Code Geass: The Iron Prince Chapter 44: Turn XVIII: War and Peace, a code geass fanfic

Turn XVIII: War and Peace.

Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia.

"The year 1805 could in essence be named the year of infamy because of it's consequences.

Two months before his decisive battle tu Austerlitz Napoleon took command of the French and Spanish Fleet and engaged the enemy at Trafalgar, the emperor remembering Nelson's prowess at the Battle of the Nile decided that he 'would test the merit of this English aristocrat"

That day was filled with an unusual cold wind which chilled to the bone.

Nelson's tactic was that while the French would traditionally align their fleet in a horizontal line, he would hit them with two vertical lines, one too cut the French in two and the second to envelope and destroy one of the half's, this was a variation of the wedge formation attack used in land warfare.

Against a normal soldier it would work, but not against Napoleon.

Nelson deployed his ships and initially made a feint towards the French then both columns raced towards the center, Napoleon upon seeing this immediately realized Nelson's plan to pound the front of the French Ships with the English side cannons, the most effective way to win a naval battle.

Napoleon then did the unthinkable, he ordered the center to turn so 90 degrees, this nullified Nelsons'' indentations, the two left wings of the fleet where then to envelope the enemy from the sides, in the confusion in which Nelson and his flagship found themselves when they engaged the Bucentaure made it impossible for him to receive information, and he could not relay orders until it was too late Napoleon's ships upon encircling the English fleet now started to fire them from the side as they passed and in doing so they applied Nelson's intention of hitting the front or rear of the enemy with the side of your own ship against him.

In 40 minutes the battle was over, Nelson was brought before Napoleon and it was recorded that upon meeting him Napoleon said :"They tell me ,are you Nelson?"

At which Nelson replied "I am afraid I am"

Napoleon then left the fleet and joined his Grande Armee to fight at Austerlitz.

After Trafalgar and Austerlitz Napoleon would invade England, Ireland and Scotland, the Emperor then waged a constant defensive was against Russia, but he hesitated to go invade it, some say that cold day at Trafalgar put the fear of mother nature into him.

The financial strain of the war made Napoleon put great taxes and military conscripts on the countries of Europe, the remainder of the various defeated armies of Europe and peasants who suffered at the hands of Napoleon all made a great exodus to America, the last sanctuary of the old order.

Since Napoleon's government was a sort of Republic initially, great antirepublican sentiment appeared, whenever a Brittannian asked why he would serve an autocratic monarchial Empire instead of a democratic Republic the answer would always be " Monarchy Breeds Kings, Democracy Breeds Mongrels like Bonaparte.

And so that was how the Holy Brittannian Empire was born.

Before Waterloo Napoleon made plans for an expedition to America to finish the job, but he died before it could be put in to practice.

As he lay dying it was recorded that he said "Finish the job Ney, if we let them go today, they will come back tomorrow"

(Tokyo government Building)

Lelouch and Cornelia where with the other Black Knight commanders and that of Cornelia's army in a meeting to decide the future.

"The plans for the coup seem well made, but in order for us to have success father must be absent, are you sure that he was still in that strange room when you departed from it Lelouch?" Cornelia said.

After Akasha Lelouch had told them, minus Schneizell, Euphie and Nunnally everything about Geass or at least his version of it, at this point it was useless to conceal it from them, Schneizell was left out because he being the second most powerful man in Brittannia probably knew of it, and from that Lelouch advice they do not tell him since he must ne directly or indirectly involved with Geass, and as for Euphie and Nunnally the collective agreed that the innocent should not carry this burden

"Positive..also we should focus our attention to the upcoming war, we should leave the coup for after it, since it would be seen as a bad omen if the king was deposed in the middle of a war" Lelouch replied.

"Agreed, for our strategy we have the following: Half off our forces including those which are arriving from the mainland will defend Japan, the other half will invade the U.F.N from our territories in Asia and Europe" Darlton added.

"The 8th army will be moved to Tokyo and along with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Black Knights army be its defense, Myself and Kewell will guard Kyushu" Viletta added.

"Also there is something you all should know, I received a report from Schneizell that he developed some kind of super bomb and it is scheduled to arrived in a few weeks" Cornelia added.

"Regardless of whatever monstrosity Schneizell has created this time we must not depend on raw power or superior technology, it is safe to assume that the enemy also has something up his sleeve and we should not get overconfident with that." Lelouch said to those assembled.

A few minutes later the meeting was adjourned and Lelouch decided to something unconventional and so he got in his limousine.

As soon as he entered the car he closed his eyes in exhaustion.

