Note: Here's the next chapter. I decided that I'm going to wing a little on this since I don't feel like rewatching entire episodes of Code Geass again since I have school to deal with.
About Suzaku joining the good guys, well someone suggested keeping him on the Britannian side for a while first and I want to make up scenes of him getting his ass handed to him by a Gundam.
Also I'm going to try to work on a little HeeroXEuphie and RibbonsXC.C. in this chapter. Any pairings are welcome to suggestions as I feel CharXCornelia is a possibility again. Then again, MillyXKira is too, who knows?
Chapter 6 Japanese Liberation Front Hotel Incident
Early morning, Princess Cornelia li Britannia sat in her office thinking about how to defeat the newest threat to the Holy Britannian Empire, the United Worlds Federation.
'People from other worlds, at first it would seem preposterous, but those Knightmares they called mobile suits are vastly superior to ours. Plus, they easily towered our Knightmares twice their height with advance weapons resembling laser technology and the ability to fly! The only people who could have such technology in the Britannian military are the irregulars who answer directly to Schneizel, but even they are not at the point of mass production.' The Second Princess thought.
A knock on the door snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Come in." She ordered.
A woman came in with a slightly unsure look on her face and bowed.
"Is there a reason you're here?" Cornelia asked.
"Yes, Sub-Viceroy Euphemia has snuck out of the building this morning." The woman nervously replied.
"So be it." The current Viceroy dismissed.
"Huh?"
"I am aware of what she has been doing the past few weeks and this is one of the few times I'll let her off." Cornelia stated. "Is someone watching her?"
The woman nodded.
"Good, I don't want her to be out there without supervision. Is that all you have to tell me?"
"Yes, your highness."
"Then go, I have more important matters to deal with." Cornelia ordered.
The woman bowed politely and left the office.
'What will it takes to defeat them?' Cornelia thought back to her confrontation with the Deathcythe Hell and shuddered. 'How can a young boy fight so casually as if deaths are nothing new to him even if he does call himself the God of Death? Those machines the Federation possesses… they're monsters!'
Cornelia mused on one likely outcome if Britannia is to fight an all war with the United Worlds Federation. The Chinese Federation and European Union could easily take this as a chance to strike at Britannia if most resources are being pooled into fighting the more advanced mobile suits.
'In the end, there will be many dead regardless of factions.' Cornelia thought grimly.
Code Gundam Musou
On a train, a certain pink-haired princess is humming happily to herself with her attendant. On another part of the train, three additional females of a thought-to-be-dead prince are conversing among themselves.
"Sub-Viceroy, should we really be doing this? Your sister did not give you any permission to go this far." The woman whispered worriedly.
"Don't worry; we're going to the Lake Kawaguchi Hotel to check it out." Euphie reassured her. "It's not like something out of the ordinary is going to happen there."
Some would say that the Third Princess seems too nice or kind, but even she has enough fire in her to resemble Cornelia's a little bit.
This still does not ease her attendant's worry though, "If you say so, but I'll make sure nothing happens to you."
Unfortunately, Euphie's words are going to be proven very wrong later on.
"It's too bad Lelouch and the others aren't coming with us. Oh well, tonight is about us girls!" Milly exclaimed cheerfully.
"I'm excited too Milly, it's one of those perfect times too relax. Don't you think so Nina?" Shirley asked.
"Yes." The bespectacled girl shyly agreed.
"Stiiiill, you know how Heero is so super serious all the time? He needs to get laid!"
Shirley and Nina blushed at their friend's bluntness. "Madam President, that's an inappropriate thing to say!" The orangette scolded her friend.
"Hahaha, I'm just kidding Shirley, you know that." Milly casually waved at her friend as if what she said was not strange at all. "Anyway your right, tonight is girls' night!"
Elsewhere, the pilot of the Wing Zero sneezed. "Hmm? That's odd. Why do I get the feeling someone said something they shouldn't have said about me?"
"Is something wrong Heero?" Duo asked.
"I felt someone was talking about me."
"Nah, you're just paranoid."
"I am not paranoid, you are just too relaxed." Heero retorted.
"Anyway, Wufei and the others should be ready to leave for Chinese Federation territory tonight." Duo changed the topic.
"Corruption must be removed from the government in order to rectify the chaos this world is going through." Heero said.
"Yeah, I know. We bust the bad guys and everything's all good!" Duo said nonchalantly.
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"Is the preparation setup?" A Japanese man in a JLF uniform asked.
"Yes sir, all equipment have been checked." A soldier replied.
"Good today, we make our move. We shall show Britannia a reason to fear us!" The commander declared.
Code Gundam Musou
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Ali al-Saachez said, looking over something on his laptop. "Why don't I pay their so called Knight of One a visit?"
The mercenary let out a dark chuckle as he rose up from his seat to make toward his Gundam.
