A/N: Forgot to put this in my last chapter, but Code Geass and Batman Beyond are works that are not owned by me or anyone else I know. So don't throw me in jail.

And now here we will see some Batman action, hope you all enjoy it.

3 months later

David Kane, AKA The Black King. Formally known as the Black Prince, the former Black King's son is one of the largest philanthropists in Japan. Supposedly he not only helps Britannians but Japanese as well by providing them medication to help them with psychological issues.

But it's really all a lie.

He actually is the head of a major crime syndicate that plagues all of Japan and a major supplier of Refrain for all of the continent and beyond. The Drug was popular amongst the Japanese at first, but with all that has been happening as of late, Britannians have been taking the drug as well, increasing the profits tenfold.

His biggest shipment was down at the docks tonight. Security was tight, tighter than normal, and for good reason too.

Recently, over the last few nights, someone, or something, was attacking shipments all across the continent. No one was dead so far, only left with broken bones and shattered teeth, so it wasn't a rival syndicate or gang, neither the police because he had a majority of them in his pocket. Some of his people in prison said the culprit was just one guy or some creature. But they were most likely drunk. Because how could one person possibly do something like that by themselves? Even Zero had some help.

Regardless, someone, or something, was out there, ruining business for the new Black King. And he hated that more than anything. So he came down here tonight to personally make sure that the shipments were delivered on time, and to deal with this problem.

Tonight.


Meanwhile, in another section of the docks, a group of thugs was loading shipments of Refrain into shipping contains to be transported to another country, or another dock, for profit.

One wandered off to a nearby container and was placing a crate down into it. Suddenly he was ripped into the darkness of the container, giving off a yelp that startled the group he was with.

Two of the members walked cautiously over to the container. "Hey! Nash?" One called out to the darkness of the container. When the two were closer, the same thug called out again. "Nash?"

The lightbulbs above them began to shatter one by one quickly. When the one above them broke, a small weirdly shaped object clanked to the ground in front of the duo. The closest knelt down to pick it up. "What is this?" He asked. His partner gave a shrug that said 'how should I know?'

He looked back to the object in his hand. It was small, colored black with red outlines on what looked like wings that extended from the middle line of the object. Almost looks like a-

He turned to his partner, who was staring at the sky above him with astonishment. "What?" He asked. No response. He followed his gaze up to a crane that was hanging above them. And hanging from that was- "What the-"

It dropped on the thug.


"ARGH!"

The scream caught everyone's attention. All those present ceased their current activities and fell into high alert. The Black King stopped talking to one of his higher command thugs to listen. Something just happened.


Back at the other side, a thug, who was carrying an automatic weapon, was glancing around at all angles in the maze of shipping containers around him, searching for the disturbance. He then heard fast-paced footsteps coming from a corridor and turned to see one thug running for dear life, pure terror in his eyes.

The running thug made a turn down another pass when he saw the gun. He slammed into a crate and kept on running for his life. Only to get snatched up by a shadow.


The higher-ranked member of his organization came over to the Black King and spoke in his ear, "There's something going on here," Obviously yes there was. The question is: what? "You better bail." the thug advised before walking away to join his companions. The man wasn't worried about the Black King, more of his paycheck though.

But he was right. Bailing out now would be the best and safest option. But the Black King shook his head.

'No.' He told himself. He at least needed to see who was behind all these annoyances, that way he could at least know what to expect and have an idea of who to target.


The thug carrying the automatic weapon was breathing trembling. His eyes were moving around in all directions. Panic, terror, fear, etc. was enveloping his body. Also, a warm liquid substance began filling in his pants and running down his leg.

In the corner of his eye, he notices something black moves between shipping containers. Turning, he pulled the trigger and the bullets went flying in the direction, hitting nothing. Again he saw another shadow as he pulled the trigger. The same result.

Finally feeling frustrated at this sick game of cat and mouse, he called out in anger to the darkness. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"

"Here." The darkness responded.


The Black King was walking around the maze of shipping containers of the shipyard, looking for signs of the assailant or his thugs. But he found no one. What was happening to his men?


