Better late than never ;) here it is chapter 6!

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GarP.OmE.HoLloW: He was next to Euphemia.

Ominae: I'm honoured to have my personal spelling-error checker XD

Cavalyn: His speech wasn't small, it just wasn't finished. He wanted to let Euphie speak a bit and then continue.

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Clash of Cold Hearts – 6

The founding of the SAZ failed. Without the aid of Euphemia, the elevens had nobody that would support them. The blame of the assassination was put on Zero. His behaviour towards the crowd and the princess was laid-out as an act to fool the masses. The image of the Black Knights was ruined and they lost a great deal of their support. It was a well planned move of the unknown attacker. Lelouch had to start from the scratch; his first objective was the revealing of the real murderer.

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It rained, still. The last days were accompanied by constant rain. Despite the bad weather there was a lone figure standing in front of a gravestone all the time; hoping that the rain would wash away her sadness. Her damp purple hear clinging to hear face, she stood there, deep in thought.

Why does it always hit the people I care about the most...? Euphie… I will make your dream come true. I will free the elevens of their shackles. And I just have the perfect person in mind to help me…

She allowed herself to grin a little. Her resolve steadied, she walked away; her aim was the hidden headquarters of a certain someone.

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Lelouch was enraged. They killed Euphie! They stained his honour! He wouldn't let them get away with something like that. He stood before his loyal soldiers. The Black Knights were his trump card. Even now the most of them believed his words and followed his orders. They trusted him with everything they had.

Kallen stood in the first row, as always. She seemed to look troubled. Maybe she doubted him?

"Kallen, you look like there is something on your mind. Tell me what's troubling you and I will see if I can solve your little problem."

She was nervous; her fidgeting hands were clear evidence of that.

"Zero…did you have anything to do…with the assassination of…Euphemia?"

Zero knew exactly that this question would be asked of his man. He was prepared; prepared to gain their undoubted trust again. He would make them believe in him!

His mouth opened, to begin one of his many famous speeches. But the sound of a door being forced open interrupted him in the last moment.

He could hear some swearing, it was a kind of familiar swearing. The eyes of his knights were wide eyed, but they said nothing.

"Kallen, is Cornelia standing at the door?" He whispered to her. She just nodded, wondering why he was so nervous.

Sweat started to from on his forehead. How was she able to find him that fast?! The situation was dire; he wouldn't survive this encounter with her. So he did the first thing that came to his mind. Run for his life!

He ran like devil himself was after him; well it was, kind of. Cornelia would make sure that he wouldn't get away. Her stamina and speed was by far superior to Lelouch's. They were just running a few moments when Lelouch remembered something, something important. There was only one exit! The HQ was built this way so they could defend themselves better in a case of an attack.

Cornelia had a grin on her face. She just loved it to hunt him, especially when he had no place to escape to.

The chased ended soon after it begun. Lelouch finally realized the hopelessness of his act. He braced himself for the impact that would surely come at him any moment. Soon his prediction fulfilled itself. He felt a foot that connected with his torso and sent him flying to the ground.

Cornelia stood above him, grinning like a maniac. The fun of humiliating him in front of his knights was godlike to her. But the fun had to end; there was business she had to discuss. So she started to stare at Lelouch, it was a glare that promised more pain in the near future.

"You damn bastard, why did you leave me alone? You know that I want to find Euphie's murderer too."

Cornelia truly looked pissed now. You could feel the killing intent that was released by her.

"Wait a mom…….."

"Just shut up! You know how I can't stand it to get left behind. And it's not like I am some kind of defenceless kitty! I thought after our relationship got better that you would understand my feelings, hell we even kissed and you still think I am some kind of lost puppy!"

While she was rambling on, the Black Knights just stood there; shocked. Their infamous leader was just lying on the ground and was dominated by one of their worst enemies. The last statement of Cornelia seemed to have some grave impact on some individuals.

Ougi: Man, he sure has bad luck with the women.

Diethard: It's a scandal! Zero and Cornelia secret lovers!

Lakshata: He sure isn't wasting time, hehehe.

Kallen: K.. K…Kiss?! I didn't even see his face and she K…K…Kissed him?!

These were only some of the thoughts going on in the heads of the Black Knights. To make it short: They were all freaking shocked!

Meanwhile Cornelia seemed to be kicking Zero while he lay on the ground and randomly throwing some curses at him.

This odd scene went on for some minutes until Cornelia finally seemed to have calmed down. She let the beaten Zero laying on the ground and went to the Knights; now standing in front of them.

"Black Knights, I have an announcement to make. From now on I will be your new commander. Zero will be my second in command. I will…"

"But…" Zero wanted to object but an icy glare of Cornelia into his direction was enough to seal his lips; his fear of another beating to great to challenger her again.

"As I was saying before I got interrupted," another icy glare was thrown to Zero, "I will take things in my own hands now. Our goal is it to avenge Euphemia's dead and to realize her last wish; the building of the SAZ. Any questions or objections?"

There was nobody who dared to oppose Cornelia; her prior displays of strength just made them all shudder in fear.

Cornelia seemed to be satisfied with the results. She beat up Lelouch and took command of his Knights.

I really thought that would be a lot more difficult than this. Hmmmm…. But I am not the one to complain.

Zero was finally getting to his feet. He really looked beaten, there were many Knights who shot him a look of deep pity. His feet were barely able to hold his own weight, but against all odds he was still able to walk next to Cornelia.

"Black Knights, I am sure you already heard that Cornelia joined our ranks. I have come to the conclusion that she would be a great asset to our army, so I had no objections to let her join." Sweet drops formed on the heads of the Black Knights; the beating he received didn't seem like he had so objections. "So I want you all to follow her instructions for now. With her help we will crush the cowardly murderers of Euphemia."

Cornelia patted him on the shoulder, "Good boy."

The determined look of his Knights again changed to looks of pity. They didn't want to swatch with Zero at the moment.

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Sry for the short chapter, I wasn't really able to write much lately.

My reson for not letting Cornelia whine for 3 chapters? Well i think it would be kind of boring with all this angsyt stuff, and i wasn't really motivated to write something like this...(who would anyway?) so i just kind of skipped it. "Despite the bad weather there was a lone figure standing in front of a gravestone all the time; hoping that the rain would wash away her sadness." I hope this is enough to show you that she really was sad, really really sad.

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Btw: You know "Flint - aim 4" (its music)? I really like this song :P (kind of)