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Stage 9: The Red Comet, Accel
Lelouch has just finished the Accel Driver. Considering it wasn't that different from a LostDriver it didn't take too long. A few days ago, he also finished the Engine Blade which took a little longer. It was late night and Lelouch and CC were at the Academy's swimming pool. Lelouch was looking over the Accel Driver along with a computer listing new recruits for the Black Knights while CC was swimming.
Lelouch soon looked at interest as he looked at Diethard Ried's profile.
"Hmm, a Britannian?" he mused to himself. "He looks too confident to be a spy. An extremist perhaps?"
"Isn't it wonderful how the number of recruits keeps growing?" CC, who had floated over to where Lelouch was sitting, questioned.
"It was simpler than I ever expected. While I hate the Britannians, I refuse to engage in terrorist activities. That is the prevailing view of most elevens."
"Then basically they support the Black Knights, for the most part." The girl summarized.
"Yes, which in turn allows us to operate more efficiently as a whole. It is a huge help that the people don't report our activities to the Britannians."
"Plus, I heard that some group called 'Kyoto' offered to send us some Knightmares."
"That, and the number of informants have increased dramatically including some who are keeping a close eye on the rest of the Memories. The Japanese can't resist jumping on the bandwagon, they hear a well phrased buzz word, and off they go."
"Hence the knights for justice act."
"Yes, well you know how everybody loves a hero, and what better hero than a knight?" Lelouch asked with a grin.
"That doesn't sound like something a knight would say." CC teasingly said as she got out of the pool.
"Well, I am a Rider."
It's been a few days since Joker's debut and ever since then Lelouch has been trying to get the proper resources for the Black Knights. Kyoto sent them a few Knightmares , which Rai helped delivered, and Lelouch asked Orpheus to check for any other group willing to send support or resources.
At a warehouse, Lelouch began showing the rest of the Black Knights the new equipment that they received from Kyoto and to say that they were surprised was an understatement. They were all looking around with huge eyes and opened mouths. Some even started calling dibs on some of the Knightmares. Of course there were restrictions.
When they saw the Club, Lelouch told them that this Knightmare was stolen out of Britannian hands and that all possible tracking devices were stripped cleaned. Kallen was looking at the red Knightmare, the Guren Mark 2.
"I can hardly believe that the others are treating this like a party. Kyoto is backing multiple resistance groups, correct?" Lelouch asked as he stepped out of the shadows.
"Yes, which means that we finally made it in. They know we're worthy." Lelouch shook his head.
"No, this is merely a test."
"So what if it is? It's still incredible." Kallen answered.
"You're an optimist." Lelouch then tossed her the key for the Guren.
"What's this?"
"The Guren Mk 2 is yours now, Kallen."
"Mine!? But we have a lot more people now and we can't afford to lose you. We need the Guren's defense to protect you-."
"You're the best pilot that we've got. I'm a commander. I'll take my Club, it's just as good as good as your Guren. Besides like most of us Riders, you have a personal reason to fight. Which reminds me, Rai informed me of you Memory so here." Lelouch soon gave Kallen the Accel Driver but decided to give her the Engine Blade later.
"What is this?" Kallen said as she examined her Driver.
"The Accel Memory that you have requires a…unique Driver so this is the Accel Driver. Consider this as a test from me." Lelouch explained. Kallen looked down at her new Driver and Knightmare key.
"Okay." Kallen answered.
"Eternal, we have some Intel that you might want to see. There's a Britannian who wants to join our ranks." Ohgi said as he and Orpheus approached him.
"This does seem like interesting information but this is a little too risky to trust this guy. For all we know this could be trap to draw us out." Orpheus stated with Ohgi nodding in agreement. Lelouch was reading the dossier that they gave him. He soon looked at them.
"This weekend, we're going hiking." This surprised them. "To the Narita Mountains." The two nodded at this and left.
(A day later at the Narita Mountains)
Lelouch has been carefully planning this, even if the rumor of JLF headquarters is false it would still provide the opportunity he needed to strike at Cornelia. He also ran his plan on a simulation and it predicted there would be a massive number of civilian casualties so he had to send an anonymous message telling the city to evacuate mostly about how the JLF headquarters location and that it might send forces towards the city.
