Hey guys, this is my first attempt at a fanfic, so it might not be the best. Let me know if I should continue or not, and hope you enjoy!


As Suzaku's blade pierced Lelouch's stomach, he surprisingly didn't feel any regret or pain, merely a feeling that he had set everything right, that the world could be a happy place at last.

"Lelouch." Suzaku regretfully whispered as tears fell from his eyes. Lelouch could feel his friend shaking as he ran the demon emperor through.

Lelouch smiled slightly as he stated softly so only Suzaku could hear, "The punishment for what you've done shall be this, then. You will live on, always wearing that mask, serving as a knight for justice and truth. You will no longer live your life as Suzaku Kururugi." Lelouch slowly raised his blood-stained fingers and laid them on the Zero mask that he had worn for so long. "You shall sacrifice the ordinary pleasures of your life for the benefit of the world. For eternity."

"This geass," Suzaku said with gritted teeth before pulling his sword out of Lelouch. "I do solemnly accept."

Lelouch fell forward with a satisfied smile on his face, leaving trails of blood down the Zero mask, and slid down the slanted front of his royal vehicle on his back, leaving a trail of blood behind him. He ended up next to Nunnally, who crawled over as he came to a stop.

"Lelouch?" Nunnally asked, reaching out tentatively. "Are you…?"

Lelouch merely looked up at her with eyes that were beginning to cloud and was unable to respond.

Nunnally gasped as she realized what had happened and touched Lelouch's hand. Lelouch's memories from C's world, as well as all the details of Zero Requiem, were transmitted to Nunnally.

Eyes widening, Nunnally exclaimed, "You mean, everything you've done, until now…?" She trailed off and grabbed Lelouch's bloodied hand, raising it to her face. Lelouch turned to look at her, his vision blurring. "Oh, big brother! I love you!" She cried, the first tears beginning to fall from her eyes.

"Yes… I…" Lelouch managed to stammer as he was dying. "I… destroyed… the world… and created it…" Lelouch was barely able to finish his sentence as he felt his eyelids grow heavy. "Anew." He finished with effort, as his eyes closed for the last time and he descended into darkness, an image of Nunnally in his mind. The last thing he heard was Nunnally crying for him to wake up.


The first thing that greeted Lelouch when he awoke was a blank gray ceiling. "Is this hell?" He murmured quietly as his eyes adjusted. He was lying on a soft bed, although he had no idea how or why.

The next thing that entered his field of vision was a familiar green-haired girl as she leaned over him. "So you're finally awake, huh? Took you long enough."

Lelouch recoiled and sat up, exclaiming, "C.C.! You're dead too?"

C.C. giggled. She was sitting on the side of the bed. "No, Lulu, you're alive."

Lelouch touched his heart where the sword had pierced him and asked incredulously. "But... how?"

"You're immortal now." C.C. explained. "You took the code from your father."

"This wasn't supposed to happen!" Lelouch clutched his head, staring at the foot of the bed, grimacing. "I was supposed to die to repent for my sins."

C.C. pouted. "And leave me all alone again?"

Lelouch turned his head to gaze at her, unable to find the words to respond to that. Before he could think of a reply, C.C. closed the distance between them and kissed him passionately. Although the former emperor was surprised at first, he eased into it and, wrapping his arms around her, pulled her down on top of him as he laid back down.

When they broke apart, C.C. looked down at Lelouch, hands on either side of his head, and asked softly, "Does that give you enough inspiration to go on living?" Then she whispered a side comment, "I've missed you these past two weeks."

Lelouch instantly started. "Wait WHAT?" Lelouch exclaimed, sitting up and knocking C.C. off of him. "I was out for TWO WEEKS?"

C.C. nodded. "You were stabbed right through the heart. It takes time to recover from that."

Lelouch expression softened as he realized that C.C. had taken care of him, waiting for him to wake up. "I see. Thanks for taking care of me for so long."

C.C. smiled and said, "It's nothing." Then she looked at him with her signature smirk and said teasingly, "I can't let my favorite plaything get taken away from me, now can I?"

Lelouch scoffed and muttered, "Witch." Then he looked around the room and asked, "Where are we?"

The room was furnished with only a bed and dresser, and looked rather old. "I found a small house in the countryside a few miles from the city. It was empty, so I decided to use it, at least until you woke up."

Then Lelouch noticed the giant stack of empty pizza boxes in the corner and facepalmed. "You've eaten nothing but pizza this whole time, huh?"

Following his gaze, C.C. realized he was looking at the pizza boxes and laughed. "What else would you ever want to eat?"

Lelouch poked C.C. in the side and sighed, "You and your pizza. How did you even get all that in here in the first place?"

"Oh, I have my ways." C.C. said evilly, a glint in her eye.

Lelouch groaned. Knowing her, she probably threatened to burn down the pizza place or something. Lelouch decided he wouldn't question it.

"So what are you gonna do now?" C.C. asked, slightly tilting her head.

"I don't know." Lelouch said. "I wonder how Nunnally is doing. I'd assume she's now the 100th empress of Britannia, right?"

"Yes, from the bit of news that I picked up, she is." C.C. said.

Lelouch smiled and turned his gaze to the ceiling, closing his eyes. "It seems I kept my promise to Nunnally. The world is finally a gentler place for her to live in." A tear escaped from underneath his eyelids as he remembered Nunnally's last words to him before he supposedly died. "I'll never be able to talk to her as Lelouch again…" He whispered sadly, his heart breaking at the thought. "I hope she'll be alright."

