A/N: Ok I finished this chapter, but this was a rough one to do. I am hopeful it works out and near the end I altered my writing a bit to try something new to see how it works. However I thank you all for the reviews and the input I'll keep working at it.

Minor Reminder: Since this story in certain parts and chapters is taking place in a different life time for the characters here is a list of who is who exactly and I'll post this reminder on each chapter for any new readers and such.

Lelouch Lamperouge = Prince Galm of Mars

Rei = Mara

Ami = Arianne

Minako = Astarte

Makoto = Callisto

Chapter 2

First Contract

Hikawa Shrine - June 20th 2010 A.T.B

Lelouch regained conscious finding himself in a room looking up at a ceiling where at his bed side sat a worried Nunnally while next to her looking at the black haired child with an annoyed look was Rei. Lelouch's vision was fuzzy at first, but it cleared up with Rei speaking the first words to her twin brother she had recently learned had existed.

"You don't look Japanese."

"You do…I guess, but the tests say we're related."

"Yeah I know, but I don't think I can believe them," Rei shot back while taking notice of some of Lelouch's Britannian features while Rei bore some resemblance to Lelouch in only a few small details she did appear Japanese which was unusual.

"But I don't mind having another sister, " Nunnally spoke almost completely obvious to the slight tension between Lelouch and Rei. "We lost mom, but we have another sister so isn't that something to be happy about?"

"Well," Lelouch began while Rei wasn't sure how to response to that either.

(Elsewhere)

Walking down a metallic streamlined hallway of polished gray metal with some pipes running along the ways as Mairon was making his way to an enlarged testing area where one of his most trusted servants and personal bodyguard was waiting for him. She was a tall and sensual woman with defined muscles on her arms displaying an attractive, but athletic build. She wore a full body suit of a Kevlar-like material with plates of armor on her thighs and knee high boots of a combat, but yet stylish design while on the armor plates upon her legs were holsters for throwing knives. Above her waist line where a belt holding additional throwing knives including a pair of combat knives, but on the sides were a pair of scabbard for a pair of swords of 5TH century origin which the swords were similar to a early Sassanian style with long, straight, double-edged blades. But while one seemed rather plain the other had a gold hilt with the emblem of Mars on the tip of the hilt.

The black body suit the woman wore ended at the neck, but the sleeves were removed leaving her right arm exposed save for a black glove on her hand while her left was encased in black leather with armor on her shoulder and upper arm. Her long black hair was tied into an up-knot ponytail while her eyes were bloodshot red with a scar going down from under her right eye across her cheek to her neck. She was young somewhere between the ages of eighteen and seventeen of European descent, but her red eyes held a razor sharp determination; killing instinct and years ofcombat experience as well as having seen many battles.

"Your majesty…" The woman spoke while bowing before her king.

"I take it we have a successful production model."

"Yes my lord…he doesn't look like much, but he is the most successful product we have produced."

"Then let us see it in action Meme."

"Yes my lord…by the way your guest is already here."

"Ah, so he is at the testing arena then," Mairon spoke with a thin smile.

"He is my lord."

The two entered the main testing arena where waiting for them at an observation balcony overlooking a wide barren field with a desert like landscape with some rocks and other large objects to act as cover. The rest of the room was wide enough to support over five hundred people in the dome-shaped chamber with the arena surrounded by a fifty foot wall of black polished steel where the balcony was. To prevent accidents the entire upper platform including the balcony was protected by a force field.

Waiting for them was a young man about twenty years of age with short well kept blonde hair, icy blue eyes and a fair skin complexion wearing a blue and gold lined turtle neck coat with a white cape around his shoulders held in place by a gold emblem dressed in regal attire.

"Ah you must be Schneizel el Britannia…it's an honor to meet you. I have heard much about you…you show great promise," Mairon said greeting his guest the Second Prince of the Britannian Empire kindly.

"Likewise...I have been curious to meet you when your assistant here approached me with an interesting offer."

"Indeed, but we have much to discuss before we come to that subject. However given that you are close to the Emperor you must suspect what part of what I intend to discuss must be," Mairon explained gesturing for Schneizel to sit in a chair across from him as the two sat down to talk.

