Chapter 4 - Old Friends New Flame
Neo awoke as the plane began its descent to the runway, he looked over and saw that Elly had just finished getting dressed in her formal uniform, she wore her hair straight down and had some come down the front while the rest was down her back, it was long in the back while in the front the only made over her left eye too her left shoulder. Her uniform was a skin tight black shirt with a open crimson jacket with and gold trim. Her pants were red slacks and black boots. It was the same lady Isabella wore before she became the knight of five.
Neo soon when to his trunk and began getting dressed, he wore a suit that closely resembled a rounds but was black and gold with a plain silver undershirt. And the coat had only the insignia of rank and unit. He placed his sword on his hip as Elly combed his hair. It was long, nearly to his shoulders, Raven black like Elly's. he had it combed in front of his left eye while still being a bit messy.
Neo stood at the door waiting for them to open "We left in a hurry and now we cant get off until that idiot gets here" His happiness from coming here was starting to die down.
Clovis had told Bartley that he wanted to be the first faces the twins see when they landed, the general took it literally and Neo and Elly were forced to stay on the plane until the prince arrived.
Neo looked out the window at the vast city knowing his dream was in there somewhere and was getting madder and madder as they waited nearly an hour.
Elly who could feel his anger looked over at his seat "Neo calm down before you make me lose control too" she was feeling his emotions with both her geass and their link, as well as her own anger, she was using every anger management technique she knew to try and control it.
Neo grunted as he rubbed the hilt of his sword "Do you want to get out of here?" he said as he stood.
She looked at him "We cant" she looked at the main door "That door is blocked" and nodded to the cargo doors "And they sealed the cargo hold so we cant bust out with the knightmares" she shifted in her seat to get comfortable "Face it we're stuck"
Neo walked over to her trunk and threw her the keys to her car "I think the emperor had a prophet with him" he walked to the cargo doors and unsheathed his sword. It had the basic handle of a katana and the blade began with an angle with the gem baring the geass symbol on it just at the end of the angle and the blade then went straight several feet. (It looked like Siya's second sword in Blood+ the one with her fathers blood in the gem)
Elly saw the blade and remembered when he told her about it "Neo you cant use a geass item around here"
He ignored her and took two cuts out of the lock and kicked the door open "You coming" he pressed the button on his keys making his silver sports car beep and unlock.
Elly sighed but followed.
Bartley stood on the tarmac in a panic "where is his highness, I heard that kid in there has a mad temper and that he is likely to kill someone on this day" he looked at his watch and it was 3pm the plane had arrived an hour earlier. And the prince was no where to be found "oh if I cant find him then he's with that witch again"
There was a loud roar in the plane and he turned as red and silver sport cars rode out of the transport
Neo was speeding down the highway using his geass to avoid many collisions, Neo missed being able to drive like this. The desert had no highways and was full of dunes, now he had a customized sports car and plenty of asphalt before the academy.
Elly on the other hand drove the speed limit as she didn't have foresight and Neo was to distracted to give her his sight.
Neo and Elly had changed into civilian clothes before they left for the visit to the school. Neo wore black jeans, combat boots, a silver tee, a long black coat and shades. Elly wore a black tee, red jacket and black jean shorts. And black almost knee high boots.
Neo pulled in and got looks from many girls as the guys looked at the car, soon Elly came and they looked at her instead. But Neo's glare got them too look away. He looked at his watch "Its almost four so schools over for the day" he walked up the administration building with Elly following him waving at the guys they pasted.
"Hey guys did you see those kids in those hot cars" said Rivalz as they sat for the student council meeting "I want a car like that one day, and that girl too" he said dreamily.
Lelouch laughed "Rivalz you just got that motorcycle, and we all know about your bad luck with women" It was well known that Rivalz had the hots for Milly Ashford, but she only toyed with him over the years.
"Its not like their students here" said Shirley who knew everyone in their class "We would know if anyone could afford silver and red sports cars"
Milly was interested "Silver and red huh?"
