"Oh man this headache... I hope starting off with this setting won't confuse readers." Salem sat up and shook his head. "And I'm talking to myself why?"

This was all because he slept with one of the God Council's wives. How was he supposed to know those prudes were married? He thought the woman was just a random Celestial passing by.

Looking down at his lap Salem found a fairly thick file with a sticky note on top saying "Do this without payment and you'll be forgiven." The file itself was labeled Lelouch Vi Brittania/Lamperouge.

"Seriously? that's all I have to do to get forgiven for sleeping with his wife? Man... No wonder she slept with me." Still it did work in his favor. One minute he had Godly pressure on his shoulders and one of the Council yelling at him furiously, next thing he knew he woke up here.

Hey, he was good, but even he couldn't fight against a god. Yet.

Speaking of here though caused Salem to look around to assess exactly where he woke up. It seemed to be an empty warehouse, if you could ignore the pile of bodies, the sleeping green haired girl in asylum clothing, and the silver haired woman kneeling on the ground.

"Wow, talk about being put right into the thick of it." Suddenly there was explosions off in the distance which seemed to knock the silver haired woman out of whatever trance she was in causing her to look around in surprise before looking at him.

Uh-oh. Was all he could think of before the woman pulled out a pistol and aimed it at him. "Who the hell are you and where is my knightmare?!"

"What's with women pointing weapons at me, like I'm the criminal." He muttered to himself and ran a hand through his hair.

"Answer before I shoot!"

"Alright alright, relax the hand cannon lady. I am Lord Salem Cross. I would bow as is proper however I have a feeling you'd shoot me if I made the attempt."

"I've never heard of a Cross family before. What is your nobility?"

"Nobility? They must be using the old Monarchy based ranking system. Kind of surprising given the advanced technology." Salem muttered again, though his attention was more on the gun than anything.

Noticing that the woman looked to have a twitchy trigger finger he sighed to himself. "You'll have to give me a moment." He snapped his fingers and suddenly the girl froze entirely, unblinking and unmoving. "Now then. For some light reading." He looked down at the folder on his lap, although he looked briefly at the green haired girl to make sure she was still sleeping.

It was another hour before he finished the file and burned it up like he always did. "Well magic will be useful in this world, although this 'Geass' ability intrigues me."

"Does it?" If he hadn't expected it to happen he might have actually jumped. As it stood he only hitched his breath for a second before sighing and looking over to the green haired girl with a relaxed smile.

"I had been wondering when the sleeping beauty would wake up. I thought I would have to wait around for much longer."

"Who are you?"

Salem smirked, standing up and dusting off his pants. "Isn't it only proper to introduce yourself before asking that?"

"C.C." She said plainly before raising her brow.

"Oh I knew all about who you were, I was just wondering if you'd actually do it. As for who I am..." Salem bowed briefly. "I am Lord Salem Cross. Son, Father, Scientist, Sorcerer, Celestial in training, and all around a bit full of myself. It's a pleasure to meet you."

C.C kept her brow raised, either at the introduction itself or its contents he wasn't entirely sure. "You mentioned Geass. How did you know what it is."

"Oh that one's easy, however I would like to hold off on the explanations until later. You know, when we're not in the middle of what looks like a massacre." He gestured to the bodies that he had honestly forgotten about during his reading. Having the ability to shut down his olfactory sense whenever he wanted was a surprisingly useful skill.

"What do you propose?" She asked in response. There was no way she was going to leave him alone until she got an explanation for his presence.

"Well, after I deal with the currently frozen woman in front of us we can go find my assignment and introduce myself to him. I don't favor having to explain myself multiple times so you'll just have to wait for that." The girl huffed but nodded her agreement as he approached the silver haired woman in front of him.

Snapping his fingers again the woman blinked. "How did you-" What she was going to say was lost as she was interrupted by a kiss from Salem. It was only a chaste one so she didn't even have a chance for her brain to catch up to what happened. It was like she was frozen again.

"My apologies." He said without any sincerity in his voice. "But I'll have to wipe your memory of this anyway so no harm really done." The woman opened her mouth to speak, whether in rage, or shock, or whatever else he didn't let her as he muttered 'Legilimens' and her whole world went black. Later when she would awake she wouldn't remember how she got there or why she had been unconscious.

"Was that necessary?" C.C asked the man next to her as they walked through the battle torn ghetto.

"What, the kiss? Or the mind wipe?" He returned casually as he stepped around the broken-off arm of a knightmare.

"The kiss, although I am curious as to how you managed to wipe her mind. I don't sense a Geass in you."

"Are you getting jealous already? I thought we had just met, but if you're jealous I could kiss you as well."

C.C simply stared at him with a blank face.

This first chapter is just to get my idea onto paper, so to speak. I'll be focusing on my other story for a little while before I move onto this one.