A/N: so hello people chapter two is up and I thank all of you for your reviews and follows.
I've also noticed in the replies that most of you assume that this mysterious student is trouble; I wanted to tell you that he isn't completely trouble, not until chapter 5 or 6 antway.
I would like to tell you that this ff will be a once every two weeks update, Thursdays.
I would also like to apologies for the late update since school has been hitting me hard with exams, granted they're not that hard but they have been simultaneous.
Word guide:
"Speech"
'Thoughts or speech inside speech'
Screaming, shouting, or talking angrily
(scene change)
Stressed out words or sarcastically said words
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Chapter 2: Invasion & Revelation
Kallen stood at attention in front of the Ashford Academy gates waiting patiently for Lelouch or rather his majesty emperor Lelouch to escort him to the gymnasium for the meeting with the UFN, the one which will decide the fate of the world. The academy has been emptied and all classes cancelled for the meeting, after all a meeting between the two greatest forces in the world in order to negotiate for attaining peace is much more important than any exam or classes.
The gymnasium has been rearranged and modified to be in a good shape to host the leaders of the world, the entire school has also been fitted with cameras and snipers, Black Knights soldiers swarmed the school all this was just in case emperor Lelouch attempted anything funny with his Geass.
Kallen had asked to be the one to escort him to the meeting safely, it was a good chance to get her answers that she so much desired out of him and she was determined to get them whether Lelouch approved or not. She had sincerely hoped he would answer her with the truth. There was the plan that the mysterious boy had suggested however she couldn't trust him and also didn't want to trick Lelouch like that.
Crowds awaited their hero and savior, the man who reformed the Britannian empire into a something better for everyone. Milly was also within the school grounds not as a student or even an Ashford but a news reporter who will cover the meeting.
"We are coming to you from Ashford Academy the site chosen by his majesty Lelouch emperor of Britannia, it is her that the UFN will debate whether to allow the Britannian empire to become a member" announced the young Ashford news reporter.
High into the sky three Britannian jets could be seen flying towards the school grounds "it's the emperor's personal transport" exclaimed Milly as everyone from the spectators gasped at the arrival of their hero. "Lelouch is it really you" said the young reporter completely lost in thought before remembering that she was on air and returning to her working mood "I am sorry, emperor Lelouch has just landed inside the school grounds".
There he was the former vice-president of the student council and current emperor of the holy Britannian Empire walking out of his private jet and towards Kallen, his former ace who will be his escort to the meeting.
Striding confidently through the school park phrases like "it's Lelouch the emperor of justice" and " oh it's his majesty emperor Lelouch" could be heard among the crowds surrounding the school with extreme admiration towards the hero of the masses.
Suddenly a lone call towards his majesty erupted from the crowds "LELOUCH" screamed a blue-headed student who was currently atop the school fences trying desperately to get past the only barrier separating him from his former best friend "I need to know the truth Lelouch, why didn't you tell me who you were?" asked the poor boy before getting grabbed from the fence and away from his friend by the Black Knight guards despite his protest and claims to be this man's friend.
Lelouch just ignored the spectacle and continued forward after all this is for the best, he wouldn't acknowledge the boy as his friend after all he was scheming to become the devil itself.
Finally reaching his destination standing in front of Kallen prideful like the Britannian emperor he is. After a moment of silence Kallen decided to speak first "Lelouch tell me wh-" before being cut off by Lelouch himself "nice to meet you, you are Captain Kallen Kozuki the leader of the Black Knights are you not?"
Catching his hint that they cannot discuss something like this here she decided to play along "that's right, I am here to escort you safely to the conference"
"Fine do you mind if we take the long way around? I am feeling a bit anxious about this, a little walk might be helpful" came his reply
'I see Lelouch, thank you this way we can talk freely' thought Kallen before replying dutifully with a simple "I understand"
(The Ikaruga Bridge)
Ohgi was worried and had doubts about Lelouch…. No about Zero's intentions "can we really trust him? What if he uses his Geass on the guards" asked the Japanese man, his dark skinned lover beside him.
"He can't the guards are all wearing visors and the entire school is monitored with surveillance cameras" assured him Xianglin
Chiba stood next to Todou with the others simply worried about the red-haired girl who was currently escorting the emperor alone.
(Ashford Academy, clubhouse)
Once they were at the entrance's staircase Lelouch decided to be the first to speak "nostalgic isn't it?" said the emperor as he followed behind the girl who was once his classmate and bodyguard.
"I am grateful for what you did" started Kallen "I know that if it weren't for you I would have had ended my life back in the Shinjuku ghetto, the Black Knights would never have existed at all, I was glad, proud and honored to be needed by our masked leader Zero" she paused for a while before continuing again.
