Sorry for the late release. Sorry for any garmmer mistakes, this was a rush job (I need to find a beta). Here is the next chapter.
California
It has been almost 5 hour since Haruna last saw Aizen. She found herself in a forest, as the sky is going darker as sundown is starting. Haruna smirks a bit. Even if Aizen finds her now, she has the home field advantage as sun's position, extends the shadows of the trees. She finds underneath the trees, waiting at least a minute in one spot, then move on to the next, until a safer spot is found. She also did her best to stay off the ground using her wings, landing only when it looks safe. She know Aizen's powers. If she lands on the ground and he can feel her, it the end of the chase.
"The time!", thought Haruna as she sees that its 2 minutes until the time limit is up, "Good, then let finish this."
Aizen lands to the entrance of the forest that Haruna is, he then uses his powers to find Haruna. He wears a smirk on his face when he finds her.
"There she is.", thought Aizen before realizing something, "Why is she just sitting there? Is she expecting me?"
Aizen goes to where Haruna is, as he fly off the ground and goes the direction Haruna is.
"It would be rude if I didn't come."
Aizen spots where Haruna is. She is just standing, perfectly still, with her back turn. Aizen lands several feet behind her back as he walks up to her.
"Haruna, I see that you gave u-"
Aizen pauses as he can sense something. He then smiles as he felt something interesting.
"I see.", said Aizen with a smirk, "You really have improved."
Several dark figures appear as they step away from the front of Haruna, revealing themselves. They all look like Haruna, as they then construct scythes. Haruna also turns as a she construct a scythe of her own..
"The last time a remember you, you can only create 3 shadow clones in only two minutes. Now there are 8 clones now.", said Aizen, who is impress.
"With only one minutes left, I should at least try to kill this bastard.", thought Haruna as the clones surrounds Aizen.
"8 on 1, huh.", says Aizen with a grin on his face, "Well let me show you no matter how many people you have with you, you can't beat me."
"SHUT UP!'", yells Haruna as two of her clones from the opposite sides of each other, charges at him.
The two clones' scythes were about to reach Aizen, but the scythes didn't reach him as Aizen's power stop the clones at their place with the scythes standing still only a few inches from Aizen. He then stick his hands out at the clones and using his powers, push them to trees, as they disappear. Another shadow try to attack Aizen from above, but Aizen then creates a purple sphere from his powers on his hand and throws it at the clone, where it disappear from impact. The remaining clones then try to attack Aizen, surrounding him, as two then jump above and the other three. Meanwhile, Haruna is holding still as she is gathering as many shadows as she can.
"I see, she planning on using her strongest weapon.", thought Aizen as the clones draw closer, "Doesn't matter, my powers will finish all of this."
Aizen then uses his powers, and suddenly, the all the remaining five clones where crush into the ground. Shadows then start to cover Haruna as Aizen turns his attention to Haruna.
"Well then Haruna.", said Aizen with a psychotic smirk, "Let see what more powerful! Your power over shadows or the power of one of the fundamental forces of this universe!"
The ring is heard before Aizen and Haruna can ether attack. It was Aizen's cellphone telling him that the time limit is up.
"Well, times up.", announces Aizen as his face returns to normal, "Let play this game tomorrow."
Before Aizen can leave, Haruna charges at Aizen with body covered in shadows. She barely can construct the shadows to her best weapon, but she uses this chance as Aizen's guard is down. It turns out, his guard wasn't down as Haruna then crashes into the ground. Aizen's powers crushing Haruna into the ground as she trying yet failing to get off the ground.
"Down Haruna.", said Aizen has he then floats up into the air, "You can't beat, no matter how much to want to. You can't kill me, no matter how many tricks you can't, and also-"
Aizen's eyes turn cold as Haruna looks up and makes a deadly glare at Aizen.
"You can't erase that fact, you belong to me."
