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Last Time

"How stale. Your ideas are obsolete. There is no saving you. How you could have worked under Tohdoh sensei astounds me." Zero said with disapproval.

"Why you arrogant little..." One of the soldiers started to say but was silenced by Kusakabe.

"What do you mean by that Zero, and why do you call Tohdoh your teacher?" Kusakabe asked. "Tohdoh's only student was Suzaku Kururugi and I know that you are not him."

"That is true. However, even though I only spent a small time under Tohdoh he taught me a great deal about swordsmanship and honor, something you have failed to learn from him." Zero said as he reached up to take off his mask. "I respect him and what he is trying to do by freeing Japan but I cannot stand those that purposefully involve civilians, let alone friends of mine." Lelouch then removed his mask and put it on the table.

"What the, you are a Britannian?! Then there is no point in talking anymore Zero!" Lt. Colonel Kusakabe yelled, drawing out his sword and charging upon seeing Zero's face.

"Die!" Lelouch commanded.

Several gun shots rang out and several thuds were heard.


Now

Lotus and The Teacher and The Fool

While Zero was talking to Lt. Colonel Kusakabe, the Black Knights were busy placing C4 explosives in strategic locations throughout the hotel.

"Man, Zero really is prepared for everything." Tamaki said rather loudly causing several of the other resistance members to flinch.

"Tamaki, shut the hell up!" Kallen hissed.

"Hey just because Zero gave you a special costume does not mean you are in charge." Tamaki said angrily.

"No, I am in charge because Zero put me in charge of this group and Ohgi in charge of the other group." Kallen said before holding up her hand for silence. "Now be quiet, I think someone heard us."

"I think I heard something over there, let's go check it out." A voice echoed from down the hallway.

Kallen quickly signaled for everyone to turn off the safeties on their weapons off and aim their weapons at the hallway the voice was coming from.

As two guards run around the corner, Kallen signals for them to open fire. The two guards are quickly killed under the spray of bullets. Kallen then charged around the corner towards the remaining two soldiers. She then put her hand on her sword and cut down the first soldier with a quick draw. She then slashed her sword to the side cutting down the remaining soldier.

"Tamaki, finish planting those explosives." Kallen ordered as she flicked her sword clean of blood and put it back into its sheath. Tamaki hurried and placed the last of the explosives in an air duct. "Alright now we need to get to the meeting point with Ohgi's group." Kallen said before walking off towards the meeting point with her crimson cape fluttering behind her.

"Since when has Kallen been able to use a sword?" Tamaki whispered fearfully to Inoue as most of the group walked after Kallen.

"I think she took kendo classes." Inoue whispered back. "Now shut the hell up."


The Princess and The Inventor and Innocents

When one of the guards walked too close to Nina she panicked and whispered fearfully "An eleven."

"What did you say!?" the man asked, anger in his voice. "We're not Elevens! We're Japanese, damn it!" he said as he aimed his weapon at her.

"Yes, we're aware of that! Just lay off of her!" Milly snapped back in defense of her friend, as Nina held her for protection.

"Then correct her! We're not called Elevens!" The soldier shouted.

"Fine, we will correct her!" Shirley joined in, as another guard approached them.

"How dare you speak to me like that? You three, come with me to the next room, and I'll teach you a real lesson!" The guard shouted. At that, Nina began to cry fearfully.

"Now get up, and come with me!" the guard said as he grabbed Nina by the arm and pulled her up and she let out a scream.

"Stop it!" a girl their age wearing glasses commanded as she stood up.

"Who the hell are you!?" the guard asked as he let go of Nina and pushed her, causing her to fall down.

"I demand that you take me to your leader right now! Understand?" Euphemia demanded.

"What!?" The guard said angrily.

"You're addressing Euphemia li Britannia. The Third Princess of the Britannian Empire." Euphemia said as she removed her glasses. Her statement caused a collective gasp from everyone in the room.

"Are you alright young lady? You haven't been hurt?" Euphemia asked Nina.

Nina was a bit stunned at the moment, but managed to answer her with a "No." She was shocked that a member of the empire's royal family would put herself at risk and reveal herself in a situation like the just to save someone like her.


Utilities Tunnel

White Knight and The Tinkerer

"M.E. boost." Suzaku said flipping several switches in the Lancelot.