The rest of the thugs gathered around in a circle to make sure they wouldn't be taken by surprise. All of a sudden, a dark shadow dropped in the middle of their circle. Before any of the thugs knew what was happening, the shadow began tearing them all apart.


The Black King rounded a corner to see the circle of his men…

And a black, demonic figure that was tearing them all apart. Blazing through them like they were nothing.

The Black King was frozen, not moving an inch from where he stood watching the display in front of him. Was this what was targeting his Refrain shipments? He just stood there, believing that the overwhelming number of his men could take them out.

But the figure was plowing through them like air. No signs of fatigue or slowing down, he just kept cutting them like a knife through melted butter. Nothing about it seemed human.

The Black King started to back away. Believing that leaving now was the best course of action. Better to live in ignorance than be broken in knowledge.

He made his way back to his car. "Alright go!" He called to the driver. The driver didn't start the car. He looked up to see that the driver was now unconscious. "Crap!" He said to himself, reaching for his shotgun.


The figure broke the last thug. It then looked around at its handy work. Every thug was down, alive, but completely broken. The figure then stepped over them to its next quarry.


The Black King was shaking in fear. That man, or thing, had taken down all his men like they were nothing. On top of that, it had somehow managed to incapacitate his driver.

He was looking around in all directions as he was loading bullet shells in his shotgun, with shaking hands. "What the heck are you?!" He asked rhetorically looking around.

As if on cue, a black claw smashed through the glass sunroof of the car. The black claw gripped the suit of the Black King fiercely and ripped him out of the vehicle. When he was pulled out, he caught his breath at the figure.

No, the demon!

It was clad in darkness. Blades emerged from its forearms. Ears were long, pointed, and sleek. White eyes bore into the Black King's soul as if the creature was judging him and sentencing him off to the devil's domain. On its chest was a blood-red symbol of a-

"I'm Batman!" The demon answered.

The so-called 'King' was shaking in fear at the voice. This demon, this Batman, had spoken to him. He even felt warm wetness emerge in his pants. The 'Batman' brought his head back and slammed into the man's face.


"Good afternoon world! I'm Milly Ashford! Here to bring you the latest in what's happening on our beautiful blue planet!"

"The most pressing issue is the death of Zero and the disappearance of the Emperor. It has been a little over three months since the former was declared dead, and the latter was declared missing. Some believe that the disappearance of the Emperor may be retaliation for the death of Zero, however, this act of revenge goes against what the Black Knights stand for."

"While others believe that Zero was never dead but the announcement was a ruse to have Zero secretly kill the Emperor, while that would make sense, others have asked 'Why hasn't Zero reappeared after the death to claim victory or maybe he died in his confrontation with the Emperor?' The Black Knights and the Britannian royal family have refused to comment on either of this."

"In other news, Philanthropist, entrepreneur, and society bash David Kane, also known as the Black King to the criminal underworld, was arrested last night in a dockyard not too far off from the remains of the Tokyo Settlement. He was arrested for Refrain distribution and smuggling. But what was more interesting was that when the police arrived, the 'King' and his 'royal knights' were already tied up and ready for the police to take into custody."

"When asked what attacked him and his men, in his own words, the crime lord responded: 'It was a demon! A demon I tell you! It's white eyes! It's a demonic voice. It called itself Batman!' That was the comment that Mr. Kane gave before he was pulled away for psychological treatment at a mental health facility for the criminally insane."

"But now onto this 'Batman'. This isn't the first time we've heard of a man-sized bat creature taking down criminals in Japan. Over the past few weeks, the police have picked up multiple criminals taken down and tied up. The criminals, and eyewitness accounts that all report the same thing: a large bat- creature did it. Also, eyewitnesses on both the Britannian and Japanese side have seen this man, or creature, saving lives of civilians whether they be Britannian, Japanese, or any other nationality. One could say that now with Zero gone, this Batman has taken it upon himself to be the knight of justice Zero was."

