Welcome notes: Welcome to my Naruto x Code Geass story, 12 years in the making. These days, I'm just going to release what's on my mind, whether it'll be a new story or update to a current one. I'm just glad I'm starting this now after reading lots and lots of Code Geass fics.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Code Geass, Gundam, Cross Ange, or any other crossover that'll appear.
Tags: AU, OOC characters, Naru/Harem
Special thanks to NSG and Castlecrasher009 for beta-reading. And thanks again to Castle for helping with the post-credits scene. Also thanks to Zronku for the cover image.
Naruto: So, you had this on the back burner for years?
Soul: Yep. It was supposed to be a sequel to my planned Attack on Titan fic before it went balls-to-the-walls crazy after the basement to the point Rixxell and I couldn't keep up.
Naruko: Speaking of Rixxell, where is he?
Soul: Real life fucked him over so much that production on my Final Fantasy Uzumaki XIII stalled since he was helping. We haven't talked much about fanfiction so I'm going my own way with this. I miss his eccentric inputs on my stories.
Naruto: Ah well, this ought to be fun. So whose ass are we kicking now?
Lucienne: My daddy dearest.
Soul: Wait, where's Lelouch? He's supposed to be here with us.
Naruko: Oh he's getting acquaintanced with Marrybell and Oldrin in that room over there.
Soul: …Getting laid early. Good lad. Anywho, time to begin!
"Good tidings, everyone! Thank you for coming. My name is M.M. and I shall be your storyteller for this journey.
As you all know, one of the great mysteries of the world is how it was created in the universe. Legends tell of World Trees taking root on a bleached Earth, with one overcoming the others and absorbing it into itself to create the world as we know it. Soon our world housed a single land that cracked into several continents that spread across the globe, birthing people of different cultures and customs.
But an even greater mystery is how history could be altered from the how defunct Proper Human History. What would change, and how would it affect the world as a whole?
What if King Henry VIII of England had a male heir that went on to become King Henry IX?
What if Queen Elizabeth III and England were defeated by Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar?
What if Her Majesty and her forces retreated to the American colonies?
What if George Washington failed in establishing the United States of America?
The answer? You would get the Holy Britannian Empire conquering the world as a whole.
And in this new world, is where our story begins…"
Evolution Geass: Uzumaki of the Retribution
(2009 a.t.b. - Heaven's End)
The sun was shining in the blue sky, with clouds providing the shadows that evened out the hot, sweltering day. The sounds of the bugs kept the silence away, creating sweet melodies on a beautiful day. The wind blew about, rustling the green grass, the nearby sunflowers, and the tall trees where the shadows reined. The residence nearby was a Japanese manor, adorned with bright colors and colorful flowers, with the view of a massive volcano, inactive but making for an impressive sight nonetheless. But the village nearby had nothing to fear.
Of course on a beautiful day such as this, children usually came out to play, and a group of children was doing just that for the past few hours. On the lawn in front of a Shinto shrine were three girls having a tea party on a picnic blanket. The first had blonde hair tied in pigtails with blue eyes, the second had medium-short light black hair with closed eyes, and the third had wavy sandy-brown hair and violet eyes. The three girls were giggling, enjoying each other's company.
A ways away from them were two boys running around climbing hills and trees, having a good time. The first had spiky blonde hair with blue eyes, and the second had brown hair and green eyes. The brunette quickly climbed up a hill, only for the blonde to run up the hill with no hands. The brown-haired boy fell on his butt, sighing as the blonde boy laughed and helped his friend up.
The blonde then looked around and saw a young woman with lime-green hair and gold eyes staring at them. He blinked, and the woman vanished from his sight. He tilted his head in confusion, until his brunette friend shook his shoulder, just as the bugs in the forest took flight. He turned to see his friends pointing over the village to the horizon, where hunks of metals on the ground and in the sky headed their way…
"The date was August 10th in the year, 2010 on the Imperial Calendar. The Holy Britannian Empire had just declared war upon Japan; the far-east island had held fast to its neutrality and now Britannia loomed as the world's only superpower. Rights to Japan's underground resources became a hotly disputed issue, straining the already deep-rooted diplomatic tensions between the two sides. In the deciding battle for the mainland, Britannian forces introduced into combat the humanoid autonomous armored knight, known as the Knightmare Frame. The enemy's forces were far greater than anticipated and the Knightmares obliterated the Japanese line of defense on the mainland with little effort. Japan became a dominion of the Empire. The country was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and its name. Area Eleven, the defeated and once proud nation of Japan was rechristened with a mere number.
…But…"
…
"There is one place the Britannians, for all their power, failed to conquer: a small island-state off the coast of Tokyo, Japan, known as Uzushio, run by the ancient clan of ninja and samurai: the Uzumaki Clan.
There were those with good hearts that had ties with the Uzumaki clan in Britannia. But with the death of the Empress-Consort Marianne vi Britannia, the Emperor quickly turned on them, aiming to conquer them along with Japan.
The Uzumaki, along with other clans allied with them on the island, were completely resistant to the invasion of the Britannian forces. Born of supernatural and mythical origins with advanced technology, they defeated waves upon waves of Britannian soldiers and Knightmare Frames while unveiling their own new weapon of destructive proportions: the multi-limbed autonomous behemoth tanks known as Metal Gear.
As a result, Britannia begrudgingly recognized their strength, signing a shaky non-aggression pact. This had Britannia leaving them alone, to be the only ones called Japanese without repercussions.
