(Shiki's Question Corner!)
Mf7793: Hello I few viewers this is mangafreak7793, I've decided to open up a spot where we answer few viewers with there questions as for our host
Shiki: That's me!
Mf7793: Unfortunately we couldn't get anybody else
Shiki: Shut up
(Shiki slices Mf7793 Up with her scythe)
Shiki: Moving on here is how's the question corner works. you submit review containing question about me or the story and I repeat no Pm's or it will be null and void so it's pretty simple, Here's an Example
mangafreak7793: What is the meaning in Shiki's name
Shiki: well My Shiki means '葬式' means Ceremony as for Ryomi, 遠 (Ryo) and '海'(Mi) means Distant ocean, Romantic isn't it....
Mf7793: We have one more question
Shiki: Oh really what is it?
InTheYearOfTheCat: Is Shiki going to date Shinji?
Shiki: No Way!, Not my type he's too polite for his own good, we just simply have a co-worker relationship...and besides this author is trying to make a ShinjixRei fic
Mf7793: And Shiki has a crush on Kaze (If those reading know my early work)
Shiki: Shut up!
(Shiki cuts Mf7793 head of with her scythe)
Shiki: Well he's dead, that's it for question corner, this is Ryomi Shiki signing out
"Shinji, Shinji, it's time to wake up" a voice called out as Shinji slowly opened his eyes. He was in a familiar green meadow, and as he looked at his side he saw a familiar red-haired boy sitting beside him.
"Long time no see, Ikari-san, how long has it been...three years since we last met?" Shinji replied back with a nod, not fully comprehending how he got here again, and then a thought struck him.
"Am I dead?" Shinji asked only to hear a small chuckle from his red-haired companion
"No, Shinji, you didn't die, if you had then you would have gone someplace else" Takimi replied "Or do you want to die?"
"No, I don't. It's just that… what is this place really? I know what it does, but when I came here and left, it felt like I woke up from a dream, is this really real or is it a vision of the afterlife?" Shinji asked
"How very perceptive of you, Ikari-san" Takimi said "In a way, you're both right and wrong"
"Huh?"
"This place is in between reality and dreams, it has the essence of dreams, yet it's real all the same, in a way it's another world all together" Takimi explained as Shinji only replied with a dumb nod "It may take some time to understand, but you will in time"
"But why am I here again?" Shinji asked "Though I don't really mind it" he quickly added as he felt his stresses from fighting the angel slowly fading away
"I don't know, it could be fate or a random occurrence" Takimi said as he got Shinji confused by his enigmatic sayings
"I don't understand"
"I'm sorry, if I can't explain it to you more clearly" Takimi said as his sad smile was plastered on his face "But, like that time three years ago, I haven't got much time to talk to you"
"Again" Shinji said, sad to see a good friend leave
"Yes, but it's very rare for somebody to be able to enter this place without the consent of their own free will" Takimi said as he pulled a strange old-fashioned key out of his pocket
"But one of the reasons I wanted to see you again, is that I sense that now your choices from now on will impact your life, as well as those around you, so now I'll give you another gift so that it may help you in the distant future, so will you accept it or not?" Takimi asked but only to get a strange look at Shinji as he merely stared at the key and Takimi
"What's wrong, Ikari-san?"
"Nothing, it's just that..." Shinji said "Nothing will come out of it like last time, right?"
"Oh, I see that you met Ryomi-san, how is she?" Takimi asked only to receive a glare filled with anger and annoyance "I see... nice to see she's doing well, but don't worry, this is just a simple key and nothing more, so will you accept it or not?"
