Chapter 9 The Battle of Narita Pt 1

I don't own Code Geass. Anything I use is property of its creators. Anything I use from other sources is also their property.

Get ready everybody. The two part journey for the battle of Narita is about to begin.

(Section 4 base)

When he formed the Black Knights, Lelouch knew there would be some moments that were an absolute headache and some that were absolutely amazing. Right now, he was in the middle of an absolutely amazing one, "May I introduce the Guren Mark II, one of my finest creations and your new weapon." Rakshata smiled viciously as she pulled down a large curtain to reveal the large Knightmare to the gathered core members of the Black Knights. The frame was painted a vicious crimson red with a machine-cannon on its left arm and its secret weapon, the Radiant Wave Surger on the right.

"This thing is awesome." Tamaki said happily. It was a sentiment shared by most of the Black Knights and Zero himself. Apparently, Kyoto decided to send them the completed Guren as a reward for their efforts recently. Of course, Lelouch knew that it was a test of their skill and Kyoto would want to see actual results before too long.

"I agree and the only person who should use this wonderful device is our very own Kallen Kozuki." Lelouch smiled as he handed the key, a small crimson and white wing, to Kallen much to her shock.

"Are you sure Zero? Shouldn't you pilot it" Kallen asked in disbelief. This was a powerful weapon and the idea that she'd be given it was almost unthinkable as far as she was concerned.

Lelouch could understand her shock but smiled, "Kallen my dear a weapon this powerful is wasted in my hands. You used a broken up Glasgow and fought against some of Britannia's best pilots and one. With a weapon like this, even Cornelia herself may struggle to take you out. I'll be fine with a regular Sutherland." Lelouch confirmed.

"Thank you Zero. I promise I won't fail you." Kallen said sternly. She had to hold back her desire to kiss Lelouch but she would definitely up the ante the next time they were in bed together.

"So what does this mean Zero" Ohgi asked nervously. The fact that they were getting this knightmare was Kyoto's desire to put them into the big leagues. At least that's what Ohgi was thinking.

"It means that Kyoto thinks we're big time" Tamaki said happily something Lelouch quickly denied

"Wrong Tamaki, this is merely a test from Kyoto. They want to see what happens if we have a real weapon at our side. When the time arrives, we will unleash this beast and soon the world will know what we are capable of." Lelouch said sternly. This was also a great moment for Lelouch because if he was able to get the support of the six houses, he could do some major damage.

"Yes sir" Ohgi replied happily. This was the beginning of the next phase for their group and with Zero behind them, the Black Knights were flying high.

(Britannian Government building)

For Cornelia vi Britannia, the last week has been one of the more difficult ones in her life. She kept having a similar night mare each night and she couldn't explain why. The dream always started the same way, her team finally facing off against the Black Knights and some days she would lose and find herself killed by Zero but sometimes she would win and when she unmasked Zero, she would jump back in horror to find that Zero was her dead brother Lelouch. The idea horrified her even as a dream. What she wasn't aware of is that at least part of her nightmare was rooted in fact. She actually did discover that her supposedly dead brother was alive and was Zero but thanks to his Geass he was able to erase the memory from her active mind. Her subconscious mind hadn't forgotten and was warning her even if she didn't know it. "Princess!" a voice yelled out to a tired and dazed Cornelia. It was the voice of her most loyal knight Gilbert GP Guilford.

"Sorry Guilford. I've just been a bit tired recently." Cornelia frowned. She couldn't believe that she was this absentminded. Al because of a nervous dream.

Guildford could only look at his master nervously since he was aware that she was struggling, "I understand Princess. Why don't you go get some rest?" Guilford suggested.

"No Guilford I'm fine, I'll rest when we've found the JLF's base." Cornelia said stubbornly. She was a military leader first and she would not let a little thing like sleep take her out, though a part of her was also afraid that if she went to sleep again she'd see her dead brother as her enemy.

"Then it's a good thing we found the base, or at least we think we've found it." General Darlton said happily.

"Where is it" Cornelia said sternly her expression changing and her body was fully focused. If she was able to take out the JLF, then Area Eleven would be almost secured and she could finally focus on the Black Knights.

"We believe it's in the Narita mountains? We can begin making preparations immediately" Darlton revealed.

