"Secrets are made to be found out with time." Charles Sanford

Suzaku had then joined Ashford Academy as a student. The rest of the class that day proceeded as normal, with some confusion and conversation going up a little more. But when study hall came up and there was no teacher around, that's where things really got flared up. When the teacher left, the students began to talk amongst themselves about this one single Eleven. Who, even officially, according to the news, was released from suspicion of the murder. That didn't stop most of the students though from talking behind his back. Questions such as "Was that him" and "Why an eleven was allowed to go into school in the first place" popped up almost everywhere.

Zero didn't care one way or the other. Suzaku looked like everyone else he knew. When people tried to talk to Zero about it, he gave the same response each time.

"It doesn't matter who he is, where he came from, or what he did. He's a fellow student to me and that's all that matters."

Zero disappointed many purists who were in the room as he continued to dive into his books. At one point though, he saw Lelouch get up and began to walk out of the room. Lelouch grabbed the collar of his shirt and tugged it up a bit. Zero turned to look at Suzaku; who's at had shot up and seemed to be a little more glossy when Lelouch had did that. When the study hall ended, Zero watched as Suzaku ran in the direction of the roof. Since Lelouch was Zero's current leader, Zero followed Suzaku closely behind, just to be sure. Suzaku to him was still a military soldier and a possible enemy, but he had no real battle with him. Yet (and hopefully never; Suzaku was not the person Zero really wanted to kill). Suzaku opened the roof door. Zero stayed behind the door and peered through the crack where the hinges to the door were. He had a little trouble focusing as he had his hand on his head. He had been dealing with a large headache that bothered him since he woke up. If he was human, this would have been the part where he would take some aspirin.

Human medicine won't work on a problem like this. My problem is program related; I've isolated that much. There were programs that could alleviate this issue…but sadly we don't seem to exist in my world anymore.

Zero peered in and viewed the whole conversation.

"It's been seven years since we used that signal." Lelouch said, repeating the same thing he did when he was downstairs.

"Let's speak on the rooftops." Suzaku said. "I'm glad to see that you're alright."

"It was all thanks to you." Lelouch said. "If you hadn't taken the bullet for me…"

"I was just returning the favor from seven years ago." Suzaku interrupted.

Lelouch sighed a bit, and then returned to having a serious look on his face. Suzaku continued to smile innocently. Seconds later, he shot up with energy.

"Wait…" He began. "What about the girl? The one from the capsule with the long green hair? What happened to her?"

"Long green hair?" Zero said as he continued to watch the whole thing.

Suddenly, Zero's eyes opened wide a bit as a quick flashback entered his mind. He remembered there being a green haired girl right before he fell into hibernation and then being awakened by Lelouch.

That woman…she exists? And…Lelouch met her…wait…she said beforehand that I was to protect the first person I see…and he happens to know who she is…well…maybe I can get some questions answered then.

That girl knew something about what had happened and how Zero ended up on this world in the first place. Zero returned from his thoughts to see the two still talking.

"Is it still alright to call you Lelouch?" Suzaku asked.

"I am supposed to be dead." Lelouch said. "Lelouch Lamperouge is what I am called right now."

"I was wondering who was on the roof." Zero said as he came out from behind the door.

Suzaku and Lelouch turned to Zero standing there with his hair blowing in the wind.

"So…" Zero began as he walked towards the two. "You two I'm guessing know each other?"

Suzaku hesitated for a minute when Zero asked, but Lelouch then calmly answered him.

"Yes, Zion." Lelouch said. "We do."

Suzaku looked at Lelouch with a confused look on his face.

"I see." Zero said. "A very peculiar friendship for your era I guess."

Zero went over to Suzaku and shook his hand.

"Name's Zion." Zero said. "You're Suzaku Kururugi aren't you; the one accused of prince Clovis's murder?"

"Ummm….yes." Suzaku said. He took Zero's handshake, but very reluctantly.

"Something wrong?" Zero asked him.

