Chapter 21 - The Legends Collide
Narita Mountains - G-1 Command Deck
Euphie gasped at the map as reports of lost and stranded units filled the speakers around her.
"Neo's surrounded, Cornelia's cut off, there's nothing I can do" She looked at the single blue dot of to the side that was moving fast "Save them, please"
Zero's Position
Lelouch's face was a huge maniacal grin. Kayla just informed him of her progress on her part of the mission.
"With the Neo, Elly and Kira held up, The Hathaway sisters and Freya wont be an issue for Kallen and Kai" He thought to himself "All tasks at hand have been complete. Soon Cornelia, I will have my answers. And Neo wont get in my away this time"
Narita City - Code-R Facility
"Hurry up with that equipment!" yelled a scientist as he and the others gathered their project to evacuate "The first truck already left"
A young man in fine clothing and a slightly older woman strolled right in gaiing the attention of the scientists.
"Who the yell are you kids?" One yelled.
"This is a top secret research facility not some place for a date!" Another shouted.
A guy who looked in charge actually took the time out to eye the two closely.
The boy had short brown hair that was wild on his head. He adorned elegant long sleeve white overcoat the fell to the floor on the left side, It also had gold trimmings. He also wore black pants with a white line falling along the seem.
The girl had long blue hair in a pony-tail. She also wore a similar uniform as the boy, only hers was blue and white and blue coat with black and white pants. Her coat was unzipped slightly, showing her red v-neck under shirt and some cleavage.
The man gasped as he realized who the boy was "Your highness!?"
"You people better be glad I saved you from getting wiped out by the landslide" Arthus said to the men who all stopped "Now" Geass flashed in both of his eye "Tell me everything about Code-R"
Narita Mountain - Valiant Position
The moment the White Lotus arrived, chaos ensued. They scattered amongst his forces and engagements began all around. An explosion in the distance behind them told Neo that Hammer was just wiped out meaning that someone knew his formation and had anticipated his movements.
"Only my leaders and Hitomi knew my exact plan" Neo mused "Eve knew the location and codes for Valiant Dark"
"What are your orders General!?" Kira yelled again after Neo had ignored his first in his thinking.
Neo shook away his thoughts and glared the who he knew was Xavier and Kayla.
"Kira take that Gloucester" He ordered. "Sis we got that wannabe Lancelot"
Kira took off to his fight while Neo and Elly sped toward the Lancelot Club.
Narita Mountains - Cornelia's Position
Cornelia looked on in shock "What!?"
A white Burai with a sword and antennae cut through one of her Sutherland escorts.
"Your highness leave them to us!" Gilford called out as he charged the lead Burai "Please you have to withdraw for now!"
"Very well, I a way to turn this around" She said checking her surroundings for a way out "Meat me over at Point-9"
Cornelia turned and sped away only to be intercepted by a pair of sword wielding Burai.
"Cornelia!" the cried out as they charged her.
Cornelia simply fired her slash harkens which they deflected but she used the distraction to plow through with her lance, damaging one of the Burai in the process.
"Pathetic" Cornelia declared before fleeing the scene. She didn't get far before she found three knightmare with samurai armor. One with the tell tail flame paint "The Hokage, Hitomi Yamato"
Hitomi laughed "X sends his regards princess. He misses having the pleasure of your company"
Cornelia seethed "So it's true. The Guardian of Valiance is a traitor to Britannia and the House Valiant"
"I serve the Valiant ideals of honor and justice" She replied "X is the embodiment of those ideals"
"So X and Zero work together now" The princess said scornfully "Are you in agreement with Zero as well?"
Hitomi made her knightmare shrug "If X's plan works out, Neo will be killing Zero as we speak"
"Those traitors who call themselves the White Lotus are attacking him as we speak" Cornelia replied angrily "What does X want?"
"X wants the pain to stop" Hitomi said with a way that almost seemed sad "He has spent the last seven years planning his perfect world and I wont let you get in his way"
"Well what about me!?" Came another voice just before a flaming whip flew towards the Musha. The Raiden moved in front of the Musha and hit the weapon away with it's sword.
Hitomi smirked "Ah Freya I'm so happy you could join us"
"Hitomi I see you brought some friends" Freya said eyeing the other samurai.
"Well my brother has his Four Holy Swords and I have the Kage Clan" She said proudly "But that doesn't matter now. X want the princess back and you cant take all of us. Hell you can barely take me"
Freya knew she was right but she still wasn't going to back down "I am the Knight of Eight and I wont back down!"
