Chapter 14: Turn Back the Magic Clock – Battle Three

(A/N: Now this is a fight I can't be disappointed in! I don't know about most of you guys, but I think Jellal is actually a good character. I fail to see why people hate him so much. Whatever. I think he's cool, and I'm going to do him justice in this chapter… I think.

Enjoy a Crowning Moment of Awesome just waiting to happen! I highly recommend listening to epic music, and then sad music, and then epic music again.)

I do not own Code Geass, Fairy Tail, or the original design of the expies. Draconichero Okayed my title a long while ago.

The time is the 12th of March, X 788; around three years after the legendary battle of the Baram Alliance, the Black Knights and the Great Wizard Generals. But what actually occurred on that day? Time has lost most of these battles, but now they are starting to resurface for one last preview.

These are the lost chapters about the battles that the men and women of the three armies fought.

March 10, X 785 – Jellal vs. the Baram Alliance

Jellal Fernandes never expected to follow someone else's orders since the Tower of Heaven incident. But seeing that Lelouch Lamperouge was a man he could respect, he didn't mind that fact one bit. Perhaps being someone else's ally would be more interesting this time around. Or maybe this would be a good chance to work on redeeming himself for what he's done. Regardless, Jellal was going to see through Lelouch's plan. And to do that, he would need to take down two-thirds of the Baram Alliance's forces on his own.

Or at least, until Lelouch gets Reiji to join their side again.

Jellal looked at Ryuko Seishikina (both of whom were still wearing the prisoner whites) as they remained standing on the Branch building. He asked her, "Wanna count down before we get in the fray?" He was being funny with her.

She returned his joke with a laugh. "If you say so."

"Three…" They said simultaneously. "Two… One!" They jumped off the building, and Jellal broke away from Ryuko with Meteor; a spell he could use to increase his speed because of his Heavenly Body Magic. He decided that a large 'bang' would make for a fun entry in a battle. So he found a large group of the Baram Alliance's forces, and dove down right in the middle, leaving a small crater at his feet. He got up from his crouching position, and smirked. He was going to have fun with this.

"Ironic, isn't it?" he said to no-one in particular as more goons started to approach him. "For eight years, I have been operating as a man of malicious power and authority; I could've lead the Baram Alliance quite well if I wanted to. But now I'm not only working under someone else, I've changed sides completely. I've been waiting to get out of that prison for a while now." He closed his eyes. "Now then…" He opened them again. "Why don't we see just how powerful I am?"

He then glared at his enemies as he swiped his glowing right hand in front of him, causing the goons in front of his eyesight to fall into the ground as it collapsed underneath them. "Meteor." His body glowed gold. He moved at high speeds as he ran through groups of the Baram Alliance's forces, sending them flying as he did so. He flew up into the air, crossed his arms over his body (with his index and middle fingers not closed into his fist), and fired heavenly beams at a few goons when he threw his arms back. "Let's have some fun!" He dove down with Meteor into more goons, grabbed his left forearm with his free hand as he landed on the ground, and fired a heavenly blast at another group.

He ran through more goons with Meteor, covering an area of a few hundred metres. He stopped his advance and went for the sky again, diving down with great speed into several more goons, sending them flying again.

"Damn it all!" one of the goons cried out.

Another one said, "This guy's too fast for us to hit with our magic!"

Jellal merely laughed as he stood up straight again. "I'm just getting warmed up." He moved swiftly again as he spun in the air and kicked a goon in the face. After that, he went into the air and placed the heel of his right fist in his left palm, with his index and middle finger pointing upwards. Seven magic circles made a constellation in the air. "Grand Chariot!" The seven magic circles fired beams of magic at more goons. He smirked to himself as he flew through more goons at an incredible speed, much faster than Jet from the Black Knights.

How about I slow down? He stopped moving with Meteor and began to walk casually. Goons approached from the sides, but Jellal used his magic to collapse the ground below them, preventing them from advancing further. As more ran in front of him, he grabbed his left forearm again and fired a blast of magic from his palm, again dispatching the enemy.

That's like, what, two-thousand? Nah, not even close. Well, enough fooling around, he thought to himself. A lone goon ran up behind him, and was met with the back of Jellal's right fist, knocking him out. Let's get a little more serious! He placed his hands above his head and crossed them over, summoning a magic circle with a star in the middle that turned into a black hole.

The shadows began to bend towards the awe-inspiring power of Jellal's spell. He chuckled to himself as everyone watching him started to shake in their boots. Wind revolved around his attack, furiously shifting everyone's clothing. The black hole formed into a ball. "Altairis!" He swung his arms in front of him, sending the attack flying forward into the large group that were unfortunate enough to try take down the man who deceived many throughout his life.

The destructive force was massive. The attack continued his path, capturing its prey that got in its way. The attack took out hundreds of goons in only ten seconds.

Jellal let out a sadistic laugh. He continued to laugh until he realised something was wrong.

What was he doing? He felt… Off. Has Jellal changed, in the end? Has regaining his memories really helped him try to change right now?

He completely forgot all about what happened with Oracion Seis and the Magic Council at the time. He and Erza shared something special. No, in fact: they still do, even if Erza wasn't here right now. How could Jellal be so stupid as to lose sight of this?

