Sorry for not updating for a while! Like I mentioned last time, I got my Vita in the mail, and I've been playing Persona 4 Golden nonstop. I'm pretty sure I've already put in at least 60 hours so far, so yeah, I haven't had much time to write. I hope this chapter makes up for it, so please enjoy the continuation of Of Queens and Emperors!


Chapter 9

Lelouch lazily flipped a page in the book he was currently reading from his sitting position on one of the couches, arching his eyebrows in interest every now and then as he read through more captivating passages. Across from him, Rias read over some books of her own, apparently doing schoolwork from the pencil she held in her right hand. Her eyebrows were scrunched in confusion as she attempted to answer some of the problems laid out in front of her.

"Ara ara, having trouble with your studies?" Akeno giggled as she walked over to their crimson haired president, a tray of tea in her hands. Gently, she lay down the tray on the table with a light clinking of the cups. She handed one to a grateful Rias before scooping up two more in her hands and sitting down beside Lelouch and placing one on the table in front of him.

The entire room was silent except for the occasional rustling of paper, much to Lelouch's relief. It seemed that lately, every day was filled with more and more things for him to do as they approached the end of the second school term. For one thing, there was studying for finals. Obviously, he didn't really have any problem with studying for them, but Issei was apparently under the delusion that they were best friends, and so, he had been roped into tutoring the Devil.

Honestly, he was as inept as they came at school, and just thinking about tutoring him gave Lelouch a headache, as well as a faint hint of nostalgia, as if he had been subjected to the same torture in the past. Mostly, it came in the form of a faint name that was something like Tamachi, or something like that.

Rias and Akeno were responsible enough, choosing to study on their own right now, although Lelouch had no intention of joining them, preferring to instead enjoy the moment of peace he had with most of club out performing various contracts.

Issei, Asia, Kiba, and Koneko were out entertaining their respective clients, while Raynare was busy training with Master Genbu at the moment. She had taken to the idea much more readily than Lelouch had expected her to, likely due to her feud with Akeno, and according to the Geass Code Bearer, she was making great progress towards becoming a valuable agent of the Order.

"Ara ara, it's so late already." Akeno remarked as the clock inside the room chimed, notifying its occupants that it was already six in the afternoon. With a sigh, she gathered up her books and stood up to leave, prompting Lelouch to follow her example as he shut his reading material and stretched out, feeling his muscles loosen up.

"Lelouch, I heard from Sona." Rias said suddenly as he stood up to exit the room.

"Yes, what of it?" He replied, immediately understanding what she was talking about.

Rias stared at him with a serious look in her eyes, "I'm just warning you, be careful. There's a reason why the Sitri Clan is one of the most famous Devil Clans in the Underworld. They are selective with who they choose to accept into their ranks."

"I understand the challenge, and I'm willing to take it." Lelouch replied confidently, walking out of the room.


However, even though he had said those words, he could not stop thinking about Rias' words. He had never had any fear in confrontation before, so why was it that he was feeling so…nervous, for a lack of a better word? He couldn't describe it, but every time his thoughts wandered towards the inevitable meeting with Sona's parents, he was filled with a feeling of dread, as if something was going to go horribly wrong in the process.

"Lelouch, is everything all right?" Sona asked suddenly, causing Lelouch to jerk his head back in surprise as she snapped him out of his daydream.

"No! Everything's fine." Lelouch replied as he realized that he was drawing stares from his classmates from the commotion he had caused with his outburst. Awkwardly, he swept some of his hair out of his eyes, in an attempt to regain his composure.

"Are you sure? You look like you've been thinking." Sona stated worriedly, "Are you thinking about our visit? I understand if you're having doubts about it."

"No, not at all. I'm just thinking about how I did on the exams this time around." Lelouch replied quickly, although he realized too late that it was rather uncharacteristic for him to say such a thing. After all, it was no secret that he disdained school and could care less about how he did on his exams.

Unfortunately for him, Sona immediately noticed the discrepancy, being the acute Devil she was.

