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Code Geass: Rei of the Revolution

Chapter 37: The White Flame and the Glaston Knight

"And you think you can accomplish that?" Claudio asked.

"Oh I think I can."

"Then let's see if one of us is wrong."

The two boys clashed swords. Claudio backed away from Rei. Rei pulled out his cannon and fired a few shots. The shots missed. Claudio spun to the left to try and hit him with the shield he was carrying. Rei blocked it with the large left hand gauntlet. Rei pushes Claudio back.

"So… that's why you captured the Lancelot." Claudio said over the speakers, "You reverse engineered Britannian technology, our technology, and made some godforsaken union out of it. A barrier system much like Blaze Luminous, only more effective."

"And what's that to you?" Rei asked.

"It means a lot when you're using tech that doesn't belong to you." Claudio said, "I will say that Knightmare is extraordinary for you Elevens to build, that is very original, better than those pseudo-Glasgows you call Burai!"

Claudio shot bullets at the Byakuen, forcing it to block with its shield. The Byakuen pulled its cannon out and fired. Claudio dodged the incoming rounds. He puts the rifle down and puts the sword in the shield, lifting the great sword up. Rei brought the combined blade out. Claudio swung the sword down, only for Rei to block it. He goes in for a slash, only for the Gloucester to kick the Byakuen's arm away. Claudio backed up and swung from the side. Rei blocked the attack and countered with a kick, knocking the Gloucester down on its side. Claudio got back up and backed away.

Rei fired a few more shots. The Gloucester dodged the shots. Rei went after Claudio. Claudio went up a floor and pulled the rifle out. He started shooting. Rei blocked the incoming attack with his energy barrier.

'Bullets are useless!' Claudio thought, 'But the Sattel Waffens—!'

He launched rockets. Rei blocked the rockets as well. The Gloucester was gone. Rei went up. His senses alerted him to an attack coming from behind.

He turned around and knocked the sword back, retracting the gauntlet as he did so. He tackled Claudio out of the building. Claudio fired the harkens up. They arched past the Byakuen and clung onto the building. They were falling from a height of 100 meters in the air. No Knightmare could ever handle a fall from that height. The legs would break on impact! He fired the maneuvering thrusters to slow his descent.

The two plunged into the ground. The harkens came off the building and went into the cloud of dust and debris.


"Claudio!" David yelled.

"Is he alive?!" Bart asked.

"He wouldn't…"

"He's tougher than that!" Edgar said, "He's got to be alive!"

Nunnally overheard.

'Rei… please be safe… and please… don't kill Claudio.' Nunnally thought to herself as she silently prayed for his safety, 'I'm sure you two will understand one another and then… and then…'


Meanwhile, in the Government Bureau…

"WHAT?!" Guilford yelled, "A fight in the Shinjuku Ghetto?!"

"Yes sir! We just picked up the signatures of the two Knightmares! We've confirmed that the Glaston Knights and the White Jack have engaged in combat!"

"Damnit! Alright, I'm heading out with my personal unit! Do not relay this to the Viceroy!"

"But sir, protocol—!"

"To hell with protocol! Area 11 can't afford to have her going on a rampage with all the psychological trauma she already has!" Guilford said, "Relay this information and I'll have your pink slip waiting for you!"


Shinjuku Ghetto

'Why of all times is he picking a fight here?!' Ohgi thought you himself, 'If he keeps this up, he'll have the whole army bearing down on the Ghetto!'


The two clashed again.

"I have to admit, your skills are an undeniable attestment to your skills, but I will not falter just because you have me beat with some Knightmare that's got better specs than I have!" Claudio said, "I've got more experience in combat than you do! If I can beat you with that—!"

They backed away from each other. They continued to clash with each other, time and time again. Rei got the gauntlet ready. Claudio formed the greatsword. Rei reaches out as Claudio swung it down. Rei slipped the hand past Claudio's arms and grabbed his head. The gauntlet's radiant wave energy began to envelop the head and started to melt it. The head exploded as the arms came down. The sword severs the left arm from the Byakuen. Rei stabs the Byakuen in the chest from below as to miss Claudio in the cockpit. The Gloucester shuts down as its Yggdrasil Drive was no longer operable. A black-brownish liquid was leaking from the blade and the eyes of the Byakuen.

"You… you have bested me…" Claudio said, "Very well… I shall release her."

"Good…" Rei said.

He got his communicator working.

"Kagari, I'm going to get Nunnally, the situation is under control now." Rei said, "Can you make it?"

"Already heading to you! The military is coming!" Kagari said.

'Damn! I got to move fast!' Rei thought.

He grabbed the disabled left arm and turned the Air Glide unit on. He went up to the floor he and Claudio fell from and got inside. He went straight for Nunnally. The bombs looked disabled. He grabbed her and opened the cockpit. He got her in the cockpit before closing it.

"Rei…" Nunnally said, "You're ok."

"And so are you…" Rei said.

"And Claudio?"

"He's watching from below." Rei said.

"Good…" Nunnally said.

He felt danger and looked behind him to see a Gloucester coming at him with a lance. He moved out of the way, but the lance nicked his right arm off. He lost his balance and fell down. The leg broke due to all the stress. He fell on his back.


