Hey guys, here is the second chapter of Code Geass: Rebirth through Freedom and Redemption.

Disclaimer: I own nothing of this story; even the plot, plot and a few oc's belong to DragonKnightRyu.

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'Thought'

"Zero's/Masked people's voice"

Code Geass: Rebirth through Freedom and Redemption Chapter 2: New Battle Begins: the Battle of Shinjuku.

"Oh what hit me?" Ryu said as he began to wake up from his long sleep. He then realized that he was finally awake after being put into hibernation sleep for the long journey. Ryu then began to stretch before going to the hibernation chamber where his wife was at to see Kira getting up as well. "Morning Sweetheart…" he said as he kissed his wife on the lips.

"Morning to you too." Kira said accepting the kiss. "It looks like our plan worked."

"It did indeed Generals," A voice said as Axle appeared in front of them "Unfortunately; it is with great regret to tell you that as soon as the FTL drive activated and we made the jump Lady Cagalli activated the anti-matter bomb." He finished as Kira began to cry.

"It's ok Kira," Ryu said as he tried to sooth his wife. He then turned his attention to Axle "I take it that we are near a habitable planet?" he asked

"The planet is populated by somewhat advance race of humans," Axle said with a grim look "though they do not have the ability to travel into space like we can."

Ryu frowned "Alright what's wrong Axle?" he asked "you look grim about something."

"I was able to hack and download almost all information about this planet and I am not liking the looks of things," Axle said as Ryu and Kira began to frown as Axle continued "The Planet, I have taken to calling it Gaia for now, is divided between three great nations similar to how our world was, The Chinese Nation, they are comprised of several countries and are about the second largest, the Middle Eastern Federation, third largest, and not very advanced, there is an small independent country, Australia, but the largest power is the Holy Britannian Empire, they have 'subjugated' multiple countries and is essentially larger than the EA was."

"Subjugated?" Kira cried in shock "you don't mean…"

"Yes," Axle said "The Britannia Empire is composed of Tyrants whose national policy is discrimination against the 'Numbers'; the Numbers are the countries who have been conquered, their land, culture, and even names have been taken away. In fact, I just received information from one of the data mines I planted; it seems that the Third Prince of Britannia, Clovis la Britannia has ordered the destruction of a district in Area 11,once known as Japan, called the Shinjuku District, what are our orders in this matter?"

"What is his reason for doing this?" Ryu asked as both he and Kira made their way towards the door.

"Officially its reconstruction," Axle said as he flickered a bit "but according to the information we received terrorists stole a vital component for a project of his called Code-R."

"What is Code-R Axle?" Kira asked

"Unknown ma'am," Axle said "I was unable to get that information; it is heavily encrypted, although I will be able to unencrypt it soon."

Kira nodded her head "Alright have the Strike Freedom ready to launch along with Valkyrie squad one and two."

Ryu stopped her by putting his hand on his shoulder "I don't think so Kira," he said "you are in no condition to pilot."

"But…" Kira protested but was stopped by Ryu

"Not with your pregnancy Kira," Ryu said "if you go out in your condition not only could you put yourself in danger but you could also hurt the baby as well."

"Then what should I do?" Kira asked angrily as tears fell down her face "should I just do nothing and let all those innocent people get slaughtered."

"I never said that," Ryu said "instead of piloting you can coordinate with Axl and get information lines set up, communications, Friend or Foe recognitions, medical aid, there still is plenty you can do, leave the piloting for me, for now anyways."

Kira sighed "I just don't want other people to get hurt… after what happened to ORB and losing Cagalli, Athrun, Waltfeld, and the others…"

Ryu pulled Kira up to him and gave her a kiss. After a few seconds they broke kiss "those things weren't your fault Kira," Ryu said "they sacrificed their lives so we and everybody else could have a future so let's not let their sacrifices be wasted ok?"

Kira nodded her head "Ok…" she said as they began to part ways "I'll head to the bridge and prepare the medics core I'll also see if May is up… she is our lead medical officer. You be careful down there ok Ryu."

Ryu nodded his head "I will be ok don't worry." He finished as he made is way down to the hanger bay "Axle what is the enemies strength?"

