Code Geass - Take two

by Haine Gray

Lelouch Vi Britannia had accomplished his near lifelong goal, and died knowing that the world was a better place. But what if god deemed his death unjust, and decided to send him back in time? Find out what happens when the Demon Emperor sets out to raise his army, and face an enemy far greater than Britannia; an evil which neither he nor god himself could have predicted.

4. Chapter 4

Firstly, I'm sorry for the rather long absence; I was busy with college and had a kind of writer's block, I guess you could say. Anyway, I'd like to clarify that there will be no harem in this story. Most of the reviews were against that, so, yeah, that's that. Secondly, my decision to leave Clovis alive. That decision got a couple negative reviews, mostly due to how easily he was 'forgiven' for what he did to C.C.

The reason I let Clovis live, was that I saw no point in killing him, really.

Here's the reason why, which is again my view of things.

Lelouch had pretty much lost everything at some point. His friends, his family (Clovis, Nunnally, Rolo, Euphy, etc.), his mother, who he thought was dead, but turned out to be alive and actually just as corrupted as his father, and even the Black Knights. So, it would only seem logical that he'd treasure family and friends more than anything if he had a chance to start anew. That's also part of the reason I returned Rolo as well in this story.

Now, as for Clovis specifically; yes, he had performed experiments on C.C.. But do you really think it was that bad for her? She was killed god knows how many times, and also in the most gruesome of ways, i.e. iron maiden, guillotine, burned alive at a stake, etc. Don't forget all the emotional pain and scars she has because of her immortality, such as being betrayed by the one person she thought had cared about her; the nun that gave her Geass, only to use her to end her own immortality. Besides, in the anime, C.C. is rather indifferent to almost everything. She also mostly agrees with Lelouch's plans, adding her own improvements here and there but ultimately agreeing to them. Do you think when she'd see Clovis she'd go all, "No, Lelouch, kill Clovis because he hurt me,"? Firstly, that's extremely out of character for her, and secondly, she trusts Lelouch to make the right choices.

You might see this differently, but this is how I see it.

I apologize for this rant, but I just wanted to clear up any misunderstandings regarding Clovis.

Chapter four - Masquerade Ball

Lelouch stirred slightly as he felt something warm weighing down on his chest. Opening his eyes, he quickly noticed that that something was C.C., sleeping peacefully as she snuggled into his chest. He smiled, and blushed as he noticed that she was wearing little more than her undergarments. The demon emperor brought his hand up to brush some strands of hair out of her face, revealing her beautiful features.

The immortal witch stirred and yawned, "Good morning, Lelouch." She leaned up and kissed him lightly. The demon emperor smiled and relaxed. After all that happened the past day, relaxation was something the trio really deserved. The dark prince blinked and propped himself up slightly, searching his room for his little brother. A smile spread across his features as he spotted him on his couch in the living room, sleeping rather peacefully.

"So, what's the plan for today?" C.C. asked as she stretched, pushing her breasts out in the process. Lelouch blushed at the sight and reluctantly tore his gaze off of her assets. "I think we can proceed as we did last time for today," C.C. nodded absently.

"By the way, C.C., I suppose you know that we'll have to find out more about Geass eventually, right?" The demon emperor decided that as soon as he had returned. He needed to know more about his Geass and its new abilities, and also about Geass in general.

"Yeah, I know," C.C. replied as she drew absent circles on Lelouch's chest, causing pleasant shivers to run down his spine. "In that case, we'll have to travel to Egypt."

"Egypt?" Lelouch raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, that's where the first legends of Geass sufaced from," her brow furrowed in thought, "If I'm correct, that's also where the thought elevator I have a connection with is located."

"Wait, you didn't receive your Geass or your Code in Egypt, so why would it be there?" The demon emperor looked confused.

"The connections are established randomly through the collective unconsciousness, so, even if a person receives his Geass or Code in, say, Japan, the thought elevator that they are connected to could be anywhere else in the world." Lelouch nodded, and pondered about where his thought elevator could be.

"Just think about it," C.C. interrupted his thoughts, seemingly reading his mind, "You'll feel a kind of pull in your mind." The demon emperor nodded again and did as told; thinking about his thought elevator. He felt a slight pull in his mind, and gave in.

The demon emperor found himself in a pitch black darkness, which was suddenly illuminated by a bright white flash. Images started flooding his mind, images of huge pyramids and vast deserts. He saw the Nile river in the evening sun of Egypt, reflecting the sunlight in beautiful shades of orange and red. The images continued, showing an old and decrepit pyramid, and lastly, a huge, gate-like structure.

The thought elevator.

His eyes snapped open, and he spotted C.C. staring at him curiously. The immortal witch spoke, "Strange, your thought elevator seems to be near mine, or exactly the same, even." She shrugged and snuggled back into his side, "Saves us the trouble of travelling to another far-away and probably very troublesome place."

Lelouch regarded her for a moment before shrugging and relaxing as well, "I guess."

"...This is nice," C.C. admitted as she yawned, enjoying how close they were. "Yeah, it is a nic-"

They were interrupted by the obnoxious ringing of Lelouch's cellphone. Sighing, the dark prince reached for it and read the name on the display. Milly. With yet another sigh, he accepted the call and brought the phone to his ear.

"GUTS!"

"GAH!" With a yelp, he fell off the bed. The demon emperor rubbed his head and glared at his cellphone, which was lying a little distance away from him. He grabbed it and brought it back to his ear, replying flatly, "You know that damned spell won't work in a million years, right?"

"Are you coming?"

"...Yes."

"See? It worked!" Milly replied happily before she hung up. Lelouch simply sighed and stood up, still rubbing his aching head. "Right, you have a council meeting now, don't you?" C.C. asked him, lying on the bed with the blankets barely reaching her knees due to Lelouch pulling them off as he fell. The fact that she was almost completely bare made for a very alluring sight.

Lelouch gulped and blushed at the sight, "Y-Yeah..."

C.C. smiled wickedly before putting up a mock pout, "Don't you want to...stay here with me?" The dark prince's mouth was suddenly very dry as he tried to come up with an answer. He continued staring at her seductive form for a few moments before regaining his cognitive functions, "A-As much as I'd like to, I can't."

"Are you sure?" The immortal witch asked with in a hurt voice and another cute pout. Internally though, she was very much enjoying teasing poor Lelouch. Her reply came in form of a rolled up shirt being thrown into her face as Lelouch raced to the bathroom. "I'm sorry, C.C., but you left me no choice!" She heard him call from the bathroom. Shrugging, she put on his shirt and fell back into the bed, "Don't forget to go gambling soon!"

