First off, Yes I know this is going to sound familiar to start with, but hey, it's a perfect way to start things off. For this first part I decided to do more subtle changes to the plot for this chapter, and of course give the solution to that chess match Lelouch has a the start of the anime.
Second off, if you didn't read the description, this fic is based off the idea, what would happen if Lelouch was wise as well as intelligent. Because lets face it, he makes a plethora of mistakes during the course of the show that bites him in the butt later on which could have been avoided if he was wiser.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass, or Sunrise…If I did Seed Destiny would never have seen the light of day. I also don't own any quoted line from the show.
"Good God, even you won't be able to win this one!" his friend, Rivalz Cardemonde, exclaimed looking at the chessboard in front of them.
What an idiotic statement. The boy who had identified himself as Lelouch Lamperouge to the Britannian Noble in front of him thought, a small smirk on his face while looking at the board. I'll win in three moves. "Rivalz, when do we have to leave to make it to our next class?"
"Well….if we speed we can make it in about twenty minutes," Rivalz answered, a look of confusion on his face, and annoyance mixed with superiority on the Noble's in front of him.
This noble actually thinks he's going to win. I cannot believe the old man was worried in this situation. "Well then, I'll ask you to drive carefully," Lelouch replied calmly taking his seat opposite of the Noble, having taken a glance at the Nobleman's remaining time, nine minutes and thirty seconds, "This'll be over in ten minutes at most. Master, about that little matter…"
"I know, I'll talk to them," the old man Lelouch was replacing in this match answered.
"Nine minutes? Fine, twenty second a move," the nobleman stated.
Lelouch lifted his King from its position on H-Six with a smile and answered, "That's plenty."
"The King first?" The nobleman asked, and then began laughing as Lelouch placed it to the right one space to G-six.
The nobleman then moved his pawn, residing on C-Six to B-Seven, which was promptly followed by Lelouch moving his Rook from A-Eight to H-Eight to back up his Queen on H-Three. This one move brought the game to a screeching halt, because in one move, Lelouch was going to win. To move any piece was to lose, with Lelouch's queen at H-Three keeping the Nobleman's King on G-One from moving, and his pawn on F-Two blocking his queen from helping, which in turn was prevented from moving by Lelouch's pawn on F-Three. Lelouch only smiled as the Nobleman grew slack-jawed and nervous, trying to find a way out of the situation. Minutes passed quickly as the Nobleman's clock slowly began to run out of time. And then, the harsh buzzing sound came from the clock, signaling the end of the nobleman's time, "It's now twenty seconds a move," Lelouch said, the timer being set for twenty seconds all while the nobleman nervously took Lelouch's Knight with his own. And then Lelouch moved his queen to H-One. "Checkmate," Lelouch said his face returning to a slight look of boredom while standing up and began walking out the room, Rivalz close behind him.
The two of them refrained from talking until they had gotten into the lobby of the large hotel the match had taken place in, "That was really great!" Rivalz exclaimed, excited at having watched what he thought was a complete turn around game, "You turned that game around like it was nothing. It's great, Noble's have so much pride so he'll definitely pay up."
"In the end, it's only a matter of how long the enemy takes to make their move," Lelouch muttered to himself, exiting the building he said to Rivalz, "Noblemen are all soft, mere parasites living off those of us with real talent."
"Well then, how about against Elevens? Unlike Britannians…" Rivalz suggested as both of them heard the people outside exclaiming at the news, of a terrorist attack and the deaths of many elevens and a few Britannians. And then Clovis, the governor of Area Eleven, the area they were living in, formerly the nation of Japan, appeared on TV in a public display of sadness at the unnecessary deaths and then called out for the citizens to pray for the Britannians lost in the attack. Rivalz then asked, "Going to mourn?"
"What about you?"
"I'd be embarrassed,"
"True, besides, tears and prayer won't bring back those that are lost," Lelouch replied, taking the parking receipt for Rivalz bike and then sat in the sidecar, strapping on a helmet as did Rivalz.
"That's so cold, it's just like you," Rivalz replied with a laugh driving them to the highway at a leisurely pace. Lelouch brought out a book and began reading it as Rivalz drove, eventually Rivalz asking Lelouch, "So why did you move the King first?"
"If the King doesn't lead the charge, how can he expect his men to follow him?" Lelouch responds simply, as if it was a simple and absolutely truth.
"Say…Do you plan on becoming a CEO of some company or something?" Rivalz asked.
"I don't really plan on it, but who knows," Lelouch answered, and then suddenly a loud horn blasted behind them, causing them to look behind them to see a huge truck coming up fast on their tail. Rivalz yelled something as he sped up to avoid getting crashed into, the truck turning down a road and crashing into a building, The idiots…what's with them?
"Was that….our fault?" Rivalz asked cautiously, stopping to watch the wreck, many others on the sidewalks and buildings off the freeway doing the same, some taking pictures, others insulting the driver for poor and careless driving.
