Code Geass: Alternate Rebellion
Phase 7 part 1 of 2.
A/N:I split this into two part because things go absolutely nuts next chapter. I hinted what Luluko planning to do right after Saitama.
And 10th Anniversary of Code Geass everyone!
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
7 years ago
Kururugi Shrine
"Thank goodness someone pointed us to the flooded bomb shelter",Genbu Kururugi was tendering to his son with disappointment,"What kind of idiocy compel you to try to dig yourself out! What was your first thought when you see water leaking through a crack!"
It was 3 hours ago when the eldest son of the Prime Minister of Japan was showing Nunnally vi Britannia an old world war underground bomb shelter he found. It was also for him to get to know the little sister of the girl who he started having strange feelings for. Since Luluko wouldn't let anyone near her little sisters and it wasn't until recently the princess let him hold a conversation with either of them.
Thankfully, the future white knight finally has a chance to speak with her once Luluko was out of the shed they live in,albeit in a hospital bed but more on that later. Nunnally was cooped up in the place for far too long and he took it upon himself to show her around the property even if she can't see. But she can still smell the flowers that grow in nearby fields, taste Japanese cuisine and not just what Luluko cook up, hear the language of his people(since English is the language spoken around their presences), or feel the wind outside. Even he wish Nunnally can see again.
Truth be told,he didn't view Britannian favorably, especially Royalties. Heck, if Luluko was a guy, He figured he would bully the scum. But like his mother use to say to him,he must always be gentlemen to the opposite gender. Suzaku initially ignores them but as time went by. He started getting curious about why exactly Luluko little sister always has her eyes closed. He finds it ridiculous until he overheard a conversation between the maids.
They mentioned how the two lost their mother in a brutal manner. That alone got the eldest son of the prime minister curious. He can relate to losing someone close to him at a young age.
So he tries to be nice to the two. He even made Kaguya act with dignity around the girls after he caught the Sumeragi teasing Nunnally about her blindness. It's a good thing too because an overprotective sister was nearby and planning to commit an international incident.
He can't exactly say the same for Luluko who for the first few month give him the cold shoulder or berated him for being an imbecile who mental capacity doesn't extend above counting push-ups. If he has to describe her at the time, bitchy or how his friends call it, rich Brit Bitch.
The same 'friends' didn't share the same ideals of kindness when after his Kenpo training with his Sensei. Normally, they would train at the shrine, but today, they took a trip to spar with students under different dojo.
As the sun set, he stumbled upon 4 boys several years older than him and twice his size was picking on someone very familiar in a densely wooded area. They were laughing, pulling on her dress, pushing her around, and calling her names. Luluko was trying to fight back,but it was a match she can't win.
"Get the fuck back!",she pushes one away before one knee her in the stomach and causes her to fall on her hands and knees, wheezing in pain. Then a painful kick to the ribs sends her falling over.
He gritted his teeth and yelled,"Hey! What are you guys doing!?"
That got the 4 brutes attention.
"Ah! Suzaku buddy!",brute #1 grinned,"Just showing your guest a Japanese welcome."
"You should've seen her face. When we drag her off of your property and make her feel the pain her kind cause us!",Brute #2 laugh alluring to the few bruises visible on her face and arm. Along with the ruffle up dress that sports a few tears here and there.
Barely able to contain his emotion he hissed,"You trespass onto my home and kidnapped someone my family is tasked to look over!"
"Yes?",Brute #1 aggressively grabs Luluko long raven hair, causing her to yelp in pain.
That was the breaking point as a fist make contact with Brute #1 nose, releasing his grip and sending him back as he clutches his broken nose.
Brute 2-4 was shocked by how quickly he moved, rush toward him in order to overwhelm a boy half their size; big mistake. The 3 were sent back by the legendary flying hurricane kick of the God of the storm,Raijin. Also known simply as Spinzaku.
The brutes were sent flying back with one already knocked out by the sheer force of the spin kick.
The first brute recovered after snapping his nose back into place,"You f-in traitor to your own people!"
Brute #1 threw a punch at the back of Suzaku head nearly knocking him out as his face hit the dirt ground. He turns in time to see the triumphant brute stand over him before he hunches over in pain as a horrendous agonizing strike,comparable to a thousand childbirth course from the bottom of his spine. He turns to see the 3rd Princess with her leg outstretched in between his legs. The 3rd Princess was promptly backhand away HARD. Luluko was knocked unconscious as she crashes into a tree.
Suzaku wasted no time getting up as he did the same thing Luluko did, but with an uppercut. He bends over, spewing curse before he was elbowed in the back of the head, dropping him again. The Kenpo student didn't have time to celebrate as he narrowly avoid a swing after swing from brute #3, not realizing brute #4 was using it as a opening to lock both his arms under the emerald eyes boy armpit and keep him still as brute #3 was landing hit after hit into the boy body until he got a little too cocky and did a wide swing that Suzaku says coming and duck his head underneath to allow it to connect with his buddy jaw instead of the Kenpo student temple.
