Don't bother this is a dead fic

by unknown-otaku709

This is a dead fic that I wish to read (listen to from the fanfiction app) while i'm at work. This is not my work and the author is someone who has amazing stories he's created. I just really love this story which is why im reposting it. Not taking or wanting any form of credit for this story

9. Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Disclaimer: I don't own anything belonging to Code: Geass or Naruto.

Kallen gasped as she felt pain in her left eye, stepping back from Shinryoku as she put a hand over her eye. She gritted her teeth as she felt a burning sensation in her eye, seeing images of strange places and woman all dressed in white with bird like symbols on their heads. Then her mind was blank with two words repeating themselves:

Absolute.

Vision.

The pain faded away, allowing Kallen to pull her hand away and looked at the masked woman. "What was that?"

"You were judged on which power would suit you best and I decided that you were best suited to be given Geass. All as well, as I believe the Power of the Queen would be better suited for you." Shinryoku answered as she produced a mirror from her cloak and held it in front of Kallen.

She looked at her reflection and saw herself with her left eye glowing red with a bird like symbol around her pupil. "This is… Geass?"

"Yes." Shinryoku nodded. "It always starts in the left eye. Tell me, did you hear any words repeating themselves in your mind?"

"I heard… Absolute… Vision." Kallen slowly answered, remembering the words.

"Absolute Vision." Shinryoku repeated softly. "Well, I guess we'll need to test it. Look around tell me what you see."

Kallen slowly looked around, taking in the Campus from the roof of the clubhouse. Everything was different to her. She could see everyone down on the courtyard with perfect detail even if they were far away from the clubhouse. She could see everything perfectly, the trees and grass with little insects crawling through them, the courtyard with students walking back and forth, and she could even hear footsteps and conversation under her feet.

"I… I can see… I can see everyone moving in the courtyard. I see them perfectly and I can hear their footsteps and I can hear them talking." Kallen said as she instinctively deactivated her Geass.

"So in other words your Geass enhances your senses." Shinryoku mused. "I'm not surprised considering who you are."

"Is this the power of Geass?" Kallen asked, staring at the masked woman with a look of unease. "Why is mine different from Zero's?"

"Geass manifests in many forms based on the desires of the person who gains it. Zero's Geass is the Power of Absolute Obedience, meaning he can plant any command in the mind of any person he makes eye contact with and the person has no choice but to obey. Meaning if he told you to die you would kill yourself with a big smile on your face." Shinryoku answered. "Yours on the other hand appears to enhance your vision and possibly other senses to super-human levels. The Power of Absolute Vision."

"You mean you weren't kidding about this?" Kallen could not help but shudder.

With that kind of power Zero could conquer the entire country if he wanted to.

"Now you truly understand his power and why he wears a mask and why you were given visors. To prevent you from coming under the influence of his Geass." The masked woman said, making Kallen to make a note to always remember to wear her visors around Zero.

"And why do you need us? With that power at your control Britannia would fall easily to you." Kallen said, wondering why she and the others were invited to join Zero in his revolution.

"Because… power is useless if that's all we have."

Kallen spun around to see Seizan standing at the door that led up to the roof. "Seizan?"

"Power alone is not going to change the world for the better." Seizan stated. "There needs to be more than that. Zero is recognized for being a hero to the weak, not for his power, but for his stance against corruption."

"Zero's… here?" Kallen's eyes widened.

Did that mean Zero was a student who attended here?!

The door behind Seizan opened up. "Naruto, C.C., are you guys up here? I need you to-Kallen?"

"Uh…" Kallen could only stutter as Lelouch Lamperouge walked onto the roof and was now staring at her with shocked and confused eyes. "I can explain!"

"You're-" Lelouch suddenly froze, becoming completely still like a statue as red rings surrounded his eyes. "I… can't… move…"

"It seems your Geass does more than enhance your vision." Seizan remarked, his and C.C.'s Rinnegan easily seeing Kallen's Geass paralyzing Lelouch. "Kallen, you might want to shut off your Geass."

Kallen blinked and the Geass crest in her left eye vanished, allowing Lelouch to freely move as the red rings disappeared from his eyes.

"You're on time, Lelouch." Seizan stated with a chipper note in his voice as he reached up and pulled his hood down. "We just finished forming a contract with Kallen. And it seems her Geass is just as powerful as yours."

"You mean you…" Lelouch's eye twitched as Kallen gaped at seeing the familiar blond hair of the one person who could have that kind of hair style. "And you didn't tell me."

"We're telling you now." C.C. followed Naruto's actions as she pulled her hood down and both removed their masks.

"Naruto? Tsunade?" Kallen stared at the two in stunned silence, only able to mumble their names. "But…"

"You can't just go out and give someone Geass or the Rinnegan without me knowing." Lelouch protested.

"I disagree since we both know you'd never consider letting us do that if we talked to you about it. You know as well as we do we need all the help we can get." Naruto retorted.

"I am also under no obligation to ask permission about who I make a contract with." C.C. joined in scolding Lelouch who scowled in annoyance.

"What are you both talking about? How does Lelouch know about Geass?" Kallen spoke up, getting anxious for answers.

"Isn't it obvious?" C.C. asked with a small grin. "You might as well tell her, Lelouch."

"You two really like making me give away secrets don't you?" Lelouch sighed and gestured to the door. "Fine, but can we do it inside. Milly and the others are gone for now so we'll have time to talk."

"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what you know." Kallen reached for her knife.

"I happen to know a lot…"'Lelouch smirked as his left eye flared red with the symbol of Geass. "Q-1."

All three watched as Kallen was stunned and left stuttering. "Q-1? But that would mean… You can't be?"

'Naruto and C.C. went and gave Kallen Geass behind my back meaning I would have to tell her eventually or she would consider abandoning me or telling the others who I am if I tried to deny it.' Lelouch thought as he nodded. "You asked me what Lelouch Lamperouge wanted to do about Britannia wants to do and he told you nothing for there is nothing he could do… but Zero plans to change the world."

"Now will you come inside. There's a long story." Naruto gestured to the door.

"So the container we stole was full of poison gas in Shinjuku but a copy of her," Kallen pointed at C.C. "That Naruto created when they escaped a Britannian research that summoned you two to Japan where C.C. gave Lelouch his Geass. And that's when you three teamed up."

"Yep." Naruto nodded with a smirk. "Three mild mannered teens with hidden super powers."

"If you can call pulling pranks on everyone, including me, mild mannered." Lelouch muttered in annoyance.

"Wait a minute. If you're Zero and you had your Geass that long then…" Kallen narrowed her eyes and grabbed Lelouch.

"Wha-" Lelouch gasped as he was slammed into the wall.

"Did you use your Geass on me?" Kallen asked darkly.

The feeling that she had experienced about the power Zero spoke of on the train came back in full force now that she knew the full story.

Lelouch paled but slowly nodded.

That was when Kallen became angry and scared as she started shaking Lelouch. "What did you make me do? WHAT DID YOU MAKE ME DO?!"

"I-Ow-I asked-Ow-if you were-the Glasgow pilot!" Lelouch cried out as Kallen slammed him into the wall repeatedly.

"That's… that's how you found about me and the others?" Kallen let go of Lelouch and stepped back.

"I knew about you since you came back to school. I recognized your voice and confirmed it later." Lelouch grunted as he stood up fully.

"And the bathroom…" Kallen trailed off as she blushed slightly, prompting C.C. to smirk.

"Yes, what about the bathroom?" The green haired girl slowly asked.

"Did you use one of those… clones to make me think Lelouch wasn't Zero?" Kallen shot a glare at C.C.

"Actually that was easy. Lelouch gave a recorder to C.C. who snuck off to make the call when she said she had to go to the infirmary." Naruto answered with a grin.

"Huh?" Kallen gaped at the three of them.

They managed to throw her suspicion off them by just using a simple recorder? Kallen mentally kicked herself in the head for falling for such a simple trick. She knew Lelouch and Zero's voices sounded similar but when she heard Zero's voice on the phone she and when she heard Lelouch never left the ball room with dozens of people watching him at the time she easily believed that it was all a coincidence.

"All right," Naruto stood between them before Kallen could ask anything else. "While I understand this is surprising, Kallen that's enough for today. We can talk again tomorrow when you've thought this over."

"But remember that even if you hate Zero or us for keeping this secret you should remember that you agreed to the contract between us. You cannot walk away now, not when you have the power that the Emperor himself seeks." C.C. walked up next to Naruto. "You promised to fulfill a wish in exchange for freeing Japan, remember that."

With that said Naruto and C.C. walked out of the room, leaving Lelouch and Kallen alone.