"Tch," Lelouch sneered as he took off his helmet and began running towards the truck, All these people, merely looking on as someone probably needs medical attention. I shouldn't be surprised, that's how Britannians are, they watch on as people get abused and never do a thing to lift a helping hand. Persecuting the weak instead of helping them, they make me sick. Lelouch came up on the truck and then tried to reach the cab, however finding it impossible he called out, "Hello! Are you okay in there!?" He then noticed a ladder sticking out of the side of the truck and began climbing up it. And then the truck suddenly started up again just as Lelouch had reached the top of the ladder, knocking him inside. Inside he found a large compartment with a strange ball-like device strapped to the floor, and then a doorway and ladder leading to another compartment.
"Surrender! We have you surrounded!" a voice blared on a loudspeaker, machine gun fire could be heard outside the vehicle, "The next shots won't be warning shots!"
Great, just great the army…which means these guys are probably terrorists…and that means that either this thing. Lelouch then rubbed the strange device he shared the compartment with, Or what's in the other room is something extremely dangerous. Just then a woman with spiky red hair walked into the room, Lelouch fortunately having been behind the device out of sight as she walked through, removing a coat and walking up the ladder to the next compartment, revealing a tight outfit that for some reason or another accentuated her breasts, That woman…I've seen her before…damn someone that good looking a terrorist? What a shame. Well no matter, I still need to get out of this situation. The back of the truck opened up revealing that it wasn't another room she was walking into, but into a Knightmare frame, a red Glasgow, a unit suited for distraction and gorilla tactics. They're real terrorists. Dangerous ones at that… Lelouch thought watching it jump out of the truck, the door closing behind it. Lelouch then picked up the jacket she had been wearing and removed a radio from it, turning it off and sticking it into his over-shirt. This could come in handy. Lelouch sat in the truck for a while as it continued to drive on, becoming increasingly desperate for a time based on how much it swerved about. And then it suddenly stopped, About time, I was wondering if it'd ever stop at that rate. Lelouch stood up and began to look for an exit, It sounded like it crashed so I should be fine, there shouldn't be any terrorists around here. And then almost dashing his hopes the side door opened, Lelouch ducking back down, expecting someone to be on the other side. After a bit he became satisfied no one was going to show up and then stood back up. He began examining the device a bit before turning around to leave, Well it's none of my…Lelouch's thoughts being cut short as a foot solder came flying through the air at him, aiming a kick at his head, which he had managed to block. The solder pinned him to the ground, removed his oxygen mask and demanded, "Stop killing people!"
Lelouch responded by attempting to kick the solder off him, who jumped back and took out a knife, Lelouch stood up and glared at the Britannian Solder in front of him, "Stop killing? Why don't you follow your own advice?" Lelouch demanded, the man in front of him gasping as Lelouch's face entered the dim light of the underground area they were in.
"Lelouch?"
Lelouch stopped right where he was, "….It can't be….Su…Suzaku?" Lelouch asked as the man in front of him removed his mask and helmet, revealing a very old friend, "What are you doing with the military?"
"Lelouch…I could ask you the same, why are you with terrorists, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to bring you in, and with poison gas!"
"I'm not with them, I got dragged into this unwillingly because I decided to do the right thing and see if they were all right after they crashed," Lelouch sighed, scratching his head, "Still as muscle-bound as ever, that kick hurt." Just then the device began expelling, opening up, Suzaku jumping towards Lelouch, pushing the oxygen mask to his face, however, instead of some poison gas light was released, a girl floating in the middle of it, slowing descending to the ground, wearing a strange white restraining full body suit and had green hair. "That's not a gas," Lelouch said through the mask, wide eyed and stunned at what this could mean.
An hour later, Lelouch was trying to catch his breath in an underground tunnel, the girl from the device nearby and free of most of her restraints, Oh god, oh god how am I going to get out of this alive. They killed Suzaku because he wouldn't kill me. This girl is some sort of top secret project to Britannia, and to top it all off, I'm in mortal danger, the Britannian army is tearing the entire Ghetto apart. Lelouch slowly calmed himself as he took out his cellphone and remembered the radio he had picked up earlier…Yes….that should work…He looked at the green haired girl, sizing her up, attempting to determine why she was captured by Britannia, She's a top secret Britannian project. So far I have two pawns, and whatever she is to get out of this situation. If I want to live then I have many more pieces I need to claim. This is going to be difficult, but not impossible. "All right," Lelouch said to her, "I assume you don't want to go back to Britannia, and you certainly don't want to die. So you have only one choice, tell me what you know and I may be able to find a way we both will get out of here with our lives and our freedom." The girl merely held out her hand in response, as if she wanted Lelouch to take it, Why not? If she wants some security and it'll speed up my getting the answers I need. Lelouch took her hand and the entire scene went white, then he seemed to be sucked into a blue void.
"This is a contract," a voice came to him within the void as many scenes began to flash before his eyes, "In return for a gift of power, you must in turn grant one of my wishes. If you enter this contract you will live as a human, but also different from humans. Different Rules, Different Time, Different Life. This power of the king will make you lonely. If you're prepared for that…" the voice continued and then an image of an older man in regal clothing looking out at a twilight scene appeared before his eyes.
