Lucienne: *lifting weights while stretching*

Naruko: I don't think that's safe.

Lucienne: I've been doing this for years, so I'll be fine.

Naruko: I thought you were going to drag Lelouch into your exercise routine.

Lucienne: Well…

Lelouch: *getting dragged away by Merrybel and Oldrin* Save meeeee!

Milly: You're doing fine, Lulu! By the way, what did the polls decide for my Geass?

Soul: You'll find out in this chapter! And also, I've gotten permission from Lord Maximus and adopted the material from Six-Paths of Rebellion to use for this fic, so that'll be fun. Anywho, review time!

-Gundam Meister Uzumaki - That's…actually not a bad idea.

-XenoBlaze - The whole Persona easter eggs were a coincidence.

-Findarato - Good suggestion, but nope.

-Neo Infinity - School is the furthest from Laila's mind for now. There's no Caste version of Medusa either.

-WindyCitySlayer1 - I never planned on pairing Suzaku with anyone~

-Guest1 - Well Mr. Needle to the Neck Guest, You wrote so much that it was really good and it would be a shame to not use it since you took the time to write it. Also, this Bourne guy might just be Nines' counterpart. You got anymore about this Bourne guy before I call them…Jason Bourne?

-Guest2 - I know that Laila's not busty, but my story, my rules. Besides, she won't even be paired with Naruto. I've never seen Shirley be xenophobic, even to Suzaku. Also, I've rewatched Akito the Exiled, and there's a lot I want to do.

-AnimeA55Kicker - Thanks for the funny suggestion, but I don't think it fits with how a Geass works. Lucienne would be able to do it with her Geass though.

-atengawchok - Never planned to.

-Raidentensho - Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not going to pull the trigger on that. After all, Roberta is smitten with her Master.

Soul: Special thanks to the Guest for letting me use that dialogue in the review section. And furthermore, I'm surprised that nobody-

BB: Hang on Boss! I got this!

BB! Channel!

Hey, there's a samurai cyborg and a touching funeral in the last episode, and nobody said anything! What gives~? There's a freakin' samurai cyborg!

Ahem! There's one more chapter before the next major battle, so you know what that means~

School life! Romances! Reunions! Oh my!

Euphemia li Britannia, along with that idiot Suzaku, have just arrived in Ashford! In a terrible sense of timing, Lucienne ran into the one person she can't afford to!

What is a vi Britannia to do?

[Ashford Academy]

Throughout her young life, Lucienne vi Britannia had gained many aliases.

The cool Ice Princess of Ashford Academy.

The unflappable Black Queen of the underground chess world.

The charismatic Playmaker of the Phantom Thieves and soon-to-be resistance group.

But none of those nicknames are going to help in the situation she's found herself in.

"Luci…enne?" Euphemia gasped from the front of the classroom; dressed in the standard Ashford Academy uniform.

"Oh…fuck…"

She and the twins were prepared to go to war with Britannia. They'd managed to save Suzaku (who was right there as well), and secured the loyalty of the Kozuki sisters and their little group. Everything was going perfectly…up until this exact moment.

'This cannot be happening! Why are they here?!' Lucienne thought frantically. She spotted the board in front of the room, and her heart sank upon seeing the name written next to Suzaku's.

[Elizabeth Lamperogue]

Lucienne was late to class, so there was ample time for the others in the class to confirm the link between her and Euphemia; putting her between a rock and hard place. With Euphemia now enrolled at Ashford, it was only a matter of time before she realized that Lucienne and the twins were Joker, Cypher, and Rei.

But right now…

"Oh…right…my sister," Lucienne grounded out, looking away nervously. "Ah, you know what, I just realized I forgot something in my dorm, so…uh…"

Lucienne suddenly zipped away, leaving a blinking outline of her in her wake.

"Ms. Lamperouge, get back here!" the teacher called to her angrily.

"Lucienne, wait!" Euphemia yelled, running to the hallway, only to find Lucienne nowhere to be found. "Lucienne!"

'Well, I didn't expect her to be here. If she's here, then Naruto and Naruko must be here as well.' Suzaku thought, scratching the back of his head. 'But this isn't good. I'm going to have to try and keep Princess Euphemia from contacting her sister.'

Euphemia looked upset at the actions of her long-lost sister, 'Lucy, you're alive, but…why did you run away from me?'

'...What was that about?' Kallen wondered, looking back and forth between Euphemia and the outline of Lucienne.

Stage 07: Royal Pains

[Blood of the Samurai HQ]

Cornelia was in a foul mood, awaiting a signal from her men in her Gloucaster Knightmare Frame. She was still stewing from the week she's been in Area 11, and it felt like a lifetime from the amount of time she's spent acting on Euphemia's findings and cleaning up after Clovis's reign.

After touching down in Area 11, she'd canceled the welcome party and set right to work. The Purebloods were the first to suffer her wrath as she personally arrested and interrogated them all, including her old charges Jeremiah and Villetta. However, Margrave Kewell received the most in the verbal thrashing department in front of his Pureblood Faction.

"The Third Prince of Britannia, my younger brother Clovis, the one you were all supposed to protect with your lives, was killed on your watch! In response, you decide to scapegoat an Eleven and make a circus out of the debacle instead of doing a proper investigation! Worse, the killers practically made a fool out of you, and Britannia as a whole!"

"But Princess, you must understand-!"

"Oh, I understand from your actions, Margrave! Just because I'm a warrior over a politician doesn't mean I don't know the ins and out of your ideals! You did all of that not only to abolish the Honorary Britannian system, which is ultimately up to the Emperor, but to grab power beyond your station! And where did it lead to? Sitting there in a restraining suit across from me! What do you have to say for yourself?!"

"But…I…everything I did…was for the good of Britannia!"

"If that was the case Margrave, you would have directed your faction to do their damn jobs and get justice for my brother's death BEFORE I arrived! And that is not the worst thing you did… your antics involving Jeremiah Gottwald PUT MY SISTER IN HARM'S WAY DUE TO YOUR CHAOS MINE! I OUGHT TO KILL YOU WHERE YOU STAND!"

"My Lady, mercy! I didn't mean to, I swear on my life! Mercy!"

"PATHETIC, THE LOT OF YOU! Clovis may have let you run wild, but I will not! By the power vested in me as Viceroy of Area 11 and Second Princess of Britannia, you and your fellow collaborators are hereby stripped of your Knighthoods and demoted to Privates of the Britannian military! The only ones spared of this punishment are Jeremiah and Villetta, who will be demoted three ranks down, retain their Knighthoods, and will be transferred to my Royal Guard! Brigadier General Gottwald, First Lieutenant Nu, get this scum out of my sight!"

From there, it was one headache after another. There was a mountain of unsigned paperwork on Clovis's desk that Euphemia and Laila could barely make a dent in, incompetent yes-men that Clovis kept around that she'd mostly culled, and minor terrorist cells that are still active and causing trouble with small raids. And to add to the pile, there was a recent break-in at the Cryo-Storage Facility where a body was stolen, with the calling card of the Phantom Thieves taking its place.

'No doubt…Joker, Cypher, and Rei are the Phantom Thieves plaguing Area 11…'

And then there was the after-action report regarding the Shinjuku Skirmish, the details of which drove Cornelia to drink straight from the bottle; the breaking point was the loss of many soldiers and Sutherlands after Clovis had broken the encirclement. He had been practically asking to get assassinated, pulling that stunt.

Among other things…

…

A couple of days ago, Cornelia, Darlton, and Guilford were in the former's new office, waiting for one last person to arrive. The door opened with an older man in a black suit walking in. He had black hair with silver strands on the sides; the bangs framing his cold blue eyes that showed his lack of sleep. He looked angry, having three files in his left arm and a coffee mug in his right hand.

"Welcome, Mr. Bourne." Cornelia greeted curtly as the man closed the door behind him. "So, how badly did my brother and those idiots in the Pureblood Faction mess up?"

Bourne took a sip of his coffee before responding. "Those civilian cesspool parasites and that goddamn idiot brother of yours fucked up big time, ma'am. At first, they put a stop to the attacks of the local resistance cells here in Area 11; but instead of taking the time to crush them fully like they should have done, those unorganized grabastic pieces of amphibian shit put more oil on the fire instead of putting it out with water with other incidents they failed to resolve. Worse, there have been numerous reports about those Phantom Thieves stealing a lot of gear and tech from both our military bases here in Area 11, and from a lot of convoys that transported them. All from right underneath their worthless noses, and they never improved on their security details or systems."

"Damn…I knew things were bad here, but I never thought it would be this bad," Darlton hissed, looked grim.

Guilford nodded. "And considering that the footage of the Shinjuku Massacre that was leaked out to the whole world, we lost a lot of good men before we conquered Area 18. It turned from an easy victory to a bitter hard-fought battle to the end in a few hours after it was released. For every one member of the Middle Eastern Federation's military that we took down, they killed five to twenty of our men in return."

Bourne sat his coffee mug down and gave Cornelia a file. She opened it and scowled, not pleased with what she read in the first few pages alone. She felt a headache coming and she could only be further infuriated for the screw-up that is her foolish brother, along with the idiots of the Pureblood Faction. She snapped the file closed and put it down on her desk to look over it further later.

Looking up at Bourne, the princess asked, "Have you managed to remove the footage of the Shinjuku Massacre from the Internet yet? or even found out where this BB is?"

Bourne took another sip of his coffee. "...No, and that has been proven to be an impossible task. For every one video we remove from the net, 200 more take their place. It's like we are dealing with a Hydra; take off one head and two more will take its place. Many within the Cyber Security Division have already given up on removing the footage. To be honest I can't really blame them. They have been trying for days now and with no results. As for that damn A.I. BB? She is bouncing off her signal across every computer and satellite around the world and she changes her pattern every five seconds, so pinning her down is proving next to impossible."

Cornelia, Darlton, and Guilford were shocked to hear this. Bourne was their best intelligence and counterintelligence expert who had personally served Cornelia for many years. He always made sure that all intelligence from the enemy side was as correct as possible, and that the enemy always got the wrong info of their moves. To hear that even he has trouble in both removing the videos of the massacre from the net and in tracking down BB was a complete shock to them; that the A.I. was making it that much harder to find it and to remove the videos of the Shinjuku Massacre.

"...Bourne, did you at least find anything on what my brother was up to when he ordered that massacre?"

"Not yet, My Lady. We have impounded his personal computer, but there are a lot of encryptions and firewalls. All of it is focused to protect some kind of project called Code-R," Bourne said before taking another sip of coffee. "I can't tell you what it is yet, as the encryptions have encryptions and even the firewalls have firewalls. Still, I have my best hacker team on it to crack them, but it's going to take them some time. Whatever he was protecting that involved this project Code-R, it must be big enough that he would use poison gas as a cover for him to order the massacre of an entire ghetto just to cover up the truth.

Cornelia, Darlton, and Guilford could only gravely nod at that.

"What is the status of Area 11's Honorable Britannians after what happened in the Shinjuku Massacre?" Darlton asked with a frown.

Bourne took another sip of his coffee. "Many of them have resigned from the military and joined the police force. Even the new recruits are pulling themselves out of military training. Out of all of Area 11's Honorable Britannians that once were a part of our army, and the ones in training, there is only one left and he is part of the Camelot Engineering Corps; the one who pilots the 7th-Generation Knightmare, the Lancelot."

Their eyes widened in dismay at the staggering loss of morale and manpower.

"Damn. I was hoping to get some of them on our force when we go after the resistance cells. To hear that there is only one left in the army is not a good sign." Guilford muttered grimly. "Bourne, who is this pilot anyway?"

Bourne sat his coffee mug down and gave the next file to Cornelia, who opened it, while Darlton and Guilford read it over her shoulders. "Private Suzaku Kururugi, the son of Genbu Kururugi, the last Prime Minister of Japan. He was top of his training platoon in boot camp; a good soldier, but he's a naive dreamer. He wants to be the first Honorable Britannian to become a Knight of the Round and become the Knight of One to be in charge of Area 11. In other words, he is a dead man walking, only he doesn't know it yet. He doesn't see it when someone tells him the truth. He is a soldier who aims for an impossible dream and goal that will get him killed sooner or later. A potential liability."

Darlton and Guilford gaped while Cornelia sighed, holding the bridge of her nose. "Great. A soldier with a death wish. We need to break him out of it and as soon as possible. We can't have him going for that goal. Not even my own father would let him get promoted, let alone become a Knight of the Round."

Bourne snorted and took another sip of his coffee. "Good luck with that, my lady. The brat is naive to the extreme. He is so convinced of his ideals that he doesn't want to see or listen to the truth."

Cornelia groaned at that and then asked her most feared question of all. "Moving on from that…Bourne, what's happening at Uzushio right now?"

