Ashford Academy
Lelouch p.o.v.
After a nice reunion dinner with Suzaku and Nunnally, I was still trying to get Suzaku out of his shell as he suggested to pretend we didn't know each other to prevent people from learning Nunnally and me were royalty in hiding.
The logical part of me wanted to agree because of all the attention Suzaku had on him, particularly my brother Claudius, who had taken an interest in my friend for some reason.
Still part of me felt indebted to my best friend for what happened in Shinjuku.
So I continue to plan my revolution and how to help my best friend at the same time.
School the next day was normal for the most part, however as I was contacted Ohgi to ask what should we do with Cornelia the new Viceroy was hunting down known terrorist groups.
I told them to stay calm and lay low while I was thinking that this country was getting quite a lot of attention from the Britannian royal family to have Cornelia and Euphemia sent here.
But after my brother handed over the power he didn't leave instead stayed on as a military advisor and started to move more of his personal forces to area eleven.
While this was a great opportunity having two conspirators in my mother's murder in Japan at the same time, I was still at unease at my brother's actions as he seemed to have another objective that has drawn him here, and I was fearful that C.C. was a part of said objective.
Still I will have to adjust my plans to accommodate my brother who seemed to be sticking around.
As I looked at the window after hanging up on Ohgi, I saw Suzaku scrubbing something in the outside sink.
As he lifted up his gym shirt that was vandalized with red paint saying, 'Go back to your ghetto you damn eleven.'
I was both angry and shocked that my best friend was taking such blatant harassment and knew he couldn't do a thing about it, all because of which country he was born in.
I then made a promise to myself to help him here at school to fit in because it was the least I could do for him.
After classes, I went back to my room to fix and hide away my stolen soldier uniform and Zero uniform.
Then in came C.C., who was in her straight jacket again, carrying what else a pizza.
I swear I don't know where she puts it all; maybe being immortal allows you not to get fat.
I was surprised that she has stayed put as much as she has especially after escaping from a lab that was experimenting on her.
But I guess with the army and possibly with my brother looking for her staying put was her best option to stay under their radar.
She had chastised me about getting close with Suzaku and not using my geass on my friend while she did have a point, he still was my best friend and I trusted him to protect Nunnally and me.
"So you still have that costume out," C.C. remarked as she grabbed her first slice of pizza that was bought with my money.
"I can't have my disguise out in the open if someone should discover it I would be ruined," I remarked as I packed it away in a portable case and put the iconic helmet down.
"Big brother the tea is ready." Nunnally came through the door asking if I was ready for our afternoon tea, thankfully she wasn't physically able to see C.C. or my Zero outfit out.
"Oh right, I'll be right there."
"Did you order pizza again?" my sister asked, as she smelled C.C.'s favorite food.
"Yeah I did."
"If you eat so much pizza you'll get a blubbery belly, big brother," She said with a bit of a giggle at the end.
"As long as you don't rub it if I do." That got a carefree laugh from my little sister who was the light in my life.
Even after all that she's been through she has the ability to smile and I will build the world for her to be able to attain happiness in.
While having a nice afternoon tea with Nunnally, who was worried about Suzaku, I saw a cat wearing my Zero mask of all things wander outside of the door and towards campus.
Quickly I left to try and grab the cat before my secret of being Zero was revealed to the student body by a cat of all things.
However, my lack of physical fitness proved to be my undoing as I made little progress as the cat eluded my attempts to capture it.
I contemplated what I could do from calling in Ohgi and the others to asking Kallen for help, however, they were all out of the question.
What would I say that I the mysterious terrorist zero the man of miracles lost his mask and needs your help to get it back from a stray cat at a Britannian school, no that was not going to happen?
So I struggled to keep up with the speedy feline.
Unfortunately, my concerned sister had garnered the attention of Milly and the prospect of getting dirt on me was too good to pass up for her.
"Attention Ashford Academy students there is a stray cat on Campus that needs to be rounded up people, clubs that participate get budgeting priority and as an extra special prize a kiss from a member of the student council, and bring what the cat is carrying to me to me too, ugh, ack!"
She started to cough at the end of her overzealous announcement from her amused laughter.
Still her proclamation got most of the student body to look for the stray cat as well.
I had to use my geass on more than a few who had seen my mask on the cat as I struggled to keep my secret from being known.
"Milly stay out of this will ya!" I yelled at the voice of my childhood tormentor in futility because like most Ashford's once Milly started something they went all out.
Damn you Milly you've always done this to me.
But I had no time to reminisce; I had a cat to catch and a secret to keep.
After chasing the cat, I finally saw that it had trapped itself at the top of a tower on campus.
As I was going to retrieve my mask from that damn stray cat I ran into a familiar face.
"Suzaku!"
"Lelouch you're looking for the cat too?"
Yeah, but not for the same reasons you are.
We then heard the cat from the top of the tower meow.
Suzaku then shot off after the cat with me trailing behind my superhuman friend.
"Suzaku wait don't go up there!"
I can't have Suzaku find zero's mask on the cat; there would be too many questions.
"But the student council president said to catch it."
"Don't worry about it, I'll get the cat!"
"I was always agiler than you, remember when that little bird got loose."
Yeah, I remember, but you didn't have to flaunt it.
"Quit talking ancient history."
"It was only seven years ago."
"Oh for Pete's sake, he always was an exercise nut."
I was panting struggling to keep up with my best friend the soldier who surpassed my physical ability by far.
As I reached the top level, I spotted Suzaku climbing out onto the roof.
"Suzaku come back!"
I yelled trying to stop my overeager friend.
"It's all right, leave it to me."
I would but I can't have you catch that cat, so I decided to force my friend's hand and begun to fall off the roof.
