A/n:
Hi everyone! I just wanted to say that I've been dying to write a fanfiction about this dream I had and why not do it as a LelouchxKallen fanfiction. My sister finally started watching code geass and she's been really into it for the past few days. Sadly I hope I don't put this off due to the fact I still have two other fanfictions I have to finish X.X! I also have my manga I have to finish too . I'm putting so much work on my plate that it is not even funny. Sooooo Yep.
I hope you enjoy this fanfiction!~ Most of the story is in Kallen's point of view.
I do not own Code Geass, yada yada.
Chapter 1
The morning summer glow broke into the crevice of a secluded alleyway in the village of a prosperous kingdom. These secluded alleyways were just a small parts of the village. This village was located south of the kingdom and in general it was known as the rundown parts of town. It was filled with vagrants and people who can't afford to live such a noble life. The nobles all lived in the northern part of the village. They were people with class and due to the fact they have "class" they were able to live near the castle. On top of the caste system were the people who lived in the castle. The castle contains a King,Queen,Prince and Princess, however over the past decade the Queen had been assassinated by a neighboring kingdom who wanted to have an alliance with this kingdom. The King foolishly refused and in the end the Queen ended up being dead and was forced to create an alliance. Not too long the King disappeared after. Due to the of the death of the Queen and the disappearance the princess lost her eyesight and was forced to stay inside the castle. Upon to the disappearance of the King, life in the castle became hectic. Everyone was shaken by such events that they lost their sight on work, however the Prince stopped the commotion in the castle and took charge. At such a young age he took charge and brought back peace into the castle. Or at least those were the rumors I've heard from the people that lived in the southern part of the village.
I live in the rundown parts of town and my home is one of the alleyways I spoke of. It was dark and cold but it was pretty comfy. I woke up from the cold dirty floor and took off the old quilt that kept me from the cold. This is what I call my bed and my blanket. I got up from the floor and stretch my arms out and gave out a good yawn. I looked around and saw no one home.
"Mom must be out looking for food" I thought to myself.
My mother and I used to be part of the noble part of the village. After my father died ten years ago, we couldn't afford to keep the house we had in the northern part of the village so we took refuge in the southern part of town. My father was part of the royal knights and by becoming he knew that death was always near him. Death got to him. Even though he passed on, I think he was happy that he died such an honorable death. I also had an older brother but due to the fact my father was absent most of the time at home, he ran away and never came back. Due to shock, my mother began living in a fantasy world, however that didn't last long after finding out that we couldn't afford to live in such an expensive place. I don't mind the fact that I lived in such a rundown home. If my father hadn't died, I wouldn't have been able to make such good friends. Reality came to me faster by living in such a poor area, it became my goal in life. I wanted to help those who are in need; in fact, there are some people who are in an even worse situation than myself. I had a mother and I had a place to stay but there are some children who had no where to go or anyone to seek comfort. They could barely sustain some food scraps of their own. Even though my mother and I can barely afford for ourselves, I wanted to do something for this community. It's not fair for the young and old to suffer in such a place like this. So, I became something I didn't imagine myself to be. I became a thief and stole from nobles. My partner in crime was Ohgi Kaname. I met Ohgi when I was new to the southern part of town. In fact, he knew my brother. He told me stories that my brother too would also steal from nobles and brought the stolen goods for the children and elderly who couldn't sustain themselves. Ohgi was older than I was, however he became my friend and my partner in crime. Ohgi was like another older brother to me. We would steal food from the nobles three times a week. Sometimes we would steal from the recycle box from the northern part of the village. The recycle box were filled with old goods such as clothes,furniture, and tools that the nobles didn't use anymore. These recycle boxes would be taken to the castle to make newer goods for the nobles. It was a rule that the prince made about a few years ago. I heard that he hate seeing old things wasted and wanted to make new things out of it (a/n what a good prince :3). Honestly, stealing from the recycle box was much easier than stealing food from the nobles. No one considered guarding the boxes since the items were considered useless. Ohgi didn't want to cause suspicions among the nobles so we would steal from the box every other week since the boxes were picked up at the end of the month and would be put back on the third day of the next month. Aside from stealing, I still hung out with the people who lived in the rundown town. My known friends were Rivalz,Milly, and Suzaku. Rivalz and Suzaku were born in this part of the village whereas Milly was from nobility. Milly ran away from home and took refuge here in order to escape in an arrange marriage with another noble. In return, Milly and Rivalz had some sort of relationship with one another, or at least that is what I thought. One time Suzaku and I tried hooking them up but it ended in a very bad argument between the two. We learned our lesson.
