Drop of Blood 2

Updated cause I felt like it.

Lelouch


Lelouch didn't know what he was feeling right now. Someone he had known for ten years, was something completely different than he thought. Naruto was, in fact, his butler. Now this blonde had completely shattered his opinions, assumptions. He had never questioned Naruto's past because Naruto never gave him reason to. Normally, this oversight would usually come to bite people in the ass, but in this case, in this one soul, he had found a gem. Naruto Uzumaki, kneeling before him, swore to be his knight. Lelouch smiled, a flutter of emotions went through his chest. Piece by piece, he was gaining power.

But what to do with this? Simply hide, go away and just plan in secret. Right now Japan, he refused to call it Area eleven, was in a dire situation. Japan would, not may, fall to britannia when all the rebels are eliminated. The JLF, any rag tag milita group, terrorists, all of them would be eliminated. For Lelouch to succeed, to get revenge for his mother and make a peaceful world for his sister, he would need these groups. He would need strength. More strength than just his new power and his loyal servant. Lelouch allowed himself a small smile. He had already made his decision to fight britannia right here, right now.

Lelouch straightened himself. "Let us go, we have to do something about my brother."

A flash of annoyance ran through his head. Clovis was a fool. He slaughtered innocence and was tactless general. Naruto, his servant, stood up and peered at the green haired girl. "Master Lelouch, this girl... she is still breathing." Pausing for just a moment, Lelouch mind went on overdrive. What. She had been shot in the head! Lelouch forced himself from yelling in disbelief. Lelouch turned around, walked towards the girl and put a hand on her nose. Indeed, she was breathing. Lelouch's mind tried to work up the possibilities, the logical reasons why she was still alive. But all of that melted away, with the fact he had just ordered people to kill themselves with his eye. Lelouch nodded, reaffirming the belief that logic wouldn't help in this situation.

"Take her to a safe area."

Lelouch felt Naruto stiffen. "I will not-"

Lelouch had anticipated Naruto's refusal. It was nice to have a friend... a loyal friend. "And than, I want you to come to the battlefield and scout out important figures in the Britannian army."
"Alright, would you like me to capture? And sabatoge?"

Lelouch bit his lip. He didn't want to put Naruto in danger, but he couldn't let his emotions hamper his judgement.

"If you can, do it. But don't over extend yourself and do not be scene. Wear something to cover you're identity."

Nrauto nodded once and moved forward to pick up the girl. "I will be back Master." Naruto disappeared, leaving Lelouch alone amongst cooling corpses.

Several blocks away, a Red Head pilot cursed as she tried to outrun the Britannian forces in her outdated, one armed clunker of a Glasgow. They had been lucky to even salvage this glasglow, but now it seemed like dead weight compared to her opponents. The new Military Sutherlands, who were giving chase, were proving far more agile and powerful than her own Frame. It was nothing short of a miracle that she was able to simply keep going, avoid getting shot in the back and weave her way through the ghettos. As she went around trying to draw the Britannian's attention away from Ohgi and the rest, the pilot started to lose hope as she saw her frame's dwindling battery. It was only her skill, though she did not know that, that kept her alive.

"Dammit! Only thirty minutes left?" Kallen Kouzaki, to her fellow rebels, or Kallen Stadfeild to her britannian classmates, cursed, looking up at the power reading on her faltering Knightmare. Kallen searched around her for a way to get out, even eject if she had to. But as she looked, as she continued to run, she still felt the cold feeling that everything was coming to an end. She was still searching even as the comm-link went off.

"The west entrance." An unfamiliar voice ordered, Kallen blinking. Who was this? Was this a Britannian joke? A jest? A spy? "Use the tracks to move to the west entrance."

"Who is this?" the redhead demanded, her voice laced with anger and suspicion, even as she weaved between the buildings, wondering how this person had found their signal, "How do you know this code?"

"I simply got it from a passerby" the voice answered, sounding oddly amused as he chuckled over the radio, "Regardless, if you want to win, you're going to have to trust me."

"To Win?" Kallen repeated, as if questioning the mystery man's sanity, as the very idea of turning the odds against the Britannian forces seemed staggering. How the hell were they supposed to win with one glasglow and a handful of infantry. Also, this bastard spoke with a smug confidence that made her want to shove a knife down his throat.

