Code Geass: Black-Blooded
Stage 3: the Battle of Saitama
Hospital Wing, Area 11 Government Bureau
Euphemia was visiting Clovis after his recovery. He had to stay in the hospital wing to recover after the horrible incident which almost killed him. He was laying down on the bed. Euphie had asked him everything about what had happened. Clovis went ahead and told the tale of the Project back from the beginning all the way up to where it is now. He was afraid his siblings would hate him for what he had become, well maybe not Carine, but most of the siblings.
Code R Research Lab in Narita
The Research Lab in Narita was hidden in one of the many abandoned buildings. The Research Team had developed a parasite capable of genetically mutating its host with super strength and intelligence. These Parasites hide in the brain, fusing with it. Though the subject would die within minutes after the injection of the parasite, it should stand to reason that this would create Tyrants. Tyrants were Bio Organic Weapons with enough strength to turn someone's bones into dust and mush. They were capable of following directions easily and can even use weapons and firearms. One of these Tyrants was named Dozel. It's left eye was sowed, it's flesh looked rotten, it could sprout tendrils to kill its foes and is extremely great in combat. All Tyrants were given power limiters, which would control their power. Power Limiters are bulletproof, making bullets useless unless it's the head that gets hit.
Joseph Fenette, one of the researchers, was examining Dozel, who was sealed in a water-filled tank. He was already beginning to question the legitimacy of the Project the moment he saw those experiments, but the making of Bio Organic Weapons further made him question whether or not those things will make the world better.
In a transport plane
A plane was on its way to Pendragon. Bartley was cuffed and was bound.
'Great, now Prince Clovis's reputation is ruined, all because of those Elevens in Shinjuku.' Bartley thought, 'What horrible fate awaits me in the homeland?'
Area 11 Government Bureau
Cornelia was inspecting the ASEEC Corps. The Lancelot had been repaired and the Club had been tested. Cornelia was having a conversation with Lloyd Asplund.
"So is it true? The Knightmare the Lancelot was fighting against?" Cornelia asked.
"Yes, the Ganymede definitely was rebuilt. But still, there is one thing that never made sense to me." Lloyd said.
"And that was?" Cornelia asked.
"The way it moved." Lloyd said, "It was as if the pilot and the machine were one."
"It must be using an NLS System if that's the case." Cornelia said.
"You mean that technology that wasn't implemented into the military is still being used?" Lloyd asked.
"That's right, The Chinese are already using that system. The EU hasn't gotten its hands on the NLS System yet." Cornelia said.
"Wait, don't most of the Resistance Groups here use it?" Cecile asked.
"Well yes they do actually. There's a small group of them that's got me interested." Cornelia said.
"You mean the Resistance Group in Shinjuku?" Lloyd asked.
"That's right, the Kozuki Group if I'm not mistaken. I heard they also called themselves 'Tekkadan', Japanese for Iron Flower." Cornelia said.
"Exactly what are we gonna do in the case they show up with that Ganymede?" Lloyd asked.
"Have the Kimaris go out and face it." Cornelia said.
"And if it were to fail?" Lloyd asked.
"Then I'll handle it myself." Cornelia said boldly.
"But what about the Lancelot?" Lloyd asked.
"It already lost to it once, it' lose to it again if it tried again." Cornelia said, "as for Kururugi and Hodges, they're going to be promoted to warrant officer as of now, that should satisfy him and his friend."
Cornelia leaves the ASEEC Corps for the time being.
Yamato Alliance Base, Saitama Ghetto
Inside the Base of the Yamato Alliance, was their leader, Keitaro Heiwajima. Keitaro was quite the one for an adventure. His group has been collecting scraps of Glasgows and rebuilding them into great Japanese war machines. Among the Glasgows was an experimental Knightmare Frame. This one was called Guison. A brownish frame that can hold two Smoothbore cannons and uses the NLS System that all resistance groups use and was basically a Glasgow with very tough armor. When he had heard of Naoto and his Group, Tekkadan managed to hold off Clovis's personal forces and even defeated a 7th Generation Unit with a remodeled unit, along with Zero's amazing talents in the field of battle in strategies, he wanted to arrange an alliance between the Alliance and Tekkadan and Zero into a more powerful resistance group. Naoto and his group along with Zero were just outside the base of the Yamato Alliance. The base was an abandoned Office building that had a few basements. The group brought only the Glasgows, the Kishi Kai, and the Ganymede.
"So this is the base of the Yamato Alliance…." Ohgi said.
"It's so huge…." Kallen said.
"Why am I not surprised?" Zero said.
