Code Geass and its characters belong to Gorō Taniguchi and Ichirō Ōkouchi.
I only own my OC, Kistune AKA Sabrina vi Britannia.
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An Unexpected Saviour
Chapter 10: Gathering Forces Part 1
Flashback…
A small young figure was waking around a grand-looking garden that belonged within the Britannian Royal Palace.
The figure was a beautiful fair-skinned little girl with shoulder-length dark red hair that was tied in two pigtails by two blue ribbons and purple eyes. She wore a pale blue dress over a white dress shirt, white pantyhose and black Mary Jane shoes.
She happily walked around the garden, admiring the amazing sight before her.
The garden was large with all kinds of flowers and plants located everywhere. There were many beautiful paths throughout it, complete with green hedges, very colourful flowers, green trees, evenly cut grass, a large four-tier water fountain in the middle of it all and streams full of clean fresh water. There were also lily pads complete with fully-bloomed lilies that ranged from pink to white, benches that were scattered throughout the garden, birds, honey bees and very colourful butterflies fertilizing them.
The seven year old girl went on her knees to look at the periwinkle blue coloured lilies that were next to the pond and smiled before picking them up.
"They're perfect."the little girl giggled.
"Sabrina!"
The red haired girl turned around and saw Nunnally coming forward with Sayoko moving her wheelchair.
The 100th Empress of Britannia was a woman in her 20s with sandy brown hair and wore a stylish dark pink dress. She had grown more confident and beautiful, but deep down still grieved over the death of her older brother.
Though Sabrina's presence gave her some comfort.
"Hi, Aunt Nunna!"Sabrina greeted happily. "Hi, Aunt Sayoko!"
Sabrina rushed towards her aunt and the maid to show them the flowers she picked up.
"Look at the lilies, Auntie."Sabrina remarked. "Aren't they pretty? These are for you."
Nunnally gives Sabrina a sad smile before slowly ruffling her niece's hair.
"Yes, Sabrina. They're lovely."Nunnnally responded as she looked at the flowers. "Thank you."
Sabrina looked at Sayoko.
"Hey, Aunt Sayoko."Sabrina said. "Do you think you will have time to teach me more about doing Jujutsu?"
Sayoko gives Sabrina a warm smile.
"Of course, Lady Sabrina."Sayoko responded kindly. "I would love to."
"Yippee!"Sabrina cheered in delight.
In the Ikaruga…
The first thing Sabrina did after waking up was change out of her orange pyjama dress to put on her normal clothes.
The young red now wore a black crop-top under a dark teal hoodie which was unzipped at the bottom, leaving her belly button exposed. She wore dark blue denim shorts with fur around the bottom edges and black below-the-knee boots. Her dark red hair was tied up in a high ponytail using a black ribbon.
Once she was ready, Sabrina made her way out of the room and the door closed behind her.
Sabrina glanced at Zero's room, wanting to check if her future parents were alright.
The red haired girl then simply shook her head.
"They're both okay. They're just having their moment."Sabrina thought with a small blush on her face. "What is more important that both of them will survive to the very end."
Sabrina then headed out and made her way to eat some breakfast.
After making herself a plate of kuzhi paniyaram in the kitchen, she sat down in the cafeteria to eat with a glass of strawberry milkshake.
"Hey."
Sabrina ate a ball shaped pan fried dumpling as she notice Rakshata coming forward in the cafeteria.
"Hi."Sabrina greeted simply. "Just made some mini pancake dumplings to eat."
"You know how to make Indian cuisines?"Rakshata asked with a smirk. "I'm impressed. Not many Britannians know how to do that."
"I'm not entirely Britannian. I'm actually quarter Japanese."Sabrina responded, taking a sip from her strawberry milkshake. "But I'm nothing like those blooding sucking parasites of the royal family."
"You really are Zero and Kozuki's daughter from the future."Rakshata commented.
"Yeah. I'm am indeed."Sabrina said and pointed at her right eye which turned yellow for a moment. "Came all the way from the future to make the past better thanks to a certain green haired witch who has a huge love of pizza."
