A/N: This is after Kali returns to Area 11 and the whole incident with Mao and such at Clovis Land. This is episode 16, Nunnally Held Hostage. This is gonna be fun!! I apologize for my spelling errors in chapter 10.

Co-A/N: Thank you for pointing out the mistake of Mao's name, I will be having my sister fix that as I don't know how she got that one wrong. But this time she gets it right, how the **** does that happen.

WE DON'T, AND NEVER WILL, OWN CODE GEASS!!

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Kali smiled at her little origami bird she had made under Nunnally's instructions. It had been a few since they had just hung out without the rest of the Student Council and Kali wasn't in the mood for school today. While Nunnally waited to go to her classes, Kali decided to spend some time with her twin –half-sister.

"I got it!" Kali smiled happily. She didn't like paper folding, but with Nunna, Kali didn't mind it. The blond girl was sweet and kind. If she messed up, Nunnally wouldn't laugh or make fun of her, but help Kali fix her mistake. Finally Kali had gotten the crane right.

Nunnally smiled, "That's great Kali! Did you know-?"

"If you fold a thousand-," Kali added.

"Your wish will come true!" the girls said in union. They giggled at the coincidence. The two of them were so close and yet so far from each other that they got along like corresponding puzzle pieces to the endless puzzle of life.

Kali grinned widely, "Then we'd better get started if we don't want to be old ladies when we finally get our wish."

"Then we'd have to wish to be young again and start all over!" Nunnally giggled again, "Not going to school today?"

"Nah," Kali waved it off, "I'm not in the mood for the creation of Britannia or any of that boring stuff. Besides, I'll go to school once you go. Deal?"

Nunnally nodded, "Deal." The girls entwined their pinkies together in a promise. They continued making the cranes well into the day. Sayoko left to go shopping somewhere in between. The girls didn't notice the pass of time until the door opened again. Nunnally had finished her fourth crane when the door slammed. She looked up.

"My classes don't start until later Sayoko," she explained. Kali looked over. Sayoko had left, so who was this. She saw a man covered head to toe in bandages with dark glasses and headphones. He had white hair and appeared to be from the Chinese Federation.

Kali stood up abruptly. Nunnally started looking concerned. "Kali, who is it?"

The black haired princess smiled and looked down softly to Nunnally, "I was just about to ask. Hold on a minute, alright Nunna?"

Kali looked coldly at the man and stepped into the other room, making sure to slide the door shut. This guy was creepy. He randomly started clapping at her with a wicked smile. At first, Kali was simply surprised, but the applause soon got annoying. "Will you stop that shit head!!??" she snapped angrily.

"Ooh!" he said in mock fear, "The renowned Kali si Britannia, the sixth princess of the Britannian Empire. Also the alter-ego named Shade of the White Shadows. You have a brother named Alexander. You know that Lelouch is Zero and you as well have a Geass. Oh, you Britannians are just full of surprises!"

Kali stepped back, "What the hell!!??"

'How does he know about my Geass!? Does he know A.A.?! Would A.A. tell him about me?!'

He had a stunned look on his face which quickly turned back to a smile. His hands clapping rapidly, "Oh I see! You're A.A.'s little girl!"

'I was just thinking of A.A.! Can he read my mind!? Even to the subconscious! Damn ass hole!' she thought.

"That's right princess! You and your colorful language! I wonder why your mommy never spanked you," he mocked her.

Kali got into a fighting stance, "Who are you!? . . . And what the hell!!??"

"My name is Mao. It's just so fortunate you're here. This will be fun. You must know that you have no chance of winning this," he sneered.

Kali focused on her enemy. Mao's evil grin suddenly vanished. He looked as though he was lost in the dark. Kali didn't wait for him, she jumped at him and roundhouse kicked him across the face. Once he hit the ground, she kicked up, missing him, then brought her heel down right into his stomach in a hammer kick. He gasped for breath. She didn't leave him alone though. She quickly grabbed him by his shirt and threw him into the wall making a crack run through. Mao fell flat on the ground.

