Turn XXIV: the times they are a changing'.
(Excerpt from the 2090 Kenneth Burns the Third documentary: The Century of War)
"Three months had passed since the Battle of Tokyo and we had not heard from our commanders since, you can imaging our surprise and happiness as we watched the broadcast and saw that our old man was now the king"
"My Regiment and Division, from the Green Horned corps of a Prince which had not led in a real battle before, to the shock troops of the mightiest army and the most famous commander in the Empire, to now the Royal Guard of the newly crowned Emperor of Brittannia"
"Our king, or leader, our general, our hope, our light, our darkness, our comrade, our friend, our old man, through his actions, speech and gestures he has now become legend, and through his immortality we also become eternal"
Colonel Naoto Kan 761st regiment, 501st division, 42nd corps Black Knights.
Excerpt from the Diary of Naoto Kan.
(Tokyo city)
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It had already been two days since Lelouch's ascension to the throne and there was still a great celebration going on with music, fireworks and partying.
On the news channel for the past few hours a video montage of what reforms Lelouch had brought to the country was shown, the background music was a song which had not been heard in Brittannia for over a century,: Bob Dylan's the times they are a changing'
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
A video of Lelouch officially proclaiming the giving full rights and citizenship to the former Areas.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
The ministry of Censorship building being turned down was showed.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
A few minutes after Lelouch's coronation he left the room and to the amazement of the people which gathered outside he walked on foot to them and shook hands and signed autoghraps.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
Statues of Charles The tomb of the Emperor's and symbol's of Britannia's militaristic doctrine being turned down are showed.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
(Schneizell's location, Cambodia)
"Well my brother certainly knows how to put on a show" Schneizell said as she watched the news.
"A bit to direct and to MTV, but a good effort nonetheless for getting the message across" Diethard Reed replied.
"By the way mister Reed let me ask you this, why have you decided to switch from my brother to me?" Schneizell asked curious.
"Should I document the man who rules half of the world today, or should I document the man who will rule it tomorrow?" Diethard replied.
To an ordinary man it was obviously but kissing at its best, but Schneizell knew that Reed skillfully avoided giving a straight answer, for even though he was with Schneizell he did not directly say which one he thought would rule the world.
(Imperial Palace Pendragon)
Lelouch was having an engagement party for Euphie and Suzaku, when he announced their engagement a few hours ago the general reaction from the population of both the Empire and the U.F.N was "I told you so" or "I knew it".
"Are you sure that it would be a good idea your highness?" James asked his king.
"Yes lord Stadfelt, with it we need not worry about those governments in exile" Lelouch replied.
"But if it fails we can lose a great deal of Territory" James replied.
"One must be ready to lose everything if one is to gain anything', my late father said that and it was one of the few things he was right about" Lelouch replied and James now knew that his decision was now final.
Lelouch then walked up to Lloyd and Cecile who were also at the party.
"Your Majesty" they said and gave a bow.
"Lord Asplundh, Lady Cecile I must say that add on you gave my gun worked like a charm" Lelouch replied.
"Well it was nothing to it my lord, that device was actually made from a prototype which we found in the Base you attacked in Mongolia, whoever made it seemed like he wanted to take that 'power' from someone and if the person was not willing, then by force" Lloyd replied.
"Blonds generally are not to be trusted" Lelouch mumbled as he was thinking at V.V
"Excuse me?" Lloyd said as he did not hear what Lelouch said.
"Nothing, just thinking out loud, oh and by the way Lord Asplundh here is the budged modifications you requested, ask me if you require more" Lelouch said and he left them.
"Lloyd looked at his new budged numbers and almost squealed with joy.
"This calls for a celebratory snake" Cecile said and gave him a sandwich.
*BITE* Lloyd started eating it and a grave realization came over his face.
"Did you make this sandwich?" he asked.
"Yes! Do you like it? It has carrots, oranges, beef, wasabi, sugar, cinnamon and mayonnaise; it contains everything the body needs" Cecile replied with a smile.
Lloyd with his mouth slowly chewing looked at the sandwich, then at Cecile, then at the sandwich again and said:
"Delicious! Your best sandwich yet!" Lloyd said and fore once in his life he was honest, the strange almost morbid combination of sweet, sour, spicy and salty which Cecile usually put into her food usually was everything what made a really good vomit pill feel like, but now from a one in a million chances he 'Frankenstein Sandwich' was actually quite edible, and dare he say it tasty.
"It's either that or I am so hipped up from the new budget that the joy of my heart is overshadowing the pain of my tong" Lloyd thought to himself.
