Ch 2 already! Thank you for the kind reviews! :D

"Why are we going into town again?" Kat asked. She had barely placed her bags on the table in her new dining room before Rivalz ran in and whisked her away. Kallen had groaned and followed them if only to save the new girl from Rivalz craziness.

"Cause you said yourself that you only just moved here!" Rivalz grinned. "It's only right that we show you around!"

Kallen rolled her eyes. "Don't mind him Kat, you'll get used to it. Eventually." She shrugged. "At least I hope you will, cause I haven't."

Kat smirked. "Thats reassuring Kallen."

"Hey, not my fault." Kallen snorted, then shared a smile with Kat.

"Come on ladies!" Rivalz shouted, waving a hand in the air.

"Rivalz! Hey, what are you doing here?"

Kat looked up at the new voice only to have her eyes widen once again. "Are-Are they?"

Kallen looked at Kat curiously and then followed her gaze, realizing what she was talking about. "Oh yea. They're our friends."

"F-Friends?" Kat about choked, playing a part. "But they are-are-"

"Knights of the Round?" Kallen smirked. "Hai."

"Hey Gino, Anya!" Rivalz grinned as the two knights joined them. "What's going on? I thought you were on Nunnally's personal detail now?"

Gino Weinberg grinned, his sky blue eyes flashing in the sunlight as the snow had stopped and the sky cleared. "Oh we still are Rivalz. Empress Nunnally is here, the United Federation of Nations had their monthly meeting here this time, don't you keep up with anything?" He laughed, his blond hair dancing in the breeze. He was dressed in his formal Knight of One uniform with his trademark green cape. Next to his tall frame was the much smaller Knight of Two, Anya Alstreim, in her pink cape, pink hair and dull red eyes.

"Of course not Gino, cause that would be logical." Anya said dully, typing away on her mobile device.

Rivalz gave her a pouty look. "Awww sooo mean Anya, why?"

Kallen rolled her eyes. "Cause it's true. What's up Gino, Anya?"

"Hey Kallen" Anya waved unenthusiasticlly.

"Kōzuki." Gino grinned as Kallen smirked. They had since gotten past their differences that escalated on the battlefield, but Gino still loved to tease her about her last names. "And who is this?" Gino asked, looking over at Kat.

"This is the new student at Ashford." Rivalz smiled.

"Kat Kingsley." Kat smiled politely, bowing her head. "An honor to meet two Knights of the Round."

Gino grinned as he stepped up and took her hand, kissing it quickly. "The honor is all ours."

Kat couldn't help but blush as Kallen rolled her eyes. "Stop that Gino, she's already overwhelmed as she just moved here."

"Really?" Gino asked. "From the Homeland?"

Kat nodded. "Originally." She went into a short overview for the knights before a flash interrupted her. "L-Lady Alstreim?"

Anya lowered her camera and quickly started typing. "Taking a photo for reference."

Kat raised an eyebrow but let it go.

"So why aren't you with Nunnally now?" Kallen asked.

"Zero's handling her protection for the moment as they are still in the government buildings and only one guard is allowed for each official at a time in those specific buildings." Gino shrugged.

Kat looked up to see that they were indeed in front of the government buildings. As she looked closer at the people around them as well, she noticed that many were leaving the building and all were dressed in royal clothing and/or surrounded by bodyguards. They were literally surrounded by world leaders at the moment.

Not even another second after that thought ran through Kat's head did an explosion ring throughout the area. As Gino was the closest to her, she felt him pull her to his side and hit the wet pavement, his body shielding her from the blast and debris. Chaos rang out in the next second as screams ripped through the air and bodies started running.

Gino yanked her up to her feet quickly before they got stepped on and held her close as people started almost running into them in sheer terror.

"Th-Thank you Sir Weinberg." Kat breathed heavily, adrenaline pumping through her veins.