Lelouch, in his Eternal armor, just got out of his Club and approached a JLF outpost. He could hear the two troopers stationed there being relaxed. Eternal soon walked in.
"Eternal!" The two troopers exclaimed. Eternal soon dissipated his helmet leaving only Lelouch's face.
"Relax, I only came to talk. I want you to ignore any strange activity during your watch." He ordered as his Geass became active during the entire time he spoke.
"Sure, no problem." A soldier said.
"C'mon, it's your turn now." Another soldier said as he got his chair up and the two presumed the game that they were playing.
"What's the rush? We're just on regular duty, you know."
Rai and Orpheus were waiting patiently in their Burais until Ohgi confirmed the signal that they got from Eternal. Meanwhile they were overhearing the rest of the Black Knights talking as they moving up the trail.
"Why doesn't Eternal just use the radio in his Knightmare?" a voice on the radio asked.
"What do you think he meant when he said 'hiking'?" Another voice replied.
"Uh, military training, right? Only with Eternal in another location."
"Maybe we'll dig a hot spring. Is that why we brought all these excavators? If so then I'm all for it? Kallen, you hear anything about this?"
"No, nothing." Despite the fact that she technically was a new Rider she still has to prove herself to them. She tried asking Rai about this but he just said told them he doesn't really know either.
"You, Ohgi?"
"Nope, not a word."
"I bet the other Riders do." A person said.
"I talked to Rai and he said that he doesn't know anything as well."
"What about Skull?"
"I don't know anything either." Orpheus answered.
"I wonder if he's serious about this." Ohgi thought.
(At the outpost)
"It appears that the day I've waited for has finally come, Cornelia." Lelouch said to himself as he looked over the dossier. Lelouch looks out the window and sees CC, in her Back Knights outfit but without the hood, outside doing nothing. He soon went outside to meet with her.
"CC, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be with the others by now." Lelouch said. CC didn't move an inch.
"I said I would protect you, wouldn't I?"
"But aren't you overdoing it? Besides I can take care of myself."
"That remains to be seen, boy. But anyways, I'm curious, why are you still Lelouch?" Lelouch just shook his head.
"I don't have time for discussing philosophy."
"I meant your name. You've change your last name to Lamperouge but you chose to keep the first name that you were given at birth. How sentimental. You just can't let go of the past."
"Well CC does seem a bit extreme doesn't it? It's not a human name." That's when CC turned around and looked at him. It soon started to snow a little bit.
"Lelouch, do you know why snow is white?" This caught Lelouch in slight surprise.
"Hmmm?"
"Snow is white because it's forgotten what color it's supposed to be." She answered.
Later, they met up with the rest of the Black Knights at the summit; the Black Knights were handling equipment such as drilling and doing last minute checks on the Knightmares.
"Are you really going through with this?" Ohgi asked.
"Our opponent is Cornelia along with her forces which are the best among what Britannia has to offer."
"Then why don't we cooperate with Japanese Liberation Front?" Ohgi quietly asked but it was loud enough for Eternal to hear.
"What was that? Ohgi, don't you have faith in me anymore?" Ohgi turned towards Eternal.
"What do you mean? I was the one who recommended you to be our leader. Don't you remember?" Ohgi pointed out.
"Then there's only one answer to give." Eternal answered. Ohgi finally nodded while the other Riders looked eager to see what's going to happen from the cockpits of their Knightmares.
Soon they started seeing the skies being filled with Britannian aircraft, below them Knightmares, vehicles, and infantry spread out. From their vantage point it seemed like the entire Britannian military had gathered in this area to wipe out the terrorists gathered beneath their feet. Cries of shock and panic could be heard coming from the resistance fighters as they realized that all of their escape routes had been cut off by the advancing troops.
"It has begun. All paths of escape are cut off now. Our only way out is to fight." Eternal said. Everyone was shocked, even the Riders were somewhat surprised.
"Let me get this straight: we're completely surrounded and you want us to take them head on?" Tamaki exclaimed. Eternal nodded.
"Correct; only through a miracle we can win this."
"Eternal, what are you saying!?" Ohgi asked.
