Hello everyone, here in the next update on the chapter. I have put in some translations for Asuka's German Speech in this chapter to help everyone out so be warned; this chapter gets a little mushy. I am going to do the next chapter dealing with the NERV Germany group so keep your eyes open for an update on that.

No on with the story.


Part 12: Meetings


Between the nightmares Rei had the night before, and barely sleeping even with Kaworu hugging her tight next to him. She still felt scared and tired. That is why she decided to head down to the beach and go for a swim. Only wrapped in the bed sheet she had taken from her and Kaworu's bed to keep her warm she walked down to the LCL Ocean.

There she pulled the sheet off her naked body and rolled the sheet up and placed a rock and a bottle of water she had grabbed in the kitchen on the way out on top of it by the sand near where the tide was coming in and walked into the sea.

Feeling the warmth of the Saltwater and LCL collect around her body she dove in and stared swimming. She wanted exhaustion to occur or be exhausted when she came back to shore. She sensed that there was faint AT Fields starting to collect together in the water beneath her but they were far from forming into a person. Memories came to her of the Dummy Clones. How happy they were swimming in their tank. Not a worry in the world. Just empty of everything but base reactions to the flow of the pumps in the LCL tanks. She was the Third one. The memories of the Second started to come to her. She wanted to be loved. Did Rei II desire to be a mother? Would she have been loved if she had lived?

Rei kept swimming wanting her mind to go blank, to return to that happy nothingness she had come from, but the questions burned in her mind.

Was Rei a person? Kaworu had told her that she was... He cared about her. But was it out him caring about another self aware being... Then Rei's stomach clenched. Rei was in pain as she curled up into a fetal position in the water as she felt LCL and salt water flow into her mouth as she sank. Then she was in the dream again. The figure floating towards her started to say her name.

"Rei..." the voice echoed in her mind. "Go back to shore... quickly... Yui needs your help." The voice wasn't violent, scary, or malevolent. It was concerned about her. Almost motherly. Rei made the decision when the pain subsided to head back to shore. On the shore she saw little Yui standing on the beach, scared. She was wearing the shirt Shinji had worn when Third Impact had started. Rei realized that she needed to go faster so she expanded her AT field and used it to thrust her forward through the Saltwater and LCL. It wasn't until she felt sand scraping her knees that she stood up and started running in a flat out sprint towards Yui. When she finally got to her sister, she fell to her knees and hugged the girl.

"I'm here Yui." Rei said holding the girl who was shaking with fear.

"Rei… I don't want to be eaten by the monster…" Yui called out as she dug her small fingernails into the naked flesh of Rei's back. Rei wondered which monster Yui was talking 

about. Was it one of the Barons that Sheba had told them about or was it something more primal?

"It is going to be okay." Rei said as she reached down for the rock she had placed her bed sheet under and wrapped up her body along with Yui to comfort the girl. Then Rei felt an AT Field coming towards her. Rei reached out with her mind and counted the present fields near the farm house. When she realized that everyone was accounted for, she reached out with her mind to send a message wondering if it was Lilith, Navi or Daniel coming back from their search for survivors.

"Lilith, Navi, Daniel... are you there?" Rei projected her thoughts.

"It is Ikari Rei..." Rei started to get worried. Sheba had told them about the Barons, but if they had arisen. Then, Rei held back her fear as she attempted to contact the three searchers.

"Please respond... Lilith. Is that you approaching me?" Then Rei prepared herself for battle. Using her AT Field she flattened stretched and formed it into a Lance of Longinus.

"Rei..." Lilith called out in her mind as the thoughts flowed freely. "... What is happening? Never mind I think we found survivors, or signs of them. But right now we are looking through the wreckage of an old Tourist bus. But we did find someone's pet so carrying this little guy back with us might take a while." Rei's blood went cold.

"Then you are not approaching me from over the hill?" Rei projected her thoughts with concern.

"No... All three... Well the four of us are in one place." Lilith said as Rei moved Yui behind her and out of sight behind the sheet she had wrapped around her body. Tying the sheet around her like a tunic she spread the Spear's end into a fork and forced the edges to be so sharp that it would slice through any substance including an AT Field.

"Rei... Wait do you mean that you are near the other survivors?" Lilith screamed out in Rei's head.

"I do not know, but I am ready for a fight. I will not let anyone including Ikari Gendo harm me or my sister." Rei felt every blow the breeze around her body as she felt part of the sheet come free leaving part of her body exposed. She didn't care, all she knew was there was someone coming and she was scared. What did the voice warn her about? Then she heard a rock fall and clatter against other stones on the beach. Rei turned and using her AT Field launched herself into the air and flew at such speed she was upon the person at the top of the hill. Slamming her knee into the chest of one of the individuals sending them flying backwards, she brought the tip of her spear right up to neck level to... Toji... Rei's grip hurt so much she didn't know that she forced her hands right into the AT Field of the Spear.

"Um, Hi Rei..." Toji blinked seeing Rei on the verge of killing him.

