Chapter 5: Down the Road

A/N: Sorry for the long delay, Been away on vacation for the summer and such.

Back to the story!

Little Known Fact:

Genbu Kururugi's kidnapping of Nunnally was the event that spurred Suzaku's eventual patricide. At the same time, Suzuka learned that his father was planning to sell out Japan to the the warring powers which would have turned led to immense bloodshed. In order to prevent that, he killed his father.

Not being able to talk sucked a lot.

It okay when dealing with Nunnally or Milly who knew his secret sign language but when dealing with strangers, it was a real pain in the butt.

The Japanese vendor rubbed his hands in a nervous manner. "Ahhh a Brittanian Student. Would you like to buy a serving of Takoyaki- No. I mean Octopus balls?"

Being reduced to second class citizens meant the vendors had to swallow their pride in order to continue to make a living. In this case, they were prohibited to use the traditional Japanese term "Takoyaki" and had to say Octopus Balls instead. Now was one can imagine, no one wants to buy any sort of "balls" to eat.

The man continued talking, "We have Rice Cake Octopus balls, Seaweed Octopus balls, and Cheese Octopus balls."

Lelouch held up two fingers.

The man looked at him confused. "So you want two servings!" His eyes lit up in glee.

Lelouch shook his head.

He held up his finger.

The man frowned in disappointment. So you want one serving of regular Octopus balls.

Lelouch grasped his hair and wanted to scream! He shook his head and pointed to to the seaweed and then picked up a tray.

He pointed at the tray and then at the seaweed.

The man's eye lit up in understanding. "Ohhhh. You only want a tray full of seaweed. Um, I'm sorry, we don't do that here."

Lelouch gave up and walked away to buy himself an ice cream from the vending machine, at least there would be no need for words.

He definitely had to find C.C. She was the key to everything. For the moment, he would try to keep everything as close to the original timeline as possible. As much as Lelouch wanted to plot his nefarious schemes, Milly was proving to be quite a distraction. She would always tease him and bait him by brushing up against him in the hallway, or stroking him under the table. Needless to say, his teenage hormones made him sport a huge erection each time and Milly was more than glad to help put it back down.

With much reluctance, he decided to sit back and see how things unfolded. His primary goal was to find out more information about the past, and to discover a more efficient method of communicating. Right now he was in the middle of researching the popular drug "Refrain". Back before he executed "Zero Reqiuem", He was working on a cure for the drug. Up until that point, he was able to get rid of the addictive and harmful components of the drug.

He was one step closer to making a breakthrough in his research.

He was aiming to isolate a singular effect of refrain, the ability to go back to the past. It doesn't have to be the happiest memory either, it could be any meaningful memory the brain has decided to retain. Lelouch picked up the vial of light amber liquid.

It was time to put the compound to test. He wasn't worried that anyone would find him. He had used the existing space under the School's Infrastructure to set up his secret base. It was the exact place where the Britannian Secret Intelligence Service set up their base. From there, he could monitor all aspects of the school.

The needle was sterilized and loaded with the Neo-Refrain, It was time to see if it worked. He injected the drug into his body and relaxed himself, letting the drug take control.

His eyes lost focus as memories of the past engulfed him.

Lelouch was warm. He was snuggling under the covers with his mother after a bad dream. A sudden draft of wind left young Lelouch shivering. The windows were suppose to be closed so why would... a unfamiliar metallic scent permeated the air. He blinked his blurry eyes, trying to see the cause.

And what he saw was burned into his mind forever. The windows were open, gently swaying the curtains which allowed the Moonlight to enter. It illuminated a horrifying scene.

Glassy amethyst eyes stared back into his own. His mother's neck was torn open and the blood already seeping onto the bed and above her was the perpetrator. It was a child, one he did not recognize. The only thing that mattered was the bloody dagger that the boy gripped.

Lelouch screamed a howl of grief, anger, and madness as he lunged at the boy. "I'LL KIILLL YOUUU!"

The boy's eyes met his and flashed red with the sigil similar to that of a bird. The next thing he knew, there was a burning pain in his throat and he could not speak. The boy was also gone.

The guards broke into the room and through the confusion he sucumbed to the pain and shock.

They were kneeling before their father, the 98th Emperor of Britannia.

"I have no use for broken tools. A prince that cannot speak. A princess that does naught but cry. You two are to go to Japan to further your studies. There you might do some good as political hostages."