Rivalz spoke up "yeah the guy wore all black with a silver shirt under his coat and the girl wore black and like a dark red"
Nina thought about it "Yeah and they had the blackest hair, and it they both had it really long"
Milly's eyes widened "Did they look almost the same, like twins?" Rivalz and Nina nodded and Milly looked right at Lelouch.
Lelouch looked at her "you okay pres?"
She tried to smile but it didn't work and her face just looked wrong "Yeah I just need to go talk to my grand father about something" she stood up "Lelouch why don't you go find Nunally and wait for me to call" she sprinted out of the room.
Everyone looked confused and they turned to Lelouch.
Shirley sighed "Maybe she's planning a new festival or something"
Nina looked scared "What if those two came to take her to some marriage"
Rivalz screamed "No that cant happen!"
Lelouch stood "Their probably just someone she knows from her noble days and their coming to school here next semester"
He walked out and left them to their suspicions "She was scared for me which would mean they must be nobles who came to the palace before" he saw the cars from the window "and with those they must still be pretty high up the latter" he shrugged, he made a deal with the administrators not to admit anyone who could discover his or Nunally's identities.
Neo stood at the desk just outside the administrators office "Im here to sign us up for class" Elly stood right behind him.
The secretary was an woman in her forties and she eyed the boy in front of her "The semester has already started so you have to put in an application next year like everyone else"
Neo put his hands on the desk "Lady I am Neo Valiant now let me see the"
"I don't care if you're some noble, a commoner or even a prince I said next year" she cut him off and went back to playing solitaire on her computer.
Neo walked over to the office door and began pressing the buttons on the keypad. The lady laughed "Kid that thing is new it doesn't have a master code like most others do"
Neo reached into his coat "I have the code" he pulled out his pistol and shot the device making the door unlock and he walked in with Elly and closed the door, the lady remained silent.
"What the hell was that noise and who the hell are you!" yelled the administrator as he reached under his desk.
Neo and Elly both sat in the chairs in front of his desk like nothing happened. The man held his hand on the gun under his desk.
Neo smiled "Don't worry about that keypad just take it from my next supply" he looked back at the door "But I don't like the attitude of that woman so I suggest you talk to her about it"
The man was even more confused "I demand to know who you are this instant!"
Just then the door swung "Neo!" it was Milly and she looked like she ran a marathon.
Neo turned in the chair and waved "Hey Mills how ya been"
Mr. Ashford let go of the gun and sighed in relief "Neo Von Waldstein" he shook his head "You almost gave me a heart attack kid" he laughed "So why are you here? Surly by your letters you don't have the time to attend school with your military duties"
Neo handed the man his and Elly's leave forms "we got time off and will be stationed here from now on" he also handed him his and Elly's civilian IDs "Run it thought these. I don't want people to be afraid of us"
He looked at the forms and the IDs "You want to take the Valiant name?" he laughed
Elly looked a little mad "Our mother was a Valiant and I believe Neo owns this school as well, in the Valiant name"
The man put his hand up apologetically "Okay I cant let you into the school right now as wee are in the middle of the semester and all of the dorms are taken" he lied hoping to get rid of them.
Neo just shrugged "That's fine we are taking my suite in the student council building anyway"
Milly shook her head a her grandfather but he dropped his head "You cant take the suite I gave it too some unfortunate kids who were disowned but wanted to go to school"
"Neo he's really scared about us being here"
"Yeah you don't need your geass to feel that"
"I want to do this but I don't want to threaten him"
"Yeah I don't either, lets see what's the problem"
Milly walked around to stand next to her grandfather "its true they do stare at each other without talking"
Neo and Elly reached into their coats and Milly backed up "I didn't mean to insult you!"
Neo and Elly threw their sidearm's and military IDs on the desk and Neo looked the man in the eyes "Okay James as your boss, I want to know what's got you so scared"
Elly smiled "We aren't soldier now and what you tell us now wont be reported to anyone of authority. We are just the children of Isabella Valiant"
Milly put her hand on her grandfathers shoulder "Don't we made a promise"
He held her hand "we were lucky to keep it hidden for this long" he turned to the twins "Are you now true children of Isabella and will honor her promise to Lady Marianne"
Neo looked at Elly who nodded. He looked back to the old man "If it is a promise of our mother then we will honor it as our own, especially for Aunt Marianne"
The man reached into his desk drawer and gave them both a folder each "We've taken care of them since the invasion, its our duty to Lady Marianne"
Neo opened the folder and saw the application of one Lelouch Lamperouge "Lelouch!" he looked at Elly who held Nunally's.
