L.K.: Wow, lots of reviews in less than 24 hours! Okay, someone mentioned that I had the rating set to T, then put lemon in the story. I'm sorry about that, I forgot to change the rating after I added the 4th chapter. But there was a warning label on the section where there was mature content.

Okay, for those thinking that Lelouch set up the marriage. That's not what happened, he could just use his Geass to cancel the wedding, but he actually loves Kallen so he figures why not. The only thing Lulu did was tell Milly that the only way he'd be Prince is if Kallen was Cinderella.

One Month and Zero Dolls

Zero had walked Kallen home, but out of fear of being seen, they had climbed up the tree and through her window to get into her room.

"Thanks for taking me home Zero." She said as she leaned over the window sill and kissed his mask.

"Anytime Kallen, I'm just glad you aren't wearing lipstick." He smirked behind his mask.

"Oh, I'd've left a kiss mark." She giggled as she closed the window and waved good bye.

He put his hand up to his mask and then thrust it out in her direction with a goofy pose, respectively blowing Kallen a kiss.

Kallen smiled at this act of affection and watched as he ran off into the dead of the night, again.

Zero had walked back to where he had parked his motorcycle and removed his mask and cloak, hoping no one would recognize the strange purple suit. Lelouch drove home along the oceanic route at a normal speed. He cleared his mind by looking out to the moonlit ocean.

'Kallen…I don't know how you'll react. I don't even know if you'll love me still. But I hope you'll at least understand…' Lelouch thought solemnly.

XxXxX

After Zero left, Kallen decided to take a shower. Stripping herself of her cloths, she stepped into the hot bath. Allowing the water's heat to relax her, she began to feel a stinging pain in between her legs.

'Damn..Zero did a number on me…' she thought as she flinched at the pain.

She poured some bubbles into the warm water to help her relax. Kallen looked over to the wall clock, it was three A.M. Exhaustion took over her and she slowly drifted off into sleep.

/\/\/\Kallen's Dream/\/\/\

Kallen sat in a chair in her fluffy white Princess dress, just starting out and watching as all the other happy couples danced about. Out of the tons of people out on the dance floor waltzing, Kallen's eye caught a black shadow in the background as it drifted between the dancers.

Squinting her eyes, the only part of the 'shadow' that she could see was that it held a human shape. The shade drew closer and closer, it was headed right for her. The dark creature made a clean cut through the other people to get to Kallen.

"Cinderella…" it moaned as it stood In front of her.

"Wh-what? Me? Cinderella?" she asked bewildered as she pointed to herself.

"Kallen…My Queen!" the hoarse voice called out to her with arms wide open.

"Queen?" she repeated as she eyes the beast closer.

As the lights around her became brighter, the shadow's figure became clearer and more obvious.

"Z-zero!" she shrieked as he kneeled down before her and offered her his hand.

"Dance with me, my Queen." Zero said in his synthetic voice.

"I'm your Queen?" she asked as she took his hand and stood up.

"At the stroke of midnight you will be mine, Kallen." He said as he guided her to the dance floor.

"The stroke..of midnight?" she repeated as they fell into position and began to dance.

As he guided her into each step of waltzing, she followed the best that she could. The lights were incredibly bright now and all the other dancers around them seemed to disappear in the overwhelming light.

"I can't see anything Zero! It's too bright!" she hid her face in his chest, trying to avoid the light.

Zero dropped her hand and the other left her waist. Clapping his hands twice loudly, the lights went back to their dim and gloomy shine. As soon as they went back to dancing, Kallen noticed that all the other dancers had been swallowed by the blinding light that had been there only moments ago.

Looking up at his mask, she could make the outline of his face.

"I wish that just once, I could see your face Zero." She whispered.

"Your wish is my command, my Queen!" Zero said as he stopped dancing. His hands went to his helmet and Kallen heard a click. He slowly lifted off his helmet, but much to her disappointment, the lights dimmed even darker.

She heard his mask hit the floor with a loud clank.

"Shall we continue dancing, my love?" Zero said in his human voice as he bowed before her.

