As promised, this chapter will have the long awaited wedding in it and I gotta say, it was hard picking out what type of wedding that they'll have as though Lelouch gave up his family name and any titles that came with it, he was still raised Christian (Most likely Protestant as that is the state religion of England and has been since Henry the eighth). I know that he isn't the most religious and is moth likely an atheist but for the sake of the ceremony, he wouldn't put up too much of a fight. Kaguya on the other hand is Japanese and would likely be Shinto in religious practice and with her being from an established and influential Japanese family, they'll want a traditional Shinto style wedding.
So for that, they'll came to a sort of compromise. The wedding itself will be have elements from both religions to suit the bride and groom, and cause those two almost never follow the rules.
Perseus12: Yes, our farm boy is alive but not so well, at least for now. And yes, those three along with their European counterpart will give birth to some powerful and deadly machinery. The cult won't be important for a while now as from what we know, they only really grow in influence and power by the second movie. It will happened sooner in this take but not for a while. Chau is a wildcard as the only reason they turned to him in the first place was due to the governments of the world losing almost all their brain cells and defunding the jaegers like their some American Police department. Like, I don't know why they were so chill bout it when walls have never worked, just asked the Chinese as they built a huge one, the Mongols still got it.
ChimaTigon: Not at this time, I already have other ideas I'm eager to pursue.
Vein Bloodborne: Yes, the wedding will take most of the chapter if I planned things right. And yes, Nelly is slowing making it so that she can meet her brother for the first time in years by joining. Sure he'll want to avoid her but not to the degree that he'll request a transfer just cause she be in the same Shatterdome. For Charles' geass, that's gonna take time as all he did was screw with her memories of that night to match up with the story told, she still loves them as siblings should. That being said, it will be a while before the secrets begin to unfold.
Richy1991: Thank you.
Pkd: Well it was something a reader brought up and I was slightly ashamed that I didn't think of it myself. I don't have much of a plan for Naoto, he may stay alive for now but I'll not do much with him and his character.
Blaze1992: Yes, the movie events are soon on the horizon but not for at least, another chapter.
ewertondragon10: No I'm not, Lulu will get some sort of harem but she will not be included and I'm keeping the number of girls in it low. Thanks for the compliment, I enjoyed writing that scene out as those two seem to act like children whenever the other's involved.
Chapter 6: They Day the demon was married(Part 1)
12th June 2019
Port Moresby Shatterdome, Papua New Guinea
"Breach was exposed at 14h32 hours, we have one signature. Category III, codenamed Croc. It'll reach the city of Honiara in 11 hours." The controller reported to a room full of both pilots and their ground crews. "We predict that it'll be finished with them within 4 hours, afterwards it would most likely make its way here. All in all, Croc will take 22 hours at the minimum before it gets here."
"Striker, Knight." Their commanding officer called out, catching the two jaeger crew's attention. "Get ready, you'll be deployed to cut it off from hitting Esa Ala."
"Sir, what about Honiara?" Viktoriya asked, concerned for the small population of 85,000.
"We have no assets in the area. The Australian navy has 2 destroyed nearby but they won't be of much help." The commander cut her off, not really showing any concern for the thousands of lives about to end.
"It's a lost cause you mean." Chuck spoke up, his father looking like he was about to reprimand him if not for the commander answering him.
"Yes. The waters are too deep for jaegers to effectively combat Kaiju, if we sent you in, you'll be destroyed which means we loss not just a couple of seasoned pilots and a promising rookie but also two jaegers, the cheaper of the two costing 79 billion pounds" He told him bluntly as he walked up to him, daring him to speak again with his gaze. He didn't. "You two will be stationed 16km off the coast. I want the city on high alert in case we need to send everyone to a shelter."
"We'll see it done." Lelouch answered as he and the rest of them saluted before walking out to get ready.
"I can't believe we're doing this." Viktoriya said as they found themselves alone as they walked towards their room.
"It's as the commander says, we don't have the resources to help them. Even if the helicopters have the ability to travel the range, they don't have the power to life any of our jaegers." Lelouch said, being honest and a bit blunt.
"I know but still." The Russian said as she looked to the said, sadden that they can't do anything to save those people. She then felt her partner place a comforting hand on her shoulder which made her look at to him, he had really grown from the little boy she once knew.
"It hurts me too you know, knowing what will become of those people but my old sensei once told me something about this kind of situation." Lelouch said with a small, understanding smile.
"And what was that?" She asked him, already guessing he was referring to this Tohdoh she had seen in his memories.
"There's a difference between a lost battle and an unwinnable one. This one just happens to be we didn't have a chance to win." He said, recalling one of the many…many training sessions he was forced to attend once he moved in with the Kirirhara's.
13th June 2019
16km off the coast of Esa Ala
"Be advised, these category III coming through the breach as some of the biggest we've ever seen." Their Kaiju tracking centre alerted them as they tugged though the rather shallow water. They had been deployed since early morning so that they could walk the distance to the expected combat site and though it was only mid-day, they didn't really care for the sun.
"Acknowledged, sir. We'll be careful." Lelouch responded as they kept their eyes and scanners peeled for anything and besides a fishing boat they had seen earlier, all was quiet.
"Command, this is Striker, we're in position." Herc called out their position as the two jaegers came to a stop, side by side.
"Command, this is Knight, we're in position. What's the target's heading and speed?" Viktoriya asked as her partner looked through all their systems to ensure everything was in working order.
"Croc is to your east north east. Speed is coming in at 54 knots. It'll be on within 20 minutes." Command replied as they kept their eyes on the prize.
"33km out then. We can work with that." Lelouch commented as he saw that their fuel levels were still in the green.
"Knight, do you have any ranged weaponry?" Herc asked them over the radio.
"Yes, we have our upgraded missiles and an energy weapon called a Hardon cannon." The dark haired male replied to the question.
"Their range?" He asked again as he looked over his own ranged weapons in the form of the AGM missiles.
"Around 5km." Viktoriya took this as her turn to answer.
"Good, wait for the thing to get close and once it comes within 3km, fire your cannons." Their senior informed them of their impromptu plan for dealing with this thing.
"But sir, what if it dives?" Viktoriya asked as it was a favoured tactic for the Kaiju to dive, most likely due to all of them being natural swimmers no matter their body shape.
"Then we scare it back to the surface. The water we're standing in isn't that deep, a few good shots and it'll have to face us." Chuck replied, having glossed the details of the plan from his father's head.
"Roger." The two young adults replied before command radioed in.
