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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Turn Three
Imperial Calender Year 2017. The colony of Japan, now renamed Area Eleven, declared a war of independence against the suzerain state of the Holy Britannian Empire. This uprising, which came to be known as the Black Rebellion, was marked by heavy bloodshed and ended with the second historic defeat for Japan. Since then, one year has passed. The terrorist known as Zero, presumed dead, has again appeared in Area Eleven. Zero leads an armed group of Japanese known as the Black Knights. His true identity, Lelouch Lamperouge, the exiled prince of the Britannian Empire.
Ashford Academy
"I still don't understand why we had to come back so early." Rivalz said, his hands linked behind his head.
"Due to circumstances, it is best if I retain a low profile." Lelouch said as they were walking down an empty hallway. "The same applies to you too."
"If you say so." Rivalz said, sighing.
"LELOUCH!"A female voice shouted.
"Uh-oh." Rivalz said, smirking. "It seems you're in trouble."
"Couch Villetta!" Lelouch exclaimed, turning to face the Britannian, her arms crossed.
"Shouldn't you be in class Lelouch?" Villetta asked, an admonishing tone in her voice. "And Rivalz, what are you doing here?"
"What?" Rivalz asked with a tone of innocence. "Can't a guy just hang out with his best friend?"
"In the middle of an empty hallway?" Villetta asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Yeah..." Rivalz said, backing away. "I'll go to class." He then proceeded to turn around and run away. "See you later Lelouch!"
"You too Rivalz!" Lelouch shouted back before turning his attention back to Villetta. "I suppose you're here to escort me to my class?"
"Indeed I am." Villetta answered. "Now come with me!"
"Whatever you say Coach!" Lelouch said, following Villetta to where his class is.
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Chinese Federation Consulate
Upon speaking about the United States of Japan...
"Therefore once again," Zero said, flourishing his cape to the left a little."here and now, I declare the establishment of the United States of Japan! Starting from this moment, this room shall be the first dominion of the U.S.J.. Race, ideology, and religion will not matter. Being a citizen will have but one requirement, to do that which is just."
"I came here to kill Zero." Rolo said before the Geass in his right eye flared up. He then deactivated it when his cell phone started to ring. As he reached inside his outfit for it, the soldiers around him cocked their guns.
"It's my cell phone." Rolo explained before answering the phone. "Nothing else."
"Rolo, are you okay?" Lelouch asked to the shock of Rolo.
"Ah, Lelouch?" Rolo wondered.
"Thank heaven." Lelouch said. "I was getting really worried because I couldn't get ahold of you. You are not hurt, are you? You're somewhere safe, right?"
What's going on here? Rolo wondered, puzzled. Is the Zero making the speech right now a different person. "Big Brother, where are you right now?"
"Me?" Lelouch asked. "What are you talking about? Especially since-"
He was then cut off when Villetta took Lelouch's phone.
"Hello, Rolo." Villetta said. "It's me."
"M-Ms. Villetta?" Rolo inquired.
"Lelouch came back to school and he's making up all the classes that he missed." Villetta said. "You should get back here soon, too."
"Yes, ma'am. I understand." Rolo said before hanging up the phone.
"Well then," Xingke said. "are you finished with your phone call?"
"It seems all my business," Rolo said before closing his phone. "is finished here."
"The ragtag remnants of the Black Knights and the man claiming to be Zero are currently hiding in a section of the Chinese Federation Consulate." The female television reporter said. "However, there's no cause for alarm. Acting Viceroy Guilford has taken command of the army in the absence of wounded Viceroy Calares. The consulate has been completely surrounded and the public..."
Kallen, watching the broadcast alone, then turned her attention to see Zero entering the room.
"You have the town jumping, Lelouch." Kallen commented, returning her attention to the television screen.
"Naturally." C.C. said.
"Huh?" Kallen said before turning to face C.C. dressed as Zero.
"A new nation has just been created in their own territory." C.C. said, taking off Zero's mask. "And not to mention of course, that it also just declared war on Britannia." C.C. then noticed how Kallen was looking at her strangely. "What's the matter?" She asked, removing her hand from her head.
"When did you two switch places?" Kallen asked. "And when did Rivalz leave?" She added, more of an afterthought than anything else.
"Before the speech." C.C. answered.
"But I-" Kallen said.
"His voice was rerecorded." C.C. explained as she was taking off Zero's cape. "The moment "he" appeared, it was already me, just like in a magic show."
"You planned it on your own." Kallen said. "We don't like it when you keep secrets from us."
""We" don't like it?" C.C. asked, placing Zero's cape on the purple and brown couch in the room. "You mean "you" don't like it, do you?" C.C. added with a smirk on her face.
"Umph." Kallen said.
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Ashford Academy
"Lelouch, open the oven!" Milly said as Lelouch was cooking something in a pan on the oven.
