Hello! Yay new chapter! And, it is long . But, I do want to get to the actual series as soon as possible, and I love long chapters, so I would think that you guys do too. Right? Anyways, to the story we go!

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Ch. 4

Leabella, Lelouch 3 (3rd POV)

Marianne was lounging in the gazebo of the Aries Villa garden. Not so far away were a three year old Lelouch and Leabella with a two year old Euphemia and thirteen year old Cornelia having a snow ball fight. In the empress's arms, bundled in a warm blanket, was a two month old Nunnally.

"So, they just turned three?" Marianne turns to see a young looking Richard.

Marianne didn't bother to smile at the boy, "Yes, just last week." She looked at the boy's attire and frowned. He was in his favorite cloak with his hood on. "You know, you can at least try to dress normally. C.C. does it."

The boy snorted watching the children from where he stood, "I'm not C.C., so I don't listen to you."

"R.R., be nice," C.C. walked up to the two. Richard brightened at her sight. He bounded up to her hugging her.

"C.C.!" the boy exclaimed excitedly but then pouted, "I told you to call me Richard."

The immortal sighed, frowning at the boy, "R.R., you have been an immortal for over four decades already. You have to let go of your past life."

Richard was about the retort, but then, the little ebony haired girl ran up to the women next to him. "Mama!" Leabella squealed, "Lelouch keeps pulling on my hair!" Richard tilted his head looking at the girl as she petted her loose twin hair pigtails.

"But, she put snow in my hair!" Lelouch complained running into the gazebo.

"Oh," Marianne sighed, "You two know you have to behave when we have a guest over."

"Huh?" the twins said together as their mother gestured toward Richard. "Oh, Hello." Richard blinked at the two, mesmerized by the two.

Leabella, Lelouch 6

"So, you want both?" Richard looked over at the blond.

"Yes," Richard said. He turned his head to look out the window at the two vi Britannia twins running around the garden together. "I don't think it'll be a problem. Your brother has enough children, and they're too far down the line to even be considered taking the thrown."

The ten year old looking blond boy chuckled, "You never know really."

"Well, it's not like a contract will affect their place in succession anyways," Richard said, "So, is it a deal?"

"What was your part of this agreement again?"

Richard frowned, "I'll convince C.C. to let you take control of the Geass Order. In exchange, you'll get your brother to give me those two. Now, V.V., do we have a deal?"

Leabella 10

"She hasn't eaten in three days," the guard in charge of Leabella's room-who was not at his post- reported to Richard. He tsked, dismissing the guard. He thought that after making a contract with the girl that she would open up more. Now, they were back to square one, or worse. He never thought she would use her geass on Marko. He didn't exactly know what she did. Though, from how she was shutting herself in, he had a pretty good guess. He weaved his way through the halls to the girl's room.

Once there, he saw another guard next to the door. He raised an eyebrow at the soldier. The guard was bumping his head against the hard wall harshly. "What are you doing?" Richard asked incredulously.

"I believe that doing this will make me a better soldier," the guard said continuing with his self-harm, "And then I can get promoted."

Richard forwarded his brows at the door of the room. What exactly was this girl's power? Over the three days he had seen just about everything from guards doing things like this to a couple actually trying to kill him. But, that wasn't what she did to Marko. She didn't cause him to do anything.

Richard took out a key opening the door as the soldier hit his head one last time before falling slack on the ground. The boy entered the room turning on the light. There on the bed was the young princess lying on the bed in a somewhat dead state. "So," he started, "you can control people? see into their memories? Or is it something else?"

She didn't say anything, only glaring at him.

"Look," Richard said placing the plate of food he had been carrying next to her on the bed, "if you don't tell me what's wrong, I'm never going to know."

It was a while before Leabella sat up leaning on her hands looking at the food. Her voice was raspy as she spoke, "My mother was assassinated."

"Yes," he stated.

"By who?"

Richard sighed, "I don't really think it'd be healthy to tell you," she glared at him again, "but, I'll tell you one day." He picked up the spoon from the tray taking some soup and holding it towards the girl. A loud growl was heard before she swallowed the bit.

