I actually like this chapter, for some reason I could not stop writing it...either way! I'm now starting the next chapter, not sure when it will be done but I think it should be up by tomorrow. I really need to add some lemons though...it's been AWHILE!
"Wait a minuet Zero." Kaze looked up from his spot on top of a wooden box and listened, not that he really cared at the moment.
"Sure, it's a favor for the Kyoto Group, and it won't be any trouble for us, and certainly the Japanese Liberation Front would rather side with us than flee overseas, but-" Zero cut him off, Kaze sighed and pulled his visor over his eyes.
"You gave us this information...Diethard, was it?" Kaze looked up as he heard Diethard, and scrunched his stomach.
Wait...Diet hard?...I'm not getting fat am I? He than looked up at Zero, who was looking at Diethard and sighed in relief,
Okay not talking to me...good. He sighed in relief and pulled his visor back over his eyes, attempting to forget what happened earlier that day.
"Yes, it's an honor to meet you, Zero."Diethard spoke polity to Zero who was standing on top of a pile of...well, trash. Kaze couldn't help but snicker at the "coincidence".
"Cornelia has commissioned a unit of aquatic knights, and is plotting the capture of the JLF's Major General Katase. Is that right?" Zero asked in a flat tone.
"Yes. Headquarters is already preparing a special media announcement." Kaze got up from his spot as he listened to their conversation and traveled further back into the warehouse, attempting to get as far away from the noise as possible. Sighing in relief when he could no longer hear their voices he laid down onto the cold floor. Despite how uncomfortable it was he feel into a deep sleep. Zero watched as Kaze got up and left, sighing as he traveled further out of his sight.
"Colonel Toudou will never be able to meet up with Major General Katase. The JLF has no proper armed forces left. Their only hope is to hold them off with the threat of igniting their liquid Sakuradite." Oghi interuppted him
"Yeah! So we should help Major Kat-" Zero cut him off with a stern voice,
"Ohgi! Who are we?" Kaze heard the yell from his spot further back and moaned, Zero heard and lowered his voice.
"W-We are the Black Knights..."
"Then we have only one goal. We will destroy Cornelia's Unit and absorb the Japanese Liberation Front's remaining forces. This day tonight, we regain what we lost in Narita!" Ohgi interrupted him,
"Can we win?"
"A foolish question." A smile swept across his face
"Got it."
"Prepare for the operation. You all have your orders." Zero said as he turned around and began to walk to Kaze,
"U-Um, Zero!" Zero turned back around to face Kallen
"I have something to do, if you want to talk it will have to be later." Zero turned back around and walked toward Kaze
Kaze opened his eyes to the darkness of the ware house and sat up, clutching his back in pain.
"I would sleep in the worst place possible." He said as he lifted his arms to the ceiling, his arms and back cracking at the sudden movement. He flinched when he heard a chuckle,
"Who-Oh, I see." Kaze said as he saw Zero sitting on crate a short distance away, quickly turning away as he noticed his mask lying on the floor to his legs. He sighed and laid back down on the floor,
"Change of heart?" Zero broke the silence with a dangerous question. Kaze gasped and looked at Zero's face, his face shrouded in the darkness. Kaze felt a tear come to his eye and fought it back.
"I joined you because I felt this was the right thing to do. Not just for me but for everyone...my friends father died in the battle at Narita. I don't think I've ever cried so much in my inter life..." Kaze went quiet
"I won't force you to stay." Zero said in sadness as he looked over at Kaze, sighing as he looked at his lips. Remembering the last one to kiss them...was not him.
"I know...which brings me to ask you something. Why am I still here?" Kaze laughed as he heard Zero gasp,
"Do you really think I would come back if I felt you were the wrong decision." Kaze laughed and sat up on his knees.
"So tell me...Lelouch." Lelouch gasped as he heard Kaze say his name.
"Kaze...when did you-" Kaze cut him off
"The moment you carried me up the stairs, that was very un-Zero like of you Lelouch. I was wondering why I felt so safe with you." Kaze got up and laid in Lelouch's lap, snuggling his face into Lelouch's bare chest. Lelouch smiled and slowly stroked his cheeks, Kaze looked up at Lelouch and placed his hand on Lelouch's hand.
