A/N: Thank you all to who reviewed the previous chapter even through this one might be a bit short, but its building for the next chapter. I'll quickly answer those who did anonymous reviews I cannot reply to I'll quickly answer them. I already took care of Reishin Amara, so that leaves one.

Be sure to watch the upcoming RWBY episode because there was a second part to the story about the two brothers that will play an important part later in the story.

I really hope I don't have to do anymore big author notes for the future after this chapter.

Zero: Well I'll only consider Yang if neither Weiss nor Blake work out. I have nothing against her character and I agree she and Lelouch are quite compatible with the right setting, but I agree with others than Yang has been used quite a lot in other stories as the main pairing with the main character. Ruby on the other hand despite my doubts about it working out in the long run, but I do admit there is some appeal in the idea of opposites attracting and Ruby would be similar to the likes of Nunnally and Shirley whom Lelouch did have a soft spot for because of their innocence. But they will butt heads on Lelouch's way of doing things, which will be fun to explore regardless if they become romantically involved or not.

And something I should note I have no intention of going the Zero Requiem route.

One other thing I intend to mention is that I have no desire whatsoever to do a harem of any kind even if it's only Lelouch and with two others because for three reasons: one it's a cop out and makes it too easy to just pair everyone together with the main character…not to mention it just feels cheap, second I have a hard time seeing any member of Team RWBY being interested in a harem, and third given that Lelouch came from a family where his father had a harem he isn't the type who would be interested in it.

You can thank my discussions with draconihero21 for that and yes I know I have some stories with harems in them but I have announced in my more recent ones they would be the last harem stories I do.

Let me be clear that I got nothing against any of the classic fan pairings for both Code Geass and RWBY especially since I am a fan of the Kallen and Lelouch pairing along with others, but being this is a crossover I want to try and explore new and different pairing combinations.

That being said I am open for suggestions for other crossover pairings for this story, but I would advise holding off such suggestions until much later in the story. There is no reason Lelouch should be the only paired with a RWBY character.

Now that I got that out of way let's move on.

Chapter 6

Acceleration

Leodore, Lelouch and along with Ohgi and Kallen were sitting in a black limo together as they were being driven to a secret location for a meeting with one of the heads of Six Houses of Kyoto. Lelouch was naturally dressed in full Zero attire, but he carried his sword with him thanks to a black belt he wore around his waist with a clasp to secure the weapon to his waist. He had known his actions in Shinjuku Ghetto would draw some attention, but he hadn't expected an invitation from the man financial and arms backer of the Japan Liberation Front and other major resistance groups in Japan wishing to meet him already.

I guess I made more of an impression than I realized.

They had met the driver and his limo inside Shinjuku Ghetto after Ohgi had received a message from a representative the other day.

The drive had last it for two hours, but Leodore and Lelouch were quiet but Ohgi and Kallen seemed to be getting restless.

Thankfully it seemed leaving Tamaki behind was a good idea as they were certain they would have heard compliments coming out from his mouth.

After what seemed like another hour had passed the limo came to a stop after it boarded a large freight elevator carrying them up to where the meeting was to take place. The limo drove out of the elevator and where it finally stopped with the driver coming around to open the door for his passengers.

"Sorry for the inconvenience." The limo driver offered apologetically, "The master is waiting for you."

The interior of the meeting place appeared to some kind of storage room, but there was a lot of pipes and various machinery lying about which caused Lelouch to wonder if the meeting was happening somewhere in the industrial center in Toyko, but noticing he couldn't recall such places close to the interior layout around him that could match the industrial center it took Lelouch a moment to narrow down where they were at.

Ohgi and Kallen realized it around the same time as their leader did when they saw a large window allowing them a view of the landscape below.

"This is...the Fuji mines?" Ohgi said in shock recognizing the mountain they were on which had been partially covered with metallic plating by the Britannian government to aggressively mine more Sakuradite from the mountain. "It can't be…"

"It has to be Mt. Fuji! There is only one mountain like this." Kallen said as she was just as equally surprised as Ohgi was.

