"Now class settle down!" I heard the homeroom teacher shout to the class inside the room I stood outside of. The students slowly quieted down inside and I heard the teacher continue. "Today we have another new student joining us today. Please give him a warm welcome," I took that as a cue to enter and I now stood in front of many Britannian students. "Why don't you introduce yourself?" The teacher suggested as the class murmured to one another. I heard comments like, "Oh! He is so cute!" or "Man, I was hoping for a cute girl!" I cleared my throat and silenced them before I began speaking.
"My name is Crow Kigurai, I am an eleven who was adopted by a kind Britannian family at the age of 11 a few months after the war had ended. It is an honor to meet you all," I finished resisting the urge to bow to them all. It would only place me in a lower respect than they already had placed me. The class all started to whisper loudly to their seat mates, harshly muttering the word eleven here and there.
"Alright now class, settle down! You're all still in my class for the next 5 minutes so be quiet until the bell rings!" The teacher's voice boomed out over the students, causing then to become quiet once again. "I am terribly sorry Crow, why don't you go take a seat behind Suzaku?" I looked up and the teacher, Mr. Johnson I believe, and walked up the aisle to the brunette boy who stood from his spot. I didn't even need for him to; I already knew who he was from 8 years ago back in Japan. Many heads turned in my direction and the students of my new class would whisper to themselves causing me to let out an annoyed sigh. Suzaku suddenly stood and walked up to the Mr. Johnson, who gave him an uncertain gaze after Suzaku mentioned something to him and muttered, "But make it quick." Suzaku nodded before he made his way up to me with determination in his eyes, the entire class watching him as he halted in front of me and did something that surprised the entire class, other than Mr. Johnson.
"Konnichiwa Kigurai-san, watashi no namae wa Kururugi Suzaku desu. Irasshai," Suzaku spoke as he gave me a low bow. The entire class started to talk loudly to one another, some wondering what he had said. I stared at him for a while, Suzaku becoming slightly nervous as he held us breath while he stood straight. "Quite a bold move Kururugi..." I began causing the students to become quiet again. "...speaking in our dialect when our freedom was taken from us. All just to make me feel welcomed I presume?" I continued before standing up as well. "Arigatou Gozaimasu." I smiled before bowing and leaving the classroom as the bell rang.
I walked to my first period class, which happened to be P.E. and stopped by my locker. I noticed it was already open and pulled the door grabbing my gym shirt. As I was closing the locker I inspected the shirt to see that someone had spray-painted it, the words "Stupid Elevens" was messily written on the front and the back, the pain still slightly wet meaning this was done recently. I sigh started walking to the sinks to wash the writing off, knowing it wasn't going to be dried before third period. As I neared the sinks, the announcements came on and a female voice called out all across the school grounds.
"Hey everyone! It's your Student Council President Milly Ashford here and guess what everyone! Cat hunt! There is a runaway cat and if you are the lucky winner who finds this cat, you will receive a kiss from one of the student council members!" I could have sworn my gray eye twitched while a sweat drop rolled down the back of my head as another voice came onto the announcements.
"I think the cat might have an injured leg, it's one of its footsteps were softer than the others." My eyes widened slightly before going back. "That voice was Nunnally," I whispered to myself quickly soaking my P.E. shirt and attempting to wash it. A soft meow came from my left leg as something pawed at the pant-leg of my shin. I halt what I was doing and looked down to the source of the meow. A tiny cat with a bandage around its right front leg was attempting to pull off a mask that had stuck itself on its head. I gently picked up the feline and plucked the mask off it and let it run away happily before studying the mask.
I realized it was the mask of Zero, the terrorist who saved Suzaku on television. But if the cat had it and was running away on campus, then someone in this school is Zero. I slipped the mask into my bag as someone rounded the corner and ran right into me. I look down at the person who fell and realized it was Lelouch, a friend from when I was staying with Suzaku at the Kururugi Shrine. "Hey, Crow right? Have you seen the cat? Was it carrying something?" Lelouch questioned panicking as he looked around the empty courtyard. "Yes my name is Crow, I saw the cat and it went that way," I stated helping him up. "But did you see what it had?" I shook my head no and he took off running after the cat not even saying bye. I knew then that Lelouch was Zero, and he definitely wants to keep that a secret.
~Lelouch~
Lelouch slammed his fist against the wall of his room in anger as C2 watched him, hugging a stuffed animal she got from the pizza company. "You should have been more careful Lelouch, you almost fell off the roof today," C2 stated lying back on Lelouch's bed. "That doesn't matter, what does is the fact that the mask is still missing!" Lelouch yelled sitting down at his desk with his head in his hands. "I'm sure someone will realize it was Zero's and will attempt to return it to the terrorists you work with, in any case I doubt they would kill you for it. They probably will never find out it belongs to you," C2 replied with her emotionless tone. The automatic door opened and Lelouch's maid Sayoko walked in with a box in her hands. "My Lord? A classmate left something for you," Sayoko stated holding out the box for Lelouch to see his name written on top of the case. "Oh, thank you Sayoko," Lelouch said grabbing the box before the maid left. Lelouch opened the box and saw his mask sitting safely on a cushion with a note underneath it. Lelouch opened it and read the note aloud. A crow was drawn on the top of the folded piece of paper.
"It makes sense that you of all people would be Zero. Your secret it safe with me."