Yes! Finally done! Before i continue i want to thank you guys for keeping up with the story so far and being patient and understanding with me. You guys are an awesome community! Having said please enjoy the rest of the story.

Chapter 6: Leanbox troubles

The next day the gang got on the first ship to Leanbox and arrived at the island nation expecting some major havoc, but found no seeming trace of it.

"At first glance everything seems to be peaceful…" said IF.

"Yep, but the place where in… feels like a ghetto." Whispered the last part Compa.

"Well considering the fact that there is no CPU or Candidate, this situation was supposed to be expected. It has become an archaic land." Stated Lelouch.

"So? Do we go rat and underling hunting?" asked Red.

"We're going to the Basilicom. The oracle was desperate to meet the Nepgear remember?" reminded her IF. "I'm sure underling and that rat are here for the same reason we are so finding them is just a matter of time."

The group arrived at the Leanbox Basilicom.

"Hello? Oh I see someone. Are you Miss Chika Hakozaki?" Nepgear asked a light green haired woman with dark red eyes, wearing a black and green dress.

"…." The woman didn't answer.

"Um Miss Chika? Maybe I'm wrong?" asked again Nepgear.

"Huh? What the he- O- oh, yeah my name is totally Chika Hakozaki." Replied the woman finally becoming alert of the girl's presence. "Perchance are you… Nepgear?"

"Wow, I'm really happy that I've become so recognizable!" said Nepgear.

"Huh? Uh, well… No, you're not, but…" started to stutter Chika.

"Of course she recognized you, silly. She asked for you to come see her, right, Ge- Ge?" Compa told Nepgear.

"Hehehe. Yeah you're right." Replied Nepgear who was letting the fame get to her head.

"I did?" asked Chika confused.

"Yes, Histoire said that you wanted me to come and see you, so um, here I am!" said Nepgear.

"See… you? Oh, yeah, that's right! Jeez, yeah, awesome. I really needed to see you and crap." Replied Chika with a nervous smile on her face.

Lelouch took note of the oracle's behavior and found it very suspicious, but decided to keep the accusations he had towards the girl to himself as he didn't have solid evidence yet.

"So I don't want to sound rude, but why did you want to see Nepgear so bad?" asked IF.

"Ohhhh… Ummm… Oh, right! I wanted you to help me get rid of a real annoying monster." Replied Chika still with the suspicious behavior.

"You called her all the way here for a simple monster slaying quest." Stated IF baffled.

"Uhhh, well… Leanbox has no CPU now, so it's a struggle for us to defend against even a doggoo." Replied the oracle. "And that's why I was hoping for the help of the battle- seasoned CPU Candidate, Nepgear."

"G- goodness! She just called me battle- seasoned! I'm flattered, but I'm still just a rookie." Started to blush Nepgear.

"No need to be so modest, you broad. Er, so anyway, show off your skills against the monsters found nearby." Chika continued. "I don't think it'll pose much of a threat for someone with as much presence and personality as Nepgear."

"G- golly, I'm probably blushing so hard right now… Okay, leave it all to me!" said Nepgear.

Lelouch wanted to facepalm himself, because of how naïve Nepgear was.

"Uh Gear we have to ask her some questions remember?" reminded her IF.

"Oh, yeah, right. We came here to request aid from Leanbox's Mascot." Said Nepgear. "Would you be able to help us locate it?"

"Uh, yeah, sure. I'll tell you where it is when you get back, all right?" said Chika.

"Whoa, that was easy." Remarked Red.

"Thank you very much! Oh, but if we took the Mascot, wouldn't Leanbox be in danger?" asked Nepgear.

"Meh, it ain't a big deal. I mean it's just a Mascot, so take it if you want it, I guess." Replied Chika.

"…" IF was silent as she realized something wasn't right.

"Wow, that's a relief to hear. Okay, I'm gonna go show that monster how tough and cool I am!" Stated Nepgear.

"Yeah, sure. I look forward to hearing some good news real soon." Said the oracle.

The group left to slay the monsters.

