Note: Euphie will be paired with Heero, I find this interesting. I like Relena and Heero, but I found her a bit obsessive with him considering she went all the way to Antarctica early in the show to see him while he was in the middle of a duel with her brother, Milliardo. But hey, at least she's determined. This chapter will be used to introduce the pairing.
Also I will bring some event prior to Saitama Ghetto as flashbacks since I rushed things a little bit too far and thank you all for supporting the Q-Rex suggestion. I will make a story in the future about it, whether it will be Eric, Naoto, or an OC will be decided on a much later date.
GundamGuyUC: The reason for producing Knightmare Frames is for the people of Code Geass world to use against Britannia because they're already familiar with the technology. The GN-X will piloted by the Mobile Doll system as planned. My reasoning for this would be its much too soon for people of Code Geass to use the GN-X because of the possibilities of its technologies being misused or leaked. People of the Gundam universe don't intend to share their advanced technology to a world still basically at war with itself. The A-Laws from Gundam 00 is a prime example of the GN Drive technology being abused.
KentLinuxStadfelt: Suzaku will use the Lancelot Club, a sister unit, for now.
KH-Hardcorefan4483: English va will be used for the characters of course though the Jap va did gave me a great idea for a little short at the end of this chapter.
DeathAdder47117: Sorry about any errors. My grammar is not all that great and this is still my first story. I'm not sure about the other pairings yet but you will see more in the future.
kaidomasato123: The GN-0000GNR-010/XN 00 XN Raiser will be something that I'd like to include in the story at a later date as an upgrade to the 00 Raiser. The RX-93-ν2 Hi-ν Gundam will be brought along with Nightingale if one of them will be in the story. CB-0000G/C/T Reborns Gundam Origin will be a slight problem though since it's regarded as a scrapped plan due to the Twin Drive System being incorporated into the current Reborns Gundam. I might bring it anyway since I already liked the designs anyway. We'll see where we go with this.
Chapter 4 Pink Feathers
"Well Suzaku, I 'm glad that the Lancelot Club performs greatly." Lloyd said as he looks at the Knightmare Frame that greatly resembled the Lancelot. Only this is colored blue instead of old and has a horn on its head.
"I'm still sorry about losing the Lancelot, really I am." Suzaku said to the scientist.
That made Lloyd slumped down into depression. He is very distraught and depressed that the Lancelot got stolen. His prized baby stolen by an unknown enemy! What made it worse was that it was easily outmatched by a giant orange Knightmare that can fly and used unknown weapons similar to the VARIS Rifle he's been developing. If Lloyd knew that the orange Knightmare would defeat and capture the Lancelot, he would have never sent it out in the first place.
"Don't worry it's a thing of the past." Lloyd weakly waved off Suzaku's apology, he didn't buy it since he saw the depressed look on his face.
"Ahem, I think that's good enough for the day." Cecille said as she walked over to the two. "Suzaku, why don't you head home? You have school tomorrow don't you?"
"That's right, don't worry Cecille. I'm doing fine there." Suzaku replied.
"I'm glad that you managed to make friends there who don't care about you being an Eleven." Cecille smiled as it reminded Suzaku he wished more Britannians were more open minded like her. He personally knows Lloyd doesn't care what race he is after being with him long enough to know that he sees any potential pilot as a guinea pig regardless of origins, background, or status.
Code Gundam Musou
Charles zi Britannia sat thinking on his throne about how to deal with this new threat to the Britannian Empire that seemingly has the power to easily match its army.
The United Worlds Federation
A group that came out of nowhere that claimed to be from other worlds. Charles would have thought it was a lie were it not for the swift destruction of the Thought Elevators in the Britannian homeland with the attackers unidentified and these giant Knightmares called mobile suits. If it's true, how did they even come here and why? There has to be a reason why they're all here in the first place.
