A/N: Wow thanks for the review guys and the number of people who favorite this and put it on alerts is impressive. But allow me to address a few things this will likely be a Nanoha and Lelouch pairing, but there is a possibility for a Nanoha, Fate AND Lelouch pairing. I don't intend for a harem in this fanfic unless I change my mind or convinced otherwise, but I did leave the possibility for Nanoha and Fate to both end up with Lelouch out of consideration for the Nanoha and Fate pairing fans. Of course if I am able to pull it off is even the bigger question, but I'll just go with what I got planned and see if it's possible. I even have a poll going on my profile to decide, but I would like to hear some feedback and hear what you guys think.
I will take this as a moment to comment that deciding on a pairing for Lelouch in this fic was particularly difficult as I was considering most if not all of the female cast members like Ginga, Teana, Hayate, Signum, etc, but I might have considered Vita if she wasn't stuck as a child lol. I just ended up having more material for a Nanoha and Lelouch pairing in the end.
Basically this means no Nanoha and Fate pairing, so if that displeases you then don't worry there are a large number of Nanoha and Fate fanfics out there.
-From co-author-
PPS: Yeah, that means NO Findarato
PPPS: No, it ain't (BEEP)ing. No means NO.
Special Thanks to: Holyknight5, shikyoseinen, Van the Rogue Soul Drinker and MM Browsing for their help and ideas for this chapter and upcoming chapters too.
Chapter 2
Aftermath
Flying over the Pacific Ocean heading towards the Britannian Homeland was the BBAF-1001 Avalon, the Holy Britannian Empire's first ever flying aerial battleship created from a mix of new technologies developed by the Advanced Special Envoy Engineering Corps or Camelot. Following the tragic disaster at the Special Administrative Zone the Avalon was returning to Britannia, but from direct orders from the Emperor Charles zi Britannia a passenger was on her way to Pendragon.
Euphemia li Britannia was in one of the officer quarters a broken woman as she recovered with the terrible realization that she might have killed her beloved brother the masked vigilante Zero, but to the princess's admittance her memory of the event was hazy at best. Since she had awoken the pink haired princess hadn't spoken a word, but instead her hands were trembling as a memory of a broken black mask and the blood it rested upon was craved into her mind.
Most unusual and she was unaware of it yet was the G-1 command bridge she was in while meeting Zero now had a large hole in the roof. Regardless now the Special Administrative Zone of Japan had been effectively ruined beyond repair as war and violence was spreading throughout the country. Outside the room standing guard was Euphy's knight Suzaku who was trying to piece together what exactly had happened during her discussion with Zero. The brown-haired Japanese boy might have figured Zero to be behind what happened, but after seeing the remains of his broken mask and a pool of what was likely Zero's blood it rested upon the Honorary Britannian turned Knight ruled out the incident being something Zero cooked up.
The only conclusion I can think of is that someone must have wanted the Special Administrative Zone to collapse, because I can't understand Euphy wanting to kill Zero it makes no sense.
Suzaku thought while all physical evidence pointed to Euphy being Zero's would be killer, but everything he knows about Euphy goes against that completely. Had it been Cornelia he might have found that a little more believable all things considered, but at this moment nothing was adding up. All he could do now was be there for Euphy when she wakes up and try to help her through this difficult time, but even Suzaku understood that his opinions were likely very limited.
Back onboard the Arthra, Nanoha was outside of Lelouch's room leaning against the wall lost in thought as she was thinking on how much Lelouch had changed. She almost didn't want to believe the infamous terrorist of Area 11, which had been her home country of Japan before it was conquered by Britannia seven years ago, was Lelouch. Yet deep inside her heart she didn't feel surprised somehow, like the outcome was inevitable.
She knew Zero's reputation besides what she had mentioned to Lelouch, despite the lives he saved during the Shinjuku Ghetto incident he still killed his own half-brother Clovis and even though he never intended it at least many innocent civilians were lost, those failing to evacuate the area, at Narita along with close to over one hundred Britannian soldiers who lost their lives in the landslide Lelouch had created to make conditions more favorable for him. Besides Narita there were other battles in which Lelouch had directed, but as leader of the Black Knights many more likely died. She didn't mind the drug rings or the corrupt politicians who were dealt with, but still it was hard for Nanoha to accept just how much Lelouch's hands were covered in blood.
