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THE EMPEROR AND THE ALCHEMIST
CHAPTER 8
It was finally the day, the day they would return, return to the place where it all started...ASHFORD ACADEMY.
The entire student population (and most of the teachers) gathered in the front of the main building trying to sneak a peek at who was about to exit the limousine, though the Student Council knew, they decided to make it a surprise.
The chauffeur climbed out first and opened the door.
The person inside put his feet out first (they looked kind of short) and out he stepped, a short...blonde kid?
"Hey Elementary School's that way kid!" shouted a boy pointing towards Ashford Elementary.
Edward immediately got riled up, but before he could do anything, Alphonse grabbed him from behind, stopping him in his tracks.
Next was Suzaku.
"It's Suzaku!" someone whispered in the crowd.
"Who's Suzaku?" asked another.
"Have you been living under a rock these past six months?" whispered the first, "he's Emperor Lelouch's knight."
The whispers continued until the Emperor himself climbed out...with his green-haired female escort of course.
They were all wearing Ashford's uniform.
Jeremiah climbed out behind him and shouted, "Introducing the 99th Emper..."
He was stopped when Lelouch turned around and kicked him in his shin...hard.
He yelped in pain, jumped in the limo and drove off in the limo.
Lelouch and his entourage walked into the building with everyone staring behind them and somewhere, in the skies was a girl in her Knightmare and when she spotted Lelouch she grinned evilly.
"Finally..."
STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM
"ATTENTION FELLOW STUDENTS!"
Milly's voice was loud and clear over the intercom.
"As you all know, we have a special student here with us today and he would now like to address us all!"
She then handed the microphone over to Lelouch.
"Thank you Milly." he said covering the mike. He then cleared his throat.
"I am Lelouch Vi Britannia!" he stated regally in the most powerful voice he could muster.
"The 99th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire and the World's sole Ruler!"
Silence…
Milly stared awestruck at her friend the Emperor who now wore a look of intensity; but his features suddenly softened and a small smile slowly formed.
He chuckled lightly.
"Now that that's out of the way," he continued in a much calmer voice, "You should all know that the real reason for my return is so that I can complete my High School experience in a normal setting.I have not come here with intentions to intimidate anyone, nor have I come with any hostile intentions. I simply wish for things to be as they were before, so I bestow this order upon each and every person listening to this address: I wish for you to treat me as you would any other student while within the premises. While I am attending classes here at Ashford Academy, I am like just another student, and I expect to be treated as such. Thank you for lending me your ears."
More silence.
Lelouch returned the microphone to Milly, and then proceeded to his next class.
"Well…There you have it fellow students;" Milly said cheerfully, "Our Student Council Vice President has spoken! That will be all."
The students in their various classes stared in awe at the speakers in the rooms.
Milly turned off the speakers and smiled.
"Well Shirley," she whispered to the wind, "Looks like your Lulu's back!"
She then started laughing as if sharing a secret joke with the person whose deaf ears her words fell onto…
HOMEROOM
"I get to sit next to him!" shouted a girl.
"No, I do!" shouted another.
Lelouch just sat staring out of the window while all the girls in the class were fighting over who would claim the seat on the left of him.
This question was answered when Suzaku entered the room and claimed it as his own.
The mob of girls stared wide eyed at him, then at the empty seat on the other side of Lelouch.
There was an awkward pause for a moment, and then they all went racing towards the seat when who other than C.C. appears out of nowhere and plants her huge butt on the seat.
The girls stared at her angrily (lots of staring going on here) then they all sighed in defeat.
"You know, I'm still a free man." Rivalz said raising his eyebrows.
"I'd rather sit next to the blonde dwarf!" shouted a girl from the crowd.
The blonde 'dwarf' suddenly leapt out of his seat. Apparently, that comment woke him up his nap even though some jocks writing the word 'LOSER' in bold print harshly across his forehead in the chicken scratch they called lettering didn't. He quickly rubbed the 'writing' off his head and looked across at his brother who kept staring out the window at two birds cuddling on a tree branch while daydreaming about his amazing date with Nunnaly the night before.
Flashback: "Wow, this is really nice." said Alphonse. |The awkwardness between the two was broken when the waiter arrived with their order, a delicious pizza with the works. "I had a really good time tonight Alphonse," Nunnaly said a little less shy. Nunnaly then surprised herself as well as Alphonse by giving him a kiss on the cheek. Their cheeks both turned red and Alphonse's heart started beating 100 beats per minute. He was kind of disoriented for a while and wasn't sure what to do, so he returned the kiss and it just so happened at that very same moment, Lelouch decided to peek at the monitors for the cameras around the palace and he looked at the one for the camera in the main hall and when he saw Alphonse planting a big, wet one on his sister (it was just a peck but his inner protective older brother was overreacting) his jaw dropped way open and he actually crushed the chess piece he was holding in his hand in anger (as you know Lelouch couldn't even crush a peanut shell let alone a chess piece so you can imagine how angry he was). "NUNNALY!" Alphonse and Nunnaly looked in the direction where the scream came from.