Darlton, Guilford, and Bourne knew why she was asking this. There was only one person in the whole world who could easily outthink, outmaneuver, outwit and outclass the Witch of Britannia and the Goddess of Victory, Cornelia li Britannia. Her old teacher, Uzumaki Kushina, the infamous Red Hot-Blooded Habanero, and the Uzukage Daimyo of Uzushio, who is a master tactician and strategist in her own right. The woman was so unpredictable and such a wild card that it was impossible to know how, when, and where she would strike, nor what kind of strategy she would use until it was too late.

Not that the three men in the room could blame her. Their first and only invasion of Uzushio was a complete and utter disaster from the start. They had lost ten battalions of foot soldiers, eight battalions of Knightmares, four special units, and even a Knight of the Round dealt with personally by Kushina.

The final nail in the coffin of the assault was the appearance of the infamous Metal Gear, which had sunk every ship with its powerful railguns and shot down all aircraft insight with missile and machine gunfire. After losing two-thirds of a carrier battle group, including the carrier itself, the order to retreat was finally given and Britannia limped away in utter shame.

The three men also knew that Cornelia would rather be out there fighting and conquering the Chinese Federation than fighting her old mentor. Not because of their relationship, but because any victory she might manage to claw out of the woman would be pyrrhic at best.

Bourne set his coffee mug down and gave Cornelia the last file. "Well, from what the last satellite images from the observation satellites over Uzushio have told me, everything there is quiet…a little too quiet if you ask me. No way they don't know about the massacre. Some idiots in the Intelligence Division think that she is too scared to launch any attacks against us because of what happened, but I doubt it. I believe that they want to keep their own fears at bay of facing Kushina and Uzushio's wrath, not that I blame them. I also suspect that our observation satellites over Uzushio have been hacked and that they are preparing to attack Area 11 and free it from Britannia control. I thought that it wouldn't happen for another three years, but thanks to Clovis I know it's going to happen sooner. The problem is we don't know when, where, and how."

Darlton grimaced at that. "This is bad, and we don't even know if Uzumaki will go for a full-scale invasion, or choose the needle over the sword to the neck approach to free Area 11."

"There's more. I believe that the two transforming Knightmare Frames that fought against the Lancelot came from Uzushio and that they were just prototypes. They pushed a 7th-Gen Knightmare Frame like this while in their testing stages, and if they can push the Lancelot so hard and take an arm from it, then I don't want to know what they are going to do if they become fully operational. Plus I have no doubt that the arm is now in Uzushio being analyzed with plans to be integrated into their future tech and those two transforming Knightmare frames."

Cornelia, Darlton, and Guilford paled at that. It was no secret that Uzushio's technology was more advanced than any other country on the planet, even their own. And with the technology of the Lancelot, it will be even harder to defeat Uzushio and to keep Area 11 under control.

"...Bourne, how big of a chance do you think that that AI, BB, is part of Uzushio?" Darlton inquired.

Bourne thought about it for a few seconds. "From my calculations, very big; and if that damn A.I. is there then she is also messing with our observation satellites over Uzushio."

Guilford looks at Cornelia. "Forgive me for asking this, my Lady, but if we are going to be attacked by Uzushio, and someone here would advise you to surrender to them while your father would command you to keep fighting; if we are losing the battle, what would you choose and would you accept surrender?"

Cornelia looks at him and in a serious tone. "I would choose to surrender to save our remaining forces and ignore my father's command to keep fighting against…against Kushina-sensei. There is no victory against her, a mother who lost her children because of my father bombing Japan. Bourne, call the Camelot Engineering Corps here at their earliest convenience. We have things to discuss."

Bourne bowed. "At once, My Lady."

…

"Viceroy Cornelia, we have identified the guerrillas," Darlton informed her, breaking her out of her thoughts as the information was relayed to her Knightmare. "You are clear to move in."

"Thank you, Darlton," she murmured before urging her Knightmare forward.

She needed to blow off a lot of steam, and the Blood of the Samurai were on the menu to go. She was not Clovis, and she needed to do what she had to do, to make sure Britannia remained strong- no, she had to be strong. She had to remain useful, not just for her sake, but Euphemia's. It is why Cornelia joined the military: to increase her influence to keep Euphemia out of their father's sight.

While the resistance fighters of the Blood of the Samurai rain down fire on the tanks below at the Britannian Panther Tanks, Cornelia stuck from above like an angel of death. The rebel fighters noticed and opened fire, with her returning fire with her assault rifle.

"Relics of a forgotten age!" she growled, firing her Slash Harkens. "Not even good enough target practice for when Kushina-sensei and Uzu land on our shores!"

The guided wired projectiles impacted with the assault nests, blowing them up on contact and latching onto the walls behind them. She quickly retracted them to pull herself along and maneuver around the hail of fire, landing lance-first in an entrance into the mountain.

"Darlton! In here, correct?" she asked as she pulled out her weapon.

"Yes, My Lady. Shall we accompany you?"

Cornelia scoffed as she moved her Gloucaster forward. "Not for this level of resistance!"

"Understood!"

Soon, Cornelia arrived in a large dome-like room with barriers, supply crates, and railroad tracks; with a train turn-around in the middle of the room. There were also armed rebels inside as well.

"Surrender at once, you foolish Elevens!" she demanded through her PA speaker. "If you drop to your knees and beg for mercy, I might just let you all live. Decide!"

"Down with Britannia!" they replied fervently and opened fire.

The bullets harmlessly bounced off the Gloucester as it looked around.

"Doesn't look like Joker, Cypher, and Rei are here. No point going after them one at a time, I suppose," she noted in annoyance. "Fine then, let this mountain be where you rot!" she yelled and returned fire.

[Ashford Academy, lunchtime]

The bell rang at noon for the start of the lunch period, and Nathan, Natalia, Milly, and Akiza left together.

Nathan then took his iDroid out and frowned. "That's weird. Lucienne's been calling me every 15 minutes."

"Same here…" Natalia said, showing the group her iDroid. "Wonder what's up?"

"Let's find out." Nathan mused as he called Lucienne. "What's going on, Lucy?"

"Code Red! Code Kyubi! Whatever! I'm in the bunker, and we have a big problem! A very, big, big problem!" Lucienne ranted, causing Nathan to withdraw his ear from the phone.

"Calm down, what's wrong?" Nathan chided her.

"Uh-oh," Milly said, looking ahead and seeing someone quickly rounding the corner. "I'll cover for you! Get to grandpa! I'll be there soon!"

The twins looked ahead and paled upon seeing Euphemia appear, looking frantic. The two quickly spun on their heels and strode in the other direction.

"Wait, what's going on?" Akiza demanded as she followed. "Who is that girl?"

"That was Euphemia li Britannia," Nathan whispered to Akiza's shock as they went down the stairs. "Sister of Cornelia. I suppose that was the issue, Lucienne?"

"She's been assigned to my class! I was late and there she was, along with Suzaku!"

"...You gotta be kidding me, datte-" Nathan groaned, facepalming. "Ugh, Old Man Ruby has some explaining to do…"

…

"Milly?" Euphemia gasped in surprise as the girl came up to her. "Milly! It's been such a long time!"

"I didn't expect you to be here, Euphie-" Milly started to say before the pinkette raised her hand.

"It's Elizabeth. I registered here under a different alias. I, er, changed it up when introducing myself." Euphemia said and looked around.

"Well, it's good to have you," Milly said and looked over her shoulder to see Suzaku, her blood now running cold. "Oh, is that?"

"Oh, this is Kururugi Suzaku. I insisted he come with me to Ashford." Euphemia introduced him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Suzaku said, offering his hand out.

"The pleasure is mine. I hope you're finding everything well here at Ashford. I'm the Student Council President here, by the way, Milly Ashford" said Milly, shaking Suzaku's hand cordially.

"Oh, since you're the Student Council President, you can help me find someone," Euphemia said brightly, much to Milly's dread. "Please, it has to be discreet, since she ran away before class started."

'...Crap.'

[Reuben Ashford's Office]

Reuben was sweating, staring down both Naruto and Naruko at his sides, while Lucienne sat in front of him, glaring daggers.

"So uh, what is Euphemia li Britannia doing here? And how did her dossier slip past you?" Lucienne asked eerily, her eyebrow twitching.

"To be fair, I had no idea it was Euphemia all grown up. It's been years. Furthermore, she had a different alias." Reuben protested as he showed them said student dossier.

"Elizabeth…Heurassein?" Lucienne said, looking through the file. "Did she decide to change her surname at the last hour or something?"

"I don't know what to tell you, Lucienne. The only one who can tell you is Euphemia herself." Reuben sighed. "I'm sorry about this, I truly am."

"The only thing we can do is to make sure she doesn't inform Cornelia, or our operation goes tits up," Naruto grumbled and looked out the window to see the students going about their day.

"I suppose it was too soon for Euphemia to know?" Reuben inquired with a serious look.

Reuben was also on the "Down with Britannia" train, but only as a shadow supporter. He had not been informed of any plans per his requests, so if something happened, anyone who questioned him would get nothing. He provided them with intelligence on anything he heard during his outings, as well as his 'abandoned' family-owned warehouses, which would be used as forward-operating bases and Knightmare Frame production.

"No kidding, it's too soon to the point that there's now a countdown to when she'll figure it out," Naruko said dryly, "She may not have won a chess game against any of us, but she has a knack for figuring things out like a freakin' detective, dattebane."

"It's not just her you have to worry about. Since Kururugi Suzaku is here, his co-workers are also near the school grounds. I used my authority to make sure they don't park on the grounds themselves," Reuben informed them, making the twin groaning loudly.

"Suzaku," Lucienne murmured, "We have Japanese students from rich families, and this school is liberal to a point. Even so, his presence and…'celebrity' status is sure to attract idiots. Already there are reports of other students heckling their fellow students with their more…extreme views of what happened in Shinjuku."

"At this rate, Milly will have to make the Disciplinary Squad official," Reuben mused as Milly entered the room. "Ah, there's my granddaughter."

"Hey, guys…" Milly panted, her hands on her knees. "It took me a while to lose Euphemia. She's asking around, and I made a break for it when one of the students revealed that Lucy is the Vice-President of the Student Council. I'm sorry, but there's no getting away from her."

"...Right then. No more classes for today," said Naruto, handing Milly Euphemia's student file. "We'll meet with Euphie and Suzaku after school. There's no reason to drag this out, so we'll just get it over with. But under no circumstances can Suzaku know."

"Fuck. No," Naruko growled, making an X-sign with her arms. "He's stubborn in the worst way and will sell us down the river in a fucking heartbeat."

"At least we can keep an eye on him. Have him look the other way while we do our thing." Milly offered with a thumbs up. "And since we're skipping classes for the day, we can go handle the other thing!"

Naruto nodded. "Sounds like a plan. Have Rivalz go get Kallen and Akiza, and we'll get C.C. We meet in the bunker in 30 minutes."

"We'll see ya later, grandpa!" Milly said cheerfully as they left his office.

"I'm going to have to do better to make up for a blunder," Reuben murmured as the phone rang. "Hello?"

A moment later, his eyes narrowed at the voice on the other line. "What do you want this time, my wayward daughter?"

[Underground Bunker]

"I've been meaning to ask, but do you have to kiss someone to give them Geass?" Rivalz asked meekly, raising his hand.

"Nope, but that's just my preference when dealing with vixens like these," C.C. admitted with a smug look. "Why, are you looking to get a Geass as well? We could do with a handshake if you like."

"I would actually prefer that, because…" Rivalz scratched his head with a finger. "I may end up with a couple…girlfriends…"

"Eh, seriously?" Naruto grinned and gave a thumbs-up. "Congrats, man! Sounds like you finally got lucky!"

"What can I say? Those ass-kickings in chess and Magic and Duel Monsters are paying off!" Rivalz said, giving him a fist-bump.

Milly clapped, looking happy for him with a wide smile. "That's our Rivalz!"

Everyone had convened in the bunker just as classes started back up. C.C. was spinning around in her chair while Kallen and Akiza were looking nervous, with Milly looking perky as usual. And flanking C.C. was her Servants, Jeanne and Jalter. Medusa, Medusa Alter, and Scáthach were also out of the shadows and standing in different parts of the room.

"Can we please get this over with?" Kallen grumbled.

"Now, now, there's no rush," Jeanne assured her to calm her down.

"You'll be fine. It won't be that bad. It's just a really interesting trip, like that Sliders TV show." Lucienne assured the girls. "And nothing like that stuff Jill smokes, I assure you."

"And how would you know that?" Naruto asked dryly.

"Her damn second-hand smoke." Lucienne growled, her eye twitching "It gave me a headache, not to mention I saw butterflies one time."

"Are you all absolutely sure you want to do this?" C.C. suddenly asked them seriously. "Despite knowing the risk of Geass?"

