Note: I might shorten future chapters to at least 3,000 or 4,000 words because I have other stories to do. Plus my imagination is running dry on this story so I'll have to make the story move faster.
Also, I'm sorry for the update being later than I planned. This chapter was meant to be finished and uploaded during Thanksgiving break from school but I forgot my flash drive at school that had my current progress on this chapter at the time.
You know what? I'm just gonna make KiraxMilly pairing official now. It's too tempting for me to not try. It's good to try something new once in a while.
Chapter 8 Refrain, Seek and Destroy
It was morning in the base of operation for the UWF in Japan as one person glared at the screen of a laptop in pure disgust and hatred. This person is Lockon Stratos or Lyle Dylandy, the little brother of the original Lockon Stratos. Now why is he glaring at the screen? It's because there's a picture on the screen from a broadcast from the previous day of the man he swore to kill to avenge the atrocities he has committed and he succeeded in doing so.
"That bastard, why is he here in the first place?" Lockon growled.
"I'm not sure how, but I am certain that if he's here then it's not good." Tieria stated.
"The question I have is didn't you kill him at the mother ship in the battle just before we got transported to that strange world?" Allelujah asked.
Lockon's expression darkened. "Yeah, I shot him in the dome after he ejected from his mobile suit. The lowlife tried to get one up on me, but I was faster and pulled the trigger." Lockon confirmed.
"Then why is he alive and where did he get that technology?" Tieria asked as he pushed up his glasses with one finger. "That ship he has with him destroyed a whole city and a military base nearby by emitting some sort of waves that cause explosions from machines apparently. If you pay close attention, you notice the waves passed through the targets before multiple explosions erupted at once in the same time in different locations." The Gundam pilot of Seravee stated.
"Perhaps, it's a weapon based on sending signals to overload electronics?" Allelujah suggested. "What do you think about this situation Setsuna?" The pilot of the Arios Gundam asked.
"It doesn't matter what the weapon does, what matters is putting a stop to whatever he planned to do before more people are killed." The stoic pilot of the 00 Gundam responded.
"He's right, I'm going to find him and take him down myself." Lockon stated as he was about to move out of the room before Tieria stood in his way. "What?"
"There's no need, the group stationed in Chinese Federation Territories already sent a team to find him and take him down if they cannot capture him alive. Just calm down a little bit."
Lockon stared at him for a moment before sighing. "Sorry about that, I'm sure you all know I'm not in the least bit happy seeing that monster alive."
"Neither are we, but we must have our faith in our comrades and hope they succeed in dealing with him. Problem is he's a tricky one after all so it won't be easy." Allelujah said.
"He's right, Ali al-Saachez lost to us in battles before and this time we're more experienced than before." Setsuna stated. "We should get going we need to check out how the Britannian citizens are taking what happened yesterday. It won't do well if they see us in the same light as that man."
"Alright, I'll see you guys later." Lockon headed out of the base to walk in the less populated part of the city for some fresh air. It was weird experience to relax on a foreign world among the population that doesn't know you're a pilot for a weaponized robot that's years advance in comparison to the modern technology of the world of Geass.
Lockon walked by several stores, his mind focused on just going wherever he wants to. He could easily tell that some people are discussing what happened in the Middle East as some televisions have news broadcasts about the recent event.
The pilot of the Cherudim Gundam was walking toward the Ashford Academy to visit Lelouch's little sister. Nunnally was a bundle of pure innocence and happiness to him that it made Lockon want to smile. 'Hmph, if most of the world population is like her we wouldn't have wars in the first place.' Lockon thought as he saw something nearby.
He saw a familiar red-head in the female Ashford Academy uniform walking out of a huge house that would fit for a noble family of the Britannian Empire. "Hey, Kallen!" He called out.
Said girl turned around in confusion and recognized him as one of the Gundam pilot she saw at the base before. "Oh, it's you uh…"
"Lockon Stratos, you don't know me but Lelouch mentioned you before in a conversation. He said you had potential to be a great pilot." Lockon said.
"Is that so?" Kallen murmured, her heart beating a little faster for reasons she doesn't understand.
"How's is school coming along for you kid?"
"It's ok; the school work isn't difficult or easy. I just hate having to pretend to be not myself with a couple of stuck up Britannians. At least some of the students aren't discriminative against Japanese." She replied, remembering her true friends there.
"That's good; at least you're not behind in your school works while having to deal with a double personality as resistance fighter. At least some of the members attend Ashford so you're not that lonely." Lockon said as the e conversation goes on.
"Why are you asking me about this?" Kallen questioned warily.
