The Emperor's New Scoop

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Rated T (with nudity)

After a public interview, Milly and Lelouch share a moment with one another in order to reflect on everything that happened.

(Pendragon Palace)

"And this was Milly Ashford live with Lelouch vi Britannia the 99th Emperor of the realm." Milly Ashford said with a smile on her face as she held her microphone in front of Lelouch in the middle of Pendragon. Thanks to her former friendship with Lelouch, Milly was able to secure the first interview with the new Emperor and naturally she took the chance. She was currently wearing a light blue long sleeved jacket that barely went below her large breasts and a yellow blouse with a red and white ribbon in front of it that showed off a healthy bit of cleavage along with a matching dress and black heels. It was her standard outfit for her news reports and this was no different. They were currently in the same room where he originally revealed himself to the world only a few days ago. There was nobody else in the room outside of Suzaku and the camera crew, which was intentionally done by Lelouch and Milly because of another aspect of the day a more private aspect.

"That was an excellent job Milly and this interview will really put you on the map" her cameraman said with a smile before turning everything off.

"Oh I didn't do a thing. I'm just lucky that our Emperor was willing to meet with little old me." Milly said bashfully though it wasn't luck at all. Lelouch got a hold of her personally and even suggested the idea to her.

Lelouch gave the camera crew a half smile but it was time for the real reason he invited Milly to the palace. "I'm glad I could help now do you mind doing a favor for me" Lelouch said with a smile as he removed the contact lenses that hid his Geass. "Take everything back to the hotel and pretend that Milly came with you. Don't check on her until she comes to you herself tomorrow morning" Lelouch ordered via his Geass.

"Yes my Lord" the whole camera crew said with red iris covering their eyes, the signs of Lelouch's Geass taking effect. The crew then took the microphone from Milly and got rid of the rest of her equipment before leaving the room so the only people left were the three former Ashford Academy students.

"Really Lelouch did you have to use Geass on them." Milly deadpanned. Outside of Suzaku C.C. and now of the Black Knights Milly was the only person aware of the true nature of his Geass and that he was Zero.

"Well of course because otherwise we couldn't have the real interview" Lelouch said with a half-smile.

"I see. So lead the way your majesty" Milly replied with a half-grin of her own.

"If you need me I'll be in my quarters" Suzaku replied knowing exactly what the pair was up to.

(Scene Skip)

A now naked Lelouch and Milly relaxed in his room after having sex but this was hardly their first time together, "It's nice to see that you haven't lost your touch in bed despite everything that's happened." Milly snickered.

"Spare me Milly. But it's time for you to answer some questions for me." Lelouch said sternly.

"Of course and you don't even need to use your Geass on me" Milly teased.

"How did you know I was Zero and how did you get your memories back after my father re-wrote everyone's memories?" Lelouch wondered. The day after he made his return as Zero, Milly confronted him with the knowledge that not only did she have her original memories but that she knew that he was Zero both now and before. If not for the shock of realizing that she knew everything and the subsequent kiss she planted on his lips he would've used his Geass on her and erased her memories. In hindsight it was a great move since the pair had sex that day and they would meet once a week to have sex again until he finally left with the Black knights. Admittedly their time together was a good distraction for Lelouch though he'd never admit it.

"One question and a time Lelouch and we'll start with you being Zero." Milly smirked.

"Alright" Lelouch replied helpless for once.

"To be honest I thought it might be you during the Lake Kawaguchi events but I wasn't able to confirm it until after Euphy announced the Special Zone" Milly revealed.

"Is that so" Lelouch said solemnly remembering the disaster that was the special zone and wondering how Milly figured it out from those two.

"That's right" Milly replied equally as upset at the reminder of their former friend and what happened to her. "As you're well aware, Shirley Nina and I were taken prisoner at Lake Kawaguchi, but just like you I was stunned that Cornelia hadn't done anything about it knowing. Of course when Euphy revealed herself I realized why Cornelia didn't do anything because we both know how important Euphy was to her. When you guys appeared to save us I was surprised because I never imagined that you would've gotten through. When I got home I checked all the news coverage and learned something shocking.

"And that would be" Lelouch deadpanned. He already realized his mistake already but he wanted to let Milly explain everything since she enjoyed this type of thing

"Euphy was never shown on any photos in the news, Cornelia would've naturally known about Euphy being there but there was no way for you to know that."

"That ditzy blonde act of yours always worked wonders for you Milly. I doubt anybody would've known that you were as smart as I was if not smarter" Lelouch teased before kissing her on the head. During their time at Ashford Milly acted like a ditzy dumb blonde whose only redeeming quality was her breasts, but only Lelouch was aware of how cunning and clever she was. It was actually her idea to use chess to start gaining funds for him before he got a hold of Geass.

"Oh shut it" Milly pouted.

"But wait, you said Euphy's actions confirmed it. How could it have taken you that long?" Lelouch said in disbelief. Euphy figured out who he was from Lake Kawaguchi so Milly should've been able to figure it out just as easily.

