Sorry for rushing out that last chapter, but I only have a few more days that I can write a lot before school starts and I don't have as much time to write, so I'm trying to get content out because I don't know how much time I'll have going forward. I'm hoping that I'll have enough time for another chapter, but I can't make any guarantees. YoukoTaichou, yes, I should have made this more clear, but Sirzechs has altered everyone's memories slightly so that everyone remembers Lelouch, but they think that his appearance is similar to Gino's. I hope that you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 4
Lelouch could do nothing more than to collapse onto his bed after being tossed around by Koneko for a solid day. A hot shower had done absolutely nothing for his aching muscles. Every step made him feel like needles were jabbing into his legs, further reminding him of his pitiful athleticism.
"Tough day, huh?" Rias asked as she exited the shower.
"Yeah." Lelouch replied, sitting up at the sound of her voice.
"Well, I know how you're going to feel better." She said playfully.
Lelouch nodded and took off his boxers before lying down underneath the sheets. Once she finished drying herself off, Rias quickly joined him. For a moment, they lay there in silence, just enjoying the feeling of being together. Rias looked over at Lelouch, who seemed deep in thought.
"Why did you want to marry me?" She asked, curious to know why he had made that part of the challenge. While Sirzech's order did have something to do with it, Lelouch would be lying if he said that it was the only reason.
He was definitely attracted to her in all of the obvious ways. She was beautiful, powerful, and influential, not to mention that even being associated with her would help him increase his ranking in the Devil hierarchy. But there was something else that attracted him to her. Something that made him forget about Euphie when he was with her. In fact, every day that he had spent with Rias made him think less and less of his first love.
He laughed, "What? It isn't enough that you're beautiful, successful, and powerful?"
Rias smiled at his answer, "Oh stop."
"Come on, let's go to sleep." Lelouch said, reaching over her to turn off the lights.
As he lay in bed with his arm around her, he studied her face. There was something special about Rias that attracted him, but he didn't know what it was yet. Maybe it was the way that she had looked at him the first time they met. She had been the only girl who hadn't fawned over him. But there was no way he liked her only for the challenge. No, there was something else.
Lelouch's eyes snapped open as the sun invaded his eyes. He groaned and sat up, feeling incredibly spry, especially considering how sore he normally was after heavy exercise. He glanced over to his left and saw a familiar crimson haired Devil waking up next to him, remembering that she had embraced him in the nude, like she had done for the last nine days.
As Rias saw Lelouch, she slyly grinned and wrapped her arms around him, making sure to press her breasts up against his back. While she did care for Issei, it was nice to wake up next to someone who didn't get a nosebleed every time she rubbed up against him. It definitely didn't hurt that Lelouch could actually carry a conversation that didn't involve any lechery.
"Morning." She cooed.
Lelouch smiled back, "Morning."
"Are you ready?" She asked, making sure to breathe on the sensitive spot on his neck. Lelouch nodded. The day had come, regardless of whether he was ready or not.
The ten days had passed by incredibly quickly and Lelouch was now extremely confident in his pieces. Gino had begun to master his Blade Breaker, which had now evolved to be two golden master vibration swords due to the increasingly rigorous training he had been put through by Kiba.
Likewise, Kallen had begun to learn how to use her Absolute Demise, which was now able to mimic the effect of Radiant Wave technology when Kallen used magic she had learned from Akeno. Raynare had begun to learn how to utilize her speed to beat other rooks, who had high offensive and defensive capabilities, but were significantly slower than other pieces.
"Lelouch, we're ready to..." Kallen began, peeking her head in the room. She was horrified at the sight in front of her. No, disgusted was a better way to describe her current feelings. She had thought that Lelouch loved her and that he was just joking about marrying Rias, but now it looked like he was completely serious about it.
"I see I'm interrupting something." Kallen said, quickly closing the door behind her. She tried to take a deep breath to calm herself down. She couldn't afford to be distracted by something like this, especially with a Rating Game in less than 24 hours. No, she would stay strong and win for Lelouch. Whether they were lovers or not, Lelouch was her king and it was her duty to win for him.
"But why her?" Kallen whispered to herself.
Gino looked in the mirror as he began to adjust his armor. He was wearing his Knights of the Round uniform, complete with his favorite green cape. He had his uniform specially reinforced so that he would be able to withstand some attacks before he lost his defenses.