"How injured is my sister," Leabella asked more clearly.

Richard sighed and fed her another spoonful. "I didn't hear her diagnosis, but from what I saw, she's at least crippled." The girl's shoulders sank in defeat. "She's not dead though."

"Do you know where my brother is?"

"No," Richard said dejectedly.

Leabella 13 (3rd POV)

"Leabella," Katsu voice was worried, "Are we really going into Russia?"

He looking out of the car as it drove into the nearby boarder city where they were stationed. He looked over at the princess. She was wearing a formal powder blue dress with silver accents.

"Yes," she said smirking, "The major general in charge of the Russia-Britannia front is having a birthday party for his daughter. I never made my debut as a Britannia princess, so it's okay if I go out in the Britannian public. I'll be going on the behalf of Belarus's president as his niece from nobility."

"I will be her escort," Richard said before taking a cookie in his mouth. Leabella frowned.

"And," Yutsu looked down at his formal military uniform, "I'm going as guard in charge, but what is this really for?"

"A covert operation," Richard said about to reach into his bag of treats just as the princess snatched them away.

"So you're President Sakovich's niece?" a noble woman asked starkly.

"Yes, I'm Leabella Lamperouge," the princess trying not to sound rude as she used her mother maiden name.

"Lamperouge?" the noblemen next to the woman asked. Leabella tried not to cringe as more and more people surrounded her. "Isn't that French?"

"My father was from France," Leabella said coolly. The noble man looked at her unimpressed. Leabella excused herself to look for Richard. Walking around, she saw some children about her age looking at her.

She internally groaned when they walked towards her. The first to speak was a boy. He had a childish scowl upon his face as he looked at her up and down, "Who are you?"

The princess's smile twitched, "I am Leabella Lamperouge."

"Huh," another girl a bit younger than her scoffed, "Never heard of it."

"Well," Leabella smirked, "Guess news doesn't travel to you."

"Why you," the girl was flurried.

"Hey, guys!" a blond boy about Leabella's height bounded to them with a plate of cake in hand, "They're giving the cake already!" Instantly the horde of children left, and the blond smiled at her, "Sorry about them. They don't tend to like people who they don't know."

"I can see," Leabella sighed.

"I'm Gino, by the way," the boy said brightly taking a piece of cake in his mouth.

"Leabella," the princess for about to speak, but she was cut off by the boy behind her. Leabella turned seeing Richard. "I found him."

"Okay," Leabella sighed turning to Gino, "Sorry, I have to go. It was nice meeting you."

"The pleasure was all mine," Gino said winking. Leabella blinked as a soft blush appeared on her cheeks, and Richard tugged her away.

"Leabella vi Britannia," said girl narrowed her eyes as the major general spoke. Richard had set it up so that they were in a lone room of the mansion where the party was being held. Outside Katsu was standing guard. "I never intended for the kidnapped princess was that fool Sackovich's advisor. No wonder Belarus has been holding its own against Britannia as of yet."

"Be careful," Leabella said unemotional, "up until now, that fool has been standing his guard against your troops."

"Oh?" the man said raising an eyebrow, "So you haven't been pulling all the strings?"

"I just give him information," the princess said. She paused before raising a finger, "Oh, except for one. I commanded the most recent battle. You know, the one where you lost most of your men in that avalanche."

The military officer tsked, "So, that was you."

Richard looked over to Leabella bored, "You should finish this."

"Leaving so soon?" The man asked trying to taunt the two.

Leabella looked over at him just has she activated her geass. The man become calm and relaxed as he heard her coaxing voice, "It'd be best, Major General. If in our next battle, you commit suicide."

"Suicide?" the man's voice was blank and accepting.

"Yes," Leabella smiled as she got up from her seat, "It would make you a better father. Didn't your son, that colonel, die in that avalanche? I'm sure he misses you."

"Mathew. He misses me…"

"Yes," the princess said one last time before Richard opened the door to the room.

"You were quite dark with that one," Richard commented on the ride back into Belarus. Katsu raised an eyebrow at that.

"It needed to be done," Leabella said crossing her arms, "Like it or not Marko doesn't hold a candle against him, so we need him gone."

