Suzaku pushed himself up from his place on the bed and sighed deeply at the still pitch black room. If Lelouch rejected him… then what was the point of all of this? If he couldn't get the answers and truth he wanted, then why was he working so hard for a fruitless goal? But that was a dream, wasn't it? So it was still possible that Lelouch would be willing to talk to him! What if Suzaku saved him and then Lelouch sought revenge again? Then it would have been better if he hadn't discovered those books in the first place. Having a code meant that Lelouch could create contracts, as many as he wanted. Freaking... Dealing with one person with an absolute obedience geass was enough, now if there were ten of them and they were being commanded by Lelouch. Suzaku shuddered at the thought. Maybe it was better to let things stay the way they were now… He didn't need his answers that bad.

Swinging his legs off the bed, he sighed again. He had to though. Raven was out there, threatening their peace. It wasn't about him and his desires, it was about stopping that girl from ruining what fragile bandage the world had finally received. A hate that he knew all too well filled his heart again. Damn that arrogant girl. Surely, if she looked for it, she could be happy as well. Why? Why was she intent on making others miserable because she was as well? Hadn't she learned from anything that happened in these past years?! Revenge doesn't bring happiness. Happiness is the eye of the beholder. Raven could be happy if she allowed herself to be. Then this problem wouldn't be happening! Smashing a fist into the fluffy bed covers, he scowled into the darkness.

The first step was bring everyone onto the same page, but he and Nunnally had to tread carefully. One false move and the world could be split in half once more. He could think of more than one person involved in the inner circle that would hate the idea of searching for Lelouch. Actually, strike that. Everyone would be against the idea, from Gino to Todoh. There was no other option but to tell them. If he keep it a secret he would end up like Lelouch when the Black Knights betrayed him. He had to make the bet that some of them still cared about Lelouch… Cornelia, Kallen, and the others, they had to still have a place in their hearts for Lelouch right? Or… Well he could simply say that once they stopped Raven, Lelouch would be shoved back into that coffin. He couldn't do that, no way. Even after discovering Lelouch was Zero, and after his reappearance a year after, he tried so hard to believe that innocent child he once knew at the Kururugi shine was still in there. Believe it not, in those days after the final battle had been won… Suzaku discovered that he was. After helping Lelouch, he couldn't just throw him back into that place of pain.

Pushing himself to his feet, Suzaku sighed. Lloyd and Cecile would be willing to listen to logic, and Kallen had figured it out awhile ago. Jeremiah and Anya definitely knew what had happened in the past by now. Though, he couldn't be sure of anyone else. It was just… Everyone else. Dammit! He wanted to tell them… But would it make matters worse? Knowing those people, they were so quick to toss Lelouch away before, no doubt that they'll panic and do rash things now. Though this time, Nunnally probably had a plan. Knowing how much she was like her brother now it wouldn't surprise him at all. All he needed to do was to believe. At the current moment, he wasn't the one being kept in the dark. Suzaku knew what was happening in the world for once. The information was before him and the decision was his as well. He refused to make the mistakes that Lelouch had made in his planning. Yes. Everything and everyone would be fine and once this was over… The world could be a safe place for all of the people once again.

The sun peeked into his room then, gently lighting up the white sheets on his bed. A couple more hours and he would be facing Lloyd and Cecile with facts that he had keep to himself for so long. Suzaku padded over to the bathroom and washed his face of the sticky sweat. There were too many questions, all he could really do was hope for the best and wait. With so many different variables, he found himself wondering what Lelouch would have done. Yeah, he probably would have just found Raven and Geassed her into killing herself or something just as bad. When he found that girl, she should be darn thankful that it was him and not Lelouch.

Walking out of the bathroom, he sighed and changed his clothes to jeans and a black t-shirt before flipping on his sunglasses. It was six in the morning and he desperately needed something to fill his stomach. After slipping into sneakers, Suzaku headed out the door. The cool morning breeze hit him as he exited the inn. It was so nice today. The sky was blue with no clouds to be seen, and sun was glistening brightly as always. Humming a light tune, he headed out to find a small coffee shop where he could buy various breakfast items. Suzaku entered the first shop he could find and breathed in a long breath. Oh gosh. It smelled absolutely amazing to him. The cakes… And donuts… And cookies… Taking his place in line behind the counter, he waited for his turn to arrive. In five minutes, Suzaku left that shop with a bag that contained one of everything that little place had to offer. He felt extremely satisfied with the large amount of food he would have to eat.

