Seven years had passed since the nation known as the Holy Britannian Empire had conquered Japan, seven years since the Japanese were stripped of their freedom, their rights and even their names, the island nation now designated as 'Area 11' and its native inhabitants now known as elevens.
It had also been seven years since Lelouch Lamperouge's world changed forever.
Formerly known as Lelouch vi Britannia, the eleventh prince and seventeenth in line for the throne of Britannia, he and his sister were cast out by their father, Charles Zi Britannia, because Lelouch dared to demand justice for the assassination of his mother, and the crippling of his sister.
Due to Lelouch's actions they were sent as hostages to the neutral nation of Japan as punishment, but through Lelouch's leadership, he and his sister soon wound up with a trusting family, the Ashfords, old allies of their mother who helped them remain hidden from Britannia.
While they were able to live relatively happily with the Ashfords, Lelouch just couldn't stand back, to see the injustice his former nation spread through tyrannical actions, but for the longest time he was powerless to do anything against it, that was until he meet a mysterious woman known only as C.C.
After investigating a capsule and accidentally freeing C.C from her imprisonment, she gifted him a Geass, the power of the king, and in his case the power to compel a person to completely follow any command given them, no matter how strong their will.
With the power of his geass, Lelouch was finally able to fight against Brittannia, to fight against it's injustice and discrimination and to take the first step toward a better world for him, for his sister and for all.
Using an alias known as Zero, Lelouch hid behind this counterpart's life so he could lead and indeed unify the rebel cells of Japan into his own organisation known as the Black Knights.
After many hardships and indeed many losses, the influence of his Black Knights continued to grow, until his half sister, Euphemia had announced the creation of the SAZ, the Special Administrative Zone, which would allow the Japanese to live with some of their dignity once again, but this too threatened the Black Knights and all they had worked for.
But even as he planned his next move, Lelouch would soon find that fate would play on his side once again.
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Casually following Euphemia through the security room of a stadium and preparing to carry out what he believed would be his most difficult mission yet, Lelouch looked over his half sibling with a solemn expression.
Looking over Euphemia for a moment and using this time to remember her appearance, Lelouch saw the warmth within her shining blue eyes, the beauty of her long flowing purple hair, as well as noting how she indeed had grown into a beautiful kind woman.
"Lelouch?" Euphemia then asked, her tone of concern breaking the raven haired boy from his thoughts. "Is everything alright?"
Shaking his head and focusing himself back upon his half sister, Lelouch opened his mouth and prepared to speak, his Geass slowly activating as he readied to command Euphemia to shoot him.
However, and before the raven haired boy could go through with his plan, the moment between Lelouch and Euphemia was suddenly interrupted as a flash of light illuminated above, which was followed as a backpack emerged from the unknown light and dropped between them.
"Wha...?" Lelouch asked with an understandable confusion in his voice. Meanwhile Euphemia cautiously approached the mysterious backpack. "Where'd this thing come from?"
-Sometime ago-
Having regrouped back within their base beneath the Kashiki bookshop and now working alongside Rei and Hackmon, Haru, Gatchmon, Astora, Musimon and their respective slave girl, Ai Kashiki and Eri Karan, waited patiently for the expert hacker to finish in his latest project.
As Rei remained staring upon the monitor of his laptop, typing in various coding and data, Haru looked over his friend with a trusting smile.
"Hey, Rei?" Astora then asked, the blond haired App Driver breaking the silence as he questioned with some uncertainty and impatience within his tone. "Are you and Hackmon almost finished there?"
Sighing a little toward the lack of knowledge in terms of their project but knowing there remained good intentions within their impatience, Hackmon turned toward Astora and Musimon, speaking on behalf of his partner. "Even with the Net Ocean and the Real World linked, it still takes time bypassing all the coding to find a specific frequency which matches the Hypno Zapper's own."
Never breaking eye contact with the laptop, but knowing Astora and Musimon weren't as technological as them, Rei tried to simplify Hackmon's explanation and said. "What Hackmon is saying is we are still searching for a gap within reality which we can use as the access point for transport."
"Well, whatever happens, I just know you can do it, Rei." Ai chimed in with her usual kindness and positivity, before wrapping her arms around Haru, her beloved Master and stared upon the green haired boy with absolute love in her eyes.
"I know there are others out there who are just as sweet as Haru and deserve to know this love." Ai said with a growing trust, warmth and love within her voice, to the agreement of Astora and the Appmon present.
"And others who are just as brave and handsome as you, my dear Astora." Eri added as she copied in Ai's actions and too embraced her Master, only with a little more of a playful side as she pressed her breasts intentionally against Astora's body, causing Astora to blush.