Annoyed grumbling could be heard from the bathroom.

Lelouch re-entered the bedroom after fifteen minutes, rubbing his hair dry with a towel. The demon emperor quickly noticed that C.C. had fallen back asleep again and moved to the bed.

She really is beautiful... he thought absently as he sat down on the edge of the bed. This action caused the sleeping beauty to wake up once again, before spotting Lelouch and smiling mischievously.

She propped herself up, "Need your shirt back?"

"Yeah, and..." He moved closer to her and embraced her tightly.

"Not today," he whispered in a soft tone, "but when I've introduced you to everyone and got everything sorted out..." He blushed and let go of her.

C.C. smiled as she regarded his slightly flushed face, "I understand," her smile turned mischievous again, "and I can't wait." Lelouch blushed a little more, but leaned forward and kissed her deeply.

They both broke the kiss a couple moments later, their lungs demanding oxygen. "So," Lelouch started, his face slightly flushed from the kiss, "can I have my shirt back?"

C.C. giggled and took his shirt off, handing it to him a moment later. "You better get going, or that woman will barge into here and cast some more spells on you." The dark prince gulped; knowing Milly, she probably would barge into his room if he wouldn't show up.

"Yeah, well, see you later, and please, don't go wandering around this time." C.C. waved him off and made herself comfortable again, "Keep an eye on Rolo, as well." With that, the dark prince was gone, leaving a dozing Rolo and a smiling C.C. in the room.

"Changes, huh?" Lelouch thought aloud as he pulled out his cellphone in one of the many hallways of the Ashford academy. He brought a hand up to his eyes and activated his Geass, using the screen of his cellphone to look at them. There weren't any visual differences, though he thought that they flashed a light shade of gold for a moment. Discarding that thought, he proceeded into the student council meeting room.

Nina was typing away at her computer, Shirley was writing on a sheet of paper, Rivalz was doing...nothing in particular, and Milly was looking at him with scrutiny.

"You're late," she stated the obvious.

"Sorry, pres'," Lelouch winked at her before taking a seat next to Shirley. Milly blinked, and blinked again before blushing slightly, which luckily went unnoticed by the council members. The student council president cleared her throat, "A-As you all know, we need to come up with a fix for the club activities budget."

Before any of them could argue about how late they were informed, Lelouch stood up and handed her a few sheets of paper with a smirk, "Here's the plan for the next semester, it should leave all the clubs with sufficient funds for any and all of their activities."

The student council members stared at him incredulously and with open mouths. Milly was the one to break the silence, "H-How did you..."

Lelouch smirked as he sat back down and leaned back, "It was quite simple actually, I just checked all the clubs expenses and found out that some clubs had more than they needed," he smiled, "that alone solved most of the budget problems, but I also went ahead and handed each club's president improved plans for their fund-raising activities. All in all, there should be surplus of budget in every club, leaving them with enough money for activities and trips within the clubs at the end of the semester."

During the whole explanation, their mouths kept opening wider and wider, causing the meeting room to fall into silence again. The silence didn't last long as Milly broke it once again, "Now that's what I call guts!"

The dark prince shook his head with a smile, "Call it what you want, Milly, in the end it really just was common sense." The student council president waved him off before babbling excitedly about her spell working and whatnot.

That seemed to loosen the other council members up as well, as Nina went back to whatever it was she was doing on her computer with a light smile. Rivalz continued staring at Lelouch with a little admiration in his eyes, "I forgot Lelouch was a genius; lazy, but a genius."

Shirley nodded absently as she, too, stared at Lelouch, who was currently arguing with Milly again.

"So, pres', what do we do now?" Rivalz asked as they still had council meeting for another hour or so. Milly turned to him with one of her trademark smiles, "Now? Now, we party!" The collective student council members sweatdropped, save for Lelouch, who was chuckling lightly, "You really haven't changed a bit, Milly."

The student council president smiled fondly as she remembered their time as children. What she didn't know was that that statement had two meanings.

"Anyway, we have another reasons to party, so it has to be something special." She smirked at all of her fellow council members, "Come on, guys, throw out some ideas!"

Hm...this is going differently than last time, but it shouldn't matter that much, the dark prince thought, might as well go with it.

After nearly an hour, Milly was standing behind the table, arms spread on it and head dropped down, "No, no, no," she shook her head, "we need something...extravagant."

They had all suggested a multitude of ideas, but most were shot down due to their sheer costs, or the time it would take to set them up. Lelouch decided to release Milly from the torture, "How about a masquerade ball?"

Milly's head snapped up, staring at Lelouch with wide eyes that had a frightening glint in them, "YES!" The members of the student council winced.

"It's Perfect! It wouldn't cost too much and it would take as good as no time to set up, and we can hold it in the student council clubroom!"

The three teens once again stared at Lelouch, before Rivalz spoke up, "What's up with you today?" Lelouch raised an eyebrow and smirked, "What do you mean?"

"Don't give me that, you hardly ever lift a finger regarding these kinds of things, yet here you are having completed the plan for the budget before we even knew about it, and then the idea with the ball..."

Lelouch just smirked again and leaned back, "I just think logically, is all." That vague explanation hardly explained why he knew about the budget problems before them, but Rivalz decided to drop it.

"This is perfect!" Milly interrupted them again, "Do all of you agree with Lelouch's idea?"

"Yeah, sure," Rivalz replied with a shrug. Nina and Shirley nodded, "Yeah."

Lelouch smiled; this time around, he would enjoy every moment he spent with his friends, "In that case, we'll be heading to class," he stood up and stretched, "You and the other club presidents can handle the organization, right?"

Milly gave him an exaggerated thumbs-up, "Of course, you guys make sure you're dressed nicely and have a mask for tonight," she looked at Lelouch and Shirley with a suggestive smirk, "don't forget to bring a date, as well."

Shirley looked at Lelouch, who stared back at her blankly, before she realized the implication and blushed a bright red, sputtering nonsense as she tried to duck down into her chair.

Lelouch shrugged and headed for the door. As he was about to leave, he turned around and smiled; a rare, genuine smile, "I'm looking forward to tonight, everyone." With that, he left for class, leaving the student council baffled once more.

"Lelouch," Rivalz started, "looking forward...to something?" He looked at his fellow council members, hoping that one of them would have an idea or explanation as to what the hell was wrong with Lelouch.

"I...I guess he really is looking forward to it, huh?" Milly asked herself more than anyone else as she furrowed her brow in thought; the mere concept of Lelouch looking forward to something like that was alien to them, to say the least.