But for a dominating force like Britannia, an unpredictable faction like the Uzumaki, and two countries lying in wait to take control, such peace would not last long…
[Japan]
10-year-old Uzumaki Naruto and the former 12th Princess, Lucienne vi Britannia, was resting in the ruins of a harbor of a decimated Japanese town, with Naruto's twin sister Uzumaki Naruko comforting a shaking Nunnally vi Britannia. Smoke billowed behind them as funeral pyres burned near them, Japanese soldiers overseeing the proceedings. However, the kids kept themselves hidden from the soldiers, as the fighting wasn't over, and no one knew when Britannia would strike again.
Naruto dug into his pocket and took out a flip phone, scowling at the screen that indicated that it had no signal to operate properly. It's been like this since the attack on the Kururugi Shrine, where Knightmares swarmed and laid waste to the compound where they were staying. It was due to his quick thinking that he and Naruko had managed to get Lucienne, Nunnally, and Suzaku to safety, though the latter was difficult since Suzaku had a far-off look and was acting strange that day. In the end, Suzaku stayed behind since his father was still on the grounds in his manor and was worried about him.
They haven't heard from him since. Thankfully their other friend Sumeragi Kaguya was off the premises at the time.
Growling, Naruto closed his phone, looking past the harbor and towards the open water. Due to the communication blackout across Japan, Naruto and his sister were unable to get in contact with his family, the Uzumaki clan. He knew that they may have agents looking for them, but they had to keep moving. Japan was a warzone thanks to Britannia, and staying in one place was paramount to suicide. His goal was to get himself and his group to Tokyo in order to make contact with the Ashford Foundation, who were allied to the Uzumaki clan and the late Marianne vi Britannia. There, they could make contact with his mother and Uzumaki Clan Head, Uzumaki Kushina.
"So much death. So much destruction…" he muttered, eying the funeral pyre. "This cannot continue…"
Ever since escaping from the Kururugi compound, Naruto and Naruko had escorted Lucienne and Nunally through corpse-ridden battlefields. The three oldest children had to lie to Nunally about the smell of dead people, due to her blindness. They holed up in abandoned buildings and houses at night, salvaged food and water, going as far as hunting for them when trekking through the forest areas, and took detours through waterways in the sewers when they were able. There were times they ran into the casual asshole who threatened their lives, forcing either Naruto and Naruko to kill them to protect their friends; Britannian or Japanese be damned.
Such is the nature of war.
"No. This will not continue," he growled as he stood up. "No way I'm going to let Britannia get away with what they did to Japan, to this world."
"What are you thinking?" Lucienne asked, brooding as her eyes washed over the area.
"A date with your father in the coming years, with a sword shoved up his ass and through his fucking throat," Naruto said while cracking his fingers. "No more Charles, no more world conquest, and Britannia can piss off."
Lucienne raised an eyebrow. "Is it your quarter-Britannian talking, because you just threatened to kill that man in front of me."
Naruto side-eyed her as she stood next to him. "So what if I did?"
"Then you'll have to get in line because I'll be the one to put a bullet between his bloody eyes," Lucienne whispered coolly. "I owe it to my mother…and Lelouch."
Naruto nodded with a smirk. "This will make us all the enemies of the world, dattebayo. You sure you're up to it?"
"Yes, so help me as God as my witness, Naruto," Lucienne said, reaching out towards the water and clenched her fist. "I swear that someday, somehow, not only will I burn this corrupt Britannia to the ground, I will kill Charles zi Britannia with my own hands!" she declared, looking at Naruto with a burning fire of resolve in her eyes.
"Well, I speak for my sister when I say we're with you for the long haul. We have our own personal stake in this aside from sticking it to Britannia." Naruto said, eying Naruko, who was resting Nunnally on her chest and caressing her hair.
"Vengeance?" Lucienne inquired, with Naruto nodding.
"Something like that," he said, his blue eyes turning red with slits. "Charles vi Britannia knows who assassinated my father before they came for all of us, and we'll be the receipt to the job they didn't finish. One way or another, Charles will answer to the Uzumaki, dead or alive…"
Stage 00 - Before the Crusade
[2017 a.t.b. - Unknown Location]
In the dark of night, a young man walked into a temple with a confident swagger, Britannian soldiers in tow. He was 5'10" tall, had short black hair, violet eyes with an eyepatch over his left eye with a purple gem hanging off it, and wore an all-black outfit with gold trim, with a high-collared coat partly closed with a gold chain.
As soon as they entered, a legion of temple guardians swarmed the room, blocking his path to the treasure within. He smirked as he eyed the primitive weapons they were wielding, such as swords, maces, and bows and arrows.
"Now now my friends. There is no need for bloodshed. I, Julius Kingsley, am here on behalf of our glorious 98th Emperor of Britannia to retrieve the relic within. Move aside, and you'll live to see another day." Julius said, brandishing his gold and black scepter at them.
In response, the temple guardians pointed their weapons and glared at him, who sighed and shook his head, bringing a hand to his face.
"What a shame. I was hoping to avoid this, but time is valuable, and you're wasting it. For your insolence," Julius said, removing his eyepatch to reveal his left eye having a sigil in the shape of a bird. "{You all have my permission to die}!" he commanded with authority.
Before the temple guardians could retaliate, the sigil flapped in his eye, causing red rings to appear in the eyes of the temple guardians.
