"You okay Nanoha? You seem out of it today." Lelouch asked with concern during his tutoring session with Nanoha as said girl jolted upright in alarm as her classmates Suzuka and Alisa had tagged along with her that day to meet the 'mysterious new tutor' of Nanoha's. He wasn't aware of the blushing faces of the two when they laid eyes on him as Lelouch was checking if Nanoha was having a fever or anything of the like.

All an act from the dimension traveling rouge prince as he knew the girl was trying to get use to her magical girl life. Basic rule when starting off on a new adventure, nothing is easy at first and it requires practice and experience to get it right.

"So, what's with the arm huh?" Alisa spoke up snapping up the attention of Suzuka as she noticed the prosthetic arm and was staring at it with wonder.

"That's my secret and I am not telling." he coldly replied with a glare as the blonde backed off, caught off guard by the glare as she realized that was a sensitive topic now. But she hated not knowing and a pet peeve of hers is not knowing secrets. She was determined to one day find out what he's hiding about that arm one way or another.

"Um, Lelouch?" Nanoha spoke up, getting her tutor's attention as he turned towards her. "My schedule is going to be a bit different for a while, can I...um?" she wasn't sure how to say it. "I'm in the middle school department, and where I live? Hmm...well I guess you can meet the folks." Lelouch answered with shrug, getting the three (four if you count Nanoha's ferret Yuno) to tilt their head to the side in curiosity.

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"Welcome back, young master!" called out a group of yakuza members as they bowed politely the minute Lelouch walked in.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?" Nanoha, Yuno, Suzuka and Alisa inwardly exclaimed in utter shock at the boy's residence. They could not believe it, but Lelouch was living with a yakuza clan, one that was living in their city, and they didn't know about it even existing.

"A-Ah...Senpai..." Alisa stuttered, trying to be respectful to the one whom might be the next boss for this yakuza clan and be the end of her right now. "H-How d-do you know these guys exactly?" she asked still wanting to know.

A boisterous laughter rang out as the head of the yakuza, an old man in his late sixties walked in with mirth dancing in his old eyes. "He's my successor of course, young lady." the man replied as the yakuza greeted the head with uttermost respect. "Why I remember the past week when the boy stepped into my home and single-handedly bested my boys with his own two hands!" there was amusement in his voice as he recalled that event fondly.

The three elementary girls looked at Lelouch, their senpai with both shock and awe at the feat as Lelouch merely rolled his eyes. "He's exaggerating, I didn't beat all of them before I was outgunned." he answered with a snort.

He had beaten at least twenty of these guys without his armor before reinforcements came in armed with guns and him surrounded. He was spared because the old man was impressed with his strength and demanded to know what he wanted. When he told him he just wanted a place to live in during his stay in Japan the elderly man laughed like he was told a joke. He decided then and there that Lelouch would be the heir to the yakuza family for impressing him with his utter audacity and had won over the others with his fighting and later cooking skills.

These guys couldn't cook eggs to save their life for crying out loud!

"T-They aimed guns at you?!" Suzuka squeaked out in fear as she looked around nervously.

An interesting fact Lelouch picked up in this world with the way Suzuka said guns. In this version of Japan, civilians had a phobia of guns and only police were allowed to carry guns by their laws. Not sure what happened but it didn't stop the yakuza clans from getting their firearms from other sources. He was sure the Japanese in his world would be happy to have a gun for their own safety or to take out their frustration against their current Britannian oppressors.

"Funny, isn't it? A single kid beats up some yakuza to the point they needed guns to win. Isn't that just a shame?" Now that caused the yakuza head to laugh hard at that while several of the members looked away embarrassed when Lelouch pointed that out, no doubt being the ones he bested in melee.

/\\/\\

"So... What's the deal?" Alisa demanded as they sat in Lelouch's barren room. No decorations, recently clean, and only a single futon neatly stored away.

"Born and raised in America till a crazy uncle of mine murdered my mother. Been on the run and found my way here; that's how Nanoha found me the first time." Lelouch replied in the bluntest tone.

It was true in a sense with what he gathered, since Britannia lost to what was known as Washington's Rebellion in this timeline, the homeland doesn't exist, and he was technically born in America. The part with the uncle killing his mother. Earning the identity of the bastard responsible from the emperor himself as he was well aware (and correct) that it was a member of the Britannia Royal Family that did in his mother and crippled Nunnally. He would repay that pain a thousand-fold by robbing the man responsible of everything he held dear and laugh.

That startled the girls as Alisa was suddenly uncomfortable being around Lelouch when he gave her that answer. It was an honest one and she suddenly had a feeling why he was uncomfortable with explaining the arm. Perhaps this crazy uncle he mentioned was responsible for it? If so, the man was a monster in human flesh that needed to be put down. Given that she was from abroad, she had different perspective in the cultural aspect than her friends.

Suzuka was looking at him with a new look on life since she saw a fire in his eyes that didn't dimmer. Despite his past sufferings, he didn't look like he was miserable; it looked as if he was resolved in some sort of cause that she couldn't perceive.

For Nanoha it was a shock as she recalled the day, she found him; bloodied, bruised and the smell of smoke lingering on him. If what he implied when he said he was on the run, then that was the aftermath of his encounter with his uncle then...!

"Dang, this is probably why you're living with yakuza huh? No one is crazy to pick a fight with them!" Alisa spoke up as Lelouch gave out a dark chuckle.

"That and due to him also being a foreigner, will be easier to track and hunt down by authorities. I think of many possible scenarios." Lelouch admitted with a casual shrug.

The girls (and Yuno) agreed that with Lelouch's intellect they've discovered only recently, he would always be prepared for the worst-case scenarios.

"...Lelouch?" Nanoha spoke up, getting the dimension drifting prince's attention as the nine-year-old looked at with a question in mind. "Is it wrong to help people in need?" she asked with a serious tone. This caused her two friends to look at her with wry smiles whilst Yuno looked at his current ally with surprise. For Lelouch, he kept an impassive face as he looked at Nanoha straight in the eyes. The utter focus caused the girl's heart to beat fast as her two friend's drew coy smiles on their lips as Lelouch gave his response.

"It's wrong to not help someone in need; whether it be a child to the elderly or even an enemy whose heart is in the right place but the wrong side." the hidden prince answered with an even tone. "The question is...do you have the resolve and determination to help them when the situation is dire?"

The question caused Nanoha to blink at that, would she help someone in need? Yes! If it were an enemy however...

"I'm not sure exactly..." the magical girl admitted while Lelouch let loose a small chuckle.

"I guess you need experience in that department before you can give an answer. You can answer that when the time comes." he admitted.

It was rather refreshing now that his head was clear of any fear and hatred of his homeland due to being in this alternate timeline. He felt like he was in the Japan he knew before the invasion began and he was beginning to enjoy his stay here.

Inwardly he grimaced as he realized that one day, he'll have to leave this reality to continue his fight against Britannia. Back to the chaos, the deaths, the screams...He will face it and avenge his family for the wronging the Imperial Family had done them with blood.

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"They are here..." the woman gestured to the blue planet from the screen as she turned to the one, she spoke to. Her eyes cold with a determined obsession as the blonde child knelt before her, "Seek them out and claim them." she ordered as the young girl bowed her head before turning to leave.

The inevitable encounter between three souls that would shake this reality to its core draws near. What outcomes will the Black Demon leave on this plane of existence, and what will the outcome be?