"Well, in we go." Naoto said.
The group goes inside the base, but before actually going inside, a member of the Yamato Alliance pops his head out of a desk.
"Stop right there." The man said, "Who are you?"
"Naoto Kozuki," Naoto said, "I'm here because of this."
He pulls out a letter with a red dot on the corner of the envelope.
"Oh….. Go on in." The man said.
A door on the left opened up. There was stairs leading to the underground Base. The Group heads down the stairs. The group goes through a red door which is where Keitaro was waiting in a room.
"Aw, you came. Just like I thought you would." Keitaro said.
"For a second there, I thought you'd chicken out." A voice came.
A man emerged from the shadows of the room. His name was Gin Izaya. He was Keitaro's second in command.
"Well not when I'm being invited by a leader of a resistance group." Naoto said, "Now what is this all about?"
"It's just a simple favor. I suggest an Alliance." Keitaro said.
Naoto seemed a bit surprised.
"An Alliance between Tekkadan and the Yamato Alliance… that seems promising." Ohgi said.
"But why?" Kallen asks.
"Because you guys did what none of the other groups could do. I think it would be better to rally any groups willing to join you." Keitaro said.
Saitama Ghetto Perimeter
The Britannian forces led by Cornelia had surrounded the entire Ghetto. Cornelia intends to remake the Shinjuku Ghetto Incident to lure Zero out into the open. Inoue was scouting about and saw the Britannian forces outside the Ghetto.
"Naoto, they're here, just like Lelou— I mean Zero said they would." Inoue said in her communicator.
Yamato Alliance Base
"They're here?" Keitaro asked.
"Yup. Zero said that Princess Cornelia would try to make the same conditions that were applied in Shinjuku." Naoto said.
"Gin, tell our boys to get ready." Keitaro said.
"Right!" Gin said as he began to spread the word.
"You brought some Knightmares with you, right?" Keitaro asked.
"Well We have at least 4 Glasgows, a Modified Sutherland, and the Ganymede." Naoto said, "the fourth one is already in position."
"There's a train that just stopped at one of the junctions in the Ghetto, it's packed full of Sutherlands." Keitaro said, "it's just a few miles away from here."
Ohgi and the others went out to get to the train. Inoue brought the horn that was used for Shinjuku and blowed into it. The people began to instinctively head for a shelter and began to evacuate.
G-1 Base
Cornelia was watching from inside the G-1. Clovis's military staff officers were there as well. Darlton had ordered the operation to commence, but ever since then, not a single sign of contact has been reported.
"It's quiet. Too quiet…." Cornelia said.
"It may be that the Elevens may have evacuated." Darlton said.
"But we sore complete secrecy on the plans for Saitama, there has to be an explanation for this." Guilford said.
'Well great, I guess that plan of a surprise attack on the terrorists has failed.' Cornelia thought as she sighed.
A soldier came in the bridge.
"Your highness, there's a call coming from the Bureau." The soldier said, "it's Princess Euphemia."
'Euphie? How did she—? No, she must be calling about Clovis's condition.' Cornelia thought, "Alright, I'll go ahead and answer it."
Government Bureau
Euphemia was on the phone. Apparently, she found out about Cornelia's plot to eradicate the people in Saitama Ghetto. She makes a call to convince her sister to not go through with it.
"Hello?" Cornelia said on the other line.
"Sister, where are you?" Euphemia asked.
Cornelia went silent.
"You're at Saitama, aren't you?" Euphie asked.
"Look Sub-Viceroy, we've been over this." Cornelia said.
"Please Sister, these people did nothing wrong. You don't have to—"
"They killed Lelouch and Nunnally, and they got really close to killing Clovis. Even after all that, you would defend them?" Cornelia asked.
"Please, I know that—"
"Euphie, try to understand that I can't let Zero or that group called Tekkadan get away for bringing misery to our brother. The last thing I'd want is to lose another one of our siblings." Cornelia said, "even if what Clovis did was horrible….."
"If you won't stop this I'll stop you myself." Euphie said.
Cornelia couldn't believe what her own sister had said.
"Well it's too late, the order has been given." Cornelia said.
She hung up just like that. Euphemia puts the phone down and goes to the hangar bay to launch the Kimaris on a T-4 Knightmare VTOL.
Saitama Ghetto
Zero's Black Glasgow was perched in another building. The Guison was with the Glasgow, acting as its bodyguard. Rivalz had tuned the Guison very well. The arms are now a little bit more loose, the Balancers have been calibrated, and the targeting systems have been calibrated. Naoto's group were in the Sutherlands they found in a train. They were at the positions that Zero ordered them to be in. All was set for the counter attack. Nina managed to get inside the G-1's systems again thanks to a drone that had landed on the top of the G-1. The drone had a hacking device hooked to it.