I took my coat that was hanging from an old pipe that stood out from the wall and walked out of the alleyway. My attire wasn't so fancy but it wasn't so bad either (for a person who lived in such a rundown town actually). It consisted of my brown coat that I wore most of the time, my ripped up white capri's, a white tank top with some stains and brown combat boots. I also wore a brown newsboys hat (which I found in those recycle boxes about a week ago). I went to the usual spot. The usual spot is where Ohgi and the others hung out. Our meeting spot was usually at the water well where the villagers get their water. Surrounding it were also some carts that sold food, to keep the village going. These food carts don't cost that much and buying from them is much better than looking for food scraps thats for sure. I met up with Ohgi,Suzaku, Rivalz, and Milly.
"KALLEN!" Milly came towards me and gave me a huge hug, "We were waiting for you!".
I gave a grin and hugged her back, "Really? What's going on?".
Rivalz gave a big sigh and looked at us with a pouty face, "Milly is making us go to the northern part of town to go shopping".
Milly quickly gave a glare to Rivalz and stick out her tongue, "Well, you don't have to come you know! We can just bring Suzaku and Ohgi".
Rivalz quickly retorted, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you. I don't want anything to happen to you or anything", he began to mumble.
"Umm Milly, not to spoil your fun or anything, but we don't have a lot of money to shop for stuff you know" Suzaku brought up.
"I have to agree with Suzaku here" Ohgi joined in, "We can't really afford to waste money".
"That's true, most of the money I find is from the floor up the northern part of town" Rivalz scratched the back of his head, "Nobles don't really care for their stuff do they?" he gave out a big sigh.
Milly finally lets go of me and goes up to Rivalz and gave him a slap in the back. Rivalz let out a big scream, "What did you do that for!".
"I used to be a noble dummy!" Milly yelled at Rivalz.
Suzaku breaks up the quarreling couple and everyone decides to go shopping anyway. It's not like the southern villagers were not allowed to go to the north village. It is just the fact that the nobles look down on you was terrible. They would talk bad behind your back and sometimes they would even make fun of you from afar. That doesn't bother me though. I used to be a noble myself and I had goals unlike these nobles. After experiencing living in poverty, I learned that the nobles had it so easy. They don't even bother coming down to the rundown part of town to help out some of their fellow villagers. The only times when I see nobles in the south village was usually when they came to stock the food carts, to give some money to those who are keeping up the poor village, and giving out old ripped up clothes and fabric to the poor villagers. They never treated us well, but it was better than nothing. After a mile walk we finally reached the northern part of the village. These people were rich aristocrats who had "class" and money. Compared to the homes they have in the southern village, it was new and clean.
"We're finally here!" Milly shouted and waved her arms in excitement.
"You shouldn't be so loud Milly, I don't want the nobles to look bad at us" Rivalz looked down.
Milly gave another slap at Rivalz back and he screamed even louder than Milly, much to our amusement.
"OWWW THAT HURTS!" Rivalz rubbed his back.
"Oh stop being a baby" Milly sticks out her tongue at Rivalz.
Ohgi, Suzaku, and I looked at each other and gave a small laugh. They were really amusing, in fact; they gave such a lively view of our group. We walked towards the nearest store we can find. It was a casual clothing store for the nobles. It consisted of shirts, pants, and long dresses. It didn't seem too fancy so we assumed it was a casual clothing store. We huddle into a circle and brought out the amount of money we have. Suzaku had about 50 silvers (a/n:1 silver=1 dollar, 1 gold=5 silvers), Ohgi had about 60 silvers, and Rivalz had 25 silvers. I had the same amount of silvers as Ohgi, due to the fact we go to the northern part of town often. We are lucky enough to find some silvers lying on the ground. We all look at the amount Milly had and we all glared at her. She had about 105 silvers (including a gold piece), not a surprising fact considering she was a rich noble before.
Milly gave out a small laugh and scratched her head, "Sooooo I brought some money when I ran away from home" she looks away from the circle and began mumbling "I still have some more back at the rundown town".