"Pilot Suzuhara..." Rei said as she lowered her weapon and bowed her head acknowledging that he was Shinji's friend.

"Listen, sorry about..." Toji cleared his throat as he adverted his eyes from Rei realizing that all she was pretty much wearing was a bed sheet. "...barging into while you were..."

"I was taking a swim after I had bathed." Rei said as she turned to see the other individuals.

"What are you on girl?" A very clear American Accent came through as Rei looked down to see dark haired girl she had knocked her knee into.

"Toji..." A Japanese girl called out helping the American off of the ground. "There are some things one doesn't do and that is never sneak up on a girl while she is taking a bath."

"I know Kodama..." Toji turned away from Rei. "... Listen Rei... have you Seen Shinji around or..."

"Pilot Soryu and Shinji are alive along with a few other survivors." Rei said as she heard Yui's voice from below.

"Rei..." Yui called out scared. "Are they good, or are they bad?"

"Yui..." Rei called out. "It is safe, they are Friends of Shinji." Toji tapped Rei on the shoulder after he had helped the American off of the ground.

"So who is Yui?" Toji's words stopped in their tracks as a little head of blue hair came up over the hill.

"She is my kid sister." Rei said a matter of factly.

"You have a kid sister?" Toji blinked a few times looking at the Mini Rei.

"Rei, can we head back to the Farm... I want to be near Asuka." Yui hid behind Rei's leg.

"Okay. We are heading back." Rei said as she guided Yui by her hand in front of her and started to walk the path back to the farmhouse.

"So, Toji... Did you know that your Friend Rei had a kid sister?" Kodama said walking next to Toji.

"No I didn't..." Toji spoke slowly. "Wonder's what else Rei kept secret before Third Impact."


Asuka looked around the room lying next to Shinji. Given all that happened she knew that this new world they were in was going to be radically different than the one she had known. Asuka watched as she looked at Shinji's chest. He has become much more muscular after Third Impact and was starting to look attractive. Heck he looked like a young Kaji. But this was Shinji, for all she knew he was having perverted dreams like all guys would have about girls. But... something was stopping her, maybe she looked unattractive. She worked up her nerve and leaned over to Shinji.

"Shinji..." Asuka felt nervous and said what was on her mind, "Halten Sie mich attraktiv?" (Do you find me attractive?)

"Uh..." Shinji was half awake. Asuka tried again.

"Halten Sie mich attraktiv?"

"Ja." Shinji said as he rolled over.

"Ja??" Asuka said stunned. When did Shinji learn German? Concerned she decided to see how much German Shinji knew.

"Welche Einrichtung Teil finden Sie attraktive auf mich?" (What body part do you find attractive on me?)

"Asuka..." Shinji rolled into a ball.

"Welche Einrichtung Teil finden Sie attraktive auf mich?"

"I like all of you... Your eyes, hands, your buttocks, that cute little crease on your ankle."

"You like my buttocks?" Asuka thinking that Shinji was being a pervert.

"Well not at first, but given how overly protective of your body. I shy away from mentioning it. Given that you have a mean kick whenever anyone sees you naked."

"Overprotective?"

"Kaji said that you wanted a man to see you. A real man, one that make you a true woman."

"Kaji?? Wait, you talked with Kaji?" Asuka was concerned.

"Yeah, I went to him to talk about guy stuff after we kissed." Shinji said half lucidly.

"Oh..." Asuka wondered what they had talked about. "What did you talk about?"

"Asuka..." Shinji rolled up tighter trying to stay warm.

"Please... "Asuka pleaded.

"We talked about that I liked you... That I couldn't approach you... I couldn't understand what you wanted... that you nearly killed me with your first kiss..." Asuka was about to freak but Shinji finished. "Kaji said that girls usually goof with their first kiss and nearly smother the guy, so I didn't feel so guilty about what happened. That if Asuka wanted to kiss again, the hang loose ninety/ten rule should apply."

"Ninety/Ten rule?" Asuka said curious.

"Yeah it was the rule that Kaji used when he kissed a girl." Shinji said sadly. "That a couple should hang loose while kissing, that neither should have a strong hold on the other but be able to pull away or lean closer to the other person and be guided to their own comfort level. Hold on too tight for too long and the other person feels uncomfortable, and too loose the person feels like they don't want to commit to the kiss."

"What did he say about my kiss?" Asuka said concerned.

"Kaji said that you are a bit aggressive in that you lost someone close to you and don't want to lose them. You have to be a bit scared with the kiss; I think that is why I kissed you every time I visited you while you were in your Coma... I worked up the nerve that I wanted to be your knight in shining armor. That I was afraid of losing you... That I loved you." Asuka blinked. Shinji here was just confessing his love for her. He was being a knight in shining armor and he tried to wake her up like Sleeping Beauty. "I was scared of losing you when I found you after Third Impact and treated your wounds I knew that it was going to be hard. I would never run away again."

"So you find me beautiful?" Asuka worked up the nerve.

