"This is bad!" Ferio shouted in panic as he felt his Knightmare taking heavy fire before he activated his core Luminous shield. "We overstayed our welcome! We need to have someone stay behind to shut down the gateway for good while the rest of us leave through the portal!"

"I may have hostage situation back at the NSX!" Geo added in as he spoke from inside his GTO. "I can't make contact Zazu Torque or any of my crew members. I'm heading back to the ship!"

As Geo's Mecha took to the skies and headed towards the NSX, the Magic Knights stood by with their merged Rune God at the ready.

"Get out while you all still can, we'll holding them off here!" Hikaru ordered her Cephirian friends as she and her comrades fired a Spiral Flash at the Bureau, blasting several wall-mounted turrets all at once.

"You can't stay here, Magic Knights!" Clef said, feeling concerned with the girls from the other world. "They'll have this place retaken very soon."

"Clef, this is our home!" Umi said from inside the fused Rune God. "We'll help the Black Knights stand their ground here!"

"We'll, if you're going to stand your ground here, then so are we!" Clef replied as he fired an electrical beam at several oncoming Britannian Sutherlands with his Knightmare's wizard staff.

"Clef's right!" Ferio added in as he used his communication channel inside his Green Ranger to contact the Cephirian Captain of the guard. "Lafarga, get the rest of our men out of here. We'll be right behind you!"

"Understood!" Lafarga replied through Ferio's channel. "All Cephirian forces, head back to Cephiro immediately!"

Without hesitation, the Cephirians who weren't shot down by the Britannian Knightmares or the Bureau's defenses headed towards the Sakuradite Gateway and disappeared back into the New World. But for those who weren't able to make it to the Gateway in time were brought down by the might of the Britannian Knightmares.

Up in the clouds, Aska and the twin Princesses of Chizeta have all received word that the captured Cephirians are finally escorted out of Area 11 and back to the New World. Realizing that their mission is done, the Princesses have all gave the word to have their ships jump into hyperspace, disappearing before the Fleet commanded by the Knights of the Round could reach them.

On the other side of the Bureau, just when Ascot's Monolith and his pet beasts were able to gain the upper hand against the Glaston Knights, with the help of Caldina's Dancing Siren, Presea's Smitherite, Lafarga's Lancelot Blitz, and Lantis' Black Crusader, the Britannians were reinforced by the Knights of the Round and their forces. The Smitherite and the Dancing Siren spotted an unknown bulky, red Knightmare that fired a four-barrelled Hadron Cannon at them. In a panic, the Smitherite and Dancing Siren barely had enough time to evade it when the Hadron Beams flew a mere inch from were both of the Cephirian Knightmares are standing a few seconds earlier.

"W-What is that?" Presea gasped as she looked closely at the shadowy Knightmare from the main camera inside her Knightmare.

Before Caldina could say anymore to Presea, the Glaston Knights have seized the opportunity to charge at the five Cephirian Customized Knightmares, along with the rest of their Britannian Knightmares, in hopes of overwhelming their position.

"Victory is within our reach! Be strong!" Claudio shouted in a confident tone.

As the Britannian Knightmares opened fire with the aid of the Knights of the Round, Lafarga gave the order to flee into the Sakuradite Gateway.

"Everyone, fall back to the Gateway! HURRY!" Lafarga shouted as he steered his Lancelot Blitz away from the encroaching Britannians.

Just when Lafarga, Caldina, and Presea were able to escape capture by the Britannian forces, Ascot's Monolith recalls both of his beasts but not before he gets intercepted by a huge, strange red Knightmare. Before Ascot could see what was coming at him, the Palu Summoner was met with a powerful hadron beam that blasted both of the Monolith's legs and landspinners, making his Knightmare fall onto its stomach, badly damaged.

"ASCOT!" Caldina shrieked as she tried to turn her Knightmare around in hopes of rescuing a downed Ascot.

Before she could get anywhere close to Ascot's Knightmare, she was met with another barrage of red missiles coming from the red, bulky Knightmare only for Caldina to steer both left and right in swift, evasive manuevers.

"Caldina get out of here! Go on without me!" Ascot pleaded for the Chizetian dancer's safety. "I'll just slow you down!"

Before Caldina could say anymore, she barely had time to dodge red, bulky Knightmare's four barrelled Hadron Cannon. Unable to do anything for Ascot at the moment, Caldina had no choice but to continue to flee with her Knightmare as tears came down her face.

"Ascot, you idiot!" Caldina muttered inside her head as she disappeared into the darkness.

For Ascot, the Glaston Knights went up behind the Monolith and had all of their guns drawn on it.

"Come on out with your hands up, Cephirian!" Claudio shouted from inside his Knightmare.