"Not bad," he wheezed, "I can't even read your mind. How can you draw a blank on fighting attacks. All of the moves flow as if chorography in a dance. How can that be possible?!"

Kali shrugged, "Just is Hun."

Mao Struggled to his feet and grinned as blood dripped down his chin from the corner of his mouth. It was such a wicked smile that even Kali took a step back. "You're scared, but you can't rightfully admit it to yourself, can you? You'll never win. You can't!" he exclaimed and started laughing. The guy was random enough to clap his hands retardedly.

Kali watched him tentatively. Then he stopped with the wicked grin plastered on his face, "But I'm afraid this is where it ends Princess!" he sneered. He pulled out a gun and shot Kali in the neck.

'A . . . gun!? You . . . cheated!' she thought a split second before she crumpled to the ground.

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Alex was in his lab, checking on the progress of the first battleship that his forces were creating to counter the Britannian air ships like the Avalon, but it would be superior to it and any future battleships that would try to cover up the weaknesses of Avalon. The project was running at his estimated time and should be done within the next two weeks that they would then be able to mass produce the ships. He was always a perfectionist, something that both Lloyd and Rakshata praised him for when they were working together. He just couldn't think ahead when it came to working on Knightmare frames though, which was why he only went to the two on questioning the theoretic possibilities of a type of project of his. However, it didn't come without a cost from the two as they wanted him to help them in their Knightmare projects so that he could get the hang of it. Which was why he bothered working on his own knightmare designs, and after participating in Cornelia's mission at the pier, he had to rebuild Lupus from the frame up.

'I wonder, if I combine both Doku's capabilities to Lupus', that should give me new model that can take on both the Red Knightmare and Shade's. She'll pay for having me to rebuild Lupus!'

Just then, his cell phone rang and he saw that it was Kali's id. He found it strange as he heard she was going to visit Nunnally until her next period, since she didn't give a damn about school. And she still had some anger issues with him, but he still answered it.

"Yes Kali?"

But all he heard was a childish clap on the other end, before he heard a voice. "Hello Prince Alexander."

"You're not Kali," Alex said with anger in his voice that it would have frightened even Tetsu, but the man on the other hand didn't seem fazed.

"No, but that doesn't matter. What matters right now is whether or not you'll ever see the temperamental witch again."

"What!?"

"Yes, however, I didn't expect to run into your sister. And boy was she a pain!."

Alex slightly smiled that Kali at least gave this man more than he bargained for. "I wouldn't expect anything less from my own sister, but aside the fact that my sister gave you quite a beating, what did you do to her!?"

'Kali could be dead right now! What is going on!? Did he kidnap Nunnally? Kali hardly leaves Nunnally's side!' Alex thought in a form of panic.

"Who knows. But I also have Nunnally. It just happened little Princess Kali was in the way. You can blame your half-brother, Lelouch, for that."

"Why?"

"Because that bastard humiliated me!" he told him with a bit of anger in his voice.

"You mess with Lelouch, that's what you get. But I assure you, if you harmed either Kali, Nunnally, even Lelouch, in any way, I swear that you won't even know what hit you when I find you, you COWARD!"

"Then come down to Ashford and help your brother find me, if you can get here in time."

The mysterious man hung up the phone that Alex instantly grabbed his belt that held both guns and ran to get to Ashford as quickly as possible while putting the belt on.

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Mao hung up Kali's cell and turned. Kali hung limp by her bound wrists with her head slumped forward. Her legs were tied together tight enough to cause a flow of blood to stain her socks. Mao was obviously sore about the fight.

Meanwhile, Nunnally had been listening to both of the conversations that the man had had. First with Lelouch and then with Alex. She was worried about Kali from how quiet her half-sister was. Kali never stayed quiet. Something had to have happened.

"It's not a very nice way to play a game you know. If you do anything to make my brothers sad, I'll never forgive you," Nunnally stated defiantly.

Mao laughed, "What a pair you are! I love this brother sister thing."

