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The car ride with Roderick had been…….. Interesting. The man was truly something else entirely. He was strange, he was odd, he was crazy, he was just all out weird and unusually cheery.

In simple terms: He was the complete opposite of Leon. Quite literally.

Soon the three of them were standing at the entrance in a place called Sea World.

"What is this place?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"It's an aquatic theme park. Leon's mum works at the one in Florida. She works with the killer whales and I'm so jealous! But I guess I can't complain." Roderick shrugged with a happy smile.

"Are you sure you're related to Leon?" Suzaku asked with a raised brow.

"Genetics and blood tests say yes, mentality says no. No, I really wonder. Honestly I do."

"Yeah well so do we." said Lelouch.

"So does everyone else so what do I care really?" Roderick said with a grin.

"Are you always this happy?" Suzaku asked.

"Yes! Though sometimes I think it's because Leon doesn't smile enough, so I have to be happy enough for the both of us. After all, he's grouchy enough for the both of us."

"He doesn't seem that grouchy." Suzaku admitted.

"That's cause Kit keeps him in line. Before Kit came into his life……. You don't want to know. Scary, scary, almost worse than Cameron Ashtor."

"I didn't know there was such a thing." said Suzaku as Lelouch just looked around in curiosity.

"So what are we supposed to be doing? I doubt you brought us here to stand and talk about why you're so unusually cheerful all day." Lelouch said.

"Right! Follow me!" said Roderick excitedly, then he broke out in an all out run.

"We might want to catch up." said Suzaku.

"Good idea." agreed Lelouch.

Then the two of them took off after him.

After a moment the two of them caught up with him in front of a building that said 'Wild Artic' on the front.

"Welcome to my work." said Roderick smiling with a bow.

"What is it?" Lelouch asked.

"Come with me. This is why we're here!" he said.

So they followed him into a back room, and it was then that Lelouch noticed what the back of Roderick's grey shirt said.

"Sea World, animal training." Lelouch read.

"Exactly! I managed to get special permission for this so I wouldn't have to pay for it." said Roderick leading them into the back. "That and it's considered therapeutic which is what Miss Sarah recommended for the two of you. After all the is a psychologist."

"Who's Miss Sara?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"Mr. Midnightstar's girlfriend." said Suzaku.

"Oh. Wait, which one's?"

"Both Mr. Midnightstar's are Miss Sarah's boyfriends. Because Mr. Malachai doesn't show up enough. I'm sure Leon told you that they've pretty much become one person, right?" asked Roderick opening a back door into the building and leading them inside.

"Yeah but…….. I find that somewhat strange." Lelouch admitted looking around.

The room was quite simple. It had a carpeted floor and a table with several learning tools on it. But to their right was a big pane of glass and on the other side was…….

"Is that……. A real polar bear?" asked Suzaku in awe, looking at the sleeping bear, a hand on the glass.

"Yes that's a real polar bear. That's Charlie. He only wakes up when he knows food's nearby." said Roderick with a smile.

"Then apparently he thinks Suzaku's food." Lelouch chuckled as the polar bear woke up and stuck it's nose against the glass in front of Suzaku's face.

"I don't taste good I promise!" said Suzaku jumping away from the window.

"Hi Charlie!" said Roderick waving with a smile.

They watched as Charlie put his paw on the glass, as if in greeting.

"See, they say these animals don't understand English, but I beg to differ." said Roderick. "You understand me just fine don't you Charlie?"

The polar bear nodded.

"Does he normally interact with people like that?" Lelouch asked.

"No. He usually sits around and eats peanut butter out of a pumpkin before laying out in the sun to see how many people think he's adorable. He's a damn good actor I'll give him that. He even fools his own trainers into thinking he's just a lazy bear."

"So this is where all of the polar bears are?" Suzaku asked.

"When they're not out in their habitat. This is kind of their inside napping place."

"Does that mean Leon's out there because I don't see him in here." said Lelouch making Roderick laugh.

"Ha ha! I'm going to have to tell him about that one! That's funny! But no, he's not out there. Besides, he's the one polar bear you wouldn't want on display. He'd scare away the children the moment he bared his fangs."

"You two are terrible." said Suzaku shaking his head.

"I know, I'm a terrible jackass for picking on my dear twin like that aren't I?" Roderick said grinning.

