Code Geass Fanfiction
Chapter Two: Memories of the Forgotten
The cool zephyr that drifted in between the two fifteen year old boys made the processing of information inside Lelouch's brain faster. He couldn't believe and comprehend what had just happened seemingly the subject is too intricate for it to fully sink in into his body system. Suzaku is right in front of him ; his lost childhood friend that got departed from thepolitical tool because of his own stubbornness. Lelouch wondered if that day, six years ago, if he had grabbed Suzaku's outreached hand, would things be more different than how it is now?
No.
Nunally would be long dead if he did follow his childhood friend's advice and he would be always scurrying off into alleys in hope of surviving a day. Include the fact that he would always scavenge for loots ; flee from incoming knightmares ; be ostracized. But the idea of helping his forsaken land is also an illegitimate excuse to start a new life.
Speechless. Only thoughts are circulating around his nervous system, no bodily functions are produced. His voice box cannot induce the right consonants and vowels to be later turned on as words. He wanted to embrace Suzaku's return, greet him like the good o' days.
But there was something preventing him to successfully perform his wanted actions.
Military .
He knew that Suzaku is being haunted by the association. His relationship with Kururugi Genbu was the trigger of the search ; he was a war threat ; a menacing entity that would elicit the hopes of former Japanese, now called 'Elevens' . If ever other officers, or whistle blowers would ascertain the connection between the two of them ; he would not only deliver excessive baggage to Suzaku, but for Nunally and himself as well.
And he wasn't certain whether the higher ups had already sensed some queer information from the teenager ; just the thought of a child being rescued during the operation is already off beat, as well as him joining the military instead of living life as a normal Britannian citizen. He knew that the council would be thinking he was one of those who are extracting confidential reports from the army to be later used as a weapon against them.
"I missed you !" Suzaku lunged forward towards him.
He took one huge step backward and shifted his weight unto his right foot as he evaded the tackle of Suzaku. Their meeting should be postponed for another day ; it would be too troublesome if his dirty little secret would be leaked.
"I am sorry ; I believe that you have mistaken me for someone," silently coughing and then ran his fingers on his raven colored hair.
He hoped that Suzaku would comprehend the best of his intentions. They could talk and talk, gossip about others, but that would be reserved for some other venue and time.
"Ah, I definitely have mistaken you for another person. I'm embarrassed of myself," as he caught the meaning within his actions.
Lelouch nudged Suzaku's elbows gently to inform him about a secret message. Something to do about their notional sign language to truly know each other's status .That helped by a bunch as he evaded a critical strike from the army who is trying to accuse the young man about all sorts of deeds just to force him to quit his job.
He immediately left the scene as his peripheral vision had noticed someone hiding in the shadows. Would it be one of those men that he is truly trying to avoid? He steered towards Ashford Academy while the man continued stalking him.
"Lelouch you're back!" Milly leaped towards Lelouch the moment he entered. He's very defenseless towards her, or it was just that she was so heavy that every time she springs towards him, he would immediately be knocked on the ground like a bowling pin.
The unknown stalker was still hiding somewhere, but Lelouch could strangely feel where he was located, perhaps it was something to do with the harsh training in the military, or just pure intuition. Lelouch pushed Milly aside as so he could finally stand up. Brushing the dirt that got accumulated on his white long sleeves due to the fall.
"I hate to say it, but I'm back. Where's Nunally?" very eager to witness the face of her after a very long time. Milly fidgeted, and whistled innocently, tapped her foot and avoided his eyes. She was strange.
"Nunnally is. . . uhmm . . . . chilling out?" she lied, very badly.
Lelouch quirked his eyebrow ; the lie was very obvious. It couldn't be that something bad happened to Nunally, right? He took another step forward. Now, he is obviously taller than Milly, but it's not anything related to that. He glared towards her like a viper preparing to launch an attack and feast upon a rat.
Milly nervously swallowed.
"Oh fine! Nunally's sick. It's not anything major, you don't need to worry about it Lulu," she said patting his shoulders and laughing hysterically. Lelouch rolled his eyes.
Not major? It could take away Nunally's life ! With a simple cold, it may worsen and lead to complications, even if they have technology, there might come one day that they don't have enough time on their hands!
"The thought of you hiding it away from me makes me think that her situation is pretty bad," as he hurried off towards Nunally's room. Milly blocked his way several times, but Lelouch just knocked it off. He needed to see Nunally to ensure her safety even if that would make him give an impression of having sister complex with her.