Aizen fly away, waiting until the next day to play another game with Haruna. Haruna finally gets up as Aizen's power disappear along with him. Even though Aizen's powers are gone, Haruna collapse into the ground as she holds the ground in frustration. Even if her strongest weapon has finishes its construction, Aizen would have still won the fight. It was frustrating, that no matter how powerful her shadows are, his control over gravity is greater.
24 Hours Later
X-Mansion
Lelouch, in a medical bed in a medical room with no else in it, wakes up. On him now is a medical gown. He try to get up, but he felt pain in his shoulder.
"Ngh!", grunts Lelouch as he holds his right shoulder, "What happened?"
Lelouch recollects his thoughts as he remembers what happened. After fighting against a superhuman, Lelouch and Gavin were then surrounded by a group of normal humans. Fearful, angry humans, one of whom shot Lelouch in the shoulder. Lelouch did what ever he can to get him and Gavin to back to the house, only for Lelouch to faint after landing in the yard.
Lelouch then gets down from the bed and goes outside the room. He discovers that he in the basement of the X-Mansion. Lelouch then goes to Beast's lab to see if he there. As it turns out, he is right.
"Lelouch!", said a startled Beast, wearing his lab coat and glasses, "I see that your awake."
"The bullet only glaze my shoulder." huff Lelouch as he then looks at Beast, "What happened after I fainted?"
"Well, after you fainted, Young Gavin came in, yelling that you were injured.", explains Beast, "I then grabbed and placed you on their table, I use whatever the Underwood have in their house to stop the bleeding."
"And then?"
"We then found a hospital that perform surgery to get the bullet out. After that, we flew you out, via a Blackbird I requested for."
"I see.", said Lelouch looking down on the floor, "I have two questions?"
"What is it?", wonders Beast.
"What happened to Gavin?"
"After the incident, his sister immediately agreed to get Gavin into the school. But, it seems that he might be coming tomorrow."
Lelouch raises his eyebrow and asks, "Why so quickly?"
"It seems that several students from his school saw him and decides to harass him by use graffiti on his house. It would be best if he gets away before the harassment gets worse."
"I see.", said Lelouch as he feels bad that his young man's future was ruined by hatred of mutants.
"Then what is you other question?", asks Beast.
Lelouch looks at Beast as he want to know something about Beast, after seeing prejudice towards him for the first time.
"When I first found out about the situation mutants are facing around the world, the most I think about is that government restricting mutant rights.", explains Lelouch, "But then, when I found myself surrounded by a mob, I thought this somewhat similar to what most non-Britannians face in Britannia. But, then, after I was shot in my shoulder, I turn for a second to see the man who fired the gun. In his eyes, it was not of that arrogance, thinking that he more superior than me or that he simply just want to hurt somebody, like most Britannians. It was that of fear."
"Fear, that what motivates them to attack us. To reject us.", Lelouch continues, "And even after all that, how is it that you X-Men manage to put up with all that for 10 years?"
Beast looks at Lelouch, with eyes full of resolve before answering, "Actually, it was a hard and sufferable life, even now. I happen to get in to the same situation as you when I was about your age. Me and Bobby Drake, Iceman, helped save a couple of people, but in return, some witness start to attack us, even one of the people we saved. At times, I felt like giving up. Just leave the mansion and go underground where nobody will attack me."
"Then, what made you stay?", ask Lelouch, curious on why Beast still here and making an attempt on peace between mutants and humans.
"Because, what good would that do?", answers Beast, "I am a mutant and what good is attacking humans? I'm also needed within the X-Men. I have a power, whatever if its my powers or my brain, to help the situation. To change our situation. That why I'm still here."
Lelouch just looks at Beast. Because he has a gift that can help the situation, he stays. Lelouch doesn't now what to think of that. In a way, that pretty admirable.
:Now I have a question to you?", ask Beast.
"What is it?", questions Lelouch.