"Just a bit." Suzaku admitted.

"I could do worse, trust me. I can be nasty when I feel like it." Roderick said. "Leon doesn't usually hear my most obnoxious comments. I at least attempt to behave around him."

"You're behaved around him? Then what was the other day before we went to the aquarium?" Lelouch asked.

"I like playing with my brother. I don't say the bad things around him though. I can be bad enough I can put Travis to shame."

"Ouch." said Lelouch with a wince. "That bad huh?"

"Travis cusses, I can be very crude around a few of my friends. Charlie's heard some of my more…… colorful comments. They were pretty bad, weren't they Charlie?"

The polar bear rested his chin on the floor before wrapping his gigantic paws over the top of his head, pinning down his ears as if he didn't want to hear.

"There's your answer."

"I don't even want to know what kind of jokes you're making if a polar bear is afraid to hear them." said Suzaku.

"You're a completely different person away from Leon aren't you?" Lelouch asked.

"I'm still cheery, I just had a social life which meant that I ended up with an occasionally dirty mindset. But like I said, I attempt to stay behaved around Leon. It's just tough considering my best friend since I was fifteen always had her mind in the gutter. The one Charlie heard just happened to be between the two of us."

Charlie stuck out his tongue.

"Oh please, it was cleaner than most jokes I tell around her." Roderick said. "It wasn't that bad!"

"Poor Charlie." Suzaku whispered in Lelouch's ear, making him chuckle.

"I heard that. Anyway, say goodbye to Charlie. We have other things to see today." said Roderick.

"Okay, Goodbye Charlie." said Lelouch waving to the polar bear.

"Yeah, bye Charlie." said Suzaku waving as well.

Charlie lifted up his paw in acknowledgment, then he stretched out and dozed off again.

"See, told you he was lazy." said Roderick leading them through another door.

"Or maybe you just scared him into thinking that you were going to tell another dirty joke that he didn't want to hear." said Lelouch.

"Oh touché my dear nephew! Touché!" Roderick laughed. "I can already tell Leon's going to regret letting the two of you come with me if you're matching my witty comments with your own."

"Witty? Witty isn't exactly the word I had in mind for your comments." Lelouch said smiling.

"You really have changed Lelouch." Suzaku said shaking his head.

"I'm sure I have." Lelouch admitted shrugging.

"You know, you two would make a cute couple." Roderick joked with a chuckle making Lelouch and Suzaku turn bright red.

"As if! I can assure you that I don't swing that way." Lelouch argued back. "But I think I've figured out which way you swing my dear uncle Roddy."

"Please! I hate to burst your little bubble, but I have a girlfriend."

"Really? Is she imaginary?"

"Nope. I believe she's a friend of yours. Nina?"

Suzaku and Lelouch stopped and starred at each other.

"Nina? What's she doing here?" Lelouch asked.

"I don't know. Mr. Midnightstar rescues the strangest people for the strangest reasons. He rescued the two of you, didn't he?"

"I didn't even need rescuing, I didn't die." Suzaku admitted.

"No, but I'm sure there was a reason." shrugged Roderick. "I don't even know why she ended up here. She's quite an intriguing young lady though, of that I can assure you."

"I'm amazed Nina would even be with a guy like you considering the comments you make." said Lelouch.

"Ha ha! But you see, there's more underneath that mild mannered exterior that I'm sure you've never seen. She could give me a run for my money if she wanted to, and she has."

"Nina? Nina Einstein? Are you sure?" Suzaku asked.

"Yes. She's about five and a half feet tall, wavy dark hair, big glasses, highly intelligent?"

"I wonder why Nina's here?" Lelouch said.

"Mr. Midnightstar's been adding more and more people every day. I think the most recent was some lady named Cecile Croomy."

AT that Suzaku's green eyes widened in shock.

"What would Miss Cecile be doing here? And if that's the case, I hope Lloyd didn't come with her."

"Who? Oh you mean the tall skinny sociopath who's quite obviously gay? I think Mr. Midnighstar found him a job in naval engineering." said Roderick.

"That wasn't the answer I was hoping for." sighed Suzaku as they followed Roderick down the hall.

"Well that's the answer you got!" Roderick laughed.

"I'm hoping this is our last trip with Uncle Roderick." Lelouch whispered as Roderick disappeared into a closet.