"While I have nothing left to say I won't force you to remain with us. My Geass only works on the same person once, making you immune now and forever. I don't know what C.C. plans for you to do but I should let you know that we are not the only ones with Geass and that some work for Britannia. We'll be forced to fight them as we wage war that will no doubt spread through the world. Even if Zero is not who you expected he still hopes to count on you." Lelouch said and followed his two partners out, leaving Kallen alone.

"Did you really have to give her Geass? She's skilled enough without it." Lelouch caught up with Naruto and C.C. "You took a huge risk. What if she exposes us?"

"She won't." Naruto answered simply.

"And how do you know that?" Lelouch scowled at how calm they were. "She knows I'm not Japanese."

"She's not the type to go back on her word. She'll be grumpy about it but she'll settle down and become curious about us." Naruto answered.

"And then you tell her more about us?" Lelouch frowned. "Why the sudden interest in her?"

"You're Zero the Black King, we're your Knights, and if we're going to play chess analogies then Kallen is the Queen." C.C. replied.

"The Queen?" Lelouch stopped as Naruto and C.C. turned and looked at him. "You mean for her to become as important as Zero don't you?"

"You are a good tactician, Lelouch, but you don't have Kallen's skills with a Knightmare and if we're going to fight the Emperor we don't just need good pilots and soldiers we need people who can fight against his secret Geass Order. In fact with the right training if something were to happen to us Kallen could take over as head of the Black Knights." Naruto explained.

"And that's why you gave Kallen Geass?" Lelouch asked, not admitting that they had a point about dealing with the secret Geass Order. 'I know Kallen is skilled with a Knightmare but to be able to replace me if something were to happen to us? Could she be that skilled?'

"That and there is another reason but we've given you enough reasons. Now if you'll excuse us, Naruto owes me a massage for this and an hour of making out." C.C. dragged Naruto back into Lelouch's house.

Lelouch sighed. 'One of these days.'

For the next few days Kallen avoided talking to Naruto, C.C., and Lelouch at school but she never revealed their identities to the other Black Knights during missions and acted completely professional with them while on the job. They chalked it up to her realizing that revealing their identities would cause dissention in the ranks if they found out Zero was a Britannian. But it didn't make Kallen feel any better, knowing the identity of the man behind the mask that had given her so much hope and it left a bitter taste in her mouth. Lelouch Lamperouge, the lazy genius who rarely smiled unless his sister was around along with Naruto Uzumaki, the blond student with a hilarious wit and a love for pranks and mischief as much as Milly and Tsunade Senju the girl who loved making people squirm with sarcasm and little rumors she liked to spread and making out with her boyfriend in front of everyone just to get a reaction out of them.

It was then she realized she needed to find out just who Zero and his knights-Lelouch and his two friends-really were.

So here she was, back in school wearing her uniform with her hair down in case anyone sees her late at night walking down the hall to where she heard the three were hanging out: at the pool.

Lelouch sat on a bench near the swimming pool with his laptop on his lap, showing him potential recruits for the Black Knights. However to anyone else the screen would have showing nothing but information on Britannia's founding. The special glasses he wore filtered out the actual image of what he was reading.

In the meantime his two knights were busy with something else.

C.C. was garbed in a swimsuit as she stood on a diving board and looked up at the moon for a moment. Then she jumped off, performing a perfect dive into the pool.

"Nice one!" Naruto laughed as C.C. came up to the surface. "My turn."

Naruto climbed up to the diving board and jumped off it a second later. "Cannonball!"

He made a huge splash that covered C.C.'s head making her frown as Naruto's head popped out of the water.

"You just had to do that." C.C. shook her head, sending droplets of water flying.

"Aw relax. You're already wet so it's not a big deal." Naruto shrugged.

"Oh yeah…" C.C. smirked as she grabbed Naruto's head and pulled it underwater.

Naruto seemingly struggled for a moment before C.C. felt several hands pulling her down. "Uh, what the-"

She was suddenly pulled underwater and watched as several Narutos grinned at her. She frowned in annoyance at Naruto using Shadow Clones to help him out which Naruto knew as he dispelled the clones and pulled her in. His grin becoming mischievous for some odd reason and C.C. was caught off guard as his lips crashed into hers. C.C. was surprised but went along with it as they made out underwater; both determined to hold their breath longer than the other.

Lelouch looked up when he noticed both Naruto and C.C. had been underwater and grimaced when he realized what they were doing. "Do they have to do something like that everywhere?"

"Aw, let them have their fun."

Lelouch turned and saw C.C.'s 'mother', Mito Senju walking into the room with a grin. Naruto and C.C. broke apart and their heads popped up out of the water.

"Who won?" Mito asked amusedly.

"No one. We just sensed you coming in." Naruto said as he got out of the pool. "What's up?"

C.C. looked over at Lelouch. "I'm guessing from the look on your face that it's wonderful how the number of recruits keeps growing."

"And it was simpler than I ever expected. While I bitterly hate the Britannians I refuse to condone terrorism. That's the prevailing view of most Elevens." Lelouch grinned at the profiles, including one that had never committed any anti-Britannian activities.

"Basically Elevens support the Black Knights for the most part." C.C. lied back in the water, staring up at the moon.

"And let's not forget Kyoto sending you some Knightmares." Mito commented.

"And the number of informants has been increasing too." Naruto offered his own two cents. "We can turn them all into a proper spy network with the right training."

"Which in turn makes it easier for us to operate. They don't report our activities which is a huge help. The Japanese just needed a symbol, a good buzz word and off they go." Lelouch continued.

"Hence the Knights for Justice act." C.C. climbed out of the pool.

"Yeah, well everyone loves a hero." Lelouch replied. "And what better hero than a knight?"

C.C. chuckled. "I kind of doubt that's what a real knight for justice would say."

"You don't think so?" Lelouch rhetorically asked.

"Maybe not a knight but a shinobi uses deception as a weapon all the time." Naruto shrugged. "It's not like we have any other choice. Oh, and by the way, Lelouch, a special friend of mine has a few gifts as well."

"Hm?" Lelouch raised one eyebrow.

Kallen opened the door to the pool and peered out to see if they were there.

"So you say this will get rid of that Knightmare's shields and overload it?" Lelouch's voice asked.

"It's a homemade chakra bomb that stores large amounts of chakra inside, modified to look like a chaos mine. It'll release a large pulse of chakra that will overload anything it comes into contact with, even the shields on that Knightmare."A woman's voice answered.

'That voice, that's Tsunade's mother!' Kallen's eyes widened.

"You've proven you and C.C. could handle that white Knightmare. What's the point of creating this?" Lelouch asked.

"It's called taking precautions, Lelouch. You should try it a few times." Naruto snorted.

Kallen heard Lelouch grunting. "Very well, it pays to have an insurance policy."

"Now that we have convinced you to take measures to protect yourself can we move on? Like the fact that a Britannian man is offering to join the Black Knights?" C.C.'s voice drawled.

'A Britannian helping Zero?' Kallen thought with slightly widened eyes, temporarily forgetting that Zero was also a Britannian.

"Looks too confident to be a spy. Could he be an extremist?" Lelouch asked.

"I've looked into this guy. His name is Diethard Reid and he's a reporter. Seems to me he's like any other reporter who's interested in getting a good story. He did the whole tear jerker on Clovis's death and Suzaku's trial along with handling TV news in Area Eleven." Naruto commented.

"Well, this could be useful. Still though, I'm not happy with how you keep on gathering information or go on some secret mission of stealing from nobles or military bases without telling me. You even went and offered Kallen Geass or the Rinnegan depending on her character. Can you two at least promise to tell me when you'll make these offers to anyone else in the future?" Lelouch asked.

"Perhaps but you'll need to realize that no matter how important you make yourself or Zero there is always a chance you might die and that someone else can rise up in your place." C.C. replied. "Besides, anyone who gains Geass or the Rinnegan is because I deemed them worthy, not you. Therefore your opinion does not count in this matter."

"But we will make sure that anyone else who gains either power is completely trustworthy." Naruto cut in, seemingly playing the role of peacekeeper. "Even if she asks why you're rebelling that doesn't mean you have to spill all your guts to her."

"And what about you two?" Lelouch retorted.

"Let's ask her, shall we?"

Suddenly Kallen felt something pulling her forward and she let out a yelp as the door was pushed aside and she fell onto the floor of the roof.

"Kallen?" Lelouch jumped in surprise.

"Looking for something?" C.C. asked amusedly as the red hair girl frantically stood up.

"Kallen? When did you get here?" Lelouch asked, sounding very alarmed.

"Oh relax. It's not like we would be keeping this stuff a secret from her for long." Naruto said as he folded the laptop up. "So, come to ask us something?"

"Uh…" Kallen tried to speak but for some reason was unable to form words in her mouth.

"Seems she's a little shy. I thought that was just part of the act." C.C. remarked with her usual grin. "Perhaps if we invite her to tonight's meeting she'll be a little happier."