"Whew. That was too damn close. What a pack of idiots, fooled by my fool- proof disguise…" sighed Chika in relief.

Outside on their way to slay the monsters in question.

"Hey. Did anyone else get the feeling that something was off back there?" asked IF.

"Huh? What do you mean 'off'?" asked Nepgear.

"That woman, Chika Hakozaki, is very suspicious. I don't trust her and neither should you." Interrupted them Lelouch.

"Yeah I figured." Said IF.

"Maybe you're being too critical of her you guys." Said Nepgear.

"Better safe than sorry. Don't let your guards down until we know exactly what's going on here." Said IF.

"I agree. You guys go kill those monsters, in the meantime I'll keep my eyes on that oracle and update you if anything happens." Said Lelouch.

"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's go guys." IF said as the other girls followed her.

"Now then, let's see who you really are Miss Hakozaki." Muttered to himself Lelouch as a smile formed on his face.

Lelouch soon caught sight of his target and followed her. She was headed to some kind of back alley. As she got in there she started to undress. Lelouch immediately turned his back towars the girl as he wasn't sure that he wanted to see what he was about to see. Blushing a little he decided to turn around, his pride as a man taking over him, but was treated to a disgusting sight. Underling came out from a costume of the oracle and put it away so it wouldn't be seen.

"Damn. Why do I gotta wear this thing anyway?" She complained as she went off somewhere.

Lelouch, now his theory proven right, decided to make sure that he had proper evidence for later. He took out the costume and decided to mark the back with a marker, just to be sure. That way he was now sure that on their next meeting with Underling he could expose her. He put the costume back where it was and decided to take the rest of the day off.

Lelouch was going around town admiring the scenery and looking at the stores. His tour was interrupted, however, when a blue haired girl bumped into him.

"I- I- I'm sorry!" the girl was stuttering. She had headphones on her head and was wearing a black and pink outfit, a little too revealing for Lelouch's tastes.

"No need to apologize for no harm done." Assured her Lelouch.

"Um, ok… so, uh have a nice day!" said the girl as she almost appeared to shrink into the ground when she ran off.

"*Sigh* Another strange girl. Is it me or have there been no normal women on this journey so far?" asked himself Lelouch when he thought about Histoire. The only strange thing about her was her appearance, but aside from that she was probably the best person to have a conversation with, so far.

Night time came and Lelouch stumbled upon a casino. "Maybe I can enjoy myself a little." The boy thought to himself and entered. He signed for a chess match. His opponent was some rich guy who was full of himself. Lelouch smiled at the opportunity as an urge to crush the man's pride welled up inside him. The game began and ended almost in no time as Lelouch had beaten the man in only eight turns. He took his prize money and decided to call it a day. He went for the hotel closest to the Basilicom and checked in a room. He then decided to read a book and go to sleep.

On the next day he woke up to a few faces standing over him with angry expressions.

"So is this how you keep an eye on a suspect?" mocked him IF.

"Could you not get in my face right from the start of the day. Now all of you get out of my room! Haven't you heard of a thing called privacy!" yelled at them Lelouch.

The girls went outside as they waited for him to get changed. Lelouch turned in the keys to his room and went to where the group was. To his surprise Uni, Rom and Ram were there as well along with a new face. She was a woman with red hair styled in a twin-tail fashion and was wearing a white and red uniform of sort. After he greeted the CPU Candidates IF took charge issuing an order.

"So, you are free to explain yourself." Complained IF.

"Just because you saw me taking a well-deserved brake doesn't mean I haven't done any work." Stated coldly Lelouch.

"So what did you find out?" asked Nepgear curious.

"You'll see just in a few moments. We are heading to speak with the supposed oracle right?" asked Lelouch.

"Yes we are." Answered the woman whose name Lelouch didn't know.

"I am Lelouch. May I ask who you are Miss, since I don't recall you being with these girls yesterday when I left them." Asked Lelouch curious.

"My name is Cave. I work as a part of the Regiment of Defense of Leanbox." Replied Cave.

"Military, huh." Said Lelouch.

