a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE thanks to all those that gave me suggestions for the contractors for Alex's 'cult friends'. I really appreciate them! It's SUPER SPECIAL AWESOME! 10 brownie points for whoever knows where I got that from.

J.J. and K.K. are totally original created by reviewers.

But M.M. and Q.Q. are based off pics that can be found on my profile.

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I looked at the eight people socializing in the room. Some of the contractors looked a little weird. They all turned when Lelouch, C.C., and I returned.

"Well, well, if it isn't L.L., and his partner in crime C.C.", one of them said. She had light purple hair, and silver eyes. From her position, I guessed she was connected to Sirius.

"It's been a while M.M.", Lelouch answered.

"It's been much too long", she grinned. "But I visited your cottage and I must say it has interesting decor~"

"It was C.C.'s idea to put Pizza Hut stickers everywhere", Lelouch said.

"I just can't believe they've been in business for this long", another said. "Their pizza isn't even that goo-OW!"

C.C. smiled innocently as she grabbed another weapon. "What was that J.J.? I didn't quite hear you."

"After all this time, you're still obsessed with it?"

J.J had strawberry blonde hair, and stood next to Astra. "You should know better than to insult Pizza Hut around C.C.", Lelouch said.

"Enough playing around", a small voice said. "What's the plan?" A short girl stood next to Vesper clinging to his arm. She had chin length black hair, and blue eyes. She looked a little bratty.

"Before we do that, we should probably introduce ourselves to this young man right here", said someone I hadn't really noticed until now.

He was a bit taller than Lelouch and seemed to be looking at me a little too closely.

"Alex, this is M.M., J.J., K.K., and Q.Q.", Lelouch said.

"What's with this naming system?", I asked. Now it was just getting weird.

"This is Alex!", M.M. squealed immediately running up and-

"Ow!"

Pinching my cheeks. "You've grown so much, I almost didn't recognize you."

"How do you know me?", a managed to say while my cheeks were still held hostage.

"We all met you a while back", J.J. said. "You were just a little shrimp back then.

M.M. finally released me and I looked to Lelouch. This guy still had a lot of explaining to do. This whole thing felt more like a family reunion than a meeting of immortal code bearers and high school geass users.

"Now that we're all aquainted, we can get started", Lelouch said.

"Is A.A. still with them?", Q.Q. asked.

"Yes", C.C. answered.

"Didn't he just let Alex go, after he had him?", M.M. asked.

"He told me this was all just a game to him", I said, remembering my encounter with A.A..

"He's an idiot", K.K. said, still latched unto Vesper.

I sort of got that impression too. But I also thought he was a little. . . flamboyant.

"What exactly is the Eden Vital up to?", J.J. asked.

"Alex is the Key. And they're trying to start the true Ragnarök. This isn't the same thing the 98th emperor was trying to do", Lelouch explained. "This is something much bigger."

"Eden Vital wants to use Alex to rule the world. They will use him to open the doors to C's world and then have code bearers rule over normal humans", C.C. finished.

"They're ambitious aren't they?", Q.Q. said, rubbing his chin.

"Crazy's more like it", J.J. said crossing his arms. "What do they expect to accomplish with that?"

"The leader must be a supremacist", K.K. said with a sneer.

"Well what are we supposed to do?", Astra asked.

"Wipe them out", K.K. said simply. "Why should we let them continue?"

"It won't be that simple. And our plan isn't just to 'wipe them out'", Lelouch said. "If it's possible, we should try and bring some over to our side."

"Like who?", Sirius questioned. "If they're already on that side, why would they switch?"

"Don't be so naive Sirius", M.M. giggled, patting him on the head. "It's human nature to doubt. As long as we can sew the seeds, the mind will see to it's fruition."

"And luckily for us, three of those seeds have been planted", Lelouch said, with that annoying smirk of his.

"Who?", K.K. raised an eyebrow.

"As you know, A.A. doesn't care which side he's on, as long as he's having fun. We just have to show him how fun we can be", Lelouch explained.

"Cassandra is the second, for reasons obvious. With the right words, we should be able to convert her", C.C. said.

"And the last is Jun", Lelouch said, looking at me.

"Jun? Did you guys make a new friend without us knowing?", M.M. said in a teasing voice, choosing to sit on the table.

Lelouch? Friends? Ha! I guess that's not fair. Rolo likes him well enough that he'll kill for him. But still, Lelouch just isn't the most social of people.

"Jun is a friend of Alex's. He just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time", Lelouch said.

"Is he anything like Suzaku?", M.M. asked clasping her hands with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"He's remarkably similar to Suzaku", C.C. grinned.

"It's almost like history is repeating itself", Q.Q. said.

"Except this time, I'll try and limit the martyrs to zero", Lelouch added.

"Was that a play on words, or are you serious?", M.M. asked, crossing her legs.

"I'm serious. Zero is no longer mine to masquerade as."

"That's too bad. I miss watching you throw crowds into a riot", M.M. sighed.

Wait a minute! "You guys were alive when Lelouch was Zero?", I asked.

"Well not all of us", Q.Q. said. "M.M. and I were still humans who had yet to meet our contractors. These two weren't even born yet", he said gesturing towards J.J. and K.K..

"I guess I should've expected that. You guys are immortal after all. So about getting them to convert. . .", I waited for someone to finish.

"You need to talk to Jun. Find out why he's there, and tell him why he should be with us", Lelouch explained.

"I thought you didn't want me to get my friends mixed with my enemies." We just had this conversation a few minutes ago.

"And you shouldn't. But as long as he's on our side, he's safe."

"I wish you'd make up your mind about these things. But making Jun change should be easy, as long as he doesn't attack me again in class."

"So he's as strong as Suzaku too?", M.M. giggled. "Maybe the president has a wild streak as well."

"Marie is actually pretty down to earth. Except for when it comes to Jun. She loves to dress him up", I could just imagine all those times she dragged him into something.

"Well I guess it can't all be the same. Especially if we want a change of outcome", Q.Q. said.

"Exactly. Alex, you and the other students should go to your dorms. Jun has a strong will, so you'll need to be focused", Lelouch said dismissing us.

The five of us left our contractors to whatever they chose to talk about. I got to my dorm safe enough and went to my laptop to look up something: the news story from earlier.

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Up next: Alex watches the news story and then tries to talk some sense into Jun.

I'm takin' requests for the little omakes after each chapter, because I'm outta ideas! ^-^

Also, I'd like some help for Sidra, Vesper, Astra, and Sirius' geasses. Any suggestions?