"You killed him?" Katsu blanched at the small girl.

"Not directly," Richard said irritated, "or by means that will have people track it to her." In return the girl stuck her tongue out at him.

"Oh," Katsu said. "You used your geass?" Leabella nodded. She had told her squad about her ability after a short time of getting to know each other. "What did you do?"

"Influenced him to commit suicide in the battle." The Japanese blinked. He knew that Leabella wasn't exactly the gentle type, but she wasn't a monster either. There had to be a reason as to why she gave the major general that geass. He just had to trust her.

Leabella 16 (3rd POV)

"So, what did you find?" Richard asked as Leabella enter the training room to the base holding a stack of papers. Leabella didn't answer right away. Instead she looked in amusement at all her men lying on the training room floor looking exhausted. It was rare to see them train with Richard. They only really did it when the immortal was more bored than his usual bored.

Leabella sat on a rolling chair and said, "Clovis doesn't seem to be big on military. But, I already knew that. Once I become sub-viceroy, that's going to change."

"Um, Leabella," Suzaku called a bit awkwardly. When she looked at him expectedly, he stammered, "Uh, I was wondering why you wanted to focus on the military."

"The Japanese Liberation Front."

"Huh?"

Leabella glared at the papers in her hands, "The JLF, countless resistance groups, and the Chinese Federation. They all are a threat. My brother isn't doing anything about them, so I plan to." The princess turned to her men, "I'm sure you are all aware that by what I'm saying, you all going to have to fight against your own countrymen."

Yuuto groaned as he stood up, "And in return?"

Leabella smirked, "I'll put in my all to keep the Japanese citizens safe." Her men smiled.

"Well, I don't want to ruin the nice moment but…" Richard started, "I believe you have somewhere you need to go, princess." Leabella glared at him, but started for her room to get ready. On her way she heard Richard barking at Yuuto to get the car ready, and she smiled. It was Monday, her first day of school.

Lelouch 16

"Are you okay with this?" Milly asked Lelouch while she walked him to his homeroom. She had been worrying over him since she saw him earlier that morning. To his nod she continued, "Are you sure? You can skip out for a day or two if you want."

"Milly," Lelouch looked over to the girl, "its okay. She's not a threat."

"But-"

"Relax," Lelouch said waving her off as he entered his classroom. He strode over to his seat. Rivalz bounded over to him.

"Whoa," the student council secretary started, "Rare seeing you this early on a school day."

Lelouch shrugged, "Yeah well."

Class was called into order, and Lelouch began his wait for the new student. It didn't take long for the door at the front of the class to open revealing a blonde girl in the school's uniform.

"Ah," the teacher said beckoning Isabella toward the front of the class, "Class, we have a new student today," the woman turned to Isabella, "Would you like to introduce yourself."

Isabella nodded and turned to the class, "Hello," her eyes landed on Lelouch and he frowned, "I am Isabella Lamperouge." Lelouch wasn't the slightest surprised by the amount of shocked students exclaiming after that.

"Are you and Lelouch related?!"

"Are you from the main land?!"

"How come we've never heard of you?!"

"Are you single!?"

Isabella stepped back from the assault of questions, but they didn't stop. One after another. Some would jumble together with another question causing even more confusion.

They didn't stop until Lelouch stood from his seat. All of the students turned to him expectantly. "Teacher," the prince started, "Would you allow me to give Isabella a tour of the school. As the vice president of the student council it is one of my duties to welcome new student to the campus." When he finished to class turned to the teacher, and Isabella blinked.

"Eh?" the teacher stammered and sweat dropped, "Well, I guess it's alright. Show Miss Lamperouge where all her classes are going to be, okay?"

Lelouch nodded walking towards the girl as his classmates watched intently. He went to open the door and Isabella walked out silently eyeing the class. Once out, he closed the door.

"Thanks," Isabella said exasperated. "I would have been a goner."

"That wouldn't have happened if we didn't share surnames," he replied coolly.

"I see," Isabella said just as bluntly. She walked some ways ahead of him.