Cornelia's expression turned icy and those who knew her realized that everything was alright, "Yes we shall, and with their defeat. Area Eleven will be ours at last." Cornelia smiled viciously.

(Ashford Academy Dorm)

For Shirley Fenette, things were becoming more troublesome by the day. Although she finally had the man she loved by her side, Lelouch was a busy man and most of his time out of school was spent with the Black Knights or at his new base. Her original role as Nunally's protector had been taken over by C.C and she noticed the affection the immortal was starting to show him. Slowly but surely, she was being pushed away and she had no clue what to do? "Is everything okay Shirley" her father Joseph asked calmly as they sat down at dinner.

"I'm fine daddy I'm just thinking about a lot of stuff." Shirley said calmly. Her father was usually very busy and the fact that he was able to come home for dinner was a pleasant surprise.

"Like what" her father asked calmly.

"Have you ever heard of Code R" Shirley asked calmly. She remembered asking C.C one time about how she was imprisoned for so long if she was an immortal. She mentioned that the project that held her was called Code R. Perhaps if she could discover something that would help Lelouch it would get her back in his good graces and back into his bed more often.

"Where did you hear that name Shirley?" her father said nervously.

Shirley noticed her father's expression and realized that she had to come up with a lie, "Because of all this fascination with Zero, I looked up the Black Knights and I found out that the poison gas chamber they stole was part of some project called Code R." Shirley explained.

"I see" her father replied before hastily leaving the table.

"What's going on papa?" Shirley said solemnly as she slumped into the chair. Her father definitely heard of Code R and if she wanted to keep Lelouch's love, she had to tell him that her father might have imprisoned C.C. This was not going to be easy.

(Scene Skip)

Nightfall arrived the next day and Lelouch and the council decided to take a relaxing swim in the pool. Lelouch was currently sitting on a lawn chair with a pair of black trunks watching the girls swim with Milly and Kallen flanking him in chairs of their own. Milly was wearing a yellow bikini with Kallen choosing a red and white racing suit. Rivalz and Nina were relaxing on a large float in the water with Rival wearing some blue trunks and Nina in a flowered one piece. Meanwhile, Shirley and C.C were taking turns diving with each girl wearing the Ashford school swimsuit. Euphemia would've joined them but she didn't want her sister to get TOO suspicious of what she was doing at school. "So Mr. Knight for Justice, what's your next move?" Rivalz smirked. Rivalz's job with the Black Knights was to match the numbers that the Black Knights gave him to his own spending plan. It was thanks to Rivalz that he discovered Tamaki was being a bit too liberal with the spending and needless to say he wasn't pleased.

Lelouch smiled as he reached for a small tablet that was underneath the chair. "I got a call from Jeremiah this afternoon saying that they found the JLF's base in Narita and they'll be making a move soon." Lelouch smiled happily.

"You're kidding." Rivalz said in shock.

"It's true Rivalz. Ohgi told me that a Britannian named Diethard Reid applied to join the Black Knights and that he offered up the same intel because he wanted to prove he could be trusted." Kallen confirmed having got the text from Ohgi just before the meeting.

"So it would seem that things are finally getting interesting." C.C smiled appearing from the water having taken a jump during the proceedings. Deciding to take a break C.C went for a towel on her own lawn chair and chose to relax.

"Are you sure that guy can be trusted." Milly asked nervously. For a Britannian to actively want to join was surprising since the Knights were viewed as terrorists to most Britannians thanks to the propaganda that Britannia spewed on television.

"I can have Rakshata look into him for you." Nina suggested. It would be a minor annoyance to do so and Rakshata wouldn't mind at all.

"That's fine." Lelouch smiled as he watched Shirley take her turn on the diving board.

"Hey Lulu can we talk in private?" Shirley said nervously. This whole time she was trying to decide whether or not to tell Lelouch about her father but when Rivalz gave the news about Narita, her decision was made.

"Now Shirley, if you want to sleep with Lelouch now's not the time." Milly teased.

"That's not why at all Milly!" Shirley shrieked with a blush all over her face. Regaining her composure, she decided to tell Lelouch what she learned or at least she thinks she learned. "I think I have a lead on the people who took C.C" Shirley revealed causing everybody to gasp.

"What do you know" C.C growled in fury. Despite her best efforts, Euphemia had no leads on Code R at all despite looking into it when she could. If Shirley had answers she wanted them immediately.

