Disclaimer: I do not own Noir nor Evangelion. Noir belongs to BeeTrain Studio, and Evangelion belongs to GAINAX. I simply borrow the characters from the two shows and put them into my own story. I further twist the two stories here and there, take phrases and quotes, and try to fit everything into this fiction.
Author's Note: The story starts at the end of the Noir anime, so for those who have not seen Noir: there will be Noir spoilers throughout. Personally I highly recommend anybody to watch Noir, it is like nothing else !
Chapter 1. Birth
Le noir, ce mot désigne depuis une époque lointaine le nom du destin
Les deux vierges régnent sur la mort
Les mains noires protègent la paix des nouveaux-nés
Noir, it is the name of an ancient fate
Two maidens who govern deaths
The peace of the newly born, their black hands protect
Somewhere in the Pyrennes mountains on the border between Spain and France, late autumn 2009.
The sun had set a few hours earlier. Chilly wind blowed and the sound of crickets' song could be heard through the night. The moon was low in the sky and shining its soft light into the valley.
In the distance, one could see the shadows of a large but otherwise seemingly abandoned building. A ruins will be a better description though. It stood alone in the middle of a vast vineyard. A shadowy silhouette was seen walking slowly from the building. After a while, it became clear that the silhouette was actually two persons who were walking together, one was leaning to and being carried by the other.
One was a girl with blond long hair in her early twenties. She had a very attractive face, with a blend of continental European and Mediterranean traits. The firm looks of her eyes showed that she also had a sharp and intelligent mind. There were a few cuts and scrapes on her arms and legs, and one could see a bullet graze on her right cheek and left arm. The other girl was smaller in figure, but overall she looked like a little angel with her innocent and tender face. Her age couldn't be more than late teens. She seemed to be quite badly injured, one can see blood dripping occasionally from her lower left abdomen.
"Mireille ?", asked the little girl.
"Yes Kirika ?", answered the blond girl.
"What are we going to do now after everything is over ?".
"I want to go back to Paris, and have a nice cup of tea.", Mireille replied. "You're making the tea, you know !", she continued in a slightly teasing tone.
"He-eh".
"We'll talk about it later."
"Where are we going now ?''
"To the car. I parked my car somewhere around here. Don't worry, I have supplies and medical aid kit in the car."
"Kirika, I'll never leave you again. Not even if they come back, but I doubt that they will come back.", Mireille continued.
"Mireille …".
Suddenly Mireille and Kirika stopped in their tracks. They sensed that there is someone watching over them. Having experienced numerous near-death situations and ambushes, their instincts had been honed to the level that they can sense even the tiniest amount of danger without even need to use their normal five senses.
Whoever were watching them, looks like they had became aware that their subject now are aware of being watched. Suddenly, a shadowy figure came out from the dark behind the two girls. It was clear that whoever the person is, it was a woman. Her figure was tall, slim but well-built, with a long hail tied into a ponytail. She aimed her sidearm to the two girls who are still limping. The sounds of safety lock released could be heard.
The woman slowly stepped toward the two girls, her eyes kept locking on the two. Whoever she was, she seemed to be well-trained in military. About ten paces from the two she stopped. Certainly, she knew that she has to remained under the moonlight's shadows so that Mireille and Kirika can't see her.
"It's her", Mireille said to herself.
"Eh", said Kirika. She didn't seems to understand what is going on.
"Raise your hand and walk slowly into the light. Do not, do not, try to do anything stupid", she ordered in English.
Mireille tried to reach slowly for her Walther P99.
"I said do not try to do something stupid !", said the woman in the dark.
Mireille knew that the woman was not just bluffing.
"Kirika, just follow her order. I can't say much now, but everything will be OK."
"I see that you have returned, and you certainly were careless enough to have injured yourself. But what I want to know is: Who is she ? I didn't receive the slightest bit of information regarding her !", the woman in the dark said..
"Your order was to escort me to The Manor, wait and recover me within a time limit of 24 hours, and leave The Manor if I haven't returned in the given time. There is nothing said regarding her !", Mireille retorted back at her.
"That's the whole point. My interpretation is you are the only one I need to care about in this mission. Explain yourself. Who is she ? Do not try me, you know perfectly well that I'm capable to do anything for the success of my missions !"
"Can't you see that she's badly injured ! At least let me treat her wound first !'', Mireille yelled back at her. She apparently had forgotten about the situation they are in.
Suddenly, Kirika who had been silent during this conversation, started to speak in polite Japanese.
"You are Japanese, aren't you? I can recognize from your accent that you are from Tokyo-3."
The woman suddenly felt like all her nerves have become frozen.
"What !?! How did she knows that. It's not like I'm talking in Japanese, but she hit me right on the spot ! Who the hell is this girl ?".
"Yes. I see that you are also Japanese", she finally replied in Japanese too after almost a minute has passed.
"Yuumura Kirika. That's how I am called. Although I never really remember who really am I. I don't want to hurt you, except if you intend to do harm to Mireille or me in the first place. I know, eventhough you are aiming your gun at us and released the safety lock, that you actually means no harm.".
"Mireille seems to know you. If you are Mireille's friend, then I can say you are my friend too.", Kirika continued, still talking in Japanese.
"Kirika ! She is not my friend !", Mireille snapped. She had been around with Kirika long enough to learn some elementary Japanese words and catchphrases. She knows what the Japanese word for friend. Tomodachi.
