Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or its characters.
Euphemia is alive for this. Isn't Britannian medical science great?
They are on their way to the campsite. On the way there Lelouch's dad is listening to the news on the radio. The newscasters are talking about how Prince Odysseus is doing a great job filling in for the emperor who is taking a vacation. Not only is Britannia at peace with its neighbors but the imperial family is experiencing a new level of popularity. Lelouch could hear his dad grumbling about someone messing things up.
In the back seat Kallen has fallen asleep and is leaning against Lelouch. He puts his arms around her. Lelouch thinks he could get used to this. Shirley keeps looking back. She doesn't look pleased at what she sees. Milly looks back and gets an idea. She wonders if Lelouch is up to it. After all hadn't his father been married to many women? They just had to get around Rivalz and Suzaku.
They arrive at their location. They get out of the van. This time Lelouch lets Suzaku handle the luggage. Waiting for them there were Lelouch's half siblings, Schniezel, Cornelia, and Euphemia, and Schniezel's friend Kannon.
Euphemia screams. "Oh my boyfriend's here." She runs.
Suzaku smiles and puts his arms out. She runs past him and jumps onto Lelouch. He leans back against the van to keep from falling over.
"Hey Euphie."
She kisses him on the cheek. "Hey Lulu, I missed you."
Euphemia finally gets off him. She waves at Suzaku.
Cornelia shakes her head. "Euphemia, behave."
"Yes sister. Sorry sister."
Lelouch goes over and gets Nunnally's chair. He goes over to get his sister. They go the cabin. Just like everything else in Lelouch's family it is huge. They divide up the rooms. Schniezel and Kannon are sharing a room. Rivalz and Suzaku are in a room. Rolo and Lelouch are in another. Cornelia and Euphemia are in room. Milly and Shirley are a sharing a room. Kallen and Nunnally are in another. Finally of course Lelouch's parents are sharing a room.
They get settled in. Everybody goes downstairs. Lelouch looks through the kitchen and notices that there isn't really anything there.
"Hey old man there isn't any food. I'm going into town to get some groceries."
Cornelia scolds him. "Lelouch, be more respectful of father."
"Whatever just pass me the keys to the stupid black tank outside."
Euphie grabs the keys form the table. "I'm going with Lulu."
Suzaku gets up. "Maybe I should go to."
Cornelia doesn't like the idea of Suzaku and Euphemia being together. "Maybe we should all go."
Lelouch mocks his older sister. "Maybe we should all go." He sticks his tongue out at her. 'Listen I'm only picking up some groceries. Suzaku, you can help us unload them when they get back." Lelouch shakes his head. "The only person here with any culinary discernment is Milly so she should probably come. And of course my little Euphie since she got me the keys. Now give me some money."
Mr. Lamperouge grumbles as he pulls out his wallet. Lelouch goes over and just grabs a wad of bills. He walks out with Milly and Euphie. Rivalz groans. He was hoping to get some alone time with Milly. Even though his son just disrespected him in front of his family and friends, Mr. Lamperouge sheds a tear because his son is making a move on his second girl today.
Outside Shirley and Kallen notice them leaving and join the shoppers.
Nunnally's stomach grumbles. "Maybe we should order a pizza or something since Lulu will be back late."
Mrs. Lamperouge looks around. "Hey were your other friends. Those other two girls."
Mr. Lamperouge smiles. "Damn that boy moves quick."
Suzaku isn't so sure about all of this. It seems to calm.
Once in town they got to the big grocery store. Which thankfully has some restaurants because they haven't eaten. After getting something to eat, Lelouch divides the shopping list amongst the four girls and himself. He makes sure that everything he wrote down was there. Of course there was plenty that he didn't write down that was also there. He shrugs. He tells Milly to bring the van around so they won't have to walk so far. As the cashier begins to ring up their items, Lelouch tells the girls all of the fun stuff that Milly planned for the trip including tomorrow's hike and campout.
The green haired cashier looks over to Lelouch, "That will be one hundred ninety five dollars and thirty two cents."
He smiles at her and hands her a card. She slides it through and hands it back. Euphie wonders what happened to the wad of bills that Lulu took from their father. Milly almost runs over a crowd of people as she brings the van closer to the store. They carry everything to the van which is now waiting by the door.
"Hey brother Lulu, can I drive back?"
Lelouch considers that possibility. "Well maybe when we return and get something smaller."
Milly honks at them. "Let's go."
The look in her eyes says it all. She enjoys having power over something so big and strong. Lelouch goes over and moves Milly out of the driver's seat. Of course she doesn't move without spending some time on Lelouch's lap.