"Yeah, yeah." Lelouch said as he donned a blue glove and pulled what was in the oven out.
"Some salt." Milly said as Lelouch applied salt to what appeared to be a sort of stew or soup. "Frying pan." Lelouch then lifted the pan he was using. "A fresh egg." Lelouch then broke an egg into what appeared to be an empty blue bowl. "Bechamel Sauce." Lelouch then stirred the aforementioned sauce, a creamy yellow-white. "Put the gelato on another plate. Oh, and add the rosemary to the sorbet. Then add the dill to the sauerkraut. The black forests cake needs..."
"I can't do this by myself!" Lelouch exclaimed as he was fiddling around with the tasks at hand. "Why do you only keep asking me to help with it all?"
"We didn't have a choice." Milly said. "Rivalz has no sense of taste and-"
"Hey!" Rivalz interrupted, indignant, not looking up from the potato he was peeling. "I happen to think I have a great sense of taste. At least in certain things."
A crimson blush then befell Rivalz face as he increased his peeling efforts.
Milly simply chuckled before referring to Shirley with a nod of her head. "And of course she is..."
Milly and Rivalz then shielded themselves with their arms as Shirley stirred the contents of her bowl too quickly, ending up with her throwing it up into the air.
"Well, after all she isn't the most focused person in the world." Lelouch commented.
"Oh, just behave and do what you're told now." Milly said, walking up to Lelouch as she was looking in Shirley's direction with her back close to him. "Usually a character like you would act as the type who couldn't earn a living."
"And he keeps a book of his household spending." Rivalz added as he continued to peel a potato.
"How did you know that?" Lelouch asked, looking over his shoulder.
"Oh, geez...You really do?" Rivalz asked. Their attention was then diverted as Shirley screamed and fell on her butt. The contents of what in her bowl all over her. "Want a towel?"
"I will get it myself, thank you." Shirley answered.
Almost if he were amused by their antics, Lelouch smiled. He then focused his attention in front of himself as the smile went as quickly as it came. "President, can I ask something?"
"Certainly, although I may choose not to answer you." Milly said, looking over her shoulder.
"So today," Lelouch began. "we are celebrating Rolo and me coming back alive."
Milly made a noise of affirmation. She then turned to face Lelouch's back, her hands on her hips. "You two escaped that terror attack all right." Milly then went around to Lelouch's right as she continued. "Shirley was practically out of her mind, the poor girl." Milly then clasped her hands as Shirley looked over the island. ""Oh, if my Lulu has been killed, ah..."" Shirley, seeing what Milly was doing, was screaming and getting over to Milly to get her to shut up.
"Hey, where is Rolo?" Rivalz asked as Shirley covered Milly's mouth with her hands.
"I spoke with him, but you know, the boy is a lot more sensitive than his older brother." Milly said.
"That's partly why he doesn't have any friends, isn't it?" Rivalz said.
"You should simply say he's quiet." Shirley said.
"Uh..." Milly said. "Not that I mind your dirty hands on my mouth, but..."
"Oh, right." Shirley said, removing her hands. "I'm sorry."
Milly, Shirley, and Rivalz then began to converse as Lelouch was deep in thought. Nobody remembers anything about Nunnally. My little sister has been replaced by a pretend little brother. I wasn't the only one whose memory was rewritten. The entire student council has been manipulated with as well. How dare they...
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O.S.I. Secret Base on Ashford Academy Grounds.
Rolo was coming down the elevator, putting his I.D. Card into the door as he approached it.
"Even after the Babel Tower incidence," An O.S.I. Officer said as Rolo entered the room. "Lelouch Lamperouge has shown no special changes."
"There are one hundred and eighty cameras on campus," Another O.S.I. Officer said as Rolo took a seat behind Villetta. "as well as forty-seven under cover observers." As Rolo sat down, an O.S.I. Officer couldn't help but glance at the locket on the end of Rolo's cell phone. "That's forty-eight observers. We found no clues or information that could connect Lelouch with the destruction of Carthage's Unit."
Rolo then opened up the locket he was fiddling with.
"Surveillance is perfect." Villetta said, her hands clasped together in front of her. "He has no opportunity to use his Geass. If he is Zero, it would be odd if he returned here to the school."
"And what is the statue of C.C.?" Rolo asked. "Where is she?"
"If she is not in close proximity to Lelouch," Villetta said before turning to look at Rolo. "then the odds are very slim that she would be in the consulate."
"You mean things are the same as they were before the incident." Rolo said before looking up to face Villetta. "You still have no clue where C.C. is."
Villetta then turned her attention back to those in front of her. "Those of us in the Office of Secret Intelligence will carry on our mission to capture her. People, continue observing the bait as you have been."
"Yes, My Lord." The four O.S.I. people in the room said before standing up simultaneously.
