(A/N: And we're back. Wow, this is the first time I've been quick about updating a brand new series. Must be cause I think this is a really sick idea heh heh.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or Mirai Nikki

Lelouch's pov

After logging into the system and using Milly's credentials I started looking up the middle school students. Eventually I found my prize. Bingo! I clicked both their profiles. Let's see here. Class 2-G Amano Yukiteru and Gasai Yuno; it appears I've found a match. Now the question is how do I investigate them further? It'd be impossible to know if they're diary holders just by reading all of this information. Hmm…I scrolled through their data and found that neither one of them had yet to join a club. Hmm, I think I may just have an idea of what to do. I got up from my seat. I'll discuss this with Milly tomorrow.

Shinjiku Ghetto

Suzaku's pov

I stand here with Euphie in front of a broken statue here in the Shinjiku Ghetto. Earlier I had the misfortune of noticing I'm not welcomed by the Britannians or the Japanese because I'm an Honorary Britannian. I explained to Euphie that I wanted to change the world so that there would be no war.

"Excuse me," A small voice called out. Euphie and I turned to see a woman wearing a white and corn yellow dress, with black hair and pigtails walk forward. "Did you just say you wanted to create a world without any war?"

"Yeah, but…who exactly are you?" I asked.

"I'm just an Eleven," she said elegantly walking with her hands behind her back. She circled around to get behind Euphie.

An Eleven? Not in that getup. Something's fishy here.

"Aren't you that Suzaku fellow who was accused of Clovis' Murder? And the son of Genbu Kururugi?" the woman asked me.

"Um…yeah…" I answered.

"Say," she put her arm around Euphie, "Would you mind taking a picture of the two of us miss, me and the former prime minister's son? I'm a huge fan."

Euphie smiled, "I would love to."

The strange girl took a pose with me holding up her index and middle finger in a V and smiling. Euphie took a picture with the strange girl's camera. "Let me see how it came out," the strange girl went over to her camera and looked at it. "Ah, perfect. Let me take one of the two of you."

"Uh…um…that's quite all right…" I said, "I mean it's not like it would mean anything to Euphie."

"Um actually I would like to take a picture with you Suzaku," Euphie pushed her fingers together, "but I…don't have a camera."

"That's ok, I can just use your cell phone can't I?" the strange girl asked Euphie.

"My…cell phone?" Euphie seemed hesitant. Euphie pulled out her cell phone from her hand bag that I had seen her use earlier and flipped it open. It was a pink cell phone that could take pictures, text and access the net. Euphie said she also used it to write down her autobiography telling me that she "wanted to be remembered in some way after she died, even if she didn't do anything important."

"That's a cool phone you got there," the strange girl said pushing down on the LCD screen, pressure of which if increased would break Euphie's cell phone. Euphie pulled it away hurriedly and snapped it shut. The strange girl laughed, "Heh heh, actions speak louder than words. Wouldn't you say Euphie? Or should I say Euphimia Li Britannia the 4th?"

"Euphie?" I was confused as all hell.

Euphie backed away frightened, "What do you want? Who are you?"

The girl tore off her dress and pulled off her face, which turned out to be a cheesy rubber mask and also pulled the ribbons out of her hair letting them drop. She was wearing a skintight outfit, making her out to look like some sort of thug. "You. I've seen you on television," I gasped and then shouted at Euphie, "Euphie get away from her. Run before…"

BOOM!

The statue behind me exploded. I dove forward as I sent flying and rolled in front of the girl and tried a sweeping kick as I landed low. She jumped out of the way and threw a small exploding device mine and Euphie's way. I shoved Euphie back down the hill and leapt out of the way, before rolling down the hill, getting behind Euphie and letting her back fall against my chest to bring her in for a safe landing. "Suzaku who is she?" Euphie asked.

"Her name is Minene Uryuu. She's Area 11's most feared terrorist bomber." I repositioned Euphie and myself so that I was standing in front of her. "She's known for attacking symbols of religion and murdering extremist military officials."

"Because Britannia is an oppressive cult that needs to be laid to rest," Minene said standing at the top of the hill and looking down on us.

"What do you want with Euphie?" I asked.

"Suzaku…I'm…" Euphie started to say, but Minene cut her off.

"What I want out of Euphie is nothing personal. She isn't outside my realm of normal targets by being a princess of Britannia, but she is also my enemy in a game we are both playing," Minene told me.

"Game?" I questioned.