Lelouch narrowed his eyes at the girl before calling, "Leabella vi Britannia."

Isabella stopped dead in her tracks. She didn't turn, and he smirked. "So," she said softly, "You were the one who hacked the system."

Lelouch frowned. How did she know that? He was sure to make sure he wasn't tracked.

"Lelouch, you should have been more careful," Isabella turned to him mimicking his earlier smirk, "I'm sure you noticed that hacking the file was different from the others. Why do you figure that?"

Lelouch's frown deepened, "So you put it so that you were notified when someone entered those files. I was thinking that once I had time to evaluate the contents of the file." Isabella didn't reply just smiled. Lelouch blinked, "Leabella's your commanding officer." Isabella nodded. "She's going to be the new sub-viceroy." Another nod. Lelouch ran a hand through his hair sounding relieved, "She's alive."

Leabella 16 (1st POV)

It was the end of the school day, and the student council was having a welcoming party for me. They were still setting up, so I had some time to kill. I walked around the school's court yards thinking of Lelouch and my earlier conversation. After all the tense talking subsided, he calmed down quite a bit…

"Yes, she's alive," I said calmly. In reality, I was raving inside wanting to hug and squeeze him so much, but I held it back.

"How is she?" Lelouch asked. "Where is she? Where was she? Why is she going to be the sub-viceroy? Doesn't she know-"

"Calm down," I say smiling lightly. It was refreshing seeing him like this. The same way we used to be. "She's fine."

"Where?"

I sighed, "She's at the military base."

"Military? Is she going to be part of the military?" Lelouch forwarded his brows concerned.

"Once she becomes sub-viceroy, she's going to work on being the head of the military here," I said. "Don't worry, she knows what she's doing."

"How are you so sure?" Lelouch frowned.

I smiled, "Look up Belarus's Wrath."

After that we walked around the campus talking. I gave him whatever much I had come up with as Isabella's background story. He told me about how he and Nunnally got sent to Japan. He asked a lot about me as Leabella. I gave him as much as I could, trying to leave out anything that was relative to geass. Along with all this, he agreed to letting me keep our mother's maiden name. During lunch, we met up with the student council members.

Milly was really energetic, which I liked but, a bit too pushy. I didn't mind her. Nina was an introvert, so I wasn't exactly able to see much of her personality. Rivalz was a funny laid back guy. I could tell instantly of his infatuation to Milly. Shirley was….Shirley. She was clumsy, a bit air headed, and totally in love with Lelouch. She actually reminded me a lot of Euphie.

My thought track was stopped by my phone vibrating in my shirt pocket. The collar ID was a simple 'R.'

I answered, "What is it?"

"Yuuto and I found a resistance group in the ghetto," Richard said.

"Alright," I said seriously looking around, "Tell Yuuto that he and I will check it out when he comes to pick me up. And, tell him to bring me some civilian clothes."

"Alright," Richard then hung up.

I smiled. Excellent. I wasn't going to have much of power to move around in the military of politically till I turned seventeen, and then my power would be limited. If I could find a way to worm my way into this group, it'll give me more room to move around.

"Isabella!"

I turned seeing Shirley waving me to come.

"So, are you and Lelouch related?" RIvalz asked after we had settled into the small ball room to eat.

"Yes," I said turning to Lelouch catching his eye, "actually, we're siblings."

"Eh?!" the group said surprised.

Shirley spoke first, "Then why did it seem like you guys were strangers the other day."

"Oh," Lelouch started, "We haven't seen each other in years. So, we didn't recognize each other."

"Years?" Milly asked not buying it.

"Yes," I replied, "I got separated from Lelouch and Nunnally when the war here ended and they moved here. Things got a bit worse when I entered the military."

"When did you join the military?" Rivalz started, "Aren't you sixteen? How did you make it so high up in the ranks so fast?"

Lelouch looked up at me expectantly. He didn't know either, so I'm sure he was curious. "Well, it just depends how well of a soldier you are. Plus, it's easier to climb ranks if you're a knightmare pilot."

"You're a knightmare pilot!?" RIvalz exclaimed amazed. "Wow!" I looked around to see surprised faces including Lelouch.