"Lancelot now launching." Cecile said as Suzaku raced forward.

"Reaction confirmed one enemy knightmare." A Japanese Liberation Front soldier said.

"It moves twice as fast as the others." Another soldier said in a panicked voice.

"So what it will end up like the rest. Super electromagnetic shrapnel cannon, fire!" The lead soldier said.

"I warned you about this Lloyd." Cecile said as she covered her head as wind erupted from the utilities tunnel.

"He doesn't want to play decoy, he is going for the goal." Lloyd said excitedly.

"What it dodged it. No matter. Fire again." The leading Japanese Liberation Front soldier said calmly.

"Yes it can take this level of destructive force." Suzaku said as he deflected the Raiko shots with the blaze luminous on the Lancelot's arms.


Hotel

Zero and The Princess

"I've brought the prisoner I radioed about earlier." The leader of the group of soldiers escorting Princess Euphemia explained, pulling off a salute as they neared the large, private office Kusakabe had set himself up in "She claims to be Princess Euphemia Li Britannia."

"A valid claim, it would seem." A cultured and modulated voice noted, the door to the room opening to reveal the masked visage that Euphemia recognized from the recordings of Suzaku's release that had been aired all over the globe.

"Zero…?" Euphemia exclaimed, looking shocked at the sudden apparition of her half-brother's killer standing no more than ten feet away from her standing calmly. "What are you…?"

"Doing. I was just talking with Kusakabe." Zero replied, even as a shocked cry came from behind him, "It would seem that the Lt. Colonel and his men have chosen to perform seppuku after realizing how meaningless this attack was."

"Suicide…?" Princess Euphemia stammered as she looked around, her eyes widening at the sight of the strewn corpses littered about the room, all in a series of poses that made it clear they had been the ones to kill themselves. "But why would he do this?"

"Kusakabe merely took this action to show the world the honor of the Japanese and that the Japanese people are not dead yet." Zero informed her with a sad tone as he watched the remaining soldiers run off while shouting to the other soldiers that it was over. "However, he realized that such futile methods would accomplish nothing. After all, even if his demands were met…how would he and his men be able to escape?"

"Still…" Euphemia noted, looking down at the Lt. Colonel's face which was as solemn in death as it had been in life, her own features taking on a look of pained regret and pity as she held a hand to her chest. "It is such a waste…"

"You show compassion for those that have threatened you?" Zero asked standing right in front of her, startling Euphemia with how close he was standing to her shoulder, his masked gaze locked onto Kusakabe "Even after he killed some of the hostages?"

"Violence is never the answer." Euphemia countered, her face setting in resolve as she looked at the man that killed her brother "If a means can be found to negotiate without the loss of life, then we, as a people, should strive for it-!"

She flinched slightly as Zero's hand came up but instead of striking her, he simply put his gloved hand on her cheek.

"Euphemia," Zero said, his voice laced with a small hint of approval. "Willing to sacrifice yourself for the greater good and for the safety of the commoners. You really are as compassionate, if not even more so than my sources claim."

"What?" Euphemia said surprised and taking a step back.

"Surprised? You shouldn't be. I make sure to do some research on anyone that I might have to face, Sub Viceroy." Zero said while lowering his hand back to his side.

"Why did you kill my brother?" Euphemia asked after gathering her nerve.

"Oh, you mean Prince Clovis. I killed him for many reasons, the main reason being that he order a massacre of an entire ghetto full of people just to cover up his precious Code R project." Zero said with distain. "He even had the nerve to beg for his life after ordering a massacre of civilians."

"What?! Clovis wouldn't do that. Clovis was a kind and gentle person." Euphemia said in disbelief.

"Really? Then you definitely will not believe that your sister almost recreated the massacre in the Saitama ghetto just to lure me out. If I had not gotten most of the civilians out then Princess Cornelia would have had them all killed." Zero said calmly.

"Is that true?" Euphemia asked after standing in silence for a few seconds.

"Yes but do not take my word for it, ask Princess Cornelia yourself." Zero said.


Lotus and The Teacher

"Ohgi you guys ready." Kallen said as her group walked toward Ohgi's group.

"We are ready when you are." Ohgi said.

"Alright then let's move." Kallen said as her group moved forward.

