A/N: Well, I now know that I should not post any updates on Mondays since people are doing other things. Also, while at Ashford Academy Marrybell goes by the name Marry Lancaster.

Ashford Academy Student Council Clubhouse, front entrance, the next day, 15:00 hours local time.

As Kallen entered the ballroom, she saw Lelouch standing close to the doorway and after she closed the door after herself he introduced himself as the Vice President of the Student Council. As Lelouch brought Kallen to a small table that had been placed in the center of the room, she noticed a blond-haired female student place a tray of finger food on it before a second tray being carried by a blue haired male student was set next to it. In a corner of the room, a green-haired female student was busy typing away at a computer terminal. Kallen concluded that the girl in the corner was xenophobic considering the timid aura that she gave off.

As Kallen sat down, an orange-haired female student pouted as she entered. "Madame President, Oldrin won't let me help her and Marry carry in the rest of the food!" she complained.

"She does have good reason, Shirley. The last time she did let you carry plates, you tripped and smashed the whole lot. At least, that's how Lelouch, Milly, Nina, and I saw it." the blue haired boy stated.

"That was an accident, Rivalz!"

"Aw, how cute! 'I want to help Lulu in the kitchen so that I can show him how womanly I am!' Is that why, Shirley?" Milly teased.

"MILLY!" Shirley shrieked as her face turned almost as red as if it were a giant tomato from embarrassment.

Lelouch coughed to get everyone's attention and then said, "Ms. Kallen Stadtfelt has arrived with me."

The instant he said that, the members present turned towards Kallen. "Anyways Kallen, you know about me so how you get acquainted with Rivalz here?" Lelouch asked as he gestured at Rivalz.

"Hey there, Kallen. Let me know if you need anything." he said while pouring himself some juice.

"Next to him is Milly Ashford, the President of the Student Council."

"Hello, Kallen. I'm sure that we will become good friends before the year is over." Milly said as an unidentifiable twinkle appeared in her eye.

"Hi." Kallen said weakly to Milly.

"Next to her, the cute girl with the orange hair is Shirley Fenette. She's also a member of the swim team." Lelouch continued.

Immediately when Lelouch finished that second sentence, Shirley's eyes began to swirl around as steam billowed out of her head before she fell out of her chair. She recovered after only a couple of seconds passed and when she did, she said, "Hey there, Kallen. You already noticed it, but I've fallen for Lelouch."

"The shy girl over on the terminal is Nina, a genius student." Nina let out a small 'eep!' out of fright when Lelouch introduced her, but she still managed a small greeting before continuing to type on the terminal.

Two pairs of footsteps came behind Lelouch and Kallen turned to the left and saw yet another orange-haired girl accompanied by a girl with spanish pink hair who wore a customized variant of the high school division's female student uniform, which consisted of a light yellow jacket worn over a white blouse with a short black skirt. The pinkette had a longer skirt that went down to below her knees, but her hips were exposed because of two form-fitting holes in the sides of her skirt. Kallen could also tell from the girl's exposed hips that the pinkette wasn't wearing any panties.

"Those two are Oldrin Zevon and her friend Marry Lancaster. Oldrin is another orange-haired cutie while Marry is the pink-haired girl with the long skirt. Fair bit of warning though, Marry is also a member of the Fantasy Seduction Club." Lelouch said as both Oldrin and Marry looked at Kallen before the pinkette set down the tray that she was carrying on the table.

Marry giggled before saying, "Hello, Kallen. I think that we can get along with each other, unlike most of those flirty airheads that are part of the Fantasy Seduction Club."

"Nice to meet you, Kallen. I am Oldrin Zevon." Oldrin said to her as she put the tray that she was carrying down on the table.

"Big Brother, could you grab this tray for me please? a sweet voice from behind Oldrin asked. She shifted to the right and then Kallen saw who the speaker of that sweet voice was. It was an adorably cute girl in a wheelchair who approached with a tray of food on her lap. She had waist length sandy brown hair, pale violet eyes, and wore the normal female uniform of the high school division.

As Lelouch went to pick up the tray that the girl had, Marry said to Kallen, "That is Lelouch's younger sister Nunnally. It's not a good idea to pick on her or make her cry, the last boy who did pick on her was caught in an accident that left him stuck in a wheelchair like she is."

