The Demon's Child

Golden eyes stared into purple eyes, with no words exchanged between the two individuals. Now this wasn't necessarily atypical for C.C., but this time it wasn't really her fault. Babies didn't talk much.

The immortal sat crosslegged on the beg, Cheese-kun lying on her lap. Across from her sat a little girl with dark red hair, and violet eyes. The baby just stared back at C.C., her head slightly titled, a blank look on her face. Not really befitting of Elizabeth vi Britannia, the 1st Princess of the Britannia, sole child and scion of Lelouch vi Britannia, and rightful heir to the Britannian throne. Now that C.C. thought about it, that was quite a stream of titles; her ancestors would be proud.

"Damn you, Lelouch," C.C. said. She briefly pondered if Lelouch would scold her for using that kind of language in front of his daughter.

"Was it really too much to ask that you and Kallen exercise just a little self control?" she said, rubbing her forehead slightly, "Save everyone some frustration?" The baby tilted her head the other way. As it stood, no one outside of the room they were in was aware of Elizabeth's existence; however, there were a few people C.C. had considered telling.

One was Suzaku of course, but C.C. understood that the responsibility that now lay on his shoulders was enough as was; knowing his best friend had a childhood would only burden him further. At any rate, it would distract him from his new duties to the world as Zero.

C.C. also contemplated Jeremiah, but she struck him off fairly quickly; if he knew of Elizabeth, the daughter of his prince, the knight would devote the rest of his life to protecting her, and C.C. knew that she could not ask such a thing of him. After everything, the man more then deserved a chance to rest.

Lastly was Nunnally, and C.C. expected she would be quite thrilled to know she had a niece. But as much as C.C. wished she could tell the Princess of Britannia, she knew that Nunnally still had enemies both in Britannia, and around the world; Elizabeth would be safer as far away from the court of Britannia as possible.

"If nothing else, perhaps he could've left me a little more of a base to build on for you."

(Flashback)

"There's…. something else I need you to take care of," Lelouch said.

"Hmm?" C.C. responded, her curiosity now piqued." It was the last couple nights before Lelouch's execution, and the "Demon" Emperor had called the immortal into his chamber to apparently discuss something with her.

"Then pray tell," C.C. said, folding her arms, "Is there an enemy you have not yet dealt with?"

"You'll find out what soon enough, probably a couple months after I'm dead," the Emperor answered.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You'll see."

"You know how I hate these word games."

"Look who's talking."

"Just tell me," the immortal said, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Kallen can," Lelouch said plainly. C.C. was going to ask more, but then it hit her.

"Oh," she said. Lelouch just chuckled slightly.

"I'm sure she knows by now," he said, "Or at least has some idea about it."

"When… where… how…"

"The night after we launched our second assault on Japan," Lelouch said, "In the Ikaruga, and I think you know how."

"And you still want to go through with the Zero Requiem?" C.C. asked, "Knowing you have a child on the way?"

"Yes," Lelouch said firmly, "My child must grow up in a world at peace. They may not know their father, but it is a necessary sacrifice. But…" The man marked for death trailed off, as his brow furrowed in thought.

"I don't need to tell you what'll happen if anyone finds out," he said, "After everything I've done…" C.C. was grimly aware he was likely very right.

"I know I don't have the right to ask anything more of you, but… take care of her for me, please. Can you do it?" C.C. was silent as she just looked at him carefully.

"You don't trust Kallen to be able to do it on her own?" she asked.

"Its not that, but she'll need help, of that I can be sure." C.C. thought about it for a time, before taking a breath.

"I'll.. do my best," she finally said.

"That is all I ask," Lelouch said with a smile, before pausing, "Elizabeth."

"What?"

"That's what I want my daughter to be named."

"How do you know its going to be a girl?" C.C. asked.

"I couldn't tell you," Lelouch answered, "I just kind of do."

(End Flashback)

"Your father was one impossible man," C.C. said to Elizabeth, "I hope he appreciated everything I went through for him." The child just continued to stare at her blankly, which made the immortal sigh.

"I guess I shouldn't be too hard on him," she said, "Your mother wasn't that much more manageable then he was."

(Flashback)

Needless to say, when she came to her, the Ace of the Black Knights was not pleased to see the Code bearer. C.C. figured she should've expected such in hindsight as Kallen pushed down on her, tightening her grip on the green head's throat.

"Why didn't you stop him?!" Kallen all but sobbed, tears streaming down her face, "You should've stopped him!"

"You think I didn't try?" C.C. managed to force out, "He was completely set on this path; you know how he was!" Kallen continued to strangle her former friend, but found she couldn't find fault in what she was saying, as the Ace stumbled back sobbing, her hands on her stomach. C.C. coughed as she sat up.

"How could he?" Kallen whispered as she continued crying and rubbed her stomach, "How could he?"

