Lelouch smiled gently as he sat with Nunnally, watching as the girl folded a paper crane slowly, Sayoko sitting beside her and talking the middle school girl through the process.

When a knock sounded at the door Lelouch rose from his seat.

"I'll be right back Nunnally, I think that's Light."

"Okay Lelouch," the girl responded as the ash haired boy walked to the door, opening it to reveal Light and his little sister- Sayu.

"Hey Lelouch, sorry about the extra guest; my parents were going out of town and they didn't want me to leave Sayu home alone, so I thought that I could bring her with me so she could also meet Nunnally," Light explained; Lelouch smiling and nodding in response.

"I'm sure Nunnally will enjoy that," Lelouch replied as he stood to the side, gesturing for them to come in.

They all walked to the dining room together and when Sayoko saw them she gently stroked Nunnally's hand before going to prepare dinner.

Lelouch kneeled beside Nunnally and Light did the same, the girl grabbing one of both of their hands.

"Nunnally, this is Light Yagami from my Physics Class," Lelouch explained softly, earning a smile from the girl.

"It's nice to meet you Light, I'm Lelouch's little sister," the girl stated, Light smiling as well.

"It's very nice to meet you as well Nunnally, I have heard so much about you from Lelouch and the others."

"Good things I hope," Nunnally said with a delicate giggle.

"Of course, everyone talks about how nice you are and Lelouch talks about you and how much he cares about you constantly."

Nunnally tilted her head a little.

"Do you really Lelouch?" she asked, making her brother laugh slightly and blush.

"I guess I do," he replied then gestured Sayu over, the girl smiling and standing between Lelouch and Light.

"Who is that Lelouch?" the sandy haired girl inquired when she felt another presence near to her.

"This is Light's little sister Sayu."

"It's really nice to meet you Nunnally," Sayu said happily then leaned close to the girl in the wheelchair. "You know, I think our brothers have crushes on each other."

"Really?" the blind girl asked with a surprised look on her face, Sayu nodding her head.

"Yep, they definitely do!"

Both Light and Lelouch sighed.

"It's alright Lelouch; if you like boys I will stand by your decision one-hundred percent!" Nunnally chirped happily.

"I-Im not gay Nunnally!" Lelouch exclaimed as his face turned a deep shade of red.

"Are you sure about that?" Light teased, the ash haired teen turning on him making Light blink in surprise.

"This coming from the guy whose last name spelled backwards is "I'm a Gay"!"

Light smirked a little, mentally accepting Lelouch's challenge.

"Hey Lelouch, do you want to know a secret?" the brunette teen asked, Lelouch shrugging a little.

Light leaned closer to Lelouch before whispering: "Milly gave me all of the pictures from last year's Crossdresser's Ball. You really did look like a girl in that dress," the older teen taunted, Lelouch looking at him in surprise and embarrassment.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Lelouch exclaimed as his face burned with humiliation.

Nunnally and Sayu both laughed and both of their big brothers looked at them, suddenly forgetting all about their little feud.

Light and Lelouch glanced at each other then back at the girls when Sayu and Nunnally began to chatter happily to each other.

"Hey Lelouch…" the younger teen looked up at Light, the older teen's earnest tone making him expect something serious to be said "Can you help me with my Britannian history assignment?" he asked with a sigh of defeat, Lelouch laughing softly.

"Sure, if you help me with my Japanese history assignment."

The two teens sat down at the table, side by side, and began to work on their homework together, helping each other through parts the other didn't know.

It wasn't long until dinner was served and everyone sat at the table together, talking happily.

"So Light, what do you want to do when you graduate?" Nunnally asked.

"I want to be part of the Britannian Police Force- just like my father."

"Wow, how noble of you," Lelouch said with a smile as he took a bite of his food.

'Not noble at all,' the ash haired teen thought to himself.

Light wanted to become a stupid Britannian lap dog.

What was it with all of the people Lelouch liked becoming Britannian lap dogs? First Suzaku joined the military, now Light wanted to join the police force?

"What about you Lelouch?" Light asked, catching Lelouch off guard a little, the boy thinking for a moment before smiling and laughing softly.

"I honestly don't know what I want to do."