"Eh, while I'm at it, I might as well give the clients the ok to go with the plan."
Code Gundam Musou
Ohgi, Kallen, Tamaki, Sugiyama, Minami, Inoue, and Yoshida entered a large RV in an undisclosed location.
"Are we here?" Ohgi questioned.
"How do you like it?" Lelouch in his Zero outfit with his helmet lying beside him sat on a couch across from them, a smirk on his face.
"Whoa how did you get this?" Tamaki asked.
His friends deadpanned at that.
Tamaki sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Right, sorry, forgot about the eyeball magic."
"It's not eyeball magic." Lelouch said, slightly irritated.
"Well what it is then?" Tamaki challenged.
Lelouch sighed; he had no time to waste explaining Geass to someone who obviously can't grasp the entire idea. "I got this vehicle for us to use as our base of operations while the rest of the Federation already has places setup for them to use." Lelouch explained.
"This is very nice." Ohgi admitted.
"Yeah, this even has a second floor." Tamaki admired the vehicle.
"It even got a T.V." Minami stated as he turned the machine on.
"I am here at the Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel. The hotel jackers have identified themselves as the Japan Liberation Front. They have taken the chairman and several tourists as hostages. You can see, this footage taken by the Japan Liberation Front showed the chairman himself and some students." A reporter said.
"The student council…" Kallen said in shock, this got Lelouch's attention.
"The leader of the terrorists revealed to be Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe of the Japan Liberation Front." The reporter continued.
"That idiot!" Tohdoh exclaimed with the Four Holy Swords nearby. He could not believe the stupidity of his fellow soldier.
Within hours, all of Area 11 is alerted to the hostage situation. There are many unhappy with the situation such as Princess Cornelia obviously, but her reason is very personal. Those in the United Worlds Federation are unhappy as well, more specifically are those still members of Celestial Being.
Celestial Being remembered dealing with many terrorists during the forceful intervention campaign.
Setsuna narrowed his eyes as he remembered his friend Saji Crossroad and his girlfriend, Louise Halevy were nearly caught in one of the terrorist bombings trying to force Celestial Being to cease their armed interventions. Unfortunately for the terrorists responsible, Celestial Being ended their lives because they underestimated their intelligence network.
"Those fools!" Char smashed his fist on a table. "What do they think they can accomplish with this stunt?"
"The Britannians simply won't let them get away as taking hostages will only further incense them to be even harder on the Japanese that's already not fighting anymore." Ribbons said in exasperation. "Honestly, it's one thing to be fighting for one's country, but it's another to be taking civilian hostahes."
"Indeed" Treize agreed.
"Well, what will we do? We can't abandon those hostages!" Banagher stated angrily.
"What is more interesting is why Cornelia hasn't done anything to charge those JLF members down with a quick strike." Ribbons inquired.
That last comment surprised everyone. He is right. Why is Cornelia going with the careful approach to this situation when she's more of a soldier who preferred to gun down the enemies in front of her? Could there be something about this incident be holding her back?
"You're right." Char admitted, now curious about the situation. "Cornelia isn't the type to back down and negotiate with terrorists when it's only a handful of men and Knightmares."
"Someone's important to her is there?" Treize suggested.
"Could it be her little sister?" Char asked.
"Maybe, but we won't know for sure until we find out. Let's contact Lelouch and see what he has to offer on the situation." Treize said.
"I'm contacting him now." Ribbons stated.
The room was deathly silent until Lelouch's voice rang out from the speaker.
"This is Lelouch, is this about the hostage situation?" Lelouch inquired.
"Yes, we want your input about this situation." Treize said.
"We probably came to the same conclusion that Cornelia would normally gun her enemies down, but in this case she's being quite awfully careful with approaching this."
"You are correct."
"I think I may have an idea, but I'm not too sure." Lelouch stated.
"Anything you can offer on this situation is much appreciated." Ribbons said.
"Well, the thing is… Cornelia's younger sister might be there." The entire room is now interested.
"How close are siblings?" Char inquired.
A sigh could be heard from the other side of the line. "The closest siblings possible in the Royal family right now. When Nunnally and I were kids and played at the Villa, Euphie and Cornelia used to play with us and were rather close as a family. They're ones of the few in the Royal family who actually cared about us while the others are ready to backstab us at a moment notice to get the throne." Lelouch informed them.
"This is very informative Lelouch. Do you think we may be able to turn this situation to our advantage?" Ribbons asked.
"I may have an idea, but it will require stealth."
"Don't worry about that, some of our Gundams are capable of stealth and technology of this world won't be able to detect them. "Ribbons stated.
