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Here Kitty Kitty Kitty

In an empty classroom in the middle school building of Ashford Academy, there were five students. Four of them were female but the last was a male and he was on the floor; staring up fearfully at the girls towering above him. His clothes hung open and were half of him. His pale chest heaved up and down; his silky black hair in disarray. On the right side of his body, right above his hip, the words "UGLY BITCH" were carved into his skin. Even though the curtain of blood made it hard to see, the heart-breaking words were definitely there. One of the girls started to walk back towards the rather short seventh grader.

"Why don't we mess up that ugly little face of yours? Then maybe everyone won't mistake you for a girl anymore. Now they'll think you're a monster. What do you think, Lelouch?" Lelouch, scooted back as the girl came closer with a pair of scissors in her hand. As the clacking of her shoes came closer, Lelouch was finally able to realize why they were attacking him. For the past few months, all the guys in their grade (and even some from the high school) have tried to court him; all of them thinking that he was a girl. And even when they found out he was a boy, they still tried to make the poor boy date them. Luckily, Lelouch's best (and only) friend had protected the raven haired boy from it all. Suzaku Kururugi. Just the name brought chills of fear down people's backs. The Japanese boy wasn't in any sports but the students at Ashford Academy all knew that no one could come close to his athletic abilities. They all said that he could probably beat all of the world's best players in any game right now and would be even better when he got out of the academy. Some would whisper that he was born in a test tube in a secret government lab to create some sort of super soldier or something. And the rumors mostly stemmed from the fact that he gave the P.E. teacher a broken arm, leg, and nose for letting the other students make fun of Lelouch.

For some reason that no one else knew about, the two boys got along very well ever since the first day of first grade, when Lelouch defended Suzaku when he was called names and got a black eye over it. Since then, the boys were nearly inseparable. Until today. Suzaku had been called into the principal's office for calling one of Lelouch's female bullies an "insufferable bitch." Lelouch, not wanting to bring any attention to himself, had retreated inside one of the empty classrooms and decided to stare out the window. Then, the four girls that were with him now decided that it had been a good idea to try and smoke for the first time in an empty classroom. Fate had then decided that Lelouch was in the very same classroom as the one that the four girls were walking into. Which all led to now.

Lelouch's was now pressed against the wall and the girls surrounded him. The girl who held the scissors suddenly grabbed his neck and held him in place. "So, you little shit…how about we make your smile wider? Hm? Wouldn't that look beautiful ladies? If we can make his smile so wide that it'll hurt every time he talks?"

The main girl then began to bring the sharp side of the scissors close to Lelouch's mouth. His eyes widened as the blade got closer to his skin. When it was an inch away, the door to the classroom door slammed open and Suzaku stepped in. the original occupants stared at the Japanese boy as he did the same. Then the Japanese boy was in motion. The girls were either suddenly flipped in the air and hitting the desks on their way down or had their bones being snapped in half. By the time it was over, Suzaku knelt on the ground in front of the wide eyed raven while the girls were screaming their heads off.

Teachers and students alike came running at the sound. Even the principal came to the scene. And what a scene it was.

Four girls were either on their backs or clutching at a broken arm or leg while Suzaku Kururugi knelt beside his best friend, Lelouch Lamperouge, with a tan hand pressing against the pale boy's bleeding hip. When Ruben Ashford had snapped out of his state of shock, his face turned purple with rage. He came stomping over to the tan teenager and grabbed his arm; roughly pulling him to his feet. The green eyed boy stared back defiantly while his purple eyed friend stared up at Ruben fearfully.

"YOU ARE EXPELLED FROM THIS ACADEMY! EXPELLED I TELL YOU!" The Japanese boy stared at Ruben with wide eyes; realizing what that meant. After a few moments of silence, Suzaku let his head tilt down, his bangs shadowing his eyes. After he snatched his arm from the old man's hold, the green eyed boy turned around and stepped towards his fallen friend. When he was close enough, the rather strong boy lifted the black haired boy bridal style and walked out of the classroom. As they passed through the hallway, the crowd of nosy students parted; letting the two outcasts through them without a problem. This continued until they made it to the nurse's office. When Suzaku set Lelouch down on a bed and turned to leave, he was quickly stopped by a soft pale hand.

"Suzaku…are you leaving?" Hard green eyes turned to purple ones before they softened. Suzaku then sat down on the bed and took Lelouch's hand in his.

"I don't know. Most likely." Lelouch continued staring at Suzaku with wide eyes.