Gino gave her a quick smile. "Call me Gino Kat and you're welcome, but Anya and I must be off to secure Empress Nunnally at once. Will you and Rivalz go somewhere safe?" Kat nodded. "Of course, but what about Kallen?" She asked looking over her shoulder as Kallen helped Rivalz from the ground, Anya looking around in a bored way, swinging her Knightmare Frame key in the air.

"She hasn't told you yet?" Gino asked, his eyes widening. "She's the Ace of the Black Knights and their second-in-command, the UFN's personal army force. She'll be helping to secure Prime Minister Ohgi and Lady Kaguya. I'm sorry, but we must really be off. Stay safe."

Kat nodded, already knowing that Kallen would have to leave, and leave her with Rivalz, but also knowing that she had to ask as it was the logical question a girl just moving here would ask. "Come on Rivalz, where can we go that's safe?"

Rivalz looked at her quickly before watching the three soldiers run off into the main building. "The school. It has it's own security force, we'll be safe there."

Kat nodded. "Then lets go."

"Kaguya! Ohgi!" Kallen shouted as she rounded the corner, heading for Ohgi's office. Gino and Anya were on her tail as they deduced the Empress would probably have gone to see the Prime Minister after the meeting. Kallen skidded around another corner then launched herself into the office, seeing no one.

"Not so smart Kallen, barging into a room without your weapon drawn in a situation like this." Kallen felt the barrel of a gun push against the back of her head and she smirked. She spun around, knocking the weapon out of her attacker's hand with her right arm, then pinning the hand under her arm. She then forced the attacker head first into the wall behind them, their right arm twisted up behind their back.

"And I would've thought you were smart enough not to try that again with me Zero." She snorted, grinning ear to ear.

Suddenly Zero threw her off of him and pinned her to the floor. Now she was the one with her face in the floor, arm twisted up behind her.

"And I thought you would know that I'm stronger then you by now." You could hear the smirk in his voice.

Kallen rolled her eyes as Ohgi, Nunnally and Kaguya came out from the corners along the wall that the office and hallway shared.

Gino chuckled as he and Anya stepped into the office. "No worries here then, not with Zero on the look out."

Zero nodded and let Kallen back to her feet.

"What happened? Did any of you see?" Kallen asked as she rolled her shoulder, trying to massage the pain out.

Kaguya shook her head. "No, nothing."

"We didn't hear a shot, nor a Knightmare that could have do it. It just happened." Ohgi stated.

"Pre-placed bomb." Gino hummed as finally soldiers arrived.

"S-Sir Weinberg! Lady Alstreim! Captain Kōzuki!" They babbled.

"About damn time!" Kallen roared as Gino and Anya moved out of the way so that she could get right into their faces. "Secure the damn building! And organize the medical teams to tend to the wounded! And check in on every representative that came through these doors this morning!"

"Yes Ma'am!" The soldiers saluted before running off.

"Don't want to get on the wrong side of Kallen." Ohgi chuckled before he got serious again. "Empress Nunnally, would you be willing to allow me to use your Knights of the Round for a search mission? I'd like to see if we could find out who's responsible as quickly as possible."

"Of course Prime Minister Ohgi." Nunnally nodded. "Sir Weinberg, Lady Alstreim, you will follow the Prime Minister's orders on this matter until further notice."

Gino and Anya nodded. "Of course Milady." They chorused.

Ohgi nodded. "Kallen, then you and Sir Weinberg and Lady Alstreim will be heading the search mission for these new terrorists. Use any resources you need to track them down, but I recommend going back downstairs and looking at the blast site."

Kallen nodded as she turned to her two friends. "Lets go you two."

After the three left, Ohgi sighed. "Just as we were talking about peace."

"We'll end this swiftly." Zero spoke up. "No one will disrupt our peace." He turned to Nunnally. "We must get you, Kaguya, Ohgi, Tianzi and the others somewhere safe immediately."

"The Academy." Nunnally smiled.

"The Academy?" Kaguya asked.

