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Chapter six- The choice

Three days have passed since Lelouch was introduced back to the life of royalty, yet still there was no word from the homeland. Anxiously he waited in Cornelia's office, it was the one place where she wanted him to be at all hours just so she could keep an eye on him and prevent him from trying to disappear from her life once more. He hated this, he hated waiting for his father just to find out his and Nunnally's fate and it's not like he could fake his own death again. Cornelia sat behind her desk, in front of her was a wad of paper however she wasn't looking at it, instead her eyes were watching Lelouch, just like a hawk. It was the look of 'I'm never going to let my brother leave me again' which frightened him ever so slightly; it meant that getting away for even the briefest of moments was next to near impossible.

He stared out of the window of the government complex, buildings surrounded the area and yet there was no touch of green in sight. He sighed, it seemed so dull and boring, but what made things worse is that for the past three days he had done nothing but remain by Cornelia's side.

As interesting as it sounded, it wasn't, he only found out a little information which could help the Black Knights. The highlight of it all was watching the anti-terrorist meetings and the discussing of military strategies; some of which he was unable to join in at times because Euphemia and Nunnally requested his presence. His thoughts rested with CC, it was apparent that she could easily get away with becoming Zero, though her tactics were a little more crude.

"So Lelouch, do you fancy going out today?" Cornelia asked as she picked up a pen and signed some of the sheets of paper. "I've noticed you have a bored expression on your face and I can't bear to see you moping about like you're on some kind of jail sentence."

"It is a jail sentence; father is delaying this sentence and preparing me for death," He joked while Cornelia didn't look the slightest bit amused.

"Father does not wish any of us dead, though at times he ignores us, he care for us still Lelouch. He shut himself away from the world following Clovis' death and it was to him and myself that I swore I would catch our dear brother's murderer!"

The young Prince gulped which was unnoticed by Cornelia, he realised that technically she had caught his killer, but she didn't know as of this second. He released a sigh which caught her attention; she raised an eyebrow at him as he quickly thought of a way to cover up.

"Maybe you're right and we should go out, it's not like the homeland will contact us today,"

"Exactly and even if they do we can get back into contact so easily, I'd tell my secretary to direct any calls from Schneizel to my cell number."

"That won't be necessary." Both Cornelia's and Lelouch's head turned to the door; both greeted with a warm welcoming smile of Schneizel el Britannia, the prime minister of Britannia. A smile stretched across Lelouch's face, to him this was perfect seeing Schneizel in person. How he longed to see Schneizel once again, how he wanted to challenge his teacher to another game of chess just to see if he had finally suppressed his greatest opponent. Not only that, he wanted to get him alone so he could activate his Geass in privacy.

"Schneizel, pleasure to see you again," Lelouch said with a devilish grin on his face. "How I longed for a decent opponent at chess once more."

The prime minister laughed as he walked into his sister's office, his eyes keeping on Lelouch as his smile grew. "Likewise Lelouch, it will be an honour to play someone of your ability once again but alas I'm here on a business meeting." The blonde Prince sighed as he pulled out a large roll of paper from his cape. "Please take a seat, there's a lot to cover in such a short amount of time."

The black sky drizzled upon those below it, the sound of the children in the ghetto playing in delight as they splashed the large puddles. Screams of happiness erupted throughout the small neighbourhood and all the red haired beauty could do was smile and think about her and her older brother playing in the puddles when it rained. She still wished she was able to live so care free but she knew that their freedom was in danger and one day they would be just too old to play in the puddles. That's why she fought, for her brother and for the future of the Japanese people. She didn't want to see children caught up in the conflict but it couldn't always be avoided; this way at least none of them would go through the pain of watching the whole country being torn apart. They would never see mothers dragged away from the just because she was a pure native. If it wasn't for her father being who he was, she would have shared the same fate as her mother and would be working at some upper class Britannian snobs' home.

It was then when Ohgi tapped on her shoulder that she finally fell out of her trance. She turned to face her close friend as she nodded her head, from the corner of her eyes she watched as Zero began walking in the open through the area of the children as though nothing was there. He was now perhaps one of the most wanted men in area eleven yet,because of his mysterious behaviour and ability to lurk in the shadows without a care in the world. She could tell there was something different about him and this difference made him sort of attractive in her eyes.

She shook her head; he seemed not in the least bit interested in females. Perhaps he was batting for the other team? Once again she shook her head; there was no interest in males either so he couldn't. She struggled to make sense of him, she knew she had to gain his trust because then maybe she can see who Zero really is.

"Q1, perhaps it's time to stop daydreaming and get in your knightmare." Zeros voice echoed through her microphone, still she noticed something strange about his voice. Kallen just shrugged and followed her orders as she began walking to the area where the knightmare frame was kept. She took one last look at the children and smiled.

She knew then that she had to make Japan a better place for them.

