Crossroads
Chapter 5
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Zero's Office, Area 11
Suzaku was still wondering about Schneizel's odd behaviour. He had ordered the Prince not to do anything without his orders. And yet Schneizel mysteriously appeared right in front of the protesters and shooed them away.
"This is weird" Suzaku whispered. As he flipped the files on his table, the was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"Kallen Kozuki"
"Come in then"
Kallen Kozuki, the red haired ace pilot of the Black Knights entered the office. She seemed a bit annoyed at something. The girl grabbed a chair and sat right in front of Suzaku's table. Smacking her fists on the table, she cursed.
"That idiot Lelouch! Who does he think he is? He kept on refusing to listen to any of us and prefer talking to his chess pieces!" She growled. Suzaku felt his heart jumped out when she banged the table. It was like a nuclear bomb, no in fact worse than that.
"Chess pieces?" Suzaku wondered. Jeez, he's still a chess maniac even though he had lost his memory...he chuckled. Kallen crossed her legs and folded her arms.
"Yea, C.C gave him a chess set after he refused to listen to us. She said it would be better than watching him doing nothing" Kallen answered.
Suzaku nodded. "Perhaps" he said and then glanced at the CCTV placed in Schneizel's office on the computer. He had been watching Schneizel ever since the prince sudden appearance at the protest. Even Jeremiah had kept an eye on him. So far, the prince doesn't seem to be doing suspicious things yet. Then he turned back to Kallen. "So, is there anything you have to tell me today?"
"Yes, it's about how to get Lelouch moving as an emperor" Kallen replied. Suzaku raised his eyebrow.
"Alright, tell me then"
In the hospital
It had been the 30th time C.C lost to Lelouch in the game of chess. No matter what kind of strategy she tried, she could never defeat Lelouch. On the other hand, Lelouch seemed to be enjoying the game well. He never gets tired.
C.C stifled a yawn and looked at the clock. Kallen had been out for two hours and she doesn't seem eager to return back after Lelouch snarky remarks to her.
A few hours ago
Kallen glared at Lelouch. She was getting tired of Lelouch's annoying behaviour. He had been making a fun of her and even toyed around with her pride as the ace pilot of Black Knights. He asked her all those stupids question that Kallen could never answer. Lelouch and C.C laughed non-stop upon seeing Kallen's reaction.
"Hey red head, you seemed to have the talent of being a comedian. Your reactions to my questions interest me. You don't seem like what those videos said about you. Are you sure you are a pilot?"Lelouch smirked. C.C chuckled.
"She actually worked in a circus. Remember the bunny suit she wore? She is the bunny in the circus" C.C added. Lelouch smirked even wider.
Kallen clenched her fist. She could not stand this any longer! In rage, she pounced at Lelouch and grabbed his shirt. "You...horrible creature!" She screamed into his ears. Lelouch winced.
For that hour, the room was filled with Kallen's anger and laughter. Kallen went on rampage and threw every single thing she could see at Lelouch. She even threw the mini television set out from the window!
Two hours later
Kallen went out after receiving a call from Zero's secretary. The hospital room was at peace again. The janitors had to clear up the room and C.C swore she heard them cursing the emperor. The scuffle had even attracted reporters whom spotted a TV set flying out from the windows of the Emperor's ward.
"Oh yea. Who are you actually green hair girl?" Lelouch asked. He had been wondering who was the girl who played with him chess. Those videos showed to him never really explained much about the girl who goes by initials, C.C. Lelouch thought it was odd for someone to use his/her initials rather than the name.
C.C who was busy munching a slice of chess pizza pointed a finger at her. "Me? I am C.C" she replied.
The green hair girl passed 30 slices of pizza as an agreement for the chess duel. A win means a slice of pizza. Lelouch grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza and took a bit of it.
"Well, you seemed mysterious" Lelouch explained. C.C grinned.
"I am just a witch name C.C"
"A witch?"
C.C paused. It would be boring playing the same game with Lelouch. She thought of another way to make life interesting. "Actually I am your psychologist. I am Dr. C.C" she smirked.
Lelouch frowned. "You? A psychologist? The doctors didn't say about sending a psychologist here!" He exclaimed.
"Well, sometimes they don't tell you anything. By the way, we have already started the treatment. I have been testing your sanity just now" C.C chuckled. She grabbed another slice of pizza. Lelouch raised his eyebrow.
"My-my sanity?"
"Yes"
"So, what do you think? Am I sane?"
"Nope. In fact, you are seriously insane. I am going to write that in my report. Lelouch vi Britannia- insane, sadistic, narcissistic and what else? Hmm...right a pedophile"
Lelouch face turned pale. He pulled C.C 's collar. "What did you just say? And how many times do I have to tell you that I am NOT Lelouch vi Britannia!" He shouted.
"Yea, yea. So who and what are you?" C.C asked. She signalled him to put her down. Lelouch calmed down. He leaned against the pillow he placed behind his back on the bed. The questions of his origins appeared again in his mind.
Who am I? What's my name? Do I have a family? Am I like what they said, an Emperor? Lelouch thought and smacked his head. He felt dizzy again. The lad did saw some glimpse of his past but there was something blocking it. As if his soul doesn't want him to remember it.
