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Sandman Effect
by: darksaber
A/N: from now on I will no longer refer to the divisions of my story as chapter, but by episode instead, cooler that way. For those who notice that some questions or characters barely got out in the last chapters, it is because I planned to tell it that way, preventing the story from becoming too obvious. But thanks for reminding me about Shigeru (btw Shigeru is the traitor not Makoto, Makoto's dead. Remember only Shigeru, Misato, Maya, and Ritsuko were the only Nerv personnel's who survived the Attack of their mobile base) almost forgot about him.
Previously on Sandman Effect
Asuka is torn out of her perfect world, from her husband Shinji, from her daughter Aki, from her life. She then wakes up to a world broken down by time and war and soon discovers that, though ten years have passed, she had retained her teenage self. As the past slowly reveals itself before her she slowly slunk into a state of depression which was made worse when she witnessed the incident regarding Shinji, Mana, and the shrubs that hid them.
On the night she decides to visit her old home she runs into Shinji. Emotion soon flowed as they kept each other company, however on their trip back an Angel attack ensue which left Shinji seriously injured.
Episode 5
-------complications--------
"The sky is beautiful isn't it Asuka??" he said as he looked up into the vast blue sky
"Yes, it is....... It is beautiful I wonder why I haven't noticed that before...." Asuka replied as she stared up as well, seeing a flock of birds fly-by as she did so. As the birds flew across the blood red Ocean vanishing into the horizon Asuka looked back at Shinji. Seeing him still at awe, she snaps him out with a slap to arm, bringing him back to reality. "You Idiot!! You're just stalling!! Hurry up we have got to at least store all these bricks and lumber before sunset." She said pointing at the bricks and lumber they had on their wheelbarrow.
Shinji gave her a small smile which came with a soft giggle "you're right, gomen..."
"Idiot! Why the hell did you choose this place anyway??"
"Have you forgotten Asuka? This is the shore where that LCL sea washed us."
"How can you be sure anyway?? The shore all looks the same, for miles and miles!"
"....See that tree?? I leaned you there after I pulled you out of the water. If you look closer you could still see the indentations you caused on it after whacking it over and over and over again! Hahaha"
"Moron I was still very pissed at that time..... Besides I still don't see why we have to build our new home in this place...."
"Our home??? I was the one who wanted to build a house here. I don't remember inviting you or asking for your help."
"What!!!" Asuka glared as raised her hands for a strike
"Kidding! Kidding! I was only joking Asuka... of course you're invited you're always invited, it goes without saying.." He said as he drew back almost breaking into laughter hands in the act of shielding him from Asuka's wrath
"Good!!" She said as she dropped her fist and resumed her walk to the construction site.
They reached the site and settled the materials by the foundation they had already stared building and covered it with a thick plastic blanket to protect it from the weather. As they finished, they see that the sun was now about to set.
"Well, its too late to go for another round, but I think the supplies we salvaged is fairly about enough" Asuka said as she dusted of the dirt in her hands
"You mean 'stole' Asuka"
"Shinji, Shinji... Are you calling me a thief now??" Her eyebrows slightly raised
"Uhhh..No!!No!!"
"Good! Besides these things come from nature, so in actuality it's free!! A gift from Mother Earth!"
"Yeah, yeah"
"Moron!! Just go fix dinner!!"
"But.. But it's your turn to cook!"
"What did you say??" Asuka said as she planted a signature glare
"Umm... I mean what would you like for dinner??"
"What do we have??"
"What?? Asuka did you forget to replenish our food supply??"
"Ohh yeah!!...I forgot"
Giving an exhausted breath of air Shinji got up and walked towards their food cooler. After opening the box Asuka asks "So what are the choices???"
"Well we a choice of mushroom soup, canned tuna, or ahhh..." he paused as he rummaged deeper into the cooler but found nothing else "......yesterdays leftovers I guess..."
"aww Shit!! Just.... just cook all of it!! We'll just have to go food hunting at groceries tomorrow..."
