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From Clovis to Ashford

The Japanese people in the Shinjuku Ghetto were walking and being left unharmed. Naoto and his group blended in the crowd as Britannian soldiers were doing just as Clovis ordered when he called in the cease fire. Jeremiah was not pleased with what was going on and was talking to someone over the intercom.

"Why the hell are we letting the Elevens go?" Jeremiah asked being very upset with what was happening, "What about the poison gas they stole?"

"But it's by order of Prince Clovis," The soldier responded.

"What about Bartley? Get the general staff on the line."

"They're not at their post sir."

Jeremiah was shocked with what he had just heard, "Are you telling me that Prince Clovis is alone in the con?"

Bridge of the G-1 Base

Lelouch still had the gun pointed at Clovis and Clovis was still nervous but was real glad to actually see Lelouch.

"I'm overjoyed Lelouch," Clovis said, "they said you and Nunnally died when Japan was conquered," Clovis then wondered, "wait, what about Nunnally? Is she…?"

"Nunnally is alive as well," Lelouch answered, "She's living with me."

Clovis was relieved to hear that Nunnally was alive as well.

"This is indeed good to hear," Clovis said, "what glorious news. You know Lelouch, to be honest with you, I've always believed that you and Nunnally still lived and now we can make it known."

Lelouch was silent and just stared at Clovis.

"A-Anyway Lelouch," Clovis continued, "you and Nunnally should come back to the homeland with me. I'm sure that—"

"Go back with you to Pendragon," Lelouch interrupted, "and be used as diplomatic tools again," Lelouch shook his head, "no thanks, neither myself nor Nunnally have any intention of being used as bargaining tools again so you can forget it."

"N-No, that's not it," Clovis denied, "I'm not going to use you and Nunnally as tools."

"Even if not you, I'm sure that our father would again."

Clovis was surprised and taken back with what Lelouch said and he had his head down feeling a bit nervous.

"Clovis, have you forgotten why we were used as tools before?" Lelouch asked.

Clovis looked at Lelouch and then he had a downcast expression.

"That's right," Lelouch said, "it's because my mother was killed," Lelouch closed his eyes thinking about the memory of what happened that night in the Aries Villa in Pendragon, "Mother was a Knight of Honor before earning her way up as a Knight of the Round but was a commoner by birth. No doubt the other imperial consorts and other high ranking nobles held her in contempt and that contempt extended to me and Nunnally," Lelouch opened his eyes and glared at Clovis, "even though it was made to look like the work of terrorists, my sister and I are not fools…you people," Lelouch's face was contorted into raging anger, "you people killed my mother!"

"No, it wasn't me!" Clovis responded emotionally, "I swear to you, it wasn't!"

"So you say but I will get the answers one way or the other. The truth will no longer evade me so now Clovis you will," Lelouch activated his Geass, "answer my questions."

"Huh?" Clovis said as Lelouch's Geass power took hold of him and was put in a docile state, "Yes, go ahead."

"Brother, were you involved in any way in my mother's murder?" Lelouch asked.

"No I was not."

"So you were being honest…okay. How did you feel when you learned that my mother was killed?"

"I was upset and wondered how it they were able to pull it off at the Aries Villa."

"So you weren't happy that my mother was killed?"

"No, I wasn't."

"Who was it that killed my mother, do you know?"

"No, I don't know but our brother Schneizel and our sister Cornelia, they would know."

Lelouch was surprised, "They were the heart of this?"

Clovis opened his mouth but didn't say anything and Lelouch frowned when he realized.

"I see, you don't know. Tell me what you do know regarding my mother's murder."

"I know for a fact that Cornelia investigated Lady Marianne's murder and our father ordered Schneizel to move the body although I don't know where."

"Why would he do that?" Lelouch asked raising an eyebrow.

Clovis opened his mouth but didn't say anything again.

"Of course you don't know that either," Lelouch said as he was disappointed and then he took a small device and pushed a button, "Clovis la Britannia, did you order the massacre in Shinjuku just to insure no one will reveal the girl that was used in the human experimentation that you were involved in?"

Yes, I did," The geassed Clovis answered.

"You gave the word that it was poison gas in the canister that the terrorist group had stolen, correct?"

"That's correct."

"Was it really poison gas they stole?"

"No."

"Was it the girl that you were using for human experiments in the canister?"