"According to information sir," Axle explained as he followed Ryu to the hanger bay "they are using something what they call Knightmare Frames. These Knightmare Frames are similar size to most of our suits although they are weaker in comparison. The main frames you will be fighting against are called "Sutherlands."

Ryu nodded his head in understanding "Have Dragon Squads one and two prep for pod drops, make sure their Vanguards are only equipped with standard rifles, no beam rifles, and have my Custom Vanguard ready as well, I get the feeling we shouldn't reveal too much right now and that we should be careful. Also make sure that Lacus and Jay know the situation, give both of them and Kira a run down about the planets history, sense the three of them are the official leaders of ZAFT, the EA, and ORB, I get the feeling that they are going to be our spokespeople when we go public which may be soon."

Axle saluted Ryu "Understood sir," he said as he disappeared to alert everyone that he was ordered to alert.

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Down below in the Shinjuku Ghetto, Lelouch watched the battle unfold before him. In the beginning of the battle, he was leading the rebels to a swift victory giving them order after order in order for them to defeat the Britannian army. Now he was in trouble because new forces were entering the Ghetto.

'Where did all these reinforcements come from?' Lelouch thought as he saw new enemy blimps enter the Ghetto 'if this keeps up I might lose… this feels like the time Schneizel beat me in a game of chess where I'll I had left was a king and three pawns while he had every piece… that was one game I wish I could forget.' "R-group move to section three and fire at thirty degree angels to your right." He ordered "P 1-5 move to sector 5 and wait for 5 seconds before firing at five degrees to your left."

"Understood!" the unites said over the radio

'This isn't good,' Lelouch thought 'how do I get out of this much less how do I win this?'

"Hey you!" Q-1 aka Kallen Kozuki called out "our forces are out matched here; unless you have hidden allies that we don't know about we won't be able to push them out."

"I know!" Lelouch yelled 'my plan was flawless so where did these extra reinforcements come from?'

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Meanwhile, inside the Britannian G-1 Mobile Base, Clovis la Britannia sighed in relief as he saw the new reinforcements enter the ghetto. "Thank you for the assistance brother I could really use it." He said as he looked to his right where a blond haired steel eyed 19 year old wearing a t-shirted version of the royal family costume was standing.

"It is not a problem," Davis Li Britannia, fourth prince of Britannia, said with a nod "I and my Hounds are happy to oblige you."

'The Hound Squadron,' Bartley, one of Clovis' chief of staff thought, to himself 'One of the greatest combat/scout squadrons in the Empire, led by Prince Davis himself, his exploits are equal to that of Cornelia, the goddess of victory; truly a stroke of good fortune he was here looking up on that mysterious tip he received, whatever it was, he's not trusting us with it.'

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Lelouch's eyes widened as he caught sight of the reinforcements swarming the Ghetto "The Hounds of Britannia?" He said in shock dropping the chess piece he was holding "What is Davis doing here? This isn't good, his troops are scouts, but are also highly skilled in combat, and Davis, unlike Clovis is actually a good Commander; his ability and strength rival Cornelia."

"Hey," Q-1 said "things are getting worse out here any bright ideas?"

"Head to point 2-B," A voice broke in before Lelouch could even respond "From their head east, try and get as many of them following as possible."

"Alright who the hell is this guy?" P-2 aka Shinichiro Tamaki said

"Unless you want to die, I'm the best chance you got at surviving." The voice responded "Mr. Strategist, move 100 meters west from your current location and prepare to fire, the signal will be obvious."

Lelouch frowned as he thought through the multiple possibilities before relenting with a sigh "Fine." He agreed as he moved his Sutherland to the designated point.

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"Something is wrong here," Davis said as he saw the enemy moving to a new location "Commander Calista, what is happening out there?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary sir," a Red haired violet eyed 17 year old said, this person was Calista Shae second in command of the Hounds "although it seems like the enemy is in a full retreat, should we pursue?"

"Yes," Davis said "but be on guard something doesn't seem right…" he finished as Calista nodded her head and ended the transmission.

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Up in the lower atmosphere, Ryu in his Custom Vanguard was falling straight down to the planet below with ten drop pods falling with him.

"The final layer has been traversed," Ryu said as the shaking began to lessen as he and the pods entered the skies of Gaia "time to switch to flight mode," he said as his Custom Vanguard activated his HiMAT wings "All units listen up," Ryu ordered "this is a defensive mission, only shoot to kill if there is no other option is that clear?"

