Code Geass: Suzaku of the Rebellion

By: C.C.

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Chapter 7:

The Knighting Ceremony Cont.

Info in last chapter.

Tohdo was a strong man, and was once a General under Emperor Genbu Kururugi himself. He had wild eyebrows, beady eyes, and a serious face. Though he was a retired General, he still enjoyed Military work and stayed with it, and at the very moment, was leading the Japanese in their time without a proper leader. I guess you could call him Serena's Secret weapon.

He sat in the cockpit of the Southerland Knightmare frame, Japanese soldiers with guns on either side of him, all ready for battle as a Knightmare and soldiers from the resistance started coming their way.

Naoto, inside of a room that was being guarded by the Japanese Military, heard all of the commotion, and couldn't help but wonder what was going on. He looked out of the small peep hole that was provided as a window for hostages, and saw little, but enough to know what was going on. He saw two Southerlands in battle, and besides, and could hear the gunshot of Britannian and Japanese soldiers fighting and killing each other. This was a rescue.

He knew now that they were gonna try and rescue them, but they couldn't do it alone. He had to find a way to get out of that room. The Japanese had searched him when they had taken him from Mt. Vernon. But the one place where they didn't look is the one place that he kept things hidden; his shoe.

He slipped his shoe off and pulled out a small dagger, nothing compared to a gun, but he kept it in case something like this were ever to happen. He slipped off the cover of the knife to reveal the sharp, shiny metal of it that could pierce just about anything. Their father had given him that dagger before he…..he didn't wanna think about that topic. He just knew that he needed to get out and find Felix, no, find Kallen.

"She must be worried sick," he said to himself as he tried to get the door open every which way with the dagger, and was finally able to get it open.

The guard that was keeping watch looked over at Naoto, and was in shock that he had gotten out of the cell, and before he had the chance to say anything, his throat was slit, leaving his body to drop down and make a pool of blood. He didn't like killing people, but it was something that had to be done sometimes in order to keep yourself alive and safe. He searched the guard, got the keys, and started getting others out of their cells.

Tohdo was having trouble. He was fighting the Southerland from the resistance, with none other than Kallen Kouzuki as the pilot. He'd never had such trouble fighting another Knightmare before, and was not sure if he was dreading the challenge or enjoying it since it was the first one he'd had in years.

"You having trouble, old man?" Kallen teased as she launched an attack on him.

"Actually, yes," he said, fighting back with just as much will power. The strength he had was beginning to wear down from all of his years of fighting, but he still put out all of his effort.

Kallen was having a bit of trouble, too, though she'd never admit it. She was determined to beat him no matter what it took.

Suzaku was in a trailer with Sousuke, making sure that he was good and secure with some guards to watch over him as a hostage. Though some people questioned why he didn't take Serena, he just answered with "I have my reasons". Really, he didn't wanna kill her, but he also didn't want her in control, but he took Sousuke just to make sure that he was safe from everyone else, everything else, and to get back at Serena and his father. Sousuke wasn't the youngest, but he was one of the favorites of all of the children of his father. Serena was too strong as well, and he thought that putting her through pain like that would do more damage than taking her hostage with Sousuke, because it's not just his Geass that's gonna hurt her. It's having Sousuke as a hostage to the resistance. Of course, if he really wanted to make her unable to do anything, he would kill Sousuke, but he would never do that. Not if his life depended on it.

The best part of having Sousuke as a hostage is the way it will hurt Serena. She will go through a mental breakdown if she doesn't get him back, and it'll make her mind screwed up to where she can't think straight. With all that, their leader will make crazy decisions in order to get her brother back, making it easier for the resistance to be able to take them down. It will also make it easier to predict what she'll do, and plan accordingly. She'll never suspect this take down.

"What's your name?" Suzaku asked a member of the resistance.

"Kyle," he answered curiously.

"Kyle, I need you to help stand guard with Rebecca and Miles. Can you do that while I go out?"

"Uh, sure," he said, not so sure about his task, but happily accepted and went on with the work.

"Sousuke, I'll talk with you later," he said before rushing out the door to help the resistance.

"Wait!" called Sousuke eagerly. Suzaku stopped, but did not turn around. "Do I know you? You seem very familiar."

Though Suzaku wasn't looking over at him, he knew the look he was giving; a curious, innocent look. He was a lot like Nunnally in that way, innocent, so he thought.

"I'm afraid not," answered Suzaku, who started walking, but Sousuke stopped him again.

"Wait, are you sure?" he asked, more eager than ever. He seemed almost desperate to talk to him.

"I'm sure."

"Then why do you hide your face behind a mask?"

That stung Suzaku. He froze on the spot, mind and body.

"You really do seem familiar to me, but I can't think of who at the moment. It should come to me, though." His voice was tender and soft, like that of a child. Though he was young, he wasn't as young as he seemed. He was just the innocent type, never to hurt a fly.