"Then you know about my father's…research?"

"Indeed and I also know who killed Marianne vi Britannia, but it has come to my attention that you are not pleased with your father's rule," Mairon inquired to the young prince as Schneizel was quiet for a moment before answering.

"If you know that much, then I think you can understand my frustrations with the man I call father, but I find him unworthy of such a designation these days. I have seen firsthand at how he abandons the throne. He treats diplomacy and war like they were meaningless trifles, a man who has lost interest in this world, who sees his people locked in a life and death struggle, and shrugs in indifference. Such a man has no right to rule," The Second Prince spoke with strong hints of distaste for his father in his voice.

"That is what I wanted to hear, because I have a proposal you might find interesting," Mairon replied with a smile.

"Go on," Schneizel inquired.

"You remind me of a younger version of myself, so that is why I am going to help you. I intend to make you the next Emperor of Britannia," Mairon revealed as Schneizel was genuinely surprised, but his neutral expression hid that fact surprisingly well.

"Me the next Emperor, if I may ask how do you exactly intend to do that?"

"Simple I'll have Charles zi Britannia suffer an untimely death while his ally and foolish older brother V.V will be dealt with leaving no one able to oppose you. Anyone else who would I'll make sure they are properly dealt with," Mairon replied boldly.

"V.V…I heard about my uncle, but what do you know about him?"

"That foolish child is an immortal thanks to a Code he received from possessing a Geass contract. His powers advanced surprisingly quickly allowing him to claim the Code of the one who granted it to him. Charles and that child have been working together for a long time and I have been keeping tabs on them. They overthrew the previous Emperor and V.V helped Charles from behind the scenes securing his power, but recently out of petty jealousy V.V killed Marianne which has disrupted some of my plans."

"What exactly did you have in mind for Lady Marianne?"

"Not Lady Marianne herself per se, but rather her twin children Lelouch and Rei."

"Twin children?" A surprised Schneizel inquired.

"I am not surprised you are unaware of this, but Rei Hino was born along with Lelouch as a fraternal twin and Lelouch's sister. As you know it's a bad omen for twins to be born to an Emperor so instead of being killed Rei was sent away to live with Marianne's grandfather in Japan. Now with the death of Prime Minster Kururugi and war all but certain for Japan...I intend to correct the situation somewhat."

"The Prime Minister's death and Lady Marianne's assassination wasn't part of your plan," Schneizel asked.

"No, but no thanks to that fool's jealously my plans have suffered a setback, but as I have said I intend to correct it."

As Mairon began explaining some need to know details to Schneizel the young man couldn't help, but recall when things in the Moon Kingdom had begun to truly go downhill. It happened when news of Prince Endymion and Princess Serenity's relationship had gotten out, which wasn't a big surprise for someone given that they had been caught together. As expected anti-Moon Kingdom rallies doubled almost overnight once word spread of the two royals seeing one another. At this point Mairon and his best friend Galm had very serious doubts about tending to the situation away let alone heal tensions between the Earth and Moon Kingdoms.

'I understand the usefulness of political marriages and such, but I seriously doubt this one will work.'

Mairon thought as he stood atop of the wall as he observed the delegation from Earth arriving. As a precaution the young prince ordered the guards to be on alert for anything even with the young prince himself carrying his preferred weapon, a rapier-like sword with a thick blade resembling more of a short sword with a gold orate hilt.

Princess Mars's brother would also supervise security detail while the rest of the Sailor Senshi was on standby to ensure everything will go well.

Yet Mairon had little hope this marriage would ease tensions, but in fact mere word of the relationship has the people of the Kingdom of the Earth in an uproar. The news of a marriage might be the final straw, which was why Mairon and others were taking precautions to ensure the delegates don't attempt any kind of assassination.

A total of six had come; three of them were members of nobility judging by their dress with two of them being about middle age while the leader of the delegation was obviously the oldest among them who was in his early sixties wearing white robes lined with gold and almost no hair left on his head. The other three were obviously bodyguards and escorts for them which weren't unreasonable for the men to bring along.