"Crystal Sir!" the Troops yelled as they prepared for a battle after being in hibernation sleep for so long plus they could use a win after all the losing battles they had before coming here.

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"Ahh!" Kallen screamed as her Glasgow was pushed back by two black and white Sutherlands which were the colors of the Hounds. "Take this!" she yelled shooting her Slash Harkens toward one of the Sutherlands only to be repelled by the Sutherlands own Slash Harken. Kallen then gulped as she realized that she was now surrounded by seven Sutherlands each reading their rifles preparing to fire on her "Not good…" she said as she saw her life flash before her eyes 'Naoto… I'm sorry…'

Luckily, fate was on her side as bullets rained down on the seven Sutherlands destroying them and forcing the auto eject to activate. "What the…" Kallen said as she saw the Knightmare's in front of her exploded in front of her. She then looked up to the sky and was shocked at what she saw. "No way…" she said as she saw many different Knightmares falling out of the sky. These Knightmares to her looked more human-like than the Sutherland or the Glasgow series, they also appeared to beslimmer too as they didn't seem to have the same cockpits as any of the known Knightmares. One of suits however appeared different from the rest. This suit had a V-crested head with two 'eyes' instead of a singular faceplate, and instead of the grey and light green coloring the other units used this was a mixture of Dark green, black and crimson red and had a pair of 'wings' on the back that seemed to allow the unit to hover as the rest of the Knightmares landed.

"Attention all Britannian forces," a voice cracked over through the channels "I am General Ryu Yamato of Terminal, have your forces cease your attack and leave the ghetto or we will use force to extract them out. You have five minutes to comply before we begin our attack. You have been warned." Ryu finished as he ended the transmission.

"You think they'll leave General?" his second in command Commander Chase Dodge a 17 year old blond haired man with blue eyes asked

"From what I learned about the Britannians Chase I doubt it." Ryu said as he and his men waited for Britannians next move.

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Davis, Clovis, and all of the generals inside the G-1 base were shocked at what they were seeing. In front of them were more than two dozen new Knightmare Frames entering the battle and one of them had the ability to fly.

"A flying Knightmare," Davis said in shock "how can this be, we Britannians don't even have a flying Knightmares yet."

"What should we do Davis?" Clovis asked reluctantly "these forces appear too well organize to be in league with the terrorists."

"Ryu Yamato is definitely a Japanese-Style name," Davis murmured "but Terminal isn't any group I have ever heard of." He finished as he looked at one of men in the room "Can we open up a channel and contact him?" he asked

The man nodded "Yes we can sir," he said "shall we contact them?" he asked and Davis nodded his head.

Davis waited for the line on the other end to pick up. After about 3 seconds of waiting, Ryu's face appeared on the screen. Everyone in the room recoiled at the angry glare that he was giving them.

"Are you the ones in charge?" Ryu asked not happy at what the Britannians were doing.

"We are," Davis said "I am Davis Li Britannia, fourth prince in line to the throne, and this is my brother Clovis La Britannia, third Prince in line for the throne. Are you the commander of these troops?

Ryu nodded his head as he shot a hard glare at them "I am, I am Ryu Yamato, one of the generals of Terminal," he said "and I will repeat myself again, remove your troops from the area or I and my troops will."

"I cannot do that," Davis said as he pushed the chill going up his spine down "We are in the process of eliminating rebel forces, unless, you are a part of their forces."

"I and my forces are not a part of the rebel forces," Ryu denied "and I can understand removing rebels and terrorists," he said as his face darkened "But not at the cost of innocent civilians who are only guilty of being born and trying to live." Ryu said as he turned his attention to Clovis "Especially if this so called problem began with project Code-R being stolen huh Clovis?"

Clovis and Bartley paled at the fact that someone knew of the project while Davis frowned in conclusion. "I'll repeat myself one more time, remove your troops or I will." He finished as he ended the transmission.

Davis then turned to Clovis "Is this Code-R project any threat to the homeland in any shape or form?" he asked

Clovis shook his head "No," he said "the project was something I was planning to give to father when it was done."

"I want a full report on the subject when this matter is over with understood?" Davis asked as Clovis nodded his head. Davis then made a call to someone which the call was answered by a light purple haired man with glasses on. "Lloyd Asplund, do you want to test out your new Knightmare frame correct?"