"But when I learned you were Zero I didn't understand at all, even so the man I saw fighting against Britannia, now you have joined forces with Suzaku, what are you really trying to do?" she asked as she began to climb the stairs of the clubhouse with Lelouch a short distance behind her.
"Do you want personal power, to be above everyone else or is this just a game to you?, during the Black Rebellion Ohgi told me to guard you with my life, he told me that you could make my brothers dream come true"
Not receiving an answer she turned around and confronted him with the real question she wanted to ask "Lelouch after everything we have been through what do I mean to you? on the day you left the Ikaruga you told me 'Kallen you have to live'" still no response was received so she did something she had wished to do for some time and had hoped would get this boy in front of her to respond to her, she went down and kissed him.
What she felt was not what she have had hopes for, it was like kissing a lifeless statue, a dead body, he wasn't kissing her back, was he rejecting her, denying her?. 'I see then Lelouch, I am sorry, I had hoped not to use this but you will answer me whether you want to or not' thought the red-headed Black Knight sadly to herself as she placed the bug that the boy had handed her on the emperor's fancy collar as she broke the kiss.
"I see, goodbye then Lelouch" said a very sad and heartbroken Kallen as she stepped away, the fact that there was still a chance he was lying to her and that she would get the answers she wanted from that plan still made no change to her feelings.
Remembering that there were more important things at hand now she said the last thing she had to say to him "the supreme council will meet in the gymnasium".
And with that she started ascending the stairs leaving the emperor still frozen in place. She stopped as she heard him say something "so it is goodbye then Kallen"
Hearing those words she continued onward with her way out of the clubhouse to witness the meeting
(Outside of the Ashford Academy)
Once Kallen was outside of the clubhouse she made her way to where the giant broadcasting screen was 'at least if he joins the UFN we will be on the same side, which might give me another chance' thought the heartbroken soldier as she arrived in front of the giant screen on the outside of the academy's building to see that the meeting has already started
(The gymnasium aka meeting room of the UFN)
"Chairman Kaguya Sumergi of the UFN supreme council, I desire that the holy Britannian Empire participate in the UFN" declared the young emperor
'Master Zero' mused Kaguya confused about her former leader true intentions but continued nonetheless with the meeting since he isn't Zero here, right now he is the Britannian emperor and it isn't known to the public that Zero is the Britannian emperor "do you understand that participation is dependent upon a two third majority vote?"
"Of course that's the democratic way of doing things right?" replied the emperor with a smirk on his face as if he had expected such a question
"Yes, that's right" affirmed the young chairwoman as she pressed a button placed on the stand in front of her causing walls to arise from all around the emperor causing an uproar.
"This is rather discourteous don't you think" asked one of the representatives to no one in particular
"It was former emperor Charles that committed all those crimes, wasn't it?" replied another representative
'Geass-countermeasures huh? Well now it's clear that only Kaguya and the core members of the Black Knights now about Geass' thought the emperor dryly before being snapped out of his thoughts as the chairwoman appeared on one of the screens in front of him.
"Now what are you really trying to do here treasures emperor Lelouch?" asked Kaguya venomously
"I am surprised at you isn't the new Britannia a better country for the entire world?" asked Lelouch
"That remains to be seen, UFN resolutions are always determined by majority vote" answered him Xingke as he popped out on one of the other screens his voice not showing any emotion
"Voting rights are apportioned according to each member nation's population" said Todou as he popped up on another screen
"The Chinese Federation has been broken up" started Xingke "so the nation with the largest population in the world now"
"Is Britannia" completed Ohgi as he too popped up on another screen
"If we allow Britannia to join the UFN today" started Xianglin "you will have more than half the votes emperor Lelouch" completed Hong Gu
"In short if we vote in your favor you would usurp our power and take control of the UFN" summarized Kaguya
"What's your response emperor Lelouch?" asked Ohgi as he lost patience with the boy's silence
"Break up your empire, let your territory secede from Britannia or limit your total votes to 20%, those are your options" stated Xingke
"Chairman Kaguya I have one question that I would like to ask you" replied Lelouch seemingly not fazed by any of their claims
"You may do so" replied Kaguya
"What trait is most important for governing the world?" asked the emperor
And without hesitation at all what so ever the young girl spoke the answer "it's pride, the pride of self governance"
At that the emperor smiled faintly and spoke up "you speak with wisdom lady Kaguya, however I would submit a different answer"
"Oh and what would that answer be?" replied the chairman of the UFN intrigued as to what his answer would be
"The will to destroy" said Lelouch his smile now turning into a smirk that would make the devil itself cringe
"Destroy" repeated the chairman wide-eyed and slightly surprised at his answer
"Destroy the world, and even oneself" completed the emperor as he raised one hand pointing towards the ceiling
Everyone in the room was completely dumbfounded at the emperors answer and wondered about what his action meant. It wasn't long however before the answer came to them flying through the ceiling of the room as the Lancelot Albion pointing its guns at the representatives.
