The Dreams of Shinji and Rei II
The Characters in this aren't my own and are the property of GAINAX
(@@@This part will be seen from Rei's point of view)****
The teacher was just about to start yet another lecture on the same subject he always seemed to talk about. I found myself looking over at Ikari. I thought about him and yet found I couldn't seem to comprehend him. 'Hmmm. Ikari he is so ....peculiar he always risks his own life for others, even though he seems to not be gaining much from doing so.' It has been my experience in the past, that many people did things to only benefit themselves and rarely thought of others. 'I wonder why he does it, why he always seems to be there to help even though he acts like he doesn't want to help others.' This last thought seemed to make a deep impact on my mind as being very odd. At this point Shinji and I briefly locked gazes before turning away out of embarrassment. 'Still it seems that I want to help him and be near him. It was almost as if his mere presence is a source of pleasure for me.' This last thought seemed very ........strange to me. I wished to only help him and be near him. To comfort him and to be comforted by him.
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Class had ended and I had gone home and was now resting on my bed thinking more on the matter of the Third Child, the Pilot of Unit 01 and the son of Commander Ikari. I found these thoughts very strange almost ........... disturbing. I resolved that I would need to confront Shinji about these feelings. With that my eyes closed and I went to sleep.
(Dream sequence) Shinji and I were standing close to each other. A strangely warm and yet comforting feeling seemed to surround my body as well as his. Shinji stood there just staring at me with his deep blue eyes. He started to say something but I couldn't hear it, I tried to ask for him to repeat it but found I couldn't speak. Shinji stepped closer and said it again but I still couldn't quite make out what he was saying. Then he took me in his arms and held me close and whispered into my ear, "Rei, I love you and I only want to please you any way I can. I only want you to be happy" I felt weak, not a sick weak but a comfortable weak, this seemed........ odd. So I just returned Shinji's embrace. I tried to ask him something but Shinji put his finger over my mouth stopping me from saying anything, "Let's not talk let's just stay like this." He smiled that reassuring smile of his and held me closer. I just stood there enjoying the good feeling I was having. Shinji spoke again, "Is there anything I can do for you Rei-chan?" Just as I was about to answer I heard a distant noise, the low but distinct sound of metal hitting metal. I turned to Shinji, only to find his image becoming distorted and blurred then he disappeared and everything went dark.
I woke up to the noise of the construction outside my apartment (which was odd seeing as it had never seemed to have affected me before). A quick look around confirmed my whereabouts; I was still in my bed, in my apartment. I sighed and thought, 'That was a pleasant dream.' I proceeded to get ready to go to school.
(@@@This is just an interruption just for the sake of interrupting the story, and taking up space insert evil laugh Oh and switching the perspective back to Shinji)
I had got up and made the house breakfast. I set out Misato's beer and toast. Then I set out the eggs and sausage I made for Asuka. I proceeded to start eating without them. Not to be rude, but because I heard them arguing about why Asuka had to still go to school even though she had graduated from a university and already had a Bachelor's Degree. I knew the argument would be a long one. I sat there eating quietly but was interrupted by a tugging on my pant leg. I looked down to see an angry Pen-Pen pointing to where his fish should be. I stood up and got the penguin his fish. Then was scolded by a squawk from my shortest roommate. Then I turned to leave and the squawk came again. I turned to see the penguin looking at me and pointing to an empty beer can. I shook my head, "You know, if you keep drinking you'll turn into a 'Misato' and then what?" A vengeful voice made itself known "Just what would be so bad about that?" With that I cringed and ducked narrowly avoiding the pillow shaped missile heading for me, then I proceeded to make a run for the door. I ran through it quickly and past Touji and Kensuke who said in unison, "Morning Ikari! Morning Mi....... AHHHH!!" Kensuke jumped but Touji was slower to react, and felt the full force of the anger guided pillow of one Major Misato Katsuragi. Misato yelled after the retreating figures of Kensuke and I dragging a stunned Touji, "You little jerk get back here and face me like a man you scared wimp."