He saw a scowling Kallen enter the room. He held up her uniform, which was a Knights of the Round Uniform, only with a crimson cape instead of a green one. She snatched it out of his hands and stomped past Raynare, who was outfitted with her own Knights of the Round Uniform with a violet cape.
"Wonder what's wrong with her." Raynare said as Gino shrugged his shoulders.
"Let's just go meet Lelouch."
Said Devil was busy waiting in the living room of the mansion, outfitted in his preferred uniform, which was his Zero costume minus the mask. The thought of fighting a supposedly invincible opponent was making him excited. He had not faced a challenge like that since he began his war against Britannia.
His violet eyes darted to the staircase as his three pieces walked down the stairs. Kallen was leading the way while Raynare and Gino walked side by side behind her.
"Everyone else is back at Kuoh, we're supposed to meet in the clubhouse." Lelouch informed his team as he summoned a magic circle. Red light bathed them as they sunk into the ground and reappeared in front of the Occult Research Club.
"The time is near." Grayfia informed the group.
"Please be careful Lelouch." Rias said, pulling him into a hug, drawing jealous glares from Raynare and Kallen.
"Don't worry." Lelouch replied, hugging her back, drawing a jealous glare from Issei and a giggle from Akeno.
Grayfia cleared her throat, forcing the two apart, "Ahem, the game is going to start soon."
She created another magical circle and before their eyes, they were transported to the battlefield. When the red light died down, they found themselves standing in the same exact place that they started.
"Wait, did the magic circle not work?" Gino wondered.
Before anyone could answer, the intercom blared, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Grayfia of the Gremory Clan. I will be refereeing this match, which is being observed by Sirzechs Lucifer. Today's field has been chosen to be Kuoh Academy. Lelouch's team will use the Occult Research Club's clubhouse as its base. Riser's team will use the Student Council room. Let the game begin!"
Lelouch quickly handed everyone a small device.
"These are our communicators for the game. I will be giving my orders through them."
"So what is our first order?" Raynare asked, eager to fight.
"We need to destroy Raiser's pawns. He will want to promote them early on." Lelouch muttered as he looked over the map.
"So what do we do about that?" Gino asked, wondering what his king was thinking.
"We do have a forest surrounding the clubhouse. It would be in our best interest to utilize it." He turned to Kallen, "Do you think you could fire a long range attack with your Absolute Demise?"
"I'll need some time to charge up my magic, but yes." Kallen said, holding her arm up, "Absolute Demise!" As she called that, her right arm was quickly covered by a large metal claw.
"All right then, Q-1, hide in the forest and await further instructions." Kallen nodded and did as she was told.
"N-1, move to the gym. After I move out to the sports field, they'll be too focused on me and change their plans." Lelouch ordered, predicting that Riser would try to send all of his pieces towards the seeming exposed base.
"R-1, move to the tennis courts and wait by the wall of the gym. When I give the order, punch through the wall."
Gino and Raynare nodded and moved to their positions.
Lelouch adjusted his collar for a second before he stepped out of the clubhouse. The sky was a swirl of colors, clearly indicating that they were no longer at the real Kuoh. Trying to call upon the exercise Rias had forced him to do, Lelouch quickly ran to the sports field to make sure he got as much exposure as possible.
"Is he really that stupid to come out already?" Riser muttered as he watched from his vantage point on the roof of the Student Council room.
"All pawns, move around the sports field and get to the enemy base. There's no one protecting it!" Riser ordered.
Lelouch smirked as he watched Riser's hand motions. No doubt he had sent his pawns around the sports field to the forest. There was only one route they could take then.
"Q-1, begin charging."
Gino stood alone in the gym. He noticed movement coming from the stage and smiled.
"Come on out!" He called out.
Nine girls came out from their hiding places on the stage.
"So, Lelouch was right, all eight pawns came, along with a bishop." Gino said to himself.
"Wow, he's cute!" Two cat eared twins chirped in unison.
"Man, I really wish we didn't have to cut him up." Two green haired twins sighed as they pulled out chainsaws.
Gino merely smirked in response, "Blade Breaker!" Two golden swords appeared in his hands as he assumed a defensive stance.
At the same time, Lelouch found himself facing a bishop and a rook.
"I'm Ravel Phenex." The bishop introduced herself, "And this is Isabela."
"Phenex? Don't tell me that he would actually make his sister a part of his harem." Lelouch growled, thinking of Nunally. He was now more determined than ever to defeat Riser.
