''Legends seldom die.''

A ''Anime/CodeGeass'' MegaCrossover in progress.

In the year 2000, the world was ravaged by [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Second Impact]]. But [[AlternateUniverse unlike]] [[{{Canon}} certain]] [[Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K other]] [[Fanfic/NobodyDies worlds]] where Second Impact occured, the this disaster not only destroyed most of the known world, but also unleashed an ancient energy known as "Magic" from a long dormant state.

While it contaminated much of the globe, twisting man and beast alike into unrecognizable forms, this "Magic" proved to be an abundant energy source. As a result technology improved in leaps and bounds within the following decade, and for a moment, it seemed like all of the conflict of Second Impact had been resolved.

Then, in the year 2012[[note]]4 years before NGE would take place, in case you were wondering...[[/note]] Lelouch happened.

This is the story of Lelouch Lamepero- Sorry, Lelouch ''Vi Brittania'', how he was pulled from his own dimension to be recruited for a poorly-conceived bid for power, and ultimately how his presence changed the world... for both good and ill.

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!!This work [[strike:contains]] will contain examples of:

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Chapter 3 alternates between Lelouch and Kyon's perspectives, and neither of them even come close to interacting with each other. In fact, the two arn't even aware of each other untill much, much later.
%%* ActionPrologue
* AntimagicalFaction: {{Yakuza}}, for what little we see of them.
* ArtifactCollectionAgency: TheArchivists, a not-very-secret organization that is a major backer of NERV and the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] project. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial The group has denined any connections to the mysterious orginization known as]] [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness SEELE]].
** WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Amoung the senior staff are such [[BlatantLies trustworthy]] men as [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]], [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Keel Lorenz]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife Dr. Wallace Breen]], [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wiley]], [[Website/SCPFoundation Dr. Jack Bright]], [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Persona}} Dr. Igor]]]], and our resident OnlySaneMan [[Anime/CodeGeass Dr. Odysseus Lamperogue]][[note]]Remember Odysseus? First prince of Brittania? Only got like, three lines over two seasons? Not very GenreSavvy?[[/note]].
* AuthorsSavingThrow: As a result of taking place in a world where Japan ''hadn't'' been conqured by Brittania, Nina's fear of [[strike:Elevens]] forginers has been replaced with a fear of everything else. But especially robots. Yep, [[TemptingFate it's a good thing nobody she knows is a robot or something...]]
%%* BadassNormal: Suzaku, Kamina, and Kallen [[spoiler:[[EmpoweredBadassNormal pre-transformation]]]] is this. Rivalz wants to be this.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Kallen]] becomes a demon after a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With]] [[spoiler:[[DealWithTheDevil Izinami]]]] for magical power. Subverted in that she finds the new form annoying more than anything, and even that isn't too much of a problem with the proper use of Illusion spells. Also subverted in that [[spoiler:Izinami thought that was indeed the best way to grant Kallen's wish.]]
* BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler: Subverted. Of the members of iXIII, none of them are interested in gaining a Heart. Not even Xion (though as per Marie Sue's plan, she doesn't have much of a choice).]]
%%* BlackAndGreyMorality
%%* BlindSeer: [[spoiler: Nunnally]]
* DisappearedDad: Mao somehow gets the idea into his head that [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Keel Lorenz]] is his father, just because they both have white hair and wear a visor. [[EpilepticTrees Whether or not this is true is intentionally left vague.]] Oh, and Gendo Ikari.
* DeusExMachina: Subverted, [[spoiler: Xion is only alive because Marie Sue is using her as a vessel.]]
** PlayedForLaughs in almost every battle with [[spoiler:Izinami's]] [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim seven evil ex-boyfriends,]] ranging from Hades setting off the sprinkler system, to WebComic/AxeCop (who had not appeared anywhere else in the story until now) suddenly bursting through the door and cutting of Narylthotep's avatar's head beacuse his "Cop senses were tingling".
* DesignatedHero: Kyon, for probably about the millionth time or something.
