Disclaimer: I dont own Shin Seiki Evangelion it was created by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. Or the song Ode an die Freude the Lyrics belong to Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) and the
Music belongs to Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Ninth Symphony. So Welcome to the Wonderful World of Fanfiction.
Warning: So if you didnt know this fic contains at least SHOUNEN-AI (guys kissin and cuddlin) and possibly YAOI (explicit sex scenes between guys). And implied suicide attempts.
Authors Note: the translated lyrics to Ode an die Freude or Ode to Joy at the website (remove spaces): http:// www. assamites. de/odetojoy. html
I know this took longer than expected, I had writers block. According to my story outline there was suppose to be a movie night with Touji, but as I began to write this chapter happened. I was never planning on half of the stuff in this chapter to occur in the fic, but I really like the out come I hope you do too.
Happy Reading!
-Na
Elysium
Chaputa-ku
The Music club was working out, there had been a few other surviving musicians in the group a good portion of the younger students had already had precorder lessons as was standard in education. The Iinchou played the clarinet before and she was teaching a bunch of the younger children that didnt want to continue with the precorders but also were not very good with completely different types of instruments. Touji played the trumpet but ended up teaching brass instrument basics to the interested parties.
Shinji was beginning to feel useless in the whole endeavour. There had only been one student that wanted to learn cello, Kagura. And in the end he was too small to hold such a large instrument. Tabris automatically swept up the little boy and taught him how to play violin.
Asuka had refused to come to the music club even if she was the only one in the class that did not want to participate in any form. But one afternoon the redhead was dragged to the music room by Lilim the small red-eyed girl held a violin and a viola in her grasp.
Three of the students in the class had decided that they were not musically inclined and decided that they would help with the set up of the spring concert. The first order of business had been to start cleaning a restoring the auditorium so that they would have a place to hold the concert. This particular group of student were also making plan to paint background scenery and correlate costumes for the concert.
Even though Shinji was not contributing to the music tutoring he was still excited by the prospect. And the work that they had put into the project the past couple weeks have been very good for the brunet. After that first day when Lilim came the class teacher was expecting that both Tabris and Shinji complete both class work and homework. The normalcy of the chore helped to ground Shinji.
Blue-eyes glanced over at the desk next to him, a smile lit up the brunets face as he gazed at the ex-angel who sat next to him, who was gently holding onto the third childs hand. Shinji took note that next to Tabris sat Lilim (or Rei as Shinji still thought) and next to her was Asuka. Blue-eyes swept closer to the front of the room where Touji and Hikari sat. On the opposite side of the room were Kagura and his boyfriend Yuya.
While the teacher droned on and on about whatever and the only one who was taking notes was the Iinchou. The whole scene was very familiar to the ex-Eva pilot of Unit 01 if you replaced the young children with people that had been in Shinjis class before.
Suddenly it felt as if Shinjis heart stopped, breath caught and blood pounding in his ears, Shinjis eyes scanned the room taking in the back of every head and the profile of person in the room. His eyes swept the room once, twice and a third time Aida Kensuke was nowhere to be found. Blue eyes landed on Lilim, 01 Ayanami Rei, his eyes moved to the redhead beside her, 02 Souryuu Asuka Rangureu himself, 03 Ikari Shinji eyes flickered to the front of the room, 04 Suzuhara Touji turning to look at the person in the seat directly next to him, 05 Nagisa Kaoru.
The brunet kept his focus on Tabris for a few moments taking in the features of the ex-angel. Shinji wracked his brain trying to remember anything useful. He had seenhe had killed Kaoru. But this wasnt Kaoru this was Angelo Tabris; like how that was not Rei but Angelo Lilim. Rei he remembered how she had gone into situations where her life became forfeit, but she always came back. Glancing at the two silver haired youths he vaguely remembered that they were one in the samethey were kin.
Glancing around the room the only non-Eva pilot that Shinji remembered was the Iinchou- Horaki Hikari. Shinjis heart seized and the brunet violently got to his feet. The room was suddenly silent, but Shinjis head was pounding and suddenly so were his feet carrying him out the door and to the nearest restroom.
The room was dark the silence now comforting. Shinji remembered Kensuke, remembered how he had wanted so badly to be an Eva pilot. His anger at how Touji got chosen over him. He remembered the adults and their conversations ones they thought he wouldnt understand and wasnt around to hear.