"Alright. Let me test. Marianne and Nunnally" she whispered to his ears. Lelouch eyes wide opened. His mind suddenly wandered somewhere and he saw a raven haired lady and a light brown hair little girl playing around with him in a garden. Then there were loud gunshots and he saw himself screaming. After that-
Lelouch screamed in pain. He couldn't take it anymore. Doctor Lawson and the nurse heard the scream and rushed into the room. "What's wrong with His Majesty?" Dr. Lawson asked. The nurses grabbed Lelouch while he instructed the nurse to give him a pain reliever. As soon as the nurse injected the pain reliever, Lelouch calmed down. He stopped screaming.
"Your Majesty is there anything wrong?" Dr. Lawson asked. Lelouch stared at him. Again his memories rushed into his mind. He saw him as a child in front of a big and muscular man with the same violet eyes as him. The man was yelling something at him and telling Lelouch to get out. Then fast forward and he saw himself facing the eyes of the man and yelling him to stop.
"I-I...just...leave me alone" Lelouch said. He was breathing heavily and seemed to have been shocked to death. His face was pale and he was sweating profusely. The doctor and the nurse nodded and left the room. Lelouch glared at C.C.
"Tell me. Am I a demon?" He asked. C.C seemed uninterested with his question. She turned away and pushed the empty box of pizza to the table.
"I am afraid you don't have to ask all those things anymore." Suzaku suddenly appeared. He seemed to have gotten used to Zero's personality and was displaying it in the very way like the original Zero does. Behind him was Kallen who seemed to have forgotten about Lelouch's remarks on her. She looked at his violet eyes with an expression of how lovers looked at each other. Lelouch caught a sight of it. Kallen turned away and blushed.
"Ah, Zero. I want more pizza" C.C begged. Suzaku ignored her. He caught a glance on the number of pizza boxes pilling up. It was like a hungry monster's appetite. He shivered.
"We are here to apologise to ." Suzaku said to Lelouch. Lelouch shot him a puzzle look. Even C.C was puzzled.
"Kallen had found a file related to your true identity. It seemed that we have mistaken you as Lelouch vi Britannia." Suzaku explained further. Kallen took out a file from her bag and handed it to Lelouch. Lelouch took the file and flipped it.
"This is my past?" He blurted out. It was a file containing details since the day he was born. There was even his birth cert there! C.C peered at the file. She had no idea what was going on.
"My apologies, . You have the same features as our Emperor and we mistakenly took you as him. Forgive us" Suzaku apologised.
"So, my name is..."
"Yes, you are Julius Kingsley"
"That was a very good idea from you, Kallen" Suzaku praised Kallen. They were in the original room where Emperor Lelouch was supposed to be. The room was just beside the room where Lelouch aka Julius Kingsley was. Jeremiah had been ordered to arrange all the documents related to Julius Kingsley, the false identity created for Lelouch's new self.
"I thought since there is a chance that Lelouch might never recover his memories so why don't we just restart back his life with a new identity. Then, we will still have a Great Tactician to rule the empire." Kallen explained. Suzaku had approved her idea of Julius Kingsley and had helped her to make it even more real. Julius Kingsley was a young Britannia's War strategist that had served the Empire for years since young. He had been involved in helping to plan the strategy of Britannia army against the European Union army. However, his team was killed in the war and Julius had to return back to the homeland.
As they talked, Sayoko entered the room. She had a big bag and a suitcase with her. Clad in her usual maid uniform, the Japanese kunoichi entered the room and bowed at the two.
"Sayoko Shinozaki is here to serve" she said. Suzaku nodded. He stood up and helped her with the bags. Meanwhile, Kallen rushed to the door and checked whether anyone had followed Sayoko in.
"Don't worry, Kallen-san. I have make sure that I came here all alone" Sayoko replied. Kallen nodded. She locked the door and headed back to where Sayoko was.
"If you don't mind me asking, Zero-sama and Kallen-san. Why am I summoned here?" Sayoko asked. Due to the sudden call from Kallen, Sayoko had to leave Nunnally with Milly in Ashford Academy. Although Suzaku had sent guards there but Sayoko never trust those guards.
"Actually, we want you to disguise as Lelouch" Suzaku said. He looked at Kallen and thought she wanted to explain. Instead Kallen passed the baton to him. Suzaku continued. "Lelouch lost his memories and refused to accept he is the Emperor. Besides we are not sure how long Lelouch will suffer from his amnesia, so we thought of giving him a new identity while Sayoko-san acts as Emperor Lelouch" he explained.
Sayoko listened attentively to Suzaku. "Can you help us, Sayoko? Since C.C told us you have disguise as Lelouch for the Cupid's Day in Ashford Academy." Kallen asked. The two waited patiently for Sayoko's answer.
"Anything for Lelouch-sama and Nunnally-sama's sake. Sayoko Shinozaki at your command"
Kallen and Suzaku smiled. Their plan had succeeded. "Kallen, lead Sayoko to wear Lelouch's mask. We need to Emperor Lelouch for the knighting ceremony today in the Palace." Suzaku ordered. Kallen nodded. Sayoko headed into the bathroom and quickly prepare the mask.
Before entering the bathroom, Kallen asked "Does Le-Julius needs to attend the ceremony too?"
Suzaku grinned. "Yes, he will be knighted by his own-self today. And the world will know about our legendary Julius Kingsley"
Author's note:
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