Jellal stopped to think. I'm such an idiot. I'm taking pleasure in hurting others. Erza wouldn't want that. What the hell was I thinking up until now? This is… "Unacceptable!" He clenched his teeth together, frustrated at himself for being such a fool.

"Hey guys, let's get him now!" A large group of dark guild members went to charge Jellal, not even considering using magic from a distance.

Jellal wasn't in the mood to deal with them right now, so he fired beams of magic at them, blowing them away with ease. "GET LOST!"

Jellal fell to his knees. Calmed, he continued to think to himself. I can't stay like this. I want to be different; to change. But this; This! Jellal slammed his fist into the ground. Damn it… Again. Damn it…! And again. Damn it! And another one. DAMN IT! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME?

Jellal needed to finish off more members of the Baram Alliance. If he continued like this, then he would've failed Lelouch; the man he swore had his full cooperation in this battle. Acting like this wasn't going to change anything.

Lelouch… That's right. He needs me right now. I promised I would do this for him. Get it together, Jellal. You have to follow through with this. You can't turn back now. He slowly got up from sitting on his knees. Because after all… "What kind of a man would I be…" He lifted his head up and smiled genuinely. "…if I can't keep my promises?"

With his back facing the Branch building's direction, he jumped into the air and furiously drew a bronze magic circle with his fingers. He didn't get to use this attack during the Tower of Heaven incident because of an injury Jellal received from Erza. But now that he's in a large area, he needed to use this attack to make up for lost time. He couldn't help but smile at how he was doing all of this for the woman he still loves, and for the man who he felt will change everything for the better.

And now there was no stopping him. "ABYSS BREAK!"

A gigantic dark blast tore through the forest, literally hitting thousands of Baram Alliance members by the second. Goons flew everywhere as the blast reached them, hoping to escape the awesome power of one of Jellal's most powerful spells. The blast eventually reached a nearby mountain, and tore straight through it.

Tsumibito saw, from where he was, Jellal's attack. He was gobsmacked. "I've never seen such a powerful spell coming from a single person…!" Composing himself, he knew only one person Lelouch would've allied himself with that could use such a spell. Jellal Fernandes… Yes, that's the only person in that prison who could use such an attack. I'll have to keep my eye on him.

Jellal ceased his attack and saw what he did.

The entire area where he fired Abyss Break was a gigantic crescent-shaped cut in the earth, leading up to the closest mountain (which would have been a couple of kilometres away from Jellal's position). Instead of laughing at the destructive power he released, Jellal looked dead serious.

"That's about all of them, I assume," he said as he looked at where Tsumibito would be. Everyone else should be finished by now. He charged straight at Tsumibito.

Tsumibito, with his wings still spread, watched Jellal advance with his right fist drawn back. He was coming in fast. Tsumibito could still see it, though.

As Jelal's fist came up to him, Tsumibito effortlessly grabbed it.

"!" Jellal's eyes widened.

Tsumibito smirked and stuck his chin in the air. "Jellal Fernandes. It looks like you took out most of my forces all by yourself. I must commend you; not many wizards are powerful enough to do that and still have some fight left in them."

Jellal scowled, and used a spell on Tsumibito as subtly as possible.

"Although… Wouldn't it be more to your advantage if you waited a little longer for the rest of your allies to come here?" Tsumibito asked with that same arrogant look on his face.

Jellal chuckled. "I think you spoke too soon."

Just then, Andreas jumped high into the air and came down with a flying fist.

"You're too obvious, Andreas Rokubuki," said Tsumibito as he let go of Jellal's fist-

And found that he couldn't move. What the…?

Andreas brought his fist down on Tsumibito's face, sending him sprawling in the air, unable to gain air control. When he did, Reiji sent a dozen wind slashes at him without even using his hands. Again, he got hit; even though he could've dodged.

"Noticed something?" Jellal smirked as he spoke to Tsumibito. "It happened when you grabbed my fist. You see, I used a Bind Snake on you."

"!" Tsumibito looked down at his hand and noticed a strange marking that circled around his fingers and palm. Damn it. So that's what-

"Yeah…" Jellal knew that acting sadistic went against what he was trying to become. But giving Tsumibito a taste of his own medicine was oh so satisfying; so he'll let it slide just this once. "I stalled you long enough so that I could use that spell on you and get my allies here just in time. We're gonna kick your arse, Tsumibito. So you better get ready."

"Tch… Fine." He used Shatter on himself to undo Jellal's spell. "If that's how you want to play, then let's go!" He flew upwards at a blinding speed.

But that fight will come around after the rest of the Baram Alliance forces have been revealed to have lost. To none other than Ryuko Seishikina.

End of Chapter 14

(A/N: So basically what I did at the end was this:

The fight Tsumibito and everyone else had before Lelouch steps in will be shown in Ryuko's chapter; basically the last fight. So I'm going to have the final scene in this chapter repeated, but from a different perspective.

I hope you all liked this wicked curb-stomping of mooks. I had a great time with this one. Jellal was definitely awesome, and I would like to think I established his character development pretty well. You don't really see Jellal gradually change in Fairy Tail all that much, so reading this probably makes his change in seven years more believable.

Now let me tell you all something: there will be one last chapter at the end of Turn Back the Magic Clock. The last chapter will finish this arc, and then we can end the Lelouch of the Absence arc with chapter 19. And then we'll dive further away from canon from there.

Next up: another fight, obviously. Look forward to it.)