Chapter V

The chirp of the early birds signalled the arrival of a new day. In less than a minute, the whole land was lighted by the sun. Though the sun had rose high, the two was still fast asleep in each other's arms.

A few minutes later, Lelouch woke up. He sat up and rubbed his eyes and after doing so, he took a glance on the woman still fast asleep beside him. He closed his eyes once again and tried to recall his dream.

"Miss, you should go inside now. The sun is about to set and you know how dangerous it is at night." said a man wearing a butler suit

The girl he was talking to didn't move from where she stood but she looked back at the gigantic silver gate. Her beautiful emerald eyes were laid on the mark on top of the gate. A mark that looks like something Lelouch had seen millions of times before but he had no idea when he saw it. He opened his eyes and stood up to get a paper and a pencil. He tried to draw what he saw in his dreams.

"Where have I seen this before?" he mused to himself.

"Seen what before?" Came a voice from behind him startling him to look back.

Upon seeing who it was, he stood up and covered the drawing he made with his body not really knowing why his doing it.

CC looked at him suspiciously then shrug and yawned.

At the Palace

Nunnaly called Zero for breakfast.

After a few minutes of waiting, a mask man appeared. The mask man greeted the girl 'good morning' then sat at the table opposite the girl.

"Suzaku you can remove your mask now. Nobody is here but us." Nunnaly politely asked.

The man took his mask off and smiled at the girl. The girl returned his smile and they started to eat their breakfast. Soon the two was talking about what they both had been doing lately till a certain subject made them stop. It was about the girl's brother and the two could not help but feel nostalgia as they both thought of the man and what he had done to finally reach his goal of world peace.

William's location

William's phone had rung several times before he had the chance to answer it.

"Hello honey, can't you call me later. I'm a little busy right now so …"

"No, William. You see, Sheiy … She" said the woman William was talking to. Her voice was shaking that made William a little worried.

"What happened to her?"

"Sheiy is missing again, I've searched the whole house but I still can't find her. What do we do? William please look for her"

"I thought it was a serious problem, you got me on that one." William signed heavily and smiled

"What do you mean 'you thought it was a serious problem'? Our only daughter is the one who's missing here!"

"Honey, Sheiy must be wondering around again. You know how your daughter loves traveling." Explained William to his wife

"But.."

"Honey, Have you tried looking for her at other places other than our house?"

"No."

"See. Why don't you go and try? If you still can't find her, then I'll look for her, okay?" suggested William

"I understand. Be careful, okay. I'll call you again later"

After the call ended, William kept his phone in his pocket again and suddenly a faint smile appeared on his lips. He wanted to come back home, be with his family and spend more time with them. He missed them so much, in fact, that single call made him really happy since it had been a few days since he left home for work.

"Nothing really beats family" He said to himself

"okay, break is over. Time to work"

Back to Lelouch and cc

The two went out the temple and started walking until they reached the main road. they waited for a taxi to take them downtown. a few minutes later, a taxi came and brought them there.

"Where do we go next?"asked the witch

"Well, i think it's better to stay at a hotel for now while i go look for a job. my money won't last for another week." replied Lelouch

The witch agreed and started to look for a nearby hotel.

"oh, that one. i think that one's good." she said as she pointed at a hotel named Nancoronaisa hotel and restaurant.

The two then walked towards it and entered the building.

"how long will we stay here, Lelouch?"asked the witch to the boy who was carrying all the luggage.

"maybe a week will do."he replied

the two went to their room and started to unpack their things. after that, Lelouch got ready to look for a job.

"You're leaving already,Lelouch?" asked cc

"Well, yeah. don't worry, I'll bring pizza when i come back"

A smile immediately blossomed on her face that made the boy blush a bit. he then left the room to avoid the witch from seeing his face. just when he was about to move forward, a girl with long pink hair that curled at the end bumped unto him. Upon seeing her face, Lelouch felt that he had seen this girl before, but then again, there are more things that are familliar to him but he can't seem to remember so he decided to ignore what he felt and continued moving on after he had helped the girl stand up

After a few hours of being alone inside that hotel room, the witch decided to stroll around town. she had plans but she lacks money to do them so she had no choice but to enjoy the breeze at the park. She continued to walk with her eyes closed to see if she will bump into someone and fortunately that did happen.

"I'm sorry, i didn't mean to... cc?"the man said as he stared at the girl infront of him

"do i ... know you?" the witch hesitantly asked.

"It's me Suzaku!"he said as he removed the tinted glass he's wearing

the witch then smiled after seeing an old friend(?) after a long time. cc then asked why Suzaku is out without Zero's mask. The man then started to look serious that made the witch a little uneasy.

"Actually, i did this because i was looking for someone. " said the man

"someone?" asked the witch

"I received a report from one of the black nights that a person who looks exactly like Lelouch and is even using the nickname Lulu is around. So Nunnaly, i mean her highness, ordered me to bring him to her so that she can confirm his true identity. Have you, by any chance, seen him already?"

"I ... haven't"replied the witch hesitantly

"is that so? "

"I want to go home now. bye." said the witch as she tried to avoid the truth from being spilled

The man then grabbed her by the hand and asked why she is so worked up. The witch didn't answer so the man decided to ask her if she would like to go to a pizza parlor to raise her spirit up that immediately brought a smile on the witch's face. Behind a big tree in the park, stood a man with raven hair who was speechless to what he saw just now. he felt a stabbing pain in his chest although he doesn't know the reason why. He looked back to see the green haired witch still happy as he followed the then decided to go home to ease the irritation he's feeling right now.

