Sorry I took so long!
I had writers block, I didn't know what to do at the time!
Now, here's a new character. Anyone know who she is? 8D
Chapter 5
"Did you hear, Kimi, did you hear?!"
Kimi looked up from her book, "Hm? Wha?"
Her fellow classmates surrounded her around the tree, all of them eager to tell her the news. One girl managed to say it all first.
"The Knight of Seven, Kururugi Suzaku, has just transferred here!"
Kimi blinked, "The guy who captured Zero that one time?"
"Yeah!" Another girl said, "He's in the same class as your brother, Kimi! They seem to know each other!"
Kimi's purple and blue eyes, in the sunlight, shined brighter as her lips parted, "Known...each other?"
"Uh huh! They greeted each other just like old friends would!" One of the girls tapped her chin, "Oh yeah, I think he was here a year ago for only a few months, but I wasn't there at the time."
"He's sooo cute, isn't he?" At that comment, all the other girls started nodding, big smiles on their faces.
Not wanting to listen to MORE than just "dating", Kimi stood up, "I don't even know what this guy looks like. I'll be going now."
One of her friends, named Mion, stood up as well, "Wow, Kimi, you haven't seen the Knight of Seven? Don't you ever watch T.V?"
"Sometimes." Kimi shrugged, "I'll see ya later." She was up and gone.
"The Knight of Seven?" She thought, "How weird. He's the one who captured Zero, right? Which means..." She gasped, "He must be here because he thinks Lelouch's memories are back!"
She picked her nails with her other hand, "Maybe I should steer clear of this guy. Let's hope I don't run into him...he might be trouble."
"Excuse me." A voice behind her said.
Kimi turned around, and her eyes widened. There was a young man there, about the same age as Lelouch, with brown wavy hair and green eyes. He looked so tall, and Kimi realized that she couldn't speak.
"Are you Kimi Lamperouge?" The teenager asked her.
Kimi managed to stutter out the words, "Y-Yes, that's me.""
He smiled, "Oh, I figured you were. I'm Kururugi Suzaku."
Kimi's jaw dropped, "Talk about worst timing." Then she said in a small voice, "Kururugi....Suzaku..-san?"
"Yeah, I know your brother, and when I saw you, I just wanted to say hello."
Kimi nodded, "Uh, yes, nice to meet you..Suzaku-san."
When she shook his hand, she hoped with all her heart he didn't notice it shaking.
"And then," Shirley finished her explanation, "Everyone except for us went back home. Even the teachers."
"To Britannia?" Suzaku asked. Everyone sat around outside, Milly, Shirley and Suzaku on a bench, Lelouch, Rivalz and Rolo on little seats opposite them, and Kimi on the ground crosslegged, between her brothers. Bernkastel was standing by the side.
"Yes, so we're the only ones that know you." Lelouch answered casually, "Right, Rolo?"
Rolo, looking like a nervous wreck, stuttered, "Y-Yeah..." He kept sipping his drink.
Kimi tried her best to look normal.
"I see.." Suzaku said quietly, "No wonder I don't recognize anyone."
"Hey!" Rivalz shouted, remembering something, "You saw Zero's face, right? What kind of person is he?"
"Was he actually a girl?" Milly asked excitedly.
"How about a rumor that it was Prince Clovis?"
Shirley butted in, too, "A prince from different country?"
"Um.." Suzaku started.
"Come on, you can tell us, right?" Lelouch said, as if daring him to.
"How boring." Bernkastel commented.
Kimi then laughed out loud, and everyone looked at her, "Oh, guys, you make me laugh! You know I want him to tell us as much as you guys do, but don't you have any common sense?"
She changed her position, pulling her knees up, "That information has to be really confidential, am I right, Suzaku-san?"
Suzaku looked at her, then made a small smile, "Yes, I can't tell anybody. As she says, it's---" He then winced in pain, and down on his lap suddenly, was a cat gripping his two fingers with his teeth.
"Arthur?!" Milly exclaimed.
"You brought him with you?!" Shirley gasped.
Kimi only giggled some more, "Aww, how sweet! C'mere, kitty kitty!"