Rakshata took a moment to smoke from her brown kiseru pipe.
"This power that you have called Geass is really intriguing."Rakshata remarked. "Since your one is time travel and Zero's absolute obedience, does that mean that power is different for everyone?"
"Yes."Sabrina with a nod. "The Geass manifests differently in each individual, possibly related to their inner desires and personality. Every Geass, while powerful, has its own unique set of restrictions, limitations, or idiosyncrasies. These factors allow a Geass to be defeated, or its power limited, by someone who is aware of its characteristics. All Geass abilities that have thus far appeared influencing such things as will, thought, memory and perception. The power of Geass increases with use, and should the user lack the willpower, they may be consumed by it."
"Hmm…fascinating."Rakshata responded. "Though what you told us was that the former Prime Minister of Britannia easily fooled us by saying Zero's Geass is a power of absolute hypnosis and were using us as pawns was all a sham, correct?"
Sabrina takes a sip from her strawberry milkshake.
"Yep. But you weren't going to part of the meeting since you were busy studying Lloyd's work on the Guren during that time."Sabrina complemented with a frown. "I'm actually glad I stopped that psychopath and Ohgi's stupidity before more unnecessary things would end up happening."
Sabrina stopped eating her breakfast to look at Rakshata.
"Was it something you wanted to show me?"Sabrina asked.
"Ah yes."Rakshata replied and brought out a file with the name 'Cleopatra' on the table. "A little hint of your own Knightmare."
Sabrina opened up the file, only for an amazed look to come on her face.
"Whoa. That's so cool. It's so much better than piloting the Vincent. Thank you."Sabrina remarked. "Seriously, how do you do it?"
An amused smile grew on Rakshata's face.
"I've studied at the Imperial Colchester Institute. Beside having an extensive experience in various fields including medical cybernetics, I happen to have been an academy acquaintance of the Earl of Pudding and Miss Croomy."Rakshata exclaimed. "But overall, you should thank your future parents. It was their ideas."
Sabrina smiled as she held the file, feeling grateful.
In Pendragon…
Many nobles were gathered to see Schneizel's coronation. Odysseus, Guinevere, Cornelia, Marrybell, Carine and the rest of the royal family members were among the crowd. The event was also watched by civilians at home and various other places to see the new Emperor of Britannia.
Once Schneizel was crowned, he swore to rule with justice and mercy in front of court, clergy and other attendees. This caused everyone, including the Knights of the Round, all swore to be loyal to the new Emperor of Britannia just like they were to his predecessor, Charles zi Britannia. All in Pendragon clapped and praised their new ruler. But the only ones that weren't fooled by Schneizel's claim to give a peaceful era was Cornelia, Marrybell and the Glinda Knights.
The soldiers began praising their emperor with joy.
"ALL HAIL, EMPEROR SCHNEIZEL!"the crowd chanted. "ALL HAIL, EMPEROR SCHNEIZEL!"
A Week Later…
A news reporter was doing a report on exploits of the Britannia's newest emperor.
There were images of Schneizel watching as the portraits and statues of his father being destroyed.
Lelouch, Kallen, Sabrina, Nunnally and the rest of their companions were watching the news of Schneizel's exploits.
They were looking at Schneizel with calm expressions, but deep down they were angry and repulsed at the scene before them.
"Schneizel is the new Emperor?"Nunnally said in confusion. "But Odysseus supposed to be the next successor."
Lelouch's glare hardened.
"I thought the same thing, Nunnally."Lelouch commented. "But remember our family always wants a ruler that is strong as well as manipulative. Mostly, a tyrant and hypocrite. It doesn't matter if the heir is the oldest or youngest."
Anya looked at Lelouch.
"Lelouch. There's been reports that Schneizel told everyone in the homeland that Emperor Charles' death was caused by you and Nunnally."Anya admitted. "Now everyone loyal to the dead Emperor including the Knight of the Rounds are wanting to seek revenge from the two of you with having your blood spilled."