"Uhh…"Suzaku began.

Zero then remembered the Britannian number system. He realized that most Britannians were probably racist and/or oppressive to elevens.

"Never mind; I understand." Zero said. He gave a small laugh as he looked at Suzaku. "Don't worry; if you're a friend of Lelouch, your mine too. I'm Lelouch's friend and tutor; since he can't seem to get good grades himself."

By tutor, he meant that he solved all the questions while Lelouch surfed the web.

"This is quite odd." Zero said as he went over to the balcony and looked out over the railing. "You don't see too many Japanese with a type of school such as this."

Suzkau literally jumped out of his pants when he heard that.

"Japanese?" He asked. "You called me by my…"

"Going to rant on the numbers system huh?" Zero said. "Don't worry; I don't believe in racism. It's a useless ideal that is supposed to justify one man's horrendous acts towards another's race. Nothing in the world gets done if we fight all the time."

"I…I…I see." Suzaku said. "At least there are some sensible people around here."

"Still…" Zero continued. "I'm surprised to see that you; who were involved in the biggest capitol crime of the century were able to even be allowed in school. How did that work out?"

"I met a certain person that one day when I got released." Suzaku continued. "She is seeing that the investigation be carried out properly. That certain person also told me that a seventeen year old should be in school."

When they left the roofs that day, Zero met with Lelouch privately down on the school grounds. They met in a grassy field nearby a large fountain that was going off as the two chatted while eating lunch.

"Lelouch…that woman you two spoke of earlier…" Zero asked.

"You mean the Green haired woman; C.C.?" Lelouch asked in return.

"C.C?" Zero asked.

"The name of the woman who brought you to me." Lelouch said. "At least as I have been led to believe."

"Along with X, Leviathan, and the others." Zero finished.

"Yes…I did meet her." Lelouch said.

"Where is she?" Zero asked. "I need to talk to her."

"Why do you need to?" Lelouch said.

"Because I need to know something." Zero said.

"Like what?" Lelouch asked.

Zero stood up as he looked at Lelouch.

"Because it doesn't make sense." Zero began. "X shouldn't be here, Leviathan shouldn't be here. All of them shouldn't. They were all killed in the resistance war with no hope of repair or being rebuilt. Yet…here we are. It doesn't make a lick of sense to me. Not to mention the fact that we're in a completely different world on completely different sides. This world…they say it to be earth…well it's not my earth. Here I am, trapped in a new dimension, with my body fully repaired and my memories fully intact. I want to find out what she did."

Lelouch stood silent for a little while. Zero then turned to him.

"And maybe find a way to reverse it when this is over." Zero began. "You are going to help me?"

"Of course." Lelouch said. "You're not the only one curious about your past. I want to find out where you came from and you appeared so suddenly out of nowhere. I'll talk to her, but you must never tell anyone about this. Keep it silent."

"You can trust me." Zero said.

Zero grabbed his head and began to breathe a little harder.

"You feel alright?" Lelouch asked.

"My head's been having this throbbing pain for a while now." Zero said. "It's possible that one of my circuits may have been damaged in the fight against X. Yet if that is the case, it's hard to imagine that my auto repair systems have not dealt with it."

"Since when do machines get sick?" Lelouch asked sarcastically.

"Since the day someone invented a computer virus." Zero said.

Zero and Lelouch had a small chuckle.

"Strange though…" Zero began

Lelouch looked at Zero with a confused look as Zero turned around with his back facing Lelouch.

"This pain on my head feels all too familiar."

The Britannian army was still looking for any and all signs of the resistance. Earlier that day, they had located another resistance base. The Elevens had holed themselves into a large mountain. Britannia had mobilized a lot of its tanks and armor and had been pounding the base since that morning. The first and second waves did not work out to well due to limited Intel. The Elevens had holed into a mountain and aligned the whole mountain side with cannons and howitzers. The tanks that tried charging were blown to bits. The second wave had been completely destroyed hours earlier, with eleven causalities even higher. Britannia was now successful in surrounding the whole mountain and was launching its final wave now. Although Britannia had lost some tanks on the initial charge, they had succeeded in destroying most of the Eleven's defense network. They were now struggling to keep the defense up, but failing to do so.

