Dark Prince: The Kyushu Campaign Chapter 1, a code geass fanfic

Chapter 1

Dark Prince

Helltanz's notes: Alright I've decided that I'm going to make Kyushu a separate story, it'll be shorter than the First Dark Prince as it'll specifically just cover the Kyushu campaign. Now on to other matters no doubt people have noticed I've alluded to Li's frame.

You see unlike R2 I will focus on Europe rather than totally blowing them off so that's were you guys come in I need names for seventh generation frames for the Europeans, I'm thinking Sonne or Soleil, German and French for Sun respectively, for one of them, but other than that I'm pretty much up the creek without a battle.

In other regards I probably will bring back Marrianne, actually get her out of Anya later on and back into her original body but that will be a bit. Just thought I would go ahead and give a heads up on that.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass.

Chapter begin

"The Day was August tenth, of the year two thousand ten of the imperial calendar the Holy Britannian Empire had just declared war up on Japan. Confronted by Britanian's newest weapon the formidable Knight Mare Frame Japan fell to its enemy in less than a month the conquered nation was stripped of its freedom, its rights, its culture, its dignity, and finally even its name was taken away. Eleven the name of Japan and its people was replaced with a mere number."

They had expected the invasion, and they had made preparations for it. Britannia, the Six Houses of Kyoto, and the Black Knights were all working together to prevent the Chinese from succeeding in their ambitions.

Unfortunately, as things were they weren't starting off all that well. As it stood, the Chinese had brought more forces than originally anticipated, and had succeeded in landing more forces than they had hoped for.

On the other hand their, the Coalition's, own disposition of forces was slightly higher than originally expected, but not to a proportionate level. Schneziel's visit had brought the Avalon, which had the potential to be useful, but it had also effected their readiness in a negative way.

Lelouch cursed, and thunder boomed in the distance; with the announcement by that mousy bastard Sawasaki, pretty much all the factions had been forced to scramble in order to prepare to fight the coming battle.

In all actuality, that really wasn't a positive thing, because it had only added to the confusion, and Britannia's upset had caused a far greater amount of panic.

Right now there was a great deal of confusion amongst both populations; both Britannians and Japanese wondering exactly what was going on. Clovis was doing his best to assure the people that everything was going to be all right, but so far he hadn't been able to do much to calm the restless people.

Being caught off-balance like this wasn't just affecting the civilians. The fact was, though they had been preparing, Schneziel's visit had forced Britannia to alter security, giving the Chinese an opening from which to gain a foothold.

Loud clacks or softer clicks filled the air as weapons were loaded. The noise varied depending on whether the ammunition magazines for the weapons of Knightmare Frames or in the later case the guns of soldiers securing small arms were being loaded.

"Hurry up and get those autocannon munitions loaded up!" shouted a mechanic as he gestured to the large Knightmares that had never been put into wide scale production. The handful of prototypes were a sound design but had been shelved in favor of the chosen designs for easier mass-production. The largest of these machines were covered in thick armor, which was the key reason they were so difficult to mass produce, and resembled the now complete.

His Highness, Lelouch vi Britannia, scowled. Cornelia already knew he was deploying prototype frames into battle, they had gone over that. No, what annoyed him was the fact that because he was deploying prototypes, Britannia would be able to see his machines in action.

It was a double-edged sword because when word did get out that he was alive - and it would eventually - he would be expected to lend Britannia his capability more than he already had. That, and it meant they were going into a full scale battle earlier than he would have liked.

Yes, it would be good for business, and business meant money to go towards the Black Knights, and that meant more action; but in this case it also meant he'd be supplying Charles and his stupid ideals.

Shoji Sugishima and other Japanese soldiers stared as other frames were rolled out, ready to be moved onto ships. The Black Knights had plenty of Frames, and even more volunteers than Knightmare frames; unfortunately the Chinese would still outnumber them.

"Lelouch?" Kallen asked. Overall representatives were just arriving from the Black Knights and their newly recruited allies.

