So I'm quite sure I did say in one of y other stories that I have this thing that I hate leaving something unfinished. Also did I mention that I get caugght up in doing too many things at once? Anyway I saw that this got some favourites and follows and was like well I' hate to keep them waiting anyway I hope you enjoy. Also just to tell you this Suzaku isn't the main character as usual his his the deuteragonist and not the protagonist but as seen in the last in the prologue he will have a much different role. Anyways once again I hope you enjoy :)
"What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil,or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?[...]I n my case,I commit evil in order to destroy the greater evil!"Lelouch vi Britannia to Lord Guilfrod.
The final words that Suzaku said still echoed in Lelouch's mind causing the exiled Britannian prince doubts and concern. The black haired youth shook his head as to try and get rid of the words and focus on something else but it didn't work. The words that had been with his only friend exchanged back in the Shinjuku ghetto still persisted in his Lelouch's head. It had mae getting through the day rather difficult.
Flash Back Shinjuku Ghetto 30 minutes after Clovis's forces had retreated.
"So Lelouch you're finally making your move" Suzaku stated. While his smile was genuine Lelouch could not help but feel a chill run down his spine at the epmtyness and hollow feeling Suzaku's eyes held. "I suppose you have some game changer that has sped up your plans." Suzaku stated he wasn't asking a question.
"Yes" Lelouch admitted knowing that trying to deceive Suzaku would only come back to haunt him at the most inconvenient of times. "I just recently came into possession of something extremely dangerous and powerful."
"Does Nunnally know that you are in possession of such a weapon?" Suzaku asked it seemed he was amused by Lelouch's explanation.
"Uh no I just received it recently" Lelouch admitted. He barely recognised Suzaku this person while appearing similar to him in appearance was a whole world different than who Suaku had been when Japan had been invaded by Britannia.
"Keep that card close to your chest" Suzaku stated. "We don't know who may be watching or listening in." Suzaku reminded him.
"Oh yeah" Lelouch replied. He did almost forget that there may be others listening in. "So you stole that from one of the scientist here?" Lelouch asked.
"Yes" Suzaku answered. "While I may have the necessary materials and equipment to build knightmare frames I lack the time to do more than just sketch and work through designs."
"So you with the Japanese Liberation front then?" Lelouch asked. It was a possibility though it did make him wonder though why he had come alone. As the former Ministership son, Suzaku would have a least a squad of Burai's sent with him if he attempted to come here. So that did leave a few questions to be answered. Lelouch briefly contemplated using his new power to command Suzaku. The act may have been above him but the temptation wasn't. In the end though Lelouch decided against it using something like that on Suzaku if it was ever found out would break any form of trust the two youths had. Besides having an angry and vengeful Suzaku on his tail was something Lelouch did not want in the near or distant future.
"So you are setting the stage for your rebellion then" Suzaku commented. "Be careful your father has more than just the Britannian military at his fingertips" Suzaku warned.
Now this caught Lelouches attention. What could be more devastating than the military that Britannia had under its command? "Is such a thing possible?" Lelouch asked.
Suzaku nodded a grim expression on his face. "Indeed it is all too true" he stated. Remembering the immortal child named V2 that he had come face to face with two years previously and the battle that he had fought there. Once agan Suzaku Kururugi found himself toughing his left eye as he remembered it. "They have power beyond human understanding, the ability to stop ones perception of time or the ability to see the future, it's terrifying. They call this GEASS the power of the kings and even the Emperor and one of the knights of round possess it" Suzaku found himself clenching his fist in the memory of where he had lost his eye to the knight of one. Their fight where those to fought to a standstill fresh in his mind. Bismark had blinded Suzaku with his sword and Suzaku had taken Bismark's regular eye in retaliation. In the end Suzaku loathed himself for being forced to retreat in a stolen Glasgow as reinforcements were going to arrive. Suzaku still remembered his comrade who had died with him against Bismark hamstringing the knight of one allowing Suzaku to scape even though it cost hi his life. Suzaku then cast an imperceptible glance at the Naoto's headband that he had wrapped around his arm. So that he could honour his comrades memory and the sacrifice that he and the others had made.
Lelouch looked concerned but then realised that it would have been childish of him to believe that he was the only one with this power. "Is there any more?" he asked.
"That was only the best of it" Suzaku replied. "The people who grant others these powers are called Code Holders more importantly other than giving out powers they are also immortal even if you cut ones head of its only a matter of time before it reconects. No blow no matter how deadly can affect them and I only have a hunch on how to actually kill them" Suzaku explained.