"Are you okay?" Zero looked into Kaze's eyes and sighed,
"Yes I-" Kaze removed his hand from Lelouch's and placed it on his cheek,
"Lelouch...tell me the truth." Kaze said in a warming voice as he looked up into Lelouch's eyes. Lelouch smiled and leaned down to kiss Kaze, Kaze smiled and placed his arms around Lelouch's neck. When Kallen opened the ware house door, Kaze removed himself from Lelouch's embrace, with incredible ninja-like speed he dove into the darkness. Lelouch answered sternly,
"Who's there?" Kallen gasped at the sudden sound
"I-I'm sorry! Excuse me..." Kallen said with a dishearten face.
"Are you having second thoughts?" Kallen paused at the door before she spoke
"I've fought this far for justice, because I believed it was the right thing to do. That's why I've killed so many people. But...but can what we're doing really change the world?" Kallen came closer, causing Kaze to slip further into the dark, the last thing he needed was more drama.
"It can. No, it must...
"But-"
"Will there be sacrifice? Yes, not just soldiers, but innocent by standards as well. Even so-no- because of that, I cannot stop." He turned his glare away from Kallen and to Kaze, though he could not see him he knew he was there.
"Even if I need to cheat or to hurt others, I must. To that end, I must become carnage incarnate. I must spill yet more blood, so the blood already spilt will not be in vain. But no ones forcing you to stay. Kallen, if you wish to turn back, now is the time." Kallen stood for a moment, moved by Zero's words. Kaze held back a sigh as she smiled at him.
"I will walk with you, by your side."
"Thank you, Kallen." Kallen blushed at Zero's sweet words and turned around, walking out the door. Kaze sighed as she closed the door behind her. Walking calmly toward Lelouch, sitting down on the floor in front of him.
"So, Zero. Whats the plan?" Lelouch smirked
"Commence operation!" Cornelia yelled, Kaze watched as several Underwater Mobil units launched into the sea and turned to Cornelia, waiting for her orders. Cornelia turned to Kaze,
"I want you to watch the Lancelot." Kaze's eyes widened and he clenched his fists, knowing he was not going to like what he was going to hear.
"Suzaku?"
"Is that the 11's name? Yes."
"Please refrain from calling him an 11 in front of me your...majesty." Kaze spat out his words as he watched Cornelia walked away, turning around he ran toward Suzaku, jumping onto the various freight carts. Kaze ran straight through the cargo holds with tremendous speed, sure he wasn't very strong but his legs were the fastest thing around.
"Our squad will lay down covering fire from the shore. Take care not to sink the general's tanker."
"Yes my lord."
Kaze jumped off a freight cart right onto Suzaku's Lancelot shoulder, Suzaku heard the thump from inside his hold and almost squished Kaze when he went to smack the intruder with his hand. Kaze jumped to his other shoulder,
"Suzaku, knock knock!" Kaze screamed while kicking the Lancelot's head,
"Kaze?" Kaze stopped kicking and sat down, catching his breathe.
"I've been ordered to keep an eye on you...by Cornelia." Kaze said flatly, Suzaku clenched his gears.
"She still doesn't trust me..." Kaze sighed and stood back up,
"Afraid not...either way follow your orders I'll stay right here as you do, just...be careful not to kill me okay?" Kaze said in a flat tone as he thought about how much hanging around he would be doing.
"Yes, my lord." Suzaku said happily, Kaze giggled at the term Lord.
"All units, fire at will."
"Hold on Kaze!" Suzaku said as he drove off with the other units toward the tanker, Kaze flinched at first from the speed, but quickly gained his balance.
Kaze relaxed as the Lancelot slowed to a stop, kneeling down he took out his gun and began firing.
"This isn't a fight..." Kaze heard him say and sighed, he was about to comment when he heard Cecil begin to speak, Kaze watched as the tanker began to move out of the docks, soon after the under water Mobil units began to board the ship. Kaze sighed when Suzaku stopped firing, the vibrations were giving him a headache. When suddenly a bright pink light appeared under the Tanker, Kaze gasped as it swallowed the ship whole, watching in awe as the pink ball-like sphere grew out of the sea. Kaze braced for impact as he watched the sea begin to churn, the ship exploding as the pink sphere disappeared, soon after the wind hit. Almost knocking Kaze off the Lancelot, he stumbled and knelt down, holding on for dear life as the Lancelot rocked back and forth.
Kaze rubbed his head, recovering from the dizziness spell of the shaking.
