A/N: as AyameRose pointed out, Rai and his friends' group doesn't have a name yet. I haven't actually really picked one out yet (Because I have no freaking clue what to call it). I'd appreciate it if any of you could propose one. I'll give credit to the person if I chose theirs.

Thanks to Frieda, AyameRose, Bright Blade7, ZeroPanda, and WhiteAngel128.

It was after school the next day. Rai sat on the couch. Edward had been kidnapped by Lloyd again, and since Scott was with the Black Knights, James was with the Chinese Federation, and Richard was in the Euro Universe, Rai had the whole house to himself.

So Rai had decided to use the opportunity to think up a list of people that he could possibly convince to join his, James, Edward, Scott, and Richard's group.

Eventually, perhaps, we could try to convince Lelouch and Suzaku to join, but I'm not so sure. Lelouch wouldn't want to work for anyone, and to be honest he goes a bit crazy whenever he has power, so we wouldn't want him to lead us. However, we shouldn't rule out that he could possibly actually join us under the right circumstances. Suzaku would be more willing, maybe, but I still don't think it'd be good to ask him any time soon. C.C.'s a good ally and she's already proven she doesn't mind helping us out a bit, but she is Lelouch's partner. If we ask her to join us, we should wait for quite a while to do so and make sure we haven't somehow turned into an enemy of Lelouch. Rai picked at a loose thread in his sock as he thought. He hated it when that happened because if he pulled out the loose thread, then an annoying hole would appear in his sock, but if he didn't, then it was like the loose thread was taunting him-daring him to pull it out.

…maybe he was thinking too much about the thread, and not enough on what he should be working on.

Kallen would actually be a good idea, I think, but it could be difficult. She's very loyal to Lelouch (to the Black Knights, really), and convincing her wouldn't be easy-if it's at all possible. If anything, we'd have to get all the other Black Knights to join us before even trying to ask her if she'd think about it. I don't think it'd be a good idea to get the Black Knights to join us any time soon because of Lelouch. Lelouch would most likely panic if his main force was taken from him-and a scared Lelouch is a very dangerous one. If we really want them to join, we should wait until Schneizel reveals Lelouch's true identity to the Black Knights-and that's only if we haven't already pretty much taken over the world. Rai decided it would be a good idea to go grab a can of tuna and eat it. Fish is supposed to be brain-food, after all. He got up from the couch and went to the kitchen.

There's no way in the fiery pits of hell that Rolo would join our group. He's obsessed with Lelouch, and I'm pretty sure he hates my guts. V.V. hasn't heard of us yet and he wouldn't ever join our group. Most likely V.V. would just find a way to use us. So that also rules out the Emperor and Lelouch and Nunnally's mother. Speaking of Nunnally, if we found a way to contact her, and explain what we're trying to do, I'm sure she'd be happy to join us. She cares deeply for her brother, but wouldn't approve of the violent way he's going about things…I'll talk with the others about it, but I think it'd be good to approach her. Rai nodded to himself as he got a can of tuna out of the cabinet and plugged in the electric can opener. He smiled as the can opener made a whirling-humming sound as it worked.

Should we consider the Ashford Academy Student Council? Each of them would be beneficial to our group. Milly's a wonderful leader and could motivate people just as well as Lelouch, she could possibly be even better at it (I just can't see Zero convincing a group of people to chase after a cat quite like Milly did). Rivalz is good at following instructions (especially if Milly's the one giving orders) so he shouldn't be ruled out. Nina (although she's actually graduated right now) would be a very useful person, and although she was annoying in the first season, she's actually better in the second season. She would be hard to convince, what with her mild xenophobia and also how Euphemia was murdered-that would make her at least hesitant to join a group who's not necessarily Britannians. If I tell her the truth about how Euphemia died, I think that I'd be able to convince her to join us. What about Shirley, though? I don't really see how she would be of use to us. She's a wonderful person, but in a military(-ish) organization, she wouldn't be able to do much. I don't want her to be killed by Rolo though, which could happen if an eye isn't kept on both of them. If anything, we shouldn't ask her to join us, but I'm going to ask the others if it's okay if we kind of act as bodyguards for the girl. I mean, considering how many times she's been in serious almost deadly situations, she really shouldn't be left alone. The can was now open, so Rai sat at one of the stools at the island in the middle of the kitchen. He got back up, however, when he forgot a fork.