"Ha…haha! Yes, my Lord!" the leader of the temple guardians said in a foreign language, putting the blade of his sword against his throat.
Blood flew about as the guardians killed themselves in various ways, slitting their throats open, jamming their arrows into their temples, and bashing their blunt weapons into their faces. All with a smile on their faces.
"Fools. Protecting the Grail isn't worth dying for," Julius muttered as he put his eyepatch before on. "The will of Emperor Charles shall be done, no matter how many omelets need to be made…"
Now surrounded by his guards, he stepped over the dead bodies to the end of the room, where a stone coffin was lying in wait. He nodded towards it, with some of the guards moving forward and pushing the top open. Julius stepped forward and grinned at the content within, reaching forward and grabbing the relic inside.
"The secrets of the world in the palm of my hands. With this, the Emperor and Lord V.V.'s plan is one step closer to completion. Now we just need to wait for them to complete their tasks in retrieving all the Pieces of Eden," Julius murmured, before exiting the temple, holding up the golden chalice that he had retrieved.
"The perfect world will be created…a hidden where nothing is hidden…just as he desires…"
[2017 a.t.b. - Area 11, Tokyo Settlement, Nighttime]
The Tokyo Settlement is known as the administrative capital of Area 11 formerly known as Japan. Huge metal structures surrounded the Viceroy's Palace as proof of the power of the Holy Britannian Empire. It was always expanding, destroying the old ghettos to make for more incoming Britannian citizens and allow more streets and highways to be built. Of course, it's just an excuse for Britannia to rebuild Japan in their image.
But on this night, there was precious cargo being transported into a secure building. It was stored in a truck that was surrounded by the 5th Generation Knightmare Frames, the RPI-13 Sutherland; heading to a warehouse owned by the Britannian Military.
"All right, Joker, Cypher. The target is in view, and it's half an hour away from its destination. Remember, you both have two minutes to complete the operation undetected. Get ready."
The truck turned off the highway and onto the empty street. That was then two figures landed on top of the truck.
The first one, Joker, stood at 5'9" tall and wore metallic body armor with panels on his upper arms and lower legs, with black camo underneath. He also had a neon-blue visor "eyes", which gave him a HUD to provide him the necessary information. He also bore two large pistols holstered on his sides, and a sword sheathed inside the gun-sheath on his side.
The other was Cypher. She stood at 5'6" tall, wore sleek black exo-suit armor over her chest, arms, and legs, with black latex covering the rest of her body. She also had a hood over her head with a mask and technical goggles that showed pixelated eye emotes and various eye expressions. She had two katanas strapped to her back, and two handguns on her sides.
"The Sutherland's sensors have been blinded. Commence operation now."
Joker sheathed his blade, a red high-frequency katana with electricity arcing off it. He stabbed it into the ceiling of the truck and sliced open a circle, creating an opening big enough for him and Cypher to jump through. When they got inside, they saw two security officers guarding the cargo. Before they could react, Joker and Cypher swiftly knocked them out with chops to the neck.
"They're getting sloppy with just two guards," Joker said, his voice distorted with a voice modulator, sheathing his sword. "It's almost as if they forgot that we're a thing."
"Well we have put their friends in the hospital, so there's that." Cypher retorted with the 'expressionless' emote and pointed at the target. "And there's our target!"
On top of a bunch of boxes was a large metal briefcase. Joker went over and slowly opened it, checking for any tripwires and unpleasant surprises with his visor. Finding none, Joker opened it fully to find trinkets that resembled memory drives and SD cards.
"Merry Christmas, Joker," he said with a smirk and checked through the contents. He spotted a tracking device that he was close to crushing but decided to toss away. "We got the package."
He turned Cypher, who had a sack of items. "I found some good shit here too!"
"Cypher, we're just taking these Progrise Keys and Gaia Memories. We don't need anything else."
"Aw come on Joker! This tech from the defunct Stark Industries looks good to use too! It's bloody rare. Besides, would you rather have Britannia use these against us when we start to kick their shit in?"
"Hmm, fair point. But if this comes back to bite us, it's going to be your ass." Joker said, raising his hands up with a chain coming out of his palm. "Now let's go. Mission accomplished."
"Yeah, yeah," Cypher grumbled as Joker zipped out through the roof. "On my way…" She shot out a chain from her palm and pulled herself from the truck.
As they zoomed upward towards the roof of a nearby building, Joker produced a red card and threw it at the truck, embedding it into the steel. As it departed, Joker and Cypher landed on the roof.
"Good job. That's another successful heist in the books" an electronic voice over the line praised them. "Come on back so we can examine the goods."
"Way ahead of you, Bagley," Joker said, taking out a phone and typing a few numbers onto the keypad. [RAISER COME CLOSER]
"We really need to input better lines." Cypher drawled, her "eyes" showing two carets as she inputs the same code on her own phone. [ARTORIAS COME CLOSER]
"No, because it is funny and unique. And you would put something crude."
Cypher snorted. "You have me confused for Panther-chan."
Joker stared at her. "Says the girl who ate her out under the table in front of the Student Council."
"I didn't get caught, and she squirmed. I call that a win!"
As the two bickered, two objects headed towards them at high velocity. When they arrived in front of her two phantom thieves, they were revealed to be sleek-looking ships with open-air cockpits, with one having a blue and white paint job, and the other having a red and white paint job.
Raiser and Artorias, their Knightmare Frames in Flight Mode.
