*CRASH*

Lucienne: Lelouch, stop running from Merrybell, dammit!

Lelouch: No way, she won't give me a break! She's taking Mother's wish for grandchild too seriously!

Marrybell: Get after him, Oldrin!

Oldrin: Yes, Your Majesty!

Naruto: Just what did you drop? Uh-oh…

Lucienne: What?

Naruto: This was the Accent Converter that Soul was working with. It's busted. I'll go find Nines to get it fixed.

Naruko: Put a cork on that. He's currently in a ménage à trois with [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. It'll be a while, so I'm going to hide it now…

Naruto: Right, I'll deal with the usual. Soul does not own my series or any crossover that here, Special thanks to Castlecrasher009 and NorthSouthGorem for helping Soul along on this journey.

Lucienne: And thanks to Foxsky Harem Emperor, I now have a new nickname! I am Lucy, and Lelouch will be Lulu! Now let's get to it!

Milly: Wait, let me fix it!

Lucienne: Milly, no-!

*BOOM*

Lelouch: Did he search it up on Google?!

Good tidings, everyone~! I'm M.M.

After having the rebels clear the way, Naruto, Naruko, Lucienne, and C.C. have Clovis cornered in his very own G1 Base! The Third Prince issued a massacre in their name, but there they have, alive and well!

And sadly for him, the line has been crossed, and his fate is unavoidable. No matter what the reason, it still doesn't excuse executing the innocent…

[Clovis's G1 Base]

The sun was setting on Japan, leaving an orangish-red hue that covered the Shinjuku Ghetto. The survivors of the massacre were leaving the ghetto, overseen by the Britannian Knightmare and their annoyed pilots. Meanwhile, unknownst to them, their Prince currently had guests.

"I got this," Lucienne told the twins, keeping her gun trained on Clovis while handing the Spiderbot to Naruto. "Take what we need."

"You got it," Naruto acknowledged, motioning for Naruko to get to work.

"U-um…I'm overjoyed, Lucienne! They said that you and Nunnally died when Japan was brought into the fold- " Clovis said weakly, unnerved by the cold eyes of his little sister, "Wait, if you're alive, then that means Nunnally is too! What a blessing this is on this day! We should all depart for the homeland immediately!"

Lucienne raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Surely you haven't become that thick in our absence, Clovis. Don't you remember exactly why we were sent here to Japan? You and our other siblings saw us off after daddy dearest kicked us out. All I wanted was justice for Lelouch and my mother, but Charles opted to use us as tools of diplomacy…all for some Sakuradite," She giggled a bit, before continuing. "However, we recently learned that it was never about the Sakuradite at all. That was just a consolation prize in conquering Japan, so returning home is meaningless!"

As Lucienne was talking with Clovis, the twins were moving. C.C., who still had the soldier helmet on, was leaning near the window, arms folded and tapping her finger.

Naruto found the main terminal and set to work, placing the Spiderbot on the terminal. The gadget crawled around it for a moment until it spotted a port and inserted itself into it. He then placed his iDroid next to the keyboard and began typing away.

"Bagley, you in?" he asked.

"I'm always in something like you're in one of the girls, and that's not a joke for you to enjoy," Bagley snipped as Naruto snorted. "Clovis made this quite easy. He set his private browser to automatically log in. This should be a breeze, as long you three don't play with your food."

Meanwhile, Naruko was turning the room upside down for anything useful. Other than hidden weapons that the poor victims of C.C.'s Servant couldn't get to in time before being killed, there was nothing else of interest.

"Besides, you didn't answer my question! What the hell was that all about all there?! The Clovis we knew back in the day would've never have ordered a massacre!" Lucienne snarled, pressing the barrel against Clovis's forehead in anger, making him shake. "Even if Nunnally and I were dead, we would've never taken that as a tribute to your memory of us, especially Nunnally!"

"But…I had to!" a scared Clovis protested, his hands raised. "The terrorists stole a capsule filled with poison gas made by the Chinese Federation! If Father found out that I kept it for myself, he would disinherit me!"

"I don't know about that," Naruko said, walking over to search behind the throne. "He's an asshole, but he would not disown you just for this alone."

"For killing a bunch of Elevens?! Why would he?" Clovis asked incredulously, "We Britannia have conquered them! Their lives are ours to control! Father wouldn't care!"

"They're still human, you tool!" Naruto shouted from the terminal. "As for your father, he cares for his children as much as he cares for those he deemed Numbers. He'll sell Euphie and Laila down the river if it means keeping you and Nelia in line."

"That's…not…true…" Clovis faltered, his mind going back to the day Lucienne and Nunnally departed. "It…can't…"

"It is and you know it," Lucienne growled, before easing up on the gunpoint. "But that's enough reunion talk. I want answers, Clovis!" she said, snapping her fingers.

In an instant, Scáthach leaped from her shadow and landed on top of the throne. Spinning her red lances around, she held the tips of the lances to Clovis's neck.

"What, what?!" Clovis yelped, looking up at the woman. "Who is-?!"

"I'm asking the questions here now, not you!" Lucienne snapped, slamming her hands on the sides of the throne and leaning forward. "Now tell me! What do you know about my mother's death?!"

"Nothing! I don't know anything!" Clovis yelled, a little too quickly.

"Naruto," Lucienne said coolly.

Without his eyes leaving the screen, Naruto made a circular motion with his finger. In the next second, Medusa sprang from his shadow, and slung her chains around the room, resulting in a series of bleeding corpses suddenly hanging down from the rafters. C.C. also snapped her fingers, and black stakes sprouted up once again, stabbing through the hearts of the corpses.

Lucienne smiled sweetly. "You were saying?"

If Clovis wasn't pissing his pants at the moment, he was now. But the artist in him couldn't help but see the beauty of the scenery in front of him. His little sister, with hanging humans with stakes through their chests, had the image of the late Marianne vi Britannia ascending from Hell to raze the Earth with her flames of vengeance. And the eyes, those dark cold eyes that looked as if they were piercing right through his soul.

"I…well…" Clovis sweated as he looked back and forth from Lucienne in front of him and Scáthach above him. "I really…don't know, but Schneizel and Cornelia can tell you!" he said quickly as Lucienne's eyes violently twitched.

"Wait, why them specifically?" Naruko asked, as Naruto whipped around to look at Clovis in shock.

"Cornelia was investigating her death until Father personally ordered her to stop! And before Cornelia's investigation, I overheard our Father speaking to someone about Schneizel moving her body as well!" Clovis revealed, getting stares of shock. "I don't know who, but the person Father was talking to had the voice of a child-!"

The twins and Lucienne looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to make of that information. However, they saw C.C. suddenly punching the nearby window, breaking it into glass shards.

'V.V…so it was you…' she thought, clenching her fist. 'I warned you, Marianne…'

"Who is that?" Clovis asked nervously.

"Oh, you'll know soon enough," Lucienne said ominously while processing the information. "I need you to focus on me right now."

After Marianne was assassinated, Schneizel moved her body somewhere, while Cornelia, the Captain of the Guard at the time, had investigated the incident, until stopped by Charles. It was quite a wealth of information, with more questions than answers as a result.

"No suspects after all this time? Mother held the title of Knight of Honor but was a commoner by birth. We've all seen how the other consorts held her in contempt."

Clovis shook his head. "They've all been cleared, and Father put it on record that it was domestic terrorism. No one questioned it, and-"

"It was used for propaganda further his global domination," Lucienne finished for him, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I wonder if Mother was always dead to him as we are all to him…"

Clovis shook his head. "Impossible. Father loved your mother more than mine. They even showed their love in public."

"Yet he didn't investigate her death himself, so that love was obviously false," Lucienne growled before continuing. "Now tell me, Clovis. Even if it's over poison gas, why use a massacre to cover it up? You may have been annoying when we were kids, but you would never do something like this! What happened to you?!"

Clovis swallowed, regret filling his being when he saw the hurt in Lucienne's eyes and the gun shaking in her hand. His mind went back to the days where they all played together in the Aries Villa, playing chess and pretending to be knights who saved the girls. They laughed and made fun of each other, but at the end of the day, they had an unbreakable bond. Unfortunately, it was broken when Charles sent Lucienne and Nunnally to Japan after the deaths of Lelouch and Marianne, and banned Uzumaki presence from Britannian territories.

"Indeed, I have changed," Clovis murmured sadly as he relaxed on the throne. "After hearing of your deaths, there was an anger that I couldn't control, causing me to blame all Elevens, as well as the Uzumaki because I thought the twins failed to protect you. I never wanted to own an area and spend my days painting. Unfortunately, Father thought differently and sent me here to Area 11, your supposed graveyard. I was close to moving on until I came here, and seeing the Elevens, whether the ones living in the ghettos or Honorary Britannians, angered me."

"And so your anger blinded you…warped you…" C.C. noted from the side.

"Yes, and-" Clovis flinched, recognizing the voice and looked at the 'soldier,' "Wait, you're-!"

C.C. took off the helmet, her golden irises glaring at the Third Prince. "Hello, Prince Clovis."

Clovis's shoulders slump as he stares at her. "You…found her?" He then sighed as he put the pieces together. "You were the ones that led the terrorists to victory against me…" He stated, looking up at Lucienne.

"Got it in one," Lucienne said with a dark smile.

"...Well, now I don't feel so bad about my forces losing against you. If there's anyone besides Lelouch and Schneizel that can best me in battle, it's you," Clovis mused with a chuckle. "It goes to show how much I've changed, and what I didn't learn…"

"Is that genuine remorse I hear over here?" Naruto called over to him. "About her? About the Japanese you had killed?"

"...Yes. I have no excuse for the atrocities I committed. It was all born from the pressure to please my Father while surpassing him in secret. It didn't stop me from thinking of those beneath me as tools for my ascension. In some twisted sense, you can call it revenge for what he did to all of you," Clovis said and laughed. "I guess I truly was in over my head, huh?"

"Yes, you were," Lucienne said, motioning Scáthach to come to her side. "Unlike us, who prepared for our fight against Charles since the first bomb dropped at the Kururugi Manor."

"Okay, got it!" Naruto said, disconnecting his iDroid and Spiderbot and pocket them. "Bagley, get back to the car and direct it back to Ashford. We'll be coming back on our Knightmares."

"Understood."

"I guess this is where I die now," Clovis murmured, with Naruto, Naruko, Lucienne, and C.C. standing in front of him. "After everything I did, I more than deserve death's embrace for becoming a monster. Besides, if you're going to go up against Father, you need a sacrifice to show you're serious."

"Of course, big brother. Remorse or not, you're going to die anyway, and your former guinea pig here will be the one to execute you here." Lucienne said and turned to leave. "Come on, guys. We're done here."

"Yeah," Naruko agreed. "I guess we are…"

Naruto shook his head. "It's a shame you were like this, Clovis. Honestly, you were the last person I expected to try and genocide an entire race."

The twins and Lucienne headed towards the door with their Servants, leaving Clovis with a grateful C.C.

"What are you going to tell Laila?" Clovis suddenly asked, making them stop.

"About what?" Naruto asked, turning to look at him.

"About things I did, the things I allowed to happen," Clovis replied, looking at C.C.

"Hmm," Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "Haven't thought about it."

"...Make something up. Don't tell her what I did with Code-R. And don't hurt her."

"Clovis, we may be demons, but we're not monsters," Naruto said. "But fine. See ya."

Naruto, Naruko, Medusa, and Scáthach left, with Lucienne looking back and whispering. "Goodbye, Clovis."

