PatricktheNobelman- Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. How's this one look?
MODDEF- Don't worry. I have everything under control.
Cheapsk33t- Glad I could at least mildly confound you. And yes, I'm not a fan of people randomly appearing in another's bed. As well as, yes Anya's Geass. What to do eh?
Biscione- Perhaps. You should PM me some more information on the two. I'm interested to say the least. But since I haven't delved too far from Lelouch's storyline, I don't know much about them. And as for Anya. You'll have to read and find out. Enjoy.
Gacsam- Like I could let it end that easily? And as to Omakes. I haven't decided. If people express a desire for one on a certain part of the story I'm certainly open to hear and consider it.
Geasszero- That time could perhaps be now.
DemonsAnarchy- Again? Yes she does. And that shall be addressed. And yes, Ass shall be kicked.
ChunkyFunkyMonkey- yes someone else already pointed that out.
Guest 1- I appreciate the heads up, I thought I'd had this tagged already. Well it is now at least. And we'll see. It's definitely looking like it'll stay this pairing.
Guest 2- I feel you on the whole deviation thing. And Rolo will soon make hi appearance. I promise you that.
Islamy96- Thank you, I'm hoping this is one of a kind, as what's the point of copying someone else's story? As to the "too many character spin offs." I'm not worried at all. Thank you though. I have a document that has all the characters, their abilities, Geass if they have one (Or will), along with my main plot for the story, and every sub-plot and small event's that will occur. Effectively keeping me at least ten chapters ahead. So writers block won't be a problem. So warning heard, but politely dismissed.
Chapter 9
Lelouch watched as everything unfolded before him. The moment he spoke the word remember, Jeremiah sprang forward, putting a hand on either side of Anya's head before putting his forehead to the top of hers, his eyes lighting up Geass red as he concentrated.
A scream tore itself from Anya's mouth, a scream which halfway through transformed into the scream of an older woman, before returning to Anya's voice.
Lelouch watched, curious as to what might happen now. He waited for several minutes, as the four recovering individuals stared at him, eyes wide as they watched him. Waiting.
As soon as he was sure his mother's soul had been removed, and apparently made it wherever without any information on him. He looked to his guests. "Hello everyone."
"H-H-How are you alive?" Gino asked, barely keeping himself calm. He'd hated Lelouch while alive. But after Nunnally and the other's informed him of Lelouch's reasons, he'd more or less come to terms with him. And in his own way honored him.
"This is quiet peculiar." Lloyd spoke, leaning back with a smile on his face as he examined Lelouch.
"Thank you! Thank You!" Anya shouted, jumping up and hugging Jeremiah tight.
"Sh. It's alright my dear. You're you now. No more strings on you. You're free." Jeremiah spoke tenderly, holding her as she held him tight, tears escaping her eyes as she held him.
"Let us have some tea while everyone wraps their head around what's happened, and why I've returned. Sayoko?" Lelouch promptly started. Sayoko bowing her head and begging on some tea for her master.
They sat sipping tea as Cecile and Gino continued to star at Lelouch, as Lloyd simply enjoyed his tea, delighted by the recent turn of events. Anya just happy remembering everything, and having her memories.
"Now I shall begin. As you can all see, I'm back. And I'm here to redo everything but better. Things have already changed from the past timeline, you can all see this. I'm gathering my army, the Black Knights have been formed, and I've started my own group of Geass users to combat my father's and V.V.'s. Now I'm looking for my own Knights, and my own inventors. Are you four up to the task? My father has already granted me you Lloyd, Cecile. But Anya and Gino are only on loan till I actually have an army here to help him conquer the world. As it stands, I'm the only one who can remind people about the other timeline. As far as I know anyways. No one has tried stopping me, or joining me knowing who I am, or who I was. Now of course my father knows I'm Zero. But that is all. Now what say you? Care to join me in bringing peace with less blood shed?" Lelouch questioned, sitting back as he clasped his hands in front of him, watching them all carefully. The emotions and thoughts raging across many of their faces. Except for one.
"Well I'm in. I feel that you will help me jump ahead in Knightmare making, and will use them often no? Plus I can see my favored Devicer is already in your hands, and on your board?" Lloyd answered, pointing to Suzaku who stood next to Jeremiah. Watching everything unfold with a calm demeanor. Lloyd met his eyes, his calm yet intrigued smile still upon his face.