Mairon slipped into diplomatic mode and greeted the leader of the delegation.

"Greetings Ambassador I am Prince Marion Serenity…I trust the journey here was uneventful."

"Quite, but is everything ready?"

"Yes the Queen and her daughter are waiting…if you would follow me," Mairon instructed as he led the delegation towards a room near the throne room, which would serve as a conference room for the meeting. Once inside Queen Serenity sat at the head of a round table while there were seats for the other delegation members.

"Thank you Mairon…if you would please."

"Yes mother," The young man spoke as he stepped out of the room where one of the escorts with the delegation stood. Unlike the others he had seen this one didn't appear to be a warrior, but a monk of some kind wearing attire and jewelry the prince didn't recognize with red marks on his forehead and cheeks resembling those of a phoenix taking flight. The rest of the young man's attire was white robes with jewels on his pale arms and head with short brown hair and green eyes.

"Young prince if I may have a word with you."

"Yes…what is it…uh…"

"Call me C…"

"Alright C what do want?"

"I wish to tell you of what has been happening on Earth and why you and your people must be alert."

"Go on…"

"The situation has worsened in ways no one could have foreseen with more evil and dark power spreading across the world poisoning the hearts and minds of the people. Recent events have only added more fuel to the fire making the situation worse, but yet much easier for the dark power now tightening its grip upon the Earth. Very soon the Earth will become lost and not even the Prince can stop it."

"That is a very disturbing bit of news you have delivered, but you must understand I need proof to know what you speak is the truth," Mairon inquired.

"You'll have your proof…the men with you mother intend to kill her."

"WHAT," Marion exclaimed as C suddenly seized his arm, but before Mairon realized it the entire world around him turned white. The young man slipped into some kind of alternate space where everything all around him was black and white with images of two planets overlapping one another including troubling images of increasing violence on Earth and a dark shadowy being.

C appeared, but he was distorted as the space Marion was in as angel feathered floated around him.

"You seek what is best for your kingdom and its people. Yet what you have now may not be enough."

"What is this," Mairon asked mystified by what was happening.

"If I grant you power, could help your kingdom and your people? I propose a deal—in exchange for this power, you must agree to make my one wish come true. Accept this contract, and you accept its conditions. While living in the world of humans, you will live unlike any other: a different providence, a different time, a different life. You will have the power of the king…the power of Geass."

Suddenly seeing an image of Princess Serenity with Prince Endymion as a war behind them waged ignited Mairon's determination.

"I accept…I accept the terms of your contract!"

Returning to the present as if nothing had happened Mairon was reasonably confused as the guards were concerned for a moment, but the young man waved them off as he recovered fully.

"I am fine," Mairon replied while his right eye displayed a glowing red mark similar to the mark on C's forehead.

Activating for the first time, Marion's Geass showed him a possible future in which the men in the room with his mother was laid dead before the men and their bodyguards. Horrified, but the vision started to become reality as Mairon heard an unsettling sound from the conference room. Quickly drawing his own sword the young man slammed the doors down entering the conference room where he saw his mother shocked as the delegation members were about to attack her with concealed weapons.

Grabbing a tall poll with a lighting crystal on top, Mairon threw it at one of the lead men, but the bald man noticed it in time and dodged it. However dodging it caused his arm to be off as he threw his dagger and missed Queen Serenity's head. Drawing his sword Mairon charged at the five men head on, but even without his new Geass power showing him the future he was one of the most skilled swordsmen on the Moon.

Coming up to the first two Mairon easily dodged their attacks before cleaving through them in two with clean strikes before rushing to the next pair. In a matter of seconds it was over and Mairon sheathed his rapier-like sword, but upon the click of the gold hilt meeting the sheath the fatal injuries Mairon landed on his foes became now as blood began spraying from the wounds as the men had been slain by being cut cleanly in two which was either they their torsos cut through or they were beheaded.

