CHAPTER ONE:
KNOWING ONE'S ENEMY
The first thing that registered in her mind is that she's laying comfortably in her room… her room as KALLEN STADTFELD. She sat up quickly surveying her surroundings.
'what the hell…'
The last thing she remembered is the assassination of…
'Lelouch!'
She quickly put on the first clothes she grab from her enormous wardrobe and quickly ran downstairs. Due to her panicking mind, she bumped to someone she didn't expect to see again.
'Na…o…to'
She stared at her brother wide eye.
"Hey Kallen! What's with the hurry? Mom and Dad are in the mainland remember? You don't have to rush.." Naoto, her older brother asked holding her shoulder lightly.
"Nii…chan? Naoto-niichan?" She asked dumbfounded.
"Who else?" Naoto answered her jokingly.
Tears slowly flowed from her eyes as she stares at her older brother. She quickly embraced him tightly, burying her face to his chest.
"Oi Kallen… Are you okay? What's with you suddenly attacking me like that?" feeling the wetness form his chest he glanced down at Kallen."ARE YOU CRYING? WHATS THE MATTER?" Naoto asked, panicking as he saw his little sister cry.
"It's a dream right? How can someone who's long gone suddenly appear infront of me?" She asked her brother silently looking up at him.
"KALLEN YOU'RE SCARING ME… WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHO'S DEAD?" Naoto asked shaking her slightly.
"YOU'RE DEAD! YOU… YOU… YOU DIED DURING THAT OPERATION… YOU DIED PROTECTING YOUR FRIEND!" Kallen shouted.
Naoto, surprised by her outburst pats her head. "I think I understand the situation now.. It's just a dream Kallen… I'm alive. See?" Naoto touches her cheeks as he wiped her tears.
"A… dream? Really?" Kallen asked softly staring at her brother's eyes
"Yes… now go back to your room. Take some rest and calm yourself okay?" Her brother ordered her.
"Okay" Kallen nodded as she returns to her room.
Sighing softly, she stares at the ceiling.
'A dream huh?..'
"Its not…" an emotionless voice answered her thought
"what the-"
"Kallen.. you used the geass I gave to you remember'"
Kallen closes her eyes as she tries to remember everything.
"Calm yourself.. Think of all the things that happened"
Cringing from the sudden voice in her mind, she take a deep breath and begun to think of all the things that happened so far.
Naoto died… its not a dream… The resistance cell… Zero… Black Knights… Guren… Geass.. Lelouch… Zero Requiem... contract!
"CC!"
"Finally…it's not nice forgetting why you're here you know" the witch teased her.
"Shut up! Its not my fault! How can I understand what was happening really! By the way… what's happening here?"
"I don't know… It's the power of your geass remember?.. You wish to save Lelouch and now here we are back to the past"
"Past? You mean we came back… we time travelled? Is it my geass?'
"Yes… But I don't know what kind of power your geass possessed. It takes different forms for every contractor… I'm just sure that its your geass"
"So.. I just make us time travel?"
"Long story short yes.. you time travelled."
"By the way, where are you?"
"Inside the capsule…"
"huh?"
"Nevermind where am I… what important is to know what will you do now"
"Well… basically… what will I do now CC?"
"Its up to you black queen… I'll contact you again…"
'CC wait!'
Silence answered her call.
"Augh! That witch!"
Not knowing what to do, she begun inspecting her own room. She looks at her study table and saw that its year 2015…
"two years before the start of Lelouch's rebellion"
Kallen frustratedly lay back to her bed. She closed her eyes recalling and arranging the events in her mind.
"How can I remember everything accordingly! What happened first… the Narita….? The Shinjuku? Aughhhh! if I know that I will be back in time I shoul have made a list of the events that happened!"
Knowing that she will go nowhere laying there making her head hurt, she decided to let the events go on its own flow.
"I'll just make a move when the situation calls for it." She nodded her head satisfied with her conclusion.
A knock disturbed her as her brother's head come to her view.
"Hey Kallen, I'll just go to Ohgi's house tonight…" Naoto said to her.
"Okay… Be careful!" she answered back, realizing the events that starting to unfold again.
As soon as her brother closes the door, Kallen immediately stand up.
"No…. Brother will die tonight… I will not let that happen!"
She rush outside using the window as her exit and silently follow her older brother.
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"Naoto! Hurry up! The shipment will come soon" Ohgi shouted as he saw his bestfriend running towards them.
"Sorry… I have to make sure that Kallen can handle being alone at home. She just had a bad dream and I have to reassure her you know.." Naoto apologetically said to Ohgi.
"Whatever you say siscon…" Ohgi teasingly jabbed Naoto.
"I'm not a SISCON!" Naoto shouted.
"Then let's go and finish this operation quickly so Naoto-niichan can go back home quickly to his cute little sister" Ohgi said as he walked towards their car. He stopped walking and glanced at Naoto seriously. "Oh, everything's ready."
Naoto nodded grimly. "Be careful" he said looking directly at Ohgi's eyes.
"You too" Ohgi answered.