"Come on, there has to be something- and professional gambler doesn't count. It doesn't even need to be a career, just something you would like to do after you graduate."

Lelouch thought for another long moment.

"Well I think it would be nice to live out in the country, away from the empire and away from all the war and bloodshed. That's the kind of life I would like to live," the younger teen replied, Light smiling softly at him.

"That does sound nice, but you would have to be ready for me to show up on your doorstep once a week for dinner," the brunette responded, both boys laughing.

"I told you," Sayu whispered to Nunnally "They totally have the hots for each other," she said, making Nunnally giggle quietly, both teens looking at the two girls as they acted innocent.

"What are you two giggling about?" Light asked, Sayu laughing a tiny bit.

"Oh nothing Light, nothing at all."

"You were talking about us again weren't you Sayu?" he asked.

"No, I wasn't, you can't prove anything," the middle schooler stated triumphantly, both boys chuckling a little.

The night went by quickly after that and soon Light and Sayu were headed home, the four of them all conjugated at the door; Lelouch leaning against the wall and Light resting a hand on the wall for support when both girls struck up another conversation.

"Well, I am glad they like each other," Lelouch stated with a soft huff.

"Yeah, if anything they like each other a little too much," Light replied gently.

As the final farewells between the two girls finally came around Light and Lelouch looked at each other, both holding a smile on their face.

"This was fun," Lelouch said, earning a nod from the older teen.

"Yeah, we should do this again sometime soon," Light responded before giving a final wave as him and Sayu headed back home.

As Lelouch closed the door behind them he looked at his little sister.

"Did you enjoy that Nunnally?" he asked as he locked the door.

"Yes, that was so much fun. Sayu and Light are both so nice, I would love it if they would come over for dinner more frequently," the girl chirped with a big smile stretching across her face.

"Well, I am glad you enjoyed yourself Nunnally, that's what matters most."

~~LxL~~

The sun shone brightly over Ashford Academy, birds beginning another happy ballad of chirps while Lelouch stood in front of the small canal that ran around the school, looking down into the water, school bag in hand, his free hand resting in his pocket.

He stared down at his Geass that was reflected from the glassy water.

'This is the only weapon I have and I don't even know how to use it' he thought to himself as his eye turned back to it's normal violet colour.

He was broken from his thoughts when someone called his name and he looked up to see his history teacher approaching.

"Class will be starting any minute you know?" the man asked as he continued walking across the bridge that stood proudly over the canal.

"Oh, yes sir," he said then activated his Geass "Um sir, what are the topics going to be for the essays on your next exam?" Lelouch asked.

"The Humiliation of Edinburo, the transfer of the capital and North and South war topics," he replied.

'So, I haven't lost the power then.'

Lelouch stopped his Geass and the teacher seemed a bit out of it.

"Sir?" Lelouch asked snapping the man from his thoughts as he activated his Geass again. "What exactly are the topics going to be for the essays on your next exam?" he asked again and the teacher frowned as he continued on his way.

"Right, very funny. Maybe you should try studying, huh? Just apply yourself, you'll do fine."

"Yes sir!" Lelouch chirped as his lips curved upwards in a smirk.

'As I suspected, I can only use it on a person once.'

"Lelouch!" the ash haired teen's eyes went wide and he looked over to see Light walking up to him. "Come on, you're late for class," Light stated as he stopped in front of the younger teen, Lelouch grinning a little.

"So are you," he replied and Light laughed a little.

"Yeah, I was a few minutes late getting out of the house. Now come on, if we don't hurry we are going to get locked out of class," the brunette stated as he gently pushed Lelouch in the direction of their first class.

They both got into class just in time and sat down together.

Light looked at Lelouch as the teen stared at the white board with apparent boredom.

What had Lelouch been doing out there? He had asked the teacher the same question twice and yet the teacher had responded in two completely different ways.

It was all very weird.

They soon parted ways and Lelouch went on to his Feudal Britannian History class while Light headed off to Calculus 12.

Lelouch couldn't stop himself from keeping one eye on Kallen all class.

All he had done was accidentally mention Shinjuku to her when she wasn't under his Geass, but if she knew who he really was then at the first opportunity, he would have to get rid of her.

