A/N: Okay. I wanted to do these two chapters in a row. I've had a hard day with work, and I don't want to look like I'm taking out any frustration on the readers. This chapter may look like it has nothing to do with the last one. But you will just have to read on and all shall be made clear. I hope. WARNING! This is an angst filled chapter!

Now as I always say, now on with the story!

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Asuka opened her eyes. She was confused. The last thing she remembered was fighting the Jet Alone. And she was about to get blasted by its laser cannon! And that idiot Shinji jumped in the way of the blast. She heard his nearly inhuman scream and then she must have blacked out.

But as she looked around, she didn't see no EVA, no inside her entry plug, no hospital room even. All she saw was complete darkness. But strangely enough, she could see herself just fine.

"Where am I?" she decided to shout in frustration.

A voice chose to speak up. "Do you wish to escape your predicament?"

"Who the HELL are you?"

"The only way through is to find your true path. And to do that is to find your true self."

"What kind of answer is that?" she started to ask. But suddenly, what looked like a city appeared in the distance. Quickly assuming that place may have some clues as to how to get out of whatever she was in, she chose to go to the city.

She did not recognize what city it was. For all she could conclude, it was just a random city. Strange as it was, the city dwellers did not notice that she was wearing her red plugsuit.

She continued to pace along. The city was any normal city. Lively, people bustling about. Cars, vendors, advertisements. She wondered what could be so mysterious about this place.

Something ticked in her mind. It told her to go in a certain direction. She followed the sense until it led her to a photo booth. Photos reminded her of how beautiful she was and how she made sure everyone knew she was beautiful.

"This sense I suddenly got thinks just like me," she said aloud, trying to stay optimistic in this odd place she was in.

Suddenly she felt something in her hand. It was a 100-yen coin. And the photo booth said on the side: 100 yen for 3 photos!

She thought this was quite an odd coincidence. So she decided to enter the photo booth and insert the coin into the slot. She figured that if she followed the signs, she was being given, it would lead her closer to getting out of her predicament. She smiled for the camera.

POOF! POOF! POOF!

She walked out of the booth and waited for the machine to spit up her pictures. After 3 minutes, it did so. She couldn't wait to take a look at herself and her beautiful figure.

The first picture was as good as she expected of herself. She took a look at the second picture, as she shuffled to the next photo.

What she saw horrified her. The second picture was her alright. But however, in the second picture, her plugsuit was black and red instead of red and black. And she sensed… evil coming from the photo she saw.

She shuffled to the third photo. She was in even greater shock. The third photo was a childlike version of herself!

Another voice could be heard. "Well, well. What do you think Asuka? Nice eh?"

Asuka was now fairly scared. "Who are you? And what do you want."

The voice replied. It sounded like Asuka, but with a tone of evil in the voice. "I've been here the whole time. I'm part of you, as you are a part of me. The Asuka with the black plugsuit appeared in front of her. "I represent the darkness that exists in your heart."

"Then does this mean…" she said looking at the younger version of herself.

"Yes it is true." The child-Asuka appeared in front of Asuka with the dark-Asuka. "I represent the light that exists in your heart."

"What do you two know about me," asked Asuka.

A/N: I will be calling the child Asuka: Hikari-Asuka as Hikari means light in Japanese. No this has nothing to do with the evil class rep. And the dark Asuka will be Yami-Asuka as Yami means darkness. No I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh either! (Whew! That was close. They almost got me with a subpoena!)

"I know everything about you," said Yami-Asuka. "Your hopes, feelings, dreams, and your fears."

"So what?" said a dumbfounded Asuka.

"I'm here to warn you," said Hikari-Asuka. "If you continue on the path you are currently going on, you will fall into a world of darkness and despair."

Yami-Asuka spoke up again. "And that's exactly where you'll be heading as long as I am in charge! I've guided you through every dark decision you have made. And that little brat guides you through your very few good decisions."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"Everything! The reason you are going to fall into darkness is because of what a bitch you have been to everyone around you. Especially the one you call Shinji Ikari or That Stupid Idiot," explained Yami-Asuka. "Let's take a look into your past and you'll see."

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Flashback - UN Carrier Over the Rainbow

The three incarnations that made up Asuka watched the scene unfold before them. This was when Shinji Ikari, Kensuke Aida, and Toji Suzahara met Asuka for the first time. What happened was the wind blew Asuka's dress up, revealing her panties. The result was a slap in the face for each of the boys. (I think the viewing fee was overpriced, but Toji gave way too much change back in my opinion.)

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"That incident was an accident Asuka," said Hikari-Asuka. "You immediately mistook them for the nice people they actually were or could have been."

"I did that?" asked a surprised Asuka.

"Yes. They originally had no intention of engaging in acts of perversion."

"Yet you jumped to conclusions. And now Kensuke and Toji have virtually shut any good of you out of their lives," said the dark incarnation. "And soon Shinji will do the same. Soon he'll be calling you the Devil-Incarnate!"

"NO! He wouldn't do that!" said an upset Asuka.

"Yes he will! It's only a matter of time! Let's visit another scene!"

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Flashback

They now watch Asuka and Shinji's synchronization training for the 7th Angel. They watch as Shinji makes his mistakes, and Asuka berates him for it. But when Asuka made mistakes, Shinji did not argue. This point was proven further that when Rei Ayanami did the drills, Rei and Shinji almost synchronized perfectly.

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"You see Asuka. You were making many more mistakes than Shinji was. Yet your pride made you blame Shinji. In truth, it was you who made the majority of the mistakes," said Hikari-Asuka.

"I can't believe it. Shinji and Rei are just thickheaded dorks. They're just stupid and that's how they synchronized so well."

"There you go again," said Yami-Asuka. "Blaming everyone else for your own failures. Things like this are what creates the darkness in your heart. We shall visit another scene to prove this point even further."