She snapped out of her momentary daze and checked the clock that hung on the wall behind her, "Class is starting in ten minutes, you guys should leave now."

She sat down at the table and began excitedly writing down something most likely regarding the masquerade ball. The remaining council members shrugged before leaving the meeting room and heading for class as well.

As Lelouch and the other members of the student council entered the classroom, they noticed that the whole class was abuzz, talking and speculating about the news regarding the terrorist attacks and usage of poison gas in Shinjuku.

All of that was complete nonsense, of course.

Idiots, Lelouch thought dismissively as he walked over to his usual seat and sat down, turning to the group of girls that were crowded around a certain red-head.

Kallen.

Lelouch smiled as he remembered his time with her when they were Black Knights; all the missions and battles they had fought together to free Japan from Britannia and create a better world.

"What's up, buddy?" Rivalz shook him out of his thought as he popped up from beside him, following his gaze to Kallen. "See something you like?" His long-time friend poked him in the side with his elbow, a smirk on his face as he, too, stared at Kallen, though out of entirely different reasons than his Lelouch.

"It's not like that, you know," the demon emperor started with a bored expression on his face, "I was just thinking about showing her around, since she wasn't here last year and because she'll be joining the student council."

Rivalz blinked at him, "How do you know that?"

"Remember the 'other special event' Milly mentioned earlier in the meeting room?"

"Yeah," Rivalz replied as he continued staring at Kallen.

"That's what she meant," Lelouch said flatly as he stood up, "Anyway, I'll see you later."

Before Rivalz could inquire as to where Lelouch was going when their class was starting in about five minutes, he was already gone.

"Are you sure you're okay, Kallen?" One of the girls around her asked her as she, much to her displeasure, put up the role of the sickly, meek girl that she had to be at school.

"I'm fine, really, I just have to take it easy for a while," Kallen replied, holding back her anger at being treated like an invalid even though she wasn't. She looked up as she noticed a rather handsome guy heading towards her and the group of girls surrounding her.

Said group of girls fell silent as the schools resident heart-throb approached them with a smile that made most of them blush slightly, "Hey, do you mind if I borrow her for a while?"

The girls stared at Kallen for a moment before whispering to eachother excitedly and turning back to Lelouch, "Sure, no problem." They encouraged Kallen to go, since there weren't many people who Lelouch would approach and show interest in so openly.

Not that Lelouch was interested in her in that way.

"Thanks," Lelouch winked at them before turning and leaving with Kallen. The girl's faces heated up even more as they chatted excitedly as to what the schools 'prince' would want from Kallen.

"C-Can I help you?" Kallen asked in a meek voice, which, unbeknownst to the red-head, didn't only bother her, but the person infront of her as well.

The dark prince sighed; putting up with this was going to be really difficult for as long as it lasted, "Please, just drop the act, it doesn't suit you."

The red-head's eyes widened for just a moment before she went back to that show she put up, "I-I don't know what you mean."

The dark prince sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Forget it." He smiled at her warmly, "I just wanted to ask you if you've already joined a club."

Kallen discarded the suspicions that had arisen from what he had said earlier and shook her head, "No, I don't really think I can join any club because of my sickness." God, how she hated this act; she'd much rather be out fighting against the Britannians alongside Ohgi and the other members of their resistence group.

Lelouch chuckled lightly, which seemed to irritate her; she really hated these kinds of people, and most, if not all Britannians in general. "Yeah, I figured, that's why I wanted to ask you to join the student council."

Kallen tilted her head to side slightly, "The student council?"

"Yeah, but don't be fooled by the name; there's hardly any work most of the time, and since all students are required to join a club you might as well join the student council." The dark prince smiled at her once again, "think about it, it won't be taxing in the least, and the people there are really fun."

Kallen took a moment to think about it; it would certainly be better than the other clubs, if what this guy was saying was true. Which brought her to the person infront of her.

How did he know that her act was just that; an act? She really did her best to act like that, even if she did despise it. Plus, no-one had found her out until now, and then this guy comes along and just finds out in less that two minutes? And that voice...it seemed familiar...

Kallen realized that she had been staring at the person in front of her during her monolouge, and blushed slightly before looking away.

Barely a few minutes and she's already on to me, huh? Lelouch thought with amusement as he smiled at the blushing ace Knightmare pilot in front of him, "So, what do you say?"

Kallen quickly composed herself, before hesitating for a just a moment and replying, "Yeah, I think I'll join."

Lelouch chuckled lightly, "Great," he held his hand out infront of her, "I'm Lelouch Lamperouge, vice-president of the student council, nice to meet you."

Kallen smiled back before reaching up to grab his hand, "Nice to meet you, as well, I'm Kallen Stadtfeld."

Suddenly, it clicked; that voice, it seemed to be the one that contacted her in Shinjuku, and most probably also arranged that cease-fire order. Kallen quickly shook that thought out of her mind; it couldn't be him...could it?

I'll figure it out later, but if he really knows who I am, I'll have to take care of him, the red-head thought as she let go of his hand.

"So, how about I show you around the school?" The demon emperor checked his cellphone; class had already begun. "You know, since you weren't here last year."

Kallen stared at him incredulously; was this guy for real? "But class has already begun..."

The dark prince simply shrugged, "Hey, you were absent for a year, do another couple lessons really matter?" She was inclined to agree, since she found school incredibly boring anyway, but then she thought about how Ohgi had told her to play nice in Ashford.

"Besides, our grades are on the top of the class, so it really doesn't matter." With that, he turned and began walking down the hallway.

"As vice-president, shouldn't you be attending classes?" Kallen asked with a slight smirk as she quickly caught up to him, deciding to ditch class.

Her ebony-haired classmate simply chuckled, though not in that 'nice guy' manner from before, "On the contrary," he smirked mischievously, "as vice-president, I'd say I have certain freedoms regarding skipping classes and whatnot." He shrugged, "Anyway, let's begin the tour of the school."

With that, the demon emperor and the ace Knightmare pilot decided to ditch class and went on on their tour of Ashford academy.

Meanwhile

"God, I'm bored," Rolo groaned from where he was lying on the floor, playing catch with himself with a little softball he had found in Lelouch's room. Since his arrival at the Ashford estate, he hadn't done much. Nothing, to be exact; but he didn't want to go against his brothers orders.

"We'll just have to wait for Lelouch to introduce us to everyone," C.C. responded dryly, being bored out of her mind as well; right now, she would have been out getting on Lelouch's nerves, but, as established before, she and Rolo had to stay here.

