Mao jumped from the chair and pinned Lelouch to the wall.

"What have you done with her?"

Lelouch struggled against Mao's hold. But in his manic state Mao's strength was focused by his anger.

"I'll ask you again! What have you done with C.C.?!"

"I haven't done a thing with her!"

"Liar!"

"You can read my mind! You tell me!", Lelouch yelled.

Mao calmed down and saw Lelouch remembering C.C.. His eyes narrowed in anger.

"You bastard!", he punched Lelouch to the ground.

"What the hell?!"

"I've seen it! I've seen the way she looks at you!"

'Damn it! Where's Suzaku when you need him?!'

- - -

"Lelouch? Lelouch?"

"I don't think he's in here Suzaku", Euphemia said.

"But there are books here. Lelouch loves to read."

"That's true", Euphemia said while carelessly picking up a book. "Hmm, this book has no words."

The shelf turned and revealed a tunnel.

"I wonder where that goes", Euphemia wondered.

"You stay here", Suzaku said. "There could be something dangerous down there."

Suzaku started down the tunnel. As he walked he heard the sounds of a fight, or more of a struggle it seemed. Jumping to conclusions, Suzaku started running and found Lelouch being attacked by a mysterious man.

"Lelouch!"

Mao immediately let go of the dark haired boy and turned to Suzaku.

"Who are you?", Suzaku demanded.

"I see, you're here for him." Mao laughed. "You can't have him yet. I'm not done playing with him."

Suzaku lunged at Mao who dodged him.

"Suzaku it's no use", Lelouch said. "He reads minds!"

Suzaku's eyes narrowed. "Then I won't think about it!"

He attacked Mao with a variety of punches and kicks. And somehow it worked. Suzaku's moves were too rapid and didn't fit with his thoughts. Mao couldn't predict them. Suzaku had Mao pinned to the ground.

"What do you want with Lelouch?"

"You know C.C., where is she?! What's being done to her?!"

Someone tiptoed down the tunnel and saw the scene. Mao heard other voices in the room.

"Ah, is that your girlfriend? Maybe she can tell me where my C.C. is!"

Suzaku and Lelouch turned toward the doorway. Suzaku expected to see Euphemia. She was there, but also there was-

"Kaguya?", Suzaku called.

"Suzaku? Lelouch?", Kaguya looked around confused.

"What's going on?", Euphemia questioned.

While Lelouch and Suzaku wondered why his cousin was here, Mao was focusing on a third figure. Behind Kaguya a younger girl cowered. Mao forced Suzaku off him and knelt by the small girl.

"Tianzi, you're here! What brings you by?", Mao asked.

The small girl clung to Kaguya's clothes. "I-I'm here with Kaguya."

"It's been awhile since I've seen you. You sure have grown."

"Tianzi and I are here for business", Kaguya said. "But then I saw Euphie waiting here and I decided to investigate. So what's going on here?"

"Uh, we were jst playing a game! Right?", Mao nodded toward Suzaku and Lelouch.

"Then why was Suzaku on top of you?", Euphemia asked.

"Suzaku has always been a sore loser", Lelouch said.

"Why is that table covered in blood?", Kaguya asked.

"Th-that's not blood",Mao said. "It's tomato juice!"

"Hmm, okay. Let's go back! I want to see Nunnally", Kaguya exclaimed.

"I'll stay here. I should clean up this mess. You go have fun Tianzi", Mao said.

The group left and Lelouch now had more suspicions than ever.

- - -

"Nunnally! It's so good to see you again", Kaguya exclaimed when she saw the princess.

"It's good to see you too. Who's that?", Nunnally asked.

"This is my friend, Tianzi!"

"Nice to meet you", Nunnally said.

"N-nice to meet you too."

While his sister got aquainted with Kaguya and Tianzi, Lelouch was thinking. He wondered why Mao was so obsessed with C.C., and why did he drop that obsession , for Tianzi?

'How strange.'

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Sorry to cut it a little short. I don't have much time. Hope you enjoyed it!