She's precious. She's a princess and his sister. The only left relative of his that he's fond of. That's why even if he's over worrying about certain things, he doesn't mind. It's better be safe than sorry, right?
He ran around the campus, entered through different hallways as Milly persistently called out his name telling him that everything is alright, and that they could handle everything. It made him more dubious about Nunally's condition.
Forcefully opening the door, he was surprised to see that his presence was welcomed by confetti, and banners. It says, welcome home, Lelouch! So all the running around the school was for this? He sighed with great relief, for her sister wasn't ill, or injured, she was perfectly fine with Sayako.
"That's why I told you that everything's fine. Sister complex that much, Lelouch?" she teased, poking his perspiring cheeks.
"Shut up, Milly," he threw her hand away, and walked to Nunally's destination.
How many years has it been since the two of them met? Five years ago? Or was it longer than that when he made the resolve to join the military even though Nunally talked to him about the down sides of military. He hugged her tightly, and tears ran on the cheeks of his younger sister. It felt as if the two royalties went on a war, and Lelouch managed to live on.
He knelt down and gazed over the face of his dear little sister. She has grown from the last time he had seen her face. Lelouch tried his best to memorize every feature on Nunally's face. Every line, every curl on her hair, every edge of it, for he knew that after a few months or years, he would be called on the army for duty once again and there's no knowing whether or not he'll be able to catch the sight of her. Whether Clovis would finally discover his identity.
It was perpetual hide and seek they're playing on the small battlefield in the army. Even though Lelouch is not located in the soldiers group, he is still, by any means, affiliated with them, and that means that all the Japanese people hate him for helping during the clearing. He's a monster for them, and that wouldn't change even if he decides to quit, or renew his ways.
"Welcome home, brother," with the same smile that Lelouch always yearn for.
"I'm home,"
"LET'S CELEBRATE!" Milly broke the dramatic meeting with her statement. After that, she blew the horn as loud as she could.
The party was over immediately, and Lelouch headed back to his room with Sayoko. He knew that the stalker was still there, trying to juice out his weaknesses, and that would mean sooner or later someone would try to assail his little sister, so it would be best to stop the threat from coming any closer.
"Why have you called me, Master Lelouch?" Sayako asked.
"Didn't I tell you to just call me Lelouch?" he cited once again.
"But that's because you have saved me back then," as she reminisced the old memories.
It was three years ago, and Sayako was the last member of the Shinozaki family, and guess what, she was even haunted by the Britannian army that day. She belongs to a family of skilled assassins, and being twenty one years old would mean that the woman has learned a lot under the past years. Being a so called war threat, the army had sent some troops to extirpate the sole member.
Then that's where Lelouch came in and fabricated information about her that led to the imprisonment of another person and soon the death sentence. He even helped her to escape the army's hawk eye, after they had met ; all that because the woman would be a valuable piece on his battle, and that she could protect Nunally well.
Lelouch saw a slight movement on one of the bushes. Bingo. So, some officers just really want to gather information about him that they would send someone unskilled, and go stalk him around? He cleared his throat and halted.
"There's someone who is trailing my actions," he told Sayako about the situation.
The young boy knew that he could put his bet on Sayako regarding about the situation. She was a skilled follower leaving no trace of her actions, to top it all she is flexible and is agile. Good enough to defeat many enemies at once. He signed a small gesture pointing out the location of the enemy to which the maid quietly nodded.
"Should I offer that man death?" she asked flashing out her weapons to Lelouch.
He frowned. It was unnecessary to slay him immediately, if things go wrong they could extract information from him and that is when Sayako would do her job, but that would be too risky, for the person who sent the man would immediately jump into a conclusion that he had other strong companions leading to higher suspicion.
"Do not commit anything that would result into skepticism. I would say that you should track the actions of the person following me, if he tries to do anything out of line, capture him," he ordered.
Even if that wasn't the best move he could take, it was the safest. He's worried about what will happen to his little sister if things cause great ruckus, and for sure it would queer his plans, and could risk the safety of their real identities. Everyone knows that they are dead, and if ever his father, the emperor gets to hear of news about his existence, he might be subjected into death.
"As you ordered," and then left him alone on the hallway.