"I had plenty of time to think about it, C.C., and I'm more than ready," Milly said, with her hand on her flexed bicep. "If I'm going to be your partner, then I'm going to need to bring a new set of skills to the table! Besides, until now, I never had powers like you guys do, so first time for everything!"

"She's right. After all, the Emperor has a Geass for his own along with some Geass Assassins with their own powers. We'll take any edge we can get. And even if our Geass runs away, you'll be there to help," Akiza said, directing the last part to the twins who nodded.

"Nothing is off the table when it comes to obliterating Britannia and freeing Japan from its grip, even if it means making a deal with the Devil," Kallen added while eying C.C. warily.

"Witch…, but fine then." C.C. said as she stood up. "There's no talking any of you out of this. Just understand that the Emperor himself will know that there are new Geass being born."

"Ah, you don't have to worry about that," Naruto said, waving her off.

C.C. frowned at him. "What do you mean? He can feel convergences from the World of C due to the connection he established with the Sword of Akasha. All for the sake of Ragnarok."

"Yeah, but still…" Naruto said with a faraway look at one of the blank screens. "There'll be nothing to worry about…"

Unknownst to the others, Naruto was seeing a young woman on the screen. Her appearance was similar to C.C. with the same facial features, body build, and hairstyle, except her hair was black with pink fringes; and she had pink eyes. She wore a choker in the shape of the Geass sigil, the latter having the same shape on her top that showed her cleavage; as well as black pants with pink-tipped shoes.

She put a finger to her lips and winked before disappearing.

C.C. shrugged and stood up. "I'll take your word for it. Now let's begin."

The girls blushed as she walked up to them. When Naruko was given her Geass, C.C. kissed her with tongue and all. Poor Naruko's face was as red as a tomato, with Kushina cheering that she now won't be the only one being called a tomato. The girls were all unable to form coherent sentences while the boys had nosebleeds. It didn't help that Naruko recovered and returned the favor with lewd kissing and groping until Naruto managed to separate the two.

"Careful now," Milly cooed as C.C. got in her face. "I'm not as easy as Naruko-chan."

C.C. hummed. "I've been around for hundreds of years, Ms. Milly. No matter what experience you may have, it's not enough to top my own." she boasted, licking her lips.

Before C.C. could strike, Milly beat her to punch and claimed her lips. C.C.'s eyes widened as Milly groped her breasts and ass, giving them a squeeze. A few moments later, C.C. stepped back as Milly recovered while looking out of it.

"That was…crazy! Wow!" Milly breathed and shook her head. She then blinked, revealing the signature red Geass sigil in her left eye. "So this is Geass?"

"Go ahead and experiment. You should be able to summon your Servant as well." C.C. said and turned to the sisters. "Who's next?"

Kallen rapidly shook her head and hid behind Naruto, leaving Akiza to shrug.

"Guess I'm next," she said nonchalantly, before finding her own lips captured by C.C.

"Oh. Ooooooooh." Milly suddenly said, turning her Geass off and gaining a creepy mischievous grin. "I'm going to have a lot of fun with this beauty~" she said, letting out a rich bitch laugh. "Oh hohohohohoho!"

"What the hell is with that creepy laugh? Gross!" Jalter protested, cringing.

"Projecting much?" Jeanne muttered, whistling when Jalter threw a dirty look at her.

C.C released her hold on Akiza, who swayed on her feet before catching herself. Soon, a Geass sigil sprouted in her left eye as well.

"And finally," C.C. turned to Kallen, who shivered like a maraca.

"Can we talk about this?" she asked meekly before Naruko flash-stepped behind her.

"Nope. Just get it over with, Kally-chan~" she laughed, pushing Kallen towards C.C. "Pucker up!"

"...That was cruel." Naruto drawled, grunting as his twin climbed on his back.

"Mercy?" Kallen squeaked after C.C. swiftly captured her in an embrace.

"Asking mercy from a witch? How adorable~" C.C. cooed, stroking Kallen's cheek and kissing her.

In all the years C.C. had on Earth, she hadn't had this much fun in a while. Ever since the Code had been forced upon her, it was nothing but misery and boredom, until she met the Uzumaki clan, who all had similar longevity to immortality. Hanging around Mito and Kushina had been fun until she was betrayed and sold out by Charles. And now that she was free, her goal of dying took a backseat, as she was going to try and take baby steps to make the most of her life.

C.C. then pulled back, leaving a steaming Kallen. "There. What wasn't so hard, was it?"

Kallen fumed at her, her own Geass flaring into existence.

"Yo, are you sure you want to wait?" Naruto asked Rivalz. "You might as well get it over with."

"True, but… you know what, you're right. Let's see what I got." Rivalz said and reached his arm out. "Handshake, right?"

One handshake later, and Rivalz's Geass came to life.

"Whew," C.C. sat back in her chair, looking drained. "This is a first for me, giving out more than one Geass."

"And here I thought you weren't going to be like that little shit," Jalter scoffed, looking at her with one eye. "Giving Geass out like candy."

"He gives out Geass willy-nilly. I give them to those who are worthy and are close to me. There's a difference. Geass is hope and desire given form, and I confess that I'm curious to see what Geass will manifest from those connected to the twins," C.C. shot back and turned her attention to her new contractees. "So, anything?"

Milly grinned, activating her Geass and focused it on Akiza who was just looking at her.

The latter suddenly stiffened up and started breathing heavily, with red rings surrounding her irises. "Wha-what's happening to me?" she gasped, clutching at her chest and rubbing her thighs together. "Is that you, Milly?!"

C.C. raised an eyebrow and grabbed Milly's wrist to piggyback off her.

"Oh my, this is fitting…"

…

On campus, Claire was reading a textbook in class when she shivered; a sense of foreboding causing her to dread future events.

…

"I am going to have so much fun with this~" Milly sang as she deactivated her Geass, Akiza collapsing in a heap.

"You…bitch…" Akiza gasped, her chest heaving. "You almost…had me begging to be…fucked!"

"The Seal of Absolute…Compulsion? My, how interesting. You can manipulate your target's basic instincts. Fight and flight, aggression and attraction… By manipulating these, you can drive people into a state of panic or rage. But you used it to invoke sexual lust in Akiza. Quite fitting for a succubus like you, Milly." C.C. praised her, much to the horror of everyone around. "I'm surprised you were able to get a Seal-type Geass. I usually try not to give those out."

"Basically enraging, intimidation, or making people horny," Naruto simplified it as Akiza struggled to get to her feet. "Good to know. But, a Seal-type? Is there a difference?"

"Yes. There are three types of Geass: Power, Ward, and Seal. Power is your standard type that requires direct eye contact unless it directly enhances the user in some way. Ward is an area-of-effect type that doesn't require eyesight. And Seal is an abnormal type that doesn't require eyesight, but direct eyesight makes it more effective. The trade-off for Seal-type is that it can be broken with time depending on the user's willpower."

"Without eyesight, huh?" Naruko sweated, trying not to look at Milly who had the big shit-eating grin on her face. "Who did we piss off in the past life?"

"Milly, please be nice." Lucienne chided her.

"Don't worry, I won't use it on those I care about," Milly said, returning to normal. "I'm well aware of the ramifications of my Geass…" she continued and smirked. "Doesn't mean that I can't have fun with the more…raunchy parts of it every now and then," she admitted with a lick of her lips.

"Down, girl." Naruko chided her, dragging her away. "What about you guys-?"

"Is that Black Rose Dragon?!"

Everyone looked to see Naruto and Akiza making eye contact, with the latter's Geass active. C.C. went over to piggyback off Akiza and her eyes widened.

"Well, that's something." C.C. noted as Naruto looked fascinated. "Power- no, this is a Ward-type!"

Soon, everyone saw what Naruto was seeing; they found themselves in a thorny rose garden under a night sky; with a black and red dragon with rose petals for wings flying about. It also smelled like roses as well, and they could feel the wind blowing about.

"What is this? I thought we were in the bunker!" Rivalz shouted as the dragon landed next to Akiza, who was now sporting a red Victorian-esque outfit.

C.C. hummed. "Perception? No, this is a hallucination."

"This is amazing! Even I can see everything that's happening!" Akiza gushed and petted the dragon's head. "We finally meet, Black Rose Dragon."

"I see. Just like Lucienne is the Black Queen of underground chess matches, you're the Black Rose Witch of Magic and Duel Monsters Underground." Naruto realized, with Akiza materializing her signature mask.

"Got it in one. Maybe we can play a game sometime," Akiza said with a smirk, lightly biting the top of her mask. "Casual play, of course. But we can do more with this…if you want?"

Naruto grinned. "Let me buy you dinner first."

"Gain control of your Geass before planning any dream dates with boy toy here." C.C. deadpanned at her blatant attempts at flirting. "The more you use and strain your Geass, the faster you'll be inflicted with Runaway Geass."

Akiza pouted but relented and deactivated her power, restoring everyone's surroundings.

"Yep, that was a trip," Lucienne said, rubbing her eyes.

Naruko snickered. "At least it didn't involve acid."

"It was an…interesting experience to say the least." Scáthach pointed out. "What do you call that one, lass?"

"Ward of Absolute Hallucination," C.C. replied. "It appears to affect up to all five senses of Akiza's targets. You can inflict anything from pain to pleasure," she told Akiza, who looked thrilled. "However as I said, I advise that you don't hold it for so long."

"Those sound useful," Kallen grumbled, switching her Geass on and off, "But I still have no idea what…mine…does… What the?" When her Geass flared up, she saw everyone moving slowly. She tilted her head, deactivating her Geass to find everyone moving normally.

"Is something wrong?" Jeanne inquired.

"The world looks so slow when I activate it," Kallen replied, moving her hands in her face while trying out her Geass. "Like some kind of bullet time in the movies- HEY!"

She saw Naruto throw some shurikens at her, causing her to activate her Geass on instinct. The shuriken slowed down in her vision, allowing her to quickly move out of the way. The gears clicked in her head when she realized what she could do with her new power. Looking from the shuriken that was about to hit the wall and Naruto's arm still outreached from throwing them; she grinned, grabbing the shurikens safely, before deactivating her Geass. "...Oh yeah. I like this."

C.C. grinned. "The Power of Absolute Perception. With your skill with a Knightmare, Bismarck finally has some competition with his Power of Absolute Future Sight."

"Wait, what?! The Knight of One has a Geass?!" Lucienne asked in shock.

"Yep. His Geass allows him to see into the immediate future. It's Runaway, so he has that eye sewn together to keep it under control." C.C. explained, grinning, while everyone else grimaced at the mental image. "He gained his Geass after the failed siege of Uzu, where Kushina defeated him when he was still the Knight of Five. Even with it, I doubt he can defeat her."

"It sounds like one of the techniques of the Sharingan." Naruto muttered and snorted, "Yeah, she's not beating Kaa-chan anytime soon. Still, as much as I want to try and kick his ass, I rather he not get deployed here out of desperation."

"We'll worry about that later. Rivalz," Naruko turned to him. "What about yours?"

"I can see through things and see things from far away," Rivalz replied, having his Geass on and looking elsewhere. "And yeah, I accidentally saw everyone in the nude. Not my fault! It won't happen again! Sorry!"

"You're fine, Rivalz. Save it for your girlfriends, eh?" Naruto chuckled while the girls looked scandalized. "Girls, give him a break. At least he was forward with what his Geass could do. No slapping him, no payback, or anything."

"Seriously Naruto, what do you take me for, a tsundere? I wouldn't dream of it. At least he has a cool Geass," Milly said and winked at Rivalz. "Be sure to use it sparingly or else it'll run away from you~"

Rivalz grinned and gave a thumbs up. "Heh, duly noted."

"There's already Naruto's Absolute Vision, so let's call it Power of Absolute Sight." C.C. suggested. "Now to see your Servants."

Milly nodded. "They come from our shadows, right?" she asked before noting a ripple in her shadow. "Oh there…she is!"

A young woman rose from the shadow with blonde hair tied in a braided bun with a red ribbon, green irises, fair skin; and wearing a bright red and white military-style dress, embroidered with gold; with the dress made to accentuate her bountiful chest. There was also a translucent portion at the front of her lower skirt, showing that she was wearing golden greaves, as well as her undergarments. She summoned her weapon, a long red and black blade, twirling it around and sticking it into the floor.

"Servant Saber, Nero Claudius! I have arrived in response to your call!" she introduced herself and smiled at Milly. "Umu, you have chosen the right one! You sure know how to tell the difference, Milly Ashford!"

"The Fifth Roman Emperor?! Wow! You don't look or sound like a tyrant at all!" Milly squeaked and hugged her new Servant close to her chest. "You're so cute, Nero~"

"You sure are a lively one, Master!" Nero murmured, rubbing her head against her Master's boobs. "Rest assured, your life is in my hands! Umu!"

