"So...you're Setsu Gottwald?" Milly asked as she examined the brown haired Japanese man and his black haired sister. "And you're-"

"Yukana," C.C. replied as she half-bowed to the "older" girl. "A pleasure to meet you!" She added cheerfully.

"Well...I hope you guys enjoy the festival today!" Milly said after an awkward pause before heading off the greet the next group of arrivals.

"I hate you so much sometimes, why did my disguise have to be an excitable girl?" C.C. demanded as they made their way to a waving Kallen who was surrounded by former and current student council members. Nunnally sat in her chair in the middle of them all, Zero by her side and Arthur in her lap.

"Just smile, act peppy, and remember you get to actually have pizza this year." He reminded her.

"The world's largest..." C.C. said happily as she closed her eyes.

"These are the two I was telling you about," Kallen said to Gino as she gestured at the two as they approached.

"Right!" Gino—now the vice-president under President Kallen—said with a click of his fingers as he smiled warmly at the duo. "You're the ones related to Mrs. Sayoko and old Jeremiah adopted right?"

"Yes, that would be us." Lelouch agreed as he shook the blonde man's hand.

"Well let's commence the tour!" Gino yelled excitedly as he began to lead them around the school grounds while Nunnally and Kallen—and privately Zero—fought to keep their stifled laughter hidden.

Lelouch and C.C. spent the day at Ashford Academy and with all of Lelouch's former friends. While he would openly admit most of them had started out as pawns in his quest for world domination, C.C. could tell clearly that he treasured his time with them dearly.

They chased Arthur around the campus after he ran off with Gino's key to the production booth.

They revisited the dorms, the pool, the roof, and other areas that they had frequented throughout their time there. Lelouch made a special trip to his room to collect his chest set.

Gino got a random idea to try and light fireworks off while jousting with the school horses and had somehow gotten it approved by Kallen. Her shrieking and the subsequent beat-down that followed proved to them that he had not actually gotten it approved by her.

The swim team promoted their cafe and club with Villetta, who had already regained her shape after giving Ohgi his firstborn child, a daughter.

C.C., no longer bound by Lelouch's confinement to his room, tried every and any form of food she could find. Much of it was inedible—Cecile's stand—and even what was edible she gave up on in favor of saving room for pizza.

Lelouch spent some time with Suzaku at a memorial that had been set up there for Euphemia—now the famed "Framed Princess"— in one of the gardens.

As the day came to a close, people began to gather in the center of the school grounds for the final event.

The pizza toss.

"Where did your friends go?" Gino asked as he came to stand by Kallen.

"I think Yukana fell ill from all the food she was eating and had to leave. Obviously Setsu was going to take her home." She explained as she leaned on the blonde.

"I knew no one could beat C.C. in food consumption," Shinichiro stated as he and Ohgi arrived to watch the final event of the day.

"Who?" Gino asked.

"Not important," she said, flicking his nose.

"Yes, ma'am." Gino said dutifully as he crossed his arms over her. "I am still vaguely offended that I was denied the chance to do the pizza toss this year. I never got the chance last year!" He complained as Kallen chuckled.

"And now, our final event," Nunnally said over the intercom system as she and Zero stood inside the production booth with Milly and Arthur.

"Begin the Pizza Toss!"

The Ganymede rose up from under its curtain and began an elaborate and skillful array of arm movements that spread the dough out in a wide arc.

"Woah, he's pretty good!" Gino said in a small admission of—slightly jealous—awe.

"Who's driving it this year?" Ohgi asked as Villetta arrived and came up beside him and Shinichiro.

"Todoh," Kallen said.

"Rivalz," Gino said at the same time.

"Well, which is it?" Villetta demanded as she saw the confused looks on their faces.

"I-I thought you said Todoh flew in for this event specifically?" Kallen questioned her subordinate.

"One of the new council members told me you changed it to Rivalz!" Gino defended himself.

"So...who exactly is driving the Ganymede?" Shinichiro asked, deeply confused.

With a final flourish of both its arms, the old-school frame dropped the dough onto the massive pizza board and began to spray it with tomatoes and other ingredients at an astonishingly fast rate.

Up in the production booth, Milly watched in awe as the final design of the pizza began to form under the ingredient assault. "The only one to ever do this well was...Lelouch..." She whispered as the crowd cheered.

"Well?" Ohgi asked.

"I-I-"Gino and Kallen stammered.

"And now for the quick-bake!" Nunnally shouted as the massive concoction of dough was shoved into the huge furnace and flash cooked.

Nina cheered maniacally from the sidelines as her newly designed machine hummed and then activated.

