'Speech'
'Thoughts'
"Wireless communication"
"Telepathy"
"Geass"
Author Notes: Another new chapter for you glorious people! I'm sorry for the erratic updates. But I'm back on a schedule! STEM has been hectic this year. Atleast I like coding. Also, the whole dream sequence with Kingsley is a way for me to get Lelouch to hate the White Knight without too much effort, as this is a Suzaku bashing fic. For those who have seen Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, I feel that the way Lelouch is turned into Julius Kingsley, it would definelty have had left some scars to his psyche. For those who have not seen the Akito OVAs, the basic origin story for Julius Kingsley is that the Emperor, before setting Lulu up as bait for CC, turns him into Julius Kingsley, a ruthless Military Advisor, who is charged with grinding the EU's Eastern front. His character is basically like a version of Lelouch who did not have Nunnally to root him to his humanity, a demonic version of Lelouch, the person who could easily have surpassed the Demon Emperor in terms of cruelty if given the chance. (If you are disagreeing, I urge you to recall the Ark Fleet plan, and how he basically arrests Grand Duke Valaines when he refuses to march into the EU in fear of civilian casualties. Julius calls him weak.) and also, Charles's Geass on him at that time was definitely imperfect, as Lelouch breaks through it. We don't know if he rememberes anything about the events of Euro Britannia by the time CC gives him his memories back in R2, but I'm gonna assume he did.
Start!
Zero and The Inner Demon and The Ace
'My...inner demon?', the raven haired teen asked the man with an eyepatch sitting infront of him. 'Yes, Lelouch, your inner demon. The person you would have been if you did not have Nunnally to make you kinder. Suffice to say; I know you better than you do.', then he picked the black King chess piece up from the chessboard and started fiddling with it, and said, 'Answer me honestly Zero, what do you feel about Suzaku Kururugi?', a bit puzzled, he replied, 'He's my best friend.', with an evil smile on his face, Julius punched Lelouch with all his strenght. 'AARGHH! What was that for?!', and then Julius screamed, 'Liar! You hate him!'
Then suddenly an alarm clock materialized out of nowhere and started beeping. 'Rescued by the bell, but be warned, till you do not acknowledge your hatred for Suzaku Kururugi, we will keep meeting, Zero. Farewell...for now.
The raven haired teen woke up in a cold sweat, 'Do I really hate him?', he thought, as memories of the White Reaper flooded his mind. Most prominently, the when he had sold him out to the Emperor for a position in the Knights of the Round, holding his left eye closed as Charles zi Britannia rewrote his very existence. He had allowed Charles to do that twice now, turning him into Julius Kingsley-the Emperor's lapdog, and then turning him into the amnesiac Lelouch Lamperouge, the walking corpse-with neither hopes nor dreams nor ambitions.
Those thoughts caused his throat to tighten, 'Screw the seven years of friendship, Suzaku Kururugi, I Lelouch vi Britannia, Zero hate you. And I promise you, that I will take everything precious away from you, I will strip you of your humanity, and then when you are begging for death, when you are nothing but an afterimage of your former self, I will kill you!', seeing the dark expression on his face, Kallen sat on his lap, and facing him, said, 'What's bothering you, Lulu?', and he explained the entire dream, along with the origin story of Julius Kingsley. 'So that bastard sold you out twice?' she thought. But instead she asked him, 'So, what do you think about Kururugi?', and he, with no hesitation replied, 'I hate him.'
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Ace and The Leader and The Teacher and The Idiot
'The time has come, today, is day that marks the birth of the Black Knights.', he said, clad in his Zero costume, without the helmet on.
The door of Warehouse J opened and Kallen, along with Naoto, Ohgi, and Tamaki entered. 'Like this?' he asked them as he saw their eyes take in their base. 'Holy Hell! This place is amazing!', the loudmouthed resistance fighter said. 'I'm glad you liked it.', the raven haired teen replied. Naoto, then turning towards him said, 'So, do you really think joining up with us was a good idea?', he may have had accepted him, but it was still tough for him to start trusting a Britannian prince. 'Yes.', as if noticing his ensemble for the first time, Ohgi asked him, 'Hey, what's with the clothes?', then standing he said, 'Japan needs a symbol, a symbol to unite it against the evils of Britannia, a symbol of hope, of justice! Japan, no the world needs Zero!', puzzled Naoto asked him, 'Zero? As in nothing?'