Unable to comprehend what was happening, she allowed him to lead her across the dark dance floor. She kept her eyes transfixed on where his face was supposed to be, but all she could see was a silhouette. Suddenly out of the darkness, she saw a bright red light immerge from his left eye. A bright red bridge that lit up like a demon's eye. She gasped silently as her lips parted in shock. Both of his eyes, and eyes alone, were visible. One was bright violet, the other bright crimson.

"Your eyes, they are made of magic!" she exclaimed as she stopped dancing.

"It's not magic…it's Geass!" Zero roared as he grabbed her again forcefully and continued to dance with her. Kallen struggled to get away from him.

"What's Geass?" she demanded. Kallen pulled away from him and took a step backwards.

"Kallen!" Zero hollered angrily.

"Tell me!" she stomped her foot.

Zero pulled out a gun and pointed it at her.

"Obey me Kallen!" he yelled as he clicked the gun's henge.

Kallen turned and tried to run away, but Zero fired the gun. The bullet went through her back and out of her chest. Zero dropped the gun and ran to her side.

"This is what happens Kallen…when you don't obey me." He said in a dark, scary voice.

"Zero…" she whispered through her bloodstained voice.

He bent down and pressed his cold lips against her warm ones. Soon Kallen was lying on the floor with Zero standing over her in a pool of her blood. She felt colder than ever before, as all of her warming blood drained out of her body. The last thing Kallen saw in her dream was Zero's demonic red, glowing eyes.

/\/\/\End Dream/\/\/\

Kallen woke up with a jump in the cold water. Looking around herself franticly, she finally calmed down.

'It was just a dream..' she thought with a relieved sigh.

She stood up and drained the tub of the freezing water and grabbed her towel. She wrapped the warming cloth around herself and walked out of the bathroom. Once back inside her room she flopped down on her bed.

Images of Zero's wicked yes flashed in her mind.

'It was just a dream girl chill out!' she shot herself down.

'Wait! Maybe it meant something! I mean, when I did see Zero's eyes for the first time, they were red and purple like in my dream! Oh no!' she trembled slightly.

'But does he really have this magic called Geass?' she questioned herself.

Deciding not to get all worked up over it, she put on her night cloths and climbed into her bed. Before she dozed off she checked her alarm clock, it was already five A.M.

XxXxX

The next morning at school, Kallen showed up late. Finally arriving, she politely excused herself inside of the classroom and sat in her assigned seat.

"Lulu, where'd you go last night?" Shirley whispered loud enough for Kallen to hear.

"I went to the store and then a friend asked me to go gambling with him." He lied.

"Lu..lu! Why do you gamble!?" Shirley hissed.

'Lelouch gambles?' Kallen thought, a dangerous look on her face.

"Just how many gamble buddies do you have Lulu?" the fuming girl asked.

'Gamble…buddies?' Kallen's eyes narrowed.

"I didn't know you gambled Lelouch. What games do you play?" Kallen said in a normal tone.

"Uhh yeah. I play poker, twenty-one and dice." He admitted.

"So you have poker buddies right?" she asked as she leaned over the empty chair between Shirley and herself.

"Yes." Lelouch gave her a confused look, why was she so curious?

"Would you take me with you next time you go gambling?" she asked as she clasped her hands together in a very girly way.

"Sure, how does after school sound?" he offered.

"Okay!" she agreed with a smile.

"Lulu! Why are you hanging around with Kallen so much lately?" Shirley pouted.

"I guess we have to start telling people don't we…?" Kallen groaned.

"You're right." He sighed.

"Tell…what?" Shirley became worried.

"Me and Kallen…are…boyfriend and girlfriend…" Lelouch stumbled out with a blush.

"WHAT!?" Shirley screeched angrily as she stood up abruptly.

"It's true." Kallen said in her shy voice.

"No way!"

"Lulu has a girlfriend?"

"When did this happen?"

"Go Lelouch!"

"Nice pick of the litter!"

"Oh Kallen, I'm so jealous!"

These were just some of the things that the classroom was talking about. Both Kallen and Lelouch could feel a headache coming on.

After classes, and not to mention an earful of Shirley, Lelouch and Kallen made their way to rehearsals.

"I say we shouldn't of told them yet, and we're not boyfriend and girlfriend! We're just engaged!" Kallen huffed madly as she walked side by side with Lelouch. Letting out a deep, drawn out sigh, Lelouch felt heavy from the previous night's adventures. It amazed him how much energy she still had.