He hoped that Sayako truly understood the meaning of his words, and what he meant by anything out of line. He couldn't afford to lose his made game that easily. No, he's not yet even gathering his pieces. The queen, the knight, the bishop, the rook and the pawns .He's still got a long way to go before he'll quit his fantastic game of chess.
"Brother? Are you not busy?" Nunally asked after Sayako left the scene.
"Of course not," he ruffled her hair gently.
She smiled, a big wide grin and embraced him once again. Nunally missed him very much.
"I missed you so much," she reiterated.
Lelouch nodded mutely. He knows. He too missed her so much that it's like venom to be in the army away from her. Away from the gentle laughter of his little sister .Away from her constant hugs, and kisses. He missed it too much that seeing her right now burns his throat, for he wanted to tell her a lot of things so badly.
"I'm not going anywhere, Nunally," he reminded.
"Promise?" she raised her pinky.
Lelouch raised an eyebrow and looked at her curiously. He too raised his pinky finger, but is unsure of what will happen next. Nunally grabbed his hand and entwined the little finger with hers, and chanted some musical lines.
"What was that for?" as he stared on his hand.
"So that you wouldn't break your promise. Sayako taught me," she smiled and raised her little finger waving it in the air.
"Of course I wouldn't break my promise nor would I lie to you," he reassured her.
"You can't, if you do you'll swallow a thousand needles !" she said having a fun time with her brother.
"I wouldn't want that. It's scary," he laughed.
Nunally giggled sweetly along with Lelouch as they returned back to their room . For now, they've got a lot to talk about to catch up with each other's activities. Hopefully, Sayako wouldn't go overboard with the stalker. He wouldn't want to search for someone who could dispose of a body properly.
Suzaku sat in one of the benches as he waited for Tohdoh to arrive. Finally, he had met Lelouch once again, but they weren't able to discuss things with one another as he hurriedly went off somewhere else. Perhaps, he was concerned about both their situations after all Suzaku is the child of the deceased prime minister of Japan. The last prime minister before they got conquered and was enslaved.
He wore black sunglasses, so that his cover wouldn't be blown. He just arrived from China, and he entered into all sorts of trouble for him to ensure fake id's and certificates before he could transfer back to Japan as a Chinese citizen. Suzaku couldn't determine whether it is beneficial for him that the two major developed countries are having good political relationship with one another, or whether that would make the search for him easier.
"Are you alone at the moment?" someone approached and asked. He looked towards the stranger who asked him about it.
The stranger was apparently a woman approximately nearing her twenties. She wore classical yet modernized knee length balloon type of dress. The upper portion consists of a white long sleeved top with several lines of gold and red. Her lower portion was a skirt with vertical and horizontal lines overlapping one another. She closed her small umbrella and sat beside Suzaku.
"I'm waiting for my company," he stated, thinking twice about his decision of starting a conversation with her. The woman might be a spy that was sent to capture him, and just randomly talking to a person you do aren't an acquaintance of is gauche in many ways.
"What's your name?" she inquired the man.
"Lee. Lee Fei Wong," even though he doesn't look like a Chinese in any way. He'll soon come up with a lie to cover that unhidden trace of his true nationality.
The stranger twirled her umbrella and childishly swung her legs upon the beat of the umbrella. She was very strange that somehow he keeps on forgetting to put his guard up. She stared towards him with an austere expression, for a second he flinched with the gaze of her golden eyes that flared as light passed through it.
"What's your name, miss?" he politely asked. The girl's movements froze.
"I don't have a name. Rather, I've thrown it away just like you," she confused Suzaku.
It felt like she knew the situation Suzaku is placed in when she mentioned about the part of throwing away her real name, but why does she need to do that? The young man wanted to get to know more about the mysterious woman, but a standard black Sedan car pulled in front of him. The moment he rotated his head to the right, the person he was conversing with was gone.
He boarded the car, and they immediately left the place, extremely careful that no one would eye them. They even tinted the glasses, even the front glass into a dark color. Tohdoh drove the car while constantly looking at the side mirrors to see if whether they are being followed.
"Is everything alright?" Tohdoh interrogated.
"Yes," he answered timidly.
He decided to not inform about Tohdoh about his sudden meeting with a stranger, and to top it all he wasn't able to acquire any detail from the person who talked to him, but there was this peculiar feeling that lingers inside of him, telling him that another meeting with her is already marked. Suzaku knew that Tohdoh might be pressured once again, if he gets to know of the several things that he had met.