"I hope you realized your remorse will not save you from my wrath," C.C. seethed as the doors closed behind the others. "You may have not done anything to me physically, but you were the one responsible for my imprisonment!"

"Other than it was all for overthrowing my father with an immortal army, I offer no excuse." Clovis said solemnly, "I'm not going to stop you from extracting your justice. Just do what you got to. Just don't hurt my sister. She has nothing to do with this…"

"I don't plan on hurting your sister. After all…"

C.C. grabbed his head with one hand, her Code of Immortality glowing red as flames engulfed the room.

"I'll have you pay for the pain you inflicted on me!"

'I have truly turned down the wrong path in my life. I can only hope that in the next one, my path will be a righteous one. Lucienne, Naruto, and Naruko, I hope to see you down that road when you're successful against Father. Goodbye Laila, Nunnally, Mother…' Clovis smiled, blacking out and thought no more.

Stage 03: Red Queen/Black Rose

A while later, the twins and Lucienne gathered behind the G1 Base, where their Knightmares were parked. There were no other Sutherlands around, so they were safe for now.

"Are you all right, Master?" Scáthach asked, putting her hand on Lucienne's shoulder. "That must have been hard, leaving your brother to his death after he showed remorse…"

"Or he may have been faking and did it to make Lucy hesitate in having him killed," Naruko mumbled in annoyance.

"He wasn't and you know it, Nee-san. Yeah, he was scared shitless at first, but he slowly became regretful, especially on the subject of Charles…" Naruto said, dope-slapping the back of her head.

"I'm fine, you guys. Also, I see that you have a normal accent now, Scáthach," Lucienne mused with a raised eyebrow.

"Only when out of conflict Master, ah kin keep it fur ye~" Scáthach cooed, poking at her master's cheek with a free hand.

"Oh, do what you want." Lucienne rolled her eyes, looking miffed.

"Would you like for me to adopt an accent as well, Master?" Medusa asked Naruto, who blanched and shook his head.

"So bro, Lucy, you gonna introduce me to the new blood?" Naruko asked sweetly.

"She tells me she's Medusa," he replied, with Naruko raising an eyebrow.

"I don't see any snakes in your hair," Naruko said as she examined her. "Is that why you have her eyes covered?"

"I think you have me confused for my other self…" Medusa mumbled, turning her head to the side.

"All done."

Everyone looked to see C.C. walking towards this, looking relaxed and a bit annoyed.

"Evil isn't born, it's taught and planted in order to blossom and spread its roots. That boy never started out evil, but Charles's influence and pressure didn't help his psyche at all, so I ended him quickly. Regardless, the severity of his crimes warranted his death sentence," she said, with the children looking saddened.

"Maybe we should've had that Yoko chick snipe him and be done with it…" Naruko grumbled.

"You'll have plenty of time to mope later. I did see some soldiers coming to the base, so it's best that we leave now." C.C. said sternly.

"And once we get back to the bunker, you'll answer our questions," Naruto said as Lucienne's communicator beeped.

"Yeah?"

"Your Highness, I hope you and your friends are getting away from the area now. They've just found Clovis's body." Jeremiah told her.

"We're already moving," Lucienne said, getting on Artorias with Naruko and C.C. getting on Raiser with Naruto. "Just let us know when you and Villy come to Ashford."

"It'll be a while, but once everything's cleared up, we'll be there," Jeremiah said. "Good luck, Lady Lucienne!"

After the Servant sunk into their Masters' shadows, Raiser and Artorias took off in Flight Mode with their occupants, speeding out of the ghetto. Both pilots pushed a button on the dashboard, causing the Knightmares and its passengers to go invisible as they bypassed the roadblocks.

[Ashford Underground Bunker Command Center]

The trip back to the bunker was mostly uneventful, mostly due to saving their words for the eventual debrief. Aside from the fact that C.C. was discreetly feeling Naruto up for some reason, Naruto and Lucienne tested out their connection with their Servants, discovering that they can communicate with them telepathically. Hence Scáthach taunting Lucienne with her Scottish accent to get her to crack and laugh.

After zipping through the opening of the entrance to Ashford's Underground area, they landed in the hangar area where they disembarked; with Medusa and Scáthach reappearing and looking around curiously. Naruto, Naruko, and Lucienne then led them to the Command Center, where Milly and Rivalz were waiting.

"Well, that was a day!" Milly said in strained cheerfulness as the three ringleaders of the crusade collapsed into some chairs.

"You're telling me!" Rivalz said with an attempt at a chuckle. "You have the craziest dumb luck in running into a massacre. Must be the Uzumaki genes in effect!"

Naruto waved his hand in the air. "No, no, not in the least."

"My ass is starting to feel sore again," Lucienne groaned out.

"Jokes aside, this is really happening. We're finally going to actively fight against Britannia. Hard to believe I'm part of this because of that pinball machine. Eh? Eh?" Rivalz said, drawing some slightly amused voices from the others.

"Thanks for trying to cheer us up, Rivalz," Lucienne said as she looked at the screens where they were showing the screens of today's events in Shinjuku. "Is it possible for a victory to feel like a victory, and at the same time, not feel like a victory?"

"It's only because this isn't a simulation we're playing. They never account for a sudden massacre and amateur terrorists suddenly stealing something from the military." Naruto said as he watched the screens as well.

"The same amateur terrorists you all plan on bringing into the fold. After their muck-up, I thought you would look elsewhere. Better yet, get rid of that loudmouth and they'll be the perfect team to work with." Bagley piped up. "Plus, their Ace pilots are hot when they're not acting like invalids."

"I guess you have a bug in your programming if you're using the word 'hot' to describe someone, Bagley. Have you let Rivalz mess around with your code again?" Naruko asked while smirking at the culprit.

"Oh come on! Bagley could use the code that measures attractiveness more than me!" Rivalz said, raising his hands. "Plus, more punching up!"

"GUTS!" Milly suddenly yelled, making everyone jump. "Now, can we please get back on track with a more pressing matter? Like, who are you?" she asked, dramatically pointing at C.C. "And how did you give Lucy the ability to stop bullets and float to the ground? And how does that mark on your head prevent you from being killed? And how do Ms. Medusa and Ms. Scáthach factor into their powers?"

Scáthach chuckled. "Please drop the Ms. part. I'm not that old."

"Calm yourself, Millicent," C.C. chided her, raising a hand to silence. "I'll tell you all only what you need to know, but it'll be enough to digest since you all have a lot on your mind. Plus, the information you obtained from Clovis's computer will help too."

"Right."

Naruto tossed the Spiderbot over to the computer, even as Milly muttered, "Millicent…?" where it activated and inserted itself into a port. The images of Shinjuku moved to the auxiliary screens while the information on Code-R showed on the main screen.

"Well, we're all ears!" Naruko said, with she and everyone gave her their full attention.

"Lucienne can do the things she can do because I granted her and Naruto here the power of Geass. As a Code Bearer with the Code of Immortality, I am immortal and have the ability to bestow Geass onto those I chose worthy, in exchange for fulfilling my desire, my one true wish as a contract." C.C. explained.

"I don't mean to be rude, but how old are you again, Miss C.C.?" Rivalz asked meekly.

C.C. looked amused, kicking her legs in the air. "Don't presume me to be like today's modern women who're sensitive about their age, Rivalz. I am over 700 years, born during the Dark Ages. And before you ask, yes; I have witnessed the formation of the Holy Britannian Empire with my own eyes."

As she said this, old and grainy pictures of C.C. appeared on the screen, from black-and-white pictures and well-painted portraits with her standing out with her green hair.

"Seven…hundred…years…?" Milly gaped before closely examining her. "You look…good!"

"Why thank you, Millicent."

"Please call me Milly," Milly said with a sweatdrop.

"Right, Milly then. Immortality and eternal youth may be a gift to you mortals, but I wouldn't advise it." C.C. said airly and looked toward the twins. "As Uzumaki, I'm sure you know what I mean, right?"

Naruto nodded. "We Uzumaki can share our lifeforce with our precious ones to slow their aging, so there are those that so far lived for at least a hundred years or more. While they are used to it, some have become dreary of a prolonged life, leading to some passing on."

"Indeed. I wasn't kidding when I said that I had all matters of…deaths…done on my person. And yes, it includes beheadings and being crushed by water pressure." C.C. said as Rivalz was about to ask something. "Name it and it probably happened."

Rivalz looked green and waved his hands. "I…I think I'm good."

"Where do these ladies come in?" Naruko asked, pointing at the Servants.

"They are Heroic Spirits, bonuses for gaining a Geass and will protect you no matter what. However, I didn't expect it to happen when giving Lucienne and Naruto their Geass. The Holy Grail required to summon them was sealed away in order to do away with Charles' Servants, who are all extremely dangerous and is more than capable to make sure Ragnarök is done without interference." C.C. said before thinking to herself. 'A mix of Proper Human History Servant with his and V.V.'s Lostbelt Servant at that…'

"So Charles does have a Geass…" Lucienne scowled before blinking. "Wait, did you just say Servants?"

C.C. nodded. "Yes, Geass users are capable of wielding multiple Servants by defeating other Geass users and their Servants. You've seen the other Class Cards go inside you, right? They're empty slots for you to summon additional Servants."

"To what end?" Lucienne questioned.

"Sacrifice them for magical energy to power the Holy Grail for one selfish wish. Charles is aiming for that, but he wants more Servants than he is allowed. Aside from Ragnarök, whatever he's keeping close to the chest requires a lot of energy to pull off." C.C. said and added darkly. "And after selling me out to that boy, he won't be getting mine."

"Of course you have multiple Servants. 700 years, probably got all those slots filled, eh?" Naruto guessed. "When can we meet them?"

"It's late, and I still need to calm them down for abandoning them by helping to seal the Holy Grail." C.C. said, sounding a bit nervous. "So maybe later…"

Rivalz groaned loudly. "Well great, now we have the Emperor possibly having an army of powerful Heroic Spirits under his belt."

"That is if they aren't sacrificed already, but I don't think you have to worry about them. They're Charles' precious fuel for the Holy Grail, so he won't have them go far." C.C. assured them. 'At least the ones he has control of that is.'

"Ugh, this is so much to take in…" Milly groaned, holding her head.

"Aww, and I was having so much fun melting your brains over what you're getting yourselves into. I haven't even completely gone over everything about Geass." C.C. said coyly.

"Maybe we can save the rest for tomorrow?" Rivalz suggested. "After everything that's happened today, we should recharge our batteries. Take it from the top tomorrow."

"Agreed." Naruto nodded, standing up and started to shred his armor suit. "We'll pick this up tomorrow after class-"

"Don't I get to have a say in this little meeting?" A voice suddenly spoke out of the computer's speakers.

Naruto, Naruko, Lucienne, Milly, and Rivalz all flinched and slowly turned towards the screen. Instead of the pictures and files of the Code-R project on the screen, they saw the stern face of an older teen their age glaring at them.

He had slick black hair, brown irises with rim glasses over them, light skin with Caucasian features, and wearing a white lab coat over a black shirt, blue leans, and black shoes. He was leaning back in his chair, a leg folded over the other, and fingers intertwined together.

"Oh, hey Nines! We weren't expecting to see you so soon…" Naruto laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head, while Naruko was trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible.

The teen, Nines, narrowed his eyes. "Considering all the alerts I received from the Raiser, you should have expected to get an ASAP call from me. Didn't I tell you not to push the Gun-Frames too hard? They're still in their beta-phases. The Nano-Repair System was almost pushed past its limits. Just what the hell were the two of you thinking?!"