Suddenly four orange Gloucester appeared at her back, each held a standard great sword variant of Cornelia's lance.
"The fire brigade" Hitomi teased before her voice became dark "Arashikage, Shikage, destroy them!"
"Yes Lord Hokage" They replied before charging them.
Freya got between Cornelia and Hitomi "Princess get out of here while you can!"
Taking her chance the Viceroy began speeding away again. But to Freya's surprise Hitomi just watched her go.
"Zero will take care of her" She said dismissively after the Viceroy left "Now where were we last week? Oh that's right, you gave up"
"Shut up!" Freya shouted out before charging her former teacher.
Narita Mountain - Zero's Position
Zero and the others in his unit were being pinned down close to Cornelia's Royal Guard's position and he knew he had to get moving soon.
"Zero, Cornelia's royal guard are under attack down below" Inoue reported in.
"What?" Zero asked in both shock and anger "Who made the move?"
"Lady Yamato said they were the Four Holy Swords" She replied "She went after Cornelia"
Zero growled "More of X getting in my way. At least this time it could help"
"I got you covered Zero!" Came a call over the radio just before several of the Britannian units that were keeping him pinned down suddenly exploded.
The Knightshade as well as half a dozen Burai engaged the Britannian unit from behind and proceed to allow Zero's team to engage as well.
G-1 - Command Deck
Euphie's expression had long since lost her kindness and was now replaced by the hard look that Suzaku had come to refer to as Yami-Euphie. Neo's training had changed her in some way that he could explain, but whenever a battle became intense or her friends were in danger, Euphie's face would become darker.
He was shock when Neo had ordered that he stay on the command deck and act as her personal guard but he was not a man to question an order from the Grim Reaper.
"We don't have need of the G-1. I will not leave the field hospital unprotected" Euphie dismissed one of the officers suggestion that Suzaku hadn't even heard in his confused thoughts.
"Your highness, we have the largest concentration of units here with us" The man argued "We must rescue the Viceroy or we'll lose the battle!"
She gave the man a cold stare "Are you questioning me" this caused the man to shiver and a smirk to appear on her face "I thought not"
Suzaku's jaw dropped at the coldness of her behavior. She basically threatened the man as her sister would've.
"Our goal is to relieve the Viceroy and General Waldstein" She said while watching that ever moving blue dot "Suzaku!"
He was shocked to see her looking in his direction with her sweet smile. But he quickly composed himself like a soldier "Yes your highness!"
She cringed at the phase but otherwise still gave him her kindness.
"Suzaku would you take the Lancelot and rescue my sister?" She asked in her usual kind tone.
Suzaku actually forgot the other side of her and nodded "At once!"
Euphie watched him leave before looking back to the little blue dot "I hope you make it in time"
Freya's Position
The Musha slashed at the Blaze with a chainsword which was parried by the much larger sword. Musha used it's free arm to lash out with a flame whip but the Blaze caught the burning weapon in it's free hand and proceed to try and punch the Musha with said hand by the faster knightmare jumped back, pulling the melting hand with it.
"You had so much potential" Hitomi teased disappointedly "Britannia has made you soft and that old man fills your head with lies!"
"The Emperor is a great man!" Freya roared and let her sword become a whip and lashed out at her teacher.
Hitomi used her right hand sword to deflect the attack and unsheathed the left one as she sped toward her student.
"No Knight of Valiant would choose that man over the greatest man in Britannia!" Hitomi roared before cutting into Freya's already damaged left arm.
"You nothing but some Eleven whore who had enough skill to impress Neo!" Freya spat as she fired her left slash harken right into the Musha. It imbedded itself in the Musha's left shoulder. The blaze then turned slightly and jettisoned the remains of it's left arm into the Musha.
After getting thrown back by the blast Hitomi seethed. Her left arm was ripped off by the force of the slash harken pulling away as she was blown back.
"So the truest of Valiant Knights finally accepts that she hates the Numbers just like all other assholes in the military" Hitomi taunted "Neo told me you would never truly understand my teachings. You were just too indoctrinated by the emperor's lies to see what he was saying all those years ago, but I saw potential in that angry pyromaniac that Cornelia dumped on him as a favor to her close friend"
"I never needed you!" Freya screamed in defense "Neo chose me for my skill alone!"