"I think it's best this way, the sooner they knew the better." He said stiffly as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Upon entering the Student Council room, Kallen was immediately dragged into the closed off are for the girl's to change. Milly thrust the Cinderella costume into her arms and closed the curtains.

"Okay Lulu, get dressed, this is out last practice before spring break!" Milly yelled across the room to him.

"Okay, okay, okay!" he said mockingly.

Kallen's eyes went wide. What did she just hear?

"Okay, Okay, Okay!" Rivalz repeated Lelouch with the same accent.

'It must be a man joke or something…' Kallen thought as she discarded the issue.

'Or wait! It could be something from the Poker games! I know Rivalz goes with Lelouch a lot. Maybe I'll see Zero there after rehearsals…' she though slyly as she zipped up the back of her dress.

Kallen' mind was so preoccupied by the thought of seeing Zero's real face, that she went through rehearsals in a daze. As soon as they were over, Kallen ran over to Lelouch and grabbed his arm.

"Let's go!" she said happily.

"What's got you all hyped up?" he asked as he grabbed two helmets for his motorcycle.

"Nothing, I just like poker!" she lied with an even faker smile.

'She must…I mean she played strip poker with Zero for the love of god..' he thought as he mounted the bike and Kallen hopped on behind him.

They took off at the speed of light as Kallen gripped Lelouch's torso as tightly as possible. Crossing the highway and into the main town, Lelouch stopped at a building that said 'Gamer's Den'.

"Here we are." He announced as he pulled of his helmet and got off the bike.

Kallen jumped off as well and they both entered the black windowed building. Immediately after Lelouch opened the door, a thick cloud of smoke erupted from the building. The smell of cigars and weed filled Kallen's lungs and she coughed loudly.

"Oh, I forgot you're sick. Are your lungs too weak to handle cigarette smoke?" he asked as he patted her back.

"No, I'm fine. I just have to get used to it." She said as she rubbed her nose. Kallen was sued to being around heavy smokers all the time, Ougi and a lot of the other Black Knights were chain smokers.

'I wonder if Zero smokes…' she thought in disgust.

They walked inside and Lelouch pointed to a table of four men playing poker.

"Hey it's Lelouch!" called out a man at the said table.

"I'm back." He said as he led Kallen over to the table to sit next to him.

Kallen immediately began looking for a man that fit Zero's criteria.

'No, he's too fat. He's too bulging with muscles. He's too tall…' but then one caught her attention.

"That's a nice looking' girl you've got there." Said one of the men. Kallen wanted to give him a look of disgust. But she held it in when she noticed that he wore a hat, sunglasses and something that covered his mouth.

'Zero!' she thought with eyes wide.

"This is Kallen, my girlfriend. She'll be playing poker with us today." Lelouch stated firmly as he gave the man a harsh look.

"Hey miss, do you like strip poker by any chance?" the man joked.

Kallen's heart nearly missed a beat, here he was, Zero. There was no longer any doubt in her mind that this man was Zero. Kallen gave the masked man a cold stare as she prepared to face off against him for what could be the second time in poker.

"Hey now, that's not how you treat a lady." Lelouch scolded him.

"Okay, okay, okay!" the man scoffed. Kallen glared, she would reveal him.

"It's alright, I'll just kick his ass in poker!" Kallen smirked.

"Bring it…redhead." He said dangerously. Lelouch rolled his eyes.

"You can be quite the asshole, you know that Endimion." Lelouch arched his brow quizzically.

"You're one to talk Lulu." The man retorted.

'So Endimion is his name…' she though victoriously.

As the game went on, Kallen hadn't beaten the man even once. Lelouch on the other hand had won just about every round. Becoming frustrated, Kallen looked up at the mystery man, Endimion. She stared him directly in the eye, as he returned the favor.

"Why are you wearing all of that?" she finally asked challengingly, almost rudely.

"I'm….."

'Zero!' she thought as she awaited him to finish.

"..a burn victim." He said slowly. Kallen's face fell, he had to be joking.

"Really now? Can I see your eyes then?" she asked now more curious than ever.