With no other option, Ascot reluctantly did as Claudio said as he came out of his cockpit and put his hands behind his head. Behind the Glaston Knights, the red, bulky Knightmare descended from the skies and landed on the ground softly. The moment the Knightmare opened up its cockpit, a young girl with pale skin, red eyes, and thick light pink hair with bangs appeared before Ascot. The moment the girl jumped off her Knightmare and landed softly on the ground, she drew out her handgun before pointing it at the Palu Summoner.

"Cephirian, we like you to meet Lady Anya Alstreim, the Knight of six!" Claudio retorted. "Don't get any funny ideas, boy. She may be young for a Knightmare pilot, but her Mordred will blast through anything ten times bigger with her Stark Hadron Cannon!"

"So, he must be one of the natives of the New World trying to oppose our Empire!" Anya retorted in a emotionless expression, still holding Ascot at gunpoint. "How pathetic!"

For Lantis, after taking down several more enemy Sutherlands with the aid of Tohdou's Gekka, he and the Lt. Colonel get a run in with an unidentified Knightmare carrying a drilling lance with one hand and with a shield that shoots out missiles in the other. As the Black Crusader and the Gekka attempted to attack the unknown Knightmare, it made a huge thrust attack with its spinning-like jousting weapon, followed by several powerful blasts coming from its Hadron Cannons mounted in both of its knees. Upon impact, the Gekka and Black Crusader got flung off-balance and blasted while pinned on the ground, making Lantis and Tohdou unable to get up.

"Well, well, well!" The sinister voice cackled from the unknown Knightmare. "It seems that the natives of the New World are helping out the filthy lowly Elevens fight back, but in such useless efforts. Tell me, who do you value the most in your pitiful life?!"

Before either Tohdou or Lantis could answer, several more Britannian Knightmares surrounded them from all sides with their Assault Rifles and missiles aiming directly at the Lt. Colonel and the Magic Swordsman.


Back at the Sakuradite Gateway, Caldina, Lafarga, and Presea were able to reach the area with all of their Knightmares intact. However, Umi notices that several of their other friends are missing.

"Caldina, where's Ascot and the others?"

"Ascot stay behind to buy us some time!" Caldina answered in a solemn tone. "We don't know what happened to Lantis or Topaz!"

"We'll find them. We can't let them fall under enemy hands!" Hikaru announced with determination.

"Hikaru, that's suicide. They'll outnumber us by dawn!" Caldina protested fearfully.

"Ms. Caldina, we need to help our friends whatever the cost!" Fuu added in. "We need to get them to the gateway before the Britannians get closer."

"Hikaru, I'll be going on ahead too." Kallen announced towards the Flame Knight as she appeared before them with her Guren. "I received word from Ohgi to go after Zero. I'm sure there has to be a reason why would Zero leave us so suddenly. I may need your help too."

"Kallen, I have to stay behind to get all of the Cephirians out of here before they get captured by the enemy." Hikaru said, denying Kallen's request. "You have to do this without me!"

"But Hikaru..." Kallen protested before getting interrupted by the Flame Knight's speech.

"Just go. You're wasting time!" Hikaru said, as Caldina, Lafarga, and Presea disappeared into the portal.

Without saying another word, Kallen's Guren gets mounted into an air transport before disappearing into the dawning sky.

"Ferio, Clef, let's go get the rest of our comrades back!" Hikaru shouted from inside the merged Rune God.

As the the Green Ranger and the Archwizard followed Rayearth into the rubble outside of the Government Bureau, they see several Black Knight squads and a dozen more Cephirian stragglers and their calvary get taken down by the charging Britannian Knightmares. In the ensuing chaos, the Sharpenal Cannon and the Ballista Cannon have both been blown into smithereens by the Knightmares belonging to the Knights of the Round. Just when the Green Ranger and the Archwizard pressed forward, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu looked back over their shoulders and see something that made their eyes widened with panic.

A squad of Britannian Sutherlands are trying to make their attempt to follow the last escaping Cephirian Gloucester and horseman into the New World. The moment their eyes caught a glimpse of them heading towards the Sakuradite Gateway, the eyes of all three Magic Knights lit up in a red hue.


Earlier before the Magic Knights head out into battle, they were called in for a private meeting with Zero inside his makeshift G-1 mobile fortress. Just when they entered the mobile fortress' command bridge alone with Zero, his mask unveiled his right eye.

"As soon as all of the captured Cephirians escape through the portal, you all have to destroy it immediately in order to consider your sacrifice for the sake of your friends from the New World!" Zero ordered as he unleashed his Geass upon the unsuspecting Magic Knights.