Hitomi laughed "How many applications are even accepted into the VK's? that's right it's none. The forces stationed on Valiant Island are personally picked by Neo. The 101st here in Japan is made up of the former Child's Corps and the units that they commanded and even half of them were transferred out after getting a perfect score on the psyche exam"
"I'm different!" Freya almost cried "Neo trusts me and believes in my abilities!"
"That's what I'm saying" Hitomi kept on "You have nothing required of a Valiant Knight other then the skill that I gave you. You are nothing to him, you never were"
At this Freya came at her again but in a blind rage. She charged and swung her sword wildly, which was easily dodged by the agile Musha.
"Everyone has a connection to Neo in some way" Hitomi pressed between dodging. "Elly is his twin and they share the pain of losing their mother"
Freya kicked the Musha but the knightmare quickly recover before she could strike "Shut up!" she screamed/
"Kira is his rival, the two see the truth in the world and value all life" Her teacher kept on without remorse. "Ashley was at his back since the academy and love each other like siblings. He taught her everything there was about being a knight"
"Shut up!" Freya yelled again as she fired her slash harkens at her teacher only to lose them to quick swipe of her chainswords.
"Amanda and her owe their lives to Neo after all of the battles he brought them back from" Hitomi continued "Jennifer was always the little sister everyone looked after. After what happened to her, she would've killed herself if not for Elly's comforting nature and Neo's support. And Gino only joined the Rounds for fun while you just wanted to title"
"SHUT UP!" Screeched before shooting out her whip straight at her teacher who sidestepped the attack with ease before cutting the weapon in half.
"Face it Freya" Hitomi said nearing the beaten girl "You simply came into the picture one day and trespassed on those who share beliefs. I doubt Neo would care if I even killed you now"
The blaze felled it it's knees and no reply came from Freya other then the occasional sound of sobs the speakers barley picked up.
"What do you want to do with her Lord Hokage?" Came the voice of a young girl from the Raiden.
Their was a small male chuckle came from the Shinigami "She's not even worthy of death"
"Leave her" Hitomi said coldly "She's no longer a threat to us and I wont kill someone just for being stupid"
The Shinigami and Raiden turned away and began to leave.
Hitomi gave one final look to the Knight of Eight "To think I trained you to be the Britannian Flame Shadow"
Freya made a sound within her cockpit.
"What was that?" Hitomi teased "Are we still sulking after hearing the truth?"
"I'm going to kill you" She growled lowly "Even if I have to go through the flames of hell. I. Will. Kill. You!"
Hitomi laughed before leaving her fallen apprentice behind with her now dead followers.
Kai's Position
"Zero get going and catch Cornelia!" Kai called out before cutting down another Sutherland.
The Black Dragon team had nearly wiped out the Britannian units that were attack Zero.
"Kai I owe you one" Zero said gratefully "Meet us at the rendezvous after your done here"
"No problem" Kai said as he sliced another Sutherland in half.
Kai watched as Zero and his team left the area in the direction of Cornelia's suspected position.
"Aww I guess we missed him" Came a sweet voice and Kai turned to see the Savage and Watcher standing side-by-side with many Sutherland behind them.
"No problem we have this boy to play with" Ashley said eyeing the Knightshade "Attack!"
Sutherland and Burai clashed in great numbers around the Knightshade, Savage and Watcher who became lost in battle.
Watcher fired at the Knightshade with a focused Positron Beam the he cut through. Savage attempted to bring down it's axe but Kai quickly jumped away.
A sudden positron bolt struck the area behind him and forced him to stop just in time for Savage to perform a follow up attack that Kai had no choice but to block with both of his blades.
"I didn't miss the party did I?" Came a new voice. The one who fired the Positron Bolt.
"Glad you could make it Jen" Amanda said as Jennifer's team finally broke radio silence and engaged the Black Dragons.
Kai pushed back the Savage and fired both of his wrist cannons at the Watcher who put up a shield just in time.
"I cant take all three of them!" Kai admitted to himself as he saw his forces were being held up by the superior numbers of the three teams of Valiant Knights "Where the hell is Eve when I need her!?"
Valiant Position
Lancelot Club parried a slashed from Reaper's MVGS using it's own MVS. Club then did a back flipped that knocked the Reaper backwards. Ranger began firing at the Club but the advanced knightmare simply used it's shield to close the distance and slash at the Ranger only for it to use it's own shield to block the attack before backing away.
"This is the great power of the Death Twins" Frost mocked as they regrouped "I expected better from the two of you"
Neo groaned in pain. His head was killing him from Elly's attempts at a connection.
"Feel the real power of the Grim Reaper!" Neo shouted before activating his geass.