Ohgi turned to the group behind him. "We will be giving Kallen's group cover fire, remember. Aim your rifles high and avoid hitting the hostages." Ohgi instructed as the people behind him nodded before preparing their guns.


Lotus and The Inventor and Lovestruck and Innocents

"This is all my fault…" Nina sobbed as the xenophobic girl held onto Milly for dear life as she tried to fight back her tears, her face buried in the older girl's chest "If I hadn't said anything then she wouldn't be..."

"Don't talk like that." Milly said, shaking the girl gently, hugging her close to her chest. "None of us knew this was going to happen."

"But…!" Nina exclaimed, the girl's eyes filling with tears as she gazed up at the class president desperately, as if begging for this nightmare to end "Because of me, Princess Euphemia…!"

"She'd have been discovered eventually." Shirley assured the girl, even though she was feeling a little uncomfortable with the current situation "I mean someone was sure to notice her. And she's the sub-Viceroy of Area 11, they wouldn't harm such a valuable hostage."

"Don't be so certain." A guard countered looking smug "Lt. Colonel Kusakabe isn't the forgiving type, and he despises Britannia more than anyone." He smirked "I wouldn't be surprised if he roughed her up a bit, just because he can."

"You monster!" Nina railed, whipping round to glare desperately at the offending guard, only to flinch as the man aimed his rifle at her threateningly, Milly and Shirley covering her with their own bodies without a second thought.

"Watch your tongue, bitch." The man warned, his tone mocking "Though maybe we should thank you, you've given us such a valuable hostage after all." His smirk grew decidedly more sinister as he cocked his rifle "In fact with a Princess of the Empire as ransom, what do we need riffraff like you for?"

The hostages gasped, looking around in alarm to find that several other members of the guard had similar expressions on their faces, the group screaming in panic as the rifles came to bear on them, and Shirley's eyes snapping closed in desperation.

"Lelouch!" Shirley thought.

The doors burst open, the guards whipping round, only to be gunned down, their rifles falling from nerveless fingers as figures in black jackets and visored hats swept into the room.

'Those are not military uniforms…' Milly wondered, looking on in wonder as their rescuers crouched, checking the crowd for injured, some of them finishing off the guards that survived the original wave. 'And those voices are elevens.'

"All hostages secured." One of the rescuers noted before turning to a female with a crimson outfit on with a cape and katana at her hip and spiky red hair beneath her cap, who nodded, before dashing off down the hall "Alright, all of you, follow us to the exits."

"Who are you?" Shirley asked nervously, flinching slightly as the obvious eleven turned his visored gaze towards her even though it was without hostility "You aren't with the military so who are you here with?"

"We are with Zero." The visor-sporting man replied, shocked gasps filling the chamber as the hostages reacted to the vigilante's name, wondering what on earth he wanted "He sent us in to get you people out."

"Zero?" Shirley repeated, the confusion on her face shared by several other hostages, who were talking amongst themselves in disbelief, though some of them seemed hopeful "But why would he...?"

"No time for talk." The man interrupted, his tone strict and to the letter as he gestured towards the door, where two black-clad members were sweeping the hallway "We have to get you out now."

"Wait!" a desperate voice called out, the group turning to find Nina leaning against Milly, the bespectacled girl looking frantic, torn between her fear of elevens and her concern for a certain, pink haired royal "Princess Euphemia...!"

"Zero said he'd handle her personally." The man stated, his tone reassuring, though several members of the crowd still gasped in shock, and concern, only for him to gesture towards the hallway "Now move it!"

The hostages did so while internally praying for Euphemia's safety, many of them fearing that Zero was about to add another Royal to his hit list.


Zero and The Princess and Lotus

A series of knocks came from the door, Euphemia whirling round just in time to find a woman in a crimson uniform with a sword at her side standing in the doorway, her spiky red hair tamed by the visored cap she wore.

"Zero, all the hostages have been accounted for." The woman reported, pulling herself up straight as she caught sight of how Zero and Euphemia were standing so close to each other, the princess shivered slightly at the anger she sensed in the redhead's hidden stare "What should we do next?"

"Order a withdrawal, Q-1." Zero announced as he stepped past Euphemia in a fluid motion. "Have the hostages evacuated as I instructed, extraction method Gamma."

"Got it." Q-1 nodded, before turning her head to regard the confused Euphemia, who thought she detected a hint of jealousy in the woman's stare. "What about her?"