"When I mentioned Code R to my father on a whim, he acted really weird." Shirley replied causing C.C's eyes to widen.

"I see" Lelouch replied not liking what he was told. There was no doubt in his mind that Shirley's father was involved in Code R. Turning towards Shirley, he gave her a calm but yet icy stare. "Tell your father that I'm coming over for dinner tomorrow." Lelouch smiled.

"Lelouch!" C.C and Shirley gasped at the same time.

"If Shirley's father was involved in Code R. We need to find out for certain." Lelouch explained even though the answer was obvious.

"Fine" C.C pouted.

"Okay Lulu" Shirley said nervously. There were two people in her life that she cared about over everyone and that was her father and Lelouch. Now the two men were about to meet and it could have major consequences.

(Scene Skip)

The next night, a smiling Lelouch was sitting at the dinner table with Shirley's father whose name was apparently Joseph. He wore a simple red long sleeved jacket with a yellow shirt underneath and blue jeans along with some sneakers. "I've heard many things about the famous Lelouch Lamperouge, I never thought I'd see the day that my daughter finally managed to bring him home." Joseph Fenette finally smiled.

"Papa" Shirley pouted with embarrassment. She was in some casual clothes of her own not dressing up too fancy since she knew that nothing would come from it.

"So Lelouch, what do you do when you're not in the student council." Joseph wondered calmly. A part of him was extremely nervous since Shirley mentioned Code R and the next day one of her classmates was coming over. This could be dangerous if he played this wrong.

"I dabble in many things. Chess to help pay for my sister's medical treatment and I have a few companies I've invested in to help me hide the funds." Lelouch smiled.

"That's rather impressive." Joseph admitted but his nerves were increasing.

"However my most notable role is one that you'll find quite interesting." Lelouch smiled viciously.

"What's that?" Joseph Fenette asked nervously.

"I'll tell you in a moment. However, answer my questions as honestly as you can along with any orders that I give you." Lelouch smiled as he finally activated his Geass.

"What do you wish to know" Joseph Fenette said in a glazed voice.

"What is your connection to Code R and C.C" Lelouch said firmly.

"I'm one of the scientists tasked to work on Code R. My job was to watch over the main subject and analyze how her body reacted to the various tortures she was under." Joseph revealed causing Shirley to nearly hurl in disgust.

"Shirley you must stay calm. If you need to go to the bathroom do so but make sure your father has no idea what we've been discussing." Lelouch said sternly. The key to tonight was for Shirley to keep her composure even if her father was revealed to be a monster.

"Alright" Shirley replied as she left the room in order to get all the disgust out of her system. After all, once his Geass ended her father would have no idea what happened and she was pretty calm at the moment.

"What happened to your group after the events in Shinjuku?" Lelouch wondered.

"We moved all of our data to a base in Narita. It was setup knowing that the JLF had a base there and that nobody would think of finding us there as long as Prince Clovis was in charge." Joseph revealed.

Lelouch was flabbergasted by the news and the idea that Clovis could've ended everything in one fell swoop but refused to, further proved how naïve and stupid his brother was. "I see" Lelouch smiled happily. This news would serve multiple purposes and all good for him. "I want you to give me every bit of information you currently have on Code R and download it into a flash drive which you will hand to me in an envelope which will have the address of the Government building on it. Afterwards you will forget that you have downloaded the drive and go back to the peaceful dinner." Lelouch smiled.

"Of course" Joseph Fenette said in a glaze. Just as Shirley returned from gathering her composure, her father left in order to do what Lelouch wanted.

"What's my dad doing Lulu?" Shirley asked nervously.

"He's downloading all of the data that he has on Code R. I'm going to give it to Euphy in order to stir up Cornelia before the battle with Narita." Lelouch smiled viciously. If Cornelia learned the truth about Code R she would be shaken even more and it would make taking her out even easier. That and having Cornelia attack the base in Narita would prevent C.C from doing so and in a much less brutal fashion.

"Are you planning to kill him?" Shirley wondered nervously.

"I'm not" Lelouch smiled causing Shirley to breathe a sigh of relief, 'I'm going to have Cornelia do it for me. When she finds out what disgusting things Code R has done, she'll wipe them out with a fury.' Lelouch thought to himself. Narita was happening in a few days and the Black Knights were already preparing for Narita under the guise of a training exercise. It was a cruel trick to play on Shirley but one that was necessary.