Queen Serenity recovered from the shock of the delegation members trying to kill her, but Mairon had intervened and saved her life. At that moment however after a pair of guards entered the room Princess Serenity arrived shocked and horrified by the scene before her as the delegation members laid dead and a considerable pool of blood laid at her younger brother's feet.

"MOTHER…MAIRON…What happened?"

"The delegation members just tried to assassinate our mother that's what happened," Mairon replied sharply.

"What…" Princess Serenity began obviously shocked by these turn of events.

"Guardsman," Mairon began.

"Yes your highness."

"Inform all guards that I want security doubled and anyone from Earth under watch. Inform the Sailor Senshi of what has happened here as well. I want us on alert for any further assassination attempts or even a possible attack from Earth," Mairon said taking charge of the situation.

"Yes your majesty," The guard replied saluting before rushing off to relay the prince's orders.

Once he was gone the young prince turned to his mother waiting for a response, but after seeing his older sister tip toe pass the blood on the ground and be at Queen Serenity's side. Unable to stand waiting Mairon left the room to oversee the increase of security for the palace while taking the proper precautions for any possible assassination attempts or worse.

As for C he would be moved to a prison cell for his own protection and to keep him confined to a single location.

A short time later in the palace gardens Prince Galm and his sister the Princess of Mars were meeting up with Princess Astarte and Princess Callisto of Jupiter about recent developments. Marion soon arrived with an exhausted look on his face before regaining his composure to address the gathered Princesses as Arianne was the last to arrive.

"I apologize for summoning you all like this, but I have no doubt you all have learned what has happened?"

"We heard…I can't believe the delegation party would attempt to assassinate the queen," Callisto commented who was just as equally shocked by what had happened as was everyone else in the Moon Kingdom.

"But I didn't think the Prince of the Earth would try something like this," Mara commented while Galm and Mairon were doubtful. Given the kind of person the two knew Endymion was they couldn't see him as the kind who would pull such an underhanded stunt. Yet the two allowed the Sailor Senshi to express their opinions before speaking.

"I don't think Prince Endymion would have ordered such a thing," Arianne pointed out.

"Well I think it's pretty sudden no matter how you look at it," Astarte commented.

"Regardless we don't know who ordered the assassination, but since we don't know we must be prepared for whatever comes next. It's exactly why we must increase security around the kingdom in response, before anything else as a precaution."

"Even if the prince is involved then we must be prepared for a possible attack, as impossible as it sounds we should assume the worse. If he is not involved then we may be expecting more assassins," Galm noted while Mairon and the other Sailor Senshi agreed. The situation was even more dangerous because they knew so little about who orchestrated the assassination. If it was the Prince of Earth then an invasion was the likely next step, but if not then more assassins may be lurking within the Kingdom waiting for a chance to strike."

"I agree," Astarte said while nodding.

"What about the Princess," Galm began with a stern expression.

"What do you mean," His sister asked.

"Her emotions are likely in…flux…from what nearly happened to the Queen, so she may be fearful of her lover's involvement," Galm explained as Mairon considered the possibly.

"You have a point and taking into account how often she goes to Earth. Alright…I know I am not in charge of any of you, but I would like to ask the Sailor Senshi as a whole to keep a closer eye on my sister while we investigate what exactly happened and who ordered the assassination."

"We will, but I don't know if it will be enough…the princess has been really tricky in sneaking away to Earth," Astarte commented.

"True…then we'll need to make sure all exits out of the kingdom are covered."

"I agree, but there are a number of ways in and out of the kingdom. It won't be easy to cover them all," Mairon replied agreeing with Galm's point.

"I'll watch the Princess myself…I think we should keep watch on the most likely exits she'll use," Astarte suggested.

"That will be a rough one, but I don't think we have any other choice," Mairon said while the other gathered princesses and prince had no other ideas.

Returning to the present Marion had gone to his private sanctum, although no one was usually allowed inside however the sole exception to this was Meme who stood a few feet away behind her master while the King of the Moon sat before a large pipe organ.

"Everything is ready, but first we must show those who go against my will the penalty," Marion spoke with a dark tone in his voice.

"What is your will my majesty?"

