L.K.: Wow…..time can sure..fly by. XD Well I've had several offers from different people wanting to finish the series for me, but alas this is MY fanfic! RAWR WARGLE BARGLE! *foams at the mouth* Heh, sorry to those who offered, but thank you! I assure you now that I have my new computer I'll be updating like mad…an author is NOTHING without her/his stories! I was having severe writing withdrawals. So much so that when my teacher would assign a 2 page essay I'd write up a 5 page essay. Yeah….. ;_; I miss writing fanfics!

Oh, I guess I should tell you all the news. I'M PREGNANT! Lawl jk jk….but seriously, there's good news! I have aids! I kid, I kid…chill. For real though, I've decided to challenge myself to a 1KFF! "What's a 1KFF?" you ask? 1K means 1,000 and FF means fanfic. So basically I'm challenging myself to write 1,000 fanfics! I re-introduce to you…The Dark Bride – FF#1 of the challenge!

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The Dark Bride

Ch. 10 –

'Lulu-Chan…..' he thought half angrily, half disgusted. 'Who on EARTH came up with that!'

Kallen was sitting at the computer desk doing homework in her pajamas while Lelouch was lying on the bed in nothing but pajama bottoms. Kallen's slender fingers typed madly away at the keyboard as she tried her best to type up her history paper. Lelouch's violet eyes scanned the room boredly until they landed on the back of Kallen's red, frizzy head. He bit his lower lip in an attempt to silence the small giggle threatening to escape his mouth as he began to plot.

"Hey Kallen." He called out.

"Nn?" was all she mumbled as she didn't stop typing.

"About the party tomorrow…would it be fun to invite Shirley and Milly?" he teased, knowing she'd had four heart attacks in a row if they showed up.

"Tell me you're joking!" she said sternly, but did not turn to look at him.

"No. I'm not joking. In fact…..I'll call them now!" he said cheerfully. Was he trying to piss her off? No….Lelouch doesn't know that Kallen dislikes being around Shirley and Milly. Certainly he was plotting anything evil!

Lelouch picked up the house phone that sat on its charger on the nightstand and dialed Shirley's number. Kallen's ears heard the sweet and gentle sound of Shirley's voice even from across the room. She grit her teeth.

"Ne, Shirley. Have you heard of Mrs. Valanche and her party tomorrow night?" Lelouch asked casually.

"Why yes I have! I'm going! Dad's a high ranking militant and he's been invited to go! I heard they're making a special announcement there! I can't wait! I even bought a ballroom gown with Kallen earlier today! Milly too! She's going to be there as well!" Shirley said as a whole mouthful.

"Good! I was gonna invite you two! I wonder if Nina's going…" Lelouch pondered.

"I don't know, no one in her family is high ranked or rich. I suppose I could drag her along though. Poor girl needs some sun!" She said with a chime in her voice.

"I don't think a ball waltz inside of a dimly lit ballroom is classified as 'sun', Shirley." Lelouch said flatly.

"Oh you know what I mean! She's discovered the joys of online video games lately and has been locked in her house all month! That 'World-a- Whatsit?' game has her hooked!" Shirley huffed.

"World of Warcraft." He corrected her.

"Oh whatever, it's a life-sucking game! You don't play it do you Lulu?" Shirley asked concerned.

"Er….I got to go!" he panicked and hung up the phone quickly. The last thing he needed was Shirley taking away his right to play his favorite game.

"You play warcraft!" Kallen asked half horrified, half disturbed.

"….surprise?" Lelouch shrugged. Kallen rolled her eyes.

XxXxX

After Kallen had finished and printed out all of her homework she leaned back in the chair, stretched, signed then spun around. The swivel chair was rather fun and she found it amusing to spin herself around and round in it when Lelouch wasn't looking. Kallen shifted herself so that she was facing the back of the chair and rested her arms crossed on the head rest and let her legs dangle off the sides. She glanced out the window and noticed that the sun was still up, but would set very quickly.

"It's a boring day." She commented.

"It is, I'm bored. Let's go shopping." He suggested.

"For what?" she asked as she closed her eyes and put her forehead to her forearm.

"We could….go on a date…or…..go shopping…or….." he paused.

"I know! I want ice cream!" Kallen suddenly shouted out.

"Huh? Ice cream?" she gave her a questionable look.

"Yeah, the sudden craving for a chocolate Sunday hit me!" she squeaked.

"Okay then…ice cream, but I still wanna go shopping." He said as he sat up in the bed.

XxXxX

At the ice cream parlor Lelouch and Kallen shared the largest chocolate Sunday the store offered. They could only eat about half of the entire thing and were forced to throw the rest of it away before they left. They hopped on his motorcycle and sped off towards town.

Seven wheelies and near car accident later they were at the heart of the city. Lelouch secured his bike to one of the parking meters and they walked around and window shopped.

"So you like shopping?" Kallen asked, attempting to get to know him better.

"Well, rather I like to go places with people. Especially you." He admitted. Although he'd never admit that he loved shopping. He wasn't sure why, he just did.