Lunch soon began and Lelouch packed his books into his bag as Light and Shirley walked over, girls in the background chattering happily to Kallen.

"Hey Lulu, you coming along?" Shirley asked.

"Sorry, maybe some other time," he replied as he walked towards Kallen.

"Lelouch," Light called and the ash haired teen looked back at him.

"Yeah?"

"Are you gonna come up to the roof today?" he asked and Lelouch shrugged a little.

"Not sure if I'll be able to, if I can't then I'll text you."

"Alright, I am going to go and catch up on some school work, if anything happens you know where to find me," Light stated as he left the room.

Light paused in the doorway to watch Lelouch as the ash haired teen walked straight into Kallen's little circle, stopping in front of the desk, the two of them locking eyes on each other instantly.

They were still tense around each other, what exactly was their relationship?

"You think that you could spare a minute? I need to talk to you." Lelouch stated to her and Shirley's eyes went wide, all of Kallen's friends looking at her with disbelief in their eyes as the red head stood.

"Sure, I was wondering when you were gonna ask," she replied as she grabbed her bag, Shirley making a surprised noise and all the girls squealing.

Light decided to make himself scarce and headed up to the roof while Lelouch and Kallen headed the opposite way together.

They weren't dating, or even thinking about dating. They looked like they wanted to kill each other not kiss each other.

He shook his head lightly and sat down, taking out his lunch. Today was going to be exhausting, he had spent too much time with Nunnally and Lelouch the night before. He should have left at least an hour before he did, but Sayu seemed to really be enjoying herself, so he just couldn't say no to her pleas for just a few more minutes. He had taken valuable time away from writing in his Death Note but he had to maintain relationships with other people within his life, especially with someone as intelligent as Lelouch, if he didn't it could end up being his downfall and that was something he didn't wish to see happen.

~~LxL~~

"I didn't even know this room existed," Kallen stated as she looked around.

"It's the club house for the Student Council, they built it as a ball room for various special occasions," Lelouch explained as they both came to a halt.

"And we wont be disturbed inside here?" she asked.

"Yes, that's correct," right as Lelouch finished saying that Shirley's voice rang out and they both looked up as Shirley stood from behind a railing, a memory chip in her hand.

"Here it is! I found it look! This is it right?" she asked and Nina smiled as the ginger handed it to her.

"What a relief you found our lab data," Nina replied as Rivalz stood, holding his back and groaning a little.

"Good, my ass is killing me," he said as he walked over to the girls and then a door opened, Milly walking out in a blue apron with a cart full of food.

"Were you able to find it? I finished up on my end, shall we dig in?" she asked and Shirley and Rivalz both looked at all the food Milly had made with excitement.

"Wow!"

"Wait to go Milly!"

Milly laughed as she started putting the food down on the tables.

"You adore me, I know~"

Lelouch finally decided to speak up.

"Um, what is all of this?" he asked, looking a little bit dumfounded as Milly turned to look at him.

"Lelouch, don't you know? I thought that's why you brought her. We're inducting Kallen into the student council. It was my grandfather's idea actually."

"The principle's?"

"He thought it best, with her poor health she would have a hard time with regular club activities," Milly turned to look at them again "Im Milly, the president of the council, pleasure to meet you."

"Oh thank you, the pleasure's all mine," Kallen responded as Rivalz, Shirley and Nina all ran over.

"Im Rivalz, the secretary, if there's anything you need help with Im your man."

"Hi Im Shirley and Im a member of the swim club, welcome."

"Um hi there, my name's Nina."

"Nice to meet all of you."

Nunnally then came over carrying Pizza and some cupcakes in her wheel chair.

"Shirley im sorry but could you set these on the table for me?" she asked and Shirley smiled.

"Oh sure thanks Nuna!" She replied as she ran over to the younger girl.

"Nunnally what are you doing here?" Lelouch asked.

Shirley grabbed the boxes from Nunnally and walked over to one of the tables to put everything down.

"This is Lelouch's sister Nunnally," Milly explained as she stirred some of the food.

"Im still in the Middle School group so I cant be on the council yet," she said and Rivalz walked over to her.

"That's alright you're an honorary member in our book."

"Hello there, it's a pleasure to meet you Kallen," Nunnally said with a gentle smile.