The tactical center of the Britannian base lit up as they prepared for the final parts of their plan.

"We have successfully found the location of the Hazbolloh." One of the main Britannian generals said.

"All right then." General Dolton said. "Find the location of their hideout quickly. Send the information to the queen."

"Yes my lord!" A captain said as he pushed some of the buttons on the interface of his computer.

The Elevens on the outside were almost unable now to keep Britannia back. Their morale had soared down because of losses on their side and now their shells were not even making contact with them. One by one, their turret emplacements were destroyed. As they fought on, they looked behind them on the mountain slope to see a purple Knightmare with a long purple cape charging right at them.

"It can't be…" An eleven commando said in the cannon cockpit.

"Cornelia!" His cohort shouted.

The two angled their gun right at the Knightmare and fired. The shells never made it to Cornelia, smashing into the side of the mountain instead. Cornelia leaped up and fired her machine gun, destroying several gun emplacements. She launched her Slash Harkens and destroyed several others as well, before finally landing on the last gun, smashing it to ribbons.

"Dolton!" She shouted over her radio. "In here right?"

"Yes." He said. "Through the main tunnel."

"Good!" She said. "I'll proceed in there myself."

"Are you sure?" Dolton said over radio. "Sir X and sir Harpuria are still in the mountain…"

"I don't need help against these creatures." She shouted with hate.

"Understood." Dolton said.

She attached her Knightmare on a rail-line that was on the ground of the tunnel (this mountain used to be a mine so there were rails everywhere). She drove down the small corridor and ended up in a room where there was several Elevens waiting for her with guns armed. The circular room was full of boxes of equipment and the main rail line. Even a circular pathway to shift the direction of mine carts. Twenty three elevens stood there guns armed as the Knightmare stopped in front of them.

"Surrender you foolish Elevens!" She shouted over her radio.

"Damn Britannian!" They all shouted, opening fire with their automatic rifles.

All of the Elevens fired at Cornelia's Knightmare. The bullets did no good; all of them just seemed to bounce off and inflict no damage of any kind.

"It looks like Zero isn't here." She said as she surveyed the room. "Interrogating all of them would take too much time. All of you will die here!"

Cornelia pointed her Knightmare's machine gun at the Elevens and opened fire.

X and Harpuia ran in the hallways as they continued to search for the command center of the base.

"General Dolton." Gilford said. "Are you sure X is okay for military duties? He did lose an arm is still having trouble adjusting to the repairs."

"I was going to give him a break, Gilford." Dolton said. "But he insisted with helping the operation come to a quick speedy end without much bloodshed on either side. A useless idealism, but none the less, he's proven his effectiveness as a soldier. I'm a little worried since the repairs were…incomplete…but he should last."

Several Elevens fired at X and Harpuria as the two charged. Not wanting to kill the people, but wanting to get his job done, X leaped on a wall and dodged the first batch of ammo. He then charged forward and made a round house kick, knocking out several of the Elevens. Harpuria dove forward and defeated the rest with his fists. The two continued forward.

"Does X know Britannia had Harpuia reprogrammed so that this "law of robotics" doesn't apply to him anymore?" Gilford asked.

"Actually…we had that canceled." Dolton said. "Harpuia still shows emotion, but he has the capacity to kill a human without any emotional repercussions if he judges them accordingly as we would judge someone to be worthy of death. I doubt that X has noticed it yet."

"What do you think X will do if he finds out?" Gilford asked.

"He won't." Dolton said.

X and Harpuia came on the other side of the Elevens command center. X put his ears to the wall and managed to hear conversation going on the other side. He turned to Harpuia who nodded his head. X and Harpuia backed up from the wall. X charged up his X-buster and fired the energy at the wall. The massive explosion took the whole thing out.

