Everything to do with Eva doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Gainax
Thanks to all who have reviewed, I have taken some suggestions under advisement, and have written the following chapter accordingly, but I have decided to still do chapters similar to previous ones, as I feel that Eva originally was composed of action episodes and pyschological episodes, and thats the way I want to pursue this story. I have decided after deep thought to follow in the footsteps of the great fanfic writers and call Touji Suzaharas sister Mari, why? Well to be honest I couldn't think of any other name to call her, and since alot of people have used Mari I may as well use it too. Thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 9 A Victory/Doubt
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Touji was happy, his sister had made a full recovery and was back at school, although she had to repeat a year, but she wasn't bothered about that as she made friends easily. The other thing that made Touji happy was that he had a girlfriend, Hikari Horaki. Now he had liked Hikari for a long time, and he know knew that she had liked him for almost as long, which made him even happier. They had being going out for two weeks, Hikari still cooked lunch for Touji and now for his sister Mari. She met them in the morning and walked them to Maris school, after dropping off Mari, they went to their school, holding hands. Of course by now they were the top subject of gossip, especially with it still being fresh information that Touji was still an Eva pilot. Hikari was happy simply because she was with Touji, he made her fell better about herself, and when he held her in his arms, she was happier then ever. Watching them made Asuka realise that being the most talked about person in school is definitly not the best thing, she was glad that she didn't want try to force people to like her anymore, as long as he cared it didn't matter if no one else did, she was happy. Kensuke was happy, he took this opportunity to create wild stories about Touji and Hikari, who was gooing to doubt him, he was Toujis best friend after all, he also discovered that he wasn't as big a fan of war as he originally thought he was, but he was more interested in peace. He realised this when he went camping after his little talk with Shinji, he enjoyed the tranquility of being alone with nature, although he did miss his friends as well. Shinji noticed that all his friends were happy, which made him happy, they were all happy, but in the back of his mind he knew that it wouldn't last, but he didn't care for he knew that one moment of happiness is better than a lifetime of sorrow.
Shinji and Asuka were walking to school, chatting, talking about NERV and even gossiping, they were both smiling. And then Shinji decided to do something.
Shinji: Asuka, do you want to go out sometime?
Asuka: What?
Shinji: I said do you want to go out sometime?
Asuka: Well, I suppose that the five of us haven't spent time with each other after school ever since Touji and Hikari got together.
Shinji: I don't believe it, did Asuka Langely Sohryu refer to Touji Suzahara as Touji, not 'Dumb Jock' or 'Dork' or 'Stooge'?
Asuka: Hikari made me.
Shinji: (Laughs) Anyway I didn't the five of us, I just meant us two.
Asuka: What?
Shinji: I like you Asuka, I want to see if there is something bigger between us.
Asuka blushed.
Asuka: I like you alot too Shinji.
Shinji: Great, so where do you want to go?
Asuka: Anywhere is fine.
Shinji: Hmm...I got it, a new restaurant is opening soon, it does European dishes, how about we go there.
Asuka: But won't that be expensive?
Shinji: No, because ever since I got to Tokyo-3 I hardly spent my NERV pay.
Asuka: How much do you have?
Shinji: I'm not telling, you'll just want to go shopping with my credit card.
Asuka: You have that much!
Shinji: You're not getting it.
Asuka: Meany.
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Until lunch was over, and the afternoons lessons had started, the day had been going well. About 20 minutes into the lesson, Shinji began to feel strange, he felt that something wasn't right, he tried to shrug it off, but he couldn't and then his mobile rang, as did Toujis and Asukas, he answered it, and Misato informed them that another Angel was approaching, he stood up, and with the other three pilots he left the room. The teacher remembering the previous encounter told his class to pack their belongings, a few seconds later the alarm went off, later the schools headteacher congratulated him on the speediness and efficiency he got his pupils to the shelter, he never revealed that the pilots had been informed a minute before the alarm went off.