"You would be correct." Lelouch conceded.
"Then I'm aboard. Cecile?"
"Yes. I'm in." Cecile responded calmly. Still trying to come to terms with everything. But knowing that Lelouch was the best option of those she could side with.
"Good. James outside will escort you to your rooms. Tomorrow, I have some friends arriving. Rakshata and her staff will be among them. I expect you to gather your team with hers, and get the Lancelot, Guren, and other Knightmares up and running to their specs and performances of Zero Requiem. Then let us look for more improvements. Preferably make brand new models. I wish Kallen, and Suzaku to be able to use their current models for now. Can that be done?"
"I must work with Her?!" Lloyd began whining.
"Earl! That's enough. Yes Lelouch, that can be done. Do you have a place for us to work?" Cecile interrupted, silencing Lloyd's whining before it could begin.
"Good. And yes. They will bring a mobile lab with them, while my Servant James begin building and underground lab for you underneath a warehouse which will house whatever regular use Knightmares you come up with, or upgrade. Will that be good?" Lelouch answered.
"Yes. That will be fine. Come Lloyd. Let's find our rooms and prepare for tomorrow. We have a tournament to attend." Cecile finished, standing up and pulling a still visibly irked Earl along with her.
"So Gino. Anya. What do you say?" Lelouch finally asked upon Cecile and Lloyd's exit. Turning his piercing gaze upon them.
"I'm in." Anya answered quickly. Noticeably sitting as close to Jeremiah as she could.
"Good. I'm glad to hear it. And I promise, as long as you are near us my mother will never enter you again." Lelouch solemnly promised, meeting her eyes so she could see the truth in his own.
"Thank you. Is there a room for me?" She questioned quietly.
"Of course. Ella will show you the way once you're outside." Lelouch answered.
"Thank you. Goodnight everyone. I shall see you tomorrow. Please make the right choice Gino." Anya finished, laying a hand on his shoulder before she left.
"You are the only one left Gino. What is your answer?"
"I hated you. So. Much. You took everything I believed in, everything I strove for. And turned it on its head. I couldn't tell you up from down for month's after your death. I was so confused, and hurt. You ruined the world I'd known. Then I find out you actually made it better. Did what people have strove to do for their lives, and you did it in a few years. And no one knew it. No one but the few of us who fought close on. Those who strove to stop you. Who you allowed to live though we fought against you. I hated you for that. That you couldn't stay a demon in my eyes. That I knew. And now here you are. Alive again, but not yet striving to be the demon. You wish to make what you'd made before. But you say you want less blood, less killing. Less sacrifice. Nothing of the likes of what you wish can be attained with little bloodshed. Surely you know this?" Gino questioned, his eyes meeting Lelouch's unflinchingly as he spoke.
"I do. But in this fight. I WILL come out on top. I won't be destroyed like last time. Euphemia will live, Nunnally will always be with me, and never have to take a life. Everything will work. I will defeat my father, save the world and bring peace. Yes lives will be lost, blood spilt. I know this. Hell everyone knows that! No one who has joined me is under the delusion that no blood will be spilt. But I plan to make sure every life, is the life of my enemy. Or those not close to me or close to those I loved. You join me, you will live. Kallen will live. Jeremiah, Sayoko, Lloyd, Ohgi. Tamaki! All of them. I will not let them die. Not again." Lelouch spoke, standing and raising his voice as he spoke. His emotions taking over as he spoke. "Now do you plan to cower in fear? Or join me in protecting all you've loved, and all you love?!" Lelouch finished with a shout.
"I shall leave that answer up to fate. Tomorrow. Winner will decide for me." Gino finally answered after a moment of silence. "Does that suffice?"
"Indeed. Then please. Allow James to show you to your room. I shall see you tomorrow." Lelouch tiredly answered. Pointing to the door as Jeremiah opened it. Allowing James to enter and wait his commands.
Lelouch collapse into his chair once Gino was gone, exhausted as he was from his long day and short but intense conversation with Gino.
"You should get some sleep my Lord." Jeremiah said. Walking over to help his master stand.
