Neon Genesis Evangelion
Sixty Seconds for Asuka and Shinji
By BrokenChosenofEva
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Title: Grave in the Spring
Prompt: set 100-A[first sixty] / prompts 001-010
Word Count: 1k+
Rating: T
Summary: Sixty seconds, sixty moments in their lives that remain with them til the end. Mainly in the canon universe, but various AUs are possible.
Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion. (And just in case: I do not own the TV show Sixty Seconds.)
Notes: Once again, Dedicated to Monty Oum. His achievements and creativity should inspire all of us to "keep moving forward" and never give up on our dreams. Be sure to check out my RWBY stories and especially watch the series itself.
Final Chapter of my Asuka and Shinji Sentence Challenge, I hope you've all enjoyed it and my other Sentence Challenges. Be on the look out for a new Sentence Challenge based on "Collision: Love to Annoy" chapter nine "Halves of a Whole".
Part 6 of 6 for "Sixty Seconds"
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051. Grave
Asuka stood beside Shinji as they looked over the carefully placed markers just back from the beach they'd woken on, the names on them familiar and -to them- appropriately placed, all people who -after what they'd seen in Instrumentality- they believed had suffered enough and deserved a point for others to come to and remember them; Ritsuko, Gendo, Yui, Kyoko, Kaji.
052. Machine
Just a Machine, she thought, though it was hard to force that thought let alone speak it, for Unit-Two had been her whole existance for nearly as long as she could remember, and only Shinji's constant presence and silent support allowed her to begin letting go of it and start to open up to all the possiblities her future could hold away from the grip of the EVAs.
053. Destination
He didn't particularly care where Asuka had decided to lead him, going with her was more important to him than actually getting there, and he knew she felt the same.
054. Nowhere
In the infinite abyss of Instrumentality, in all the vast possibilities, Shinji and Asuka made a promise: I would choose you, in this nowhere place, in every lifetime, in every world, in all the possible realities, I'd reach for you and I'd choose you all over again.
055. Garden
The last ten seconds were a nightmare, the chaos of combat was all consuming, driving out the happier thoughts of the shared garden in the Spring they planned for and any future they wanted, all replaced with the fire and blood that now occupied their thoughts.
056. I Know
Shinji had known -though even years later Asuka never found out how- where she'd gone upon leaving the apartment after the 'battle' with Arael and had followed her there, stopping her before she could slit her wrists, arriving in time to help her -sobbing into his chest- out of the tub in the broken house and back into her clothes before leading her home to start rebuilding herself; he never told her how many times he'd nearly done the same -weeks later- after killing Kaworu when the boy Angel had tried to reach Terminal Dogma, but she had known then too.
057. Dust
When the smoke had cleared from their -in her words- epic final confrontation with SEELE's EVA units, Asuka had spent a week simply dusting the small apartment every day, careful and methodical as she moved about each room, and when Shinji had asked why she did it she had smiled, "I always treated you like dust, but never took the time to look beneath my assumptions, so this is to remind me every day that appearances aren't what they seem."
058. Dream
"I dreamed of being the best, of forever conquering my tears and insecurities, and on that road I belittled and sneered at other people's sorrows, never considering until it was almost too late that every heart -even mine, though it took longer to acknowledge- is entitled to it's own pain; that our hearts have no metrics or form of measure, and that all of it is irreplaceable."
059. Destiny
SEELE had believed that, stripped of their parents and trapped by their connection to the Evangelions, the Children would follow the Destiny that was planned by the Council, but what they didn't account for was the Children choosing to hold to each other; that they could lose their families, their homes, be put where they had nowhere to stand, and yet not care because their sky -their future- could not be taken from them without their consent.
060. Spring
The first ten seconds after waking up on the beach in each others arms were the most peaceful they'd ever felt, like a gentle and warm morning wrapping them in a cool breeze as the sun shone down on them from a wonderfully clear sky, the horror of Third Impact and Instrumentality held away for just a little while as they whispered soft assurances to each other of a shared future with a small garden in the Spring.
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A/N: Prompt 54 paraphrases a quote from "The Chaos of Stars". "And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you."
Prompts 55 and 60 are paired, as should be obvious from the opening words. lol
Prompt 58 is a nod to the line at the beginning of the White Trailer for RWBY. "Everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or form of measure. And all of it... Irreplaceable."
Prompt 59 is a nod to Firefly, and it's opening theme. "Take my Love, Take my Land, Take me where I cannot Stand. I don't Care, I'm still Free, You can't take the Sky from me."
I hope you all enjoyed this Sixty Sentence Challenge, and I'm sorry I haven't finished my "Collision" series. I promise I am working on it, though slowly.
Also, please be on the look out in the near future for an Asuka/Kaworu Fifty Sentence Challenge, focusing on the versions of them I have/will have in "I'm Needed: Redux" and "Not What You Bargained For". To clarify: Kaworu looking to Asuka as a mother and she accepts him as a son.