Author's Note: Hey! Since it's been about a year or two since I've submitted something useful to , I decided to make an On A Roll series. It's made up of all the oneshots, crackshots, or anything else I've made this week for (Which is really little). Hope you enjoy! This is the fifth of the On A Roll series.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these wonderful characters. They all belong to their respective owners whom I highly respect. I'm broke, so I obviously don't earn any profit from this.
Lelouch of the Condo 11
Chapter Fourteen: Teach Me
Rivalz rambled on at the university.
Kallen groaned. Shirley nodded in understanding. Suzaku ran after a fleeing Arthur. Gino patted Rivalz's back, emitting a flowery aura and saying, "I feel your woe, my best French blue-haired buddy." (A/N: Rivalz was the name of a French painter, Antoine Rivalz, so I assume Rivalz is French...at least his name is, but I'm not exactly sure.) Euphie followed Suzaku. Anya continued texting on her phone. Lulu stayed a little behind the group and listened halfheartedly to the conversations.
Ah, yes. They all studied at the same university.
"So, Rivalz," said Kallen, trying to clear out any misunderstandings "You have to take a foreign language to pass? At least, be credited with passing your Foreign Language class? Didn't you take French?"
Rivalz laughed in embarrassment. "I failed it. The spelling of the words are just so different from the pronunciation!"
Shirley nodded in understanding. "Yeah, I had problems with that too."
Gino interrupted. "BEST BUDDY LELOUCH CAN HELP YOU, RIVALZ! Right, my best Britannian-French buddy?" he asked Lulu excitedly, flowery aura and all. (A/N: OMG. There's a guy named Claude Lelouch. He was a French writer/producer/director/actor. You get it. He was a lot of things.)
Lulu cringed. He sighed. It was to help the driver to his gambling after all.
"Alright, but what languages can you take?" he asked irritatedly.
"Well," Rivalz started, ticking the languages off his fingers "There's French, but I failed that. Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, Korean, German and Finnish."
Lulu raised a brow. "Well, I don't speak any of those. I can do a little French, but I never took it seriously."
Rivalz sighed, dark blue aura overcoming him. A shadow was cast over his eyes, and Kallen thought he was growing mushrooms.
Thank god, Gino's bright aura overcame the dreary one. Lulu didn't enjoy the sudden color clash, though.
Anya continued texting.
"Well, have hope, my best French blue-haired buddy!" Gino said ecstatically. He looked at everyone present, then put his hand on Anya's shoulder.
"Maybe Anya can help you. SHE'S SMART TOO!" Anya shrugged.
Everyone sweat dropped.
Gino laughed. "Well, let me demonstrate!" He said, clearing his throat.
"Argenflargen ich mon duch."
"That's not an official language accepted by the university, Gino." Anya replied nonchalantly, texting on her phone.
Rivalz began to turn away. Gino ran after him.
"Anya will help! She's good at German!" He faced Anya. "GUTEN TAG!" He screamed in her face. She continued texting as if nothing happened, and everyone turned away. Well, except for Gino and Anya. Anya just stayed put.
"Guten tag auch für sie, Gino." Anya replied quietly as everyone joined Suzaku and Euphie chase after Arthur who had somehow stolen Lulu's wallet.
"ARGH! STOP YOUR BITE AND RUN TACTICS, ARTHUR! COME BACK HERE." Suzaku yelled.
Lulu was far behind everyone, but it was his wallet. He saw Arthur jump out a window and saw his wallet flapping wide open.
That was when he realized something.
Lulu grumbled a few profanities and shoved his hands into his pockets, walking back to Anya.
Meanwhile, there was a loud commotion as the group chased Arthur.
"DAMN. HOW CAN A CAT RUN THAT FAST?"
"Just chase him, Kallen!"
"ARTHUR~! YOU HURT MY LOVELY SUZAKU THEN STEAL DEAR LELOUCH'S WALLET; AT LEAST SHOW GOOD MANNERS AND COME BACK TO US!"
"MY BEST KITTY BUDDY, RETURN THE WALLET OF MY BEST BRITTANNIAN-FRENCH BUDDY!"
"What would a cat want with a wallet, anyway?"
Arthur turned around for a moment, and everyone swore they saw a malicious glint in his eyes.
Arthur quickly turned around again, then ran faster. He was so fast that Rivalz wondered if he was supercat, or just a mutant biter who loved trouble.
Lulu walked towards Anya slowly. When he finally reached her, she was still texting.
"You can speak German," he commented. Anya nodded.
"Wanna help Rivalz out?" Lulu asked her, but she didn't look at him. She just continued texting and sighed.
"He owes me. I have high fees, Lelouch." She said, pocketing her phone and walking forward.
Lulu smirked.
"You're teaching me German?" Rivalz asked incredulously. They were at Anya's condo, seated around a table.
