A/N: HAPPY NEW YEAR! I was GOING to wait for seeing if anyone was going to leave a review, but I got bored of waiting and wanted to start off the new year with something productive, so I'm writing this chapter! So I've been checking and noticed that some chapter's have NO REAL Reader's WHATSOEVER! THAT is something I find annoying and I would IMPLORE you all to read all of the chapter's in order! While I am sure MANY are simply reading from chapter to chapter however they feel like and I have no intent of forcing anyone to do something they do not like... I would just like to say that if you miss out on any of the chapter's it would leave you unaware of the full story! And I would rather NOT have to answer question's in regard's to plot point's ALREADY LISTED OUT IN THE PRIOR CHAPTER'S!

Regardless, let's get on with the story!


Code Geass: Specter of the Rebellion

Chapter 17

How to deal with a Mind Reader

Tokyo Settlement, Area 11, August 29th, 2017 a.t.b

Nunnally P.O.V.

I have to admit, my life has been something...

From dealing with the fact my Family was cast out...

To then having to find the nation we had come for refuge for a time was invaded and how they only lasted a month before they were crushed...

And having to at time's go through field's of where dead bodies lay, not even given the decency of a mass grave if nothing else...

Having my Brother be beaten on by Britannian 'Soldier's' for 'fun'...

And THEN the fact that my Brother is now leading a Resistance Organization against Britannia in an effort to take back the Throne and restore the rightful Ruler's!

Yeah, my life has been something indeed...

Which is why I told him that I wished to be a part of his 'Black Knight's'...

Of course he gave SOME issue with it, but he knew that I knew that he knew that it was the best course of action, given everything that has happened in our lives...

I have as much of a reason to fight beside my brother as much as ANYONE else...

Well, besides Mother and Father of course...

Today started like most day's, it began with me waking up, doing a few morning stretches, getting washed up and ready for the day, and saying good morning to my Brother and Sayoko and Jeremiah...

And then I went about my lessons and classes as normal...

Honesty, they are just SO BORING...

I now get why Brother always wanted to go out with Rivalz to win another Noble out of his fortunes all the time...

Even going up against idiot's who have no use for their money and beating them at CHESS is more interesting than THIS!

And they wouldn't even COMPARE to Father or Schneizel...

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Still, I guess it isn't ALL that bad...

"SOO, I've noticed that you and Rai are always hanging out all the time. Care to explain why? Nunnally?" Milly asks me while we are both having tea in the student council clubhouse.

Honestly I know she just want's to tease and embarrass me, but I would take ANYTHING over having to deal with boring old teacher's who have NOTHING of value for me to learn about...

When you've been taught by expert Tutors on matter's and thing's even the BEST Classes and Teacher's here can only give LIP-SERVICE too, you tend to find thing's to be rather BORING if nothing else...

"It's mostly because Lelouch would rather have me under the protection of someone like Rai is all, really..." I tell her, and really that's all it is to be honest...

"Are you sure? I mean he keeps calling you 'Princess' for one, and I DO know how most of the school calls you that, but even still..." She say, leaving the unasked question...

"Yes, he knows Lelouch and I are Royalty, and he knows better than to say it to anyone else, it's part of why he's assigned to guard me after all. Lelouch Trust's him..." I tell her, to Milly's shock at such a reveal, thankfully no one else is around to overhear us so it's no real issue, besides Sayoko of course...

"Sayoko, are you and Jeremiah okay with this?" Milly asks turning to the Ninja Maid with a questioning gaze.

"Milady, while Jeremiah-san and I have our own concern's as to the nature of Sir Rai. We are willing to follow the order's of Lelouch-sama as he asked, as if he was willing to ensure Nunnally to anyone else other than us besides those of his family or Sir Bismarck, then it mean's he has a great deal of trust in Sir Rai." Sayoko say's as properly as always.

Milly turn's to me with a flat look and asks "Does Lelouch know about the training you've had with Sayoko?"

"Yes, in fact, although I've kept details of some of the more... Womanly part's of my Training to myself mostly..." I say with flush cheek's as I recall some of the thing's Sayoko has taught me with regard's to her 'Training'...