"Thank you, you as well," Kallen replied with the first smile Lelouch had seen on her face all day.

"Speaking of honorary people where did Light go?" Milly asked as she looked around.

"He headed up to the roof to work on an assignment he was behind on," Lelouch replied and Milly sighed.

"Well that's a bit of a bummer I wanted everyone to be here for this but I guess this'll have to do."

"Who says that everyone won't be here?" Light asked as he walked in, his bag slung over his shoulder.

"There you are Light, I thought I told you about this so I was wondering where you were," Milly chirped as the brunette walked over to them.

"Kallen, this is Light Yagami, he is the student council's resident kiss ass," Lelouch stated with a grin, everyone laughing softly, Light included.

"If I am the resident kiss ass then what are you? The resident gambler?" the honorary Britannian asked with a cocky smirk.

"No, in case you haven't noticed I am the Vice President," Lelouch stated, puffing up his chest a little with a smile, making everyone laugh again.

Rivalz then put a bottle of champagne down on the table.

"Right, should we kick this off with a toast?" he asked with a grin.

"Champagne?" Shirley asked.

"But we're on the student council, we shouldn't," Nina said and Rivalz began trying to get it open.

"Come on, loosen up you guys."

"No way we're gonna get in trouble!" Shirley said as she tried to wrestle the bottle from Rivalz' hands and all ready Lelouch could tell this was not going to turn out well.

Sure enough Lelouch soon found himself walking into the bathroom with a pair of his clothes for Kallen to borrow.

"Sorry about this, I know they can be a little over the top."

"That's okay, nothing wrong with cutting loose every once in a while you know?"

He put the clothes down in the basket beside the shower

"These are some of my clothes, hope that's okay."

"That's fine, don't worry about it. That was fast. You went all the way to the boys dorm?" she asked and Lelouch leaned on the counter.

"Actually I live here, it'd be pretty hard for my sister to live off in the dorms. The principle of the school lets us stay here as a favour."

"I see," she replied.

"Anyway…" he went to walk out then stopped when Kallen called out to him.

"Hey wait!" he looked back and her hand came out from behind the curtain "Can you hand me that pouch over there?" she asked, gesturing to a small pink pouch.

"Sure," he replied as he grabbed it then walked over the shower, looking to the side as he reached the pouch in towards her.

She grabbed his wrist and the pouch hit the floor, Lelouch's eyes going wide as he looked towards the shower.

"You really are a live wire aren't you?"

"Were you the one in Shinjuku?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb! You brought up Shinjuku the other day, why?"

"Why do you ask? Is there something wrong with Shinjuku?"

"Don't answer my question with a question!" She snapped as she picked up her pouch from the floor, drawing the knife from it. "Yes, or no. That's all I want to hear out of you."

The phone then rang and Kallen gritted her teeth.

"If I don't answer it someone will come, that okay?" he asked as he grabbed the phone and put it up to his ear.

Now the act began.

"Hello? Ashford Academy student council, no this is… oh. It's for you, he says he knows you," Lelouch stated as he held the phone out to Kallen.

She put her pouch down and accepted the phone.

"Hello?"

Lelouch stood there, staring away from Kallen as the message began to play.

"Who are you!? How did you arrange that cease fire order!? Hey! Don't hang up!" she exclaimed angrily.

"Did you say cease fire? Sounds like you keep dangerous company," Lelouch stated and Kallen looked at his through the now open curtain.

"Oh, that was…"

"Let me guess, you're talking about a game, something online" he said with a grin as he looked away.

"Oh, yeah, you got me. Cause you know, I've been shut up in my house so long."

"That's what I was warning you about when I told you not to bring up Shinjuku before," he said as he rubbed his wrist that Kallen had just released "seriously some guys will try to show you footage of what happened that day and it's pretty damn grim. By the way, you know I can see you right?" he asked as he looked away.

Kallen looked down at her naked body then at Lelouch and her face went red as she kneeled down and pulled the curtain closed, covering herself.

"Um, I wont tell anyone, later," he said as he walked out.

~~LxL~~

Light let out a gentle sigh as he finished putting the last of the dirty dishes into the dish washer. As he headed back towards the room where all the others were he could hear the sound of a television.

