It was cold in Japan today. Sorry, I mean Area 11. Those stupid elevens just didn't get that if their country was less cold, people might not hate it so much. Admittedly, there was probably something else involved in that whole thing, but whatever.

Kaname Ohgi stood outside of the Black Knights' headquarters, waiting for the other members to arrive. It wasn't like it was particularly early or anything, but only Tamaki and Minami had showed up. Ohgi crossed his arms and shifted a little bit, looked at his watch a couple of times, then went back to doing nothing. He was a pretty boring guy.

"Hey Minami, where the hell is everybody?! You sure this is the right time?!" yelled Tamaki. You'd think that he'd want to keep his voice down given that they were terrorists and everything, but I guess not. The Britannians usually didn't come around to this part of town anyway, and they probably wouldn't suspect the Black Knights to have their headquarters in some crappy RV. Their headquarters, by the way, was a crappy RV. Zero had seemed really pleased about getting it, but it seemed like more of a hassle than anything else. I mean, they had it parked under an overpass temporarily, but what if a cop came by and ticketed it? They'd have to find some other place to park it, and parking is always the hardest part. Ohgi preferred it back when they just had the crappy little apartment back in Shibuya, since at least that pla

"HEY OHGI!" Tamaki had finished annoying Minami and had evidently decided to pester Ohgi. "Zero didn't give you the keys to this thing did he?! I'm freezing out here!"

"Uh, no." said Ohgi. "I don't think he'll be much longer, though."

"Yes, we should trust in Zero and hold out until he arrives." said Minami, clenching his fist as a symbol of his determination.

His determination wasn't going to get them very far, however, as Zero called about five minutes later.

"It's too cold!" he had told Ohgi over the phone, his characteristic overacting coming in louder than Ohgi's ear appreciated. "I'm not coming in today! We'll reschedule for next week!"

So then they went home. It was about as productive as any day was, really.

Just as the Black Knights had finished today's dastardly operation, however, the Britannians were already preparing one hell of a counterinsurgency. The entire government bureau was in a buzz over the arrival of Princess Cornelia, third princess of the Empire and commander of the entire Imperial Army. It was rumored that Cornelia accepted the position of Viceroy of Area 11 solely to visit her sister Euphemia, who was currently on holiday in the Tokyo Settlement; only idiots would buy that, though.

Euphemia herself was excited about seeing her sister again, but also nervous about her arrival. Cornelia did tend to be a little violent when it came to doing anything. To relax herself, she'd decided to spend most of the day with her newest eleven friend, Suzaku Kururugi.

"Oh Suzaku, you're such a card!" Euphemia giggled after he did something stupid. It sure was funny the way he tended to hurt himself. His latest injury had been caused by his having attempted to run down the stairs outside the government bureau a little too fast; he'd fallen flat on his face. Heheh, stupid eleven.

"I guess I should watch where I'm going next time." he said, getting up off the ground. This was a pretty dangerous thing to do in Britannia, since most Britannians believed that all elevens should be on the ground all the time. Suzaku smiled and sat down on the stairs next to Euphemia, saying "That could have been really nasty!"

It was still nasty anyway, because he was talking, but Euphemia didn't see it that way. "Here, your face is a mess. Let me get that for you." She took out a pretty princess handkerchief and wiped some of the crap off of his face in a pretty princess way. It was a shame that she could actually wipe his face off, but there are physical limitations to these things. Afterwards, they sat around awhile doing not much of anything.

"So, I heard that Princess Cornelia is coming to be the new Viceroy." said Suzaku.

"Yes, she's been sent to search for the terrorists responsible for Her Majesty's assassination."

Suzaku balled his fists and got more intense. "Those terrorists… When will they ever learn that violence isn't the answer!? Nothing good can come from going against the rules!"

"It's true, that these attacks haven't been helping anyone." said Euphemia. "But if we could soften our governing of the Japanese, maybe the terrorists would stop some of these things. I'm afraid my sister Cornelia doesn't understand doing such things… If she's going to be the new viceroy, things will probably only get worse…"

Suzaku looked a little bit confused. "But Britannia can't give in to terrorists!"

Euphemia was about to reply to this when suddenly Suzaku flew forward several feet, landing on his face once again. She turned to see her sister Cornelia land on the stairs next to her; she had apparently just performed a running jump kick.

"Euphemia, are you alright? It was lucky I arrived when I did; that eleven was dangerously close!" she said, striking a triumphant pose as Suzaku struggled around on the ground. "Guilford!"

"Yes, princess!" came the voice of Gilbert G. P. Guilford, who rushed down the stairs and grabbed Suzaku's arms. "Eleven! Don't move! Stay where you are!"

Euphemia got to her feet, a look of moral indignation on her face. "Cornelia, this is my friend! He wasn't doing anything wrong!"

"He was guilty of the crime of being an eleven." said Cornelia. "Stupid elevens, will you ever learn?"

Euphemia rushed over to Suzaku and yelled at Guilford. That wasn't very nice, because the guy was just doing his job. Anyway, she tried to help Suzaku off the ground, but it seemed like he was actively trying to remain there. Stupid eleven.

At this point it seemed that what Euphemia had said had finally reached Cornelia. "What?! Friends, with an eleven?! Impossible!"

Euphemia glared at her. Cornelia glared back.

This exchange lasted several minutes, during which Guilford made quite the effort to look directly at the sky and not say anything. Then, finally, Cornelia gave in.

"Very well." she said, turning away. "I never could say no to you. Keep your little hobby." she slowly walked away.

"I apologize for this. I'm sorry." said Guilford to Euphemia. Then he walked away as well.

"Oh, Suzaku, you're not hurt, are you?" said Euphemia.

He was, and he deserved it.