* EvasiveFightThreadEpisode: Lelouch and Suzaku never get a chance to finish a battle for one reason or another, while [[spoiler:Shirley]] and [[spoiler:Kallen]] have their fighting during the Tournament Arc inturrupted as well. On the other hand, Kallen vs. Suzaku, and Kyon vs. [[spoiler:Xion]] have definite outcomes. [[spoiler:For those interested, the winners are Suzaku and Xion, respectively.]]
* ElsewhereFic: Despite being set in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' multiverse, the story doesn't involve any Disney, Square, or ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters aside from [[spoiler:Xion]] and the Heartless. [[spoiler:At least, untill the finale]]
* ExternalRetcon: Where do I begin...
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Subverted for Lelouch. He has all of his memories from the canon ''Anime/CodeGeass'' world, but most of them are pretty much useless.
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Pretty much averted with Kyon and [[Franchise/KingdomHearts [[spoiler:The Keyblade]]]]. An ([[InvokedTrope invoked]]) TrainingMontage just barely gets him past the first round of the tournament arc, and even then he only suceeds beacuse he fought a JokeCharacter that time. This power discrepancy becomes even more apparent in the finalie, when he lags behind [[spoiler:Sora and company]] even with [[spoiler: Nagato's last-ditch gift of rebuilding Kyon's body into a more sturdy form and a complete knowledge of every fighting style known to man]].
* TheFairFolk: [[spoiler: Marie Sue, exiled Queen of the Faries, is the BigBad.]]
* GenkiGirl: Hope
* MagnificentBastard: Lelouch (obviously), [[spoiler:Schneizel's [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Nobody]]]], Itsuki[[spoiler:'s Nobody]], Gendo Ikari, M. Bison...
* MegaCrossover
** The most important works include ''Anime/CodeGeass'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', and Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya.
** Other referenced works include ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', The Website/SCPFoundation, ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'', Website/ChannelAwesome, ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''...
* NeverBeAHero: A major conflict in the story.
* NaiveEverygirl: Reconstructed. See SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism.
* TheMultiverse: The world if Bonus Round is stated to be somewhere in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' multiverse, though this doesn't really become a major plot point untill the TournamentArc.
* OddlySmallOrganization: The Black Knights, and [[spoiler:i XIII]], lampshaded on both counts. Haruhi, on the other hand, wants to defy this trope by recruiting more members to the SOS Brigade, generally with unsuccessful results.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: [[spoiler:iXIII, though they admittedly don't do much.]] And [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion SEELE]].
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: R.R. acts 'suspicously' like [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry Rockbell]]...[[spoiler: beacuse she ''IS'' Winry Rockbell.]]
* ParodySue: Defied by Hope, Lampshaded by Kyon, hopefully averted elsewhere [[spoiler:Invoked by the character of almost the same name]].
->[[spoiler:'''Marie Sue:''' I wanted to pick a name that represented the gap between myself and that of your pathetic species. Honestly, you humans have poor imaginations]].
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: A shade lighter than ''Anime/CodeGeass''.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories Overlord Xenon]]'s name is dropped a few times...]]
* TournamentArc: In the form of the [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]]-sponsored "World Warriors" tournament, hosted by [[VideoGame/DeadRising Tyrone King]], and commentated by WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]]. Yes, in all seriousness, that is the setup I'm going for. [[spoiler: The only reason the main characters arn't knocked out in the preliminaries is beacuse Bison set up the whole thing as a trap so he could brainwash the greatest warriors on the planet into joining Shadaloo.]]
* {{Shipping}}: Intentionally vague for Lelouch, but nudged in favor of Lelouch X Shirley. For everyone else though, the main couples are Euphie X Suzaku, Ed X [[spoiler: Winry]], [[spoiler: Adachi X Izanami]], and a hint of Kyon X [[spoiler:Xion]].
* SmugSnake: You probably wouldn't belive me if I told you, so I'm going to wait untill I write the damn thing.
* TranslationConvention: Since the story takes place in Japan, Japanese dailogue is written in English, but English dialogue is written in brackets .