"I'm just having a conversation, nothing wrong with that right?"
"I guess, sorry if I offend you." She apologized.
"It's alright, nothing to worry really." Lockon assured her as a moment of silence passed. He noticed a sad look on Kallen's face. "Are you alright there, Kallen?"
"Huh, oh, it's nothing wrong." Kallen said, trying to avoid this kind of conversation.
"Are you sure? I won't force you to say anything, but you can tell me what's on your mind. I won't tell anybody about it, I promise."
Kallen looked reluctant as she mulled over about it in her mind. "Well…" She began hesitantly. "My mom works as a maid for my father who doesn't even love her anymore because he's a Britannian noble who can't be seen having a relationship with an Eleven." She spat the last word venomously.
"Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why does she work as a maid?" Lockon asked as he studied her.
"It's because my mom can't move on as she won't leave him alone. She's a slave to the past and isn't the woman I respected and loved as my mother anymore." Kallen said disdainfully.
"Are you sure that's why your mother still there?" Lockon questioned.
"What do you mean? My mother works as a maid because she still loves him." Kallen retorted, thinking it was a mistake to tell him in the first place.
"Have you ever thought that maybe she stayed for you?" Lockon countered.
Kallen froze in shock as the thought hardly ever come to her. She stopped dead cold as Lockon kept walking ahead.
"You know, it's not too late to find out and reconcile with your mother. I would know since my older brother is dead and we haven't seen each other for years since we were kids." Lockon added as he went on with his walk.
Code Gundam Musou
The Emperor of Britannia sat on his throne with a troubled look on his face.
'This is just magnificent. I'm already trying to mobilize the Britannian military to overtake the areas holding the remaining Thought Elevators and fight the United Worlds Federation at the same time. Now, a new terrorist organization with a ship powerful enough to wipe out a city or a military base appeared out of nowhere in Area 18.' Charles thought.
The elderly man is already frustrated with trying to take care of the UWF presence and handle the other two military super powers of the world at the same time. The other European Union and Chinese Federation could be defeated if given time as the Britannian Empire military possessed more advance Knightmare Frames than their enemies. A victory in battle against the larger and more powerful mobile suits of the United Worlds Federation has yet to be obtained.
It's already frightening that the mobile suits were at least twice the size of the Britannian Knightmare Frames and still have far better mobility. Also it doesn't help that the mobile suits could have beam weaponry as the Britannians are still in the development process of it for just specialized Knightmare Frames and other units.
It's also a pain that many of the Britannian nobles and less bright members of the Royal Family are pushing for recklessly sending the largest army possible of the Britannian Empire to Area 11. The Emperor had to assert his authority to show who's in charge. True that he's in control, but it still doesn't make it any less painful listening to complaints of many people at once whom he forcefully shut up.
'Days like these make me wished I retired and handed the throne to someone and just relaxed at a home alone from populations. ' Charles thought irritably. 'I'm beginning to wonder if the plan is still worth it…'
Code Gundam Musou
6 mobile suits could be seen flying above the sandy ground and desert of the Middle East. Two are colored blue and white as one has a shining gold theme. The other three holds the same appearance and all each riding a large aircraft carrying them though one has a large backpack attachment on its back equipped with a long-range rifle.
One of the blue and white themed Gundams is quite smaller and more agile in comparison to its brother unit. It is currently in mobile armor mode, this is the Zeta Gundam currently being piloted by Kamille Bidan. The other Gundam is much larger and called the ZZ Gundam piloted by Judau Ashta as of right now.
The gold Gundam is called the Akatsuki Gundam currently equipped with the Oowashi pack for the best atmospheric performance. It currently piloted by Mu La Flaga, a veteran with a lot of experience in aerial combat.
The other three identical Gundams are the Gundam Mk II types. Two of the normal ones are piloted Roux Louka and Elle Viano, two young female pilots who have some experience in mobile suit combat though not to the same extent as to their friend Judau Ashta. The third Gundam Mk II equipped with the backpack attachment is piloted by Emma Sheen, an excellently trained pilot and good friend of Kamille Bidan.
"So how exactly are we gonna find this guy?" Judau questioned.
"We'll just have to scout the area for where he should be first for any trail first before we take any action." Kamille responded.
"He's right, we just have to find a trail and track it back to our target. We can't let him go around free, I've seen my fair share of mad men more than I'd like for my taste." Mu La Flaga said distastefully.
"Saw something horrible up close and personal back on your world?" Kamille questioned.
