Yup! I've decided that I'm done giving y'all dates that a next chapter will be up. My credibility in that is completely shot now. I have yet to get it right, so maybe I'll just borrow the word "soon" for the coming chapters.
Anyways, I haven't got much to say about this chapter, I felt the writing went smoothly at points, and was a bit rough at others. As always, thank you to those who have reviewed, and to the growing number who have favorited and/or followed my story. I hope I manage to continue to meet your expectations... (and not flood your mailboxes with 'updated story' spam all the time)
And now, Chapter 10!
-Catz1112
Two weeks after the Lake Kawaguchi Incident/Rise of the Black Knights
Lelou stifled a yawn. I'm going to have to start having Zero delegating tasks for the Black Knights. I won't be able to keep up our pace of operations and participate personally in all of them. She leaned back in her chair, reviewing several applications for new members. Strewn across her desk were papers regarding the operation that she would be carrying out in a few more hours.
C.C. stared with her usual bemused expression as the rebel princess ignored every barbed comment sent her way. "Lelou... You almost make me want to join as a double for Zero so you'll at least rise to some of the bait I trawl before you."
At that, Lelou did raise her head from her work. "You know... That's a good idea actually. I'll see what we can do about making that work." She nodded quickly. "As long as you can keep up 'Zero's' personality, there are quite a few uses I could see for that. Zero is a symbol after all, would it be all that surprising if he could jump around and avoid all the usual problems like traffic in getting between point A and point B... Not to mention if Britannia did catch on, they'd be looking for an organization, not just a high school girl and her conspirator."
The green haired woman blinked as Lelou descended into her world of planning once more, mumbling to ideas and uses for two Zeros. "Well that could have gone better."
Lelou heard the television being switched on, and paid half-attention to it as it was switched to the news, the headlines of the day of course listing the activities of the Black Knights. Last night's operation was being analyzed by a panel of experts. A counter-terrorism official, a researcher that focused on Britannian-Numbers relations, and of course the anchor, asking pointed questions.
The Counter-terrorism specialist was eager to denounce the Black Knights as nothing more than another terrorist group as they'd so amply proven when their leader, who refused to even be named, murdered the third Prince of the Empire.
In a rather bold move for a member of the media in the Empire, the anchor raised the question about how most of the recent actions by the Black Knights had been almost surgical strikes on activities that were illegal under Britannian law.
The researcher responded to that, his main argument being that aside from their initial act of violence against the Royal Family, the government should be employing the Black Knights. They were cleaning up the scum among natives as well as the Britannian conquerors. The recent attacks had all been against organized Britannian crime, mostly human traffickers and drug peddlers. And, in a surprising show of viciousness, she even dared say that it was a good thing that the Black Knights were executing people caught in such acts, as the majority of them were connected to Britannian nobility and would be expected to escape justice in the form of a mistrial or some other sort of technicality.
Lelou smiled as she listened to the woman's comment before the show suddenly cut to commercial. "Honestly, I'd say that Zero is doing wonders for the relationship between Britannia and Elevens, his claim that the Black Knights stand for justice has been backed up almost nightly within Central Area 11. It only remains to be seen how long it takes for him to expand operations to the rest of the Area."
Looking at the clock, Lelou nodded as she signed off on each of the applications. They were acceptable for what she needed, and frankly, she needed to build up the organizations numbers. Spreading command to the current core would prevent too much loss of effectiveness, but they were going to have growing pains, until the new recruits built up experience, and got used to operating in an organization like the Black Knights.
Worry about that later, Lelou, you need to go now to be on time for tonight's raid. She stood, pulling on her jacket before hopping out the window. It was easier than trying to avoid Sayoko, the woman must have the senses of a cat, and sleep like a coiled spring.
An hour later
"Now then, you all know what to do. Wait for my signal and then we'll hit these drug dealers with everything we've got." Zero nodded, with a smile hidden behind the mask as the Black Knights growled their approval, quickly checking their weapons.
Lelou had wondered if they would have an issue with killing those involved in these criminal activities, but had been pleasantly surprised by the lack of questions, and even fierce approval when she'd given the order that none of the criminals were to escape alive the first raid. Given that the people we go after either kidnap Japanese children to sell abroad, or ply drugs like Refrain to people in the ghettos, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised that they're willing to execute the scum since the law wouldn't.
