The other Mask

It was a sunny Saturday morning and the whole Student Council was out on a day trip. Lelouch, Milly, Rivalz, Kallen and Shirley sat in a train driving them to a nice beach to relax a little. Of course it was against school rules using another club's budget for this but after all they were the ones to give the money to the club and after all Shirley was in the Swim Club.

Next to Lelouch sat Rivalz, obverse to them sat the three girls.

On the left side sat Kallen, the 'ill' girl that was too weak for any other club activity.

Next to her, in the middle, sat Milly, the Student Council President. Aside from being the only child of the Ashford family and therefore the only one among them knowing of Lelouch's true identity she also was a woman any male led by his hormones would dream of: Huge breasts, long blond hair and shiny blue eyes. She however was more interested in teasing people than in actual relationships and even girls were of interest for her. She made no difference and girls were so much easier to tease – for a girl.

Next to her sat the girl with the greatest crush on Lelouch. Even though nearly every girl in the school craved for his attention she was the most hopeless among all of them – and she did not even know why. As they met she did not even like him, but now…

Her appearance however made her a center of interest for all the guys she was not interested in. Long, ginger red hair, the body of a model and on top of that eyes of Emerald. To be precise, Lelouch was the only one showing no reaction towards her.

However, one member of the Student Council was not present: Suzaku Kururugi, Lelouch's childhood friend. He had to get some formalities done. He was the son of former prime minister Genbu Kururugi of Japan and thus he was the only Eleven allowed to attend a Britannian school. But therefore he had to fill out dozens of forms every month anew.

Lelouch sat in his normal, bored position and was reading. There was nothing interesting here and this was only a waste of time as not even Milly was supposed to know something of him being Zero.

No, this trip was a complete waste. The only possible thing to do here was to develop his relationships with the others, a thing he was not quite interested in.

The brown haired Japanese just came out of a Britannian Office Building as he heard a girl scream.

"Out of the way please, look out below!" A moment later he saw a shadow appearing over his location and turned his head up. A girl with incredibly long, pink hair fell down and he caught her before she could hit the hard ground.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm so sorry."

"No, it's okay. I did not expect an Angel falling from the sky into my arms either…"

"My, thank you…" she said, blushing in the act.

"Say, do you really have nothing to live for any longer?"

"What…? Wait… it's not like this. I did not want to kill myself. I wanted to climb out of there, but the bed sheets I gathered just weren't enough."

"I see. But why did you want to escape from there in the first place?"

"You know, I just came here and soon I'll have to leave the country again, so I wanted to see something of Tokyo before I left. But the people up there are so overprotective…"

"Well then, would you mind me escorting you, Milady?" he said with the gallantry one would only expect from a Britannian nobleman.

"I'd appreciate it."

"Then, may I know your name?"

"Of course. My name is… Euphie" she said with an honest smile on her face.

"Euphie… I'm Su-"

"Suzaku Kururugi, son of prime minister Kururugi, I know." With a lot of surprise he replied:

"Please skip the rest, I'm not proud of that."

"Okay, then just Suzaku Ku-"

"Just Suzaku."

"Okay."

Well, well… left alone, again?

It was so quiet. I started enjoying it, but of course you had to pop up…

Of course. Now tell me, what did you do?

What are you talking about?

I know you did something back then. Come on, tell me!

Screw you. That's…

Too important?

Yes.

Like 'Seth-important'?

Cut it out, damn it. He's dead after all…

He was someone special to you, wasn't he?

Of course.

And you did not even tell him you were immortal, did you?

Sooner or later I would have had to, but… no… It did not last that long.

You really loved him, didn't you?

Of course. Heck, I did only tell him my real name. He never knew I was called C.C.

I see.

Well, good things do not last forever after all…

None but one…

Which? Eden Vital? C's World?

You.

Stop saying this embarrassing stuff, Marianne.

When I meet you again, I'll have to do many, many things to you.

I suspected that much.

Is he that much better?

No, damn it. Stop asking, he's your son!

I'm interested in both your welfare.

Sure.