"But what's more interesting is that this man, or creature, was alone. No army, no soldiers, not even a gang. All witnesses, criminals, and bystanders have said that it was only one man. And, even more shocking, there have been no deaths reported so far. Some theories report that a rival gang is sending someone to put the fear of the man upstairs in the hearts of criminals, but that seems unlikely, due to this Batman going after all major crime syndicates."

"While The Batman's true goals remain a mystery, this reporter can safely say, Batman, if you're out there watching this broadcast, you've got a fan in me! Now onto sports. Boring!"


"This is bull!" Tamaki yelled as the newswoman finished with a smile and a thumbs up.

"Yeah," Ohgi responded. "If people keep questioning what's happened to Zero, we may not be able to keep our image up. Especially if they come up with we were the ones who killed him."

"What?! No! I'm saying we should have taken credit for the Emperor's death! Not let it all be rumors or such!" Tamaki clarified, confused as to why they didn't agree with him.

"Except we didn't kill him." Tohdoh chimed in. "If we announce that now, we would have the full force of the Britannian military upon us. Not only that, but it could also compromise the deal with Schneizal of getting Japan back."

"Zero isn't dead either," Kallen suddenly came into the conversation. "Yet we still reported that to the people." Everyone then turned to the redhead ace of their organization. For three months Kallen had brought up the topic of how it was wrong to betray Lelouch.

"Kallen we've been over this for three months now," Ohgi said, clearly exhausted of this repeated topic. Why couldn't she just see him for who he really was? "Lelouch used us. Used his Geass on us to make do things against our will, why after all this time are you still defending him?"

That was a good question. After all the things that had happened, why was she still defending him? After all the terrible things that had been revealed, why hasn't she brought herself to hate and despise him yet? But she knew the answer. It was those five words.

But she couldn't tell that to Ohgi or anyone else because if she did, they would most likely assume it to be a lie and argue that she was under Geass. So she gave the answer she always gave him.

"Where did we learn of the things Lelouch had done from?" She asked him instead. "From Schneizal, a Britannian Prince, an enemy of Lelouch and us. He probably knew the best way to hurt him and us would be to have us betray him. How can we even be sure that anything he said was the truth? You say we can't trust Lelouch, but what makes you think we can trust Schneizel? Just because he said he'd give us Japan? And by taking this deal we are betraying the other members of the U.F.N.!"

Kallen and Ohgi stared fiercely at each other. The tension was clear to every occupant in the room. Not wanting to have another argument with curses being thrown back and forth between the two, Tohdoh attempted to change the subject. "What should we do about this 'Batman'?" He asked.

That question had made Ogi stop for a minute in his conversation with Kallen and looked to Tohdoh. "What do you mean?" He asked.

"I mean how should we treat him?" Tohdoh clarified as he looked toward the television screen. "As the newswoman said, we don't know his goals or his objectives. So far he's only gone around taking down criminals and helping civilians. Do we ask him to join us? Hunt him down? Let him do what he wants? What should we do?"

Everyone pondered on those questions for a minute. So far this Batman hasn't made any move against the Black Knights or the U.F.N. or Schneizel yet. And he seemed content to only take down drug dealers, criminal, crime lords, etc.

After moments of silence the decision was made. "For now, nothing," Ohgi stated. "So far he hasn't made any move against us or our allies. We can leave him to be where he is targeting low leveled thugs and crime lords. But if he makes a move against us or our allies, we'll take him down." The other contemplated on Ohgi's words for a moment before nodding in agreement.


The broadcast changed to sports in the lounge reserved for Knights of the Round which only three currently occupied. Some of the remaining knights believed in those words about the Black Knights wanting revenge against Britannia for what they did to Zero. Others didn't believe it. But only two people alive knew exactly what happened, and one was sitting in the room with the knights.

When Lelouch called him three months ago for help, Suzaku wasn't expecting his friend to go out at night now dressed as a bat fighting crime. But Suzaku made a promise that he was going to be there for Lelouch from now on. So he helped in any way he could, which was mostly physical training and piloting. Which Lelouch was not happy about. Not. One. Bit!

The other things Lelouch needed were some of the most recent and advanced breakthroughs in Knightmare technology so Lelouch could stay a decent step ahead of the game. And inside information on what was happening with Britannia and the Blck Knights if possible.

