Thanks You guys for your encouragements! It helped me a lot… And also thank you Gunman for the funny idea… I'll keep that in mind just incase I do a parody of this… I know that the last chapter was a bit… tight between lines… I'll try to fix my habit if I can… But no promises… (This time might be different because I'm using Microsoft Word)… And yea, I'm really surprised that no one else did this too Lord Edric. Ideas are welcomed.
Disclaimer: You guys know already, If you don't, I don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion.
III
"NOO!" yelled Asuka in fury and in pain. She was angry at herself for not knowing that it was Shinji who was piloting the new Eva when it was obvious. "Th-this can't be happening! Sh-Shinji was supposed to be at Nerv! Why would that idiot keep this a secret from me and the others? Damn it! I should've known the possibility for that idiot to be the pilot! It was so god damn obvious! I mean why would he miss out going to a friend's house if it wasn't at the exact day of the Unit 03 activation? GOD DAMN IT!"
Back at Nerv:
"Sir! Asuka's brain wave patterns are going haywire!" yelled Hyuga as he turned his chair around to tell his superiors.
"What?" yelled both Misato and Fyutsuki.
"If this continues she might have a mental breakdown!" yelled Maya also turning her chair around.
"Increase the LCL pressure to maximum…" said Gendo in his usual position.
"But sir!" yelled Maya
"That's an order… We don't have time to deal with a mentally broken pilot… We don't need to lose another pilot…" said Gendo.
"U-Under stood…" said Maya and Hyuga as they turned their attention to the computers.
Unit 02:
"UGH!" yelled Asuka, still infuriated with what happened. "GOD DAMN IT!"
Then she stopped yelling when she felt a sudden increase in pressure. "Wh-what?" that was all she could say before she passed out.
Nerv:
"Retrieve the pilots, and retrieve Eva Units 00 and 02 and savage the remains of the Unit 03," said Gendo.
"But what about Shinji?" asked Misato.
"Bring him to the Nerv's lab where he will be determined to be alright or not…" said Gendo.
"Understood," said Misato with anger. "You bastard! I should just shoot you right here an now! I would if it wasn't what I promised Shinji the other day…" then she started to remember what Shinji told her
Flashback:
"Shinji I need a word with you," said Misato late on the day that Shinji chose to be the pilot of Unit 03 after she came back. Asuka was asleep and Shinji was cleaning the dishes.
"Y-yes?" asked Shinji
"Come, it's not safe to talk here…" said Misato as she led Shinji to the balcony. Shinji dropped what he was doing and followed her. "Now, why did you volunteer to be the activate Eva Unit 03?"
"S-So you found out?" asked Shinji.
"Yes, from Kaji… now answer the question!" yelled Misato.
"S-sorry… I-I chose to be the pilot of Eva Unit 03 b-because… I-I couldn't bear to see anyone be hurt i-if something went wrong during the activation…" said Shinji as he looked directly at the Major in the eye
"But why keep it a secret from Asuka and Rei?" asked Misato
"B-Because I-I don't want them to worry…"
"Then why didn't you include me?"
"B-Because you'll be able to handle it better than them if something were to happen during the activation…" said Shinji looking away.
"Okay Shinji…" said Misato as she placed her right hand on Shinji's shoulder, which made Shinji to look at her again. "I'll promise not to tell Asuka and Rei and respect your decision… But please tell me that you'll be careful…"
"A-Alright… and thank you Misato…" said Shinji
"No problem…" said Misato. "And get some sleep, you have school tomorrow…" said Misato as she headed towards the living room.
"O-Okay…" said Shinji. "A-And Misato?"
"Yes?" asked the owner of the apartment as she stopped to face Shinji
"P-Please promise me that you won't kill or hurt my dad if he does anything rash with Eva Unit 03…"
"I-I promise…" said Misato who didn't want anymore conversation for the day since she was real tired from work.
"Thank you Misato…" said Shinji with a smile.
End of Flashback…
"So then, did Shinji know that something like this was going to happen?" asked Misato to herself in her thoughts as she walked down in a hall. "DAMN IT!" yelled Major Katsuragi as she slammed her right hand against the wall.
