I don't really have anything to say except for this... I'm bored... heh maybe this is one of the reasons why I started writing this fic, cuz I can't think of anything for the sequal and this is all I can think of *shrug*. Well I think I'm gonna stick with the style I wrote with on the last chapter (I like it ^^) and I hope this will be longer cuz I think it's too short too =p.
Disclaimer: me no own!
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Searching through the Ruins
Chapter 3
Kure. Finally, too bad there isn't anymore gas around, or else we could have gotten a car or something in Hiroshima.
"Welcome to Kure." I said and gestured towards the city.
"YAY!!" I leaped out of the way as Yui starts to run towards the city. I guess I'm on the verge of doing that too.
"Yui.. slow down." I yelled at her. Quite surprisingly, she actually stopped and starts to walk back.
"Slow poke." I suppressed the urge to chuckle. Why the hell am I trying to not laugh? Am I slowly turning into my father? God help me...
"We have to stick together, the people who just came out are still confused, they might start to attack us." I calmly explained.
"I... I never.. I never thought about that.." Yui sounded ashamed as if she expected herself to know.
"Don't worry, you couldn't have figured that." I said, and if I heard myself right, I almost sounded... like... heh, like that would ever happen.
"Your right." I sighed in relief when Yui said it with a smile, I don't need a depressed companion, as if me being depressed is not enough. Yes, I admit, I'm depressed. Wow, if I'm depressed enough to admit I'm depressed, I must really be REALLY depressed.
What the hell was that?
"Umm.. Shinji..." I shook my head to clear it a bit before walking towards Kure again, with Yui by my side....
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And once again, we are in a city....
Oh, it's not like I mind or anything, actually, I'm glad that we're in a city again. It's just what Shinji told me, they might attack us. I don't like that idea, people going crazy after coming back and start going berserk.
"Shinji... are they really gonna attack us?"
"I'm not sure, but they might." I turned face Shinji to see if he was trying to scare me or was he serious...
He was neither...
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be... actually, they might not attack you. You're not the pilot of a monster that destroyed the world." I was startled when he brought up the word 'monster'.
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing..." I am positive he meant something... I also start to realize that he seems to deliberately TRY to avoid using my name, like it's not usable or something.
"So, we're just gonna stock up here and continue going?" I dunno, maybe I don't wanna walk like that again, or maybe I just don't like walking? Who knows?
"You wanna stay a while?" Huh? did he just ask me if I wanna stay?.
"Er... sure.."
"Well, I guess this is where we part ways then." What the!?
"W-w-wait!" I ran after Shinji, who is quickly walking away, "Don't you wanna stay for a day or two?"
"No."
"Why? It's nice here!"
"I don't wanna waste the stuff here. The food and water here are for the people that live here, I'm just here to borrow some supplies in order for me to go home." How come I never thought of that? He really has a good point.
"Oh... umm.. I said I wanna go with you and I'm not changing my mind!" I hope he won't leave me here, maybe I'm too much of a burden for Shinji...
"You sure, the next city we're gonna head for is pretty far, even further than going from Hiroshima to here." I took a look at Shinji to see what he's trying to do.. is he trying to convince me to stay?
"Well no matter, we just need to ration our stuff tighter, that's all." I tried to sound cheerful, but the fact is, my throat is as dry as the desert we're traveling across.
"Well after we reached our next destination, we won't be traveling as far in one trip anymore, so, I guess after this trip, it's smooth sailing." I can't help but grin, maybe he's not trying to get me to stay after all, he's just worried about me.
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"You two just came back?" I turned my head to see a man, I'm guessing in his 30s or something with a very ugly beard that just doesn't fit him, looking at us with interest.
"Nope, just passing through." Obviously, I was chosen as the spokesperson of the two of us. Yui is still kinda scared of her surroundings, and I'm just plain don't care. Well, me being here longer than she has does affect what she thinks.
"Oh, then I guess you'll be needing supplies." For some reason, I don't trust this man, but he's right, we DO need supplies.
"Shinji," I turned my head to see what Yui seem so tense about, well actually, I can guess, but still, her voice seemed strained. Plus, I've NEVER heard her whisper before, "I don't like this man.... he's, I don't trust him."
"Same here," I tried to sound calm, but I'm starting to think that I sound more cold than calm.