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Shinji soon forgot about the feeling on his way to NERV HQ, as usual Misato and his mother were waiting for them in the briefing room, after they had changed into their plugsuits, he noticed that Touji wasn't as nervous at he had been before, neither was Asuka, actually Toujis synch ratio has significantly increased after he had started dating Hikari, Shinji noted that Touji must be filled with confidence, as must be Asuka. The last battle had occured shortly after Asuka had returned to piloting, she may have been good at synchronising, but she was rusty after not having trained for over three months, but she was almost back to top form. Shinji was glad that he had two good friends and pilots fighting beside him, he knew that Misato and his mother had pinned alot of hope onto him, they saw how he destroyed the last Angel with ease when he reached 100%, he himself remembered a blur, but he was sure he felt...
Misato: I'm afraid that we can't show you a picture of the target.
Touji: How come?
Yui: The Angel is emitting all types of radiation: heat, light, infrared, ultraviolet you name it.
Asuka: How is that possible?
Yui: I don't know.
Misato: Since there is no way to even determine the Angels shape let alone the location of the core, we have only one option, to go in blind. The MAGI will predict possible locations, we will try a sniper shot first, then go in for hand to hand, using the type G equipment.
Asuka: Type G? There is no type G.
Yui: There is now, it was designed just in case we had to send an Eva into space shortly after the battle with the 15th Angel.
Everyone tried not to look at Asuka, she herself just looked down at the floor, pushing away the memories, but to no avail, a single tear hits her leg.
Yui: Type G has been designed to withstand an incredible amount of radiation, unfortunatly it is bulky.
Asuka: Like type D?
Yui: Yes.
Asuka: I'm the only one with battle experience with type D equipment, I should be the one to fight it hand to hand.
Misato: Glad you volunteered, I was going to ask you anyway. Shinji and Touji will attempt a dual sniper attack using the positron rifles, if that fails Asuka will attack. Alright get to the Evas.
The three pilots stood and went to the cages.
Touji: Man, I hate those briefings.
Shinji: You'll learn to appreciate them, sometimes we get thrown right into battle without one.
Asuka: Yeah, when we know nothing about the Angel, that's when accidents happen.
Touji: Like what happened to me?
Shinji: It's happened to all of us.
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Asuka was slightly nervous, she may have to face the Angel alone, but she knew she wasn't because he was there to help her if she needed help. She would defeat this Angel to prove herself to him.
Asuka: Wait! I don't need to prove myself to him. He accepts me for who I am, what did he say...thats right, he said that as long as I concentrated on fighting I'll be fine, and if I did the best I could he would be happy. I don't care if I win or lose as long as I try my best.
It had taken only half an hour to fit Unit 2 with the type G equipment, although this time Asuka was there to help put it on. Now she waited for the Angel to come into the range of her fellow pilots. The Angel was moving very slowly. But soon...
Misato: (Over Comm) Shinji and Touji, fire at will.
The two pilots aimed at the possible locations of the core and fired. The beams passed right through the Angel, they tried again and again, but no success.
Misato: (Over Comm) Alright Asuka, attack.
Asuka willed her Eva to move forward, it was slow going. She had the prog axe, that she had become fond of, with her.
Asuka: Its hot.
Yui: (Over Comm) Don't worrry you won't melt.
Asuka: Don't forget, I've been diving in a volcano.
By studying her moniter she could tell how far she was from the predicted centre of the Angel. It took her five minutes to get there. Then she did the only thing she could do, she swung her axe around blindly, in the general direction of the centre, she kept this up for ten minutes, by then she had almost reached her physical breaking point, when she hit something hard, she reached out and felt what she had hit, it felt like a small globe.
Asuka: I think I have found the core.
Keeping one hand on the core, she took her axe and repeatedly hit the core with it. Nothing happened, then she felt it get hotter, so she kept hitting it and hitting it until she could hit it no more, and then with one final hit the core cracked and exploded.
Asuka: I did it I won. I'm the best! Huh, where did that come from? Never mind, I need a cold shower.
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Several hours later, Misato and Yui were taking the pilots out to dinner, unfortunatly since most of the restaurants above ground weren't open yet, they had to settle for the NERV cafeteria.
Shinji: Congratulations Asuka, that has to be the fastest ever Angel defeat.
Touji: I have to say, I'm quite impressed.
Asuka: It was nothing, I just followed your advice Shinji.
Misato: And what advice was that?
