Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, just borrowing it for this story...




"The Brooch"
by Darksaber


It was a day just like the day before and the day before that, in fact it was a day just like any other day in my life, when suddenly one thing led to another and in a flash my life has took an abrupt turn. Never even in my dreams have thought it possible.

As I walked home from school, using the route I have used ever since I started school, I caught sight of someone. She was not hard to miss; she after all was the only person I know who has red hair.

Asuka Langley Shoryu, I have had a crush on her ever since she came to our school three years ago, and in those three years she had treated me like hell. I had always thought it as unfair since of the 15,329 students in our school, how come it seems as if she always manages to home in on me and fire. Fire at me with harsh words and insults. Why I still secretly like her to this day is a mystery I can never solve.
I soon realized that I was staring, but damn it!! so has she.

"You pervert!! what are you staring at!!" she says following those words with a mischievous grin.

"Nothi.." but before i could finish my statement she disrupts me and says...

"You Idiot!! I know you were staring at me!!! What else is there to stare at?"

"Um...that umm.. poster behind you.. umm a friend of mine made it and I umm didn't think he was telling the truth when he said he created the graphics for it.."
I reasoned out quickly and true enough there did lie a poster behind her and lucky for me, it was one of Kensuke's works. Hew!! that was close, I would give myself a pat on the back, if only I wouldn't look stupid doing it, for coming up with such a brilliant alibi, and how surprisingly fast I had come up with it!!

"Shinji, you Idiot!! don't lie to me!!!"

"I'm not....sorry.."

"Hmph!!" she says as she walks away really pissed

I have no idea why though, she's really weird that way. I have no idea what to expect from her, her actions and reactions, I only know that pissing her off would be really bad. But then I thought what could be worse than haw she's treating me now?

As I snapped back to reality, I soon noticed that my stuff was lying in a mess on the road. The "Dangerous Encounter" must have caused me to drop my stuff but I failed to realize that fact because my head was high with adrenaline. I slowly knelt down to pick up my stuff, and as I was about to reach for the last book on the road, I noticed that someone dropped something it seems to be some kind of brooch. As I came to pick it up a black magpie landed on it and picked it up with its beak. I rushed to it and shooed the bird trying to get the thing back, but it only flew off.

I followed the bird, and boy did that take a lot of running, soon enough it landed by a side of a building dropped it and flew off again. It wasn't that high so I decide to scale the side of the building and get it. By grabbing on the bricks of the structure, I was soon able to retrieve the jewelry and started to go down slowly. I know that I was being as careful as I wanted to be, but I guess accidents can still happen. I suddenly slipped or maybe the brick I was stepping on gave, either way I still ended up on hard concrete with a sprain.

As I painfully made my way out of the alley, suddenly ran into someone. I wasn't that big but the collision caused the guy to drop what he was holding.

"Damn you kid " he angrily stared at me as countless amounts of gems flew from his bag.

Then I suddenly heard someone scream "Help!!! We've been robbed!!!" It was a woman by a jewelry shop who yelled

I knew then and there that I have bumped into the thieves

"Hurry up man!!! No more time we have to leave now I can hear the cops coming!!!" his partner who wasn't that far away said

"You'll pay for this kid," the man said while rushing to his get-away car.

As he got on the wheels I heard him say to his partner, "wait I've got a score to settle first, move over I'm driving"
Then with out warning I could hear the cars tire cry out with smoke was all around it then see the car coming towards me in a very very very fast rate.
But before I could see what happens next I blocked out.



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I slowly awoke to the suns bright rays, blinding my eyes but at the same time it is as if it is giving it a gentle massage. I rubbed on it a few times to get the glare of and clear my vision. When my vision was fully restored, moved out of the sun's rays and stared on the ceiling. I stared at it for quite a long time before realizing that it was unfamiliar. In fact as I looked around, this isn't even my room. My gaze soon stopped and focused. There was a girl beside my room.

The girl was sitting in a chair and was staring at me confused to see me confused. She was quite pretty I soon noticed, pale skin, with a shiny blue hair and....red eyes?

"Who... are you?" I asked

"You should rest," she said in a monotone voice ignoring my question

I then remembered the hold-up, the car coming towards me and.....

"What happened? did that car... Did you save me?"

"You can say that" she replies without the slightest hint of emotion.

"Am I in a hospital? coz I doesn't seem to look like one.."

"You are in my residence, I brought you here after the accident"

"huh? why?"

She however does not answer but instead stands up and heads for the door

"Wait!!" I hurriedly say

"At least tell me your name.."

She stops, looks back at me and says " What for?"

"to know your name I guess.."

She seems to think about my answer then without warning heads towards the door again, but as she opens it she stops and without looking back says "I am called Rei" and with that she exits the room and closes the door.

I once again stared off into the ceiling, in my mind I was replaying the incident. Wow it must have been a miracle coz I was sure for a second there that I would be dead. "Rei" suddenly say softly "she doesn't seem normal.... I wonder why?". My thoughts then drifted unto other things and I then remembered that brooch I came after, scanning the room I soon found it on the table by my bed. I reached for it without getting up and just looked at the jewelry, "this really is trouble". I then noticed that it could be opened, so I did and what I found inside took me by surprise. In the brooch was a picture of Asuka and I guess her mother. "humm so this cursed item belongs to Asuka, figures even her stuff causes me trouble" I mentally laughed at the thought and soon enough flashes of Asuka invaded my head before sleep took hold of me once again.




I woke up around noon that day. After stretching my arms and drowsily getting up, I remembered that today was a school day and my teacher was going to give a test before dismissal. I have to take that test even if I have to come in late, very late, because if I don't I would fail again.

So I got up took my things and went out of the room.

"Rei? you there?" must be out I thought

So I wrote down a note thanking her and saying that I had to go to school. After placing the note on the table where I was sure she would find it, I left the apartment and headed for school.

As I was walking towards the school I suddenly heard someone call out my name..

"Shinji!!! is that you??"

I look back and find much to my astonishment Asuka she was holding in her hands some kind of flyer.

"Where the hell have you been you idiot!!!"

"hey today's the day of that big test in Biology, what are you doing here?"

"Moron!! That was a month ago!!"

"What!! A month!!!??"

"Yeah Baka!! Where the Fuck where you the whole time??"

But before I could explain to her what happened, Rei suddenly arrived and pulled my arm.

"Shinji, What are you doing out of the apartment!! Hurry we have to go back!!! It's not time yet..."

I swear I could see Asuka's eyes bulge out of their sockets much surprised by the sudden arrival of Rei.

"Shinji!!! who is that!!! What the hell is going on!!!"

TBC




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