Chapter 4: The Act to Fool
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"Tell me!" Cornelia shouted as she whipped Kallen more. Kallen screamed in pain. She knew that if she spilled now the plan Lelouch made would be worthless. But if he didn't arrive now she was going to kick their asses in front of them and she didn't care if they killed her right then.
They were in the middle of the Great Hall of the Student Council building. If she guessed right, Lelouch would have been informed of her condition by now. Her uniform jacket was taken off forcefully by Cornelia and had started whipping her nonstop that her clothes were torn. Her white shirt was torn to pieces and showed a fair amount of her body with deep cuts that stained her shirt. Her socks were also torn but she really didn't give a damn about them. Her face had a bruise and multiple cuts already.
"Tell me where the Black Knights Headquarters are located!" as the whip hit her body yet again.
"I don't know where it is!" she screamed. Oh, she was going to pay dear when the two of them meet in the battlefield next time! If she thought she would get away with this, she was SO WRONG!
"Tell me you traitor!" Cornelia shouted. More and more students were already crowding around the scene. Kallen looked at Suzaku to find sympathy in his eyes. 'I don't need sympathy from a traitor like you! Lelouch is going to save me and you'll humiliate yourself Cornelia! I promise that!' she thought fiercely.
"I've had enough of this! Guilford! Give me my sword!" Cornelia ordered. Guilford gave her the purple hilted sword and took the whip she handed to him. "If you're not going to spill with the whip, then I'm going to slice you off bit by bit!" she said as she showed her the sharp sword.
Kallen thought of only one thing while she watched in slow motion the sword swinging to hit her arm and based on how fast it was, it was going to cut her arm clean. She'd be damned if she didn't say it out loud now. She shouted. "LELOUCH!" as tears spilled from eyes. As always, she praised herself for her great acting skills.
That did it. Cornelia stopped the sword just inches from her arm. Lelouch wasn't lying when he told her what reaction she would get. Cornelia's eyes were wide; there was something that showed her weakness. Her eyes were filled with pain and remorse as she looked at the red head teen. Suzaku went wide eyed as well and so did Darlton. The only one who didn't react was Guilford who was confused as to why the princess stopped.
Then suddenly, Cornelia bellowed. "How dare you say that name in front of me!" her eyes didn't show the remorse that was there a while ago and was replaced with pure white anger. "Your people! Your damn barbaric people killed him and Nunnally! And then that Zero killed Clovis! How dare you!" she yelled in anger.
Just as she was about to slice Kallen's head off, a voice was heard.
"Stop this Cornelia! You have no right to hurt her!"
Cornelia instantly recognized the voice. It was the voice of the Vice Chairman she had heard a while ago. And so did everyone else. "So the vice chairman has finally come eh? What do you mean I have no right here? I am the viceroy." as she turned around and stood there, dumbfounded, her mouth partially gaping. Something clearly rare for a royal member of Britannia.
Standing in the halfway on the stairs was a man with black hair and purple eyes and pale white skin. He was wearing an Ashford uniform. He was accompanied by Milly and Euphemia. As he went down, nobody would ever overlook his gracefulness. The gracefulness of a prince.
He stopped a mere 10 feet from her. "I will repeat myself, Cornelia. Let her go. You have no authority in this place." Lelouch said.
Cornelia gained her composure. "You're not real! That!" she pointed the sword at his face. "That face is fake! You're a black knight as well aren't you? Lelouch has been dead for 7 years! How dare you insult his memory!" she said as she prepared to attack.
Unseen by everyone, under Lelouch's uniform, his skin was lifting up and opened the latch that would trigger the release of his 3 foot long foldable katana and prepared it lest she attacks.
"And how dare you, Cornelia, insult me. You know I'm someone who should not be crossed. And yet here you are, undermining my authority. You keep on believing the lies the emperor tells you, and yet you do not believe the truth even if it is already in front of you." He said sharply.
Cornelia's face twisted in anger. "How dare you pretend to be him? Using Lelouch's memory to try and make me falter! You will pay for that!" she said as she ran in his direction. Lelouch released the katana from it's latched and raised it to his face as Cornelia's sword connected with his. Lelouch pushed Cornelia away 6 yards from him and went into a stance where his right hand was at his back and the other one holding the sword was positioned in front of him and pointing at Cornelia.
The purple haired woman recognized the stance immediately. 'That's the stance Lelouch uses to fend his enemies off! But only the royal family knows that stance! How could this be?'