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Ashford Academy
The enemy's center is where their surveillance data is transmitted. Lelouch thought as he sat in a classroom. I can just keep acting the way I have been, but the problem is Nunnally. The fact that all memory of her has been erased from everyone's minds tells me she would never show up here at school. Lelouch was then outside enjoying lunch with Milly, Shirley, and Rivalz. In short, the probability is high that the Britannian Emperor has my sister now. I'm dealing with the man who'd use his own children as pawns. Lelouch was then riding a brown horse, presumably for an equestrian class. If they learn that I've regained my memories and that I've reverted to being Zero, Nunnally would be in danger. I have to plan my movements carefully. Lelouch was walking down a school hallway. First, I'll trick the people they have spying on me. And then...
Lelouch was then broken out of his thoughts as someone spoke. He saw Villetta walking towards him, Rolo by her side. Lelouch then turned to face her.
"Lelouch, make sure you come to class tomorrow." Villetta said. "You hear?"
"Yes, I hear you." Lelouch said, raising an arm before lowering it. "Coach Villetta, you really should have more faith in me." Villetta Nu, a woman I once used my Geass on. Lelouch thought, remembering what happened after he first used his Geass. I can use my Geass power on a person only once, which means it won't work on her any more. Lelouch then turned his attention to Rolo. That leaves my brother Rolo, who shouldn't even exist. Why don't I begin by gradually subduing him?
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Battlefield
"Italian State Forces are holding strong on the right flank, too." A E.U. Army Member said as they were attacking against an opposing force.
"The victory Bordeaux drink tonight will be a fine vintage." Another said.
"Unknown craft approaching from above!" Another interjected.
"What?" The E.U. Army Member talking about vintage drinks asked.
Descending from the sky was the Lancelot its pilot, Suzaku.
"The Lancelot." An E.U. Army Member commented.
"Britannia's White Death." Another added.
"Knights of the Round here in the front line?" Another wondered.
"Please surrender." Suzaku said. "You have no chance of winning. Anyone who throws his weapon down will not be shot."
"Of all the impertinent!" A E.U. Army man said inside their base.
"Destroy it!" The bald man next to him said, throwing his right arm to the right. He then brought it back to a fist in front of himself. "Damn it! He's only one knight."
The E.U. Army Combatants in their gray machines with orange eyes then charged forward.
"Then so be it." Suzaku said, shooting out two wires from the Lancelot's hands at two of the gray machines. He then slammed the Knightmare with a wire in it into two other Knightmares. He then crashed them together. Suzaku then drew two swords from their scabbards.
"Do you want more?" Suzaku inquired as they became red.
As more combatants approached, he sliced away the wire with his swords. He then cut the Knightmare the went to his right, causing it to explode. As another was shooting at him while going in a circle, he cut the Knightmare in half.
The Lancelot then jumped into the air, deploying a sort of air-floatation mechanism. Suzaku then drew a gun from its holster and fired down upon them with shots of bright green that caused the dust to come up.
Britannian Ship
"Allowing him to conduct a solo operation, are you sure?" Kanon Maldini asked, directing the question to Schneizel. "Kururugi used to be your subordinate, Your Highness."
"He's now the Knight of Seven and reports directly to His Majesty." Schneizel said.
"Yes, My Lord." Kanon said, a guy with blonde hair and the same outfit as Kanon stood next to him.
"He has been elevated in rank." Schneizel said. "He's to be admired. The world today is overflowing with despair. That's why he uses his humility and sense of duty s a compass to guide him through these dark times."
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Ashford Academy
Lelouch was scrolling through pictures of the student council. Of the images were those of: what appeared to be indoor soccer with Rolo, Rivalz, Shirley, Milly, and Lelouch, a Halloween-esque party in which Rolo was holding back the broom Rivalz, dressed as a ghost, was going to use in hitting Lelouch, dressed as some sort of gentleman in a top hat with a red band and a cape reminiscent of vampires, and Milly, dressed as some sort of mistress for a vampire as they were in a sort of embrace. Others included one of a Christmas-themed party in which Shirley was wearing a pink Christmas outfit holding a yellow star with Rolo dressed a cartoonish reindeer in the background and another of the same theme in which Rivalz was lying on the ground wearing angel wings and a white gown, Shirley standing next to Rolo, Milly dressed in a red Christmas outfit reminiscent of Shirley, and what is presumably Lelouch dressed in a reindeer outfit with his back to the camera as Milly had her hand on it.
Nina's gone, too. Lelouch thought. I wonder if Suzaku took Arthur with him.
The next image was that of Lelouch, Rolo, and three background people dressed in formal attire with numbers on their chests, as if they were being auctioned off on dates.
"What's up?" Rolo asked, coming behind Lelouch. "How come you're looking through the album?" As Rolo got closer, he recognized the picture as he stopped next to Lelouch's right shoulder. "Hey, that's the student council marathon dance file isn't it?"
"You know the Prez," Lelouch said as he went to another picture. "she runs us ragged with all these events she likes to put on."
