A/N: This fanfic is mainly based on how C.C. acted when she lost her memory. Also a bit of when Lelouch saw her memories. Hope you like it. Rated M just to be safe.

Lelouch headed down the dark alley. He knew it wasn't the safest way home, but he didn't want to take the longer way home and make Nunnally worry. He looked up at the darkening sky and quickened his pace.

He turned the corner and froze in his place. He saw a girl with green hair stumbling across the alley. She had bruises all over her body and she was limping.

"H-hey, are you ok?" Lelouch asked concerned.

The little girl didn't raise her head as if she hadn't heard him. She took another step and started falling. Lelouch ran and caught her in his arms before she hit the ground.

He looked at her face to see she was unconscious. He also noticed that there were dried tears on her cheeks. Her clothes were torn and she wasn't wearing shoes.

"Hey, the brat went this way! Let's get her!" Lelouch heard in the distance. He held the girl tighter to him as three men appeared. "She's gonna get a big beating when we find her. Who does she think she is running away?" one of them said.

The men looked down and saw Lelouch. "Hey kid, hand the girl over to us if you know what's good for you," the one on the right said.

"Why should I? You're the ones who hurt her, aren't you?" Lelouch asked.

The one in the middle smirked. "She's ours. We can do whatever we want to her. She is a slave after all."

"You should just mind your own business kid," the one on the left said.

Lelouch glared at the three men, angered that they would hurt the girl he currently held in his arms. "No," he said.

"No what?" the man in the middle asked.

"No, I'm not handing her over to you. Like hell I'd hand her over to people like you!" Lelouch yelled.

"Bad choice kid, we're gonna have to take her by force now." The one on the left said. They all pulled out knives and faced Lelouch.

Lelouch froze. Was he going to die? Would they kill him and take the poor girl back with them and abuse her even more? No, Lelouch thought, it isn't fair. It isn't fair and he won't allow it.

Lelouch glanced around and saw a metal pipe lying on the ground within his reach. He looked up and saw the men advancing on him. Lelouch placed the girl against a wall behind him and picked up the pipe. He tightened his grip on the pipe and turned to the men with a deadly glare.

"I will not die," Lelouch said. The men laughed and ran at him.

I can't die, Lelouch thought, I just can't. Please, grant me the power to live on! To be able to protect this girl and myself!

Lelouch saw one of the men raise his knife and he quickly knocked it out of their hand with the pipe. The man cussed, falling back holding his hand.

Lelouch was shocked. He'd never been strong physically and his reflexes had never been so accurate. But it didn't matter, he thought, as long as he could win this fight and protect the girl.

Lelouch spun around and saw another knife coming for him. He ducked and swung his pipe against the man's leg, bringing him down. The man cursed as he fell and reached his hand out to grab the knife he had dropped. Lelouch brought his foot down on the man's hand, crushing it.

Lelouch turned around once more and brought the pipe down hard against the head of the man behind him. The man fell limp to the ground, unconscious.

Lelouch looked back down to the man whose hand he was still standing on. He pushed down harder on the man's hand, making him scream in pain.

Lelouch bent down to the man, an evil glare on his face. "The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed," Lelouch said. "If you ever come near the girl again I will kill you, got that?"

The man nodded and ran away as soon as Lelouch took his foot off of his hand. The other man dragged his unconscious friend out of the alley in the direction the first man went.

Lelouch dropped the pipe and held his head. What had just happened? He'd never acted that way before and when did he get so good at fighting?

Lelouch turned around and looked at the girl. He kneeled down in front of her and put one of his hands on her shoulder.

"Hey are you ok?" Lelouch asked. The girl mumbled as if she was trying to speak, but no words came out of her mouth. "Don't worry," Lelouch said. "I'll get you some help. You're safe now."

Lelouch picked up the girl in his arms carrying her bridal style. Where should he go? She obviously needed medical attention, but he couldn't risk going to a hospital and having them ask who he was.

Then, it hit him. Sayoko. She could take care of the girl and give her medical treatment. She took care of Nunnally already, didn't she? So it should be fine for her to do it.

Lelouch looked up at the dark sky and ran back to his home, as best as he could. He was worn out and breathing heavily by the time he reached his door.

