a/n *bows till head hits the ground* I am sorry for being late again!!! . Chinese New Year's coming and we've been shopping and cleaning and shopping and cleaning-- I'm sorry!!! T^T I won't bother you guys now go on!

Before that I want to thank my dear friend Gloria for helping me all this time, I know I thank you all the time but this one's especially for you!

I don't and will never own CG.

Chapter 14 ~I Know it was You, But I can't Say~

Everyone held their breath the moment Lelouch told them the private eye found out who killed Euphy. Who wouldn't? After all she's a princess and whoever did it was in a way, very smart in order for the "murder" to be hidden for so long.

"This is unbelievable…" Lelouch muttered before continuing, "The person who tried to erase Euphy from this world is the first wife of Emperor Charles, Guinevere's mother."

The other three occupants in the room's only reaction was widening their eyes and letting their mouths fall slightly.

"A-are you sure, Lelouch? You know if we want to accuse her of something like that it'll be the greatest challenge just yet." Gino voiced his opinion.

Lelouch nodded solemnly, "The private eye told me, based on the search they held under my father's order thirteen years ago, they found a dead end due to Euphy's body unable to be found. Now that she's clearly alive and walking healthily, the search continued. I told them whatever Euphy had told us and this came out."

"What else did the man say, Lelouch?" C.C. asked the Black Prince, "Did he tell you the reason why the First Consort would do this?"

"No, that was the one thing that they couldn't connect to this case; the reason for her to do this and the evidence that she did it." Lelouch sighed.

"Then how did they found out that it was her?" Kallen asked furrowing her eyebrows.

"According to the facts, it was the First Consort who suggested to go shopping the day of the incident. She had asked Guinevere and Carline to go along with her and my mother. Euphy was asked to tag along with them by Guinevere but she later on changed her mind and decided to go back to spend time with Nunnally, Rolo and I." Lelouch explained.

"Then, why can't we point at her?" Gino asked, "Clearly it was her who asked Guinevere to have Euphy tagged along. But then, why did she ask Euphy to come along when she wanted to burn her?"

"That's actually half true, she had asked Euphy to come along but she knew that Euphy would change her mind. Someone did the dirty work for her, a guy, based on what Euphy told me. Which is the reason why we can't point the attempted murder on her." Lelouch said rubbing his temples.

"Then we'll just have to catch her of guard." C.C. simply stated.

"What do you have in mind C.C.?" Gino asked curiously.

"To corner her, first we need to enter her circle. What would likely be the reason for her to do such a thing? Euphemia vi Britannia was one of Britannia's treasured princess, second to Nunnally and Cornelia, am I right?" C.C. said.

"Yes, that's true, in a way." Lelouch confirmed her.

"While Euphy, Nunnally and Cornelia get all the spotlights, Guinevere got pretty much nothing. So what would a mother do to get her daughter out there?"

"Get rid of the obstacle." Kallen answered.

C.C. turned to Lelouch, "That's what I think. So, if Euphy is gone then Guinevere gets a position, not as high as Nunnally or Cornelia but enough to get famous."

"Quite interesting, there had been rumors at that time that Euphy would be inheriting a lot, more than Cornelia and Nunnally. That could also be the reason…" Lelouch said holding his chin in a thinking position, "But why Euphy? Why not head for the highest of them all?"

"You mean you'd rather see your sister killed instead?" Kallen asked eyeing the Black Prince.

"WHAT?! Of course not!" Lelouch screeched.

"Anyways, before we try anything to prove the 1st Consort's guilty, let's fix the current problem. This…" C.C. said waving the grey piece of paper, the other problem at hand.

"Your father will create a fit, won't him Lelouch?" Gino asked sighing.

"Yes… My father…" Lelouch sighed. "Though, I haven't seen him lately in this area…"

The bell suddenly rang and a loud thump and yelp was heard as one of them maids was pushed away by none other than a very furious Emperor Charles.

Kallen and Gino gulped and both retreated to the corner of the room, leaving Lelouch and C.C. to deal with the large man.

"Yes?" Lelouch asked rather calmly despite Charles shadowing him due to him being much taller than the teen.

"Surely you have seen the article in the newspaper. How are you going to explain this to the public?!" Charles roared the last part and Lelouch slightly twitched. "You do not get to make decisions anymore! I will arrange a meeting with one of the nobles, YOU WILL GET MARRIED!"