Just as Light headed down the stairs to meet everyone he saw Lelouch and Kallen coming out from the hallway.

"Lelouch, it's awful!" Nunnally said, looking back blindly at her brother.

"What is?" he asked as both him and Kallen came to a halt, everyone else standing in front of the TV, Light joining them.

"Prince Clovis has been found dead," Milly explained.

"They're saying he was killed," Rivalz continued, Light, Lelouch, and Kallen all gasping softly.

Light narrowed his eyes as he looked towards the TV, the news switching to a broadcast where Margrave Jeremiah and his second in command Villetta stood in front of the press, Jeremiah standing at a large podium with the symbol of Britannia on it.

"Prince Clovis has been taken from us! He fought for peace and justice against all of the Elevens! He died a martyr! We must all burry our sorrow, and carry on his will."

"We interrupt this broadcast with breaking news! The man suspected as the murderer has been captured!"

They all gasped, watching as it switched from the press conference with Jeremiah to a new video feed of an Honourary Britannian being walked down the street by armed Britannian guards, Lelouch and Kallen now standing with the others, Lelouch and Light standing close together.

"According to this report, the suspect is an Honourary Britannian."

Light glanced over at the ash haired teen beside him, surprised when he saw a look of utter shock on Lelouch's face.

"What the-" the teen stated softly as he watched the video feed.

"Private Suzaku Kururugi, a former Eleven and Honourary Britannian, I repeat, Suzaku Kururugi arrested for murder."

Lelouch's stomach turned when he saw Suzaku on the screen and heard those words.

"Suzaku Kururugi arrested for murder."

~~LxL~~

As the day came to an end the weather turned sour and Light found himself walking home in the rain after saying goodbye to Lelouch and all the others.

Lelouch had seemed weird. During that news cast he has looked surprised, and a little angry. It had almost seemed like he knew something about that guy, or maybe something about that situation in general.

A sudden nagging started in Light's head. The situation… maybe it was connected to Shinjuku. If Lelouch and Kallen were both connected to Shinjuku and Clovis' death was connected to Shinjuku, then maybe Lelouch and Kallen were to blame for Clovis' death. Maybe that was why Lelouch had seemed so surprised, because him and Kallen were to blame, not that Suzaku Kururugi guy.

Light shook his head hard.

What the hell was he thinking? Just because they had been acting weird didn't mean that they were murderers. Besides, how would two people as weak as Lelouch and Kallen get past an entire group of armed Britannian body guards and to the prince?

The very thought was ridiculous. There was no way those two could pull off such a thing, But then why the recognition in Lelouch's eyes?

He thought on it for a moment.

"He probably just knows Suzaku somehow, they are probably old friends or something," he mumbled to himself as he finally arrived at his house.

Light pulled the front door open and stepped inside, his mother already standing by the door.

"What a nice surprise, I wasn't expecting you home so early," she said with a smile.

Light nodded a little.

"Yeah, hi mom, it's because um…" the brunette trailed off when he saw his mom holding out her hands, then realized what she wanted, setting his bag down on the floor. "Oh- the results of the nation wide exam," he stated to himself.

"I've been waiting all day," she explained.

He handed the paper to his mother with a mumbled 'here', the woman smiling even wider.

"Goodness! Number one again, these are the highest scores you've had," she chirped happily.

"Yeah, I guess. I'm going to study in my room so please don't interrupt me, okay?" he said as he walked up the stairs.

"As you wish."

Light got into his bedroom, and was just about to close his door when his mother spoke up again.

"Oh Light, do you want anything at all dear? You can ask for whatever you like."

"No, I'm fine mom, thanks though," he replied as he closed his door.

He already had what he wanted.

He discarded his bag before heading to his desk, turning on his lamp, pulling the Death Note out and sitting himself in his chair, staring down at the ink that covered the pages; reminiscent of the blood of each filthy criminal who had met their end by that note book.

Light couldn't help the deep laugh that rumbled in his chest as he stared down at all of those names. There was a certain giddiness that came with wiping such filth off the planet, and he was overwhelmed by the feeling until he heard a voice coming from his window.

"You've taken quite a liking to it," the voice rasped as lightning crackled outside, illuminating the frightening creature that lurked oh so close to him.