The cat named Arthur jumped off of Suzaku and ran to Kimi, allowing her to scratch his ears. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Lelouch looking at her in a serious suspicious fashion.
"And now, the long awaited..." Milly leaned in front of the school microphone, "..Knight of Seven Welcome Party shall now begin!"
She then turned to Suzaku, who was wearing some red and blue ribbon, "A word from our guest of honor!"
Suzaku blinked, "Um, do I have to?"
Milly just smiled, "Of course! My executive orders!"
"Give it up." Lelouch said simply, "Here at school, she's the main authority."
Everyone was now dressed up today for the occasion. Milly wore a nice purple hat and a burgandy dress, Rivalz wore a chef hat and a pink apron with a yellow pocket, Rolo had the same apron, Lelouch wore some big beaded necklace, Shirley's hair was up in pigtails and she wore a pink shirt over and skirt over her blue bathing suit, standing their with her friends.
And finally Kimi was there between Suzaku and Lelouch, her blonde hair decorated with small pink flowers, and she had a nice pink dress on. A lavender ribbon laced her right arm and with her hand she grabbed Suzaku's school shirt and pulled him over, then whispered in his ear.
Suzaku leaned back and smiled, doing a thumbs up, then he said, "I get it. I have no doubt President is."
Then, winking at Kimi, he picked up the microphone, took a deep breath, and then:
"!!!!!!!"
"Nii-san.." Rolo said in a small concerned voice as he, Lelouch and Kimi peeled potatoes inside a small supply house, "I think the point of the party isn't the same anymore..."
"This is President Milly we're talking about." Lelouch said matter-of-factly, "She loves events, plus, she wants revenge for what happened last year."
Kimi looked between the two boys, silent, then looked down at her knife suddenly. She then looked back up.
"Suzaku-san can't be the Knight of Seven.." She thought, "He couldn't have known Lelouch, could he have? But, he's too cute to be evil..."
Suddenly she felt sudden pain in her hand and she dropped her knife and potato.
Her left hand began to bleed on the back. She quickly covered it and stood up as Lelouch asked, "Kimi, are you okay? Did you--"
Rolo looked up at her, "Kimi, your hand--"
"I'm fine, Onii-tachi." Kimi turned around, "I think I'm gonna go enjoy the festival more. Unless you still need me."
Before they could answer, she was already out of the door. But Lelouch already saw the blood drops on the floor.
"Calm down, calm down.." She thought as she winced from the sudden light, "Don't accidently cut yourself like some weirdo. Maybe you could--"
She then bounced into someone, and right before she fell backwards, he had grabbed her wrist and she dangled.
"Suzaku-san...!" Kimi's eyes widened and she blushed.
Suzaku pulled her back on her feet, "That wouldn't have been pretty. Actually, I've been looking for you." He then saw her cut hand, "Oh, wow, what happened?"
"Nothing!" Kimi blushed even harder, "Just a scratch. I-I need to go and fix it.."
"Hang on." Suzaku had grabbed her hand again and he began fishing through his pockets with the other hand, "I might have..something....in here....got it!" He pulled out a bandaid.
Kimi raised an eyebrow, and Suzaku grinned, "I sometimes have random junk in my pockets. I'm glad I've got a bandaid, huh?"
She nodded slowly, and Suzaku peeled the wrappings off the bandaid and laid it on the back of her hand, then he brushed some extra blood away.
"Thanks, Suzaku-san." She smiled, "You're pretty nice for someone who's a Knight of Round."
Suzaku nodded, even though some of the kindness left his eyes, "Anyway, I wanted to talk to you for a second. I'd like to ask a favor of you."
"Sure." One hand was behind her back, "What do you need?"
"Well, I..." Suzaku seemed relunctant to continue, "How good are you at babysitting?"
Kimi blinked a few times, "Babysitting...?"
"Here's the thing." Suzaku sat down on a bench, and Kimi sat next to him, "I have a small distant cousin, about 8 years old, she is very much smarter than you think, and she was orphaned about a year ago."
