Imagine Normality
by: Al-I-Bus
A1Boogz@aol.com
Evangelion and all of it's characters are owned by Gainax and were created by Hideo Anno. Eva:R and all of it's characters are property of Orbit Productions.
Just a few notes: " " indicates speech, * * indicates thoughts, ----- indicates beginning/end of fic, as well as any notes by me, ****** indicates a change in scene/time/prespective.
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Shinji slowly opened the door before him. sure he was frightened, to say anything else would be a lie, but he had gathered his courage, and was ready to face this unspeakable horror. The moon shone into the room, illuminating it in an eerie silvery light. She was seated in a corner.
The moonlight lit up her face. It made her appear more of a goddess than a real person. Her red hair was tied back in a ponytail and her eyes were shut. Shinji noticed his SDAT player in her hand, the earplugs in her ears.
Creeping quietly upon her, Shinji pounced. Her eyes flew open, and her scream of surprise was cut short as he dragged her to the floor in a tight embrace. The usually clear blue orbs that were her eyes, were now clouded over with absolute fury. Shinji, it seemed, had made a mistake.
" Get_Off_Of_Me_Third_Child. NOW!."
Forcing him off of her Asuka stood up, glaring angrily down at him.
" Have fun with the doll, Shinji?"
Shinji raised an eyebrow,
" What's wrong with you?"
Asuka glared harder,
" Nothing you idiot! I just don't appreciate you tramping around town with that little blue haired..."
Shinji cut her off,
" Stop!"
She looked at him, her eyes betraying a certain amount of pain.
" Oh, so now you're defending her."
Shinji shook his head, he was confused.
" What is wrong with you Asuka? Wait!"
Understanding flashed in his eyes, and his mouth formed an uncertain grin.
" You're jealous!!!!!"
Turning her back to him to hide her quickly reddening face, Asuka muttered.
" Am not!"
Shinji's smile widened,
" Are too!!!"
Asuka spun quickly on him,
" You can't retort to an ' Am not' with an ' Are too'. It's childish."
Shinji's eyes twinkled.
" Can too!"
Asuka growled,
" Can not!!! "
Laughing, Shinji stood up and walked behind her. He tried to put his arms around her, but she shrugged his embrace off.
" I already told you not to touch me!"
Rolling his eyes, Shinji backed away.
" Yeah fine, but admit it......you were jealous when she grabbed my arm."
" Shut up! I was not jealous, you can spend as much time with that dumpkoff flitchen as you want! See if I care." Turning away from the younger Ikari, she stalked out of her bedroom.
Tired, frustrated, angry, and hurt Shinji followed her into the living room. She was seated on the couch, arm wrapped around Pen-Pen, watching the television. Driven by his newfound backbone, Shinji strode around to the front of the couch. Blocking her view of the television, he locked gazes with her.
Asuka turned her eyes from the television and locked them ont Shinji's. She had another insut ready at the tip of her tongue, but something in the way his eyes flashed, something in the way he set his mouth, something about him stopped her. The insult died in her throat, and her glare softened visibly.
" Shinji I...." she began. Shinji did not wait for her to finish, however.
" No Asuka! You listen to me! I have no idea what you want from me! Is it that you don't trust me? After all we've been through together!!! Dammit! I lo..care about you so much, and you keep bringing it down to petty childish levels. I'm not yours to posses, but I'm yours in another sense."
She flinched, he had never been this harsh towards her,
" Shinji....it isn't that I don't trust you, it's just...."
" It's just What!!!!" Shinji snapped.
She hung her head, squeezing Pen-Pen to herself more tightly.
" I'm...I'm scared......."
" Scared?" Shinji began, only to be interrupted by Asuka.
" Yeah scared! I mean....I'm always so mean to you, but it's just how I am....and Wondergirl, she's always nice to you, and..and...she's pretty....and I just don't think I could compete with it....so I reacted like I usually do."
The two faced off in silence. Shinji standing, not looking angry anymore, just confused, and Asuka sitting, clutching the penguin. After a long moment Shinji spoke.
" You were still jealous......"
Asuka started to grin, then she let out a small giggle. Shinji followed suit, reaching an arm down to his ' girlfriend'. As Asuka took Shinji's outstretched hand, Pen-Pen took this opportunity to scamper back to the relative safety of ihs freezer. Standing, she leaned into his embrace, placing her lips gently on his.
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Yui vanished and Gendo Ikari was left in a darkened entry plug. He glanced down at his watch and saw that over six hours had elapsed while he was in synch with the eva. Even more impotant was the alert siren that blared thorughout the complex.