"I will not allow this affront to his majesty" said Suzaku through the Lancelot's speakers
(The Ikaruga bridge)
"Where the hell were our perimeter guards?" asked Todou completely furious that they couldn't stop such an obvious attack
"Sorry sir he launched suddenly from under water" replied a Black Knight soldier
"Deploy to Ashford Academy we need to save lady Kaguya" said Minami starting to panic
"The Britannian forces have started to move" screamed Minase as everyone was completely panicking right now
"What's that" asked Xingke not wanting to believe the bad news
"They're crossing from international waters into Japanese territory"
"He's caught us off guard" stated Todou
"Meeting with the UFN and then choosing the school as the sight all of this was nothing but a decoy" completed Xingke realizing their mistake
"If that's true then he's betrayed the trust of the entire world" said Ohgi completely shocked.
"You heard him, he was never interested in joining the UFN" replied Xianglin angrily
"In other word his goal is a pure dictatorship" summarized Rakshata her pipe still in hand as she lay on her couch
"He abolished the older aristocracy yet he still continues to call himself emperor" said Todou
"Zero is.. no, Lelouch is now the enemy of the entire world" said Xingke
(Outside the Ashford Academy)
The Guren S.E.I.T.E.N was ascending from its underground parking along with a squadron of Akatsukies with their pilots inside.
(The Guren's cockpit)
"Retreat, get out of there Kozuki" urged Xingke over the communication screen
"Negative I'm taking Lelouch down; this Guren is the only unit that can go up against the Lancelot" replied Kallen
"If you fight her you'll be putting everyone's lives at risk, there are leaders from every nation on earth" stated Xingke
"But the empress is also in grave danger" reasoned Kallen trying to convince him to let her fight knowing that he has a soft spot for the empress
"I know that Kallen, but the enemy is Lelouch; he won't hesitate to kill everyone around him"
And with that the communication was shut down. Kallen slammed her fist at the side of the cockpit 'damn it, why couldn't you just join peacefully even if there were problems between us at least we weren't gonna be enemies like this, or you could've at least answered me, why Lelouch?'.
But then she was snapped out of her thoughts as she heard ringing and felt vibration in her pocket, realizing that it was her phone she reached to check the caller ID 'who could it be now' when she finally flipped it open she saw it as an unknown number which surprised her, her phone number was known only among the Black Knights inner circle anyone else contacted her on her Guren's communication.
Wanting to know who this is she answered "Hello, this is Captain Kozuki speaking, who is this?"
"Well, helllooo there, how have you been doing captain?" came a cheerful and annoying voice as her reply, and it was a very familiar one, she hadn't heard it too often, in fact she had heard it only once but she still recognized it all the same 'it's him that annoying brat from yesterday'
"You?" replied Kallen slightly confused "what do you want?, and how do you know my number"
"Yes me, I just wanted to know if you've accepted my offer" replied the boy
Feeling a bit hesitant at first and a little guilty she answered nonetheless "yes, I did I've placed it on him, now how did you get this number"
"I just guessed it" replied the boy obviously trying to taunt her
"Sure you did, are you always this annoying?" asked Kallen
"Maybe" said the boy and at that Kallen growled seething with annoyance "oh relax, I know a lot of stuff I shouldn't know about, and as for your answers just put on your earphones, take the rest of the day off and enjoy"
"This had better not be a trap or I'll…." She tried to threaten
" Oh please I would know better than to pull off a trap on someone like you, I am not at all eager to know what it feels like to be Suzaku on the battlefield "
"Say, why are you doing this, why are you helping me? What do you want in return?"
"I want nothing in return for my services I am only doing this because I think it isn't fair that he kept the truth from you, ….well that and it is going to be fun to see the look on his face when he finds out that you were listening on us, bye now"
With that he hung up leaving Kallen to call the number that called her again only to find it out of server.
She shut the phone and put it in her pocket and was about to leave the Guren when she saw something weird at her screens, there he was, Lelouch walking out of the conference room with his guards behind him taking the representatives hostage to his private jet, what was weird however was that Lelouch seemed furious and in a hurry 'but what could possibly get him this mad, didn't his plan succeed' thought Kallen to herself deciding that she didn't want to miss anymore of what might have happened to Lelouch she shut of her Guren however she remained in the cockpit and pulled out the earphones that were connected to that bug 'well Lelouch lets see what I truly mean to you'.
To be continued…..
A/N: so how was it this is chapter 2 people hope you enjoyed it
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