Dark Prince Chapter 39, a code geass fanfic

Chapter 39

Dark Prince

Helltanz's notes: I just realized something…. frowns pathetically… I forgot to include more Ashford academy humor… bad Helltanz bad, and why didn't you guys remind me I count on you guys for this sorta thing. Ah well I'll make amends, don't know how good the scene will be but I've tried.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass.

Chapter begin

"The Day was August tenth, of the year two thousand ten of the imperial calendar the Holy Britannian Empire had just declared war up on Japan. Confronted by Britanian's newest weapon the formidable Knight Mare Frame Japan fell to its enemy in less than a month the conquered nation was stripped of its freedom, its rights, its culture, its dignity, and finally even its name was taken away. Eleven the name of Japan and its people was replaced with a mere number."

The remaining Aries Villa Palatial Guards had reunited. All of them were capable enough on the battle field and off it. Ace level pilots would probably be able to tip the favors more in their favor by racking up kills. The fact was the Chinese were likely expecting to only face the Britannians so their froces should have been more than suffiecent espesically if more Japanese sided with them.

To add to that the Aries Villa Guards would be outfitted with what was basically the same as the Gekka was to the Guren Nishiki at least from the perspective that both machines limited production seventh generation frames.

If it had been within their capabilities production wise he would have had custom grade seventh generation knightmare frames constructed however at present they had neither the resources on hand or the time to do such a thing.

Cursing the second prince Lelouch prepared to make his escape right now at the present time he could not afford to be distracted.

At the moment Euphemia was supposed to have been preparing to knight Suzaku the only reason she would have for barging through military command had to have been a call from Schneziel.

Euphemia was to put the matter simply naïve and innocent, especially for a member of the Royal Family of Britannia.

As nice as it perhaps it would have been to sit down and relax and all that 'normal' familial interactions, it was impossible more than that it was a down right unwise move.

Lelouch could not afford to be distracted. He had no time for innocent things that time other than the few precious moments with Nunnally were beyond him now, and soon enough even time with Nunnally would end.

He had to lead the Black Knights that was what he had to focus on the creation of a better world. It was something that he doubted Euphemia would understand.

As luck would have it his eye would pick now of all times to flare up in pain. In all creatures ranging from the shark to men, if it had eyes pain there was like other sensitive nerves being struck it was quite unlike anything else.

The pain had been steadily getting worse and Lelouch didn't consider that a positive sign since he had been avoiding using his Geass.

His knees buckled visibly as the wave of pain hit him full force. Not now, he thought furiously trying to plot a way to escape without running into Euphemia or the pain in his eye becoming known to Clovis or Cornelia, or any one else for that matter.

Standing straight the dark prince analyzed his situation. Currently including Geass –ed troops his present disposition of forces was probably enough to even escape Cornelia even if her good knight helped out but that was without a point.

A chase like the ones, which occurred with great frequency on the campus of Ashford Academy, would defeat the goal of stealth in this case. There was also the issue of exactly how Schneziel was intending to arrive no private jets were currently scheduled to arrive and one that would have the sophistication and security necessary to accommodate the second prince would be easy to spot. Also there were no additional ships currently en route which would facilitate such a soon arrival.

It was also much earlier than expected, it was indeed, as it likely was, the case, for Euphemia to learn of his continued existence.

He had of course expected her to learn of it eventually but not yet, either from Cornelia, or perhaps possibly Clovis or Suzaku in the case of the prior's big mouth and the latter's overly trusting and open nature or possibly from her own questions in regards to the military and the new technology as well as the black knights and their proven strategic capabilities.

The pink princess was unlikely to be able to keep his existence a secret for long anyway hence why he had made plans to disclose his survival in the near future, right before he departed Japan, and Britannia's territory of course.

Pity he didn't have a remote for his Knightmare not that without flight capability would escape be that much easier and again such would be far to showy for the purpose of continuing to maintain his secret.

There was also the issue of Schneziel's visit itself, while he doubted this was an assassination, even Lelouch wasn't that paranoid, however something was at the very least going on than a simple family get together.