The third child was angry he knew that everyone in his class could have been chosen to be a pilot and he knew that was Kensuke wanted that seat more than he ever did, and he didnt know but he could see that the only people left alive that he knew from before were Eva pilots and for some reason the Iinchou.
Hot tears streaked down the brunets angry red face, taking a couple of quick steps to the sinks along the wall he turned on the faucet and splashed his face. Looking up in the mirror, Ikari Shinji froze anger bleeding away as he jumped back in shock. The person looking back at him wasnt himself.
Walking closer to the mirror Shinji put his hand to the glass to be sure that he was looking at his own reflection. Satisfied that there was no one playing a joke on him Shinji studied his own features while he thought about the last time he looked in a mirror. He looked older more like the pictures he had seen in his youth of his mother he had her soft features when he narrowed his eyes in his study of himself he reeled back recognising the expression as one that his father often had on his face.
There was suddenly a noise at the door and Tabris stepped into the bathroom. With one last look at the mirror the brunet launched himself into the arms of the ex-angel. Kaoru, how old am I? asked Shinji the question just slipped out it suddenly seemed more important than anything he could ask about Kensuke.
Shinji-koi, Tabris whispered as he petted the brown hair and held the smaller body to him, you are eighteen it is 2020 March 18 you will be nineteen in a few months.
The third child pulled back and looked shocked at his friend before burying his head deeper into the warm embrace of the fifth child. Where did all the time go?
You know the answer Shinji-koi, replied Tabris tightening his arms around the other boy, what made you leave the classroom?
The younger youth hesitated he could hear some shuffling looking over the shoulder of the silver haired youth he could see Lilim, Asuka, Touji, and Hikari in the door of the bathroom. Swallowing and taking a deep breath Shinji admitted, I realised the Kensuke is gone, the only people I knew from before are Eva pilots and the Iinchou.
The room was silent for a pregnant moment Hikari put her hand to her mouth it appeared as if she was about to cry. Touji broke the silence, Our teacher is the same.
Tabris shifted so that both he and Shinji could easily see the rest of their friends. Red-eyes shared a look with equally red eyes and Lilim turned towards the Iinchou and her boyfriend. Could you guys make sure that the teacher doesnt call NERV, and that Kagura is all right?
Hikari nodded and pulled her boyfriend from the room. The remaining four pilots looked at each other before Lilim began to explain, There are three types of people in the world that you remember. There was humans the children of Adam and Eve the pride of God, there was the Lilin children of Lilth and Asmodai a demon, and lastly there are angel fallen or otherwise.
You might not like to think about it, Tabris began to speak, but Lilim and I are clones... what cloning had a hard time completing is a soul. This is how Lilim and I as ex-angels at this Lilim snorted, were able to take this humanoid form.
Now the humans had fallen from Gods path they had sinned one too many times and God decided he wanted to start over again. He sent the Angels, to kill off humanity except for the new Adam and Eve. Everyone who died was 100% human. Everyone who was left alive except for Horaki, Suzuhara, Asuka, and Shinji, are Lilin the children of Lilith.
Asuka looked affronted and with an angry snarl said, What about Kaji Yayoi, she is the sister of Kaji Ryouji.
Half-siblings, shrugged Lilim.
But you said there was four of us when the goal was for there to only be two of us remaining, snapped Asuka her confusion bleeding through in her words.
God maybe all knowing, but he still underestimates the power of the human emotions. The Father believed that Ikari Shinjis feelings for Nagisa Kaoru would dissipate with time Lilim paused and looked at everyone studying the look on their face from her explanation, I however knew better, I saved Suzuhara Touji and Horaki Hikari to be the Fathers new Adam and Eve.
The room was silent for a moment Shinji clung to Tabris and Asuka became red with anger. Im supposed to be with Shinji but you Engelnruined it! (Angels)
Both red-eyed youths opened their mouths to retort but Shinji beat them to it. I dont love you Asuka.
That Engel is male, it is wrong! yelled Asuka. (Angel)
He loves me, that love is real, Shinji whispered harshly tears in his eyes as he stared at the redhead, Kaoru is real... he is real...
The room became silent as Shinji trailed off. Tabris held the slighter form closer to his body and began to hum.
Freude, schner Gtterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuer-trunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brder,
Wo dein sanfter Flgel weilt.
Authors Note: I apologise for your long wait. So what do you think? See you next week. Please review.
-Na