*still nothing... so did Suzaku realise that Kiara knew who Zero was?*

(Well Lelouch is always dissappearing and he noticed that Kiara did the same as she was a black Knight and she's closer to Lelouch then Kallen was and as much as you hate him he isn't COMPLETELY stupid so I think he was smart enough to put the pieces together)

"I...it can't be..." Kallen muttered, staring at Lelouch with open shock displayed on her face. "You're Zero?"
"Yes," Lelouch replied, his voice clear now that it was not hidden behind the mask.
"I hoped it wouldn't be," Suzaku stated. "But all the pieces fell into place. Now tell me; who was it that killed Euphie?"
His eyes burned brightly as he stared hard at Lelouch.
"It was one of the lower level knights," Kiara said quickly. It was TECHNICALLY true. Lelouch was the highest ranking in the Black Knights being the leader and she was the comander of the special forces and Raina was second in comand so technically she was of a lower level, Suzaku just wasn't aware of what level she was.
"Who?" he demanded, turning to face her.
"It was a member of my squad," she replied carefully. "We didn't have a choice! She was shooting innocent people left, right and center! We couldn't let that keep happening! Would you have preferred if Euphemia would've killed tens of hundreds of people? Somehow I don't think so." She almost snarled the last part.
"That might be true," Suzaku said, his voice equally heated. "But it was because of HIM-" he pointed to Lelouch. "-that this happened in the first place! Isn't that right Lelouch? You and your geass!"
Both of them froze at that moment, their eyes widening as they took in fully what Suzaku had said.
"How did you...?" Kiara trailed off involinterily, staring hard at the green eyed Knight.

*fa la la la la, la la la la*

(I'm trying to make this go as fast as possible so you're not too bored but it's hard! Isn't there anything for Raina to do?)

"After Euphie died," Suzaku murmured. "I had a...visit."
"From who?" Kiara demanded.
"V.V."
Kiara cursed. That was NOT what she wanted to hear.
"He told me everything," Suzaku said, turning his eyes to Lelouch. "How you used your geass on Euphie, how you comanded her to kill all the Japanese, how it was ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"
Lelouch took a step back as Suzaku's voice rose in volume. "A handy thing, your Geass, isn't it Lelouch?" Suzaku growled.
"Enough!" Kiara snapped. "It wasn't his fault! His Geass changed without him realising it!" Suzaku glared at her. "Look at his eyes if you don't believe me!" she snapped. "I mean, think about it! The geass symbol is clear as day in his right eye! Have you noticed it before?" Suzaku hesitated. "I thought not. Somehow it's been made perminent and Lelouch didn't even realise it until he said something INCREDIBLY stupid!"
Lelouch glared at her for calling him stupid but didn't deny it, for now anyway.

(Um...a bit of help please! I don't know where I'm taking this...)

*it's ok I'm not bored lol. Maybe have Suzaku start blaming Lelouch for Euphie's death, although he still wants to find the person who physically killed her. Then have the scene unfold like it does in the anime?*

(Thanks, that sounds like it'll work out)

"Why are you defending him?" Suzaku demanded. "How do you know he hasn't used it on you to make you follow him?"
"Because the time taht he DID use it on me I gave him permission!" she snapped back. "And since he can only use it once per person I know that I'm following him of my own free will! So are all the Black Knights! And because of that he couldn't reverse what he'd done to Euphemia so she HAD to be killed! Is that what you wanted? For her to keep living and kill more innocent people?"
"It is his fault that Euphie was killed!" Suzaku shouted, clearly very emotional. "If he hadn't used his geass then none of this would have happened!"
"I'm not denying that," she snapped back. "But let me remind you that Lelouch is human and he DOES make mistakes!"
"Yes," Suzaku murmured. "He made a mistake and he needs to pay for it."
Kiara's eyes widened as he raised the gun again.
"Don't Suzaku!" Lelouch yelled, throwing back his Zero cloak and revealing a gun. He also had something glowing on his chest. "Shoot me and you'll be killing us all!"
"Damn it," Kiara muttered as she stared at Lelouch in shock. "Where the hell did he get that?"

