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ROUND 2
CHALLENGE
A few days later…
Asuka was standing in front of her room mirror.
This will be her first official day in Neon Genesis Academy and she was bubbling with excitement. This will be the beginning of her legend in this place, and she was going to get to it. Fixing her uniform with her, a bright grin crossed her face.
"Look out Genesis Academy," Asuka said putting her hands into fists, "There is a new legend in town.
She stepped out of the room with her bag in her hand, glancing around herself. The PILOTs dorm was situated a little way away from the rest of the school with large fields of grass and a humongous forest in the distance. She was impressed with the design as to how wide the place really was, but anyhow she hadn't come here to admire scenery, she had come here to become to top dog in this place…
I'm already a lot stronger than when I first started with Kaji, she thought smirking a little, and I'm a Ki user, which gives me an edge on battle, with Non-Ki users. I have also created a style of battle unique to me only, so it won't be long before I start to advance in the ladder and become an Angel.
Smirking with triumph, Asuka continued her trek toward the school.
When she arrived at the cafeteria, she noticed they were other students already there, chatting comfortably with each other. It was as if she had just stepped inside the cafeteria of a ordinary high school.
She scanned them thoughtfully.
Most of them were possibly PILOTs level, as she scanned them, since they seemed to be starring around the room in awe. Asuka didn't blame them for this. This cafeteria was way larger than any room she had seen so far, as she made her way to take an empty tray so that she could take food.
"You're Asuka Langley right?"
Turning toward the voice, she saw a young girl with pigtails hair. She had glasses on and some pimples on her face, dressed in a different outfit than the students.
"Yes," Asuka said, "Who's asking?"
"I'm Hikari Hokari," the girl said introducing herself, "I was just told to give you this."
The girl handed her an envelope which had her name on it.
"Who send it?"
"It's your class schedule," Hikari told her turning away, "Since you're a Ki user and all, you'll have classes with other Ki users."
"What level are you?" Asuka asked.
Hikari stopped in her walk before turning her head sideway.
"It won't matter to a PILOT," was the answer she received, "But since you've drawn many attention to yourself…I'm a level up than you."
Asuka frown her eyes, "What do you mean I've drawn attention?"
Hikari chuckled.
"You're a genius; figure it out Langley-san."
The girl turned her head forward and started walking away, as Asuka narrowed her eyes at her.
Sheesh, what an attitude, she thought, but all of this tension within this school…it makes it all the more exciting.
Making her way toward an empty table she sat down and tears off the top of the letter and pulled out the contents, reading it. It was a schedule with the classes she will have today. Frowning, she read through them.
Those classes are more for beginners than me, she thought, the school must have been thought that I would be on the same level as the rest of the students...Huh?
Something on top of the corner of the page drew her attention. It was right beside her student number…
M-PILOT.
When the bell rung, Asuka headed off to her first class.
Her first class was the Style of Ki.
She arrived in the room, and it already had a lot of students, mostly PILOTs in her opinions, as she took a seat by the window. She noticed that the girl from earlier, Hikari was there thought she was working on the board writing about the lessons they were going to cover today.
"You're Red Devil Soryu's kid right?"
A girl was standing around her desk, looking curiously at her.
"What of it?"
"You look like her," the girl replied shrugging her shoulders, "thought the battle against the Droid was interesting."
"You to have a go at me?" Asuka asked her narrowing her eyes.
The girl grinned.
"Off course not, class is about to start," she said, "It is against the rule to fight in the classroom…but how about during Free hour?"
"Free hour?"
The girl slapped her forehead.
"I forgot, you're a new student to the school," she said, "Free hour is after lunch…we can fight at the Arena behind the PILOTs dorm. What do you say?"
Asuka let out a feral grin. She was not about to ignore a challenge.
"Name and Level," she asked.
The girl returned her with a grin of her own.
"My name is Mayumi Yamagishi, Langley-san," the girl said, "My level is EVA."