She was willfull, very much so, but not stupid.

"I guess..." came Rolo's reply as he continued throwing the ball up and catching it, thinking of ways to make this rather pointless game interesting.

They both perked up as they heard a knock on the door. In the blink of an eye, they were both on each side of the door.

"I-It's me, Clovis."

C.C. and Rolo relaxed a fraction as the immortal witch unlocked the door an opened it. The former viceroy was startled as he saw C.C., who smirked at his reaction and let him in.

"Lelouch isn't here," C.C. stated flatly as she plopped back down on the sofa, staring up at the ceiling. Yes, that's how bored she was; which was understandable, considering she couldn't order pizza right now.

"I know, b-but it's not Lelouch I came for..." C.C. noticed that he was fidgeting slightly as he stood there, which was rather uncharacteristic for the former viceroy and prince. Then again, she remembered the talk she and Rolo had with Lelouch, regarding his half-brother...

Flashback

Lelouch, C.C. and Rolo were currently in the dark prince's room, Lelouch standing in the middle of the room, with C.C. on the bed and Rolo on the sofa, as they just finished discussing a particular subject.

Clovis.

Rolo and C.C. let all the information Lelouch had given them sink in.

He had told them all about Clovis and their childhood. They had found out that the former viceroy actually had a timid personality, but was a caring and kind-hearted man, even if said kindheartedness only applied to members of the royal family. The dark prince mentioned all the times he would come over to play chess, only to be defeated time and time again by his younger half-brother. All in all, they found out that Clovis was actually a good person, even if he took the wrong path in life at one point.

"So, that's how it is..." Rolo muttered absently as he stared off into nothing, trying to figure out what he should think about Clovis. Of course, even if he wanted Clovis to die, it would ultimately be Lelouch's decision and he would abide.

C.C. seemed to be in much the same condition as she thought about the whole situation.

Lelouch looked down on the floor, his eyes hidden by his midnight-black bangs of hair that fell into his face. The dark prince spoke in a weak voice, which was heavy with emotions.

"I'm sorry, you two..."

They looked up at him, surprised and worried at the tone of his voice, "I...I should've at least talked to you before I...confronted Clovis."

The dark prince looked up at C.C., who, together with Rolo, flinched slightly at the pained look on his face, his eyes deep pools of conflicting emotions, "Even after what he did to you I-"

He couldn't bring out another word as C.C. stood up, walked over to him, and slapped him.

Hard.

Lelouch and Rolo were both momentarily in shock, Lelouch's eyes wide open and Rolo gaping at the scene infront of him.

"Idiot, if I had any objections, I would've told you so long ago," she sighed, "Besides, what happened has happened, and," she gazed into his violet orbs with her own golden ones, "You've already lost enough...I really don't mind," she held his cheek with one hand before hugging him tightly.

The pain all but vanished from the dark prince's face as he returned the embrace.

Rolo smiled as the two stood there for another few minutes, before Lelouch let go of C.C.

He sat down on the recliner chair and smiled brightly at the two people infront of him, "I...thank you, both of you," his tone was lighter now, "I'm really glad that I have you two beside me through all this."

The immortal witch and Rolo shared a quick glance before smiling brightly at the person they cared about so much.

Flashback end

"So, what is it you came for, then?" C.C. asked off-handedly, not paying attention to the nervous blonde standing in the middle of the room.

"I...well, I-I wanted to apologize, actually..." He flinched slightly as C.C. turned to stare at him, her face an emotionless mask, "Go on."

The former viceroy sighed wearily, "Lelouch had told me that we needed a new start, now that we're working together," he looked at her directly now, "he also told me what you meant to him," the immortal witch cocked an eyebrow at that, the other one soon following in surprise as the former viceroy lowered his head, "Please accept my deepest apologies, C.C.."

C.C. regarded him for a moment, before yawning, "Sure, whatever."

Clovis' head snapped up as he stared at the immortal beauty with wide eyes, "W-What?! That's it?!"

"Well, what did you expect me to say?" She replied coolly, "It's as Lelouch said, we need to work together efficiently, so let's just leave all that behind."

"I guess..."

"Anyway, I don't suppose you have any money on you?" C.C. asked him in a lighter tone, all the tension from before gone.

The former viceroy blinked before checking his wallet, which indeed did have money in it, "Yes, I have some money, why?"

"I want to order pizza," She replied flatly.

Clovis was about to argue that this was the last he had, as emptying his royal bank account wouldn't have been exactly subtle, before Rolo elbowed him in his side and whispered, "You better order her that pizza if you know what's good for you." With that, he went back to playing catch with himself and, to make it more interesting, with the wall.

The former viceroy looked back at C.C., who was giving him a smile that made a shiver run down his back, "S-Sure, here you go," he handed her the wallet.

C.C. quickly grabbed a phone and chose speed dial one; Pizza Hut

Student council clubroom

"And this is the student council club room," Lelouch stated as they entered the clubroom, only to find it filled with people preparing it for the masquerade ball that would be held that night, "It's also used for various other events, such as the masquerade ball tonight."

Kallen turned to him, "Masquerade ball?"

Lelouch chuckled, "Yes, as a celebration of you joining the student council," he leaned forward a bit, "but really, our president just really likes to party."

Speaking of the devil, Milly entered the clubroom, discussing the preparations of the ball with other club presidents. The other student council members soon followed.

She looked up from the clipboard in her hand and smiled at Lelouch and Kallen, "Hey, Lelouch, thanks for bringing Kallen."

Lelouch smiled back, "No problem, pres'."

Milly now turned to Kallen, still smiling, "Hey there, I'm Milly Ashford, president of the student council, nice to meet you."

The ace Knightmare pilot returned the smile, "Nice to meet you, as well."

One after another, the other student council members introduced themselves as well, and, just as last time, Rivalz pulled out a bottle of champagne, much to Shirley's displeasure as she tried to snatch it away from him.

I hope atleast this plays out like last time, the dark prince thought amusedly as the bottle did indeed end up in his hands. Only this time, he didn't bother pointing it away from Kallen as the cork popped off, which she deflected expertly.

Unlike the cork, though, the champagne that she was showered in couldn't be deflected that easily, what with being liquid and all.

Later...

"This is why hate Britannians..." Kallen grumbled under the shower as she washed the champagne out of her hair.

A knock on the bathroom door interrupted her thoughts, "It's me, Lelouch, I brought you a change of clothes."

The red-head drew the curtains and replied, "You can come in, I've drawn the curtain already."