"Be advised, Kaiju has increased in speed, estimated to be 62 knots. It's heading has changed." Command informed them as they picked up the Kaiju changing course and building up speed. "It's coming right for you."
"So the ugly bastard knows we're here. That makes things easier." Chuck joked, already seeing them bagging this latest kill.
"Connect, Kaiju spotted, heading right for us!" Lelouch called out as their long ranged scanners picked up movements heading right for them.
"Confirmed. I see the target. Knight, remember the plan." Herc said as Striker was able to spot and identify the target as well.
"Yes sir." Lelouch replied before he turned to his teammate. 'No time like the present to test this thing out.'
'I hope it works.' Viktoriya said quietly in her mind as this was to be their machine's maiden voyage. Anything could go wrong for a number of reasons.
'Well if it doesn't, I'll be sure to let those two know what I think of them.' Lelouch joked as he activated their hadron cannon which split their left hand right hand apart much akin to Gispy's plasma cannon but unlike with the older model, the finger folded back and the wrist transformed, allowing for a large four-barrelled cannon to emerge and extend outwards a couple metres. "Hadron cannon ready."
"Acquiring target." Viktoriya said as they input the targeting data into their system which then locked onto the Kaiju signature. "Target locked." While this happened, Striker prepped their own AGM missiles to fire. Once all was done, the two units merely waited for the beast to come to them. Silently tracking it as it moved and making corrections to their aim whenever they noticed a flaw.
"In range." Finally, after almost 15 solid minutes, Herc called out that their unknowing prey was in their sights.
"Firing!" Lelouch called out as he pulled the trigger on the hadron cannon and much to their and Striker's shock, the blast unleashed was like nothing hey had ever see. A beam of varying shades of red, zooming faster than only bullet blasted out of the four barrels towards the Kaiju with a unique and fear invoking screech. Within mere seconds, it has crossed the thousands of metres still between them and their target and stuck it along its back as it swam near the surface.
"Jeez, that's powerful." Chuck commented as they couldn't hear it but the beast was now screaming in pain and confusion as the blast tore a deep hole about 6m across from the top of the right shoulder down what they thought was like 15m down.
"Direct hit. Looks like we did some serious damage." Commander reported as they tracked its vitals and saw a spike in heartrate.
"That you did. Command, this is striker, we've moving in." Herc reported to them as Striker begun to ran towards the wounded creature.
"Copy that."
'Just as they said, the wound isn't bleeding all that much.' Viktoriya observed as they didn't pick up any rise in the levels of Kaiju blue that would worry them.
'Less thinking and more prepping the second shot.' Lelouch said as he was already cycling in the next shot.
'R-right!' Viktoriya replied as she went to work helping him, keeping eyes on their target as it dived to avoid the charging Striker.
"Oh no you don't!" Chuck yelled as Striker came to a standstill and ran down missiles into the area of water that the Kaiju dived into to. The force of each resulting explosion proving effective enough to force the injured beast back up to the surface, now even closer than before. "No diving!" He finished as they landed a heavy left cross to the beast which was quickly followed up with a right hook.
"Knight!" Herc called out as he punched the thing away from them to give the second machine a clear line of fire.
"Firing!" Lelouch called out as they fired a second shot, aiming for the centre mass of the creature now on two hind legs. The creature on its end, tried to avoid being shot but with the speed of the blast and its own injuries, it was only able to move to the side enough so that the shot punched right into its left chest cavity. Striking through its thick armoured hide and superheating any liquids such as blood along the way. Truly a painful way to go as the beast roared one last time in pain before falling over, splashing down into the cool water, barely moving.
"Direct hit, I repeat, a direct hit!" Viktoriya cheered as they both saw the results of their handiwork as they disarmed the cannon and allowed the hand to shift back to normal.
"Striker, Knight, this is command. We're receiving no signal from the Kaiju. Can you confirm?" Their commanding officer requested as their life signs for the creature had gone dead but they weren't taking into chances.
"Roger command, moving in." Striker responded as they moved in for a closer look. Once they did, they could see that it was still alive…somehow but from the grievous looking hole in its chest and the wound on its shoulder and back. It was going to die within the hour, barely able to move and do anything about it.
"Yeah, that thing's dead all right." Though unlike with most animals, none of them could find it in themselves to give a shit about its wellbeing. As far as they were concerned, it could die a slow death but ordered were orders.
"Just to be sure." Herc said as he allowed striker left hand to let loose it's blades before with one quick jab, they drove the blade right its chest where a man would have their heart. With a pitiful sounding whimper, the beast finally stopped moving as they pulled out their blue stained blade from the now carcass. "Command, this is Striker, Croc is down, I repeat, croc is down. That's a kill."
"Congrats Obsidian. Looks out you bagged for first kill." Herc said as Striker turned round and started to walk back towards them.
"Thank you sir, the new weapons system worked according to plan." Lelouch reported, quite pleased that their new machine functioned as designed. Sure the hadron took a bigger toll on their energy reserves than originally estimated but it was a good trade-off if used wisely.
"I'll be sure to pass that message along to the R&D." Command spoke up as they ordered the clean-up crews to the area to sort out the mess. "Return to base at once."
"Copy." Both machine replied as they directed them to give each other a simple fist pump before they begun to walk back to base.
7th September 2019
Mt Fuji – Sumeragi Mt. Fuji Estate: Main Hall
"I didn't think this day would come." Suzaku spoke up as he along with many others stood inside a large hall. It was early evening and today marked the wedding reception of Lelouch and Kaguya. As one would expect, the entire room was decorated to the tee to celebrate this day and along with both their families(or lack thereof in Lelouch's case), friends and others had been invited to the event. Suzaku himself was dressed in his Red PPDC dress uniform along with cap.
"What, the wedding?" His father, Genbu spoke up from his side as the two walked along the room, greeting dignitaries and other members of Japanese high society. Unlike his son, he was wearing a black and grey suit fit for a the Prime Minister.
"No, the fact that he looks so tame up there. I would have thought he'll be bored by now." Suzaku gestured towards the main table positioned in front of them all. It had been set up for 8 people like all the others but at present, the only ones seated at it were the bride and groom in question. Like himself and other members of the PPDC present, Lelouch was dressed in his full PPDC dress uniform while Kaguya opted for a white and blue modified wedding kimono. The two appeared to be having a conversation that they enjoyed going by the smiles on each of their faces.
"Oh he is, he's just good at hiding it." Genbu replied with a small laugh as he got the look in the boy's eyes.
"How you figure?" Suzaku asked him as they moved past the food table, not taking anything to snack on.