Still, it wasn't like she had a lot of options left, and at the very least she could drive the enemy away from the others.

So following the advice of the mysterious caller, she climbed onto the abandoned rail-tracks, racing along the subway lines, cursing as two enemy Sutherlands, one piloted by Jeremiah Gottwald himself, followed hot on her tail.

"Keep focused Pilot in the Glasglow." The mysterious voice instructed, the redhead looking up just in time to see a train moving towards her, leaping over it even as Jeremiah's Sutherland stopped the vehicle in it's tracks, his back-up leaping into the air after her. Wait, why the hell was she listening to him anyways? Who was this guy anyways?

A Slash Harken lashed out from the side, knocking the enemy Sutherland that was behind her glasglow. Kallen's eyes widened as she followed, from her side monitor, the rappelling anchor back to one of the destroyed buildings, where another Sutherland lurked.

"Shot by friendly fire?" Jeremiah gaped, his outraged voice sounding over the intercom as he turned to regard the threat "You there! What's your name and unit? We're after the one armed Glasgow-!"

The commander was answered with a spray of bullets, as the new Sutherland opened fire on the commander, pinning him in place long enough for Kallen, in her one-armed, power failing, Glasgow, to punch the Jermiah's sutherland's face. Jeremiah, seeing the situation unfavorable, ejecting the cockpit before the finishing blow could land.

"Whoever you are, thanks!" Kallen offered, smirking up at the building her unknown assistant had been lurking in "How'd you get your hands on a Suther…land?"

The building was abandoned, her secret benefactor having long since made his escape. Kallen felt a bit annoyed at her helper. She really didn't like how this guy popped out of the blue and than just vanishes. Kallen, though, felt a hit of annoyance on how mysterious this bastard was.

"Kallen!" Ohgi's voice called out, the rebel leader racing up to her along the tracks, flanked by the rest of her fellow resistance fighters, those that had managed to survive the attack anyways "What the hell was that radio message earlier?"

"He contacted you too?" the redhead exclaimed, looking down at her fellow terrorists in confusion, even as the radio crackled again. How the hell did this guy work? He had walked her through defeating her pursuits. And than contacted her friends?

"Good to see you're alive." the voice applauded, coming from their radios,"As a reward, I present to the cargo in that train over there." He paused as the group turned to regard the train that had distracted Gottwald, Kallen using her Glasgow to open the side "They're tools for your victory, if you want to use them to win, then follow my orders."

Kallen breath stopped as she looked inside.

"Who in the hell're are you?" Tamaki snapped but there was reply. "How'd you-HOLY SHIT?"

"I see you approve of my gifts." Kallen heard the voice chuckle. Kallen felt annoyed imagining some asshole smiling ear to ear. But if that as worth all the Sutherlands inside the cargo, Kallen would take it. The Red head pilot shook herself out of thoughts as the voice talked to her. "Pilot in the Glasglow, are you running low on energy? If so, refit your Glasgow with a new battery pack but remain in it, your unit is going to run decoy."

"Y-Yes!" the fiery rebel stammered, still shocked at the recent events, even as her fellow rebels let out whoops of joy as they clambered into the sutherlands "But, how on earth did you know about this-?"

Breaking contact, the former son of the emperor lent back in the Sutherland's chair with a sigh, a hand over his face as he tried to get himself under control 'Calm down.' He muttered, grimacing as the adrenaline was pumping through him. Unbuttoning the top of his school uniform, Lelouch took a deep breath. He had taken a radio off a rebel. Using Geass, Lelouch had easily procured a sutherland and the radio. He made a mental note to figure out how long it lasted.

Nevertheless, things would become very difficult from now on. He had to plan on preserving his pieces while taking his enemies pieces. But it was frustrating because his pieces were arguing back with him. It was so much simpler when Naruto had taught him strategy. they had play GO and Chess for 'fun' during dinner time. Lelouch wondered if Naruto had actually done so to bring out Lelouch's strategic mind. Lelouch let out a huff of irritation. The more he thought about it, he knew practically nothing about his butler.

Refocusing his attention to the ghettos, Lelouch pulled up a chess board in his mind's eye. He couldn't think of strategy any other wayBut this chess board was a battlefield. It was a board that played for keeps. He had to keep everyone of his pieces alive.