Charles Zi Britannia was cold hearted and merciless. Young Lelouch clenched his fist in anger. His father did nothing to search for the assassin. Even though he wrote out a full description of the occurrence and child, It was covered up, the official version was that several terrorist infiltrated the Aries Villa and assassinated Lady Marianne in the middle of the night. The young prince was not the intended victim but was also injured in the attack, leaving him mute.

Lelouch glared at all the nobles who looked down upon them with hidden smiles. Behind their mast of elegance and nobility, they were scum, human disease which needed to be wiped out from this world.

And he would be the one to do it one day.

Holding himself with dignity and righteous anger, Lelouch escorted his crying sister out. It was time to leave this hell hole.

The building was moldy and run down. The cracks that ran across the walls questioned the stability of the said structure, their new home. Nunnally tugged on his sleeve, "Um..Brother, it looks kind of...dangerous to live here." Nunnally spoke in a meek voice. He couldn't blame her for being perturbed by the level of grime the place had accumulated. She had only experienced her life as a princess with maids and servants. Now they were going to live in a dirty shack.

A young yet defiant voice cried out. "You Brittanian scum, even this unused storage house is too good for you."

Brown tussled hair fell over angry chocolate brown eyes. The boy was dressed in a white tunic of sort with wide sweeping pants.

That annoying voice. Kururugi Suzaku.

They had been enemies ever since their first meeting.

Suzaku taunted him for being mute before picking on Nunnally. In response, He punched the rude Japanese brat hard in the face. Suzaku was stunned but quickly retaliated by sending him to the floor by sweeping his foot out from below. It turned out to be quite the brawl until someone named Todoh separated them.

Suzaku jumped in front of Lelouch. "Come on, let's fight. Todoh-sensei isn't here to save you this time.

Lelouch cracked his knuckle and approached Suzaku.

If he wanted to fight, he was going to get one.

Todoh was impressed by the young Britannian prince. The only other time he was impressed was when he discovered the potential Suzaku had. When he was originally asked to train the Prime Minister's son, he resigned himself to the thought that Suzaku would be nothing more than a spoiled kid.

But Suzaku far exceeded his expectations. He was strong, remarkably so for a kid his age. Fast reflexes. A flexible body. He took to martial arts like a fish to water. He was one in a million, a natural born prodigy.

Who knew he would encounter another genius child. Lelouch was also strong. He had the fastest reflexes Todoh ever encountered. It was true that people can be trained to react faster but Lelouch was born with this talent. His body structure was set that the muscles can move and contract for ideal speed.

He had stumbled upon Lelouch duking it out with Suzaku and he was winning.

Suzaku was trying use the new moves he learnt to beat the black haired prince but Lelouch dodged all his attempts and rained fast but strong blows toward the other boy. Finally Suzaku dropped his guard and let Lelouch give him a full punch in the face. Grabbing his arm, Suzaku twisted it and put the prince into a textbook perfect shoulder lock.

Todoh spoke up. "That's enough Suzaku, I taught you jujitsu for self-defense, not as a weapon."

Suzaku released the hold and bowed in the direction of his sensei. "I'm sorry, it won't happen again."

Todoh turned to Lelouch who was dusting the dirt off his clothes.

"I see the burning determination in your eyes. You seek strength, power, vengeance. Such hatred should not exist in a child. That ugly emotion will twist and warp you very being. It will dominate your mind as you grow up."

Todoh pulled out a wooden sword and stabbed it into the soft loam of the forest.

"I can give you the strength you seek, the power to protect those you care about. If you desire such power, pick up the sword and I'll be your sensei."

Lelouch reached out like a hungry man starving for food but what he sought was power.

His fingers snatched at empty air. Where was the sword?

Blinking his eyes, he realized his hand was too big for that of a ten year old child. He sat up with a start. He was back in the present. Only seven minutes had passed by since his trip down the memory lane.

Time passes by differently when in a dream world. Interesting.

It was refreshing to actually experience a life that was his, yet no his own.

No wonder people were so addicted to the drug refrain. It brought the user back to a time when they were at their happiest moments. It actually felt like the memories were reality.

Next time he should increase the dosage he mused. It would be interesting to find out more about his past.

A/N: AND THIS CHAPTER IS OUT!

WHO LIKES THE TRIP DOWN THE MEMORY LANE?

Should I add a few more chapters of this?

Also, Lelouch will discover a horrible secret in his memories, one that will shatter his world all over again.

What will it be?

Give me some ideas as to what horrible event had occurred in this world.

Ciao~