I blame an overactive imagination, two stories that were abandoned, and listening to Clattanoia for two hours on loop. Not The first time I decided to make a story based on , I figured yeah I'll do another one. I know I haven't finished please stop judging me and just read. Ok, you can judge me but still at least read it?
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Yui Ikari looked out at the window in deep thought. To the untrained eye, it would seem like she was looking as GEHIRN readied the creation of the first success of Project E. In a way she was though something else was consuming her thoughts. Yui closed her eyes as she looked at the reflection in the glass both of her and her little girl.
A sigh escaped her mouth at this. This wasn't supposed to happen. She was just supposed to spend a year in this realm to see what it had to offer. A trip of wanderlust. Most of her kind figured this world, one touched by their distant relatives who exiled their precursors, was something they should leave alone. Here she was one of the few with interest and now cut off from her true home.
A mental laugh crossed her mind at this. If she wanted to return home she would have done it when the year was up. 'Instead, I found an amusing little human who I ended up getting too attached to,' At some point, she knew she getting too deep into it. Before she knew it she was married. 'Ancestors my mother would be so mad at me.'
Then, of course, came her child. She didn't think it even was possible for her to have one with Gendo. Just goes to show that despite the sheer expanse of time from a common ancestor that their two races were still connected. "Hey, mommy you remember the story you told me?" Her child unaware of what they actually were looked at her with confusion. "No one else tells their kids it why is that?"
'Because it's more history than a bedtime story,' She had only ever told one person in this world about what she was. Not even her husband knew the truth. A fact that made her feel like a manipulative monster. "That's because I made it up Shinjiko."
She remembered when Gendo looked at her confused on why she picked that name over the one they had agreed on if she was a girl. Given she had to suffer from the drugs used to make birthing easier, or in her case much more unbearable, she was in no mood to care. Speaking of her husband Yui looked at her reflection the mask that she wore to fit in.
If only he the truth as what she was and what Shinjiko would become. Although if she did that then she'll have to admit to him that their relationship was built on a lie. 'Everything about me is a lie.' She closed her eyes and opened them as her iris is turned an almost glowing yellow. 'Now, here I am stuck in this world and helping build monstrosities in order for some secret society to cause the end of the world.'
It would be so easy to return to the Veil with her child and husband. The insane plans of a genocidal insane cult would never touch that plane. However, Second Impact had an unforeseen effect. Adam's opening if his Door of Guf and the resulting rift he had temporarily opened up from his death had damaged any hope of her returning home. Yui was stuck here with no way back and a world doomed to the whims of the group known as SEELE. "Maybe mom was right."
Talking to the group of crazy men was just a hassle. Silently she wondered if she could leak the information just to see their reaction. As soon as she thought of it she knew it won't work. These guys were crazy but not that stupid. They had planned this whole thing for decades. 'Wait, they planned everything except for me.'
Nowhere on the scrolls did it say a thing about her. In fact, her kind was not even listed. A crazy thought crossed her mind. What if she contaminated their plans with an unforeseen variable. Looking at her daughter she knew just the thing. Both her and Shinjiko were not of the 'Seed of Knowledge' as the term implied to humanity. Nor were they of the 'Seed of Life'. Taking a bit of thought from their scenario there was a chance that they could stop it or even defile it.
SEELE One once talked about the original sin of man. A stupid attempt at justifying his ambitions at immortality. She was unfamiliar with the human concept of sin but if she knew anything what she was would be seen is a creature of it. 'Am I actually thinking of doing this?'
There was no way home at least in a foreseeable future. Eventually, her false skin will give out and the truth of her existence ill appear. She had used the last of it in order to hide her child's appearance. If she did this then she might not be able to return to her, her home, or even her family. She really didn't care about the children of the thing in the basement or their rivalry with the children of the giant in the Antarctic. Hell, the feeling was very likely mutational like it was billions of years ago between their ancestors. Yui years ago would have found the idea of a cult wanting to destroy this world amusing.
