Almost completely different from the original plot…okay not that different just a few "minor" tweaks. In this story Japan threatened Britannia and said that they were plotting world domination by helping other countries (giving them food, medicine, etc.) So a few months after the threat, Britannia sends its soldiers along with its newest weapons: Knightmare Frames! They whooped Japan's *ss after only three months; mostly because their prime minister Genbu Kururugi, committed suicide. So like every other country that gets Britannia's help, they are called Area 11: Japan. In this world Britannia is trying to make the world "a better place for everyone to live in!" Thank you to everyone who reads this cause now you know a bit of why certain characters act a certain way.
WARNING: has not been edited (because I realized readers don't really care if it is proper English or not), is a kind of re-write of Code Geass so I'm not sure if it is AU or not, and (wait for it) IT'S SUZALULU! *cries of outrage from straight pairing lovers* yeah yeah, I know I got your hopes all high but it is still good news for the Suzalulu lovers! (Btw:
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Chapter 1: The Kururugi Name
"Who's there!?" A boy around our age looked towards us but he didn't see us. The little boy had brown hair and wore a dirty pink shirt with dirty blue shorts. I was relieved when his gaze passed over our hiding spot. It was short lived when his gaze quickly came back to us and locked on me. He ran toward us and did this weird spin kick that sent me to the ground. I heard the girl scream but I was too busy trying to fight off the savage on top of me. The idiot kept yelling and asking me who we were and if I was trying to kill him. Why would he think that I, a kid no less, would want to kill him? Stupid boy. But now that he was close, I noticed that he had green eyes. They shown in the light and I forgot that the boy was about to punch me. Until he actually punched me. And it hurt.
"Answer me!" I glared at him while I held the side of my face. While I was trying to hold back the tears that sprung to my eyes, I answered him.
"Shut up and leave us alone! We don't even know who the hell you are!" The girl that I had met a day ago quickly grabbed his arm just as he was about to swing. Unfortunately, she was too weak to completely stop it. She started screaming in the poor, stupid kid's ear.
"Please! It's the truth! We don't know who you are! We don't even know who we are!" I wanted to keep her quiet about that but she was too far away to reach. So I could do nothing but watch as she babbled on about our "secrets."
"Even if we had met you before, we can't remember! We met after we crawled out from a fallen building! Please don't hurt him. You can punch me or do whatever you want but please! Leave him alone! The only thing he ever did was help me! Please…! Please…" I watched with wide eyes as the girl broke down and started bawling. I then felt the urge to reach over towards her and hug her. That was when I felt the weight on my chest lift.
When I looked back towards The Idiot (yes I named him The Idiot), I saw that he had tears in his prett-green eyes. When he touched the girl's green haired girl's shoulder she flinched before she stayed still again. I then realized how scared she was. I quickly got up and literally shoved The Idiot aside and went on my knees. I wrapped my arms around her and held her.
"Shh. It's okay. I won't let The Idiot touch you! I'll kill him before he even gets the chance!" the girl's yellow eyes looked at me before she started crying even harder.
When I looked over my shoulder towards The Idiot, I saw how he stared at me like he never really noticed me before now. For some strange reason, I felt my face getting hot. When I had enough of his staring, I grabbed the girl's hand and stood up. I tugged at her and said "Come on! Let's get out of here. If we stay we might catch his stupidity!"
She nodded but stayed a little longer and stared at The Idiot.
"Let's go!" The girl stayed a little longer but then ran towards me and grabbed my hand.
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The memory faded to black and was replaced by another.
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The Idiot had been following us for three days. I thought he would stop by the second day, but then I found out that the girl had been giving him some of the food and water we had been saving. And that was after I tried beating him up and accused him of stealing.
When I heard him sneeze, I finally snapped. "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU FOLLOWING US!? GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT YOU NEAR US, YOU IDOT!"
The Idiot had the gall to start laughing! "WHAT'S SO FUNNY!?" I turned to look at the green haired girl. "Do you know what's so funny?"
When The Idiot finally stopped laughing he said with a smile: "You talked to me." Then he turned toward the girl who had walked up to him. "You were right, he did snap today day."