"So the Chika person is a giant bully right!?" asked Ram.

"Be patient and you'll see." Lelouch told the girl as he patted her on the head.

The group went in the Basilicom.

"Yuck. I gotta spend my day in this disguise again… I hate this kind of crap…" Underling was complaining to herself.

"Hello is Miss Chika here?" asked Nepgear.

"Crap! Er, uh… A- ahem… Yes I'm right over here." The oracle replied.

"Good. We couldn't find you anywhere yesterday so I had thought you had run away." Said IF.

"Wh- Wh- What?! Me, r- run away? I would never…" replied Chika when she was cut off.

"I'm giving you only one chance to surrender Underling." Said Lelouch raising his pistol at the oracle.

"Wha?!" she was shocked.

The girls turned to him in shock.

"What do you mean? Do you have any proof for such a rash accusation?" asked him Cave.

"it's quite obvious." Added Uni.

"Yeah, I figured as much too." Said IF.

"Indeed, but for those of you who aren't convinced…" The boy turned to the fraud. "Show your back towards them or you'll be disguising yourself as a corpse."

"F- fine!" she said and turned around.

The gang's jaws dropped as on the back of the girl was written "I'm a hindrance to the world and I should jump from a cliff and die." Lelouch was very proud of his work at that moment as he rarely found some comic relief in anything. The girls turned to him a little creeped out by his sense of humor.

"So what's wrong, huh. You can't prove shit you jackass." Started to growl Underling.

"If you are an imposter then where is the real Chika? Answer me!" demanded Cave.

"Damn it! Like hell I'm answering you! I got all I needed from this place so I'm outta here. Later idiots!" Underling said as she ran off.

"Get back here!" yelled IF as the girls gave chase to her.

Lelouch on the other hand was taking his time as he had no intention of running again. The three CPU Candidates were keeping him company.

"You know that wasn't a funny joke right?" asked him Uni about what he had written.

"When did I say that It was a joke?" answered Lelouch.

"Shouldn't we, like, go help them out or something?" asked Ram.

"Uh- huh, I want to help miss Nepgear." Added Rom.

"Well you are free to chase after them If you want to. I'm not stopping you." Said Lelouch.

"Mister Lelouch are you not coming?" asked him Rom.

"I'd like to keep running around without a point to a minimum, so considering the fact that they can probably handle the situation by themselves, so my answer would have to be 'no'." answered Lelouch smiling at the girl.

"I don't get it. Are you lazy or just don't care, if they are in trouble, that much?" asked him Uni.

"Right now… Perhaps both." Lelouch said after giving it some thought.

"Well, ok then we are gonna get ahead of you and get to have all the fun!" said Ram as she, Rom and Uni ran in the direction of the others.

"Sure, have fun!" said Lelouch.

"I on the other hand will take a look at Leanbox's records for some information." Said the boy to himself.

He got on with searching through the databanks of the nation about information that could possibly lead him to some clues about who he is. After a few hours of thorough searching Lelouch was left with nothing as an answer. That bugged him and got him even more curious about his being. He left the office making sure it seemed as if he hadn't been there. When he entered the lobby again he saw the girls return with underling still in the disguise of Chika, or at least that's what he thought.

"You sure took your time." He told the girls and turned to the oracle. "I am surprised that she came back with you willingly, seeing as you haven't handcuffed her or anything of the sort."

"What?! How rude! Who are you to speak like that about the oracle of Leanbox!" snapped at him Chika.

"What?!" Lelouch was dumbfounded.

"Um, Lelouch, that's Chika Hakozaki the oracle of Leanbox." Said to him Neapgear.

The boy was taken aback by the revelation and started to think of a way to get out of this mess.

A cheesy ending finally. I was thinking i would never get a chance to do one, but i'm quite happy with how it turned out. This chapter i decided to allow Lelouch to remind himself of his original goal as it is a crucial plot point. With that said i thank you guys for reading and as always reviews are welcome and i'll answer any questions you may have towards the story. Thank you for your time and have a nice day :D.