What about the Ninja-Maid? Her name's…Oh yeah, Sayoko something. I don't remember how loyal she is to Lelouch, but if I recall correctly, she also works for Diethard right now. Ugh, Diethard the Retard. Well, I'll ask the others if we want to think about asking her. Diethard has the potential to be handy, but he'd want to make us known if he worked with us, and we don't want that-we want the opposite. So I'll tell the other's that, but it is overall a group decision, of course. Rai sat back down after finding a clean fork. The dishes really needed to be done…

If I think about the Black Knight individually, instead of as a whole, then I think it'd be ideal if Ohgi joined us. Perhaps if we convince Villetta Nu to join us (Considering her great…dislike for Lelouch that should be relatively easy, in actuality) then he could be tempted to join us. Tamaki is most definitely not someone we should try to get. He's far too loyal to Zero and far too rash (we already have Scott and Richard, thank you very much). Also, he tried to kill innocent freaking high school students! Just because they were Britannians! We just wouldn't be able to trust him to follow orders. Also, it's not like he's a very good soldier any way. Maybe the kickass fighters who used to be part of the JLF? Tohdoh and his group would be great! I don't know for certain if they would be willing to leave the Black Knights, though. We should have Scott poke at them a bit at least. I'm not sure if we should bother with the Six Houses of Kyoto, though. The one little girl is very loyal to Lelouch and the other members are cowardly little pigs (that's just my opinion, of course). We'd be in great standing if we could get Rakshata! However, if we want Lloyd at all in our group, it'd be hard to get them to work together…But damn, if they could work together, they'd be able to make an unstoppable Knightmare, that's for sure. Rai almost ate a bit of tuna, but then put it back down when he decided that he wanted some milk as well. He went to the fridge and pulled out the milk jug.

Now how about any Britannians? I think Cornelia would actually be okay with working with us. She's not really racist; she just hates…well just about everyone…wow we'd be screwed if we had Richard asked her. She'd probably kill him after dealing with him for a very short time. We wouldn't be able to have James ask her, because she would consider James weak. Scott would also piss her off. She would consider me weak as well…That really leaves Edward. I believe Edward would be able to at least give her the proposition without immediately dying. I've seen him fall of a mountain side (And this was in the real world-no anime physics involved) and simply get back up and attempt to climb back up the mountain (his brothers stopped him). Are any of the other members of the Royal family a possibility? Well, as terrified as I am of Schneizel, he would be a good person to have. At least in this series, he's not actually necessarily evil and he tries to help the world. My only problem is that…he's creepy. I mean, who could possibly be that perfect? No one, that's who! Not to mention this is the kind of guy that Scott was with! That's a big red flag right there! …Anyway, none of the other princes or princesses are really we would want/need in any way. I mean, unless we need someone to politically marry off to a little girl, then we could give that one guy a call. Rai once again sat back down after obtaining a glass of milk.

Other than Suzaku, who else in the Knights of the Round, the group of people who are pretty much the Emperor attack dogs, would even consider joining us? Gino might possibly, as he doesn't seem all that necessarily loyal to the Emperor himself but to Britannia as a whole. Since we're not trying to bring down the Empire, but are trying to make peace, he most likely won't have any problems with us. Although he won't automatically join us, actually most likely he'll politely refuse. It'd still be good if we approached him, I think. Anya might join us, after Lelouch's mother stops possessing her. We wouldn't be able to ask Anya until then. Maybe if we find a way to free her, Anya will be willing to work with us, although she is also very loyal to Britannia…now that I think of it, I don't suppose the Emperor would chose someone to be a Knight of the Round if they weren't very loyal to his country. The Knight of One would most certainly not join us. He'd try to kill us, most likely. Luciano is a psychopath and we our 'leader' already has that covered. I don't know enough about the others to believe they would join us. Rai ate a bit of tuna, and then drank half of the glass of milk.

While James is in the Chinese Federation, I think he should try and befriend Li Xingke and the Empress.

Is there anyone else? Oh, there's Jeremiah, who I hope never meets the triplets any time soon because they would turn his hair orange the first chance they got. He'll be too loyal to Lelouch. Anyone who would be loyal to Lelouch is someone we should touch unless we have Lelouch on our side. We would have the knights who are loyal to Cornelia if we got her to join. Lloyd and Cecile are people we should try very hard to get. They aren't very loyal to the Britannian Empire, and they are both very intelligent. If Schneizel joined we would have anyone loyal to him…which would actually be quite a few people, considering his charisma. Rai finished his food and drink, and then placed the fork and glass in the sink after rinsing them off…the dishes really needed to be done. The pile of dishes in each sink was almost as tall as Rai was. For a moment, Rai wondered why Scott had bought so much dishware. Then he remembered that none of them liked doing the dishes…which was probably Scott's reasoning.

So that means that Nunnally, Lelouch, Suzaku, C.C., Cornelia, Schneizel, Villetta, Ohgi, Li Xingke, The Empress of the Chinese Federation, the Student Council of Ashford Academy are the main people we could try. While the Black Knights as a whole, Gino, Anya, Tohdoh and the Holy Swords, and Sayoko the Ninja-Maid are people we might attempt. Rai sighed out loud. Great, now I have a headache. Oh well, might as well contact the others and see what they think. Rai stuck his tongue at the sink full of dishes and walked back into the living room.