"If you didn't get caught, then how do you explain Shirley looking as if she had a chicken wing with the legendary Da Bomb sauce?" Joker drawled as he got on his Exia.
"You know she has a secret porn stash and is secretly a pervert," Cypher revealed with a mischievous one-eye opened emote as she got onto her Alfheim. "So she has a dirty mind. I didn't get caught."
"Sure, whatever you say, Sis," Joker said, rolling his eyes under his helmet. "Let's go. Cloaking on."
The two took off into the sky, seeing the city lights below them in seconds. Soon, they landed on the ground and took the back streets through the ghettos to get to their destination. While it is a beautiful sight, the two know it is a false visage. The city below them was built on top of the bodies of many dead Japanese citizens and soldiers, thanks to the conquest of the Britannian Empire. The landscape should be much different, with Japanese people roaming the streets and living their lives.
But the Britannia came, conquered, and stripped them of everything, from their dignity to their pride. Now it has Britannians roaming the streets, with mineral amounts of once Japanese people, now christened as "Elevens." Until now Japan, now known as Area 11, had been the only nation in the world to suffer such a humiliating defeat. But right now, the Middle Eastern Federation was looking to join the same fate in the next few months…
[Ashford Academy - Underground]
Joker and Cypher then descended over the local school Ashford Academy. Joker typed a few numbers on his phone, opening a hatch located on the outskirts of the school grounds, hidden in a large bush. The two flew in, the hatch sealing shut behind them as they flew down a long passageway. Soon, they arrived in a wide, open area where they landed and docked their specialized Knightmare Frames.
"Right, pop quiz," Cypher said as she hopped off her Artorias. "Why is it called Flight Mode when it can only hover off the ground, and we can't do the same for Knightmare Mode?"
"I have no idea, sis. That question is for Hatsume back home. All I can say is that every time there's a breakthrough, she gets distracted by her babies," Joker drawled as they walked down a hallway, his bright blue helmet illuminating the way. "It's a miracle Raiser and Artorias haven't both exploded yet."
"Because Kaa-chan would kill her, and Hatsume isn't that stupid." Cypher laughed with an 'amused' emote on her mask. "But that's giving her too much credit."
They entered another room that served as their Command Center. It had a war table with a 3D map projection, a computer console on the wall with one huge HD screen and multiple small and medium screens, and a workstation to build gadgets. It also had an armory with various weapons and gadgets, a lounge area with a sofa and coffee table with a chessboard on the latter, a restroom complete with a shower, toilet, and sink; and another room with bunk beds.
"Welcome back, guys," a figure greeted them from the war table, "How was the night on the town?" she inquired as she walked over to them.
The figure was an attractive, 18-year-old young woman, who was 5'8" tall, had shoulder-length dirty blonde hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and an impossible hourglass figure with a tiny waist and full, juicy breasts. She wore a sleeveless white blouse with a threatening, deep cleavage, black yoga pants, and night slippers.
"What's wrong, Milly-chan? You miss us already despite seeing us every day?" Joker asked as he took off his visor helmet, revealing his spiky sun-blonde hair, blue eyes, and whisker-marked cheeks on his face.
"Of course not, Naruto," Millicent "Milly" Ashford replied, walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his neck. "But I thought we made it clear that whatever you guys are going, I want in."
In addition to being the Student Council President, Milly was their partner in crime in sticking it to Britannia. Her family, the Ashfords, had once been nobility and friends with Marianne, until the latter's demise, causing the Ashfords to lose their status. Thus, Milly had her own ax to grind against Britannia. When she'd learned early on about Naruto, Naruko, and Lucienne's plans for Britannia, she'd jumped right on the bandwagon.
"Oh come off it, Milly-chan. Lulu-chan isn't here right now, and it was an emergency." Cypher said, removing her mask and revealing her own that was similar to Naruto's, albeit more feminine with long blonde hair tied in pigtails, blue eyes, and the same whiskered-marked cheeks. "Britannia was moving some valuable cargo and we had to strike while the iron was hot."
"Not to mention that Miss Nunnally was getting pretty lonely and Lucienne needed to be on hand to remedy that." the electronic said from the computer. "Can't have the little Miss be suspicious of your nighty activities sticking it to the man. What say you, Mistress Naruko?"
"Thank you for the excuse, Bagley." Naruko drawled, while Naruto set his helmet on the table with Milly kissing him.
"It's why I'm here."
Bagley was a sentient artificial intelligence program, cobbled together from the remnants of a defunct Britannian project. His original purpose was to identify and eliminate potential threats to the Holy Britannian Empire. However, the programmers working on it perished in a terrorist attack that left the program scrapped for years.
Two years ago, his coding had been stol- er, retrieved by Naruto and company, with Naruko completing and reprogramming the AI into their mission control, and Lucienne personally 'punching up' his vocabulary so he won't be so robotic and boring. While helpful, he ended up quirky, sarcastic, and foul-mouthed, usually insulting both allies and enemies with his witty remarks whenever one side does something illogical. Despite that, he is firmly on their side, as they saved him from deletion.
"So, what did you swipe this time?" Milly asked as Naruko set the briefcase on the table.
"Progrise Keys and Gaia Memories," Naruko said, opening the case to reveal the items inside. "Some trinkets that were going to be included in Britannia's Knightmare Frame research, but it's ours to use now."
"It won't be traced back here now, will it?" Milly asked, mildly concerned.
"I crushed the tracking ship myself. All we left them was our calling card." Naruto said, giving a high-five to his twin sister. "Don't worry, we're still the mysterious, formless Phantom Thieves, dattebayo."