"My boss has worked to ensure that it's all perfect and thanks to you two she even added a few modifications." Mito added with a satisfied grin.

"You're in on this too?" Kallen looked at Tsunade's 'mother'.

"Of course. You think I'd let my children fight without me helping?" Mito questioned, enjoying the confusion on Kallen's face.

"… Who are you people?" Kallen finally asked, now wanting the answers she had been looking for. "Who the hell are all of you?"

"You know us already. Both the masks and the faces underneath." C.C. calmly answered.

"That's not an answer. I don't know anything about you or why I should trust you." Kallen glared at the green haired girl. "Why should I trust any of you?"

"Because we give you hope." Lelouch answered. "Because Zero is the one who can perform miracles and you want one miracle to happen."

"That and you entered in this through a contract which means even if we don't tell you everything you still find out a few important things, like the fact that Lelouch is the not only other person here to have a Geass and that Britannia has a few Geass users." Naruto answered calmly.

"Lelouch told me before. Who else has it?" Kallen asked immediately.

"You've already met one of them, at least not directly. The Emperor, Charles zi Britannia." Lelouch explained.

"He has Geass?!" Kallen stepped back, not sure how to handle the sudden revelation. "What… what can he do?"

"His Geass allows him to alter a person's memory at will." C.C. answered. "No Geass is the same as another. Another is the Knight of One, whose Geass allows him to see the trajectory of his opponent's attacks to better predict them."

"And let's not forget the other fifty in his secret order." Naruto commented.

"FIFTY?!" Kallen's voice kept getting louder.

"Don't worry; it's not as bad as it sounds. They're only kids with five or ten of them available for missions." C.C. interjected to calm the red haired girl down.

"How is that supposed to reassure me? You just told me that the Emperor has a secret order of people with scary powers!" Kallen exclaimed.

"Maybe but we got our own secret weapons." Naruto smirked. "Like Lelouch told you, C.C. and I are immune to the power of Geass. There is also the fact that they can't make a move right now because of the Black Knights and the military concentrating on the remaining pockets of resistance in Japan. They won't make a move unless they believe C.C. is here and even then they'd probably send a few scouts to confirm it first."

"So you don't have to worry about any Geass users showing up yet." C.C. mirrored Naruto's smirk. "Which gives us time."

"Time?" Kallen asked, now calming down.

"Time to properly organize a resistance force to take on Britannia, starting with the liberation of Japan." Naruto answered, watching as Kallen's breath almost completely blasted out of her.

"Liberation… of Japan?" Kallen slowly repeated.

"That is the whole point here, isn't it?" C.C. asked rhetorically.

"And why would you help us? Your stories, they are obviously cover stories and why would he," Kallen pointed at Lelouch. "Want to declare war on his own country?"

"A valid question. The answer is that I have no love for Britannia, I despise it probably more than you." Lelouch answered, shocking Kallen. "While I may not tell you everything I will tell that if you do help me I will see to it that Japan is free."

That said Lelouch walked towards the door and left the room, leaving Kallen with the others.

"He's so dramatic. Why is it that girls always fall for the mysterious bad boy act?" Naruto sighed. "Seriously, this is getting old."

"Oh stop being a baby. Now come on, we have a free day and I want to have some fun." C.C. grabbed Naruto's arm and started dragging him to the door. "Coming, Kallen?"

"Uh? Why?" Kallen asked.

"So I can steal your credit card and use it for getting pizza." C.C. answered as if she was discussing the weather. "And Naruto can give you a free massage."

"Uh… no thanks." Kallen weakly answered with a pink blush forming on her face. 'What kind of girl let's her boyfriend give massages to other girls?'

"Suit yourself." C.C. shrugged and dragged Naruto, who waved at Kallen, to the door and left Kallen alone with Mito. "Be sure to train with your Geass some more."

"Well what about-" When Kallen turned to speak to the woman she was gone. "Why do you people keep doing that?!"

"Yes, I was demoted from my position in very much the same way you were." Diethard Ried turned his chair to face his visitors.

Jeremiah grunted and narrowed his eyes at the indirect insult fired at him but Villetta quickly spoke up. "We have no intention of letting the situation end this way. We have a sneaking suspicion that you don't either."

"Is that so? Well who can say?" Diethard asked, not at all bothered by his demotion.

All he was interested in was the story that Zero was making with his rebellion, so different from the usual rebel stories that all ended in Britannia victory, it was so… boring. Diethard became a reporter to make news, not fabricate it for the benefit of the wealthy and corrupt. He knew these two soldiers were fishing for information, most likely to clear their names in light of Zero's first miracle.

"We have a lead that might help us find, Zero." Jeremiah turned and faced Diethard who turned his gaze calmly at the officer.

"You're familiar with Ashford Private Academy?" Villetta asked. "I want to investigate a male student attending there. I think he may be working with Zero."

Diethard feigned disinterest but they knew he was typing Ashford's name into the search engine on his computer.

"Villetta and I are going to shipping out soon for military duty. And we'll be stationed in the Narita Mountains." Jeremiah continued.

"Narita?" That name made Diethard look up. "Isn't that where the Japanese Liberation Front's headquarters are rumored to be located at."

"You may be a bit too clever for your own good." Jeremiah said as he and Villetta glared at Diethard.

"You overestimate me." Diethard smirked calmly.

Well, so Cornelia was going to attack the JLF and wipe them from Area Eleven for good. He had already applied for recruitment of the Black Knights but he knew Zero would be hesitant to accept him as he was creating a rebellion against Britannia and the idea of a Britannian helping out would sound ludicrous. He didn't think much when these two jokers had come in to speak with him.

The man, Jeremiah Gottwald, was a dangerous man with an overwhelming desire to erase the shame of 'Orange' as well as take Zero down while the woman looked to be the type who would do anything to rise in the ranks. And both had just given him what he needed for what Zero would perhaps need to perform his next miracle.

The Black Knights were all gathered in the abandoned weapon's factory that became their new headquarters as the lights came on. In front of them were rows of what appeared to be modified Glasgows along with newly black painted Oberon Frames to show their allegiance to the Black Knights. There were a total of ten of the new Glasgows in four rows along with four rows of ten Oberons.

"Wow, it's amazing! These are Glasgows aren't they?"

"Burais with Japanese modification."

"I've never seen these before."

"And not to mention these Oberons. They look tough."

"Now the Black Knights have some serious muscle."

"Wasn't easy to sign up with the BK."

"So that makes us special huh? We're elite!"

The new recruits for the Black Knights continued to marvel at the new Knightmares while the top members of the Black Knights stared in awe at the red Knightmare that had arrived, the Guren Mk-II.

"Those guys from Kyoto, they believe in us. They sent us this." Sugiyama whispered.

"A completely made Japanese Knightmare." Yoshida was just as quite as Sugiyama.

"The Guren Mk-II." Kallen whispered, almost unable to speak.

The Guren was colored red with an orange chest plate and an orange cockpit coming out of the back. However the most amazing feature was the silver claw and in the palm of its hand was the Radiant Wave Surger, a very powerful weapon. However what no one expected was the sword katana attached to the left hip which according to the manual was a weapon designed to emit five thousand volts of electricity through it and even more if the pilot wanted to increase the charge, making it a very deadly weapon.

What made the Black Knights most interested in it was the weapon's name: Raijin No Ken which literally meant Sword of the Thunder God.

Rakshata had gone to work on trying to create weapons that could utilize elemental forces like ninjutsu and came up with a way using experimental electromagnetic technology she developed by studying how lightning ninjutsu worked. By creating a miniature chakra generator inside the hilt of the blade it had a large energy reserve so it wouldn't run out and it didn't need to be connected to the Knightmare to be powered up. It functioned much like MVS swords but generate pure electricity that showed much greater potential than an MVS blade.

Rakshata proudly named this new type of weapon the Arc Blade.

"Did you check out the manual?" Minami asked.

Tamaki chuckled. "I'm really loving this."

"The big shots in Kyoto are recognizing us. We have their approval!" Sugiyama was almost beside himself with glee.

"Tamaki-san! Could you show me how to use this equipment here?" A female Black Knight called out.

"Oh, sure. Hang on, I'll be right there." Tamaki called back as walked over to help.

Kallen watched as they all walked to help and turned back to the Guren, spotting the three figures behind it.

"First Tamaki and now Inoue and the rest are treating this like a party." Lelo-Zero said as he stepped out of the shadows.

Kallen quickly schooled her features as the other two stepped out, saving her curiosity for later. She decided that telling the others who Zero and his knights were was a bad idea. But she still wanted to know what their stake in this was. "What do you mean?"

"Kyoto is supporting multiple resistance groups, correct?" Zero asked rhetorically.