They stopped in several stores. They bought so much stuff that they had to buy a basket for the back end of his motorcycle just to lug it all home. They stopped at a home décor store where they bought home decoration for their room. They also went into a high class clothing store where Lelouch bought Kallen hundreds of dollars worth of clothes. (approx. 5-7 bags full of clothes) She was wooed to say the least.

Lelouch was thinking about the party when all of a sudden it dawned on him. He'd be going as both Lelouch and Zero! What on Earth was he going to wear when he was 'Lelouch'!

'Shit! Think fast! I know! I'll buy a tuxedo!' he thought as he snapped his fingers. The finger snap caught Kallen's attention and she lifted her eyebrows at him.

"I just realized that I don't have anything to wear to the party tomorrow! I need to buy a tux." He said as he glanced around the streets for a clothing department. "Ahah!" he chimed as he saw a ballroom dresser across the street. He and Kallen ran into the store and he ran into the men's department and she made her separate way into the women's section.

Lelouch scanned the area until a salesmen ran up to him and bombarded him with questions about his height, size and color preference. Lelouch sweat dropped at the absurd man.

Kallen on the other hand needed no assistance for she was not in search of anything in particular. She already picked out her dress.

"May I help you ma'am?" a tiny saleswoman asked as she approached Kallen.

"Oh no, I've got my dress already!" Kallen said as she politely waved the woman off.

"But is it your dream dress?" the blonde asked with a daring glint in her eyes.

"I'm pretty sure it is." Kallen looked thoughtful for a moment. "Well..I did only go to one store. I didn't really look around much." She admitted, but truthfully she just wanted to buy another dress.

"Well then….We have a wide selection of varieties of designer dresses from all over the world in every color, size, shape, style and lingerie imaginable." The woman said, pushing all of Kallen's newest clothing fetish buttons. Kallen resisted the urge to fangirl.

"Maybe just one more dress couldn't hurt!" she chirped as she followed the saleswoman deep into the department of heaven.

Kallen must of tried on thirty different dresses before she stumbled upon one that made her swoon.

"Oh! It's…magnificent! I simply must try it on!" Kallen exclaimed as she grabbed the black dress off of the rack and dashed off to the changing room.

Lelouch heard this line from halfway across the store and smirked. 'So girly.' He thought.

He himself had just tried on at least thirty tuxedos himself. However, his luck wasn't the same as Kallen's, nothing looked right on him. He let out a sign of desperation. He needed advice. He dredged over to the women's department and waited outside of the changing salon for her to come out.

Kallen popped out of the stall in her regular clothes holding something black that Lelouch could not identify. She flew passed him and to the register and purchased the mysterious black thing. She walked back over to him snuggling the white bag lovingly.

"I see as thought you've found yourself another dress perhaps?" he wasn't sure if this was a question or not, but was still expecting an answer.

"Yes! It comes with the shoes and gloves too. It's perfect!" she sighed girly.

"Would you mind giving me advice? I'm having trouble. What color looks best on me." He asked with slight distraught in his hazy purple eyes. Kallen eyed him up and down as he sat slumped over in the chair.

"Definitely dark purple and white." She said after a few thoughtful moments.

"Really?" he asked as he looked down at his plain white shirt.

They walked back over to the men's department and he tried on a dark purple tuxedo and a solid white dress shirt that the sleeves hung out at the bottom of the wrist cuffs and the bottom on the jacket. He looked gorgeous to say the least.

"Oh Lulu! You look like Prince Charming!" she swooned as she purred at him. She was being awful affectionate for some reason.

They went through check out together and went about their merry way when Lelouch's cell phone began to ring.

"Hello this is Lelou-" was all he said before the voice on the other end cut in loudly.

"Lelouch! Get back to campus now! The school's on fire! Your room is in danger of being destroyed!" Milly shouted, she sounded out of breath. Lelouch and Kallen's eyes went wide.

'The Zero outfit!'

'My Zero dolls!'

They hopped on the motorcycle and made a mad panic for the school. They could see the blazing fire over a mile away. As Lelouch pulled up he let the bike fall over sideways after Kallen got off. Their things sprawled all over the place.

"Milly! What happened?" Lelouch shouted over the sound of fire engines.

"The cafeteria cook was drunk and decided to make dinner in the school cafeteria and set the main school on fire! I'm sorry Lelouch but the fire has already spread to your room. Everything you own is gone already." Milly tried to console him.

"It's….alright. Is anyone hurt?" he asked.

"No one but the drunkard who set the place a blaze! He got what he deserved!" Milly stammered.

"How badly is he injured?" Kallen asked.

"It's fatal I think. They air-lifted him to a hospital already. I guess classes are canceled for tomorrow…." Milly sighed sadly. Kallen embraced her.

"Wait…Where's Nunnally!" Lelouch nearly had a heart attack.

"She's fine! She wasn't even inside when it happened. She was outside with a maid in the garden and got out safely a while ago. She's at my house in a guest room. You can relax." Milly reassured him.

Shirley and Rivalz suddenly came running up to them, Shirley in tears.