Asuka: That I should solely concentrate on fighting.
Yui: Well I have to say, it was a job well done, especially on your synch score.
Asuka: What was it?
Misato: 96%
Touji: 96...man I have along way to go.
Misato: Don't worry Touji, 63% isn't that bad, infact your doing better than Asuka and Shinji after they had been through three Angel encounters.
Touji: Really?
Shinji: It probably has to do with the fact that he's in love.
Touji blushed.
Misato: In love? With who?
Asuka: Hikari.
Misato: What about me?
Touji turned even redder. Everyone started laughing.
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They had a great time that night, Asuka, Misato and Yui got closer as friends, while Touji and Shinji just talked.
Touji: She makes me happy.
Shinji: I'm glad for you, and regarding that other matter, well its happening.
Touji: You really asked the Demon out.
Shinji stared at Touji, in that don't say that about her look.
Touji: Sorry, guess old habits die hard, Hikari is trying to make me stop calling her that to her face.
Shinji: So shes training you.
Touji: Shut up, I'm not being trained.
Shinji: Sure Touji, anything you say.
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Misato: So hows Shinji?
Asuka: Why are you asking me? His mother is sitting right beside you.
Yui: You know what she means, I'd like to know the answer myself.
Asuka: There is nothing going on...yet.
Yui: Yet? You mean something may happen?
Asuka: He asked me out.
Misato: Way to go Shinji!
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Touji: So it turns out that the girls in our class can't decide between me or you, now that I'm taken, you must be the centre of every girls fantasies.
Shinji: I'm not sure, remember, girls tend to want what they can't have more than what is available.
Touji: True, but don't remind Hikari about that, then again if you get together with the Dem..., I mean, Asuka then all the girls will you want you just as bad.
Shinji: But you're forgetting that we're talking about Asuka.
Touji: You're right, she'd kill them all.
Shinji: (Laughs) How does Kensuke seem to you?
Touji: He seems fine, happier. He mentioned that you two talked and after thinking for a bit, he seems to have found what he really wants.
Shinji: It's great isn't it, all of us are finally happy.
Touji: Yeah, but we still have along way to go.
Shinji: We have defeated the 20th Angel, 24 more to go, not even half way.
Touji: Lets not talk business.
Shinji: You're right. You'll never guess what I heard about you and Hikari today.
Touji: Not another rumor, I'm going to kill whoever started them.
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Asuka: ...ands thats why I like him.
Yui: I never knew my son had so many good qualities.
Misato: Well, he was kinda wimpish to start off, but as time went on, all those qualities that Asuka mentioned emerged. I miss not having him around the apartment.
Asuka: You still got me.
Misato: But he used to do the laundry, and the cleaning up, and the cooking, and he fed Penpen. Now we have to do that.
Asuka: Are you forgetting that he still cooks for us?
Misato: Oh yeah.
Yui: Why did he do all that?
Asuka: Well for one thing he was great at doing them, and for another he enjoys it, says that chores are easy and doing them helps him to think.
Yui: Hmmm...I wondered why the house was spotless last night, he must have had alot on his mind.
Asuka: Why are you looking at me?
The two older women laughed.
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After they got home, Asuka and Shinji decided to vegetate in front of Misatos TV for an hour, neither one said a word, but they kept catching each other trying to look at the other. Shinji had gone home and Asuka had gone to bed. Within minutes she had fallen asleep. Shinji himself didn't take long to get to sleep.
Shinji: Today has been a good day.
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The next day at school, Asuka wasn't paying attention to the teacher, after all he was talking about something that she already knew.
Asuka: Does he care more for me than he did for her? What if she came back, would he leave me for her? He promised that he wouldn't leave me, but...
She turned her head and looked at Shinji.
Asuka: Shinji. I'm so confused. I want him to love me, but I can't handle it if he says he does and he doesn't mean it. I don't to go through the same thing again, I don't want to be abandoned by him like I was abandoned by my father. But I need him so much.
The lunch bell rang and the rest of the day was normal.
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Darkness. Two figures appear, both are Asuka. One is dressed in her red plugsuit, the other in her yellow sundress.
PlugsuitAsuka: He doesn't really love me, he loves Rei, how could anyone love me.