"Hello?" I soft voice came from the entrance of the room. I whipped my head around to see her. In an automatic wheel chair. Her wavy hair cascading all around her. Nunnally.

"Well," Milly said, "I'd say all together, today was a good say. Now, I believe the three should have their own reunion."

"Reunion?" Nunnally asked as the student council members said their goodbyes to us.

"All show you out," Lelouch said following the herd. When he past me he said lowly, "Be nice." I scowled at him. How could I not be nice!

"Um, Hello?" Nunnally asked. I almost wanted to cry when I looked at her. The young girl I had once saw happily giggling and running around the Aries Villa was now bound to a wheelchair with her eyes closed unseeing.

"Nunnally," I said softly walking towards her. She tilted her head to the side. Slowly she reached out with her hand, and I took it. "It's me."

"Sissy?" she whispered.

"Yes," I said reaching to cup her cheek in my free hand, "I'm back."

"Oh," tears sprung out behind her closed lids, "I knew it. I knew you be back to us."

"You've grown quite a lot, Nuna," I said suppressing the lump in my throat, "I wish I could have seen it." Nunnally choked on a sob before I brought her into an embrace. My little sister. Here, right here. For years I had only dreamed of this. After a moment, I heard steps come from the hall. "Nunnally," I said firmly.

"Yes?"

"You can't tell Lelouch who I am," I said whipping away her years along with mine.

She gasped, "Why?"

I rubbed the back of her hands with my thumbs, "I'm here at Ashford on an alias."

"A fake identity?"

"Yes, it's so that you and Lelouch don't get into trouble if you're seen with the real me. But Lelouch doesn't know that. And he can't."

"O-okay," she said, "I trust you sissy."

"How was it?" Yuuto said as I climbed into the back seat of the car.

"Great," I said stripping off my school jacket and tie. Yuuto handed me a bag holding a pair of pants and a sweater. "I saw my brother and sister."

"Awesome," he said as he drove towards the edge of the settlement, "Did you tell them who you are?"

"Only my sister," I said as I put on the pants under my school skirt then slid it off, "If I told my brother, he would try to get me away from Britannia."

"How do you know that?" he asked raising an eye brow as he stopped at a red light.

"Simple," I stated putting on the sweater over my school shirt.

"Geass?" He asked and I nodded, "That thing is automatically on now, right?"

"Yup," I said shimming into the front passenger seat.

"So, then you're always in people's minds? Then what's the point of the contacts?"

"Yes. Technically, I'm always in everyone's mind, but the way I have it now-not really using it, I'm just aware of everyone's mind. For example, I can 'sense' your mind there," I pointed to him, "without looking at you. Actually using it is a whole different story. The contact is just so people don't freak out by a girl with one glowing red eye, and when I make eye contact with someone they kind of stop whatever they're doing. It's sort of like sedating them."

Yuuto whistled as he parked on the side of the road in front of a parking pole. "Well, that's not confusing," he said sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes, stepping out of the car, "Let's go."

"Are you sure it's around here?" I sighed dully

"Yeah," Yuuto said looking around consciously.

"Is that why you're so jumpy?" I asked, "Afraid of the big bad terrorist?"

Yuuto growled pulling me into an alley nearby. I tensed as I saw a couple people passing. It was a woman with shiny blue hair and a man with dark purple hair. Both were wearing red bands around their heads. Bingo.

We let them pass, and then walked out. I looked back to where they were walking a couple blocks down, then towards where they came from. I trotted along the side walk away from Yuuto.

"Lea," Yuuto snapped quietly, "I told you to let me lead."

"You're taking too long," I said simply. I continued until I came upon a storage building complex. "Whoa," I said as I walked past the gate with Yuuto walking irritably behind me. Some of the storage units were crumpled or destroyed. Then I came upon a large one. The side door was wide open as if welcoming me.

"Lea, wai-" Yuuto tried to stop me before I rushed inside. I heard him groan before I stopped inside.

"Whoa," I said as Yuuto approached me from behind.

"What is it?" Yuuto asked apprehensive.