Lelouch nodded. "Okay, my idea is to…"
Code Gundam Musou
A red blood red Gundam is flying toward a Britannian military base in their homeland with red particles trailing behind. The Gundam resembled the Arche Gundam greatly with while the torso looked more like that of its predecessor, Gundam Throne Zwei. There are three GN Drives equipped to the back and in its two legs. The two buster swords are thin, but dense and sharp enough to cut through many different types of metals easily enough with the function to act as beam rifles when needed as the beam cannon lays in dormant on the back, not in use at the moment. These particular beam cannon has a medium range rapid fire function and a long range single shot for inflicting major damage. This is Gundam Throne Ares, the successor unit to the Arche Gundam.
"Well now, looks like I'm here." The pilot spoke who is none other than Ali al-Saachez as he looks at the view of the military base from high in the sky. "Why don't I make a surprise visit?" The mercenary licks his lips as he accelerated the Gundam toward down at the base.
"Sir, a foreign object is detected in our airspace approaching us at high speed!" One of the radar operators for the base yelled.
"What? Get me a visual now!" The base commander ordered.
"I can't sir; something is jamming our radar and long range communications!" The operator frantically replied.
"Well then, set the base on high alert!"
The sound of the alarm is now blaring throughout the entire base as around 200 Sutherlands mobilizing to form a defensive position and VTOL gunships now flying around for the sight of the intruder. This was useless as a single red beam zapped into the command center of the base.
"Hahahaha, where are you Knight of One? Come out, come out, come out wherever you are." Ali al-Saachez said in a singing voice as sliced through five Sutherlands in movement. The Sutherlands tried to fire on the red Gundam, but their radar and communications being jammed made it very difficult to coordinate the entire base defense against it.
"Fangs fly!" The side compartments attached on both hips of Gundam Throne Ares opened up, eight missiles-like projectiles flew out shooting red beams at VTOLs and Sutherlands.
"What are those things? Missles?" A Sutherland pilot yelled as he desperately tried to shoot at one of the frenzy GN Fangs, but got killed by one of them. The GN Fangs returned to the side compartments to recharge after causing a chaotic massacre.
"This is very satisfying, stepping on ants and all though I've still haven't found him. Hmm?" Ares dodged to the side as a custom Gloucester leaped from a high point and tried strike him with its own buster sword.
"This is Bismarck Waldstein, the Knight of One under the command of the Holy Emperor of Britannia. You will cease your attack here and now!" The pilot of the customized Gloucester announced the speakers on his Knightmare.
"Aah, so you're the famous Knight of One. I've heard of how strong you are, but I guess the rumors are just rumors." The mercenary taunted.
"I will not lower myself to argue with a lowly intruder." Bismarck retorted.
"Well, I came here to test your skills. Let's see what you're made out of!" Gundam Throne Ares pointed his sword forward before charging at the Gloucester to slice it in half.
The Gloucester evaded the attack and tried to counter with its own sword in hope to damage the Gundam, but the armor shrugged off the weapon like it was nothing. Ares charged again and slashed clockwise as it launched a kick diagonally only to miss again. Ali al-Saachez kept charging at him with his usual attack pattern of offense and counter, but he kept missing. So he decided to test him out, with a few feints to which the Knight of One did not fell for.
'What's going on? He managed to dodge my every move so far.' Realization dawned upon the mercenary's face as he grinned maniacally. He opened the comm channel to communicate with the Knight of One.
"I see what's going on here." Ali al-Saachez stated.
"What are you talking about?" Bismarck questioned stoically, but deep inside, he's feeling nervous about what his opponent will say. So far, he managed to evade every single strike from the enemy Gundam, but Bismarck is wearing out himself as he pushed himself to the limit with his Gloucester and Geass.
"You're using Geass." The mercenary stated before laughing. "This will make this little duel enjoyable."
"How do you know about that? You're with the Federation aren't you?" Bismarck demanded.
The mercenary chuckled darkly. "I don't work with them, but I can say that I am associated with a few of their members. Let's say past acquaintances and a employer as well."
"You're not with the Federation?" Surprise would be the understatement for Bismarck. "But you have a machine like one of theirs!" He accused.
"Hehehe, these mobile suits are extremely hard to make and come by, but not exactly exclusive."
"Then why are you here?" The Knight of One demanded.
"Oh nothing really, just a little massacre here and there to satisfy me and I've also wanted to see if you're as good as people say. You're good, but deep down you're actually weak if you need that Geass to help you fight your battles." Ali al-Saachez snorted.
"I will not be looked down upon by a madman like you!"
"Madman? Oh how funny, if you think I'm a madman then I should introduce you to a friend of mine. He takes being a madman to a whole new level like it's his life or something. Oh wait, he is a madman hahahaha!" Ali al-Saachez. "Well enough talk, I've been here long enough and I want to be back just in time for the fireworks."
Ares floated up to the air before stopping. "Fangs fly!" He yelled out, the moving projectile weapons flew out of their containers and headed toward Bismarck's Gloucester. Bismarck moved his Knightmare to evade the projectile, but got distracted when his Geass shown him only one future; his defeat.
