Guardian Angel
Here we go! This is my second (third, it was released the same time as Suzaku of the rebellion. Read it too.) story for Code Geass, and I pray that my awesome writing skillz will prevail in the creation of a fantastical work of art. So please enjoy: Gaurdian Angel.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or it's characters scenarios etc. does anyone ever read this?
Chapter 1: The guilt.
Screams. That was all he heard. The screaming girl who clutched her dear brother in a grip that not even Jeremiah could remove her from. It pained his heart to hear it. To hear her wracking sobs among the cheering people around him.
This was a time for celebration. The demon emperor Lelouch Vi Britannia, was dead. And he; under the guise of Zero. Had killed him. He long awaited the chance to avenge Euphimia's death. Lelouch knew this, and that is why Suzaku now stood before the people as the hero who saved the world.
But he did not feel like a hero. Suzaku felt only guilt. The same guilt that still haunted him from seven years ago. He was the only one in the world who truly understood what had really occurred today. Suzaku was no hero, the hero was Lelouch. And he felt the guilt that came from the name Lelouch Vi Britannia, who would forever go down in history as the one who slaughtered millions. His one and only friend, died to save the world. And here he was accepting that glory. Lelouch had become so infatuated with the character he fabricated that he regarded his own life as a tool to create the prefect ending. One where He would live in infamy. And Suzaku would live in guilt. As the crowd around him ceased to stop chanting:
"Zero, Zero, Zero, Zero, Zero, Zero..."
It was long after dark when the bruised and battered emperor of Britannia was finally removed from the scene of his demise. And in the comfort of the night the small group of people gathered to say their goodbyes to the catalyst of their future. And one by one the few who still paid respect to the late emperor left the royal cemetery where he was to soon be buried. Until, only the man wearing the mask of Zero remained. Unmoved from the stone coffin prepared for Lelouch hardly weeks ago.
"Well, I suppose this is goodbye. Lelouch."
Suzaku managed between tears, he was grateful that no one else was around, as he was finally able to rip off that cursed mask stained with the blood of the one laying in front of him.
"I-I'm so sorry. That...you, sacrificed more then just your life, but your very legacy!" Suzaku stopped himself, he couldn't keep a calm face, the pain was too much for him.
"Why?!" He whaled. "Why does everyone I care about die?!" He pounded the side of the coffin, sinking to his knees.
"And I get left behind..." Suzaku buried his face in his arms. Staining the black cloak he dawned with more then just crimson flakes. "I spent all my time hating you. Every second I thought of you, I only remembered my hate for Euphie's murderer." Suzaku convulsed, raising his head to witness the testament of his actions.
"I never realized the truth. Even to the bitter end, you lied to those around you. Even to me, you lied to insure you left behind only peace, that I would finally be satisfied in vengeance." He wiped away the streams of tears on his face so he could properly see.
"But that didn't work out the way you wanted it to Lelouch." He smiled, a bitter expression that lacked any light in it.
"I learned the truth. You only ever desired to create peace." Suzaku broke into a fit again. "And now your dead. And I never got to forgive you."
Suzaku laid over the tomb, "goodbye. Lelouch." Suzaku grasped Lelouch's hand in a farewell gesture, when something inexplicable happened.
Every one of Suzaku's senses were overwhelmed by a fierce light that brought him to a world unlike any other. He was brought to the world of C. The last gift Lelouch was able to give; even if he had no idea he possessed it in the first place.
"What's going on?" Suzaku whipped his head around, taking notice that his surroundings resembled that of the Ragnarok, minus the sword itself.
"This is the world of C. You've been here before." The one who answered Suzaku's question walked up the steps of the sword of Akasha. His slender figure one Suzaku recognized.
"Lelouch?!" Suzaku exclaimed in disbelief at the ghost in front of him.
"I am the collective unconscious. I took this form because it is one you would recognize." The figure explained as he reached Suzaku in the middle of the highest platform. He continued "Suzaku Kururugi, fate has not done you well has it? One like you who only ever wanted to fix the world. And it destroyed you for it." The young man who resembled Lelouch circled around behind Suzaku.
"But in the end you fought those odds. You changed the world. But at what cost?" He stopped, as if to ponder his own question.
"I contain the thoughts of Lelouch Vi Britannia. The one who saved God. I am in debt to him for it, but I know more then he himself that he would not accept any gift I have to offer him." The collective unconscious finally retuned back to face Suzaku.
"You however, have reason to change the past, Lelouch may be satisfied with the life he left, but are you satisfied with the life he left you?"
Suzaku was puzzled by the riddles this man spoke, change the past?
"So, Suzaku, I propose a deal." The late emperor leaned in till he was just inches from Suzaku, who realized the one in front of him was not breathing.
"You want to change the past, I will give you the opportunity to do so. The chance to save those you love, the countless innocent lives that were lost...and the one who died by your own hand." He leaned back to a normal position.
"In exchange for saving my life. I will give Lelouch the best chance at redemption he has. You. To act as his moral compass, his sword and shield. His guardian angel."
The chance to change everything? To turn back the hands of fate. This was in fact the one thing Suzaku had been yearning for. But doing this would declare Lelouch's sacrifice null and void...
To give him the opportunity for so much more. That much he knew Lelouch deserved.
Suzaku looked the collective conscious in the eye, his resolve firm for the first time in a long time.
"I accept the terms of your contract!"
Intro chapter complete!
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