"I hereby renounce my claim to the throne!" – Regular speaking

'How dare the Emperor abandon Nunnally!' – Regular thinking; Italics not in singular quotations are used for emphasis

"Q-1, strike the left flank now!" – Speaking as heard over radios and other communication devices

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you, DIE!" Speech influenced by using Geass

Disclaimer: I don't own any franchise that is used in this story nor do I make any profit from it whatsoever.


Chapter 2: The Rise of the White Witch


(Tokyo Settlement, Area Eleven – Ashford Academy Courtyard – 11:35 am – September 11 – 2017 a.t.b.)

Nunnally sighed quietly as she enjoyed the relaxing sounds of the courtyard where students were allowed to have lunch when the weather permitted it. "Doesn't the breeze feel nice today Alice?" Nunnally turned head to face her friend who was pushing her wheelchair through the courtyard. Even if she couldn't see them, she preferred to try and face people when she spoke with them. It made her feel more comfortable.

"Yeah, it's really relaxing." Alice's voice sounded from behind her. "Hey, I think I see some of the Student Council. Wanna go over and hang out?" Her friend asked.

Nunnally hummed lightly as she thought it over. She didn't get to spend too much time with the Student Council since she was in the middle school level of Ashford Academy so, "Yeah, definitely!" Nunnally spoke excitedly.

She may not have been able to do much, but she enjoyed being around her friends. Just hearing their voices made her situation feel not as bad as it was, of course that didn't mean she felt okay with her disabilities.

When she had promised to never lie to Lelouch after their mother's death she hadn't realized how hard a promise like that was to keep. For Lelouch to manage to keep it so well without seemingly any problems made Nunnally want to be the best sister she could be for him.

So, after they had been exiled to Japan, she did her best to never let him see her discomfort. She tried to constantly put on a happy façade, to keep Lelouch from realizing just how much losing her legs and sight hurt her, but of course, like the loving older brother he was, he noticed almost as soon as she started to try and put on a happy mask and asked her what was wrong and what he could do to help.

She had briefly thought about saying it was nothing before feeling guilty almost as soon as she thought it. Lelouch had been trying so hard to not lie to her and the first time she was asked a difficult question she wanted to back out of their promise. She had started crying then and her Lelou held her just like that night in the hospital as she poured out all her feelings of sadness and resentment towards all the things she couldn't ever do anymore.

She had wanted to run around the Aries Villa with Euphie and chase Lelouch until he collapsed and they tackled him. Tickling him mercilessly as he gasped for air.

She wanted to play with their mother and Cornelia.

But most of all, she wanted to be able to see him again.

Of course, Lelouch was unable to do anything more than comfort her, but just being able to express her negative emotions toward someone who she knew would never judge her for them was enough for her. And in turn she would never judge her Onii-sama for his own emotional problems.

Their openness with each other was one of the only things keeping them stable. They were pretty much each other's entire world after their mother died. Before they made friends in the forms of Suzaku and Kaguya after their exile, they had been each other's only reason for living when they were confined to the Aries Villa after Nunnally was released from the hospital until they moved to Japan.

Euphie had been unable to visit because her mother had been absolutely paranoid after news of Lelouch and Nunnally's exile had gotten around to her and she'd forbidden Euphie from going anywhere near the vi Britannia siblings with the irrational fear that her daughters would be banished too.

Lelouch hadn't seen Anya since the day he'd confronted the Emperor and she hadn't gone to visit Nunnally either.

Schneizel and Clovis were far too busy to properly visit them.

Cornelia had thrown herself into her military training after Lelouch's dismissal of her and Lelouch had been unable to find her before she left so he could apologize for his actions.

They'd had no one but each other left after that and they'd only grown closer because of it.

The Princess in hiding was drawn back to the present once she heard Milly's voice teasing someone, most likely Shirley.

When she felt Alice push her close enough to the conversation she heard Shirley complain about Milly teasing her about her crush on Lelouch. She decided to join in and poke some fun at the girl. "Now, Milly," Nunnally spoke clearly once she heard her and Alice get close enough that she could speak without shouting, "don't tease Shirley too much."

"Thank you N–" Shirley started.