"Had a rough day? I suppose so with your responsibilities" a female voice said and Lelouch immediate opened his eyes and was surprised to see to whom in belonged too.

"Shirley ! Rivals! What are you doing here and why are you in a Black Knight uniform?" Lelouch asked puzzled, Rivals was in the drivers seat

"Well….you see…"Shirley said as she fidgeted with her finger in embarrassment.

"Well Shirley got tired of you not hanging with us anymore so she asked to join the Black Knight and it now she's your aid du camp" Millie's voice was heard from right next to the car.

"Millie! What do you think this is? Some club? This is war!" Lelouch angrily spat out, but upon seeing the disappointed look on Shirley's face he immediately mellowed down.

"….The basic job for an aide is that when I give an order he transmits that order to my officers, if you fell you are up to the task you can keep the job, but while we are in the presence of soldiers you will address me as sir, you will not call me Lulu, is that understood Lieutenant Fenette?" Lelouch added and at this Shirley eagerly said yes and saluted…with her left hand.

(Suzaku's room)

After a long day in meetings Suzaku was looking forward to a nice afternoon nap, when a knock on the door was heard.

He went to answer it and was surprised to see Euphie at the door.

"Euphie! What are you doing here?" he asked as she entered his room.

"What do you mean? Can't a girl visit her boyfriend?" she said as she placed her arms around his shoulders.

"But….but your sisters here….if she finds us…ugh…" Suzaku protested but as interrupted by a sudden kiss from Euphie, a moment later they were both on the bed, unknown to Suzaku it was the very reason why Cornelia was hear that she decided to visit him, the thrill of getting caught and all.

(Tokyo park)

Lelouch along with Rivals, Shirley and Jeremiah where all in the park, Jeremiah was wearing a Jeremiah mask, Lelouch was in his Zero costume, the thing was nobody thought he was the real deal since he was selling balloons in the shape of the Black Knights command knightmares.

"Are you really Zero mister? " a little girl asked him innocently.

"Why yes my dear lady, it is I Zero the Man of Miracles which destroys nations and rebuilds them!" Lelouch said, the only problem was that he was making it such a hammy performance that everyone present laugh their ass off.

After the balloons had in most part been sold, with the exception of Jeremiah's Siegfried which he was selling, Lelouch, Rivals, Shirley where sitting on a bench and relaxing.

"Well this was unexpected! Not that I don't mind, but why did you come here to sell balloons Lelouch?" Rivals asked his friend.

"Redemption" Lelouch replied.

"Redemption?" Shirley asked.

"Yes…redemption…I have made many sins by fighting in this war, made many enemies with my reforms, and spilled gallons of blood with my army, I wanted to see if some good really came out of all my actions…..just look at this city, a man from two years ago would thing it was from eight years ago from before the invasion…and I wanted to see if the people both numbers and citizens are happy under my reign" Lelouch replied and to this both Shirley and Rivals where surprised, Shirley for her part her heart skipped a beat, upon hearing Lelouch's confession.

Jeremiah for his part was sulking.

"It's true that the Prince as my leader has a greater fan base than me, and it's true that the Lancelots are cooler than the Siegfried, but….." Jeremiah lamented as he remembered that almost every customer he had when he asked for a balloon he said I want one of the Orange's.

"I want a flying Orange "

"It's not an Orange, it's called the Siegfried!"

"I want a mecha Orange!"

"It's not an Orange, it's called the Siegfried!"

"I want super Orange!"

"It's not an Orange, it's called the Siegfried!"

"Is the name Siegfried really so hard to remember!" Jeremiah screamed in his head.

Just then a woman came next to him and said.

"I'd like one Siegfried balloon please"

At this Jeremiah snapped, he got up to his feet and said

"IT'S NOT A SIEGFRIED, ITS' CALLED THE ORANGE!" and upon immediately realizing what he said he snapped.

"Did…did I just, oh dam it!" he said lamenting that he had just acknowledged his citrus nature.

Just then he looked and saw that his customer was Sayoko.

"Ah, Sayoko-san, which one would you like" he said as he gave her a ribbon to tie on whichever balloon she liked.

At this Sayoko smiled, and tied the balloon on Jeremiah's collar button and said "I want this one".

She then started walking away from the scene, dragging Jeremiah along.

"But…but miss Sayoko!" Jeremiah now protested, while he blushed greatly from his situation.

"Marshall Jeremiah, you are my prisoner, if you protest I will punish you!" She said softly and at this Jeremiah surrendered and let Sayoko drag him off 'for interrogation'.

(Streets of Tokyo)

Diethard Reed was going round the military camps in the city and interviewing the soldiers fro the upcoming war.