"Too bad our crops haven't ripened yet......."Shinji says looking at the small garden he had planted nearby "we could have had livestock too if only you spared that chicken we caught and tied the pig securely"
"That chicken of yours tore my favorite blouse!! And the pig's escape was not my fault!! The frikkin stink factory chewed through the ropes!!"
"Wait a minute Asuka did you free the pig?!?!"
"Whatever do you mean" making herself look as innocent as possible
"Last time you said the pig slipped out of its leash!!"
"Ohh.... Well you SHOULD thank me for letting that pig free!! It was beginning to stink the place up!! Besides you were becoming too attached to it!! Who names their food for Christ's sake!!"
"Hey!! Pikan was a good pig!!"
"Pikan.... What a stupid name!!"
"You named him!!"
"ahh.... errr.... Besides would be able to butcher the thing when the time comes???"
"Well..... We could milk him..."
"Moron I'm not drinking pig's milk besides Pikans a boy!! what kind of milk comes out of a male pig!??!?"
"Do you really want me to answer that???" he said grinning as a thought came to his mind
"Pervert!!!"
"Hey, you're the one who thought it up, so you're the pervert!!"
"Shut up and cook!!!"
Finally Shinji just decided to let her win "yeah, yeah... dinner'll be ready in a minute..."
"Good" Nothing left to do but wait, Asuka just walks to their tent and takes out a sleeping bag. She sets it on a grassy clearing nearby, lies down and relaxed.
Minutes pass and Asuka just lay there underneath the stars and the moon's rays slowly drifting to sleep, then as her eyes were about to close a shooting star flashed across the sky, disappearing as quickly as it appeared.
"A falling star!! Asuka make a wish!"
"Yeah!" Closing her eyes Asuka inaudibly mumbles her wish, her hands in a position of prayer. As she opened her eyes Shinji moved closer then pointed at the vacant part of the sleeping bag.
"This spot taken??"
"Yes! Get you're own!"
"Well I guess I'll have to take this food I brought someplace else...."
Asuka's stomach then growled at the mention of the word food, turning her head away she then called to Shinji "Wait!!! You can sit beside me, just not too close or else!!"
"But of course! Here you go Asuka..." handing over Asuka her dinner, which she made quick work of, soon after she got it.
"Not bad Baka..."
"Yeah, considering you devouring it in record time....."
"Shut up!! I was hungry!!"
"Hahaha, I know, I know.."
Asuka then feeling much embarrassed then looks away as Shinji continues to eat in peace.
The night wind blew against Asuka; the gentle breeze caressed her as she continued to gaze towards the calm sea, whose bloody coloration faded away as darkness embraced it. The moon reflected on its waters, the stars sparkling like diamonds both at the sky, and at its reflected glow on the sea.
"Burppp..." Shinji belched as he finished his meal "sorry about that..." he said as he smiled at his rudeness. "Guess I was hungry too..."
Asuka thoughtfully looked at Shinji as he began to clean up, as he was about to stand up she says to him in a very soft voice, just barely audible "Shinji.......... You've changed....."
"Of course I have, everything changes Asuka....."
"Idiot!!"
"...But some things never seem to"
"......So you didn't answer my question you know...Why did you choose this place??"
"...........................When we got washed ashore here, it was like............we were given a second chance at life you know, so I wanted to build our home here........Build our Home in the place where our rebirth happened and from there start our lives anew. And with this new outlook of life the change seem to go along with it....."
"Our home huh???"
"Yeah... It goes without saying.... And oh yeah, another thing Asuka, while I was scavenging through my father's office I found this......." holds up a diamond encrusted ring lightly between his thumb and forefinger, then looks deep into her "......I think it was my mother's"
"Shinji!! That's a......"
"Asuka, let's build a home together......."
"What?!?!?"
"Will you....."
A slow beat of the cardiograph greeted Asuka as she slowly roused from her sleep. After slowly getting up she gently stoking the cheek of her fallen comrade, who has been asleep for 3 days now.
"I guess some memories stay with us forever, even if it isn't real.... Well......At least my wish came true........ Even though it was only in my dream........."