"Unfortunately yes, I've seen a lot of messed up things. Corrupted and genocidal politicians, child soldiers, terrorist attacks, and etc. I've had the luck of being involved in many situations I would hate to repeat." The Akatsuki pilot replied grimly.
"Same could be said for all of us. We all fight for something greater or some of us got dragged into the fight without wanting to." Emma stated.
"You could say that again. It wasn't really my idea in the first place to be piloting advanced mobile suits in combat in the first place. I considered myself lucky for still even being alive." Judau piped in.
"Well the sooner we find him and take him down, the sooner we can regroup with our allies. I'm all up for taking this guy down because apparently some of our comrades had a bad run in with him and stated that he has a not very respectable reputation." Kamille stated.
"What did he do?" Elle asked.
"The pilot of the 00 Gundam, Setsuna F. Seiei said that Ali al-Saachez manipulated him and other children into becoming child soldiers in the name of God when the man didn't believe in religions himself."
"That's horrible, why haven't anyone stopped him?" Roux exclaimed.
"Apparently, he supposed to be dead, but turned out to be alive as of yesterday. They also said he's kinda of a tricky one to put down since he's well skilled in all manners of combat." Mu stated.
"As long as it's just him, the six of us can take him down without a problem and perhaps capture. Answers to reasons for him being here would be helpful." Emma stated.
The pilots kept flying their mobile suits until they landed on a spot where they believed their target should be nearby. They split off in 3 pairs of 2 to cover more ground.
"Alright, when you see something important, contact the rest of us and make sure you're able to contact at all times." Emma ordered.
They all responded with a yes before splitting up into groups of 2. Kamille partnered with Emma since they knew each other. Judau teamed up with Roux Louka as Mu is partnered with Elle.
Little do they realize that they're in for a big surprise, three humongous surprises to be exact.
Code Gundam Musou
Lelouch, in his Zero outfit with his helmet in his arm, stood in front of his group in their own mobile headquarter.
"Tonight, we will rid the country of the lowly scum that infested the world. Our targets are the drug dealers involved with a drug known as Refrain." Lelouch stated.
"Hold on, why are we dealing with drug dealers when we're fighting the Britannian military? We aren't police now are we?" Tamaki questioned, confused.
"Because Tamaki, most of the victims of these Refrain dealers are your fellow Japanese. The drug Refrain is specially known for allowing the users to literally go back to a better time in their memories mentally. There are many Japanese, both outside and inside the Britannian Honorary System, which uses the drugs because they couldn't handle the pressure and persecution of the Britannians. However, like all other drugs Refrain has side effects. Continuous use of the drug will lead to neural cell death within the brain and kill many off Japanese just to satisfy the greed of these drug dealers." Lelouch explained grimly.
"Tonight activity will show that the United Worlds Federation does not merely deal with wars and terrorism, but also crimes as well. We will free the victims from the binds of Refrain that hold them down to the past and make it clear that even drug dealings will not be ignored by us." Lelouch declared with much bravado as the members of his group was now convinced on fulfilling the task ahead of them.
"Good, Kallen you will be piloting the Strike Lancelot to provide backup in case it gets too much to handle on our own." Kallen nodded at that.
"Alright, everybody gear up. We're leaving in an hour if we want to get to our targets in time." Lelouch said as everyone besides Ohig left to get ready.
"Lelouch?"
"Hm, what is it Ohgi?" Lelouch asked.
"You saw the broadcast of Area 18 yesterday right?" Lelouch nodded. "What are your opinion and the others on this?"
"I'd say that this man clearly is disgusting and a good definition of evil for aiding in the slaughter in innocent civilians so easily. Plus, it turned out that he was an actual terrorist and mercenary that some of our allies fought in the past. They said that he was supposed to be dead but how he is alive they don't know." Lelouch answered honestly.
Ohgi was surprised by that fact. "The mobile suit pilots fought him before? Will he be trouble?"
"I'm not sure honestly. We shouldn't worry about it though because our comrades in Chinese Federation territories already sent a response group to either exterminate or capture the man. If it's just one man then six Gundams should be more than enough to handle him." Lelouch replied.
Ohgi nodded after accepting this as a satisfying response. "Okay, I'm going to go gear up now."
As he left, Lelouch couldn't help but worry about what he was told by the Anno Domini group that possessed the mobile suits that operate on GN Drives.
Flashback Start:
"What the hell was that?" Lelouch stared in shock at the sheer destructive capability that the Sakura Stampeder displayed.
None was more shocked than Ribbons, Setsuna, and Lockon whose expression changed into that of a vengeful man ready to unleash his wrath on the object of his ire.
"Damn that bastard! What the hell is he trying to pull off now?!" Lockon slammed his fist down on the table as he stood up instantly.