"Oh, that's the broken heart contest." Rolo commented.
"Talk about sad irony." Lelouch said. "The Prez stomps on Rivalz's heart then presents him with the award for winning."
Lelouch then chuckled a bit.
"Weird, how you happened to escape." Rolo said, an undercurrent of suspicion in his voice. "You heard the news, didn't you? Our military had Babel Tower completely surrounded. So how did you do it? How did you manage to get pass them?"
"What are you talking about, Rolo?" Lelouch asked as he looked at him. "Do you want to know how I got away from the military or did you mean to say terrorists?" At that, Rolo imperceptibly stiffened. "I took an emergency corridor." Lelouch continued, looking up at the ceiling before facing Rolo again. "I tried to call you, but my cell wouldn't work in that particular area."
"I see." Rolo said, tightening his grip on his phone.
Locket. Lelouch thought as he saw the little yellow heart with the image of a yellow four leaf clover on it. That's right. I remember giving it to Rolo for his birthday. No, that's wrong. October twenty-fifth is not his birthday. It's Nunnally's birthday. Lelouch then formed his left hand into a fist before speaking.
"Rolo, give me that locket." He said, his hand up and extended.
"Huh?" Rolo asked.
"I don't know what I was thinking. That's not a good gift for a guy." Lelouch continued as he reached for the locket. "I'll get you something at-"
"Don't take it! You gave it to me. It's mine." Rolo exclaimed, pulling away from Lelouch as he held the phone and the locket to his left shoulder. Rolo then both looked and sounded like he was on the verge of tears. "Please don't, don't take it back."
"Sure fine. You keep it then, Rolo." Lelouch said.
Rolo, happy at that, took the phone away from him and looked at the locket, content.
Lelouch grunted before looking downward, looking at Rolo through his peripheral vision.
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Under Ashford Academy and where Nunnally was held by Mao
"Right." Rolo said, speaking to Villetta as she had her hands on the railing in front of her, the indoor waterfall behind her. "We haven't observed any changes in Lelouch's behavior. There are no indications that he used his Geass, either."
"The order won't divulge the secrets of Geass due to its religious nature..." Villetta said, trailing off when someone appeared at the end of the walkway.
"Uh, Sorry." The O.S.I. Officer said. "I can see you're busy. It can wait."
Rolo then turned to the guy with a scowl before activating his Geass.
"Rolo, no!" Villetta said as Rolo unleashed his sphere of Geass upon the room. "He's one of us. He's on the same mission we are."
Villetta then stopped as the Geass took effect.
Rolo then began walking forward, pulling out his switchblade.
"Wait for orders!" Villetta said as the Geass vanished. It was too late though as Rolo had killed the man while he was incapacitated by his Geass.
"There's a chance he overheard us." Rolo said. "Knowledge of Geass is restricted to just us two in the Tokyo Section. We can't take the risk."
"But still, how many of our agents have you killed so far?" Villetta wondered aloud.
"It was the quickest and most certain method for keeping the secret, or am I wrong?" Rolo asked.
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Chinese Federation Consulate
It's been three days since the United States of Japan was established. Kallen thought as she was in the shower. I doubt Britannia's going to keep glaring at us indefinitely. Kallen then turned the shower off as she stepped out. There's even talk about ousting the council general back in the Chinese Federation's homeland. And yet, we still haven't received any instructions from Lelouch. Kallen then walked over to her clothes. She saw her pink undergarments, red top and other trappings. She also saw the school outfit that Lelouch wears. What on Earth is he doing ? Kallen then picked up the school outfit. You really are Zero, aren't you? Kallen then saw the bunny suit underneath it. Of course!
Xingke was standing behind Gao Hai as he was talking with C.C.
"I can drag out the extradition negotiations with the Britannians." Gao Hai said in the alto voice of a Eunuch. "I think I might be able to buy us up to a week."
"I'll report that to Zero." C.C. said. "As for the Chinese Federation Government..."
C.C. was then interrupted as Kallen came into the room. "C.C., I was just thinking."
Kallen then walked from behind the obscure wall at the entrance. "Wouldn't it've made more sense for you to play the bunny girl?"
Kallen then saw Xingke and Gao Hai in the room. She also realized that she was wearing nothing but a white towel. Kallen made noises from her mouth and throat, feeling herself flush as she put her arms in front of her obscured breasts. She then retreated behind the obscuring wall that was at the entrance of the room.
"Zero is a girl?" Gao Hai pondered.
"Correct." C.C. said.
"I'm not Zero." Kallen said, peeking behind the wall.
"Oh, you let on too soon." C.C. said, facing Kallen. "You have no sense of humor, do you?"
"Don't play around with Zero." Kallen said, coming from out behind the wall a little.
"We can see you." C.C. said, turning her attention back to Gao Hai and Xingke as Kallen's towel began to fall off.
