Phase X:Narita Arc part II: Black Knights vs. the Slayers
(Darlton's theater of war)
Darlton and his men where leading the charge up the slopes.
"Be prepared for when the enemy comes out in…..what do they call them?" Darlton asked.
"Burai sir". One of his subordinates replied.
"Ah! yes, just watch out for the thing which looks like a Glasgow" Darlton replied, just then they came under fire from enemy units, and they stopped they're advance and started returning fire.
(Cornelia's theater of operation)
She and her royal guard where advancing across the mountain, when suddenly she saw a squadron of Burai's coming out from a trap door in front of them.
"Princess, I'd think it's best if you'd stay behind and let us take care of this" Guilford said towards Cornelia.
"Guilford, don't treat me like one of your women!" Cornelia said and she charged the three Burai's in front of her.
"Princess wait!" Guilford said as he saw her scream.
"It's Cornelia!" one of the Burai pilots said on his speaker.
"Calm down! Take down they're leader!" another one said, and the three of them started firing at Cornelia.
"Insignificant, weaklings! " Cornelia said as she made a 180 degrees slash with her rocket lance and hit all three of the Burai where knocked down, the first and second hit where disabled and the third Cornelia impaled on her lance.
She then turned to the right and launched a slash harken at a machine gun turret and destroyed it.
"It can't be helped, we will provide support for you" Guilford said with a smile on his face with an exhale from his lungs.
"Cornelia is here! Whoever thinks he can claim my head, LET HIM COME!" she said over the speakers.
Katase looked at the video display and saw the massive difference between the two armies.
"First squadron is now down to 50% strength".
"Major Nakamura has been killed"
"Captain Jimbey if reporting heavy assault on his position"
Katase listened to the reports, and despite the sheer difference in firepower he was calm, for Todoh was with the JLF, he had now gone to his hanger to start his attack with the Shiseiken.
"Todoh with you here the Kamikaze now blows once more, show me the miracle of Itsukushima one more time!" Katase said in his mind and continued to watch the flow of battle.
(Cornelia's position)
A flare went up from Dalton's position, signaling that her Knight had located the headquarters of the rebels.
"We'll secure our position here." She ordered, speaking to Guilford and the rest of her escort over the radio smiling at the Knight's enquiry "Send a reserve force to back up Dalton…looks like he'll be getting another medal."
(Narita peak, Lelouch's position)
"As expected of you sister, a well thought off deployment and strategy, as soon as you find the position of the main entrance, you will no doubtable concentrate all your forces there…..under normal circumstances that would work, let us hope it works today as well" Lelouch said to himself.
(Euphemia's position,Mobile command center)
"We've determined that the enemy's main trust is from this side of the mountain, and our sending all off our forces to that location" one of the commanding officers told Euphemia who was watching the battle on the electronic field map.
Just then the map started to become blurry.
"Enemy's ECM, if they activated it knows it means they're toughing in their last trough of the dice" another officer informed Euphie.
(Todoh's position Narita forest)
Todoh had used a hidden underground pass to move from the command cottage and to his troops position, he watched trough a pair of binoculars the Brittannian army clustering into one big behemoth.
"Tell the artillery positions on the surrounding peaks to start firing, also tell the fox holes that they have permission to fire at will" he said towards one of his officers, he then turned towards his force of Five Burai Kai, 10 regular Burai's and about 70 tanks and said.
"All units follow me to battle, today we finish what was started at Itsukushima!" he said and they all cheered and roared and followed him in the charge.
(Cornelia's theater)
Cornelia watched her field map, as it showed numerous hidden enemy units appear all around them.
"My lady the reserve force from myself and Alex cannot deploy, apparently mine fields who were deactivated have been activated , also fox holes who remained hidden during our initial attack have started firing at us" Darlton told her over the phone.
"Looks like Todoh is truly a man not to be trifled with, maintain your position until reinforcements break through, do not attempt to assault the summit without back up!" Cornelia replied.