"I had that same look on my face when I married your mother. I love her dearly but weddings aren't the most exciting thing." Genbu told the boy as he recalled his own wedding.
"Is that right?" A women spoke up behind as they both turned to see Suzaku's mother and wife to Genbu walking up to them. Like many of the female Japanese guests, she was dressed in evening attire based kimono with light make-up. Though she didn't sound it, her green eyes sparkled with tease.
"I'll leave you to dig yourself out of your-self dug grave." Suzaku said as he could already see where this was going. So rather than stand with his father as he defended his previous statement, he wondered off into the crowd.
"I see that you're having fun." Viktoriya said as she walked up to him with a smile on her face and a small plate of food in hand.
"Indeed I am, not every day that your best friend is married." Suzaku conceded as he did feel…happy for his friend. He deserved this.
"You can say that again, he's had this day on his mind for a while now." Viktoriya replied as she took a bite out of the rather tasty food prepared for the evening.
"I'll take your word for it. How you liking Japan?" Suzaku asked her, curious to the girl that he only ever met in passing.
"I've only been in country for about a week now but it's a beautiful country. The autumn looks amazing." Viktoriya swallowed what she had in her mouth before she replied to his inquiry. Though she felt uneasy whenever people looked at her as an outsider on the street, she did enjoy it here-it was so much different to St. Petersburg.
"If you think that's good, you should see it in the spring." Suzaku joked before they two of them heard someone calling.
"Vicky!"
"Hmm?" Viktoriya turned to see who was trying to get her attention.
"Who calls out that loud at a wedding?" Suzaku asked as with a frown as he also turned to see both Gino and Kallen making their way towards them, but while Kallen carried herself with grace, Gino was….well Gino.
"I'm sorry, you are?" Suzaku asked him, feeling on guard out of instinct around a Britannian.
"Oh sorry about that, kinda forget we don't know that many people here. The names Gino Weinberg and this lovely lady is Kallen Stadtfeld." Gino said to introduce them as Kallen just sighed at her partner's seemingly limitless energy. Sometimes she felt like the elder by years and not a couple months.
"Excuse him, he's default setting is loud and annoying." Kallen apologised for her partner as a few people turned to see what the commotion was about but seeing as the group were all PPDC, no-one paid them any more thought.
"Suzaku Kururugi, and don't worry about it. His attitude is a breath of fresh air here." Suzaku reached over and shook both their hands as Viktoriya did the same. "Actually, you too look familiar. Have I seen you before?"
"Not that I know of." Kallen shook her head in denial, having never had the chance to meet Suzaku, though she wasn't sure if she had seen him outside the news.
"They were transferred to Tokyo not too long ago." Viktoriya added in as she could see that her useful bit of info proved enough for the three to remember.
"Oh yes, you're the new guys that took my old spot." Oh now he remembered. He had been present when their jaeger was being moved into the Tokyo Shatterdome. It was the same day his was being moved out.
"No way, small world! So where you call home these days?" Gino asked as he swung a arms around the shorter male, as if they were best friends or something.
"Hong Kong. I don't like it but they needed pilots with skill down there." Suzaku answered, holding back his own distain for being posted in a Chinese city. The Chinese and federation as a whole were never a ally to Japan, only an aggressor so it felt like shit to have defend the Chinese.
"It's good to see you again." Viktoriya said to Kallen as the two girls engaged in their own conversation as the boys discussed their own affairs.
"You as well. We haven't been able to keep contact as much as we would like." Kallen responded, feeling sad that being posted in Japan meant she could only send letters to her brother and mother. Calls are scarce, still, she was able to make contact with Ohgi and the rest of them while she was on leave in Tokyo, it was great to see them all again.
"Don't worry about it. Our lives are all busy these days." Viktoriya assured her as she couldn't hardly communicate with her own family, never mind friends.
"Yeah, especially with how more and larger Kaiju are entering through the breach." Gino jumped back in the conversation.
"Kinda sucks that when he tried to strike at the thing directly, it just bounce right off." Suzaku said, all of them having been informed of the 8th failed attempt to bomb and collapse the breach the previous evening. Not even pure sakuradite warheads seemed to be capable. "Still, I'm happy for Lelouch, it's his special day, after all."
"You know the groom I assume?" Gino asked him.
"Oh yeah, we've known one another since we were kids. Him and his sister." Suzaku said as he gestured towards the table where Nunnally was sitting with Rukia, the two of them having their own little discussion.
"So this is where the party's at?" Milly said as she walked up to them, wearing a blue evening gown that really brought out her features. "Milly Ashford." She introduced herself as she lifted up her hand.
"I have heard of you. Lelouch has spoken about you in the past." Suzaku said with a bow as Gino took her hand into his own and kissed it, showing that he was raised like a noble. Kallen and Viktoriya both merely nodded their heads, seeing now need to go the extra mile.
"I'm flattered. We have only really met in passing to be honest. He closer to my grandfather than me." Milly said with a little chuckle. Having only met the boy through a couple video calls whenever her grandfather spoke with him and might she say, he really was the dashing young man.
"Where is your grandfather?" Viktoriya asked, wishing to met the man behind the whole jaeger concept. Even Kallen knew of him, and the billions he made being the sole jaeger manufacturer in Britannia.
"Over there, he's seems to be having a little discussion with Lord Kirihara." Milly said as she gestured to the side with her eyes, to which they say the two elders having their own discussion to the side.
"Knowing him, its business related." Suzaku muttered, knowing that Taizo was first and foremost, a businessman so he would always be on the look-out for potential partners and clients.
"So, tell me about yourselves. After today, I have a feeling that we'll be seeing each other more often." Gino said to get a change of topic.
"Oh goodie, well let's start with favourite colours." Milly followed his lead as the group soon descended into rather pointless but entertaining discussion about each other's childhoods and tastes.
(With the Bride and Groom)
"I admit, I wasn't expecting such a large crowd. Even the princess is in attendance." Lelouch said as he looked to the side where the 2nd Japanese princess was seated. With her were 4 of her own guards which would have insulted him if he didn't understand that royalty always had their own protection. Even at events where there were guards all over the place.
"Well we are from two of the most influential families in Japan. It's to be expected that many of the upper class would attend." Kaguya answered his question with a giggle before she poked his side with one of her little fingers. "Besides, you did invite people from work." She said, referring to the large PPDC presence, even the famed Stacker Pentecost was present along with his young son, and a young Japanese girl she didn't recognise but had been informed was named Mako.
"I like to see familiar faces. About the living arrangement, you're still moving out of your family home?" Lelouch shrugged it off as he didn't have that many friends.
