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Chapter 7: Pizza and the Vixen


*Late at night, at Ashford Academy*

Shirley sat in her dorm room alone as she watched a solitary candle flicker while tears silently streamed down her beautiful face. She had gotten a phone call from her mother earlier; because of the terrorist Zero's actions, her father Joesph was buried in a landslide. After everything that's happened to her in the last twenty-four hours Shirley couldn't bear to travel with her mom to Narita. Not only had the man she deeply admired died, but the boy she was head over heels for was quickly becoming more out of her league.

The usually happy girl crawled under the sheets of her bed while wiping away the tears from her face. As she stared up at the ceiling she could only think of all the terrible events that were unfolding in her life. As the light from the solitary candle began to burn out Shirley stared at the ceiling

'I have to think of some way to get Lulu to love me.' were Shirley's final thoughts as she fell asleep


*The next day, Inside the Viceroy's Palace

Since her meeting with her elder sister, the Sub-Viceroy felt something was wrong. Whenever she left her office and walked through the magnificently decorated halls, it felt like somebody was following her around the Viceroy's palace. At first she thought she was merely being paranoid, until she quite literally ran into a few familiar faces, knocking her off her feet

"Oh my goodness, I am so sorry your highness." Cécile Croomy's voice squeaked from underneath the fallen princess. Euphemia had collided with Lloyd's Asplund's assistant Cécile Croomy and had gotten themselves tangled up

"Princess are you alright?" Suzaku asked worryingly as he reached down to assist her

"My, I never thought coming here would be so entertaining." Lloyd chuckled he watched the scene unfolding while holding back his laughter

"I'm quite alright Suzaku, it was my fault to begin with. What are the three of you doing here anyway?" Euphemia asked as she swept the wrinkles out of her dress

"Unfortunately we were requested to drop off some more paperwork. Perhaps the most boring part about this gig, but it pays the bills." Lloyd said in his usual obnoxious voice

"Oh Lloyd; since we have time to talk with the Sub-Viceroy, why don't we give you another lesson in proper etiquette." Cécile said as she grabbed self proclaimed socio-path by his neck and dragged him away leaving from Suzaku and Euphemia alone

After watching his two co-workers walk away, Suzaku turned to the Sub-Viceroy and said "So how have you been Euphy? I've been hoping to talk with you for some time now about a couple things."

"I think I know what you want to ask me, but not now. Cornelia found out about what happened when I left the train station that day. She doesn't know who your classmate is, so don't worry about that." Euphemia muttered looking around while the two walked

"Is something wrong Euphy?" Suzaku asked worryingly

"After our little meeting with your friend, Cornelia and the rest of her administration has been acting a little odd. I've been getting this weird feeling that i'm being followed every where I go now." Euphemia said

Suzaku thought for a moment before saying "Wanna get out of the palace and go somewhere else?"

"How could you say that Suzaku?" Euphemia said

"What i'm saying is maybe you could leave and come have dinner with me and a few of my friends in the student council." Suzaku said pointingly

"There is no way I could do something like... oh." Euphemia said as she caught onto what the pilot of the Lancelot was suggesting

"You leave that to me, the only issue is getting out of here. If Cornelia did in fact assign soldiers to spy on you, shaking them will be a little more difficult.." Suzaku said thoughtfully

"Let's escape now, I want to get the heck out of here. Any chance you can slip me out with the Special Corp?" Euphemia said impatiently

"You really want to see my friends? Alright, i'm sure Lloyd will get a few laughs out of all this." Suzaku said grabbing Euphemia's wrist and lead her down the hall. After a minute of running the two ended in a receiving platform where the Lancelots trailer was waiting.

"Why do you guys travel in this eyesore of a trailer." Euphemia said as they climbed into the back seat where they were crammed together with the white nightmare frame and a couple supply crates

"Well from what I heard from Ms. Cécile, Lloyd went and spent the entire budget for the Lancelot project on the Lancelot itself." Suzaku said rolling his eyes

"That Lloyd is quite entertaining, isn't he?" Euphemia said as she sat herself on a large metal crate and looked up at the Lancelot

"Yeah he is. But you know the great thing about him is -" Suzaku began to say before voices were heard climbing into the trailer. As this was happening Euphemia could have sworn she heard another pair of voices talking from outside as well...

"Honestly Cécile, we have more important things to be doing then lessons in how to be a proper gentleman. We have to modify the slash harkens, and we also need to locate that boy Suzaku. It's hard to find pieces of equipment like him." Lloyd's voice spoke as he and most likely Ms. Cécile were climbing into the front seat of the trailer and preparing to leave the palace.