Jeremiah clenched his fists in anger at hearing Schneizel frame Lelouch and Nunnally for murdering the previous Emperor.
"That eel in snake's clothing!"Jeremiah growled. "How dare he!"
"Calm down, Jeremiah."Lelouch instructed. "Since Sabrina is not born yet, it's expected that he would say the Emperor's demise was caused by me and Nunnally."
Nunnally looked down in sadness that Schneizel would publicly frame her and Lelouch for something they didn't even do. Though their father's demise was mostly something they saw with their own eyes. Including their mother that was no better than he was.
"This is what that psychopath wants."Sabrina complemented, earning everyone's attention. "The world to continue its cycle of hate and destruction. Each area being filled with corpses of the innocent or not innocent. The world is on its way of getting a war that is more hellish than any other battle that its ever been fought in history. No matter how many high amount of lives will be lost in the process."
Tamaki scoffed. "Aw, man."
"A fight until the strongest one is left standing."Tohdoh retorted. "To think we ended up being fooled by such a man in another life."
"This is bad."Kaguya declared worriedly. "Now that Prince Schneizel is the 99th Emperor of Britannia, this also means…"
"He will likely use F.L.E.I.J.A to wipe us and the rest of the world as much as he want."Xingke complemented.
"Surely, people will see what a monster he really is if they see him unleash that horrifying weapon."Chiba assumed.
Kallen frowned. "That filthy snake will likely trick people with pretty words and say that we had unleashed it to cover his tracks."
"So what do we do from here, Zero?"Diethard asked.
"Schneizel's objective is to destroy us along the world with F.L.E.I.J.A."Lelouch exclaimed. "We have the United Federation of Nations as allies as well as the other undecided nations joining us due to our success of capturing Japan. But if Schneizel wins them over…"
Sabrina's eyes widen when idea came to her mind.
"What if we ask help in Euro Britannia?"Sabrina suggested.
Everyone was surprise at Sabrina's suggestion.
"Help in Euro Britannia?"Rakshata said.
"Yeah. Like the W-0 Unit."Sabrina replied. "That secret special unit within the Europia United army that participated in the war against the Britannian invasion of Europe."
Sabrina walked over to the area of the command room where Hinata Ichijiku, Minase Mutsuki and Ayame Futaba were.
"May I, Minase?"Sabrina asked.
"Sure."Minase responded. "Go ahead."
Sabrina took out a pink USB from the pocket of her jacket to connect it to a nearby data device and typed a couple of things in a keyboard to show her future parents and their allies files about the wZero Unit as well as a bit more of Euro Britannia.
"The W-0 Unit's command and operating staff are made of EU officers, while its troops and Knightmare pilots are Japanese people, who were recruited from the ghettos of Île de la Cité in Paris. This unit's duty was to undertake highly dangerous missions with low percentage of survival."Sabrina exclaimed. "Since the war with Britannia began, The Council of Forty began recruiting a unit of non-EU citizens to fight in the front line, to prevent more casualties and deaths being inflicted on their troops. The Japanese population from Île de la Cité, an Island in Paris were they have been exiled by Britannia, were recruited by the E.U. with the condition that they and their families would be granted EU citizenship if they join the military."
"But the Japanese weren't granted EU citizenship even though they joined the military, right?"Kaguya assumed with a frown.
"That is correct, Kaguya."Sabrina responded. "However, the existence of this unit was unknown to the public and EU members and scientists were tasked at supervising them, while they participate in suicide missions that often sends pilots to their deaths. The recent commander of the W-0, Anou, had nearly sacrificed the entire W-0 because of his incompetence with a pilot named Akito Hyuga being the only survivor of his most recent mission before new recruits joined."
Lelouch suddenly felt uneasy at the mention of the word 'Hyuga'.
"They sound bad as the Britannian Military."Tamaki scowled.
"Actually that Anou fool was the only problem until he was replaced by Leila Malcal, who became the Commander of the W-0 unit."Sabrina declared. "And these are their Knightmares."