With a hiss, the door opened and the dark prince entered the bathroom, admiring the form of the silhouette behind the shower curtains. He quickly shook those thoughts away and carried the change of clother over to the basket near the sink, "Ah, I'm sorry about all this, they can be a little over the top sometimes."

Kallen continued washing the alcohol out of her hair and from her body, "It's okay, nothing wrong with cutting loose every once in a while."

"These are my clothes, I hope you don't mind," Lelouch said as he put them down into the basket.

The red-head replied, "It's cool." She paused for a moment, "That was fast, you went all the way to the boys dorm?"

"Actually, I live here," the dark prince started, "it'd be pretty difficult for Nunally to live in the dorms, so the principal let's us stay here."

"I see..."

"Well," Lelouch smirked and started for the door, only to hear her call out, "Hey, wait!"

The ace Knightmare pilot reached out from the behind the curtain and pointed at the small, pink pouch lying on the sink, "Could you hand me that pouch?"

His smirk widening, he went back over to the sink and grabbed the pouch. The demon emperor leaned back against the wall and handed Kallen the pouch.

Well, at least he would have if she didn't violently grab his wrist and jerk it out of his grip.

His smirk didn't leave his face, even as heard her pick the pouch up and slide the knife out of it.

"Were you the one in Shinjuku?" She asked in a dangerous tone.

Lelouch had to suppress a small chuckle as he replied, "What do you mean?"

"Don't play dumb!" She hissed, causing Lelouch to quickly bring a hand up to his mouth to keep it shut. At that moment, the phone next to Lelouch rang. "You know, someone will come if I don't answer it," he said with the same smirk, knowing exactly what would happen in a few moments.

"Hello, Ashford academy student council."

...

"Oh, it's for you." Kallens eyes widened as Lelouch passed her the phone, "He says he knows you." She hesitated for a moment, before carefully taking it and bringing it up to her ear, "Hello?"

"Glad you're still alive, Q1." Her eyes widened yet again as the figure known as Zero continued speaking, even though Lelouch was standing right infront of her, facing away from the shower.

"Who are you?!" She demanded, "How did you arrange that cease-fire order?!" Before she could get a reply, he hung up. Kallen growled slightly, "Hey, don't hang up!" She jerked the phone to the side, effectively taking the shower curtain with it and revealing her nude form to Lelouch, who, unlike last time, took a moment to ogle at the red-head, before quickly facing away again with a smirk.

"Cease-fire, huh?"

Shit, Kallen cursed internally as she tried to weasel her way out of this. Lelouch did the job for her, "Let me guess, an online game?"

"Y-Yeah, you know, 'cause I've been shut up in my house for so long..." She let go of his wrist as he pulled his arm back, before speaking in an amused tone, "You know, I can see you."

The poor girl only now realized that the curtain was drawn back and that Lelouch would have had a great view on her, if it weren't for him looking at the bathroom door.

She failed to notice the hint of pink on his cheeks, though.

With an 'eek', she pulled the curtain back and dropped down in embarassment, a blush spreading across her face.

Lelouch smirked mischievously before heading to the door, which opened with a hiss. He chuckled as he called back, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." With that, he was gone, leaving Kallen to her thoughts.

"I was wrong..."

Later...

"The council really doesn't require much actual work," Lelouch said as he and Kallen walked through one of the hallways leading to the clubroom, "The only real work is the occasional paperwork regarding school events."

Kallen nodded, "Like the cultural festival?"

Lelouch chuckled, "Yes, that and the other perverted excuses of events that pres' organizes, such as the crossdressers ball and the swimsuit day." Though Lelouch had to admit that the latter was quite enjoyable.

Kallen deadpanned, "What's up with that?"

Lelouch just waved her off, "Blame our pres, you'll be spending a lot of time with her, by the way." With that, they entered the clubroom again, Kallen silently hoping that she wouldn't be soaked in alcohol this time around.

The two were greeted by the sight of the student council members and Nunnally sitting around one of the tables they had set up, having a small celebration now that they were done with the preparations for tonight.

"Hey, Lelouch, Kallen," Milly greeted them as they sat down.

"Hello, big brother!" Nunnally chimed as Lelouch sat down next to her and gave her hand a soft squeeze.

"Hey, Nunnally," Lelouch smiled, before looking over the whole clubroom and whistling, "You guys certainly did a good job."

"Yeah, I guess we did," Milly commented before turning to Lelouch with a mischievous grin, "So, how was your date, Lelouch?"

Kallen and Shirley immediatly blushed, the latter began to stutter, "D-D-D-Date?!"

Milly still had that had that mischievous smile on her face. So, you want to play it that way, huh? Lelouch thought as he smiled.

"It was really great, thank you."

Kallen and Shirley blushed even more, while Rivalz doubled over laughing, not expecting that from Lelouch.

Nina and Nunnally just smiled, Lelouch's little sister having it figured out already.

The dark prince gave Milly and equally mischievous smirk as he turned to Kallen and Shirley, who were in the middle of arguing.

"W-Why were you two on a d-d-date?!" Shirley.

"It-It wasn't a date, ok?!" Kallen.

"Then what was it?!"

"He was just showing me around the school!"

They continued arguing for another moment before they were interrupted by the laughter of a certain blonde-haired president, and an ebony-haired vice-president.

"W-What's so funny?!" They both demanded in unison.

The demon emperor wiped a tear from his eye as he replied, "I was just kidding, Shirley, I really was just showing Kallen around."

"Told you so!" Kallen huffed as she crossed her arms under her chest, while Shirley seemed to be shrinking in on herself, her face a furious shade of red.

The laughter of the others slowly died down and Lelouch spoke, "Anyway, I'll be heading to my room now," he stood up and walked behind Nunnally's wheelchair, "You coming, Nunnally?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm a little tired..."

Lelouch smiled, "Sure," her turned back to the others, "well, we'll see you guys tonight."

"Don't be late, alright?" Milly said while Rivalz and the rest said goodbye. Well, the others minus Shirley, who was still blushing in her seat.

"Don't count on it," Lelouch waved her off as he and Nunnally headed for their rooms.

Later...

"Big brother?"

Lelouch smiled as he pushed her wheelchair down the hallway that led to her room, "Yes, Nunnally?"

"What happened?" She asked, causing Lelouch to raise an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

"It's just that you seem so happy lately," Nunnally said with a smile; her brother wasn't normally in such high spirits, so it was a welcome change.

"Oh, well, I-" She interrupted him, "...Do you have a girlfriend?"