Lloyd smiled "Of course you highness we even found our last component," he finished as a brown haired Japanese teenager appeared "meet the new pilot of the Lancelot meet Private Officer Suzaku Kururugi."

"Alright then," Davis said as he nodded his head toward the Honorary Britannian "Suzaku Kururugi, you are now promoted to Warrant Officer, do not disappoint me." He said "You are to launch and provide support to the Hounds as they attack these Terminal people, I want their leader's unit captured intact, it appears to have a float unit."

"They have developed a working float unit!" Lloyd asked as his eyes widened comically "But I wanted to be the one to complete it!"

"That is why we are going to capture it," Davis said as he began to smirk "and after we capture it you can have fun dismembering the machine to see how it works." He finished as he looked at Suzaku "May luck smile upon you Warrant Officer."

Suzaku saluted to Davis "Thank you sir." He said as the screen cut out.

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"General," Chase called out over the radio "the troops are beginning to move again and are preparing to attack."

"So they plan to continue the attack huh?" Ryu said as he activated the radio to contact the troops "all troops attack the enemy and drive them out." He finished as he called Axle "Axle do you read me?"

"Loud and clear General," Axle said as a small version of him appeared inside the Custom Vanguard

"Is everything in position?" Ryu asked

"Yes sir!" Axle said "the medic corps as well as Lady Kira and General Ryosukei are on standby, waiting for your orders to descend."

"Right," Ryu said as he had his Vanguard land and pulled out one of his ninjato while the other hand held his assault rifle "Let's do this!" he yelled as he activated his suits Landspinners and pushed his suits into overdrive with a squad of Assault pack Vanguards following right behind him as they charged the enemy line.

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"Where did these reinforcements come from?" Calista yelled as her forces were being pushed back by the new Vanguards charging them "All units open fire, don't let them come any closer!" she ordered as all of the Sutherlands opened fired on them. Unfortunately, the attacks from the Sutherlands were only doing minor damage to them. Vanguards equipped with Havoc Packs launched bazooka rounds at the Sutherlands destroying all but Calista's Sutherland in the process and forcing the pilots to auto-eject. Then a Vanguard equipped with Assault Packs came in and charged Calista's Sutherland with a heat shotel in hand.

"What," Calista said as she saw the Vanguard charge her "you're not going to get me!" she yelled as she brought out her lance to stab the Vanguard only for the heat shotel to cut right through the lance and sever her right arm. The Vanguard then brought the heat shotel on her legs and cut them both off forcing her suit to fall.

"Damn!" Calista cursed as she was now taken captured by the unidentified enemy.

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Meanwhile, inside a R&D Transport Truck, Suzaku was preparing to launch to fight the new enemy.

"Do you understand your mission Suzaku?" Cecile Croomy, Lloyd's assistance asked Suzaku "And did you manage to read the manual?"

"Yeah," Suzaku confirmed for both questions as he zipped up his suit and allowed it to adjust to his body "What's the enemy strength?"

"Unknown," Lloyd answered seriously "Those Knightmare Frames seem to be quite effective; they are tearing through the Sutherlands like a hot knife through butter, the lead unit hasn't even taken a scratch and the others are only getting minor damage. Not only that, but the lead unit's pilot must have a sixth sense or something because he was able to dodge a cannon blast at the last second."

"I understand." Suzaku replied as he sat down in the control chair of the Lancelot and began the start-up sequence and heading out to battle.

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Outside near the R&D Transport Truck and the C-1 Mobile Base, three Vanguards equipped with Infiltrator Packs were tasked with watching the enemy and to see if they were going to send reinforcements to aide their allies. Just then the R&D Transport Truck opened up and the Lancelot shot out towards the battle field followed by two Sutherlands.

"Better alert the General…" the leader of the group of three said as he prepared to contact Ryu.

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Back on the battle field, Ryu used his suits ninjato down on one Sutherland severing its right arm and left leg while firing armor piercing rounds into another. The impact of the bullets was so strong that the Sutherland was pushed backwards into two other Sutherlands.

