Demon King of Britannia

Dying hurts. Being reborn into royalty can be even more painful, especially a royal family constantly trying to one up the others. Add in an encounter with an Ancient King and a rebellion in the East and life can only get more interesting.

And we're back! I don't really have anything to say here, so lets dive straight into the action!

Chapter 6

KABOOM!

A brilliant flash of light filled the shattered ruins of the Shinjuku Ghetto as two Godlike beings collided. Thunder and lightning rolled off the locked weapons as Holy Sword and Divine Weapon fought for dominance as the wielders clashed again and again. To any normal Human, the two were little more than blurs, constantly colliding in a shower of sparks, before disengaging and clashing again in a deadly dance. Each clash created a blast of wind strong enough to dislodge stones from the crumbling walls around the area and each dodged strike resulted in a new crater or something being sliced in two and obliterated.

"Not bad child," rumbled Zeus as the two Godly Beings clashed once more, locking their weapons together, "Not many would be able to stand against me for as long as you have. However, if you think you'll beat me with a pathetic weapon like that, you are sorely mistaken!"

He shoved, sending Eren skidding back, carving twin furrows in the dirt as he dug his heels in too slow his movements until he came to a stop. The young Campione let out a sigh and glanced down at Excalibur. Despite its status as a Holy Sword, the weapon was beginning to show signs of ware from the beating it had received since the start of the battle. Still, its status as a Magical Weapon meant that any normal weapon would have broken by now. Even so, it was clear that Eren needed a little more firepower if he wanted to win this battle. Fortunately, he had just the thing.

"Damn, I was hoping to avoid using this," he muttered, drawing the Heretic Gods attention as he gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, "Well, no matter, I guess I can put on a bit of a show."

The blade of Excalibur began to glow.

"What are you doing?" demanded Zeus, taking a step back despite himself as the aura of power surrounding Eren suddenly spiked, "Stop!"

"What's the matter Zeus, you scared?" asked Eren with a grin, the light coming from his sword throwing his face into shadow and making him look downright demonic, "Its time for me to step up my game and really start fighting! Excalibur, Unsheath!"

The glow around the sword suddenly seemed to explode, filling the area with a brilliant light. Slowly, the light began to fade, allowing the watching Humans to see the True Form of the Legendary Weapon. The Sword of Kings was now wreathed in a blazing light that rippled like fire and gave off an aura of power that vibrated the air around it and demanded all around it to gaze upon it and be in awe. In addition to his blazing sword, Eren now sported a pair of huge, golden wings composed of the same burning light as covered his sword.

Eren smirked and swung the blade, sending a huge blast of Heavenly Fire towards Zeus, who jumped out of the way, just in time to avoid being obliterated by the Divine Energy.

The gathered humans watched in awe as the two Godly Beings collided once more, this time even more destructive as the blazing light on Erens sword erupted of the blade with each impact, vaporized the ground and walls around the two combatants.

This time, the explosion was enough to send Zeus flying back into a nearby wall. The God of Thunder pushed himself up, spitting dust as bits of crumbled wall fell around him.

"I must say, I wasn't expecting so much power from you, little King," rumbled the Heretic God as he pushed himself to his feet, "But it looks like you won't be able to continue with that output for long."

Indeed, Eren was already starting to breath heavily and the aura was beginning to dim.

"Heh, your right," he said, smirking, "I can't use this ability for long, but I don't need to."

He adjusted his grip on his sword, causing the aura to dim, before he smirked and vanished.

"Third Blade, Rapidly."

He reappeared behind Zeus and made to cut him, only for the Lightning King to move like the element he wielded and blocked the strike. Erens smirk only widened as the glow on the sword changed slightly.

"Second Blade, Mimic."

The sword blade rippled, before it extended and wrapped around Zeus's Bolt and impaled him through the shoulder. Zeus roared in pain, forcing Eren back with a blast of power. The God fell to his knees, a hand pressed to his wound, before bringing the blood covered hand in front of his face.

"You made me bleed," growled Zeus, his hand shaking as a look of fury washed over his face and the sky above began to cloud over, "NOW YOU DIE!"

With a roar of fury, the God unleashed a lightning bolt from his Bolt, only for the attack to phase through Eren as his form rippled like water and vanished.

