Code Ghoul
Special thanks to demons anarchy of pride for inspiration!
Chapter one: beginning of the demon.
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In the year 2010 A.T.B., the holy empire of Britannia invaded the nation of Japan for its unmatched supply of the element Sakuridite; a key substance in the manufacturing of modern machinery, namely, knigtmare frames. These autonomous machines were the downfall of Japan, along with seventeen other nations throughout the years.
Japan was branded the name area eleven. And the Japanese by the same number. And since Britannia already controlled the Western Hemisphere, the significant boost in sakuradite supply made the empire more powerful then that of the Chinese federation or the European Union. Because of this, the empire was able to focus on another enemy.
In 2012 A.T.B. emperor Charles Zi Britannia founded the Commission of Counter Ghoul, or CCG, to quiet the threat of the ghouls: creatures that looked like humans, but preyed upon the lesser species. In the years to come, this would prove even more that the emperor's son was dead to him, as Lelouch Vi Britannia, who had been exiled to Japan upon his mothers death two years before; was a half ghoul, thanks to his late mother. This in and of itself was a miracle, but one that was performed twice at the birth of his now crippled sister Nunnally.
For seven years, Lelouch and Nunnally lived in Japan, in fear that they would be discovered, not only as ghouls but as royal children lost to the world. And during that time, Lelouch would grow to hate the man he calls father, and the entire species that despised him for being something else. And for his sisiter's sake, he would kill them all.
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Lelouch sighed. It had been a rather busy day, much more then usual, and he couldn't wait to get out of Anteiku.
He set down the rest of the cups he cleaned and started at the tie he wore that matched the rest of his uniform.
"I bet that was the hardest you ever worked." He heard someone say from his side.
He saw Touka, one of his co-workers, beside him, she was grinning mischievously.
"As I recall, you went to the bathroom and never came back." Lelouch refuted. Her grin vanished. "I was cleaning them." She defended herself.
"For an hour?"
"Yes. What does it matter?" Touka leaned in, her eyes a deep black-a trademark feature of ghouls-as if to intimidate him.
"Now now you two, don't start up another fight." Another employee, Koma said, pointing to the two teens still in the café who were chatting rather loudly.
This was Anteiku. The ghoul café, everyone that worked here was a ghoul. And most, but not all, the customers were of the same species.
Lelouch rolled his eyes, and continued to work at the tie. Ignored, Touka huffed and backed off. There was a way the two interacted that seemed to spark conflict with each word, much to the dismay of the other workers. It had gotten violent multiple times. There was just something about him that pissed Touka off, tha way he acted was just so annoying, the 'elegance' behind his steps, and the way he talked and almost never lost his cool. It was as if he was a god damn prince of Britannia. Royalty, they were the worst kind of people. But one thing that was for sure; he was the only Britannian who worked here. The rest were eleven. Luckily, customers were ghouls, and didn't care much about race. But that couldn't be said for all of them.
"You know I'd kick your ass." She mumbled.
Lelouch raised his eyebrows. "Really?"
She grinned. "Who was it that got floored before he even had a chance to use his Kagune?"
Lelouch tapped his head. "This is the only weapon I need."
Touka laughed. "Whatever."
The doorbell rang, and a boy with blue hair stepped in. "Lelouch! You ready?"
Lelouch put on a school jacket and headed toward him. "Yeah, what do we have today Rivalz?" Lelouch asked.
Rivalz looked genuinely excited, so he assumed it was good. "There's a noble they say never loses, bet you'd love to prove that wrong!"
Touka sighed. "You're going gambling again?" It was something he did, rather them go to school like he should.
Lelouch tapped his head again. "One needs to train with his weapon, and there aren't any decent opponents around here."
"Huh?!" Touka fumed. He had just indirectly insulted her intelligence.
Lelouch stepped outside, followed by Rivalz, he passed by another girl.
"Rize." He greeted her coldly.
"Lelouch."came the matched response.
"Who's that?" Rivalz asked.
Lelouch turned back. "No one."
"Right, an ex-girlfriend?" Rivalz pestered further.
Lelouch sighed. "No, I don't have girlfriends."
"And that's why you're so depressed all the time." Rivalz teased him. Lelouch just rolled his eyes. "Just drive."
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He couldn't believe it. This was so exciting, he was so shocked that he was reading the same book as she that he almost couldn't work up the nerve to ask her out. But Kanecki was going on a date with miss Rize.
The two were sitting at a table in a restaurant taking with one another, and Kanicki had talked so fast he started to choke on his food. Rize leaned in to his face. "Are you okay?!" she asked concerned. He nearly choked again as she did, it gave him quite an explicit view.