"Long live Japan" they both whisper.
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Kallen walk inside their former hideout. Looking at her surroundings she can't helped but reminisce the past.
"this is where I began…"
She slapped herself loudly and shake her head "No time for that… must save niichan!"
She search for something she can used and found a motorcycle at the far corner. Smirking, she 'borrowed' the motorcycle and went to her brother's operation site.
"I will not let you die again niichan…"
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Stopping at a warehouse, Naoto and his comrades armed themselves preparing to start their attack.
"This is it…" Ohgi said silently.
Naoto looked at the warehouse. "Yes. To think that the Britannians stock their weapons here… who would have thought.." Shaking his head slightly, he stares at his group, nodded and give a hand sign signaling the attack.
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Kallen arrive at the area witnessing a one sided battle.
'Just as Ohgi told me when niichan died… The britannians are waiting for them to attack… It's a trap…'
Kallen hurriedly joined the battle. Immobilizing the nearest soldier, she took the soldier's weapons and continue her ferocious attacks.
Near the middle of the battle, Kallen saw her brother and Ohgi. She scans her surroundings and saw the sniper who will kill her brother.
"No you will not kill him again!"
She ran towards her brother and pushes both Ohgi and Naoto down. Surprised, Naoto stares at Kallen as she point her gun at the sniper and shot him accurately.
"KALLEN! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Naoto screamed as another batch of soldiers surrounded them.
"Uhm.. helping you out! Let's go!" Kallen readied her gun and joined Ohgi and Naoto as they fight the soldiers, creating a way out.
Outside the warehouse, Kallen smiled at her brother. Seeing that he got out alive, she sigh out of relief.
"WE ARE NOT DONE TALKING MISSY! What the hell are you doing there Kallen! You could have died!" Naoto frustratedly shouted.
"Naoto.. relax." Ohgi puts his hand on Naoto's shoulder. "But really Kallen… I know you want to join the resistance but.. what you did is something unbelievably careless."
Kallen bowed her head. " Sorry… I just… really … I just want to join"
'I just want to save my brother …'
" Don't do something like that again! hear me!?"
"Yes niichan.."
Naoto pats Kallen's head. "You worry me so much know that?"
Kallen smiled to him walking side by side with his brother.
Just as they reached their truck, someone shouted at them.
"LOOK OUT!"
Naoto turned towards the sound as a bullet pierce his chest.
"NIICHAN!" Kallen shouted as her brother slowly fell down.
Ohgi shoot the soldier using all the bullets in his hand pistol. As soon as the soldier died, Ohgi goes to Naoto's side.
"NO NIICHAN!" Kallen held his brother's hand as her brother weakly smiles at her.
"I'm glad you're safe Kallen.." He said as blood flows from his mouth. He then turn to his bestfriend. "Hey Ohgi… take care of my precious little sister…"
"Don't talk like that Naoto! We'll take you to the hospital!" Ohgi cried as he tries to stop the bleeding.
"It's too late…" He coughed out blood. "I must
go first… Sorry for leaving you Kallen… Take…care…I'll always love yo-"
Naoto slowly closes his eyes as he stopped breathing.
"No….. no…. no…NO!" Kallen shouted as she cried cradling her brother's head. "I .. I.. why! Niichan"
"I still failed to save you"
"Ugh… Naoto!" Ohgi shouted as he and their comrades cried for their fallen leader.
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After days of grieving, Kallen started to think about what happened.
"I prevent the sniper form killing my brother.. but why… I still can't save him…"
Silent tears continue to flow from her eyes.
"Hey" a voice called out from her mind
"So you decided to talk to me now.." Kallen answered back
"What happened?"
"My brother died. I prevented the original cause of his death but… he still died!"
"I see"
Kallen wiped the tears from her cheeks and asked the witch sadly "Hey CC… If I can't save my brother.. does that mean I cannot prevent Lelouch death as well?"
Silence answered her. She thought that the witch vanished again but then after a minute, CC answered her.
"Your wish is to save Lelouch… The geass granted that wish that's why you are here… From what I can tell, in order to save Lelouch you have to prevent the zero requiem as he so called his self sacrificing for the world. To prevent that, you have make a change that may disturb the course of fate.'
"Disturb the course of fate?"
'Can't you see Kallen? Britannia is not your greatest enemy here… It's the course of life… the so called fate. To save him means that you have to defeat fate…"
Determination sparks in her heart as she absorbed the witch words.
"Then… I will do my best to defeat that so called fate!"
CC didn't say anything but a silent laugh can be heard as she heard Kallen's answer.
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Inside a capsule, a sleeping green haired girl slightly smiled from her slumber.
'what an interesting queen you chose…' CC mused inside her head. 'I wonder what will happen now…'
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A/N:
And here's the end of chapter one!
Sorry if there's no Lulu or any other characters here.. I just have this idea of how to start Kallen's time travel adventure.
Feel free to post your comment, PM your suggestion and such!
By the way… It really surprises me to have more than one follower for this story… I just hope I can hold your attention and interest while this story progresses….
That's all! See you all in the next chapter!
