I do not own Code Geass

ALSO I have made a remarkable discovery. The episode "Bloodstained Euphy" spells Euphy with a Y so this is how it will be spelt from here on out.

This chapter's kinda short (only about half as long as the last one) but the next one will probably be SUPER LONG because I've got something that will either make you stop reading or only want more.

"So, where will you two go after this?" Kallen asked as the three of them rode back down the dirt road to bring her back to her hotel. Lelouch was, once again, driving the cart.

CC shrugged. "Right now out main concern is getting as far away from Area 11 as we possibly can without crossing into other Britannian territory. There are too many people who could potentially recognize us. When you've been around as long as I have, you learn to avoid familiar faces.

For a moment, Kallen was silent. Then, curiosity got the better of her and she couldn't help but ask, "This new Zero - do I know him? Was he one of the Black Knights?"

Lelouch thought a moment. "Sot of. And you do know him - or her."

"But I assume you wouldn't tell me either way," Kallen said harshly as she leaned back against the side of the cart."And what's with that paper bird?"

CC glanced at the origami crane that Lelouch had fashioned earlier that day.

"It reminds me of people who were dear to me - people I've since lost," Lelouch replied.

Suzaku sat in the chair that faced the exact opposite of Nunnally. He was dressed as Zero - something that had become the norm for him.

"Zero, do you believe in wishing on stars?" Nunnally asked him as she filled his tea cup.

"I'm afraid not, your majesty. Not in a very long time," Suzaku replied sadly.

"Unfortunately, I can't help but agree with you," the princess replied, much to the knight's surprise. "However, I don't believe that wishing upon stars is completely useless. I believe that wishes, as well as dreams, go to a very special place, where they wait for you until you die."

"Like heaven?" Suzaku asked. Until Euphy had died, he never really gave much thought about whether or not heaven existed. But now, he knew is must, because Euphy deserved a place to rest in peace after she died.

"Maybe,' Nunnally said. "But somehow different. In this place, there are no gods or angels, but everyone is equal. There's no war or fighting, and everyone is kind to one another. No one dies there, or grows old. Everything is peaceful. and this place; this is the place where Euphy is."

Suzaku gasped. Did Nunnally truly believe that? But, Suzaku wasn't supposed to know Euphy, he remembered. He was supposed to be the new Zero. "By 'Euphy' do you mean he late princess Euphemia li Britannia?"

"No," Nunnally said, almost defensively. "I mean Euphemia Lamperouge, who, like my brother Lelouch, renounced all rights to the crown. She died, however, before this was formally announced."

Suzaku's eyebrows creased. He had never heard this before. "You're sure about that?"

Nunnally nodded. "She told me about her plan the last time I saw her, at a school festivel. She wanted Lelouch and me and her to be able to go back to the way we were as children, and she knew she'd never be able to have that as long as she was still a princess. And also, there was a boy who she loved very much, but he was Japanese. Although he was in the Britannian army, and eventually became her personal knight. So, for these reasons, she gave up all the things that should have mattered to her, but didn't."

Suzaku could feel his eyes sting. No, that can't be true! Euphy wouldn't do that just for me . . . Even with Nunnally and Lelouch as well, she'd never give up on Cornelia like that. Would she?

"What are we going to do?" one of the many scientists currently on duty at the Holy Britannian Empire's Specialized Research Unit - the HBESRU for short - said frantically. "This entire porject was known only to Charles and Marianne, and they're both dead!"

"This is the biggest royal scandal in history!" another replied. "I say we kill her and be done."

"But Charles said -" a third began.

"He was only acting on Lady Marianne's request!" the second interrupted.

"Either way, this does not fall under our jurisdiction to make a decision on," the lead scientist - Edmond van Dogh - snapped. "We have no other choice - we must tell Empress Cornelia of what's happened and let her choose the fate of this operation."

"She'll kill us!" the first scientist cried.

"If that is true, then so be it," van Dogh said. "And on this subject, there is no more to be said."

And with that, the head of the HBESRU left the room.

"Think of the field day the press'll have with this," one of the researchers said as the rest of the staff followed out the door. Explaining this . . . project was not going to be easy.