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Honestly, some of the thing's are thing's I feel I could have gone WITHOUT Knowing with regard's to how to deal with men...

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Still, it proved helpful during the 'Incident At Lake Kawaguchi' when I had managed to deal with the Guard's keeping us held Hostage...

I must admit though, I am shocked that Lelouch seems unaware of that Hannya Mask when it show's up...

Though to be granted, even for as smart and attentive to detail as he is, he has a tendency to get so caught up on thing's that he doesn't realize how the reason people can act around him at time's can be so simple...

Still, for what it's worth, I was rather impressed at what he did to that guard there...

Whatever Power he has that can let him impose such a visage on other's is impressive indeed, to say nothing less of what his overall abilities can do...

"I... See, well then!" Milly say's after figuring out what sort of Training Sayoko put me through, and after shooting a look at the Maid in question, who simply shrugged and resumed her duties, turned to look at me once again and said...

"So, what do you think of Rai?" She asked.

"Huh? What do you mean?" I say.

"Well, I don't know if you've heard, but a fair number of the girl's in our grade seem to think Rai is quite the charmer. I've even heard they've begun to call him the 'Illusionary Adonis' sometimes, I just wanted to..." She said while trailing off, seeing how I am Gripping my tea cup rather tightly it seems...

I wonder why I am acting like this?

"Oh! Sorry, I don't know what came over me, and to answer you question, I don't really know what to think of him..." I say, blushing a little at my sudden outburst.

Milly soon smirk's at me with THAT smirk...

Well, look's like I am going to have to endure ANOTHER Round of Teasing...

Well, best be prepared for when Mother finally come's around and get in on the action...

"Are you SURE you don't have anything to say or think of him?" She say's with that grin of hers...

"I'm sure, honestly I can't say there is all that much to be had about how he and I are around each other, we are just friend's..." I say to her, hoping she drop's the subject...

But this is Milly Ashford, who doesn't CARE what anyone else around her has to say about it...

"Well, I think you DO like him! As in like like him!" She say's...

Sigh, WHY do I have to PUT UP WITH THIS!

I would have much rather be with brother and his Black Knight's, but he told me to stay back at Ashford and keep an eye out for anyone 'Suspicious' as he said...

Honestly Lelouch...

"I will only say that if anything I would consider him to be a good friend and as a possible Knight if I were still recognized as Royalty back home..." I tell her.

"OH! That reminds me! I've heard that your sister's Cornelia and Euphemira are the new Viceroy and Sub-Viceroy of Area 11. Do they know where you guy's are?" She asks me, her voice being more Serious now.

I take a Deep Breath, and say. "Yes, but Lelouch had requested they make no effort's to contact us, or rather me at least, and as far as anyone knows, the only connection's they have to Lelouch and Nunnally Lamperouge is that they happen to share the first name's as their late sibling's, not that most people would remember us these day's anyhow..."

It was rather impressive how upon taking hold of the Empire, the Lord of Wraith's and it's subordinates pretty much managed to make it seem as if there WERE no such thing as a 'Lux Britannia' family line, much less of the 'Current' Emperor having someone act in his place...

I doubt such effort's are fully successful, but I guess it work's in our favor at least, in the sense most people wouldn't know who we were by just looking at us...

Sometimes I hate how we have to hide ourselves from the world, but I know Lelouch hate's that even more...

Honestly he does a good job at hiding his Anger to everyone else, but I am his SISTER! His TWIN Sister at that!

Even if we look different, it doesn't change the relationship we have!

And I KNOW he has a lot of anger deep inside...

Much of it being from when we had to deal with all of the Nobles making all matter of Insult's to the two of us and Mother for our 'Lowly Status'...

As if those INBRED IDIOT'S KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT STATUS!

Mother had EARNED Her place to become the Knight of Six, just as she had EARNED Her place as a consort to Father and to have us both!

If ANYONE was to have earned their status's within the Imperial Family, it was US!

