The Demon's Pride V2
Hello everyone, here is the new chapter for this fic. Hope you all like it.
Chapter 8: Enter Kallen.
Lelouch sighed as he sat in his Advanced Math class with the rest of student council. 'After everything that happened yesterday, trigonometry just doesn't do it for me anymore.' The Ex-Prince thought before looking around the classroom. 'The same old people doing the same old thin-' Lelouch cut off his thoughts as a female student with matted down red down entered the classroom with her back turned to the class. Nodding at the teacher, the girl sat down with a group of other Britannian girls, all of whom squealed in delight.
"Oh my gosh, Kallen! How have you been?"
Lelouch's head perked up as he heard the name of the female student. 'There you are Ms. Stadtfeld. Now, how to get you alone in with me...why are my thoughts so perverted today?' Lelouch continued to stare at Kallen before he felt an elbow in the ribs. Turning to see Rivalz wiggling his eyebrows with a taunting smirk, Lelouch felt a genuine smile cross his face.
"Yes Rivalz?"
"I see you've got your eyes on Ms. Stadtfeld over there. Thinking about adding another girl to your little group?"
Lelouch let out a small laugh, grateful that Rivalz wasn't being a jerk about the situation. He remembered what happened when the news about him and Milly became open. The blue haired boy had harbored a crush on Milly for the longest time, and hearing that his best friend had been dating said crush for years was a rather large blow to his pride, and resulted in him become more reclusive and withdrawn from the rest of them. It finally ended when Lelouch, sick of seeing the usually upbeat boy so depressed, took Rivalz to Sayoko's dojo and asked him to hit him. After about 10 minutes of Rivalz letting out his anger, the two made up and Rivalz soon returned to being the chipper boy from before.
"Maybe I am Rivalz. Why? Afraid that if another girl falls for me, there'll be none left for the rest of you boys?"
The two continued to exchange jabs and snark until the teacher yelled at them to be silent. After quieting down, Lelouch zoned out again as he thought about how he was going to get Kallen in a position where he could explain things to her.
(Time Skip)
(Lunch)
'I hate this damn school with all these damn fools!' Kallen Stadtfeld as she outwardly smiled at her "friends" and ate her sandwich. On the outside, Kallen was the perfect Britannian, while on the inside, the true Kallen lay dormant, only coming out when she was with the other members of her resistance group. Kallen was eventually shaken from her thoughts by one of her "friends".
"So Kallen." The girl started. "We noticed that the Vice-President was looking at you from the minute you walked in the door for Math. You lucky girl you."
"Vice-President? Who's that?" Kallen said, still playing the part of the sick schoolgirl who wasn't around often.
"Oh, that's right, you probably don't know much about him. He's Lelouch Lamperouge, the cutest boy in school, and the Vice-President of the School's Student Council."
Kallen nodded while filing that information away for later. 'They probably don't know anything that would really be helpful.' Kallen thought in disdain. 'I already know the guy's name and his connection to the royal family.'
"AHH!"
The scream of one of her "friends" shook her from her thoughts as she saw the other girls leap to their feet and back away quickly. Looking around and not seeing anything, Kallen was confused about what caused them to act in such a manner.
"Kallen run! It's a bee!"
'...Sweet mother of God! That's all they're scared of?' Kallen thought as she watched her "friends" flee back towards Ashford without looking back. Looking around, Kallen spotted the bee flying around a few inches from her face. Slowly moving her hand towards her lunch bag, Kallen grabbed the plastic knife and, in one swift motion, cut the bee in two with the knife, before returning her thoughts to the elusive enigma that was Lelouch Vi Britannia.
During all of this, Kallen had no clue she was being watched by the object of her thoughts. Lelouch stood in an empty second floor classroom with Shirley at his side, watching the young girl eat her lunch and interact with others.
"She's quite bad at the whole "hiding in plain sight" thing isn't she Lulu?" Shirley asked as she looked at Kallen with a small hint of disapproval.