Elsewhere in the ballroom Jeremiah was introducing Sayoko to his father.
Sayoko had a present for him, but accidentally doped it and it rolled under a heavy marble desk.
As Sayoko went to get it Jeremiah's father bent over to his son's ear and said.
"Listen son this isn't the first time I met one of your girls, you've brought home every tipe of woman from Black to white to yellow to red, so what does this girl have that make you sure she is the one this time?" He asked.
Just then Sayoko nonchalantly raised with one hand the two hundred pounds desk and retrieved the gift.
"I think I now know what you see in her" Jeremiah's father said to him as Sayoko returned with the present.
(Island of Saint Helena)
Charles was in his garden tending to his rose bushes when Marianne came to him with some tea.
"Here's your reward for working hard Darling" Marianne said to him, she was still corporal because the mechanism which geass used to recreate her body was like an artist making a statue, just because the tools or artist was no longer around that did not mean the sculpture would disappear with her.
"Well since I couldn't make a better world, I might as well make a better garden" Charles said with a chuckle.
"Still I must admit I was surprise to see just how good the conditions are here, the house if the size of a mansion, there's a pool ,Jacuzzi, a TV and plenty of food and water" Marianne said to him as she turned on the garden TV.
"Well this must have been one of Lelouch's planned safe houses if he ever would have failed in the game of power" Charles replied.
"Well he seems to be doing fine now, those reforms has really ensured him great support" Marianne said.
"Politically they are a bad move" Charles replied.
"What do you mean?" Marianne asked.
"The reforms now changed the system from one in which the numbers had no rights to one in which the various minorities in the Empire have equal rights and equal rights also means a right to govern themselves, he cannot continue to say he supports equality if the member of government and the state are only made Brittannian's" Charles replied.
"That is a problem! But can't he just give them political power?" Marianne asked.
"Political power also means military power, if he gives them that there is a great change they will use that to secede from the Empire and he would have to put down those uprisings in blood, which is not to good for one's public image, also the governments in exile will work for the same thing" Charles replied.
"So there's nothing he could do?" Marianne asked.
"Well there is one thing he could do." Charles replied after thinking for a moment.
"What's that?" She asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, if I tell you now I will just spoil the surprise" Charles replied.
(Imperial Parliament)
Lelouch was attending a meeting with the parliament and the Reformists which were now in power thanks to him where announcing their desire for reforms.
"I Viscount Jake Heineken move a motion that in which all privileges of the Nobility be abolished!"
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"I bishop Gardner make a motion that all privileges by the church be abolished!"
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"I Duke Marlborough propose that the Area's be given full state's rights and their people full citizenship regardless of race, creed or nationality!".
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"I hear you gentleman and I approve of these reforms, and I also have an important reform to propose" Lelouch said to them and they turned their attention to him.
"What I propose is the following: That in a week from today a referendum should be healed in every state of the Empire, in which if the people will vote whether to remain in the Empire or not"
"Those states who vote to leave will be obliged, for those who vote to remain the following new laws will be given:"
"Parliament will be expanded for it to receive members which are from the former Area's, the number of representatives equivalent with the country's population"
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" The function of Prime minister of the Former Number will be created and along with the function of Prime Minister of the Empire will became an elected position which will be decided through vote once every five years"
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"The Position of Governor will remain a function appointed by the Crown, but his only functions wil be diplomatic and to lead the respective states armies"
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"And finally a series of powers will be transferred to Parliament as listed on this paper in which the people will have a say in the way their country is governed, ".
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(Bridge of the Ikaruga)
"Man this guy moves fast!" Tamaki said.
"Lelouch seems to have hated Brittannia as much as we did" Todoh said.
"He's completely removing any autocratic powers from government!" Ohgi said.
"Support for him is also great in the U.F.N" Kaguya replied.
"So what do we do now? I mean there is much reason left to fight Brittannia now with what just happened" Tamaki asked.
"We still do not know what tomorrow will bring, the U.F.N has ousted us and Lelouch still has one enemy he has yet to face, it is still too early to decide what we will do next" Xingke replied.
(Emperor's bedroom)
Lelouch had just entered the bedroom and noticed C.C was in his bed.
"Aren't you worried that you will lose control of the country?" C.C asked him.
"Not really, you see support for me is an all-time high so I doubt any state will vote to secede, the military will still be under my control, also since there will be democratic government in each state, there will also be an need for campaign funds for the candidates" Lelouch replied.