"Oh Milly! It's gone! The school is gone!" she moaned into Milly's shoulder.

"There there. We can build a new one!" the blonde assured her.

The five of them sat on the grass and watched as the entire school containing four years worth of memories be engulfed in flames. To Lelouch it was sad, but not as sad as it was freightening. What if after they put the fire out some of his belongings, namely the Zero uniform, were still recognizable? What if they searched his room?

"Lelouch." Came the notorious voice of C.C.

"I saved a few of your things before the fire made it to your room." She said with a sly smile as she held a suitcase, containing his uniform, and Kallen's Zero dolls amongst other things. Both Kallen and Lelouch let out a loud 'THANK YOU!' and a sigh of relief.

XxXxX

After the fire had been put out, Milly and Shirley invited Kallen and Nunnally to spend the night with them and Lelouch stayed at Rivalz place.

Shirley, Kallen and Milly sat on Milly's massive, fluffy, pink bed in their sexy nightgowns drinking coffee and having girly chats while Nunnally slept peacefully in a guest bedroom. They had dragged all of Kallen's stuff that C.C. saved from the fire into Milly's room.

"So Kallen…DETAILS!" Milly demanded cheerfully. Kallen gave a nervous laugh and shied away behind her glass of chocolate coffee.

"Yeah, have you two kissed yet?" Shirley asked, she had only just been informed that it was a prearranged marriage and thus lost some of her anger.

"Y-yes." Kallen. stammered, her cheeks turning bright red.

"Have you…had sex yet?" Milly asked in a seductive voice.

"N-NO!" she splurted out. Which was actually a lie, but she didn't know that.

"Calm down, I'm only teasing." The blonde giggled.

"Oh I don't know what I'm going to do. The party is tomorrow night and…..all my make-up is ruined." Kallen sighed sadly.

"Don't worry, I have a make-up artist on hand, on call and on duty at all times!" she exclaimed while holding her cell phone high in the air.

"It's Mackily isn't it…?" Kallen said flatly, knowing that that's who it probably was.

"Sure is! He's the best! He did my make-up for home coming and my sweet sixteen, he's great!"

"Yeah, I hired him for my sweet sixteen too! I wish I could relive that day!" Shirley sighed dreamily.

The girls had their chit chats for a couple hours before they got tired and fell asleep. Unknown to them the dangers and fears that awaited them in the morning.

XxXxX

Lelouch set his suitcase and all of his other stuff down on the floor beside Rivalz bed.

"Just make yourself at home." The bluenette offered.

"You mean just like every other night I've spent the night?" he chuckled lightly. Rivalz snickered too.

"So how's things going with the dame?" his best friend asked with a glint in his eye.

"Good, I think." Lelouch seriously wondered himself.

"Have you two….done the deed yet?" Rivalz grinned.

"Yes!" Lelouch answered with a smirk, knowing Rivalz was still innocent.

"Awww, lucky! She's hot!" he pouted in jealousy.

"It just pains me that I won't get to sleep by her side tonight! Instead I have to sleep next to a barbaric male!" Lelouch acted dramatic as he put his forearm woefully to his forehead.

"Watch it, buddy. Or you'll be sleeping on the floor!" Rivalz threatened. Lelouch twitched, he hated sleeping on floors.

XxXxX

After they'd spent the night with their friends, Lelouch and Kallen were called in together to meet with the head of Ashford at a new office. They walked into the massive building and sat down in the posh office as they waited for Mr. Ashford to arrive. Finally he came into the room and took his seat at the desk.

"I've summonsed you both for a good reason. As you can clearly see….the school burned down last night." He pointed out obviously. Kallen and Lelouch nodded.

"Luckily I had a card up my sleeve! I may be old, but I'm not senile yet!" he said as he held up a door key. Lelouch looked confused for a moment.

"I was saving this as you wedding gift, but alas I think you need it now more than ever." He said as he handed Lelouch the small silver key.

"A key to what?" Lelouch asked, purple eyes blinking profoundly.

"Your new house!" the older man chirped.

Kallen and Lelouch did a double take. HOUSE!

Both jaw dropped and gasped in shock and what appeared to be disbelief.

"You were giving us a house as a wedding gift!" Kallen asked. It was actually a big gift even though rich people would see it as almost an insult.

"Indeed. I realized that a high school campus is no place to raise children." The elder man smiled innocently.

Kallen and Lelouch's eyes widened comically.

XxXxX

Lelouch and Kallen drove up to this new 'house' and passed it up several times before realizing that this mansion was the house they were looking for.

Kallen wanted to faint and Lelouch wanted to move. He didn't like big houses. Suddenly he got an idea, a very bright idea.

"Ne, Kallen. Let's unpack what little we own left before we go to the ball tonight." He said hiding his true ambition.

"Mkay." Was all she could muster out as she gawked at the large mansion.

They chose a very large room with a master bathroom, massive walk in closet and balcony view as their bedroom.

"Do we really have to share a room since the house is so large?" she asked.

