Hikari no Ai Hikari's Love Chapter 3: SEN NO KOTOBA A Thousand Words, an evangelion fanfic

Hikari no Ai – Hikari's Love

Disclaimer: see first chapter.

Disclaimer addendum: The author disavows any copyright he may have with any songs from Final Fantasy X-2, Sweetbox, or Eden's Crush. Lyrics used in this fic are only used for entertainment and plot devices. This addendum is herby enforced for this and all further chapters of this fic. This addendum is not retroactive to previous chapters unless revised.

Episode 3: SEN NO KOTOBA – A Thousand Words (Execute File: Hayashibara Megumi – Give a Reason.MP3)

The cold and dark of the room was just what he had hoped for, a chance for him to think. He knew that this could be the end of his career, or worse. He had already disobeyed orders once, and now he did it again. But whatever they did to him, as long as she was safe… Ah what was he kidding?! She'd probably be locked up for life! But that didn't mater now. For the moment anyway, she was safe. He didn't know what time it was, or what day it was for that manner. All of a sudden the door opened, a bright stream of white light filled the room. However, all he did was blink. "Pilot Ikari," a voice said to him, "You are to follow me, Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki will whish to speak to you."

"My father doesn't even want to speak to me… figures," Ikari said as he got up and followed the nameless soldier to his fate, a talk with the second highest man in all of NERV.

The Sub-Commander had in fact sent for the young Ikari. From the data that sat on his desk, Fuyutsuki could only imagine what was going on in the head of the Third. But one thing was for sure, this Horaki girl was just what the doctor ordered. Little did Shinji know that Section-Two knew about his fantasies and one Hikari Horaki. Fuyutsuki noticed that since Shinji started to become interested in her his test scores shot through the roof. But after the tenth angel, the events from which caused him to be sent back to Japan from the hell known as the Dead Ocean, he knew exactly what was on the young man's mind – it didn't take a rocket scientist with mounds of data to figure this out. A knock on the large door at the end of the expansive room that held, among other things, the Commander and his desks signaled the end of Fuyutsuki's musings. "Come in," he said to the entrant, his voice sounded too loud in the quite of the large room. The door opened and in stepped a girl, Horaki. "Ah, I was expecting the Third Child, but I do have to speak to you too."

"I know sir, I disobeyed the order to evacuate," the girl said.

"Oh no, this has nothing to do with that," Fuyutsuki said cordially, "It was thanks to a certain pilot that you weren't arrested for that little accident."

"Asuka, right?"

"Shinji was the one who saved you from that fate. Now, speaking of Shinji, how do you feel towards him?"

Hikari did a small double take. "A little forward aren't we?"

"Just answer the question."

"Well…" Hikari said deep in thought. Truth was she didn't really know what she thought of the boy with short brown hair and brown eyes. "I just don't…"

"Alright, you don't have to answer that if you don't know," Fuyutsuki said deciding to relive her of the task, "It's normal for a teenager at your age to be confused about this sort of thing."

"I know it's just…"

"No matter what your feelings for him, I was just going over the numbers from Shinji's sync tests. I must say they've improved quite substantially."

"Maybe he's just getting better?"

"That could be it, but something has changed in his personality. It seems that he accepts friendship more than when he first came here."

"He hangs around…"

"Suzahara and Aida, I know," the old man said, "but it seems that he has accepted someone else, as a friend at least."

"And that would be…"

"You, Hikari Horaki." A knock on the door as subtle as a pile of bricks sounded through the large, empty room. "That's probably him. Come in!"

The door opened and in walked a dismal Shinji. Not even noticing the fact that Hikari was even in the room he walked straight to Fuyutsuki and bowed low, "Third Child, Shinji Ikari reporting as requested, sir."

"Ah Shinji, no need to be so formal, I'm not your father."

"But you might as well be," Shinji said, "After all, you're going to tell me that I'm about to be court-martialed aren't you?"

"Actually, we were going to court-martial you. That is until we realized that you were protecting your… friend. As of now Third Child you are released from captivity, Miss Horaki you too."

Shinji did a double take, finally noticing that Hikari was in the room. "Hikari-chan!"

Giggling Hikari replied, "Don't worry Shinji; I forgive you for not noticing me."

"As I was saying," Fuyutsuki said slightly irritated, "you are released with no charges on your record. Now Shinji, escort Miss Horaki home. Her parents might want to know where she's been for the past five days."

"FIVE DAYS!!"

Fuyutsuki chuckled, "Oh do you really think we wouldn't contact your family? Don't worry they know your safe and they're expecting you home in a couple of hours."

"So it hasn't been five days?" Hikari asked.

"No, it was two and a half."

"Gee thanks," Shinji said, "Thank you very much anyway. Let's go Hikari."

Outside the Geo-Front the two teens stared into the mist known as a city in twilight. The two teens stared at the silhouette of the retractable buildings surrounding them. Then, after a long comfortable silence, Shinji spoke up saying, "Uh… where do you live?"

