A/N: once more thanks to draconichero21 for the beta and assistance with the fic and now I bring you chapter two with more of Lelouch's family being introduced, which I will say for story sake relations have been altered quite a bit and Nunnally isn't blind or crippled.
Thanks for the reviews btw and concerning Makoto…well if what I have DONE to him in my fanfics Queen of the Nazgul, Bride of the Dark Lord (end of chapter 4 and part of chapter 5) and Kingdom Hearts War of Hearts chapter 24 doesn't say anything then know that I have no love for Makoto. I won't say anymore than that out of fear of spoiling the story.
As for everyone else who are among those I know people would love to see suffer a horrible death and trust me I understand the feeling completely. But just know that something will happen for good or ill and what goes around comes around.
Chapter 2
Days of Youth
As classes continued on a young woman wearing a gray suit with a red tie and a skirt holding a stack of folders walking towards the Principal's office, but, as she approached her superior's office, the woman took deep breaths in preparation for a likely difficult day with him. Taking another deep breath, after stopping at the door to his office, the blue haired woman opened the door and stepped inside with her boss greeting her casually.
"Well good morning Cecile." Principle Lloyd Asplund greeted.
"Good morning Lloyd I brought the reports you needed to see." Vice Principle Cecile Croomy said as she deposited the stack of folders she had been carrying on her boss's desk. Cecile found herself taking a moment to look around her superior's office, instead of a work place for the head of a school one would think this was an office belonging to a mecha otaku.
On the shelf of his office were mecha-models including Gundams Heavyarms Kai, Zone of the Enders Jehuty and even a unique one made by Lloyd himself of a white humanoid like machine named Lancelot. By the window behind his desk was a miniature refrigerator filled with different favors of pudding which was obviously Lloyd's favorite food.
"Anything out of the ordinary I need to know about?"
"No sir…"
"How boring, but I suppose you can't expect much to happen in a peaceful little school like ours eh?"
"I suppose, but I don't think it's a bad thing."
"Well for me it is."
Cecile could only sigh as she mentally asked herself the same question she has been asking for a long time now. How did a former science teacher like Lloyd Asplund known for causing chemical explosions in his classrooms became a Principle.
The rest of school was uneventful. Lelouch went to the final room he needed to visit before he could go home for the day, but unlike the rest of the school day he didn't think this particular event would be uneventful. Stepping into the room before him the young man prepared himself for what awaited him, especially since there was a new student and that was going to be a possible point of conversation during the meeting.
Upon entry Lelouch was noticed by the Student Council President Milly Ashford who greeted the young man in her usual way while the Vice President himself was on guard for whatever the busty blonde might have in mind.
"Look who has come to grace us with his royal presence, the Ice Prince of the School is finally here."
"Everyone else is here." Lelouch commented causally looking around the room to see Milly, Rivalz and Setsuna Kiyone who doubled as the secretary of the Student Council and then there was Nina Einstein who Milly's own secretary and at times the Student Council's schedule and events planner although Milly technically planned them all yet it merely shows the influence the blonde woman had over the quiet black haired girl.
It was much like how Milly uses her influence on Rivalz to manipulate the budget at times, but the school countered by giving Lelouch final say on all budget matters. In a way Lelouch was the only one who stood as the one person capable of standing against Milly and being resistant to her charms.
"Alright what do we have on the agenda today?" Milly began wielding a rolled up piece of paper like some kind of specter of power.
"We have the school festival coming up." Nina pointed out timidly.
"Right that…well the other clubs said they have their own contributions and event booths planned right." Milly inquired while Lelouch nodded in response.
"Everything is pretty much set up already, so there isn't much left unless something unexpected happens." Rivalz pointed out as far as the Treasurer of the Student Council knew everything should be ready.
"Ok that's little issue aside." Milly began while Lelouch glanced at her thinking to himself.
'Are you just vexed that your little plan for a cross-dressing festival got shot down instead of the yearly school festival.'