"But…but I don't want you to leave, Suzaku." Suzaku looked at his friend in surprise before pulling him into a hug.

"Don't worry, Lelouch. I'll find some way to return. Just you wait. I'll probably see you next year." Lelouch nodded before asking Suzaku: "Promise?"

Lelouch felt Suzaku grin on his shoulder. "Promise. I'll see you next year."

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The year after Suzaku left, the girls weren't the only ones hurting Lelouch. The raven haired boy was starting to get cornered by both genders. The year after that first one, Lelouch's mother and little sister, Marianne and Nunnally Lamperouge, died in a car crash. This made his weight drop to a dangerous level and he was also forced to live in the Boys' Dormitory. His skin got pale and his eyesight got worse. The poor purple eyed boy had to deal with physical, verbal, and covert bullying. The third year that Suzaku was gone, Lelouch had gotten desperate. He even tried to kill himself. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately for Lelouch, he was found by a teacher before he could jump off the chair.

But, at the beginning of his fourth year, something happened. It was like a switch got flipped. He started strutting around the school like he owned the place. At first, his tormenters were a bit surprised, some even fainted; almost as if they saw a ghost. Still, they tried to get back into the swing of things. But the black beauty did not let them get far. During their gym class, an especially mean girl tried to pants him. That didn't go as planned. She ended up in the nurse's office to check to see if she had a concussion. Lelouch was sent to the principal's office with a smirk on his lips and a swaying to his hips. After that, NO ONE messed with him. A few weeks later and it was officially known that Lelouch Lamperouge was at the top of the unofficial Popular Kids List of Ashford Academy.

But…the thing was…Lelouch…changed. One day he was a normal human being and the next…he wasn't.

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There was an hour to go before school started and Lelouch thought it was a good idea to start roasting this guy for some answers. That meant giving him a blow job and making him squeal. Lelouch (bored out of his mind) started to reminisce about random memories. This in turn, caused him to smirk as he remembered about the night that had changed his life. The guy that had his dick inside the purple eyed beauty's mouth was gasping and writhing like he was in pain. Lelouch closed his eyes and went back to the dark night about five months ago; making sure he didn't stop moving his mouth for he had a feeling that there was someone watching them.

~Flashback~

The pale skinned boy ran bare foot down the rocky path with a golf cart chasing after him while the moonlight shown through the trees.

"You better hurry up, little piggy! Or the big bad wolf is going to catch you!" Lelouch was gasping for breath already. He had no muscle on him; practically a bag of bones. You could even see and count all his ribs if you wanted to. The two boys and two girls were on the golf cart. Lelouch tried to remember their names as he ran but quickly found that he was struggling to remember how he even got there in the first place.

"Move your fat ass or we'll run over you!"

"Hey, I think I can make him move faster!" Lelouch nearly tripped when he heard the gunshot. His eyes widened and he ran his hardest while his chasers laughed out loud and congratulated their friend for succeeding in making the poor boy run faster. The boy began to cry with relief when he saw a clearing up ahead. He kept running and huffed out a sigh of relief…that was quickly short lived. He nearly fell off the cliff because he had thought that this area was a clearing. He turned when he heard the golf cart slow down. They all came out with smirks on their faces. One of the girls then came towards him before putting her hand on her hip.

"Strip, little piggy!" Lelouch stood there with his eyes wide.

"What?" choked out the confused boy. They all smirked while one of the guys took out a camera.

"We are going to have a little photo shoot," his smirk turned predatory and there was a lust in his eyes, "and you are the star." When Lelouch didn't move, the other boy cocked the gun and pointed it at the purple eyed boy.

"Get your ass moving." With trembling fingers, Lelouch began to remove his pajamas. After ten minutes of slow progress, the pale boy was nude. The girls all looked disgusted while the boys began to have…trouble. The girls then smirked before the one closest to him grabbed Lelouch's arm and twisted his body to the side.

"I remember this day! Amber was the one to give you this!" Everyone could barely see the words that had been sliced into his skin. The two boys then moved closer. The one with the camera then crouched close to the frightened boy and took a picture of his hip; scar and all. Lelouch watched with frightened eyes as the boys admired his body and the girls glared at him with disgust. Finally, not able to take it anymore, one of the boys moved his hand towards Lelouchs flaccid member.

Terrified and not wanting to be touched, Lelouch quickly stepped back. Only to find out that he had forgotten that there was nothing behind him, except for a hundred foot drop into some rocky waters. And with a scream, the raven fell with one word in his mind.

Suzaku!