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"Nunnally? What's wrong?" Milly asks, concern on her face.

Why do my cheek's feel wet?

I feel a small drop on my hand's, and see them fall into what's left of the Tea...

Oh. I'm crying, that's why...

"It's-It's just that." I say, feeling sadness well up in my heart...

"What? What is it Miss Nunnally?" Sayoko asks.

"I-I... I MISS MOTHER!" I finally say as I descend into sob's and tear's...

Rai P.O.V.

I figured it would be a good time to step in now.

I overheard them talking, and I understand why Nunnally would view her relationship between Myself and her as being how it is...

So why do I feel so sad at that fact?

I have many different Memories from all the different lives I lived in, and among them were timeline's where I had entered into a relationship with Nunnally...

But those were version's of her younger than the one I see before me, they were all blind, while this one isn't, they were robbed the mean's of walking, while this one can...

SO WHY DOES MY HEART HURT!

I felt myself just go on autopilot and just walk up to Nunnally and brought her into an embrace...

If Sayoko had any issue's, she didn't say or do anything to suggest it...

And Milly understood well enough to not say anything to try and embarrass us both, since she could tell it was serious...

It's funny, I can recall lives where I was with either of those two in relationships as well, and yet I don't feel anything Romantic towards them...

Much less Kallen or C.C. which considering the lives I have lived through make's it all the more odd...

Still, I can think about such matter's later, for now I need to comfort Nunnally...

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It's easy to forget, that for all that Lelouch has suffered, his sister could be said to have had the worst in the end...

Not only in the other Timeline's I lived in did she suffer losing her eyesight and the ability to walk, but she often wound up having to see her Brother die just so she could have that gentler world she wished for...

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Honestly, for all your Fault's Lelouch, if there is one thing for certain, you are a loving and caring Brother, and indeed one of the kindest Young Men I have ever met...

I wondered at one point what relation I have with them in this timeline, and I figured to see if I could find something to match them and myself with in term's of DNA...

Not to say that relation's between Member's of the Royal Family was unheard of, it's just that the LAST TIME that happened...

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Actually, I don't want to think about it, since I know Lelouch and Nunnally among the rest of the Royal Family would know about such history, that no one who isn't a royal would know about anymore...

Well, everyone that isn't a royal expect C.C. and Me...

I had to admit I was rather surprised when the DNA sample I had to compared to each of us held no matches of ANY KIND present, much less anything to suggest I was of any kind of Noble, much less ROYAL Heritage...

Of course I made sure to be smart about it, having it be done on my own and without resorting to any OFFICIAL Measure's that could give people any idea's as to who Lelouch and Nunnally are...

Wouldn't be a good guard if I didn't keep in mind any sort of DNA Trace's for them that could lead back to some unsavory people finding out...

Or worse...

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Either way, I guess it was something of a Relief to me in a way...

On the one hand, I was pretty much a total Ghost, in the sense I had no real Mother or Father to call Parent's...

And while I guess it would do good to keep people from being hunted down in a way, it also kind of made me feel very...

Alone...

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I've found I don't like being alone, and in my prior lives, I had often resigned myself to being alone for the safety of all those around me...

Ironic? Isn't it?

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And yet, I am in a way FREE from such a curse and fate...

I wonder, did the Collective Consciousness take pity on me and my fate? And so decided to send me to a world where I did not exist prior, and therefore had no Geass?

If so, then I guess I should be thankful, or to whomever else might have been behind it all...

"My, my, so many Interesting thought's you have. Rai..." I hear a voice say, and I know who HE is...

"Ah, that might be the case for You Rai, but I am afraid the Lovely Ladies here don't know who I am..." He say's in that ANNOYING Voice of his...

"Who are you? And What do you want!" Sayoko say's while standing in front of us, her Kunai at the ready to kill him...

"My voice is NOT ANNOYING, and as to who I am, you may call me 'Mao' Sayoko Shinozaki of the Shinozaki Clan of Martial Art's..." He say's.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!" Milly shout's in shock.

