Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach and I don't own Code Geass.

A/N: I decided to write this Code Geass x Bleach Crossover and replace Souls of Fate. I actually started working on it a few weeks ago. I did this because I wasn't satisfied in what I wrote with Souls of Fate so I wrote this and hopefully this is much better improvement. So here are the first four chapters of Imperial Swords.

Death and Aftermath

It was the month of June in the year 1968atb. In the Pendragon, the capitol of the Holy Britannian Empire, a tragedy occurred with the Pendragon Imperial Palace and two boys cried in anguish.

"Father! Father!" One of the two boys cried in anguish.

"Father!" Second boy cried in anguish.

Two boys of thirteen years of age were sad as their father was lying on the floor dying. One of the boys had sandy brown hair and dark purple eyes while the other had blonde hair and red eyes and they both wore imperial garbs. The man on the floor bleeding had blonde short hair with a beard and had dark purple eyes. The man looked at his sons and then looked at a woman who had long sandy brown hair and red eyes and wore a light green imperial long dress was crying in anguish as well for her beloved.

"Duncan," The woman said in sadness and with tears streaming from her eyes, "Duncan."

"Vincent," The man named Duncan said, "Charles…my sons," Duncan then looked at the woman whom he loved, "Eliza, my dear wife."

It would not be long as tragedy would strike again as on the road outside, Eliza would die when the carriage fell on her. Charles and Vincent were felt unbearable sadness that their mother died just not long after their father died. Footsteps were heard and the boys looked over and saw soldiers who pointed their guns as them and they saw man who had teal short hair and light blue eyes who wore an imperial garb. The man smirked at the boys.

"It's too bad you two," The smirking man said in glee, "but it can't be helped. Your father was the crown prince and he was an obstacle and you two are an obstacle as well. I'm the one who will be the next Emperor of Britannia and no one is getting in my way, not even you two. After I kill you, I'll kill the others and I'll be the last one standing. It is how it is and how it shall be," The man clenched his fists, "survival of the fittest and weaklings like your father and you have no place here."

"It's all the same," Vincent said with anger, "it's all the same."

"Big Brother," Charles said.

Vincent stood up and decided he would do whatever it took to protect his younger twin brother.

"Don't worry Charles," Vincent said, "I'll protect you."

C's World

Duncan and Eliza felt sadness knowing that they both died and now their sons were all alone with the hell they were going through.

"I'm sorry Duncan," Eliza said crying, "I left them all alone."

"It's not your fault," Duncan said in sadness, "it's mine. If only I had been more careful."

"Vincent, Charles," Eliza said in anguish, "our sons, our precious sons."

There were footsteps and it surprised the couple. They looked and saw someone who wore what it seemed to be all black and had a sword held on their left side.

"Who are you?" Duncan asked, "What do you want?"

The mysterious person didn't say anything and drew their sword surprising Duncan and Eliza.

"W-What is the meaning of this?" Eliza asked.

"What are you planning to do?" Duncan asked shielding his wife.

"Don't worry," The person said, "I'm not going to kill you. You're already dead. No, I'm going to take you somewhere else. You'll be going to the Soul Society."

"The Soul Society?" Eliza asked confused.

"What the devil is this Soul Society?" Duncan asked.

"It's a better place than being in C's World, that's for sure," The mysterious person said.

The bottom pommel of the person's sword glowed.

"Don't worry, this won't hurt at all," The mysterious person assured.

"Who are you?" Duncan asked.

"I'm a Shinigami," The mysterious person said.

"A Shinigami?" Eliza asked.

"Yes, anyway it's time to go," The Shinigami said.

The Shinigami stamped the pommel on Duncan and Eliza's foreheads. Bright lights suddenly surrounded them and the couples thoughts were occupied by their sons.

Forty-Two Years Later, August 2010atb, Japan

The Holy Britannian Empire began their invasion of Japan which sparked the Second Pacific War. Missiles were dropped from the air and struck homes and buildings in Japan. The people in the buildings and their homes were not so lucky to escape and they were killed as a result. Somewhere in Japan, two children were lying on the ground dying and one boy was crying trying to get them to stay alive. The two children that were dying from the Britannian airstrikes were not Japanese but were actually Britannian children and not just any Britannian children; they were born from the imperial family. Ten-year old Lelouch vi Britannia, the former Britannian Prince and seven-year-old Nunnally vi Britannia, the former Britannian Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire who was sent to Japan by decree of their father, the 98th Emperor of Britannia, Charles zi Britannia as political hostages. The crying boy was Suzaku Kururugi, the son of the Japan's Prime Minister, Genbu Kururugi.