"Now, now, Shirley, we have to give her some credit. She hasn't had the experience of being trained in hiding and faking emotions like some of us, nor does she know she is being watched." Lelouch responded, not taking his eyes off the redhead. The two continued to watch for several more minutes before the lunch bell rang.
Turning back to his lover, Lelouch spoke. "Do you think that Milly's plan will work? We're taking a risk with all of this."
Shirley nodded. "I know, but I think it's the only option we have. Besides,-" she turned her head to half-heartedly glare at Lelouch. "-someone already told her and her group, we would explain everything, we kinda need to."
Lelouch stopped and sighed, causing Shirley to stop as well and look at him. "I know Shirley. I mean the part about telling her and the others about you and Milly." Lelouch's voice began to crack as he clenched his fist, trying to keep his emotions under control. "If I fail...if I lose to Britannia, the two of you will be killed for sure. I...I can't let that happen."
Shirley quickly wrapped her arms around her shaking lover, cooing in his ear, trying to calm him down. "Lelouch, Milly knew the risks all those years ago when her and her grandfather took you and Nunnally in. I knew the risks when the two of you told me about your plan and asked if I wanted to join. The two of us...we'd go to the ends of the earth just to be by your side. And no matter what happens you need to know that we love you Lelouch. And nothing will ever keep us from being at your side. Remember that."
Lelouch nodded as he took a deep breath and gained control of himself. Wordlessly, he stood there, embracing his lover, lost in being in her embrace, knowing that these calm, peaceful days will soon end.
(Time Skip)
(Ashford Student Council Building)
When the announcement for Kallen Stadtfeld to report to the Student Council Building rang out over the intercom, none were more confused than the young lady herself. Kallen had no interest in clubs or any such thing in Ashford, as she felt like they would distract her from her late-night activities. However, she had to keep up appearances, and so she set off for the building. Once she was inside, she was greeted by a girl about her age who introduced herself as Shirley Fenette.
That led to the current situation: Kallen's induction into the Ashford Academy Student Council.
"Ummm" the poor redhead could only say as she was thrust into a brightly lit room with a large rectangular table, where four other students were standing around and placing food and drink on. One was a short dark-green haired girl with glasses, who seemed to be perpetually nervous about something. One was a short blue haired boy with mischief alight in his eyes, but a friendly grin on his face. The third was a tall blonde girl who Kallen recognized as the dean's daughter, Millicent Ashford. And the fourth…
"Ahh there you are Ms. Stadtfeld."
The smiling face of Lelouch Vi Britannia appeared as the last member turned around and looked at the two girls who walked in. Sticking his hand out, Lelouch continued to speak. "Welcome to the Ashford Academy Student Council. I'm the Vice-President Lelouch Lamperouge. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Kallen mutely nodded and shook his hand. After that, chaos erupted in the form of Milly Ashford.
"All right, now that the boring introductions are out of the way, let's get on with the fun ones! I'm Milly Ashford, the President of the Council, and leader of these peons, which you are now a part of!"
"Hello." Kallen responded, all the while unsure on whether or not to be insulted at being called a peon.
"I'm Rivalz." The blue haired boy introduced. "I'm the Secretary and if there's anything you need, please let me know, I can get it for you."
'I'd like one Japan, free of Britannia and one brother, alive please.' Kallen thought while reaching her hand out and shaking his.
"H-Hello. I'm Nina." The shy green haired girl said. Kallen nodded back, not thinking much of the girl.
"And now that the introductions are out of the way, we can party!" Milly said, gesturing to the assembled food and drink on the table. Kallen looked out over the load with eyes wide.
"That's... a lot of food for just the 6 of us."
Lelouch shrugged. "It's more of a celebration of the fact that we-and by that, I mean me- have someone else to help me tame that one." He said while pointing at Milly, who simply smirked and looked at her nails while the others laughed. The laughter was broken by a soft voice.
"Umm big brother, can you help me with this?"
Kallen turned to her right to see an adorable little girl with closed eyes sitting in an automatic wheelchair balancing a tray of food on her lap. Lelouch quickly swooped over and took the tray.