"Lelouch, I don't want you to worry too much about it. My family will accept you once they meet you, I can guarantee it." She said softly, gently grasping his hand in hers.

Lelouch nodded, although he knew that she was making an empty promise. However, with the confidence that she had said it with, Lelouch had no choice but to feel at least a little bit relieved.


"So, how is she coming along?" Lelouch asked Genbu as they watched Raynare train with Shirley.

"She's making good progress, and I'm hoping that she will be ready to become one of us within a few months, as long as she keeps up the same pace." Genbu replied.

Lelouch smiled at the good news and at the fact that he could see Sona arriving. They had arranged to meet in front of the school after class so that they could travel to the Underworld together.

"Then I expect a full status report once I return." Lelouch added, waving to his girlfriend.

"Now then, Master Lelouch, I wish you well on your journey." Genbu stated for a second before he grasped Lelouch's hand tightly. As he did, Lelouch suddenly felt a sudden release of pressure in the area, but before he could question the man any further, Sona grabbed him by the hand and dragged him away.

"We'll have to travel to the gates of my home in the Underworld first. My family lives in an estate that keeps people from using magic circles inside." Sona explained as she summoned said circle, immersing her and Lelouch in a bright red light.


As the light died down, Lelouch's eyebrows arched in interest as he took his first look at Sona's home. Considering that she was from a wealthy and influential Devil Clan, he really wasn't surprised at what he saw. It was a large mansion that seemed to be constructed in a Baroque style, with a large and ornate mansion at the center of a large plot of land that was fenced in by imposing black iron gates.

However, he was struck by an overwhelming sense of nostalgia, as if he had seen something before. Shaking it off, he followed behind Sona, who was leading him up to the entrance of her estate.

Sona walked up to the large main gate guarded by two imposing gargoyles that seemed to be alarmingly realistic, as if they would come alive at any second and attack. Sona stopped at the bars of metal, which were adorned with a symbol that Lelouch assumed was the Sitri Clan crest, and placed a hand upon the gate, which responded by creaking open at her touch.

As they walked inside, Lelouch couldn't help but marvel a bit at the gardens they were traversing. It was almost as if they had suddenly walked into a forest as Lelouch noted the large trees and various flowers that were growing haphazardly, only limited by the stone path that they were currently striding upon.

"This place is beautiful." Lelouch noted, and Sona nodded with an air of pride.

"Yes, our family has a deep appreciation for nature, and our estate reflects our affinity for the various plants and wildlife of the Underworld." Sona replied as a small dragon whizzed past their faces in the way a small bird would in the Human World, reminding Lelouch of the fact that they were indeed in the Underworld.

He looked off to the right, only to see a small troupe of children playing in the gardens. There was a pink haired girl with blue eyes, along with a younger looking brown haired girl. Both of them were dressed in expensive looking summer dresses and were tugging on the sleeves of a raven haired boy, whose back was turned to Lelouch.

Surprised by the sight, as he was unaware of Sona having younger siblings, he turned to ask her about it, but found that she was already quite a distance away from him, having apparently missed the children. Resisting his urge to investigate, Lelouch turned and ran back up to Sona's side.

"Say, do you have younger siblings?" Lelouch asked, wanting to get some answers for what he had just witnessed.

"No, why do you ask?" Sona replied with a confused look on her face.

"Oh, no reason." Lelouch said weakly, completely shocked by her answer. If those kids weren't related to the Sitri Clan, who exactly were they?

As they approached the ornate front doors of the mansion, Sona placed an arm across Lelouch's chest, bringing him to a halt.

"We'll have to wait until the servants acknowledge us. We cannot enter the house unless it is opened from the inside."

Nodding in understanding, Lelouch stood in place, patiently waiting alongside Sona. He did a quickly check of his wardrobe, which was a jet black suit paired with a white dress shirt and gray vest, along with a tie of the same black as that of his suit. He suddenly saw the doorknob wiggle and the doors slowly creak open.

