Hey everyone! FAT CHAPTER HERE! Lots of words here people xD. Sorry for the long wait as this chapter was a bit hard to write. However I hope the cliffhanger at the end is worth it. ZOMG THE SUSPENSE! As always, enjoy! And happy thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble!

EDIT: Zomg stupid mistakes, thanks for the heads up. I wrote "Battle of Narnia" instead "Battle of Narita", and I meant the year "2150" instead of "2550". This is why I need someone to beta xD

"I guess your silence means that you are agreeing. Very well, I shall tell you who I am. My former name is of no value. The name I have adopted is everything to me, and I vow to recreate the world in his name. I am Lelouch Vi Britannia, The Demon King. I will bring this weak and peaceful world to its knees, and recreate the Old Britannian Empire!"

Lelouch suppressed the urge to laugh. This mans ego was huge.

Roy swore and barked angrily toward the screen. "Why do you desire war and power so much?! We were all happy with peace!"

Lelouch yawned, mocking Roy. He leaned forward and grinned maliciously. "You may have been happy Roy. But I wasn't. All I need now is a queen, and I will be The Demon King. Maybe some random bitch like Lelouch had. Knowing him I bet he didn't even love her! She was probably his slu-"

The TV screen exploded suddenly. Lilia instinctively put her hands over her head and Roy raised his own arms to block his face. He looked up to see R.R. holding the pistol he had taken from the body out, smoke coming out of the sleek barrel. R.R.'s hand gripped the handle tightly as he lowered the weapon, his face impassive. "That bastard." R.R. whispered softly.

Roy raised an eyebrow at R.R.'s sudden outburst and was about to ask the reason behind it when Lilia spoke up. "Lets get out of here." She said softly, beginning to stand up.

"No." R.R. commanded, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Tell me everything. I have a lot of catching up to do."

Lilia paused before nodding and sitting down.

R.R. took a deep breath and leaned back. "What is Damocles in this age and time? Is it a symbol? You said it was the biggest object in space. Shouldn't technology have increased enough to make things like this insignificant?"

Lilia nodded. "Yes, Damocles is the royal castle for the Emperor and Empress. The royal family rules here and has for years. Damocles was one of the biggest objects in space, but ti was dwarfed by planetary stations and colonies. But then as a show of power, that he controlled your life and your fate, Lelouch destroyed them all except Damocles. He hopes to capture it and rule from it, becoming what he has always thought the Emperor should be. A god."

Lelouch nodded and tapped his finger against the arm rest on the seat. "Lelouch. Who is he? When did he come to power?"

Roy spoke, his tone melancholy. "Lelouch had been a member of the royal bloodline, third heir to the throne. He never showed much promise, and was generally forgotten. Lilia was thought to be the perfect Empress when the time came, everyone said she resembled the first Empress Nunnally in both looks and personality. Because of this he spent much of his time reading, spending hours in the Royal Library, pouring over books. He was often alone as a child, and despite Lilia's attempts she would always be too busy to see him. One day Lilia found him reading a history book on The New Britannian empire."

Lilia took over for Roy since she had been the one there. "I found him reading one chapter over and over. He would finish and then start again, it was like he wanted to burn the words into his brain. I looked at what he was reading, and it was the chapter of Lelouch Vi Britannia, known to many as The Demon King. I thought it was merely a childhood fancy, he was only ten at the time. But it wasn't and over time he grew more aggressive and short tempered. He began to refer to himself as Lelouch and carried the book with him at all times. He began to draw battle plans, elaborate and complicated, unnecessary in this age. One day, when he was sixteen, he disappeared. He resurfaced two years later with an army at his back. He quickly took control, catching most nations by surprise. He currently controls 70% of the worlds land, with the Chinese Federation, one of the longest lasting and respected countries left to oppose him. Once he conquers them, he will truly have become his idol The Demon King." Lilia finished, tears beginning to leak out of her eyes.

R.R. leaned forward and placed his head between his fingers. He massaged his temples slowly and asked calmly to Roy. "So..He desires attention." "How does he rule?"

Roy gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. "He's..He's...A demon. in most parts those who support him and are close to him live in complete fashion, with mansions, servants, anything they want. They have a city to themselves, with a large outer wall keeping unwanted out. The majority of the population live in ruins, struggling to survive. He enforces complete control over them. If any sign of rebellion is shown, he cuts off their food supply and lets them die."

"And what of Zero?" R.R. asked. "Why is he siding with Lelouch?"

