Code Geass: Lelouch of the Revival

Synopsis:

All went according to what Lelouch, Suzaku, and C.C had planned during their one month stay in Baghdad, Iraq. Yet they failed to factor in one simple thing. Waking up in an unknown place, battered and bleeding, Lelouch tries to understand how he's alive and what's left for him to do in the world that he created.

Chapter One

Undisclosed Location | September 24, 2018 | a.t.b 4:50 AM

It was almost daybreak, but Lelouch didn't know that. The room he was in was still as dark and humid as it was earlier before he decided to take a rest. With him feeling better, he checked out on how his wounds were, only to be both relieved and surprised that from a short—or whatever as he didn't have any sense of time in there at all—time period, his minor lacerations, abrasions and bruises were almost gone—save for the barely-present ache that he could still feel—and those stab wounds from earlier had stopped bleeding, although he could still feel that the wounds have yet to close.

"Nonetheless, this is quite surprising." He said with a grunt as he tried to stand up, only for his head to throb again, causing him to falter and fall onto his knees, clutching his head with one hand whilst using his other to inspect just what was wrong with his head. With seemingly nothing wrong. Lelouch concluded that it could've been due to what had happened to him.

What had happened to him?

Seeing as he wouldn't get the answers he needed. He decided to get out of there and find out where the fuck was he.

Thirty minutes in, and Lelouch was currently traversing through an abandoned subway system that was connected to the place where he was held and beaten. From what he'd deduced, he was held in one of Japan's storm sewers from before Britannia's declaration of war against the country. How the two places were connected while still functioning efficiently was something that Lelouch put in the back of his mind at the moment, although he did pass through some paths only made possible if explosives were used. Other than that, he'd also concluded that he was currently somewhere within the Shinjuku Ghetto, simply because his 'captors' wouldn't have the time to transport him to a more secluded and faraway location because of Zero Requiem's shocking culmination.

"At least to the rest of the world, it was." He said to no one in particular as he kept on moving, hell-bent on finding his way out of the desolate place he was in, and with no map or any form of technology that could help him whatsoever, he knew that this would definitely take some time.

Shinjuku Redevelopment Area Block Five, Shinjuku Ghetto | September 24, 2018 a.t.b | 5:55 AM

It had taken him another half hour to find some sort of light source other than the sparsely scattered light fixtures, of which some were also broken causing some parts of the path to be near pitch-black. Had his eyes not adjusted to the dark, he would've tripped countless times already. Climbing up the stairs to the surface, he ended up in an abandoned warehouse that oddly seemed familiar, yet he could not point out what it was about the place that made it familiar.

Walking around the warehouse, he observed two things. First there was dried blood on the ground, it was still there, even though minimal amounts of it remained, and second. There were holes in the galvanized steel wall that seemed to have been caused by gunfire, wherever he was, a fight definitely happened there, although he wasn't sure when it happ-

"Oh." Was all Lelouch managed to say as it finally dawned upon him.

He was at the warehouse where he was cornered in by Britannian soldiers, where he witnessed them murder C.C by shooting her in the head—or so he thought at the time—and it was there where he made his contract with C.C, and killed all of the Britannian soldiers.

It was there where he first started his rebellion, and now, fate had decided to toy with him by letting him somehow 'inherit' his father's Geass, causing him to live through that seemingly harsh beating he took from the perpetrators he hadn't had the chance to see, and now? It decided tha-

He got cut off from his thoughts as he heard people coming, carelessly talking out loud.

"Why do you even want to go back there? He's dead. We made sure of it when we repeatedly stabbed him and shot him in the head!"

'I was shot in the head?' He wondered as his hands involuntarily inspected his head once more, with him still listening to his 'murderers' who were closing in on the warehouse.

"It's not that, idiot." The other person started "Britannia's supposedly trying to find that scum's body and is planning to send out search teams. We just need to make sure that we left no evidence behind."

Lelouch was now in a state of…well he didn't know. He was still mostly in shock because of everything that had transpired in just a couple of hours—maybe days. With nothing coming up to mind as to what to do, he just stood there, waiting for his 'murderers' to discover that the Demon Emperor that they thought they'd put down for good was still alive.

"Fate truly has a cruel sense of humor."

Black Knights Escort Vehicle, Tokyo Settlement | September 24, 2018 a.t.b | 12:00 NN

Needless to say, it didn't take Suzaku much more convincing to get out of his bed, tidy himself up, don his Zero mask, re-calibrating the new voice modulator that made sure he still sounded like the first Zero, and immediately proceeded to the Government Building, which was about twenty minutes away, being chauffeured by someone he assumed to be from the Black Knights, if the all-black attire were any indication of the chauffeur's organization.

He hadn't had the chance to meet the core members of the Black Knights, as at that time he was too busy in managing the crowd that had gone to the vehicle where they were situated in—with Nunnally still beside Lelouch, mourning for his brother's death—however, when the crowd got too rowdy. Suzaku had no choice but to get Nunnally away from Lelouch, much to the former's displeasure. He had heard that Jeremiah ordered all of the Britannian soldiers to fall back, so he didn't worry much about Lelouch's body as Jeremiah would ensure that his 'Lord' would be safe.

'But he didn't.' Suzaku thought, his demeanor never betraying to his true emotions. In fact, he was currently in a sort-of 'turmoil' over everything that was happening. At first, he was only tasked with 'assassinating' the Demon Emperor— 'God, it hurts to say that.' He absent-mindedly added—and now, barely even pulling himself together, he finds out that Lelouch's body was missing and was headed to a meeting with the core members of the Black Knights, as well as the remaining Britannian forces now under Jeremiah, who was acting as their temporary commander. Surprisingly, it was Kaname Oghi who had invited the Britannians to the meeting.