Gino gripped his swords tightly and they began to rapidly vibrate, turning to a crimson red. The chainsaw wielding twins attacked him from both sides, forcing him to use both swords to block them. Steel met steel and sparks flew as their weapons met. Distracted by this, Gino had no time to react to the wooden staff that struck him across his face.
He flew back and was instantly assaulted by a burst of flame from the bishop. Gino merely gripped his swords tighter and used his speed, becoming a blur and engaging all nine pieces at once. He quickly ducked under a chainsaw and delivered a jump kick to a girl in a maid uniform. As she began to fall back, Gino used her face as a platform and leaped off, sending her to the ground with a thud.
He sailed through the air with his swords pointed forward and began to roll in the air, almost making him a drill as he tried to cut through a chainsaw. His swords vibrated furiously, managing to cut through the chainsaw, but he was forced to retreat as he saw a wooden staff coming at him.
The cat twins attacked in unison, but Gino was too quick. He ducked under their kick and swept out their exposed legs, sending the two to the floor in a pile. He brought his swords up to block a chainsaw that was dangerously close to his face. Sparks flew back in his face as his swords began to chew through the steel blade, forcing the green haired girl to stop her attack.
Gino wiped a bead of sweat that was running down the side of his face as he looked around, realizing that he was completely surrounded.
Meanwhile Lelouch was putting up barrier after barrier to slow down Isabela's furious onslaught. He put up another seal only to have it punched through by the rook.
"How am I going to beat her?" Lelouch wondered. He couldn't use his Geass. Through his experimenting, he discovered that if his subject was focused, it was much harder to command them. It was certainly a downgrade from his original Geass in that regard. He expected that with more time, it would be stronger, but currently, he needed something to make Ravel and Isabela vulnerable before he could Geass them.
Lelouch blew Isabela off of her feet and into a wall with a powerful gust of wind. As she tried to get up, he sent an even more powerful gust of wind, slamming the rook into the wall with a crack. Quickly, he turned to Ravel, who realized that her protector was dazed. Before she could run away, Lelouch focused and summoned as many undead spirits as he could. Ravel was paralyzed in fear at the ghostly figures that were surrounding her and sending chills down her spine with every touch.
"No, please leave me alone!" She screamed, tripping and falling to the floor. She could feel their hands grabbing at her arms, trying to pull her to her feet. She screamed and tore her hand away from an icy grip. She tried to get back up, only to run into another phantom, who grabbed her wrists and forced her to look into two blank eyes.
At this point, Ravel was too scared to think. She kicked the ghost back and finding herself hopelessly surrounded, curled up in a ball, as if that would stop the hands reaching at her. Suddenly, as quickly as it started, it stopped.
"It's fine, they're gone now." A comforting voice rang out. Raynare was overcome with gratitude for her rescuer. She leapt to her feet and hugged a lean body. She looked up in the eyes of her savior only to be met by two Geass sigils.
Meanwhile, Kallen had built up a large ball of energy in her clawed hand that was about the size of a car. Her brow was soaked with sweat as she tried to contain the power that had built up, which was begging for release.
"Lelouch, I'm ready."
"Good." Came the reply.
Raynare was getting impatient when her communicator sounded.
"R-1, do your job." Raynare cracked her knuckles before she punched a hole in the wall in front of her.
"Gino! Get out!" She yelled before taking off towards the pool. Gino quickly ducked under a kick and sliced a wooden staff in half. Using his enhanced speed, Gino nodded and quickly dashed out of the hole Raynare had made.
"Hey! Get back here you coward!" Mira yelled, wanting to get revenge for the loss of her staff.
"We're out of the gym." Gino informed Lelouch.
"Q-1, fire." Lelouch ordered.
Kallen gave a relieved smile and unleashed all of the energy in one crimson blast that completely annihilated the gym.
"Take." She breathed out, having used up most of her magic.
"Eight of Riser's pawns and a bishop have been eliminated." Grayfia's voice rang out.
Raynare looked on in amusement as the gym was destroyed.
"Good job!" Gino said, ready to high five the rook when an explosion knocked him back.
"Raynare!" He screamed as the rook disappeared.
"Take." Yubelluna said with a smirk from her vantage point on the roof of the Student Council room.
"One of Lelouch's rooks has been eliminated." Grayfia's voice said from the intercom.
Gino put his finger to his ear, "Lelouch, they just took out Raynare."
He heard cursing on the other end from both Kallen and Lelouch.