The elder Ikari ejected the entry plug and hastily made his way to his office. Stripping the plug suit off of himself, Commander had just finshed donning his everyday attire when Fuyutsuki walked in.
Sub-Commander looked at Commander, countless unanswered questions in his eyes.He only asked one though.
" And...what did she have to say?"
Gendo glanced at Koze, making no effort to mask the amusement visible in his eyes.
" My wife seems to have.....to have grown a conscience."
The Commander turned away from Fuyutsuki at that point, making it obvious that the matter was closed for the time being. Kozo shook his head slowly and turned to the intercom.
" What is the status?"
Shigeru Aoba's voice shot back through the intercom.
" There is no enemy pattern apparant anywhere sir, but we are picking up small energy releases far to the west of here."
Fuyutsuki raised an eyebrow puzzled, he turned to look at Gendo who kept his eyes glued to the window in front of him. He turned back to the intercom.
" See if you can get a fix on those energy readings, and make sure you keep an eye out for localized blue patterns."
" Understood sir." the clacking of keys being pressed frantically was audible as Aoba cut off the connection.
A few moments passed with Fuyutsuki starig at the back of Ikari's head. Finally Gendo broke the silence.
" Would you like to know what is going on?"
Kozo could only nod, it was very unlike the Commander to offer any infomation.
" Well.....SEELE has decided that things are progressing much too slowly. In order to make sure that things are brought about more hastily, they have launched an attack on our branch in England. They were able to destroy the complex there, but the sixth child is on his way to us as we speak."
As if on cue Maya's voice was heard through the intercom.
" Commander, sub-Commander....it seems that Nerv-England has been destroyed. There are no signs of the 6th unit anywhere."
Kozo was about to reply, but he was stopped by Gendo.
" Excellent work.....that will be all....alert status may be lifted now. You three are free to go, but you will be on stand-by for the remainder of the day. Good day."
As Ikari cut the intercom off, a redlight on his desk begn to blink. Withing seconds, his office had darkened, and a holographic image of Kihl Lorenz appeared at the head of his desk.
" Ikari, a mistake was made in England. You are not to concern yourself with it. There will be no repurcussions at this time against the Japan based Nerv complex. Continue as before....the sixth will be in your possession soon."
That said the hologram vanished, and Gendo's office resumned its normal settings.
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by: Al-I-Bus
A1Boogz@aol.com
Evangelion and all of it's characters are owned by Gainax and were created by Hideo Anno. Eva:R and all of it's characters are property of Orbit Productions.
Just a few notes: " " indicates speech, * * indicates thoughts, ----- indicates beginning/end of fic, as well as any notes by me, ****** indicates a change in scene/time/prespective.
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Shinji slowly opened the door before him. sure he was frightened, to say anything else would be a lie, but he had gathered his courage, and was ready to face this unspeakable horror. The moon shone into the room, illuminating it in an eerie silvery light. She was seated in a corner.
The moonlight lit up her face. It made her appear more of a goddess than a real person. Her red hair was tied back in a ponytail and her eyes were shut. Shinji noticed his SDAT player in her hand, the earplugs in her ears.
Creeping quietly upon her, Shinji pounced. Her eyes flew open, and her scream of surprise was cut short as he dragged her to the floor in a tight embrace. The usually clear blue orbs that were her eyes, were now clouded over with absolute fury. Shinji, it seemed, had made a mistake.
" Get_Off_Of_Me_Third_Child. NOW!."
Forcing him off of her Asuka stood up, glaring angrily down at him.
" Have fun with the doll, Shinji?"
Shinji raised an eyebrow,
" What's wrong with you?"
Asuka glared harder,
" Nothing you idiot! I just don't appreciate you tramping around town with that little blue haired..."
Shinji cut her off,
" Stop!"
She looked at him, her eyes betraying a certain amount of pain.
" Oh, so now you're defending her."
Shinji shook his head, he was confused.
" What is wrong with you Asuka? Wait!"
Understanding flashed in his eyes, and his mouth formed an uncertain grin.
" You're jealous!!!!!"
Turning her back to him to hide her quickly reddening face, Asuka muttered.
" Am not!"
Shinji's smile widened,
" Are too!!!"
Asuka spun quickly on him,
" You can't retort to an ' Am not' with an ' Are too'. It's childish."
Shinji's eyes twinkled.
" Can too!"
Asuka growled,
" Can not!!! "
Laughing, Shinji stood up and walked behind her. He tried to put his arms around her, but she shrugged his embrace off.
" I already told you not to touch me!"
Rolling his eyes, Shinji backed away.
