Greetings, this is your lord and master Pyrasius, The king of Rejects speaking. I have not written seriously in a few years and with writing like any skill, if you don't do it enough you get worse at it. Like a knife without an edge, the potential is still there but it needs to be sharpened out. So with that in mind this story may not be all that great but I've given it my best effort and I will continue to in every following chapter. If you want me to write more please tell me I'll probably do it anyway but your motivation will help me to get focused, work harder, and not procrastinate. If you dislike my work I only ask that you tell me why constructively you know don't just rages give me realistic things to improve on. Finally as usual Code Geass is not mine(but Kallen totally is) and I hope you enjoy my fictional continuation of it.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

(scene change)

The zero requiem was completed, and in that moment the code Lelouch stole from his father activated just as planned. As he lie there playing dead Lelouch watched through barely open eyes as everything he had worked for finally began to unfold. "Even if it is only a temporary solution at last there will be peace" he thought as he slipped into unconsciousness. As the crowd exploded and all of the prisoners were freed Suzaku carried his best friend away and reunited him with C.C.

"C.C., take him far away to somewhere quiet and don't let him involve himself in these things anymore after sacrificing so much he deserves to live happily in the peace he helped us to create."

"And what about you Suzaku Kururugi? He might have given you geass but do you actually believe that you can replace him as zero so easily?"

"No I don't but it is my responsibility to try, this is my burden to bare now."

"Ahhh your ridiculous sense of honor still manages to amuse me" C.C sighed with the usual hint of amusement, but then a more serious look colored her face as she spoke "farewell Suzaku Kururugi."

"Goodbye C.C." said Suzaku truly believing this would be the last time he ever saw the two of them.

And so Suzaku continued this way into a state brooding self-torcher and Lelouch has gone off to be a cart driver for an orange plantation.

As Lelouch and C.C. were returning from selling a season's worth of their oranges C.C. lay lazily in the back, thoughtful about the past.

"I said that geass was the power of the king which would condemn you to a life of solitude humph I think maybe that's not quite correct, right Lelouch?" C.C mused

This brought a smile to the king's face "Well now that neither of us can die I suppose that I've been condemned to life with you, forever" he said jokingly

"Don't say it like it's such a bad thing." She chided with mock sadness

"Well even if you can be annoying I do admittedly enjoy the mutual benefits of our predicament." He said with a smirk

"Oh yes im sure this is so much better than ruling the world."

"You knew from the start that wasn't going to last."

"Yes yes but I still miss that palace they served such fine pizza."

"Well this life is still nice enough for me you really are too easily attached to things." Chuckling a little about the pizza reference

*sigh* "I guess you'll never change"

(At the plantation)

As they rode back in Jeremiah approached to greet them

"Welcome back my lord, I take it we made another successful sale?"

"you do know it's no longer necessary to call me that right Jeremiah?" Lelouch" but yes we made enough to continue to the next phase I guess, catch"

Lelouch threw a bag of money towards him

"very good I have finally located the man you have been searching for he is waiting for you inside"

"then let us not keep him waiting any longer, come on Catherine(name I decided to give C.C.)"

They began their approach towards the small house that was now C.C. and his home. Inside a man was waiting he had white hair and orange eyes and was wearing tattered robes that showed that he traveled frequently and was shifting around uncomfortably in his chair.

"you, are you the one they call Ember?" Lelouch began questioningly

"I am" he said quietly

"and can you truly lead us to the archives?" C.C. spoke up

"if you have the proper scriptures I can"

"very good than I guess it won't be long before we can began preparations, Jeremiah see this man to one of the guest shacks and give him copies of the scriptures we recovered "

"at once my lord" he responded and led Ember through the fields of orange trees

"I wonder if he will ever stop calling me that, well it is kind of nice I guess"

"so why are we doing this if the zero requiem was successfully complete" C.C. interrupted his thought