"The Mt. Fuji mines are under the direct protection of the Britannian Homeland correct," Leodore said as he had heard that even through the local Sakuradite Mining Businesses operated by Japan were allowed to continue their work and efforts thus allowing them to act as governing body for the Japanese people reporting to the occupational government. However the mines themselves were protected and supervised by forces who took orders from the Britannian Homeland.

Any one not meant to be at the mines that were caught there was executed on the spot.

After the shock of realizing their location wore off Ohgi calmly complimented. "Their power extends all the way out here? Kyoto group is amazing."

"It's repulsive."

Kirihara spoke as he was revealed to be on the opposite of the room sitting on palanquin with a heavy veil obscuring his face from any distant observer. On each side of the palanquin stood two men in suits acting as bodyguards to protect their master from any possible harm.

"Mt. Fuji, a sacred mountain once known for its clear waters and quiet beauty, now it is bent to the empire's will becoming a place of hideous violation. A reflection of what Japan has become. It pains me so."

No one said anything even as the outside view of the world beyond the interior of the chamber they were in vanished darkening the room somewhat.

"I apologize for not showing my face. But," Kirihara began pointing his cane at Zero, "your face is hidden as well. Unfortunately, I cannot allow this. To trust you, I must know who you are. Therefore you will show me your face."

"Very well, but I want the secret of my identity to remain between us." Lelouch began instantly recognizing the voice which brought a smile to his face as he had been hoping it would be him. "You of all people should understand why since this is the first time we have met in seven years."

"WHAT," Kirihara said as his surprise was evident in his voice.

"We meet seven years ago at the Kururugi Shrine and you helped me vanish with the world believing I was dead Taizō Kirihara."

Kirihara was shocked, but he didn't express it as his bodyguards did who began drawing their guns.

"Those who can identity him must die."

"STOP!" Kirihara shouted causing his men to freeze in place. "You approach me."

"You can ask the Knightmare Frames you have hiding in the shadows to come out. You can instruct one of them block their view," Lelouch said raising his hands to ease the concerns of Kirihara's bodyguards while using one hand to gesture towards Kallen and Ohgi. "Two of them are not quite ready to know my identity."

"Do it." Kirihara said to one of his bodyguards who relayed his instructions causing the four Knightmare Frames similar to the Glasgow, but they were created after cannibalizing them dubbed the Type-10R Burai.

"Taizō Kirihara, but didn't he betray Japan?" Kallen asked.

"No he didn't," Zero explained as he proceeded to elaborate. "The same man who is the founder of Kirihara industries which has a monopoly on sakuradite mining and a major backer of the Kururugi regime appears to be a traitor. However, when Japan fell he dodged the tribunal by collaborating with the colonial rulers. Commonly known as Kirihara the traitor as a result of those actions, but in reality Kirihara is one of the leaders of the six houses of Kyoto who support resistance groups throughout Japan. His actions after the war were so that he could become a double agent using his position within the NAC to obtain funds and intelligence."

Lelouch stopped short of a few steps from Kirihara who locked gazes with Lelouch as one of the Burai machines moved into place blocking Ohgi and Kallen's view of him.

"Why do you fight for Japan's independence then?"

"I wish to annihilate Britannia."

"And so, do you believe that this is possible, that you can do it?"

"I can, because I must. I have reasons which compel me execrably." Lelouch answered promptly followed by a chuckle. "I'm glad I'm dealing with you."

At that moment Lelouch removed his mask revealing his face to Kirihara who was stunned as he recognized the young man who was once a boy.

"It is you." Kirihara said realizing the young man before him was the presumed dead prince of Britannia who had faked his death with his help and the Ashford Family taking him in.

Publically people knew that Lelouch vi Britannia and his sister were killed during Japan's war with Britannia, but the truth was quite different. Those who knew which was among some of Japan's leaders and a few others knew Japan was going to lose its war with Britannia as it simply didn't have the numbers and the resources to repel such an invasion.

It didn't help that they were betrayed by someone seeking to use the conflict to sell out their own country to become a noble feeling they were just a puppet in the Japanese government. By the time it was stopped war between the two countries was inevitable.

Lelouch was never aware of the treachery that doomed Japan and even now he didn't know he and his sister were going to be sold out as an insurance policy so the traitor could receive what he was promised by members of the royal family who wanted them dead.

