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Chapter 4: The Calm before the Storm
Having 'acquired' a swimsuit from one the members of the swim club, C.C. climbed to the highest diving board. She gazed up at the nearly cloudless night sky as she felt herself become calm. Taking a deep breath, she leapt forward and dove into the swimming pool while Lelouch was typing away on computer as he sat on a lounge chair
"Hmm, a britannian? Looks too confident to be a spy. An extremist?" Lelouch said out loud as he came across a file as he was browsing through Black Knight membership applicants
"Isn't it wonderful how the number of recruits keeps growing" C.C. said as she came floating by on the surface of the water
"And it was simpler then i ever expected." Lelouch said he watched his swimming green haired companion. "While i bitterly hate the brittanians, i refuse to condone terrorism. that's the prevailing view of most elevens"
"Then basically elevens support the Black Knights for the most part" C.C. said
"Which in turn makes it easier for us to operate as a whole. It's a huge help that the people don't report our activities to the brittanians. Plus I hear some group called Kyoto offered to send us some nightmares. The number of informants has been increasing quickly too. The Japanese can't resist jumping on the bandwagon, they hear a well grounded buzzword and off they go." Lelouch said as he closed the laptop and relaxed
"Hence the 'Knights of Justice' act" C.C. said as she climbed out of the pool
"Yeah, well everybody loves a hero, and what better hero then a knight?" Lelouch said smirked
"I kind of doubt that's what a real knight for justice would say" C.C. said as she giggled
"You don't think so?" Lelouch said as his cell phone started to ring. He attempted to pick it up, only to have a certain green haired witch swipe it out of his hands and shove him off the lounge chair
"Hello, Lelouch Lamperouge's cell." C.C. said as she sat down that was vacated by aforementioned boy as he struggled to pick himself off the ground
"Ohh, is this Lelouch's girlfriend?" A gentle voice replied from the receiver
"Well i'm something to him, that's for sure. He's a little busy right now, can I take a message?" C.C. said giggling
Lelouch stood up and swiped the phone from C.C. and spoke into the phone "Hello, who is this?"
"How could you have forgotten me so quickly, it's Euphy." The third princess replied
"No way Euphy, how are you?" Lelouch asked as he sat back down and grabbed C.C. by her wrist.
"I'm good, should I call back later? I wouldn't want to interrupt your date." Euphemia said giggling.
"It isn't a date. It's just your brother hanging out with a cheeky witch, whom i'm going to have to talk to in a bit" Lelouch said sarcastically only to have C.C. stick her tongue out in annoyance
"That's too bad, i'm sure there have got to be girls lining up to go out with you" Euphemia said
'You have no idea, it gets annoying after a while.' Lelouch thought before he said "I'm just waiting for the right girl. All the girls at this school just find ways to rub me the wrong way on how annoying they are."
"Well they have a true fairy tale prince in their midst, you really can't blame them can you?" Euphy said
"I guess not, what are you doing at this late hour?" Lelouch said
"Cornelia and I are getting ready to introduce ourselves to the JLF. Lately i've been cooped up behind a desk and it's been killing me." Euphemia said
'So the Britannian army is on their way to fight the JLF, this is the best news i've heard all day' Lelouch thought before he said "Well I hope you two stay safe. Maybe we'll invite you to have dinner with us when you get back."
"That would be wonderful! Listen I gotta go right now, but I will call you later, okay?" Euphy said before she hung up
"Well i'm surprised you allowed yourself to get caught by the powder-puff princess, let alone gave her your cell number. Aren't you worried she'll try and take you back to the homeland?" C.C. said
Lelouch stuffed the phone into his pocket before he said "She's one person who I know that can be trusted. Now about you taking my phone, you seriously are becoming annoying."
"You think i'm annoying, do you?" C.C. said as she leaned closer to Lelouch
"Wh-what are you doing?" Lelouch stuttered as he became aware of the closing gap between the two.
"Teaching you..." C.C. whispered as she moved in even closer
"C.C." Lelouch said softly before he lightly closed his eyes
The immortal witch leaned in and whispered into Lelouch's ear "Teaching you how annoying I can really be."
Lelouch's eyes snapped open before he said "How much longer are you going to be like this witch?"
"You know you like it." C.C. said teasingly before picking up her towel and throwing it to Lelouch before turning around and started to leave
"BLOODY GREEN HAIRED WITCH!" Lelouch yelled
'You just make it too easy; I think might have some more fun with you Lulu.' C.C. thought as she went to change
The next morning Lelouch walked into the dining room in the clubhouse to find Nunnally and their maid Sayoko sitting at the table folding origami cranes while drinking tea.
Sayoko stood up and bowed to the newest arrival in the room and said "Good morning master Lelouch, did you sleep well?"
"Good morning big brother, I was beginning to think we'd have to pry you out of bed with the Jaws of Life." Nunnally said while laughing
"I'm good; I just had some things weighing in on my mind last night. Sayoko, could you make us some breakfast please?" Lelouch asked.
"Of course, I'll just be a few minutes." Sayoko said before heading into the kitchen.
"What was on your mind Lelouch?" Nunnally asked as she started to drink her cup of tea
Lelouch took a moment before saying "Yesterday, Euphy found me while I was at the market with Kallen."
Nunnally was so surprised to hear this news she almost dropped her tea cup. She placed the cup and saucer on the table and muttered "Does this mean we have to back to the homeland?"
Lelouch reached out and held his little sisters hand and said "Not if I have anything to say about it. Euphy said she won't say a word to anyone, not even to Cornelia. The last thing either of us wants is to be engulfed by that circus called the Royal Family."
