time together?"
Now as they both let go, Milly took in a deep breath before she said "Don't take this the wrong way, but I really hope you don't want me to call you Nanteleod Aurelinaus Khushrenada Waldstein every single time we speak?"
To this Nanteleod gave a slight chuckle before he said "Pick anyone of the four names to call me Miss Ashford, you can call me anyone one of them and I will answer anyone of them."
Nanteleod did not tell her that he disliked being called Waldstein and it could annoy him if you did so too often. But what could annoy Nanteleod was on a need to know basis only and no one needed to know. To his relief Milly said to him him "I think I'll call you Aurelinaus from time to time then, no hard feelings?"
To this Nanteleod gave a small chuckle before he smiled and gazed into Milly's eyes saying "None Miss Ashford, none at all, I assure you."
Milly now mad a frown before she said "Oh please call me Milly or Madame President, Miss Ashford sounds a little too formal don't you think?"
In reply to this Nanteleod gave a nod before he said "If that is what you wish Madame President."
If he had to complain about something so far, it would be the fact that he was not used to being casual around people or being treated casually. But he knew that he would have to leave some things behind in the homeland when he left it. The last 7 years of his life, he had to live with people who were so formal it was as if they had sticks up their arse, this was an alright change of pace for the moment.
So now as he head out of Ashford Academy he made his way over to the Student Council Building once more. While his mansion was being prepared elsewhere, he was to stay in Ashford Academy, but given his status as a Noble he was not going to stay in the regular dorms as a normal student. So he offered to find a good place close by to stay in the meantime.
Milly had seemed to agree with that all to readily, if he had to guess it would have something to do with Nunnally and Lelouch. He had heard that boy Rivalz say Lelouch and with Nunnally there it could not be a coincidence, not that Nanteleod believed in such things.
In any case Nanteleod knew that he had to make contact with Lelouch as soon as possible. He also knew that he had to be discreet about it, so not to attract attention. He was still unsure or not if his Uncle had him being watched. But just in case he needed to be cautious about this, he also needed to let Lelouch knew that he was still his friend and would not sell him or his sister out to the Empire, ever.
So guys how was it, I did try to do a lot of things but had to cut them since well, I had to first write up Nanteleod's character and all that then think up a backstory and everything, which I am yet to reveal the full extent of. I do hope you enjoy this chapter and look forward to more in the future. Should I do an opening song?
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