"Don't worry, Suzaku knows how much you like him." Cécile said chuckling as she drove through the checkpoint at the palace gates and drove away. Euphemia silently let out a sigh of relief as she and Suzaku both proceeded to the front of the trailer

"So then why are we leaving the boy alone in the Viceroy's Palace? It makes more sense to grab him and bring him with us so we can get more work done." Lloyd said

"He and the Sub-Viceroy are probably having brunch or somthing in the palace, he'll be fine. You know Lloyd, the two of them have become good friends lately, I wonder why that is." Cécile said thoughtfully

"Well I can think one reason why he'd want to hang out with her, she's quite the little vixen." Lloyd said laughing hysterically

"Actually, it's because he's a kind hearted person." Euphemia said as she and Suzaku both stood right behind the two engineers.

"Ohh good heaven's! What are you doing in here your highness?!" Ms. Cécile cried taking her eyes off the road and nearly crashing into a few innocent elevens.

"I've had a bad case of cabin fever, and needed to get out of the palace. Hope you don't mind me sneaking in here." Euphemia said smiling as she sat down in a seat directly behind the resident socio-path

"So do the two of you kiddies have plans this evening?" Lloyd asked not even bothering to apologize for giving the Sub-Viceroy a little nickname

"Well I wanted to show Euphy around the Tokyo settlement." Suzaku said

"And also, you wouldn't happen to have a car we could borrow, do you?" Euphemia asked


*Inside the Black Knights HQ*

"Kyoto praised us for using the Guren MK2 so well, I thought that was encouraging" Ohgi

"But there was the white armor-" Kallen began to say

"Don't sweat it; it was a tie right, a tie." Tamaki said in his usual annoying fashion as he started to laugh.

"I have a love letter for you." Ohgi said walking over to the masked leader and handed him a sealed letter

"Ohh, from you?" Zero said tilting his head while several people present started to crack up with laughter.

"It's an official message from Kyoto, they urgently request a meeting with us as soon as possible." Ohgi said

"Is this really a big deal?" Zero said as he stretched out on the couch

"A big deal, this is Kyoto we're talking about Zero!" Kallen cryed out

"If they accept us it means funding and support, it could solve our financial crisis." Ohgi said

"Crisis? There shouldn't be one if you're following the budget i've laid out." Zero said

"Hey it's not my fault, we're turning into a big organization, that means new expenses ya know." Tamaki said

"Like fancy dinners for the new recruits so you can show off? Ohh I know where you've been taking them, big spender" Kallen said slyly

"Yo... you know about that?" Tamaki asked flabberghasted

"We'll put Ohgi in charge of the treasury for now." Zero said as he continued to examine the letter

"Hold it right there, i'm the one in charge of the cash!" Tamaki yelled standing up

"If you want me to trust you, then show me some results." Zero said

"Did you actually just say trust a guy who hides his face from his own partners? How about it Zero, huh?" Tamaki yelled as many other members looked towards their masked leader.

"Zero's not the problem here, who cares who he is. He had the skill to outwit Cornelia didn't he? That's why he's the leader of the Black Knights. do you really need to know more?" Kallen said standing up

"Okay, I think we've taken care of everything for this meeting. Lets get ready to meet up with our friends in Kyoto." Zero said standing up and sweeping past everyone. He climbed the small flight of stairs and proceeded to his private room. He hoped to get some peace and quiet until they had to meet with Kyoto, that is until he saw a certain girl sitting on the bed eating pizza

"So how'd the meeting go?" CC asked looking up as she stuffed her face with pizza

"I feel like whenever Tamaki opens his trap I need to take a couple aspirin's." Lelouch said as he took of his helmet and placed it on the table with his laptop

"I know how you feel, I could hear him all the way from up here. I can honestly say I have never met any more annoying then him." CC said chuckling while she watched Lelouch sit down and review a couple files. She ate another slice before she sat up and asked "So who do you think will be present representing Kyoto?"

"I've narrowed it down to twelve possibilities, it could be any of these people." Lelouch said as he flipped through profiles on screen. He was about to say something, until he heard a knock on the door. Lelouch instinctively grabbed his mask and called out "Who is it?"

