Gohan–to-the-max here bringing you the third chapter of discovered, writing this after coming out of a kind of long hiatus so I might be a little rusty but luckily I have the help of TDS to whip me back into shape. Thank you to Devilsdocry for reading through, TDS is going to miss you. Anyway enough of me babbling and let's get on with it

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'Shit!'

Immediately his eyes moved from the girl sitting on his bed to the face of his older sister. Her mouth dropped slightly as she let of a small gasp, her eyes widened in recognition. Thoughts ran through Lelouch's strategic mind explaining why Cornelia's face was the way it was, within a few seconds he came up with an answer which was likely to be true. Was she in on the code R project?

Cornelia unfroze from her current state; she stepped forward only a few steps as C.C looked down to continue eating the slice of pizza as though there was no one was there. To her, all that mattered was depleting the pizza, Lelouch and his guest could wait a few moments longer. They were the ones who walked in on her and after her day she deserved this pizza without interruptions.

"It's you..." Cornelia gasped whilst the immortal girl looked up. She stared at the princess for a few seconds before she returned to the slice of pizza, all she did in response to Cornelia was grunt. "You're the girl from the villa,"

Again the immortal girl's eyes looked up to the Princess, this time she studied her face carefully before she looked back down at the pizza once again, carefully she took a bite and chewed. Meanwhile Lelouch let of a silent sigh of relief, Cornelia was not a part of the code R project meaning that he was able to say that she was someone else within his life, perhaps maybe a guardian? Or a friend? It then meant that she didn't know what C.C was or what she could possibly do. However the fact that Cornelia recognised her was a problem on its own.

"Cornelia," C.C grunted as she stood up from her position on the bed, not bothering to address her as a Princess. Her eyes continued to look at the Princess as she released what Lelouch thought to be a small smile. "You look much older now,"

"You've not changed at all; tell me, how old are you now if you were one of Lady Marianne's friends?"

The green haired girl grunted again, whilst Lelouch watched carefully, waiting for the right moment to intervene. "Weren't you ever taught that it is rude to ask one of their age?" She drearily replied. "Besides shouldn't you be of somewhere killing innocent people and taking over the world?"

"Perhaps," The princess retorted as she attempted to stare C.C down, the prince stepped forward feeling slight tension between the two women. "I was assigned to area eleven to take control and in my opinion I've done a better job then what Clovis did for only two reasons,"

"Which are?" The green haired girl pressed as she began walking around the room, her eyes kept on the princess though a relaxed look was upon her face.

"First one is simple, in all the time that Clovis was here, Lelouch and Nunnally were living on his door step. He came here to search for those two and in the process he got distracted by the power and fame. Me however, I discovered them both rather quickly and I also find one of my suspects for Lady Marianne's killer,"

C.C scowled towards the princess, the thought of her killing her angered her, if anything she saved the fallen empress yet she couldn't tell the princess this.

"You know full well that I was escorted from the premise with her guards, I'm afraid that you will have to dig deeper and perhaps closer to home," The immortal snapped back as Lelouch eagerly listened to the two, hoping that something beneficial could be said regarding his mother's death. That was all he cared about; perhaps he wouldn't have to use geass on her if she was getting in a heated discussion with C.C.

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Shirley sat down on the cold concrete floor, the grounds surrounding Lelouch's housing was packed full of students. Each eager to get an audience with the members of the royal family currently visiting the school, she sighed as her arms began to shake. She needed to speak to Lelouch and she needed to speak to him now so she could know if the note was true. Could her 'Lulu' really be Zero?

She was scared, if he could kill his own brother, then what would he do to anyone else that were close to him? She remembered the rants Prince Clovis used to make on his dead younger brother and sister and from the sound of it, they were as close as two brothers could get. The clues and hints that he was royalty was obvious now she thought about it, how many people were called Lelouch and Nunnally and were the same age as the presumed dead prince and princess? None, there would be no one around and how couldn't she guess from Nunnally being both blind and crippled. Then there was the way he talked, the way he thought and how strategic he was at chess. All signs of the upbringing of a member of the royal family.

What about Milly? She didn't act the least bit surprised when Lulu was discovered... Did she already know? She thought of how it could explain everything from being extremely close with each other, to how the Ashford family basically gave the two royals a separate room away from everyone else. It was always more than Nunnally's condition; it was for the privacy and protection of the two royal children. Her heart felt as though it was torn in two, she wanted to be happy for Lelouch but at the same time, all of his lies scared her.

If he was Lelouch Vi Britannia as well as being Zero, then she feared for him being in danger. He was a traitor to his own family, killing of his older brother yet he managed to parade around so peacefully even in meeting his two sisters once more. If he was ever discovered as being zero, she could lose him. She couldn't ever part with her Lulu, not now she knew one of his biggest secrets of all times. Her hands were shaking as she lifted up her head, Milly Ashford was standing in front of her with her eyes looking down to the girl. She needed to know what she knew, she wanted to be more trusted by Lelouch but could that be possible? Does Milly know about him being zero as well as knowing that he was a prince?