Kallen gasped, took the towel around herself and hid behind the wall once more.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Kallen Kouzuki." Xingke said. "You are the pilot of the Guren Mk-II, right?"
"How did you-?" Kallen asked, peeking around the wall.
"I'm someone who takes an avid interest in you people." Xingke replied.
His expression then stiffened a bit as a male Black Knight entered the room.
"There's trouble!" He exclaimed. "It's Ohgi and the other prisoners!"
"Can you hear me Zero?" Guilford said. "Listen closely, I am Lord Gilbert G.P. Guilford, knight of her Royal Highness, Cornelia li Britannia. Beginning tomorrow at fifteen hundred hours, these two and fifty six special class-A felons,"
"They wouldn't." Kallen said as Black Knights had filed into the room and were watching the broadcast.
"who are guilty of treason against the empire will all be executed for their crimes."
Villetta looked at the screen showing Ohgi with an almost forlorn expression on her face.
"Zero, if you value the lives of your people, then you will face me, one on one in an honorable duel." Guilford continued. "If you'll not..."
Guilford. Lelouch thought, his right hand splayed against the right of his face. You've really gone and done it now.
Lelouch changed his attention and removed his hand when someone was entering the student council room.
"Lulu," Shirley said, steeping into the room and looking around. Lelouch turned the television off. "are you in here all by yourself?"
"Yeah," Lelouch answered, turning to face her. "Shirley don't you have swim club now?"
"Yes, I do, but you see I have to go shopping because I have to buy a birthday gift." Shirley replied, her hands behind her back.
"Whose birthday?" Lelouch asked.
"Ms. Villetta, our counselor. They all agree I should buy it since I'm always the one who gets her mad." Shirley said before putting her left hand against the left of her head. "Problem is, I'm incredibly impaired at picking out presents." Shirley added, closing her eyes then opening them as she continued. She turned so her left side was facing Lelouch as she held her left index finger against her chin thoughtfully. "She seems to enjoy liquor. I could buy her that," Shirley then looked down. "but I don't know a brand she likes."
"Should I go with you?" Lelouch inquired.
"Huh?" Shirley said, turning her attention back to Lelouch.
"I could help you select a present for her." Lelouch said.
"Y-you would?" Shirley asked, running over to Lelouch. "Seriously?"
"Sure, you ready to go?" Lelouch replied.
"Yeah." Shirley said.
However, they weren't entirely alone as Rivalz was eavesdropping on them from outside.
"Oh, right." Rivalz said. "Now I've got my scoop. Thank you guys?"
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Lelouch, after changing to a more casual outfit of a white jacket, a color of pink on his shirt, gray jeans, and black shoes, was in the bathroom looking in the mirror.
He took the contact lens that hid his Geass off and looked in the mirror, his Geass Symbol blazing in his eye as he remembered how C.C. had given the contact lens to him sometime after his memories were reawakened.
C.C. was offering up a small hexagonal pink box as Lelouch took it.
"Since you are unable to control your Geass, this is for your protection." C.C. explained as he opened the box.
"It only has to block optical data, so a normal color contact lens would work fine." Lelouch said.
"Don't try to probe for information." C.C. said. "As you've already guessed, you're holding a special lens. Although, should your Geass grow stronger than what you have now..." She trailed off, letting the implications hang in the air unspoken as Lelouch closed the box.
"Well, we'll just have to end this game before that happens." Lelouch said.
As he was finished remembering it, he was walking through two ornate brown double doors. He then spotted Rolo standing there.
"Are you going out?" Rolo asked.
"Yeah, I have to help pick out a gift." Lelouch answered. "It's a present for Ms. Villetta's birthday."
"Her birthday?!" Rolo repeated. "I see." Rolo then looked down. "I guess birthdays are important, aren't they?"
"Well, I'd better be going." Lelouch said, passing by Rolo.
"See you later." Rolo said.
"Rolo." Milly called, coming down the corridor after Lelouch had left.
"Oh!" Rolo exclaimed as Milly wrapped her right arm around him. "Miss President!"
"Rolo, you come along, too." Milly said.
"Yeah?" Rolo asked.
Milly then leaned in conspiratorially. "It'll be fun to chat."
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Omotesando Mall
"Hmm." Lelouch said thoughtfully as they were perusing the selection of wines. "I've learned about wines but never tried any."
"Out of luck there." Shirley said. "How about this stuff?"
"Maybe those are too sweet." Lelouch commented as he held a bottle of Sopron wine. "How about a Sopron."
Could this be a date? Shirley thought, a faint shade of pink on her face as Lelouch was putting the wine back. If it's not, She continued as he picked another wine. She then nodded her head, determined. I'll make it one then.
As Lelouch looked up, he saw that, through the window, were familiar faces. Rolo, Milly, and Rivalz.
Just as I planned, Lelouch thought will a smile. Although, I didn't think they'd bring Rolo, too. Typical of Milly.