This caught the attention of the others since they personally did not know about Ali al-Saachez.
"Do you know this man?" Full Frontal inquired.
"Know him? I absolutely loathe him." Lockon spat.
"All of us met him one or another." Ribbons gestured toward himself and Setsuna. "Unfortunately, I, myself employed the man before to commit less than… peaceful deeds." Ribbons said regretfully. "I think I speak for the three of us when I say that he's an absolute monster that seeks pleasure in ending the lives of others through weapons."
"What exactly have he done?" Athrun Zala inquired, already experienced with people of similar mindset.
It was Setsuna's turn to speak up. "When I was a child he manipulated me and many others around my age to fight as child soldiers… and terrorists in the name of God whom he never believed at all to begin with. All this was to satisfy his desire for conflict that has no limit." Setsuna said in a venomous tone his stoic expression finally changing for once during the day.
"So a terrorist that fights for the sake of fighting? How dangerous is he?" Lelouch questioned.
Ribbons, Lockon, and Setsuna looked at each other before the former spoke up. "On his own not so much, but if he's working for someone then something that will endanger others will likely happen. I should know, I hired him myself plus, he's an excellent mobile suit pilot. It's mostly in melee where he excels the most and if he possessed a Gundam level machine then taking him down is far from easy." Ribbons stated seriously.
"We should contact our comrades in Chinese Federation territories to send a response team to deal with him as soon as possible. They're closer to the Middle East than us after all." Quatre suggested logically.
Everyone agreed with the proposal though Lockon and Setsuna still looked troubled.
Flashback End
Lelouch sighed and went to go check on the others. 'Can't worry about what hasn't happened yet.' He thought.
Code Gundam Musou
Kira was waiting on the roof of the Ashford Academy building waiting for a few friends. Kira wanted to wait a little bit longer before explaining to Milly and her friends about his involvement with the UWF. Milly wasn't going to wait any more than a few days so she told him to meet her on the rooftops during afternoon.
So here he was standing on top of the school building, waiting for a few friends. Kira wished that Milly and the others didn't have to go through such a situation. It's not an experience that teenagers should be going through without a chance of psychological trauma.
He remembered a situation when he was just 15 and piloted the Stike Gundam for a while. During the Archangel's travel, they had to stop at an asteroid base that goes by the name Artemis. The short stay there turned into a hostage situation at first and the Archangel and her crew were lucky when a chance to escape presented itself when the Blitz Gundam attacked the base.
The sound of a door opening can be heard as Kira turned to where the noise is coming from. Three certain females he knew walked out the door. Milly and Shirley walked in front while Nina was nervously following behind them. From what Kira learned, Nina is xenophobic due to a past encounter in her life. He understood why the girl was afraid of him, Shinn, and Heero though it doesn't make it any easier to be seen as something to be feared.
"Hi Milly, Shirley, Nina." Kira greeted them.
"Kira, you know why we're here?" Milly questioned.
Kira nodded. "It's about what happened back at the hotel isn't it?"
Milly, Shirley, and Nina nodded slightly.
Kira sighed as he thought about what to tell them. "Before I tell you anything, you have to promise to keep what you're about to learn a secret. Okay?"
"I can agree to that." Milly said.
"I think that's fair as long as you tell us the truth." Shirley added.
Nina didn't say anything as she looked even more nervous at the three of them.
"Nina, are you okay?" Kira asked.
Nina shook her head and took a step back.
Kira frowned a little. "Nina please believes when I say that I won't do anything to harm you. It's for your own safety to keep what you learn here a secret. With the knowledge I might tell you, there will be plenty of different kind of people that will go after you if they learned what you're aware of." Kira told her.
Nina gulped nervously before nodding. "Okay." She said quietly.
Kira gave a gentle smile to reassure her. "Don't worry Nina, I promise you that I will never do anything to hurt you or anyone who I consider my friend." He moved his attention to all three girls. "You all want to know what I was doing with the United Worlds Federation. Am I correct?"
"Yes, why are you with them Kira? Could it be you're Japanese?" Milly inquired.
Kira scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Actually, I'm not even sure of anything about my ancestry." He admitted.
"Why?" Milly asked just as confused as the other two girls.
"I'm adopted and my ancestry is kinda vague. I even checked a little bit of my birth parents' history." He simply replied.
"Oh… sorry I asked." Milly said sincerely.
"It's not a big deal. I loved my adoptive parents and they love me back as though I was their own child." He assured her with a smile. "Even after I learned they weren't my real parents, I don't regret all the times I spent with them." Kira said before his expression became serious. "As for my involvement with the UWF, it's a long story. You'll have to sit down for this." Kira told them as they listened in interest.