Suzaku sat in the front seat ; he was very engrossed about why Lelouch tried to avoid him, but he was certain that Lelouch too has his own situations to handle that is why he played along with him. It was a good thing that both of them could still remember their made up gestures.
"How are things going?" Suzaku inquired as he locked the seat belt and removed his sunglasses.
"We recruited new members, but have also done a thorough investigation about each of their backgrounds," the soldier reported.
"I'm so useless. I am always being sheltered by everyone. I couldn't even help to at least recruit some members," he hit his head several times. He wasn't the strongest yet he weighs most of the duties. There were a lot more suited people to take his job, but everyone insisted that it should be him. Only he can pull it.
"Shut it, Suzaku. I do not want to hear your petty justifications. Majority of the members decided that, if you would bend against their will that would be injustice," Tohdoh, always being political yet heroic about his words.
He growled at the statement of his senior. Justice. That was a very vague word to use. In fact, it was sugar coating; the words the public would always want to hear. Bitter sweet lies about politics. He was merely a tool, a catch basin when things go bad. Despite the eagerness to reclaim his native country, he hated how his role sounded.
The person who would be blamed if their mission fails that would be Suzaku. That was his purpose. To lead and win, or to lose and be censured. It strangles him very nicely.
"The plan will be commenced once we've got enough members. In a year or two, we will begin the revolution," his senior quietly said.
He was getting impatient. Suzaku trained so hard for this that he doesn't mind to only acquire at least three hours of sleep. He would even skip meals to continue his practices, but as Tohdoh said, approximately about one year or longer than that. When will they truly attack? Every day, the army gets stronger, more Japanese people are oppressed and here they are not doing anything against it. Technology advances every second, new generation of knightmares gets mass produced.
"But," he resisted.
"Our preparations would be in vain if your stubbornness gets ahead of you," Tohdoh reminded him; he had no power but to just nod at his statement. The car stopped in front of an abandoned building. They entered it, but to Suzaku's surprise, the inner interior is fixed contrary to the appearance of the outer interior.
The members, old and new were waiting for him and Tohdoh.
"Is he the rumored son of the prime minister? If he's our leader we would be taken down instantly," someone hidden in the shadow uttered disappointed at him. Some other members snickered.
He groused silently at the remark of the members that were underestimating him. Why don't they just lead themselves and look in front of the mirror just to see chickens blindly running around. But he remained his composure, he would face more of those discrimination as days pass by.
"Quiet down," someone shouted, and the others followed.
"Naoto, do you really believe that he could lead us?" a member questioned. He was respected in that place unlike Suzaku's situation. The person under the name of Naoto bobbed his head.
"I believe that he is far more stronger than the rest of us here. I heard from Tohdoh that he's been training hard since their arrival in China," he explained and the crowd bought it, but there were still several qualms going on in a form of soft whispers.
At the very least, he has Naoto and Tohdoh on his side, and sooner or later the whole team would be forced to comply, but that doesn't mean they respect him nor participate fully well. He's only a symbol, not a leader. Unlike his father, Suzaku doesn't have the genes of leading troops. Yes he has the ability to fight, but nothing more than that.
"Kid, do you even know how to pilot a knightmare frame?" another person queried.
"Yes. I've tried running several knightmare frames before, if it's a new knightmare, I'll just read how the machine works," he assured, but the other members doubted a mere kid's ability to pilot a huge piece of metal.
"Hey,hey, just like brother said, trust him. If you have those reactions in your face that would mean that you're also doubting my ability," a woman came out of the shadow. Her hair deep red and looked like spikes. She greeted Suzaku warmly, and the others couldn't have a chance to answer back on her statement.
"My name's Kallen Kozuki, a pleasure in meeting you Kururugi-kun," and clapped their hands together. They were of the same height, and perhaps age as well? It was a nice thing that he got another company in the crowd, and even better when they're of the same age. Now, he has a legitimate reason on why people shouldn't underestimate him.
"I should act as master Lelouch has ordered me," Sayako said rushing quietly to the scene.
It felt very odd, but she cannot feel the enemy at all despite the location being very obvious. It's not like it's impossible to accomplish such act, but only skilled people could pull the trick, or magic as how normal people refer to the technique used. Commonly, only people that trained the ways of an assassin could attempt that, but she was the only one left of them. . . and she was sure that the other clans were wiped out.