Kimi tapped her lips, "Oh."
"Yeah, it was pretty sad. Anyway, I was contacted and was told I was the only living relative left, and when I took one look at her I knew I shouldn't abandon her and give her to someone else. I enrolled her in the Ashford Elementary School. So during most of the day she's fine on her own, but on some evenings, I'll be really busy."
He looked at her, "Kimi, will you watch my cousin when I can't? She's no trouble at all, she'll probably just follow you around and she's very polite. Please? I think you're my only alternative."
"Kururugi Suzaku..." Kimi turned her head over the back of the bench, "...has a cousin? Should I say yes? He seems desperate..."
She then said with thinking, "Sure, I'll do it for you." She smiled.
"Really?" Suzaku seemed very happy now, "Thanks a whole lot, Kimi. I'm sure she'll like you." He stood up, "Well, she's coming here today so I can introduce you."
Kimi just nodded, "Okay!" Then she heard a beep.
"Oh, that's my phone." Suzaku pulled his cell phone out, "Oh, it's a text message from her right now." He opened it and read it, suddenly gasping loudly.
"Suzaku-san, what's wrong?" Kimi asked, widening her eyes.
"Her text says she's already here!" Suzaku clenched his fists, "Dammit, I told her to wait for me to pick her up! Now she's probably walking around randomly anywhere on the school!"
"Suzaku-san, it's alright!" Kimi said reassuringly, "She's just a little girl, and I know everyone in this school! If someone finds her, they'll surely find whoever she belongs to!"
Suzaku looked down at her, "T-Thanks. I shouldn't worry that badly."
"No, you shouldn't. How about I go ask my brothers to keep an eye out for an eight year old, 'kay?" She smiled, "Don't worry. I'll look for her, too."
"Okay." Lelouch said into his cell phone quietly, "Get in contact with Diethard using Kyushu's Cell F. Yes, get Lakshata over here--" He then stopped.
When he looked from the rooftops he was on, he then saw two females, one with long green hair.
"WHAT THE--?!" He gasped.
Down there, Rivalz was handing out fliers to all the students, "Come get one! We're making the world's largest pizza!"
"Can I have one?" C.C asked, walking up.
"Sure, here you go!" Rivalz gave her one, then ran off shouting, "World's largest pizza!"
"HEY!" Lelouch cried, catching up to C.C, panting, "You...what are you...!"
"I need to retrieve that." C.C just said casually.
"Why are you so stubborn about that?" Lelouch demanded, "Just come with me already!" He thrust a paper bag with two holes over her head, then grabbing her shoulders, starting pulling her away.
"Um..." A small voice said suddenly, and Lelouch stopped, "Where are we going? Are you taking me to Suzaku-san?"
Lelouch finally realized that C.C was holding a girl about 8 by the hand. She was so small he didn't notice her at first. He stared down at her, at her blue hair that reached her thighs, and the blue bangs, and her violet eyes shined from the sunlight, and they were wide with young confusion.
The first word that came out of his mouth was, "Bernkastel...-san..?"
The little girl DID look just like Bernkastel! But her eyes weren't blank. They were just like any other normal little girl's.
"I found her walking around." C.C said plainly, "I offered to take her to her cousin."
"Cousin?" Lelouch blinked at the girl, "You have a cousin here?"
All the girl said was, "Mii..."
"Mii?" Lelouch looked around. How was he gonna get C.C out of here with this child following them around?
Only one thing to do. He moved his hand to his left eye, and then...
"Lelouch!!" Kimi's voice rang out. She ran, while scratching the bandage on her fore arm.
"Don't say a word..." Lelouch muttered under his breath to C.C as Kimi came up, breathing hard.
"8 year old...very cute...this must be her.." Kimi looked at the girl and froze. This girl looked vaguely familiar....and she looked like Bernkastel!
The girl blinked, "Mii...Will you take me to Suzaku-san?"
"Suzaku?!" Lelouch exclaimed.
Eyeing C.C under the paper bag, Kimi replied, "Yeah, this is Suzaku-san's cousin. He asked me to babysit her whenever he can't." She leaned in, "What's your name, sweetie?"
