A/N: HEY GUYS. WOW. You must be sitting there like, "HOLY HECK SHE'S ALIVE. I THOUGHT SHE DIED—" yeah, no! I'm okay! School has just been keeping me REALLY busy. People say this but I mean SERIOUSLY. I come home from school and sleep for three hours; usually until 8 which gives me two hours to eat, take a shower, do homework and boy do I get a lot of homework.

I also procrastinate. So that's a thing too. Oops.

BUT I never ever EVER dropped my fanfics. I've always thought of updating cause I don't like when authors just randomly don't continue and I'd be a hypocrite if I did that too then, right? So hi.

I hope you enjoy my kinda short chapter (cries) of SNG. Working on my other stories too, no worries. N.E.K.O., Same Thing, His Bodyguard, Attack on Amnesia , they'll be continued!

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Maybe I'll be able to update something tomorrow since I'll be in a car for like three hours. Yay.

Anyway, enjoy Shingeki No Geass CH 3~

Schneizel was just as surprised as everybody else on the boat was, as shocked as Nunnally, and as breathless as Lelouch. The air was already hot; atmosphere filled with the musk of death and blood from the titans' invasion of Shiganshina, but he was finally sweating. Or perhaps he already had been and simply noticed this too late considering the amount of fighting he had done today. His military uniform clung to the skin of his body and the bangs of his blond hair wetly embraced his forehead, etched with the bodily fluid. Though his breath caught at seeing the familiar girl perched upon the armored titan's shoulder; the ragged breathing through his nose didn't cease.

Schneizel was sure he had seen Euphemia get picked up by a titan, sure that there was absolutely no time to save her especially with that titan that blocked his path, yet there she was; wearily staring back at all the eyes watching her. She looked extremely dirty; pink hair matted and dark with dirt, dress torn, both shoes missing leaving her barefooted. And being the pretty girl she was; the blond man was unable to tell if anyone who wasn't close enough to her could even tell who she was.

His fast-beating heart suddenly sank.

Anyone who wasn't close enough to her.

Now Schneizel was too scared and ashamed to look away from the armored titan that stood before the destroyed gates. He didn't want to turn his head, to meet the amethyst eyes of the one who called that girl his sister, his sister whom Schneizel believed he had abandoned and left for dead. Would Lelouch be angry with him? Would seeing the pink-haired sibling remind him of the one who had left her to supposedly die? Or would he be too blinded by relief and happiness to even notice?

Knowing Lelouch, Schneizel didn't trust in the second option to be the correct answer.

Beside him, Cornelia tilted her head in his direction as she whispered, "Am I crazy or do you also see a little girl sitting on that bastard's shoulder…?"

Schneizel shook his head. "Oh, you're crazy, believe me. But I see her, too."

The purple-haired woman seemed amused by the slight smirk that grew on her lips. Her hands slipped down to her gear. "You and I… we could take this bitch down, no problem."

It was somewhat true. Both he and Cornelia, despite being in different forces, were known as an amazing pair of fighters when together. During training when they were made to practice with their gear on wooden titan models, the two trained themselves in tag attacks for more formidable foes like much larger titans that may perhaps require a second person to take down. It was said that their fast attacking seemed almost planned and choreographed, like a dance, only extremely violent. But Schneizel didn't have faith in their dancing at the moment.

"We can't," Schneizel murmured as he sized down the situation. "First of all, we're too far away and the thing seems intelligent considering it's not mindlessly trying to eat everybody here… it'd notice us before we even got close. And we have the girl to worry about, too-"

"That girl isn't on our side!" Cornelia snapped back in a hushed, but firm tone. "She's on a goddamned titan, for fuck's sake! And had she been forcefully taken, she'd have cried out by now!"

Schneizel had to admit, his partner had a good point. But was it possible that she was told somehow to be silent or else…? It was a stupid thought, yeah, especially since titans don't talk, but there was no way in hell Euphemia wasn't on humanity's side. She was a good girl…

He looked at her once again, trying to figure out what was going through her head. As far away as he was, it was difficult to see her expression; but her body language seemed tentative. It was almost as if she were thinking about something; maybe trying to make a assessment of some sorts.

"H-HEY! AREN'T YOU GUYS GOING TO D-DO SOMETHING?" A man yelled from the crowd upon the docks. "THAT THING WILL EAT US."

At this, Cornelia gritted her teeth and a small, irritated "Tch" escaped past the part in her lips. She pulled out the nicely sharpened blades from her gear and raised them up. "ALL MILITARY PERSONEL, PREPARE YOUR WEAPONS! KILLING THE TITAN IS TOP PRIORITY; THE GIRL IS NOT!"

The armored titan seemed to go into a fighting stance at this and Euphemia clung tightly to its neck; frantically looking back and forth between the titan and everyone on the ground.

As they followed the order without question, pulling out their swords and creating a choir of metal sheathing against metal; Schneizel looked to the woman. "Cornelia, no…!"

"SCHNEIZEL!" Called a small male voice from the boats which the blond man recognized without even having to look back. That had been Lelouch's cry. Which meant that Lelouch could tell who that girl was, too.

He had to do something.

"W-WAIT!"

Cornelia snapped her head towards the direction of the voice and so did everyone else.

The shout had come from Euphemia; she sounded broken, out of breath, and extremely fatigued. Though her projection rang out powerfully; the stutter in her cry made how terrified she really was be known to all who heard her.

The silence that followed was excruciating for Schneizel and he watched as Cornelia stepped forward, rudely shoving past fellow military personnel and commoners alike until she stood between them and the titan. "Wait the hell for WHAT?" She retorted coarsely. "For you to kill my people?!"

