Suddenly It Was Over
Disclaimer: Sorry this one took me so long. With school ending, starting work, and working on
an experiment of mine I haven't had much time. Also I being the gamer I am and all the games
being released they have been keeping me busy. Plus being the crappy writer I am I got stuck
with what to do and I didn't want to keep making such short chapters. Anyway, all of the
legalities still apply and I don't own any of the characters nor the show. and now on with
part 3 and yes it is another short one. Sorry. ^_^;
The Awakening
Shinji remained outside and sat upon the porch as Kaworu and Rei went inside to prepare for
their trip. He looked towards the ground contemplating as to what he would say to his father
when he confronted him. He had not known him all his life and was still angered greatly by
what he tried to do. It was his fault that Shinji was not with his mother where he belonged.
He was the one who caused the world such grief. After doing everything that he did to prevent
the angel from causing Third Impact, he himself tried to do it for his own reasons. His
insatiable quest to get Yui back was both selfish and unreasonable. Although Shinji would have
wanted his mother back he would not have wanted to put the world through all that to do it.
Even the world did not remember what happened and is returned to how it should be it does not
make up for what he tried to do.
Shinji got up and headed inside the house. He looked around the rooms and saw how they looked
for the first time lit well by the sunlight that flooded in through the window. It reminded
him much of Misato's apartment. The walls were a yellowish color and there were not many
decorations or furniture about except for a few tables, some plants, a couch, and a chair or
two. He sat down on the couch to wait for the two red-eyed children to come back. As he sat
there relaxing and letting his mind wander to random thoughts he heard a faint noise coming
from the other room.
"Shin...ji...Shinji..." the weak voice said barely audible to Shinji's ears.
'Asuka?' Shinji thought to himself unsure at first that it was her voice because he had
rarely heard her speak softly. It wasn't until the voice called out again only slightly louder
that he rose from his place on the couch and headed to the source of the noise. He walked
quickly towards the room that held a sleeping Asuka earlier this morning. He entered the room
that was still dark because the shades had been drawn down upon the window in order to give
Asuka the rest she needed. In the bed still wearing the plugsuit from before was Asuka. She
sat up and leaned on her elbows weakily and was looking at the bandages over her arm with her
one good eye. Shinji hurried to the bedside and sat down in a wooden chair that was alongside
of it.
"Asuka. I'm here. Are you all right? You should probably lay back down, it can't be
good for you to sit up so quickly in your condition."
"Shinji." She said blatantly to him as she continued to cast her face downwards to her arm.
"Yes?" He asked as looked at her face and followed her gaze to her arm as well.
"Shut up. Don't talk so fast your giving me a headache even worse than the one I have already."
She said as she rubbed her forehead and then looked at him with her unbandaged eye.
"Sorry." He said to her casting his face downward towards the floor. "But how do you feel
Asuka? Can you at least answer me that please?" He kept his face focused on a point on the
cold wooden floor.
"How do you think I feel?" She rhetorically asked as she took a big breath and exhaled it
through her nose. "I feel like shit. I can barely remember what happened. The last thing I
can remember was fighting the Eva Series and my Unit-02 losing power. The rest is a blank to
me." 'You know that's not true Asuka.' Her mind seemed to tell her. 'You remember being on
that beach with Shinji on top of you, his hands around your throat as if you were the source
of all misery in the world. You realized that was for at least some part true. You put him
through hell more often than you thought. You may have meant well in the long run thinking
you could make him stronger, but he didn't know that. You looked at his beautiful face and
gazed into his eyes. The only thing you could do was raise your hand and caress his face.
You told him you felt sick. You didn't tell him that it was the look on his face more than
anything else that made you feel sick. The pain you were feeling physically was nothing
compared the pain you felt in your heart by looking at that face filled with hate and sorrow.
He ran from you as your skin touched his for the first time without anger behind it. He left
you there weak and helpless. You tried to get up to follow him but only managed to fall
short.'
Shinji looked at her face and saw a true expression of what almost seemed like fear and he
could tell she was thinking about something that scared her. He was about to tell her what
happened. How she had fought the Eva-Series and lost in the end. How they tore her Unit-02
to shreds and killed her in the process. But as he looked at her face he decided he would
rather not do that right now.
Asuka lifted her head up and gazed about the room for the first time since she had awoken.
"Where are we Shinji?" She intently asked him as her fingers tan back and forth across her
bandages subconciously.
"Oh. Yeah. We are in a house just on the outskirts of Tokyo-3." 'I forgot she doesn't remember
what happened on the beach.' He looked at her and smiled a somewhat crooked smile.