Even if Japan was able to withstand Britannia's might the war would have only worsened if the Chinese Federation and the European United got involved because their only interest in the war was controlling Japan's Sakuradite stockpile since it alone provided over seventy percent of the world's supply. Japan would have been destroyed in the resulting three way battle against the superpowers. After Japan was conquered Britannia was quick to offer equal and fair Sakuradite trading to the other two superpowers in order to pacify them from attempting to take Japan from them thus preventing a potentially devastating three-way war.

Regardless in order for Japan to lose the two royals from Britannia had to vanish one way or another to show their commitment to the fight even if it planned on loosing, but not without winning a few of the battles for Japan to inspire and lay the foundations for a uprising that could one day free Japan from Britannia control.

Kirihara provided assistance on his end to make their deaths more convincing while the Ashford Family handled the rest.

"It's been almost eight years since that family received you as a hostage."

"Yes and I am very grateful for you taking care of me back then." Lelouch said as it was thanks to Kirihara that he and his sister were able to fake their deaths and escape being tools for Britannia. He knew doing so would only put him and his sister in more danger if anyone ever found out, but Lelouch knew that going back to Britannia would have been a death sentence regardless.

"If I hadn't come tonight would you have attempted to take a messenger hostage?"

"Not at all." Lelouch replied, "All I seek is your help Lord Kirihara."

The elderly man couldn't help but grin, "So the flower planted eight years ago has bloomed."

Kirihara laughed at the irony of a former Britannian Prince leading a resistance group to liberate Japan before becoming serious again.

"Before anything else Lord Kirihara I would like to introduce my second in command; Leodore Ferox," the former prince said causing Leodore to stand at attention. "He comes from a place beyond Japan which Kaname Ohgi and Kallen Kozuki have witnessed and he represents a group of people who wish to become citizens of Japan hoping to find a place to call home that would be free from discrimination."

"What place?"

"This is something you might have to see for yourself Lord Kirihara, but I brought Leodore with me to provide a demonstration of a power common to a group of trained warriors as a way of proving what I am about to tell you."

Leodore took this as a sign to bring out a small diamond he had in his pocket.

"From where I come from we have learned how to project our souls as a shield to protect ourselves and create weapons that our conduits of our aura, but with that we gain a semblance that grants us a unique ability and this is mines." Leodore explained before closing his fist around the diamond as his aura began to glow a bright gold as his skin was converted from flesh into diamond.

"His special power dubbed Absorption allows him to take whatever material he is holding at the time to convert his skin into that material for a period of time." Lelouch explained before asking. "Have one of your Knightmare Frames open fire on him."

Ohgi, Kallen and everyone else present except for Leodore and Lelouch were shocked by the request.

"You two do not need to fret, but you two should get back." Leodore said confidently while at the same time gesturing for his two companions to get back.

Kirihara was hesitant, but noticing the confidence in Lelouch's voice he gave a silent order for one of the Knightmare Frames to open fire on him.

The Knightmare Frame closest to the group turned its assault rifle on it before unleashing a barrage of bullets, but miraculous Leodore weathered the bullets as they bounced off his body.

"What kind of power is this?" Kirihara inquired curious and shocked by the display.

"This will take some time to explain."

Around the same time in the Kingdom of Vale it was another day at Beacon Academy as its students were gathered in the dining hall for lunch. The academy's dining hall was quite large for a formal dining fall but it was expected considering the number of students attending the school. The dining hall runs down the length of a cloister-like hall as it features four long tables running the length of the hall with benches to either side. There was sufficient space for walking around in-between the tables and their respective benches to allow for smooth traffic among the students and to ensure plenty of space for the students even through eating in your dorms was allowed.

Even though there was no pre-assigned seating arrangement most students sat together with their teams.

One such team had a black haired young woman who was seventeen years of age with a black bow on top of her head possessing a fair skin complexion and amber eyes. Like female students of the academy she wore the standard Beacon Academy uniform consisting of a red plaid skirt, and a brown jacket with a tan vest and white shirt with a red ribbon tied at the collar. Her footwear consists of brown shoes with black socks.

Ahead of her fellow teammates Blake Belladonna had finished her lunch and was using her remaining free time to read a newspaper.