The grip faulted and he saw an opportunity to break free by swinging both his legs up and use brute #4 as a springboard to put a bit of distance before he loosened one of his arms and suckers punch the left eye of brute #3. By then he was free and kept evading brute 1 and 4.
He uppercut one of them and kick the legs out from another. Before rolling out the way when another try to shoulder-check him.
Suzaku knows he can't stand a chance against all 3 of them. Maybe just one with the training Toudoh put him through. Therefore he must not take them head on and leave him no choice but to retreat and blend into the foliage. He jumps back,turn, and sprinted as fast as his leg can carry him as he weaves past trees, bushes, and boulders until they lost track of him.
"He's gone!",brute 3 yelled.
"When I get that little shit",brute 4 cursed,"split up and find him!"
The Kugurugi realize brute 1 is missing and therefore back with Luluko. He stealthily avoided the two as he slowly makes his way back to his princess.
It was only 3 minute of creeping around the darkened forest when he reaches his objection. Luluko was still knock out but started to stir.
Brute # 1 was looking at her in disgust and step on her head. From his vantage point, he can tell Luluko was bleeding on the left side of her face.
"Because of your people. My father business in Britannia is ruin. Because of you, I'm broke",he presses down harder,"We were going to rough you up a bit and send a little picture back to your homeland as an f you to your kind not to mess with us! Then your boyfriend has to get in-"
"I'm not her boyfriend."
"Huh?"
*Crack*
Suzaku was holding a broken tree branch and standing over the still breathing form of someone he once called a friend. He signed and walk over to Luluko, which he carried bridal style and ran for 5 minutes straight till he reach the front of his home. The bodyguards aka soldiers due to the possible war looming were shock to see their prime minister son collapse to his knees in front of them,holding a Britannian princess who gone missing not too long ago. A princess who they may or may not turn a blind eye to when she was being kidnapped.
The doctor looks over Suzaku who was more adamant about Lulu well-being that he forgot the crack ribs on his abdomen. Luluko suffers a concussion as well as bruising on many parts of her body. They didn't try to violate her, thankfully or else a certain green witch who was ordering pizza at the time would have murdered them, fix that all 4 boys are confined to an insane asylum. Wonder why?
She'll expect to make a full recovery by the time Suzaku almost drown Nunnally and have the audacity to act like nothing happened.
Which lead to the awkward position of Luluko from her bed, glaring at Suzaku with Nunnally between them, fast asleep. Kind of like a mother hearing the father doing something ridiculous when the mother was out. Suzaku father left a while ago,probably knowing what may-NO! Will happen again.
The brown hair boy brace himself as the little girl suck in her breath and then...sign. Instead of exploding onto him about whatever incompetency that deteriorating her brain cells.
"I'm glad you are okay",the raven-haired princess smile warmly at Suzaku. Who was entirely confused.
"Uhm, are you okay Luluko?",the boy question,"You're acting kinda off."
"Ooooh,you expect me to yell at you for nearly killing Nunnally?",the smile wore off and the tsundere like attitude return momentarily.
'How do I answer that?!'
"Yes?"
The 3rd princess huffed," Well, I-I may have been a little mean to you when we first met and you been respectful toward me. But I know with the hostility between our nation, I expected you to treat us like trash. I can see it in your eyes when we first met. You can't stand us."
"That not true!",he snapped,"I mean ya. You're right about my issue with Britannian. But even if I wanted to be cruel. I can't I-Luluko! What are you doing? Get back in bed!"
The princess, In a simple white nightgown, removed the bed sheet with a bit of struggle and try to stand up on shaky legs. Her hair was a tangled mess since she hasn't brushed them in a few days and still have a bit of bruising and scar from the assault.
She wobbled toward the white knight and try to drag him off of bed. She tries because the major strength difference between the two resulted in Suzaku holding completely still as Lulu valiant effort was hopeless as her feets drag across the wood floor.
"Private...talk...NOW!"
"Okay M'lady",he was sitting up in bed and easily removing the arm Lulu was pulling on to do a courteous bow. Not realizing doing so, cause Luluko to fall forward and tumble out the door.
"Sorry Lulu",he laughs uneasy.
"You DUNCE! I sprain the ankle!"
Suzaku was out of bed by then and next to a grounded princess.
"Do you want me to carry you",he asked.
"No no no! You have done enough! Just help me get up and I'll hop the entire way!"
"If you say so",he rolled his eyes and follow her out the door.
Once they were gone, Nunnally pouted and said,"Dawg it! I wanted to hear what they're talking about."