"Yes."

"What was your reason for ordering everyone in Shinjuku to be killed?"

"To insure that no one would live if they had seen her because if that girl and what I was involved in became known, I would be disinherited."

"That's why you ordered for every single person in Shinjuku to be killed, to protect your secret?"

"That's right."

"Did it ever occur to you that the people in Shinjuku had nothing to do with the terrorist group that stole your canister?"

"I did not care if they did or not, they were just Elevens, for me, it was like taking out the trash."

Lelouch shook his head with disgust, "I'm finished."

Lelouch deactivated his Geass and pushed the button on the device again and put it in his pocket and Clovis was back to normal and looked at Lelouch terrified regarding the accusation that Lelouch made.

"I swear it wasn't me Lelouch!" Clovis stated, "I had nothing to do with it!"

"Hmph, well here's the thing Clovis," Lelouch said, "I believe you."

Clovis was relieved, "You do? Oh, thank goodness."

"Yes," Lelouch then frowned, "however though, there's the matter of the people of Shinjuku."

"Huh?" Clovis looked at Lelouch confused, "What about them?"

"You ordered the attack on the people of Shinjuku, isn't that right?" Lelouch asked even though he already had his answers from the use of his Geass.

"Lelouch, I…I had to do it…terrorists stole something that was dangerous."

"Oh really? Was it a canister that was like a bulb and was it dark red?"

Clovis was shocked, "W-Wait, have you seen it?"

"Not only did I see it, I saw it opened and it was revealed to be someone inside, a girl with long green hair."

Clovis was surprised and then he realized something as it was starting to make sense.

"You…you were there? You were actually in…?"

"Yes Clovis, I was there and your Royal Guard were going to kill me, me!"

Clovis was shocked again, "Lelouch, I…I didn't know you were there. If I had known, then I—"

"It wouldn't have matter," Lelouch interrupted surprising Clovis, "even if you had known I was there, you still would have ordered my death just to ensure that no one lived if they saw that girl," Lelouch looked at Clovis with disgust, "after all, using that girl as a guinea pig for I'm guessing to get what she is capable of, something you wanted or at least try to duplicate it and you were afraid that you would be disinherited if it was made public because even you, a prince of Britannia was not immune to the consequences of what you were doing and that's why you ordered the deaths of the people in Shinjuku. Clovis, you're a monster!"

"L-Lelouch, you…you don't understand," Clovis said.

"You're right, I don't understand, I don't understand how you can be so callous of killing innocent people!" Lelouch shot back.

"But they weren't innocent."

"What?"

"They weren't innocent, they were aiding terrorists!"

"That's not true and you know it so don't sit there and lie to me Clovis!"

"Lelouch, I don't understand you. Why are you so concerned about these people? They're just Elevens. They're not like us Britannians, much less come from superior family like ours."

Lelouch twitched his eyebrow with anger and disgust, "That's a wrong thing to say to me."

Lelouch used his gun to pistol whip Clovis and then he put his gun in his pocket and began to punch Clovis repeatedly. Clovis tried to defend himself but Lelouch kept punching his older half-brother. Clovis fell out of his throne and was on the floor.

"Lelouch, stop this!" Clovis pleaded.

Lelouch quickly grabbed Clovis by the collar and then backhanded him and pushed Clovis back on his throne. Clovis held his right side of his face and he was bleeding from the mouth and he looked at Lelouch terrified.

"I've always hated when someone bullies and/or kills people just because they can and just because they are in a position of power or higher power, I've always hated that even when I was living back in the Aries Villa with my mother and sister. Hell, I saw it happen back in the mainland to fellow Britannians just because they were commoners and the other imperial consorts and our other brothers and sisters would try to make me and Nunnally feel as we were nothing and your mother, Lady Gabriella was one of them as well. How could you forget that about me Clovis? You think just because they're not Britannians that it would be an exception to me, it's not. The Japanese are human beings, not animals and yet you and most Britannians treat them like animals and other natives of nations that Britannia occupies."

"Lelouch, you may not like it but it's the way it is," Clovis replied, "it's survival of the fittest, the strong rule over the weak and it's our nation's policy to oppress the Numbers. It's just the way it is Lelouch. You may not like it but it doesn't matter, you have to accept that just as these monkeys have to accept that we're superior to them."