Now, she had something of an interest within this world. Even if her estimates were generous the Angel attacks would begin just before it would be possible to return. Before that her fake skin will fail. That was just the best case. The worse would take decades to return far too long. It pained her but maybe in some of this, she could have an outcome that didn't suck completely for her daughter and ensure she lives long enough to be able to leave to the safety of the Veil.
"Dear are you alright?" Yui turned over her head to Gendo. She still wondered when her feelings from him went from the kind you give a cute pet to actual love. Maybe somewhere when she started seeing herself as Yui instead of who she once was. "Is it about Unit 01?"
Right the first success at making a working Evangelion. In truth, she had forgotten about that. The first Evangelion Unit to be successfully grown instead of being put together from spare parts. "Oh, no it's nothing really."
Gendo didn't push the issue any further although Yui wondered if he should. He was always far too trusting of her. Perhaps it was something that made her life as Yui feel real. "I'm going to go for a walk."
As she left the room she reached into her pocket and pulled out a necklace with a red gemmed pendant with a five-pointed black halo. Clutching it in her hand her mind was made up. Out of all the possibilities one was the best for her daughter. 'I hope she will forgive me.'
'Mommy please come back.' Shinjiko cried herself to sleep like usual for the last few nights. No sooner as her mother died did her father just abandoned her. She didn't know why. At first, she wondered if she had done something wrong. He just left her at the train station and that was it.
For someone who just lost her mother, this did not help her in any way. The teacher she was left with didn't seem to know, understand how, or care to help her. This just left her to herself. Crying herself to sleep each night.
As she slept instead of the traumatizing memories of the incident this time she saw her mother standing in front of her. Behind her was two shadows moving behind her back. No, they were not shadows, they were wings!
The girl found herself staring now at herself but with some strange things. Yellow eyes, small black feathered wings, curved horns coming from the side of her head to her forehead, and long silky hair. "Cambion."
Cambion was something her mother called her. Her little Cambion was what she called her in private. "Who are you?"
The other her tilted her head in confusion. She pointed at herself and at the necklace of her mother. "You."
Shinjiko awoke blinking for a few moments. The young girl got out of bed and looked through her things. There it was the necklace that her mother used to wear. Just before the accident, she gifted it to her. A treasure that her family passed down that she gave to her. "Mommy."
The dream was gone from her mind. Still, as it faded away from the thoughts of her young mind a feeling of something about her feels off. As she clutched the object to her chest for a brief moment her eyes flashed yellow.
Going to public school was something Shinjiko at first tried to be optimistic about. After a few weeks, she started to dislike it. By the end of her first year, she utterly hated it. Worse of all was that some of the other girls started bullying her. For years it was minor things, pranks at her expense, pushing, rumors, and the like.
When she turned ten they started to get bolder. They started taking her stuff, attacking her in the halls, and at one point trying to her sick on purpose. Right now it seemed that two of them were holding her back as their leader held on to the most important thing that she owned. Her mother's necklace. "You know this suits me much more then you don't you think?"
"Give it back it's mine!" Shinjiko could take them stealing anything from her but not that. It was one of only two things she had from her mother and was her family's heirloom."My mother gave it to me!"
Unknown to Shinjiko that was a big mistake. Grins formed on their faces at this. They had been wondering if it was something finally make her cry. "All the more reason to keep it!"
Before she could the leader delivered a punch to her stomach as her friends pushed her down on the ground and began stomping on her. Tears formed in her eyes as she knew that she was never going to see her mother's pendant again. The girls either would sell it or try to destroy it. They had already destroyed the bow she needed for her mother's cello months ago. They laughed at her pitiful self as anger began to swell within her.
The pain from her bruises disappearing as they stopped forming and instead began to heal. The trio turned around as they watched Shinjiko get up. "Give it back."
"Looks like someone needs a refresher," The leader snapped her fingers as her two friends both walked up to her. In total surprise, Shinjiko grabbed them both by their necks with a strong, stronger than should be possible for her, grip and lifted them both off their feet.
The girl finally pulled her head up as yellow eyes greeted the three of them. A sadistic smile subconsciously formed on Shinjiko's face. "Payback," She slammed the two of them into the ground hard the back of their heads almost splitting open. Seeing this their leader tried to run before being tackled to the ground. "I haven't forgotten about you!"