"Y-you don't want to share a room with me?" Lelouch looked like he wanted to cry, but this was an act. He'd long since figured out that Kallen's a sucker for his purple puppy eyes trick.

"Oh it's fine, I guess it doesn't matter at this point anymore." She sighed as she gave in. Lelouch did a mental pat on the back from an imaginary Zero giving a thumbs up.

"On one condition though." She suddenly spoke up again. Lelouch's ears perked up, listening well.

"We get one of those curtain things that hang all around the bed. I've always thought they were so pretty!" she demanded with sparkly eyes. He nodded, he too liked them. Girly as they were….

The moving vans helped them move all of their current belongings into the house, although the house was entirely unfurnished. The only thing they went out and bought was bedroom furniture which was immediate stuff.

"Well that's everything for now. The party isn't for another several hours and we've got time to burn." She commented as she finished putting her clothes in her new dresser.

Lelouch eyed her up and down. She was wearing a short pink skirt with knee high boots and a light, light pink shirt that almost hung down to the edge of her skirt. This outfit revealed her long slender legs and all of her arms. Her cleavage stuck out quite a bit as well. This aspect seriously put Lelouch in the mood and he bit his lower lip to try and hide it.

Sadly this technique only kept his arousal from showing, not form him feeling it. He snuck over to her and grabbed her shoulders from behind. She smiled softly at his touch and leaned into him. It wasn't much of a 'home', but it felt comfortable.

Suddenly he picked her up bridal style and threw her rather roughly on the bed. They both temporarily forgot that she was supposed to be 'frail' and 'sickly' since they both knew that she was one tough woman. This instigated a wrestling match between the two in which Kallen was beginning to win. He pulled her legs down so that she was underneath him and she pushed him away with her arms so that he could not pin her down. She turned the tables against him and thrust him down underneath her and sat on his hips, preventing him from changing positions again. She grabbed his wrists and tried to pin them above his head, but she failed and one of his arms got free and he began to tickle her side. She leaned away from his touch giggling madly as he red hair flung about as she flailed.

"N-no stop! Haha! Please! I b-beg of yo-hahaha!" she pleaded as she instinctively released his other hand and tried to cover her sides and belly from his attacks. The bulge in his pants began to grow without his realization and he tossed her off of himself and back on the bed where he pinned her down and gave her a loving look. A look that she perceived as 'I want you'.

Her hand glided from his now unbuttoned shirt to his chest to the hem of his pants. As soon as she touched the fabric a fire spread through her entire body until it settled in a certain area of her body.

XxXxX(18+ only! Skip down to the next group of Xs if you're not 18 or older!)XxXxX

"Take me, Lulu!" she whispered huskily through her open, rosy lips. He smirked at her lightly and leaned down so that his hair tickled her nose.

"As you command, my queen." He said in an almost dangerous, yet familiar, voice. Kallen purred as he quickly wriggled out of his button up shirt that was already unbuttoned, thanks to her.

As soon as her shirt was off, Lelouch went straight for the bra. He sent the bright pink frill flaying across the massive room. They kicked off their shoes and then Kallen went for his belt. Lelouch did not assist her with his belt because he was far too preoccupied by her large, soft breasts.

She tore away at his belt buckle and ripped it off from around his waist. When he felt her hands going to his pants button, he leaned up and whispered in her ear.

"Anxious much?" he whispered teasingly then bit her ear gently.

"Shut up and do it Lelouch!" she commanded as her hands went from his pants to his head where she lightly pulled on his hair. She panted slightly and he obliged, if she wants it….she's going to get it!

This triggered something inside of Lelouch that turned him into either a wild beast or a man. Kallen wasn't sure which, but either way they were nude in a matter of seconds with him straddling over her. She reached for his now hard manhood and stroked it a few times and he let out a small moan and leaned down over her more. Her legs wrapped around his waist and she pulled him closer to her.

The look in her eyes was undeniably irresistible and he could not stop himself. His mouth connected with hers and he forced his tongue inside. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she snuggled him closer. Lelouch took this opportunity to position himself in preparation for penetration. Since he'd had sex with her before he did not hold back as he thrust himself inside of her wet entrance.

Kallen let out a small noise of pain and pleasure mixed together. Her finger nails scraped at his scalp and neck as she hissed. He whispered a quick apology into her ear and then licked it. She buried her face into the crook of his neck as he began a slow rhythm and pushed in and out of her. His pace picked up the louder she moaned. Soon she was thrusting upwards at him in return. As he was slamming himself inside of her she made little nibbled going from the base of his neck up to his jaw line then to his ear.

The sensation of his length inside of her was already beginning to send her over the edge. Lelouch sensed her reaching orgasm and slowed down.

"You can't come without me now, my love." He whispered teasingly into her sensitive ear. Kallen's nails went from his neck and down the length of his back leaving red trails as they went.

"D-don't….toy with me!" she hissed in pleasure and annoyance. Lelouch chuckled a little as he pulled out of her.

"Wh-what're you doing!" she yelped in surprise.

"Let's play a game, shall we?" Lelouch offered with a bite of seduction and mischievousness.