"Maybe you should give me a driving lesson."
Euphie likes the idea of getting this kind of driving lesson from her big brother. Despite turning red Shirley wouldn't mind receiving this kind of driving lesson from Lulu. Even Kallen is intrigued by what is going on up front. Lelouch manages to get Milly off his lap and begins to drive back to the cabin.
When they arrive the girls go flying out of the van only carrying the stuff they bought for themselves. Milly smirks at Lelouch. She raises her eyebrow.
Lelouch shrugs. "I don't think it that tonight is a good night for that."
Milly pouts.
Lelouch sighs. "Fine let's go before they start to wonder what we are doing in here."
Suzaku comes running out to see what is going on with Lelouch. He sees his friend helping Milly out of the car. As she is being helped out of the car she sees Rivalz coming out of the house to help with the groceries. She has an idea. She pretends to slip and knocks Lelouch to the floor. She falls on top of him. They are practically nose to nose.
When Rivalz sees this he screams and then faints. That brings everybody outside.
Mr. Lamperouge can barely contain his emotions. "Damn that boy can't even wait until they get to a bed."
Mrs. Lamperouge shakes her head at the boy's indiscretion. Euphie and Shirley can't believe that Lulu would pick Milly. Kallen is inside taking a shower. Milly finally gets up.
"Oh Lulu are you alright I should be more careful when I get out of the car. But you know it's just so big."
She simply walks back to the cabin. When she reaches the door, she turns around and gives Lelouch the look. Lelouch get up and helps Suzaku with the groceries. Once inside they put everything away and get ready for bed. Nobody bothers to pick up Rivalz.
Lelouch gets up out of bed. He looks over at Rolo. His brother doesn't move as Lelouch makes his move towards the door. As Lelouch starts down the hallway he can hear his parents in the room next to his. He shakes his head. He also swears he hears strange noises coming from his brother Schniezel's room. He descends the stairs. Waiting for him at the bottom is Milly. She is wearing next to nothing and is holding a blanket. They go outside.
Rivalz wakes up. He notices that no one is outside and the lights appear to be off. The front door is locked. Rivals groans. How can they have not noticed he wasn't there? He goes around the back. He notices two figures going off into the forest behind the cabin. He thinks that it's probably Suzaku and Euphemia going off to be alone. Rivalz goes in and heads to his room. He notices that Suzaku is lying on his bed. So then it was probably Lelouch sneaking off. Rivalz hopes Lelouch didn't go off with Milly. Of course not why would his best friend betray him like that.
In the morning Rolo wakes up and notices that his brother is still asleep. Usually Lelouch is up before him. He shrugs. He goes down for breakfast. Everybody is downstairs eating breakfast except for Lelouch and Milly. Shirley points out that both of them have been working hard with the school festival. She isn't very convincing. Milly is the first one down. She doesn't say anything. Lelouch comes down a few seconds later. He looks at what everybody is eating. He shakes his head.
"How can you guys that slop?"
Mrs. Lamperouge is furious at that comment. She storms off. Mr. Lamperouge chases after her.
Lelouch looks at his little siblings. "You guys didn't eat any of that did you?"
They shake their heads. Suzaku and Rivalz turn around and spit out what is in their mouths. Lelouch begins to make breakfast. Milly gives him a hand. Everybody is stuffed after the feast Lelouch prepared. Milly breaks out the itinerary for today. Schniezel, Kannon, and Cornelia find something else to do. They have heard about Miss Ashford's little events. Milly orders the rest of them of to get their gear ready for the hike and campout. When they are ready they gather outside.
Milly looks over at them. "Okay let me see Rivalz, Shirley, Kallen, Euphie, Suzaku, Rolo, Nunnally, and Lelouch." She begins to check items off her list. "Now since we are hiking and camping out. We need to get in groups. You know the buddy system. Also we are going to have a little competition between the groups. Now how to divide up."
Of course everybody wants to be with Lelouch. Euphie, Nunnally, and Rolo want to be with their big brother. Milly, Shirley, and Kallen want to be with Lelouch because well you know. Rivalz wants to make sure that Lelouch isn't with Milly. Suzaku knows he has to keep an eye on Lelouch. Milly is thinking about what to do. Well Nunnally and Rolo have to be separate. She has to be with either Euphie or Lelouch. Maybe Suzaku wouldn't mind. She knows Cornelia would kill her is she were to discover that Euphemia and Suzaku were together. Of course she had Lelouch last night so.