"Every tool has their worth" Lelouch whispered, a saying he had picked up from Naruto, when he was gardening with an old shovel. Lelouch chuckled thinking how the saying applied to his situation right now. The young general's eyes hardening with determination 'I wont lose. There are more important things to think about now… though I really do wonder what's for dinner.'


Naruto


The former nin, now servant, had easily hid the girl. He had put her in his car, far away from the ghetos, using Kage bunshin. Naruto, at this point, sighed as he realized his mistake. He had gone on without using his jutsu for so long, he had forgotten he had it. Or at least actively. The last time he had used it was to make all the decorations for Nunally's birthday party last year. And that was one out of the five times he had used it in that year. It was strange to see how different he had turned out. The people around him probably expected him to be some loud mouth nin, who jumped in head first without a care in the world.

Naruto cracked his back and scanned the ghettos. He had gotten over that phase. Sasuke had helped crush his world and Lelouch had helped restored it. The only thing left of the old Naruto was the determination for that power, that strength. But he didn't want to become Hokage or a leader, he simply wanted to protect Lelouch. It wasn't because he devoted himself blindly to Lelouch, like Missing nin in the Land of Waves, rahter he made an oath. Lelouch had given him purpose, and Naruto made his decision to follow Lelouch, wherever that may lead. Shifting his thoughts and his new 'clothes, Naruto refocused. He had 'liberated' a dead soldier's helmet and used Henge to change his appearance. The jinchuuriki looked for high priority targets and some special things to break.

Naruto already made five kage bunishins, each with different disguises, to hunt for high priority targets. Naruto didn't think he would be able to get the prince, but he could always try. Naruto jumped from several roof tops towards the base of an outpost. Naruto looked over the area carefully and saw a lot of men moving around, loading weapons.

'An Armory huh. Could take it out... or I could take the weapons and hide em for later. Lelouch is obviously going to have something planned after this. Once he starts something he always finishes it... well everything except training.' Naruto chuckled a bit, remembering how his master loved to skip out on training.. Than refocusing himself, Naruto scanned the area once more, while making several Kage bunshin to prepare explosive tags.

Naruto jumped down from his position and landed softly on the ground. 'Time to get to work' Naruto thought to himself as he took out a kunai. Walking behind a guard, who was leaning against the wall smocking a cigarratte, Naruto wrapped his hand around the mans bottom chin and lifted up. Most people, untrained, would grab the mouth. But this could lead to problems, such as being bitten, and Naruto was far more experienced. The second reason was that lifting the chin meant lifting the head back. This made it impossible for the guard to open his mouth and it was expose a clean line for the jugular. Slicing swiftly, Naruto lowered the guard to the ground, closing the man's eyes. After searching and procuring the guard's items, Naruto moved towards the compound.


Clovis


Clovis Vi Britannia, third prince of the empire and third line for the throne, lounged in his command center, watching with a hint of bored annoyance as his tacticians tried to flush the filthy Eleven terrorists out of their holes like the rats they were. He was the prince of Britannia these insolent dogs would pay for their treason.

It really shouldn't have been taking this long, how hard was it to flush out a bunch of vermin with only one, outdated Glasgow on their side? Especially considering he'd given the soldiers free reign to execute anyone on the scene. Though it would, politically, hurt his reputation, he could always blame it on the poison gas. No one would really bother to check for bullet holes, as many of them could be suggested as crossfire.

"Enemy sighted!" one of the soldiers reported, the prince's eyebrow quirking as he noticed the red Glasgow's signature appear on the map.

"A Feint?" he scoffed, sounding appropriately bored with the situation "How very basic of them…" The prince was about to order a surround. That was until he saw something very horrifying. The squad of Sutherlands, near the Glasgow, was suddenly wiped out. From that moment, things deteriorated in a hectic scramble for information, as unit after unit dropped like flies to the enemy's tactics. He watched as his men tried to radio the squads, see if they could contact the units, trying to get information. But Part of the Sutherland on the right side where destroyed. All of the left had disappeared from the map. Some where still standing but the units around them were destroyed. One of his general yelled out that the forward base, where the Sutherland had been deployed, had been destroyed by explosives. The same general also confirmed that a nearby armory had been destroyed as well. Clovis banged his fists on his seat. What was going on?

"How can this…" the prince stammered, watching as his general's strategies were read and countered, almost as if the enemy was standing right next to him, listening to their orders It was like they were fighting themselves. Did that mean... "Terrorists have infiltrated our forces!"

