Turn 01: Curiosity

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Hello everybody and welcome to my Code Geass story: Who is Zero. This will be done almost purely on Kallen's P.O.V and it won't cover the typical stuff in Code Geass. I'd tell you more, but you should read for yourself.

(Kallen P.O.V)

As we drove back to our base from Mt Fuji, everybody was excited about the fact that the Six Houses of Kyoto had finally approved of us. "Zero, that was amazing." Tamaki said in disbelief. Tamaki had short red hair tan skin and beady brown eyes. He was one of the old guard of our group and one of the people that had joined us on this trip. The other people were of course Master Zero; the mysterious C.C, a woman with golden eyes and long green hair; Ohgi, the brown haired former leader of our group; and of course, me, Kallen Kozuki, the ace of the Black Knights and a person who happens to be half Britannian.

"After all he's done how can you be so surprised?" C.C questioned. I don't know why but something about C.C bothers me. During the battle at Narita she appeared out of nowhere and disabled the White Knight, Lancelot. There's something about her that bothers me and I don't know what else I can say.

"How dare you?" Tamaki yelled out angrily. Tamaki was a hot head and I wondered sometimes why he stayed around. Sure he was my brother's friend but he was an idiot.

"That's enough, C.C. That was an unusual situation and we were fortunate that Lord Kirihara went along with it." Zero replied. It was a minor miracle that Zero had made it work because of how rash his actions were. After all, if he had messed up it could've been all over for the Black Knights. Fortunately for us, he didn't and now we were ready to really take the battle to the Britannians

"Alright, but now the real battle begins." C.C replied with an unnerving smile. C.C was right but something was bothering me.

(Scene Skip)

After returning to our mobile headquarters I took the secret route back home and went up to my room to relax. "What did he mean by that?" I wondered as I thought back to something I heard Lord Kirihara say during the meeting. It was strange because it was the only time I really heard what the two were saying, 'The flower that was planted eight years ago has begun to bloom.' A simple phrase to anybody, unless they thought about it carefully. Zero's own words confirmed he wasn't Japanese, but there was something that only I had picked up because of my own heritage, Zero was also a Britannian. It was the way he spoke, the confidence of his actions and his mannerisms that gave it away. The others wouldn't have noticed it, but I easily did. The question then became who was Zero? Who was this mysterious leader who had taken us from a ragtag group of nobodies to being one of Britannia's most powerful foes? I would think about it more in the morning since I was far too tired to do so now.

(Scene Skip)

Sitting in class I was once again reminded of the insane life that I lived. Yesterday I was meeting with the Six Houses of Kyoto as Kallen Kozuki, Ace of the Black Knights. Now I was Kallen Stadtfeld, the heiress of the Stadtfeld family and just another Britannian. I pretended to be weak and feeble because it allowed me to stay home and go meet up with the others, but I've been going to school far more recently. Part of it was because Ohgi insisted that I take a break, something I was grateful for at times, but there was another reason that I came to school so much despite my hatred of the weak persona that I had to use.

"Sorry I'm late, sir!" A male voice said as he walked into the room. The young man had black hair and deep purple eyes and he was the real reason that I was so eager to get to school.

"It's alright, Lelouch." Our teacher replied as the young man sat down at his seat. Lelouch Lamperouge was the student council vice president and one of the most desired guys in the school, but that's not why I was interested in him. No, my interest was because I believed that he was the person beneath my leader's mask. When he mentioned Shinjuku to me, I was caught off guard and I had to find out more. When I finally confronted him I thought I had him trapped, but oddly enough Zero called me and spoke to me as he sat there watching. Shit! Now I'm reminded of the fact that he saw me naked… Anyway he was tops on my list and it was time to use my classmates to my advantage.

(Scene Skip)

When lunchtime arrived I sat with four girls who I befriended earlier in the school year. The girl's names always escaped me, but they were some Britannian girls that I tolerated when I came to school. The first girl had blue hair in a ponytail; the second had short dark-brown hail; the third had gray hair that was in short pigtails and the final one had long light brown hair. "Hey girls, what do you know about Lelouch?" I asked curiously. I watched him silently during class but he was his typical nonchalant self. I could tell something was bothering him but I didn't know what. To my annoyance the girls screamed out happily about the news.

"Lelouch is amazing!" The blue haired girl said dreamily. It appeared that she had a crush on the Lelouch. Then again, Shirley did also and I imagine a few others might as well.

"He's extremely smart and talented and rumor is that he's the real brains behind the student council." The one with light brown hair squealed.

"For some reason though nobody can find much information on him." The girl with gray hair commented.

"What do you mean?" I asked weakly. It was hard to not give myself away, but man it was impossible to get info on the guy.

"Tons of different girls have tried to look him up, but there's very little information on Lelouch or the house of Lamperouge." The girl with dark brown hair commented which surprised me.

I had to fight back a curse and hold back. "So any idea who would know anything about him?" I asked as calmly as possible.