As Zero's Geass went into Hikaru's, Umi's, and Fuu's minds, they all reacted with a positive acknowledgement, followed by a robotic speech.

"Yes, Commander Zero!" The Magic Knights said as they all saluted the Leader of the Black Knights.


"Forgive us, Clef!" The Magic Knights all said in unison before they called forth one of their powerful, fusion spells.

"SPIRAL FLASH!" The Magic Knights shouted in unison as their fused Rune God fired a red, blue, and green beam at the Sakuradite Gateway.

As their spell struck the gateway, it exploded into a fiery mess, taking down several huge structures and engulfed the enemy knightmare squad in a deadly conflagration. After seeing the Gateway completely destroyed, the Magic Knights knew that this will be the end of the Black Rebellion. Since they and the Black Knights have all served their purpose, they may have to flee Area 11 to fight another day or get captured and face execution. However, the Magic Knights decided to fight until their last breath, along with the Cephirians and allies who hadn't escaped Area 11 yet.

The moment the three Knightmares went in, they fought once more to help the surviving Black knights escape Britannia.

Ferio's Green Ranger fired several more of his energy arrows at 8 more enemy Sutherlands from his Long Bow until it's ammo was depleted. As soon as the Green Ranger dropped his ranged weapon, he drew out its Huge Scimitar and cut off two more Sutherlands by their waists.

Above the Green Ranger, the merged Rune God fired another Spiral Flash and drew out a line with it across a squad of five enemy Gloucesters. After the line is drawn, a mass explosion erupted in front of the Gloucesters, obliterating them in one go.

As soon as the Archwizard split up and head down a different direction apart from the Green Ranger, the wizard-like Knightmare started shooting out a torrent of electricity at the first Britannian Sutherland with its staff After that, the Archwizard fired an electrical wave from its left hand at a second enemy Sutherland. However, another two Briannian Sutherlands rose up in the downed Knightmare's place as they opened fired at the Archwizard. Before the Archwizard to raise its electrical shield up, a strange Knightmare came up to his side and whacked both of its arms off its limbs with its purple two-handed sword, much to Clef's horror. As the Archwizard collapsed onto its knees, the unknown Knightmare held its blade up to his throat.

"It's over, Cephirian!" Bismarck's voice spoke from inside the unknown Knightmare. "You're not going anywhere!"

Realizing that Clef's time is up, he can only pray that Hikaru, Umi, Fuu, Lantis, Ferio, Topaz, and Ascot are still hanging in there.

Meanwhile, after hearing that they have lost Tohdou, Senba, Asahina, and Nagisa moved in to aid the Lt. Colonel while Urabe made his attempt to help the surviving Black Knights flee back into the shadows of Area 11. On his way out, Urabe runs to Ferio's Green Ranger after hacking down another enemy Sutherland with its Scimitar. Before the Green Ranger could move on, Urabe's Gekka ran in front of the Green Knightmare.

"Ferio, we have to get out of here! Enemy reinforcements have arrived and we're sitting ducks here!" Urabe told the Cephirian Prince from inside his Knightmare.

"I'm not leaving here without Lantis and Topaz!" Ferio protested. "Especially not without Fuu!"

"They already got Lantis and Topaz!" Urabe said. "I heard it from an isolated communication channel."

Before Ferio could started protesting more, Urabe activated the isolated channel from his Gekka and transferred it to Ferio's Green Ranger's private channel.

"You won't get away with this, Baroness!" Topaz's exhausted voice spoke out from the channel.

"It was already done, Cephirian!" Viletta smirked. "The Knights of the Round have arrived thanks to me and Prince Clovis. Your pathetic rebellion for the sake of the New World is over! We win! Also, Sir Bradley was able to incapacitate and restrain a Sir Lantis and a Tohdou into his custody!"

After Urabe turned off his private channel, Ferio stood there feeling completely stunned and horrified on where this is heading.

"What do you expect us to do then?!" Ferio asked in an enraged tone.

"The least we can do, is flee for our lives for now," Urabe suggested to the Cephirian Prince. "We'll find a way to rescue them all someday!"

"Well, I'm still not leaving without Fuu!" Ferio said persistently. "She's my first love!"

After the fused Rayearth blasted another squad of enemy Sutherlands with his "Spiral Barrage," three strange Knightmares appeared into the sky in front of him. One happens to be a strange jet-fighter that just transformed into a strange blue and white Knightmare with golden horns protruding from its head, a light-purple Knightmare with a huge yellow cross on its back, which is the very same one that captured Clef earlier unknown to the Magic Knights, and the other red Knightmare that neutralized Ascot's Monolith.

"I presume they must be the Knight Elevens aiding the New World against the Empire, eh?!" A confident voice spoke from the blue, horned Knightmare. "This should be interesting!"