III
When Asuka opened her eyes, she was inside a large white room. When she sat up and looked around she realized that she was in a hospital uniform. She said, "Damn… Nerv's hospital…" "What happened again?" she asked herself in her head. "Oh right… Unit 03… and Sh-… the idiot…"
Then the pilot took off the sheets that were around her, brought her legs to her chest and rapped them around with her hands. "I wonder how the idiot is doing… Damn it Asuka! Look at yourself… mourning for that idiot… And why should I care for that idiot?... B-Because I lo-Don't! Don't finish that thought Asuka! I'm not going to open my heart after what happened to…Yea… don't finish that thought either…"
Then a voice broke her train of thought, "Asuka! I'm so glad you're awake!" Misato ran and hugged Asuka.
"Ugh! M-Misato you're crushing me…" said Asuka.
"Sorry, sorry," said Misato, releasing Asuka. "So… I take it that you want to know what happened there? With the Angel?"
"HELL YES!" yelled Asuka.
"Hold one let me take a seat…" said Misato, grabbing a chair. "Alright… where to start…"
"You can start by telling me how the hell my Eva was able to react like that!"
"Oh… yea… Well… that was the dummy plug…" said Katsuargi. Then there was silence.
"WELL? WHAT IS THE DUMMY PLUG?"
"The dummy plug is a system that controls the entry plug… it hasn't been field tested yet until… about 2hours ago…"
"Woah, woah, woah… Hold on there, I was out for about 2 hours? How'd that happen?"
"Commander ordered for the LCL to increase within your entry plug before you went into a mental breakdown."
"Seriously? Me? Having a mental breakdown? Oh please…" said Asuka looking away with her arms crossed.
"Well it was about to happen…" said Misato. Asuka didn't answer back so there was silence. Then the guardian decided to break the silence, "Asuka do you want to know what happened to Shinji?"
"I don't care what happened to that idiot!" yelled Asuka, looking into Misato eyes.
Misato knew that Asuka was lying, so she said, "Shinji is stabled right now… he lost a lot of blood during the fight. And he's in quarantine until farther notice…"
"What did you tell me that for? I told you that I didn't want to know… Wait… he's in quarantine for what?" asked Asuka with some concern in her voice.
"The Magi theorized that during the sync with Unit 03, Shinji might have gotten polluted with an Angel DNA… But that's the second worst possible" said Misato.
"Then what the worst then?"
"Shinji could die… He hasn't regained consciousness since the battle," said Misato with tears forming in her eyes.
"So… the idiot can… die?" asked Asuka with a saddened tone.
"Yea…" said Misato looking away from Asuka's gaze.
"C-Can I… see him?" asked Asuka, trying hard not to show any sadness, but was failing at it.
"No, I'm afraid not… only authorized people can see him right now…"
"Like who?"
"Ritsuko and the Commander…"
"Why the Commander? He's probably the one who made Shinji do this…"
"You got it all wrong Asuka…" said Misato.
"What do you mean 'I got is all wrong?'" asked the pilot
"You were supposed to be chosen the pilot…"
"What? Then what happened for the idiot to be the one to pilot it?"
"He volunteered…"
"He WHAT? HE VOLUNTEERED? And how do you know this?" asked Asuka.
"W-Well… I'm not supposed to tell you the details… I promised Shinji… and besides, I already told you too much…"
"What? The idiot told you not to tell me?"
"And Rei…"
"And wondergirl? Oh that just makes it a whole lot better!" said Asuka in a sarcastic tone.
"Asuka, this is a serious matter… I think that Shinji knew that this was going to happen…" said Misato, rethinking on what she said as she covered her mouth.
"What was that? You think that he knew that it was going to be infected with an Angel?" asked Asuka with an angry voice.
"Well since I already told you this much, mind as well tell you the whole thing." "Please forgive me Shinji" then Misato told Asuka about the conversation with Katsuragi and the pilot of Unit 01 two days ago and her conversation with Kaji.
"Wait, wait, wait… Touji, the idiot of the stooges, was supposed to be the 4th child but didn't happen because he was in a near depression state?" Misato nodded. "Okay, answer me this."
"You don't even have to tell me that," mumbled Misato.
"Why would Shinji decide to take my place?" asked Asuka in a serious tone.
