Code Geass: Nunnally of the Rebellion

Chapter 3: The Day Demon's Queen was Born

Seven years later.

Area 11, Ashford Academy Student Council Clubhouse East Wings, 2017 A.T.B.

"Checkmate." Lelouch smiled innocently as he pushed his king forward, pinning hers. Nunnally huffed as she pouted. "I never win Big brother!" she crossed her arms childishly. Whenever they had free time, she would play a game of chess, her brother's favorite game, with Lelouch. Because of his blindness and being confined to a wheelchair, there were not many activities that he was able to do. She smiled to herself. It was nice to have time like this with her brother, they were safe here. She glanced at her brother to see his head turned towards the door. Suddenly, the door slid open to reveal Sayoko, their maid. She walked in, smiling. "Good morning Lelouch-sama, Nunnally-sama."

"Good morning Sayoko-san," both siblings greeted. Sayoko went over to Lelouch and grabbed the handles on his wheelchair. Nunnally stood up as she put away the chess set and grabbed her bag for class. "That's alright Sayoko-san. I will take big brother to class." She smiled widely as she grabbed the wheelchair from the maid. Sayoko nodded politely as she stepped back before quietly leaving the room. Lelouch turned his head up towards her. "Nunnally-"

"It's alright Big brother, I'll go to my class right after." She smiled brightly as she wheeled her brother out of the clubhouse and towards the school. As they passed by, other students greeted them, some eyes lingering on them longer than others. Nunnally had grown into a beautiful young woman. At 15, her light, wavy, chestnut hair fell down to her waist. Her large blue-violet eyes were kind and gentle, yet had a somewhat hard expression etched into them. Her face had thinned out slightly as she grew, and her body had filled out in all the right places. And Lelouch, even when in a wheelchair, attracted most of the female population in the school. He was incredibly thin, his scrawny form almost lost in the large wheelchair that Ashford school had provided. His tousled raven hair fell to the nape of his neck and a few wild strands fell in front of his face. His eyes were firmly shut tight, hiding the beautiful amethyst color they once held. This, along with the sweet smiles he gave to Nunnally, gave him the look of pure innocence. Except for when he was angry, frustrated, or upset, he was exceptionally kind to those close to him. Even when so much had happened to him, he managed to stay optimistic with the encouraging and loving care that Nunnally gave to him. Nunnally stopped in front of her brother's classroom ad leaned down, touching his hand. "Bye big brother!" She kissed his forehead and he smiled at her before wheeling himself into the classroom. She sighed before turning and running to her own class.

At the end of classes, Nunnally sprinted out of her classroom to the front of the school. Her eyes roamed the still empty area to see Rivalz waiting with his motorcycle. "Rivalz-san!" she waved as she ran up to him. "Ah, hi Nunnally!" he waved back as he sat down on his motorcycle. Nunnally quickly threw her bag in the sidecar as she strapped the spare helmet on her head. She then carefully climbed in, holding onto the sides tightly. "Are you ready?" asked him. "Yes!" she smiled sweetly. And then they ride leaving school. They stopped in front of a casino and got off. "This is the place?" he asked. Nunnally nods. "Yeah, now let's go." Nunnally said as they both enter an elevator Nunnally glanced at Rivalz. "You don't know a thing about nobles do you?" she asked him watching as He shook his head to her. "Not a thing!" Nunnally sighed as the elevator dinged and opened showing them the noble and his guards waiting for them. "Finally I never thought the famous chess player was middle school student!" the noble said Nunnally just sat down and took the black king, her favorite chess piece. "You start with the king?" the noble said speechless Nunnally looked at the noble and said what lelouch always said to her. "If the king does not lead how can he expect his followers to follow?"

After a few minutes they left the casino. "That was great, you managed to defeat the nobles in less than 10 minutes." admit Rivalz while heading to the motorcycle parking lot. "He didn't have much time to move either. And I find that nobles are tepid opponents, they're just over privileged parasites, present company excluded of course." Said her codly. When they walked out of the door they saw an image of the burning building that was attacked by the terrorists yesterday. Then the news feed cut off and revealed Clovis who was about to make a live speech. "To all my imperial subjects." Clovis began "And of course the many cooperative elevens who chose to serve the empire of Britannia. Do you not see my pain? My heart was ripped from my chest only to be torn apart!" Clovis clutched his chest for dramatic effect. "The remnants are filled with rage and sadness! However as ruler of area eleven, I will not tolerate terrorism of any kind! Because the battle we fight is a righteous one. A virtuous battle to protect the well being of one and all! Now then, everyone I would like you to join me in observance of the eight who died for justice in the line of duty."