"What a great topic for the next meeting of the Society of Research on Male-Female Dating." Milly observed.
"Um...right." Rolo said, crouching on Milly's right with Rivalz on her left.
"Yeah, but is it fair for him to follow his own brother?" Rivalz asked, turning slightly to face Milly.
"You're as interested as we are, aren't you?" Milly asked, facing Rolo before facing Lelouch and Shirley. "She may end up being your family member."
"She's right." Rivalz said.
"Family..." Rolo said.
Milly, Rolo, and Rivalz then gave chase as Lelouch and Shirley were moving.
"Target is taking assumed route "Zebra"." A female O.S.I. Officer said. She had brownish hair, a black dress going just past her thighs, and was reading a magazine while drinking an orange-colored beverage.
"Roger." Villetta said over the communication device. "Switch off with group seven. Group two, watch for contact with C.C."
"Yes, My Lord." The female O.S.I. Officer said in group two. "Cleaning the perimeter."
Can it be that he really isn't Zero? Rolo thought as Lelouch was showing Shirley what looked to be a sort of cell phone.
They specifically set a trap at Babel Tower. Lelouch thought, using the reflective surface of what he was holding to see what was behind him discreetly. Which means my enemy isn't the settlement's viceregal government. Well, I can't tell for certain who's watching me. The system itself that they are using has flaws in it.
If he is Zero, he won't ignore the execution of his people tomorrow. Maybe his memory truly hasn't returned. Villetta thought.
"Excuse me, how do I fill this part out?" Lelouch asked as he was signing something and took the contact off his left eye
"Pardon?" The male store staff employee asked.
"Sorry, but could you do me a favor, please?" Lelouch inquired as he used his Geass.
"Sure, what can I do for you?" The male store staff employee inquired under the effects of Geass.
"Well, it's like this." Lelouch began.
Shirley put a red phone back where she got it and was listening to some music. Looking around, she then noticed two people sitting on a bench. One was a dark brown-haired man with a light blue – almost teal – shirt and a woman who had lighter brown hair. Shirley felt herself flush a little as she saw the two getting closer and closer as they both leaned in for a kiss.
"I'm back." Lelouch said, placing a hand on Shirley's shoulder, snapping her out of any daydreams she might have been having. "What were you looking at?" He then searched around before his eyes landed on the couple kissing. "Where you watching those two kissing?"
"Oh, um...No! I wasn't!" Shirley began, pointing erratically in front of her to think of an excuse, the headphones she was wearing around her neck. She then found the excuse she needed. A billboard concerning cable cars and Tateyama. "That! I was just wishing I could take a ride on that cable car sometime." She then turned to Lelouch, laughing a little.
Lelouch stiffened, remembering what happened the last time Shirley was at a cable car. Shirley, morose and alone as she stood in the rain after hearing how her father was killed at the Battle of Narita. Shirley, her mind messed with by the Geass-user known as Mao who had an infatuation with C.C., holding Lelouch at gunpoint. Lelouch, embracing a crying Shirley to try and comfort her. It's my fault. My fault that Shirley's memories were wiped. Lelouch thought with a hint of bitterness. Lelouch tightened his fist at his side. Milly and Rivalz, too. Their memories rewritten without their consent. I just can't let things go the way they are. When this is all over, I swear. I'll...
"What's the matter?" Shirley asked, snapping Lelouch out of his thoughts. She was then surprised by what Lelouch did next.
"I'm so sorry Shirley." Lelouch murmured into her orange hair.
"What are you sorry for?" Shirley asked, genuinely confused as she was blushing furiously. Lulu, why are you hugging me?
It seems my emotions have gotten the better of me. Lelouch thought.
"The Prez and the others are following us." Lelouch answered out of left field, looking over his left shoulder before turning back to Shirley as they separated.
"Huh? Where?" Shirley pondered, looking around for any sights of her other friends, the blush still faintly on her face.
"Shirley." Lelouch said, getting her attention before leaning in conspiratorially. "I thought of a terrific idea."
"Huh?" Shirley said.
"Target entering store, Alpha-Fourteen." A male O.S.I. Officer said wearing a dark coat as he sat in a coffee shop and was talking to Villetta. Lelouch and Shirley were entering a small clothing shop."It's a small shop. The shop was a quaint boutique by the name of Lever du Soleil. There's a risk I'll blow my cover if I follow."
"Cover the front of the place." Villetta said. "I'll send three people to cover the rear."
"Okay," Lelouch said, pulling aside a curtain. "All I want you to do is pretend I'm here for a while."
"What are you going to do?" Shirley inquired.
Lelouch then opened up a tan box as a red jacket and a dark blue hat sat inside it. "I'm going to sneak out of the store and surprise the Prez and the others."
"Sure, I gotcha." Shirley said with a nod of her head as she closed the green curtain obscuring Lelouch.