The private area just so happen to be the shrine. Which is up a flight of steps and since it night time, almost completely dark. Luluko Lamperouge was very clear about her hopping up herself that she didn't see how much of a bad idea it is. Therefore, despite her protest, Suzaku scoop her up mid-hop and carry her bridal style.
"Unhand me!"
"Do you really want me to let go of you on a flight of steps?"
She remains quiet with a scorn on her face.
Once they reached the top,Lulu insisted she wants to be standing when she talk to him.
"Now that over with. Look Suzaku, I'm thankful for what you did to them a few days back. I don't know if it was chivalry or stupidity. But it worked and it makes me realize since Nunnally and I will be staying here forever maybe",she looks down,"I want us to redo our meeting. That why I brought us here."
"To erase the vice of the past and dial everything back to…"
"Zero",they spoke at the same time and Luluko giggled.
"Let start over. I'm Suzaku Kururugi, Eldest son of the 12th Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi of the House of Kururugi. Member of the House of Kyoto. Hailing from the nation that produces 70% of the world Sakuradite and your honor host to her highness",he held out a hand.
"And I'm Luluko Lamperouge",the former princess clasp the boy hand in hers and shook.
"Wait? That it?",Suzaku was dumbfounded,"No Luluko vi Britannia,something princess, blank in line for the throne of the Holy Britannian Empire?"
"Well fuck my claim to the throne and fuck my father",she spun venom into her words.
"It not very princess like for you to speak like that",the eldest son of the prime minister pointed out.
"Well, I give up my claim to the throne on top having the blood of a commoner. That I'm not afraid to embrace! So my dad can go shove Excalibur up his!"
'Damn Luluko'
"It is because of what happened to your mother?",Suzaku asked.
"Yes",the 3rd Princess clench her fist,"I no longer hold any love for the homeland that betrayed me."
"I spoke with Nunnally and she tells me the ice queen routine is a mask for how you really act",the white knight smiled.
"Then maybe I'll let that mask slip around you then."
"Then it agreed. Let start tomorrow right by going down to the nearby beach. Show you around Japan. Maybe you find something you like. My treat."
"That sound lovely",Lulu nodded," My valiant kn-Samurai?"
"You can just call me your knight of honor",he corrected,"And how did they. Those ungrateful-"
"I wandered outside the shrine to find flowers to make necklaces with Nunnally and they ambushed me. They gagged me and carry me away to the forest where you found me."
"Do you want me to carry you down",Suzaku asked.
"Of course",she answers back,"I'm completely comfortable with it."
"But what if someone gets ideas?"
"Let them."
The knight of honor notices a slight red tint on Luluko cheeks. But he can't tell since the only source of light is a few dimly lit lamp to illuminate the shrine.
On the walk down, he took some time to think about his action. Suzaku Kururugi has betrayed his friends to save a Britannian. He looks down at the girl resting her eyes, a soft expression, void of the hatred and distrust when he first met her. If he willing to go that far for her, how far would he be willing to go if someone tries to kill her and by extension Nunnally. He has his answer once Britannia invades.
Back to Present
Luluko PoV
It has been weeks after Shinjuku and my announcement that the remaining terrorist cells are attacking more ferociously and vigorously than before. I wasn't able to take part in as many attacks as I wanted to, mostly with Kallen group. But Suzaku has been keeping a close eye on me and repel any attempt to leave campus for my extracurricular activities. It usually excuses like 'I need help with my homework, You need to go to the Principal office immediately (didn't know Suzaku would stoop that low...bastard), or you got detention'. But he can't keep watch forever.
On top of...well, my public display of affection toward Suzaku during the cat hunt. I should have thought it through because I have to 'convince' a sizable male population of the school to not murder Suzaku in retaliation for stealing their 'queen'. It was the greatest day of my normal school life to see my knight face as he struggles to form words at what happened. Now he using it as an advantage to follow me around without having it look like he's a stalker. I can't even make a call to Kallen group without triple checking if the idiot isn't eavesdropping or if Nina in the bushes again.
Under normal circumstances(as in I wasn't lady justice leading a revolution) I'm okay with it since I would be clingy around him. I do have a crush on my knight and only my knight. I find his stupidity charming and his steadfast determination to a cause...the wrong cause, a desirable trait. If only I can shift that stubborn loyalty to me, We will be unstoppable. I saw it in Lelouch memories. Including the same stupidity and contradictory that makes me want to strangle my knight.
And Nina! Her love for Euphemia has also shifted to me, of all people. I could have given her mix signal when I uttered, 'I don't care much for boys' and thought I was into girls. That is absolutely not true. Definitely not true. It not like I'm in denial mode.
My popularity, if I didn't give a damn about High School drama and social status in the first place, took a major hit. I could have been bullied to some degree if Geass wasn't my best friends on top of the actual friends at the student council and Reuben who banned discriminatory behavior.
"Did you actually send BNN those recording and testimony?",CC asked once she came across the coverage in the living room.