"You didn't join with them, Nunnally?" asked Rivalz curiously. "And you, Rivalz-san?" asked her back. It's very embarrassing, you know?" smiled him. "Yeah, beside our tears wouldn't bring back dead to alive." Said her while sit on the sidecar. Nunnally and Rivalz got on the motorcycle and leaving the casino to back to school. Rivalz said taking a shortcut to school. "I just have a question; why start with the king?" he asked looking at Nunnally real quick who was reading a book. Nunnally sighed. "Like I said to the noble if the king does not lead how can he expect his followers to follow?" Rivalz just gave her a puzzled look "Your family is chess obsessed!" Nunnally could only nod it was true Lelouch played with Clovis and Schneizel and the three girls her Cornelia and Euphemia played together. A loud honk and grinding of tires startled both of them; both trying to look behind them to see a large truck speeding towards them. Rivalz tried to swerve out of the way but the truck seemed to try to do the same. Rivalz drove his motorcycle to the right just as the truck took a sharp turn left; crashing through a construction zone and smashing into a wall. Rivalz slammed on the brakes and both looked at the crash, dust, and smoke filling the air. "W-was that our fault…?" Rivalz squeaked. "I-I don't think so…" Nunnally blinked as she stared at the smoke before something caught her eye. She leaned forward as she saw small sparkling lights glittering in the sun as they floated around slowly. "What is that?" she asked more to herself as she climbed out of the sidecar and leaned on the railing of the road. The lights floated together making the odd shape of a woman before completely disappearing. Nunnally could faintly hear Rivalz complaining behind her before asking once again, "What is that Rivalz-san?"

"What?" Rivalz looked over at where she pointed but the light had vanished and he looked back to his motorcycle. "Hey! Look over there!" She turned her head to the voice to see a crowd of Britannians running to the crash scene. "Was there an accident?" They were all pointing and whispering amongst each other. Some took out their phones and took pictures. It infuriated her. How dare they just sit and act as innocent bystanders while someone is hurt! She threw her helmet into the sidecar as she ran towards the crash site. "Ah! Nunnally! What are you doing? It's dangerous!" She could hear Rivalz's shouts behind her. "Rivalz-san, please tell big brother I'm coming home late." said her as she ran to the side of the truck, looking for survivors. She didn't see anyone. Crap! Lelouch will kill me if something happens to her! Rivalz thought as he took off to Ashford."Hey!" one of the Britannians laughed as he pointed at her. "A student's come to help!"

"Hehe, someone should help her."

"Are you alright?" Nunnally called out as she tried to climb to the driver's door. However, something was in the way and she couldn't get close. She jumped down as she looked around before noticing a ladder connected to the side of the truck. She hurriedly climbed up the ladder and peered in the open top of the truck. "Can you hear me? Are you injured?"

"You have come…. My…." She froze. She looked around but couldn't tell where the voice had come from. It had sounded so clear, as if the person was right next to her. She leaned in closer, glancing inside the truck. "Are you in there?" she trailed off as her eyes scanned the inside of the truck. A large machine, something like a large ventilation system sat in the middle of the truck, and large wires connecting to different areas. It was something she had never seen before. "If you can hear me…I-" The truck suddenly lurched to life as it sped in reverse, throwing broken pieces of the construction site to the ground. Nunnally, losing her footing, fell headfirst into the open top of the truck. She fell flat on her back and as the truck turned and began to drive forward, she was thrown into the wall. She gasped as she struggled to her knees, rubbing her pounding head. She glanced at her surroundings before her eyes fell onto the giant machine again. She saw that it was big enough that she could climb it and hopefully reach the top and be able to somehow escape. Just as she reached out to grab for a hold, a large, static voice echoed throughout the city. "Surrender! We have you surrounded! If you do not stop, we will shoot you!" She froze. That was the army! Were these terrorists? She cursed her bad luck. Of all times, she had to get stuck with terrorists. She squeezed her eyes as she thought of her brother. 'Big brother…' If she got hurt her, or worse, killed, what would happen to Lelouch? She quickly reached for her cell phone to see if she might be able to call her brother when suddenly she heard something and turned to see a woman enter. Nunnally gasped silently as she pressed herself against the wall, hoping she wasn't seen. The woman passed her without so much as glancing at her.

