Hi peepuls!! Its been awhile I know, but at least I don't take a year to update! So, on with da story!

Chapter 6----

"Traitor!" Diethard yelled, waving his arms in a wild fashion, pointing at Dai, who sat staring at her lap. "I told you not to trust her! She's probably told the Britannian military everything!"

"No, I would never betray the Black Knights!" Dai insisted.

"Death to the traitor!" someone yelled.

"I knew she was no good!" Tamaki ranted.

"Zero," Diethard turned to the masked man across the room, "I suggest we interrogate her. See if she knows anything of importance to us."

"That would be the practical thing to do…" he said straightening up in his chair.

Dai tensed.

Zero stood up. "Dai Kururugi, please follow me," he said, beckoning for her to follow, and the others to stay. She got up nervously and followed him into a dark room that was empty all except for two chairs. He closed the door behind them.

'I'll have to use my Geass on her and make sure she isn't a traitor,' he thought turning to face her.

"I swear, Zero, I didn't betray you! I've never said anything that would expose the Black Knights!" Dai said. It was obvious from the sound of her voice that she was on the verge of tears.

"How can I be sure you aren't lying to me…?" he said walking up to her, only inches away.

"I'm not lying! I admit that I was wrong in not telling you, but can you blame me?" she said, bowing her head. "everyone has their secrets…" she looked up at him. "You have your secrets too…Zero. and even though you aren't Japanese, I'm still going to trust you. Everyone is. So why isn't it the same for me..?"

Zero looked at the girl in front of him. Was she lying? Trying to make him trust her? But, something in her eyes made him think not. He set a hand on her shoulder.

"Look me in the eye and tell me the truth," he said, and a spot opened on his mask, revealing his left eye. But, he didn't use his Geass.

Dai stared at the purple eye that was staring back at her. "I'm not betraying the Black Knights. Or you."

The purple eye stared into hers for a moment longer, determining if she was lying. Then it disappeared behind the safety of its mask.

"I believe you," he said walking to the door. "And I'm sorry for not telling you that I'm not Japanese." He then walked out of the room, and back to where the rest of the Black Knights were waiting impatiently. Dai quickly followed.

"She is not a traitor," he said.

"What?! Zero, how can you be so sure?!" Retar—I mean, Diethard yelled in disbelief.

Zero ignored him and turned to Dai. "Do you get a hold of military information very often working under Euphimia?" he asked.

"Well, not regularly, but occasionally," she said.

"then can you relay that information to the Black Knights?"

"Well, yeah sure. I can easily memorize it."

Underneath his mask Zero smiled. "Good."

The next day at school—

The entire day, S9/Eve and Dai were hammered by questions about why they hadn't told anyone about working for the royal family of Britannia.

"Because we knew that we'd be hammered with questions," was their only response, or, "Cant tell you, it's a secret!"

Eve finally slipped away into the empty halls. "Jeez! These people are persistent!" she said rubbing her shoulder. She looked up when she heard screaming coming down the halls.

"Arthur! S-stop!" Suzaku screamed, running away from the cat. And of course he didn't see the person in front of him, and of course, smacked right into her, sending them both onto the floor. "Ow, sorry…" He opened his eyes to see he was about three centimeters above Eve's face. They stared at each other for several seconds.

"Gah! Arthur!" Suzaku cried in pain as the cat sunk its teeth into his, uh, rear. He got up offering Eve a hand. "Sorry about that, please don't make me do push ups!"

She pulled herself up, with the help of Suzaku. "J-just watch where you're going next time…" S9 looked at Suzaku. She'd never actually paid attention to what he looked like. She shook her head. "See you," she said walking off.

"Uh, yeah sure…" Suzaku stared after S9. What was with her..?

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Dai also managed to escape for awhile into the deserted hallways. "God, this is why I didn't want people to find out!" She decided to make her way to the library; she had some overdue books, so might as well. But being the klutz she was, Dai managed to trip over nothing, and her book poured onto the floor. "Damnit…"

Lelouch walked around the corner at that moment. "Hey, do you need some help?"

Dai looked up at him. "No thank you," she said angrily.

He sighed, and helped her anyways. "Why do you hate me so much?" he asked. 'Yeah, you hate me, but like Zero…talk about irony..'

"I—" she started, but stopped when she looked up into Lelouch's eyes.

"What?" he asked.

She stared into his left eye in particular; her look was puzzled. Where had she seen… she'd seen Lelouch's eyes before, of course, but… then it hit her.

"Y-you're…Z…Zero…"