"No funny business, nothing weird Lulu!" she said sternly; Lelouch scoffed at this.

"Aw, you're no fun!" he said faking sadness.

Lelouch kissed her sweetly on the lips then kissed her chin with a nibble and trailed down her neck then chest. He paused at her belly button and blinked in surprise.

"Your belly button is pierced!" he asked in shock. It was too cutesy for Kallen's usual tastes.

"Y-yes. It's been pierced since I was fifteen, I just haven't had a ring in it in a while…look can we get back to having sex now?" she said impatiently. Lelouch didn't say anything; he just caught the pink heart shaped ring between his teeth and toyed with it. Somehow, Kallen found this very erotic and curled her toes every time his teeth met her skin.

Deciding that he'd spent enough time torturing her, he went down to her most sensitive area. She smelt like flowers.

'I guess that's why they refer to it as…the flower.' He thought as his tongue flicked out at it. He decided it was a rather pleasant taste despite what he'd been previously told by other experienced guys. He grabbed her clit between his lips and played with it with his tongue a little.

"Woah! What're you doing!" Kallen panicked. Lelouch pulled away and looked at her with innocent curiosity.

"You don't like it?" he asked looking a little guilty.

"Well…can we not do anything so….unusual yet? I'm not that experienced!" she half lied. She may have had sex with Zero, but they really didn't do anything weird.

"Sure." Was all he said as he climbed back atop of her and tried to kiss her. She pushed his face away with her hands in disgust.

"Ew! Don't kiss me! I don't want to taste myself!" she sputtered. Lelouch grinned and pushed her hands away and tried to kiss her again. "No!" she protested and turned her head away. Lelouch kissed her neck and she squealed madly. As he made his way up her neck and to her chin she giggled. Gross as it was, it was funny to her. After finally getting his kiss they resumed their fun.

Kallen wasn't as satisfied as she was when she was with Zero, but it sure made her happy. They laid in bed together, still nude until they fell asleep. Lelouch laid on his back and Kallen's head rested on his chest.

XxXxX (18+ Content over, you may continue reading!)XxXxX

They woke up to the sound of Lelouch's cell phone ringing loudly. He lazily reached up and grabbed the annoying device that awakened him from his wonderful dream of Kallen.

"Hello?" he answered irritably because he was still tired.

"Hey there Lulu! It's me Milly! I need to know where your new house is so we can come over and do Kallen's make up!" the effervescent blonde said.

"Make up for what?" Lelouch asked as he gave the phone a quizzical look.

"For the Lavanche party tonight! Duuurrrrrp!" Milly said in her silliest voice.

"OH MY GOD! I FORGOT!" Lelouch sprang up, woke Kallen up and handed her the phone.

Kallen had to hold in the laughter as Lelouch ran for the shower completely naked.

"BRUSH YOUR TEETH!" she reminded him with an obnoxious laugh. She then gave Milly the directions to her new house.

"So why're you reminding Lelouch to brush his teeth?" Milly asked.

"Oh…no reason. No reason at all." Kallen said innocently and then headed for the bath to join Lelouch.

After their shower was over Kallen squeezed into her tight black dress. She was forced to wear this one because the red one was destroyed in the fire. Lucky she went shopping for another one that night. Just as she actually put the dress on, Milly and Shirley arrived and the three took turns doing each other's hair and makeup.

Lelouch threw his outfit on and grabbed his suitcase with the Zero outfit inside and walked over to Milly who was in the kitchen getting a drink.

"Hey, I'm going to get there early. Milly why don't' you take Kallen to the party yourself." He instructed.

"Sure thing. Have you seen her new dress yet?" she asked just as he had turned to leave.

"No, but I will when she gets there. Don't worry." He smiled and then left on his motorcycle.

Milly, Shirley and Kallen took off in Milly's limousine that she ordered. They shared a glass of champagne on the ride to the party. Milly and Shirley made a toast to Kallen and Lelouch.

"Hey Shirley, can I ask you something personal?" Kallen asked sweetly.

"Sure thing!"

"You have such a big crush on Lulu, and before you'd get mad when any girl talked to him. Why're you being so supportive of me?" Kallen asked as she fiddled with her wine glass.

"Well. I wasn't going to tell anyone for a while yet, but…..I met someone new. After Milly told me that Lelouch was being forced to marry you, I knew I had to get over him. So I swallowed my heart and then some boy asked me out and I thought 'why not?'. Now me and Sazaku are hitting it off really well!" Shirley explained with a cutesy smile.

"Wow really? Will he be here?"

"Yes, infact that's how I was invited."

"But over the phone-"

"I lied over the phone with you and Lulu. I didn't wanna spill the beans just yet."

"Suzaku is Princess Euphemia's Knight, if he's here do you think the Princess is here as well?" Kallen asked. A mixture of fear and excitement welling up inside of her.

"Mhm! You didn't research this party very well did you? This is a ball to announce the Emporer's return and his new wife! So all the royals and politics will be there! Everyone rich and famous from Brittania and some allies will be there!" Shirley informed her.