"Even messiahs need to perform miracles if they are to be acknowledged. Therefore, we have to produce our own miracle, don't we?" Eternal asked.
Soon Tamaki, much to everyone's surprise except Eternal, pointed his aimed and pointed his gun at Eternal's head. Everyone just stood there anticipating for what happens next until they see Eternal getting his Eternal Edge and pointing it at Tamaki.
He soon held it in a reverse grip as if he was offering it.
"Our path to retreat is cut off. If you can win this without me, then by all means, shoot me!" Everyone didn't say a word as they all stared at him in shock.
"Since you've joined the Black Knights, you have two choices: either you live with me or perish with me! If you wish to kill me fine but before you do let me ask you all a question. Would you rather die as cowards or would you rather die trying to being our enemies to the hell that they deserve to be in?"A few moments later Tamaki placed his gun away.
"Alright fine, do what you want."
"We acknowledge you as our leader, Eternal." The Riders, except CC, sighed happy that the situation has been diffused. CC just stared at Eternal before going in her Burai.
When she did a few seconds later her Burai turned green with lightish green highlights, signaling that she already transformed. Soon two of the other Burais transformed. Both of them turned black but there major differences. Joker's had purple highlights while Skull's had white highlights and the head actually turned silver and it resembled a skull.
Eternal sat on the chair of his Lancelot Club before going into the cockpit. When he did the Lancelot Club changed into its Eternal colors.
"Let's go. Our primary objective is to capture Cornelia, the second princess. We, the Black Knights, will launch a surprise attack on the Britannians from the summit of the mountains. Our breakthrough will be made by the Guren Mk 2." He ordered as everyone got ready for battle. Kallen placed the Accel Driver on but didn't place the Memory in as her cockpit closed. The only reason she placed it on was just in case that she would need the extra power especially since these are Cornelia's forces.
"Kallen, use penetrating electrode 3, settle things in one blow."
"Got it, activating gauntlet now!" She answered as she activated the Guren's radiant wave surge.
At first there was no effect, leading to many of the men and women gathered on the mountain's summit to believe that the plan, that Eternal had assured them would work, had failed. However, their doubts were suddenly swept away when the ground beneath them began to shake violently, a deep rumbling heard coming from deep within the mountain's bowels. After several minutes the noise and shaking died away, replaced with an eerie silence. The quiet did not last long, as the tremors from before returned with a vengeance accompanied by the sound of moving earth.
From their vantage point, the Black Knights could only watch in utter amazement at the steadily growing tidal wave of earth, rocks, and trees that swept down the mountainside, steadily increasing in size and speed as it went. They began to cheer as they saw the mass of debris cutting a path into the heart of the Britannia's encirclement, effectively dividing it in two smaller forces. The Britannians in the G1 command vehicle could only watch in shock and worry, helpless to do anything, as over 80% of their military might was annihilated in the blink of an eye. In the JLF control room, the technicians and officers were expressing similar confusion and also fear that the base might be destroyed in this violent mudslide.
They saw it reach the city but, thanks to the anonymous message that Lelouch sent, there were no civilian casualties.
"Black Knights, the Britannians are in disarray, their force is crippled." Eternal announced as he uploaded their battle layout and plan. "The time to attack is now! All forces move out, the Guren Mk 2 and Lancelot Club will clear a path."
Soon the force charged while some of them break off to secure other points. Joker and a few of the Burais broke off to the left while Skull to the right. Cyclone and Kallen stayed with Eteranl as they progressed down the middle.
All of a sudden, a group of Sutherlands opened fire on Eternal's group which they only destroyed one Burai with the pilot ejecting safely. One of the Sutherlands looked at the Club.
"Eternal, is that you? If so then face me, Jeremiah Gottwald, like a man!" Then a voice came out of the Club.
"Hello, Orange boy. I didn't think you would appear given the Purebloods' reputation now." Eternal said over the com. Jeremiah and Villetta were somewhat confused when he called Jeremiah an 'Orange boy' but they were pretty sure that was an insult. "Either way, I don't have time to play, Orange."
