Ashford Academy Boy's Dorm

Alarm clock start singing it's sound again to have the owner to wake up for another important day. Keira gets up weakly and walks towards his bathroom. There're blood stain on the floor besides his damp shoes that he had to wash it last night. So does his sweater, but since it's black, it didn't appear dirty but it's still is. Stained by the blood of 5 savage men. Thinking about that makes him sick and felt unbelievable after what he had done.

With that kind of power that he posses, he can obliterate anyone with ease.

His day started like any other normal day but the thoughts of him getting his first kill of his life disturb him for the rest of the class until the lunch time, where Milly come to inform him about the usual club meet out this evening, afterschool.

Ashford Academy Garden

While Keira decide to go somewhere to cleanlise his horror thought, Lelouch had a thing in mind to confirm something. Yes, it's about a girl name, Kallen. With the majority of the student are out with their lunch, Lelouch took this oppurtinity to ask some question that have bugged him since Shinjuku incident.

Kallen is seen having lunch with her friends until a bee comes scared them off. Kallen did too but only for a few seconds until she'd gone from their sight, she killed the bee easily and her personality changed from being weakly and airhead into more serious and fiesty too. Which Lelouch saw the real side of her. He immediately use his power to Kallen.

"I want answer. Are you do one who piloted the Glasgow in Shinjuku.", Lelouch asked directly since she's under influence of his Geass. Kallen answered without hesitation.

"Yes."

"Why terrorism?"

"Because i'm Japanese. Though technically i'm half Britannian.", that words shocked Lelouch. No one knows that she's also a Japanese except the Ashford chairman and now, Lelouch.

"Half blood? But why go so far?", after that, his Geass effect is gone and Kallen are back in her normal self.

"Uhm, did you want something? ", she asked.

"No, i've got what i wanted here.", Lelouch then walks off from there before stop and try to Geass her once again but...

"Oh, just to be sure. Don't tell anyone about Shinjuku."

"What do you mean about Shinjuku? Why would you say that?"

Lelouch is caught out by suprise. His Geass didn't work on her anymore? Why? Is there's a limited power or somekind?

"Go back to class.", he tries once again but it didn't work as he want it too.

"As soon as i can an answer to my question, i will.", hesitate Kallen. Her suspicion on Lelouch are getting high now. He has make the wrong move.

"Hey, Lulu, Kallen! You know it's time to headed to chem lab, you better get a move on!"

Fortunately, Shirley save the situation. She had been watching them from afar since the beginning. Maybe she interfere them because of jelousy...

"Oh crap! It's my turn to set-up the class.", with that, Lelouch immediately took this oppurtinity to run away from her. He needs a plan to counter-question her.

"It didn't work? But..."

Most of the day afterwards, Lelouch avoid having even a direct eye contact with her. If the suspicion gets high, he will be in deep trouble. She is a part of the rebels that had killed so many people on the battlefield and have high skilled in combat. Both mental and physical.

Student Council Clubhouse

Night have fall once again, Keira already accept the fact that he had actually killed peoples. He will need to continue in this path if he want to avenge the death of his parents. He also needs to learn about nowdays knowledge since he can't return to the 7 years that he had lost and will continue to live in this new world that he hated.

Not too far from the boy's dorm lies a Clubhouse, which is where the Student Council main office would be and also where Lelouch and his disabled sister, Nunally lives after Japan was at war with Britannia. Along with them was Milly Ashford's personal maid and now reassigned to Lelouch and Nunally, Sayoko Shinozaki.

"Miss Sayoko just teach me the art of origami. Fold a pieces of paper the right way and you can birds, boats, and almost anything.", said Nunally while they're on their dinner. Minutes after Lelouch comes home. Lelouch by the way, is feeding his sister some steak for dinner. Nunnally can't see nor able to walk like normal person because of a certain tragedy that had robbed their mother's life.

"That's really nice of it.", replied Lelouch. Then, she show an orgami she worked on earlier, a pick shape crane.