"You need to ask Shinji on that…" "Wow, she actually called Shinji by his name!" "But if you ask me, he has a crush on you…"
"W-What?" yelled Asuka as her face turned pink.
"Do I have to describe it? Shinji-LOVES-You…"
"Please don't joke," said Asuka.
"I'm not joking, well… it's only my theory…" said Misato with a smile.
"Well you're theory is wrong! I'll never like…no… I'll never love an idiot like Shinji!" "Too late…" "Just drop it… please…" said Asuka as if she was in a verse of crying.
Misato didn't talk after that. "C-Can I just go back to the apartment?" asked the red head.
"Sure… Oh and the Commander wanted to tell you that 'if you ever question my orders again I won't hesitate to send you back to Germany,'"
"Yea, whatever, I don't care, I just want to go home…" said Asuka.
"Alright…" said Misato.
III
The ride home was nothing but silence. Misato, for some strange reason, decided to drive safe today. The moment that the two went into the apartment, Asuka went into the bathroom and Misato went over to the kitchen to find PenPen sleeping on the floor with a can of beer over his (or her (They never said his/her gender… I think…)) mouth. "Ugh!" said the owner of the apartment. "I'm too tired to deal with you."
It was about time for them to eat dinner, but neither of them were hungry so Asuka retired to her room, while Misato stayed in the living room to think.
"I would really hate to think on what would've happened if it was Shinji who was the one who had to kill Asuka…" thought Misato.
Asuka's Room:
The pilot of the red Eva buried her face in her pillow. "I really hate this… I really do…" said the red head under the pillow. She was in the verge of crying for being used by her hand trying to kill Shinji. But her pride forbade it. "This is why I never wanted to ever open my heart to anyone… B-Because they always leave me… My mother, my father, and now the idiot… Why'd I let myself fall in love with him? I'll never know…"
III
When the 'Red Demon' as some people liked to call her, looked around she saw everyone she knew. They were all facing away from her. She was wearing a plug suit. "What are you guys doing here?" yelled Asuka.
Then Touji turns around, "Shut up demon! You should really learn some manners; I don't know how Shinji puts up with you!" Before Asuka can talk back he disappears.
Next Kensuke, "You know, you might be pretty, but you have some guts to be cruel to the person who saved you… what… 3 times? First in 'Over the Rainbow' with the whale angel, two with the twin Angels, and three in the volcano when you were about to fall deep down into the Earth."
"W-What? How do you know that?" yelled Asuka, but Kensuke disappears without answering.
Rei: "I'm not a doll, I'm a person that wasn't mistaken as a doll by her mother."
"YOU BITCH!" yelled Asuka trying to grab the blue haired girl but she, too, have disappeared.
Now Ritsuko. "Asuka, you really should know on what to quit being such a bitch."
"WHAT'D YOU SAY!" And Ritsuko disappears also.
Now Kaji and Misato. "Asuka, I never loved you, I love Misato," said Kaji, kissing Misato.
"STOP!" yelled Asuka, closing her eyes. When she opened them, Hikari was standing in front of her. "H-Hikari?"
"I never really liked you, you know. I just pity you for not having friends. Shinji was all nice to you and was giving his time for you and what you pay in return? Pain. I'm surprised that he hasn't snapped yet…"
"W-What are you talking about?" asked the horrified Asuka.
Then Gendo came into view and Hikari also disappeared like the rest. "Finish him… Kill the Third Child."
The next thing that Asuka knew was that she was inside her Eva, no dummy plug. "With pleasure," said Asuka with a demonic voice, she was in control on what she said before. "I-I didn't mean…" Then her body started to move, so was her Eva. In front of her was Unit 03 in one peace in the field that the First and Second child went against the 13th angel.
"STOP!" yelled Asuka. Her unit lunged towards Unit 03 and starts to tear everything apart. "STOP!" "Die ,Die, Die ,DIE!" yelled Asuka with the demonic voice. "No! I DON'T WANT HIM TO DIE! PLEASE STOP!"
Then Unit 02 had its grasp on the entry plug. "Finish him," said Gendo's voice.
"You don't even have to ask," said Asuka, with no control over her mouth again. "No… Please… STOP!" Then the entry plug was crushed. "NO!"
