Lelouch, CC, Suzaku and Kallen came out of the cave of Kanime Island after today's event. Suzaku and Kallen were in shock of what have taken place but the person who was in more than the both of them was Lelouch.

He had just found out the truth about his mother's 'death' and his parents' true intention for him, Nunnally and the world. They didn't care about him or his sister. They only cared about themselves and their ideals. Everything that he had started and worked hard for was for nothing. It has all been a lie and he,himself, was the biggest pawn of them all

Kallen looked at the man that she set herself to follow in despair just the way he was a day ago when she heard what had happened to Nunnally and CC. And now, she had just witness Lelouch take another devastating blow and this one were his parents and what they did to him and his sister. She couldn't imagine what he was going through. Kallen wants to be there for him at his time of need but also she wanted to talk to him about something that has troubled her.

"Lelouch,"

Lelouch lift up his head to see Kallen standing right in front of him.

"We need to talk...privately."

Lelouch, though not in the mood, got up. "Very well, then."

Lelouch and Kallen walked off, leaving Suzaku and CC alone.

"Where are they going?" asked Suzaku.

"Don't know." Replied CC. She looked up at the sky where millions of stars are at gaze. She remember when she was young, before she inherited immortality, that the stars were all the people who have passed on and was watching over the world as it progress into anew.

"You know the true reason why I objected Charles and Marianne's idea, Suzaku?"

Suzaku turn to listen to CC speak.

"It was because I made have found a new purpose of life. The ability to live anew with a new wish granted to me when I thought it was impossible to ever achieve again once I've became immortal."

"CC…" Before Suzaku to speak, there was a rustle in the bushes. CC got up from where she was sitting while Suzaku held his sword upright, ready to defend himself from whatever was coming.

Lelouch and Kallen continued on walking until they were at the end of the cliff, looking at the vast ocean and sky.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" asked Lelouch.

Kallen walked over to him and slapped him across the face. "Are you okay?"

"Of course I am." replied Lelouch.

Kallen, not being fooled, slapped him again. "Don't lie to me, Lelouch."

Lelouch, with his ebony bangs covering his geass eyes, slowly but surely started laughing a small chuckle. He then grabbed a hold of his hair, biting down on his lips, trying to prevent himself from crying.

"Lelouch..."

"I'm so naïve. I thought this whole time I was avenging my mother's death and yet it turn out that she was still alive and was in alliance with the bastard of a man who I called Father of sending me and Nunnally to a country that they were going to declare war upon, not giving a damn about either of us. I started a rebellion against the homeland that I hated with extreme passion, killing thousands of people including my brother Clovis and my sister Euphie, lying to people countless times, making them think that I'm their savior and yet..."

Lelouch cover both his eyes and silently weep in front of Kallen, who looked at the man whom she held high regards looking defeated like he did when they were in the Tokyo Settlement construction site.

"If you're going to tell a lie, then keep it up 'til the very end!" stated Kallen.

Lelouch looked at Kallen like she was talking nonsense. "I can't go back to the past! There's not a choice! You know I can't undo what's already been done!"

"Yes, you can. You're Zero. You can do the impossible. The day you came into the world, announcing that you would obliterate Britannia and create a world of equal. You told the world a lie when you proclaimed you were a knight for justice. Why don't you live up to that lie by trying to become a true knight for justice? Then you'll have the lie going, to the very end."

Lelouch gasped as he remember what Suzaku had said when they were back at the Kururugi Shrine and what she said before that. Lelouch wonder if he could going back to being Zero. The Black Knights knew his true identity and about his geass, so was it even possible ?

"Lelouch, there's something that I wanted to asked you? Why did you say I have to live?"

"What do you mean?" asked Lelouch, trying to pretend her didn't know what Kallen was talking about.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about." Kallen yelled, making Lelouch flinch a bit. "Back in the Ikaruga, you said 'Kallen, you have to live'."

Lelouch didn't say nothing as he let Kallen continued.

"Lelouch, what do I mean to you? Why did you push me aside when I was willing to die with you?"

"Because you had so much to live for." replied Lelouch. "You had your mother to protect a build a new life with her. You had so much to live for and I didn't want you ti throw away your life for me. My sins are mine to bear and be burden with. I've lost too many people I care about and I was not ready to lose another."

Kallen slightly blush at his words. "Lelouch."

"Kallen, I..."

Before Lelouch could finish, a electric shock went through Lelouch's body, making him collapse to his knees.

"LELOUCH!"

"Surrender Zero. You're surrounded." said Todoh.

Kallen looked up to see the Black Knights surrounding them with no possibility to escape. "Wait, you don't understand." said Kallen, trying to find a way to save Lelouch. How were they able to find us?

"Kallen, step aside. You're in the way." ordered Ohgi.

