Konnichiwa! Its' been a while right? Well, don't point your pitchforks and torches at my face yet! Let me explain, don't be irritating and stay calm before I'll attack you with a katana. I'm just kidding. Well, enough of my lame jokes. ( Duh ) I'm sorry for not updating for a week. Got lots of things on my plate. BTW, the sequel for this story is posted on my profile. WAIT! DON'T GO TO MY PROFILE YET! I'M NOT DONE! Ahem..as I was saying, it's on my bio. The following is seen there: title and summary. But, I highly recommend you all to FINISH THE WHOLE STORY ( I didn't say chapter ) before checking on it.

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Chapter 13: Battle In Shinjiku Part I

Halfway To Shinjiku Ghetto

The Revolutionary Men are halfway to the Ghetto. Meanwhile in the Kurisoda S-V's cockpit, Charles smirked widely. He had everything planned out for the attack and with Lelouch in Britannia, his pathway to victory is clear. Charles Di Britannia can finally receive his second taste in claiming his accomplishment. He desires to capture Shinjiku for the first step of his plan; Become the Emperor of Britannia. Once the ghetto is captured, he will proceed to Tokyo and commence a coup de etat. When Japan is taken, he will return its insulting and offending name, Area 11. Then, Charles heads to Britannia for the final move. He chuckled at himself. How simple is his plan. However, not only conquering the country is his goal. He plots a revenge for his son, Lelouch Vi Britannia. The immortal demon who changed his transcendence from a rebellious leader, to an ace pilot possesing an iron will. The will to stop his cruelty and protect Nunnally as well as his comrades.

"That boy is strong indeed.." Charles commented to no one in particular. "I never expected him to be a pro in piloting knightmares. But he can't even keep his own Geass Connection. Or even aware of the consequences for staying in Britannia. How interesting of him.."

The radio cracked on. A man's voice was heard from the speakers. "Sir, 100 km before we completely reach destination. Should we form our groups?"

"Yes. Form yourselves into 4 groups as planned." Charles commanded.

"Yes sir."

Upon seeing a piece of land ahead of them, the Britannian Emperor declared "All units, we have reached Shinjiku! Did you form your groups?" he asked.

"We're all set, sir."

"Good. First two groups, head to the east! Then the next group, go to the other side. Then the last two groups, will bomb the ghetto! Unit 7 and unit 8, go to the front lines! The rest of you, stay behind me! Everything must go according to plan!" He barked at the radio.

"YES SIR!"

Charles smiled maliciously "It's time.." he whispered. He looked up and his face straightened. "SCATTER, NOW!" His men obliged and each group flew to their respective directions. The Kurisoda floated atop the ghetto and people's eyes stared up at the black knightmare. Gasps and mutters can be heard here and there. And random pilots climbing into their knightmares. Men gathering their nukes and arms.

So..they're making their move already. This battle is going to be interesting. Charles thought. He looked down and saw an army of knightmares hovering around the city areas. He placed both of his hands on the controls and began targetting them. He smirked before pulling the trigger. White beams destroyed the quadre of knightmares on the left side of the area. Then, he fired the missiles at the following group, which is in the other side. Flames were visible on the surface, Charles let out a soft laugh laced with pure malice.

"Attention, people of Shinjiku!" Charles hollered through his knightmare's speakers. The people around the ghetto were turned into confusment.

"Who's that?"

"Could it be the Demon Emperor again?"

"He's dead, remember? He was killed by Zero."

"Who in the world.."

"It is I, Charles Di Britannia! The 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire!"

"Emperor?! But I thought Britannia's head was Empress Nunnally Vi Britannia! Who the heck are you to call yourself Emperor! And besides, you're dead!" A man shouted from his knightmare. "And what do you want from-!" He was interrupted with his knightmare's destruction.

"You're rallying with the Britannian Empire, correct? With that, you must all be punished!" Charles roared. He activated his main weapon "The Hunter" and aimed it down. "Revolutionary Men, COMMENCE ATTACK!"

And the battle begins.

