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A/N now with Shinji and Misato with me it will only be a matter of waiting.
A/N2 It has been said that i posted that question only to raise my review count. I dont give a crap about how many rewiews my stories have. If only one person read it and enjoyed it, then thats fine. If no one were to review, i would still keep going until i got tired of it and ended the story. I am going to finish all of the ones I have curently going (2) before i write something else. And before anyone asks, yes this chapter was 75 persent complete when i posted my question and it was everyones answers to that, that modivated me to finish it at all. So please before you accuse someone of something try to look at it from their POV OK
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'Thought'
"Words"
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Why Me
Chapter 10
The sun pouring through the shades was the first thing to wake me, and then I heard that damn beep of a heart monitor. I appreciate them and all, but their so annoying. I sat up rather carefully, everything hurt. Hands, feet, legs and arms you name it, it hurt. I looked around the room, nothing extraordinary, except Asuka asleep in a chair at my bedside. 'Hello'
I reached over and gently nudged her
"Asuka, Asuka"
Her eyes slowly opened, she looked over at me and smirked
"About time you got up fourth"
I shook out what grogginess still remained
"How long was I out?"
"Almost 2 days you jerk"
I looked over at her
"What did I do?"
"You got hurt that's what, do you know how long I sat in that damn chair waiting for your dumb ass to wake up"
I cocked my head to the side
"You were here the whole time"
"Damn right I was"
I smiled and placed my had on hers which was laying on my bed
"Thanks Asuka"
She smiled a bit; I could see she was happy I was up finally
"Yeah well, don't get use to me doing this"
"I don't plan on getting hurt to often"
We stared into each others eyes for a moment. Then we slowly began to close the distance between us. I was a bit nervous; I was about 6 inches away from kissing Asuka. Now mind you this isn't MY first kiss, it is Sato Koruna's first, and I am him now and always will be. Knowing that didn't help me relax.
Then our lips meet
Her lips were soft; neither of us really pressed the kiss. But after a few seconds I did deepen it. Neither of us moved for a few moments until she pulled back with a victory smirk on her face
"Pretty good fourth"
"You're not so bad yourself"
Her smirk shifted into a smile
"Well I'm going to go home and take a shower; Akagi said you could leave today so me and Misato will be back later to get you"
"Ok, see you later"
"Bye Sato"
With that she left it wasn't until my room's door shut that I realized something
"She called me Sato"
Now while someone calling me Sato wasn't new, it was for her, she usually just called me forth child or used my last name. Maybe, just maybe this relation ship would go somewhere after all. Maybe she didn't see me as a trophy boyfriend. I laid back in bed to think about the possibilities; I was asleep before I knew it
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Lilith visited me again, her usually perkiness and all
"Hello how have you been?"
"Fine all considering"
"Yui wasn't too rough I hope"
"Not really, she just tried to kick my ass strait to the moon"
"I'm glad to see your sense of humor is still intact"
"Thanks I think"
"So how are things going?"
"Well I brought Misato and Shinji up to date, I think that may be part of the reason Yui went off on me, I told Shinji she was in unit 01. But other than that its all alright, I had my first kiss a bit ago"
"Your first with Asuka you mean"
"Yeah"
"How was it?"
"Just…wow"
"I'm glad; Leliel will arrive in two days"
"Yeah I kind of figured she would be here soon"
"How will you handle this one?"
"Let things run there course, Shinji knows Yui is in Unit 01, she now knows he knows this, so she won't let anything happen to him. As soon as Misato gets here I'm going to talk to her about testing unit 03"
"Will she let you?"
"She trusts me, she probably will"
"There is always the chance Dr Akagi will still try to use the fifth child"
"I'll go to Gendo if she does"
"Will he let you pilot it?"
"I don't see why not"
"Well when the time comes, I shall be there"
"Thanks Lilith"
"Don't mention it"
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I was awakened by the door knob on my door turning. In walked Misato
"Hay there sleepy head, bout time you woke up"
I sat up and whipped the sleep out of my eyes
"Yeah"
"So Sato Koruna, how was your first kiss"
Either Asuka told her or Section 2 did
"Good actually"
"Yeah that's what Asuka said, I thought she had it bad for Shinji. Then you came along"
So it was Asuka
"Speaking of Shinji, how did his test go?"
"Ritsuko canceled it due to damaged caused by Unit 01"
"How bad was it?"