After eating at the pizza parlor, Suzaku walked cc to the Hotel.

'Say hi to Nunnaly for me , Suzaku' these were the last words Suzaku heard from the green haired witch before she went inside the hotel. Suzaku then started walking while thinking where he could possibly find the emperor's impostor.'Watch out!' said a voice from above that immediately caught the attention of the boy. As expected, he tried to catch the girl who came falling from above.

"good thing, i caught you before you hit the ground."said the girl as she stared at the swan made of glass which she was currently holding.

the boy then grunt as he tried to move the girl ontop of him. the girl then realized that she was on top of the person who saved her so she immediately stood up and apologized with her head bowed down. Suzaku didn't mind it at all so he asked the girl to stop being apologetic and to lift her head up. the girl then raised her head and said 'sorry' once more. Suzaku's eyes widened after seeing Euphy again. He couldn't believe it and to make sure it's not a dream, he hugged the girl.

"Euphy."

the girl was shocked after hearing her name from the man she had met just now so she pulled herself away from him and asked why he knows her name. Suzaku suddenly let go of a faint smile, perhaps he had realized the fact that Euphy already died. The girl remembered something after seeing the boy's face, and unknowingly a blush appeared on her face. She gave the boy what she was holding and lowered her head to hide the blush on her face.

"Here take this. as payment for saving me."she said before she tried to run away.

the boy grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back gently.' this seems to be important to you, enough to make you jump out of the window just to save it. so take it, i don't need it anyway'he said as he placed the swan on her hands.

"Thank you. Umm...I am Euphy Lee, Can you tell me yours aswell?"asked the girl with the blush still visible on her face.

The man thought twice before telling her a fake name, just to make sure that he will be a complete stranger to her and won't lead to his real identity. The girl smiled at him and called his name out loud.'Suzaku Ninomiya'

"Would you want to join me for a walk? and maybe we can find something to repay you for saving me." said the girl happily

The man agreed and they started walking. After a few minutes, The two stopped to rest on a bench and Euphy started to tell stories about herself. She felt comfortable and safe when she's with him and felt that she can entrust the story of her life to him.

"I'm the only daughter of an old couple and that's all i know."She said as she looked up to the sky

"Why so?" Asked the boy

"I don't know, a year and a half ago i woke up in my room but i can't remember anything. Surely, if i got in an accident and lost my memories, isn't home one of the places that would remind me of the past? It's really strange. It feels like my home is a new place for me,and also. there is a girl who often visit me in my dreams, i don't know why but she kept on telling me to look for her if i want to continue my life, and a few days later , some fragments of someones memories came flowing in my head."

The boy was speechless after hearing her story, maybe he found it impossible to happen but then again, not long ago, he had a friend who had a power that can make anyone follow a few seconds, his phone rang that slightly startled him. when he opened the phone, he found Tamaki's text asking him to come and that the queen is summoning his presence.

"What's that?"Asked the girl as she took a peek at his phone.

"Sorry but i have to go now."

"I want to apologized first for looking at your cellphone but i have one question, Could that be, by any chance, Tamaki of the Black Knights?if so, take me with you. I'm a big fan of Zero and the black Knights"

Suzaku couldn't do anything but to agree. This way, he can bring a person who looks like Euphy to the Queen. The two then went to the palace as the Queen ordered.

"Hello, It has been a year and a half , why only tell me this now?You should have started an investigation immediately if you knew that Euphy's body was missing. "Asked the Queen through the phone.

Then a knock on the door startled the Queen enough to close her phone.

"Come in," replied the Queen

The door slided open and came a brunnete boy and beside him, a pink haired girl. The girl smiled at the Queen and greeted her. The Queen was dumbfounded after seeing her and unknowingly teared up. She moved her wheel chair towards the girl and gave her a tight hug and called out her name'Euphy'. The pink haired girl was surprised after hearing this from the Queen, 'How come they know my name? ' she asked herself. And then , the Queen moved back and let go of a faint smile like how Suzaku did remembered Suzaku and looked back but he is not there anymore. She didn't notice when Suzaku left so she decided to chat with the Queen. After a few minutes, the masked man Zero appeared. Euphy was so delighted to see him that She walked towards the man and gave him a tight hug.

"Your highness, I have come as you ordered."said Zero

"I want you to continue looking for him, i want him found as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your highness"answered Zero.

The mask man then left leaving the two behind, the Queen smiled at her. She returned the smile and started chatting with the Queen.

Meanwhile...

The irritated Lelouch was so mad that he didn't notice that he had eaten a box of pizza already so when the witch returned home and found an empty box of pizza, she asked

"Why did you ate it, Lelouch?" asked cc

The boy didn't answer but continued munching on a piece of pizza. CC then let out a deep sigh and went towards the bed and lied down. A few minutes later, She fell asleep. When she woke up, She found the boy ready to go to work. He haven't said a word to the girl since last night when she returned back home, perhaps something bad happened to him that gave him a foul mood. She watched him leave the room without saying a word.

"What's wrong with you, Lelouch?"

Disclaimer: I don't own code geass and the characters i am currently using and i also don't receive money from this fic.