"It wouldn't make sense to you," Minene said and held out a few small miniature bombs, "Now do I have to get rough with you Kurugi Suzaku or can you just but yourself out of a place you don't belong."

I took a defensive stance, "Never, if you want to get to Euphie you'll have to go through me first!" I declared.

"Suzaku no! Don't!" I heard Euphie cry out.

"Well ok then, I don't mind taking some casualties in an attempt to snatch my prey," Minene threw her bombs down at me.

"Euphie run!" I told her and then proceeded to dodge Minene's assault, but the bombs she threw at me were smoke bombs so I couldn't see very well at all. "Euphie! Where are you? Euphie!"

I saw a clenched fist heading right for me through the smoke. I dodged my head to the side, grabbed Minene's solar plexis and shoulder and threw her over me. She landed perfectly on her feet and did a back hand punch to the side of my face, but I grabbed her arm, pulled, and headbutted her, causing us both to stagger back. By this time my visibility was starting to increase, but then I could smell gun powder all around me. No don't tell me…

"See ya later Suzaku Kurugi," I heard Minene cackle. A small makeshift bomb rolled in front of me and exploded with a loud BANG. I got blown back and the explosion and my jacket caught fire. I threw it off me and let it burn on the grass. My pants were also burning and I was missing a severe amount of skin along the outer sides of my forearms. I rolled around in the dirt to put out the flames on my pants only to find a blade stick itself right near my face as I tried to turn over. Minene was standing over me with an evil smile on her face. "Is this the best a military official is capable of?" she asked.

Damn…my body…it hurts too much to move.

"Leave him alone!" I watched as Euphie shoved Minene out of the way and sent her tumbling across the ground. Euphie fell over onto her stomach, which just so happened to make her fall on top of me. The wind created by her dress flopping over my jeans put what little fire there was left out. Minene got up and pulled out a grenade.

"Euphie, run!" I shouted.

Minene pulled the pin out and lobbed it at us, but suddenly, as it reached the peak of its lob a bullet pierced right through it and the grenade exploded in midair. The force was strong, but Euphie laid down on top of me, as if trying to make sure I wasn't hurt by the blast either. She covered my face with her arm and buried her face against the ground to prevent the shrapnel from digging into our skin. One piece, unfortunately did manage to find its way to get lodged into the side of my shoe, but it didn't break through the skin. After the explosion Euphie picked her head up and looked up the hill. Standing at the top of the hill was a woman with dark purple hair and a royal britannian outfit. "Sister!" Euphie cried out.

Minene looked petrified. "Minene Uryuu, I, Viceroy Cornelia Li Britannia hereby place you under arrest for the assault and battery of Sub-Viceroy Euphimia Li Britannia and your countless other terroristic actions."

Minene growled and pulled out a capsule from her pocket and exploded it on the ground, creating a motorbike and took off. The viceroy gave chase with a volley of gunshots, but Minene dodged each one until the viceroy no longer had her in sight. The viceroy then walked calmly down the hill to both of us and helped Euphie to her feet. A van pulled up the road from the opposite direction that Minene had left in. Lloyd and Cecile stumbled out. "Kururugi-san!" Cecile ran up to me and knelt down on the ground.

Lloyd was laughing, "You've been cut up pretty badly Suzaku."

"Lloyd? Cecile? What are you two doing here?" I asked.

"We've been keeping tabs on you, making sure you didn't do anything reckless, but a while ago we lost sight of you," Lloyd stated.

"Is this man under your command Sir Asplund?" the viceroy asked him.

"He is indeed. Surely you've caught wind of the infamous Kururugi Suzaku who was accused and acquitted of Prince Clovis' murder," Lloyd told her.

"I have, but I didn't know he worked for you," the viceroy said to him.

"Sister, thank you for coming," Euphie said to her.

"You need to refer to me as Viceroy, Sub-Viceroy Euphimia," the viceroy told her, "because we're sisters we must follow a stronger protocol."

"Yes, I understand," Euphie bowed her head.

"How odd Viceroy Cornelia I thought you weren't due to dock for another hour and a half," Lloyd smiled brightly.

"I wasn't, but then the Sub-viceroy contacted me saying she was in trouble and I air dropped from the plane carrying me," the viceroy responded. She looked down at me, "Young man I must thank you for protecting the Sub-viceroy for any Honorary Britannian it's clear where your loyalties lie." She began to walk off. "Come Sub-Viceroy Euphie."