'Alright then Cornelia, let's see just how you'll fare against my intellect and Nunnally's skills.' Lelouch thought.
A Sutherland was looking all over the place. There were a few Resistance members holding RPG's holding up inside 4 buildings. The Sutherland walks past the 4th building. The resistance members yelled "BANZAI!" as they fired the RPG's at the Sutherland. A 5th one comes out from an alley and shoots. The 4 missiles hit the arms and legs. The last one hits the cockpit, destroying it completely.
G-1 Base
Signs of contact were beginning to pop up.
'They managed to get us by surprise.' Cornelia thought.
Saitama Ghetto
The Resistance Groups in the stolen Sutherlands and Glasgows were engaging the Britannian forces. The Glasgows were holding shields for protection.
"Keep them pinned. We got them now!" Ohgi said.
The Britannian forces were trying to withdraw, but were eventually destroyed in combat. Zero was issuing orders from the Black Glasgow.
"P-6, close the enemy's route now." Zero ordered.
A bridge suddenly has its support structures blown up, causing many Britannian soldiers to fall off the bridge.
G-1 Base
"Point 1-7 is lost! Haley team, contact lost!" An officer called out.
"Alright that's enough." Cornelia said.
"But madam—"
"No, we can't fight them like this." Cornelia said, 'besides, this is all part of the plan.'
Darlton orders all forces to withdraw behind Ghetto perimeter at once. He didn't issue what formation for it didn't matter at all.
Saitama Ghetto
Lelouch was surprised that the Britannian forces were retreating.
'Could she be trying to lure me in? Not going to work dear sister.' Lelouch thought, 'She might deploy her royal guard. So maybe now would be a good time for the Ganymede to prove itself once again.'
Nunnally got inside the Ganymede. The cockpit door closed.
"Are you sure about doing this?" Nemo asked the girl.
"I know I can't turn back. That's why I have to do this. For Onii-sama." Nunnally said.
She rested back on her seat and connects with the NLS System. A gust of wind bursts from the Ganymede as its green eyes glowed. It's forearm mounted guns can now flip out like Stun tonfas. The Ganymede also uses two swords. It heads into battle. Meanwhile, Cornelia's Royal Guard led by Guilford in their Gloucesters are looking for any resistance forces. Guilford spots the Ganymede, he noticed that it's arms looked different from what Clovis's officers told him. He noticed that the arms were actually the arms from the Lancelot after they were severed from the Lancelot during the Shinjuku incident.
The Ganymede stood proud and stern. It draws its swords and charged with great speed. The Gloucesters charged with their lances. The Ganymede picks off the one on the left. She kicks the Gloucesters head off. The Gloucester falls down and gets pierced by one of the Ganymede's swords, killing the pilot.
"Such speed….." Guilford said as he looked surprised at the Ganymede's speed.
One of the Gloucesters charge at the Ganymede, "Wait!"
"Damn Eleven!" The pilot of the Gloucester said as he charged.
The Ganymede kicks the Gloucesters Lance out of its Lance and sliced it in half. The Ganymede puts the swords away and flips its two guns out. The Ganymede moves fast and shoots at the Gloucesters. The Gloucesters try to fire back, but one of them gets ripped into shreds by the bullets, destroying it. The Ganymede gets close to a Gloucester and fires at point blank range, a few bursts of bullets. The Gloucester exploded. One of the pilots panics and fired at the Ganymede. The Ganymede uses the Blaze Luminous to defend itself. The bullets are deflected. The Ganymede fires back, destroying the Gloucester as it takes lots of bullets and explodes.
'Incredible….. It's like it's moving at 3 times normal speed!' Guilford thought.
"Screw this! I'm out!" A soldier said as he ejected from his Gloucester.
"What the—! You dare to desert?!" Guilford exclaimed.
"No, it's just that I am way too good for you." Nunnally said.
'A child?' Guilford thought as he turned to face the Ganymede.
"Besides, odds are that if you take me on, you're assured a swift death." Nunnally said.
"Oh yeah?!" A soldier said as his Gloucester along with another went and charged.
"Wait dammit!" Guilford said.
The Ganymede fires its Slash Harkens and tosses the two Gloucesters into a building, destroying both units. Guilford was the only one left.
'D-damn!' Guilford thought as he attempted to flee.