" Of course, it a tactic for me to show Suzaku I wasn't BS-ing the allegation",I rested on the couch ,"Suzaku will join me. Just wait till I break that stubbornness of his."
"For C-World sake. Lure your knight into bed already",CC roll her eyes.
"That the plan,I don't care about the sanctity of not having sex before marriage. I am a grown woman who going to make my own decision. He will be wrap around my finger",I grinned. It didn't last long when I felt the on so familiar newspaper hit the back of my head.
*Smack*
"Hey, Sayoko! What was that for!",I complained. When did she even get in here!
"No",she brought down the roll onto my head again.
*Smack*smack*
"Bad mistress! Bad!"
*Smack*Smack*Smack*
"No sex before marriage."
"I'm an independent 17-year-old woman. Who's free to make her own life-!"
*Smack*
"I'm going to Geass and Fire you!"
*Smack*Smack*
"What in that roll! It hit harder than usual!",I complained.
*Smack*
"Wisdom!"
*Smack*
"Fine! No sex before marriage! I got it! I got it!",I brace myself. I feel like Lelouch wouldn't get this kind of treatment. CC sleep naked for God sake and Sayoko is aware of her presence the entire time in his universe! Oh the hypocrisy.
Only for CC to be smack once.
"And don't coax my daughter into immoral behavior",my maid lectured.
I sweat dropped,"You only smack her once?"
I can feel a small lump form on the top my head from the assault.
"I don't consider to be my daughter so she free to do what she want",she turns toward me with the vile object,"But I won't have you losing your maidenhood in an improper manner."
"Can we undo the second mother thing?"
"No."
I growled in protest before Sayoko raise the roll again.
"Fine, Did my second Zero outfit arrive?",I ask my maid.
She nodded and brought in a cardboard box. I smile deviously and open it to see the similar design of my second outfit to a certain half sister. Maybe I dress like Euphie for the SAZ if it does happen.
"Are you really going there?",CC question.
"Yes."
I walk out with the briefcase in hand and approximately 4 hours before the start of Cornelia operation to flush me out. I was at the gate of the school until I stop in my track, right alongside Milly. I look down to see a young teen around my age with white hair and torn clothes.
"Do you think...we should-",I interrupt Milly.
"No!",I yelled,"Take him to the infirmary,"
I-I don't know how or why. But it like I know him...or was it Lelouch that know him? Maybe I know him from somewhere. No, It feels like there a void within Lelouch memories that seem more apparent when viewing it from another perspective.
Some pictures are missing in the albums. A seat near the back of the class was someone once sat. A missing council member perhaps? If Charles,my sperm donor spirited him away and erase him from everyone memories. CC should return all my/his memories at Babel Tower...wait…When CC return my damn! HIS memories! I caught a glimpse of...Rai? And I/he should remember him. How did I know his name? I never met him. Lelouch did, but at the same time, he didn't. God this is confusing.
God...C-World! That it! The reason why Lelouch wasn't able to recollect Rai? It's because it must involve this boy and C-World. If so then can it be that what happen in his timeline lead to Rai deletion. A near complete deletion from the world-no! The universe itself. A way to truly die in body and memories. But who would do sure a thing to him? What so special about Rai that he must be absolutely removed from Lelouch and hopefully not my universe?
In that moment I have a dilemma, I can have extra prep time to damage Britannia war effort or I can stick around to help out Rai. That really the only thing I got, his name and nothing else but a sense of sadness.
I need to leave. I'll visit him later.
I rushed out and heard Milly call my name. I ran pass Suzaku and for a brief moment, we locked eyes and he knows exactly what I'm doing and can only look in disappointment.
"Stop",he roughly grabs my arms,halting me,"Don't do it."
"I must",I try to wriggle out the firm grip he has.
"As much as you call me a suicidal contradictory. You're really going to bring others down with your petty desire for vengeance."
"Trust me when I say, another Shinjuku going to happen. If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you and you will know the real monster your fighting for and will become",I storm away from him and got into a bus heading near a Britannian military base.
Before I got on board I yelled back,"When I come back I'll help you with homework! I heard assigning ⅓ of the book."
It didn't really help anything as he kept that frown on his face as I depart. He will try something, I just know it. But will he hesitate to stop me? Of course, he will.
Government Building
Cornelia PoV
"Father, I call you to ask what the real reason why you disinherit your son. You shouldn't care about mundane affairs. But you took an interest in the dirty handling of Shinjuku and an unconfirmed report of human experimentation", I explain to the 98th Emperor,my father, on a com-link.
"Cornelia, I disinherit Clovis because he was a weak, pathetic,embarrassment like Luluko and Nunnally",How dare he talk down on them!
I would slaughter those ungrateful Eleven like Clovis. I lost two families members and I almost lost another. Now he has the audacity to call them pathetic and an embarrassment. I know there something more going on but I can't put my finger on it.