"Huh?" Hikari asked being brought back to reality.

"I was told to take you home," Shinji said, "but I kinda don't know where that is."

"Oh," Hikari said blushing in response, "It's this way." She walked off toward the sunset and Shinji followed. A few blocks from the Geo-Front entrance the two teens mindlessly intertwined their hands. Even though they weren't a couple yet, no one would be the wiser if they saw them walking down the street at that moment. And unfortunately, two people did. One with a head full of fire, the other had emotions that were as cold as ice.

The two teens reached the apartment complex that housed the Horaki residence with their hands still intertwined. It wasn't until they were in front of Hikari's door that they separated. Hikari was the first to speak, "Well, here we are."

"Yea," Shinji said with an obvious uncomfortable feeling that wasn't there a few moments ago, "Uh… so I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yea," Hikari said also very uncomfortable, "Later."

"See ya," Shinji sad as he walked from the apartment door. Shinji wasn't more that a block away from the apartment when he was pulled from the sidewalk by a girl with red hair.

"What have you been up to?"

"Asuka?!" Shinji said loudly, "What are you…?"

"If you have spread your hentai thoughts to someone so innocent and pure I'll…"

"Whoa! Hold it Asuka!" Shinji said trying to quite the red tirade, "I was ordered to walk her home! I swear I did nothing wrong!"

Asuka studied the poor Third Child, 'Does this baka even realize that he held her hand all the way from the Geo-Front to her apartment?' she thought. 'It is possible. That probably means that Hikari didn't have a clue either.' "All right Third Child, you're safe – for now."

Shinji breathed a sigh of relieve, "Thank you Asuka. Let's go home."

The next day the class of 2-A was preparing for the 'busy' day as they normally did. Most of the students were talking amongst themselves. Rei was looking out the window Asuka was on an angry tirade against the leader of the Three Stooges and Shinji was just observing the class as usual. Shinji looked over to Hikari's desk. Hikari was nervously reading over something on her laptop. Shinji, feeling an unusual sense of bravery, decided to walk up to Hikari. "You Ok Hikari?"

"Ah!" Hikari said jumping a little and closing her laptop. "Oh Shinji, it's you."

"You Ok? You seem out of it," Shinji asked again.

"Oh, I'm just nervous, that's all."

"Nervous about what?" Shinji asked.

But Hikari didn't get a chance to answer that question as the PA system clicked on, "Ikari Shinji. Ikari Shinji, please come to the principal's office."

"Better check to see what that is Shinji," Hikari said relieved that she didn't have to answer that question.

"Yea," Shinji said as he walked out of the door.

Asuka noticed as Shinji had walked out the door leaving Hikari to return to her nervousness. Asuka knew exactly why Hikari was nervous. Asuka decided to give her a pep talk. "Hey Hikari."

Hikari jumped again and turned around, "Asuka, please don't do that!"

"Sorry," Asuka said. Hikari was the only person to receive that word on a regular basis from the red-headed German, "Anyway, relax, you're going to do fine."

"C'mon Asuka, having two days of nothing but sitting in a NERV cell kinda gave me no time to practice."

"Hikari, I've heard you while I was at your house," Asuka said reassuringly, "You'll do fine."

"Thanks," Hikari said calming down.

The PA system crackled to life yet again, "All students please head to the auditorium. Students participating in the talent search please report to the back stage area."

(AN: Now before you all lynch me with "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP?!" Let me explain. 1: This is a school with teenagers in it. A requirement of entertainment to keep them interested needs to be inserted from time to time. 2: It's a plot device, trust me. 3: I apologize for any OCC that any previous scene or any future scenes, especially with the Red Devil, Asuka. Also, despite the serious tone set by the first couple of chapters, there will be amusing points, and this probably will be one of them. Now, on to your regularly scheduled fanfic)

"Time to face the music," Hikari said.

"No, it's time for you to make music for the judges to face," Asuka joked, "Good luck!"

"Yep," Hikari said as she walked down the hall to the auditorium. Asuka and the rest of the class followed her to take their seats.

Shinji, however, was already in the auditorium. He was sitting next to Maya and Aoba, "What are you guys doing here?"

"Well," Maya said, "NERV is sponsoring this, Shinji. I think Sempai said something about a 'new way to test for prospective pilots' but I don't know what a Junior High School Talent show would do to find more pilots."

"I never really understood Ritsuko anyway," Aoba said, "Let's just enjoy the show!"

The students quieted down as Misato walked on stage, "Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the show! Let's get rolling! Now each of our contestants has two songs they have prepared and our first contestant has dedicated her first song to 'someone who recently had helped her discover her real emotions.' This is cute because her song is entitled 'real Emotion.' Ladies and Gentlemen, from class 2-A, Horaki Hikari!"

The curtain lifted to expose a brightly lit Hikari and Shinji did a double take. Oh… this should be interesting.

