Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass...If I did, Lelouch would not have died.
A/N: This is my first attempt at a Code Geass fanfic. It takes place 4 years after the ending to the second season. Lelouch and C.C are married and have a little girl named Euphemia, and are completely happy living out in the county. But in Japan, they are facing troubles once again. A new terrorist has appeared, declaring war against viceroy Nunnally and the softened Zero. Suzaku, who is really Zero, has realized that the world may need Lelouch once again, who is 'dead'.
Chapter 1
C.C smiled as she was making breakfast for her two most favorite people in the world. Ever since Lelouch had ended his war again Brittania and supposedly died, life had been a bit easier for the two of them. But now they had someone extra in their lives. Little Euphemia...who was truly her fathers daughter. She had green hair and purple eyes, a mixture of both her and Lelouch. It had been C.C's idea to name her Euphemia after Lelouch's sister, who had accidentally been given an order by Lelouch when his geass when out of control during the Black Rebellion.
"Lelouch, Euphie! Time for breakfast!" Euphie and Lelouch appeared at the same time, but Euphie was riding on Lelouch's shoulder giggling.
"Mommy! Daddy is funny!"
"Oh? What did Daddy do?" Lelouch looked like he was trying hard not to burst into laughter at the moment. Now C.C knew something was up.
"He said that we live in a globe, and then I said that globe must be empty because there is nothing around us." Now Lelouch let out a laugh, but C.C could not see what was so funny about it. They lived out in the country, with nothing but fields and bushs that weren't even green.
"Lelouch, I do not see how this is funny."
"C.C I was talking about the earth, not the area around here."
"The earth is more like a sphere, not a globe. People made smaller versions of the earth and mapped places on the continents, and that is either a map or the globe of which you are talking of." Euphie looked between her mother and father, trying to see who would win the fight. But when Lelouch didn't answer, it was obvious who had won the argument.
"So what are you making?" C.C smiled and rolled her eyes at her husband.
"Bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns."
"Mhh...Yum. When will they be done?" C.C turned off the stove and faced Lelouch, and Euphie.
"Any second now. Lelouch, why don't you set Euphie up at the table." Nodding, Lelouch picked up their daughter and put her at the table, making a funny face just to make her laugh once again.
~Area 11 with Nunnally~
Slowly opening her eyes, Nunnally sighed knowing today would be another long day talking to Brittanians, and maybe some Japanese. 'Maybe I'll have another conference with Zero...'
"Viceroy Nunnally, are you awake?" She looked towards her door and gave another sigh.
"Yes." Some people came in and helped her into her wheelchair. She would never say it out loud, but she still missed Lelouch. Whenever he would put her in the wheelchair, he would do it gently. Sure the people here do it gently, but her brother made sure it felt as though she hadn't left her bed. One of them wheeled her out of her room and straight to the kitchen for breakfast.
"Viceroy there has been some talk that you are going to retire from this position. Is it true?" Nunnally looked at the man asking her the question as she put some of the eggs into her mouth, chewing slowly.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Some man who was speaking nonsense in Area 11 yesterday in the evening."
"I see. Well so far I have not even suggested retiring from this position. But may I ask you something now?"
"Of course."
"Is the world still speaking horribly about Lelouch, my brother?" Everyone in the room, except Nunnally, stiffened at the mention of Lelouch.
"Viceroy..."
"Answer the question truthfully, please. Are they?"
"Viceroy, what your brother did as Emperor did not leave a good impression on the world."
"I realize that, but it has been four years since his demise. Surely everyone would forgive and forget by now."
"Viceroy the world doesn't work that way."
"I know." One of the sliding doors opened and Zero entered the room. All the people, except Nunnally who nodded her head, backed away from the old terrorist.
"If the viceroy is free, I would like to spend the day with her today." Nunnally could literally taste the tension in the room when Zero offered that. Another thing she would never admit openly is that she seriously believed this Zero was different from the one who was leading the Black Knights during the Black Rebellion. Sure the Zero then was really her brother Lelouch, or so she'd heard, but then who was this Zero? 'He kinda reminds me of Suzaku at times...but Kallen told me Suzaku was killed a couple of days before Lelouch was killed.'
"I believe I am free today." She looked at everyone else in the room, and when they didn't answer, she smiled and nodded to Zero. "I guess we are spending the day together, Zero." He nodded as well and waited for her to finish eating her breakfast. Once she was finished and was given the ok to leave, Zero wheeled her out of the place and took her to the Kururugi Shrine.
"I haven't been to this place in years." She looked around the place for the first time, but stopped and sighed.
"Viceroy?"
"Please, call me Nunnally. I hear viceroy day in and day out from everyone else."
"Ok. What is it Nunnally?"
"I would have loved it if I was here with Suzaku and my brother Lelouch." Zero sighed and turned away from Nunnally.
"You miss your brother?"
"Yes..."
"Suzaku?"
"Oh, he was a friend of my brother." Zero turned to her, and Nunnally wished that she could actually see his face just once.
"I know."
"You do?" Zero sighed, and put his hand on the mask, getting ready to take it off.
"Yes. Nunnally, don't get mad, but," He removed the mask and Nunnally instantly recognized him. "I am Suzaku."
"Suzaku! But...?" He knelt down in front of her and grabbed Nunnally's hand.
"Your brother asked me to do those things four years ago. He wanted to stop the endless cycle of hatred, and he knew that he had to die in order to stop it." Nunnally nodded and looked at Suzaku.
"How did you live though?"
"During the first rebellion, before Lelouch went missing, he used his geass power on me. He ordered me to live. Even to this day, it is still there."
"He never used it on me, did he?"
"Nunnally, I don't think Lelouch could ever be forced to use geass on you." Nunnally smiled and looked at the sky.
"Do you miss him Suzaku?" Following her gaze, Suzaku sighed.
"Sometimes. But then I remember how calm he was about getting me do follow through with his plans. He knew what he was doing Nunnally." Sighing as well, Nunnally looked at Suzaku once again.
"It seems, when you think about it, he always knew what he was doing, and what the effects would have on the world." Nodding in total agreement, Suzaku put the mask back on.
"You are the only person who knows who I truly am. Can you-" Nunnally nodded before he finished.
"I can keep it a secret."
"Thank you Nunnally. Around everyone else I'll call you viceroy, but when we are alone I'll call you by your name."
"I understand Zero." Zero started to bring Nunnally back to her home, when he got a sudden chill down his back, but he kept on walking. Neither him, Nunnally or the entire world would be ready for what was coming for them tomorrow.
All right review! This is my first Code Geass fanfic and I would love to know how it was. So please review! And Kallen, and some of the other characters from the first two seasons might make an appearance. But eventually the student council (except Shirley) will make an appearance.