Milly nodded. "Sending them scrambling to find us, only to fail. You will tell Rivalz, right?"
"We promised never to hide anything from you guys, so of course. We'll tell him tomorrow."
Their friend Rivalz, the Student Council Secretary, was also in on the group's plans against the empire. Mainly it was due to him accidentally discovering their lair when Naruko had been testing the various routes to their underground lair. Funny enough, it was due to a pinball machine she had installed in the Student Council room that had malfunctioned and brought him into the group.
While he was apprehensive at first, he slowly warmed up to the idea of freeing Japan from Charles' Britannia, after discovering that Naruto and Naruko were Japanese, showing him that despite being "Elevens", they were still the same best friends he goes to gamble with.
That and he saw too much.
While he wasn't xenophobic like the other member of the Student Council, he still found himself stumbling over the use of the word "Eleven," having been instilled with the mindset to use it his whole life.
"Now come on-" Naruto said before Naruko stopped him.
"Hey, what about the goodies I got eh?"
She set the cargo box onto the table, with Naruto and Milly gathering around. Giddy, she opened it, peeking inside with the others. Her smile fell when she saw what was inside.
"It is Stark Tech, but nothing but rejected random junk!" Naruko whined as she slid to the floor. "It might as well be defective crap from Hammer Industries! Whyyyy…?"
"Ah well, better luck next time," Milly said, patting her on the shoulder, with imaginary rain clouds flowing above Naruko. "But who knows! Maybe there's something in there that can serve as a Chekhov's Gun against Britannia!"
"Hmm, good point," Naruto said and dumped the junk on the table. "Bagley, give this stuff a good scan will you?"
"Considering the state of this crap, it'll take me all night," Bagley replied dryly. "You all know how to work AIs to the bone."
"Well, you better get started, Bagley," Naruto said and walked towards the exit. "Now to debrief Lucienne-"
"Oh no, you don't. You two are going to get out of those armors first," she chided them, pushing them into the armory, "Can't have you walking through the campus with those on and causing a scene."
Naruto snorted. "No one is walking on campus, Milly-chan. You just want to feel us up."
"Shall I inform Miss Kushina to expect a grandchild soon?" Bagley butted in over the intercom.
"No!" Naruto and Naruko barked, while Milly laughed and stripped them out of their armor.
[Student Council Clubhouse]
Lucienne vi Britannia was smiling, holding her little sister's hand as the latter drifted to sleep in her bed. She slowly pulled her hand away and gently caressed her sandy-brown hair.
"Good night, Nunnally," she whispered, planting a kiss on her cheek. "Sweet dreams."
The former princess, dressed in a black dress, stood up on her 5'7" tall frame and walked out of her sister's room, closing the door behind her. She sighed, brushing her long raven-black to the side, her violet eyes adorned with sadness. Crossing her arms beneath her D-cup bust, she walked down the halls, lost in her thoughts.
How she yearned for the days when their father wasn't a complete dick, using them as political tools to lure Japan into a false state of security and get the jump on the country. She still remembered the times she put her life on the backseat to ensure Nunnally's survival after the death of the last true Prime Minister of Japan who took them in and hosted them.
After being surrounded by so much death and destruction thanks to Britannia, Lucienne vowed to obliterate Britannia and kill her father. Her closest friends, Naruto, Naruko, and the Prime Minister's son, Kururugi Suzaku knew this. While the twins were helping her in the endeavor since their goals aligned, Suzaku's status was unknown, as he'd disappeared during their journey to seek sanctuary. Once they'd arrived at the Ashford Foundation, the people there gave the children shelter, since they were allied with her mother Marianne vi Britannia, and it allowed the twins to establish contact with the Uzumaki clan.
Since then, the three started early preparations for their campaign against Charles vi Britannia and his Britannia. But due to them still being kids at the time, Lucienne slipped up in their planning, resulting in their best friend Milly learning about their plans and forcing her involvement. It helped wonders for their school life since Milly was the Student Council President and allowed Naruto, Naruko, and Lucienne to move around easily in exchange for putting up with her shenanigans.
She was dreading the upcoming cross-dresser's ball.
Lucienne then sighed, moving her head to the side to avoid a kunai that embedded itself on the nearby wall.
"Close but no cigar, Sayoko-san," Lucienne said as her ninja maid appeared in front of her.
"I taught you well, Lucienne-sama," she said with a smile. "I've come to inform you that the twins are back, and Milly-sama is with them."
The ninja maid was Shinozaki Sayoko, a Japanese woman who serves as a maid to the Ashfords and the Lamperouge siblings, as well as the 37th Successor of the Shinzaki School of Martial Arts, inspired by the teachings of the Uzumaki clan and their ninja ways. She was 5'7" tall, had short brown hair with a white maid hat that never seemed to come off, light brown eyes, and a slender figure with D-cup breasts. Her attire was a maid uniform, with a gray top and a long skirt, complete with a white maid apron.
Lucienne nodded at her and headed to the dining room, where said people were waiting for her. She sweatdropped upon seeing Milly groping Naruko, while Naruto was examining something on his laptop computer.
"So how did it go?" Lucienne asked, taking a seat at the table.
"Britannia won't be advancing their Knightmare Frames with weird shit for a while. That's for us to do." Naruto reported, with Naruko and Milly bumping into him. "Soon, the news will be all about the mysterious-"
"And sexy!" Milly cheered, causing the twins and Lucienne to sweatdrop.