"I'm afraid I only have one good eye." He admitted.

"Well then, let's se-"

"Kallen! Why are you so interested in this man?" Lelouch barked.

"I uhh…I don't feel so well.." she faked, hoping it'd lead Lelouch away from her sudden outburst.

Lelouch inwardly sighed, knowing that she was faking because she wasn't really ill. But he had to follow along with her silly game.

"Is it the smoke, do you need some fresh air?" he asked, faking concern.

"Yes, I'll go out alone for a minute, I should feel better soon." She said as she dashed out of the building.

Pressing her back against the brick wall of the building, she calmed her heart down. Taking out her cell phone, she dialed Zero's number and peeked through the dark window to see Endimion.

He sat still as her phone kept ringing.

"Hello?" came Zero's usual voice.

"Zero-Sama?" Kallen asked. Looking inside the window, Endimion was playing cards with the others including Lelouch. No one was holding a cell phone.

Lelouch held a prerecorded message up to the phone in his pocket, Kallen never knew.

"Oh I'm so sorry to have wasted your time! I must've dialed the wrong number!" she lied as she laughed nervously.

"I'm busy, I've got to go." Zero said from the other end of the phone.

"Okay." she spoke softly and apologized again as she hung up.

'I guess it's not him…' she thought half mad half relieved.

Kallen walked back inside and sat back down next to Lelouch.

"I feel much better now!" she said perkily.

"That's good to hear, maybe we can play strip poker now!" Endimion said seductively.

"Not on your life!" Kallen hissed.

XxXxX

After the card game ended, Lelouch and Kallen were back on the highway. Kallen rested her head on Lelouch's back, she felt like she was floating.

"I could fall asleep like this.." she whispered lazily.

"Hey Kallen, the sun is setting, wanna go sit by the ocean and watch it go down?" Lelouch yelled back to her.

"Alright!" she said perking up from her slight depression of not finding Zero.

Within minutes, Lelouch pulled up to the ocean. Parking his bike and they took their shoes and socks off. Kallen was the first to run out and put her feet into the water.

"Wow! It's so pretty!" she said with eyes full of wonder.

'Maybe now is a good time to tell her…' he thought hopefully.

Lelouch walked across the sand and seashells and into the water, standing next to her.

"Kallen, we need to talk." He said gloomily.

She nodded and they sat down in the dry sand and let their feet dwindle in the water.

"I've been informed of our wedding date." He began looking down at his hand that grabbed at the sand.

"Oh.." she turned to look the other way.

"When is it?" she asked as the tears started to gather at the corners of her eyes.

"The day after graduation." He said shifting his gaze out to the wide open ocean.

Kallen's head snapped up quickly, her heart pounding fast.

"That's only in one month!" she exclaimed with fear evident on her features.

"I know, it can't be changed or helped. Neither of us picked this fate and there's not much we can do about it." He said sadly as he put an arm around her.

'I know a way…if I reveal myself as a Black Knight and run off with Zero..then they'd never let me marry Lelouch!' she thought sardonically.

"Kallen, you know I love you right?" he asked as he turned to face her, unable to stare at the bright sun any longer.

"Y-yeah.." she mumbled.

They sat in silence, besides the crashing waves and flocks of seagulls, for the rest of the sunset.

"Hey Lulu....can I be completely honest with you?" she said with a shaking voice.

"Of course you can." He said as he pulled her to lean on his shoulder.

"I'm.." she panted.

"I…I'm.." she cringed.

"I'm not…" she froze. Tears erupted from her eyes, she no longer had the strength to lie.

She took in a deep breath.

"I'm not really sick!" she yelled out, finally admitting part of the truth.

She squeezed her eyes shut in an attempt to get her tears to stop.

"K-kallen…?" Lelouch stared down at her in confusion.

"You heard me, it's all fake! I'm not sick, I don't' ever recall being sick a day in my life!" she said through grit teeth. She stood up and walked off, leaving Lelouch alone to sit in the sand.

Lelouch sat still and silent by himself for a few minutes.

"I know…" he whispered.

As the last of the sun's rays disappeared, Lelouch stood up and walked back towards his motorcycle. He found Kallen sitting on the seat of the bike flipping through her cell phone.