The command center was at the very heart of the base. It was a simple mine room with a table full of papers and computers. Nothing else of importance. All of the Elevens looked to X and Harpuria staring at them with their weapons drawn.

"Did we manage to figure out why Harpuia attacked us originally?" Gilford asked.

"According to X, Harpuia was forcefully awakened so he might have had hibernation sickness." Dolton answered. "He couldn't tell human from machine, friend or foe. When X defeated him, he regained his sanity."

"And then you had Count Lloyd and the R&D departments reprogram him?" Gilford asked

"Aye that we did…before we realized it was unnecessary." Dolton answered. "It seems that Count has been doing an awful lot of research on this machines…extracting much data to learn about their behavior. I won't be surprised if we can take the data of these machines into something more as time develops."

"In the name of the Britannian Empire," X said. "I order all of you to surrender!"

"Die Britannian!" They all shouted firing their weapons.

X jumped in the air and pointed his buster at several of the Elevens.

"Slash shot!" He shouted, firing a bunch of bladed disks at the Elevens weapons. The bladed disks cut the barrels of all their weapons, making their weapons useless. When X landed, he then fired a Gravity Well at the Elevens, increasing the gravity in the area. The Elevens fell to their knees as the Britannian infantry entered the room and arrested the leaders.

Since Leviathan wasn't a student at Ashford, she had to stay home and hide in Ashford manor in Zero's room. She spent most of today trying on the many outfits Zero bought her yesterday, checking her curves, and seeing how much of her chest would be exposed in each one. Leviathan was currently trying on a yellow sun dress and looking at herself in a mirror.

"Hmmm…" She grunted. "This doesn't suit me at all."

Zero had left his helmet in his room on the counter. While Leviathan was trying on another dress, the crystal of the helmet lit up.

"Huh?" She said as she turned around.

She went over to the helmet and looked into the crystal. A large W was on the middle of it. It stayed for only a few seconds before disappearing. Leviathan looked at the helmet and examined the crystal for a few minutes.

"W?" She asked.

That night, Suzaku went over to Lelouch's house in order to see Nunally again. Lelouch went in first and had Suzaku had in the back. Even though she couldn't see him because of her blindness, Lelouch knew that she could make out sounds better than most people. Suzaku quietly stayed in the closet. Nunally came in with Sayoko wheeling her in.

"Evening brother." Nunally said.

"Good evening Nunally; Sayoko." Lelouch said. "I have a little present for you today."

"Oh a present." Nunally said. "Whatever could it be?"

Lelouch made no response. He put his finger to his lips in Sayoko's direction. Sayoko look at him confused for a second, but remained silent. Lelouch moved his hands in the direction where Suzaku was and asked for him to come out. Suzaku came right next to Nunally and looked at Lelouch. Lelouch nodded his head. Suzaku grabbed hold off Nunally's arm very gently. Nunally made a confused sound from her lips. Suddenly she shot up with emotion.

"This…this hand…" She began, so full of joy. She was so happy, she couldn't think of words to say. Tears began to roll from her closed eyes as she grabbed hold Suzaku's hand and moved it up to her face.

"I never thought I'd see you again." She said. "I'm so happy."

"Hello Nunally." Suzaku said.

And then the three had tea together.

"Suzaku…" Nunally began. "You're going to stay the night here right?"

"Suzaku is now a member of this school." Lelouch said. "So you can see him anytime you want."

"Really!" She exclaimed.

"Maybe not every day when I'm not at the military base." He said.

"Oh." Nunally said in disappointment.

"So you're still with the military?" Lelouch asked.

"Don't worry." He said. "I'm working in a safe department so I shouldn't be in much trouble."

"I see.' Lelouch said as he got up to go get more tea. As soon as Suzaku noticed that, he went up to help him. Lelouch however made him sit down.

"Please; sit down." He said. "Unlike seven years ago, I'm the host here."