"I see" Shirley said solemnly. Her father's actions were horrible and Lelouch was all about punishing evil. This was not going to be a fun few days for her. Well at least C.C wouldn't get involved.

(Scene Skip)

After returning from Shirley's Lelouch was certainly tired. Using gloves so no fingerprints would be traced back to him, Lelouch made his way towards a mail office that had no cameras and slipped the envelope containing the flash drive in one of the mailboxes knowing that any mail marked for the government building would be viewed as priority the moment it was noticed. Cornelia would have the news by lunchtime and and he knew she would not take the news well. After locking the door he walked in the living room to find C.C sitting on one of the chairs dressed in a white crop top and boy shorts which served to emphasize her incredible body. "To what do I owe this pleasure C.C" Lelouch smirked knowing fully well what the witch wanted.

"You were able to confirm his involvement weren't you." C.C frowned.

Lelouch couldn't help but chuckle since C.C was becoming surprisingly human recently, "That Shirley's father was part of Code R, Yes. All the data is on a flash drive that will be in Cornelia's hands by tomorrow morning" Lelouch chuckled.

C.C was stunned that Lelouch would do something like that but realized what he was doing, "You realize that you're a bit hypocritical in stopping me from getting my revenge?" C.C smiled getting up from her chair knowing that Lelouch would know what to do next. She was a bit miffed at being denied her revenge but knowing Cornelia as she did, they would suffer nonetheless.

A smiling Lelouch sat down in the chair C.C was using before the immortal sat on his lap. "You're missing something rather important C.C." Lelouch smiled as he caressed her body with his hands. Lelouch was aware that C.C listened in on him and some of the girls on occasion and she had recently started being affectionate herself. This was just one of those moments.

"What's that?" C.C moaned enjoying the ministrations and the way Lelouch made her feel. She hated to admit it, but she was becoming more human every day and it was thanks to Lelouch that it was happening.

"Outside of his skills as an artist, Clovis is average at best at everything. There's no way he could've set everything up on his own.

C.C's eyes widened because she realized that Lelouch was right. Only one person could've given Clovis that data she required, "I see" C.C frowned.

"I'd say that the target for our revenge was one and the same." Lelouch smiled continuing his fondling of C.C.

C.C wanted very much to allow Lelouch to take the last few steps but she couldn't do it yet, "Time for bed Lelouch." C.C said bluntly forcing herself from Lelouch's arms and going to her room. What Lelouch didn't see was the blush on C.C's face as she made her way out the room.

"Goodnight C.C" Lelouch replied with a devious grin on his face. C.C knew far more about his life then she wanted to admit and with her original demeanor, it would be almost impossible to get her to spill the beans. Having her watch over Nunnally and allowing these little sessions was his way of breaking through her incredibly icy shell. He would require just one more push and then C.C would help him get his revenge. At least that's what he believed.

(Scene Skip)

It was time for yet another meeting of the Council of Change and with only a few days till Narita, it was about time for the final preparations, "So Nina were you able to run the simulations that I asked you." Lelouch said calmly. Before he went over to Shirley's he had Rakshata and Nina run simulations on his plan for Narita. His plan was very simple, let Cornelia and her troops get up the mountain and get as close to the base as possible. Based on the schematics he had of the mountain, the bases location was obvious. Once they found the base or at least got most of the troops up the mountain he was going to induce a landslide with the Radiant Wave Surger and use it to destroy most of Cornelia's troops allowing the Black Knights to finish the job.

"Yes and I'm afraid we have a major problem." Nina said nervously.

"What's that" Lelouch asked curiously.

Nina brought up a computer simulation and as she set it up explaining what would happen. "The landslide will do the damage you want to the knightmare frames, but in exchange it will go into the town." Nina explained.

"Oh no" Rivalz gasped. As the simulation played out, it was clear that the Surger's power would destroy half of the town underneath Narita and because it was a surprise attack, the civilians would be sitting ducks.

"That's horrible" Milly continued. In other words if they wanted to attack Cornelia safely they would have to sacrifice innocent people.

"I expected as much" Lelouch said calmly causing everyone there to look at him like he was insane.