The huddle broke and we all started laughing. At least we've got some money to spend. We all went inside the store. Suzaku and Rivalz were awed by the décor and the amount of clothes they have. Milly didn't faze whereas Ohgi and I didn't care much (again we come to northern town a lot). Most of the time we were browsing around. I was kind of iffy about buying something here. I wanted to save my money and buy the food they have at town. As I was browsing I came upon a blue dress. It didn't really fit my style, to tell you honestly I don't think I had one to begin with. My mom would usually pick out my clothes for me when I was younger, but since I live in such a rundown town I don't think clothes matter anymore. The was a long-sleeved blue dress and there were ruffles at the ends of the sleeves and also at the ends of the dress itself. Around the waist was a blue bow and the collar was pretty big so by wearing the dress it would show your collarbone and shoulders. The dress reminded me of my mother. Weak and frail but always caring. I've decided to take a look at the price and it costs about 45 silvers.
"As expected for a dress in town" Kallen sighed.
She still took the dress anyway and ended up buying it. She paid the cashier her silvers and grabs the dress that the cashier handed in a bag. Suzaku came up to me and looks at the bag.
"How much was the dress?" he gave a smile.
I was kind of nervous to answer him at first but I gathered up some courage to answer anyway, "It was 45 silvers.
"45 silvers? Gosh Kallen, that is expensive. That was more than half of your money!" Suzaku jumped.
"Well it was expected we are up town after all" I told him.
Suzaku turns around and by the looks of it he was scratching his chin. It was his thinking position and judging by how long he was standing there, he was thinking a lot. He finally turns around and took out my hand and hands me his money. I looked at it and it was 15 silvers. I quickly jumped and look at him.
"Suzaku! I can't take this. This is too much especially since most of the money you have is found on the floor!" Kallen hands it back to Suzaku.
Suzaku gave a grin and hands it back to Kallen, "It's okay Kallen! I don't have relatives or anything and I can manage myself. You have a mother to take care of back home so at least this money can be of use".
Suzaku was just too kind. When I first met him, he was an annoying kid at first. I thought he was those types of people who just pretended to be nice, but he was the most genuine person I've ever meant. I kind of feel sorry for him. His father died when he was a young boy and that just left him with his mother. His mother suddenly got ill and died two years ago. I started to tear up and gave Suzaku a bow.
"I'll return the favor, I promise!" I shouted.
Suzaku gave a small laugh and comes up to me. He gives me a hug and smiles afterwards. I also gave a smile. After such a moment we went looking around for the others. We saw Rivalz with Milly, which was not surprising.
"Rivalz why are you so useless!" Milly let out a big sigh.
"Well I'm sorry, I think they both look good on you" Rivalz blushes and looks away from Milly.
Suzaku and I couldn't keep a straight face at the sight of the two. They quarreled like a married couple. We began to laugh and we could tell Rivalz was giving us a death glare. He runs up to Suzaku and hugs him.
"Suzaku! Save me, I don't want to choose Milly an outfit!" he begins crying.
Suzaku gave a sigh and breaks Rivalz's hug, "Alright, I got ya".
Suzaku goes up to Milly and begins deciding to choose an outfit for her. There were a few things that were in Milly's left hand and a dress in the other. Her left hand consisted of a white laced blouse and black shorts. Her other hand was a wine colored summer dress with white floral printing on the bottom left of the dress. They were both pretty but if I were her, I would have chosen the blouse and shorts.
"I would choose the blouse and shorts!" I shouted at her.
Suzaku looks and me and nodded and then turns back to Milly, "I agree with Kallen, I think it is more suitable to move around in the rundown town with the blouse and shorts".
Milly puts the dress back at the rack and goes up the to the cashier. She passes by Rivalz and sticks out her tongue. Rivalz gave out a huge sigh and scratches his head, "They both look good on you".
I gave out a small laugh and then look around the store. "Ohgi wasn't here", I thought to myself.
"Hey where's Ohgi" I asked Rivalz.
"Oh he got bored and went out to wait for us" Rivalz pointed at the door.