His Gloucester gets immobilized by a shot from the Guison.
"I'm allowed to shoot, right?" Keitaro asked.
"Of course K-3." Zero said.
'K-3? I like the sound of that….' Keitaro thought as he smiled.
'Damn! Like hell will I end up dead here of all places!' Guilford thought.
Guilford sees another Gloucester. He knew it was Darlton's unit.
"Darlton, stay back!" Guilford yelled.
"Like hell am I going to have to lose another comrade in a place like this!" Darlton said as he fired his machine gun.
The Ganymede fires its guns at the Gloucester. A bullet blows the left leg off, causing the Gloucester to fall down. The Ganymede retracts its guns and brings its swords out. It looked down upon Darlton, who had taken a bullet wound to one of his ribs. It brought its sword up.
"DARLTON!" Guilford yells.
The Ganymede swung its sword down on the Gloucester, ending Darlton's life.
G-1 Base
Cornelia's eyes were wide as saucers. She had witnessed the death of a friend she knew. She knew the man was a lone father after adopting five other children. She knew the man was searching for the perfect wife to raise his adopted children in his stead in the case he died or something happens or he went off to the front lines. Now that man has died, and could nothing about it. A tear fell from her right eye.
'No… Not him….. Please god no not Darlton…..' Cornelia thought.
"Sir Andreas….." A staff officer said.
"What will become of the empire now?" A staff officer asked, "That damn Eleven just killed a Britannian Knight, a Royal guard at that."
"I'm heading out." Cornelia said as she got off her chair.
"Wait, your Highness—"
Cornelia suddenly gave the officer the death stare. Should he try to stop her, she would kill the man without thought, for all she wanted was revenge for Darlton's death. Cornelia went to the hangar and got inside her Gloucester.
Saitama Ghetto
The Ganymede turned its attention to Guilford's Gloucester. Guilford looked in fear, thinking he was next on the list of those who would die. Though however, he also felt sorrow for failing to do anything to prevent this whole disaster.
'Princess Cornelia….. I failed you….' Guilford thought as he lowered his head.
'I'm sorry Cornelia, if your own hatred for the Japanese didn't cause this, I wouldn't have…..' Nunnally thought.
"YOU BASTARD!" A voice roared.
Nunnally turned to the direction of the voice and saw her Gloucester speeding straight towards her.
(Play Gundam IBO - Defenders of the Wild)
The Ganymede dodges the Lance. Nunnally activates her Geass and saw that Cornelia's movement pattern was unreadable. This was because Cornelia was driven by rage. She would not rest until either Zero and Nunnally drop dead, even if she has to annihilate all of the Japanese.
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU ALL YOU DAMN MONSTER!" Cornelia roared as she charged with her Lance.
Nunnally blocks the charge, but Cornelia knocks the Ganymede down. Just before Cornelia would lay the killing blow. Nagata inside one of the Sutherlands that were taken from the train shot from behind using a cannon. Cornelia dodges the shot upon noticing the Sutherland. The Ganymede kicked the Gloucester down and got away from it. The Ganymede puts the swords away, flips out its guns and fires. The bullets destroyed the Gloucester's Assault Rifle.
'This feeling… is it rage?' Nunnally thought as she kept her distance from the Gloucester.
"LIKE HELL I'M GOING TO LET YOU LIVE AFTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!" Cornelia roared as she went after the Ganymede.
"Your Highness, No! Stop what you're doing!" Guilford said, hoping that Cornelia would listen.
The Purists went in despite being ordered not to move in. They grabbed Guilford's Gloucester and began to carry it back to base.
"What are you doing?! Let me go dammit!" Guilford said.
"I'm sorry milord, it has to be done. If we lose you along with Viceroy Cornelia, all of Area 11 will fall to this insurrection. Please to try to understand." Jeremiah said.
"I don't care! I need to stay by her side dammit! Don't you dare do this to me Orange!" Guilford said.
Meanwhile, Nunnally kept firing as she kept her distance as the Gloucester still chased her. Cornelia's own anger tossed aside any sense of reason in her. All she could think about is the sheer torture that she would enact on the pilot of the Ganymede.
'Is there no way to stop her? Is there anything I can do?' Nunnally thought as she was backed into a wall.
"THERE'S NOWHERE FOR YOU TO GO, YOU DAMNED ELEVEN!" Cornelia roared.
The Ganymede uses its thrusters to escape, but the Gloucester jumps and knocks it back down. The Gloucester has its lance at the ready.
'Min'na, gomen….. (I'm sorry everyone…)' Nunnally thought as she closed her eyes, knowing the killing blow will come.