"Yes, which means that we finally made it in." Kallen smiled as she turned around. "They know that we're worthy-"

"No, you're wrong there, Kallen." Zero cut her off. "This is merely a test they put to us."

"So what if it is?" Kallen asked, not understanding his meaning. "This is still incredible."

"Maybe but it also means that something else is going to happen. After all, until now they supported the JLF the most since it was the largest resistance group with the most military resources while we're still the new kids on the block." Naru-Seizan said as Zero tossed a key at Kallen who caught it.

"What's this?" Kallen looked down at the red key.

"The Guren Mk-II is yours now, Kallen." Zero answered.

"Huh? Why me? Why not use it yourself?" Kallen asked, unable to reason why Lelouch would give her the Guren.

Was it a bribe?

"You're a top notch pilot and Zero is a commander. He can handle a Burai but his piloting skills… leave much to be desired." C.C. or Shinryoku said and everyone knew she was smiling under her mask.

"And now the Black Knights have three aces." Seizan commented.

"And the final reason, you have a reason to fight." Zero finished.

Kallen thought of her mother as she looked down at the key. "Right."

She didn't think she knew exactly why Lelouch was giving her the Guren but she decided not to question him in front of the others.

"Zero, you got a second?" Ohgi called out, directing everyone's attention to him as he walked out and handed Zero a letter. "We got some weird Intel from a Britannian who wants to join up with the Black Knights."

Lelouch blinked under his mask as Ohgi handed him the folder.

"This may be a trap to draw us out." Ohgi skeptically remarked. "Even if we try to confirm this information it'd be too risky to contact him directly, but news like this isn't something we can just ignore. What should we do?"

"This weekend, we're going hiking." Zero closed the folder.

"What?" Ohgi asked.

"To the Narita Mountains." Zero continued.

"You plan to pass Kyoto's little test, don't you?" Shinryoku asked, knowing the answer.

"Obviously they want to test us in battle against Cornelia and her forces and what better way to prove ourselves then saving the largest group they have been backing up to now?" Zero rhetorically asked.

"Very well then." Ohgi could only guess Zero had a plan.

"What are you up to?"

Kallen had followed them out of the warehouse when it was time for them to leave, all four of them having school in the morning and to prepare for their next mission. She spotted them moving into the van that was their mobile headquarters to change and slipped in as the door closed.

"Do we always have to up to something?" Naruto slipped his mask off his face. "C.C. gave you Geass, Lelouch gave you the Guren, is this because I haven't given you a nice gift yet?"

"Zero is the most important of the Black Knights. If something happens to him our cause will be dead." Kallen said, getting straight to the point.

"You know as well we do that you are a far better pilot than Lelouch. That's why you get the Guren." C.C. stated as she took her mask off.

"I meant what I said, Kallen." Lelouch said as he took off his mask and cape. "I'm better off as a commander instead of a fighter. You, Naruto, and C.C. are more than capable of handling that role.'

"That's just a fancy way of saying he sucks." Naruto whispered out loud causing C.C. to chuckle while Lelouch threw a glare at the blond. "It's true and you know it. Anyways if I what saw in that report is true we'll be going there…" Naruto threw a look back at Lelouch. "To save the JLF."

"Yes, to save them." Lelouch nodded. "And to capture Cornelia."

"Capture Cornelia? Are you sure you can do that?" Kallen asked skeptically.

"She'll be too preoccupied with destroying the JLF to wonder if the Black Knights will appear, especially since Zero denounced them as terrorists because of Kusakabe." C.C. explained. "We also are prepared for that white Knightmare that will likely show up. It appeared at Shinjuku and at Lake Kawaguchi so there is a chance it will show up at Narita."

"You two defeated it though." Kallen pointed out.

"Yes but you know as well as we do that are always unexpected variables when it comes to planning a battle." Naruto pointed out. "You have to plan out almost every known scenario down to the last detail as well as come with back up plans for the unknown. And speaking of unknowns how's your Geass working?"

"Oh, uh…" Kallen instantly remembered her Geass.

"You haven't been training with it have you?" C.C. smirked.

"We've all been very busy plus I haven't had the chance to test it out in a fight." Kallen hastily explained as a small blush formed on her face.

"Well no time like the present." Naruto stepped forward. "Going into battle with an untested power like yours is dangerous, especially if you activate it by mistake. We'll give you a hand in training how to use it but until you've gotten a good handle of how to use it you will not use it in battle unless… your life or the lives of any of your comrades are in danger."

Kallen was silent as she thought it over for a moment and nodded. "All right."

It turned out that the training consisted of spars with Naruto and C.C. who told her not to use weapons but they used their swords and kunai on her, which resulted in her shouting how unfair it was but they told her to suck it up and kept on attacking. As Kallen used her Geass she saw their images slowing down for some reason, making it easier for her to dodge and try to counterattack. Unfortunately she found out that Geass didn't work on the two because both carried the power of the Code that granted Geass that had fused with Naruto's power making them both immune to Geass.

Lelouch had told her that he had used his Geass on them and found out his didn't work on them either.

She discovered her Geass not only enhanced her eyesight but it also enhanced her other senses to super human levels and mental functions. She couldn't hear Naruto or C.C.'s or paralyze them because they were immune but she could hear Lelouch's heartbeat, hear the sound of rat's scurrying outside the giant van, she could see everything more clearly, her blows seemed stronger when she made a few hits and she didn't feel anything when she felt any blows hitting her and she immediately sensed when she was in danger even if she could not see it. C.C. surmised that her Geass was a sensory enhancement and it was also hard to maintain as Kallen felt like she had run a marathon around the Tokyo settlement but her ability to paralyze anyone she makes eye contact suggested that it enhanced Kallen's senses while freezing the movement of anyone she made eye contact with, even working on someone that she already used it on as Lelouch unfortunately found out when Naruto suggested Kallen test it on him again. The effects of her Geass enhancing her physical and mental functions and paralyzing any target pushed her body past its limits so she could only use it for a short time.

Naruto also took the time to warn her that every Geass develops with use until it reaches its perfect form, meaning she and Lelouch could use their Geass with both eyes. That would make it easier to use and possibly more powerful but harder to control and eventually the Geass in their left eyes would activate permanently and could not be controlled. Kallen was naturally surprised and worried about what would happen when her Geass would evolve but Naruto already assured her that they could take steps to stop anything bad from happening. It depended on her will power to not succumb to 'runaway Geass' and have a mental breakdown.

"A breakdown?" Kallen asked during their break, sitting at the table with food in front of them. "You mean me and Lelouch could have a mental breakdown?"

"Relax. I wouldn't have let C.C. grant you Geass if I wasn't looking for ways to counter it. As far as I can tell, the Rinnegan me and C.C. have can cancel or alter the affects of any Geass and we already tried to a few tricks with Lelouch." Naruto smirked at the scowl on Lelouch's face. "Like the one where we can temporarily seal a Geass by eye contact. Compared to our eyes yours and Lelouch's Geass are small water droplets compared to a lake, or even an ocean."

"How strong are those eyes of yours?" Kallen said, remembering those ringed eyes Naruto and C.C. had.

"I'm not entirely sure. We've been training for months and we still have scratched the surface yet. The legends surrounding these eyes state that anyone who has them can bring a great change to the world as a Creator… or a Destroyer." Naruto rubbed the back of his head.

"We have discovered that we were unable to deactivate our Rinnegan months ago but we can keep them hidden thanks to a mere illusion but the odd thing is that the Geass that merged with these eyes is active in both of ours and yet we cannot deactivate them." C.C. brought a pizza out of the microwave. "Not that it matters as it only saps a little of our strength."

"So, your eyes are much stronger than Geass." Lelouch surmised. "Will this have the same affect on anyone you grant them to?"

"Not from what we saw of Sayoko, she can activate or deactivate her Rinnegan at will and it's active in both eyes unlike Geass." Naruto shook his head. "She's been training for several weeks now and her Rinnegan was used much more than you used your Geass. If something like a 'runaway Rinnegan' was supposed to happen it hasn't yet."

"At the very most Sayoko wouldn't be able to deactivate her Rinnegan and she has enough chakra reserves that it won't drain her." C.C. said as she gobbled down her pizza. "And don't forget I gave someone else the Rinnegan before Sayoko."

"Who?" Kallen asked.

"Sorry, that's classified. I gave you and Lelouch Geass and you already know that I can only grant six people the Rinnegan but I am under no obligation to tell you who I make as my paths or who else I grant Geass." C.C. smirked, which annoyed both Geass users. "I can tell you that she's an ally and you'll meet her in the future."

"So in other words you'll just go in and grant these powers to whomever you want?" Kallen asked sourly.

"Anyone I find worthy, like you two." C.C. answered calmly.

