Hey people, do you wonder what will happen next? Will Lelouch and C.C make it out to becoming knights? And what will happen with the Emperor? Umm, I so know what will happen, but don't you worry, soon you will know too, so read. :P

Chapter IV –

Some truth comes out…

We went out for a meal and after that each of us climbed up on our knightmares and started making our way to Siberia. When we got there we still got two more hours until the exam started, so we decided to go and drink some hot tea, for we wouldn't have the chance to later on when the exam starts.

Time flew by quickly and the exam started, for three-week me and C.C went through everywhere, searching where to stay for the night in the afternoon and food in the mornings. It was cold, hundreds times we felt like freezing but the thought of giving up never cross our minds. In the morning of the end of the three weeks we were greeted by a smiling Peter.

"Congratulations, you made it to the second part. I am so glad you are alive." He said and smiled at us.

"There were dead people?" C.C asked and Peter smiled sadly.

"2 people froze in those cold nights and 3 people were eaten by wolfs and 3 others gave up. You were planned to be 13 for the next part but you were left 12. Now come with me I will take you to your temporary room where there is warm tea and hot meal. Tomorrow morning you will start the next part of the exam." He told us and we nodded while smiling. I made a comment that it was over before I thought it would be and he laughed saying that when he was participation it had been over on the 5th day.

Then we made our way to our temporary room. That night I slept like a log. The next day the second part of the exam started. It was a lot harder that the first part and a lot less long – just that day and as hard as it was me and C.C made it through too. We only hoped we wouldn't have to fight with one another in the next part and with that we got lucky – I got to fight with some big and scary looking guy while C.C had to fight another girl, so I congratulated her, she would certainly make it to a knight position and then she wished me luck and I glared at her.

"Don't doubt me, witch! I can beat that guy with closed eyes." I growled out and then she laughed while nodding.

"I don't doubt you, I am being simply nice!" she said.

After that we were told that our fights would be in a week time in Moscow in one of the big training grounds that only knights and the Emperor has aces to, watched by the Emperor.

"The others would be going to Moscow in 5 days but I and Victor would be going tomorrow morning, so you can some with us if you want." Peter said as he came to us.

"We would love to." C.C said and I nodded my head with a smile.

"So tomorrow at ten o'clock we would be waiting for you in front of the hotel." Victor muttered as he turned to go to his hotel room but then he stopped and turned back to us. "Congratulations by the way, I really hope that each of you makes it to a knight." And with 'thank you' we parted our way for the night.

"Why do you think that the Emperor asked us to take Cecilia and Lelouch to him before the others?" Victor asked as they went in their room.

"I've no idea. I just hope that they are not in trouble of any kind, for I like them both." Peter said quietly and Victor growled a little.

"Don't like them too much, you are making me jealous!" Victor aid and then moved his head away, blushing bright red while Peter simply laughed, then he moved and set on the same bad as Victor putting his hand on his waist. Victor tried to get up but then Peter tugged on his hand and he fell on his lap. Victor squeaked a little while Peter was smirking proudly.

"You don't have to feel jealous from anyone; Lelouch and Cecilia are like a little brother and sister to me, nothing else. You are the only one I have eyes for, don't doubt that!" Peter said and then kissed Victor's neck, while Victor was a blushing mess.

"I won't doubt it!" Victor whispered, after which Peter smiled and kissed him, flipping them so Victor was lying under him. "Turn the lights off!" Victor exclaimed and Peter did as asked.

Two days ago in the Palace

The same advisor as last time – late 30 or early 40 looking guy with pail blond hair and black eyes stood in front the Emperor.

"You will soon get to see your son, Alexander." He said gently and yet happily, making the Emperor smile.

"When and how?" Alexander asked anxiously.

"That's the part I thing you wouldn't like…" The advisor started and bit his lips at the glare that was send his way.

"What have you done, Ivan?" was growled at him.

"It was the only way to get him here without putting him on his high alarm." Ivan said and the Emperor sighed.

"Explain before I explode from anticipation!"

"I enrolled him and his sister in the knight exam." He said quickly and the emperor's eyes widen after which he got up quickly making the chair fall and with fast steps he went to the advisor and pushed him to the wall, glaring draggers in him.

