Chapter one : Shirley
It have been such a pain. It was like his heart have been ripped in parts with teaspoons. Rustled, tabasco filled teaspoons. When Shirley asked Lelouch why Zero killed his father, A really scarry thing happened.
Lelouch tore into several peoples.
The first one was Lelouch. A boy shocked by this new, remembering the tragic night his mother was killed before his eyes, the day he was sent by his father into japan. The unbearable morning when britannian missiles hit the coast, leaving nothing but a whirl of fire and death. Lelouch was unable to move, to speak, or even to think. Shirley's distress opened the gates of so many repressed moments, Lelouch was drowning in them.
The second one was a strong dark creature, which humanity could be discussed. Zero. It was thinking that his father was one of the countless casualties this war created. It was thinking that the most important was the future, and only the future, that actual generations were already lost.
A third one appeared. A little boy with raven hairs and purpple eyes, holding his bloody nose and asking a young japanese boy why did he hit him. He was the young Lelouch of the first encounter with Suzaku Kururugi. A boy caring only to protect her sister from this horrid world.
As the first one was mentally unable to move, and the second one was clearly devoid of emotions, the little boy was the one to took control of Lelouch Lamperouge's body. He rose a hand and placed it behind Shirley's head, on the top of his nape, and the second just between her scapulas, before closing the space between the two of us, holding shirley's face tightly against his chest. She could let go of her anger and sadness, her fists hitting Lelouch's chest.
Physically, he was as strong as possible, holding her and preventing her from falling. Mentally, the whole palace of lies, rules and composure that was making Lelouch … Lelouch was falling. Each impact of shirley's clenched fist was giving the young boy more rage as he was hitting a still Zero. Zero was coldly exposing his arguments while the traumatized Lelouch was curling in a crying ball.
The whole fight lasted seventeen seconds. Those precious seconds ended when the two Lelouchs merged. Zero was still here, the fight had just started, but now Lelouch knew what he had to do.
« Shirley, look at me. »
His hand stopped holding her neck, and gently pushed her chin upward. His mesmerizing purple eyes plunged in hers, and his breath was smoothly careesing her face. Both of them were evidently sad, but she was not oblivious to the rage that was building inside him.
« I, Lelouch, promise you, shirley, that Zero will die. »
She broke the eye contact, and rested her head on his chest for a few seconds. His heart was beating hard, and sounded painfull. She felt sorry for the pain she brought up, and sighed. She pushed herself a bit away, breaking the hold Lelouch maintained.
« T... thank you Lulu … I should go back at mom, she will need me. »
« I will go with you. »
the rest of the trip back her home was silent, as the encounter with shirley's mother. There have been a hug, and nothing else. Lelouch get back to his home alone, yet torn appart in his heart. He made a promess that might make him burn before reaching his goal, but he face a truth that have been already told to him.