"I see you that you have worked with your manners." Suzaku said.

"Yes, yes." Lelouch said as he left the room. When he did, C.C. was waiting for him as he went to make more tea.

"I told you to stay in the room." Lelouch said.

"That is that one boy." C.C. asked. "From Shinjuku?"

"Yes…" Lelouch said. "He's more than that though. He's…he's my friend. About Zero…"

"He wants to speak with me does he?" C.C. asked.

"Yes." He said.

"So he knows you know me does he?" C.C. asked again.

"I figured since you sent him I could trust him to keep your identity a secret." Lelouch said. "He needs to ask you something which to him is the utmost importance. And quite honestly…I'm just as curious myself."

"Tell him to meet me in the abandoned warehouses on the school grounds." She said. "I can't have him meet me in here since I myself am already an intruder."

When X wasn't working with military campaigns, he spent his time working with Count Lloyd. Lloyd was almost fascinated by the way X's brain worked. X wasn't too comfortable with the idea, but he allowed Lloyd to look at him anyway.

"So you're saying to confirm whether or not a Reploid will go Maverick, you need to analyze them for a thirty year time period?" Lloyd asked as he examined the internal components of the X buster and while Cecile examined his arm for any internal damage.

"That's how long Doctor Light had me sealed away; so I'd venture guess it would take that long." X said. "But…Reploids were going off the assembly line like clockwork. I don't think they were kept in nearly that long."

"That's way too big of a time frame." Lloyd said. "Britannia is not one for long time frames unless the project is massive."

"Did Britannia order the creation of Reploids?" X asked.

"No…not yet." Lloyd said. "They have however taken a keen interest in the technology your architecture is based off of. To you it's probably something natural…but it's very foreign to us; and quite potent. I won't be surprised if they order some form of project from you…so I'm trying to do as much research on you as I can before they order it."

"And when would such a project take place?" X asked.

"Well, once the economic experts drop out of the discussion concerning costs, I would assume they'll put the project into mass effect." Lloyd answered. "The technology around you is astonishing and advanced; and I am seeing lately an increased difficulty in analyzing you. It's like this Doctor Light did not want anyone to reproduce you; or clone you. Still…technology can't improve without some sort of innovation to base on. That's of course what the science department desires…the military department seems to want to produce their own army of Mega Man Xs."

"So you know this?" X asked. "And you're not going to try and stop it. I warned you what happened when Doctor Cain tried that."

"Not much I can do X." Lloyd said. "The military has more say on what goes on in politics than I."

"Do you think you can accomplish your goals?" X asked. "With understanding me?"

"Possibly." Lloyd said. "I made the Lancelot in a three month time period (at the cost of the entire R&D budget). Once I fully examine the data of your brain and how it works, then we will see. I guess you can say it's time for this scientist's biggest test."

"I really hope you know what you're doing." X said as he got up from the table when Lloyd put the armor casing back on his Buster.

"Your arm's fine X." Cecile said. "You should be able to move again."

"Thanks Cecile." X said.

"I've been meaning to ask you a particular question." Lloyd asked. "You're a soldier. A soldier is usually supposed to kill. Yet you simply restrain and subdue. I know you have this law or code to follow, but that principle doesn't apply here. So why do you do it?"

"Well…" X began. "First of all, there is a law of robotics that I must follow. If I don't, I'm not sure what will happen to me. It's a road I've never crossed before and I don't want to know what it's like. However at the same time, it's also a good tactical idea. When you deal with rebellions like that you have no idea who you could be capturing. You could have captured someone that the whole rebellion looks up to. With him in your hands, you can make the rebellion surrender in one operation. Killing him would just make the rebellion want to fight. Capturing him, you could make him speak to the whole force and get the whole rebellion to surrender."

"What a useless ideal." Lloyd said.

"Lloyd!" Cecile shouted, grabbing his face.

"Ahh I'm sorry!" He shouted. "No more personal questions I swear!"

X simply watched as the two fought amongst themselves.