"Yeah! I um, I-" he mumbled.
Then he noticed her full plate. "You don't eat much do you miss Rize?" He asked to avoid embarrassment.
"Oh." Rize leaned back. "I'm on a dietary regime."
She got up from the table. "Excuse me. I need to use the restroom." Then she left.
Kanecki sighed. Women. She had only eaten one bite out of her meal.
"Man, that was expensive." He mumbled.
But, she did in fact come back eventually. And the two resumed the rest of Kanecki's planned date. They went to a book store, commenting on many books they liked, arguing opinions and recommending novels the other hadn't read. Hide was wring about a bookstore date. Things had gone quite well Kanecki thought.
Before they knew it, the day had slipped by as the sun set beyond the Tokyo settlement.
Rize put a hand to her mouth, and looked tense. "To tell you the truth," she started, voice quiet. "I live near where those incidents occurred. And..." She trailed off, tears were beginning to form as she began to choke up.
Kanecki understood her concern. And being the gentleman he was, couldn't bare to see her so sad. "Don't worry, I'll see you get home safely." He assured her.
Rize lit up. "Really? That's so kind." She smiled at him, making Kanecki blush.
The two of them made their way through the streets of the Tokyo settlement. Most of the eleven residents here were honorary Britannians, so Kanecki and he assumed Rize, lived in the ghettos outside the lavish city. It was understandable why Rize would be frightened to traverse the ghettos by herself.
Kanecki talked more about different books. Each time Rize smiled it gave him another spark of inspiration, he wanted to make her smile. It made him happy. Eventually, Rize stopped, and pointed off to the side in an obscure ally.
"Oh, it's this way." She said.
Kanecki followed her into the ally. To the side, he could see a construction site, not a real house to be seen. This should have brought about concern, but he was to preoccupied.
Before Rize got too far from him Kanecki stopped her. "Miss Rize!" He called to her.
She stopped, and turned back to Kanecki.
"Could I, um...see you again?" He asked sheepishly.
Rize approached him. "We do have similar tastes, and we are about the same age." She said, as if thinking over the request. Kanecki took this as a good thing. "Then-" she cut him off, leaning in to him and whispering in his ear. "You see, i saw you looking at me. And I've been watching you too." Kanecki was ecstatic. "Then you too..." He didn't finish though.
"But you know one thing I love more then books?" She whispered.
Suddenly, things felt off. A red mist seemed to flit about in front of Kanecki, he began to feel a tinge of unexplained fear. Then a smell of blood. A sudden pain in his shoulder. Something hot splattering his cheek. A sickening crunch heard from the side. Then he screamed.
It hurt. His shoulder was bleeding profusely. Blood soaked what remained of his shirt and shoulder. Kanecki stumbled back and took a look at the thing before him. Miss Rize, her eyes as black as the night around him. Blood red pupils, and there was plenty to compare it to. And several protrusions stemming from her back. She grinned devilishly, her face an insidious horror. "Is ripping out the organs of someone not running away!" She giggled.
Horrified, Kanecki stumbled up, and ran faster then he ever had before, insane laughing behind him. "This can't be real! This can't be real!" He repeated frantically. The shock was slowly shutting him down. Adrenaline was the only reason he was
Standing.
Suddenly, something grabbed ahold of his leg, and Kanecki came crashing down.
"Got you!" Rize laughed, he was dragged back and lifted into the air, dangling upside down.
She flung Kanecki, sending him crashing into a wall and tumbling down to the ground. Dazed, Kanecki tried to get back up, but struggled at the aching wounds he was succumbing to.
"Mr. Kanecki!" Rize sang, giggling at her play thing. Kanecki saw her descending from above him just before she yanked him from the ground again.
Helpless, he was repeatedly impaled by Rize's Kagune. A searing pain flared up through his entire body. Overwhelming him until he finally gave out. His mind began to slip as he became numb. Eyes barely open, he could make out a puzzled Rize cocking her head at him.
"Oh? Are you already dead?" She pouted.
Rize sighed. "Too bad." But then she started to examine her prize. "You're perfect. Just the right amount of fat on you." She gawked, mouth drooling. "You'll be easy to eat." She smiled. But then grew wide eyed. Looking up, she saw the metal pipes only a fraction of a second before they crushed her underneath. Her death was slow.
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"Checkmate." Lelouch said casually. The game was never a challenge, the 'unbeatable' noble was far from his obscene title.
He stood up, and walked away from the baffled noble. Rivalz ran up to him. "Wow! That's a new record! I love watching nobles cause when they lose, they always pay out of pride!"
