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39 reviews (19.5 per chapter), 1173 hits, 5 c2s, 28 favs, 32 alerts, in 4 days...de-yamn...You people are impressing me (mostly for the reviews, I like that review average) and I always feel like writing more when I'm getting reviews. To those of you who are reading Perfect Judgment, it's on hiatus until I found out more about C.C. I discovered that Lelouch would figure out the things the canon Lelouch figures out much sooner.
Lelouch walked into his office in the settlement military headquarters towering over the city itself. Where he came practically face to face with C.C. immediately, "You're late, its all ready night time."
Lelouch laughed as he put a little distance between them and closed the door, he began checking around the room to make sure there weren't any bugs or anybody else in the room with them, an easy task considering how bare he kept the room, satisfied after a few minutes he said, "That power you gave me, is quite useful."
"You enjoy it I see, so what did you do with it?" C.C. asked with a small smile creeping across her face.
"Silenced Clovis and neutralized Bartley, now only that science team will prove troublesome. Step one was executed beautifully thanks to you granting me this power," Lelouch said as he sat down on a desk, "Step two is all ready underway thanks to this as well."
"Step two?" C.C. asked as Lelouch smirked, "So you have something planned all ready. As expected of the genius who conquered Japan when he was ten. And with as little bloodshed as you did so."
"Heh, it wasn't that hard, I just needed to draw the main military forces away from where I was sending the Knightmares. Truthfully I never expected Knightmares to be that effective, I knew they would successfully give me the foothold I needed to move in heavier and more conventional weapons, I didn't expect they would be so superior due to their incredible response times and speed," Lelouch admitted as he straightened up, "Now what to do with you. I assume you have no family or place to stay, miss immortal…"
"So you found out why they were interested in me," C.C. mused and then looked right at Lelouch, "What do you plan on doing with that information your…."
"Stop saying that, it sounds foul coming out of your mouth for some reason. Lelouch will be fine. And I really have no plans on doing anything with that information,"
"I see. So what is this next step of yours?"
"Rooting out the terrorists in the area. I all ready have a persona in mind to do so. On the surface value that wouldn't be too difficult to do, but it's not the terrorists I'm interested in, it's the three supports they have,"
"Three supports?" C.C. asked, almost like she all ready knew where Lelouch was heading with this line of thought.
"Money, technology, and command. Arresting individual terrorists is pointless, if you want to stop them you have to capture their source of money, their source of advanced weaponry, and their command structure. As long as even one of the three is in place they will prove to be a threat. For that purpose I think I'll appeal to the Japanese people's sense of loss and desire for justice….Zero, the champion of justice against the unjust Britannian Empire's harsh rule," Lelouch said with a smirk while he began pacing, "Then, step three, using the forces I capture to reinforce my own political and military position. This will serve a secondary purpose of showing the Japanese that if they try hard enough anything is possible, which I will reinforce by creating multiple programs to make such things easier."
C.C. was stunned at this little revelation, Lelouch's plan obviously exceeding her expectations, "And then?"
"And then imagine who they will be loyal to instead of who they theoretically should be loyal to," Lelouch said, with so much else hidden under that statement.
"I see…It's dangerous, but also brilliant. If it works…" C.C. said while beginning to think about it herself, "You could claim the throne of Britannia within ten years."
"Heh, three years unless unexpected developments occur. Two years if the developments I am expecting to occur don't. And with that throne, I can change the rules, from my father's survival of the fittest to something where the weak are no longer abused simply because they are weak," Lelouch said and then chuckled, "In fact, it is likely I could take over all the world if things go according to plan up to that point."
"It would appear I chose a worthy person to contract with," C.C. commented with a smirk, "I'll need a place to stay, I assume you want me to stay with you."
"Indeed," Lelouch said as he walked behind his desk and sat down in the chair there, opening up a computer screen built into the desk, "I'll have to create some identification documents for you. Is seventeen fine for your age? You could easily pass for it, but given that you're immortal I expect you to be much older right?"
"Indeed, and no, I won't say how old. Seventeen will be fine, I suppose that means you plan on enrolling me at school? Speaking of which, why were you in a school uniform when we met? Wouldn't…"
"To the public at large I am Lelouch Lamperouge, the man known as Lelouch Vi Britannia is reclusive having not revealed himself to the public at large since he was a child. I want to give my little sister a somewhat normal childhood given how much she's had to endure thanks to her status as a princess and my sister. I set us up as a noble family and we both go to the Ashford Academy. Shall I pass you off as a cousin of ours from the Britannian mainland?"
"It seems you have things planned out fairly far so far. What identity are you going to create for me?"
"Cecelia Lamperouge, seventeen years old, cousin on our mother's side from the mainland," Lelouch answered, "Any problems?"
"Cecelia…cut off the lia part of that and it is pronounced as C.C. not exactly the most creative name, but easy to remember and if you let my name slip you can pass it off as my nickname," C.C. mused, "Simple, to the point, and with you hiding me in plain site and giving you an excuse to get offended if someone questions my identity. A good disguise. Not the best, but on short notice it's good."
"That's what I was thinking," Lelouch said as he took out a small disk and then began copying something from the computer onto it, finishing he took it out and then slipped it into his pocket. "But I'll have to work on this at home. I don't want to keep my sister waiting, she's probably refusing to go to sleep until I get home," Lelouch chuckled as he moved towards the door, "Coming?"
"What do you plan on telling people with me dressed like this?" C.C. asked with a playful smile, almost cat-like in fact.