"I promised her sister that I would return her unharmed and I am a man of my word." Zero stated before turning to Euphemia and extending a gloved hand towards her. "Come, Princess Euphemia." Zero offered, his tone soothing and inviting as he gestured towards the open doorway. "Your transportation has been arranged."

Euphemia blinked looking at the offered hand in surprise, for some reason a fleeting image of the first ball she'd attended rising to the forefront of her mind, where she'd met with her half-brother Lelouch for the first time. The younger boy had asked to dance with her taking her away from the sheltering eyes of Cornelia to twirl her around the hall.

'No…it couldn't be…' Euphemia wondered, even as she placed her hand into his, allowing the masked vigilante to lead her out of the room and down the hall 'Could he really be…?'


Utilities Tunnel

White Knight and The Tinkerer

"That thing broke through salvo number five. I can't believe it." One of the Japanese Liberation Front soldiers said.

"Just don't panic. Deploy the quad link free fire arm gun. Batteries too. We will defend this point with our lives." The leading soldier said.

"Miss Cecile, it is time for me to use the VARIS." Suzaku said as he pulled out the VARIS.

"No, you could get killed." Cecile said worriedly.

"There is no room for me to evade. I will risk getting blasted to take the first shot." Suzaku said as he made the VARIS change to level five shot.

"Use maximum output, I don't give a damn if it destroys the guns. We prepared to die defending this spot. Smash em!" The leading soldier yelled.

The Raiko fired a shell at the same time the Lancelot fired the VARIS. The VARIS shot went straight through the shell and into the barrel of the Raiko, causing both to explode. Suzaku then made the Lancelot fire at the support block causing the hotel to begin to sink. Suzaku then had the Lancelot jump out the hole in the roof that was made by the Raiko exploding. However once the Lancelot was out of the tunnel the building exploded.

"My friends!" Suzaku yelled as he made the Lancelot rush towards the falling building.

"Warrant Officer Kururugi don't you dare!" Lloyd yelled as Suzaku charged toward the collapsing building.


Scribe

"What about the cameras in van three?" Diethard asked

"I told you that Zero took them." The other reporter said.

"Well then, let's hope pick up a signal from them." Diethard said.

"What are you doing Zero? Wasn't this part of your plan? To show us something?" Diethard thought.


White Knight and The Tinkerer

As the smoke cleared Lancelot was standing in front the ruble from the fallen building.

"Thank heavens he is alright." Cecile exclaimed happily.

"If he keeps having building's fall on him he won't be." Lloyd said relieved that the Lancelot was fine.

"Lloyd! Now is not the time!" Cecile yelled.

"I couldn't rescue them. They are dead. Damn it, I failed. Not again!" Suzaku said while slamming his hand on the counsel.

Suzaku then saw a large boat floating out of the smoke from the collapsed building.

'What the…' Suzaku wondered, activating the Lancelot's optics and zooming in on the boat. He saw Zero standing on the bow of the boat with several life boats filled to the brim with passengers.

"My friends are safe. He did it again…" The teen noted, a disapproving scowl marring his features as he caught sight of the vigilante standing on the prow of a speedboat in the middle of the life rafts. 'Using the wrong methods, he still managed to save everyone…"

Tearing his eyes away from the masked vigilante's visage, the recently promoted Warrant Officer's eyes widened as he caught sight of a familiar head of pink hair sitting alongside the hostages.

"Euphemia?!" Suzaku yelled out in surprise.


Zero and Lotus and White Knight and Battle Queen and The Scribe and Miracle Man and Goddess of Victory and The Tinkerer

All over the country, a masked man in a black cloak came on screen. "My dear Britannians." Lelouch said in his Zero costume. The screen then changed to show all the hostages from the hotel on rafts in the water. "Have no fear. All of the hostages from the hotel are safe and sound. I, Zero, return them all to you unharmed."

"Of all the brazen audacity." Cornelia hissed as she shivered in anger. "If we attack you those people will quickly become your hostages, won't they?" Cornelia asked rhetorically.

"Kill the video."

"I can't, it won't take my access code."