Upon returning to his makeshift home, he found Lloyd and Cecile waiting outside. "Where is he?" His former boss groaned loudly, "Where is that guy? We've been waiting at least ten minutes!" Just then, a person came running from behind him and skimmed his shoulder. Due to the sudden movement, he was pushed into the wall and the sunglasses dropped off. In that moment Suzaku cursed himself for not getting those blasted contacts. As if this were a movie, time seemed to stop as his shades clinked to the ground. Tension filled the air as the both of them locked eyes with him. Breaking the contact, he reached down to pick up his was not the way he wanted to show them… With his hair still the same style, and those vibrant jade eyes, not soul in the world wouldn't be able to recognize him as the 'White Grim Reaper or Knight of Zero or just as Suzaku Kururugi the Prime Minister's son'. Suzaku automatically turned around to hide himself before realizing that if others were to remember him it would be a worse situation than they were in now. Damn. He had to get out of the open space where people could easily see him.

"Ms. Cecile and Mr. Lloyd, would you both please step inside my room? We can discuss it in there." His heart pounded in his chest as Cecile was the one who nodded and dragged Lloyd into his room after he opened the door. Flinging the glasses onto the bed, he sighed and sat down on the edge. It was obvious that he would have to tell them everything for anything to make sense, but he didn't want to. There were so many memories that he wished to bury forever… "Make yourselves comfortable," He mumbled and gestured to the two chairs in the room. "I'm sure there are questions for me… And the first thing I want to say, is that I'm sorry. Lelouch and I are both sorry for keeping this from you. So let me start from the beginning. It feels wrong to be telling his part of the story… My opinions on things may be wrong according to him-" At that moment he was interrupted by Lloyd, who had a usual loud and annoying comment.

"Soooooo…. His Majesty is alive~ Do you think he'll let me run test on that interesting Geass power of his? Or maybe see inside his brain and discover why he's such a genius? And how did he survive a sword through the heart? Hmm… Tell me Kururugi, was that all a show? Or has his majesty developed some sort of new power?" Sometimes…. Sometimes… Just sometimes, Lloyd absolutely amazed him. He didn't really care about what happened during the Black Rebellion or anything of that sort. The scientist just wanted to discover new things and make inventions out of them. It was like he didn't care at all about what happened to him in the past. "So Suzaku~ Where is Master Lelouch? Huh?" Before Lloyd could get another word out, Cecile smacked him on the head.

With that, he felt a pang hit his heart. It was like old times… Almost. Suzaku spared himself a smile as he watched the scene play out. "Lloyd! We're having a proper conversation here! Now is not the time to be talking about those things. I'm sure Suzaku has been waiting to tell us this for a long time. Besides, if his majesty were alive, it would be SECRET. The rest of the world doesn't know about the Zero Requiem, forget the rest of the world! Many people part of the inner circle don't even know! For once in your life, act like a gentleman." He would have laughed if it were even close to appropriate at the time. Instead Suzaku sighed at their words. Wow. They figured out many of the facts in seconds… When it took him at least three hours to straighten out all the factors he could think of.

"Oh come on Cecile! Don't you want to learn a bit more about geass as well? It isn't just me! I'm sure His Majesty would allow it. He seemed like a really easy going guy." Really? Were they both that interested in how Geass worked? But there was no way in hell he was going to let them conduct experiments. Knowing Lelouch, he wouldn't give Geass out to anyone, but if Lloyd and Cecile did up discovering how the strange power worked, it's very possible that the information might leak to others. With that happening, war was bound to start again. UGH. Why the heck were there so many ways for war to start? It was like any where he walked there was a land mine. Dammit. Plus, something else had just occurred to Suzaku. Lelouch was alive. He was the rightful ruler of Britannia now? If the inner circle of members turned their loyalty to him… Screw. It. All. He was thinking too much! Lelouch would never in a million years take the throne from his sister. Plus, the people would never accept it.