Lelouch got angry and grabbed Clovis by the neck and kneed him in the gut knocking the wind of him. Clovis held his stomach while he was on his knees on the floor. Lelouch grabbed his brother again and pushed him back on the throne.

"I'm fully aware of the policy and I know what the Emperor believes is the right course for Britannia," Lelouch said, "however, just because he says how it is, doesn't mean I should just blindly accept it. I refuse to accept it no matter what you or anyone else says."

"Lelouch, I…" Clovis then looked over and he and Lelouch saw someone approaching from the lower floor and he was shocked to see it was CC, "it's you."

"Yes, the girl in the canister," Lelouch said looking at Clovis and then back to CC, "did you get what I asked?"

"Yes, I did," CC said as she held up a disk and some papers, "this disk and these papers contain the activities and the logs here."

Clovis was shocked, "What are you doing with those? Wait, you can't have them!"

Lelouch looked at Clovis, "Your request is denied and I see no point in telling you Clovis…and that's because…" Lelouch pulled out and pointed his gun point blank at Clovis's head, "unfortunately you're going to die."

Clovis was horrified, "No, please don't Lelouch! We may have different mothers but you and I are still blood!"

"Yes, you and I are blood but I can't ignore what you did, I have to stop you my brother."

"You're actually going to do this? You're going to betray and kill me for the sake of these damn Elevens? They're not worth a damn and how could you do this to me? You just said that you believed me when I said that I had nothing to do with Lady Marianne's murder!"

"Clovis, this isn't for my mother's death, it's for the deaths of the innocent civilians in Shinjuku and you still fail to understand so I won't waste my breath explaining anymore and since you made the assumption that I wouldn't be bothered by the death of civilians and the destruction you've caused which tells me that you never really knew me."

"What about Nunnally? If she saw what you're doing, then surely—"

"If she heard what you had said to me, she would be disgusted as well!" Lelouch interjected.

"Lelouch, please, I'm begging you, don't kill me! I'm begging you Little Brother, don't kill me!"

"I wonder how often the Japanese said the same thing pleading when Britannian soldiers gunned them down like they were nothing and here you are begging for your life, you have no right to beg for your life when you made it clear that lives of the people who wish not to fight were meant to be sacrificed for your own ends."

"Dammit Lelouch," Clovis said very upset, "why do you have to be a radical, a radical that kills his own family for no reason."

"Funny you say that when neither you nor anyone else was there for me and Nunnally."

"Lelouch, we wanted to but we—"

"Save it, I don't want to hear your excuses."

"Lelouch…" Clovis clenched his teeth.

"I want you to know Clovis that I take no pleasure in doing this," Lelouch explained, "it's rotten really but you caused death and despair when you gave that damn order, which is something I can't and refuse to ignore."

"Lelouch, please! Please don't!" Clovis pleaded desperately.

Lelouch frowned, "Goodbye Clovis."

Clovis's eyes widened and Lelouch pulled the trigger shooting Clovis in the head and the bullet struck Clovis's skull. Lelouch just looked at the deceased form of his brother and was sad.

"CC, let's get out of here," Lelouch said.

CC nodded and looked at Lelouch, "You okay?"

"I just killed my brother and with everything that had happened, no I'm not okay," Lelouch put the gun away in his breast pocket, "Nunnally is going to be sad when I tell her…but I did what had to be done."

Lelouch started to leave the bridge with CC following him and sneaking away making sure no one saw them.

Later in the evening

Lelouch arrived back in the campus of Ashford Academy and there he saw Nunnally and the male student with silver hair and blue eyes waiting for them.

"Lelouch," Nunnally called and waved her hand.

Lelouch smiled as he waved his hand as well, "I'm back Nunnally."

Nunnally rushed and hugged her brother, "I was so worried. When you sent me that text of what was happening in Shinjuku, I couldn't help but to worry."

Lelouch hugged back, "I'm sorry to have worried you Nunnally."

Nunnally shook her head, "I'm just glad you back safe."

"It's good you made it back Lelouch," The sliver haired student said.

"Thanks, how things going so far, Rai?" Lelouch asked.

The student named Rai nodded, "So far, so good."

"Good," Lelouch then looked at Nunnally, "Nunnally, there's something that I need to tell you."

Nunnally looked at Lelouch and was curious, "What is it?"