"So, if you need supplies," the man started to grin, "You can come to my store, and I'll see what I can get you."
"Umm, I think we'll walk around first." I quickly dragged Yui away from the man.
"Shinji.. what now?"
What now? How am I supposed to know! I guess we just need to find another store, it's a big city after all....
"We need to find some other store."
"For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this..." I looked at Yui, she seems to have the same look as Misato when we where fighting that angel.. which one was it.. oh yeah, the angel that dropped from the stratosphere or something to destroy the Geofront. Something about a women's intuition...
"Let's hope your wrong." Not likely, but we can always hope right?
Heh, who am I kidding. We are living in a dead world that is destroyed by my father who is hoping to meet mother again. So, I guess this world is destroyed by hope itself! Why would there be hope? It's all just a big nightmare... just like my life... just like Misato's life... and from what I can tell, like Asuka's life.
I wonder how all the bridge crew are doing? I mean I don't think they died... well Touji and Kensuke and Hikari surely didn't die since they moved somewhere else. When are they gonna come back?
"Shinji! Look!" Yui jumped, well more like bounced or something, excitedly and point towards a store without any people.
"Well, lets go stock up and get away from here, I don't like this place." I slowly followed Yui's lead towards the store. The good news is, nothing bad is happening yet, the bad news? well the bad feeling I'm getting is getting stronger every step I take towards the store... maybe we shouldn't go in, but we have to stock up sooner or later...
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"SLOW POKE!" I shouted towards Shinji as he slowly walked towards the glass door of the store. Well, I guess taunting is one way of getting him to say something, but for some reason, he's not responding like I expected... he just frowned and started a light jog towards me. Hmm...
"We have to stick together." I felt another chill go down my spine, it's that cold voice again.
I wish he can at least show SOME emotion other than depression and.. well.. more depression. Well he did smile once, but I don't know.. I wish he would smile more. I mean, I seriously don't want to travel with a person who is constantly depressed!
"I know, I know." I reached to open the door, but like magic, it opened by itself. Well I yelped and jumped a little. Then I heard a quiet chuckle, well I jumped again of course.
"Didn't know see the automatic door sign on the glass." My face felt hot when I heard Shinji tell me about the door. Well actually, that was only one of the reasons I'm guessing. The second reason is because... WOW!! Shinji actually looks.. what's the word.. hmm.. well I just like how Shinji looks when he smiles. That's just the female side of me talking I think, but still.
After few minutes of me staring at Shinji and him glancing inside the store, still with the small smile on his face. I wanted to say something like, you should smile more often. Unfortunately, I think something like this came out.
"Umm... look.. umm..yeah.. err..."
Shinji looked at me like I was possessed or something. Wait, what's possessed? I'm starting to get REALLY annoyed at these words that keep poping up in my head!
"Let's go in, we should be able to stock up in there." I quickly followed him inside and start looking around for stuff that I'll need, well mostly napkins or toilet paper or tissue. I never woulda thought that we'll need THAT much tissue! We practically used up all the napkins we've got in the first 2 days of our travel! It's scary. Most of the food we have Shinji carries, so I don't think I'll need to pack too much. But like Shinji said, this is gonna be the longest trip we're gonna have, so I guess I better get some too.
"Hey, you got everything you need?" I heard Shinji calling out to me.
"Almost, just need to back some water!" I called back.
"Here." I almost screamed when Shinji tapped me on my shoulder.
"Could you PLEASE stop scaring me!"
"Sorry, I just wanna give you this." Shinji handed me a can of something.
"What's this?" I examined the can, it feels cool on my skin. Very comforting in this desert.
"Open it, it tastes nice, but we shouldn't drink too much, just one can." Shinji said and opened the can.
"Umm.. what is this stuff?" I followed Shinji's lead and opened the can of whatever.
"It's call Pepsi, it's pretty good! Lots of sugar though." I said taking a sip.
Pepsi huh? I looked at the can one more time before I took a small sip....
"OH MY GOD!!" I screamed.
"What!" I giggled when Shinji's eyes widen and see if I was ok or not.
"THIS STUFF IS GREAT!!" I thought I saw Shinji give me a quizzically look, but I can't tell cuz I turned back to plain old, no feeling Shinji in about a second.
"Please don't scream like that again." Shinji shook his head, "Well looks like we got everything, let's get outta here."