Naruto put his hands up. "I already told you that it was an emergency. Britannia was slaughtering everyone in the Shinjuku Ghetto!"

"I saw the footage. Plus, the Uzu-controlled satellites got a clear picture of the massacre and we were tapping into their coms. Good job, by the way, Lucienne. You put their battle network into such a state of chaos it was almost laughable. The command staff had to have been freaking out big time!"

"Oh, they freaked out bad enough to send that Lancelot to ruin our day," Milly said, laughing. "Luckily we had Naruto here to fend it off and Naruko to deal a devastating blow. Christ, that was one crazy Knightmare! Its movements far surpassed what the training dummies are programmed to do with our simulators!"

Rivalz nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I saw some of that. Who the hell does a spin-kick in a Knightmare Frame?"

Lucienne blinked. "...Hang on a sec. It can't be, can it?"

"What?" Naruto frowned, "What is it?"

"When we reunited with Suzaku, he attacked me with that exact same spin-kick that Lancelot tried to do before Naruto stopped him!" Lucienne said, with the twins also blinking. "What if…Suzaku survived that bullet and was in that Lancelot!"

"..."

"..."

"...Doubtful." Naruto finally said.

"Undoubtful!" Lucienne countered.

"Highly doubtful," Naruto pressed, shaking his head in disbelief. "We're talking about the same Suzaku who would purposely trip himself up to avoid hurting a fly, and would use violence as a last resort."

"He tried to take my bloody head off before he knew it was me!" she protested, pointing at her head. "It's been seven years. He's changed, just like us!"

"True, but he got shot. Even if he did recover, there's no way he could do all those moves since the strain would be too much. Piloting a Knightmare puts a strain on the untrained body, and there's no way the military would let an Honorary Britannian near a Knightmare-!"

"Okay, stop!" Naruko yelled before Lucienne could reply. "Am I hearing that right? Suzaku is now an Honorary Britannian and he's in the Britannian Military?! And in addition, he tried to kick Lucy-chan's head off before realizing it was you?"

Lucienne nodded rapidly. "That's it in a nutshell, and C.C. popped out of the capsule after that too!"

Naruko blinked several times before yelling. "WHAT THE FU-?!"

"By the way!" Nines cut across her in amusement. "We received that Knightmare Frame arm you procured. I've already got the techs looking over it. Gotta say, whoever built the thing isn't too shabby."

"It was built by Lloyd Asplund," Milly said quickly before Naruko could continue. "What did you find, Nines?"

"You mean one of the scientists we plan to poach from Britannia? If so, then we need to get him, as long as he can be kept in check. While the construction and innovation is sound, I can't fathom what he was thinking. If my theory is correct, this Asplund guy created a high-performance Knightmare unit that's impossible to pilot." Nines said in disbelief.

"How so?" Rivalz questioned.

"Well, I could've used another part from the Knightmare to be sure, but I'll have to make do with what I have here. Basically, there's Sakuradite sprinkled in different areas of the limb you brought me."

Naruto's jaw dropped in disbelief. "You're kidding! We haven't even thought of that!"

"I'm not," Nines said flatly, showing images of his analysis, confirming his report. "From this arm alone, the Lancelot is one hell of a machine. If you can get me some schematics on the Frame, I'll have more to go on; but I do have enough to incorporate some of these innovations into our next Frame models."

"We have a couple of people on the inside now, but we'll make some arrangements to get something done about that," Lucienne said.

"Thanks. Now regardless of what the Uzu Council decides to do regarding this atrocity, I'm going to need you two to prep the Raiser and Artorias for a return trip to Uzu for repairs and combat re-optimization. Things are about to get hot in this country now that a Viceroy has been killed. Britannia will send someone to pacify the resistance here now that they consider them a legitimate threat thanks to your actions." Nines told them seriously after banishing the screens.

"We'll have them shot to Uzu by midnight tonight," Naruto said with Naruko nodding in confirmation. "Any chance of you incorporating the Lancelot's tech into our Frames?"

"I can try, but no guarantees for the foreseeable future."

"Uzu Council, huh?" C.C. mused with a smile. "Pray tell, who's running things back at Uzushio?"

"Our mother, Uzumaki Kushina," Naruto replied with pride.

"...I see." C.C. started to sweat. 'Kushina, huh? That means Mito-san has finally retired…'

Throughout her long life, C.C. knew the Uzumaki clan. It was because of her that they'd learned of Geass, the Code of Immortality, the Thought Elevators, and the Ragnarök Connection. One thing led to another, and in a chain of events, the Uzumaki became the world's only defense against Ragnarök being enacted. In a strange twist of irony, C.C. was one of the caretakers of a young Kushina while Uzumaki Mito was running Uzushio until she grew up to be an adult.

And now, one of her new contacts was one of her children.

"I'll be submitting all the video and data over to Aoshi so that he can verify and write up a summary to present to the Council when the meeting is called. I'm sure he'll have me detail everything that happened. I'll call you guys up when we've reached a decision regarding Britannia, but you can bet we will begin to take action, and soon," Nines added, the others nodding in acknowledgment. "I'm going to continue with the analysis on Lancelot's arm. If we're lucky, I can get started on that barrier tech since that's the closest to being completed on our end. You guys just get some rest, okay? Nines out."

"Got it. Say hi to Kaa-chan and Emmie-san for me, will ya?" Naruto said. Nines gave a mock salute before signing out. "Right, let's go get some rest, eh?"

"And take a day off on the weekend for the missed assignments?" Rivalz asked hopefully.

Milly smirked. "Leave that to me. In the meanwhile, we can have C.C. hideout in the Student Council building with you. I'll go as far as to have her registered as a student and put you in the Student Council alongside us once I get the paperwork in order."

C.C. shrugged. "Do what you like. I never went to school, other than self-defense classes over the years. It should be fun."

"Meanwhile, Medusa and Scáthach will continue watching our backs," Naruto said, with Medusa nodding.

"Fine with me. We Servants have nothing else better to do besides fighting." Scáthach replied while stretching.

"Welp, meeting adjourned then," Lucienne said, clapping her hands.

[Kōzuki Group Hideout]

It was a party inside the dreary place, with the rebels inside passing around and clinking each other's drinks and dancing around. It was their first major victory against Britannia, thanks to the mysterious Rei that coordinated them to destroy Sutherlands and rescue surviving civilians in the ghettos. Of course, it wasn't a complete victory since there were many that died due to their operation going sideways, but the alcohol was there to dull their nerves and senses so they could celebrate and put the guilt aside for now.

The only ones who weren't joining them were the senior members of the Kōzuki Group, who couldn't let the guilt go. Instead, in their own private meeting, most of them were glowering at a sweating Tamaki.

"So Tamaki, got anything to say for yourself?" Yoko asked, her mock smile not reaching her eyes.

"I never expected the guards to check behind the dumpster! Hell, I can't control the trajectory of where a body falls!" Tamaki said.

"The bodies were supposed to go into the dumpster, not outside it! You idiot!" Kallen snapped at him. "Aki-neesan, Nagata and I did our parts! You just had to do yours, but you got lazy!"

"Speaking of, has anyone seen Nagata?" Akiza asked, looking around. "He never got back to us, and wasn't part of the lineup when Rei was assigning us codenames."

"The fact he never got back to us means that he's gone. He did rig an explosive in that truck, and would only use it when he got caught with no way out." Ohgi said solemnly.

"If that's the case, then that means that Britannia's got the poison gas back!" Tamaki said angrily.

"Or, the Phantom Thieves have it since they mentioned it." Akiza guessed, pointing a finger up. "Better their hands than Britannia's."

Ohgi nodded. "We'll ask them about it when they make contact with us. Rei did say that she'll be in touch, and that this was only the beginning of Britannia's fall."

"Can we really trust her and her friends? How do we not know they aren't using us for their next heist?" Inoue spoke up.

"You have a point," Minami Yoshitaka, a man with purple hair and glasses said. "But I feel that we could use them in return."

"At the end of the day, we'll be using each other, and that's okay. Rei and her friends save us, so I have a reason to trust them. For now, we lay low and wait for the fallout to blow over." Ohgi said, with his friends nodding in agreement (and Tamaki just grumbling). "Akiza, Kallen, you two return to Ashford. I'll contact you when we move again."

"Ugh, do we have to?" Kallen complained, but Akiza bopped her over the head. "Ow!"

"Of course. There are only so many days we can take off before they become suspicious of our movements and connect the dots." Akiza said, grabbing Kallen by her arm and lifting her up with her. "Come on, imouto, let's go."

"Try not to mingle too much with the crowd, eh girls?" Tamaki jokes, with the other cringing.

At that, the Kōzuki girls whipped around and kicked Tamaki square between the legs, with the latter letting out a whine as he cradled his balls and fell to his knees.

"And you try not to fuck up…" Kallen growled.

"...Like you did today!" Akiza finished for her.

Tamaki fell to his knees, gagging as the two redheads left in a huff.

"I'll go make sure they get home safe," Yoko said, grabbing her sniper rifle and following after them.

"You had that one coming, Tamaki," Ohgi told him as Tamaki rolled over in pain. "One would think that you'd learn your lesson after pulling a stunt like that…"

[Ashford Academy, the next day]

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz~"

"Lucy~? Lucy~? Lucy, oh for- Wake up, Lucienne!" Milly yelled, whacking over across the head.

"Ack!" Lucienne yelped, trying to cover up as Milly repeatedly whacked her with the rolled-up paper she had. "Hey!"

Nathan, Natalia, Lucienne, Milly, and Rivalz were in the Student Council room, catching up on work; along with Nick, Shirley, and Nina.

"I know you were sleeping; your hand stopped moving!" Milly snapped at her as she continued assaulting her with the paper. "Up and at it, you!"

"Nick, she's stealing your shtick!" Lucienne wailed, trying to wave Milly off.

"Better her than me. I'm busy trying to get this mess done," Nick chuckled as he set a sheet of paper to the side. "Unlike you and the twins here. And that's the only reason I'm not making you hand my paper back over."

He gestured to Naruto and Naruko, the two in their 'Nathan' and 'Natalia' forms; the former looked bored, while the latter was making paper airplanes and throwing them around.

"Lay off, Nick. We had a day yesterday." Nathan grumbled, finally writing something and setting the signal paper to the side. "Getting back here was a bitch."

"Oh really now?" Shirley scoffed, reaching forward and failing to grab the blonde. "What was up with you yesterday, sending me to voicemail and ignoring my calls? What exactly happened?"

"Traffic restrictions. Don't know and still don't know why, so please stop pretending to be my mom and keep it down, will ya?" Nathan drawled, lying smoothly.

No way was he bringing Shirley in on the crusade. Her massive crush on Nathan was a factor of course, and she was even more normal than Nina, the orangette having no notable skills whatsoever to be of assistance. That and there was a chance of her selling them down the river should the body count pile up.

"What do you mean by that-?!" Shirley started to shriek with a blush.

"All right, all right, all right, that's enough you lovebirds," Milly calls out, beating her papers into her free hand to get everyone's attention. "Let's not get sidetracked here! If we don't come up with a fix for the club activities, there won't be money left for anything at all!"

"And if it comes to that point…" Nina murmured from the side where the computer is.

"The Equestrian Club will be pisssed," Rivalz finished for her with an enthusiastic shrug. "We don't want them busting in here on horseback again!"

"Yeah, that was a riot," Nick mused while looking out the window.

At that exact moment, a member of the Equestrian Club riding horseback passed by the room outside. He stopped in the front of the window and gave the Student Council a disapproving look, before trotting off.