The next day was a bit average for Zero. He was keeping an eye on Suzaku. He was actually a bit concerned for the kid. Everywhere he went; people stared at him with fear or pure hate. Zero was impressed with the kid's determination. He managed to endure this contempt. But it got worse as the day proceeded. At one point, Zero caught two student spray painting the words, "Go back to your damn ghetto" on the shirt. They even were so bold to ask Zero if he wanted to help. Zero ended up beating up the two in the locker room and left them on the floor. With no care in the world at all. At the end of the day, Zero left the school grounds and headed towards the meeting place for him and C.C. Meanwhile Lelouch simply stayed behind as he talked to Ogei over his secure phone.

"It's not on the news yet, but Samurai's blood was crushed by Cornelia." Ogei began. "They were the biggest group in the area, but they got wiped out in seconds. Hey Zero at this rate, we'll be…"

"Don't panic." Lelouch said. "We need to wait for the right moment."

"I…I…I see." Ohgi said in disappoint. "Hey Zero; I got something I need to tell you."

"What is it?" He asked.

"About a few days ago, we ran into this strange girl." Ohgi said. "Tamaki was convinced she was a Britannian spy so he knocked her out with a rock. However, she said some strange things before Tamaki did. She mentioned something about looking for Zero and knowing who he is."

Lelouch almost shot up in fear when he heard that.

"However…" Ohgi continued. "The description didn't fit the profile. In fact the description she gave looked more like your body guard. Do you know her by any chance? Her name is Ceil if that helps."

I see. She doesn't know me; she knows Zero.

"No." Lelouch said. "I'm not familiar with her at all. But keep her on hold with you. I would like to speak with her."

"We don't have her with us right now." Ohgi said. "Some of our comrades were not excited about her hanging around with us. They were even reacting violently to her being here. I didn't want to release her because of her suspicious activity, but I also didn't want her in harm's way. She's with the resistance at the Samita Ghetto right now. I can have her called back if you like."

"Yes please do so." Lelouch ordered. "I'll contact you later."

Lelouch out down his phone and looked out the window to see Suzaku cleaning his T-shirt.

Lelouch managed to read the letters on the shirt before shooting back.

Zero left towards the abandoned shacks on the school grounds. Zero was still wondering why this woman wanted to meet him here of all places. Still, Zero needed answers of some form. What happened? Why he was here? How she brought X back to life? And why she wanted him to protect Lelouch so badly?

Zero went over to the shacks. There were three of them. They were fairly large for a bunch of supply shacks. Upon scanning the area, Zero managed to analyze several types of mold and moss residue. He also identified several other pathogens floating around the shacks. It's obvious the reason they were closed down was because of them being a health hazard. Zero went over to one of them to see a schedule for demolition. They were going to burn it down and take the infections with it.

"Good move." Zero said to himself. "Humans have enough trouble in their lives. No need to add to it further."

Zero saw some movement to his right. Zero quickly ran over to the right side of one of the shacks. He managed to catch a silhouette of some form move quickly inside the shack. He couldn't tell what it was; it moved too fast. Thinking it might have been C.C. leading him to the meeting spot, Zero quickly followed the figure inside.

Zero looked around the area of the shack. The shack had two stories, and then a large ceiling. It was very wide. Boxes were stacked everywhere. C.C. could be hiding anywhere. Zero activated his scanner and continued to look around for C.C. He however was unable to pick up anything on scanner.

"I know someone was here." Zero said to himself.

Zero heard a noise like a gunshot fire in his direction. Zero looked up to see a scissor like object heading his direction. It was spinning like a disk and heading towards him. Zero quickly activated his saber (which he carried) and sliced the scissor like object in two. Zero looked up to see another one fired at him. Zero quickly dodged the object. He turned around to see the object turning around and coming back towards him. Zero dodged in a second time and saw the object return to the head a figure, masked from the shade.

"Remember who you are; old comrade!" It said.

