Okay, because of SuzaxEuphie, this fanfic is probably 5 chapters longer than it needs to be. So after this, I need to tone it down a bit. But don't worry, there's a special surprise in this chapter!

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"Euphie! Euphie wait!", Suzaku called to the fleeing princess.

She tried to get away from him, refusing to believe what she saw.

'It can't be true! Him and Rosetta?!'

Suzaku caught up to Euphie and wrapped his arms around her.

"Why were you running? What did I do?"

She turned in his arms to face him.

"B-because, you were dancing with Rosetta."

"Is that it?", Suzaku asked in confusion.

"You don't understand!"

Euphemia struggled to get out of of his grasp, but failed. Suzaku maintained his grip.

"Everyone loves Rosetta. She always gets the attention. And she's always better than me!"

"Better? Euphie are you serious?", Suzaku asked.

"Yes", she whispered. "I always felt like I was lesser than her. And she would always tease me about it", tears started falling from her eyes.

"Euphie, I want you to listen to what I have to say. I want you to understand."

"What is it?"

"I told you that I love you. And that's what I mean, I love you. Compared to you, Rosetta means nothing to me!"

"Really?", Euphie's tears started to dry.

"Really", Suzaku softened his voice. "You're the only one in my heart."

Before Euphie could say anything, someone came from down the hall.

"Euphemia, dear sister, you should be getting ready for tonight", Rosetta said, with a strange smile.

"U-um, okay But, I need to talk to Suzaku-"

"Cornelia's been looking all over for you. Do you really want the castle to be in ruins?"

"Y-you're right", Euphie immediately left Suzaku's arms and ran to find Cornelia.

Suzaku's arms hung limply at his sides, at the absence of Euphie. Rosetta turned to him.

"Will I expect to see you there?", she asked.

"Uh, yeah probably."

"I look forward to it", she said stroking his cheek.

"I-I have to find Lelouch!", Suzaku said before bolting away.

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Rolo walked to Nunnally's room. He decided to talk to his sister about Lelouch and C.C.'s. . .thing.

"I can't even think of a name for it."

He knocked on Nunnally's door. "Come in", she called.

"Nunnally, I need to talk to you?"

"What's wrong?", she asked with a worried look on her face.

"What do you think of C.C.?"

"C.C.? I think she's nice!"

"Really?", Rolo said with wide eyes.

"Yes. She's really nice to me. And I can tell that Brother likes her too."

"He does?"

"Yeah, and look at this!"

Nunnally took out something small.

"What's that?", Rolo asked.

"It's a paper crane. She said if you make one, a wish will come true, or something like that."

"That's ridiculous."

"No it's not!", Nunnally yelled. "I made one and wished that Suzaku and Euphie would find happiness."

"So?"

"So?! I had a vision of the two of them!"

"A vision? What happened?"

Nunnally giggled. "That's a secret."

"Nunnally that's not fair!"

"I don't care! I want Suzaku to marry Euphie!"

"How can you worry about that? The Emperor may have tried to kill us. And Mary might be dead!"

Nunnally's eyes welled up with tears at the thought. Rolo realized his words and looked down in shame.

"Nunnally, I'm sorr-"

"Nunnally, are you in here?", Lelouch asked walking through the door. He saw her face, red from the almost-tears and ran straight to her.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Mary, she might be dead by now", she answered, tears finally falling.

Lelouch gently wiped her eyes. "Now, now, just calm down. Have you tried to see her?"

Nunnally shook her head.

"Alright then, try."

She took a deep breath to calm herself. The Geass sigil showed up in her left eye. Her face appeared blank as she searched Mary's future. She blinked and returned to normal.

"I saw her in a cell, but we were with her."

"That must be when we try to save her", Rolo said.

"No, were inside the cell with her", Nunnally explained.

"What are you talking about?", Lelouch asked.

"We were in the cell with Mary", she repeated.

Before Lelouch could say anything else, Suzaku burst through the door.

"Nunnally! Where's Lelouch! Oh. . .you're here."

"Yes, I am. What do you need?", Lelouch asked.

"Um. . .what does it mean when a girl strokes you?"

"W-what?", Lelouch stuttered out, face blushing. He turned to his siblings. "Cover your ears!"

Rolo and Nunnally covered their ears, they closed them tightly with their hands, so they were only able to hear muffled shouts. They saw Lelouch shake Suzaku by the shoulders and point to them.

Suzaku removed his hands and started yelling. Lelouch pointed below Suzaku's waist. The brunette shook his head and stepped toward Lelouch. Suzaku started rubbing his hand on Lelouch's cheek.

The prince stumbled back, his face getting redder. He turned back to his siblings. Lelouch walked over and removed their hands. They could hear again. Lelouch cleared his throat.

"Suzaku, I think that this girl may be interested in you. . . in a more innocent way than I thought."

"But that's the thing Lelouch, it didn't feel innocent. It felt weird."

"I'm sure it's nothing, Euphie just-"

"It wasn't Euphie. It was Rosetta."

"Who?"

"Rosetta. I just met her today, so I can't be sure of her intentions."

"I've never met her and I feel suspicious", Lelouch said.

"I don't like her", Nunnally said.

"In any case, you should be wary of her Suzaku", Lelouch warned.

"Right."

Lelouch started walking toward the door. "Rolo, I still want you to work on your Geass and archery. Nunnally, you should keep watching the future. I'll make plans to find Mary."

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Rosetta sat in a chair, sipping from a cup. Her face held a sinister smirk.

"Euphemia, your new toy looks nice. I want to take my turn now."

She giggled darkly as she traced a certain pin with her finger.

"He's weak minded as well. That just makes this easier."

A man approached her.

"My lady, was there something you required of me?"

"Yes, I will no longer be needing your services as a knight."

"W-what do you mean?"

"I mean, I'm done using you. You may return to whatever you were doing before I knighted you."

"Yes, my lady."

As he left Rosetta laughed to herself again.

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Up next: Lady killer Suzaku, Rosetta makes her move.

Darn it! I didn't get to the surprise, I recently discovered the joys of doujinshi and found this wonderful SuzaxEuphie one. Hopefully next chapter I'll to the surprise!