Chapter One:

The sun beamed into the colorful, mosaic window of Nunnally's room in the royal Britannian palace that remained in Japan. She was thankful for getting her eyesight back, or she would've never been able to see all these beautiful and vibrant colors coming through the glass pane. Today she had, yet another, meeting with Li Xingke and Empress Tianzi of the Chinese Federation. As she sat up in her bed to stretch out her arms, someone knocked on her door.

"Come in!" she called out.

"Good morning, Nunnally-sama," It was Sayoko. Although the Japanese were free and serving for a Britannian was no longer the only occupation suited for the once-known 'Elevens', Sayoko stayed loyal to Nunnally. She was by her side whenever she was needed.

Nunnally was given a bath and changed into her day dress. She was helped into her wheelchair and was off to the dining hall. After she ate breakfast, she decided to wander through the royal art gallery, for old times' sake. When she passed the colossal painting of her brother, she frowned. She reached out for the canvas and stroked its cool, smooth surface.

She looked up at the ceiling window into the crystal-clear, blue sky.

"…I miss you…big brother," a tear rolled down her cheek

She heard footsteps of someone walking towards her.

"Nunnally-sama, are you okay?" It was Suzaku. She wiped the tear off of her face.

"Oh, it's just you, didn't expect to see you here. Um, I was just looking at the gallery"

"I see"

Nunnally took a brief glance at the knight.

'My, how he's changed,' Nunnally thought

Indeed, Suzaku had changed. Appearance-wise, that is. He was definitely more muscular and well built. His emerald eyes were still sparkling and dreamy as ever. Same goes for his smile. She wondered how a man as handsome as him was still single.

She blushed.

"Oh, my, Suzaku-san, the meeting is starting in twenty minutes. Will you escort me to the conference room?" she asked.

"Yes, your highness," he said, bowing, without hesitation. Nunnally smiled.

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Nunnally, Li Xingke and Tianzi were discussing over various politics, war issues and what-not, along with Nunnally's sister and brother, Cornelia and Schneizel. Princess Kaguya Sumeragi was also their to take care of issues pertaining to Japan.

"Is this what we intend to do? Just sit back while we let the North Koreans keep taking your sakuradite? To the very worst, they use it to make nuclear bombs that can destroy an estimate of the entire Shinjuku and Hiroshima regions combined!" Schneizel exclaimed at Kaguya-sama

"Well, what do you suppose we do?" Xingke asked ever so calmly.

"What else CAN we do? We fight fire with fire, that's what," Cornelia spat back.

"NO, sister. We can't. That's what got us into the war during father's era in the first place!"

"Yes, that may be true. But who knows what the North Koreans are planning. You know just as well as I do that Kim Eun-Jeung is an extremely ruthless woman. Maybe even worse than Lelouch," said Tianzi

Nunnally bit her tongue and clenched her fists.

"LELOUCH WOULD NEVER-"

"Are you saying Lelouch didn't mercilessly kill all those innocent elev- I mean, Japanese?"

Nunnally stayed quiet, frowning.

"…I'm sorry. Back to the subject, I was notified that South Korean agents have been sent to Pyongyang to retrieve some knowledge on what the Northerners are planning. That's a difficult task all on its own. The isolated country is extremely secured. Crossing the DMZ would take days. And if they get caught, who knows what will happen?"

"That's right…. That wretched Eun-Jeung, letting her people die off like that. Makes me sick," Cornelia said with scorn.

"Just like father," Nunnally whispered to herself.

Cornelia looked at her with surprise, then softened her expression. She knew she was right. Charles Di Britannia was indeed a monster.

"Well, I suppose this should do it for our meeting! How about we call it a day?" Scheizel said, trying to brighten up the tense mood in the conference room.

"That sounds good to me," Tianzi said, half-heartedly.

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"You cretin!" yelled Lelouch as his gun was flung out of his hands.

As Suzaku was about to ready his sword to finish off Lelouch once and for all, a certain green-haired woman jump in front of his target. Lelouch and Suzaku watched in horror as they saw the deep red liquid gushing from her side.

"What?" Suzaku said, his hands trembling.

"C.C., Why?!" Lelouch said with tears forming on his waterline.