The little girl smiled, "Furude Rika, nano desu."
Lelouch's eyes widened.
"Really?" Kimi smiled in return, "Such a pleasure to meet you, Rika-chan."
Rika blushed a little, "Will you take me to my cousin now?"
"Of course I will. Lelouch, thanks for finding--" Lelouch was gone. She saw him walking away from her pushing the girl with the paper bag.
Kimi silently watched him go, feeling a chill down her spine. That girl had green hair.
.....................Green hair.....
.....GREEN HAIR....!!!!
Kimi made a huge gasp, "That's the girl!! Who brought his power back!! What is she doing here?!?!"
"Mii..." Kimi looked back at Rika, who was staring at her with wide purple eyes.
"Well, Rika-chan." Kimi held out her hand, "Why not we go back to Suzaku-san?"
Rika grinned and nodded happily.
"Suzaku-san!" Rika jumped up and down on the ground in front of the mini Knightmare Suzaku and Milly were sitting on, "I'm here, Suzaku-san!"
Suzaku jumped off the Knightmare and scooped the little girl in his arms, "Oh, Rika, don't ever come here on your own from now on, okay? Promise me that!"
"I promise, Suzaku-san, nano desu." Rika smiled, "There were some nice people who helped me, nano desu." She pointed to Kimi, "But Kimi-chan brought me back, nano desu."
"Thank you so much, Kimi." Suzaku said, putting Rika down, then reached up to grab his clip board and a feather pen.
"No problem at all." Kimi nodded.
"Huh?" Milly stood up, "Suzaku, you have a cousin? Why didn't you tell us?"
"I uh...didn't really know until last year..." Suzaku replied nervously, "President, this is Furude Rika."
"Aww!" Milly leaned forward, "So nice to meet you, Rika-chan!"
"The pleasure is all mine, President, nano desu." Rika bowed forward. A custom of Elevens.
Milly blinked, but then smiled.
"Now, Rika.." Suzaku began poking her with his feather pen, "Kimi-san is going to be babysitting you on the days when I can't. Alright?"
"Really?!" Rika said excitedly, turning to Kimi, "I'm so happy, nano desu! Thank you, Suzaku-san!"
Kimi just laughed.
Then, all of a sudden, Arthur, the cat Suzaku brought, jumped out of nowhere, grabbed the feather pen with his mouth right out of Suzaku's hand, then began to run away.
"Neko-chan!" Rika cried suddenly, "Neko-chan, come back, nano desu!" She began to chase after Arthur.
"Arthur! That pen is Euphy's---Rika! Wait!" Suzaku began running after the cat and his cousin.
"Suzaku! The main character is supposed to wait here!" Milly ran after them, too, and Kimi, standing there wide-eyed, just began to chase them, as well.
Lelouch was on the ground in front of the ladder to the small loading dock of the big containers of tomatoes. Kallen, dressed in a big green otter suit came to retrieve C.C, but Shirley, unfortunately, was in the way, fighting with the costume demanding to know who was inside.
Lelouch finally stood up, "Shirley, that thing is---"
"Neko-chan! Neko-chan!" He turned around and saw the little blue haired eight year old run around the corner. When she saw Lelouch, she stopped and cocked her head.
"Ah, you..." Lelouch blinked, "You're...Suzaku's cousin?" Then he thought, "That liar. Suzaku doesn't have a little girl cousin. What the hell is he up to?"
"I'm Furude Rika, nano desu." Rika said, smiling. He knew she was waiting for his name.
"Oh, I'm----"
"Lelouch." She interrupted, but her voice was completely different, and Lelouch gasped, "I figured that was you."
Lelouch's eyes widened, "What the--?"
All of a sudden she smiled again, "Have you seen Neko-chan? Neko-chan!!" She then ran off.
"Lelouch!" Kimi's voice appeared again, and Suzaku, Milly and she appeared.
"Have you seen Arthur?" Milly asked.
"He took away a precious feather pen of mine, and Rika followed him--"
Suddenly there was banging from the tomato container, and Kimi said, "Wait, could he be inside that thing?!"