"We can get to the subway if we go through the ghetto!" Nunnally could hear an unknown voice shout from far away. The woman showed no reaction as she threw her coat off and began to climb a ladder. "Hey Kallen…maybe we can use 'it'!" The woman turned her head slightly as she shouted, "That would be a massacre!" She continued to climb the ladder and disappeared behind a tarp. Nunnally fell to her knees as she shook. What could these terrorists be planning that would lead to a massacre? If they were going through the ghetto…everyone would be in danger! Before she could think anymore, the door behind her began to open slightly and she could hear gunshots from outside. She turned around just in time to see something zip by and after a second she could see a long rope sticking straight out of the small opening of the door. "A Slash Harken…?" she murmured which was repeated by a solider from a helicopter. The door suddenly burst open as a large Knightmare flew over her head and landed on the ground hard. Large wheels popped out from its legs as they fell to the ground and the large Knightmare swerved as it gained its balance as it pulled the Slash Harken back. Nunnally, mesmerized by the Knightmare in front of her, didn't notice the doors closing until they slammed shut. She jumped to her feet as she pounded on the door. These were real terrorists!

She staggered backward until she sat next to the machine and leaned her head against it. By looking through the hole in the ceiling, she could see that it was very dark and that it was a closed space. She could only guess they were in the subway by what the voice earlier had said and she knew that it was close to the ghetto. She glanced at her phone and almost cried out when she saw it wasn't connecting. She needed to get out but now that they were in the subway, there was no way for her to get away safely. Slipping her phone in her pocket, she felt around to see if she could find anything useful. She wouldn't know what to do if she did find something useful, it was the only thing she could think of to temporarily distract herself from the danger she knew was waiting for her. She flinched when her fingers brushed over something cold and she noticed it was the woman's transmitter. Maybe, if she could reason with the terrorists with it-

She screamed as she flew forward. The truck had stopped, and by the way it lurched, she knew that it had run into something and crashed. She could hear the tires turning and the gears shifting, but the truck wouldn't move anymore. She stood up as she glanced around and jumped when a side door opened, revealing an exit. She glanced out and saw the abandoned subway was completely empty and dark and that there were no exits. She stood up and tentatively reached out towards the machine. But if she could climb on top of the machine, she could maybe find some exit with the better view. However, just as she reached out, something suddenly kicked her, hard. She fell to the ground, holding her wounded side. She glanced up to see a Britannian solider advancing towards her. She attempted to get back up but the soldier suddenly lunged at her and pushed her back down, his hand around her throat. She gagged as she tried to look up at his masked face. "Don't kill anymore!"

He thought she was a terrorist? "N-no! I-I'm-"

"The poison gas! Don't lie!" He shoved her back down when she attempted to get back up again. "Why would you put so many lives in danger? Stop this killing!" Her eyes narrowed. This solider dare tell her to stop killing? Even after all that happened to her because of Britannia? "Stop the killing?" she hissed as she stood up, still holding her side. "You're on the wrong side! If you want to stop the killing, then destroy Britannia!"

"Nunnally?" Nunnally flinched. She didn't know any soldiers. Her eyes widened. Did they figure out who she was? After all these years of hiding, did the empire find them? No, she couldn't let her father take hold of Lelouch again! She could- "It's me, Suzaku." The solider took off his helmet to reveal Suzaku, her childhood friend. Suzaku, the boy she had spent her last peaceful year in Japan with. Suzaku…. He smiled at her. "S-Suzaku-san?" her voice came out in a whisper, disbelief in her voice. "Suzaku-san…you're a Britannian soldier now?"