"Well, I guess you could say that I am a Mind-Reader Millicent Ashford, for example, Rivalz Cardemonde? Really? Out of ALL the guys you could have an interest, it's the guy who's a LITERAL Bastard Child..." Mao say's...

"You-YOU ASSHOLE!" Milly yell's while throwing her Teacup at Mao. Hitting him in the face and spilling the scalding hot liquid all over his face...

"AH! THAT HURT YOU KNOW!" He screams out in anger...

Good, it BETTER! Cause when I am through with you...

"Allow me to dispose of this fiend Milly-sama!" Sayoko say's, but knowing Mao he's got an ace up his sleeve...

"Clever, clever, Rai. As a matter of fact I DO have an ace up my sleeve, or rather a Trigger up my Sleeve!" He say's while showing a detonator in his hand, and a bomb vest strapped to him...

"The Vest is wired to a Dead Man's Switch, and my Detonator in my hand control's a number of High Explosives I have wired around the building. And I don't think I need to explain what would happen if THEY Went off now do I?" He say's in that twisted voice and grin...

DAMMIT! We can't do ANYTHING against him!

"And as for what I want..." He say's.

"It's C.C. right?" Nunnally say's.

"Very good! How did you know?" He say's.

Nunnally Smirk's as she say's "My GODMOTHER mentioned to me and Lelouch to be mindful of a former contractor of hers who could read-mind's. And I must say I don't blame her leaving you if YOUR Behavior right now is anything to go by..."

"WHAT! GODMOTHER! TO YOU! AND THAT BOY!" He exclaims in anger.

"I would say my Brother is FAR more of a Man than you could EVER hope to be, MAO!" Nunnally continues to say...

"WHY YOU! FORGET THIS! I'LL JUST MAKE SURE HE'LL SEE YOUR BODIES AND I'LL DELIGHT IN HEARING HIS SCREAM'S!" Mao rages out on...

"Thank you for keeping him occupied, sister." I hear as I see a gun be placed behind Mao's head, armed and ready to shoot...

"BROTHER!" Nunnally exclaims in joy at the sight of Lelouch.

And I would have to agree, it's good to see you Lelouch!

Lelouch P.O.V.

"Now then Mao, would you kindly turn around to face me?" I tell him, honestly it was so easy to get behind him, I am impressed at how my sister managed to keep him so occupied for me to get into Position...

'WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU SIS!'

Technically speaking she's MY sister, YOU are just along for the ride...

"Who are you talking to? I can't hear them?" Mao grumbles out as turn's to face me...

'He can't HEAR me?'

Well now...

"Well what?" Mao say's.

'OOH! OOH! I KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO!'

And what is that?

"WHO ELSE IS THERE WITH YOU!" Mao yell's...

"If I were you, I'd suggest NOT trying anything funny Mao, or did you not realize that I am not the only one here who has a gun pointed at you, SUZAKU! KALLEN! Are all the explosives taken care of?" I say seeing the look of horror on Mao's face appear.

"All clear Lelouch, honestly where the hell did Mao get his explosives from? Cause these are CHEAP and not really that good to tear down the whole place..." Suzaku say's.

"WAIT! You can't kill me! I've still-" He tries to say.

"What? THAT THING? Yeah that's NOT a suicide bomb vest, that's just a bunch of can's spray painted to LOOK like explosives with LED's attached to them!" Kallen say's with a smug tone in her voice, one that I can agree with...

It really IS too easy, isn't it Mao?

"FUCK YOU! Do you REALLY THINK you've got all the card's here?" He say's...

"As a matter of fact, yes." I tell him.

"Oh yeah?! Then what do you know about the men I've got ready to come in and shoot up the academy?" He say's.

It was easy enough to disarm them, with the combined might of both Myself, Suzaku, Kallen, as well as aid from Ohgi, Jeremiah, Naoto, and Nu, it wasn't that much of an issue...

A few Minute's ago...

"So THIS is Ashford Academy, your Dad sure has good taste in school's Kallen-chan!" Ohgi say's, much to the Blush and annoyance of Kallen.