Jeremiah's Orange Farm

Anya Alstreim entered the room where Lelouch and the others are. She remained emotionless and stoic as always. Jeremiah saw her coming and asked "Is there something the matter?" The pinkette girl nodded

"Yes, a big problem. Shinjiku Ghetto has been attacked." she said.

Lelouch's eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat. Shinjiku..Ghetto? Memories flooded his mind. Britannia's invasion. His Geass. Clovis' death. The rise of Zero. His rebellion. It sickened him, everytime Lelouch remembers his past. He ignored the feeling and balled his fists. The attacker of that place was none other than his twisted father and his so-called group, who claim themselves a "hero" of war. But they're only decieving everyone.

''Shinjiku Ghetto?! Do you know more details about it?" Jeremiah asked desperately. Anya shook her head.

"Not much. But I heard that some sort of terrorist group are responsible for it." she said in her flat tone.

"Great. Looks like Charles is doing his scheme again." C.C. muttered disappointedly.

"My lord, we must do something!" Jeremiah said "But, Shinjiku is far from here. It might be captured already by the time we get there. Unless there are knightmares defending the city area.."

Lelouch spoke "That won't be enough."

The witch stared up at him "Why?" she asked.

"Shinjiku has low quality knightmares. Apparently, most of their forces are consist of custom units. My father's knightmare is very significant and it is on par with my Shirasei. If we don't give further support, there is great chance for the ghetto to be captured or rather, destroyed." the raven explained, startling Jeremiah but he remained silent and kept calm.

"You're saying that we're going to sortie and help out there. Am I right?" Asked C.C..He nodded.

"Yes, you're right." Lelouch said "Japan is rallying with Britannia now, ever since Nunnally has been crowned Empress, I suppose. And my father's goal is to conquer any country connected or even allies with Britannia and make them under his command. And lastly, he will dethrone Nunnally and make HIMSELF become the ruler. Everything will go back into its former state again. Bloodshed, tears and more suffering will be seen and felt. People dying and screaming in agony. That's why we must fight and defeat that man!" he proclaimed

"How do you know his plans? Did you spy on him or someting?" Anya asked.

"I confronted him in the Sword Of Akasha and told me his reasons." Lelouch said. "That's how I knew it."

"But that's.." Jeremiah trailed off.

C.C. couldn't help but smirk "Charles sure is a fool. He told you his reasons...isn't that wrong, Lelouch? Sharing your goals to your enemies is not a fair game. It will only cause yourself trouble."

"Of course, its not fair. He's too focused on his tasks. He doesn't care about the consequences, either. Father calls himself powerful but he lacks awareness of everything." Lelouch explained, smirking as well.

Jeremiah looked at his master "My lord, should we tell Empress Nunnally about this? That way, she can send reinforcements."

"I have to agree with Jeremiah." Anya said monotonously "I'm coming as well. I'm pretty sure Lloyd found my Mordred and use it."

C.C. cocked an eyebrow at her "How impressive of you.." she said sarcastically. The younger girl said nothing but 'hmph'

That's right! She can send Suzaku, Kallen, the Black Knights. As well as the other Britannian forces! With that, Shinjiku can get full support.. "Huh..I guess that's possible." Lelouch said, smiling in statisfaction."Do you two have any spare knightmares?" he asked the duo.

"Eh..no." Jeremiah responded as he looked down. "My Sutherland was lost during the Damocles battle. And as Anya said, her Mordred is with Lloyd Asplund."

Lelouch thought about for a while. After a few seconds he finally thought of something different. "The cockpits of the Shinkiro and the Shirasei are quite big. So the both of you can ride along with us. When we arrive at Britannia, Jeremiah can borrow a Sutherland and Anya can get her Mordred. Is that alright?" he inquired.

The cyborg nodded "Yes, my lord. I understand." he said.

"Fine with me." Anya simply said.

"Good. Now then..." Lelouch began. "Let's go..to Britannia." he finished. The three nodded and they all headed out to the door. They stopped in front of the two gigantic robots.