"The situation in your world, with Britannia conquering nations and discriminating non-Britannians and how different and similar the situation here, how do you fell about those and about what the X-Men do?"
Lelouch just pauses there. With a stoic look on his face. He thought about it for a while especially with what happened in Chicago and Seattle. He thought what does he think about all this.
"Hatred.", said Lelouch, "No matter what world I'm from and what world I come to, hatred still remains. The Britannians, subjected the civilians of other countries, Numbers, to discrimination and the racism the Britannian subject the Numbers too. This causes the Numbers, the Japanese mostly, to retaliate, attacking Britannia through terrorism. While most are resistance, not terrorist, that doesn't change the fact that many innocent people, even innocent Britannians, were killed out of hatred the Japanese because of the pain the Britannian put the Japanese through. Hatred, discrimination, racism, and suffering. Those things still remain in both our worlds."
"In a way, I might have causes more hatred because of what I did at Special Zone.", continues Lelouch, "Even though it was an accident, I still cause a war that causes many people to get caught in the crossfire, with hate and anger towards the one person who didn't deserve."
"I know about what happened in the Special Zone. While we are in that, I like for you give me your opinion on what would happened if the Japan Special Zone had succeeded?", ask Beast curious on Lelouch's option.
Lelouch smiles a bit before answering, "In a perfect world, Euphie would have become a symbol of a person with a good heart and will that despite the suffering in the world, she would have continued to shine light in the darkness. Euphie, Suzaku, I would have done everything in our power to keep the Special Zone a success and inspire Britannia to become a better country and make a gentle world. That what Euphie would have wanted."
Lelouch's smile then disappear before as his face looks cold and filled with despair, "But the reality is, that there is no such thing as a perfect world. Euphie would have face many factors that would have ether destroy the Special Zone or herself. I admit defeat because no matter what I do, I still lost, but there were several factors that could have stopped her. Like my father. He wanted CC. He would have destroy the Special Zone all just to drag me and her out to the open. Or, if a situation came up, that causes Schneizel to give up on the Special Zone, he would have Euphie to fend for herself."
"In the end...", said Lelouch with a sadden tone, "No matter how much good, Euphie does, no matter how gentle her soul maybe, she was just a piece being controlled by the powers to be and she doesn't even know it."
Beast looks at Lelouch and said, "If this is too much for you, you can answer another time."
"It's all right. It not like I deserve that luxury.", said Lelouch, "And about you first question, like I said, there is hatred, discrimination, and racism. But, there is a difference on why."
Lelouch looks at Beast with serious eyes before answering, "Britannians treat Number like their not humans because they feel as if Numbers are inferior compare to them. It simply using Survival of the Fittest as a reason why they should threat Number they way they should. This world, however, is different. Mutants are treated less than humans, because he are different. We have abilities that set us apart and one of us is bond to hurt other with our powers. That why humans reject mutants. Is not because of equality or nationality, but because of fear. Fear of things they don't understand. Fear of us."
Lelouch says this, thinking about man who shot him as the man has eye filled with fear. The reason for the discrimination, wasn't because of arrogance. It wasn't arrogance like Britannia, it was just genuine fear over something they don't understand.
The door opens and coming in is Cyclops. He sees Lelouch and is concern.
"Lelouch. Your up. How is your shoulder?", ask Cyclops.
"It fine. I feel a little pain now then I was when I got up minutes ago. There no need to be concern.", said Lelouch as Cyclops just receive a telepathic message from Emma.
"Scott, we have a visitor here. Lets play a game on who it is. He is someone who presence here means something bad is going to happen."
"The Watcher?", thought Cyclops.
"No, Colonel Fury.", telepathy said Emma, "He's here because our little visitor who's with you right now, fought a person of interest in Chicago and Fury knows about it. He demanding that he meets Lelouch face to face, saying that this is investigation and he is a witness."
Lelouch just stood there as Cyclops is having a telepathic conversation with Emma Frost.
