Confrontation
Summary - upon the arrival of the Emperor, the security on Area 11 tripled, Charles decides to meet Lelouch himself.
Area 11, Tokyo Settlement, Viceroy's Palace
The great doors of the palace opened revealing the 98th Emperor of Britannia; Charles zi Britannia and the Imperial family. Kneeling in front of him was Clovis la Britannia and ten of his royal guards; five on each of his side. Beside Charles are one of his consorts; Elinor Li Britannia.
Elinor is the mother of Cornelia and Euphemia; she has waist long pinkish hair and indigo colored eyes. She wore a pinkish dress.
Behind Charles are his children; Euphemia, Cornelia, Odysseus, Guinevere and Schneizel, They are eager to meet Lelouch and Nunnally; whom they thought to have died in the war.
Charles was wondering why Lelouch and Nunnally were not with Clovis to see him, possibly because Lelouch is still angry at him for disposing them, he looks at Clovis who was still kneeling.
"Clovis, stand up." Charles said and Clovis stood up and looks at his father but not making a direct eye contact on him; thinking he is mad.
"Where is your brother and sister, they should be here to meet me?" Charles was referring to Lelouch and Nunnally.
"Lelouch and Nunnally went back to Ashford Academy to meet their friends for the last time." Clovis said.
This was unexpected for Charles. In his entire life he never heard of a royal person to live with or befriend commoners. When he thought of going there; he will meet the vi Britannia siblings and the Ashfords at the same time, if he did this it will reduce the time he needed to stay in area 11.
"I will go to Ashford Academy with my escorts while you triple the security in this area." He said before turning back and going to the limousine.
Immediately following his father's orders, Clovis orders the military to be present in all cities and ghettos in order to ensure the safety of the Imperial Family in Area 11.
Area 11-Tokyo-Ashford Academy
Edmund and Ruben were sitting on a bench while watching the students do multiple things such as playing volleyball, talking, doing homework, running and eating. Ruben heard from Milly that Lelouch returned here, he doesn't know why but he and Edmund are currently thinking about the restoration of the Noble statuses. Ruben looked at the gate and saw several Sutherlands and APCs entered the Ashford Academy premises and surround the Student council dorm before soldiers come out of the APCs and form two identical lines stretching from the limousine to the student council dorm. He and Edmund instantly knew that it's about Lelouch. The students stop whatever they're doing and crowd in front of the soldiers. Edmund and Ruben went in front of the students when a black limousine stops between the students and the soldiers, when its passenger came outside, everyone was surprised; many murmured why was the Emperor here.
Charles looked at the student council dorm, even though Clovis doesn't know where Lelouch is in Ashford, he figured that he might be living in the house built in the academy. He turned around and saw the owner of the academy and his son; Ruben and Edmund and behind them are the students, he can see that none of them are looking at his eyes because of his power on the entire Britannian Empire.
"Ruben and Edmund Ashford, please come with me, we have a lot to talk about." Ruben and Edmund comply and follow the emperor as he turned back and walked straight to the dorm.
(Kallen's Perspective)
Kallen can't believe her eyes, even in a window of the main building she cannot be hallucinating.
'The Emperor, at Ashford Academy, this could be the perfect time to end the Britannian empire if I could just kill him!' Kallen thought as she took out a pink cellphone from her right pocket and dialed 034524520, after that she placed it on her ear, while waiting for the answer she looks left and right in the hall she is currently in to make sure no one saw her. When the phone was answered she moved away from the window to the wall beside it.
"Hello Kallen." Ohgi said.
"Oghi, you wouldn't believe it!" Kallen was trying to maintain a low voice to ensure that no one can hear her as she continued, "The emperor is here in Japan, in area 11."
"What, that's impossible because if he's here, the news would have announced it!" Oghi replied.
"Just believe me; I can see him with my bare eyes." She moved her head to the window and saw the Emperor just meters away from the front door of the student council room before saying, "Besides, if i killed him now Japan may be freed."
Oghi thinks about what Kallen recently said and answered, "It might work." He finally agreed with her plan and asked, "Kallen what's your plan?"
"Simple, I'm going to use the sniper rifle i kept in my locker; this event is one shot to the Emperor and one big collapse for Britannia." Kallen thought that the assassination of the Emperor combined with mass uprisings throughout all areas would successfully lead Britannia to its downfall.
She returned her cellphone to her pocket and dashed throughout halls until she reached her locker, she quickly does the combination and immediately grabbed the rifle and climbed back to the top through numerous stairs until she reached the rooftop. When she looked back at the dorm the Emperor had already entered, but she didn't lost any hope or chance because she knew that the Emperor will come out.
(Lelouch's Perspective)
Lelouch, Nunnally, Jeremiah and the SCD (student council dorm) Occupants are currently sitting on the three brown cushion couches at the living room while drinking the tea Sayoko made. The couches are facing the circular white table in their center. Lelouch, Jeremiah and Milly were sitting at the central couch, Rivalz, Shirley and Sayoko at the left and Nina and Nunnally at the right. This morning Lelouch told Jeremiah and Sayoko to forget what they saw yesterday for it might be a huge scandal for him and her.