Lelouch knew how Kallen had felt as Naruto and C.C. had told him the exact same thing. It seemed that they included Kallen in this because she's just as worthy as Lelouch is and someone who could lead the Black Knights. Lelouch did admit that Kallen's intellect was above average and from what he saw her fighting abilities were already formidable without her Geass. From what he saw she would make an excellent ace, something that Lelouch himself was not.

Lelouch considered himself, Naruto, and C.C. irreplaceable and it seemed his two knights wanted to make Kallen as important as them for some reason. Perhaps it was because of her skills that they were doing this as even Lelouch recognized her skills.

'We'll see how skilled she truly is this weekend.' Lelouch thought as they continued their small dinner and conversation.

In the meantime Kallen wondered what she had gotten herself into by agreeing to the contract C.C. offered her and wondered what her Geass would allow her to do in the future. She was still full of questions but she was somewhat satisfied as she got to know C.C. and Naruto better while Lelouch continued to remain a mystery. She now understood that C.C. had given her Geass without Lelouch knowing and even though they acted as Zero's Knights in reality they were his equals. Lelouch tried to throw her suspicion off him by provoking her with what he said in the mall district but after what happened to her mother his Knights decided that she could as important as Zero was.

'They let me in because the Emperor has an entire cult of Geass users and because they think I can be as important as Zero but why? Am I really that good?' Kallen wondered.

"All right, let's go over the plan for Narita."

"Yep, all simulations show that all enemy forces on that side of the mountain will be wiped out. Just as the boss predicted." Mito said as the laptop showed the simulation for Lelouch's plan.

Rakshata's face appeared on the screen with a smirk. " Naturally . An impressive plan that kid's thought up. Cornelia will be crippled and left wide open. "

"And luckily I convinced Lelouch that destroying a city would tarnish the reputation of the Black Knights and Zero. Took me almost an hour to make him see reason." Naruto grumbled.

"It was only fifteen minutes." C.C. pointed out with a smirk. "And then you threatened that you would make him act and dress act like Zero on campus."

"Well someone had to set him straight. There is a difference between mass man slaughter and unavoidable casualties." Naruto retorted.

"Of course, Naruto, of course." C.C. nodded, patting Naruto on the head, earning a pout. "However it'll take more than an anonymous call."

"Not if we we're calling the right person." Naruto retorted with a smirk.

Princess Euphemia li Britannia sighed as she stepped out of shower and slipped a robe on as she finished drying herself off. It had been a very long day and she just wanted to rest since there was going to be a big military operation this weekend. Her sister had wanted her to stay but Euphemia had no intention of waiting here for her sister to come back. She didn't come here to simply sit on a throne and watch everyone do all the hard work.

'Why must my sister act like she's my mother?' Euphemia thought as she stepped out of her bathroom and shivered when she felt a cold breeze. 'It's cold. Why is-huh?'

The glass door to the balcony was left open for some reason. She didn't open it, it must have pushed open by the wind. She walked over and closed the door, shivering again for some reason.

"Good afternoon, Princess Euphemia."

Euphemia gasped as she spun around and pressed back to the glass door. Standing in the middle of the room was the same cloaked man that had been with Zero at the Kawaguchi, the one wearing the white and red fox mask.

"Is this a bad time?" The masked man asked jokingly.

"How did you get in here?" Euphie asked, trying to calm her rapidly beating heart.

"The door." The man answered, possibly joking. "I was hoping to catch you before you went to bed."

"Are you here to capture or kill me? You won't be able to escape as the palace's security makes it impossible to escape." Euphemia stood up straight, hoping to show she was not afraid.

"If we wanted to capture or kill you we would have done so at Lake Kawaguchi. Before we continue allow me to introduce myself. I am Seizan." The man bowed his head. "And I have information you will want to here."

"Why should I listen?" Euphie frowned. "Why should I trust anything you say?"

"Even if it saves innocent lives, a lot of civilians that will be caught up in something that they have done nothing to deserve? A chance to save them in the battle that's coming?" Seizan asked, seeing the Princess falter in surprise. "Yes, we know of operation happening this weekend and we know that your sister will be leading the attack."

"You-you will be there? You're going attack my sister?" Euphie asked, shaking a little.

"We don't target civilian lives but when your sister enters the battlefield she becomes a military target, as will you if you decide to go. However, unlike your sister you are the only one who can prevent civilian casualties."

"Me?" Euphie asked. "But why-"

"You heard what Zero said. We denounced the JLF for what they did at Kawaguchi and we will not endanger innocents in this battle. Cornelia is a soldier but she will not evacuate all the cities near Narita for fear of alerting the JLF to her upcoming assault. She will endanger them just so she can have the element of surprise." Seizan explained. "If you care about those people you will do everything you can to ensure they survive."

Euphemia could only stare in shock at what the masked man had said, while gripping the fabric of her robe tightly.

"What do I have to do?" She finally whispered.

Seizan explained his plan to her and warned her not to tell Cornelia or she would halt any chance to evacuating the civilians, believing it was a trick by Zero.

"Who are you?" Euphie asked when Seizan was done. "Why help if your goal is to destroy the Empire?"

"Why risk your life for commoners when you would have been killed when you revealed yourself to those JLF terrorists?" Seizan calmly asked. "It's a pretty simple answer when you think about it."

Before Euphie could ask again the door her balcony open suddenly, releasing another gust of wind into the room that made Euphie closed her eyes in surprise as she shivered. When she opened her eyes, the masked man known as Seizan was gone. Euphie could only stare in surprise at where the man had been before she closed the door a second time.

'Seizan, Zero, what are you trying to accomplish?' Euphie thought as she lied down on her bed. 'And what is it about Zero that seems so… familiar?'

Nunnally yawned as she sat up on her bed and looked up with a smile as Sayoko walked in, carrying her clothes. "Sayoko, we won't need any breakfast for my brother this morning."

"He's going out?" Sayoko asked, stopping at the foot of Nunnally's bed.

"He'll be leaving on a three day trip starting today." Nunnally answered.

"Oh I see." Sayoko smiled as she put the clothes on Nunnally's bed in front of her. "Oh I see. He's been going quite a bit recently. Think it's a girlfriend?"

Nunnally gasped silently as she thought it over. "Maybe it is."

The idea of her brother getting a girlfriend was surprising to the little girl but she did know her brother was the school heartthrob.

'I wonder if I'll get to meet her.'

"Let us hurry and get you dressed, Lady Nunnally." Sayoko walked back. "Tsunade's mother, Mito Senju wished to see you today."

"Okay." Nunnally nodded with a smile.

The weekend came pretty quickly and almost everyone was on edge. Zero had given the Black Knights the coordinates of where to meet while he and his two knights would meet them later. Kallen could only wonder what the three of them were up to this time.

"Sector Five, nothing to report. Right, the next scheduled report will be in the next two hours." The JLF officer said before hanging up.

He and his partner were staying in a shack, acting as lookouts in case the JLF headquarters was attacked.

"Of course there's nothing to report." His partner said as he sat down and continued their game. "This area's controlled by the Japan Liberation Front. No one can just stroll in."

The sound of a door opening made them look up and when they saw who it was they both jumped to their feet with their guns in their hands.

"Zero!"

"Relax. I only came here to talk." Zero said as he took his mask, revealing his hair and eyes with one of the eyes flashing red with the Geass crest. "I want you to ignore any unusual activity during your watch."

The effect was instant on both officers. "Sure, no problem."

"Come on, it's your turn."

"What's the rush?"

"We're just on regular duty you know?"

They picked up their chairs and sat back down to play their game. Lelouch nodded in satisfaction at his work and moved back the Burai he had brought with him while bringing out a small mirror.

A flash of light from the mountain was spotted by factsphere of a Burai. " I've confirmed the signal from Zero. We're now moving to waypoint two. "

The two Burais were dragging a large wooden cart filled with large metal cylinders up the mountain.

" Hey why doesn't Zero just use the radio in his Burai? " Tamaki asked.

" What do you suppose he meant when he said hiking? " Inoue sarcastically asked.

" Uh, military training right? " Kenta guessed.

" Only with Zero in another location? " Even Tamaki thought that sounded stupid.

" Maybe we'll dig a hot spring. " Yoshida offered.

"Is that why we brought those excavators? Then hell, I'm all for it. " Kenta chuckled.

Kallen tuned out the conversation in favor of reading the Guren's manual, trying to make sure she memorized everything she needed to know.

" Hey Kallen, you hear anything about this? "

"Hm? I haven't." Kallen answered solemnly but remembered the conversation last night.

Kallen was getting ready for bed, tossing away her school uniform without planning to slip into any night clothes.

"You might want to think about that before you take off the shirt."

"GAH!" Kallen spun around as she began unbuttoning the top of her shirt. "Nar-Seizan!?"