"Sousuke, I will talk to you later, but I need to go right now. The resistance needs me," said Suzaku before slowly walking away while in sight of his brother, then started at a run as he grabbed a gun from a dead soldier on the ground. He ran over to Lloyd, who was at the control giving orders at the moment.

"Kallen, he can't take you down with something like that! That's a Japanese-"

"Kallen, dive down under him and attack the leg from underneath," said Suzaku, who was watching the battle between her and Tohdo. "Eddy, lead team A over past the Knightmares while it's going down. Jen, take team B and get the hostages while team A is fighting off the soldiers."

"But, there's too many of them!" cried Jen form the battlefield, talking through her microphone on her head.

"Then half of team A go and help team B fight, and Eddy, you be sure to be one of the ones to go ahead and help the hostages. Kallen, now!"

Kallen was about to get a bad blow from Tohdo's Knightmare, but dodged it by going under like he had said. As she slid under the Knightmare, she grabbed its leg, and the leg followed her. With Tohdo on the ground, she quickly made herself upright, and jumped on top of the Knightmare.

"I finally got you!" she said, and as all of the soldiers were amazed by what they'd just seen, they were attacked by more of the resistance. Kallen was satisfied, and though she didn't kill Tohdo, she destroyed the Knightmare and got him injured pretty badly.

While the resistance kept on fighting, Kallen stood guard and watched to se if anything else that was of a big threat would come their way.

Meanwhile…

Serena finally got over the pain. She opened her eyes to see the mess around her. The Ceremony had become a battle, a War. The pain that had once over come her was gone, just like that. She got up, and started calling out for Sousuke, but he would not answer. Then, she started calling out for Ohgi.

"Kyosina!" she called as she came up to the base. "Kyosina! What's our status?"

Kyosina was the next best thing to a leader after Tohdo. She was the General of the Navy, who had come for the Knighting ceremony as a good friend of Yin and Serena, and a General.

"Tohdo is down, and the resistance is gaining control over the battle. The hostages have been released," she answered.

"Where is Sousuke?" she asked with a scared, worried look on her face.

"I haven't seen him, Your Highness."

"What about Ohgi? I didn't see him at the ceremony either, but I did see him before."

"Ohgi was on his way over when he was stabbed by the resistance. He's in the hospital."

She now wasn't mad at Ohgi, but even more furious at the Resistance. Then, she remembered the man with the mask. She knew that he must be the leader, being the one to hide his face.

"Find the Man with the mask, and bring him to me!" she exclaimed. As Suzaku had predicted, she was starting to go nuts.

From the resistance, Jen went looking all around to all of the cells to get the hostages, but all of the cells were empty. Not one of them had a person inside.

"Zian, there aren't any hostages here. All of the cells are empty," she reported back.

"You haven't found any?" he asked in a harsh tone.

"No."

Suzaku sighed at the news, but Jen had overlooked things. After she'd said that, she saw a familiar face come around the corner; Naoto.

"Wait! I've found Naoto!" she said to Zian through her mic.

"What?" yelled Kallen in excitement and relief.

Naoto casually came up to her with his smiling, happy face. "I got them all out. We were waiting on the rescue," he casually said, his smile getting bigger. "Is Kallen alright?"

"Uh, yeah. Kallen's fine, but where's everyone else?" she asked in shock.

"Back behind here," he said, pointing in the direction in which he came. He led her over to them, followed by other members of the resistance.

"Serena, they're all gone!" said a Japanese soldier, coming over from the battle to report.

"WHAT?" she said in surprise.

"The hostages from Mt. Vernon, they're gone!" he repeated.

Serena was not happy with what was going on. She clenched her fist and threw it down onto the table as she threw on a horrid face of anger.

"Serena," said Zian, walking up into their base.

She looked up, saw him, and went bazerk. "GET HIM!" she exclaimed, but before that could react, she pulled out her gun, and aimed it for Zian, missing her shot.

"Do you really wanna miss your shots on me? I AM the leader of this resistance," he said, jeering her.

"STOP IT! JUST STOP IT! GIVE ME SOUSUKE!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that, but I will take very good care of him. He will live with me, and we'll make him happy with every jab we give him and every plate he takes up," he bluffed.

"YOU WON'T DO SUCH THINGS TO AN INNOCENT PRINCE! LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS!" she demanded, knowing before she said the words that they would not be done.

"Please, Serena. You're not the boss of me, and you never were." That rung a bell, but she wasn't in the situation to be thinking about that.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

This time, he responded. "I am Zian, and this is the Golden Resistance. We're reaching for a Golden age where you are no longer dictators over Britannians, or anybody at that matter." He smiled under the mask.

He pulled put his gun and shot her arm, barely, though, so to keep her alive. He wanted her to go insane before she died and was replaced with another one of his siblings.

With that shot, she was on the ground, not only from the pain of the shot, but mostly from the agony that was going through her head. That was the point in that visit, to ensure victory, and to help her go insane.

End of battle.

Winner: Golden Resistance.

Result: hostages saved, Serena looses her mind. Golden Resistance introduces themselves to the world.

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