The former Demon Emperor then said, 'Zero is not a person, he is a symbol, a symbol of justice, a symbol that will unite the world against the evils of the Holy Britannian Empire and the madness and monstrosity of Charles zi Britannia's reign. He will be the sword and sheild of the weak, the Champion of Justice. And you, my friends will be his Black Knights, the Knights who roam the battlefield freely, bound to the biddings of no leige, only serving the cause of justice.', the hothead, not being able to grasp the depth of the words being spoken, said, 'You filthy Brit! None of us care about that crap. Our only concern is the liberation of Japan!', mentally wincing, he said, 'Oh, then tell me Tamaki-san, how is mindless terrorism going to free Japan? How is it going to serve any purpose except the further ostracizing your people?', Naoto said, 'He is correct Tamaki. Even with all our efforts, we have not been able to do anything.'
'See, that is the problem. Mindless terrorism and the killing of innocent bystanders, wether Japanese or Britannian, is not going to free Japan. If we really want to free Japan, we need an army.', Ohgi then said, 'But what about the JLF then?', snorting Lelouch replied, 'The JLF is nothing, relics of a bygone era, they have begun relying too much on Tohdoh. They haven't even done much except hide in the Narita mountains like cowards.'
'Anyway, here are your uniforms.', said Kallen, placing the box with the uniforms on the coffee table. Opening it, Tamaki said, 'Holy shit! This shit's custom!', smirking the former Demon Emperor replied, 'As you can see, your uniforms have been custom made to fit you well. They have a double weaving of Kevlar.They are pretty flexible too.',
Kallen then said, 'Oh! And mother will no longer be living at the Manor. We have personal quarters for all of you. She'll be living here mostly. You should really consider seeing her sometime.', she said to Naoto.
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Ace
Having unpacked all of Kallen's personal articles, she had officialy moved in with her boyfriend. They were in his room, settling down for the night. Lelouch was currently sitting on a chair, making a few plans for the future operations of the Black Knights. Seeing that he was already tired, Kallen went and sat on his lap, and said, 'Lulu, this can wait, come to me, we need to sleep, tomorrow is the school festival after all.', and then kissd him. 'Hmm? Alright. In a minute.' he said. Not satisfied by his response, she took his laptop and turned it off. Then, making a puppy dog face, with her deep blue eyes and cute face, she said, 'Pweaaaase?', seeing this he had to oblige.
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Inner Demon
'Welcome! Welcome! Like this place?', Julius Kingsley said, 'Can't really say, this cell does not hold fond memories. From my own greif and depression, to Sir Kururugi trying to choke me to death.', the former Demon Emperor replied, with a bitterness and hate evident in his voice, as he recalled exactly how Suzaku had earned the title of the Knight of Seven. 'Bastard.' he thought. 'Correct!', Kingsley said, as if being able to read his mind, he then continued to ask, 'So, what opinion have you formed over Kururugi?', with no hesitation, Lelouch replied, 'That bastard betrayed everything he believed in. From his country, to his people, his best friend, to Nunnally and Euphie. I hate him.', impressed, Julius then asked him, 'So Arthur Pendragon, what will you do when you face Sir Lancelot on the battlefield?'
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Ace
'Where...where am I?!' Kallen Kouzuki thought as she took in her surrounding, relaxing when she realised that she was in Lelouch's room, on top of him. 'On top of him?', she looked below her to notice that he was still sleeping peacefully. Eyeing the alarm clock, she saw the time, 8:00 a.m., 'It's eight?! Damn we're soooooo late. Milly's going to flay us alive. I should probably wake him up.' , she thought. She then began whispering into his ear, 'Wake up, Lulu.', and started kissing his jawline, making her way down to his neck. Soon enough, he woke up.
After rushing through a shared shower and a hasty breakfast, they both were running to the Student Council meeting room.
Zero and The Ace and The President and The Lovestruck and The Mechanic and The Genius
'Lulu! Kallen! You're late!', Shirley said, while internally grimacing as she saw the object of her adoration with another girl. 'How could he?' she thought. 'Yeah, sorry, we were up late unpacking Kallen's things into my room last night.', then, Milly, in her typical She-Devil voice, said, 'Oh! You two finally moved in together?', she asked, hearing this, Shirley and Nina, both blushed a bit. 'Whaaaaat?', they thought.
'Anyway, lets not get sidetracked here! Lelouch go to the control booth, Madam President, Nina, get Nunnally and reach the central stage. Shirley, the Swim Club Cafè needs you! And Kallen, you, need to be in the haunted house.', Rivalz said, taking the initiative for the first time.
(Scene Skip)
The President and The Genius and The Blind Princess
The Ashford Academy School Festival was obe of the biggest events in the Tokyo Settlement, with hundreds of visitors and many, many attractions. But, it all kicked off after the opening ceremony, a ceremony which was of utmost importance to the Student Council, as it was really the only way in which their blind and crippled Honorary Member Nunnally Lamperouge could contribute towards the festival.