"Please stop this. I have no idea what gave you the impression, but Lelouch is not an easy going person. I don't think he'll ever let you run test on him Lloyd. But I guess the entire story isn't important to tell. Since the both of you were already involved with the plan, I'll simply explain the situation right now. I found four books that were Lelouch's diary… Then… After I read them I realized things that I didn't know before. The books stated that Lelouch was still alive, due to the power of his Code. Yes. He's like C.C. now. The thing is, at the current moment he's suffocating over and over in a coffin that no one knows the location of." Suzaku stopped for a moment and noted how casually he said that before continuing again, "The only thing that can lead us there are the blue cards that C.C. left for us. Except Raven Blackwood, the former Knight of Five stole them. Having had looked over her profile, I want to assume that she's doing it for revenge against me, since I… Killed her parents with the F.E.L.J.I.A bombing. The file also stated that she had tampering with Geass. Three years have passed since the Requiem and nobody but Nunnally and I know. If we are to stop Raven from doing whatever she has planned, there needs to be some alertness between everyone." He understood that there was tons of information he threw at them, but there really was no time. They had to come up with a game plan fast. "She has the cards. By showing the world that Lelouch is still alive, it will bring another war. Not to mention, it'll throw the world into chaos." Suzaku sighed loudly. He was anxious and relieved at the same time. It was nice finally telling this to someone else.

He watched as Cecile frowned unhappily, "Do you need us to bring you back to the palace?" Well. Um. The pair of them took that fairly well… If it were him receiving this amount of information, it very likely he would have passed out in the middle of it. These two never stopped amazing him over and over. But it was good. They found no fault in him trying to save Lelouch from himself. Well they were in on part of it… Hm. Still, he had to give them props for being able to handle so much information. Now if only he could convince the rest of those hard-headed idiots. "Suzaku, we'll support you in bringing the rest of them to see the truth. Though, I think picking up Jeremiah along the way would be a good idea. This Geass Canceller would help in proving that his majesty didn't put a geass on the three of us." Suzaku completely forgot to mention to before that he had a 'live on' Geass placed on him. Now was a good a time as any to tell them.

"Remember the battle on Kaname Island? Zero and I were in the Lancelot, it was then Lelouch activated his Geass. He told me to Live On! I'm very sure that Jeremiah would refuse to use his Geass Canceller on me, since it's going against Lelouch's wishes." He stated simply and sighed. No matter how easily Cecile made it sound, or how much her cheerfulness comforted him it was going to near impossible to flip everyone's mind about Lelouch. But he was Zero right? The man of miracles. No. He wasn't just as his dream stated before, he was a cheap replacement. Instead of pushing himself to create the plans, he should have consulted Nunnally and Prince Schneizel for advice. There were only a couple problems, he didn't trust Schneizel and he didn't want to put pressure on Nunnally. "Cecile… Will you call the others in for a meeting? With Raven bring a dangerous threat, we need everyone on board quickly. I will get Jeremiah and Anya, then meet you there."

"Good planning Suzaku. We'll get them together. Don't worry too much, everything will be fine. I can promise you." Another smile was given to him and Suzaku returned it. Putting his sunglasses back on and grabbing his duffel bag, he left the room, but not before giving the both of them a wave. Back to Orange's he goes…


Hello! Sorry that this so long to write and that it doesn't have the greatest amount of action ;-; I really did try to make this a good chapter. Though, I can promise you that in the next chapter there will be more interesting things happening and longer. I actually have the entire story figure out, but it takes tons of time for me to write this in a way that I'm happy with. The last thing I wanted to touch on is the pairing for this. Sadly, there will be none. I wanted to make it Suzalulu, but the many people disagreed, so ended up not doing it. SuzaEuphy is implied in a way. Like when I mention his hatred for Lelouch, that'll appear, but I'm just trying to make this a little bit more professional xD. As for Lelouch (once he appears), there will be no shipping. Cannon ships such as Ohgi and Villeta will be happening. Sorry if you guys don't like it ;-; Message me about that if you wanna. But mostly, it'll be the search for Lelouch. No kissing, no hugging, no doing stuff romantically xD Thanks to Steampunk-Serenity for betaing. I'm also sorry that my Suzaku is sorta OOC.

I think that after three years he would have relaxed a lot, so that's the main reason for writing him as this. Plus, I usually roleplay Lelouch xD So I can't really do the other side well.

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Thanks for reading- Azul