I'm kinda disappointed, this city looks pretty nice. I'd like to stay here for a couple of days. But for some reason, I KNOW I need to reach this Tokyo 3 place and Shinji knows the way, so I havta follow him. Plus, he's the only one who seems to be traveling.
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I'm glad me and Yui are getting outta here, this city gives me the creeps. Maybe it reminds me too much of.... I shouldn't think about that...
"You ok? Is that stuff too heavy?" I asked Yui, trying to get my mind off of the past...
"Naw, I'm ok."
"Well, don't kill yourself over it, we're about to go for a long walk across this desert."
"Yeah I know." I turned my attention back to the road we're taking
"Well that's the ex-"
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"Hey Shinji, come on!" Shinji turned towards the voice, "We don't have all day! Come on BAKA!"
"A-are you sure you can drive that Asuka?" Shinji asked.
"Of course! It's just like those arcade games! Plus, there isn't a person out there so I don't think we're gonna have any problems at all." Asuka said confidently.
"I'm still not sure about this..." Shinji nervously looks around.
"WHAT! we are out to save the human race and you are NOT SURE ABOUT RIDING A TRUCK!!" Asuka screamed at Shinji, "MEIN GOTT! WHAT KINDA BAKA ARE YOU!"
"But are you sure Rei's message is accurate? I mean she did merge with Lilith and Lilith might be trying to kill us too!"
"Look, of all the people in the world, your father and Wondergirl are the two people that I utterly hate and have absolutely not trust placed on them, I mean that blue haired wonder can do nothing to help and your father is a scheming idiot! But this is the whole human race we're talking about! Even if I don't trust that doll, I don't think she would condemn the whole human race to its doom! I mean after all I said about her being a doll, she's still human after all!"
Asuka took a deep breath after her long speech.
"You.. you don't understand.." Shinji muttered quietly, "Rei... Rei isn't exactly Human. She's a clone of my mother and... an angel, I don't know which one.. but I know."
"WHAT!?!" Asuka stopped dead on her tracks, "Your telling me that Wondergirl is REALLY a doll!?"
"She's NOT A DOLL!" Shinji said with a sudden burst of anger in his voice.
".... I guess she's not..." Asuka agreed reluctantly.
"I'm just scared that Lilith has taking over and the message isn't given to us by Rei, but Lilith. I mean she's been pinned on the cross under Central Dogma for who knows how long, she's gonna have a grudge held against us right?" Shinji explained
"Well, we've gotta try right? I mean if this doesn't work, we would be all alone anyways and I still wouldn't even dream of repopulating the world with ya." Asuka said grinning, obviously trying to lighten up the mood.
"So your saying that we'd be dead anyways if we don't do what Rei says right?"
"Wow, so even idiots can learn to think!" Asuka hopped into the truck behind the steering wheel.
"I still think I should drive." Shinji said with a frown on his face.
"Well too bad, cuz here I GO!" Asuka grinned happily as she pressed at the pedal with all her might.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ARE YOU INSANE ASUKA!!!!! YOU DRIVE LIKE MISATO!!" Shinji screamed.
"YEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" the out of control red head kept on driving like a mad women (namely Misato) towards their destination... the shores of Hiroshima..
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What the hell? I slowly open my eyes and take a look at my surroundings. A room? But me and Yui are just about to leave Kure when....
Pain.
I tried to raise my hand to rub the back of my head but I found it bounded to a chair. I looked around the room once again and found Yui, still knocked out cold, beside me.
"Yui.. wake up" I whispered.
"uuuhhh.. wha?" I sighed in relief as Yui slowly wakes up. Well at least she's not dead.
"I guess it would be pretty pointless if I asked you what happened right?"
"Where are we?" Yui muttered, I'm guessing she's still dizzy.
"Well, seems like you two are awake again." I've heard this voice before.... where..
"HEY, you're that guy we saw!" Yui gasped and starts to struggle.
"Yui, you'll just hurt yourself." I said, and to my surprise, Yui listened.
"What do you want?" I asked the man.
"Protector of Earth huh?" What!?! He knows who the I am?
"What do you want." I found myself staring at the man.
"A little payback for what you did to this planet, we KNEW Nerv was up to no good." Oh great.. don't tell me he's one of those terrorists trying to stop NERV, "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna kill you for destroying Earth and then I'm gonna, why do you want to know, I was clearly chosen to give life to this planet again, and I will."