"Let's go inside first."

"Um, y-yeah sure."

Lelouch nodded and then turned around, "Now you can come."

Rai and Nunnally were confused and then they saw CC approaching them.

"Brother, who is this?" Nunnally asked.

"This is CC," Lelouch answered.

"CC?" Rai asked raising an eyebrow.

"She helped me in Shinjuku so I figured that we let her stay with us for the time being. Anyways, I'll explain everything."

They went inside the building and headed to the residence where Lelouch and Nunnally were staying.

"Welcome back Master Lelouch," Sayoko greeted.

Lelouch nodded, "It's good to be back Sayoko."

"Lady Nunnally informed me what happened with you in Shinjuku, I was worried."

"Yeah, sorry to worry you Sayoko."

Sayoko shook her head and smiled, "I'm just glad you're safe."

"Thank you Sayoko," Lelouch replied with a smile.

Lelouch introduced CC to her. Sayoko greeted CC and CC nodded greeting her back. They got settled with the tea Sayoko prepared and then Lelouch explained everything that had happened when he was in Shinjuku right up to the point to when he shot and killed Clovis.

"I see, so that's what happened," Nunnally said.

"Yes," Lelouch said.

Rai, Nunnally, and Sayoko were disturbed for the fact that Clovis ordered the massacre in Shinjuku just to make sure no lived should they have seen CC. Nunnally gripped on her hands and bit softly on her lips.

"Lelouch, did you…did you have to kill him?" Nunnally asked, "Did you have to kill Clovis?"

Lelouch looked at Nunnally and then to the table with a frown, "Yes, I did. It would have been one thing if it was members of terrorist cells that had been killed but…Clovis killed innocent people, people who he knew had nothing to do with the ones that stole the canister that CC was imprisoned in and that was something I couldn't ignore. I honestly didn't want to kill our brother but I had to in order to stop his madness."

"I'm still sad about it, I mean I know what Clovis did is completely despicable and inexcusable…I just…well…" Nunnally had a sad expression.

"It's understandable," Lelouch said as he held Nunnally's hand.

"Lelouch," Nunnally looked at her brother.

"Nunnally, if you feel that…well, if you feel that you want nothing to do with this after I killed our brother, then—"

"No, I'm still sticking with you and helping you," Nunnally said with determination.

Lelouch looked at Nunnally, "Nunnally…"

"I promised you seven years ago and I want to be by your side to aid you. I'm not happy that Clovis is dead and I'm sure it was not something that you enjoy…but even so, I want to stay with you because I want to do what I can as my way of thanks for you always protecting me."

"Nunnally…."

"So Suzaku…he really was…?"

Lelouch had a sad expression and he nodded, "Yes, I'm sorry Nunnally. They killed him just because he wouldn't go along with the order to kill me."

"You got to see Suzaku for the first time in seven years and they…." Nunnally had her hand on her face as tears were streaming from her eyes.

Lelouch and Sayoko held Nunnally to comfort her.

"I went back to where he was killed but I didn't find his body. I imagine that someone from army took his body."

CC was watching and nodded as she leaned on the wall.

"Such a bond they have," CC said in a quiet tone, "it seems that Nunnally hasn't changed as well."

Later on, they were in Lelouch's room and looked at his computer of the things that were in the disk CC contained and it was the activities of the project that Clovis and Bartley were involved in called Code R. They were shocked with what they were seeing.

"I can't believe this," Nunnally said, "this is what Clovis killed all those people for."

"Yes…" Lelouch said.

"That group in Shinjuku you helped out," Rai said, "do you think…?"

"No, I doubt that they had any clue that CC was really in the canister."

"What were they going to use it for?" Sayoko asked.

"Knowing that it was Naoto that was leading them…I believe that he was going to expose Clovis in what he was doing…but his plan probably got messed up somewhere and when Clovis realized what happened, he panicked."

Nunnally looked at CC with curiosity.

"CC, just what are you anyway?" Nunnally asked.

Lelouch, Rai, and Sayoko looked at CC with curiosity as well.

"An interesting question to ask," CC paused a bit, "well, if I was to give you an answer…I'm a witch."

The Next Day in Ashford Academy

In the Student Council room, Lelouch was with the other members of the Student Council and Lelouch dozed off and he was suddenly hit with a rolled paper forcing him to open his eyes.