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Flashback- A sync Test

Shinji's confidence was slowly rising. So was his sync ratio. It was rapidly catching up to Asuka's whose sync score was higher at the time. Ritsuko congratulated Shinji on his results, because he was improving. And the only thing Asuka did was shut him down. AGAIN.

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"Once again, you put down Shinji just as he was starting to get some self-confidence. All for the sake of keeping your greedy, bitchy self on top," said Yami-Asuka. "You made it seem to him that it was bad to do good at anything."

"Shinji had no intention of competing with you," said Hikari-Asuka. "He hated piloting EVA, and had no intention of trying to beat you at all. All he wanted was people to appreciate what he was doing, so he always tried his best."

"Shut up! That stupid dork had it coming! Always trying to be the martyr and be all noble!" said a slowly cracking Asuka.

"You insult him yet again," said Yami-Asuka in a calm voice. "You still fail to understand the true damage you have been inflicting through your experiences with this boy."

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Flashback- Misato's house

Shinji and Asuka are alone in the house. Asuka is bored. So she asks Shinji if he wants to kiss her. He doesn't want to at first. But Asuka coaxes him into kissing her by attacking his mentality of not running away. Desperately proving he will not run away, he tried to call her on. They kiss. Asuka appears to be enjoying it. But Shinji breaks it off, gasping for air. Asuka used this chance to flee while she "still had her dignity" to the bathroom. A while later, Misato and Kaji come into the apartment. Asuka learns the harsh truth about Kaji and Misato. Shinji goes to see why she's upset. She blames Shinji and the kiss for why she was so upset to hide her own sadness.

"That was a cruel thing you did," said Hikari-Asuka. "That was one of the lowest times you have ever sunk in your life to satisfy your own desires."

"That was really pathetic," chuckled Yami-Asuka. "That makes me laugh. How despicable of a person you are. You used the crush he had on you to satisfy your own personal desires. You could probably be as bad as Misato in this department."

Asuka was breaking. Fast. "SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! YOU KNOW NOTHING!

Yami-Asuka raised an eyebrow. "We are you. We know everything. Past. Present. And what is to come."

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NERV Hospital

Misato was worried about Shinji. His EVA Unit took a very bad hit in that battle from the Jet Alone Mk II. The laser blast managed to melt down Unit 01's chest plate to the 8th layer. The temperature of that beam was 5000-degrees Celsius. She almost wanted to smack Shinji for being so reckless. But then again, if Shinji didn't step in the way, Asuka would have been fried for sure. If it wasn't for Gendo's wonder hacking too, the Jet Alone would have fried Shinji, Asuka, and Rei. It was amazing. Gendo appeared to have computer skills that were way out of even Ritsuko's league. The robot ceased to work after he was through with it. The nuclear reactor was removed, and Zack and Toji destroyed the robot when they saw what it did to Shinji.

Strangely enough Asuka had blacked out too. Her injuries weren't as bad. Perhaps it was the psychological effect of seeing Shinji defend her despite all the shit he takes from her.

"Damn! That Shinji is something else, I swear!"

Misato checked in with the doctors. It had been 5 hours since the battle. Shinji was just coming to. Asuka was still out though strangely.

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NERV Hospital Room 506 - 30 minutes later

Shinji had woken up 30 minutes ago. Rei Ayanami briefed him on everything that had occurred from that battle up to this point. Shinji was amazed that his father personally stopped the Jet Alone. Rei also told him Asuka was still out cold. This boggled Shinji. Not even the doctors could explain it.

Shortly afterwards, Misato came in. She was glad that he was okay. He asked her about Asuka's condition. She couldn't give him an answer. He asked if he could go see her. Misato ordered a wheelchair and Rei wheeled him down to room 530.

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Asuka's Mind

Asuka could not believe everything she was being told. Was she a cruel, heartless bitch who only cared about herself? She watched as another flashback was played before her eyes.

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Flashback- After the 15th Angel

What Asuka, Hikari-Asuka, and Yami-Asuka see is the aftermath of the defeat of the 15th Angel. This angel forced Asuka to remember memories she had buried deep in her mind. Because of the mental contamination, Asuka was placed in quarantine. Shinji came and told her that he was glad that she was okay. Asuka told him that she hated him, almost right after.

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"How could you do that?" asked Hikari-Asuka.

"You must truly enjoy being evil to have done something like that," said Yami-Asuka.

"I'm not evil!" shouted Asuka.

"But you are evil," replied Yami-Asuka. "You enjoy the acts of evil you commit. You get a great euphoria from your twisted actions."

"Look you copy-cat bitch! I'm not evil!" Tears were now beginning to well in her eyes.

"And to think he loves someone like you. And you hate his guts. And just like so many others, he will have had enough of your evil and hate you as well. Then you will be all alone in that household."

"STOP IT! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

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NERV Hospital- Room 530

Asuka suddenly shot up in bed, breathing heavily. 'Was that a dream? It felt very real!' She looked around. She quickly realized that she was back in the NERV Hospital. She saw Shinji sitting in a wheelchair by her bedside. She couldn't bring herself to look at him. Had she really done all those horrible things?

They just sat there in complete silence for about a minute. Finally, Shinji decided to speak first. "Hey Asuka. I'm glad you're okay. You had me worried."

She looked at him and gasped. After all the shit she put him through, he was still kind to her and cared about her well-being! Tears began to well up in her eyes again. She curled into a ball on her bed and broke down crying. Shinji decided to leave her alone and wheeled himself out of the room.

Asuka cried for a good 20-30 minutes. She cried for all the truly horrible things she had done. For all the things she wished she had done instead. When she stopped crying, she had come to a solemn decision.

"No matter what, my dark side must be eliminated."