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here we are finally, last chapter of this story.
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Disclaimer: There is no chance I won Code Geass.
It takes some convincing from Lelouch (one way or the other) until Suzaku agrees with his plan. The rest of the Black Knights is surprised and still wary about the prince's change in sides, but all of them support the young raven's plan. Still the Japanese is beyond reluctant to actually let his new lover go, so Lelouch more or less steals himself out of the quarters that morning with the help of Kallen. But the brunette has anticipated that move and waits for him outside, a small distance from the headquarters, out of his costume.
"Where do you think you are going so early?" he says as he steps around a piece of rubble.
It causes Lelouch to nearly do a jump in the air. He whirls around, small gun in his hand. When he sees who it is, he relaxes though. Sighing in relief he puts the weapon away.
"Did you have to scare me like that, Suzaku?"
"Did you have to leave without saying goodbye?" the other frowns back, stepping up to the raven.
"You would have tried to hold me back again," the prince grumbles and crosses his arms over his chest.
"Can you blame me? I can't not worry when my lover runs off to either get himself killed or to forget me again."
Lelouch smiles softly, then loops his arms around the other's neck, "I get it. But at least you won't have to worry about my memories being wiped anymore. C.C. gave me some contacts which apparently negate the effect of any Geass trying to get into my brain. And I doubt the Emperor would dare to kill me like that just after I am found again. It would cause too much of an uproar."
"He could mark you as a traitor."
"I am still his mindless puppet, did you forget?" Lelouch smiles slyly, then sighs at the still concerned look, "I will be fine alright? I get it that you are a very big-hearted person, so you worry. But trust me on this."
"I just want you to come back," Suzaku mumbles then lays his head against the other's.
"I know and I will return, promise," the prince answers softly.
For a moment way too short for the Japanese, the raven puts his lips against the brunette's, maintaining soft contact. Then the other breaks away and moves out of Suzaku's hold. A last smile and the prince disappears in the early morning fog. The brunette is left staring after him.
It takes Lelouch about an hour to get back in the vicinity of a britannian stronghold. By now he has thrown away the weapon he was carrying, the black coat has been shed, leaving him in a slightly shredded version of his formerly white pilot suit. He even took care to put some dirt on his skin (despite not liking it at all). So when he stumbles around a corner, speaking into a borrowed (but broken) radio, he is nearly glad to finally see some britannian soldiers.
"Hey there!" he yells, "I need help. Get me Sir Leonhart now!"
The soldiers are immediately startled into attention by the voice of their missing prince. As soon as they realise who he is, they call headquarters and take the cold boy inside. Lloyd and Sir Leonhart arrive half an hour later in a jumble. The youngest prince is sitting with a blanket around his thins shoulders and a tea in his hands when they barge in. The scientist only earns himself a dark glare.
"It's all your fault!" Lelouch growls at him, "If you would have done your job properly I would have never gotten captured by those bastards."
The count sweat-drops and hurriedly steps back, leaving the conversation to the knight before him. The brunette leans forward and puts a soothing hand on the enraged prince's shoulder.
"I am glad you came back safely, majesty. We were all very worried for you," he tries to calm the smaller.
But the prince only snorts, "If you were oh so worried, you would have done more to find me."
"We tried to, majesty. But there was no hint whatsoever as to where Zero took you. And after about a week the Emperor commanded us to focus elsewhere. I am sorry, Lelouch," real regret is showing in the older's dark eyes.
The raven only clicks his tongue, both in pretended annoyance at nothing being done and in real annoyance at his father's new betrayal. Apparently Suzaku was right, even his own children are nothing more than pawns for the Emperor. He wants to kill that bastard even more now. Hopefully he can get there fast. Leon's concerned voice brings him back into the present from his pleasant murder fantasies. The knight is a good man, not at all corrupted by Britannia. That's why Lelouch made him his right hand man. If he could he would try to get the brunette to follow him after he succeeds in his plan, but he knows the chances are low.
"If I may ask, how did you escape, my prince?"
"Che, lucky for me those bastards are as stupid as they are haughty. This morning they sent in some kind of small lackey to bring me food. Poor kid, I managed to threaten him into telling me the code sequences to let me out. And they never lock the front door neither do they have any guards running around," he lies easily.
"Do you know where their main quarters are then?" the knight asks hopefully.