Nunnally interrupted the girl who her brother said had burnt orange hair and finished her statement. "After all, she's hardly the only one to have a crush on Lelouch. It's just unfair for you to tease her so much about my Big Brother when it'd be so much easier to find a girl at Ashford who doesn't have a crush on him." She finished with a devious smile that, had Lelouch seen it, would have reminded him uncomfortably of the times she and Euphie started scheming against him. But to anyone else it would just be one of the sweetest smiles they'd ever seen.

"Nunna!" Shirley said indignantly as Milly laughed at Nunnally's observation.

Milly was the only one in Ashford other than Lelouch who could recognize Nunnally's teasing smile, having helped her and Euphie plan some of the pranks they'd played on the young Lelouch.

The young girl had mastered the art of the innocent smile at the tender age of five and it merely added to her devious nature. Even Milly had been wary of messing too much with Nunnally because if there was one thing she learned at the Aries Villa, it was you don't get between Nunnally and Lelouch or vice versa.

She felt bad for the poor fools who tried to date either of the siblings, because if they wanted to date one, but didn't pass the approval of the other the odds of that person having a healthy relationship with the other sibling were nonexistent. It was just that simple.

"Speaking of Lelouch, where is he? I don't see him." Alice asked once Milly calmed down. Nunnally had felt Alice shift as she sat down on the grass next her wheelchair to eat her lunch while the younger Lamperouge opened her own.

Since eating with silverware or other utensils was difficult for Nunnally without assistance and the only one whose help when it came to eating she would accept was Lelouch's, Sayoko always made sure to make a simple lunch that Nunnally could eat with her hands.

As Nunnally took a small bite of her sandwich, Milly answered her friend's question. "We were actually just talking about that. Lelouch said he and Rivalz had an appointment to get to, but that they'd be back before lunch ended." Milly explained. "We've been expecting them back for a while now."

Nunnally frowned as she heard this. "Alice, what time is it?" She asked her friend.

Nunnally heard the shifting of clothing as Alice reached into her pocket to pull out her phone. "It's 11:58, Nunnally." She said. "Why?"

Nunnally gave a small smile that sent shivers down Milly's spine. It was back again.

"I'm going to call him of course." Nunnally said succinctly as she reached into her Ashford uniform's pocket for her phone. "Big Brother shouldn't keep people like Milly and Shirley waiting, it's very rude."

As she was feeling around the Braille numbers on her phone's keypad, pressing down her brother's phone number, she heard a small cough and turned to the third girl who she hadn't noticed. "Oh, I'm sorry Nina. It's rude for Lelou to keep you waiting too." She said kindly to make up for her mistake.

Nina was always so quiet that without the tapping of the keyboard or the turning of a book's pages that usually accompanied the scientific girl, it was difficult for Nunnally to know where she was at times.

She put her phone up to her ear as she heard it ring. "Hello, this is Lelou–"

Nunnally interrupted Lelouch, ""Big Brother, where are you?! Lunch is almost over. If you're not back soon you're going to be late to class again!"

As Lelouch responded Nunnally frowned. "Sorry Nunnally, it looks like we're going to be late. Rivalz and I were just about to leave when you called." He spoke quickly, "Hey, how about I take you out shopping tomorrow? My treat. After all, my opponent paid three times more than the original bet today."

Nunnally grinned at Lelouch's offer. He wasn't going to escape the consequences of keeping five ladies waiting so easily. "I suppose that would be fine." She said in assent. Her grin widened when she heard him sigh in relief and she continued. "But we're taking Milly with us so I can get a proper girl's idea of fashion." Lelouch choked over the phone and Nunnally quickly finished her call. "Talk to you soon Big Brother, I love you!" Nunnally clicked her phone shut and started giggling madly.

Her friend Alice started laughing as she realized what Nunnally did.

Milly Ashford's Shopping Sprees were something of an urban legend in the middle school level of Ashford Academy and based on Lelouch's reaction that they had heard over the phone they weren't exaggerated.

Milly cackled evilly and began plotting how to 'torture' her disobedient little Lulu. With Nunnally's permission of course. He couldn't be Vice-President of her Student Council and expect to not get in trouble if he failed to keep his appointments with her.