"I wonder how long will it be holding up against our might!" Anya muttered to herself. "Let's find out shall we?!"

When the red Knightmare deployed its Stark Hadron Cannon, which was fused from two sets latched onto its shoulders, Anya fired the cannon straight at the fused Rayearth. In efforts to counter-attack such a powerful beam, the Magic Knights fired a Spiral Flash at it. The moment both beams converged into each other, a massive explosion erupted in mid-air. As the fused Rayearth hovered backwards, the purple Knightmare charged forward and made its first move upon the merged Rune God with its sword. In a split second, the fused Rayearth drew out its light-force sword and parried against the purple Knightmare's two-handed sword.

Before Rayearth could fight back, all three Magic Knights started receiving electrical jolts coming from inside their bodies. It turns out that they have overused their newly founded powers due to the risk Rakshata mentioned when using her evolution orbs.

"W-What's happening, I-I can't move a-a-anymore!" Umi gasped as she went in and out of consciousness. After several more seconds of pain and lack of breath, Umi went out cold.

Fuu wasn't able to figure out what was going on before her world went black after feeling her muscles cramp in an electrical, burning sensation.

"Umi. F-Fuu, I'm s-sorry!" Hikaru said before she tired herself out and lost consciousness.

As the Rune God started having electrical convulsions erupting all over its body, the Magic knights descended from their flight and collapsed onto the ground on their stomachs, leaving the three Knights of the Round confused on where this is going.

"What just happened?!" The burly voice spoke from the purple Knightmare.

"It seems that they have exhausted themselves from their previous fight in the Tokyo Settlement!" Gino assumed. "No matter, we'll take them all as our prisoners back at Pendragon, along with the natives of the New World."

As soon as the GTO reached the NSX, Geo spots oncoming fire heading straight at him from his own battleship.

"WHAT HELL?" Geo shrieked as he raised his shield up, protecting the GTO from getting blasted.

When the oncoming beams and missiles struck the GTO's shield, the green mecha flew all over the place while trying to get closer to see why would his ship turn against him. Before Geo could say anything, four unidentified Knightmares flew in from behind the Autozamian Commander and restrained him with their binding harkens, making his cockpit vibrate abruptly.

"UGH! What is this?" Geo gasped in confusion.

"Hello there!" The sly voice spoke from inside the strange, bulky Knightmare.

As Geo looked up, he sees a Britannian Knightmare from the main screen inside his cockpit. It had large cones mounted on its wrists, and is armed with a Quad-like claw that can turn into a Particle Drill Lance, and a shield-like missile launcher.

"Who the hell are you?!" Geo asked in anger. "What the hell did you do to my ship?"

"That was your ship?" The taunting voice said back. "Sorry pal, it's our ship now. Who do value the most in your pitiful life other than that thing?!"

"YOU!" Geo snarled as his GTO was being restrained against his own will.

"I would've tried to end your life here. However, I've been given orders by Prince Clovis to have you and your crew captured and taken to Pendragon."

"Clovis?! How did he...?" Geo gasped, only for his speech to get interrupted by an electrical jolt coming from the restraints tied around his GTO. After he screamed in pain, Geo fell unconscious on top of his control panel as his GTO gets powered down.

"Good work, Valkyrie Squadron! We'll bring in this native commander into our custody, along with the rest of the insignificant slime!"

"Yes my lord!" The female voices spoke from inside their Knightmares.

After fighting their way through the city and out of the Tokyo Settlement, Ferio, Urabe, and a handful of Black Knights turned to look back at the destruction they have all caused when fighting their way to the Britannian Government Bureau. As Ferio looked closely at the surroundings from the Green Ranger's main camera, he spots the merged Rune God get towed away by two of the strange Knightmares belonging to the Knights of the Round.

"NO! FUU!" Ferio screamed in terror as he tried to go back.

Unfortunately, Urabe's Gekka caught up to Ferio's Green Ranger and grabbed him by the waist. In the ensuing struggle, the Green Ranger started burning out its landspinners while Urabe's Gekka desperately tried to hold him still as he pressed its feet onto the concrete floor.

"We can't do anything for them anymore!" Urabe told the Cephirian Prince. "We just got lucky that we were able to escape the Knights of the Round while they're distracted. You've already pushed your luck too far. This fight is over!"

"LET ME GO!" Ferio screamed further as he started flailing in a panic while being held down by Urabe's Gekka, along with two more surviving Black Knight Burais. "FUU IS STILL OUT THERE!"

"You should be grateful that Lady Fuu, Lady Umi, and Lady Hikaru are able to buy us all time to escape!" Urabe told Ferio. "Right now, we need to meet up with Kallen first. We do that, then we'll plan in rescuing all of our allies and Zero! I can't say for sure when, but we'll do it if the time is right!"

