Dateline: August 13th 1870 A.D

This Saturday turned out to be one of the best Suzaku had in a long while. The last time he escorted a girl around it ended in her being reviled as princess Euphemia. He sighed as he recalled being there as Euphemia died from being shot be Zero...no Lelouch. Lelouch killed her. Lelouch killed his own half siblings. Cloivs, and Euphemia both met their end at Lelouch's hand. Suzaku came to his scenes when he heard Meg call his name.

"Suzaku? You OK? Where did you vanishes off to?" Meg asked. Suzaku sighed and said "Meg I loved someone once. She was a princess though and I was but a commoner myself. But we loved one another that's all that mattered to us. Then one day my best friend who was her half brother killed her in cold blood. I hated him. I sold him out in anger to his father. All for a promotion!" Meg was pale as Christen walked up and asked "Meg what's wrong?" Meg said it was nothing, not wanting to upset Suzaku and hence upset the Opera Ghost."

Meanwhile back at the Opera Populiar, on the Angel on the roof.

A half cat half human man stood on the Angel looking out into Paris. He had spotted Suzaku Kururugi and said "I have you in my sights pretty boy. I won't let you hurt Erik. Just because you have a Geass that makes you live won't mean much to me." He smiled a toothy grin and said "That's right R2 will make it all better, Erik. Yes they are mean people. Erik? Erik where are you?" no one knew he was under the influence of a drug called Refrain. It allowed the user to relive the happy times in their lives. For R2 there were little times he recalled being happy. He was a sad forever teenager. He had been given his Geass as a small child. His to start had two powers, one to foresee all possible futures the second to see and pull a code user from anywhere, this comes in handy for saving them from death. But now he is the giver of the code. He sighed coming down hard off his high...he whispered "No more, this is a filthy habit."