Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass. I, also, do not own Disney's Beauty and the Beast. I'm but a humble writer making a parody.

Chapter Six: Snowball Versus Furball

Lelouch was awoken by Yuki running into his room and beating a large metal pot with a wooden spoon; the loud clanging noise alerting Lelouch from his dream world of slaying his father and the pompous town hunter Mao in one fell swoop. "What is it, Yuki?" He asked after regaining his composure and returning his heart beat to normal. The little girl giggled and it was now he noticed she was clad in all her outside winter wear.

"I came to get you so that we could go play outside in the snow! We can see if Suzaku wants to come and play with us as well!" She gushed eagerly, placing the pot atop her head and pointing to the ceiling with her wooden spoon dramatically, as if it was a sword. Lelouch blinked and then chuckled, shaking his head at this little display. "Don't you think it'd be more fun that way, Lulu? We could be on a team against him since… Well, he's kinda a lot bigger than either one of us!" She said, extending her arms as far as they'd go into the open space around her and flailing them about to signify what she interpreted to be the wolf princes' girth.

"Well, we could certainly give it a shot. I'm not too sure it'll work but it's worth a shot. Suzaku has seemed to be a little less reserved lately," He agreed while slipping out of the bed and stretching. Ever since the outing in which they'd found Jeremiah, who was currently sleeping in a nest made of a rolled up blanket on the ebony haired male's nightstand, Suzaku spent more time walking around the castle, which seemed to make the servants feel a little more cheerful as well. Milly had often times looked at the more perky prince and then flashed Lelouch a look that he could only describe as grateful. He didn't, however, understand why she looked at him like that.

"It's because of you," Yuki said happily. He blinked and looked at her curiously, tilting his head slightly. She smiled and giggled lightly. "Ever since you showed up Suzaku's been feeling a lot more cheerful. Something about being around you makes him feel less hopeless about being cursed to look like a giant wolfy-thingie."

"I highly doubt it's because of me," Lelouch said quickly before heading over to the wardrobe and pulling out some clothes for the day. He tossed them on the bed then glanced over at Yuki. "Will you go wait downstairs for me? I need to get changed before we go outside to play." He said gently with a smile. The little girl nodded and giggled, darting out and shutting the door quietly behind her. After a moment Lelouch heard the pot fall, making a loud clattering noise as it rolled down the stairs, while Yuki yelped and chased after it. He chuckled lightly and shook his head at the noise outside of him.

Yuki perked up after grabbing the pot, peeking up to see Suzaku walking out from the shadows of the East Wing. Her eyes twinkled brightly as she darted over, pot on her head and spoon in hand. "Young Master, you should come play outside with Lulu and I!" She declared, jumping off the staircase onto the floor in front of him, hand on her hip and cooking utensil pointed at him. He blinked a few times, shifting the large cape he covered his body with.

"I need to tend to the business of the castle, making sure things are tidied up and such. This place has begun to fall apart and I want to get it put back together," He said peacefully, moving to walk past the little girl. She blinked and then smiled at him.

"You want things to look nice since Lulu is here, right?" She asked cheerfully. He paused and looked back at her. She had shifted and was now rolling back on the heels of her feet, one hand by her side holding the spoon and the other pushing the pot up so that it was out of the way of her face. Her eyes were filled with joy and knowing, a bizarre mix in the eyes of a child. "You're falling in love with him the longer you spend time with him and you want things nice to see him smile, right? Then take this time to play outside with us and see more of him."

"I guess you have a point… I'll come out after I make sure things in here are all set and in motion," He said calmly before turning and walking away. Yuki squealed and clapped her hands excitedly. Suzaku smiled to himself before walking toward the once grand ballroom. The room was now a dreary locale with dark curtains drawn shut tight to keep the sun out, dust was now coating the once polished tile floors and spiders made their webbed homes in every nook and cranny they could find. "Milly, are you in here?" He called calmly.

"Boo!" The rabbit girl jumped out from behind one of the black curtains and giggled lightly. Suzaku remained unfazed, having already assumed the woman would try to pull something like this. "So what exactly did you need from me, boss?" She asked with a hum and smile.

"I want you to take charge of getting this place back to how it should be. Since you're the interior designer for the castle I figured you'd be better at getting it done than I could," He said calmly. He looked around and wondered if this room really could be returned to the beautiful room for celebrations that it had once been. "Do you think you can handle it?"

"Of course! Now you go relax and have some fun with Lelouch and Yuki!" She giggled happily, shooing him away with her hands. He blinked then raised an eyebrow at her, to which she giggled again and put a furred finger to her cheek. "You should know better than anyone that I have a knack for eavesdropping. The staircase isn't too far away from the door to this room, and I do have more sensitive hearing thanks to my happy, floppy bunny ears."