The Black Knights had lost. That was clear now. They were all either captured, dead, or running. Raina caught sight of Tamaki, Ougi, Toudou, Chiba, and Asahina, all in the clutches of the Britannians. How could this have happened?! How?! Lelouch's plan had been perfect, had it not? How had everything gone wrong?
"I'm moving back to the mainland," said one of the students, hugging one of her friends. "I'm definitely not staying here any more."
There was a small chorus of agreement and other announcements.

The two of them were facing each other, guns pointed at each other and Kiara had no choice but to move out of the way if she didn't want to be caught in the cross fire. Suzaku was glaring at Lelouch and Lelouch was glaring at Suzaku although she could see that Suzaku's hands were shaking badly as he held the gun. Kallen was staring at the three of them in shock before she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and turned around and fled the cave.
"Kallen!" Kiara called.
"Go after her!" Lelouch ordered, not taking his eyes off of Suzaku.
"Are you nuts?" Kiara snapped. "No way I'm just gunna abandon you like that! Who do you think you're talking to?" A Kuchiki DID NOT abandon her allies!
"Go!" Lelouch ordered, wishing that his geass would work on her again so he could get her out of the cave. "As your comandder I am ordering you to go!"
Kiara looked back at him, her eyes meeting his for a split second before she nodded her head.
"Alright..." she murmured. She turned to Suzaku and her eyes blazed. "Think carefully about what you're about to do Kururugi," she told him. "Whatever decision you make just make sure you don't regret it later."
With that Kiara turned reluctantly and followed Kallen out of the cave. The red head was standing in front of her Guren, staring up at the red Knightmare.
From inside the cave she heard a gun shot ring out.

Milly placed a hand on Raina's shoulder. "You OK, Raina?" she asked sympathetically. "I'm sure it can't be easy..."
"Finding out your best friend's a terrorist? No." Raina's mood wasn't faked, even if the reason behind it was.

"Look!" Kallen yelped, point upwards. Kiara whirled about from where she was about to reenter the cave and saw Britannian forces heading towards them.
"Damn it!" she cursed. "They must've seen the Lancelot, Shinkiro and your Guren exiting the battle and sent a patrol after us. This is NOT good!"
She was torn, should she go back for Lelouch or stay with Kallen and get away in the Knightmare. Her head whipped about from the cave to the aproaching enemies before she finally made up her mind.
"We'll leave for now," she said., "We can regroup with C.C. later, she'll know what to do and whatever Suzaku does I doubt that he'll kill Lelouch, I just can't see it happening. If he'd killed Euphemia it'd be a different story but for now we need to go."
Kallen nodded her head and the pair of them scrambled into the cocpit of the Guren before activating it and flying away.

(At this point C.C.'s underwater in the Shinkiro right?)

*yep.... I'm wondering how they got the Shinkirou back... :/ Hmm never mind*

(I'll just skip over that little detail for now...so are we about ready to do a time skip for the year?)

*yep I'm all set :) Just one thing first*

A few days later, Raina, Rivalz, Nina, Shirley, and Milly were all summoned by a man with a black car. They weren't told where they were being taken, or why. Rivalz was fidgeting the whole way, while Raina stared out of the window. She hadn't had an opportunity to contact Kiara to see if she'd survived the battle. Everyone was saying that Zero was dead. Neither Kiara, Kallen nor C.C. had returned.
The car stopped and they were taken into a building which was softly lit, and brought into a long chamber. Standing inside was Charles de Brittannia.
Raina was certain her eyes were playing tricks on her. What was the Emperor doing here in Japan? And why did he want to see them? Did he know they had some connection to Lelouch, Zero?
"Y-you're Majesty!" gasped Shirley and she sank into a curtsy. Nina, Milly and Raina copied her, while Rivalz bowed.
The Emperor stepped forward and his eyes began to glow.

(Alright, so we're gunna skip a year and start at the beginning of R2 right? So I'll be starting when C.C.'s flying the plane over Japan and you'll be there when Rolo and Lelouch go gambling right?)