Typical Ohgi, he wouldn't be wasting time to shop for clothes like this. Knowing him he would rather go buy food and tools. After Milly paid the cashier we all went out and headed further into town. Of course by going further into town it gives a higher risk of being made fun of. As we pass by people they started to give us looks. I heard one say that our clothes looked ridiculous and dirty. Of course they are dirty, we're poor, however I don't think they look ridiculous. It was probably too plain for their tastes. Ohgi was wearing a black jacket over his stained white shirt with his ripped up blue jeans. Rivalz was wearing a black t-shirt and blue shorts whereas Suzaku wore a blue tank top and black jeans. Milly was the only one who looked normal and "clean" out of all of us. She wore a gray ruffle skirt with a laced tank top with a floral pattern. She also had nice black flats along with it. Considering that she ran away from home, it's not that surprising she brought some of her clothes along with her. We finally reached a destination. It was a small bakery but it was surprisingly popular. We all went inside and begin looking at the selection they have.
"Wow, everything smells so good!" Milly sniffs the air.
"It does, I want to buy everything here" Rivalz said knowing that is impossible.
I didn't want to stay in here too long so I quickly bought two loaves of fresh bread and a pack of small cream croquettes for me to snack on for the afternoon. I was left with 5 silvers and I put it back in my pocket.
"That goes a month of finding money" I gave out a big sigh.
When I went outside I walked around a mud puddle. I didn't want to accidentally trip and drop all of my stuff on the dirty water. I began eating my cream croquette while waiting for the others. Soon I heard a loud trumpet sound coming more nearer and nearer. I began to notice a fancy carriage taking a turn on the street I was in. The carriage was exactly like the ones in fairy tales. It was white and had a nice gold décor to it. There were also flowers pinned on the sides of the carriage. The man rushed out of the carriage and before I could finish my last croquette and he pushed me and I ended up landing on the puddle.
"Move out of the way rundown towner! We don't have time for you!" he runs to the bakery.
The nerve of him of pushing me into the puddle. I was so glad the dress didn't land in the water, however one of my loaf of bread did.
"Damn it! Food costs money you know!" I yelled at the bakery door he went into.
I was glad he didn't hear me. I could have been scolded at for being here in the first place. It was just rude to push anyone in general, whether you're poor or rich. I got up and I saw a person inside the the carriage. His posture was straight and he was reading a book. He had jet black hair and stunning violet eyes. He attire was just as fancy as his face. He was wearing white pants and black a long-sleeve shirt. His shirt wasn't plain at all! It had a golden color embroidered shoulder pads with little laces hanging from it. He also had a golden color belt around the waist of the shirt. To compliment more of his shirt it had a golden colored sash to the shoulder and to the hip with red markings. I would be lying if I said I wasn't attracted to him at first. He quickly caught me staring at him and I blushed and look away. I shook my head, "Get a hold of yourself Kallen", I thought.
The half of my body was wet and covered in mud, but I don't mind. I can always go bathe at the river in the forest that was just a bit south of the village I live in. I grab the loaf of bread and threw it away in the nearest trashcan I can find. As I was returning to the spot I was standing in the man in the carriage got out. Every girl around me (or just in the street in general) swooned in the sight of him. I look around dumbfounded and saw the man in front of me. He bends down and grabs my hand and kisses it. I had an even closer look at him and my face flushed red.
"He was really attractive" I thought to myself.
He got up and now we're face to face. He was pretty tall and slender. I'm pretty tall myself (for a girl that is) but knowing he's taller than me, he must be pretty tall.
"I'm so sorry that my servant ran and pushed you into the puddle. You ended up dropping one of your loaf of bread too" he spoke eloquently.
I started getting flustered and waved my hands to him like an idiot to ensure that I was okay, "I'm fine! My clothes just got dirty".
"I see that miss. You wouldn't want to go walking around town like that, people will make fun of you" he responded.
I wasn't sure whether that was a warning or an insult but I still went along with it for now, "I know, but it's okay, I don't mind".
In the nick of time the servant he spoke of came out with many packages of bread and glares at me.
"You should bow down right now!" he shouted at me.
I looked at him dumbfounded, "Why should I?".
The man gave a small laugh and took one of the packages of bread from the servant and hands it to me, "Here you go, it is to replace the one that was dropped in the puddle".
I look at the package of bread. It had two loaves of bread, a long baguette, and three round breads. My mouth was wide open. It was so much!
"Sir, this is a lot of bread!" I told him.
He gave a small chuckle, "Well consider it even then".
I tilted my head, "Hm? What do you mean?".
"Well I'm this prince of this Kingdom, I'm surprised you don't know how I look like" he responded.
A/n: Okay I've decided to end this chapter here. It's pretty late right now and I'm too lazy to write anymore!
Thank you for reading!
