Seeds of Agito
The climax of this arc as Zero finally begins his assault on Class M but not before pulling a surprise by revealing his power and how it works…and a conflict ensues after hearing more of his past…
A brief flashback shows that back at England, Lelouch is the son of, Charles Britannia, and the Britannia family is one of the most influential aristocrats in the country, but Charles have yearned for more "power" and influence. One day he demanded that Lelouch must marry the current Princess Of Wales so that Lelouch would become a prince and in doing so would bring honor to the Britannia family and would give them a considerable amount of influence.
Of course Lelouch is against this and a heated argument took place and Charles threatened to have his son "exiled" from the Britannia family and will be disowned, but this didn't stop Lelouch as he leaves the mansion and went to Japan to live there, intending to put everything behind him and move on. He even planned on settling here in Japan and made Tokyo his new home, as he managed to save his funds in another account before his father used his influence to freeze his assents so that Lelouch would be forced to return to the Britannia family, but the Britannia family patriarch failed. Now the son of an aristocrat is set to start a new life.
"That's a touching start…and you started by becoming a mean-old mailman with an attitude problem…"
"Silence! What you're about to hear is about my first year in this forsaken country that made my life miserable!"
"Really?"
"You have no idea how much suffering I endured during the first and second years…I tried to adjust to life here…but it seems that my family's curse are working against me…"
"Shouldn't you consult a psychologist for this kind of thing? And why channel your grief in committing murders?"
"If only you know of my pain…"
"Then why not drink some painkillers?"
"You really intend to mock me, do you?"
"Tease, maybe…"
"And you really think you can solve this situation if I tell you why I started becoming Zero…? Why I killed those who wronged me? And why you think you can stop me from killing myself?"
"Yeah…I think so…"
"Then listen carefully to my story…for you'll be the first…and only one…to know my true agenda…"
Agito (24.7 version) by Shinichi Ishihara
(2nd Opening song from Kamen Rider Agito)
Kimi ga mita
Yume no naka
Hontou koto
Motomubeki mirai ga nemuru
Tada, yotte de
daki shimerarete ita
Yasashii... tsuyosa o...
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!
Namida mi wa
Modo wa nai
Boku wa mi wa
husawashii toki na arudaro o
Mada Tokokanai Hisho wo Tokugengi Tsuturetemo
Ashitasu
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Tsuyo Kunareru Miyuin na aru?
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Yuru unaru aito Get On!
Ready to Go, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida AGITO!
Sakende iru Kokoro no Speed
You can do it, Count ZERO
Kamen Raida Agito!
Ima kimiga inaito Get on!
151: Mahō Kishi Tantei part 6
Lelouch begins to describe to Hikaru how his first year in Japan started…how it had a good start as he landed a job as a garbage collector and since his age is that of 17, he is eligible for a part-time job, and his first exposure to collecting trash made him uneasy as he gets to inhale its "aroma" yet he persevered and gotten through the first few months. But his aristocratic attitude didn't earn some respect from his co-workers and even got into verbal arguments from some of them.
In the next few months he dutifully work on his job but his attitude even got the nerve of some of the residents there as some of the neighbors are as rude as Lelouch, which he trash-talked with them yet he kept his cool and resumed his work in collecting garbage. However, one day one rowdy resident rudely demanded that Lelouch get the trash can which he obliged at first but then threw a bowl of expired food at his face, and the British teen is angered that he whacked the man with the trash can and began beating him, up, but is pacified by the village chief but his deeds was reported to his boss, who berated Lelouch for his actions.
Lelouch and his boss got into an argument as the boss tells Lelouch not to "stoop" to rowdy residents' level but Lelouch's arrogance won over and physically challenged him which led to the ex-aristocrat's termination. He bitterly left the job and went to his rented apartment to think about what to do next.