"Uh Blake would you mind passing me the comics?" The youngest member of their group and their leader asked.

She had a pale complexion with silver eyes and shoulder-length black hair possessing a reddish tint, but unlike most students and her teammates she added a red cape with a hood to her school uniform.

"Here you go," Blake replied passing off the section of the newspaper containing the comics to Ruby Rose.

"Anything on sports?"

That came from another member of Team RWBY, which she was actually Ruby's older half-sister who looked very different from her younger sister possessing long blonde hair, lilac eyes and a fair skin complexion.

"I don't know, but you can have it."

The black haired girl replied before passing off the sports section to Yang Xiao Long.

The only member of Team RWBY yet to ask for a section of the newspaper was a young woman who was the same age as Yang and Blake, but she was closer in height to Ruby Rose standing at about five feet tall with long white hair that has been pulled back in and styled as an off-center ponytail, at the base of which is a small tiara that resembles icicles. She has a pale complexion and ice blue eyes. She also bears a crooked scar down her left eye.

Weiss Schnee, the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, was focused on finishing her lunch consisting of a submarine sandwich with a cup of coffee next to her.

Now that one was interrupting her Blake returned to her newspaper where she was reading the latest headline in the Vale Times Newspaper.

Zero Destroys Drug Trafficking Ring!

Last night Zero had exposed local business man Richelieu Winchester for the crimes of drug trafficking and selling illegal goods along with abusing his Faunus workers at his shipping company at the Vale docks while even forcibly using some to test his drugs on which he used as a way of silencing them if they became too troublesome.

Police found him this morning inside his privately owned warehouse which had clear signs of a gun battle having happened the previous night between Zero and his follower convincing the authorities that Zero wasn't acting alone. Some of the drug dealers and chemist were killed in the resulting scuffle between Zero and his followers along with word that Zero and his followers had ran some of the Faunus who had been drugged heavily to a local hospital for treatment before escaping the scene.

Naturally all of the evidence they had along with testimonies from the Faunus workers and even former ones confirmed Winchester's guilt.

I guess that explains his bad mood.

Blake looked over the newspaper at another student attending Beacon named Cardin Winchester, who was obviously Richelieu's son attending the school acting as leader of Team CRDL. He was quite tall for his age with short combed burnt-orange hair and blue eyes with a fair skin complexion wearing the standard uniform for male students consisting of a black suit lined with gold, accompanied by a blue vest and a white shirt with a red tie.

Weiss having finished her meal glanced over at the newspaper.

"So this Zero has taken down another criminal already?"

"Yes and I guess this time it was Cardin's father who was running an illegal drug ring and dealing with questionable goods." Blake noted.

"And the police hasn't caught any of these people because are they lazy or just plain incompetent?" Weiss crumbled feeling annoyed that a masked vigilantly who appeared out of nowhere has taken down more criminals and exposed not only a high-profile businessman and a warden of a prison in one week but had destroyed a gang of drug dealers and their chemists.

Blake couldn't answer that question, but even she was beginning to wonder about that herself since around the time she started attending Beacon Academy there has been a growing string of Dust Shop Robberies plaguing the city for a week now.

"I am afraid you might be right about that?"

"What are you talking about?" Yang asked looking up from the sports section of the newspaper.

"We're talking about Zero."

"Oh you mean that new masked hero taking down some of Vale's criminals?" Ruby asked suddenly joining the conversation who seemed interested in discussing the masked man who has begun cleaning up the streets of Vale.

"It hasn't even been a week yet, but he has been working quickly I'll give him that." The white haired teenager commented who seemed more thoughtful and thinking about the matter more logically compared to Ruby who seemed more starry-eyed about the fact there was a mysterious masked man fighting crime around the city.

"I am not sure if what he is doing is right, but," Blake began, but their conversation was interrupted when a blonde haired student with short hair and blue eyes was thrown upon their table.

It wasn't aimed at them, but rather it was an accident after Cardin decided to take his anger of his father's arrest out on Jaune Arc who had been unfortunate enough to be caught in his path.