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Sandman Effect
by: darksaber
A/N: from now on I will no longer refer to the divisions of my story as chapter, but by episode instead, cooler that way. For those who notice that some questions or characters barely got out in the last chapters, it is because I planned to tell it that way, preventing the story from becoming too obvious. But thanks for reminding me about Shigeru (btw Shigeru is the traitor not Makoto, Makoto's dead. Remember only Shigeru, Misato, Maya, and Ritsuko were the only Nerv personnel's who survived the Attack of their mobile base) almost forgot about him.
Previously on Sandman Effect
Asuka is torn out of her perfect world, from her husband Shinji, from her daughter Aki, from her life. She then wakes up to a world broken down by time and war and soon discovers that, though ten years have passed, she had retained her teenage self. As the past slowly reveals itself before her she slowly slunk into a state of depression which was made worse when she witnessed the incident regarding Shinji, Mana, and the shrubs that hid them.
On the night she decides to visit her old home she runs into Shinji. Emotion soon flowed as they kept each other company, however on their trip back an Angel attack ensue which left Shinji seriously injured.
Episode 5
-------complications--------
"The sky is beautiful isn't it Asuka??" he said as he looked up into the vast blue sky
"Yes, it is....... It is beautiful I wonder why I haven't noticed that before...." Asuka replied as she stared up as well, seeing a flock of birds fly-by as she did so. As the birds flew across the blood red Ocean vanishing into the horizon Asuka looked back at Shinji. Seeing him still at awe, she snaps him out with a slap to arm, bringing him back to reality. "You Idiot!! You're just stalling!! Hurry up we have got to at least store all these bricks and lumber before sunset." She said pointing at the bricks and lumber they had on their wheelbarrow.
Shinji gave her a small smile which came with a soft giggle "you're right, gomen..."
"Idiot! Why the hell did you choose this place anyway??"
"Have you forgotten Asuka? This is the shore where that LCL sea washed us."
"How can you be sure anyway?? The shore all looks the same, for miles and miles!"
"....See that tree?? I leaned you there after I pulled you out of the water. If you look closer you could still see the indentations you caused on it after whacking it over and over and over again! Hahaha"
"Moron I was still very pissed at that time..... Besides I still don't see why we have to build our new home in this place...."
"Our home??? I was the one who wanted to build a house here. I don't remember inviting you or asking for your help."
"What!!!" Asuka glared as raised her hands for a strike
"Kidding! Kidding! I was only joking Asuka... of course you're invited you're always invited, it goes without saying.." He said as he drew back almost breaking into laughter hands in the act of shielding him from Asuka's wrath
"Good!!" She said as she dropped her fist and resumed her walk to the construction site.
They reached the site and settled the materials by the foundation they had already stared building and covered it with a thick plastic blanket to protect it from the weather. As they finished, they see that the sun was now about to set.
"Well, its too late to go for another round, but I think the supplies we salvaged is fairly about enough" Asuka said as she dusted of the dirt in her hands
"You mean 'stole' Asuka"
"Shinji, Shinji... Are you calling me a thief now??" Her eyebrows slightly raised
"Uhhh..No!!No!!"
"Good! Besides these things come from nature, so in actuality it's free!! A gift from Mother Earth!"
"Yeah, yeah"
"Moron!! Just go fix dinner!!"
"But.. But it's your turn to cook!"
"What did you say??" Asuka said as she planted a signature glare
"Umm... I mean what would you like for dinner??"
"What do we have??"
"What?? Asuka did you forget to replenish our food supply??"
"Ohh yeah!!...I forgot"
Giving an exhausted breath of air Shinji got up and walked towards their food cooler. After opening the box Asuka asks "So what are the choices???"
"Well we a choice of mushroom soup, canned tuna, or ahhh..." he paused as he rummaged deeper into the cooler but found nothing else "......yesterdays leftovers I guess..."
"aww Shit!! Just.... just cook all of it!! We'll just have to go food hunting at groceries tomorrow..."
