This is the first anime fic I've started writing. There are going to be some changes. For instance, One of the characters I add will have a connection with the Royal Family, and will be piloting the Lancelot Grail. Julius Kingsley will be also added as a bastard in the Royal Family. I also will be adding certain characters such as Mariel Lubie from Suzaku of the Counterattack manga to be a Knight of the Round, along with another character Clara Lafranc from OZ of the Reflection (who will pilot Mark Nemo) in later chapters. Lastly, Alice from Nightmare of Nunally will pilot her Knightmare from the manga respectively.

Please read, review, and enjoy as always!

Chapter 1: New, yet old face

Two children, a boy with silver hair and another with dark skin and black hair run as siren alarms blared. The dark-skinned boy looked at the silver haired as two armed men walked by toward the two. A red bubble suddenly engulfed the guards in a trance.

"Protect and help us escape." the silver hair as his blue eyes stared with determination

"We will help you escape."

"Nice one." The dark skinned glanced his yellow eyes at the camera as the two boys could hear footsteps in the distance. His right eye shined, resembling a strange red bird symbol for just a second. He began to see through walls for a split second before looking back at the other boy. "You ready to see the rest of the world, Rai?"

"Rai? Rai? RAI!"

Said person jolted awake in an alarm, nearly falling off his seat. He turned to see a beautiful long haired blonde hair girl stare at him. He groaned in sudden annoyance as he rubbed the temple to his forehead. Aside from the two of them, there was another boy no more than the same age as Rai with black hair and purple eyes who simply read a book.

"Milly, please don't shout in my ear." Rain simply groaned. "The last thing I need is to be partially deaf."

"Or entirely deaf." the dark-haired teen added while reading his book. "Clearly there were better alternatives than shouting his ear off, Class President."

Milly ignored her purple eyed vice class president. "I tried nudging you awake, you know. It's not like I have some water lying around to pour on you." Milly formed a mischievous grin. "Or maybe..."

"Maybe what?" the two turned to see an orange haired girl along with a blue haired boy show up into the room

Rai shook his head at the girl as he waved his hand. "It's nothing, Shirley."

"I don't know how you could sleep after hearing about that terrorist attack in the Shinjuku district." said the blue haired one

"Something like that happens almost every other day, Rivalz." Rai replied dismissively. "It's not really anything new."

"Not much phases you, does it Rai?"

"Honestly, Lelouch..." Rai got up his seat and walked to the window. "I'm just getting use to it."

Rai started to stare from the pristine city in the Tokyo settlement, to the worn-down slums of Japan. "All of it."

The Holy Britannian Empire declared war on Japan in 2010 of the Imperial calendar. The island nation fought back in the coming months to follow in order to maintain its neutrality, and its valuable resource of Sakuradite. Britannia loomed over as the world's only superpower after the end of the war with Japan. Japan itself lost due to the emergence of humanoid autonomous armored knights known as Knightmares. Not only did Japan lose as a nation, but it's freedom, rights, along with culture and name. The once proud and defeated nation was rechristened as a mere number, Area 11. It is now the year 2017, Britannia is currently in war with European Union. Japan is fully controlled by Britannia, save for a few minor Japanese resistance that still fight the empire to this day. The resistance fighters are labeled as terrorists, and the Britannian Empire has made it a mandate to extinguish them. Little did the world know, that the incident in the Shinjuku district would forever change everything.

A shadow figure is observing a Britannian convoy armed with four Sutherland Knightmares escorting high value equipment via rooftop. "Target in sight." the figure looked over to a blockade two miles down the road. "You two ready?"

"Si."

"Ja."

The convoy drove up the road of the Shinjuku ghetto district in Tokyo as it came to a halt due to a blockage up their path. The shadowed figure grappled down, making a dash after getting his feet on the ground. When one of the Sutherlands went over to push the truck away from the road, it was suddenly shot down and neutralized. The other Sutherlands formed a defensive position to secure before another was shot down instantly, taking out its arm in the process.

"Escort the convoy and fall back!" the damaged one as a hurtling figure crashed on top of it, killing the pilot. "I'm calling backup!"

"What the...?!" the two Sutherlands saw it was a Knightpolice that attacked him. "What's the meaning of this? Identify yourself!"