What happened to you Lelouch?
Meanwhile in the lounge Fate and Nunnally were happily making an arrangement of origami birds, flowers and boats with Sayoko supervising them, but an interruption stopped them as another old face entered the lounge. The girl was about around the same age as Nanoha and Fate wearing a light brown uniform consisting of a blue coat with a matching skirt and a dark brown tie. She had light brown pageboy hair cut with blue eyes.
"Nunnally is that you," Hayate Yagami exclaimed recognizing the girl.
"Huh, Hayate is that you?"
"You remember me I am glad to see you again."
Hayate hurried over to join Fate and Nunnally at the table the girls were seated as they began catching up with one another, Nunnally remembered the time she first met Hayate and her sister seven years ago, it was about a month after Nanoha and Fate met Lelouch and Suzaku before Hayate was introduced to them, as both girls at the time were in wheelchairs she and Nunnally got along fine.
(Seven Years Ago, Japan)
"Hello it's a pleasure to meet you I am Hayate Yagami and this is my family. My sister Vita," Hayate began gesturing over to a red haired girl with blue eyes who appeared to be eight years old wearing a white shirt with a skull printed upon it, a black mini-skirt, a red belt and thigh-high black and white stripped stockings. "And this is my mother," Hayate said introducing Signum, an older woman with long hot pink hair, green eyes wearing a white shirt with blue jeans.
"Nice to meet you," Suzaku said greeting Hayate and her family after Nanoha and Fate introduced them.
"I am sorry, but the rest if my family couldn't be here but I hope we'll have fun."
"I am sure we will Hayate," Nanoha said with a smile while Lelouch was quiet. He didn't mind Nunnally befriending Hayate since both girls were wheelchair bound and thought that maybe someone sharing some of her disabilities as a friend might be good for her since Nunnally had thrown some terrible tantrums ever since coming to Japan for the purpose of keeping Lelouch close to her. But the young man knew Nunnally would become dependent on him too much if he did, so Nunnally making friends with Suzaku, Nanoha, Hayate and Fate was for the best.
Suzaku opened the door, but Nanoha and her friends were helping Nunnally further along, and so since meeting Nanoha and Fate those tantrum periods have begun to die down.
For Lelouch and Nunnally their situation in Japan had improved a little…maybe not a lot, but it was better than nothing. Seeing Nunnally happy was also proof of that as well as things seemed brighter for her and to Lelouch that was all that mattered for him. Yet he felt the need to do something more to ensure a peaceful and brighter future for her.
(Present)
Although Hayate had since regained her mobility thanks to time spent in rehab after leaving Japan seven years ago. Hayate joined the Bureau and was currently in the Special Investigations Officer of the Surface Force of the TSAB aiming to obtain a command post. But while Hayate was catching up with Nunnally someone else coming back from Earth passed by the room with a certain green haired woman wearing a white uniform trimmed with gold.
"I take it Lelouch must be in the infirmary?" C.C. inquired while the redhead girl behind her answered.
"Yes, but he still needs some time to recover," Vita replied wearing a standard TSAB uniform. Knowing about Lelouch's partner who seemed to be fully aware of his identity and has a connection to the power of Geass according to their intelligence, Vita was given orders from Hayate to find C.C. and bring her back to the ship for interrogation. Her search for the illusive immortal girl was difficult to say the least especially as most of Area 11 was falling into anarchy.
The Wolkenritter spent three hours looking in vain for C.C, but just when she was about to give up and return the little girl went to a nearby Pizza Hut for some cinnamon bread sticks to bring back to her mistress as an apology for failing her mission. However upon entering she was met with an unexpected surprise as she found her quarry inside the place munching on two large pizzas.
How can a glutton like her remain slim after eating so much pizza day in and day out?
Vita wondered as the two continued down the hall heading for the room where Lelouch was located at, because as promised when the redhead girl approached C.C. the girl would show the immortal woman where her current contact partner was located to confirm his well being. Vita wasn't sure if allowing C.C. to see Lelouch so soon was a good idea, but if he was asleep then maybe it wouldn't be so bad since the black haired young man needed rest and time to recover.