Lelouch grabs the remote in the table and presses the red button which turned on the black flat screen TV on the wall.
"Breaking news, this morning Area 11 was placed in martial law by its Viceroy, Prince Clovis la Britannia; the Viceroy said that a destructive weapon was stolen by terrorists from a lab and intends to use it in either Nagano, Kanazawa or Shizuoka."
Lelouch opened the news channel, revealing a blond anchorman and at his back ground are videos of Britannian soldiers flooding the streets, Knightmare frames encircling ghettos as soldiers barging into homes and shooting whoever moves, and mass panicking in some cities.
"The Viceroy ordered the evacuation of all people in the cities targeted-" Lelouch turns off the T.V.
Everyone is visibly shaking in fear, thinking that the terrorists may also attack Tokyo.
"Calm down guys, the news said that they will only threaten those three cities, so don't worry about it." Lelouch said as he drank his tea.
"Is that so?" a voice said then everyone turned to the figure only to be stunned and surprised upon seeing the person who was undoubtedly the Emperor with Ruben and Edmund at his left and right.
Silence filled the room with their thoughts wondering why was the emperor here. Lelouch was the first to speak.
"What are you doing here?"
"To talk to you personally, now I request everyone but my children and the Ashfords to go outside." Charles told them to go outside.
When everyone is gone, the sat down at the couches with Lelouch, Milly and Nunnally at the center while the Emperor is on their right and the Ashfords on their left.
"It has been seven years since I saw you Lelouch, seven years since I sent you here, but forget about that, for I will have a duty for each of you." Charles looked at both of them upon thinking of a position they can handle.
He now turns his sight to Lelouch and said, "Lelouch, you shall be the Viceroy of area 7."
Lelouch was surprised; he knows that Area 7 is one of the Areas that is full of R&D facilities and houses cutting edge technologies.
"And as for Nunnally." Charles now turns his sight to his crippled daughter and said, "I think that she shall be in charge of the Senate."
While Nunnally is calm about the statement, Lelouch on the other hand is shocked; if Nunnally is going to be the head of the Senate in Britannia, it means that they will be separated from each other.
"No, that won't happen; Nunnally shall only be at my side away from everyone, especially you." Lelouch glares at his father.
Nunnally, not wanting this argument to go any further speaks up "Father, I accept the position."
Different reactions were shown by everyone; the emperor smiles due to her obedience, the Ashfords were surprised and Lelouch was both shocked and horrified by her statement.
"Nunnally, why would you-" Lelouch attempted to ask his sister why would she agree with their father.
"Please Brother, I want to become independent now that I am given a very important task and you don't have to worry about me for I can take care of myself." Nunnally said.
Lelouch is mildly surprised upon learning his sister's desire of being on her own feet; he had been overprotective of her for the past seven years but now that she wants to be far away from his side, how can he handle it?
Charles now moved his sight to the Ashfords as he said, "As for the Ashfords, for keeping my children safe from harm, I hereby give you the title's Grand Dukes Ruben and Edmund Ashford and Grand Duchess Milly Ashford."
The Ashfords were visibly overjoyed since this is higher than their previous ones. Milly is the most joyful for she won't ever be arranged to marry a Noble she doesn't love for her heart only belongs to a single man.
The Grand Dukes; in addition of having all privileges of all Nobles below them, possesses the most powerful privilege a Noble can have: the ownership of a Megacorporation.
A Megacorporation is a massive conglomerate, holding Oligopolistic control over multiple markets. They even have a powerful Private military limited a theatre of 50 000 soldiers which includes the Army, Navy, Air force. Due to the power of these individuals they are sometimes referred as Nigh-Monarchs, to ensure that they won't overthrow the emperor, the 95th Emperor of Britannia Clause ro Britannia signed the treaty of Pendragon; which states that only fifty Grand Dukes may exist at any time and they can only be removed from that status by the voting of the other Grand Dukes.
"Thank you Your Majesty, for promoting us." Ruben said.
"Lelouch and Nunnally, come with me to the Viceroy's Palace for tomorrow both of you will leave to your respective duties."
Now everyone went outside the dorm where they meet the SC (Student Council), the Ashfords stays at the door while Lelouch, Nunnally, their father and Jeremiah walked straight to the black limousine, with Lelouch at the Emperors left side and Nunnally with Jeremiah on his right.
(Kallen's Perspective)
"What's taking that old man so long to come out?" Kallen has been waiting for about 5 minutes for the emperor to come out.
Suddenly the Emperor and his two children came out of the house; he quickly placed her left hand at the handle near the barrel to support the weapon's weight and placed her right eye at the scope before aiming at the Emperors head and placing her finger to the trigger.
'This is for Japan.' she thought as she was ready to pull the trigger, however an ant was inside her left ear and bit it. She was about to fire but the pain she felt was intolerable, her left arm left the handle as she pulled the trigger at the same time and scratched her ear until the ant was gone. Now she heard people screaming, She looked at their location and saw that instead of the Emperor, she accidentally shot his son; Lelouch vi Britannia in the right part of his chest.
"Oh shit, I've shot the wrong person!" Kallen cursed herself for the mistake she did.
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