"What is with you Gods and reacting like children when you get hurt," said Erens voice, echoing around the area, "You'd think you'd be used to it by now."

"Where the hell are you?" snarled Zeus, "Come out and fight like a man!"

"You must be joking!" said Eren, "Why would I want to fight you on even ground? Need I remind you, I'm a Devil!"

The air behind Zeus shimmered, before Eren appeared and lashed out with his sword. However, before the blow could land, the Heretic God spun and sliced Eren in half...Only for his form to shimmer like a mirage and vanished.

"Fourth Blade, Nightmare," said Eren as multiple images of himself appeared around the area, "So tell me Zeus, what do you think of my Excalibur's powers?"

"Stop hiding behind your pathetic illusions and fight me!" roared the Heretic God, unleashing a huge blast of electricity, erasing all of the illusionary clones, but not hitting Eren, "Where are you?!"

"Here. Fifth Blade, Transparency."

Zeus twitched, before a sword appeared, impaling him through the back and emerging from his chest. The Heretic God gasped and looked down at the impaling sword, before it began to glow.

"Time to finish this," said Eren, "First Blade, Destruction."

The blade glowed, before a monstrous explosion engulfed the two Godly Beings. The huge dust cloud remained for a moment, before it was blasted away by a burst of light and lightning, before both dispersed, revealing Eren and Zeus stood silently in the center of the blast center. The Heretic God looked down at the sword point protruding from his chest, dripping with blood, before he smiled.

"Heh, so I lost," he said as he began to fade, his body breaking down into ash, "You've won, Devil King, this battle is yours. I admit, the powers of your sword surprised me. I was sure that thing would be to much for you."

"Its full power is too much for my body to handle," I said, "Fortunately, I can use its power in smaller, more manageable amounts."

"I see, so thats how," said Zeus, closing his eyes, "We will meet again, little King and when we do it will be different."

Finally, the Heretic God vanished completely, leaving Eren to flick his sword clean and turn to face the shocked looking humans.

"W-what the hell are you?" stuttered Tamaki.

Eren just grinned, silhouetted against the flames that remained from the explosion that destroyed Zeus, his face covered in the Gods blood making him look like a God of War.

"I'm just your friendly neighborhood Devil King," he said, "I'm the guy who killed King Arthur Pendragon and Usurped his Authorities."

"What? You really expect us to believe that?" demanded Tamaki, moving to grab the Devil King, only to be stopped as Naomi held out a hand to stop him.

"Stop Tamaki, he's telling the truth," she said.

"Are you serious?" asked Ohgi.

"Yes," said Naomi, "He is one of the Seven Devil Kings, "He's known as the Demon Prince and for good reason."

"And I'm going to stop you right there," said Eren, "I don't want to reveal all my secrets in one day."

He grinned.

"Well, that was interesting," I said a little later at Lelouch's home.

"Was all that true?" asked Lelouch, "That talk of magic and Gods?"

I nodded.

"That it is," I replied, "I hold in my grasp the power of of a God, well beyond the power of any Mortal, even that Geass of yours."

"And you're just going to agree to work for me?" asked my brother, "All that power and you're willing to be a subordinate?"

I blinked, before I threw back my head and laughed.

"Oh Lulu, I'm no subordinate," I said once I'd regained control, "I'm a Campione, a Devil King, no Mortal force can command me, not even an Emperor. The commander of a resistance movement, no matter how large stands no chance of commanding someone like me."

"So then what…"

"I'm not a subordinate, I'm an alley," I said, "I have my own forces, but we can get more done working together."

We fell silent, before Lelouch spoke up again.

"Say, can you heal with your powers?" he asked.

"You want me to heal Nunnally?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.

Lelouch hesitated, but nodded and I sighed.

"I can heal her legs, but not her eyes," I said.

"Whats that supposed to mean?" asked Lelouch.

"While Nunnally's legs are paralyzed due to injury, her eyes are under the effect of a spell of some kind," I said, "While I could forcefully dispel it, casting a spell like that on a child is dangerous in the extreme. It could do some serious damage to her brain if I tried."

"Spell?" asked Lelouch, looking shocked, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know," I said, "Thats why I can't dispel it. If I knew what the enchantment was I could easily remove it."

"I see," muttered Lelouch, "Any idea who cast it?"

