Summary: "Yes, Emperor Charles sought the past, you seek the present, but I seek the future" that's what he said… but for me, I need to change the past for the future to move forward…

Disclaimer: I-don't-own-CODE GEASS….

PS: Everyone must read Author's note.

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Code Geass R3: Return

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Year…2158

"BANG!"

"Lucia, our system has been infiltrated by the 'Black Knights'. Our shield is down. What do we do now?" A red haired man with a mechanical eye and wearing a black leather suit asked.

A raven haired girl with grey eyes gazed at the glass window that overlooks their entire underground facility. Black Knights: defender of the weak, the oppressed and the beacon of justice; now they are reduced to merely soldiers. Lucia watched as these men filled their base and shot laser beams at her own army. There was no stopping this war, and it was all that man's fault. He had created all these.

"Claude, we're going through with 'Eclipse', today." Lucia said as she grabbed her mask and placed it on her head as they walked to their 'air motors'. She plunged the key to its cavity as she started the engine and flew deeper in the hallways. Their allies were running beneath them as they went towards the battle and Lucia looked on with determination. She was through with waiting for eternity, it was time.

"But Lucia, it's not ready!" Claude called from behind her.

"What does Marcus have to say?" She simply asked as they came nearer the basement.

"It has a few glitches, it might work, but there's a fifty percent chance that you'll get there and no chance for you to return." Claude told her as they finally arrived and hopped off their 'air motors'.

"Sounds good." Lucia said as she removed her black leather gloves and swiped her finger prints at the laser and her identification card into its cavity.

"Lucia, this is crazy." Claude told her.

"What are you so worried about? I'm immortal." Lucia said and as the metal doors slid open it revealed her technical team who were quite busy with the small black knightmare frame.

"Celeste!" Lucia called the girl wearing a white suite with long curly blond hair and pale blue eyes.

"It's here Lucia." Celeste told her as she handed her a black suitcase. Lucia took the case and pinned in the pass code. She then grabbed the vintage suit which was inside it.

"Celeste you're a genius." Lucia told her as she slid into the suit.

"Of course, it runs in the family, but this 150 year old piece of junk was not easy to mend." Celeste told her and as Lucia finished dressing, Celeste handed her a gold key.

"Marcus!" Lucia called at the white haired boy who was busy upgrading the said knightmare frame.

"Lucia. It's ready, but I can't guarantee that you can come back here." Marcus told her as he signaled for his technicians to clear the area.

"That's more than we need, since apparently 'Zero' didn't spare us much time." Lucia said as she looked at the tall knightmare frame in front of her. It was only fourteen foot tall, unlike the tall knightmare frames before it. After all, 'Eclipse' wasn't designed to become a battle frame.

"Everyone!" Lucia called as she turned to face them.

"We are changing the past, to make a new future." She told them as she donned the original 'Zero' mask.

"What if you do get there, you're not sure that he'll believe you." Claude told her as she prepared to enter the knightmare frame.

"Great minds think alike Claude. He'll believe me." Lucia told him and went inside the knightmare frame. As she started the systems she looked at everyone who waited to see her depart.

"Everyone, goodbye!" Lucia told them and as she said so, there were bombings and large poundings on their metal doors and everyone scampered to arm themselves.

"Everyone leave!" Lucia told them as 'Eclipse' was still loading power and still could not go.

"No, Lucia we'll hold them back!" Claude told her.

"Eclipse needs time, and you'll need all the time you can get." Marcus added.

"If we die Lucia, it won't matter if you succeed in your mission." Celeste told her.

"So go and come back quickly." Claude told her, and as he said so the doors flew open and the 'Black Knights' quickly poured in and a battle took place right before Lucia's eyes. She saw some of her comrades die.

She tried to tell them to leave but she could not stop them if they wanted to buy her a few more time. And finally 'Eclipse' has loaded and all she had to do was punch in the dates. And finally she slowly disappeared.

"Everyone, I will change the past."

And with that she disappeared.

"Damn it!" A masked man remarked as he watch the basement filled with dead bodies and the one person that he came for was gone.

"Zero, what do we do now?" One of the soldiers asked.

"We wait." The masked man known as 'Zero' replied.

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Year… 2018

"Lelouch what do you plan to do now?" C.C. asked as she rolled over to her side as some of the hay flew past her. She slowly peered down at her companion who was driving the wagon.

"Preserve peace." Lelouch simply said as he looked up at his companion.

"Oh, and I thought that was Suzaku's job." C.C. simply said and grabbed his straw hat from his head.

"Give that back C.C., someone might see me." Lelouch looked up and reprimanded the annoying witch.

"Don't be so mad. You're too paranoid, there's no one here but cows. Besides you weren't afraid when you visited your grave, that was more life threatening." C.C. shrugged but placed the hat back on his head.

"Well, I was wearing a disguise." Lelouch spat back.

