Lelouch has strange tendencies…

Hobbledehoy - A clumsy or awkward youth

Suzaku was walking out of the daunting building after his court-martial, in which he had obviously been found innocent. It was due to a terrorist's confession, but nonetheless at least he hadn't been wrongfully convicted. Just as he stepped out into the blinking sunlight, he heard a call from above. Looking up, he saw a girl falling from above. As an instant reflex he dropped his bag, holding his arms out to catch her. After the wave of shiny black hair subsided, he looked into the face of the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. She had waist-length raven colored hair that was a deep contrast to her pale ivory skin, topped with gorgeous violet eyes framed by long lashes. But the thing Suzaku found himself staring at the most was her lips. They were a light pink color, full and….kissable.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't think anybody would be down here." Her voice was deeper than most girls he'd met, but he didn't seem to notice.

"Ah….well, I didn't think a lady would be coming down from above either…." He couldn't help but find himself blushing, his hand still planted on her waist. For a moment or two she looked confused but laughed it off. "Uh…is there something I can help you with?"

"Yes, actually! You see, there are some very bad men following me, so I have to get away from them." She pointed upwards and Suzaku looked to see an 'escape rope' made from what looked like bedsheets.

"Huh…" She took his hand and led him away from the building, leaving him no choice but to follow. It's not like he minded accompanying a beautiful girl anyways.

/once/

"It appears we just missed Suzaku."

"Hmmm~" Lloyd hummed, "And we told him to wait here too. Oh well!" Looking around, Cecile suddenly spotted the young Knightmare pilot.

"Lloyd, there he is."

"Hmmm?" Lloyd looked blankly in the direction Cecile motioned to, "Ohh~ I see…is that a girl he's with?" Cecile looked again and there was indeed a girl walking besides Suzaku. A curtain of midnight black hair fell down her back and she wore a long, flowy dress. When she turned her head to look at the boy beside her as he laughed, Cecile could hardly see her glittering violet eyes. Blushing furiously, mostly from envy, the woman started the car to follow the pair.

/once/

After they'd walked a distance, the two ended up in a shopping district.

"What's your name, by the way?" Suzaku asked the girl.

"Uh…" she looked like she was thinking for a moment, "…Lulu!"

"Lulu? Ah, well it's nice to meet you. I'm—"

"Oh, please. You're a celebrity now! Suzaku Kururugi, right?" She turned to face him, and he sighed. That whole Zero incident really had made him better-known, although not much to his liking.

"The whole thing about you being chased was made up, wasn't it? There's nobody chasing you. Why?" She shrugged.

"I wanted to see the area. I was actually quite surprised when I arrived. Here, it's almost like I'm back at home."

"You came from the mainland?" She nodded, smiling.

"I was a student up until a week ago, when I had to come here. I'm supposed to attend a new school here, for more experience. At least, that's what my siblings say."

"Do you have any friends back there that you miss?"

"Friends? Oh, not really." She shrugged, as if waving it off. "I do miss my younger sister though, she's handicapped you see…but mostly I'm pretty cooped up so it's nice to be out for a while," she continued, grabbing his hand to drag him along again, "Now come on! I don't want to waste what little time I have!"

The day flew by, and Suzaku enjoyed every moment of it. They spent most of their time tossing jokes back and forth, making fun of stupid mannequins, and they even stopped to eat. It felt pleasant to have such a relaxing time after the commotion that had happened lately.

"So what's your family like—huh?" Looking to where Lulu was just one second before, he discovered she had disappeared. He searched around the small area and found her quickly, kneeling before a grey cat. Walking over to where she was, Lulu stood up and brought the cat into her arms. Smiling at him, she held out the cat for him. He smiled back and reached out to pet it, only to be met with a sharp pain in his finger. "Ow…"

"Do you hate cats?" She sat down on some nearby steps, carrying the cat with her.

"No, I actually like them a lot," Holding his hand out to the cat again, it hissed. "although it seems to be a one-sided love." Lulu gave him a look of understanding.

"Would you happen to have a first aid kit?"

"Oh, yeah." He reached into his bag and handed her the small kit he kept with him. Smiling a thank-you at him, she opened the kit. First she bandaged the cat bite he got, then turned her attention to the cause of that wound. He hadn't noticed before, but the cat seemed to have an injured leg. Soon after she finished with the cat's wound, it bounded off out of sight.

"Ah—well, there it goes." She turned to him, smiling playfully. "Have room for dessert?"

He nodded eagerly, so she told him to wait there. After a few minutes she returned with a box of candy, which she hid behind her back when he saw her. He raised an eyebrow, questioningly. "Close your eyes." He complied, waiting. A small object was pushed into his mouth, and a deliciously fruity taste filled his mouth. It was a kind of fruit-flavored chewy candy. Opening his eyes again, she held the box of Dots up for him to see.

They sat there for a while eating the Dots, they discussed other kinds of desserts, candy, and sweet things.