Indeed, the dealer they were after tonight had been acquitted after being captured by Britannian police forces smuggling refrain into the Tokyo Settlement. Such is the influence bought by being the son of an Earl. No matter, we will solve this little problem tonight.
While the armed guards were decent evidence that nothing good was going on in the warehouse that they were poised to strike, she didn't want to risk making any mistakes that would taint the Knight's reputation. And so she insisted on getting confirmation whenever possible. Easily sneaking past the guards with the assistance of her Geass, she knelt on a catwalk, using a little directional microphone to focus on two men in business suits as crates were loaded into a truck. "I'll transfer your payment into your wife's account, the standard rate for Refrain is what we agreed on?"
That was more than enough for her. She whispered into the radio. "Go. This is the target."
She stood as her Knights charged in, guns blazing. She heard the cries coming from Britannian throats as bullets riddled them. Finding a ladder, she easily descended, the gunfire having died out by the time she reached the warehouse floor. One was still alive.
The son of the earl, tougher than I would have expected, but he'll die soon with so many bullets in him. The man's hand flashed out, gripping her ankle with the strength of the doomed, he reached a hand into his jacket, weakly pulling out a pistol, shaking as he tried to lift it at her. "Damn you... Zero... Black Knights..."
She kicked the pistol out of his hand contemptuously, before tearing her ankle from his grasp as he collapsed into unconsciousness that he would likely not wake from. Turning to look at the Black Knights, she nodded to them. They scampered into the truck, pulling out the crates that had been loaded, and dumped their contents, smashing the vials within that contained untold millions of pounds worth of refrain.
Pulling a letter she had prepared at their hideout, she looked at it. The symbol of the Black Knights lay in the background, and explanation of the man's crimes and escape from justice overlaid upon it. She knelt, placing it upon the blood-soaked jacket. That had become their calling card, every operation a letter with the reason for it.
"Good work everyone. That's all for tonight. Now go, before the police arrive." She dashed off in another direction, pleased that the Black Knights didn't try to follow her. Far easier to just worry about evading anyone who might see Zero, than worry about them as well as her own allies trying to discover her identity.
Now, we just see if C.C. will actually lower the rope for me without giving me hell about looking like a high school boy desperate to sneak a visit with his girlfriend.
7 hours later
Lelou twitched as Kallen stood up in the middle of class, declaring, "The Black Knights!" She didn't wake though.
She did as class ended though, but decided to skip lunch. She remained in her seat, in her usual 'sleeping in class' position that gave most the impression that she was merely staring out the window, and tried hard to return to sleep.
Luck wasn't with her though, as Shirley and Rivalz took seats near Kallen, commenting on how it was unusual for her to be sleeping in class. Though if she did, she should take lessons from Lelou. Hearing the surprised tone from Kallen, asking if she was really asleep, Rivalz replied.
"Yeah, I don't know what she's up to night after night, but she sleeps through half of her classes now. I'd blame it on sneaking to visit Kururugi every night, but he doesn't seem out of the norm." It seems I definitely need to begin delegating... and I need to strangle Rivalz, and then Milly. Just because I know that somehow, she has to hold some of the blame for this.
When afternoon classes ended, she stood, heading towards the door only to be stopped by Suzaku. "Milly wants us to report to the student council room on the double for Arthur's welcoming festival."
Lelou blinked at that. "Aren't the preparations all done? We just have to wait for it to start now, right?"
He nodded at that. "Yeah, but she didn't tell me why, just that we needed to."
Biting back a long suffering sigh, she raised her hands in surrender. "Alright, if Her Majesty demands our presence, our presence she shall have."
Such an innocent start to a great betrayal.
Lelou, for her part, was struggling as best she could as Suzaku held her arms behind her back with Milly unbuttoning her jacket. "Hey! Suzaku! Let me go! Don't listen to her! And don't look damn you!" She screeched as Milly finished opening her jacket and then quickly unbuttoned her shirt, all the while somehow tugging her skirt off, leaving her half-naked as Suzaku looked away. He shifted her hands at Milly's orders to allow the President to remove the uniform completely.
Glaring at the President as best she could given that she was held in a gentle, if iron grip by Suzaku despite only being clad in her underthings. She went beet red as Milly cocked her head before commenting. "Aha... so Suzaku is one of those that likes striped ones... And really Suzaku! Why are you looking away? Surely you've seen more alrea-" She 'oofed.' Courtesy of Lelou's foot impacting her stomach.