Sabrina typed a couple of things to show scenes of the Knightmares of the W-0 fighting during the Battle of Narva.
"Their main Knightmares are the Alexanders. They are new Knightmare Frames that are possibly Sixth Generation design or later."Sabrina exclaimed. "Completely unlike the Knightmare Frames used by the Britannian Empire and the Black Knights, the Alexander is a high-spec Knightmare Frame that utilizes original technology developed by its designer, Captain Anna Clément. With a specialized "Insect Mode" transformation mechanism, a light-weight body and a high-performance frame, its mobility vastly surpasses that of the E.U.'s Panzer Hummel and most other Knightmare Frames."
Lelouch, Kallen and the others were silently amazed at the sight of new looking Knightmares that they never heard or seen before.
"These Knightmares look tough."Asahina remarked.
"They look fine."Rakshata said bluntly. "But they're nothing compared to my children."
"Well, if you and Captain Clément end up working together, maybe they'll be stronger as the Guren is."Sabrina suggested and looked at her future parents. "So what do you guys think?"
"You have a good idea, Sabrina."Kallen stated. "But what gives you the idea that this W-0 unit will be interested in helping the Black Knights?"
"Commander Malcal has no love for Britannia."Sabrina assured. "As a matter of fact, she desires to end the war in the E.U. and to save the Japanese, who fight the wars instead of the Europeans. I heard her being mention a lot in my timeline."
"It sounds she'll make a trustworthy ally, Master Lelouch."Sayoko commented.
"It seems that way. Alright. We'll make contact with the Wyvern Squad."Lelouch replied and looked at everyone else. "Now as the 99th Emperor of Britannia, Schneizel believes he can do whatever he wants such as sacrificing countless lives for his personal twisted gain. Then we'll give him a message! Regardless, who we are or where we are from, the Black Knights fight for justice! We won't ever bow to a tyrant who believes peace is an illusion and have people obey him out of fear! If Schneizel gets his way, it will not only be Britannia who will actually suffer, it will be the rest of the world. I intend to put a stop to that. Who is with me?"
"YEAH!"
Everyone shouted and raised their fists up, showing Lelouch that they were with him and against Schneizel's tyranny.
Meanwhile…
The Flagship of the Glinda Knights known as the Granberry was flying in the skies above Spain.
Marrybell Mel Britannia, the Founder and Leader of the Glinda Knights, was thinking about what has recently happened.
Schneizel was now the Emperor of Britannia.
But what was bothering her what her half-brother had told her and everyone else.
Charles zi Britannia was killed by Lelouch and Nunnally.
Their father killed by her favourite half-siblings.
If that was true, then why did she had the feeling that Schneizel was not telling the truth?
The previous Emperor did exile them to Japan as hostages after Lady Marianne was killed in her own villa.
Then again, she had no love for their father either.
Marrybell was previously living in a lovely castle with her mother, Flora mel Britannia and her younger sister named Julia. They were however most of the times being treated as outsiders in the royal family because they didn't agree with the emperor's ideals. Beside that, everything was perfect.
One day, Marrybell's happy life changed when a young boy visited with what he claimed was a present for her mother. As Flora had friends in all classes, Marrybell invited the boy into the castle, where his present was revealed to be a bomb. While Marrybell survived, both her mother and younger sister died in the burning castle. This horrible experience gave shape to Marrybell's wish to rid the world of terrorism.
However, now all of that changed.
Schneizel said he will create an era of peace, but she didn't believe that like everyone else.
The Spanish pink haired princess knew behind the mask that Schneizel was cold as well as heartless and only believed in giving enforced peace which caused an idea to form inside her head.
She was going to aide her favourite half-siblings and the Black Knights in the upcoming battle.
That was the only way she would find the truth.
In the Sky…
The newly built Britannian Flagship, the Merlin was traveling through the air. Inside the bridge of the Merlin, Schneizel was sitting on his throne with Kanon standing on his left side and Bismarck was on his right.
