Victoria had been all too suspicious about Lelouch's behavior and decided it'd be wise to follow him and eavesdrop. Only for answers! As she neared his room where he was having his discussion with C.C., she heard a tidbit of their conversation.

"What will you do now?" she heard Lelouch inquire. "I'm sure the military's after you." Victoria's amethyst eyes widened a fraction than they were earlier.

"Not the entire military," C.C. replied. "Only a small faction of it." Who cares how much of the military is following? The point is THE MILITARY IS FOLLOWING YOU.

Victoria silently turned around to rest her back on the door, "Who is this friend of yours and what does she do, Lelouch?" Victoria whispered to herself.

"It shouldn't be difficult to find a hiding place," his friend continued. Victoria could hear a rustling on the other side of the door. "I can make do here." The middle Lamperouge's eyes widened even more.

'Why is a criminal going to hide HERE?!' Victoria thought anxiously.

"What?!" Lelouch exclaimed. "You expect to stay here?!" Victoria thought Lelouch was unknowingly agreeing with her.

"A gentleman would sleep on the floor," C.C. said. The female Lamperouge couldn't tell if she was being serious or what.

"Don't joke around."

"My being caught would cause trouble for you, too." Why would it cause trouble for Lelouch? Is it because he's harboring a criminal? Wouldn't that cause trouble for EVERYONE?!

Victoria heard more shuffling, "It's dangerous staying together."

Lelouch's younger sibling a confused look on her face. Staying together? Could it be... "They're dating...?" She whispered to herself. Victoria decided she had heard enough for her own liking. She quietly got up and speed walked to her nearby room.

The next day, Victoria could be seen walking the streets. She didn't know if that woman left last night or was still there. Victoria didn't want to wait and see so she left to get some air. She sighed, "What could Lelouch be doing with that chick? She obviously sounds like some kind of criminal..." For her venture outside, Victoria wore her hime styled hair (a hairstyle Sayako told her that she fell in love with) in low twintails along with a black beret and a simple outfit of a zebra patterned blouse, shorts and tights, and low cut boots. She looked around for something interesting to do, but couldn't seem to find anything acceptable...

As she walked, a burnt burgundy van drove slowly alongside her. "Oh, little dove~" Victoria heard a familiar voice sing.

Spinning around on her heel, she saw the brightly smiling face of Lloyd and the happy face of Cécile. The young Lamperouge's visage took on that of a comedic and shocked look. "What the hell're you guys doing here?!"

"You're back in the job!" Lloyd exclaimed as he held out his hand through the window.

"Wha...?"

"You see," Cécile began, "Suzaku was dropped of his charges and released."

"So originally," Lloyd picked up, "we were going to find him, buuuut ended of finding our dove!"

"So I'm a mechanic again?" Victoria asked, starting to get excited. It hadn't been all that long yet she missed going to the lab to practice and hang around the scientists and Suzaku.

"Precisely," Lloyd replied with an impish grin.

"Oh, who could that be he's with?" Cécile questioned as we observed (stalked) Suzaku from a good distance within the vehicle.

"I have a question," Victoria said.

"Yes?" Lloyd drawled.

"Why are we stalking a seventeen year old?" the teen asked from the far side of the front seats away from the window the adults were peering through.

"Not stalking."

"Whatever you say~" Victoria turned her head away and muttered, "Totally stalking..." At some point Victoria fell asleep during the other two "investigative" work, when she woke, the three were in Shinjuku. "What're we doing here?"

"Picking up Suzaku!" Cécile exclaimed. "Didn't you hear that crash?!"

"I think I dozed off..." They came to an abrupt halt; their tires skidding along the way. Victoria lurched forward and collided the back of her head with the front seat head rest. "Oww..." the teen moaned as she cradled her head. Cécile slung the door open as she and Lloyd discussed the situation with Suzaku. Victoria tuned in when she heard "battle information for the Lancelot". Looking through the door, she saw Suzaku speaking briefly with a beautiful woman with long pink hair and dazzling lilac eyes. This woman seemed so familiar... Victoria tried to think on it, but only gained an intense migraine. She winced and grabbed her forehead.

Lloyd glanced at the teenager, "Dear dove, are you all right?"

Victoria gritted her teeth, "Peachy..."

Lloyd didn't believe her but gave a nod, "We shall return you to your residence after Suzaku is up in the Lancelot."

After classes ended, Victoria could be seen running directly to Lelouch's classroom. She had heard the rumors of the Honorary Britannian transferring into the school. As she neared, she saw the emerald eyed brunette walking out of class. She quickened her speed only to be snagged at the collar by her brother.

"Aye, aye, aye! What gives?!" the amethyst-eyed teen cried, seeing her target get further away.

"You don't go running up to random people in the halls!"

"But I know the person this time!"

"Yes, yes, I kn- What do you mean 'this time'?!" Lelouch exclaimed in exasperation. Surely his sister was smart enough to not be that reckless, right?! Unknowingly, however, the elder brother had loosened his grip in his shock and Victoria planned to use it to her advantage.

"Well I see we're done with that topic, so I'll be seein' ya!" Victoria said as she quickly got out his grip and ran to catch up with Suzaku.

"Victoria!"

Victoria never really made it to talking with Suzaku... Lelouch ended up sending Rivalz after her and to take her back to the Student Council room.

"Why did Lulu send you after me?!"

"How am I s'posed to know?!" Rivalz argued. "This is your brother we're talking about. He's like a damn undeciphered code."

"Oh, hush~" They reached the doors to the council room and Rivalz opened them. "Yo! Got the youngling here!"

"Youngling?" Nina inquired.

"Stop trying to sound smart, Rivalz," Victoria commented. She walked over to one of the tables and took a seat.

"Did you guys hear about the new guy?" Shirley asked excitedly.

"You mean Suzaku?" Victoria inquired.

"Woah, you know him?" Rivalz questioned, a tiny hint of jealousy pricking at him.

The youngest of the four nodded, "Yeah, I work with him. He operates the Knightmare that I work on."

"You fix Knightmares?!" Rivalz exclaimed.

"What'd you expect? I'm working to be a mechanic!"

"Wait, you're friends with the Eleven?" Nina asked fearfully.

Victoria sighed, "C'mon, Nina, he's not dangerous. If he could, he wouldn't hurt a fly!"

"But he's an Eleven!"

"That doesn't-"

"But, Victoria!"

"Nina," Victoria's eyes darkened from their amethyst shade to a deep violet as her tone grew stern, "he may be Japanese, he may have been arrested for treason, but either way, he is my friend and co-worker. I won't tolerate any bad mouthing, no matter who says it." The other three grew shocked at the young teenager's words. She became fierce once Nina's words started to hit negative grounds... Victoria sighed as her anger began to slowly ebb away, "I'm going home." On her way out she slammed the door.

The older three teens looked to each other with the same thought going through their heads. Was that really the Victoria Lamperouge they came to know?

OMAKE

Victoria gave a large sigh as she roamed the school campus during a break, "Why is life so boring?!" From a distance she could see Lelouch and Kallen standing somewhat near each other as Lelouch grasped her flush face on either side. Her face gained an uncertain smile as her mouth twitched, "I think I'm just gonna forget I saw that..."