Naruto coughed into his hand. "-Mysterious Phantom Thieves sticking it to Britannia's Research and Development department. Five quid that Clovis makes some kind of overdramatic speech about how evil we are."
"Ha! I'll toss in an additional 10 quid if he mentions we eat babies." Naruko laughed.
"I'll take some of that action." Lucienne piped up.
They all laughed heartily at the possible aftermath of their latest theft of Britannia goods, as it is one step closer to Britannia's fall. It's been slow going with baby steps, but slow and steady wins a war, and it's a war that the three plan to win.
[Code-R, around the same time]
"Damn you! Just give up already! If you escape, we're going to be in a world of shit, and our troops will have to take responsibility! You must really love your punishments!"
The Britannia soldiers glared down at a young woman with long lime-green hair and yellow eyes, who glared right back at them.
Betrayal. That was a word she was familiar with. Living on Earth for the past 700 years and counting, she was no stranger to the concept. She glared up at her captors in defiance, remembering how she got into this situation.
She thought she'd found a way out of her miserable existence, and was willing to help those that wanted to change the world. One who is apathetic to humans is perfect to enact an Instrumentality-level event, to create a world without lies, as her partners wanted. It's not like she cared for humanity, since except for a select few, they were all the same: violent, primitive, and enjoyed conflict by any means.
But with all the wisdom she gained over the year, she should've known better than to get involved with a warmonger like Charles vi Britannia, and his little hobbit of a brother V.V., fka Vincent vi Britannia. The fact that the former's wife (who was in on the plan) had been assassinated due to jealousy on the part of the little goblin should've been a major red flag. But no, she'd stayed to make sure Ragnarok was on schedule, only to get captured and used as a guinea pig to replicate her Code.
But not only was she fuming at her lack of judgment, but she now had to endure Kushina (or Mito if she's still around) telling her: 'I told you so', or something along those lines.
Among other things…
"Your punishments mean nothing to me. Do you really think it's enough to sway my determination? My desire to rightfully escape you fools? What you do to violate me doesn't matter in the slightest," the immortal gloated at her captors, "Cut me open, torture me, you will never get a Geass from me, or an immortal army from my Code for that foolish child. It does not matter, because in the end," She grinned at the growing engaged faces from her captives. "You're all going to die soon."
"You...you bitch!" they roared as they swarmed the smirking woman.
'That's right, I'll never give up. I can not waste this chance, and I owe it to them. I have nothing but time for my wish to be fulfilled. Until then, I'll…'
[Area 11, Secret Military Compound, three months later]
It was a normal day with clear skies and average temperatures. But the further one goes up, the cooler it can get. Across from Britannia's Research and Development building within the military compound is a young woman perched on the roof of a taller building overlooking the area with a heavily modified Barrett M82.
She was 5'2" tall, had long red hair tied in a ponytail that reached down her thighs and a small skull accessory in her hair; amber irises, a slender yet voluptuous frame with F-cup breasts and a round, perky butt. She wore a black and red bikini top with a flame design, a large pink and red striped scarf over her neck, fingerless gloves with gold-studded black bracelets, black hot pants with a white studded belt, pink thigh-high socks, and white boots with a red flame design.
She had her eyes in the scope of her oversized sniper rifle, trained on the R&D building.
"Oi Yoko-chan, you have eyes on the truck?" a voice called over the radio.
"Okay, first things first Tamaki, drop the -chan. And yes, I have eyes on the target," she replied as she surveyed the area around it. "Protection around it is pretty lacking. It must be because they think they're safe in their compound."
"Can you confirm it has the poison gas, like our info says?" a different voice asked her.
"Yes Ohgi, I saw the container before they covered it up," Yoko confirmed, moving away from the scope. "Nagata, Akiza, and Kallen, you guys are good to go. And Tamaki, please stick to the plan this time…"
"You heard her Tamaki. Don't fuck up and we'll be home free." a feminine voice said. "If you fuck this up for us, you'll have to answer to me, and being Naoto-niisama's best friend won't save you from my wrath. Got it?!"
"Come on Akiza, why do you gotta single me out like that?!"
"Gee, can't imagine why!" a different feminine voice sounded off. "Just hide the bodies and don't fuck up!"
"Okay Kallen, fine! Geez!"
Yoko sighed and shook her head. Squabbles like this were the reason why the Kōzuki group weren't moving up in the world of 'freedom fighting.' Then again, it wasn't helped by the fact that their charismatic leader, Kōzuki Naoto, had been captured and killed by the Britannia Military years prior, leaving his best friend Ohgi to take up the leadership position. Their goal was to liberate Japan from Britannian rule, but they'd been going backward rather than forward, with all the prideful hotheads in the group.
It's a wonder that some of them didn't just leave for the Japan Liberation Front, the most disciplined Resistance force, backed by the powerful Six Houses of Kyoto.
Their mission right now was to retrieve a container of poison gas that had just arrived in Area 11, and expose it to the world, since chemical weapons were outlawed by the Sokovia Charter, named after an unknown terrorist group had stolen the Chinese Federation's experimental weaponry and deployed it on the unsuspecting populous in eastern Europe, killing thousands. The Charter was signed by the leaders of Europa United, the Chinese Federation, and the Holy Britannian Empire themselves. Once it was exposed that Britannia had been developing chemical weapons that violated the charter themselves, their grip on the world would loosen.
