Kyugan: Bit of a warning, this chappies more plot development than explosions.
Kallen: When in the HELL am i gonna be rescued?
C.C: Patience is a virtue.
KAllen: C.C? Are you wearing perfume?
C.C: I have no idea what you're talking about.
KAllen: And what's with the sexy lingerie?
Kyugan: Huh? that time already?
Kallen: The hell you-hey! Don't you start that camera-!
36. Kill me Kiss me.
"You want me to KILL You?" Zero repeated, the Tekkaman looking into C.C's eyes, as if searching for a hint of insanity in the Immortal that would explain her last statement, only to see cold hard reason staring back at him "Have you lost your mind?"
"Who knows?" C.C reasoned, shrugging her shoulders "I've lived far longer than anyone has right to, I've seen and experienced things that would drive normal men to the brink of madness and back." She smiled "Can you blame me for, after so much, wishing to just close my eyes and never open them again?"
"I suppose even immortals have their share of problems." Lelouch muttered, his tone softening slightly, though he didn't release his grip on the woman's throat "So the only reason you gave me Geass was so I could kill you with it?"
"No." C.C countered, "as I explained, both V.V and I are immune to the affects of Geass, and unlike myself, he had no intentions of dying…" she smirked "How ironic, he beat me to it." She sighed at Zero's glare "In order for me to die, I must pass my CODE onto a contractor whose Geass has developed fully, this is usually signaled when the crest covers both your eyes."
"Meaning I'm halfway there already." Zero reasoned, covering his left eye briefly, before frowning at the woman "You were tying to make me immortal?"
"I was trying to DIE." C.C countered, her tone flat "Your attaining immortality would've been a side effect."
"Hell of a side effect." Zero muttered, releasing the immortal witch's neck and back away, watching as she rubbed the bruises that had formed tenderly "Why didn't you ever tell me this before?"
"There was never the right time." C.C reasoned, shrugging offhandedly as she leant against the wall "Besides, part of our contract is that I help you achieve your goals, so it looks like my death will coincide with that of Britannia."
"You make it sound predestined." Zero muttered, crossing his arms as he glared into the woman's golden eyes "Why are you in such a hurry to die anyways? I never pegged you as suicidal."
"I've lived long enough." C.C reasoned, her golden stare guarded as she held her arms, turning her head to the side "I've seen more than my fair share of suffering and strife, my own sins not withstanding…" she smiled wryly "Why, don't think you're man enough for the job?"
"Man enough to know you're full of shit." Zero countered, his features drawn into a fierce scowl as C.C turned to look at him in confusion.
Area 11: Consulate Garden...
"Troubled mind?" Anya asked, snapping a shot of Suzaku as the Knight of Seven sat on the marble steps of the Viceroy's estate, Arthur batting at his hand playfully.
The Knight of Seven looked up, his features surprised at the Knight of Six's presence, only to fall, looking down at the steps, his features downcast "Nothing but trouble…" he admitted sadly, recalling his disastrous meeting with Kallen the other day, and how Prince Schniezel had all but ordered him to never approach the redhead again "Though I've no one but myself to blame…decisions I made over the past eight years…"
"Do you still place trust in him?" Anya asked, the enigmatic pinkette and pilot of the Mordred peering at her comrade with her usual vacant stare even as she continued to play with her phone "The You from eight years ago?"
"Are you asking if the choices I made were foolish?" Suzaku asked, the elder Knight of the round eyeing the pink haired Knight of Six with a hint of anger in his tone, as if daring her to try and cross him. Te mood hewas in he'd have slugged BISMARCK.
"Memories are always vague…" Anya countered, almost as if she were giving a lecture, or commenting on the weather, turning her eyes back to her data screen, updating her blog Suzaku no doubt "No point in believing in them."
"I'd have to disagree with that." Suzaku countered, his words a little forceful, as he wondered what the youngest Knight was talking about.
"But I know it." Any insisted, her features solemn "In my case, I kept a diary from Nine years ago…I don't remember anything from it at all." She ignored Suzaku's look of amazement "And there's more I don't trust, the data I store doesn't match any memories I have."
'Wait a moment…' Suzaku wondered, his emerald eyes widening as realization dawned across his face 'Could it be…the Emperor's Geass?' he stared at the Knight of Six 'But, why use it on Anya?'