Zero wasted no time with this. He activated his Buster and fired on the support beam where the figure was standing. The energy collided into the beam, blowing the support beam and the area around it away. Zero watched the figure lose its balance and scream in freight as it came tumbling down.

After the dust and debris cleared, Zero went to check the area where it fallen. However, it was gone. No trace of it on sight.

"What the?" Zero asked himself.

"Well here I come to talk to you and you even go to the wrong shack." A voice said behind him.

Zero turned around to see C.C. standing in front of the door.

"You even know how to make a mess of things." She continued.

"Did you lead me to this shack?" He asked.

"I told Lelouch to tell you to meet in the middle shack." C.C. said. "Why would you go to the one on the right?"

"Hmm…" Zero mumbled to himself. "So you didn't lead me to this one eh?"

"Nope." She said. "Why?"

"I see." Zero said. "Never mind then."

Zero and C.C. then met in the shack that she had said they would meet at. Zero and she sat down on a couple boxes as they spoke.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"Exactly as I told Lelouch." She said. "I'm C.C."

"That doesn't answer the context of my question." He said. "Who are you really?"

She did not answer. After a minute of silence, Zero spoke up again.

"Alright; if you won't answer that, then answer this; why did you choose me?" He asked.

"Because you were the closest thing that represented a real human super solider." C.C. said. "If you haven't noticed, your battle is now no longer with Reploids, but of humanity. When you slayed Doctor Weil, you gained the ability to choose for yourself your own destiny. X cares too much of humanity; and won't dare raise a finger against them. I can't have someone like that working with the one precious to me; especially if he is choosing to attack his own country."

"So you choose me because I can make those decisions?" Zero asked.

"Yes." She responded.

"And how did you find me?" Zero said. "You obviously live in this world…wherever it is…how did you come to me?"

C.C. looked at him and then closed her eyes. Zero then saw the geass mark appear on her head. After a few moments of her standing there with it…it vanished.

"I bear the power of the Kings…called Geass." She said. "While my true power has been suppressed by…circumstances…I found I could direct my sub conscious into spiritual body and move through dimensions. I even found through sure force of will I could draw things into those dimensions to my own. I oversaw all the data Ciel had on you and decided to make use of it by bringing you here."

"Answer this then." He said. "Most of my body was destroyed on my way back down to the surface of the planet. I know Ceil tried to rebuild me; I could feel it while I was in my own little world. So how did you fully repair me?"

C.C. looked at him with a confused look.

"Repair you?" She asked. "Zero you were like that when the shift happened."

"Huh?" Zero asked in surprise.

"I know." She said. "When I drew you in…you were 100% repaired and functioning. I don't know why you had not woken up earlier. When you came to this world…you were 100% repaired and everything."

"Impossible." Zero said. "What about X and the others? They were dead."

"I never repaired and rebuilt them." C.C. said. "To be honest, I never even took them with me. Only you were important…not everyone else. How they came with you is a mystery to me actually. Somebody else had sent them to here. I just so happened to find your capsule when the shift happened and decided to use you. I moved you to a location that I knew Lelouch would run into. As for them…even I don't know."

Zero had just stared there stupefied.

"I told that I sent them to Lelouch to appease his desire of explanations for now." She continued. "But I really have no idea how they all got here. I knew you were coming, but I never drew you in. Once I figured out why, I was going to tell Lelouch. But until then, you'll have to suit for that reasoning.

"So what does that mean?" Zero asked.

"It means there was a Geass user on your side of the world." She said. "Once who's Geass is extremely rare and powerful."

Zero stared at her with confusion and worry.

"Don't worry machine." She said as she got up. "Secrets are made to be found out with time."

"Where you going?" Zero asked as he got up too.

"I have to stay out of sight." She said. "If I don't, I'll get captured and give Lelouch trouble. You better stay out of sight too. You're skilled at disguising yourself, but your hair is a dead giveaway."

"Don't worry." Zero said. "I hardly leave the school grounds as it is."