"Damnit! Lord Guilford?! Now of all times?!" David asked, "Edgar, did you let him know?!"

"I didn't do anything!"

"Don't bullshit me Edgar!" David said, grabbing his brother by the collar.


Guilford looked for the Byakuen. It was down.

"Well Jack, it seems this is how it ends for you, come on out and I'll think about sparing your life." Guilford said over the loudspeakers, "Don't, and I'm afraid your life is forfeited to death."


"Nunnally… I… I'm sorry… I couldn't…" Rei said.

"Rei…" Nunnally said.

"So be it." Guilford said.

He knew now that he had to do something. But what could he do?!

'That's it!' Rei thought, "Hold it Guilford!"

"Hm?"

"I have a hostage, so if you come any closer, I'll self-destruct and she goes with me!"


'No!' Guilford thought.

"Let me go Lord Guilford, or would you sacrifice one hostage of high significance?" The White Jack asked.

"You coward!"

"Coward? You tried setting an ambush for my teacher by trying to reenact Shinjuku. A bad move on your Viceroy's part." The terrorist mocked.

A group of white Burai entered the building on this floor. They had him surrounded.

"What's it going to be? Letting me go, or I take the hostage with me to a trip to hell?"

He gritted his teeth.

"F-Fine… have it your way." Guilford said.

One of the Burai picked up the Knightmare and whatever was left of it. They left. He turned to the boys.

"YOU IDIOTS!" Guilford yelled at them, "What the hell was going through all of your heads when you went through with all of this?!"

"Forgive then sir, I'm to blame for this." Claudio said.

"Claudio?!"

"It was my idea. I should be the one you should be berating." Claudio said, "I'll gladly…"

"What would your father say if he were here?" Guilford asked, "Did he really want you all to die in an attempt to avenge him?!"

Tears were coming from Guilford's eyes. He began to sob.

"Did he really want all of you to throw away your lives so recklessly?!" Guilford exclaimed, "Did he?!"

"N-No sir…"

"Please sir, try to—"

"I already know what you're all going through!" Guilford said, "The lot of you… the lot of you are in so much trouble! All of you are going under house arrest for insubordination! All of you!"


"My Byakuen! Rei, what have you done?!" Neha cried.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to—!"

"Ganabati is going to blow his top off…" Kagari said.

"I spent my whole life on it and now it's a miserable wreck…" Neha said as she slumped onto the trailer.

"Neha…" Rei said.

"Rei, I think we need to talk about something." Aya said.

He breathed in and turned to a very pouty Aya.

"What is it?"

"It's about your girlfriend."

Rei immediately caught on.

"Wait, are you jealous I went with her and not any of you?" Rei asked.

All the girls in his unit, except Kagari and Abigail, had him surrounded.

"I mean—! Can't you girls share me? There's plenty of me to go around…"

"But… we confessed to each other… under the Blue Moon…"

Aya pulled out her kodachi and had the blade at his neck.

"Oh! So that's it huh?! The blind cripple gets your heart going by acting cute, but I get zip from you when I end up saving your ass!?" Aya said.

"I worked my butt off for the Byakuen!" Neha said.

"I saw you like a big brother!" Benio said.

He felt Nina's weight bearing down on him. She was muttering so fast he can't even tell what she is saying. She fell on top of him.

"Please…" Rei said.


Government Bureau

"I told you relying on them was a mistake, you should have told me." Durandal said.

"And what would that accomplish? Every time you faced one another it ends in a draw." Schneizel said.

"This time would have been different."

"Not in this case." Schneizel said, "Nonetheless, it had confirmed my suspicions."

"Your suspicions about your half-siblings eluding death?"

"Yes but, officially, they are just dead now, only their bodies were burnt to ashes." Schneizel said.

"I see… it would only give Zero the opportunity to try and sway any Britannians into radicalism and have them support the Black Knights." Durandal said, "So it is better to 'accept' that they are dead."

"Exactly." Schneizel said, "It is better for the world to think they died and leave it at that."

"I see…" Durandal said, "Well in that case—"

"Sir! It's bad!" A soldier said.

"What is it?"

"Multiple vessels moving in from the Genkai sea! They have been confirmed as landing craft!"

"The Chinese Federation… guess they picked a good time to declare war when Area 11 is no longer feeling secure." Durandal said.

"No! They hear the emblem of Japan!"

"That doesn't exist any—"

"Oh…" Schneizel said, "So that's their excuse…"

"What?"

"The Chinese are using exiles to launch an invasion." Schneizel said, "Durandal, you are being sent into Kyushu."

"Yes sir." Durandal said, "Alert the Viceroy."

"Yes sir!"


Out in sea

Chinese landing craft bearing the flag of Japan began to make their way towards Kyushu during a ravenous storm.


A/N: I hope you guys were patient enough.

Rei's situation

Sucks that every girl in your unit, save a few, are willing to question you for showing affection to a girl who is blind and crippled while the other girls felt the same way towards you (Joker...).

Rekka Byakuen?

Rekka Byakuen. GET HYPED!


Stay safe during quarantine and until next time.