A soft movement came in one of the bushes, and a person swiftly jumped and flew away. The assassin quickly followed and trailed the direction of the assailant (stalker). The movements of the perpetrator was flawless and looked as if the stalker was floating in the air, gracefully jumping through the branches or anything thin that the unknown gets his feet on.
Sayako threw a knife and it directly hit the person she was chasing and caught the unknown man off guard, and directly fell on the ground. She leaped towards the pavement, and unmasked the bush-wacker. Upon seeing the face of the stranger, Sayako's eyes widened.
The man opened his eyes again, and strangled the maid and pushed her on the dirt. Expressionless, the person removed the knife thrown, and stabbed Sayako's right hand.
She screamed in pain.
"You! Why… are you, " and coughed up blood as the person steadily held her neck.
"I was ordered to do so. This is bad, what should I do. I wasn't ordered to kill you. I will be scolded if I do, but I also cannot let you know my secret. Ah, this sucks," the man remained the same position. Sayako resisted, but the pain is too insufferable to commit the right movements, so that the attacker would be forced to free her.
"Your real name is Sayako Shinozaki, the remnant of the Shinozaki family, but aren't you dead already? This is bad, I wasn't ordered to do anything about you. What should I do, tell me,"
"Let me go…" she ordered, but the grip on her neck is too powerful, one wrong move it might break her bones and lead to her death.
"I cannot. If I do, you will tell him about me. I know!" the person exclaimed.
The stranger's eyes brightened up, and a sigil appeared on one of its eyes. Geass.
"Sweet dreams Sayako-san," leaving the assassin alive, barely alive, and then left the scene. "I must return to my job," flew off somewhere again.
Sayako woke up, only to see she was on a bed. Lelouch was worried sick about how things went, and cannot wait to ask her about the real scenario. Her head was .. nausea. Nunally was sent outside the room along with Milly because she cannot bear what has happened with her assistant.
"What happened Sayako?" Lelouch asked as he stood up and get closer towards the maid.
She shook her head. The only thing she could remember was the order of Lelouch to catch the stalker, and after that… the scenes were covered by darkness. She cannot remember anything, but she knew someone held her neck too tightly that there was a mark left.
"I cannot remember what happened. Nothing," she said sadly. Lelouch sighed depressingly.
"Don't brood over it. It's alright," he patted the head of Sayako. Things have gotten a little messy and overboard.
He left Sayako with Milly and Nunally, he might return to the army faster than he calculated. He needs to know who sent the person that defeated the assassin, if not, he might lose everything he foundered.
"Hello this is Cecille speaking," a woman answered the phone.
"Cecille-san, this is Lelouch," he replied in a youthful tone.
"Yes, why?" she immediately asked. Lloyd's voice was on the background.
"I have something for you to investigate," he cleared his throat as he heard Cecille scold Lloyd.
"Hey Lelouch, uhmm I'll call you next time," and then Lloyd stole it from her.
"Lelouch, come back now ! I need your great cooking, Cecille is cutting my life span into half with her alien foods," Lloyd pleaded, and Cecille hit his head.
"I'll contact you later, but for now I'm going to teach him a little lesson for telling me that my foods are not delicious. Bye," and he heard the cries of Lloyd. Women. Scary.
After the phone call, Nunally approached her brother. She was deeply concerned by the health of Sayako, and the reason why she was badly injured, and there was nothing else she could do, but hope for the fast recovery of the Japanese.
"Brother, what happened to Sayako-san?" she asked hoping to get a direct answer from her brother.
"I made her run an errand, but she was attacked by someone on the middle of it. Sayako has no collection of what happened, nor who is the attacker," he truthfully said.
He cannot afford to lie to Nunally. They just made a promise a few minutes ago, and even if that promise didn't exist, he does not plan to hide the truth away from her. At the very least, not now.
"I hope we'll catch the person who attacked her as soon as possible," she prayed.
"I'll do my best," he promised the crippled girl.
One year later
Shinjuku Ghetto
"The target has been located. Plate number ***-*** ," somebody reported.
About half of the army's troops have been dispatched because of Clovis's order about ensuring the safety of the poison gas, fortunately, the technological department is not affected by the order he gave. He knew that the personal team of Clovis is hiding something, until it finally hit him. That green haired girl they're experimenting. It seems like only a few people knows about her existence which has been hidden away from the ears of the emperor. Now that is one risky project to launch.