Shirley simply sighed as she saw the three girls laugh at Lelouch's misfortune. She thought it was a bit extreme for simply being a little late. What she didn't realize was that this was Milly and Nunnally's way of getting Lelouch to lighten up a little bit.

He was always so serious, so, in a way, he needed Milly's antics to help him relax every once and a while. Nunnally could only do so much for him after all.

Nina just sat quietly as she ate her lunch, not really feeling like joining in the laughter, but still finding some amusement in their Vice-President's predicament. She didn't really feel much toward Lelouch, although he was definitely an interesting person, what she mostly felt toward Lelouch was an intense scientific curiosity and an appreciative mutual friendship. He was an enigma. Cold and calculating, aloof and unaffected by pretty much everything, and yet he could be so kind and gentle in his interactions with his little sister.

He intrigued her, especially since he was one of the few people to seem interested in the same subjects as her. Though he had none of the proper skills that she did when it came to physics, she was surprised to find out that there was someone else her age who could understand such complex scientific equations. Sometimes she wished he were a woman, but realized that was a useless wish.

Although she did have to admit he looked better than most girls while in drag. Milly's Cross Dresser's Ball could have ruined many a girl's self-confidence, had so many of them not been enamored with Lelouch, when he walked in pulling off the dress Milly had forced him into perfectly. Nina wondered absentmindedly what Milly had done to force Lelouch into that dress, but disregarded the thought as unimportant.

As Nunnally calmed down from her giggling, she finished her lunch, discussing inane topics with the rest of the Student Council for the rest of the break.

Although she and Alice were only junior members, they still helped out when they could and they enjoyed spending time with the older girls.

Though nothing could compare to spending time with her Onii-sama, Nunnally was content to wait until he returned from his match. In the meantime, she could simply discuss ideas of what to do with Lelouch tomorrow with Milly.

Eventually though, the break ended and they needed to go their separate ways to get to class. Nunnally sighed contently as Alice pushed her wheelchair to their next class. "Thank you Alice, for taking me to them." Nunnally said softly. Alice was the first one to talk with her, aside from Milly, when they first enrolled in Ashford Academy. Alice was Nunnally's closest, and only, friend at the school aside from the Student Council members.

She hadn't been close to a girl her age since Euphie at the Aries Villa and Kaguya after her and Lelouch's exile to Japan. But she was glad to have found another close friend in Alice, even if she were unaware of Nunnally's existence as a supposed to be dead Princess.

Nunnally couldn't see it, but Alice returned her smile as she replied softly, "You're welcome Nunnally." The two of them remained silent as they made their way to their next class, no more words needing to be exchanged between the two.


(Tokyo Settlement, Area Eleven – Ashford Nurse's Office – 1:18 pm – September 11 – 2017 a.t.b.)

Nunnally moaned in pain slightly as she regained consciousness. She heard Alice speaking to her, but she could only make out the tail-end of her sentence.

"Thank God you're alright Nunnally." Alice said as she sat by her best friend's bedside. Nunnally had collapsed for some reason while sitting in class and Alice immediately volunteered to take her to the nurse's office in her worry for her friend.

"What happened?" Nunnally wondered in confusion. The last thing she remembered was an intense feeling of shock while sitting in class, followed by a different darkness than she was used to as she fainted.

"You just collapsed for some reason in the middle of class, so the nurse called someone named Sayoko to come pick you up." Alice explained. "Are you okay Nunnally? Do you want me to get you anything?" Her friend offered.

Nunnally's face tightened as she thought, 'Onii-sama is in trouble. I don't know what kind of trouble, but I know that Onii-sama is in danger.' She clenched her fists under her sheets as she sat up. "Alice," Nunnally said softly, "could you get me some water please?"

As Alice quickly left the room to go get Nunnally some bottled water, Nunnally felt slightly guilty at deceiving her friend to make her leave, but she knew that Alice wouldn't leave otherwise. She would be too worried that Nunnally could faint again, but if she thought getting some water would help her stay awake; it would get her to leave for a short time.

"Sayoko, I know you're in here." Nunnally said as she heard the maid's breathing quicken slightly in surprise. "Please, help me into my chair. I want to leave before Alice comes back." She heard the sound of cloth rustling before she felt strong, but thin arms lift her up and put her in her wheelchair.