"What have you done? If he gets hurt or worse killed I will personally kill you!"

"He is fine. He went through the first part of the exam unharmed and tomorrow is the next part. Your son is strong, he will make it through with flying colors and then he will come here. There are two knights on the exam and they have became quit attached to your son and his supposed sister, they want let them die. A week and one day from now he will be here participating in the final part of the exam and you will get your opportunity to tell him everything." Ivan explained while some of the Emperor's anger disappeared.

"Who are the knights he is with?" Alexander asked as he set on the chair that a servant had picked up.

"Peter and Victor."

"I will call them tomorrow and ask them to bring Lelouch and Cecillia here sooner than the others. I want to explain everything to Lelouch and ask him to take his rightful place as a prince of Russia and heir to the crown, not a knight. I don't want him in any danger!" The emperor said as he looked at the window.

"He might not give up on the knightship, he had said it loud and clear that he want to make it to a knight 1." Ivan explained.

"I will not let him become a knight, I am the Emperor and if I decide he will never be able to make it to a knight!"

"You will only make him run away… don't forget that all his life someone has tried to rule him, his supposed father made his life living hell, if you try to take away his choices he will just go into hiding!" Ivan said as he tried to give his emperor some sense.

"Damn it! I will let his decide what he wants, happy?!" The Emperor growled childishly while the advisor laughed slightly.

"I am, but you will be even more…" Ivan said and then excused himself and made his way out.

Three days later

We had been traveling for about three hours with our knightmares when we made it a beautiful and isolated place. It was purely heaven like. It was a huge house, more like a castle, in front of which were a big beautiful fountain - in the center was a beautiful big dragon while he was surrounded by many other animals and a human had his hand on his nose, like he was gently scratching him. It was very beautiful picture like. The fountain himself was surrounded by many beautiful blue flowers.

"Don't be this amazed at the front, the inside and the back are even more beautiful and amazing." Victor said with a smile.

"He is the Emperor, his palace had to be beautiful and amazing…" C.C said and then a servant came at us.

"Please come with me, his majesty is waiting for you!" he said as he turned and made his way toward the house, expecting us to follow him.

Victor was right the inside was breath taking.

We went to a big room where a man, around his late 30 set and looked at us. He had a face of indifference but his eyes had a flick of worry and anticipation.

"Could you let me talk to Lelouch alone?" He asked and my eyes widen, while C.C glared draggers toward him and moved before me, while whispering 'busted', then she caught my hand in hers.

"I am not leaving him alone!" She growled at the man before us with an edge voice and he sighed.

"Please, I will not harm him. There is just a couple of thing I want to tell him. I want him to be the first to know and later on, if he decided he will tell you, too." The emperor said and then he got up from the chair he was sitting on.

I looked at C.C and smiled at her slightly. "It's alright, I can take care of myself!" I said as I let go of her hand and she nodded doubtfully.

"Then can you come with me, Lelouch? You guys can stay here and my servants will bring you whatever you want." He said and turned toward the door behind himself and I followed him, smiling at the worried looks from my 3 comrades as I left the room.

We made it through a lot rooms and corridors until we made our way out of a back door, probably one of the many ways out of the house, and then we made our way to a flower garden and I smiled, all of the flowers were put in their rightful places and they were made so their colors would fit each other perfectly, the garden was very big and beautiful and it's center were a table with chairs and then there were a blue garden cradle.

"Come and sit." The Emperor asked me with a gentle voice as he set on one of the chairs and I went and set on his opposite side.

The chairs looked comfortable and they would've been if not for the turns of my stomach. The only reason the Emperor had to talk with me for was for my doings before I came to Russia. He obviously knew I was Lelouch vi Britannia but the why wasn't I dead yet or at least on my flight to Japan to get executed there.

"So when will I be taken to Japan or Britannia?" I voiced my question and he quickly flipped his eyes from the floor to me and surprise was written all over him.

"No, no, no! I am not selling you to them!" He said quickly as he moved his hand before him in 'no' shape and I looked at him surprised.

"Look I don't know from where to begin my explanation but this has nothing to do with Japan nor with Britannia. Believe in this, no one of those countries will bring any harm to you, if it is up to me!" He said as he looked at me with serious and yet worried look while I was sure that my eyes were wide open with surprise.