"He wanted you to live," C.C. said, rubbing her neck, "He knew you were pregnant. If anything, it made him even more resolved to finish the Requiem." Kallen just shook her head.

"Why couldn't he have just come to me?" she asked, "Why did he have to be the martyr?"

"I couldn't tell you," C.C. answered, "I don't think anyone could truly understand what was going on in that man's head." There was a period of silence between the two women, as Kallen considered what was happening, taking a deep breath.

"What do we do now?" she asked.

"You go through the process of being a mother," C.C. answered simply, "There is not much more to it than that."

"You know its not going to be that simple," Kallen said, shaking her head, "This is Lelouch's child, the child of the demon. A piece of him that remains in this world; people will see her as a spawn of evil. What do we do about this people?"

"I don't know yet," she answered, "But you cannot allow yourself to stress over such a thing now. It is not good for either you, or your child." Kallen just looked down at the ground for a time.

"You know, he wanted to name the child Elizabeth," C.C. suddenly said. Kallen looked surprised at that, before chuckling somewhat, wiping her tears.

"I would've gone with a more Japanese name," she said, "But I guess she'll only be one quarter Japanese, so its fair."

"Well, I suppose it its," C.C. answered. The two smiled at each other, before Kallen's slowly faded away.

"There is one thing you can do for me," she said.

"And what would that be?"

"Give me a Geass," Kallen said firmly. It took C.C. a moment to really realize what Kallen had just asked for.

"You know that entails, right?" C.C. said, narrowing her eyes.

"Better than you might think," Kallen said, glaring, "I know what I asked." C.C. just stared at the red head for the time.

"Take my hand," she finally said.

(a few months later)

And it hadn't been an easy few months. When asked, Kallen told her comrades when asked that she had a one night stand with a guy before the rebellion; a lot of them didn't really but it, but Kallen stuck to her story. Then of course came to the child birth. Surprisingly, it was a fairly straightforward delivery, and it went all around pretty well. Things only went downhill when Elizabeth opened her eyes for the first time. Somehow the doctors put it all together when they saw those violet eyes….

C.C. had to fight each of them off, and may not have succeeded, if not for Kallen's maternal instincts to kick in just enough to pull out of her drugged straight, and Geass them into submission. Kallen's Geass gave her the power to influence people. It didn't allow her to control people the way Lelouch's did, rather it made them believe what they told her; conceivably, Kallen could control people using it, but not to be absolute extent Lelouch's did. She mostly used it to convince people about her pregnancy, or in this case, to stop them from going after her newborn.

With things having finally calmed down just a little, C.C. held Elizabeth in her arms for the first time. The baby wasn't crying, rather she was looking around curiously, eager to explore this new world.

"Please… let me see her," Kallen said softly, and as C.C. obliged, Kallen weakly rose her hand to her daughter's cheek, and stroked it gently.

"Elizabeth," she said softly, blinking through her tears. The newborn just grabbed at her mother's fingers, but Kallen suddenly retracted her hand, and looked away, shutting her eyes tight.

"Take her away!" she said quickly.

"Kallen…"

"She won't be safe with me," Kallen said, keeping her eyes closed, shaking her head, "People will see her, and they'll found out. You have to take her away. Its the only way." C.C. wasn't so sure about it, but she could only imagine that it was really Kallen's decision. Who was she to protest the mother's decision.

"C.C.!" The immortal paused from her exit, as Kallen weakly sat up.

"Promise me," she said, "Promise me she'll be safe." C.C. paused.

"Promise!" Kallen snapped.

"I promise," C.C. said. Kallen then nodded, and lifted up a mirror, activating her Geass as she looked into it.

"You're daughter died in childbirth," was all she said. C.C. knew she couldn't wait as she slipped out of the window as the doctors hurried their way into the room.

(End Flashback)

The immortal was broken from her memories when she looked down and noticed that Elizabeth had crawled across the bed to her and was now grabbing at Cheese-kun. Not one to share, C.C. pulled it away, causing Elizabeth to fall on her face on the bed. The baby looked up as her eyes started to water and her chin to quiver, making it apparent what was about to happen. C.C. didn't seem to fully realize it, though, as she just started at a loss as the little girl burst into tears.

After a few minutes of that, she relented, and gave the baby her beloved plush. That brought an ending to the crying as the baby happily snuggled up to Cheese-kun and promptly fell asleep on it.

"At this rate, you're going be an ever bigger pain to me than your parents were," C.C. grumbled, as she folded her arms.

Note: A project that I've been mulling around for years now. If I didn't put something to paper, I would've gone crazy.

Not much to this first chapter. I hope to keep this going. I know some are wondering why Kallen is deciding to leave her child, but it is sincerely the way she feels. At any rate, I think it should fall under suspension of disbelief for the sake of this premise.

Props to EchoGirl319 for her work with this premise. Please review.