C.C. had no idea how to reply to that and so decided to comfort him by giving him a hug. The pair of them stayed like that for awhile before Lelouch's thoughts suddenly turned to Kallen. "I'd like to talk to Kallen again though." Lelouch stated. "Do you think she would accept that I'm still alive?"

"Probably." C.C. mused. "She might even help keep our secret and conceal us. Besides, you have to reclaim your queen, do you not?" She smirked at Lelouch's expression following that statement.

"What? No!" Lelouch blurted, turning a shade of scarlet.

"It's okay." C.C. said. "I've enrolled us back into Ashford and hacked into the government database to make sure that Lucien Clear and Cera Flowers exist. We go back to school starting next week, although we will need to change our looks before then."

Lelouch looked at her like she was crazy. "We're both immortal, we could do anything we wanted. And you choose to go to school?"

C.C. pushed Lelouch down onto the bed and got on top of him, smiling knowingly. "Yes. Because I knew a certain someone would want to see Kallen."

Lelouch blushed again and looked away. "You did that just for me? But why?"

"Because I've never quite met a man like you before." C.C. explained. "It is because of you that I choose to go on living. Besides, you're mine forever. It would be logical to allow Kallen to have her fun with you while she can, don't you think?"

"Wh-what?" Lelouch stammered, face burning. "What are you talking about?"

"Aw." C.C. teased. "Is Lulu embarrassed? We both know she loves you, and I can tell you love her too."

"Get off of me!" Lelouch spluttered, pushing her off. "You witch. Why do you enjoy making me uncomfortable so much?"

C.C. laughed. "Because you're cute when you're flustered, and it's funny."

Lelouch's only response was to snort and turn away.

"Now." C.C. said with a glint in her eye, "Shall we go get a proper house in the city?"


Five hours after Lelouch entered the casino, he returned to C.C., who had fallen asleep outside the casino on a bench, with two large trunks of money and a keyring with multiple keys on it. "$500,000 and the keys to a ferrari, a motorcycle, and a small townhouse. These should suffice for now, shouldn't they." Lelouch laughed at C.C.'s expression as he walked over to the ferrari and placed the money in the trunk.

"I'll take the motorcycle, you take the ferrari." Lelouch said, tossing C.C. the keys to the beautiful sports car. "Just follow me and we should be back home in no time." He finished his statement with a smirk as he donned the helmet and swung a leg over the motorcycle.

C.C. got in the car, admiring the beautiful interior and the comfortable seats, while wondering if Lelouch had acquired it through legit means or through geass. She inserted and turned the key, and the engine came to life. The purring sound was rather soothing, but she had no time to admire the car any longer as Lelouch pulled out into the street and began speeding off.

That bastard! C.C. thought as she hurriedly turned out and raced after the former emperor.

After a decent-lengthed ride, Lelouch stopped in front of one of the smaller houses and dismounted the motorcycle. C.C. stopped the car right behind him and got out, spinning the keys around her right index finger. "This is it." Lelouch said, turning to C.C.

While Lelouch retrieved the money from the trunk, C.C. took the house keys and let herself inside. The interior was nice and cozy, with the first room in front of the entrance being a large living room complete with sofas and a T.V., with a coffee table in the middle. Beyond that was the dining room and then the kitchen. A hallway led off from the left of the dining room that split into a bathroom on the left and a bedroom with a single king-sized bed on the right. After her inspection, she plopped down on the couch and turned the T.V. on.

Lelouch then entered, carrying the $500,000 worth of cash, and immediately dumped it onto the coffee table. "It's getting late." he commented tiredly, glancing at the clock on the wall. "Let's go shopping for costumes tomorrow." With that said, he locked the door behind him and flopped onto the couch next to C.C., sighing contentedly.

As she flipped through the channels, she leaned her head onto Lelouch's shoulder and cuddled up to him. In return, she felt Lelouch's hand go around her shoulder, and she smiled unconsciously.

"Wait. Go back." Lelouch said, and C.C. complied. The channel showed Nunnally, the 100th Empress of Britannia, with Suzaku Kururugi as Zero and Prince Schneizel behind her, shaking hands with Ohgi as the treaty between the Black Knights and Britannia was completed. C.C. looked up at Lelouch's face as he stared, eyes transfixed to the screen, a tear slowly falling down his cheek. "Nunnally…" He whispered.

C.C. raised her hand to his face and wiped the tear away with her thumb, then gently turned his head to face her. "Lelouch, I love you and I'll always be here for you, you know that right?" She asked softly.

Lelouch smiled slightly through the tears welling in his eyes. "Yeah. And I love you too, C.C."

C.C. pushed Lelouch down onto the couch with one hand while she turned the T.V. off. Then she dropped the remote and turned her attention to the demon emperor lying beneath her. Smiling, she compared the Lelouch he was now to the enemy of the world he was a few weeks ago. She preferred this Lelouch.

"We're returning to school in two days." C.C. said softly, collapsing on top of him and laying her head on his chest. "How do you feel?"

"Lelouch stared up at the ceiling as he allowed his thoughts to wander. "I don't know. Do you think I can tell Kallen who I am without her stabbing me again?"

C.C. sought out his hand with hers and interlaced their fingers. "If you want Kallen, then you should take the risk."

Lelouch sighed deeply and mused, "I suppose so." Then he added with a yawn, "I'm exhausted."

His words fell on deaf ears, for C.C. was already sound asleep, using Lelouch as a pillow. Smiling, Lelouch stroked C.C.'s hair as he thought about how adorable she really was when she wasn't annoying him. It wasn't long before Lelouch, too, had drifted off to sleep.