I was beyond frustrated. I pointed at him and yelled "go away!" I expected him to go away. Instead The Idiot came up to me and said "Can you tell me your names?
The girl walked up to me and held up my right wrist and her own. "We don't know. The only things that can help us find out are these." She lightly tugged on the silver bracelet that held on to my skinny wrist. The Idiot got both of our bracelets and held them up to his face.
"H-hey! Let go!" For once he actually did listen to me. I ignored the fact that he was probably smart enough to know that only two short letters were engraved onto our bracelets.
"L.L. and C.C. huh? Those are some weird names. Well, you can call me Suzaku! Suzaku Kururugi!" Suzaku smiled a grin so wide, it was a wonder that his face didn't crack. He held his hand out but instead of shaking hands, I glared defensively at him.
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My breath quickened as another memory filled my vision
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"Come on! Run faster or they'll catch up to us!" My breath was coming in shallow gasps as Suzaku tugged me and C.C. along the rubble filled path. The stupid grownups were chasing after us after we had only stolen a loaf of bread. A loaf! Of bread! Bread! And they had a whole truck full of meat in that giant trailer! I would have called them idiots but only one deserved that title. And he made me trip over a rock. Again.
"You idiot, Suzaku!" I heard C.C. start laughing.
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I felt a smile tug at my lips at the next memory.
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"Let's…stay here…just for a little bit…" I was ready to pass out but I stayed awake long enough to watch as Suzaku sat against the nearby wall and patted C.C.'s head until she fell asleep. Or maybe it was until Suzaku fell asleep himself.
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The next memory made me feel so embarrassed that I felt heat rush to my face.
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It was an average day; I had been cutting some vegetables when C.C. said something that left me silent and Suzaku on the ground laughing and clutching his sides.
"Mommy! Daddy won't pass me the ball!"
"Why did you just call me 'mommy,' C.C.?" I stared at her while I wiped my hands on a towel we had found in the abandoned house that we occupied. "You shouldn't call me 'mommy' or Suzaku 'daddy!"
"What's wrong with that, L.L.? You are a lot like C.C.'s mom and I guess I act a lot like a dad. So I guess we're C.C.'s mommy and daddy!" I couldn't stop blushing and sputtering. Suzaku only made it worse.
"Why are you blushing so much? Do you have a fever? Oh no! You just got even redder!" then C.C. said something that got me just plain irritated.
"Don't you love Daddy, Mommy? You're always asking where he's been and if he's seen girls lately even though we haven't seen anyone in almost a week!" Suzaku was once again on the ground laughing while I was, once again, a sputtering mess.
"Haha! C.C., you shouldn't upset your mommy like that. Hey! What was that for L.L.!?" I watched with a small smile on my face as Suzaku rubbed his head and tried to glare at me. The smile that was trying to make itself known didn't allow him that luxury though.
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I felt my heart being weighed down a bit at the next memory.
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I woke with a bit of a start when I felt myself being shaked.
"…hey…L.L….are you awake? I can't sleep. Do you wanna go walk?" I stared at Suzaku for a bit and took in his appearance. He looked like he was starting to get bags under his eyes and his brown hair looked a bit wilder than it usually was. He really needed a walk so I decided to take pity on him and nodded. I only hoped that he didn't notice my own baggy eyes. I quietly got up and made sure that C.C. was asleep and tucked into bed.
When we reached the very bottom of the street, we sat down on the side walk. After a good 5 minutes, Suzaku bared his worries to me.
"L.L., I think the soldiers are gonna find us. We can't hide forever." I suddenly started crying because I knew that, if this wonderful—I mean stupid—idiot has come to the same conclusion I did, then it was bound to happen. More like it would happen; and soon too.
"Oh, don't cry L.L.! I promise not to ever leave you and C.C. alone! Ever! And—and even if I do, then it will be only for a short while! I'll always come back! I promise L.L., so—so don't cry. Even when I'm not with you, I'll still be there with…you? No that doesn't sound right…hey! Don't laugh at me!"