"Of course, I should have expected that from you," He said with a small shake of his head. He then perked up and looked at her with a small smile. "Also, call Gino and Anya down to help. I want all of the staff here helping put the castle back into tip-top shape."

"But what about their job? Don't they need to watch for an angry mob?" She asked worriedly. Suzaku merely chuckled and shook his head.

"Milly, angry mobs don't try approaching castles until nightfall because they always have to bring torches with them. If there's sunlight than their torches carry no real purpose, do they?" He asked with a small chuckle. The other blinked, raising one brow while concern filled her stormy grey eyes.

Well, I think we all know what's going to happen now! The castle will be attacked by an angry mob!

"Milly, please tell me you heard that," Suzaku sighed, shifting his attention back up toward the ceiling. He was greeted by a shrug from the young woman. He sighed and shook his head. "I guess I'll just have to ignore it like Lelouch suggested I do in the beginning. Well, I leave the rest to you. Do whatever you think is best to get the job done. Good luck." He said with a brief wave back at her, heading out. An evil little grin turned up on the young woman's face at the order she'd just been given; she could practically feel the power coursing through her veins!

…

Suzaku looked around at the snowy fields of the castle yard curiously, looking for Lelouch and Yuki. He knew they were already outside for he had heard them heading out the door. He stepped a little farther out into the open, looking for any sign of them. He knew they hadn't been attacked by a wild animal; he would have caught scent of blood or foreign animal essence. Suddenly a fluffy ball of snow whapped into the back of his head, making him jolt up with a small snarl. He looked around, trying to find out sight of the attacker, but found nothing. He reached down slowly, eyes watching the area cautiously, while he made a small ball of his own. He was hit again across the side of the face from the opposite direction of where he'd been looking. His head jerked and he heard a little child-like giggle. "So you're teaming up against me, eh? That's not very fair," He said with a smirk. He slowly approached where the newest ball had come from slowly, peeking behind a tree and finding Yuki squatting on the ground, mouth covered with her hands while she tried to hold back giggles and eyes shut in glee.

"Lulu is a genius! Suzaku looks so funny when he's angry!" She giggled happily before perking up and looking up just in time for Suzaku to drop the snow ball on her head. She gasped and quickly shook her head, sending little snowflakes everywhere, before jumping to her feet and darting off. "I've been found, General! Look out!" She called loudly, Suzaku scooping up more snow and pursuing her.

Lelouch peeked out from behind a tree, watching Yuki dart in a zigzag pattern from the young prince. He reached into the pot, which Yuki had given him, and pulled out a prepared snowball. He sat up a bit and sent it flying, luckily hitting Suzaku square in the face and making him skid to a stop. Yuki looked back at Suzaku and giggled before ducking into the trees a few feet away from Lelouch, crawling over out of view. "It was a good try on your part, Private," He whispered while handing her a snowball, watching as their enemy wiped snow from his face and looked around for them with a small scowl.

"Thanks, General," She whispered back with a little smile. She closed one eyes, stuck out her tongue, and prepared to fire. She tossed it and just barely missed Suzaku. She winced as he turned his head over and smirked. "Oh no! What do we do?" She asked in a hushed but very frantic tone of voice.

"Separate and run. I'll try to get him to follow after me while you find a new hideout and plan out our next attack. I'll come find you afterwards," He whispered before crawling out and darting out into Suzaku's sight. The other smirked and started toward him while Lelouch darted off to the left.

"I'm not letting you get away from me this time, Lelouch!" Suzaku laughed, continuing to carry the large clump of snow as he went after the other. Lelouch merely smirked and kept it up, trying not to get to tired. He had never had very good stamina but he just hoped it'd last long enough this time for him to get away.

He skidded to a stop and turned, just in time to shove the pot-full of wadded up snow right into Suzaku's face. He pulled it back and howled with laughter at the sight of the large white mountain now resting on the wolf man's head. Only Suzaku's eyes were visible from the snow. He giggled and watched as one emerald eye began to twitch while he dropped the armful of snow he'd been carrying. "You look like you have critical dandruff!" Lelouch laughed happily, grabbing at his sides and falling on to his rear. Suzaku smiled lightly; if humiliating himself made Lelouch laugh like that he decided that it wasn't so bad.

…

Mao smirked as he popped the bullets into his gun. Tamaki was darting here and there, grabbing his knives and bags. "Are you really going to go take down the prince of the beasts in the haunted castle?" He asked curiously, pausing in his tasks to eye the other male curiously. Mao chuckled lightly and rose from his seat, snapping the bullet compartment of his gun back in to place and tossing it over his shoulder. He slipped the gun on to the strap he usually wore across his chest so he didn't have to carry it the whole time.