Reaper charged the Club and fired both of it's slash harkens which were effortlessly destroyed by a swipe of Club's MVS. But the time he took out to do that left him open for Neo to slash down with his MVGS.
"I don't think so!" Frost declared as he raised his left arm with it's Blaze Luminous activated and blocked the coming attack. He then used his free hand with his MVS and slashed at the Reaper who kneed the bladed away before kicking the Club backwards and taking another swing that destroyed the Club's slash harkens just as they were fired.
Kira wasn't fairing much better then Neo in his fight with Raven.
Sutherland Club and Gloucester Savant were in a pure melee. neither hit the other but both kept on the attack. Raven's reach and power was negated by Kira's speed and skill.
Raven kicked at the S-Club and jumped back. She fired her slash harkens which he cut one and grabbed the other and pulled, bringing her closer but she planed it and jabbed forward with her spear but he raised his left arm with his shield to block the weapon causing him to be pushed back by the force of the weapon.
"You're very skilled Colonel Nu" Raven compliment kindly "I've never had so much fun"
Kira gave a light chuckle "I'm glad I could entertain you Lady Raven. Prince Schneizel sends his regards and says he misses you. He no longer has a reason to remain in the homeland"
"He was so fun to play with but I thought Cornelia could better appreciate my talents" Raven replied.
Kira came at her again and she did the same. Before the two met she spun around to avoid his slash and the jabbed with the blunt end on her spear. The attack only knocked him back and she then used the flat side the hit away his MVS before stabbing at his but he activated both of his shields.
"You think a simply Blaze Luminous can protect you?" Raven mocked darkly and her spear tip began to spin and form a drill.
Kira gasped as his energy began to dive from the power of the drill.
Elly began firing at the L-Club with her rifle just as Neo backed away.
"Neo let me in!" She demanded over a private line "You need me!"
Neo clenched his head in pain. His geass and Elly's attempts to force communication was driving him crazy. It had taken a long time to do it but after several months of not using his power with Elly, he wasn't able to feel her emotions or her presence. It was his safety to keep her from discovering X or his private feelings towards others like Kallen of Zero.
"No!" He shouted "We don't need it!"
A sudden white beam tore through the ground, cutting off all discussion.
"What the hell is that!" Raven said looking for the source just before her knightmare was thrown back by an unknown attack. L-Club sped to her side to defend his sister and leader.
"Show yourself!" Frost demanded as he scanned the area.
Neo and Elly helped Kira up and waited.
"Do you see anything Neo?" Elly asked knowing he would know.
Neo pushed his Geass out to his farthest safe distance. "No it's very odd. Either it's some new weapon that can fire over the entire mountain or it's someone who has a very powerful Geass canceller"
"You would be correct in that little Neo" Came a mocking voice just before a knightmare literally fell from the sky and caused a dust cloud.
Frost narrowed his eyes at the dark blue knightmare with glowing wrist bucklers.
"Henry has been busy lately" He said.
The pilot laughed darkly "My parents Henry and Cassandra Valiant were traitors to the Valiant name, the Empire and humanity. They didn't suffer enough"
"Victoria!?" Neo gasped. "Well this is going to complicate things for X"
"Neo, Elly, Kira, go help Cornelia before it's too late" She said with no room for negotiation.
"Lady Raven retreat and meet up with the Black Knights" Frost said that only to her sounded like an order.
Raven reluctantly backed away "Don't die on me. That's an order"
"Let's go!" Neo called to his men and they disengaged the White Lotus forces and made their way towards Point-9 "Thanks Vick"
The White Lotus disappeared into the woods and the Valiant Knights down the mountain.
"So are you truly the White Ace?" Victoria asked "I have something to ask him"
Frost chuckled "Fight me and find out. Knight of Eleven"
"As you wish" She replied as bright white light shined in the Advent's wrists.
The Advent's raised it's wrists and blasts of positron energy shot out which the Club hit away with it's MVSs. Advent then sped toward the Club and a white blade of pure energy appeared from it's right arm while a white shield covered the left.
"Pure positron weaponry!?" Frost said in surprise when his one of his MVS's cracked when he deflected her slash.
Advent's shield dropped and she shot another blast at him which he dodged this time. He threw his damaged MVS at her but was smacked away by the reformed shield before she shot toward him again. He spun around her attack and fired his VARIS at her but was absorbed by Abrasive Armor.
"It's the same as the Phantom and Specter" Frost mused.