I don't normally shop here. I hope they don't have any surveillance cameras or microphones. Lelouch thought as he looked around the small room. Shirley thinks this is only a harmless prank. Lelouch then looked down to see anything suspicious before getting his disguise ready. He pulled on the red sleeves that had a rim of dark blue. He was now wearing black jeans and was wearing brown shoes. Even on the off-chance that something goes wrong, I won't cause any trouble for her. I used my Geass to make the preparations. Lelouch then pulled out a simple gray-white device before putting a dark gray one with a green knob on top and a rusty gold on the side into the gray-white device. Now all I have to do.
"Hello," The male security guard said as he picked up the phone that Lelouch had called. "Omotesando Mall Security. May I help you?" He then stiffened a little in surprise. "Huh? The Black Knights?"
"We have planted a bomb in the mall and we will detonate it if all our following demands are not met immediately." Lelouch said.
No, he can't be Zero. Rolo thought as he hid behind a sign concerning lunch.
A couple of dings rang through the mall, denoting that an announcement was being made. The announcer's voice was male. "Paging Mr. Maximillian from the Hakodate Settlement. Paging Mr. Maximillian from the Hakodate Settlement. You have a phone call."
"And then the main character pulled out a card and smirked at it, knowing it would lead to his victory!" A man with shaggy brown hair, piercing blue eyes, and wide-rimmed glasses said.
"Eh," The woman who had short sandy hair, sharp brown eyes said, shrugging as she took a drink of her coffee. "You see one game-sealing draw you've seem them all."
The man just sighed, blowing his hair out of his eyes.
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"That means a..." A girl with a wavy dark brown hairstyle said to the girl with dark red hair as they heard the announcement.
"A terrorist warning." A brown haired man with hair that was combed back said to his colleagues.
"It must be the Black Knights." A woman with dark brown hair said to a woman with lighter brown hair.
"Zero's been resurrected." A brown-haired man said.
"Keep your voices down." A sandy-blonde man said, the back of his left hand against the side of his mouth. "The customers will hear."
"But..." The girl with wavy dark brown hair said.
Lelouch, unbeknownst to those watching him, was sneaking away.
"A bomb threat has just been made to Omotesando Mall, My Lord." An O.S.I. Officer said, turning slightly to look at Villetta.
"Okay!" Villetta exclaimed, on the alert. "Hold your positions. Prepare for contact from C.C.!"
Lelouch then emerged from behind a brown marble column.
All tasks at hand have been cleared except for the detonator. Lelouch said as he was walking, looking up at one of the clocks for the Omotesando Mall. The clock read 15:59 49. With each passing second, Lelouch counted. A sandy-brown haired man with long pointed eyebrows and a line on either side of his mouth was following Lelouch. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
The man Lelouch Geassed earlier smashed something that caused an alarm to ring through the mall.
"It's the Black Knights!" A man with gray-brown hair said.
"Terrorists?" A man with brown hair and blue eyes in a gray suit and a red tie wondered.
Everyone was then panicking around.
A man bumped into the O.S.I. Officer trailing Lelouch, throwing him off balance.
"What's happening?" The male O.S.I. Officer wondered. "What the hell?"
"Rolo, what's going on?" Rivalz asked, putting an arm protectively over Milly.
"Rolo, don't run off." Milly said as Rolo was running into the boutique as Shirley was coming out of it.
"Rolo!" Rivalz exclaimed. Rivalz smirked inwardly. Oh Lelouch, what have you done this time?
"Rolo?" Shirley wondered as the boy ran past her, into the boutique, and pulled aside the curtain to reveal nothing.
"He's gone." Rolo commented as he looked around.
"We've lost the target, My Lord." An O.S.I. Officer said in the room Villetta was in.
"What should we do about the info that we got from Scorpion?" Another asked.
"Where's Rolo?" Villetta pondered.
"All cell phone call's are being jammed to maintain cynic order." The O.S.I. Officer between them said.
"My Lord, should we act on Scorpion's info or not?" The man on the middle guy's left asked.
Villetta then stood up and took her communication device off. "Very well. I'll go myself." Villetta then ran towards the exit.
Lelouch laughed at the chaos surrounding him as people were running around and panicking as he walked calmly.
"And that's just one easy way to cause panic." Lelouch commented, making a flourishing hand gesture as he took his splayed hand away from his left eye.
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O.S.I. Secret Base on Ashford Academy Grounds
Rolo had used the elevator and was running to the O.S.I. room.
"What's his location?" Rolo asked as he walked into the room. The empty room. "No one's here. Where are they?" It was then that Rolo realized that the room was almost empty. Rolo heard the sound of two guns as they were cocked and ready to be used.
"It seems they've gone looking for C.C." Lelouch said as Rolo looked at him from his peripheral vision.
"Why you guys seem so obsessed with her though is beyond me." Rivalz said, standing next to Lelouch's right, a gun cocked and ready to fire.