"Yes... even now with your eyes brown... they look like my mom's I think... They make you look like a princess..." Asuka leaned over and kissed Shinji.

"Oh... Shinji..." Asuka said kissing him repeatedly in the process of waking him up. "I love you..." Asuka Flopped back on the bed. "I now understand why you talked with Kaji... You truly love me... Find me beautiful..." Asuka crossed her arms across her chest and hugged herself as she fell backwards. "Oh, Kaji... you were making Shinji my Knight..." She said dreamily. "You wanted to pass the torch to him so that I would have someone my own age." Asuka grinned up at the ceiling.

"Asuka..." Shinji spoke out. "Are you okay??" Shinji was sitting up in the bed.

"Sie finden mich schön ..." (You find me beautiful...) Asuka said grinning at him as she rolled over to him. Biting her lip she snaked her way up his chest, and looking in no particular direction before placing her eyes directly on him she said. "Ich weiß, warum sind Sie bereit zu warten, dann deshalb, weil der Kaji. Du willst mich zu sich sicher fühlen, bevor wir (I know why you are willing to wait, it is because of Kaji. You want me to feel safe before we...) ... Make Love." Asuka swapped back to Japanese.

"Asuka..." Shinji stammered out in shock... "You want to make love now??" Asuka pulled back.

"Oh, Shit... Shinji..." Asuka realized that she was about to make things more difficult for her than she wanted. She didn't want Shinji to break any promises that he had made to Kaji. "No... Shinji..." Asuka stammered out... "I'm willing to wait... I mean until..."

"Asuka..." Shinji said concerned...

"Shinji..." Asuka looked worried. "I'm willing to wait... I mean... until..." Asuka got worried and blurted it out. "I love you... I just don't want to..." That was when Shinji leaned in and kissed her on the lips... Asuka tried to process it... Her mind was racing... Shinji pulled away. She was scared and leaned forward. Shinji acknowledged and met her. She moved back. Shinji drifted losing contact from time to time... That was when she put her hand on Shinji's chest... "Wow..." Asuka was still processing... Shinji hugged her softly and gently rubbed her back...

"It's going to be okay Asuka, I am not going anywhere."

"Shinji..." Asuka hugged him back, not clutching him but hugging him like a stuffed animal. She was scared. Happy... Hell her stomach felt like it had butterflies, and she was floating away. "...please don't leave me?"

"I won't." A Shinji said comforting her. Asuka hugged tighter like she was going to lose her shining knight. "Asuka..." Shinji rubbed her back slowly. "You have a nightmare?"

"No..." Asuka said crying. "Just hold me..."

"Okay, Asuka..." Shinji said just holding her as she slowly fell asleep in his arms...

Asuka awoke curled up in Shinji's arms. She felt safe...

"Shinji..." Asuka said slowly... "You okay??"

"Morning sleeping beauty." Asuka grinned as she smelled Shinji's body. "Yes... You know your brown eyes make you look beautiful..." Asuka blinked...

"You like my eyes?" Asuka blinked.

"Yeah... I think they are the type of eyes my mom had... I don't really know but..." Shinji looked sad.

"Shinji..." Asuka spoke trying to orientate herself as she felt a cool breeze across her back right next to Shinji's hand. Her bare back.

"Asuka... you kind of snaked your sleep shirt up while you slept." Shinji said as he rubbed the dent in her lower back. "My hand didn't move, but I think you were trying to undress, but I spent half the night keeping your clothes on you." Asuka looked worried. "Please don't say Baka... you wanted it up with my hand there and as a gentle..."

"Shinji... Thank you..." Asuka said as she slid up and kissed him. "Kaji taught you well." Then Asuka rolled out of the bed. "Shinji..." Asuka paused. "I love you." Asuka left the room and walked outside to watch the sun rise on the horizon she saw Rei coming up the shore with several people following her. One of them was Toji.


Toji was still wrapping his head around what was up with Rei. She seemed different. She seemed like something had happened to her and she wasn't going to open up until she got near this Farm.

"Rei…" Toji spoke as he caught up to Rei... "I didn't know that you had a sister?"

"Toji…" Rei moved into range of the Farmhouse. "There is something you should know…" Rei looked down to her sister. That was when Asuka and Shinji came out of the Farm along with… Several Rei's.

"Rei… Please don't tell me…"

"I am a clone…" Rei said in defeat.

"So..."

"I am the Third." Rei covered her nude body in shame.

"Okay…" Toji paused for a moment as he digested that. "It isn't like you are a clone of Shinji's mom."

"I am a partial clone off of her." Rei grabbed her sister and started running away from Toji and towards Shinji.

"Man talk about being fucked up beyond belief…" Rachel said as she looked out at the crowd gathering by the farmhouse. "…And I thought my life was bad."


The Ninety/Ten ten rule came from the Will Smith movie Hitch. I kinda of think that Kaji would have been Shinji's wingman in helping him hitch up with Asuka given how much they talked towards the end of the Series.

Next part 13: The German Side of Things