Another shot hit the second to last Sutherland a few times as the convoy drove in the attack. The driver put his foot on the petal as hard as it could while the two Knightmares fought each other, before being completely halted by a riot shield of another Knightpolice upon impact. The Knightpolice armed with two Anti-Knightmare knives dodged the enemy Sutherlands gunfire through surprisingly unusual speed. The two knives were dug inside the cockpit side of the one-armed Sutherland, killing the pilot before it exploded. A third Knightpolice fired 2x machine pistols as the last Sutherland was hit by Anti-Knightmare rounds. It landed a kick to the chassis, bringing it down on the ground before destroying the Sutherland with a few more shots. The two-gun Knightpolice stepped off the downed Sutherland knightmare as it turned to the convoy truck where the second Knighpolice was. Someone stepped out of the Knightpolice in front of the convoy truck, while the cockpits of the two Knightpolices opened up to reveal the attackers. The identity of those responsible were merely teenagers, with one of them being the eldest leader. One was dark skinned with yellow eyes and yellow tips in his dark hair, while the other was a girl. Her red eyes stared at the convoy as she moved a strand of her blonde hair away from her cheek. They both zipped down through the cord of their cockpits, armed to the teeth.

"Carlito, is the convoy secured?"

"Yeah, Malik." a teenage boy with dark brown hair and teal eyes tied an unconscious soldier nearby streetlight. "Driver's knocked out."

"Fenrir team. Respond."

Malik brought the radio up to his face. "Oval command, this is Fenrir leader. Go ahead."

"Is the cargo secure?"

Carlito opened the cargo doors as the three's eyes went wide with mere shock and astonishment. "Cargo is definitely secure. It looks like we got more than expected."

"Is it the Lancelot from our intel?"

"It's something..." they turned to the other Knightmares. "Something new entirely, but definitely new generation Knightmares all the same."

"Your objective remains clear. Send the cargo over to the Washington safehouse. We've received word that Britannian reinforcements are heading over to the scene to investigate."

"Roger that, Oval command. Over and out." Malik looked to his squad mates. "Alice, you and Carlito watch my back while I drive the cargo away."

"And your Knightmare?" Alice asked as Malik grinned

A squad of Sutherlands arrived at the scene, seeing destroyed ones and the driver tied to a streetlight. What seemed out of place to them was a Knightpolice in the middle of it all. A britannian soldier opened the cockpit of the Knightpolice through the ejection port, seeing no one inside the Knightmare. What he did found to his horror was an explosive semtex that exploded on contact, destroying the Police Knighmare and the soldier. In the far enough distance, Carlito and Alice glanced at the diversion Malik set up. They turned their attention to safeguarding the cargo Malik drove, all the while providing a guarding escort until they reached their safehouse.

"Looks like they sprung that little trap of yours." Carlito remarked. "Idiots didn't even see it coming."

Malik let out a small chuckle. "I figured they would be curious enough for their own good." he said. "We don't have long before they notice us. Anything on Britannian chatter regarding us?"

"Nien. But that won't stop them from sending in search patrols for this cargo." Alice replied as her radar suddenly picked up bogeys. "We got incoming."

Carlito was on alert while Malik drove the convoy as he pressed his foot hard on the pedal. "Brits?" Carlito asked in a cautious tone

"No, it's-"

Before Alice could finish her sentence, custom made Glasgow called Burai appeared and attacked the trio. This no doubt had to be a squad from the Japan Liberation Front as their Knightmares fired at them.

"JLF!" Malik shouted on radio. "Keep them off me!"

"Carlito, we have to protect Malik with that cargo!"

Alice and Carlito moved their Knightmares on the offensive to retaliate against the JLF raiding party. One of the Anti-Knightmare knives was lunged at the first Burai, before being tackled directly to an abandoned pharmarcy by Carlito. The other two Burais fired at Alice who was able to evade the incoming fire from assault rifles and missiles. What surprised them the most was that she suddenly caught one and tossed it to one of their own. The missile exploded on impact killing the pilot and destroying the Knightmare. Two more Knightmares fled the fight, chasing after Malik in the convoy truck as Carlito jumped out of a building through the use of his Knightpolice. He pulled out the 2x machine pistol and started opening fire on both of the Burais. He only managed to destroy one of the Burai's arm while the other had the legs shot out, as the former continued the pursuit on the convoy. Carlito fired the slash harken as the rocket propelled anchor, grabbed the downed Burai and dragged it near his Knightpolice's feet.