"Whatever that means, it doesn't matter! I'll see you pay for Clovis's death." Jeremiah said as his Sutherland threw his gun to the side and charged with his tonfas. Kallen reacted by jumping in front of the Club and defending it against Jeremiah.
"What is that? Is that the unit that destroyed Carius's unit?" Jeremiah wondered.
"Jeremiah, should we engage it? We have no idea what that thing can do." Villetta pointed out.
"Stay back! This is my fight!" Jeremiah ordered.
He panicked when the strange claw made an attempt to grab him and fell back, thinking he had made it out safely, only to be surprised when the claw suddenly extended further and grabbed his Knightmare's head. The unfortunate Jeremiah could only watch in anger as his Knightmare began to expand and glow red from this odd weapon, his chance at killing the man who had killed Clovis and ruined the Purebloods' reputation. Several alerts began to go off in his cockpit as the system attempted to engage the emergency automated ejection system.
"No! Don't you dare eject! I can still get him, I can still get Eternal!" he cried as his frame began to warp and heat up.
Despite his best efforts to avoid passing out and continuing the fight, Gottwald fell unconscious that the stress of radiant wave surger caused on the body. Finally the auto eject function activated, carrying the now unconscious pilot away from the battle. Once he had been dealt with Kallen moved to her assigned point, leaving Eternal's squad to deal with the remaining enemy.
While the Burais took cover, the Lancelot Club and Cyclone's Burai were handling them at close range. The Lancelot Club just stabbed a Sutherland in the chest with its double bladed lance in one hand and shot another with the gun in its other. Cyclone's tonfas were literally blowing them away thanks to the wind power from Cyclone's Memory. The two and the rest of their squad soon advanced to their assigned point while Eternal was issuing orders to the rest of the Knights.
Joker was leading the eastern front and so far received no trouble. Right now they weren't having much trouble and were giving the infantry cover. His Burai was one of the units that were equipped with a Revolving Blade. This made close range combat were easy for Joker. He soon spotted a Sutherland heading towards him but before he could react the Sutherland exploded. Joker looked past the flames to see the Guren Mk 2.
"Kallen!"
"I thought you could use some help before heading to my assigned point." Kallen explained. Joker's Burai nodded as the two Knightmares started to hack and slash all of the Sutherlands. They've watched each other's backs while they the other Burais were holding their ground.
"Kallen, thanks for the assist now, head to the point now before we lose our window." Joker said as he shot another Sutherland in the waist.
"You sure?"
"Trust me, we have everything under control here."
"Alright, good luck…Rai." Kallen said as she directed her Guren away. Joker and the other Burais soon pushed forward.
"I wonder what Skull is doing." Joker thought as he stabbed a Sutherland in the head. He soon looks to see another squadron of Sutherlands heading towards him. Joker pulled out his Joker Memory and inserted it into the USB Port.
"JOKER! MAXIMUM DRIVE!"
His Burai's Revolving Blade soon became consumed by a purple flame. Everyone nearby became shocked and Joker used this to his advantage.
"RIDER SLASH!"
He then charged and slashed through all of them. After he slashed through his last one, all the Sutherlands exploded after their cockpits ejected.
Skull wasn't having much trouble and his new Burai was a little more fortified than his Glasgow. He was also kinda used to fighting Britannian soldiers like this considering what he did before. Skull was getting headshots with his gun. He didn't miss a single target and everyone was impressed by it. He soon noticed some new signals on the map going for Cornelia and her Royal Guard. He soon contacted Eternal on the com channel.
"Eternal, Cornelia and her Royal Guard are being engaged but Cornelia moved."
"Which team made the move?"
"It's not one of ours. I think it's the JLF." Skull said.
"I see. For now, presume what you're doing. I doubt that they're here to give us trouble. Also since your nearby see if you can provide them assistance. If the Royal Guard is held off then good, but if they are defeated-. "
"Then better. Alright, I'm on my way there" Skull said as he advanced. He presumed shooting all his targets until he sees a Sutherland heading right towards him. Skull fired while the Sutherland took cover. It soon charged again, with its tonfas, when Skull ran out of ammo. Skull placed his gun away and pulled out the combat knife he got from his Glasgow.