"How can you be so calm Lelouch? It is one thing to go after the soldiers, but another to attack innocents. It would go against everything you spoke about" Kallen yelled angrily. To her it sounded like Lelouch was willing to sacrifice innocents for their cause just as Clovis did during Shinjuku.

"I'm so calm because it's never going to come to that" Lelouch smiled before putting up his right hand and 3 fingers.

"What are you doing Lelouch?" Shirley wondered and Lelouch dropped his fingers slowly.

"Waiting for my solution." Lelouch smiled as the third finger dropped just in time for the door to open and for Euphemia to arrive.

"Euphy" Milly gasped not expecting the princess to walk through.

"Sorry I was late but I was on the phone with my sister. We got a mysterious package in the mail this morning and they finished analyzing the contents" Euphemia revealed.

"What was in the package" Milly wondered nervously.

"Remember how Kallen's friends grabbed C.C thinking it was poison gas." Euphemia reminded them.

The group all paused thinking about what that could mean. Ironically enough it was Shirley who figured it out first, "Lulu you didn't" Shirley gasped in horror.

"I did" Lelouch confirmed with a smile on his face.

"What did I miss?" Euphy asked in confusion.

"That package was sent by me Euphy. I discovered that Shirley's father was a member of the group that was behind C.C being imprisoned and I used my Geass to get him to give me all the data he had on it. As far as I knew, the project that captured C.C was known as Code R a hidden project by Prince Clovis that was designed to figure out a way to gain C.C's immortality and learn more about the power known as Geass." Lelouch smiled.

"Yes but that was only half of the project." Euphy said icily surprising Lelouch. Euphy was a pacifist and if she was this upset, he clearly missed something.

"What else was there" Shirley said tearfully. Shirley wasn't the greatest reader of people but even she knew that Euphie's tone was problematic.

"Code R was taking Japanese citizens and injured soldiers off the streets and using them as test subjects to figure out how to give Geass to normal people." Euphemia revealed as she remembered the disgust she felt upon learning the truth.

The revelation hit the council hard. Milly collapsed to the ground in horror while Shirley ran from the room in order to throw up. Rivalz barely held on but Lelouch and Nina were completely calm. Rakshata told Nina some of the dark stories of her time in the military and conditioned her to the world that she was joining and Lelouch expected as much even if he didn't tell anybody.

"Those bastards!" Kallen roared in fury. They were taking innocents and experimenting on them. This was unacceptable.

"Yep and this is how Britannia is." Lelouch said coldly. The group was at a standstill and ten minutes passed before Shirley returned. It was clear that she was struggling but she had to stay strong because she asked for this.

"If it makes you guys feel better, it looks like Code R has moved to Narita and my sister is planning to attack their base in a few days." Euphemia revealed causing everybody to look at Lelouch.

"So that's what your planning Lulu" Shirley accused. When she ran from the room she puked her guts out in the bathroom and barely managed. It was actually hard for her to face Kallen and C.C right now because of what her father had done.

"You really are evil Lelouch" Milly smiled figuring out what Shirley was getting at.

"What's going on" Euphy gasped clearly missing something.

"I found out about Cornelia's attack on Narita and I had a perfect plan to give your sister a lesson in humility but it turns out my trump card was a bit dangerous." Lelouch smiled.

Euphemia's eyes widened since she sat in on a few of the exercises that her sister were doing, "You're planning on inducing a landslide aren't you. One that will cause major damage to her troops and hopefully isolate Cornelia" Euphy figured fairly easily. Her sister had taught her military tactics and that was one of the ONLY things that could cause them major problems.

"That's right" Lelouch confirmed. He was a bit surprised that Euphy figured out his plan so easily and now the question was how she would react.

Euphemia was torn between her duties as a Britannian and her relationship with her brother, "As long as you promise to spare my sister, I'll hide the truth from her and convince her to clear the settlement before the invasion." Euphemia said bitterly. It was the best way to do this and in truth as long as they stopped Code R that would be enough.

"Fine" Lelouch smiled. He never planned to kill Cornelia in the first place so that was an easy request.

(Scene Skip)

As Euphemia li Britannia sat in the G1 base she was both pleased and nervous at the same time. She was pleased because in a moment her sister was about to attack the Narita Mountain base and take a major victory. Her current task was to watch over the ground troops getting rid of the civilians while Jeremiah and the Purebloods went after Code R. "Euphy how are the missions going." Cornelia questioned.

