Chapter 2: I feel strange

"The ceilings unfamiliar." The boy with brown hair said as he laid in the hospital bed. "No...that's not important." He said as he sat up looking at the sheets of the bed in thought. "I don't know my name?" He said, realizing what's been bugging him. 'A lapse in memory?' He thought as he sat up from the bed.

He then looked towards the clipboard at the end of the bed and took it off. 'Ikari Shinji.' That was his name. Strange he doesn't remember it being his name, nor a lot a things that come with it. Unconciously the boy raised his right hand towards his ear. Pointing the index finger to the canal of the ear, he felt something travel though it and into his brain.

It triggered the memories of Ikari Shinji.

'So that is my name.' A feeling of epiphany came into Shinji's head. He then remembered the black haired male that went into the pilot cockpit. 'Who was he?' The brown haired boy remembered him pulling out a red orb from his chest and then putting it in Shinji's own. 'It looked like the one Sachiel had.'

He blinked in surprise. Who was Sachiel. Was that the angel?. Shinji shook his head and looked at the door to his left. Walking bare feet towards it, he went to turn the knob. Then it turned by it self when his hand was a centimeter away from it. He blinked in surprise again as he looked at his hand in wonder. Then he realized. "I'm surprisingly calm about this."

Ignoring it, he just walked towards the window to stare out at the horizen. He frowned. Not at the view, but at the feeling that he felt. He was feeling strange and unexplainable. Something felt terribly different than before. He looked at his hands and thought back to the door knob. 'Did I do that?' Shinji thought. Then he wondered about how he triggered his memories. 'How was I able to do that?" His eyes narrowed.

This was all very strange to him.

Suddenly he heard the clatter of wheels to his left, but when he looked, nothing was there. The brunette tilted his head slightly and thought that it was just his imagination. He heard the noise again and saw that there two doctors moving a stretcher. On the stretcher was a blue haired girl, with red eyes wrapped in bandages.

"Lili." Shinji's eyes widened and immediately narrowed again. He shook his head 'No. That was Rei.' Then blinked in confusion. 'Who's Lili?' He carried on staring at the direction the Doctors and Rei disappeared to, not noticing the nurse that was standing behind him.

"Your Ikari Shinji, correct." She asked, which Shinji nodded to.


In the lobby of the hospital a blue haired woman stood wearing a red coat and a black dress, that had a short skirt. Which also showed some cleavage. The woman, Misato was waiting for her charge that was just allowed out of the hospital.

Misato's mouth thinned. Whilst Shinji didn't take any actual damage, or at least not too severe. His mental health might not be the same. Even if the angels spear didn't physically destroy his arm. The nerves will still transmit to his brain and it would he would feel the pain. There's also the fact that his mental stability wasn't the greatest to begin with.

However she stopped thinking about that after the blue haired woman noticed the boy, in the corner of her. Shinji was still wearing his usual clothes, white button-up t-shirt and blue pants. Once he reached her, his face scrunched up slightly in thought. "Mi...sato-san, right?"

The woman smiled and wrapped one arm around the boys neck. "Come on now, don't tell me you forgot who I am already." She dragged the boy along who only apologized to the woman. "Well then let's go, your coming with me to my house." Shinji let out a yelp as he was pushed into the car. "Yep, your coming to live with little old me." Misato joyfully, igniting the car and going off into the road.

It was surprisingly work despite the fact that it was practically destroyed. There scrapes on every inch of the car and multiple peices of it were missing. Shinji was pretty sure that it wasn't safe to drive the car, especially not with Misato driving the damn thing. She was goddamn speeding through the freaking road. So damn fast that he actually felt nervous and started holding on to the sides.

How is this woman not in jail?

Thinking about the brunette remembered a picture that the blue haired sent, with an arrow pointing towards her breast. Which also said look here. Yea, Shinji was pretty sure you don't do that with a minor. He was also pretty sure that it would put her in prison. Again he asks the same question in his head.

They didn't talk for most of the journey and the sun was starting to set. Giving the sky an orange hue. Shinji rested his chin on the palm of his hand as he stared into the sunset. He frowned slightly, for reasons unknown to him. The ride was a lot calmer now as they on a mountain road and there won't many cars for the reckless driver to dodge.

Misato looked at her new roommate who was still staring out the window. It was a bit difficult to arrange the paperwork for Shinji to live with her, but she made it in the end. He was originally going to live buy himself in an apartment provided by NERV. Obviously she didn't agree. The red wearing woman also knew that the brunette would just roll with it, judging from his personality.

She looked back out into the window as she saw a cliffside veiwing area. She smiled. 'This would be good for him.' The woman slowed down the car as she neared the cliffside. This was easily noticed by the boy sitting next to her. "Misato-san, why are we stopping?" Shinji gave a questioning look as she parked the car and got out of the car. Shinji doing the same.

"I wanted to show you something good." Misato winked at him, walking near the edge, Shinji followed her. They both looked off into the horizon with Tokyo-3 in veiw.

"If it's the sunset your talking about; then it's beautiful, but I prefer the sunrise." Shinji stated, not entirely sure what Misato was trying to show him. Said person was looking at her watch.

