Luigi Legends here back from inactivity again with my new Code Geass story Changing Hands, though sadly I will not be able to live up to my promise of a mass release I have redeveloped my style in a way that I will try to keep consistent between all my new stories from here on out, but that's enough about that as for a brief note on why I started this story. I am a major Kallen X Lelouch fan and while I will be bringing up several pairing that were never flushed out in the main storyline itself Kallen x Lelouch will be a major point for this Story along with another pairing which may or may not give some people divided feelings, also within this story there will be a mix of the familiar and the original to a certain point as well as I will be fleshing out The Code Geass World in areas the anime did not even bother to cover, there will also be changes at certain key points after the first few chapters some that many will be familiar with, but that will come in time for now enjoy the first chapter
Code Geass ©Sunrise
Some would say that the gods shaped events, that some all powerful figure held every little thing about you in the palm of its hand. Everything that you could have possibly worked for preordained under whatever power shepherded the world.
God
Others would call it will and just random chance a simple galactic roll of the dice nothing certain everything a gamble, nothing ordained
Luck
There are those who believe in neither or so they believe, a so called calling that they would carry that would change the world and everyone in it.
They know it as fate…
Fate, in a world divided split along the lines among three great powers some would say things were fated to happen that some power carried each to its founding, from the proud Frenchmen with the will to forge a Union, from an ancient conqueror that some would say cheated death and formed a proud Dynasty and Federation, to the exiled Queen who had charisma to rebuild an Empire
They would call this providence; they are not far from wrong
It is Destiny…
And it is destiny that once again shines upon two forgotten nations
The Land of the Morning and the Land of the Rising Sun
Carried by several individuals and a man known simply as…
Zero
But even destiny requires change… one more ripple one change and for better for worse, fate has decided and destiny turns
And the world bows to the changing hands…
Chapter 1: One Change, One Game
Ashford Academy, Study Hall Garden
It was a nice cool summer day, like any other day in the former Land of the Rising Sun
It was one of the kind of days where someone would feel like they just had to get out and enjoy the day, and for a certain green haired witch that was all she planned on doing, C.C took to Ashfords many walkways just to ease off her boredom, maneuvering though the elegantly crafted paths to wherever her whim would take her. In spite of what her purple eyed accomplice had warned her of wandering unless it risked either his life or involved compromising the both of them to Britannia and V.V, she really could have cared less what the boy wished, he was a means to an end like so many others and despite being Marianne son he had no idea how to have "real fun" a fact she noticed since the day she had started watching him, he always had a plan for everything so it seemed and he had no concept of anything falling outside of his own personal "scenario"
"Such a shame too" she thought quietly Marianne had warned her about that and like she almost always was, she was right
C.C continued to amble waiting for her old friend for contact her again, though as she did so she stumbled on a familiar half blood red head who looked particularly confused and annoyed while deep in thought, with nothing better to do she took a pause from her wandering and decided to watch.
Kallen "Stadtfeld" Kōzuki was having an off day, with her leads to that mysterious voice dried up she had little to go on, her last lead her classmate Lelouch was a dead end and now their resistance wouldn't be able to get their hands on a tactician that was worth a damn, she didn't want to have to go to in front of the group and say she had nothing but she really had nothing else to go on, Kallen furrowed her brow and buried her eyes in the palm of her hand frustrated though everything had pointed to the purple eyed pureblood including his suave charm and yet the moment she thought she had him the world thought to add another spin on things and dash her certainty.
Already angry to begin with she kicked one of the marks in the wall in front of her, hitting one of the marked bricks causing it to crack leaving a heel shaped indention where her foot had hit
C.C was busy watching the scene when a familiar presence flooded her head, complete with a thrill seekers pride and an irritating laugh
Hello C.C long time no see, I take it you found Lelouch?
"Marianne…" the witch whispered to the summer air, her normally unbreakable composure ruffled due to her "partners" presence. She quickly recovered it and answered her friend "I found him"
There was several moment of pause before the Empress spoke again
Well, is he everything that we said he would be she conferred not bothering to hide the excitement and smugness in her thoughts, C.C blew a strand of hair out of her face in utter contempt for her friends insinuation. She really hated it when the ex-knight rubbed it in, indeed she was really was one of the few people in the world that could get a rile out of her.
"Yes, yes he is…"
Well that's settled hopefully he'll give Charles something to do, he's been so occupied with the Junction that he hardly has anything to worry about and that's never fun. Not to mention Cornella and Schneizel need someone worth fighting, the world's so tedious without fighting, by the way who's the girl?
C.C felt her eye tingle as the late Empress looked through it, viewing the half breed vent her frustration on a nearby wall
"Just a girl that's getting a little too close for Lelouch's liking"
She could feel the amusement coming from her friend at the mention of that, as well as a tinge of mischief clouding her thoughts. There was a moment of quiet as Marianne withdrew from her mind clearing her thoughts for just an instant; her presence returned a second later shaded with what could be described as a mental smile, with a sigh she decided to ask her what she was planning though with Marianne it was likely something completely unnecessary but would amuse her to no bound.