"Of course, a wife and husband should live together in one house after all." Kaguya responded as she hugged his arm to her chest, already seeing how their married life will be.
"You're not wrong there. But I must admit, before meeting you, marriage was the last thing on my mind." Lelouch told her honestly as he looked over the hall and still couldn't believe that today was his wedding day!
"That's the cause with all boys. You only start thinking about girls when you start having those urges of yours." Kaguya jested with a smirk.
"Well I do have a bastard of a father who at present, has 106 wives, so the marriage lost that sacred meaning to me from a young age." He countered as he kinda never saw the point in marriage, even when Nunnally and Euphemia made him choose who he would prefer to marry when they were too young to understand the different types of love and why siblings and family in general shouldn't have such relations.
"I'm surprised he can satisfy that many at his age." Clearly, she had more ammo that he gave her credit for as now he had that image stuck in his head.
"Stop."
"Let's hope you inherited that stamina of his." She went in for the finishing blow with a wink. She could already see their first night together now, it will be magical.
"Dammit, I'm marrying a tease." Lelouch grumbled as he messaged the bridge of his nose, though she could tell that he wasn't really irritated at her, just as the fact she outplayed him this time around.
"You're only figuring that out now?" She now gave a full laugh.
"At least my home life will be far from boring." Lelouch said as he leaned into his seat, looking down at his attire and wondering if he should have gone with the suit rather than his uniform.
"I'll make sure of it, starting on our honeymoon!" Kaguya cheered, that was a real treat to look forward. All that alone time with her new husband with no distractions.
"It was a good thing I stacked up vacation days. We're be free for three whole weeks to tour France, Germany and Italy." Lelouch added with a small smile as he did enjoy it whenever Kaguya was like this, so full of energy and pep.
"Why those countries? You still haven't told me why." She asked him, having left the choice of their destination up to him.
"I hear that there are striking countries in the fall. Besides, it has always been a wish of mine to tour the EU, if nothing else then to see what has become of the union of kicked my family our of Europe." He answered as he fancied himself a history buff, if nothing else then to see how people in the past dealt with life
"Well that doesn't sound too bad. I'll have all the time I need to make sure I'm the apple of your eye." Kaguya agreed with him, a tour of Europe sounded like a lovely idea. So many sites and tastes to experience.
"You already are." He responded to her but saw she didn't believe him. "I'm serious, over the years, you've grown on me. You were there for us even if it meant nothing for you." He said with a soft, small but honest smile as he took her hand into his own.
"Oh stop it, you're making me blush." Kaguya said as she looked away with a growing redness to her cheeks. Oh how she loved it when he got so emotional and mushy, balanced out the pragmatic cynicism he tended to wear on his sleeve.
"You were the light at the end of my tunnel. I can say this with absolute certainty, that I love you, Kaguya Sumeragi." He finished as he gave her hand a little kiss, not that bothered by the fact that it was smaller than his own at this point.
"And I you, Lelouch." She responded as she gave him a little peck on the cheek.
"What, you're not going to say my full name?" Lelouch asked, looking hurt that she dint return the favour but she knew him enough to know that face to be false.
"Which one?" She asked him, referring to the fact he had two very different last names. She wasn't to say them both.
"I should have seen that coming." Lelouch could see when he was beat and this girl had made a habit of doing that with him. But before they could continue with their banter.
"Announcing the arrival of the prime minister of the Holy Britannian Empire, 2nd Prince Schneizel el Britannia!" The announcer called out over the hum and drum of the party, silencing them as Schneizel and Kanon worked into the room. Unlike his usual attire, Schneizel wore an attire that seemed to fit the motif of the 'Holy' of the Holy Britannian Empire but didn't came off as too arrogant. As they walked into the room though, that was when the whispers started.
"That's him? The prime minister?"
"He is young, is he even capable for his position?"
"Those Britannians don't seem to have much trouble so I would say yes."
"Why is he even here? We have had enough with his country and their policies."
"He should just go back home."
"It seems he isn't getting warm reception." Kaguya observed as she watched the two men walk through a room where they weren't wanted without being phased. Though Kanon did move more like a bodyguard then an assistant. He must be worried for his lord's life.
"Well, no-one had attacked him yet so I would call that a win." Lelouch observed, having been informed by Genbu of who he gave those extra invites so seeing his older brother here wasn't a surprise to him.
"But we still have a few more quests yet to arrive. Things will really pick up from there, don't you think?" Kaguya said as she stood up, her future husband not far behind her.
"Oh yes," He said as he took her hand into his own and guided her down the stairs to greet their guests. "Yes they will."
(With Schneizel)
"I wasn't expecting a warm greeting but still, this is cold." Kanon observed as they walked along, noting that just about everyone gave them space or glares. The only ones who seemed indifferent to them were the PPDC officers.
"They have ample reason to not trust or like us, Kanon. To them, we were and still are the enemy. They merely understand that there are more pressing concerns to worry about then Britannia." Schneizel replied with his usual confident smile as he picked up someone walking towards him.
"Well, it has been some time, Prime Minister Schneizel." Genbu said as he approached his fellow leader, though he didn't bother trying to smile.
"Prime Minister Kururugi, I thank you for the invitations. Wedding are a time of joy after-all." Schneizel, not bothered at al by this, returned the greeting with a warm one of his part.
"Yes, as long as all behave, I feel that can be a great occasion for us all." Genbu replied as he looked around and saw that most went back to their own affairs once he walked up to him. And he wasn't the only one.
"This is quite the surprise." Lelouch said as he walked up to the group with his bride in toe.
"Oh, is it isn't the man of the hour." Schneizel congratulated him and though he didn't show it, he was very happy to see his brother again in the flesh.
"It has been some time, brother." Lelouch said formally as he reached out one hand to give the taller man a handshake and though it had been a decade since they last spoke, it still vexed him that Schneizel was still much taller, though he was sure he could kill in a several different ways, bare handed.
"Ten years I believe since we last spoke, face to face." Schneizel replied as he returned the gesture and gave his brother a firm handshake, he had already expected a cold reception from the boy…man that had never once replied to his sibling's letters or answered their calls so even this was an improvement as the child he once was would have tried to avoid him for the whole event.
"We all have our duties, they tend to keep us occupied." Lelouch replied as they broke their hold on each other as Schneizel turned his gaze to the young girl and he could see that she was quite the beauty. Of course he would never go for someone so young but that was merely his own opinion.
"I couldn't agree more. You must by my sister in law to be, I am Schneizel el Britannia, Lelouch's older brother." Schneizel introduced himself as he bowed to the girl in a sign of respect, though only slightly.