"You are probably correct. Everyone. Thank you for being here. Suzaku, keep my sister safe. I haven't awoken her memories yet. But I will soon. I just plan to wait till I'm ready to leave Britannia. Or I must. Regardless, she would just be a worry if she was running around with memories of everything that has occurred." Lelouch finished, taking Kallens hand as they ushered everyone to the door to leave.
"Will do Lelouch. I'll see you tomorrow then. Kallen, good luck. Show them the power of the Queen will you?" Suzaku finished with a smirk to Kallen who blushed. Mumbling out a "will do" as he walked out.
"Jeremiah, Sayoko. Get some sleep tonight. How much you get will be another thing. You to sharing a bed and all." Lelouch joked as they walked out, a smile on each of their faces as neither denied Lelouch's implication at all.
"We will keep watch over you tonight my lord." Michael said once everyone was out and he was preparing to shut the doors.
"Good. Thank you Michael. Till tomorrow." Lelouch said, closing the door as he did so.
"I'm going to shower real fast. I'll be back." Kallen mentioned as she walked past Lelouch clad in her towel as he lay upon the couch, eyes closed in concentration.
"Enjoy my Queen." Lelouch all but whispered as he lay there.
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Lelouch was asleep on the couch when he felt a sudden weight on across his body. Opening his eyes a pinch before leaping in to action, he relaxed when he realized it was Kallen. Then immediately tensed up again once seeing what she was wearing… Nothing.
"Um…. Kallen. Not that I don't love the view, and whatever you're about to start. Need I remind you, that you do have a duel tomorrow? Against a Knight of the round. Perhaps one of the most insane, and psychotic people we've ever faced in our lives, both current and past?" Lelouch questioned, trying hard to keep his focus on her sultry eyes, which met his with a glint as she bit her lip, and began a slow crawl up his body to kiss him.
"Yes. I know. But… Let's have some fun. Please?" Kallen begged, biting her lip again before she began kissing his neck, softly sucking his skin as she lay there.
"You'll need all your energy tomorrow. Please? I promise that tomorrow after your duel…. We can… we can go on a date, I'll show you around town, and then we can do whatever you want. Whatever." Lelouch tried bleeding, eyes closing on their own in pleasure as she kissed and sucked at his neck.
"Anything?" She questioned as she pulled herself up farther, exposing more of herself to his view.
"Anything. I promise!" Lelouch stated, closing his eyes as he felt his resolve crumbling.
"I'll make you eat those words." She whispered with implications as she crawled off of him and left to get dressed. A smile on her face, and sashay in her walk.
"God that was close. I almost lost it there. Keep focused Lelouch." Lelouch pep talked himself, shaking his head as he decided he needed a cold shower. It would have been horrible had he kept her up late, for he knew that dressed the way she was… or wasn't. They wouldn't have just played around tonight. I would have been a whole other game, a different dance.
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Lelouch was seated in the stadium in his own private box. Surrounded by royal guards, and within that circle, his own private guards handpicked by Michael. Suzaku and Euphemia sitting to his left, and empty throne to his right.
He looked to the stadium as the crowd erupted, Jeremiah walking out to the center of the ring located at the center of the stadium. Dressed in his Knight's attire, a slight variation of his outfit from their arrival, he waved to the crowd, sword at his side as he smiled to the crowd before saluting Lelouch's box, who returned it with a nod.
He watched in anticipation as Jeremiah's enemy stepped from the other side of the court, fully armored with a large two handed sword upon his back. He crashed his hands upon his chest before saluting his own mistress, Carine waving down to him enthusiastically as she blew him a kiss.
"Oh god. Please end this quickly Jeremiah. I can't stand her." Lelouch muttered, earning a chuckle from Suzaku and Euphemia.
They parted ways, both contestants drawing their weapons as they faced each other.
Lelouch noted with appreciation as Jeremiah began circling the armored man, disappearing momentarily in one of his many blind spots on his helmet. The man began turning, trying to keep up with Jeremiah as they both began circling faster and faster, each waiting for the signal to begin. The man, seemingly ignorant of how fast he was having to move his legs to keep up with the smiling and sidestepping Jeremiah.
