Lelouch's Final Destination

Hi! This is missDluvsIchigo0493 and this is chapter 2 of Lelouch's Final Destination. Sorry for the wait! I'm definitely going to be trying to update a whole lot faster. It's just that I've been busy lately. Plus I just moved and then my computer was having trouble…Anyways, no more excuses! On to chapter 2!

***

Oh, and so people won't get confused. LFD takes place during the second season of Code Geass, but several of the events in season one haven't happened yet. Euphie is still alive, the massacre hasn't happened (and probably never will?) and although Lelouch had his mind erased (and has since regained his memories) him and Suzaku are still friends and not frenemies because, well, Suzaku never turned him in to Charles and Suzaku still doesn't know that Lelouch is Zero. So then how did his memories get erased? All of these questions and more will be answered soon!

__ __

Chapter 2: The Big Announcement And a New Substitute

Around the same time Lelouch was saving the quirky, yet definitely not clueless, student Sharon Greenfield and stopping his awful omen from coming true, Suzaku, like most of the other students at Ashford Academy, was just getting ready for school. Ever since he agreed to attend Ashford Academy under Euphemia's suggestion, Suzaku had adjusted to his new lifestyle and daily routines rather quickly and even enjoyed most of his classes.

As he opened his door to head out for his first class, Arthur sprang out of nowhere and clung to his leg. "What? Arthur?! What are you doing? What's wrong?" He asked as he tried his best to disengage the cat from his pants without hurting him. Alas, Arthur was too fast and his grip was too strong. Now even more shaken than before, Arthur makes his way to the top of Suzaku's head and digs his claws firmly into his auburn brown hair. "No Arthur, stop!" he cries. Hearing all of the commotion caused students passing by to stop, watch, and laugh, one even commenting, "What a nice way to start off my day!"

When he finally manages to remove Arthur from his now messy hair, the president of the student council Milly Ashford appears. "Arthur there you are! I was looking all over for you! Euphemia! I found him!"

Suzaku hands Arthur over to the girl and says, "Man Milly, you need to keep an eye on him." "And you need a vacation." Milly rebutted. "This whole school does, which is why I asked my grandfather to rent a cruise ship and let the student body go on a cruise." "A cruise?" he asked dumbfounded. "A cruise." Milly repeats, then smiles. "You do plan on coming don't you?" "Um, well-"

"You should consider it, Suzaku." piped up Princess Euphemia from behind.

"Euphie?" he managed to choke out.

"I really think it would be a great experience and will allow many people to take their minds off of their problems. Don't you Suzaku?" she says, her violet eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I don't know." replies Suzaku. "When is it and how long will it last?"

"About 5 days and 4 nights on January Milly?"

"Yep." Milly answers. She was already sure that everything was set in stone with Suzaku just as long as Euphemia was going.

"January 11th? That's only three weeks from now!" he exclaims.

Her majesty giggled. "It's going to be so much fun! I can't wait!" Suzaku couldn't help but smile. It was still hard to believe that Princess Euphemia was even of noble birth. In his eyes, she was as sweet and honest as they come and not one shred showed that she was of Royal Britannian lineage. Milly, noticing the slight awkwardness, cut in. "So it's official? You're going?"

He sighed. "Yep, count me in."

Milly squealed as she grabbed Euphemia by the hand and they took off to class. "You won't regret it at all Suzaku!"

He let out a long sigh. "Yeah if you say so."

***

The school day seemed to past by blink of an eye as the sun showed off its bright rays across the vast campus and lush green grass surrounding it, making many students and teachers wishing that it was summer already. Usually on days like this Suzaku loved to look outside through the windows. He would stare at it for long periods of time, sometimes during the full session,and would imagine that he was outside soaking up the sun and pretend that the whole world was as it should be-at peace and carefree.

Today however, he hardly noticed. For the rest of the day thoughts of the cruise had been tugged away in his mind, and he pondered on whether he should see it as a good thing or a bad thing.

A cruise isn't really necessary. It's way too dangerous, especially with Zero and the black rebellion and the wars. I mean you would think that she would learn not to plan something as big as this especially after the Area 11s took her and other people hostage on the train months ago and they were almost killed.He thought at lunch.

Well, maybe it won't be all that bad, I mean it's only for about a week, and we'd be off territorial grounds. Plus I'm sure the scenery would be nice. He thought during English. This continued throughout the day.