"Alright, if it will help me..." Shinji said as he took the key
"Then until we meet again" Takimi said as he stood up, took Shinji by the collar, and threw him into an abyss
"Not again!" Shinji yelled as he fell into the dark abyss only to fall off the bed where he was resting "another dream"
"Yo, apparently with all that moaning and groaning you met with Takimi again didn't you?" Shiki asked as she was floating above Shinji
"Yeah… wait, how did you know I was there?" Shinji asked surprised that the girl knew
"Remember, I'm your contract partner and that means that I'm connected to you, so if your mind is sent to some other place I should know" Shiki explained
"I see"
"By the way, what's with the key?" Shiki said as she pointed at Shinji's hand as it had the very same key Takimi gave him
"I don't know, Honoo-san said it's important" Shinji replied as Shiki replied with a sigh
"That Takimi... he's confusing as ever, when I get done here, I'll beat the living crap out of him" Shiki said as she began cracking her knuckles
"But when you're done here, that means I'll die..." Shinji thought ashe sweatdropped
As he began to calm down and laugh at Shiki's plans on how to 'Beat the living crap' out of Honoo-san, he began to hear a clanging noise outside his room. So, out of curiosity, he went to peek out into the hallway
It was a stretcher carrying the blue-haired girl called Ayanami Rei. For a brief moment, her ruby-red eyes met his clear blue ones as they passed, for that brief moment, Shinji felt a sigh of relief that the girl was alright but it quickly disappeared as his father walked by, ignoring the boy as he kept up with the moving stretcher, only focusing on her.
"That asshole, you did all that work and not even a word of thanks" Shiki said as she swung her scythe in an angry fashion
"..." Shinji couldn't say anything as he watched his father and the stretcher
"Really now surely he should have said a word or two of thanks" A new voice said as Shinji turned around to see Katsuragi Misato
"Katauragi-san"
"Hello, I came to pick you up to take you to your apartment since I heard you were feeling better" Misato said
"Oh, thanks..." Shinji said as he forced a smile on his face
"Good God, does that mean you have to suffer through that insane sound-breaking speed called 'driving'" Shiki said "Not that I mind, but I think you might actually die by this"
"Thanks for your concern" Shinji muttered sarcastically
"Did you say something?" Misato asked
"It's nothing"
"Hey, are you okay living alone?" Misato asked "If you want, you can always live with your father"
"It's fine...besides, I don't think my father wants me around him" Shinji said smiling meekly at Misato
"That's right, you don't need that bastard around" Shiki said "If only I had a tangible body, I would make him regret ever being brought forth into existence"
"Another reason is to keep Shiki from ranting even more..."
"Oh come on, it's only natural for a father and son to live together"
"No..." Shinji bluntly replied, which annoyed Misato
"What's wrong with you, I'm trying to help you and you respond with that" Misato said
"I'm sorry, Misato, and not to be rude but it was never your concern to begin with, even though I accept your sentiment. All you're trying to do is add more fuel to the fire so if that's all, then just please take me to my apartment" Shinji said, leaving Misato speechless, but any person within a 5 meter radius could tell a swirling cloud of anger was about to storm in, and of course Shinji was oblivious to it, but his transparent friend wasn't.
"Shinji, if you value your life, run away right now" Shiki said clearly seeing that Misato was about to explode any minute. It also didn't help Shiki's imagination envision the worst case scenario at all when she saw Misato's gun in its holster.
"What for, seeing how she is right now she's the type of person who often tells people what to do but when it comes to doing it herself she's a dunce" Shinji muttered, but unlike the other times Misato caught what he said
"Oi, Shinji, I think she heard you...." Shiki said as she stared at Misato's gun "I can see the headlines now, 'Dumb Bimbo Captain murdered savior of city'"
"So polite, yet rude, like some sort of mode disorder" Misato said as reached into her pocket where her gun was "I'll fix that personality of yours"
"Shinji, run away, even though having you dead would be fun, leaving your body full of lead won't be" Shiki said as she tried to push Shinji away, but it was too late as Misato reached down and pulled out her…
Cellphone...
"Huh!?"
"Hello, Ritsuko, It's me, I've decided that Shinji will be living with me, alright" Misato said into the phone
"What!?"
"It's worse then I thought..." Shiki said as she stared at him with a mixture of pity and horror "Run, while you still can, Shinji!"