'And the Ashford Academy School Festival is about to begin! It will kick off when this little angel here, gives the signal!', and then, Nunnally Lamperouge was helped to the microphone by Nina and Milly.
Taking a deep breath, and tuning her voice to a high frequency, she let loose a loud 'MEOW!!', and then taking the microphone from her, the Ashford Heiress tossed it into the air, and when it reached the palm of her right hand, she said, 'And now I Milly Ashford, the Student Council President declare the Annual Ashford Academy School Festival open! Enjoy visitors!'
Zero
From inside the control booth, from where the former Demon Emperor could view the entire school, he was the one who was managing the entire school festival. 'Robert, the Swim club needs chocolate powder and fresh strawberries, Linux, go and help Arnold cut the tomatoes for the giant pizza. Nina, assist the robotics club prep the Ganymede, and bring it out to the front stage. Someone get the pies to the eating competition.', he gave a rapid string of orders. Predictably, it had been him who had to pilot the Ganymede for the 108 inch pizza, as Kururugi had not yet been enrolled into Ashford Academy, and Kallen was supposedly of frail health.
(Scene Skip)
The Ace
'Haaaaaaaaaaaa!!', Kallen Kouzuki screamed, as yet another couple passed by the graveyard inside the haunted house. Although the heat did not bother her as much, she was still frustrated, as she remembered how much she had hated doing this in her past life. But it seems that Fortuna was indeed favouring her, as an alert flashed on the LCD screen that was attached to the base of the grave, 'Kallen Stadtfeld, you have been relieved of your duties as the Graveyard Ghost temporarily, you may go and witness the creation of the 108 inch pizza. Sincerely, Former Master of the World.', smiling at the inside joke, she got up, and went towards the haunted house.
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Ace and The President
'And now, the Giant Pizza! This pizza will be 108 inches in diameter. To make this humongous delicacy, a very special cooking instrument will be used, the Ashford Family Ganymede! Piloted by none other than our very own Student Council Vice President Lelouch Lamperouge!', as the former Demon Emperor took the stage. Some of the outsiders, namely students from another school, swooned when they saw the seemingly perfect male approaching the third generation Knightmare. He got in without much ceremony.
Inside the indigo colored Knightmare, Lelouch held the controls, taking a deep breath, he raised the right arm. 'Damn, this thing is clunky as hell!', he thought. Having had a taste of the beauties that were the Gawain and the Shinkiro. Also, his training sessions in the Gloucester Simulators had improved his proficiency in the cockpit.
Rolling and flattening the dough expertly, he laid the sauce on. After ensuring that the whole pie was covered with the sauce, he started laying the toppings.
Various sections of the pizza had various toppings-from the classic pepperoni to bacon and chicken tender, and then vegetarian. (Yuck!)
'The giant pizza was a huge success.', Milly said with elation in her voice, as everyone was eating and Lelouch was taking a well deserved break. 'Mmmmm? Yeah.', Kallen said, 'Too bad CC isn't here with us, she would have had loved to take a bite out of the giant pizza.' the former Demon Emperor thought. 'And thinking of her, where did Kallen and her group steal that canister from? I gotta ask her sometime around.', and then Milly said, 'Lelouch, take a break, go and enjoy the festival, I'll call you if I need something.', and the former Demon Emperor replied with a heartfelt, 'Thanks Milly.'
(Scene Skip)
Zero and The Ace
They both were enjoying the festival very much, walking with their hands entwined, stopping frequently to play a game or taste some of the food offered.
(Scene Skip)
The Artist
Prince Clovis was many things, an artist, a brilliant actor, a skillful politician, the Viceroy of the country with the largest reserves of Sakuradite, the beating heart of the Britannian war machine, but a commander he was not. He didn't have the skills required for it, he lost his cool easily u der pressure, and made strategic blunders at which his brother Schneizel would laugh at.
And currently he was fuming. Those sub-human monkeys who had killed Lelouch and Nunna had stolen his Sutherlands. They were going to pay.
Dearly.
'Bartley, alert Lord Gottwald, tell him that the 5th Moblie Battalion and his Purebloods are going for some "urban cleansing" in the Aoyama Ghetto.
Author Notes : And end!!!! Frankly I'm sorry for the lack of updates. Clovis has made a move, what will out Balck Knights do? And what about CC? The next few chapters are going to mostly focus on war. Also Clovis is so dead, isn't he? Also, I asked a friend (he hasn't watched CG)about his opinion on the timeline changes the CG world has, namely, the Humiliation at Edinburgh and the failure of the American Revolution. What's your opinion on them? Tell me in the reviews. (Note that I would appreciate an objective analysis, where you gotta assume that you don't know about the Holy Britannian Empire's establishment. So basically, what you think would have had happened. )
Vegeta out!