"Of course, young mistress." Her maid's voice spoke softly. "It never ceases to amaze me that you can tell when I'm nearby." The shinobi maid said quietly as she placed her charge into her wheelchair.

Nunnally didn't respond until Sayoko took them out of the Academy area of the Ashford estate and made her way into their home in the Ashford Academy Clubhouse/Guest house.

Once Nunnally and Sayoko had made their way to their home Nunnally explained, "I think that Onii-sama is in trouble." She just knew that Lelouch was in danger. She could feel it.

Over the past seven years, she had developed an empathic connection with her brother. She wasn't sure if he was consciously aware of it or not, but Nunnally was far more sensitive to her own body and mind after being so thoroughly crippled so she noticed their connection with each other almost as soon as it became strong enough for their emotions to be noticed by the other person. It was strange and it didn't seem to be limited by distance, but it wasn't the weirdest thing about her new awareness.

Her other four senses were much better than the average human's, but what was the most strange to her was a unique extrasensory ability she'd gained after a few months of not having her legs or sight. She could tell just by holding someone's hand whether or not they were lying, and most of them simply thought she was feeling the change in heart-rate or the change in body temperature that signaled a lie. She was content to let them believe that because it made far more sense than what she actually did. Whatever that was. Besides, even her sense of touch wasn't that good. She just knew, like some kind of weird intuition, if someone was lying to her or not when they held her hand.

Suzaku and Kaguya used to play 'Try to lie to Nunnally' games with her and she would always win since she could tell their lies from the truth very easily. She'd tried to get her Onii-sama to play it too, but, since Lelouch had taken his promise to never lie to her very seriously, he refused. He wouldn't put his promise to her on hold even for a game.

Before Sayoko could respond, her phone rang.

Nunnally waited patiently as she heard Sayoko's side of the conversation clearly. She could hear her brother's voice, but she couldn't make out his words. There were too many loud noises in the background on his end.

Nunnally frowned at the maid as she turned on the television to check the news on the Shinjuku Ghetto and explained the situation according to the news.

Once the conversation ended, Sayoko clicked her phone shut. "The young master is in trouble in the Shinjuku Ghetto." Sayoko said simply, knowing what Nunnally was going to ask. "It seems he is being pursued by the military along with a woman he saved."

Nunnally frowned and turned to face Sayoko, determination etched into her young face. "I'm coming with you Sayoko; I want to be there when Onii-sama arrives." She wasn't going to argue this; she needed to feel that Lelouch was alright with her own two hands before she could rest.

Her maid simply sighed as she turned off the television. Nunnally wouldn't let this go and she needed to hurry if she was going to be able to make it to the Shinjuku Ghetto before traffic made it impossible.

"Very well, young mistress." Sayoko acquiesced, "But please, don't do anything reckless." The woman pleaded quietly as she pushed Nunnally's wheelchair toward the car. "The young master wouldn't be able to handle it if he lost you and I would miss you greatly as well."

Sayoko quickly started the car once Nunnally was safely buckled in and drove off the Ashford estate toward the Shinjuku Ghetto after turning on her phone to see where Lelouch's signal was transmitting from.

'Please be okay Onii-sama.' Nunnally thought silently to herself as Sayoko drove the two of them to the Ghetto. To Lelouch.

Though Nunnally couldn't shake the feeling that things were about to change, and that the life she lived would never be the same after today.


(Shinjuku Ghetto, Area Eleven – Abandoned Street – 2:01 pm – September 11 – 2017 a.t.b.)

As Sayoko drove cautiously throughout the Ghetto that used to be the once bustling Shinjuku District, she did her best to avoid any area that appeared to have the military stationed nearby. She couldn't afford to risk her charge's safety and Lelouch's signal was currently surrounded by the military. She figured her young master was either aiding the terrorists so he could escape or he was currently in protective custody. Of course, knowing her master as well as she did, she assumed it was the former since he still detested the latter for their actions seven years ago.

