The Demon and the Red Moon
Last chapter was a pain in my tight ass. Or maybe Kallen's tight ass, whichever you prefer. Keep on reading, and most importantly...reviewing. (BTW, cuz you'll leave notes in your reviews about this, I'm not using C.C. Or C2 (ooh, maybe C2 actually,) because it's irritating to do an abbreviation like that...EVERY...F&%$#NG...TIME...)
Love the reviews so far...and scarease...damn man, writing a book? Lol. You do realize exactly how naïve and hypocritical every freakin' character in Code Geass is, right? (Yes, every character.)
Bit of humor, used Lelouch's chess strategy of leading with the King. More trouble than it's worth. BUT fun...(FYI, still won, but it was against a computer. Chess Titans is mentally challenged, in computer terms.)
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Turn 04-Princess Euphemia
Lelouch walked into the residence he shared with Nunnally. He stopped as he remembered his words to Kallen. He couldn't fight Britannia. Without Suzaku he had no warriors, and therefore no army. Just a terrorist group. And a small one at that. Not what he needed to defeat Britannia. He opened the door and stepped inside.
"Welcome home, Lelouch," came an unfamiliar voice. Lelouch's head whipped up to see green hair and yellow eyes. Focusing on an origami crane while Nunnally taught them how to fold it. "I'm guessing you ate out tonight, judging by your attire." Lelouch could only stare in shock.
"Welcome home, Lelouch," Nunnally repeated emphatically. "Miss C has been keeping me company!" The raven-haired prince blinked at the letter. C. "Your friend goes by such an unusual name, only her initial! Is she your girlfriend?"
"He made a promise about our future together," C answered before Lelouch could speak.
"Future together?" Nunnally asked, her brow furrowing in concern. "You mean marriage?"
"She's joking," Lelouch corrected, forcefully, brokering no argument.
"No I'm not," C corrected in turn, quickly. Her tone remained as flat as Lelouch's.
"You're certainly doing this sooner than most," Nunnally thought aloud.
"I already have a girlfriend, Nunnally. Kallen from the student council," Lelouch explained flatly, plainly not amused at C's opinions. The green-haired enigma just kept folding her origami crane, oblivious to his irritation.
"Does that mean you're two-timing?" Nunnally asked, concerned. Lelouch's eyes widened in shock and embarrassment. He noticed the cup of tea on the table near his hand. Okay, he thought to himself, we're done with this conversation. He picked the glass of tea up and dropped it on the ground.
"Oh, C," Lelouch admonished, lying. "You're soaking wet! You better come here and get you into a warm bath." He grabbed the enigma's arm and yanked her up, dragging her from the room. "I'll clean that up in a minute. And she was joking! Only kidding!"
"I wasn't done with that tea, Lelouch," she chided as soon as they were out of Nunnally's ear shot. Then she tugged her arm free. Lelouch turned on her, ready to grab her again, until he realized she was standing still. He sighed, exasperated.
"You're awfully annoying for someone who is-" Lelouch began, frowning in irritation.
"Supposed to be dead," C finished, turning away. Lelouch instantly decided the most annoying thing was she talked as though he were a child. "I must say you certainly have grown. The last time I saw you you were just a small boy." Lelouch's eyes narrowed. When the hell had she seen him?
"What?" Lelouch hissed, his eyes narrowing. "Where did you see me?"
"Well," she began, spinning to face him. She eyed the sky, putting a thoughtful finger to her chin. "I think it was...five years ago? The Imperial Pendragon Palace?" Lelouch's eyes narrowed even further. Did she know who he was?
"I've never been to the Imperial Pendragon Palace," he lied, carefully. He thought about reaching for the cell phone to call Kallen for back up. But she might not answer, and...this girl was supposed to be dead anyway.
"You're a bad liar, Lelouch vi Britannia," C commented, dropping her hand and staring directly into his eyes. Purple eyes which widened at her comment. She knows my name! "I was there for your birth to the lady Marianne. I bore you into this world." Lelouch gritted his teeth. Lying would present little benefit now. But perhaps he could retrieve information from her. He let his power light up his eye.
"Tell me what you know about my mother's death!" he ordered, leaning in as he did. Her face remained flat, and he couldn't see the red tint in her eyes.