With a snap of Zero's fingers, the spotlight behind him erupted, revealing several men and women in black uniforms, each of them wearing a visor to hide their identities. Besides Zero was a figure with much more elegant clothing, a woman wearing a red pilot suit with silver shoulder coverings and black boots along with a crimson visor with a gold lens and elegant crimson cape with a silver emblem on the back of it that looked like a trident head.

"We are the Black Knights." Zero announced.

"Black Knights?" Cecile said confused.

"Ironic isn't it. Terrorists calling themselves knights." Lloyd said smiling.

"We of the Black Knights stand with all those who have no weapons to wield! Regardless of whether they be Japanese or Britannian!" Zero continued.

In a TV van nearby the hotel, Diethard Reid, a reporter who had been at Zero's debut to the public, was watching and listening to the speech intently.

"The Japan Liberation Front cowardly took innocent Britannian civilians hostage, to endear their pride and then mercilessly executed them. It was a wanton and meaningless act; therefore my knights and I have personally punished them." Zero voiced echoed in the country as most people watching the broadcast was now glued to their sit. "Just as Viceroy Clovis died in my hands for ordering the slaughter of countless unarmed Japanese." That proclamation caused murmurs throughout the assembled crowd.

"We refuse to standby and allow such cruelty to be carried out, and so we made Viceroy Clovis and Lt. Colonel Kusakabe pay for their foolish actions. I will not repudiate battle on a fair and level field, but neither will I tolerate a one-sided massacre of the weak by the strong. The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed!" Zero emphasized the last words of his statement and even Cornelia agreed to those words, although begrudgingly.

At the Japanese Liberation Front base at Narita, Colonel Kyoshiro Tohdoh watched the scene on TV. Behind him were his most loyal subordinates, which were called The Four Holy Swords. The feelings about Zero were mixed among them.

"People! Fear us, or rally behind us as you see fit! We, are the Black Knights!"

A girl by the name of Kaguya Sumeragi was another of those watching the speech intently. She had been infatuated with Zero since his debut when he rescued her cousin Suzaku.

"Where ever oppressors abuse their power by attacking, we shall appear again! No matter how mighty, how formidable our foe may be!" Zero said dramatically. "We shall continue to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves." Smoke began to slowly rise out of the yacht and was slowly spreading over the large boat.

'Knights... For justice.' Ohgi and the rest of the resistance group thought at the same time. They then understood what he meant when he called them the Knights of Justice. Most of the doubts they had had were dispelled as they understood just what Zero had meant. Their doubts about Zero had now vanish as they wordlessly agreed to trust in him with their lives at that moment.

"Those of you with power, fear us!" Zero said as he dramatically moved his left arm to the side, causing his cloak to blow to the side. "Those of you without it, rally behind us!" he said doing a similar action with his right arm. "We, The Black Knights, shall be the ones who stand in judgment of this world!" With that smoke completely covered the boat as the boat quickly moved toward the far side of the lake.


Mobile Trailer

Zero and Lotus and The Teacher and The Fool.

"A toast." Zero proclaimed while holding up a glass of sparkling champagne as he lounged on the sofa in the Black Knights trailer. "To a successful mission, and the Black Knights debut."

"Kampai!" Tamaki cheered, the rebels mimicking him as they tapped glasses, chatting animatedly amongst themselves as they did so.

The Black Knights had led the police on a fruitless chase, because after they ditched the stolen yacht, which incidentally belonged to the convention center in the first place, they escaped into the sewers, where the Mobile Base was waiting for a quick getaway. Zero had then surprised them all by breaking out some bottles of champagne and proposing a toast to their first successful mission.

Many of them were amazed at the level of faith the man had in them if he prepared such a surprise in advance. Others, like Ohgi and Kallen, simply marveled at how far the man thought ahead.

"But do not let your guard down." Zero warned them, his serious tone cutting through their revelry. "After all, this is but the first of many trials to come." He clenched his fist. "But we shall face them head on!"

Kallen smiled, leaning against the wall on the upper level as the cheers erupted around her, twirling her champagne around in its glass as the revelry picked up again.

"We've come so far…" Kallen mused, recalling how, prior to now, every day had been a battle for survival, and a battle they'd been losing badly. "We would have probably been wiped out in Shinjuku…" her eyes lowered as she recalled the first time she'd heard Lelouch's voice. "If it weren't for Lelouch…"

"Not drinking, Kallen?" a familiar voice asked causing the redhead looking up in surprise to find Zero standing next to her, his own glass untouched "I thought I would come up for some privacy…is there something wrong?"