Suddenly, the car dipped forward after Sayoko accidentally ran into a pothole that had been hidden in the shadow of a tall building. The car jerked and the airbags deployed in reaction to the violent movement, knocking the shinobi maid unconscious from the combination of the momentum slamming her forward and the airbags strength as they burst outward. Luckily the car was mostly fine, the damage having mostly been cosmetic and just a reaction of the momentum deploying the airbags, but that still left Nunnally as the only conscious person in the car.

"Sayoko?" Nunnally asked carefully after recovering from the sudden crash. "Sayoko, are you alright?!" Nunnally was worried until she heard the woman groan, her unconsciousness preventing her from responding, but relieving Nunnally that she was still alive.

Nunnally unbuckled herself and opened her door. She quickly crawled out of the car and made her way to where she knew the driver's side of the car was. She tried to open the door, but found herself unable to after feeling the damage incurred from the crash had made the normal handholds impossible for her to grab properly.

"Ouch!" She cut herself slightly on a sharp piece of metal as she tried to pull the door open.

Suddenly a terribly familiar smell made its way into her nose. "Burning flesh?" Nunnally's voice trembled in fear. Nightmarish images of her brother's body burning entered her mind as she tried to save Sayoko. "No, no, he has to be okay, he just has to be." Nunnally mumbled in fear as she tried to erase the image from her head as the scent continued to infiltrate her senses.

After a few more minutes of fruitlessly trying to open the door with her sightless eyes making it impossible, Nunnally started crying in fear as even more images of her beloved brother's demise began developing in mind. Her fear taking over since she was all alone. "Britannia's taken mother and now it's taken Onii-sama!" She screamed in fear and anger, "Haven't you already taken enough from me?" She screamed to the world, "Give him back! Give me back my precious Onii-sama!" Nunnally sobbed before she felt something soft touch her hand.

"I've been waiting for you, my White Witch." A small feminine voice said to her as it held Nunnally's hand. She turned her sightless eyes in the direction she heard the voice, looking down in confusion at a having heard it at a much lower height than normal. "I'm a keepsake from your brother." The voice said.

Nunnally frowned. "A keepsake?" She reached out blindly as she tried to hit whatever the thing talking to her was. "No you're not! Onii-sama doesn't have anything like whatever you are!" Nunnally shouted before she felt her body being dragged down. Her world once again faded to a darkness she was unfamiliar with as an image of her mother flashed through her mind.

"I can feel your wrath, towards the one who killed your mother and stole your freedom."

An image of the Emperor flashed through her mind as well.

"I can feel your hatred at the man who caused your brother to become unstable."

Nunnally gasped as whatever this thing was said its last statement. Her brother, after the invasion of Japan, had changed. Whereas before he only hated the Emperor and whoever the one had murdered their mother, after the invasion of Japan, he had begun to despise Britannia as a whole.

His way of thinking had also begun to change, as a sort of defense mechanism the two of them believed. His perception of the world and those who resided in it, including himself, became distorted. Most of who he was stayed the same on the surface, but underneath, how he thought and his way of reasoning had become vastly different. Lelouch realized this himself rather quickly so he had managed to avoid being examined by a psychologist, but since Lelouch had been scared about whether or not Nunnally would accept him he felt the need to face his fear as soon as he could.

He explained to Nunnally the best he could after he became self-aware enough to notice the changes in himself, but she had surprised him.

After learning that her brother believed himself to have been distorted, Nunnally's greatest fear had been that he didn't love her anymore. Lelouch had quickly reassured her that he loved her more than anything else in the world. After being reassured by her Onii-sama, Nunnally returned the favor. She had explained that no matter how much he changed, she would always love him just as much as she always did.

It hadn't fixed her brother, nothing could fix something so distorted that it was beyond broken, but it had reassured him and it allowed him to retain a mask of normality that allowed him to interact with people normally.

However, all of that was the two siblings' greatest secret. They would never let that knowledge come to light if they had any choice about it. 'How does this thing know about Onii-sama?!' Nunnally thought worriedly.

Whatever the thing was, it ignored Nunnally's thoughts as it continued to speak to her.

"And finally, I can feel the love and dedication you have for your brother, no matter what he may turn into." It finished.

Nunnally trembled. "How do you know all of this?" She asked feeling terrified of something that could unearth her deepest secrets so easily.