"Simple the zero requiem was only one part of the plan, a reset button so to speak but evil will always exist in the hearts of men and there will be a time in the future when Suzaku and the black knights can no longer fight it alone. So before that time comes I must regain my geass"

"well we can't do any of that right now so come to bed" C.C said with a slightly seductive tone

"I don't think that will be a problem for at least a week" Lelouch remarked as he closed the bed room door

(the next day)

When Lelouch finally awoke he dressed himself and went to check on Ember. As soon as he opened the door to Embers room he saw the scriptures and texts of the order he had recovered spread out everywhere with him at the center

"you work quickly" he commented

"yes yes quickly in your eyes but this is only the beginning"

"As long as you are able to produce results nothing else really matters, how long do you think this will take you"

"eight to ten days, pretty quick for finding a lost archive of a dead religion don't you think?"

"well I can't argue there" Lelouch couldn't help but show a small smile "especially because I killed that religion" he then continued "I'll just leave you to your work then" and headed back to his house "ten days, ten days and I will receive my geass once again"

(Traveling to the archives 9 days later)

"Hey Lelouch how do you know we can trust this guy he's giving me the creeps?" asked one of the members of Lelouch's local expedition team

"he has no reason to betray us and I am keeping an eye on him well be fine we just need to find the codex spread out and search for it everybody"

Everyone quickly dispersed in different directions leaving only Lelouch and Ember

"shall we search for it too Ember?" asked Lelouch knowing he would most likely lead him directly to it

"yes of cores" he said and began leading Lelouch through the maze of marble"

They searched in silence for a while until C.C. caught up

*Yawn* "Lelouch do you even know what you're searching for"

"the holy codex of geass" Ember spoke up in his usual quiet raspy way "the tome which contains all knowledge pertaining to geass including the only method for a code bearer such as yourself to regain the power of the king"

"yes that is correct now tell me how did you know about my code"

"I once attained the ability to sense geass users and code bearers as well as the nature in which the geass manifests to some degree, this ability has faded over time to some degree but I still know a code bearer when im in the presence of one"

"I see, are we near"

"yes the room should be just beyond that wall"

Lelouch opened his bag and began placing explosives around the wall

"C.C. go get the others back together we should be done here soon"

"As you wish"

She hurried off back towards the exit

"stand back from the wall Ember" he said preparing the detonator and firing once they were at a safe distance but then Ember pushed Lelouch into the explosion the explosion and shrapnel from the wall temporarily disabled him, leaving him at Ember's mercy. Ember walked into the room It was empty except for a single book on a pedestal in the center of the room

"I've found it at long last the holy codex of geass with this my dreams will be realized" Ember cackled manically picking up the book and searching through the pages franticly "ah yes here it is!" he cheered slinking over to Lelouch who could see a geass insignia on the open page "I'm going to use your blood to activate this seal now Lelouch and then the power of the king will be mine" he taunted dipping his fingers into one of Lelouch's wounds and smearing it on the paper which began to glow and then before long his eye was also glowing with the power of geass

"NO THAT POWER WAS TO BE MINE, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS" Lelouch shouted enraged

"I really must thank you Lelouch without your scriptures I never would have found this place now SUFFER" he screeched grabbing Lelouch by the forearm and testing his geass for the first time.

"ARRRRRRRGHHH!" he screamed as immeasurable pain shot through his whole left arm.

"YOU BASTARD ILL NEVER LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS"

"This is only my first move there is still much work left to do, I have no need for you anymore."

Ember dropped his arm back to the ground leaving him on a pile of burning rubble.

(Meanwhile in Russia)

The black knights were in their first losing battle in a long time as Suzaku's growing depression and hate drove him to throw himself into more and more dangerous situations his current one, attempting to fight an uprising singlehandedly with an inferior frame. Its not like the black knights couldn't win the battle if he did fall but that loss would be intolerable. it was in this battle, as Ember was betraying Lelouch across the world that his geass activated for the first time.