"Geez Rivalz, can't you be a more serious Student Council member for once?" Shirley scolded him and turned her attention to Milly. "And you know it would've been nice of you if you would have reminded us about this mess a day ago!"

"I would have to say it again a day later," said Rivalz dully, "Then we would've given up."

"Great idea! Let's do that!" Lucienne said gleefully.

"Ever thought of maybe we don't do that?" Nick growled, grabbing a paper airplane out of the air. "The last thing we need are the twins pranking a club who'll rightfully be pissed off at us, and that I have to talk down."

"GUTS!" Milly suddenly yelled, slamming her hands down and making everyone jump.

"That 'Guts' spell again, Milly?" Rivalz groaned, rubbing his ears. "Really?"

Milly had a habit of yelling that whenever things were going off the rails. She used to do it by yelling random words before settling on 'Guts', since in Japanese, one of its meanings is willpower which leads to motivation.

"Yep!" she said and wagged her papers at all of them. "I want you lovely people to start putting your all into this."

"A fine thing for you to say," huffed Nick, unaffected by her burst of flamboyance, "You're the one who's done the least so far, 'prez.'"

"I think that 'spell' did more harm than good," Nathan grumbled, his and Natalia's ears ringing after the sudden outburst.

"Actually it's got me going, Madam President!" Shirley said cheerfully.

"Oh ho, supple and willing, just how I like it." Milly praised, glazing over at Shirley.

"I train hard in the Gymnastics Club!" Shirley said, flexing her arm.

Nathan smirked, Naruko chortled, and Lucienne just rolled her eyes.

"That's not what I'm getting at, my dear Shirley," Milly said, folding her arms and licking her lips as she undressed her with her eyes.

"Eh?" Shirley squeaked, not liking the look Milly was giving her.

"You're a solid 10," Milly cooed, looking right at her boobs. "From what I've seen in the girl's bathroom anyway. You've been filling out top to bottom in all the right places, huh?" she noted with a perverted grin.

"She's not wrong," Naruto said, winking at the ginger.

"Wha…!" Shirley crossed her arms over her chest, looking from Naruto to Milly with furiously red cheeks. "What are you talking about, you perv?!"

Everyone laughed as the tension was eased up, not looking noticing Claire Harvey at the door, looking scandalized.

"Mad, they're all mad…"

…

A while later, they finally managed to sort out the financial problem plaguing them and finish balancing the budget. Of course, all the shenanigans was done to calm the nerves of those going up against Britannia. The arrival of Claire certainly helped, as her brain was fried on how Milly could be as perverted as the boys her crew caught peeping on girls.

They all walked out together, feeling pleased with themselves for getting something done and preventing the dreaded Equestrian Club from stampeding their room.

"Geez, you're just a dirty old man on the inside, Madam President!" Shirley whined, giving Milly a reproachful look as they walked down the hallway. "Sullying the meeting with your filthy mind!"

"Oh yeah, praise me more!" Milly squealed.

"Don't encourage her!" Claire snapped at Shirley.

"Yeah well, that's Milly for you," Nina said softly.

Nick, with the casual ease of practice, smacked Milly on the head with a rolled-up newspaper. "Alright, you've met your harassment quota for the day. Any more and I'll have to start docking your pay," he told her so seriously that the others had to laugh.

"Look on the bright side! We got the budget balanced, didn't we?" Rivalz said through his laughter. "So let's not complain-"

"They used poison gas?"

All of them stopped and looked in on a classroom, where some students were hovering over our laptop that was playing the local news.

"Man, that's freaky!" one of the boys said. "Shinjuku's only 30 minutes away from here!"

"Oh my god, I saw it too!" said one of the girls. "There was smoke rising from the direction of Shinjuku! It must've been the poison gas!"

"Are they saying anything else about it?"

"Shinjuku?" Shirley questioned, looking at the others in confusion.

"So that was the cause of that traffic jam? Poison gas?" Lucienne asked, playing the part of a curious classmate. "No wonder the police were giving us so much trouble."

"Yeah," Nathan nodded while pulling on his collar. "They could've just told us-"

"Hey, check out the footage of those dead Elevens!" one of the students called out, sounding awfully excited.

One of the female students made a sound of disgust. "Agh, don't look at that!"

"Weird," Nick said, his eyes narrowing at the students' fascination with what was being shown. "Those bodies don't look like they were poisoned." His fists clenched tightly, but his tone stayed as aloofly casual as usual.

"Why would they even show their dead bodies to begin with on live TV?" Shirley wondered as Nina shivered. "What do you think, Nathan? …Nathan?"

Nick, Shirley, and Nina turned to see Nathan, Natalia, Lucienne, Milly, and Rivalz gone, nowhere to be seen. Claire however was running down the hall.

"Where did they go?" Shirley wondered, as Nick suddenly ran after Claire. "Hey!"

…

Nick caught up with Claire as she rounded the corner, only to see the five of them gone.

"Where did they go?" he wondered. "They can't be that fast."

Claire shook her head. "I don't know, what when they disappear together during school, it's always this hallway where the elevator is."

She pointed at the said elevator, with Nick raised an eyebrow, his frown deepening.

"Curious…"

…

Inside the elevator, the five rebels against Britannia were having an impromptu meeting. Naruto had punched in a code to make the elevator freeze, unmoving until it turned back on, leaving them in the dark.

"This is strange," Lucienne stated with a frown, her arms folded. "Why would they cover it up?"

"Well, C.C. did kill Clovis, so they might be doing it to fend off anarchy?" Rivalz guessed, sitting Indian style with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Or they're trying to get their story straight before going live with it." Naruko chimed in. "No way they're going to put out a simple story about how Clovis got assassinated over poison gas."

Milly hummed. "Now that I think about it, who's in charge now that Clovis is gone?"

"The Purebloods, I guess," Lucienne replied with a grim expression.

"Luckily, we have Orenji and Villy-chan on our side. They can give us the deets on what the Margrave in the Purist Faction is up to." Naruto said, hitting the side of his fist in his palm. "For now, let's wait for their response before taking action."

"Sounds like a plan!" Rivalz said, giving a thumbs-up.

"Wait!" Naruko said, raising her hand. "What do we do about the Kōzuki sisters should they show up?"

Naruto smirked. "No need to hide our identities since we're on the same team; so we bring them into the fold of course."

[Britannia Settlement, Royal Palace, Jeremiah's Office]

Jeremiah sighed as he finished up his after-action report while sharing his desk with Villetta, who long since finished hers. Of course, they'd had to fib in their report, omitting meeting Lucienne, the twins, and C.C., and come up with a half-assed reason on how they weren't around "clearing the Ghetto" like the others. Sure, looking for the poison gas made for a good excuse, but-

"Why the hell did they say the 'poison gas' detonated?!" Villetta wondered aloud in frustration. "Just what the hell is Margrave Kewell thinking?!"

"Anything that would make the terrorists look bad is a win in Kewell's book," Jeremiah said as he looked over his report. "He still has problems considering the cons of his ideas. If the 'poison gas' was truly released, all the districts around Shinjuku would've been evacuated. Fortunately, the masses won't think of that."

"At least we're not being closely observed like General Bartley is," Villetta said in relief before her look darkened. "C.C. did a number on him, but that doesn't make me feel sorry for him. He was in on her experimentation like Clovis was."

Jeremiah nodded. "Indeed. He'll make for a good scapegoat while we find out who they'll send as the new Viceroy. As long as it's not Princess Flare, Her Highness and the Uzumaki will be in the clear to liberate Japan."

Villetta scowled at the name. "Flare li Britannia. Who knows what that cunt of all cunts is doing in the shadows. Hopefully, she doesn't catch a ride if Lady Cornelia and Lady Euphemia are chosen to be Viceroys."

"I don't think we'll have to worry. After what she did, Lady Cornelia won't let the bitch in the same Area as herself and Lady Euphemia. There's a reason why she rose the ranks of the Imperial Army to become the Chief General," Jeremiah reassured her and stood up. "But on the safe side, we should make sure after delivering these reports."

[Ashford Academy]

After the impromptu meeting in the elevators, the "Down with Britannia" gang headed off to their morning homeroom. Nathan, Natalia, and Milly headed to their 3rd-Year class, while Lucienne and Rivalz headed off to their 2nd-Year Class. When they got to their classroom, they saw a similar sight; Akiza could be seen with the 3rd-Years, and Kallen with the second years, surrounded by their classmates, ecstatic that they were back. It'd been ages since those two had been seen around the school.

However, their appearances and personas were a far cry from the spitfires Naruto and Lucienne had seen back in the truck on that fateful day yesterday. Their eyes were sleepy and their red hair was down, albeit Akiza's was much longer. They wore false smiles as they interacted with their classmates. For Naruto and Lucienne, the ones caught up in their group's bollocks, it annoyed them seeing the two in such a state as the morning went on.

"Akiza and Kallen Stadtfeld. They say they've been sick or something. And they barely showed up at school last year either. Still, their grades are at the top of the class and they're members of the esteemed Stadtfeld Family, which means they're well-bred and rolling in money." Rivalz reported privately to his fellow resistance crew during lunchtime. "Hard to believe they're the Kōzuki sisters we saw in action yesterday."

"It does explain all their absences. They were all freedom fighting, but even their excuses will run dry at some point." Milly said, looking out the window to see Kallen having lunch with their 'friends'. "You made the right call to bring them into the fold, Nathan. But how are we going to break it to them?"

Nathan smirked and shrugged. "That depends on how Natalia gets their attention…"

"Why do I get the feeling it involves nothing but trolling?" Lucienne groaned.

…

'This sucks…'

Akiza was wandering around on the school grounds, looking annoyed, actively trying to hide from her so-called 'friends.' Looking around, she spotted Kallen. She was about to head over to her until her 'friends' started to scream.

"It's a bee! A bee!"

"Oh my god Kallen, run!"

"Hurry up and run!"

Akiza sweatdropped as the other girls ran for the hills, while Kallen barely reacted to said bee buzzing around her. She sweatdropped further as Kallen slowly got up and sprinted away from the bee and towards her.

"Wow, real conspicuous here, Kallen." Akiza drawled as Kallen crouched behind a bush near Akiza.

"I don't get it. Why's there a bee after me?" Kallen wondered as the bee caught up and continued buzzing around her.

"Maybe because you used honey in your lunch?" Akiza guessed.

"I didn't…" Kallen growled, tracking the bee's movements with her eyes.

Taking a chance, Kallen quickly took a wipe at it, followed by its body floating to the ground in three rather dead pieces.

Akiza facepalmed at that. "Subtle, coming from the one who suggested we be invalids to avoid suspicion."

"Hey, it was a good idea at the time!" Kallen protested and took an aggressive bite of her sandwich. "Now I'm getting sick of it! Sick of coming to this dump of a place!"

"You didn't have to come, you know," Akiza growled at her.

"Yeah, but…" Kallen looked miserable. "It was Naoto-oniisan's wish for us to finish school."

Akiza narrowed her eyes. "You know damn well it wasn't just his wish."

Kallen opened her mouth to angrily respond, only to stop as she gaped behind Akiza, who frowned and turned to see Naruko/Natalia.

'Oh crap! How long was she there?!' Akiza groaned; Natalia was the last person she wanted to run into. Not because she ever bothered her, but because she knew her and her brother's reputations as notorious pranksters.

'Did she see me do that?' Kallen wondered, hoping that she didn't put their cover in jeopardy. "Can…we help you?"