"Ow. Alright. I suppose I deserved that one. Not enough subtlety."
"Damn right, now give me back my clothes!"
"No no, it's a festival today! All members of the student council will be wearing cat outfits today! So here's yours!" Her bubbly nature returned quickly as she held out a skimpy leotard with a tail attached to the rear, and fur lining its edges. Indeed, it matched the outfit that the President was wearing, only without the cat-paw mits.
"Milly... Vengeance will come one day."
"Oooh, scary!" She simply smiled as she watched Lelou quickly pulling it on. "See? That wasn't so bad."
"Milly, I'm wearing fur-lined stockings. It's awful. I just know that there is no other choice with you."
"I don't know, but I bet Suzaku will like it when he finally dares to open his eyes." She nodded appreciatively, giving her a once-over that would have done a dirty old man proud. "Just tight enough to show off your chest, and it rides just high enough on your hips to tease without being lewd, plus, who can resist the bare thighs of a maiden?"
"I can." She all but snarled while grabbing the cat-ear hair band from Milly, and maintaining her dignity as best she could while putting it on. "Suzaku. You may open your eyes, but may I speak to you in the hall for a moment?"
Milly struggled to hold in her laughter as Suzaku hopped to follow the order. Probably because she's thinking something along the lines of him chasing tail... She glared down at the tail that bounced off her legs as she stomped towards the door. Literally.
She opened the door to find a blank faced Kallen, just recovering from a yawn to give her a curious look. Yeah, Zero, grand leader of the Black Knights, in a cat-girl outfit. That's just what we need for the recruiting posters. Giving the red-head a small smile. "Your turn." She chuckled as the bewildered Kallen stepped into the trap, as Milly grabbed her, working to begin stripping her as well.
As the door closed behind them, Lelou turned, giving Suzaku a hateful glare as he stood still in his school uniform. "Now then. I still need to speak with your boss who found me out. We're going to do that today, before I get busy again."
He stammered slightly, clearing thinking through how much trouble it could be if a civilian were brought into a place like that. "Lulu... I'm not sure that's such a good idea..."
"He's your commanding officer. He knows that I'm a princess. If I need to be a princess to get in and swear him to secrecy on my status, as well as a short visit to an engineering unit's base... Then that's what I'll do." She opened the door to call in to Milly. "There's something we need to deal with, Suzaku and I will be back in time for the festival." She ignored the almost hysterical laughter, only half-hoping that the blonde injured herself during the fit. "Now, let's go."
He heard the command in her voice and gulped before finally nodding. "A-alright... Then follow me."
As they walked towards the university section. She finally realized how bad an idea this had been. The expressions of shock were priceless, even though she was rather uncomfortable with how revealing the outfit was. Let them wonder at the insanity when all of the Student Council showed up wearing crazy outfits because of a cat. And then throwing an after school party for the entire student body because of it. Oh, wait. Milly's president. That's just par for the course.
Too late to do anything about it now, and admittedly as busy as she was maintaining and growing the Black Knights another opportunity to deal with a loose end like this might be some time in coming.
Suzaku punched in code on the pad next to the door. "Ah... It's a little unfortunate, but... There are classified materials in open view in here... Would you wait here?"
"No. Suzaku, this is not something that I will discuss out in a hallway. If it's safe enough in there to hold sensitive materials, it's safe enough for me to talk to your commander in there. The eyes of a student won't do any harm, and I'll sign any confidentiality agreement I need to afterwards."
He sighed, pressing the enter key with a dejected look. "I figured you'd say that." Why is he so desperate to keep me from seeing an engineering unit?
They stepped into the garage, and Suzaku led the way to a large trailer parked with the Lancelot raised in position as Lloyd and several engineers inspected the landspinner connection on the left leg. Oh. That's why he didn't want me to see. It's the Knightmare that managed to hamper two perfectly decent plans. Don't tell me Suzaku is the-
"Oiiii... Devicer! You need to be a little more gentle with my Lancelot. I like the data, but these engineers are complaining about the strain you put on the joints!" Lloyd jumped up, dashing away from the engineers, perhaps using Suzaku's appearance to escape their attentions, or at least redirect it towards the pilot at fault. He stopped though, as he adjusted his glasses, seeing just who was following him. "Aha... Somehow I felt this conversation was coming eventually, and while I may not be a specialist at human interaction... Is that not an odd outfit for a situation like this?"