"Your Geass won't work on me, Lelouch," she declared flatly. "And I don't know anything about her murder. I was already gone by that point, five years ago." Lelouch blinked.
"It was eight years ago," he corrected. C blinked in surprise.
"Eight? Wow, I've been losing track worse than I thought," she commented to herself. She made a thoughtful noise and walked past Lelouch. Lelouch was lost in thought was she moved past him. He blinked as he realized she was gone.
"Where are you going?" he asked over his shoulder.
"Your room," she said, as if it was obvious. He jogged after her. As soon as she entered she began to strip off her white outfit. Lelouch gasped and tried to speak, failing, as she climbed, nude, into his bed. "A gentleman would sleep on the floor."
"Where am I going to sleep?" Lelouch asked, raising an irritated eyebrow.
"That sounds like your problem, Lelouch," C muttered, rolling onto her side under the sheets. "Good night, Lelouch."
0.0.0
Kallen blinked at the scene before the front door of the Stradtfeld Mansion. Lelouch stood in the doorway next to her mother, looking embarrassed. She raised an eyebrow and set her hand on her hip, clothed in pink silk pajamas.
"I need a place to sleep," Lelouch admitted sheepishly, his eyes lidded. Kallen blinked again at the request.
"What about your apartment at the Academy?" Kallen asked, confused.
"It's a complicated story," Lelouch admitted, eying the ceiling with tired eyes. Kallen sighed.
"Alright," she said, "come on."
She flicked on a light, showing Lelouch the guest bedroom. Lelouch looked around the room with tired eyes. Defeated eyes. It irked Kallen. He looked at Kallen with gratitude, smiling.
"Thank you, Kallen," he told her. She smiled for him. He glanced down. "I like your pajamas."
"You like a lot of my clothes," she noted, crossing her arms. Lelouch shrugged, smiling.
"I think you're beautiful," Lelouch confessed.
"For the record," she started angrily, turning away, "I'm locking my bedroom door."
"What?" He teased, smiling as she left, "I don't get a kiss goodnight?" Kallen stopped in the doorway, stiffening. She looked over her shoulder, and Lelouch copied the move, meeting her gaze. He smiled, and she just kept an annoyed frown. She looked away and stepped into the hallway. "As usual, your sense of humor is a treat, Kallen." She slammed the door closed.
0.0.0
"Suzaku Kururugi, you are hereby released due to lack of evidence against you," the judge had declared. Suzaku blinked in surprise. That had been last night. He'd spent the rest of the night cleaning his small room in the barracks mostly. He'd found the orders on his bed. He'd been permanently assigned to Camelot and the Special Corps. By requisition of Lloyd Asplund.
He'd packed everything he owned into a single bag. A very small bag. A honorary Britannian soldier with next to no possessions. This is what he'd come to. He smiled a sad smile to himself. He left the barracks, perhaps for the last time. That offered a certain hope itself.
"Excuse me, please," shouted a girl's voice from above. Suzaku looked up to see a body falling toward him. "Get out of the way!" Suzaku reacted quickly, dropping his bag and putting his arms beneath the form. The body was incredibly light, Suzaku took its weight easily. He blinked at the long pink hair. "Oh, I'm sorry, I looked before I jumped."
Suzaku was taken aback when the pink head looked up and Suzaku saw her face. Her face was gentle and beautiful. Blue eyes the color of the sky, buy shining like sapphire. What kind of goddess landed in my arms? He blushed at his thoughts.
"It's alright," he said, dumbstruck. She smiled at him and tried to stand up. Suzaku set her upright, trying not to touch her indecently. "But you shouldn't go jumping out of windows."
"Well the truth is," she began, with a musical voice, "bad men are chasing me! So could I ask you for your help, please?"
0.0.0
"Good morning, sir," came a woman's voice, awakening Lelouch. He glanced up, eyes narrowed from sleep. An older woman wearing a maid's uniform stood at the foot of his bed. Her expression didn't seem all that pleased.
"Morning," he greeted, uncertain. He sat up, blinking the sleep from his eyes. He examined her face quickly. She was clearly Japanese. She'd been gorgeous once, but those halcyon days had departed. "May I help you?"