In the open doorway stood two figures that radiated nobility and strength. The figure on the right was a beautiful woman who could not be older than thirty, based on her appearance. She had ebony hair than ran down to the small of her back, and was dressed in an extremely expensive looking violet dress. To the left stood a confident looking man who, similar to the woman, looked extremely youthful, and had neatly combed black hair paired with a powerful gaze. He was dressed in a black suit paired with a purple dress shirt and black tie, giving off the impression of a no nonsense kind of man.

"Sona, welcome home." The woman said happily, a small smile gracing her face.

"We've missed you!" The man added in a much more energetic voice that did not fit his appearance at all.

"I've missed you as well, Mother, Father." Sona replied, nodding to each in turn.

"Oh, Sona, who's this?" Lady Sitri asked, pointing to Lelouch.

"I am Lelouch. It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord and Lady Sitri." Lelouch said grandiosely, taking a deep bow to show his respect for them.

"Nonsense, the pleasure is all ours!" Lord Sitri replied happily, stepping aside to allow Lelouch and Sona to enter the house.

"Please, come in." He said to Lelouch, who nodded gratefully.

"Sona!" A beautiful girl with long black hair in the same shade of ebony as Sona's own hair tied up in ponytails exclaimed as she pounced on Sona playfully as soon as she and Lelouch entered, nearly knocking the girl off of her feet.

"Ah! Please don't do that when I come in the door!" Sona cried out as she found her footing and the girl hopped off of her.

"But I've missed you! You've been busy in the Human World for so long!" The girl replied, pouting as she did so.

"Oh, who's this?" She asked curiously, pointing to Lelouch as she suddenly acknowledged his presence.

"I'm Lelouch." Lelouch replied, waving at the little girl.

"Lelouch, this is my sister, Serafall Leviathan." Sona said as the girl nodded vigorously.

Lelouch blinked his eyes once in disbelief, then twice. However, each time his eyes opened, they were still met with the same serious look from Sona.

He looked at the girl who was supposedly Serafall, who was currently clawing at Sona's arm, much to her sister's annoyance, and shook his head. This was one of the Four Satans? There was just no way that a girl like Sona's sister could possibly one of the most powerful beings in Devil Society, at least, not from what he had seen so far.

"Oh, you think that Sona's lying, don't you?" The girl asked with the anger reminiscent of a child. Before he knew exactly what was happening, she smacked his head with a wand that she had produced out of nowhere.

"Ow!" Lelouch exclaimed, rubbing his head to nurse the bruise that was quickly forming.

"That'll teach you to judge a book by its cover." Serafall added with puffed cheeks that reflected her annoyance.

"Serafall, could you refrain from injuring my boyfriend?" Sona pleaded with a sigh of exasperation.

Serafall's eyes widened at the man currently wincing in pain in front of her, "Boyfriend?"

"Yes?" Lelouch replied in a confused tone, finding that he had no way of predicting how Serafall was going to react to his presence.

"All right, why don't we continue this over dinner?" Lord Sitri interrupted, immediately defusing the situation. He could see Serafall slowly losing her temper and knew that he had to distract her somehow.

Giving Lelouch a glare, Serafall turned and bounded away towards the dining room.


Dinner started off with an awkward silence only punctuated by Serafall's childish interjections every time more food was brought out by a seemingly inexhaustible supply of servants.

From their initial meeting and further interaction over dinner, Lelouch had begun to understand Sona's family more. Her parents were generally very amicable and seemed to actually have more in common with Serafall than Sona, who was effectively their opposite in almost all facets besides appearance.

Over the clanging of silverware, Lord Sitri cleared his throat, gaining the attention of everyone assembled at the table.

"Well, Lelouch, how was dinner so far?" He asked, hoping to start some sort of conversation.

"It's excellent. I've never had a meal quite this extravagant before, so it's really a treat." Lelouch replied with a charismatic smile on his face, trying to make a good impression on the Devils in front of him.

Lady Sitri placed a hand over her mouth in shock, "Oh, is your clan going through some troubles right now? I did hear that most of the clans outside of the 72 Pillars have had some hard times lately, especially with the way that politics have been lately."