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It took Alex twenty minutes to get to Ashford Academy since he took one of the air vehicles from the Government Bureau without the Viceroy's permission. But he could give a damn about authorization from Cornelia or Euphy. He had more experience one-manned flying aircraft that he could do it in his sleep, and he was a Prince of Britannia. Luckily, he wouldn't have to hear from Cornelia until he got back, then he would be getting the biggest scolding from his sister. But he didn't care; he had to rescue Kali and Nunnally from this mad man.

His landing didn't go unnoticed as he landed in the middle of the courtyard and a number of the students were surprised that an official Britannian vehicle would bother landing here. He immediately jumped out of it into a running dash towards the main school campus when he ran into Lelouch, quite literally.

"Lelouch!' Alex exclaimed as he saw his half-brother. But he wouldn't say anything until they were alone.

"Alexander, what brings you here? Never mind, I'm going to guess that you're here to find Kali right?"

"Yes, but I'm willing to help you find Nunnally as well. And I'd like to talk to you about something in private later."

Lelouch nodded in agreement, "Let's split up, I'm sure Mao didn't separate our sisters when he captured them."

"Very well," Alex said in agreement, "Call me when you find a clue about their whereabouts."

"I will."

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Nunnally felt utterly alone. Not a sound came from Kali and all that could be heard was the rush of water. "Kali? Are you alright?" Nunnally tried talking to her half sister once more. There was a hefty pause.

"Oh God, my head!" Kali groaned, "Bastard used a tranquilizer on me! Such a cowardly ass!"

Nunnally couldn't help laughing in relief, "It's nice to know I'm not alone though."

"He was after you Nunna. Of course he would, I think. He knew A.- a person who's a good friend of mine. So he would know about Lulu, right?" Kali asked hoping she didn't sound insane.

Nunnally shrugged the best she could, "I don't know. He may. He called Lelouch and Alex. He spoke to both of them by name."

Kali scowled, "This isn't a fun game!"

Nunnally nodded, "I agree."

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"Alex, Suzaku and I may know where both of our sisters are. Come meet with us at the school's circulation system as quickly as you can," Lelouch called Alex.

"Got it, I'm coming your way!" Alex responded as he ran towards the rendezvous point.

Alex got there a couple seconds after Lelouch and Suzaku were there as they were talking to each other.

"Something's still off though," Suzaku said.

"What?" Lelouch asked.

"Normally you'd hone right in on that," Suzaku explained as Lelouch's access card came out. "What is it?"

"He changed the codes," Lelouch explained. "We'll have to hack into the system."

"But… that's against school rules."

"I'll change it back later."

"Then let me do it," Suzaku offered.

"Too late, I got it," Lelouch told him.

"That was fast. You a little too good at that."

"The student council has partial access to these areas."

"Lelouch, I see. This is how you've been able to get off campus, isn't it. Your little escape route."

"I… uh, yeah, sometimes."

"Have any idea what to expect Lelouch?" Alex asked them as he checked his guns. This got a bit of surprise out of Suzaku and Lelouch. "What, I have to be prepared for any situation if I'm going to be able to live to see another day."

"Well, it's just that I find it odd for you to be carrying a gun Alex," Suzaku told him.

"Let's see, I pilot my own Knightmare, and you find it odd that I would carry some firearms for personal protection."

"I'm sure Mao will have some traps, especially down at the floor, so I suggest that we get away from the door and stand against the walls," Lelouch told them as they Suzaku and Lelouch stood up against the walls near the door, while Alex pressed himself on the side wall.

The elevator doors opened when it reached the bottom floor, "How's it look?" Lelouch asked Suzaku.

"You were right, the door's guarded. There's a machine gun linked to the security camera," Suzaku told them after seeing what was waiting for them as a trap. "The lag on these systems is tight, .05 seconds."

They looked at Alex with his guns, and he knew what they were thinking. "I can't fire my gun faster than that before it shot me."

"Then we can't access it this way," Lelouch said. "We'll have to head back up and disable the ne-" Lelouch didn't finish explaining his plan when Suzaku ran right out the door. "Wait!"