"Lelouch, Suzaku, Kallen and I went to Ashford Academy together here." Nunnally explained. "The Academy has its own security force and a big enough ballroom to hold all of the representatives comfortably. Plus my friend is the Student Council President now. Let me give him a call to warn him."

"Nunnally?" Rivalz questioned looking at his phone is if it grew legs.

"Nunnally? As in the Empress?" Kat asked, playing shocked. "Why is she calling you?"

"Ummm, well we are friends." Rivalz chuckled.

"Friends? With the Empress?"

Rivalz smiled weakly. "Yea, umm, hang on a sec. Let me take this."

Kat nodded as Rivalz answered his phone.

"Nunnally?" Rivalz asked.

'Hey Rivalz, how are you?'

"Fine, you? I was at the government building with Kallen when the explosion went off, are you and everyone else ok?"

'We are alright Rivalz, thank you. I'm calling though to ask a favor.'

"What might that be?"

'I need a place to host the representatives of the UFN until we can truly secure the government buildings. I was thinking of the ballroom, would that be ok with you? And would you mind organizing the Culinary Club to make some drinks and snacks?'

"Not at all Nunnally, they are more then welcome to come. Anything for you." Rivalz grinned.

'Oh thank you Rivalz. Thank you so much. I will see you soon.'

"Sounds good Nunnally, see you soon." Rivalz smiled as he hung up.

"Whose coming?" Kat asked, although she had a good idea and she was getting a bit unnerved.

"Oh Nunnally and all the other representatives for the UFN are going to use the ballroom until they can make sure the government buildings are secure." Rivalz smiled like this always happened. "Sorry, but I have to gather the Culinary Club together to make snacks for our guests. You'll be ok here?"

Kat just nodded, too dumbfounded to speak. Rivalz nodded and left to get campus ready for their guests.

Kat couldn't believe it. So soon? Her sister? Here? Not only her, but Zero? She knew that whoever he was, he had killed her twin and was now Nunnally's protector. How could she face them without breaking apart? Zero must be someone very close to Nunnally for her to forgive him for killing her brother, even though he had been the Demon Emperor. But if Kat herself knew that Lelouch did all those things so that the world could move to peace, didn't Nunnally know?

In any case, she had to stay away from them. It was bad enough that Rivalz and Kallen took pause when they saw her face, but Nunnally? Kat shook her head. That wouldn't be good.

Kat walked further into the Student Council Building, towards the residence that she was staying in. She walked in to see her bags still on the table where she had dropped them off quickly before Rivalz pulled her away to go into town. She sighed, pulling both bags off the floor and headed into the first bedroom she saw. Almost instantly a scent hit her in the face. She wasn't sure what it was made up of, but it was masculine and Kat realized that this must have been Lelouch's room. It must have been at least 6 months since he stepped foot in the room, but she could still smell him even though she had never met him before. Tears started coming to her eyes almost immediately and she bit down on her tongue, preventing them from falling. She had to control her emotions, otherwise they would go out of control and god knows what she could do to someone.

She glanced across the room, seeing herself in the mirror as her left eye suddenly flashed crimson for a second before returning to it's normal amethyst hue. She covered it up quickly and cursed herself for losing control. She busied her mind by opening her backpack and pulling out her valuables. She placed her laptop atop the desk as she pulled out the power cord as well. Next was a few pictures from childhood. She didn't have many, but the village that took her in insisted upon taking one together before she headed to the big city. A group of about 30 were in the picture, surrounded by mountains and forests. She smiled as she placed them down and then pulled out another picture. This one was of her and a childhood friend of hers that she had befriended for 3 short years. The boy had a big smile on his face as his arm was around her shoulders, but Kat wasn't fooled. Something had always troubled him and it had something to do with the fact that he randomly showed up one day in the village. The villagers had immediately taken him in with open arms, but never told her why. She didn't mind though, they had become fast friends, until he left just as suddenly as he came. Something about atoning for his sins.

Kat hummed as she placed the picture down on her desk, staring at his clear green eyes a second longer, before her attention was pulled from her reverie.