"So what do you think about facing the Slayers one more time?" he asked one Brittannian infantry man.

"Why we will whip them! Always have always will !" He said much to the approval of those around him.

"And you soldier, which regiment are you from and what is your opinion?" he asked Naoto Kan.

"761st and damn proud of it!" he replied.

"Hell Yeah!" the other members of the regiment cheered for their comrade.

"What I don't get is why everyone is so afraid of the Slayers, the only thing they slay is their own reputation" Naoto added and every soldier around all got a good laugh out off that.

"I don't mean to be rude, but what gives you such high confidence?" Diethard asked.

"Well the Iron Prince is with us and that sir is the reason we shall win this!" Lieutenant Hagen said to Diethard.

"Awhooooooooooo!" the other members of the regiment shouted is compliance the Black Battle cry with Hagan's words.

"As far as moral seems to be concerned that is no problem" Reed said to himself as e continued to interview the soldiers.

(Suzaku's room)

"Hey Kururugi, about your relationship with my sister I have come to a decision…." Cornelia said as she entered his room…

….only to see Suzaku lying on his bed with Euphie on top of him, obviously in the horse ridding position on his lap.

"S-Sister Cornelia…..nice to see you today." Euphie said to Cornelia who was momentarily stoned from what she just saw.

(Base knightmare lounge)

Guilford, Darlton, George and Omar where all playing poker when the storm hit.

"…..YOU WILL BE CRUCIFIED!" Cornelia's voice was heard screaming in the entire base, and then they saw three bodies run past the door to the lounge.

"What was that?" Guilford asked

"Looked like Suzaku in his underwear being chased by Princess Cornelia with an axe and Princess Euphemia following them" Omar replied and immediately they all gave chase upon realizing the situation.

"Wait Princess don't kill Kururugi!" Darlton screamed.

"Yeah and if you have to beat him up aim for his head, it's the least thing he uses most of the time, but let the rest of his body alone!" George added.

(Outside the Government Bureau)

"Since both of you are now my aides I will tell you your respective ranks and responsibilities" Lelouch said to Rivals and Shirley.

"Both of you have the rank of Lieutenant, your jobs will be to get whatever documents I need, get whatever food or drink I require and transmit to my staff whatever order I have for my units, also when in the presence of my soldiers you will address me as Sir, Grand Marshall, you will not address me as Lelouch without that title….and not under any circumstance are any of you too address me as Lulu" Lelouch said as he eyeballed Shirley.

"Well that doesn't sound to be too hard; I think we can do it, right Shirley!" Rivals said at which Shirley gave a nod.

"…..YOU WILL BE CRUCIFIED!" Cornelia's voice was heard by Lelouch and the other two.

"Looks like the cats out of the bag….." Lelouch lamented to himself, for Lelouch being as blind in matter to love as he was had a few days ago realized the nature of Euphie and Suzaku's relationship, that combined with the fact that Euphie and Suzaku had sex in his room, while he was unknown to them still in the shower helped a lot.

"If you will excuse me I have a knight to save from a witch" Lelouch said to a confused Rivals and Shirley.

(Within the Hall's of the government facility)

Suzaku by now had caught a blow from Cornelia's axe with his two hands.

"I told you what would happen if you seduced my little sister and I keep my promises!" Cornelia angrily said to him.

"Sister stop it, Suzaku didn't seduce me!" Euphie said to her.

"How can you say that after what I just saw a moment ago?" Cornelia replied.

"Because I was the one who seduced him!" Euphie replied and at this the most unexpected reaction came from Cornelia.

At first an eerie silence fell the room, Lelouch and the other from the lounge had also arrived and needless to say had heard Euphie's statement.

"Eu…Euphie….my little Euphie" Cornelia said as she dropped the axe and with tears streaming down her eyes hugged Euphie.

"My little angel has now left that world and has entered the world of adult, oh why….why did you have to grow up Euphie, Bwaaaa haaa haaaaa haaaaaa" Cornelia said as tears streamed down her eyes and Euphie pated her on the back.

"And you!" Cornelia suddenly said towards Suzaku.

"You better take good care of her, if I find one hair missing on her head I will remove your legs…all three of them!" Cornelia threatened him, which made Euphie jump in delight since it meant she accepted their relationship.

Just then Nunnally entered the room and she picked up a strange wibe in the air.

"Did I miss something?" she asked innocently and people where curious at how to answer to such an innocent question.

(A few hours latter Lelouch private room)

C.C was very hesitantly, then with great appetite eating a pizza which Lelouch had brought her, he was amazed at just how great a difference in terms of personality she now was.

"Eh…..master won't you have some?" C.C asked still hesitantly.