The Prince slid the longer barreled pistol into its holster.

"You think those people from the Kyoto group are a danger? Or perhaps it's Britannia which has you concerned?" he returned. He looked out from his position on the catwalk.

She really was not giving him his due if that was what she was worried about. While it was hard to imagine perhaps, the Coalition was going to work, at least so long as the Chinese were a threat.

Kyoto could be trusted to keep high-ranking positions 'within the family', case in point, and proof in this instance, being Kirihara's granddaughter being in charge of the Kyoto contingent present, and- . Ah, that must have been it. "It's because you're a Stadtfeld, right." he laughed. "Your family, no, your father, is powerful to an extent, both here and in the homeland, guess it would be strange to see you as a Black Knight."

"What the hell does that mean?" she growled; oh yes, he had hit the nail on the head. Cornelia had definitely identified her.

He shrugged, spinning the second pistol and picking it up. "We're not howling in the darkness," the Prince stated. Rakashata's survival suits had been issued to more or less all frontline Black Knight Forces, even-so, everyone seemed to be wearing their own clothes. Lelouch even had the hair extensions in, and the death white Venetian masque was on the table. He was already wearing the overcoat.

"Miss Kirihara, if you have something to report, now is the time to say it. The battle will be beginning all too soon, there is no time left to dawdle."

"The forces for Kyoto should be arriving shortly," Misaki Kirihara answered, stepping onto the catwalk. She was dressed more as a businesswoman, in contrast to either the pseudo military uniforms or, in Lelouch's case, the fully buttoned-up greatcoat. "Is it within your capacity to do this?"

Lelouch craned his neck to look at her.

"Mmm, what was that?" he inquired with a devilish smirk, "Kyoto's forces will only be good for their numbers to reinforce weakened positions; in any event, all conditions will be cleared." His gloved fingers gripped the pale mask and fixed it into place, obscuring his face. "All Black Knights, commence your final check on your equipment and finish loading up ammunition," the Prince ordered, "We're beginning the operation according to the revised plan," He deactivated the comm. "You can tell Kirihara I have no intention of allowing the Chinese to have a prolonged visit, but Kyoto's assistance is gravely disappointing."

"I'm sure he knows that," she remarked quietly.

Lelouch turned to face Merlin. "Try and keep Kaguya out of trouble. The sun has begun to rise." He didn't mean it literally. The Dark Prince made his way towards the towering frame of Merlin.

If it had been within his power Lelouch would have preferred to have had more mass-production Edinburghs or Manchesters. As it was, everything they had available was already standing by. The Black Knight Factories in Japan would be busy after this battle replenishing the casualties of not only the Black Knights but most likely Cornelia's forces as well, but there really wasn't going to be much choice.

Cornelia's forces were understrength already due to certain conflicts with the Black Knights, and if her forces weren't replenished then the Nationalists could pose a serious problem to stability.

That was a threat that couldn't be allowed to make a move, and so Lelouch would arm Cornelia in exchange for certain concessions, and after this mess was done he'd take steps to take down the Nationalists.

In truth Schneziel's impromptu trip had really thrown everything into disarray because it had kept most the leaders away from their posts. The Chinese had moved right in before a storm had kicked up which was presently dumping cold rain across the Island.

Of the few bits of good news was the muddy ground was slowing the Chinese, the bad news however was of course that the storm was keeping the Britannian airforce grounded.

His mask securely in place, Lelouch tapped his communicator, "Anti Invasion Coalition, this is the Black Knights. We are in position, commencing phase one of Operation Cromwell," he intoned, before activating his Knightmare Frame.

The screens came to life, displaying the words: "Autonomous Combat Knightmare Frame" on the central screen, while below that appeared the letters "MMI", before shifting out to spell "Mordred Mechanized Infantry". After that, the number 303 appeared below that, followed by the words "Merlin command type", before finally informing him that operating systems were now online and had reached optimal efficiency for start up. Lelouch directed the machine to exit standby mode.