"I don't even want to know what you're thinking..."
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to him, so I'll leave the paperwork and everything to you, Ritsuko" Misato said as she hung up just before Ritsuko could refuse, then she turned to Shinji with a big smile on her face "Now, shall we get going..."
"What do you think your doing? How can you even think of such a thing, it's crazy, and I barely know you" Shinji said
"Shut up already, and I'm your commanding officer, so what I say goes, Got It!" Misato said as she glared at Shinji, causing his body to freeze, she then took this opportunity to drag Shinji to her car
"I can't move..." Shinji muttered as he was being dragged away
"I told you needed to run, but no you had to stay and get abducted by some purple-haired bimbo" Shiki said as she followed the two to the car.
(About ten minutes later)
Normally, it took about half an hour to drive from NERV to Misato's apartment, but due to Misato's 'talent' for driving, the time is cut to about a 1/3, but anybody other then Misato who was in that car, especially people who just left the hospital, were not so lucky.
"We're here, get your stuff now and let's go" Misato said cheerfully as she looked at a deformed and pale Shinji "You okay?" She asked innocently, not actually knowing the cause of what happened, but as for Shinji he was in his own world
"That was fun, I never thought you could go on the other side of the road without being captured by cops" Shiki said
"Shiki, did I die?" Shinji muttered, feeling very close to fainting. For Shiki, however, the car ride had been like drinking a cup of pure, concentrated liquid sugar, so instead of telling him the truth she decided to mess with him.
"Yeah, you died"
"Oh, really"
"Yup, you had a seizure after Misato almost hit that bus, and then you died"
"Oh, I see..."
"Yup, as you can see, your soul is leaving your body" Shiki said as she pulled out her scythe to make the joke more realistic "So you don't mind if I take it"
"Oh, okay then..." Shinji said as he closed his eyes and became very still.
"Just kidding" Shiki said cheerfully "you were only unconscious by Misato's reckless driving"
"..."
"Oi, Shinji, get the joke, you're not dead" Shiki said as she patted Shinji on the back, but he didn't respond at all, instead he became very rigid and stiff, almost like a....corpse
Shiki panicked, and in that state of panic she did what she did best when it came to Shinji…
"Wake up, you dumb bastard" Shiki yelled as she punched him in the gut, causing him to wake up.
…that was to curse and hit him.
"Gya!" Shinji grunted in pain, but as the pain settled down he realized that he was no longer in the metal death trap known as Misato's car, but it a filthy apartment filled with empty food containers and beer cans...
"Where am I, is this really Hell?" Shinji thoughtfelt a blow to the head as he turned back
"You idiot, of course you're not in Hell, you're in that bimbo's apartment" Shiki said as she kept slapping him senseless "You scared the hell out of me, I know that with some psychology you can manipulate a persons thoughts, but yours were on a totally different scale"
"Ah, your awake, you seemed pale so I brought you in" Misato said "Oh, by the way, can you please put that case of beer in the fridge"
"Oh, alright" Shinji said as he walked up to the big fridge and opened the door
"No, wait, not that one" Misato warned, but it was too late as a small bird popped out of the fridge
"WARK!"
"Wh-What is that thing!?" Shinji said as he pushed himself back to a wall, away from the bird as it closed the fridge door
"I told you not to open it, his name is Pen-Pen, he's a new breed of hot spring penguin" Misato explained
"Hot spring penguin, this place gets weirder by the second..." Shiki said as she stared at the fridge "How can it live in a fridge anyway, isn't it a cold place for it to live?"
Shinji on the other hand ignored it as he went to a smaller fridge to put away the beers, but as he opened it, he saw that the interior of it was filled with beer
"I think that beer commercial might not actually be a joke anymore" Shinji thought as he sweatdropped at seeing the cache of beer she stored up
"Oh Shinji, by the way, there is something we have to do since you'll be living with me now"
"Eh?"