"Understood!" Darlton replied.
All of a sudden shells started to fall on her army, and she realized Todoh plan.
Todoh used the main base as bait in order to get her troops to funnel up into one tight zone, the foxholes we're being used not to stop them from reaching the summit, but to trap them on the mountain!
While artillery pieces from the surrounding peaks would decimate their formation!
(Kallen's position, third hangar)
Kallen waited impatiently for this battle, her first time in a real army, first time against Brittannia.
"It's pay back for Shinjuku" she said to herself.
"Everyone listen up, we've just got permission to attack, we head towards our designated pozition and block off any enemy units who attempt to escape!" Oughi said towards the other resistance members and they all rushed out of the door, which was situated a few dozen feet from the peak.
They were out in the open, when all of a sudden a hail of fire disabled Sugiyama's Burai.
Kallen immediately jumped and ran and dodge the hail of fire, she then looked up towards the peak with the rest of the "Slayers" as was Oughi's group nickname and saw five Sutherlands and a white knightmare.
"Hey! Isn't that….." Tamaki said a bit shocked while looking up.
"Yes! It's that white knightmare from Kawaguchi and Shinjuku!"Oughi replied.
"That means…..!" Inoue said.
"Zero! So you've come out on the front lines!" Kallen said towards Lelouch up on the peak.
"Hooo! I am flattered you recognized me and my black knights, and judging from your moves you must be the pilot of the Red Knightmare from Shinjuku, I was quite impress with the security footage, shall we Dance?Lady Devil?" he replied to her.
At this Kallen angrilly prepared to charge him, but was stopped when Suzaku Suddenly jumped in front of her.
(Lancelot mobile transport unit)
"Hooo! That knightmare looks pretty strong; we should be able to see something interesting now!" Lloyd said with glee.
"Lord Lloyd! Suzaku may be killed, you lack discretion!" Cecile responded but she was too concerned for Suzaku to continue the argument and also continued to watch the fight.
"Eh did I say something wrong? I wasn't aware"
"Would you like a detailed explanation?"
"Err, no I'll pass."
"Japan's revenge is here and now" she said and she lunged herself at Lancelot.
Suzaku immediately fired three rounds at her, Kallen was able to doge the bullets.
Kallen then charged and Suzaku lunged out with a kick from the left leg, Kallen caught it with her right arm and activated the radiation wave. Suzaku Knightmare was equipped with a special extra footing for rocky terrain and upon seeing this he immediately detached the extra footing.
Kallen then pulled out her knife attempted a to stab the Lancelot in the head, Suzaku ducked and hit the Guren with his right elbow which pushed Kallen back and then he fired a few rounds from his Varis rifle towards the Guren.
"Take care of her Lancelot; the rest of us will attack the rest of her squadron!" Lelouch said and they engaged The Slayers.
"Lelouch clashed with Oughi, Viletta with Inouye, Kewell with Yoshida and Jeremiah with Tamaki and Sugiyama.
Kallen immediately maneuvered backwards and dodged the bullets, she then began to charge Suzaku again.
"My God! It's as fast as the Lancelot!" He said and then pulled out his sword and prepared to fight I n melee.
"If I can just take him down! " Kallen screamed as she dodged another bullet.
Suzaku then kicked towards her the other extra footing on his left foot and Kallen deflected it with her knife; Kallen then jumped into the air and landed behind him ,Suzaku quickly turned around and Kallen did a whirlwind slash with her Radiation Wave arm Suzaku ducked back and to the left to avoid it, Kallen then did a whirlwind kick with her right leg, forcing Suzaku to a handstand to avoid it and to quickly propel himself from that position into the air to put some distance between the two of them.
Suzaku landed 60 feet behind her; Kallen turned around and started charging him again towards the Lancelot. Suzaku fired his slash harkens towards Kallen and she blocked them with her Radian wave and destroyed them.