Able to maintain his focus and ignoring the growing affections between the girls, Rei's typing soon came to a halt after the final walls of data were successfully breached and the screen of his laptop then lit up.
"We are done." Hackmon simply declared, before he faced Haru and told the green haired boy. "Just throw the backpack into the net gateway. From there, the data of the backpack and the Hypno Zapper will break down and rebuild itself in a reality suited for its intended user."
Nodding in reply and preparing to throw the backpack within the portal, Haru stopped in his actions when gatchmon spoke up and began rummaging through his helmet.
"Haru, I almost forgot to add this. It's just another message to tell the next hero what to expect from the Hypno Zapper." The Search Appmon informed after finally pulling a curled piece of paper from out of his helmet.
Appreciative toward Gatchmon's kindness/kind thinking as to keep the tradition of messaging the next hero alive and well, Haru placed the scroll within the backpack, alongside the previous messages and its contents, before zipping up and tossing the backpack within the digital gateway, which closed down shortly after.
Closing the laptop, Rei and Hackmon turned to face Haru, Astora and the others.
"We've done all we can on our end, we can only hope the Hypno Zapper finds a hero suited for its uses." The raven haired hacker remarked, which received a silent and agreeing nod from Hackmon.
"Don't worry, Rei. I'm sure the Hypno Zapper will continue on." Gatchmon said with a prideful grin, the confidence within the Search Appmon briefly causing Rei to smile.
"Now that we've got that out of the way, what do you guys say to checkin' out Astora's latest video?" Musimon offered as he grabbed at Rei's laptop and immediately scanned through the latest Apptube video posts.
"I don't want to give anything away, but let's say Musimon and I really give it our all in our super spice ramen challenge." Astora added with a big grin, before Eri wrapped herself tighter around her beloved Master and declared. "And my Master just looks so cute doing so."
Bringing up the video for all to see, Haru, Gatchmon and the others then watched on, laughing and finding a great entertainment to seeing the famous Apptuber and his Appmon partner testing their luck with unlabeled bottles of spices, poring the entire contents upon several bowls of ramen and frequently burning their mouths out during their attempted consumption.
-Back with Lekouch and Euphemia-
While sharing in the understandable confusion of her half brother, but showing a growing curiosity in the backpack, Euphemia crouched down, picked it up and began to rummage through its contents, before withdrawing what looked to be a strange looking weapon, its design looking like something a child would play with.
"It almost looks like a child's toy, doesn't it?" She asked while playfully pointing the odd looking gun at Lelouch, which left her half brother to sigh toward her more childish side.
Deciding it was best to take the unknown, and possibly deadly weapon away from Euphemia for the time being, Lelouch held his hand out, gesturing for Euphemia to hand it to him, but found the purple haired girl just looked back at him with a teasing smile.
"Sorry, Lulu, but I found it first, so it belongs to me now." Euphemia replied with a singsong tone of voice, the use of her crude nickname for Lelouch only furthering his frustration.
"Euphy, I said give it to me!" Lelouch said with a firmer authority in his voice as he extended his arms out and tried to wrestle the device from out of Euphemia's arms.
As the half siblings struggled against one another in terms of ownership for the unknown prize, their hands continuing to grip and slide around the gun, concern filled Euphemia after she tried to reel back her prize, but pulled the trigger in her haste.
Striking Lelouch with a multi-coloured beam of energy and thinking she had accidentally harmed the raven haired boy, Euphemia quickly dropped the gun.
"Lelouch!" She cried as her fears continued to consume her. "Lelouch, please speak to me."
Trying her best to compose herself and to see the damage of her accidental shot, Euphemia looked over Lelouch's body and found there were no signs of physical damage to his being.
But looking upon his face and into his eyes, Euphemia's concerns changed to confusion as she saw Lelouch's eyes seemed distant and glazed over, while his expression seemed empty.
"Lelouch, are you alright?" Euphemia then questioned, but found Lelouch remained silent.
Now worried about how the raven haired boy just seemed to stare into space, Euphemia cautiously approached Lelouch, waved a hand in front of his face and then asked. "Lelouch, I asked you a question. Can you hear me?"
"Yes, I hear you, my Mistress..." Lelouch replied in a tone matching the lacking emotion within his eyes.
To the title her half brother addressed used for her, Euphemia was taken aback and almost fell to the floor from Lelouch's reply.
"Mistress?" She questioned with a growing confusion and understandable shock within her voice, before she looked back at the device and questioned aloud. "Wait, did this thing do something to Lelouch's head?"
Still concerned as Lelouch remained in place like a statue, but looking back upon the backpack and believing it would have some answers as a way to undo whatever she had done to her half brother, Euphemia turned the backpack upside down and allowed its contents to spill on the floor.
