Lelouch Lamperouge rubbed his eyes in annoyance as he was cornered by the bane of his existence, which he had to admit wasn't the worst bane in the world, Milly was at least nice to look at despite her domineering personality.

"Now I know you wanted to go gambling with Rivalz today Lulu but we really need this budget balanced, if you can get through it I'll take you out tonight, what do you say?" Lelouch stared at the blonde incredulously for a moment, he completed the image by raising a single eyebrow which had the buxom class president giggling into her hand.

"I say what do I get out of this Milly? You've taken me on more then a few 'dates' that result in me buying your dinner and coming home empty handed," much to his complete and utter lack of surprise the blonde woman bent down touching noses as she caressed his chest.

"Why Lulu, whatever do you mean?" Resisting the urge to push her away as was his wont he decided to take a page out of the menaces own book and grinned in return.

"I mean," he began in a husky whisper, "what's in it for me?" Lunging forward he caught her lips in a kiss as his hands flew up her skirt gripping her arse firmly, Milly for her part only moaned as she locked her legs around his waist pinning him to the wall. They snogged and groped for a few minutes before breaking for air, blushing heavily the panting young woman grinned victoriously.

"I finally broke you oh Prince of mine."

Lelouch snorted as he cupped her cheek, "Oh shut up and kiss me," grinning the blonde did just that, an hour later the couple lay naked between sweat soaked sheets having no idea of the horrors that had transpired in Shinjuku, or the repercussions that would come.

Two months later

Lelouch woke up to his girlfriends frantic phone call not at all in any rush to listen to the blondes melodramatics; yes he cared for her, hell at this point he could honestly say he loved her but she had a habit of being quite the annoyance.

Grimacing as he swore off drinking with Rivalz ever again he flipped his phone open and groaned out a greeting, "Hello Milly wha-" she cut him off with a frantic shriek.

"Shut up and turn on the TV, now vi Britannia!" His eyes widened in horror as she spouted out his true family name, she would never do that if...oh fuck, pulling on a shirt he rushed into the living room turning the television on.

"-firmed reports that the Chinese Federation has in fact invaded Area Eleven and has systematically taken over half of the territory in a shocking surprise attack. All citizens are recommended to fall back to government agency buildings in preperation for immediate evacuation to the mainland. I repeat-" Lelouch turned from the TV and frantically spoke to his girlfriend,

"Millicent are you near Ruben?" Her reply sounded so tiny and scared, it infuriated Lelouch beyond words, how dare these bastards scare such a loving heart as hers to the point of becoming timid!?

"Ye-yes, he's already evacuated a large portion of the school, I just found out about the broadcast myself, there's only a dozen studens left but the bridge to the airport has been destroyed." Lelouch grimaced at that, the airport was actually a man made island and if the road was taken out that meant the only way to reach it was by boat, and with the entire invasion thing it was likely anything bigger then a jetski was going to get torpedoed.

Racking his brain he glanced out the window and blanched as he saw a home brew variant of the Glasgow open fire on a series of shops slaughtering everyone in a spray of 20mm shells, if only he had a knightmare if... Pausing he grinned viciously as a plan began forming, it was insane but hey, who was he to judge his own sanity?

"Milly, love, is the Ganymede still in the hanger?" She remained silent a moment then he heard a conversation between her and an obviously older male.

Eventually she responded, "Yes, grandfather has been tinkering with it for years, installed a Yggdrasil drive and a few integrated weapons, why?"

Smirking Lelouch walked towards Nunnally's room, "Because I'm going to escort you and the others to the Viceroy's Palace and get you off this godforsaken island, tell Ruben to spin up the drive, we leave in fifteen."

Snapping the phone shut Lelouch gently tapped on the door then opened it slowly, "Sayoko," he began as the maid looked up from applying Nunnally's medications. "The Chinese have come to liberate the islands, although it's more likely then not going to be a 'Meet the new boss just like the old boss' scenario, will you help me get Nunnally to safety?" The young teen in question whimpered a bit as she called out,

"Brother? What's going on?" Smiling sadly he took her free hand as he turned to the Japanese woman, she looked at the siblings a moment then nodded slowly as she came to a decision.

"I will protect you my Prince," Lelouch was more then a little startled at that but the maid only shook her head slowly in return. "I've known all along, my family has been the sworn protectors to the Ashfords for a few generations so it should be no surprise. What shall you have me do?"

Thinking about it a moment he smirked slyly, "You able to handle an anti-tank missile launcher from a moving bus?"

She grinned in return forcing the exiled prince to choke down his laughter, "Chinese or Britannian? Or better yet European, those are my favorite," Lelouch let a laugh out at this, it was good to be surrounded by like minded people.

Nunnally turned towards him and her sadness permeated the room, "Lelouch, I don't want you to do anything that will get you hurt," smiling sadly he leaned down kissed her forehead and paused only a moment as she snaked her arms around his neck pulling him into a tight hug.

"My little angel, I will become the devil himself to keep you safe, you are my first and foremost priority and I will burn the world before I let anything happen to you. Yes, I may die in the process, but I will leave behind a world worthy of you in the end, that won't be today though, I promise." Nunnally began sobbing and broke the hug, much to his shock her eyelids snapped open and he found himself staring into a pair of violet eyes he hadn't seen in years.

"I love you Lelouch, don't die," she leaned forward and kissed the young man, forcing her will into the motion she pushed forth all her dreams, all her desires, all her hopes, and when her brother broke the kiss she knew she had been right in placing her trust in him.

"I love you too Nunnally, and I will protect you with my last dying breath, now please go, I have a battle to win." Turning away from his little sister Lelouch felt his resolve harden, for his girlfriend, for his sister, for the family he had built himself, he would be victorious.

Leaving the raucous noise of the bus boarding behind Lelouch approached the hanger holding his mothers Knightmare with a small smirk taking over his face; most assumed he was a cold and cultured man who would never dirty his hands with fighting. More the fools were they, he'd been practicing in Knightmare sims since before his exile and was actually rather looking forward to this.

Entering his passcode Lelouch stepped into the dark hanger and immediately noticed the lack of dust, obviously Ruben had been keeping up with the house cleaning along with the maintenance, if they survived the day he'd give the old man a bonus on top of his tuition.

Climbing into the Ganymede Lelouch began the boot up process, when all lights came back green he snatched the pair of automatic rifles off the ground and spun them in the frames thick fingers. Idly wondering where the old man had gotten such toys the exiled Prince shrugged the thought off; it was time to protect those he loved, and show the world what the son of Marianne the Flash could do.