"Not really bad, but the observation room window was totaled"
"Anyone hurt"
"Nothing major just cuts and scrapes"
"Good"
"Well you ready to go home"
I look down and realize I'm wearing a hospital gown
"Got my clothes"
She dropped them into my lap
"I'll be out side"
After she left I changed into the clothes she had brought me. A forest green pair of slacks, a black button up shirt, a pair of white socks and my shoes, after I finished dressing I joined her in the hall
"Ready to go"
"Yeah"
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The car ride home was relatively quiet until Misato asked
"Sato"
"Yeah"
"I did some digging; it seems everything you said was true"
"Hard to believe isn't it"
"Yeah, I want to know one thing, how did you meet Lilith"
"She's being held in Terminal Dogma, sorry held is a weak word more like…crucified"
"That still doesn't explain how you meet her"
"Remember the night I came home with my promotion"
"Yeah"
"Well I was shown that night, the sub commander took me into terminal dogma and showed me everything. She made contact while I was there and came to me in dreams that night, she had been my confidante ever since"
She thought for a moment
"Did you ever think she just may be using you?"
"No, if she was going to she would have already, and she is the mother of humanity, why would she hurt us. We're her children"
"That makes since I guess"
She drove on for a bit before I broke the silence
"Misato"
"Yeah"
"Unit 03 will be arriving soon right"
"Yeah next month why"
"I want to test it"
"Why"
"Let's just say, I have a bad feeling about it"
She seemed a bit apprehensive
"Something Lilith told you"
"Kind of, I just don't like it, I don want to risk Shinji or one of the others testing it"
I took a quick glance over at her
"Your not sure about me are you Misato"
"Its not that Sato, all of this is..."
"A bit much to take in"
"Yeah"
We sat in silence for a moment
"I thought Asuka was going to come with you"
"She was taking a shower when I left, she said something about making a special dinner for you, and I tell you Sato she has it bad for you"
I nodded
"Well I've got it just as bad for her, so were on even ground"
I had pretty much accepted by this point that I was in love with her, I had been in love before so I kind of knew what to expect, and this fit how I had felt the last time. Too bad that time she didn't feel the same way. Misato just smirked and kept driving, I was pretty sure Asuka would hear about what I said before the night was up
"So do you really want to test unit 03"
"Yeah, and if anyone asks say it would be better for an experienced pilot to test it to avoid problems, and anyway…"
I paused for a moment
"According to the commander's scenario, I'm expendable. He won't question it"
We made it home a few minuets later,
'Funny, I've actually come to call the apartment home'
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The German dinner Asuka made was great everybody enjoyed it and when the night was over I got another kiss.
But as it is said, all good things…must come to an end.
Just as Lilith said Leliel arrived on schedule exactly as she was suppose to, at least I think it was a she.
On our way to the cages from the locker room I stopped Shinji; I was going to let events play out this time
"Listen Shinji; remember what I told you, she will always be there to protect you when you need her. Just believe in her and you'll be fine"
He nodded and then headed for Unit 01. I bolted for unit 04, an attack plan already forming in my mind.
There was something different about unit 04 this time, it felt more…threatening than before.
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Rei and I had taken the sniper rifles, Asuka had her Axe and Shinji had taken the Eva pistol which was basically a gigantic Desert Eagle. We moved using SWAT like tactics through the buildings. I climbed up a set of support buildings which were fairly close together I climbed onto the shorter of the two and kneeled placing the rifle on the larger one. Rei placed her rifle on a building in much the same way I did, except she leaned onto an adjacent building for support. Asuka and Shinji moved in for close range fighting. Shinji had scored high on our sync tests earlier, actually surpassing us all. I knew Asuka would goad him into taking point this run, so I decided to give him some sound advice, I opened the com line to unit 01 and Shinji's face appeared in a small display on my forward view screen
"Hay Shinji"
"Yeah"
"You want some sound advice"
"Umm…sure"
"Don't fire until everyone is in position, getting antsy will only get you killed, and I know none of us want that especially Rei. And plus we know nothing about this angel so better to be safe than sorry"
"Umm…right"
Once we were all in position Shinji gave the signal
"Alright let's go"
Rei and I fired simultaneously while Shinji fired two rounds into the Zebra looking sphere. Asuka jumped to hack it with her axe but it disappeared, she dropped onto the top of one of the support buildings
"What the hell"
I saw the shadow spread beneath us, I climbed up the taller building I had my rifle setting against, I heard Shinji screaming over the com line
"what…what is this, Asuka, Asuka help…Misato, please Misato, Sato, Asuka, Rei Help me…"
Static filled the com line. Even though I knew it was going to happen like this, hearing Shinji call for me to help him over the come line pissed me off to no end. I lowered my rifle and emptied my clip into the Angel. Then I dropped that clip, kicked another one in and emptied that one. I was in tears by the time I was done. I followed Asuka and Rei playing building hop scotch back to the mobile command post
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I still wasn't in a good mood when Ritsuko started her briefing so I went to find Rei. Misato tried to stop me but I told her I already knew what she was planning and if I stayed I would probably tell her off so she let me go. I found Rei at the top of one of the support buildings looking out over the 300 meter across shadowy angel
"I thought I might find you up here Rei"
I walked up beside of her. I chanced looking over at her; she had tears running down her cheeks. I knew had she been anyone else she would be sobbing right now so I wasn't going to get an answer from her. I placed my hand onto her shoulder; she looked at me as if to ask why I had
"Don't worry Rei, Shinji's strong, he'll be back"
"Are you certain?"