Oh great, not only does this person hate NERV and know I'm the pilot of the EVA, he's insane!
"Shinji.. what is he talking about."
"I'll tell you about it... someday.. if I get out of here alive."
"I doubt you'll be going anywhere." Not exactly what I want to hear, but...
Pain...
Stupid... I thought he want's to kill me.. not torture me.
"I'll punish you for what you did." That man said before I felt another punch.
"I.. did... nothing." I hissed before taking another hit.
I thought I heard Yui begging for him to stop, but that might be just my imagination. I'm hearing ringing and felt every bit of pain that was inflicted on me.
I hate this body... it gives me so much pain...
Yui... she can't live in this world alone yet... she still has a lot to learn and remember... I can't leave her, not like my father...
I slowly open my eyes once again to see Yui crying, maybe she did begged him to stop. Did that guy touch her? I'd kill him if he did... I'm in charge of taking care of her... yes.. that's it, I'm in charge of taking care of her until she can life by herself!
"Yui... I'm alright..." I managed to say, even though my throats dry, I'm feeling dizzy, and not to mention the pain.
"Sh-Shinji.. oh my god, I thought you're..." Good, she stopped crying... now we need to get outta here.
"Yui.. can you get out of here?"
"I.. I think I can.... there!" Yui sounds like she's ok. "I'll get you out of here."
I felt the rope around my wrist and waist fell loose one after another, "We have to sneak out of here."
"Right." She sounds really determined. That's good....
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"Right!" I said before helping Shinji onto his feet. I don't think Shinji can take another beating from that guy... he looks a bit too roughed up already. I even thought he was going to die! I felt like crying again just by looking at the state Shinji's in. He was the first person that I met in this world, he was nice to me, he helped me. Now is my chance to help HIM!
Leading him to the door, I heard a loud snore from outside. Must be that guy sleeping. Well I guess lady lucks with us today. Lady luck? frowned and turned my attention back to my injured friend, well he's more like my guardian.
"That guy's sleeping, we can get out!"
"G-good."
"Don't say anything, we'll be out of here with our stuff in no time." Our stuff... no... where is our stuff?
I took a look in the room the man is sleeping it. Couch... Dresser... Closet... Table... Backpack and duffel bag... Teapot... wait... Backpack and Duffel bag?!?!
"Shinji, I'll be right back, don't move k?" I whispered and laid him carefully down onto the ground.
"Don't get caught." I heard him say before I tiptoed towards our stuff. I hope that guy won't wake up suddenly. I held my breath as if my life depended on it and slowly grabbed our stuff trying not to make too much noise....
"I'll kill you.." I froze and turned around finding...
The man mumbling in his sleep. I sighed before I took our stuff and made a quick retreat
"Shinji, I got our stuff." I announced to Shinji, who is looking worst than before, or maybe I'm just taking notice of more of his injuries.
"Let's get outta here before he wakes then." Shinji said weakly pulling himself up.
I walked over and help Shinji walk towards the outskirts of town, "Maybe we should rest outside of town until your all healed up."
"No.. we have to ge-" I gasped when Shinji flinched and fell to the ground.
"You have to rest! I don't think he'll follow us outside of town."
"Fine..." Shinji agreed, if a bit forced, but still he agreed. I'm glad too, but we'll need to go into the city to restock again once Shinji is healed up.
"Shinji.. you don't need to kill yourself over me, I'll be ok." I said trying to ease Shinji's worries.
"You still have a lot to remember, I can't let you get hurt." Shinji said as he stood back up again, "let's set up camp here, I think we're far enough so that crazed guy won't follow us."
"I'll set up camp, you just rest ok?" I said before I take the tent off of Shinji's backpack, which I must say is extremely heavy, and start setting up.
"Yui."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
I felt hot all over at the worlds of gratitude, it felt nice. Maybe I should say thanks to Shinji too.
"Umm..."
Well maybe later.
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Oh yeah, I actually made this one longer than the last 2 chapters!!! that's a really good sign, I hope... Oh yeah, I'm also here to announce that I'm starting the sequal of Destiny and Time, so if ya wanna read it, then wait for it!! It should be posted in err.. let say a week or so.