"Wake up Lelouch!" Milly said as she continued to whack him on the head with the paper, "I know that you're sleeping because your hand stopped moving!"

"Okay, okay, you don't have to keep hitting me," Lelouch complained.

"Hah, serves you right for ditching me yesterday," Rivalz with a grin.

"That's right, what was up with you anyway?" Shirley asked glaring at Lelouch.

Lelouch looked at Rivalz and then Shirley and shook his head.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Lelouch said being sarcastic, "I'm so sorry that I 'ditched' you Rivalz when I was pulled in the truck and was accidently dragged into a conflict between the Britannian military and a resistance faction even though I did tell you to go on without me just in case I didn't make it back."

"Wait, what?" Shirley said surprised.

The others in the room were also shocked in what Lelouch had said and Nina was shaking as the idea that Lelouch was near 'Elevens' scared her.

"Yes, I was accidently dragged in the truck that was owned by Japanese resistance members," Lelouch continued.

"You mean Elevens," Nina said.

"Japanese," Lelouch said ignoring Nina's reaction, "anyway I ended up in Shinjuku and then the next thing I knew, guns were pointed at me."

Milly, Rivalz, Nina, and Shirley were shocked.

"Terrorists tried to kill you?" Shirley asked mortified.

"No, it wasn't the terrorists that pointed their guns at me, it was Britannian soldiers."

They were shocked again hearing what Lelouch had just said.

"That can't be!" Nina said not reacting well in what she heard, "Y-You must be mistaking Lelouch, there's no way that—"

"So you're calling me a liar," Lelouch interrupted giving Nina a death glare, "well Nina?"

Nina flinched at Lelouch's glare, "I just…" Nina stopped herself and looked away.

Lelouch shook his head, "A soldier actually defended me because he knew I was someone who was dragged into the conflict not by choice and they killed him because he tried to reason with them."

"That's terrible," Shirley said.

Lelouch nodded thinking about that horrible memory of what happened to Suzaku, "It is, I was able to get away from them somehow but then I saw something horrifying."

"And that was…?" Rivalz asked.

Lelouch looked down with a frown and he was looked disgusted, "A massacre, I saw Britannian soldiers shooting and killing the people in Shinjuku like they were animals…men, women, even children, they showed no mercy, no remorse and they did it for no reason and most of them did it with glee. I had the terrible misfortune of seeing innocent people who were just trying to live their lives and without bothering anyone get slaughtered for absolutely no reason."

"That's impossible!" Nina spoke again, "They must have had weapons or cooperating with the terrorists."

Lelouch twitched an eyebrow. In all honesty, he was so sick of hearing Nina say things that he considered to be foolish. He knew about her xenophobia but he was not going let that be an excuse for her to say things that were completely and obviously wrong.

"Nina," Lelouch said in a calm tone, "do you really think that a six-year-old old would be an actual threat? An old woman who could barely walk or how about a mother carrying her newborn baby," Lelouch looked at Nina, "do you honestly believe that it was justify for them to be killed?"

Nina was about to say something but stopped herself and then looked away again because she didn't want to say anything that would make her sound like an idiot who just throws away common sense, one who just turns off their brain.

"Nina, I get that you have issues but don't say things you know nothing about," Lelouch said in a harsh tone.

Nina flinched and was shaking being very upset and went back to look at her computer screen.

"S-Say Lelouch, you don't have to be so harsh buddy," Rivalz said trying to calm his friend down.

"Whatever, anyway I was able to get away from the disaster only because someone helped me get away, so yeah, that was what was up with me yesterday."

"So was that why you called me yesterday and asked me to see what was going on in the news?" Shirley asked.

"Yes, I curious of what they were showing," Lelouch then sighed, "in honestly, I'm not surprised with what you told me."

"I s-see," Shirley said and then felt ashamed, "I'm sorry Lulu, I didn't realize and yet I was being hard on you for no reason."

Lelouch shook his head, "Forget it, there's no way you could have known."

Shirley was still sad and wondered if Lelouch would really to want to talk to her again and then it occurred to her why Lelouch hung up on her twice yesterday and she was horrified with the idea that Lelouch was being shot at by Britannian soldiers. Shirley believed that the Britannian army would protect its citizen so why did they feel the need to be ready to shoot one of its citizens even though they knew he was dragged into a dangerous situation.

