The Kingdom Hidden in the Clouds
By SWZ
Summary: Shinji didn't know anything regarding his mother's side of the family in fact he didn't know anything about her at all. Until One day he finds an item belonging his mother and then he discovers she was quite literally not from this world.
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Beta read by BanditWerewolf
Chapter one
The Discovery
Several days after the after the 6th angel attack and Asuka's movement into Misato's apartment, and after a sync test, Shinji found himself wandering in an old part of Nerv. To Shinji it was more and more like an endless maze. He didn't know Nerv extended this deep underground. He soon found himself in front of what seemed to be the old office portion of the Nerv complex as it was shadowed in darkness.
He didn't know why he was here, but he felt something calling to him. The deeper he went the more he felt it calling to him Add to that the place seemed very familiar to him.
"Whoa!" as he looked around the area in what seemed to be the old office part of Nerv. Then he heard a whispering noise, like the sound of photonic light bursting, ringing through his head
"What is this sound?" questioned Shinji, looking around for the source if he could find one.
As he walked down a darkened corridor, he felt the whispering sound getting louder as if it was telling him he was nearing something. He kept walking until he found a small office, his eyes widened when Shinji saw the name on the door. It was his mother's name, Yui Ikari.
"Mother's office! Of course no wonder why this place seemed familiar." Shinji said walking through the door, only to see it pretty dark and run down. Which makes sense since no one has been down here for decades.
He didn't know why but he felt a strong feeling grow within him, as if it was telling him something important was here. Shinji looked all around the desk, though there wasn't much to find since his father cleared anything that belonged to his mother out. Opening the top drawer he found a couple of old disks and nothing else. Shinji opened the second drawer nothing in there, then opened the third and final drawer and found something he never thought he'd see again. The last physical link to his mother, her necklace which was golden and looked like the a bird flying upward. (A/N Skyward Sword symbol)
"I thought this was lost forever. I thought that when mom died this died with her..." whispered Shinji picking up the object then the next strange thing happened right then and there. It glowed and pulsated shooting a light in Shinji's eyes filling his head with an image. An image of a large world hidden in the sky. Shinji shook his head, to rid himself of the image he saw.
"What was that?" Shinji asked aloud, looking around the abandoned office only to find nothing
Shinji just sighed as he took the disks and the necklace as they were all that was left of his mother and departed the abandoned office.
Little did he know Shinji had just inadvertently signaled the start of a climatic event.
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(In the Sky)
High above the clouds in blue skies of earth is a world unseen for centuries. A world unaffected by the ravages of second impact. A sky world and in it existed a golden kingdom, a kingdom called Asario. It is a monarchy ruled by a benevolent queen, the Lady Palutena.
Palutena is the eldest daughter to the previous queen who fell, into deep slumber due to the disappearance of her youngest daughter years ago. Ever since then, Palutena has balanced her royal duties in keeping the peace within the kingdom and searching for her dear little sister.
She went as far as sent her scouts down to Earth to find her lost sister. But they never found her, nor did they returned. The young queen suspected they might have died in the massive catastrophe the humans called the Second Impact.
She could only continue to search in her spare time through the use of her crystal ball to keep look out on the Earth and one of her most trusted scouts. But due to the effects of the Second Impact, she hasn't been able to get a clear a vision most of the time. All she could see were massive monsters attacking one of the countries on Earth and the humans using massive monsters of own to combat them. So for now Palutena was overlooking her shining kingdom hoping for the day she would find some sign of her beloved sister Yui.
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(The gateway)
At one of the furthest reaches of Asario from its main city stood a large golden gazebo like passageway. Beyond it, a massive golden bridge with a massive drill like apparatus at the end. In front of it stood a woman with lightly tan skin, with short white hair tied in a ponytail with a few bangs in the front it. She was wearing a purple outfit with a black swimsuit over it, with matching ankle boots and sliver body armor with a sword strapped behind her waist. She long black ninja gloves on her arms and hands. She had deep glowing red eyes and pointy ears. And she had a large sword in front of her which she was holding upside down in a guard position.
Her name is Impa, the gatekeeper of Asario. Her charge is to oversee the entrance way to Asario, to warn her queen of any and all approaching hostile forces, to guard it with her life with the many powers she possess. It was said that Impa could see the tiniest of plant life grow on Earth and in Asario and she could hear anything approaching Earth or Asario.
Right now as she was watching the gateway she felt an energy signature originate from the Earth. Furthermore, it was of Asarian origin. She heard someone approaching her from behind.
Turning around Impa came face to face with young woman with long dark brown hair with long bangs in front of her pointed ears. She wearing a long elegant dark pink and white dress with golden shoulder coverings on both shoulders, long white gloves on her arms. Her eyes were electric blue filled with decades of wisdom.