"Kat? Kat! I need you!"

Kat sighed as Rivalz voiced echoed into the apartment. "Coming!" She wasn't paying much attention and so when she walked into the dining room she came to a sudden halt as the presences in the room registered in her mind. "Oh my god."

There, right in her new dining room, was not only the Empress of the United States of China and her protector, Prime Minister of Japan, Mistress of the Kyotō House and Chairwomen of the UFN, but also the Empress of the Holy Britannian Empire aka her younger sister and Zero himself.

If Kat wasn't so good at reading expressions, she wouldn't have caught the momentary pause in each of their faces, but she did and she froze.

This is it, they'll figure it out.

Empress Tianzi was the first to shake herself out of it, not being as close to Lelouch as the others. "Hello, Kat was it? Rivalz told us about you. It's so nice to meet you, I'm Empress Tianzi, but please just call me Tianzi." She smiled in her cute adorable way.

Kat shook her head as she spared the Chinese man at her side a look before she bowed. "Empress Tianzi, an honor to meet you. I'm Kat Kingsley."

Kaguya snapped out of it next, laughing. "She said just to call her Tianzi. No need to be so formal. Relax Kat. Call me Kaguya."

"Lady Kaguya." Kat bowed out of habit before she caught Kaguya's teasing look. "Umm, Kaguya?"

Kaguya laughed and nodded, making Kat relax a bit more.

"You-You look just like-" Xingke hesitated as Rivalz nodded.

"I know, right? Freaky."

Nunnally snapped out of it next which caused the men to finally relax. "Lovely to meet you Kat. I'm glad someone is living here now. Rivalz and Kallen will take good care of you."

Kat released a breath she didn't know she was holding as Nunnally acted like she was just another student. "Thank you Em-" Kaguya coughed. "Ummm Nunnally." Nunnally shared a smile with Kaguya.

"Li Xingke."

"Kaname Ohgi."

"Zero."

Zero said shortly after the two men were done. Kat shared what she thought was a glance with him, but she wasn't too sure with the mask. She looked away, getting a weird feeling from him.

"So what is your story Kat?" Nunnally asked. "If I may ask. You are obviously Britannian, but you speak with a light Japanese accent."

"I grew up in Japan, N-Nunnally." Kat stumbled over her name as it sounded weird without her title, but also strangely familiar.

Ohgi's eyes shot open. "Really?"

Kat nodded as she explained for the third time that day.

"Woah." Xingke whispered.

"I'm so sorry that you suffered under my father, but I hope to make the world a better place one day." Nunnally said sincerely, tears starting to come to her eyes.

"You already have." Kat smiled sincerely and then included everyone in her glance. "You all have, people don't take that lightly."

"Thats the truth Kat!" Rivalz grinned and the tense atmosphere dissolved around them just like that.

Tianzi and Kaguya giggled together as Xingke and Ohgi shared a smile.

"If I may ask though." Kat tensed, not wanting to break the happy atmosphere that finally settled over them, but needing to know. "What happened today? That explosion came out of no where."

"You were there?" Zero asked and Kat narrowed her eyes at his voice. Now that he spoke more then a word at her, something pulled at her memory, but she wasn't sure what it was.

"Hai." Kat nodded and then smiled as Kaguya and Ohgi chuckled. "See? Slipped into it. Rivalz and Kallen were showing me around town and we met up with Sir Weinberg and Lady Alstreim outside the government building and it happened."

"We aren't sure yet, but Gino, Anya and Kallen are looking into it right now." Kaguya spoke first.

"It's not a coincidence that it it happened with all the representatives around." Ohgi said, bringing his hand up to his mouth.

"Agreed. They were targeted." Xingke nodded.

"Could it have something to do with the trade agreements that we settled on today Xingke?" Tianzi asked her right hand, looking up at him.

Xingke hummed. "Possibly, but that bomb had to be placed before hand and no one would have known what the decisions would have been before the meeting began."