"Impossible… I cannot lose." He said in disbelief.
The GN Fangs all stabbed at the Gloucester in different spots, including the pilot's seat.
"I'm sorry Lady Marianne…" Bismarck whispered before his Gloucester exploded.
The GN Fangs returned to the containers on the hip of Gundam Throne Ares.
"Well, that was disappointing." Ali al-Saachez stated boredly. "There are some stragglers left to kill, but they aren't worth my time. I'm leaving."
Gundam Throne Ares rose high into the sky before making its way back to the hideout in Area 18. As soon as the Gundam left, military personnel tried to reestablish long range communications and radar.
"Find Bismarck Waldstein! He'll know what to do in this situation!" A surviving officer stated, not knowing the result of the duel.
Code Gundam Musou
Outside near the bridge leading to Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel are news crews and Britannian military that are being led by Cornelia herself. Its night nighttime and the tensions are high as the hostage situation hasn't diffused yet, Cornelia is growing more worried by the minutes as the thought of her little sister in danger is unbearable. She still kept a strong face in front of her subordinates, refusing to show weakness to the enemy.
Cornelia is in a tight spot as the tunnel leading directly underground to the hotel is guarded by a massive weapon made of four Glasgows and Burais to function as giant cannon called the Raiko. The Raiko proved to very effective in sealing off the tunnel from Britannian Knightmares.
Thus, Cornelia is feeling very agitated and very furious with the JLF. IF she could right now, she would smashed her way in and shoot down every single JLF member in her custom Gloucester. The problem is that Euphemia is still in there.
Everyone present outside is waiting to see what happens until they saw one of the hostage escorted by JLF members to the top of the building.
They pushed the man off the building toward his death.
Many who saw that was horrified and disgusted. The leader of the JLF members behind the incident, Kusakabe, announced that they'll start throwing a single hostage off the roof every 30 minutes. Now that last part got everybody riled up in fear or whatever emotions they're feeling.
Cornelia is walking in the G-1 Base with Darlton and Guilford.
"This is their warning? Barbaric!" Darlton spat.
"For now, we should negotiate just to get the women and children-"
"Forget it!" Cornelia interrupted Guilford. "If you give in to their conditions even once then you're simply legitimizing terrorisms." She stated harshly.
"Then do we use force?" Darlton suggested.
"We would pursue that course of action after we secured the safety of Princess Euphemia." Guilford said.
"Viceroy, it's Zero! We just received a message from Zero." A staff member of the G-1 Base informed the Cornelia.
Zero is seen outside on top of a news van he stole with a quick command of Geass on the person who was just watching over it. The van are being driven by Kallen with Ohgi in the other front seat and their friends in the back, all each in a special uniform Zero acquired for them with Kevlar armor for combat situations. The uniform surprised everyone in the group as Tamaki was very grateful for it.
Cornelia headed outside intending to apprehend Zero herself as soon as possible.
"Surround Zero and prepare to capture him!" Cornelia ordered as Sutherlands formed a circle around Zero and the news van he is standing on while standing a good distance.
"Ah Cornelia, you're just as fiery as ever." Zero greeted.
"I have no time for your games Zero!" The Viceroy snapped. "Very arrogant of you to come out here in public when I can have my men capture you here right now. What do you think you're doing here? Join Kusakabe?" She accused Zero, glaring at the masked revolutionary leader.
"It is in my powers to save Princess Euphemia." Zero stated in a volume loud enough for only Cornelia to hear.
"What?" Cornelia's expression is that of shock. 'What does he mean save Euphie? He knows she's in there?' Conelia thought.
"I'm saying that I can rescue and return Princess Euphemia and the hostages unharmed to you." Zero stated, his voice not faltering in the least bit while still at the same volume.
"Cornelia, who do you choose? Clovis who is dead or Euphemia who is still alive?" Zero questioned.
The Second Princess of Britannia gritted her teeth in frustration as a dilemma presented itself before her. She can just apprehend Zero and execute him later thus, avenging Clovis. On the other hand, she lets Zero go to the hotel and rescue Euphie like said he could. She chose the latter since doesn't want to lose her little sister whom she loved so dearly.
"Allow Zero passage to the hotel!" Cornelia barked the orders.
This surprised the soldiers, but they followed her orders anyway. The Sutherlands moved to the sides, opening the path to the bridge and clearing the way to Lake Kawaguchi Hotel.
Zero bowed before Cornelia before saying something. "Rest assured Viceroy, I will save Princess Euphemia." This caught Cornelia by surprise when she noticed how serious he sounded.
The van drove toward the hotel front entrance only to be allowed passage inside as soon as Kusakabe gotten words of the infamous Zero coming to talk with him while Lelouch's group moved to meet up with their UWF comrades who snuck in by other means.