Lelouch pulls a face at that, "Like us they have a mobile HQ. By now they must have noticed I disappeared and moved it somewhere else."
"Do you know anyone who was there? Any member of the Black Knights?"
"No, the one who I had the most contact with was Zero and he always wore his mask. As were others when they were stupid enough to enter the room I was in," he continues to lie, better to give as little information as possible.
They discussed that. Suzaku proposed to feed them wrong information but the prince had hurriedly said no. It could be way too easily falsified. That would heighten the mistrust after his mysterious escape. So they agreed on better not giving them anything.
"And where is the Lancelot?" Lloyd squeals through the door.
"What do you think, idiot?" Lelouch yells, "Still with those bastards. All thanks to you. Hopefully they are as lousy in repairing it as you."
That quiets the light haired man down again, Leon chuckles helplessly, "It was not entirely his fault you know."
But it earns him a glare from the prince, so he shrugs and changes the subject, "The Emperor has requested to see you immediately if you would have been found."
"Probably to lecture me on how he was right again and I shouldn't have come here and blah, blah, blah," the raven groans, giving a good expression of his old behaviour.
"Maybe. If it's okay with you, we leave tomorrow morning. They will send a jet to pick us up. As long as you don't mind me accompanying you," the brunette stares at the prince he swore loyalty to.
"I would prefer your company over anyone else Britannia has to offer," Lelouch grunts, before taking a sip of his tea.
"That's good," Leon smiles and stands up from his kneeling position, "I will collect you tomorrow at 7 AM. Be sure to take a bath and change until then. I doubt you want to confront your father in that pilot suit. I'm not sure if he would be happy to hear that his son is the one controlling the Lancelot."
The prince grumbles some profanities under his breath while Leon leaves the room. Outside he can hear Lloyd whine, but the knight shuts him up fast. As soon as they are out of earshot, Lelouch allows himself a satisfied smile. It is going exactly by plan. The britannian forces took him back without any fuss. They will believe him anyway, Leon's good heart helping a great deal. Really, if he had to pinpoint the knight's biggest weakness it would be his too big heart. But on the other hand, he can say the same about Suzaku, can he not? Maybe he likes that type?
Nothing really interesting happens for the rest of the day. Lelouch washes himself, eats a full meal and goes to bed early. The things are happening fast right now and if he has to face off with the Emperor tomorrow already, he doesn't want to miss his aim because he's tired (he didn't get that much sleep last night). Suzaku on the other hand has everything but a pleasant day. He is constantly worried about the prince, but since there have been no reports of a shooting or the death of the 11th prince, he trusts Lelouch is still alive and following his plan. From the next day onward, they agreed that the Black Knights will start to cause some distractions. Only small battles to pretend they are fighting with their last strength and to keep the britannian soldiers occupied.
That morning Leon leads a surprisingly awake Lelouch (the prince is not a morning person) to the airport from where their plane heads towards homeland. As much as he doesn't try to show it, the raven is nearly bouncing in his seat in agitation and the knight, having known the other for a long time, asks him whether something is wrong. Despite the prince's reassurance that it isn't, the brunette can't help but feel something is different about the younger. But trusting him, he doesn't inquire further, only fulfilling his duty to bring the prince to their Emperor.
So it comes to Lelouch standing in front of his father in the middle of that weird floating platform. It's not the first time he's here and he knows about the Geass by now, so he barely spares a glance. Instead his eyes remain fixed on the broad form in front of him, smiling down with an evil-sweet smile that makes Lelouch's stomach churn. One of his fingers fiddles with the hilt of a small dagger he is hiding in his wide sleeves.
"So I see you managed to escape Zero's capture all on your own?" Charles smirks, his voice causing shivers to run down the boy's back.
"They are all stupid. It wasn't too difficult once they became careless," he snorts back.
"Of course it isn't for my dear clever son," the Emperor continues, now stepping closer to the smaller who has to supress his urge to gag or punch the man. Still smiling, the old man lays an arm around the narrow shoulders of the other, "Now won't you tell me what you know about them, my son?"
That's the last straw and Lelouch's body tenses. Then with a swift motion he trained with Suzaku, he pulls the dagger out of his sleeve and plunges it hard into the man's chest. The Emperor chokes and stares at his son, who he thought completely under his control in shock. But the young violet eyes once nicely empty now hold hot rage, hate and disgust.
