Title: Chase
Category: Anime/Manga » Code Geass
Author: Angel-wing2
Language: English, Rating: Fiction Rated: T
Genre: Romance/Humor
Chapter 1
Lelouch was dreaming. The dark-haired young man stirred in his sleep and the white sheets crumpled as he moved about. The morning sun had begun to sting his eyes as he slowly felt the drowsiness that accompanied mornings leave him. He couldn't remember what the dream was about again.
"Ohayo, Lelouch-sama." Sayako said as she drew the curtains back. Lelouch squinted as the sun hit his face with full force.
He threw the covers over his head. "It's still early, Sayoko-san." He grumbled.
Literature, Philosophy, Algorithms, the Arts. Lelouch looked at the subjects for that day. Not bad. Only later, they had horseback-riding. What a drag.
"Ohayo, Lelouch!" Suzaku, Lelouch's best friend, and son of Japan's Prime Minister greeted him.
"Lulu!" Shirley waved and smiled at him sweetly. Milly and Rivalz caught up with her. It was early and classes had not started yet.
Later that day, after academics, they still had physical education. It was not as bad as Lelouch had feared.
"So what do you think?" Suzaku asked as they walked their horses back to the stable. "I'm glad Father hasn't made me choose yet." He said, relief evident in his voice.
They were discussing the fact that Lelouch was, so to speak, going to be paraded around in some grand, overdone party, later this week, in search of the fiancée.
"If I had my way, I'd postpone it until at least my twenties!" Lelouch sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. "I guess it can't be helped, though."
Lelouch, Nunnaly and Suzaku sat at the veranda as the sun began to set, it was dusk and they were resting after a particularly busy day.
"It would be fun if things were just like this, hm?" Nunnaly sighed contentedly as she sipped her tea.
"Yeah." Suzaku smiled.
Lelouch stared quietly at nothing in particular. It was a quiet late afternoon and a cool breeze wafted by lazily. Then something caught his eye from a distance. It seemed like the bushes were moving suspiciously in an area a few meters from where they sat. He frowned and squinted at the dubious peach rose bush. It moved again.
The young man stood up. "Excuse me for a moment." He said.
Suzaku and Nunnally looked at him quizzically. "Where are you going? Nunnaly wondered aloud. Suzaku shrugged. "Maybe the bathroom?"
"Or not." He looked Lelouch as the latter seemed to be poking around rose bushes.
Lelouch approached the curious bush when something or someone suddenly pushed him with full force and darted away quickly. Unfortunately, this area of the garden was densely planted with shrubbery and low trees, and he couldn't see just what the intruder looked like. Caught by surprise, he fell on his backside. Undaunted, Lelouch stood up and ran in the direction of rustling leaves.
It seemed that the intruder didn't know where he was going and all they were doing was running in circles. It was getting dark and poor Lelouch was out of breath. "Stop, stop!" he wheezed. For all the confused running about, Lelouch knew where they were—nearing a dead end. He ran full out, and collided with…
…a girl. The momentum of his running knocked them both on the ground. She was staring at him with panic and panting just as much as he was, all the while struggling to get him off of her. "Who…are…y.." Lelouch said breathlessly as he tried to keep the young girl from flailing around so much.
She was rather pretty, Lelouch thought to himself as he tried to collect his wits and get his breathing under control. The girl had wide golden eyes, waist length silky green hair and a slender build. She was dressed rather lavishly for an intruder, wearing a heavy green velvet dress, and was probably of the nobility, Lelouch guessed.
The girl frowned and tried to push him off her once more. "Hey." Lelouch asked "Who are you and what are you doing intruding on this estate?"
"Are you Lelouch Lamperouge?" she said in reply, ignoring, Lelouch's question. Even her low melodious voice was pretty.
Lelouch's eyes narrowed with suspicion. "How do you know who I am?"
She looked at him strangely and nuzzled his neck in a gentle, almost shy manner. Lelouch blushed to the roots of his hair and nearly jumped out of his skin. What the heck?
"You smell so good." the girl murmured.
To Lelouch's surprise, she successfully disentangled herself from him and took off immediately. He had no choice but to pursue her again. Lelouch was really getting annoyed. Damn her for distracting him like that!
Back on the veranda, Nunnally and Suzaku were wondering what on earth happened to Lelouch.
"I'll look for him, okay?" Suzaku said, as Nunnally voiced her worry to him.
The annoying girl was headed for the hangar. Unfortunately for him, she got there first. He knew it was too late She had gotten in the cockpit of Lelouch's Gawain and entered the access code. Lelouch worriedly checked his pockets. Oh no.
Of course his key was gone. That damnable girl…
Lelouch watched helplessly as Gawain blasted off. The Knightmare Frame hovered a few meters from the ground and the cockpit opened. 'My name is C.C. It was nice meeting you, Lelouch." The girl called out and blew the flabbergasted prince a mocking kiss. Then she was gone.
"Lelouch! What happened to you?" Suzaku ran toward the hapless Lelouch who was staring at Gawain, whose silhouette he could hardly see in the evening sky.
"That girl, C.C." Lelouch said, still quite not recovered from his shock. "She'll pay for this."
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A/N: Hello, minna-san. I'm back. Been kind of busy... ^^; Well, let's just say they have lousy security. XD