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Lelouch: I've sent an advance troop ahead to the Narita Mountain Range. The Japan Liberation Front's military strength has also been fully probed and assessed.



C.C.: You seem to be enjoying yourself.



Lelouch: I am. After all, I'll finally be able to return the "debt" I owe Cornelia. (T/N: Cornelia pwned him in episode 7)



C.C.: You really hate to lose, don't you?



Lelouch: Is there anyone who likes losing?



C.C.: That's the blood talking. (T/N: She's probably referring to the Emperor's blood, but it could be also be Marianne's. We don't know what kind of person Marianne is, anyway)



Lelouch: Hmm? What do you mean by that?



<Knock knock>



Suzaku: Lelouch? You there?



Lelouch: Ah... Suzaku!?



Suzaku: A moment of your time? I'm coming in.



Lelouch: Wa-wait, my room's in a mess right now.



C.C.: Oi, hey! Stop tha--!



Lelouch: Don't make things difficult!



Suzaku: Can I come in now?



Lelouch: Eh?



<Suzaku enters the room>



Lelouch: Wh-what is it, Suzaku?



Suzaku: Lelouch, why are you sleeping off the bed?



Lelouch: No, I was just picking up something I dropped...



C.C.: Lelouch, don't think you're going to get off easy after stuffing me in a place like this. (T/N: As you can probably guess, she's now under the bed. Lelouch probably owes her a month's worth of pizza now >__>)



Lelouch: Shut up... Hey Suzaku, even though you're a friend and all, it's just not polite to come in without prior warning.



Suzaku: I did knock.



Lelouch: I didn't say you could come in. You never think before you act. You haven't changed; you're still making your bald-faced entrances everywhere you go without any regard to anyone else.



Suzaku: Was I really like that?



Lelouch: Yes! Can't you be more aware of what "privacy" means?



Suzaku: Lelouch, you're just too secretive. Even back at the Kururugi Shrine, you hid nikkuman (T/N: pork bun), kintsuba (T/N: A kind of Japanese sweet / delicacy), that weasel (T/N: "Itachi") plushie--



Lelouch: Wait just a minute! Why do you only remember things like that!?



Suzaku: That's so mean! I'm not that forgetful.



Lelouch: But you forgot, didn't you? The perfect secret code I came up with.



Suzaku: That's impossible to remember. A block signal (T/N: The cryptic hand signals used in baseball) with 500 variations...



Lelouch: I remembered it all.



Suzaku: But you changed it to a simpler code in the end.



Lelouch: Well, it would be pointless if you couldn't understand it.



Suzaku: Thanks, Lelouch. I'm really grateful.



Lelouch: Idiot, don't be so quick to say thanks. You... you've changed.



Suzaku: Have I?



Lelouch: Yeah. I've said this before, but you were a lot more willful and self-centered back then.



Suzaku: Well, you've become a lot more impolite. Besides... haha, well I guess that's normal for a 17-year-old.



Lelouch: <puzzled> What?



Suzaku: You've got a girlfriend, right? Look, this long strand of hair right here. This isn't Nunnally's or Shirley's.



C.C.: Ah!



Lelouch: Idiot, that's... it's not like it's a woman's or anything...



Suzaku: It's alright, you don't have to hide it. Oh, right! I won't tell Nunnally about it. We're already 17, it's normal to have things like that.



Lelouch: "Things like that..."? <thinking> Things like what? (T/N: This here is the biggest difference between Lelouch the virgin and Suzaku the experienced ladykiller... Lelouch... you'll get there someday...)



Suzaku: So, what's she like? I'm curious.



Lelouch: Uh... well... how should I say this... she's hard to understand.



Suzaku: You mean she's the mysterious-type?



Lelouch: Yes, exactly.



Suzaku: She cute?



Lelouch: No, not at all.



Suzaku: Is she the domestic-type then? (T/N: Does household chores etc)



Lelouch: No, she won't even lift a finger.



Suzaku: Are you really alright with someone like that? You have trouble dealing with things that won't go as you planned, after all.



Lelouch: Yeah, it's tough... She not only leaves her clothes about, but is also slovenly, willful, bossy, and has a severely unbalanced diet. (T/N: Pizza 24/7)



<C.C. kicks the bed from below>



Suzaku: Lelouch? Just now, the bed...



Lelouch: Oh, that's probably just the alarm clock activating.



Suzaku: The alarm clock?



Lelouch: It comes with that function. Moving on, Suzaku, what made you come here at this hour?



Suzaku: Ah, I came to return your maths notebook. It was a big help! I feel I can probably tackle next week's test now.



Lelouch: A test is merely a game between the examiner and the examinee. As long as you can read the enemy's thoughts it's easy.



Suzaku: That's so like you.



Lelouch: But still, did you have to come all the way here at this hour? You could have returned it to me in class tomorrow.



Suzaku: I'll be going on an official trip tomorrow.



Lelouch: <puzzled> With the Engineering department? (T/N: Suzaku told Lelouch he transferred to the "engineering deparment" in episode 6, which isn't really a lie; it's just an abbreviation of the Special Dispatch's full name)



Suzaku: Eh? ...Yeah... erm, it's sort of like going on an inspection of a factory... or perhaps you can call it a field trip...



Lelouch: The Shi-zuoka factory?



Suzaku: Uh, yeah. I'm surprised you know about it.



Lelouch: Hmph, it's just a coincidence.



Suzaku: Lelouch? You aren't thinking of anything dangerous, are you?



Lelouch: As if. I don't intend to make Nunnally cry.



Suzaku: Yes... yes, you're right... I'm sorry, I said something weird. Well, I'll be off then. I need to be up early tomorow.



Lelouch: Yeah, see you.



<Suzaku exits the room>



C.C.: Why, I had no idea we were in that sort of relationship. (T/N: She's talking about how Lelouch lied to Suzaku, telling him she's his girlfriend.)



Lelouch: To lie is but to fold an existing matter into something more presentable.



C.C.: What, that's all? And here I thought I was being confessed to.



Lelouch: Don't be silly. Going out with a strange, incomprehensible girl like you is... beyond imagining... What? Are you angry?



C.C.: Oh no, not at all. Well, I guess it's good to know that your friend won't be going to Narita.



Lelouch: Suzaku's with the Engineering department. He won't be going out to the front line.



C.C.: You said this, didn't you? "Only those who are prepared to be shot are allowed to shoot".



Lelouch: Yeah.



C.C.: Then here's a question. Do you truly have the resolve to shoot? Even if the other person is someone important to you?



Lelouch: <surprised>



C.C.: I see, so even if you are prepared to be shot, you don't have the determination to shoot.



Lelouch: I'll do it.



C.C.: Can you really?



Lelouch: You're so persistent! I'll show you. No matter who it may be, I... will shoot him. (T/N: No actual pronoun at the end -- it's actually "I will shoot, just you wait and see", but that sounds too much like a threat, so I moved the "I'll show you" part of the sentence to the front, and ended the sentence with a pronoun.)



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