"Fuck, it's like those tea cup rides.." Kaze moaned as he slowly stood up, still holding tightly onto the Lancelot. When a blast near their base exploded out of the hanger.
"The base!" Kaze yelled as he watched the explosion.
"My god! They used the tanker as a diversion?" Kaze gasped as the Lancelot suddenly did a 180 degree turn and moved at high speed toward the base.
"God! Suzaku! Warning!" Kaze screamed as he held on for dear life as the Lancelot jumped over freights.
"Sorry Kaze, but we've gotta find Cornelia!" Suzaku said as he sped up, Kaze regained his balance as they jumped the last fright cart, gasping as he saw Zero's Knightmare cornering Cornelia
Not...good.
He said to himself as Suzaku flew straight towards the Knightmare., straightening his legs into a kick as he flew towards it.
"Hold on!" Suzaku screamed as they impacted. Kaze held on as they hit Zero and dove off, now hanging onto the Lancelot's arms as if he were on the monkey bars.
"Zero, what your doing won't change a thing! The ends doesn't justify the means, can't you understand how the by standards feel?" Kaze ignored Suzaku's rambling and took advantage off his lack of movement, making a quick swing on his arms, he jumped onto the top with a summer salt.
Thank god for gymnastics
Kaze said to himself as he twirled into the air, bracing back onto the arm as he drove his fists into Zero's Knightmare.
"This is pay back for Narita!" Suzaku yelled as he punched Zero continuously, each punch almost throwing Kaze straight to the floor. Suzaku noticed this and backed away pulling out his gun, shooting Zero's left arm completely off.
"You damned white-head!"
"Have you no qualms about using living people as your bait? You're just a murderer!"
"Why are you always in my way!"
"Why do you insist on spilling the blood on innocents!"
"If not for you-
"Its all your fault!"
Zero sent his hook shot toward the Lancelot, almost cutting Kaze into two if he hadn't dodged, grazing Kaze's back he flinched and lost his grip on the Lancelot. Zero sent himself flying up into the air, Suzaku sent his own hook shot against him. Hitting the Knightmare directly, sending pieces of it flying off. One of the pieces falling toward Suzaku without being noticed, Kaze looked up
"Suzaku!" He screamed as he saw it flying towards them, Suzaku dodged away from the piece, but not fast enough. As he dodged the piece it grazed his left arm, the force sending Kaze flying toward the ware house wall.
"Ahhh!" Kaze screamed as his body hit against it, his back slamming into a poll running down the side of the building. watching as Zero attempted to escape, his escape a short distance before crashing. He slowly felt his back peel away from the warehouse poll and fall to the floor, slowly falling unconscious before he could reach it.
"Hello, Ashford Academy Student Council." Suzaku said as he answered the phone,
"Suzaku?"
"Lelouch?"
"Is there anything weird going on there?"
"There is." Lelouch gasped, "Your not here."
"Not that."
"Kaze and Shirley aren't here either, but they've both been absent a lot lately. They really need to take their grades more seriously."
"You and your grades. Could you tell Nunnaly that I'll be home late tonight?"
"You're going to be late again? Why do we even go to the same school if your never here? Ahhhh!" Suzaku screamed as Arthur bit his hand.
"Is something wrong?"
"Nothing! Hey, scat!" Suzaku hung up the phone as he tossed his hand around attempting to rid it of the cat. Milly watched as he hung up the phone speaking when Suzaku rid himself of the "Nuisance"
"Your not going to tell him?" Suzaku's eyes widened at the question, his body slowly tensing as he remembered Kaze condition.
"he seemed busy..." Milly sighed as the rest of the council looked down at the floor.
"Judging from your conversation-" C.C. spoke from the L shaped couch
"Yeah. it appears he doesn't know. Now we can rule out the possibility that the army saw me." Lelouch said as he turned in his chair to face C.C. directly.
"I don't think anyone would be there beside the army and the Black Knight."
"It could have been a survivor from the JLF."
"And he just took your gun?"
"I'll have Ohgi take a look on the black market." Lelouch got up from his chair and sat on the opposite side of the couch.
"What about the blood?" Lelouch gritted his teeth,
"It'll take time to analyze. Also... I think I saw Shirley on the battlefield."
"Ah, the girl that kissed you?" Lelouch tensed up as he remembered Shirley's and his kiss.
"Will you let that go?"