Roy shook his head sadly and shrugged his shoulders. "No one knows. They were seen together often during their time in Damocles. When Lelouch disappeared Zero stayed by Lilia's side. When he resurfaced he left, and soon joined Lelouch."

R.R. nodded, things were beginning to become clear. "And what role does Zero have in all of this?"

"The first Empress, Nunnally, worked side by side with Zero. It proved to be an incredible team, as New Britannia was created and the world flourished. After they died-"

R.R. raised a hand to cut her off. "Where were they buried?" He asked softly.

Lilia blinked in surprise and answered. "They were buried in the royal cometary. They requested before their deaths to be buried together."

R.R. smiled and motioned for Lilia to continue.

"As I was saying, ever since then a Zero has served with the Emperor or Empress, acting as an advisor and partner. Zero's identity is never revealed, and those close to him when he is picked are sworn to keep the secret."

"Does anyone here know the current Zero's identity?" R.R. asked, already knowing the answer.

Lilia shook her head. "No, one of the first things Lelouch did when he emerged was send assassins to kill people possibly associated with him."

R.R. mused to himself, his brain hard at work. "So Lelouch knows the current Zero's identity...Could he be using it as blackmail? Or is their some direct link to his identity and Lelouch..." "What about the Knightmares?" R.R. asked, looking Roy in the eye. Roy sighed depressingly and spoke, his tone full of shame. "As of now only two Knightmares exist in the world. After the battle for control of the world between Prince Schenizel and The Demon King, 70% of the worlds Sakuradite was destroyed and Knightmares became more scarce and ultimately began to lose their value. Humanity learned to live and function without the machines. In 2150, an event called the Great Purge happened. Every nation came to an agreement that the remaining Knightmares should be destroyed, as they were an incredibly dangerous threat to humanity should they fall into the wrong hands. Plus they were only brought out nowadays to do heavy tasks and generally were useless. Only two Knightmares were saved, to serve as monuments. The great minds Lloyd Asplund and Rakshata Chawla worked together to recreate the Guren Mk-II and the Lancelot. They were recreated as the first version of each, I guess a joke between those two. The Guren Mk-II was placed in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, to serve as a monument to all who died in Japan's long and glorious struggle. The Lancelot was given to Zero, and the key as well. From then on Zero also took the role as protector of peace."

R.R. groaned as Roy talked. "So that means Lancelot is in Zero's hands....Where is the Guren Mk-II?"

Roy swore in anger and slammed his hand on the arm rest. "It's in Japan....In the hands of Lelouch's third in command, General Natsume." Roy reached behind his neck and slipped a necklace over his head. Dangling on the end was an all to familiar sight to R.R., the Guren Mk-II's key. "I will get it back though." He said quietly, squeezing the Guren Mk-II key tightly in his hand.

"You will. The Guren Mk-II, Kallen's prized possession, is defiled by the touch of that man." R.R. said, his voice hard and cold. Roy looked up in surprise before nodding his head, his face determined. "Give me a general layout of the world, where Lelouch's forces are strongest, weakest, everything" R.R. asked Roy.

"Currently Lelouch resides in Pendragon, his self proclaimed temporary capital until he claims Damocles. It's on the border to China, and Zero also resides there. He has four DSHM, Destructive Space Homing Missiles planted around the world with the major one and the control center in Japan. The DSHM are what he uses to control orbit and space, as any ship not familiar and with a personal transponder is destroyed. The bulk of his forces are in China, who they are at war with. His third in command and the Guren Mk-II are in Japan right now." Roy continued, listing off locations and tactical placements. R.R. nodded, every piece of information he received seemed to reinforce the plan building inside his head.

Roy soon finished and R.R. stood up."First we are going to take Japan."

Roy looked up at him in shock and Lilia gave a small gasp of "why!"

R.R. looked at them all, his violet eyes glinting. "Lelouch's forces are currently deployed in China, it will take a while for him to react. Also if we can eliminate his third in command, the chain of command will fall apart and we can go straight for Lelouch and Zero. The Guren Mk-II is also there, we need to reclaim that in order to have a chance against a fight with Zero. We need to establish a headquarters, a country where we can launch our assaults against Lelouch. You can't do much from a small ship. Plus, Japan has a history of war and rebellion." He smiled grimly. "And I must say, they're rather good at it."

Roy nodded as he examined the plan of assault. He nodded satisfied after a few minutes. "It sounds good. Lets get in there and kick some ass!"