Natalia smirked at the two being suddenly flustered at her appearance. 'Hard to believe that just yesterday, I saved their butts from a Britannian firing squad.' she thought and smiled. "I just wanted to see the girls who are the talk of the school. Seriously, how is it that you two maintain a 4.0 GPA while stuck in bed? Anyone would kill for that! What's the story?"

"Uh…well… err?" Akiza stammered, not expecting that line of questioning. "We…didn't have a choice! We were born with…sickly bodies, you know? If our bodies are going to be weak, then the only choice is to…have a strong mind!"

"Yeah, what she said!" Kallen quickly agreed.

"...Right. Well, you're lucky this school isn't like the ones in the homeland, or else you two would be thrown out, regardless of grades. Britannia has that strength-above-all approach going for it thanks to the Emperor, and it worked wonders for the society at large. Well, mostly." Natalia shrugged, noting the dark looks she was getting from the sisters, and raised her hands. "Hey, don't shoot the messenger."

"We're not that weak! We're here, aren't we?" Kallen snapped at her, wishing she could knife her and be done with it.

"Woah now, did I strike a nerve or something? Anywho," Natalia rolled her eyes and spun on her heel to flounce off, "As a member of the Student Council, I advise you two loves to stop playing hooky and come to school more often, no matter how much you might not want to. Unless you're doing something shady on the side." They both flinched, before she continued, "Rumor has it that JK business is regaining steam-"

"We're not doing that!" Kallen blurted out, both sisters now red as tomatoes at the implications. "No way we're subjecting ourselves to that…nonsense!"

'Bingo~' Natalia thought in an inward smirk. 'They love Japan, but have difficulty justifying the more negative aspects of the culture.'

Akiza scowled at her. "I think you've played around with us enough. What we do in our off-time is none of your concern, Natalia. Now leave us alone."

Natalia was unfazed by the looks being thrown her way and only smiled. "Sure thing, Akiza. I gotta help my brother set up for class anyway. Sorry for bothering you and Kallen." she said while running off, before grinning and yelled back at them. "Just be sure not to tell anyone about Shinjuku, dattebane~!"

"Yeah, sure, whatever!" Akiza shouted back and groaned. "Seriously, that girl is a pain in the ass-" she stopped, blanching when the words finally processed.

"Wait a minute! What did she just say?!" Kallen asked, alarmed.

"Hey, get back here!" Akiza yelled, but Natalia was nowhere to be seen. "Shit!"

Back with Natalia, she chuckled to herself at how she planted the seeds for the sisters to come investigating. Now it's up to the others to plan the welcome party.

…

After school, Natalia found herself in a headlock from Lucienne, who was peeved with her eye twitching; as they were walking home.

"We want to recruit those two and their mates, not piss them off!" Lucienne growled, giving her a noogie.

"What? It'll make them seek us out!" Natalia protested with a laugh.

Nathan facepalmed. "By insinuating that they're Joshi Kōsei? They're going to shank us when we least expect it now, dattebayo!"

"I'll find it hilarious," Natalia said with her tongue out.

"Ugh, we'll have to get them tomorrow. And if anything goes wrong, you're going to be the one riding the wooden horse!" Lucienne warned her.

Natalia grinned, even as she finally struggled free. "Beat me in a children's card game and then we'll talk about that."

All three continued bickering until they got into their residence in the Student Council building, where it was safe for the twins to drop their genjutsu. They walked into one of the living rooms, the door automatically sliding down to reveal Sayoko with Nunnally; folding origami.

"We're home~" Naruto called, waving. "Hope we weren't too late."

"Lucienne, Naruto, Naruko, welcome home." Nunnally greeted them, with Sayoko bowing to them.

Lucienne smiled brightly. "No place like it. Now's who's hungry?"

[Britannian Military Installation, Code-R Lab]

Bartley stood in front of his team of scientists in a hidden lab beneath the base, his arm in a sling due to it being broken. The lab was small but big enough to get their experiments done. It had a row of laptops, restraining suits hanging on the wall, pipes with various liquids in them, and capsules designed to imprison a person in them.

"All you know full well, the project was a complete failure, and we have been unable to reacquire the subject. Therefore, this Research Division is being gutted." Bartley revealed regrettably.

"Huh?"

"Wha?"

"Yes, but…"

Bartley raised his hand to silence the protests. "I've set up a place in Narita for you. It's right in the neighborhood of the suspected main hideout of the JLF, so move everything out there. If this project gets investigated, no one will think of the remnants being near a terrorist hideout," he sighed deeply. "Despite me being thrown out of the window and nearly being killed like the others, the fact is, I left Prince Clovis on his own. I'm going to be called to the carpet for this back at home. When that happens…if His Majesty learns that these experiments…went on without his knowledge, I…"

The lead scientist nodded in understanding. "Understood, sir. We'll start prepping the move immediately."

"Thank you…" Bartley said and gazed over at a picture of C.C. running past a tank in the First World War. "We were…so close…"

[Ashford Academy]

The Uzumaki and vi Briannias were having lunch in the dining room, with Lucienne helping Nunnally eat by cutting up her steak. While the vi Britannia's had a steak dinner, the Uzumaki twins dived into their ramen bowls.

"Sayako-san was just teaching me about the art of origami. Fold a piece of paper the correct way and you can make birds, boats, almost anything," Nunnally chirped excitedly, sipping her soup.

"You can make planes too," Naruko said, pointing her chopsticks at Nunnally with a smirk.

"Paper planes do not count as origami," Lucienne said sternly as she cleaned Nunnally's face with a napkin after some soup dribbled down her chin. "And slow down, Nunnally. You don't have to tell us everything at once. It's not like we're going anywhere."

"Yeah, you're right. Thank you." Nunnally said with a gentle smile that made their hearts melt.

"You're very welcome, little sis," Lucienne replied.

"I'm so happy, because last night, when you all came home later than usual, you scared me a little," Nunnally said softly, causing guilt to rise in the others.

Naruto cleared his throat. "Sorry about that, Nana-chan. Things got a little heretic yesterday that was beyond our control. There was also a lot on our mind."

Nunnally shared a spot alongside Shirley in the category of "Not Telling Them About Rebelling Against Britannia." Nunnally was a more severe case due to her disliking conflicts, fighting, and death even more than Suzaku. Plus, she was too trusting, even to her former family, and would try to broker peace no matter what. It wouldn't be so much of a problem if she wasn't so sheltered, innocent, and dangerously naive to the darkness of the world. Hell, like Shirley, she might give them up to get them to stop fighting, consequences be damned. Nunnally was a good girl, but an idealist who only saw the world in black and white.

"You know," Nunnally began, holding up one of the paper cranes she made with Sayoko. "They say if you fold a thousand of these cranes, your wish will come true. So if there's anything at all that you've been wishing for…"

"Ah, we're good," Naruto said gently while waving his hands.

"What about you, Princess? Do you wish for anything?" Naruko asked.

Nunnally hummed before saying. "I wish the world were a gentler place."

Lucienne smiled. "I'm sure by the time you can see again, it will be," she said, holding back her tears. 'Our hands will have to get dirty to do so, but we'll make it happen.'

Naruto and Naruko were of the same minds as they nodded. They won't make any promises, since the future is always in motion with unpredictable variables beyond their control.

…

In the guest room, C.C. lay on the bed, still in her restraining suit and kicking her legs in the air idly. She enjoyed the comfortable silence, but that didn't last long.

"I was wondering when you were going to show up, my old friend…"

"I never thought you would be here at Ashford."

"Funny, I never thought you and Charles would betray and sell me out."

"That was all Charles. I only learned about it recently. I had no idea he would do such a thing, but it was your own fault for acting so unruly after my death."

"I do what I want, and I was always loyal to the plan. He had nothing to worry about."

"Well come back. We need you and your Servants for the plan to proceed on schedule."

"Is the little gremlin still there?"

"Of course. He wasn't punished sadly, but he is needed just like you."

"And with that, you lost me."

"...What?"

"I'm going to go with no."

"Excuse me?!"

"You heard me correctly. The plan can eat a fat one as far as I'm concerned. I'm out."

"But why?! This is what you wanted! To be free of your eternal existence! What changed?"

"Oh, where do I begin? Charles gave me up to his brat of a son, had me experimented on for my Code, subjected me to horrific scenarios that hurt worse than any pain I went through during my years of misery, used me as a lab rat for experimental drugs that had me crave for death, and used as a human toilet to work out any frustration they had me not giving up my Code or bestowing Geass like candy!"

"I sincerely regret you felt that way, but we need you, C.C. Once you forgive Charles, everything will be as it should."

C.C. kipped up out of the bed with a murderous glare.

"Did you forgive V.V. for assassinating you?"

"…Well no, never, but that's beside the point-"

"Exactly. And while I was enjoying Clovis's hospitality, I had some, let's just say, moments of clarity. The plan is destined to fail, especially considering who has the means to stop it. Hint, they have red hair."

"By the time Kushina learns of this, it'll be too late for her to do anything!"

"Heh heh heh, you have no idea how badly Clovis fucked up. Even if the Uzumaki didn't exist, I still wouldn't come back. As thanks for you two abandoning me, my Servants and I are going to do everything in our power to make sure Ragnarök fails!"

"C.C, do not do this! I won't be able to protect you if you betray us like this!"

"That's the thing," said the green-haired woman airily, though her tone grew sharper, harsher, "You both betrayed me first, just like you betrayed Kushina, your children, and Minato! After his conversation, my side is now clear! Our contract is as of this moment terminated! Never darken my presence again, and tell Charles and Victor to wash their necks! BEGONE NOW!"

C.C.'s Code of Immortality shined brightly, and the woman's voice faded away, fainter and fainter until it vanished altogether. She huffed as she fell backward onto the bed and wriggled about to get comfortable until she calmed down, and groaned when she heard applause from the recesses of her mind.

"Now that's the Master I know!" a voice cheered gleefully as the owner of the voice slid out of her shadow and hovered over her, her hands on either side of her Master's head. "You sure showed that bitch, huh?!"

The Servant was a young woman with long white-blonde hair with a black head-dress, yellow irises with slits, a pale complexion and slender figure with E-cups, and wearing a black battle dress with revealing armor.

"I'm surprised you're not all coming out." C.C. mused, smiling lazily at her Servant. "Well, this is fine, I guess. As for her, she'll never be able to haunt me like a ghost."

"Thank fuck for that. Now let's help those brats kill some idiots!"

"Patience, Jalter. All good things come to those who wait." C.C. smirked, making Jeanne d'Arc Alter pout.

If only she was the only Jeanne in C.C.'s Servant roster, she could secure exclusive rights to the name Jeanne; not her sister, who was not actually her sister but was her sister, because reasons.

'Making sure that woman doesn't invade my presence again was taxing. Sorry kids, but looks like you'll have to wait another day for me to tell you everything…' C.C. mused before going to sleep.

"Sweet dreams, Master," Jeanne murmured, kissing the back of her Master's hand.

(The next day…)

"C.C. looked drained yesterday. You think she's okay?" Nathan asked as he walked to school with the others.

"Really? I thought you were showing her a good time." Natalia jokes.

"Hardy har har, Nee-san." Nathan snorted and flipped her off, "It means that we still need to wait for the whole story."

"That sucks. But, while we wait, we can experiment with our Geass!" Lucienne suggested brightly.

Nathan nodded as he had his Geass on, seeing that girls' auras were green with hints of pink, while the students ahead had blue auras. "That and our Servants can get the lay of the school grounds. Medusa, go ahead and patrol the area."

"You too, Scáthach," Lucienne added.