Shinjiko grabbed on to her right and with a hard twist broke it. A scream escaped her mouth as Shinjiko had a laugh at this. She continued to pull at the broken limb taking joy at the screams of pain. "Pl-please st-stop!"
A dark giggle escaped Shinjiko's mouth at this. A primal instinct within her took pleasure at the sound of the helpless bully before her. She grabbed her hair and pulled her head back. "You never stopped when I begged so how about I have a bit of fun before I stop?" She pulled the pendant off from around the bullies neck. "But first this belongs to me."
She slammed the bullies head into the hard ground cutting her head open as blood posted out from her wounds. Barely conscious the girl ran her to get over the red liquid and took a taste. 'Maybe I should just eat her.'
As soon as the thoughts of literally biting into a human being and eating their flesh entered her mind Shinjiko was snapped back to reality. Her eyes returning to their usual color as the instinctual high left her. On her face, a horrified expression formed as she looked at the three unconscious girls around her. "Oh my God!"
She looked at her shaking hands with fear. Not a thought crossed her mind aside from horror at what she had done and what she was thinking while doing so. Shinjiko enjoyed it when she broke her tormentor's arm. Her pleads for mercy gave her pleasure and the taste of her blood. The girl started to gag at the desire to eat another human being. She was disgusted with herself. Finally, Shinjiko just ran unable to deal with this.
Putting the three of them in the hospital terrified the rest of the school. Before she knew it everyone was trying to stay away from her. They were afraid of her and she didn't blame them. She was afraid of herself. This lasted for only a week before she pulled herself from school. The school didn't bother with getting her back.
The next few years was mostly just spent with her by herself. She was homeschooled, mostly being self-taught, until one day a letter came in the mail. "Come."
It had been close to ten years since she had last seen her father. There were times she wondered if she was actually still his daughter in his mind. Honestly, at this point, she just referred to herself as Shinjiko only almost foregoing her last name. Now, he wanted her to come to Tokyo-3. 'M-maybe he cares after all.'
That day was forever burned in her memory. Him abandoning her at the train station. All her memories of her life before then had faded away. Her hand rested on her mother's pendant. Even the memories of her mother had faded away and all that remained was just echoed of her voice. As the memory of the event came back a small part of her didn't believe it one bit. "He only wants something from me."
She shook her head trying to think positive. After the last few years, she was desperate to know if he cared. This might just be her chance after so long.
As Shinjiko sat on the train heading for Tokyo-3 she looked at the book in her arms. Just before she left the man who had been her guardian for the last decade handed it to her. He had forgotten to give it to her a few years ago but he had found it when he was cleaning. It was something her mother had holed to gave her. A locked diary that no one could seem to open. 'It almost looked like it's lock is the points on my mother's pendant.'
She was pull from her thoughts as the train slowed down. The city of Tokyo-3 in the distance. Pulling her headphone out she paused her SDAT player. A sigh escaped her lips as she put the diary back into her bag. The train came to a stop as she left the train. "I guess this is it."
Behind her, a light breeze blow past as a black feather seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
A few of you probably know who I am referencing in this chapter aren't you. Who am I kidding it's the current cover art. Anyway, I usually did this for my My Hero stories but this is the first time for Evangelion. Say hello to the author note lore way to answer questions you may have.
The Veil: A parallel space part of the universe super structure. Used by the FAR as a mix of a waste dumb for their trash, failed devices, and the year old products that some of them replaced, along with being a penal colony. Criminals, political dissidents, mutants, and occasionally other undesirables. Travellable by Dirac seas, and space anomalies it was originally near lifeless but in the billion of years since life now exists.
The Ancestors: Much like Angelic life (Adamite and Lilithian) the FAR exiles helped create the current life of their new home through their sacrifice. Literally, they are dead but their legacy lives on. The so called Demons (fitting given they are exiles from 'heaven') do not hold any of the 'Seeds' like their ancestors but do seem to have something deprived from them.
That's enough for now more will come so don't worry. I'll cya all next time. Don't forget to tell me your thoughts on this.