The machine gun instantly fired at Suzaku, but it couldn't keep up with his speed as he ran in a zigzag formation with the bullets being fired behind him. He then ran on the side of the wall and did a spin-kick at the gun/camera.

"Of all the reckless moves."

"I agree."

"Come on, let's go," Suzaku told them. "Both Nunnally and Kali are waiting for us."

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The door opened. Kali saw Lelouch, Suzaku, and . . . crap. Alexander had come along. Mao had most likely called him and told him of the "game" they were playing.

"Nunnally!" Lelouch shouted and Suzaku shouted in union.

"Kali!" Alex shouted to his little sister. He was not going to be happy about her getting herself caught.

Kali laughed nervously, "Hey big brother . . . This wasn't my plan if you were wondering at all."

Alex just simply sighed and shook his head. Kali could get herself into tight places, but she was still remarkably calm. "Nunnally!" Lelouch called, "I'll cut you loose."

"HOLD IT!" Kali shouted while Suzaku said "Hold up." She tilted her head up above them to the swinging bomb. It creaked horribly. Kali didn't know how Lelouch wasn't able to notice it.

"A bomb," Lelouch said to himself. Kali and Nunnally couldn't hear him from the water rushing behind them. Suzaku and Alex heard him only too well.

"Nunnally, Kali, we're going to defuse the bomb," Suzaku reassured them.

Kali shrugged, "Alright, just don't blow us up. Alright?"

Suzaku smiled, "It's a deal. Don't worry. We'll be able to do this. You'll be safe in no time."

Kali grinned and laughed a little, "Just make it quick. The psycho wants Lulu to meet him."

"First we need to get you two out of here," Alex interjected.

"I sure hope so!" Kali laughed. Alex wondered how long she had been with this person. She had obviously lost her mind. He watched the door with a pistol ready. No one was taking his sisters anyway.

"First I'll tell you how to defuse the bomb, then I'll go meet him," Lelouch told them.

'Yes Lelouch. Show me how you'll get past his mind reading,' Kali thought watching him intently. She was ever so curious.

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"Stuck up little brats," Mao said in disgust as he was listening to the voices of the students in Ashford. "No wonder why I hate school so much." He then smiled as he felt a familiar mind, Lelouch.

Lelouch then entered the building with nothing but a stern look on his face.

"Well if it isn't Casanova. No weapons, no strategy, you didn't diffuse the bomb, didn't deploy the Black Knights, your brother or your friend. What's wrong Lulu?"

"I'm not explaining anything to you," Lelouch told him. "The final game, is it ready?"

Mao nodded, "Lets put an end to this." He pulled the cloth that revealed a chess game, "With your specialty."

"Actually, I was thinking of playing the moves of another player," Lelouch said as he pulled out a small video-link.

"Really now, and what makes you think that I wouldn't just kill your sisters right now."

"Because it will be done by the other person you invited, but I'll be making his moves for him. Consider it like a game of Advanced Chess," Lelouch explained as Alex's face appeared on the screen.

"So, you're Mao," Alex said with great distaste. "If I met you face-to-face, you would have been shot by me and you wouldn't have known it until you checked yourself."

"Well, big talk from a Britannian Prince, I would never expected you to be the kind to fire a gun from your many calculations and plans to your Knightmare projects."

"I'm going to ignore the fact that you somehow know what I do for a living as I don't give a damn. Lelouch will be telling me about my moves and we'll decide what will be the best move to make, despite the fact that he beaten me in every match we ever played."

Lelouch was shocked by that comment, "Alex, do you…"

"Yes brother, I know it's you now. But we'll discuss details about your identity later, we have to free our sisters from this mad man."

"Very well," Lelouch agreed. 'Did Mao tell him about my identity, of course he did. This was probable what he wanted to talk about in private, about our life and possibly try to se us as political tool.'

"I wouldn't worry about that problem Lulu," Mao said to him. "Alex has more pressing matters on his mind than a higher position, such as running his own rebellion against the Empire, and keeping his relationship with his maid a secret from the rest of the family."