Lelouch stopped for a moment and regarded his sister, who was smiling innocently. The dark prince smiled, "Yes, I do." Nunnally's face brightened up, "Really? Who is she? Are you going to introduce her to us?" Lelouch shook his head with a wry grin, "Easy there, Nunnally," they arrived at her room, "I will, but not yet."

His sister gave him a cute pout before smiling, "Ok, Lelouch."

He carefully lifted her out of her wheelchair and into her bed, "I'll send Sayoko later to wake you up and get ready for the ball, ok?" The dark prince bent down and kissed her forehead softly.

"Yeah, see you later, Lelouch." She smiled as she quickly grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze.

The demon emperor stood up and walked over to the door, which opened with a hiss, "Sleep well, Nunnally."

Right, I need a something to wear for tonight, Lelouch thought absently as the door to his room slid open with a hiss.

The dark prince found Rolo and C.C. playing catch with that softball he had lying around and smiled. The two looked up and sighed in relief.

"Finally, I thought you'd leave us here to die from boredom," C.C. commented dryly as she threw the ball back to Rolo, who spoke in a bored tone as well, "Yeah, it really was quite boring being holed up in your room for the whole day."

Lelouch sighed, "Well, I've got good news for you," he smirked, "something that'll relieve you of your boredom."

"Oh really?" C.C. asked flatly, "And what would that be?"

"A masquerade ball."

Both of them stopped their game at that, and Rolo asked, "A masquerade ball?"

"I suppose that was you're suggestion," C.C. inquired with a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"Of course," the dark prince replied smoothly, "If it's a masquerade ball, you two and Clovis can join in on the fun, without risking revealing yourselves." His brow furrowed in thought, "Thought we'll probably have to use wigs along with the masks, just to be sure."

"Great," C.C. said happily as she headed for the door and turned around once more with a mischievous smile before she left, "I'll be there."

Lelouch blinked, and shrugged a moment later, pulling out his cellphone and calling Sayoko, "Hey, Sayoko."

"My lord, is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine, I just wanted to ask if you could organize dresses for Clovis, Nunnaly, me and a friend," he listed off Rolo's sizes. The dark prince gave Rolo a wink, which his brother returned with a thumbs up.

"Of course, is it for a special event?"

"Yeah, it's for a masquerade ball tonight, so we need masks and wigs as well."

"Alright, is that all, my lord?"

"Yes, that's all," he paused for a moment, "Oh, right, could you tell Clovis about it and wake up Nunnally to help her get ready before the ball?"

"Of course."

"Great, thanks a lot, Sayoko, I appreciate it."

He put his phone back in his pocket, "I wonder where that witch headed off to..."

Rolo shrugged, "She said she'll be there, so we needn't worry, right?"

"I guess so," Lelouch replied as he shook himself out of his thoughts, and checked the time on his cellphone; they had more than four hours left.

Perfect.

"Brother, what do we do now?" Rolo asked, having already figured out that the ball wouldn't start in less than four hours, as most started at night at around ten o'clock.

"Now we can actually go over that information I got from Lloyd in Shinjuku," Lelouch said with an evil smirk. Those documents held all the information on the Lancelot and possibly other projects that Lloyd had discarded last time around. In short, they would give him a huge advantage during his 'second' rebellion.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot about those," Rolo said as they headed into Lelouch's study room.

The dark prince pulled out a small case from one of the drawers, on which a little scanner was built in; he brought it up to eye level and activated his Geass, which apperantly caused the device to come to life as it scanned his eye.

With a 'beep' and a green light, the case hissed open.

Rolo stared at him in curiosity, and the dark prince quickly explained, "A souvenir, from Clovis' Geass research division." Rolo nodded and followed his brother to his desk.

Said brother continued to take out the various documents and memory cards from the case, placing them on to the desk.

He halved the stack of papers and handed one of them to Rolo, keeping the other half for himself, "We'll look through one half each, that'll make it easier."

Rolo nodded and took the stack of papers from his brother, taking a seat next to him at the desk as the two began going through the papers.

Later...

More than three hours had passed since the brothers had began their search, and they had yet to find anything.

"Found anything yet?" Rolo asked Lelouch as he went through another set of documents; most of them had been about the Lancelot, which they already knew. What they were looking for was something else. Something that Lloyd abandoned or just didn't have the time to complete last time around.

"No, nothing...you?" The dark prince put aside another few documents as he sighed; it seemed like there wasn't anything else there aside from a few other projects that weren't really useful to them, and of course information on the Lancelot.

"No, not rea-" He stopped mid-sentence as he came across a rather unusal sketching of what looked like a miniature Knightmare Frame. Upon closer inspection, it seemed like a sort of exoskeleton. His eyes widened as called out to his brother, "Lelouch, take a look at this."

"What is it?" Lelouch asked as he quickly moved to his brothers side, inspecting the sheet of paper that he handed him. As he read the contents of that simple sheet of paper, his eyes widened with every bit of information. The demon emperor quickly grabbed the other documents which he thought were associated with this project and went over them carefully.

"It seems to be a sort of Knightmare, just in form of a suit, or an exoskeleton," Rolo said as he, too, went over the documents. Lelouch nodded as he examined the vague details regarding the Knightmare 'suit'.

Rolo's eyes widened once again as he found another document that cought his eye. This one seemed to be a type of sword, though unlike the Maser Vibration Sword, it seemed to consist of pure energy, as opposed the combination of both energy and metal in the former. It was also extremely smaller in size, fitting into the hand of an adult.

"Here, check this out," Rolo handed him the information on the sword, "It seems to be a sword consisting of pure energy, powered by a...it seems like a Core Luminous," Rolo frowned in thought, "Though the energy would be-"

"Too chaotic in nature to stabilize and maintain the blade..." The dark prince muttered as he went over the vague bits of information. It seemed like these were more experiments and ideas than solid projects, though they weren't completely useless.

"As interesting as these are, I don't think they can actually be engineered to a functioning state," Rolo stated as he continued going over the documents.

"Not necessarily, think about it," he continued staring at the sketching and informations on the sheets of paper, "A Knightmare in form of a suit..."

The dark prince quickly filed away the documents, "We'll go over these again later, but for now, let's get ready for the masquerade," he checked the clock, "we only have an hour left, and Sayoko should have everything ready by now."

"Right," Rolo nodded as stood up and stretched, "Really though, it was a good idea of you to get all this information; it could grant us a huge advantage."

Lelouch was about to reply as his cellphone rang. The dark prince pulled it out and checked the display.

Sayoko.

He quickly accepted the call and brought the phone up to his ear, "Hey, Sayoko."

"My lord, I have everything ready," she said in her usual soft and polite voice, which never failed to calm the dark prince's nerves.