"Even recent things," Anya continued, heedless of her colleagues renewed inner turmoil and discomfort "my memories don't match the recordings at all. Like when fighting with the Chinese Federation-!" She trailed off, Suzaku's eyes narrowing at Arthur's hiss, his gloved hand snapping up to snatch the throwing dagger that had been aimed at his face, glaring at the culprit as he stepped into view.
"What do people value most, Sir Kururugi the Traitor?" the man asked, smirking at the Knight of Seven as he stepped into the light, the sun shining off his orange Knight of the Round cloak "Their own life of course."
"So you've finally returned from the Belarusian front," Suzaku noted, keeping his features calm as he tossed the dagger aside, matching the man's mocking leer with his own deadpan stare, while Arthur hissed at the man's advance "Sir Bradley."
"I see your skill at courting the ladies remains intact…" Luciano Bradley noted, the Knight of Ten chuckling as he eyed a deadpan Anya, who was eyeing him with a frown from behind a pillar "Princess Massacre wasn't enough for you?"
"One more untrue word against her name and you will have to face me in a duel sir." Suzaku warned, his tone and features controlled, save for the flash of anger in his eyes that made it clear he was WAITING for an excuse to cut into the bastard, even as Luciano snorted.
"Oh?" the Vampire of Britannia noted "It's seems you've forgotten, I'm renowned throughout the empire as the genius of homicide." He revealed several more of his patented throwing daggers "Perhaps being only a number without any true bloodline has dulled your-!"
"Both of you!" a voice called out, the Knighta of Six, Seven and Ten looking up in alarm as the Galahad, the personal Knightmare of the Knight of One, descended between them with a gust of wind "Cease your squabbling!"
"The Knight of One…" Anya murmured, a hint of awe in her normally dreamy, deadpan tone as she gazed up at the strongest of the Knights, the Emperor's personal champion, both on and off the battlefield "But why would they send Bismarck Waldstein here?"
"A foolish question Anya." Bismarck admonished "I go wherever the Emperor needs me, and since he has come to Area Eleven to meet Zero's forces head on, so too, must I." his good eye flicked towards the Knight of Ten "Luciano, I brought the Valkyrie squadron for that purpose, and have arranged Garrets as well." He glared at the man "Now is the time for us to join forces, so save your solo flaunting for the battlefield."
"I understand it well." Luciano assured the Knight of one, his irritation at being interrupted soothed by the promise of future slaughter on the battlefield, deciding to put off disciplining the Knight of Seven for now as he turned on his heel and walked off "As you command my lord."
Consulate guest rooms...
Laughter rang through the cell where Kallen was being held prisoner, which in actuality resembled more of a secure VIP room than any prison the redhead had ever seen before.
Schniezel had been true to his word, and moved her to this luxurious room from her old cell, even going so far as to assign a servant to her should she require anything. The general consensus was that, provided Kallen didn't try anything to escape, the guards posted outside the room wouldn't bother her.
Right now, the redhead was entertaining Nunnally, the blind Viceroy having slipped her governess in order to visit her friend from Ashford, the two of them sharing in the former Lamperouge's childhood tales, laughing at the many misadventures Lelouch had had raising Nunnally alone.
"My big brother can be so stubborn at times," Nunnally noted with a smile, recalling the many instances where Lelouch had turned down help from others, particularly Suzaku, whenever it came to her "but actually, he's really very kind."
"My Brother Naoto was like that as well." Kallen admitted, smiling fondly at the blind angel, wondering if Nunnally had been informed of her impending 'aunt-hood', only to frown as a less than welcome face appeared off to the side.
"I'd heard we'd captured the Black Knight Ace…" Luciano Bradley hummed, eyeing the redhead with a lecherous leer "But I didn't expect to find such a lovely young girl."
"I do not believe I gave you permission to enter this area, Sir Bradley." Nunnally pointed out, her tone firm, though Kallen didn't miss the undertone of nervousness at the Vampire of Britannia's presence, and neither did Luciano by the look of him as he smirked down at her, one hand on his hip.
"My apologies, your highness." He offered, the insincerity evident in his tone as he turned to look at Kallen, who matched his glare evenly.
"So, you're the so called Vampire of Britannia." The redhead noted, scowling at the orange haired Knight of Ten defiantly, refusing to be intimidated.
"Yes," Luciano agreed, looking her over with a hint of approval "It's a pity we're not on the battlefield, or I could have savored YOUR blood as well."
"Pity…" Kallen agreed sarcastically, crossing one leg under her skirt as she sat back in her chair, like a queen on her throne "So, you've come to finish off the hostage?"