R.R. raised a hand, motioning for Roy to calm down. "I need to go down there by myself for a while. In order to perform a good rebellion I need to create a strong underground network and get a good idea of the area. Japan's probably changed quite a bit."

Roy raised an eyebrow as he looked at R.R.. "Just how old are you? And who ARE you anyway?"

R.R. turned to Roy and their gaze met. Roy struggled to fight the urge to shudder as R.R.'s sharp amethyst eyes bored into his own. "I don't have any obligation to tell you right now."

The doors slid open with a hiss as R.R., Roy, and Lilia walked into the lab of Damocles. A tall skinny man with short neat white hair sat at a chair slumped over a large panel. His glasses slid to the tip of his nose as he examined the complicated equations and formulas on the screen in front of him. R.R. found himself impressed with the mans work, it seemed that math doesn't change. The man brought a cigar to his mouth and took a long inhale. He expertly shot out a small smoke ring and leaned back, rubbing his hair with his free hand.

"Smoking kills Benny." Roy said, walking up to the man.

Benny chuckled and turned to Roy. "Not anymore Roy. Remember? Safe cigarettes, all the punch without the kill. Not as strong as the old ones though." He sighed longingly, then noticed the newcomer. He stood up and put his hand sin his pockets and began walking over to R.R..

R.R. observed the man, already guessing who this man was. "Fascination with smoke? Strike one. White hair? Strike two. All we need is one more."

Benny walked up to Lelouch and shoved his face in front of his and stared him in the eye. He suddenly swung back and began laughing. He then collapsed onto the floor and struck a pose. Roy and Lilia sat down as well, chuckling at Benny's usual antics.

R.R. sat down himself, relaxing. "Weird, quirky, and strikes a pose when sitting or lying down? Yup, we have a Rakshata Lloyd child here. Good, I'm going to need all the brains I can get."

Benny turned to Roy and smiled toothily. "And who might this be? He certainly has an odd sense of style."

Roy laughed and pushed Benny over. "Like you should be talking. All you ever wear are your lab coats! This is R.R., newest member to our merry band. I thought we would introduce him to you, and maybe you could show him all the new gadgets from the year 2300."

Benny raised an eyebrow and looked at R.R.. "Oh, so you were the prize inside the capsule?" R.R. nodded and Benny laughed, standing up. "Excellent! Well first we need to get you a NCLRC, or as we like to call it, a bluetooth."

R.R. stood up and followed Benny, curious. "A bluetooth? Wait, NCLRC?"

Benny stopped at his station, and after rummaging in a drawer emerged with a small pad and a silver arm band. "Yup! Neurally Connected Long Range Communication. Here!" He said cheerily, handing him the new items. Lelouch looked at them, and despite his incredible intelligence couldn't figure out what in gods name to do with them. Benny laughed as he realized his mistake. "Sorry sorry! Put the pad in your mouth and attach it to the top of your mouth, and hold it there for five seconds." R.R. opened his mouth and slipped it in, pushing it to the top of his mouth. He began counting, and almost chocked in surprise when he reached five. The pad had disappeared from the top of his mouth, and a cold chilling sensation had washed over his brain.

"What happened?" He asked, rubbing the top of his mouth with his tongue.

Benny smiled and crossed his arms. "It melded with your mouth, and once it melded completely it bypassed layers of bone and muscle to reach your brain, where it attached itself. You now have, to be blunt, a phone in your brain. Watch." Benny pulled his sleeve up and poked his arm a few times. "Hello, R.R." He whispered.

The voice echoed in R.R.'s head clearly, it was if someone had stood behind him and whispered to him in a completely silent room. R.R. shook his head in amazement. "How do I dial?" He asked Benny.

Benny reached over and grabbed the arm band. He walked over to R.R. and slid it on his arm. The armband shimmered as it gripped R.R.'s skin. With a small hiss it clamped onto his arm, and melted. R.R. looked in fascination as he saw skin meld over the armband, it didn't hurt at all. "Now just wave your hand over your arm and you will have a number pad and keyboard. Just type what you want, or you can let it read your mind. Reading the mind is a bit risky, we still haven't figured it out completely." Benny said, a large grin on his face.

R.R. sighed as he took a mental note. R.R. turned toward Lilia and examined his arm curiously. "I assume you have one of these as well?"

She smiled and wrapped an arm around Roy, who blushed and looked away. "Of course! Everyone does! Here, we need to exchange numbers." She walked over to R.R., pulling Roy with her. She waved her hand over her arm and a silver band like the one R.R. had recieved shimmered into view. She touched hers with his, and after a second a small beeping sound emerged from the two devices. She smiled and clapped her hands. "There! Now all you need to do is type my name into your armband and it will call me!"