"Ohgi! DON'T CALL ME THAT! At least not in the school, what if someone overhears us?" Kallen say's.

"Actually, school's out for the rest of today, the Headmaster himself felt it would do good for the Student's and staff to unwind after the early lesson's. So don't worry about anyone not in the know from hearing anything they shouldn't." I explain, much to the sigh's of relief to the Kozuki-Stradfield Sibling's and Ohgi...

"I must say, it is good to see you again, Sir Gottwald." Viletta Nu say's.

"Please Viletta, as far as the world knows, I am simply Jeremiah Lamperouge, a Gym Teacher for the Academy. Nothing more or less..." My Knight of Orange say's to the now Colonel Viletta Nu...

"Of course, my apologies, Mister Lamperouge" Nu corrects herself...

"So, What brings a Japanese Resistance Fighter, a Colonel in the Britannian Military, and the half-blood son to the Stradfield Line to our Prestigious Academy on this fine day?" I ask them.

Nu and Ohgi were blushing while Naoto said "Oh it's nothing, I just figured it would be good to see these two have a good cover story aside from just knowing each other, so they are meant to be out on a Date!"

I know he meant that as a cover to something else, but it's not that bad of an Idea...

On Paper anyhow...

"You DO realize that Nu here is a member of the Pureblood's right? The most ANTI-NUMBER Group out there correct?" I say, to which Naoto soon realizes my point and Groan's at being found out so easily.

"Actually as of today, I am no Longer a Member of the Pueblood's, well, on Official Record's anyhow to say the least." Nu say's with a bit of a smirk on her face...

"Any reason for them to do so? That they ACTUALLY Know of that is?" I asked, though I have a good reason...

"It's because I saw how the Group was heading into obscurity and felt it best to distance myself from those who would seek to turn on the head of their group rather than get dragged down with them..." She said, which was the answer I was expecting from one such as herself...

"Well then, perhaps we should-" I was about to say before I notice Suzaku running as if his life depended on it...

"Suzaku?" Kallen asks.

He get's up to us, a bit out of breath from all the running he must have done.

"OH THANK KAMI! I finally found you guy's! And you've got Colonel Nu and Ohgi and Naoto alongside Jeremiah-san too? Good! That should make this easier to explain." He say's sounding glad above all else that we are here, and I already have an Idea as to why...

"What's wrong Suzaku?" I ask him, just to be sure...

"I saw a number of thing's being placed around the school, I took a closer look at one and found it was a bomb!" He say's...

So, Finally decided to make your move huh, Mao?

'I was WONDERING when he'd showed up, can we make sure he STAY'S dead this time?'

Don't worry, I have ZERO Intent on letting him live...

"A BOMB! Did you see who planted it? And PLEASE TELL ME you know how to disarm it!" Kallen say's, and I do hope these bomb's are simpler to disarm than a F.L.E.I.J.A. Warhead!

'Not like it'd be THAT hard for you to disarm regardless...'

Even still, it's a matter of principle!

"I only saw the man's retreating form, and he mentioned something about 'I'll finally have HER again!' and of COURSE I disarmed it! It wasn't even all that hard actually..." Suzaku say's.

"Don't tell me it was simple as cutting the red wire and not the green wire? Was it?" I ask, SURELY Mao wouldn't have used such EASY TO DISARM explosive like THAT...

"Actually it was, and it WAS the Red wire, even said so on the Packaging it was on, and the only reason why it was on there is because it was in Japanese, so no Brit's could read it..." Suzaku say's...

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Is Mao REALLY THAT DUMB?

'Guess he relies too much on his Geass to do all the hard work in thinking thing's through for him...'

Definitely, yet another reason why I don't really bother trying to use my own Geass, possibility of going rampart or not...

'No real reason to be dependent on something to provide your enemy an easy counter...'

Something that I learned to appreciate in various Strategy Game's in my old life when facing other people...

After waiting a few second's for the other's to process what they also realized to be something so stupid, I cleared my throat.

"I do believe I have a good Idea on who our Mystery Bomber is..." I say.

"Do you Lelouch?" Naoto asks.