These people could be responsible for the Thought Elevators, yet there no solid evidence to back this up. The United Worlds Federation is situated in Area 11 for the time being focused on freeing those Elevens. The 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire is still very agitated from the destruction of the two Thought Elevators. Now he has to accelerate Britannia's advance on other continents in order to access the remaining Thought Elevators before they could possibly be destroyed. Luckily V.V. still has one secured safely for the time being.
Well speak of the devil; someone is also here in the throne room. V.V. emerged from the shadows in the side of the room.
"Greetings brother." the immortal brother of the emperor said.
"It's good to see you back so soon." Charles greeted back.
"Yes, it's quite sudden for me to return so soon. I have to see what you personally think of the recent events."
"I take it you're referring to the United Worlds Federation?" Charles inquired.
"Yes, how will you deal with them?" V.V. asked. "For all we know they could have been responsible for the destruction on the Thought Elevators, but that is highly unlikely since they're in Area 11."
"I will send the Knights of the Round to deal with them. Though I should hold back Bismark just in case something happens to warrant his presence, this nuisance should be taken care of immediately. The ones that will be sent first are Monica Kruszewski, Luciano Bradley, Nonette Eneagram, and Dorothea Ernst." the emperor stated.
"Hopefuly they are enough to help deal with this new threat otherwise our plan could be stopped. I will head back to make sure the city's safe." V.V. faded from sight in the shadows.
Charles sighed and leaned back slightly on his throne. 'I have a bad feeling about how this will turn out.'
He is right to feel this way as a certain red-haired terrorist is making his move soon.
Code Gundam Musou
Lelouch is walking around the school grounds with a couple minutes before class starts. He listens to some of the conversations the other students are having about the battle of Saitama Ghetto yesterday and the United Worlds Federation revealing their existence.
"Did you see the Knightmares those people use yesterday?" A boy asked his friends.
"Yeah, they looked awesome thought they're huge compared to the ones Britannia makes."
"I doubt they can beat Britannia, they're just bluffing." Another student snorted arrogantly.
"But didn't some of them took bullets and came out fine like they didn't scratch them?"
"That Char guy and Treize were handsome." A girl squealed to her friends.
"Too bad they're enemies of Britannia." Another one sighed.
"Hey Lelouch!" Lelouch turned to see his blue haired friend Rivalz approached him. "You saw the news yesterday?"
"Yeah, I found it interesting." Lelouch replied, acting as if he definitely wasn't part of an organization fighting against Britannia. "They say they're from other worlds since they have those Knightmares of theirs that they called mobile suits. It's kinda scary that they're at least twice the size of ours and have laser weaponry."
"They could be from other worlds I guess, but I'm not sure I can believe that. Did you see those people on the news when they announced who they are? They could pass off as Britannians." Rivalz told Lelouch as they walked inside the school building of Ashford Academy.
Lelouch turned to see Suzaku walking along aside Kira who he got along so well. It's not a huge surprise considering how nice both of them are and the fact that Kira has a Japanese style name made it more comfortable to talk to him. The difference between those two is that Kira knows when a government is corrupted and that force is necessary to protect innocent lives from such. That's what Lelouch like about Kira that he wishes that Suzaku would see the same way.
"Good morning Lelouch." Kira greeted with a friendly smile and waved a little at him.
"Good morning to you Kira." Lelocuh waved back. "Suzaku, how are you doing?"
"I'm doing fine thank you." Suzaku replied with a smile on his face since he had a couple of friends at Ashford Academy who didn't care he is Japanese or an Eleven as most Britannians would call them. He also met Athrun who seemed respectful toward others and thought of Quatre as possibly one of the nicest people ever. Suzaku was introduced to the Student Council, Duo, Trowa, Shinn, Lunamaria, Meyrin.
Suzaku met Heero before being enrolled at the school. He immediately saw the cold look in Heero's eyes and shuddered at the feeling like he could get killed by him on the spot without a second thought at any time. He remembered when his first meeting with the Gundam pilot and was surprised to see him attending the same school as him later.
Flashback Start:
"Case number 107: Private Suzaku Kururugi, Area 11 military forces. In the murder of his highness Prince Clovis you are no longer a suspect and are hereby set free due to lack of evidence." said the judge as Suzaku's trial ended.
