This was fast. Now that school has rebegun for me, I'll most likely upload a chapter every Sunday. Enjoy!


Walking through crowds that swung at her calling her names, being crucified as a witch, death by the Iron Maiden, burned at stake...so many painful deaths she had endured. So why the hell was this so hard?

The song of the night, a piece orchestrated by crickets and cicadas, filled the air with romance and magic. The soft light given off by the full moon reflected off of the clear pond nearby. A scenery usually used by cheesy romance authors to describe a wonderous night enveloped C.C. She enjoyed none of it.

Kneeling under a rose bush, C.C. cursed Marianne, Charles, V.V., Lelouch, Nunnally, Mao, Benny F., George W., Joan, Clovis....everyone she could remember. But especially Marianne. Stalking her contractees under a thorny bush definitely cramped her style. Above the bush, a soft yellow light shone in the window.

"Nunnally, it's bedtime."

Lelouch's voice pierced the night song.

"Yes, brother."

The crippled girl's high voice sounded weary.

"Hm? Is something wrong Nunnally?"

Now isn't he a genius? He kills his half-brother then asks his sister if she's alright.

C.C. was not in a good mood.

Inside, Lelouch lifted Nunnally out of her wheelchair and onto her bed.

"That was Suzaku-san they mentioned before on the news, wasn't it?"

"Yeah. It looks like Suzaku's still alive."

Lelouch gently placed Nunnally onto her bed and pulled the covers over her.

"Yeah. We've been apart since the war ended. Even we......"

The girl broke off as Lelouch tucked her in.

Hmph! Just like Marianne. My half-brother's dead but all I care about is his supposed murderer. What a family! But this is true human nature, is it not?

"Brother?"

"What?"

I wish to have sex with you.

C.C.'s bitter, sarcastic thoughts troubled herself.

Well, C.C. I'm sure that after you introduce yourself to him, that can be arranged. Lelouch is after all, a man.

You're back.

Yes.

How.............wonderful.

Yes. (*Giggle*) And you were going to hold out on me on how you feel about Lelouch?

Hmph!

"That news wasn't true was it?"

"It wasn't."

You would know.

My! Aren't we in a good mood. (*Chuckle*) This is what I love about you C.C. You're so optimistic and jolly, all sunshine and flowers, singing in the hills sort of deal.

Go to hell.

Lelouch continued, oblivious to his stalker(s). "Suzaku would never do anything like that. It's some kind of mistake."

Nunnally reached for Lelouch's hand. He clasped his hand around hers.

"Yes...it must be."

"Right...so...Good night, Nunnally."

He's not very good at lying to her. If she had half a wit, or maybe could see, then she could tell. Lelouch isn't a very good liar.

On the contrary C.C., my little Lulu is very adept at deception. Back at the Aries Villa, whenever Lelouch and Clovis got into a fight, he would never tell me. He'd make some very believable excuses for any bruises he had, so to find the truth, I always had to have Cornelia interrogate Clovis. (*Tee-hee*) Clovis was a little mommy's boy his whole pathetic life. Perhaps Lelouch is feeling troubled or doesn't like lying to Nunna.

I see.

C.C. watched from the windows as Lelouch turned off the light in Nunnally's room and headed for his own. She heard his door shut, and started her way towards the center of the right cluster of dorms.

I'm leaving.

Mmm? Where are you going now C.C.?

Lelouch is obviously going to bed. I have no intention of sticking around watching him undress.

You sure? (*Ahem*) So where are you going?

Mmm...there's a nice bathhouse I saw on the way here. I'll go take a bath.

Someone will see the light.

I can bathe in the dark.

However, when C.C. got there, the door wasn't locked, like she had thought. She stealthily crept inside, towards the tub. The sound of water splashing and girl talking echoed down the locker room. There were already several girls in the tub. They were all the girls from before, excluding Nunnally.

"...and the company eventually closed down."

A blonde girl was talking to the red-head who had walked in with Lelouch earlier. The dark-head piped up.

"Milly-chan, I'm sorry. It's all my grandfather's fault."

"(*Chuckle*) Well, I've already told you, it's not because of that. The main reason is because of Grandfather's extravagance."

Extravagance?

"Extravagance?"

The red-head mirrored C.C.'s thoughts.

