Code Geass: Nunnally of the Insurrection

Five: First Meetings

"I'd like to introduce a new student," the teacher said distractedly as he tried to sort papers and get ready for class, "Cynthia Cunningham." The grey haired turned towards the hallway as he called out, "Cynthia!"

CC stepped out of the hallway into class, wearing a school uniform provided by the student council president Milly after much teasing of Nunnally. "It's nice to meet you all," CC bowed expressionlessly, "my friends call me C Two."

"See Two?" Rivalz muttered, looking at the green haired babe admiringly. "I'd love to see her, too," he joked.

"Rivalz," Nunnally chided softly. "You can bet she's heard that a million times."

"You can pick a seat anywhere," the teacher muttered.

"I think I'll sit by her," CC said firmly as she walked over to sit down by Nunnally and the visibly panting Rivalz.

'Oy,' Nunnally fought the urge to roll her eyes. 'Way to maintain a cover,' she silently sighed. "Hello," Nunnally smiled at her politely, "I'm Nunnally Lamperouge, pleased to meet you."

"You too," CC agreed as she sat down.

"And I'm Rivalz," he introduced himself cheerfully.

CC gave him such a disinterested look Rivalz visibly wilted, then she turned to paying attention to their teacher. Or at least pretending to pay attention.

'Not that I'm doing much better,' Nunnally admitted. Her two experiments with her Geass had disturbed the young woman greatly. When using it on a younger female student Nunnally had been faced with the same adoration she had gotten from Villetta Nu. Only a carefully worded command had sent her back to class...

And the teacher! Nunnally had put him under her Geass and questioned him, trying to get a sense how well that would work. As a joke she had ordered him to jump off the bridge over the stream, but instead of hopping in he took a head first dive! The shallow water had barely slowed him, and only dumb luck had kept him from serious injury. As she dragged him from the water she had ordered him to be silent, too, then ran for the nurse.

'It looks like he'll be fine,' Nunnally thought, 'but I have to be extremely careful using this gift.'

"All right," the teacher finished, "read chapter forty-eight and write a essay on the conquest of the former North America by Brittannia."

AS the students filed out Rivalz bravely smiled at CC. "If you don't have the text book, I could lend you mine," he offered.

"Thank you," CC answered mildly, "but I think I'll manage."

"Hey, Nunnally," Kallen smiled warmly as the redhead neared her side. Her expression was slightly catty as she nodded to CC, "Nice to meet you."

"You too," CC answered, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Rivals, not being a stupid man, quickly decided this was not a safe place to be and fled. "Catch ya later," he smiled at Nunnally as he escaped.

Kallen looked at CC thoughtfully as she smiled coldly, "The last time I saw you was when you were laying across Nunnally's lap."

Nunnally lead them away from their classmates, hoping no one would overhear. "And the last time I saw you," CC noted coolly, "we were saving your ass."

Kallen made a soft growling noise and lunged at CC, but Nunnally grabbed her arm and restrained her. "Do you two have to do this?" Nunnally complained with a sigh.

"Yes," CC answered deadpan.

Kallen snickered, "Dumb question."

Nunnally shook her head wryly as she looked at Kallen. Quietly she asked, "Did you arrange the meeting with Ougi?"

Much more seriously Kallen nodded, "Yes. I thought we could go for neutral territory, so I set it up on the Tokyo Settlement train."

"You really have a flare for the dramatic," CC conceded, sounding just a bit admiring.

"She also suggested a mask and costume," Nunnally noted dryly. "I drew the line at the cape, though," she noted as they made their way down the halls.

"Too bad," Kallen winked, "you'd look good in a cape."

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Kaname Ougi's black hair was held back by a red headband as the casually dressed man sat on the high tech train, the car only vibrating a little as it raced along. 'I wonder if this was Kallen's idea,' he mused, 'or the mysterious Nemo?' To be honest being dragged out like this annoyed him, but he could also understand the woman's caution, if Kallen was right about her being a Britannian.

A vibration signaled Ougi that someone was calling, and he flipped open his phone to check who it was. "Come forward to the lead car," Kallen's voice said simply.

Getting up Ougi made his way forward, eventually reaching a member of the train's staff blocking the final door. "Kaname Ougi?" the man confirmed then unlocked the door, "The mistress will see you now."

'The mistress?' Ougi thought, blinking as he walked in to see a seemingly average young woman standing with Kallen. Her long brown hair was tied back in a braid, sunglasses hiding her eyes and wearing a black, almost militaristic uniform.

"Mr. Kaname," Nunnally nodded to him respectfully, "my name is Nemo."

"Ougi," he corrected, smiling faintly. On first impression he thought she was a kid playing games, but there was something... dangerous about her. She reminded him of a coiled spring, ready to leap into action at a moment's notice. "You're offering your talents as a pilot?" he asked.

"That and other talents," Nunnally agreed firmly. "I have certain contacts in the military and elsewhere that I think can help you immensely."

"Sutherlands?" Ougi asked thoughtfully.

"Quite possibly, as well as tactical data and other resources," Nunnally nodded. Then she cautioned him, "We'll have to handle things carefully. If we are too obvious it could destroy my inside source, someone I'd like to cultivate for further use."

"Fair enough," Ougi admitted, noting that Kallen seemed surprised to hear about these contacts too. "How did you get these contacts?" he asked flatly.

Nunnally met his eyes calmly as she replied, "I can't tell you." She smiled slightly, "I can say I'm entirely confident of the loyalty of my sources."

"Huh," Ougi looked at her thoughtfully for a few moments. "I have to admit I'm wary," he conceded after a few seconds, "I know you saved Kallen and the rest of us, but I could also easily imagine someone sacrificing that many knightmares just to get someone inside the resistance."

"Prince Schneizel might well have tried that," Nunnally admitted as she added, "I can't blame you for being cautious."

"You aren't going to send her away," Kallen started to protest.

"No," Ougi shook his head, "but I want to take some reasonable precautions."

"Then limit my contacts with your resistance cell," Nunnally suggested, "and compartmentalize information on operations. That way if I am a spy I only endanger you and not your whole network."

"Pretty much my plan," Ougi lied. Or he would have done something like that, but he wouldn't have put it that way. 'This woman clearly gets how we have to operate,' he thought wryly, 'and fast, too. Wonder how long it'll be before she's running the whole show?'

"So she's in?" Kallen pressed.

"She's in," Ougi agreed, despite feeling like he might regret the choice eventually.

To be continued....