"About that, Mother, I have something to announce." Sona interjected, noticing that Lelouch was being forced into a position that would compromise his identity as a human.

"It's fine, Sona. I think that they should hear it from my mouth." Lelouch stated, standing up from his seat.

"The truth is that I am not a Devil. I am merely a human right now who is a member of the Geass Order." Lelouch announced, leading to Lord and Lady Sitri dropping their forks simultaneously.

"Sona, what is the meaning of this?" Her father asked.

"You have asked me to choose a husband, and I have chosen Lelouch." Sona answered firmly, not willing to back down from her position.

"Sona, you know that we cannot allow this." Lord Sitri countered disappointedly.

"Why not? Lelouch loves me, and I love him. Why can't that be enough?" Sona asked.

Lady Sitri shook her head with a hard expression that was completely different from the one she had earlier, "He is not a Devil, and he cannot be accepted into our society as is. And even if he was reincarnated, his status would still not be enough to be an acceptable husband for you."

"I was expecting that." Lelouch admitted, taking his seat once more.

"But I cannot allow that to stand. I intend to marry Sona, despite what you have said." Lelouch added, causing Lord Sitri to stand angrily.

"And who are you to decide on that? You should be dead already for entering my house as a human. I will do what is best for my daughter, and that does not include allowing her to marry you."

"Do what you want, but I will prove myself to you, one way or another." Lelouch said calmly, not at all fazed by Lord Sitri's threatening look.

"Father, let me do this." Serafall suddenly said in a serious tone.

Lord Sitri glanced at her direction, "Serafall?"

"I will test Lelouch to see if he will be an acceptable husband for Sona. After all, he said that he was willing to prove himself to us." She continued.

"Very well, I accept the terms of your contract." Lelouch said confidently.

"Then it is settled. You will duel me, one on one, and if you win, I will allow you to marry my dear sister. If you lose and you are still lucky enough to have your life, you will never come near her again. Do I make myself clear?" Serafall said in a tone that was completely different from her normally bubbly disposition.

Lelouch nodded, "Perfectly."


"Now then, we will set up a barrier to prevent the battle from dealing damage to the wildlife. That means the battle will be restricted to this field, and this field only." Sona informed Lelouch, who nodded in understanding. With a determined look on his face, he shrugged his suit off of his shoulders, leaving him dressed in his gray vest and white dress shirt.

"Don't worry about it Sona, I'll win. I guarantee it." He stated, with an undeniable sense of assured confidence about him.

"I trust you." She said softly before grabbing him by the shoulders and quickly kissing him on the lips.

"Good luck." She whispered before she stepped away, a barrier forming in between her and Lelouch.

Lelouch took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. He was about to enter into a duel with one of the most powerful beings in all of the Underworld, but that didn't mean that he was any less confident. He was going to win, he had to. If worst came to worst, he would use his Geass on her, but he was hoping to avoid using it for as long as he could.

Without warning, he was suddenly beset by shard of ice coming at him in every direction. Instinctively, he crossed his hands in front of his face and ignited his entire body with violet flames that melted away the ice in an instant.

Focused on the current onslaught, he had no time to react when a stream of water hit him squarely in the chest, extinguishing his flames and sending him flying into the barrier, which held up surprisingly well, considering the impact with which he was flung at it.

Having had the breath knocked out of him, Lelouch held his chest as he attempted to gasp for air, struggling to his feet just as Serafall approached him slowly with a large smile on her face. She took each step deliberately and carefully, knowing that in this instance, she was the predator and he was the prey.

"Aw, it's too bad that you weren't stronger. Oh well, I guess I'll just end it now." Serafall said with a disappointed sigh.

"Celsius Cross Trigger!" She cried out, and immediately, Lelouch felt a chill run down his spine. All around him, he could see snow suddenly form in clumps at an alarmingly fast clip.