The two weapons clashed and were locked in. It soon ended when the Gloucest got a slash in the back. Skull moved back before it exploded. The flames died down revealing a Burai Kai.
"You're one of the JLF, right?" Skull asked over the intercom. The Burai Kai nodded.
"Asahina." The voice from the Burai Kai said.
"Kamen Rider Skull."
"Another Kamen Rider?" a surprised Asashina remarked.
"Asahina, where are you? We could use some help." Tohdoh said over his com. Asahina looked at Skull.
"Look, I know we have our differences but right now we have a common enemy to fight."
"Then let me help you." Skull proposed. Asahina thought about it before going on the com channel.
"Colonel, I'm on my way there along with some assistance."
"Assistance? From who?"
"A Kamen Rider, sir."
"Another one…Very well, he may join us."Asashin smiled.
"Alright, you can come with me." Skull nodded as the two went into where Tohdoh and other Swords were. Asahina was assisting another Sword while Skull charged in where Tohdoh was and kick Guilford's Gloucester away from him.
"You're the Kamen Rider?" Tohdoh asked. Skull nodded.
"Kamen Rider Skull." Skull introduced himself before Guilford charged in again. The two moved out the way before Skull kicked him again. "I have a plan but I need you and the others to box them in while covering me. When I'm ready I'll tell you guys to move." Skull said. Tohdoh just looked at him.
"What are you planning to do?"
"Removing them from play." Skull answered. Tohdoh thought about it.
"If Eternal is who is the kind of man I think he is then very well." Tohdoh answered. He and the other Swords soon moved in and were trying to do that while holding off reinforcements. Skull made his Burai grabbed the gun out while he placed his Memory in the USB Port.
"SKULL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!"
Skull's gun started charging with a light purple energy.
"Now, switch to spinning life or death formation!" Tohdoh announced after he and others took care of the reinforcements.
"Yes, sir!" All of them said and soon the Royal Guard were boxed in.
"Skull! You have an opened window now!" Tohdoh said.
"Understood, move out of the way now." Tohdoh and the others did just that as Guilford and the other Royal Guards see Skull with a fully charged rifle.
"SKULL PUNISHER!"
The Burai fired multiple purple rapid shots and them before firing one last powerful shot. Guilford and the other Royal Guards ejected before their Knightmares exploded.
At Point 9, Cornelia met the Guren Mk 2 and the two begun their fight. Cornelia tried to jab it with her lance but Kallen grabbed it with the Radiant Wave Surger and starting surging it along with her right arm. Cornelia launched her right arm but her left arm was shot off. When she looked towards where the shot comes from, she sees the Lancelot Club, along with other Burais including Cyclone's, with a smoking gun.
"Coward! Attacking from the rear!"
"You're one to talk, Cornelia. This time, I won't show you the same kind of mercy I did back at Saitama." Eternal said. Cornelia, not wanting to be taken alive, told Guilford and Darlton to take care of Euphie before charging. "She's so predictable."
Just then the Lancelot came out through with a VARIS in its hand and landed in front of Cornelia.
"Viceroy, are you ok? I came to help." Suzaku said.
"Special Corps? Who authorized you?" Cornelia asked.
"Hey, isn't that Knightmare-?"
"Yeah, the same one from Shinjuku and Lake Kawaguchi."
"Him again? No matter, he could still be taken down just as I did before." Eternal stated to himself but then he just remembered that his goal was Cornelia not the Lancelot. The Club fired while the Lancelot blocked the shots with its shield.
"Is that the Lancelot Club that Eternal stole? What did he do to it?" Suzaku wondered as he took a good look at the Knightmare.
"Mk 2, take care of this unit, it interfered enough already." Eternal ordered. He would do it himself but he thought of this as a test for Kallen. To see if she is a match for the Lancelot and to see if she would use the Accel Memory.
"Right!" Kallen said as she charged. The Lancelot started firing the VARIS rifle but the Guren dodged all of its shots. When the Guren was close enough the Lancelot tried doing a kick but the Guren grabbed it with its gauntlet and started the surging process. Suzaku detached the Sand Panel on that leg and got away before it was destroyed.
The Lancelot pushed the Guren to the side while it grabbed an MVS out before firing again. Cornelia then advanced.