"I was just asking, lover boy. You kiss Kaze all the time, I could care less about your love life. If your right though...we'll need to look into it at once. I wonder if by chance that blood is Kaze's..." C.C. snickered as she watched Lelouch think
"Both his last attack and the Narita mountain incident were clearly aimed at you Your Highness" Guilford said as he stood formally in front of Cornelia and Euphemia, Darlton standing next to him in the same formal gesture.
"It's normal to aim for the leader in battle." Cornelia calmly spoke back as she rested in her thrown-like chair.
"The same was the true of Prince Clovis though..." Euphemia and Cornelia both tensed at the mention of their deceased brothers name.
"It's possible that Zero is motivated by a personal grudge against the royal family, rather than against Britannia itself." Darlton calmly stated.
"A grudge?" Euphemia said to herself as she remembered Zero's words during the hotel jacking.
"Be careful, Euphie. I don't want anything like the hotel jacking to happen again." Cornelia calmly spoke to Euphemia as she got up from her chair over to her.
"Would you like to have some knights assigned to you?" Guilford added in,
"Knights?"
"We could have some Knights assigned to you as personal bodyguards, and when you assemble your Honor Guard they would be at its heart. As Deputy Viceren you have that right, Princess Euphemia. And with Kaze in his condition...he won't be able to look after you."
Kaze slowly opened his eyes to the sound of a monitor slowly beating every second or so, Kaze slowly sat up, only to wince in pain as he felt his back react. Quickly falling back to the bed with a thud, the feeling of movement waking up Suzaku who was sleeping next to his bed. Suzaku gasped as he saw Kaze gasping on the bed, he got up to go get the nurse when Kaze grabbed his hand,
"What...did you...do...to me?" Kaze asked as his breathing slowly returned to normal as his pain vanished. Suzaku stared at him for a moment with sad eyes as he knelt down next to Kaze's bed, grabbing his hand and intertwining their fingers.
"Your spine.. it was destroyed." Suzaku said as he looked at the floor before he continued.
"We...couldn't save it...it had been to long..." Kaze eyes widened in shock as he heard of his medical condition, he slowly let the tears fall from his eyes. The monitor beeping faster now,
"Kaze! look at me!" Suzaku said as he watched Kaze lose his composure and curl into a ball on the bed, he grabbed Kaze's chin and forced him to look at him.
"It's true, this is all my fault. I should have watched you...but, we've replaced your spine with a mechanical one." Kaze slowly looked up at Suzaku's remorseful face looking at the ground and stretched his hand out and placed it gently on Suzaku's cheek. He slowly backed away, flinching at the pain that jumped up through his metal spin. He outstretched his arms,
"Suzaku, I need you." Kaze said as he felt himself lose his composure, Suzaku stared for a moment as the tears streamed down his face and slowly got up and laid on the bed. Clasping his arms around Kaze and rubbing his tense back gently, Kaze flinched at the touch, soon relaxing as he felt the pleasure rising. Kaze dug his head into Suzaku's chest and closed his eye's,
"Does Lelouch know?" He whispered as he relaxed under Suzaku's touch. Suzaku clenched his teeth as he spoke,
"No, do you want me to-" Kaze cut him off with a sharp tone as he looked up at Suzaku,
"No!" Shivering at his sudden movement, Suzaku kept stroking his back, and Kaze sighed in relief,
"What about the student-" Kaze was cut of by the door opening and the voices of the student council entering,
"Oops." Suzaku said with a smirk as he began to scoot away from Kaze, Kaze flinched as he felt Suzaku stop stroking his back and pulled him back,
"No! Don't go!" Kaze said with a moan as the pain returned, Suzaku gasped at Kaze's fondness and chuckled, continuing to stroke his back. the student council entered the room and gasped as they saw Suzaku and Kaze in bed, Suzaku blushed and Kaze just looked at them,
"Hey guys," Kaze said in a calm voice. A wide smirk wiped across Mill's face,
"Ohhhh, how cute!" Milly said as she admired the two laying together, Shirley and Nina blushed while Rivals just stared in shock.
"I-It's not what it looks like!" Suzaku said embarrassed, Kaze chuckled and slowly sat up, wincing as he felt the pain from his spine. Suzaku sat up and rubbed his spine, Kaze sighing in relief. Kaze decided to push his luck and attempted to stand, his hospital dress slowly falling around his knees as he tossed his legs over the side of the hospital bed. He slowly slid his legs to the ground and stood on them, slowly straightening his back. He winced in pain as he stood up completely straight, tears falling from his eyes.