It ignored Nunnally's question. "You siblings have been chosen to change this world. Whether you are aware of each other's part in it or not."

Suddenly, an image flashed in Nunnally's mind, twin planets floating on a collision course toward each other.

"I will give you the power to aid your precious brother." Its voice echoed.

"Power?" Nunnally questioned. Power to help her Onii-sama?

"Yes," it spoke, "this is a contract. If you would accept one wish of mine, I will grant you power. The power to live with your precious brother and fight by his side."

Nunnally reached out her hand blindly, desperately grasping for whatever was offering her this gift.

A memory of her brother flashed through her mind.

"I will never abandon you Nunnally. From now on, I will be your legs and your eyes for you. I will always take care of you, I promise."

'Now it's my turn to help you Onii-sama!' Nunnally thought with conviction.

Her hand finally touched something in this strange world. "I accept your contract!" She shouted and, for the first time in seven years, Nunnally's eyes flashed open as she was cocooned in a pure white sphere of what appeared to be rubber.

Knowledge of this material – no it's not an object, it's sentient and its name is– "Nemo!" A female voice shouted in glee. "Thank you Princess Nunnally. Thanks to you, I finally have a physical form." A girl with the exact same height and build as Nunnally floated into this strange void. The only difference between the two Nunnally's were the copy's eyes were a bright crimson red and its hair was a light platinum blonde instead of the light brown hair and violet eyes of the real Nunnally. Then suddenly a white light engulfed both Nunnally and her copy, destroying the cocoon surrounding them.

In the cocoon's place was a brand new Knightmare Frame. It was roughly the same height as a Sutherland, maybe a quarter of a foot or so shorter; a sleek dark blue armor covered the upper torso, the Factsphere, and its lower legs. The back of the cockpit was a bright tinted crimson and it stuck out upwards slightly behind the Frame. Where the armor didn't cover, a crimson red metal material was able to be seen. Its hands were a strange shape, not really having a palm and instead having extremely sharp looking triangular bladed fingers that made up most of the hands. Its feet were guarded by gold plating and it had spiked knee guards. Four spikes stuck out from its back, each holding a blade to be used. Its shoulders were guarded by golden plated shoulder guards and surrounding its Factsphere were six long gold hair-like extensions floating around the Knightmare Frame ominously.

Nunnally laughed, heedless of her nude form inside the cockpit of her new Knightmare Frame, which she knew to be named Mark Nemo. She moved her body and turned her head, marveling at the new freedoms she was suddenly able to experience inside this Frame. Her position was a little odd, laying almost flat against a strange blue seat with her arms and legs submerged in its properties, but she felt a connection with the Frame she doubted any other pilot did with their Knightmare.

She directed the Knightmare by shifting her position on the seat slightly, careful to avoid the area where Sayoko and the car had crashed, and ran forward toward a random building. "I can run again!" She shouted with happiness.

She shifted again and the Knightmare followed her command instantly. "I can jump!" She laughed as she landed on the roof of the building. "No more of that wheelchair! I'm free!" Nunnally laughed, feeling happier than she had in years. Almost nothing had given her so much joy than to have the freedom so cruelly stolen from her that night seven years ago returned to her.

"Hey, you on the roof!" A voice blared over a Sutherland's speakers.

Nunnally turned to face the one who called her and saw three Sutherlands on the street below her staring her down.

The one in the center blared its speakers again, "Turn all your weapons offline and come out of the cockpit! We are under orders from Prince Clovis to exterminate all terrorists along with the rest of the Shinjuku Ghetto! If you don't obey in the next twenty seconds, we will deal with you as a terrorist!"

Nunnally froze for a single instant as information flew through her mind. She saw the three Sutherlands before her teaming up with a strange white Knightmare and obliterating a fourth Sutherland. The fourth Sutherland's cockpit was crushed and Nunnally saw her Onii-sama's bloody mangled corpse along with the corpse of a green haired woman over his chest lying inside of it.

