Hey gaiz! Time for more awesome crossoverness! Yup yup yup!
Strangely enough, I still don't own anything, so just...yeah.
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"What was that? Just-what was that?" Suzaku and C.C. had finally found Lelouch nursing his hate in one of the far corners and were now reprimanding him for his "performance" at the table.
"They irritated me," Lelouch sniffed simply. "Don't act as though nothing makes you mad."
"Look, I know this is confusing and strange," Suzaku agreed, "but it doesn't give you the right to yell at everybody. And I doesn't make it okay for you to embarrass me in front of nobles!"
"What's so great about nobles?" Lelouch asked with a sneer.
"That is not the point!" Suzaku shouted. "The point it that everyone down there hates us now, thanks to you!"
"Yes, because everybody always loved me back home," Lelouch replied sarcastically.
"My head hurts," C.C. complained.
"I'll ask Break and Sharon for some medicine later," Suzaku told her. "Meanwhile, you have to go apologize, Lelouch!"
"And why is that?" Lelouch asked, finally standing up and folding his arms.
Suzaku began walking in the other direction with his arms raised in a questioning fashion. "Just because you do," he replied, at a loss for a better answer. "Just because I said so."
"Fine, I'll make the poor rich people happy," Lelouch gave in. "It's not like I have much to lose."
"What an attitude," C.C. said, her voice dripping with acrimony. "Besides, that weirdo Break said that he would want to be finding out who we were after dinner, so it's not like we can decide not to go back downstairs."
"I don't want to introduce myself to them," Lelouch whined.
"Says the guy who formally gave out his full name to the entire table," Suzaku argued bitterly. "You won't have to say much-beyond 'I'm sorry,' of course."
So the three of them made their way back to the main room, where everyone else had already gathered. "Oh look, it's the supporting cast!" remarked a voice from out of nowhere. Lelouch looked around for the source of the voice and saw a small blue doll on Break's shoulder that seemed to be snickering.
"Don't label our guests like that, Emily," Break chuckled. "Even if they are the supporting cast."
"Isn't it nice to see you back again," Sharon said with a fake smile. Break frowned at her and then at the returning visitors.
"Well, we won't learn who you all are or why you're here by just standing around," he decided. "And I'd really love to get that out of the way, because honestly, you people are odd. We'll start with you three." He pointed at L, Light, and Misa.
Light stepped to the front of the group. "My name is Light Yagami," he explained. "I come from Tokyo."
Oz glanced at Alice and Gil, who returned the confused stare. Break smiled bewilderedly, and Sharon blinked furiously. On the other hand, Lelouch, Suzaku, and C.C. looked understandingly at them but didn't react as the others had.
"Tokyo," Lelouch echoed mockingly. "How fancy of them." Suzaku shot him a glare.
"Tokyo?" Break repeated. "I see… And the rest of you?"
Misa stepped forward and waved. "I'm Misa Amane!" she giggled. "And I'm a model! But I'm sure you've seen me. You've seen me, right?"
L coughed impatiently to get her to shut up, and quickly regretted it. Seeing as he couldn't get anyone else to go before him, he sighed. "My name is… Ryuuzaki," he told everyone, "but I just go by L."
Oz piped up at this revelation. "Does L stand for anything? Is that a business name or something? Because I think it sounds interesting."
"No, it's nothing," L answered quickly. "It's just a nickname, nothing else." Oz stared bewilderedly at him.
Break sighed and stood up, stretching. He then turned towards the other visitors. "And what about you?"
Suzaku smiled slightly. "I am Suzaku Kururugi, Holy Britannian Knight. I am also from Japan."
The confused frowns returned to the faces of the members of Pandora. Before they could speak, however, C.C. cleared her throat. "I am C.C.," she explained briefly.
"And don't you have something to say as well, Lelouch?" Suzaku asked his friend with a commanding expression.
Lelouch stared at the floor for a moment, obviously unwilling to shame himself in front of people he didn't even know. "I apologize for some of my comments that were-"
"Rude? Inappropriate? Unnecessary?" Eliot threw in.
"I was going for unartful," Lelouch snapped. "And what about you people? I think after introducing ourselves, we deserve to know who you are."
Break's smile dropped immediately. "Why would we do that? We're the ones who live here. You're the foreigners."
"Then why did we tell you who we are?" Misa demanded with fear in her voice.
"She's right," Light agreed. "I think it's only fair that we should know."
"Besides, it's polite anyway," C.C. continued emotionlessly.
"So why-" Lelouch began with slits for eyes.
"They're ganging up on us!" Alice hissed. Oz glared at her and put a finger to her mouth. She opened her mouth again and he jerked it away, thoroughly expecting her bite it.
"Fine, we'll tell you who we are," Break sighed. "My name is Xerxes Break."
"I am Sharon Rainsworth," Sharon said with a smile.
"My name is Gilbert Nightray," Gil explained.
