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Chapter 1: The Day the Demon Returned

Lelouch's eyes snapped open. It was dark. Wasn't he dead? Zero Requiem was completed! Right? He remembered being stabbed by Zero. So, why was he here?

Okay, okay. Just calm down. Just think it through. Lelouch took in a deep breath. He was able to comprehend that something was covering his mouth and nose. He tried to take the cover off his mouth. He realized he was being restrained by his clothing. His clothes felt like…CC's?

Lelouch's eyes widened as he realized where he was. He was in that capsule CC was in! That must mean he had a Code! But where was CC? Wait! That must mean he's in the truck with Kallen and…what was his name? Nagato? Nogata? Well, whatever. It didn't really matter.

He felt the truck crash and was thrown against the side of the capsule. He cursed in his head. Lelouch heard somebody shout, "Hey! Are you okay? Hey? Can you hear me?"

He tried to connect to the younger and more innocent Lelouch through the truck. RR, as he mentally began calling himself, remembered CC was able to do it through the Lancelot. Why couldn't he do it through a little truck?

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'You're finally here…' Lelouch heard a dark voice whisper."Where did that come from?" he asked himself. He looked into the truck and called out, "Are you there?"

The voice sounded like…himself? What did that mean? The truck suddenly jerked back and he was thrown into the truck and slammed against a strange capsule. "Hey! Stop!" Lelouch stood up and groaned. "Hey, at least put a ladder inside as well."

Inside the capsule, RR laughed softly to himself. He seemed to complain a lot back then. Soon he'd be free! He closed his eyes and leaned against the edge of the capsule. This was going to be one heck of a ride.

Helping Lelouch instead of CC helping him was certainly going to be different. It would be interesting to him. He could also fix any mistakes he made! RR opened his violet eyes, not that it would do any good, and sighed. Even though he would give Lelouch his Geass soon, it wasn't any fun to wait.

He waited and waited until finally the capsule opened. RR closed his eyes and tried to flip his hair back like CC did but ultimately failed.

"It's not…poison gas?" a bewildered Suzaku asked dumbly. He watched as the RR opened his eyes to reveal amused violet orbs. "It's…Lelouch?"

"What?" Lelouch shouted as he watched Suzaku move the man to ground. "Help me untie…me?" Lelouch stuttered awkwardly and began to undo the ties on the amused man's arms and legs. Suzaku agreed and unzipped the man's feet.

Suddenly lights flashed on the trio. "You monkey. I don't ever recall giving that much authority to an Honorary Britannian." Suzaku and Lelouch turned around to face the guards.

"But I heard this was poison gas…!" Suzaku yelled.

"You don't have the right to argue!" The guard shot back. "But in light of your accomplishment, I'll give you a chance. Private Kururugi, use this to kill the terrorist. Huh? They look alike?" the man questioned as he held out a gun and offered it to Suzaku. "Hmph, no problem. Kill the one in the school uniform."

"He's different!" Suzaku gasped as he began to argue. "He's just a civilian who was caught up in this!"

"Bastard…This is an order! You pledged allegiance to Britannia, didn't you?"

"That's…" Suzaku started. "But…I can't." RR smiled at this statement.

"What?" the baffled guard replied.

"I won't do it," Suzaku continued. "I can't shoot a civilian like him." He turned to the pair of Lelouch's with hopeful eyes. RR scoffed and turned his gaze to Lelouch.

"Then…die," the guard answered as he aimed the gun at Suzaku. The private turned around just in time to get shot in the side.

"Suzaku!" Lelouch screamed as he watched his best friend fall to the ground.

"Hmph, how unfortunate," the soldier mocked. "Retrieve the boy then kill the schoolboy."

"Yes, my lord," the soldiers behind him replied as they rushed forward. Suddenly a blast and a cry of "Nippon banzai!" caught all except the bound RR off guard.

The two Lelouch's decided this was their chance and took off. The former emperor deliberately tripped by the secret entrance to the warehouse.

"What the hell are you? Why do you look like me? All this commotion is your fault!" Lelouch yelled. "Hey! And Britannia…Britannia even killed Suzaku…" RR nudged Lelouch towards the entrance. They crawled up the stairs to the warehouse. "Listen, you wait there."