Nunnally screamed before the image disappeared and it was replaced with a different image. This one flashed through her mind much more quickly and much less detailed, but she knew that what she saw was far better than her previous vision. It was an image of the white Knightmare from her earlier vision pursuing the single Sutherland before the Sutherland escaped after accidentally causing a woman to fall out of a building with the white Knightmare saving the woman as her Onii-sama and the strange green-haired woman escaped after their Sutherland detonated in a pink explosion.

Knowledge of how she knew this flew through her mind. Through accepting that contract with Nemo, she had gained a new power. The Geass of Absolute Intuition, the power to see the lines of the future. Nunnally realized something else that was different about her. Her body may have been the same, but her hair was the same blonde as her earlier copy's. 'Does this mean, when my mind entered Nemo's form, she became the Knightmare I'm in right now?' That was amazing.

Her Mark Nemo would always be the single most accessible Knightmare Frame during any situation. All she'd need to do would be to have her mind enter Nemo's astral body while Nemo transformed into her Knightmare! But wait, did that mean her own body was left behind?

Nunnally turned to face the direction of the car and used her Knightmare's Factsphere to zoom in. She gasped when she couldn't see her body anywhere near the car door. Did that mean it wasn't only her mind that fused with Nemo, but that her body did too?! Nunnally felt a small presence in her mind and she assumed it was Nemo. She definitely had some questions to ask about just what had happened to her. But first she needed to protect her Onii-sama and make sure these Sutherlands never got the chance to hurt her beloved brother.

All of this had taken place within the first five seconds of her twenty second warning and Nunnally turned toward her enemies. "I won't let you through!" She shouted as she glared at her enemies in fury and her Geass burned in her left eye as she used it to anticipate the reactions of her enemies.

She shifted causing the Mark Nemo to charge, somehow able to move faster than the Sutherlands despite the lack of Landspinners to increase the speed, toward the Knightmare in the center, her Geass telling her that one to be the most dangerous threat currently, and used the floating hair-like extensions, – Blonde Knives –, to pierce the head of the Frame, forcing the pilot to eject or be shredded by her weapons as she targeted the cockpit next.

She manipulated the Knightmare's hands, using the sharp fingers to her advantage, to slice the top of the heads off the Frames before bashing in the rest of the heads of the two Sutherlands on her sides just as the Blonde Knives pierced the now empty center Frame as the pilot ejected to survive. The other two pilots quickly followed suit once Nunnally turned her Blonde Knives, three on the left and three on the right, and sent them forward to pierce the two Knightmares.

Once she saw the three cockpits fly off into the distance, Nunnally laughed in triumph. "I did it Onii-sama! After all the times you saved me; finally, I saved you!" Now she could help her Onii-sama–

The thought in her mind cut itself off as Nunnally's eyes started to droop shut. "No," she mumbled tiredly, "I don't want to go back in the dark." Her eyelids slid shut as Nunnally collapsed in the orb inside the Mark Nemo before a bright light engulfed her inside Frame.


(Shinjuku Ghetto, Area Eleven – Abandoned Street – 2:36 pm – September 11 – 2017 a.t.b.)

Nunnally groaned as she regained consciousness, once again in her own crippled body. She tried to move her legs, in a desperate attempt to stand and regain the freedom she only recently lost again, but her legs only responded weakly as they normally did whenever she moved them. They weren't anywhere near strong enough to support her.

"Damn it." She choked in sadness. "What kind of cruel trick is this?" She whispered to herself in anger. "Letting me have my legs and sight only to take them away all over again."

"It's no trick," a voice similar to her own, but stranger, said behind her, "I just took over before you burned yourself out."

Nunnally turned to face the voice, surprised that she could somehow see Nemo despite her permanently closed eyelids. "What do you mean?" Nunnally asked in a confused tone.

Nemo smirked in the same way she did when she was younger and planning something with Euphie and Milly to mess with Lelouch.

"Did you really think using senses you haven't used for years would be easy? Your adrenaline was what was keeping you conscious while you were piloting the Mark Nemo. After there was no longer an immediate threat, you collapsed inside the cockpit." Nemo explained.

"I simply made the Mark Nemo dissipate, took control of our shared body, and walked over here before leaving you." Nemo looked away sadly. "I apologize, but I guess you can only regain your senses when we merge." The near-perfect clone then looked back at Nunnally and continued, "By the way, while you were unconscious, Clovis ordered a ceasefire for some reason. You should be able to leave safely now and your maid will wake up soon."