I shouldn't go! The knights and everyone else will need me! What if something goes wrong and I'm not there? Everything will be my fault if something terrible happens.

As he approached his final class for the day, Suzaku had at last chosen to take the positive path with the situation. I should really be looking forward to this. He said to himself. I mean, a weeklong cruise around the bay (A/N: It's the Tokyo Bay but I don't know if they still call it that in the Code Geass world since Japan got taken over, so yeah.) without any disturbances. No Knights of the Round duties, no violence, no terrorists, no worries. Just a calm, soothing vacation with friends. Maybe Milly is right. Maybe I do need a vacation. I have been working hard and have been keeping up with my studies.. He sat down in his seat and layed out his materials for the course. Besides, the Knights of the Round are capable of taking care of themselves and they have Anya and Gino. What could possibly go wrong?

His thoughts were soon interrupted as he heard the words, "Good afternoon class. I'm your substitute Mr. Asplund." As soon as his brain processed that information, Suzaku did a double take as his eyes immediately jerked away from his desk and he suddenly became alarmed. Standing at least 10 feet away from him at the teacher's desk was none other than Lloyd Asplund!

He cringed. Lloyd?! What's he doing here?! Is something wrong with the Lancelot? Isn't he worried about being recognized? Several thoughts popped up into his head and his face shone with worry.

"Is there a problem Mr. Kururugi?" asked Lloyd seemingly innocently. His expressions were that of a stern teacher although his eyes lacked any indication of anything serious. Suzaku relaxed a little and replied, "No sir." Mr. Asplund nodded and continued on and sometimes for his own amusement, humorously called on Suzaku, much to Suzaku's disdain and annoyance.

When class was finally over, Milly's eager voice blasted through the intercom throughout the whole entire school. She would now announce the cruise to the everyone at Ashford Academy.

"Good afternoon to everyone at Ashford Academy! I hope that you've had a great day!!!

As most of you might have already heard, there will be an upcoming celebration cruise for students and three of their closest friends or relatives on the S.S. Dionysus for a week around the bay. Everyone get ready for the cruise of a life time! More information on the school's website."

Seconds later, the bell rang, and as students rushed out of class, Suzaku lingered a little behind and waited until everyone had cleared out before finally approaching Mr. Asplund's desk.

"What? Did you not understand something in the lesson?" Lloyd mused jokingly. "I must admit these textbooks aren't the most reliable sources to use for this particular subject."

"Lloyd, what are you doing here?" asked Suzaku, now totally convinced that nothing was seriously wrong. "And it seems odd to me that no one would recognize you as an Earl of Britannia."

"Well, things have gotten a little boring lately, so I decided to be a little daring and become a substitute at Ashford Academy. It wasn't as hard as you'd think, and I must say that it's actually been somewhat enjoyable. This school has some interesting students that will entertain you and make the class seem less dull."

"What about-" Suzaku began.

"Don't worry, Cecile will alert me if any misfortune should fall upon the Lancelot. But in the meanwhile, you wouldn't mind if I stayed around a little longer would you? Per se, about another few weeks or so? This cruise ordeal sounds like fun and they might need a few chaperones."

Suzaku shrugged solemnly. "Go ahead. It doesn't really matter to me what you do. But I have no association with you if something goes wrong."

He smirked. "I'm glad you see it that way."

As Suzaku turned to leave, he mentally noted, Although how you'll be able to aboard the cruise without Milly noticing is beyond me. Hm… I wonder if Lelouch is going? If he does, then he'd be running away from girls during the whole trip. He smiled. Then things would totally get interesting, and the cruise would be anything but boring.

And with that, he left the classroom and headed off to his meeting with the other knights-still deep in thought about the cruise.

__ __

A/N: I decided to write a chapter based on Suzaku because I thought it would make the story more interesting and I wanted to establish the mood as well as the background for him like I did Lelouch since he is the second main character and plays a big role in the fic.

Also I truly hope that I grasped his character correctly and that he's not OOC because I'm not as familiar with him as I am with Lelouch.

In addition I'm debating on whether or not to consistently have chapters with Suzaku's POV or to just have them appear randomly when I think I see it fit. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Chapter 3 should be up soon!

Please R&R!

~missDluvsIchigo0493