"Damn it!" Carlito swore, stomping on the cockpit of the downed Burai before chasing the one-armed Burai. "One of them still on Malik."

Alice received an alarm regarding enemy Knightmares as she followed the Burai alongside Carlito. "I'll deal with that Burai on Malik's tail. You just get out of here before Britannian soldiers or JLF show up."

"Right. You two make it back to the safehouse in one piece." Carlito replied, taking off while Alice tailed the last Burai

"Come on, damn it!" Malik cursed, trying to lose the Burai after him glancing at the view mirror before turning his eyes on the road.

His eyes widened when he saw a student of some kind on the road. He swerved on the road and crashed into a wall. Malik's head rung upon impact, simply trying to get his bearings as he pulled out of the truck. He couldn't tell what was happening and his vision was temporarily blurred, but he quickly got on as he spotted a knife about to plunge into his chest. Malik was struggling to prevent his attacker from finishing him off, in spite of the slight concussion he was having right now. Then suddenly, he heard the sound of a pipe hitting the attacker on the head as the knife was dropped on the ground.

"You alright?" said a voice as his vision was clear, seeing an unconscious JLF soldier. Malik looked to see with wide eyes who saved his life as a hand was offered. "Are you okay?"

"Rai?"

Said person's eyes widened with shock. "How... how do you know my name?"

"You don't remember me?" Malik asked, getting up off the ground. "You don't remember anything?" he added walking closer to Rai, only for him to bring the pipe up to defend himself. "Whoa, easy. My name is Malik. You and I were used as living weapons. A Britannian organization had kids like us trained to be killers. Trained us how to use Knightmares, military training, and-"

"What? What are you talking about? I don't-" Rai stopped himself as he remembered him and Malik running away from someplace. "I remember seeing you. Me and you, we were trying to escape."

"Yeah. The organization that trained us was our tail, and they wanted the two of us dead or alive if possible." Malik explained. "There was a crash and we drove off a ledge. The two you had with us, the ones you geassed-"

"Geass?"

"It's what that organization did to us. It gave kids like us abilities no other humans could do. You could tell someone to do whatever you asked them just by using your Geass." Malik pointed at himself. "As for me, my Geass gave me some sort of sixth sense and heightened my own senses along the way."

"But why? For what reason?"

Before Malik could go any further, the sound of a weapon cocked caught their attention as a JLF soldier aimed his gun at them. Intense panic engulfed Rai as the man slowly pulled the trigger, ready to fire the bullet. A bird sigil appeared on his head as Rai spoke

"Stop!" the man compelled into Rai's Geass as the man stood still, frozen in a complete trance

Malik took the opportunity to knock the JLF member unconscious. "What just happened?"

"You used your Geass." a feminine voice answered as the two turned around to see a girl with long green hair and golden eyes wearing a strait outfit. "Well done. It seems fear was a good stimulant for you to use your power again."

"Who-?"

Rai gasped. "It's you. The girl from before."

Malik glanced at Rai. "Before?" he turned to the mystery girl with green hair. "You know her?"

"We only just met earlier today." Rai recalled, seeing her after school when he was in the Tokyo settlement just walking by. "She was the first one to ask me did I know who I was."

"And to think I would meet two Geass users in one day. I wonder if you would cross paths with a new user of Geass that accepted the contact."

"New user? What do you mean by that?" Malik asked the mystery girl as they heard movement a distance away from them

"That is for another time." the girl replied as she walked away, taking a side glanced at the two young men. "Until we meet again, Rai. Malik."

The sudden mention of their names made the two expressions turned to shock.

"Malik!"

They then heard the movement of a Knightmare, as Malik grinned to see it was Alice in her Knightpolice.

"Are you alright?"

Malik waved his hand as a sign of reassurance. "Had a slight concussion, but I'll be fine nonetheless."

The Knightpolice turned its head to look at Rai. "Who's this?"

Malik glanced at Rai. "An old friend. A very confused, old friend." he said, turning his attention to Rai as he took a step further. "Are you staying anywhere?"