"Don't worry about me, I am becoming satisfied just watching you" Lelouch replied with a smile, to think C.C could be so feminine.

Just then a great Shadow Loomed over the air and Lelouch's phone rang.

This meant two things: Schneizell had brought the new model knightmares and reinforcements from the mainland here and Diethard had phoned him to let him know the U.F.N opening ceremony had commenced

"Yes, did you finish what I asked you to? Weary well, be ready to activated it on my precise signal." Lelouch said and he turned on the TV.

(Television Broadcast Worldwide)

"Basically, through the ratification of the U.F.N charter, a very large alliance of states rivaling our nation will be born" Millie said as she was Hi Tv's newscaster.

"The allied states plan…as we expected" Canon said to his liege.

"But they lack cooperation between the armies by each country, they're nothing but a disorganized mob" Bismarck replied.

"No there is one way to remedy that." Schneizell replied.

"And Lastly , U.F.N charter paragraph 17: States that have ratified the U.F.N Charter must forever resign their right to independent military power. In addition, in an agreement with the armed organization the Slayers they will become the military force of the U.F.N" Kaguya said to the world.

"Lady Kaguya w thank you." Xingke said and the camera showed him and Todoh and the other members of the Slayers and Xingke's faction as they ranks where broadcast.

"And now the for the first motion, My country Japan is unjustly occupied by a foreign country, will the council support me in liberating it?" Kaguya asked.

At this the council all voted yes.

"Then we march to Japan!" Todoh roared out and a great cheer came from the crowd.

Just then Lelouch gave Diethard the signal and immediately the U.F.N broadcast signal was taken over by Brittannia and to the surprise delegates on Pengai Island a song and video montage was heard.

Broken lines broken strings

The U.F .N boasts at being the land without corruption and injustice
Broken threads broken springs

80% of the Asian member so the cabinet supported the high Eunuch's, during their reign over 2 billion people suffered and 100 million people starved to death.

In the former U.F.N over a million people made antiwar movements, they where responded with police attacks and their syndicate leaders were arrested.

Broken idols broken heads

People sleeping in broken beds

Kusakabe who took people hostage at Sawasaki is now the Minister of Defense.

Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.

Broken bottles broken plates
Broken switches broken gates
Broken dishes broken parts

The Slayers military actions at Sea allowed Sawasaki to conquer Kyushu and turn it into a hellhole for a year

Streets are filled with broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken
Everything is broken.

Seem like every time you stop and turn around

On the same day the Slayers signed the SAZ treaty they send a military force to fight against Zero and because of that he was placed in a coma for a year.

Something else just hit the ground
Broken cutters broken saws
Broken buckles broken laws

The Slayers during their escape brought an Ice Berg carrier to attack the Black Knights fleet, therefore breaking international treaties and bringing armed weapons into territorial waters

Broken bodies broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones

Over 10 million people were sent to labor camps in Sawasaki's reign

Take a deep breath feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken.

Everytime you leave and go off someplace

Where is the lack of corruption?

Things fall to pieces in my face

Where is the equality?

Broken hands on broken ploughs

Where is justice?

Broken treaties broken vows

Where is the honor?

Broken pipes broken tools

Where are the people's rights?

People bending broken rules

Where is democracy?

Hound dog howling bullfrog croaking

Not with the U.F.N.

Everything is broken.

The transmission as cut off finally by the broadcast crew, but by then the damaged had been done.

A few hours latter…

Lelouch being pleased than his plan to demoralize them had worked he immediately went out to address the army, since Cornelia was no longer Chief of Staff and Lelouch was now Grand Marshall, technically he outranked her.

"Attention!" Viletta's voice was heard and the troops al complied as Lelouch walked on the podium, saluted and started his address.

"At ease." He replied.

"It has always been my belief that a person must choose a path in life and follow that path with all his heart to the bitter end…you have chosen to follow the path of me as your commander, and although I feel that I am unworthy of the great thrust you have placed in me I will nevertheless do my job to the best of my abilities" Lelouch said with a light bow of the Torso much to the cheers and happiness of the troops.

"And as for the army which is coming to great us, I understand we have approximately 1.5 million men defending Japan, the enemy has 2. Million coming this way, so it will be 4 to 3 odds in their favor, they come at us in the same old style and we shall receive them in the same old style….WE SHALL BLOOW THEM TO SMITEREENS"

"HURRAH!" the Black Knights, Cornelia's eight army and the Britannia reinforcements all shouted.

Lelouch then mounted his horse and paraded in front of the army, each time he passed one commander he would say something

"Who's going to slice up Xingke?" Kewell roared out