Lelouch woke early in the morning, being an emperor of a kingdom that has more that half of the world's populataion, is very... very stressful. He had gained this title for no longer than four months since his father Charles vi Britannia died. The first thing he did was strip hundreds of nobles of their position and stole many princes and princesses' titles from them. He had also burned and destroyed everything monument and grave to the past emperors. The second on his to do list, was to make numbers have the same rights as Britannians. He had already crowned an eleven, Suzaku Kururugi his knight. Which had gained him much popularity among the numbers. Lelouch also had many problems. He was very sure that many of his brothers and sisters where out to kill him, as well as the nobles. But either way, life was nice.

Lelouch stared out the window from his bedroom. Suzaku was suppose to wake him everyday at 8:00 after he did his rounds. Instead it was already 8:30 and the knight was no where to be seen. "He's late." Lelouch sighed and began to get dressed. Personally he hated the bland white robes the emperor's where suppose to wear. They were just so... Ugg. Black was a much better color according to the young emperor. Last but not least, he stuck his horrid white hat on.

He walked quickly down the hall ignoring all the greets and everyone that knelt before him. Suddenly out of no where came a man, he shot quickly and lanched himself at Lelouch.

"YOUR MAJESTY!" The knight of three yelled and proceed to bear hug him. They had been friends since they were little, and with this guy... there were no such things are royalty or not being able to hug Lelouch because he's now the emperor. The hugs would always come.

"Off. Gino. OFF."

"Oh fine!" He let go and smiled

"That's better... How was your mission?"

"Successful."

"Good." Lelouch began to walk away when Gino grabbed his arm and yanked him back.

"Why are you up so late? It's like... 8:30!"

"Thank my amazing knight for that."

"The number?"

"He's Japanese. Not a number."

"Whatever. Don't be to hard on him. He is the new guy."

"He's an hour and a half later." He narrowed his eyes.

"But still he's new! Go easy on him." Gino shivered. The first time Lelouch was really mad at him was when he had broken his family picture by accident. Lelouch was furious. Gino thought that he was going to kill him. It would haunt him for years.

"So? I expect him to do his damn job well... Knight of three."

"Hey we don't need formalities! We're friends!"

"Yeah... friends..." Lelouch eye rolled.

"That hurt my soul."

"Good. Now if you'll excuse me... I have a knight to wake up." He began to walk away.

"BYE SIRE!" Gino called after him.

Lelouch sighed, and mumbled. "19 years... and he hasn't changed one bit." The emperor stopped before Suzaku's door. Frowning, he quietly opened the door and walked into Suzaku's room. He knight's bed sheets were thrown on the floor, while the knight himself was snoring loudly on the bed. He chuckled softly to himself. He would have fun messing with him today.

Suzaku woke slowly just to see Lelouch in his white robes starting down at him. Displeasure? He couldn't tell after all Lelouch's face is unreadable. "Your... majesty?" He stuttered, unsure of what to do. Suzaku prayed he hadn't done something wrong. He looked down to find that, he was still wearing was his black uniform from the late mission last night.

Lelouch smirked down at Suzaku, his eyes almost glowing purple. "Aren't we the late riser? You were suppose to be up at 7:00. Sadly, now its almost 9:00. You completely missed your morning rounds." He almost burst out laughing when the tired solider almost fell out of bed at that. He stood as Suzaku scrambled to get dressed.

Suzaku ran into the bathroom and quickly put on his knight gear. "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" He quickly stole a glance in the mirror, just to see his completely destroyed hair. He was losing it, two hours late, awoken by the ruler of Britannia, and he made him wait for 10 minutes just for him to get dressed! Grabbing a comb, he put it though his hair a couple times. Still messy, but better.

He pushed open the door and fell to his knees before Lelouch. This could easily be the end of his life or career. No one would want a knight fired for rising late. "Your majesty, I beg for your forgiveness. I was on a late misson-"

"So? Your troops seem to have been able to get up fine! I expect better from a royal knight... And not to mention who can't even put his shirt right." Lelouch leaned down a flicked Suzaku's backwards collar, before lifting his chin with a finger. "Now, I do expect better from you,"

"Y-yes of course!"

Lelouch smirked, this was the dictionary definition of fun. He stood up and sighed. "Is a punishment in order? I can't have my own personal knight disobey my rulings and get away scot free. After all Cornelia would have had your head if you were ten minutes late."

The knight flinched, princess Cornelia would probably have killed him or at least fired him for being this late. "I understand," He mumbled.

"Good. For now until the rest of the year, I expect you to be up and waiting at my door by... 5:00 am? Or should we make it four?"

"Whatever you wish." Suzaku completely forgetting the "my lord" part or "Your majesty."

"Oh? Tsk. I though you would at least have the decency to call me by my title."

"I apologize... My Lord." He stumbled for words.

"Better... Make it four. Every morning. If your late again, I will have your head on a platter."

"Yes, your majesty."

"Good, now don't forget. Today we are heading to town. Go fix your shirt, we've wasted enough time already." Stated the king as he swept out of the room.

The knight sighed as fixed his shirt and brushed his hair down. The a thought hit him in the head. They were heading out! He couldn't wear his knight uniform! So, the stripped and changed into jeans and a T-shirt. "Everyday I always make a stupid mistake!" Mumbling curses he walked out of the room and walked to gate, where he would wait for his lord to come.

Lelouch walked down the hall giving a nod or a hello to his servants and noble men who addressed him. Reaching his own chamber, he threw of his normal outfit and changed into his school uniform. He only piece of clothing he had that wouldn't make him stand out. Lelouch purposely took his sweet time before e walked outside and saw Suzaku standing there. A smile almost came upon his lips when he saw Suzaku had taken the hint of dressing causally. "Shall we go?"

"Yes, my lord," He knight answered. Lelouch took the lead and Suzaku walking just a couple feet behind him. The sun shone high in the sky as they entered the noisy city.