After about several months towards the end of the first year, he found a job as a waiter at a night club and he had a bit of a hard time adjusting as he had to contend with several orders in one go, but he managed to adjust well and spent four months doing a waiter's job. Lelouch felt that he could settle down with this kind of job, but his aristocratic nature would get the best of him when some drunken customers began badmouthing his British heritage and he ended up punching them out. While his boss would reprimand him, other customers saved him as they claimed that this would keep rowdy customers out and Lelouch is given a slight reprimand.
However, during the second year, Lelouch would come under fire as he is being "molested" by a customer who turn out to be a transsexual as he/she tried to make a pass at him, but the British teen would punch him/her out resulting in the customer losing a lot of teeth and his boss gave him a stern warning. Then a customer, a high-profile politician and frequent customer who gave out a lot of tips, gotten drunk and started making fun of his heritage and his family background and this provoked him to beat him up mercilessly until the politician cowers away, and Lelouch is out of the job.
Embittered, Lelouch would spent the remainder of his second year jobless and stayed at his apartment until the third year, where he found a job as a construction worker and managed to work his way around, although he can tell that some of his co-workers are not receptive of him given his British background yet he ignored them and just kept on doing his assigned job. He even managed to keep his cool amidst the bickering he heard aimed towards his English heritage.
However, near the end of the 3rd year, he got into a fight with some of his co-workers who decided to provoke him into challenging them to a fistfight which Lelouch got suckered into accepting their challenge and fought them, and an angry Lelouch beat them up with a shovel until all of his tormentors are incapacitated until his boss, who happened to pass by, saw this and ordered Lelouch to stand down at once and cease his assault. Despite hearing his explanation, his boss reiterated that Lelouch should've inform him of the problems instead of facing them personally and that he has no choice but to fire him and again the British teen is jobless and he left.
Lelouch spent several months leading to the middle of the 4th year jobless until he managed to land a job as a mailman and he has finally found an occupation that would keep him out of fights from his new co-workers and that no one would make fun of his nationality as all he have to do is pass by his assigned route and give letters and packages to the intended client, and he has done so dutifully for several months, and he finally felt that he could settle down with his new life. For the first four months he has served his new job well and so far no problems arose.
However, his aristocratic attitude once again dictate his actions in the next months as complaints started to mount as the customers he served on his assigned routes are beginning to complain due to his rue behavior when some of their mail weren't delivered or are lacking some items, while others who are rude to him engaged in a heated argument with Lelouch. But most of the problems with Lelouch are due to UNDELIVERED MAIL, and this went on for almost two-and-a-half months until management who received the complaints are forced to take action and told Lelouch's superior to pass the termination notice to him.
As Lelouch gets his termination notice he dutifully went his usual routes and delivered mail, but again the clients he delivered mail were again "antagonizing" him by saying he's a "nobody" and hearing one saying to her husband "Oh, it's nothing, hon...just the mailman...", while another berates Lelouch for slinking the mail on his mailbox that was too loud, and this, added with the insults on his British heritage, drove the teen to the edge and decided to get even with those who "antagonized" him and plan to make them pay for calling him a "nobody".
There Lelouch tells Hikaru he donned a costume that would cover his identity and began killing off his victims with a knife-like weapon and got away with ease as he claimed that he made his victims incapable of screaming for help, which helped his "cause" and will seek out more victims who "wronged" him and plans on getting even with the management of the Tokyo Post Office for not sympathizing with his "plight", and will not stop until no one will make fun of his heritage.
"Now that you know…you must die…for you too, have mocked me…"
"I thought you'll spare my life after I apologized to you?"
"I changed my mind…you're not worth sparing…but…as a special delivery…I'll deliver a parcel to you…"
As Zero grabbed Hikaru and flings her around, he is rather surprised to see that it was just a "dummy" made of sandbag, and saw a radio attached to it, and there the REAL Hikaru emerged from a cabinet and kicked Zero from behind, sending him face-first to the floor and then played a tape recorder where the conversation is recorded and there she confidently told him that his "faceless" melodrama is over.