"Lelouch you should come with us," Cornelia remarked apparently she had not noticed his momentarily weakness, at least something had gone in his favor. "I am certain that Schneziel intends to show you something," The witch of Britannia commented with certainty.

The dark prince rolled his eyes, "He'll get shot if it's anything like Clovis's big secret when we were children," He stated stonily.

"What secret was that?" She inquired suspiciously as she rounded on the blonde prince in question.

A look of abject horror crossed the third prince's face, and then he clamped a trembling hand over Lelouch's mouth, "Eh heh..." He chuckled uncomfortably trying to take a step backwards. "Its nothing really Cornelia eh I mean Viceroy," The prince stammered in terror.

"Whatever," she snapped annoyed, "Schneziel has been building an airship using a larger version of the Float System it was recently completed." She announced.

Her statement caused Lelouch's yes to widen in surprise, not because he hadn't expected the second prince to use resources for such a project bur for it to already be done.

"And your coming even if I have to drag you along." The witch of Britannia announced with an air finality.

Slumping against the wall the dark prince stared at the screen Schneziel estimated time till arrival was put at after Suzaku's knighthood ceremony. His eye was still hurting though right now it was simply a dull throb.

Right now he was looking down from the second floor railing. "How foolish of them to make such a fuss just because of his birth and rank." The leader of the black knights murmured distastefully.

"Prepare yourself my rival for I am coming to defeat you, en garde!" Shouted a voice from behind him.

With out batting an eyelash Lelouch side stepped, he was really supposed to be in fencing right now but didn't feel like going.

"Haha, your skills are as sharp as ever I see," His classmate declared swishing the rapier, of course it had its end tipped, through the air. "However I will triumph and escort you to class!" He announced resolutely to the dark haired teen.

This was really ridiculous Millie really needed to stop encouraging this silliness amongst the student body. She apparently had thought it was cute Lelouch had a 'rival'. "Walter do we really, really have to do this ri-"
"Hey Lelouch catch,"
Grimacing as Millie shouted from the top of the stares and through him… what the heck was that…

Sailing through the air his hands closed around the scabbard of the object. The object was a sheathed long sword. The scabbard was silver with a gold chain with the sword having a black handle, but it was heavier than it should have been.

"Ah ha ready to do battle my rival," Challenged Walter Brian McNeil, over all he was probably one of the 'better' students at Ashford, now if only he'd loose the idea of declaring Lelouch his rival every waking hour.

The history teacher cleared his throat, "Aren't you boys supposed to be in the gym?" He inquired rhetorically as he tapped his foot. "So then prodigy of the academy are you going to give us a show?"
Lelouch frowned at the nickname, but grudgingly allowed himself to be led outside from a tactical perspective he had the advantage at least in regards to weapons.

Walter however did rank highly amongst the school team, definitely not to the level of someone like Todoh or Jeremiah or even Suzaku but he was still a dedicated fencer, more so than he was in any event.

Even though he had been working out more and he had the renaissance man style education the dark prince wasn't yet in as good of shape as he needed to be in.

The thrust came aimed at his shoulder, feint Lelouch correctly predicted stepping forward sliding the blade out. Metal rasped as it slid out with that unmistakable hiss.

A note dropped out from around the blade.

"Millie's where did you get this from?" He demanded picking the note up,
She smiled "Not telling unless you win." The blonde teased waving her finger as she snatched the piece of paper away and stuffed into her blouse pocket. "Unless you want to come an get it?" She winked.

"Walter lets get this over with," He sighed.

The other Britannian saluted, "Lets begin again my rival!" He declared exuberantly pointing at the prince. "Have at thee!"

"And now," The dark prince whispered under his breadth sticking the scabbard in front of the other Ashford student's leg causing him to trip. His eyes widened as he slipped forward going off balance with the support for his lunge. "Game set and match." Lelouch declared as his 'rival' fell face first in to the moist ground of the football field.

Rivalz pumped his fist in the air, "Yeah way to go buddy your really good at this!" he shouted and then promptly began collecting bets and the fangirls began to cheer excitedly, at least till Kallen arrived.

"No gambling on campus Mr. Cardemondde," Warned the teacher but otherwise turned a blind eye to the actions of the secretary of the student council.