"Why?" I voice with shaky voice.

"Right now I am wondering if I should just blunt it or explain it, but I don't think you will believe me anyway, probably you will end up hating me." He murmured and I blinked at him.

"Just blunt it, I guess." I said as I wondered what he had to tell me.

"You're my son!" He said loudly as his eyes roomed my face in try to read my emotions and I simply looked at his like he had grown another head.

"What do you mean? My father was Charles zi Britannia!" I said unsurely, searching for answers.

"20 years ago I went to a ball in England and I met your mother, who had just married Charles, who was also away on a meeting. We both were drunk and after a night of dancing and talking, and more drinking we ended up sleeping together. On the morning I asked her to come with me to Russia but she told me the person she loved was Charles and she asked me to never tell anyone for that night. I didn't know she had you for a long time, I learned for your existence when Charles had sent you to Japan. I made the calculation of the years of that ball with yours and even counted nine months before and it got right around that date. I paid one of the maids to steal your tooth brush and your hair brush and I made a DNA test and the results were positive, you were my son! But by that time you were wrote dead. I send many people in Japan to search for you, trying to be as quit as possible for I didn't want you killed either by Charles or anybody else, but everyone I send came back with same result, saying "I am sorry, but he is dead! When you become an Emperor and I found out you were alive, I felt so happy, but I had no idea how to approach you but when I had finally decided to just come and talk to you, I found out you were killed and I fell in despair. I caged myself in this castle and left all my work to be done by my advisor and my knights, but then I was told by my advisor that you were alive and he had found you, for some reason he had believed you had stayed alive and had continued to search for you and I was in heaven. I know I am not a father to you. I know that I've never been there for you but I would love to be a father to you from now on, if you let me, of course." He said with a smile as a couple of tears had run down his face while explaining.

My heart was arching. Even for those 10 minutes in which he was explaining he felt more like a father to me then Charles had ever been but my mind and heart knew that after everything that I had done I didn't deserve this, happiness is not something I should have, so I shake my head and stand up, but he is quick, he gets up and catches my hand and tug on it slightly to make me look at him, his eyes are filled with worry and hurt and I close my eyes, because I didn't want to see it.

"Let me try! Give me once chance. I will try my best to be a good father to you!" He pleads me with a cracking voice and I feel even worse and I know that tears are falling down my face. 'Don't deserve to be loved!' is what I thought but it accidently slipped my tongue and I said it out.

"That's not true!" He exclaims and shooks his head as he tighten his grip on my hand. "You've done what was in your best capabilities to bring peace, you were so smart with that plan, and you made enemies become allies and friends in one night, something no one else could have done. You made two nations that hated each other with all their beings become friends, what you did were amazing!" He said as he looked me in the eyes and then moved his hand to wipe my tears away.

"Amazing… smart? I killed thousands of people, taking away someone's dear person, I destroyed families, friends! You call that amazing? I deserved to die, yet here I am alive and fine like I've not killed so many! I don't deserve a new life filled with happiness, I cannot be your son, I will only ruin your life!" I yelled as new tears made their way don't my face and he looked at me sadly, he moved his hand toward my cheek once again but I pushed it away. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't I hadn't done what I've done!" I said knowing that probably he has.

"I do wish it, I wish it had been somebody else, so you wouldn't have to feel this way now, this pain and regret, this self hatred. I wish you hadn't done it only for the way it makes you feel now. I am not ashamed by what you did, you made something impossible happen. You made Japan free again and I am proud of you, but I wish you hadn't done it because you aren't soulless and I know there is a big scar left in your heart and I can only hope that time will heal it." He said and then hugged me and I just broke there and I sobbed my heart in his chest, a year and some worth of greave and pain and I can't find myself stopping, but then my knees buckled and I felt to the ground and he went down with me. He was whispering comforting things in my ears and moved his hands in comforting circles on my back and I hugged him with all I had.

"Shh… it will be okay, everything will be okay. It will heal and I will be there for you! You can count on me for everything." I heard his say as my sobs quit down a bit.

"Dad." I whispered and I felt his stiffen and when I looked at him he was smiling happily with happy tears on his face and I giggled a little. "Your crying yet smiling face is funny!" I said and he laughs. Then I looked at the ground and he stopped laughing.