Both Lelouch and C.C. widen their eyes, Gino and Kallen accidentally knocked a very expensive vase and made a big mess before running away, and Charles… Well Charles remained towering over Lelouch and C.C.

"I will most certainly not—"

"She stays if you listen to me." Charles muttered.

"—defy you, Father!"

C.C.'s mouth dropped to the ground ungracefully and was unable to return for quite a long time.

Charles smirked, "Very good, Lelouch, very good. You will meet your future wife in a week."

With that C.C. and Lelouch were over…

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The end? Not just yet.

Shall we go on and see what happened between them after that?

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"They haven't talked to each other in a week." Kallen whispered to Gino, looking at C.C. and Lelouch and feeling the tension between them.

The moment Charles commanded Lelouch to marry some noble's daughter, the both of them had stop appearing together and they had practically ignored each other's presence. Well, Lelouch did most of the ignoring, C.C. was just being her normal enigmatic self.

But no one actually knew how the so called witch felt. How she had cried herself to sleep silently that night, how she forcefully erased her sweet memories of Lelouch in to the abyss.

No one knew she was hurt and angry.

Their lives went back to normal, Diethard Reid was hunted down by Lelouch and he was forced, rather, he was threatened to change the story for his own well being. Instead of Lelouch dating C.C., he was reported to be married in several months. C.C. and Kallen's identities were covered up with the help of documents Cornelia forged as a favor to her sister Euphemia. The Third Princess herself was reintroduced to the world, but questions of her whereabouts before returning were left unknown.

This, of course had created a certain tension in the main Palace of Britannia, as a certain someone found that Euphy was still alive. The group, including Suzaku and Euphy were aware of this situation and Suzaku appointed himself as Euphy's bodyguard.

"Leave them alone… Don't butt in, Kalley…" Gino whispered back to his girlfriend.

Kallen pouted and huffed, the air around them grew uncomfortably silent again as they continued to do school work in the mansion study. Just when Kallen and Euphy were about to burst into tiny pieces of particles due to the tension around them, someone's phone rang.

KENKA WA

Zoom zoom da da da zoom zoom da da da

Zoom zoom

Nyamo nyamo papulipua

Lelouch fumbled for his phone while the rest in the room gave him weird looks, except for his ex-girlfriend who had a hurt look instead.

"H-Hello?! Th-This is Lelouch!"

"Hi, Lulu!" a female voice called.

"Oh… It's you…"

"Aw, don't be so mean, will you? I'm your fiancée!"

"Yes, yes…" Lelouch sighed. "What's up?"

"I'm coming over!"

"WHAT?!" Lelouch shrieked.

"Actually I'm already downstairs!" with that the conversation ended with a beep.

Lelouch rubbed his temples when the door bell rang, "Ivy…"

All the occupants looked at him weirdly before a girl with silver hair came towards the group.

"Lulu!" the young girl greeted cheerfully.

Lelouch looked at her tiredly, "Yeah, yeah… Allow me to introduce—"

"Pleasure to meet you, I am Ivory Blanc… Lelouch's fiancée." Ivory bowed and smiled cheerfully at them.

C.C.'s face immediately went pale, despite the fact that her face was already pale to begin with. Euphy, Suzaku, Kallen and Gino dropped their jaws simultaneously.

"—Ivy… is my childhood friend…" Lelouch glared at the silver haired girl.

Ivory noticed C.C.'s stiff look and raised her eyebrows, "Lulu… Who are these people, I know Gino Weinberg, Kurugi Suzaku and Euphemia li Britannia… Who are these two lovely ladies?"

"That's Kallen Stadtfeld and C.C., they were the ones taking care of Euphy all this time…" Lelouch said not meeting the green haired girl's golden orbs.

"You forgot to mention C.C. was your—MPH!"

"Kalley, now's not the right time…" Gino whispered to the redhead.

Ivory raised her eyebrows, "Am I missing something here?"

"No, nothing at all. Will you stay over for dinner?" Lelouch asked quickly changing the topic.

"Oh, that would be very delightful! I'll look forward to it!" Ivory said cheerfully.

Lelouch rubbed his temples, "Right, I'm going to go clean up."

C.C. quietly stood up and passed by the group coolly, "Kallen, call me when dinner's ready. I'll be in my room."