"Isn't that dangerous thought? Wh-what if Zero shows up! We'll all get killed!" Kallen sort of panicked.

Milly and Sirley frowned at Kallen.

"I doubt Zero or the Black Knights would come, there's way guards and soldiers protecting this place."
Milly assured her.

'Not that that's ever stopped Zero from appearing before…..' Kallen thought amused.

"Hey look! There it is!" Shirley pointed at a castle down the road.

"It's…a castle!" Kallen shouted.

"What'd you expect? A high school gym room?" Milly asked referring to traditional school dances being held in the gymnasium.

"No, but I was told by C.- Lelouch that it was a dance studio downtown!" Kallen half lied.

"Pfft! Lelouch probably didn't read the card right!" Milly teased.

Lelouch did in fact know where the party was being held, it was C.C. who didn't read the card and assumed it was at a random dance studio. Kallen would ring C.C.'s neck later.

The limo pulled into the front of the castle and let the three girls out where they were directed inside.

The massive ballroom was alive with hundreds, maybe thousands, of people. All of them well dressed and wearing the finest jewelry and fur coats. Shirley and Milly were overjoyed as where Kallen wanted to puke. There was a limit to how filthy rich one could get. This ball crossed that line at dead animal fur around women's necks.

Milly's eyes landed upon a handsome man and she made a mad dash for him and immediately began to dance with him. Shirley found Suzaku and they waltzed a little too. Kallen's eyes scanned the area for any sign of Lelouch. She thought that the purple tuxedo would make him stand out, but sadly she didn't see anything purple besides women.

Soon Kallen began to hear people chatter and talk about her as they either walked or danced by her.

"Do you see that redhead In the black dress?"

"Who wears black to a ball!"

"It's suspicious!"

"Someone get a guard! She's probably that Black Knight redhead in disguise!"

As if on cue, Lelouch swooped in and bowed to Kallen and asked for a dance. He took the moment to take in the absolutely gorgeous sight of Kallen in a black dress. It was strapless with a corset that poofed out when it got to the waist. The dress went to the floor and beyond in the back, but in the front you could still see her black heels. She had on elbow length black gloves with a diamond bracelet, earrings and necklace on. Her hair was styled how she usually styles it when she's fighting with the Black knights; flailed out in the back and down in the front. Her make-up was a light shade of black and her lips were rosy red.

She was truly a sight to behold! Lelouch was blown away by how absolutely beautiful she was. He had never seen a woman so perfect in his life!

(To see a fanart commission of her in this dress dancing with Zero go to my profile and click on one of the first links that says The Dark Bride!)

"May I have this dance?" he asked with a princely air.

"You may." She said in a breathy voice as she handed him her hand.

They began to glide across the ballroom floor and quickly became the center of attention. They truly stood out amongst all the other dancers. All the other women wore lively colors while the men wore either black or white. Kallen in her flowing black dress and Lelouch in his purple tuxedo stuck out like a sore thumb.

When the song ended the room erupted into loud clapping and a speaker took the stage.

"Thank you all for attening Brittania's Valanche party! The Valanche family and their castle have served the royal house of Brittania for years now! We'd like to give them a round of applause! Now then, let's get started!" the female speaker said then left the stage for Princess Euphemia to speak

"My fellow royals and Brittanians! I'm happy to announce the new Queen of Brittania…..Queen Ender Lavanche Li Brittania!" Ephemia's beaming smile was matched only by the brunette queen, Ender's, smile.

"So that's why the party is here." Lelouch mumbled.

"What?" Kallen asked.

"Nothing. Hey I'll be right back, I have to use the restroom. Have fun dancing while I'm gone." He said as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips and walked away. Kallen began to be bombarded with questions by random rich and royal folk. They were all complimenting her on how pretty she was and some even apologized for their previous nasty comments about her being a Black Knight. Kallen had no idea why they all changed their views so quickly.

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"BF-14, hold position! The security has been breached in the hall that leads to the upper balconies in the ballroom. CZ-90, your team will throw gas clouds and storm the balconies! DG-18, capture Kallen and bring her up to the balcony with us, to me." Came Zero's voice over the radio.

"Hai!" all the Black Knights said in unison.

Soon the entire ballroom was filled with smoke and everyone began to panic. Ougi in his Black Knight uniform approached Kallen, exchanged a couple words and she went willingly up to the balcony with him in the smoke and chaos.

Kallen stood in front of Zero, her beloved, at the top balcony overlooking the entire ballroom.

"Zero-sama!" she exclaimed and hugged him tightly.

"Kallen, I missed you. You don't' mind acting like a hostage for a few minutes do you?" Zero asked.

"No, but what's going on?" she asked.

"Just the usual, we're going to assassinate the King and new Queen. We've found proof that they plan to execute all of the Japanese, even half Japanese life yourself, after their honeymoon." He said nonchalantly, as if this was normal to his everyday life. Kallen let out a small gasp of surprise, but not much else.

She willing let them handcuff her and tie her to a pole then put a blindfold on her.