Lelou's eyes narrowed as she saw just who Suzaku's commander was. "Oh. No wonder he recognized me. If it isn't dear Uncle Lloyd Asplund. I would call you the Mad Earl of Yorkshire. Though it seems that you're still breathing, so perhaps Half-Mad would be the more appropriate title."
Cecile wandered out from the trailer at the commotion. Blinking as she took in Suzaku's presence. "I thought you weren't coming in until this evening?" She saw Lelou, and couldn't help herself. She squealed. "Suzaku! She's adorable! How did you get her to agree to walk over here so I could see this?!"
I'm having a rough day. Stripped, finding out that that crazy 'uncle' I'd hoped I wouldn't have to see again is in command of Suzaku's unit, finding out that Suzaku is the pilot of that white Knightmare that's done such a great job of ruining plans, and now smothered to death by that captain because I'm 'adorable'?
Struggling, she managed to pull herself free from the Captain's embrace, and quickly readjusted the hair band to get it back into place. I'm wearing this outfit... I may as well go all the way with it. "Captain. A pleasure to meet you again. Would you mind though? I need to speak to...that." She pointed at Lloyd with the last word.
Cecile cocked her head. "I sense a kindred spirit! How do you know Lloyd though? He doesn't get out much."
"Through my mother. She was a rather crazy Knightmare pilot that demanded he build things for her. And she tried for a while to find a human heart in him. And even went so far as to place me in his 'care' for days at a time while seeking it. I suppose if you'd like, you could join us while we catch up. You seem to be his keeper anyways, if I go off rank."
Lloyd pouted at that. "Your Highness, I have no need of a keeper!"
Cecile blinked in confusion as Lloyd called a simple student 'Your Highness.' She turned back to the cat outfit wearing girl with a confused look.
"Clearly you do, Uncle, what with blurting out my secret in front of your entire engineering unit." She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as she walked over to Cecile. "Captain, perhaps there's somewhere that we could speak in private? Big enough for the four of us. Suzaku's been in on the secret longer than even Lloyd there."
Cecile nodded as she pointed towards Lloyd's office, not that it was ever used by him. "The office there should work, and please, we prefer to go by names around here. It's Cecile, Cecile Croomey."
Lelou nodded, leading the way towards the office as Suzaku, Cecile, and Lloyd fell in behind her. If I have to be a princess for a while, I may as well act like one, even if I'm not dressed for the occasion. In keeping with her thoughts, she marched into the office, ignoring the messy piles of papers and technical manuals as she crossed to sit behind the desk, in what would have been Lloyd's chair. She watched as they found 'seating' Lloyd in the form of the smaller chair on the visitor's side of the desk, Cecile and Suzaku leaning against the table.
Leaning back in the surprisingly comfortable chair, Lelou looked to Cecile. "Given that you're not up to speed, let's solve that first, Miss Croomey. My name, is Lelou vi Britannia. Former Sixth Princess of the Empire." Giving a little chuckle at Cecile's expression at that. "Yes, I say former because I am actually 'dead' according to Britannian records as of the invasion of Japan. I'm certain that the Emperor knows that I am alive, but he doesn't seem to care. Considering that I have managed to remain hidden for so long. Until... that recognized me. As I said earlier, my mother, the late fifth Empress, sent me to deal with him while she worked to get a new Knightmare design. I imagine that the Lancelot there is actually the child of her demands."
Cecile's expression slowly congealed into one of horror as she realized just what she'd done to a member of royalty. On the verge of giving an apology, she was interrupted by Lelou's raised hand. "Cecile, please. Treat me no different than you already have. I hated the trappings of royalty even when I was entitled to them. I am no more a princess than an average citizen now. And years under Milly Ashford's thumb has beaten the last of my pride out of me. In case you hadn't noticed what I'm wearing."
"And as for you," she turned her gaze upon Lloyd finally. "Rumors are going to fly amongst your engineers out there. You will explain the situation to them fully, but I would like to inform you now, just because I am 'only' a student does not mean that I don't have an information network. If it gets out that a princess has been found alive after being presumed dead for so many years, I will see to it that my downfall is preceded by yours."