"What?!"

"Don't listen to him, his talk is nothing but a method to knock his foes off their sense of reasoning. Focus on the game and beat him so that we can have our sisters out of his grasp."

"Very well Alex."

"Well, now that your brother has given quite the typical pep talk of a general, I'll tell you about our game," Mao told them as he gestured to the scale. "You see, the scale is both the bombs detonator and its cancellation switch. The chess pieces we capture will go here," Mao continued describing as he took the black king to demonstrate the process. "If the needle swings all the way towards me, the bomb goes off. If it swings towards you, the bomb will disarm, in short if you win the game your sisters' lives will be saved."

"You're mind is twisted, no wonder C.C. left you."

"Provoking me won't work, I can read your thoughts so I know what you're trying to do."

"Yeah right, what do you have some kind of powerful technology or something that allows you to read peoples minds. That's as possible as building an intergalactic hyperdrive with nothing more then doll hair and materials you could find in your backyard," Alex said sarcastically.

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The chess match was not going as planned for Alex and Lelouch. While Lelouch did have help from Alex and making defensive move, making the match drag on longer then it would have if Lelouch fought against Mao by-himself, they were still losing ground.

"I'm afraid that you are not the type of person that keep your mind empty, and your brother does make short-term moves as he focuses on the use of the knight chess piece to his advantages. I will admit he is giving you an advantage by watching the match himself and making suggestions, but there is a part of you that is a critic, constantly watching both your own moves as well as your brothers, and there is another part that is an observer, watching the critic, watching both you and your brother. You're that kind of person," Mao said in a taunting manner and chuckled before he spoke again, "But I know all your thoughts so I'm always a step ahead of the both of you."

Mao moved his bishop to capture the knight add it to his side.

Lelouch became fearful for his sister's life that he automatically moved a piece without consulting Alex on the other line, but Alex didn't make any objections.

"Bravo," Mao said as he clapped his hands, "Your plan is to think of seven things at once to confuse me and trip me up. But you see, if I focus my Geass directly on you it's easy to tell which one is his true thought." Mao then took another piece to add to his side of the scale, bringing the needle ever closer to his side. "Your brother on the other hand makes it difficult for me to take a piece without having to sacrifice one of mine."

Lelouch knew that was correct, it was an old method that most chess players did once they learned the basics, made sure that their pieces were within a certain protective range of a nearby ally piece so that their opponent couldn't attack it without having to give up that piece. In fact, they had at least three pieces, but it wasn't enough to counter Mao's seven.

"Your last plan is failing as well, since you and your brother underestimated me, that's why your sisters' are…" Mao said as he finally put his eighth piece on the scale, pushing the needle closer to his side.

Lelouch was in panic, and he could hear Alex gritting his teeth on the other end in frustration. Despite Alex's help and with him being with Suzaku watching Nunnally and Kali, they were still losing.

"What do I do?!" Mao said in a mocking tone. "I'm out of strategies. I can't call for backup as long as Nunnally is being held hostage." Mao then dropped a coin to cause more panic in Lelouch. "Sorry, sorry. I dropped it."

Lelouch breathed in as his heart finally calmed down, but Mao's clapping brought him back to the situation at hand.

"Your turn. Better hurry. Lookie lookie, time is running out, your little sisters are not going to make it."

"Lelouch, remember what I said, don't listen to him. He's trying to cause us to lose concentration with his talking. And I don't care if he can read minds, we can still beat him!" Alex told Lelouch. But Mao only needed one more piece to activate the bomb, and then both of his sisters, his brother, and Suzaku would then die.

He reached for the king, "Ah is that the right move?" Mao said in a mocking tone once again. "Are you sure you want to do that?"

Lelouch just bowed his head in defeat, "Isn't this enough?"

"Huh?"

"What, Lelouch what are you doing?!" Alex said in disbelief.

"Please stop it Mao?"

"I can't hear you very well."