The meeting went on as much to Lelouch's surprise that Milly hadn't mentioned Kallen nor had she been seen dragged into the student council meeting room which actually surprised Lelouch because usually the new girls in the school got brought to student council meetings by Milly, especially if they were exceptionally well endowed.
This unusual quirk led to a number of rumors to circulate about Milly, which contributed to the likely reason why Milly was still single or perhaps it was being spread intentionally so the busty blonde wouldn't be shackled to a boyfriend given that the President was fiercely independent. Everything from Milly being a sadist to being into some very abnormal hobbies was among those rumors. Lelouch would actually laugh if a rumor popped up that Milly was into Satan worship, but all those rumors led even Taisuke who is known to be interested in busty and well endowed women found Milly too weird and creepy for his tastes.
Thankfully the meeting ended and Setsuna walked with Lelouch heading out of the school, but the young man was taking a detour to track down his cousin who was attending school. As the two walked together they shared a conversation with one another.
"There goes another day of surviving the weird and unusual Milly Ashford." Setsuna commented with an amused look on her face. Despite the weirdness of the Student Council President the young woman didn't mind since her antics during meetings at time provided a good show for the short girl.
"Isn't that the truth?" Lelouch mused before he asked. "By the way, Setsuna, are you looking for Euphemia too?"
"No, but I am actually looking for Sekai she was supposed to meet me after school once I got out of the meeting."
"Oh…now that I think about she and Makoto were chatting quite a bit. She might be with him at the moment."
"What? Are they involved or something?" Setsuna inquired curious about the bit of news.
"Not exactly…" The black haired high school student began before stopping to take a look around trying to see if anyone else was around before whispering hoping Milly wasn't around to overhear. "It's because Sekai is playing matchmaker."
"Matchmaker?"
"Yeah Sekai is going to help Makoto get together with Kotonoha."
"That girl…Makoto has a crush on her?" Setsuna asked while Lelouch nodded in response, but the two were interrupted by Sekai and Makoto coming down from the stairs leading to the roof of the school.
"Hey what are you two doing? Having a secret meeting?" Sekai said suddenly sneaking up on the two.
"HUH!" Setsuna exclaimed lost for words, but caught off guard by her best friend's appearance. Lelouch remained calm as he addressed the brown haired girl asking.
"Oh...and what about you two? Have you two finished and concluded your strategy meeting?" Lelouch replied with a grin.
Makoto chuckled a little nervously while Sekai remained silent.
"Hey Sekai where have you been? We're late." Setsuna said after taking a moment to regaining her composure.
"Oh right sorry Setsuna…see you Lelouch and Makoto." Sekai said as she and Setsuna hurried off leaving the two in the hallway.
"Women are weird sometimes don't you think?" Makoto asked while Lelouch merely shrugged his shoulders in response.
After that little delay as Lelouch was likely among the last of the students leaving for the day after all students were dismissed to go home while others like Lelouch were leaving following club meetings and such. He passed by the gates and saw a familiar car waiting for him. It wasn't a limo or anything, but rather a black four-door sports car with its driver waiting next to it. She was beautiful with a curvy figure, dark pink hair, could be considered lavender, and indigo eyes. She wore a black jacket with matching pants and a white shirt with black sunglasses.
"Well, am I in trouble officer?" Lelouch jokingly commented as he approached.
"That depends have you been up to any mischief today Lelouch?"
The black haired young man laughed before answering. "No…nothing that I doubt could be seen as breaking the law."
"Oh really? Then maybe we should be keeping a closer eye on you." The woman joked.
"Hi big brother!" An ash blonde haired girl called out as she poked her head out from the back of the car after rolling down the window.
"Hi Nunnally, but where is…" Lelouch began until he stopped as he felt a soft tapping on his left shoulder prompting him to turn around and look a curly pink haired girl in the eye. She was a freshman, a year younger than Lelouch, but in more ways than one she was similar to Nunnally Lamperouge the younger sister of Lelouch.