"Is something wrong?", wonders Lelouch.
"Yeah, I seems you have a visitor. Colonel Nick Fury."
"Fury?", wonders Lelouch as he seen the name before.
"Nick Fury, the current director of SHIELD. He is heard to talk about your incident in Chicago."
Lelouch eyebrow raises as he recollects what happened back then. He concluded that it might have to do with Jackie and Gavin, the mob, or the woman he and Gavin fought. Out of all the three choices, the woman is the most likely on why a director of a huge organization is coming to him directly.
"But, why is a man like him coming to me directly?", thought Lelouch as he goes to the elevator.
Arriving to the head mistress office, Lelouch sees Nick Fury with Emma Frost sitting on her desk.
"Lelouch, this man right here is the director of the Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate or SHIELD. And it seems that he wants you tell him something that apparently doesn't concern us.", said Emma with an annoyed looking look on her face.
"I see.", said Lelouch as he turns to Fury, "My name is Lelouch Lamperouge. I nice to finally meet you, Colonel Fury."
"Your name is Lelouch, is that correct?", asks Fury.
"That right."
"I see. Emma Frost, do you mind if I ask Lelouch some questions in private if you mind?", ask Fury with a demanding tone.
"Yes I do mind, Colonel.", said Emma with a smirk, "Why do you want a resident of this house to be with you in private, when we can discuss this right here."
"This is official SHIELD business. It's classified. Let just say this kid just fought a person of interest."
"In that case, how about we discuss the case here."
"I'll go with him.:, announces Lelouch.
"Huh?", wonders Emma.
"But, I would like if I was accompanied by one of the X-Men. It can even be the Colonel's choice if that make the two of you satisfied."
Emma pauses for a second to think and came to the conclusion.
"Very well. Colonel Fury, choice whoever you want.", demand Emma.
"In that case, I pick Logan.", picks Fury.
"Of course.", sarcastically said Emma.
"Very well, now, where shall discuss this problem of yours?", ask Lelouch, trying to be polite.
"In a nice little dinner near the next town. I go there all the time if I want some privacy.", said Fury.
"Very well.", said Lelouch, but thought, "So, he wants to get away from Frost as far as possible. And the way, he almost immediately said "Logan" and the fact that he didn't even protest my suggestion could possibly mean that he wants to talk to that man too. Emma Frost, I know your hearing this."
"How did you know?", asks Emma.
"I can feel you digging into my head."
Emma stops the telepathic communication and thought, "He starting to feel my telepathy. Most people I use my powers on are unaware. Maybe it has something to do with his Geass."
"Lelouch may you step out of the moment while I call for Logan.", ask Emma.
"As long as this have something to with me, I rather hear what you have to say to Wolverine.", said Lelouch.
"I don't think you heard me.", said Emma as Lelouch starts to feel her digging into his mind, "Leave the office."
Lelouch, now mind controlled by Emma, leaves the office, as Wolverine appears from the upstairs and goes inside the office. As soon as the office door is locked, Emma's stops controlling Lelouch.
"What!?", wonders Lelouch as he wonders how he got to the hallway, "I see. That woman did something to me."
Lelouch looks around to see that he walked to the other side of the mansion. He raises his eyebrows and thought of how he usually did the same thing with his geass.
"So that's how it feels like.", thought Lelouch.
An Hour Later
Sitting in a dinner away from the X-Mansion, Lelouch and Wolverine sits in the same side of the table as Fury sits in the opposite end.
"So, what is it you want to know?", ask Lelouch.
"We'll get to that later.", said Fury, "But first, I want to know more about you."
Lelouch's and Wolverine's facial expression doesn't change as Fury ask the question to Lelouch.
"I should have known that Fury was going to ask that.", thought Logan, "But it looks like the kid is good enough to stay calm."
"Very well.", calmly says Lelouch, "What is it you want to know?"
