"9 minutes. You got 9 minutes left.", an old rich man said as he grinned at the sight of a defeated crook.
"W-When is this savior coming? Text him again!", the other man gulped, clearly enveloped in fear, "A-and fast!"
"I'm here."
A tall black-haired Britannian student entered the room with his blue-haired friend.
"Lelouch! This is far from winning! Are you sure about this?", blue-haired one said as he examined the chess board.
"9 minutes, you said?", Lelouch replied addressing the rich man.
"Hahaha! Well, well, I never thought your trump card would be a student. Surely, these students are risking their studies going far to our adult world.", the old man laughed while pointing at the boys.
Lelouch smirked, "I like to take risks, old man." He sat down on the couch and stared boringly on his opponent. Rich bastard.
The old man laughed again, "Okay, then feel free to take a ride in this world of adults. I'll even reward you for taking such a risk.", he snapped his fingers, "Girls!"
His bodyguards entered the room dragging bunny girls towards the students.
"A little company while you lose.", the old man boasted.
Prostitutes.
Lelouch smirked again, "Let's play, shall we? I've no time for cheap company."
"Rivalz, stop looking at them. The president will scold you.", he also added upon noticing his blue-haired companion staring at the girls' attractive features.
Then, their game started. Two bunny girls sat beside Lelouch and the other three kept Rivalz occupied, though he tried hard not to look at them and focused on the game, he just couldn't divert his eyes.
9 minutes, it was.
Black bunny girl, who was sitting very closely next to Lelouch stared at him and whispered softly, "It would be advantageous to use the rook."
Lelouch stared blankly, then smirked and raised the king.
"If the king won't move, his subordinates won't follow."
After some time, the game was finished. Lelouch, of course, won.
"6 minutes and 3 seconds. Wow! That's a new record!", Rivalz laughed as he and Lelouch walked away from the sick place.
"Anyway, let's go back to school, P.E.'s probably finished by now."
The pair rode a motorcycle on their way to Ashford academy, Rivalz being the driver.
On their right, billboards of the richest company, Britannia Company, were seen. It was owned by Charles zi Britannia and Marianne vi Britannia. So far, business has been really good for the past thirty years, new items being manufactured and sold all over the world. Their annual income about 100,000,000,000 pounds. While on the left were the few posters of smaller and poorer companies trying to be on par with Britannia company.
"Rumor has it that Britannia company leeched out those smaller companies.", Rivalz commented.
"Rumors are rumors until someone proves them.", Lelouch briefly commented, not diverting his eyes away from his book. Definitely a cruel businessman, that vile man called my father.
As they travelled their way to school, a huge truck went behind them, on full speed.
Without noticing the truck, Rivalz turned to the left side where the truck was headed and was nearly crushed by it had the truck not turned away from them and crashed an old building.
"Was that our fault?", Rivalz worried.
"Hardly. Rivalz, you'll be late for school. Go on without me. I'll follow.", Lelouch assured and gave him the helmet.
"Okay. Next class is Chemistry.", Rivalz said as he speeded his vehicle.
Lelouch slowly walked to the abandoned building. Bunny ears. Black bunny ears. I definitely saw them waving at me signalling a code. Morse, perhaps. It coded "SOS".
It was dark and dirty. He tiptoed his way to one of the doors in the building and heard faint voices.
"Is this the woman?", a man asked.
"Yes! Definitely. I had to disguise as a pink rabbit to get her.", a woman replied.
There was a black and pink bunny. There were also blue, yellow, and purple bunnies. Lelouch thought of the dangers of this situation. Kidnapping? Of one of the four bunnies?
"What do you need me for?", another voice asked, obviously of a woman.
Familiar.
Lelouch had heard this voice before. It was recently. "It was the black bun-!"
Before he could finish his sentence, he was dragged by a big person inside the room where the others were conversing.
"This student was peeping.", big guy said.
"Who are you?!", the former man inquired. "A Britannian spy?"
The pink bunny girl was shocked.
"Weren't you the guy earlier?! What are you doing here?"
The black bunny girl smirked.
"Took you a while there.", she commented, looking at Lelouch.
Lelouch stared at this woman. Long green hair, golden eyes of boredom, pale skin, and a quick mind.
"Do you know this guy?", the man angrily asked the black bunny.
"No. Well, except for the fact that he goes by the name Lelouch.", the black bunny replied.
"But he followed you!"
"He was simply curious of a simple SOS code.", she answered. "He's out of this."
She then walked towards her abducters.
"What do you need me for?"
"Tie the student down.", man commanded and walkes towards the black bunny. "Our prototype product has been stolen by the Britannia company."
"What else?"
"Well, we've managed to get the phone containing the data from the old chess player earlier, but they've set a lock."
"He was such a difficult person.", pink bunny added.
Black bunny sighed. "Why am I needed?"
"You are rumored to be a smart woman. Prodig-"
"Enough. Give me the phone.", black bunny interrupted.
She closely examined the phone, its screen in particular, looked for clues and marks. Then, smiled. "I'll take that student in exchange for the code."
"Okay. Good. We don't need him.", big guy answered.
Japanese businessmen. Victims of the Britannia company. Lelouch thought.
Green-haired bunny walked towards Lelouch. "You're right."
Lelouch was a little shocked. Did she just talk to me?
She smiled and looked at him, "Rumors are only rumors until someone proves them true."
She pressed four buttons on the phone and it magically unlocked.
"2017 is the code. The year Britannia company extremely got rich. Typical code for a typical underling of the Britannia company.", she further explained.
Big guy untied Lelouch and apologized for his manners.
"Thank you miss. These are the plans of our elders in Japan. A possible way to increase our income. Now, we can face the Britannia company.", the man expressed his gratitudes to the black bunny girl.
"Sure thing. Just don't lose it again. You've got a big company ahead of you.", she remarked then signalled Lelouch for them
to head out.
Before they exited the door, black bunny girl stopped, "Next time, just ask me. No kidnapping.", she told the group who calls themselves the Black company.