"That shows why you're a dummy, dummy! You should know better and not let your arrogant, aristocratic attitude get the best of you…and now you've gotten yourself in to this mess…and the police is coming to get you…so better discard that suit…Halloween is not coming for the next few months…so I suggest you give up and come quietly…"
"I don't think that would be possible, you wench…"
"And why is that?"
"Come forth, my willing puppets! Your master summoned you! bring that redhead wench to me!"
By this time, the Tokyo Police Force members who mysteriously fell to a hypnotic trance, entered the dojo and are all ready to go after the Class M leader, which surprised her as Zero tells Hikaru that several months ago he mysteriously discovered that he has an ability in which it allows him to absolutely command anyone to do what he wants, bending their will to live, fight, die, and follow orders – though only if he has direct eye contact with his target, and Hikaru realizes that Zero – aka Lelouch Britannia – has an Agito power and is now in a fix.
"Blast…I didn't expect this…and I can't expose myself as Agito in such a situation…"
By then, G3-X emerges from the opposite cabinet and starts to knock down the possessed police officers as Zero looks on after ordering them to take down G3-X.
"Get him! Show me that a steel warrior is no match for me!"
After some three minutes the policemen are knocked out and Zero is quite impressed and has found a way to get past this "steel obstacle" as he glances at is opponent.
"Hmm...impressive...maybe you can finish the job for me...you inside that armor...glance into my eyes...and commit your absolute will to me! Bring that redheaded wench to me so I will deliver her final rites"
"Fuu! Close your eyes! He's got hypnotic abilities similar to Kelberos!"
But it was too late as Zero's helmet lens slowly changed its colors, from tinted to a see-through, and there his ability – which he calls "Geass", made its way through the lens of the G3-X suit and reaches Fuu, putting her under his hypnotic command and there she slowly turns around and goes after Hikaru, trying to get her hands on the Class M leader, but she evaded them for about three minutes but is cornered against a wall, and is about to be captured when G3-X suddenly fell to the ground, and is not moving. Zero is infuriated at what is happening.
"What are you doing? Get up and take her! I order you to do it!"
But G3-X is not moving, and Fuu herself couldn't bring herself to get out of the metallic suit, which is due to Team G3 inside the G3 Trailer, having heard what Hikaru said about Zero's ability that his similar to Kelberos, and made sure they are not looking at the screen and after they heard Hikaru's scream, and acted immediately before they learned that Fuu fell under Zero's control as they used the emergency procedure to render the G3-X suit immovable and trapped Fuu inside so she won't be used as a tool to harm Hikaru.
"Good thing we didn't look at that Zero guy even if it's just a live footage…"
"But…we won't be able to see things from here on…"
"It's up to Hikaru and Umi to deal with that guy…"
"But can they get him without risking getting hypnotized?"
"Icchan go boom! Icchan go boom! Icchan go boom! Icchan go boom!"
-x-
Back at the dojo, Zero decided to kill Hikaru himself as he brought out a silencer gun and is ready to shoot her when he saw her summoning her Alter Ring Belt and does a transformation pose. because G3-X is facing the other way, the Class M leader can now safely change into Agito without worrying about prying eyes, but as Zero is about to press the trigger, Gills barges I and punched him on his side, sending him careening against the cabinet and he fires away, but his bullets didn't bring her down as they bounced off her thick hide, and he is rather taken aback at seeing who interfered in his plans to kill Hikaru, and attempted to use his "Geass" to use her in killing Hikaru.
"You...you hideous foul creature! You'll pay for interfering..wait...perhaps you can be of some use to me...glance into my eyes...and commit your absolute will to me! Bring that redheaded wench to me so I will deliver her final rites"
"Umi! Close your eyes! He's got hypnotic abilities similar to Kelberos!"