"Now there's someone I would kill to meet!" The Knight of Three, Gino Weinberg, yelled ecstatically. "I mean, the dude calls himself Batman for crying out loud, and he takes down crime bosses and criminals like there nothing! Who wouldn't want to meet him?! What do you think Anya?"

Anya, the Knight of Six, was on her phone. She had this habit of taking pictures and recording videos and storing them in her phone. In the past three months though she seemed more cheerful and alive. Suzaku knew the reason was that the soul Marianne vi Britannia, Lelouch's mother, was extinguished from her body. So she was more talkative, but still a little shy.

"Well," Anya began, unsure for a moment, "He would probably make a great picture for me to put on my phone."

Gino had a hilarious look of disbelief on his face. "That's it?!" He cried, not believing her words. "The dude sounds like a total bad***! And all you want is to take his picture and put it on your phone?! What about you Suzaku!?"

Suzaku turned to face the blonde idiot. "You do realize that by killing to meet him you may receive a beat down and a lot of broken bones from him, right?" Suzaku warned the boy.

Gino simply shrugged apparently not caring. "It'd be totally worth it anyway! And I'd be even touched by him, in a more violent way I'll admit, but it'd still be perfect!" Gino declared in his usual cheery voice.

Suzaku merely rolled his eyes.


"Good old madam President," Lelouch commented cheerfully as the broadcast finished playing on one of the many screens connected to the bat computer. "She always did take things to the extreme. In a good and bad way." Lelouch grimaced as he remembered most of her insane festivals.

Lelouch was currently sitting in a black tight long sleeve top, that we're able to highlight his now muscular arms, with black pants, along with black combat boots. While he still wasn't at the level women went crazy for, he now had definable muscles and abs to go along with it. All thanks to Suzaku's training regimen.

Which was a whole other nightmare that he did not want to remember right now.

Off to the side was his bat-suit that was being scanned by a machine. The scan of the suit showed up on one of the many monitors on the computer. Lelouch noticed at the docks that the suit was reacting a little slower to his movements than usual. Still got the job done, but that decrease in speed could cost him in the future.

'Just move this code around here and… there! Problem solved!'

As he worked to fix any more glitch that came up in the suits software, he thought back to the previous three months.

He could hardly believe he was about to succumb to Kane's own Refrain. Now, he took down the petty crime lord and installed his presence in the underworld. All in all, a good victory.

And yet Lelouch didn't feel like it was a victory, at least not like one when he was Zero. Lelouch created Batman as a way for people to move on from Zero and believe in a true knight of justice, not the lie of justice he created with Zero. But he knew it would take time to replace a symbol like Zero. He should know, he created Zero. And it was gonna be a lot of hard work to bury that name. Something Lelouch actually looked forward to.

He also thought about the moments when he was creating Batman. The suit he built with technology from Wayne Enterprises, where Warren had fortunately worked. Suzaku had been invaluable with the Knightmare specs for the new one he was building. He already had his old one, but he needed to make a new one. One that would fit his current persona.

After the diagnostic was complete, Lelouch decided to run some AR simulations to test the suits enhances. The challenges followed in order. A fistfight on a city rooftop, a stealth mode in an abandoned hospital, and finally another fistfight but with the enemies holding weapons such as swords and clubs inside an abandoned building.

As the simulation ran, Lelouch's mind thought of how much he had changed since becoming Batman.

For starters, he stopped killing. He always said "that the only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed." and he was once always ready to die. But not now. He had too much to live for, and to make up for, to die now.

Two: Zero always proclaimed that he was a knight of justice, but that was a ploy to gain the people's trust at first. But Batman was a true knight of justice from the beginning. And he would always be one from that moment on.

Three: Was that Zero was only against Britannia most of the time. But Batman would fight all injustices and protect all life, Britannian or not. Like a true hero would, like what he wanted to be.

Four: Zero always made a big spectacle of his accomplishments. Batman did his work in the shadows, hiding from his enemies and taking them down one by one. That made it more difficult for people to figure out his plans.