At least, that was the idea.
"If you guys are done bickering, we have a job to do," Yoko said and reset her scope, seeing two guards walking away. "And you guys are in the clear now. If you're gonna get that container, do it now!"
"All right! We got this in the bag!" Tamaki cheered, with Yoko grumbling.
Nothing could possibly go wrong, right? Right?
[Ashford Academy]
Naruto was on the rooftop, chewing on a pocky stick as he looked down upon the student grounds. It was lunchtime and the students were mingling about as they ate to recharge their energy. He was quite bored, absentmindedly tapping his finger on the barrier on the edge of the roof, but was in no hurry to dine with the masses. Not out of arrogance mind you, but to keep himself from getting annoyed by the Britannian lifestyle.
While Ashford Academy is quite liberal, it did share similarities with the more conservative schools in the Britannian homeland. There was still racism and xenophobia against the Numbers, although not on a severe level. Some 'tolerated' the Numbers, but even they were waning thin thanks to the terrorist attacks from so-called freedom fighters and the Japan Liberation Front. Hence, many disparaging remarks about 'Elevens' often drifted their way from some of the school populace.
Since the Uzumaki originated in Japan, that made Naruto and his twin Naruko 'Elevens' themselves, although they were ¾ Japanese and ¼ Britannian, due to their father being half-Britannian on his father's side. Owing to the domination of their Japanese genes, they had more Japanese features than Britannian, forcing them to use a genjutsu to modify their facial appearance, at least in the eyes of those they didn't know. To those within their inner circle, like Lucienne and Milly, they saw their ocean-blue irises and whisker-marks on their cheeks. But to the ones outside their inner circle, those strangers could only see sharper features befitting a Britannian and no trademark whisker-marks.
'I can only wonder how everyone would react to the fact that the 'Elevens' they fear so much are the heartthrobs of Ashford?' Naruto wondered with a smirk, since he and Naruko were part of the Student Council along with Lucienne and Milly. 'Nina would probably have a heart attack.'
"Oi, Nathan!"
Naruto looked down to see Lucienne waving at him before going into the school. Naruto finished off his pocky before going downstairs. "Nathan Eisner" was the alias that Naruto had in Ashford Academy, with Eisner being Minato's father's last name. Sure, he could use a genjutsu to make his birth names sound Britannia for shits and giggles, but it would have to be on the level of an Infinite Tsukuyomi, and that was FAR too much work.
As soon as Naruto made it down the steps, Lucienne was waiting for him.
"C'mon, I need you. Ruby-boy is in a spot of bother with a nobleman. I need a chauffeur, and Natalia's busy making Rivalz her bitch in Magic the Gathering." she said, motioning for him to follow her. "And don't try to weasel your way out. I know you're bored with Milly being off your cock. Now chop chop!"
'Natalia' was Naruko's Britannian name.
"Now, now, no projecting, Lulu," Naruto countered with a grin, waving a finger. "Who was the one who lost a bet and ended up on a wooden horse with vibrators in their ass, while Naruko and Milly-chan were fucking in front of them?" he asked, causing Lucienne to faceplant and slide next to him. "Last night might I add, in short order dattebayo?"
"Oh shut it! You cheated and you know it!" she growled, shaking her fist at him.
"Oh really? You can't blame me for your crappy draws. It just means that you need to adjust your Infernity Deck more." Naruto advised her with a grin as they entered the parking lot.
"No, you need to stop changing your Hero deck around and put the Mask Change in the bin." Lucienne countered while putting on his cheek.
In their off times, Naruto and Naruko play Magic the Gathering and Duel Monsters, collectible trading card games with strategic elements depending on how one structures their decks and synergize depending on the archetype they belong to. Lucienne was dragged into the game as a 'test dummy' for their decks, as payback for them being test dummies for her preferred game of Chess.
Naruto looked at her as they got to his Rolls-Royce Wraith, affectionately called the Regalia by Lucienne. "Sorry, did someone say 'Please use your Blue-Eyes Deck and pound me to oblivion next time? That piercing damage from Chaos MAX Dragon twists my panties up quite nicely'."
"Piss off!" Lucienne grumbled before feeling Naruto's foot on her ass that booted her into the backseat. "Oof! Ow, you wanker!" she yelled when the door slammed on her butt. "My ass is still sore, you dick!"
"Oh, you'll be fine," Naruto said as he got into the driver's side. "So, where to, your Majesty?"
"Fuck you." she hissed, rubbing her bum. "Bags, track Ruben's phone and plot a course for Naruto. That's where we're going. No doubt the outside will look like something fancy."
A screen popped up on the dashboard, showing Bagley's avatar. "Of course, your Majesty," he responded, making Lucienne gain a tickmark, "I assume Mr. Ashford got himself roped into another game with a Noble twat? You'd think he learned his lesson the last time you bailed him out. They had guns."
"It all worked out in the end. With them sipping food through a straw in their hospital rooms." Naruto chuckled, turning on the car, backing out of the parking space, and directing the car onto the road. "Oh, and we can't forget the millions of pounds we nicked from their accounts when they refused to pay what they owed."
"While wiping our digital fingerprints so they won't track us back to Ashford. You're welcome by the way," Bagley chimed in.
"Yeah, yeah." Lucienne rolled her eyes as she climbed into the passenger seat. "Let's just get this over with. Full speed ahead, Naru-kun."
Naruto smirked and snorted. "Of course, Lulu-hime."