"Lelouch, Nunnally, please hang on," Suzaku pleaded with tears in his eyes, "c'mon, I can get you out of here."

"S-Suzaku," Lelouch spoke as blood was seeping from his body, "Suzaku..."

"It hurts," Nunnally spoke in pain as the blind crippled girl was in pain from the result of massive blood loss, "Lelouch, Suzaku, it hurts."

"Just hang on," Suzaku said, "I'm sure that I can…" Suzaku looked around and racked his brain trying to figure out a way that he'll be able to save his friends, "I…I'm sure that I can…"

"It's no use Suzaku," Lelouch said, "I hate to say…but…we're…we're going to die."

"No Lelouch," Suzaku responding as he started to cry again.

Nunnally had tears form from her closed eyes.

"Are we really going to die Big Brother?" Nunnally asked upset.

"I'm sorry Nunnally…" Lelouch responded.

Nunnally simply responded back by reaching out her hand calling for Lelouch and Lelouch took Nunnally's hand and held her close to him.

"Lelouch, Nunnally…" Suzaku spoke crying.

"In the end, this is what that man intended," Lelouch said bitterly, "that man sent us here to die…we'll probably be marked as martyrs for this invasion," Lelouch felt that his time as up as looked at his first friend, "Suzaku, I need to tell you something."

"Yes Lelouch, what is it?" Suzaku asked as tears streamed from his eyes.

"You can't let this go," Lelouch said, "you can't let Britannia get away with what they have done. Do whatever you can to fight back against this. You shouldn't let this go unanswered."

"Lelouch…" Suzaku spoke.

"Suzaku, I'm glad," Lelouch said with a smile, "I'm glad that we became friends. You're the first friend that I ever had. Thank you Suzaku for being my friend."

"Thank you Suzaku," Nunnally said with a smile, "I'm so glad to have known you…it…was…fun."

"No, please don't die!" Suzaku pleaded again, "Lelouch, Nunnally, please don't die!"

Suzaku's pleas were not met as Lelouch and Nunnally breathed their last and Suzaku looked at them wide eyed as he knew that they had just died and Suzaku was crying over their dead bodies. Suzaku felt helpless even as a ten-year-old boy, he wished he could have done much to be able to protect them. After a few moments, Suzaku wiped the tears from his face and looked on as he saw some of the forces of Britannia continuing the invasion.

"I have to talk to Father," Suzaku said, "this need to end," Suzaku looked at Lelouch and Nunnally's dead bodies, "otherwise, more innocent people will needlessly die just like Lelouch and Nunnally did."

Unknown to Suzaku, a woman with long lime green hair, yellow eyes wearing a kimono and had a look of sympathy as she saw what had just happened.

"I'm sorry Marianne," The woman said, "they're gone…both of your children are dead."

C's World

Lelouch looked around the surroundings and saw a figure, a figure in black attire. Lelouch couldn't make out the face and the person drew something from their side and it was a sword. Lelouch's eyes widened and the next thing that happened was that the figure placed the pommel of the sword on Lelouch and Nunnally's foreheads and a bright light enveloped the both of them.

Kururugi Residence, Japan

Sometime afterwards, Suzaku was with his father, the Prime Minister of Japan, Genbu Kururugi who was ready to have the Japanese forces continue the fight against the invading Britannian forces.

"Please Father, I'm begging you, you have to stop this," Suzaku pleaded.

"Stop what?" Genbu replied glaring at his ten-year-old son.

"You have to stop the fighting, too many lives have been lost already," Suzaku said, "if this keeps up, everyone in Japan will die."

Genbu was not pleased with his son at the moment.

"You dare tell me what to do!" Genbu countered, "You're just a child that doesn't understand anything!"

"Lelouch and Nunnally are dead," Suzaku pointed out, "too many people have died already. You have to end this Father so that this war will stop."