"So what has been decided brother?" Cornelia asked, she seemed more desperate to know his fate then he did. "Father has made up his mind hasn't he?"

"Yes father has made up his mind but sorry Lelouch. It seems you have a choice to make and it's not exactly going to be an easy choice though it does mean you get to play a role in expanding the Britannian empire."

It was those words, 'expanding the Britannian empire' which made the black haired boy cringe, it meant his father had his eyes set on marriage. Though to who and where in the world would their father like to conquer most out of the few nations remaining independent. It wasn't much of a choice if both options involved marriage, did it mean he got the choice of brides or will his father expect him to do what he did and have many brides. He couldn't get married before he found love himself or it would just be an empty marriage.

"My Choices Schneizel? From the sound of it marriage is my only option," said Lelouch, his thoughts quickly racing over the alternatives presented before him.

"Well it is involved in both the options but one is more simple than the other."

"Care to explain?" Princess Cornelia snapped as she played with her nails. "Lelouch and I were just about to go out and relax before you came in! He's only just become publicly known once again and already he's being forced into something this extreme!"

"Always as fierce as ever I see Cornelia." The blonde haired Prince laughed as he ran his fingers through his long blonde hair and smiled when Cornelia scowled. "You have the choice of marrying the Prime minster of Australia's daughter now but you'd have to leave area eleven for good or postpone the wedding to complete military duties in area eleven and later go into the engagement. The latter option leads to a loophole of you being able to stay here if you were assigned to area eleven but you need to live in Australia for a few months to bond with her family."

Lelouch quickly assessed the situation. His father the emperor was sending him to Australia of all places, the one nation that had not raised a single hand throughout the entire process of the war. He would have to ponder later about why he was being sent to such a desolate place but now was not the time. "I want to stay here so I can be by Nunnally's side!" Lelouch hissed while Schneizel laughed.

"That's exactly what father said you'd do."

Half an hour later

By now Schneizel had left, he didn't have the time to pop in and visit Nunnally which if she knew that he had come down and not seen her, then Lelouch feared it would upset her. It seemed the news would be best in person that Schneizel was only down to see his dear friend while he was at home. To himself he smiled, if Kallen's father knew where she was and what she was doing right now it wouldn't be a good situation for her. Cornelia finished signing a few more documents before she pressed down on a button on a phone and carefully opened her mouth.

"Send in Darlton to my office."

Without much time passing by, the door to the office opened and Darlton strolled in. A serious look was stretched across his scarred face as he knelt down before his 'Princess'; he then stood up and knelt before Lelouch.

"Brother, Darlton is to teach you basic military and run you through your training. I believe we'd get a better response from you if you had one on one sessions and he's the best man I have for this."

"Just great," sighed Lelouch with his hands running throughout his hair and a frown upon his face. This meant he had to do the worst thing to him – exercise.

"One more thing, I just filled out the paperwork but I now have Tohdoh's execution date to be three days from now. I will need both of you to attend as security will be tight."

Two hours have passed and now Kallen was bored. There has been no sign of the ships which were meant to bring the drugs and by now it was annoying her. She's been sitting in this knightmare frame for over three hours and still nothing, perhaps Zero got the information wrong? It wasn't likely, he always seemed to know what he was doing yet again he did seem different. In her head she kept thinking of Lelouch, she wished she knew earlier that he was a Prince because then she could have taken him out and got rid of one of the children of the bastard who rules her life. She wished she was with him right now; her dagger strapped to her upper right thigh would have looked good in his throat.

"The bastard." She hissed, forgetting that her microphone was still on. She heard Oghi laugh in the background and her cheeks turned slightly red yet she knew no one could see her.

"What bastard Kallen?" Tamaki sniggered. "If you're going to mention how you should have killed Prince Lelouch when you had the chance, then save it. I'm sure Zero will give him the same treatment as Clovis if he hurts us Japanese!"

"Pay attention to the task at hand!" The voice of Zero intercepted. "This line is to keep in contact and not for your general chat. As for the matter of Lelouch, he may be more beneficial alive then dead."

Kallen's interest peaked at those words, clearly Zero had something in mind for how he would use Lelouch. She recalled how Zero had allowed Euphemia to live, perhaps there would come a time when her former school council member would be of use to the Black Knights. It was then when they saw the ship coming into harbour, on top was ten Sutherlands defending the ship. It seemed whoever on it had money and knew about the Black Knights raids. Kallen smirked as she was ready to go into battle, thinking that at least she'll get a decent fight out of sitting around for hours watching the sea.

"This will be fun." She laughed as she charged straight towards her pray like a tiger catching a Zebra, pushing the thoughts of Lelouch to the back of her mind. They responded by the units heading towards her as she led the black knights into battle. Zero waited behind the others, knowing that 'he' had a different job at hand. Only CC and Lelouch knew it was going to be more than a simple drug raid, this was a rescue mission of numbers shipped over for slavery in the drug business.