"I'm the youngest member of the student council, so pretty much everyone here supports me whenever I need it." Nunnally stated as she smiled and bowed towards Kallen.

Kallen found it difficult to speak and that she was smiling back. Nunnally was really too cute for words to describe. "Thank you. It's a pleasure to meet you." Kallen said meekly.

Lelouch stopped at the table and set down the tray that he picked up from Nunnally and while Kallen mostly talked with either Lelouch or Oldrin, Nunnally did sometimes enter the conversation. Once Rivalz turned on the TV a few minutes, things changed. It was on the news and the content threw everyone off guard. Prince Clovis was dead, and there were not a whole bunch of details except for the fact that it was murder.

"Prince Clovis has been taken from us! He fought for peace and justice against the eleven terrorists and died a martyr! We must all carry on his will and bury our sorrow for him." the leader of the Purist Faction, a man known as Jeremiah Gottwald, said as he appeared on the screen.

Suddenly, a news report came in and the announcer said, "This just in, an Honorary Britannian has been arrested and charged with Prince Clovis's murder."

The news then shifted over to two soldiers in uniform dragging a brown-haired Japanese young man somewhere. The news announcer said, "The suspect is Suzaku Kururugi, an Honorary Britannian who was the only son of the deceased Japanese Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi."


The next day at 14:30 hours, Kallen and Naoto were at the Old Tokyo Tower's entrance along with Ohgi as apparently Orange Sword and Pink Flash wanted to tell them something important on the observation deck. Kallen checked inside along with the surrounding area and noticed that there was nobody else around, not even any staff members. Kallen, Naoto, and Ohgi were all careful about where they stepped as they suspected that the place was trapped while heading to the observation deck. Once they arrived, they saw an orange-haired girl who wore a metal mask on her face that covered her eyes in addition to a gray minidress that had both a low neckline and a hemline that ended at her thighs. They already knew who she was: Orange Sword.

"Hey there, Kallen and Naoto. Your friend is going to need to go take a walk or something because I can't really trust him at the moment." Orange Sword said as she streched her legs and caused the hem of her dress to ride up and reveal a pair of leopard-print panties for a couple of seconds. Ohgi took the hint and said, "I'll be checking the tower again just to make sure that no traps were actually set."

He left after saying that and when he did, Orange Sword took off her mask and revealed that she had green eyes. "As you probably suspected, I am Britannian. The name's Oldrin Zevon, but for now I ask that you keep this information to yourselves. I've been doing my own thing here in Japan for about five years after I ran away from home when my uncle Oiaguro Zevon took control of the Zevon family by killing my mother. I hate him, but unfortuantely he has the public support of the Emperor and has initiated a manhunt in most of the Areas to search for me." the unmasked Ornage Sword said.

"Is there any reason why Oiaguro is searching for you?" Kallen asked.

"Before my mother was killed, she set a massive inheritance fund that would pass on to me when I turn eighteen years old. The paperwork explicitly states that only I am able to inherit that money unless I happen to die then another family member can claim it, but Oiaguro wants to use the inheritance fund that I have for his own nefarious purposes now so he plans to capture me and then kill me so that he'll be able to get at it. He's searched through Areas One through Ten and even tried to assassinate me when I was found in Area Thirteen. I always found a way to escape from him before it was too late whenever he began his manhunt for me in an area, and when I settled in a different location the cycle would just repeat itself all over again until two years ago when I went to Area Eleven, otherwise known as Japan. So far right now, he hasn't tried anything yet and thanks to a false lead that I left behind he thinks that I fled to Area Eighteen instead of here to Japan."

"You've been on the run for far longer than any of us, Oldrin. I can trust you as an ally." Naoto stated as Oldrin put her mask back on.

Pink Flash then arrived and like Oldrin she wore a metal mask on her face that covered her eyes and she said, "Like Oldrin, I am Britannian but do not let that cloud your judgement." Unlike Oldrin, Pink Flash wore a modest dress that was not very extravagant or fancy and she had spanish pink hair.

Pink Flash then removed her mask and revealed a pair of red eyes that had a dark twinkle in them. "At Ashford Academy I go by the name Marry Lancaster, but I am actually Marrybell mel Britannia. Unlike most of the Royal Family, I hate how my people oppress the numbers in the Areas. Taking their governments away I agree with, but taking their identities and cultures away is where I draw the line! In fact, after Japan was conquered I discarded my succession rights and boarded a ship that headed to the recently-renamed Japan. I became Pink Flash so that I could help take down the corrupt aristocrats that control this country." the unmasked Pink Flash stated.

