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At the end of Code Geass, one question remained in all of our minds… Was Lelouch really dead? Was Zero Requiem a success and did the world really unite as one?

My take on what happens several years after the end of Code Geass, with the introduction of some new characters I've come up with myself. So it begins…


Code Geass, Lelouch of the Resurrection: The Resurrection

In a remote countryside of what was once the great Britannian Empire, it rained. It rained like the gods themselves wept over the earth. Lightning flashed across the sky and thunder cracked. It had been this way for over a month. Humanity was always prone to repeating the mistakes it had once made. Pollution ran rampant. The population boomed. With progress there must always come a cost. Somebody always had to bear the burden.

Worst of all, there was war. Peace could only last so long. Somebody always had to rise to power. With power came the abuse of it. A man known solely by the title of "The Demon Emperor", a title still fresh in the minds of those who had come under the rule of the 99th Emperor of the Holy Empire of Britannia, Lelouch Lamperouge, had established a new Holy Empire; The Holy Empire of Equitoria.

The Demon Emperor was the epitome of evil. A manifestation of the devil himself. With more than half of the world under his possession, it was as if everything had returned to how they were just five years before. The Empire waged war against all other countries in an attempt to take over the world. In the midst of despair, of suffering and turmoil, one question hung on the lips of all the people.

"Where was Zero?"

Indeed, the order of Black Knights had mysteriously vanished without a trace. Were they defeated in battle? Did they flee and leave the world to suffer under the rule of The Demon Emperor? Nobody knew. All they could do was pray and hope for a better tomorrow. Somebody had to rise up against The Demon Emperor. The question was… Who would be brave enough to do it? Who had the power to do so?

There was another great flash of lightning. For a moment, it lit up the entire landscape. In that fraction of time, a lone church upon a hill, broken and dilapidated, was illuminated. Unbeknownst to all, the answer lay hidden within the recesses of the church. This was, after all, where the body of Lelouch Lamperouge was buried.

The interior of the church was a ruin. The altar was crumbling and debris was scattered all over the ground. Paintings on its walls were flaked and peeling, though they portrayed ironical images of love and forgiveness amongst men. There were numerous holes in the roof and water dripped incessantly from them. In the midst of the cruel storm, a lone hooded figure was walking at a hurried pace up the hill to what was left of the great oak doors of the church.

Upon entering the church, the lone figure shed his hood, revealing a young man. He had auburn brown hair that appeared plastered to his face, wet with rain. He was tall and lanky, and walked in large strides. He had handsome features, save for a small scar on his left cheek. Last but not least, he had a large bejeweled sword. This man was Kururugi Suzaku, greatest ally of Lelouch Lamperouge.

Suzaku was looking for something. He stood at the church entrance, scanning it for any signs of life. Apparently whatever it was he was looking for was not going to reveal itself. He decided to approach the ruined church altar at a steady pace. Upon arriving at the altar, he knelt down, bowed his head, and prayed. Save for the torrential rain outside, nothing else could be heard. Silence permeated the church. A silence that was broken abruptly by a deep female voice, devoid of all human emotion.

"I was wondering who it was."

Suzaku lifted his eyes to locate the source of the voice. His eyes immediately fell upon a woman, lying on the altar with her legs in the air, her head turned towards him. Her arms hung over the edge of the altar, swaying lazily. Suzaku gave a weak smile.

"I knew it had to be her. Who else could it have been?" Suzaku thought to himself, rather amused.

The woman had abundantly long green hair that seemed to cascade off the altar like an emerald waterfall. She was no doubt beautiful but perhaps her most striking facial feature was her pair of golden eyes. Golden eyes that gave her the look of an all encompassing goddess void of emotion and feelings.

"Kururugi Suzaku. Long time no see." the woman continued nonchalantly, her eyes fixed on Suzaku like a predator about to pounce on its prey. Suzaku returned her gaze with a friendly smile.

