NOTE: i'm soo sorry that this chapter is late, so i will put the next chapter up early if i can, but il then Enjoy the chapter!! ^-^ and to those of you that reviewed, thank u!! i really appreciate it. in this story Euphy is not a princess, her father Charles owns a sakuradite company so they are rich.

Chapter 7- The Halloween Festival and Euphy's Appearance

"Rolo!!" screamed Lelouch. He hadn't heard from him all day, and he hadn't given it a second thought until then.

"Calm down, Lelouch," said Rolo coming out of the bathroom that was joined to his room.

"Oh, there you are," said Lelouch feeling like an idiot.

"What, did you think I ran away?" asked Rolo with disbelief evident in his voice.

"Well….."

"Well what?"

"….."

"Good night Lelouch," said Rolo pushing him out of his room. He closed the door, leaving it slightly open so that he could watch Lelouch enter his room. He waited. Around 1:30 in the morning, Rolo crept down the hall and into Lelouch's room, careful not to wake him, and checked to see if he was sleeping.

"Lelouch," he said waving a hand in front of his face. He didn't reply, so Rolo left his room and made his way for the front door. Before leaving he wrote a note and put it on the dining room table. Then he opened the front door and left, closing it quietly so that he wouldn't wake anyone. He was then gone.

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The next morning Lelouch was woken up at 5:28 A.M by a hard shake. It was Sayoko, and she looked worried which was very unusual.

"Master Lelouch, I hate to wake you at such an hour, but Master Rolo is gone. I've looked for him everywhere, but it's almost as if he disappeared," she looked guilty.

"I'll see if I can find him, you stay here with Nunnally," said Lelouch as he tried to get out of the bed, but he was wrapped tight in the covers. As a result he fell rather hard onto the floor and hit his head. "What the crap!!" he yelled, waking up Nunnally.

"Big brother, are you okay?" she shouted from her room.

"Yeah, I'm fine Nunnally," he shouted back, though he was a bit agitated.

When Lelouch finally untangled himself from the covers, he snatched up his cell phone and called Suzaku.

"Hey," said Suzaku when he answered, he was woken up by Lelouch's call.

"Suzaku, Rolo is missing is he there?" asked Lelouch hurriedly as he pulled on a pair of jeans.

Suzaku looked around, "Unless he sneaked in through the window, like some people I know, then he's not in here. But I don't think he'd come to me Lelouch. You're the one he confides in."

Lelouch rolled his eyes. "Alright, then meet me in the student council room in 20 minutes, and hurry!" said Lelouch before hanging up.

Suzaku, on the other hand, was still half asleep, but he did as he was told. He was down in the student council room in ten minutes.

Lelouch hurried down the stairs and into the kitchen, he grabbed a small cup filled it with ice water and proceeded towards the student council room. Just as he was about to leave the kitchen a small slip of paper caught his eye and he plucked it from the fridge door and hurried back up the stairs.

Upon Lelouch's arrival into the designated room, he found Suzaku asleep. He was snoring and drooling on the desk. Lelouch looked at him a bit disgusted because he was drooling on his favorite spot to sit, and slowly poured the cold water onto Suzaku's sleeping face. Suzaku immediately started spluttering and coughing. He scooted back in the rolling chair and slipped out of it, falling onto the floor. He sat up and glared at Lelouch who simply placed the cup on the table and shoved the piece of paper that he had found on the fridge into Suzaku's face. Suzaku snatched the paper out of Lelouch's hand as he stood up it read:

Dear Lelouch and Nunnaly,

I feel as if I am no longer needed here, so with a heavy heart I bid you ado until further notice.

I hate to burden you with my needs and wants, so this is farewell. I will find another home.

Sincerely,

Rolo Lamperouge

Suzaku looked up and said, "Where's he gonna live, with the hobos? This is ridiculous! A kid that's hardly done anything for himself and has little to no social skills with people he hasn't known for years is running away. Not to mention he's fourteen for crying out loud! I can see it now, we find him half frozen to death in this weather, lying in front of a lit garbage can, trying to stay warm with the other hobos around him." Lelouch threw a pen at him, and snatched the paper back from Suzaku.