"These things aren't even a challenge…" Ryu said as he disabled three more Sutherlands with his assault rifle. Ryu then got a call on the channel. Ryu then answered it "Ryu here go ahead…" he said

"General, this is Recon team 1, we see a new enemy approaching," the pilot of the lead Infiltrator Vanguard said "this one is different from the Sutherlands, its white so you shouldn't miss it. It's also flanked by two Sutherlands. I'll send you the image now."

"Understood," Ryu said as he ended the call, he then saw the image and frowned as he saw the suit. The suit was closer to the Vanguards as well as the Gundams in build although it had that odd cockpit of theirs; the new mobile suit was flanked by two Sutherlands "So they are sending in an experimental unit." He said as he opened the channel to all of his other men around him "all units continue the attack I'll handle this new guy."

"Yes sir!" his men said as they left to go and fight other enemies in the area. Ryu then had his Vanguard face the other way just in time to see the Lancelot and the two Sutherlands pull up in front of him.

"Please surrender yourself," Suzaku said to Ryu over the channel "If you give up now, my lord will be merciful."

"Naïve…" Ryu said over the channel "you just want my suit undamaged." He finished as the two Sutherlands activated their stun tonfa's while the Lancelot checked its Blaze Luminous shielding to see if it was working.

"So you three want to fight in Close Quarters Combat huh?" Ryu said as he tossed the assault rifle to the side and drew the Vanguard's other ninjato ready for the fight "Bring it on!" he yelled as the he charged two Sutherlands at full speed. He dodged the two strikes of both Sutherlands and brought one of the ninjatos through both the legs of one Sutherland making it eject while he used the head Vulcans to attack the other Sutherland before it could attack. Ryu then sensed danger and dodged a pair of Slash Harkens from the Lancelot. Ryu then dropped one of the ninjatos and used the now free hand to grab the wires and pull the Lancelot closer to him. When the Lancelot was close enough, Ryu brought the ninjato down on the Lancelot to finish the job but Suzaku activated the Blaze Luminous shielding to protect him from the blow. They then both broke apart from each other.

Suzaku grunted as the inside of the Lancelot shook. The leader of the unknown forces was strong, he was having trouble with him, it also didn't help that the machine had weapons while he had none. Plus the wound he received earlier that day was acting up again.

"You do know that you lost this battle before it even started right?" Ryu said over the radio

"What's that supposed to mean?" Suzaku yelled as he had the Lancelot charge the Vanguard with the intent of punching it only for the Lancelot's fist to be caught in the Vanguard's own hand. Suzaku then brought up its other fist to punch again only for the Vanguard to drop its other ninjato and grab the Lancelot's other fist. Suzaku had the Lancelot try to push the Vanguards back with its strength but the Vanguard was more powerful than the Lancelot. The Vanguard pushed the arms of the Lancelot back to the point where sparks were appearing at the hands and elbow joints of the Lancelot.

"What I mean," Ryu said over the radio "is that unlike you rookie, I have more experience in combat plus I have a couple of tricks up my sleeves." He finished as the Vanguard jumped up and unfolded its cannons over the shoulders and fired on the Lancelot. Suzaku activated the Blaze Luminous shielding in order to protect himself. The shield protected the Lancelot from taking serious damage but the power from the blast made the Lancelot skid across the ground. Not only that, but the blast was so powerful that the Blaze Luminous shielding was short-circuiting from the blast of the attack. By the time the attack from the Vanguard ended, the Blaze Luminous shielding was damaged and couldn't be used again until it was fixed.

When Suzaku looked up to the sky, his eyes widen as more suits began to fall out of the sky. 'Who are these guys?' Suzaku thought 'and where did they come from?'

"All units this is Prince Davis, I am ordering a full out retreat!" Davis said over the radio "We have lost this battle all units return to base I repeat all units return to base." He finished as all remaining Sutherlands and even the Lancelot retreated from out Shinjuku.

Ryu looked up to the sky to see the light blue colored Vanguards falling from the sky. Ryu then contacted Axle to give him his next orders. "Have all units set up a defensive perimeter around the area and have the locals gathered into one area and aid them in taking stock in the damages," he ordered "Also be sure to clear a landing zone for the Medical Forces."

"Understood General" Axle said as he flickered "Medical Core is on the way."

Ryu nodded his head as Axle ended the transmission. He then looked around to see the resistance fighters exit their Knightmares and look up at the descending Vanguards in awe. "This reminds me of that time in Africa." He said as he had his Vanguard land.