"Good, cause all I want is to stay here with you. I've made so many great friends, and I don't want to give all that up." Nunnally said brightly before Sayoko brought in their breakfast.
"By the way, i'm going to be gone for the weekend." Lelouch said
"Ohh, where are you going to?" asked Nunnally
"I was thinking about going camping, maybe do some fishing while i'm gone." Lelouch said
"Well that sounds like fun, I hope to catch a really big fish." Nunnally said laughing
'ohh I plan on catching a big fish alright, and her name is Cornelia' Lelouch thought as he smirked as he reclined in his chair. it was then he remembered something 'I just gotta make sure Kallen doesn't spill the beans. She saw me climb into the limo with Euphy and Suzaku. If she asks me what all that was about, then it could lead to unusual questions and more craziness from the fangirls here.' Lelouch thought while he ate his french toast.
"Is something wrong?" Nunnally asked
"I just remembered, I need to talk to Kallen about something. I'll be back later." Lelouch said quickly and dashed out.
Sayoko walked back into the dining room and asked "Ohh my, did your brother have some errands to take care of?"
"He went to talk to a girl from the student council; maybe he's going to tell her he likes her." Nunnally said giggling
*In the clubroom*
Rivalz and Shirley were hard at work while Nina was busy typing away on her keyboard in the corner. Balancing the budget for the gardening club was almost done, which was a surprise since they only had a couple of members of the Student Council there. The pres and vice-pres were nowhere to be found, and Suzaku had military duties. They all thought Kallen went to the hospital for some unknown reason, until she walked into the room...
"Ohh hey everyone, where are the others?" Kallen asked in her frail little voice
"Well, I believe Suzaku has to go with the military somewhere, but we don't know anything about our fearless leader or Lelouch" Rivalz said
"I'd have thought you two would be off gambling again." Shirley replied
"He just hasn't been interested in outclassing nobles lately. I seriously need to drag him to one." Rivalz moaned
"Not if I got anything to say about it you don't!" Shirley said
"Well I need to ask Lelouch an important question." Kallen said
"Is our shy little Kallen finally going to confess her love?" Rivalz said teasingly.
Milly came walking into the room at perhaps the worst possible time to hear Shirley squeal "Confess...LOVE! So you are in love with Lulu!"
"No way, Kallen is in love with Lelouch?" Milly said with usual smile
"Heaven's no, I do not love Lelouch. I just wanted to know where he went yesterday." Kallen said
"What do you mean? What did he do yesterday?" Rivalz asked
"I just wanted to know where he went after he left me at the park yesterday." Kallen said as she at sat down
"You were at the park yesterday with Lelouch? Were you two lovebirds on a date?" Milly said
"For the last time, we were not on a date!" Kallen cried just as Lelouch entered the room
"Ohh hey Kallen there you are. I was wondering if I could have a word with you in private" Lelouch said
Kallen stood up and said "I think I deserve an explanation on why you left." Kallen said shortly as she walked past Lelouch and walked out the door.
As Lelouch followed Kallen he was aware of the surprised glances all the members of the student council. The two students made sure there were well away from the student council room until they both stopped to talk. However, neither of them had noticed that Miya Hillmick of the Swimming Club was spying on her crush Lelouch
"So tell me Lelouch, why did the Sub-Viceroy want to see you?" Kallen said as she carefully looked at her classmate
'Is she still going on about this? Kallen is proving to be more troublesome' Lelouch thought of a good excuse as he looked out a nearby window and onto the grounds before saying "She wanted to know a bit more about Suzaku, and who better to ask then his best friend?"
"You can understand i'm finding that hard to believe. He's just and eleven, why would Princess Euphemia want to know more about him?" Kallen asked
"Perhaps because Euphy is a very kind person." Lelouch said
"Euphy? Is that a nickname or something?" Kallen asked as she tried to extract as much information as possible
"It's what she prefers to be addressed informally, every time I tried to refer to her as Sub-Viceroy, she corrected me immediately. Now I got a question for you, why are you so interested in all this? Do you admire the Sub-Viceroy or something?" Lelouch asked, trying to turn the tables.
"Don't answer my questions with questions, why is the princess so interested in you?" Kallen said impatiently
"She wasn't interested in me, Livewire." Lelouch lied with a sneer on his face before he turned to walk away.
"I'm not finished talking to you Lelouch." Kallen said
"Well i'm done listening to you. Don't you have anything better to do then hang out with me?" Lelouch said as he turned a corner and left Kallen in the hallway
'Your hiding something Lelouch and I promise, I will find out what it is.' Kallen swore as she felt her cell phone vibrate. Ohgi sent her a text that the Black Knights needed to get ready for a mission, as well as prepare several nightmares that were arriving. She turned and looked in the direction the Lelouch had left earlier and said "To be continued..." as she also left the hallway as well
After Kallen had left Miya came out from where she was hiding and smirked as she thought 'Ohh this it the juiciest gossip i've heard all day, I gotta tell Sophie right away!'
Author Notes:
I have to say i had fun writing this chapter, certain times I couldn't stop laughing. A few things i want to get out of the way.
First i considered cutting out the swimming pool scene cause at first because I felt it was irrelevant, but then I realized I could have a Lulu X C.C. scene and have a few laughs. So expect a little bit more of C.C. teasing Lelouch.
Second I wanted to bring in the character Miya (who only makes one appearance the whole anime) to shake things up a bit. After the battle of Narita there are going to be some awkward questions.
And finally to all my loyal followers be ready for annoying fangirls, epic chess matches, and deep dish pizzas! All of this leading up to a party that will bring tears to the eyes of several characters (and perhaps a few readers.)
So please Follow this story (I promise, it's only going to get better) review (i love reading all the kind words from everyone) and share it with your friends :)