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Author's Notes: I'm sorry for the late update, I wish you don't hate me that much! I am really giving my best in finishing the first chapter of my manga along with studying --- though it's summer here. I'm really sorry, I hope you'll understand.

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RING! RING!

"Hello?" The raven prince picked his phone that was near his bed on the top of his desk. He answered the call as he lay on his king-sized bed.

"Lelouch, is this you?" Lelouch recognized the voice of his best friend instantly at the moment that he spoke, it was Kururugi Suzaku.

"Yes, this is me. Are you, Suzaku?" Lelouch snarled at the new gadget that he was using. It was given by Nina as a remembrance for their friendship.

"Mm. I'm sorry I wasn't able to give my proper farewell to you and Nunnally. I'm suddenly needed at the Mainland Britannia." Suzaku entered his new designated room for the trip. He clipped his phone to his ear and went to the cabinet to change his clothes.

"It's okay. Where are you anyway?" Lelouch retorted flipping the page of the new magazine that he just bought earlier in his trip with Rivalz.

"I'm here at Prince Schneizel's Avalon." Suzaku was done changing his clothes from his school uniform to his Military outfit.

"What? We're on board too; Schneizel-onii-sama came to take us back. Nunnally and I will go and see mother and father." Lelouch stopped reading the magazine when he heard about Suzaku's presence in the Avalon.

"Really? Can I go to your room? Or can we just meet in the Lobby?" Suzaku asked excitedly as he exited his room and adjusted the phone to his ear.

"I…I can't. I am not allowed to go out of my room. Well, you see, I…I am under medical observation…" The lavender-eyed prince didn't know how to express his words properly. He was afraid.

"Medical Observation? Lelouch, are you sick?" The brunette britannian soldier retorted, surprised at what the person on the other line had said.

"I…it's not like that..You see, I had this a long time ago and it's not that serious…hehe…" Lelouch said as he faked a laugh so that the chocolate-haired boy would not worry but unfortunately, this made his best friend angry.

"What's this? You've had this a long time ago? Why didn't you let me know? Don't you have any trust on me?" Suzaku was enraged by Lelouch's words. He felt distrust even though he shouldn't; his feelings were just overwhelming.

"I'm really sorry, Suzaku, I just don't want for Nunnally and y-" Lelouch stood up as he rushed to the door planning to go meet Suzaku in the Lobby and explain everything to him so that they would understand each other.

"Stop it! I don't want to hear any of those! To think that you would keep this secret to me! Best friends were supposed to depend on each other, Lelouch, I deserved to know!" Suzaku stopped at his tracks and banged his fist on the wall.

"S-Suzaku, I-I really am sorr-" The amethyst-eyed boy stuttered when he suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. He managed to get out of his room, walking at the hallways as he leaned a hand on the wall for support, still holding the phone with the other hand to his ear.

"I don't care if you're a prince or someone with a high authority! I just want you to trust me! How can you do this?" He was over-exaggerating but he couldn't get a hold of himself anymore. He was confused.

'Oh shit, I left the last pill on aunt C.C.'s clinic! This is not good, it's attacking me again! I have to get help. The room next to me is Nunnally's and the next room belongs to onii-sama; I need to get there' Lelouch thought. A familiar pain in his chest was starting to form as he had trouble breathing. He began to pant heavily still trying to walk towards Schneizel's room despite his blurry vision.

"S-Suzaku… *pant*…I…I'm really…*pant*…sorry" Lelouch managed to breath out with tears welling up his eyes due to the pain that stroke his lungs. A strange heat was starting to burn on his diaphragm.

"…" Suzaku said nothing, taking a seat leaning on the corridor's wall, clearing his mind up.

"I-I didn't mean to…I didn't know that you…" The prince let out a small gasp holding his chest tight. He was very near to the door of Schneizel's room and he can hear his heart's palpitation by now making him more nauseated. He can't help but let the tears fall from his lavender orbs making his vision more cloudy and his head heavy.

"LIAR!" was all that Lelouch heard on the other line making his heart wrench emotionally and physically.

"I…I…" The door of Schneizel's room opened automatically, revealing a young prince shaking, crying with knees bent and weak.

"H-help… me…o-onii-sama" It was just a whisper that came from the raven but upon seeing this, the blond prince gasped as his eyes widened in horror. He rushed to his brother's side but he was too late when Lelouch collapsed on the floor. His face was all flushed and his new phone was with him on the floor.

"Lelouch!" Schneizel was in his bathrobe as he carried his little brother and rushed him to their aunt's clinic. Even if he was the 2nd heir to the throne, he didn't care about changing his clothes first; his brother's life was the most important. He had found them and he can't afford to lose them again.

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"C.C., you knew this was going to happen, didn't you?" Schneizel said as he watched his brother lying on a bed in an almost empty room behind the glass.