"Okay let's make the groups even. So Rolo, Rivalz and Euphie are team 1. Nunnally, Suzaku, and I are team 2. That leaves Kallen, Shirley, and Lulu as team 3."
Suzaku grimaces and raises his hand. "Um madam president are these teams even fair."
"Of course each team has a weak link: Euphie, Nunnally, Lulu."
Each team looks at their weak link.
Milly shrugs. "Well let's get started. Every team has a map and coordinates to the campsite. Of course Suzaku got us these hi tech military style walkie talkies."
Lelouch smirks at that comment. He takes his team's radio. He looks it over. "Well let's go Team Super Cool."
Kallen and Shirley shrug. They follow after their self appointed leader.
Nunnally bristles. "No fair brother. We are team Awesome Pawsome" She says as she lifts Arthur who takes the opportunity to bite Suzaku.
Rolo, Euphie, and Rivalz each yell out a team name. It comes out. "Team Pink Flying Weasels."
Milly nods. "Okay so it's Team Super Cool, Team Awesome Pawsome, and Team Pink Flying Weasels. Ready start."
Nobody moves.
"Let's go. The winning team gets whatever they want from a member of a losing team."
That perks everybody up. They all make a run for it. Shirley and Kallen follow Lelouch. He seems to be going in a different direction than everyone else.
Shirley is a little confused. "Um Lulu shouldn't we hurry."
Lelouch looks at his map. "No, there is no need. "
Kallen is a little angry. "Look Lelouch. I don't know about you but I'm not in the mood to have someone demand something from me."
Lelouch ignores them. "Ah right on time."
Just then a bus pulls up on front of them. Lelouch gets on and signals for the girls to follow him. He pays the fare. After few minutes on he goes over and talks to the driver. The bus stops. Lelouch signals for the girls to get off. He begins to walk off into the forest.
"And we are here."
Lelouch looks down at the coordinates just to make sure. He has also spent the minutes on the bus rewiring the walkie talkie. Of course they are there long before the others. They begin to set up camp. A few hours later Lelouch is preparing lunch. They hear noises coming from the forest. It is the other groups approaching. They are battling each other to reach the destination first. Milly is battling Euphie. Suzaku is beating down Rivalz. And Rolo is having a battle to the death with Nunnally and Arthur.
Lelouch wonders over to where they are his friends are trying to kill each other. "What are you guys doing?"
They look up to Lelouch and notice that his team has their camp all set up.
Shirley comes over. "Yay Team Super Cool wins."
They can't believe it. "No. What? How?"
Lelouch smirks. "So each team gets to sleep in their own tent."
Everybody gasps. Milly shrugs. "Okay."
Team Super Cool continues to make lunch while the other teams set up camp. They all grumble about the sleeping arrangements. They explore the area and gather firewood. The other two teams draw to see who is going to make dinner and breakfast. Team Awesome Pawsome prepares dinner. When Suzaku turns around Milly slips a little something extra into their food. She winks at Lelouch who slightly nods.
After dinner they gather round the campfire to tell scary stories. Lelouch takes Nunnally out of her chair and sits her next to him. Rolo and Euphie come over to sit by Lelouch. Rivalz tries to slide in next to Milly but Shirley and Kallen beat him to it. Lelouch's siblings squeeze him very tightly as Milly tells scary stories. After a while they all get tired. Despite Suzaku's protests the sleeping arrangements don't change.
Kallen and Shirley are both sitting on one side of the tent wondering what Lelouch has planned for the night. They are both a little nervous. Suddenly Milly bursts into the tent.
"Oh good you haven't started yet."
Shirley nervously asks, "Started, what do you mean?"
Milly smiles. "Oh no need to be shy. I know what Lulu is planning on doing to you girls tonight."
Kallen gasps. "What do you mean? We couldn't so close to the others."
Milly waves them off. "Don't worry about them. I took care of them with this." Milly shows them her secret ingredient. "This should keep them out until the morning."
"Did you put that in dinner? What about us?"
"Oh don't worry Lulu slipped you the antidote earlier. So we should be fine. So let's get started."
The girls look over to Lelouch who looks ready for anything. After a while the girls fall asleep. Lelouch leaves the tent. He adjusts his clothes. He goes for a walk. He approaches a small cave. He sits down. A few minutes later the green haired cashier from the grocery store comes into the cave. He looks up at her and smiles.
"Hello CC. It's about time."
Author's note: The next chapter is about why everything is the way it is.
I was watching Shrek the third and got the idea to name the teams after watching the scene near the end when Shrek's friends gather to save him and can't decide on a team name so they combine them all into one.