"Don't say things like that!" he yelled. He was genuinely concerned about his younger brother, and he was also concerned about how it would affect Nunnally.

After Suzaku was out of hobo jokes to say about Rolo, which was about 20 minutes later, Lelouch had them split up to look for Rolo. Lelouch would look around the school grounds, and Suzaku would look around in the most crowded areas to see if Rolo was trying to blend with the people. After that was established they split up.

About fifteen minutes into the search, Suzaku made his way to a park to take a rest. On his way to one of the benches, he ran into a girl with long pink hair that went down to her waist with two buns, one on each side of her head. When the two collided, the girl fell and landed on her behind.

"Oww," she said.

"I'm sorry, here," said Suzaku offering her his hand which she gratefully took without any hesitation. Once the girl was back on her feet she held out her hand and said, "Oh, it's okay. Hi, I'm Euphemia li Britannia, but you can call me Euphy, what your name?" she tilted her head cutely to the side as she asked.

"My name is Kururgi Suzaku," said Suzaku as he gently grasped her hand and gave it a shake. Suzaku sat on the nearest park bench, and Euphy sat next to him a bit too close for comfort. Suzaku scooted down a bit so that he could have his personal space, but Euphy scooted with him so there wasn't an inch difference in the room he had around him. If anything she scooted closer than before. Suzaku didn't want to be rude, so he asked her to move over as politely as he could.

Euphy just looked at him and said, "What do you mean?" she asked tilting her head to the side again. Suzaku stood up, "Actually, I have to help my friend find someone, so I'll see you later," he said as he started to walk away.

"Wait I'll come with you!" and before Suzaku could reply the pink headed girl was hanging onto his arm.

"Okay," said Suzaku unsurely as he walked towards the nearest alley.

Lelouch had looked all over campus. He even went as far as telling Milly, and she announced a hunt for Rolo. But still, no one had found him. And Kallen hadn't been much of a help. It wasn't good to be on he bad side and Rolo had made it there. it was unbelievable how long she could hold a grudge.

"Serves the little brat right for making fun of me," she grumbled as she ran through the halls of Ashford that was the reason for her current distress.

Lelouch heard her as he passed and, "Jeez Kallen, let it go," slipped out. i was a big mistake because in two minutes he was rushed to the nurse's office with a bloody lip and a throbbing head. Kallen felt no remorse, in fact she felt a bit better as she continued to look for Lelouch's little brother, though she hoped he was never found. this is why no one ever got on her bad side.

Suzaku turned into the seventh alley he had been in since he had met that Euphy girl. 'She's terribly clingy,' thought Suzaku. It wasn't dawn yet, but the girl had said that she had to get home because she had packing to do. Suzaku didn't much miss her company. He looked around and saw Rolo sitting in front of a lit garbage can with three other hobos with him. Suzaku gave them all an odd look, and tried to keep from laughing. He walked out of the alley and called Lelouch.

"Hey, Lelouch I found Rolo. "

"Okay where are you?" asked Lelouch.

"I'm in the Shinjuku Ghetto."

"Alright, I'm on my way," said Lelouch with a sigh.

When Lelouch got to the alley Suzaku led him down it and pointed to the sad excuse for his brother. Then he leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Told you so." Then Suzaku burst out laughing which caught the attention of Rolo and the hobos sitting around the flaming trash can.

"Rolo, don't be an idiot. Get up, we're going home," said Lelouch.

"No Lelouch. This is my new home and family," said Rolo gesturing to the alley and the hobos around him.

"HOME!! This isn't even considered a shack! Not even ruins of a shack, this is an alley!! Rolo cant you grasp how this is going to effect all of us?!!! Especially Nunnally, get your priorities straight-"

"Hey!! It may not be much to you but watch your mouth when you in someone else's house," said one of the hobos. Suzaku was still laughing, gasping for breath, but now he was laughing even harder. Lelouch glared at him and the hobo.