So how did you like the lunatic that beaten on Shinji? I personally don't know why I put him there, it felt right *shrug*. I seriously think that my writing is getting bad by the minute and I hope it would get better so I can write the sequal.
Like always, please R&R and see ya next time *WAVE*
Disclaimer: me no own!
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Searching through the Ruins
Chapter 3
Kure. Finally, too bad there isn't anymore gas around, or else we could have gotten a car or something in Hiroshima.
"Welcome to Kure." I said and gestured towards the city.
"YAY!!" I leaped out of the way as Yui starts to run towards the city. I guess I'm on the verge of doing that too.
"Yui.. slow down." I yelled at her. Quite surprisingly, she actually stopped and starts to walk back.
"Slow poke." I suppressed the urge to chuckle. Why the hell am I trying to not laugh? Am I slowly turning into my father? God help me...
"We have to stick together, the people who just came out are still confused, they might start to attack us." I calmly explained.
"I... I never.. I never thought about that.." Yui sounded ashamed as if she expected herself to know.
"Don't worry, you couldn't have figured that." I said, and if I heard myself right, I almost sounded... like... heh, like that would ever happen.
"Your right." I sighed in relief when Yui said it with a smile, I don't need a depressed companion, as if me being depressed is not enough. Yes, I admit, I'm depressed. Wow, if I'm depressed enough to admit I'm depressed, I must really be REALLY depressed.
What the hell was that?
"Umm.. Shinji..." I shook my head to clear it a bit before walking towards Kure again, with Yui by my side....
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And once again, we are in a city....
Oh, it's not like I mind or anything, actually, I'm glad that we're in a city again. It's just what Shinji told me, they might attack us. I don't like that idea, people going crazy after coming back and start going berserk.
"Shinji... are they really gonna attack us?"
"I'm not sure, but they might." I turned face Shinji to see if he was trying to scare me or was he serious...
He was neither...
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't be... actually, they might not attack you. You're not the pilot of a monster that destroyed the world." I was startled when he brought up the word 'monster'.
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing..." I am positive he meant something... I also start to realize that he seems to deliberately TRY to avoid using my name, like it's not usable or something.
"So, we're just gonna stock up here and continue going?" I dunno, maybe I don't wanna walk like that again, or maybe I just don't like walking? Who knows?
"You wanna stay a while?" Huh? did he just ask me if I wanna stay?.
"Er... sure.."
"Well, I guess this is where we part ways then." What the!?
"W-w-wait!" I ran after Shinji, who is quickly walking away, "Don't you wanna stay for a day or two?"
"No."
"Why? It's nice here!"
"I don't wanna waste the stuff here. The food and water here are for the people that live here, I'm just here to borrow some supplies in order for me to go home." How come I never thought of that? He really has a good point.
"Oh... umm.. I said I wanna go with you and I'm not changing my mind!" I hope he won't leave me here, maybe I'm too much of a burden for Shinji...
"You sure, the next city we're gonna head for is pretty far, even further than going from Hiroshima to here." I took a look at Shinji to see what he's trying to do.. is he trying to convince me to stay?
"Well no matter, we just need to ration our stuff tighter, that's all." I tried to sound cheerful, but the fact is, my throat is as dry as the desert we're traveling across.
"Well after we reached our next destination, we won't be traveling as far in one trip anymore, so, I guess after this trip, it's smooth sailing." I can't help but grin, maybe he's not trying to get me to stay after all, he's just worried about me.
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"You two just came back?" I turned my head to see a man, I'm guessing in his 30s or something with a very ugly beard that just doesn't fit him, looking at us with interest.
"Nope, just passing through." Obviously, I was chosen as the spokesperson of the two of us. Yui is still kinda scared of her surroundings, and I'm just plain don't care. Well, me being here longer than she has does affect what she thinks.
"Oh, then I guess you'll be needing supplies." For some reason, I don't trust this man, but he's right, we DO need supplies.
"Shinji," I turned my head to see what Yui seem so tense about, well actually, I can guess, but still, her voice seemed strained. Plus, I've NEVER heard her whisper before, "I don't like this man.... he's, I don't trust him."
"Same here," I tried to sound calm, but I'm starting to think that I sound more cold than calm.
"So, if you need supplies," the man started to grin, "You can come to my store, and I'll see what I can get you."
"Umm, I think we'll walk around first." I quickly dragged Yui away from the man.
"Shinji.. what now?"