"Where to begin… I'll start with my more recent history. Before the United Worlds Federation actually came to be, all of us were actually in different factions fighting against each other due to a misunderstanding. This was happening on another world which seemed to entirely setup as an experiment to study the possibilities of peace and how it is achieved." Kira began.
"The members of the UWF before it was formed were only fighting to find answers and a way back to their own world. Each and every single one of us decided to team up with people from the other universes to have a better chance of survival and fewer casualties. There were three factions at first before one dissolved with the members joining the other two. It finally came to a final battle between the two sides but one of our friends managed to stop the conflict before more lives could be lost by creating a link of understanding between all of us. It was then that the actual reason why all of us were fighting appeared before us."
"It was an actual sentient robot who called himself Knight Gundam who looks just like our mobile suits but wearing armor like the one medieval knight wears. Somehow, Knight Gundam had the power to bring others into this artificial world where he observed our actions. When we stopped fighting each other, he came to us and directly challenged many of us in a duel. It was far from an easy fight as Knight Gundam showed that he had the power to easily wipe out nations when we found out that the robot could use magic." Kira explained.
Nina timidly raised her hand a little bit. "I-I have a question."
"What is it?" Kira inquired.
"I don't think it's impossible for a robot to be sentient b-but how can a robot wield magic? Magic isn't real."
Kira chuckled slightly at this. "To be honest, I don't even know how something so mechanical could use magic in the first place. When I learned from other worlds from the others I was actually shocked. After the battle with Knight Gundam, I accepted that if a robot could use magic then there might be other worlds where magic does actually exist. It's just a hassle to try to explain this as scientifically as much as possible." Kira said with Nina slightly satisfied with the answer.
"Now as I was saying, we managed to defeat Knight Gundam before he teleported us to this world and gave us the task to stop Britannia's conquest of the world though." Kira said as the three girls tensed up slightly. "Relax, I don't hate Britannians. I just hate what they did to other countries and their beliefs in their own superiority."
"Kira is fighting the only way to solve this?" Shirley questioned.
The Coordinator had a sad look on his face before saying something. "I don't like fighting at all."
"Then why are you fighting in the first place?" She countered.
Kira sighed. "I've been fighting since I was 15." He said, shocking them. "It all started one day as sort of an accident for me. I was going through school with my friends in a neutral space colony named Heliopolis. Back then, my entire world was at war between two sides. One day, it all changed when one of the sides attacked the colony because of the secret weapons being made there which were the Gundam prototypes. I stumbled upon one of them myself and had to pilot it to protect my friends and the colony eventually."
"During the war, I finally came to a decision. I decided to fight only to stop the fighting. It was hard, but I wasn't alone in this. I had many great friends and comrades who stuck with me to the end through it all." Kira sighed heavily and took a deep breath.
"Why was your world at war?" Milly asked.
"It was because of genetics in the first place." Kira informed her, this got Nina's attention since she was always fond of science. "You see, there were two specific people. One was the Naturals and the others, Coordinators. Coordinators were people who had their genes altered during the embryonic stage of their life. Coordinators commonly had genetic manipulation to have enhanced traits such as faster learning, stronger and faster bodies that are virtually immune to diseases." This surprised the other girls greatly.
"If the Coordinators had genetic manipulation then the Naturals are normal humans without any of their genes being modified?" Nina questioned.
"You guessed it correctly. That's where the problem lies. As many Coordinators achieved great things, Naturals began to feel jealous of their counterparts and saw them as abominations of science. Disputes between Naturals and Coordinators went from a local level to out in space."
"Wait, did you say space?" Shirley asked incredulously. "How is that possible? The Britannian scientists haven't even invented space travel yet and you also said something about a space colony." She pointed out.
"That's one of the differences between our worlds I guess. Space travel has yet to be developed here while it is a common thing back in our worlds." He said before continuing and ignoring the looks of disbelief across their faces. "There was even a terrorist organization called the Blue Cosmos who devoted to wiping out all Coordinators." Kira said in disgust.
"How bad were they?" Milly asked seriously, noting the tone in his voice.
"Blue Cosmos were the reason the war started and dragged out so long in the first place. They were practically in control of one of the main military forces of the Naturals. Their hatred ran so deep that they destroyed a space colony made for Coordinators that was one of the few agricultural colonies in space. They hoped that destroying the colony starved all the other Coordinators in space which was only somewhat successful at first and began the long war. Coordinators now had a reason to distrust and hate the naturals. How could they not be after losing their loved ones on that one colony? Over 200,000 coordinators died that day and most were just civilians living a peaceful life."