"But why care now and give him a choice to return home",I kept my anger in check after the disregard he should earlier,"What Clovis done is no reason to disinherit him. It what Britannia always done and Clovis no different. What the real reason father?! Is it true Clovis perform human experimentation?"
"If my own personal reason and none of your concern. Now do your job as viceroy and stabilize the Area or I find someone more competent to run it!",the screen cuts off.
"Damn him! And damn Zero for dishonoring Clovis name!"
I'm glad my flamboyant little brother still alive. But Zero left him to a fate far worse than death! So therefore, I must capture her alive so I can execute her myself.
I heard a knock on my door.
"M'lady, Everything is in place. It time for the Saitama operation to commence",my loyal knight explained.
"Thank you,Guilford",I respond back to the man I love,"I'll be out in a bit."
He acknowledged and left.
Once you are lured out Zero. You will answer for your crime.
I don't care if those Elevens or sympathetic Britannian going to correctly assume I'm repeating Shinjuku. Those Elevens need to learn their place in this great Empire. The synthesizer must understand the meaning of being Britannian.
Britannia Military Base
Fort Darwin
West of Tokyo
Luluko PoV
I just got word from Jeremiah that Cornelia going to commence the extermination of the Saitama ghetto. I think it time for me to troll Cornelia and alert the Yamato alliance.
I dial Oghi phone number.
"Oghi."
"Zero? Why are you calling at this time?",he answered.
"Are you in contact with any of the other Tokyo terrorist cells? If you are, name all of them",I explained.
"Why?"
"There going to be a repeat of Shinjuku in Saitama. And we'll gonna have a very busy day."
It's a good thing CC not pointing a gun at me this time around.
But Suzaku on the other hand...I Geass a teacher to give him and the class he was in, extra homework. By the time he was done with his homework and in a knightmare, I'm long gone. If I don't do anything that requires the Special Engineering Corp to intervene too early and deploy against me in a timely manner. Saitama is an all clear but my other operations I should make it quick. I still need to check in on Rai when I'm finished.
Time Skip
Saitama Ghetto
"We thank you Zero for warning us",the leader of the Yamato terrorist cell thanks me,"But why are those...Britannian helping us?"
He was referring to my Geass squadron of Britannian soldiers that I well...Geass back in Shinjuku and the military base for this purpose. To take the place of the bastardly terrorists that currently funneling civilian out of the Ghetto 30 minutes before the announcement of Cornelia surrounding the place. Of course, the people evacuating were frightened until I step up and the Yamato leader confirmed they were friendly.
Thanks to Lelouch memories, which act as a video tape that can be rewind,sped up and pause. It has allowed me to Geass the same unit stationed in Shinjuku that was also tasked with guarding the main tunnels of the underground in Saitama. The tunnels that now funneling out the residents of Saitama to the other ghettos.
Now,all I need now is to put the turncoats against Cornelia and humiliate my sister with the next phase of my plan.
I ready my toy gun blade and got into my Sutherland and lead the squadron to the surface to begin.
Meanwhile
Normal PoV
"Hey it's Cupcakes!",a soldier yells out to the orange hair pure blood assemble near the G-1 with his unit.
"Sup Cupcakes."
"How you like your new pilot outfit? We put sparkles on it!",another laugh. Kewell was trying his best to contain his anger, an outburst would make it far worse.
Jeremiah and Viletta felt sorry for their fellow comrade. Villetta suspects something else is at play and that girl at Shinjuku most likely behind it. Meanwhile, Jeremiah knew exactly what happen to Kewell at the time, but he has a princess to prove his loyalty to. A princess who will avenge her mother and bring about a dream Princess Nunnally envision. The orange knight didn't care about the now disgraced Pureblood. The only time he gives a damn is when a few try to kill Kewell at an old coliseum. As long as he can still work from within Britannia, his duty to her highness will be accomplished.
All he have to do is wait for the signal.
Luluko PoV
Saitama
At the moment I have 13 Sutherland's at my disposal. The squadron I was chosen is known to be the most loyal and the most brutal unit of arrogant misfit, carrying out the execution of innocents and terrorist alike. They are the epitome of war hunger soldiers who desire power over the weak. A trait that disgusts me and no one will miss them. They are nothing more than war criminal to be used and dispose of.
I did pick the military unit and men within them to Geass carefully. Think of it as do you want to Geass and eventually kill…
1. Chad the war criminal/ hero just following orders.
2. Rick the family men who join the military, not really knowing what he's getting into, to support his family.
3. Wilbert the prestigious parasite who try to cheat me of my well-earned gambling money.
4. Ray the racist bigot with no soul.
5. and Diego the young recruit that bullied Suzaku during his training days.
Hint: One is not like the other and spares from my geass. Who's currently taking a 'sick day' as his entire squadron and a few others filth are going to redeem themselves on the battlefield.