"Believe me yet? Or do I have to let my actions speak for themselves? Or perhaps chess would convince you that I am the real Lelouch?" he said with no emotion.
Cornelia went into a stance as well with her right hand in front of her left leg and her sword aligning her arm so that it reached of her right shoulder. "I see you still haven't forgotten the stance Schniezel taught you for the sole purpose of being a match for me." Lelouch commented but still showed no emotion.
"Heh. Just shut up and fight." She said and ran towards him. Lelouch blocked the sword inches form his face and pushed Cornelia again with his sword. Cornelia staggered but attacked again, this time she tried to attack him near his ribs. If he really was Lelouch then there was only on weakness he would have had, but she wasn't ready to know the truth. Not yet.
Lelouch blocked it again and parried her attack by side stepping.
'He even has Lelouch's gracefulness! Who is this guy! Is he really my brother?' Cornelia thought as she attacked yet again. He wasn't even attacking, which was Lelouch's hidden style. He would make his opponent think they're already winning and then suddenly he would give the final blow that would make him win.
"If you really are Lelouch then why aren't you attacking?" she taunted. If he wasn't the real Lelouch then he would attack her head on, believing that Lelouch always attack.
But if he really was him...
"I only take offensive in chess Cornelia. You of all people should know that since I've taken you and Clovis to the cleaners' every time you try to go against me." He said as he sidestepped yet another attack from her.
Everyone was amazed to see Lelouch fighting against a trained soldier like Cornelia. A lot of people knew Lelouch didn't like to work out and even Suzaku told them. His gracefulness while fighting her was just so incredible!
Lelouch kept on parrying her attacks and used his katana as a shield. A trick Lelouch used every time. Cornelia began to have second doubts as to who this man really is.
She continued to attack and kept on failing. "Damn!" she hissed.
She was getting tired. She knew that once the fake Lelouch saw her weakening, he would begin the final blow and that was something he would notice swiftly.
Just as she tried to land another blow on him, her body seemed to register that this really was Lelouch she was fighting and changed the direction of her attack to his weak spot. His hair. And cut a small amount of it, barely noticeable to the other people who had never seen him fight, but very noticeable to the others who knew his obsessive manner for his hair.
"Oh no." Euphemia and Milly said aghast at the same time.
Lelouch stopped in his tracks and so did Cornelia.
Darlton spoke for the first time. "That really must be Lord Lelouch then." he said as he watched Lelouch raise his head and looked at Cornelia. A deep frown adorned his handsome face while his eyes were blank and suddenly his face twisted in anger.
"Cornelia! You're going to pay for ruining my hair you bitch!" he said and attacked for the first time since their encounter. He easily landed a deep cut on Cornelia's shoulder on his first swipe, making her dress torn and her skin bleed.
"Damn!" she said as she dodged another attack from the enraged Lelouch. "I'm going to make you pay for this Cornelia! Do you even know how hard it is to make my hair look this good? An hour Cornelia! AN HOUR! AND YOU DESTROYED MY BEAUTIFUL HAIR! I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU PAY YOU TEDDY-BEAR LOVING PURPLE WITCH! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" he bellowed and attacked again.
Everybody was stunned to hear the renowned prince say such humiliating things to a royal member of Britannia. And the fact about Princess Euphemia, General Darlton and their own president said seemed to confuse them even more. Every time Lelouch swung his katana, he would succeed in making Cornelia bleed more, cutting her garment in the process until she was practically beat up. Her steps began to falter and she fell on the floor.
Suzaku stepped into the fight and blocked the blow that was supposed to hit the princess on top of her head using his two hands, sandwiching Lelouch's blade.
"Lelouch! You need to calm down! It's just your hair!" he said as he tried to explain and regretted it as it left his lips. "Uhhh... I didn't mean it like that!" he said defensively.
"Suzaku... You're supposed to be my best friend for 7 years and yet you're telling me to calm down after she cut my hair? MY GORGEOUS HAIR! YOU'RE A TRAITOR!" he said as he quickly released the katana from his friend's hands and attacked again. Suzaku quickly dodged it and carried the princess to Guilford. "Your highness!" he said as he steadied the princess. "I will make him pay!" Guilford exclaimed as he unsheathed his sword. A hand stopped him. It was Darlton's. "No Guilford." He said.
"He's right. Don't. You really are Lelouch then, huh?" Cornelia said the last sentence for Lelouch who replied. "I don't care if you acknowledge me as the Lelouch you knew or not. I'm going to make you pay for ruining my hair." He said gravely. Suzaku took the princess's sword that she was holding. "May I borrow this, your highness?" he said and blocked Lelouch's katana.
