AN/So.. Chapter 2... it includes a timeskip
"The Former Eleventh Prince Lelouch Vi Britannia has arrived." The herald announced to the royal chamber
With that as the large doors at the end of the Imperial Throne Room opened revealing a young boy dressed in a black and silver version of the clothes the nobles had last seen him in, a direct contrast to the white and gold that were the colors of the emperor and of the empire itself. The outcast prince walked briskly to the middle of the pathway before starting to sweep into a graceful genuflect, much to the approval of the many Nobles, and some of the royals who hated his mother, at the spot that mere peasants would. However to the shock of all the outcast prince suddenly vanished, the audience chamber erupted with sound of surprise, before from mere meters in front of the emperor the voice of the outcast prince spoke, his voice loud, clear and cold "At your behest, I have returned; Your Majesty."
Had any of the gathered Nobility focused on the Emperor rather than the outcast prince and his mysterious stunt, they would have seen a sight that had not been seen in decades, as such Lelouch Vi Britannia was the only one who saw the expression of surprise flicker across the face of Charles Zi Britannia before he bent his head to show just enough respect and no more.
The throne room had never been so quiet before... Everyone in the room From the collected nobility to the former prince waited for the emperor to react to the bizarre events that had just transpired. The silence stretched on for several seconds as the Emperor's face remained passive.
Suddenly it was Lelouch's turn to be surprised as the emperor's voice rang out; "You have done well for yourself, my son. You have proven yourself stronger than any of your siblings, at the mere age of ten not only have you survived an active war zone, but it appears that you thrived in it, I expect you to put that new found ability of yours to good use... Rise and assume your title as the restored Eleventh Prince of Britannia, Lelouch."
As he rose from his kneeling position Lelouch was stunned, just as the nobles and his siblings were, by the expression that his father bore... one might even describe it as paternalistic pride...
Later that same day Charles spoke with his brother V.V. about Lelouch's little stunt to try to find out what form of Geass his son had acquired.
"So what is this new power my son so... unabashedly showed off today?" Charles asked once V.V. was done with his analysis, "I presume it works by altering the perception of time?"
"No; brother it doesn't." V.V. replied shocked at his own findings
"Then does it cast an illusion? Deceive the senses?" Charles asked with confusion, usually his first guess was right
"No... Charles... what your son did... IF it is a geass... then it is the most powerful one to ever exist."
"Wait..." Charles responded "What do you mean Vincent?"
"Charles..." V.V. swallowed before continuing "His power affected reality... whatever he did didn't touch your mind... it warped reality itself to his will. The only thing in any way comparable is the unnatural physical recovery of code bearers... and even that pales in comparison to what Lelouch did."
Charles actually took a step backwards while his mind went into overdrive planning what he could for the future. "Vincent. Keep Nunnally and that boy you captured with her safe, they may be... useful... in the future."
"And what of your son, Lelouch?" V.V. asked
"He is going to the military academy... with a special focus on special operations."
Seven years After Lelouch had his title restored; in Japan:
"Dammit Kallen, Tamaki Both of you listen, We will not try to conduct a strike, we are ceasing any and all of our operations for the duration of Lelouch Vi Britannia's stay here in Japan!" Naoto exasperatedly tried telling his irritated little sister, as well as .
"Why Naoto, he's just another spoiled prince! He doesn't even keep a guard most of the time, if we get the chance I say we assassinate him!" Kallen tried desperately to convince her brother to see sense this was a perfect opportunity to get rid of not only a prince, but one of the big three contenders for the throne.
Ohgi spoke up "Kallen, I agree with Naoto completely on this one... there is a reason why he is known in the southern Pacific as He Who Brings the Night It would take an outright miracle to take him down."
"Wait... why is he called that?" Tamaki asked confused.
"Because through his efforts even the smallest resistance cells in Area 15 were found and wiped out... every single last member of a resistance cell in area 15 was found with their throats slashed open in their sleep. Do you know why he did that?" Naoto said
"Because he could?" she guessed figuring that he did it on a simple whim as the royals were want to do
"When he was asked he said he did it because otherwise Cornelia would have wiped the fifteens out completely for daring to harm princess Euphemia who was vacationing there."
"W-wait... so he..."
"Yes. He claims to have killed thousands of people to save millions." Ohgi responded,
"In what is now Area 18 he recently took out another army, at night, supposedly to prevent Cornelia from wiping out the civilians who had found shelter in the fort that was defended by that army. Lelouch Vi Britannia very well may be the most dangerous of the Royals."