Then she found herself in darkness. "God… Shinji… I'm sorry…. I'm so sorry…" said Asuka, on her knees, crying with her hands over her eyes. When she looked up she saw Shinji looking down on her with cuts and brushes all over him. "Sh-Shinji?"
"I had it with you Asuka, I gave you all my time being nice to and how you treat me in return? You treated me like I was some annoying insect, and you used me to fill you own desire."
"N-No that's not true!" yelled Asuka, standing back up.
"Oh yea? Then what about kissing me to use get yourself out of boredom? You expected me to hold you on that? You're denser than me!"
"N-No! I didn't kiss you to get myself out of boredom… I-I did it b-because I love you!"
"That a bunch of bull and you know it! How would you react if you had someone who treats you like crap everyday ask and have you kiss him out of thin air?" No answer from Asuka. "I thought so! To think that I used to feel the same way about you."
"R-Really?"
"I said USED TO! And how did you repay me with? You tried to fuckin kill me!"
"T-That wasn't me! I-It was the dummy plug!" said Asuka with tears strolling down her face.
"Oh sure, like you didn't want me to die…"
"P-Please understand! Give me another chance!" said the desperate Asuka.
"Fuck you, I gave you plenty chances, I rather take my chances with my father praising me than to give you another chance to make up for the horrible stuff that you did!"
"P-Please is there any chance for me to make it up?"
"No…" said Shinji giving her a hard look. "Nothing can make up for the stuff that you did, I nearly died by you remember?"
"Bu-"
"But nothing! Why won't you just crawl back to your mom? Oh wait, she hung herself and paid more attention to a doll more than you!"
How'd he know that? Asuka didn't care, for she was furious with him using something like that against her. Then a voice rang through her head, "Finish him… Kill the Third Child!"
"With pleasure," mumbled Asuka with a demonic voice as she lunged forward to Shinji and started to choke him. Shinji tried to struggle but it was futile for the Second Child was physically stronger than the Third Child. "Die, Die, Die, DIE!" yelled Asuka as hard as she could.
"Finish him," rang the voice again. "You don't even have to ask," said Asuka with a demonic tone as she tightened her grip. Then heard a crack coming from the, now, the unconscious body.
As soon as she realized on what happened, she quickly released her grip. Asuka looked at the paled Shinji. "Oh god…" said Asuka under her breath. "Sh-Shinji?" No response from the body. "No…No… Th-This can't be happening." Then Asuka grabbed his shoulders and started to shake the body. "SHINJI! SHINJI! PLEASE TALK TO ME! SPEAK TO ME!" No response. "Please… SHINJI!"
Then she found herself in her room, sweating. She looked at the time and it was 5am. Then the red head slowly sits up and placed both her legs down at the floor but she was still sitting at her bed. "Just a dream…" she said. "Just a dream…" Then she starts to cry softly. "But it seemed so real… I-I killed Shinji in my dream and enjoyed it… I killed the idiot who gave h-his time for me and enjoyed it… God… What kind of a person am I?"
Then her cry got louder. "I-I… Because of me he's in whatever state he is in, I lost control over the Eva and let it kill… nearly kill him using my hands… and now I killed him in my dreams and enjoyed it… What is wrong with me?..." and she continued to cry.
She then felt someone hug her. But she didn't look up to see on who it was. "It's alright now Asuka… It's alright…" said Misato's voice.
"God, Misato, I nearly killed Shinji… And I killed him in my dreams…" said Asuka, continually sobbing under Misato's embrace.
"Everything will be alright now…" said Misato, softly.
"W-Why are you here?" asked Asuka.
"Because you need someone here with you…" said Misato. "And because I can hear sobbing all the way into my room, even when I was ASLEEP!"
"T-Thanks Misato…" said Asuka.
IIII
Alright I think that I'll end it here… I have to say, I was completely lost on what to put in for this chapter but my brother gave me the idea. I hope you guys enjoyed it. And if not then alright, everything is going to get better… (I hope) Please don't hesitate to tell me on how you guys felt about it and don't hesitate to review. And who should I let be absorbed by the 14th angel? Asuka or Shinji? I'm planning to go with Asuka being absorbed but I would like to hear your opinions.