Lelouch watched as all the Elevens in the warehouse were gunned down. The soldiers began talking and heard a cry from a young child. Immediately, Lelouch heard gunshots and flinched at the sound. He looked over at the soldiers in disgust.

RR, however, felt almost nothing. They were just more unfortunate casualties in this war. Still, it was a young child. He was also reliving this from a different viewpoint. It was…different. He watched as the student gasped at his cell phone ringing and immediately hung up. The Royal Guards immediately took action. They grabbed Lelouch and threw him against the wall as they held RR back.

"A fitting location for a terrorist to die," the guard laughed.

"You guys…" Lelouch growled.

"Well, for a student you tried hard. As expected of a Britannian. However, your future…has just ended." The soldier pointed his gun at the student and smirked. The student gasped and braced himself for the incoming bullet. RR pulled himself out of the grasp of the Royal Guard and ran in front of the student. How he did that amazed him more than anybody else.

"Stop! Don't shoot!" he screamed as the guard pulled the trigger. He was shot between his widened eyes and fell over. That hurt a bit more than he thought it would. Although, being stabbed and slowly dying hurt more. Regardless, it hurt.

"Hey!" the student gasped as he knelt beside the body.

"I would've preferred him alive. This is what we should tell the higher ups: We, His Highness's personal unit, found the terrorist base and destroyed it. However, the hostage had already been executed by the time we got there. What do you think about that, student?"

"What is this…?" 'Suzaku…this man, too…Am I…going to meet my end here, too? Without being able to do anything…so quickly…Nunnally!' Suddenly the man grasped the student's wrist and he was sent into a strange world.

"You don't want it to end here. You can't let it end here," the man's dark voice echoed.

"What the…this man also sounds like me…"

"What would Nunnally do without you? Who would protect her?"

"How does he…?"

"If only you had the power to do so. I'm offering you a contract. I'll give you power, as long as you can grant a wish of mine. If you agree, you will live as a human but differ greatly from other humans. A different destiny, a different time, a different life...The Power of the Kings may isolate you. If you are prepared…"

The student saw images flash through his mind until one finally stood out. It was of the Emperor.

"The Ragnarök Connection? Has the legend begun yet again?!"

The student scowled at the image of his father. "Tch! Fine then, I'll bind that contract!" he yelled out as he was sent back to his original world. Lelouch felt a strange power in his left eye. He put his right hand over his left eye and stood up chuckling.

"Hm?" the Royal guard watched in confusion.

"Hey, how should Britannians who hate Britannia live?" the student asked the Royal guard.

"Are you an ideologist…Huh?"

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to shoot? Your opponent is just a student. Or have you realized it? Those who are allowed to shoot are those who are prepared to get shot?" he removed his hand from his eye. The power of Geass filled his left eye.

"W-What's that?" the soldier asked in horror as he held up a shaking gun.

"I, Lelouch vi Britannia, order you bastards to…die!" the student ordered as his hand swiped to the side.

The Royal Guard laughed and moved their guns to their necks. "Yes, Your Highness! Kya!" the guard yelled as they shot themselves and fell to the ground.

The student watched emotionless as blood splattered across his face. He looked at the bodies and felt his expression contort into one of disgust. His gaze moved towards the man that looked like him and apologized silently. Lelouch looked up as a Knightmare Frame entered the warehouse.

"What happened here?" a female voice echoed. "What is a Britannian student doing in a place like this? Answer me! Otherwise…"

"Tch!" The Knightmare shot around Lelouch.

"Answer me!" she shouted.

"Get down from there!" Lelouch ordered activating his Geass. "Right now."

"Who do you think you are?" she replied angrily as Lelouch turned around, deactivating his Geass.

"I am Alan Spacer. My father is a Duke," Lelouch lied smoothly. "I have an ID card inside my pocket. I would like to request protection after you check it." He watched as a dark-skinned woman with silver hair exited the Knightmare. He smirked.

"Keep your hands up," she ordered. "I will take the ID out myself."

"Give me your Knightmare," Lelouch commanded as he activated his Geass. He felt somebody poke his shoulder and turned around to see RR wave at him with a cheeky grin.

"What the hell?!" Lelouch sputtered as he jumped back.