"Still as boring as ever C.C." Suzaku teased.

C.C slid herself of the altar silently and walked slowly towards Suzaku, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"What's she up to now?" Suzaku thought to himself, a bit more worried than he was letting on.

C.C proceeded to walk past him. Suzaku took that as a cue to get up from his kneeling position.

"Follow me." C.C ordered him.

"Bossy as ever aren't we?" he replied. She ignored him and continued walking. He shrugged his shoulders and followed her. Before long, they were outside of the church in the relentless rain, standing at the foot of a magnificent and rather foreboding tree. Directly in front of them was a small mound of earth, marked by a large rock. Engraved upon the rock were two words.

"Lelouch Lamperouge."

Suzaku stood there silently, eyes fixed upon the stone. Here lay the body of the man he had personally slain. His best friend. Once his worst enemy. Suzaku clenched his fist tightly. He fought back the tears.

"We're going to bring him back." C.C said, without a trace of emotion.

A streak of lightning flashed across the sky. Suzaku stood rooted to the spot.

"Did she just say…?" Suzaku thought to himself. Was it possible?

He turned slowly to look at C.C, who returned his gaze.

"Bring him back..?" Suzaku began weakly.

C.C nodded silently. Her eyes were unreadable.

"But how..?" Suzaku continued, still unbelieving of her proposition. Yet, a small part of him wanted to believe. If there was anyone that could bring the world back to order, it was Lelouch. He had done it once. He could possibly do it again. With all these thoughts in mind, Suzaku patiently awaited her answer.

"Geass." came the answer.

"Geass…" he repeated. They continued to look at each other. In the midst of the storm, in the midst of the darkness engulfing the world, it seemed as if a small ray of hope had emerged.

"I see. So this time I'll be the one to receive the Geass?" Suzaku began, reading her intentions.

"Who else?" she replied. "You're the only one here are you not?"

Suzaku chuckled. He turned his attention back to the grave that lay at his feet. He found himself unconsciously reading the two words on the stone that marked it.

"Lelouch Lamperouge."

Suzaku closed his eyes and reflected for a minute. C.C watched him intently, without saying a word. The seconds passed by. The moment seemed to last an eternity.

"If you don't mind I'd rather you make your decision a bit quicker? I'm getting soaked here." C.C complained, not a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Suzaku opened his eyes. It had to be done.

"Bestow upon me the Geass, C.C. Let's bring Lelouch back." Suzaku affirmed with resolution.

A faint smile crept across C.C's face.

"So you miss him too huh?" Suzaku thought to himself, amused. "Who knew that you could feel something for another human being?"

C.C turned her back on him and walked into the church, only to return a minute later with a rusty spade.

"Dig him up. We don't want him coming back to life while he's still buried now do we?" she stated matter-of-factly to Suzaku. There was no hiding the anticipation in her voice now.

"Haha. I guess." Suzaku replied, albeit a bit reluctantly.

He took the spade from her and began to dig. If it had been under normal circumstances, Suzaku would have been rather apprehensive about digging up a corpse. However, with eyes that shined with determination, Suzaku dug. The rain beat down upon his hunched back. A mound of dirt began to build up next to the grave as Suzaku shoveled without pause. Suddenly, there came a loud clunk.

"Finally!" Suzaku exclaimed. He knelt down in the mud and pushed back the earth with his bare hands, revealing a dirty bone. He continued the task and after a great length of time, uncovered an entire skeleton. Lelouch's skeleton.

"Now for the Geass." came C.C's voice from behind him.

Suzaku nodded, a smile across his face. He found himself shaking slightly. Half of him was afraid that the plan would go horribly wrong. Half of him was shaking in excitement at the prospects of Lelouch's resurrection.

"What if he doesn't want to come back?" Suzaku found himself suddenly asking.

Silence. Thunder rumbled somewhere in the distance. Suzaku turned to face C.C. His hands were covered in dirt. The hilt of his sword gleamed, droplets of water running along it. Fire was in his eyes. C.C smiled.