She looked towards the window as she continued her inquiry still a little unsure of her
surroundings. "How exactly did we get here, and whose house is this.?" She continued staring
at the covered window seeing that the sun's light was struggling against the window shade to
light the room.
He looked at her and thought about how he would answer her. He did not want to tell her about
the events at the beach just yet, but not being the master of deception he decided he would have
no choice. With much reluctance he began to explain the grueling details of how Third Impact
occurred. He went through everything step by step only leaving out the part when he was with
Rei. 'That is a moment for only me and Ayanami.' Then Shinji finally began to explain what
happened on the beach not knowing that Asuka knew full well what had happened. "I saw you
lying their Asuka and I lost control. All the anger I had been keeping inside of me was
released. I couldn't stop myself. Without even realizing it I was trying to hurt you. I
wanted to hurt someone." The warm tears reached his eyes and began to slowly travel across
his cheek almost causing Asuka to cry herself. "And then, when you reached up and touched
me, all my anger went away. And I ran. I realized what I was doing and I couldn't stand it
so I ran. I ran all the way to here. That is where I found them." He told her as he wiped
the tears from his eyes and began to calm down.
"Found who?" She asked softly as he regained his composure and she relaxed some happy that
he had stopped crying.
Just as she asked the question, Rei Ayanami walked with silent footsteps into the room. "Hello
pilot Sohryu. I am glad to see you are awake."
Asuka looked to her and opened her mouth to say something but held back. Instead she just with
a "hello first child," and looked back towards Shinji. "Well that answers part of my question,
but you said them. Who else was there? You said everyone was brought back. Does that mean
Misato is here as well?"
Shinji watched Rei stand against the wall and caught her gaze and looked into her eyes a wile
before adressing Asuka's questions. "Misato is alive and somewhere near Tokyo-3, but she was
not the person who was with Rei. Kaworu Nagisa is the other person that is here."
"Oh. I heard about him," she said with a little arrogance in her voice, "He took over for me
as pilot of my Unit-02 for a while. I never met him, but there was no way he could have done
a good enough job to truly replace me." She laughed slightly causing Shinji to smile at seeing
her as her old self again. She then got a dizzy from the blood rushing to her head at her
sudden movement and fell back towards the bed with a soft thud.
"Are you ok Asuka?" Shinji asked urgently.
Asuka opened her eyes and looked at him. "Yeah. I'll be fine. I just got a little dizzy is
all." She sat back up taking care to move slower so as not to have a repeat incident.
"You should refrain from rapid movements pilot Sohryu." Rei said while remaining at her place
against the wall.
"Yeah yeah wondergirl I got it." She said with a little content in her voice at thinking she
was being treated as if she was weak.
Shinji looked towards the blue haired girl whom Asuka referred to as wondergirl 'she sure is
wonderful' "Perhaps we shouldn't go today. Maybe we should stay here to make sure Asuka is
all right." The brown haired boy asked her as she turned and gazed at him with her piercing
red eyes.
"Although I too would like to make sure Asuka is all right, this can not be delayed Shinji."
Hearing Rei refer to Shinji by his first name instead of the usual pilot Ikari caused Asuka to
furrow her brows slightly.
"This is to important of a task to wait any longer." Rei finished telling Shinji as she looked
at his face waiting for a response.
"Wait a second you two. Just where the heck do you think you're going?" Asuka asked them as
she placed her hands on her sides waiting for a quick response.
Shinji looked back towards the ground and was about to speak up before Rei beat him to it. "We
are going to Nerv to speak with Gendo Ikari about the current situation and what to do about
it."
A simultaneous thought entered both the second and third children's minds 'She didn't refer to
him as the commander!?'
Asuka turned to Shinji who was looking at Rei with a slightly confused look. She realized how
important this was whether Shinji did or not. "Go Shinji." She said strongly.
"What?" He asked as he turned and looked at Asuka who had a very serious expression on her
face.
"You heard me you idiot. This is something you have to do. I am not a weakling either that
needs 24 hour supervision. I can take care of myself. Now get out of here or I will kick you
out physically." She said fiercely while pointing towards the door.
"Ok. Ok. I'm going." Shinji said reluctantly while standing to leave. Almost instantly Rei
was at his side to leave with him and this made him smile inwardly. "I am not sure how long
we will be," He said as he turned to look back at Asuka as Rei continued towards the door and
waited for him. "but we will try to return as soon as we can." With that said he left along
with Rei and headed down the hall leaving the red headed one alone once again.
"Good luck Shinji. I hope you find what you are looking for. And above all else. Please return
to me safely." She spoke softly to herself and then laid back down and tried to sleep.