"Do you have the slightest clue of what will happen if I do that?" Genbu replied, "I will be looked upon as a traitor to our country and our people. Britannia will occupy this country and we will be forced to lose our rights, our pride, and even our name of Japan and being called Japanese. We'll be slaves to them, treated less than human and I refuse to let that happen."

"But Father, what about this declaration you made of a do or die resistance?" Suzaku asked upset and angry with his father, "If that's how it will be, then it won't matter in the end because everyone, no, all of Japan will be destroyed!"

"…It's a lot better than surrendering to Britannia," Genbu responded, "I will not stand by for Japan to bow to Britannia, not while I still draw breath!"

Suzaku was shocked and the small boy couldn't take it anymore.

"You don't care, you just don't care! You don't care how many innocent people die!" Suzaku said heated, "You just want to satisfy your own ego! You think that everything revolves around you. You make all these decisions and people will just follow along with them!"

"Enough!" Genbu roared at his son, "I will not tolerate you speaking to me that way boy!"

"Father, why can't you understand?!" Suzaku asked angrily with tears in his eyes as he grabbed on his father to get him to stop.

Genbu was angry and slapped Suzaku away from and it pushed Suzaku over the edge and he grabbed a knife and lunge at his father with a roar stabbing him with the knife. Genbu's eyes widened as he was stabbed as he looked to see the knife that had penetrated his body and he fell on his knees. Suzaku shook himself and realized what he had just done.

"F-Father?" Suzaku spoke as he quickly went to his father.

Suzaku was shocked and mortified at what he actually had just done. He didn't know why he did what he did but he was seeing his father dying from the fatal stab wound.

"I…don't believe this…" Genbu said as blood was seeping from his mouth and he looked at his son who was still mortified, "to think that you, my own son, would be the one to end my life. I never…would have…imagined…that you…would…be the one…to…end…my…life."

Genbu had his head down, closed his eyes, and breathed his last. Suzaku was stunned and he tried to revive his father but it was not to be as he saw that his father was never going to wake again. Suzaku had tears form in his eyes as he realized there and then that he had just took the life of his own father and it was something that would haunt him for the rest of his life. It was a truly sad day for the boy name Suzaku Kururugi as he not only lost his two close friends, Lelouch and Nunnally vi Britannia, but now, he lost his own father and he was the one extinguished the life of his own father. Someone had suddenly walked and was shocked at what he saw. Suzaku with tears still in his eyes looked and saw an old man holding his cane and it was Taizo Kirihara. Kirihara looked at the dead Genbu and then he looked at Suzaku who was shaking and felt ashamed and had the urged to throw up. Not long afterwards, the war had officially ended and Japan was now the occupied territory of the Holy Britannian Empire. An official statement was made that Genbu Kururugi committed suicide as a protest against the plan of a do or die resistance. A Japanese soldier was saluting at the Japanese government building that had just been just gone through devastation. Suzaku was sitting on a rock very detached and very sad. With the death of his father, Japan surrendered and with that, the war was over. Suzaku was depressed as he had lost people that had mattered to him.

Flashback

"You can't let this go," Lelouch said, "you can't let Britannia get away with what they have done. Do whatever you can to fight back against this. You shouldn't let this go unanswered."

"Lelouch…" Suzaku spoke.

"Suzaku, I'm glad," Lelouch said with a smile, "I'm glad that we became friends. You're the first friend that I ever had. Thank you Suzaku for being my friend."

"Thank you Suzaku," Nunnally said with a smile, "I'm so glad to have known you…it…was…fun."

Flashback End

Suzaku had tears streaming from his eyes and had his hands over his face. He hated the fact that he couldn't do anything for Lelouch and Nunnally and they had died right in front of him. Suzaku wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Lelouch, Nunnally, Father," Suzaku spoke, "I'll do something. I'll change things for the sake of Japan," Suzaku brought up his hands and looked at them, "I'll make sure I atone for what I've done and do whatever it takes for the sake of Japan."

Suzaku clenched his fists and looked up in the sky.

A Forest Somewhere within the Soul Society's Rukongai

Lelouch wakes up gingerly and finds someone looking at him with worry as he opens his eyes, he's surprised to see Nunnally and she is happy that her brother is okay.

"Lelouch, thank goodness," Nunnally said relieved.