"I'll have to adjust my plan then, N-1, move to the second sports field, there will be two knights and a rook waiting for you. Q-1, move to the ceiling of the clubhouse"
Gino did as he was told and unsurprisingly, Lelouch was right. Gino saw three figures waiting for him. Once he made sure that they had seen him, he turned around and ran back to the clubhouse with the knights and rook in hot pursuit.
Gino ran up to the door of the club house and pulled frantically at the door.
"We have you cornered now." Karlamine laughed, pulling out her fire covered sword.
"Well, that's up for debate." Gino said, turning around with a smile. As soon as he said that, the forest surrounding the clubhouse was suddenly up in flames.
"What's going on?" Karlamine asked, now much less confident.
Gino pointed up and reluctantly, all three looked up to see a claw coming at them. Xuelan tried to put her hands up to defend herself, forcing Kallen to adjust in mid air and land in front of the rook. Xuelan assumed a defensive position, refusing to give Kallen any opening.
Kallen lunged forward at the rook, only to be countered immediately with a hand grabbing her claw and a leg delivering a kick to her stomach, sending Kallen flying. Seizing this opportunity, Xuelan began to rush forward at Kallen, who was still airborne. She caught up to the red haired girl and was gearing up to deliver a punch.
However, this was the opening Kallen had been looking for. She latched onto the rook's now exposed torso with her claw and gave a smile as they tumbled to the floor, all the while, Kallen making sure to keep her grip.
"Take." She released a large pulse of magic that traveled through Xuelan's body.
"Ahh!" The rook managed to cry out in pain before disappearing.
Gino took this opportunity to rush forward, and before she realized what was happening, Gino had already buried his swords into Riser's knight, Siris.
"Take." He announced before pulling his swords out. In anger, Karlamine began slashing furiously at him. Gino barely had time to put his swords up in time to block her strike, which was dangerously close to cutting him in half. With her added motivation, Karlamine found herself slowly overpowering the blond knight, but in her rush to attack him, she had forgotten about Kallen, who was sprinting towards the knight's back.
The red haired queen stabbed the knight with her claw and lifted her figure up so that Karlamine was facing the sky. She fired off another pulse of magic that made the knight cry out in agony before disappearing.
Gino and Kallen gave a small sigh of relief at the success of their plan and grew out their wings to fly out of the raging fire. However, the sight that they saw as they flew up in the air made them forget all about their recent success.
"Two of Riser's knights and one of his rooks have been eliminated." Grayfia's voice announced.
Recovering from her daze, Isabela managed to pick herself up only to see Ravel holding a seemingly unconscious Lelouch.
"Ravel, how did you do it without me?" She asked, impressed by Ravel.
"I'll explain later, for now, let's get back to the Student Council room."
Isabela nodded and followed the younger girl.
Riser was fuming at the fact that not only had eight of his pawns and a bishop been eliminated, but he had lost two knights and a rook as well when his younger sister walked in with an unconscious Lelouch. At that sight, his mood immediately improved.
"Yubelluna, come look at this! He's actually been defeated by my little sister! Hah!" Riser and his queen were beside themselves with laughter when an explosion interrupted them. Riser looked up to see Isabela flying off of the roof, courtesy of a fireball from Ravel.
"One of Riser's rooks has been eliminated. Lelouch and Riser both stand with two pieces each."
"What the hell was that Ravel?" His little sister turned to Yubelluna and fired at the queen as well, barely missing. Yubelluna raised her staff to strike at Ravel when a shock coursed through her system, bringing her to her knees. A very conscious Lelouch stood over the Bomb Queen as Ravel began looking around, confused by her location.
"You know, I have a favorite saying. The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed." Lelouch spat before he focused lightning into his right hand and grabbed her throat. Before he could deal the finishing blow however, Lelouch was thrown back by a fireball.
"What is all of this?" Riser yelled, angry that the tables had been turned on him.
"This is called strategy. You might want to think about using it next time." Lelouch said with a smirk.
"Aargh!" Raiser screamed in fury as he moved to attack Lelouch, but found himself blocked by two crimson swords.
"You will not harm my king." Gino said, landing in front of Lelouch, retracting his wings, and assuming a defensive position.
"Fine, Yubelluna, destroy his knight first." Riser ordered. Yubelluna waved her wand and fired a fireball at Gino, resulting in an explosion that sent tiles flying everywhere.
"I've just destroyed your precious knight!" Riser said smugly.
"Don't be so sure." Lelouch replied.
Riser's eyes widened in surprise as the smoke cleared to reveal a red haired woman in front of Lelouch and Gino.
