Hello! So, yay! Finally updating. So, just a quick note, I'm going to attempt to finish up this fic by the summer, seasons of R1 and R2 included. Not sure if I will, but it's a nice goal.

Anywho, here's the story! I had a hard time, since so much if episode 9 is about Kallen!

Lin POV

I sighed, allowing Shirley to lead me to the Student Council room. Why can't Milly ever just tell me about meetings in advance?

Shirley is quiet and the silence is awkward coming from her end. Thankfully, the walk is short and we arrive without me attempting at conversation. The door slides open and hands grab the front of my blazer, tugging me sharply into the room. Next thing I know, I'm being stripped of my clothing and dressed in something else...

Something skimpier.

I am then tied to a chair and gagged, when Suzaku enters with Lelouch and the same process goes down.

Kallen walks in.

So she gets to choose, but I have to be forced, gagged, and bound?!

Something's off with Kallen. She's stayed reclusive since Milly visited her. It doesn't make too big a difference.

It's not like she trusts me.

"Lelouch, where are we going?" I ask. He only smiles in return.

"You'll see..." He trails off and we hear pained sounds and flesh meeting flesh. A flash of red hair, and Lelouch is there to hold Kallen back from helping the Japanese man. She seems infuriated for him to even suggest that, but he patiently explains his reasoning.

If we were to help him, his business would be ruined.

When the goons leave, Kallen rushes to help him. When he sees she's a Britannian student! he goes a but hysterical, offering he food or whatever else he could provide. Kallen seemed at a loss, unsure of what to do.

Lelouch glances at me, but I only nod to Kallen and he leaves with her. When they are gone, I approach the man. I get as close as I dare and whisper out to him.

"Sir," I say in Japanese. "Here, take this, please." I hand him a wad of bills. He seemed shock (by the money or my Japanese?) but I leave before he could protest.

Kallen has undergone another change. I can't fathom what it is.

Yep. That's all I can offer you for now. Told you, I had issues with this episode.

Bye~