"You take care of that thing, I'm heading for Eternal." Cornelia said as she fired her slash harkens. The Lancelot Club just stepped lazily to the side, dodging the slash harken in the process but I hit a Burai in the head, while the other jabbed a Burai in the chest. The two cockpits ejected leaving only Cyclone and Eternal left.
The Guren soon charged again, with its knife in the other hand. The Lancelot soon launched its other sand panel which the Guren soon destroyed. The Guren and Lancelot were now in a close range fight. Attacks and dodges were made.
Then the Lancelot tried to strike at it the its MVS but the Guren caught it and broke it. It tried to fire again but the Guren tried to block it with the Radiant Wave Surger. It worked but the Guren got pushed to the edge of the cliff with its gauntlet sparking meaning that it won't work right now. The Lancelot then tried to charge in with its other MVS.
"Not like this." Kallen thought to herself before remembering that the Accel Driver was on her. She quickly grabbed the Memory out and pressed on it.
"ACCEL!"
Outside, just as the Lancelot was about to stab it the Guren started to glow red. It jumped over the Lancelot and when it faced him the Guren had a new appearance. It now had a darker red over its body, its armor now had a motorbike bike motif with some silver parts, the gauntlet was repaired, and the eyes started to glow a darker blue as the face remained the same.
Inside the cockpit was an armored figure. She had a red bodysuit and armor with a motorbike motif. Her helmet was also red with a metal fin on the top; his visor was dark-blue with metal letter A in the center, on his back was a large black wheel facing sideways. Her legs were silver boots and on each leg half a wheel was attached. This was Kamen Rider Accel.
"She did it." Eternal thought as he and the others observed the transformation.
The Guren charged in with new found speed and the Lancelot attempted to shoot again but the Guren blocked it with its gauntlet but this time it didn't have any negative effect like before. The Lancelot then attempted to strike it with its MVS but the Guren blocked it with its dagger, which extended to an actual sword.
"How did this guy get so strong? I have to get him off me, securing the Viceroy is important." Suzaku said to himself while trying to think of a way to get the Guren off him. He soon came up with an idea after kicking the Guren off of him.
The Lancelot aimed the VARIS at the floor and fired when the Guren was near the edge of the cliff. Just as the Guren was about to fall, The Guren grabbed the Lancelot by the leg dragging it down with him.
Eternal looked at Cyclone's Burai that was next to him.
"Keep a watch on Cornelia, I'm going to support the Guren." Cyclone just stared at him before he went off.
The Club soon went to the cliff and jumped over it. The club soon saw the Lancelot and Guren locked in combat. The Club charged from behind with its own MVS and Lancelot blocked it with its shield.
"Eternal!" Accel and Suzaku exclaimed.
"Accel, don't worry. Cyclone is securing Cornelia. Let's take him on together." Accel nodded. Accel tried to use its gauntlet against the Lancelot but it jumped out of the way just in time. The Lancelot faced the Guren and the Club.
The two Knightmares charged and the Lancelot was doing its best trying to avoid their attacks but couldn't get a chance to strike back. The Lancelot resorted to using the trees as cover but that didn't prove helpful as the Club and Guren were cutting them down. Accel soon decided to get her Memory out and placed it in the USB Port.
"ACCEL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!"
The Guren's gauntlet started to glow a bright red and it attempted to launch it at the Lancelot. The Lancelot tried using its shield but it proved useless and as a result the arm became boiling, but at an extreme rate, so much that Suzaku had to eject that arm. Eternal looked at Accel.
"Accel, pull out now and regroup with the others. I'll finish him off."
"Are you sure?" Eternal nodded and with that Accel left. Despite having only one arm left the two battled quite fiercely. The two were engaged in a sword fight until Eternal placed his two MVSs together as a double bladed lance.
The Club punched the Lancelot in the face and slashed it against the chest, showing some of the circuitry. The Lancelot kicked the Club away and charged in with its MVS When Eternal got his bearing he sees the Lancelot's MVS through something else…Cyclone's Burai, with the cockpit included. Eternal quickly got on the com channel.
"Cyclone! What are you doing!? What happened to Cornelia!?" He soon hears a raspy voice from her.