"Kaze! Sit back down!" The student council yelled at him as they watched him attempting to walk.
"Noo! I'm gonna have to do this sooner or later! Might as well be fucking now!" He yelled throughout the pain of walking to the window on the other side of the room. Kaze slowly placed his hand on the window seal and sighed in relief,
"See, I already feel better." Kaze said with a smirk as he hid the god forsaken pain
...
He thought to himself as he felt the coldness of the metal in his spine, still hiding the pain from the others.
"So tell me, is anywhere else of me artificial?" He said with a smirk as he looked at Suzaku, who sighed and sat down on the bed,
"Nope, that's about it." Kaze sighed in relief, he was beginning to feel like a fucking candy bar, nice and tasty on the outside, nothing but shit on the inside.
Where could he be...
Lelouch thought to himself as he walked into the school campus, the school bell ringing in the distance.
"Hey! Lelouch!" Suzaku yelled as he ran onto the campus, stopping when he neared Lelouch. Who calmly turned around to face him,
"Good morning. I haven't seen you in a while. You'd better come to school more often, or they're gonna hold you back."
"Your one to talk." Lelouch remarked back with a smirk
"It's work in my case! The Black Knights has been particularly active lately." Lelouch looked at Suzaku questionably
"I thought you were a mechanic." Suzaku quickly cleaned up his act,
"Uh, they're short everywhere."
"You should come over to dinner some time. Nunnaly misses you. How about today?"
"Tonight would be great! But are you sure? I don't want to bother-" Lelouch interrupted with a worried look,
"By the way, have you seen Kaze lately? I haven't seen him and he's not answering his phone. I'm starting to get-" Lelouch was suddenly interrupted by Rivals skidding his cycle right by them.
"Lelouch!" Rivals screamned in agaony,
"What's the matter?" Lelouch asked flatly.
"Did you know the Chairmen's got a marrige proposal? Yeah, she's meeting him today right?"
"Today? Why didn't you tell me?" He yelled as he grabbed Lelouch by the collar,
"You would have thrown a tantrum." Lelouch sighed,
"I'll throw you off the roof! Oh, that reminds me..." Rival's suddenly calmed turning toward Suzaku,
"What is it?"Rivals suddenly tensed up and let go off Lelouch,
"It's Kaze he's-" Lelouch flinched and grabbed Rivals's shoulder forcing him to look at him.
"Where is Kaze? what happened?" Lelouch said in a frantic voice, Rivals turned to look at Suzaku with a glare,
"You didn't tell him?" Suzaku was about to answer when Kaze walked through the school gates and yelled,
"Rivales! I'm going to kill you!" He yelled as he stomped into the school yard, stopping as he neared Suzaku catching his breathe as his back began pulsed.
"Kaze!" Lelouch yelled and released Rivals pulling Kaze into a hug. Kaze shivered as Lelouch squeezed his back, moaning out in pain,
"No! Lelouch!" Suzaku yelled as he saw tears forming in Kaze's eyes and pulled Lelouch away, Lelouch was pulled away at the sheer strength of Suzaku and boiled with anger,
"Suzaku what are you-" He stopped when he noticed the tears falling from Kaze's eyes as he clenched his back in pain. Suzaku pulled him into a hug and rubbed his back soothingly, Kaze slowly relaxed under Suzaku's warm hands and sighed. Lelouch stared at their closeness, Kaze slowly pulled away smiling warmly at Suzaku, who nodded his head and released him. Kaze walked slowly over to Lelouch and placed his hand on his cheek,
"I'm sorry, I told Suzaku not to tell you, I wanted to tell you myself." Lelouch flinched and smacked Kaze's hand from his cheek,
"I see, so that's what this is..." Lelouch said as he walked away from Kaze, who stared in shock. Kaze waited for a moment confused on what Lelouch had meant and then flinched as he realized what Lelouch was thinking. He ran after Lelouch only to stop when his back demanded rest,
Dammit no!
Kaze screamed to himself as he forced himself to keep running after Lelouch. Kaze ran straight into Lelouch and they both fell to the floor, Kaze looked down at Lelouch, tears falling from his eyes as his back pulsed.
"Let. me. finish. Ngh. you. ass...hole." Kaze moaned out as the tears fell on Lelouch's cheeks.
