Chapter 12: The Prestige Of The Ashford Family.
AN: Hey guys! Sorry about the delay. It's been a while since I didn't uptade this story, so I apologize again. This time we're talking about Prestige, heroes and an event called 'the marathon of hell' Enjoy :D
To Roaming-Guardian : Yup, I know them, but I wanted to be the king of the fanfic authors in order to become the World's most free man ... Wait a minute this is the wrong story! No, more seriously, I like being free when writing something.
To Guest : Ahah yes but he was doing them very slowly. Why ? To annoy Suzaku of course!
To The Dreaming Immortal : Yeah me too. I remember how in R1 he was spouting nonsense but was a nice guy so we could give him some credit but in R2 he was spouting even more nonsense and became a douche.
The reason to that is that Suzaku and Lelouch have both been deeply affected by the war. Lelouch became a sociopath who wants to destroy everything but his sister and Suzaku became the Naruto of Britannia in lack of a father figure. So my point is ... Lelouch is waaaaaaaay cooler.
Anyway, please enjoy this chapter :D
A month later
Nunnally and Sayoko were on the living room of the Ashford Academy clubhouse, listening to the radio.
"Prime Minister Schneizel signed today the end of the war between Britannia and the Chinese Federation, resulting in a status quo." The speaker announced. "His highness negotiated a non-aggression pact in exchange for the exile of the former Japanese army, a terrorist organization called the JLF, from Area 11. However, at the beginning the tides of the war weren't in Britannia's favor: Her highness Cornelia suffered a severe defeat in the invasion attempt of Korea, which allowed the Chinese to counter attack by launching a massive offensive in Area 11. With the help of terrorist groups, General Cao from the military district of Liaodong managed to deploy his forces in Kyushuu and nearly conquered the island. If not for the bravery of our soldiers, Britannians and Numbers alike, the Chinese Army would've been able to move further, and perhaps threaten the Tokyo Settlement. We owe this victory to one man in particular, an incredible Knightmare pilot that goes by the name of Suzaku Kururugi. Yes, not only he is an honorary Britannian, but he is the son of the former Japanese Prime Minister. The courage and loyalty of this Honorary Britannian will be rewarded by our highness Prince Clovis with Knighthood, which is a premiere in the history of our nation…"
"I'm glad the war is over." Nunnally said. "And I'm glad Suzaku is doing fine."
"Where is he now?" Sayoko asked.
"Oh, I think he's talking with Lelouch." She said. "It seems they have a lot to talk about."
Sayoko stared at the crippled little princess-in-exile with a straight face. "Your brother has changed, has he?"
Nunnally nodded. "Yes. But it's for the better. Even if he does odd things, Lelouch don't seem to carry a burden anymore." She admitted. "I wouldn't explain it, but I know: it seems like he's more free or something."
Lelouch was walking on the corridor of the academy, showing a huge grin on his face.
"C'mon Lelouch, help me for the next festival." Rivalz said, carrying tons of paper. "Milly's giving me all of the work."
Lelouch waved his hand. "Sure, I'll help you in an hour."
A blonde girl approached him then. "Lelouch!" She squeaked. "Last night was amazing! Not only you have a great charisma, but you have a huge…"
Lelouch winked to the beauty in front of him. "Anything to help you, miss."
Then he walked away.
'Damn, what was her name again?' He wondered.
In one month, the whole school knew all about Lelouch's whereabouts and the girls knew that he was 'available' or something like that. Most of the girls at school somehow believed that Lelouch would become a member of the high society one day and, apparently, he was also in the actual masculine canon of beauty. This and Lelouch's wish to have constantly intercourse –in order to feel alive- made him going out –or rather, screwing- 108 young ladies.
'This 108 thing is getting on my nerves.' Lelouch thought. 'Daddy had 108 consorts, and Sayoko made me up with 108 girls in my first life.'
Why did he remember that exact scene? Because, just before he conquered the World for the last time (With Shirley as his wife; remember the 'First Lady of the Universe' thing?), he went back on the exact beginning of these 108 dates, a.k.a the 'marathon of hell'.
But at least he had got plenty of occasions to screw attractive young women.
Sophie Wood, who was speaking with one of her girl friends, recognized him and waved her hand. "Hiya Lelouch! I'm proud to be your Number 1!"
"Yeah, yeah." Lelouch said, waving his hand nonchalantly. 'The fuck she's talking about?' He wondered in this thoughts. 'My Number 1 is indubitably…'
"Hello Lelouch." Said a certain red-haired half-Japanese with a weak smile. "Do you want to hang out today?"
Lelouch didn't like what he saw.
No.
Really.
Lelouch didn't hate what he saw either.
Because, come on.
2000 years of existence had made him lost the meaning of 'hatred'.
But where was I? Oh yeah, Kallen stood in front of him and Lelouch didn't like what he saw.
Well, it wasn't much the fact that Kallen was standing in front of him.
No.
It was the fact that Kallen was standing in front of him and had two freaking red circles around her eyes.
'Suzaku, you freaking asshole!' Lelouch thought with faked anger. Yes, Lelouch even simulated emotions in his thoughts. 'You turned her into a harmless little kitten. She's no longer fun in bed now…'
"Sorry, not now." Lelouch said dismissively. "Maybe later."
Kallen just smiled. "Okay, Lelouch." She said innocently, too innocently. "Hey, Suzaku-sempai is amazing, don't you thi…"
Lelouch walked away.
He arrived near the student council room.
"Hey Lulu!" Milly cheered. She seemed to be upset about something.
'Are Milly's parents trying to marry her in order to gain some useless prestige?' Lelouch thought.
"Hey Milly, are you alright?" Lelouch asked in faked concern. Well, he would have been concerned if he were, say, a normal human being.