And according to what Jeremiah had said. He, too, was invited to the meeting. Albeit a last-minute decision, the Black Knights had decided that it would be best to 'hit two birds with one stone', and true to his words, not long after the call he received a message from a blocked number, relaying the details on when and where was the meeting scheduled.

'How they got the number of this phone, I will never know.' He thought

Thinking back, Jeremiah had also mentioned that the Black Knights requested that the witch C.C be there, but even they didn't know where C.C went, or when exactly she left. The woman really didn't have anything binding her to Britannia or Japan aside from Lelouch, and with him…gone, she had no reason to stay. He actually thought that the Black Knights wouldn't accept Jeremiah's explanation, but to his surprise they did and actually agreed to what Jeremiah said. Perhaps it was because the Black Knights also had known and seen C.C, even if knowledge of her was kept mostly within the core members, and of what she truly was, to only a select few.

"I should've expected that the path to peace wouldn't be an easy trail." Suzaku said to himself, looking through the window of the tinted black sedan to check where they currently were, only for a small smile to form behind his mask as he saw both the Japanese and the Britannians were helping hand in hand in starting over; from complex matters such as rebuilding the settlement, to simple things such as striking a conversation with people they formerly perceived as either oppressive or as scum, depending on their nationalities.

"But it's definitely easier now." He said to no one as he sat back in silence, patiently waiting for his ride to end, and to finally face the men that had betrayed Lelouch, as well as reunite with the ones who were once loyal to him, but this time

As Zero.

Conference Room Alpha, Metropolitan Government Building, Tokyo Settlement | September 24, 2018 a.t.b | 12:35 NN

To call this place as a conference room would be insulting the architects and interior designers that helped build it—even though that was their intention. Standing at the entrance, the conference room itself was about a hundred square meters—if not more—which was big enough for a small house, with beige-colored walls and tall picture windows adorned with pulled-back golden drapery, not to mention the four Doric columns meant to be either as ornaments or as structure support near the four corners of the hall as well as the elegant, glass chandelier hanging from the center of the ceiling. The only things that made the room seem like a conference room was the wooden elliptical table at the center of the room, with what seemed to be a three-dimensional holographic projector attached on the very center of the table, and an approximately one-hundred-inch screen placed at the wall opposite the entrance, which was obviously for video conferences.

Looking at his watch, Suzaku noticed that he was quite early as the meeting was scheduled at one in the afternoon. With nothing to do, he decided to leave the conference room, find an inconspicuous spot to wait at, and enter at the opportune moment. After all, Zero was a man for theatrics.

"Are you sure that he received the message?" One Kaname Oghi asked Kaguya Sumeragi, who was currently situated beside him.

"Manners, Mister Oghi. Now just because you're going to be declared as Japan's new Prime Minister that doesn't mean you can address me as such." Kaguya reprimanded. It was quite the scene seeing the soon-to-be Prime Minister of Japan's demeanor waver a bit at the 15-year-old politician's words.

She then turned her attention towards the world leaders that comprised the United Federation of Nations, as well as the Britannian representative. All of the chairs in the conference hall were already occupied by agitated world leaders, save for one.

Zero's.

"Regardless of Zero's absence, we will commence with the meeting as scheduled." She started off "First, I must send my re-" but she never had the chance to finish her statement as the double oak doors suddenly opened, revealing the all-too familiar costume of the once-considered terrorist who now has saved the world from an 'absolute dictatorship', at least from the perspective of the UFN.

"My apologies for being late, Miss Sumeragi." Zero said, letting a small smile grace his face behind the mask as he heard the output of the voice modulator. It had done its job and perfectly replicated how Lelouch's voice had sounded. Suzaku slightly reveled at the looks of the agitated world leaders at his appearance, but the feeling went by just as fast as it had shown up. Now as stoic as ever, he started walking to his designated seat, with each footstep resonating in the tense atmosphere that the room had.

Now seated, Zero eyed all of the people currently seated with him. It appeared that all of the UFN leaders were present, the key members of the Order of the Black Knights—Li Xingke, Kaname Oghi, Kallen Kozuki, Kyoshiro Tohdoh, and Rakshata Chawla—and finally, the representatives of Britannia, which consisted of Jeremiah Gottwald and two guards who he wasn't familiar with.

But there were two things that stood out to him. The first one would be the glare that Jeremiah was sending him, and the second was Gino Weinberg, who was standing beside Kaguya Sumeragi, the first Chairwoman of the United Federation of Nations, and who was also sending him a glare.

"Thank you for acknowledging our invitation Ma—Zero." Kaguya said, saying the last word with a bit of uncertainty, but Suzaku had caught the Chairwoman's slip up.

"Now, with everyone in check, we may begin." She continued in a quite authoritative tone.

"With all formalities aside, this conference's purpose would be set on two things. The first agenda would be of course, with Britannia. Now that the 99th Emperor is gone, the United Federation of Nations need to know which path is Britannia now set on. Furthermore…" Suzaku tuned out Kaguya as he chuckled to himself. It appeared that Lelouch was right about this one. He had stated that when Zero Requiem is finished, the U.F.N would seize advantage over Britannia's sudden loss, seeing as it is easily the only coalition that could stand up to the empire's strength, and stabilize the condition as fast as possible, even go as far as to make it favorable to them. Of course, Lelouch had already given instructions to Jeremiah on how to handle this situation, all he had to do now was wait.

"…od. With that covered, the second agenda would be." She paused as the atmosphere around her got colder all of a sudden. Regaining composure, she continued.

"Would be regarding you, Zero."

Author's Note:

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