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Meanwhile, Lelouch was shocked at what he was seeing. First he sees Knightmare frames that he has never seen before appear out of nowhere and defeat the Hounds of Britannia with ease. And the fact that the lead unit defeated the mysterious Knightmare Frame surprised him as well.

'Who are these people?' Lelouch thought as he moved the Sutherland he was in to a hiding place so that he could return to Ashford Academy. 'where did they come from?' he thought as he left his Sutherland and headed back home but stopped to take one last look at the falling Knightmares 'whoever they are I guess I owe them for giving me this win against the Hounds…' he finished as he made his way back home.

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"I have never seen a Knightmare like that before," Kallen said as she looked in awe as the Custom Vanguard landed in front of her and opened up its midsection with the pilot inside grabbing a zip line lowering himself down the line. Next to her were her two resistance members Kaname Ohgi and Shinichiro Tamaki.

"I guess we better thank them," Ohgi said as he, Kallen, and Tamaki walked towards the Custom Vanguard as Ryu touched down to the ground. Ryu then took off his helmet to show the three of them a brown haired man with jade colored eyes and a face that looked like he was of Japanese Descent.

Ryu then approached the three of them "Are you the ones in charge?" he asked as he studied the three of them.

Ohgi nodded his head "Yes I am the leader of this group," he said "I am Kaname Ohgi." Ohgi finished as he pointed to Kallen and then to Tamaki "These two are Kallen Kozuki and Shinichiro Tamaki. We like to thank you for your help."

"I am Ryu Yamato, one of the Generals in the Terminal Forces." Ryu said introducing himself "I'll need your help in setting up a relief station, supply station, and a medical tent as well as clearing a landing zone for landing suppliers."

Ohgi nodded in compliance "Can I ask you something?" He asked to which Ryu nodded "Do you know who the person commanding us before you arrived was. He was giving us good advice in defeating the Britannian's forces before reinforcements came. We would like to thank him too."

Ryu shook his head "No," he said "but if we find out anything will tell you." He finished as he made his way to one of the landing zones.

"H-hey just a sec," Tamaki shouted to Ryu making him stop "Is Terminal a resistance group of some kind? Because I never heard of them before!"

"No we are not a resistance group," Ryu informed "We just couldn't stand back and watch as innocents are slaughtered, if you three can follow me we could use some help with supplies." He finished as he made his way to one of the landing zone. When they got their Ryu smiled as he saw his Kira approaching him with a black haired blue eyed woman of 20 years of age wearing a doctor's uniform next to her approach him. This woman was known as May Ryosukei. May and her twin brother Jay had been friends with Kira and Ryu sense their time on the Archangel during the first Bloody Valentine war. Even though the two of them were only naturals, they both fought with skill and strength that made them seem like they were coordinators. Ryu, Kira, May, and Jay fought bravely in protecting the Archangel and at the end of the second war, May decided to learn how to be a doctor while her brother became the leader of the reformed Earth Alliance.

Kira then came up to Ryu and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "You made it back." She said

Ryu smiled "I told you I would."

"Looks like you got to have all the action again huh Ryu," May said "Jay's upset because you didn't ask him to join you."

Ryu shrugged "It was a rush operation," he said "I didn't have time to tell him much less anybody else. Besides he is the leader of the EA."

"Huh Ryu," Ohgi asked "who are these two?" he finished voicing his, Tamaki, and Kallen's questions about the two.

"Oh right," Ryu said as he pointed to May "Ohgi, Tamaki, Kallen this is May Ryosukei one of our groups chief medics." He finished as he put a hand around Kira's shoulder "and this is Kira Yamato my wife. And May, Kira, these guys are Kaname Ohgi, Shinichiro Tamaki, and Kallen Kozuki."

"Wife!" Ohgi, Tamaki, and Kallen yelled as they looked at Kira who was too young, in their opinion, to be married let alone pregnant.

Ryu's eyebrow rose "Is there a problem?" he asked

"No," Kallen said "were just surprised that's all."

Kira smiled "Well it's nice to meet you three." She said as she turned to Ryu "May and I are going to go and set up the medic tent."

"Ok," Ryu said as he gave his wife a kiss. Kira and May then made their way away from the group.

