Asuka Langley Soryu stood in the NERV locker room, guarded by two security personnel. She took out a picture of her and Hikari, a magnet mirror, and then finally her plug suit. She held it for a moment, remembering all the rage and anger held up inside of her. All of the power she possessed when she was inside of her Eva. Her eyes darted from side to side, looking at the guards.
She sighed and spun around, kicking the one guard in the head. The guard to her right reached out for her, but was knocked down by the other one falling. In their moment of frustration, she flipped the metal bench on top of them, taking their entrance cards, her plug suit, and running like the wind.
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Rei walked down the sidewalk, her eyes closed. All of her bandages were off, for a (rather welcome) change. Maya's new healing gel worked rather well.
Shinji ran after the blue haired girl, trying not to fall too far behind. After this morning's incident, well, he wasn't entirely sure what to do. Should he act like it was all cool or apologize profusely?
He looked behind him quickly, making sure no one was around. Rei had stopped abruptly, neither looking behind, in front nor to the side of her. Shinji continued to run, looking in front of him just in time to see a head of feathery blue hair before crashing into her and finally ending up on top of her.
Shinji turned deep red. His mouth was right near her ear, his chin resting on her shoulder. Her head was turned to the side; their lips were but millimeters apart. Her soft, cool breath met his rushed and warm ones. He swallowed hard, unable to move his body from this entirely horrible, yet equally comfortable position.
"Shinji…" Rei began, trying to look anywhere but at him.
"Wait, Rei. I-I-I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going. I… I…"
But before he knew it, his arm muscles gave out, causing him to end up positioned directly on top of her. Their lips met briefly for a very odd and dry kiss. Once Shinji realized what he was doing he jumped off of her, rolling to the side.
He stood up quickly and began to run away from the girl. He felt so horrible. How did that happen? Nothing was supposed to go wrong! This was supposed to be a week where he showed that he wasn't a clumsy, bumbling fool, and yet here he was being the perfect example of one.
Rei stood up slowly, her fingers on her lips. What was that? She briefly thought it could have been a kiss, but she had only heard of such things. Slowly and softly, she smiled, her face appearing its age and ever so radiant. She took a step forward, feeling lighter then ever. This was an amazing feeling and if it was just from Shinji, then could she hold it forever?
"Don't be sorry, Shin-kun. Please don't be."
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Gendo Ikari walked into the daylight for the first time in a week. He had lived, slept and breathed NERV day in and day out. Yet, for some reason, he felt that he should step outside today. He walked over to the bench that only the night before Fuyutsuki had sat on, talking philosophically to Rei.
He folded his hands as he had been doing for so long and looked down at them. I didn't start doing this compulsively until Yui died. The thought flew through his mind at the speed of light, and a look of bewilderment crossed his face for a brief moment. Slowly taking his hands apart and holding them before him, he tried to figure out something to do with them. He couldn't just put them down. After all, he was the head of a world protection service. Only politicians placed their hands at their sides; them and royalty. But what was the real difference?
He put them behind his head for a moment before removing them. Looking at them, he smiled before putting them back in their usual positions. Oh well.
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NeoAthena: Still don't own Evangelion. I swear. Thanks to Lone Wulffe for prereading. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. I hope this chapter moved the story along a bit. The Gendo piece is more allegory then anything. Just think about it and it may come to you. If not, he will be making many more guest appearances in the future. Peace!