Sayoko opened the door and gasped at the sight she saw. "Lelouch? What happened, are you-"

"No time Sayoko," Lelouch interrupted her when he regained his breath. "I'll explain later, just please help her."

Sayoko nodded and took the girl from him. "May I lay her on your bed?" Sayoko asked not knowing where else to put her. Lelouch just nodded, his hands on his knees still breathing hard. Lelouch leaned against the wall as Nunnally rolled in.

"Brother? Is something wrong?" she asked in a worried tone of voice.

"No, nothing's wrong don't worry about it, Nunnally," Lelouch said. He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Although, we are going to be taking in a guest for a while. She's in pretty bad shape right now so I don't know how long it will be for, but I couldn't just leave her helpless and alone."

Nunnally nodded, not needing to ask any further questions. But, then a question popped up in her mind. "What happened to her, brother?"

Lelouch raised a hand to scratch his head. "Well…I'm not exactly sure," Lelouch tried to find words to describe what he saw. "Some bad men were hurting her would be the best way to describe it. I'm not sure exactly why though."

"Lelouch, may I speak with you? It has to do with the girl, I have checked her vitals," Sayoko said.

"Sure, just one second, Sayoko," Lelouch turned to Nunnally. "Nunnally, I need to speak with Sayoko right now. I'll talk to you in the morning, ok?"

Nunnally nodded. "Ok, I understand. Goodnight, brother."

"Goodnight Nunnally," Lelouch replied as Nunnally went back to her room.

Lelouch turned and looked at Sayoko. "How is she?" he asked, his voice thick with worry.

"Well, she has many injuries, but they will heal with time. Nothing life threatening," Sayoko read down the paper she held of all the girls injuries. "Her foot was one of the most concerning issues. Her foot is sprained and I found a piece of glass stuck in it. But luckily, I was able to remove the glass without problem. Her foot is now bandaged as you can tell, but she will need to stay off it for a few weeks. Her wrists are also bandaged because they were scrapped up badly. I've given her some sedative to help her with the pain, but she shouldn't move very much for a while."

"Thank you, Sayoko. You are now dismissed," Lelouch said.

Sayoko bowed. "I'm happy I could help. If you need anything please call me. I will check on her in the morning." Sayoko paused and looked up. "Lelouch?"

"Yes?" he answered.

"Where do you plan on sleeping if I may ask? Since she is resting on your bed," Sayoko said.

Lelouch thought it over. "I think I'll just rest at my desk for the night. I don't think I'll get much sleep anyways, there's some paperwork I need to do."

"Very well. Sleep tight, Lelouch," Sayoko bowed once more.

"Thank you, Sayoko. Goodnight," Lelouch said as he sat down at his desk.

Lelouch rubbed his eyes tiredly and leaned back in his chair. He had managed to finish all of the paper work, but he was exhausted in doing so.

Lelouch got up and walked over to his bed, but stopped when he realized someone was already sleeping in it. Lelouch sighed and turned to walk back to his desk, but stopped when he heard mumbling. He turned around quickly to see the girl tossing and turning on his bed. Was she having a nightmare? He kneeled down in front of the bed and reached out a hand to the girl as he had many times earlier.

He was just about to speak when the girl grabbed his hand in her turning. She immediately stopped her struggles and calmed down. Lelouch tried to pull his hand away, but the girl pulled it closer to herself and nuzzled his hand against her check.

He blushed slightly and made a decision. He needed to sleep and if she wasn't going to let go of his hand he might as well sleep on the bed beside her. But, even though he decided that, he couldn't work up the nerve to get in the bed. Could he really do it? Of course he could! He was only going to sleep after all wasn't he? What would be the harm?

Lelouch shook his head to rid himself of the many thoughts that were coursing through his head and slowly stood up. He was careful to not disturb the sleeping girl still clutching his hand. He quietly slid onto the bed beside her and right when he was thinking about retreating to his desk, the girl clutched his whole arm and rested her head against his chest.

Lelouch blushed again, embarrassed and slightly uncomfortable about their position. But after he shifted a little, he was able to finally relax. He wondered if he would be able to sleep, but as he felt sleep nagging against his eyelids, he knew it would come. Lelouch unconsciously wrapped his other arm around the girl before he fell into a deep sleep.

Well I hope it was good. I've never posted any of my fanfics before so please tell me what you think about it in the reviews.