"They're hiding something," Cecille appeared from the back of Lelouch.
She has the fast eye on irregularities within her environment, guess that is her special talent. Cecille couldn't determine the exact thing that was off, but she knew that there was a hidden code in that order. A dirty secret that only a few are allowed to get their hands on.
"Hey Lelouch, can you buy some materials from a nearby store? I mean ingredients," Cecille requested. He took the list, and seriously, it was a bunch of deadly ingredients. It was too dangerous to specify in the narrations.
"Sure. Hey Lloyd, I'm going out for a while," the boy informed the technician who was polishing his work.
"Don't. don't Lelouch. I don't want to eat Cecille's food ever again," Lloyd begged for him to stay. He shook his head and laughed quietly.
"There's food in the microwave, well then bye," and then he left the two, for it seems like Cecille would give Lloyd another beating.
He immediately bought the necessary equipment slash ingredients. He called Cecille to inform her that he had purchased the things on the list.
"I'm done with your errand," he said as Cecille picked up her phone. A small explosion then occurred.
Lelouch peeked at where the explosion originated, mere curiosity. The truck collided with several sandbags, but that does not mean that the passengers are safe. The venue of the accident was a no trespassing place. Oh good, now if he goes to that place, he'll be marked as a law breaker.
'Someone help them,' ignorant citizens of Britannia said while pulling out there cameras and cellular phones, busily taking pictures and videos of the scene. How pathetic.
'Isn't the ambulance coming soon?' another added. Hypocrites.
"Lelouch are you alright?" Cecille said after hearing the explosion, worried sick about the condition of the worker.
"No worries," he said. He hated to act like those Britannian fools, but he's got no other choice to make. Does he?
He turned around from the scene, preparing to continue with what he was doing, and return in the office. Suddenly, a voice resonated on his mind. A nostalgic voice of a woman who he knew he had heard and met before, but just ultimately cannot identify the source.
'I found you.. My,' she said.
He blinked trying to brush off the statement, but once he opened his eyes, he found himself inside the cargo. There was no connection, so his phone call with Cecille would be immediately cut off.
"Just where did I get myself into?" he said while he rubbed his forehead.
"Breaking news, several terrorists that were captured the other day is now on the run. Rumored poison gas, stolen?" the news reporter stated. Nunally watched the news, engrossed with gathering data. She knew her brother was working in the military, but even though Lelouch always reminded her that his job isn't risky. She cannot shook off the feeling that she is very useless on her brother's ideals.
She knew that Lelouch wanted to change the world they are in at the moment. To make the world gentler, for her .In order to make her happier, but if that happiness would take the life of her brother, forget about it. She wanted to create that world wherein the two of them could live together, happy, even if their surroundings aren't. That alone is her wish.
Power. She wanted power the most. To help her dear brother, and for her to fulfill that wish.
'Your wish, I shall grant it,' a soft voice whispered from her back.
Nunally turned around to see a woman with the same height as her. They held the same face?
"It's been a long time Nunally," she spoke of her like they were familiar with one another.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?"asking several questions at once. The mirror image of her laughed.
"We're connected. Whereever you are, I am there," the woman answered, and sat on the floor.
"Don't you want to help your dear boys? That's why I'm here. You want to help your dear childhood friend, and as well as your brother. Let me tell you something girl, your childhood friend.. is in the battlefield at the moment" she discussed. Nunally raised an eyebrow. "Remember the day when you died, and your corpse lay cold on the floor my princess," she said menacingly.
The memories of the past rushed deep inside Nunally. That's right, she was long dead, but then before she breathed her last breath, a voice sprung on her mind. That same voice that is speaking to her right now.
Flashback
Cold . Heat fleeing her body, and her muscles becoming rigid as every second ticks .She got transported into a never ending world painted in white, and she sat there alone with no one else to hold. Her brother not there ; her dear childhood friend not there. She does not know where she is, but she knew she was dead.
Nunally wanted to leave that place and live once again, but she's dead. Her heartbeat stopped its beating, and her body stopped functioning ; she's nothing but a mannequin now.
"Do you want to live?" a feminine voice spoke. She nodded with a frown.
"Why do you want to live so badly ? Why are you telling that to yourself now. When you were still alive you could have done so much, yet you wasted it. Why?" the voice asked her.