Suddenly, her eyes opened and became as wide as dinner plates as rings of red formed in her eyes. She then found herself in the Aries Villa. She looked around and she had no idea if she had died yet. She remembered what the interior was like. The golden chandler that hung from the ceiling, the the staircase that splits in two paths, the Windows, the decorations, the fountain with the wolf heads, even the flowers looked no different, red roses swaying side to side. She then saw a woman who was wearing an orange dress and had black hair.
'Is that….. Mother?' Nunnally thought.
She walked over to the woman. The woman was having a sip of tea. The woman puts down the cup of tea and stands up. She turns to the small girl. Nunnally then immediately recognized who the woman was, it was….
"Okaasan? (Mother?)" Nunnally said.
"Oh, Nunnally….. I never thought that you'd—"
Nunnally then hugged the woman. It was Marianne, her mother in which she thought was dead. The woman wrapped her arms around her daughter as she began sob. Tears fell from Nunnally's eyes.
"There there sweetie. Mommie's here. Shhhhhh." Marianne said as her daughter sobbed.
"Okaasan…. Okaasan….. (Mother… Mother….)" Nunnally said as she sobbed.
Nunnally stopped crying and broke the hug. She wiped her tears.
'And to think that moving my soul into her body was actually a bad idea. Oh well, it's not like anything bad is gonna happen. Right?' Marianne thought.
"I thought you were—"
"Dead?" Marianne finished the thought.
"Eh?" Nunnally said.
"You see, you are actually looking at my soul." Marianne explained to her daughter.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Nunnally exclaimed.
"Oh I wish I could explain to you about that but—"
"Wait, wasn't I supposed to be dead or something by now if this is the case?" Nunnally asked.
"Well it's about to be if you don't find out how to beat your half sister the moment you go back to reality after exiting this world of your own conscious." Marianne said, "But before that, I have some advice to tell you."
Back in the Ghetto, Cornelia was about to lay the killing blow.
"Now I will send you back to hell you Eleven Witch!" Cornelia said.
She plunged the Lance, only for it to be stopped by the Ganymede. The Ganymede kicks the Gloucester off and stood back up. It's eyes suddenly turned red. Nunnally gazed at the Gloucester with newfound determination as the red rings around her eyes glowed.
(Play Gundam IBO - Hoping For You)
"So you still want to resist?" Cornelia said as she suddenly laughed, "Are you that much of a fool?"
"Is this the part where I have to give a damn?" Nunnally said.
Cornelia was taken back from what she heard just now.
"Besides, all you do is hurting other people. Taking away the things they loved, the things they cherished, the things they cared about. You don't even give a damn about anyone but yourself." Nunnally said.
"Why you….." Cornelia growled.
"Your own hatred is the reason why people are suffering and dying. You don't care about those who get hurt, you don't care about those who are suffering from this chaos, all you're doing is satisfying yourself while spilling blood." Nunnally said.
"Silence! Are you saying my existence is the reason people are suffering? The same goes for you as well, you chose to revolt despite being defeated already. You will never get back that bygone golden age of yours, I'll turn it all into—"
"Chigau! (Wrong!)" Nunnally said.
"What?" Cornelia muttered.
"It's not the past I seek, nor it is the present. What I seek is the Future!" Nunnally said.
"The future? You think you can make a new nation from the rotting corpse of the same nation you stand on and pretend still exists as if it was alive?" Cornelia asked.
"Japan isn't dead! Not as long as it's people still live! As long as the people live, that's all that matters! A country isn't dirt, it's not politics or political boundaries, it's the people that made it!" Nunnally said.
'She's right, as long as we Japanese here are breathing, Japan exists in our hearts.' Naoto thought.
'That's why we still call ourselves Japanese!' Kallen thought.
'That's right. Besides, as long as there is hope, the future is still in reach.' Lelouch thought.
"No matter, you and your kind are nothing but animals who need to know their place!" Cornelia said.
"You can't judge me! I fight for what is right, in both my heart and soul!" Nunnally said, "I will not allow you to hurt those who wield no weapons to fight with, I will defeat you so that no one has to be afraid of you any longer! Cornelia Li Britannia, prepare yourself!"
The Ganymede charges at the Gloucester with its swords out as it charged head on. Nunnally, with the help of her mother, now has awakened the Ganymede's true potential. With its safety limiter off, it's real potential now has no limit. Nunnally is making a risky gamble on making this move however, for there are major risks that come from this kind of action. But these risks will not hold her back. She will fight to the end no matter the cost.
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