"His name is Mao, and if you must know, he has a Geass of his own, one which allows him to read mind's, furthermore, he wishes to have C.C. for himself as his power went rampart on him and it drove him mad and as a result grew obsessed with her..." I explained.

"And you know this how? If you don't mind me asking." Ohgi asked.

"Not at all, and C.C. told me and Nunnally in case he would try anything to get at us in order for her to come with him." I explained.

"Oh." Was the response from everyone around me.

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"Well then, now, I already have a plan to deal with the situation, which I explained to Nunnally is that if she were to be targeted first, which I find likely, then she should do whatever it took to not only stall for time, but to piss Mao off as much as she can..." I explained.

"I do believe Her Highness is with Milly and Sayoko in the Clubhouse right now having Tea if I am not mistaken." Jeremiah say's.

I nod in approval and say "Good, now then while the rest of you go and disarm the explosives, I shall make my way to hold Mao at gunpoint until the rest of you can arrive, which I expect to be rather fast considering."

They all gave me nod's of affirmation and went off to find any other explosives throughout the Academy...

'So where do you think he got the explosives?'

Probably stole them off of some idiot who forgot to take off the label as to which wire would disarm them...

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'Tamaki?'

Tamaki.

Meanwhile...

ACHOO! Sneezed one Shinicihiro Tamaki as he tired to look for where he kept his stash of Wired explosives that he got from a second hand black market dealer who told him said bomb's would blow up a Sutherland easily!

"Huh what the?" he mused when he found where they should have been, a note written in Chinese character's instead...

"What the hell?! I can't read this!" He exclaims as he does not know the character's written mean 'Thank you for the explosives Idiot! I'll kill you later! Signed, Mao...'

Ashford Academy, Present...

Kallen P.O.V.

To think I am actually GLAD for Tamaki being an idiot for once!

'I'll say, what do you suppose we should do?'

Let's give him a good scolding for not being more careful with his stuff, and for buying such cheap explosives from a swindler!

"WHAT! ARE YOU SERIOUS! OH COME ON!" Mao exclaims in annoyance at the fact he had been inadvertently swindled by chance!

"Now then, I know you can read thought's Mao, how about you read ours!" Lelouch say's...

Well then...

'TIME TO OPEN THE FLOODGATE'S! HAHAHA!'

Oh YES, Let's see him handle all of THIS!

Lelouch P.O.V.

Hearing Mao shocked sound's followed by his screaming is music to my Ear's...

"It's-It's... TOO MUCH!" He Scream's in apparent Agony...

YES GO AHEAD! WHAT'S WRONG MAO! TO MANY THOUGHT'S TO READ!

"Y-You, a-all of you th-three..." He sputter's out...

"Do you realize it now Mao? How outclassed you are compared to us all?" I tell him, my grin being that akin to a Devil's own...

"I-I-I-I GYAAAH!" He say's as another wave of thought's and Memories from my old life bombard him, along with whatever thought's Kallen and Suzaku have for him to CHOKE ON!

'OH! I AM LOVING THIS! THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A DEMON!'

No, this is what it mean's to be ZERO!

"Y-you, a-and her..." He whimpers out in tear's...

"Yes?" I say with a twisted smile.

"I-I was mistaken, the tw-two of you are NOTHING like what HE said..." He tells us.

My face take's on a serious mood "WHO told you?" I ask, demanding his answer...

"Th-the..." He sputter's out...

"WHO TOLD YOU!" I shout at him, holding him up by the collar of his shirt...

"Th-the-the Lord of Wraith's..." He muttered out...

"What did he say EXACTLY, ANSWER ME DAMMIT!" I Yell out, if there is ANYTHING he knows, I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT NOW!

"I-I Tried to look into his mind, but what I saw..." He said before he descends into sob's...

"What did you see..." I question him.

After getting nothing but sob's, I decide a different approach is in order...

"WHAT! DID! YOU! SEE!" I demand as I punched him constantly in the face...

"I-I saw, the essence of Evil in it's purest form..." He say's in between sob's...