She nodded, but Lelouch could sense Milly was just pretending to be fine.
Lelouch decided that it was time to do his good action of the day
"If your parents just want you to do something you don't want, then I'll call them and tell to lick my daddy's asshole if they want to get their prestige back." Lelouch said casually.
This caused Milly to widen her eyes, cough, choke, snicker, smile and cry in less than three seconds.
"Sure." She said softly.
Then the blonde student council president threw him her phone.
"My mother's number is recorded in it."
Lelouch searched in the contacts and called Milly's mother, Lady Ashford.
"Sup." He said casually. "Name's Lelouch. I'm Milly's friend and…"
"Yes, I know who you are." She said abruptly. Lady Ashford didn't seem to be pleased hiding two exiled royals in her father-in-law's academy.
"You probably know the reason I'm calling." Lelouch said. He was having a good time. "You know, the tool known as the Internet isn't quite, how should I say, completely mastered by our society, and, sometimes, well …" It was quite a thing for Lelouch to have a good time. "A certain … person who possesses some disposition on the subject can easily get his grasp on sensible data." No, really, he had literally a boner. "It is quite a shame, really, because some of these … data might get certain people in trouble."
"I don't know what you are talking about." Lady Ashford said. The tone of her voice proved otherwise.
"Really?" Lelouch asked with an amused smirk. "I will be more direct then." Then he spoke slowly, very slowly, in a tone that could give chills to Schneizel himself. "If you ever try to force Milly into an arranged marriage, I'll send all of your bank statements to the fraud prevention."
Milly coughed.
"What?!" Lady Ashford shouted over the phone. "You … you can't! Everyone…"
Lelouch sighed. "Yes. Everyone in Britannia isn't quite clean with the law, I know it, but you lost the game, my lady. So, I'll say it again, if you don't want these bureaucrats from the fraud prevention to make an example out of you and your husband, then you should consider my proposition."
Milly stared at her benefactor in awe.
"But she's out only daughter!" She retorted.
Lelouch shrugged. "Just make another one who'll be more brainwashed than Milly. It's none of my business."
"The Prestige of the Ashford family…"
"…is something your daughter doesn't care about." Lelouch finished for her. "If you'll use her as a tool, not only you'll lose the last bit of respect she holds towards you, but you'll not gain the grace of the nobility either. The Ashford will lose their family name, since you will always be a lesser house than the one you're seeking to link up. It's pure logic, I didn't invent anything."
"But…" Milly's mother began.
"If you want the grace in the eyes of the nobility that much, you'll just have to lick my father's bumhole. Good bye." Then he hung up on her.
Lelouch gave the phone back to its owner, who was completely speechless.
"Thanks." Milly would have said, if any sounds were able to leave her mouth.
Lelouch simply shrugged. "No problemo."
Then he walked away, until he finally reached the elevator.
"It's been, what, a month we haven't seen each other." Suzaku said casually before taking a sip of his beer. The two golden boys-old men were on the top of the Academy's roof. "I haven't expected a war."
"Well, I did." Lelouch said. Upon seeing the inquisitive look of Suzaku he decided to go further in the explanation. "It happens every time I blow up the Geass order; daddy thinks it's an attack from the Chinese, daddy got angry bit then Schneizy is here to calm everyone down. Or I'm here to create more and more chaos…"
Suzaku raised an eyebrow. "By the way, Cornelia's defeat in Korea wasn't the Chinese's doing, isn't it?" The Japanese time-traveler threw a bottle of beer to his friend, who caught it.
"Thanks." Lelouch said while trying to take off the top with his bare hands, without success.
"Screw my weak body backside." Lelouch muttered, then noticed Suzaku's amused eyes and retook his composure. He took a knife out of his pocket and did the work.
"I might have given some important tactical information to the Federation that might have led to their victories, but hey, good luck proving that."
"But, why?" Suzaku asked, slightly shocked.
"Hey, I told you I'd help you somehow." Lelouch retorted. Then he raised his bottle in the air. "Since our lives will never end, I raise my bottle in honor of our never-ending friendship."
Then he took a sip of his drink, and continued his explanation. "You heard it in the news: the situation was desperate, and you became the hero Britannia needed, even if your name pisses the nobles off. And, well, I still feel some satisfaction by humiliating my family, I admit, so, why wouldn't I have done it?"
"I thought you didn't care." Suzaku pointed out.
"I still don't." Lelouch said before drinking again. "But I have to relieve my boredom. Screwing pretty girls on a daily basis is quite enjoyable, but, oh well…"
"Do you have any idea on why we're stuck in the living World?" Suzaku asked suddenly. His serious question came out of nowhere, but Lelouch felt like he wanted to ask it for a long time.
"Hell if I know." He sighed. "I told C's World not to stop the march of time, and I told you to 'live'. That's the most logical explanation I've got for you."
Suzaku finished his beer bottle. "Tomorrow is my knighting ceremony." He said with a hint of nostalgia. "I would have preferred Euphemia to do it rather than your mind-slaved brother, but … oh well."
Lelouch chuckled. "I'm pretty sure my sister will love you again regardless of what you've become."
Suzaku stared at his 'friend' with hope. "You think so?"
Lelouch finished his beer bottle, then threw it in the air, in direction of the ugly Government bureau.
"No, I was messing with you." Lelouch said truthfully. "And if you're Geassing my sister, whether it is an accident or not, I'll kill myself just to spawn in a more pleasant life."
Suzaku didn't have time to retort properly because a certain woman arrived on the roof. The certain woman had long green hair and a Geass tattoo on her forehead.
"So that's where you were, Suzaku." C.C said with a neutral tone. Then she stared at Lelouch with an emotionless tone.
Lelouch smirked at the sight of his favorite immortal. "Hey, it has been a while … Cecilia."