The raven turned to them "Jeremiah, you're with me. Anya, go with C.C." With that statement he rushed towards the Shirasei, followed by Jeremiah. C.C. and Anya headed to the Shinkiro. Jeremiah was amazed as his eyes saw the cockpit of his master's knightmare. It was huge indeed. He got in the back of the seat and Lelouch hopped in.

"Are you alright in there, Jeremiah?" Lelouch asked as he looked at him.

"Yes, sir. I have enough space here."

Lelouch nodded and plugged the knightmare's key into the socket. The screen flickered open, showing data and different informations. The cyborg was surprised to see him operate the knightmare like a true ace. I never knew that Master Lelouch can do knightmare operations. He must've learned this from Lady Marianne. She's a knightmare pilot as well.. he thought.

"All set." Lelouch said blankly and contacted C.C. "Are you ready yet, witch?"

"Yes."

"Let's get going, shall we?"

"Of course, my dear warlock."

The raven ended the call and his face was full of determination. "Shirasei X-III, launch!" Lelouch declared and pushed the controller forward. When the Shirasei parted from the ground, its energy wings was released.

"Shinkiro, taking off." C.C. said plainly and the Shinkiro followed. They set off for a journey to Britannia.

Holy Britannian Empire

Charles Di Britannia...I'll surely kill you the next time we meet. Declaring war just to claim your royalty back. Only idiots like you do that. Suzaku thought darkly. He clenched his fists as tight as he could and looked out the window. Britannia was still recovering from the damage, sustained a few days ago. They said that their intervention was a coup de etat. Charles' group is a threat to the world. They intend to terrorize countries for some unbelievable reason. And Suzaku A.K.A Zero, being the Empress' knight, shall slain that man.

"Dammit..what if Charles is immortal? How on earth am I supoose to kill him? He would just come back to life again." Suzaku said. "Lelouch...what should we do?" Then, there was a sudden knock on his door. He slipped his mask back on and went over to open the door. A familiar 19 year old redhead girl stood in front of him.

"Kallen?"

She stared at the blank mask "Hey, Suzaku..can we talk?" she asked softly. "Just for a while. It's urgent."

Suzaku nodded and took off his mask "Alright." The redhead entered the room while he closed the door. Kallen sat on the nearest couch and Suzaku sat on the one across her.

"What do you want to talk about?" Suzaku asked "We never actually interact face to face. But since you said it was urgent, I would like to hear it. Is it..something about this war?" ( A/N: This isn't a Kallen X Suzaku fic so don't get me wrong )

"Y-yeah..kind of..but.." Kallen responded slightly nervous. "It's about that knightmare we saw on the last battle. The one with purple energy wings. Do you remember it?" she asked as she looked at his green eyes.

Images of a black and yellow frame flashed in the brunette's mind. He nodded a bit. "Yes. And what about it?''

"Well..after it saved my life from the cannon attack, I got curious. Everytime I see or think about it, I always get this nostalgic feeling that the pilot of that knightmare frame must be Lelouch. Suzaku, do you think it's really him in that unit? Or am I going crazy?"

Suzaku stayed silent in his seat. He knows that Kallen fell in love with Lelouch. "I..I don't know." was his typical answer.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Kallen's voice raised a bit.

"Kallen, I don't know if it's really him in there. And no, you are not crazy." Suzaku said. "You're curious about the pilot and I get that. You're not the only one looking for answers you know."

The redhead gave him a confused look "What do you mean?"

"Everyone, including Nunnally and I, wanted to know who's behind that frame. We still have this urge to defeat Charles and his organization, despite of the lack of power." Suzaku interpreted.

"Lack of power?! Britannia is the strongest country of the world! How come..?" Kallen interpreted.

"It's because of Charles Di Britannia. He shattered that title and ruined the peace that Lelouch granted for us. He did it just to kick Nunnally out of the throne and become the Emperor once again. And if that happeneds, everything will go back to its chaotic state." Suzaku told the despised man's reasons with anger and hatred.