"You got everything you wanted! Let Nunnally and Kali go!"

"Huh?"

'Is this guy really such an obnoxious idiot when it comes to social life, or is he really that psychotic that he enjoys tormenting Lelouch?' Alex thought. He was really coming close to calling this guy every obscenity word that he learned in all of the world's languages that he knew. And he knew plenty.

"I admit it, you have beaten me," Lelouch said in knowing disgust.

Mao then began laughing hysterically and began clapping like a crazed child as he finally heard the words that he wanted to hear, but they were the words that both Alex and Lelouch dreaded.

"Very well said. You are finally speaking the thoughts from the deepest part of your soul, huh. That feels great, fantastic, but no."

This got Lelouch's attention that he gasped, Alex… was not so subtly.

"Why you fucked up minded crappy little BASTARD!"

Mao ignored him as he moved his queen into position for checkmate. "This is, checkmate." ?He casually tossed the king onto the scale as Alex cut off the link, possible to try and escape, but it was in vain.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Lelouch screamed as everything went in slow-motion for him as he was now losing his sister Nunnally, his two siblings, and best friend.

"Nunnally." Lelouch said in one last gasp as he fell to the floor.

"Hmm, let me see if your little family have burst into little pieces," Mao said as he pulled out his computer that was linked to the camera in the room. "Huh, ah?!"

Mao pressed the zoom button a couple of times to get close ups on Nunnally and Kali to make sure that he was seeing what he really was seeing.

"What, why are they-"

At that moment, the window burst inward as Suzaku flew directly in.

"How did you, you kept me focused on you!" Mao said as he pulled out his own gun and fired a couple shots at him, but Suzaku dodged the attacks and punched him, making him lose his grip his gun, and Suzaku pushed it out of his reach. Alex then came through the same window with both of his pistols out, his mind mostly clouded by anger and revenge that Mao wasn't going to get any information out of him.

"I am warrant officer, Suzaku Kururugi of the Britannian Military and you are under arrest." Alex went to Lelouch to help him stand up while keeping one gun trained on Mao.

"Suzaku, and Alex."

"You disarmed the bomb," Mao said in disbelief, but gasped in realization as he read Suzaku's mind. "Impossible, you'd have to match your speed to the pendulum."

"That's right, after Lelouch showed me which line to cut."

"I showed you?" Lelouch asked. Alex found it odd that his brother would forget such an important detail like that. As he then took up a position to make sure Mao didn't have nay more surprises.

"What are you saying, it was your plan. Cut the wire, then bust in here when I heard you scream," Suzaku explained with the same confusion as Alex.

"My plan?" Lelouch asked, then he pulled out his cell phone. "So that's it."

Alex was still keeping his eyes on Mao to make sure he didn't try anything. Alex's trigger finger was close to trigger-happy, but in this case it was acceptable.

"Mao, it seems it's my checkmate."

Lelouch, don't tell me that-" Mao began but was cut off for some unknown reason to Alex.

'Yes, I gave Suzaku instructions and then used Geass on myself to forget, so you couldn't find out. Alex stayed out of your range and was playing the game as we had agreed we would since he knew that as long as he close to Suzaku, he could give him the right time to cut the line incase the match was prolonged or shortened time wise. You think that by knowing a person's thoughts you know everything. That's why you narrowed your range and focused your power on my mind. And all of Alex's tactics were all you got from remembering our chess matches we had when we were kids. Those were your mistakes.'

"That's ridiculous, you bet everything on one friend and a brother you didn't know you could trust? What if they had failed you?" Mao asked him for some reason as Suzaku apprehended him.

'Good point, to execute this plan, I had to trust both Suzaku and Alex completely.'

"Sayoko, everything is fine now. You and Tetsu can go ahead."

The camera then showed both Sayoko and Tetsu untying the ropes that bounded Nunnally and Kali to set them free.

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Kali almost fell face first once she was untied. Her ankles were weak and she felt stiff from being stretched out for so long. Tetsu caught her and held her up.