Umi is taken by surprise at hearing this but it was too late as Zero uses his "Geass" on her. But to his surprise, Gills showed no effects of falling for Zero's Agito power and instead she punched him though his helmet, shattering the lens and it fell off, seemingly exposing some of Lelouch's face while its glass shards lacerated his face. Lelouch is starting to panic as he couldn't believe that his power has no effect on his beastly opponent and decided to make an emergency plan to cover his retreat.
"Argh! My face!"
"You deserve it, you murderer!"
"Looks like you now know that you're not the only one with weird powers...we're turning you in to the police...and you'll experience an aristocrat behind Japanese bars...pardon the pun..."
"Never! You will never take me! You'll have to get past my foils!"
Suddenly, about five figures showed up, all wearing the same costume as Zero, and are armed with silencer-type guns, some are high-powered. Realizing this, Hikaru pressed the orbs of the Alter Ring Belt and assumed Agito's Storm Form, and brought out the Storm Halberd, just as the four "Zero-fakers" opened fire, but then Zero makes a hasty retreat and Agito tells Gills to go after him.
"Go after him! Leave these puppets to me!"
"Okay!"
Heeding Agito's urging, Gills went after Zero, but then another figure in a Zero suit blocks her way and began to fight her off, giving the REAL Zero a head-start. Taking care not to hurt the intruder too much, Gills only punched the assailant on the stomach and threw the figure inside, seeing that Agito is doing a good job of keeping the other intruders at bay.
"Hikaru…stay here and keep away from the others after you knock them out! If I knock Lelouch Britannia out, his spell might broke and restore Fuu and the others back to normal!"
"Got it!"
Then Gills left and began her pursuit of Zero, wondering where she can find him after he narrowly got a bit farther and feared that he might get away and plot a future assault on her friend.
-x-
Several minutes later, the scene shifts to the streets where Zero is running away, with Gills boarding her motorcycle and is after him, and this made him panic even more as he ran faster to outrun her but then the MPD SWAT team, led by Yoshiyuki Kojima, happened to pass by after getting word that Gills is sighted and went ahead to capture her, but as the lead police car passes by, Zero is also passing by and is right in the path, and the two collided, with the impact caused his helmet lens to shatter, and the impact sent the British teen hitting face-first at the windshield of a passing police car before being thrown off again, and hits his forehead on the pavement of the streets, causing his instant death.
As the SWAT team members alighted, they saw Gills glancing at the corpse before leaving.
"WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE FOR? AFTER THAT AGITO!"
The SWAT team went after Gills and saw her boarding her motorcycle and sped off, and a chase ensued for a few minutes before the scene shifts to them entering the Shidou residence and they went inside, and are rather surprised at seeing her and Hikaru (who reverted back to normal after knocking out the Zero-fakers) helping G3-X and the Tokyo Police Force members up, and the Tokyo Police Force members are also surprised at this yet they accepted her gesture of assistance but then Kojima orders his men to have Gills captured but the Tokyo Police Force raised their weapons and came to Gills' defense.
"Alright, you amateurs! stand aside and hand over that Agito to us! We have jurisdiction to capture that monstrosity!"
"This Agito...or whatever...saved our lives and we won't hand him to you just to make yourself look good!"
"I'll see to it that you're all fired!"
"Just you come and try it!"
A stand-off ensued between the two groups until G3-X grabbed Kojima by his collar and threatened to "beat him up" if he doesn't stand down, but the SWAT team members did so and Gills took her leave, while Hikaru told the Tokyo Police Force what really happened.
By then she told Kojima that their priority right now is to retrieve the culprit behind the mail-related murders and Kojima hisses as Gills took her leave just as one of the SWAT members announced that Zero is taken off from the crime scene and everyone went there to see it. As everyone gathered, they slowly removed Zero's helmet and Lelouch is finally masked, but Hikaru noticed that his face looked "tattered" and she touches it, realizing that it was just a latex mask and removes it, revealing another Japanese teenager much to G3-X's surprise.
"Blast…an impostor…"
"Oh no…I know him! He's the son of the recently retired prime minister! He's the teenage son of Genbu Kukukugi! His name is Suzaku! Suzaku Kururugi!"
