One Last Shot at Life…One Last Shot at Victory

A/N: heyy! I've been re-watching Code Geass (both seasons) and I got an amazing idea for a fanfiction! So, let's give my first Project Geass fic a try eh? Please click the review button, for me please? I'd love your feed-back, but remember; I hate flames and discard them, so let's not even try them. Much love! KazeRose!

Stage 1: Lelouch's Plan…and Failure

"Zero! No, you've got to get away!" Kallen screamed, as she tugged at Suzaku's arms that held her. "Let go of me, traitor!"

Suzaku shook his head. "Kallen…listen to me. Zero…no, Lelouch, he's the traitor, if you guys just surr-"

"Shut up."

Suzaku's green eyes blinked in surprise. "What?"

"I said, shut up."

The Lancelot's pilot's dark green eyes narrowed. "Kallen…"

Tears flowed from glowing sapphire eyes. "All Lelouch wants to do…all he wants to accomplish, is to free Japan…"

Suzaku stayed silent as Charles Zi Britannia held his son by his neck, crushing his wind pipes, a futile attempt to silence his traitorous son forever.

"But I…"

"Suzaku… aren't you Japanese too?!

The Knight froze at this. He was, of course. His names proved it. "Yes…" he answered slowly. What was Kallen, a half-blood, getting at?

"Then shouldn't you be siding with us?"

He shook his head. "I too, want to re-shape the world, but in a more peaceful manner…"

"And being loyal to Britannia and serving in those murderous bastards military is your idea of peace?! Have you lost your mind?!"

"Kallen…what Zero…"

"What Zero…what Lelouch is doing is bringing back hope to the Japanese. Giving them numbers…it's pathetic. Being branded for something you have no control over…did you, Suzaku, forget that you were branded with the God-forsaken number of "11" too?"

"I know that Kallen and I thought-"

"You thought that if you joined the army, ran up the ranks and earned some status that you could bring hope back to the Japanese people? You were wrong. You're hated here Suzaku, yet you still try. You're branded as a traitor by the people you "tried" to help. You sold Zero…Lelouch, you're best friend out to the Emperor for a spot in the Knights of the Round…you ratted out Japan's hero, they're savior for status. That's low, Suzaku." Kallen hissed.

"I know…" Suzaku whispered. He averted his gaze from Kallen's narrowed gaze and up to the Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire. "Sir…if I you allow me might I, dispatch the terrorist myself?"

Charles Zi Britannia glanced over at Suzaku. "A Knight of the Round…Suzaku Kururugi…do what you want. You have my permission."

"Thank you, sir." Suzaku let Kallen go and stepped forward watching as the Emperor tossed Lelouch over to him. "Lelouch…"

Lelouch gasped for air, his eyes glaring up at Suzaku. "Traitor…" he hissed.

Suzaku bent down and grabbed the exiled prince by his upper arms. "Come." He ordered simply.

Lelouch didn't answer, nor move. He sat stationary, ignoring Suzaku. "Kallen…" he whispered.

The sapphire-eyed pilot glanced up. "Yes?" She whispered.

"Run…get out of here. Get Tohdo…you and him…you, him, and Ohgi…take over the Black Knights…the Order of the Black Knights must go on…with or without me."

"But Lelouch," Kallen stuttered.

Lelouch weakly shook his head. "Go…"

"Silence!" Suzaku ordered, he reached for his gun in the holster at his side. "You, you Zero, you've killed so many innocent lives! I cannot…"

"As have you, Suzaku."

Kallen stepped back quietly, letting Lelouch cover her escape; she turned and ran for the door. Lelouch…I'm sorry…I'll get you to safety…just wait a little bit, ok?

****CODE***GEASS****

"So… you had to let Zero go, Kallen?"

Kallen nodded slowly. "I really didn't want to, his face, it was contorted in pain and I-"

Tamaki interrupted Kallen. "You saw his face?!"

She nodded slowly. "Yes…"

"So…" Tamaki urged on.

Kallen flushed at this and turned away from the group. "There's nothing special…he's…he's just…it doesn't matter!" She stuttered quickly.

Tamaki quirked an eyebrow at her, "Uh-huh…so…is he Japanese?"

"No." She answered slowly.

Tamaki nodded. "Right, so he's a Britannian with a grudge against the Empire?"

Kallen nodded. "And he could be seriously hurt right now, or worse…dead." She froze. She didn't want to think about those kinds of things. Zero…no, she wouldn't call him that; his name was Lelouch, Lelouch vi Britannia not his alias of Zero or his cover name, this other name of Lelouch Lamperouge.

****CODE****GEASS****

Lelouch's violet hued eyes slid open slowly. His vision was blurry and he had a throbbing headache, and hurt all over. What had happened? Was he dead? He kept asking himself questions until he was fully conscious. "So, I'm not dead…" he murmured to himself, not that anyone was there to murmur to anyway. His violet eyes glanced around warily. Lelouch was in no mood for any funny business. Then he saw him, the traitor named Suzaku. "Suzaku…you bastard…" Lelouch hissed out, attempting to sit up. He groaned in pain and instantly Suzaku was at his side.

"I'm sorry, Lelouch, I really wish Zero was someone but you, but you know, that's not the way that the cookie crumbled." Suzaku whispered softly, supporting Lelouch from behind, making sure that he didn't hurt himself more than he already was.

Lelouch ripped himself from Suzaku's gentle support, and then regretting it as he hissed out in pain. He glanced over at Suzaku who was glancing at him, sympathetically. "What?" He growled out.

Suzaku said nothing and shook his head at his friend's harsh tone. "Lelouch let me help you…"

"I don't need any help from you." He spat.

Suzaku groaned. Lelouch was being uncharacteristically stubborn today, and it was making his job ten times harder than it already was, since Lelouch was a normally stubborn person…and a good liar at that. "Please?" He asked softly, trying to get through to his hurting friend.

Violet eyes gently glanced at Suzaku. "I'm sorry…" the exiled prince muttered softly.

The Japanese knight shook his head. "Why are you apologizing, Lelouch, I don't see a reason for it…" Suzaku said, moving a hand to attempt to support Lelouch again. He could tell that the prince was losing strength, and fast. The poor boy needed medical treatment and he knew that his father, the Emperor, would deny his son that privilege. It ripped at Suzaku's heart, but it made him think too. How could a father be that cruel, to deny his son treatment. It didn't matter though. Suzaku was in no position to question Britannia's Emperor, and he didn't dream of doing so, either.

Lelouch was exhausted, and thank God Suzaku was there, or he would've fallen back and probably hurt himself even more than he already was. The prince narrowed his gaze slightly, he was starting to black out again. "Just, don't…" he started, and then everything blacked out.

A/N: Wow, Lelouch is a tad OC but that is to be expected…with the way the story is going, everything's gonna unfold just the way I want it…yayz…lolzz soooo click that little review button please…ohhhh and I've started watching the new FMA…pretty good too. I like the opening and ending. When you review, add a topic of discussion for me to start next chapter! Imma be doing things like this more often, so gimmie your feedback and tell me what you think about the…FMA2? Lolz shall I address it as such? Well, thanks for reading! KazeRose, out!