" Yeah fine, but admit it......you were jealous when she grabbed my arm."
" Shut up! I was not jealous, you can spend as much time with that dumpkoff flitchen as you want! See if I care." Turning away from the younger Ikari, she stalked out of her bedroom.
Tired, frustrated, angry, and hurt Shinji followed her into the living room. She was seated on the couch, arm wrapped around Pen-Pen, watching the television. Driven by his newfound backbone, Shinji strode around to the front of the couch. Blocking her view of the television, he locked gazes with her.
Asuka turned her eyes from the television and locked them ont Shinji's. She had another insut ready at the tip of her tongue, but something in the way his eyes flashed, something in the way he set his mouth, something about him stopped her. The insult died in her throat, and her glare softened visibly.
" Shinji I...." she began. Shinji did not wait for her to finish, however.
" No Asuka! You listen to me! I have no idea what you want from me! Is it that you don't trust me? After all we've been through together!!! Dammit! I lo..care about you so much, and you keep bringing it down to petty childish levels. I'm not yours to posses, but I'm yours in another sense."
She flinched, he had never been this harsh towards her,
" Shinji....it isn't that I don't trust you, it's just...."
" It's just What!!!!" Shinji snapped.
She hung her head, squeezing Pen-Pen to herself more tightly.
" I'm...I'm scared......."
" Scared?" Shinji began, only to be interrupted by Asuka.
" Yeah scared! I mean....I'm always so mean to you, but it's just how I am....and Wondergirl, she's always nice to you, and..and...she's pretty....and I just don't think I could compete with it....so I reacted like I usually do."
The two faced off in silence. Shinji standing, not looking angry anymore, just confused, and Asuka sitting, clutching the penguin. After a long moment Shinji spoke.
" You were still jealous......"
Asuka started to grin, then she let out a small giggle. Shinji followed suit, reaching an arm down to his ' girlfriend'. As Asuka took Shinji's outstretched hand, Pen-Pen took this opportunity to scamper back to the relative safety of ihs freezer. Standing, she leaned into his embrace, placing her lips gently on his.
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Yui vanished and Gendo Ikari was left in a darkened entry plug. He glanced down at his watch and saw that over six hours had elapsed while he was in synch with the eva. Even more impotant was the alert siren that blared thorughout the complex.
The elder Ikari ejected the entry plug and hastily made his way to his office. Stripping the plug suit off of himself, Commander had just finshed donning his everyday attire when Fuyutsuki walked in.
Sub-Commander looked at Commander, countless unanswered questions in his eyes.He only asked one though.
" And...what did she have to say?"
Gendo glanced at Koze, making no effort to mask the amusement visible in his eyes.
" My wife seems to have.....to have grown a conscience."
The Commander turned away from Fuyutsuki at that point, making it obvious that the matter was closed for the time being. Kozo shook his head slowly and turned to the intercom.
" What is the status?"
Shigeru Aoba's voice shot back through the intercom.
" There is no enemy pattern apparant anywhere sir, but we are picking up small energy releases far to the west of here."
Fuyutsuki raised an eyebrow puzzled, he turned to look at Gendo who kept his eyes glued to the window in front of him. He turned back to the intercom.
" See if you can get a fix on those energy readings, and make sure you keep an eye out for localized blue patterns."
" Understood sir." the clacking of keys being pressed frantically was audible as Aoba cut off the connection.
A few moments passed with Fuyutsuki starig at the back of Ikari's head. Finally Gendo broke the silence.
" Would you like to know what is going on?"
Kozo could only nod, it was very unlike the Commander to offer any infomation.
" Well.....SEELE has decided that things are progressing much too slowly. In order to make sure that things are brought about more hastily, they have launched an attack on our branch in England. They were able to destroy the complex there, but the sixth child is on his way to us as we speak."
As if on cue Maya's voice was heard through the intercom.
" Commander, sub-Commander....it seems that Nerv-England has been destroyed. There are no signs of the 6th unit anywhere."
Kozo was about to reply, but he was stopped by Gendo.
" Excellent work.....that will be all....alert status may be lifted now. You three are free to go, but you will be on stand-by for the remainder of the day. Good day."
As Ikari cut the intercom off, a redlight on his desk begn to blink. Withing seconds, his office had darkened, and a holographic image of Kihl Lorenz appeared at the head of his desk.
" Ikari, a mistake was made in England. You are not to concern yourself with it. There will be no repurcussions at this time against the Japan based Nerv complex. Continue as before....the sixth will be in your possession soon."
That said the hologram vanished, and Gendo's office resumned its normal settings.
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