"Suzaku!" he shouted to get his attention. Suzaku looked up tears of laughter flowing freely down his face. Lelouch nodded towards Rolo and muttered, "Grab him. We'll deal with this later." Suzaku nodded and stood up from the spot he'd been laying in when he was laughing. He walked over to Rolo and grabbed him by the arm and pulled him away.

"Suzaku what are you doing?!!" shouted Rolo, "I told you this is my new home!" Suzaku tried to repress his laugh, but a chuckle escaped.

"What are you laughing at?" asked Rolo in a pouty tone.

"Hahaha, Rolo have you even really looked at this place? It's a fricking alley! Come on I'll get you home and we can sort this out," said Suzaku. He got no reply. Rolo didn't talk for the rest of the walk home.

When they returned to Ashford all the festivities were set up, but Lelouch was too upset about Rolo running away to notice. When they finally got Rolo to settle down and talk to them, Milly came on the intercom, "The search for Rolo is over, and he is now safely back where he belongs! All student council members report to the meeting room, now!" she said. Then the Bing bong signaled the end of the announcement. Lelouch and Suzaku stood up. Suzaku left for the meeting, but Lelouch turned to look at Rolo and said, You're confined to your room until I get back then we will sort this out. Sayoko will keep a constant eye on you and you will keep Nunnally company. I swear if you try to leave Suzaku will hunt you down and drag you home kicking and screaming if he has to. And there will be consequences," he said in an agitated tone, but Rolo knew he had been worried. He also thought about what the consequences would be, but decided not to find put right now. Then Sayoko came and took him to his room where he was bombarded with questions from Nunnally. Sayoko stood in the corner of the room watching Rolo closely.

On his way to the student council meeting Lelouch thought, 'Oh yes the consequences will be much worse. Maybe I'll put him in a cage, that'll teach him a lesson. Wait, I can't do that, he may misbehave, but he's not a dog. but still...' he thought about this until he reached his dreaded destination. As he walked through the door and sat down in his seat Milly started the meeting.

"Okay you guys we have to have the Halloween Festival today," she said.

"What?!" they all yelled.

"You guys heard me. We have to have it today because the weather will be horrible tomorrow. So suck it up and let's get our jobs sorted out and our costumes on. Okay, Suzaku, Kallen, and Lelouch will be part of the haunted house. Nina, you will control all the confetti, smoke, and the controls of the haunted house. Rivalz and I will—, "a cell phone rang interrupting her.

"Hey whose phone is that?! They're supposed to be off during meetings," she said a bit annoyed.

Everyone held up their phones to show her it wasn't theirs that was ringing. Then she reached into her pocket and said, "Well it isn't mi--… oh sorry. I gotta take this, be right back," Milly ran out of the room.

She came back five minutes later with a certain pink haired girl in tote. "Guess what, we have a new student and she's going to be joining the student council." Suzaku looked at the girl and realization dawned on him. It was Euphy, otherwise known by him as the-incredibly-clingy-girl-that-he-has-no-intrest-in-but-apparently-she-doesn't-get-the-message-girl. Euphy spotted Suzaku and ran towards him, wrapping him in a very awkward hug. Kallen was a bit jealous, Lelouch was happy to see that this girl had taken a liking to Suzaku and thought that maybe now he had more of a chance with Kallen, Shirley thought it was cute, Milly was teasing them, and Rivalz was saying how much of player Suzaku was. Lelouch grinned to himself, 'This could all work out to my benefit,' he thought.

"My name is Euphemia li Britannia, but you guys can call me Euphy. It's nice to meet you," said the girl that was currently hanging off Suzaku's shoulders. She gave him a peck on the cheek which caused him to freeze up.

"Eu- Euphy, could you please get off me and not do that again," he asked as he tried to pry the pink clingy girl off himself no one would help him get her off, and he was trying to do it as gently as he could. Kallen was a bit upset, but didn't let it show. Instead she ignored the two and asked, "What were you saying about the Halloween Festival, Milly?"