"But Mireille, I don't sense any threat from her or if there is animosity between the two of you", Kirika replied, this time in French.
Silently, Mireille had to admit that Kirika is right. She knew that the woman is simply being careful.
The woman in the dark was perplexed . She somehow got the feeling, that the two girls, despite are being injured, are certainly more than meets her eyes. She perfectly knew that if she insists to pull a fight with the two girls, it is more likely that it is her who is going to lose to them. She had been in a few combat situations, yet she never feels like this, when she knows somehow that there is no way she can defeat the two girls. Just what kind of power those two have ?
She actually had watched the abandoned building during the day from a distance, and she had witnessed the events evolved earlier during the day. When Kirika and Mirielle stormed the building earlier, she had been strongly tempted to follow them inside, but her instincts told her that there was something big which she really shouldn't throw herself into. It was also what her orders say: do not interfere in any way, wait 24 hours until Mireille returns and escort her back to Paris, OR leave if Mireille hasn't returned in 24 hours.
Just a few minutes after the sun had set, she saw a large limousine coming and parked right in front of the main entrance. Whoever were in the limo, they kept the engine running and shone the limo's headlights into the entrance. Five men came out of the car, but they didn't enter the building. Instead they waited patiently (or anxiously) in front of the main entrance. One of them who is holding a fancy walking cane seems to be their leader.
Later Kirika and Mireille emerged from the building, walking and limping slowly, with Kirika leaning on Mireille. She was quite surprised when she saw that those men gave way to the two girls. She knew that those men are not ordinary people, they must be some high-ranking members of an important organization. Or secret organization. That thought reminded her that she is a member of such kind of organization herself. Just what kind of people those two girls are. It seemed to her that those men were actually a bit scared of them, except for the one who she thought was their leader.
She slowly lowered her sidearm.
Mireille and Kirika somehow sensed that the woman behind them has lowered her gun, and they slowly turned back and face the woman. The woman slowly walked out from the dark. She stopped at a distance of only two or three paces from Mireille and Kirika. She and they just standed there in still, looking into each other eyes.
She was actually still young, probably in her mid-twenties. She had a slim but well-built figure. Her hair was dark with a tone of purple. She wore a mountain military outfit, and is armed with a USP sidearm, commando knife, night-vision google, and MP5 assault rifle.
The woman felt something comfort yet strange coming from the two girls. It was like a magic aura is emanating from the two. The aura of fierceness, protection and yet tenderness and caring at the same time. The same kind of aura possessed by mothers who are kind and tender toward their children, yet tough, uncompromising, and fierce toward anybody who intends to do harm to their children. But she also felt grieves, sorrows, and darkness around them. She decided that the best action now is to help them and recover them out of the location as fast as possible. God knows what those men are thinking and planning now, and she certainly doesn't want to know.
"I see. OK. Come here, I'll help you two. We'll return to Paris ASAP". She then slided her right arm around Kirika's hip, "Here, I'll help you to carry Kirika".
"Thank you," Mireille replied. "She's not heavy, but I really can use some help."
She smiles softly. "Sure. Oh, Katsuragi Misato, that's my name. Kirika, it's nice to meet you".
Author's Note:
Noir and Evangelion are two of my favorite animes. I have always toyed with the idea of combining the two animes. The timeline of Noir (about 2009) is only a few years back before the timeline of Eva (2015). By the time of Eva, Kirika and Mireille in will be about the same age as the adult Eva characters (Misato, Ritsuko, Kaji). I made Mireille to be born in 1988 (she is 21 at the end of Noir and 27 at the beginning Eva) and Kirika in 1992 (she is 17 at the end of Noir and 23 at the beginning of Eva). Both will appear into the Eva timeline and will become as important as the main adult casts (Misato, Kaji, Ritsuko, Gendou, Fuyutsuki). Some other characters from Noir may also appear later.
Both Noir and Eva have somewhat vague background of conspiracy theory with religious theme, which I hope I can pull it right when combining the two.
For those who haven't seen Noir but insist to read this story anyway. Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin who is living in Paris. She is of prominent heritage, being born into a high-class Corsican family. Yuumura Kirika is the epitome of mystery. She woke up one day remembers nothing about herself, just like Jason Bourne. The only things she remembered was the name Noir, and that she has to contact someone named Mireille Bouquet. Strangely, she also discovered that she possesses combat and assassination skills at such level that scared her.
After their first encounter, Mireille agreed to partner with Kirika, and they form the deadliest duo Noir, a professional team-assassin for hire of the highest caliber.
But what Mireille and Kirika didn't know was Noir itself is an ancient name, coming from the darkest of the underworld of Europe, the one which has been around for a thousand years. The name which sends a chill through the spines of tyrants and criminals. The name of the ones which protect the grieving children with their black hands. Two chosen maiden warriors, their bravery and valor are greater than tens of thousand knights. Two free and pure holy swords of old, which forge a perfect harmony and bow to no power on Earth, in Heaven, nor in Hell in their sworn quest to uphold justice.
Their complete story can be watched in the anime Noir, which again I highly recommend you to watch.
On side note: Mireille shares the same seiyuu with Misato, the very talented Mitsuishi Kotono. I always thought it will be fun to put them together in the same story. Not to mention the possibility to actually have them face off each other …. as Mireille will be the perfect candidate to become Misato's rival in 3B: beauty, brain, and bravery.