"Hey, they said if you fold thousand of this crane, your wish will come true. So, if there're anyhing that you're wishing for—"

"No, not really. What about you? Do you wish for anything?", asked Lelouch.

"Hmm. I wish the world was a gentler place."

"When the day finally comes, you can see again. I'm sure that it will be.", assured Lelouch.

"Really?"

"I promise.

"The truth is...there're very few path that our future can take. The Ashford family sheltering us for now but how long can that last? If our indentity are expose, even Rivalz, Shirley and the others will abandone us. We will end up as a political tools. Casuality of royal ambition. I've to build a world where Nunnally can at least find happiness.", the story of once a prince and a princess of Britannia by Lelouch thought. That is one of the reason why he hate Britannia so much.

Nunnaly takes Lelouch's hand and pinky finger by suprise.

"Sayoko taught me the other day. It's called the Japanese promise.", said Nunally happily. Then she began to sing the phrase.

"Cross my heart,

Hope to die,

Eat a thousand needles if I lie,

Pinky promise song!"

She giggled afterward. Lelouch looks dumbfound.

"Whoa, that's scary. I may have to eat a thousand needles someday.", joked Lelouch.

"That's right. So you better don't tell any lies okay."

"Don't you worry. I'll never lie, i swear.", said Lelouch convincingly to his beloved little sister.

"Not to you anyway."

Box Cafe, Tokyo Settlement

The city life are alive as ever as it would be every night. Peoples, presumbly and mostly, the Britannian are seen walking around going to their destination and off-point. Those war from the other side of the wall didn't even disturb them a little bit. Life goes on as usual. The security here are surely high enough for even not to worry about. Keira took this time to take a break in a cafe located inside the settlement. There're not too much people around inside. That's one of the reason that he choose there. Bar isn't his thing.

"No news about the death of Clovis yet?", asked Keira, who's on his call with someone from his higher up. No other than V.V himself.

"I don't know anything about this. Perhaps there're some quarrel from the inside that I shouldn't or don't want to know."

"Well, if that the case. These are not something to worry about...apart from my maker.", mumbled Keira as he muching to his slice-of-cheese cake dessert. Scattered around on the table are pictures of a girl. From the looks of the World War 1 battlefield to the latest photo of her inside the Geass Directorate, where she's being experiment at. Possilbly, the one that involve Keira too.

"Yes, i believe Bartley already give you several copy of her data and photos to you. I know she left the directorate on her own will but my royal niece won't left her alone.", explained V.V.

"She looks beautiful despite her real age. A real witch. Don't even think i would ever met someone like this.", laud Keira.

"She won't age. She's immortal and is immune to any type of Geass. It'll be useless if you were to use it on her."

"So, what you want me to do if my chance are high to met her?"

"Just watch her over. Though she might remember you, being the one who granted you the power."

"Very well. This task shouldn't be too hard to handle. Oh, by the way, V.V, could you sent me some data about the lost prince and princess of Britannia."

"What do you mean?"

"Lelouch vi Britannia and her sister."

There's a long pause after Keira said that. V.V possibly shocked to have Keira known about that.

"Why did you want to know about them?", V.V breaks the silence. His tone seems, unpleasing.

"Their disappearance caught my attention. Or like this, it's for my additional knowledge about them."

V.V chuckled in the process.

"Alright, i'll send you the data and the bio but i warn you, don't dig any deeper or else, you'll stumble upon a big trouble. Until then, stay sharp and don't let yourself kill in anyway around.", beep of hang up followed soon after V.V said that. Keira quench the vanilla smoothie infront of him. Looking the pictures and some data about her.

Though her name caught his attention.

C.C.

Ashford Academy Garden Bridge

The sun already setting up the next day. School became alive in a minute. Though for some, there're some free time to kill before the begining of their class. This include Lelouch, who seems to wander his thought off somewhere. Thinking about the power that was given by the unamned and mystery girl.