He stood up, a scowl on his regal visage. How did these rebels even get their knightmares let alone be this organized? Moving forward, even as Bartley tried to change the codes for the fifth time, in a bid to cut off enemy sabotage "This failure is unacceptable!" the blonde monarch snapped, striding towards the balding, portly commander in a rage. He had to do something. He was a prince of Britannia, he would not lose to these vermin.


Naruto


Naruto moved towards the broken down Eject pod. Naruto looked at it curiously. Who was inside and why had they not gotten out? A Britannian most likely. Naruto waited patiently as he saw the pod open. If it was someone Naruto recognized, he would grab them. If this person was not, a simple Kunai to the neck would do. Naruto waited as he saw the pod open. A mess of gelled green hair and a scowling face exited the cockpit.
"Damn those Eleven scum!" the pilot screamed in frustration as he moved to exit his pod. Naruto jumped silently towards the rooftop onto the right, to get a better angle. Naruto finally got a good look at his face and froze.

'Jeremiah Guttwald, Leader of Purist faction.' Naruto had taken the liberty of knowing every high political presence. While he did need Sayako's help in some of the hacking, Naruto had gotten a good amount of information on every Politician to Military officer. It was always good to know who was in power, what their weaknesses they had for possible leverage, etc. As Lelouch was what was equivalent to nobility, even if banished, his political side may come into play. Naruto may not have been great in the Academy, but he did get his head banged with important stuff by Iruka. Politicians controlled Generals, Generals controlled soldiers. You take out the generals the soldiers lose order. Take out the politicians the generals cannot give orders. Taking out soldiers did nothing, because one could simply 'replenish' the supply.

Naruto tapped his lip lightly with his left fore finger. This man would be quite the catch. Stepping of the ledge, Naruto queitly walked down the side of the wall, climbing the buildings was now like breathing to him. Than, moving from cover to cover, Naruto moved closer to the infuriated leader, who was now kicking his ejected pod. Jeremiah let out one more roar of rage before sighing, turning to walk away. He didn't even see what knocked him out.


Lelouch


"P1 through P5, Fire 20 Degrees to your left" Lelouch called out into his radio, as he watched carefully on his screen. It was still amazing how idiotic his brother and his strategists were. They knewthat the rebels had their units, but they only tried to change the code. This was pointless because having the units meant that Lelouch could piggy back, with the radio, onto every code switch and frequency change. If Lelouch was leading the Britannian side, he would've made all his soldiers retreat to the center. That way, all the forces would have to be searched and if there was any funny business, he could sort out his men. But Lelouch didn't mind, he would fight dirty.

Lelouch ordered Q-1, in her very old Glasglow, to move towards the right side.

"Continue down the path, than take the 2nd right on your left. R2 and R4 will be waiting for you to destroy the units tailing you."

"Got it," The female pilot replied back. Lelouch lost focus for a second. That voice, of the female pilot, seemed too familiar. He had seen the pilot back in

Lelouch allowed himself a small smile. This was such an easy game, he hadn't lost a single piece. Slowly and carefully, Lelouch would gobble up the final pieces of Clovis's army. Lelouch gave two more orders to flank an outstretched squadron.

'There are too many guards around Clovis to just attack him without help.' Lelouch sat back as he toyed with the black King in his hands. He would have to find some way to bait them out. Should he send some of the resistance to draw fire? No, there was a chance they might not retreat in time, that would be bad. Maybe the Red Glasglow, if baited them into the center, he could force an ambush. Lelouch sighed and looked up at his monitor. A jolt erupted in his mind as he watched as Clovis's men started to encircle their position.

"Oh?" Lelouch raised an eye-brow. A brainless tactic that required just more men. Lelouch shook his head at such foolishness. They were braking formation, and not in a good way. A smart tactician would bait a break in formation, but this was just a brainless attack. Lelcouh scoffed at it and spoke into the radio.

"All units, Take your units and move underground, after going underground, we will detonate the water pipes in the sewers which will collapse the floor. Use this to escape, Don't take any chances with your sutherlands."

Lelouch looked at his screen again. There was barely anyone at Clovis's base.

The exiled pricne of Britannia smirked. Maybe it was time to pay a visit to his brother.