Now this both troubled and interested Lelouch. It meant that the girl who had saved him might actually be a lot older and also it would be definite to say that if Suzaku's information that sounded first hand was accurate she was definitely alive. "I'm going to have to find her after this" Lelouch thought grimly. She had answers that he needed. He was so caught up in thought that he almost didn't notice that Suzaku had turned away from him and was getting back into his stolen knightmare.
"Lelouch" Suzaku called out to him. "Revolutions and Rebellions are always started by intellectuals" he stated. "Always living in their own worlds and seeing things in extremes. Following the revolution their words are drowned out by bureaucracy and mediocrity." Suzaku explained. "The intellectuals can't stand this so they isolate themselves from society and politics to become reclusive" With this said Suzaku closed the cockpit to his knightmare and left.
Lelouch did not fully understand what Suaku was talking about though he did get the idea that Suzaku was giving him a warning. Getting into his knightmare Lelouch headed for a section of the Ghetto where he make his exit. "What happened to you Suzaku" was one of the many things going on in his mind, but none more so than the final words that Suzaku had spoken to him. "I know it is a warning but what is it for?"
"Yo Earth to Lelouch" Rivalz Cardemonde Lelouch's friend shouted while snapping his fingers in front of Lelouch's face to gain the his attention. "Man you were just staring off in the distance, President was about to try and drawn on your face to see if you would notice" the blue haired boy explained to Lelouch. "Man did something happen, you were like that for three whole minutes" Rivalz stated. "Did you see a ghost or something like that?" he asked.
"well it wouldn't hurt to say yes" Lelouch replied. "While I am grateful to you for preventing President to draw on my face I did think that I saw a ghost yesterday." he explained.
"Wow" Rivalz said understanding. He had been there when that incident with the car crash occurred. "Who was it?" he asked.
"Don't worry they turned out to be a perfectly healthy human being." Lelouch replied.
"Come one Lelouch we're supposed to be tight you can tell me" Rivalz whispered.
Lelouch surveyed the Student council room. Milly must have left to go get some permanent markers Nina was a little bit too engrossed in her computer and Shirley was at the swimming club. "Okay" he whispered. "I thought I saw you and Milly in a wedding outfit" he whispered back waiting for Rivalz's brain to register what he had been told.
"What!" the blued haired boy exclaimed as he doubled over backwards. "Man" Rivalz complained. "You gotta stop teasing me like that."
Lelouch who was chuckling was able to compose himself. "Sorry Rivalz its just that was too good an opportunity to miss" he explained.
It was that point that the Student Council President of Ashford Academy Milly Ashford the grandfather of the Academy's owner burst in the room with a stack of permanent markers in her hand. "All right now lets get to work on Lulu" Milly said in her usual upbeat manner before noticing that even Nina had turned around from the compute to look at her. "Oh come one Rivalz" she pouted. "You didn't have to go and wake him up."
"Sorry Prez" Rivalz apologised scratching the back of his head sheepishly. "I just didn't want Lelouch to you know be upset with me if I let that happen" Rivalz sighed after he said the last part. "An angry Lelouch is not one I want" he explained.
"Come on Rivalz to escape from Lulu's wrath all you need to do is outrun him" Milly explained. Earning a glare or irritation from Lelouch.
"That was uncalled for" the former Britannian prince calmly stated. Not changing his posture but Lelouch's tone gave others the impression that he was thoroughly unimpressed.
"Doesn't make it any less true" Milly replied immaturely poking out her tongue him "Now does it?" she asked.
Lelouch sighed. He had already interrogated Kallen Stadtfield and had confirmed that it had indeed been her at Shinjuku. Now he was going somewhere to Visit Suzaku in the later in the knight before They officially announced Clovis's death to the public and all hell broke loose. "I'll take my leave" he said as he got up and make his exit he had already hidden C2 but she was going to insist on coming with him. Lelouch had a feeling that this was going to be a long night.
Cecile Croomy, Loyd Asplund's assistant was not having a good day. She woke up to having her boss tell her that they have a new employer. At fist she wondered who could have funded them better than the second prince Schneizel el Britannia. She was also wondering what had happened to them after their transport was attacked and they were knocked out. "Lord Asplund" she addressed Lloyd formally though he preferred just to be referred to be his first name. "Do you know where we are?" She asked. Cecile had yet to see any personnel in this facility more importantly she had yet to see any windows in this metallic structure.