"Great, did you give Clovis his set of clothes?"

"Yes, and I left the other two infront of your room," Lelouch heard Nunnally in the background, "I'm helping prepare Nunnally now."

Lelouch sighed, a smile spreading across his face, "You have no idea how grateful we are to you, Sayoko."

"It's my pleasure, my lord."

"Still, thank you, Sayoko." With that, they ended the call.

Lelouch turned to Rolo with a smirk, "Time to get ready."

Later...

A knock on Lelouch's door shook both the demon emperor and his brother out of their thoughts as Lelouch called, "Come in." They spent the last hour getting ready, what with there only being one shower in Lelouch's room.

They wouldn't have recognized the man that entered if it weren't for him not wearing his mask, which he was currently holding in his right hand. His usually blonde hair was covered by a hazel brown wig of similar length.

"Are you two ready?" He asked in an impatient tone as he tapped his foot on the floor repeatedly, "We're already late, you know."

The two waved him off and Lelouch replied, "Look on the bright side," he smirked, "We're sure to make one hell of an entrance."

The three brothers regarded eachothers set of clothes with a satisfied smirk. "Let's go, then," Rolo said as he made for the door, the other two brothers quickly following behind.

Ballroom

Milly gazed upon the ballroom with a proud look on her face, which was partially hidden by a mask.

The whole room was decorated beautifully, and filled with students and teachers that were all masked; some dancing, some having a drink at the tables that were covered in various drinks and foods, and some just chatting.

There was a band playing music at the end of the hall and the mood was very light and relaxed; Milly's events, though mostly perverted and silly, were still very much welcome among the students and teachers. With the masquerade ball that wasn't perverted or silly in the least, Milly, or rather Lelouch, had really hit the spot.

The students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed such a peaceful and laid back night; a welcome change to the usual school nights.

"Oh, sorry," an orange-haired girl that had a beautiful, blue dress on apologized as she bumped into Milly, who instantly recognized the person due to her haircolour and voice.

"Relax, Shirley, it's me," the student council president smiled.

"Oh, I didn't recognize you, pres'," the orangette said, admiring the elegant dress that Milly was wearing.

"Which is the point of a masquerade ball," Milly giggled lightly, "By the way, have you seen any sign of Lelouch?" She frowned slightly, "I told him not to be late."

Shirley replied, "No, I've been looking for him as well." Milly cocked an eyebrow and smirked at the orangette, who quickly blushed, "I-I mean-"

At that moment, the door at the top of the staircase flew open.

The students and teachers in the ballroom stopped dancing, the band stopped playing music and all the conversations were dropped as they turned to the large door and gasped at the sight of the three, male figures that appeared there.

The three figures just stood there for a moment, very much enjoying the attention that was currently focused on them.

The one in the middle had long, shock-white hair that went down a to just above the height of his shoulder blades. He was wearing a black shirt, which contrasted with his mane of white hair and had a high collar that was unbuttoned at the top. Over that, he wore a long jacket, which wrapped around him in an almost cloak-like fashion.

The edges of it were trimmed in silver, just as the cuff-links of the jacket. The mask he wore only added to his mysterious look; it only covered the upper half of his face and the sides of it flowed back and ended in a fairly sharp curve that turned upwards. It also went to just above his eyes, which were a startling violet, leaving the white bangs of hair to fall over his forehead and slightly over the mask. Colourwise, the mask was a deep black, with layers of silver ornaments covering it and curving up and down in sharp turns that went over the borders of the mask.

Three deep black onyxes were embedded in it.

All in all, he looked stunning, the mysterious look only adding to that fact.

The person on the left had hazel-brown hair, which flowed down to just beneath his shoulders. He wore a white shirt, with a deep blue jacket over it. Unlike the one of the person beside him, it was more ornate, but less cloak-like, with silver cufflinks that had rubies embedded in them. The edges were trimmed gold and silver, and the back of it flowed down like a cape. He also wore a simple pair of light-brown slacks.

The mask he wore was similar to that of the person in the middle, though it had softer curves, as opposed to the other one, and it's colour scheme was blue with gold ornaments. It also had three rubies embedded in it.

Just as the the other man, he looked very handsome in the garb that he was wearing.

The third person of the group was a little less taller than his two companions, though no less stunning as far as his attire went.

He was wearing a white shirt, which was also unbuttoned at the top. It had green and gold stitchings, which stretched along the length of the shirt like vines. His jacket was a deep, emerald green, also trimmed with gold and silver. The jacket itself was simple and short in size, not having cape or cloak-like features like those of his two companions. His short hair was a deep, midnight-black, barely reaching his shoulders. His pants were white, with green stitchings near the pockets.

The mask he wore was also similar to those of the other two, but was white and had green and golden vines slithering along it. The mask had three brilliant emerald fitted into it.

Even though the person was rather short, and looked to be around fifteen, there was no doubt that he looked just as handsome as his companions.

The person in the middle spoke with a smirk, swinging his arm out in a smooth, slow motion, "Please, don't stop because of us." With that, the three figures headed down into the crowd, who got over the shock and continued whatever it was they were doing as the figures entered the room.

"You really do like to make an entrance, do you not?"

Lelouch smiled and turned around, already realizing who it was.

Milly was standing there, wearing a beautiful and elegant dress which was a light shade of orange. Her hair was neatly done up, and her mask was seemed a like a female version of the one Lelouch was wearing, though in a light orange. She was wearing white gloves, that covered almost the entire length of her arms, and an extravagant, diamond necklace.

In short, it fit her perfectly.

"I do try," The dark prince replied smoothly, and with an exaggerated bow, gently grabbed and kissed the back of her hand, "May I have this dance?"

Milly, to her credit, only blushed slightly and replied just as smoothly, "Of course."

The dark prince smiled and led her to the dance floor, but not before quickly whispering to his two companions with a smile, "Go and have some fun, you two."

"You know, this really brings back memories," Milly said as they settled into the slow rhythm of the song.

Found out already, huh? Lelouch thought amusedly as he spun Milly in time with the music, and tried to make a confused face, "I don't know what you mean."

The student council president smirked mischievously and whispered, "Oh, drop it, Lelouch," she leaned back as he gracefully dipped her down, "I only know one person that would make such an entrance."

"I suppose so," he smiled and swept Milly across the dancefloor, noticing that more than a few pairs of eyes were locked on to them.

The blonde Ashford heir seemed to notice as well, as she smirked at the wide eyes of the crowd, before focusing on Lelouch again, "Though I am lost on who your two...companions are."