"Yes, Master!" they chorused and shot out of their shadows to bound off the trees and rooftops.

…

'Hmm? What was that?' Akiza wondered, her eyes catching some kind of an invisible blur in the air.

"So, how's campus life treatin' ya?"

She and Kallen were on the rooftop, sitting close to each other to hear Ohgi on the phone.

"Stifling. I was stuck in History class yesterday." Kallen growled in frustration.

"No use in complaining about it." Akiza shrugged in indifference. "The most important thing to get out of it is that they dramatize and exaggerate to the point of hilarity-"

"But that's our history they're butchering!" Kallen protested.

"AND Japanese history will never be forgotten thanks to surviving clans like the Uzumaki clan preserving it!" Akiza finished sharply.

Kallen gritted her teeth, not wanting to deal with this. "Look, maybe I should just head back-"

"The army's on high alert right now," Ohgi interjected. "Stay there and let things cool off."

"Don't have to tell me twice," Akiza confirmed, ignoring Kallen glaring daggers at her. "What about Rei-san? Has she or her friends made contact yet?"

"No. We'll let you know if they do. They're probably thinking the same thing in letting the heat die down before making another move." Ohgi guessed. "Don't worry about it, just focus on school. Besides, Naoto would be happy to see you both back in school."

"Only one of us needs a constant reminder." Akiza deadpanned, before Kallen snapped and started a scuffle with her, the eldest sister holding her back.

Ohgi sweatdropped at the sounds and grunts of the sisters wrestling. "Forget about Shinjuku for now. I'll be in touch. Play nice now." he said before hanging up.

"Gah!" Kallen yelled as Akiza kicked her off. "Why don't you care?!"

"I do care, little sister! But overbearing pride doesn't win us back Japan!" Akiza said, getting in her face.

"So we just let them throw that alternate history in our faces?!" Kallen cried in defiance.

"I said what I said about history being preserved." Akiza retorted coolly. "Besides, we have a more pressing issue at hand."

Kallen opened her mouth but realized what Akiza meant.

"Just be sure not to tell anyone about Shinjuku, dattebane~!"

"It can't be her. There's no way." Kallen said, shaking her head.

"Yet she used the same verbal tic used by that transforming Knightmare that saved us…" Akiza said, looking and seeing Nathan, Natalia, and Lucienne meeting Milly and entering the school.

"Regardless, if she really knows who we are, then we need to take care of her," Kallen said grimly, before walking off when the morning bell rang.

"Or, we could not do that!" Akiza refuted and threw hands up in exasperation. "No matter what Kallen, denying our half-Britannian blood does not make us full-blooded Japanese like you want…"

She shook her head and stalked off, not seeing Medusa who was on top of the rooftop and witnessed the proceedings.

[Area 11 Highway]

A group of Sutherlands were rolling down the highway as part of a convoy, protecting a transport they were encircling. Inside was the soon-to-be-disgraced General Bartley, watching over a coffin draped with the Britannian flag.

"And the Research Center?" he inquired through a communicator with a hand on his forehead.

"Cleared out and transferred to Narita last night, per your instructions."

"Good work," Bartley murmured, cutting the line. "I pray you forgive me, Your Highness…"

Bartley was a loyal soldier of Britannia, brought into the fold of Code-R by Clovis, to whom he had been loyal, almost like a knight. At first, he didn't believe in the supernatural and immortality, until he saw the old portraits and photos of C.C. Clovis's wish for immortality seemed impossible, but if it was for his Prince, he would make it happen matter what. While he was fascinated by C.C.'s immortality and regeneration from the worst of injuries, he bore no ill will toward her, as she was only a means to an end to Clovis's ambition.

Not only that, if the project was a success, Britannia would finally have an edge against the infamous Uzushio in terms of longevity and abilities. However, they still had a ways to go for the Knightmares to be on equal footing with their damnable Metal Gear weapon. They made dents in the bipedal weapons, but the Glasgows and Sutherlands were still no match for the later mass-produced iterations of the mech and their HF weaponry.

But as Bartley was starting to wonder if it was all worth it, since the project had gone nowhere in the past few years, the convoy suddenly stopped.

"Hmm? What's going on?" he asked, looking at the monitor, only to hear gunfire and see two of his Sutherland escorts go down. "Terrorists?!"

He switched the cameras to see more of the escort go down by…other Sutherlands? Looking closely, he paled upon seeing that the attacking Sutherland had red armor over the purple paint job, a sign that they belonged to the Purebloods.

"Wha-what are they doing?!" he demanded, watching the last escort Sutherland go down via headshot; before feeling the vehicle he was in shaking.

"I hope you can see how determined we are now!" said the leader of the Purebloods through his Sutherland's PA speakers.

"But I already told you!" Bartley cried, terrified and shaking in disbelief at the roof of the transport being torn open.

"That the assassins had superhuman strength and threw you out the window?!" the Pureblood leader boomed, using his Sutherland to tear the roof completely open. "Still clinging to that ridiculous excuse?!"

"That's what happened! I swear, Lord Kewell!" Bartley cried, as he was the only survivor of the attack and unfortunately no one could testify on his behalf. He even pointed to his still broken arm in a sling.

The cockpit to the Sutherland opened up, revealing Margrave Kewell Soresi with light brown hair and teal eyes, with an angry expression on his face.

"Sounds like you hit the bottles one too many times! No matter!" Kewell sneered at the blubbering man. "You shall not remain at his Royal Highness's side any longer!"

Bartley fell to his knees in despair. "But…there was nothing I could do…"

…

"What is the point of this?" Villetta wondered, communicating on a private line with Jeremiah.

"I don't know, but I don't like where this is going…" Jeremiah murmured as he scowled at Kewell on his monitor.

"We can only hope that this action will backfire on the Purist Faction," Villnetta noted.

Jeremiah nodded. "Indeed. Besides, they're only a minor stepping stone for Her Highness…"

[Ashford Academy]

When classes finished for the day, Nathan and Natalia made eye contact and nodded, before looking at Akiza, who was packing up her things. The redhead then coughed, making the twins sweatdrop at how obviously fake it was.

"Yo," Nathan greeted her as he walked up. "Lemme talk to you for a bit. You free?"

"Sure, because there's something I need to talk to you and your sister about," Akiza said, looking at them with a bit of a smile. 'Could Nathan know too? I hope not,' she thought, fighting down a blush.

'Oh ho, starting early eh?' Milly thought with a smirk before zooming off ahead of them.

…

"Hey Lucy, are you coming along?" Shirley asked as Lucienne finished packing her stuff.

"Sorry Shirley, need to take a raincheck on that," Lucienne said, patting her back as she walked past her and towards Kallen, who she had spotted taking peeks at her all day.

It was no secret in the school that Nathan, Natalia, and Lucienne were inseparable; as if joined by the hip.

Kallen's friends were still talking to her until Lucienne came up to them.

"Yo, Kallen. Think you could spare a minute for lil' old me?" Lucienne asked sweetly with a wink.

"Sure. I was wondering when you were going to ask." Kallen replied naturally as she stood up with the tiniest of smirks. "Will your friend be joining us?"

"Naturally," Lucienne said, her eye twitching as the girls around them squealed, their minds jumping to the wrong conclusions as usual.

…

A while later, the two parties met up in the Student Council building. Kallen was seething at Akiza being with them; her presence would make it harder to deal with the troublesome pests in her own way.

"Nice digs. I didn't know you had a manor on the school grounds," Akiza commented airily as she looked around.

Kallen's mood soured even further, as the elaborate and luxurious building only served as a reminder of what their people had lost.

"It serves as the clubhouse for the Student Council. It was originally built as a ballroom for various special occasions." Lucienne said as she leaned against a pillar, her arms folded while discreetly moving her wrist around.

"And we won't be disturbed here?" Kallen asked, shifting her posture slightly, making Akiza silently groan in irritation.

"Nope," Nathan casually replied, noting that Kallen was about to make some kind of (idiotic) move.

Then again, having a discreet ninja-like Servant like Medusa was one hell of a blessing-

"Here it is!"

All five jumped and looked towards the upstairs balcony to see Shirley pop up and raise her hand.

"I found it!" she said, a small, square computer chip between her fingers. "Look, this is it, right?"

"What a relief, you found our lab data!" Nina cheered as she appeared as well.

"Great," Rivalz groaned as he popped up as well. "My ass is killing me."

Kallen clicked her tongue, mentally cursing them for ruining her chance; while Akiza sighed in relief that she didn't have to stop her sister for now.

"Uh, bro? Classes just ended. How did they get ahead of us?" Natalia whispered, scratching her head and looking confused.

"Well, you got me," Nathan said, activating a genjutsu and using it to pull a chart out of nowhere that showed a map of Ashford Academy and the possible routes the others could have taken. "By all accounts, it doesn't make sense."

"Were you able to find it?"

To add to the list of unexpected interruptions (much to Kallen's growing ire), Milly came from the kitchen area, pushing a food cart.

"I finished up on my end. Shall we dig in?" Milly asked as the doors to the main hall opened.

"I know I told you that I had something to deal with right quick, but must you start without me, Prez?" Nick said, ambling into the room and perusing the latest newspaper, "Hm. As expected, they're all over this poison gas thing in Shinjuku."

"You were going to get here eventually. No one's ever late to a party!" Milly said brightly as she set the food on the table. "Come on, you know you adore me, Nick."

"Yeah, when you do your job," Nick replied absentmindedly, eyeing Nathan and his group in curiosity, "Speaking of not being late, glad to see you on time, you lot."

"Uh, thanks?" Lucienne said, voicing the twins' and her confusion. "What's all this?"

"Akiza's and Kallen's induction dinner. My grandfather suggested that they join the Student Council, so we're inducting them." Milly explained with a knowing wink.

"What?" Nathan and Natalia asked in bewilderment.

"Wait, why us?" Akiza asked, equally confused. She had thought of asking to join, but assumed it was a 'depends on who you know' type of club.

"Because we figured that with you poor health and all, you'd have difficulty in other clubs. Since the rule is that all students must be in a club, the Student Council is the perfect fit." Milly explained while trying to keep the sarcasm out of the term 'poor health.'

Nick grunted. "Well, I'm certainly not against having more members. Perhaps you'll even have more sense than this flighty, manic pixie of a president."

"How rude, I'm like a panther if you don't mind." Milly protested, before clearing her throat.

"More like a Rusty Spotted Cat," he muttered.

"I'm Millicent Ashford, President of the Student Council. You can call me Milly. A pleasure to meet you, Kallen!" she introduced herself, already knowing Akiza since they're in the same class.

"Oh, thank you. The pleasure is all mine," Kallen replied reluctantly with a half-hearted bow as the other members came down.

"I'm Rivalz Cardemonde, the secretary. If there's any you need help with, I'm your man." Rivalz said, pointing his thumb at himself.

"I'm Shirley Fenette. I'm a member of the swim team! Welcome!" Shirley greeted them warmly.

"Um, hi there. I'm Nina…" Nina said shyly, wiggling side-to-side nervously. "Nina Einstein."

"And I'm Nick Ward, treasurer and buffer to Milly's madness, so you're in safe hands," Nick assured her warmly.

'I'm now wishing I asked to join earlier. They seem like interesting people…' Akiza noted.

"It's…nice to meet you all," Kallen said with a slightly stained smile.

No way was she going to be friends with a bunch of spoiled Britannians-

"Um, excuse me Shirley, Nick, but can you set these on the table?" Nunnally asked, rolling in with boxes of pizza from Pizza Hut and trays of desserts."