The duo arrived outside the room where Vita was surprised to see a sad Nanoha outside leaving the Wolkenritter member to wonder if something had happened to Lelouch.
"Nanoha, I am back and I found Lelouch's accomplice in the Black Knights," Vita reported.
"That's good Vita, but Lelouch is currently busy and," Nanoha began as C.C. walked pass them entering the room Lelouch was in. Nanoha didn't have a chance to stop her as the green haired woman just walked inside where Lelouch instantly noticed her presence. His expression seemed neutral at first glance, but Nanoha saw in the former prince's eyes a burning anger and attempt at restraining it directed at the green haired woman.
"C.C, just the person I was hoping to see. I have questions and this time I want answers," Lelouch said as he put more empathizing importance on that last statement. It was obvious that Lelouch wasn't in the mood for any of C.C.'s wisecracks or dodging the question attitude. "Tell me was that blonde boy who used a Geass power to disguise himself as Euphemia another person you cast aside like Mao?"
"No," C.C. answered candidly.
"Then was there SOMEONE else who can grant Geass contracts like you?"
"Yes there is?"
"And you didn't tell me why?" Lelouch said as his blood was on the verge of boiling.
"You didn't ask," C.C. replied like it wasn't her concern, but Lelouch wasn't in the mood.
"C.C. for the sake of our continue partnership and your contact with me YOU better be straight forward with me on this. I want answers, like who was it who granted that Geass to that boy who nearly killed me today," Lelouch demanded with a fierce expression on his face as his patience with C.C. was at its end. The green haired immortal realized this and decided to just give Lelouch the full truth of the matter.
"You want the truth, fine, but I doubt you can handle it," C.C. cautioned before explaining. "Yes there is another like me called V.V, but he is the head of the Geass Directorate an organization that studies and produces Geass Users."
"WHAT," Lelouch began as this was clearly something else that should have been known to him.
"The organization is supported by the Britannian Empire, by V.V.'s brother…Charles zi Britannia, making him your uncle and he has been Charles's first and primary ally since they were children." C.C. began as Lelouch was shocked by this revelation that his own father is aware of Geass which upon itself created over a dozen different conclusions. "I was once head of the Geass Directorate, but after your mother was killed I left and V.V. took over. That boy you mentioned was Orpheus Zevon, a child who was born as the twin brother of the heir of the Zevon Family. However that noble family believes in succeeding through the female line so Orpheus's twin sister Oldrin was chosen to succeed the family while Orpheus was given away to a commoner family. But he was taken by the Geass Directorate, granted a Geass power before they began conducting experiments on him, after which they trained him into an assassin. I don't know the details, but I had heard he had escaped the Directorate a few years ago along with another girl who was killed some time after their escape."
Lelouch was silence for a moment, but he spoke clearly trying to restrain the anger he held for C.C. as this was information that he should have been aware of.
"Why did you keep this from me?"
"Two reasons, one you never asked me and second I only wanted the contract between us fulfilled so I deemed it not important."
"NOT IMPORTANT," Lelouch shouted flying into a rage losing all of his self-control at once. To the shock of Nanoha, Lelouch leapt from the bed and tackled C.C. to the ground as he began strangling her as the green haired witch made no effort to fight back. "If he was Charles's ally he would have sent other Geass users after me SO DON'T TELL ME ITS NOT IMPORTANT!"
"Lelouch," Nanoha cried out trying to stop him, but Lelouch was no enraged to care at the moment.
"Because of that I had no countermeasures in place to deal with a Geass user like Orpheus, but now," Lelouch's voice as it began breaking up as a rush of different emotions, rage and sorrow, were surging through him. "Everything has gone completely contrary to my plans."
"Oh really, I know about the gun you were carrying made out of ceramic and bamboo. You even had the idea of using your Geass to force Euphemia to shoot you, so now that someone actually did the job for you I thought you might be pleased with the end results." C.C. shot back reminding Lelouch of his originally intent to have Zero become a martyr completely destroying Euphy's reputation and thus allowing him the full support of the Japanese people, as the witch declared…someone else under Euphy's appearance did the deed instead and the Special Administrative Zone of Japan failed completely.
Lelouch did get what he wanted, so why was he so angry.