"First, where are you from?"
"England, Colonel Fury. My father is of french descendent, explaining why my last name sounds French and my mother's grandfather name is Lelouch, who was born in France. It ironic that my name is French even thought I'm not even from France.", lies Lelouch.
"I see, then what happen to your parents?", ask Fury.
"Dead.", simply said Lelouch, "They both died at the same time. My parents weren't popular people. Let just say that they have a habit of doing things that other tend to disagree and it ended costing them their lives. I don't know all the details, but my former guardian, a friend of my mother, should know most about them."
"That very tragic Lelouch, other than you parents, any other relatives?"
"I have my full-blooded sister.", said Lelouch, but with a sadden tone, which he try to hide, "She is dead as well. An accident happened and-"
Lelouch just stops as he thinks about the FLEIA warhead and that Nunnally last moments were inside of it. Fury notices this, but decides to stop talking about it.
"Let stop talking about your family. Do you have any ID with you, so I can verify something.", ask, yet demands Fury.
"I lost my ID.", said Lelouch, "I can be very absent-minded at times."
"I bet you do.", said Fury.
"We'll get his proof that he lives here soon.", said Wolverine as he drinks his beer.
"In that case, I'll start the questions.", announces Fury, "Did you see who you were fighting?"
"Yes, it was a woman of Asian decent. She has black hair, brown eyes, and a darker shade of Caucasian. Her nose is also a little bigger then most. I found out what she look like after I burn her cat mask away."
"Cat mask?", wonders Fury.
"She looked a little absentminded as well."
"Does she have any powers?"
"Yes.", said Lelouch, "It seems that she can vibrate her body and her weapons. She can phase through object by vibrating to fast, she passes through and she can sharpen her weapons."
"Is that all?"
"No, she can't phase and sharpen her weapons at the same time. She can only do one or the other. She probably have other abilities she hiding, but that something I'm predicting."
"Your really observant.", compliment Fury as he studies Lelouch.
"You overestimate me.", responds Lelouch.
"But, I like to ask, how much experience do you have in fighting?", ask Fury, who curious about Lelouch.
"I only have two experience in fighting with the powers I've obtain. Seattle and Chicago.", said Lelouch, "But during those times, I only use my head to think of some plans. It was pretty tough trying to survive that experience, but I survived."
Lelouch has a smirk on his face as Fury stares at Lelouch. Wolverine is just watching the two, as he only to intervene only to keep Fury from using extreme methods to find answers from Lelouch.
"The Director of SHIELD and a guy who once led a huge scale rebellion at a superpower.", though Wolverine as he watches the two talk, "It sounds like witness questioning, but it more than that. Fury probably knows that Lelouch is more than just a normal mutant, seeing as how he got involved with two situations where a mutant with no experience in danger would most likely die, but he survived both. Fury wants to know more about Lelouch, but Lelouch, what is he up to?"
"I must ask, Colonel Fury, does this woman have anything to do with what happened in Seattle?", ask Lelouch.
"That's classified.", answers Fury.
"I see.", says Lelouch, "Then, what so important about this woman?"
"Like I said, its classified.", repeats Fury.
"I have another question.", says Lelouch with a grin of his face, "What reason do you have for bring Wolverine here?"
Fury's face stays the same as Lelouch just sits there with his smirk.
"Me and Wolverine go way back. You be surprise about how old I am.", said Fury.
"Not as my guardian, but what do you want to talk about to Wolverine.", said Lelouch with a more visible smirk.
Fury's eye twitch a bit, but he kept calm.
"You know, you really are a smart kid.", said Fury with his own smirk, "How did you know?"
"When I suggest an X-Men of your choice, you almost immediately chose Wolverine, but what set me off is the fact that you didn't protest. If you really didn't any one else to know, you would have protest. Also, why is it a top official of SHIELD came to the mansion, just for an investigation. That the part, where it got me to think, that you came here with an ulterior motive."