"What are you planning?"
Just a little game for my son, can you get me into contact with her there's something I want to give her
Kallen observed her handiwork on the wall with a mixture of pride and frustration
Well damn, I really don't know my own strength, better get out of here before… she turned to leave and almost ran face first into a pale green haired girl crap…
"Uh… hi, can I help you?" she managed taking in the other girl's features, her almost unholy yellow eyes and her distinctly European looks. If she had to guess the girl looked French and had the air of someone who was unbelievably bored which said a lot considering her expression betrayed almost nothing
C.C merely sighed berated herself for being talked into this and reached for the half breed's forehead, not sure of what she was trying to do Kallen grabbed her hand trying to dissuade her while maintaining her sick act. It didn't work C.C simply shrugged off her grip and pressed two fingers to Kallen's forehead, her code flashed on her own forehead as she imparted Marianne's gift on to the young Japanese girl, she could see the girls eyes dilate as her mind struggled to keep up with what was happening to it
For Kallen the world around her literally faded into white as whatever the green haired witch was doing to her took full effect drowning her in a sea of different feelings and nausea, the world started to spin and blur but as soon as the invertigo had begun it had vanished and the world came back into focus, taking in her new surroundings she wasn't at Ashford any more. It took her a moment to full take in where she was, she was in a throne room but not just any throne room she was standing in the Imperial Palace throne room watching something she would never had expected to see.
A young Lelouch Lamperouge striding up to the Emperor and challenging the man for not protecting his mother or his sister, she could feel every bitter emotion swirling inside of him as if they were her own, unbelievable anger, uncertainty, fear and doubt mixed in with a familiar ringing feeling of loss and loneliness. She could hear the nobles whispering and even in certain cases snickering at the young boy, she could certainly see the arrogance written on their faces as Lelouch rebuked the Emperor for his inhumanity.
"The Eleventh Prince going against the Emperor? This should be quick"
"The boy has no idea what he's getting into"
It was hard to believe the boy in front of her was going to grow up to be her cynical antagonistic ass of a classmate, then again she really wouldn't have believed he was a prince as well but hearing him try to tear into the Emperor was something else she would have been impressed had not every word of the confrontation triggered a flash of memory, that she could see though his eyes.
Looking over his mother's death scene with a young Nunnally blood soaked and cradled in her arms like a broken angel squirming under a shattered sky as the world slowly crumbled all around her, she could hear her squeaks of fear and pain and blood stained and soaked every part of her tiny body. The image seared itself into her mind alongside memories of her brother and how he would never be coming home, the scene faded and was replaced with another scene Lelouch was looking over his broken sister her eyes permanently closed to the world around her and her legs crippled beyond the point of repair, she almost couldn't bear the weight of sorrow and pain that Lelouch was feeling over the state of his sister, she could barely look at the young girl when she was confined to her wheelchair this… this was too much.
Another flash Lelouch was holding his sisters hand as he played chess with himself she could feel him trying to mask the fear and uncertainty with the game but out of a nearby window she could see Japan was slowly appearing on the horizon and she could feel his dread growing stronger the closer it got. Another shift it was Lelouch as she knew him leading them at Shinjuku acting like the cold unfeeling bastard that his father and the empire had turned him into, he was almost blissfully unaware of the destruction surrounding him as he led them with the skill of a masterful tactician leading her and her friends to a victory of sorts against the nation that did them both so much wrong.
The memories returned her to the throne room where she watched Lelouch world dissolved around him as if fate itself was spiting him, his father had just denounced his existence and was humiliating him for thinking the world was a nice and pleasant place, and finally to add insult to injury he had him exiled to Japan as a political bargaining chip with only his sister and nothing else. The revelation hit her like bucket of ice water and she could finally understand his cynical nature. Who walks away from something like this and doesn't become angry at the world, who doesn't think that having a father who doesn't care about you, your mother or your sisters and then exiles you for having the gall to challenge him wouldn't leave you scarred for life. She watched a bright light engulf Lelouch and then the throne room.
After another moment of invertigo she was snapped back to reality standing alone again, in the garden of the study hall the green haired girl who had given her that glimpse nowhere to be found. She could feel her head throbbing a not so friendly reminder of what she had just experienced along with her new "memories" the vivid experience still drawing reactions from her body.
Reactions was an understatement the young red head really felt like she was going to collapse, still she managed to rest herself on the stonewall behind her as she reviewed her experience in her mind. She had a lot of thinking to do about her classmate and what she was going to do about him and what she was going to do about her new found sympathy for him.
"Lelouch…"
Elsewhere C.C continued her stroll her friend's presence long gone from her mind, her fun to be followed up on later but for the green haired witch only one thought lingered on her mind
I hope you know what you're doing with this game of yours Marianne, the world can change on the whim of one person in the right place at the right time…
For the record, like so many other Code Geass stories The European Universe will be replaced with the European Union for simplicity's sake, as well as points to who can figure out who the aforementioned ancient conqueror is
But for now, Please Read and Review and hold on for the next chapter it may be a while