Was it because someone else did it other than him, or was it something else altogether that Lelouch didn't want to openly admit. Was SAZ was the best possibility of peace in Area 11 without further bloodshed giving some of the Japanese people their rights back, although in a limited area, but for Lelouch this was unacceptable as it eliminates the people's drive for rebellion which Zero needed. It wasn't about independence for Japan…it was merely a stepping stone to his ultimate goal of destroying Charles zi Britannia's Holy Britannian Empire.
The world Euphemia was creating with SAZ was a world Lelouch could not risk becoming a part of for he feared that his anger would fade and his need for vengeance would also vanish in the peaceful world Euphemia was trying to create. But at the moment Lelouch thought about it he felt his anger and hate flare stronger than ever.
In such a world, I would have been released from my scars, my need for vengeance would drain away, and I would spend my days with Nunnally and other kind people. I would have forgotten everything in that utopia overflowing with goodwill and happiness, but…
The more Lelouch thought about it the more his hate flared within every fiber of his being.
What about the pain I suffered in the past? What about my mother's death, what about Nunnally's sorrow? Even my drive for revenge against the Emperor would vanish. All of it Lelouch realized would have been swallowed up and wiped away by the positivity that Euphemia was emitting. Yet another question nagged at the back of Lelouch's mind. Could he have truly followed through on his original plan and use his Geass to compel Euphemia to shoot him?
"It's true isn't it?"
"SHUT UP," Lelouch roared as he began to strangle C.C. with all of his might trying to strangle her to death. Despite already knowing that it was impossible for her to die, but nevertheless that didn't stop Lelouch from trying as he repeated those two words over and over again. Fearful of Lelouch reopening his wounds Nanoha stepped in and gave Lelouch a sedative that put the young man under in a matter of seconds. Vita was quick to take the immortal away to lock the woman up as it was probably best to separate the two for awhile.
A sad Nanoha knelt down and picked up Lelouch before putting him back in his hospital bed while some tears streamed down her cheeks.
The following evening at the Royal Palace located at Pendragon, the heart of the Holy Britannian Empire. Inside the darkened throne room Charles zi Britannia was hunched over, his hands limp, as a Bastard Sword possessing both an energy edge and a Purple gem in its hilt ran him through his torso. Gasping in pain, Charles looked up at his attacker, as he held the sword effortlessly. Charles zi Britannia didn't have a chance to utter a word, but his face was frozen in complete shock.
"You knew that this would happen one day. However I managed to surprise you, no?"
"…Y-you…How…?"
"You don't know how much I had waited for this; heartless wretch…may your soul burn in the hell that waits for the murderers of innocents, Charles zi Britannia."
The figure then turned the blade in Charles's chest, causing him to cough off up blood, and then pulled it out. As Charles fell to his knees, the unknown then turned, and almost theatrically, decapitated the dying emperor in a single swing.
A few steps away, Orpheus looked to the scene with a grim smile on his face, as he felt that there had been done justice finally on a level to the dead. On the ground behind the killer laid the lifeless body of the Knight of One, who was easily duped by his own Geass, and couldn't prevent a single silenced shot to the head as he lowered his guard handled by the killer's trust right hand man.
"With your death the world shall plunge into chaos and within it I shall gather together the rest of the jewel seeds."
"Everything else has been prepared sir," Orpheus said stepping out of the shadows standing behind his superior.
"Excellent we shall move onto the next phase of our plans, my loyal knights will take care of the rest." The mastermind spoke before he and Orpheus vanished.
The next morning Lelouch was awake and in his bed while Nanoha who had remained by his side since leaving only to bathe, eat and use the bathroom, but beyond that she has hardly left his side. The two were quiet and neither one spoke a word to one another until finally Nanoha broke the silence asking the former prince.
"Why, why did you do all of those things...was it just for Nunnally or revenge?"
"Both," Lelouch replied causally.
"All of those people, the civilians at Narita, just among the soldiers alone but civilians were killed. The death toll was higher among the soldiers through."
"The landslide was more destructive than I had thought, but what can I do about it now. People die in war Nanoha and sometimes there are unfortunately those caught in the crossfire."
"Do you think Nunnally would approve?" Nanoha asked becoming tearful as she was beginning to see the full extent of how far her friend has fallen, but Lelouch didn't answer Nanoha right away wishing to avoid the repeating the same situation when Shirley's father died.