Naruto was at the window in his Seizan outfit but the mask and hood were off, showing his face. "Sorry to barge in but there is something I think I need to talk to you about. It's about the trip to the Narita Mountains and Lelouch's plan."

"Uh?" Kallen stared in confusion.

" And you Ohgi? "

"Nope, not a word." Ohgi answered simply.

He wasn't sure what Zero was planning but he was trusted the masked leader of the Black Knights and could only hope it wouldn't backfire on them.

'Zero isn't using the radio to avoid being traced. Is he serious about this?' Ohgi thought.

"The day I've waited for has finally come, Cornelia." Lelouch muttered, reading the book he had found as the two officers kept on playing their game.

Lelouch spotted something outside through the window and saw C.C. and Naruto looking over the cliff. "Huh?"

"We're certain the Japan Liberation Front's headquarters are in this area. We've already split four battalions into seven units and hidden them in the vicinity." Darlton reported as the G1 slowly moved to the base of the mountain. "We've only to wait for the Viceroy's signal and then we'll surround them in one fell swoop and wipe them out."

"And you're confident that the enemy won't show up outside the encirclement in mind?" This question came from none other than Princess Euphemia herself, remaining skeptical of this plan.

As the officers turned to face her Euphemia's sister only smirked. "You mean Zero?"

"Have no fear of that. As the operation begins we'll be blocking off the surrounding highways and mountain roads also." Darlton answered.

"Plus we have reserve units and if Zero's stupid enough show up it'll be the end of him." Cornelia said confidently.

For some reason though Euphemia didn't share her sister's confidence.

"C.C., Naruto, what are you doing here? I thought you were with the others." Lelouch said as he walked out of the cabin.

"We said we'd work with you, didn't we? That also includes protecting you." C.C. looked over her shoulder.

"Aren't you overdoing it?" Lelouch asked.

"Clearly not." Naruto muttered as he looked down that mountain. "Cornelia's not evacuating any of the villages near the mountain. What kind of military leader goes into battle without first making sure to avoid civilian casualties?"

"That's the price of war, Naruto." Lelouch calmly said as he stopped behind them.

"I'm wondering something, Lelouch. Why are you Lelouch?" C.C. turned away.

"I don't have time to discuss philosophy with you." Lelouch said annoyingly.

"You changed your family name to Lamperouge but you kept the name Lelouch that was given to you at birth." C.C. continued. "How sentimental. You really can't let go of the past."

"Well C.C. swings to other extreme doesn't it? It's not a human name. I wonder sometimes if you've even told Naruto your real name." Lelouch retorted.

C.C. turned her head sharply to Lelouch making him jump back but she only smirked as the wind blew snow. "Lelouch, do you know why snow is white?"

Lelouch only frowned at her.

"Snow is white is because it's forgotten what color it's supposed to be." C.C. answered, never losing her smirk.

"Of course, it's also white because snow never loses its purity. It remains beautiful to the end, no matter what anyone says about it." Naruto threw in his own philosophy.

Lelouch and C.C. looked at Naruto, not expecting him to say anything.

" All units are in position. "

"Understood, Euphemia will provide logistical support from G1 as planned. Have her command the medical group." Cornelia said, wanting to make sure her sister was as far from the battle as possible.

" Yes your highness. "

A beeping sound caught Cornelia's attention as someone else radioed into to speak with her. " Princess Cornelia. "

"Guilford, let me guess. This is about Euphy isn't it?" Cornelia said knowingly.

" Yes. She really should be in a government agency but- "

Cornelia smiled as she closed her eyes. "Yes but she's being unusually stubborn about this. She told me she wanted to see action in combat herself."

"What's that unit there? Holding to the rear?" Euphemia asked, looking at the digital map.

"Our reserve force with the Eleven pilot."

"What?" Euphemia looked at the officer. "You mean that's the Lancelot?"

"As a rule Number aren't allowed to operate Knightmares. That particular unit is an exception. The Second Prince is the patron of that unit; we have no say over their personnel selection. But he said he wants them to have as many chances at combat as possible."

Euphemia could only frown at Suzaku being forced to stay at the rear simply because he was an Eleven.

"Are you sure about this?" Ohgi asked Zero as they watched the excavators dig into the mountain to place the seismic charged they had brought.

They were all spread out as possible as per Zero's orders with one at the top of the peak while the others placed further down the mountain.

"Our opponent is Cornelia whose forces are among the best Britannia has to offer. With these we can even the playing field." Zero answered.

"Then why don't cooperate with the Japanese Liberation Front?" Ohgi asked.

"We are in a way." Both men turned and saw Seizan coming out of his blue Knightmare. "If we take out Cornelia as she attacks we'll be saving the lives of a great many Japanese soldiers."

"Besides, don't you believe in me anymore, Ohgi?" Zero asked.

"What do you mean? I was the one who asked you to be our leader!" Ohgi said defensively. "Don't you remember?"

"Even though Zero confessed his Geass?" Seizan asked.

"Yeah… Honestly even though I've seen Zero use that Geass thing it still freaks me out." Ohgi answered quietly. "I sometimes can't help but wonder if you ever take that mask off without fear of controlling someone accidently."

"And I sincerely hope that you never stop being afraid. As for your original question, there is only one answer to give." Zero replied, answering the original question.

"Right." Ohgi reluctantly nodded.

"Right, commence the operation!" Cornelia shouted as her Gloucester was launched out of the G1.

Behind her all of her subordinates launched and followed her up the mountain.

"You, the Japan Liberation Front, you who time has left behind, you who have forgotten basic human decency, you and your dream of a bygone age shall and rot to nothingness." Cornelia whispered in disgust at the JLF and their cowardly tactics.

"We're under enemy attack?!" General Katase cried out as he stepped into the war room.

"Yes sir, the Britannian forces have completely encircled the Narita mountains. We counted over a hundred units."

"It's begun." Zero announced as everyone could see the Britannian units approaching.

"Huh? What the hell? You have got to be kidding, Zero! Those troops coming in have this whole area totally surrounded! There is no way out!" Tamaki yelled.

"We've already been cut off. Our only chance of surviving now is to fight." Zero replied calmly.

"Of course we don't have to fight." Seizan stood next to Zero. "Not when we have something else to that for us."

"Huh?" All the Black Knights now looked confused.

"Tell me, Ohgi-san," Shinryoku said as stood the edge and looked down the mountain. "What is the most common cause of death in the mountains?"

"Uh… landslides I think. But what does that have to do with…" Ohgi trailed as he suddenly realized what Zero had been planning.

He was not the only one as the rest of the Black Knights were now staring at the three masked individuals in shock.

"You planned all this…" Tamaki slowly asked.

"Even Messiahs need to perform miracles if they are to be acknowledged. Therefore we have to produce our own miracle don't we?" Zero asked rhetorically.

"These drills are digging into the deposits of groundwater in the mountain. The radiation from the Guren will cause it to boil and create an artificial avalanche that will literally bury Cornelia's forces." Seizan lectured. "Why fight them head on when we can use the land itself to defeat them?"

"This is the path you have chosen when you joined the Black Knights. You can either fight with us or perish with us." Zero stated. "If you wish to quit you are free to do so but stay and we shall stand over Britannia as their Royal Guard is buried under the land they have tried to oppress. Kallen, it's time."

"Uh, right!" Kallen answered quickly, still surprised by the genius of Lelouch's plan but shook it aside as she hopped into the Guren.

"Everyone, prepare to move out! Let us show Cornelia that this land and its people's pride have not yet been broken!" Seizan shouted.

"YOU HEARD HIM! LET'S GET TO WORK!" Tamaki shouted, now understanding and eager to take down Cornelia.

"We're completely surrounded and all our underground reserve forces were all captured."

"General Katase, we've received a message from Cornelia's forces demanding our surrender."

"Imbecile! If we lose then the whole resistance force is lost with us."

"But General, do we engage the enemy in battle?"

"What about Todoh? Where is he?" Katase asked.

"He's gone to Kyoto to get the custom Burais. The Four Holy Swords are traveling with him too."

"Then we're on schedule. He should be returning soon." Katase said with a small bit of relief. "Todoh will make it in time. Prepare to bring out the Burais. We'll break out of the circle on one side and evacuate. We'll show them the Japanese spirit and pride. This is our moment of truth!"

"Sir, we getting another call."

"Another demand for surrender?" Katase growled.

"No. They claim to be one of Zero's knights. They are asking us if we want to live."

"Zero?" Katase's eyes widened.

As the G1 backed away from the mountain Euphemia looked down at the map of the mountain.

"We believe the enemy's main base is here but we haven't pinpointed it yet. However until we obtain a list of their collaborators we can't burn down everything with our aerial bombing."