He pulled out his cell phone.

Now, back at Lucifer's Academy, Aden Avery was very good with technology…he of course, rarely used it for anything that could be considered good…or legal…But the reason why Aden's techno-savvy-ness was important at the moment, was that he fiddled with Rai, Scott, and the other Avery children's cell phones. Aden had done something to them (however, he refused to tell them why or how) that made it so that they would never have to pay for another cell phone plan ever again. Basically, the cell phone itself would hack into the nearest cell tower and allow the user to call or text whoever they wanted. It was very illegal, but then again, it was Aden who did it. Aden also made some kind of program that was like a chat-room, only for select people in the person's contacts. So Rai was now able to have a conversation with the others, at the same time.

Rai: You guys okay? Everyone got to where they were supposed to without dying?

There was a moment's pause before he got an answer.

Richard: I'm okay. Has Milly asked how I'm doing yet?

Edward: You've only been gone for a little while you idiot, of course she hasn't asked about you.

Scott: Ha, ha, ha!

Richard: Oh screw off you two!

James: I'm doing just fine. How are you Rai?

Rai: Great. I got a list together of who we could try to get on our team.

James: That's good.

Richard: Cool.

Scott: Fun.

Edward: Who's on it?

Rai: Lelouch, Suzaku, Lelouch's little sister Nunnally, C.C., Cornelia, Schneizel, Villetta, Ohgi, Li Xingke, the Empress of the Chinese Federation, and the Student Council at Ashford are the main ones. There are some others, but they would be very difficult and/or most likely to refuse us.

Richard: Why the Student Council?

James: They're just civilians.

Rai: They might just be civilians, but they also would be valuable to us. Milly's a good leader, Rivalz a good follower, and Nina's a freakily good scientist. Also, Shirley's a target for attempted murder it seems, so we really ought to protect her. Especially since Rolo will try to kill her.

Edward: I agree.

Rai: I'd go after all of these people myself, but I don't have any connections anywhere.

Richard: That's okay. Each of us will approach people we can get to.

James: Do you think I should try to get on the good side of the Empress of the Chinese Federation?

Rai: Yes, also Li Xingke is basically her extremely protect bodyguard. He's a fantastic Knightmare pilot as well as a master strategist.

James: He sounds scary, but I'll do my best.

Richard: I'll work on Cornelia, Schneizel, and Nunnally, then.

Rai: NO!

Scott: Hell no!

James: That's a bad idea.

Edward: A really bad idea.

Richard: What? What's wrong with that?

Rai: Cornelia would end you. Nunnally wouldn't like you. And the only person who would stand you at all out of those three is Schneizel.

Richard: So just Schneizel then?

Edward: Yes

James: Yes

Rai: Yes

Scott: Awww, I wish I wasn't a wanted criminal. It would be so much fun to seduce Schneizel!

Rai:…

Richard:…

James:…

Edward:…

Rai: Anyway, Edward would be the best one for Cornelia.

James: Agreed.

Scott: Totally.

Edward: Alright then.

Richard: Rai could talk to Nunnally, since they're both little girls.

Rai: You can go to hell now Richard.

Richard: No I can't, my father would be annoyed that I came home from school so early.

James: Rai and Edward could both talk with Suzaku. Then Rai and Scott could talk with both C.C. and Lelouch.

Rai: That sounds good.

Scott: I'm okay with that.

Edward: Sure.

Rai: I'll work on Villetta and the Student Council.

Scott: Ohgi tends to avoid me, so he'd be difficult for me to approach.

Richard: Hey Rai, didn't you say something a little while ago about Villetta and Ohgi being together for a while in the first season?

Rai: Yeah.

Richard: Then work hard on Villetta. If you get her on our side, then get her to contact Ohgi and try to convince him.

Rai: Okay.

Scott: Anyone else we can work on after we've at least tried to get somewhere with the main ones.

Rai: Although I think that you, Scott, should kind of get a dialogue going with Tohdoh and his little group within the Black Knights.

Scott: You mean the really serious looking people? Yikes, well, I'll do my best. I think the one in the glasses dislikes 'Akuma' a lot. Man Rai, what did you do to these people? A good number of them nearly jump out of their skin when I accidently sneak up on them!

Richard: LOL!

Rai: I pretended to be an Avery.

Edward: …that would do it.

James: …yeah….

Richard: Now that that's settled, we shouldn't contact each other for a little while.

Scott: Yeah. The people we're around might get curious if they see us on our phones all the time.

James: It's never good to make people curious about things you might not be able to manipulate.

Rai: Right.

Edward: Let's 'chat' in a couple of weeks or so. Don't call each other unless it's an absolute emergency.