Suzaku walked in his civilian clothing thinking about how the trial ended as it. "What happened? There was nobody there to prosecute me." Suzaku thought out loud as he bumped into someone.
"Oh sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." Suzaku apologized as he held out a hand to the person in front of him.
"It's no problem." the person who replied was a boy about a year younger than Suzaku accepted his hand. The boy wore jean, a green tank top, and had brown hair.
Suzaku noticed the cold look in his eyes and tried his best to ignore the uneasy feeling he keeps getting from him. "Are you-"
"Yes, I'm of Japanese descent. My name is Heero yuy, an Honorary Britannian." Heero lied about the last part; Suzaku didn't need to know that he hacked the Britannian database and gave himself and others fake backgrounds without leaving a trace about what happened. Not to mention he also plans on hacking on some underserving Britannian nobility bank accounts for acquiring future resources. "How are you Suzaku Kururugi, son of Genbu Kururugi?"
Suzaku was surprised that anyone knew who he is. He wondered why he has the look of a cold blooded killer has in his eyes, but shrugged it off as saying that's judging the person in front of him without knowing him first.
"Well, I guess I'm fine since the charges against me for the murder of Clovis was dropped." Suzaku was honestly confused about how easily they let him go.
"Yes, I would have to say that your luck is remarkable considering your trial was practically an execution." Suzaku nodded nervously since Heero pretty much spoke the truth of the situation. "Well I'll be-"
"Out of the way, please!" shouted a girl's voice as both boys looked up to see Euphie falling down toward where they're standing.
"Look out, below!" Euphie shouted as she fell. Before Suzaku reacted, Heero jumped higher than what normal people thought was humanly possible as he caught Euphie in his arms. Heero landed on the ground holding Euphie bridal style.
"Are you alright?" Heero asked. Euphie blushed quite a bit as she looks at Heero's face and the position she's in. Heero noticed the tinge pink but thought nothing of it.
"U-uh y-yes, I'm quite alright. Thank you for catching me so I don't get hurt." the princess answered sincerely.
"May I ask what your name is?" Heero asked to confirm his suspicion since the girl in front of him matches the description of Cornelia's sister and that falling all of a sudden isn't normal.
"It's Euphie." she answered not knowing that Heero instantly knew that she's Euphemia li Britannia, Third Princess of the Britannian Imperial Family.
'Did she think shortening her name will hide her identity?' Heero thought as he looked at Suzaku who didn't show any reaction to the name. 'Guess it worked, regular civilians shouldn'y know too much about her since she's still a young princess who hasn't done anything worth remembering by the entire world.'
"It's a lovely name for such a nice lady." Heero said as he let Euphie down on her feet. Said girl once again blushed, this time was a bit more noticeable.
Suzaku comes up to her and asks one thing on both his and Heero's mind. "Why did you jump out like that?"
Euphie looked away from Suzaku for a moment and answered back. "You see, I'm being chased by bad guys and I need your help!"
Heero raised an eyebrow at the pink-haired girl in front of him and shrugged to Suzaku who looked at him for his opinion on this.
Suzaku sighs and turns to Euphie. "We'd be glad to help you Euphie. Right Heero?"
Heero nodded. "I certainly don't have a problem with that."
'I'll see where this goes in case something goes wrong and maybe I'll learn something interesting from the princess.' The three walks away to do what Euphie had planned in mind for the day.
Flashback End
"By the way Suzaku, you heard what happened yesterday?" Lelouch's question caught Suzaku off guard.
"Yes, I'm glad those guys stopped the killing of the civillians in Saitama, but there is no need for more wars. This won't save anybody; they will just be starting conflicts that will only endanger more people. The only way to help the Japanese is by changing the system from within." Suzaku said with anger slightly present on his face.