"is there even a point to all this"

He thought while defending against an enemy slash harken

"I cant continue to be zero im not him like him"

Another enemy took advantage of his distraction and destroyed one of his arms

"no but even so I must live"

His resolve came just barely in time with his geass activating for the first time as his cockpit was crushed. Geass is the power of the king and a king is the ultimate commander, because Suzaku wanted more than anything to protect lives his geass manifested in the form of regeneration of himself and anything he touches literally commanding life and death.

"so this is my geass, fine I will use this as my sword to destroy evil!" he shouted extending his power into the shattered remains of his knightmare using it as an extension of his body he cut through the forces in his way with ease dragging himself back to his allies "EVERYONE ELSE ATTACK" he called out still getting the hang of this new power shaping blades out of the metal with his mind. Everyone quickly sprang into action crushing the rebellious faction in a matter moments. The black knights now have another great power, a power that they will desperately need to survive events that lie in the not so distant future. "I think… I think I may have found hope yet, thank you Lelouch."

And now we will look five years into the future to the start of the next great conflict

BANG BANG BANG

"Lelouch come back to bed"

BANG BANG BANG

"Lelouch stop ignoring me" C.C whined

BANG BANG BANG

"LELOUCH!"

"Catherine?" Lelouch called a hint on annoyance tainting his calm

"what are you doing"

"the time is almost here as I said before the world was reset not cleansed but I am dead to the world so if im going to do anything to stop ember I'll definitely need a new mask, hence all the banging."

"well its nowhere near as well made as your last one but I suppose it will do are we going to see Suzaku again?"

"Yes we will need his help along with the rest of the black knights, im also curious to see what his geass developed into we didn't really stick around long enough to find out."

"no I don't suppose we did, and what about Kallen? you must be dying to see your little queen again."

"I don't believe she will be there anymore and if she is she probably hates me still it would be nice to see her one more time if I can" Lelouch mused

C.C. swept up behind him and put her arms over his shoulders "well when are we leaving"

"dawn, we have to get in position before Ember strikes"

Then Jeremiah entered the room, "My lord your ship awaits"

"thank you Jeremiah, you have always been very helpful to me. Ready C.C.?"

"As I'll ever be"

"then let's set off, the black knights are currently based out of japan, makes sense Suzaku was always so sentimental"

(In Tokyo)

They traveled to Tokyo near the black knights HQ hiding within Embers ranks who was subsequently hiding within the black knights ranks " I feel old remembering when 7th generation knightmares were the strongest thing ever"

"well I was around before they were invented so I got over that feeling long ago" C.C. teased adjusting herself on his lap

"knock it off Catherine I have to focus on the-" he was cut off by a transmission on the radio

"This is your lord Ember I command you attack, destroy the black knights and bring zero to me"

"who does he think he is giving orders like that agh whatever C.C. let's get to work"

"right"

(Meanwhile In zeros quarters)

BOOM , CRASH

"What was that" Suzaku wondered a bit startled

The coms turned on

"Zero were under attack we need you on the front lines"

"under attack by who"

"our own forces augh!"

Static

"I am your enemy you may call me Ember and if you have any honor you will come out and fight me zero I'll be waiting" he taunted but before Suzaku could respond the broadcast was cut off

Suzaku put his mask back on and boarded his knightmare

(Outside)

Suzaku activated his mic and spoke into it"alright ember I'm here now come out and fight me"

Ember stood surrounded nearby atop a pile of burning rubble and broken knightmares Lelouch and had succeeded in defeating his main forces but left him for Suzaku "im right here zero and while I appreciate you coming to face me so boldly my forces were defeated a much sooner than I expected so I wolnt be able to fight you today that would be suicide"

"I don't care if you want to fight me or not I will kill you" Suzaku roared charging in towards the other frame while firing but it suddenly exploded "damn it was a decoy" Suzaku muttered ashamed that he fell for such a simple ploy.