"How you got into this school is a real mystery!" Cardin mocked, but Ruby who was feeling angry at both the treatment Jaune was receiving along with the fact the comics she had been reading were ruined, but the first of the two was more than enough to prompt her to stand up to Beacon Academy's bully.

"Hey Jaune has every right to be here unlike you!"

Cardin instantly taking offense to that walked over and began to stare down the younger girl.

"What makes you say that half-pint?" The taller teenager snapped back, but Ruby didn't back down and glared defiantly at Cardin.

However before a fight could erupt and her older sister could get involved knowing full well of the kind of damage she could do one of the teachers intervened.

"Stop right now!"

Cardin and Ruby turned their heads to see one of Beacon Academy's strictest and harshest teachers in the entire school who was seen as the right hand woman of the academy's headmaster.

Said person is a middle-aged woman with very light-blonde hair tied back in a bun with a curl hanging down possessing bright green eyes with thin ovular glasses over them. She wore earrings and her attire consists of a white long-sleeved, pleated top that has a wide keyhole neckline and gauntlet cuffs that flare in pleats at the wrist. Her lower body is covered by a black high-waist pencil skirt with bronze buttons and black-brown stockings. Lastly she was armed with a riding crop as her weapon of choice with black boots and a cape with a purple interior and black exterior stylized to end in flames and arrows, with a row of diamond-shaped bronze beads on the back. Above this line of beads appears an emblem of a tiara that is her personal symbol.

"Tossing around and bullying your fellow students is unbecoming of a Huntsman Mr. Winchester." Glynda Goodwitch scolded before turning to Ruby. "However picking a fight with them doesn't help a situation."

"But he started it!" Ruby said pointing to Cardin.

"Yes I know, but if you are both so eager to settle your differences then you two shall meet me in the Amphitheater in a half-hour for a dueling match between you two once you are ready."

"Alright I'll be there and I'll teach that little girl some manners." Cardin boasted proudly before walking away to get ready before Glynda herself left once she was certain there was going to be no more trouble.

"Ow…you didn't have to stand up for me." Jaune replied with a groan before Yang helped him off the table.

"Come on Cardin is a jerk and the school bully!" The young silver eyed girl pointed out. "Why wouldn't I stand up to him?"

"You remember what he did to Velvet the other day." Blake pointed out.

Another classmate of theirs, but she was a second-year student, Velvet Scarlatina who was among Beacon Academy's Faunus student population possessing brown rabbit ears which sadly had been a subject of ridicule for the young woman.

Jaune said nothing further, but walked away in disappointment which was likely because of the fact there was nothing he could do from being Cardin's punching bag due to his shockingly lack of combat skills which did raise some question as to how he enrolled in Beacon Academy. However his unexpected ability to be a leader in a tight situation during the new students' initiation trail allowed him to attend and become the leader of Team JNPR.

A half-hour later Ruby was waiting inside the ground floor of Beacon Academy's Amphitheater where a large number of students had arrived to watch the fight which included both members of Ruby and Cardin's respective teams. She had changed out of her school uniform and into her attire when out in the field as a Huntress.

Her outfit consisted of a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, completed by a red, hooded cloak. She also wore around her waist a belt which holds large cartridges in individual loops, as well as a magazine pouch with a silver rose emblem upon it. She also wore a pair of knee-high black boots with red laces.

Cardin's outfit consists of wears silver-gray armor with gold trim and the breastplate had a bird with its wings outstretched. Underneath the armor, he wears a black shirt with red trimmings and black pants with a red belt tied around his waist. His weapon of choice was large black mace, but Ruby's weapon was something she was very proud of having made it herself.

It was dubbed Crescent Rose, a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe, a red and black mechanical scythe that was capable of transforming into three modes including a compact storage mode for inactive use, a rifle mode used for firing successive shots, and scythe mode the weapon's primary combat configuration with its sniper rifle function also usable in the same mode as well.

"Are you both ready?"

"I am ready!" Cardin said trying to intimidate Ruby with a practice swing of his mace, but the problem was that Ruby wasn't intimidated by Cardin rather the large crowd that had come to watch her had made her feel very nervous causing her to freeze up.

"Oh this could be a problem." Yang said knowing how shy her sister was and how nervous she got with large crowds watching her.