"I hope you're right about that, Urabe!" Ferio said as he glared at Urabe's Gekka after they released him from their grip. "But if something happens to them while under Britannia's custody, I'll make you regret it getting in my way!"

After listening to Ferio's warning, Urabe, and a few Black Knight squads fled back into the shadows outside of the Tokyo Settlement. As for Ferio, he turned around to see the place where he last saw Fuu at and made a vow to himself that someday, he will come back for her very soon. After looking at Area 11 for a few more minutes, Ferio turned around to face towards the direction where the Black Knights are and steered his Knightmare away from the battlefield before disappearing.

After the battle at the Tokyo Settlement is over, the Knights of the Round went in to secure the Government Bureau and escorting the wounded onboard their ships while sending all of their dead soldiers to the morgue where they'll be given proper burials by tomorrow morning. However, Cornelia disappeared after getting defeated by the Magic Knights when being spared from her death. With that said, no one is sure where did Cornelia went off too. Rumor has it that she is planning to find a way to head back to the New World to rescue her sister, while some say that she fled to the east to find answers for questions that are hard to believe. As for Lord Guilford, he was being shipped to the Bureau to be treated of his injuries and his Knightmare being tuned up for some upgrades later on, while the remains of Cornelia's Knightmare was being salvaged for spare parts to use in the future.

All around the war-torn city, there were wrecked Cephirian, Black Knight, and Britannian Knightmares all over the place. Some where ripped apart from limb to limb while others were caught on fire after getting blasted during the fight. As for the corpses of the pilots that were inside their designated Knightmares, they were either vaporized in the resulting explosions or completely charred and reduced into skeletons, with nothing but shreds of clothes and damaged armor plates on their bones. Without further a due, battle is lost for the Black Knights and Cephiro's Alliance.

For the surviving Black Knights that weren't able to escape the Tokyo Settlement or through the Sakuradite Gateway, they were taken prison by the Glaston Knights and their squads in Area 11. Now that the Sakuradite Gateway has been destroyed, the Britannians can no longer invade Cephiro anymore. Since they have captured the NSX, they decided to have it towed all the way to Pendragon where they'll be storing the battleship in one of Britannia's hangars, until they can find a way to rebuild their gateway at the Bureau in the Tokyo Settlement.

As for the Magic Knights and their Cephirian followers, they've all been detained and taken to the Avalon where they'll meet their fate in Pendragon.

While Hikaru was getting taken onboard their ship, she sees Commander Topaz, Geo Metro, Lantis, Ascot, Clef and about 25 of their men get brought down to their knees while being ordered to put their hands behind their heads, with the Britannians stripping them of their weapons, armor, and Knightmares. After that, they've been forced to put on their prison straight-jackets before heading onboard the Avalon.

As for Hikaru and the Magic Knights, they got their magic gloves taken away before being forced to put on their prison jumpsuits. In front of the Magic Knight trio, they see Prince Schneizel el Britannia and Prince Clovis being accompanied by the Glaston Knights at the ship ramp of the Avalon.

"So, are you all going to beg of mercy once the Emperor decides your fate?" Clovie sneered as he looked straight at Hikaru in the eye.

"You wish!" Hikaru hissed before being restrained by one of the Britannian Marines behind her. "You won't be seeing the last of us, yet!"

"Get them out of here!" Clovis ordered his guards.

Upon hearing the 2nd Britannian Prince's orders, the Britannian Marines dragged Hikaru and the Magic Knights onboard the Avalon without saying another word, along with the rest of their friends from the New World. After that, Schneizel and Clovis went onboard the Avalon before the ship took off. As for the Knights of the Round, they decided to help Lord Guilford find another new Viceroy to take control of Area 11 once again, as well as cleaning up the mess that the Black Rebellion made.

Unbeknownst to most of the Britannians, Mokona snuck onboard the Avalon like a sneaky little rat in silence v.i.a through the ship's ventilation shaft. The moment the Avalon took off, Mokona crawled through the vents and went into the ship's storage room. After looking around to find a safe place to hide in the storage room, Mokona found an ammo crate near the gun cabinets and stuffed himself inside the crate. As Mokona hid inside the crate, it casted a spell on itself so that none of the ship's crew will hear or see him while doing their duties around the ship. In Mokona's mind, he comes up with a one-daring plan to rescue the Magic Knights before they could rescue the other Cephirians that were captured by Britannia.