"Hello to you, too, sunshine," RR teased as he spun around once and poked Lelouch's nose.

"What the…you're…alive?" the student asked in horror. RR leaned in close to Lelouch and was an inch away from his face. He narrowed his eyes while pondering something.

"Of course!" RR suddenly burst out a few seconds later as he backed away with a laugh. "I thought about surprising you by being there in your house when you got home but then I thought that I couldn't just walk right in without a plan. I guess I haven't been thinking things out lately? It was so boring counting down the days to the final stage of the plan. Maybe I lost my touch? No, no, no. I'm still pretty good at being a leader and making plans. I was the greatest leader. Humph, I can't believe they betrayed me like that! I can't believe I'm letting him be with those traitors! Oh well. What's done is done. Now, onto more important matters: Like how I need to find a place to stay for the time being. Hm…I'll stay with Lelouch so he doesn't do anything stupid. Oh! I'll actually get a bed this time around! Take that CC! Haha! Life truly is wonderful when you don't have to worry about doing anything! Perhaps I should try to live a carefree life…? Nah, I have to keep Lelouch out of trouble. I wonder how he'd feel about taking care of CC and I if I find her. I know CC will be a burden; I can try not to be. I know I won't be. That's a fact. Speaking of CC, will she have her memories like I do? I'm sure I can figure that out eventually. I can try and show her some of my memories and trigger something. Wait! Will VV have his memories, too? Will they also have memories of that time? One had a connection to C's World and one had a Code before dying. It wouldn't be odd, I guess. That won't be fun if they have their memories, though. It'd be troublesome for me. Will they actually try to hunt me down or leave me alone to foil their plans again? I should—"

"Will you stop talking for a minute?!" Lelouch screamed at the babbling immortal.

"Huh?" RR blinked at the student's outburst.

"What are you prattling on about?"

"Stuff. Now hurry up. Get into that stolen Knightmare and run off," RR ordered as he swung his arm to the side.

"…Alright. I want answers, though," Lelouch demanded.

"Yeah, yeah, sure. Later, though," RR waved off as he began to walk out of the warehouse.

"But—"

"Later!" RR interrupted with the wave of a wrist. Lelouch grit his teeth and muttered under his breath as his entered Villetta's Knightmare.

"Who is he?" Lelouch pondered as he took the walkie-talkie out of his uniform.

RR laughed at himself. He had to talk to himself just to make Lelouch less suspicious of him. Honestly, RR thought it was a bit fun. He didn't have to worry about planning a coup d'état for the Black Knights anymore. He didn't have to deal with Milly Ashford's nonsense. Although, it would be nice if he could see the Student Council again. But then it hit him.

He could see Nunnally again.

Except this wasn't his Nunnally. He had to remind himself that these weren't his friends or family or enemies. These were Lelouch's. RR lost his when he died that day. He knew that.

He was okay with it! Those weren't tears! RR was perfectly fine with never seeing his family or friends again! He was prepared for that when Zero Requiem was planned.

"Is my warlock really that soft?" a voice "echoed" through RR's head.

"CC?!" he exclaimed out loud.

"The one and only," CC's mocking voice replied.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

As you can see, this is a bit of retelling the events of Episode 1 with a few changes here and there. You can probably guess that Lelouch is suspicious of RR and he is. Who wouldn't be? If I found a capsule with somebody who looked exactly like me, I'd be suspicious and a bit terrified! That's why when RR is around Lelouch, he's most likely going to be OOC. But other than that, I'm going to try and keep him as in-character as I can!

Anyways, this is my first fanfiction and I hope it can really go somewhere! I rewrote this chapter about 3 or 4 times because I was really nervous to post this! I hope you all enjoy this! And don't worry, it will eventually stray from canon (very soon, most likely). I'm sorry if this plot, writing, or anything is awful. I just wanted to try my hand at writing fanfiction. n

Also, when RR talks to himself, listen to the Code Geass O.S.T. Cheese. It makes it a lot more effective. :3

Finally, I'd like to conclude by saying that I'm probably not going to ship Lelouch or RR with anyone. I dunno, he doesn't seem to be the type to be all "lovey-dovey" with somebody. Maybe subtle flirting and stuff but that's basically it.

So I hope you enjoy this and I'll see you all next time~