With the world in peace all seems to be working out for Lelouch Lamperouge. He has a peaceful home and a girl to share eternity with. But when Suzaku Kururugi passes away as an abnormally old age he leaves Lelouch a letter that shatters his passive life. Now he and C.C. must follow Suzaku's trail of clues to unlock a mystery a lifetime in the making.

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Things to note:

1. C.C. is pronounced C-two

2. This is set after the events of the TV series

3. For an easy explination (that I like) of how Lelouch is immortal check out Shadaez's Code Geass Afterstory R2

Chapter 1- The Letter

Lelouch Lamperouge lay on the roof of his small stone cottage in a beautiful mountain valley in the unsettled wild of Switzerland. After the events of The Zero Requiem and his "death", Lelouch had gained immortality and moved to Switzerland with C.C. to begin a tranquil new life. The small cottage had been an adjustment from the roomier and well furnished homes Lelouch had lived in prior. But C.C. had insisted saying "I see it and all I can think is that its home". Since then Lelouch had come to like the place. Small as it was he found the lack of space a welcome change and the view was so astounding that it more than made up for any drawbacks the house presented.

Lelouch had worked tirelessly to make the house comfortable. Not being much of a handyman it had taken him close to a year to finish, a hard year in which his poor workmanship had cost the two of them many nights of sleep. But finally finished Lelouch and C.C. slept soundly and happily each night.

Lelouch stared at the clouds floating over head and thought about his life. Once Lelouch was free from the shackles of his overly complicated life he began to appreciate the world and it beauty. The beauty he had come to focus most on was C.C. It started on the travel to Switzerland; Lelouch slowly began to realize how much C.C. truly meant to him. He began seeing her in a different light. No longer a cold hearted Witch focused mainly on pizza, instead he saw a woman with long luscious green hair and amber eyes that he couldn't help but stare into.

Then one night one thing led to another and he found her in his arms kissing him passionately while locked in a lovers embrace. He was in love, truly and fully. She was all Lelouch wanted in the world and he knew he wanted to spend his eternity with her and no one else.

Now as he lay on the roof thinking of his immortal love, Lelouch remembered that she was the whole reason he was on the roof. Not more than an hour ago he had been in the kitchen rummaging through fridge for something to eat. He was having difficulty due to the fact that he hadn't gotten groceries two days before like he usually did. His laziness was now coming back to bite him in the butt. The one thing he could find was a lone slice of pizza hidden in the very back. He didn't eat pizza much, a small slice here and there, but his grumbling stomach didn't care if it was dirt off the ground. He devoured the slice of pizza as if it were manna from heaven after a long journey through an empty desert. As he finished C.C. stepped in from out back. She walked over kissed him on the cheek then went for the fridge. He watched her, and as he did he saw her stop rooting around and freeze totally still. Her amber eyes slowly rose over the fridge door and fixed on him. She squinted at him and he knew things were about to get bad.

"Where is it?" she asked, still behind the fridge door.

"Where's what?" he replied calmly.

"MY PIZZA!" she shouted "It was in the back of the fridge when I went out to the garden and now it's gone"

"Well I haven't seen it" Lelouch lied

"Uh huh, well pizza doesn't grow legs and dance away (except in my dreams) so the only logical answer to my missing pizza is that you ate it"

"I swear I have not seen any—He was interrupted when she pounced on him and grabbed his hands. She smelled his fingers then shouted "LIER!" She jumped back up and stormed out of the kitchen. Lelouch followed her as she walked out the front door.

"Where are you going?" he yelled

"I'm leaving you and your pizza stealing ways you lying bastard!" she screamed back as she flung open the gate and walked angrily down the street.

"Wait! No! Please come back!" he shouted back as he ran to the gate

"Never!" she replied already very far down the path to town.

So now Lelouch was on the roof looking at the sky waiting for her to come back. He knew she would. This happened every so often and she always came back so he could apologize for whatever stupid thing he had done to make her mad.

Just then a voice down below him said "Excuse me"

Thinking it was C.C. he sat up ready to get to groveling but was caught by surprise when he saw it was a military officer dressed up in his uniform standing with a white stallion.

"Ummm…." Lelouch said

The officer seemed to understand his confusion and said "Are you ?"

"Ummm…yes. May I know whose asking?" he replied

"I am a messenger from the Britannian military" the messenger said

Lelouch tensed. "How did Britannia find me here?" he thought

"I'm here with a letter from Suzaku Kururugi" said the messenger

"Suzaku?" Lelouch questioned

"Yes. placed orders to have me bring you this letter"

"I'll be right down" Lelouch said as he slipped back into the house through the bedroom window. He speed walked out to the gate taking the letter.

"Thank you" Lelouch said

"Just doing my job" the messenger replied as he mounted his horse and road off down the road.

Lelouch returned walked back into the house, letter in hand. "What could it say? Why would Suzaku contact me after so many years? How was he even still alive?" All these thoughts and more raced through his head as Lelouch walked into the house.

"What'cha got there?" questioned a familiar female voice

He looked up to see C.C. eating a light blue ice pop and holding Cheese-Kun in her arm. She looked at him with a cat like curiosity.

"C.C.! your back!" he said shocked

"Yes I'm back. I got this weird ice pop in town and thought I would come back. Its cherry and pineapple but its blue! I thought I would share it with you" she said happily "But I see you have a letter. I hope it's not a suicide note. I was only gone like an hour"

"It's not a suicide note. It's a letter from Suzaku" he replied

"Well stop standing around! Open it and read it!" she said putting emphasis on the last five words.

Lelouch opened the letter and read it aloud:

Dear Lelouch,

If you are reading this then two things are true: my trust in my messenger was well placed and I am now dead. I send you this letter because I have kept a secret that you need to know. My enhanced skills as both a pilot and a soldier are not all truly….mine. My father's pocket watch is the main source of my skills. A magical treasure it increases the power of its owner beyond any normal man. The trinket is very powerful and in the wrong hands could bring the world to its knees. I tell you this because I have hidden the treasure in order to keep it safe but I fear for its safety. Please Lelouch you must solve the puzzle I have laid out to protect the watch, find it and keep it safe. I know you are smart enough to do it and I trust you more than anyone. This is my last request. To you

Your friend, Suzaku

Lelouch fell but caught himself on the counter "Suzaku. Dead? His watch…magic?" he thought

"Lelouch!" C.C. cried. Dropping her things she ran to him "Are you ok?" she questioned

Lelouch looked into her eyes and said "I must find this watch. For Suzaku"