She sighed before taking a deep breath, giving the stern look she'd picked up as a Princess. "Now... I know I said that I'm not really a princess anymore. In regards to keeping the fact only amongst your unit... Take that as an order." She chuckled as she stood, flashing them all a small smile. "Now, I know I said I wanted to have a discussion, but I'm afraid Suzaku and I have to report back to Milly so he can get changed for the festival. I imagine that I will be back at some point and will be able to answer whatever questions you may have between now and then. Let's go, Suzaku." Let's go before I say something stupid. But maybe I can use this. For all his complaints about mother, Lloyd seemed rather attached to her. It would be helpful to draw this unit into the Black Knights. I'll have to think about how to do that.
Before the door shut behind her, she heard Lloyd's little chuckle and comment. "Not a princess, huh? She reminds me of Schneizel walking in for a surprise inspection."
That evening
Finally... back in something reasonable. She'd traded the ridiculous outfit for her uniform as soon as she'd been able.
Now, she just had to put the finishing touches on tonight's operation. Of course, finishing operational plans is much easier when you aren't busy worrying about whether or not anyone will be revealing your existence and having the royal guard battering down your door in the middle of the night. What was the old line, the only way to keep a secret between two people is if one of them is dead? I'm sure there's an appropriate corollary that describes this situation perfectly.
Enough. Worry about that after you've managed to survive another raid. After all, if you're executed as a terrorist because you weren't careful enough in getting the Burai's moved into position... Being discovered will be the least of your worries. She pulled out Zero's phone, dialing a number pleased that the voice at the other end had managed to set things up properly, even without the assistance of being Geassed.
Sneaking out quietly, she hustled to the train station, carrying a bag with Zero's outfit stuffed within. Normally she stashed it in a location near where they'd be carrying out the operation, but that hadn't been an option this time, sneaking into a warehouse complex regularly patrolled by the police hadn't been an option. But with the amount of Refrain that moved through here made it a prime target for her. Those that longed for the Japan of old were those who could serve the Black Knights well, provided they didn't destroy themselves through use of the drug.
This is too easy though... I haven't even run into a single patrol. She shook off the fear that it could be a trap, as she hastily pulled on Zero's outfit, knowing that Kallen, Ohgi, and the others would be in position. They'd yet to fail her, barring Kururugi's interference, though that had turned out alright in the end. Even if it is a trap. You haven't brought along a Knightmare for one of these raids before. With Kallen piloting it we should be able to make it through anything reasonable. It's not as if Cornelia would team up with drug dealers, even to catch Zero. Too much lost productivity with drugs.
Easing a door open, she crept into the warehouse, a snarl coming to her lips as she realized that there were civilians within. More than a few of them high on Refrain. That would certainly complicate things, but at least the dealers and their thugs were only as armed as anything they'd faced before. Sneaking back out the way she came, she flashed a laser towards her Black Knights, green, indicating 'go' before she added in over the radio. "Civilians are within, be careful, and watch your fire."
Acknowledgements rang over the radio as the Burai easily slid over to the door that had been decided as their breaching point. As soon as the rest had caught up, Kallen punched through the thin metal, opening a hole for them to charge through, quickly picking targets and opening fire.
Lelou watched, her HUD linked to the Burai's sensors, watching as Kallen pushed deep into the warehouse, finding the civilians. She wondered why the fiery red-head had stopped, it wasn't according to plan, but nor did it seem to be an issue as the rest of the Black Knights were able to run down the dealers that had escaped the initial confusion. Hearing more gunfire, Lelou rushed in, catching sight of Kallen's Burai having an arm blown off by a Knightmare painted in police colors. Oh hell... Wait... It's just the one unit. Corrupt scum. This is why the Black Knights are necessary.
Kallen seemed to be having some trouble with the opponent however, slowed down by carrying a civilian. What are you doing Kallen? Deal with the enemy, we can deal with the civilians afterwards.
Indeed, the situation seemed quite dire as the Police Knightmare shot out one of the Burai's legs, sending Kallen tumbling. It drew a knife to finish her, but finally, she seemed to recover, using her harkens to drag the enemy Knightmare into a shelf, crushing the cockpit block. While the other Black Knights rushed over to the Burai, Lelou simply walked towards it. She passed the civilian that Kallen had been carrying and heard the woman mumbling.
"I'm so glad you get to be a Britannian, Kallen. You'll not have to worry about the restrictions against us, and travel." That's why... It's her mother... Lelou closed her eyes as Kallen rushed over to check on her mother. Family... It means so much, doesn't it, Kallen?