"If I stop now, then all those deaths will be meaningless in the end."
"Were those deaths even necessary?" Nanoha said with some tears forming in her eyes. As Lelouch remained silent Nanoha spoke again trying to get through to him. "Is it really worth it going this far for revenge and Nunnally?"
"All of it to create a safer world for Nunnally, away from claws of Britannia! Were you there when they first invaded Nanoha? No. I think you're up here safe with your Fate and Hayate with the rest of these," Lelouch held back on that last statement for a moment before, "people up here in space! While you're playing magical girl, people are dying left and right!"
Nanoha was shocked, but she felt like someone had just delivered a sucker punch to her. How could she respond to that, but Lelouch kept counterattacking?
"So I ask you, what was I supposed to do?" Lelouch began bitterly. "Just sit there quietly in a life where I might as well have been dead, fearing that Nunnally and I could be exploited as the Ashford Family's liability insurance at any time or even assassinated because of our parentage. So I ask you, what did you expect me to do?"
Nanoha was unable to respond, but really who could respond to such a question.
"What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil, or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?" Lelouch asked while Nanoha had no answer, but the former prince replied. "For me; I choose evil to defeat a greater evil!"
"Enough!" Chrono shouted at the two. "The admiral wants to see the both of you NOW."
No there has to be a better way…
Nanoha thought after Chrono Harlaown's sudden appearance stopped the conversation from proceeding further, but Vita entering the room passing by the Admiral's son.
Vita brought in a visor like device which she quickly attached to Lelouch's head which covered both eyes thus preventing the use of his Geass. "I think you can probably guess why we're throwing this onto your head," Vita said as she finished securing it.
"Of course," Lelouch replied understanding the precautions they would taking against him.
Nanoha followed as Lelouch was moved into a wheelchair and pushed along by Vita towards Lindy Harlaown's office, but instead to Nanoha's surprise the wheelchair was moved to the conference room where waiting for them was Lindy Harlaown was waiting for them along with Fate, Hayate, and Signum wearing a TSAB uniform. The move to the conference room was likely in mind for the fact Lelouch was going to be in a wheelchair for awhile due to his injuries and given the people in attendance the conference room had more elbow room for everyone.
Of course unknown to him there was another person in the room whose presence was unknown to him thanks to the blind spot the visor-like device on his head created.
"Don't mind the tea she serves she adds cream to it," Nanoha warned in advance remembering her first experience with Lindy.
If Tohdoh is here, he won't accept this quietly.
Lelouch thought before asking, "So she's a…extraterrestrial?"
"I know she doesn't look it, but…" Nanoha said as all eyes fell onto Lelouch and most of them were mixed between greatly displeased or disappointed at his actions as Zero ignoring the small conversation happening between Nanoha and Lelouch. The only person besides Nanoha who held a different expression was Signum who seemed more understanding of Lelouch's actions.
"You make friends with strange people Nanoha, I just wish they stop staring at me. It's," Lelouch began as a very familiar voice spoke up overhearing him.
"That is because all of us know what you have done," Nunnally spoke making her presence known.
"WHAT, Nunnally," Lelouch exclaimed in shock as his face paled.
"Big brother, you're Zero right?"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about," Lelouch said as his voice was trembling. He felt justified in his actions up till now, but no matter how much blood he spilled no one could judge him, not even god, but now there was someone here who would be a far harsher judge than anyone.
"Liar, you lied to me brother all of those times you have been missing from school," Nunnally shot back pointing her right index finger at Lelouch.
This is bad I can't lie to Nunnally, should I Geass her? No guards beside me and Nanoha close to me, worst come to worst I can Geass the guards, Nunnally, and the admiral to forget this meeting, no there has to be surveillance in this room and Nanoha is immune to Geass, I can just lie To Nunnally but she's reading me easy like a book, what if-
Lelouch was thinking as he was desperately trying to think of counters for the situation he was in although in his panic he forgot about the device he had attached to his head which prevented the use of his Geass power.
"Nunnally-chan, if it makes you feel better whether your big brother is lying or not, I have something to show you." The admiral took pressed a button on this blue hologram screen in front of her and a large screen appeared in the room.