"Brother!" Clovis exclaimed as Lelouch descended the ramp of the transport that brought him to japan. "Its good to see you again; you will remove that silly mask won't you?" he said as he gestured to the black skull mask Concealing Lelouch's face.
"I'm sorry Clovis but you do know how much I value keeping my appearance secret." Lelouch responded
"So Lelouch why have you come all the way here to Area Eleven? Knowing you it isn't for a conjugal visit"
Smirking behind his mask Lelouch walked up to his brother before whispering in his ear. "I've decided to finish high school here, brother, and the Ashfords are grateful for the business. I also plan to try to find any evidence I can pertaining to what happened to Nunnally. Integrating myself with the common people of this Area should help me do that."
At the mention of their missing sister Clovis's happy expression disappeared to be replaced with a much more somber one. "You have full access to everything I have found in my search for her Lelouch, I wish you the best of luck in finding her."
That night it was announced to the residents of Area 11 that the "Black Prince" Lelouch Vi Britannia would be vacationing in Area eleven for an undetermined length of time after his conquest Area 17 and his assistance of Cornelia in establishing Area 18. The next evening Lelouch paid a visit to Shinjuku, the last place that he saw both Suzaku and Nunnally.
"But Naoto he's right there! I can kill him!" Tamaki whispered as he and the rest of their little resistance group hid in the ruins of the old Shinjuku police department.
"No Tamaki don't!" Naoto hissed
"I'm taking the shot!" Tamaki yelled as he jumped up to fire his rifle only for Lelouch Vi Britannia to suddenly disappear from sight.
a second later Tamaki felt it; A cold steel blade pressed up against his throat, ready to end his life in an instant.
"Now now, little boys shouldn't play with guns, or else they might get hurt" Lelouch said.
The rest of the small terrorist group stood up in alarm not even raising their guns at first before realizing their mistake as Tamaki dumbly shouted "Are you calling me a Kid!" However even Tamaki was smart enough to shut up when Lelouch pressed the blade into his skin just hard enough to draw blood.
"Yes I am; because only a kid would be stupid enough to shout that he's 'Taking the shot' so loud the emperor probably heard it all the way back in Pendragon instead of actually using the weapon."
"As for the rest of you it is a small miracle that you managed to survive at all with this man on your team; I would be doing you all a favor by eliminating him."
"No! Don't!" One of the members of the cell cried out
"Looks like your friends actually care about you 'Little Boy' so I think I'll just take this." he said as he ripped the gun out of Tamkai's loose grip and disappearing again. Suddenly he revealed himself behind Naoto, terrifying the leader of the Shinjuku resistance with the sound of his voice; "From your demeanor I presume that you are the leader of this little group, I'll let you and your group go this time, but take heed of my advice you should only fight to defend, never to cause harm; do this and I won't hunt you and your little group down, and don't get in the way of me when I am hunting for evidence, this is your only warning" When he finished he disappeared without leaving a trace.
After a long moment of silence Kallen spoke "What the hell just happened?"
"I think he decided to spare us..." Naoto said as he hugged his shell-shocked sister in relief.
Standing in the window of a nearby ruin Lelouch watched the small terrorist group he had spared make a break for it scattering all over the ghetto before thinking out loud "I hope that they are not foolish enough to waste this chance I gave them, though I do tire of playing the part of the villain so often. Well that'll change soon enough I'll have another role to play for a while at least." he said before continuing to the still standing ruins of the apartments where he had left Nunnally and Suzaku all those years ago.
A few days after that incident the sickly heiress Kallen Stadtfeld returned to school; she was in the middle of her English course when the teacher was pulled aside by principal Ashford for a quick talk before entering with a new student who had messy short black hair and purple eyes.
"Class it seems a new student will be joining us today; his name i..." the teacher started before the new kid interrupted him.
"Hello my name is Lelouch Lamperouge, I have just recently moved here from the homeland, I hope that we can have an... enjoyable school year together." he finished with a smile that made most of the girls in the class swoon, while Kallen thought 'great another stuck up Britannian Brat' across the room Shirley was having different thoughts entirely, and as the teacher gestured for Lelouch to take the seat next to her she couldn't resist asking the question that crossed her mind "Were you named after the prince?"
"I don't know, I never thought about it before" Lelouch lied so smoothly and effortlessly that no one in the room caught his lie as he settled into his chair next to Shirley and in front of Kallen.
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I just wrote it as it came to me honestly... I have a general Idea of where I want to go but no p aslan to how to get there... So I am just writing as it comes to me... Please review.