It was a bit banged up and faded, but it was plugged into an outlet to the wall, so it had to work. I step up to it pressing certain buttons until the hatch opened revealing a seat that was worn. I grinned, "It's a knightmare simulator."

"Eh?" Yuuto asked. I climbed into the seat seeing the screens inside all lit up.

"This thing is ancient," I commented. "I'm gonna try it."

"Lea, no," Yuuto said sternly.

"Oh, c'mon," I said, "No one's here, so lighten up. I'll go through it once."

Yuuto groaned, "Fine."

"Yes!" I cheered letting the seat slide into the cockpit. I started up the system, and up came a list of high scores. "N. K….182 Count" I said absent minded as I started the simulation. I started out on a beach seeing a group of gloscows charge at me. "So, this is a fourth generation simulator…" I backed off releasing my slash harkens taking down the two flanking the middle one. Said knightmare started shooting at me with its detachable gun. I dodged easily sighing. It was a simple out dated simulator. It quickly got through the knightmare and the next wave of them. I wasn't surprise. The gloscows were over five years old. Back then, all you need in training was how to use the knightmare and done since the other side had none.

It was almost disappointing. I swiftly got up the 213 with little damage to my simulated knightmare. Before letting my knightmare die out. On the score board it let me post my name. I mulled over it before typing 'Isa.'

I exited the cockpit and jump down to where Yuuto was standing impatient. "So, how was it?"

"Boring," I stated walking out.

"Then why try it?" Yuuto asked a bit agitated as we made our way out of the storage house complex.

I smirked, "To leave a little evidence."

"Hey, Naoto!" Tamaki hollered inside the near empty building.

Naoto looked over from where he was talking with Ohgi and the others, "What is it?"

"Someone beat your score on this thing," Tamaki said jumping down from the seat.

Naoto raised an eyebrow. No one in their little group had done that. He turned to his best friend, "Ohgi, did you?"

Ohgi held up his hands innocent, "There's no way that I beat your score."

"Hm," Naoto walked over to the simulator climbing into the cockpit with the seat still out. He directed the system to show him the high score list. When it popped out he forwarded his brows. "Who's Isa?"

"Schneizel," I greeted my brother brightly over the video conversation.

"Leabella," he greeted formally, "It's been much too long. How are you?"

"I'm fine," I said settling into my seat in the small conference room in the government bureau. I looked over to my side eyeing Richard sitting cross legged in his seat eating his cookies. At my other side was Yuuto.

"Mind introducing me to your companions, sister?" Schneizel asked looking from Yuuto to Richard and back perplexed.

"Oh," I gestured to Richard, "This is R.R.. He's somewhat of a little assistant for me." I then gestured to Yuuto, "This is Yuuto Aoki, my second in command."

"My, my. When Clovis said you returned with an odd bunch, he wasn't over exaggerating," Schneizel commented making my eyebrow twitch. "So, what did you call for me for, Leabella?"

"Oh, right," I said remembering what I had called the prime minister for. "I've become aware that you are now funding a special core team that used to belong to my mother."

"Are you referring to Earl Asplund and his research unit? Yes, I suppose since Lady Marianne simply stated that upon an unexpected death all her belonging would become owned by her children, so by that statement the unit is ultimately yours. The only problem is that I'm funding it. I don't suppose you have the funding to support that unit do you?"

I smirked, "Schneizel, you don't think I spent six years in a foreign country and did nothing do you?"

My brother was silent for a while before speaking, "So, you don't have funding."

"…no," I said dejectedly.

"Well, then," Schneizel started, "Why don't we treat this like that cat."

"Cat?" I said confused.

"I'm sure you remember. It was that one time I went to visit, and you found a cat."

"Oh yeah," I said recalled the event, "It was roaming around the Villa's garden, and I wanted to keep it, but Mother wouldn't let me." I smiled, "So, instead you said that the cat would be yours, but while you were away from Pendragon, you wanted me to take care of it. And if by chance, I was away from Pendragon, you would take care of it. What ever happened to it?"

"Actually," Schneizel smiled warmly, "I think it's still alive. I had lent it to that girl that was staying with your mother for etiquette lessons."