I couldn't help it. He was telling me things that I already knew. I knew that he wouldn't leave us. Not on purpose and not without a good reason and that he would always come back unless he was injured or dead. I only hoped that none of those things would ever happen. I continued to laugh even though tears were still falling down my face.
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The scene before me made my heart feel like it was being weighed down by a boulder.
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I watched as Suzaku made weird shapes in the ground with a stick he had found.
"Alright. I think we should go along with L.L.'s plan and head along towards the beach. We'll decide what to do from there. For now, let's stock up on food and water." I got up to leave but then I noticed something odd about his drawing.
"Hey Suzaku, I don't think that is the direction of the beach. In fact, how do you even know there's a river right there!?" Suzaku gave me a confused look.
"What are you talking about L.L.? That isn't a river. That's your smile!" I gave him a confused look which probably looked even more confused when Suzaku gave a small laugh. "Wait, did you think this was a map?" My face probably said it all.
Suzaku chuckled behind a closed fist. "It's—it's you-pft!" When I finally walked away, Suzaku was rubbing the back of his head while he had a stupidly big grin on his face.
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The next memory reminded me of how I came to be where I was now.
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I was shaken awake by a familiar hand and voice that gave almost always made me smile.
"L.L.! Wake C.C. up! The soldiers are nearby; it's not safe here anymore!" I quickly sat up and watched as Suzaku began to shove some clothes into a bag that was obviously too big for either of us to carry. I then proceeded to get up, making sure that C.C. was still asleep under the covers, and went over to Suzaku. I wrapped my arms around his waist and let my head fall in between his shoulder blades.
"Suzaku, calm down. You aren't thinking straight and that can get us hurt." I let go of him and made him turn around and face me. "Now tell me. Why do you think the soldiers are nearby?" I watched as he took a deep breath and moved over to the only window in the room.
Suzaku motioned me to look out, which I did. I didn't like what I saw. Down a block or two I was able to see Britannian soldiers round up some Japanese hobos. At the rate they were going, I figured that we had until morning to escape and move as far away as we could.
I turned toward Suzaku, now wide awake.
"Okay, I'll wake up C.C. and tell her what's going on. I need you to look for three backpacks small enough for us to be able to carry but big enough to fit a lot of things in them. Once you find them. Fill one up with clothes, anything will do, one with water bottles, and the third with canned or packaged food. I'll help you once I make sure C.C is ready and isn't panicking."
After I heard an "okay" from Suzaku, I quickly began to change into some clean clothes. I had started explaining to C.C. what was going and helping her by picking out some clothes when I heard noises outside. I quickly made a shushing motion and she quieted down. I moved toward the window, and looked through a small gap between the frame and the curtain. I was pretty sure that what I saw gave me a small heart attack. Soldiers were about to burst through the doors of the house that had become our home.
I ran out of the room and down the hall towards the front doors. Right next to the door, stood Suzaku with a knife in his hand. He made a shooing motion with his hand and whispered "go protect C.C." I took a step towards him but stopped when he suddenly yelled "GO!" right when the soldiers burst through. I ran as fast as could to reach C.C. I almost turned back around when I heard a shout and small scream of pain but I kept running towards our bedroom.
The moment I saw her, I pulled C.C. to her feet and pushed her into the closet. "Stay in there and don't come out." I shut the doors just when a soldier came bursting in. As the Britannian soldier grabbed me roughly by my black hair I could hear Suzaku yelling at the top of his lungs.
"NO! LET GO OF ME! HEY DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM! I'LL KILL YOU IF YOU DO! AGH! C.C.! L.L.!"
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I watched the memory of Suzaku attempted to comfort me as we rode in the back of a car to a (then) unknown destination.
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Since C.C. had fallen asleep a while ago, I let my tears fall and Suzaku hold me.
"Don't cry…L.L., don't worry we. We'll work this out. Just try to stay strong. We need to be strong for C.C. She needs us to be strong. Like a mommy and daddy." I then felt the need to give Suzaku a gift. One that I felt was very important to give for him just being…Suzaku. "Hey—what are you doing? Mmph…!" So I gave him a kiss. My first and, hopefully, only kiss. Suzaku then gave me a slightly disappointing answer.