At that moment in another corner of the ship Sayoko was sitting in the lounge enjoying a snack while another member of the crew was sitting at the table with her.
"Isn't this a little harsh for us to expose all of this to his sister?" Sayoko asked.
"I believe it's something from earth: you reap what you sow right," Amy Limietta answered.
Back in the conference room Lelouch's blood froze as he already realizes over a dozen possibilities of what he and everyone in the room would be seeing and he knows there is no escaping what would probably come next.
Think damn it, you got to think of something.
The screen showed what could be summarized as a montage of Lelouch as Zero including his various acts around Area 11 starting with his first appearance during the Orange Incident, Saitama Ghetto, the Lake Kawaguchi Incident, the crushing of the Refrain Drug ring, the Battle for Narita, Tokyo Bay Incident, the prison break at Chofu, the incident on Shikine Island and recently the Battle at Kyushu. Probably one of the most chilling footage shown was the footage of Lelouch with his mask off wearing his Zero costume sitting in the cockpit of his custom Burai unit.
"Heh heh heh heh…ha ha ha ha…hahahahahahaha!"
It was the sound of Lelouch laughing like a manic when he realized that his best friend Suzaku was the pilot of the Z-01 Lancelot the whole time and had been the reason why that all of his carefully laid plans were ruined.
How the hell did they get that footage, but damn it can't end like this.
Lelouch wondered, but unknown to him the members of the Bureau who had acquired the footage were spooked by the image and the sound of his laughter, even Nanoha was frightened by it. When it was all over an uneasy silence has fallen upon the room and Lelouch knowing he was now in a corner spoke a single word.
"And?"
The former prince's response made all those present turn wide-eyed with shock.
"You all stand here judging me on my actions, my sins I will admit to! However, you have no right to judge me since your inaction makes you even more despicable!"
The whole room collectively gasped in shock as the young prince glare at all present in the room with a flame of anger never seen before, even his sister starts to shiver in fear at her brothers tone before he continued, "You all stand here with your advance technology and power, yet you did nothing to stop the events that led up to this! How many nations of people suffer because of it?"
The admiral looked at the young prince with anger, "We cannot interfere with the actions of a lower civilizati-"
"Then that makes this whole thing even more disgusting!" Lelouch roars at the admiral interrupting her. "You look down on those who do not have what you have and yet, you condemn me for trying to fight back! To fight against the power trying to conquer everything regardless of the cost," The former prince continued with his verbal counterattack ", with all this you're no better than Britannia!"
SMACK
Lelouch stopped mid-sentence as he turns his head to a teary eyed Nanoha who had just slapped him across the face as she asked, "Then why lie to your sister?"
The former Britannian Prince met her gaze with a cool stare, "To protect her, she has already lost enough, I will do what I need to make sure she is safe." Lelouch breathed as he confidently continued, "Those who kill must also be willing to be killed Nanoha. It's something what I stand for. I have no doubt that I have created a lot of enemies back on Earth and I am probably the number one on everyone's hit list. But with this, Zero's death will bend to my advantage." A sinister smile appeared on Lelouch's face as the young man added, "The footage will no doubt turn Zero into a messiah; a symbol of Britannia's defeat."
"And making the world more chaotic, you're inciting war Mr. Lamperouge." the admiral interrupted.
"That's true but at the very least I'm stepping closer to my goal to confront the emperor. In all honesty, I wish I'm there with them. By now, both the EU and the Chinese federation is making use of the news for their own agenda. No doubt that they will be taking advantage of Britannia's moment of weakness. My Black Knights will be in hiding with the Kyoto group as their advisors. If it were up to me, I would have given out the order to take out the Tokyo Settlement."
"You're a war criminal," Lindy said while on the inside she was shocked by how twisted Lelouch was.
"Me," Lelouch almost burst out laughing. "Admiral if you people think my crimes are terrible then just look at not only what Britannia has done, but also consider some of the other terrorist groups. Let me point out that some of them have done things much worse than me. Trust me when I say some groups are quite radical when it comes to anti-Britannian."
Lelouch had a mocking smile on his face before noting.
"Obviously judging by your response I take it you aren't aware of just how bad things have been in Japan, so how dare you condemn me as a war criminal. I am fighting a war to destroy the evil that is Britannia so casualties on all sides including civilians can be caught in the cross fire. It's an unfortunate yes, but it's true."