"So, this is your technique." Lelouch mumbled, watching as the once grassy field was transformed into a frozen wasteland before his eyes.

Serafall, glee evident in her eyes, pointed a finger at his right leg, and instantly, he could feel ice forming on it by the sudden chill that assaulted him there. With a grunt of effort, he pulled his right foot out of the snow and quickly blasted it with a ball of flame, melting away the ice for the time being.

"All right, I'm not going to hold back!" Serafall cried out, pulling out her wand and waving it around in the air. Blocks of ice rose up out of the various snowdrifts that had been formed by her Celsius Cross Trigger, and immediately, they all hurtled towards Lelouch like runaway trains without any way to stop them. Immediately following that, she fired off a large ball of blue magical energy, intending to fully destroy the teenager.

Serafall grinned as she saw Lelouch weakly put his arms in front of him. There was no way that he was going to be able to stop her attacks now. His power as a human was impressive, but it was comparison when he was put up against someone like her. There was just no way to make up for the disparity in power.

The blocks of ice rammed into Lelouch's hands, quickly followed by the ball of magic, which compounded the attack and resulted in an explosion of ice that rocked the barrier with the sheer magnitude of the strike. Instantly, the shockwave of the attack forced even Serafall to step back a bit, impressed with her handiwork.

Outside of the barrier, both Sona and her parents instinctively cringed upon seeing such an attack. Serafall was already one of the strongest Devils alive, and they knew that when she was motivated, there was almost no one who could overcome her strength.

"Lelouch!" Sona screamed, knowing all too well that the possibility that he was already dead was all too likely at this point. She had never known anyone to be able to withstand one of her sister's attacks, and it didn't look like Lelouch's fate was going to be any different.

Inside the barrier, Serafall instinctively posed in celebration, making the peace sign with her fingers before she began trudging towards the smoke and debris of her last attack. However, as she approached the site, she realized something was very wrong.

"I'm not done yet." She heard a confident voice say coolly, and Serafall's eyes widened in surprise. But there was no way! How could he have survived such an attack from her?

She summoned a powerful wind that whisked away the smoke clouding her vision, revealing Lelouch, very much alive, one hand outstretched.

"What?" Serafall exclaimed, amazed at the sight in front of her. With a grunt of frustration, she punched one hand forward, sending with it a powerful stream of water. Fully expecting it to strike Lelouch as it did before, she was shocked to see him simply stand in place, the same hand outstretched in front of him.

As the water was just about to make contact with him, she saw a hexagon of ice suddenly appear, block said attack.

Furious that she had been stopped, Serafall began flinging project after projectile of ice at him, each being blocked in turn by a different hexagon of ice.

"Meet my Absolute Defense System." Lelouch said with a smile evident on his face, "Try as you want, you won't break through. I was taught this technique by Master Genbu of the Geass Order, the premier practitioner of defensive techniques in the Underworld."

Not at all dissuaded by his claim, Serafall pressed on, continuing with her onslaught of ice based and water based attacks, all of which Lelouch blocked with ease. For her part, Serafall could feel herself slowly getting weaker as she expended more and more energy in an attempt to break Lelouch's barrier.

"Now then, I believe that it's my turn." Lelouch said with a smile, bringing his hands down to his sides. Truthfully, he was tired, as stopping Serafall's attacks took much more of a toll than he was letting on. However, he had effectively frustrated her, which meant that she was now more open to making a mistake that he could hopefully take advantage of.

Firing off two bursts of wind from his hands, he quickly closed the gap between him and a surprised Serafall, who had not at all been expecting him to go on the offensive.

Lelouch quickly charged up a ball of electric energy in his right hand and punched it forward, only to be met by Serafall's wand, which she gripped tightly with both hands and wielded like a staff of some sort. Having had his first attack blocked, Lelouch used his free hand to fire a jet stream of wind at Serafall, sending her tumbling into the snow.