"Do I have to do anything else?" she asked Zero rather sweetly.

"Yeah, look cute." He said half sarcastically, half seriously. She wasn't sure which.

"Zero-sama, we've got the shot lined up. Do we shoot while the guards don't' see us up here?" Ougi asked.

"No, not yet. Untie Kallen from the pole and give me the rope that binds her." Ougi handed Zero the rope that lead to the tied up Kallen and they began to walk down to the ballroom just as the smoke was clearing. Before she knew it, they were up on the stage.

"Citizens of Brittania! I have a hostage! Kallen Statfeld will die if my demands are not met."

There was a pause, a silence, that swept through the entire ballroom. Zero and the tied up Kallen were visible to the entire ballroom and the smoke had completely vanished.

"What're your demands you vile monster!" Milly shouted from the audience.

"My demands….KEEP DANCING! Pretend I'm not here! I shall dance with this hostage!"

Kallen was untied and set free in front of Zero who got down on one knee and held his gloved hand out.

"May I have this dance, Kallen?" he asked as the whole crowd gasped and whispered.

Kallen faked fear and disgust and held her 'trembling' hand out to the 'monster'. Soon the music started up again and the Brittanian guards told everyone to calm down and just dance.

"Looks like the Brittanians are getting used to my shenanigans." Zero said sarcastically. Kallen withheld the urge to giggle, instead she kept on her mask of fear.

Everyone began dancing as they were told and soon Kallen had forgotten to hold up her facade as 'damsel in distress' and began to smile a little.

Suddenly, Kallen's dream came flooding back into her mind. The dream of Zero killing her at a ball!

'Cinderella…' said the dark and dangerous voice of Zero.

"No!" Kallen shouted in fear.

"My Queen!" He repeated with greater power.

"N-no! Stay away!" Kallen yelled as she pushed herself away from him.

"Kallen!" Zero repeated, only this time is was full of love and concern.

"Kallen! What's wrong?" Zero asked.

Kallen was standing a couple feet away from Zero with the entire ballroom staring at her.

"I'm…sorry…I p-panicked!" she blushed and remembered her role as hostage.

"Hostages should do as they're told! You don't want to know what happens to those who don't…obey me." The danger in his voice rising. This would of scared the living hell out of any normal girl, but it only made Kallen's hormones rise to an exciting level. The voice in the back of her mind was saying 'punish me Zero!' in its most seductive thoughts.

Kallen resisted the urge to moan into Zero's chest as he roughly grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into him.

'God! Zero is such a man!' she thought as she stifled another moan.

Suddenly the room filled with smoke again and Zero cursed under his mask. He let the time slip by and he was going to be late for step two of the plan. He leapt away from Kallen's side and onto the stage where he pointed his gun at Euphemia and grabbed her around the neck with his free arm.

"If anyone flinches, the Princess gets it!" he threatened. The entire room went silent again, including the Black Knights, who weren't entirely sure what was going on anymore.

"Uhhh…..Ougi. What's Zero doing?" Tamaki asked.

"No. Clue." Ougi replied.

"Just wait for orders." Another Black Knight said.

"Black Knights, take the girl known as Kallen Statfeld hostage again and we shall retreat!"

"What!" Tamaki yelled.

"What's going on!" a Black Knight asked.

"Weren't we going to kill the King and Queen?" another asked.

"Maybe Zero senses danger or has a change of plans?" Tamaki tried to rationalize.

As ordered, Tamaki and Ougi captured Kallen and took her to a flying aircraft and all of them retreated with Zero. Once safely away from the castle everyone burst out into chatter.

"Okay boss, what gives? Where's the punch line in this one?" Tamaki asked as he entered the meeting chamber where Kallen and Zero were.

"Punch line? Sorry, but the plan has changed. I lagged behind in my dance with Kallen and the King and Queen had been switched out with stunt doubles. I failed to notice this when we first invaded. The King and Queen were never on that stage tonight. So as a warning I took Kallen here hostage; slight warning not to chase us." Zero explained.

Tamaki nodded, left the room then proceeded to explain this to the rest of the Black Knights.

Meanwhile Kallen and Zero were left alone. Kallen sat across the room from Zero as she stared into his mask. She was more turned on than ever, but also more confused than ever. Zero had his legs spread a bit with his elbows resting on his knees with his hands supporting his head and he was looking downward.

"Zero-sama…I….I missed you too." She said, finally returning the words he'd said to her earlier.

"It's been almost a week now hasn't it?" he asked, but did not move.

"Are you alright?" she asked as she stood up and walked over to his side.

"Yes, I'm just thinking. I witnessed you dancing with Lelouch. You seemed….happy."

"Well…..I was happier dancing with you!" she smiled.

"But then why….why did you push me away and tell me 'no'?" he asked, voice shaking ever so slightly.

"I….had a bad dream about us ballroom dancing a loooong time ago. Tonight I relived that dream in a hallucination…..I'm sorry. I couldn't stop myself….I don't want to push you away Zero. I love you!" she exclaimed with tears forming in her eyes. Zero took a deep breath of relief.

