This fic is set after the Zero Requiem, and will revolve around what happens afterwards. There will be a couple of surprises, and the fic probably won't turn out as one would first expect.
To Rivalz Cardemonde, it felt as if it was only weeks ago that they all sat together in the student council room, simply enjoying the friendship they all shared. But there were too many people missing now. Milly had become a reporter and Shirley had passed away. But none of that bothered Rivalz more than the fact that his best friend had taken over the world, only to die 2 months later. On that day, it had been about 6 months since Lelouch had fallen.
"Are you daydreaming again, Rivalz?" Kallen asked just as she entered the student council room with some books in her hand. She put them down on the long table and sat down in the spot opposite to Rivalz. Even though the others were gone, they had to keep working in the student council. The ones who were still alive had left because of different reasons. At the moment, only Kallen and Rivalz remained in the council. Rivalz knew that Kallen had once been a member of The Black Knights, but it didn't seem to bother him.
"Ah, yes, I didn't have anything to do, so I guess I spaced out a little," Rivalz retorted with a sheepish smile. He hadn't changed a bit, after all. Kallen sighed and handed Rivalz a piece of paper.
"Well, now you have something to do. We have to check the supply lists for the Cultural festival." She said, and Rivalz started looking over the paper. Kallen found this so peaceful, compared to the life she used to live. On the contrary, she still had the Guren key hanging around her neck at all times. They'd gotten it fixed after her fight with Suzaku, and she had it stored away somewhere no one else would look.
To the world, Suzaku died in battle, but Kallen knew better. She had known the purpose of the Zero Requiem from the second it played out. She wasn't really surprised that Lelouch would do something like that. He seemed so bad in the end, but after all, he only wanted to sacrifice himself for the better good.
The world had indeed calmed down after Lelouch died, so his plan had so to say played out perfectly. There were, of course, still problems, but that's the way it always is. The symbol of peace was now Zero, the man Kallen knew was Suzaku. What was now Britannia was pretty much lead by Schneizel, but Kallen had also worked out that he was under effect of the Geass. He followed Zero, who lead Britannia from the shadows. All of it to honor Lelouch's wish, to make sure that his plan worked.
Kallen knew more than others on what happened to the key players in The Black Knights after Lelouch's death, but she had yet to find out what happened to C.C. She had simply disappeared. That woman was still a mystery to Kallen. She was always by Lelouch's side, always supporting him in some way. Kallen could only think that it had something to do with the Geass, but she didn't know what. All she knew was that she didn't like this C.C woman. She was too big of a mystery. And there might have also been a hint of jealousy in those thoughts, as Kallen had in the end developed feelings for Lelouch.
She would always recall that day when she had kissed him in the school building, and that she said goodbye. No matter how long it had been since Lelouch died, there would always be someone thinking about him. Especially those who knew him.
Although the system of Britannia had changed a lot, Nunally practically served as empress now, together with Schneizel. She still mourned her brother, but she was also one of the few people who knew about his plan. She had seen it, for some reason, when she touched his hand. On a vote from the other major positions in Britannia, Lelouch had not gotten a royal funeral. They say that his coffin had been dropped into the great oceans. A truly horrible fate for a demon like him. Nunally knew that all of this was wrong, but it was not something she could tell anyone. It was terrible that a hero like Lelouch had to be hated like that. On her part, the people had seemed to take a liking to her. Having a kind, young girl as an empress was something new, and of course, no one knew that the reason she was kind was because of the treatment her brother had given her. He was the kindest person on earth, but no one else seemed to realize that.
Nunally didn't have a lot to do these days. The chaos and work had finally started calming down after The Black Rebellion and the downfall of Lelouch. In general, the job as an empress should be easier now that there was mostly peace. Nunally also had her own personal "bodyguard", who went by the name of Zero. She had already gotten to know that he was in fact Suzaku. He wouldn't have told her, but she knew it from seeing Lelouch's memories. After losing Lelouch, it was good for Nunally to still have Suzaku.
There were still groups of Knightmares patrolling and guarding the royal families and such, but only for safety. Peace had practically been declared, but one could not be too sure. There were still some people that Britannia was scared of, even though the empress had told them not to be. The most wanted person in all of Britannia was nowhere to be found. The mysterious girl had simply disappeared.
But of course, after living for several hundred years, this girl knew how to hide. It was simple, really. At that moment, this particular girl was in an apartment, not far away from the capital. In this one apartment, the girl lay flat out on a bed, dressed in the same, prison-looking clothes that she basically wore all the time. To no surprise, there were pizza boxes scattered around the entire place. The girl didn't have a lot to do those days, so she just lazed around the apartment whenever she felt like it. She did have to do some very important things now and then, but what that was.. Well, we'll get back to that later.
The girl was simply looking up at the roof, as if she was talking to someone in the sky, like she had often done with Marianne.
"Yes. Yes, I see." C.C said with a monotone voice.
"…"
"Yes. Even now, you keep going on about that." C.C retorted, and she seemed more joking now, as a smile started to cover her lips. She giggled slightly, which was unusual behavior for the otherwise seemingly emotionless girl.
"You're so.. never mind."
"…"
"Are you still blaming me for that? I didn't know anything about it, I've told you that many times."
"…"
"Yeah, yeah." C.C sighed before closing her eyes. At the same time, something was happening in a hideout underground. Now that peace had been declared, some stupid terrorists obviously saw that as a weak point in the army's defense, and so they wanted to find an opening to do whatever terrorists does. At this point, they were simply making preparations. Readying weapons and sorts.
They were going to start it off simply, by blowing up a mall or something like that. And it was going to happen soon, that was for sure. Now, we all know one person who would not be too happy about all this.
It's a shame that person isn't here anymore.
There. Done with the introductory part. Of course, this was just sort of a way of opening the story. I promise you, it's going to become very interesting from here on out. And I'm sorry if I get any facts from the real series wrong, I just get confused sometimes.