"Oh, sure! Thanks, Nunna!" Shirley said as she and Nick rushed over to assist the wheelchair-bound girl.

"Nunnally? What are you doing here?" a concerned Lucienne asked as she hurried over to help as well.

"Wha-?" Akiza gasped upon seeing her.

Suddenly, all the negative emotions that had been building up inside Kallen washed away when she laid eyes on Nunnally. Not only was she cute and adorable, but her closed eyes indicated blindness, and the two redheads couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Milly smiled when she saw their relaxed faces. "This is Nunnally Lamperouge, Lucienne's younger sister."

"Ah…I see…" Akiza said as she slowly turned to a now sweating Kallen, a scary look on her face and her eyes promising pain. "Little…sister…"

'Great! Aki-neesan will not let me live this one down!' Kallen thought in horror. 'She and that Lucienne girl have common ground now!'

"I'm still in the middle school grade, so I can't be on the Council yet," Nunnally explained cheerfully, "But I still like to do what I can to help out."

"Are you sure about that? With the time you spend with us, you might as well be." Nathan said as he and Natalia walked over to the tables with the other.

Natalia giggled. "An Honorary member through and through, unlike Claire that is."

"Hello there. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Akiza, Miss Kallen." Nunnally greeted them with a kind smile.

"Thank you. You as well." Kallen said with a genuine smile.

"Likewise. Please take care of us." Akiza said with her own bow.

'Maybe Naoto-niisama and Akiza-neesan were right after all." Kallen thought, touched by Nunnally's innocent smile. 'Evil isn't born, but taught…'

"Right!" Rivalz suddenly declared boisterously. as he bought out a bottle labeled Moët & Chandon Champagne. "Shall we kicked this off with a toast?"

"Oh no!" Nathan groaned, seeing what he had.

"Champagne?!" Shirley shrieked, noticing the label on the bottle.

"Rivalz, where did you get that?" Nick demanded.

"We're on the Student Council. We shouldn't!" Nina protested fearfully. "What if we get caught?"

"Aw come on, loosen up you guys!" Rivalz chuckled as he attempted to pop open the cork.

"No way! We're going to get in so much trouble!" Shirley snapped, grabbing the bottle as Nina scurried away.

"What's going on?" Nunnally asked curiously.

"It's nothing. Here, have this." Milly assured her, giving her a glass of orange juice.

"This is what I get for asking for normalcy," Nick grumbled as he watched Rivalz and Shirley struggle over the bottle of alcohol. "Rivalz, you're going to hear it from me if you dipped into the treasury for that bottle!"

"Hey Nathan!" he shouted, slipping free of Shirley and tossing the bottle to him. "Up high!"

"Rivalz, you dick!" Nathan yelled, catching it so it wouldn't crash on the floor and make a mess. "I want nothing to do with this!"

"Oh, heaven's sake!" Shirley yelled, vaulting over Rivalz and lunging at Nathan. "You're not getting away with this either, Nathan!"

"I only caught the damn thing!" Nathan countered as he fended her off.

They ended up falling to the floor, with Nathan trying to catch her but ended up accidentally groping her chest. At the same time, the pressure from the bottle finally reached its limit and fired the cork at Kallen, whose eyes momentarily sharpened as she batted away the cork; the motion not going unnoticed by Natalia, Milly, and Rivalz.

Unfortunately, the alcohol shot out and rained down on Kallen's head like a fountain.

"What just happened?" Nunnally asked, her ears picking up liquid landing on something.

"I guess you could say that Kallen's been…baptized," Natalia said with a trollish grin. "Oof!"

Nick smacked the back of her head with his newspaper. "No. Bad. No giving our new members a bad first impression. By the way, Rivalz, my warning now goes double, since that champagne's now been wasted. Fuckin' rich people, I swear…"

"By the way Shirley, you might want to get off of Nathan now," Lucienne added, pointing at them.

"Huh?" Shirley looked down to see Nathan's hand on her breasts. "Eep! Sorry about that!" she yelped, jumping back and clutching her chest. 'He touched my…my…!'

"Aren't I supposed to be apologizing?" Nathan mused as Milly laughed. 'Milly-chan's right. She is supple.'

'These guys are way more fun than the others!' Akiza thought as she started to laugh, Kallen sighing loudly.

…

A while later in the clubhouse's utility room, Kallen's soaked clothes were now running in the washer machine.

"Do we have clothes for her?" Milly asked, the high from the shenanigans dying down, and realized they made a bad first impression on the newbies.

"Sayoko's on it…" Shirley grumbled as she watched the tumbler, lost in her thoughts at the close contact with her crush. 'I wonder if he likes them big like Milly…'

'That could've gone better…' Milly mused before turning serious. 'But this is nothing compared to the other 'club' they're about to join…'

…

"For crying out loud, this is why I hate Britannians."

Kallen was in the clubhouse bathroom, washing herself to get the alcohol's scent off of her.

It was supposed to be simple: deal with the nosy Britannian who may know their secret, and hide the bodies with Akiza covering her. Instead, they were outnumbered, inducted into the Student Council, and met Nunnally. Now she was dealing with massive guilt for possibly taking Lucienne away from her, and for once in her life, thinking of the consequences of her actions. Akiza would always stop her from doing something stupid, and she would resent her for that, but now she finally realized why Akiza does what she does as her older sister.

She was then taken out of her musings by a knock at the door and drew the curtain back.

"It's Natalia! Can I come in? " she yelled from behind the door. "I bought you a change of clothes!"

"You can come in!" Kallen responded, letting go of the curtain. "I've drawn the curtain already!"

Natalia walked into the bathroom with a pile of folded clothes. She stopped momentarily upon seeing Kallen's silhouette behind the curtain.

'I knew she was stacked, but damn! She and her sister are holding back!' Natalia thought, licking her lips and admiring her curves, 'Can't wait for when Milly-chan and I get a hold of them. Their boobs are more than a handful.'

Kallen suddenly shivered despite the warm water cascading down her body, but couldn't explain why.

"They're mine since we almost have the same measurements…and are a bit top-heavy," Naruko said as she set the clothes to the side.

"I…see…" Kallen said with a blush. "Thank you."

"Sorry about that fiasco. Some of our members can be over the top, but it's to be expected with Milly in charge." Naruko admitted with a chuckle.

"I understand. Nothing wrong with letting loose once in a while." Kallen said in understanding, recalling the party her fellow rebels had the other day. "Question, how did you get to the dorms and back so fast?"

"Nathan, Lucienne, Nunnally, and I all live here," Natalia admitted, to Kallen's surprise. "We all knew each other for years. Plus, you saw Nunnally. It'd be hard for her to live in the dorms. The principal is a friend of our parents, so he lets us stay here as a favor."

"...I see," Kallen said, recalling Lucienne helping Nunnally, the both of them smiling.

"Anywho, I'm gonna-"

"Wait!" Kallen called out and pointed to the table. "Can you hand me my wallet there?"

"Sure," Natalia said and took the wallet, feeling a knife inside with her trained senses. 'It's showtime!'

She stepped near the shower and stuck her hand with the pouch behind the curtain. She then felt her wrist being captured in a vice-like grip instead of the pouch being grabbed.

"Oh, feisty! Buy me dinner first, you livewire." Natalia cooed teasingly. 'Invalid, my ass! She got muscles behind her grip! Nothing I can't break out of easily though.'

"Were you in Shinjuku that day?" Kallen demanded, grabbing her wallet out of her hand.

"I like taking enthusiastic walks through Shinjuku on every random day," Natalia said with a shrug. "Can you be more specific?"

"Don't answer my question with another question!" Kallen growled, squeezing her wallet, causing a knife blade to spring out. "You brought up Shinjuku yesterday, so don't play dumb!"

"Neat trick, Kally. Does it come with a vibrator function?" Natalia asked innocently, causing Kallen's face to go red. "I mean, I'm down for some role-play if you want."

"What is it with you and Milly being so perverted?!" Kallen shrieked in frustration as the tables were being turned on her. "For fuck sakes, answer my fucking question!"

"Oh, Kally, Kally, Kally...you really should rein in that temper. You never know when it can get you in trouble." Natalia chided her with a grin.

Kallen frowned. "What kind of trouble?"

"This!"

As fast as lightning, Natalia grabbed the offending wrist and twisted it, swiftly disarming the surprised redhead. "Up and over!" she yelled, throwing her out of the shower, over her shoulder, and slamming her to the floor. Natalia then performed a cartwheel flip while holding onto her wrist, twisting her arm behind her back, and put her knee on Kallen's neck, applying pressure to keep Kallen from moving.

"What the hell!?" Kallen yelled in shock.

Of all the things to happen, Natalia countering her the way she had was the last thing she expected to happen.

"Now all we need is a mud bath, and it'll be raining money!" Natalia crackled and leaned forward. "So, what are you thinking now, invalid?"

Kallen gritted her teeth, unsuccessfully getting out of Natalia's hold. "Who in the hell are you? Are you…Rei? But you're a Britannian!"

"And what was your plan to find out? Kill me and my friends? That seems counter-productive." Natalia said mockingly, "Just because I said a thing that got you all hot and bothered?"

"To be fair,"

Another knife appeared next to Natalia's head, aiming towards her neck.

"We didn't know what to expect, but seeing you two like this is more than what even I bargained for," said Akiza, keeping calm while wondering wildly how her sister was being held down by Natalia of all people. "Now let her go! Don't make me hurt you, Natalia!"

"Oh hey Akiza-chan," Natalia said, straightening up with a grin. "You're about to feel like a real asshole in three…two…one…and~"

Multiple clicks were heard behind Akiza, who started to sweat while Kallen was gaping in shock at who exactly was behind her sister.

"You Kōzuki idiots keep continuing to surprise and disappoint me, Kallen, Akiza." Nathan drawled, with Lucienne and Milly at his sides and pointing their guns at the redheaded sister.

"Yeah, yeah, there it is," Naruko said. "Now drop the knife."

Akiza gritted her teeth before relenting and dropped the knife as instructed. Natalia moved off of Kallen, picked up the knife, and joined the others as Akiza helped her sister up.

"I have to say Kallen, you're not bad at all. You and Akiza-chan have been holding out on us." Nathan praised her, shamelessly admiring her figure while dismissing his gun into his seal.

"Pervert! All of you are perverts!" Kallen yelled as she hid behind her sister.

"What the hell is going on?" Akiza breathed as Lucienne and Milly holstered their guns. "Are you really students here? Who are you all?"

"It's like I told you all, K1, K2," Lucienne said, making Akiza and Kallen stiffen up, "The counterattack in Shinjuku was only the beginning of the fall of Britannia. Charles' Britannia that is."

"...Rei?" Kallen breathed, with Akiza being shaken. "Lucienne, you're Rei?!"

"The very same," Lucienne said with a regal bow. "How did you like my plan of sending those Sutherlands into the depths of Shinjuku?"

"Oh my god, it really is you!" Akiza said before looking at the others. "And the Student Council… you're all in on it?"

"Well…" Nathan wiggled his hand in front of his face, with Natalia doing the same, "Most of us. Nina, Shirley, Nick, and Nunnally aren't."

With a swipe across their faces, Naruto and Naruko undid the genjutsu on their faces, revealing their real faces.

Kallen gaped at them. "J-Japanese?"

"Whisker marks?" Akiza asked.

"Allow us to reintroduce ourselves," Milly said with a hand across her chest. "Milly Ashford, Codename: Panther. Mission Control."