"I wanted to ask you about your intentions regarding mistress Kallen," she declared. He gave her a sideways look, lip curling.
"You're awfully challenging for a maid," he noted. "You must be related to Kallen. You're concern is touching, but you don't seem the type to care for your employers." The maid's brow furrowed, the corners of her lips turning downwards.
"What are you intentions for Kallen?!" she asked, angrily now. Lelouch gritted his teeth.
"Irrelevant now," he answered, half-closing his eyes. "I thought I would be able to do something, but it requires something I don't have."
"I hear we have a visitor," came a man's voice from the door. The maid stepped over to the door and opened it, curtsying out of the way. In stepped a tall man with the same fiery hair and blue eyes as Kallen. He gave the prince a friendly smile. "A pleasure to meet you, young man." Lelouch stepped out of the bed and took a knee, holding one hand behind him while he held one in front of his chest.
"A pleasure to meet you, sir," he said, bowing. The gentleman blinked in surprise.
"The formal bow of the Britannian Royal Court," the man noted, surprised. "Who taught you that?" Lelouch smiled and looked up at the older man.
"My father was a strict man. He insisted I learn the proper etiquette of a Britannian," Lelouch answered, standing. "I apologize for inconveniencing you."
"It's no inconvenience," he declared.
"Lelouch?!" came Kallen's call. She walked into eyesight of the gentleman and froze. "Dad, you're back." Kallen quickly ran over and hugged her father. She noticed Lelouch's amused look, to her eternal irritation of him.
So, he thought with a smirk, She's a softie, too.
0.0.0
"You know," Suzaku pointed out as the pair walked along the sidewalk, "we didn't introduce ourselves." The pink haired girl hesitated for a second.
"You're right," she admitted. "My name is...Euphy!" Suzaku glanced in her direction in surprise.
"Euphy?" Suzaku confirmed, curious. "I'm-"
"Don't tell me," she warned. "I already know. You're a celebrity, Private Suzaku Kururugi!" Suzaku winced at the idea of fame. He didn't want fame, it was being thrust on him because of that Zero person. Suzaku looked down, hidden behind his sunglasses.
"I didn't know I was considered a celebrity," he commented, his voice low. Euphy frowned in the corner of his eye, glancing at him.
"Do you dislike being noticed?" she asked, probing. Suzaku frowned and looked at Euphy. He paused, glancing over his shoulder. He stopped walking, Euphy following suit.
"There's no one following you at all," the brown-haired young man commented. Euphy frowned, realizing she'd been caught in her deception.
"Yes," Euphy admitted, embarrassed. "I'll be moving to Area Eleven soon, and I wanted to see what kind of place it was." Suzaku blinked in shock. She wanted to see the kind of place Japan was? He smiled and faced her.
"Very well, milady," he declared, bowing, "It'll be my pleasure to escort you!"
"Oh, please don't call me milady," she said, smiling with a blush.
0.0.0
Lelouch opened the door, a sour expression on his face. Kallen blinked at the green-haired enigma, shocked. C stood and turned from his bed. Lelouch walked into the room to his closet, giving C a toxic look.
"But wasn't she dead?" Kallen asked, looking at Lelouch. "I saw the body!"
"I've had a tough time dying for a while now," C commented. She turned to Lelouch, watching his back as he changed into his student uniform. "Who's she?"
"She's a friend," Lelouch commented, not turning to talk to her. He moved aside a few hangers. "Where's my shirt?"
"I might've worn it while I was drying after the shower," C commented. Lelouch growled, lowering his head against a hangar.
"Excuse me," Kallen began. C looked back at Kallen. "Who exactly are you?"
"I gave Lelouch his Geass power," C replied matter-of-factly. Before Kallen could ask, she continued. "His mysterious ability to control people."
"Want me to get rid of her?" Kallen asked Lelouch, her voice low. C looked at Lelouch.
"You'd hurt me, an innocent young girl?" C asked, teasing in a monotone.
"You're not innocent, not a girl, and very much doubt you're innocent either," Lelouch commented by reply, donning his jacket over a new shirt. "And to answer your question Kallen, yes, I'd love to. But I doubt very much if a knife will do any more damage than a gunshot wound to the brain."