Five, which wasn't that big of a difference from Zero: Batman didn't wear a cape. At first he tried to make Batman have a cape to help with intimidation and the fear tactics, but he didn't want the cape for mere style like it was for Zero. He wanted the cape to be functional and have a greater purpose than intimidation, such as gliding and shielding from fire or other dangerous elements. But after experimenting with multiple different materials that would make up the cape that he would wear, Lelouch abandoned the idea altogether. Any of the material he wanted to use weighed a ton! It was like carrying around a circus tent on his back! Besides, he was able to manage with the wings that could extend from his arms and the rocket boosters just fine, and more so. Also the suit material itself would protect him from fire and other dangerous elements like the cape would.

Also as he was going through the training simulation, his mind drifted towards her. He thought about her, dreamed about her. Heavy guilt always came upon him when she entered his mind. Over him lying and hurting her with his words. He wanted to call her, to explain to her his reasons for saying those words and ask for forgiveness.

But… every time he wanted to reach for the phone and call her, he restrained himself. He knew that the Black Knights were still hunting him, so any communication he had with Kallen would only put her in danger and ruined everything he was trying to do. And he would not allow her, or anyone else for that matter, to be in danger because of him. If anyone was gonna be in danger of losing their lives in one of Lelouch's crazy plans anymore, it was gonna be him, and only him.

He was always fine when it was his life on the line. But never Kallen's life, or at least not at his expense. He wasn't going to let Kallen be used as a weapon against him, not like Nunnally was. So he couldn't communicate with her, or go to her directly. He, for another of the rare times in his life, didn't know what to do regarding a problem.

So all he knew he could do for the moment was concentrating his frustration on the challenge he was doing. And that frustration greatly helped focus his mind. He was able to beat his old score by a few minutes, a great improvement.

Taking off the suit and placing it back under the scanner, he walked over to the Batcomputer to see how the system update he gave the suit improved its performance. 'Okay not bad.' Lelouch thought with great satisfaction as he reviewed the data. 'That system update definitely helped get the lax of the suit down, so I should be able to move faster now.'

"ALERT! ALERT!" A robotic voice rang out around the Bat-Bunker.

The alarm on the Batcomputer went off! The monitors were blinking red with a warning sign that signaled something happened! Lelouch switch screens to see what was causing the disturbance.

The news was going over a hostage situation happening at a warehouse down in one of the remaining Ghettos. The culprits were armed with several Knightmares, looks to be about advanced eighth-generation frames, too advanced for common criminals, which meant something was wrong.

The hostage was Japanese. That wasn't good. Not only that, but the kidnapper was the Black King. Lelouch growled. He should have expected prison wasn't gonna hold a man like David Kane. His goons must have sprung him when he first got to the jail and took a hostage as an incentive to keep law enforcement, and Lelouch/Batman, away from him.

But that only fueled his desire to take Kane down.

Lelouch needed to act fast, mainly because he had a strong suspicion that the Britannian police force wasn't going to be overly cautious about an 'eleven' in danger. Rising out of his chair, he grabbed and went to put on his suit. When he was fully suited up, he walked over to a large sheet that was hanging over something tall.

"Haven't exactly tested this in actual combat yet," Lelouch reminded himself before he yanked the sheet off the large object. But when he got a good look at it, he couldn't help but smile in anticipation and excitement. "But you know what they always say: 'Ain't no test like a field test.' or something like that."

A/N: Yes my batsuit is based off Batman Beyond, because this is crossed over with Batman Beyond. I'm doing Batman Beyond because that was where Batman was actually a teenager and Lelouch is a teenager so I thought that would fit perfectly.

Also Batman's first appearance was the shipyard from Batman Begins. I figured that would be a great way to have Batman show his presence to the underworld. But I also don't own Batman Begins, so don't sue me. I'm gonna use a lot of the initial fighting from the films because I think the fighting is boss and will be awesome.

And yes, this is a Kalulu fanfic, because I love that pairing and any stories with it.

Next time, we'll see Batman's new Knightmare in action and we'll see how Lelouch's skills have evolved since becoming the caped crusader. Just without the cape.