Heyo. I just finished a rerun of the entire show, and had a cool idea. I thought it would be kinda cool if Lelouch returned to a Kallen, but with some... minor changes. The Minor changes? Watch and see.
Anyways, Let's roll.
In the EU, in the country of Belgium, on a lonely road at night, only two things could be heard. The first came from the sky; It came from the engines of a personal jet. The second came from a carriage rolling along on the road.
The carriage was drawn by two horses, and was driven by a man whose face was obscured by his straw hat. From the outside, the only thing anyone could see was the horses, the man, the carriage, and various bits of hay sticking out from the top.
This, however, did not shed light on the complete picture.
No one would be able to tell that, on top of the carriage, lay a Green-haired woman, staring at the plane. Even fewer would be able to tell that the Driver shared the face of a man who was considered, at one point, "The Demon Emperor."
"A gentleman would lend a girl his coat," The woman said, monotone. The driver scoffed.
"Be quiet, Witch," He replied, scowling.
"How rude of you. You don't want to be nice to me? After all, our time together will soon be over. Don't you feel... sentimental?" She responded, smirking. The driver chuckled slightly, before abruptly stopping.
"Perhaps. And, to be fair, I will only be gone for a week. Anyways, I will say life would have been different without you being around," he mused. "Of course, I do appreciate the power you gave me. However..."
"You still are the most hated creature in the history of man? Undoubtedly," She finished his sentence. "At the same time, that was what you wanted, right?"
"True. I only have a few regrets though- a few loose ends that need to be tied up. Suzaku, Nunally, and Kallen," He responded. "They at least deserve to know that I am still alive- somehow."
"This reminds me of Narita," C.C. mused. "When we spoke about our names."
"How so?"
"You changed your last name, but kept your first. You still can't let go of the past, can you, Lelouch?" C.C. teased. Lelouch snarled.
"Don't say that," he ordered. "I don't wish to have my name repeated."
"No, you do. Just not here, where someone could hear and ruin your precious future, right?" C.C. asked. "Either way, you're taking a big risk by going back to Japan."
"Not too risky. Believe it or not, Nunally often takes trips there, and the Japanese accept her- She was the only viceroy who didn't rely on fear to keep the Japanese in line," Lelouch responded. "She is visiting this week- after we board the plane in Ypres, we can fly over there, contact Jeremiah, and thus contact Zero. In the meantime, I believe I owe someone an apology."
"Your Q-1?" C.C. asked. Lelouch nodded.
"I don't intend on doing anything but apologizing and saying 'what could have been under different circumstances', but she at least deserves the right to know. She may still be a pilot for the Black Knights- in fact, it would surprise me if she wasn't. Hopefully her address hasn't changed though," Lelouch chuckled. "I'll need a disguise... do you think blonde hair would look good on me?"
"Possibly. You still have your contacts, correct?" C.C. asked.
"Yes. I'm sure my eyes won't rattle too many people, so I can keep that the same," Lelouch responded. "Anyways, we should be in Ypres in about an hour, so get some sleep. I should be back in about a week anyways, and if not, you can always call."
"I wish I could sleep, but it is far too cold. So I'll say it again," C.C. smirked. "a gentleman would lend a girl his coat.
The Sun had begun to set over Japan. Tokyo was beginning to turn off its lights.
Lelouch, now wearing his traditional disguise (Which C.C. showed a particular distaste for), had been in Japan for little more than 2 days. Now, he stood on the doorstep of what was Kallen's home, waiting for an answer. When the door opened, it was opened by a person he didn't expect.
"Oh, hello?" A middle aged woman asked. "Are you looking for someone?"
"Uh, yes. Is this the Kouzuki residence? I'd like to speak to Kallen," Lelouch responed. The Woman's face lit up.
"Oh, are you a friend of hers? She moved out about a year ago, and got her own house about a mile away. If you want, I can give you the address..." She responded. "I'm her mother."
"Oh, wonderful! I'd love that, thank you. I haven't seen her personally since Ashford," Lelouch responded.
Which technically isn't a lie...
"Alright, let me get a pen... actually, do you have a phone you can type this up on?" She asked. Lelouch nodded, and whipped out his phone.
"Uh, if you don't mind me asking, can you make sure Kallen is doing okay?"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"It's just, recently, she hasn't been feeling well. It must be all of the speeches they're forcing her to give."
Lelouch was confused for a moment, and then realized that, this very week, around 5 years ago, he was "killed".
"Really?" Lelouch responded, barely managing to not grit his teeth. "I thought she did really good on those speeches."
"Well, yes, but... I don't know, she just seems very distant. Anyways, here is her address. If you want I can drive you over there."
"No thank you, I'll be fine," Lelouch grinned. "Alright, thank you, and have a good day!"
Once more, Lelouch stood at the door of Kallen's home, doing the same thing he was doing before- waiting for someone to open the door. This time, as before, the door opened.
"Hello?"
Lelouch grinned slightly, glad to see that Kallen was still doing alright. "Hi. I was wondering if I could discuss some things with you really quick-"
"I'm sorry, but I really need to take care of something," Kallen began. "Does this have to do with the Black Knights? Because I promise I'll have the speech memorized by tomorrow. I'm really sorry, but-"
"I'm sorry, but this is important," Lelouch responded. "This has to do with Zero."
Kallen frowned slightly, before opening the door slightly, just enough for him to look inside the house, but not to enter.. Papers were strewn across what he could assume to be a dining table, and it was generally messy. "Go on, what do you have to say?"
"May I come in to discuss it?" He asked. Kallen finally sighed, before opening the door completely.
"You look familiar... nevermind, sit down at one of the chairs at the table. I apologize if it's a mess, I've been essentially laser-focused on the speeches," Kallen responded, closing the door and sitting down in the opposite chair. "Now, what is it you have to tell me?"