The horn sounded as the Emperor gave the signal. Jeremiah moved like lightning, unhindered by armor, he dashed the opposite direction causing his opponent to try and change with him, but encumbered by his armor's weight, and all his momentum pushing him the opposite direction he fell down.
Like a blast from a gun Jeremiah shot forward, reigning down sword blows repeatedly tot eh man's arms, chest and head. His speed and ferocity silencing the stadium as they all watched Jeremiah overpower and destroy the man.
Soon Jeremiah's beaten opponent raised a hand in submission, a horn echoing through the silence to signify the end of the fight.
Lelouch gave a devilish smile towards Carine's booth as she glared across the stadium at Lelouch.
"Step one complete. The first defeated with swiftness and power. The second. The second will suffer." Lelouch muttered as he watched on, the ring being reset as Sayoko entered the ring, followed by her competitor. A tall and handsome gentleman, he handled himself with a dangerous grace. Lelouch could tell from his confident gait, and the sword, along with two small daggers strapped to his thighs, that the man was an accomplished person.
But so was Sayoko. And she had two lifetimes of training under her belt. This man only had one. Let the game begin.
This time the signal to fight was almost instantaneous. But to everyone's surprise, neither of them moved. They stood, watching the other, getting a feeling for how they moved.
Sayoko was the first to attack, two kunai suddenly streaking towards the man's head. But the man was quicker then he looked, his blade seeming to appear in his hand striking down the two blades.
But as he looked back to Sayoko he found her four feet away, both katanas drawn and preparing to strike. Their blades flashed as the man quickly realized he needed a second blade if he was to continue fending off her attacks.
Pushing her back long enough to grab one of his daggers he went on the offensive, pushing Sayoko back momentarily as they changed to the new dynamic of the fight. But Sayoko soon took over again. Pushing the man back slowly as fear seemed to spread from his eyes, to the rest of his face. Seeing his life in tatters reflected in her eyes.
First blood was drawn when two identicle cuts appeared on either cheek of the man as he barely registered the pain. Only realizing he'd been cut when he felt the blood drip down his cheek.
Soon cuts and slices erupted up and down his arms, next his legs. His blood dripping down his body as he struggled to keep up with her increased pace of fighting. Suddenly realizing she'd never been going all out. And that she still wasn't.
He went to raise his hand in submission only to feel the underside of his arm cut deeply by her blade forcing his hand down. He tried his other hand only to be met with the same fate. Both hands clenched tight as he tried backing away to cry out. But the moment he opened his mouth to shout he felt the need to duck, barely dodging as two more Kunai streaked past either side of his head, both would have ensured his vocal cords cut and useless.
A whimper of fear emenated from his mouth as he suddenly found her next to him, slicing his legs and bringing him crashing to the ground. The ref's seemed ready to end the fight, but they weren't allowed to end until he gave them the sign of submission, or verbally announced it. They'd tried doing so in other battles Carine had been involved in. She was usually winning these though, and had even executed one for stopping a fight because one fighter couldn't call out. So they watched, worried as to what they should do.
The crowd watched in frenzied anticipation as Sayoko stepped forward to deal more damage, before suddenly stopping and looking up to Lelouch's box.
As the crowd hushed, Lelouch stood up, accepting a microphone from a nearby servant. "I shall let him live Carine. As he obviously can't cry out himself. And I've heard of your cruelty to refs who stop a fight too soon. So I will give you the chance. Give the submission sign for him, or perhaps easier, just say "I submit to you Lelouch. You win." And I will end this fight. Allowing him to cry out. What say you Carine?" Lelouch commanded everyone's attention as they looked on. In awe of the man who so boldly stood before Carine.
"I will never!" Carine shouted into her own microphone as a servant ran forward to give it to her.
"So be it. You've decided. Sayoko. Continue." Lelouch commanded.
With a nod she went to work, slicing more and more cuts up and down the man as he sat, whimpering as she continued, if he opened his mouth, another cut materialized on his face, causing him to quiet up and whimper in pain as she continued.
Lelouch watched as Carine struggled with the decision. Though she may be one who liked violence, when it was her trusted Knight, she was more apt to mercy. And she knew if she didn't save him, he would be unreliable, if even useful after this. Something she could not have.