"I am not your son!" Lelouch hisses, before stepping away.
The Emperor's body falls forward, hand on his chest. Scoffing at an old man being easy to kill, the prince turns away. But while he is contemplating how to best get of here now without anyone knowing what he did, he doesn't pay attention to the supposedly dead (or dying) body on the ground.
So he is caught completely off guard when a strong hand grabs his ankle and drags him down. He growls as he lands on the floor hard, coughing against his momentary lack of air in his chest. When purple eyes spring back open, they stare into the madly grinning face of his father. Now it's Lelouch who chokes.
"You can't kill me like that!" Charles smirks, while holding down his struggling son, "Now how about we look whether the same works for you?"
He takes the dagger from his chest and plunges it into Lelouch's abdomen in retaliation. The prince screams at the pain and red starts to stain his white robe. Cursing inside his head, the younger hurriedly tries to reach for anything to defend himself with, only to discover that the hold of the small gun he took with him apparently got damaged in his fall and he can't activate it. That causes another string of curses to flow through his head. Especially when he feels the Emperor hold his eyelids open.
"You are a useful puppet, Lelouch, with your intellect and strategic talent. So I want you back. Let's turn you back to your proper role."
The raven yells out when the Geass in both of his father's eyes whirls to life. The pink eyes bore into his brain. But after some moments he notices that the power seems to have no effect on him. For a second he allows himself to thank C.C., because the contacts apparently work. Then he focuses back on the situation at hand, mainly screaming in imaginary pain to let his father believe that his power is actually having effect. Just to keep him occupied until…
BANG!
A gunshot rings out on the platform and Charles growls falling to the side. Lelouch is panting, the gun in his hand. Finally he managed to get it free and the red stain on the Emperor's stomach is proof of another hit on him. It earns him manic chuckling though.
"You can't kill me, Lelouch! I am immortal!"
"I can and I will," the raven stands up, slightly lightheaded by blood loss, and points the gun again at the old man, "Like this."
Without much mercy he fires two more shots, hitting both of the Emperor's eyes dead on. That destroys his Geass for him. Charles howls in pain and anger. But he stills when he feels the barrel of the gun at his temple.
"You have done more than enough. You caused too much pain for too many people. And persons like that must be disposed of, no matter what," Lelouch says in a deadly calm voice, "Goodbye, traitor."
And with that he fires the last shot which finally causes the great Emperor of Britannia to fall forward, dead.
For more than a minute Lelouch just stands there, staring at the dead body of his father and tormentor at the same time. Angry, but also painful violet eyes stare at the motionless heap on the floor, gun still held out. He feels the last of his blocked memories flow back into him. Until a sharp pain from his own side causes him to let out a gasp.
Damnit, he is still bleeding. How the hell is going to make it out of here like that? But there is no way he can give up now. He promised Suzaku that he will come back. And so he will. Every motion painful, he tears some of his jacket into stripes and provisory binds the deep wound in his abdomen after having removed the dagger. He bites his lip as harsh pain assaults him when he stands up. His descend down the stairs is slow and difficult. He desperately needs walls to lean on right now or at least some kind of railing, but not even that is offered here. Seriously, who builds something useless like that?
Finally he makes it down to the door, which luckily is still a slit open. Taking a deep breath and trying to think of some kind of plausible lie as to why he looks like that, he carefully moves through, gun held out. But he is only greeted by darkness, causing him to breathe a sigh in relief. Only to have a wave of dizziness wash over him. He staggers, but feels strong arms catch him. A familiar voice causes him to freeze.
"What happened here, my prince?"
The END ~ Just joking ;P
Suzaku can't focus! Lelouch has been gone for nearly a week now and no message from the prince. About four days ago suddenly a huge part of the britannian forces has suddenly left Japan, which led everyone to believe that the raven had success in killing the Emperor. There has been no official announcement yet, but with the chaos Britannia seems to be in, it is most likely the case. Of course the brunette is glad about that as well, but for him it would be more important right now to have Lelouch back by his side, rather than the supposed death of the old cot. But there are no news at all. Nunnally is nervous as well. She was against letting the prince go just like Suzaku but her voice doesn't count in the Black Knights for obvious reasons. Last night the Japanese has heard her crying in her room, wishing for her nii-san to come back. He finds himself sitting on the stairs in front of his house often nowadays when he isn't fighting with the Black Knights. They have actually managed to achieve quite a lot in the past days. The chaos and lacking commanding structure in the enemy forces makes it easy to launch successful attacks.