"Oh I know who you are, not many people can boast to be being his intellectual equal if not superior." Kaguya said as she hid her face behind a hand-fan she kept tucked away in her sleeve.
"I wouldn't sell him short, he was quite the cunning one, even from a young age. I can only assume that the years have sharpen his mind." Schneizel chuckled it off as he could see a feint twitch of Lelouch's eye, clearly he didn't like that fact being brought up.
"Oh that is true, my dear husband to be has only grown in all the years we've known one another." She boasted, having nothing but the upmost confidence in her groom.
"Perhaps is the chance arises, we shall see his for ourselves." Schneizel challenged, having wished for a chance to see how far his brother had come from the days they shared in the Aries Villa. But before that could happen.
"Announcing the empress of China, Tianzi!"
"Oh she made it!" Kaguya seemed to beam with joy as she turned around and walked off the see their newest arrivals.
"She's rather excited." Schneizel pointed with a chuckle as this wasn't something he saw everyday back in Pendragon.
"She rarely gets the chance to see the empress. They are friends." Lelouch replied as he looked to the side where his bride had ran off to with a look of contentment, having grown to enjoy these moments with her.
"But relations between China and Japan are almost as bad as they are between the empire and Japan, which means this is a rare event indeed." Schneizel recalled as the former head of the federation didn't have that man friends to call on. Its old policies both domestic and foreign made sure of that.
"I shall leave you to mingle with the guest, I must attend to my bride." Lelouch said, ending the conversation as he turned to follow after her. "Please, enjoy the night."
"He has gown." Schneizel said aloud as he watched his younger brother walk off, quite impressed with his growth.
"Excuse me?" Kanon spoke up, having not known the Prince long enough to get where he was coming from.
"When he was younger, he was much more wild, quick to anger and arrogant. Now, now's he's tampered and collected. Still a bit arrogant though." Schneizel laughed as he took an offered glass of wine from an attendant walking by. He could afford a glass or two.
(With the Empress)
"Kaguya!" The young empress of the Chinese said once she made eye contact with her old friend.
"Oh I'm so glad you could make it!" Kaguya said as she all be crashed into the younger girl as the two gave each other a huge hug. The two attendants with her not knowing how to handle this other than the fact that this wasn't a hostile notion. "How have you been?"
"I could I miss my best friend's wedding? Of course I'll come. I'm been good but things have been hard back home." The albino red eyes girl answered, having opted for a more formal attire then her norm which made her feel self-conscious.
"I can't imagine the work being an empress would have." Kaguya answered as the two of them broke their little reunion.
"It's hard but as long I have Xingke to help me, I manage." Tianzi stated with more confidence as normal. Having few things she saw as worth much, Xingke was the top of that list as he was the first to treat her like an actual person worthy of respect and care. He was also the one who kept his promise to her and got her out of the imperial city, from which she toured her homeland, granted it was during a time of a civil war between those loyal to her and the former eunuchs but she would nonetheless cherish those memories.
"So this must be the tall glass of water you always talk about." And with that little comment, Kaguya turned her gaze to the taller but very attractive man standing along with his empress.
"Kaguya!" Tianzi blushed as she tried her, though Xingke himself didn't look all that effected by her words.
"Indeed. My name is Li Xingke, her majesty's personal bodyguard." He spoke up for the first time since they arrived, bowing the Kaguya much the same as the women standing next to him. Both of them wearing respectable but classy suites.
"I am Zhou Xianglin, her personal aid." The adult women spoke, her tone much like that of Xingke's controlled and calm.
"Oh my, you sure know how to pick them. I approve." Kaguya said as she looked them both over, disturbing slightly with her hungry gaze. Did this girl have no sense of shame?
"It's not like that!" Tianzi was now as red as a tomato from all of this.
"Must you insist in embarrassing the poor girl?" Lelouch asked as he approached the group, cutting the young ruler some slack with his appearance drawing attention away from her.
"It's part of my charm." Kaguya replied as she leaned up and have her groom a kiss on the cheek.
"That is something I'm well aware of." Lelouch answered as he rolled his eyes before he turned his attention to the new addictions to his wedding reception. "Greetings, my name is Kirihara Lelouch, it's a pleasure."
"To you as well, I am Empress Tianzi of China. Thank you got the invitation." Tianzi replied as she and her party bowed to him only to be waved off.
"You may my bride to thank for that. Please, we don't have a seat and talk?" Lelouch suggested as he pointed towards a free table that could sit at.
"That would be great. I'm really excited to get to know you." Tianzi replied, showing off that she was still young and she planned to use this chance to find out as much as she could about him.
"As will I. I don't get to meet Kaguya's friends all that often due to my rather busy schedule." Lelouch said as he led them towards one of the tables.
(About 30 minutes later)
"Sister, we must hurry, we're already late!" Euphemia called out as she hurried dashed across the paved walkway towards the reception hall. As it as late evening, there was no-one else besides them present so that meant that there was no-one to see how great she looked in her pink and white dress she had specially made for the evening. She also had her hair done and placed it into a high ponytail with a bang failing down the left side of her face.
"Calm down Euphie, you're ruin your dress." Cornelia walked to try and keep up, walked due to the fast she was wearing high heels, a type of footwear she had avoided for years and still was getting used to them again. She wasn't wearing a uniform like usual but rather an dark purple evening dress much like her sisters, though as she had asked Clovis to help pick one out, it was on the more…sexy side of the scale, not too much that she would have burned it on first sight but enough that though she was very uncomfortable in it, she still agreed to wear it.
"No time, we have to get there." Euphemia called back to her as they approached the hall and could make out the music being played by whatever band performing. But Cornelia was able to catch up to her and take hold of her arm to stop her.
"Not if you look like you fell in a ditch. We're only a few minutes late. The main dinner isn't scheduled to start for another hour." She reminded her younger sister. As much as she wanted to, they needed to keep appearance here, now more than ever.
"I know, I know, it's just…" Euphemia said as she looked down at her herself, hoping that she wasn't overdressed or underdressed. Maybe she should have opted for her suit? Before she could delve deeper in second guesses, she felt her sister take her into a much appreciated hug that calmed her nerves.
"Believe me, I know the feeling. I feel the same right now but we can't just barge in like back when we were younger. We're in a different place for a different reason." Cornelia reminded her as they both looked towards their destination. It almost felt….surreal, after all these years of being apart from them, now the only thing between them and their siblings
"I know. I'll behave." Euphemia agreed, getting her head back in the game before she looked around the garden surrounding them. "This country is quite stunning, isn't it?"