She glared across the stadium to Lelouch, her eyes screaming her hate for him across the expanse. Only to be met by his infuriating smirk as he watched her. His smile only growing as she looked back down to the stadium to see her trusted Knight receiving more brutal punishment and marks.
"Sayoko. I think it's time we end the pain. Make sure he can never fight or walk again would you?" Lelouch commanded, as Sayoko nodded, grabbing the man's legs and preparing to cut his hamstring.
"I SUBMIT! YOU WIN!" Echoed across the stadium, silence falling and Sayoko pausing in her bloody work.
"What was that Carine my dearest sister?" Lelouch questioned.
"You heard me. I submit! You win. Just please. Stop!" Carine shouted, her anger coming out as she shook with it, her eyes red with rage as she glared at her younger brother, the arrogant and favored of their father. Even when assumed dead they'd all known Lelouch was his favorite. His return and reinstatement only reinforcing that thought.
"Sayoko. Seems they have surrendered. You may stop. Refs? I believe that is my win… again." Lelouch spoke as the horn sounded, ending the battle Lelouch's flag raised high and carried across the field as Sayoko left to clean up before joining Lelouch in his box.
They began clearing the field in preparation for the Knightmare battle that would occur, the real event everyone had shown up to see. It wasn't every day you got to see a Knight of the Round battle someone. Especially one of their princes' fiancés.
Jeremiah soon appeared at Lelouch's side, followed by Sayoko. Both having changed outfits, their weapons the only thing to remain the same since they'd been in the stadium.
"Well done. Both of you. Flawless. Carine will be sure to hesitate before acting against me. Or Nunnally. Now for Kallen to show Guinevere her place. Then the real fun shall begin." Lelouch spoke, motioning for two servants to supply chairs for his two knights, along with refreshments and food. They hurried to obey. Already getting a warning for Ella and James on what would occur should they displease the master.
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It took an hour before the arena was finally ready for the Knightmares. The stage set and the Knightmares and their drivers now standing on opposite end of the arena. Facing each other as they prepared for their elaborate dance.
Lelouch could only smile as he looked to Kallen and her Guren Mk-II. She was beautiful and deadly. And he knew it would only become more so once she began fighting. He looked once over to Luciano inside his Percival, a special box set up for his valkeryie.
Valkeryie which, in time Lelouch planned to make his own. Very soon indeed. Lelouch thought, before once again returning his attention to his love.
The horn blared as they both surged forward. They flew past each other, both dodging the other's first attack as they spun. Their dance beginning.
Kallen fought with a smirk on her face. If I could defeat you once when you had an army. I can defeat you again when it's just you and me.
She attacked with purpose, executing every move flawlessly. Dodging his attacks with ease, her machine clearly being the fastest as everyone watched on. They dodged and struck, back and forth till Kallen made her move.
Grabbing hold of the Percival's lance she fired off her Radiant Wave Surger, his lance bloating and heating up as he quickly attempted to release it.
But he did so with laughter, his voice ringing out over the PA system. "And now victory is mine little girl!"
His secret slash harken on his head shooting forward as he attempted to pierce her chest piece and kill Kallen.
But to his horror she caught it easily, her hand latching on to his face as she came forward. "You're too predictable, old little Luciano. You couldn't be easier to read. If you are a genius then what does that make me? Unless you aren't a genius, and simply a…. failure." Kallen all but whispered quietly to his machine. "Now. Do you submit?" Kallen questioned.
"I REFUSE!" He shouted, hysteria entering his voice as he processed her words. Her insults. This… this…. rabble that insulted him.
Kallen then looked to the Emperor's box, awaiting his decision. His thumbs came down, if a knight could be so easily beaten, he did not deserve to be a Knight.
With a nod Kallen began powering up her Surger before a voice stopped her, silencing the crowd.
"DON'T! Please!"
"Who dare interrupt?" Jeremiah shouted, drawing his sword as he scanned the crowd, his voice being carried across the expanse by Lelouch's Mic which he'd taken. "Speak!"
"I did. Please! My Lord Lelouch. Spare him!" Cried out Lilliana Vergamond.
"And why should I? He refuses to Submit, and I know my headstrong sister won't either. He's been proven to be useless to my father. Why should is spare him?" Lelouch demanded, standing up quickly as he took the mic back from Jeremiah.