"So they just set it off because they could?" Nunnally asked. "Just because everyone was there?"

"A possibility." Zero nodded and Kat couldn't help but feel that he was looking at her out of the corner of his eye. "We'll have to see what those three find. In the meantime Nunnally, you, Kaguya, Ohgi and Tianzi must make an appearance with the other representatives in the ballroom. You three need to insure that you are doing everything you can to find out what happened. There are going to be a lot of questions."

Nunnally nodded as she turned to her three friends. "Shall we?"

Kat noticed that Zero hung back as he allowed the four world leaders to exit along with Xingke and a talkative Rivalz. She steeled herself as Zero quietly shut the door behind them and turned to face her. Faster then she thought possible, she was pinned against the far wall, Zero's fingers embedded into her neck.

"Who are you?" He hissed in a nasty whisper against her ear. She felt kill intent flowing freely from him as he trapped her against the wall with his body.

"K-Kat." She choked as she was losing air in her lungs fast. She had a feeling something was going to happen between them, but not like this. Not with him so filled with rage and bloodlust.

"No, you look just like the Emperor that I killed not 4 months ago for the sake of peace. A girl perhaps, but you look just like him. Who are you really? And why are you here!" He almost shouted in her ear. "And there's something else that I don't like about you."

Kat didn't know another way out of this. He wasn't going to let her similarity to Lelouch go. She had no choice. Not even half a day into her new life, she was going to have to unveil her secret to him, whoever he was. "L-L-Le-Lelouch." She choked, barely getting the word out before she started feeling dizzy from the lack of air.

Zero suddenly loosened his grip and Kat gasped, breathing in a gulp of fresh, sweet air. "What about that Demon?" Zero asked, playing the part.

Kat was breathing very heavily, trying to get her voice to work again. "B-Bro-Brother." She managed to get out before she started coughing so hard, it felt like her tendons in her neck were grating together.

"What?" Zero growled as he let her go completely. He let her cough until her eyes met his mask again. "Brother?" He asked again as Kat stood up straight again.

"I never imagined saying this so soon." Kat started. "I thought I would have more time to process this myself, let alone the rest of the world."

"Process what?" Zero bit, as he grew restless.

Kat looked down for a moment, before meeting what she thought was the masked man's gaze. "I am Katerina vi Britannia, Third Princess of The Holy Britannian Empire and most importantly, Lelouch's twin and Nunnally's older sister."

"I can't believe it." Zero whispered in a voice that really brought Katerina back into her childhood.

"And who are you exactly?" Kat asked. "Nunnally obviously trusts you very much despite you being the one who killed Lelouch. She wouldn't do that unless she really knew you."

Zero sighed. "Since you decided to burden me with your truth, I will return the favor." He reached up, griping the front of his mask. Kat heard and saw the metal in the back of the mask hiss and re-track back up into the metal shell. He pulled it off his head only for Kat to be met with forrest green eyes and light brown hair. But it wasn't until he removed his cloth mask underneath as well that Kat's heart really stop.

"S-Suzaku. Suzaku Kururugi." Kat's eyes widened as not only did his life in the spotlight flash before her eyes as first Euphemia's Knight, then a Knight of the Round and then Lelouch's Knight of Zero, but a life in a small village north of Tokyo, with her. "Zu-zu." She choked.

Suzaku's eyes widened at the nickname. "No way. Are you really Kit-Kat?"

Kat's heart clenched at her childhood nickname from the boy who suddenly stepped foot into her village with no warning. "It is."

"I thought it might be, but I was so focused on you looking like Lelouch." Suzaku said tightly.

"And I thought the same seeing you on tv, but you are supposed to be dead, I-" Kat started crying as she suddenly ran into his arms, letting him hold her close. "Oh Zu-zu, how did all of this happen?" She cried into his chest.

Suzaku buried his face in her hair. "I don't know Kit-Kat. I don't know."

Secret is out! told you it would be moving fast!

And Kat and Zu-Zu know each other! haha