Fury has a more viable smirk as he can definitely see that Lelouch is no normal 18-year-old. Fury is now curious about Lelouch and Lelouch is curious on what Fury is really planning.
"If you excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom. You two can talk as much as you want.", said Lelouch as he leaves the table.
As Lelouch is now where in sight, Wolverine starts to talk.
"So, what is it you want me to do?", ask Wolverine glaring at Fury.
"Even without Lamperouge saying anything, you still now, right?", ask Fury.
"I known you for a long time Fury. I don't need my powers to see that you are planning something.", said Wolverine.
"In that case, Logan. Here something I want you to do. It concerns Latveria."
Later
Lelouch and Wolverine arrives back to the mansion. Before they went inside, Lelouch", ask Wolverine something.
"So, what did the colonel ask you?", said Lelouch.
"Let just say keep your distance from Fury. Otherwise you might get involved.", said Wolverine.
Lelouch looks at Logan as he went inside the house. Lelouch looks up to see that its getting dark. When he suspect that Fury is up to something other than an investigation, Lelouch though that having a top official in a large organization in his pocket would help him in this new life, but it seems that Fury might be tricky to blackmail. He felt his arm feeling back to normal as well. In the last four days, Lelouch fought an anti-mutant militant and a superhuman. Both with inexperience mutants. It felt weird, like something is controlling the way he living now.
"Now that I think about it, Damian is also coming tomorrow.", said Lelouch to himself as he goes inside.
The Next Morning
Emma Frost is checking her daily routine in searching for mutants, and she found one in a certain place.
"California.", thought Emma, "Somewhere in San Diego."
Emma thought of who should she sent in find this mutant. Her first thought was to sent Lelouch again, because he so far survive every encounter he faced and is still walking. But then again, she can't use him too much otherwise he would rebel. But what the point of wasting his lucky streak in terms of recruiting.
"This is going to be his last recruitment mission.", thought Emma.
Suddenly, she felt a huge spike in Cerebra. Two in fact, in California, but a considerable distance away from San Diego.
"Two mutants, both strong, but one of them is more powerful than the other.", said Emma to herself, "Maybe I should keep this to myself, until something happens between the two."
California
Haruna slept in a motel room, without the anyone working there knowing it. The first thing she wakes up to, was Aizen lifting the roof of the hotel with his gravity powers.
Now, Haruna quickly creates wings as Aizen sent the roof away.
"Same rules as last time, but let's have a ten minutes head start. I'll stay here, while you run and hide.", said Aizen with a psychotic smirk as Haruna gets nervous having to do this all over again, "We go until 4:00pm."
Haruna quickly fly out of the room and goes to where ever she can hide."
San Diego
In a farmer's market in San Diego, a boy with spiky scarlet hair is walking around. He wearing a dirty white jacket and torn pants with worn out boots. He has a stoic look on his face as he waits for his prey, a fresh watermalon the sller just put with the rest of the bunch. As one of the sellers turns around to check his stock of fruit, the boy then moved so fast, that by the time the seller turn back around, he notice that a watermelon is gone. The boy is outside the farmer's market as he listens to what ever he can hear. And the boy can hear everything that going on in the city.
That is for this chapter. Don't know how I feel about this chapter, but that is up to a build up for future events like where Lelouch and others will go to California and will face Aizen for the first time. So far you see what kind of powers Lelouch team will have. Haruna is going to part of the team as well as Damian and Gavin. Their powers are fire manipulation (with Geass enchantment), magnetism, and light, shadow, and sound manipulation (The kid in the last scene).
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P.S. this a question for all of you and if you want, answer this if you want to. That is, what would have happened if the Japan Special Zone was a success? What would have happened to the charters lives. There are many factors to see what would have happened, but I think the main three are Charles zi Brittnia's plans and how he needs C.C., Schneizel's true personality, and V.V. Give me your thoughts.