Timeskip
Start of the Saitama Massacre
Looking at the board in front of me, Cornelia forces is pretty confused by the lack of hostiles. I smirk knowing that there will still be a Saitama Massacre. It just not going to be the blood of the innocents.
'Now then. Shall I drag Cornelia out, or should I make an opening?',My thought exactly Lelouch.
It turns out the orders I give in my Saitama is mostly different due to a few important factor. There a lack of civilian so a few units are displaced, spread out, and wandering aimlessly. I'm using geass soldiers that act accordingly. Plus, the next move I'll make will have a high possibility of altering the timeline. I figure it's best to hang back and be the commander.
"R-1 and P group. Move to area A-6 and commence barrage."
4 IFF disappear.
"B-2, men on your right."
1 IFF disappear.
"K-2 and R-2 hide in the rundown warehouse at E-5 and wait for my signal to fire directly up...now!"
Off in the distant,a hail of gunfire shredded a VTOL. AT the same time, it got the attention of a nearby squadron.
"K-2 and R-2, hold out for a minute. K-1 and P group. Head to area D-4 and fire onto their backs.
The sound of an explosion and a few cockpits ejecting enter my line of sight briefly before disappearing into the Ghetto.
5 IFF lost.
"Blow the bridge now!"
I can hear the frantic voice of Britannian soldiers as they sink into the river with their vehicles and KMFs from the comlink in my Sutherland
"All KMFs equipped with Satten Waffen. Head to G-8 and aim at a 30-degree angle and fire in 5 seconds. Continue baiting, K-2."
5 seconds later, 2 gunship and 3 Knightmares are obliterated.
I ask myself, it normally a far superior force wiping out an inferior opponent. But it always refreshing to see an inferior opponent doing the same thing to someone that outgunned and outmanned you. Soon I see Cornelia force pulling back with the Royal Guards heading out. I take it as a chance to contact CC.
I dial her number to see if she's ready.
"Cecilia, Everything set at your end?"
"I just need one more pink paint can,"She answer back. Wait? Really?
"You're painting one of the captured Sutherland pinks?",I sweatdropped.
"Yes, It always amusing to see the expression of someone if they lost to a pink Knightmare."
"Good point, But did you put on my 1st Zero outfit. In case things go to shit?"
"Yes Ice Queen, I just needed to stuff tissues and pads here and there",I felt my cheek turn a bit red but shook my head.
"Well then...Let's hope we draw her out",I got back to the task at hand. I access the G-1 communication and send a video file to my dear sister. I order all my Geass troops to get into ambush position against her guards.
I then call my Queen...Red Ace.
"Kallen."
"What is it Zero?",she responded.
"What the headcount of my potential recruits?"
"About 80. Maybe more."
"Put me on speaker",I said,"And shut everyone up. I can barely hear you over the crowd behind you."
I can distinctively hear Kallen silencing everyone.
"Hey shut up! Zero on the phone!",she screamed,"You're on speaker now."
"Thank you,now, if you are all aware. I'm currently in Saitama attacking the witch of Britannia",I explained,"And I want to prove to all of you that Britannia isn't as powerful as they appear. That is why I want the TV provided to be tuned to channel 31."
"Can it wait? I need to know what happen to Sakura after she was abducted by the evil Shogun in Kindan no Sakura",Tamaki complained.
"Hand the remote over! I want to know too! But orders are orders!",I heard a scuffle as Kallen pry the remote from the loudmouth's hands.
What follows was the sound of shock as they see something unexpected, the G-1 control room. They or more specifically two officers were unknowingly talking about how they were forced to pull back as ground forces were absolutely useless.
"If I deliver the impossible will you. All of you swear loyalty to me?",I proclaim.
I heard murmuring in the background as they made their choice.
"If you prove you can defeat Cornelia,her royal guards, and push the Brits out of Saitama. Then we swear loyalty to you",A male voice, most likely the Yamato alliance leader,spoke up.
"Same for the Jujo cell!",another yelled.
"Count us Toda and Kawaguchi cell in too!"
"Should us a miracle and we follow."
"Akabane district missing out!"
It wasn't easy getting them all in one place, but I did it with a bit of my 'charm'. Yes, things are falling into place.
Meanwhile, G-1
Normal PoV
"My princess, we receive something. It-It's a video file, from Zero",an operator turn to Cornelia. Who hesitated at first before relenting.
What appears before her, make her right eye twitch in annoyances. What stood in front of what later turn out to be the center of Saitama was Zero, the Lady of Miracle, dress almost exactly like her. The difference being the color scheme being dark purple,silver, and black. Zero even have what Cornelia assume is fake long wavy violet hair that trait out the helmet to add a bit more insult to the 2nd Princess. Then at the left side of her hip is a replica gun blade, the very same as Cornelia's.