"President Milly." The girls all said at once. Well it made sense since her family lets him live in the student council as a favor. I guess if I'm gonna figure out more, my next stop is seeing Milly.

"By the way, Kallen, why do you want to know about Lelouch all of the sudden?" The girl with blue hair asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked calmly

"I mean you guys are on the council so you could talk to him yourself." The grey haired girl added calmly.

"Not really. Once the meetings are over he goes straight to see his sister. We haven't had much time to talk since I have to get going also." I replied. I mean I had to go deal with the Black Knights.

"Well, I hope you find out more for everybody's sake." The girl with the blue hair said with a smile. Yeah, they were ultimately useless but I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

(Scene Skip)

When I arrived at the student council I was expecting the usual cheerfulness but everyone was extremely upset about something. "What happened?" I asked innocently as I looked around at my fellow student council members. There was of course Lelouch, the vice president; Rivalz Cardemone, the secretary who had short dark blue hair with bangs at the side and gray eyes; Millicent 'Milly' Ashford, the student council president who had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She was incredibly gorgeous and her breasts rivaled my own. Then there was Shirley Fenette, a girl with orange hair, yellow eyes, and fairly large breasts herself. Finally there was Nina Einstein, a mousy girl with short dark green hair, matching green eyes and glasses. "Do you remember when the Black Knights attacked Narita a week ago?" Milly said calmly. Of course I knew about it but what did that have to do with anything

"Yeah, I heard about it." I replied in my usual timid voice. Something was clearly wrong since even Milly wasn't being her usual fun loving self.

"Shirley's dad was killed in the landslide. We just found out." Milly replied causing my heart to sink. It took every ounce of willpower I had in order to keep my disguise.

"I'm sorry to hear that…." I replied as calmly as I could. Considering that I was the one who caused the landslide I felt extremely guilty. Turning towards Lelouch, I could see that he was just as solemn as the rest of us which didn't tell me anything. As much as I wanted to talk to Milly, I had my own issues to deal with now. Whether directly or indirectly, I had killed Shirley's father and that weighed heavily on my mind.

(Scene Skip)

The Black Knights had come to a local port in order to enact the latest operation. Cornelia and the Royal Navy were going to be there and we had to deliver another decisive blow. However my mind was still caught up in the funeral for Shirley's father. Suzaku had once again spoken about our methods and it took everything I had not to deck him. However, his words cut deep and I thought it was time to talk to Zero about my thoughts on the matter. As I made my way over to the hangar where Zero was waiting I wondered if he had his mask on. When I arrived, I noticed the door was closed but I decided not to go inside despite my curiosity. I felt like if I found out who he was now, I couldn't stay focused for the battle. "Zero, are you there?" I asked nervously. I didn't hear anything for a moment so I wondered what was going on but our leader soon replied.

"What do you want, Kallen? I'm a bit busy." Zero replied. Oddly enough his voice was slightly different. That meant that behind this door, my leader was without his mask.

"I understand that we're knights for justice and that we're fighting the military, but what happens when the innocents get involved. Like what happened in Narita?" I asked nervously. I had no idea what Shirley's father was doing in Narita but I still felt guilty for his death.

"We are knights for justice, but this is still war. Innocent blood will be spilt in the name of peace, but it simply means that we cannot lose. If we do then all the innocent blood will be for nothing." Zero said calmly.

"Thank you." I replied. Zero's words made me much calmer since I knew that what he was saying was true.

"Kallen, one more thing." Zero said calmly. This surprised me a little bit.

"What is it?" I asked nervously.

"Do you want to know who I really am?" Zero asked me out of nowhere.

"Why do you ask?" I replied nervously.

"I know that Ohgi and the others are wondering who I am. That shouldn't be surprising. However I wonder if you're curious as well." Zero revealed. It was as though he was seeing through me and I couldn't believe it.

"Of course I wonder who you are, however right now I need to focus on the mission." I replied. It was as though Zero was seeing into my heart.

"I see." Zero replied. I could tell he was relieved by my words but right now I needed to stay focused.

"I do hope you eventually trust us enough to tell us who you are, but for now my job is to win." I said calmly. I was about to leave but Zero said something else.

"Then I'll give you a bit of advice before the mission starts." Zero shouted out causing me to pause. "Those who wear masks do so for two reasons. The first is to protect themselves from enemies who would do them harm. The second is because they have a message that cannot be understood if their identity is revealed." Zero said calmly. This caused me to pause yet again. Maybe Zero wasn't just wearing a mask to be mysterious. Maybe he was doing it because if his identity was revealed everything would change.

"Thank you for hearing me out, Zero." I replied.

"Of course, Kallen." Zero replied with his more mechanical voice. It was time for battle and I'd think about what he said later.

That's it for the first chapter. I hope you guys have appreciated my take on the whole Zero Kallen dynamic and I'm sorry it's so short but this is a delicate story and I gotta go bit by bit. Next chapter Kallen speaks to Milly about Lelouch and things get extremely interesting when Suzaku is revealed as the pilot of the Lancelot.