"No," Lelouch answered quickly, "Cats and tomatoes don't come in a set!"
Suddenly the container lifted into the air, and the small Knightmare from earlier was holding it.
"This is the starting point, right?" A voice from the inside of it asked.
"Don't tell me..." Suzaku said, "Gino?"
"Yeah!" The blonde haired blue eyed young man replied from the cockpit, "Commoner schools are awesome, man!"
The Knightmare began speeding forward, and Lelouch cried, "Hey! Wait!"
But the Knightmare had disappeared in the direction Rika ran to.
Rika was running, chasing Arthur, chanting the words, "Neko-chan, Neko-chan, come play with me!"
She didn't even realize the big Knightmare catching up to her from behind.
Lelouch ran as fast as he could, Kallen in the otter suit, Shirley and Kimi behind him.
"At least show me your face!" Shirley cried to Kallen.
Suzaku then raced past them and Kimi, then rushed past Lelouch.
And then Kallen, Shirley and his sister ran ahead of him while he stopped, panting like crazy.
"This...isn't my strong suit..."
"Charge!" Milly said happily as she ran past him too.
Gino in the Knightmare appeared around another corner, and Arthur, finally realizing the danger, moved out of the path, leaving Rika by herself, still singing.
"There he is!" Rivalz cried into the megaphone he had, "Knight of Seven, Kururugi Suzaku has appeared with the Andes-grown ultimate tomatoes!" He gestured to the very large pizza circle batter behind him.
Rika, even though being so small, was still going strong, the Knightmare still catching up to her, until she finally faltered and looked behind her, her eyes going wide.
But at the last minute, Suzaku rolled in, grabbed his cousin and pulled her right out of the way just in time, and Gino sped by.
Rivalz noticed this and blinked in confusion. Wasn't Suzaku supposed to be piloting?
"It's a different guy insiiidddee!" Gino cried happily.
Then he dumped the container (with C.C still inside) right onto the pizza crust. Kimi ran up to the side of it and gasped. It WAS the green haired girl.
Suddenly pink smoke exploded everywhere around her. Kimi shielded her eyes, then she realized it did no harm to her. When she looked around some more, the pink smoke turned into thousands of bubbles and the green haired girl had disappeared.
Suzaku was now on a branch of a tree, his arm around Rika, who sat next to him, playing with Arthur. Suzaku just sighed.
"The girl is gone." Kimi thought, "No doubt Lelouch had a part of it." She looked down, "I wonder where he and Rolo went...?"
"Kimi." A voice behind her said, and when she turned, she found Bernkastel standing there.
"Oh, Bern.." Kimi smiled, "Hey, what's up? Y'know, I met this little girl who looks just like you. Suzaku-san's cousin, Rika."
Bernkastel blinked, "Oh..?" But then she waved it off, "Kimi, are you going to get ready for the evening dance tonight?"
"Dance..?" Then Kimi remembered, "Oh yeah, well, maybe not. Although, the roof is a great view to watch it all. Maybe I'll take Rika-chan up there."
Rika leaned forward, looking at over the railing, watching the people dance below, a big smile on her face.
"How pretty, nano desu!" She said out loud, "Kimi-chan, do you come up here often?"
"Lelouch showed the place to me a while ago." Kimi replied, "He usually came up here by himself but he was nice enough to show me."
"Do you like your brother, Kimi-chan?" Rika asked.
Kimi blinked, "What do you mean? Do you not like him?"
Kimi had introduced Rika to Lelouch and Rolo again. Rolo was kind but Lelouch seemed alittle uneasy about her.
"He's a little strange, nano desu." She turned her head, "His eye glowed, nano desu. Why did his eye glow?"
Kimi gasped, "Um...Rika-chan...." Then she laughed, "Oh, Rika-chan, you sure act silly. His eye doesn't glow! I'm sure it was a trick of the sunlight!"
Rika then looked down, then back, "I have something for you, nano desu."
Kimi blinked, "Something? What?"