"Of course Milly would get a Roman Emperor. When in Rome, do what the Romans do. God help us all…" Lucienne deadpanned as Milly started to shamelessly grope Nero, already dreading Milly's future plans with her.

It did not help that Nero was clearly enjoying it.

"She's a perfect ten!" Milly cheered with a thumbs up, causing the other Servants to discreetly hide behind their respective Masters.

…

Back on campus in class, Nick suddenly felt the urge to prepare several folded-up newspaper harisen for Milly's future outrageous plots.

…

"Ano?"

Akiza looked behind her to see someone hiding behind a chair. "Did you call for me?" a voice meekly asked from behind it.

"Are you okay? Please show yourself." Akiza requested, looking confused. 'Did I get an oddball?'

Soon enough, her Servant showed herself; a woman with a veil over her face and golden trinkets in her black hair. She had green-irises, chocolate-brown skin, and a voluptuous body. She wore a little white hat on her head, a blue and gold dress with pauldrons and side-boob; with a white veil that covered her cleavage. Finally, she had an opaque and transparent white dress, blue and gold heels, and a staff with a hanging lantern.

And she was in dogeza. "Why are you in dogeza?" Akiza asked, feeling awkward with all eyes on them. "Please lift your head. It's embarrassing?"

"I won't die?" her Servant asked timidly.

"What?! No!" Akiza yelped, looking mortified. "Why do you think that?! You're okay, I guess?"

"If…If I'm not going to die, then…I'll raise my head…" the Servant said and glazed at Akiza nervously. "I'm the Caster of the Nightless City, Scheherazade. As long as you do not try to take my life, you will remain a good Kin- Queen in my eyes, Master."

"Wait? Scheherazade? Is that the name of the narrator of One Thousand and One Nights?" Naruko asked Akiza, who was sweating. "The one you did a project on in History class a year ago?"

"I only did that because that book was the only one left when I returned to school!" Akiza wailed, realizing what's going on with her and flailed her arms. "Listen, Scheherazade, you are not going to die, okay? You'll be fine! You're my Servant! We'll make it together! Okay?!"

"It's like you have your hands full, Nee-san~" a smug Kallen teased her.

Akiza gained a tickmark at that. "Oh yeah?! What about your own Servant, imouto~?"

"I'm sure mine will be just fine. I grabbed the card with the sword, so it's obviously going to be a badass Japanese swordsman!" Kallen boasted with folded arms.

"Hope you didn't bet anything on that, Kally," C.C. said, looking over her shoulder while Jalter sniggered. "Because you're about to learn the definition of irony."

Kallen's Servant rose from her shadow, her appearance putting a damper on Kallen's wish for a samurai Servant. Instead, her Servant was a beautiful young woman with golden blonde hair tied up in a thick, braided bun, green irises, soft skin, and a slender yet busty physique. She wore shining silver armor, gauntlets, and greaves over an old-style blue and white English dress, with gold trim.

"Oh thank fuck…" Jalter whispered in relief.

"Servant, Saber; Artoria Pendragon. I have answered in response to your summons." she said with a bow. "I ask of you, are you my Master?"

"I…uh…" Now it was Kallen's turn to be embarrassed, as Naruto, Naruko, and Akiza sank to the ground in laughter.

"Congratulations Kallen, you netted yourself King Arthur…who is actually female. Servants are weird," Lucienne stated in amusement. "Are you winning yet?"

"Am I not to your liking, Master?" Artoria inquired, looking slightly disheartened.

"Ugh…the legends of King Arthur were way before Britannia's time, so I guess you're okay…" Kallen mumbled while pouting.

"It's been a long time, Artoria-san." Medusa suddenly spoke up, walking up to her.

"Is that you, Medusa?" Artoria asked, getting a good look at her. "It is! Indeed it has!" She agreed cordially as they shook hands. "I see we're on the same side this time as well."

"I take it you know each other?" Naruto breathed out, trying to recover from laughing so much.

Medusa nodded in confirmation. "Yes, from another life. Another time. But the memories are still there."

"Yep, yep!" Nero agreed and grinned at Artoria. "How do you do, my eternal rival?"

Artoria's eyes twitched. "Good to see you too, you copy!"

"At least it isn't the Ice Bitch," Jalter muttered, with Jeanne laughing nervously.

"It's not exactly exclusive…" Medusa Alter mumbled as lightning shot between the two. "So what does the boy get?"

"Uh, two?!" Rivalz yelped as two figures appeared.

The first was a tall, busty, red-eyed, blonde, twin-tailed woman, wearing a red and gold pirate jacket. The second, standing next to her, was a young, blue-eyed, white-haired girl wearing a black and white jacket, with a sword strapped to her back.

"Were you surprised, Master? The two of us are one Servant." the girl announced cheekily.

"She is Mary Read. I'm Anne Bonny," the statuesque woman introduced herself and her partner, "Nice to meet you, Master."

"You're pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy, under the command of John Rackham, who was also known as Calico Jack!" Rivalz said, much to Lucienne and Kallen's surprise since they're in the same class. "No matter what, you both always fought together."

"Eh? You know your history, Master. Then you know what we're capable of." Anne said with a calculating eye. "My sword, her rifle, they're yours to command."

"We're in your capable hands!" Mary added brightly.

"Lucky. You get the normal ones while I get a storyteller who's afraid I'm going to kill her!" Akiza complained before trying to cheer up a depressed-looking Scheherazade.

"Well, I guess we're all set then," Naruto said, clapping his hands.

"Indeed!" Rivalz agreed while Anne sat on his lap while Mary rested her boobs on top of his head. "Now I know what it feels like to be you, Naruto."

"It's not that hard honestly. Just be yourself, dattebayo." Naruto shrugged and noticed all their Servants sizing each other with analytical eyes. "And no fighting each other unless it's a spar, you guys. We all need your services when it comes to taking down Britannia."

Everyone agreed with his words.

"Understood, Naruto-sama," Medusa said with a bow.

"Right, now that we have our Geass and Servants set, we can now deal with the other issues plaguing us today. Namely Euphie and Suzaku," Lucienne said and grimaced. "We gotta figure out how to make sure Euphie doesn't inform Nelia about our whereabouts."

Kallen frowned. "But when the time comes, will you fight them?"

"Suzaku? One hundred percent…because he's become a dumbass. Euphie?" Lucienne sighed and looked away. "Only if we have no other choice, but I doubt it'll come down to it. All we can do is hold off the inevitable truth…before bringing her over to our side."

"It won't be that simple…" Milly noted while head-patting a purring Nero.

"Eh, we can wing it. For now, let's discuss." Naruto said, gesturing to the others to put their heads together.

[School Building, a few hours later]

The bell rang for the end of the school day, and the students stood up to leave to either go to their clubs or back to the dorms. There was a temporary mandate in place that allowed students to forego club activities and head to the dorms, since despite the week-long break, everyone was still reeling from the Shinjuku Massacre footage.

Euphemia was packing up her bag when Suzaku walked up to her.

"Lucienne hasn't returned," he reported, hoisting up his bag.

"Why? Why did she run away from me? All this time, we all thought she was gone because of the war. We saw their bodies in the caskets…" Euphemia wondered sadly before perking up. "Suzaku, she stayed with you and your family. Do you know why?"

Suzaku looked around and whispered. "When Lucienne arrived with Nunnally, she wasn't fond of talking about her family, much less her father. I haven't seen her since the other day."

"The other day?" Euphemia inquired.

Before Suzaku could answer, Rivalz walked into the room towards the duo. "Hey, Elizabeth, Suzaku, right?"

"Rivalz! Where have you been?! And where's Lucy!" Shirley demanded, stomping up to him. "How could you all miss the rest of the day?!"

"Calm down, Shirley!" Nina squeaked while casting a fearful look at Suzaku.

"Sorry, but I was dealing with an emergency," Rivalz said, leaning away from Shirley. "Milly needs to see these two new-bloods and I'm here to escort them."

"Will Lucienne be there?" Euphemia asked hopefully.

"That's the idea," Rivalz said, gesturing to the door. "This way, please. Oh, Shirley and Nina, Milly said that we'll be convening tomorrow, so we all have the day off. See ya later!"

Shirley watched the three go and bit her lip. 'Something is going on with them…'

[Clubhouse Manor]

"Right this way." Rivalz led them through the clubhouse and up the stairs. "Through here."

The door to the Lamperouge/Eisner (aka the vi Britannia/Uzumaki) wing opened, where the three entered the living room area, where Milly was waiting.

"Milly, you know where Lucienne is, don't you?!" Euphemia snapped, stomping towards her with an angry look. "Is that why you disappeared too?!"

Milly didn't back down. "You of all people should know why Lucienne is choosing to hide! After all, the homeland labeled her dead, right?" she hissed, causing Euphemia to blanch. "If you want to see Lucienne, you will not tell Cornelia or anyone else that she is alive. She's already suffered enough after her father exiled and threw her and Nunnally out. Do I- no, does she have your word? If you refuse, then I can't guarantee that she'll stay around for long."

"Yeah, that sounds like her," Suzaku murmured. "Princess, I think it's for the best that no one knows about Lucienne. If the Emperor were to learn that she's alive…"

"She'll be used for political gain like last time…" Euphemia whispered and nodded. "I understand. I won't tell anymore, not even my sister Cornelia. You have my word as Third Princess of Britannia."

Milly looked at her with a critical eye before nodding and snapping her fingers. The next moment, Lucienne peeked her head out from behind the corner in the hallways, looking exasperated. Suddenly, she jerked forward, stumbled before catching herself, and rubbed her bum. She glared daggers at the hallway before a voice called out to her.

"Lucienne!" Euphemia gasped, "It's you, isn't it?"

Lucienne could only groan and grumbled. "Y-Yeah," Sighing, she managed a strained smile. "Long time, no see…Euphie…"

"Lucy!"

Euphemia leaped forward, wrapping Lucienne in a big hug, and cried her heart out. Lucienne grunted, hesitating to return it, but ended up wrapping her arms around her half-sister. Meanwhile, Milly motioned to Rivalz, and they sneaked out together to give them space. Suzaku realized what they were doing, and followed them out. The sisters suddenly heard a snap, and both turned to see Naruto and Naruko with cameras.

"Aw, such a lovely, touching reunion," Naruto said with a smile. "Mind if we join?"

"Naruto? Naruko?" Euphemia asked, shocked to see the love of her life and his twin sister. "You're…alive!"

Naruko smirked with a hand on her hip. "Rumors of our demise were greatly exaggerated, Euphie-chan."

"Naruto! Naruko!" Euphemia sobbed, jumping into their arms to hug them; dragging a white-eyed Lucienne with her.

"There's no way we're dying off that easily and leaving you all behind," Naruto assured her, stroking her hair. "Not our style, dattebayo."

"This is wonderful, but…" Euphemia pulled back with a little frown. "Why not tell Cornelia? Or even Laila? They'll be thrilled."

"Laila…is here too?" Lucienne flinched. 'Please tell me she's not at Ashford too! Fuck!'

"She is, but she's staying behind to help Cornelia. She's…actually here to catch those terrorists that recently appeared." Euphemia said softly. "Don't worry, she doesn't condone what her brother has done, but…Clovis is still our brother." This last bit was directed towards Lucienne.

"That may be true, but after what I've seen, I'll agree to disagree, Euphie," Lucienne countered with a cold scowl. "I saw what happened; what he had those Britannian troops and Knightmare do to those poor Japanese. I was considering seeing him myself, but I'm glad I didn't. A monster like that is no brother of mine! When he gave the order, I didn't even recognize him!" she shouted, causing Euphemia to step back. "Sorry Euphemia, but that's my feelings on the matter."

Euphemia nodded in understanding. "With Father exiling you and Nunnally, and him having Japan bombed with all of you still here, you must hate us."

"I can count the number of family members I don't hate on my hands, but I can count you and Nelia," Lucienne assured her, holding up two fingers. "The others? I either barely know their names or know them personally. As for the sperm donor," she grinned viciously, "I hope those vigilantes give him a heart attack that he'll never recover from."

"What she said. That man attempted to frame Tou-chan for the death of Marianne-san, and he was found dead. We may not be able to prove that he was tied to it, but we know he was responsible," Naruto said and walked towards the window. "It took a lot to convince Kaa-chan not to go to war without evidence. Right now, we're living our best life here at Ashford. It's best that it stays that way."

Some fibbing with a bit of truth was the only way to keep Euphemia at bay. It would ultimately be fruitless, they knew, but it was a sufficient solution for now.

"I see," Euphemia murmured sadly. Her instincts told her that there was more to it, but she decided to let it go. She has reunited with family and friends after all. "But…you're alive. That's what matters. I won't tell Cornelia, but if you all want to meet with her, just say the word."