"And I'm his brother, Eliot." Eliot's eyes suddenly narrowed. "I'm the heir to the Nightray throne as well."
Leo sighed and looked away. "I'm just Leo," he said quietly.
"I'm Alice," the girl almost laughed.
"Happy?" Break asked angrily. Sharon looked at him with a confused expression.
"Absolutely thrilled," Lelouch muttered, garnering a glare from Suzaku.
"Then I suppose you may all stay here until we can figure out a way to get you home," Break decided. "Choose any unoccupied rooms you want."
Eliot turned to look at Oz. "We should probably get going."
"Why don't you stay the night?" Oz asked.
"Because we don't want to," Eliot replied bluntly, grabbing Leo's arm and starting for the door. "I hope you don't have a problem with me leaving the place where idiotic people have just magically appeared out of nowhere."
"Well, this has been quite a trip. So…interesting," Lelouch commented, staring at Sharon and Break. Break stood up with an infuriated expression and was about to open his mouth before Sharon tugged on his hand. He looked down at her and nodded understandingly, sitting back down but still glaring at Lelouch.
"Must you always be this persistent about everything?" Leo murmured offhandedly. Lelouch stared at the ceiling and started for Leo and Eliot. Halfway there, he remembered the slight fact that nobody liked him. I probably shouldn't start something again, he thought bitterly. He stood there with a blank expression for a few more seconds before storming upstairs. Suzaku and C.C. followed him.
"This Lelouch character is quite interesting," Gilbert remarked.
"I suppose so," Oz mumbled. "But he's so…abrasive. And kind of self-important. I wouldn't want to be his friends-or really make eye contact with him for that matter."
"You think so?" Alice asked. "I think he's rather nice and funny."
Oz and Gil stared at her. She whistled and strolled in the other direction.
Light stood, staring after Eliot and Leo for a moment. "I'll be right back, Misa," he said quietly before dashing after them.
"But what am I supposed to do while you wait?" Misa cried after him. "There are scary people here!"
Break laughed rather loudly at this remark. "L will keep you company!" Light called behind his shoulder.
Meanwhile, L was walking off with Break's candy dish, trying to look inconspicuous.
Hearing him approach, Eliot turned around and glanced at Light with Leo still in tow. "What do you want?"
"Nothing, really," Light answered. Eliot let go of Leo and turned away again, his arms crossed.
"So, you're Leo, right?" Light asked dumbly. Leo frowned and began dusting off his hair and vest.
"Are you okay?" Light continued. "You seem to have been really broken by that Lelouch guy."
Leo didn't respond, but Light got the awkward feeling that he was rolling his eyes.
"I just wanted to know if anything was broken after that," Light explained. "That Lelouch brat shoved you pretty hard."
Leo turned to stare off in another direction. Light sighed.
"I was just wondering," Light continued. "So are you feeling okay, then? It's nothing personal, I just want to know."
Leo still refused to give any sort of confirmation that he was even listening. "Are you okay?" Light repeated, quite loudly. "I just want to…" He trailed off. "You know, I just want to know if you're feeling-and why aren't you talking to me?"
Everybody turned to stare at him. Sharon looked particularly tense. "Light, is something wrong?" Misa asked with wide eyes. "You're not hurt, right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Light grumbled.
"I'm really not in the mood to speak to anyone right now," Leo murmured. "I don't mean to be rude, I just don't feel like talking."
"That doesn't make sense," Light said quietly. "You've just been attacked, I thought you'd want someone to comfort you."
"Maybe that's how you think," Leo replied with an expression Light could barely read. Of course, the glasses had a lot to do with that, but Light thought he could detect the most miniscule hint of a smile on his face. "But in case you didn't know, not everyone is the same."
"I'm…sorry?" Light said confusedly.
"If you'll excuse us," Eliot almost shouted, yanking Leo out the door with him.
Light closed his eyes and breathed impatiently in and out. "Look, I'm just trying to make sure you're all right," he explained. "I don't know why you have something against that-or why you don't want to stay."
At this moment, Break walked up behind Light and waved. "He's right," he said, startling Light, who hadn't seen him. "Maybe you should stay, just for tonight. I know you two and Oz had important things to discuss that you weren't able to-"
"Courtesy of none other than yourself," Eliot snarled.
Break completely ignored him. "If you just stay for tonight, you'll be able to speak with him tomorrow, correct? I know what you need to discuss is important, so you can catch up on whatever you need to tomorrow while it's still light out. And maybe-" He smirked-"a few of us can get to sleep at a semi-regular hour."
Bombarded by Break's admittedly unbeatable logic, Eliot gave in. "Fine, we'll stay. Leo, come with me and we'll find a room."
As he trudged away with his servant in tow, Break continued to smile. "We should all probably get to bed," he decided, looking right at Light. "We'll need all the rest we can get if we're going to figure out some way to help you out of here."
Light stared confusedly after him as he walked leisurely in the other direction and added, "And trust me, we will be getting you out of here."
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