"Here we are," Nunnaly said cheerfully, "we have arrived at our destination!"
The driver, a blonde woman wearing a pink suit (Lelouch wouldn't trust any male drivers with his sister) opened the door enabling the mechanical ramp to fold out automatically. Nunnaly rolled down the ramp with her mechanized wheelchair and waited for Alphonse to exit the vehicle.
Their destination was Jeremiah's restaurant, Le Orange (with a French accent people).
They entered the restaurant and took their seats which Nunnaly had reserve for them in a secluded area of the restaurant.
"Yeah," Nunnaly replied softly, "Lelouch insisted on our coming here because he felt that Pizza Hut would be too public...he worries about me a little too much, you know."
"He just loves you," Alphonse replied warmly, "I mean, that's a good thing, knowing that someone genuinely cares for you..."
"You know, you're right," Nunnaly said cheerfully, "thanks Alphonse!"
"No problem!" Alphonse replied, "Oh wait, I totally forgot, these are for you..."
He then handed her the bouquet of roses he had earlier. Nunnaly's cheeks got red.
"Thank you Alphonse..." she said shyly, "you're such a gentleman."
Alphonse grinned at this and scratched behind his head nervously, "Well, I try..."
The two munched on the pizza while chatting about some random stuff. At one time, a string of cheese fell on Nunnaly's lap which made her a little embarrassed. Alphonse sensed this so he dropped a string of cheese on his lap too. They both giggled at each other's silliness and when they were finished with the pizza, the same waiter collected the dishes then returned with the ice-cream. Nunnaly had strawberry swirl and Alphonse had vanilla. When they were done with dessert, the limo was waiting outside for them, so they boarded and returned to the palace.
"Me too," Alphonse said dreamily.
"Oh no, that was Lelouch," Nunnaly said sounding more amused than worried, "we should probably get to our rooms..."
"Yeah," Alphonse said shakily, "G-G-Goodnight N-Nunnaly..." He then ran towards his room in fright.
"Goodnight Alphonse," Nunnaly said softly after him then she proceeded towards her own room to tell Sayoko about her date...
"Excuse me son, son!" said the petite looking teacher, knocking Alphonse out of his daydream, "wake up!"
Alphonse jumped up and yelled, "Please don't kill me!"
He was remembering Lelouch's manic yell the night before.
The entire class burst out with laughter, except for Lelouch and C.C. Edward just looked at him worriedly.
"Now stand up and introduce yourself"
Alphonse stood up and as if he wasn't nervous enough, when he glanced around the class, he saw Lelouch looking at him as if he was going to murder him...and he would definitely get away with it...This was when he started sweating buckets.
"My name is-I'm-uhh-ALPHONSE!" He then dropped in his seat and shielded his face from the class.
"I see we have a shy one!" said the teacher amused.
"Shy my ass..." Lelouch said under his breath.
C.C. heard this and it made her giggle.
"You there, in the back, with the green hair, it's your turn." Said the teacher pointing at C.C.
C.C. sighed. "You can just call me C.C. or C2 is fine as well..." she said without standing.
"Okay then," Said the teacher, "well now that introductions are finished let's all go to our classes."
Edward had already introduced himself while we were in the middle of Alphonse's daydream.
"So what do we have for this period?" Edward asked Lelouch.
"P.E," Lelouch replied without emotion, "C2, you know where I'll be..."
He then passed the gym room without even glancing at it and proceeded to his favourite spot, the rooftop.
"Please tell me I not the reason he's not coming to class." Alphonse said nervously.
"No, you're not," C.C. said with one of her rare smiles, "he always skips this class, don't take it personally..."
They then proceeded to their respective locker rooms to put on their P.E. uniforms.
ROOFTOP
When Lelouch reached the rooftop (after resting about five times) he pulled out his book and sat down to read. He had just gotten to the really good part when he was interrupted by someone calling his name. He recognised that all too familiar voice. When he looked up, there was the Guren, just floating there.
"I finally got you where I want you Lelouch!" Kallen said choking on her tears, "now it's time for revenge!"
BOOM!
And that's chapter 8! It ended in a horrible cliffy didn't it? Great! Now like always R&R and NO FLAMES!