"I have no idea," I said, "However, I will get my researches on it so we can break it. Until then, it may be best to leave Nunnally as she is."

"What? Why?" demanded Lelouch, his head snapping up to look at me.

"So that she doesn't have to go through two sets of recovery," I replied, "Her muscles will have atrophied from disuse and it would be better to only have her go through one set of physiotherapy."

"Can't you heal that too?"

I shook my head.

"It doesn't work that way," I said, getting to my feet, "I need to go. Think about what I told you and decide whether you want me to heal Nunnally now or later when we can break the spell at the same time."

Lelouch nodded and went back to thinking as I left.

The next day I was heading out to go to school, when I heard a commotion coming from Euphues room, before a Royal Guard came sprinting out of the room looking panicked.

"Princess Euphemia's disappeared!" he shouted as he ran past, completely ignoring me.

I blinked and stuck my head into my sisters room to see a sheet tied to the bedpost and going out the window. I walked over to the window and looked out to see the distinctive pink hair of my sister vanish into the crowd with a young man who I recognized as Suzaku.

"Well, looks like I need to go and give someone the big brother talk," I muttered as I stepped out of the room to find that the guards were apparently panicking.

"Alright, everyone calm down!" I shouted, getting their attention.

"Ah, Lord Eren, please forgive us!" said the closest guard, "We failed to keep an eye on Princess Euphemia and shes gone!"

"I said to calm down," I said, "Don't worry, she'll be perfectly fine. Shes in the Settlement and its not like anyone knows who she is."

"But…"

"Enough," I snapped, cutting across the Guards protest, "Leave her be for today. She has a guard and she knows better than to place herself in harms way. If Cornelia brings it up, tell her I told you to stand down."

"Yes sir."

I sighed and leant against the wall as the hubbub finally ended.

"I hate dealing with morons," I grumbled.

"Such is the burden of royalty," said Erica, amusement clear in her tone, "So, what are you going to do today?"

I grinned and handed her a note.

"Give that to our teacher," I said, "I've got a boy to intimidate."

I walked off, heading back to my room to change.

I caught up with my sister and Suzaku in a nearby plaza where they were sitting on a set of steps with a cat, which took one look at me and scarpered.

"I never was good with animals," I mused, drawing Euphie and Suzakus attention.

"Ah, what are you doing here Eren?" asked Euphie, getting to her feet and looking guilty, "Shouldn't you be in school?"

"And shouldn't you be in your room?" I asked, giving her a look I'd picked up from Cornelia.

"Touche," said Euphie, looking sheepish.

I smiled, before turning to Suzaku.

"Hi, I'm Eren, Euphies big brother."

"Oh, I'm…"

"Suzaku Kururugi, son of the late Prime Minister and the one who was accused of murdering Prince Clovis," I interrupted him, "Its nice to meet you."

"Likewise," said Suzaku, looking uncomfortable.

"Eren, what are you doing here?" asked Euphie.

"I saw you leaving with a boy and was curious," I said, "I wanted to see who'd managed to catch your eye."

Instantly both teens went bright red as they realized what I meant.

"N-no its not like that!" protested Euphie, waving her hands.

"I'm just showing her round the settlement thats all!" said Suzaku, waving his hands, "Besides, I'm only an 11!"

I laughed at the twos expressions and burning faces, before waving a hand.

"Oh relax you two, I was just kidding," I said, "But in all seriousness, I could care less if you're Japanese or Britannian."

That seemed to surprise Suzaku.

"Thats an uncommon sentiment," he said, "And its even more uncommon to hear someone refer to me as Japanese."

"Why? Thats what you are," I said, "I don't like how Britannia keeps stealing country's individuality. Having everything be the same makes for a boring world."

Euphie rolled her eyes, before speaking up.

"Well since you're here brother, maybe you could join us?" she said.

"Join you where?" I asked.

Instead of answering, Euphie grabbed Suzaku and I's hands and dragged us off on a whirlwind tour of the Settlement shopping district. I kept back, a slight smile on my face as I watched the bond between the two begin to form.

"So, why are you still in school if Euphie is no longer a student?" asked Suzaku.

"Ah, well our older sister has been assigned here and needed an assistant," I said, "Euphie's better than me at that sought of thing."

"Whats your sister doing?" asked Suzaku.

"A job in the government," I said.