"Why…?" which was followed by a reply that made my heart beat faster than it normally did when I was with him. "L.L…I love you…I don't want to be with anyone if it isn't you." I buried my head in his chest and I fell asleep to the rhythm of Suzaku's heartbeat.
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My next memory made me feel proud.
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The lady in front of C.C. and me stared at us as if we were the most uninteresting thing in the world. She also had a mono tone voice as well. "Please state your first and last names, birthdays, and how old you are." When I opened my mouth, I spoke for the both of us.
"My name is L.L. Kururugi and this is C.C. Kururugi. We're siblings along with the boy you so rudely shut the door on. My birthday is December 5, 2000. C.C.'s birthday is April 18, 2001. I am ten years old and C.C. is nine years old. Now if that's all." I turned and calmly walked towards the door knowing that C.C. was following me. As I opened the door I saw in the mirror beside it that the boring lady had her mouth open and was staring at me.
The body guard that stood dutifully at the door yelled "Next!" As I made my way to an open seat, Suzaku passed me while heading towards the open office door.
He quickly whispered "What did you say to her?" I simply shook my head. After a few minutes had gone by, Suzaku came out of the office with an angry look. He grabbed my arm and C.C.'s and dragged us to a nearby security guard.
"We need to go restroom and I promise we won't run away." The guard looked at us suspiciously before he opened the door that he guarded.
"You have five minutes. The restrooms are just down that hall." The guard pointed toward the south hallway. Suzaku nodded then proceeded to drag us down the said hall. When we finally reached the end, Suzaku roughly pulled me toward him and started to quietly yell at me.
"L.L.! Why did you tell them that!? Now they'll treat you like you're Japanese even though you're a Britannian! C.C too!" C.C. finally snapped.
"Nobody cares what name we take so why does it matter?" Suzaku and I stared at her in surprise. C.C. usually never talked back to us nor got in between our fights. Finally, Suzaku was able to snap out of his shock.
"What do you mean nobody cares C.C.!? I care! I won't let them treat you like trash just because you call yourselves Kururugis!" I glared at him.
"Well we want to be Kururugis! If that is what it to stay together then so be it!" Suzaku stared at me with wide eyes before he stormed away with a huff. C.C. walked up to me and started hugging my arm.
"Why is Daddy so mad? I just—we just…did we do something bad?" I wrapped my arm around C.C.'s shoulders and began to lead her back to the crowded room.
"No. We didn't do anything bad. Your Daddy just doesn't understand that we love him and are willing to stand by him no matter what." I turned toward C.C. and grinned at her. "Your Daddy is such an idiot, isn't he?"
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I nearly growled when I realized what memory was next in line.
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I stared at the ground in shock as the news started to sink in. I could hear Suzaku's angry yells as he yelled at Boring Lady Number 4 and C.C.'s sobs as she cried her eyes out.
"YOU CAN'T SEPARATE US! WE—WE—YOU JUST CAN'T!" Boring Lady Number 4 only stared at Suzaku with a barely concealed smirk.
"I can and I already did. Your information has already been sent to other orphanages. Now we're only waiting a reply from one of them. Now if you please excuse me, I am quite busy right now." She nodded to the three guards behind us. I stared at her with dull eyes as I was dragged away from the room along with C.C. There were two guards holding onto Suzaku; making sure that he didn't get away and attack the boring lady. I was sure that, if he wanted to, Suzaku could have fought them and run off. The only reason he didn't do that was because that would mean leaving us behind and Suzaku needed us as much as we needed him. That and Suzaku was too emotional. He wouldn't make it past the front desk.
This was it. C.C. and I were going to lose Suzaku.
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I felt tears start to stream down my face at the coming memory.
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I stood there; still as a rock as Suzaku told me what was going to happen.
"I—I'm leaving tomorrow…they're gonna take me to a different orphanage." I stayed quiet; my eyes hurt as I tried to keep back the tears. C.C. was asleep so Suzaku crawled to my side of the bed and hugged me.