"You're a terrorist?" he retorted in his kind way. "No! I-"she was cut off when the large machine suddenly shined a bright light and began to open. Suzaku lunged at her and quickly placed his mask on her mouth to protect her from the poison gas. However, once the light subsided, she was able to see a woman in strange clothes fling her head back, her body drenched in water. "It's not…poison gas…?" Suzaku murmured, surprised. The woman turned her head towards them, and Nunnally swore she looked straight at her, before her eyes slowly closed and she collapsed to the ground. Nobody moved until Nunnally felt Suzaku's grip on the mask on her face loosened which she quickly pushed off. "We have to help her Suzaku-san!" She broke out of Suzaku's hold as she half-crawled over to the unconscious woman and hoisted the woman's head onto her lap. She sighed with relief when the woman was alive. "She's alive!" she shouted happily as Suzaku clumsily began to unzip the bindings on the woman's legs; as if he was afraid to touch her. "Suzaku-san, does this look like poison gas to you?"

"But in the briefing, they said -" The sound of blinding lights clicking on interrupted them, Suzaku jumped to his feet in a salute as Nunnally turned to see what had happened. She was surprised when she saw a group of soldiers glaring at them, guns pointed and ready. "You damn monkey!" the leader snapped at Suzaku, his eyes narrow. "Even genuine Britannians aren't allowed to touch that!"

"But I was told it was poison gas!" Suzaku tried to reason as he ran to his superior.

"How dare you question me!" The man snapped as he whipped the barrel of his gun against Suzaku's cheek before pointing it straight at Nunnally. "However…you were able to stall the terrorist long enough. I'll give you one last chance Eleven. Kill the terrorist." Nunnally was shaking, her hands gripping the woman in her hold. This was bad, really bad. The soldier wanted Suzaku to kill her… "I cannot." Did she just hear him right? "What did you say?"

"I can't kill her. She's just a civilian, caught up in this. She isn't a terrorist! I can't kill her." Suzaku turned to her and gave her a soft smile. Nunnally stared at him, her eyes wide. "Then die."

"Suzaku-san!" Suzaku only had time to turn around as a bullet was fired into his side. Nunnally trembled as he fell to his knees before collapsing to the ground. All the soldiers suddenly readied their guns as they all pointed straight at her. "That's too bad little girl. You look like just a Britannian student." He grinned evilly as Nunnally tensed. "Grab the girl, kill the student." But before any of the soldiers could move or fire, there was a large explosion. Nunnally used this chance to help the waking woman to her feet and quickly run away while the smoke and dirt was still thick. She could hear the soldiers shouting behind her and their footsteps following her own. She took a sharp right as she pulled the girl with her and watched frightened as they passed right by her. She waited a few seconds before running back the way she came and searching for a different exit. Another explosion shook the walls around her, knocking her to the ground, the woman falling a ways away. A feeling of helplessness washed over her, a feeling she had since the day her mother was killed and Lelouch crippled. Everyone dear to her was taken away or hurt. Her mother, Suzaku… and Lelouch had to endure so much. She curled into a ball as she buried her head in her hands. Britannia… Britannia took everything away from her!

"I think they went this way!" she could hear gunshots close by and the sound of running footsteps. She heard them pass by her, her heart beating erratically against her chest. When everything was quiet again, she turned her head to the woman who was staring at her. Nunnally angrily wiped her tears to the side as she got up and pulled the woman up. The woman seemed important enough that Britannia was destroying the whole Shinjuku ghetto to get back, so she would make sure not to let them have her. "Come with me," she hissed quietly as she once again began to run. Her eyes lit up when she saw a staircase leading to an upper level and most likely an exit. However, when she reached the top, she could see the soldiers from before, shooting a group of people until they all fell dead. Tears fogged her vision, so many innocent people were killed…to hide her. A child's cry pierced through the deadly silence but was quickly silenced by five gunshots. Nunnally gasped as she looked away from the horrible sight.