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Now how the members of the United Worlds Federation get inside you asked? Two things really, Gundam Deathscythe Hell's Hyper Jammer and GN Drives Gundams' stealth features. The JLF would never be able to see invisible Gundams approaching until they see the distortions in the air up close and personal.
Duo piloted the Deathsythe Hell with Heero tagging along in the cockpit. Kira went with Lockon, Athrun with Tieria, Shinn with Allelujah, and for good measure Domon is with Setsuna. The five exited the Gundams and entered the building from behind so no one at the front would see anything. When a nearby aptrol saw them coming and prepared to fire Domon moved fast enough to appear in front of the JLF members in an instant, swiped away their rifles and spin kicked them all away. That took care of the patrol as they needed to meet up with their allies quick.
Kira, Athrun, Shinn, and Heero readied their pistols as their skills with them are more than sufficient enough to do the job considering three are Coordinators and one is a trained super soldier. Domon, not one for using guns, drew out his sheathed katana since he's highly skilled in close range combats due to his years of training under Master Asia.
The Gundam pilots moved their way to meet up with Lelouch's group to free the hostages. They found them climbing the stairs to the higher levels.
"Are you ready to proceed with the plan?" Heero asked.
Kallen nodded. "Yes, Zero told us what to do and when for each part." Kallen stated, Lelouch asked everyone to address him as Zero during combat situations to avoid leaking out the whereabouts of the exiled prince just in case.
"Then proceed to phase two of the mission and prepared for phase three." Heero said.
Kallen nodded as she and Ohgi joined Heero's group while Athrun took command of Tamaki and the others to set the detonation charges. This was due to Athrun having experience in the field of infiltration and demolition before.
Athrun and his group moved down to a specific area in the lower levels and came across 16 JLF soldiers whom they shot down, 9 taken down by Athrun himself in less than four minutes much to the amazement of his Japanese allies.
"This should the place where Zero told us to set the charges up." Inoue informed.
"Alright, everybody go and set the charges up. We have to meet up with Zero and the hostages for phase three." Athrun ordered.
Everyone nodded in response as they began setting charges for remote detonation. Plus, not being near the bombs is something any sane person would do and that Lelouch told them this incident will be used to their advantage for the United Worlds Federation.
At the same time, Zero is now meeting Lieutenant Colonel Kusakabe to see what he can find out from the man for the reasons of starting this hostage situation. Also, something is happening in the room of hostages.
Milly and Shirley are on either side of Nina who is trembling due to her xenophobia caused from a traumatic event in her life when she once visited one of the ghettos in Area 11.
"Eleven…" Nina whispered fearfully, unfortunately this made this situation even worse for her as one JLF member caught what she said.
"What was that?! We're not Elevens we're Japanese." The older man snapped at the poor xenophobic girl.
"Yes, we're aware of that just leave her alone." Milly said in defense of her friend.
"Then correct her!"
"Fine, we'll correct her!" Shirley snapped.
"What was that?! How dare you speak to me like that? You three, come with me to the next room and I'll teach you a real lesson." The JLF soldier said the last part with a dark smirk on his face.
Nearby, Princess Euphemia could no longer watch the scene before her as she was about to stand up before her attendant shook her head to tell her to stay quiet. Euphie did not stay deterred from her course of action she's about to take.
"Stop it!" Euphie demanded.
"Who the hell are you?" The soldier yelled.
"I demand you to take me to your leader this instant." Euphie said while glaring at the offending JLF soldier, not faltering in the slightest.
"What?!"
"You are addressing Euphemia li Britannia, the Third Princess of Britannian Empire." Euphie stated shocking everyone present in the room besides her attendant.
"Fine, I'll take you to our leader." A different JLF member said.
"And you'll leave those girls alone?" Euphie questioned.
The man looked at his comrade who backed away from Milly, Shirley, and Nina.
"There, is that all?"
"Yes, thank y-" Before Euphie could finish the doors opened with a bang as five people poured into the room, two with rifles and two armed with pistols.
"Stop this madness and let the hostages go!" The voice of the young teenager yelled, Milly's and Shirley's eyes widening at the recognition of this voice.
'Kira?' Milly thought.
The JLF members raised their weapons at the newcomers.
"Who the hell are you!?" One of them demanded.
"We're with the United Worlds Federation!" Shinn announced, shocking all present in the room, especially three members of the Student Council.
"What! Then what are you doing here?" A JLF soldier exclaimed.
"We're here to rescue the hostages, nothing more, nothing less." Heero stated coldly, his leveled at them and ready for an inevitable showdown.
Euhpie wasn't sure at first, but now recognized Heero's figure along with his voice. 'Heero, you're with the United Worlds Federation? Does this mean you're fighting against Britannia?' Euphie thought sadly.