"Wait!" Kallen called out to them as both Kira and May stopped.

"Yes?" May asked wondering what Kallen wanted

"Can I accompany you and help out?" Kallen asked

Kira and May looked at each other before turning back to Kallen "Sure, we could use the help." Kira said as the three of them made their way to a medical tent.

As the three of them left, Ryu turned to Tamaki and Ohgi. "I am going to go check on the prisoners, you two can do whatever you guys like." He finished as he left the two.

As soon as Ryu got up and left, Ohigi turned to Tamaki "So what should we do?" he asked

Tamaki shrugged "How should I know?" he said as they both decided to go and chat with the other members of their resistance.

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Meanwhile, Ryu was walking towards the area in which the POWs were at. When he got there, the POWs were sitting on the ground and surrounded by Vanguards to keep them from escaping. Most of the prisoners were shouting insults but he choose to ignore them. He then brought up his hand to call attention towards him.

"Which one of you is the highest ranked officer here?" Ryu asked

With a sigh a red headed violet eyed teen stood up "I am, Commander Calista Shae, second in command of the Hounds." She said in a defiant tone.

Ryu was somewhat surprised to see that his young girl was the highest one in command. He then gestured her to follow him towards a transport jeep "I'll be sending you ahead in jeep," he stated "You are to inform your commanders that we are releasing his men as soon as we finish our landing operations."

"You're going to let us go?" Calista asked "without even giving out demands."

"We members of Terminal rarely make any demands with POWs," Ryu said "if you guys do nothing to disturb our landing parties will let them go, will even feed them for you." He finished as Calista entered the jeep "one of our Vanguards will be following you so don't try anything." Ryu said as Calista nodded her head and left with an Assault Vanguard following her. Ryu then made his way to other areas to see if anything needed to be done.

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Meanwhile, Kira, May, and Kallen were busy doing their own work. May was busy tending to the wounded while Kallen was assisting her. Kira had the task of giving orders to other members of her Valkyrie squad and those of Dragon squad to check and see that the equipment they brought down was working. After getting things situated outside, Kira went back to the medic tent to see if things were ok. When she went inside, her heart nearly broke. Near one of the medic beds, a girl no older than five was holding the hand of who Kira assumed to be the girl's mother next to a male who was probably her father both of whom were obviously dead as the girl sobbed. Kira walked up to the girl and kneeled as best she could to talk to her "Are these you parents little one?" she asked

The girl sobbed and nodded "Why won't she wake up?" She asked desperately.

Kira looked at the girl with sympathy in her eyes "I am sorry but both of your parents are dead." She said as the girl began to cry even harder. Kira then brought the girl up to her shoulder so she could cry on it while rocking her at the same time. She also noticed that the girl was had malnutrition from the lack of food her parents probable had. "Your mother is in a better place now sweetie," Kira assured her as the girl looked at her "And the day will come where you will see her again."

"Really?" The girl asked with hope in her eyes.

Kira nodded her head "But it won't be for a long time," she said "but at least you have the memories of her in here," She said tapping her head "And here," She tapped her chest were the heart was "Will always hold your mother's love, and your love for her," Kira smiled at the girl who slowly returned it "What's your name?"

"M-Midori…" the girl known as Midori said

Kira smiled "That is a beautiful name," Kira said making the girl blush "My name is Kira Yamato. Tell me are you hungry?" Midori nodded as her stomach growled at the thought of food "Then let's get something to eat."

Over the next couple hours Kira fed and bathed the girl revealing her black shoulder length hair, Kira had also redressed her in a light blue long-sleeved t-shirt and blue shorts as well as a fresh undergarments and socks and a new pair of brown running shoes. It was dusk by the time Kira had finished up and the pair were sitting down with Midori resting her head in Kira's lap as Kira gently stroked the girl's head while humming a tune as she drifted off to sleep

"Mommy…" The girl whispered softly while buring her head into Kira's lap, this made Kira blink before smiling at the girl.

A few minutes later Ryu poked his head into the tent and chuckled at the sight of the pair "Who is this?" He asked quietly kneeling next to his wife.

"She's an orphan," Kira said softly "Her name is Midori."

Ryu's saddened at the news and sighed before gaining a smirk "Maybe she would like a new family?" He asked as Kira's blinked "I saw you two moving around the camp," He admitted "And I saw how happy you made each other."