"No joke. He's a true nut job." Suzaku whispered back.

AS soon as Roderick came back out of the room, Lelouch and Suzaku each found themselves hit in the face with thick black rubber.

"Wet suits?" Lelouch said cautiously, holding his up.

"Yup! You're gonna want them, trust me, so I'd go change if I were you." he said pointing to a room opposite the closet.

Suzaku and Lelouch did as they were told, very unsure about what was going to happen.

After they had all changed Roderick led them out to the edge of a large tank where there were three large white things swimming around.

"Welcome to my version of therapy." Roderick chuckled, setting down a large bucket of fish.

"What are those things?" Suzaku asked, peeking over the edge.

"Beluga whales. My dear friends." said Roderick, jumping out onto a small platform. "Come on, if you don't get in now you'll never get used to it."

Lelouch tentatively tested the water and was not happy to find that it was absolutely freezing.

"It's ice water." he said with a shiver as Suzaku joined him.

"Of course. These whales come from the arctic." Roderick explained as they stood next to him. "Now I will admit there is one thing that Leon and I always agreed on here."

"And what's that?" asked Suzaku as Roderick walked in between them.

"Well that's quite simple really." said Roderick.

Before they had any idea what was going on, they both found themselves completely submersed for a second before Roderick pulled them both back out onto the platform, holding onto the back of their suits as they gasped for air.

"You jerk!" Lelouch snapped, taking a swing at Roderick who was laughing as he and Suzaku shivered uncontrollably, their teeth chattering. "That wasn't funny!"

"It was to me." Roderick chuckled, sitting in between them with the bucket of fish.

"If I told Leon, what would he do?" Lelouch asked.

"He'd probably beat my ass for messing with his newest son." Roderick shrugged with a smile. "But it's not like I really give a shit. We beat each other up anyway. Of course he usually wins. Oh well."

"You're not normal are you?" Suzaku asked.

"Nope. I'm quite crazy, almost on the brink of insanity, I'm a bit of a spaz, and I've been in a mental hospital twice because I scared my parents into thinking I was cheerfully psychotic."

Lelouch and Suzaku starred for a moment before they each moved away from Roderick.

"I'm kidding guys!" Roderick laughed. "I'm not that bad. I promise you. I just have adult ADHD, that's all. I'm a bit hyper, and I have a short attention span. I've never been in a mental hospital. I've never even had to see a psychiatrist. I'm not normal, and I'm a little crazy, but I'm perfectly sane. I just decide not to take my medicine unless I have to really focus on something boring. Sheesh, I really didn't mean it."

"Why do we not believe you?" Lelouch asked.

"Believe what you will." Roderick shrugged, slapping the water with his palm, the bucket of fish in his lap.

Soon two whales swam up to look at him.

"Hi girls. Did you miss me this weekend?" Roderick asked them with a smile.

Both whales nodded as they let out high pitched whistles and tweets.

"Well I missed you girls too, so I brought friends to play with today."

Lelouch couldn't help but feel the childish curiosity return as he moved a little closer to get a good look at the whales.

"These two are Nanuq and Allua." said Roderick pointing each one out. "Frederick's the boy."

Suzaku leaned in for a closer look just to have Nanuq hit him in the face with a mouth full of water.

Roderick laughed. "Be nice Nanuq." he chided. "He's family. He's not any stranger than I am."

"Don't start compairing us, I'm no where near as strange as you." said Suzaku. "Troubled? Yes. Depressed? Absolutely. A complete nut job? I think not."

"True, true." he agreed with a nod. "So, which one of you want's to say hello first?"

"Will I get spit at?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"Not unless she feels like it." Roderick admitted. "Here, lean forward, turn your head, and tap your cheek with a finger."

"Why?"

"Just do it."

Lelouch did as he was told just to have a soft, wet and rubbery nose touch his cheek before Roderick let out a short blow on his high pitched whistle.

"There. Now you can say you've been kissed by a beluga." he said, tossing a fish into Allua's mouth.

"Yet another unusual thing to add to my list of life long accomplishments." Lelouch admitted.

"See Belugas give little pecks. Killer whales give sloppy kisses. They can cover your whole face with their tongue."

"Somehow that just doesn't sound like the kind of kiss I want." Suzaku admitted.

"That's because you'd rather have your first kiss from Euphie." Lelouch said with a smile, making Suzaku turn bright red.