Then Hikari began singing.

"What can I do for you?

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart

I could see a place that's something like this

Every now and then I don't know what to do

Still I know that I can never go back

But the things I've seen in those hazy dreams

Can't compare to what I'm seeing now

Everything's so different

That it brings me to my knees

And though I know the world of real emotion has surrounded me

I won't give in to it

Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go

I hear your voice calling out to me:

"You'll never be alone"

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

I don't plan on looking back on my old life

I don't ever plan to rely on you

Even if by chance everything should go wrong

You'd come anyway and try to save me

Though from time to time it's an upward climb

All I know is that I must believe

'Cause the truth I'm seeking

Always was inside of me

And when I find the world of real emotion has surrounded me

The many things that you taught me then

Will always be enough to get me through the pain

Because of you I am strong enough to know I'm not alone

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

And if I find the real world of emotion has surrounded me

And I can't go on

You are there the moment that I close my eyes to comfort me

We are connected for all of time

I'll never be...

And though I know the world of real emotion has surrounded me

I won't give in to it

Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go

I hear your voice calling out to me:

"You'll never be alone"

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

What can I do for you?

I can hear you

I can hear you"

Her last note resonated through out the hall and a round of applause followed. Misato walked up to Hikari, "My! What a strong voice! You sound inspired."

"Well," Hikari said blushing harder than she wanted to because she was in front of the student body, "I tried to remember how I felt around a certain someone and just let it flow."

"What's your next song?" Misato asked.

"It's again dedicated to a special someone. This someone is one that I hope will notice the true meaning of this song and will feel moved to act. It's called Mil Palabras."

Misato stepped off of the stage and the music started. Shinji, who loved her last song waited with battered breath for her voice.

"Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah, oh, yeah, yeah,

Baby baby I just got to let you know,
How you make me feel inside, yeah,
Baby baby like a river we could flow,
How I wish that you were mine, yeah,

Is it your eyes?
Is it your kiss?
Is it the affection that I miss?
I never ever want to say goodbye, whoa,
Are you for real?
I need to know,
Hopefully my heart will tell me so,
Before I lay my feelings on the line,

One thousand words are not enough,
I need to feel your tender touch,
It is the only thing to satisfy my need,
One thousand kisses on my lips,
Won't give me the relationship,
I want much more than that,
A love that I can keep,

Cuanto tiempo más,
Lo tengo que venir,
Yo me vuelo y es por ti, Mmmm…
Ves de la Marte lo quiero con pesar,
Quiero liberar me fin, yeah,

Mi haces vibrar,
Con tu calor,
Enciendes el fuego en mi interior,
Oh baby cuando tu me das tu piel,
Pierdo el control, hasta caer,
me dejas hechizada de placer,
Mi vida no seria vida sin tu luz son ves,

Ni mil palabras bastaran,
Yo necesito mucho mas,
Entrégate esta vez y así seré feliz,
Mil besos nunca cansaran,
Para cecear me ser de amar,
Dame la eternidad,
Dame tu amor sin fin,

Can't you feel it baby,
Boy you drive me crazy,
All I want to do,
is share my life with you,
I know that you're thinking,
is she what I'm missing,
Let me lead you baby,
Cause I can take you there,

You know I can,
But 1,000 words,
Are not enough,

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,

Ni mil palabras bastaran,
Yo necesito mucho mas,
Entrégate esta vez y así seré feliz,
Mil besos nunca cansaran,
Para cecear me ser de amar,
Dame la eternidad,
Dame tu amor sin fin,

Ni mil palabras bastaran,

Yo necesito mucho mas,
Entrégate esta vez y así seré feliz,
Mil besos nunca cansaran,
Para cecear me ser de amar,
Dame la eternidad,
Dame tu amor sin fin,

Ni mil palabras bastaran,
Yo necesito mucho mas,
Entrégate esta vez y así seré feliz,
Mil besos nunca cansaran,
Para cecearme ser de amar,
Dame la eternidad,
¡Dame tu amor sin fin!"

The last note aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as Hikari bowed and walked off of stage. The other contestants showed no comparison to Hikari and she was awarded first place. After the show school was done for the day and Shinji ran down to Hikari's locker. Trying to be brave but failing miserably Shinji walked up to the girl of pigtails and said "Hikari…"

(Execute file: sweetbox – 1000 words.MP3)

AN: Yes, that's the end. Sorry about the Spanish, especially if there is mistakes. I did my best to transliterate it but it might be a little off. EXPECT A REVISON OF THIS CHAPTER! I didn't like how it came out but the story needed updating. That and I'm tired and it's 11:50 on a school night. (And I care why? Maybe a test in AP American History) Anyway, this chapter isn't necessarily finalized.

Reviews accepted, flames will be extinguished with my industrial sized fire extinguisher and constructive criticism (especially for this chapter) will be taken into deep consideration.