"Not so," Luciano countered, quirking his lips at her as he advanced, leaning down so that he was right in her face "Hostages have only one value that I care for, that they hold so dear to life." He leered at her "And while they are alive, one can do anything they have a whim for, to its body."
Kallen scowled, realizing that Bradley hadn't been informed of her status at the moment, glaring defiantly up at him, only to look up at the sound of a door shutting behind the man.
"Have you no sense of pride, Sir Bradley?" Gino Weinberg demanded, the Knight of Three smirking at the elder Knight as he stepped into the room "Threatening an unarmed, imprisoned woman?"
"The naïve child," Luciano sighed, turning to smirk at his fellow Knight mockingly "still getting on by family laurels?"
"Tell me…" Gino demanded, his features a mask of coy confidence as he matched the Knight of Ten look for look "Are you implying that it's easy to become a Knight of the round going by family recognition ALONE?"
Avalon hanger...
"You want us to load the FLEIJA onto the Lancelot?" Cecile repeated, looking at Nina Alstreim in alarm from where the bespectacled girl was standing next to Lloyd, even as Suzaku blinked in confusion, Arthur clawing at the Knight's leg for attention.
"Well, the original intention was for Suzaku to pilot the Gurren…" Lloyd admitted, looking a little miffed at the idea of anything other than his precious Lancelot receiving such an upgrade, even as Suzaku gaped at him in surprise.
"Sorry," Cecile offered, smiling apologetically at the Knight of Seven after seeing his look of startled confusion "I got so carried away I forgot…It's just Lloyd and I got so wrapped up in our little hobby we…"
"Rakshata's mechanisms are quite easy to tinker with." Lloyd picked up, his usual foppish smirk in place as he recalled messing with the Indians work back when they were students "But now it's so suped up it can't be flown." He smiled at the Knight of Seven "End Result, you're our little devicer again!"
"Excuse me Professor Lloyd," Nina spoke up, her tone polite, though if you looked close, you could make out faint signs of lack of sleep in her frame and posture "Concerning the Lancelot…"
"Miss Alstreim…" Lloyd interrupted, turning to eye the young girl that had so very nearly reduced him, and the students of Ashford, to sub-atomic particles only a year prior, and who he quite frankly believed to be reaching the breaking point "You wouldn't mix up a STRATEGIC weapon with a TACTICAL one, would you?"
"I HAVE thought it through." Nina replied, her tone pleasant, if rather distant, looking the elder scientist in the eyes as she spoke "Any matter caught within the Primary Area of Effect Field, will be annihilated by the FLEIJA's rapid sphere collapse."
"Hold on!" Cecile exclaimed, more than a little alarmed at this revelation, and more than a little unnerved at how Nina had delivered it with a polite smile on her face "You want Suzaku to fire a weapon like that?"
"He'd kill his own people." Anya pointed out, eyeing the green haired older teen with a hint of displeasure in her eyes "A massacre."
"Suzaku." Nina spoke up, apparently ignoring the others in favor of looking the troubled Knight of Seven in the eye "You don't consider yourself an Eleven any more, right?" she smiled at the teen "That's why I want to entrust the FLEIJA to you."
'Manipulative bitch…' Cecile thought, looking from Nina to Suzaku, who looked unnerved by the former xenophobe's stare, and Lloyd, whose foppish indifference was replaced by a solemn frown.
"You were Princess Euphemia's Knight." Nina continued, twisting yet another painfull dagger in Suzaku's memory "So naturally…"
"Well!" Lloyd hummed, cutting into the tension with a little foppish twirl, before bending over to smile at the younger scientist "Nina darling, a FINE quandry." He noted "Might just Kill Suzaku…and take YOU along with it."
"So long as it rids the world of Zero and his lies, my life means nothing." Nina countered, her smile faltering for a moment, replaced ever so briefly by a scowl and twitching eye, before she excused herself, smiling politely to Suzaku as she inclined her head "Well then, I leave it in your capable hands."
And with that she left, leaving Suzaku wrestling with his thoughts, Cecile and Anya glaring at her back, while Lloyd watched her retreat with an unusually serious expression, the self-proclaimed sociopath knowing instantly that the girl had reached the thin line that separated genius from madness, and had bodily thrown herself over it.
With Zero...