0.0.0
Suzaku was exhausted. This Euphy had dragged him everywhere. Still, being in the presence of a girl like Euphy provided its own emotional benefits. He ran a checklist of the places they'd traveled. The few places around the Tokyo settlement that they hadn't visited were few. Oh, he'd forgotten Shinjuku. He winced at the thought.
"Well," he began, casually, "anywhere else you'd like to go?"
"Meow," Euphy cooed, from behind Suzaku. Suzaku spun, perturbed. He saw Euphy kneeling next to a small black cat. He blinked, then smiled in understanding. "Meow meow meow!" The cat hissed in response, soliciting a gasp from Euphy. "Meow meow!"
"Careful," Suzaku warned. "He might be wild. He might have rabies." The cat meowed and Euphy smiled and picked it up under the arm pits. She stood and held it up to Suzaku for inspection, smiling. Suzaku smiled and moved to scratch the cat's chin. The cat hissed and bit down on his finger.
"Oh my," Euphy exclaimed softly, alarmed. "Do you feel rabid all of a sudden?"
"I'm fine," Suzaku hissed, wincing at the cat's latching onto his finger.
"Do you dislike cats?" Euphy asked, tugging on the black cat off of Suzaku's finger. The cat finally let go of his finger, and Suzaku breathed a sigh of relief.
"I like them fine," he confessed, shaking his hand. "But the attraction isn't mutual."
"I think unrequited love is the mark of a kind man." The cat twisted in Euphy's hands and slipped from her grasp. It quickly bolted away, leaving Suzaku with Euphy. "The kitty ran away," she lamented, frowning. "Oh, I'm sorry. Were you asking me something, Private Kururugi?"
"I wanted to ask you if there was any other place you wished to go?" Suzaku asked, smiling. Euphy frowned, thoughtfully. Suzaku wondered why her expression seemed sad. She looked back to Suzaku, smiling.
"Yes, there is one more place I'd like to go," she announced. Suzaku smiled and then bowed formally, taking a knee.
"Very well, my lady," he declared, mock-serious. "Your wish is my command!"
"Take me to Shinjuku," Euphy replied quickly. Suzaku winced, looking up in shock. "Suzaku Kururugi, will you take me there?" Suzaku frowned. Asking as though he could refuse.
0.0.0
"Lelouch," C declared as soon as Lelouch was home. "I'm hungry. Order some pizza, please."
"That's not a request," Lelouch noted, rudely. He sat down on the bed and unbuttoned the top of his jacket. "On the other hand, I'm starved myself." He was distracted by his phone buzzing in his pocket. He drew the device out and saw that it was Kallen. He accepted the call.
'Lelouch?' Kallen asked over the phone. 'You've been invited over for dinner.'
"You're joking," Lelouch replied, dumbstruck.
'I...' Kallen began, then hesitated. 'My dad was the one who invited you.' Lelouch blinked.
"Very well," Lelouch said. "I'll be there." He closed the phone. C was standing in front of him, frowning. He sighed and reached into his wallet and handed her his debit card.
"Thank you," she said flatly. Lelouch frowned. He felt like he'd just made a horrible, Biblical level mistake.
0.0.0
Suzaku stopped as Euphy stopped walking. She was in shock at the state of the desiccated city. Suzaku frowned as she examined the city. Rubble everywhere, rusted steel beams jutting out. He knelt down when he saw a child's stuffed animal. He picked it up and turned it over. It had been ripped and burnt, the fur was singed.
"So sad," Euphy said, heartbroken.
"People were starting to come back to live here," Suzaku mentioned sadly. "But now, I don't know if they'll ever come back. Ever since Zero..." Suzaku let his sentence die off. The masked figure had saved his life. But he wasn't sure if Zero fought for justice or just power. And Suzaku wasn't yet sure what he would do if he met Zero again.
Euphy walked over to a few dozen posts planted nearby. There was the remains of a nearby wall covered in photos. Suzaku stood straight and followed her over. He blinked when he saw the toys, the flowers, and photos. This wasn't random. This was a burial site. Even as improvised as it was. Euphy's face reflected the sadness he felt.