"I've got it Nunna. Thank you for helping." Lelouch placed the tray on the table before walking back and grabbing the handles on the back of the wheelchair and pushing the girl towards Kallen.
"Kallen, this my little sister, Nunnally Lamperouge."
"Hello Kallen." The little girl said as she held out a hand, which Kallen automatically took and shook. Nunnally however, continued to hold onto the hand, and put it on her face, before letting go.
"Hello Nunnally." Kallen said in a genuinely nice voice. 'Oh god. This is Princess Nunnally. She's the one who was shot in her own home. Watched her mother die. But...why is she here. Why is Lelouch here. I hate not knowing why a damn prince helped us. Why he hates his own country! His family!'
Kallen was taken from her thoughts as Nunnally began to speak. "I don't know how much we'll see of each other, as I'm only in the middle school and not an official part of the Student Council."
"Ahh come on Nunnally, you know you're as much a member as any of us." Rivalz said before pulling out a long brown paper bag. "And now that all the introductions are out of the way we can really party!"
Rivalz took off the paper wrapping to reveal a bottle of champagne.
'Oh, this bodes poorly.' Was the thought of Lelouch, seeing Shirley eyeing Rivalz with a glare.
"Rivalz, you know what happened the last time when we all had alcohol. The priest is still missing."
"And I believe that the giant noodle is still being held by Dean Ashford." Nina said throwing in her two cents.
"Aww c'mon guys that was one time. It's not like anything bad will happen agai-opps!"
Turns out that while Rivalz was talking he was also trying to open the bottle. One might say that he did succeed, as the bottle was open, but one might also argue that he failed, as the cork went flying off hitting Lelouch right between the eyes, knocking him back, while the champaign itself flew all over Kallen.
As the metaphorical dust settled, Rivalz was trembling in fear of the two as they glared at him. "Ohh shit."
(Scene Change)
(Showers)
"Damn it! This is why I hate Britannians!" Kallen said as she cleaned herself off in the shower.
Lucky for her that there was somewhere for her to use, otherwise she would be in a sticky situation.
"Knock. Knock."
The sound of someone speaking brought Kallen out of her rant and back into reality.
"You ok in there Kallen?" Lelouch asked.
"I'm fine. Just angry."
"I'd imagine so. And yet, I would advise that you keep that anger under control. If someone else were to come by and hear that, then they might put two and two together."
Kallen snorted. "You must be pretty stupid to think that anyone at Ashford would be able to put together who I am just by a few words. The people here are as dumb as goldfish."
"At least goldfish can recognize patterns." Lelouch said with a smirk that Kallen mirrored. "By the way, I'm surprised that you aren't screaming at me to get out. Especially the way that the light shines through that window and makes the curtain see through~" He sang enjoying the sight.
There was a moments silence as Kallen registered what was said to her and who said it. "...You have five seconds to leave before I castrate you."
"...Well in that case, I would like to inform you that there are some clothes here for you to put on afterwards. Goodbye." Lelouch quickly said before running out and slamming the door shut. Kallen huffed before finishing the shower. Quickly drying off, she saw a copy of the female
Ashford Academy uniform along with a folded piece of paper on top. Puzzled, Kallen opened the paper and read what was inside.
'Q-1, we need to talk. When you have finished walk out and take a left. Go to the third door on your right and knock four times.
-Zero.
Kallen was a bit taken aback by the seriousness of the note, as well as the use of the codenames from Shinjuku. 'Just what is all this about.' Quickly getting dressed, Kallen followed the directions on the letter and knocked four times on the door. Several seconds after the fourth knock, the door opened and a young Japanese woman dressed as a maid opened the door.
"Master Lelouch, Miss. Kallen is here."
"Let her in Sayoko." Came the voice of Lelouch. The maid- Sayoko - stepped aside, allowing Kallen to see the room in its entirety. She saw the green haired girl from Shinjuku sitting in a chair eating a pizza, while Lelouch sat on the bed with Shirley and Milly.
'Wait. What?'
Lelouch stood and offered his hand.
"Welcome Q-1. I believe it is time we got down to business."
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INUYAHA signing out.