"This is the only weapon i have and i don't even know how to use it."

Playing in his thought was about the yesterday incident where he almost reveal himself as the radio messenger to Kallen. That thought are cut off after a teacher suddenly calls him.

"Lelouch! Class will be starting any minutes you know."

"Oh, yes sir."

His geass is activate under his will and use it to the teacher.

"Uhm, sir. What are the topics going to be for the essay on the next exam?", with the teacher under Geass influence, the answer spilled.

"The Humilation of Edinburgh, The Transfer of the Capitol, and The North-South War topics."

"So, I haven't lost the power then.", Lelouch thought. He just used the teacher as a test rat for his power. To know the characteristic about it. He later used it again to his teacher after deactivate it but it didn't work for the second time.

"As i suspected, I can only on a person, once."

Back in his class. Kallen began sense something fishy about him. She could be right that it's really Lelouch who give the command about the operation that obliterate almost all of Clovis's army and if she finds out that it's really Lelouch, he would be in a deep trouble. Either way around, Lelouch already sort out a countermeasure.

Tokyo Settlement Highway

The roads are empty by everyone suprise. Appearantly, under direct order of General Bartley, it's closed for giving way for his squad of Sutherland that guarding an armoured trasnport which without the knowledge of other royal Britannian, consist the general himself and the coffin of Prince Clovis.

"—and the research centre?", asked Bartley who seems to have conversation with someone from under him.

"Transferred to Narita last night."

"Right then...", the transmission end. Bartely seems deep in remorse after what had happen to Clovis two days earlier.

"I pray you forgive me your highness."

The project that the prince and the general conduct are disbanded. Though not fully disbanded as some of the group member are to transferred to Narita for on going small research operation.

Suddenly, their convoy stop abruptly. It's reported they're attacked by friendly Sutherland. Bartley worried they're under attack by the same terrorist group but it's not them. It's the Purist Faction as their Sutherland's mark with maroon paint on its shoulder. One of the Sutherland rip off the armoured car top and leaving Bartley and the prince's coffin wide open.

"I hope you can see how determine we're now!", said the pilot from the Sutherland that had rip the armoured car roof wide open. Bartley recognise this voice, it's no other than Margrave Jeremiah Gottwald.

"But I've already told you!", Bartley shouted in fear.

"That you don't remember? Still clinging to that ridiculous?!"

"Just ask the other, they will testify that—"

"Ducking the blame? Your pathetic! I won't let you remain at His Highness's side any longer!"

Bartley are taken into custody afterward and the coffin were transport to somewhere else and there will be an annoucnment soon about Prince Clovis death.

Student Council Clubhouse

Too much of their shocked. Lelouch and Kallen both ask for a walk. Keira who's there spurlt out the juice that he drank. The students that had heard them are shocked and thinking both of them might have something going on. Shirley doens't look impress though. Lelouch later bring her to the clubhouse where he think he can have private conversation with her, regarding the yesterday's incident.

"I didn't even know this room existed.", said Kallen as they arrived at the Clubhouse, where Lelouch and Nunally are sheltered from everyone's knowledge.

"It's the clubhouse for the student council. It's built as a ballroom for various special occasion."

"And we won't be disturb inside here?"

"Yes, that's correct."

When it seems no other people except from both of them. Shirley's voice suprise them.

"Here it is! I found it! Look, this is it, right?", she found some kind of chip or card that's belongs to someone in the student council.

"Ah, what a relieve you'd found the lab data.", Nina voiced appeared too. So does Rivalz after that.

"Good, my ass is killing me."

Another door that led to the kitchen opened. Revealed Milly with trays of food on the trolley.

"Were you able to find it? We've finished with our end, shall we dig it?"

Rivalz and Shirley amazed by the cooks made by Milly and Keira back in the kitchen. It looks like kind of food that's available only in high class restaurant.

