"Lelouch!"
Someone is shaking me, don't they know I love to sleep?
"LELOUCH!"
For fuck sake! Leave me alone!
"LELOUCH!!!"
My eyes snapped open, and pain washed over my head as my vision looked blurry. Did someone hit me?
'What?'
"Oh! You finally recovered! Thank god!" A brown-haired boy said to me. He looked relieved.
But who the hell is this kid?
He does look familiar, not that I put a name to a face.
"Umm… and you are?" I asked, very confused, but then I heard my voice, it was childish!
Wait! I am a kid!? I looked at my hand, and it looked small! And scrawny!
"Y-You don't remember me?" The kid looked devastated!
But then another person pulled me to look in the opposite direction.
"You do remember me, right!? I am Kaguya! My name is Kaguya Sumeragi!" A bit smaller girl introduced herself.
'Her name sounds familiar…'
"Lelouch, what happened! They said you got hit on your head!" Another girl's voice spoke, and my gaze went to her. I saw a girl in a wheelchair.
My eyes widened as I made the connection!
'My name is Lelouch, and there is one Lelouch that I know who has a relative in a wheelchair.'
'...'
'...Holy shit…'
A gulp went down my throat.
'I need to make sure…'
My eyes went to the brown haired kid with green eyes.
"...You are… Suzaku, right?"
"Yes! You remembered me! Damn! Thankfully, that hit didn't do anything long-term!" The kid rubbed the back of his head.
"It did… my head still hurt," I replied, trying to balance for a bit and stand up.
"Lelouch, be careful," the girl in a wheelchair tried to ride over.
"Relax, Nunally, I am fine… I think I need to rest for a bit." I wobbly tried to stand up. The pair of kids next to me assisted me.
I looked at them for a bit.
"You have my thanks." I then looked at the girl. I recalled her being a noble and quite influential in the future.
From what I can recall, in the plot, she will be in politics from a young age and all that stuff.
"...I think I can recall you, Kaguya," I said to the girl as she was waiting for my reply; her expression was telling me that much.
"Good to hear, but for now, you need to rest." She replied and then looked at Suzaku.
"And you need to be punished! I will speak with Todoh sensei!" The girl said with a serious voice, making Suzaku panic.
"I-I said I was sorry!"
"Sorry? Lelouch only started to practise recently!" The girl started to rant.
But this was good, I realised where I was in the timeline.
That's right, I realised that I was in none other but the world of Code Geass! Inhabiting the body of the Protagonist himself!
The Black Prince! The Eleventh Prince, Lelouch Vi Britannia!
This is crazy to say the least!
"Lelouch, are you okay?" The girl in a wheelchair asked, as she noticed that I was not speaking.
"I am fine, Nunally, it's just that my mind is a mess right now," I said while shaking my head.
I need to process all of this, then adjust and think about what to do next.
"Then you should get some rest." The girl swiftly suggested, her voice full of worry.
"I will… that's when I know where to go," I said with a wry smile before I looked at the two kids almost butting their heads.
"Hey, I might remember you two, but can you show me where to go? It might help me remember." I got the pair's attention.
"Let me do it! Suzaku could mess this up as well!" Kaguya swiftly walked over. The girl was able to jab at him along the way.
"Sure, lead the way." I motioned for the girl to lead, and the black haired girl swiftly began to walk, motioning to follow her.
~~~
"Futon? Really?" I grimaced for a second before trying it out. By this, I didn't care; I just wanted to lie down and think.
"Ugh…this is not that bad." I was surprised. It seems the floor is not that hard, making it decent enough to lie in this futon thing.
After staring at the wooden ceiling for a while, I began to think.
Trying to think what happened!
'Last thing I recall…'
Images began to flash through my mind; it was like a video! Image by image in great detail.
'What the…'
At that moment, I tried to recall other things, and I realised that it was something like Eidetic Memory.
'Is this Lelouch? Or is it me? Or… both?'
In my past life, I was an engineer and software programmer.
I spend my life making things, starting from rebuilding totalled cars, progressing to computers and software creation…
Later on, I ended up making things like Fusion Reactor, Artificial Intelligence, Gravity and Ion Technology…
But…
I can't recall what happened! I went to sleep and boom!
'Maybe overwork? I do recall having a strict schedule, it couldn't be.'
Regardless, I frowned and frowned even more before I realised that I had lost everything!
I clenched my fist, almost losing myself, but then I took a deep breath and tried to control my rage.
"No, this is good! Very good! I can continue! This is even better! Doesn't this place have sakuradite? That fancy material? It would accelerate my technology even further!"
I tried to keep my sanity and not lose my bonkers from losing decades of progress!
But it was hard, before long I was in a fetal position twitching, trying to get over it, it's not easy to lose whole lives' work.
Midway, my mind wandered away from research, and my new strategic switch flipped, and I began thinking where I was, what comes next and all that stuff.
'That's right, the war… before long, my 'glorious father' will declare war on Japan.'
'I need to use all the time I have to learn from that man.' I recalled one of the greatest warriors' lives in the Kururugi shrine training Suzaku.
'Tech is something I have confidence I can build, but martial arts? Kenjutsu? And all the bushido stuff? That stuff I can only learn from someone who is practising.'
'Then I guess this is what I will do.'
After making up my mind… it was much better, I can push all the craziness aside and focus on this.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
'Something has changed in the Prince.' Kyoshiro Tohdo, the hired instructor for Suzaku, looked at the prince diligently practising for several hours without a break.
