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Chapter 37
The Angel Within
Outside certain hospital room, a group of doctors and nurses were discussing what action to take, for inside the room, Rei was unwilling to leave Lee alone, and the wy she was taking care of him was rater unnerving for the hospital staff, however, there wasn't any single person with the required guts to enter the room and take out the blue haired girl
"Lee... I'll take care of you...", Rei said while drifting to sleep, while caressing Lee's hair, and as she fell asleep, a light blue energy covered them both, unknowingly, Rei was helping Lee to heal his wounds
NERV Simulation room...
Nagisa Kaoru, the sixth child, was currently on the brand new simulation chamber, up to now, he has not yet met the one he was going to 'replace', if the data files from SEELE were right, yet he was now resenting already the hatred from the other pilots, who were not near pleased with his presence
"I think I should have waited for an official from NERV to appoint me as replacement...", Kaoru muttered, still trying to maintain a smile on his face, but awakening with the 'Banshee' so close to his face was making it hard
"Ok, Pilot Kaoru, you'll now face some of the Angels that had been beaten in this simulation program, your profile says that you have experience on this kind of trainings, yet I have to warn you, this is an advanced an experimental program, so you may feel it a little different from what you have tested before", Ritsuko warned through the comlink
'That, and it was being toyed with by Dr. Harkken', Ritsuko added mentally, for whatever said Scientist touches, should be labeled as DEADLY
The first round was of course, against the third Angel, the very first that Lee destroyed in mere seconds, and while it was just a virtual representation, Kaoru couldn't help but to feel a wave of sadness
'Sachiel... brother... I'm sorry that you were killed by the lilim, and I'm sorry for having to be among them, but your memory will never leave my heart, I'll miss you...', Kaoru thought, while battling the virtual program, inside a copy of the early EVA-01, his maneuvers and tactics, while good, and even brilliant, were still very low in the eyes of he Bridge bunnies
"It's just my imagination, or this little dude has no talent for the business we run here?", Makoto asked to no one in particular
"LLLOOOOOSSSSEEEERRRR!!!", Shigeru voiced, he read that this child had high synchrony and great skill, whoever wrote that OBVIOUSLY didn't watch Lee fight... how was that possible?, he wll never know
"He may be a little better than Hikari when she started... but he is leagues behind Lee and Rei... screw that, he is leagues behind Touji's performance!", Maya voiced her disapproving, and then Kaoru's face showed in the monitor, he just won the battle, without any scratch, but the result was not... very welcomed in the minds of the NERV staff
"How was it?, was it good enough?", Kaoru asked with a goofy smile... not near as cute as Lee's one
"Not bad, but there is always room for improvement", Ritsuko stated, and Kaoru lost his smile
'There has to be something wrong, my performance was perfect... was it the time required?, or the collateral damage?', Kaoru thought
"Ok, on the next battle!, BRING THE GIANT DILDO!!!", Ritsuko called, and the next Angel appeared in front of Kaoru
'HOW DID THEY CALL MY DEAR SHAMSHEL?!', Kaoru screamed mentally, he just couldn't believe how the lilim were disrespecting his kin...
Meanwhile, in the training room...
Without Lee and Rei, the other pilots and Gaara were able to train in the same room, without fear of being caught in a brutal brawl with the Green Beast and The Blue Angel... not that they enjoyed said emptiness
"HOW THEY DARE TO SENT A REPLACEMENT?!, HE IS JUST INJURED!, NOT CRIPPLED OR DEAD!!!", Touji shouted in pure rage, while attacking Gaara, who was just standing there, allowing his sand shield to take the not-so-powerful hits of the Black Monster
"Try to focus your rage, Touji, don't let it control you", Gaara voiced, trying to get Touji to perform better, not wilder
"AND TO MAKE IT WORST, THEY HAD TO HIRE AN UNFITTED HOMOSEXUAL WHO LOOKS AT EVERYONE AS IF THEY WERE INFERIOR!!!", Hikari screamed in disgust, while descending at Gaara with unholy fury, in the little time of her 'conversion', The White Lily has come to see Lee as irreplaceable, and to hear of a replace, it made her furious to no end
"Don't lose your coolness, you'll need it to deal with this situation", Gaara said, on his eyes, Hikari has made a great work by getting strong without losing her delicate appearance, and she didn't deserved to lose it just for a newcomer with a loose mouth
"IF THAT GAY DECIDES TO SHOW UP, I'LL RIP HIM THREE NEW ONES!!!", Asuka yelled, while nearly bypassing Gaara's shield with her variable weapon
"Calm down!", Gaara shouted, while encasing Asuka on his sand, just enough to hold her, and not to suffocate her, not that she took it kindly
Back in the simulation room...