"Oh, and I don't like pizza and dressing as a cart driver is your normal attire." C.C. teased.

"I wanted to see my sister. This was after all my death anniversary."

"Won't you miss them?"

"I'm that cold-hearted witch."

"No, you're still a demon boy and your heart's not cold enough."

"Yah, but now I'm a warlock."

"I'm beginning to think you don't deserve that title yet." C.C. commented as she gathered a handful of hay and dropped it on his head.

"Witch."

"Boy… warlock." C.C. smirked and Lelouch smiled back.

"I said that the Geass is the power of the king which would condemn you to a life of solitude. I think that's not quite correct. Right, Lelouch?" Lelouch smirked at C.C.'s remarks.

"Admitting that you are wrong witch?" Lelouch asked her.

"I seem to be wrong quite often now, since I met you. I got to say you're full of surprises."

"My surprises aren't over though." Lelouch told her.

"My, what's next for the overdramatic prince?" C.C. asked him as she reached out for the straw hat once again, and this time wore it. Lelouch glared at her but left her be.

"Suzaku won't live forever and I need to keep this world at peace. I need to keep my promise to Nunally and the world. This is my last wish."

"Is that why you pick this paper crane from your grave; as a reminder of your wish?" C.C. asked as she caressed the pink paper crane in her hands.

"Yes, I'll tell you of my plan once we get there."

"We're here." C.C. said as she spotted the iron gates of Jeremiah's orange orchard farm.

C.C. hopped off the cart's roof and they walked together towards the gate and rang the bell.

"Better wear your wig Lelouch, and oh, do put the hat on." C.C. said as she handed him his straw hat and Lelouch did as he was told.

"Hmm… I think you look better as a cart driver than as an emperor, boy." C.C. teased and Lelouch glared at her. Finally, they both saw a young boy with black hair and brown eyes approach them.

"Welcome to 'Jeremiah's Orange Villa', ma'am and sir. What can I do for you two?" the boy asked them.

"We are Jeremiah's guests young boy." C.C. told him as he handed the boy a sealed envelope.

"Be a kind young man and lead my cart driver to the stables. And oh, I'll be expecting pizza by lunch time." C.C. said with a smile.

"Yes ma'am!" The boy saluted and proceeded to open the gates.

"C.C., I'm your cart driver?" Lelouch asked him.

"Lelouch you've just been dead, do play along." C.C. whispered to him.

"Oh, so now I'm taking orders from you?"

"I never complain about you bossing me around."

"Ma'am and Sir, follow me." The boy interrupted them as he led them inside the villa. They were about to go in when Lelouch stopped the boy.

"What's your name young man?" He asked the boy.

"Hiro, sir." The boy told him.

"Well, Hiro, how about my wagon?" Lelouch told the boy.

"Sorry sir, I forgot." The boy said and quickly ran towards the cart and did his bidding.

"Still bossy, I see." C.C. remarked as they continued in the villa, as they were halfway in C.C. looked up at the skies for something caught her eye.

"Of course, I still have a prince's ego." Lelouch admitted.

"You're smart Lelouch, so tell me, do stars shine that bright at day time?" C.C. gestured as they saw a large shinning ball that seemed to grow larger as seconds passed. And suddenly it came nearer.

"It's a falling star, at daytime?" C.C. remarked.

Lelouch grabbed her arm and they quickly hid behind a bush. Finally there was a huge explosion and the impact formed a large crater.

"What's going on?" C.C. asked as they emerged from the bush.

"A star has fallen." Lelouch told her as he slightly coughed at the dust that flew about them. They moved closer towards the crater's heart until all the smoke cleared away it was only then that they realized that it was a knightmare frame; a knightmare frame that he had never seen.

Lelouch rushed over the knightmare frame and C.C. helped him open the frame. And when they did they found someone dressed in a 'Zero' costume inside it.

"Lelouch, isn't this?" C.C. asked, and Lelouch pressed the familiar button and released the mask. As the mask fell down, it revealed the face of a sixteen year old girl with long raven locks and was unconscious.

"Who's this?" Lelouch asked as C.C. and he peered down at the girl. C.C. bent over and brushed the raven strands of hair that covered her face and as she did so the familiar geass sigil was spotted on her forehead. C.C. stood back up and faced Lelouch.

"She's a code bearer, like us…Lelouch"

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AN: I don't think I'll finish this story even if it has a clear plot.

Number one reason: I have no experience in writing stories that aren't AU. I'm not an expert at writing especially battle scenes. I'm not really a fan of not AU fanfics so I don't know if this idea already exists. This is only experimental and I'm not sure if I should continue or decide to let another author who is more skilled to take this idea and turn it into his own. If the plot is still not clear I might update chapter 2 for this story does have a clear plot, beginning, end and surprises. The dilemma, I'm not a skilled writer and this has no middle and probably senseless for unlike Lelouch I'm an unreasonable and impulsive teenager.

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