"I...broke...my back..." Kaze managed out before he collapsed onto Lelouch who sat up and looked down unforgivably at Kaze,
"Why didn't you call me? How are you even out of the hospital? If its really broken you shouldn't be able to get out of bed! How long are you going to-" Lelouch was cut off by a scream from Kaze as he stood up to face him.
"God dammit Lelouch, it's ARTIFICIAL! MY BACK WAS SO FUCKED UP THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY REMOVE IT AND DESIGN A METAL ONE FOR MY BODY! I WAS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMMA FOR 2 WEEKS! AND YOU WANTED ME TO CALL YOU?" Kaze screamed as the tears fell down his cheek, he collapsed again from the pain.
"It hurt...so much...and you...WEREN'T THERE...Zero...or...Lelouch." Kaze managed out between his gasps, as he clenched Lelouch's shirt. Lelouch looked down at Kaze, shocked, and so many other emotions all at the same time. Lelouch pulled Kaze up to look at him,
"You still don't believe me?" The heart ache in his voice broke Lelouch's own heart. He dove into a kiss, Kaze moaned into it, the vibrations from his voice sending shivers up Lelouch spine. He pulled away and looked into Kaze's eyes
"I'm sorry..." He whispered quietly, Kaze smiled and stood up, Lelouch doing the same, he pulled Kaze into a hug as soon as he was on his feet. Careful no to hurt his back he embraced him, slowly drawing light circle on Kaze's back. Kaze sighed and dug his head into Lelouch's chest, grateful for the comforting touch of Lelouch's fingers. He looked up at Lelouch with a smile and rested his hand on Lelouch's cheek
"Is it alright if come over and see Nunnaly? I never got to take her back outside, I feel bad." Lelouch smiled and placed his forehead on Kaze's,
"Do your really have to ask?" Lelouch said as he took Kaze's hand from his cheek and intertwined their fingers, walking them towards his house.
Lelouch helped Kaze up the stairs and opened the front door, letting Kaze in first. Kaze walked straight to the dinning room, Lelouch shut the door behind him only to flinch as he heard Kaze scream for him.
"Lelouch!" Kaze screamed as he picked up the picture of Nunnaly bound to her wheel chair, Lelouch ran into the room.
"Kaze? Whats-" He was cut of by the rage that boiled in his stomach as Kaze showed him the photo, Lelouch grabbed the photo and stared at it in silence. The silence was broken by the sudden ringing of Lelouch's phone, he grabbed it from his pocket and answered it,
"Hello?" Lelouch answered sternly, Kaze giving him a worried look.
"Brother?" Kaze flinched as he heard the sound of Nunnaly's voice,
"Nunnaly! Where are you right now?"
"I-I don't know. He just told me not to move, so-"
"Nunnaly" Kaze clenched his fist as another voice came through the speaker
"It's me Lulu!"
"It can't be!"
"You let your guard down Lelouch. Did you really think I was dead?"
"Wait, Mao! C.C. isn't here!"
"That's why I'm here. Someone unaffected by my Geass would just get in the way. I've put that matter on the back burner. I won't be able to rest until I've paid you back fr what you did to me."
"Naturally you're within 500 meters of me."
"That's right. Want to look for me?"
"Your limit is five hours. Oh, yes, and this game is just between you and me, so it's all over if you use those police pawns of yours. I don't want to get shot again. Man though, Britannian medicine sure is amazing, thank goodness. Really Lulu, you should have ordered them to kill me, not to just shot me, when you used your Geass. Your sisters in quiet the predicament thanks to your weak follow-through. Yes, quiet a crisis! A pickle indeed!"
"Wait! Nunnaly has nothing to do-" Lelouch was intercepted by the line going dead. Kaze stared at Lelouch for a moment and then Lelouch grabbed his hand,
"Let's go." He said sternly, Kaze shook his head and they ran out the door.
Lelouch and Kaze walked into the student council room, both panting for air. Rivals smiled and waved his hand to them.
"Hey there Lelouch, made up with Kaze?" Kaze ignored him completely and looked around the room, shaking his head and turning to Lelouch with a remorseful look.
"Ah, Well-" Suzaku interrupted
"More importantly, what about class? You'd better go after-" Kaze walked out of the room, deciding where to go next,
"Sorry." Lelouch said as he walked out with a frantic Kaze.
Lelouch and Kaze rested on the middle grounds of the stairway when they got a message from Mao.