Milly, Shirley, and Nina all wore expressions of horror at the prospect of the murder of so many civilians because of prejudice. They killed so many people just because they were different.
"Do the Blue Cosmos still exist on your world?" Milly asked.
"They do, but their influence has decreased significantly due to recent events that happened long before I came to this world. When the public found out about their influence and their crimes the Blue Cosmos lost a lot of support." Kira replied. "I'm just glad they aren't in control of the major militaries on Earth anymore. They've done a lot of unforgiveable things that I don't want to see repeated ever again."
"Kira, I can see that you went through a lot but forgive me for asking. What happened at the end of this war? You are still alive and telling us this after all."
"The war was known as the Bloody Valentine War… and for good reasons too since it started on Valentine's Day." The girls were further convinced that the war is tragic if it started on Valentine's Day which is the day everybody should express their love. "The 'Bloody' part can be backed up the fact the war was long at that the final battles almost resulted in total annihilation of both people." Kira said the last sentence seriously.
There was a question that went silently through the girls' minds. 'What could have happened during the final battles?'
"Kira… why do you fight now?" Milly asked quietly.
"I fight to protect those who cannot protect themselves. I do it because I was taught that if I had the ability to help others then I should use it to do just that. I don't like to fight; I'm truly honest about that. It's that sometimes people are so stubborn that they won't put down their weapons down willingly and talk through things peacefully. That's why I'm fighting right now." Kira said with his eyes full of determination.
Milly was silent as she mulled over the information she learned from Kira for a moment. "I think I understand you better now. Kira, I like to say thank you for trusting enough to tell us a little bit of the truth."
"You're welcome, Milly. I wasn't sure about how this might goes, but I feel a lot better now that I got this off my chest. By the way, remember to keep what you heard hear a secret." Kira told them.
"Of course, I promised you that I would. An Ashford always keeps their word." Milly declared proudly.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anybody this now that I know you're not a bad person after all." Shirley assures him.
Kira then looked at Nina, waiting for her response. "I-I won't say anything. My lips are sealed." She said quietly and a bit shyly.
Kira nodded appreciatively. "Thank you Nina, I'll be sure to prove that you can trust me."
"Wait, Kira I have a question." Milly stated.
Kira blinked. "What is it?"
"Is there anyone else at school a part of the UWF?" She questioned.
"Yes, but I think it's better if you hear from them yourselves. We'll get to that later. It's late now and I have to meet up with my friends to discuss about something." Kira told her.
"Alright, we have to go too but one more thing."
Kira raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "What is it?"
He was quickly surprised by how quick Milly pecked him on the cheek with her lips. Shirley and Nina were also shocked by their friend's action.
"That's you little reward for being honest with me." She winked playfully at him.
Kira was blushing as he hasn't really thought about pursuing a romantic relationship for a while. Milly noticed his blush and decided to push further.
"Oh my, look how hard your blush is. Could it be that you're more innocent than I thought?" She teased him.
"W-what? I-It's not like that. You just caught me by surprise that's all." Kira denied, embarrassed by the blonde's teasing.
Milly laughed a little at his embarrassment. "I'm just playing with you Kira. You know, you're kinda cute sometimes with how nice you are."
Kira coughed a little before regaining his composure a little bit. "Well, if that's all I will be going now. See you girls later." Kira said, waving goodbye while leaving.
Shirley was silent before speaking in interest at the look of interest on her friend's face. "Milly, do you by any chance like him?" She asked curiously.
"Maybe, or maybe not, who knows?" She said playfully.
Shirley pouted at this reply. They left the rooftop area as darkness of night quickly approaches.
Code Gundam Musou
In a warehouse, people are busily moving boxes of cargos important for their business. The cargos are the drug known as Refrain.
"Alright, you just need to sign this here and there. I'll be on my way to get more shipments and you can keep making money off the idiots." One man said.
"You know, why don't we move our business away from Elevens? It's not like there's gonna be much of them left soon anyway." Another said without a care at the cruelty of his words.
The first man laughed at what his associate said. "True, true but you might as well make money where you can, right?"
Suddenly, a hole was made on the wide steel door after a quick explosion, smoke now covering the entrance.
"What the hell!" One of the nearby drug dealers yelled in surprise.
Those words were responded by bullets flying into the building at them, killing some off quickly.
"Don't just stand there shoot back!" One of the leaders barked out.