"Please! I'll do anything. We'll do anything. Please just spare him!" She begged.
"What do you have that is of worth to me? What can you offer the Demon of Britannia?" Lelouch demanded, creating his own nickname and enigma for here in Britannia as he did so. Announcing what and who he would become to the world.
"Ourselves! The Valkeryie will serve you my lord!" Marika shouted, standing up beside her counterpart.
"Are you not Marika Soresi? Sister to the dishonorable and traitorous Kewell Soresi, who may have aided Zero? That. Soresi?" Lelouch questioned with a devilish smile as Marika visibly flinched at the mention of her brother.
"Yes. He was my brother. But now he is a shame to me and my family. Nothing more." Marika said, her words strengthening her resolve as she accepted that her brother was weak and a traitor. Knowing if she didn't, if she couldn't. Then Luciano would die, and she be kicked to regular infantry. Losing her rank and status. Something she and Lilliana had fought hard for.
"So you will serve me. Lelouch vi Britannia. And no other?" Lelouch questioned, inwardly smiling in joy as everything turned out better than he'd hoped.
"Yes your majesty!" Lilliana shouted, saluting Lelouch as Marika and the other Valkeryie quickly followed suit.
"Then Kallen. You may force eject Sir Luciano. Then join me for dinner and a date." Lelouch finished, turning with a smile as the sound of ejection thrusters sounded off, followed by the crow oohing and aahing over Lelouch having a date. He knew reporters would be swarming. But he was planning on it.
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Lelouch smiled across the table to Kallen, laughing inwardly as he watched her seething across from him. Trying to enjoy her meal.
"I swear. I'll kill him. I'll gut him here in front of everyone. All of them. But specifically him." Kallen muttered, only eliciting chuckles from Lelouch.
"Waiter. Could you perhaps give us a better view, as well as some more privacy? My fiancé doesn't seem to like the camera's attention." Lelouch questioned to the waiter who rushed to obey.
"Just follow me my lord, we'll bring you brand new dishes to your new seating. No worries." The man answered hastily, ushering them over to an elevator.
"This spot is reserved privately for your family, so the reporters will have no access to this place." The waiter began as he pulled out a security card, swiping it and selecting the highest floor.
They arrived to a breathtaking view of the nighttime Britannian skyline. Kallen watched in awe, as Lelouch stopped, remembering this place as a child, and how much Nunnally loved the view here. Especially the sunset.
"I'll be back with your meals my lord." The waiter announced, breaking the silence as the elevator doors closed.
"Come. Shall we grab a seat by the window?" Lelouch questioned. Pulling out a chair for her next to the best view of the skyline.
"Thank you. This is lovely. I mean, minus all the reporters swarming us everywhere we went. Other than that it was excellent. But this. This takes the cake. It's so… so beautiful." Kallen began.
"This used to be Nunnally's favorite spot to watch the sunset." Lelouch mentioned quietly, glad that Kallen liked it here.
"I can see why. Speaking of which… Lelouch, I have a question."
"Yes Kallen? I will most likely have an answer." Lelouch smiled.
"Why haven't you awoken Nunnally yet? Or granted her sight back through Jeremiah breaking her Geass at least?" Kallen questioned, visibly confused by these questions.
"Honestly. And to you alone I'd admit, but… I'm scared. Scared of what she might think of me. I know in the end she told me she loved me still. As I lay dying in her arms. But will she not always judge me at least a little for what I'd done? Would she try to stop me now? In the contest with my father, and the world? I do not know. But I'm not sure I could stand to go against Nunnally a second time. The first nearly destroyed me." Lelouch finished at a whisper. Kallen watching him with sad eyes, knowing his pain and only wishing to comfort him. "I will eventually though. I know I can't run from it forever. She'll know something is up, and she'll ask… and then I'll be forced to answer. So I'd rather tell her on my terms. Which will be soon. Preferably once I'm finished here in Britannia." Lelouch mused.