"Lulu, if you keep looking for me, I'll extend your time limit by an hour." He said teasingly, Kaze crippled in rage sat on the floor resting his back for a moment. Lelouch stared at him with a flustered look, Kaze got up and placed his hand on Lelouch's cheek as he stared at the photo of Nunnaly
"We'll find here!" Before Lelouch could respond Suzaku walked toward them with a yell
"Lelouch!" Lelouch flinched and dropped the photo, Suzaku gasped as he saw it,
"That's...so something did happen to Nunnaly." Lelouch, Suzaku, and Kaze walked through the hall,
"Who kidnapped Nunnaly? it wasn't a Britannian agent, was it?"
"No, it has nothing to do with our linage. He's just a kid who wants a women to himself." Kaze looked back with a questioning look at the word lineage.
"Has he been threatening you?"
"Yeah. If he's done his homework, he may know who we really are, so we can't tell the army or the police."
"That doesn't matter. We'll have to make do with ourselves. But, it's not because of a gambling dept or-" Kaze snickered
"No, its not."
"Do you have any clues?"
"just the picture and the fact that he's watching me from nearby."
"Come to think of it! The sound of rushing water."
"Water?" Both of them went silent for a minute when Suzaku and Kaze blurted out
"The sewage system!"
"He's underground." Lelouch got up and walked through the hall to the underground elevator.
"But that's odd." Suzaku began,
"Hmm?"
"You'd normally figured that out by now." Lelouch sighed as the the elevator didn't accept his card.
"What."
"The codes been changed. I'll have to break the locking system." Kaze interrupted,
"Here let me do it." Kaze leaned against the panel, standing there for a short moment as he broke through the system.
"Isn't that against the rules?" Suzaku said as Kaze opened the elevator with a smirk.
"Rules were meant to be broken Suzaku." Kaze said as he calmly stepped into the elevator.
"How'd you learn to do that anyways?" Suzaku asked as him and Lelouch stepped in.
"Its a hobby I guess." Suzaku gave Kaze a glare as Lelouch typed in there destination.
"Dangerous hobby." Kaze smirked.
"Really? I always thought it was kinda handy, being in the military and all." Lelouch and Suzaku with Kaze hide on the inner walls as the elevator doors opened.
"Hows it look?" Lelouch asked as Suzaku held out a mirror, examining the hall.
"Its just as you thought. He put a machine gun on the surveillance camera. The systems lag time is 0.05 seconds.." Kaze interrupted him,
"That's not the only thing he put." Kaze said as he pooked to another location on the mirror, Suzaku's eyes widened as he noticed a concealed torrent gun located just around the corner.
"Then we can't get out of here." Lelouch began speaking, Kaze and Suzaku shared a look, then dove out of the elevator.
"Hey!" Lelouch yelled as they dove out in lighting speed. Suzaku did zags around the bullets as Kaze jumped onto the upcoming wall, running faster than Suzaku could ever dream of beating and took out the turrent with a high kick before it had time to shot a single bullet. While Suzaku ran on the opposite wall taking out the camera.
"You! Kaze-" Kaze interrupted him
"Shut it Lelouch, let's go." He moaned as his back ached from the running.
"Nunnaly!" Suzaku and Kaze yelled as they ran through the subway system.
"I'm sorry! We'll get you right-" Lelouch walked to Nunnaly when Suzaku held him back,
"Wait. Look at that." They looked up at the swinging object located directly over Nunnaly.
"A bomb." Lelouch was interrupted by Mao
"That's right Lulu! I'll allow Kururugi, since he came of his own accord. You'd best get to work than." Kaze gave Lelouch a questioning look at the lack of mention to him. Suzaku spoke
"Nunnaly, we'll disarm the bomb. It'll be alright don't worry. There's nothing Lelouch and I can't do. oh, and Kaze." Kaze pouted, but smiled as Nunnaly cheered up.
"Yeah!"
"A pendulum bomb. It's got a solenoid attached to it, so that there's a constant amount of kinetic energy being tranfered to it. If any additional energy is applied, the bomb..."
"Will explode, yes. Its probably safe to assume that moving Nunnaly would trigger it as well."
"Do you know how large the blast radius would be?" Kaze answered for Suzaku,
"Probably more than 500 meters." Kaze stayed quiet for a moment then asked,
"Do you know how to disarm it?"
"In theory. We just have to cut a line running from the detonator. He's an expert though so he may have several dummies. We have to think of another way.