"You wanted to see me, Impa?" said Zelda, seeing her nod.
"Yes, lady Zelda. I did." Impa answered in a deep, monotone voice.
"Pertaining to what?"
"Our long lost princess." said the gatekeeper, making Zelda's eyes widen.
"A-Are you certain? She's been missing for years!" exclaimed Zelda, finding his news hard to even process in her mind. Not even the scouts the queen sent to find the princess succeeded in finding her, and even the queen herself has yet to locate her. How can Impa be sure it is the lost princess?
"I am. I sensed a spike of Asarian energy originate from the Earth. It could only be from one of the three ancient relics of Asario, only those of the royal line may have them. Also as you know my vision extends as far as the Earth. But when I try to look at the Earth it gets distorted. As if what occurred there prevents me from finding the source." Impa stated.
"Hm... If what you say is true then I'll need to bring this information to the Queen." Zelda replied.
Through her stoic visage Impa smirked
"Have I ever steered you wrong?" asked Impa, causing Zelda to chuckle.
"No, you haven't." said Zelda turning around to leave.
Zelda closed her eyes and inhaled a breath. White wings quickly sprouted from her back and she flew off from the bridge towards the palace.
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(Asarian Palace throne room) (A/N Think Hyrule Castle from Twilight Princess)
Within the massive room which was decorated in royal blue silk on the sliver walls and there was a long blue carpet extending from the large brown double doors to the stairs leading up to the throne itself. On that throne sat a very beautiful woman. She had long green hair, flawless skin and the most expressive blue eyes.
She was wearing a shining white long dress which was adorned in gold symbols which was held together by a brown sash held together by a gold and red buckle on her left hip and long sandals on her feet. Golden metal armor plating covered her arms though and she had golden bands on her biceps. On the top of her head laid an elegant golden crown. She seemed more like a goddess than a queen.
Her name is Palutena, current ruler of Asario.
She sat on her throne musing over the peaceful state of her kingdom. Though bringing it about had not been easy, since her mother fell into her deep sleep and she was forced to take the throne in her stead. Palutena sigh as she thought about her beloved little sister Yui. Yui had always been the curious type, always wondering what laid beyond the clouds. Their mother sought to keep her in Asario as long as possible away from Earth. But curiosity is sometimes a curse, as her little sister went out flying towards the gateway where Impa had been watching then. She was suddenly pulled from the sky all the down to the mortal world by an unseen force.
It was then their mother scrambled her top agents to go down to the Earth and look for her. But then a catastrophe occurred on that world and her agents have never been heard from again. As a result her mother fell into a deep coma, thus forcing Palutena her oldest daughter to take the throne. Despite all of that she never gave up hope that her long lost sister was somewhere down on earth waiting to be found. Her musings were interrupted when Zelda, her adviser and her closest friend flying into the room literally. She landed on in front of the queen and bowed.
"My queen please forgive my intrusion, but I have news that needed to brought to your immediate attention. " said Zelda
"What news is it, Zelda?" asked Palutena.
"We… We may have found clues to the whereabouts of your lost sister, Yui." Zelda said causing the queen's eyes to widened in shock.
"What?! Are you certain about this?!" exclaimed Palutena. Her adviser nods.
"Yes, Impa said she sensed a spiked of Asarian energy originate from Earth. Surely you could have detected it with your staff." the woman said
"It is not on my person as you can see. But I did sense something faint earlier today that might have been it." replied the Queen, cursing her stupidity for not have it with her at the time or now
"So what shall we do your highness? We can send scouts to earth if you wish."
"No, we're still not certain what happened there. I will not blindly, needlessly sacrifice lives like my mother did. I will send only one to be among the mortals." she stated firmly.
"Who will you send?" Zelda asked already having some faint idea as to who.
"I'm sending Taki, she is our most expert tracker. She has never failed me not once."
"As you wish my queen I will inform her at once. " said Zelda departing for the door
"One more thing Zelda." Palutena said catching her before she went out the door.
"Yes?" the brunette asked
"Do not mention this to anyone else, not yet anyway I don't want to give anyone false hope. " said Palutena as Zelda nodded
"As you wish my queen." replied Zelda walking out the doors leaving the queen alone with her thoughts. Palutena merely leaned back on her throne and sighed.
' Yui, I love you and I will find you' thought Palutena
End Chapter
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End notes: Here it is my version of Nategold's that Launched A Thousand Ships relaunched beta read by BanditWerewolf . This time done with Nategold's permission and not like gunmans a little less the same but mostly different. For instance I'm using girls from Nintendo and Soul Caliber yes you heard right, Nintendo. And the angel fight will be in the third chapter. So that's it I know I got more stories to update. But I'm posting this cause I don't see creativity in EVA stories anymore.