"No, you got this all wrong." replied Kallen. "You don't have to do this."

But the Black Knights wouldn't hear any of it. While one soldier grabbed hold of Kallen, two others grabbed hold of Lelouch. One of the guards walked up to Lelouch. "Prince Lelouch." said the guard before slapping him across the face.

Kallen continuously try to wiggle out of the guard's grip to get to Lelouch while the others took him away.

"No,stop." said Kallen. "Lelouch!"

"Take him to Prince Schneziel." said one of the guards.

The guards took Lelouch back to the Avalon while Kallen struggle to get to him.

"Lelouch, don't worry. Don't do anything rash. I'll come to rescue you. I promise." Kallen vowed.

"Your highness, we have apprehended Zero."

Schneziel and Cornelia looked at the guard who made the announcement of their half-brother's capture.

"Where is he now?" asked Schneziel.

"In the cell, your highness." replied the guard.

"Very well. Bring him into the conference room."

"Yes, your highness." the guard said as he bowed and left.

Trying to break out of his cuff, Lelouch vi Britannia tried to free himself from his bind. What's even worse is that he was also blindfold.

Ha! They must be really afraid of my Geass, not knowing the full instinct of it.

The swish of a door alerted Lelouch and footsteps came closer and closer until they stop. Lelouch felt a bit tense on who it might be. Could it be the senior members of the Black Knights or...

"It's been a long time, Lelouch."

Lelouch tense in fury as he know that voice from anywhere. Schneziel

"Well, Lelouch. It look like the tables have turn." said Cornelia

"Please, Cornelia, I don't have time for your pity." replied Lelouch in a sarcastic tone.

The look on Cornelia's face look to kill at her brother's tone. "Don't act cute, Lelouch. You know what you're here for."

"And what AM I here for, dear sister?"

"For what you did to Euphie."

"You have no right to do this." Kallen yelled.

"Kallen, we did what we had to do what we did." replied Ohgi, trying to keep his cool. "It was the only way to get Japan back."

"And do you believe that Prince Schneziel is going to give us back Japan whole. They've already destroyed half of the Tokyo Settlement just a day ago or have you forgotten that." Kallen replied back.

"Kozuki," Todoh stepped forward. "Look, your mind is being clouded by Zero's,no, Lelouch's geass. He manipulated you. He manipulated all of us for his own gain. He never care about any of us."

You don't even know half of it. thought Kallen.

"We had no choice." said Todoh. "We're meeting Lady Kaugya and Empress Tianzi later on to discuss this issue."

Not wanting to continue on with the argument, Kallen walked off to her quarters. As the doors closed behind her, Kallen slide down the floor, wrapping her arms around her legs. Once again, she felt helpless. First, when her brother died, then when Lelouch was revealed to be Zero and now, this.

Lelouch has been capture, sold to Britannia and who knows if Britannia is going to keep their word about giving Japan back to the Japanese. It was all so confusing and yet upsetting that her friends that she had known since day one would do something like that. They didn't know the true story about how the war really started.

Naoto, what am I to do now? thought Kallen, thinking about what her deceased brother might have done in this type of situation. Naoto...

Inside a confidential room, three royal sibling were having a "discussion" on a certain event. The two older siblings, Schneziel el Britannia and Cornelia li Britannia were interrogating their younger brother, Lelouch vi Britannia about the SAZ massacre and about his Geass.

"There is nothing to discuss." said Lelouch.

"There IS something to discuss," yelled Cornelia. "You made Euphie do something out of her nature and now her name is solid because of you and your despicable geass."

"I see spoke with my subordinates and trying to persuade them to overthrow me by telling them about my royal heritage and about my geass." said Lelouch.

"Don't change the subject, Lelouch. Why did you geass Euphie? Didn't you gave an ounce of remorse of what you did to her?"

Lelouch remained silent, much to Cornelia's dismay

"You...!"

"Enough, you two," said Schneziel, trying to quell the argument between his half-siblings. He turned and face Lelouch. Having not see his brother in eight years, Schneziel was impressed on how Lelouch was able to survive with the age he was when he first came to Japan. "Lelouch, I'm sure there's a reason for what you did?"

"There is no reason. I did what I had to do." replied Lelouch.

"You cur!" snarled Cornelia.

"Please, sister, spare me your cruel remarks, dear sister." Lelouch said sarcastically. "I know what I did and nothing can change that."

Cornelia's face turned in full rage, hearing that her once beloved brother of the woman that she admired would not care about the actions that he did, especially with Clovis and Euphie.

"Lelouch, enough of this. Until we get back to the Homeland, you'll be held here as a prisoner." said Schneziel.

Lelouch snarled as he was going to be a prisoner of his siblings. 'I have to find a way to get out of here….and fast.'