"It's almost time." Before he can question what she meant, Shinji heard alarms blaring in the distance, as multiple hatches started to open up and from there buildings started to sprout out from it. Entire skyscrapers came out as the brunettes eyes widened at the veiw. Misato only smiled at the small change in expression by the teen. "So what do you think?"

"It's...awe-inspiring." Shinji smiled, somewhat surprising Misato with the sudden change. But she quickly changed her shocked face into a smile. Proud of her work she looked back at the buildings that have all emerged.

After that they went back into the car to drive to her apartment with Shinji keeping that same smile all the way. Which made Misato herself smile. Arriving in the city she made way to a convenient store to buy groceries. Which mainly consisted of beer and premade food, which Misato defended. The trip was short and they arrived at Misato's apartment soon after leaving.

His first impression of it? "It's filthy." Shinji droned at the gigantic mess that is now apparently his home. There were cans of beer all over the place, with stacks of plastic containers for the microwaved food. The floor was completely filled with trash, that he could barely walk around without tripping. It aslo happens that some of Misato's laundry was around the place. Including her underwear.

"Sorry, this place is a little dirty right now." Misato shouted from the other room. That was a big understatement. It was like a pigsty in here. Shinji sighed and started cleaning up the apartment, picking up the random items that doesn't look important and put them into a bin bag. After that he started picking up her underwear to throw into the basket that he find.

Sadly Misato came in at the same time and she stared at Shinji for a moment before gaining a sly smile on her face. "Well aren't you the daring one Shinji, should I be worrying for myself?" She teased with Shinji giving a deadpan face.

"And this is coming from the woman, whom I recall, gave me a picture with an arrow putting to your chest. If anything I should be the one worried about myself." Shinji ranted, with his face deadpanning more with every word. Misato pouted at his comeback and proceeded to plop herself down on a chair. "What your not gonna help clean your mess?"

"Well, it looks like your doing fine on your own." The bluenette said, looking at the already surprisingly clean room. Shinji sure worked fast. Putting away the last bit of garbage and putting the bin bags by the door to throw out later. "Well now that your finished, let's get something to eat."


Shinji sighed as he relaxed in the hot water. After eating the premade dinner, that wasn't too bad, he went off to take a bath. He also encountered Pen-pen, apparently a warm water penguin that is somehow surviving in Misato's house, specifically Misato's, living in the extra fridge in the house. 'She was pretty nice though.' The brunette smiled. It was more than what he could say about his father, if he remember correctly.

Quite the bastard he was.

Talking of memories, the grey eyed teen looked at his right hand that triggered his memories. Well more like resurface, but that's just technicalities. He also thought to what he did with the door knob back at the hospital. Twisting with out touching. Then hearing something from outside, what he presumes to be, the normal hearing range. "I wonder if could do it again." Shinji looked at the bottle of shampoo near him and started to stare intensely at it. After a few seconds...

Nothing happened.

Shinji sighed and let himself sink into the water to ignore his thoughts. He opened his eyes to see the moving surface of the waters above him. He then felt a strange feeling of familiarity. Like he has done this before. His eyes started to get heavy and he felt them droop slightly until everything became black. He started to hear a voice. A females voice. It was...beautiful and relaxing. It was soothing.

"Your still alive. That's good."

'Who are you?' Shinji asked.

"But why have you inhabited this boys body, Shinji!?"

'What are you talking about and why did you sound different?'

"I see, very well then. Shinji! I will leave you to it."

'No wait, I need to know; who are-'

"SHINJI." The voice of Misato yelled. Muffled by the water in his ear. His eyes shot open and he accidently took a small breathe of the water. Shinji immediately rised out of the water, coughing. "Shinji are you okay in there?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just getting out." The brunette wheezed between coughs as he got out of the tub. He got his pajamas, after drying himself. Misato was outside the bathroom looking at him with smile, before she beckoned him to follow her, which he did.

"This will be your room." Sliding open the doors Shinji saw the room that he would be sleeping in. It was pretty spacious with a bed in the corner and multiple boxes lying around, that he should be his. "I know it's a bit bare right now, but you can decorate it however you like once you get the chance." Misato told him as he entered the room to have a closer 'feel'. "Hey Shinji." He nodded as reponse. "Welcome home."

The brunette blinked in surprise before he smiled. "Glad to be home."

"Good night." She said, which Shinji repeated. Smiling she closed the door and left for own room. Still smiling himself the brunette moved to the bed and laid on top off it. Looking upon the ceiling like the time he did in the hospital.

"The ceiling's unfamilair." He said, before he turned on his side to sleep.

"Meh, I can get used to it."


Author's note: Second chapter. Not as long as I want it to be, but it was more or less setup and getting somethings down. Yeah this chapter doesn't really have too much going on and isn't as long as I want it to be and I don't have an omake. So yea, but I hope you enjoyed it none the less. So uh what do you think of this chapter, is it good or bad.

And sorry if the A/N is a bit lack luster since I have nothing to write for this one.

So uhh, I guess I'll see you later? Bye.