"Finally you both are here so I don't have to go looking for you." Cornelia commented with a smile as her own younger sibling had arrived right behind Lelouch.
"I am sorry I was late Cornelia, but I had to collect something from my locker." Euphemia replied apologetically.
"It's alright Euphemia; you have nothing to worry about. I am just glad you two have come, which means that Nunnally and I didn't have too long to wait." Cornelia said before adding. "But we better hurry home; everyone else will be there waiting."
Climbing into Cornelia's car the siblings along with their cousin headed to the family mansion which was a bit of a drive, but it didn't take too long to make their way across town to reach it. The car passed through the automatic gates that the driver was able to open remotely as the car drove along a short road leading into the Lamperouge Estate which belonged to their father where Lelouch and Nunnally resided along with other members of their surprisingly large family which had four other relations minus their father Charles.
The family rarely saw Charles who was off aboard on international business trips, but no one minded since the less you saw of Charles the better it usually was. Yet when Lelouch and Nunnally's mother died the family opened their home and brought Lelouch to live with them, an idea Euphemia was delighted at since having fellow family members close to her age was perfect for her having wished for a younger sibling.
Besides Charles, the only other person away was Clovis as he was attending an arts college up north, but the rest of the family was present. After the sun had set and the moon came out hanging over the mansion the family was gathered at the dining room table. Present besides Lelouch, Nunnally, Euphemia and Cornelia were other members of the family including the eldest unmarried member of the family, Odysseus and the second eldest bachelor, Schneizel.
Odysseus, unlike Cornelia who did work with the law, dealt in corporate work as the president of Pendragon International Corporation while Charles was the owner and primarily stockholder of the company. As he sat at the table in a gray business suit with a white tie he appeared surprisingly young for the second eldest of the family, because he was Charles's cousin after all. Across from him was Schneizel, one of Japan's most infamous (or famous depending on how you perceived it) district attorneys. Losing only three cases out of three hundred was a very impressive record. Schneizel was very humble about his record, but his family and co-workers often praised him highly for his grandstanding achievements. His light blue eyes and blonde hair combined with his preferred choice of attire, a white suit with a purple tie, would almost make a person think he was a politician instead of a lawyer.
The evening went on with the family enjoying a fabulous and enjoyable dinner, but the pleasant and calm atmosphere was interrupted by the arrival of the eldest woman living at the mansion.
"Good evening everyone." Guinevere said. The oldest woman of the family, around Odysseys age, took her line of work in the fashion business as a model and a rather popular one at that. Cornelia's eyebrow notably twitched at the sound of Guinevere's voice while everyone else held looks of disappointment as they knew their calm evening was about to go out the window.
"Welcome home sister." Odysseys spoke welcoming the eldest woman of the family home, but Cornelia calmly said.
"You are late through…I thought your photo shoots ended around five pm."
Guinevere shot Cornelia a cold stare as everyone else felt the tension in the room just skyrocket.
"Well sorry dear, but I was at a party with some other important people."
"People who are more important than your family? Is that what you are implying?"
"And?"
'Here it comes…' Lelouch thought as he quickly finished off what remained of his diner.
"AND…Family should be important above everything else."
"This is coming from a woman who spends her life dealing with lesser people and grime." Guinevere mocked while Cornelia's eyebrow was twitching.
"Here they go." Schneizel muttered quietly as an all out cursing war had erupted between them with Lelouch and Euphy along with Odysseys watching as the two women were going to be on the verge of engaging in a cat fight next if things kept escalating. Almost three minutes had gone by and profanities were flying around the room between the two older women.
However before things could escalate further someone almost unexpected stepped in, boldly coming in between Guinevere and Cornelia.
"Stop it both of you!" Nunnally exclaimed as the two women were surprised by the sudden interruption as they turned their heads towards the girl looking at them with a stern look in her eyes.
"Nunnally…" Cornelia began feeling somewhat dumbfounded at the moment while the fashion model of the family merely blinked.