"Rock, Paper, Scissor, Shoot!" Misato yelled as she slammed her hand up to the table, surprising Shinji into closing his fist out of reflex
"Paper beats Rock, I win and you have to make breakfast on Mondays" Misato said as she pulled out a calendar and marked Shinji on Monday
"This is how we'll split chores, by the way, so if you don't want to get most of the work I suggest you try to beat me" Misato said, giving him a wink
"I won't lose..." Shinji said as he was getting pumped up
"Good luck Shinji, I have complete faith in your ability" Shiki said as she smiled kindly at him
"Why do I find it disturbing when she acts like that..."
"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot"
"I Win"
"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot"
"I win again"
"Rock, Paper, Scissors, Shoot"
"Four times in a row"
(Several Minutes Later)
"Alright now that's settled let's have some dinner" Misato said as she checked one more 'Shinji' on her calendar, who's name covered about 90% of it.
"Dude, you suck at this game" Shiki said as she was looking at him in a mixture of shock, and disappointment.
"Didn't you say you had complete faith in me?" Shinji muttered back
"Haven't you ever heard of sarcasm; and besides, the only ability you need in rock, paper, scissors is luck, which you basically have the worst in the world" Shiki sighed
"Well at least things can't get any worse..." Shinji muttered back
"Hey, Shinji, since you just got here, I made dinner, so come on and let's eat" Misato said as she went to the table and began eating
"That doesn't sound too bad" Shinji said as he was about to go to the table, but was held back by Shiki "What are you doing Shiki?"
"Shinji, for some reason, I beg of you, whatever you do don't eat that food" Shiki said in a serious tone
"What are you saying?"
"I sense an evil force in the food, if you consume it, I can't guarantee your life" Shiki warned as she covered her face with her robe as if the food was poison.
"Shiki, I haven't eaten anything since breakfast, so please quit it with the jokes" Shinji said as he sat in the table "and besides what the worst that could happen"
(Five minutes later)
"Blaagh" Shinji vomited as his stomach growled in pain like a dying animal
"Shiki, I don't want to listen to you, because my stomach is more important than your advice, even though the food is highly toxic" Shiki mocked Shinji as she patted his back lightly to help vomit out the food
"Your not helping" Shinji muttered as he continued vomiting into the sink of the bathroom
"I wasn't trying to help you, jeez, well, I was when I was warning you" Shiki said as she leaned against the wall "What does she put into that stuff, a little more and she would have created the world's cheapest nuclear weapon"
"Hahaha, yeah, I wouldn't be surpri-Blaagh" Shinji continued to vomit
"Wow, just how long are you going to keep doing that? I know its bad but to go to that extent is just scary" Shiki said as she shivered a bit "and I wonder if this will be considered a blessing behind a curse since you have to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner all week..."
"For once, I'm glad I am spirit"
After a good hour of vomiting Shinji finally stopped, after he managed to clean the bathroom and himself up, he laid down on his bed looking through the window in his new room, which was small and only had a few boxes containing his things which he yet to unpack.
"What a long day..." Shinji muttered
"It sure was, and you almost got yourself killed several times in one day, a new record..." Shiki said jokingly
"That's not funny" Shinji said as he looked at his friend and pulled out the key Takimi gave him, and raised it above his head, causing the moonlight to reflect off of it "Besides, what's going to happen now, and why did he give this to me, do you have any idea what is this key for?"
"No, but knowing that guy you'll most likely need it, if not now, then later on" Shiki said
"I see" Shinji yawned, having his life threaten multiple times in a day left him feeling drained of energy, it was hard for him to keep his eyes from closing "I'm going to sleep, goodnight Shiki"
"Night, Shinji" Shiki said as he watched the boy put away the key and quickly drift away into slumber.
Mf7793: Well sorry if you found this chapter short but i'll try to do better and i'll also try to put more focus into Shinji and Rei's relationship but that probably won't happen until the 5th angel and thank you HaloEvangelion03 for prereading this story, as for my viewers please Read and review it what keeps me alive