"Yes. He loved to organize those old-fashioned parties. They would go on noisily for days and nights without any good reason. Well, it's thanks to the contacts that he established back then that we were able to create a presence in this country and even set up an academy here."

I'm guessing that blonde girl is an Ashford.

Yes. Her grandfather threw spectacular parties, especially for me. He also used his contacts to throw support for my regime. (*Giggle*) I remember one time, her grandfather had a special welcoming party for me, right after Charles and I got married. It went on for a whole week without rest. I got so drunk that Charles had to have me, the guest of honor, snatched away for two days to recuperate. When I was finally fully free of my hangover, the party was still going on! Ah...dear old Ashford. He used to make unmarried noblewomen kiss him in front of everyone, and have the married noblemen link arms and dance the can-can on top of tables. It was a laugh-fest all around.

And I wasn't invited? (You sons of bitches...)

(*Nervous Chuckle*) You seemed so solitary back then, that I thought you would detest such a place.

I would. But it would have been nice to see noblemen make asses of themselves.

"...can only do such silly things while we're still students."

Not if you're Marianne.

"Oh yeah, Kallen-san, are you free after school the day after tomorrow?"

"The day after tomorrow? I think...NO! NO! I have something to do the day after tomorrow!"

The red-head got very worked up for a moment.

"Going out?"

"Uh...1600 hours. I...sort of need to...go to the Tokyo Tower...(*Choke*) (*Cough*) (*Cough*)"

"Ohh, well we can do it now too! Kallen-san, I need to know your three sizes!"

"HUH?"

Kallen seemed a bit freaked out.

"We often need to make costumes for parties or events. I need them for that!"

"In other words...a cosplay show?"

"Bingo!"

"No thanks."

Kallen's face was flushed and her voice contained an edge of steel. Milly Ashford ignored the steel and giggled.

"No need to be shy. We are all women! So....SHIRLEY!"

The other red-head who had been sitting behind Kallen pounced on the unsuspecting red-head.

"I'm sorry Kallen."

Kallen struggled fiercely against Shirley's hold.

"Hold her back! This is....my..my!"

Milly's voice contained a concentration of admiration and innuendo that seeped through Kallen's blushing face.

That Ashford girl is just like you. She draws no line between sexualities and has no respect for discretion.

(*Tee-hee*) I'm flattered C.C.

"Please...stop!"

This is starting to sound like a bad hentai. I'm out of here.

Wait! C.C., I want to know what happens! I promise you unlimited pizzas after the Ragnorak Connection if you continue to let me know what's going on here.

C.C. stopped.

Unlimited?

Unlimited.

Deal!

"...a nice body. Even though you say that you're weak."

"(*Cough*) Please...stop..."

Kallen's naked body was exposed to all.

"(*Giggle*) This is charming in it's own way! Then...PARDON ME!"

Milly grabbed a measuring tape and begin measuring Kallen in the most obscene manner. She made sure to touch Kallen in some very inappropriate places.

That redhead... she acts sick yet her body has muscle......and curves...

Is she bustier than me C.C.? Or you?

I refuse to sink to your level of vanity. I won't look...Oh my...(*Swallow*) Yes, she's more curvaceous than the both of us.* And WHAT is that girl doing?!!

"NOOO!!!!"

That's it. Someone could have heard her. I'm out of here.

Alright C.C. We should go check and see if Lelouch is asleep, anyways.


The Lulu/Nunna scene was from Episode 4, but parts of the bath scene were copied from Inneedofskull's translation. So, yes I know it was filler, but if you're sharp, you'll notice some pieces of info here might be useful for C.C. farther down. A certain someone has asked me to recreate the scene where Lelouch and C.C. meet. However, if you're a true blue CG fan, then you'd know that C.C. had actually met Lulu long ago. I want to insert these things as little memory scripts, so please just be patient. Also, although Marianne can't see what C.C.'s seeing, she can "hear" C.C.'s thoughts (only the ones on the surface though) and therefore having me type out everything that goes through C.C.'s head is impossible. Use your imaginations to figure out what might lead Marianne to say something.

This week's chance to earn a mental cookie: there are several things here that occured several times in the actual anime (not like actual scenes, but things that seemed to happen a lot), can you name them all? Also, you all should know the people that C.C. cursed at the beginning. Who are they?

*Note: C.C. is actually mistaken. Marianne has bigger busts than Kallen as does Milly.