"Hey Suzaku," said Euphie, "Could you take me somewhere?"

"Sure, where do you want to go?" asked Suzaku.

"I want to go to the Shinjuku Ghetto," she said.

"What?" asked the surprised teen.

"You want to see what its really like in there, right?" I asked.

Euphie nodded.

"I need to know," she said.

"Alright," said Suzaku.

"This is horrible," said Euphie, looking around at the devastation caused Clovis's order.

"And people were just starting to return as well," said Suzaku.

I nodded as I bowed my head in prayer for the Souls of the many deceased.

"Oh wow, they used Mortar rounds!" said an unwelcome voice, "Get a clear shot of it!"

I growled as I turned to where the two Britannian students who were taking pictures of the devastation.

"Say cheese," said the kid with the camera as his friend took a pose in front of the crater that was still slightly red from the blood that had filled it, "Got it, me next!"

I scowled and stormed over, snatching the camera from the student, beating Tamaki by just a few feet.

"Hey, whats the big idea!" protested the student, before receiving a fist to the stomach

"Shut it!" I snarled, "How dare you treat this place like some kind of tourist spot! Have you no respect for the dead?"

"What does it matter?" asked the student, "There just a bunch of worthless 11s!"

I clamped down on my fury before I gave into the urge to punch the ignorant jackass in front of me with all my strength and break him in half. That didn't stop me from punching him in the face though, sending him flying backwards with a broken nose.

"There still human you ignorant brat!" I roared, my aura leaking from my control and cracking the ground at my feet, "Everyone has the right to rest peacefully without scum like you slandering their names and turning their deaths into some kind of entertainment! Now leave and don't come back!"

The two idiots ran, nursing their injuries. I took a deep breath and reigned my aura in as Euphie and Suzaku came up behind me.

"Sorry about that," I said, "I just hate to see a something like this being turned into a nice day out by people like that."

Suzaku nodded.

"I don't agree with your methods, but thank you for that," he said, "Not many people would stand up for 11s, living or dead."

"You'll find out that I'm not normal," I said with a smile, before it faded and I looked up at the sky, "This world is filled with so much suffering, the dead shouldn't suffer too."

"I agree," said Suzaku, "But it won't be like that forever."

"Oh, you intend to do something about it?" I asked.

Suzaku nodded.

"Thats a big burden to shoulder alone," I said, "Do you think your strong enough?"

"I don't know," said Suzaku, looking down at his hands, "But… Is it bad to be weak? Back then, when I was 10, the world seemed like such a terribly... sad place, a world without any hope at all. Disease; Racism; living in a never-ending cycle of hate. The cycle must be broken; somebody has to do it. Of course, it's doubtful that the one who does it will make the bad things go away... no one should lose more of the people they love. At least, a world without war."

"How would you do it?" asked Euphie."

"I don't know how you would do it, but if I stop trying, then my father's will have been in vain."

I looked at the Lancerlot pilot, before a smirk crossed my face. It was nice to see that Suzaku was the same as I remembered from my past life, not that I expected any different.

"The prime minister?" asked Euphie, utterly enthralled by Suzakus passionate speech.

"My father died because he had to sacrifice his life in that war!" said Suzaku, looking down at the broken watch in his hand.

I grinned.

"Well, you don't need to shoulder all that weight alone," I said, holding out my hand, "Let me help you. I know I can make a difference far easier than you can."

Suzaku smiled at me and clasped my hand with Euphie watching with a slight smile on her lips. Unfortunately, the moment was broken by the sound of a large explosion further inside the Ghetto.

"What was that?" asked Euphie, looking in the direction of the smoke cloud.

Before anyone could say anything else, a large, brown transport skidded to a stop beside us.

"Suzaku!" called a woman in the cab I recognized as Cecile Croomy, a member of the R&D division who also happened to work for the Clave on the side. She was the one who had retrieved the MSV designs for use in the Seraphim.

"Whats going on Cecile?" I asked as we ran up to the truck.

"The Purebloods are having a silly squabble," said Lloyd, "We'd better get out of here. Oh by the way, its a shame about your acquittal cus now you'll have to work for me again!"

I rolled my eyes at Lloyds antics as Suzaku spoke up.

"Wait a second," said the Japanese Pilot, "Isn't now a good time to gather combat data about the Lancerlot?"