"I couldn't bear the thought of losing you, Lelouch. We made a deal, remember? I could never let you die."

With that, she placed her soft lips against Lelouch's. Lelouch felt a sudden surge in him and he could almost feel the code being passed onto him. Soon, the Geass sigil was implanted onto his forehead.

"But C.C., you....."

"My wish was to die, wasn't it?"

Hot tears began rolling down Lelouch's face. C.C. looked at him with much sorrow, and smiled.

"Hey, Lelouch, how would you feel if I said I might be willing to survive for you?"

"....You have no idea how happy I would be."

"Good. I just needed to hear it for myself," her voice was getting softer.

He shuddered with fear of losing her. "WHAT ARE YOU STANDING AROUND FOR, SUZAKU? GET HER SOME HELP!"

"But, Lelouch!"

Lelouch realized now of his plan for Zero Requiem.

"Suza - no, Zero.... promise me you will take care of C.C. when I'm gone."

"Wha-",

"KILL ME, ALREADY"

..........

Everything began to look white to Lelouch. Could this be it. Was he.... dead?

"BIG BROTHER!" Nunnally screamed. She clutched onto his cloak and held his bloody hands ever so tightly.

"This isn't fair. Why, big brother... Why did this happen to you? I couldn't bear to live a future without you. I just couldn't!"

C.C. found herself wrapped inside a silky blanket, laying a-top of a cushy bed. Her head resting on a feather-stuffed pillow. Her eyes began to flutter open. She immediately sprang up from her bed. She was breathing heavily and felt a sharp pain on the left side of her chest. She looked down and saw the blood ridden bandages that covered her body.

" 'Bout time you woke up." It was Suzaku.

"Suzaku?! Wait, where's Lelouch?"

"He's in the room across from us. He's unconscious, but his breathing and heart rate are normal"

"What, how-" she paused, realizing she had passed her code on to Lelouch.

Even so, how was SHE alive?

"What happened to me?" C.C. winced from another sharp impulse in her chest.

Suzaku stood there, scratching his head.

"You weren't exactly killed, but just stabbed really, REALLY badly." He couldn't think of any other way to say it.

"Must be pretty awkward to be talking to the person who nearly killed you, huh?" he smiled faintly.

She smiled back, then her face frowned, turning into a serious expression.

"I want to see Lelouch."

"What?"

"You heard me. I want to see him. I need to see if he can forgive me for what I did to him. After wishing to die for his people, I took that wish away from him. I would hate to see him in the same despair that I was put through." Tears dripped down her face.

Suzaku frowned. He took C.C.'s hand and directed her towards Lelouch's room. She started getting nervous. For each step she took to Lelouch's room, her heart started beating faster. 'Why am I so nervous to see him? This is so out of my nature,' she thought.

Lelouch. His expression was so gentle. So angelic for a so-called demonic prince. C.C. started to resent herself for passing her code onto Lelouch. Making him live in a world where he was hated by everyone. She held his hand tight. She began to cry. Her hot tears fell upon the emperor's face.

...............

C.C. looked up in surprise. She hadn't heard Lelouch say her real name in so long. His eyes began to open. He smiled faintly looking up at her.

"Lelouch, I'm so sorry. I promise, I'll get us out of Britannia to some place far, far away. We can live in peace. This is all my fault. If you hadn't discovered me from the capsule back in the ghetto, you would have-"

She was cut off by the gentle lips of Lelouch. He pulled her down to a heart-warming kiss. C.C. was blushing furiously.

"As long as I'm with you" He said. And he meant it.

"Hmph, that's awfully sweet of you. Kind of cheesy, though."

"Be quiet, witch" His eyes sparkled.

She stayed by his side the whole night.

"I'll get us out of here. Just wait."

Suzaku left the room, knowing that they would like some privacy.

'I wonder what you mean by "getting us out of here", C.C.' he pondered.

A couple of hours passed by. Suzaku decided to check up on C.C. and Lelouch to see how they were turning out.

Once he walked into the room, his eyes darkened. They were gone. The window had been left open. They ran away.

'I can't believe this.' He said as he walked over to the window. Then he smiled.

'Well, if this is what you think is right, C.C., Then godspeed. To both of you…..'