"It's going well sister. Most of the city is evacuated and the Purebloods are moving towards the location where Code R is supposedly hosted." Euphemia replied happily. A part of her felt guilty that she was hiding the truth from Cornelia but it wouldn't have mattered.

Panning over to Cornelia, she was sitting in her custom Gloucester with a smile on her face. Today was the day she ended Area 11's resistance for good. "Excellent" Cornelia smiled as she cut off her sister.

"Princess, are you sure it's the right thing to evacuate the city like that" Guilford said nervously. Just like his Princess he saw the data that they were sent about Clovis's actions and Code R. Cornelia was furious that her brother would do something like that and she wanted answers.

"It is risky Guilford but I can't help but wonder why Clovis would be behind such a heinous activity." Cornelia replied focusing more on her brother's antics since the military operation was fairly simple. Since it was an ambush, they couldn't prepare tactics like they did during the hotel jacking.

"True." Guilford replied but he couldn't help but frown nonetheless. Something was wrong about this whole situation. Somebody sends them information just as they were about to attack Narita. It all seemed too simple. He would worry about that later.

(Black Knights)

While Guilford and Cornelia prepared to attack, the Black Knights were waiting at the summit. Lelouch could only smile as he watched some of the foot soldiers plant the excavators that would help induce the heat explosion that was critical to their plans, "Are you ready my Black Knights? Today is the moment you finally get a real taste of war." Lelouch smiled as he looked down on his soldiers. Kallen was relaxing in the Guren preparing for battle and the others were walking around the mountain side that they had hiked up.

"What do you mean real taste of war?" Tamaki yelled foolishly causing everyone to stop what they were doing and look towards their leader.

Internally Lelouch was smiling since he knew things were just getting started and this was another step in securing their loyalty, "It's very simple actually. In mere moments, Cornelia and her troops will storm this summit aiming to find the hidden base of the JLF, a task which she should accomplish with ease. Once she drops her guard, we will charge her forces and deal a decisive blow to Cornelia's troops." Lelouch revealed shocking everybody. As for reactions, the first one was predictable.

"Are you crazy!?" Tamaki yelled out clearly upset at the idea.

"Not at all? You wished for a free Japan and I'm going to give it to you. This is merely step one of the process." Lelouch said calmly as though it was obvious.

"But Zero, Cornelia's forces are the strongest we've ever encountered. There's no way we can beat them." Sugiyama complained.

"That's right. I knew there was no reason to trust you." Tamaki yelled out. His look of fury was one that was shared by most of his troops.

"How pathetic" Lelouch scoffed. It was almost embarrassing how weak willed they were.

"What was that" Tamaki roared in defiance. A few others were equally angry but Tamaki simply beat them to it.

When I came to you guys you were a resistance group that barely had a single knightmare to your name. You thought with that single knightmare you could change things and you acted on it by stealing what you thought was poison gas. The reality was that without me you would've all died at the hands of Clovis. Since then you've become finely trained warriors with knightmare frames every bit as good as those of the Britannian forces and you have a Japanese made knightmare that technology wise matches anything Britannia can come up with and yet you're still scared." Lelouch scoffed causing winces from the original members. "Where did the bravado you had from that first day go? Where's the group that stormed Lake Kawaguchi and saved hostages with the whole world watching? Those are my Black Knights and I don't know who you are" Lelouch roared.

"He's right" Inoue of all people spoke up catching Lelouch off guard. "Without Zero we would've never had a chance and Zero has proven time and time again that he can change the world. Now let's repay the faith that he showed in us by winning this battle." Inoue roared. Inoue's call to battle was enough to calm down most of the group since Inoue was one of the vocal leaders of the old group.

"You're right Inoue. We've come this far and if Zero thinks we can do it, I guess I do too." Tamaki relented.

"So Zero, what's the plan." Ohgi wondered. They had gone through battle simulations but now that it was time for the real battle, there was no telling what could happen.

"Let's just say that there's a reason I brought those excavators." Lelouch smiled beneath the mask as he explained his plan to his army. This worked out better than he expected and the fact that Inoue helped his cause made him smile.