R.R. nodded as he exchanged numbers with everyone else, and the armband shimmered back under his skin once he was done. "All right. I'll be heading down to Japan. Since we can't go down by ships since we will get destroyed, I assume you have some other way?"

Lilia nodded and led him out the door and down a long extravagant hallway. R.R. examined the old and beautifully drawn oil paintings as they passed. Former emperor and empresses smiled at him as he walked along, trapped forever in time. The now familiar hiss of the door alerted R.R. that they had arrived. He looked at one more picture before he left, and smiled at it. Nunnally sat in a simple chair, a warm smile gracing her beautiful peaceful face. Her soft blue eyes looked at Lelouch as her unmoving lips whispered to him. "Hello, Onii-sama."

"Hello, Nunnally."

His thoughts were interrupted as Lilia tugged his sleeve. R.R. took one more look at his beloved sister before stepping into the room. It was a small room, with a single medium sized piece of machinery next to the door. In the middle of the room a small platform was raised, with a wide circle in the middle of it. The circle pulsed a cool blue and radiated a calm light.

Lilia moved to the control panel and bit her lip as she looked at the large piece of machinery. Pointing toward the platform, she instructed R.R.. "Can you stand on the platform? On the blue circle please!" R.R. walked toward and stepped onto the blue circle. He shivered as his feet connected with it, the cold spread from his feet throughout his body. "This is your first teleport right? You can use these once every twelve hours, it's two way. Whatever you do don't get followed. This is the only thing keeping Lelouch from capturing Damocles. It's going to be a bit uncomfortable, but stick with me!" She called over to him. R.R. shivered again and nodded. "Ready! Teleport online, all systems normal. 3. 2." The circle underneath R.R.'s feet flashed upward in a blinding light. He gasped in surprise as the light enveloped him, and he dimly heard Lilia shout "1! Transportation is all clear!" A searing pain shot through his body, and his blood turned to ice. He resisted the urge to scream as he shut his eyes. There was the scream of machinery, and everything went black.

R.R. hit the ground with a thump. He let out a strangled gasp, sweat pouring down his body. His body felt numb and cold, and his stomach turned uncomfortably in his body. He raised his hand to his mouth, the bitter taste of bile in his mouth. Collapsing on the ground, R.R. panted as he waited for his body to regain feeling and his stomach stop twisting. He looked around, trying to determine his new location.

"It seems like I'm in a cave of some sort." He raised his head and examined the roof. Icicles hung on the top, glistening and dripping water into a pool. The eerie plunk of the water drops echoed around the cavern and brought up an old memory of R.R.'s. With a start R.R. realized where he was. The cave where he had learned C.C.'s name, the cave where he had cleaned her wounds in the Battle of Narita. He pulled his weakened body over to the pool he watched the drops of water land with soft plunks. The number of water drops hitting the pool increased as R.R. shared his own, shedding a silent tear for C.C.. He rubbed his eyes and stood up weakly, legs shaking from the effort. Grasping the side of the cave for support he walked forward, leaving the cave and entering the new world.

R.R. sat on a hovering chair in a beautiful park as he waited for his leg to twist back into place. He winced as the bones forcefully melded as one. Walking down a mountain covered in snow was harder than it looked. He leaned back in the odd egg shaped chair, grateful for the self warming cushions and protection it offered. He smiled weakly as he watched other people lounging in them, some with the opening shut as they slept or sought refuge from the cold weather.

"Replacing, cold, hard wooden benches with hovering self heated comfy egg chairs? Good call." His satisfaction turned to anger and pity as he remembered the condition of the people who had lived outside the walls of General Natsume's personal section. They rummaged through broken houses, grasping at what little cover they could find. R.R. shuddered despite the warm chair as he remembered the young boy who had stripped the clothes off his dead mother, the tears freezing in the weather as they rolled down his face. He stood up, suddenly disgusted with the chair. He walked down the street, ignoring the cars flying feet above his head. "I should get some money first." He murmured to himself absentmindedly. He looked up at the towering skyscrapers and buildings. Cars zoomed around them, following invisible roads. They pulled into parking lots located on the roof and at the top of the floors, locking their cars and removing the hover feature. R.R. wrapped his arms around himself as he trudged onward. He silently cursed himself for not thinking ahead, he was still wearing the prison clothes he had crawled into the capsule with 300 years ago. He paused as he passed by a particularly large skyscraper. He peered in and grinned victoriously. Money would be easy if he could just get meet one more condition. He stepped into the casino, the bright lights and sounds of coins and cash smothered everything else. He forced the urge to sigh as he looked around. Slot machines and roulette's were the majority, it seemed no matter how much humanity advanced their stupidity and and hope in luck would never change.