"I could have killed you back at Babel Tower without a second thought, you must have known that." Zero informed C.C, the Tekkaman glaring into the Immortal witch's golden eyes with his mismatched pair "If you'd truly wanted to die, you'd have asked me then, when I wouldn't have hesitated." He stared into her eyes pointedly "Instead you reached out to me…brought me here, and guided me as you claim to have before…"
"I couldn't have you dying until my wish was granted." C.C countered, though her eyes were defensive as she looked away, crossing her arms beneath her breasts as she leant against the far wall "Don't get me wrong, I'm not that different from V.V." she frowned at the memory of the late immortal child "the only difference is I only create ONE contractor at a time, and stick with them like glue to see if they can carry out the contract." She eyed him smugly "You're simply the only one that's lasted this long and remained sane…mostly."
"And there you go again." Zero muttered, the Tekkaman's tone laced with a hint of exasperated annoyance as he stepped forwards "Ducking the issue whilst putting on a tough act." He snorted mockingly "Who are trying to fool, me?" his mismatched eyes narrowed "Or yourself?"
C.C flinched and turned her head to the side, refusing to look the Tekkaman in the eye, her own golden pair narrowing as she gripped her arms tightly with her fingers, only to blink at the feel of Zero's fingers on her chin, the Tekkaman's touch gentle as he turned her to face him.
"If it's death you seek…" he uttered, looking into her golden eyes with his mismatched pair, his gaze gentle as his touch "Then I have no right to deny it…it's your life." He frowned suddenly, C.C's eyes widening as she saw a green glyph in the shape of his Tekka crystal adorn his forehead "But not before you've atoned for all of your so called crimes…and not before you've lived a life without regrets, one where you can pass on to the other side with a smile on your face, and peace in your heart."
"A fantasy…" C.C countered, though she had to admit that the imagery had a certain appeal, as she closed her golden eyes "You really think something like that can happen in real life?"
"I'll MAKE it happen." Zero shot back, C.C's eyes widening at the conviction in his tone, gold looking into mismatched red and purple as he stood before her "But not in order to complete our contract…as far as I'm concerned, we never made one." He smiled at the immortal witch confidently "I'll do it because you're a comrade…a friend."
C.C blinked, looking up at the Tekkaman in wonderment, her golden eyes wide and, for the first time in generations, filled with undiluted shock, before closing, a small smile forming on her lips. "Comrade huh?" she repeated, sounding amused "Just another 'friend' is it?" she reached out with one hand to cup his cheek "And here I thought our relationship was more intimate?"
"Huh?" Zero wondered, caught off guard by the woman's change in attitude, only to blink as she stepped forward, embracing him tightly, so tightly that he tripped, falling backwards onto the couch "Dammit C.C! If this is a joke I'll-!"
He trailed off as her lips pressed against his, eyes widening in shock as she held him tightly, before releasing him, sitting back to straddle him on the couch, her hands cupping his face. "I'll hold you to those words…" she promised, and the Tekkaman swore, for the first time, he saw genuine emotion in the woman's eyes as she smiled down at him "So you'd better make it worth my while to stick around a little longer."
"C.C…" Zero breathed, looking up at the immortal as she leaned down, bringing their lips together once more, the Tekkaman slowly easing into the kiss, one hand going to stroke her evergreen locks, even as their tongues battled it out for supremacy.
The other hand traveled south, coming to rest on the witch's left buttock, cupping it gently, but firmly as it moved in slow, tantalizing circles, C.C's moan from the contact echoing in her throat as she leant back, breaking the kiss as she arched her head back.
Encouraged by this response, Zero's other hand moved from the witch's hair to her back, finding the clasp of her dress and slowly pulling it down, the witch releasing his face to sit up, straddling him once more as she slowly pulled her arms out of the dress, letting it fall down to reveal her bare beneath, her pert breasts, while not as pronounced as Kallen or Milly's, swaying gently in the cool air of the room.
"More…" she breathed, reaching down with one hand to stroke the Tekkaman's exposed chest muscles, the other reaching behind her, fondling a certain piece of anatomy which was standing at rapt attention, held at bay by a mere barrier of fabric "Please…"
Zero nodded, C.C dropping onto the sofa with a slight gasp as the Tekkaman sat up, his hands reaching down to pull the remains of her dress off, her legs arching to help in this endeavor, before reaching down for the buckle of his pants.
Ikaruga cafeteria...
"Has anyone seen Zero?" Diethard demanded, the head of media and information looking around the Ikaruga's cafeteria in confusion "We need to go over his speech for the summit later."