The Regalia zoomed around, weaving in and out of the light traffic on the road. Once they get there, it would be another win in the record books, and more money to put in the nest egg that was their war treasury. There was something ironic about using the money of snotty nobles to fund a future insurrection campaign that'd see Charles and his butt-buddies having a really bad day.
Oh yeah, between school life, gambling against nobles and winning, and nighttime phantom thievery, everything was going their way.
STAGE 00 COMPLETE
"It is a journey eight years in the making so far for the young Uzumaki and vi Britannia, and their graduation is only a couple of years away. In addition to the support of the twin's family, their resources grow day by day. When school is behind them, the liberation of Japan will begin.
But will that be the case, for the world works in mysterious ways. Like a certain theft of…'poison gas'?
Soon, in the fog of injustice, demons will arise to plant the seeds of Britannia's destruction…"
Next time… Stage 01: The Demons Cometh
Lucienne: Well, that was a slow start!
Soul: Hey, we're going to get into the swing of things next chapter.
Naruko: We demand action...and our Geass!
Soul: Don't make me turn this into WandaVision, ladies!
Lelouch: Oi, get me out of here! These two are succubi!
Soul: Oh you'll be fine, buddy! Besides, I gotta give them something to do since their stories are hard to come by.
Lelouch: They'll drain me dry!
Naruto: At least you're getting laid. Hey Soul, can we get him another girl in there?
Soul: I'll sweep the wiki and see who I can find.
Lelouch: Oh please no~!
Soul: *evil laugh*
Naruto: Hope you all enjoyed the prologue! See you all in Stage 1, dattebayo!
[Crossover Characters]
[REDACTED] ] M.M./[REDACTED]
Gurren Lagann ] Yoko Littner
Watch Dogs Legion ] Bagley
Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's ] Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski
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[Knightmare Frames]
Note(s): they serve as models/designs for their KMF. Whether they maintain the same armaments and abilities depends and remains to be seen.
Naruto - Exia/00 Gundam as Raiser
Naruko - Reborns Gundam as Artorias
Naruto and Naruko's Knightmare Frames can switch from Flight Mode to KMF Mode just like the Vilkiss and other units in Cross Ange. So far, they can only float a certain height above the ground.
…
[References and Explanations]
I blame myself for getting invested in FGO's Lostbelt arc, so yeah this takes place in a bad ending and a Lostbelt bloomed, resulting in the divergence. It will tie into Charles' overall plan which will have alterations.
The storyteller M.M. that gives summaries is based on how the episodes of Kamen Rider Saber starts and ends. As for M.M. themselves, I do have an identity for them, but they'll continue to be a mystery to all. Have fun guessing.
If you all know who Julius Kingsley is, then you know a certain someone's still alive. Wink
The Pieces of Eden are from the Assassin's Creed series.
Naruto wears the Arkham Knight armor as Joker.
Naruko wears Wrench's mask from Watch Dogs 2.
Naruko's armor is based on Bubblegum Crisis (castlecrasher's suggestion)
Progrise Keys are trinkets from Kamen Rider Zero-One.
Gaia Memories are trinkets from Kamen Rider W.
The [COME CLOSER] part is from Kamen Rider Faiz.
Even though it isn't canon, I like in the fanon that Milly's name is Millicent, so I'm using it here.
Milly and Rivalz know what the twins and Lucienne are doing, as the latter decides to widen their circle of trust. The other Student Council will follow suit at different points in the story; I got inspired by the Council of Change story by Imperial-samaB and it was close to my original idea years ago.
The Rivalz/Pinball incident is from FF7MA Season 1.
C.C.'s scene is from Nichijou no Senjou h-doujin.
Nathan is usually the go-to name for Naruto having a Western name. I couldn't find one for Naruko, so I went with Natalia.
Eisner is the last name of Byleth from Fire Emblem Three Houses.
The scenes with the Kozuki group are based on the Abridged stuff, mostly from Hellsing and Final Fantasy 7.
Released: Friday, February 12, 2021
Edited: Saturday, February 13, 2021 (NSG finished beta)
The sound of a corpse falling from a rooftop echoed throughout the Britannian compound, making everyone freeze.
"OOOOoooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Yoko growled. "Tamaki…"
"Shit!"
"Do not-" she warned.
"Wait, I can fix this!"
"-do it again!"
"I can fix this!"
"Just get out of-!"
"Alert! Four bodies found on the premises! Red alert! We are under attack! Terrorists have breached the area!"
"What the hell happened?!" Kallen yelled through the comms. "Why are the alarms blaring?!"
"Tamaki fucked up! That's what happened!" Yoko yelled as she downed two more targets near Kallen's position.
"You told me to hide the bodies, so that's what I did!" Tamaki protested. "Don't blame me!"
"Sounds like bullshit- Guns!" Akiza yelled, with a hail of gunfire sounding off. "Nagata, drive!"
"On it!"
"Tamaki, those bodies are literally out in the open!"
"When we get back to base, I'm so kicking your ass, Tamaki!" Kallen shrieked as they drove through the gate.
"Get in line! I call first dibs!" Akiza yelled. "Whoa! Keep your eyes on the road!"
"Just meet back at Rendezvous Point Delta-25! I'll meet you all there!" Yoko yelled and dismantled her sniper nest. "Of all the days that shit goes wrong! It can't get any worse than this…"
"Yoko! Do! Not! Jinx! Uuuussss!" Kallen and Akiza wailed.