Euphemia didn't answer to that. In fact, Schneizel wasn't sure if his eyes were playing tricks on him or not, but he could have sworn that he caught the girl flicker her gaze indifferently. It was only a small moment of taciturnity, but he saw it….or at least he thought he did. But he dismissed it rather quickly as soon as he watched the girl tap at the armored titan's neck. As if it were given a command, the creature leaned forward and laid its closed fit upon the ground before Cornelia who backed up out of suspicion.

Nervousness that surged throughout Schneizel's body kept his feet glued to the ground, but he eventually forced them to move, pushing to the front in order to see what the hell it was that the titan was doing. Other military recruits were also inching towards the front and when commoners tried to do the same, they were pushed back for safety precautions.

The armored titan opened up its fist and Cornelia held up an arm, moving up to be the first one to see what the monster had been apparently holding. She was blocking Schneizel's view.

"What in the hell?" She murmured. "Is he dead?!"

Schneizel shoved Cornelia out the way to see.

"Woah, soldier!"

The blond man's jaw went slack and dropped which he soon covered with one of his hands. A strong urge to cry overwhelmed his heart; his blue eyes starting to water a little bit. Everyone else seemed at loss of words as they gazed upon the figure sprawled motionlessly in the hand of the armored titan.

It was a boy with curly brown hair and tanned skin.

Suzaku Kururugi.

Except, his tanned skin was a bit brighter—no—a bit paler, almost like a chalky kind. He looked so pale that Schneizel feared that touching him with be like touching snow; cold to the core. He looked so fragile that Schneizel was disinclined to reach out for his body, afraid to break what remained of the boy. He looked so lifeless that Schneizel thought attempting to listen to his heartbeat would be something done in vain. He looked so sickly and so dead that Schneizel feared that he really was. His chest wasn't raising either; from where the man stood, it was as if Suzaku weren't breathing at all…

Without hesitation, Schneizel rushed forward and pulled the younger male into his arms, pressing his small head against his chest as he held him tightly. At this, the armored titan stood up straight and Euphemia tightened her grip on its hardened skin. She seemed reluctant to leave and gazed over at the boats for just a lingering few seconds before looking away. And the titan took its leave just like that, parting through the hole it had created through the gates.

Cornelia watched them leave with squinted eyes as if debating whether or not letting them go was a good idea.

On the other hand, Schneizel didn't even notice. Or if he did, he just didn't care anymore.

He had slid to his knees on the dirt ground, clinging to the corpse of the boy he had known for many years as he tried to hold back any tears that so desperately wanted to escape from his eyes. And if he wanted to cry; how would Lelouch take the news? Could he see whose corpse Schneizel was holding from his place on the boat? The thought of it gave Schneizel a bitter taste in his mouth, but it turned out to actually be his own blood. He was so overtaken by the melancholy in his heart that he unconsiously bit his own tongue, drew blood and now tasted it.

And it was unpleasant.

Just like the sorrowful feeling in the pit of his stomach.

He shouldn't have allowed Suzaku to go off on his own like that. He should have gone after him…

With a look of sympathy on her a face, something rare for her, Cornelia crouched down beside Schneizel and softly rubbed the skin of Suzaku's forehead. "Fuck…"

She didn't know how to comfort her friend, didn't know what to say. People dying had become a routine for her now, especially because she was in the Survey Corps. The percentages of deaths in that group were the highest out of the three and now she was so accustomed to it that she didn't even cry anymore. All she could manage was a sad look and a possible frown.

Her heart ached on the inside though. Just like Schneizel's did now.

Her eyes suddenly widened.

"Schneizel…" She mumbled, keeping her hand rested on the middle of Suzaku's forehead.

"What…?"

"He's warm…"

The man's breath caught in the back of his throat as he watched Cornelia press a hand against Suzaku's chest, and then alternate to pressing the side of her head against it, listening for a heartbeat. She then jolted upright, her expression as seemingly bright as she can ever make it to be. "He's alive. Breathing too, but just barely…!"

Schneizel stared at the boy's unconscious face, leaning his ear in close to his mouth. Cornelia was right; he could hear the small inhales and exhales slipping through Suzaku's lips. The breathing was so tiny, but it was there. And that's all that mattered.

The purple-haired woman stood up, already beginning to bark orders. "EVERYONE GET BACK TO THE DOCKS. TITANS ARE PROBABLY STILL WALKING AROUND SHINGANSHINA AS WE SPEAK AND WE NEED TO MOVE OUT!"

Both military members and villagers cooperated with ease, dispersing and leaving Cornelia with Schneizel and Suzaku. She turned on her heel and addressed him, "what are you waiting for?" She inquired bigheadedly. "We need to get Suzaku on a boat now."

Schneizel blinked and nodded quickly, rising to his feet with the boy cradled in his arms. "Right!" He was already moving past her, but she grabbed a hold of his sleeve, stopping him in his tracks.

He turned to meet her gaze and her eyes narrowed as she whispered. "That girl… you know who she is, don't you…?"

The blond nodded. "Yes….why?"

"What's her name?"

"Euphemia. She's the sibling of Lelouch and Nunnally. Daughter of Marianne."

Cornelia nodded before glancing over her shoulder, over his, and all around as if making sure nobody would hear her. "I want you to tell nobody of her identity. Fortunately, she looked dirty enough to not be recognized by most of everyone who witnessed that…"

Schneizel's eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Why?"

"Remember what I said earlier? About Euphemia not being on humanity's side?" She leaned in close and murmured in a tone that sent millions of tiny chills down the male's spine.

"Consider it."

A/N: EUPEHMIA…..WHAT.

Well. There you go my lovelies. That was chapter 3 of Shingeki No Geass.

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