"Don't…you remember, boy? I said that I would protect you." Cyclone responded as her Burai faded, returning to its original color. Suzaku, shocked that he killed someone, removed his MVS. The cockpit opened leaving not Cyclone but a wounded unhooded CC with a damaged LostDriver. CC limped towards the Lancelot's leg and touched it. Eternal seemed confused until he notices the Lancelot not doing anything.
He got out of the Club and went towards CC.
"CC! We have to get you out of here!" Eternal said as he grabbed CC's shoulder. Soon he began to see several images, most of which that can't be indentified but he sees his mother and Genbu Kururugi, Suzaku's father. It wasn't until CC collapsed into Eternal's arms and the Lancelot started swinging its sword like a maniac. Eternal carried CC into the cockpit of his Club and decided to leave.
Moments later Lelouch, without his helmet, stopped at a nearby cave to check CC's wound. While checking on her, he looked at the damaged LostDriver which still contained the Cyclone Memory. He pulled it out and continued checking on CC. He placed her jacket on her.
"This girl…she can't be human. She recovers from wounds that are way beyond normal. She was shot in the head in Shinjuju and yet… Clovis confined her for his private experiments. So she's not connected with Britannia." Lelouch thought as he checked on her temperature and looked at the tissue with her blood on it.
"Her vital signs are at human levels. But I should analyze a blood sample and photograph the wounds."Lelouch's thoughts were stopped when he sees CC about to say something. Lelouch listened in.
"What?"
"C-Cecilia Corvette." Lelouch looked at her with a surprised face. "You finally called me… by my real name." CC said in her sleep. Lelouch sat on the ground taking this information in and soon he threw the tissue into the water. A few minutes later CC woke up.
"I removed the shrapnel and cleaned the wound." Lelouch said with his back facing CC.
"That wasn't necessary."
"Apparently not." Lelouch answered.
"So there was no point in protecting me at all. Your pride always gets in the way of the most ridiculous moments." Then Lelouch faced her with a smirk on his face.
"But then I learned something from it…Cecilia Corvette." CC had a surprised face on. "That's your name, isn't it?" She then had an expression that was mixed with anger and somewhat annoyed.
"You have a bad habit of eavesdropping."
"Well, it's a good name. A lot more human than CC." Lelouch said as he faced away again.
"That's a joke. As if I want to be more human. After all, I-I…" Lelouch looked back at her.
"Hm?"
"I've forgotten everything. Every single thing. So, what's the use of it?" CC asked sorrowfully. "A name? But why?" CC then shed a couple of tears. Lelouch turned and faced her completely.
"It's a good time to say this. Yes, you saved me today." Lelouch admitted even though he could've blocked it but that didn't mean he doesn't acknowledge what CC did for him. CC looked at him. "You did that before and later gave me Geass. That's why…I'll only say this once." Lelouch then turned away. "Thank you."
CC looked at him with a completely surprised expression with some tears still in her eyes.
"No one's ever…thank me before." She said as she brought her jacket against her face and then looked at Lelouch. "Well then, can you show your appreciation?" Lelouch faced CC. "Say it again. Like you did before."
"You mean the name?"
"Just this once, with tenderness, like you cherish it with your heart." CC requested.
"Very well then." CC looked anticipated as he said her real name.
"Cecilia Corvette."
"How was that?"
"It was bad. It was completely bad. It wasn't tender. There was no honesty or sympathy in it. You spoke it oddly and worse of all, it was cold." CC omplained.
"You're a picky girl." Lelouch said with a smile.
"Exactly, that's why I go by the name 'CC'." CC responded with a smile.
A few seconds have passed before CC decided to change into her Black Knights outfit. While changing she looked at the damaged LostDriver. She looked at Lelouch, who had just gotten his helmet back.
"Don't worry about it, I can always repair it." Eternal said. CC just proceeded to changing until she was all set to go. As they were leaving the cave Eternal faced CC.
"CC, I don't know why snow is white but I think it's beautiful. I don't hate it." Eternal said. CC looked at him with a somewhat surprised expression.
"I see." CC said before she and Eternal got inside the Club. The two went off to meet up with the others.