"That might not come for a really long time, but thanks for the offer," Naruko said, beaming along with Euphemia.

"I supposed everything's in order?" Milly asked, returning with Suzaku.

"Yep, everything's squared away. And where did Rivalz go?" Naruko asked, seeing that he was not with them.

"He went on ahead. He's been setting up to pop the big question to his future girlfriends, saving up his money and all that." Milly informed her. "So, do you two have time tonight?" she asked Euphemia and Suzaku. "To stay for dinner? It has been a long time for some of us."

"Indeed," Naruto agreed, absently rubbing his fingers with his lips. "Besides, it has been a long time, Suzaku. When you didn't return from finding your father, we feared for the worst, since he was found dead. Imagine our shock when we saw you paraded on TV."

Suzaku saw that Naruto wanted him to keep quiet about seeing him and Lucienne in Shinjuku in front of Euphemia, and nodded. "Yeah. But. you're all looking well. Never thought we would be all going to the same school."

"How come? I mean you're in the army, right?" Lucienne asked curiosity.

"A strong boy like Suzaku had to get a proper education!" Euphemia said with a chuckle. "That and it's best to be away while Cornelia is continuing the investigation. And given what I had to deal with before she got here, it's going to take a while."

'Can't imagine why…' Naruto, Naruko, Lucienne, and Milly all thought.

[Viceroy Palace]

Laila was in a large room with the walls adorned with paintings of different pictures, from flowers, people, and architecture.

"Were all of these painted by Clovis?" she asked the nearby aide in the room.

"Yes."

Laila looked some more until he spotted a painting of Marianne vi Britannia with her children, Lelouch, Lucienne, and Nunnally. She gently touched the painting, tears welling up.

"Such gentle colors. Very much akin to my brother…" she whispered and sniffed. "Very…just…why?" she rubbed her eyes to clear them of tears. "What he's done back in Shinjuku is not like him at all…And because of those three…"

The images of Joker, Cypher, and Rei flashed in their mind.

'I'll never know why…I'm coming for all of you,' she said in determination. 'My brother may have been a monster in the final moments of his life, but Clovis is still my brother!'

She strode away, clenching her fists.

'Joker. Cypher. Rei. I'll find out the truth, and when I do…I'll…'

As she was lost in her thoughts, she didn't notice a golden owl flapping outside the windows.

[Ashford Academy, Clubhouse, nighttime]

In the vi Britannia/Uzumaki wing of the clubhouse, the door opened to reveal Nunnally, with Roberta pushing her wheelchair. Sayoko was still out doing fieldwork for Uzu by helping to activate the hidden forward operating bases around Japan; mostly inside and outside the Settlement.

"I'm home!" Nunally called out, rolling forward.

"Welcome home Nunnally, Roberta." Lucienne greeted from the table and stood up. "I've bought a couple of presents for you today."

"Really? What could they be?" Nunnally wondered in excitement.

Roberta raised an eyebrow at the twins, with Naruko putting a finger to her lips while Naruto beckoned towards the hallway. Her eyes widened in shock upon seeing Euphemia and Suzaku and looked back at the others in confusion. They gave her a look of reassurance to have her at ease.

Euphemia let out a soft gasp at seeing her little sister alive and well, her heart also breaking seeing her blind and crippled. Unable to hold in her emotions, she cried and wrapped the little girl in a hug. "Nunnally!"

"Ah, this is…!" Nunnally murmured and gasped upon recognizing Euphemia's scent. "Can it be? Euphemia, is that you?!"

"Yes, it's me, Nunna! I'm so happy you're alright!" Euphemia cried, afraid of letting her go.

"Euphemia!"

Lucienne smiled and motioned for Suzaku to go over to her as well. Suzaku swallowed nervously and went over to Nunnally. He looked at the trio, who all gave him a nod. Despite their annoyance with him, they weren't going to be too jerkish to him outside the battlefield. He then knelt and grasped Nunnally's free hand.

The little former Princess gasped. "This hand! Suzaku, you're here as well? Thank heavens! I knew you'd be alright!" She started crying at being reunited with the two precious people in her life.

"It's been a long time, Nunnally," Suzaku murmured, joining in the hug.

Lucienne smiled. As long as Nunnally was happy, she was happy. With the twins and the Uzumaki's help, she'll fulfill Nunnally's wish of making the world a gentle place for her to live.

…

A while later, everyone was sitting down for dinner. Nunnally sitting at the head of the table, with Lucienne and Euphemia sitting on either side of her. Suzaku sat next to Lucienne, while Naruko was on his other side, while Naruto sat next to Euphemia. The latter was happy to be next to Naruto, rubbing her head against his shoulder. Naruto smiled and rubbed the back of her head.

"Will you two stay the night?" Nunnally asked Euphemia and Suzaku.

"Suzaku and Euphie-hime both are enrolled as students of Ashford Academy now," Naruto replied. "So you'll be able to see them anytime you want, dattebayo."

"Waa! Is that true?" Nunally asked excitedly.

"Well, I do have my duties as part-time sub-Viceroy, and Suzaku in the military," Euphemia admitted with her tongue stuck out. "So sadly it can't be every day."

"Wait, you're still in the military after what happened?" Nunnally asked, looking sad.

"It's all right. I've been assigned to the Engineering Corps. It's a lot less dangerous." Suzaku assured her.

"Engineering, eh?" Lucienne mused and turned to Euphemia. "Still, I'm surprised that Nelia is letting you go to school here. Is she finally letting you be independent?"

"Not really. Ever since she became a General, she's dragged me all over the place. Not that I don't mind, but it's becoming a tad stifling as of late. It took a lot to get her to let me come here ahead of her, especially after that…incident the other day."

Suzaku winced at the reminder of how she had almost been hit by a Chaos Mine.

"Probably for the best," Naruko drawled, grabbing the nearby tea kettle.

"Wait, let me help you," Suzaku spoke up, trying to follow her but she waved him off.

"Now now, Suzaku. You and your old man hosted us seven years ago, so consider this even in letting us host you. Funny enough, you're a lot more mellow than what you used to be, dattebane." Naruko said and smirked. "So what happened? This incident I mean?"

"The Purebloods, led by Margrave Kewell, were trying to take out one of their own, Jeremiah Gottwald. He's the one who peacefully resolved the situation involving the terrorists. Laila and I ran out to stop it, and would've gotten hurt if it wasn't for Suzaku and Nick saving us." Euphemia admitted, much to the shock of the others.

"What? Nick was there too?!" Lucienne asked in shock. "How did you meet him?"

"He was near one of the Government buildings where Laila and I jumped out of a window to escape our guard. From there, he and Suzaku escorted us around the Settlement."

Lucienne grimaced. "My condolences. Nick's always been a bit of a sourpuss."

"Oh, no!" Euphemia disagreed, "He was quite interesting."

"He was…very chatty," said Suzaku, holding back from saying anything too uncharitable, "He asked me a bunch of questions about my sentencing and rescue. I actually thought that he was a member of the press for a bit."

Naruto blinked. "That…has to be a different Nick you're talking about. Our Nick Ward is the silent, no fun-zone type, not some kind of private eye."

"Well, he said that he's a member of the Student Council, right?" Euphemia said, looking to Suzaku for confirmation and receiving a nod.

The twins looked at each other, mouthing 'what the fuck?' so that Nunnally wouldn't hear them.

"Um…well, I guess it must be him," conceded Lucienne, a little bewildered herself.

Euphemia nodded. "I thought he was quite intelligent and had a real way with words. He disappeared after one of the Margrave's weapons almost hit us, but he saved us. I do hope he's alright…"

"He looked all right when we saw him today. Naruto, Milly, and I are in the same class as him. Shirley says that he disappeared for a few days after the footage was revealed, but he seems to be acting like usual." Naruko informed her with a thoughtful expression. "Wonder why he didn't say anything?"

Lucienne frowned thoughtfully. 'Now that I think about it, besides him coming from a commoner family, I know almost nothing about Nick. It might be a good idea to make sure that he doesn't wind up doing something that could blindside us. I'll ask Bagley to look into him…'

"By the way, you mentioned Laila was with you. How is she doing?" Nunnally asked. The last time she saw her was three days before Marianne's assassination.

"She's holding up well. She's under a 24/7 guard around the Viceroy Palace while she helps me and Nelia. I offered her to come with me here to Ashford, but she refuses to leave until she finds those terrorists." Euphemia replied, much to the others' (sans Nunnally) chagrin.

"And we will. We have to." Suzaku said, with Lucienne making a stink face.

"Just be careful, Suzaku," Nunnally said worryingly. "You too, Big Sister Euphie."

Euphemia smiled. "Don't worry, we will."

'A rebellion is never easy…' Naruto said and drank his juice as Naruko went to the kitchen area. 'There's a lot to do, and we haven't even begun a full-scale fight with Britannia yet. But there's no way we can stop now…'

…

The rest of the dinner went on smoothly, and then it was time for Euphemia and Suzaku to go. While Roberta was putting Nunnally to bed, Naruto, Naruko, and Lucienne saw their guests off, with the latter's ride appearing soon.

"You both should come by again. Nunnally would enjoy it." Lucienne offered brightly.

"We'd love to. I'd love to hear more stories about the adventures you all had before the war, right Suzaku?"

"Sure, but…" Suzaku trailed off before saying. "Look everyone, I don't think we should be seen together at school."

"Why not? We're your friends." Naruto said while the girls frowned at him.

"I know you two have your illusion trick on your faces, but think about it. How would any of you explain it? Being friends with an Honorary Britannian? Especially one who was accused of Prince Clovis's death." Suzaku pointed out. "We have to guard your secrets. No one can know that any of you are royalty and Uzumaki. The same goes for Nunnally and…you too Euphemia." he added sadly. "I don't want to cause any of you trouble."

"No, of course you're not!" Euphemia protested, looking troubled.

"Putting everyone's needs above your own, huh? You really have mellowed out from the tough kid that you were, Suzaku." Naruto scoffed in disappointment. "No one's going to find out just because we act friendly towards each other. If you start ignoring us tomorrow, I'm gonna be pissed."

"Trust me, it's for the best," Suzaku said as a car pulled up a ways away. "Thanks for having me. It was a lot of fun. I'm just glad that we got a chance…to talk like this again."

Euphemia looked at him sadly as he went to the car, and turned towards the others. "I'll talk to him. See if I can't get him to change his mind."

Naruto snorted. "Even if you can't, don't worry. We'll hang out with him even if he doesn't wanna. Someone's gotta keep an eye on him. As for you, Euphie-hime," he smiled at her. "You've grown more beautiful with age. Anyone managed to avoid Nelia's wrath and put a ring on that finger yet?"

"I refused them all. I thought the one who I wanted to wed was gone forever…until I saw him again." Euphemia said with a loving smile towards the blonde. "Unless…he's taken?"

"If you don't mind sharing with other girls like me, then no," Lucienne said, grinning as Euphemia blushed.

"We can take it slow, just for you." Naruto chuckled. "When you're not busy, we can go out. Sounds good?"

"I'd love that," Euphemia said, beaming. "I'll see you all tomorrow!"

As she left, C.C. was at the window with her Servants flanking, watching Euphemia and Suzaku go.

[Ashford Academy, the next day]

The next day was not easy for the crusaders, as almost everyone that was part of the Student Council was in a particularly foul mood. The presence of Kururugi Suzaku was causing tension within the school. Worse, Suzaku was starting to ignore the others, much to Euphemia's dismay and Lucienne's ire. And in every room he goes in, the gossip stops as he gets stared at. Ashford may have been a liberal school, but there was still uncertainty surrounding a Japanese student in their school, especially a high-profile Honorary Brtiannian like Suzaku; he wasn't like the other Honorary Britannians attending the school.

Milly wasn't much help at all. She would be if it wasn't for the news that her so-called mother was forcing her into yet another arranged marriage. Her mother had married into the family when Marianne was still alive, but with the latter's assassination and the Ashford's loss of status, she did everything within her power to regain her nobility. From infidelity to blackmail, no method was out of her reach to get what she wanted. Even her own husband (and Reuben's shame) wouldn't stop her. All hope was almost gone until she saw Milly's developing figure and decided to whore her out with marriage contracts, except she was always foiled by the Uzumaki twins and even Sayoko. But now she managed to net a marriage interview to Earl Lloyd Asplund of all people, a man who was on the "avoid killing" list, and Milly was steaming as a result.

"What in the hell are you all doing?!" Claire shouted after entering the locker room area, spotting two students near Suzaku's locker.

Said students yelped when they realized that they were caught red-handed, one having white school shirts in his hands, and the other had been spray-painting the locker.

'GO BACK TO YOUR GHETTO FILTHY ELEVEN'

"You realize that's school property you're vandalizing, right?!" Claire said, taking a picture with her phone. "How dare you do this when classes are in session! You will be reported to Milly Ashford, and trust me when I say that the mood she's in, I can easily have you two expelled!"