"The enemy is engaging our encirclement and will try to break through. From there we will be able to ascertain where their base is."

"Our forces are divided into three fronts: the units led by General Darlton here," The man pointed at the east side of the mountain. "General Alex here." He pointed to the middle. "And Viceroy Cornelia here." He pointed to the west. "As for our flanking forces…"

The generals and Euphemia were greeted with the shock the map's image suddenly becoming garbled.

"It's enemy ECM."

"The main enemy force should be coming out anytime now. We're switching to ECCN mode on channel Alpha four." Darlton smirked. "The enemy, what are we calling them again?"

" Burais sir ."

"Right, they're rather like pseudo Glasgows so watch out for them."

" Yes my Lord. "

"How clever, they turned this mountain into a fortress." Cornelia commented sarcastically as Burais emerged from a hidden elevator covered by trees.

" Your Highness, please fall back. "

"Guilford, please don't treat me as I'm another one of your woman." Cornela then shot forward in her Glasgow.

" It's… Cornelia! " A JLF soldier shouted.

" Don't panic! Take out the leader! " The three aimed their rifles and shot at Cornelia recklessly.

"Insolent worms!" Cornelia shouted as she evaded the bullets and swung her lance, knocking all three of them down.

She then plunged her lance into the nearest Burai, lifting it above her head and watched as it exploded. Cornelia snorted in disgust at how pathetic the pilots were performing.

Guilford fired a slash harken at a nearby turret. " Right, well then I'll cover you from the rear. "

Cornelia smirked as she glanced back at her knight before looking up at the mountain. "Well, Cornelia is here! Is there no one who challenge me?"

"The enemy seems to be concentrated over her. This may be the target. Split up now!" Darlton commanded.

It was easy however to take out the enemy Burais as they didn't even get a decent shot as Darlton's forces easily destroyed them.

"Our second attack wave had no effect."

"Their sheer dominance is insurmountable." Katase whispered.

" General Darlton, based on the analyses of the enemy's movements I've determined that the entrance to JLF main base is located is that lodge located up on the main mountain ."

"I believe the proper term for this is bingo." Darlton said jokingly.

" Well to be more precise sir- "

"Just call it in already Mr. Literal." Darlton grumbled.

A flash of light shot up above the forest and exploded, sending out a booming sound and a bright flash that could be seen from the other side of the mountain.

"Is that-" Cornelia spotted the flash. "Darlton?"

"So that's where the main enemy base is located?" Guilford asked.

"Right. We'll be securing our position here." Cornelia said.

"Are you sure about this?" Guilford asked, even though he smiled.

"I don't need to steal achievements from my subordinates. Send the reserve force to back up Darlton. Looks like he'll be getting another medal." Cornelia remarked, satisfied with the work of her men.

'Impressive as always, Cornelia.' Lelouch took off his mask when he was in the cockpit of his Burai. 'A very logical deployment. However excellent though it is, it's also easy to read as is your location.'

"Sir, we're getting another message from Zero's knight, Seizan. He's asking us to pull our forces back as Zero launches his attack."

"Very well." Katase reluctantly obeyed. "Tell our forces to pull back up the mountain."

He was risking a lot trusting Zero even though he handed Kusakabe over to the Britannians to be interrogated and then executed but at the moment he had no choice.

'Where are you, Todoh?'

Darlton watched as the Britannian army climbed to the top of the peak with no resistance forces stopping them. "Now any resistance remaining in Area 11-"

"Will soon be finished." Cornelia finished with a grin, feeling victory was close.

"Right, all preparations have now been completed!" Lelouch announced from the Burai he was in. "Black Knights, prepare to move out!"

"Damn it, we have no choice!"

"I don't want to die! We'll make a miracle happen!"

Burais stood up as their pilots activated them while the infantry loaded their weapons.

"We the Black Knights, are going to launch a surprise attack on the Britannians from the summit of the mountain. Per my instructions you will charge on masse down towards point three and the intent of this operation is to capture Cornelia, Second Princess of Britannia. Our breakthrough route will be opened by the Guren Mk-II."

Kallen hopped into the cockpit of the Guren.

"Kallen, use penetrating electrode number three. Settle things with one blow." Lelouch commanded.

"Got it." Kallen said as she placed the Guren's claw on the seismic charge labelled three. "Outpit confirmed. Wave Surger levels ready and holding."

Kallen then remembered what Naruto had said.

" Lelouch wants to go for full blast but if that happens and the city below has not been evacuated in time then there will be massacre. That's why when you activate the Surger you should only use a quarter of its power if you truly care about avoiding civilian casualties. " Naruto explained.

"Why not just ask Lelouch to change the plan?" Kallen asked.

"Lelouch is genuine in his wish to destroy Britannia even if he doesn't condone civilian massacres his eagerness to rush and defeat the enemy causes him to make mistakes no matter how smart he is. I'm telling you this because even if Zero leads the Black Knights you are now equal to him. It is your choice to follow orders even if they lead to the liberation of Japan, no matter how much blood is shed but it is also your choice of whose blood will be spilt." Naruto said before vanishing in a puff of smoke. "Think carefully of how far you must go, Kallen."

Kallen took a deep breath. "Activating Gauntlet now!"

The claw released a blast of red electricity that traveled through the seismic charge and into the mountain where the groundwater was located. Kallen sighed as the Guren's arm powered down. Everyone waited in silence…

And a second later was when the mountain started shaking.

"It worked!" Kallen said, a rush of relief coursing through her.

It indeed did as a mudslide was now traveling down the mountain at full speed. C.C. watched from her point as the mud and boulders spilled down the mountain side.

"What's happening?" Euphemia put her hands on the map as she watched Darlton's units vanishing in horror.

"Impossible." The general next to her whispered. "How could a landslide come out of nowhere?"

"Alex and Darlton's units are getting wiped out!"

'This is… this is what he said!' Euphie remembered back to her conversation with the masked man, Seizan. 'If I hadn't given the evacuation order the city would have been wiped out!'

"Climb! Get to higher ground!" Darlton shouted to his surviving men as he struggled to climb up the cable of his slash harken that was barely keeping him alive.

The headquarters of the JLF shook dangerously as landslide was literally shaking it to pieces.

"Will this base hold together?" Katase wondered as he and his men gripped the table with all their might.

"The Central Area should make it though sir! Let's hope the tunnel systems hold up!"

'This is why Zero's Knight, Seizan told our forces to pull back and retreat up to east.'

"Status report!" Cornelia shouted, watching as the landslide continued down the mountain that barely missed her and her group.

Luckily she and her group had managed to avoid getting caught but she knew that not all of men could say the same. She had been stunned for a moment before she tried to take control of the situation.

" We're still trying to confirm !"

" Your Highness, pull back you're in danger here. "

"I don't care! Forget about me! Find out about Darlton! And where's Alex?!" Cornelia shouted.

"Oh my, at this rate they will be swept all the way to the bottom." Lloyd remarked with an interested look as he watched the landslide from his computer.

"These heat readings are abnormal. Do you believe a volcanic artificial eruption was induced?" Cecile asked.

"Impossible unless someone has used Rakshata's Radiant Wave Surger." Lloyd answered.

"Did something happen?" Suzaku called from the Lancelot's cockpit.

"Ah." Lloyd looked up at Suzaku. "But it has nothing to do with us so just relax and continue waiting."

"Huh?" Suzaku wondered what was going on.

The avalanche continued down the mountain, dragging earth, rocks, and trees that buried any Knightmare that was not fast enough to get out of the way. It fell all the way down to the mountain, stopping on the outskirts of the city that would have been buried alive. However even if the city had been buried there was no one in the city.

'It's even more destructive than I anticipated. We did succeed in isolating Cornelia's unit but we could have been a bit more accurate.' Lelouch thought with a grin. 'Perhaps I should have consulted a physics teacher or ask Nina to tutor me in probability. Ah well, the good news is that the city was empty just in case because of whatever Naruto did.'

The landslide had served its purpose. The Britannian army had suffered massive causalities, creating chaos and disorientation and Cornelia was now isolated from the rest of her forces thus leaving her wide open. Last time he had come close when Naruto and C.C. had managed to corner Cornelia when she had been wide open and if not for the surprise entrance of the Pure Bloods they would have captured her. This time Cornelia was out on the battlefield, cut off from reinforcements, and he had greater numbers that were actually skilled and capable of coordinating their efforts.

'Euphemia really did do it.' Naruto smiled. 'The instant she heard innocent lives she jumped for the chance to help, even if the information was from a so called terrorist. An anonymous call alone would not have been enough but the instant Euphemia makes as a call to warn them they clear out before the battle begins. And Kallen even held back on using full blast so even if the city hadn't been evacuated the casualties would have kept at a minimal number.'