"That is a noble cause that you have taken up, but isn't it difficult?" a new voice asked.

Kallen and Naoto turned around and saw a girl with light pink hair wearing a hat and sunglasses in addition to a dress that had a long slit up the side.

"Who are you?" Naoto asked.

"You can refer to me as. . . Euphie." the girl stated.

Marrybell sighed as she put her mask back on and asked, "Princess Euphemia, what are you doing here!? Did you sneak away from your big sister Cornelia and her knights Guilford and Darlton again?"

"Guilty as charged, former Princess Marrybell. Cornelia's still busy dealing with resistance forces in Area Eighteen at the moment, even though their government surrendered a few days before Clovis was killed." Euphemia answered to Marrybell.

"Wait, hold the phone. You are THE Princess Euphemia, are you not?" Naoto stated.

"That's what I'm thinking too. Why would an enemy princess show empathy for the conquered people and try to help them?" Kallen said as well.

"That is not important right now. What IS important is that K-1 told me that he'll be going by the name Zero when not on the battlefield." Oldrin Zevon interrupted before adding and whispering to Kallen, "Kallen, just so you know Lelouch Lamperouge is Zero. I'll explain things later, but right now he intends to rescue Suzaku Kururugi from the convoy that will be transporting him to his counrt-martial. We also need to get going now."


Two days later, it was 18:00 hours when Suzaku was being paraded to his court-martial. For some reason, Jeremiah was not present and instead his subordinate Villetta Nu was leading the convoy in his place. A short time after they left the safety of the pureblood base and reached first crowd of patriotic Britannians who would hurl abuse at him, Villetta received word that Prince Clovis's transport was on its way.

"You dare defile His Highness's transport? Come out here at once!" Villetta shouted. The flag on the front burned away and revealed a masked figure who wore a cape and what appeared to be an expensive suit.

"People of Britannia, I am. . . Zero." the figure declared.

"I have seen enough, Zero! I'll end this here and now before you say anything else! Before that though," Villetta paused before opening her Sutherland's cockpit so that she could stand and aim at Zero before resuming, "Take off that goddamn mask or I'll give you a reason to wear one!"

Villetta was now stading outside of her cockpit and was aiming at Zero, who simply snapped his fingers and then something behind him was revealed. She gasped in horror as she realized that it was the poison gas canister from Shinjuku.

"You seem to know what the container behind me is, Villetta. If you aim at me and miss, you know what will happen." Zero admonished.

'This street would become a necropolis!' Villetta thought to herself as she steadied her aim. Zero then added, "You might want to reconsider your options, Villetta. I am wearing a dead man's switch, so even if you do manage to kill me, you'll be condemning innocent Britannians to death."

"Fine then, Terrorist. Your demands?" Villetta spat out in disgust, ashamed that a terrorist was threatening to use poison gas to make her negotiate.

"Simple, this gas canister in exhcange for Suzaku Kururugi." Zero stated.

"Impossible! He killed Prince Clovis and has been charged with High Treason!"

"Wrong, Villetta! This young man has committed no crimes yet, and if he did none of us have any proof! The one who killed Prince Clovis. . . was MYSELF!"

Villetta growled in frustration and shot in the air, prompting four Sutherlands to surround the fake transport. At the same though, Orange Sword and Pink Flash appeared from inside the transport and stopped on either side of him, both of whom wore metal masks on their faces that concealed their eyes. Orange Sword wore a red leotard with black lines while Pink Flash wore a dark green blouse and a short pink skirt that barely covered her rear end.

"I am Orange Sword and my ally on Zero's left is Pink Flash! We are allies of Zero and have this to declare: Should you kill Zero, Prince Clovis's name will be tarnished for years to come once 'Damson' goes public." Orange Sword declared.

"If you do not want 'Damson' to go public," Zero said before the left part of his mask opened to reveal a purple eye that had a birdlike symbol in it and continue, "You'll do everything in your power to allow us to leave with Suzaku Kururugi!"

Zero's mask immediately closed after he said that and Villetta resisted for a few seconds, but she faltered and then said, "You two, release Suzaku from his bindings!"

