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"Unforgettable Memories"

Fanfic written by Rei-chan

All characters from Evangelion and Escaflowne appearing in this fanfic belong to their copyright owners in which I do not have any association with. All moves associated with any anime and/or anime character is copyright of the owner of the anime.

Welcome to Chapter 2! Thank you so much for reading. =^_^=

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"This assignment SUCKS! It is the job of NERV to figure out what this Angel thing does! This is so stupid!" Asuka yells as she's changes.

Rei is in the same room as Asuka. She silently changes while Asuka rambles on and on about how she shouldn't have to figure out what the Angel does. Rei closes her locker, and walks out the door. Shinji hears the awkward silence coming from the girls' side of the room, and then he hears a loud bang. Frightened Shinji peaks over the wall to the girls' side to make sure Asuka is all right.

Asuka catches him looking over the second she turns around and covers up.

"What the hell are you doing, dummkopf? Get your butt back over to your side before I march myself over there and slap you silly! What a disgusting and perverted boy he is…what does he…" she tails off as she continues to change.

She is watching over her shoulder every 15 seconds just to make sure Shinji is not looking.

"I didn't mean to look Asuka! I swear! I heard a loud bang and I was worried that something has gone wrong. I'm sorry. I never meant to take a peak or anything," Shinji pleads with her.

"Yeah right…whatever you say…SHINJI!" screams Asuka as she throws her sportsbag over the wall, hitting Shinji hard on the head as she marches out of the dressing room.

"You forgot Kaji's doorstop Asuka!" he bellows after her.

The Children all meet back up with co-commander Fuyutski. Asuka refuses to stand by Shinji and shoves Rei into him. Rei did not seem too phased by the sudden impact into Shinji. She just regains her composure and stares straight ahead until she has an order to move out. Shinji turns bright red in the face and looks around, trying not to attract any kind of attention.

"Ahem…let's be going now," Fuyutski says to the Children before he turns his direction to face Gendo.

"Well let's go! Didn't you hear the man?" Asuka yells as she heads for the EVA hanger.

Shinji and Rei follows her silently. He is again blushing uncontrollably. Is it Ayanami's beauty, which captures his heart? Maybe not. Is it her silent treatment ? Not a chance. Is it love?

The time he has spent with her is very special. There need not be any words of exchange. Only a look or a glance can tell a whole story. Rei is indeed special…still, what is it about her that he loves so much? He has never gotten into an argument with Rei before as he does with Asuka. There is a sense of togetherness and understanding.

Well what is love? How do we ever know if we ever encounter a thing called love? We may seem to know, but is it for real. Love is trivial word. We use the word 'love' to cover up our true feelings. Sure, I can say 'I love you,' but those are just three words. If I say that, will you know how much you mean to me? Is it love between you and me? In my heart, I want to be with you forever. There is something very special about you, something that no one else has…

Shinji thoughts run through his mind faster than the speed of light. Is he in love? Shinji got totally lost in his thoughts. Asuka notices that he just stood there in the hanger, staring off into space. There is a serious expression on his face…an expression that she rarely sees.

"Let's go already? What is wrong with you today? Have you lost your mind!" Asuka yells.

"I'm sorry…" Shinji replies as he follows Asuka to the EVAs.

Rei is already in her EVA; ready for whomever is in charge with this assignment to say "Hashin!" which will signal the Children to sortie.

Shinji climbs into Unit-01 and waits patiently as he starts to get lost in his thoughts again. He spots Asuka slapping her Unit-02 a few times and finally climbs in. He turns on the communication device and decides to chat with Asuka.

"Gee…what's wrong Asuka? Not getting along with your EVA now?" snickers Shinji.

"Shut it already. I have had enough of…" Asuka answers, but she is interrupted by the voice of Kaji.

His picture pops up in front of her in Unit-02.

"Is there a problem over there?" he asks.

"Absolutely not, Kaji-kun. I have everything under control. You don't have to worry about Shinji and Wondergirl over there. I'll keep them in their place," Asuka says proudly as she smiles at the picture of the one she loves on the screen.

"Hashin!" they hear Fuyutski say and the EVAs sortie out of NERV Headquarters with Rei leading the way.

"Ah! Why do suddenly? I was not ready yet!" retorts Asuka as she takes off after Ayanami.

EVAs Unit-00, Unit-01, and Unit-02, stands ready in Tokyo-3, listening to their new instructions. They are to travel over to Tokyo-2 where the assumed Angel is to be at, and watch it for a couple of hours without being noticed. They must develop their A.T. Field on their way to Tokyo-2 just in case something goes wrong, and the EVA Units need it for protection.

"Well let's get going everyone! No good wasting time just sitting here. The faster we destroy this enemy of ours, the faster I can get back to give Kaji has present," Asuka commands.

"Understood," replies First Child.

"You mean you're actually going to give that doorstop to Kaji? Man, WHAT A PRESENT," says Shinji, joking around with her.

"Well it's better than nothing! At least he can use it…he doesn't need to know what it really is. I'll just take that little sticker off of it before I give it to him," Asuka snaps back

They make their way to Tokyo-2 in silence. Asuka surely didn't want to hear more about the doorstop or Shinji's remarks.

Coming within half a mile of the location that the MAGI has told them while making their way to Tokyo-2, the Children spots the enemy. It surely doesn't look like much of a threat. There is three of them, all looking like mechas. They seem so small though. What kind of power can they have? There is a girl in one of the mecha's hand. There is also a catgirl in the other hand.

One of the mechas attacked one of the other ones. What is going on the Children all wonder. Three Angels at one time? But it seems that they are attacking each other. The mecha put the normal girl and the cat girl down. They run for cover as two mechas go against one. One of them got hit, and is slammed into a isolated building. The little cat girl screams "Van-sama!!" and runs over to the mecha. A boy got out of it. He comforts the cat girl who is so worried.

"What the heck is this?" screams Asuka as she reports to headquarters.

He accidentally takes a step forward with Unit-02, which made a loud "boom." That got the attention of one of the mechas and it starts to launch itself towards her. Asuka takes out her progressive knife and stands in a defensive position.

"Asuka watch out," Shinji says in concern.

"I'll be fine. Just stay out of my way," answers Asuka.

The mecha runs into her, but it did not even scratch Unit-02. From the mecha, it produces a weapon of choice from an unknown power source. The person inside projects its voice outside to Asuka.

"Who are you and where am I? It does not matter now. My name is Dilandau and you will die by my hands," Dilandau says as he lunges toward Unit-02 once more.

A crazy laugh from inside Dilandau's mecha is terrifying, - a laugh of a mad man.

"What are you laughing at? Anta baka! You and your mecha is so small that my Unit-02 can just step on you and squish you! How about that? You think you can beat me, think again," Asuka says as she gets ready to execute her next attack.

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How far will Asuka take this fight? What is the outcome? Find out next in Chapter 3 of "Unforgettable Memories."

May our unforgettable memories live on forever…Aishiteru.