"Oh yeah, you guys heard your jobs right?" Everyone nodded.

"Okay, I was saying Rivalz and I will be keeping an eye on all the festivities to make sure that there are no problems. Euphy can tag along with us so we can show her around. Therefore we kill two birds with one stone," stated Milly.

"Wait! Don't kill any birds! They're really harmless creatures!" shouted Euphy. Everyone looked at her like she was an idiot, and almost everyone was chuckling or trying to suppress a laugh. 'Not to mention she's sort of an airhead,' Suzaku thought to himself.

"I didn't mean it literally silly," said Milly, "it's just a figure of speech."

After that Milly got everyone in costume. She wore her black cat costume, Kallen was a vampire with a super tight black top that tied up in the front, short black shorts, fishnet stockings, and long black high heeled boots. Suzaku was Jason with the hockey mask with fake blood smudged on the cheek of it, he also had on dirty jeans, dirty sneakers, and a rubber chainsaw that, in reality, did no harm. Lelouch was dressed up as one of Suzaku's victims. He had fake blood and realistic cuts all over his body. He also had on a signature headband that made him look like a knife had been shoved through his head. His clothes were torn up to make it look like he had been running through a forest. Rivalz was forced into a Hercules suit that came with inflatable muscles and all. Shirley was dressed in a fairy costume. She had on an orange dress that ended 6 inches above her knee with matching high heels. Euphy's costume looked exactly like Suzaku's pilot uniform except it was for a girl, and Nina didn't wear a costume because all she had to was monitor the controls, so she was not required and nor did she want to wear a costume.

"Hey Suzaku looks like the new girl has a thing for you," whispered Rivalz. "I wish a girl was after me like that," he sighed looking longingly at Milly.

"Yeah," muttered Suzaku. 'What the heck is wrong with her? She has a costume that looks like my pilot outfit, but who could be obsessed with me? when did she even get that thing made? I just met her this morning!' he thought.

"I don't even look like me," muttered Lelouch as he glanced at himself in the mirror.

"That's the whole point, silly Lulu. Now let's start setting up," said Milly.

Once the haunted house was set up and everyone was in there places, Milly came on the speaker, "Ladies and gentlemen of Ashford Academy, the Halloween Festival is now open for business!" the bing-bong at the end of the sentence told everyone that the announcement was over. All at once people started to flood in. many of the people headed for the haunted house. There were screams emitted from loudspeakers that sounded real enough to scare anyone away, but some of the students entered anyway. The first thing they saw was a person that looked very vaguely like Lelouch. He was bloody and had a knife? through his head. The boy jumped as the bloody person slowly lifted his head, as he had practiced, and said, "Beware, for the man who has inflicted such damage upon me will do the same to you. He lives beyond this point with his wife and they are forever feeding. If you wish to brave the two monstrosities continue, but if you heed my warning turn back," the person suddenly went limp and there was the sound of loud, heavy footsteps, courtesy of Nina, and the poor boy ran out of the haunted house screaming like a sissy while Lelouch allowed himself a small grin. This was the most fun he'd had all month.

Lots of others tried out the haunted house, but not one of them made it to the end, and only a handful of them made it past Lelouch though they ran out when they came face to face with Suzaku or Kallen. In the end the Halloween Festival was a big hit and very successful.

When Lelouch came home, Rolo was sitting in his room with Nunnaly visibly shaking. He'd made one attempt to escape and almost had a dagger through his hand, so he was good the rest of the night. Lelouch smiled at Sayoko and dismissed her, telling her she could have the rest of the night off. It had really been a great night.

END NOTE

Yes i know that this is probably the latest Halloween chapter added in the whole month, and i know it's late. but i'm on science olympiad at my school and i dont get home till 5:00, and i'v had a butt load of homework so i havent been on the computer for more than fifteen minutes total throughout the whole week so i'm really sorry. please stick with the story i'm not as hopeless as i seem. oh, and see that green button right there? click it and tell me what you think. it shall do you no harm!! LOL thanks in advance.