This alone causes everyone to take close attention at how serious the prisoner's statement is.
"And after destroying the empire is over, what happens to you?" Fate asked.
"I," Lelouch began but someone interrupted the conversation.
"STOP IT! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE!" Nunnally closes her ears; unable to take the current situation any longer. Her big brother was like a complete stranger; talking about conquest, killing others, and evil.
"Nunnally-chan," Nanoha comforted. She hugged the disabled girl for comfort but her eyes still set on the prince. "Lelouch-kun, please stop talking like that."
"You want me to sugarcoat it for everyone to hear? There's no point; all of you know what I've done," Lelouch replied with a more calm and collected look on his face.
"Your sister-"
"I know…I know...I know, she is not supposed to know about all this."
"Perhaps we'll continue for another time, Chrono-kun, please escort the prisoner back to his cell." Lindy asked of her son as Vita and Chrono wheeled Lelouch out of the room while Nunnally began crying with Nanoha trying to comfort the poor girl. But Fate who sadly watched the scene knew that no amount of comfort would be enough.
Nothing would be enough to ease the poor girl.
Unknown to Lelouch however, before leaving Earth a certain maid managed to send off a coded text message to her superior Diethard Ried who was in charge of the Black Knight's Head of Information, Espionage, and Public Relations. At that moment Diethard was with other senior members of the Black Knights leadership minus two which happened to obviously Zero their leader and another member. However his presence for this meeting wasn't required.
"Unknown Third Party Attacked Zero. Another faction rescued him and it's in their care. Contact or escape from Unknown faction not advisable due to wounds of Zero, and added factors," Diethard began reading the text message word for word. "I will observe situation and find method of communication with Order. Until means of contact have been acquired or Zero achieves an accord with hosts, stand Low and regroup."
"A third-party so it wasn't Euphemia?" Inoue said while a few weren't sure about that.
"Well it does seem sudden for her to turn around and do that. I mean Cornelia probably would, but Euphemia seems like a polar opposite to her," Kaname Ohgi commented.
"Either way it was a mistake for Zero to go alone like that," Kyoshiro Tohdoh pointed out.
Suddenly at that moment the only senior member who wasn't present showed up. Tamaki running mad, breathless, appearing as if he had just ran a marathon, to tell the others in the hideout base the shocking news he had just learned about.
"The Britannian Emperor," Tamaki began grasping for air while appearing like the man was going to collapse.
"Talk Tamaki, what happened with him that it made you interrupt the meeting and run here?" Tohdoh demanded.
The redhead Japanese gasped for breath one more time before speaking, "The Emperor Charles has been murdered."
"WHAAT!?"
That was the collective shock of the entire gathering.
"All the Britannian networks are announcing it. An hour ago, he was found decapitated in a room of the palace, and in it, also the Knight of One was found dead from a shot to his head. Also it was announced that a burnt body was found, belonging to the First Prince Odysseus. Right now the Britannian mainland it's in a state of emergency and troops are in the roads. The net also says that the Royal Family it's starting to fight for who will be the next emperor," Tamaki explained.
"Holy shit," Kallen exclaimed while the other members of the senior members of the Black Knights were stunned by the news. "So what is that going to mean for us, will Area 11 be affected?"
"Not directly I would say, but that depends if Cornelia decides to challenge the others for the right for the throne. However with those deaths, the most likely candidate for the throne is Prince Schneizel. All things considered he is likely on the list of suspects. It wouldn't be rare that he would be challenged, as his preference for peaceful integration of other nations and diplomacy rankle some of the warmongering factions in Pendragon. Things could in worst case end in a repeat of the infamous Reign of Blood, but in a planetary scale, as the Royals try to call the loyalty of forces across the Zones."
"So civil war could break out," Ohgi asked.
"Civil War, but in a world-wide scale…and every Number in the line of fire as the Britannians fight each other," Diethard warned as an uneasy silence fell upon the group.
A/N: anyway for anymore of my crossover ideas check my Code Geass Crossover R&D forum where the link can be found in my profile. Also thank you in advance for your reviews and look forward to the next chapter, I got five more chapters already premade so I'll likely post it in a week or so.