"Uh... yeah. Ashford Academy."

Malik blinked. "How did you end up in a prestigious academy like that of all places?" Alice asked this time

"It was... when I hardly knew who I was or am for that matter."

"Look, it's best if you scram. You know your way out of this place?" Malik received a nod of reply from Rai. "I'll meet you outside this academy you're staying in tomorrow."

"I don't think they'll be a good idea." Rai replied as Malik got inside the Burai. "Chances are the security there will know you're not a student. How about Ishigawa park in the Tokyo settlement?"

The Burai started up as he and Alice used the Knightmares to carry the cargo. "I'll see you there." he said, smugly as both of them left before Rai did the same and asking himself in thought of the green haired girl

"Who are you?"

Malik and his team were at Washington safehouse, a five-story building in the Saitama Ghetto. He left the infirmary to check himself out after the mission. Carlito sat down on the couch, flipping through channels on the television. Alice was in KF bay watching her Knightpolice being maintenanced. What was racing in Malik's mind was meeting Rai again since they escaped the organization they were forced into as weapons. Soon after, Malik became a mercenary due to the skills he learned in the organization. His Knightmare pilot were an added bonus. The whole trio of Fenrir team looked at the crew in Washington safehouse unload the precious cargo. Three Knightmare, three state-of-the-art Knightmares the trio acquired from the Britannian convoy. The first was vastly sleeker and slightly bulkier in white and yellow armor, black cockpit and red eyes. The second Knightmare blue and purple, but a wolf motif with yellow eyes. And the last Knightmare was unlike any Knightmare Malik had ever seen, as he took a closer look at it. From the front of it was red armor, gray upper chest piece, and a black faceplate with orange eyes. The Knightmare's cockpit was gray.

"It could use a paint job." Malik made a camera gesture as he eyed the third Knightmare in his view. "Black and purple. Think that fits wells with the red eyes this thing's got."

Alice rolled her eyes before glancing at an old man. "What's the cargo description for these Knightmares, Harkov?"

"The first is a 7th generation Knightmare, the GX series at best. Strange, though this to only be a rumor." the old Russian chuckled under his breath. "Looks like the rumors were indeed true. We may be able to install the conductor from your Knightpolice inside this frame, Alice."

"7th generation..." Alice trailed off as she and Carlito stared in awe at the 4-meter tall machines

"The second one is a prototype derived from either the Gloucester or maybe from the Sutherland model. Hard to say at the moment. Spare parts from a 7th generation Knightmare model: Lancelot. From what we can tell, it has a different power output. We'll take the core luminous inside that Burai you brought over to improve its efficiency. Curious enough, this 6th generation has the option to take off its land-spinners to increase both the machine's mobility and maneuverability." Harkov then turned his attention to the one Knightmare Malik had his eye on. "But this one... this one is not Britannian made."

Carlito turned to the old man as he stared at the third Knightmare frame. "What do you mean? You're telling us Britannia didn't make this at all? Then who-?"

"It is a possibility that this beautiful machine was created by the Militarized zone of India."

Malik glanced at the old man. "Chinese Federation made this Knightmare?"

"Most likely Britannia raided one of their facilities and acquired this lovely specimen." Harkov said, admiring the Knightmare in question. "And there is a name for it. Guren Type-01. Welcome to your new home, my friend."

"Dr. Harkov. Oval command is calling you and Fenrir team." one of the maintenance crew said to the elder

"This should be interesting."

Inside a room with a large screen of a oval eye on display. "Dr. Harkov. I trust you've received the precious cargo Fenrir team collected."

"I have indeed, Oval. Two 7th generation Knightmares along with a rare 6th generation. My science team and maintenance crew going over the systems and functions of the Knightmares as we speak."

"That's good to hear, Doctor. Fenrir leader, I understand you ran into an altercation recently from one of our eagle eyes."

"You could say that. I ran into an old friend of mine while on mission."

"And does this friend of yours remember you?"

"Let's just call it a work in progress." Malik stared at the ground before looking back at the screen. "I'm thinking of meeting him tomorrow. Ishigawa park at the Tokyo settlement."

"I see. We'll have one of the eagle eyes stay on you until after your friendly reunion. In the meantime, you three train in the VR simulations for your next mission."

"We already have Knightmare training, sir."