He then felt as if he just hit concrete instead of water and, as he sunk, Lelouch saw as the clear glow of the moonlight from the moon was changed into a dark red as his blood began to spread in the water. He could barely remember anything. The only thing that seemed constant was Suzaku's smiling face. He felt as coldness began to crawl over him. Right when he thought he was about to drown, Lelouch then felt the pain of being dragged out of the water by some strong teeth. His vision was blurred but not enough from seeing a green haired girl staring back at him with reddish eyes. Just as he felt himself slipping away, he felt warmth on his lips and felt as if he was drinking the waters of life; and, as corny as it sounds, it was true. Lelouch then felt himself sit upright and throwing up water. And…when he looked up…he realized that he had never really appreciated the moon's light…

Lelouch spent the rest of the night trying to come to terms with what had just happened. He tried to absorb the things that the green haired naked girl with white cat ears and tail was telling him. But really, all he wanted to do was run around and do whatever the hell he wanted to do. And he told the girl in those very same words. She smirked before turning herself into what looked like a cheetah with white fur and no spots and running off into the forest. Lelouch then began to chase her. And…somehow…ended up as a black cheetah as well. They played tag for the rest of the night. Both turning into different kinds of felines, or staying human or sometimes turning some of their body parts into cat parts. At one point they were even playing in the trees. When they sensed sunrise coming, they took their game to the city. When morning finally did come, the two naked Nekos made it to Ashford Academy and waited for classes to begin before sneaking into Lelouch's room. There they threw out all of Lelouch's roommate's things. Out the window that is. Then, still naked, they snuggled up in Lelouch's bed and slept together. They actually looked a lot like kittens.

~Present~

As Lelouch came back to Earth, he realized that the kid was close to coming if his "Oh God. Oh God. Oh God's" were anything to go by. So with a quick lick, suck, and twist, Lelouch removed his head and body from the Wet Zone and watched as the kid came. As the boy breathed heavily and tried to compose himself, Lelouch stood up from his crouch and crossed his arms.

"So what's your status report?" the boy (Ryan, his mind supplied) straightened out his glasses and pulled up his pants.

"W-well, everything seems to be running smoothly. No one is trying to make themselves noticeable since they are scared that Zero might find them and do something to them. They are also very afraid of you too. Though I think you should try to check Sherry's group. They are starting to get a bit bitter." Lelouch seemed thoughtful before he nodded.

"So no unusual patterns?"

"Well, the only thing that might be out of the ordinary is that there are four new transfer students." Lelouch's head tilted to the side; which made him seem a lot like a cat. All he needed were some ears and a tail.

"Oh? Well, that is weird. Do you know their names and classes?" Ryan shook his head before he looked bitter.

"Maybe you should ask one of your other spies to see if they can get the info." Lelouch stared at Ryan before he made a teasing pouting face and grabbed Ryan's cheek.

"Aww, are we getting jealous?" Lelouch was quite surprised when the boy smacked his hand away and raised his voice at him.

"Of course not!" Quick to respond, Lelouch quickly made a sad face and forced tears to come to his eyes. Ryan's eyes softened as he realized what he had done then quickly grabbed Lelouch's hands.

"I-I'm sorry, Lelouch! I didn't mean it! I just! I just!" Ryan sighed and he lowered his head. "I just don't like the idea of them touching you and doing dirty things to you." Lelouch quickly stopped himself from growling at the boy and ripping his hands away. Instead, he gently removed one hand and placed it on the side of Ryan's face and let his eyes go soft.

"Don't worry, Ryan. They can't stop my love for you." Lelouch quickly leaned forward and whispered into Ryan's ear while reaching down to cup his crotch.

"Whenever I do those things, I always end up wishing and thinking that they were you." Lelouch then pulled back a bit and stared Ryan in the eye. "I don't need any of them. When I'm done with them, I'll throw them away like trash and then it will be just you. And me." With a squeeze, Lelouch pulled back completely and smiled sweetly to the blushing boy before nodding his head to the left.

"Go on. I'll see you during Gym." Ryan nodded before turning to leave. Lelouch was quite surprised when he stopped, turned back to him, kissed him full on the lips, and cupped his crotch.

"See you later, Lelouch." And with a victorious smirk, he ran out of the small alley and turned the corner. Lelouch stayed staring at the opening of the alley until he heard the sound of two other Nekos landing behind him.

"Losing our touch, are we?" Lelouch turned and growled at the white haired Chinese boy.