"Do you remember that promise I made you?" When he felt me nod, Suzaku continued. "Well, I'm gonna keep it. I'll see you and C.C. again. Maybe in a few weeks or months or maybe a year but I'll see you again." I nodded again but this time I kept nodding as I tried to keep my sobs quiet.
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I felt myself start to shake as the sobs shook me.
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I stood in the fading light of the sunset with tears coursing down my face. C.C. was fast asleep back in our room. I knew because I made sure that she was asleep before I slipped out of our room and make sure that Suzaku didn't try to sneak away without saying good bye. Suzaku tried but I got there before he was able to leave.
Suzaku hugged me tightly as he told me words and promises that I so desperately needed to hear.
"I love you, L.L. You and C.C. Both of you guys are my family now and as the daddy I'll make sure to find you guys and then, when we're old enough, we'll all live together." He pulled back far enough to look me in the eye. "I'll build a house under some beautiful Sakura trees. And then I'll marry you and then we'll adopt C.C. and we'll spend the rest of our lives away from the rest of the world." Suzaku started to wipe away at the tears that probably made my eyes look puffy.
"We'll watch the clouds until the sun sets. And then we'll—we'll be happy and—and we'll be all—all together." Suzaku started crying himself; his eyes were shining with tears. "Just…just wait for me L.L. Remember that, no matter what, I'll come and be with you guys. So wait for me. Here." Suzaku took something from his pocket and put it in my hand. I opened it and saw a cheap looking locket. I opened it up and saw that on the inside, there were two pictures. One was of C.C. and the other was of Suzaku.
I looked back up with fresh tears in my eyes. My voice cracked as I said thank you. I gave it to him and turned around. I knew he got my point when I felt Suzaku put the chain around my neck. When I turned back around, Suzaku kissed me on my forehead.
I watched as Suzaku rode away in a large car along with a few other children and I stayed there even after they were long gone. The only time I moved was when I heard footsteps stumbling down the orphanage's steps. I saw C.C. running towards me with her bed head. The moment I saw her face and she saw my own, we both broke down
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A thirteen year old boy with raven black hair and amethyst eyes woke with a start from the dream that had haunted him almost every night for three years. He looked around the small room until he found the one who had woken him from the memories that came to him nearly every night. A twelve year old girl with lime green hair and gold eyes stared at him with a worried expression. He gave a sad sigh once he realized that it was not the person whom he had been expecting.
The girl interrupted the silence by asking a bull's-eye question. "Were you having another dream about, Dad?"
The boy froze for a moment before he began to cave in on himself. "How did you know, C.C.?"
C.C. gave a small, comforting smile. She reached a pale arm towards the boy's face. The boy wasn't very surprised when he saw the tear drop on the tip of C.C.'s finger. C.C. looked away as the boy roughly wiped away at the remaining tears. The boy then straightened up and did what he usually did after waking up from the dream like memories. He comforted C.C. And she let him.
"It's ok, C.C., everything's gonna be okay. Suzaku will find us and then we'll all be together again. We won't have to be worried about being separated again. We'll be fine." As L.L. rambled on about being reunited with Suzaku, deep down, they both knew that they wouldn't be seeing Suzaku anytime soon. They simply didn't mention this because they both knew that the reality of the situation would break one or both of them.
After rambling assurances to C.C. for a good ten minutes, L.L. decided that it was time to go back to sleep. C.C. agreed instantly and allowed herself to be tucked in even though she felt she was too old for it. She tried to go to sleep, but was kept awake because L.L. kept shifting as if he were unable to get comfortable in the rather small bed.
After some thought, C.C. decided to try and distract him.
"L.L., what exactly is our schedule tomorrow?" She was quite glad when L.L. turned to face her rather than ignore her. He smiled softly and wrapped an arm around C.C. before answering.
"Well, we're going to eat breakfast first." As he said this, L.L. made a disgusted face which made the cat eyed girl chuckle quietly. "Then we'll have to do our chores for the day." Now it was C.C.'s turn to make a face.
"Since we have an interview with some nobleman or something, we get to take showers first." L.L. felt C.C. tense in his arms. He started to stoke her hair in an attempt to calm her down but C.C. was already panicking.