Without any sort of hitch, Serafall utilized the momentum of rolling along the ground to quickly get back to her feet and stab her wand forward, sending a spear of ice along with it. For his part, Lelouch counted with a spear of ice of his own, which met Serafall's right before it pierced his side. Gritting his teeth, Lelouch pushed all of his strength into his spear of ice, hearing a snap as both his and Serafall's spears shattered into pieces at the combined force of their attacks.

Lelouch tossed a lazy lightning bolt at Serafall, who dodged it without much problem and returned the favor by launching a wave of blue magic at Lelouch, who ducked underneath and fired off a stream of flames that almost singed Serafall's hair with its intensity.

Immediately, she countered with a wall of water, causing the two attacks to create a curtain of steam that blocked both of their visions.

Lelouch frantically glanced around at the cloud of steam that he was trapped in, aware that danger could come from any direction at the moment. However, no such attack came, at least, not at first. In the heat of the steam, he could feel beads of sweat roll down the sides of his face and stray strands of hair cling to his face as his eyes scanned the limited field of vision he had at the moment.

At this lull in the combat, he could suddenly feel all of the weariness that adrenaline had managed to suppress until now, forcing him to his knees in exhaustion. His limbs felt like lead, and his head was pounding, not to mention the raging thirst searing his throat. He was going to be done soon if he didn't find a way to settle the fight as quickly as possible.

He saw movement in the fog and immediately, he began charging up a lightning bolt in his hand, despite his exhaustion.

"Partner, I wouldn't do that if I were you." The figure said, causing Lelouch to lower his hand.

"Partner?" Lelouch asked as the figure came closer and closer to him so that he could make out the general shape of his body. It seemed to be that of a frail boy around the age of eight or nine from his height.

"Yes Lelouch, we are partners." The figure stated before it stepped out of the fog, revealing its figure in totality.

Lelouch's eyes widened at the appearance of the person standing in front of him. It was the boy from earlier, only now, he could make out the face without any difficulty or doubt. It was a boy with long raven hair and deep purple eyes dressed in royal robes and whose face was contorted into a devilish grin. In short, it was him.

"Who are you?" Lelouch asked, unnerved by the appearance of someone who looked exactly like him.

"I am you, or more specifically, a part of you that has been sealed away." The figure stated, "I am Kohryu, the Yellow Dragon of the Center, at your service."

"Why are you here, if you've been sealed away?" Lelouch asked, questions racing through his mind.

"I'm not actually here per se, but I figured that it would simply be easier to communicate with you in this way. Besides, after being sealed up for so long, I deserve to walk around a bit, even if it's not real." Kohryu said restlessly, showing the signs of being kept in captivity far too long.

"You still haven't answered my question." Lelouch said coldly, causing the boy to step back in fear.

"Oh, impatient are we? Very well, let me keep it simple. Since you are my host, I don't intend to let you die so soon. I've spent too long stuck in your body to see it all go to waste. You can thank that Master Genbu of yours for this, since he released part of the seal placed on me by the God and Maoh of this world. It wasn't enough for me be to fully released, but it does allow me to at least grant some of my powers to you."

"And why would you do that?" Lelouch asked, skeptical of Kohryu's true intentions, given that he was deemed enough of a threat to be sealed in the past.

The dragon shrugged his shoulders, "Like I said, I don't want to see my wait go to waste. I see a lot of potential in you, and I'm expecting to be entertained. You put on quite the show back in your own world, and I'm expecting more of the same in this one."

"Wait, in my own world? So that means you remember everything that happened before I arrived here?" Lelouch asked.

Kohryu nodded in response, "Yes, I do. But these pesky seals keep me from revealing everything to you. I tried my best to help your memory come back from my appearance in the garden, but it seems that my attempt was unsuccessful, as you couldn't recognize any of the girls. In time, I'll restore your memory. For now, I just need you to win this battle. After all, I am interested in that Sitri girl as well, and it would be a shame for you two to be separated."

And with that, the figure disappeared from Lelouch's view, leaving with some questions answered, and far more still awaiting resolution.

Suddenly, Lelouch felt a surge of energy in his body, and looked down at his hands to find that they were glowing in a bright yellow hue that he had never seen before.