"Shut up, Mao! I don't need you opinion! And if I hear it again I'll beat your ass black and blue!" The shades wearing Neko held up his hands.

"Hey! No need to get you tail in a twist! I know my place! And come on! I'm still healing from the last time you got mad! And I didn't do anything!"

"Oh, grow up, Mao!" A chestnut haired Neko said as he leaned against the wall.

"Hey! Don't tell me to grow up, Short Stack!" Mao quickly grabbed hold of Rolo and began to give him a noogie.

Lelouch huffed before shaking his head. "Why can't you be more like Rai, Mao?" At the mention of his twin brother, Mao immediately let go of the growling Neko and straightened up.

"Because," he said with a lopsided grin, "someone needs to be the badass!" Both Lelouch and Rolo rolled their eyes at this before Lelouch walked out of the alley. Both Rai and Mao were equal in power but were at their most powerful when working together. Arthur was probably the weakest with Rolo just a tad stronger while Lelouch was the strongest. Sayoko and C.C. were most likely tied for the second strongest since they were both able to beat Rai and Mao but not Lelouch.

"Come on, class is on the other side of the school and we can't risk running at full power." Mao and Rolo then changed their expressions to more…serious ones. They had a reputation to keep! The only time when they let their more approachable nature show were when they were in a circle of "friends." They really let loose when they were in each other's presence.

As they walked Lelouch then realized something. "Where is Rai, anyways?" Mao shrugged before he went back to glaring at anything that moved.

"Probably with C.C. in the classroom; trying to keep our seats warm. You know how they like to get into their philosophical debates on pizza."

Lelouch nodded before he concentrated on walking. He had no problems in dodging other people since they always knew better than to cross paths with this group of people.

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Suzaku stared up at the academy that he had not been near in nearly four years. As he straightened out his uniform, Gino was staring at the school with wide eyes. Meanwhile, Kallen glowered at it while Anya was typing away her observations in her phone.

"Alright so let's go over the basics again," Suzaku said as he made his way through the campus and towards their first class of the day. The three others groaned but played along with their leader for their first assignment.

"Okay, we're supposed to be looking for the culprit or culprits that have been hacking into the school's most privatest of private files," Gino started.

"We are also supposed to find out who is behind the murders of several students and even some of their family members," Kallen continued.

"And we are also supposed to bring in evidence and be able to send them to jail for a very long time while using the legal system instead of our…underhanded ways," Anya finished.

Suzaku nodded before pointing to a certain building. "If I remember correctly, it's this building." The rest of his team silently observed him; especially since they all noticed how he practically seemed to glow in this place. Finally, Gino put a hand on Suzaku's shoulder; making them all stop at once.

"Hey, Suzaku, I know you're excited but I don't get why. Is it because this is our first assignment?"

Suzaku looked confused before he realized what Gino meant and shook his head. "No, it's…actually this place…" The rest looked confused before Suzaku gave a breezy chuckle. "Not like that! It's actually because…well, I actually used to come here." The rest looked surprised before they started really looking at the place.

"You…used to go to school here?" Kallen asked with a bit of disbelief.

"Yeah, but…I actually wasn't the most popular guy. Or at least, I was way different here than when I was at The Institute. And…" Suzaku's team seemed to lean forward; excitement shining in all of their eyes.

"Well…I had this…friend. And we used to both get bullied a lot, though he was bullied more often than I was for…obvious reasons," said the brunette while flexing his arm a bit. His team nodded knowingly and stayed quiet so as to let him know to continue. The green eyed boy nodded before continuing.

"Well, really I'm just excited to see him again." The Japanese boy looked to the side while his team looked at each other with confusion. Since they lived for many years without having been in society for more than half an hour, they did not know a crush when they see one.

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When they finally did walk into class, they saw Rai and C.C. sitting in their corner so they grabbed a few extra chairs and dragged them over. They greeted each other with pleased smiles and inaudible purrs that were felt as vibrations in the air. They clustered around the desk and made space for each other to take notes as they waited for the teacher to come.

"So, what's the scoop?" Rai asked as he began to chew on a riceball which was stolen and bitten by Mao. He gave it back when his twin brother began to pout.

Lelouch leaned back in his chair after setting everything up. "Apparently, there will be four new students to this prestigious academy," Lelouch rolled his eyes when he mentioned the last two words. C.C. quickly leaned forward while hugging her Cheese-kun backpack.

"So are we going to break them or use them?" Everyone else seemed to lean forward as well as they waited for their leader to speak.