"Mmm, yes… and you're going to ask me why did I let it happen? If it didn't happen, sooner or later, it will." She said it in a calm manner lying on her futon wearing only an oversized shirt and her underwear.

"Why did this happen?" He asked the green-haired adult while slamming his hands on the table wishing for all the attention of the witch.

"You do know that I'm a doctor, right? I'm sure you have heard of this word 'Geass' ?" She asked the blond prince as he sat down and drank a little of his tea.

"Geass? Yeah, I have heard it from dad but I don't really know what it is…" Schneizel darted his gaze at her with a quizzical look on his face.

"10 years ago, I have successfully made a drug. They first called it 'The Poison Drug'. Your brother was the test subject in my experiment. Marianne wanted it to be Lelouch, that's why. But the effects of this drug were outrageous; it made Lelouch weaker and prone to sickness, it made him frail. Despite all of the side effects of this, Marianne wanted Lelouch to continue this medication. She said 'I need to protect Lelouch,.' Lelouch have been suffering for 10 years now; Marianne, Lelouch and I were the only ones who knew about his sickness." C.C. breathed after that and then took a bite on her pizza.

"You mean, he was still in medication after he got in Japan?" Schneizel was surprised by all that information that C.C. revealed to him.

"Yeah, I send him every 2 years, a box of his medicine. I only have him stop now. I am the bearer of the Code after all." C.C. continued.

"So that explains of your sudden disappearance. You were watching over him. I see." Schneizel gave a serene smile to the green-haired girl who just shrugged.

"I…*pant*…I am…sorry…*pant*" He was panting in his sleep, his face was flushed once again and this made the two stand up and come over Lelouch.

"What's this? Why is he apologizing?" Schneizel glanced at C.C. for the moment and focused all of his attention on his brother's face.

"S-Su…za…k-ku…" Lelouch whimpered as a tear rolled down his cheeks while sleeping. This surprised the 2nd heir; he was worried about his brother.

" Lelouch! What's wrong?" Schneizel was alerted when he heard the britannian soldier's name. He was more surprised when he saw his brother shed tears again for the second time that day.

"What are you feeling? I've already turned this room into 12 degrees Celsius." she said while munching the rest of her pizza before swallowing it. She immediately grabbed her medical record of Lelouch's observation reports.

"Aunt………C.C…The heat…is……spreading……all over my body……" Lelouch said as tiny beads of perspiration was seen forming on his forehead.

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After the talk with Lelouch a while ago, the auburn made his way to the cafeteria to eat his lunch along with the other britannian soldiers on board. He was still fuming about Lelouch; misunderstanding that the prince cut off the conversation on purpose. He took one of those seats in the cafeteria, seating in the table only reserved for him. Much to his surprise, he didn't get too much attention or any aura of jealousy around him. But then the room was filled with murmurs discussing about a certain topic.

"Have you heard it? Prince Schneizel already found his brother and sister…" One of the soldiers who was in his casual clothes said to the other.

"Yeah, and it seems that the prince will bring them to the mainland. This will cause a huge uproar!" One exclaimed while he stuffed his mouth with chicken legs and mash potato.

"Hey! Hey guys! Did you hear it already? Some of the troops in the East wing saw Prince Schneizel in his robes running to the clinic!" One britannian soldier with azure orbs exclaimed as he sat in one of the seats that were left untaken. Suzaku was also shocked at this and he continued to listen to their conversation.

"Why?" One of the guys asked and stopped eating but unknown to them, Suzaku was eavesdropping in their talk.

"It seems that his brother was in a critical condition and it was good that he managed to enter Schneizel-sama's room before collapsing. This prince sure is weak. It's like a miracle that these two royal siblings made it in 8 years seeing how dangerous Area 11 was. Her sister, Nunnally vi Britannia, was blind and crippled and she was just operated an hour ago. They sure are lucky!" The soldier with azure eyes munched on his melon bread as the others nodded.

Upon hearing this, Suzaku Kururugi dropped the bread he was eating on the floor. His eyes widened like plates when he heard that the lavender eyed boy was in a critical condition and yet he didn't listen to him. He never thought that Lelouch would push himself to ask for his forgiveness while he was suffering.

He ran to the corridors and went to the clinic to see how Lelouch's condition was. But at the time the door opened automatically, he came face to face with the second prince of the Holy Empire of Britannia, Schneizel El Britannia.

"Kururugi Suzaku…"

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"Yes, this is me, C.C.-obaa-sama…" Milly said as she arranged the student's application form for club activities according to the date of the agendas.

"I heard this from Lelouch; you gave him something to drink, right. And I know you know that that canceled some effects of the 'Geass drug' that I invented. What was that?" A green haired woman talked on the other line as she took her record book and scribbled some notes.