"Just reminiscing." Kallen admitted, flushing slightly at Lelouch's proximity, before looking away to hide her embarrassment "I mean we couldn't have done any of this without you."

"I merely guided you here." Zero countered, reaching out and holding the Kallen's chin and forcing her to look up at him. "Everything would not have been possible without everyone's efforts."

"Lelouch…" Kallen said flushed, her face lighting up like her hair at the closeness of the man's mask, reaching up with her free hand to touch it, only for Lelouch's own hand to cover hers, halting her in her tracks.

"Not now…" Lelouch muttered. "We can talk more at a later time." Lelouch held up his glass "But for today, why don't you try to enjoy yourself with your friends."

Kallen blinked, before nodding. "Sorry Zero." Kallen said embarrassedly.

"Don't worry about it Kallen. Now come on, enjoy yourself." Zero said.

"Alright." Kallen said before knocking glasses with Lelouch. Kallen then walked down the steps to the party below, a smile on her face.


Lake Kawaguchi

White Knight and The Tinkerer

"Great job out there Suzaku!" Lloyd congratulated the young Knightmare pilot. "You really did a number on linear cannon out. We got some great data on the Lancelot."

Suzaku took a bottle of water that Cecile had just handed him, and took a big gulp before saying "I'm just glad that my friends and all of the other hostages were saved." 'Zero... What are you trying to do? You rescued the hostages and even me that one time, but you also killed Prince Clovis..." he thought.

"Suzaku, why don't you go back to school and spend some time with your friends." Cecile said. "I'm sure they're a little shaken up by everything that happened tonight, and you should let them know that you are glad that they're safe."

"But don't I-" Suzaku started to say.

"Oh, don't worry." Lloyd interrupted. "We're just going to be analyzing the data from tonight's skirmish. We don't need you for that."

"Alright, thank you." Suzaku said with bow before leaving.


G-1

Battle Queen and The Princess

On the G-1 base as it made its way back to the Tokyo Settlement, Princess Euphemia sat on the bridge with her sister. Cornelia didn't want to let her younger sister out of her sight after what had happened. Euphemia thought back to her meeting with Zero earlier. There was something about the way he held his hand out to her and the way he talked that was familiar to her, but what was it.

"Euphie is there something wrong" Cornelia asked since they were alone on the bridge.

"It is nothing, it is just something Zero said." Euphemia said quietly as she thought back to what Zero told her.

"What did Zero say Euphie." Cornelia asked interested in any information on Zero.

"Cornelia, did you really order a massacre of civilians just to lure out Zero?" Euphemia asked.

Cornelia was too stunned to speak. "That snake, he somehow knew that Euphemia would not have approved of what I did and turned her against me." Cornelia thought.

"No I did not Euphie. I just was taking care of some terrorists in the area." Cornelia said complacently.

"Then you will not mind if I ask some soldiers that were in Saitama what their orders were regarding civilians." Euphemia said suspiciously.

"The civilians were supporting the terrorists in the area." Cornelia said defensively.

"What if the terrorists were just hiding in the ghetto without their knowledge? Cornelia why would you do that?" Euphemia asked in a hurt voice.

"Most of the civilians were not there anyway. Zero somehow knew we were coming and brought in a red specialized frame that destroyed several of the Glaston Knights before Guilford managed to destroy its arms and the pilot ejected." Cornelia said trying to calm Euphemia down.

"Fine I will forgive you if you promise to never do it again. I do not want any civilians harmed." Euphemia said calming down after Cornelia confirmed what Zero said about the civilian death count being very low.

"I promise." Cornelia said honestly.

"Curse you Zero, you managed to outmaneuver me again." Cornelia mentally swore.


The Next Day


Ashford Academy

Lovestruck and White Knight and Innocents and The Inventor

The next day, all the talk around Ashford was about yesterday's events. Some was about Zero and the Black Knights, but most about Milly and the others being involved and appearing on TV. "I can't believe the only place I can spend my weekend outside of the house is at school." Shirley grumbled shortly after entering the student council room. With everything that happened, Milly had called everyone together today.

"I know how you feel." Milly agreed walking in with her. "This was not how I was expecting to spend today either." Shirley looked around and saw only Nina, Rivalz, and Suzaku.