"And Campaign funds come from the Bank, and last time I checked thanks to Mister Stadfelt efforts your bank is now the Biggest in the Empire" C.C said as Lelouch undressed and got in the bed.
"By the way who is the candidate which you chose for the roll of Prime Minister of the Empire?" she asked.
"Rivals will do, he is loyal to me, he is a great follower, but a poor leader so he will do" he replied.
"You know you're a hypocrite!" C.C said as Lelouch started nibbling her neck.
"How so?" he asked.
"You separate the power in the state, but since you control the banks, you are the life source of those powers, not even Charles had such a grip of the government as you now do" C.C replied and Lelouch realized she was right.
"You truly are the only person who understands me C.C" Lelouch replied with a smile and moved to kiss her.
"Wait a minute!" C.C said and she slipped out of bed and sneaked to the door, she opened it and her suspicions where confirmed, Shirley was listening at the door.
C.C grabbed Shirley by the hair pulled her up and gave her a passionate French kiss.
"I consider just peaking to be boring, why don't you join us?" C.C said seductively, Shirley still flustered from the kiss let herself be taken to the bed, where 'practical lessons of biology' where practiced that night.
(Imperial Gardens a week latter)
Lelouch and the rest of the gang where having breakfast and discussing the latest political development.
"Would you look at that! Not a single state voted to secede, and Japan was the state with the greatest number of vote to remain!" Suzaku said happily.
"That is good news!" Lelouch said ash Shirley fed him a piece of cake.
"By the way are our forces ready for any rebellions by nobles?" Lelouch asked while C.C served him a drink of Tea.
"Our troops are ready, but the nobles have not openly rebelled, instead they along with their families and fortunes have defected to Schneizell along with their armies, we manage to catch a portion of them, but a part still got away" Omar replied.
"What about Schneizell?" Lelouch asked as C.C cleaned his mouth with a napkin and Shirley planted a kiss on the cheek.
"He and the Knights of Rounds have retreated from Japan to the U.F.N, specifically Cambodia" Viletta told him.
"What intelligence do we have on Project Damocles?"Lelouch asked.
"Not much, with the exception that it involves a great number of F.L.E.J.A bombs, I am afraid that without Mister Reed our spy network is not that great now" James replied.
"What about our other Siblings?" Lelouch asked.
"They defected to Schneizell's side I am afraid after their agents informed them that we would be arriving in Pendragon ten days ago" Odysseus said and he was sad for it meant that they would soon have to fight their own family.
"You don't seem to mind Lelouch flirtatious behavior now sister" Euphie whispered to Cornelia.
"Lelouch is the Emperor now, it is his duty to sire as many children with as many different women as possible, I can't very well berate him for 'doing his job' "Cornelia said with a frow which cause Euphie to chuckle.
Just then Kuribayashi came into the garden.
"Ito! Good to see you sit down and have something to eat" Lelouch said to him happily.
"I thank you for the invitation my King, but I am not here for breakfast, a few hours two knights of Round surrendered himself and have asked for an a separate audience with you" Ito replied.
"Must be Gyno" George said to those present.
"Bring him here" Lelouch replied and to their surprise the person brought before them was Luciano Bradley.
"Sir, Luciano!" Lelouch said and he was genuinely surprised.
"Hello your Majesty!" Luciano said and gave an appropriate bow.
"You said you wanted an audience so speak" Lelouch replied.
"I thank you your majesty, and I humbly offer my sword in your service" Luciano replied.
"Serve me? Before you came here I suspect you where with Schneizell, let me ask you this why do you wish to serve me?" Lelouch asked.
"My loyalty is to the Empire, since you are now Emperor my loyalty is now to you" Luciano replied, which in itself was a satisfying answer.
"Then let me ask you why should I allow someone of your…. 'reputation' to join my camp?" Lelouch asked.
"Your highness my 'reputation' is actually quite useful for someone who is a soldier, also it is useful to you since people who would oppose you would cover in fear of me, also despite the fact that I am a sadistic bastard of which animal, vegetable or mineral I do anything to anything, I never did something I wasn't ordered to do" Luciano replied at which Lelouch asked Cornelia if it was true.
"He's right, I kept track of him, what he did was all on orders, when you think about it that say's a lot about his moral integrity" Cornelia replied.
"Moral integrity?" Lelouch thought in his head as he looked at Luciano.
"One thing you should know Lord Bradley, I am giving Suzaku here the title of Knight of Zero which will make him squad commander of the Knights of Rounds, does that bother you?" Lelouch asked.
"As long as he doesn't slow me down I am good to go" Luciano replied and Lelouch let him in.