The hired thugs fired back at the hole in the steel door, hoping to kill the intruders. They didn't hit anything.
Rapid gunshots rang out again from outside the hole and killed more of the thugs, forcing the drug dealers to back further into the building for safety.
Footsteps could be heard as a group wearing a familiar uniform stormed the warehouse with one person wearing a distinct purple outfit and mask. Drug dealers were now shocked and terrified at their discovery.
"I-I-It can't be? What is the UWF doing here of all places?" One person squeaked.
"The Black Knights have arrived!" Tamaki shouted out as he fired a few more shots.
"Black Knights?" Lelouch questioned as his Zero persona.
"What? I thought it'd be something cool to say." Tamaki shrugged before resuming firing his weapon.
'Hmmm, the black knights… that sounds quite nice. Maybe I can use it as a name for our group.' Zero thought as he directed his group on taking out the drug dealers.
As soon as the more of the area was cleared out, the Strike Lancelot came in, firing its CWIS guns at the remaining drug dealers and their hire guns.
"Damn, a Knightmare! We can't handle that!"
"Screw it, this isn't worth my life!"
The remaining drug merchants and hired guns became more scattered as the skirmish continued to be against them every second of it. As Lelouch's group scoured the building of any remaining enemies, Kallen came across a room of Refrain users already under the effect of the drug.
There was one person that stood out from the others. This person was currently talking to hallucinations of her children. It was her mother; Kallen's mother is using Refrain!
"Mom, how weak could you be? First you bowed to the system then you bowed to that man. Now, you even bowed down before this!" Kallen cried out in frustration as she saw the scene being played out before her.
"Now, now Kallen be careful with that. Naoto, please look after your sister." Her mother said as she continued under her dream-like behavior.
"You… you… you need to let go of him." Kallen said quietly.
Zero watched as his group gathered the drug to be disposed of as he knows how to. Everything was going to plan as he predicted until he heard something outside the warehouse.
The source of the disturbance made itself known as a Britannian police model Knightmare entering the scene toward where Kallen is.
"Dammit, Tamaki you said there would be no police activity here tonight!" Kent yelled.
"What? I told you that I knew for sure that they have no patrols here at this time!" Tamaki argued.
That led Lelouch to one conclusion when he heard Tamaki. 'The police have already been corrupted in order to allow illegal activities concerning drugs to go unchecked, just what you'd expect from the great Britannia.' Lelouch thought sarcastically.
"Kallen, there's an enemy Knightmare from the police force coming for you. Neutralize it quick!" warned Lelouch.
"Roger." Kallen responded quickly by raising the Strike Lancelot's shield to block a few bullets fired from the police Knightmare's own gun.
The enemy was not deterred by the shield as it continued to charge at the Strike Lancelot. As the police Knightmare got close enough, it brought out its tonfa and rammed straight into the area where the civilians are currently under the effect of Refrain, crashing the Strike Lancelot to the side.
Surprisingly, no one was hurt in the initial impact as the Strike Lancelot remains unscathed from the attack due to its Phase Shift armor. The Strike Lancelot slowly rises up as Kallen's eyes narrowed at her opponent. However, her mind is not completely on the battle.
"This is one annoying pest…" She muttered as she waited for her opponent's next attack to counter.
Her opponent dashed at her again with the tonfa, confident that Kallen is inexperienced. Just as Kallen moved her shield in place to block the hit, she saw something from the corner of her eyes at one of the camera. Her mother walked aimlessly into the middle of their fight, forcing Kallen to block the attack and hold her back from doing so with the Strike Lancelot's other arm.
"Just go away…" Kallen said quietly. The police Knightmare continued to bash at the shield under the illusion that the enemy has been driven into a corner.
"Kallen, where are you?" Her mother said in a peaceful voice, full of love.
"I told you to go away…" Kallen said, even more frustrated as she slowly gripped the Strike Lancelot's hand around her mother.
The police Knightmare continued its assault although less enthusiastic than before since the shield doesn't seem to show any signs of yielding. It finally decided to back away to try an alternative method.
Kallen's mother chuckled lightly as she seems to be looking at a hallucination of her daughter as a younger child. "There you are my Kallen. I've been looking everywhere for you, you know?" She said amusedly which served to irritate Kallen further.
"Why mother… why can't you just leave me alone?" Kallen said quietly, tears started to form around her eyes.
"I love you Kallen and there will be nothing that can ever change that. I'm there for you and I will always be here when you need me." Her mother replied, unknowingly she said that to the real Kallen instead of the one she sees in her dream-like state.
Kallen's head shot up and let out a light gasp at her mother's words. Then she remembered what someone told her this morning.