"Bomb Queen. I challenge you." Kallen said, raising up her claw.
"I'd like to see you try." Yubelluna chuckled. Kallen's eyes merely narrowed in anger as she gathered herself before launching forward with dizzying speed at her opponent. Yubelluna was almost caught off guard by the sudden speed at which Kallen had attacked.
Kallen slashed forward, only to be blocked by Yubelluna's staff. With the momentum from that attack, Kallen flipped up into the air before launching herself at Yubelluna again. With exceptional reflexes of her own, the Bomb Queen quickly dodged to her right and fired at Kallen, hitting her square in her chest and launching her off of the roof and into the front garden.
"Kallen!" Lelouch cried out in concern for his most valuable piece.
"Don't worry, I won't allow myself to lose to the likes of her." Kallen said, picking herself up from the ground as Yubelluna hovered down in front of her. Kallen prepared herself for another attack but couldn't move fast enough to dodge another explosion.
"Kallen!" Gino cried out moving to help his ex girlfriend. Ravel moved quickly and blocked him with a wall of flame.
"You can't interfere in this battle." She told him. Gino merely turned to attack her, only to be met by more flames.
Kallen's body was still reeling from the force at which the explosion had hit her. She couldn't stop the ringing in her ears and her head was spinning. Her legs felt like jelly and all she wanted to do right now was lie down.
"No, I can't give up." Kallen growled, forcing herself to her feet. She lifted up her right arm again.
"Absolute Demise!" She cried out, forcing the crystal to respond with, "Absolute Demise Second Liberation!" The claw instantly covered more of her arm, now covering her right arm in red armor and Kallen suddenly could feel more energy coursing through her body.
"That's not going to do you any good." Yubelluna said as she strode towards Kallen. She raised her staff up and sent another fireball at the red haired queen, who countered with a disk of crimson energy. The two attacks met in an explosion, covering the front garden in smoke.
Yubelluna was about to fly out of the smoke for a better vantage point when she felt a claw grasp her right leg.
"Oh no you don't!" Kallen screamed as she pulled her opponent back down to the ground. Yubelluna held up her wand to attack again, but Kallen reacted faster and captured the staff in her claw, destroying it with a short burst of magic. Before Yubelluna could reach for her small vial of tears of the Phoenix, Kallen slammed her claw into Yubelluna's face, forcing the Bomb Queen to look straight down the small hole in the claw where Kallen was busy charging up magic. Her eyes widened as she saw the small crimson ball of magic building up inches from her face.
"Take."
With a smile, Kallen released all of the magic she had been charging up straight into Yubelluna's face.
"Riser's queen has been eliminated. He now stands at one piece compared to Lelouch's two pieces." Grayfia's voice rang out, revealing to the spectators the result in the smoke.
"There's no way I'm losing to this guy!" Riser yelled, releasing wings of fire. Ravel did the same, leaving herself open for just a second. Using his speed, Gino quickly rushed forward and stabbed at Ravel, hitting her square in the chest. His vibration swords quickly chewed through her ribs and exited on the other side of her body.
Following Lelouch's earlier suggestion, Gino began to run it up and down the length of her body, causing her to scream in agony each time he cut through another organ. Although it pained him to do that to such an innocent girl, orders were orders.
Although Ravel could heal herself, she was still experiencing incredible pain.
"Ravel!" Riser yelled, moving to help his sister. Before he could reach her however, an icicle took away half of his head. He turned around in anger to see Lelouch already firing another icicle, this time at his chest. Lelouch smiled as Riser blocked his attack, completely forgetting about his rear, where Kallen had appeared. She screamed in fury and lodged her claw into his back before firing a burst of magic, leaving a hole where his chest was.
"Please big brother, we have to give up ahhh!" Ravel screamed as Gino cut through her intestines.
"I believe this is what you call check." Lelouch said with a grin as Kallen continued to fire magic through Riser's chest, preventing him from healing it.
"Ahh!" Ravel screamed as Gino cut through her newly healed chest.
Lelouch, remembering his lessons with Akeno, walked up to Riser and placed his hands around his head. Riser looked back in defiance before his face contorted to an expression of pain as he felt electricity paralyze his body in pain.
"Give up yet?" Lelouch asked.
"Never." Riser managed, despite the enormous amount of pain he was feeling.
"Fine, I'll increase the voltage." Lelouch shrugged his shoulders and renewed his attack, forcing Riser to grind his teeth to keep himself from screaming.