Nunnally frowned in concentration as she processed the information. "What about Onii-sama?" She needed to know if he was going to be fine. For some reason though, she wasn't able to use her Geass to see if he was okay.

Nemo saw her confusion and answered her questions, both spoken and unspoken. "Your brother is going to be fine, in fact, he will show up very soon if you turn on the cloaked GPS on your phone right now." As Nunnally did that, Nemo explained why Nunnally was unable to use her Geass. "Your Geass, the power to read the lines of the future, is apparently only usable by you while you and I share a body." She explained. "Otherwise, I seem to be the only one between the two of us who can use it to any effect. However it seems that since you're Wired, you can use a passive version of your Geass of Absolute Intuition whenever you touch someone's hands."

Nunnally's face contorted in confusion, but she decided to wait to ask any more questions once she heard the sound of footsteps rushing toward their position.

"Nunnally!" Lelouch shouted in surprise and relief. He quickly swept her up in a tight hug which she returned it with equal intensity. "What are you doing here?" He asked in a worried tone. "I only called Sayoko, besides shouldn't you be in class?"

Nunnally let out a choked giggle as she pressed her face into her Onii-sama's chest. He really was alive! He was okay! Though she took offense at him scolding her for being absent. "Like you're one to talk Lelou." She retorted happily. "I'm just so glad you're safe. Sayoko accidentally crashed into something and I can't wake her up. Can you please help me?"

Lelouch's chest vibrated as he chuckled at her scolding before stopping once he heard about Sayoko. "Sure thing Nunnally, but first there's someone who I'd like you to meet. She saved my life earlier." He explained calmly. "C.C., come introduce yourself to Nunnally."

Nunnally heard the sound of rustling cloth and the clinking of chains as C.C. stepped near her and reached slowly to grab her hand instead of holding her own out for Nunnally to shake. Once she held the girl's hand, C.C. gave it a squeeze in greeting and Nunnally returned it before letting go as the woman spoke. "Hello girl, you may call me C.C. and I hope we can get along well." The woman said softly.

Nunnally felt Nemo react oddly, but ignored it in favor of thanking the woman for saving her precious Onii-sama. "Hello miss C.C.," Nunnally spoke quietly as she yawned. The day's crazy events were finally catching up to her, making her sleepy. "Thank you for saving my Big Brother. I know he can get into trouble a lot, so thank you for helping him." She said as she began to nod off. "Can you help him wake up Sayoko?" She asked cheekily. "Lelou is hopeless when it comes to physical stuff."

She felt her brother huff in false annoyance as the woman laughed quietly. "Of course. After all this Sayoko woman was coming to save me after your brother helped rescue me from the soldiers. Helping her out is the least I can do."

Nunnally smiled in thanks as she finally entered a much more familiar and comforting darkness than the previous two times she fell unconscious, happy that Lelouch was still alive.

And thus, in the arms of the Black Devil and in the presence of the Grey Witch, the White Witch entered her slumber peacefully for the first time that day.


Author's Note: I want to explain myself before anyone makes any judgments about the Mark Nemo. In the manga, it's not entirely clear how it's summoned, so I took some liberty with having Nemo merge with Nunnally's body and changing her physical appearance while giving her back her legs and sight.

Also, the exact time when Nunnally passed out in class is the exact instant that Lelouch sees Suzaku shot in the back. The empathic link (which actually may be canon since the last episode has Nunnally see Lelouch's memories before he dies) I mention between the two sent that powerful shock into Nunnally and since she was unprepared it ended up knocking her unconscious, only aware that Lelouch was in danger.

Also, I hope you all like how I have tied Nunnally's natural ability to tell lies into part of her Geass. I think the Geass of Absolute Intuition would suit someone who can read the lines of the future along with being able to tell whether or not someone is lying when they hold their hand don't you think?

I hope that this chapter managed to do the bond between Lelouch and Nunnally justice and I hope I explained Lelouch's distorted mental state well enough for those who wanted more information on the subject.

Now,

Lelouch vi Britannia commands you, REVIEW!

King Draconias Over and Out.