A/N: Thanks to popular demand I have written the epilogue for this story. Enjoy!

"It's been two years since that horrible day, Lelouch. Two years since I heard your voice. Two painful years since I felt your loving embrace or the passion in your kiss…" At saying this Kallen choked up; remembering lost pleasures she didn't think she'd ever deserved.

She took a few moments to compose herself when she remembered something amusing. "Ohgi lost his bid at re-election to Minase, by the way. Who would have thought she would become prime minister, eh? The media is blaming his loss on the insult he paid to Nunnally – I guess it was a pretty stupid move comparing her to you… to the Demon Emperor…" She trailed off at the pang in her heart before continuing; "I give the credit to Suzaku…"

A smirk appeared on Kallen's face.

"I think you rubbed off on him a bit; he's still protecting Nunnally for you, even from his jail cell. He's still hated by the Japanese; he doesn't deserve that, as you well know, but there's not much that can be done on that. Anyway you would have loved what Suzaku pulled after his last parole hearing… he used the fact that the Japanese hate him against Ohgi!"

Her smirk grew into a grand grin.

"Suzaku officially ENDORSED Ohgi! By Election Day Ohgi's comfortable lead had disappeared and he lost by fifteen percentage points!"

At this she giggled gleefully, laughter slowly dying down as she spoke, although her tone remained amused.

"You should have seen Kaname's face! He would have been less surprised if you'd run up to him and slapped him with a mackerel!" After another burst of laughter Kallen calmed down. "Still I suppose I owe Kaname a bit of gratitude since he hasn't told anyone about this place."

"Oh! Suzaku's last parole hearing went well; it looks like he'll be a completely free man in a few months. He told me that he plans to offer his services as a knight to Nunnally… I suppose that's for the best since he isn't really welcome in Japan," she finished in a melancholy tone. "He did promise to come here as soon as he can though... Oh! That reminds me I finally convinced Nunnally to come… I'll bring her here next week…"

"You'd be so proud of her… with the help of Cornelia and a few others she has managed to build the gentle world you always tried so hard to give her, though Schniezel really did screw with her opinion of you… She asked me why I was trying to convince her that you aren't evil – turns out that telling her that it's because I love you that I fight so hard to clear your name was all I had ever needed to do to convince her, at least in her eyes."

Kallen sat for a moment not knowing what to say.

"I still wonder what it is that you did to Schneizel…" she said as her mind drifted back to the worst day of her life…

As Kallen screamed for help, Suzaku slowly moved on his crutches; releasing the Black Knights. When he opened the cell that Ohgi was in, Ohgi immediately stole the keys and rushed to save Kallen from the depredations of the Demon Emperor.

As Ohgi entered the cell he saw a sight that he simply couldn't comprehend: Kallen was sobbing over the Demon's body, trying to stop the blood flowing from a savage wound in his stomach. He was snapped out of this state by Kallen's pleading for him to fetch a doctor to save Lelouch.

"I say good riddance. The worl…" he started to say. The last thing he saw before smashing into the wall and blacking out was Kallen's foot connecting with his jaw.

Tamaki had followed close behind, and upon seeing what had happened to his friend, decided to just do as Kallen ordered. He ran, grabbed the keys off Ohgi and rushed to the cells containing Lloyd and Rakshata.

Chiba tried to reprimand Kallen for defending 'that Demon' but found herself in a fierce fight the moment she tried to spit on Lelouch. Chiba was slowly being pushed back to the cell entrance when Rakshata showed up, dragged by Tamaki who was (for once) fearful and silent.

Upon a quick examination of the wound and a description of events from Kallen, Rakshata took command of the situation and demanded that the patient be taken to the nearest medical ward for immediate treatment.

Kallen fought to protect Lelouch from the vengeful Black Knights who wanted a piece of him. Shortly after reaching the medical ward with Lelouch, Rakshata got him on an operating table and ushered Kallen and the rest out. Kallen took it upon herself to defend the medical ward and was starting to fatigue against her many opponents when suddenly Tohdoh's voice rang out.

"Stand down!"

The Black Knights, even Kallen, reflexively followed that order before Tohdoh moved to stand beside Kallen.

"Have you all no shame? Do any of you have the slightest scrap of honor?"

Eventually, Tohdoh's scolding encouraged the others to leave. "Captain Kozuki; go wash up," he had told her. Kallen tried to protest, but Tohdoh insisted and swore on his honor that he would defend Lelouch until she got back.

Kallen washed the blood from her stained hands but with the dearth of uniforms around, stayed in her bloodied uniform.

A short while after Kallen had returned to the medical ward, Rakshata came out of the surgery room and the first words out of her mouth nearly tore Kallen apart

"I'm sorry…"

A couple days after that horrible day, it was announced that the Ninety Ninth Emperor of Britannia had died at the hands of the Captain of the Zero Squad: Kozuki Kallen. The Black Knight's Ace became an overnight celebrity, even more than she already was; she had saved the entire world from the clutches of 'Lelouch the Demon'.

Within days, the media had dubbed her the 'Heir of Zero' – the successor to his great legacy. Kallen had almost broken at the parade held in her honor a week later; she was getting all of the attention and all of the love… that rightly belonged to Lelouch.

At first, Kallen felt like a thief stealing that which rightly belonged to another, but eventually she came to terms with the fact that Lelouch gave her the adoration of the world because he wouldn't be there to give her his own; when she realized this she could only think one thing; 'This is a really poor substitute, Lelouch'

"Lelouch… I know I say this every time I visit you… but… I love you…" A single tear made its way down her face as she stood up to leave; at the last moment; she returned and leaned down and felt the expected sensation of her lips brushing against those of the comatose Lelouch. What caught her off guard was having the kiss returned…

The room was completely quiet with the exception of the beeping from the monitoring devices hooked up to Lelouch, until a voice she hadn't heard in two years came out sounding a bit creaky and dry. A voice that had haunted her dreams ever since that fateful day.

"How'd I end up in Heaven?"

A/N: Hope you all liked the ending there, although I bet none of you expected that sort of a reverse sleeping beauty (the whole girl awakening 'Prince Charming' with a kiss thing), but I wasn't really satisfied with any of the other endings that i thought up…

BTW: No one knows what happened to Schneizel he just… disappeared. No corpse, no trace, nothing.

and round of applause for Magery for beta reading this;

Question were any of you expecting that ending?

So yeah. Please review!