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Kaorus Thoughts

Chapter 1

'Solace' ******* As Kaoru sits on a piece of broken statue overlooking the ocean he starts to think about his task before him.

'Soon I will be with the father. SEELE has there plans, I have my destiny.'

As Kaoru shifts slightly his thoughts take him to the profiles of the pilots.

'Rei Ayanami. I am like you, just as you are like me. That alone makes us the same.'

He smiled.

'Asuka Langley Sohryu. So proud, yet you are so fragile and easily broken. Even now when you have fallen from grace, you still are fighting a battle with your past. I pity you.'

As Kaoru started to gently hum to himself he closed his eyes and smiled as he imagined the third child, Shinji Ikari.

'You're the one that will bring peace to them all, even if it costs you own. You Shinji Ikari are the one I would like to meet the most.'

He frowned ever so slightly.

'As you save them time and time again, you are never thanked. Never loved. I have never met anyone so alone in the world as you Shinji Ikari.'

He smiled again as he thought of the twelve black monoliths that brought him to being.

'You have your plans for me SEELE but we shall see who is the victor in this little game of yours.'

"Perhaps. I can show you the affection that you deserve, Ikari Shinji."

As Kaoru opened his eyes he let out a sad sigh of what this meant for the blue eyed pilot.

'Then again, that could be risk in itself. I only hope that you could understand my reasons when the time comes for me to return to my father.'

He smiled examining the placid blue of the sea.

'Yes, I will show him. I will show him that he was never alone in this world. I only pray that he can handle the next challenge he will surely have to face.'

He started to hum Ode to Joy.

'Good, Everything is good.'

Then he turned around to the surprised Third Child.

"A song is a good thing it brings hope. Hope is good, is it not Ikari Shinji?"

Authors notes: My first short on evangelion, I hope I portrayed Kaoru correctly if I didn't then shoot me. :D R&R is appreciated. Bye!