"Take me home Lulu." Kallen commanded flatly.

"Okay." He said emotionless.

Both got on the motorcycle and drove off back onto the highway. It was mostly quiet until Kallen started crying.

"You okay back there?" Lelouch asked as he reached back and patted her head.

"Yeah..I just…" she sniffled as she wiped her own tears away.

"I don't' know what to do anymore."

"It'll all work out, I promise." He assured her.

"Want me to do another wheelie?" he half joked.

"Yes!" she said perking up immediately.

Lelouch performed another wheelie for her as she felt the breeze twist and tangle her hair.

Kallen gave Lelouch the directions to her house and in no time they had arrived. Lelouch stopped at the driveway and let her off.

"So I'll see you tomorrow then." she waved and ran inside the house.

Lelouch frowned, she didn't seem to like him much. Before he could pull out fo the driveway his cell phone rang.

"Hello?" he asked, who would be calling him at this hour?

"Lelouch? Can you come see me for a minute." Came Rivalz voice.

"Yeah sure, but where?" Lelouch carefully pulled out of the driveway and made his way to where Rivalz was.

XxXxX

Kallen ran straight to her room and tossed her stuff on the floor and made a dashed to her closet. She pulled out a new pair of cloths and put them on.

"Mom! I'm walking to the store, I'll be back later." She yelled as she ran out of the house.

'Well..I didn't find Zero and I told Lelouch part of the truth….not a good day today.' She though somberly as she walked down the dark street.

She needed to be alone since she had been surrounded by too many people lately. She kept her eyes open for anything interesting and she walked by many stores. As she walked by a gift store, she noticed a giant stuffed Zero doll.

'The store owner must be a fan..' she thought as she smiled at the rather cute plushie. 'I think I'll buy it just to show it to Zero…maybe it'll drive him crazy!' she giggled as she ran into the store.

As she walked up to the counter she asked the cashier about it and they pulled it off the shelf for her. Kallen bought it since it was at such a reasonable price.

"So you're a Brittanian buying a Zero doll?" he asked.

"Oh I uhm..it's for a friend, she's Japanese." Kallen said nervously as she clutched the squishy doll to her chest.

"Ahh, I'm glad to see that the Japanese and Brittanians can get along at your age! You know I'm Brittanian myself, but my wife is Japanese." He said as he handed Kallen her change.

"That's cool." She said as she walked out of the store.

As she continued to walk down the street, she got many stares as she snuggled the doll. Even though people began calling her 'Eleven' she couldn't care less.

Upon passing a toy store she saw yet another Zero doll, but this one came with a free Black Knight vixen. Kallen nearly had a heart attack when she saw that the Knight girl had red hair.

'It must be me! I've gotta have it!' she squealed inside her mind.

She dashed inside the store happily and bought the pair.

"Heh, you must be a big fan." The woman behind the desk said as she noted Kallen's large stuffed doll.

"N-no..it's for my friend!" Kallen whipped around.

"Say..you've got red hair just like the doll. You sure you're not conspiring?" the woman eyes Kallen suspiciously.

"No way! I'm a Brittanian!" she screeched then ran off with the two dolls.

Once out on the streets, Kallen looked inside her wallet.

'I'm low on money…I'll have to go back out tomorrow. This is fun! I wonder what Zero would think if he knew I bought these…'

As if on cue, she saw Lelouch and Rivalz heading her way from down the street.

'Oh no! I can't let them see this stuff!' she panicked as she tried to think of a hiding place. But it was too late, Lelouch had already spotted her.

"Kallen?" he asked as he waved to her.

'I'm dead…'

Kallen nervously waved back and tried her best to hide the dolls behind herself.

"What have you got there?" He asked as he tried looking behind her but she moved away from him.

"I uhh…I was just heading home! Later Lulu!" she said as she turned and ran from him.

Lelouch got a small peek at what she was holding. 'A Zero doll?' he thought as he watched her run away from him. Lelouch stifled a laugh as he realized just how cute Kallen actually was, she liked stuffed animals. Now he knew what kind of gifts to get her. Zero dolls.

L.K.: Meh, I'm gonna cut it off there. Review and you shall receive an imaginary Zero Doll!