The two soldiers one the platform that Suzaku was restrained on had no idea what was going on, but they figured that since Villetta ordered Suzaku free then he should go free. Pink Flash then grabbed Suzaku and said, "Be aware Britannians, we shall encounter each other again!" before she escaped with Suzaku while Zero did the same with Orange Sword.

Meanwhile inside the Ashford Academy Student Council Clubhouse, Euphie was watching what was going on in a TV that was inside the ballroom and wondered exactly who Zero was beneath the mask before she sensed someone coming and left the clubhouse.


Abandoned Theatre, unknown area of Old Tokyo, ten minutes after escaping the convoy.

"So Private Kururugi, how are you?" Pink Flash asked him after removing the shock collar Villetta placed around his neck.

"I'm. . . doing alright, I guess." Suzaku stated. "Did Zero really kill Prince Clovis?"

"Yes, Private. In truth, the poison gas was none other than a green-haired girl who was being held inside that canister. The 'terrorists' stole her away from Clovis and managed to set her free. Clovis found out and ordered his soldiers to kill everyone in Shinjuku so that the girl could not escape from him, but Zero and the renegade Britannian faction stopped him from carrying out that plan. It was unfortunate, but Orange Sword and I followed Zero in order to stop you from preventing Zero from killig Clovis. Japan may have lost the Second Pacific War, but those that still dream of an independent Japan are waging a new war. They wage a war of liberation against the Britannian occupiers, and I intend to help the Japanese even if Britannians have to suffer because of my help!"

"Y-You. . . you've got to be kidding me! You would help the Japanese even if it meant that Britannians have to suffer!? You yourself are Britannian! Do you even realize that what you are doing is against the law and hypocritical!?"

Pink Flash removed her mask to reveal a pair of red eyes and then she said, "I don't give one shit about my own people, Suzaku Kururugi! Do you know who I am!?"

Suzaku nodded in disagreement. "Very well then, Shitzaku. I am former Princess Marrybell mel Britannia. After Japan lost the Second Pacific War, I discarded my claim to the throne and came here. Also, you're the bigger hypocrite in here Shitzaku! I met with Lelouch one day and he told me about how you killed your own father! Zero wanted you to join, but at the moment the best that you can do is to return to those military idiots and hand in your resignation! You don't even deserve to be in a resistance group right now, Shitzaku! Now get out of my sight before I stick something up your ass!" Marrybell shouted at him.

Suzaku was horrified at how harsh Marrybell was towards him. She had shut down his ideals and didn't even allow him to explain why she thought that they were dumb, even mentioning that he was the bigger hypocrite than her because he killed his own father. He got up and turned to leave to return to his court-martial when Zero arrived and said, "Do forgive Pink Flash or Princess Marrybell or whatever she wants to be called by for being rather harsh. She lost her mother and younger sister in a terrorist attack when she was around nine years old. Hopefully you can find peace wherever you're going. Just remember that my offer to let you join me can be accepted at any time. Just think about it for some time and if you still think that I'm bad news, then do not join another resistance group because I plan to eventually unite them all to retake Japan."

"I'll. . . I'll consider your offer, Zero." Suzaku said solemnly as he walked back to his court-martial, which would begin in forty minutes.


After the court-martial, Suzaku was found innocent of all charges and an hour later at the Military Base he was staying at, he turned in a form that made his commander look over it before saying anything.

"Private Kururugi, are you sure about this?" the Honorary Britannian commander asked.

"Yes, Commander Armstrong. I intend to resign from the military. I cannot work with a system that will scapegoat an innocent man to advance its political agenda. I am also fully aware that I will not be eligible for nor entitled to any priviledges should I return before two full years pass."

About an hour later, Suzaku had finished cleaning out his locker in the barracks and was walking towards the ASEEC trailer so that he could say goodbye to Lloyd Asplund and his assistant Cecile Croomy. He eventually arrived and saw Lloyd and Cecile packing up for the day.

"Suzaku-kun, is it true that you're resigning?" Cecile asked him.

"Yes, Ms. Cecile." Suzaku answered.

"Do you intend to join Zero?" Lloyd asked.

"I haven't decided whether to join him yet. Do you two intend to?"