"They didn't use RG on the elevens, I figured they wouldn't," came a young Britannian voice. Suzaku looked over to see a pair of students taking photos of the damage. He frowned. Making a sport of the remains of the Japanese's suffering. Euphy passed the corner of Suzaku's eyes as she walked over to the students.
"Hey!" came an angry voice. Suzaku looked over to the source of the voice, surprised. Three men were walking over. "Get out of here!" Suzaku winced as he realized that the trio were Japanese. This was not the time to be sight-seeing. Euphy stopped a short distance, observing.
"How dare an eleven talk to a Britannian like that!" the student shouted in reply. The leader of the trio slapped the camera from the student's hands.
"We're not elevens, we're Japanese!" the tallest replied angrily.
"Wrong!" the student corrected nervously. "You seem to forget that your people surrendered! You're nothing but a beaten dog!" Suzaku gritted his teeth. That sentence was entirely rude. And completely the wrong thing to say to someone who is intent on violence and outnumbers you. Suzaku set down his bag, carefully, prepared to intervene.
"What did you say?" the leader of the trio replied, hissing angrily. "You racist pig!" He drew back a fist. Suzaku burst into motion.
"Stay here!" he shouted as he passed Euphy. The leader spun as Suzaku approached. The bully, and that's what he was, swung the fist at Suzaku's head. Suzaku reversed his running lean, backing up. The knuckles hit him the temple, a glancing blow. His sunglasses were knocked from his face. Suzaku stepped back into a fighting stance.
"Please, do not resort to violence," Suzaku pleaded warningly. He raised his hands, open-palmed. The trio recognized him without his glasses.
"You're Suzaku Kururugi!" Tamaki said in realization. Lelouch watched from farther away. He'd been drawn here on his way to Kallen's house. He narrowed his eyes at Suzaku. Suzaku was outnumbered, but not enough to stop him. His eyes widened as he saw the girl standing behind Suzaku.
"What's she doing here?" Lelouch asked aloud.
"The guy that killed clovis?" the students behind Tamaki commented, uncertain.
"No, You idiot, Zero killed Prince Clovis!" Tamaki's shoulders rose in irritation at Zero's mention. Lelouch narrowed his eyes, frowning. It was true. Clovis's blood was on Lelouch's hands.
"Who cares?" Tamaki ranted, angrily. "You sold your country, your people, even your soul! Are we supposed to be cowed because you're an honorary citizen? YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A SLAVE!" At this Tamaki decided to launch his attack on Suzaku. Lelouch watched carefully, calmly. He knew the outcome already.
Suzaku grabbed the fist Tamaki threw, and lowered himself underneath the arm, quickly. He twisted at his waist and lowered his shoulder. Tamaki was pulled from his feet over Suzaku's shoulders, landing on his back nearly three feet away. Suzaku heard his friends running. He spun, ready to defend himself. The two picked up the loud leader and carried him off, muttering encouraging urgings of retreat. Lelouch nodded.
"What the hell?" the students complained as soon as the trio was gone. "Why did you let them get away? You should've killed them for trying to strike a Britannian! Some Honorary Citizen you are!" Suzaku frowned at them. Euphy walked right past him and slapped the student across the face.
"Oaf!" she yelled at the fallen student, angry. "You insult a man for refusing to murder someone? Hasn't there been enough violence in this place? Hasn't there been enough death here?"
"Lelouch?" came Kallen's voice. He looked over his shoulder at her, his look questioning. "You were late. I figured you must have gone on a detour. It's not that hard to figure out where you'd go." Lelouch looked over at Suzaku. "Lelouch, what you said about Clovis's murder..."
"It was my hand," Lelouch commented. "If I hadn't led you he wouldn't have been killed. It's my responsibility. A king should be responsible for the atrocities of his soldiers."
"I'm strong enough to take the guilt for my own actions," Kallen argued, insulted.
"Is it good to be strong?" Lelouch asked, not looking at Kallen.
"Is it bad to be weak?" Suzaku asked Euphy, turning to look at her. He blinked as she offered him his bag back.
"Seven years ago," Lelouch and Suzaku chorused separately. "The world was so sad. A world without hope."
"Starvation," Lelouch continued.
"Disease." Suzaku added.
"Constant war and terrorism."