"Well. I think you'll be surprised with her reaction. Your sister is an amazing person. She showed that while you were alive, and even more so those ten years after you'd gone. But she never forgot you. She visited your grave and spoke to you almost every week. It was heartbreaking sometimes. She's sit there, and cry out to you. Telling you over and over that all she needed was you. Nothing and no one else. Other's she'd just tell you about her day, or fold origami cranes, saying once she'd reached a thousand that she'd wish for you to return. Ironic that you did. And not but a year after she finished the last crane." Kallen explained, her eyes staring without seeing as she reminisced about those days and Lelouch's return.
She jolted back to time when she heard it. His intake of breath as he struggled to fight back tears. "How could she love me? Who did so much to her that caused her pain? I Geassed her, lied to her. And promised I wouldn't. But I did. How can she—" He broke down, tears spilling as he thought of his precious sister, the light of his world. One of many now, but his biggest next to perhaps the woman at his side.
"Because you are someone worthy of love Lelouch. Now look at me. I love you. Ok? I love you. And Nunnally loves you, and even C.C. loves you in her own way. You are worth it. That's why you were sent back. Because you're worth it." Kallen hushed, pulling his face to hers as she touched her forehead to his, eyes locked as she spoke.
They stayed like that, locked in place as their eyes met the others before they kissed. It was ravenous almost, a needy and desperate kiss. Desperate for love, and to be close. Lelouch came to his feet as Kallen followed, entangled in each other's arms as they maneuvered their way around the room and it's tables.
They heard the ding of the elevator as they headed straight to it, Kallen throwing out the waiter who was inside, food and all. "We'll be needing this. Send the check to the palace please!" Kallen breathlessly told to the waiter as the doors closed with Lelouch kissing her neck with fervor.
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They backed into Lelouch's bedroom, having never let go of the other the entire drive back to Aries Villa. They were tearing at the other's close, shirts, blouses, pants and all falling away as they struggled free of their constraints. Lelouch falling onto his bed with Kallen atop him, lips still locked in their intricate dance.
"If we're going to stop. AH! It must be now Kallen." Lelouch gritted out as Kallen attacked his chest and neck, sucking and nipping her way up and down.
"Then stop if you want." She quickly said before returning to her work on his body. A K soon forming in hickey's upon his body as she watched with pleasure. "You're mine. Shall we make it official?" She finished, eyes now finding Lelouch's as he looked at her handy work and deciding she'd need something similar on her soon.
"Not stopping." He answered.
"Not stopping." She confirmed, attacking him again with renewed life, their hands roaming every inch of the other's as they did so. Each taking the first steps in a dance as old as time.
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Outside the doors to Lelouch's room, Ella was standing guard, eyes glaring at any who stayed too long in front of the doors. "Should anyone interrupt them tonight, I swear they will regret it." She muttered, knowing by the two's entrance what would be going on. And not wanting this night to be ruined for her master. So she stood there, waiting for Michael to get his two best guards to guard the door.
They arrived, fear evident in their eyes as Ella swung her gaze upon them. "Should anyone enter this room before they leave it in the morning, or I enter myself tomorrow afternoon. Then they shall face my wrath and find themselves jobless, if not dead." She threatened. Turning away in a huff as they fearfully nodded their understanding, going to stand guard at the doors.
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The servant stood in the chamber of the Emperor, dressed only in her lingerie, her eyes alight in Geass red as she stood there. "Seems my son has found someone like me. Taking down a Knight of the Round. I'm so proud."
"Yes. It was indeed impressive. Though I'm more impressed with my son's ally's he's apparently garnered. One of which was able to dispel you from Anya, with no clue as to who it was. A pity you'd been resting and not paying any attention at all when it happened. But lucky for us that we had this servant on hand and prepared for this exact problem." The Emperor spoke, crawling into his massive bed and beckoning to the servant.
"Indeed. And what a joy that she is a grown woman who has known a man. Finally we can join again. But back to my previous thought my husband. Before we begin. Is she not perfect for our Lelouch. She will certainly help him rule the world we shall create. She's headstrong, smart, brave, skilled, and most importantly she's a fighter. Perfect isn't she?" the servant mused.
"Yes. She most definitely is Marianne. She's the perfect match for our Lelouch. And yes. She does remind me of you, and him of me." The Emperor admitted quietly.
"Good. Now where were we my love?" Marianne questioned. Smiling as she got used to this new body she found her soul in.