"Now then, feel better?" Kohryu's voice suddenly asked.

"Where are you?" Lelouch replied, glancing around, but seeing no sign of the dragon.

"I'm still sealed within you, but I'll be able to communicate like this without having to take on an appearance. Now then, I've granted you as much power as I possibly can considering the condition I'm in right now. It may not be much, but it should be enough to beat Serafall. You've managed to wear her down, and if you can land one solid hit, she should fall." Kohryu explained.

Lelouch nodded his head, "Got it."

Slowly, he stalked through the cloud clandestinely, forgetting that Serafall would be able to identify him regardless due to the glow he was giving off.

Frustrated with his inability to find her, Lelouch placed his hands out in front of him, creating a pocket of air before imploding it, immediately dispelling all of the smoke and revealing Serafall, who seemed to have been searching for him as well.

Without hesitation, Lelouch punched an arm forward and sent a stream of lighting forward into Serafall, who put up a wall of ice to block the attack. However, Lelouch was not to be stopped, and with renewed determination, increased the intensity of the attack. Slowly but surely, he could see the wall getting weaker and weaker, until it was on the verge of shattering.

Serafall couldn't keep it up, and she knew it. She had already been exhausted by her earlier fighting with Lelouch, and now, while he seemed to have gotten stronger, if anything, she was slowly draining all of her power.

In slow motion, she could see the wall of ice that he been barely holding up fatally crack and shortly afterwards, shatter, allowing all of the violet lightning that Lelouch had been firing through. The force of the strike hurt badly enough, knocking her down to the ground, and the lightning hurt worse, making it feel as if millions of knives were stabbing her all at once as he continued on with his onslaught.

Suddenly, it all stopped and Serafall gave a sigh of relief as the pain stopped.

"Do you give up?" Lelouch asked, extending his arm with a blade of ice and holding it right up to Serafall's throat.

He saw Serafall attempt to sit up to continue the fight, but found that her body failed her for the first time.

"I…I give up." Serafall relented, her body apparently refusing to respond to any of her commands.

"Good." Lelouch replied gratefully before the yellow hue disappeared from his body, and he fell to his knees and collapsed onto his back, having completely exhausted his body.

He looked up at the sky of the Underworld, a swirling mass of color and darkness, completely different from the sky of the Human World, and sighed in relief. He had done it. Somehow, he had managed to beat one of the Four Great Satans.

"Partner, that was exceptional. I can already tell that this will be a beautiful partnership." Kohryu laughed.

"Yes, I suppose so." Lelouch replied before he closed his eyes and the world turned to black.


"Lelouch, are you okay?"

Lelouch's eyes snapped open as he found himself lying in a bed, with Sona's face hovering above his.

"Sona!" He cried out in surprise.

Suddenly, he found himself being smothered by the girl in a deep hug.

"I can't believe you won. I was so scared, and when you didn't wake up after…" She said, letting him go.

"It's fine now." Lelouch reassured.

"But still, you were out for a week, and I wasn't sure you were ever going to wake up." Sona added, the worry evident on her face.

"I told you to trust me." Lelouch replied with a grin.

Suddenly noticing that they were not the only ones in the room, Lelouch blushed in embarrassment as Lord Sitri cleared his throat awkwardly.

"Well, a promise is a promise, and I don't go back on my word. Besides, Sona really does love you, so I suppose that you have the right to marry my daughter, if you so wish to." He said with considerable difficulty.

"Thank you." Lelouch and Sona said in unison.

"Now then, if you'll excuse me, I have some business to take care of before the engagement party." He finished before leaving the room.

"Engagement party?" Lelouch asked in confusion.

Sona nodded, "Apparently, during our absence, Rias was engaged to Riser Phenex, and their engagement party is going to be tonight."

"Wait, Rias was engaged?" Lelouch asked, sitting up in surprise.

"Yes, and we're among the invited guests."

Before he could pursue the line of questioning any further, Lelouch saw a child like figure, albeit with a much more developed body, walk into the room.