"Because I put it to the side after a certain somebody had to go and kill Shirley's dad and eventually use that power of yours to erase her memories because of some psychopath that fell in love with C.C." Milly reminded Lelouch bitterly. Of course she only learned about those details after their trysts began. Milly was a confidant in a way that nobody else was.

"Spare me" Lelouch deadpanned at the reminder of the horrific serious of events between him and Shirley after Narita. "Okay so Euphy announcing the special zone was what confirmed I was Zero. That one I don't get." Lelouch admitted.

"Because creating the special zone made no sense unless she knew that you in particular were Zero." Milly revealed causing Lelouch's eyes to widen.

"You keep forgetting that Euphy was in love with Suzaku. The only way they could ever be together was if the war ended." Lelouch reminded his confidant. The rumors about Suzaku and Euphy were already starting to grow and many believed that the special Zone was a way for Euphy to start pursuing a more public relationship with her knight. It actually made what happened at the special zone more horrifying.

"She was never truly in love with Suzaku, Lelouch. She simply used Suzaku as a proxy for you because she knew that you two could never be together after what happened with your family. Hell I bet the Special Zone was her attempt to try and rekindle your relationship in a more public manner. That's why she spoked directly to Zero." Milly deadpanned.

Lelouch was stunned by the reveal and admittedly it wasn't that surprising. It always struck him as odd that Euphy didn't' discuss his identity with anybody once she figured it out but now it made sense. "Okay so now that we've established how you learned about Zero, how did you learn about Geass and C.C" Lelouch stammered wanting to move away from his other major mistake.

"Ironically enough, I figured that out before I realized you were Zero?" Milly chuckled.

"How!" Lelouch exclaimed since that shouldn't have been possible.

"All those pizza's she ordered." Milly chuckled.

"You have to be kidding me" Lelouch said in disbelief. In truth he shouldn't have been surprised since he was always wary of somebody discovering her because of the pizza.

"Dead serious. I was curious why that pizza delivery guy came so much so I convinced him to give me the pizza's and make the delivery myself. I think you were in Kyushu at the time stopping that Sawasaki guy so I didn't have to worry about you finding out. I had her tell me who she was and about her connection to you and that's when I learned about Geass."

Lelouch twitched mightily since that meant that she was aware of him during the first battle of Japan. "Good grief so between that and Euphy's announcement soon after everything made sense."

"Uh huh then everything went horribly wrong. You were forced to kill Euphy and then the rest is history." Milly said solemnly.

"I'm guessing C.C somehow found you and cancelled my father's Geass while I was acting as Julius Kingsley" Lelouch groaned remembering that before he went back to school his father had him do his dirty work for a little bit.

"That's right and when you came back I was ready to help you in my own way." Milly smiled.

"I see" Lelouch said calmly. It seemed he owed C.C far more than he realized. He would never admit it but he found it odd that everyone came back to Ashford like that since the Emperor only erased their memories of him.

"So what are you going to do now that you're Emperor Lelouch?" Milly wondered but when she noticed that Lelouch hesitated she got angry. "Lelouch you better tell me what you're planning or I'll release some of the funnier photos of you from our time in the council." Milly threatened.

"You wouldn't dare." Lelouch growled knowing that she could ruin him easily with some of the photos she had of their time as Ashford.

"Considering how many secrets I've kept for you over the years you OWE me an explanation." Milly said sternly.

"Fine" Lelouch groaned before he explained the Zero Requiem. Needless to say Milly was furious.

"You're an idiot you know that" Milly admonished.

"It's a perfectly logical idea. I become the enemy of the world and focus all the world's rage and hatred on me. Then once Suzaku kills me the world can finally know peace. Plus Suzaku will protect the world as Zero." Lelouch explained.

"Please don't tell me this is some stupid means of atonement for what happened with Euphy Shirley and Nunally?" Milly grunted.

"It's not" Lelouch tried to say but Milly interrupted.

"If you want to truly atone for what happened with those three then you need to become peaceful. You need to work with everyone else." Milly said calmly.

"I'll consider it" Lelouch smiled before kissing her on the cheek one more time and letting her go to sleep in his bed in his arms. Since his mother's death there were only three people in his life that he could truly claim he cared about though Milly was a very close number Four. Princess Euphemia Shirley and finally his sister Nunally. All three were killed because of Geass directly or indirectly. He was forced to kill Euphemia when he accidentally used his Geass and ordered her. Shirley was killed by Rolo, but he killed her because she realized that she knew the truth about Nunally and he feared being replaced. The greatest tragedy of the group was his little sister Nunally. Suzaku would never admit it, but Lelouch was no fool and the only reason he fired F.L.I.E.J.A in the first place was because of the Geass Lelouch put on him activated during his battle with Kallen. Geass had taken so many innocent lives and just as many guilty lives and with his death the power of the Kings would be all but extinguished. C.C was the only person left who could give out Geass and he was certain she wouldn't do it. With Geass gone from the world and Suzaku watching over everything as Zero the world would know true peace at last. 'As I said many times. The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed.' Lelouch thought to himself before finally falling asleep.

That's it for this little one shot and I hope you guys enjoyed it