The red haired half Britannian poked him in the shoulder, "Come on the knighting is currently on, isn't that a problem."
"Relax Kallen," He sheathed the heavy sword, he'd need to increase his workout man what a bother. "Diethard is wrong this is not our problem at the moment." The prince remarked as the two walked off together even as the fangirls glared at the young lady of the Stadtfeld family.

She glared at him, "Lelouch this is serious," The pilot of the Guren Nishiki protested firmly.
"No its not, the Chinese Invasion is serious the EU opening a second front would be serious an uprising in Russia would be serious," He tapped his chin in thought. "Britannia building a fleet of airships over the next year would be serious this is mildly unfortunate but not really a big problem in the long run of things." The prince declared. "Besides the dominance of the Lancelot is no longer an issue."

Kallen blinked, "The Clubs new semi production model?" She was correct for the most part that was not the only reason he no longer was worried about the Lancelot.

No what was worrying him about Suzaku was Euphemia having knighted him but not for the reasons everyone else was.

Yes it was a change but Suzaku becoming a knight meant little in that regard, no it was more because of it would likely draw Euphemia to the academy.

Though he had managed to escape earlier, Nunnally was not so capable of such feats and if she found his sister she would be able to find him.

"We'll be moving out soon enough Cornelia will have to leave Japan soon," He remarked, "That it the way things are. I'll need to leave as well our brothers in the EU are reporting further activity. This country will be better off, we'll complete this phase and hold our progress."

She blinked, "We intend to wait,"
"Yes," If they moved to quickly things would likely collapse, this change of Euphemia's was unlikely to have a lasting effect and even if it did it would only help his plans that was the way things were. "Don't do anything rash Kallen, you see Suzaku means very little overall taking him out would be a waste of force." He opened the door for the two of them.

Kallen stepped inside, "Alright Lelouch what's going on then if Suzaku isn't the problem?"

"Kyoto is splintering," He remarked after a moment. "We who bear the name Thorians will see to it that Judgment always falls upon the corrupt. Those who would encourage rebellion, and needless violence for their own selfish desires will feel the force of the hammer upon their heads." Lelouch commented, "Istavanians forge their blades in the flames of war they rise from sources of conflict to lash out against the enemies of justice."

Overall this whole thing annoyed him, he only had acquiesced to this nonsense because well besides Cornelia twisting his arm there was the opportunity to learn more about this new airship.

They had been considering to build one, but only after they had secured more industrial infrastructure and totally worked out the kinks in the project's systems.

Lelouch leaned against the side of the deck. While it had taken him some convincing to get Cornelia to use two ships, but once the tactical situational had been laid out well she had agreed eventually.

Schneziel wasn't supposed to arrive for about another hour at least that was the plan of things.

Float System equipped warships this could potentially be severe problem in regards to curbing Britannia's power, he thought, no Charles's power of influence and the corruption of the Empire on the world.

Even with out taking over Russia they could begin the next phase it was pretty simple the current Tsar left most military issues to the council of Generals, the highest of the military, while the autocrat dealt with civilian issues.

With the high pressured situation both at home and abroad it wouldn't be that hard to start work on industrial facilities and because it was industrial work there was a pretty much guarantee that the Tsar would sign off on it.

Russia's military was powerful that really was what kept Charles from launching an assault just yet, seizing it and the industrial power would be the next step in bringing about a better world.

Acquiring those resources, and then using the infrastructure in Australia would allow the forces of the Black Knights to begin moving both against the western EU, of where they had less support than areas like Poland, that wasn't to say they were without influence merely that Black Knights had yet to garner as much support.

However before the could have the French based faction of the Black Knights commence public works they would need to handle Arabia, that meant dealing with the issues there and keeping another front from being effective.

Chapter conclusion

Helltanz's notes: Right clearly my on the fly attempts at humor not work so well right now... sorry about that. We'll have your regularly scheduled programming seriousness back next time ciao.

As to Euphemia she is more or less is sure Lelouch is alive, or at least that's what Lelouch thinks, the only reason I didn't have get it confirmed because some one stated it was to early since Schneziel just got put in the loop.