"Yes, I can see the charm, it must be one of the reasons he stays here." Cornelia noted, being able to appreciate the Japanese' sense landscaping at least.
"And it's due to become his home but what name will he take, our family, his assumed or his bride's?" Euphemia asked as that had been something on her mind lately.
"I don't know. But I doubt he'll wish to add another name to his own." Cornelia replied as they both made their up the stairs towards the door. "DO you still have it, the letter?"
"Yes, big brother Odysseus managed to hand me the letter before I departed from Pendragon. Do you think he'll read this one?" Euphemia asked as he patted her purse, having made sure the letter was inside when she was getting ready at the hotel they were staying at.
"He went through over a dozen drafts to write it so I hope he does." Cornelia replied, hopeful like her younger before they reached the door and saw two doorman readying to open them. "Are you ready?"
"Yes. Let's see our siblings again." Euphemia nodded her head, steeling her heart for what was to come.
"Announcing 2nd Princess Cornelia li Britannia and 3rd Princess Euphemia li Britannia!" They were announced and immediately, most of the guests turned to inspect them, most looking like they weren't happy to see them.
"I feel so overdressed. Why did I let you talk me out of wearing uniform?" Cornelia whispered to her sister as they walked down the steps onto the main floor. She felt so exposed right now as most of the women here were wearing more conservative clothing than she. It didn't help that she spotted more than a couple PPDC officers in uniform, meaning that she could have worn it as well for Christ sake!
"We're here as siblings, sisters. Not comrades or soldiers." Euphemia reminded her as her sister had taken to wearing uniforms almost all the times, even when they were younger, she would often wear her captain's uniform for Marianne's royal guard. But before they could continue, they were approached by one of the other guests.
"Princess Cornelia, Princess Euphemia. Welcome, I am Suzaku Kururugi, the groom's best man." Suzaku introduced himself, keeping his tone and facial expressions passive as though he not like a grand majority of his friend's family, Nunnally had asked that they treat the ones invited fairly and to give them a chance-so he would.
"It is a pleasure to finally meet you. We hope that we are not late." Euphemia replied as she did a little curtsy as her sister followed her lead, even though she properly hated doing so for a foreigner.
"No, the dinner shouldn't start for some time, would you like something to eat?" Suzaku directed them towards the food tables.
"Thank you, I think I'll have a bite. Never had Japanese food before and I'm eager to see how it tastes." Euphemia answered with a polite and honest smile, trying to foster some sort of friendly relationship here.
"No thanks, I'll wait for the main meal. Where is my brother?" Cornelia on the other hand, turned him down but none the less followed him as he led them over.
"Prime Minister Schneizel is having a conversation with my father. I could show you to them." Suzaku replied as he looked to the side where the two men seemed to be having a discussion of some kind. Though he knew what she was really asking for, he expertly deflected it.
'So that's how we'll playing it, Lelouch?' Cornelia picked on that, having a feeling that this was his handiwork, though it hurt that he was still didn't consider himself a part of their family.
"Would perhaps Nunnally or Lelouch be free right now?" Euphemia tried her luck, using their given names as she was served a small plate by one of the staff manning the station.
"Lelouch is with his bride and a friend of hers but Nunnally is still with some work friends of ours. I believe she would be happy to see you." Suzaku answered her as he had last seen his friend engrossed in a conversation with the bodyguard that Tianzi brought along, so he wouldn't be available anytime soon.
"Thank you, show us the way." Euphemia replied with a smile as she took a bite of her food and found that it was quite tasty. Suzaku led them through the room, often only answering their questions to the bare minimum which led to them not asking anymore. After a couple minutes of walking and greeting other guests, they arrived at their destination.
"Here we are." Suzaku said as he gestured towards the table which at present had Kallen, Gino, Viktoriya and Nunnally all seated and seemingly having a conversation. Like most of the guest, Nunnally was dressed for the event in a lovely flowing red and pink kimono. But what was odd about the picture was that though she was still in a wheelchair, they could make out a pair of crutches being carried in the seat's backpack.
"Suzaku, where you ran off to?" Gino laughed as he turned to face them with drink in hand.
"I had to see to the new arrivals." Suzaku said as he nodded his head towards the two women, making the blonde freeze as he instantly recognised them.
"Your highnesses." Gino moved to bow, grabbing the attention of the group as they all turned to view them, or in Nunnally's case, turned to better hear them.
"Please, not here. This isn't for us. It's for my brother." Euphemia asked of the man as she didn't need them to feel any more alienated then they already did. The last thing they needed was their usual royal treatment.
"That voice, is that you Euphemia?" Nunnally asked, having recognised her sister's voice from whenever she had a televised or radio appearance she happened upon in her free time. Happy that she wasn't forgotten, Euphemia stepped forward and took her sister's hand into her own, letting her know that she was correct in her assumption.
"Yes, yes it is Nunna," She answered, barely holding back the tears as she could finally see her little sister again after so long, and to know that she had grown into such a lovely young girl. "And I'm not the only one, Nelly's here too." She said as she felt the tears forming as she gestured for her sister to come forward and take her other hand.
"Really?" Nunnally asked, her voice filled with a hope and slight joy that moved all their hearts as she grasped at the two hands. "You both are here?"
"Well, we couldn't miss out on our own brother's wedding." Cornelia spoke up with a found smile as she gave her sister a hug, one that she had been holding in for years. "It is good to see you again, I mean that." A hug that Euphemia couldn't resist not joining in on.
"And you as well. Everyone," Nunnally whispered to them, thankful that they had this reunion before she recalled that they weren't the only ones there so she reluctantly broke the embrace so that she could properly introduce them. "These are two of my elder sisters, Cornelia and Euphemia."
"We're met in court in the past." Gino spoke up, glad that the older women wasn't going to try and bite his head off for his casual demeanour as she had made it clear in that past, she didn't like it.
"Evening." Viktoriya waved at them, having known what they used to look like from her partner's memories and she could see that the years had been quite kind to them, especially Euphemia who had filled out nicely.
"Greetings." Kallen said to them, having a rather complex view of the royal family but knowing now wasn't the place for such.
"Please, have a seat. We have a lot to take about." Nunnally said to the two as they took up two of the three remaining seats as Suzaku retook his own at Gino's side, leaving the seat next to Nunnally open for Euphemia to occupy.
"Indeed." Cornelia agreed with her as she took the seat next to the young Russian girl. "How have you been doing?" She started with the most basic of question. It was a loaded question, she knew but they had to start somewhere.