"Tell me something I DON'T KNOW!" As I ready up for another punch...

"He, he want's you and-and Kallen right? He want's you both dead for his plan's..." He croak's out...

Kallen and I share a look, whatever the Lord of Wraith's is planning that demand's BOTH of us dead must be rather Important...

"And what ARE his Plan's" Kallen asks while throwing a solid punch to his gut.

"I-I-I DON'T KNOW!" He scream's out.

"If you are lying, then you will get a bullet in your skull..." I say as I raise my pistol to his head.

"He-he-he KNEW I was looking, he WANTED ME TO LOOK! WANTED ME TO TELL YOU! He doesn't care if you KNOW that he want's the two of you dead, HE JUST WANT'S YOU DEAD!" He tells us as he finally break's down fully into a mess of tear's and sob's...

"If you had just went after ME I would have been willing to give you a QUICK Death! But you have went after my SISTER, and wished to bring harm to the people who I know and care for, even if the Student's and Faculty of Ashford Academy are not one's I have much care for, the fact that AMONG them are people I have grown to care for mean's I WILL MAKE YOU BLEED AND SUFFER BEFORE YOU DIE!" I yell at him before I throw him across the room onto the floor and shoot out one of his kneecap's...

"LELOUCH!" Kallen say's.

"What is it Kallen?" I ask her.

"Don't kill him just yet." She say's.

"Why not?" I question.

She smirk's in such a way that is absolutely FIENDISH yet I find myself being drawn too...

"How about when we do the killing blow, all three of us shoot at once, and can I shoot him somewhere too please?" She asks me in a sweet voice and batting eye's lashes at me...

'If I didn't know any better, I'd say she'd be after your own heart!'

I'll humor her, after all I'd say she and Suzaku deserve their fair shot as well at him...

"By all mean's my lady, oh and Suzaku you can shoot him somewhere as well, just not the head or Heart please." I say, turning over Mao easily enough for them to have easy target's as well to hit...

"Thank you Lelouch, Ladies First, Kallen..." Suzaku say's while offering Kallen to shoot...

In a spot that leave's Mao SQUEALING a few Octaves Higher than he already was...

'Ask her out, ASK HER OUT!'

You know what, I think I will! If only to reward her for her hard effort's...

'Man, she look's SO SEXY The way she handles that pistol of hers...'

I have no doubt about that, still I think it's best if we keep it professional and simple...

'Eh, I guess so, still though got to admit, she HOT! Even more so since THAT part of your body seems to agree!'

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'Too much?'

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'My bad...'

Oh look, seems Suzaku felt it best to just shoot him in the OTHER Knee.

"Well then Lelouch, shall we finish the job?" Kallen asks me in a voice that I am SURE is meant to be Sultry based on how her body language is right now...

"Indeed, but first..." I say.

'OH! YEAH That-THAT'S A GOOD IDEA! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!'

I motion for Suzaku and Kallen to stand beside me and I say to Mao.

"Time to die, Mao..." I say as we fire all of our remaining bullet's into his head, killing him for good this time...

Taking a few second's to have the feeling sink in, we then turn our attention to our audience.

"Sayoko, I do believe you and Jeremiah can handle the clean-up?" I say to the Ninja-Maid.

To which she nod's and say's "Of course Lelouch-sama, Jeremiah-san, if would please..."

"Of course Sayoko, allow me..." Jeremiah say's as he grab's the body of Mao and getting ready to send it off wherever they deem a good place to 'remove' it...

"Don't worry about the mess, they are fast cleaner's, you won't even know a fight took place here, much less a killing..." I say to the confused look's of Rai, Naoto, Ohgi, and Nu.

"I take it this isn't the first time thing's like this have happened Lelouch?" Naoto asks.

"Yep, although to be fair, most of the vengeful Nobles in question didn't really get that far before either Jeremiah or Sayoko killed them, and any evidence of them being here was removed but minutes after, all of this was taking place DURING Classes mind you..." I tell them.

Ohgi P.O.V.