"I think we should wait; see what kind of kids they'll be. From there we'll brainstorm on how we can use them and how they'll be a liability. From there we'll decide." The rest of the group nodded and stayed silent as they silently wondered what kind of taste the new meat would have. Finally, to break the silence, Mao grinned and opened his big mouth.

"Lelouch got kissed for the first time." Rai lifted an eyebrow as they all stared at their leader.

"And do tell, how was this kiss his first time?" Mao wiggled his eyebrows and smirked when Lelouch growled at him.

"Well, he usually does the kissing. But this kid decided to hit puberty and grow some today! He actually grabbed our all-powerful leader over there and gave him a kiss that he'll probably never forget! You all should have seen his face!" Everyone except Rolo and Lelouch started laughing. After their laughter had died down, they noticed that all the other students were looking at them with curious and scared eyes. With a quick glare from Rai though sent them all scurrying to look like they had never noticed anything at all. When they made sure everyone was doing something else, Mao sat on the rather long desk and faced Lelouch as he began to talk.

"I think that Ryan should be eliminated by the end of the school year. He is starting to reek! And not in a normal human way. That and he is getting a bit too possessive. Most of the others believe that I am having a casual fling with them so they're in the green. Others are starting to fall in love with me so they're in the yellow. Ryan is the only one in the orange but he might end up going into the red soon." The Nekos there felt the mood turn south at the mention of these stages. It was very important that they make sure that they are the only ones with their animal self activated. Everyone had an animal self buried deep within themselves. Most of them were primates. Very few people had other animals in them. As far as any of them know, they were the last of the feline line. They have met no one else like themselves. Though there were probably people that had other species that weren't feline and primates, they could not be sensed. Just like another species can't sense them if they weren't a feline. It really was a double edged sword. So, with this knowledge, the group silently agreed on the termination of Ryan Nickerson. They were silent for a moment, but before C.C. could break that silence, their teacher walked in.

"Alright class, please take a seat!" Everyone who had been standing began to take any seats that seemed to be the furthest from the group of Nekos; and, really, the felines did not have any problems with that.

"Okay, thank you. Now, before we begin, I would like to introduce you all to the four new transfer students." All the cats were surprised to have been so lucky as to have the four newbies in their class. The balding teacher quickly made his way over to the door to let the new students in. Meanwhile, everyone watched from the corner of their eyes as the popular kids in the back straightened and lifted their chins up. The normal students felt chills run up and down their spines when they saw the Nekos' eyes narrow in a predatory gaze.

Though, when they sensed their leader's distress, the other Nekos stopped glaring and really observed the new students with a curiosity that only a cat possessed. There, at the very front of the room, was a very tall blonde haired boy with bright blue eyes. He had a stupidly wide grin while the redheaded girl standing beside him had her blue eyes narrowed with a bit of annoyance. Next to the redhead was a shorter girl with pink hair and red eyes. She seemed to look bored but the rest of the cats could see that she was actually very excited; mostly from the hormones that she was giving off. The last in the line was a boy with messy yet curly brown hair and green eyes. From his tanned skin and scent, they could tell that he like being outdoors…a lot…

So in other words, there really was no reason for their leader to get so freaked out. Or at least that was the case until the teacher told the new students to write their names on the board. The name "Suzaku Kururugi" most certainly did ring a bell. Or maybe several bells. They actually sounded a lot like those alarm bells that mean an enemy missile is coming towards them or that a ship was taking in water and sinking.

What made Lelouch snap was when the teacher suggested the four new students to sit in one of the few seats that were directly in front of the group of Nekos. Like everything else that Lelouch did, it started slow but built speed.

"Hehe…haha…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Everyone watched in surprise as Lelouch stood from his seat and began to walk to the door; all the while still laughing like a mad man. The rest of the Nekos quickly grabbed their and their leader's things and quickly followed him out the door. The whole class stayed quiet but then a blonde idiot decided to break the silence.

"Um…I'm guessing that was the friend you told us about?"

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Comments: Helllllooooo! This is volume 1 of The Code series. Well, they aren't really a series more like a bunch of different stories put under one title. So far I only have 8 code volumes. Some might be rated M the rest will be rated T. Well, I hoped you enjoyed this as much as I did! (Yes I read my work like it is some other author's work; sue me.)

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Excerpt of next chapter: Rule #1: Don't Draw Attention to Yourself
"As they sat through the lesson that their new gym teacher was giving, Suzaku, Gino, Kallen and Anya silently observed the small group surrounding Lelouch. They noticed how everyone slightly shifted away from them; almost like…they were afraid or something."