"I'm sorry as well Lelouch," Rivalz said, "I didn't realize what happened and I should have known that you wouldn't actually ditch me…I guess I just got upset…we're cool, right?"

Lelouch just looked at Rivalz, "…Sure…"

Even though Rivalz heard what Lelouch said, he was still not sure. Rivalz was so upset of being left behind but it didn't occur to him that Lelouch was pulled away not by his own choice. Milly was looking around and didn't like the atmosphere and decided to bring everyone back.

"All right, all right everyone," Milly said as she hit the roll of paper on the table, "the conversation just to a huge dark turn, let's bring ourselves out and back to the matters of the agenda here."

"Yeah, you're right," Lelouch said.

"Yeah sure," Rivalz said.

"Yes," Nina said with a nod.

"Anyway, if we don't come up with the fix club activities, there won't be any money left for anything at all," Milly explained.

"And if it comes to that point," Nina said.

"The Equestrian Club will be pissed," Rivalz said with a laid back tone, "we don't want them coming in here in horseback."

"Rivalz, can't you be a more serious Student Council member?" Milly complained not liking Rivalz's laid back attitude.

"You know it would have been nice of you if you would have reminded us about this mess a day ago," Shirley pointed out.

"I would have to say a day later, then we would have given up," Rivalz said.

"Hmm, good idea Rivalz," Lelouch said snapping his fingers, "you know we can still do that."

"GUTS!" Milly shouted.

This surprised the other Student Council members when Milly suddenly shouted and they cringed a bit.

"You trying that 'Guts' spell again?" Rivalz asked.

"Yep," Milly said with a smile, "I want you people start putting your all into this."

"I really don't think your magic is really going to do a whole lot," Lelouch said.

Shirley on the other hand felt motivated and smiled.

"Actually, it's got me going Madam President," Shirley said.

"Supple and willing," Milly commented, "that's what I like."

"I train real hard in the Swim Club," Shirley said proudly.

"That's not what I was getting at."

"Huh?" Shirley said surprised.

Milly looked at Shirley with a pleased expression, "You're a ten."

"What?" Shirley was confused and then looked at where Milly was looking and it was her own chest.

"From what I've seen in the girl's bathroom anyway," Milly continued, "you've been filling out in all of the right places."

"Hohoo," Rivalz spoke looking at Shirley's chest area as well.

Shirley was appalled and covered her chest, "Wha-What the hell are you talking about you perv!"

The meeting for the Student Council was soon over and the members were heading to their class.

"Geez, our president is just a dirty old man on the inside," Shirley complained, "sullying the meeting with her filthy mind."

"Yeah, that's true," Lelouch commented with a chuckle, "it is amazing that she could say those kinds of things so easily."

"Yeah well, that's Milly for you," Nina said.

Rivalz chuckled as well, "Look on the bright side; we were able to balance the budget, didn't we?"

As they entered the classroom, they noticed some of their classmates were watching something and it was regarding Shinjuku.

"They used poison gas?" A male student said.

"Man, that's freaky," A second male student said, "Shinjuku is only 30 minutes from here."

"Oh my god, I saw smoke rising over Shinjuku," A female student said, "It must have been the gas."

Lelouch frowned and shook his head.

"Are they saying anything else about it?" Another male student asked.

Rai also walked in the classroom and saw what was going on.

"Shinjuku?" Rai asked.

"Oh hey Rai," Rivalz greeted with a smile.

Nina, Shirley, and Lelouch saw Rai as well and greeted him.

"Where were you Rai?" Nina asked, "You missed the meeting."

"Yeah, you know it doesn't look good when one of the members of the Student Council misses the meeting," Shirley said.

"I had an emergency to take care of," Rai said, "didn't the Prez tell you all that, I did inform her."

"You informed the Prez?" Rivalz said.

"She may have forgotten," Lelouch said with a shrug.

"You knew Lelouch?" Nina asked.

"Only because he told me on his way out," Lelouch looked at Rai, "was your emergency taken care of?"

"Most of it, I have to go back later on," Rai answered, "I just didn't want to miss class."

Shirley looked at the news footage and then back to Lelouch, "Say Lulu, about what you said earlier…"

"Like I said, it doesn't surprise me," Lelouch said, "of course they wouldn't show the fact that the soldiers were really gunning down people that were not part of the terrorist cell."