"Why if we can just figure out which one to cut..." Suzaku guessed Lelouch answers back
"We'd have to cut it without making even the slightest vibration. Nobody could do that." Kaze pouted at the term nobody and smirked turning around to face the two boys,
"All right, I'll do it." Kaze said with a smirk,
"Its not that simple! We have to little information!" Lelouch yelled at the smirking teen.
"It's good to be calculus, but there's a time limit, right? There's enough information right here in front of you." He walked over to Kaze and put his arm around his shoulders,
"We're soldiers you know. Can you use this information?" Lelouch stared at the two for a moment before calmly shaking his head.
"Suzaku...ready?" Kaze said with a smirk, as dangerous as the situation was, he hadn't had this much fun since middle school.
"Ready!" The both jumped from their ledges simultaneously toward the wires, Kaze timing when exactly to cut the wire.
"we'll then, lets see how she's splattered" Mao said as he took out his camera, flinching as he saw Nunnaly, unharmed.
"what?Why?" Lelouch sat their and looked up at the ceiling, when the stained glass window suddenly broke as Suzaku jumped through it.
"It can't be! I concentrated too hard?" Suzaku landed on the ground and Mao pulled out a gun, shooting several bullets towards him which, of course, missed. Suzaku ran up to him and Punched him in the face, knocking his visor clean off as he fell to the floor. His gun skidding away across the tile,
"My name is warrant officer Kurugi Suzaku. I am hereby placing you under arrest on suspicion of terrorist activities."
"Suzaku?" Lelouch asked as he stared at them,
"You disarmed the bomb?No! You timed your attack according to the pendulum's speed?"
"Hey now, don't give him all the credit!" Kaze moaned as he calmly walked in through the church doors, his back hurt too much all ready for a dramatic entrance like Suzaku's.
"Lelouch told us which line to cut." Suzaku continued,
"I did?" Lelouch looked dumbfounded at Suzaku.
"Of course! It was your idea that we should come when we heard you scream."
"Good plan by the way." Kaze said with a sweet smile as he walked over to stand by Suzaku.
"I did..." Lelouch said once again, he took out his mirror and looked into it, remembering as he saw his Geass.
"Ah, yes. Mao, that's checkmate." Mao got up from off the floor
"Lelouch! did you-"
"It can't be...what were you going to do if they failed?" Lelouch spoke to him through his mind, Mao gasped and tried to tear himself away from Suzaku, who held his wrist tightly.
"Let me go! patricide!" Suzaku gasped as the shock ran through his body,
"You killed your own father seven years ago. You thought if you killed your father, who advocated all-out resistance, that the war would end? That's so childish! Your just a murderer."Mao laughed at him,
"Your wrong! I-" Suzaku's knees began to shake,
"Thank goodness it didn't get out. All the adults lied on your behalf." Mao remarked as he read his mind,
"So they made it look like Prime Minister Kurugi killed himself?" Lelouch asked in awe
"It was a huge lie. A lie!"
"I had to! If I hadn't. Japan-" Suzaku yelled back to Lelouch,
"Trying to reason it away? You've got a death wish! You want to save people? Your soul is what you want to be-" Kaze slapped him before he could continue, the force sending him to the ground
"You-!" He was cut off as he tried to read his mind, but saw nothing, heard nothing. He concentrated on Kaze but to no avail, he saw nothing. A smile creeped onto his face and he picked Kaze up by the wrist.
"You! Your just like C.C.! Oh! How I love this quiet mind of yours...I wonder." He turned Kaze around and held his arm behind his back, Kaze flinched in pain at it bent his back. Mao laughed and bit into his shoulder, Kaze screamed out in pain as the blood fell. Mao removed his teeth and licked his lips, he slowly watched as the wound quickly healed itself.
"So you are like C.C.! Oh I could just eat, you, up." He said seductively into Kaze's ear, Kaze cried out in pain as he shoved his arm into his back. Lelouch stared as the wound healed and yelled to Mao as he watched Kaze shiver in pain.
"Mao, never speak again!" He yelled to Mao, who, regrettably, looked into Lelouch's eyes. He released his grip on Kaze, who fell to the ground near Suzaku.
Lelouch ran to Mao, slashing a knife at him. Mao dodged and ran out of the church to. Lelouch turned around and ran to Kaze, who was sprawled out onto the floor, shivering in pain.