"I'm been doing alright, the doctors say that the muscle growth treatments are going well." Nunnally answered as she smiled at them, taking a sip of her chilled water.
"Is that why you have crutches?" Euphemia asked, looking towards the crutches they noticed coming in.
"Yes! I've practicing walking whenever I can. It's slow going but they say I'm making good progress. Another year or so and I won't need my wheelchair anymore." Nunnally was quite ecstatic about that one as after years of controlled dieting, doctor's officers, prescription drugs, physical therapy and a surgery every now and then, she was finally at the point where she would no longer need this blasted wheelchair to get around.
"That's wonderful news! When you were in that accident, we feared the worse." Euphemia was clearly as excited as she was as she could recall how she heard that the wounds might have inflicted lifelong injuries to the girl but it was great to see that they were wrong.
"The doctors have been hard at it for years, you should be thanking them." Nunnally corrected as she knew that her grandparents as spared no expense in finding the best medical aid they could for her.
'Yes, Accident.' Meanwhile with Viktoriya, she was stuck in her own mind as she listened in to the family reunion. Having been caught by how the princess said 'accident'. She truly believed that to be the cast….But why did Lelouch's memories say otherwise?
It had taken months but slowly, she was able to build an image of that night, and it was confusing as there were two separate memories! One that matched up to the very small amount of info she could research about and her the details she obtained from her partner….and the other was, was something she couldn't fathom!
The second memory plays out completely differently to the first one. She had seen that in it, Lelouch was asleep in his bed before she was awoken by his father, who had this peculiar red symbol glowing in his eyes, it reminded her of her bird in flight. Clearly the younger version of her partner was just as confused and strangely…drawn to those eyes as she was as he never looked away, even as the man said something that blew her mind away.
"I, Charles zi Britannia, engraves into you false memories of what really happened tonight. You shall forget what really happened this night and remember what I command you to.'
That was downright scary, more so then staring down any Kaiju. At first, she didn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it. How could she, it made no sense! How could he have such power? Why would he make his own son forget?!
But….
But the more she thought about it, the more she looked into it. The more it made sense. The 'false memories', as the emperor calls them, clash with the 'real ones' leading up to that night as from what Lelouch recalled out his mother, she hated such social gathering with the nobility, having the same opinion of them as they did about her which meant she didn't give a fuck. She always wished to avoid them, so why would she host one? And if she was hosting one, why weren't their favoured siblings invited? Not even her most steadfast supporters, the Ashfords were present according to the memory. Not even Cornelia, captain of the formers empress's guard, was present.
The angles of the attack were also off. Lelouch recalled that four of the twelve windows for the area were shot to pieces by the attackers/assassins, two of each side of the stair case. But if that was the case, why wasn't the entire staircase riddled with bullet holes on the sides as well? All the holes….seem to come from directly in front of the steps, angles that would be impossible unless the shooter(or shooter, she was getting to that) was right in front of them, which meant they would need to be in the hall itself-but no-one, not even the banished prince himself remembered any assailant like that inside the room.
Then there was Nunnally's wounds. They didn't make any sense. From the memories that she had unfortunately seen over and over again whenever she drifted with him, Nunnally seemed to be with her mother who, at the first hint of trouble, shielded her daughter with her own body which though saved her life, left her crippled due to the bullets and bullet fragments all but destroying the nerves and muscles in her young, still developing legs. Her blindness was a result of the trauma of the whole event.
But one fact that stuck out as odd was the fact that it was only her legs that seemed to have hit. She would never wish harm upon such a sweet girl but she knew enough about bullet ballistics to know that she should have been seriously wounded if not killed in that attack. From Lelouch's memories of the incident, his mother seemed to have picked Nunnally up and held her to her chest, if that was the case, then those same bullets that tore through her chest should have done the same to her daughter as she wore no body armour, the average round from an assault rifle would have no problem going through her body and into her daughter's and as a former knight of round, she should have known that and should have pushed her aside.
Even if the fire from one of the guns didn't strike Nunnally would be odd enough as well but four of them? The odds were so low that Nunnally had a better chance of not being close to her mother at the time at all. When she asked him about her injuries, she was confused again by the nature of the wounds. Once more turning to bullet ballistics and after double checking via books on the subject and speaking with their resident genius medical expect, Rakshata, the rather attractive Indian even showing her medical reports of those shot by 1st hand gunfire and 2nd hand(when the bullet already went through one person and had changed shape and trajectory)
Nunnally looked nothing like the wounds of a person hit by 2nd hand fire. In fact, they were much closer to one hit by 1st hand fire. When she saw the medical reports from her brother's memories, they showed that the bullets had almost only hit important ligaments or muscles. The actual bone was relatively intact as only 2 rounds at nicked them. It would be impossible for her to be hit by around 13 different bullets in her legs alone, more so for those same shots to only strike vital portions of her legs.
All that meant that the only way this could have happened for if someone purposely aimed for her legs. She could say that was a possibility because based on the damage she took and the damage the two butlers sustained (Lelouch had no memory of his mother's autopsy), the calibre of rounds used were different as the rounds that hit the sweet girl were smaller than the ones found in the adult staff. If the same type of rounds had been used, Nunnally's legs would have been shredded beyond repair and either would have been amputated or appear much weaker than they do in her brother's memories of her recovery throughout the years.
As messy and paranoid as the thought made her feel. She was sure that someone didn't just shoot the girl in a separate incident, but they purposely used a weaker and smaller round so she would have a chance of recovery down the road.
No. The whole incident….The party itself….The lack of close friends and family….The shooting….Nunnally wounds….The fact that someone was able to strike down his favoured consort in her own home, the one place she should have been safe while married to him….The fact that the Emperor didn't seem to care about it when if nothing else, a man like him should have seen such a thing as a slight against him and his power, one he would or should never stand for…
All of it smelled rotten. Something more was going on behind the scenes, something she had only scratched the surface of if her gut feeling was right, something that the emperor didn't want to get out?
But what could be so important to him that he would brush aside the death of his favoured consort, implant fake memories in his son(and probably everyone else's head going by how both Euphemia and Cornelia seemed to believe the faulty memories) and possible plot for his daughter to be crippled just so it would match the false story?!
Arg! All of this was getting to her, she needed some fresh air.
"If you would excuse me." Viktoriya suddenly announced as she got up and walked off, heading for the bathroom where she could cool off. Now wasn't the time for such thoughts and she would be damned if she ruined her partner's wedding night with such theories…..no matter how much water they seem to hold.