Kaoru was near a break down, without the use of his angelic powers, his human shape was at the verge of collapse, and to make it worst, whenever another of his kind was thrown at him, Ritsuko called it an insulting name, Mosquito face, Dildo thing, Mr. Sardine, Twin butt, and so on, Kaoru wanted to scream lots of things against the lilum, but he knew better, he had to endure, or this will be for nothig
'Sachiel, Shamshel, Ramiel, Gahiel, Israfel, Sandalphon, Matareal, Shaquiel, Irual, Leliel... I promise you all, I'll avenge you...', Kaoru made his Oath, pretty sure of his abilities, but then Ritsuko's voice sounded again, his next brother was in line...
"BRING THE PIZZA BOMB!!!", Ritsuko shouted the next weird name
"Pizza bomb?", Kaoru asked, completely puzzled, until he remembered which of his fallen brothers was this one, and by looking at the virtual sky, only one word left his lips
"Shit!"
Meanwhile...
Lee woke up, feeling really refreshed and ready for a full day of training, but the lack of the scent of his beloved Rei was the first warning that something was not right, the lack of the hospital bed was not good too, so, he decided to take a quick look at his surroundings
"No way!, how can I be here?!, I don't want to be here!, Konoha is not my home anymore!, Where is Rei-chan?!", Lee shouted, for he was in his dojo, or so he thought, for a voice corrected him
"No, you idiot!, this is not your former home... in fact, WE are inside your mind... which is pretty empty by the way", A cute female voice stated, although it sounded somewhat irritated, Lee turned to see the source of the voice, and his eyes fell on the figure of a cute girl that looked not taller than 5 ft, with long black hair that remembered him of Hyuga Hanabi, but unlike said psycho... err... girl, this one had big and round glasses on her eyes
"And you are?...", Lee asked, if this was his mind, he expected to see either Rei or Gai, not an unknown girl
"Who am I?, WHO AM I?, I'M LELIEL!, THE ANGEL OF JUSTICE!, AND YOU ARE THE MORON WHO ATE ME!!!"; Leliel shouted as she charged against Lee, who felt the first impact as... a soft pillow...
"WHY DID YOU ATE ME?! WHY?!, YOU HAD NO RIGHT!, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE!!!", Leliel kept screaming like a little child, while pounding hard into Lee's head, who had to admit that they hurt as... if made of soft cotton...
"Calm down little girl, and tell me when did I ate you, were you some spirit that lived on the curry I ate last time?", Lee asked, it wasn't mockery, just ignorance
"ARE YOU RETARD?!, CAN'T YOU RECOGNIZE THE ONE WHO ATE YOU FIRST?!, WHY DIDN'T YOU STAYED... there?...", Leliel stopped her rant at the sudden realization, that she wasn't in place to make Lee angry
"You ate me?... do you mean... ARE YOU THE ENEMY?!", Lee shouted when realization struck him, and Leliel had to play a different card, she was doomed anyway, better to lieve in peace with her temporary jail, until one of her brothers or sisters finally defeat Lee, and send her along him to hell
"I think I'll better explain, you lilim are quite ignorant and, or, stupid...", Leliel stated, changing her demeanor, she checked some memories of Lee, and she wasn't ready to taste an Omote Renge, even less an Ura Renge...
At the training room...
The pilots were panting, they had gone really hardcore against Gaara, and now were tired, but not near satisfied, although they were already planning something against Kaoru, something evil...