Victoria laughed "My cousin was a fool to let his tech be stolen by terrorist as well as myself. Advent is the most powerful knightmare ever built"
Advent's chest glowed a blinding white just before letting loose a giant column of energy at the Club. Knowing he couldn't block that kind of power, Frost used his waist-mounted slash harkens to propel himself into the air over the blast that now destroyed the area below.
"I can't defeat her like this" He admitted to himself as he landed in the woods and took off..
Victoria looked out at the field after the blast subsided. "Looks like he ran away" She activated her comms "Did you get everything you needed?"
Arthus's face appeared "Their main team got away but I got enough research material to get a good picture of what they were doing here for Clovis"
"Good then I guess this is goodbye" She said almost sadly.
He just shrugged "For now at least. I have a feeling that we will be involved in this war more then I'd like"
Zero's Postiton/Point-9
The Lancelot and the Guren were in battle while Cornelia was left to dodge the attacks of Zero and his men. Lelouch had total confidence in the mission. The White Lotus would keep the majority of the Valiant Knights away, Hitomi would be arriving shortly, Kai was keeping the last of the Valiant Knights at bay and the JLF was holding down the rest of Cornelia's men. Only a new factor would disrupt his plans but it would have to be a big one.
"Zero" Elly's voice came through a secure line "Neo, Kira and I are headed your way. Victoria appeared with a new knightmare and drove Raven off"
Lelouch growled in frustration "Another Valiant to ruin my plans!"
Hitomi suddenly appeared on his screen "Her Z-man we've lost the advantage. We'll lose too many of our forces if the Valiant Knights regroup. Even if we regroup with Raven and Kai"
Lelouch slammed the side of his cockpit "All forces retreat!" He reluctantly called out "This has become a war of attrition with no good end in sight"
Kai Position
Ashley watched the Knightshade stagger back. She, Amanda and Jenny had been pounding the frame but that damn speed and abrasive armor let hit dodge or block the stronger attacks so he could only take the weaker ones. But it was for not. They had him out numbered and he was obviously not going to be a problem much longer.
"Finish him!" She yelled before charging him.
Kai saw the Savage coming at him, Watcher taking aim and the Archer split her bow and come from his side. He didn't have the power to maintain the armor and he knew he had a concussion after that last impact he took.
"So this is how the great Kai Kozuki dies" He let out a small chuckle "Well at least I went out fighting"
An image of Nunnally flashed in his eyes. She was crying and he knew that it was cause he was dead.
"Aw damn it!" He said gripping the controls "That girl needs to get outta my head!"
The Knightshade suddenly ducked under the Savage's age and sprung up with its sword and severed the hands of the Savage before kicking the damaged frame away. It then did a quick swipe of it's blade and knocked the blast from the P-VARIS into the Archer's legs. His last movement was to throw both of his chainswords at the Watcher who shot one but the other took off her head.
Kai finally let out a relived sigh and let his body relax on his motorcycle seat.
"All forces retreat!" Zero called out "This has become a war of attrition with no good end in sight"
Kai saw that his team was backing off as were the Britannians. He turned around and followed after the other Black Knights.
Chapter End
AN: Okay that the end of Narita!
Honestly I really didn't wasn't to go and write Kai's whole fight and I actually forgot about Jennifer completely when I made the battle plan in the last chapter and had to make an excuse as to what she was doing.
I will now tell that the missiles that saved the city was from the Justice which was nearby. Arthus did not get rid of Code-R. the people who were at the lab were ones who would've been killed by the landslide if it happened the way it was meant to.(I cant see them transporting all of that stuff I one just truck)
Ok after a few in-story months the Knight of Eleven has finally arrive in Area 11.
Mr. Fenette is not dead! But the Mao issue will happen. Just not that way, Shirley has other buttons to push that will appear very soon. I haven't shown much of the Neo, Elly, Kayla and Kai in school.
Shimigami means "Death God" and Shikage means "Death Shadow"
Raiden is a Japanese god of thunder or from Mortal Kombat. Arashikage means "Storm Shadow" I got that from GI Joe.
Musha I got from Dynasty Warrior Gundam's Musha Gundam. Hokage came from Naruto meaning "Fire Shadow"
To Dark Lord98: I'm actually at a loss as to how to do that. I know their reaction but not when and how. The only reason they haven't figured it out is because they get way to angry when the other is involved.
Lelouch hates X for being an unknown variable and having a hand in everything.
Neo hates Zero for the future image of him killing Lelouch and Eve's treatment of Kallen.