Cue Suzaku's usual heroics and he gave up his pursuit of the cat and caught me before I fell to my doom.
As Suzaku was pulling me up, I saw that my mask was knocked off the cat by the school bell and onto a spire.
Great now I'm going to get that later.
After being saved, I let Suzaku get the cat that seemed to hate him for no reason.
As I made my way down I heard Milly asking about the embarrassing secret, I was trying to hide.
If only she knew.
"So that's it madam president?" I asked walking out of the shadows of the tower and stepping into view of the gathered crowd.
"Awe after all this time I thought I had some dirt on you," Milly said pouting.
"Yeah, he almost lost his cool for once," Shirley added in a deadpan from probably seeing my almost fall from the roof.
"So do you two know each other?" Kallen asked suspiciously to how Suzaku and I acted like we knew each other.
"But he's an eleven." Asked the shy and nervous Nina, who looked on concerned that Suzaku would lash out and hurt her.
"He's my friend, madam president would you permit him as a member of the student council."
My statement surprised the rest of the student council and Suzaku that I confessed to being friends with him and asked him to be apart of the council.
"The rules are clear all students are required to join a club."
Everyone seemed to look at Milly, who had adopted a pensive look pondering my request.
"Well, you are the vice president I suppose I can't refuse."
Everyone else in the council except Nina looked excited.
"Well then, that's the end of that, now come here you two lend me an ear." My little sister asked.
I looked at Suzaku and he each bent down, and my sister gave us each a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Nunnally?" A surprised Suzaku asked.
"There you go, the reward miss Milly promised, and since you both caught the cat you have to settle for me an almost real council member."
Everyone in the council seemed to Suzaku, and I hoped that my best friend experience at school would be a little bit better now that he isn't by himself.
Claudius p.o.v
I am currently outside Ashford Academy because I had gave a little mission to Mary and currently I'm waiting for her patiently.
I noticed her outside of my car as she made her way through an empty campus, She found he way to my black car where she entered the passenger seat next to a me, who looked rather bored.
"Did you get it?" I asked knowing the answer.
She lifted up a hard drive, which I took and plugged into a laptop checking the contents.
"Any trouble?" I asked but knowing Mary this had to be one of the stranger and easier jobs I've asked her to do.
"No I copied the contents, planted the transmitter, and installed the virus like you asked, but I do have to ask stealing from your brother is one thing but stealing from a high school student?"
Looking at the data readout and checking the back door I installed into the computer I was satisfied.
"Call it a hunch, sometimes we find the most valuable things in the least likely of places." Mary just nodded and started the car taking us back to the Viceroy's palace.
I had Mary sneak into the student council room and break into Nina Einstein's computer.
I wanted to get a hand on her research not only to prevent the creation of a nuclear bomb or fleas in the future but also be prepared to neutralize her weapons of mass destruction in the future if worst comes to worst.
So I had Mary not only corrupt her research but also, plant a bug on the computer in case she did fix it.
It didn't hurt to be prepared.
So I sat back satisfied at what I accomplished today as we made our way back to the Viceroy's place to watch my brother Clovis's funeral or rather my father make a state speech at a funeral.
Viceroy's Palace
Claudius p.o.v.
After making my way back to the viceroy's palace, I changed into my typical royal attire and joined my sisters for a viewing of our brother Clovis's funeral.
It was a long-winded program that seemed to go on forever, but I kept my composure as I saw the emperor was finally going to speak.
I originally had no intention to watch even the damn thing, but my sisters would think that suspicious as they knew I was drifting further from the family over the years.
The Emperor got up and instead of honoring his son he pushed his philosophy and agenda.
He showed no sign of weakness and put up a front of strength, which only served to cast the man as something other than human.
As any normal man may have been saddened by the death of their son, but not my father to him Clovis was just a disappointment for not making it that far in the race for the throne.
He was the embodiment of all the strengths and evils of his nation a beacon to which all looked to as a source of inspiration and testament to their ideals.
As he spoke of the inequality of people and how it was an example of social evolution I had to restrain myself from scoffing at the hypocrisy that man was showing.
Not in just his ideals of misguided social Darwinism but his actions to accomplish those ideals along with his true goal.
Endless war, death, cruelty, all in the name of eternal peace and understanding I fought the urge to laugh at my father's actions.
While I was no saint, at least, I was not blind to the truth.
He would throw away everything in this world and what makes us human for a dream, a dream he made when he was but a child.
Throwing away reality and humanity no matter the cost only solidified my resolve and hatred of that man for he had forsaken his soul for the sake of unobtainable utopia.
I saw Cornelia and Euphemia together but didn't join them.
I turned away and can't help but chuckle while not bothering at all to hail the country I was from knowing that it was just another example of what is wrong with this world.
My sisters took notice of my departure, but they remained silent leaving me to grieve in my own way or so they thought.
I held no shred of sorrow for the death of someone as shallow and vile as Clovis if Lelouch hadn't existed or intervened I would have pulled the trigger myself.
I exited the viewing room making my way back to my forces garrison which I always felt more at home than even with my family. Seeing the view I can't help but be lost in my thoughts
It's been many years since I reincarnated but my memories are still fragmented and vague. Currently there are two suspected possibilities and the first one is that the emperor erased my memories while the second one is that the reason why my memories are gone might be because I reincarnated. I can't help but remember what happened to the latest movie of Code Geass which makes me feel that the latter has a higher possibility for the reason on why I have fragmented memories.
I felt like my past is still covered in shroud which made me think of Mary, Thinking of this makes me feel insecure I can't help but sigh as look in the sky hoping that one day I'll know everything about myself and destroy this mystery.