"U...uhm, where is Keira?", asked Nina. Milly shrugged and point out that Keira is still in the kitchen and told them to eat first. Lelouch, who looks blur after everything that had happen inside the Clubhouse asked Milly for clarification about all of this.

"Lelouch, don't you know? I thought that's why you brought her. We're inducting Kallen into the student council. It's my grandfather idea actually", explained Milly. The others and her prepare the table. Though Keira is still not in sight.

"The principal?"

"He thought it was the best. With her poor health, she would've harder time with regular club activities. Oh, I'm Milly, the president of the council. Pleasure to meet you.", Milly then introduce herself first to the new member of the council, Kallen Stadfield. Followed by the secretary, Rivalz. Shirley who's also happens to be in Swim Club and Nina before an automate wheelchair approach them, which is Nunally, who's not the council member because of still in middle school but they still induct her as one of their member.

"Sorry, i'm late!", Keira suddenly burst out from the the kitchen with a champagne in his hand. He notice there're two unfamiliar faces.

"Err, which one is Kallen Stadfield?", he asked.

"Oh, this is Kallen and i thought you'd met Nunally, Lelouch's sister?", Shirley said. Keira nodded.

"I haven't met either of you guys until today. Please to meet you all. I'm Keira Vonrino Roze, also new to the council too.", cheerfully tone Keira introduce himself. Both of the new girl replied to him as well.

"Kei, you got what i asked you earlier?", asked Rivalz. He is up to something.

"Oh, yeah. This is the one right?", Keira gave it to him. All of them looks shocked.

"Alright, shall we kick this off with a toast?"

After that, mayhem ensure. Shirley warned not to drink the champagne as they're in the school. Both Rivalz and Shirley struggle for the champagne as the rest of them stay away from the quarrel. Little later, the cork pops up because of the excessive build up gas from the inside and the champagne shoots straight to Kallen. Leaving her wet.

Clubhouse Bathroom

Shirley and Milley wash Kallen's sullied clothes as Lelouch go grab his clothes for Kallen to wear as his room are right in this Clubhouse and went to the bathroom where Kallen wash herself up after the champagne burst. He told Lelouch to stay but for a reason. He grabs Lelouch by hand. Since the bath curtain is down, Lelouch didn't see what Kallen are holding on apart from his arm. A knife pouch.

Things get a little tense in there. She asked again about that Shinjuku incident but Lelouch play dumb until a phone ring and the caller asked him to put Kallen on the phone.

"I'm glad that you still alive, Q-1. 1600 hours, the day after tommorow. The observation deck at the old Tokyo Tower. Come alone.", Kallen startled by the voice. She thought Lelouch is on the phone but he isn't. It's not him in Shinjuku.

"Who are you?! How did you arrange that cease-fire order? Hey! Don't hang up!", the line disconnected. Kallen pull the phone along with it's line, incidently pull over the curtain too. Leaving her whole figure exposed to Lelouch.

"Did you say, cease-fire? Sounds like you keep dangerous company. ", Lelouch asked after overheard that conversation.

"Oh. Uhm...that was—"

"Let me guess, you're talking about the game. Something online?"

"Ye..yeah, you got me. Because...you know, i'd been shut off in my house so long", her words are tremble. Try to make up a lies. She slowly release Lelouch's arm.

"That's what I'm warning you about. When I told you not to bring up Shinjuku before. Seriously, some guys try to show you footage of what happen that day and it's pretty dam grim. By the way...you know I can see you right?", now that Lelouch mention it, she had just realise that the curtain are half open, reveal her nakedself to Lelouch, unintentionaly. She immediately closed of the curtain.

"Uhm, I won't tell anyone. Later.", he then rushes of from the bathroom and make his way down to clean off the small welcoming party earlier along with Keira.

Back in a room, the record is playing the voice of a man on the phone earlier. Sayako who's holding the voice recorder suddenly regain herself and have no clue what she's doing in there with the voice recorder.

There's one answer for sure. Geass.