Lelouch frowned at his childhood friend's naivety and wished he saw that the Britannian Royalty and nobility won't change what they think of foreigners. He wished Suzaku would be more willing to take actions like Kira. Kira isn't aggressive but is more than willing enough to fight for what is right. Shinn would do the same as Kira, but the difference is that he's a little bit more aggressive than necessary as seen in his personality. Lunamaria could keep him in line a bit from doing anything too brash.
Lelouch was woken up from his thoughts as Milly came up to him with Shirley and Nina. Milly's face is brimming with excitement about something.
"Hey Lelouch, how's it going? Shirley, Nina, and I are going to the Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel this weekend in two days!" Milly said.
"That's great; I hope you have a fun time." Lelouch replied, not very concerned with where is friends are going. What could possibly happen? The hotel gets hijacked by terrorists? That would be very bad luck if his friends get caught in such a situation. If his little sister was taken hostage in such a situation… well, let's say every single one of the terrorist would be dead by the time the incident is over.
"Why don't you guys come?" Milly asked all her friends. "I'm sure it'll be fun guys."
"Sorry Milly, I have something important coming up that I have to deal with during the weekend and I can't let Nunnally go somewhere without me nearby." Lelouch politely refused Milly's invitation.
"I have to work at the bar this weekend, sorry." Rivalz replied.
Milly turned to Suzaku and others. "How about you guys?"
"I'm also busy. I have to work with the engineers in the military on something." Suzaku said.
"We're all busy as well." Athrun said, covering for his friends since they have to meet up with Lelouch and his allies about the new Knightmares being secretly produced by the Federation.
Milly pouted at everybody's answers. "Well that's just great; I was hoping more would come."
Kira and Athrun chuckled at Milly's slightly childish behavior. They knew Milly just likes to play around with people; they can tell Milly can be a serious person if she needs to. "Don't worry Milly, I'm sure next time all of us will be able to do something together." Kira assured her.
Milly was mollified by that. She likes Kira's sincerity since he seems to absolutely show no signs of being a bad person at all. He seems too innocent for that. She wondered how someone could be nice as him in Area 11 where the Japanese are treated as dirt by almost every Britannians.
"Hopefully we'll all do just that." MIlly walked away with Nina and Shirley in tow.
Heero walked up to Lelouch with Kallen and handed him a slip of paper. "Lelouch meet us at this location." He whispered to the former prince.
Lelouch nodded in response and hid the paper. Lelouch turned back to Suzaku who was having a conversation with Kira and walked toward to him. The day went by as it was evening for an important meeting for Lelouch and his Japanese allies.
Code Gundam Musou
Lelouch was walking with Kallen and Ohgi's group towards a factory with the area being patrolled by soldiers of the Federation who looks like Britannians in civilian clothing.
Char greeted them at the door and led them inside. "I'm glad you guys came." Char held out his hand to Lelouch.
Lelouch accepted it and shook hand with Char. "What's this all about may I ask?"
"It's about the Knightmares you guys will be using." Char stated as he showed them to an area with about 20 Knightmares assembled. A man with short black and glasses in his early fifties noticed them waved them over to where he is standing.
"About time you guys showed up. I've been waiting for you guys to introduce these." The man pointed his arm to the Knightmares.
"This is Ian Vashti, chief engineer who is responsible in designing the Gundams piloted by Setsuna, Lockon, Allelujah, and Tieria." Char introduced the man to the Lelouch and the others.
"It's nice to meet you and I hope you're ready for my latest creations. That Knightmare Frame we stolen turned out to be a 7th generation prototype. We made good use of it and came up with our own mass produced Knightmares for you guys."
"Impressive, they looked a lot of work were put into it." Lelouch stated as he observed the Knightmares in front of them.
"I call these the Lancelot Daggers based on the mass produced Strike Daggers. I used the design for the Strike Daggers to make these Knightmares even better than the Gloucesters the Britannians have at the moment."
The Lancelot Daggers still held a lot of resemblance to the original Lancelot, but had the arms and lower body of a Strike Dagger with the usual Land Spinner Propulsion system. Also, the chest was shaped to be more like that of the Strike Dagger. They were mainly colored gray with a dark blue torso and feet lined red.