Kallen merely nodded and answered, "Ha…"

Ivory immediately took Kallen by her arm and sat down, "Tell me, tell me! Lelouch and C.C., what's the connection there?!"

"Why are you interested?" Kallen asked skeptically, after all, you're friend's ex-boyfriend's fiancée is asking about the connection between your friend and him.

"Well, I sensed the tension, but the moment the two left the air seemed lighter." Ivory said putting a finger to her chin.

"You're sharp!" Euphy exclaimed.

"I get that a lot…" Ivory said smiling and waving her hand.

"Actually C.C. and Lelouch just broke up—"

"GINO!" They all yelled at the cheerful blonde.

"What?" Gino asked quizzically.

"Never mind…" they said together.

"C.C. and Lelouch were together? Wow…" Ivory said before adding, "What happened? The air was so heavy when they were here and they didn't even look at each other."

"Well, you happened. That green head is jealous of you obviously, since you stole her man!" Kallen said.

"No! She's heartbroken! Because he left her for another!" Gino claimed loudly.

"What?! That's not it! She's jealous!" Kallen retorted.

"No! Don't be stubborn, Kalley! She's heartbroken!" Gino said.

"JEALOUS!"

"HEARTBROKEN!"

"JEALOUS!"

"HEARTBROKEN!"

"THE BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" Euphy screamed in a shrill voice until Suzaku backed away to the corner of the room.

Ivory smiled as Euphy scolded the both of them for assuming C.C.'s feeling. A thought then ran through her head, I think I can fix that problem…

"She's alive… She's alive… I need to do something… I need to get rid of her… This time, for sure…"

"What are you going to do?"

"First, get rid of that bodyguard of hers… Then she'll be fragile…"

"I see… Allow me to take care of him then… Mother…"

"Dinner smells so good!" Nunnally exclaimed happily. "Sayako-san, you overdid yourself!"

"Not at all, Nunnally-sama… We have a guest within this room today, so I thought some more dishes would do."

"I didn't mean for you to cook more, I'm sorry for the convenience!" Ivory said looking uncomfortable.

"Just eat, Ivy." Lelouch muttered.

"Sheesh, what's with you? Why are you so grumpy?" Ivory pouted.

"Nothing." Lelouch mumbled.

"Ivory-san, how do you like the food?" Euphy asked cheerfully, trying to lighten the mood.

"Please, call me 'Ivy'! My given name's too long!" Ivory said.

"Ehhh? You're given name is long??? Then my given name would be even worse!" Euphy said smiling.

"No, that's not what I meant, Euphemia-sama!" Ivory said shaking her head violently.

"Then call me 'Euphy' and I shall call you 'Ivy'!" Euphy clapped her hands together.

"Deal!" Ivory said cheerfully.

"Someone seems to get along with her…" Lelouch muttered.

C.C. stayed silent the whole way, until that is, Ivory started talking to her, "C.C.-san, is your hair colour natural?! It looks so beautiful!"

"Yes." Was all she said.

"How do you take care of such a long hair? Can I touch it? Can I???" Ivory said ready to run her fingers in C.C.'s hair.

"I just use normal shampoo and no." C.C. said monotonously.

"Aw…" Ivory pouted before poking at her meat rather loudly.

Poke, poke…

Poke, poke…

Poke, poke…

"Alright, alright, you may touch it…" C.C. said exasperatedly.

During the time Ivory was gleefully playing with C.C.'s green tresses, Suzaku started to feel uneasy.

"Does anyone have a weird feeling in their stomach?" He asked loudly all the while rubbing his stomach.

They shook their heads and Suzaku just shrugged it off, "Maybe it's just me… It'll be gone by later."

Oh how wrong was he, rather, how unfortunate of him. The moment dinner was over his stomach rumbled furiously and he ran for the restroom. After that was over, dessert was served and once again he had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. The moment he took a few spoons of the mango pudding he ran towards the restroom once again.

"What happened to him?" Lelouch asked quirking his eyebrows.

"Are you even sure the food we ate is clean?" Ivory asked.

They all looked at her and Nunnally answered her, "Sayako-san won't do such a thing to us!"

"The one who would've had the reaction as quick as a thunder would be Lelouch so if he's fine we're fine." Kallen said shrugging.

"HEY, WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Lelouch screamed.

Kallen ignored him and looked at C.C., "How about you, C.C.? You're second to Lelouch's uber sensitive stomach since you pretty much pick which food you want to digest."