Richard: Hear from all of you later, then.

Scott: Bye

James: Goodbye.

Edward: See you.

Rai: Bye everyone.

Rai closed his phone. He looked up curiously when there was a knock at the door. Rai walked into the hall and opened the door.

Lelouch looked at Rai with the most heart-breaking lost expression Rai had ever seen. Rai stepped aside and allowed Lelouch in. The two of them went into the living room.

Lelouch practically fell onto the couch and when Rai was walking pass him (heading to one of the armchairs) Lelouch grabbed Rai's arm and pulled the smaller boy on to his lap. Rai tried to stand back up, but Lelouch wrapped his arms around Rai's waist and held on tight.

Rai stopped struggling and let Lelouch bury his face in Rai's shoulder.

Nunnally had been sworn in as Viceroy the day that Richard and the mercenaries had 'tried' to give Scott to the Britannians. Rai knew that Lelouch was in pieces because of the announcement during school. Nunnally was going to restore the Specially Administrated Zone of Japan.

"Rai, who was it that disguised themselves as 'Akuma' in order to save Scott?" Lelouch asked quietly. Rai was surprised by the question. He had thought something like that would be the last thing on Lelouch's mind.

"I'm sorry Lelouch, but I have no clue. Isn't the person with the other Black Knights right now?" Rai lied. Lelouch grip on Rai tighten.

"No, apparently Scott and whoever saved him switched places at some point. Scott's pretending to be 'Akuma' right now…just like you said he would." Lelouch's tone sounded frighteningly dangerous. Lelouch lifted his head and looked at Rai.

Rai quickly broke eye contact the moment he noticed it.

"Scott said he would find a way to get into the Chinese Federation Consulate…I should have figured Scott would find the most dramatic and showy way to do it." Rai grumbled, pretending to be annoyed.

"…I see." Lelouch said, sounding a bit cold. There was an edge there that made the hairs on the back of Rai's neck stand up.

Rai tried again to get off of Lelouch. The next thing Rai knew, he was pinned to the couch seat with Lelouch straddling his legs.

"L-Lelouch! What are you doing?" Rai exclaimed. He struggled and tried to buck Lelouch off of him.

Lelouch leaned over, his face very close to Rai's.

"Rai, Rolo's Geass worked on you." Lelouch stated. "That means you're not immune to all Geass users." Lelouch breath was warm on Rai's lips.

GONG! Lelouch's body suddenly jerked, and then slumped after the odd ringing noise. Rai quickly shoved Lelouch off of him. He looked up and saw Edward with a ridiculously bored expression on his face while looking down at Rai…

…And while hold a frying pan…

"Ya alrite?" Edward asked Rai.

"Yeah, thanks." Rai said. The two of them looked at Lelouch who was unconscious on the floor. Edward grunted.

"An' I thought Scott was da one with relationship problems." Edward commented. Rai gave him an annoyed look.

"Very funny." Rai said sarcastically. Rai sighed, frowning at Lelouch. "He's going through a rough patch right now."

"He's gonna be goin' through an even tougher time if Derrick finds out." Edward told Rai.

"No, that's called 'being dead', and since I really don't want Lelouch to die, we'll just keep this to ourselves, okay?" Rai asked. Edward shrugged, but then nodded.

"If ya say so." Edward said.

There was another knock at the door. Rai answered it and saw Rolo.

"Hello, Rolo!" Rai said cheerfully. Rai's reaction to seeing Rolo unnerved the latter.

"Hello…is my brother here?" Rolo asked, frowning at Rai. Edward came from the living room, carrying Lelouch. He then shoved the unconscious boy into Rolo's arms. Surprisingly, Rolo was able to hold up Lelouch's weight. "Why is he unconscious?" Rolo demanded.

"He had a cooking accident." Edward told Rolo, having the same completely serious face he usually did. Rai was choked up with laughter, barely able to breathe.

Rolo looked at both of them suspiciously. He then nodded and left their house.

Rai and Edward lasted only a few seconds, before both of them cracked and laughed hysterically.

"You're d-d-deadly with a f-frying pan!" Rai snickered. Edward, who was still holding the frying pan, smirked slightly.

Edward went back to being serious immediately afterwards.

"Do you think he would have actually used his Geass on you?" Edward asked. Rai shrugged.

"I don't think he would've. He was probably going to ask me why Mao's Geass didn't work on me, but Rolo's did." Rai told him. "Granted, Lelouch does sometimes use his Geass for silly little things. Maybe he was going to make me do something weird-you never know with someone who is prone to emotional break downs whenever things don't go as planned…" Rai frowned for a moment. "…Are you sure that Lelouch isn't related to Derrick in any way?"

Edward rolled his eyes.

A/N: Anyone who hasn't taken poll, please do so! :)