"Sis—Viceroy Cornelia please wait," Euphie said without moving from where she was standing. "There is something…there is something I would like to discuss with you both…you and Suzaku."

The viceroy stopped walking momentarily, "Very well. Sir Asplund I expect Kururugi in my office within o three hundred hours, even if he has to propel himself on crutches to do it."

"Yes your highness," Lloyd stated.

Cornelia's pov

I got to the Area 11 palace within the hour, where upon I had piles upon piles of useless reports. I was just about at the point of frustration, going so far as to knock all the paperwork off my desk when a single report floated in front of me with Zero's name mention in the text. I snatched it out of the air and read it over with burning enthusiasm.

After reading it I found that Minene's attack on Euphie wasn't the only disastrous activity going on at the time of my drop down. A few miles out west Jeremiah Gottwald and Viletta Nu were found dead. Jeremiah's Sutherland was found run through from four directions and Viletta's was found blasted apart in several places. The only officer who survived, a man named Kewell Soresi stated that the soldiers he was with all turned out to be traitors to Britannia and followers of Zero and set up an ambush while he, Jeremiah and Viletta were on the hunt for Zero. Unfortunately it didn't list Zero's involvement any more than that. I scrunched up the report into a ball and threw it against the wall in anger. Zero was allowed to escape again.

"Mark my words Zero I will hunt you down and run you through or my name isn't Cornelia Li Britannia!" I growled.

"Sister…are you ok?" I looked over to see that Euphie was just entering the room.

"Euphie I told you to address me as Viceroy," I told her.

"Must we do so even when it's just us?" she asked, "I feel weird having to address you so formally enough as it is."

I sighed. I set that in place to keep you at an arm's length…so that I wouldn't let our relationship interfere with my goal…but it seems that's not going to be possible. "Fine," I answered, "but only while we're alone. Am I clear?" She nodded. I leaned back in my chair and let out a deep breath. "So what is so urgent that you needed to talk to me and that Honorary Britannian alone?"

"It wouldn't be fair of me to start explaining until Suzaku has arrived," she stated.

"I still don't see why must insist that an Eleven be allowed in on whatever it is you have to say," I said.

"Suzaku protected me," she argued, "Sister I'm only asking that he be allowed to listen. He is involved with what I have to say because of Minene's attempt to kill me. He is a good man and soldier, we need him."

Before I could say something aloud I heard the clunking of crutches coming down the hallway. Euphie opened the door wider so Kururugi could enter. Euphie helped him into a chair and let his legs extend out. "How are your legs?" she asked him.

"They said the burns weren't absolutely serious. I should only need the crutches for a few days. But I'll have to be off duty for about a week to let everything heal properly," he answered.

"Sub-Viceroy you said there was business you needed to discuss with both of us," I reminded her. I didn't like it when time was wasted.

"Yes, of course. I know." Euphie went over to the door shut it and locked it. She put a hand up by her chest and then turned around and dropped it at her side. She walked into the middle of the room. "What I am about to discuss does not leave this room. Ok?" she asked.

"Sub-Viceroy do you understand what you're asking? You're going to allow an Eleven to be subject to an unrecorded conversation," I told her.

"I mentioned earlier that Suzaku is involved in all of this. He has the wounds to prove it. If you're going to treat him as a mere Eleven why do we have the Honorary Britannian system at all?" she asked me.

I sighed. Sympathy towards the numbers, another one of your defining traits, one of which I have a hard time comprehending. I turned to look at the security cameras, "Shut those off!" I ordered. The little red light on the camera turned dull and I turned to face Euphie.

"I…hope you will both believe me…this…what's going on is all very strange to me too," Euphie stated.

"Does this have something to do with that nap you absolutely had to take and why you were afraid of letting your phone break?" Kururugi asked her.

Euphie nodded and then looked at the floor in sorrow, "I have been…I have been recruited into some game where I must fight for my survival."

"Wait is that what Minene meant?" Kururugi asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"When Minene attacked Euphie she said that Euphie was her enemy in a game they were both playing," he answered.

"Why would you accept a game from a terrorist?" I asked Euphie, raising my tone.

"No, you don't understand," she waved her hands back and forth, "The game wasn't set up by Minene it was set up by God."

"God?" I questioned. I had the urge to laugh.

"I know it sounds strange, but Deus Ex Machinia, the God of Time and Space who governs over the 38th Holy Hall of the Law of Cause and Effect, asked me to participate in a game with 11, now down to 10, other people," Euphie answered.