I think I am going to try applying here if the Headmaster is willing, if only because it would help keep an eye out for Kallen and Lelouch...

Viletta Nu P.O.V.

I wonder if I can apply as an assistant Gym Teacher or a similar position, if only to have a chance to talk with Sir Gottwald more often, that and also have a chance to speak with them on matter's that I can't say otherwise, and if Ohgi applies, it would be easier to meet up rather than the Ghetto and risk exposure to more problematic element's...

Naoto P.O.V.

Okay it's official, Dad. You are a GENIUS! And also, welcome to the family Lelouch! Or is it the other way around in our case? No matter, you're a solid pick for Kallen in my book!

Milly P.O.V.

Okay,

One. I need to talk to grandfather if it is possible to admit Mr. Ohgi and Ms. Viletta as teacher's of some sort, and for that matter if we can work on setting those two up...

Two, Jeremiah and Sayoko NEED to get together at SOME Point! Honestly those two seem PERFECT Together! Perhaps I should talk it over with the other's on setting them up for a date or two...

And Three, Marianne, George, I think you will find your Future Daughter-in-Law to VERY Much to your liking indeed! And also that Suzaku is a win in my book for having him be with Euphie! Oh and that Nunnally has good taste in Rai!

Must Plan for SO! MANY! SHIPS!

I am going to LOVE IT!

Lelouch P.O.V.

Milly is thinking rather deeply...

That is worrying me...

'I think she's planning on shipping a LOT of couples...'

We HAVE to get Rivalz to interfere with her plan's, at least those that affect me!

Kallen P.O.V.

'She's going to try to ship some people isn't she?'

Yep.

'And we should get Rivalz to interfere with such plan's shouldn't we?'

Yep.

'And perhaps see if Lelouch can ask us out?'

It's more like asking ME out, but yeah, why not!

Suzaku P.O.V.

I can tell that Milly is planning on doing a lot of shipping around of people, myself included...

I share a look with Kallen and Lelouch and we can all tell we are thinking the same thing...

Get Rivalz to interfere with Milly ASAP!

Still, might be fun to see how we can get Ohgi and Viletta together!

Nunnally P.O.V.

Well Brother, I think you have excellent taste for a future Empress to be by your side!

I'm sure Shirley can understand, don't worry about her...

I'll make sure she is okay with it, if nothing else being able to have some 'Girl Talk' with her would be fun!

That and I also want to keep anything of Milly's doing from forcing anything upon me and Rai...

She has an Interest in Rivalz if I heard Mao right...

Well Milly, I think it's time you got a taste of your own Medicine...

Rai P.O.V.

Impressive all around Lelouch, and to the rest of you as well...

Now I just need to keep Milly from doing any of her usual antics that involve trying to ship people together...

I do think Rivalz will be rather impressed when he hears about how Milly has a romantic interest in him...

That and she need's to learn a lesson in how her action's have consequence's...

Ranger P.O.V.

Ah, well THAT was fun!

'Quite, so think we should help with the clean up?'

Nope, I've seen Sayoko and Jeremiah do so in the past, they are DEDICATED when such thing's require it...

'Ah, and to see the seed's of potential love take root! I do believe we are going to have quite the STRONG amount of link's and bond's being forged in the near future!'

And they will CERTAINLY NEED IT to be sure, considering what will happen, they will need EVERY LAST POSSIBLE BOND they can forge between each other to ensure they have the strength to endure...

'Of course my love, I do believe it will be rather funny if nothing else!'

THAT much I can say without a doubt to be what will happen soon enough!

'Let the Sipping war's BEGIN!'


A/N: And that's it for this chapter! And I figured I'd start the New Year off with something easy and rather Lighthearted and fun in a way. Of course not all chapter's will be like this, but I felt it a good change of pace for all of my reader's! Also I said it at the start of this chapter and I will say it again, READ ALL THE CHAPTER'S! At least if you need to refresh your memory of what has been going on, as for myself... It's rather easy to pick off where I left off for a number of stories, and also I would like it if you could all leave a REVIEW!

Once again Happy New Year!

And til next time!