"I believe Zero-sama is in his room." Kaguya opined, the emerald-eyed Goddess of Victory smiling up at the tall Britannian man from where she was sitting with Rakshata and Chiba, the three of them apparently in the middle of a game of Shogi, which Chiba was losing at, badly "C.C-san is with him."
"Is she now?" Diethard muttered, stroking his chin in thought as he mulled this information over, "Alright, I'll be off then-!"
"Diethard-san…" Kaguya called out, the tall Britannian freezing at her sing-song tone, as despite the cheerfulness of it all, there was a hint of samurai steel in the girl's voice "I think it would be best for you to occupy yourself ELSEWHERE for the moment…wouldn't you agree?"
"Y-yes…Lady Kaguya." Diethard muttered, offering a nervous bow before literally running out of the cafeteria, leaving a bemused Rakshata and stunned Chiba staring after him.
"Well…" Rakshata hummed, the elder woman eyeing the youngest member of the Knights with a hint of approval "You certainly know how to run a tight ship."
"I couldn't have him interrupting Zero-sama and C.C," Kaguya insisted, smiling as she checked her tiles over "After all, the more experience Zero-sama gets, the better our first time shall be!"
'What in the hell is up with this girl?' Chiba wondered, sweatdropping in amazement, as she stared at the sole remainder of the Kyoto group 'Does she even know what she's saying?'
"If that's the case…" Rakshata hummed, smiling coyly at Chiba, though her words were directed at Kaguya "Maybe Chiba and I can help out in that regard!"
"That would be splendid!" Kaguya cheered, even as Chiba fell off her bench, choking in mortification and red in the face "Oh Zero-sama! How manly you're sure to be when our time comes!"
back with Zero...
Zero stiffened, pausing slightly in his ministrations as a shiver raced down his spine, the Tekkaman on his back, his face between C.C's ivory thighs. "Lelouch?" the immortal mumbled, pausing in her ministrations to look over her shoulder, a thin trail of drool stretching from her lips to the Tekkaman's member "Something wrong?"
"Just a chill…" the Tekkaman assured her, making a mental note to get the air conditioner looked at as he turned back to the job at hand, C.C's back arching as his tongue explored her lower lips, one of his fingers pressing into her rear entrance.
"Lelouch!" she cried out, her hips bucking as the bottom dropped out of her stomach, the Tekkaman lapping up her juices as she collapsed against his chest, one hand gripping his twitching member limply between her fingers "That was…"
"Just the beginning…" Zero assured, her, pulling himself out from under the witch and positioning her so that she sat on the couch. C.C, realizing what he meant, simply lay back, lifting her legs in the air with a smile, her hands coming to rest on the Tekkaman's shoulder, helping to position him at her entrance.
"Go ahead…" she insisted, smiling up at him confidently "It wont hurt…well, not compared to some of the things I've experienced in my day."
"You make it sound like you've gotten around…" Zero noted, the amusement in his tone belying the accusatory words, to which C.C responded with a devilish look in her eyes, which turned into a gasp of shock as the Tekkaman thrust himself in to the hilt in one smooth go.
"AH!" the immortal cried out, her mind blanking out as the Tekkaman began to thrust, in and out, a steady rhythm that was slowly driving her to the brink "Lelouch…You…I-!"
"I know…" Zero assured her, whispering into her ear, C.C's body spasming as she felt one of his fingers poke at her rear entrance, the additional stimulation only adding to the Witch's loss of coherent thought, crying out seconds later as she came once again, Zero's own release following a few seconds later.
"That wasn't fair…" she gasped, glaring up at the Tekkaman with one golden eye as he lay over her, the two of them panting for breath "You cheated."
"You're always welcome to try again." Zero offered, smirking confidently "Don't tell me that the Immortal C.C can't rise to the challenge?" he prodded, to which C.C smirked, pushing the Tekkaman onto his back, still connected at the hip.
"Of course you know, this means WAR." She shot back, slowly beginning to grind herself against the Tekkaman's still stiff member, even as Zero's hands groped her behind "Let's see which lasts longer…"
Kyugan: Told you i'd get around to it.
C.C: Indeed.
Kallen: WHAT THE HELL!
C.C: You're not the only one who has needs.
Lelouch: *Waking up* Ugh...what hit me?
Kallen: YOU GIGOLLO!
*FALCOWN PAUNCH!*
Kyugan: *Watching Lelouch sail away* YES!
Kallen: Ack! Wait no!
C.C: Baka.