"Yes, I am." She replied with a nod.
Shirley wow-ed at the room. It was all red; the ceiling, wall, bed sheets, furniture and all. The bathroom was all white, the kitchen all black, the storage room all tan, and the windows were HUGE.
"YES!" Rivalz screamed loudly. He gave a huge grin. "When I pass college, I can finally tell Milly I love her, and I don't care if she's married or not! She can't reject a proud German college graduate!"
"But, you're not German." Shirley told him.
"How do you know you'll even graduate?" Kallen asked.
"Milly has a fiance." Euphie blinked.
"Wasn't that old Hitler guy German?" Suzaku asked dumbly. Lulu glared at him.
"No, he was Austrian."
"Oh, so he's southern! HEY, MATE!" Suzaku laughed, then Lulu sweat dropped.
Really, some people are just so stupid. Oh well, that guy did 'die' about 74 years ago...
And then that part was forgotten.
"So...Ich is I? As in 'me'?" Rivalz asked Anya. The girl nodded, pink pigtails swishing in the air.
"But...why?"
"Ask the person who made their language."
"I see...but why not just one letter like ours?"
"It's a different language. It's German. I only speak it, and I do not know about it's history and word origins."
"I see..."
"Good."
"But..."
"Yes?"
"WHY?"
"..."
"..."
"Because I said so,"
"Oh, I get it now!"
Anya nodded. Lulu face palmed.
"Now, let's review. I'll strike a converstaion with you, Rivalz."
"Okay, I'm ready."
"Good. Ich bin Anya. Wie geht es Ihnen?"
"Mir geht es gut."
"Okay. Gibt es etwas, was Sie sagen wollen?"
"...TI AMO, MILLY!" some sweat dropped. Namely Shirley and Kallen from the sudden shock, and Suzaku. Euphie squealed "Moe! MOE!" and blabbered about how cute forbidden love was.
"That's not German, Rivalz. It's Italian."
"But...I LOVE HER!"
"Try it in German."
"Urm...okay. Ehem. Ich....Ich amo, Milly."
"That didn't make sense."
"What? Okay, Ich...Ich ti, Milly!"
"That meant: I you, Milly."
"What? UWAH~! I'LL NEVER GET THIS RIGHT IF I CAN'T EVEN MASTER A CONFESSION!"
Now, while Rivalz was panicking and wallowing in self-pity, Gino decided to step in. He hugged Rivalz then proclaimed loudly.
"Don't worry, my best French blue-haired buddy, someone will accept your confession one day."
They looked each other in the eyes and Rivalz realized how serious Gino was. Everyone gasped in shock.
Rivalz turned around.
"I'm gonna fail this..."
The wind blew the leaves around. They swirled about, golden brown dancing through the air. They multiplied. First a few, then a lot. Then they filled up the corridor.
A leaf landed on Lulu's head. He brushed it off, annoyed and wondered how the hell there were fallen leaves in January. Besides, how did they enter? The group was waiting outside Rivalz's classroom.
His questions were answered when he turned and saw Euphie handling a large electric fan and Suzaku throwing leaves from large bags into the path of the fan.
Rivalz stepped out of the classroom, a proud grin on his face, a paper in his hand, and...were those tears?
"TEARS OF JOY!" Euphie screamed happily, who was joined by a laughing Shirley.
The tears began to flow. Rivalz's expression changed into a miserable one.
"UWAH~! I ACCIDENTALLY TOOK THE FINNISH EXAM AND FAILED!"
Silence.
Then...everyone started to cry with Rivalz, except for Lulu. But he felt like he wanted to, because suddenly, the corridor was flooded with salty tears, leaves, and unhappy auras.
Even Gino started to cry.
"Wait," said Rivalz suddenly. Everyone waited in confusion.
"Sorry. I think I passed." He turned the paper upside down. Then he laughed. "Sorry, I passed. I'm going to graduate."
Everyone shouted in glee, and then Lulu's ears bled.
"You guys sound like rabid fangirls," he commented quietly.
Wow. This was long. Oh well, more stuff for you guys to enjoy!
74 years ago...Hitler died in 1945. Lulu is 19 in this fic. According to Code Geass, he was born in 2000, right? You do the math, because I sure did.
About the German: (I used Google Translator for most of it, so don't expect complete accuracy.)
Guten tag: Good day.
Guten tag auch für sie, Gino: Good day to you too, Gino.
Ich bin Anya. Wie geht es Ihnen?: I'm Anya. How are you?
Mir geht es gut: I'm fine
Okay. Gibt es etwas, was Sie sagen wollen?: Okay. Is there something you wish to say?
I thank the new reviewers, and the old ones for reading and taking a little bit of their lifetime to read and review this story. Thank you, once again. I am aware that I'm wasting your life by making such a long Author's Note.
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