Lelouch smiled. "They're nothing but over privileged parasites that's all."
As the two exited the building, they saw a familiar face broadcasted above them. Clovis La Britannia was announcing Ghoul murders. "These monsters being pain to my heart! In order to live peacefully, we must put an end to their tyranny!"
"Man." Rivalz said. "That's a lot more then usual. That's kinda scary."
"A moment of silence please." A monotone voice said. The surrounding Britannians all stopped and bowed down in reverence. Lelouch didn't.
"Aren't you going to pay respect?" Rivalz questioned him.
Lelouch scoffed. "Crying over the dead won't bring them back to life now will it?" He said.
"Gee buddy, that's dark." Rivalz commented.
'Besides, what's the worth of human lives anyway?' Lelouch thought.
The two got inside a blue motorcycle with a side car in which Lelouch sat in. Rivalz took off down the Settlement highway, there was little traffic this time of day and they were making good time.
"So you want to head back to Ashford?" Rivalz asked.
Lelouch looked at his phone to check the time. Lunch would be over soon. He had skipped the first part of the day, but he would have to go back soon anyway.
"I suppose." He answered.
Rivalz chuckled. "You'd better avoid your teachers unless you want to be chewed out!"
Lelouch smiled at that before returning to the book he was reading.
"Whoa!" Rivalz exclaimed as a truck smashed up behind them.
"Geez watch it!"
The truck tried to pass up Rivalz and Lelouch, but there wasn't any room. The semi instead switched to the side, but the road soon ended and crashed into a building.
Rivalz pulled up to the side of the road and analyzed the crash. "That wasn't my fault was it?" He asked.
"No, I don't think so." Lelouch said.
He sighed before getting out of the side car. He had to do something.
He approached the truck, calling out to the driver. Finding a ladder, he climbed it and looked inside. Suddenly, the truck roared to life. It lurched back, sending Lelouch tumbling inside. He hit the metal floor with a loud clang. He sat up dazed. "Wait! I'm in here!" He shouted, but nobody responded.
Frustrated, Lelouch looked around. It was pretty dark, and he couldn't find a way out. He saw what appeared to be a canister in the truck. But nothing else.
A few moments passed before gunfire added to the list of problems.
"Damn! These guys are real terrorists!"
Lelouch cursed. He could easily kill them, but it was the Britnannians outside that offered a cause for concern.
The door to the front of the truck opened, and a red headed girl Lelouch's age stepped out, lelouch ducked down out of sight. He frowned. She looked familiar to him.
Taking off her coat, she opened up the rear storage, and entered an awaiting knigtmare frame. Lelouch crept out to check the coat she discarded, he found a walkie talkie. Nothing of real use. He sighed. There wasn't much of anything he could do now.
Quite some time later, a massive lurch jolted Lelouch up. The truck had come to a stop. He assumed that they were in the subway, but Lelouch had no idea where they were exactly.
Using the chance to escape, he starting climbing up and out of the truck; a rather difficult task given his sore body due to lying on a metal floor for an hour.
No sooner then he tried to get out that a Britannian soldier suddenly kicked him off the canister he was climbing. Lelouch stumble back up to face his attacker.
"Planning to use poison gas?!" The assailant questioned him. Lelouch figured he assumed him a terrorist. He didn't care. Lelouch was pissed off. stepping forward, he would have killed the solider had he not seen Lelouch. Dumbfounded, the soldier stuttered, "Lelouch?" This made Lelouch pause.
The soldier removed his helmet, revealing a Japanese boy underneath.
"Suzaku." Lelouch said.
There was no way. To meet him at a place like this, it was impossible.
But the reunion was short lived. The canister inside the truck burst to life erupting steam and light from within. Suzaku reacted quickly, smothering Lelouch with the gas mask given to him for the occurrence of such an event.
Seconds passed, and a much different result happened. A girl, with green hair unfurling, was released from the pod.
Shocked, the two teens sat motionless by the turn of events. Until Suzaku finally retrieved the girl.
"Tell me Suzaku. This, poison gas?" Lelouch said bitterly.
"Hey, it's what they said in the briefing." Suzaku replied honestly, unbinding the girls legs.
Before they could fully finish, a blinding light caught them off guard, and an angry voice startled them.
"You stinking monkey!" The Britannian royal guard had arrived.
Suzaku quickly approached his commanding officer. "But sir! I was told this was poison gas!"