"Send in the other knight." Lelouch ordered.
"Lulu! Nellie!" a familiar female voice was heard and Lelouch, Suzaku, Omar, George, Cornelia, Alfred, Guilford all Froze in fear.
"What's going on! The Ice Tea has started Boiling!" Shirley said a lit unnerved.
"And the crucifix around my neck suddenly is burning hot" Lelouch added.
"Also my hair stranded on its head and Lady Cornelia has just retreated, which means only one thing!" Suzaku also said.
Nonette Evergreen the knight of nine and the owner of that voice suddenly appeared in the garden.
"Hey Lulu, you sure have gowned into such a man." Nonette said as she pinched his cheeks so hard they turned red, she was now probably the only person of the planet who could get away with that.
"Well I came here to ask I could join your merry bunch!" Nonette asked playfully.
"If I said now would that still stop you?" Lelouch asked
"No not really."Nonette said nonchalantly.
"Well then welcome aboard." Lelouch replied.
After that Nonette gave him a small file which was stolen from Schneizell .
"This is a basic outlet of Schneizell's strategy! Jeremiah I wanted the cities listed to be evacuated as soon as possible!, James get a Press Conference ready we will have to a press conference and accelerated the second part of our plans, Euphie, find Cornelia and tell her to muster whatever force she can for one last military campaign, let's move gentleman".
(Ashford Academy)
"Here's that pizza you wanted Nina!"Rivals said as he and Millie delivered it to her.
"Thank you Rivals, and thanks' Millie for letting me stay here, for making F.L.E.J.A I now have few friends now" Nina replied.
"By the way why didn't you join Shirley with Lelouch in Pendragon" Nina asked.
"He told me to stay here and look after you two, also he had a surprise and coming there would spoil it." Rivals replied.
"Hey guys Lelouch is now broadcasting something from Honolulu!" Millie said.
On the TV Lelouch had now officially signed the Pact of Honolulu, which guaranteed the reforms of the Empire, the reasons he chose the Island for the Location of the pact was that it was a good location for which to gather an army and march it to meet Schneizell and that the Island was approximately of equal geographic distance of every corner of the Empire's borders.
"With the occasion of this treaty I have a few things to announce:"
"The First is that with My Sister Euphemia's engagement to My Friend and Knights Kururugi Suzaku, combined with the fact that he is the air to the house of Kururugi and son of Genbu Kururugi a I am officially Giving Japan the Title of 'Empire of Japan" and as her monarch I name my sister Euphemia with Suzaku as her consort!"
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"The Second announcement is that until as Provisional Prime Minister of the Empire until proper elections can happen next year in the fall I name Mister Rivals Cardemona!" Lelouch said which cause Rivals to choke on his slice of pizza.
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"The third announcement is that with the Ratification of this Treaty and the results of the referendum there can be no doubt that I am the legitimate ruler of the Empire, and so I announce that the Holy Brittannian Empire will join the U.F.N, as meeting place I request it to be Ashford Academy of Tokyo"
Lelouch said it and the whole world was shocked by this.
"My desire is to ensure peace and stability within our world" Lelouch said as he produced from his pocked a small box.
"As a sign of my hones intention and to show that I bear no I'll will or grudge to anyone I am officially returning to Lady Kaguya Sumeragi her family's Corporation which was confiscated last year" Lelouch added and from the small box he took out its contents, it was an olive tree branch.
Lelouch then got down on one knee and said:
"To the men and women of the U.F.N I humbly offer this olive branch and I sincerely hope you will accept it" Lelouch said and the transmission ended
(Ashford Academy, two days later)
"We are live here in front of the designated meeting place where His Imperial Majesty Lelouch vi Brittannia will meet with the delegates of the U.F.N and decide whether or not the Empire will join the U.F.N" Millie said as Lelouch's ship the Sarmizegetusa came into full view.
Lelouch, Rivals which joined Lelouch before he arrived in Japan and Shirley all arrived and exited the ship.
"There he is the Emperor of Peace!"
"Long live the king"
"Your majesty!"
The crowd screamed joyfully as Lelouch made his way to the conference room.
(U.F.N meeting room)
Lelouch sat down on the table with Rivals to his left and Shirley to his right.
"Your Majesty you have told us that you desire to join our union of countries, but as you know the legislative is decided by vote and a country's power to vote is decided by its population, if you sincerely wish to join you must either reduce its territory or lower it's vote value" Kusakabe who now served as the new Chairman said to him., he was also projecting his geass on him, but Lelouch secretly had a geass counter disguised as his watch.