"I want you to take the new prototype super soldier we made along with some of our synthetic combat soldiers; they are perfect for V.V's Geass possessing subjects. I'll leave clean up to you, but leave the little bastard V.V for me so I…reclaim his code."

"I understand I shall prepare at once."

"Good, you are dismissed."

Once Meme was gone Mairon was alone with his thoughts as he drew a small red locket with the emblem of the planet Mars on it as he opened it. Inside was a holographic emitter that began displaying photos stored inside to the possessor. The first image shown was a group of children and then another image of the same group of children older, but finally was one where he with Galm's sister together…very much in love.

A single tear went down his cheek as he gently put the locket down while it was displaying the third picture before he began playing a dark haunting, but sad melody on the pipe organ before him.

Later the following night at the Pendragon Royal Palace, Charles zi Britannia, the 98th Emperor of Britannia woke up in a cold sweat as he felt something grip his throat as felt his entire body on fire. He opened his eyes, but found that he was unable to move an inch. His blood went from boiling hot to ice cold as a familiar voice spoke.

"Good evening Charles, forgive me for disturbing you…"

Mairon Serenity spoke sitting in a chair by the Emperor's bedside.

"You know…you have pissed me off recently. Do you know why," Marion asked as Charles was unable to speak. "Well allow me to enlighten you. You see I have had a plan, a very important plan until you screwed it up. But I suppose I should blame that pathetic excuse of a brother of yours. I would have been forgiving about Marianne's demise, but what happened to Lelouch and Nunnally is completely unacceptable. Furthermore you country's intent to wage war with Japan also complicate matters further for me since I would like for Lelouch, Rei and Nunnally to survive."

Charles struggled to speak, but it was no good.

"You know what the tragedy here is, Charles? We could have been friends. I never did support your plan through and only pretended to do so while keeping my true objectives hidden from you. You never did find out about the real truth regarding me. Regardless now since that little punk of a brother and you failed to go through the proper channels," Mairon spoke before his voice dropped to a low and dark tone. "You went over my head."

The king of the moon stood up as he drew a syringe from his robes that he kept in a plastic case.

"That hurt...but life goes on, it's an old story, the fight for love and glory, huh Charles? It helps if you think of it as a game, Charles. Every game has a winner and a loser. But you Charles were never even a player, because you see…pawns don't become players. You Earthlings need very strict supervision. Like chess it's time to sacrifice a few pieces…especially now that your usefulness has come to a sudden end," Mairon said as he stabbed Charles in the neck with the syringe as the poison within began to take effect.

The Emperor was in obvious pain, but the spell Mairon had on him kept him from doing anything.

"Enjoy your last few moments, but don't worry I'll be sending V.V. to join you very shortly," Mairon said with an emotionless expression. He felt no overabundance of joy in what he did, but what he does is for necessity. Although he did feel some satisfaction in removing a fool like Charles from the grander scheme of things, but the man wasn't dead yet as Mairon spoke. "If you are wondering what kind of poison I used it's a special one. It's a neurotoxin of our own design which emulates a massive aneurysm and a heart stroke to finish the victim all the while the victim is kept aware of what is happening. All in all even the best medical examiner will write it off as a heart attack…no one is the wiser."

As Mairon finished his explanation Charles began feeling the effects of the toxin coursing through his body putting him through terrible pain, but the Moon King's spell kept him still and silent. Once he knew the Emperor was about to breath his final breath, Mairon began to get up and walk away leaving the Emperor to die.

"Good bye Charles, but don't worry you are leaving the future of the entire world, as always, in my hands."

A/N: Charles is now dead and V.V is likely to get his next, but with Schneizel as Emperor how will that change things now. Mairon has controlled and governed the Earth since the start of human history thanks to his Geass power and the fact as the Source Code he can grant codes, retain his Geass, and carry multiple codes on his body making him virtually impossible to kill even for a Geass possessor who is capable of taking a code. Rei and Lelouch have reunited while in their past lives they were Princess Mara and Galm of Mars. Now the question is what events led to now and Mairon's own transformation from loyal and calm brother of Princess Serenity into a ruthless and calculating supervisor of humanity.