A/N: Okay, seriously, I just... URGH! I'm always so frustrated when I see that PERFECT moment ruined by the ever-emotional Kallen, I mean, couldn't she have waited like 5 seconds or something?! Five seconds! Not even five, more like 2! We all know what would've happened, if they had been given two more seconds alone... But anyways, I should stop ranting, or you'll never get to the story. Like I explained, this is only one of my numerous fantasies between C2 and Lelouch (they're my favorite anime couple ever!). But yeah. So, I hope you enjoy!

The infamous Emperor of Britannia walked down the empty halls of the Avalon. Throughout the battles with Schneizel, he had struggled to keep a cool head. Not because of fear of losing to his older half-brother, but because of a certain green-haired woman on the field, risking her life for him. He had been on edge constantly, and was glad for a break, as short as it was. Getting up from his throne, he left the room while the staff bowed. He had only been half listening to Nina; Lelouch knew that it was important to listen to her, but the anxiety he felt because of the pizza-black hole wouldn't give him rest.

They finally parted ways, and fought to keep his pace normal on the way to see the woman herself. Walking into the large room, he saw her come down from the Lancelot Frontier. In a slightly concerned and relieved voice that surprised himself, the young Emperor asked, "C2, are you okay?"

"How rare. You're worried about me?" she replied.
"As a valued combatant."

"Hmph. That's why I came to pick that up." the immortal looked towards the waiting shield of her Knightmare frame.

"Then you'll escort me?"

"So you'll head out? You might end up having to kill Nunnally with your own hands." C2 warned.

"If she is an obstacle for the Zero Requiem, then so be it."

Turning away from him, she asked in a quiet voice, "Lelouch, do you not hate me? By giving you Geass, I have drastically changed your fate."

He smiled a little at the unusual side of the woman that he had grown used to and answered gently, "This isn't what a witch is supposed to say, is it?"

At the unwonted tone of voice he used, the emerald-haired Knightmare pilot stared at him. He continued with, "C2, the Geass you gave me, what you gave me only started me down the road. Everything that followed was my doing."

Looking amused, she walked towards the monarch and said, "This is the first time that I've met a man like you…."

"C2…" he called out her name while stepping towards her. Soon, there was barely any space between them, and she looked up into the violet, troubled eyes of the Britannian. She asked, "Lelouch, are you really going to keep your promise?"

He understood what she was implying, and replied that he would. C2 studied him, and then finally ordered, "Then prove it to me."

The royal man, who had taken the task of creating a peaceful world into his hands and had bore all of the sins and hate that it earned with it, was at a loss. How could he prove a promise that he had yet to keep? Especially one that involved something abstract such as love…

The witch waited patiently, when he almost-instinctively reached for the cold hands of the woman in front of him. Enveloping them with his barely-warmer hands, he stated simply, "Your hands are cold." She said nothing in reply, and he continued in a gentle voice, "And while mine are not much better and I may not be able to warm your hands, C2, I swear to you that I will fulfill your one wish for the rest of your immortal years."

"Lelou-"

Before she could say anything derogatory (not that she was going to, but you could never tell with the witch), he bent down and captured her mouth with his own. Untangling his long fingers from his accomplice's slender hands, he placed his right hand on the back of her head and his left on the small of her back. Pushing her gently closer to him, he kissed her, as she put her arms around his neck. When they broke apart, they leaned their foreheads against each other, causing for the sovereign's hat to tilt crazily to the side. Giggling, C2 laughed at not only the improper position of the crown, but also at how sudden the kiss was and how satisfied she felt afterwards. The raven-haired man smiled contentedly, momentarily forgetting the war he had been waging.

Enfolding her graceful figure with his arms, he rested his cheek thoughtfully on the top of her head and said, "When all of this is over, C2… After the war, after the Zero Requiem, when a world full of goodwill is reborn…. We'll be together, watching the universe that we contrived."

"Thank you, Lelouch."

"For what?"

"For honoring our vow."

"But of course. After all, I love yo-"

Suddenly, a wall exploded, sending debris and dust into the air. Stepping away from each other, the Emperor yelled, "Kallen!"

The half Japanese rebel declared, "I'm going to destroy you! Goodbye, Lelouch!"

C2, who had climbed into her Knightmare, fired several missiles at the emotional teenage girl, effectively saving the life of the man she had grown to love. He ran to one of the fighting mechas, and was about to board. The emerald haired woman saw what Kallen was going to do, and ran into her, yelling, "Leave this to me! Get to Damocles!"

What she had said made the royal ruler look back in shock and say, "But you're no match for the Guren!"

"I'm glad that you care, Lelouch."

The truth in her words surprised him, and she continued while struggling to hold off the crazed redhead, "Now go, but make sure you come back! That'll make me smile, right?"

Sweeping off his head ornament, he replied with, "Yes. I promise you!"

As he left, C2 thought, 'Lelouch, that is the second promise you must keep. The first, to love me sincerely, and the second, to return so that you can fulfill the first agreement. Don't forget them; I wasn't lying when I said that I had never met a man like you before. No one else has gotten this close to granting my one, true desire.'

. . .

As he ran up the impossibly long stairs to obtain the key to Damocles, he gritted his teeth and swore that no matter what, he would live to see the witch that had mysteriously endeared her to the Britannian Emperor.

A/N: Once again, I am teetering on whether or not I should make this a one-shot series thing... Maybe I will... Please voice your thoughts on whether I should expand this or not! I want to, but... If no one bothers to read, then it's kind of a waste of my time -_- I hope you liked it though! (But God, what was up with that, Kallen, ruining that perfectly good moment, that little...)