"Etiquette lessons," I said dejectedly. I hated those things. I blinked recalling a young girl that would hide from me back then, "You mean Anya?"

"Ah, yes. She stayed in Pendragon all the time so it was perfect," my brother said, "If you want I can have her ship the cat to you. As of now, I believe Anya is doing knightmare training." I blinked. Anya doing knightmare training? That didn't seem like the shy girl I had met all those years ago. Then again, time does change people.

"So what do you suppose we do about the unit, brother?" I asked getting back to the subject.

"Well, why don't we split the ownership," I raised an eyebrow, "We'll treat it much like the cat, but take away the factor of a certain place."

"I'm listening."

"I'll send the unit to area 11, on your birthday. That's enough time for you to find a budget. After that, you may do with it as you please. If you somehow aren't able to keep ownership of the unit, I'll take command."

"If I am not able to keep ownership…what do you mean by that?" I asked.

"Well, Leabella. If I know you as well as I think I know you, I'd say you are going to work on become the head of the military as sub-viceroy of area 11. That'll be a very dangerous post."

"So, you're saying that by chance, let's say I am taken out, ownership of the unit goes to you?" I asked coolly.

"Well, there's also the chance, that you'll be captured and held hostage," Schneizel said nonchalantly.

"And let's say, the same happens to you," I suggested.

"Well, the funding going towards the unit will be gone. But, by the same token all rights of the unit will then hence forth go to you."

I groaned as I stretched in my office chair. Yuuto, Richard, and I had gotten back from the Government bureau a couple hours ago, so now it was finally time to relax.

"You'll get sick if you don't properly dry your hair, you know," Richard said heading to the door that lead to our room.

"Or shut up and go shower," I said typing on my computer as I finished an email. Once he was gone I mutter, "Toweling my hair is fine."

I typed a bit more before clicking on the send button. I shut down the device before moving to the sketch pad that was laying on my desk. I leaned it against the desk with its support on my lap as I started sketching the basic design of the knightmares my men and I piloted back in Belarus.

There was a knock on my door that led to the hall going to the training room, and I said, "Come in."

"Um, Princess?" I looked up to see Suzaku peeping in. I gestured for him to come in.

I smiled, "I told you, you can call me Leabella."

"Oh, right!" he said rubbing the back of his neck, "Uh…Leabella?"

"Yes?"

"U-uhm, well," he looked down at his shoes.

I frowned, "Suzaku," he looked up wide eyed, "you don't have to be nervous around me. Honest."

"But, you're royalty," he said.

I looked at him sadly, "I don't really care," he blinked surprised, "I'm not sure if Lelouch told you, but he renounced his royal status before he came here."

"Oh, yes he told me," Suzaku said sadly remember my Lelouch. Then he sputtered out, "You're not thinking about doing that too, are you?"

I giggled, "Of course not." I set down my sketch book on the desk closing it, "I know I'm might be walking into something dangerous since I joined the imperial family line again, but I don't care. And even with the title of royalty back, I at least want my men to be comfortable around me."

"If you don't mind me asking," Suzaku said finally taking a seat across from me, "What are your reasons for that? Joining the royal family again, I mean."

I looked over at the Britannian flag hanging from a flag pole at the corner of the office, "I don't see the good in this country, so I plan on changing it." I turned to Suzaku, "Did any of my men tell you about where we were before arriving here?"

Suzaku tilted his head, "Something about Belarus…that's in Europe right?"

"Yes," I smiled, "It's bordered with Russia." Then, I said seriously, "My father bargained me off to the President of Belarus just before Lelouch and Nunnally were sent here." Suzaku gaped at me in shock. Officially, that's what Marko said to his country, but I knew that it was really Richard working around the system. "In Belarus, I became somewhat of a tool." He blinked, and I frowned. I had to decide. Did I want to tell him about geass? "By the age of thirteen I was already leading their military in strikes against the Russian-Britannian front." Guess not. Suzaku's eyes widened.

"Wait," Suzaku said before exclaiming, "You were Belarus's Wrath?!"

I grinned, "So, you've heard of me?"