"Serafall, what are you doing here?" Sona asked her sister, who nervously looked down at her feet.

"I just wanted to say welcome to our clan." She answered, looking at Lelouch.

"Thank you." Lelouch replied.

Serafall gulped, "And also, I'm going to make an effort to get close to you too, since you're so close to my adorable sister."

"What?" Lelouch asked in confusion before Serafall suddenly hopped onto the bed, straddling Lelouch while Sona's eyes widened in a combination of surprise and horror. Grabbing the back of Lelouch's head to prevent him from moving, Serafall planted her lips on top of his, kissing him deeply.

"Serafall!" Sona cried out, grabbing her sister and pulling her off of Lelouch.

"That was my first kiss." Serafall said, putting a hand to her lips, "So please, take responsibility for stealing it."

"Stealing it?" Lelouch cried out. If anything, she forced herself upon him, not that he was really complaining.

"Yup, so care for me as well, or I'll erase you with my glittering stick!" Serafall said, making the implication clear by pulling out said stick.

Lelouch looked to Sona for help, but found nothing there. With a sigh, he nodded.

"Okay, I'll take responsibility for you."

"Sona, isn't this great? We'll be even closer as sisters now!" Serafall said happily, clapping her hands together.

"Well, not that I'm entirely against it, but…" Sona trailed off, blushing furiously while Lelouch arched an eyebrow in interest. So there was more to Sona's relationship with her sister than he had originally thought.

"I knew that you would agree!" Serafall cried out, hopping off of Lelouch and onto her sister, who barely managed to hold herself up under their combined weights.

Lelouch watched the two with great interest, before it suddenly occurred to him that Serafall seemed to be moving around much more easily than he was, despite the fact that she had lost their battle. In fact, despite winning, he had been unconscious for a week, while it seemed like Serafall must have been up and active for much longer than that.

"Wait a second…" He muttered to himself before he shook his head. There was no way that she had lost on purpose, right? However, the thought kept on nagging him until he was forced to ask.

"Say, Serafall, doesn't it bother you that I'm human though?" Lelouch asked, causing Serafall to suddenly stop struggling with her sister and look at him with a confused expression.

"No, why would it?" She I asked.

"Oh, no reason at all." Lelouch replied with a forced smile on his face.

So it had all been an act. The harsh treatment, the duel. It had all been a ploy to get closer to Sona. She had never intended to win. While it did console him to know that Serafall didn't hate him as he had originally thought, it did hurt his confidence somewhat to know that he had only won the fight earlier because she had allowed him to.

Shrugging off what she deemed odd behavior by Lelouch, Serafall returned to her original act of latching onto her sister, who was half heartedly resisting by now while Lelouch rubbed his forehead, trying to alleviate the headache that had suddenly began plaguing him.

"Well then Partner, it looks like things just got more interesting." Kohryu cackled from within his head.

Lelouch nodded. He really needed an aspirin right now.


I know that the tone of this chapter ended on a more comedic note than I would normally write with, but when Serafall's in the picture, you can't help but to have some comedy, right? Hopefully, you guys all agree with me that Serafall should be dating Lelouch along with Sona, given how much of a siscon she is for Sona. Besides, I don't think that there's a better combination than Lelouch with a Magical Girl, expect for maybe Lelouch with a loli. Also, with Kohryu, I imagine that he's an odd guy, considering that he's been sealed within Lelouch for at least 17 years.

Beyond that, I have chosen to kind of skip over the whole fight with Riser, since that doesn't pertain at all to Lelouch. However, the end of that arc will be a part of this story, albeit with a different outcome. I think that it will be the best way for my story to proceed form now on, while still staying true to the original light novels. But as always, I leave it up to you. Do you guys think that it would be better just to have Lelouch fully involved in every story arc, or for him to have his own story that coincides with major events from the original story?

As usual, feel free to leave any thoughts you guys have, either in the form of a review or PM! I really appreciate any and all thoughts I get, so please, keep them coming!