"I actually don't like pastries that much…" She frowned a little, "They're just too sweet for me."

"I'm fine with anything really. Have you ever tried Daifuku?" He asked her, and she shook her head.

"I haven't really had that much Japanese food, I haven't had that much foreign food at all to be honest. Back in Britannia…well, my family was very strict." Her face fell for just a moment, but she smiled again, "But I'd really like to try some now that I'm here!"

"Oh…well, perhaps we could do that later." Suzaku was surprised when she didn't use the term 'Eleven' like every other Britannian. It just made him feel that she was more special, and different.

"I'd like that!" She stood up and walked in front of him, to face him. "But for today, there's just one more place I would like you to take me."

"Wherever you'd like, my lady," He faked a bow as best he could while sitting. Lulu's face grew serious suddenly.

"Could you take me to the Shinjuku ghetto?"

/once/

Suzaku escorted Lulu to the ghetto, although still wary of the area. The area had calmed down after Clovis' massacre, but most of the residents that had dared to return were very hostile towards outsiders. That was probably also a result of the unfortunate annihilation. It probably wasn't a good thing to be here at the moment, but Suzaku didn't think he felt like denying a request at the moment so he took her there anyways.

"Hey, look at this old statue!" Both turned their attention to the voice, which turned out to be from a Britannian, probably a student. There were a few of them there, with a camera.

"Stupid Britannians!" Yeah, it was definitely a bad time to be here right now. A fight was stirring up between the two groups, one of the Japanese men knocking the camera away from the student's hand.

"My camera!" The boy whined. The fight was going to escalate if somebody didn't step in. Of course, in reality Suzaku knew it wouldn't be much of a fight. Probably just a beating. Handing his bag to Lulu, he took off towards the commotion.

"Please stop this, now!" He intervened.

"Eh? Who are you?" One of the Japanese raised an eyebrow at him. The man went to punch Suzaku, who dodged. To his misfortune, the sunglasses concealing his identity fell off his face due to the sudden movement.

"Hey, you're that Eleven…" One of the students recognized.

"Eleven my ass! You sold yourself out to those Britannian dogs, bastard!"

Lunging forward, the man went to attack Suzaku again, this time for a different reason. Grabbing the man's outstretched wrist, the pilot easily threw the man over his shoulder.

"I'm a trained fighter. Please, I'll ask you to stop this one more time." The man who attempted to hurt Suzaku went to resist, but one of the other men stopped him.

"Come on, it's not worth it." They turned to walk away, after throwing glares in Suzaku's direction.

"Are you okay?" Suzaku asked the students as he turned towards them.

"No…my camera…." The one boy whined. He looked down, feeling slightly conflicted at his actions.

"Hey, you're a honorary Britannian right? You're part of the army. So why didn't you just kill those bastards? Feeling some kind of connection with those stupid Eleve—" the student's words were interrupted by a loud slapping noise. Suzaku snapped his head up, and saw that Lulu had proceeded forward and enforced a fierce slap to the one boy.

"I will tolerate no further insults towards this man!"

The boys glared at the two of them for a moment, then gathered their things and retreated. But just as one commotion ended, they heard another start up. There was a loud explosion, and what sounded like Knightmares. This time, it sounded more serious. A lot more serious. Suzaku heard a vehicle approaching, and when he turned towards it he saw Lloyd and Cecile.

"Lloyd-san! Cecile-san!" He ran up to the vehicle, Lulu close behind him.

"Suzaku-kun! Hurry, there's a fight breaking out between the Pureblood Factionists. We need to get somewhere safe, quickly!" Cecile called to him, holding the door open wide. Suzaku thought it over for a moment before shaking his head.

"I should go stop it."

"You can't, it's too dangerous!"

"It would be a good chance to test the Lancelot's new upgrades." Cecile and Lloyd looked at each other before the grey-haired scientist laughed.

"I like this one!"

Suzaku turned to Lulu, gathering his bag from her.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go." She nodded, taking a step back.

/once/

"Stop this please!" In the middle of the fight, Suzaku heard Lulu call out. At first he was confused, but then saw her running towards the fight. Oh, crap.

He quickly opened his shields, letting the bomb take its toll on them. He successfully managed to block Lulu from harm, and when it finally ended he looked down to her. She walked towards the center of the fight.

"I order you to stop this right now, in the name of Lelouch vi Britannia!" Britannia?

"W-what?" He heard one of the other pilots ask.

"B-but you're a…" Another pilot said, "…girl."

Suzaku could see Lelouch huff, before reaching up to his hair. She pulled off what was a—wig?

"I order you to stop this nonsense now!" She—no, wait, he—said.

Suzaku's jaw hit the floor, and it hurt. Lulu—Lelouch—was a…..

He passed out shortly after the realization hit him.

I happened to be eating Dots when I was struck with this sudden idea that could be called a story under certain circumstances.

What say you, almighty readers? Shall I write another chapter, or no?