"Yes, he won't leave you like that. He loves you"
Her tears flowed more freely
"And I him"
I took my hand off of her shoulder and though for a moment, this was my chance
"Yeah I know, you realize instrumentality is doomed to failure right and that if the commander and SEELE succeed all that will come of it is the useless death of us all"
She looked at me, her expression shifted from her monotone norm to one of curiosity
"How do you know?"
"Well, because SEELE and Nerv haven't looked at the wild card factor yet"
Her expression went back to its norm but I could still tell she didn't understand so I continued
"Lilith, they haven't factored in what she wants or what Adam will do"
She looked back towards Leliel
"No one knows that"
I readied my self
"I do"
She snapped her head back towards me, her glair slightly accusing, and I knew what of
"Before you say it, no I'm not an angle"
"Then how"
"When the sub commander briefed me on the situation and the scenario he showed me Lilith. She formed a connection to me then and came to me in my dreams that night. She's trying to help how ever she can"
"How long have you been communicating with her"
"Like I said the night I was brought in on the scenario, but we've talked about 3 times since then. She has been helping me, and before you say it no she isn't using me. If she wanted to when I first saw her she could have pulled all of the information form my mind but she didn't, and she considers us all her children. She only wants what's best for us"
"And that is"
"Then angels destroyed, nothing more. Rei please keep this a secret, Shinji and Misato know about this. If the commander finds out all three of us are dead. He won't tolerate this large of a deviance in the scenario"
Rei nodded
"Yes that is true; I will not mention this for Shinji's sake"
I paused for a moment
"Have you talked to Shinji about yourself?"
"Not as yet"
"But you plan to"
"Eventually"
"Well you may hate me after this but don't bother"
"Why"
"He and Misato already know everything, I told them, Shinji especially deserved to know"
She seemed saddened
"Why did you tell him?"
"He loves you Rei, and that hasn't changed now has it, he hasn't treated you any differently has he"
She thought for a moment
"No he has not"
"Well why worry"
I paused for a moment before I continued
"So what will you do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well you love Shinji; Instrumentality will kill him and if it doesn't it will break him. What will you do? Will you go through with it and destroy him, the one you love, or, will you help me stop it"
She looked over at me
"It can not be stopped, it is destiny"
"That's the bull the commander has pumped into your head, every man and woman makes their own destiny, and your as normal as I am at least I believe that, so will you follow what the commander wants, or will you do what you want"
Suddenly the ground began to crack; the angels zebra like shadow turned pitch black and began to sprout blood like a geyser from a spot on its side. Then a hand came through the whole, Unit 01 ripped its way to freedom and landed among the pulverized body of the angel.
I smiled
"I told you he'd be back Rei"
For a moment her face showed utter joy before she brought herself back under control. We both raced down to the mobile command truck. The rescue teams along with Misato had already gone out to the Eva. Rei and I jumped into a jeep driven by Maya Ibuki who took us out to the entry plug. When we arrived Misato and her team had already pulled Shinji out, Rei went with them as they took Shinji to the hospital in Nerv. Asuka and I stayed behind with Ritsuko who was still a bit shaken. I patted Asuka on the arm and walked up to Ritsuko
"I'm glad he's ok"
"Yeah"
"Listen, I don't want this happening to anymore of my friends. I've already asked Misato and she wants it to. I want to test activate Unit 03 when it arrives"
She just remained silent so I continued
"It would be better than using one of the others or some poor kid who had no clue what their doing, I know what to expect"
She just nodded
"Makes since I guess, I'll ask the commander when the time comes"
"Thanks doc"
I walked back over to Asuka, I took her hand and we headed off to the mobile lockers and showers
A/N well its going to get good now. After the reviews I've decided to keep this going to the end. Well see you at chapter 11,
Chapter 11
New Allie, Ultimate Betrayal