"Don't worry about minor details like that. Lelouch isn't the sort of person who would be bothered by the minor details." she answered.

"Minor details eh?" Suzaku thought. She was right. The world needed Lelouch now. The Black Knights needed him. He needed Lelouch. She probably needed Lelouch too.

Suzaku turned to look at the skeleton in the dug-up grave for a brief moment.

"I'm sorry Lelouch. I'm going to be a little bit selfish." Suzaku apologized mentally to the corpse.

He turned back to C.C.

"I'm ready."

"About time." She answered, still smiling.

There was a bright flash of light. Suzaku's eyes widened as dozens of incomprehensible images flooded his mind. He let out a gasp. C.C's voice rang in his head.

"In exchange for this power, you must agree to make my one wish come true. Accept this contract, and you accept its conditions. While living in the world of humans, you will live unlike any other: a different providence, a different time, a different life. The Power of Resurrection will condemn you to a life of solitude."

Everything went black. Silence. After several seconds, the sound of the rain became audible again. The sensation of the rain-drops falling onto his face returned. Suzaku opened his eyes.

There was a strange burning sensation in his left eye.

"Guess the contract's done." he mused. He was lying spread eagle on the ground, looking up into the stormy sky.

"We're not done yet." came C.C's voice from somewhere to his left. He pushed himself into a sitting position.

"What Geass did you bestow upon me?" he asked her, even though he full well knew the answer.

"What other Geass could bring Lelouch back to life? Clearly you're not as intelligent as you look." C.C replied blankly.

He knew that was coming. Smiling to himself, Suzaku stood up and turned to the skeleton in the grave. He didn't know why but for some reason, he knew exactly how to use the Geass.

"Lelouch, please come back to us!"

What happened in the next moment was gruesome to look at. It was as if time played backwards. The skeleton began to shudder as flesh appeared on its bones. Suzaku clearly saw the organs being reformed. Soon came the skin and it ended with jet black hair sprouting out from the skull. There was a bright flash of lightning and a great rumble of thunder. Lelouch was back.

Lelouch began to stir. His eyes opened slowly. His gaze fell upon Suzaku and C.C, both of whom were gazing at him with looks of wonder and fear. He opened his mouth to speak.

"C.C..? Suzaku..? What's… Going on..?"

His voice was hoarse and weak. He had after all, been slumbering for several years.

"It's a long story. I'll explain later." Suzaku replied, unable to hide the smile on his face as well as the tears that flowed from his eyes. He held out his hand to Lelouch, who grasped it. Suzaku then proceeded to pull Lelouch out of the grave and into a standing position. Lelouch looked around.

"I think it's best to go inside now. The weather's pretty bad." Suzaku suggested.

He turned to C.C and was surprised to find her blushing deep red.

"What's the matter C.C?" Suzaku asked, curious as to the sudden change of her expression.

C.C did not reply and instead proceeded to dash into the church. She returned a minute later with a tattered and torn sheet.

"Put some clothes on!" she shouted angrily and threw the sheet at Lelouch's feet. She then proceeded to run back into the church.

Suzaku turned to Lelouch and it was then that he noticed the source of C.C's embarrassment.

"I knew I was missing something" Suzaku thought to himself, trying to contain his laughter. He picked up the cloth at Lelouch's feet and draped him with it.

"Suzaku. What's… Going on?" Lelouch began, thoroughly confused at the entire matter.

Suzaku did laugh out loud now.

"It's a long story. I'll tell you about it later ok?"

He then proceeded to lead Lelouch into the church.

The rain began to lighten up. Soon, rays of light pierced the dark clouds, flooding the gray landscape with colour. Lelouch of the rebellion had returned.


How's that for an opening chapter? I'll be updating this FanFic a bit slowly because my exams are around the corner. Look forward to the next chapter though. The rebellion begins!

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