The world stopped when a familiar ringtone sounded out loud. Nunnally's hand flew to her pocket as she quickly silenced it, but it was too late. The soldiers had heard it and they were looking straight at her hiding spot. She had to get out of there. She turned quickly to try and grab the woman and run but cried out when a hand grabbed her hair and yanked her out from the stairs. Another grabbed the non-struggling woman. Nunnally struggled to get free but her captor merely threw her against the wall. Her eyes immediately shot to look at the exit behind them, but the officer from before seemed to figure out her intent and stood in front of her. "Heh, nowhere to run terrorist." He sneered. Nunnally looked at him fearfully. "However…you did pretty well. That's the mark of a Britannian!" The sneer on his face disappeared as he turned serious. "But your life ends now." Big Brother! Nunnally quickly shut her eyes as she thought of her older brother, waiting for her death. She heard the first bullet fire.

"Don't kill her!" Nunnally opened her eyes in time to see the green-haired woman from before crumple to the ground in front of her. Blood gushed from the wound in her head. Nunnally fell to the ground next to the woman, an arm outstretched to touch her but too afraid to. This woman…she killed herself to save her…. Why? So many people died…Suzaku, the Japanese, this girl…. Why? "Hmmm…that's too bad. I wanted her alive, but too bad. What should the story be, huh student? Ah, Group CA found the terrorists' hideout and eliminated them. However, the hostage was already dead. A fitting story, don't you think student?" The man gloated haughtily. Why was she so helpless? Nunnally felt tears fall down her face. Why was she so helpless, unable to do anything, up to her very death? She was helpless in saving her mother from death and brother from becoming crippled. She was helpless in saving Suzaku and the thousands of Japanese who were murdered. She was even helpless in saving herself. Why couldn't she do anything? Why? Was this how she would end? Helpless? She looked down at the dead body of the woman. This woman had saved her but in vain for she would die too.

Her eyes widened when the hand that had laid motionless seconds ago suddenly moved and grabbed her wrist. The moment the hand brushed her skin, she felt the whole world disappear and she felt as if she was floating in a black void. Yet, something held fast against her wrists and pulled her tight, which she found herself slightly struggling against. "You don't want your life to end here…do you?" A strange voice echoed in her mind, and Nunnally faintly recognized it as the voice that had spoken to her when she had first approached the truck; the green haired woman that had died. But…she was dead, wasn't she? "You have strong reasons to live. Lelouch…your older brother."

"Lelouch? How do you-?"

"I will make a contract. I have a power that can give you the strength to accomplish the goals that you have set. But in return, you must grant my one true wish. But this power is unlike a power that you know. It is a power of Kings. You will live in a different time as others, a different destiny, a different life…. You will live as a Human, but you will like unlike one. Are you willing to enter this contract?" Sudden images of her past flooded her mind. Once again she was a small eight year old in the Ares Palace, playing in the gardens with Lelouch, her mother, and Euphemia. But almost immediately the image faded and once again she was standing at the top of the stairs, staring in shock at the dead body of her mother and the shaking one of her brother. She screamed and the image shifted to one of her and Suzaku, staring at the remains of Japan together, the war having ended. The promise she had given to Suzaku, the one to destroy Britannia for Lelouch came back. But an image that wasn't from her past came to her. It was the Emperor, her father, standing in front of his subjects. He laughed proudly as he began his famous speech on the segregation of man. Nunnally's eyes narrowed as she swung her arm to the side, ending all the images and clearing her vision. Her mind was set. "I hereby enter into this contract!" At once, the world crashed down on her again and the woman was once again dead, her hand lying lifelessly.

The soldiers were still waiting, their fingers on the triggers in wait to kill her. But she was no longer afraid. She had power. She could feel the new power waiting for her to use it. She stood up, her hand covering her left laughed softly, seemingly perturbing the soldiers. "Say, what would you think, with me being a Britannian yet hating it?" The Royal Guards aimed gun to her chest. "Are you something of radical?" She smirked. "What's wrong? Why don't you just shoot me? Your opponent just schoolgirl, right?" mocked her as she remember her big brother's words a long time ago. "Or you are already realized that the only ones who should kill are the one ready to be killed." The Captain of Royal Guards hands trembling, still aiming rifle to her. "What's wrong?"

"I, Nunnally Vi Britannia… command you all… DIE!" the guards the point their guns at their neck "Yes your highness!" They all yell pulling the trigger when they pulled the trigger a speck of blood hit Nunnally's cheek. Nunnally looked at the cheek she felt the blood hit until her eyes widen at what she did. I killed them? Nunnally then smiled, she can finally avenge her mother!

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