"Not the faintest clue my dear Cecile" Llyod answered nonchalantly but then again Lloyd Asplund was always calm. If he wasn't hit the deck because something big (generally an explosion) is going to happen.
Cecile sighed at her employer's lack of concern or care for that matter. "Lloyd we are most probably captured by whoever stole the Lancelot and they are probably holding us prisoner, can you at least act a bit worried?" she scolded him.
"Oh but dear Cecile" Llyode remarked. "Our captor offered us employment here and he has given us access to much more than what Schneizel was filtering through to us" Lloyd seemed to be happy and excited about this.
Cecile sighed as she knew it was genuine "Lloyd" she said. "We can't just go and betray Britannia just because the person offered you a chance to continue your work on the Lancelot."
"Ah Cecile while you do make a valid point I do believe that we are in no position to argue" Lloyd stated though he wasn't bothered by this.
"That is untrue" A new voice stated. Walking into view was a young man with messy brown hair and a green eye on his left hand side and a mask with a red visor on his right. "I did give you the option of saying no" the youth stated. Cecile's eyes widened in shock as he appeared to be only 17 to 20 at best and was of Japanese descent. "What does my appearance shock you?" he asked raising his one eyebrow.
"You're Japanese" Cecil stated earning a smirk from the brown haired youth.
""Interesting choice of words for a Britannian no isn't it?" he asked rhetorically. "Most of you either sneer down your nose or timidly say "It's an eleven"
The choice of his last words were not lost on either of the two, the numbers were constantly discriminated against by the Britannians and treated like trash. "Well Cecile did did always have to act as my conscience" Lloyd grumbled remembering all the times she had reprimanded or downright struck him for his insensitivity. Earning a chuckle from both Cecile and the youth.
"Well If you want to know where you are I can tell you" he stated. "We are currently 70 kilometres south of Japan in an underground cave that was once used as a safe house for a certain factions operations."
Cecile gasped as she heard this. While nothing impossible with science they ere in an underground base beneath the ocean. Lloyd took this news better than Cecile did. "That does explain the lack of windows" he stated.
"Oh that there are plenty of windows here" Suzaku explained. "They just have been made so that they cannot open, Also you are in the central part of this place so of course there won't be any windows."
Lloyd sighed at that "I should've know" he berated himself for his lack of imagination.
"Come with me I am expecting some guests shortly," the youth said walking away and gesturing for them to follow "we should be there to greet them. After all it would be rude to invite someone and not b there to welcome them."
For some reason Cecile felt compelled to follow him as if he was something that she needed to see more of to understand. It was as if he had something that drew her to him perhaps it was his presence that radiated from him or his charisma that he had yet to show. All of this intrigued Cecile Croomy so like her employer she followed Suzaku Kururugi further away from the centre of the base. Though She did notice a room with an open door that they passed it had what appeared to be twelve frames for pictures in it. Though Cecile was tempted to ask what was in that room she chose to remain quiet, she could try to find out later.
"Are you sure we can trust him?" Toru Yoshida whispered Ohgi as they followed the masked man out of the train.
"I'm not sure" the unofficial head of the Shinjuku resistance group whispered back as they walked together. "He did help us in Shinjuku so we might as well hear him out."
"I know but he's taking us on a boat" Toru stated. "Are you sure the Britannia isn't actually setting us up here?"
"I can't answer that" Kaname Ohgi answered. He inwardly hated being the leader of the resistance cell but since Kallen's older brother had died a two years ago he was forced into this position. Though Ohghi had done an excellent job of holding the cell together after its former leaders death. Though it did weigh heavily on Kaname had made do as always he was unsure of what he had to do but he felt that if they followed this 'Zero' character some game changer might happen.
It was once they were out at sea that the masked figure named Zero spoke for the first time since they boarded the train. "So did you enjoy my tour of the settlement?" he asked.
"What?" Tamaki Shinichiro the most hot blooded and rash of the group exclaimed. "What the hell man you just showed us where the God damned Britannian's lived and how they treat us.
"I showed you the mentality that Britannia as a whole possess." Zero corrected him. "Tell me what are you trying to accomplish."
"Well what else are we trying to do?" Kaname asked rhetorically. "We are trying to free Japan that is every one of the resistance cells goal" he explained.
"Are you sure that is enough?" Zero challenged them. "Do you actually believe that something like Britannia can fall to terrorism?" Zero then looked away in dismissal of this fact. "What you and every other Resistance cell in every one of the areas is doing is not even an irritant to Britannia" he explained. "If you were that the would have wiped you out some time ago."