"Are you sure about this Shirley?" The student president asked whilst the girl waited for the prince to return from his living area. The ginger haired girl lifted her head up; softly she nodded it as Milly out stretched her hands. A look of sadness stretched along both the girls faces. "Well come on then Shirley, we are members of the student council so we can enter the building at will. If not we can return back to the other room,"

"No Madame President," Shirley whispered, she stood up and looked Milly directly into her eyes. She needed to know if she knew; if she was trusted by her Lulu. "Did you know?"

Milly sighed as she turned around, her gentle lips separated. Both girls began to walk forwards as they escaped the large crowd of students. Shirley's ginger hair blew softly back in the wind as the two girls went down the secret entrance to the club house. This way they were able to get around the hoards of pupils desperate to touch and see the royalty within their school which then allowed them to get to the prince quicker.

"Yes, I knew. It was my family Lelouch contacted and pleaded for shelter and protection. Originally my grandfather's original plan was to return them to the kingdom but he didn't like the look of despair on Lelouch's face. He feared returning, he didn't want the same fate as his mother so we kept him as a secret,"

"Why didn't he tell me?" Shirley cried. "Lulu told me everything, I thought he might have liked me but he still keeps secrets from me,"

The student president sighed once again as she pushed her blond hair back, her sad expression spread throughout her face. "Lelouch doesn't trust anyone; he was forced to trust my family and so far we kept his trust though he won't be too happy with us as he was discovered at our school and anyway you both recently fell out and played the strangers game with him which I thought was so cute by the way, "

Shirley just nodded her head as she continued to follow behind Milly, she hardly ever used this tunnel, and it was more Rivalz and Lulu. In her head she kept trying to piece everything over the last few days together. The door leading the passage to the clubhouse was wide opened as both girls continued to walk on, there goal was to get to Lelouch to make sure everything was okay.

Meanwhile upstairs in his bedroom, Cornelia continued to stare C.C down. Still she was confused to why the green haired friend of Lady Marianne was in her younger brother's bedroom dressed in that attire. Was she here to help look after him or for different motives? Was her younger brother closer to her father then she lead onto to believing? The girl picked up another slice of pizza and took a large bite into it as she threw her body back onto the boys bed.

"What is going to happen to Lelouch now?" The lady in the straightjacket asked. "Is he to return to the empire?"

"It will be the best for Britannia if he does return, will also be my father's wishes. Area eleven is dangerous for both him and Nunnally because Zero has yet to be caught," C.C let of a loud chuckle whilst the hidden prince shot her a threatening look, he couldn't have her ruin the plan before it fell within motion. The prince let of a sigh, knowing that he would have to be forced back to the homeland. The thought of what was to happen to the resistance flew throughout his mind, who would he leave in charge and how would he communicate?

Once again he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, immediately knowing that it was Kallen trying to reach zero. He ignored it and continued to stare at C.C, hoping she wouldn't give anything away. Behind him he felt the presence of two others as they knocked against the door, knowing who they were he sharply turned round to be greeted by both Shirley and Milly.

Meanwhile outside the living area of Lelouch and Nunnally; Kallen slammed her phone into her pocket in frustration. Here she was with the opportunity to capture and perhaps kill some members of the royal family and for once her leader wouldn't pick up his god damn mobile phone. She managed to get through to Ohgi and all he told her was to try Zero again as well as telling her not to do anything reckless that could get her killed.

Shirley stared slightly opened mouth; the fact that there was a strange girl on his bed startled her. Who was she and what was she doing with Lelouch and the Princess? She stepped forward but felt Milly grab her hand. How was she meant to confront him now? Especially as some woman was sitting in his bed who happened to be dressed up as a prisoner. Tears welled in her eyes, he couldn't be taken, and not her Lulu but this girl was evidence. Why else would she be dressed as a prisoner if she wasn't his mistress?

"Lulu... who...is...that?"

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Okay well that's it people. I apologise if I've messed up the story, I just can't remember if Shirley and C.C have met before and in case they have sorry people just the story works out better this way. I will try to answer some of your questions about the previous chapter to the best of my ability so umm here it goes.

Yuriski-1st – ahah yeah but on the day that the events occurred, Shirley did discover her note and I think what happened is that she discovered it between the first chapter till when she is introduced into the second. Well that's my take on the work done by Razamatazz22. I know it happened earlier then in canon but it was necessary for her to discover it earlier.

FallenAngelitz and XIIIth Antagonist – Thank you for pointing out that the characters are out of character. Hopefully as the story progress we get them back into character,

Ai-no-tsubasa - I read your review after writing this chapter and now I feel like a fool for not reading it before. I so should have had C.C suggest she is doing inappropriate things with Lelouch but ahh well that could be suggested in the next chapter in front of poor confused Shirley.

Well anyway it was nice receiving all of your reviews, thank you everyone. If you have any questions feel free to ask them and until next time. Please review and it was nice being your Code Geass writer XD