"Oh okay, Viktoriya." To the rest of them, her departure seemed kinda…off as they were just about to get to her and ask what was it like growing up in Russia.
"And who is that?" Cornelia asked, having not been told who she was as they all introduced themselves and Viktoriya had been strangely quiet.
"Oh her, that Viktoriya. She's Lelouch pilot partner. Be warned, she may look sweet but she has fangs." Gino answered, having seen the girl in enough sparring matches to know that she was as skilled as Kallen, though the redhead was far more aggressive.
"I'll keep that in mind." Cornelia stated, not having any ill will towards the woman. If she was her little brother's partner, she would thank her as she watched his back. "Are you all PPDC?"
'Jee, what gave it away, the uniforms maybe?' Kallen asked herself in her head, only rolling her eyes before she spoke up. "Yes, we're all pilots. That's how we met."
"They all really good people, Cornelia. Brother really likes them and I do to." Nunnally stuck in, wanting there to be peace between the two groups and knowing how her sister could get. She loved Cornelia, she really did but at times, she could be abut much.
"Yes, you hear that Kallen, that sour puss likes me." And Gino wasn't making it any easier as he cheered, finally getting confirmation that the groom liked him.
"That's a surprise. I would have thought he hated your attitude." Kallen rebutted, enjoying how he visible deflated.
"Must you be so harsh?" Gino asked with an actual pout. It was always entertaining messing with him, now she understood why her brother was always messing with Tamaki back in the day.
"It's called be honest. No point lying about Gino, you're a handful." She told him, something that brought a little laugh from the pink haired princess as the small group returned to their previous discussion.
And that's where I'll end things, a dick move, I know but this chapter is long enough. The next one will contain the rest of the actual wedding events and some details on their honeymoon. The fight itself was a short one as to their credit, the hadron cannon is a weapon that is said to be able to demolish small mountains as Nina points out that a single shot from the Mordred's Stark Hadron would bring down the entire mausoleum of 88 Emperors. I didn't bother with the match but going by the fact that the mausoleum was large enough to house the Ikaruga with plenty of space to spare, that tells us that the weaponry can demolish small fortresses. So a Kaiju, it wouldn't stand a chance as the only reason the shot didn't go straight through was because this model is a prototype that needs to be refined and it wasn't at full power for safety concerns.
With the actual wedding, I hope that I got everyone's reactions and responses correct as it was a gamble bringing in a mother for Suzaku as she isn't mentioned at all in cannon but since he didn't inherit his green eyes from his mother, Suzaku must have gotten them from her, which means that she's the link between him and Kaguya, one of her parents must be a relative(possible sibling) of hers. I did try to make things engaging but if I made mistakes, please let me know as the part where Lelouch says he loves Kaguya, that was hard as he has never actually said that about anyone, sure he sees Nunnally as the most precious thing in his life but he never actually says it.
Same with other characters as with Shirley, he alludes to him as when the Memory repressed Shirley asked if he loved this lost friend, he says he didn't know but it was beat up about it, hinting that he did care(this was before he wiped out a cult in her name, great birthday present). Kallen he was barely able to keep his cool when she was captured and he was extremely pissed to find out that Suzaku had taken her.
Though one person online did make a good statement that has been in my head for a while now, that statement was when Lelouch said that if is a witch then he's a warlock was like a proposal. Something like if you're the princess then I am the prince. Which when I thought about it, seems to fit as even in the audio books, CC notes that she's never met someone like him before.
Now for that big reveal, yes Viktoriya has caught onto the inner working of Pendragon but she hasn't really discovered geass.
She knows that something like it is in play but that's all. As for her deduction of its effect, those were observations that I had made when I was thinking of writing a altered take of R2 as Lelouch would have made those connections sooner as he realized that his memories were tempered with once, what's to say that was the only time since as far as he knows, every other geass user he has met doesn't have the same one time use limitation that he has to deal with(Mao and Rolo).
So using the power of math, science and logic, I was able to find those little flaws in the false memory that Charles geassed everyone into remembering in place of the truth(Shot out to Film theory, Mad Pat inspired me to look for those faults)
Granted I made up one of those points which was Marianne not liking parties but everything else was cannon as I made sure to re-watch the whole scene from R1 and take into account how Charles and Marianne explain themselves to their son when the truth is revealed in R2.
All in all, Viktoriya looked at things from a logical POV and saw the plot-holes that have already addressed in the chapter.
With Nunnally, I came to the conclusion that she was shot with a smaller, weaker round as I've spoken with friends who not only hunt wild game but know a hell of a lot more then I do when it comes to firearms and when I brought up how much damage the standard rifle round used by the British/Americans in WW1/WW2 and the standard NATO round could do, they all said the same thing.
If she was shot with something like that at such a young age, multiple times(In all the flashbacks of the event, both of Nunnally's legs are wrapped in bandages from heel to her upper hips) then she would have either:
(A) lost a legs as the rounds would have made mincemeat out of her little girl flesh or
(B) The doctors would of have to amputate them because they were a lost cause, meaning that she shouldn't even have legs right now or
(C) be a cripple for life as the bones, nerves and muscles would be damaged beyond repair. I decided to give her mercy as clearly her parents lack that trait, and opted to make it that Charles had her shot with bullets that wouldn't leave her crippled for life, though that's not much all considering as I not trying to excuse his actions.
Of course Viktoriya hasn't told anybody this as this is a personal matter to her partner and friend and seems to be something that if the wrong person heard about, would either be the biggest scandal in modern Britannian history, or end with her getting bullet in the back of the head. She also hasn't told Lelouch this as she has been struggling to accept it herself and she knew that he had enough on his mind, the last thing she would want to do is dump such a thing on him so for now, he's blissfully unaware of how much of a monster his father really is. He'll learn about it after his honeymoon. I think will spice up the plot as he'll look into this, maybe ask Cornelia to help with that as she's got more connections in the capital than he does which will serve as a good way for the siblings to bond again, a good old fashion murder mystery with a dash of noble court drama and government secrets known only to a handfull.
One last thing, I had a laugh imagine Cornelia in a revealing evening dress as she is always seen in some kind of uniform or hospital gown when she was injured in R2. Even in the picture book, there was one 'episode' where most of the cast heads off to this water park and she's wearing a swimsuit that is so…..risqué that I'm surprised both Suzaku and Rivalz don't pass out from blood flowing downstream at the speed of sound. It was equally funny that when Lelouch was glaring at her with hostile/murderous intent, Shirley mistook it for lust(You would think she could tell the difference as not all lustful looks include the heart eyes). If those two ever heard that, they would never live it down!