"I see." Rolo said. "You really have awakened." Rolo then took noticed of Rivalz. "And it seems you have brought a friend along with you."
"Rivalz came of his own accord." Lelouch said with a bit of dismissiveness. "I merely informed him of the situation."
"And I rushed right over too." Rivalz said. I hope Milly and Shirley are okay though.
"I put the man who was following me under my absolute control and turned him into my slave. Just as I thought, your top priority was the capture of C.C., no matter how wrong the Information is that you get." Lelouch said as Rolo stiffened at the last statement. "As of this moment, this gilded prison of a school will become my castle, my fortress of freedom." Lelouch then removed his contact lens in a bit of a flourishing gesture. "And as for you, dear brother, I'll make you my pawn to find Nunnally." Lelouch then saw that Rolo and the gun in his were gone and that Rivalz was lying on the floor unconscious. Rolo had taken the liberty of taking Rivalz's gun and reliving it of its bullet clips.
What? Lelouch thought. He then saw the gun pointed at his head. "Geass? You stopped time?"
"Lelouch, now you and your demonic eye, will die." Rolo said, pulling ever so slightly on the trigger of the gun.
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Chinese Federation Consulate
An explosion occurred, causing Kallen and C.C. to wonder what had happened.
"Zero! Emergency!" A black haired Black Knight with dark eyes said into the communication device. "The Chinese Federation just..."
The man trailed off as Xingke, after having dispatched two Black Knights behind him, came charging forward as if on some sort of warpath. Xingke flipped the man onto his back and took out his sword in a bit of a dramatic fashion and pointed it down at the guy below him.
"Here and now you accursed Black Knights will be vanquished!" Xingke said.
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Holy Britannian Empire
"How is she?" Suzaku asked the man keeping watch over Princess Euphemia.
The man shook his head sadly. "Unfortunately it would appear that whatever afflicted Princess Euphemia still remains."
"Euphy." Suzaku said, looking down at the ground. He then looked back up. "Has there being any noticeable differences?"
"Well, no. I don't think there have been." The man answered. He then stroked his sandy beard, his russet eyes thoughtful. "Although, I have noticed something...odd."
"Something odd?" Suzaku repeated.
"Yes." The man said, removing his hand from his beard. "The princess was talking to herself once while I was watching over her.
"What did she say?" Suzaku asked, hopeful. After all, the man is not one to give false hope. And whatever the princess said must've been interesting. It must also be different from her seeking death on all the Japanese. Including himself. Ever since that day, all Suzaku could have towards Lelouch was rage and resentment.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure." The man admitted sheepishly, a hand scratching the back of his neck as he had a lopsided grin on his face. His grin then disappeared as he removed his hand. "It was hard to make out and she was muttering to herself. One thing was clear though. One of the things she had said was your name."
"My name?" Suzaku repeated. He then looked downcast. This wasn't anything different in his eyes. Ever since Lelouch used his Geass on her, she was obsessed with killing all the Japanese. "What makes that any different from what she usually says?"
"It's different because it sounded like the Princess Euphemia and who she was before she..." The man trailed off, not sure how to continue. "massacred the Japanese at the Specially Administrated Zone of Japan." At that, Suzaku stiffened, remembering how gentleness and kindness was turned into harshness and cruelty. "In fact, she said your name in an almost loving manner. But what do I know?" He laughed ruefully. "I'm just a guard."
"She said my name...almost lovingly?" Suzaku repeated, not sure if heard the man right. Euphy. Could it be true? Are you slowly fighting off Lelouch's Geass?
Suzaku then looked through the glass pane to see Princess Euphemia watering some white flowers in the Palace Gardens. Euphy. I know you can do it. You're one of the most strong-willed people that I know.
"Don't get your hopes up though." The man said, shaking his head with the back of his palms on his thighs. "I could've just as easily been imagining it."
"No." Suzaku said. There was a great deal of conviction in that one word. "I believe she really did say that."
Suzaku's lips then quirked up at the corner. Euphy. I believe in you.
Princess Euphemia had moved on to watering some pink flowers. Watering the flowers gave her a sense of peace in her Geass-induced trance. Euphemia then looked up at the sky, sighing. And in a fleeting moment, the Geass outlining her eyes flickered.
Author's Notes: So, the plot develops slowly but surely. Rivalz sure seems to be appearing more and more. Even though, you know, it only has been about three chapters into the second season. I made Rolo knock Rivalz unconscious though, mostly because I don't think he could've contributed anything in particular to that specific scene. Anyway, seems like Xingke has some issues to deal with involving the Black Knights. I wonder what his problem is. And in all honesty, I truly do wonder. I'm not entirely sure why he seems to be out for blood. Only that he looks prepared to get it. Anyway, see you guys later. Drink your orange-colored beverages, your coffee, and make sure you don't have to deal with any demonic eyes that have to die.