What now? How am I supposed to know! I guess we just need to find another store, it's a big city after all....
"We need to find some other store."
"For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this..." I looked at Yui, she seems to have the same look as Misato when we where fighting that angel.. which one was it.. oh yeah, the angel that dropped from the stratosphere or something to destroy the Geofront. Something about a women's intuition...
"Let's hope your wrong." Not likely, but we can always hope right?
Heh, who am I kidding. We are living in a dead world that is destroyed by my father who is hoping to meet mother again. So, I guess this world is destroyed by hope itself! Why would there be hope? It's all just a big nightmare... just like my life... just like Misato's life... and from what I can tell, like Asuka's life.
I wonder how all the bridge crew are doing? I mean I don't think they died... well Touji and Kensuke and Hikari surely didn't die since they moved somewhere else. When are they gonna come back?
"Shinji! Look!" Yui jumped, well more like bounced or something, excitedly and point towards a store without any people.
"Well, lets go stock up and get away from here, I don't like this place." I slowly followed Yui's lead towards the store. The good news is, nothing bad is happening yet, the bad news? well the bad feeling I'm getting is getting stronger every step I take towards the store... maybe we shouldn't go in, but we have to stock up sooner or later...
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"SLOW POKE!" I shouted towards Shinji as he slowly walked towards the glass door of the store. Well, I guess taunting is one way of getting him to say something, but for some reason, he's not responding like I expected... he just frowned and started a light jog towards me. Hmm...
"We have to stick together." I felt another chill go down my spine, it's that cold voice again.
I wish he can at least show SOME emotion other than depression and.. well.. more depression. Well he did smile once, but I don't know.. I wish he would smile more. I mean, I seriously don't want to travel with a person who is constantly depressed!
"I know, I know." I reached to open the door, but like magic, it opened by itself. Well I yelped and jumped a little. Then I heard a quiet chuckle, well I jumped again of course.
"Didn't know see the automatic door sign on the glass." My face felt hot when I heard Shinji tell me about the door. Well actually, that was only one of the reasons I'm guessing. The second reason is because... WOW!! Shinji actually looks.. what's the word.. hmm.. well I just like how Shinji looks when he smiles. That's just the female side of me talking I think, but still.
After few minutes of me staring at Shinji and him glancing inside the store, still with the small smile on his face. I wanted to say something like, you should smile more often. Unfortunately, I think something like this came out.
"Umm... look.. umm..yeah.. err..."
Shinji looked at me like I was possessed or something. Wait, what's possessed? I'm starting to get REALLY annoyed at these words that keep poping up in my head!
"Let's go in, we should be able to stock up in there." I quickly followed him inside and start looking around for stuff that I'll need, well mostly napkins or toilet paper or tissue. I never woulda thought that we'll need THAT much tissue! We practically used up all the napkins we've got in the first 2 days of our travel! It's scary. Most of the food we have Shinji carries, so I don't think I'll need to pack too much. But like Shinji said, this is gonna be the longest trip we're gonna have, so I guess I better get some too.
"Hey, you got everything you need?" I heard Shinji calling out to me.
"Almost, just need to back some water!" I called back.
"Here." I almost screamed when Shinji tapped me on my shoulder.
"Could you PLEASE stop scaring me!"
"Sorry, I just wanna give you this." Shinji handed me a can of something.
"What's this?" I examined the can, it feels cool on my skin. Very comforting in this desert.
"Open it, it tastes nice, but we shouldn't drink too much, just one can." Shinji said and opened the can.
"Umm.. what is this stuff?" I followed Shinji's lead and opened the can of whatever.
"It's call Pepsi, it's pretty good! Lots of sugar though." I said taking a sip.
Pepsi huh? I looked at the can one more time before I took a small sip....
"OH MY GOD!!" I screamed.
"What!" I giggled when Shinji's eyes widen and see if I was ok or not.
"THIS STUFF IS GREAT!!" I thought I saw Shinji give me a quizzically look, but I can't tell cuz I turned back to plain old, no feeling Shinji in about a second.
"Please don't scream like that again." Shinji shook his head, "Well looks like we got everything, let's get outta here."
I'm kinda disappointed, this city looks pretty nice. I'd like to stay here for a couple of days. But for some reason, I KNOW I need to reach this Tokyo 3 place and Shinji knows the way, so I havta follow him. Plus, he's the only one who seems to be traveling.