The next day
"Hey, Lelou. I just wanted to apologize for yesterday, about you having to speak with Lloyd and Cecile. They seem to be okay with keeping quiet, unless someone higher ranked than you directly asks if they know your whereabouts." Suzaku seemed uncharacteristically nervous as he spoke to her during lunch on the roof.
"That's alright. It was bound to happen eventually, even with the Ashford's covering for me." She and Suzaku sat alone in the Student Council room. She was busy thumbing through a magazine, Zero's masked form gracing it's cover, declaring that it knew his identity, of course all they did was speculate within. Suzaku on the other hand was busy trying to have his hand removed by Arthur.
Suzaku looked over, eyeing the magazine, and asked quietly. "You... You admire Zero and the Black Knights, don't you?"
She didn't look up from it, and simply responded, "Admire them? No. But I do think that they are a symptom of what the Empire has become. The corruption within has allowed criminals to flourish in places like the Areas, and the police are corrupt enough to allow it to occur. The Black Knights are simply delivering justice."
"If they wanted to catch criminals, they could have joined the police. Why don't they do that?"
She restrained herself from scoffing at that. "Any number of reasons. They'd have to become honorary Britannians to serve as police. And given what they do, they have too much pride to do something like that. Or perhaps they don't feel that the police are effective enough to deal with the issue."
He turned, a fire in his eyes even as Arthur batted at his hair with a paw from the platform Suzaku was kneeling by. "The police may not be effective now, but they could change them from within and make them worthy of serving in! Even if it meant swallowing your pride to join."
"And when they were in the process of changing it, they'd end up tangled in restrictions, faced with superiors that enjoyed the luxuries of deals with criminals, superiors that are likely Britannian, and are thus certainly the 'correct' party in a dispute between themselves and an honorary Britannian."
"That isn't set in stone, they could only say that after they at least make the effort to change it!" She turned, taking in his expression. She felt that there was a flicker of uncertainty on his face as he spoke, as if he were rationalizing his argument to himself. "As long as they don't try to do that first, all their talk is just being self-righteous. After all, we don't even know what standard their 'justice' is based on! It's just one-sided self-satisfaction."
She looked away from him at that. "So you would force your ideals upon others? Between your method, and the Black Knights. Given what they've done so far to reduce drug trafficking and selling human beings, I would choose the Black Knight's method. Going through the channels in a reasonable system is the right thing to do, but what if the time it took you to change the system into a reasonable system meant the death of many through the use of Refrain, or the enslavement of Japanese children to be sold like cattle in the Chinese Federation." She shook her head standing up. "Suzaku, following a system at the expense of innocents is never right." She twitched at the pained expression that he gave, but could not bring herself to take back her words, even if they had hurt a friend.
She didn't know what compelled her, but the next thing she knew, she was kneeling down next to him, wrapping her arms around him as she rested her chin on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Suzaku. For now, let's just agree to disagree. I'll try to be a bit less close-minded about the issues with Britannia, as long as you'll try to be a bit more open-minded about those who cannot reasonably work from within the system.
Neither of them spoke for a moment, until they heard a throat being cleared. "Darn. If only I'd gotten her five minutes later an caught you two in the act, maybe I'd have some actual dirty on Lelou."
Lelou stood with a sigh, looking back at Milly. "Milly, you haven't gotten anything on me because there's nothing to get."
She looked down at Suzaku as the President pointed. "I beg to differ. He's beet red. I think he was just imagining what I was talking about."
Lelou felt her own face heating as she realized that he was looking much more embarrassed than he would have been had she only hugged him. Indeed, she thought she even saw a guilty shadow in his eyes as Milly accused him of thoughts normally reserved to her.
Milly blinked in astonishment as her eyes flicked between the embarrassed faces. "Oh... I don't believe it. I've caught the mighty Vice-President speechless? This is a day of firsts! First getting Suzaku to have dirty thoughts about said Vice-President, and then rendering her speechless with the realization that he was, and now having her getting flustered as she imagines it too? This I have to blog about."
Trying desperately, and failing, to keep her thoughts from being led by the whimsical blonde, Lelou simply glared at her before dashing out of the room, running for the relative safety of her own room in the building.
At least it keeps me away from Milly... Even if I still can't get those mental images out of my head. I will have my revenge, Milly. Someday, some how.