"Oh ho?" asked Lloyd, turning around with a gleeful look on his face.

"Suzaku, wait," protested Euphie.

"I'm sorry Euphie, we have to say goodbye here," said Suzaku, "I need to do this, I think I can stop them with the Lancerlot. I have to try."

I placed a hand on Euphies shoulder before she could protest and nodded.

"Go do what you need to do," I said.

Suzaku nodded and stepped into the truck. A few moments later, the Lancerlot launched and shot off in the direction of the fight.

"Do you think he'll be OK?" asked Euphie, watching him go with worry in her eyes.

"He'll be fine," I said, "That kid is strong, very strong. It'll take more than a few angry purebloods to put him down."

Euphie nodded, although she didn't look too sure.

"If your that worried, then lets go stop this," I said, "Its not like our presence is going to stay secret for long."

"OK," said Euphie.

We hurried after the Knightmare, reaching the arena where the fight was going down, just in time to see the attacking Purebloods getting schooled by Suzaku, before Villetta joined the fray, forcing the attackers back.

"Looks like theres no need for us to step in," I said, only to realize that Euphie wasn't at my side any more and was instead running down the the floor, right into the middle of the fight.

I went white as I saw Kewell pull out a Chaos mine and leaped from my place, sprinting after my sister.

"No, stop!" I shouted, just as Euphie left the safety of the tunnel into the arena and the Mine went off, showering the area with high speed rounds that could reduce a tank to swiss cheese in seconds.

Fortunately, Suzaku proved himself to be every bit as quick as he was in the Anime and threw the Lancerlot over Euphie, protecting her with his shields until the Mine was spent. I breathed a sigh of relief, before running out and over to my sister where she was getting to her feet.

"Are you OK?" I asked, helping her up.

"I'm fine, thanks to Suzaku," said Euphie, before her face hardened and she got to her feet, "Everyone, lower your weapons at once! In my name, I command you! I am Euphemia li Britannia, third Princess of the Royal Family. I am assuming command here, now fall back!"

"We're truly sorry your highness!" said Kewell as the gathered Knightmares knelt.

"You should be," I growled, stepping out beside my sister, "You do know what would have happened if Euphie had been harmed by this petty little squabble, right?"

"P-prince Eren!" yelped Kewell, no doubt paling rapidly in his Cockpit considering my well earned reputation for how protective of my sisters I was, "Please forgive us!"

I ignored him in favor of turning to Suzaku who had just descended from his cockpit.

"My lord, my lady, please forgive me!" he said, bowing deeply, "I had no idea it was you!"

I chuckled.

"Oh quit your groverling Suzaku," I said, "If we wanted you to know who we were, we would have told you. Besides, friends don't bow to one another."

Suzaku looked up at me, surprise etched on his face. I grinned at him as Euphie turned to the pilot.

"Suzaku, you share a similar deep pain with us," she said, "You have lost your father as we have lost our brother. Will you let me help you ensure that no one ever again feels the loss of a loved one on the battlefield?"

"Yes, I'm unworthy of your kindness," said the pilot, kneeling before her.

I just rolled my eyes and turned to the gathered Purebloods, who were now stood at attention.

"Lord Kewell, Lord Jeremiah," I snapped, making the two named Nobles flinch, "You two will put this petty feud of yours aside for now or deal with it in the arena with swords. However, I will not allow you to continue like this. We need all the capable soldiers we can get. Understand?"

The two Purebloods glared at one another and mumbled something.

"I said, UNDERSTOOD?" I thundered, tapping into my Authority.

"Yes my Prince!" responded the two rivals, snapping to attention.

"Excellent, now lets go home," I said, switching from Prince to brother in the blink of an eye, "Big sis will be arriving soon and I'm sure she'll want to scold us about something!"

Euphie giggled and accepted my offered arm, before we made our way to the waiting transport.

And thats the end. I hope you liked the confrontation with Zeus and the meeting with Suzaku. I need ideas for what Authority Eren could have gained from Zeus, preferably something to do with his status as King since thats Erens theme. As for Erens Excalibur, it basically has eight different abilities, one that allows him to use the full might of the sword, but drains him quickly, while the others are weaker, but still formidable and are taken from the seven Excaliburs from DXD. Now that I've said that, its time for me to sign out, so please leave me a review!