"But of course. I'll lead the villagers up to the castle and bring back that beast's head," He laughed happily. He walked over, making sure that Tamaki had thrown all of his things in it, before shoving the large heavy bag right into the other male's chest. He let out a puff of wind and grabbed at the bag frantically to make sure it didn't fall over. "After that we'll go and get Lelouch. He needs to be there for my moment of victory."

"You know, now that you mention it," Tamaki began to say as they walked out, "Lelouch hasn't been into town recently, has he. In fact, he hasn't come into town in about two months. Do you think something may have happened to him?" Mao scoffed lightly at this as he walked out of his hunting gear cabin and mounted his horse. His assistant was close behind him.

"Of course not. He's just trying to play hard to get, trying to make me want him even more," He said with a small smirk. He pulled the reins and set his horse to a casual trot. "You see, Lelouch was unimpressed by the things I've killed so far. That simply means that I need to do something much more impressive. Now, let's focus on the task at hand." He said calmly, heading toward the town. Tamaki nodded quietly and followed like the loyal little servant he was.

…

Milly smiled proudly as she looked around the ball room. She'd replaced the drab, black curtains with ones that were a deep crimson hue with golden hooks keeping them out of the way of the windows, permitting a beautiful view of various angles of the area surrounding the castle. The floors and ceilings had been cleared of any dust or cobwebs, spiders had been killed, and the floors had been polished again. The long buffet tables pressed against either wall had been tidied up and given clean, white tablecloths. "Tell Rivalz to get some food ready, tell the musicians to dust off their instruments and tell everyone that tonight they'd better dress up! Tonight we're all going to relax and hold a party in honor of a hard day's work!" She declared proudly, grinned brightly as a few other servants began to light the multiple candles in the room.

"But, Milly," A young orange squirrel girl called Shirley asked slowly, "don't we need to have the permission of Master Suzaku to do that?"

"Oh, Shirley, Suzaku told me I was in charge for the day!" She beamed then paused. She gasped loudly, eyes wide with horror. "Oh, no, Suzaku! If he doesn't clean up he'll look absolutely terrible at the ball! I simply can't have that happen!" She said sternly, tapping her hand. She then grinned and clapped her hands loudly. "Gino! Rolo! I have a mission for you!" She declared proudly.

The two darted over. One was a golden furred mouse boy with vivid and cheerful cobalt spheres. He was wearing a white and gold knight-like uniform with a long blue cape that made his eyes seem that much brighter. The other, a grey chipmunk boy, was wearing a matching outfit only his cape was a storm-cloud grey hue. "Yes, Milly?" Rolo asked in a calm, casual tone, his light purple eyes calm and collected like usual.

"You two are going to help Suzaku get ready for the party, okay?" She asked with a smile. She held one of her paws, ticking off her requirements on her appendages. "That means get him bathed, brushed, give his fur a little trim here and there, and her him put into something a little more prince-like than his current wardrobe. Understand?"

"Sure! We'll have no trouble handling it! Leave it to us!" Gino declared happily, tossing an arm over the other male's shoulders and pulling him in close, grinning at the blonde rabbit. The grey rodent twitched a bit and then sighed lightly, looking up at the young woman.

"Why do we have to do it?" He asked calmly. Milly fixed him with a scornful look, making him flinch backward a little bit in fear. Rolo was not easily intimidated by anything but Milly Ashford was a horrifying beast, the likes of which he had never thought he'd have to face. "Sorry, stupid question."

She smiled appraisingly at him, clearly pleased by his new submission to her."You two go make sure Suzaku gets ready while Shirley, Nina and I take care of Lelouch," She mused happily, resting one hand on the squirrel girl's shoulder. She smiled at her happily. "Shirley, go get Nina and wait for me in the dress-up room I had Cici prepare for me. I'll go collect Lelouch. You two boys go get Suzaku and head to what I said." She said happily before releasing the other's shoulder. She nodded and darted off quickly to do as she was told. A sharp glance from Milly set Gino to giggling and Rolo to flinching and taking a cautious step back.

Rolo and Gino did the same, one trembling with excitement and the other trembling with fear for what would happen if they were not successful.

End

I think this is the first time I've had Rolo portrayed in this light… The only other fics he was in he was on the side of the antagonists until he either died or just didn't make an actual appearance. So I kind of like getting to use him… Even though I did just take out three more options for narrator in one swoop. Well, see you next time and keep guessing in your reviews! And don't forget to check out what I've got posted on my profile for all of you after you give me your feedback!

Narrator Could Be: Cecile, Cheese-Kun, Cornelia, Kallen, Marianne, Rakshata, and Rin (Because she should have been a character, hence I consider her an option).