"Too bad our crops haven't ripened yet......."Shinji says looking at the small garden he had planted nearby "we could have had livestock too if only you spared that chicken we caught and tied the pig securely"
"That chicken of yours tore my favorite blouse!! And the pig's escape was not my fault!! The frikkin stink factory chewed through the ropes!!"
"Wait a minute Asuka did you free the pig?!?!"
"Whatever do you mean" making herself look as innocent as possible
"Last time you said the pig slipped out of its leash!!"
"Ohh.... Well you SHOULD thank me for letting that pig free!! It was beginning to stink the place up!! Besides you were becoming too attached to it!! Who names their food for Christ's sake!!"
"Hey!! Pikan was a good pig!!"
"Pikan.... What a stupid name!!"
"You named him!!"
"ahh.... errr.... Besides would be able to butcher the thing when the time comes???"
"Well..... We could milk him..."
"Moron I'm not drinking pig's milk besides Pikans a boy!! what kind of milk comes out of a male pig!??!?"
"Do you really want me to answer that???" he said grinning as a thought came to his mind
"Pervert!!!"
"Hey, you're the one who thought it up, so you're the pervert!!"
"Shut up and cook!!!"
Finally Shinji just decided to let her win "yeah, yeah... dinner'll be ready in a minute..."
"Good" Nothing left to do but wait, Asuka just walks to their tent and takes out a sleeping bag. She sets it on a grassy clearing nearby, lies down and relaxed.
Minutes pass and Asuka just lay there underneath the stars and the moon's rays slowly drifting to sleep, then as her eyes were about to close a shooting star flashed across the sky, disappearing as quickly as it appeared.
"A falling star!! Asuka make a wish!"
"Yeah!" Closing her eyes Asuka inaudibly mumbles her wish, her hands in a position of prayer. As she opened her eyes Shinji moved closer then pointed at the vacant part of the sleeping bag.
"This spot taken??"
"Yes! Get you're own!"
"Well I guess I'll have to take this food I brought someplace else...."
Asuka's stomach then growled at the mention of the word food, turning her head away she then called to Shinji "Wait!!! You can sit beside me, just not too close or else!!"
"But of course! Here you go Asuka..." handing over Asuka her dinner, which she made quick work of, soon after she got it.
"Not bad Baka..."
"Yeah, considering you devouring it in record time....."
"Shut up!! I was hungry!!"
"Hahaha, I know, I know.."
Asuka then feeling much embarrassed then looks away as Shinji continues to eat in peace.
The night wind blew against Asuka; the gentle breeze caressed her as she continued to gaze towards the calm sea, whose bloody coloration faded away as darkness embraced it. The moon reflected on its waters, the stars sparkling like diamonds both at the sky, and at its reflected glow on the sea.
"Burppp..." Shinji belched as he finished his meal "sorry about that..." he said as he smiled at his rudeness. "Guess I was hungry too..."
Asuka thoughtfully looked at Shinji as he began to clean up, as he was about to stand up she says to him in a very soft voice, just barely audible "Shinji.......... You've changed....."
"Of course I have, everything changes Asuka....."
"Idiot!!"
"...But some things never seem to"
"......So you didn't answer my question you know...Why did you choose this place??"
"...........................When we got washed ashore here, it was like............we were given a second chance at life you know, so I wanted to build our home here........Build our Home in the place where our rebirth happened and from there start our lives anew. And with this new outlook of life the change seem to go along with it....."
"Our home huh???"
"Yeah... It goes without saying.... And oh yeah, another thing Asuka, while I was scavenging through my father's office I found this......." holds up a diamond encrusted ring lightly between his thumb and forefinger, then looks deep into her "......I think it was my mother's"
"Shinji!! That's a......"
"Asuka, let's build a home together......."
"What?!?!?"
"Will you....."
A slow beat of the cardiograph greeted Asuka as she slowly roused from her sleep. After slowly getting up she gently stoking the cheek of her fallen comrade, who has been asleep for 3 days now.
"I guess some memories stay with us forever, even if it isn't real.... Well......At least my wish came true........ Even though it was only in my dream........."
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