"Very well, I hereby enter into this contract. I shall do it gladly, your wish will become a wish of mine," Lelouch responded from within a white void, information pouring into his head as a pain came to his left eye, and then the void vanished. The girl reappearing before him as well as the tunnel they were in, letting go of his hand as his vision returned. "….Geass….huh?" Lelouch said with a smile, an almost bird-like sigil now glowing red in the purple iris of his left eye, "Very interesting indeed…I do believe we can live through this now and gain far more than I ever imagined possible," Lelouch said with a faint smile as the sigil faded, his eye returning to normal. He turned to the girl and asked, "Your name?"
"C.C."
"C.C….huh? Well then C.C. let us get out of this then," Lelouch said with a smirk, turning off his cell phone and returning it to his back pocket, "And although what you gave me isn't an answer to my question, it does explain rather well there are things about you that make you a very valuable person to Britannia. How many other people have this power you have given me?"
"Your power…none."
"This power of the king then,"
"One other that I can remember,"
"His power?"
"Telepathy,"
"Great…how can I recognize him?"
"He has white hair and he's Chinese," C.C. responded simply, "Are we going to get out of here or not? This tunnel could collapse at any moment."
"Tch, I suppose you're right there," Lelouch said as he continued on his way, deep in thought as he continued following the tunnel, eventually coming on a staircase leading up, and the sound of gunfire, "Interesting." Lelouch waited for the gunfire to stop as he motioned for C.C. to stay hidden as he walked up the stair, hands in the air to see who was out there.
"My, my, looks what he have here," a familiar voice taunted, a special forces team that was responsible for Suzaku's death, Lelouch inwardly smiled as he saw this, the entire team training their guns on him as they walked over the bodies of many Japanese civilians they had apparently gunned down, "Where's the girl boy, bring her out and we may let you live."
"You guys, you Britannians, follow this order in my name, the name of Lelouch Vi Britannia," Lelouch said, his eye glowing again, "Die."
A strange laugh filled the air as the special forces team put their guns to the base of the necks as the leader responded, "Yes…your highness!" And they all immediately pulled the trigger, Lelouch starting to laugh, "It work….it really works…" Lelouch then called down to C.C. "The coast is clear, and your gift works beautifully."
"Did you expect otherwise?" she asked walking up, "And this hardly constitutes getting out of here, there is still an army out there tearing this place apart."
"You're underestimating me," Lelouch chuckled while looking at her, "Everything will be going according to plan now." A low rumbling started coming from the ground as if something very large was coming towards them. "Almost as if on cue," Lelouch mused, a very large Knightmare frame crashing through the front gate of the building he was in, a Sutherland.
It seemed to look around for a bit and then a woman's voice sounded over an intercom, "What happened here? What's a Britannian Student doing here…and who is that woman with you? Answer me or…" the voice demanded, the Sutherland firing some warning shots over their heads.
"My name is Alan Space, I'm the son of a Duke, she's a hostage I managed to secure the release of from a terrorist group in the area," Lelouch lied to the voice, "I have an ID card in my breast pocket, after you confirm my identity I'd like to request your protection."
The Knightmare powered down as a dark skinned woman came out of it, "Keep your hands up, I'll retrieve your ID myself," she ordered, keeping a gun trained on him.
"Give me your Knightmare and then forget about ever seeing us," Lelouch ordered, his left eye glowing again.
"Ye…yes," the woman said, lowering the gun.
"The ID and Password to your Knightmare, what are they?" Lelouch asked.
"The Code is XG2, ID is 2D4," she said tossing the key to Lelouch, who caught it in one hand.
Lelouch walked over to the Knightmare, C.C. following him, the two of them using the foot elevator to pull them up into the cockpit. "I'll admit, that is a start, what's next?" C.C. asked as Lelouch started the Knightmare up, C.C. sitting off to the side for now.
"Now we began to counterattack, but first to secure more weapons," Lelouch said while he piloted the Knightmare out, "This looks good, there's a group of extra Sutherlands coming in by train in ten minutes."
"That's not going to do you much good however, you can only pilot one, and I hope you don't expect me to pilot one,"
"Not at all, I think I'll repay them for putting me in this situation," Lelouch said as he unbuttoned the top few buttons of his over-shirt and removed the radio, "I was right, this will be of use."
And that's all for this chapter, the fun stuff where things really start to change happens next chapter. Now then I've got a couple of questions for you to answer in a review…why? Because I find it encourages you to review when you otherwise wouldn't have anything to say. And because I usually ask questions I enjoy reading the answers to. If I feel a review needs to be responded to I'll do it through the new pm system, or if I think it's something everybody could do to hear I'll stick it in my author's note at the start of the next chapter. Oh and if you're curious, without the Author's notes, this chapter ran for a little under 2900 words.
1. What do you think of how the story changes all ready?
2. For the parts I didn't quote from the show, did it sound like they were in character?
3. Interested to see what's going to happen next?
And that's all for now. Ciao for now!
Tis has been a chapter from your unfriendly neighborhood LunaticChaos