*yep :) and the plan will be to retrieve both Raina and Lelouch (although Lelouch of course will be top priority)*

(Alright, I've rewatched the first five eps of R2 so I can remember this part a bit clearer so hopefully I won't forget anything)

It was one year later and Japan was once again firmly under the control of Britannia, the former Japanese people losing hope as Zero faded, presumed dead by most, and the reign over them grew harsher. Posters and notices were up everywhere, asking for the capture of the Black Knights that had gotten away and the knights that had been captured were being held in a top security prison.
Over the now named Area Eleven an aircraft was now flying, the pilot disengaged the radio on which she had been talking to a person at the nearest airport confirming that, yes, it was a comercial flight. This woman had green hair and amber eyes and was really C.C., the immortal Geass user. She turned her head to look into the back where Kallen, Kiara and some other Black Knights were currently stationed.
"Is everything ready?" she asked.
"Should be," Kiara replied from where she leaned against the wall with her arms crossed. "Let's just hoe this works."
"It will," Kallen said confidently. "We need him back."
"And we'll get him," Kiara replied. "And we'll get Raina too."

"Scoot forward a bit, Rolo!" said Raina, slipping onto the bike behind him as Lelouch jumped into the sidecar. "Thanks, Rivalz!!!" And they went zooming away, leaving Viletta-sensei in the dust. Raina started to laugh. It was always fun when they did this. Gambling was one of the thigns Raina enjoyed the most - even though she never actually played. But she liked to join Lelouch when he went to play illegal matches against dangerous people. She liked the rebellious feeling it gave her.
School had settled down since the Black Rebellion the year before. All of the students and teachers apart from the Student Council had returned to the mainland. Raina, Rolo, Lelouch, Milly, Shirley and Rivalz were the only ones left. Nina had gone off and gotten a job, Suzaku was now one of the Knights of Round working directly under the Emperor, and Kallen and Kiara... well, they were terrorists on the run. For some reason, Raina couldn't remember much about Kiara at all. Well, she knew what the girl looked like. But she couldn't really recall what their relationship had been... ah well, it didn't matter.
"This match is illegal, so you should stay behind, Rolo," said Lelouch. He had given up on telling Raina to stay behind.
"I'll go with you, Nii-san."
They took the lift to the top floor, and stepped out into a casino. Two Eleven brothers were fighting in the pit, while the Brittannians played, gambled and laughed. Rolo was instantly uncertain about the place btu Lelouch walked through the crowd confidently, followed eagerly by Raina. She was looking forward to seeing this next opponent. Some guy from the Mafia.

"Alright," Kiara muttered to Kallen as they entered the large gambling room. "We know that Lelouch and Raina are somewhere in here. It'll be easy enough to find him though, just look for the best chess player."
They wouldn't be recognised in the outfits that they were wearing. Kallen was wearing a pink bunny costume which Kiara could tell she absolutely hated and Kiara couldn't blame her the way the perverts were looking at them. Kiara was wearing a similar costume only hers was of a cat instead and it was black and red with a matching collar. How she wanted to rip the stupid collar, ears and tail off but she couldn't, not yet anyway. She caught a flash of what she thought was the Ashford Student Uniform and quickly directed Kallen in the vague direction. As they approached they made sure to bump into Lelouch and Raina. As Kiara and Kallen bent to hurriedly pick up what they'd dropped, acting nervous, Kiara's eyes fell on the third person. He was shorter than Lelouch with brown hair and light lilac eyes. As she stared at him for some reason she thought he looked like a cross between Lelouch and Suzaku. If you just darkened the hair and eyes a little...
"Oh, I am so so so sorry," Kallen was saying hurriedly as she tried to clean up the mess.
"We didn't mean to bump into you like this," Kiara added, trying to pick up the fallen glasses and avoiding cutting herself on sharp pieces of glass.

"No, it's fine," said Lelouch, trying to brush past. The girl with the pink/red hair didn't let him pass. Raina paid the Eleven girls no attnetion and was looking around the room with interest.
"I'm an Eleven, you're a Brittannian student," she heard the girl say.
"then all the more," said Lelouch. "I dont' like this, the brandishing of my status."
"But those with no power must brandish their own whether they want to or not."
"Do not push your ideals onto me."
"Lulu, come on!" said Raina. "Stop flirting and hurry up!" She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away from the Eleven girls.