"But they are not saying anything remotely of what you're saying Lelouch," Nina said, "you must have been mistaking in what you said."

"So you're really going to insist on that Nina," Lelouch replied.

"They're Elevens, nothing more…I just don't understand why you're so concern with them."

"They're human beings, no different from us."

Nina looked away nervously and was being timid, "I still think you're wrong."

"Uh, Nina, take it easy," Rivalz said trying to calm Nina.

"She can think that way of she wants, it doesn't matter to me."

Rivalz and Shirley looked at Nina and Lelouch with concern and Rai sighed and shook his head.

"Hey, check out the footage of those dead Elevens," A male student said.

"Agh, don't look at them," A female student said feeling disgusted.

Lelouch was disgusted with their reactions but then he thought of something that was going on. Rai tapped Lelouch's shoulder and signaled Lelouch for them to go somewhere to talk privately and Lelouch nodded. They were in the hall with no one being around.

"They haven't said anything about your brother Clovis," Rai said.

"They seem to be covering Clovis's death," Lelouch replied, "either to fend off anarchy or are they trying to do what they can to figure it out beforehand. At any rate, when they finally do announce it…"

"Right…" Rai said with a nod and a serious expression.

"But back in the matter at hand, where are we right now Rai?" Lelouch asked.

"I've gotten in touch with some our contacts in the Philippines and Cambodia. I've also received Intel from the Korean Peninsula. They said that everything in proceeding accordingly."

Lelouch nodded very pleased with what he was hearing, "Excellent, thank you Rai, you've been a great help."

"No problem, I'm happy to help you. It's my way of thanking you and your sister for what you done for me; I'm willing to follow you to hell and back."

"I know I can count on you Rai and I hope we can find a way for you to recover your lost memories."

Well, even if we don't I still have the memories that I'm making now and I'll be making more with what's going on right now. Anyways, it looks like things are coming together."

"Yes, the time is almost near for us, our revolution is near," Lelouch said with a smile.

"And you my friend, the former Britannian prince will be the heart of the revolution."

Lelouch and Rai high fived each other and then went to go back to class.

With Jeremiah and Villetta

Jeremiah and Villetta were riding in the back seat of a car that had just left the government bureau.

"That ex-civil servant is such a fool," Jeremiah said.

"You mean Bartley," Villetta said.

"The killer was able to breach our heaviest security twice already. His so-called investigation is disgusting farce."

"Margrave Jeremiah, now that Prince Clovis is dead and out of the way, we of the Purist Faction can—"

Jeremiah put his finger on Villetta's lips, surprising her.

"You let me make that call," Jeremiah said with a smile and moving his finger away from Villetta's lips, "we need to win everyone in our favor first."

Villetta nodded in agreement, "Yes, of course."

Underground Base Somewhere

Nunnally was looking over the Sutherland that Lelouch took and was inspecting the frame and CC and Sayoko were with her.

"So this is it," Nunnally said.

"Yes, I watched your brother fight in it," CC said.

"There are some damages to it," Sayoko said.

"It's expected considering that he did face that new knightmare model."

"And from the logs, it's called the Lancelot," Nunnally said and looked over the two knightmares that were still being built, "I wonder if they'll be able to stand up against it."

"We can worry about that later," Sayoko said, "anyway Lady Nunnally, you should get ready."

"Oh right, I promised Alice that I would meet up with her, I better go. I'll see you two later and CC, there are still things I want to ask you…like that power you gave to my brother."

"Okay, but I can't promise I'll tell you everything," CC replied.

Nunnally rushed to leave the underground base and CC looked at Sayoko and saw her smiling at her.

Back in Ashford

Lelouch and Rai entered in the classroom.

"Welcome back Kallen," A female student said.

Lelouch and Rai looked over and noticed some of the female students with smiles and were with a female student with red hair that was sitting and it was Kallen although with her hair that was kept straight down.

"It's good that you're back," A second female student said, "Sophie was really worried about you."

"Yeah, I just have to take it easy," Kallen said with a smile.

Lelouch saw Kallen and then he smiled, "Welcome back indeed Kallen."

That's it for this chapter. Next chapter: Lelouch has a chat with Kallen and Suzaku gets accused of Clovis's death.