"It's me. I'm sorry if I was out of line when I spoke up back there." Kallens voice came from the other side of the doorway

"Tell me, do you want to know my identity as well Kallen?" Lelouch asked hesitating to put on his mask

Kallen leaned against the door and thought back to Narita and the green haired girl before saying "That girl knows, doesn't she? The one who claims to be your mistress."

After putting down yet another slice of pizza, CC got up and walked over to the door and said "Of course I know who Zero is; and take it from me, he is quite the cutie."

Kallen jumped back from the door and thought 'You got to be kidding, how did she get inside here?'

CC pushed the button on the control pad and said through the door "There, I unlocked the door for you Kallen. If you want to see his true face all you gotta do is open the door. He isn't wearing his mask right now, you won't get a better chance then right now."

Kallen glanced down at the control pad and was conflicted she should open the door or not. She had a golden opportunity to see the identity of their masked leader, all the Black Knight ace had to do was push one button and the truth would be revealed to her. Finally after what seemed like hours she said "No, sorry to bother you two." before she walked back downstairs with a crimson blush on her face.

CC turned back to the bed smiling in hopes of eating a few more slices before she came face to face with Lelouch as he said "What was all that about you green haired witch!" Lelouch growled trying his best to contain his anger

"Ohh cmon, it's obvious that she has it in for you. I think it's quite funny." CC said as she let out a couple of giggles

"You have a very weird sense of humor for an immortal witch." Lelouch said as his cell phone went off. Lelouch walked back to the chair and accepted the call

...

"Hey Lelouch, are you free to talk?" Suzaku asked

"Yeah Suzaku, I got a little bit of time to kill. Is something up?" Lelouch asked as he leaned back in his chair

"Well, I was wondering if you'd like to have dinner tonight?" Suzaku asked

"I don't see why not, I'm sure Nunnally would love to hang out with you again." Lelouch said

"Well, I'm kind of bringing somebody important with me." Suzaku said awkwardly

"So, who's the special lady?" Lelouch said snickering

"That'd be me Lulu." Euphemia's voice replied

Lelouch nearly dropped the phone in surprise, he took a moment to gather himself before he said "Hey Euphy, what are you doing with that knucklehead?"

"Well it's a long story, but i'd love to tell you about it over dinner." Euphemia said pleasently

"Okay, i'm sure Nunnally would love to catch up with you. I'd have to think about how i'd have to sneak you into the Academy though." Lelouch said thoughtfully

"Whats wrong, your not ashamed of me, are you?" Euphemia said teasingly

Lelouch sighed after remembering all the wild rumors that have been flying around. "Not at all, but i'll explain it all when i smuggle you two in tonight." he said

"Alright, I can't wait til then. Me and Suzaku are going to hang out for a little bit, but call us when your ready." Euphemia said before she handed the phone back to Suzaku

"So Lelouch, how should we get into the Academy?" Suzaku asked

"Thats one thing i'm not so sure of. Walking onto campus in a bad decision since she'd be jumped by countless fangirls." Lelouch said thoughtfully

"What about one of your secret escape entrances? You know, the ones you use to skip class to go gambling?" Suzaku said

Lelouch thought for a moment before he said "Alright, i'll text you in a few minutes where one of them comes out at."

"Sounds good, well be ready at about 8:00. I'll text you when we're nearby" Suzaku said as they disconnected the call

CC; whom had returned to her original spot on the bed said "Do you think it's wise to hang out with her? She is the enemy of the Black Knights."

"Well she is my sister first and foremost. Plus the last thing I want is her to accidentally let it slip to Cornelia that we're still alive." Lelouch said

"Just stick to the contract, other then that do whatever you want. By the way, what are your plans for the meeting with Kyoto?" CC asked as she threw an empty box onto the floor.

"I wanted to talk to you about that." Lelouch said turning his chair to face the immortal witch

Author Notes:
I want to apologize to all my readers. I know i haven't been updating like I usually have been, but lately i've been under the weather.

I wanted to do a few things with this chapter. First I wanted to add CC to the scene in the BK base where Kallen and Lelouch had their little private conversation. I have a good idea on how to make the conversation they just had relevant to the rest of the story. Trust me boys and girls, I have a awesome idea to go with this.

And also I wanted to have a charming little dinner with Lulu, Nana, Suzu and Euphy, I am going to have some real fun making 'dinner plans'

So get ready for the next chapter, were three questions will be answered:

Will Kallen and CC get into their long awaited fight?
Is it true Euphemia was being followed?
And will CC get her hands on even more pizza?

FInd out in the next exciting chapter!

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