Disclaimer: I don't own NGE. I don't own Rurouni Kenshin, which this plot is loosely based on the Revenge arc.

Snow can be very, very cold

Snow is a very strange thing.

Cold...

It never really comes when you want it.

So very cold...

It doesn't follow the rules.

They left me...

It doesn't care if you're a small child.

Shin, Mai, Ken...

It doesn't care if you're an orphan.

Oji-san, the sisters...

It doesn't care if your home had been burned down.

But they left me...

It doesn't care if you had to see your friends burn in front of you.

They left me...

It doesn't care that you heard their cries of death.

They promised they'd never leave me...

It doesn't care if it left you all alone, the last of the damned.

They promised...

It doesn't care if you wanted to go with them.

I wanted to go...

It doesn't care that it extinguished the only way you would have been together.

Was I weak?

Yet it stays gentle.

Take me with you...

It stays beautiful.

I'm alone...

And it stays cold.

So very cold...

A young Ayanami Rei stood over the ashes of the children's home that she had stayed the most part of her short life. She dropped on her knees, clawing at the charred wood. Come back... Splinters and shards of wood and stone cut through her small hands, yet she ignored the pain and scraped on. Come back... The small girl finally stopped, hanging limp over the ruins. At first, only a single tear rolled down her cheek. But her eyes widened as what had happened finally dawned on her. More tears followed. Slowly, her once brown hair turned silvery white. And then she screamed. And screamed. And screamed. And screamed.

First chapter:

Well, this is it. The prologue to the story I hope will be a success. Peace out.

Author's notes:

I really like the NGE series, but wasn't really all that satisfied after the show ended. I really like Rurouni Kenshin but felt a little shorthanded after the OVA 's and the manga. I liked the NGE character set. I liked the Rurouni Kenshin situation set. I'm a writer. So why the hell not...