"Why you!" Tamaki was going to make a lunge for Zero when the relatively calm waters shook.
Rising out of the waters was what looked like a tube. On its side a square hole opened out from two doors that made was vaguely resembled and elevator. It was black in colour and possessed an ominous aura "Well it seems he is expecting us" Zero stated amused. "Come it is best not to keep our host waiting" he said. Zero then got the anchor off the boat and then walked onto the platform.
The members of the Shinjuku resistance group all carefully got out and stepped warily onto the platform the doors closed and a light turned on lighting the space up for them as they felt it descending down. "Who exactly are we going to meet and how can they help us?" Kallen Kozuki asked still somewhat sceptical.
"Why the one who piloted the white knightmare in Shinjuku of course" Zero replied amused by the reactions that the Shinjuku resistance gave.
"What you know that guy?" Tamaki yelled. "I thought you told us that you didn't" he accused.
"I didn't know who was in it, but I found out later" Zero explained. "Though I was surprised to see who it was" he admitted. "After all dead men are supposed to remain dead."
Suddenly it seemed as if the elevator or whatever it was had stopped. The doors opened to reveal a young man with two people standing next to him. "Your wearing something like that?" he asked addressing Zero extremely amused. "Well tops for creativity but you won't be able to run that well in it" no one knew whether he was joking or not. "Ah I see you've brought company" he stated. "You should have told me that you were bringing Naoto's resistance group with you" Suzaku Kururugi stated to Zero and the stunned members of the Shinjuku resistance. "I would have prepared a more fitting welcome then."
"Do you have any information on who could have stolen the knightmare?" Jeremiah Gottwald asked. He had an extremely stressful day later this night he and the rest of the purist faction would have to declare to the publlic that Clovis had been killed. It was not a job that he was relishing nor did the fact that they couldn't even trace who had been the pilot of the white knightmare in the first place. "Come on the Japanese Liberation Front had no idea what we were talking about when we confronted them and we were forced to pull back because we can't waste resources dealing with insects like them until we have discovered who Clovis's killer was" he almost snarled.
"Lord Jeremiah" Kewell Soresi stated. "Couldn't we set up an event for the public to show that we have caught the killer to ease the public tension?" he asked.
"That might work and it might actually draw out the actual killer." Jeremiah did see the advantages that it might have. "But how would we deal with that knightmare if the actual killer turns up?" he asked himself.
Kewell saluted and left leaving Villetta Nu with Gottwald. "That is an idea I will go select the crowd" Villeta added before she too salued and took her leave.
Now that Jeremiah was left alon he took out his cellphone and read the message he had been given. "You were unable to live that loyalty through just like at the Aries Villa this is your second failure unless you want there to be a third you will at 3 am in the morning go to the boarding part of Ashford Academy, go alone so that you can not be seen and the truth will be revealed to you."
Jeremiah was suspicious about this message he did not know if it could be tacked but he wasn't willing to risk his reputation to find out. This person had hinted at a past that no one else had known of so he did need to go there to get answers. "Ashford Acadmy baording at 3 am" he whispered to himself. Jeremiah Gottwald was going to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible and no one would stand in his way. Looking at his watch Jerimiah noted that it was only Eleven. "Four more hours" he thought. Jeremiah as always would be early but four hours was too much. Walking out of the room himself the former bodyguard turned to the secretary. "I will be needing to have my schedule free from 2 am to five am this morning" he stated in his usual cold manner. "Ensure that nothing comes up and that everyone necessary is informed" he commanded.
The secretary managed to only barely stutter "yes lord Jeremiah" she replied his cold gaze almost paralysing her with fear.
She had every riht to be scared the name Gottwald was feared throughout most of Britannia for a good reason. It was also said that when Jeremiah Gottwald was so much looking at you he was staring into your soul and seeing if you were worthy of serving Britannia or not. The fact that his gaze was naturally penetrating did nothing to help this rumour when it began to circulate. "Lord Jeremiah" one of the other members of the Purist faction called out to him.
"At ease soldier" Gottwald replied motioning for the soldier to relax a bit they weren't on field so they could be somewhat relaxed but only to a point. "What us it that you need to inform me?" he asked.
"Lord Kewel has found a suitable scapegoat" the member of the purist faction replied saluting him.
"And is there anything else?" Jeremiah asked scrutinising the soldier., who tensed when he felt Jeremiah scrutinising him.