"It's alright, actually you panicking like that made it more believable. Because otherwise….you were smiling." He chuckled. Kallen blushed; she did forget she was a hostage.

"Lulu." She whispered trying to get his attention.

"Hm?" he mumbled. 'Wait, what!'

"Who's Lulu?" he asked fakely. Fear, anticipation and a little hope struck his body like lightening.

"I'm so sorry! I'm talking to the wrong man here! Lulu is Lelouch's nickname." She explained as she blushed brightly. Zero laughed, loudly.

"Lulu! How absurd! It's pathetic!" he bellowed. A little piece of Lelouch's dignity died inside just then…..he was insulting himself.

"Sometimes I call him Lulu-Chan!" Kallen added, as if she was making fun on Lelouch.

"Pfft! How can you be manly with a name like that? Is he a manly man?" Zero asked, half continuing his charade, half curious of her opinion.

"He has his…moments. But he's not as manly…as you!" she said seductively.

Zero caught this and was immediately thinking of earlier that day.

"Zero-sama….what you did to me in the ballroom after I panicked…..turned me on more than anything in my life!" she said in the breathiest voice she'd ever used.

"What'd I do?" he asked as he sat up to put an arm around her waist and pull her into him.

"You grabbed me, forced me and pushed me around. I liked it." She said, her heart and body no longer able to stop the passion flowing through her.

Her mind said yes.
Her heart said yes.
Her body said HELL YES!

"Zero-sama! Take me one more time!" she pleaded as she grabbed one of his hands and squeezed lightly. It took less than a total of ten seconds for Zero to flip the light switch off, tear his mask off , pin her to the couch and crash his lips into hers.

Their bodies were on fire as clothing was sent flying across the room.

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Kallen felt a little unsatisfied from Lelouch earlier in the day, but she felt that Zero could fill in that gap. He picked Kallen up and rammed her up against the wall and she wrapped her legs around his waist. Kallen was pinned between Zero and the wall with her legs up, so Zero was in full control of the situation, just how she liked it. His mouth crushed hers harshly as his hands roamed from her chest to her ass.

He dropped her down from the wall and sat her on the floor. Kallen reached up and grabbed his hardening member and put it in her mouth instantly. Her tongue swirled around the tip and her hands massaged the base gently.

'So much for no weird business!' Zero thought at the ironic turn of events.

Kallen began bobbing her head a little and Zero let out a deep low groan. He grabbed her head of red tresses and pushed himself deeper inside of her hot mouth. He right hand went to his hip for support and her left hand roamed up his well toned abdomen. With this new freedom Zero began thrusting his hips into her slowly then faster as she opened her mouth further for him.

Once he was nice and hard he let go of her hair and pulled out of her warm, wet mouth. Kallen drooled a little out of surprise, but remained calm. He flipped her around so that she was on her hands and knees. Kallen purred as his hands grabbed her hips and he pushed himself inside of her from behind. Her tight, wet entrance was already ready for him. He immediately began to thrust in and out of her without sympathy or remorse. She moaned very loudly at this. This was the sex she was looking for.

"Z-zero-Sama! Ohh!" she called out loudly. Kallen realized that the walls weren't entirely sound proof, but she didn't care.

Zero's pace got faster and faster until Kallen couldn't take it anymore. She orgasmed and her arms gave out, but not her legs. She was now in a position where Zero could thrust his hardest without fear of knocking her over. Her orgasm last long enough for Zero to finish himself. Both of them collapsed on the ground panting heavily. She was flat on her stomach and he was on top of her propped up by his elbows.

Once they caught their breath the moved over to the couch and cuddled together.

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Kallen had long since fallen asleep on Zero's bare chest. He had gone easy on her before since it was her first time, but now that she's more experienced he let loose and relieved some stress on the poor girl. Although Kallen wouldn't think of herself as 'poor girl', more like 'lucky girl'.

After Kallen had woken up she took a shower and put on a Black Knight uniform and lounged around like she usually would of. Zero on the other hand disappeared.

"Hey Kallen, Zero told us that you had taken a small break, welcome back!" Tamaki said with a cheesy grin.

"Yeah, it's good to see you Kallen." Ougi added.

"Oh uhm…Actually. I.q-q….." she paused

'If Zero didn't tell them, then should I still say anything?' she pondered.

"Yes welcome back Kallen." Zero said as he walked into the room. Kallen's head spun around to see him.

"Wha?" she mumbled with a brow lifted.

"Welcome back, I take it that your vacation was relaxing. Are you ready to pilot the Guren again?" Zero asked with a knowing smile behind his mask.

"Hai! Zero-sama!" she saluted proudly.

Kallen's eyes lit up like fire. She was a Black Knight again!

L.K.: Wow…just wow. DX 2 sex scenes in one chapter. I gave you a funny sex scene and an incredibly erotic sex scene! I've spoiled you guys….then again I went like a whole fucking year without updating…TEE HEE! 8D If you do decide to leave a review, tell me if my writing style has changed a lot since I last updated. Is it better or worse or just different from before?