(G1 Base)

"Sister it's time" Euphemia shouted having just finished evacuating the area. The best part was that the Purebloods were returning from Code R's base with not only data on the project but were transporting most of the captured members of the group back.

"Excellent" Cornelia smiled happily as she ended the communication and focused on her troops "Begin the attack" Cornelia roared as the Knightmare's dropped into the Narita mountains. The JLF was nearly finished

(JLF base Narita Mountain)

"General Katase we're under attack" one of the JFL soldiers roared nervously.

"How did they find us" Katase replied angrily. Katase was a very old man with gray hair and brown eyes wearing a standard military uniform. One of the few Generals that remained from the original war, this was a man who had seen everything and endured everything.

"We don't know. They're surrounding the mountains as we speak" another soldier said nervously. They were in trouble and they knew it.

"Send the custom Burai's, we have to hold them off until Tohdoh returns." Katase ordered. Luckily for them they were high enough that it would take some time for the troops to find them. Unluckily, they were outmatched in every way. This was going to be a quick battle and the only hope Katase had was Tohdoh returned from getting new weapons from Kyoto.

(Narita Mountains)

"Guilford when did war become so boring" Cornelia scoffed as she destroyed yet another knightmare frame in her Gloucester. Britannia was chief when it came to Knightmare frames and the Gloucester was the fifth generation frame and the choice for Cornelia and her knights. They were basically Sutherlands but with enhanced hand-to-hand combat capabilities and purple paint. Cornelia's troops all had one with a jousting lance.

"I would think that's a good thing Princess." Guilford replied taking out a frame of her own.

"These Burai's are even weaker than we thought." Andreas Darlton scoffed in a separate area. He and his sons the Glaston Knights were Cornelia's best fighting force and they were enough for anybody. Every single Burai was being wiped out like they were nothing and Cornelia's trip up the mountain was even simpler then she could've ever imagined.

"Well that's the price we pay for being the best" Cornelia smiled as they moved up the base. She had no idea that everything she was doing was predicted and that she was running into an ambush by the one person who could give her the challenge she needed. A few minutes later Cornelia got the news she expected.

"We've found the base Princess" Darlton yelled.

"Very well then finish the job" Cornelia ordered. She wouldn't take achievements from her soldiers and as long as the job got done, it didn't matter who did it.

"Alright" Darlton smiled as they approached the base

(Peak of Narita Mountains)

"Well done sister. Just as skilled as I expected." Lelouch smiled from the cockpit of his knightmare. Cornelia was easily destroying the JLF and they were no match for her forces. His musing was interrupted from a private communications link.

"Your sister is amazing Lelouch. Are you sure we'll be able to stop her." Kallen wondered nervously. They were still in only Sutherlands and Cornelia's new forces were strong. This was a dangerous game they were playing.

"Without the original plan, no. That's why I needed to ensure that as many citizens as possible escaped." Lelouch confirmed. Even if he didn't know about Code R being there, the idea of killing innocent civilians was simply unacceptable and he would've had Euphy evacuate anyway with Code R there, they could kill two birds with one stone.

"Alright" Kallen smiled before leaving the private link. She was the key to everything and she had to get her game face on.

Lelouch couldn't help but smile since it was time, "Black Knights it's time to attack. Once the landslide hits Cornelia's troops should be frazzled. Remember that the soldiers that remain are no slouches so you may be forced to eject."

"We're ready Zero" Ohgi said proudly from within the cockpit. The rest of the Knights were also ready and for Lelouch it was only a matter of time until things really got fun.

"Excellent" Lelouch smiled as he focused on Kallen. "Kallen use penetrating electrode 2 and give the Britannians the shock they deserve. Everything begins now" Lelouch smiled viciously beneath the mask.

"Right" Kallen smiled as she pressed the arm of the Radiant Wave Surger against the node in question and pressed it. Everyone watched as the Surger roared in a hellish energy the likes of which the group had never seen and as the cartridge inside Kallen's knightmare ejected, everyone waited for the results.

"What now" Tamaki wondered and he got his answer as the earth underneath them roared.

"Now we begin OUR attack." Lelouch smiled as the earth shook underneath them.

That's it for chapter 9 everybody and I thought I'd give things a nice change to proceedings. Next chapter the battle heats up and as the Black Knights rampage, Cornelia gets help from a source that's been forgotten in everything going on.