The two girls continue to stare, seizing each other up.
"Get to your seat Yamagishi," a voice said.
Hikari was standing there with a blank look on her face as she stared at the girl across her. Mayumi simply let out a smile,
"Don't get your panties in a twist Hokari, I was just saying hi to the daughter of the Red Devil," she said.
Mayumi walked off, with Hikari following her with her eyes, before glancing back at Asuka. The redhead stared back at her, but Hikari didn't say anything simply walked off. Asuka didn't get what was Hikari's business; after all, the girl wasn't her friend.
She let a grin out of her lips.
She had a fight to prepare for.
"Now that you're all seated," a woman said seating up from the chair with her long purple hair cascading down on her back, "I want to welcome all of you to a new school year. My name is Misato Katsuragi so remember it well."
The teacher wrote her name on the board before turning around.
"Now, from the Entrance Exams that were held a couple of days ago," she said, "I can tell by just looking that most of you in here don't use Ki in the way it was required, while others could use it well enough to be passable. Few use it to perfection."
Her eyes swept over Asuka at this.
"Now to begin this lesson, I will tell you something about Ki that everyone in here should know," she said, addressing the class, "There are two types of Ki Users in this world."
Asuka blinked.
I thought Ki users were just Ki users? What is she talking about?
She wrote it on the board as she continued, "There are the defensive type and the offensive type."
"Defensive Ki users are those who use their Ki as a shield of some sort," Misato continued, "They are subconsciously using their Ki to form a complete 360 degrees circle around them. That way, any opponents who attack them or stepped within that circle, they will be immediately aware of it, and counter attacked. They are the most dangerous Ki Users in the world at the moment, for they are mostly hard to predict or caught off guard. More experienced defensives Ki users, can expand that circle to more than two hundred meters even larger….to be able to senses to movement of an entire city as big as Tokyo itself."
Many of the new students whispered slightly.
"I know, impressive right," Misato told them, "The offensive types are more…flexible if you like to think of it that way for they are many ways to use the offensive type of Ki. Me, I'm an offensive type."
As if to demonstrate, the chalk she was holding up started to glow a bright blue.
"I can channel my Ki to any object I'm holding, making it stronger than metal itself," she said, and with a flick of her finger, Misato send the chalk flying into the wall beside her.
With an audible crack, the chalk had buried itself within the wall without snapping in half.
Kaji is the same as her, Asuka thought, he could channel the Ki through his entire body, making himself almost indestructible.
"Offensive Ki users can use their Ki to enhance abilities, strength and even speed," Misato told them, "Also they can use the Ki to create an entire new form of attacks called Ki Waves. I'm sure most of you know what that means right? One of you gives me an answer."
A hand shoots up.
"Yes Mr.…"
"Shigeru Aoba," the boy said, "Ki Waves is an ability of transmitting the Ki outside of your body into a single bound of energy forming a Ki Blast."
"That's right, thank you Aoba-kun," Misato said, smiling at her, "He got it right people, the Ki Waves are extremely dangerous if you have no training into doing it yourself. It can backfire upon you, causing disability meaning you lose the mean of ever using Ki in your life."
No wonder Kaji didn't want me to do it, Asuka thought to herself, which is probably why he made me use my Ki as a way to enhance my attacks...
"There is also many ways to use Ki in either defensive or offensive," Misato continued as she wrote more important stuff on the board, "Takes notes."
They were grumbling noises as the students started to pull out their notebook.
It was an interesting class for Asuka as she stepped out of the room at the end of the class. But she had covered most of them already in her studies with Kaji back home, and when she noticed Mayumi walking off forward, she was reminded of the challenge she had received as a grin grew on her face.
She can hardly wait till after lunch.
Now it was P.E. class as the group of students stayed outside in their outfit. It was a battle outfit with protective gears in their knees and forearms. The group made their way into the Stadium as the teacher approached with a student in tow.
It was a blue haired girl with pale skin and she was already dressed up in her gears and the blue band in her shoulders showed what Level she was.