"That's because. That's right, I wasted it because my feet became immovable that I became nothing but a nuisance to my brother. I didn't do anything, but I want to help them change this world," she confessed the truth to the voice. It laughed hysterically as the voice heard the answer of the child.
"How about this then .I'll help you to fulfill your wish and you'll be revived, but there's one thing you need to give me," it negotiated.
Without thinking twice, Nunally agreed to the trade of the woman.
"I will gain control of the movement of your body," the voice spoke. Nunally only nodded. She needed to live, for her brother and her friend.
"But aren't I dead already. My body might be buried somewhere already," she hesitated. It laughed once again after hearing her statement and flashed her shape to Nunally. The same look as her .
"Better thank your brother for being stubborn that your corpse is in one piece. Well then, I should contact her now. Shall we return now, Nunally? Our contract has been written," and extended her hand. Nunally grabbed it, and she breathed again.
End of Flashback
"You are that person," after she had remembered the bits of memories that were missing. "How will I be able to help them?"she asked willing to cooperate. The contractor grinned evilly.
"As long as you are willing to let me borrow your body .My strength comes from your willingness. With that you'll be able to help them," the contractor stated and extended her hand once again.
Nunally gulped nervously and reluctantly touched the hand of her contractor. She needed that power to help them, and that is the best she could do. She needed to trust that voice, so that she'll become the person she wants to be. The person who can protect her brother, and help him get his revenge. Change their world.
"Will my brother help Suzaku-kun?" she asked her mirror image.
"Soon. If they meet each other again, the witch and the warlock .So what is your wish, my highness?" the stranger queried as she knelt down.
"Suzaku-kun and brother both wants to change this world that's why I.. I want to help the two of them whatever it takes," she stated with sheer determination.
"Your wish is my command," with a huge smirk.
There was no connection inside the truck which appeared to be owned by the terrorists, and there weren't any escape ladders located on the sides. Seems like it's a do or die situation. Suddenly, a female with vibrant red hair entered, removing her coat and throwing it away on the side. Inside the coat is a transmitter.
"That's why I'm here Naoto," she said and the back door opened as a knightmare frame was released. Shit. They're really terrorists.
The woman looked very familiar. . . Did he saw her somewhere before?
The truck continued to run away from the coming soldiers, and knightmares. Lelouch noticed a huge container that looked very familiar. That poison gas. . . No, the thing that Clovis was experimenting on. He toggled with the machine, trying to forcefully open the container, and finally, after pressing a small button on the side of the white gigantic container. A woman with green hair appeared. Her hands and feet tied up.
He unzipped the cloth that tied the woman without any reason why he did it. Instinct told him to do so. After that, the truck stopped, and the back part of the mobile opened. That was the moment he was waiting for. For now he needs to escape.
He stood up and was readying to flee, but the test subject tugged his arm telling him to take her too. He sighed, and dragged the woman.
"You, who are you?" he asked trying to extract information from the stranger. They continued walking.
Somebody from their back appeared and held a gun.
"Peekaboo. Our hide and seek is over," a man from the army stated. Lelouch nervously swallowed. He raised his hand and turned around.
"My my, young people like you shouldn't resort to terrorism, you know. Just hand her over, and we'll be finished," the person threatened. He knew that if he did, that guy would shoot him.
"And people like you only resort to violence," he replied with pride. The soldier swiftly dealt three punches on his gut, and forcefully dragged the woman away from him.
"Well then you can bid yourself goodbye my friend," readying to pull the trigger of his gun.
The woman ran in front of him when he pulled the trigger, and she was shot. Blood flowed immediately, and her breathing stopped as the gun shot hit one vital organ.
"My, my what a miss," the soldier grabbed his transmitter from his pocket, and called his team over.
He faced the gun in front of Lelouch. Will his life end now? No that's too early… He needed to do something. His revenge. The death of his mother. The reason why he joined the military. All of the reasons rushed on his mind, and in the end of those memories was the last conversation he had with the person who saved him.
"The contract has been written," she stated. "Remember me Lelouch Vi Britannia,"
"I accept the contract," he muttered slowly and laughed.
"My, my. Why did I forget about it.. Our contract," the soldier quirked an eyebrow.
"Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you, die !" and the geass mark appeared on his left eye.
Note : A very long chapter which took me hours to write. Well, I enjoyed writing it, so no worries.
Gah. Please review or suggest scenes you want to see in the story ^^