Lloyd, Cecile and other people were operating the bridge of the flagship.
Bismarck looked at Schneizel.
"Emperor Schneizel, what is your first act as our new sovereign?"Bismarck asked.
"We'll need to make sure the cities within the homeland understand clearly that I am their ruler."Schneizel exclaimed and glanced at Lloyd. "We'll start with Tamium."
"As you wish, Your Majesty."Lloyd answered.
A malicious smile grew on Schneizel's face.
In the Ikaruga…
The members of the Black Knights were preparing for the upcoming battle against Emperor Schneizel and his army.
"Hyuga."Lelouch muttered.
Nunnally notice something was bothering Lelouch.
"Is something wrong, big brother?"Nunnally asked.
"This surname 'Hyuga'. It sounds familiar to me."Lelouch commented. "I don't know why though."
Lelouch became out of his thoughts when they heard a beeping of a transmission.
"Lelouch, we got an unknown caller."Minase reported. "It's from a ship called Granberry."
"Patch it through."Lelouch instructed.
The screen went fuzzy a bit before revealing the face of Marrybell mel Britannia.
"Hello, Lelouch and Nunnally."Marrybell greeted with a smile. "It's been a while."
"Marrybell?"Nunnally said in surprise.
"To what do we owe the pleasure to have you call us, sister?"Lelouch questioned.
"So it is true."Marrybell responded."You and Nunnally have really joined the Black Knights."
"You can say that."Lelouch said.
"Then allow me and my Glinda Knights to join you."Marrybell insisted.
Everyone in the Ikaruga's bridges was stunned. Except for Sabrina, who showed no reaction due to have another met the Leader of the Glinda Knights before.
"You want to help the Black Knights?"Xingke asked.
Chiba frowned. "Is she serious?"
"Princess Marrybell, are you planning to get rid of my lord and lady for a crime they didn't even commit?"Jeremiah questioned with a glare.
Marrybell shook her head.
"No, Orange. I will never intend to do that."Marrybell assured. "Everyone in the world knows Emperor Charles was a madman, but they don't know having Schneizel as his successor is far more worse."
"Sister."Lelouch spoke up. "You do realise if you and your Glinda Knights join the Black Knights, this also means all of you will be seen as traitors. Are you willing to take such a risk?"
"I maybe a Princess of Britannia, but I've been always an outcast due to not being fond of our father's ideals and wanted to only follow a good country that fought for everyone, Lelouch."Marrybell exclaimed firmly. "Please let me lend a hand to help you and Nunnally out. Something that I should've done eight years ago."
"Sister Marrybell…"Nunnally started.
Tohdoh glanced at Lelouch.
"Lelouch, should we trust her?"Tohdoh asked.
"Though an imperial princess, Marrybell personally serves as the captain of the Glinda Knights' mother ship, the floating airship Grandberry and goes directly to the front lines. She's also a sharp and able person that possesses situational assessment and strategy-designing abilities."Lelouch exclaimed. "Despite her reputation, she has a good heart deep down. We can trust her."
Marrybell smiled. "Thank you, Lelouch. See you soon."
The Leader of the Glinda Knights then ended the transmission.
"Lelouch."Kallen spoke up. "If Princess Marrybell is joining forces with us, does that mean you're going to also reveal…"
"Yes, Kallen."Lelouch replied with a nod. "I'm going to have to reveal to her that I am Zero."
"And if anything goes wrong, I'll make sure to do something about it."Sabrina complemented with a firm look.
Lelouch looked at Sabrina.
"Sabrina, in the mean time-"Lelouch started.
"I know. I'll go and save Euphemia."Sabrina replied bluntly. "Right after I meet Marrybell and her Glinda Knights."
Next chapter we will see Sabrina meet Marrybell and the Glinda Knights. Maybe also Akito and his group? As his first act as Emperor, Schneizel hits a city in Britannia using the F.L.E.I.J.A. warhead. See you all soon:)