Meanwhile back in the New World, a small cottage in the Forest of Silence is seen in the middle of a cleaning within the woods. Inside, there was Euphy who is now dressed up in a white and pink maid outfit, with her pink hair tied into a single, long ponytail. While she went outside to watch the birds flew above the meadows, Darlton preparing dinner for the two. He replaced his Britannian military uniform with a ragged white shirt with a brown coat on top of it, red peasant trousers, and grey boots. The moment Euphy and Darlton entered the New World of Cephiro, they snuck into a nearby village and stole some clothes from a nearby clothesline before seeking refuge at a nearby abandoned cottage. Dartlon spent most of his time hunting animals for food while Euphy went to pick some flowers to use as a decoration around the cottage.

As Euphy lay on her back on top of the meadows and looked up at the sky above her, she couldn't help but think about what would ever become of Mt. Fuji and all of Area 11 after being told that she was attacked by assassins, unaware that is was a white lie. After seeing a flock of birds pass by, Euphy is wondering if her brothers and sisters are still worried about her safety.

In just a half an hour later when the sun is setting, Darlton appeared from the forest right behind Princess Euphemia.

"Euphy, dinner is ready," The ex-general told the undercover Britannian Princess.

The moment Euphy got back up on her feet and turned to face Darlton, she asked her escort about everything that she has been through after she meet Hikaru in person.

"Do you think we'll ever find a way to help restore peace between Britannia and the natives of the New World someday?"

"I can't say for sure!" Darlton said, feeling lost in his own thoughts. "The Magic Knights of the New World may have been our enemy for quite some time, but it's hard to believe that they have people that trusted them from the other side. However, now that I know about them more than ever before, they may not be bad people after all."

"I kind of missed Cornelia and Schneizel already!" Euphy said, feeling a bit lonely for being in Cephiro without her siblings by her side this time. "In fact, I missed Hikaru already too. I hope she did the right thing when facing Cornelia again."

"One can only help my dear," Darlton imagined. "But for now, we have to lay low here in the Forest of Silence."

"Can we at least visit the Castle of Cephiro to see if Hikaru was able to succeed in saving the Cephirians?" Euphy asked Darlton.

"I don't see why not?!" Darlton replied in a reluctant tone of voice. "Then again, we still need to keep a low-profile, just so that your killers don't find you here in Cephiro."

After Darlton finished his conversation with her, Euphy nodded her head as they both left the meadows. On the next day, both Euphy and Darlton arrived at the Castle gates, both wearing brown cloaks to hide themselves away from the public. As they reached the courtyard, an announcement was being held there. Up ahead, the two undercover Britannians see a huge concrete stage in front of the Castle itself. Before they knew it, the Cephirians have all gathered in front of the stage, unaware of Darlton's and Euphy's presence. After a few minutes of murmurs, Lafarga approached the stage, with Caldina, Presea, Tarta, Tatra, Lady Aska, Sang Yung, and Qiang Ain sitting behind the Guard Captain. Above them, a huge banner bearing Cephiro's Emblem starts to unfold, hanging from the Castle's balcony. For the Cephirian guardsmen, two of their regiments are stationed in front of the Captain's both left and right sides on top of the stage. As for the Cephirian Knightmares including the Lancelot Blitz, Dancing Siren, and the Smitherite, they stood behind the leaders of the New World, excluding the ones from Autozam. As soon as Lafarga raised his hand towards the crowd, demanding silence, he makes his speech in front of all the people of Cephiro.

"Citizens of Cephiro, we have came back after an great battle that took place in Area 11!" Lafarga announced at the start of his speech. "In the ensuing fight, the Magic Knights, our heroes from the other world, have stayed behind and fought vailiantly to stop the enemy from following us. It was since that time, they have destroyed the gateway that bridged a connection between our world and theirs. Just like that, our country is saved once again thanks to our devoted Magic Knights. However, their valor, heroism, and honor did not come without a price! Some of our leaders fighting alongside the Magic Knights did not make it back to the New World, including Prince Ferio of Cephiro, and are presumed captured. The only thing we can do right now is pray that they'll find their way back to our home. Not today, not tomorrow, but someday they will even if it takes more than a year. Also, someday we'll find a way to make peace with the Britannian Empire but for now we'll stay away from their presence. And for that, we shall endure the dawn of the New Cephiro until we can find a way back to the Magic Knight's world in order to rescue our comrades who are still trapped in enemy territory."

"LEAD US AGAINST THE BRITANNIANS LORD LAFARGA!" One of the citizens shouted with encouragement. "We must save our comrades from the other world!"

"We won't let the sacrifice of the Magic Knights be in vain!" Another Cephirian spoke out loud.

"We'll make them pay for what they did to our country! I swear to the name of Princess Emeraude!" Lafarga shouted as he raised his sword up high. "FOR CEPHIRO! AND FOR THE ALLIANCE!"