As soon as that was done the words dissolved and the cameras came on line displaying the launch area. Merlin's 'eyes' flashed as the large warmachine came alive.

"All safeties disengaged, beginning operation launch." The seventh generation frame accelerated out of the 'hangar' via an electromagnetic launch system. The Merlin's wings snapped into position as it sailed across the crashing waves. The float system activated, allowing the machines to achieve full flight.

Merlin was not the only one to launch but most of the Knightmares would be carried across to Kyushu by high speed boats. Other Knightmares rose forming into noticeable squadrons of war machines before they moved into large formations. Attached to the vast majority of the machines were VTOL units; in the distance, Britannian Knightmare VTOL carriers were approaching the far shore. Most of them were behind schedule due to the heavy wind and rain.

Lelouch looked over to Kyushu Schneziel, whose flaunting about like an oversized peacock had disorganized their forces to an extent. Britannia's forces weren't nearly as precise as they should have been, in addition to this Kyoto's troops were straggling along.

The latter was one issue the Dark Prince was going to have to address later on; as it stood, the six houses of Kyoto were starting to dissolve into arguments over the future. Some in the houses opposed cooperation, but to hold back support wasn't something Lelouch was willing to tolerate.

Once initial landings were done, the Black Knights would begin to penetrate deeper into Kyushu with small advanced groups mainly comprised of Manchesters, via the underground network of high speed railway lines. For now they would keep the Birminghams out at sea and assisting with the blockade.

A shadow, Merlin's shadow, appeared over the ground. The Chinese were already moving on Kitakyushu. After landings were finished the Skidbladnir, which was still incomplete would proceed further south and provide support.

The submarine that had been presented to them by Rakshata had reported in, relaying that they were delaying Todoh and Kallen and the others who were on board. As it stood Ogi had most of Kallen's old group with him; they would be working with the local Japanese populace for the day, to facilitate greater cooperation.

Schneziel's face, smug as always, appeared on the Knightmare's visual communication screen, as did Cornelia, and the obscured face of one of the neutral members of the Six houses of Kyoto appeared as well.

Lelouch gritted his teeth as the second prince smiled.

"So, exactly what should I be doing?" Schneziel inquired, directed more at Lelouch then anyone else.

The Dark Prince almost told him to sit down, shut up and stay the hell out of the way. Only almost, even though the older blonde prince had botched up the operation enough by disturbing their planning. Lelouch landed his large seventh generation frame on the highway leading south. More frames would be joining him shortly.

"Shut up and do whatever Cornelia says," Lelouch growled softly to Schneziel, sorely tempted to cut the transmission.

Annoying, meddlesome, arrogant, manipulative prick he thought, and for once he was not referring to Charles. Well, Schneziel wasn't nearly as bad as Charles but he had still chosen a horrible time to come to Japan.

In any case, the Chinese force were mainly just that: Chinese, however there was a sizable force of Japanese expatriates who were a part of the invasion force. It was more than the token force that Lelouch had originally suspected would be present, not that it really mattered much in the overall situation of the battle.

They, the combined forces of both the Japanese expatriates and no doubt regular Chinese military, were all in Gun Rus.

Estimated time of engagement with Invading Forces: 1:52:47. The seizure of the Fukoka base had come faster than expected and that rat Sawasaki in his second broadcast seemed to be making that place his fortress. Hopefully they could kick him out quickly.

CC in the Cardoc came to a stop beside him. The Dudleys would be amongst the last of the Black Knights first landing force, so for now their only immediate massed artillery fire they would possess besides naval support were a few Raikous, the Cardoc and to a lesser extent the Merlin. A portion of the Edinburghs did have some ability due to their equipment but most weren't outfitted for artillery operations. Of course, their long range sniper rifles would be effective - both militarily and psychologically. It certainly would cause discord amongst the enemy force.