"Well we need to do something because I refuse to watch Cardin beat her." Weiss said before exchanging looks with Blake as she was in silent agreement.

"Come on Ruby just kick his butt and you can leave the stage!" Weiss cheered trying to encourage her teammate.

"DON'T LET THAT BULLY BEAT YOU!" Yang shouted trying to get her sister motivated, which helped lessen her sister's unease about being before a large crowd.

Ok end this quickly and I can get away from these people watching me.

Ruby readied her weapon transforming it into her scythe mode.

"I am ready."

"Very well," Glynda said before casting one last glance to Ruby then to Cardin before declaring, "Begin!"

In a sudden burst of blinding speed Ruby zipped pass Cardin driving the blade of her weapon into the ground before using the momentum to propel her body using her weapon to spin around allowing her to drive both feet into Cardin's face. The impact coupled with the fact that Cardin barely had time to react to Ruby's speed as it was faster than his eyes could track knocked the taller and older teenager off his feet sending him flying across the floor and into the wall of the stands where the students were gathered on the upper floor.

It was a one hit knock out.

"That was much quicker than I expected, which proves Mr. Winchester that you should take your studies and training much more seriously otherwise you will not last one day out in the field as a professional huntsman." Glynda said as she walked over to Cardin's motionless body.

"Lucky…shot…" Cardin crumbled with his face still on the ground.

The cheers she received from the students were deafening, but the shy girl wasted no time getting out of the spotlight and back into the locker room.

Back on Japan within Mt. Fuji the former prince of Britannia had finished explaining to Kirihara about the Faunus and the existence of Remnant including everything related to it. He filled him in on his plans including how he intends to build a settlement for the family members of his growing organization to provide a sanctuary for them as well as giving them a safe location to train new recruits by pitting them against the Creatures of Grimm from the cockpits of Knightmare Frames.

Had it not been for Leodore's early demonstration Kirihara would have thought Lelouch had gone mad.

"I see no reason to reject the Faunus and if Japan is liberated I will do what I can to ensure they'll be accepted it. The Japanese have suffered under Britannian rule so I don't foresee a problem."

"I would be eternally grateful to you Lord Kirihara." Leodore said with a bow.

"Before we wrap up this meeting a spy of ours has managed to get the technical data on the Britannian's new prototype weapon the Z-01 Lancelot and we even have an arm from the machine one of our best fighters managed to cut off." Lelouch mentioned while he was genuinely surprised by the fact that Jeremiah had indeed proved loyal by retrieving the information on the machine and some data on its weapons.

The former prince, who had put his mask back on, handed a disc containing a copy of all of their information on the Lancelot.

"I assume you have people who could make use of this data?"

"Yes we have a scientist in our employ developing new Knightmare Frames who will be very interested in this data." The elderly man replied before an idea came to mind. "I'll arrange for her to get in contact with you since I am sure she and your scientist will be interested in meeting."

"I see no reason to object to that, but I hope she'll understand that the existence of Remnant should be kept secret. Only a select group within the Black Knights on this side will be made aware of it while the same will be done on the Remnant side to control the information and to prevent it from accidently slipping to the wrong people."

Kirihara agreed with a nod, but he wasn't done yet.

"I'll supply you with some Burai Units, some supplies, intelligence and funding along with our new machine called the Guren Mk-II. I'll contact you with further details once I take care of the proper arrangements."

"You have my thanks Lord Kirihara."

"You intend to embark on the path of blood?"

"Indeed…if that is my destiny."

Later that night following the successful completion of his meeting with Kyoto and Kirihara the former prince returned to Ashford Academy to spend some time with his younger sister. Ever since Shinjuku Ghetto it had felt like Lelouch spent less and less time at Ashford Academy using his days in class to catch up on missed sleep. It was already late as Lelouch passed by his sister's room trying to quietly determine if Nunnally was still awake.

Even if she appeared asleep from a distance and Lelouch was being very quiet his sister seemed to be aware of his presence.

"Brother is that you?"

"It is," Lelouch replied without hesitation walking into the room that was being illuminated by the moon shining outside. "I am sorry I haven't been here much lately…I have been very busy."

Nunnally seemed saddened by this, but she understood.