"You all right Mistress?" she asked carefully. Kali was leaning heavily on her shoulder.

Kali groaned and sucked up the pain, "I will be . . . in a month or two. Nothing to be worried about. Oh, and Tetsu?"

"Yes?"

"Stop calling me mistress."

Nunnally and Sayoko giggled at the antics passing between the two. Kali couldn't help it and smiled as well. Tetsu followed suit. Everyone was safe. Kali pushed off of Tetsu to stand by herself, wincing from the pain.

"I'm going to check on the boys. I'll be right back," she said and dashed out the door.

Sayoko watched after her, "She recovers quickly."

"You have no idea," Tetsu sighed.

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"You think that you beat me huh?" Mao said defiantly.

"Stop it," Suzaku told him as he went to restrain him.

"Get your hands of me father killer!"

Suzaku, Lelouch and Alex gasped at Mao's remark.

'Can this idiot really read minds?' Alex thought as he still trained his guns at him.

"You killed your own father seven years ago. Humph, he called for do-or-die resistance and you thought stopping him would end the war. What a childish idea, the fact is you're a murderer."

"That's not true. I just-. I-."

"How lucky for you that no one ever found out. All the adults lied to protect you."

"But the reports said his suicide was a protest against military actions."

"A big fat lie, all of it."

"Why?" both Lelouch and Alex asked.

"I didn't have any choice, if I didn't Japan would've-."

"That's how you justify it in retrospect?" Mao countered. "Well it explains your Death Wish!"

Suzaku gasped as Alex remembered a talk Lloyd and Cecile had about Suzaku's obsession of saving lives.

"Trying to save peoples lives. It's your own wretched soul you're trying to save. That's why you're always charging into danger, placing yourself on the edge of death!"

At that comment, Suzaku screamed like bloody murder.

"You're no hero, your just trying to wash the blood off your hands. You're nothing but a spoiled little brat, begging to be punished." Mao said this as he removed Suzaku's grip from him.

"MAO!" Lelouch yelled in anger. It caught Mao by surprise as well as Alex as he never heard his brother speak in such a way. "Never speak again!"

"AH, NO!"

After that, all Alex could hear coming out of the man's mouth were croaks as if his vocal cords had finally been removed. Lelouch then ran at him to punch him, but he dodged out of the way to escape, but Alex by muscle memory and without thinking shot him in the right leg. But he continued to limp towards the door to get away. Alex didn't bother to shoot at him again as he ran towards Suzaku.

"I did love you, Mao," a female voice was heard after the door was opened. "Mao, I want you to wait for me, in C's world."

The door finally closed as Lelouch turned back. Alex was standing where Mao was standing with concern on his face.

"I just-. I just-" Suzaku said and repeated in complete shock. The door opened once more and Kali walked in.

"Well," she sighed looking at the stunned Suzaku, wrecked room, and the blood drips on the floor. She sighed again and smiled, "This has just been such a delightful day, hasn't it?"

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A/N: I know that a lot of people keep saying that Kali appears psychic, SHE ISN'T!! You see, what I always notice in the anime that no one can figure that Lelouch and Nunnally Lamperouge = Lelouch and Nunnally vi Britannia EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME!!! Add a few inches and bam! You got them! That screams out either of these two things:

Everybody in the series are giant idiots who can't put a four piece puzzle together,

OR

No one pays any attention to detail however trivial, besides Lelouch himself. But I couldn't see how no one could put it together.

That's why I made Kali so aware of differences and similarities. Alex is like Lloyd- can't tell whether a life or engineering is most important so he doesn't pay attention to human detail. If Lulu and Nunna had changed their first names, Kali would forever be in the dark. . . kinda. COME ON!! THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME!!! And how did she tell Lelouch was Zero? The same way Euphie did. Except, since Kali knows about Geass, she's the only person who knows WHO Zero is and HOW he does what he does.

Does that clear ANYTHING up?

And OMG!!! I was really thinking my brother and I could avoid the F- word in this story. *Sighs and shrugs* Oh well. That's life.