"Nu-Nunnally," Lelouch spoke.

Lelouch starts to get up and notice something about Nunnally and is surprised.

"Nunnally, your eyes…" Lelouch spoke.

Nunnally nodded about the fact that she was able to see.

"I know Big Brother," Nunnally said, "I don't know how or why this happened but I'm able to see again. But not only, look."

Lelouch watched with amazement as Nunnally started to get up as well and that she was actually able to stand on her own two feet.

"I can stand and even walk," Nunnally said as she walked around Lelouch and then sat next to her brother again, "I guess it may be expected since we…both died."

Nunnally said the last part with sadness.

"Hmm, yeah, I know this is a painful feeling Nunnally but I know that we died," Lelouch said with sadness.

Lelouch and Nunnally were also amazed with the clothing they were wearing. Lelouch was wearing a dark blue robe with a black sash and Nunnally was wearing a pale green robe with a yellow sash.

"These clothes, are these the type the clothes that Suzaku showed us before?" Nunnally asked.

"Yeah, they are," Lelouch replied, "I wonder why we…" Lelouch looked up and then thought about Suzaku.

"So where are we?" Nunnally asked, "Is this Heaven?"

Lelouch and Nunnally looked around seeing that they were in a forest.

"A forest…" Lelouch said, "Is it really a place for people when they die?"

Lelouch stood up and extended his hand to his sister.

"Let's go Nunnally," Lelouch said, "maybe if we walk around a bit, we could find out for sure where we are."

Nunnally nodded, "Okay."

Nunnally took Lelouch's hand and stood and they walked through the forest.

"Are we really in the afterlife?" Nunnally asked, "This feels like the forest back that we were just in but it feels different."

"Yeah, I know what you mean Nunnally," Lelouch responded, "I hope we'll know for sure."

The vi Britannia siblings continued to walk through the forest and they looked around and they just kept walking and walking not seeing anyone or seeing any sort of sign and this went on for a long time. After such long searching for any clues, Nunnally suddenly felt weak and was unable to keep up.

"Lelouch," Nunnally spoke, "I don't feel too good."

Lelouch looked at his sister.

"Nunnally?" Lelouch spoke with concern.

Nunnally looked down on the ground with a dazed expression and was about to fall but Lelouch caught her and held her as he brought himself on the ground.

"Nunnally, Nunnally, are you okay?" Lelouch said with worry, "Please speak to me."

"L-Lelouch, I feel…I feel…hungry," Nunnally said.

"You're hungry?" Lelouch replied.

Nunnally nodded weakly.

"Nunnally…" Lelouch suddenly felt weak as well, "oh, I don't feel too good. I guess I'm feeling hungry as well…but why, why are we feeling this?"

"Oh, you two don't look so good," A boy's voice said.

Lelouch and Nunnally looked and saw a boy and a girl. The boy had short silver hair and his eyes constantly narrowed to slits and he wore a black robe with a white side patterns on the sides and the boy was carrying some dried persimmons. The girl with him had short and wavy blonde hair, blue eyes and she wore a dark grey robe. The girl approached them and had a concern expression.

"Oh, you two definitely don't look well," The girl said, "in fact…" The girl turned to the boy, "Gin, they must be hungry."

"Yeah, that's it…which means that they have also have some spiritual powers," The boy deduced.

The girl took two of the dried persimmons that the boy had and she offered them to Lelouch and Nunnally.

"Here, eat up," The girl said with a smile.

Lelouch and Nunnally were a bit surprised at the gesture and then Lelouch took the two dried persimmons and took a bite and then had Nunnally take a bite as well and the two began to eat and they felt rejuvenated and they ate the two dried persimmons. Lelouch and Nunnally got up on their feet and felt relieved.

"Thank you," Nunnally said to the boy and girl.

"Yes, thank you," Lelouch added, "I guess we've been walking around so long we didn't think about how much time had passed but I thought that since we died, we wouldn't have worry about things like hunger."

"Well, that would be true if it wasn't for the fact that you two have spirit energies," The boy explained.

"Spirit Energies?" Nunnally asked, "What's that?"

"Um, where are we anyway?" Lelouch asked, "Are we in place where people die?"

"Huh, of course you are," The girl said, "You don't know we're in the Soul Society?"