"This geass using scumbag and his cronies stole the country which Kaguya built, I would like nothing more to strangle you with my bare hands, my body is weak, but my mind is strong.."Lelouch thought to himself.
"I understand your concern and you are right, the size of my country is too big for it to operate in your system, but at the same time my country was made from sweat and blood, simply dividing it like that would make all of the blood spilled to make it over the years in wane, so I offer a compromise like how democracy is all about" Lelouch said and noticed Kusakabe was angry because geass wasn't working on him and he wasn't being intimidated.
"I propose the following: Each of the former Area's be given the individual right o vote, that way there is no danger of democracy being impeded" Lelouch replied and it was a satisfying answer to the dilemma.
Kusakabe saw that the council was agreeing to it and this was not working out for him, he wanted to publicly turn the world against Lelouch and humiliate him, so he needed a change of tactics.
"Beside that you must acknowledge that Brittannia is guilty for waging a war of aggression to conquer and enslave the world and also pay war depredations.
(Slayers headquarters)
"Looks like Kusakabe is dead set on continuing the war and vilifying Lelouch " Xingke said to those present.
"Wait and see! He will be put in his corner" Kaguya replied.
"First of all 'chairman' Kusakabe the term war of aggression is in itself a pleonasm, since war itself means battle and destruction, and a battle cannot be non-aggressive, second of all the various military conflicts which have been around recently have been fought by multiple parties, and every party involve in the war equally shares the blame for its start"
"Within the history of mankind few times there have been wars fought between good an evil, but there have always been wars between one good and another good, every intelligent person on the planet knows this is true, only stupid people thing it is not, and a very intelligent person like yourself can see that this is true, or are you saying you don't see it as so?" Lelouch said to him.
Kusakabe was now clenching his fists in ager:
"This brat if I say yes I publicly acknowledge I am a moron, if I say no then it's like saying to the world he is wiser than I am!" Kusakabe thought to himself.
"Regardless of that you must pay war depredations for the territories affected by your military operations!" Kusakabe spat out.
"Affected territories? If it comes to that then the former members of the Chinese Federation must also pay great war depredations fro both Invasions and occupations of Kyushu, and the Former E.U members must also pay the Chinese Federation for their part in the Vermillion Affair Conspiracy, are you sure you wish to complicate things to such a degree, because we can argue about this for weeks and it would only result in stalemate and confusion of which no one would profit, but it would be counterproductive for the planets various states, which in term will affect the people's lives' and I believe they have suffered enough." Lelouch calmly said.
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A flood of applause came from the council members except Kusakabe.
A great smile came upon Lelouch's face as he saw that the official document being passed among the council member to sign
"This is it! With the combined military force of the Empire and the U.F.N Schneizell has no change!"
Lelouch thought to himself as the document was now being brought before him, and he started counting backwards mentally.
"5, 4,3,2,….."
As the document was about to be given to Lelouch, a sudden flood of messenger came to inform the Council members of the developing situation, one messenger also came to inform Lelouch but he did not need to be inform because he knew that Schneizell had beaten him to the punch.
"I am afraid you highness that we cannot legitimately accept your country" Kusakabe said as his smile reached his ears.
"And why is that?" Lelouch asked even though he already knew the answer.
"Because you are not capable of protecting or maintaining your country, for your capital Pendragon has just been destroyed by Schneizell!" Kusakabe said with glee as he showed on a monitor images from their spies within Britannia.
"Not capable? The city may have been destroyed, but the people had been evacuated before it happened, I think that proves I can protect my people, and yet you still deny to recognize me?" Lelouch asked.
"We will not!" Kusakabe replied now very angry that Lelouch still had strong comeback's.
"Instead you will recognize a man who tried to destroy his countries own capital, and possibly kill millions in the process?" Lelouch calmly said to him.
"SILENCE! You are forbidden you speak!" Kusakabe said as he was now foaming at the mouth.
"On what grounds?" Lelouch calmly said.
"You are do not required to know!" Kusakabe spat back.
"I knew you were a bully Kusakabe, but I never knew you where such a dishonest, honorless, and immoral man" Lelouch said to him.
"Immoral man? Dishonest you're the one to talk!" Kusakabe said as his angers dissipated and with an evil smile said.
"You and your dubious choice of companionship" Kusakabe said and he flashed on the main monitor a picture of Kallen and Lelouch kissing which was taken at that restaurant before Shikinejima.
Needles to say this astounded many people of the world.
"And this was such a beautiful day" Lelouch lamented to himself.
Author note:
Read and Review, let me know if I should continue.