"These Knightmares will be equipped with light weight shields being large enough to cover them from bullets fired from other Knightmare weapons. Although a few rounds from grenade launchers should be enough to break them, so don't try out your luck with them if you can avoid it. Also, they'll each be equipped with a beam saber and a beam rifle which is something no one else from this world has been able to mass produce yet. The battery for these things has been made to last 30% longer with 20% less energy wasted than the usual Yggdrasil Drives on Knightmares. They each have two slash harkens equipped as well." Ian Vashti explained to awe struck group of Kallen and her Japanese friends.
Tamaki was slightly drooling with his mouth opened while staring at the Lancelot Daggers, eager to pilot one of these. No one noticed this as Ian pointed to one Knightmare that looked different from the rest.
"Kallen here's a special unit you'll be piloting." Ian said to the red head.
"M-me?" Kallen stuttered in surprise. "I'm piloting a different unit?"
"Yep, the guys told me that Lelouch saw how well you piloted a piece of junk against the more updated Britannian Knightmares back in Shinjuku." Ian told her.
Kallen looked at Lelouch who smiled encouragingly at her. She felt a little happy that her skills were acknowledged for some reason.
"Anyway, you'll be piloting the unit called the Strike Lancelot which is the original Lancelot Knightmare Frame rebuilt with Strike Gundam design into it." Ian informed her.
There stood the Strike Lancelot, like its Lancelot Daggers, it resembled the Lancelot somewhat, but looked more like the Strike Gundam overall. The peculiar thing was that Knightmare was grey all over.
"Why is it just grey?" Kallen asked curiously.
"Oh, that's because it's not activated yet." Ian said liked it was no big deal.
"Huh?" Kallen is confused by what the engineer means.
"You see, the armor for this Knightmare is special because it's the only Knightmare with this specific armor called Phase Shift Armor. Phase Shift Armor activates when the unit is activated as seen when you can see the colors come to life. Its job is to reduce damage greatly from normal projectile or solid weapons, but it can be eventually overpowered by certain weapons. The downside to the armor is that it drains energy to use it." Ian explained to the surprised girl.
Lelouch and the others are particularly impressed by the power of this type of armor that would make normal Knightmare weapons almost useless. He wondered how advanced the technology of the Federation is.
"Anyway, the Strike Lancelot was built with the ability to equip a smaller Aile Striker Pack, giving it flight capability." Ian grinned as Kallen, Ohgi, and Lelouch were shocked that this is first actual Knightmare to be able to fly.
"Amazing" Kallen said softly so nobody could hear.
"The usual equipment for this unit is four slash harkens, the land spinners, knives under the arms ready for use, CIWS guns on the torso for anti-air actions, a beam rifle, and a shield. The Aile Striker Pack will be given two additional batteries to extend running time, along with two beam sabers and a scaled down anti-ship sword." Ian stated.
Kallen was overwhelmed by how heavily customized her unit was.
Ian turned to her with a grin, satisfied with the reactions he gotten from the group standing in front of him. "So, what do you think?" Ian questioned the red head.
"Are you sure you could trust me with this?" Kallen asked.
Char places a hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "Kallen I'm sure you're more than capable enough to pilot it. Given time you'll be a better pilot with a proper amount of experience. Okay?"
Kallen nodded with the pressure weighing oh mind gone. "Yes, I think I can handle it."
"Well alright then, all of you should come back here tomorrow to train on the simulator to handle your new Knightmares." Char addressed the group.
Char came up to Lelouch and looked him in the eyes. "Lelouch, I have something important to say."
"What is it?" Lelouch asked worriedly.
"It's about the Lancelot' pilot who you fought against back in Shinjuku, Treize and Milliardo gotten data that revealed the pilot is none other than Suzaku Kururugi." Char informed Lelouch.
Lelouch was beyond shocked and scared that he might end up fighting his childhood best friend in the future.