"What is it?"

"I don't know if I can be a good son, I am used to being the bad guy and being the son of an Emperor doesn't feel the right place for me. Not to say it can bring Russia to war. If Britannia or Japan learns for me, they will want my head!" I said and he shook his head.

"They can try if they want, but they will get crushed. Russia isn't weak! But if you so wish I will step down from being Emperor." He said with such seriousness and my eye widen and I quickly exclaimed "No!" and shook my head.

"Let's let them calm down a bit, I will not show my face to any big thing." I said and he smiled while nodding.

"So, how does the 3rd floor sounds?" He asked and I looked at him in wonder. "My bedroom is on the 3rd floor and I wondered if you would like to be on the same floor but if you want you can choose else."

"3rd floor sounds okay." I said and then I remembered that I didn't know his name. " mhh…mm" I murmured and he raised his eyebrow.

"What is it?" He asked.

"What is your name? How should I call you when alone and when there are others?" I asked and blushed while he smiled and brushed my hair.

"My name is Alexander vi Russia but you can call me however you are comfortable with be it alone or with others, but I would prefer if it's nothing formal!" He said and I laughed.

"Basically you prefer being called Dad, right?" I said smiling and he nodded. "There are many things I would like to ask you and to learn more about you but could we return to the others? I am sure that C.C is close to insanity by now." I asked and father nodded. 'Father' huh? Well it doesn't sounds so bad…

"We have all the time now, so let's go to them before my knight decided to go in search for you!" He said amusedly and I looked questioningly at him. "It seems like you have won over two of my knights – Peter and Victor. I saw the way they looked at you with worry as I took you away and I believe they glared at me!" I laughed out at that. "Don't get me wrong I don't get jealous at you for them liking you more than me, but I get jealous because they know you better than me!" He whispered and I patted his back.

"You will know me better soon!" I said and he smiled and soon we made our way to the same room as the others.

C.C, Peter and Victor stood up from their chairs right after seeing us and C.C come next to me, right between me and father, but then dad moved so he was on my other side and smiled childishly at C.C, who glared at him.

"It's okay!" I said and looked at him, asking wordlessly if I could tell them and he nodded.

"I said you can tell them everything after I've explained it to you." He said and we all set down around the table.

"Well you see…" I started and scratched my head, not I understood how he must have felt when he tried to tell me, but to him was probably even harder.

"I guess I will simply hit it to the facts, it seems like I am his son!" I said and almost laughed my ass off at their dropped jaws and wide eyes. Then I explained how he explained it to and added the part of who I really was and was expecting hateful glares and words but I got none of them, but then Victor got up and come to me, I closed my eyes waiting for him to hit me but he hugged me and my eyes widen.

"We don't blame you, you've done what you thought was right and I believe you've been punished more then you deserve for that, you yourself and the life has punished you too much. All your life you've got nothing but loneliness and pain, betrayal and all the bad things, it's time for some happiness and I am sure his majesty, your father, and C.C, me and Peter, we would make sure to give you as much as possible good moments." Then he let go of me and Peter, who had also come next to us, patted me on the back with a smile.

"I guess this means you aren't becoming a knight." Peter said and I shook my head.

"I still want to become a knight!" I declared and I saw dad shake his head.

"Don't, it's dangerous!" He pleaded me but I shook my head.

"I want to, I know I've become a good fighter and also a good knightmare fighter so let me at least try."

"I've heard about your strength but it doesn't lessen my worry! But I will let you if this is what you want." He said and I smiled.

"Don't worry too much, I am becoming a knight too and I will watch his ass!" C.C said happily.

"We are already a knights and we too would look after him and the other knights when they find he is your son, they too would protect him at cost." Victor said and smiled at us, but then Peter shook his head, making us look at him.

"He has somewhat of a strange character, that would make the other knights want to protect him even if they didn't know that he was his majesty's son." Peter said and we laughed.

"Hey, Lulu. Why don't you let your true hair color and remove your eye contacts now? I preferred it when you looked like yourself." C.C asked and I looked at father, who smiled and nodded.

"Okay, I will return to my old looks but only when the exam is over." I said and they nodded.


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