"Why? Why would that imbecile do such a thing? The Japanese people have suffered enough from last year's war. Is having a peaceful world forbidden?!" Kallen said angrily "Suzaku, we are not going to let him do whatever he wants! His methods are lethal to the world!"

"Yes. We all know that. Nunnally agreed to make that knightmare's pilot a protagonist of war." Suzaku said.

"Protagonist of war? But we don't know who the heck is in that knightmare yet!"

"She knows that. But we are on the brink of defeat, so she just trusted him. Nunnally said we should trust him as well."

There was a moment of silence between them, before Kallen stood up and said "Fine. I understand now. I'll continue to serve the Black Knights, Empress Nunnally and you. Don't try to protest when I said that. You are now our group's leader regardless." she said as she walked off and left the room, leaving Suzaku staring at the ground.

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The Shinkiro and the Shirasei landed in front of the palace.

"Be quick, you got it?" Lelouch said to the cyborg man who nodded in response. He opened up the Shirasei's cockpit and Jeremiah crawled out. He jumped off the knightmare and waited for Anya to come out. The Shinkiro's cockpit opened and a pink haired girl came out. She jumped down and walked towards Jeremiah.

"Let's go." Anya said.

"You got it."

The both of them rushed to the entrance and was met by men guarding the palace. "Who are you, sir?" one of them asked.

"I'am Jeremiah Gottwald, loyal servant of Empress Nunnally Vi Britannia." Jeremiah introduced. "This is Anya Alstreim, the Knight Of Six." he said referring to the girl beside him. "We came here to tell the Empress a very important matter. So I suggest you to let us enter this instant."

They both saluted "Yes, sir. We understand. Follow us." a guard offered.

"Thank you."

They followed the royal guard to Empress Nunnally's quarters. Jeremiah looked around and the palace was under construction. His eyes widened a bit. Charles' cronies must have invaded the palace. What a huge disgrace can those men be.. They walked pass the empty halls of the palace and later on, they stopped in front of the enormous golden door. The guard knocked.

"Come in." a muffled voice behind the door said. The door made a moaning noise as it opened and they entered.

"Your highness, you have a guest today." the guard said.

"Oh? Who is it?" Nunnally asked.

He stepped aside, revealing Jeremiah and Anya. They bowed before her. "Your majesty, we have returned." Jeremiah greeted. Then, they rosed up.

"It's been a while, Jeremiah, Anya." Nunnally greeted with a smile "You may leave us, guard."

"Yes, your highness." He gave one last bow and immedietly left the room.

"What brings the both of you here?" Nunnally asked calmly

Jeremiah didn't say anything for the moment. Before saying "Milady, I would like to borrow a Sutherland. I'm asking this because, Shinjiku Ghetto has been attacked by terrorists. And we're afraid that it's Charles Di Britannia again."

"My father attacked Shinjiku?" Nunnally asked in shock "Why? Why again?"

"He's after you, Empress Nunnally." Anya said. "He plans to become the Emperor and he terrorized Shinjiku for the first step of his plan." she paused. "I came here to claim my Mordred from Lloyd Asplund. We will volunteer to assist you as you try to end this war."

''T-thank you very much..I appreciate your assistance in this." Nunnally said "So, I must send out the Black Knights and give you both knightmares.."

"Yes, ma'am"

"Alright. I'll give you both authorization to assist in Shinjiku Ghetto. I'll have to tell Zero about this. He and the Black Knights will sortie as well. Jeremiah, you can use a Sutherland. Your knightmares will be delievered shortly. Just wait outside and a guard will inform you when its ready." Nunnally said.

"Yes, your highness."

They bowed and left. As soon as they exited Nunnally's quarters, Jeremiah took out his communicator. "My lord, she agreed to send us out."

"Good. What about the Black Knights?"

"They're going as well, sir." Jeremiah answered.

"Thank you Jeremiah. C.C. and I will be heading to Shinjiku right now. I bet my father is seriously enjoying his fun there. And we have to put a stop it ASAP."

"Of course, Master Lelouch. Charles is an illegitimate man, indeed."

"You're right. Jeremiah, I have to go. Get there as fast you guys can. I have a man to stop."