"Soul…" Nunnally spoke."

"…Society?" Lelouch spoke.

"Hmm, you don't know?" The boy asked.

"N-No, we had just died from where we were and when we woke up, we ended up in the forest," Lelouch explained.

"Hmm, did you two happen to meet a Shinigami?"

"A Shinigami, what's that?" Nunnally asked.

"I don't know about a Shinigami but I did see someone in black and that person drew a sword and tapped me and Nunnally on the forehead with the pommel of the hilt," Lelouch explained, "I think I saw some sorts of marks on our foreheads."

"That's right, that was a Shinigami," The boy said, "Didn't that Shinigami say anything?"

"No, not a word," Lelouch said shaking his head.

The boy and girl were surprised and then looked at each other and then back to the siblings.

"I guess you don't know," The girl said and then crossed her arms, "well, I think it would be best if we explained things to you two, right Gin?"

"Hmm, sure, I see no harm," Gin said, "okay Rangiku, let's take them with us."

"Thanks," Lelouch said with a smile, "I'm Lelouch," Lelouch put his hand on his sister's shoulder, "this is my sister Nunnally."

"Hello," Nunnally said with a smile.

Rangiku smiled, "I'm Rangiku and next to me is Gin."

"Hello," Gin greeted with his usual smile.

"Rangiku and Gin," Nunnally said with a smile, "it's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Gin said happily, "follow us."

Gin and Rangiku walked to a direction and Lelouch and Nunnally quickly followed them. Lelouch looked up in the sky and thought about the life that he and his sister had as members of the Imperial Britannian Family and how their lives were destroyed when their mother was murdered and how their father showed how little he cared which included him exiling them to political hostages. Lelouch thought about meeting Suzaku for the first time and how they eventually became good friends and how their happy lives were destroyed again when the Britannian invasion began which led to their deaths. Lelouch hoped that Suzaku would be okay and he wished that he would be able to destroy his father and the Holy Britannian Empire but Lelouch figured that it was never going to be able to come true for him so he hoped that Suzaku or anyone else would be able to bring down Britannia but now, he was concentrating to make sure he could live with his sister in the Soul Society. Later on, Lelouch and Nunnally were following Gin and Rangiku as they were being told where they were in the Soul Society. Gin and Rangiku explained that they were in the Rukongai.

"We're in the Rukongai?" Lelouch asked.

"That's right," Gin replied, "it's the largest portion of Soul Society and the most populated and is divided into 320 districts with 80 in North, 80 in West, 80 in South, and 80 in East."

"So you see, the Rukongai is the residential area of the Soul Society and the largest portion of the Soul Society," Rangiku added.

"So, where exactly are we?" Nunnally asked as she looked around.

"We're in the 64th District of the North Rukongai," Gin explained.

Gin and Rangiku continued to explain things to Lelouch and Nunnally and the two siblings were taking in all that they were being told. They soon got to a hut and it was the hut that Rangiku and Gin were living.

"So that's where you live?" Lelouch asked.

"Yes, Gin and I live there," Rangiku said.

Nunnally saw a hut that was ten feet apart from where they were.

"Who lives there?" Nunnally asked pointing at the hut.

Gin, Rangiku, and Lelouch looked at the hut that Nunnally was pointing at.

"Oh, that one," Gin said, "actually the person who lived there moved out not too long ago."

"Moved out?" Lelouch asked.

"Yep, he went to the Seireitei to become a Shinigami," Gin said.

"Seireitei? Shinigami?" Lelouch asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep, the Seireitei is actually the capitol of all of the Soul Society and Shinigami are the ones that are referred as guardians of the souls," Gin explained.

"Huh…" Lelouch spoke and then looked at the hut, "so no one is living there right now."

"That's right," Gin said with a nod.

Lelouch nodded, "Great, then that's where we'll live, me and Nunnally."

"Huh?" Nunnally spoke looking at Lelouch, "Lelouch is it really okay to just claim a hut?"

"Oh, it's fine," Gin assured, "no one is living there now and anyone can claim a place here."

Lelouch nodded again, "Then it's settled. Nunnally, this is where we'll live from now on. Let's go take a look."

"Oh, um, okay," Nunnally replied.