R.R. walked up to a man lounging at the bar, downing drinks. It seemed his luck and friends had run out on him so he had turned to the only thing that wouldn't run out. Alcohol. Tapping his shoulder, R.R. asked him carefully. "Excuse me sir. I'm new here and I was wondering where the Chess gambling section is."

The man blinked a few times before pointing to a nearby elevator. "Third floor" He slurred, taking another deep drink.

R.R. thanked the man and stepped into the elevator, passing a girl dressed in a skimpy bunny outfit. The elevator hummed slightly as it vibrated, and within a second he heard the familiar Ding! of arrival. He stepped out of the elevator and entered a large comfortable room. Gone were the sounds colors and lights that attracted tourists. Here was were the big money was passed around. Single tables were laid out with two comfortable chairs on each end.

R.R. raised an eyebrow in surprise as he saw a man push an image of a rook forward. "Holograms. More efficient. Probably hack proof as well. Impressive."

He walked up to the nearest person, a young woman scowling at her chess board, and asked sweetly "Will you point me to the most skilled chess player here? I'm in a rush and I would prefer to win a large amount fairly quickly." An immediate hush fell around the room as heads turned to the naive newcomer.

A large noble laughed and R.R. winced as the sound entered his ear, it was high and whiny, corrupt and painful. "You want to play against the Black Queen? Hah! The day when someone beats her is the day I walk outside and become a conquered!" The patrons in the room laughed at this unlikely and hilarious claim. R.R. ignored the laughter and asked the woman again. She pointed to a door on the other side of the room, still chuckling. He walked over, ignoring the jeers and mocks off Lelouch's favored servants and friends. He pushed the door open and walked into the room, shutting it as he stepped in. He squinted his eyes as he entered the room. A comfy chair sat in front of a table with a well worn, regular wooden chessboard on it. A single candle sat next to the chessboard, giving off a soft glow that hid the person behind it. A pair of long slender legs rested upon the table.

R.R. nodded approvingly of the old chess set. "Nice touch."

The figure laughed and pointed a foot in his direction. "You look rather good. I might actually have to try."

R.R. took a step back, his eyes beginning to widen in shock. He had HEARD that voice before, the distant, cold, mocking tone with sadness and loneliness buried underneath. The person noticed his actions and leaned forward into the light. R.R. backed into the wall, his eyes wide, body numb, and mouth feebly opening and clothing as he tried to speak. The girl played with her long silky green hair as she stared at him. Her beautiful hard face was emotionless as she examined him, and violet eyes met violet eyes as she smirked. "What's wrong?" She taunted, twirling a lock of beautiful green hair between two fingers. "You look like you've seen a ghost."

And finished. Phew, thanks for sticking with that. The history might have been boring but it is necessary lol. Sorry if I made mistakes, writing that was HARD. It made my brain fizz. Thanks everyone for the reviews, they make me feel special and fuzzy inside.(Thanks to HellFire for the suggestion on Knightmares! Makes it MUCH more plausible!)

IMPORTANT!: I've narrowed C.C.'s real name choices down to 3. Let me know in your review which one you like and think would fit best in this type of story.

Elizabeth: Victorian/European name, has the most evidence and logic behind it (see reviews, there are 5-6 reviews with solid evidence).

Shizuku: Japanese name, is pronounced similarly to the way C.C.'s name is pronounced and means "drop of water" in Japanese. The scene in which C.C. told Lelouch her name was muted by a drop of water.

Lucia: I don't know...Spirit HellFire suggested it and I took a liking to it lol.

So yeah, if you could tell me what your choice would be that would be awesome. Some of you might have guessed why I'm asking for her name, but don't spoil it for everyone else! Also one more thing (Man I'm such a needy bastard) I would love it if someone could begin to Beta-Read my chapters. It's always nice to have someone else look at it from a different perspective. Just get in touch with me through a message or email (which is on my profile).

Anyways if you still have questions about plot, setting, character history, let me know and I will incorporate the answer in a new chapter or rework an old one. As always, enjoy, R/R, and look forward tot he next chapter! (Ironically I already have the last two chapters written. Fleshing out the story is what is difficult for me xD)