I was rereading the last chapter, and I noticed the last bit where I had Cornelia enter sounded as if she was watching the conversation between Lelouch and Miles, I should clarify that was meant to be Cornelia watching Zero's reveal. I'll fix it later, so for now just keep that in mind.

Ashford Academy

"Where were you yesterday? I tried to call you but you didn't answer? I went to your room and you didn't open up. Are you hiding something?"The focused gaze of Milly Ashford was a deadly weapon, and it was currently honed onto Miles as he was cornered in the student council room.

"Oh uh, sorry I didn't know you were looking for me."Miles sheepishly replied.

'I'm sorry I was being chased down by Knightmares on main street, jeez.' Miles silently thought.

He didn't return from the ghettos until 2 in the morning, he walked the streets of the Tokyo settlement as Miles Morales until he returned to his dorm. With all the heat on him after the chase and with this new Zero guy, it was best to hide his work attire for something a little more casual.

"I'll make it up to you, somehow," Miles said.

"Hm, I have a few ideas. I hear you aren't as laid back in gym class as you put off. Quite the athletic body you got there, Miles."Milly's usual mischevious smile grew.

"Wait, what?!"Miles stepped back, he heard of Milly's flirtiness before but never on a first-hand basis.

"Oh don't worry, I won't blackmail you for something like that. There's no fun in being forced into that, I do have an errand for you to run, however. The STEM club hasn't sent in their yearly budget reports and I'm supposed to go to lunch with my betrothed, Lloyd. I need you to head over and get it when you're done give it to Lelouch he can fill my place while I'm gone. I have to go, bye Miles."Milly picked up her things and waved before exiting the student council room.

Miles sighed, he couldn't have ended that conversation fast enough. Sometimes it always seemed like Milly was just a pervert inside or something.

"Well, don't want to change her mind or anything," Miles said to himself as he too left the room to go to the STEM club.

"So you seem to have gotten the grasp of your new weapon, C.C. remarked.

"I've been testing its limits since you gave it to me," Lelouch responded as he scrolled on the webpage he was on.

The media had absolutely eaten his public appearance, Zero was a name that everyone knew. He couldn't help but chuckle how fast the media had taken the handful of minutes of footage and turned it into hours worth of coverage.

"You should have let the spider die," C.C. said.

"The spider? You mean Spider-Man, don't you."Lelouch asked.

"Call him whatever you want, there is always a spider and this one will be no different. You should have let him die, he will only come back to bite you."C.C. said.

"Such hostility. But no, I couldn't let him die, the people have faith in him the Japanese more so. If I didn't save him it wouldn't be a lost opportunity, Zero believes in justice so saving the man who fights for it will win me favor."Lelouch explained.

Yes, Spider-Man was loved in the Japanese communities his help in the Shinjuku massacre helped raised his status even more. If he could prove that Zero was as much or more an ally than Spider-Man than he'd have more people on his side.

"Excuse it however you want, but I've seen it before. Once he learns you have Geass, the spider will hunt you down. He'll endanger our contract when he does I will kill him."

Lelouch raised his head from the laptop, he hadn't known C.C. for long, less than a day even, but since than she's constantly been aloof. So it gave him pause when her mention of Spider-Man caused her to act seriously. He had to keep that in mind.

"You cleaned up quite nicely Suzaku," Cecile commented.

Suzaku looked down at his military uniform he'd been gifted by the special corps. He wouldn't necessarily say it was anything special, it was expected of him as a soldier to meet the standards put on him.

"Oh, uh, thanks, Ms. Cecile. Where's Lloyd, I haven't seen him in the lab all day."Suzaku asked as the two exited the mobile base.

"Lloyd is picking up his fiancée, we're going to meet him at the restaurant," Cecile explained as they entered her car.

"Lloyd is engaged? He never mentioned it before, congratulations to him."Suzaku was surprised, Lloyd didn't act like a man soon to be engaged.

"It's not like that."Cecile grimaced.

"What?"

"Well, Lloyd is an Earl and his father expects an heir so you can start to see that this isn't exactly a marriage of love," Cecile explained.

"Oh, I see," Suzaku said solemnly.

"Lloyd is a good man, it's just that he isn't…er, how to say this? He isn't really interested in women or men for that matter."

"Oh, that must be…"

"Awkward is the word you're looking for Suzaku. But enough about Lloyd, we're heading to meet our benefactor, Prince Schneizel, unfortunately, can't come, he has work in the E.U., so we're meeting with our other benefactor Tony Stark."Cecile stopped at a red light and pulled up a picture on her phone and handed it to Suzaku.

Suzaku seldom heard of Tony Stark, but from what he remembered he was an arms dealer of sorts.

"Lord Stark is one-half of our benefactors and he helped fund our operation, he also helped program Lancelot's operating system. Lloyd won't admit it because he's a little protective of his project."The light turned green and the car continued on.

"Is there anything I have to know about him?"Suzaku asked.

"Lord Stark is a smart man, he also prefers to be called Tony. Other than that you should be fine."

The rest of the ride of in silence as the two finally made it to the restaurant where they were dining at. It was incredibly fancy looking, he almost felt underdressed and maybe a little intimidated. A valet picked up their car as they parked, he let Ms. Cecile do all the talking for him no reason to make anyone upset.

"This way Suzaku."Cecile beckoned him.

Suzaku followed promptly, as the two moved through the restaurant he could feel the glaring eyes of the men and women who were already seated. No doubt they didn't like the idea of him being here.

"Cecile over here!"Lloyd yelled, a bit too loudly for the climate of the room.