"That's your weapon" Kallen said and made another wide slash with her Radiation wave arm, Suzaku was forced to jump and dodge the blow, but Kallen managed to smash the Varis rifle, he then began to turn in mid air and attacked Kallen with a series of merciless slashes with his sword while his body was spinning.
Kallen caught the sword and destroyed it with her radiation wave arm, Suzaku quickly acted and before Kallen could respond he grabbed her two arms just below the wrists and now their battle was know a clash of strength, the first one who managed to push the other one would win and both pushed their land spinners at maximum and both where now in a contest of strength.
(Mobile command center)
"Enemy units are appearing out of the surrounding forests" one officer said.
"No wonder we did not see them coming, they didn't used the roads!"Another one said
"Prince Lelouch has engaged they're final reserve and are holding against them"
"Then let's have the Viceroy fall back towards this position and….." another one said
"WAIT! Something is moving behind the Viceroy!" Euphemia said as she watched the tactical map.
(Cornelia's Theater of operations)
"What! Lelouch is has been attacked!" Cornelia said towards Guilford.
"Yes it seem the enemy had one of its units deploy no to far from his position" Guilford replied towards his liege.
"Very well, we mus go and give my brother support, ALL UNITS PREPARE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE PEAK!" she said and was prepared to do that, but suddenly her radar detected enemy forces not to far from her own position.
"All units prepare for battle!"Todoh said to his men.
"Burai Kai's will attack Cornelia"
"The rest of the force will hit the enemy's back and flanks" Todoh said over the comm.
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
The four holy swords replied.
"Capture Cornelia and victory will be ours, take revenge for what happened seven years ago!"
"Yes sir ! By our honor as the four holy swords!"
"Yes sir! By our honor as the four holy swords!"
"Yes sir! By our honor as the four holy swords!"
"Yes sir! By our honor as the four holy swords!"
"What!" Cornelia said and she turned her head towards the direction where her radar showed enemy units.
Todoh Burai was seen as he jumped upon one the Gloucester and cut it down with his sword.
"Protect her highness!" Guilford said to his men.
A Gloucester next to Todoh quickly tried to charge him, but Todoh cut him down with his sword and continued his attack.
The four holy swords then came out behind him and followed him to battle.
"The Japan Liberation Front!" Cornelia said panicked, but not for herself, for she was used to combat, she was afraid for Lelouch, since now she could go to support him if she was attacked directly herself.
One of the Gloucester's started firing at Todoh, but he dodged "Circle and destroy the enemy" he said to his subordinates and then slashed the Gloucester at the torso, destroying it.
"Don't think of this as just on ordinary Burai!" Todoh said to his enemy.
"This reminds me of seven years ago!" Asahina said to his comrades.
"But it's different now, this time we have knightmares as well" Chiba replied.
"Your highness leaves them to us, you have to withdraw for now!" Guilford said as his lance clashed with Todoh's sword.
"Very well, I know a way to turn this around.
Guilford!" Cornelia told her knight.
"Yes!" he replied.
"After you drive them back, meet me at point nine" Cornelia ordered Guilford.
"Nine? I understand!" Guilford replied with a soft smile on his face.
"Cornelia!"
"Cornelia!" two of the four holy swords replied and charged towards her.
She fired her slash harkens at her; they both deflected them with their swords.
"You weaklings "Cornelia said and charged forward, Cornelia trusted forward with her lance, it was parried by one of the Burai Kai's with his blade and she used this to escape.
"Hold on Lelouch! I'll take down Todoh and then I'll come to hell you…..please god ….protect my little brother long enough for me to get to him" she said to herself as she continued on her way towards point nine.
Guilford and Todoh both continued to clash blades.
"I'd heard of Todoh and his reputation as a military commander, but I never thought he was this proficient!" Guilford thought in his mind
(Meanwhile at Darlton and Alex fronts)
Darlton was heavily bombarded from all sides, they're drive towards the peak had become a fight for survival.