Now that the city had been evacuated he and C.C. were free to fight to the best of their abilities.

" New enemy forces confirmed moving in from the summit. Carius unit is moving to engage them. "

"Hoping to take advantage of all the confusion are they?" Cornelia whispered.

" Emergency unit from Carius unit. "

"What's wrong?" Cornelia asked.

" It's not the Japan Liberation Front. They think it's… the Black Knights! "

"What?!" Cornelia's eyes widened. "Then it's…"

"Zero?!" Jeremiah's eyes widened as he listened to the radio channel.

He and the rest of the Pure Bloods had been held back since they were still disgraced and Jeremiah had to keep his mission secret. Though the Pure Bloods managed to gain some credibility back the fact that Zero had utterly destroyed their reputation had not been forgotten and the anger towards the masked vigilante remained strong, especially in their leader who knew better than anyone why he would be here.

"How dare he show up here?" Jeremiah hit the full throttle on his Sutherland's spinners and moved up the mountain. "ZERO!"

"Lord Jeremiah, you can just abandon your post!" Villetta shouted.

"This requires drastic measures! If you want glory in life than follow me!" Jeremiah replied, encouraging his men to follow.

He couldn't allow another member of royalty to die, not on his watch.

"Cornelia has only limited reinforcements heading her way! Smash right through them!" Lelouch ordered which was met with cheers.

" Yeah we can do this now !"

The two Burais escorting him aimed and fired, taking out the surviving Gloucesters in their way.

"All right everyone, you know the game plan. Our job is to watch their backs. Get ready…" Inoue spotted the enemy tank. "Fire!"

The two soldiers holding the bazookas fired and hit the tank, knocking it over and destroying it.

'Let's see how this works.' Kallen thought as she activated the Raijen Sword.

The sword blazed to life as red electricity traveled up the blade and it glowed bright red.

"Raijin Sword, long range mode activated." Kallen muttered as she held up the crimson blade.

Following the instructions she targeted the VTOL Gunships hovering above her and swung her sword at them. To her shock and awe the sword released a red beam slash that sliced the gunships with ease.

"By Kami…" Kallen whispered as she stared at the sword in her Knightmare's left hand. 'This is amazing.'

"IT WORKS! IT WORKS! IT WORKS! IT WORKS!" Rakshata hopped up and down while everyone in the room stared at her, never before seeing her so happy.

She had read up on the Second Hokage's sword, wondering how he created a weapon of pure lightning and talked over about it with Naruto who wondered if it was possible to create a larger version of the sword for Knightmares, asking for all the details he remembered about the sword. She enlisted the help of several scientists over the Internet and what they knew of laser and beam technology and incorporated it into the sword, thus creating a sword that was not only able to generate pure electricity but able to be used for long range attacks. She was now seeing it in action through the shared vision with Naruto and C.C. and she was waiting impatiently for the sword's real test.

"Come on, Earl of Pudding. Send your Knightmare out so it can be the proper test subject for my child's new toy!" Rakshata gripped her laptop. "HURRY UP! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! LET ME SEE MY CHILD ROAST YOURS ALIVE!"

Everyone in the room wisely backed away from Rakshata as she banged her table in frustration and impatience.

"The enemy's taken out Carius's unit?" Jeremiah's eyes widened when all signals from Carius's unit was lost. "Then if I take out Zero before he reaches out Cornelia I'll be golden."

" Lord Jeremiah? " A familiar voice came through the radio.

"Villetta, you came?" Jeremiah asked then smiled. "I knew that you would."

With him and Villetta leading their troops Zero wouldn't stand a chance.

'Burn the bridges behind you and keep your back to the wall. Classical strategies remain effective ones don't they?' Lelouch thought as he moved through the forest.

Even if he wasn't the first to reach Cornelia Naruto and C.C. were already planning their own routes while Kallen remained with him from behind.

"Zero!"

A Sutherland wheeled out of the woods and fired, firing on the two Burais flanking Lelouch but luckily they were carrying the shields that were developed for the Oberons and they easily blocked the incoming projectile fire.

"Is Zero here? If he is then face me! Come forward and fight Jeremiah Gottwald!" Jeremiah shouted through the speakers.

"Well, well, it's been a while Jeremiah." Lelouch remarked with a smirk even though he was outnumbered.

He shouldn't be surprised as it was because of Jeremiah that the plan to capture Cornelia in Saitama failed but this time Lelouch won't let him get in the way.

"I see you managed to stay in the army but I guessed that when you managed to save Cornelia last time we met she might grateful enough to throw you a bone. I'd love to stay and catch up but I'm afraid I don't have time right this minute, Orange boy."

Lelouch expected Jeremiah to become angry but to his surprise Jeremiah didn't fall for it. "You cannot provoke me, Zero. You are after Princess Cornelia, aren't you?"

Lelouch chuckled. "Well, it seems I underestimated you, Jeremiah. I thought leaving you humiliated like I did would cause you to become reckless but it seems I was wrong. The answer to your question is yes, I am here to personally capture Princess Cornelia."

"Then I will not let you pass!" Jeremiah activated his Stun-Tonfa. "I refuse to let another member of royalty die on my watch!"

He wheeled forward but before he could attack the Guren landed in between them and knocked Jeremiah's rifle out of his hand. Jeremiah grunted but quickly activated his arm blades.

"Lord Jeremiah!" Villetta shouted in concern.

"Stay out of this! This is my duel!" Jeremiah shouted, not wanting anyone to intervene.

"But look at it! I've never seen a Knightmare like that before. Is it possible that the Elevens have-" Villetta pointed out.

"You think Elevens are capable of such technology?" Jeremiah refused to hear it as he charged forward.

He slashed at the Guren but it blocked with its claw. Jeremiah slid back and tried again but the Guren moved out of the way. Jeremiah spun to attack from behind but the Guren leapt up, avoiding the slash.

"It's fast!" Jeremiah looked up and watched as the Guren somersaulted down with its foot aimed at him.

Jeremiah grunted as he wheeled back. The Guren wheeled after him, pulling out the Raijin and activated it, showing the Britannians the red glowing sword that sparked with red electricity.

"What is that-" Jeremiah quickly raised his arm blades to defend himself.

Kallen shouted as she slashed at her opponent with the Raijen and succeeded in slashing Jeremiah's right arm off. Electricity sparked down the destroyed arm as the sword had easily burned through the metal and had released volts of electricity through the frame that was causing a lot of trouble for Jeremiah.

"This thing… Is this what destroyed Carius's unit?" Jeremiah struggled get out of range as his console beeped red from the damage.

"Yeah, that's right Britannia!" Kallen answered with a look of determination and confidence on her face. "We can finally go up against you on equal footing head on! And our counterattack begins with this baby the Guren Mk-II!"

She thrust her claw forward to grab the head of Jeremiah's Sutherland.

"Oh hell! There's something on its right hand!" Jeremiah's eyes widened as his Sutherland backpedaled. "I keep my distance-" However the Guren's clawed arm extended forward and grabbed him by the head. "What's this?!"

"Sorry." Kallen said as she activated the Wave Surger.

Jeremiah gasped as his Sutherland was filled with red radiation causing the frame to bulge at an alarmingly fast rate. "What the hell's happening?!"

"Lord Jeremiah, eject!" Villetta shouted, her imaged becoming blurry on the red screen.

"I can't run now! Zero's right in front of me!" Jeremiah shouted, staring at Zero's Burai."He's standing right here! I won't let him take the princess!"

Jeremiah's Sutherland was beginning to break apart from the inside, causing the ejection system to activate.

"Damn it! The auto eject! Don't you dare activate!" Jeremiah was now babbling from being cooked alive as the system beeped. "I know I can get him!"

The radiation knocked him out as his cockpit shot out of his Sutherland just seconds before it exploded. The Guren retracted its clawed hand as its image was engulfed by the flames of the destroyed Sutherland, painting it in the image of victorious warrior.

"I won't lose." Kallen smiled. "Not with this. Guren Mk-II"

"She defeated Lord Jeremiah." Villetta whispered, unable to believe what she had just witnessed. "Who are the Black Knights? Who are they, these warriors?"

"All our tasks at hand have been cleared. The pieces are in position; the only thing left to do is check my opponent's stronghold." Lelouch grinned as he opened the private channel. "Seizan, Shinryoku, begin your assault."

" Roger. "

" Understood. "

Cornelia gritted her teeth in frustration. Things had started so well, easily eliminating the rip-off Glasgows the JLF sent after her with little effort and then suddenly it all goes to hell when a landslide suddenly wipes out a dozen of her forces.

'Zero.' Cornelia snarled in her head. 'This is his doing. He somehow caused this landslide. Does this mean he's working with the Japan Liberation Front now? He denounced them for what happened at Kawaguchi so why save them?'