At first, he thought that this was an act, as Britannians are known for theatrics, but then several hours passed and a kid of such age would give up.
But no such thing happened; the little Prince continued to practise his kendo.
"Take a break, tell me, what happened?" The man asked with crossed arms.
Lelouch looked at the man.
"I would say I don't like losing." He replied.
"Hn, I understand that. But to push that much, there should be more." The Instructor wasn't buying that so easily.
"Losing memories has…frightened me. That is why I decided that I crush my enemies before they do anything to me."
Now that was something he wanted to hear.
"Good. In that case, let me show you a couple of things, little prince." The man pulled out his kendo sword.
Lelouch smiled as he began to pay close attention to the man who in future would be known as the 'miracle man'.
Kyoshiro Tohdo began to show a couple of sword techniques. The black haired prince began to learn how to wield the blade.
It was not all, as the man instructed on the way of a warrior, then training in general.
This was a test as he wanted to see how far the boy would go.
But to his surprise, Lelouch was far more driven than Suzaku. As days passed, the Prince spent most of his days in the dojo.
Meditation, practice, discipline, all of that.
Midway, Kyoshiro wondered if the prince was planning revenge for what his father did to him. As the drive he was seeing is beyond what one would have when there is fear.
But this was not it. This was the soul that was inhabiting Lelouch's body.
The Inventor and Engineer worked towards their goals like a machine. Now this drive was even powerful than the new body he is inhabiting, which is even better. His genius merged with Lelouch's genius, giving him Eidetic Memory and strategic genius. While his physique is lacking, he is working to overcome it.
That is why he is training, practising sword, discipline and meditation.
While it was hard at the beginning, eventually his body adjusted and began to improve.
Though Suzaku was simply better as he was natural at physical activities, the Prince was approaching the brown haired boy.
~~~~~~Later~~~~~~
"Hmm?"
I heard a sound. I stood up and walked over to the window. My eyes went to the sky.
What I saw was a huge plane passing by.
"I guess, even my warnings didn't mean a thing."
I did warn them that Charlie will attack regardless, even if Nunnaly and I were here.
But that's beside the point.
After looking at the plane for a second, I dashed over to pick up my dearest sister.
My relationship with her is a bit strange. I do try to treat her like a sister, since I never had one in my previous life, but at the same time, it's like having a living doll.
I suppose I will have someone to help me in exoskeleton research.
'I can think about that after I escape this place.'
With that in mind, I rushed towards where Nunnaly was.
"Lelouch, what is going on!?" Suzaku asked, as I met him at the halfway point.
"Britannians, that's what's going on!" I exclaimed while running past him.
"T-They attacked!?" The kid looked gobsmacked as he couldn't believe what I told him several times.
"Duh…"
Regardless, I passed him and dashed towards my baby sister.
"Nunnaly! We have to hide! Now!" I said loudly as she had already noticed the commotion.
"Lelouch, what is happening?" She asked me because the girl doesn't understand the commotion.
"Our father is having a fit."
"A fit?" The girl looked ever more confused.
"Britannians invading the country," I replied while grabbing the girl and running away with her in my hands.
As we were running away from the shrine, men in black caught up with us.
"Prince, come with us!"
Soon enough, we got into a car, and we were taken away. My eyes ended up on Suzaku's as his gaze was full of disbelief and horror.
"Why is this happening!?" He asked, trembling in fear.
"Sakuradite," I replied with a single word.
"...Because of that!?" Suzaku snapped back. He couldn't believe it was because of some resource!
"Believe me, they can invade for less." My words made him even more terrified.
My little sister, in my arms, hugged me even more.
"H-How can you be so calm?" Suzaku asked me.
"Why not? Just trust in your father and his soldiers."
My reply made him slowly nod, thinking about something.
However, I underestimated how quickly things can get out of control.
Especially when a huge Empire invades a small island nation.
It's pure bullying, advanced technology combined with overwhelming numbers. By the time we arrived in a safe house, more than 27% of Japan was already taken over…
And the bulk of the force hadn't even landed yet.
It made me question Genbu Kururugi's desire to resist…
When odds like that, all I can think of is to hide and build up your tech.
Honestly…
That's what I will do.
As months have passed, I have come up with how I want to progress with all of this.
The way I will continue my research and achieve unlimited power is to achieve true freedom.
Sure enough, my chance arrived to escape, as my friend Suzaku killed his father, and everything around us crumbled.
It was a perfect time to escape.
In just a matter of days, we were alone, with no guards or Japanese soldiers to protect us.
"Lelouch, what will you do?" Suzaku asked me as we were among refugees.
"Honestly, I am a bit mad at my father," I replied with a tired sigh.
"...What will you do?" He asked me, a bit worried.
"Make him regret exiling me, and then making me a war refugee." I expanded on what I meant.
"...You don't look mad." He replied after looking at me closer.
"Oh, I am absolutely livid, it's that I don't need to show that, do I?" I snorted for a second before asking him.
"And what will you do?" I enquired, though I had a general idea.
"...I will change Britannia from inside!" He declared with vigour.
"Hah, good luck then, let's see who first accomplishes that, I crush it under my foot, or you change it before I can do it," I said with a smirk, making him nod with a smile.
'Well, well… I wonder if he understands the scale of this promise.'