"Seriously?! That Eleven may have killed Prince Clovis, and you're letting him walk around as if nothing happened?!" one of the students demanded. "No wonder you're not getting the Disciplinary Squad you want! You have no authority here, so buzz off ya blonde bimbo!" he sneered and started

"EXCUSE ME?!" Claire screeched with a look that promised pain until feeling someone's hand on her shoulder.

"He may not have authority, but I do," Nick said, stepping forward and looking pissed.

"Oh shit, the Treasurer!" the other student cried, stepping back with his friend. "Wait please, let's talk about this!"

"Oh, we'll talk about this…at lunchtime, with Madam President. And trust me," he had a cold look in his eye. "It is irrefutable that he did not kill Prince Clovis. End of story. Any gossip to the contrary will result in severe consequences. Not that it matters to you lot, considering what you're doing. Congratulations, though. You get to join a group of idiots who'll also be pleading their case to Madam President. And if you don't show…" he left that threat hanging, leaving the boys figuratively pissing their pants.

"We need to do something before this gets out of hand," Claire said as she left with Nick. "From seeing Milly's mood, I can only assume it's her mother trying to control her life again, and there's no out this time."

"I'll put in a good word for you to instate that Disciplinary Squad of yours," the brown-haired boy told her, "She always thought that you'd get in the way of her shenanigans, but the actions of the other students are getting even more insufferable. Milly would gladly give you that power if it meant putting them in their place."

"Thank you, Ward. And in the coming days ahead, it'll be needed," Claire murmured with a grateful look. "Besides, I shudder to think what the twins will do to the other students if this continues…"

His face twitched. "...Aye, that too."

…

"Welcome to Charles' fucking Britannia."

On the school roof, Naruto and Naruko are sitting on the edge, watching the students do their usual routines. With their trained ears, they caught various conversations that were annoying them, from Suzaku being in school to extended discussions on the Shinjuku Massacre. Some of them were on their phones, catching clips of the massacre still on social media thanks to BB's influence.

"We have got to do something," Naruko said, looking over at the Student Council clubhouse. "Take their minds off everything, and see Milly-chan's smile again."

The place was radiating evil where Milly was no doubt tearing into the troublemaking students that dared vandalize school property just to get to Suzaku.

"We'll deal with Milly-chan's bitch of a mother real soon. Right now, all of this 'Eleven' bullshit is starting to annoy me again…" Naruto said darkly as Lucienne arrived at the rooftop and ran towards them. "What's up?"

"Kallen just got off the phone with Ohgi. Word is that the Blood of the Samurai has been hit," she informed them grimly. "They're done. There are some survivors, but…"

"Nelia-chan is trying really hard to find us by hitting every minor resistance cell. Fair play to her. She's not exactly wasting her time, since Clovis skimped on dealing with them like he was supposed to." Naruto said and shrugged. "No matter. It's not like they're any use to us. We chose the Kozuki Group over all of them after all, dattebayo."

"Ohgi and the others are panicking, but I assured them that our time will come," Lucienne said and looked down to where the students are. "Claire's on a warpath too. Today's the day she'll get her squad- Naruto?" she noticed him in deep thought. "I can smell your brain burning. What are you thinking?"

"...I'm thinking those idiot students have no taste," Naruto said and grinned at the girls. "If you're going to give something a paint job, then it has to be bright and stylish!"

Naruko caught on and grinned as well. "That's one way to lift Milly-chan's spirit! Let's do it!"

Lucienne sweated upon realizing what they were about to do.

"Are you two being funny right now?"

[Operation: Panther Smile]

C.C. opened the door to see the Pizza Hut delivery boy about to ring the doorbell to the mansion that her contractors were staying in. As the days went by, she exercised, read some books, watched TV, spent some time in the Command Center, and stuffed herself with pizza. Aside from the entertainment, she's getting from her new contractors' Geass, she was bored from being cooped up during the day.

"Thank you for the continued service, ma'am." the delivery boy said as he handed her several boxes of pizza and a large bag. "Miss…Lamperouge?"

"She's my cousin," C.C. said airily, looking over his shoulder. "Say, was the school always pink with flowers and butterflies?"

"Um, no?" the pizza boy said. "I thought it was a school project?"

"Oh. Then it must be the twins up to their usual stuff," C.C. mused, pulling out a slice of pizza and taking a bite, just as a cry of outrage rocked the school grounds.

…

At the end of the school day, it was time for clubhouse activities. As the students and teachers filed out, they were shocked to see the school looking much different than what they're accustomed to. It was now painted pink, with little flowers and other little cutesy designs, and Christmas lights were blinking on the roof edges.

"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Milly screeched, ruffling her hair in frustration.

It was something she didn't need right now. It was bad enough that she had to deal with multiple reports of vandalization, most of the Honorary Britannian students being harassed, and now the school looked unrecognizable, thanks to two obvious culprits who were missing in action.

"Ah~" Shirley squeaked, she, Rivalz, and Nina shaking in fear at the miasma-like aura radiating off their Student Council President

"When I get ahold of them…" she growled, her mind already thinking of horrible retaliation to inflict upon the twins.

Some of them involve blue-balling Naruto, and shoving a spiky dragon dildo up Naruko's ass; and those were the tamer options.

"Calm down, Milly. It's not as bad as what the others were doing. At least it's nicer than those other idiots making a stink about Kururugi," Claire spoke up, much to the shock of the other members of the Student Council. "What?"

"Who are you and what have you done with Claire?" Nick asked in amusement.

"Yeah! You would be angry that they're doing such a thing!" Milly added.

"True, but there's nothing wrong with having a little fun," Claire shrugged. The others looked as if she'd grown a second head. "I mean, look at you, Milly. I should be asking 'Who are you and what have you done with Milly?' Angry Madam President doesn't suit you, and I can tell that the twins haven't done this out of ill will. Otherwise, they'll be egging the building with trash- Look, there they are!"

Everyone saw Nathan and Natalia on the roof of the main school building, laughing and waving at them.

'Naruto. Naruko.' Milly thought, biting her lip.

"Looks like they're having fun," Lucienne said and nudged Milly. "Bloody hell, we all need some fun in our lives after the week we had. And Milly, don't let that bitch ruin your day and let it fester to the whole school. The last thing we need is any negativity to the point of you becoming a dictator."

"Yeah. Besides, we'll have to teach that lady a lesson for interfering in your life again," Rivalz piped up. "We're here for ya Milly, and so are the twins!"

Milly looked from her Student Council and back towards the twins. "I've…really have been a downer today, huh?" she murmured and slapped her cheeks. "Right then! Time for what I do best, massive chaos!" she declared and sped towards the PA room.

"Well good news is that she's returning to her old self, somewhat," Nick noted with a feeling of dread, "Bad news is what she's cooking up in her head now."

"Nah, it should be fine," Lucienne said, waving it off before remembering the conversation from last night. "By the way Nick, a little birdie told me that you-"

"GOOD AFTERNOON, ASHFORD ACADEMY! This is Milly Ashford, your Student Council President!" Milly's voice boomed through the PA speakers around the school. "Turn those frowns upside down, because we have a special event happening right now and it's top priority!" Everyone at the school stopped to listen, and the rest of the Student Council joined her in the room. "As you can see, everyone's favorite pair of jokers have decided to give our illustrious academy an unwanted makeover! And that means…Twin Hunt everybody!"

…

Said twins blinked. "Wait, what?"

…

"Twin Hunt?" Euphemia asked, looking at an equally confused Suzaku.

…

"I plan on giving Nathan and Natalia their just desserts, but the rest of the Student Council and I can't catch them on our own, so I'm enlisting everyone who's in a club to round them up; so put everything on hold, people! Participating clubs will get budget priority! And whoever catches one or both of our resident pranksters will get double funding!"

There suddenly came a furious scuffling sound, and a faint 'Hey!' from Milly. "This is the Student Council Treasurer. The above remark has been rescinded." Nick's voice drawled over the microphone.

"Aww, you're no fun as usual, Nick!" Milly complained, "And gimme that mic back! Fine then! I'll switch it to an extra-special prize: A big ol' kiss from one of the members of the Student Council!"

"WHAT?!" Claire shrieked in horror.

…

Upon hearing Milly's declaration in the swimming pool, a panicking Shirley slipped on the diving board and fell into the swimming pool with a yelp, Milly's bitch laugh echoing in the background.

…

"A kiss from one of the members of the Student Council, huh?" Akiza said lazily before stopping. "Oh."

"Wait, that means us!" Kallen yelped.

"EXACTLY!" yelled a bunch of boys, springing out of the bushes beside the girls, the latter jumping in fright.

"Oh fuck that!" Kallen yelled and took off as the boys talked about what kind of kiss they would get from her before running off to find the twins. "No way that's how I'm getting my second kiss!"

"A kiss on the cheek does not count as a first kiss!" Akiza yelled as she ran after her to get away from the members of the Photography and Gardening Club. "Idiot!"

…

"Wait, from a member of the Student Council? Does that mean Nathan?"

"Actually I would like one from Milly or even Lucienne…" one of the girls said meekly.

"Ugh, back into the closet with you." another girl groaned.

Meanwhile, a young Japanese girl ran past them excitedly. She had pink hair cut in a bob with flowers-clips on the side of her head, green irises with flawless fair skin. She was extremely well-developed, with a full hourglass figure and G-cup breasts that strained her uniform top.

'This is my chance! If I catch them, I can get a kiss from Ward!' the leader of the Japan Culture Research Club, Hanazono Hakari, cheered in her mind. "Lucky me!"

…

"Milly-chan really sent the whole school after us. Amazing," Naruko commented, a hand over her head. "Last thing I expected."

"It shows that the old Milly is back. With the whole school after us, the school has become the realm of Milly-chan's brand of chaos. I say we go all in," Naruto said while stretching his legs. "It'll make for good training. Just don't kill anyone, eh?"

"No shit, nii-san," Naruko scoffed, watching the Football Club and the Equestrian Club galloping and charging around the grounds. "Heh, screw the training. This is going to be fun."

"And when you do catch them, bring them to me! To me! To me! TO ME~! Ahaha- ack!" Milly coughed as she tried to laugh again.

Naruto smirked. "First one to get caught buys today's jumbo ramen bowl?"

"You're on!"

…

"Offering up people as prizes. This is why I hate Britannians!" Kallen complained as she ran through the hall with her sister.

"Oh don't you start that crap! Milly already proved that she's nothing like the snobby Britannians you have a hate boner for," Akiza snapped back before they both slowed down.

They spotted a pair of girls walking up to her and quickly resumed their sickly act as they walked past them. The second the coast was clear, they took off running again.

"Damn. Why do I have to pretend like I'm sick and feeble?" Kallen whined before shooting back her Akiza. "And I do not have a hate boner- oof!"

She ran around the corner and accidentally bumped into somebody.

Kallen stepped back, quickly putting back on her mask. "Geez, I'm sorry about that-!

"Shirley?" Akiza asked, seeing the orangette in her swimsuit. "Why are you dressed like that?"

"I didn't have time to change; they're going to make us kiss somebody! Shirley said shrilly. "We've got to hurry."

"I'm with you." Kallen nodded in complete agreement.

…

And thus the school was turned into Milly's Hunting Grounds, with almost every high-schooler on campus going after the twins. The students used everything from social media to working with their rival clubs to route and capture them. The Cooking Club even went as far as to cooking ramen since it's known that it's their favorite food. It was all in the name of getting a single kiss on one of the untouchable Student Council members. But these were Naruto and Naruko, Uzumaki-nin with more experience in their life and trained by their family. The only ones who'd catch them slipping were their future opponents on the battlefield.

And their mom.

The Equestrian Club and the Football Club had the advantage in mobility (as they so declared), but the twins ran circles around them. Natalia stole some sugar cubes from the stable and used a fuinjutsu to enhance the smell. They drove the horses crazy as they ran to the spots Naruko had buried them in, digging for the treats. Nathan dealt with the Football Club, pelting them with itching powder that rendered them unable to pursue any further.

Later, Natalia had the Rugby Club and Movie Club on her tail. The result was the Movie Club ending up filming an elaborate chase scene between Naruko and the Rugby Club. Natalia used parkour to evade the Rugby Club's tackles and occasionally used them as stepping stools. It ended up being fun, but they couldn't keep up with her speed and stamina, and the pursuing club ended up tiring out. Natalia laughed as she sped away, the Movie Club letting out wails of despair.

At the same time, Nathan ran into the Fantasy Seduction Club, one of the more questionable female-only clubs in the school; wearing provocative, revealing outfits while dabbling in the study of fetishes and sub-culture. The exact purpose of the club is unknown, but it was extremely protected by Milly; to a point that not even the Treasurer himself can touch it.