He knew they could not go back, since on an assault on mountainous terrain the most skilled pilots got the fastest to the top, meaning the lesser skillet ones would fall back behind, and that was where the JLF main counterattack was at its strongest and with the fox holes and flank attacks combined with artillery from the surrounding mountains had turned their side of the Narita mountain into a death trap.
"We cannot go back since our own forces are so tightly packed, if we stay here where dead, so we must break through the sides of the front and we win!" Darlton said to his men.
"But if we manage to keep them in that pocket long enough, myself and the four holy swords can crush the royal guard and capture Cornelia!" Todoh told himself in his mind.
"Meaning! This battle's outcome can be for either side" Jeremiah said as he disabled Yoshida's knightmare making the cockpit eject and now turned towards Tamaki.
"Only the heaven's now know which side will prevail!" Lelouch said to himself as he clashed his stun tonfas with Oughi's, Oughi then pushed Lelouch against the side of one peaks rock trapping him.
"We will destroy you Zero and reclaim Japan!" Oughi said over the speakers.
"So your plan is to gain the freedom of your people, by killing the only member of the royal family who cares about Japan and actually did something that benefited it's people…That IS THRULLY A BRILLIAN PLAN!" Lelouch said in a mocked tone which highlighted the sheer idiocy of Oughi's words.
"No!...That….that's not it!" Oughi was taken aback and realized just what he said.
Sensing that he was mentally distracted Lelouch crouched down, making Oughi trust his tonfas into the rock behind Lelouch, Lelouch then put his arms around Oughi's abdomen and pushed hard forward pining Oughi's Burai on the ground and of the Burai turned on his right side.
Lelouch then jumped on him blocked Oughi's remaining free hand with his own left and told the recently promoted major the following words.
"Well, you gained rank because people though you killed my brother, you built your power base on that lie, NOW THE TRUTH COMES TO LIGHT!" Lelouch said with his thundering voice and he raised his right tonfa to a now terrified Oughi.
"Well Leader of the Slayers, I tell you an idiot like you could even hit the ground with his head, and since I am a nice guy I will be happy to help you do that!" Lelouch prepared to smash Oughi's cockpit and crush the resistance leader, "General look out behind you!" Suzaku's voice was heard over the comm. Lelouch turned around and saw the Guren coming at him full speed.
"You will not harm Oughi!" Kallen said and she slashed her Radiation wave arm at Lelouch, to which he quickly rolled of Oughi and managed to avoid the blow, but he was now lying on the ground
Kallen then jumped into the air over Oughi and was prepared to land on Lelouch and smash him with her Radiation wave, and in anticipation activated it before she made impact.
Lelouch managed to roll to the right before the Radiation wave hit him and avoid it, but because the Radiation Vawe was activated, combined with the fact that Kallen trusted it with fool strength towards Lelouch position, combined with the fact that she had jumped and had the inertia from falling to help her made the arm penetrate the ground until it hit a water deposit just six feet below the surface, and since the radiation wave was still on its full energy was now discarded into the water.
Just then the ground started to shake.
"Lady Devil what have you done!" Lelouch said towards Kallen and both Black knights and Slayers stopped fighting and watched in horror as a mud slide was forming right bellow their feat, they all tried to run but it was too late and they were all caught in the flow.
(Darlton theater of operation)
"A bloody mudslide, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" he said and launched his slash harkens into the rock, others did the same thing, but most weren't fast enough.
The same thing happened at Guilford's position, however he was on the edge of the mud slide, so the force of it was not as strong, but he, his comrades and Todoh and the Shiseiken were all caught into the current.
(Lancelot transport vehicle)
"VOW! This is pretty strange" Lloyd said
"Do you think it's man made?" Cecile asked.
"What! That's highly impossible, you'd need something like Laksharta's radiation wave in order to do something like this" he responded towards Cecile.
Meanwhile.
Lelouch was now recuperating from the mud slide, at first he was puzzled why his knightmare was still intact, and then after a moment he realized why!
It was just like Siberia when they assaulted the Honey Comb, since they we're positioned where the mudslide started they were able to ride it like they rode the tidal wave.