Then, with Zero right hand, she reaches for the gun blade and pointed dramatically at the camera. It became apparent that the blade of the 'sword' is plastic.
"Cornelia li Britannia! You are a fool!",She announced.
Elsewhere
An abandon KMF factory
The Shinjuku terrorists and future knights are gathered around an average size TV screen alongside the recently arrived Saitama terrorists and a couple other cells from all over reason why they were there is due to a live event on screen, promise of advanced military hardware, and a chance to get back at Britannia alongside the mysterious lady that making a name for herself. Who proven time and time again, she can pull off miracles during the guerilla attacks within the last few weeks. It wasn't a surprise that a few refuse to follow her because she's female,a complete mystery, and some wanted to be loyal to her because some have a crush on the secret princess. The latter very few want to admit. The Zero outfit and the voice modifier didn't conceal the truth Zero is a very lovely girl underneath the mask and attire.
"Hahahahaha! ",Tamaki burst out laughing," I didn't know our leader was *ha* a comedian."
"It kind of immature of her",Inoue argued.
"The look on Cornelia face!",Tamaki argued back.
The rest of the future Black Knights and the other terrorists were either snickering or grinning in approvement.
'Are you kidding me Luluko?',Kallen roll her eyes.
Ashford Academy
"Damn for giving me so much homework",he hissed under his breath.
"Hey, look Zero on TV",a student yelled out as everyone flocked to the nearest TV screen including Suzaku.
What he saw were a split screen showing Zero near a ruined building and the G-1 control room.
"Cornelia li Britannia! You are a fool!"
'Is this all a joke to you?! How can I lov-care for. Treats a life and death situation like a mere game?!',Suzaku fumed in his mind.
Narita
JFL Base
"I think I'm in love",a JFL soldier commented.
"Immature",Toudoh close his eyes in thought at the theatrical.
Kosetsu added," How are we getting live coverage of this? Isn't a G-1 secure from this sort of thing?"
BNN HQ
"Hahaha! Prove to me lady Zero. Prove to me your the start of a revolution",Diethard recline in his chair. He was enjoying his accomplishments after Zero herself,decide to recruit him. And barely a day into her reveal.
Saitama
Luluko PoV
"Tell me Cornelia",I lower my gun blade,"Did you intend to repeat the massacre in Shinjuku for the sake of honoring your rightfully disgraceful ,pitiful, weak brother? Be honest."
My sister looks like she was going to explode,"Yes, it because of you and your kind. And I don't care if I purge the entire Area to get to you."
"We're all trash in your eyes ain't we?",I look at the camera I set up,"Would that also mean you wouldn't let...say…an 'Eleven' raise up the ladder peacefully in order to change the god awful system from within?"
The G-1 control room erupt into laughter at such a proposal. Thank goodness, the entire country watching and eventually the world. I will get to Suzaku thick skull about his trivial ambition.
"Zero! What kind of stupid question is that?!",she snapped,"Who in the right mind would allow such a thing? It a naive dream if some lowly subhuman ascends power like that!?"
"An Eleven*ha*being able to*ha*",a loud mouth gasp for breath and proving my point perfectly,"Who's that mental?"
Meanwhile at Ashford
'IT'S NOT TRUE! I WILL PROVE TO YOU IT'S POSSIBLE! YOU'RE WRONG!',Suzaku screamed mentally, knowing the insult was directed at him.
Back to Luluko
" It true that a mediocre society can change from within. But a system with people who deny the basic human dignity requires a more...force approach",I explained,"As we speak, your Royal Guards are searching the Ghetto for me and my accomplices. But let me give you a choose."
"I want a formal duel with you on equal ground."
"A duel?"
"The condition of victory for me is the satisfaction of beating you. And if you win",pause for dramatic effect,"I will give you a hint about my identity and to know the true faith of the lost Princesses. Your welcome to turn it down and try capturing me, hoping I don't come up with a contingency to escape or kill myself, taking the secret to the grave. But do you want to know what happen to your deal sisters?"
I can hear Diethard losing his mind as his channel receive so many viewers.
At the same time.
Normal PoV
"Where are they?",Guilford was patrolling the ghetto when he sees a Britannian pilot walk in the middle of the ruined street. All their attention remained focus on the lone soldier.
"Strange",one of the Royal Guard then turn on the KMF speakers,"Hey! What your name and unit? Answer me!"
The soldier stop in his track and then yelled," FOR LADY ZERO!"
That when 9 KMF fired through the walls of the building they were hidden behind and onto the 9 Royal Guards. They scattered and attempt to locate all the Gloucester each charge into the buildings as they weave around bullets to impale the offending KMFs onto their lance.