"Why you..." He growled. "Still. In light if your military achievement, I suppose I can be lenient." The officer handed a gun to Suzaku. "Private Kururugi. Take this gun and execute the terrorist." Horrified, Suzaku stared at the gun. "But sir! He's just a civilian that got caught up in all this!"
Getting even more angry, the officer growled. "Insubordinate little...that's an order!"
Suzaku turned to Lelouch, who was holding the girl they rescued earlier. He closed his eyes. "I'm sorry sir. I can't shoot a civilian."
The officer sighed. "Very well then."
A shot rang out, and Suzaku collapsed to the floor.
"Suzaku!" Lelouch cried.
"Collect the girl, after you do, kill the student." The officer ordered.
Shocked and unable to move, Lelouch did nothing.
'There's too many of them. I can't beat them all.' He thought.
But before the soldiers could approach him, a sudden explosion from behind sent everyone into disarray. Not wasting a moment, Lelouch ran off with the girl, escaping into a tunnel.
Lelouch threw the now conscious girl to the ground. "This is all your fault!" He screamed.
'First they take my mother, and now...Britannia has even killed Suzaku!' He took a moment to collect himself before pressing on, carrying the girl with him.
Approaching the end of the tunnel, Lelouch crouched down, whispering to the girl to remain silent. Above, he could see the royal guard had caught up with him. He was trapped, so he decided to stay hidden and wait them out. Unfortunately, fate would not see it that way. A sudden melody rang out through the warehouse. Startled, Lelouch silenced his phone, but it was too late.
The soldiers approached him and grabbed him and the girl, dragging them out to the open.
"We'll, you did well, for a schoolboy." The officer mused. "But that's to be expected, you're Britannian."
He raised his gun. "But this ends here."
Lelouch was terrified, and unable to do a thing. Maybe, once, he could have fought, but not anymore.
But before the man could fire, the girl Lelouch had rescued wrestled free from her captures, and ran into the line of fire.
"He mustn't die!" She said. The bullet intended to kill Lelouch landed square in her forehead. Killing her instantly.
"You killed her!" Lelouch said in dismay.
"Our orders were to bring her back alive if possible, dead if necessary. Oh well, nothing can be done about it now." The officer shrugged it off. "We'll say we killed all the terrorists. Regrettably, the female was beaten to death. A fitting story, wouldn't you say?" He asked Lelouch. He only glared back.
With the gun once again trained on him, Lelouch sank into a state of regret. 'Im sorry Nunnally. I am going to die, before I get a chance to do anything.'
Suddenly, something touched his leg, sending Lelouch's senses spiraling.
You don't want to die do you? It appears you have something to live for. If I grant you power, could you go on? The power of kings will condemn you to a life of solitude. But while you love among humans, you will live unlike any other. A died went providence, a different time, a different life. You will surpass anything that walks this earth. Human or not.
If I grant you this power, you must make my one wish come true. Are you prepared for this?
Everything seemed to clear up in his mind. Lelouch finally remembered, who he was. And what he was capable of doing. Power? It was nothing but a tool. If a life of solitude was the only cost, a tool should be used for its purpose correct?
"I herby accept the terms of your contract!"
The white world began to fade away, and Lelouch was greeted by the dismal sight before him. He smiled. For once in a long time, he remembered who he was.
"Well then, go on. Shoot me." He told the officer. "Or have you realized, the only ones who should kill, are those prepared to be killed." He said in a lower tone.
The man huffed, he positioned the gun to Lelouch's head. "Ignorant boy." A second later, he shot. The aim was true, no doubt. But it would never hit. The bullet bounced off Lelouch, completely nullified by his superior genetics. He found it funny he was ever afraid to begin with.
Stunned, it took them a moment to realize what had happened.
"He's a ghoul!" The officer shouted. "Switch to Q-bullets!" The men scrambled to swap out their ammunition. Lelouch only laughed. A bone chilling cackle that stopped the soldiers dead in their tracks.
A bubbling began to form on Lelouch's back, then suddenly, two protrusions sprang from his back, splitting out half way into five different segments, like supernatural wings. Small tendrils also wrapped around his chest like ghostly fingers.
"A-a kakuja." One soldier said.
"Pure black." Said another, noting the unnatural color of the Kakuja. It was a pitch black hue that seemed to emit a deadly aura.
"It's the black raven."
"But he died years ago!"
A sudden fear instilled across the entire group.
One eye a coal black kakugan, the other a glowing red, Lelouch smiled darkly.
"Why don't you just stand there and let me kill you?"
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There you have it! This is not the first Code Geass and Tokyo Ghoul cross over, but it is different! Tell me how you like it and what you think of it. Pairings are currently open to suggestions.
Thank you for reading!