"We need these hostages to save Japan! Didn't you guys said that you're also fighting against Britannia so why are you against us?"
"Because this method is not right, you're needlessly involving citizens who aren't part of the Britannian military!" Kira retorted. "Just let these people go, there's no need for blood shed."
"Bullshit! It's because of these Britannians who looked down on us that we Japanese suffered!" The JLF member argued.
"It's still doesn't make it right, you have to stop what you're doing. Taking people hostages won't save Japan!" Kira countered.
"Screw you Federation, die!" The JLF members were about to pull the triggers on their weapons until seven shots rang out as the hostages closed their eyes. The shots weren't fired from the JLF members' weapons.
Heero, Shinn, and Kira shot down all the seven JLF soldiers in the room dead. Ohgi and Kallen blinked in surprise at how fast their reactions were. They were told their allies were some of the best soldiers in existence, but they were skeptical because of their age. Now they no longer doubt them, in fact they're a little frightened by Heero who did not have any reaction in the slightest to his actions.
Ohgi stood in front of the hostages with his weapons raised down to ease their worries as they now saw what happened before them. "Look we are here to get all of you out of here. Please follow me and all of you will be out of here safely." Ohgi stated in his kindergartener teacher voice.
Ohgi and Kallen stepped out of the room and beckoned for the hostages to follow. The hostages began following though they are a little wary and fearful since the United Worlds Federation did declared on television worldwide that they would fight against Britannia after all.
Milly walked near to Kira with Shirley and Nina who is clutching to the student body president, extremely frightened by the violent outcome.
"Kira, please tell me that this is all some sick joke. That you're not actually with the United Worlds Federation." Milly said quietly so none of the other hostages could hear.
Kira shook his head. "I'm sorry I really am. If you really want to talk about this then we can have a private talk later with no surveillance if you'd like. For now, we have to get you and the others out of here." Kira replied.
Milly nodded sadly and walked away to the rest of the hostage with Shirley and Nina in tow. Shinn and Kira left the room to make sure that they meet up with Athrun and Ohgi's friends, leaving a stunned Euphie and Heero far behind.
"Heero, so you're part of the Federation all along?" It came out as a statement more than a question.
Heero was silent.
Euphie took Heero's hands with her own and looked into his eyes. "Please be honest with me Heero, aren't we friends?" Euphie pleaded.
Heero was still silent, not reacting in the slightest as his eyes peer into Euphie's.
"I… see." Euphie looked down and was about to separate her hands from Heero's when she found she couldn't. She saw that Heero was holding on to her hands just tight enough to not let go.
"Yes, I've been with the United Worlds Federation all along." Heero stated. "And no, I don't think you're like most of the Britannians that discriminate against numbers."
"Are we really friends?" Euphie asked.
Heero nodded. "If you'd like, we can talk about it later if it'll ease your worries. Besides, Zero would want to discuss something himself. Let's go, we need to group up with the other hostages before this building collapses."
Euphie blinked in surprise as she is not sure what he means by that last part.
At the same time
Zero is sitting on a couch across from Kusakabe who places his hands on the hilt of a sword in its sheath while sitting.
"Zero to what pleasure do I owe your visit?" The leading JLF member in the building asked.
"I am merely here to discuss some things with you." Zero stated.
"Isn't it a little rude to not to take off your helmet while speaking to others?" Kusakabe questioned.
"You must forgive me; I have to conceal my identity because if Britannia knew who I am, then they would do everything in their powers to capture me. I have to ask you something. What do you think you'll accomplish from this?"
"Why, free Japan of course." Kusakabe replied.
"That is why you are outdated." Zero said.
"W-why you, respect the commander!" One of the JLF members in the room demanded.
"Zero, this is all to save Japan. Those Britannians have not done anything to harm these hostages so therefore they are trying to save them." Kusakbe said.
Zero shook his head in disbelief in the short-sightedness of the man in front of him. "Japan of old is no more Lieutenant Colonel that is why you will fail." Zero stated cooly.
"I will not take this from an upstart, especially you Zero!" Snarled the JLF commander, he began to unsheathe his swords to kill the man in front of him.
The door kicked opened as a blur flashed in as every JLF soldiers besides Kusakabe is killed with sword cuts present on their limp bodies.
The blur is none other than Domon Kasshu, standing by Zero with his own sword sheathed.
"Who the hell are you!?" Kusakabe asked fearfully, taking a step back from the man who slaughtered his soldiers in the blink of an eye.
"I am Domon Kasshu. You will pay for cowardly actions of taking civilians as hostages! You have no honor left unless you pay for your crimes." Domon declared.
Forgotten his fear, Kusakabe drew his katana and charged forward in anger. "Damn you!" He yelled.
One second Domon drew his sword. The next, Kusakabe amd his katana were cut in two by Domon. Domon then sheathed his sword.