"This coming from the guy that's been kissed by three of his best friends." said Suzaku sending a wall of water in Lelouch's face.

Lelouch coughed and spluttered a little just to have Nanuq flip and use her tail to send more water in his direction.

"That's not fair." Lelouch said, trying to wipe the water off his face as Roderick laughed.

Allua then splashed Suzaku as if in Lelouch's defense.

"Well I'm glad to see the two of you connecting with the girls so well." said Roderick smiling. "Anyway, if you don't want a kiss Suzaku, you can always get a hug."

"A hug? How do they give hugs?"

"Simple, just hold your arms out like this." said Roderick demonstrating and holding out his arms in a ring.

Suzaku imitated and Nanuq snuggled up in a way, also kissing his cheek.

"I guess she wanted her kiss too." Roderick said with a smile, tossing a fish her way.

But Nanuq spit it out hitting Roderick square in the face, making Lelouch and Suzaku laugh.

"Now that wasn't very nice." Roderick huffed. "What? You'd rather have Suzaku give you the fish?"

Nanuq nodded.

"Fine, but you didn't have to spit it in my face." he said handing Suzaku a fish.

"Ugh! It's slimy." Suzaku muttered, putting it in her mouth.

"Of course it is Suzaku, it's a dead fish." said Roderick as if it was obvious. "Why don't you try and tickle her?"

"They're ticklish?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"Well they act like it anyway." Roderick shrugged. "All you have to do is lightly scratch the top of their noggin."

Lelouch tentatively reached out and gently scratched the top of Allua's head making her let out a series of chirps as she flipped her tail flukes like a tickled person would laugh and kick their legs.

"Her head feels weird." said Suzaku.

"That's because that's her melon which is really just a protective layer of fat." Roderick explained.

Lelouch just looked down at his newest friend who spit water in his face.

"Hey! That's not nice." Lelouch said, splashing back.

Just to have her spit again.

"She's playing with you. She really likes you." Roderick laughed.

"At least Nanuq doesn't bite me like Arthur." Suzaku admitted.

"If you really want to be her best friend, let her put her flipper in your lap and then you rub it really fast."

Suzaku did so just to have her squeak in happiness.

"You're making her so happy I didn't even need the bucket of fish." said Roderick smiling.

Lelouch watched as Allua disappeared underneath the water.

"What's she doing?" Lelouch asked curiously.

"She's making bubble rings. We just recently taught them how to make them."

"I can't tell."

"Can you open your eyes in salt water?" Roderick asked.

"I believe so, why?"

"Here, I promise I won't let go." Roderick said getting a firm grasp on the back of Lelouch's suit.

"Wait a minute! What are you going to do?"

"Just take a deep breath."

Lelouch did so right as Roderick pushed him off the edge and held him just underneath the surface. He opened his eyes to see a blurry Allua and several bubble rings coming out of her mouth as she floated with her face inches in front of him. Despite his better judgment, he couldn't help but smile when she touched noses with him. Then he kissed her nose feeling happiness bubble inside him in the same way Allua's bubbles floated to the surface.

After a few more seconds Roderick pulled him back out and onto the platform.

"Normally we don't take the interaction that far, but I figured it was in your best interest." Roderick said with a smile.

"Giving Allua an underwater kiss is much better than comparing myself to a cuttlefish." Lelouch admitted, shaking his head before running a hand through his wet hair.

"And you're smiling more than ever." Roderick said. "I told you, this is a more……… interesting version of therapy. This is what my dear brother went through. When Miss Jamie couldn't melt the ice on his heart, the killer whales did. She helped Mr. Midnightstar get permission to send several of his adoptees here for that exact reason. Because it's been proven that when human's can't get through to those kids, these animals can."

Lelouch just grinned as Suzaku and Nanuq touched forehead to melon with smiles and chirps.

And that was just the beginning to a very fascinating friendship for Lelouch and Suzaku with their two newest friends.

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Ginger: Aww...... what an adorable new friendship. now granted, the beluga interactions really aren't taken that far, but I figured for Lelouch's purpose he needed a more....... in depth interaction with his new friend. And now we find out just how scary our dear Roderick Spencer really is! *evil laugh* Anyway, thanks to the usuals! Digimon dreamer, midorchi_chan, imaginedreams22, and one sided pancake.