Disclaimer: Sorry this one took me so long. With school ending, starting work, and working on
an experiment of mine I haven't had much time. Also I being the gamer I am and all the games
being released they have been keeping me busy. Plus being the crappy writer I am I got stuck
with what to do and I didn't want to keep making such short chapters. Anyway, all of the
legalities still apply and I don't own any of the characters nor the show. and now on with
part 3 and yes it is another short one. Sorry. ^_^;
The Awakening
Shinji remained outside and sat upon the porch as Kaworu and Rei went inside to prepare for
their trip. He looked towards the ground contemplating as to what he would say to his father
when he confronted him. He had not known him all his life and was still angered greatly by
what he tried to do. It was his fault that Shinji was not with his mother where he belonged.
He was the one who caused the world such grief. After doing everything that he did to prevent
the angel from causing Third Impact, he himself tried to do it for his own reasons. His
insatiable quest to get Yui back was both selfish and unreasonable. Although Shinji would have
wanted his mother back he would not have wanted to put the world through all that to do it.
Even the world did not remember what happened and is returned to how it should be it does not
make up for what he tried to do.
Shinji got up and headed inside the house. He looked around the rooms and saw how they looked
for the first time lit well by the sunlight that flooded in through the window. It reminded
him much of Misato's apartment. The walls were a yellowish color and there were not many
decorations or furniture about except for a few tables, some plants, a couch, and a chair or
two. He sat down on the couch to wait for the two red-eyed children to come back. As he sat
there relaxing and letting his mind wander to random thoughts he heard a faint noise coming
from the other room.
"Shin...ji...Shinji..." the weak voice said barely audible to Shinji's ears.
'Asuka?' Shinji thought to himself unsure at first that it was her voice because he had
rarely heard her speak softly. It wasn't until the voice called out again only slightly louder
that he rose from his place on the couch and headed to the source of the noise. He walked
quickly towards the room that held a sleeping Asuka earlier this morning. He entered the room
that was still dark because the shades had been drawn down upon the window in order to give
Asuka the rest she needed. In the bed still wearing the plugsuit from before was Asuka. She
sat up and leaned on her elbows weakily and was looking at the bandages over her arm with her
one good eye. Shinji hurried to the bedside and sat down in a wooden chair that was alongside
of it.
"Asuka. I'm here. Are you all right? You should probably lay back down, it can't be
good for you to sit up so quickly in your condition."
"Shinji." She said blatantly to him as she continued to cast her face downwards to her arm.
"Yes?" He asked as looked at her face and followed her gaze to her arm as well.
"Shut up. Don't talk so fast your giving me a headache even worse than the one I have already."
She said as she rubbed her forehead and then looked at him with her unbandaged eye.
"Sorry." He said to her casting his face downward towards the floor. "But how do you feel
Asuka? Can you at least answer me that please?" He kept his face focused on a point on the
cold wooden floor.
"How do you think I feel?" She rhetorically asked as she took a big breath and exhaled it
through her nose. "I feel like shit. I can barely remember what happened. The last thing I
can remember was fighting the Eva Series and my Unit-02 losing power. The rest is a blank to
me." 'You know that's not true Asuka.' Her mind seemed to tell her. 'You remember being on
that beach with Shinji on top of you, his hands around your throat as if you were the source
of all misery in the world. You realized that was for at least some part true. You put him
through hell more often than you thought. You may have meant well in the long run thinking
you could make him stronger, but he didn't know that. You looked at his beautiful face and
gazed into his eyes. The only thing you could do was raise your hand and caress his face.
You told him you felt sick. You didn't tell him that it was the look on his face more than
anything else that made you feel sick. The pain you were feeling physically was nothing
compared the pain you felt in your heart by looking at that face filled with hate and sorrow.
He ran from you as your skin touched his for the first time without anger behind it. He left
you there weak and helpless. You tried to get up to follow him but only managed to fall
short.'
Shinji looked at her face and saw a true expression of what almost seemed like fear and he
could tell she was thinking about something that scared her. He was about to tell her what
happened. How she had fought the Eva-Series and lost in the end. How they tore her Unit-02
to shreds and killed her in the process. But as he looked at her face he decided he would
rather not do that right now.
Asuka lifted her head up and gazed about the room for the first time since she had awoken.
"Where are we Shinji?" She intently asked him as her fingers tan back and forth across her
bandages subconciously.
"Oh. Yeah. We are in a house just on the outskirts of Tokyo-3." 'I forgot she doesn't remember
what happened on the beach.' He looked at her and smiled a somewhat crooked smile.