"I know it's … quite a surprise, but there's also one more issue to deal with here." Char said.
"Hmm?"
"It's about your Geass." Char said as Lelouch was suddenly on full alert as Kallen and Ohgi are curious about what he meant. "We should tell them about your power so they can trust you more."
'What power? What else are you hiding Lelouch?' Kallen thought.
Lelouch sighed and took a deep breath. "Well, I have a special power I recently acquired called Geass. It grants the user a unique ability of the mind; mine allowed me to command people to do what I order them to do." Lelouch said which made the group skeptical and suspicious of him again.
"What are you talking about? This better be a joke." Tamaki blurted.
"It's true, we seen him use it on other Britannians." Char confirmed.
"I've also used it on you Kallen." Lelouch admitted a bit regretfully.
"What?!" Kallen and Ohgi yelled, rage clear in their voices. Kallen thought that Lelouch was actually different from other Britannians and that he could be trusted, this kinda hurt her when she found this out. Ohgi was definitely protective of his best friend's sister and would make sure she's safe so Naoto could rest in peace.
Lelouch held up his hands to gesture them to calm down. "Don't worry, I've only used it confirm if Kallen was the one piloting the red Knightmare back in Shinjuku." Lelouch defended himself.
Kallen blinked in realization as she remembered Lelouch approaching her on school ground the day after the Shinjuku incident. It made sense to her now.
"Besides, this power works only once on a person as I found out from trying to Geass you into forgetting what I asked you about." Lelouch stated. "So all this time, you've still been making your own decisions."
Kallen thought about it and calmed down. "Okay, I guess I could trust you for now."
"Wait what to stop him from using his powers on us." Tamaki demanded.
"Don't worry about it, I don't intend on using it on you guys and these people aren't affected by it so they could pretty much stop me anytime if they wanted to." said Lelouch.
Char nodded. "It's true; he tried to use his powers to get answers to his question from one of us and failed."
Ohgi and the others relented a little bit, still not trusting the former prince wholeheartedly.
Char could tell they are still suspicious of Lelouch and decided to solve the situation. "Lelouch, do you swear not to use your power on our allies and only use it on our enemies. If you do break this vow you will cease all your plans for revenge against Britannia then." Char held out his hand.
Lelouch nodded and took it as it was the best option in order to gain the trust of Kallen and her friends again. This surprised them as Char looked back at them.
"As of this moment, an agreement is made so Lelouch can't use his powers on any one of you." Ohgi and his group seemed satisfied and accepted their words.
"Alright, that's enough for today. All of you should head back to rest for training tomorrow because you'll want to know your Knightmares well before using them in an actual battle." Char ordered them as Lelouch left the factory with his group. The day has ended peacefully.
Omake
This is my first attempt at this. I'll improve in making shorts over the time as I go.
Two Characters One Voice
"Amuro, I have an idea that I'd like to try out." Ribbons whispered into Amuro's ear.
"That would be interesting to try out. Alright, let's do it." The two left the room to do what Ribbons suggested.
An Hour Later
Amuro is seen piloting the Reborns Gundam while in his usual pilot suit as Ribbons is doing the same in the Nu Gundam.
The two have been helping their allies during a battle while speaking the same Japanese voice. This confused their friends greatly when they spoke pretty much at the same time. Kallen and her friends couldn't help but feels something off when they listened on the channel.
"Still haven't noticed that we switched suits?" Amuro asked as he shot down one last Sutherland.
"I told you this would work." Ribbons said with a smirk on his face. "We've been doing this for an hour and they still haven't found out."
"That's pretty odd; I thought Kallen would have figured it out. I guess even she was convinced that we were each other."
They both later exited their mobile suits in the secret hanger. Their friends and allies saw them and were surprised that they didn't realize what was going. Needless to say, they made sure from now on to listen carefully to who's talking. Kallen found it odd that they had the same voice in Japanese somehow and yet looks very different from each other.
Note: I am going to try to build up the HeeroXEuphie in the next chapter if I can.
Please Review and offer any suggestions.