"You're correct Suzaku, but the Lancelot will have to get a new devicer should you choose not to side with him. We'll join Zero as Knightmare Frame technicians. And hopefully Cecile will be able to take cooking lessons while I learn proper etiquette."

Cecile sighed as she remembered how awful her cooking was. Clovis had tried it once two years ago when Cecile was one of his attendants and he had to get his stomach pumped at the hospital. After that happened, she was arrested and charged with attempting to poison a member of the Imperial Family. Fortunately, Schneizel managed to have the criminal charge against her dismissed and Cecile thanked him by asking if she could join his Camelot research program. She had tried to get into Camelot as soon as she graduated from Colchester, but the recruiters were sexist pigs and did not even consider her application before they rejected it outright, forcing her to become a member of Prince Clovis's large female-exclusive group of companions and compatriots.

As one of Clovis's many female companions, Cecile often had to wear low-cut dresses that drew attention to her assets. Her tasks were usually to clean or drive his personal transport, sometimes she even had to help him get dressed or deal with his paperwork. The Third Prince was obviously a ladies man, and sometimes had one of his female companions sleep with him. Of course, with him being a member of the Imperial Family he insisted on using protection whenever he slept with one of his compatriots. She remembered that Clovis had taken her innocence the only time that she slept with the Third Prince.

Meanwhile at Ashford Academy, it was 22:23 hours when Lelouch and Marrybell came back via different entrances. Once Lelouch entered Nunnally's room, he saw a green-haired girl sitting next to Nunnally and making paper cranes with her. After a short bit of talking, Lelouch dragged the green-haired girl with him to his room and she then said, "So do you like the power that I gave you?"

"Yeah, it allowed me to speed up my plans to destroy Britannia by two entire decades. Needless to say, I was planning to fight Britannia without this power. Now it's become my weapon of last resort." Lelouch stated before he added, "By the way, what should I call you?"

"Just refer to me as C.C, Lelouch." C.C. said as she stripped off the prisoner restraint suit that was on her before pulling the blanket on Lelouch's bed up to her chin.

"You intend to stay in my bed?"

"A real man would sleep on the floor."

"I can already tell that dealing with you is going to be annoying, so how about I just get out of here before I become frustrated? By the way, if you're hungry you can use the credit card near my computer to order yourself some food. Just make sure not to break my balance." Lelouch said as he left his room. Once he closed the door after himself, he saw Marrybell walk up to him while dressed in her Ashford Academy uniform and ask, "What's wrong, Lelouch?"

"The green-haired girl that was inside the poison gas canister we exchanged with Villetta for Suzaku just stole my bed tonight. I can already tell that she is going to be a pain in my ass." he answered.

Marrybell had a naughty idea enter her head and wrapped an arm around one of his arms as she took him to her room. He never went inside of his own accord, although he did have Sayoko clean it from time to time. She closed the door once she and Lelouch were inside the room and Marrybell immediately pushed Lelouch onto the bed.

"Um, Marrybell, what is the meaning of this?" Lelouch asked. Marrybell simply remained silent as she began to unbutton his shirt before it slid off him and was placed on the floor. She removed her jacket and proceeded to start unbuttoning her shirt as well before letting it slide off her and onto the floor.

Lelouch had a light blush forming across his face as he saw that while Marrybell never wore panties when wearing her Ashford Academy uniform, she did wear a pink bra underneath her shirt. She then said to him in a seductive tone, "Lelouch, I am aware that we are fighting against Britannia, but if we die should we have to do so while still being virgins? We won't take each other's innocence tonight, but Nunnally and I eventually want to start bearing your children Lelou. But that can wait for when Nunnally gets the use of her legs back and when Japan is free."

Marrybell picked up the shirts and placed them in the laundry bin before removing her skirt and bra and placing them in it as well, which meant that she was completely naked. Getting the hint, Lelouch took off his pants, shoes, and socks and gave them to Marrybell, who simply placed them in the laundry bin. Before long, they were on the bed and Marrybell had pulled the blanket up to their shoulders. After a quick make-out session they fell asleep in each other's arms.

A/N: I changed my mind, the challenge from Chapter One is closed right now! Oldrin Zevon is Orange Sword while Marrybell mel Britannia was Pink Flash. Anyways, I'll need to bump up the rating on account for language. Also, were you guys expecting a sex scene between Lelouch and Marrybell? Sorry, but that isn't going to happen. . . for quite a while.