"You know, seeing as I'm a Super Devil, I think that it's fair to warn you that I'm only using a fraction of my strength." Lelouch said.
"Nice bluff." Riser spat.
"I did warn you." Lelouch sighed as he began to use his actual power.
Riser was only expecting a small increase in pain, but he was caught off guard by the exponential increase in strength Lelouch had just undergone.
"Ahh!" Riser screamed out in pain. His arms and legs were completely numb, not that he would have been able to register it given that his head felt like it was splitting in half. He was barely able to heal himself, but every time that he did, he only gave Lelouch more body parts to inflict pain on.
Lelouch smiled. Riser was completely vulnerable now and his Geass actually stood a fair chance of working.
"Riser, give up." If Riser was not under the constant bombardment of pain, his focus would have been easily too much for the Geass to overcome. But in the state that he was currently in, Riser had no way to resist the command.
His eyes became rimmed with red and he slumped over, "I give up."
Lelouch let go of his head and Kallen removed her claw.
"I believe this is checkmate."
Upon hearing those words, Gino removed his swords from Ravel, finally freeing her from pain.
"Thank you." She managed before she passed out.
Lelouch stepped back and took a seat, completely exhausted. Gino wiped away more sweat and joined him, patting him on the back.
"Looks like he wasn't all that invincible." Kallen said as she sat next to Lelouch, looking up at the swirling colors in the sky.
"Riser Phenex has surrendered. Lelouch Murmur is declared the winner of this Rating Game." Grayfia announced, bringing a smile to their faces.
"Congratulations Lelouch! I knew you had it within you!" Sirzechs exclaimed as soon as Lelouch entered the viewing room with Kallen and Gino, who had an unconscious Raynare in his arms, following closely behind.
"Lelouch!" Rias exclaimed before she assaulted him in a hug from his back, drawing an annoyed look from Kallen.
"Ara ara, you caused a lot of damage." Akeno giggled.
"There was no other way to beat Riser." Lelouch responded.
"Ara ara, does the sexual beast need to deal out more damage?" Akeno asked seductively, pressing her breasts up against his chest. Watching him deal out so much damage had made her way too excited to hold back.
Lelouch inwardly cringed at Akeno's belief that he was a sexual beast, but the way she was rubbing up against him made him too excited to worry too much about it. After all, he was still a teenager and Akeno was almost as attractive as Rias.
"Is this something close people are supposed to do?" Asia asked, rubbing up against Issei, who was inwardly debating whether he should be protecting Asia's innocence or not, the same way.
"Lelouch is my fiancé, you know." Rias said protectively, emphasizing the "my."
"That reminds me! I almost forgot to congratulate you on that," Sirzechs said, pushing Rias out of the way so he could place his right arm around Lelouch, "Brother."
Lelouch had noticed that Sirzechs was much friendlier once the prospect of his marriage to Rias became more and more likely.
"Sorry, but I'm not sure that I'm ready to get married so quickly. If you don't mind, I'd really like to spend some more time with Rias before we're married." Lelouch said sheepishly, drawing a shocked look from Rias and a relieved sigh from both Kallen and Akeno.
"Still, you'll have to have an engagement party, right?" Sirzechs asked.
Looking at the hopeful expression on Sirzechs' face, Lelouch sighed, "Yes."
Sirzechs broke out in a smile, "Grayfia, let's go! We have an engagement party to plan!"
"Okay, calm down. You don't want the other Satans to see you like this." Grayfia gently scolded.
"I'll summon you within the week, brother." Sirzechs promised, emphasizing the last word before he and Grayfia summoned a magical circle.
Lelouch nodded slowly. He was going to be in for a busy week.
I hope the Rating Game with Riser Phenex was okay. I know that Lelouch didn't have that one ridiculous move where he destroyed all of Riser's pieces in move, but he still managed to beat him pretty soundly. I'm also not sure what Sirzech's personality is like since we didn't see much of him in the anime, but I feel like he does care about his sister and wants to see her happy and that he's a lot friendlier with his family members.
As of right now, due to popular demand, I think I'm going to add C.C. to his peerage, probably as a bishop. But, I'm wondering if you guys think that Jeremiah should be Lelouch's other rook, or do you guys have someone else in mind? Personally, I love Jeremiah and I think he would be an awesome rook, but what do you guys think? Please leave a response, either in the form of a PM or a review. I would really appreciate any and all feedback!