(inside the black knights headquarters)

Lelouch knocked out another guard, "good even without my geass I can still be useful but it does feel kind of strange breaking into what was once my own base" he thought while moving down the corroders until he reached zeros quarters which had a single dial pad for security now what would Suzaku have made the password… A U R T H E R he tried, no um ok L A N C E L OT…eh ok E U P H Y…ding "as sentimental as ever now just to wait for him" Lelouch entered and hid near the back of the room and waited.

A few minutes later

Suzaku enters his quarters and removes his mask "what is going on here" he said to himself "would you like me to tell you, old friend" Lelouch called walking out of the shadows ad removing his makeshift mask.

"LELOUCH!" Suzaku exclaimed surprised

"It's good to see you again Suzaku"

"Where have you been all this time"

"on an orange farm the size of Australia"

"very funny"

Lelouch raised an eyebrow

"Wait your serious"

"Yes and there will be much time for us to talk about our lives these past five years but for now there is one more enemy we must obliterate"

"right you said you could tell me who he was"

"yes, one of the last people alive with knowledge of the geass order, possibly an old member I contracted him to help translate some materials I had found in order to regain my power"

"Lelouch I can't believe you, why would you want geass back"

"in case anything like this happened again as greedy as it may sound I need an edge besides my immortality"

"ok ok go on"

"yes anyway, he betrayed me and took the power of geass for himself 5 years ago and I've been tracking his all this time, waiting for him to make a move so I could put him I check but he was prepared for me"

"so now we have another potential war on our hands"

"yes and yet you dont sound to terribly upset about that"

"I am it's just that im happy to see you again so I guess the war thing hasn't sunk in yet"

"yeah I know what you mean"

"where is C.C."

"Catherine's around here somewhere"

"still as tenacious as ever"

"you know it"

"oh and another thing I'll need to interview all of your high ranking officials individually sometime soon, the fact remains that someone let Ember in and I want to clear the people closest to you quickly as possible"

"right and what should I tell them about you"

"say that im your brother Chimanako(Blood shot eyes)"

"I see your sense of humor is still intact"

"yes well…" he was caught off by Kallen coming over the coms unit"

"Kozuki reporting in zero may I enter?"

Suzaku looked at Lelouch a little panicked Lelouch nodded at him and motioned for him to go ahead. They both put on their masks

"you may enter" Suzaku said opening the door

Kallen entered shocked to see someone else in the room already who was also wearing a mask

"Zero who is this"

"my brother Chimanako he will be helping us defeat this new adversary, obey his orders as if they are my own"

Kallen looked at zero in disbelief for a moment but conceded "as you wish"

"now I assume you have a reason for being here?"

"yes we examined the knightmares and were able to salvage some weapons which may prove to be usefull in our own systems if we could figure out how to combine them properly"

"what kind of weapons?"

"the kinds that make that nutty professor laugh like a maniac and then lock himself in his lab with them" Kallen said slightly frustrated with the genius knightmare designer

"well light of recent events this will be of great use I suppose" Suzaku responded holding back a little laughter of his own at the image Kallen had put in his head

The tv on the wall flickered on and a unfamiliar broadcast came in

"Zero this was but a small taste of the power I have under my control and i will show no hesitation in using it now In this moment I declare war upon you and your entire organization, farewell zero I look forward to crushing you"

With that the broad cast cut off

"That man is why im here" Lelouch said his disgust distinguishable even in such a strongly modulated voice

"Kallen assemble the head of every division and the UFN i will need to speak with them to prepare for the coming battle"

Zero nodded at her

"alright although I don't know why we're listening to I trust zero"

"yes you always were unswervingly loyal" he mumbled

"What was that?"

"Nothing" Lelouch said franticly "shit I didn't mean to say that out loud" "we still have a long way to go let's get started."

Ok that's chapter one everybody I kind of dogged around the action scenes this time because I was never very good at them and I need to work on that so that once I actually have some action it will be don't right. Now as I said earlier I really need to get my writing back in shape before this story can get really good but I gave this my best effort and that's all I can do so please review it and tell me what you think.

Your lord and master Pyrasius, The king of Rejects