She looked towards the window as she continued her inquiry still a little unsure of her
surroundings. "How exactly did we get here, and whose house is this.?" She continued staring
at the covered window seeing that the sun's light was struggling against the window shade to
light the room.
He looked at her and thought about how he would answer her. He did not want to tell her about
the events at the beach just yet, but not being the master of deception he decided he would have
no choice. With much reluctance he began to explain the grueling details of how Third Impact
occurred. He went through everything step by step only leaving out the part when he was with
Rei. 'That is a moment for only me and Ayanami.' Then Shinji finally began to explain what
happened on the beach not knowing that Asuka knew full well what had happened. "I saw you
lying their Asuka and I lost control. All the anger I had been keeping inside of me was
released. I couldn't stop myself. Without even realizing it I was trying to hurt you. I
wanted to hurt someone." The warm tears reached his eyes and began to slowly travel across
his cheek almost causing Asuka to cry herself. "And then, when you reached up and touched
me, all my anger went away. And I ran. I realized what I was doing and I couldn't stand it
so I ran. I ran all the way to here. That is where I found them." He told her as he wiped
the tears from his eyes and began to calm down.
"Found who?" She asked softly as he regained his composure and she relaxed some happy that
he had stopped crying.
Just as she asked the question, Rei Ayanami walked with silent footsteps into the room. "Hello
pilot Sohryu. I am glad to see you are awake."
Asuka looked to her and opened her mouth to say something but held back. Instead she just with
a "hello first child," and looked back towards Shinji. "Well that answers part of my question,
but you said them. Who else was there? You said everyone was brought back. Does that mean
Misato is here as well?"
Shinji watched Rei stand against the wall and caught her gaze and looked into her eyes a wile
before adressing Asuka's questions. "Misato is alive and somewhere near Tokyo-3, but she was
not the person who was with Rei. Kaworu Nagisa is the other person that is here."
"Oh. I heard about him," she said with a little arrogance in her voice, "He took over for me
as pilot of my Unit-02 for a while. I never met him, but there was no way he could have done
a good enough job to truly replace me." She laughed slightly causing Shinji to smile at seeing
her as her old self again. She then got a dizzy from the blood rushing to her head at her
sudden movement and fell back towards the bed with a soft thud.
"Are you ok Asuka?" Shinji asked urgently.
Asuka opened her eyes and looked at him. "Yeah. I'll be fine. I just got a little dizzy is
all." She sat back up taking care to move slower so as not to have a repeat incident.
"You should refrain from rapid movements pilot Sohryu." Rei said while remaining at her place
against the wall.
"Yeah yeah wondergirl I got it." She said with a little content in her voice at thinking she
was being treated as if she was weak.
Shinji looked towards the blue haired girl whom Asuka referred to as wondergirl 'she sure is
wonderful' "Perhaps we shouldn't go today. Maybe we should stay here to make sure Asuka is
all right." The brown haired boy asked her as she turned and gazed at him with her piercing
red eyes.
"Although I too would like to make sure Asuka is all right, this can not be delayed Shinji."
Hearing Rei refer to Shinji by his first name instead of the usual pilot Ikari caused Asuka to
furrow her brows slightly.
"This is to important of a task to wait any longer." Rei finished telling Shinji as she looked
at his face waiting for a response.
"Wait a second you two. Just where the heck do you think you're going?" Asuka asked them as
she placed her hands on her sides waiting for a quick response.
Shinji looked back towards the ground and was about to speak up before Rei beat him to it. "We
are going to Nerv to speak with Gendo Ikari about the current situation and what to do about
it."
A simultaneous thought entered both the second and third children's minds 'She didn't refer to
him as the commander!?'
Asuka turned to Shinji who was looking at Rei with a slightly confused look. She realized how
important this was whether Shinji did or not. "Go Shinji." She said strongly.
"What?" He asked as he turned and looked at Asuka who had a very serious expression on her
face.
"You heard me you idiot. This is something you have to do. I am not a weakling either that
needs 24 hour supervision. I can take care of myself. Now get out of here or I will kick you
out physically." She said fiercely while pointing towards the door.
"Ok. Ok. I'm going." Shinji said reluctantly while standing to leave. Almost instantly Rei
was at his side to leave with him and this made him smile inwardly. "I am not sure how long
we will be," He said as he turned to look back at Asuka as Rei continued towards the door and
waited for him. "but we will try to return as soon as we can." With that said he left along
with Rei and headed down the hall leaving the red headed one alone once again.
"Good luck Shinji. I hope you find what you are looking for. And above all else. Please return
to me safely." She spoke softly to herself and then laid back down and tried to sleep.