Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything at all, as I have no job.

A/N: Well, this was originally meant to be a birthday present for Neo-Diji (great author, check out her stories too), but it's more than three months late, so happy very belated birthday Neo-Diji!
This chapter is very short, but I already have the next chapter written and it should be up relatively soon. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Warnings: Yaoi, of course

Kallen Kozuki was a strong, able woman. She could handle anything life threw at her. The Ace of Zero, Q-1, the pilot of the Guren Mk II, she didn't get frightened easily. And as one of the few people in the world who knew of Zero's true identity, she was granted more trust within then Black Knights than almost anyone else.

That's why it was her chosen for this very important task. She had to go get Zero at a time when he had very specifically asked not to be disturbed.

It had happened a few times already that Zero would seclude himself in his bedroom for a few hours warning everyone to stay away. Of course, nobody actually stayed away. They would sit outside of Zero's door waiting for something to happen. The majority of the Black Knights had at first assumed that Zero and his mistress, C.C., had to be spending some "quality time," as Ohgi liked to put it, together. That was until they found C.C. staring at the door with them during one of these "quality times."

From that point on, everyone had a different assumption as to the mystery behind Zero's alone time. Diethard insisted that Zero was simply using this time to plan things out away from the newbies' prying eyes. Ohgi thought he might be catching up on some much-needed sleep. Kallen and C.C. were both of the opinion that he was doing homework, fantasizing about Shirley, and trying to plan out his double life as effectively as possible. Tamaki maintained that there must be a girl in there; in fact he still though it might be C.C. despite her presence right next to him.

Right now, Zero had closed his door, put up a "not to be disturbed" sign and told everyone to keep out. However, that was before the very important phone call from one of their contacts. The Britannians were planning an attack on Penglai Island that very night, in just a matter of hours, and it was of utmost importance for the Black Knights to get there. Time was of the essence because rumor had it that the Knight of Seven was going to personally command this assault and they had to beat him there in order to get the high ground.

Kallen was the person appointed to the very dangerous task of interrupting Zero. She stared at the door blankly for a few minutes with the rest of the Black Knights encouraging her to "get moving and knock already." She finally lifted her hand and lightly tapped against the door. No response.

She turned back to look at everyone and shrugged her shoulders as if to say 'he's not answering me.' They glared at her so she summoned her bravery once again and knocked, albeit a lot harder this time. Still no response.

Getting more frustrated at being ignored than afraid of being punished she lifted the palm of her hand and banged on the door as hard as possible for a good two and a half minutes, hurting her hand in the process. Once again, no response.

"What the hell is he doing in there that he can't hear me?"

Kallen was red from anger now. No one had the right to ignore her, not even Zero. She grasped the door handle and turned. To her surprise it was unlocked and easily swung open. She stepped into the room followed by Ohgi, Tamaki, and C.C.; the others trailed behind, uncertain if entrance into Zero's private room was permitted. Zero was nowhere to be seen, but the bedroom door was mostly closed; he was probably in there catching up on his sleep just like Ohgi had thought.

She went over to the partially ajar door, pushed it open, and then immediately gasped sharply in surprise and slammed the door shut. Behind the door, the sound of an indignant yell followed by someone hitting the floor could be heard.

"What did you see?" Tamaki was intensely curious.

"Umm, it was nothing, nothing at all" Kallen stuttered while blocking the door to prevent anyone else for entering. They could hear frantic shuffling coming from the room behind her and a few of the Knights looked concerned for their leader, but Kallen dutifully continued to block their entrance.

The door behind her opened and Zero strutted out wearing the pants from his Zero suit and the trademark mask, both of which looked very hap-hazardously thrown on.

"No way, you do have a girl in there. I was so right. I know my best bud Zero like I know my own hand."

"There is no girl in there." He denied the accusation vehemently. Nobody believed him. If there wasn't a girl in there, he would have simply ignored Tamaki's ramblings as usual. Everyone looked at the floor or ceiling intensely, pretending that there was some interesting pattern or design that they had never noticed before, wanting to avoid making eye contact with anyone else at the moment.

Ohgi stepped in to break the awkward moment, "We didn't mean to bother you Zero, but there's going to be an attack shortly at Penglai Island. The Knight of Seven is going to be there as well, so we thought it might be a good idea to get ready as soon as possible."

"Yeah, sure. Everyone go get ready; we'll leave in ten minutes. In the meantime, I've got some, um, business type things to take care of."

Now let's see who can guess what Zero was doing in his room? Lol.
Again, sorry for the shortness, but the next chapter should be up soon.