"Sub-Viceroy are you sure you're ok?" I asked her. She sounded a bit off her rocker.

"Viceroy I am perfectly sane," she threw her arms out at her sides. She and I locked eye contact. My gaze was of disbelief, hers was of stern determination. She approached my desk, stuck her hand in her handbag and pulled out her cellphone. "Here look," she handed it to me.

"Your phone?" I questioned.

"Read the entries in my autobiography," she told me. I looked through it and read it aloud, "6:57pm arrived back at the palace after being attacked by the 9th? 7:04pm left my own room to go and see my big sister and Suzaku about the survival game. 7:09pm I arrived before Suzaku in big sister's office. 7:12pm I handed big sister my phone to read and see that my diary can…predict the future?" I kept reading through Euphie's diary entries they all were set for dates and times for after the time it was now. It was predicted in the diary that our meeting would end in 20 minutes. I couldn't possibly see how Euphie would know that especially since it also said that Euphie would begin drafting up paperwork to send Kururugi to Ashford Academy to give him a normal education, but also as a way to see if he could locate other diary holders." I handed Euphie back her cellphone. I looked at my watch 7:15pm. Listed in the diary it said I would hand Euphie back her diary then. "Wow it really can predict the future" I said. I was still sure that this was all some game Euphie created for her entertainment, as she did from time to time, so I was humoring Euphie for the moment.

"Euphie what's going on?" Kururugi asked.

I stood up. He could listen in, but he would not address my sister so informally. "Kururugi you will call her by her respectful title as Sub-Viceroy Euphimia!"

"Viceroy it's ok, Suzaku and I are friends," Euphie smiled. "I permit him to address me informally in privacy." I sighed again and sat back down.

You're getting too friendly with a number Euphie. This will ruin you if it becomes public.

"Euphie, what's this survival game all about?" Kururugi asked her.

"Because I've been so keen on keeping a diary Deus Ex Machina saw fit to change it to allow it to predict the future. I've always met him in my sleep and the other day he gave me this unique diary. However, I can change the future and the diary will change according to the future. My diary, my Autobiographical Diary, let's me see my own future and what happens according to my actions. This morning it said I would have cold cereal and attempt to jump out a window and hurt myself, but when I decided to have pancakes instead it changed and said that Suzaku Kururugi would break my fall. My diary completely changed from that point forward," she said.

"So how do you win this survival game?" I asked.

"I…I must be the last one standing," Euphie answered.

"What?" Kururugi bolted upright from a reclining position, "But that means all the other competitors have to be offed!"

"Yes and it seems that Minene is one of them. The sub-viceroy's diary listed her as the 9th," I said leaning forward with my elbows on the desk, fingers interlocked.

"But that's crazy that means Euphie could die too!" Kururugi shouted.

"That much is obvious from Minene's attempt to kill her. I seriously need to thank you for protecting her Kururugi," I told him.

"No thanks are necessary, I just wanted to protect Euphie," he told me.

I smirked, "For an honorary Britannian you're not bad."

"But I don't want to hurt anyone, but Deus said that…there's no way out of the game without dying or winning…and so…" Euphie stared at the floor.

I stood back up, walked over to her and held her, stroking her hair, "We shall protect you Euphie and we shall eliminate these people who seek you harm. Right Kururugi?" I asked him, looking over to him.

"Yes your highness," He answered.

"See," I said holding Euphie out at an arm's length, "You have nothing to worry about."

"By the way, you said there are 10 competitors besides yourself. Minene called you the 4th and the Viceroy said she's the 9th, do you know any of the others?" Kururugi asked, "Or where we could start looking?"

Euphie turned to face Kururugi and stared up at the ceiling, tapping her finger to her lower lip, "Well I don't know any of the other diary holders, but apparently the 3rd was killed by the 1st so I think he'd be one of the first few targets. I'd like to form an alliance with him though if we find him."

"But only one person can be left standing," Kururugi stated, "Doesn't that make alliances pointless?"

"Not necessarily," I said, "It's like the old saying goes: the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If we form constant temporary alliances with other members of this survival game we can learn their strengths and weaknesses when we have them under our surveillance so that when the alliance ends we can off them more easily."

"Well do you know where else we could look for clues Euphie?" Kururugi asked her.

Euphie nodded, "Yes it appeared that the 1st, the 2nd, and the 8th appeared to be the ages of students and were wearing form fitting apparel."