"Ah! It's successful, isn't it? Well, that was the Siegfried; Lloyd gave it to me because it was no use for him. As what I remembered, he said "This will bring out the truth of reality." By the way, how is Lelouch?" Milly made a big grin as he continued to explain the data that C.C. was looking for.

"Mmm. It's Lloyd, ne? Well, I haven't called for this stuff only. I want you to know the news." C.C. held the phone in her other hand while the other hand reached for the pot of tea on the side of her table as she poured it on her tea cup.

"What news?" The blond president exclaimed loudly, excited with the news or whatsoever, not even asking if it was a bad or a good one.

"Well, Nunnally was just finished with her operations and she will be able to see after a few days and she will be able to walk again in the next few weeks. As for Lelouch, I had him stopped taking his medication." C.C. paused with that, taking a bite of her strawberry pie.

"What? No way!" Milly screamed happily; it's very mysterious for her to have that grin plastered on her lips. Her face was clad with all the happiness.

"And I know, you know what the results would be. I have a 1st degree command to bestow upon the Student Council of Ashford Academy. The emperor, will send a private jet, two weeks from now, to come and fetch you. You're needed at the ball in Pendragon." C.C. smirked upon hearing the loud 'yes!' from the girl on the other line. And with that, the phone call was ended.

"Conrad, call Lloyd here. Tell him we will have an important talk. Now." The girl with golden eyes commanded emotionlessly as she pressed on the button in the side of her telephone. After that, she spun around with her soft comfy office chair.

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"C.C.-sama, Lloyd-sama is here." Conrad, a guy with a large muscular build wearing a white tail coat, said as he announced the arrival of a mad scientist, Lloyd Asplund.

"Ah Catherine… It's been 8 years…" Lloyd said as he took a seat in front of C.C.'s table when he saw that a tea and a scone was already prepared for him.

"My name's not Catherine, Pudding boy!" A vein popped out on C.C.'s forehead as she clenched her fist tightly. This was one person that annoys her, the lavender haired inventor.

"Okay, Carmina, what do you want to talk about?" Lloyd asked as he took his Spork and scooped on the scones not minding whatever the green haired woman says.

"I am not Carmina, you idiot!" C.C punched the table attempting to scare him so that he would shut up but unfortunately for the lady, her motives weren't understood.

"Well, is it Carol?" This time Lloyd sipped his tea after he added two sugar cubes. That was quite surprising, seeing that he likes sweets and he doesn't get fat.

"Why can't you remember my name? Jackass" The witch exclaimed as more veins popped out in her forehead. This conversation was getting to nowhere.

"Okay Czarina, let's start the talk." Upon hearing this, C.C. heaved a deep sigh trying to regain her lost composure. She had this serious look on her face which made Lloyd think that he was going to be eaten.

"I'll get straight to the point, did you make the Siegfried?"Golden orbs glared at lavender ones. The statement was straightforward, asking for a real straight answer.

"No." The Asplund Scientist said flatly which earned silence from the girl in front of him. He still continued to munch his scone and the eerie of silence scattered throughout the room.

"Huh?" was all that C.C. had to say; actually, can say for the moment.

"I said, No." Lloyd finished his entire scone and wiped his mouth with the napkin; he was like totally ignoring C.C. completely.

"Wait! But Milly said—" C.C. was about to tell him the information she just got but the mad scientist cut her off.

"Yeah, I gave her the Siegfried because it was totally useless for me…" Lloyd began to talk in a serious manner, taking the conversation more deeply than anyone has expected that the scientist would be.

"Could it be…Rakshata?" C.C. calmed down a bit and she tried to guess who the suspect would be. It's true that this information was private and classified data.

"No………… it's V.V." Lloyd said it straightforwardly, making the green-haired witch's eyes as wide as plates. For a moment, C.C's world began spinning, making her head light.

"Oi! Claudine!" Lloyd brought her back to reality by shaking her shoulder. He grabbed the remote control of the air conditioner as he turned the temperature higher.

"He has made a move, huh? Charles, your brother really hates you a lot, hmm. We must reveal her now to the world before V.V. Use her." C.C. said as he grabbed her cell phone and dialed the number of the Emperor.

"Yes, certainly. Ceraphine." Lloyd said as he tapped onto the table top.

"V.V. has made his move."

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"Ugh…" Lelouch woke up feeling pretty weird and light. He groaned as he opened his eyes only to be greeted by morning sun light.

"C.C., onii-sama?" The raven haired prince stood up and put on his slippers while finding himself in a weird outfit.

"Shorts…." Still feeling his head light, he grabbed the water on the bedside table and drank it. Then after it, he made the room temperature higher in 2 Celsius.

He looked onto the mirror observing his own reflection as he examined himself. And the trouble begins when he finds something wrong with everything in his body.

"KYYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

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TBC!

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