by Satosh1
Chapter 1: Who's that quiet hot chick?
A/N: The story takes place before anyone even knew who Shinji was in the school of Tokyo-3. Please be aware that this will not follow by the actual story, merely using some elements as a reference and allowing many cases of OOC.
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Amidst all of the calamity and troubles of Tokyo-3 and the world, there lived a fourteen-year-old teenager named Kensuke Aida, a young, aspiring military enthusiast who lives only to see the excitement of warfare. Model resemblances to tanks, guns, rifles, airplanes and more are hung up and shown with refinement within every crevice of his room. Drawing battle plans and tactics as a hobby, Kensuke would act it all out within a field of grass out of the boundaries of Tokyo-3 alone with camping equipment to immerse himself with the feel of an actual war. Always talkative and one to respond to whoever approaches, he can make friends very easily but would rather limit the number of his friends to his own extent, for reasons he likes to keep secret.
Only recently transferring to the school in the city, Kensuke gave himself a little tour of the place on his first day. Walking around and a little dazed from how gigantic the building inside was, he accidentally bumped into someone without notice. Pulling himself back, he took a glance at the character while adjusting his glasses and immediately recognized it to be a girl of his age. She had hair of a light-blue coloring, with an unusual hairstyle and pale skin in comparison to most of the other girls in the school. Standing upright and in a militaristic stance Kensuke shouted;
"Gomenasai!"
The blue-haired girl glared at him in a slight annoyance, then walked away as if nothing happened. Kensuke thought to himself;
"What an odd girl. She sure was hot though..."
Looking at his watch, Kensuke noticed he was going to be late, so he quickly sprinted over to classroom 2-A.
He knew he made it in time as the teacher wasn't there. The kids in his class were all mingling with one another and toying with the station laptops, sending each other messages and pictures of things totally unrelated. Kensuke noticed and heard a large commotion about a certain girl over in the back. He saw the same blue-haired girl he bumped into, seated to the side of a large window and staring out leisurely with a lonesome appearance, ignoring the flood of people all huddled to her seat wanting to talk to her. He watched in curiosity.
"Wow, is it true that you're an Eva Pilot?"
"You wanna go out on a date with me sometime?"
"Your hairstyle is really nice, love the color!"
"Can you give me some tips on how I can be a pilot of those cool robots!?"
The blue-haired girl ignored just about every word they said, simply glancing through the window. All of them gave up with a sigh and went back to their seats. Finally cleared and seizing the opportunity, Kensuke took a seat next to her and then poked at her shoulder for attention.
"Hey, it's me, that guy who bumped into you in the halls. So... what's your name?"
She turned her head a little and glanced at Kensuke with an inert expression.
"Ayanami, Rei."
"Hi, Rei. My name's Kensuke, nice to meet you."
Rei then proceeded to go back to her usual position, staring out the window as if deeply in her own thoughts.
"Uh... Rei... so you're an Eva pilot..."Before Kensuke could finish his sentence, the class rep immediately popped out of her seat, reacting to the entrance of the teacher. She shouted;
"Everyone in their seats! The teacher's here!"Approaching the desk, the teacher picked up some papers and carefully read it. Looking towards his students, he said;
"I understand there are two new students to join our group. Please stand up to identify and introduce yourselves."
Both Kensuke and Rei got out of their seats, Kensuke looking at Rei, surprised that the first person he talked to was one that was recently transferred also. Rei approached the front of the class first and in a steady whisper she said;
"Ayanami, Rei."
Awaiting a couple seconds, the teacher fiscally asked;
"Is that all you're going to say?"Rei glanced at the class, and then laid her eyes upon the teacher.
"Yes."
"Alright then, take the seat you were already at Ayanami. Next person, please."
Looking at Rei and confused but wavering the thought, Kensuke stepped up to the class and shouted with a formal stand;
"I'm Aida, Kensuke of classroom 2-A! I'm interested in the military as my father is working for the Japan Self-Strategic Defense Force!"
The class was at an awe from Kensuke's shouting and unreserved militaristic formality. They all just gawked at Kensuke with utter confusion as he stated a few more words about his hobbies and such for a couple more minutes.
"Okay Aida, please take your seat in front of Suzahara's desk." The teacher, pointing towards the desk.
Releasing himself from his former status, he walked towards his seat and sat. Class then proceeded normally until the bell rang, to tell everyone that school was over. Clutching his bag, Kensuke had almost reached the door out of the classroom when a certain freckle-faced girl stopped him in his tracks.
"Hi, I'm Hikari. Since you're new here, our classroom policy is to make newcomers clean. Suzahara will help out also as this is his scheduled day. I've already told Rei, so grab some equipment and sweep the floor. Suzahara and Rei will wash the windows and desks."
"Aww, why do I have to clean? I never had to clean back in my old school..."A little pissed, Hikari answered;
"Well things are different here so suck it up you newcomer!"After Hikari was done ordering people around, she left the classroom, strutting her authority around. Grabbing a broom, Kensuke proceeded to sweep the floors but was stopped by a guy dressed in black windbreakers and a jacket.
"Hey, you're the new kid aren't you? I'm Toji."
"I'm Kensuke. It sucks to be cleaning like this on my first day..."
"You're telling me. Hikari organizes all the rules, so you can always blame her."
Still with Rei in the brain, Kensuke asked;
"By the way Toji, have you tried talking to Rei yet?"
"Oh, that silent blue-haired girl? No, she looks like she has a lousy personality. I don't want to bother talking to people like that."
"But Toji... she looks so... alone."
"So what? I say we try not bothering her or else she might go psycho on us."
Kensuke wasn't amused.
"You're kidding me, right? That's just plain stupid."
In the conversation, Rei had already finished cleaning the desks and windows and was prepared to leave the classroom, her bag in hand.
"Maybe I'll go to talk to her again."
"No, let her go Kensuke. She's too high a standard for you to try winning her over."
"It's not like that... I just want to see why she's so darn reserved."
Noticing Rei had left, Kensuke ran after her. Touji let out a sigh and followed.
Outside of the school, Kensuke and Touji finally caught up to Rei who had been monotonously walking towards and into a desolate complex of abandoned buildings, which bewildered both guys. By Rei's side, Kensuke said;
"Where are you going? This place looks like its been abandoned!"Touji added;
"Yeah, it's been abandoned ever since the reconstruction. No one lives here anymore."
Rei ignored them and proceeded to go inside one of the buildings. Kensuke and Touji stood in their places, disappointed.
"I told you she wouldn't talk to us, Kensuke."
"... Yeah. I wonder if she actually lives here... anyway, let's just leave her alone."
Rei entered her apartment, wrecked and torn by age. Taking her shoes off, she stepped in and laid onto her bed.
"Kensuke... an unusual classmate... but somewhat caring. His tone is of a meaningful intent whenever he attempts to talk to me... how do I approach this?"
Disturbing her thoughts, an obnoxious knocking came from behind her apartment door. Curious to see who it was, she slowly approached. Opening it with a slight uneasiness, a sudden push from the opposite side shoved Rei onto her own inner floorings. A person who seemed like a grown man, lunged towards her in great haste. Rei could only watch in vain as the man quickly advanced towards her with a sadistic grin.
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dekiru...