"Wait you met the other competitors?" I asked.

"Well…yes and no," Euphie answered, "Deus framed everyone in Shadow so we couldn't see anyone else. However…"

"Euphie what is it?" Kururugi asked.

"I'm afraid of the 10th more than anyone. He said he figured out everyone's identity and called himself a mind reader," she seemed scared.

I brushed her cheek, "Sub-viceroy there's no such thing as mind readers it was just a scare tactic."

"Hey there's supposed to be no such thing as god either for that matter," Kururugi stated.

I was about to verbally reprimand him for that, but instead said, "Noted. Euphie was there anything in particular about the 10th you can remember?"

"Um, well I couldn't see him all that well from my angle, but I remembered that he clapped a lot when we were waiting for everyone to show up and when he talked about being a mind reader," she said.

"That doesn't give us much to go on," I said, "So we're best off starting with the 1st, 2nd, and the 8th."

"If they're student ages then why don't I attend Ashford Academy and go undercover?" Kururugi suggested.

8:20pm I sit in my room and draft up papers to have Suzaku transferred to Ashford Academy.

I clutched my forehead, This is real. I had thought up until now that it was possible that this was just some game that Euphie made up, as she frequently did these sorts of things to make life seem more interesting, and I was humoring her up until now. I could write off a single incident as a coincidence, but Euphie wasn't nearly tactful enough as my half-brother Schneizel or even Lelouch to be able to know that Kururugi would suggest going undercover. "Kururugi!"

"Yes your highness!" he saluted. I hadn't meant to be as loud as I was.

"I will draft up the paperwork to have you transferred for this undercover operation immediately," I told him.

"But Viceroy…" Euphie was worried that I would mention this farfetched, but all too real, scenario in my paperwork.

"Rest assured Sub-viceroy," I said, "This conversation will not leave this room. I will get Kururugi to that academy one way or another. I shall not let any harm come to you. Also Kururugi, so to make this partnership to ensure Princess Euphimia's survival and victory I shall be assigning you, Sir Asplund and Miss Croomy to the Glaston Knights. You share the reasoning behind this assignment to no one. If asked you shall give the official reporting I am giving that this is my way of thanking you for safeguarding the sub-viceroy against the terrorist Minene Uryuu. Do you comply?"

"Yes your highness!" he answered.

"Good boy," I smiled slightly. If I am to protect Euphie and ensure her survival it seems I will have to trust this Eleven…no this Honorary Britannian whether I like it or not. I looked at Euphie, "Are we done discussing this?" I asked.

She nodded. "Yes, you may turn the cameras back on." I went back over to my desk and pulled a remote out of one of the drawers and turned the camera back on.

The phone started ringing at that time. "Viceroy Cornelia Li Britannia."

"Princess Cornelia, are you all right?" It was Guilford.

"It's nothing you need concern yourself with Guilford," I told him, "I was having a private discussion that I didn't need recorded for personal reasons." I gave a shooing gesture to Kururugi and Euphie. They left my office together.

"But what if something were to happen because of that conversation? That video could…"

"Guilford the only people in this room during this conversation were the Sub-viceroy, Suzaku Kururugi and me," I told him.

"You trust an Honorary Britannian to be in on an unrecorded conversation," Guilford's worry was understandable.

"It was the Sub-viceroy's request. I was simply honoring it," I told him, which was the truth. He was silent on the other end. "Also tomorrow when you come to collect the forms I have to sign please bring Kewell Soresi to my office. I want to confirm his account of his encounter with Zero."

"Yes your higness," Guilford hung up. I put the phone back down and sat down. I opened up one of the drawers for a blank mission assignment form and wrote Suzaku Kururugi where it asked for the name of the operative.

Don't worry Euphie, I thought as I continued to fill out the form, as your sister, I won't let you lose this game.

To be continued…

(A/N: Yeah so Euphie is the 4th. Whether you saw that coming or not I'd like your opinions on the matter. And yes that means that once again she and Lelouch are going to butt heads. And it is my feeling that had Suzaku not been on the scene with Orange-kun was being attacked he would've been Impaled with Extreme Prejudice and Viletta, when she arrived, would've been wrecked to hell as well. If you want to pin the blame on anyone for that blame the 9th. So yeah this event alone should tell you that the future shall drastically change of both worlds. Anyway it's late and I'm starting to lose energy. I'll see you all later)