"It has to change!" Suzaku argued, clenching a fist in anger.
"How would you change it?" Euphy asked, eyes wide.
"I don't know how I would change it," Suzaku admitted, sadly. "But we have to change it, this world of constant violence." Lelouch frowned. He knew how it would change.
"When someone wins," he noted, "This fighting will end." Lelouch jumped at an explosion. He looked over to see a black cloud rising from a nearby stadium. Lelouch looked down at the pink-haired girl near Suzaku. If that explosion was caused by terrorists, maybe he could use this chance. But he didn't have his mask. He gritted his teeth. "Well," he said, turning to smile at Kallen. "Best to leave now. Wouldn't want to keep your father waiting." He walked past Kallen. She frowned, but followed.
"Suzaku!" came Cecile's voice. Suzaku blinked and ran over to the Lancelot's trailer. "Sorry, Suzaku. We saw that you had a date, so we followed at a distance. But this area's dangerous. Get in!"
"What is it?" Suzaku asked, concerned.
"The pure-bloods seem to be having a tussle over that Orange fellow." Suzaku gritted his teeth. "Oh, and too bad about your acquittal because now you'll have to be our devicer again." More senseless violence?
"Wait," Suzaku shouted, forcefully. "Isn't this a chance to acquire more battle data for the Lancelot?" Lloyd looked over at Suzaku, eyes narrowing with temptation.
"Suzaku?" Euphy asked, concerned. Suzaku turned to face her.
"I'm sorry," Suzaku said, smiling at the girl. "But if I can stop this fighting, I have to try."
0.0.0
"What is this?!" Jeremiah asked angrily. "Where's zero?" he righted his Sutherland, trying to find the enemy. He blinked as he saw four Sutherland's emerge, bearing assault rifles and anti-armor lances. But their shoulders were painted red, the markings of the Pure-bloods!
'Sorry, Orange,' came Quel's voice over the radio. Jeremiah's eyes widened in shock as the four quickly moved to attack. Jeremiah raised his assault rifle, firing. The four dodged through his fire. In the first attack they knocked the assault rifle from his Knightmare's hands.
"It's four against one," Jeremiah noted angrily. "So, that sighting of Zero was a lie."
'Yes, Orange-boy,' Quel admitted confidently. 'This is how we keep our officials honest. We must remove this taint before Princesses Cornelia and Euphemia arrive!'
"You mean to kill me?!" Jeremiah raged, backing up his Sutherland. He was forced to dodge as one of the Knightmares tried to skewer him from the side. As soon as he was clear he checked his surroundings and cursed. He was now surrounded in the center of the stadium.
'Don't worry,' Quel commented over the radio. 'We'll tell your family you died in battle.' The four leveled their lances to the chest level for his Sutherland. A four way attack.
"You're betraying me and calling it a mercy?!" Jeremiah pointed out, defiant to the end.
'Silence! Our loyalty is to the Imperial Family!' Quel corrected. 'All hail Britannia!' At the battlecry the four began to move towards him. Jeremiah braced himself to try to evade. As he moved, another Sutherland dropped in.
'Lord Jeremiah!' Villeta cried. Jeremiah blinked, then grinned. He still had Villeta's support, at least. But two on one were still awful odds. He moved, but three lances were coming right at him. Three slash harkens hit each lance, knocking them off-target. Jeremiah was able to quickly move his Sutherland from the four surrounding him, putting his back to the wall beside Villeta. He followed the lines of the slash harkens.
'Please,' came Suzaku Kururugi's voice over the radio. 'Cease this senseless battle!' The white Knightmare, Lancelot, retracted the three slash harkens back into its body. In the cockpit, Suzaku was silently praying that the four would surrender.
'What do the special corps want here? Interlopers will die!' Suzaku frowned, steeling himself for battle. He thumped the selector on both of the control reins.
"No," Suzaku declared as the Lancelot drew the new twin swords on its back. Drawing them from beneath its arms, the blades hummed and whined as the metal began to glow red from the internal heating mechanisms.
"Maser Vibration Swords," Lloyd declared, watching from the stairs. "Vibration technology coupled with a heating mechanism to produce a super-hot high-frequency cutting edge. Standard Knightmare armor doesn't stand a chance. Like a hot chainsaw through butter!"