"Yes Lord Jeremiah" the Soldier replied. "Lord Kewel has chosen an eleven who is an honorary Britannian"
"That is surprising" Jeremiah stated. "With this we can not only draw the killer out but we will also be able to remove the honorary Britannian system that Clovis put in for those Elevens" Jeremiah did not really see the point of it the only thing the honorary system did was isolate the numbers from themselves which while was not a bad thing it was not useful either. Also it didn'tchange anything other than the fact that they could get hired for jobs. Though Jeremiah knew their employers were only doing it so that they could reap the tax benefits that Clovis had put in pplace. In short the honorary Britannian system did not work because the social Darwinism of Birtannia made its people still look down and abuse them. "At least something good will come out of this mess" Gottwald sighed underneath his breathe. "I am retiring to my quarters fo the night" he lied. "Ensure that no one is to disturbe me" he said not even obhering to look behind him for the answer. The leader of the Purist faction had more important concerns on his mind. Mainly what had happened at the Aries Villa and what he was supposed to see.
"How do you know Naoto?" one of the members of the Shinjuku resistance cell demanded of Suzaku. The girl looked similar to him and had the same hair and eye colour so Suzaku presumed that she must be Naoto's little sister Kallen.
Suzaku remembered Naoto talking about her on their mission together, that thought made Suzaku remember the other who were there with them and the mission itself. "I'll tell you that later later" he replied. 'Some things are best left unanswered however sometimes it is better to now the truth than to tell a white lie" he stated.
"What the hell are you talking about?" One exclaimed.
Suzaku looked the man in the eye before addressing him. "Loud mouthed, brash arrogant, acting before they think not to mention that you are in possession of a terrible attempt at growing a goatee and are unable to notice it. You must be Tamaki Shinichiro" Suzaku stated listing off the characteristics of said person.
Tamaki was held back by a taller person who appeared to have some authority over him that in Suzaku's mind must have made him Kaname Ohgi "Don't Tamaki" Oghi said pleadingly "he is just baiting you."
"Actually if I wanted to bait him I would talk about the time with yourself and that girl" Suzaku was interrupted by Ohgi.
"How id you know that?" Ohgi asked horrified. "Only Tamki myself and Naoto knew of it." he stated.
"Naoto told me when we were working together." Suzaku explained with a shrug as they made their way further into the base.
"When did you meet Naoto and more importantly how?" Kallen asked.
"You know you could work on your manners" Suzaku nonchalantly commented much to Kallen's ire. "I guess overprotective older brothers can't really see the wrong in their little sisters."
"Don't mock Naoto" Kallen hissed. Though when Suzaku looked at her she was surprised by his reply.
"Bu I'm not mocking him, even in the situation we were in his thoughts were on how you were faring and not his own survival"
"What are you talking about?" One of the other resistance members the only other female one other than Kallen asked.
"We are here" Suzaku declared to everyone. The dark room lit up to reveal the portraits of twelve people. What surprised the Shinjuku resistance group was that Naoto was among them and they recognised what this place was. "This is where you remember your fallen comrades" The one with Glasses who was most probably Yoshitaka Minami stated.
"Yes" Suzaku answered. "These are my comrade who I met on the deathrow scheduled to be executed for crimes against the holy Britannian Empire" he explained.
"Wait if they were all on death row then what are you talking about?" Ohgi asked. He had noticed that almost every number had a representative here. "What happened."
"No one except a select few know this but a year and a half ago an Anti Brittanian faction led a rescue attempt of some of the most dangerous terrorist in the holy Brittanian Empire. Once they rescued them from there respective doom's they asked them if they would all participate in a mission of utmost importance." Suzaku stated his voice devoid of emotion like he had ejected them so that he could talk about this.
Now the white haired man who was with him asked. "What was this top secret mission then?" the man then shook his head "It must have been really important"
Suzaku gave an embittered smile that sent chills down everyone's spines. "You saw that almost every number is represented here, take a guess" he stated.
Zero then spoke "to think that anyone could be so bold, it is impossible to understand but how?" he questioned as the realisation dawned on him.
Almost everyone else other than the white haired Britannian was still confused. "My, my you have a lack of imagination" Suzaku chided them. "The fact that all the numbers at the time were represented can only mean one thing." Everyone including Zero and Lloyd listened in as he paused to take in a breathe of recycled air. "The mission was the assassination of Charles Zi Britannia The Emperor of the Holy Britannian empire"
So ho did you like it I just couldn't resist adding the last part and I will go into it later
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