More blips appeared on the seventh generations machine's complex electronic surveillance suite of equipment.

Initial landings from the Konmon straits to Oita would deposit more than a quarter of the total Black knights' committed fighting strength. Kyushu's population was like that of many of the Japanese, so while many had grown adverse to supporting terrorists, the so-called independent Japan under Sawasaki might garner some support. At the same time, the combined banner of the Six houses of Kyoto, and the Black Knights, also had its sway on people.

Though it had been Schneziel's idea to put the Druid system into a Knightmare, Lelouch would be using it first in actual combat, and combined with the Salamander pod, as well as the manipulation of the San Graal system it was unrivaled.

Cornelia was currently standing by, likely with the Britannian navy, until the preparations were complete for her own landing. Schneziel was aboard the Avalon, his airship, along with Suzaku who was in the Lancelot; no doubt Cornelia would have them both move out shortly.

The dark Prince's fingers danced across the keyboard of the machine's interface. Right now the lines of communication were unobstructed - not that San Graal and Skidbladnir and the other heavier communications arrays on other Frames wouldn't be able to break the jamming even though Fukuoka had fallen to the enemy. A fact which significantly increased the enemy's jamming capacity in the approaching battles, which would be a severe problem should the Chinese prove more adept at securing a foothold on the Island. That was unlikely to occur once this thrice-damned storm cleared and the naval and air superiority was established. Those actions would deny them further supplies from the mainland of the Chinese Federation.

Confirming Britannia was an easier matter, the task force of surface ships were spreading out in blockade formation to stop any further forces. Whether they would be in place to stop the heavier freighters that were enroute remained to be seen. The freighters appeared to be regular trade freighters that came at this time of the month, but that really meant nothing at all considering the ships were riding much lower in the water than usual.

Monitoring the forces under Kyoto's chain of command was more difficult. Admittedly they would have greater forces to offer now that the invasion had commenced, even so it appeared that they would still be outnumbered.

Reports filtered in about the ongoing naval 'battle'; skirmish would have been the word he used to describe it, but best not to bruise the Britannians' fragile egos, in the East China sea. The Portmans were faring well enough, but they had been deployed too late to be able to defeat the expected percentage.

What was worse was that while they might not have had not lost any of the aquatic type frames, the RMI 13 Portmans, the fact was that the Britannian Knightmares did not have the capacity to rearm quickly enough with the necessary heavy weapons, in order to sink enemy ships. A flaw that was also present on the Eastbourne to a lesser extent.

In the case of the latter, the super-cavitation torpedoes were giving range which was cutting down on reloading time by destroying the enemy from a further distance. With their superior torpedo capacity, especially factoring in the external racks ,the use of those mounts would make them easy prey for sonar once distances were closed. At the current moment, air forces couldn't deploy due to the hurricane affecting the coast of the Chinese and Japanese Seas.

This storm would likely cause extensive flooding so search-and-rescue assets would possibly need to be committed while combat operations were ongoing; something that would be an utter annoyance to do in a war zone.

The storm itself was a troublesome complication. Still, it was best to continue as they had planned, adjusting as things changed.

Schneziel's face again appeared, causing the Dark Prince to scowl behind his mask; he really didn't need this.

"Ah, Lelouch," the leader of the black knights' scowl increased. "I know this is Cornelia and your operation but-" a pink haired girl appeared on the screen, though thankfully it was not Euphie.

"Schneziel, I don't have time for this, bother Cornelia. She hasn't launched yet, and I have a trap to set for the Chinese." He flicked the channel off. Rotten smug bastard, Lelouch thought. "Have team nine move into position and make sure you have the coordinates zeroed in."

Chapter conclusion

Helltanz's notes: Right okay that's the intro and part 1 of Kyushu arc, review please tell me if I screwed up on anything as usual.

Now to explain this story will only cover the Kyushu campaign after I finish the Kyushu Campaign this will be considered complete and we'll move on to part 3.

Now Betaed.