ANGEL.
Asuka was frowning at the girl.
She could hardly believe that this girl was an ANGEL of all people, but the girl opened her eyes probably sensing her stare, and the redhead found herself looking at a pair of crimson eyes, and they seemed to pierce through Asuka like a knife, making the girl drew a sharp breath.
W…What the hell was that?
"Hello students," the teacher announced, "I have brought one of the ANGEL here to give you a little taste of what we're about to learn here in this class. Now she would be sparring with me so all of you pay attention okay."
The man turned toward the girl and said, "Get ready Rei."
"Hai," Rei soft voice answered.
The group stood there, looking at the two opponents take their stances, but Rei simply turned her body sideway as she stood there, looking utterly relaxed.
"Do you think she can take on Sensei?" a girl near Asuka said.
"I don't know," the other girl beside her said, "I heard the ANGEL were strong, could be on the teacher's level if not higher."
Stronger than teachers? Asuka thought, slightly shocked.
She had never been able to best Kaji in their fights, meaning the man was way headed of her; if the ANGELs could be as strong as Kaji, or possibly even stronger…
Suddenly the teacher launched himself forward in amazing speed, way faster than the Droid that Asuka had faced in the Entrance Exams, sending forward a punch, and to her surprise, Rei was able to dodge it, and she had done it with remarkable ease. Then Rei spun around, becoming a blur of movement with a kick, whistling in the air, so fast that the teacher had to duck down to avoid it.
Down on the ground, the teacher pull out a leg, coming with a tackle at Rei's other leg.
At those speeds, Asuka thought, amazed, there is no way she could dodge…
But Asuka was wrong about Rei's level of skill.
Dead wrong.
At everyone's shock, Rei who was standing on one leg, spinning with the momentum of her kick, had jumped the attack, spinning in the air above the still crouched teacher. The blue haired girl landed behind the sensei, on her left hand, spinning her body in a spectacular move, sending another kick, lower that was heading straight for the crouched teacher's face that had no time to dodge, raising his hand to block it.
Rei's other leg came flying too, probably making the teacher realized that there was no way he could dodge this and the foot…to everyone's surprise, missed.
The entire class was open mouthed, even Asuka. She had large eyes amazed at Rei's skills and ability. The girl was stronger than she looked, and it sends a chill down her spine at the gap that was between the PILOTs and the ANGELs. She must have not being the only one thinking it for most of the class seemed on that same line of thoughts when she noticed the looks on her classmates face.
But how come she missed the second kick, Asuka thought, she had him at point blank…why?
The two fighters straightened themselves.
"Nice one Rei," he said, before turning toward the class, "This is what it means to be ANGELs. The level of skill to be prepared for every fight or any situations, even if the opponent is stronger than you. Are you ready to take it to the next level?"
Asuka's eyes were only on Rei.
At long last, Free hour.
The redhead made her way toward the Arena, meeting Mayumi there who had a smile on her face.
"I thought you've gotten cold feet about fighting me," she said.
"I don't back down from a challenge that easily," Asuka told her, with a smirk.
The two walked inside the large building which had a large fighting ring, as the two girls took their positions.
"Well, since your last class had a little preview about the gap between ANGEL and PILOTs, I thought you would have thought twice in the gap between PILOTs and EVAs."
"How would you know that?" Asuka asked, curious.
Mayumi grinned.
"They did the same thing when I was a PILOT, to show us how we pale in comparison to the Elites. Something to motivate us to become better than we thought we were. I'm an EVA and our skills differ greatly. You think you can stand up to me?"
Asuka took her stance, "As I told you before, I don't back down from a challenge this easily."
Mayumi took her own stance.
"Let me show you the differences between our abilities."
Asuka is about to face her first real fight...and against a EVA no less...Will she come up victorious?
Or will she face a crushing defeat?
AN: Anyone else think Rei was badass in this chapter?
Jacques0 out.
R&R.