He activated his field map and started contacting his subordinates.
He saw that Jeremiah's knightmare had been washed down right into the city, Kewell and Viletta where apparently with Darlton, Suzaku was in Cornelia region, he also saw the position of the enemy, even though they were fewer now thanks to the mudslide, but also the Brittanian army had suffered significant damage.
The radar then burned out, probably due to damage from the mudslide.
Just then heavy rain clouds blackened the sky, and heavy rain started to pour over Narita.
"Great! I'm alone, in a forest, blind to my surroundings and with a creepy atmosphere, all that's left is a Predator who communicates with the dialect skills of a cricket to become visible before me and WE HAVE OUR MOVIE!" he said with a sarcastic tone in his voice.
Just then his alarm rang and he quickly dodged a hail of bullets from his right, after that a knightmare jumped out from its hidden position.
"Speak of the Devil!" Lelouch said out loud.
Before him was the Guren, it was dirty with mud, but the rain, the darkened view from the clouds, the lightning bolts which started to appear made it seem like a real devil had appeared.
"Literally!" Lelouch said and he quickly went over the of a list of things he could do in this situation in his head.
"Out maneuvering it is impossible, because it's power, retreating is improbable because of its speed, so what is left to do"he said to himself, he then quickly threw something into the air in the general direction of the Guren and then charged it while shouting "if I can't retreat and if I can't maneuver then there's only one thing left for me to do is to attack AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
(Cornelia's position point nine)
"Lelouch answer my call Darlton come in, Alex report, Guilford, is anybody out there!" she called over the radio, from the tactical map on her Gloucester she saw that a mudslide had started where Lelouch position was and she prayed to God he was alright, she saw that what was left of the JLF and the Brittannian army was fighting it out.
"First thing I have to do is make contact with friendly forces", she said and she moved towards the nearest friendly beacon.
She was almost there when suddenly four Burai's with swords appeared in front of her.
"It's Cornelia! We must capture her!" Chiba said to her comrades and they started circling around her.
Cornelia was now trapped, surrounded by hostile forces.
(Narita city)
Jeremiah had just woken up from the temporary faintness the impact from hitting some mass of body.
He immediately noticed his Sutherland was stopped by some kind of cylinders and carboard juice containers in a small warehouse.
He left the warehouse and realized it was a paint warehouse and his Sutherland was covered in it, he looked in a nearby window glass which had survived the mudflow into town and realized his knightmare was now ORANGE.
Oranges where the one bloody food which he hated with all his heart, and now he was saved by BLOODY ORGANE:S AND BLOODY ORANGE PAINT!'
"HEH! I am the Orange goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob!" he said with a chuckle and continued on his way out of town to link up with his commander, just then he noticed another knightmare was on the street.
It was not a friendly one, but it belonged to the JLF.
Jeremiah unsheathed his tonfas and said towards the enemy knightmare and said:
"Brigadier General Jeremiah Gotwald, his majesty prince Lelouch knights and second in command of the 42nd armed corps"
The opposing knightmare gave a slight bow and said:
"Colonel Todoh Kyoshiro, second to General Katase and commander of the JLF knightmare core" he said and raised his sword above his head and prepared to attack.
Both of them just stood there for a moment, and then the theme from The Good the Bad and the Ugly started playing suddenly on a radio that was turned on and somehow managed to survive the landslide.
Todoh and Jeremiah both stared at each other and the music started to make their blood boil.
The whistles started dying and the guitar part started playing and Jeremiah crossed his tonfas and Todoh prepared for an attack.
The town clock bell started ringing and the song reached the part where the trumpets started, a lightning bolt flashed in the background and both Jeremiah and Todoh charged at each other.
Authors note
Yeah I know the part was kind of cheese with the town bell and the showdown, but I love Clint Eastwood.
So here's how I left them:
Lelouch vs. Kallen
Suzaku lost
"Jeremiah vs Todoh
Read and review, let me know if I should continue.