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I'm glad me and Yui are getting outta here, this city gives me the creeps. Maybe it reminds me too much of.... I shouldn't think about that...
"You ok? Is that stuff too heavy?" I asked Yui, trying to get my mind off of the past...
"Naw, I'm ok."
"Well, don't kill yourself over it, we're about to go for a long walk across this desert."
"Yeah I know." I turned my attention back to the road we're taking
"Well that's the ex-"
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"Hey Shinji, come on!" Shinji turned towards the voice, "We don't have all day! Come on BAKA!"
"A-are you sure you can drive that Asuka?" Shinji asked.
"Of course! It's just like those arcade games! Plus, there isn't a person out there so I don't think we're gonna have any problems at all." Asuka said confidently.
"I'm still not sure about this..." Shinji nervously looks around.
"WHAT! we are out to save the human race and you are NOT SURE ABOUT RIDING A TRUCK!!" Asuka screamed at Shinji, "MEIN GOTT! WHAT KINDA BAKA ARE YOU!"
"But are you sure Rei's message is accurate? I mean she did merge with Lilith and Lilith might be trying to kill us too!"
"Look, of all the people in the world, your father and Wondergirl are the two people that I utterly hate and have absolutely not trust placed on them, I mean that blue haired wonder can do nothing to help and your father is a scheming idiot! But this is the whole human race we're talking about! Even if I don't trust that doll, I don't think she would condemn the whole human race to its doom! I mean after all I said about her being a doll, she's still human after all!"
Asuka took a deep breath after her long speech.
"You.. you don't understand.." Shinji muttered quietly, "Rei... Rei isn't exactly Human. She's a clone of my mother and... an angel, I don't know which one.. but I know."
"WHAT!?!" Asuka stopped dead on her tracks, "Your telling me that Wondergirl is REALLY a doll!?"
"She's NOT A DOLL!" Shinji said with a sudden burst of anger in his voice.
".... I guess she's not..." Asuka agreed reluctantly.
"I'm just scared that Lilith has taking over and the message isn't given to us by Rei, but Lilith. I mean she's been pinned on the cross under Central Dogma for who knows how long, she's gonna have a grudge held against us right?" Shinji explained
"Well, we've gotta try right? I mean if this doesn't work, we would be all alone anyways and I still wouldn't even dream of repopulating the world with ya." Asuka said grinning, obviously trying to lighten up the mood.
"So your saying that we'd be dead anyways if we don't do what Rei says right?"
"Wow, so even idiots can learn to think!" Asuka hopped into the truck behind the steering wheel.
"I still think I should drive." Shinji said with a frown on his face.
"Well too bad, cuz here I GO!" Asuka grinned happily as she pressed at the pedal with all her might.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ARE YOU INSANE ASUKA!!!!! YOU DRIVE LIKE MISATO!!" Shinji screamed.
"YEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" the out of control red head kept on driving like a mad women (namely Misato) towards their destination... the shores of Hiroshima..
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What the hell? I slowly open my eyes and take a look at my surroundings. A room? But me and Yui are just about to leave Kure when....
Pain.
I tried to raise my hand to rub the back of my head but I found it bounded to a chair. I looked around the room once again and found Yui, still knocked out cold, beside me.
"Yui.. wake up" I whispered.
"uuuhhh.. wha?" I sighed in relief as Yui slowly wakes up. Well at least she's not dead.
"I guess it would be pretty pointless if I asked you what happened right?"
"Where are we?" Yui muttered, I'm guessing she's still dizzy.
"Well, seems like you two are awake again." I've heard this voice before.... where..
"HEY, you're that guy we saw!" Yui gasped and starts to struggle.
"Yui, you'll just hurt yourself." I said, and to my surprise, Yui listened.
"What do you want?" I asked the man.
"Protector of Earth huh?" What!?! He knows who the I am?
"What do you want." I found myself staring at the man.
"A little payback for what you did to this planet, we KNEW Nerv was up to no good." Oh great.. don't tell me he's one of those terrorists trying to stop NERV, "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna kill you for destroying Earth and then I'm gonna, why do you want to know, I was clearly chosen to give life to this planet again, and I will."
Oh great, not only does this person hate NERV and know I'm the pilot of the EVA, he's insane!