* TheMagicComesBack: An unforseen result of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Second Impact]]. While the re-appearance of magic was hand-waved as the planet's insticntive reaction to an End-Of-The-World scenario, the real reason is that [[spoiler: The reason for the "Contact Experiment" was to try an open the Gate of Dreams, which leads to Arcadia, the ancestral home of the Fey. SEELE's plan was to use the Gate fuse Earth with Arcadia, and allow Humanity to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence just as the ancestors of the Fey had billions of years ago. While it turned out that it was impossible to fully open the Gate perminantly until the Guardians (I.E., the Angels) are destroyed, but partial opening caused a perminant spike in the world's magic level. Also, every world has it's own gate, and each world has Guardians tasked with protecting it, and Witches tasked with opening it furthur.]]
* TheStoic: [[spoiler:The virus that causes various characters' UnwillingRoboticisation is supposed to gradually turn the infectee into this. Thankfully, the story leans more towards SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism on this end.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** Originally, [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]] and [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed Ezio]] would been in the story, and have teamed up.
** In the original outline, Kyon would have been a Nobody who erased his memories in an attempt to gain a Heart. Itsuki eventually Lampshades this by telling Kyon this story during a major [[TheReveal Reveal]], but then says he made that whole story up just to prove Kyon how good a liar he really is.
** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]], [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Sho Minamimoto]] and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Barry The Chopper]] would have joined the Black Knights, though they still get cameos in the final version.
** Originially, C.C. would have unwillingly joined the SOS Brigade, but this plot thread was dropped beacuse there was no logical reason for C.C. to be anywhere near Haruhi's school at the time [[RealityWarper (not that a little thing like logic could stop her...)]].
* WholePlotReference: An ongoing sub-plot where [[spoiler: Adachi]] must defeat [[spoiler:Izinami's]] [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim seven evil ex-boyfriends.]] Seeing that she's a ''god'', these include the likes of [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hades]], [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Narylthotep]], [[Series/StargateSG1 Ba'al]], [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Tyrant Baal]], and [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Izinagi]]. Most of these end in bizzare anti-climaxes and {{Deus ex Machina}}s.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Rivalz speaks extravagantly broken Japanese, but since almost the entire cast can speak English anyway that's not too much of a problem. [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]], on the other hand, speaks poor English except when he's quoting action movies.
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!!As of this writing, characters who will be playing major roles include:
* Anime/CodeGeass
** Lelouch (duh)
** Suzaku
** Kallen
** Shirley
** Milly
** Rivalz
** Nina
** Euphemia
** [[spoiler:Mao]]
** Nunnally
** [[spoiler:Schneizel's [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Nobody]]]]
* Manga/FullmetalAlchemist
** Edward Elric
** Envy
** [[spoiler: Winry Rockbell]]
* Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya
** Kyon
** Haruhi
** Itsuki[[spoiler:'s [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Nobody]]]]
* Franchise/KingdomHearts
** [[spoiler:Xion]]
* Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion
** Gendo Ikari (yes, that's right. It's an NGE crossover that doesn't have Shinji in a major role.)
* VideoGame/TeamFortress2
** '''P'''erfectly '''U'''nified '''R'''etreval '''P'''latoon '''L'''ambada ([[FunWithAcronyms A.K.A. PURPL]] [[spoiler: The original mercinaries that were cloned by RED and BLU during their infamous fued.]])
* VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}
** [[spoiler: Adachi]]
** [[spoiler: Izanami]]
** Igor
* OriginalCharacter:
** [[strike:Cerebus]] Cerberus, a 10 year old [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] {{Expy}} aspiring to be a supervillain. Whatever you do, ''[[BerserkButton DON'T SPELL HIS NAME WRONG]]''.
** Hope: I'm not going to tell you who this person is yet because you'd laugh at me. You really would. Thankfully, she's resigned to be more of a subplot than a major part of the story.
*** K.C.: Hope's sister. And despite the initals, ''not'' a "Witch".
** R.R.: An immortal "Witch" that is an alternate-universe counterpart to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry Rockbell]]. [[spoiler: Or maybe not.]]

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