He looked at the man with wide eyes "You can put those applications for us in by the end of the day right?" the admin nodded and Neo and Elly stood "we'll take the second suite on the opposite side" He walked out.
Elly sighed "I apologize for him" she picked up their military things "Thank you for your time and its good to see you again"
Milly smiled "I just hope this doesn't start anything for Lelouch and Nunally"
"Don't worry we wont tell anyone" Elly said as she holstered her gun and put Neo's in her pocket "We to wish for a better Britannia without the infighting and corruption" she walked around the desk and hugged Milly.
Milly felt the gun press on her and as they separated she pointed at it "Please don't bring those to school anymore"
Elly laughed "Yeah I know Neo's temper. I'll make sure he doesn't bring it under his uniform tomorrow" she turned and left.
Neo walked out of the building and used his geass to scan the school grounds for Lelouch, he found Nunally in the room with a maid but he couldn't find Lelouch.
"Neo you cant do that here" said Elly as she walked out the admin building. She could see what he was and she looked towards the student council building "I'll go see her, why don't you find Lelouch"
Neo watched her walk off towards Nunally and he went to his car. He stood next to it and scanned the area again for Lelouch.
"Hi are you a new student here?" came a girls voice from behind him.
He stopped the geass and turned to the girl "Yes Im going to be attending soon" he answered but was eyeing the girl, she was a normal girl, she had red hair and looked tired, but Neo noticed her lovely blue eyes and something else.
She caught him staring but was used to guys doing it "So how did you afford such a nice car?" she asked with a little distaste in her voice.
Neo smiled "Are you by chance part Japanese?" she looked shocked "As I thought, well if that's true then by the look in your eyes you are one of the resistant fighters here correct?"
She held her pouch "I couldn't be a terrorist" she laughed "Im to frail to fight, I can barely attend school"
Neo noticed the pouch and the small shimmer in the corner "Well im sure sickly girls don't carry a concealed blade in their purse" She raised it and he pushed off the car and grabbed her and pressed a button on his key making the car's radio play classical music and he began dancing as he held her wrist and bent in until she dropped the blade. He leaned to her ear "You don't want to scream or stop dancing, I could execute you for trying to kill the chairman of Valiant Industries and close friend of the royal family"
She placed her other arm behind him and danced "What do you want with me?" she said scared and angry as he twirled her around beside his car.
He looked at all of the surprised faces staring at him "I just made an observation and you tried to kill me, that's not a very nice thing to do to a new classmate" he laughed "what's you name"
She hesitated "Kallen Stadtfeld"
Neo held her closer and whispered in her ear "your lying to me"
She stepped on his foot but he kept going with out stopping "That's my real name" she said angrily
Neo spun her and jerked her back "You don't seem like you say it often so I know you use the other one Kallen, now I know what the legal one is so I could go see your family and find out for myself"
She could see the people around her so she couldn't kill him and she wanted to get away "Its Kozuki" She looked into his eyes "and what's yours"
He looked into hers "I am Neo Valiant"
She smiled "I could kill you now that I know that"
Neo stopped dancing as the song ended "Im going to be staying in the school at the student council building so if you think I am a threat then go ahead"
She stepped back when he let go "Why would you tell me that?" she was confused this boy knew her every secrete yet he seemed unaffected by it and even willing to die.
He leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek and whispered "I have more up my sleeve then a few dance steps" he stepped back "why did you even come up to me anyway?" he was curious as she basically gave herself to an enemy commander.