"Kallen, may I talk to you for a second? Alone?" Lelouch asked as they were finally standing at the train station.

"Eh… sure." They went away so no one of the Student Council could see them.

"What is it?"

"I promised you something, didn't I?"

"Oh yeah, the power you talked about."

"Yes. Choose a person here and tell me what I should order them." Before Kallen could say something she saw a bunch of Britannian students pick on some Elevens.

"Stop them, please!"

"Sure."

Lelouch went up to the guys, looked straight in their eyes and said:

"Do never again pick on Elevens. Before you run away now I want you to kneel before them and beg for forgiveness."

The three guys threw themselves on the floor, looked in the eyes of the Elevens and said:

"We're so sorry. Please forgive us."

"Eh… it's okay… I suppose…"

After that the Britannians ran away. Then he turned to a stunned Kallen.

"How did you do this?!"

"I told you. I was granted a power."

"By whom?"

"The girl from Shinjuku."

"Yes, C.C., wasn't it?"

"You have sharp ears, don't you?"

"Somehow… Say, how does it work?"

"I don't know that much about it."

"What do you know?"

"I can only order persons once so I must be precise. It works through eye contact, so it can be reflected by mirrors. Also it can be blocked by sunglasses or colored contact lenses."

"I see."

After that the both of them went back to the group, earning a confused gaze from Shirley.

"So, does Tokyo suit your tastes, Euphie?"

"Very much. However, there is one place I'd also like to visit. Would you mind taking me there?"

"And what place would that be?"

"There is this big school building here. Do you know it?"

"You mean Ashford Academy?"

"Right."

"Of course, that's my school."

"Is that so? That's perfect."

"But… why of all places do you want to visit a school on a Saturday?"

"It's… because I have been asked to report the condition of this building."

"Oh, sure." He did not ask further. He did not want to interfere with her personal affairs. Well… he did, but he did not want her to know…

When they finally arrived at the school Euphie's eyes started to sparkle.

"That school is awesome! Are you sure this in a commoner's school?"

"Well… it's not a school for the higher nobility if that's what you mean."

"I see. May I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Do you like me, Suzaku?" He turned bright red. He did not expect her to ask him so… boldly.

"Well… of course I do, but why do you ask?"

"Well… would you still like me if I told you something shocking about me?"

"Of course."

"Well then." She stood straight and looked with the pride one would expect from a member of the Britannian Royal Family.

"I lied about my name. What I told you was merely my nickname. My real name is Euphemia li Britannia of the royal family, third Princess of Britannia." At first he was stunned, at second he wanted to sink into a hole in the ground and after recollecting his thoughts he fell on the ground, almost kissing the floor and said.

"I am truly sorry, Milady. I was not aware of your identity. I apologize for my disrespect. I accept any punishment you decide for me." She breathed heavily.

"And that response was the reason I hid my identity in the first place. I want to speak to normal people without this happening. Would you please stand up?" He slowly stood up.

"But why did you tell me then?"

"I did not want to have secrets from the first person of my age I was able to talk to so… normally…"

Marika laid on the bed, panting heavily under the touches of the red-haired Vampire. Her hands moved up and down his body, feeling every muscle, each and every scar and… loved it. Every contact of their bodies was a joyous occasion for her. He buried his hands deep in her ginger red hair and placed kisses and small bites on her lips, making her feel like she would melt. Rhythmically his body rubbed against hers, making her moan in pleasure for every thrust of his hips.

After their unimaginably enjoyable merging they laid next to each other, panting. Suddenly he laid his hand on her cheek and gazed in her eyes, determinedly.

"Marika?"

"Yes, Lord Bradley?"

"Listen. There is this wedding I have to attend to. We are told to attend there as Knights of the Round, but we may take a person with us to company us. I wanted to as… I decided to take you with me. Do you have any problems with this?"

"No, Sir. I would be… honored…"

Her whole body was shaking. He wanted to take her with him to an official wedding. That was almost like showing their 'relationship' to the whole world. Could it really be that he liked her? No… could it?

Yeah, many things happening, but not very detailed...