"The truth, you were kidnapped and put in that outfit to keep you quiet," Lelouch answered simply, "I don't have to mention by whom after all."
"Stop being so damn impressive, you're making me feel young and naïve again," C.C. complained.
Lelouch chuckled as he opened the door and walked outside into the halls of the building, followed by C.C. rather quickly. They were about to take the elevator down when Lelouch heard a rather familiar and annoying voice, "Your Highness! Hold on a second please!" Lelouch turned to look at the one who called him, a tall man with greenish hair in a typical rank and file uniform of the military, but his decorations marked him as being a high ranking member of the Military. "Your highness, what happened on the field today? Prince Clovis is dead, General Bartley is no where to be found…and who is this woman?"
"Jeremiah Gottwald, the first two questions are classified information, as for the third, she knows information of a sensitive nature. However she is also of exceptional use to myself and the empire so she will be under my care for quite sometime, the nature of that information is also classified. If you needed to know any of this you wouldn't need to ask," Lelouch told the man as the elevator opened as he and C.C. walked inside, the doors closing behind them. Lelouch sighed as they went down to the lower levels, "I swear, that was rather convenient timing. Jeremiah will be able to answer any questions that will be asked about you and with his rank he'll be able to deflect any suspicions when he mentions the phrase classified information."
The elevator doors opened, a car waiting in front of them with a driver standing by the passenger door, opening it the moment he saw Lelouch, "Good day sir…and good day to you young miss," the driver said when he saw C.C. as well.
"Wish I could say it was a good day," Lelouch sighed as he motioned for C.C. to get in first, "A lot of rather unpleasant things happened today."
"I would imagine, that whole Shinjuku incident would create literally a mountain worth of paperwork Mr. Lamperouge." the driver said while Lelouch got in the car as well.
"You would have no idea," Lelouch said and then continued, "I'd like to not talk about today if you don't mind."
The car trip was rather uneventful, C.C. deciding to remain quiet as they made their way across the highways of the city, towards the wealthier parts of town. Both C.C. and Lelouch were obviously deep in thought, Lelouch's thoughts centering on his plans and who knows what C.C. was thinking. They began passing multiple mansions as they pulled into the driveway of one of the larger mansions. The two of them got out at the end of the driveway before the main doors of the mansion and then the driver drove the car to an underground garage. "Well then, welcome to my not so humble abode," Lelouch said with a smile while the two walked up the steps and entered the front doors of the mansion. "Onii-sama!" a happy voice said as soon as Lelouch closed the door as a small girl with long brown hair in a simple pink dress rolled into the room on an electric wheelchair, her eyes closed, "You're finally home, what happened…Onii-sama? Whose that with you?"
"This is C.C. she'll be staying with us for a while Nunnally," Lelouch said, his voice taking on a far kinder tone than it had seen for the past twelve hours, "I've put her in the witness protection program and because of why I decided it'd be good to oversee who personally."
"I see, welcome C.C.-san," Nunnally said as she turned to C.C., giving her a short bow while sitting in her wheelchair, how was anybodies guess because she had not once opened her eyes.
C.C. was rather surprised by Nunnally, but it didn't last long when she said, "Thank you. I guess we'll be family for at least a while."
"C.C.-san, that's your nickname isn't it? What's your name?" Nunnally asked, quite happily after her last statement.
"Cecelia, and I suppose it's Cecelia Lamperouge now," C.C. said as she looked at Lelouch and mouthed, something rather rude and quite frankly expressing a certain annoyance at Lelouch at the exact moment.
Lelouch only smiled as he walked over to Nunnally, bent down and hugged her, "Onii-sama? What's wrong?" she asked, noticing Lelouch was shaking.
"Nothing, nothing now, today…was just a very scary day," Lelouch answered, as he calmed down, he stood back up and said, "We should get you to bed, we do have school tomorrow afterall."
About an hour later Lelouch walked out onto a balcony where C.C. was waiting and looking out on the settlement, "So that's your motivation," C.C. said without turning to look at him.
"Indeed, my mother was assassinated when I was young, Nunnally was caught in the crossfire, her knee caps were blown out. She'll probably never be able to walk again, and she hasn't opened her eyes once since that day. She's not blind, she was just so traumatized by that event that she refuses to look at the world again. All because of my father's policies," Lelouch answered.
"So you plan on playing his game, getting your hands as dirty as you need to, and then when you've won you plan on changing the rules, all for the sake of your sister so that she won't have to live in a world where things like that are commonplace," C.C. stated.
"Yes, that's exactly right. Even if she grows to hate me for it, I will forge a better world," Lelouch said, his eye glowing with the sigil of the Geass, "With this Geass you gave me, it's finally possible to begin my plans. Raise my own army, a better army, better equipped, loyal to me, and then take the Empire from that man's hands, even if I must damn my soul I will change the world for the better."
And that's where I'll end this chapter. And like I said Nunnally did appear (I must say, she is and probably will continue to be the hardest person for me to write). I do hope this chapter answers most of the questions previous chapters posed, but now I know more questions have been created. Well guess what? You have questions and so do I….
1) Which little twist that I introduced in this chapter was your favorite? Or least favorite if you can't decide which one you liked best.
2) On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being not too different and 10 being completely different), how different would you say my Lelouch is from being like the canon one?
3) Think I'm going to include the orange incident or do you think I'm going to do something else?
And that's all, so press that review button and give me a review before Lelouch decides the next chapter is classified information.
Ciao for now.
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