She looked at the car and him "When I heard the gunshot coming from the administrators office I thought you were a soldier and of high nobility, I mean you have the body of a fighter and keen instincts to read me"
Neo laughed she had been right on all counts "I just grew up with a few military men" he picked up her weapon and handed it to her "here I believe this is yours"
She saw the blade right against his wrist, all she had to do was push and he would bleed out in minutes "Thanks" she took it and put in in her pocket and turned.
Neo opened his car door "You just lost a great chance Kallen" he watched her walk down the street in a hurry and he drove up to her, he rolled down his window "Home or work?"
She looked at him "Eh its work" she knew what he meant by work but figured he'd go away. But she was wrong.
He opened the passenger door "Get in I'll take you into the ghettos"
She kept walking "how do I know you wont take me to the police or the military?"
Neo opened his glove box and threw her a gun "If you see anything wrong then shoot me"
She held the gun, looked around and got in. The dance had taken along time and she was too late to take a train the hideout and she was going to make him stop before they got to it "Fine Neo but don't regret it if I kill you"
Neo put the car in gear "Where to madam terrorist?" She pointed the gun at him "Hey you cant kill me when im driving, you'd die too"
She looked at the navigation and put in the location near the base.
Neo proceeded to drive to the edge of the city he kept using his geass to make sure he wasn't followed as Kallen couldn't see his left eye from the passenger seat. He stopped at the location on the GPS and he cut the engine "Okay I got you here to make up for holding you up" he opened the door and she got out "Kallen I hope to see you around"
She turned "Thanks, you too" she walked off and he turned and headed back to the school "Damn I was supposed to find Lelouch"
Lelouch walked stood outside of his room holding bags from the local grocery store. He heard voices inside and knew it wasn't Sayoko as he saw her in the entry hall. He knew Nunally's voice but the other girl was only familiar to him.
"Nunally did you know Clovis actually stood us up today when we arrived" came the unknown voice
Nunally laughed "Im sure those two will never get along now"
"Master Lelouch is something wrong?" Sayoko suddenly stood next to him and the surprise made him drop the bags.
He bent down to get them "Sayoko don't scare me like that"
The door opened "Lelouch you're looking good for a corpse"
Lelouch stared at his old friend "Elly it cant be" he had spent so much time staying hidden and now it was all over.
Nunally came up behind Elly "Lelouch, Neo and Elly are going to be attending school here now"
Elly pulled him up and gave him a strangling hug "Yep and we're going to be neighbors!"
Lelouch was finally allowed to breath "Then where is Neo now?" he feared Neo had told Clovis or worse the emperor, by now and his peaceful life with Nunally was now over.
Elly looked mad "He was supposed to go find you but he disappeared after I came here" She couldn't feel him near and she had felt several emotions coming from him before he left the range of the link.
Lelouch walked in surprised "the administrator was supposed to keep high nobles like you out" he said coldly as he sat and the table and Sayoko went for tea.
"Neo bought Valiant Industries from our family and it was he who gave Ashford the money to build the school" said Elly as she pulled Nunally's chair to the table.
"Cant you call Neo?" he didn't like not seeing him there, he could be talking to the authorities. Their father is the knight of one, how could they not be loyal and report finding lost royalty.
Elly looked out the window as she felt him near "He was out of service when I called earlier"
Lelouch saw the headlights of the silver sports car pull into the parking lot "The only places around here out of service are the lower levels and the ghettos"
Neo got out of his car thinking himself crazy for his actions, but the feisty redhead was the only person he felt scared of and attracted to at the same time, he even gave her every chance to kill him just to have her near. He walked to the council building, he could feel Elly trying to talk to him but he didn't want to hear her thoughts on his earlier emotions.
By the time Neo got to the door to Lelouch's room his head was throbbing in pain, he opened the door "Sorry I was helping that sick girl get home" he sat down and enjoyed the ease on his head for a moment "You get sent away and then caught up in the invasion, make everyone think you're dead and you don't have the decency to tell your only friends who share the pain of this day" he scolded Lelouch
Lelouch smiled "If I told you then to be fair I'd have to tell everyone"
They all laughed and caught up on their lives, they for the first time enjoyed their birthday and the anniversary of the death of Marianne and Isabella.
Chapter 4 End