"You won't let them separate us, right? You promised me that we would stay together! You promised! Especially since-!" L.L. tried to keep her quiet.
"Shhh…I won't let them separate us, C.C. I made a promise and I intend to keep it. I'll fight tooth and nail so that you won't be taken like Suzaku. So don't worry." L.L. began to ramble again but C.C took it all to heart this time.
Soon enough, the two orphans fell asleep. Both comforted by the promises made three years ago and the locket that rested between them. Not knowing that, in an orphanage near Shinjuku Ghetto, a thirteen year old boy with brown hair and green eyes sat on his bed and looked out the window towards the glowing full moon; thinking about them.
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The Next Day
C.C. and L.L. sat at the small round table as they waited for their late appointment to arrive. C.C. was looking around the room that she has seen nearly one hundred times in the three years she's been at the orphanage. L.L., on the other hand, was irritated beyond imagination. If this guy's the one to make the appointment for us, then he should at least be on time!
The raven haired boy and the cat eyed girl waited another twenty minutes before a man opened the door. The moment L.L. laid his eyes on the man; he knew that he wouldn't like him. He looked old enough to be a grandpa!
"Hello, little one! My name is Ruben Ashford but you may call me Grandpa! I'm here to adopt you!"
L.L. had one answer to this.
"HELL NO!"
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After a short argument of whys and why nots ("Why not?" "Because I said no!"), L.L. was able to calm down enough to have a "reasonable" argument.
"Please?"
"No. I will not be adopted by someone like you." Ruben sighed; I'm getting too old for this.
"Fine, you seem like a reasonable young man L.L.—can I call you L.L.?"
"No."
"Very well then, Mr. Kururugi. How about we make a deal. What do you want? If you let me adopt you without a fuss, I will leave everything to you in my will. My title, my estate, my academy, everything."
Now that had L.L. and C.C. interested. And suspicious. "Why would you leave all that to me? Why are you that desperate to adopt an orphan like me?"
Ruben gave a long sigh. "The world of politics is a dangerous one. I lost my daughter and my son-in-law to it. Now the one who is qualified for taking on the Ashford name would be my granddaughter, Milly." L.L. stared long and hard at Ruben. Finally he said "So you want to use us as scapegoats so your granddaughter can live a long, happy life?" Ruben looked momentarily crushed.
"You make me sound heartless." L.L. didn't reply but instead continued to observe Ruben. C.C. watched this exchange like an exciting tennis match.
"I'll let you adopt me but only if you adopt C.C. as well and you'll give us a monthly allowance." Right before Ruben said anything, L.L. interrupted him.
"You'll also have to allow us to keep our surnames." L.L. looked at Ruben with a stony face. "Do you accept these conditions?"
Ruben's face was dark before it lit up like a Christmas tree. "If you let me adopt you then I'll do all that and more." L.L. stayed still for a good five minutes and Ruben began to sweat bullets and worry about over selling the offer.
Suddenly, L.L. broke the tension and silence when he suddenly stood up. As he looked down on Ruben he said the words that Ruben wanted to hear. "Give us twenty minutes to pack and say goodbye to the other orphans." Ruben gave a sigh of relief and stood up as well.
"It was nice doing business with you." Ruben lifted up his hand and L.L. gave it a firm shake, thus sealing the deal. They stayed staring at each other as if trying to see who would be the first to break. It was Ruben.
"Well, I'll go and see to the paper work." L.L. stayed staring at Ruben before he nodded.
"You do that."
The moment that Ruben left the room, C.C. exploded. "Why the hell did you just agree to that L.L.? I thought we made a promise not to ever let ourselves get adopted! I thought we were going to wait here for Dad!" L.L. watched her with sad eyes and waited for her to calm down before he spoke.
"I know, and I still remember that promise, but C.C….the staff here was getting ready to ship me off." C.C.'s eyes widened.
"…what?" L.L. sighed before he grabbed C.C.'s arm and led her out of the room and down the hall that led to their room.
"I was walking by their break room when I overheard them talking about all the orphans who have yet to be adopted. They were debating on who they should keep and who to send off to other orphanages. They said that they were going to keep you and send me off."