"Not in the Knightpolice units you've been using. The three of you are going to be acquainted in your new Knightmares today."

"That means..." Carlito's eyes grew wide, along with a grin. "No way!"

"Alice, you will be the pilot for the GX-01. Carlito, the 6th generation will be given to you to pilot. And Malik, you are the pilot of this Guren Type-01 from this moment onward. Oval command, out."

"Alright!" Carlito and Raiku high five each other while Alice just rolled her eyes and chuckled at the two. "Oh, the things we can do with these babies."

"Ah, ah, ah. You all have your work cut out for you."

Fenrir team spent hours training in VR simulation to get the hang of using their new Knightmare Frames. Alice was able to get better acquainted with the GX-01 Knightmare which she dubbed Valkyrie. Her rating percentage went from 86 to 97, getting more equipped in using her Knightmare efficiently. Carlito's percentage in using the 6th generation Knightmare he called Lobo was a bit difficult for him. He ranged between 70 and 80 percentage in the VR simulation. He put in one more hour of training, reaching only 78% in the long run. Malik on the other hand was stuck on the eighty percent, while getting accustomed to the Guren Type-01. The Guren itself was a different machine altogether, it's pilot seat bearing semblance of a motorbike. Malik realized there was a certain pattern in terms of using the Goren, being proficiently effective with more training. He was able to get at least 88% in terms of effectiveness while piloting the Guren in VR simulations. He wiped the sweat off his forehead as he exited out of the Guren, grabbing a bottle of water and an energy bar on the way out. He glanced to see Alice and Carlito weren't in VR training to pilot their Knightmare more effectively or improve on them more.

Malik spotted both Alice and Carlito in the R&R room, finding Dr. Harkoov with them on the couch. He looked to see what they caught their attention. There was a standout at the bridge where Britannian soldiers, specifically the Purist faction consisted of pureblood Britannians. They were escorted a Japanese teen around Malik's age, with brown hair and green eyes who was their prisoner. But what seem to attract Carlito and Alice's attention the most, was who they were seeing. This figure was obviously male, given the physical appearance wearing a certain costume. Tight purple suit with golden stripes, long wrapped sleeves, and a frilled white cravat. The outfit seem to combine Victorian era fashion with a sleek bodysuit; worn over a black and gold cloak with crimson spandex lining the inside along with an enormous black cape encircling the head. A spiky black and indigo with a variation of the Geass Sigil Rail and Malik have; only stretched over the bottom, hiding the wearer's face.

"I am Zero."

"Zero? As in nothing?" Alice queried

"Just who is this guy?" Carlito asked in sudden awe

"Quiet." Malik shushed as he crossed his arms. "I wanna see what this guy does."

Zero snapped his fingers in the air as a container susceptible for containing gas was revealed for all to see

"Poisonous gas?"

"If it was, this Zero would have used it by now." Harkov said, seeing one of the top ranked Britannian soldiers point his gun at Zero while shaking. "And something else tells me, the Britannia military don't know what they're dealing with. How strange." he deduced as the one in charge lowered his weapon.

"What are your demands?"

"An exchange. This," Zero pointed his thumb behind the container. "For Suzaku Kururugi." Zero said as Alice gripped her arms while she watched

Malik noticed this. "Alice? You alright?"

Alice shrugged. "I'm fine. I just need to see this."

"The real killer is right before you." All four turned their attention to the TV as the cameras focused on Zero. "I, Zero am the killer of Prince Clovis." he said, shocking everyone on TV except for Malik

"So, he killed Clovis." he said, curiously

"The question is will they let that young man for that "poison" gas or will they risk it for the sake of their own pride." Harkov pondered as the high-ranking official ordered his men to hand over Kururugi. "I believe we have our answer."

"Brits got bigger problems to deal with besides Suzaku Kururugi."

"It would appear that way." they watched the high-ranking officer stopped and yelled orders at his men to stand down, while Zero and his unknown accomplices escaped with Suzaku Kururugi in tow. "That could've escalated differently had that Purist faction leader stood to his pride."

"I find it hard to believe a guy like that would. To me, it felt like a sudden change."

Malik thought back to what the green haired girl said about a new Geass user. His eyes were focused on Zero as the public know about his first debut. "Who are you?"