"I'm fine." C.C. answered bored.

"Maybe Suzaku had food poisoning?" Ivory suggested.

Suzaku reappeared from the restroom while looking drained, which worried Euphy, "Suzaku-kun, maybe you should go home and rest…"

"But I have to guard you, Euphy!" Suzaku argued.

"I'll be fine, Suzaku. You need to rest, tomorrow when you get better you can go back to being my knight in shining armor!" Euphy said the last part dreamily.

"But I want to be you're knight in shining armor now!"

"With you constantly running to the restroom you'll only be her knight in shining toilet bowl." C.C. said monotonously and Lelouch had to suppress a chuckle.

"C.C.-san is right! You'll not only have to leave Euphy constantly, you won't be able to feel comfortable!" Ivory said placing her hands on her hips.

"I'll be fine! I am going to guard Euphy tonight and that's final!" Suzaku roared.

"Tch… Have it your way." Ivory pouted, "Don't blame us if something comes up."

"Shouldn't you be going, Ivy?" Lelouch asked bored.

"Oh? I didn't tell you? I'll be here for a week or so." Ivory said lightly.

Lelouch's eyes widen and his mouth hung, "Wha—"

C.C. rolled her eyes, "Why so surprised, she's your fiancée."

Lelouch glared at her and she glared back, thus started the glaring contest between the two that lasted for about an hour. No one could get in between them, even Nunnally tried to get the two's attention and all she received was silence.

Finally everyone decided to take a break from the tension and retreated to their respective rooms, Gino went home and Sayako had prepared Ivory's room, leaving Lelouch and C.C. alone in the living room.

"I'm going to sleep." Lelouch said still glaring at C.C.

"Then go." C.C. kept her golden eyes on her opponent's violet ones.

"Fine. But this doesn't mean I lost."

"You already lost when you started talking."

"… Damn you, witch." Lelouch rubbed his eyes and stood up, "Good night."

C.C. just sat there unresponsive, "…"

"…" Lelouch walked away without looking back, how he wanted to turn back and hold her close and kiss her good night. Sadly he couldn't, he was engaged to another girl already.

"Why is happening to meee???" Suzaku asked running to the restroom for the fifteenth time that night.

Euphy had fallen asleep moments ago and Suzaku was left alone with a rumbling stomach, poor guy, he had no idea what was about to happen that night.

"He's in the toilet already, now's our chance. Get the girl." A man in black hood whispered to his accomplice.

Unbeknownst to Suzaku, he was indeed 'poisoned' by his food. Euphy being alive was inacceptable for the First Consort and the First Princess, so they opted to hire someone to kidnap her and finish her off for good. Getting rid of Suzaku was a little hard since he was insistent on guarding Euphy, so they caught him of guard.

Now what they didn't expect was a pair of golden orbs watching the kidnappers' every move. From when they entered Euphy's room and brought her out until they left the mansion. Knowing who had asked those man to take Euphy was, C.C. followed them bringing only her cell phone with her.

Unknowingly another set of blue orbs were watching the green haired girl and she also followed them out of the mansion, only to stop midway, knowing the dangerous actions the green haired girl was taking and turn back to report to a certain black haired prince.

C.C. paid no attention to her surround and only focused on the men carrying Euphy and didn't realize that she was already in another mansion.

"Who are you?" A female voice asked sternly.

Whoops, she got caught.

"I'm C.C."

"Ah, you're Lelouch's girlfriend."

Ex -girlfriend, apparently…C.C. thought bitterly, "No, not at all."

"Ah, yes… He's engaged to Ivory Blanc, isn't he? Well? What do want? It seems like you found out."

"Don't worry… I'm not here to tell you I'll report you to Lelouch or anyone." C.C. said plainly.

"Oh?" The First Consort raised her eyebrows, "What is it that you want then?"

C.C. just scoffed and smirked, "I want in on the money."

a/n LE GASP What did you say C.C.??? What do you think will happen?! Poor Suzaku, he had to be me and my friend's victim... MUAHAHAHA!!! Anyways, tell me what you think! The ringtone Lelouch used was nice no? :D It was from one of the Ar Tonelico III Sekai Shuuen no Hikigane was Shoujo no Utau ga Hajiku's Hymmnos Concert SAKIYA=RUMEI, EXEC-EP=NOVA/. (Do not own) I don't think I tortured Diethard enough... :X

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