"What?"
"But why?"
"It was Lelouch…he used hypnosis on this kid to act as a foil and we fell for it while he makes his escape…"
"I'd better find him…"
"I'm coming too!"
"Hold it! Your job now is to find that Agito…"
"Either you shut up and work on this case or I blow your balls…"
"Are you threatening your superior officer, you eyeglasses-wearing bitch…"
BLAM!
A warning shot from G3-X almost hit his balls and Kojima cowers in fear before she and Hikaru leaves to find Lelouch.
-x-
Meanwhile, Zero, who is hiding by a nearby house roof during the melee, is heading back to his rented apartment after witnessing Suzaku being killed by the two vehicles, as it revealed that an hour before heading for the Shidou dojo he saw Suzaku Kururugi walking by and uses his "Geass" to have him fallen under his thrall and orders him to wear a spare Zero costume and have him mimic Lelouch's British accents and have him murder Hikaru. As he stealthily evaded any passing vehicles, he came across Miyuki, who stood in his path and stated that she will take his "Agito seed", which made Zero amused.
"You...you possessed the "Agito seed"...I will take them and bring it back to my master..."
"You Asian wench...your tongue will cost you your life...wait..."
Zero is tempted to killer but then an idea came to his head, and decided to use her as a means to renew his attempt to kill Hikaru.
"You…you'll come in handy…stare at me and pledge your loyalty to me!"
As he uses his "Geass" to hypnotize Miyuki, it didn't work as she is already under the Lord's control and in response she uses her hydraulic power to pin her against a wall then she jabbed her fingers onto Zero's left eye and pulls out his "Agito seed", along with his brain tissues, and then she tosses the severed organ aside and casually left, leaving Zero to slowly die within a few minutes. Zero tries to get up but realizes that it was no use. He soon expires several minutes later, and his corpse would not be discovered until 30 minutes later, by two passing Class Q members, Kyuu and Megumi, after watching a movie together. Kyuu is taken by surprise at the seen and Megumi shrieked in horro as her photographic memory would haunt her for an unspecified length of time.
"Whoa!"
"KKKYYYAAHH!"
By then, Hikaru and G3-X arrived, and after unmasking by removing the helmet, they confirmed that it was indeed Lelouch. After seeing his wounds and the severed brain nearby, both concluded that it was done by a Lord. As Hikaru and Kyuu tried to calm a shaken Megumi, G3-X is approached by a member of the Tokyo Police force and informs her that the "Zero-fakers" are unmasked after removing their helmets and confirmed their identities:
- Rivalz Cardemonde
- Shirley Fenette
- Nina Einstein
- Kallen Kōzuki
- Rolo Lamperouge
- Milly Ashford
Class M and the two Class Q members are surprised that the latest victims are mostly British, and Hikaru mentally commented that Lelouch may have used his "Agito powers" to hypnotize them into serving as his foil, and tells the police that the unconscious persons are victims of Lelouch's hypnotic ability, managing to convince them that Lelouch uses hypnosis to kill his victims which explains why there were no signs of resistance or struggle.
To Be Continued…
The end of this arc…and so is Lelouch.
Poor guy…a tragic death because of his pride and attitude…and even foolishly attempted to use his "Geass" to control someone already being controlled by a Lord…
Kojima is surely a big jerk…at least G3-X made him keep his place with a warning shot which almost made him lose his balls…
Also, as a homage to the anime Code Geass, I decided to bring in some of the characters of that series, and had them "pose" as Zero, so as to explain why Lelouch use his powers to act as his "shield" to block Gills should Suzaku's attempt to kill Hikaru went awry.
Lastly, Class Q makes an appearance, even though it is brief, but at least they showed up, much to Megumi's discomfort in seeing Lelouch's corpse...
Preview:
Class Q is back…
Kekberos returns…and escapes…
How? See next chapter…
And expect more CLAMP characters to show up unexpectedly…