"Sloppy form and no real skills" Domon scoffed. "He needs better training with the way of the sword. Are you ready? The guys should all be setup by now."
Lelouch nodded. "Thanks, it's time to make a dramatic scene."
The two left to meet up with their comrades.
Code Gundam Musou
Cornelia has waited for an hour as no one has come out of the building yet. That was about to change as a loud explosion occurred, the hotel came crashing down.
"Euphie no!" Cornlia said, horrified.
Suzaku was in the Lancelot Club after taking down the Raiko in the tunnel and survive the collapse of the structure. He felt guilt for not being able to save the hostages in time.
"Dammit, I didn't make it in time!" Suzaku said in sheer frustration.
Everyone outside was solemn for the deaths of the hostages until some of them noticed shapes in the darkness of the water approaching.
They were lifeboats and a single yacht, but that's not important. What's on the boats are what important. They were the hostages from the hotel all safe and sound with none other than Zero with Ohgi and his group behind him in black uniforms and visors concealing their faces.
The Viceroy of Area 11 breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed the safety of her little sister on the front boat, but now she really wants to capture Zero with the JLF terrorists out of the way.
The problem is that he's on the same boat with Euphie so any violent actions could hurt Euphie.
"My dear Britannians, have no fear the hostages from the hotel are safe and sound. I zero, returns them to you unharmed." Zero said.
"Of all the brazen audacity, if we attack you those people quickly becomes your hostages, won't they?" Cornelia stated.
"We, the United Worlds Federation stand by those who have no weapons to wield! Regardless of whether they be Japanese or Britannians. The Japan Liberation Front cowardly took innocent Britannian civilians hostages and then mercilessly executed them! IT was a wanton and meaningless act, therefore they have been punished. Just as former Viceroy Clovis was punished for ordering the slaughter of countless unarmed Japanese. We could not stand by and allow such cruelty to be carried out. And so, we made him pay for his actions. I will not repudiate any battle on a fair and level field, but neither will I tolerate a one-sided massacre of the weak by the strong! The only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed! Where ever oppressors abuse their powers by attacking those who are powerless, we shall appear again! No matter how mighty, how formidable our foe may be!" Zero said as his speech impacted everyone watching or listening.
"Those of you with powers fear us! And those you without it, rally behind us! We, the United Worlds Federation shall give judgment upon this world!" Zero declared.
Code Gundam Musou
Ribbons is watching Lelouch's speech on a screen back at the base as he felt two slender arms found their way around his shoulders.
"Enjoying the show?" C.C. playfully asked.
"Indeed, I'm amused by how much charisma Lelouch. He could easily have the support of an entire country if he was the leader of one." Ribbons said. "It seems he is one of a kind, I would have hated to play battle of wits against him back in my world." Ribbons admitted.
"Oh, are you perhaps scared?" Teased C.C.
"No, I am not scared. In fact, I am intrigued by him. I can see why you were watching when he was little."
"That's because I figured he would one day he can do something so great that the world won't be same when he's done."
"That's the thing; the world will always be destroyed as a new one is raised from the ashes of the former. I should know, I was a part of Celestial Being after all, the very organization that united all three superpowers of the world against it in an indirect way to obtain peace." Ribbons said.
"My, my, it seems that any world is interesting if great changes are always happening." C.C. stated amusedly. "Something is always in motion that will destroy the old world and create a new one it in its place. I wonder if there is a perfect world where something like that isn't needed."
"It would become stagnant and decayed." Ribbons frowned as he frowned. "Such a world will create people who have no purposes and no goals. They would be a puppet moving in a never changing society and thus, the world would remain the same no matter what advancements they made." Ribbons stated.
"You're right; it would quickly become uninteresting if the world does seem essentially the same for centuries." C.C. admitted. "I am glad you people came here, something great indeed will change the world."
"Well, it's been a busy night. Why, don't you go back to sleep?"
"Ribbons, I'm immortal. I think I can survive without a few hours of sleep."
"Go to sleep and I'll have fresh pizza waiting for you in the morning." Ribbons said.
"Oh well, since you are so convincing, I'll go to sleep." C.C. winked at him before walking off.
Ribbons shook his head. "What is with her and pizza?" He muttered. Ribbons has spent quite a lot of time with C.C. recently and found her as a nice companion to talk to since she has a similar view on humans as him. The one thing that was odd to him was her love of pizza.
It was a long day, but tomorrow. Something will shake the whole world to its core.
Omake
A Friendly Game of Chess: Lelouch
Opponent One
Lelouch is thinking deeply on how to get out of this predictament.
'Damn… how can I get out of this spot? If I make a move a move my entire formation will collapse easier. Sigh, guess I will have to go with my guts on the best choice then.' Lelouch moved a piece.
