A few days passed their mother was still not found, and considered dead. The town organized a funeral for her. All throughout it, Lelouch listened carefully when they talked about his mother's life.

Her best friend in the town was one he especially listened to. Her name was Sarah, and Lelouch had known her his whole life.

"Mary was and is still my best friend. She raised three beautiful children and was someone who was always ready to lend a helping hand."

Despite Lelouch's intentions to reveal his mother's secrets, he missed her. Even if she wasn't his mother, she loved and cared for him and his siblings. Rolo and Nunnally were on opposite sides of him.

Nunnally held his hand the entire time. After the service, Sarah came up to Lelouch. Her eyes glistened with tears.

"Lelouch, I want you to have something. I know most of your things were burned, but I kept something in my home."

She handed him a small book. He opened it and flipped though the pages. There were pictures of him, Rolo, and Nunnally. Some were them as kids, others were more recent. There were also pictures of them with their mother.

Even Suzaku was there. Lelouch looked at Sarah with a grateful smile.

"Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me, and for my brother and sister."

"You've grown so much. It seems like only yesterday you were taking your first steps."

When they returned to Suzaku's house Lelouch showed the book to Nunnally and Rolo. Nunnally stared at a particular picture.

"Lelouch, look at this."

"What is it?", he looked at the picture she pointed at.

"I don't remember having this bear."

In the photograph, Nunnally, along with Mary, was holding a teddy bear. It was of fine quality and had a peculiar pin on its chest.

"Hmm, I don't think it was ever around the house. This may be another clue. I should leave soon."

"So you're still leaving?", Rolo asked.

"Of course. I need to know for sure who our mother is."

Lelouch decided to leave the next day. He gave his goodbyes to Nunnally and Rolo. Suzaku offered to join him, but Lelouch refused. He took one of the horses from Suzaku's stable and rode off.

He carried only the essentials and didn't waste anytime. He was able to make it quite far before sunset, when he decided he should rest for the night. The horse, who was named Charlie, seconded the decision as he sat next to Lelouch, who sat against a tree.

He knew it was dangerous here alone. It was the reason he didn't want Rolo and Nunnally to come in the first place. So he didn't relax completely. He heard rustling in the distance.

'It was too loud to be a small animal. Possibly a person, it wasn't big enough to be a bear.'

Lelouch kept his cool, he didn't want the intruder to know they were caught. Then he heard whispers.

"Be quiet!"

"I'm sorry. It's just a littler harder to move around."

"We don't want to be heard."

"But why? He's right there, he's what we came for."

"Let's just go out and meet him."

The voices sounded familiar, but Lelouch didn't want to make assumptions. The bushes rustled more and from the forest came two people.

"Rolo! Nunnally! What are you doing here?!", he yelled.

"We weren't going to let you go without us", Rolo said camly.

"I told you"-

"Please brother," Nunnally pleaded.

"We want to find out who our real mother is", Rolo explained.

Nunnally took Lelouch's hand in her own.

"Lelouch, we didn't want to be without you."

"You're our brother, and we should stay together", Rolo added.

The eldest sibling sighed before having his face break into a smile.

"Fine, we'll go together."

His younger brother and sister smiled widely as well.

"But for now let's rest."

The twins slept easily, being next to their older brother. Lelouch never let himself fall in too deep.

- - - - - - - -

Lelouch opened his eyes to the bright sun. He noticed Nunnally and Rolo were gone. He called for them several times. He looked around. Charlie was still there.

"Kind of think of it, how did they get here the same time I did, when I left earlier? They didn't have a horse so. . ."

"Nunnally! Rolo!", someone else was calling for his brother and sister.

Bursting from the leaves was-

"Suzaku!", Lelouch yelled.

Said brunet saw that his best friend was there.

"Lelouch, have you seen Rolo and Nunnally?"

"Yes. They left to come with me."

"You have no idea how devious they are", Suzaku said.

"What?"

"Brother, are you awake now?", an innocent voice called.

Rolo and Nunnally appeared with apples. They froze when they saw Suzaku.

"There you are!", he yelled.

"Both of you explain", Lelouch demanded.

"We went with Suzaku to deliver some goods to the next town. We knew you were headed near there, so we both agreed to try and find you when Suzaku stopped last night", Rolo said quickly.

Lelouch frowned. "What you did was dangerous. You had no sure way to find me."

"We followed the tracks on the trail, they seemed fresh", Nunnally said.

"But then it got dark. Something could've happened to you." He sighed. "I actually prefer it this way though."

"Huh?", Suzaku was confused by what he said.

"Last night I thought they left on their own. I feel better knowing they were with you Suzaku."

"Anyway, we should let Lelouch get going. We still have to take the products to Narita", Suzaku said to the twins.

"But brother said we could go with him", Rolo muttered.

Suzaku looked at Lelouch for his approval. He nodded his head.

"-sigh-. Fine, you guys go. I'm going to go head to Narita. If I don't get these tools there, Lloyd will have my head. He'll probably preserve it for testing."

"Actually, I wanted you to come", Lelouch said.

Suzaku jerked his head so fast with almost turned full circle.

"W-what?"

"With Nunnally and Rolo here, it'd be nice to have an extra set of eyes watching them. Especially now that I know how clever they are."

"B-but what about-"

"We can stop by Narita, then send a messenger to tell Lloyd and Cecile."

"I wish you could just make up your mind."

"I did, just now."

"Alright Lelouch. I'll help you find your mother."

After a breakfast of apples for both children and horses, Lelouch on Charlie, Suzaku, Rolo, and Nunnally on the carriage pulled by two other horses.

"I wonder what she'll be like?", Nunnally pondered out loud, referring to their unknown mother.

Lelouch smiled. "Who knows?"