"Shinji.. what is he talking about."
"I'll tell you about it... someday.. if I get out of here alive."
"I doubt you'll be going anywhere." Not exactly what I want to hear, but...
Pain...
Stupid... I thought he want's to kill me.. not torture me.
"I'll punish you for what you did." That man said before I felt another punch.
"I.. did... nothing." I hissed before taking another hit.
I thought I heard Yui begging for him to stop, but that might be just my imagination. I'm hearing ringing and felt every bit of pain that was inflicted on me.
I hate this body... it gives me so much pain...
Yui... she can't live in this world alone yet... she still has a lot to learn and remember... I can't leave her, not like my father...
I slowly open my eyes once again to see Yui crying, maybe she did begged him to stop. Did that guy touch her? I'd kill him if he did... I'm in charge of taking care of her... yes.. that's it, I'm in charge of taking care of her until she can life by herself!
"Yui... I'm alright..." I managed to say, even though my throats dry, I'm feeling dizzy, and not to mention the pain.
"Sh-Shinji.. oh my god, I thought you're..." Good, she stopped crying... now we need to get outta here.
"Yui.. can you get out of here?"
"I.. I think I can.... there!" Yui sounds like she's ok. "I'll get you out of here."
I felt the rope around my wrist and waist fell loose one after another, "We have to sneak out of here."
"Right." She sounds really determined. That's good....
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"Right!" I said before helping Shinji onto his feet. I don't think Shinji can take another beating from that guy... he looks a bit too roughed up already. I even thought he was going to die! I felt like crying again just by looking at the state Shinji's in. He was the first person that I met in this world, he was nice to me, he helped me. Now is my chance to help HIM!
Leading him to the door, I heard a loud snore from outside. Must be that guy sleeping. Well I guess lady lucks with us today. Lady luck? frowned and turned my attention back to my injured friend, well he's more like my guardian.
"That guy's sleeping, we can get out!"
"G-good."
"Don't say anything, we'll be out of here with our stuff in no time." Our stuff... no... where is our stuff?
I took a look in the room the man is sleeping it. Couch... Dresser... Closet... Table... Backpack and duffel bag... Teapot... wait... Backpack and Duffel bag?!?!
"Shinji, I'll be right back, don't move k?" I whispered and laid him carefully down onto the ground.
"Don't get caught." I heard him say before I tiptoed towards our stuff. I hope that guy won't wake up suddenly. I held my breath as if my life depended on it and slowly grabbed our stuff trying not to make too much noise....
"I'll kill you.." I froze and turned around finding...
The man mumbling in his sleep. I sighed before I took our stuff and made a quick retreat
"Shinji, I got our stuff." I announced to Shinji, who is looking worst than before, or maybe I'm just taking notice of more of his injuries.
"Let's get outta here before he wakes then." Shinji said weakly pulling himself up.
I walked over and help Shinji walk towards the outskirts of town, "Maybe we should rest outside of town until your all healed up."
"No.. we have to ge-" I gasped when Shinji flinched and fell to the ground.
"You have to rest! I don't think he'll follow us outside of town."
"Fine..." Shinji agreed, if a bit forced, but still he agreed. I'm glad too, but we'll need to go into the city to restock again once Shinji is healed up.
"Shinji.. you don't need to kill yourself over me, I'll be ok." I said trying to ease Shinji's worries.
"You still have a lot to remember, I can't let you get hurt." Shinji said as he stood back up again, "let's set up camp here, I think we're far enough so that crazed guy won't follow us."
"I'll set up camp, you just rest ok?" I said before I take the tent off of Shinji's backpack, which I must say is extremely heavy, and start setting up.
"Yui."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
I felt hot all over at the worlds of gratitude, it felt nice. Maybe I should say thanks to Shinji too.
"Umm..."
Well maybe later.
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Oh yeah, I actually made this one longer than the last 2 chapters!!! that's a really good sign, I hope... Oh yeah, I'm also here to announce that I'm starting the sequal of Destiny and Time, so if ya wanna read it, then wait for it!! It should be posted in err.. let say a week or so.
So how did you like the lunatic that beaten on Shinji? I personally don't know why I put him there, it felt right *shrug*. I seriously think that my writing is getting bad by the minute and I hope it would get better so I can write the sequal.
Like always, please R&R and see ya next time *WAVE*