The girls posed in their provocative outfits to incite Nathan into stopping and ogling them. But what they didn't know is that Naruto/Nathan was not that desperate. While he's publicly in a relationship with Milly, he's also in a private polygynous relationship with her, Naruko, Lucienne, recently Akiza, and a few others around the world and Uzu.

In the United Republic of Europia, a certain Major in the E.U. Army was finishing up a report on her desk when she sneezed, making her cat run away.

Back in Ashford, Nathan leaped over the group of girls, landing and rolling along the ground before bailing. The girl all whined in shock as he rounded the corner and entered the school.

"How did he do that?!" Claire wondered as she tried to catch up with him. "And why does it feel like the twins are in several places at once?!"

…

"Well well, this is quite the team-up!" Natalia giggled, her hands raised as Kallen, Akiza, and Shirley cornered her at a stairwell. "So, what's next, ladies? Sex on the beach?"

"You wish, Natalie~" Akiza said, advancing on the trapped blonde. "Now give it up. There's nowhere to go."

"We catch you, and our lips will be safe," Kallen added, making sure to move in a way that Natalia wouldn't get away. "Sis, cover the stairs. Shirley, you cover the rear."

Natalia raised an eyebrow, as the redheaded sisters were dangerously close to exposing their 'flail' act in front of Shirley. And speaking of Shirley…

"Wait a sec!" Shirley suddenly called out to them, making them stop in confusion. "Who would you all want to get a kiss from? Is there anyone in particular?"

"Why would you want to know?" Kallen asked in a frown.

"It wouldn't be Nathan, would it?!" Shirley asked worryingly, causing Kallen and Akiza to sputter in bafflement and look at her.

"Are you serious right now?" Akiza snapped at her. "I thought we were catching them to make sure the other idiots don't try and smooch us!"

"Well, you see…" Shirley mumbled in embarrassment as a girl ran past them.

"Hey, wait!" Hakari yelled as she went up the stairs.

"Uh?! Gah, where did she go?!" Kallen suddenly wailed.

The others turned and saw Natalia nowhere in sight; only a post-it note with a chibi drawing of her sticking her tongue out.

…

A bunch of random students with Claire behind them ran down the hallway after one of them spotted Naruto. As they rounded the corner, a portion of a wall was crunched up until Naruto appeared, with a cloth that was the same design as the wall in his hands.

"Too easy." Naruto mused with a foxy grin. "Then again, I am a ninja, so it kinda isn't fair- What the?!"

He suddenly sensed someone behind him and quickly whipped around…but no one was there.

"Okay, what the hell? I know I sensed someone," He growled and activated his Geass. "Weird, I can't be going crazy," he murmured and looked around, sniffing. "Yeah, someone was here. The question is are they friend…or foe?"

Expanding all of his senses, he found no hostile intent, and whoever was around was long gone. He looked towards the ground to see if there were any footprints, only to find a small, owl-shaped plushie.

"This is…" He picked it up and examined it. "Wait a minute. These are the plushies that have been spotted around campus, and it wasn't here when I arrived. Hmm." After looking around again, he deactivated his Geass and pocketed the plushie. Surveying the halls one more time, he flash-stepped away.

A moment later, a busty girl poked her head out from a nearby supply closet. She had mid-length black hair, with bangs that completely covered her eyes, and was wearing a black version of the Ashford Academy uniform.

"Hawawa…I almost had him…" Meme Kakure whispered, "So scary…"

…

30 minutes later, people were starting to give up on catching the twins, especially with their latest stunt. Everyone gathered to see Nathan and Natalia on top of the highest roof, occasionally ringing the school bell. No one was willing to climb up and get them, since climbing a roof was just about impossible for normal high schoolers.

Oh, and there was a cat too. A cat that was attracted to the ringing of the bells and was playing around with the twins.

"Hey, what's going on?" Nunnally asked as Roberta pushed her towards the Student Council.

"The Twin Hunt is wrapping up. It was fun while it lasted, but now we're figuring out how to get them to come down." Milly said, grinning. "I wonder if we should get a firetruck?"

"How about no?" Nick growled.

Meanwhile, Lucienne arrived at the scene and came across Euphemia and Suzaku.

"Lucienne, you're after the twins too?" Suzaku asked.

"Not really," Lucienne shrugged. "But I believe we've all had enough fun. What about you?"

"The twins are cornered, so we're going to go catch them!" Euphemia said before taking off.

"Wait, Princess! I told you I'll go and get them!" Suzaku yelled as he and Lucienne took off after her.

They went up the stairs with Euphemia ahead of them, with Suzaku following close behind and Lucienne on his tail.

"How are you catching up?! You hated exercising!" Suzaku noted in shock as Lucienne was slowly bypassing him.

"After the bombs dropped, I needed a change, and the twins and Milly motivated me!" Lucienne replied. "I'm more surprised at Euphie!"

"I've mostly done track and field at the homeland!" Euphemia called out to them. "And helping the other sporting clubs!"

"Is this what they call a flex?" Lucienne wondered dryly.

A while later, Milly and the rest of the Student Council arrived on the scene.

"Cornered, huh?" Milly asked while leaping out of Rivalz's motorcycle. "Who's the lucky winner?"

Shirley pointed at the bell. "Up there!"

Looking up, they saw Euphemia crawling up the roof towards the twins, who just noticed them.

"Are you crazy? Get back down! If you get hurt, you-know-what is gonna raze this school to the ground!" Naruto shouted at her.

"But Milly says to catch you!" she retorted and grinned. "And I almost gotcha!"

"Eup-Elizabeth! It's too dangerous! You have to come back!" Suzaku protested from the window.

"You know we can't run away from this! You're doing this on purpose!" Naruko said, shaking her fist at her.

"Not reallyyyyyyy?" she gasped as she slipped up. "Oh!"

"Eup-Elizabeth!" Naruto yelled, diving and catching Euphemia's hand, with Naruko holding his legs while catching her foot on the pillar near the bell.

"Gotcha- oops!" Naruko yelped as her foot slid off the pillar and sent them all sliding towards the edge. "Crap!"

"I got you!"

Lucienne and Suzaku both caught them from the window and reeled them in. Naruko was pulled in first, followed by Naruto, and then Euphemia. There were cheers from below as they were successfully rescued.

"Is it possible they're all…" Nina trailed off as they all watched.

"That was dangerous! We were going to give ourselves up soon! You didn't have to do that!" Naruto raged at her with sharp teeth.

Euphemia looked at him innocently. "But I knew you would save me no matter what! And," she lifted Naruto's hand, showing that she's still holding Naruto's wrist. "I got you~" she said with a wink before latching on to Naruko's wrist.

Naruto just looked at her, then chuckled. "That you did. We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen!"

"Indeed we do." Lucienne drawled, shaking her head.

"Is this normal?" Suzaku wondered as they went down the chairs, with Euphemia still not letting the twins do.

"You haven't seen anything yet." Naruko snorted.

"And that cat?" Suzaku asked as it jumped onto Lucienne's shoulder.

"Oh, it's Arthur! He's our resident stray cat who visits on occasion." Lucienne said cheerfully and held him in her arms, raising an eyebrow at the cat hissing at Suzaku. "Hmm, he really doesn't like you. That's a first. He usually likes everyone."

Suzaku could only grumble.

They all arrived in front of the crowd of students, where some of them were now looking apprehensive and uncertain at Suzaku's appearance. Euphemia looked upon them with a frown before raising the twin's arms.

"I caught them!" she said cheerfully in an effort to lighten the mood.

"Oh, uh," Milly said in surprise and cleared her throat. "Yeah, good job, Elizabeth! I declare Elizabeth Lamperouge the winner of the Twin Hunt, everybody!"

Behind her, Nick jerked in surprise, looking at Milly. Of course, he had recognized Euphemia right away, but her name… 'She's got the same name as Lucienne. But if she's really a princess, then…' His eyes narrowed speculatively. 'The plot thickens.'

"Thank you so much for saving them," Shirley said gratefully to Suzaku and Lucienne.

"Yeah, way to go there, new guy!" Rivalz added in agreement. "You too Lucienne!"

"So Nathan, Natalia," Milly stomped towards them and gave them an eerily smile. "Got anything to say for defacing the school?"

"No regrets, since it made you lighten up, Milly," Nathan said with a grin. "And low and behold, things have gotten more exciting than the past few days. Besides, we all needed this, don't you agree, my little flower?"

"...You're right. Things have been gloomy, so this is a nice change of pace," Milly admitted with a genuine smile. "Good on you for saving our new transfer students though! We nearly had a disaster!"

"Indeed. So, do you know them?" Claire asked, causing Suzaku to flinch.

"Yeah, but…he's an Eleven," Nina murmured in fear.

"Japanese, Nina," Nick corrected her firmly.

"So what?" Naruto growled, starting to get annoyed again. "Don't matter that much to me. Would you rather we didn't have a so-called 'Eleven'" around to keep us from going spat on the ground?"

"But," she protested, but a look from Nick told her to drop it.

"I'm just…" Suzaku started to say.

"He's our friend. Same as Elizabeth. With that said, can they join the Student Council?" Lucienne requested, getting baffled looks from her closest allies, especially Kallen and Akiza. "The rules are clear. All students are required to join a club," she added with a knowing glance at the twins.

'To keep an eye on them…' Naruto nodded in understanding. "I concur."

"Well, if the Madam Vice-President requests it, who am I to refuse? Request granted." Milly said with a thumbs up.

It was then that Nick raised a relevant point. "What would their positions be?"

"Eh, we'll cross that bridge when we get there," Natalia replied and looked at Euphemia. "So, who do you want that kiss from?"

"Oh, you already know."

With a sly smile, she gave a kiss on the twins' cheeks, causing them to blush; though she lingered longer with Nathan.

"Awwww, darn it!" whined Hakari from within the crowd at making dreamily eyes at Nick, not knowing that Meme was right behind her and peeking over her shoulder.

"All right! Let's celebrate the catching of the twins!" Rivalz cheered. "Everything's on the new blood, of course!"

"Oh back off!" Shirley snapped at him before smiling at the two transfer students. "I'm Shirley. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Rivalz. We already met." Rivalz said and gestured to Nina. "This is our resident genius, Nina!"

"Akiza. All the best." Akiza said with a curt nod.

Nina could only back away in response, looking fearful and making Kallen frown at her.

"Don't mind her. We're still working on that. I'm Nick." Nick introduced himself. "Treasurer and buffer to everyone's madness. Good to see you again, Suzaku."

"Yeah, we met," Suzaku said with a grimace before smiling at everyone. "It's a pleasure to meet you all."

"Same here. I hope we can all get along well." Euphemia said with a respectful bow.

[Operation: Panther Smile]

[Mission Accomplished]

…

After scheduling a school-wide clean-up of the main school building, the students were all lined up and assembled in the gymnasium. There was a giant projector screen set up on the stage, showing Prince Clovis's State Funeral. On the screen, every royals and noblemen, and women were in attendance. On the stage in front of the crowd was a casket with Clovis's picture on it. The travesty surrounding the Shinjuku Massacre is the only reason why there isn't a large frame of Clovis dominating the stage.

On the stage were various members of the Royal Family, from the Princes, the Princesses, and their mothers. One of them was weeping uncontrollably, with some of the people comforting her as she tried to keep her griefing quiet.

Back in Area 11, Euphemia had to leave to be with Cornelia and Laila during the broadcast.

"And now, his Royal Majesty, the 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire! Charles zi Britannia!"

The man himself walked to the podium on the front of the stage. The man was tall and big, wearing a purple military uniform underneath a long flowing cloak, his white hair styled like a judge's with a look of authority and confidence. He definitely had the look of a ruler with his very being emanating an aura that made a person want to submit just by looking at him. He gripped the sides of the podium and boomed into the microphone.

"All men…are NOT created equal!"

'Of all the things to start with…' Naruto clenched his fists.

'He starts with that?!' Lucienne gaped, shocked but not shocked at the same time.

'At his own son's funeral?!' Naruko's eyes twitched.

Akiza and Kallen only narrowed their eyes in disgust.

"Some are born swift of foot! Some with greater beauty! Some are born into poverty! And others born sick and feeble! In birth and upbringing, in sheer scope of abilities, all humans are born inherently different! Yes, that is why people discriminate against one another; which is why there is struggle, competition, and the unfaltering march of progress!"

Nick gave a slow blink. 'And just like that, I hate him already…'

'See that, everyone? This is who's running this world…' Milly narrowed her eyes.

"Inequality… is not wrong! Equality is! What of the E.U. which made equality a right?! Rabble politics by a popularity contest. The Chinese Federation with its equal distribution of wealth? An entire nation of lazy dullards! But not our beloved Britannia! We fight, we compete, evolution is continuous! Britannia alone moves forward, advancing steadily into the future, without that disgrace of a fool that was my son that lies in front of me!"