Lelouch and Nunnally went to the empty hut and checked it out from the inside and out. Gin and Rangiku simply watched. Lelouch and Nunnally continued to follow Gin and Rangiku as they entered the area that was actually a market. Lelouch and Nunnally looked around as Gin and Rangiku were showing them places in the market. They then showed them a stream where the fish were. They continued to walk around of all of 64th District of North Rukongai. A few hours later, Lelouch and Nunnally returned to the hut that were going to live in and relaxed in their place with sheets and two baskets of food they had with the help of Gin and Rangiku and they ate and enjoying their meals.

An Hour Later

Meanwhile Gin was out on the road and he was picking up some berries. He then heard some noise and he looked around. He went to the side and went behind a bush and hiding from the bush, he saw three figure and they were men dressed in black.

"I knew it," Gin said in his head, "Shinigamis…the same Shinigamis that I've been seeing… "

Back in Lelouch and Nunnally's hut, Lelouch was setting up the futons for himself and Nunnally while Nunnally sat and watched her brother. Nunnally feeling depressed and held her knees together and near her face. Lelouch saw the depressed look on his sister's face and went to try to comfort her.

"Nunnally," Lelouch spoke.

"I miss them Lelouch," Nunnally said with sadness, "I miss Suzaku and Kaguya and I miss our siblings back in Pendragon."

Lelouch looked down and nodded.

"I miss Suzaku as well," Lelouch said, "and Kaguya…surprising."

Nunnally looked at Lelouch, "And our siblings?"

Lelouch frowned and looked away and Nunnally knew how Lelouch really felt at that time.

"You don't miss any of them?" Nunnally asked, "Odysseus? Schneizel? Cornelia? Clovis?" Nunnally put her hand on Lelouch's shoulder, "Euphie? Surely you miss Euphie."

Lelouch had his head down, "Yes, I do miss Euphie, I really do."

"I miss Mother," Nunnally said with sadness.

"Yes, I miss Mother as well," Lelouch said.

"I just don't understand," Nunnally said as tears were forming in her eyes.

"Nunnally," Lelouch spoke feeling hurt to see his sister being very sad.

"I really don't understand how could Father do this to us?" Nunnally asked as tear continued to stream from her eyes, "Lelouch, what did we do wrong? Were we really bad? Were we bad and that's why we were sent away and then only to be killed a year later?"

Nunnally started to cry and Lelouch reached out and Lelouch hugged Nunnally and doing what he could to comfort his precious sister.

"Nunnally, you weren't bad," Lelouch said, "we didn't do anything wrong. It's our uncaring father, the emperor who was wrong. He never cared for us, he never cared for Mother. The only thing he cares about was us and the rest of our siblings to fight and scheme against each other just to see who would succeed him on the throne. It's okay Nunnally. It will be just you and me. This place is may not be so easy for us kids but you don't have to worry. I'll do everything in my power to make sure you're able to live comfortably, we'll make it work for us, so don't worry."

"Okay, I trust you Lelouch," Nunnally said as she calmed down, "but I don't want you to do it alone, I want to be useful as well."

"Nunnally…" Lelouch said.

Nunnally released herself from Lelouch and looked at her brother with determination.

"You, Mother, Suzaku, you all would always worry about me and protect me," Nunnally said, "I want to do my part here. I want to be helpful."

"Nunnally, you know, you don't—" Lelouch replied.

"I want to be helpful," Nunnally interrupted and had determination, "I want to do my part and I want to help you as much as I can…I don't want to be helpless anymore and I don't want to make you worry about me so much."

Lelouch was amazed and patted his sister on the head.

"Nunnally, I'm actually happy you feel that way but you need understand something," Lelouch said.

"What is it?" Nunnally asked.

"I'm always going to worry about you," Lelouch said with a smile, "it's how it's going to be. After all, I'm your big brother and big brothers are supposed to worry about their younger siblings, especially ones that are gentle and kind-hearted like you."

Nunnally had a warm feeling inside and she smiled. Outside of Lelouch and Nunnally's hut, Rangiku was watching the exchange between the two siblings.

"My goodness, those two," Rangiku said with a smile and then she looked up at the sky.

That's it for the first chapter. Next chapter: Lelouch and Nunnally live their lives in the 64th District.