A/N: Okay this random idea flew into my head just now and I had to write it. So I hope you'll enjoy it.

Note: This is set before the Black Rebellion. So no one except C.C. knows of Lelouch's identity yet. Anyway, onto the story.

Disclaimer: Code Geass is not mine.

How Zero Ruined Christmas

It was December 23rd on the Imperial Calendar of Britannia. The civilians of all Areas, including the recently rebellious civilians of Area 11, were all preparing for a festive and commercial holiday that was meant to bring joy into the hearts of children as well as normal and depressed bi-polar people. Yes, you all know what I'm talking about. We're speaking of the wonderful holiday known as Christmas.

In the Tokyo Settlement of Area 11 and within the prestigious Ashford Private Academy's student council room sat a devious, cold-hearted, genius. Within his hand he held the black king piece. His violet eyes inspected the chess piece with vague interest portrayed on his ever handsome face. His raven locks nearly covered his line of sight, which he noted to be the sign that he needed to get it trimmed soon.

However, in his mind, the man was calculating a diabolical plan. It was so diabolical in fact, that an evil grin started to work its way onto his face. It's a good thing he's alone in the room, otherwise he'd be getting some strange looks from his friends on the council.

"Yes, yes," he thought maniacally, twirling the king piece between his index and middle fingers. With exuberance he set the piece back on the chess board in front of him and rose from his chair. He collected the paperwork he'd finished a couple of minutes before and shoved them into his notebook as he boldly pranced toward the automatic doors.

"It's so perfect. How is it that I never thought about it before?"

The automated doors opened and the young man walked down the hall. He came to a stop as he reached another set of automated doors. He put on a more innocent smile and then walked ahead. The doors opened, immediately revealing a young girl sitting in a wheelchair.

"Hello Nunnally," he said as he entered. The young girl turned her head towards him. She was blind, but she smiled.

"Hi big brother," Nunnally replied. "How did your date with Shirley go?"

The young man sighed in mock sadness. "She stood me up again I'm afraid."

Nunnally looked at him quizzically. "Again?"

"Again," he answered, removing the jacket of his school uniform. "I ended up running into Milly though. She gave me some paperwork to do."

"What about Suzaku?"

"Right now he's still at the government bureau."

"Oh, well do you think he'll come for Christmas?"

"Of course Nunnally."

Nunnally smiled, and turned her attention back toward the T.V. She couldn't see what was on, but she knew what she was watching. The old animated classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

"By the way, where's Sayoko?"

"She's at the market," Nunnally replied. "Hey, do you want to finish this movie with me."

"Sure."

And so the young man sits on the couch. Nunnally stays within her chair. The two of them laugh, talk, and act like any brother and sister would in such a peaceful moment. After the movie ends, he takes the young blind girl upstairs and tucks her in for the night, for tomorrow was Christmas Eve.

"Hahahahahahaha, wuhahahaha, gahahahaha," were the evil laughs that echoed within his sadistic little mind as he exited Nunnally's room. He walked across the hall and into his own room to find the green-haired, golden eyed witch laying on his bed, wearing that same white jumpsuit she always wore.

"Good evening Lelouch," she greeted nonchalantly. "How was your romantic evening with Shirley?"

Lelouch Vi Britannia smiled so widely at her that the immortal woman didn't know what to make of it at first. She recovered quickly though and gave him her signature teasing smirk. "Well, easy to say that you had fun. Did you behave yourself?"

Lelouch sat on the edge of the bed . "Oh, I never behave C.C."

C.C. raised an eyebrow. "She stood you up again didn't she?"

"Yes, and I can never figure out why since she's always the one making these dates with me, but who cares about that anyway!" Lelouch sang out. C.C. was a bit nervous at this point.

"Lelouch?" she questioned. "Is something the matter? You're a bit out of character."

"Oh, quite the contrary C.C.," Lelouch replied as he began to dance around the room in a way that was just plain disturbing. He laughed on and on like something hilarious had just occurred.

C.C. raised her eyebrow higher. "Is it possible that you're drunk Lelouch?"

Lelouch shook his head. "If by drunk you mean ecstatic then yes, I am completely intoxicated with happiness right now."

"Did he take some refrain or something?" C.C. wondered, tapping her index finger against her chin. "He's acting very strange tonight."

"You see, C.C.," Lelouch began, ceasing his disturbing dance across the room, "I've come up with a plan to completely annihilate Britannia and discover the secret behind my mother's murder in one night."

"Really?" C.C. asked. "He must be drugged out on something."

Lelouch's expression changed instantly. Instead of wearing a maniacal smile, he now wore a deadly smirk that immediately alerted C.C. that he was serious and sober. For a short moment, C.C. was disappointed.

"I have a plan C.C.," Lelouch continued. "A diabolical, horrible, awful, evil, malevolent, condescending, wicked, vindictive, and expertly crafted plan."

"That was a mouthful," C.C. blurted out. "So what is this so-called plan of yours?"

Lelouch sat back down on the bed. "It's like this C.C.. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve."

C.C. narrowed her gaze. "You want to steal Christmas or something? I think the Grinch beat you to that."

"No," Lelouch replied, his expression changing from a smirk to a scowl in an instant. "I'd never plan anything stupid like that. However…"

"Let me guess, you want to steal Santa Claus," C.C. interrupted, a smirk of her own now plastered on her face. "Now, I know you didn't grow up normally so listen boy. Santa Claus…"

"C.C.!"

C.C. stopped talking, but not without haughtily crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"As I was saying," Lelouch continued, "I have a plan."

"We've established that much Lelouch," C.C. stated, clearly bored with him. "Get to the point."

"Hush witch!"