Kira smiled at her husband and pulled him into a passionate kiss, they both pulled away when they felt Midori begin to wake up "Mommy?" She questioned looking up at Kira.

Kira smiled sadly at Midori and stroked her hair back "Sorry Midori," She whispered as Midori realized who it was "Midori, this is my husband Ryu, and I think he has something he want to ask you."

Ryu smiled gently as he knelt in front of Midori "Midori, Me and Kira were wondering," He began speaking gently "If you would like to be our daughter-"

He wasn't able to go any further as Midori shouted out an enthusiastic 'YES' that was heard from throughout the camp as she leapt into Ryu who quickly caught her as she sobbed happily into his shoulder tightly hugging him as he chuckled and returned the hug, grunting he stood up and held out a hand to Kira to help her stand "C'mon," He said "I think we best get to the tent they set up for us." He suggested as the newly expanded family headed to their rooming for the night.

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Meanwhile, on top of a building, a green haired woman wearing a strait jacket was watching the activity down below.

"Interesting…" the woman said looking at the scene below her "they appear to be humans but they do not feel like normal humans." She said as she began to walk away. "Something tells me that something is going to happen…" the woman said as the wind blew her hair from her forehead to revile the mark of Geass on her forehead.

Chapter End…

Author's Note:

Hey guys, here is the next chapter; I hope you liked it. Also here are some of the schematics for the Vanguards from DragonKnightRyu:

Unit Number: TMDF-013
Code Name: Vanguard
Unit Type: Internal Defense Multi Mode Mobile Suit
Head Height: 6ft.
Powerplant: Miniaturized Ultracompact Battery
Special Design Features: Pananormic Cockpit, Landspinners
Fixed Armaments: 50mm vulcans stored in head; 2x Armor Schneider, Stored in inner arms
Optional Armaments: Assault Pack: Assault Rifle; Shield with 2x Clips for assault rifle, Heat shotel, mounted on back, hand carried in use.
Infiltrator Pack; Mirage Colloid, enhanced sensor suite backpack, High Impact Sniper Rifle(HISR), Heat Ninjato.
Havoc Pack; Recoilless Rifle, mounted on left shoulder OR 2x missile launchers each with 20 serpent class missiles mounted on each shoulder; Bazooka with 7 extra shots stored down both legs
Appearance: Look similar to the GM Striker with a standard Grey color scheme with aces having their own unique scheme (Dragon squad's Vanguards have light green and grey while Valkyrie squad's Vanguards are light blue grey)
Notes: The Vanguard was designed to protect Valhalla's interior should any enemy forces manage to board the station, due to the miniaturized battery on the unit the Vanguard cannot support the power extensive beam weaponry, it's only thanks to the combined efforts of ZAFT, ORB, Terminal and the Junk Guild that they were able to create a mirage colloid that could be support by the unit, it found new use when Valhalla arrived in the newly discovered solar system where they could combat Knightmares without revealing their true military strength

Unit Number: TMDF-013HMA
Code Name: Vanguard High Mobility Ace Type
Unit Type: Internal Defense Close Quarters Transformable Mobile Suit
Head Height: 6ft.
Powerplant: Miniaturized Ultracompact Battery
Special Design Features: Pananormic Cockpit, Landspinners, Luna Titanium Armor, HiMAT wings, Magnetic Coated Joints
Fixed Armaments: 50mm vulcans stored in head; 2x Armor Schneider, Stored in inner arms, hand carried in use; 2x Heat Ninjatos, stored on waist hand carried in use; 2x 100mm cannons, stored in the HiMAT wings, assault rifle with 2x extra clips in on each hip
Appearance: Look similar to the GM Striker Custom with the HiMAT wings from Freedom, and primary dark green with black joints and crimson faceplate color scheme
Notes: The Ace Unit of the Vanguards, unlike the rest of the Vanguards it can fly unassisted using the HiMAT wings on it and has a stronger armor comprising of Luna Titanium, while not as strong as the Variable Phase Shift Armor it does not have any energy cost thus producing less strain on the battery supply. The reason most of these features where not included on the main production line was due the high production costs and the rarity of the ore used for Luna Titanium.

Next chapter may take some time; so until then, this is dsgundam00 signing off…