"FOR CEPHIRO! FOR THE ALLIANCE!" The entire crowd shouted as the Cephirian Knightmares and guards raised their weapons up high, ending Lafarga's speech.

After taking a good look at the people on top of the stage, Euphy and Darlton concluded that Hikaru and her friends did not make it back to Cephiro with Captain Lafarga. Feeling lost that Euphy will not be seeing Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu again, she turned away from the crowd and left the castle grounds, with Darlton following the undercover princess from behind.

"I know Hikaru will be back. Because I still believe in her good faith, not just to her fellow Japanese, not just to her Cephirian friends, but also to me!" Euphy thought to herself. "If I ever get back to Area 11, I'll try to make things right for her and my sister one day!"

One year later...

At Pendragon, the Britannian nobles have all gathered at the execution grounds taking place in the palace arena at the crack of dawn. After the nobles entered the arena and took their seats on the bleachers, several Britannian Sutherlands and Gloucesters are stationed all over execution grounds, with their guns drawn. In the middle of the execution grounds, there is the Magic Knights, wearing binding straight-jackets than rather their colorful armor. In a clearer view, all three of them were being tied up to the stakes before awaiting their trial for the instance of terrorism and witchcraft. In front of the Magic Knights, there's a royal booth stationed in between the bleachers. Inside, there is Suzaku Kururugi standing next to the Emperor of Britannian himself, Charles vi Britannia. This time, Suzaku is wearing a white Britannian uniform with gold trimmings and a blue cape hanging on top of his shoulders.

Earlier, he pursued Zero to clear Euphy's dishonored name after getting lured into another stasis field but was saved by Lloyd and Cecil. The moment he found Zero again, only to discover that it was Lelouch the entire time, he captured his former friend and brought him before the Emperor. It was since then that Suzaku Kururugi became the new member of the Knights of the Round, also known as the Knight of Seven.

As of now, Suzaku took a good look at his childhood friend-turned nemesis, Suzaku couldn't imagine if he made the right choice in stopping Hikaru in her tracks after the black rebellion. When Hikaru turned his attention towards Suzaku, she felt distraught that the Honorary Britannian can no longer be reasoned by her or her benefactors. After glaring at Suzaku in anger for a few minutes, the executioner makes his announcement in front of the Britannians as the drums started banging loudly. He was wearing a black hood covering up his entire face and a ragged set of black clothes marked with dried blood bloodstains received from the previous executions.

"These Eleven Knights from the New World are all being convicted for the crime of terrorism and witchcraft. Their sentence is death."

Upon hearing this, Umi and Fuu stared at the executioner in anger for not being able to get away from the Britannians. As the crowd of Britannians are crying out for their deaths, the executioner grabs a torch before approaching Hikaru first, who started smirking as if she's hiding something in her sleeve.

"Any last words, Eleven?!" The black masked executioner jeered.

"Bite me, loser!" Hikaru sneered as she spat on the executioner.

In a low growl, the executioner ignited the pyre below Hikaru's feet. The moment the executioner backed away, Hikaru turned to Umi and Fuu and gave them both a wink with her left eye. As she took a deep breath, the fire reached up to her legs. The moment the fire engulfed Hikaru completely, the executioner makes his moved towards Umi next. Below the bleachers, Mokona makes his appearance in the arena unnoticed. The moment the little white rabbit snuck closer to the burning pyre, using the sand as cover, he shoots out a yellow beam from the jewel on his forehead, the moment the jewel emerged from within the sand that Mokona is hiding under, and aimed it at where the burning figure is. The moment the beam struck the aflame figure, a red aura started glowing into a small ball of light inside the figure.

Suddenly, without warning however, the crowd started gasping in fear. Right behind the executioner, the figure that was caught on fire started to break out of her burning straitjacket while set aflame, with her right hand reaching out. Unknown to them, Mokona reactivated Hikaru's powers as he actually teleported her magic glove all the way inside her straitjacket before it tore apart. Much to everyone's horror, especially to Suzaku's and the Emperor's horror, the flaming figure stepped down from the burning pyre, ripped off the remains of her straitjacket, and approached the executioner from behind in fury. As for Umi and Fuu, they both smirked with delight as they see the aflame figure approach ominously at the executioner.

"WATCH OUT, BEHIND YOU!" One of the Britannian nobles shrieked in terror.

"What in the high...?!" The executioner said in confusion.

Just when the executioner turned around see what everyone else is seeing, he was met with a powerful fiery blast in the stomach. Upon impact, he was sent flying off the pyre and plummeted to the ground, followed by a ground explosion. The moment he hit the ground, the executioner started screaming in pain as the fire caught on his skin burned him alive. In just a few seconds, he succumbed to his burnt injuries.