(The next day)
Kallen was in her house looking at the Accel Memory and Driver until she heard the doorbell. She placed the two items away and went to answer it. She opened the door revealing Rai.
"Hey." Rai greeted.
"Hey. So, what's up?" Kallen asked. Rai gestured her to follow him and she did just that.
"So how does it feel, to be a Rider?" Rai asked.
"It felt…good. I felt that I could almost do anything but I know the responsibilities of being a Rider." Kallen answered. Rai nodded.
"Yeah, I know the feeling. I only became Joker to help you the first time."
"So any luck on your memories yet?"
"Nothing solid." Rai answered before arriving at the Clubhouse. The two went downstairs before Rai revealed the entrance to the hideout. Kallen looked amazed by all the tech that was there and soon recognized the Club, which brought out a question.
"Is Eternal here?"
"He's here. We're all here." Orpheus answered. Kallen recognizes his hat, meaning that he was Skull. She soon turned and saw CC eating a pizza.
"You're Cyclone?" CC looked at her and nodded before eating.
"We're glad that you could make it, Kallen." Lelouch answered before pulling down his hood. Kallen's eyes widened as her entire face became shocked.
"YOU'RE ETERNAL!?" Lelouch nodded.
"Yes, I am Kamen Rider Eternal. The original Kamen Rider, leader of the rest of the Riders and the Black Knights. You were close to finding me out that day but I managed to trick you, didn't I?" Lelouch asked as he brought the Eternal Edge and played with it before stabbing it on the floor.
"There's no way, I'm acknowledging that a stuck up jerk like you is Eternal! NO WAY!" Kallen said with rage as Rai was trying to calm her down.
"Hey, Kallen-." Rai began but was stopped by Lelouch.
"It's alright, Rai. If she want me to prove it then so be it." Lelouch said as he gestured her to come at him.
"Fine then! I'll enjoy kicking your ass!" Kallen said before charging at him with rage. Just at the last second Lelouch moved out of the way and tripped her.
"Attacking with blind rage like that is just reckless, Kallen." Kallen attempted to do a leg sweep but Lelouch jumped out of the way. The others were watching while Rai had slight worry in his eyes. Kallen got up and charged again only for all her hits to be dodged or evaded by the former prince.
She soon noticed the Eternal Edge on the floor and grabbed it. She attempted to at least make a cut but unfortunately Lelouch dodged and evaded all of her attacks. She soon sat on the floor with an exhausted looked on her face.
"Kallen, can you just hit me already? It's as if you're not even trying." Lelouch mocked. Kallen just stared at him with an angry face.
"SHUT UP! How can a weakling like you be so physically fit?" Lelouch faced her as she got up.
"Weaking? I've been training for a very long time." Lelouch said before doing a quick leg sweep, making her fall. "You shouldn't be distracted."
"SHUT UP!" Kallen said as she grabbed the Eternal Edge and tried to cut him again. Orpheus was smirking at this, CC was just eating her pizza, and Rai still looked worried. Kallen then tried to hit him in the face but Lelouch turned his head at the last second, grabbed her arm, and flipped her.
"Now, do you believe I'm Eternal?" Lelouch asked. Kallen just got up.
"Alright, I do. But tell me why does a Britannian like you hate the Empire?"
"I don't want to go into the details of it. All you have to know is that I despise the Britannians, their Empire, and their way of life." Lelouch explained before passing her a jacket. Lelouch soon went into the back, got the Engine Blade, and brought it out. "This is yours."
Kallen tried to carry it but failed.
"Is there an easier way to carry this?" Kallen asked as Rai helped her up. Lelouch went into the back to look for a case while Orpheus greeted her.
"Welcome to the Riders…newbie." Orpehus said.
AN: Longest chapter that I ever did up to now. Anyways just review or ask questions in the pm and I'll get back to you. Now, time for the review responses.
Toa Solaric: Let's just say that VV has a couple tricks up his sleeve.
Fireminer: I do intend to put Akito as a Rider. But I can't guarantee the whole squad.
Zero: The only Memories in this story are T2 Memories so don't anticipate a whole lot of them. Also, just be patient, let the Memories reveal themselves.
Alright I'm done, goodnight.