The moment they arrived to their room, C.C. immediately sat on the bed and looked at the floor with a dazed look in her eye. L.L. continued to explain why he had said yes.
"Since he is of nobility, then he should be loaded with money or at least have a small fortune. Since it'll be mine when I'm old enough, it won't matter if we use some of that money to find Suzaku." Now that caught C.C.'s attention.
"You mean that you plan to use some of his resources-"
"To find Suzaku." L.L. finished for her. C.C. gave L.L. a long, hard stare. She observed as he packed their meager belongings into two big backpacks. L.L.'s movements were almost robotic and his face was completely devoid of any emotions. C.C. could tell that this was hitting L.L. harder than he was letting on. With a sigh, C.C. got up and walked over to L.L. She made him turn towards her and pulled him into a bear-hug.
"Okay. I understand. I'm sorry I got mad at you with out trying to think about your reasons." L.L. seemed to relax in her arms before he hugged her back.
"It's alright. I know it's kind of a big step but…" L.L. pulled away and looked C.C. in the eyes. "We have to go; in order to stay together we must go." C.C. nodded before she walked over to their shared closet.
"Here, let me help you pack."
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After Ruben finished up the paperwork and helped load their backpacks in the car, he watched as L.L. and C.C. said good bye to the other orphans. When L.L. and C.C. finished their good byes, they quietly got into Ruben's car and waited for their new adoptive father to start the car and drive. A long, quiet, and uncomfortable drive.
The silence was broken when Ruben suddenly said "We're here." L.L. and C.C looked out of their respective windows and at their new home.
Ruben looked back towards his new kids.
"Welcome to Ashford academy. You'll be living here until you both graduate alongside my granddaughter, Milly." L.L. and C.C. didn't say anything and continued to stare out their windows.
When they got out of the car in front of the Student Council building, a little blonde girl with blue eyes burst through the doors and yelled "Grandpa!" A maid with light purple hair and an annoyed look on her face quickly followed behind. L.L. winced as he saw how energetic his new "relative" was. C.C. then leaned towards L.L. and began to whisper in her ear.
"Hey, aren't we technically her aunt and uncle?" L.L.'s eyes widened as he realized that C.C. was right. Milly turned towards L.L. and C.C. with a curious gaze.
"Grandpa, who are they? Are they my cousins or something?" Ruben chuckled quietly before he explained the situation to her.
"No, Milly. They are the kids I adopted." Ruben then pointed to L.L. "That's L.L. and he is thirteen years old. And that" Ruben pointed towards C.C. "is C.C. and she's twelve." Milly stared at her new housemates before she let a devious smile crawl onto her face.
"I am your new master and you are my slaves. Okay? Okay." L.L. and C.C. were surprised. And then they were laughing.
L.L. was the first to calm down. He smirked and put a hand on his hip. "Oh that was a funny joke, Milly. I hadn't had a good laugh in a while." C.C. finally calmed down and gave Milly a grin along with a mean remark.
"It was creative, too! I mean, you? A master? Ha! Just the thought makes me smile! Have you even looked in the mirror? Judging by your maids look, you're quite the annoying brat!" the maid quickly wiped the annoyed look off her face when she was mentioned. Milly was quiet as she realized that she had just been insulted for the first time in her life. C.C. took this as an opportunity to talk to L.L.
"It is such a good thing that you're going to inherit the Ruben's title, right L.L.?" L.L. gave a small chuckle before answering C.C.'s question.
"Now, now C.C., that isn't until the far off future! For now we should just get settled in." L.L. then turned back to the wide eyed Milly with a small (yet still frightening) glare. "And you should learn your place." L.L. slowly walked past her. When their backs were leveled with each other he said in a quiet voice: "We are technically your aunt and uncle so you will treat us with respect. I am going to inherit the Ashford title and; therefore, I am superior to you. Even Ruben over there has very little power over me." Ruben himself seemed shocked to realize just how much power he gave to a thirteen year old boy that he barely even knew. C.C. watched with a blank face as L.L. continued.