"Have you ever thought that maybe she stayed for you?"
"You know, it's not too late to find out and reconcile with your mother. I would know since my older brother is dead and we haven't seen each other for years since we were kids." Lockon's words ran through her mind once more.
"So that's why you stayed…" The Strike Lancelot began to rise as it places Kallen's mother to walk in another direction while still under the effect of Refrain. The police Knightmare tried charging again in effort to destroy its opponent. "All this time… I've thought you holding onto something meaningless, but you were holding onto me. You wanted to be there for me!" She cried out, the burden in her heart finally lifted as she parried the blow from her opponent and struck him dead with a beam saber stabbed through the torso and its cockpit.
"Thank you mom for being there for me all this time…" Kallen sobbed quietly as she kicked away the defeated enemy machine. "I'm sorry for ever doubting you."
Kallen put away the beam saber into its compartment since there's no further need for it. She searched around the area for any remaining enemy before Ohgi showed up.
"Kallen, it looked like you had no problem dealing with the enemy. Nice job as always." He praised her.
"Ohgi, is the operation going as planned?"
"Yeah, Zero and the others gathered all the drugs into one place. They're currently starting the process of disposal with the stuff. You should check to make sure there are no unintended visitor catch us off guard. " said Ohgi.
"Ohgi?"
"Yes, Kallen?"
"Do you think we could get my… mother so she could be treatment to help her?" Kallen asked.
"Sure, I suppose our allies can help after all. Wait… treatment? Kallen, your mother is here?!" Ohgi exclaimed, shocked at this recent information.
"Yes, that's why I'm asking you to go get her."
Ohgi nodded. "Don't worry; I'm sure the guys are more than willing enough to help her."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, Kallen. I have to look after my best friend's sister after all or he'll never rest in peace."
Code Gundam Musou
"What the…" Kamille started in shock.
"hell are those doing here!" Judau shouted.
"Tch, to think that bastard had these all along!" Mu shouted as all three teams stared at their respective enemy.
Each enemy is a giant machine that resembled the shape of a human with a familiar v-shaped part on its head. Each is painted a sandy brown in order to blend with the environment of the desert. The enemy stood tall with a separable shield on its left arm, each finger is a gun barrel along with additional beam gun placements in the chest and head. The enemy loomed over the Gundams at a height that's more than twice the size of any Gundam. What stood out was the large symbol on the shield depicting a large tri-pointed gold star with a majestic phoenix on the front.
These machines are known as one of the most horrific abominations and greatest advancements in Mobile Armor of the Universal Century timeline: they are the Psycho Gundams.
"All hail Dark Axis!" The enemy Gundams declared in a deep, distorted voice that boomed within the area.
Notes
So now you all know the name of the enemy faction. Things are gonna get a little chaotic in the near future.
Omake
Identity Crisis Part 2
A pink-haired with a straight-golden hair clip on the front left side of her hair is walking through town with her pink Haro while humming a cheerful tune. This is Lacus Clyne, a pacifist and chairwoman of PLANTS council. She went into a clothing store and looked through all assortments of clothes. She picked up a pile of clothes she wanted to try out and went to the dressing room.
Just as she was about to enter the dressing room, she saw a girl with pink hair like hers and same colored eyes with a pile of clothes just like her.
They didn't move for a few seconds before making motions that mimicked each other surprisingly well. They both waved at each other at the same time. Then they tilted their body to the left and right. They both took three steps back then four steps forward. They peered into each other eyes for a moment before coming to face to face with their barely any space between their noses.
They just stared at each other while other people passed them and thought they were twins or something of the like.
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They broke their gaze from each other and picked up their piles of clothes. They went to the dressing room and tried on the various clothes. After that, they purchased the clothes that they do like all while somehow doing the same thing simultaneously.
Lacus got home as her friend greeted her.
"Welcome home Lacus." Cagalli greeted her as she was moving a wooden board.
"What's with the board?"
"It's just a little pet project of mine I'm doing with Athrun and Kira." She responded. "By the way, how was your day?"
"Well…" She began.
At the same time the other pink-haired girl came home with her purchases in her bag.
"I'm home." She said as someone came to see her.
"Lelouch, Euphie is back!" The brunette yelled toward behind her.
"Alright, I hear you Nunnally!" A male voice replied.
Said girl turned around to face Euphie. "So how was your day?"
"It was normal as usual until I came across mirror that looked very realistic. It's almost as I could actually touch my own reflection!" Both pink-haired girls said at the same time.
"Uuh… okay." Nunnally and Cagalli replied awkwardly.
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