"A present, nano desu." Rika began going through her pockets, "I found it, nano desu. I thought it was pretty, but it didn't feel right keeping it for myself, nano desu. So, I waited for the right feeling, nano desu."
"Right...feeling?" Kimi cocked her head.
"Nano desu." Rika then pulled something out, "When I met you, I had gotten that feeling, nano desu. I would like you to have this."
She then held out what looked like to be a small box. It was square and very small in Rika's hands.
"Um...?" Kimi scratched her head. She then thought she heard something, and looking behind Rika, saw no one, then she looked back.
"It's a music box, nano desu." Rika said, "It doesn't look much, but will you take it?"
"Oh, Rika-chan..." Kimi patted her head, "I can't take this music box from you just because you got a gut feeling! It's not fair to listen to your stomach."
"I wasn't listening to my stomach, nano desu." Rika said sternly, "I was listening to my heart, nano desu." She held out the music box, "Please, take it. This might be better in your hands, nano desu."
Kimi stood still for a second, looking down at the dancers. Then she turned to Rika, who was still holding out the music box to her.
She extended her hand, and when her hand touched the soft wood, everything changed.
First she was surrounded by flying colors, her body was thrust backwards. Rika had disappeared from her sight. Then several images flashed into her mind.
"What...is this....?" Her eyes widened.
Her left eye began to sting, and she covered it with a hand.
More images.
More colors.
More flashes.
She couldn't take it anymore. She put her hands on her ears, begging it to stop.
Rika stood there, not knowing what was going on. Kimi suddenly put her hands on her head, gritting her teeth and sweet dripping down the side of her face.
What should she do?
"Suzaku-san can help.." She thought, "I need to go get him..!"
"Kimi-chan..." She said out loud, "Are you...okay?"
Kimi, her eyes still closed, stopped moving and lowered her hands, "Yes, Rika-chan." A small smile crept onto her face, "I'm perfectly fine."
She faced the concrete wall on the roof, then while attempting to turn around, tripped and fell on her knees. Rika, who couldn't see her face, gasped.
Kimi then held a palm up to her left eye, "Ow!" She said, reverting back to normal, "Ah, the wall scratched my eye!"
Rika stood there, the music box still in her hands, "Are you alright, Kimi-chan?"
"Oh, yeah, I am." Kimi nodded, blinking her other lavender-blue eye, "I might have to take you back to Suzaku-san for the night. I really need to fix this."
"All right." Rika then held out the box, "Will you still take this?"
Kimi hesitated again, then with her right hand, reached out and cautiously touched it. Nothing happened. Then she picked it up.
"Thank you, Rika-chan. I'll accept this. Thank you." Kimi actually looked grateful.
Rika blinked.
Even when Kimi brought Rika back to Suzaku, she still didn't remove her left hand from her left eye. She claimed it hurt really badly, and if she moved her hand, it would hurt even worse.
"You sure you okay, Kimi?" Suzaku asked her as he took Rika by the hand, "It looks bad. How come you keep getting yourself hurt in the most brutal ways?"
"Just clumsy." Kimi nodded, "I might need a bandage, my hand hasn't moved, it could be bleeding. By the way, do you know where Lelouch is?"
Suzaku didn't look at her for a second, then finally said, "I was just talking to him about 20 minutes ago. I don't know where he is now."
Kimi looked in the direction where the party was going on. With the flashing lights and the dancers.
"Oh, ok. Goodnight, Suzaku-san, goodnight, Rika-chan!" Kimi smiled, then turned around and began to walk away.
Suzaku and Rika waved after her, and Kimi turned back one last time to wave again.
When she was alone, her hand dropped from her eye, and she walked slowly but normally.
She held up the music box, and while staring at it, opened it up. The soft melody began to play, and Kimi smiled.
"How long has it been since I heard that...?" She thought she heard something, and looked around.
The walls vanished before her eyes. Red was everywhere. A couple making out, that fountain on the other side of the building, those flowers...that was it.
Two words floated over the couple behind the wall: Happy and Nervous.
Kimi turned away, her Geass glowing.
*gasp* WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW?!?!
Tune in in another few weeks 8D