"I hope you are not involved in anything dangerous."

"No, but what I do is necessary for us after we both graduate from Ashford Academy. I am taking precautions and making some preparations for whatever the future might bring." The young man explained, although a part of him hated lying to his younger sister whom he cherished dearly he knew she would never approve of what he was doing.

Even she couldn't deny the limited choices our futures hold, but in reality we have no real choices beyond Ashford Academy and the so-called lives they had now.

Before Lelouch met Leodore, Rosso and Desmond he had felt what he did as Lelouch Lamperouge was nothing more than living a lie. It might have been a necessary lie to protect himself and his sister from becoming political tools of the Britannian Royal Family which would have likely ended with them becoming casualties of royal ambition but it was taking its toll on Lelouch more than anyone could have expected.

No one in Ashford Academy, not even those who knew the truth of his past like Nunnally and Milly, knew the real Lelouch.

Of course that being said the only reason the Ashford Family took him and Nunnally in was to be used as liability insurance against the politics of Area 11, but their uselessness had kept them from being ruthlessly exploited as they did their own daughter Milly. They didn't care about what she wanted, but all they cared about was selling her off like a slab of meat in order to regain their titles of nobility by marrying her off to the first potential suitor of a noble family.

Thankfully for Milly she managed to escape such arrangements through various means, so much so that Lelouch mused that Milly could write a book on the Art of escaping arranged marriages and fiancés.

Joking aside however Lelouch did acknowledge that among the two who knew he was formerly a prince of Britannia the mischievously blonde would be more understanding of why he became Zero even if she would never agree with it.

"I wish you weren't out most of the time through, but if it's important then…"

"Don't ever think that means you are not as important as what I do, but this is for your sake too. Just don't worry about it, but I promise when I have a chance I'll spend some time with you." Lelouch said putting his hand on his sister's hand in an effort to ease her concerns.

"Ok…good night brother."

"Good night Nunnally."

Lelouch regretted not being around for his sister more, but with Sayoko and Milly keeping an eye on her he could focus on what needed to be done and the young man still had a lot to do.

I refuse to become part of the herd again where I did nothing real and I felt like I was slowly dying than really living.

Even knowing the dangers of what he did and what could happen if he failed Lelouch embraced the road that had been opened to him by Leodore and his followers not only because he could get his revenge and build a better world for his sister, but it was so that he could break the chains that bound him to the false life where he was slowly dying a death of complacency which was worse than any other death Lelouch could face.

I would rather die than go back to living that lie again.

Of course he adopted the identity of Zero to not only protect his sister and his friends from possible reprisals from the enemies he would make, but he and Ledore had a conversation about that on why it was something they could use to build their organization upon.

People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and you and I cannot do that as who we are now. As men, we're flesh and blood, we can be ignored, we can be destroyed; but as a symbol...as a symbol that can be dedicated to an ideal and cannot be broken, you can be everlasting.

What kind of symbol? Leodore had asked.

Something elemental, something terrifying, but we can build something that cannot be stopped then that symbol can not only become something legendary but a living avatar for those who desire a better world can adopt.

That was one of the discussions that led to the birth of Zero.

Sitting down on his bed upon returning to his room Lelouch began laying out his plans for the upcoming days.

We have to keep going and just as I made waves in Remnant I must make waves here because the Black Knights needs to grow larger and stronger before we are capable of bringing change to the world.

Even if his body ached from seemingly going between the two worlds to expand and strength the Black Knights the former prince was determined to see this through.

And he would do it no matter what it took to accomplish his goals.

A/N: Team RWBY's views on Zero aren't going to be much now, but given time and after some more events involving Zero happen then expect some changes among their views.

And the fight between Cardin and Ruby was inspired by the fight in the manga where it was a one-hit KO there too XD.

The name of Cardin's father was inspired by the Three Musketeers.

I am grateful once again for the Code Geass light novels for giving me more material to work with for the story too, the bit about treachery that doomed Japan I'll elaborate on later in the story for anyone not familiar that.

Next chapter Zero will make a much bigger splash in Vale that will stir things up while similarity opportunities to do the same on Earth might arise.

Thank you in advance for your reviews, because they are greatly appreciated.