Hi guyes, I know its been a looong time, but I'm just so lazy! So thank FinalSymphony and Moboroshi Hy… something or other, for making me update! On with the suspense!!

Chapter 7—

A pang of fear jutted through Lelouch's spine. But he put on a smile, trying to hide it.

"Me? Zero?" he laughed. "are you sure you didn't hit your head when you trip—" he stopped short when Dai's fingers brushed his own, and a strange feeling ran through his entire body, and his mind went wild.

Memories of him being Zero came to the surface of his thoughts. Anything and everything that had to do with Zero in his mind suddenly flashed before his eyes. Then, out of no where, the flashes stopped as Dai moved away from him.

"You are, aren't you…" it wasn't a question.

Lelouch had to act fast. He activated his Geass. "Dai—" She jumped up and ran down the hall way before he had a chance to use the power on her. "Dammit…" He watched her run down the hall way. "Not good…"

She was going to tell.

Tell everyone.

Suzaku.

Kallen.

Everyone.

…Shit…

This defiantly wasn't going to end well. But, maybe no one would believe her? Maybe they'd call her crazy. She'd hit her head enough that it was a plausible accusation. But Suzaku knows Dai never lies. Not to him anyway. Well, besides about the Black Knights and all.

But the chance she would tell him was so high… Lelouch had to do something. Fast.

He was just about to get up and run after her when—

"Lelouch! Pick your books up!" a teacher yelled at him.

"Y-yes sir…" he leaned down to grab the books when he realized how many there actually were. Lying, spread out across the floor were about twenty text-book-sized books. How on earth had such a klutzy girl carried all of these?!

'Damnit Dai…' he thought to himself, gathering the massive amount of books.

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Over the next few days Lelouch was on major edge. And Dai was nowhere in sight.

Had Dai said anything yet? If so, who'd she told? Suzaku? The Britannian military? Would he be arrested the next turn he made down the halls? How much more freedom did he have? Could he escape if he was caught?

The suspense was killing him.

"Hey, Lelouch!" Suzaku yelled, running up to Lulu.

'act normal. Act normal.' He kept reminding himself, putting on a smile as his friend caught up. "Hi, Suzaku. What's up?" he asked innocently. 'Don't say what I think you're going to say…!'

Suzaku took a deep breath. "Lelouch. Is it true that you…"

'Shit, shit, shit..!'

"…gamble playing chess?!"

Lelouch let out the biggest sigh of relief. 'Thank god!'

"Is it?" the brunette's green eyes were wide.

"So you caught me, huh?" Lelouch said, nonchalant. "Rivalz tell you?"

Suzaku sighed. "Lelouch you know that's illegal! What if you get caught? I won't be able to save your sorry butt just because I'm in the military you know."

Lelouch laughed. "Don't worry, Suzaku. I've been doing it a while before you came. I wouldn't expect you to save me."

"Well, good. I'll stop by later to see Nunnally, I have to find Dai, she hasn't been around latly," Suzaku said, starting to turn down the hall.

"Uh, Suzaku, I don't think—"

"Yeah?"

Lelouch's eyes dropped. "I think Dai… went back to your family's shrine," Lelouch lied. He didn't know where the girl was. But he had to keep Suzaku away from Dai long enough him for him to use his Geass on her.

Suzaku looked concerned. "Oh… well, I'll call her in a little while. After school. Later, Lelouch!" He called walking down the hallway

Well, that gave him some time… So he was going to use it. Lelouch walked off to fine Dai, and erase her memory.

Meanwhile Suzaku was heading up to the roof to study. It was his favorite place because it was quiet and hardly anyone came up there. Except the occasional black-haired, purple-eyed guy skipping class.

He was almost to the stairs that scaled up to his getaway when he heard someone talking. He peeked around the corner to see Eve talking on her cell phone.

"I told you, Sir, I cant—… I know but… No, Sire… But I can't!" she winced. "No… Forgive me… I know…" she clapped the phone shut, stuck it in her pocket and stared out the window.

"You okay?" Suzaku asked, walking around the corner.

Eve jumped. "What do you care?" she snapped.

"Well, I just, you seem upset, so I thought…"

"I don't need your sympathy! I don't need anyone's sympathy…" she muttered.

Suzaku waited for the "Give me fifty!" but it didn't come. Eve definitely wasn't herself.

He walked up the steps and stood in front of her. "Can I do something? To help, I mean. Like, let you yell at me to do push-ups or something?" his weak attempt at a joke made the corners of her mouth twitch, almost up into a smile.

"Can you get the emperor to stop bitching at me to do stuff I cant do?" she said, peeking up at him from the corner of her eye.

"I'm not sure if I can do that," Suzaku said. "If you don't mind my asking… what does he want you to do..?"

"Well, to put it in terms that you can understand; he wants me to kill myself and give up my sister, just to satisfy his stupid obsession with the supernatural," she made little 'woo' movements with her fingers at he last word.

Suzaku frowned. "That's not right."

"Well, my life hasn't exactly been 'right,'" she said solemnly.

Then something occurred to Suzu. "You have a sister?"

Eve laughed at he boys obliviousness. "Yeah. Younger twin. We don't talk much, but still… the emperor wants me to give her up too…"

Suzaku looked at the sad girl. He always hated when she yelled at him, but he seemed to hate her sad eyes even more. Out of impulse he wrapped her in a hug and kissed the top of her head.

He wasn't sure what to say so he said, "It'll get better."

Eve was still in shock at the sudden embrace. "Y-yeah…"

Suzaku let go of her, a little embarrassed. "Well, um… bye." He ran up the stairs to the roof. Did kissing another girl on the top of the head mean he was betraying Euphie? Even if he was just trying to comfort the girl? And its not like Euphie and he were, you know…This was going to eat at him all day.

Black Knight's headquarters: The next day

"…ro…Zero!" Diethard's voice broke through the masked man's thoughts. "Did you hear what I just said?"

"…"

The news man sighed. "Nevermind…"

Zero got up out of his chair and went to his private quarters. He stood in the middle of his room, thinking.

Damn, that girl was causing him a lot of stress!

And speak of the devil…

Dai came into his room, holding a tray of food.

"Thought you might be hungry," she said setting the tray on the table. She was acting totally normal…

Zero walked over to his desk, and sat down in front of his computer.

Dai was just about to walk out when the masked-man spoke.

"So," he took off his mask and set it down next to his keyboard, "why haven't you told anyone?"

Dai turned and smiled. "Told anyone what..?"

Lelouch stared at the girl in shock for a moment. "Why…?" she had every reason to rat him out, but she hadn't…

She sighed and walked over to him. "I told you, Zero." she said his name, almost smugly. "We all have our secrets."

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