But Kensuke and I reached the elevator and proceeded to drag the dazed form of Touji into the elevator right before the doors closed. I looked at Kensuke, "Hey man, sorry about that." "Don't worry about it but let's stop the elevator on the second floor and wake Touji up." "Good idea Kensuke." The elevator stopped and we dragged Touji out and proceeded to try to wake him up, without any luck. Then Kensuke pulled out a little tape recorder hit the Rewind button and placed it next to Touji's ear and hit Play. The voice of Hikari came out and said, "STAND, BOW, SIT!" At that Touji jumped up and looked around with a happy and hopeful look on his face. Kensuke and I couldn't contain our amusement at his reaction. We both fell over laughing. Touji came to his senses and said, "Hey you two, what did you do that for." He said this while getting ready to pummel the two of us into dirt. We raised our hands in a vain attempt at defense still laughing. Touji just looked at us and a large sweat drop formed on his head, "Oh, never-mind." Just as Kensuke and Touji were about to get back on the elevator I stopped them, "You both know by now that Misato is mad. Right?" The two nodded their heads in unison, "So if I know her, she won't let the elevator stop her from getting revenge. She probably took the stairs down and is waiting for us there." The other two looked at me as if to ask about my plan, then I told them, "Okay here's what we do. First we push the elevator button for the ground floor and then head for the staircase. Got that?" They nodded, "Okay then we go to the ground floor and wait for the "Target" to jump into the elevator. Then I'll run up and push the button for the top floor. That's when we make our break for it. I'll be the one who pushes the button because if I am captured you two can still get away since she is mad at me." With this I struck the pose of a hero who knew his chances of returning from battle were doomed. Touji and Kensuke just laughed.
I pushed the button and we followed the plan. The plan went perfectly. The "Target" was waiting for us as I had predicted. She also attacked as I predicted. When the she jumped into the empty elevator I made my move and before Misato knew what had happened she was on a trip to the top floor. When she got there she looked over the balcony and saw our three retreating figures and realized she had fallen into a trap. "You little dirt-bags I'll get you all for this!" Misato screamed after us. Shaking her fists at us with vengeance burning in her eyes.
The three of us arrived at school out of breath having run the whole way. Touji walked into the classroom first and was greeted by a hard smack that would have leveled a lesser student. Kensuke and I looked in shock at a volcano about to explode otherwise known as the Class Rep. Hikari. She just glared at Touji and didn't say anything. I had a flash of inspiration. I stepped in front of Touji then looked at Hikari and said, "Hmmm......... by the looks of what just happened, it would be a good guess that Touji was supposed to walk you to school today. Right?" Hikari looked at me with shock but still managed to nod. "Okay, well he didn't because of me so if you are going to kill someone, kill me." Hikari looked at me and said, "What did you do?" I looked back at my friends who both had shocked looks on their faces. Then I looked at the rest of the class who had seemed to gain interest in my story. "Well........ you see I made Misato mad and Touji got in the way of her wrath and was knock out cold." A calm look of understanding came over her face. "But." I added, "Of all the things that Kensuke and I tried to do to get him up the only thing that worked was hearing a recording of your voice." At this she blushed furiously, she looked to Kensuke for confirmation. Kensuke held out and played his recording of her. At this Hikari jumped on Touji and started to kiss him and begged to be forgiven after having slapped him. Touji surprised not only at the girl hanging on him, but also at me who seemed to have grown a backbone overnight. He faltered for a moment then forgave her. He never could turn down that pleading look of hers. "Umm........... Touji after school could we........... could we go on a walk?" Touji was about to turn her down when I signaled for him to forget the plans we had made for later. "Okay Hikari, sure thing." Touji said. Everyone took their seats. Hikari said the traditional, "STAND, BOW, SIT." With that done the teacher started, "In the months before Second Impact................."