Suzaku launched himself at the four Sutherlands. They launched their slash harkens. Suzaku concentrated on the rocket anchors shooting at him. With Lancelot's sensors he could see them perfectly. He began to slash them aside as he landed. One of the enemy Knightmares tried to rush forward with its lance. Suzaku quickly met the weapon with his sword. The heated sword cut right into the lance, splitting it in half.
'Men,' Quel calmly ordered, 'fall back.' Suzaku blinked in surprise, backing up to stand in front of Jeremiah and Villeta's Knightmares.
"Do you finally understand? We're Britannian soldiers! We're on the same side!"
'No,' Quel argued, still calm. 'I'm just using a chaos mine.' Suzaku winced. The device was designed as a hand-grenade, but launched a stream of shrapnel that could strip a Sutherland to ribbons.
"Please," came Euphy's voice, pleading. "Lay down your weapons!" She was right behind him. If that Chaos Mine hit her, she'd be killed, if not ripped to ribbons on the spot. No, he thought to himself, she won't be killed! He raised both arms, activating his shields. The Chaos Mine extended, revealing a dozen shrapnel launchers.
The Chaos mine spit out a million hot shards of metal at him. Every single piece was deflected. The metal filled enough of the air between that he could see the edges of the electromagnetic shielding. Suzaku gritted his teeth to try to hold the reins forward. The shrapnel was pushing him back. If he fell back too far, the shields might not cover the two Knightmares behind him, and Euphy.
"Lancelot," he pleaded, straining, "Just hold on a little longer!" The energy filler was starting to drain. If he ran out of energy, he'd be shredded in a few seconds. The mine finally stopped spitting metal and dropped to the ground, spent.
'Princess Euphemia!' came Quel's voice over the speakers. Suzaku was rocked back in the Lancelot's cockpit, stunned. Euphy-mia... Idiot, he chided himself. She stepped past the Lancelot, confidently.
"Everyone lower your weapons!" she ordered confidently. The sutherlands quickly dropped to one knee. Suzaku exited the cockpit and he ran over to Euphemia.
"My lady," he said, before bowing behind her. "Forgive me, I had no idea who you were." She glanced over her shoulder at him. She frowned and spun.
"No," she corrected. "It's fine, I promise. I wished to remain anonymous."
"Suzaku Kururugi," came Jeremiah's voice. Suzaku glanced over his shoulder. Jeremiah was frowning, his eyes narrowed. "I thank you for saving my life." Suzaku remembered the interrogation. "Princess Euphemia," he said, looking at Euphy. "Lord Jeremiah Gottwald, at your eternal service." He bowed himself.
"Thank you," she said. "Suzaku, I want your help." Suzaku looked up at Euphemia. "I want your help to try to stop all the senseless battling, to create a better world."
a/n-somehow fluff and lemon were easier to write. To answer some reviews-
The shift is coming, but there won't be one giant shift, more like bends, from the canon anime series. Slight changes that will change the course of the river. R2 will be very different, for sure. So you know, next year will be exciting. Next chapter for sure is going to be very different from the anime series, mostly because Lelouch will be brought back on track.
To the Random review- Yes, titles can break it up, but I don't always use them, because it can cause some confusion and or problems. For example if Schneizel and Lelouch were speaking it would be a little confusing to refer to one as a prince, or I just prefer their names. I try, occasionally, but I prefer to use them in just one-on-one conversations, because it's a lot easier and breaks it up from just being (for example) Lelouch-Kallen-Lelouch-Kallen-Lelouch-Kallen. Then I use them. With like five-plus characters in some scenes, it's trickier for me. My psychological quirks are very present in my writing style.
Just a technical thing here. I was just watching Nina explaining a nuclear bomb to Lloyd. And the Fleija is completely different from a nuclear bomb. A Nuclear bomb is literally a bomb. It creates a massive shock-wave, and releases thermal radiation. A Fleija apparently creates a massive orb of energy that traps all matter within it and then collapses, destroying everything contained within. So...big difference actually. So I guess all the goodwill that Code Geass's science built up, Nina just f-ed it all over that table. You know...THAT table. Discuss.
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