The pizza rolled out and the crowd began to cheer as massive chunks of it were cut by the Ganymede before being thrown into the crowd. A man who had run up after the initial release from the oven had been talking on his headset before Nunnally keyed the mic once more.

"This is now confirmed as the new international record for the Pizza Toss. Thirteen, point five, meters!"

A rapid cheer erupted as the crowd rushed to congratulate the pilot as the Ganymede set down. Gino had already shot off as the rest of the group chased after him, curious as to who the pilot could be.

Meanwhile, Kallen began to head towards the rear of the school while Nunnally announced that the previous record of twelve meters had lasted for two years and had been held by a former student council member—whose records had been lost and was thus not named.

Gino arrived just as the hatch slid open and the pilot hopped out.

"What!?" He cried upon seeing Arthur come gliding down cheerfully. The blonde could only stare in wonder as the feline took off into the stunned and confused crowd.

Shinichiro glanced from the fleeing cat up to the production booth. While Nunnally and Zero had vanished...

Arthur remained in the production booth.

Glancing quickly back at the crowd, Shinichiro confirmed that the Arthur that had jumped out of the Ganymede was still weaving its way through the crowd's feet.

"Uh...guys?" He began,

"No one cares, Shinichiro! Now get in there and save me some pizza!" Villetta barked as she shoved him toward the massive mob fighting over the remains of the gigantic pizza.

"So this is really goodbye big brother?" Nunnally asked sadly as she, an unmasked Suzaku, and Kallen watched as Lelouch and C.C. in their normal forms finished loading a cart full of supplies with a layer of hay.

"I'm afraid so, Nunnally...but I will be with you always. You can see now. And you can judge reality in full. Even your own future. Never forget that." Lelouch said, just as sad, as he hugged her. "I love you Nunnally."

Kallen pulled the chair back after they separated and held the girl's hand as she watched Suzaku and Lelouch say their goodbyes.

"Suzaku...you're Zero now. The fate of the world rests on your shoulders just as much as mine. Tomorrow is up to you. You have that much strength. And that much responsibility." He gave him a brief, but incredibly fierce hug. "Protect Nunnally with all your might."

"I will." He promised before turning around to replace Kallen as she walked towards the former emperor of the world.

"I know I promised you a life after the war-" Lelouch began, only to be silenced by Kallen as she gave him an equally fierce hug.

"Live your life for you, you idiot. Follow your contract, but try and—for once—fulfill your own dream too." She said as he nodded.

"I will. And I'm glad to see you're back in school Kallen. You belong there, with the others. You are the core of the Black Knights, the one who is stronger than anyone else." He briefly kissed the top of her head. "Don't give up on anything, you can have it all."

She nodded as the tears began to fall again.

"Don't let me ever see you back here! You lying, heart-breaking, bastard!" She said as she smiled sadly as she returned to stand by an equally crushed-looking Suzaku and Nunnally.

Lelouch smiled and his features shifted to that of Setsu Gottwald. There was no longer any trace of Lelouch Vi Britannia, the former Demon Emperor of the World and most hated man to ever live.

"Yes, my lord!" He shouted as he half-bowed. C.C. had shifted as well and preformed her own half-bow from the cart's only seat at the front of the cart.

Without another word, Setsu climbed up beside Yukana, who leaned onto him and yipped the horses into action. The cart took off without pause and was gone from sight within seconds.

As Kallen made her way back to the festival, Zero returned his helmet to his head and began to walk beside Nunnally's chair as she followed after Kallen.

"Big brother really is amazing Suzaku..." Nunnally said after a final sniffle before smiling widely as her eyes brightened. As the pair rejoined their friends, the Knight of Zero thought back to the tragic day when he had sworn Nunnally's smile would not be seen for some time.

Oh...how wrong Suzaku had been indeed.

"You know," Lelouch remarked as he eyed his partner after they had cleared the city and began the long trek to the Gottwald estate, "It's a little weird for you to be claiming to be my sister."

"I'll change it later," C.C. acknowledged sleepily as she climbed up the front of the cart to lay on the hay at the top, shifting into her original form as she went. "You're a sis-con anyways."

"I-I am NOT!" Lelouch snapped angrily as C.C. laughed joyously.

A long silence passed between them.

Eventually C.C. spoke as she stared up at the sky above them. Perhaps even beyond the sky above them.

"I said that Geass was the Power of the King which would condemn you to a life of solitude..."

There was a brief pause as C.C. smiled.

"Hmm, I think that maybe that's not quite correct...right...Lelouch?