"Princess Lucienne vi Britannia, formerly 18th in line to the Imperial Throne," Lucienne said, enjoying the now dumbstruck looks on the Kōzuki sister's faces. "Codename: Rei. Strategist."

Naruko winked at them. "Uzumaki Naruko, Codename: Cypher. Frontline Support."

"Uzumaki Naruto, Codename: Joker. All-Rounder." Naruto finished and put his hand out. "Pleasure to finally meet you, Kōzuki Akiza, Kōzuki Kallen!"

"Princess, Uzumaki, vi Britannia, Rei means Zero, how, why~?" Kallen began stammering out, her mind melting down with her eyes becoming swirly.

"What…what…WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!" Akiza shrieked, scratching her head furiously. "Who, what, how, why, yes why?! Why are the Uzumaki working with Royal Britannians?"

"If you let your sister put her clothes on, we'll tell you all about it," Milly said brightly.

"Ah, that's right!" Kallen perked up. "Out! OUT!"

As soon as the bathroom cleared out, Kallen slid down the wall, still dizzy-eyed. "My brain hurts."

Akiza shook her head. "Let's just hear them out and see how serious they are."

…

As soon as Akiza and Kallen stepped out of the bathroom, the Uzumaki twins were waiting for them and snapped their fingers in front of their faces.

"There," Naruto said as they jumped back. "Now when our genjutsu is up, you'll be able to see our true faces no matter what."

"Just like me," Rivalz said as he came up to them.

"You too?!" Kallen asked, shocked. "How?"

"It all started with a little ol' pinball machine, and I saw too much," Rivalz admitted sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Still, I've seen the injustices regarding Elev- Japanese, still working on that!" he raised his hands when he received dirty looks from Akiza and Kallen. "I've been instilled with the knowledge of Numbers, but even it didn't feel right growing up. And after hearing their stories, I went all-in on this crusade," he explained as they started walking to the Main Hall.

"So the Student Council is just a cover? That's why you wanted us in?" Akiza questioned them.

"Something like that, but like Naruto said, the others are not part of our little group. But it does give us leeway in dealing with our other side project." Rivalz responded with a knowing wink at the sisters.

"Ugh, that means that we're going to have to come to school more," Kallen grumbled. "So, you want us to help you?"

Naruto nodded. "Yes, and in return, we'll help you all. We can help each other. Give and take going both ways. Besides, we had our eye on you, and despite your group's fault, we rather work with you all, except for the JLF."

"What? But the JLF-!" Kallen protested, despite feeling pride at the Uzumaki feeling they were more useful to them than the most powerful Japanese resistance in Japan.

"Are nothing but toothless Dragons who have deteriorated over time," Naruko said roughly. "Small-time raids, propaganda easily cut off for soap operas, and old-timers with outdated tactics."

Akiza clapped her hands. "Thank you!" she cheered, "That's what I've been telling the others," she said, smirking at a sulking Kallen. "But they never want to hear it!"

Kallen rolled her eyes and grumbled under her breath.

"Hey, if it wasn't true, then you lot wouldn't have been recruited," Lucienne said with a shrug. "However, school and club activities are our break from the crusade. We're still kids after all. Gotta keep our consciousness in check and all."

"Hang on, what about our answers?!" Kallen demanded with gritted teeth.

"Just wait until we get to the bunker, cutie-pie," answered Milly with a giggle.

"Well, anything we should know about the antics of the Student Council that we're getting into?" Akiza asked in mild concern.

"Aside from occasional paperwork, we plan all the school events!" Milly said enthusiastically, putting her arms around the sisters. "Like the Cultural Festival, the Cross-Dressing Festival, the Absolute Silence Party, and my personal favorite: Going-to-Class-in-Your-Swimsuit-Day."

"...What?" Kallen started blandly.

"...The fuck." Akiza finished, white-eyed.

"Welcome to Milly's Madhouse, in more ways than one," Naruto said with a grin, unnerving them. "It's part of the Crusader's Package-"

"Lucienne, everyone, it's awful!"

Nunnally was in front of the TV with Nick, Nina, and Shirley; and she looked distressed.

"What is wrong?" Lucienne asked as they joined them, with the twins redonning their facial genjutsu.

"Prince Clovis has been found dead!" Shirley said, looking like she was reeling from the news. "They say he's been assassinated."

"Well, took them long enough," Naruko whispered low enough for only Naruto, Lucienne, and Milly could hear.

"Yeah, but why now?" Lucienne wondered with a frown.

"Prince Clovis has been taken from us! He fought for peace and justice against all the Elevens!" the leader of the Purist Faction Kewell passionately spoke on the podium. "He died a martyr! We must all bury our sorrow and carry on his will!"

On either side of him, Jeremiah and Villetta were looking grim with worry in their eyes.

"We interrupt this broadcast with breaking news!" a female reporter appeared with two small screens on the side. "The man suspected as the murderer has been captured!"

"The fuck?" Naruko muttered under his breath, looking at her fellow collaborators in confusion, who were all equally confused.

"According to this report, the suspect is an Honorary Britannian!"

"Oh no, no, no, they can't be seriously pulling this stunt," Lucienne muttered in disbelief as one of the screens zoomed in, revealing the prisoner. "It'll make them look bad- Wha-?"

Naruto's jaw dropped. "You gotta be fucking kidding me…"

"Private Suzaku Kururugi, a former Eleven and Honorary Britannian, is suspected of assassinating Prince Clovis. I repeat, Suzaku Kururugi has been arrested for murder!"

"Wow! It appears that their best friend Suzaku has been arrested for the murder of Clovis, despite the fact that he was nowhere near Clovis, as they and the Lancelot were buried underneath a building the twins dropped on them!"

"What will the twins, Lucienne, and their friends do now?!"

STAGE 03 COMPLETE

Naruto and the others managed to halfway recruit Kallen and Akiza into the fold, but now they face the daunting task of rescuing their old friend before he's executed or worse.

What better time than to debut Britannia's doom by showing the truth?

Next time… Stage 04: Ride of the Crusaders

Soul: I did a thing, thanks to you guys. I feel that I couldn't have done it without you.

NS: No problem.

Castle: It's our pleasure.

Soul: And yorokobe NSG. We're getting close to Nick doing his thing.

NS: *Chuckles evilly* Those sorry bastards won't know what hit 'em.

Soul: And soon, people will know who Nines truly is.

Castle: It'll definitely throw everyone for a loop.

Soul: Yosh! We have the ending to R1 down, we just need to execute it. I know my other stories are in the dust, but we're going full throttle with this! Years in the making here, and I can't wait to have Naruto and the others stick it to Britannia after all this time! Let's go! Once again, full throttle. Woooo!

[Crossover Characters]

[REDACTED] ] M.M. [REDACTED]

FGO ] Medusa, Scáthach, Jeanne Alter, Jeanne (mentioned)

Gurren Lagann ] Yoko Littner

Hundred ] Claire Harvey

Redo of Healer ] Flare (mentioned)

Watch Dogs Legion ] Bagley

Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's ] Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski

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[Geass and Servants]

Name: C.C.

Type: Code Bearer (Code of Immortality)

Servants: Jeanne d'Arc Alter (Avenger). Jeanne d'Arc (Ruler), others

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[References and Explanations]

"That is not a joke for you (the internet) to enjoy!" - vintage Markiplier during one of his FNAF playthroughs.

*breaks mirror* "You were saying" - The King from Shrek

Since Clovis did love Lelouch in canon, I decided to make him a bit sympathetic in his final moments.

"Make something up. Don't tell her what I did" - Jayne Cobb from Firefly after he temporarily betrayed the crew.

Someone didn't like the accents, so I've decided to lessen the use. Still gonna use them tho. Also, I use accent translators found on Google.

While the main characters with Geass are able to fill up their Servant slots, not everyone will. I'm also working on "Lostbelt" Servants for the World of Code Geass. If you have any suggestions, let me know in the comments section.

"Doubtful" "Undoubtful." "Highly doubtful" is from the Cop Out movie.

I'm also using the gag from Hellsing Abridged, where Integra doesn't believe it's the Nazis like Alucard said, the twins won't believe it's Suzaku piloting the Lancelot.

Tamaki won't be bashed, he'll just be the butt monkey.

"Kakarot~, kakarot~, kakarot~, oh for- Wake up you idiot!" - Dragonball Z Abridged

Yes, you read that right. Flare from the infamous Redo of Healer is here to cause trouble. Maybe her little sister as well, if I'm that evil.

The JK business, for those that don't know, is the practice of compensated dating with Joshi kōsei (high school girls) in Japan.

"Yeah, sure, whatever!" "Wait a minute, what did she just say?" The early days of Red vs Blue.

"And with that you lost me." "I'm going to go with no." C.C. and Alucard are best friends.

C.C. banishing Marianne from her presence keeps Marianne in the dark about who C.C. is working with.

Kewell, the only other Pureblood named, is the leader of the Purist Faction. It helps Jeremiah and Villetta work more easily with Lucienne and the others.

"Well, you got me. By all accounts, it doesn't make sense." Kronk is the best in The Emperor's New Groove.

The Rusted Spotted Cat is the smallest wildcat in the world, about the size of a kitten when fully grown.

Moët & Chandon must've paid a lot like Pizza Hut to advertise their drink.

Naruko's cartwheel flip is what brainwashed Jill did to Chris in Resident Evil 5 right after the first boss fight against Wesker and Jill.

"You're about to feel like a real asshole in three…two…one…and~" Felix, best antagonist in the Red vs. Blue series.

Also, Milly, Kallen, Akiza, and Euphemia will be receiving Geass. I have some ideas, but if you have your own suggestion, leave them in the review section. Naruko's own Geass has already been decided.

Released: Sunday, March 14, 2021

[Ashford Academy Boys Dormitory]

Nick entered his room and locked the door behind him. He tossed his tie onto the bed, followed shortly by his uniform blazer. "What a day…" he muttered, looking around his room. Contrasting his usual frugal demeanor, it was filled to the brim of Japanese memorabilia. A katana (a replica, of course) sat on top of his desk, flanked by a pair of golden and silver statues.

He walked up to the window, where he had a view of the Britannian palace in the middle of the Tokyo Settlement.

"First poison gas, and now the Third Prince assassinated? Quite a coincidence of events…" he mused, stroking his chin. "Then there's the other's disappearing acts."

Nathan. Natalia. Lucienne. Milly. Even Rivalz. All five of them had recurring disappearing acts since he's known them. All five of them also looked disurbed by the news report that the kid who's an Honorary Britannian was arrested for Clovis's death.

"No, there's something else going on. An Honorary Britannian sounds too much like a scapegoat. There's no way the Britannian military would ever allow them near a weapon of any kind," he mused aloud. "To even do so would show complacency with the military. Surely the people see this…"

He felt something brush against his hand, causing him to look down to see that the silver wolf had hopped down off the desk to nuzzle his palm. "I know, Moshire. Things are even worse here than I initially thought," he murmured, rubbing behind its ear. "Heh, I wonder if I'm the one getting complacent?"

He then felt something pressing against his shoulder; a golden, horned owl now perched on him, staring at him with its glowing eyes.

"Yeah, you're right, Kotane. Too much injustice is happening on my watch. Sure I could join one of those freedom fighters, but I won't condone wanton terrorism, even if it is against Britannia." he said disapprovingly. "Still, the tension in the air…"

He sat on his bed, looking back out the window towards the sight with a frown, with the wolf and owl following his gaze.

"I've been around too long to know something's about to happen," he said, his eyes glowing ominously. "Should've known better than to think that this life would just be another slice of life for the gods to watch…"