Sitting at the table in a small section of the restaurant sat Lloyd as his fiancée. The girl looked about early to mid-twenties, blonde hair and blue eyes. She sat alongside Lloyd and a little bit disinterested but still paying attention. The man across from them, however, exuded a different kind of mood.

He dressed in a loose suit jacket, a t-shirt, and jeans. He was either too rich to care or had little to no time to dress appropriately, Suzaku guessed the latter.

"Lloyd, Ms. Ashford, a pleasure to see you again. How are you, Tony?"Cecile asked as the two sat down.

As Suzaku sat, he couldn't help but remember a memory a long time ago. After the invasion, he, Lelouch, and Nunnally had been found by a member of the Kyoto group. He couldn't help but remember a name Lelouch told him, Ashford.

"Doing well all things considering, I assume that's the kid you mentioned in the reports."Stark motioned to Suzaku with his glass of alcohol.

"Private Suzaku Kururugi, sir."Suzaku introduced himself.

"Jeez, they drill that into you in basic? Drop it, by the end of your career you'll be on the other end of that."Tony said as he sipped his alcohol again.

"I know, too uptight. I've done what I can, but it seems like he's a lost cause."Lloyd mocked defeated.

"Let's get down to business, I'm only here for tonight and I'll be leaving soon. I'm transferring sole ownership of your little project to Prince Schneizel, you can keep the Lancelot too in case you were worried."

Lloyd and Cecile were shocked by this, as their jaws had almost hit the floor by the news. Suzaku looked at Ms. Ashford, she hadn't been phased as much by the news but was still surprised.

"I'm sorry could you say that again, it sounded like…"

"Stark Industries is no longer in the arms dealing trade, effective immediately Schneizel will have full control of A.S.E.E.C."Tony reiterated.

"May I ask why sir?"Suzaku asked.

Tony looked at him for a moment before he explained, "Call it a crisis of faith, an epiphany, or whatever you want. I realized something I should have done a while ago."

"Did you talk with Prince Schneizel before this?"Ms. Ashford asked.

"Sent it to him yesterday, if he hasn't seen it now he will soon. I have to go, I paid for the meal so everything is on me."Tony stood up making his way to leave.

"Are you sure?"Cecile asked.

"I'm working on a project so I'm really busy, I only came to tell you about the change in leadership and to have some good food but that's just a bonus. Lloyd, Cecile, best of luck to the both of you."Tony finally left leaving the 4 of them alone.

Lunch had been nothing but small talk between the 4, so when it came time to leave it was an awkward affair. Lloyd had gone to the restroom and Cecile was with the valet getting their car which left Suzaku alone with Ms. Ashford, who he learned was actually named Milly.

"Ms. Ashford, do you mind if I ask you a question?"Suzaku asked.

"Huh, oh sure. What is it?"

"I used to know someone, a long time ago we both parted ways and for the longest time, I never knew what happened to him. Recently I found him, but I can't seem to find him again. I was hoping you may know him."Suzaku explained.

"Oh, uh, I'm not really friends with many Elevens…"

"He isn't an Eleven, he's Britannia. I knew him from a long time ago so I don't know how much he's changed."Suzaku tried not to let everything out in one go, Lelouch was ex-royalty and he didn't want to oust him now.

"Hm, I know a lot of people so you'll have to be specific."

"His name is Lelouch," Suzaku said.

"L-Lelouch? I…I don't think I know a Lelouch. Do you have any other descriptors? Eye color, hair?"Milly asked.

Inside her own mind, Milly was slightly freaking out. Did this boy mean Lelouch Lamperouge? If he did then how did he know him? Lelouch entrusted her with his secret, he was ex-royalty, he had to be careful around this person.

"Uh, last time I saw him, he had black hair, and purple eyes almost amethyst."Suzaku described Lelouch the last time he saw him under Shinjuku.

"Hm, I'll have to get back to you on that one. Suzaku is it?"Milly asked.

"Suzaku Kururugi, I'll stay by Lloyd's side if ever you need to contact me."Suzaku was polite to the woman, it would be easier to explain a call to her husband than to an honorary-Britannian.

"Thank you!"Miles shouted down the hall, it had taken him the better part of an hour trying to find that STEM club but eventually, he did.

He opened the door to see a room full of people, some in lab coats, others in plain clothes. Most of them were hunched over working on something or other. So he found the closest person that wasn't focused entirely on their work.

"Um, excuse, do you happen to know where the STEM club leader is?"Miles asked, the guy in front of him just pointed to the front of the class.

2 people stood talking to each other, a girl with blonde hair and a boy in brown hair. Miles walked up to the 2 and interrupted their conversation.

"Um, hey I'm looking for the club leader. Um..."Miles looked at the paper.

"Jacob Connors?"Miles asked.

"Oh, that'd be me."The boy said.

He moved around the table, only to reveal that Jacob was in a wheelchair. His legs were amputated at the knee down. Miles cringed a little, he probably should have handed it to him.

"I see you're surprised too. There's nothing to worry about, so, papers?"Jacob asked.

"Uh yeah, here. Milly wanted the budget report since she hasn't received it yet."Miles explained.

"Ah, I totally forgot. Gwen, can you go get it?"The girl gave a quick affirmation before leaving to get it.

"That's Gwen, she's my co-leader, she's a remarkable scientist. Say, I don't remember you, are you new?"Jacob asked.

"Oh yeah, I joined this school year, names Miles."He stuck out his hands.

"Jacob, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Suzaku hasn't been getting a lot of focus lately so I did a bit with him as well as Lelouch. Hope you liked it.

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