For today they have fought enough battles though. So Suzaku is indulging in one of his newest favourite pastimes nowadays. He is sitting on the front porch, hoping that Lelouch will come back. It is already dark by now, but he doesn't care much. Nunnally has reluctantly let him sit there to go to bed. He is staring into the darkness with no great hope.
But suddenly his eyes widen. There are figures approaching the house. Immediately he jumps up, ready to defend if necessary. He narrows his eyes at the first person, who he has never seen before. Shoulder-length spiky brown hair and a scar across his face, not much older than them. But then his eyes wander to the second figure as the person steps into the light and he chokes. Faster than lightning he is down the stairs as he recognises the thin build, black hair and purple eyes.
"Lelouch!" he yells, as he grips the prince around the waist, hugging him tightly against his body, "Oh god, you're back."
The raven laughs but coughs, "I am happy to see you too Suzaku. But could you maybe not hold me so tight. You're hurting me."
"Oh sorry," the Japanese blushes, lightening his hold.
"It's okay," a gentle smile makes itself onto the prince's features.
He leans forwards and presses his lips against Suzakzu's. The brunette sighs in contentment as the smaller puts his arms around his neck and slightly parts his lips. The soft kiss starts to turn passionate. But the older brunette who both of them have basically forgotten about, clears his throat quite audibly, amusement clear in his eyes.
"Can't you at least wait until inside the house with this?"
The two part with a blush, but Suzaku narrows his eyes at the other man, tightening his arms around his lover, "Depends on who you are."
"Calm down, Suzaku," Lelouch soothes as he pats the other's chest, "He may have been part of the britannian forces, but he knows and accepts what I have done. He saved my life."
"Fine," the Japanese nods, "Come in for now. But why did he have to save your life to begin with?"
The prince winces slightly, "Let's talk about that inside, alright?"
With a wary look at his lover, the brunette nods and walks up to the door. He unlocks it and pushes it open, not letting go of Lelouch even once. As soon as all three of them have settled in the living room, the Japanese fixes his partner with a stern look.
"So what happened? No lies, Lulu."
Another wince, but the raven reluctantly explains, "Well, let's say the Emperor was more resilient than I suspected, so he fought back even after I stabbed him once already," he sighs and pulls the hem of his shirt up, revealing the still bandaged wound, "He managed to lodge that dagger into my side as well. If it hadn't been Leo who found me, I would have probably either bled out or been thrown into prison for killing that bastard."
Suzaku's face is something between shock, anger and fear, before he punches Lelouch lightly on the arm, "I told you not to do it, but you wouldn't hear. I knew something happened when you didn't come back soon after the britannian forces ran back home," his head falls on the thinner's shoulder, "Never do that again."
But Lelouch only chuckles, "Unfortunately I can't promise that. Because I want my Lancelot back."
"You want to go back on the battlefield already?" the Japanese nearly whines, looking up at the violet orbs.
"Not immediately no, don't worry. But eventually, as soon as I am healed far enough, I want to go back and I will as well," the other replies cheekily.
"I'm never going to catch a break with you, am I?" Suzaku groans.
But it only earns him soft laughter and he too smiles into Lelouch's shoulder. They all know that they still have some work to do until the world is cleansed of Britannia's and more exactly Charles' wrongdoings, but they are on a good way. After the Emperor was killed a lot of people suddenly discovered new memories within them. Apparently the man meddled with more minds than anyone knew before. Most of his children's included. Britannia is currently arranging itself completely new. It is going to take some time until everything settles down again, but for the moment neither Lelouch nor Suzaku cares. For now they are just glad to be back with the other and enjoy the warmth of feeling their partner close.
That's it. Thanks for reading.
This story is at an end. I hope you liked it.
I made Charles sound like a pedophile here, but I had to somehow get him close so Lelouch could stab him. I also know that in the Anime there is also Marianne and so on, but this is technically an AU so I can kill the Emperor like that.
I found out that writing for a request is more difficult than writing my own ideas though. I still hope, it is what you wanted Shiranai Atsune.
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