Stage I: One moment in time.

Tell me. Tell me. Would you please?

Why I am at total ease.

When all is very quiet

No romping and no riot

January 1st, two years before the Darkness

(2021 Ashford Academy, Tokyo)

January 1st, two years before the Darkness

"You may now kiss the brides" The Archbishop said as Lelouch kissed C.C, Shirley, and Kallen, Euphie kissed Suzaku, and James kissed Nodoka.

The wedding guests greatly applauded as the brides and grooms descended from the altar to the reception.

Kaguya's position.

"I have to say that this is a very beautiful wedding, don't you agree Xingke?" Tianzi said.

"Yes, Tianzi-sama" Xingke said as he watched the couples, his mind flashing back to a few months ago.

"I should be dead by now, my illness was incurable, so why am I alive?" Xingke asked Lelouch who was besides his bed.

"I asked Lloyd to fix you up, he used the same technology which Jeremiah now benefits to heal your illness" he replied.

"Why would you be so generous? Especially to me you're rival?" Xingke asked.

"Being generous is one thing….not wanting to have two billion Chinese go blood drunk from lack of leadership is another, that answers your first question, and as for your statement, you are not my rival Xingke, you where an adversary…..but not my rival" Lelouch replied.

"And what is the difference between your rival and your adversary?" Xingke replied.

"I killed all my rivals" Lelouch said to him with a smile on his face which did not indicate joy at all.

End of Flashback.

Xingke had replayed that encounter many times in his head.

"What did he mean by that? Does he not consider me a threat big enough to kill? Is he just taunting me? Or was he trying to convince me of his superiority?" Xingke thought to himself.

Normally he would never blatantly believe of someone's declaration that he was inferior to them, but from his current point of view, one in which he was still sickly and in a wheelchair, while Lelouch was healthy and just got married to three beautiful women it was enough of a difference to make him 'analyze' Lelouch's words carefully…not enough to make him believe them, but enough to make him understand and consider them, and after all consideration was a step way from accepting it, and that was what was giving Xingke a very sour mood.

Kuribayashi's position.

"So you're like friends with that Odysseus guy right?" Tamaki asked Kuribayashi, and Tamaki was clearly very inebriated.

"I am a close associated to his Excellency the General yes" Kuribayashi replied.

"Hey you don't have to keep kissing his ace, he's over there with his Sister" Tamaki said to him.

Kuribayashi was tempted to punch him for implying his respect for his Commander was just basic flattery, but he decided not to make a scene, this was after all the Emperor's wedding.

"Must be nice being a Prince, going where ever you want, doing whatever and whichever ladies you want and dumping all your work on your subordinates" Tamaki said as he sipped some alcohol.

And that was when Kuribayashi decided to 'rebel' and give into temptation.

"His Excellency Odysseus does not 'dump' everything on me, in fact he often takes away work from the staff and does it himself since he wants us rested and he is very meticulous about how he runs his cannons! Also he does not engage in such disrespectful behavior!" Kuribayashi said, his tone was angry, but not a shouting one.

"Ha! Who are you president of his fan club?" Tamaki asked annoyed.

Kuribayashi had enough and gave Tamaki an angry look he was about to punch him, when Ohgi stepped in.

"Now, now please calm down Kuribayashi-san ! Tamaki is just a little drunk"

Ohgi said and that made Kuribayashi mellow.

Kuribayashi calmed down, but Tamaki's behavior made him wonder how The Slayers where so successful with Ohgi who was clearly not a leader, Tamaki who was a drunk and the other band which composed this motley crew, one thing was certain the fact that they were so successful could be compared to turning lead into gold.

"….And they called the Emperor the man on miracles."

Lelouch's position.

"So let me get this straight, the hero who at this point managed to con the world into hating him as the supreme tyrant makes his closest ally stab him in front of the world and with his death he believes the world would be united in hatred for him" Lelouch said to Suzaku who told him of the final chapter in a series of Novels.

"Yeah that's basically it" Suzaku replied.

"That's the biggest pile of crap I ever heard, number one just because the word hated him does not mean that peace endures after his death, I mean the Soviets and the rest of the world hated Hitler, but as soon as he was dead they went back to hating each other, and how many wars have been since his death? Hitler's death didn't bring peace, it just brought a temporary cease-fire!" Lelouch replied.

"Well I have to say the ending was very artistic, but it felt kind of off, Tanaguchi-san must of slipped there" Suzaku replied.

"I give you that! Great story! Crappy ending that Chronicles of Reyna series" Lelouch said to hi friend.

George's position.

George like the other was celebrating, he looked at everyone present, until his gaze met Kallen, his smile then turned into a subtle scour, Kallen eye's then turned at him, and George quickly turned his gaze away.

"What's wrong?" Omar asked him.

"What makes you say that?" George asked.

"I've know you for years" Omar replied.

"Well the fact that Lelouch is wearing the wedding dress while his brides are wearing tuxedos is bothering me, and the fact that the whole world actually seems to prefer seeing Lelouch in a dress" George said lying through his teeth.

"Well that's what you get for Hiring Millie as the caterer" Omar replied with a chuckle.

George was glad that his ruse work and the real reason for his animosity to Kallen was not yet revealed.

Tell me. Tell me. Would you please?

Why I am at total ease.

For it's the very quiet,

That will soon start the riot

Unknown location.

"Busy rebuilding I see, rebuilding your precious technology, writing your history, so busy making it that you have forgotten about myth, forgotten about legends, forgotten about the things that go bump in the night, forgotten about US!" the voice of the old one narrated.

It's gaze was then turned to Waterloo, where it's minions were performing a ceremony, the ceremony became complete at a being emerged from it and went to its destination to do it's masters bidding.

"Go! Make way for our return, make way …for the return of the Old Gods… for the return of the Titans!"

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