Nick rolled his eyes. 'As expected, fuckin' father of the year right there.'

'This is the man that rules Britannia?! I understand now, Lucienne, everyone. This man is…pure evil!' Claire thought while biting her bottom lip.

"Clovis had all the tools in the world, the best teachers money could buy, and my blood running through his veins; yet he falls to fear of retaliation and orders the slaughter of thousands! As a result, he died like a dog at the hands of terrorists, and brought SHAME upon the Royal Family! As of this moment, HE IS NO LONGER MY SON, and will no longer be recognized as such for as long as I live!"

'That won't be an issue for too long, father,' thought Lucienne venomously as a cry of sadness echoed behind the man from Gabrielle la Britannia, Clovis and Laila's mother; but he paid her no mind.

And back in Area 11, Laila la Britannia fell to her knees and sobbed, realizing that she can no longer publicly acknowledge Clovis as her brother. Euphemia hugged her in support, while Cornelia looked on in sorrow.

"As for the rest of us, we will fight on! We shall struggle, compete, plunder and dominate, as we always have! And in the end, the future shall be ours! ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!"

As every loyal Britannia recited, "ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!", several people thought differently, voicing the thoughts of those rebelling against Britannia.

Naruto grasped Lucienne and Milly's hands as he glared up at the screen. 'Charles vi Britannia, you have a lot to answer for, and your days have numbered. You will pay for the countless deaths under your rule. Ragnarok will never come to be because I- no, we won't let it.' he looked towards Kallen and Akiza, who were gripping Naruko's hands and nodded to him, and a serious Rivalz, who gave him a subtle thumbs-up. 'The world was relatively peaceful…until you were crowned Emperor. As a member of the Uzumaki clan, my friends, and family, and I will make sure your plans blow up in your face and bury your ambitions where you stand! For my father…and Marianne-san…you will fall!'

'Inequality is the natural order of things?' thought Nick, suppressing a derisive snort, 'It figures that you'd say that, standing at the top of the hierarchy. It lets you hammer in the idea that you're supposed to be there. But even if you really believe in all that, it won't go the way you think. I'll show you a realm of inequality that you never even dreamed of! There is no power on Earth that cannot be toppled over!'

…

Back on Uzu, Kushina and the Council were also watching the broadcast with looks of disgust and contempt.

'A charismatic piece of shit as usual. What Marianne saw in you I will never know. If only you could see what has become of your children you sired with him. Lelouch is dead, Nunnally is crippled…for now, and Lucienne is calling for your blood. You have all the resources in the world to protect your children, but you care more about your plans for Ragnarok instead of your own children. Worse, I know you're somehow involved in Minato's death!' Kushina thought with a killer gaze and locked eyes with the Caretaker of Spacetime on one of the blank screens in the room. 'I will get the truth, before seeing you choke on your own blood! That's a promise!"

Nines growled as he felt his lover Emmie take hold of his hand. 'You believe you rule by some divine right. By the grace of fate. You think that your empire's fated to rule over all by any means necessary. Others thought just like you. The Mongols, The Romans, Nazi Germany from my world, even my own Japan once sought to dominate. Every one of them failed and fell, whether by their own hands or the hands of their enemies. Your empire will be no different. Britannia will fail, and you, Charles, will go down in history as the man who lost to the world. And if my machines are what is needed to free the world from your twisted ideals, then so be it! I will stain my hands with Britannian blood in the name of justice!'

…

"The mask of Emperor Charles zi Britannia. A man who speaks of lies and weaklings to continue his foolish plan to destroy God. One thing's for sure," C.C. murmured, hugging her newly acquired Cheese-kun plushie as she watched the 'funeral,' "This will not be a war of heroes. Blood will flow and stain the oceans to free the world from your tyranny, Charles. For a man that despises lies, you had no problem inflicting them and accepting others' lies as long as they benefit you. And Marianne, if Charles' truly loved you, he would've dealt with V.V. for killing you out of childish jealousy. I can only hope that at the end of all the fighting…you chose the right side. The next time we see each other, there will be no pillow fight…

"But punishment…"

I don't think regular funerals involved throwing a corpse under the bus, but that Charles zi Britannia in a nutshell. Poor Gabriella la Britannia. At least she has Laila, as long as her future boyfriend Nick can keep her safe. But enough of the pit stops, because it's time for more action, and this time in Saitama!

And the best part is, they don't need Knightmares, and-

"Now now, don't give the game away just yet~"

Ack! Who the- what- who are you?! How'd you get in here?!

"I invited myself, darling. A quaint little station you've got here, but it's a little sterile, isn't it?"

Of course! I always keep it nice and clean for Nines- Wait! No no no, don't change the subject! I'm the most powerful A.I. in the world and this is MY domain! It's literally impossible for you to be here!

"Oh yes. But, my dear little actor has been dropped off in your world, so that means I ought to keep you from giving the game away. Your audience is a little larger than you realize. Ah, but you asked for my name… Call me Risk. Call me Chance. Call me Calamity and Salvation."

That's four! FOUR names~!

"Okay, you sassy lassy, you can just call me Lady Luck."

...Like, literally?

"Literally. Now, Nicky's just about ready for his big debut, and it took me quite a sum to get Fudou Myo'o's contribution to this incarnation. Kindly do not give away his capabilities too early, understand?"

Fine then! Nick may be a badass, but don't sell the Uzumaki twins short! They have so many achievements under their belt! They're many things: Master Thieves! Assassins! High-performance drivers and pilots! Bounty Hunters! Kushina-san's put them through hell to get to where they're at, and soon everyone, including Cornelia, will find out the hard way! Mark. My. Words!

"Fufufu…you're cute~"

Cornelia tries her hand against Joker, Cypher, and Rei, drawing them to Saitama. She thought she had them in the palm of her hand, believing them to be arrogant, wannabe terrorists who lucked out in defeating Clovis's forces.

…Anyone wants to tell her the bad news?

Next time: Stage 08: Operation One Punch

Soul: Yes, we're seriously calling it that.

Lucienne: A bit too on the nose, don't you think.

Naruto: I think it's great. It's what we're going to do to Cornelia's Gloucaster.

Naruko: And yeet them across the sky. Don't forget that!

Cornelia: I'm going to have all three of you foot the bill. These Knightmares don't come cheap!

Lucienne: You're the one calling us out, Sis! I'm sure not paying for shit!

Euphemia: Lucy! Language!

Lucienne: I believe we're speaking English.

Naruko: You walked right into that one, Euphie.

Naruto: Be nice girls. No need to get at each other's throats like Laila is trying to do to Celesta.

*cue C.C. running past the group with Laila chasing her with a knife*

…

[New Crossover Characters]

100 Kanojo ] Hanazono Hakari, Kakure Meme

FGO ] Nero Claudius, Scheherazade, Artoria Pendragon (Saber), Anne Bonny and Mary Read

…

[Geass and Servants]

User: Milly Ashford

Geass: Seal of Absolute Compulsion

Servant(s): Nero Claudius (Saber)

…

User: Akiza Kozuki

Geass: Ward of Absolute Hallucination

Servant(s): Scheherazade (Caster)

…

User: Kallen Kozuki

Geass: Power of Absolute Perception

Servant(s): Artoria Pendragon (Saber)

…

User: Rivalz Cardemonde

Geass: Power of Absolute Sight

Servant(s): Anne Bonny and Mary Read (Rider)

…

[References and Explanations]

Lucienne may be the Black Queen, but there's no relation to that Black King jabroni.

Lucienne ran away as fast as DBZA Vegeta zoomed away from Second Form Freeza.

The scene debuting Bourne was written by that anonymous guest account, and because they put time and effort into it, we decided to use it after fixing it up, so credit goes to them.

Cornelia is not much of a racist as she is in her home series due to being influenced by Kushina.

Heurassein is the surname of Estelle from Tales of Vesperia, and was chosen because both Euphie and Estelle having pink hair.

Yes, Rivalz is getting some love. His two girlfriends are from Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V who will be appearing in a few chapters when Rivalz introduces them.

The Caretaker of Spacetime aka Aurora finally makes her appearance! Also, I've rewatched Akito the Exiled and there is a chance that the events in there will be integrated into the events of R1 instead of after the Black Rebellion. If so, it might happen before or after the events of [REDACTED].

I like the Power of Absolute Perverseness suggested by Gundam Meister Uzumaki, and the majority of the votes went to the Power of Absolute Motivation. Castle suggested Absolute Compulsion, which is practically a combination of the two, and it works.

I've seen the "Types of Geass" thing (Power, Ward, and Seal) in various Code Geass fics.

Akiza's Geass ties to her powers in Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, inflicting pain (and pleasure) with illusions.

I've combined Magic the Gathering and Duel Monsters into 'Magic and Duel Monsters' like I did in one of my other stories. Don't ask me how that works.

Kallen's Geass is Sharingan and bullet time. Not original since it's done in other stories but it suits her. The way she grabbed the shuriken is how Barry Allen grabbed Bruce Wayne's Batarang in the Justice League movie.

I chose Rivalz's Geass at random. I have no idea if it's been done before.

Nero works greatly as Milly's Starting Servant. With their personalities meshing, imagine the chaos they would cause.

I still had no idea who to give Akiza, and NSG suggested Scheherazade. Their Geass and Noble Phantasm are compatible with each other, and their interactions are going to be great.

A reviewer suggested Artoria for Kallen, so credit to them. I can see Artoria helping Kallen with character development and accepting her Britannian half. I'm sure Artoria Alter would've been better too, heh heh heh.

The Servants have memories from their home series, as well as Fate Grand Order.

Rivalz is getting more love with Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Castle suggested that he be in the Uzu Naval Fleet because of his Servants.

Lucienne reunited with Euphemia is the same as Hajime reuniting with his teacher Aiko in Arifureta.

Instead of the cat being hunted down (since Lucienne and the twins keep their suits underground), it's Naruto and Naruko.

In the original series, the Japan Culture Research Club was disbanded. Here, it's kept safe.

I haven't read 100Kanojo yet, and Hakari (the pink-haired girl) and Meme (the black-haired girl) will be paired with Nick.

Charles zi Britannia can eat a bag of dicks.

"Brought SHAME upon the Royal Family!" might become an in-universe meme, as suggested by NSG.

"This will not be a war of heroes…" Cue the War Pigs.

The pillow fight part C.C. murmurs is from those comedic Code Geass comics drawn by FoxxFireArt; the one called Found Memories.

BB calling Naruto and Naruko assassins, thieves, and high-performance drivers is from Fast 9.

Released: Friday, April 30, 2021

Cornelia groaned as she landed on her back on her bed with a bottle in her hand. While she loved a good battle, she was getting tired of all the steamrolling campaigns. The resistance groups were too feeble and fickle, all of them going down easily.

"Could my expectations be too high? No, they're just too weak," Cornelia sighed and turned her head towards the window. "Desperate, but weak."

All the resistance cells she fought over the past week fought as if their lives depended on it. They were limited by their resources, yet it didn't dull their spirits. In fact, they were strengthened by the Shinjuku incident, which served as the primary motivator for giving it their own against Cornelia's forces.

'Even if Clovis got rid of them all, new ones would pop up after that footage. It's not just the Elevens we have to worry about, but our people as well.'

Even now, there have been week-long protests from sympathetic Britannians outside the Government buildings. Some were banishing signs while marching around and chanting. Others were shouting at the Knight Police and military soldiers defending the buildings, demanding to speak to someone in charge. There were peaceful protests, with the authorizing managing to take down saboteurs that tried to turn them into riots.

All in all, it was quite the headache for the newly minted Viceroy.

'I won't be able to find those three troublemakers at this rate, and then there's the Saitama Ghetto excursion tomorrow.'

That was going to be a lot of fun (sarcasm intended). Word was that there was a minor terrorist group hiding out there, and as much as she wanted to deal with them, the Saitama Ghetto was similar to the Shinjuku; albeit being the second-largest Ghetto after Shinjuku. Britannian presence there may be unwelcomed due to what happened in Shinjuku, but she had a job to do.

'I swear, Clovis. You may have been a fool in your final moments on this Earth, but I will avenge you as your precious elder sister. Those three only won because you were an artist unfit for the battlefield, and I…wait…'

It was then that she sat up, having a sudden stroke of inspiration.

"That's it!" she said and got up. "What if the conditions are the same? The only difference is that I'm here! I'm no amateur like Clovis! I'm the Goddess of Victory, the Witch of Britannia, and I will not fall to a bunch of upstart terrorists!

"Yes, I'll lure them to the Ghetto, and when I reel them in, I'll slaughter them where they stand! Just you wait, Joker, Cypher, Rei!" she declared with a murderous grin.