"I had heard of you when I was fourteen. My family was so amazed that someone was able to hold back the Britannian army, even that of the Russian- Britannian army is astonishing." I smiled. "Wait, but that would mean…you actually went against Britannia."

"Yes, I did," I said remember that heart stopping moment when I was in front of the emperor. "But I also worked at getting the nation to fall to Britannia."

"You did?" Suzaku asked curiously.

I sighed, "Yeah," I ruffled my slightly damp hair absent minded, "My men took down the capital." I smirked, "Just minutes as the Knight of Ten came charging in." I giggled a bit, "He was not happy that his job was down by someone else." Suzaku smiled laughing. I smiled getting up from my seat, "Alright, it's quite late now, isn't it?"

"Ah," Suzaku started getting up from his seat, "Right." I walked him over to the door. "Um, Goodnight, Princess."

I pouted, "It's Leabella."

"Oh, right," Suzaku smiled sheepishly, "Goodnight, Leabella."

"Goodnight, Suzaku."

The moment Suzaku walked into the barracks we was bombarded with wolf howls, cheering and whistling. He jumped back startled. Yuuto and Katsu were in the front patting him roughly on the back while everyone either said congratulations or cheered more.

"Well done, kid," Katsu said shaking him all the while.

"'Bout freaking time," Yuuto said slapping Suzaku on the back making the teenager stumble a bit. "Kichiro!" the second in command pointed towards the horde of men, "You owe me fifty!"

"U-uh," Suzaku looked around concerned, "If you don't mind me asking…What is all this for?"

"C'mon!" one of Leabella's men hollered, "don't be shy about it!"

"Huh?" Suzaku said dumbfounded.

"They're being awfully loud," Richard commented lying horizontally at the foot of the bed.

"Let them," Leabella said changing into her night clothes with was just a pair of cotton short shorts and a louse t-shirt. The climbed under the covers of the bed correctly ignoring the boy's odd sleeping position, "You can work them all you want tomorrow to release any frustration."

"Offer taken," Richard drawled.

"What?" Suzaku yelped. "Y-you guys think that me and L-lea…"

"Of course we do!" Yuuto exclaimed, "All the little hints lead to that conclusion."

"Huh?" Suzaku said exasperated.

Yuuto pinched the bridge of his nose before saying, "Allow us to explain."

"She's been treating you differently ever since you got here," Masanori said from his bed.

"I discount that," Suzaku defended.

"She spared with you differently," Yuuto said then blinked, "even though it was for like eight seconds."

"That doesn't mean anything," Suzaku blushed, his pride a bit hurt.

"You came out of your interview without a scratch," Katsu said then he pointed behind him to Eiji who's once purple jaw was now a light green, "Even the little pup got a swing and you didn't."

"Well…"

"You just spent a whole half hour in her office," Kichiro said, "most of us haven't even been in there!"

"Whoah, whoah," Suzaku back up, "Sure that might sound a bit…"

"Odd?"

"Unusual?"

"Suspicious?"

"Scandalous?"

"Maybe…." Suzaku looked away from the men, "but, I mean, c'mon…Princess Leabella and me."

No one spoke. The poor teen blinked, "What?"

"Are you stupid?" Yuuto deadpanned.

"Eh?" Suzaku yelped.

"With all that time you spent doing whatever it is you were doing in that office…" Kichiro started.

"That sounds wrong!"

"You must have realized what Leabella wants to do here."

"Of course," Suzaku said, "She wants to reform Britannia." At least that's what he hoped what she meant back in her office.

"That's right," Katsu said, and the young teen mentally 'phew'ed. "That also includes bringing back the old leaders of Japan into office, meaning you and the other leading clans."

"Me?"

"Duh!" half of the men yelled at him.

Masanori rubbed his chin, "It would be a great way to help the reform, along with getting the Japanese to support it."

"Which one of us would be the one to take Lea down the aisle?"

"ME!"

"Hey!" Suzaku yelped taking a few steps away from them, "You are looking way too far into the future!" The only response he got was one group shrug, and he groaned.

Chapter 4 is done! hip hip hooray!

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