"Hey!" came a man's voice from behind them. Kiara whirled around to see a large man leering at her and Kallen. He grabbed Kallen by the hair and pulled her upwards. Kallen yelped and Kiara could tell that her friend was trying not to throw the guy over her shoulder or kick him. She gritted her teeth as the guy's eyes traveled over her and Kallen and resisted shuddering.
"Leave her alone," Kiara almost growled, sounding a bit like the creature she was currnetly dressed as.
"I don't think so," the guy said. "After all, what are you? Only little elevens and no one will mind if a buy you two I don't think."
"We're not for sale," Kallen protested.
"Oh?" he said, tugging a little harder. "That's not how I see it eleven."

(I don't know if I got that right...I think I did)

"Curse your own powerless birth," said the man. Raina looked at him curiously. He had blonde hair yet a black beard.... weird. "The Emperor said it himself. Survival of the fittest."
"Nii-san, he's from the mafia," said Rolo timidly.
"How arrogant," said Lelouch, ignoring Rolo. "You think you're on the "fit" side?"
The man looked at Lelouch properly for the first time. "Boy, this is the world of adults."
"Then between a student and the world of adults," said Lelouch, unfazed as he presented his case which contained the chessboard. "Let's determine who's on the "fit" side."
"With chess?"
Rolo ran forward. "Nii-san, you mustn't!"
"Lighten up Rolo," said Raina, grabbing him by the arm. "Stop being such a wimp."
The men int he room began to laugh. "Students know absolutely nothing at all," said the mafia man.
"On the contrary," said Lelouch. "You're rather famous in this part of the world, aren't you, Mr Black King?"
They stopped laughing. "You challenge me knowing this?" He smirked.

Kiara fought to keep a smirk off her face as Lelouch and the now named "Black Knig" sat down to a game of chess. She already knew that Lelouch would win no problem, he was a master strategist and having his memories changed wasn't about to change that. Her eyes swiveled to the one who had called Lelouch "Nii-san." Where had he come from and what had happened to Nunally?
Time passed and slowly she watched as Lelouch moved piece after piece, slowly but surely trapping the man before stating in a clear voice "Checkmate."
The mafia boss stared at the board for a moment before standing up and smirking. "Well done," he stated. "But of course there's no way that you won fairly, only a cheater could have won against someone such as myself."
"What!" Lelouch demanded incredulously, standing up himself.
"BUt it's nearly impossible to cheat at chess!" Kallen pointed out but no one seemed to hear.
"And now to plant the evidence..." the former Black King stated as Lelouch had won in Kiara's mind he'd earned the title.

"You filthy person!" said Lelouch, rising to his feet.
The mafia man casually produced a gun. "There is no value to things that are 'right'"
Two of the man's bodyguards stepped forward to grab Lelouch but Raina stepped in their way. It was then that there was a sudden thud and shudder. The lights flickered and a lot of people screamed. "Terrorists?!"

"Now!" Kiara called. Kallen didn't need any encouragement as she leapt into action.
Kiara turned to the nearest body guard and proceeded to send him flying with a spin kick followed up by a Knock out punch and a final kick to the stomach. As he went backwards he knocked some more people over which created a path that they could escape from. Kiara spotted Raina, Lelouch and Rolo and as Kallen grabbed Lelouch she grabbed Raina's hand.
"Come on!" she yelled. "We need to get you guys outta here NOW!"
She and Kallen began to run, dragging Raina and Lelouch with them as Rolo followed, atempting to keep up but not quite managing it with his shorter legs.

Who was this girl?! She seemed vaguely familiar.... but Raina didn't have time to think. What on Earth was going on?!
Suddenly the ceiling fell apart and a Knightmare came crashing through firing a machine gun. Raina threw herself to one side, and she and Lelouch ran for cover. Then more Knightmares appeared.
"the Brittannian army!" said Rolo with relief. But the brittannians were far from helping. If anything, they were making the whole situation more dangerous.
Raina grabbed both Rolo and Lelouch. "This way, hurry!"