"Couple of things. Especially what I meant on the Ikaruga," he said, finally taking off his wig. Kallen's mouth opened slightly, and her eye's widened. "Anyways, how's life been treating you?"
At this point, Kallen displayed many different emotions on her face at the same time. Happiness, Confusion, Sadness, but most of all Anger. Kallen was furious.
"How has life been treating me? How has life been treating me?! I've been stuck lying about this entire mess you created, all because of your so-called 'better world'?!" Kallen shouted, tears starting to stream down her face. "And then you have the audacity, the nerve, to come in here and ask 'How has life been treating you?!'"
"I won't apologize fro what I di-"
"i'm not finished yet!" Kallen shut him up, legitimately startling Lelouch. "Do you realize exactly how many times I've had to lie about the 'Demon Emperor'? Every time someone talks about how evil you were, I literally wanted to correct them. But I couldn't, and instead, I have to read speech after speech about how the man I still love was a 'sick, evil creature'!"
At this point Kallen broke down, succumbing to tears. Lelouch was, frankly, not expecting the reaction he got. Kallen, instead of having her fiery personality, was a lot more mellowed out. Granted, she definitely could scold him and make him feel genuinely awful, but that was only for a moment before she stopped. Lelouch stood up, and walked around, hugging her tightly.
"You said you still loved me?" He asked softly, grinning slightly. She scowled at him.
"Still thinking about yourself, aren't you?!" She yelled feebly. "Well yeah, I do. Are you here to twist that fact into something horrifying? Like you did Geass?"
"No, I'm not. I'm here to tell you what I meant on the Ikaruga," He whispered.
"Please stop," She asked defiantly, trying feebly to escape his hug, even though she was much stronger than he was. "I don't want to know."
"No, you have a right to know," Lelouch continued. "When you get down to it, I am a selfish person. I wanted you to live because... I couldn't bear the idea of you being dead, either."
Kallen had stopped crying at this point, now just shuddering. She looked up at Lelouch. "Please stop talking..."
"I am selfish. I didn't want the woman I loved to die alongside me."
At this point, Kallen moved- incredibly fast. Lelouch thought she was going to attack him, but instead he was pulled into a kiss.
"I'm sorry... I really shouldn't have done that-" Kallen let out, before hugging him, still shuddering.
"No. I needed to hear that. Thank you," Lelouch cut her off. "I just felt that you deserved the right to know I was still alive."
"Thank you..." Kallen finally had stopped shuddering. At this point, both Kallen and Lelouch could feel each other's heartbeats.
"Wow," Lelouch let out. "I didn't think your heart would be beating faster than mine."
"Shut up and hug me," She hissed, glaring at him. "Give me this moment at least."
And for a minute, all was good. It was peaceful, and happy, and blissful.
Until a noise came from the other room.
"Crap! Naoto!" Kallen jumped up, running off towards the hallway.
"Naoto?" Lelouch asked, jumping up to follow her.
She ran off into the hallway, towards the last door on the right.
"Naoto! I thought you were in bed! No playing with your toys!" Kallen scolded... someone.
"But you were loud!" Someone retorted. It was the voice of a child, maybe around 5 or 4.
"What's going on?" Lelouch asked, peering around the corner.
The room Lelouch looked into was bright and colorful. Various toys were strewn about the floor. The bed sheets had designs of various Knightmare frames drawn on it. However, the most interesting thing was the child that sat in the middle of the room. Lelouch's assumption was correct, the boy sitting looked around 4 or 5, and was wearing pajamas with tiny Gurens printed on it. However, that was not the most intriguing thing.
The most intriguing, and startling thing, was that the child was the spitting image of Lelouch.
"Kallen?" Lelouch asked, nervously.
"Yes, he is," Kallen responded. "We'll talk later, okay? Just... go back to the dining room for a minute, okay?"
"Uh... okay," Lelouch sighed, turning around a walking back to the table.
For once in his life, Lelouch vi Britannia, Zero, the man of miracles, the Demon Emperor, was completely and totally... speechless. His mind remained blank over the next several minutes, as he tried to piece everything together. Unfortunately, Kallen showed up before he could.
"Coffee?" Kallen asked. Lelouch shook his head. "Suit yourself. I live off of it now."
There was silence as she prepared her drink, which was finally broken by Kallen again. "You have questions, I assume?"
"...Yeah. More than a few..." Lelouch responded. "Is he... yours?"
"Well, yeah," Kallen answered, a bit nervous. "His name is Naoto Kaname Kouzuki. I wanted his middle name to be Lelouch, but you can see how that could create problems."
"Okay. Is he... mine?" Lelouch asked.
"...Yeah, he is. You're his dad."
Lelouch's breath caught in his throat. He swallowed, before continuing. "When did you find out you were pregnant?"
"Not even a week after you disappeared. I think..." Kallen paused. "I think it was after the 2nd raid on Tokyo. You were in a bad spot then, so you probably don't remember..."
"No, I remember. And because I was sad, you ended up trying to make me 'feel better', and then you had a family. Without a father," Lelouch observed. "Were you able to finish school?"
"Yeah. Mom took care of him until I could graduate, but Ohgi essentially took care of my finances for the first... year and a half, let's say," Kallen admitted. "No one knows it was you, except Kaname."
"Not even your mother?" Lelouch asked. Kallen shook her head no. "Have you had enough money?"
"The Black Knights took care of me when they could. The core leaders thought I should still have enough time to myself to raise Naoto, so they gave me paid leave for the most part," Kallen explained.
"So..." Lelouch began. "Uh..."
"Naoto Kouzuki is my son?"
Kallen nodded. "Yeah. Naoto is our son, Lelouch."