"We are seated having dinner and you two are fighting. This is not the place for it so stop it right now."
Guinevere sighed while she dusted herself off before finding a seat away from Cornelia, but much to Nunnally's credit she had surprisingly defused the situation. By the time everything had calmed down Lelouch had already put away his plate and made his way up to his room where he went on his computer to start chatting with Clovis while the two engaged in an online game. Wearing a headset on his head Lelouch spoke to Clovis, the only adopted member of the family, as the two began playing a round of online Kessen game.
The setting was in ancient Japan set during the Warring States period with Lelouch commanding his armies using his player character Oda Nobunaga while Clovis commanded his opposing forces under his own character Akechi Mitsuhide as the two were playing a purely fictional battlefield scenario between one another.
Lelouch was defending the city of Kyoto from Clovis who was attempting to invade it, but even through for the sake of difficulty for the battle and its conditions Clovis had more troops and NPC officers under his command that he directed through his commander Akechi. They began talking while the battle continued as Lelouch strengthen his defenses to draw Clovis's attention.
"It sounds like dinner was uneventful as always…" Clovis commented sarcastically as he moved two of his armies, consisting of Calvary units towards the front gate while he was attempting to flank Lelouch's troops from the south taking a long about route to above being seen.
"Of course, especially when Guinevere is home."
"I see, so that is why you came on earlier than normal." Clovis said as a smiled formed on his lips as he began moving to attack Kyoto from the southern side which only had foot solders protecting it from the other side of the wall, but upon moving his forces into range an ambush occurred as ninja units had been lying in ambush jumped Clovis's two Calvary units. "You saw that coming."
"Of course, haven't I told you before that as the defender I have the advantage even through you have more troops? Not to mention your attempt to flank me from the south was an obvious tactic. Didn't you try doing that to me twice before?"
"Heh, sorry I was hoping it would work this time."
"Others might not have expected it, but me…I am a different story. I just know you too well." Lelouch replied as his ninjas he had left guarding the south gate into Kyoto were creaming Clovis two armies of Calvary. It wasn't an outright slaughter, but given their losses from Lelouch well laid ambush they would be wiped out on the next turn with support from Lelouch's troops behind the walls. As the game progressed Clovis had the bulk of his force near the main gates to the city on the west side planning to hit it with all he had, but as Lelouch's turn came around the blacked haired youth unleashed his own nasty surprise as attacking from his rear having waited very patiently for Clovis to move his main forces closer.
Lelouch had managed to sneak four armies of riflemen behind Clovis launching a surprise attack as they used the triple rifleman barrage. The ambush combined with his riflemen gave Lelouch double damage to his riflemen surprise assault, but that wasn't it for Lelouch as more of his army came down from the north riding towards Clovis's damaged main force. Lelouch's charging army consisted of three armies of Calvary with one of his own NPCs Honda Tadakatsu using the charge ability and together the three units rode straight into his foe's forces inflicting major damage.
Clovis was speechless from the well planned out and much unexpected surprise attack.
"You should have considered flanking me from both the north and the south. Then you might have seen the bulk of my army coming to hit your main force from the side and behind as well." Lelouch commented as Clovis was for all extensive purposes defeated as his other troops were moving in from the south side to attack the ninjas and fight their way through the South, but as Lelouch had pointed out he never tried the north which allowed Lelouch to quietly move a large attack force to hit Clovis.
As the battle came to a close with another victory in Lelouch's hands Clovis couldn't help, but laugh.
"I think I should be glad that this wasn't happening in real life otherwise I might have been taken prisoner."
"I doubt it…in some cases enemy commanders are killed during war, especially if they surrender."
"Then its all the more reason I am glad we live in this peaceful world."
A/N: well there is the second chapter and I hoped you liked the introduction to Lelouch's family, but I hope I won't take too long with the next chapter. Anyway thanks in advance for your reviews to come and starting next chapter we are going to start getting into the thick of it.