"C.C. and I have spent time on the streets so we are both fully capable of…handling certain…situations. Make a move that I don't like and…well… you'll find out what happens afterword." When L.L. moved out of her personal space, Milly whipped around as L.L. and C.C. walked up the stairs. The made quickly ran towards L.L. and C.C.'s backpacks and carried them inside. Ruben and Milly both watched as the door was closed and locked with them still outside.
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In an alley five blocks away from Ashford Academy
A tired and worn out Suzaku Kururugi sat in a dirty alley as he tried to catch his breath. He had run from policemen, Britannians, and even a few alley cats. Suzaku continued to stare down at the ground in front of him as he let his mind wander.
I'm tired. I'm hungry. Oh god, I just want to see L.L. and C.C.! Suzaku began to wipe at the tears that made their way down his face. Because Suzaku was busy with wiping away his tears, he failed to notice the woman that had seen him. He finally noticed her when she started to talk.
"Hey, little boy, are you lost?" Suzaku stared up at the lady with blue hair with tear tracks on his cheeks. The pale blue eyed lady gave a small gasp when she saw his face.
"An Eleven?" She then crouched down in front of Suzaku and gave him a sympathetic smile. "Hello, my name's Cecile Croomy. You can just call me Cecile. What's your name?" Suzaku gave Cecile a suspicious stare before he answered.
"My name's Suzaku. Suzaku Kururugi." Cecile smiled.
"Suzaku, huh? Well, Suzaku, where are your parents?" Suzaku outright glared at the blue haired woman and gave a rather short, but appropriate, answer.
"Dead."
Cecile was taken aback by his bluntness before asking another question. "Do you have any other family members?"
Suzaku's tears started running again as he shook his head. "I don't know where any of them are." Cecile felt a lump in her throat before she stood up with a determined look on her face.
"Come on!" she grabbed Suzaku's arm and dragged him out of the alley. As Suzaku tugged at her iron like grip he asked where she was taking him; his voice laced with fear. Cecile stopped and looked back at Suzaku with pitying eyes before she answered. "I'm taking you home with me. You can't stay on the streets at night; it's dangerous." Suzaku stared at her with wide eyes before completely breaking down.
"Thank you. Thank you." Cecile smiled kindly at him.
"It's no problem."
LINE BREAK
Four Years Later; Ashford Academy
It was another day at Ashford Academy as the student body parted like the red sea in the story of Moses as the Vice President and Treasurer of the Student Council walked down the hall way. L.L. and C.C. walked with all the grace of a king and queen. It was also one of the reasons why they were known as the Ice King and Queen of Ashford Academy. While some students were courageous enough to make their dislike for the cold students known, most simply looked away in fear. Milly was one of the former group while her friends were part of the latter. Shirley Fenette, Rivalz Cardemonde, and Nina Einstein tried to stop their friend and student council President from saying anything but Milly's…extreme dislike for her aunt and uncle was too strong. And she made it known-
"Hey L.L., C.C.! Don't you guys have some classes to make up?"
-with a lame remark.
L.L. and C.C. stopped and turned towards Milly with small pitying smiles. L.L. then turned towards C.C. with chuckle.
"It seems that it's Milly's nap time." C.C. smiled and tilted her head.
"Oh? And how do you know this L.L.?" C.C. had stopped calling L.L. "mommy" the day they were adopted by Ruben. L.L. gave C.C. the kindest smile anyone has ever seen before replying.
"That's because she can't come up with a better insult." C.C. looked thoughtful before she shrugged.
"I thought it was okay. I mean she helped remind us about our missing classes." C.C. walked over to Milly and her group of friends. When she reached them, C.C. raised her hand and petted Milly's head. "Good girl."
Milly, Rivalz, and Shirley looked ready to jump C.C. but were quietly reminded of their place when L.L. gave them one of his scarier glares. After having a staring contest with L.L., Milly looked away and turned towards her friends. L.L. gave a breathless laugh before he turned towards C.C.
"Come on, C.C. We should get going."
"Alright, L.L."
Yes, another ordinary day at Ashford Academy.
Comments:
Alright, first things first.
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