"Understood."

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Lelouch placed his communicator on the storage container and placed both of his hands on the controls. Then, C.C.'s voice echoed in the radio.

"Lelouch, are we going or not? I'm getting impatient here you know."

He smirked "You don't have to anymore. I just ended the call. Let's go, witch." he said.

"Right"

The two immortals' knightmares flew out of Britannia.

Shinjiku Ghetto

The Kurisoda fired the hadrons and missiles at the armories. Its energy wings was deactivated and and landed roughly at center of the base. A couple of knightmares sorrounded him and fired their rifle guns at him. The Kurisoda immedietly deployed it's shield and stuck its slash harkin on the attacker's middle area, wheeled towards it and used the sword to thrust it at the same spot. The other one fired and engaged at the Kurisoda.

"How brave of you, fellow soldier." Charles laughed. He repelled his knightmare from the soon-to-be-destroyed one. The slash harkin pulled back inside the core of the Kurisoda. Charles overtaked behind while firing beams at him and destroyed it with the sharp sword on its' lower region.

"Hmph. That was a show indeed. Now for the next target." Charles menacingly said. His black knightmare went over to the moving train nearby and jumped on it. Then, both of its hands extended, firing beams at each sides to set everything on fire.

Without him noticing, the Shinkiro and the Shirasei have arrived at the ghetto. Lelouch's eyes widened at the sight. The ghetto is a mess! Father, you're going suffer so hard for this!

In the Shinkiro's cockpit, C.C. stared blankly below. "Charles..why would you do this?"

"C.C., let's go! NOW!"

"Lelouch, wait..!" But, the Shirasei has already gone off to the land. "Lelouch..you're changing. You have become a true ace now." she said as she followed him to the ground.

Lelouch looked at his sorroundings. He sees dead bodies everywhere, wrecked knightmares and damged buildings everywhere. He saw a knightmare firing bullets in each direction. "So that guy's the one who attacked this area..." He watched it throw bombs here and there.

"Heh," he laughed with a smirk "How pathetic of this soldier.." he said darkly. He engaged at the knightmare and fired the slash harkin. But the knightmare dodged his attack and got its sword. The Shirasei swiftly sliced the blade down as it was heading to the cockpit. Then, it evaded to the left and sliced the enemy's arm off.

"Even if you are fast, you can't stop me!" the enemy pilot shouted. "You're even weaker than the Empress!"

"SHUT UP!" Lelouch shouted in rage. "Leave my sister alone!" Then, fired a slash harkin at the knightmare's head.

The pilot was shocked "Sister..?"

"Because I'am.." Lelouch began as he fired the missiles and it hits several parts of the knightmare. "I'am Lelouch Vi Britannia! AND THIS IS IT FOR YOU!" he yelled and stuck the sword into the knightmare's cockpit.

[ BOOM! ]

The Shirasei moved away, with the sword clutched in its hand.That's what you get for what you've done and for calling Nunnally weak.

A knightmare appeared in front of him, holding a gun. Lelouch's eyes narrowed. He stopped his knightmare.

"What do you plan on doing again?!" the pilot shouted.

"Move. NOW." Lelouch said coldly. He aimed the sword at the knightmare.

"Not until I-!"

The Shirasei's sword was on the core of the knightmare. It flew up and..

[ BOOM! ]

Lelouch activated the energy wings as soon as he is high enough in the airspace. He is greeted by a trio of knightmares. "More enemies.." He maximized the boosts and readily aimed his sword at his first target.

"RAAAAAGH!"

Oh my geass..I've been typing for 3 straight hours. My fingers are hurting and I'm out of ideas. Well, I guess there is less action here. Regardless, this is the first part of the battle. The next one will be PURE ACTION. This is only the prologue of the fight. Please REVIEW! Suggestions are accepted! Also, I want to thank the awesome people who reviewed my last chapter! As well as those who liked and followed this story! Love you all! :3

Next Up! Chapter 14- Battle In Shinjiku Part II

Until next time ;)

~Dark Zero 1718