"Checkmate." A computer voice sounded out.
Lelouch slumped in defeat. He has challenged an AI Duo brought for Lelouch to try against and lost against the computer program more than 50 times so far. As Lelouch wallowed in defeat, Heero walked up to Duo who was grinning ear to ear.
"Let me guess, ZERO System?" Heero asked.
"Yep." Duo replied.
"And he doesn't know about this?"
"Yep." Duo repeated.
"… You do realize he will be angry when he finds out that you pit him against a super computer that can calculate any possible moves made by humans." Heero stated.
"True, but it will totally worth it when I catch his shocked face the moment he realizes on camera and post it on the internet.
Opponent Two
Lelouch is having the most difficult match in his life. His opponent is Gilbert Durandal, Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council. Throughout the match, he tried to hold small conversations with him to try and figure out his opponent's characteristics and personality.
He made one connection that shook him in the core.
Schneizel el Britannia
His opponent in front of him is eerily similar to his older half-brother, Schneizel. Gilbert Durandal has been respectful throughout the entire match and have been speaking in a voice that tells all others that he wants peace, but it's what lies under the voice that frightened Lelouch.
'How does he intend to obtain peace?' Lelouch thought.
"I believe it is now your move." Durandal spoke politely.
Lelouch blinked and looked at the board. What he saw shock him. The Chairman of Plant has deliberately placed his White King piece in a spot where Lelouch could put him in checkmate. Normally any player would take the advantage right away, but wiser individuals would see this as a sign of a bigger trap by their opponents.
'What kind of person are you?' Lelouch thought.
"Oh dear, it seems that this match has been so exciting that I made one fatal mistake. I believe this match is yours." Durandal said as he stood up, smiled and walked away.
Lelouch narrowed his eyes at him. 'You aren't fooling me not one bit. I will find out what you're really up to.'
Opponent Three
Lelouch has been enjoying his friendly chess match with Treize so far. In fact, this has turned more into a full blown conversation about how to be a leader for the good of all mankind. He and Treize shares similar ideals that a leader should be on the battlefield to direct his soldiers so that they would have confidence in him.
The difference is that Lelouch has been leading the Black Knights with emotions having some influence on his actions. Treize hardly let his own emotions be the main influence on his actions as he strictly believed in placing the people's interests before his own.
The game was a stalemate until Lelouch came out as the victor by making a gamble that would have made him likely lose. However, he had no choice because if he wanted to win, then he would have to gamble on one offensive strategy.
"It seems you have bested me in a battle of wits. I admired how much intellect you possess at such a young age." Treize praised the former prince as he held out a hand.
Lelouch took it and shook. "Thank you, I enjoyed the match. It was a long time since I've had such a great match. Let's play again another time."
"I'll take you up on that offer."
Opponent Four
Lelouch is in the match of his life. This game of chess has turned into a full blown debate on the nature humanity. His opponent is Rau Le Creuset.
"Lelouch, humans have always been sinful at their cores." Rau stated.
"Maybe, but there are those who strived to do good things for others rather themselves, you cannot blame everyone." Lelouch retorted.
"Is that what you truly believe?" Rau chuckled. "Has your mother been teaching you such things?"
Lelouch glared at him at the mention of his mother. "Why are you bringing my mother into this?"
"I'm just saying that everyone's is guilty of crimes they committed." Rau stated.
"There are truly innocent people that ne-"
"There is no one who is truly innocent, my dear boy. There are different people with different levels of guilt, Lelouch. That's how's it's always been."
"Just because humanity done some wrong to you doesn't mean everybody is responsible. Humans can become great things and peace can truly be achieved if there are those willing to push for it."
"Even if their own family betrayed them?" Rau questioned.
Lelouch narrowed his eyes at the masked blonde. "What are you getting at? If you're talking about my… father then I'll tell you that he means nothing to me."
Rau Le Creuset chuckled maniacally. "I'm not talking about your father Lelouch."
"Then who?"
"I'm talking about your mother." Rau stated with a smirk.
Lelouch glared at him as he lets his anger truly take control of him. "What the hell are you talking about?!" Lelouch demanded. "My mother has been nothing but gentle and kind to Nunnally and me. Don't talk as if you knew who she was!" Leouch yelled.
"I'm afraid you really don't know her at all. You see, she abandoned you. She's been working with your father all along on the Ragnarok Connection and she isn't truly dead. Her soul has been residing in a little girl this entire time you thought she was dead. She's been aware of your predicament for seven years, but done nothing to keep you and your little sister safe! Hahahahahahahaha!" Rau laughed before he stood up and began walking away.
Lelouch stood there stunned and confused with this revelation. "N-no that's… that's impossibleee!" Lelouch yelled, refusing to believe what he just learned.
Rau smirked darkly when he heard the exiled prince. "There's no one to save you and your little sister."
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