"This is impossible!" Suzaku gasped in horror. "She should be burned to death by now!"

"There's a really good reason why Ms. Hikaru is proclaimed as the Magic Knight of Fire, Mr. Suzaku!" Fuu retorted. "You can't really kill her with fire, it'll just make her stronger!"

"She really is a witch from Area 11, isn't she?!" Emperor Charles said feeling a bit surprised after seeing this unexpected turn of events. "This should be interesting!"

The moment she turned towards Suzaku and Emperor Charles, a red flash enveloped the aflame figure and created a harmless, blinding explosion. After the fires disappeared, Hikaru appeared once again in the place where the aflame figure stood just now, fully restored and is wearing her set of Magic Knight armor with a v-like diadem on her her head, along with her magic glove attached to her right hand. The moment she drew out her sword, Hikaru cut the straitjackets off Umi and Fuu before they stepped out of their burning pyers.

"HEY! THOSE DAMN ELEVENS ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE!" One of the Britannian soldiers shout after seeing the Magic Knights stepped away from their burning stakes. "STOP THEM!"

The moment the Britannian Knightmares and Marines all drew out their weapons and aimed at the Magic Knights, Emperor Charles stood up from his seat, immediately raised his right hand before issuing an order at the top of his lungs.

"WAIT!" The Emperor exclaimed with his mighty voice. "Let the Knight of Seven deal with them!"

As the Emperor turned towards Suzaku, he nodded his head in front of the Knight of Seven.

"Sir Kururugi, go get e'm!"

"Yes, your majesty!" Suzaku acknowledged the Emperor's orders as he jumped off the Royal Booth and landed on his two feet in front of Hikaru and the Magic Knights.

As he marched towards Hikaru, he tossed his blue cape to the side, and drew out his Knightmare key. With just one click, he activated key as he summoned his Lancelot Conquista into the execution grounds. The Lancelot barged through the arena gate behind Suzaku as it drew out both of its MVS.

"If you want to do this the hard way Hikaru, then be my guest!" Suzaku hissed as he went into his Knightmare and gained control of his newly upgraded Lancelot.

Noticing that her former friend and enemy is going to be standing in her way again, Hikaru drew out her sword and called forth her Rune God Knightmare once again. As a red light blinked into the clear blue sky above Hikaru, Rayearth Alpha appeared once again behind the Knight of Fire. Realizing that a fight between both Elevens is about to begin, the frightened nobles immediately ran off and made for the exit, except for Emperor Charles and two of the other Knights of the Round.

The moment Hikaru went inside her Rune God, she drew out her sword as she gave out her orders to two of her best friends.

"Umi, Fuu, find a way out of here and go rescue our friends. I'll meet up with you guys later!"

Without saying another word, the two Magic Knights ran towards where Mokona was at. The moment they approached the little white rabbit, Mokona opened up a portal leading somewhere safe away. After seeing her friends disappear through the portal that Mokona created, Hikaru readied herself before facing Suzaku and the Lancelot once more. When both the Rune God and Knightmare raised their swords up high, they started circling around keep a close eye on each other before making a move.

"Suzaku, we can never leave our friends or our family behind!" Hikaru smirked as she aimed her sword at the Lancelot. "We all have a will fight for what we believe in. But since your Princess is gone, what do you really believe in, after you captured Zero and condemned him to death?!"

"I told you, I'll still change the world from the inside; that's the only thing I would believe in right now!" Suzaku said sternly as he maintained his guard while circling around Rayearth.

"Still trying to push it are you?! Let's do this, Knight of Seven!" Hikaru snarled as she is about to make her first move against Suzaku's Lancelot Conquista.

Without holding anything back, Rayearth's sword started charging up in a flaming aura before running towards where the Lancelot is standing. At the same time, Suzaku charged forward with the Lancelot as he attempted to lunge at Rayearth, with both of its MVS's preparing to strike at the Rune God from either side.

Before Rayearth or Lancelot could strike at each other with their blades, the entire screen froze in its place as it leaves behind the questionable fate that will decide two of the greatest warriors originated from Area 11. Will Hikaru Shidou escape Britannia's grip in the preceding fight and meet up with the rest of her friends or will she get taken down by Suzaku Kururugi, the Knight of Seven?

TO BE CONTINUED...

Disclaimer: There you have it ladies and gentlemen. The first crossover between MKR and CG. I'll be starting the second story of "Knight's Battlefront" somewhere in 2019. For now, just write some nice reviews. And if you have any questions about it, feel free to ask me through Private Messaging. Thank you for reading my fanfic and have a wonderful Merry Christmas!"