C.C. quieted, but her smirk had widened considerably.

"Here's the plan. Tomorrow it is Christmas Eve. Because of this, the Britannian military will be weakened since most soldiers that aren't in battle get to go home for Christmas. They are dispatched Christmas Eve which means we have a gateway of opportunity. The same goes for all Areas, so that means that the Black Knights will have an opportunity to strike the government bureau down as well as capture Cornelia once and for all. No one expects an attack on Christmas."

"That's because no one attacks on Christmas Lelouch," C.C. muttered, shaking her head at the insanity. "Christmas is signified as a day of peace on Earth. You can't go around defying that. You'll ruin Christmas forever!"

Lelouch scoffed. "Please, that's just nonsense…"

"Nonsense nothing! This is a horrible idea."

Lelouch just rolled his eyes and retrieved his phone from out of his pants pocket. "Doesn't matter what you think witch. I'm executing this plan anyway. And once I've taken over the government bureau, the Black Knights will have gained more support from the people and the surrounding areas. With that kind of power, I can send out scores of soldiers to destroy Britannia."

C.C. simply shrugged. "Fine, if you're bent on ruining Christmas forever, don't let me stop you."

"I won't," Lelouch replied, dialing Ohgi's number and pressing the phone to his ear. He smiled when he heard the voice of his deputy commander.

"Zero?" the man asked groggily. "What's going on?"

"Emergency meeting in one hour at HQ"

"But sir, it's eleven o'clock at night," Ohgi argued. "That means we'll have to meet at midnight. Dude, we need our sleep."

"I don't pay you to sleep," Lelouch replied.

There was silence on the other end. "Uh…no offense, but you don't pay us at all. We're a terrorist group so we don't exactly get legal paychecks and all…"

"We're knights for justice darn it! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR SKULL!"

There was silence on the other end for another moment. "Okay."

Lelouch slammed his phone shut and raced into his closet. He rushed back out with a black trash bag that held his Zero get-up within.

"Let us be off C.C.!" He departed from the room then.

As the automated doors closed, C.C. rose from out of bed. She took her time putting on her white boots while wondering just what substance had made Lelouch go crazy.

"I bet he's on crack," she thought with certainty. "Yep, probably crack. Ugh, that idiot. Doesn't he know that crack is whack? I swear, people never listen to catchy slogans anymore."

With a huff, C.C. pranced to the automated doors and left Lelouch's bedroom behind her.

With Black Knight HQ

Main Office

1:54 a.m.

A loud yawn escaped from a single red-headed teen as she walked down the hall. She didn't bother putting on her Black Knight uniform, so as of now she was dressed in comfy flannel pajamas. Sure, the text she got from Zero stated that being in full uniform was mandatory, but despite this fact, this young woman decided that she didn't care. She could fight in pajamas as well as in uniform. All she needed was the Guren.

She entered the main office and another yawn escaped her. Glancing around, she saw that the other members of the Black Knights were in their pajamas as well. In fact, the only people not wearing comfy nightwear were Zero and C.C.

"Kallen!" Zero proclaimed, his voice loud and demanding. "You're late!"

Kallen yawned again. "I am not. I came right on time."

"Really!" Zero roared, pointing his index finger at her in accusation or rather he was pointing at the digital clock on the wall behind her. "It's almost two in the morning!"

Kallen shrugged and sat down at the table. "Sorry."

At the table sat the key members of the Black Knights. Tohdoh, Ohgi, Diethard, Rakshata, Tamaki, (unfortunately), Chiba, Senba, Asahina, Urabe, Inoue, Sugiyama, Yokshita, and lastly Kallen.

"Now that everyone is here," Zero began, "I want to tell you of my diabolical, horrible, awful, evil, malevolent, condescending, wicked, vindictive, and expertly crafted plan."

"That's a mouthful," Tohdoh muttered incoherently.

"Shut up!" Zero commanded. "Until you give me some miracles, I don't want to hear a word out of you."

Tohdoh pouted. "Fine."

"Anyway," Zero continued, his mask concealing the death glare he sent toward Tohdoh. "We're initiating an attack on the government bureau in wait a minute…"

There was silence for a full minute.

"…in exactly ten hours from now."

Rakshata groaned. "That's not going to work for me. I'm buying gifts for my knightmare children tomorrow. If I don't it'll be too late, they'll think Santa has forgotten about them."

From behind the Zero mask, Lelouch's expression mirrored one of sheer confusion.

"Okay," Zero drawled out. "Let's pretend we didn't hear that. Anyway, we're attacking the government bureau tomorrow, no ifs ands buts or maybes about it.

"What about…"

"No whats either." Zero quickly stated.

Tamaki laid his head down on the table. "Darn it."

"How about…"

"No hows Sugiyama."

"Why?"

"No whys Inoue!"

"What about who, when, and where?"

Zero cast his unseen glare at C.C. "I already said no whats!"

More questions were thrown at Zero, but the masked man turned every question down with a "no", "not gonna happen", and "if you don't do what I say there will never be a Black Knight Christmas Party again."

And so, two hours of arguments and complaints later, it's time to prepare for the attack that would begin in eight hours.

"Rakshata! Load up the Guren!" Zero ordered. He and Rakshata now stood within the knightmare hangar.

Rakshata shook her head. "No, no. I won't do it. It won't change anything."

"WHY IS IT THAT YOU PEOPLE CAN'T DO WHAT I SAY? JUST DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!"

A/N: I think I'll make this multiple chapters. Somewhat of a drabble, but I think you guys will enjoy it. After all, it is a Christmas fic. Yes, I know Christmas is about two months away from now, but I just couldn't help it. I had to write this and post it. So if you like it review it.