One located an enemy frame in an old parking lot and rushed in. The KMF was stab through the chest and out the cockpit killing the pilot inside. His celebration was short lived as the ground underneath him collapse talking him and the soon to exploded KMF to the subway below. The fall wasn't far ,but it left the Gloucester on it's back as an entire 5 story building tumbled into what use to be a parking lot, onto the pilot. Killing him instantly.
It the same building where another of Cornelia's guard impaled another Sutherland. Where a nasty explosive surprise waited for him.
Back to G-1
Luluko PoV
"My princess! The Royal Guards are under attack! We just lost two of our frames in a span of 7 seconds!",one of the staff reported.
"What?!"
"C'mon Princess",I tilted my head,"I thought your elites were the best. Two already? If this keeps up, Sir Guilford wouldn't be around to ease your stress at night."
"Fuck you Zero!",I enraged Cornelia. The one thing that you can be a benefit and a disadvantage is her anger. If she's in a KMF, making her piss is the last thing you should do, Lelouch knows what that like in the first rebellion. Especially if your dueling her without backup or a well-laid plan. But inside a G-1 and unknowingly on national TV…
"M'lady!",I can hear her loyal knight from the intercoms,"We need backup! These ain't originally terrorists! They're as well trained! Damn 4 more are coming!"
He's not wrong. The thing about geassing someone to follow my orders and to fight their hardest on the battlefield is that a simply untrained terrorist becomes as skilled as a competent infantrymen, a recruit is as good as a veteran, and a bunch of battle hardened/ hunger pilots becomes as good or slightly better than the Royal Guards themselves. I hate to admit it but my Geass slaves can be defeated due to the Spec level between a Sutherland and Gloucester with my number advantage offsetting it by a margin. It doesn't matter that those Slaves are going to die, I put an order in for them to kill themselves if they live. I just need my message to Japan and Cornelia to get across. I own Jeremiah and Diethard for allowing my job to be so much easier.
"Did you really think, I'm a run of the mill terrorist with a flair for theatrical",I did a little pose," Yes, I am dramatic. But I'm not stupid nor am I a terrorist. I consider myself a revolutionary, a symbol of justice and equality to the weak and helpless. I'm sure you heard this quite enough Bitch face."
I only have a limited amount of time before the G-1 receive outside contact that they are on live TV.
"Enough of this! Tell me the detail of the duel so I can skew you on my lance!",She was fed up with my antic.
"Of course, to ensure it on equal ground. I laid out 3 chooses you must abide by...Option A;We fight in Sutherland's, Option B; Hand me a Gloucester to make it equal, and option C; You can stay in your precious Knightmare but it will be 2 Sutherland's against your Gloucester. Pick wisely."
After barely 15 seconds and having Cornelia lost 3 more KMFs within that time span alongside my 4 Sutherland's dropping the number from 7 vs 11 to 4 vs.7. It can still go either way. My gamble better pays off.
"Fine, I choose option C",she answered.
"Good choice, now I'm in the center of Saitama with my second and I would think it preferable if your troops and mine stay out of this. Although, I would like to keep your Royal Guards fighting my men who are in Sutherland's."
"Why?",she clenches her hands to the throne chair.
"Because it embarrassing when the Empire best are one up in machines that are a step down...make sense? Therefore, if you pull them back now. How would it look if say...those professionals of yours are beaten back by no good terrorists alongside the almighty army of this 'glorious' Empire with their tails between their legs?",I hope my attempt to manipulate work,"Have faith in your men as I have faith in mines. If they fail to fight off my troops, then I'll keep them away from our match. Same vice versa."
"Prep my KMF!',she yelled and stormed out,"I will show you why I'm the Goddess of Victory! I will show you fear Zero!"
Oh, Cornelia, you have made a fateful choose. Once you make your move, I will only need to make one and I'll call checkmate.
A/N: The wonderful thing about having Lelouch memories in someone who's technically different is the fact said person still got many personal faults. Hell, it up to your intrepretation if she's convincing Suzaku incorrectly or if Luluko timeline anywhere near Lelouch's.
Luluko seems a bit OOC. But that because she's in a sense, not Lelouch. She more emotional,a troll(not too compulsive), naive, and an ice queen to those outside of her inner circle. It stems from her desire to be like her mother(who I assume mess with people if she draw on their faces in their sleep) and Milly is more forceful for Luluko to socialize with students on and off the council. I did say character interaction may be different due to gender. It also allows me to do character development.
Up next is Zero Raid,Rolo arrival, maybe another Omake cluster, and more.
Next fic to be updated as of 8/12/16 at 5:15 PM Western Time is...
No clue, May start writing Code Reaction again due to CG 10th anniversary. But Demon Child hasn't been updated long enough so it most likely those two.
Also, I was going to release another omake chapter...but I can't extract the chapter from the SD chip on my old phone. So that delayed.
And in Nightmare of Nunnally, Suzaku introducing Nunnally to a bomb shelter and nearly getting them drowned really did happened.
R&R