Clovis


Clovis growled as he banged on his throne. How could they have been defeated by mere rebels. Clovis, still in rage, decided to have all of the elevens in the ghetto killed. It was not the matter of sorting out the rebels but removing the vermin. In Clovis's eyes, all the elevens were scum.

Clovis yelled at his generals and advisors to get out of the room. He had no need for them. They had already lost, and he wanted to be alone. He was too furious to even be in someone else's presence. If anyone even thought of disturbing him, he would have that person executed on the spot.

Clovis had darkened all of the windows and leaned back against his chair. Father would be angry with him. Charles vi Britannia hated weakness. Clovis shook his head and squeezed his palm against his eyes. Maybe he could ask one of his sisters to come over and fight with him. He had to salvage this in someway.

Clovis heard the hiss of the door opening and a crackle of anger erupted from his stomach. "Who dares enter!"

Clovis heard the person, who had entered, walk forward towards him. Clovis stood up, glaring at the shadow of the figure. The room was too dark to see the intruder from this distance so Clovis just continued glaring. Clovis than heard the cock of a gun and froze.

"Sit down, Clovis, and be silent. If you yell, I will shoot you."

Clovis, understanding the situation, sat down and gripped the forearms of his chair.

"It's been awhile." The figure move forward, showing the intruder's face. "Brother."


Lelouch


"Lelouch is that you?" His brother asked, surprise running over the blonde's face. Lelouch wanted to shoot him right there. How dare he show surprise, relief! Clovis, none of his siblings did anything for him.

"Yes it is me." Lelouch spoke through gritted teeth. " And I would appreciate it if you would answer my questions."

Lelouch, at those words, activated geass. Clovis's body seemed to go slack and he looked like he was in a daze. "What would you like to know?"

"Do you know anything about the assasination of my mother?" Lelouch pressed.

"No I do not."
Lelouch let out a disappointed sigh. "Well brother you are still as useless as you were-" Lelouch moved to squeeze the trigger, when a familiar trigger stopped him.

"Lelouch-sama, I think it would be good to ask him what he knows about the girl."

Lelouch looked over to see Naruto, in a soldier's attire, look at him. Lelouch looked over Naruto carefully. The prince paused as he saw blood staining and dripping from Naruto's left hand. Naruto, seeming to know what Lelouch was staring at, reassured him.

"It is merely blood from the guards outside. I killed them to ensure privacy. I have also taken the liberty of removing all the cameras from the vicinity." Naruto wiped his hand on the fatigues he had 'borrowed'. "Also, I have captured a person of interest and put him in a warehouse."

Lelouch blinked. Naruto had captured someone? Why? "Who is it?" Lelouch's voice didn't hide his confusion.

Naruto smiled. "Jeremiah Guttwold. I believe his experience with Britiannia may prove insightful. We should extract information from him when we have the time."

Lelouch nodded, allowing himself to smile at the foresight of his butler. Lelouch turned back to the task at hand and sighed.

"Who is the green haired girl, and what are you doing with her."
This time Clovis had plenty to say. "She is C.C. She is immortal witch who grants powers. She had a counterpart but the whereabouts of this counterpart is unknown. I do not know what power she gives but we do know she has given it out many times. We were transporting her to see if we could replicate the powers she gives. We have warehouses at.."

Clovis gave the locations of 3 warehouses and the two other occupants committed them to memory.

Naruto watched as his master continued to ask questions, but when Clovis said that he had no more information, Lelouch raised his gun. At this point, Naruto wanted to take the guns from his master's hand. He wanted to take the kill, if only to make sure that Lelouch didn't get more blood on his hands. But Naruto already knew that if they were going to do this, Lelouch would need to make the hard decisions.

Gunshot. Crumple. Silence.


There we go, Hope you like it. Please review and tell me what you think. Right now I just finished mass effect 3 and I liked the new ending :D!. Anyways: I deleted the last chapter of Red claw and Shade slayer because when I reread it, I was disgusted. It was not how I wanted it to come out and I should have never uploaded it. So I am taking the hammer to it.

To clear up confusion: I am toying with stories right now, I do not know what I want to write. Red claw is fun but it seems a bit bleh. I read the final book of the Inheritance cycle and I would have been better off NOT reading it.

Drop of Blood is fun so I think im going to continue it, but I dont know for how long.

Still toying with a lot of ideas. Review please!