This time, it was the demon emperors turn to smirk mischievously, "That I cannot tell you, Milly."

The dance came to an end and both Lelouch and Milly were slightly out of breath, as Lelouch suggested, "Do you want to get a drink?"

Milly nodded, "Sure."

The two went to one of the tables for a drink, and Lelouch spotted Rolo and Clovis both dancing with two girls that he noticed were in his class. The dark prince smiled as he slowly sipped his drink.

"Your friends don't seem to have a problem getting the attention of the female student body," Milly commented from beside him with a light giggle.

I'll really have to thank Sayoko again for these outfits, the dark prince thought with amusement. "It seems that way."

"Though, I have to admit you look quite stunning yourself," she said, shaking him out of his thoughts.

Lelouch smiled, "Thanks, you look really beautiful as well."

Milly blushed a little and thanked him, before the dark prince turned back to the crowd of people.

"So, have you seen the ot-" Lelouch stopped mid-sentence as he noticed that Milly was gone. Shrugging, he drank the last of his drink and couldn't help but think about a certain green-haired witch, Where the hell are you, C.C.?

He smiled as he spotted a familiar girl in a wheelchair, a smile on her face as a maid handed her a glass of punch. It was difficult making his way to her while rejecting all the girls that wanted to dance, but he made it there in the end, "Are you enjoying yourself, Nunnally?" He whispered into her ear from behind her.

The young girls face brightened up before she whispered back, "Lelouch!"

She giggled happily, "Yes, it's really fun...though I wish I could dance with you as well..."

The dark prince gently squeezed her hand, "One day, Nunnally, we will be able to dance together, I promise."

"I can't wait," she chirped. "From what Milly told me, you're not having trouble finding girls to dance with you," Nunnally stated with a sly grin, one that was rare for her, but one that Lelouch knew all too well.

"Yeah, well, Sayoko did a great job with the outfits," the dark prince looked up at Sayoko and both of them shared a smile.

"I thought that it would look perfect on you, my lord," she said with that same smile still on her face.

"Well, you were right," he looked back into the crowd of students, "thanks a lot, Sayoko," With that, the demon emperor disappeared back into the dancefloor.

The ball continued into the night, with the three brothers dancing with another few people before they decided to take a time out, much to the dissapointment of the various female students that wanted a chance with them as well.

"Having fun?" Lelouch asked his brothers over another glass of punch.

Both of them smiled and Clovis replied, "I am used to these kinds of events, but it is still very amusing." As viceroy, he was invited to many balls, which were a common event for him. The fact that no-one knew his real identity made it all the more amusing.

"Yeah, it's really fun," Rolo commented as he finished his drink, "I think I'll go for another dance."

His two brothers agreed as they, too, headed for the dancefloor again, where they were almost immediatly crowded by girls that wanted to dance with them.

As Lelouch was about to agree to a dance with one of them, he heard a voice speak up from behind him; a stuttering, feminine voice that he recognized all too well.

Shirley was standing behind him, looking at the floor with a prominent blush on her face. Lelouch immediatly realized what was going on, Damn it, Milly.

"Umm, uh, I-I wanted to a-"

The stuttering orangette was interrupted by the doors to the ballroom swinging open once again, as a female figure entered the room in a confident stride.

The male crowd began to drool as they got a closer look of the beauty.

Long, black hair was flowing down her back like an obsidian waterfall. Her dress was a deep, dark blue in colour, with the sleeves widening and flowing down below her wrists.

The shoulders of the dress were 'puffed up' and cut down into her chest in 'V' cut, showing off her generous assets.

Her midriff was bare, as the dress had a prism-shaped cut over the abdomen, adding to the alluring sight that the woman presented.

Layers of black and dark blue fabric that were traced with silver made up the skirt of her dress, alternating and enlarging as they went on down to her ankles.

Her mask was black, with silver and dark blue roses stitched on it, which seemed to blossom at certain points along the mask. To complete it, a single sapphire was fixed in it. Slightly hidden from view were her two brilliant golden orbs, which really seemed to complete the whole outfit.

With an air of grace around her, she slowly made her way down the staircase, the many pairs of eyes following her as she approached a certain white-haired man.

Said man had forgotten everything around him as he smiled at the figure that approached him gracefully.

As she reached him, she gave him her trademark mischievous smirk as she asked him, "May I ask you for a dance?"

The man bowed down gracefully and took her hand in a gentle manner, kissing the back of it and smirking at the beauty, "Isn't it custom for the man to ask the lady for a dance?"

She rolled her eyes, before replying in a smooth voice, "I never really cared much about customs."

The dark prince straightened up as he still held her hand, "Then, it'd be my pleasure."

With that, the white-haired man led the mysterious beauty to the dancefloor, holding her hand in his own. The crowd quickly vacated the floor, moving back to the chairs and tables at the sides of the hall as the two figures reached the middle.

Clovis silently made his way to the band, who had stopped playing yet again, and whispered to them in a hushed tone. The members of the band nodded and started to play a rather fast paced song, which was a dance for couples.

In short, perfect for this dance.

"Can you keep up?" Lelouch asked her in a challenging tone.

"Please," came her smooth reply.

With that, the two spun into the steps of the dance.

They both admired the other skills, as they moved with a fluid grace and intesity that could only be acquired through years of practice. The dark prince figured that she must have picked up dancing at one point during her immortal life, since she was holding her own very well.

Lelouch of course had learned to dance when he was still a child, being a prince and all. The many balls Milly organized only helped to improve his dancing.

The witch and the demon focused all their attention on eachother as they swept along the ballroom in time with the music, the fluid grace with which they moved leaving more than a few of the onlookers wide-eyed.

As the song wound to it's end, both of them were a little out of breath and had slightly flushed faces. The two were surprised as the crowd began to applaud them cheerfully, having forgotten about everything except for themselves and the music. As the clapping died down, the graceful beauty turned to her partner, leaned up and kissed him lightly on the lips, much to the displeasure of both the male and female student bodies, and especially a certain orange-haired girl.

But Lelouch didn't care, even as she parted the kiss and stepped back.

"Thank you for the dance, demon," she said with a mischievous smirk.

"It was my pleasure, witch," he replied with a similar smirk.

Without another word, the woman left the ballroom, leaving the students to crowd around Lelouch, inquiring and speculating about who the beautiful woman was.

Ho-ly shit. That was a long chapter.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed reading, and again, sorry for the late update. Also, shout out and thanks to tartyoab for proof-reading this chapter and correcting any grammatical errors.

Reviews are much appreciated.