"Where are Lelouch and Kallen?" Shirley asked.

"Lelouch said he was taking Nunnally somewhere today so neither of them is in school." Rivalz answered.

"Kallen said she was still feeling sick." Milly answered.

Shirley thought about both Lelouch and Kallen being gone at the same time. "No no, stop thinking like that. Lelouch is with Nunnally and Milly said that Kallen was sick, so it's not like Lelouch and Kallen are together..."

"Oh what is going on in that head of yours?" Milly said sighing.

"My darling Lulu is taking Kallen on a trip with his sister, she must be so close to them." Milly said in a teasing tone.

"Madam President! That is not it at all!" Shirley said loudly.

"Then why are you being so defensive?" Milly asked smirking.


Mobile Trailer

Zero and Lotus and The Teacher and The Fool

"Have you guys see the news? We're the talk of the town!" Tamaki exclaimed loudly putting the daily paper down.

"Yeah. I haven't seen a single news story today that wasn't about the Black Knights." Sugiyama said.

"And we are on the front in all the papers." Inoue added.

The Black Knights all sat in their headquarters as they waited for Zero's arrival. They were all talking about what happened last night, and throwing their speculations about what they would be doing next. After a few minutes, Zero entered and wasted no time quieting them down.

"Alright, now first things first. We need to assign a few positions in order to keep the operation running smoothly. Ohgi will be the second in commands, Kallen will be our Knightmare Commander and Inoue will handle the finances." Zero said.

"Wait why is Inoue in charge of the finances and why don't I have a position." Tamaki said obnoxiously.

"Ah, I almost forgot. Tamaki, you will be the Head of Base Maintenance." Zero said.

"Alright, wait what does that include doing?" Tamaki asked.

"You will be in charge of the base while Kallen, Ohgi, and I are not here and are in charge of making sure that the base does not run out of energy." Zero explained. "You will all start your duties once we get more members. Now, I found a source that will be able to get us a few mass production Japanese modified Sutherlands."

"What?" Minami let out.

"You serious?" Yoshida asked.

"What are they called?" Inoue asked.

"They are called Bikoheika and it will only be a few at first arriving in a several days, but we will eventually be receiving more." Zero said. "Kallen will handle piloting the first one. Kallen, they are based on the upgraded Sutherland that you piloted in Saitama."

"Wait, you mean Rai was able to get his hand on more Sutherlands?" Kallen asked.

"Yes, I managed to get equipment to mass produce Knightmare's and Rai has just finished upgrading it so it can mass produce the Bikoheika." Zero explained.

"Wait, who is Rai and how does Kallen know him?" Tamaki asked with several other members thinking the same thing.

"Rai is Zero's Knightmare designer and he had me beta test the Bikoheika." Kallen said.

"You will meet him later when we get the Bikoheika. However, for now we have a job to do. I have done some information gathering, and tonight we will be breaking up an illegal arms deal." Zero said.

"What? We already have to get to work after last night?" Tamaki asked.

"Yes. We need to strike now while the iron is hot and gather public support in order to increase our organizations size." Zero explained. "Now, let's move out."


Settlement

"Did you hear about last night?" one person was asking to another.

"Yeah. The Black Knights showed up at some warehouse and took out a bunch of criminals. I think there was some arms deal going on."

"Hey, the Black Knights showed up again last night."

"I heard. I don't know what happened, but apparently the Black Knights busted some politician who was embezzling money."

"Zero and the Black Knights appeared again! They..."

"Zero is awesome! Him and the Black Knights..."

"Zero really is a knight for justice!

"The Black Knights!"

"Zero!"

By the end of the week, almost everyone in the Tokyo settlement was talking about Zero and the Black Knights. Over the week, the Black Knights showed up again and again, and did just as Zero had proclaimed. They took down various people from criminal syndicates, to terrorists who involved civilians, and corrupt politicians, all fell to the Black Knights. As news of their exploits traveled, support for them grew as well.


Authors Note

Sorry for the cliffhanger last chapter but this chapter required some editing so I was unable to post it with the other chapter.

Last chapter I have a summer job starting soon so I will probably just work on the story in a big block and after my summer job is over I will edit and post the chapters.

Thank you to JimistheName for pointing out a spelling error in this chapter


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