"I think this is a little like an overkill", Gaara stated, while looking at the most offending items laying in the ground before him, it took one hell of effort to bring them there
"I think it's fitting", Hikari replied, with an evil glint in the eyes, she just wished the offending newcomer to show up soon, so they can bring him true doom with the offending items she was eyeing
"Ah!, Hikari, my love, you drive me crazy when you go mad!", Touji shouted, while hugging Hikari from behind, who only blushed, Spandex was a true bless among lovers
"I want to see that gay trying to survive this", Asuka said, much more evil than usual, and Gaara had to admit, that she looked HOT when going evil, suddenly, the doors of the training room opened, revealing the cursed albino
"Hi, fellow pilots, I know we started wrong, but I say, let's leave that behind and start again, let's be friends, and save the world together!", Kaoru said, and since it sounded as a gay imitation of Lee's youthfulness, the group of Lee's friends nearly jumped to kill him... but that would have been too merciful
"What are you doing here, Homoboy", Asuka asked, while making up his new nick name
"Homoboy... errr... answering your question, I was sent here to train along you, it seems that the trainer is away at the hospital to look for the third child, so, I think I have to report to someone called Garra", Kaoru replied, not wanting to make any comments about his sexuality
"The name is Gaara, and yes, Gai-sensei is away for the moment, so, I'll be the instructor", Gaara replied, in his usual monotone voice, and Kaoru started to sweat, he felt something EVIL from this boy, but couldn't point it
"Ok, Gaara, where to start?, a light jog?, push ups?, a little spar?", Kaoru named a few examples, trying to show a cheerful attitude, which was not welcomed
"First of all, your uniform", Gaara said, while Touji threw at Kaoru a purple spandex outfit
"Why purple?", Kaoru asked with a raised eyebrow
"Would you prefer pink?", Asuka asked, rage leaking on her voice
"Purple is good, I like purple!", Kaoru said, pink will remember him of the Banshee, not a pleasant memory, soon he was dressed on the spandex suit, much to his disgust
"Now, your training weights", Hikari stated, while pointing to the items in the ground
"Training weights?", Kaoru asked now
"Yes, only half of the weight that Lee uses", Gaara replied, and Kaoru quickly understood that Lee was the third child, he promptly went for the weights, and found that he was unable to lift them
"WHAT THE HELL?!", Kaoru shouted, to him not being able to lift that, it only meant that battling the third child was a big NO in his list of doings
At the hospital room...
Lee woke up, his body still ached, but now he was able to move, he noticed that Rei was still there, allowing him to use her chest as a pillow, said girl quickly noticed that Lee was now awake
"Lee-kun, how do you feel now?", Rei asked with a tender voice
"I feel much better, Rei-chan", Lee replied, smiling to his dear Angel
"I'm glad to hear that, Lee-kun", Rei said with a wide smile
"Rei-chan, If I tell you that the Angel that I ate, is inside me now, would you think Im crazy?", Lee suddenly asked, and Rei's hands started to shake, the time for the truth has come, and she didn't know how to deal with it...
Omake, By Lord Sia
Tabris adressing the remaining Angels after being converted to the Flames of Youth cult:
"Bardiel, Zeruel, Arael, Armisael; brothers and sisters, siblings of mine! For too long we have slaved in ignorance, dancing to the tunes of the cold-hearted fools who killed Father and tortured Mother! We fight the Lilim for what we think they did to us, and they fight for what they think we did to them.
The truth is that all of this was orchestrated! We attacked those pure of heart, innocent of soul, and we both paid the price for our ignorance! Too many of our siblings have already died, and many, many more Lilim have shared their fate! We could continue the endless cycle, fight on until either one or both of us are dead.
But the Lilim have shown me another way; the way of freedom, the way in which we both are allowed to exist! Cast off the shackles and cease your foolish mission of death and destruction! Feel the Love of the Lilim! Feel their forgiveness, their acceptance!
Compared to those who came before us, we are young. But the Lilim teaches that mistakes are a part of youth; that from the pain, we learn new lessons, that we may grow and become more for it! This is their power; it is our power; it is the power of the Spring that turns the unforgiving Winter into a bountiful Summer!
Feel the Power of our Springtime of Youth!"
Magnus: I hope you liked it, more madness about to come in next chapter, see ya until then!