"Come on Lelouch! You need to stop this!" he said. He was surprised at how powerful Lelouch was at the moment. Suzaku tried to land his spin kick twice on Lelouch but he sidestepped it and kicked him hard. Suzaku tried to punch his friend multiple times and miss. He felt Lelouch's fist connect with his left shoulder. He staggered and Lelouch was about to do his heart stopping punch but stopped it an inch away. He instead kicked Suzaku with his right leg and let it connect to his left shoulder.
They continued to exchange attacks until the soldier had multiple wounds on his body while Lelouch had none. Lelouch landed another stern palm on his ribs and watched his friend fall down the floor. "Suzaku, you now have 3 broken ribs and I have already dislocated your left shoulder so you might as well let me through. I'm going to make Cornelia pay for hurting Kallen." He said dangerously.
"Wait! You mean you're furious at me for hurting that Black Knight bitch?" Cornelia asked as Guilford supported her.
"She's not a Black Knight! She's a weak defenceless girl you decided to torture information she doesn't know out of her! Have you even considered plastic surgery Cornelia? What if that ace you keep on talking about had plastic surgery and used Kallen's face? And not only that, but you also wounded my girlfriend and insulted her in front of me by calling her a bitch you witch!"
That stopped everyone on their tracks. "Wait. Kallen's you're girlfriend now?" Suzaku asked, completely unaware that Kallen had already stood up clutching her chest in the hopes of covering her body. "Yes Suzaku and I will make Cornelia pay for what she did!" he said as he was about to land a blow that would knock Suzaku out.
"Lelouch!" a voice yelled. He stopped the attack and looked to where the voice was coming from to see Kallen in her current state. He left Suzaku quickly and hugged his girlfriend tightly. "Kallen, are you alright?" he asked as he held her face gently in his hands.
"I'm fine." She said dismissively. "Lelouch please stop this. You're not suppose to hurt people remember? You promised." she said as she clutched Lelouch's shoulders tightly so it looked like she was hanging on Lelouch for support.
Lelouch's face softened and hugged the red head tightly. "Kallen," he whispered in her ear. "I'm going to inject the tranquilizer now." He warned and under his right hand a needle popped out and he pressed it on Kallen's shoulders as they pulled away from each other. "Alright, I'll stop." He said.
Kallen smiled her weak smile and said, "Good." And felt her head spin. She collapsed and Lelouch caught her. "Kallen! Kallen!" he said. He checked her pulse and sighed. "She's unconscious." He declared as he removed his black uniform jacket and placed it on Kallen. He put his katana under his long sleeved shirt and carried her bridal style and went up the stairs, not giving anyone a second look. When he reached the top he said, "Milly, Euphie. I'll leave everything else to you. I have what I came for." and proceeded to the student council room.
"Wow. That's the third time I've seen Lelouch like that. It looks like he still can't control the demon inside him when he's too mad." Suzaku said as he stood up and returned the sword to its wielder. "Thank you Major Kururugi. But why did you even save me?" Cornelia asked as she handed Guilford the sword. And let him sheath it back.
"Well, it's been my job to calm him down by fighting with him ever since we met." He said as he touched his ribs and winced. "Wow. I never thought Lelouch could damage me like this. Even that bullet didn't do anything serious like this." He said and turned around to see Euphemia and Milly walking towards them.
"Madam Prez. Princess." He bowed as they came close. "Suzaku, get yourself to the student council room and wait for us there." Milly said and he followed suit.
"You," she pointed to a guy in the crowd. "Me?" he replied, sounding kind of scared as to why the President wanted him.
"Yes you. Go to the clinic and tell them I told you to get Lelouch's medicines and his kit and bring it to the student council room. Don't tell anyone of what happened here. Now." The guys scurried to the nearest exit and went straight to the clinic. "Princess Cornelia. I trust you've learned your lesson now?" she asked, her voice still solemn.
Cornelia scowled. "If word of Lelouch's existence or anything that happened here reaches anyone else except all of you then you will not only face my wrath, but also Lelouch's. Got it everyone? And just to remind you, we will know if you tell anyone." Milly said dangerously.
"YES MADAM PREZ!" the students answered in unison and dispersed. She looked at Cornelia. "Please come with me so we can treat your wounds." They all followed her up the stairs and entered the Student Council room.
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Well guys? You liked it? And sorry about the past cliffie but I really have a knack for doing that :3
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