Now looking through the items, Euphemia came across four pieces of paper, each of which were tied up with a shining red ribbon, a disc in a protective casing that had 'To Yusei Fudo' written on the disc, as well as a following sentence that read in another's handwriting 'Or any other hero'.
However, and with no current way to access the data upon the discs, Euphemia tried her luck with one of the scrolls, reading the messages upon it, which greatly intrigued her.
Reading through the various messages written upon the paper, Euphemia quickly learnt of the device, learning it was known as the Hypno Zapper and the device held the power to influence and even alter the minds of those struck by its power.
As amazed as she was to learn about the Hypno Zapper, Euphemia remained interested as she read the final message on the scroll, which read: Just as the previous users of the Hypno Zapper, my friends and I also believe you can use its power, not only to help those you cherish, but to also improve your world.
-Gatchmon and Haru Shinkai.
With what she now knew and seeing how Lelouch was vulnerable to her suggestions, Euphemia gained a sly smile after a devious idea came to her mind, one that would not only benefit her, but also her half-brother and if everything works as she hopes, the whole world.
But before going through with her plans, Euphemia couldn't resist this chance to have a little fun.
"Lelouch, as your Mistress I order you to twirl like a ballerina." She commanded Lelouch with a growing dominance within her voice, which earned Lelouch's instant obedience.
"Yes, Mistress Euphemia..." He said in reply as he began to move around the area.
Guided by his Mistress' words, he sways his arms, twirling around and even performing a few kicks, Lelouch danced around the room for another few minutes, to Euphemia's amusement.
Pleased with herself to seeing how Lelouch had indeed obeyed her order without thought or question, Euphemia kept her eyes upon her entranced half brother as she prepared to orchestrate a further idea.
"Lelouch, stop dancing and listen carefully to what I must tell you. You will accept every word as truth, do you understand?" She asked, which caused Lelouch to give a faint nod and to reply with a continued emptiness within his voice. "Yes, Mistress... I will accept everything you say as truth..."
"Lelouch, from now on, I want you to use your Zero identity to help promote the SAZ and to help bring peace between Britannians and the Japanese. I also want you to try to get the other members of the Black Knights to agree and maybe even join the SAZ, the same with other resistance figures. You should try to keep the fighting to a minimum, and when you have to lead the Black Knights into a battle, then only try to target those that absolutely stand in the way of peace."
While keeping her motives professional and thinking what would be best for everyone in the long run as Lelouch droned his acceptance to her commands, Euphemia kept Lelouch under her control as another more devious idea came to her.
Loving Lelouch dearly and wanting the best for him, Euphemia knew that with all of Lelouch's continued dedication toward his goals that he didn't have much time for women/or for love, but with the Hypno Zapper, that would soon change.
"One final thing, Lulu. After I zap you again, you will also use the Hypno Zapper on any girls you have feelings for or that you desire. You will create a harem of beautiful women who will devote themselves to you. They will be your loyal and loving slaves, and you will be their wonderful and kind-hearted Master." Euphemia instructed as she brought the Hypno Zapper back up and prepared to fire once again.
However, before breaking Lelouch out of his mesmerized state...
"Oh! And just another thing before I wake you up..." Euphemia trailed on, before she instructed the entranced leader of the Black Knights. "I might need you for other services, so when you hear me say 'Ganymede', you will return to this state of mind and obey any new orders I give you."
With the commands planted within Lelouch's head and now pulling the trigger, Euphemia set off another blast of multi-coloured energy upon Lelouch, who slowly regained light within his eyes and looked over his half sister with some confusion.
"Euphemia, what just happened?" The raven haired boy asked as he rubbed the side of his head, showing he indeed held no memory of being hypnotized.
"It's nothing, Lulu." Euphemia happily assured in reply, before she wrapped her arms around her half brother in a comforting hug and told him with a growing giddiness in her voice. "But listen, I think this device was meant for you. It came with a note that said it was send to support a hero in this dimension, and I don't know anyone who would be a better fit for that description."
While Lelouch didn't consider himself a hero, but taking in Euphemia's words, and seeing the endearing smile on her face, Lelouch couldn't deny his half sister her joy.
"Alright, but I think you're putting too much faith in me." Lelouch told Euphemia with a fair sternness within his voice.
"But what do you say we continue with the opening ceremony? I'm sure that everyone is waiting for us already, especially your knight." The raven haired boy went on to say with a kinder smile on his face, before Euphemia wrapped her arms around and gently hugged her half brother again.
Allowing Euphemia to keep her hold over him and smiling back at the purple haired girl, Lelouch showed his kinder side.
"Please, lead the way." He said with a soft smile, oblivious to what Euphemia had done to him and what would soon occur.