SundressAsuka: No, that's not true, he does care.
PlugsuitAsuka: Really, after what I have done to him?
Scenes from the past. Asuka calling Shinji a pervert, Asuka calling Shinji an idiot, Asuka kissing Shinji while holding his nose, Asuka rinsing her mouth afterwords, Asuka telling Shinji that she hates him, Asuka slaping Shinji.
SundressAsuka: I don't want to remember these things!
PlugsuitAsuka: Why not? Its because of these, that he doesn't love me.
SundressAsuka: But he said he cared!
The scene from the hospital is replayed.
PlugsuitAsuka: Why should I believe what that doll showed me? I defeated an Angel by myself, I will be the best again.
SundressAsuka: No, I don't want to go through that again.
PlugsuitAsuka: Shinji does not love me, I accept that, I will be the best, I am the best.
Asuka: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Asuka wakes up, sweat is dripping off her, and she begins to cry.
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A few days later, its the night of the 'date'. When the restaurant management found out that Shinji and Asuka were going to their restaurant they insisted that they didn't have to pay. They had a great meal, and they enjoyed talking to one another. Afterwords they walked through the park, holding hands. The night was perfect, but towards the end, doubt invaded Asukas mind once again.
Asuka: Why is he doing this? Is he doing this because he wants to be with me? Or is he doing this because he feels sorry for me? He may care for me, but he doesn't love me. He can't love me after what I put him through, he loves her, he loves Rei, I'm just a replacement for her.
Shinji: Asuka are you alright?
Asuka looks at Shinji, at his eyes, and then she begins to run away from him, Shinji surprised at this runs after her.
Shinji: Asuka slow down, tell me whats wrong.
He catches up with her, and manages to stop her, she turns round and slaps him.
Asuka: GET AWAY FROM ME!
Shinji grabs her and embraces her, Asuka keeps hitting him, and crying.
Asuka: LEAVE ME ALONE! DON'T TOUCH ME! You don't care about me, not as much as care about her!
Shinji: Her? Who are you talking about?
Asuka: Don't act stupid, you know who I mean, Rei.
Shinji: Rei? Rei, thats it, thats what I...what the hell, this feeling again.
Their mobiles ring, Shinji answers his.
Misato: Shinji another Angel is attacking, I'm sorry but you're going to have to cut your date short.
Shinji: We're on our way.
He turns the phone off, and puts it in his jacket.
Shinji: We have to go, another Angel is attacking, you don't have to go if you don't want to.
Asuka: I said leave me alone.
Shinji: Okay, we'll talk later, but I didn't care for Rei as much as I care for you.
He runs off in the direction of NERV headquarters, Asuka looks at his back.
Asuka: He's lying, he must be or does he care for me, more than he did for her. What have I done? I am so confused, what is wrong with me why can't I accept it?
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Shinji arrived at HQ.
Misato: Where's Asuka?
Shinji: She's not feeling well.
Misato looks at Shinjis face, she knows that he is lying, bu she sees the sadness on his face.
Misato: Something must've went wrong Never mind, Touji is already in his plugsuit and in Unit 11, we have to launch immediately, get changed and back him up as soon as you can.
Shinji: Right.
Misato runs to the Command Centre and Shinji runs to the changing room. When Misato reaches the Commmand Centre, she orders Unit 11 to launch immediately. It shoots up through the tunnel.
Misato: (Over Comm) Touji, you will have to face this Angel by yourself for now, you mustn't let it reach the city, be careful its moving fast.
Touji: Wheres Shinji and Asuka?
Misato: (Over Comm) Shinji is getting ready, Asuka is not feeling well.
Touji: Okay.
Within seconds Unit 11 had reached the surface.
To be continued...
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Sorry about leaving it as a battle was about to start. Hell no I'm not. In case anyone is wondering whats up with Asuka here is a little insight. Towards the end of the TV series, Asuka got pretty screwed up and ended up in a catatonic state, she felt she was worthless and no one cared for her. At the start of True Destiny, Rei reveals to Asuka that Shinji cares for her, this gave her the ability to recover. In time she realised that alot of people care for her, and that she has strong feelings for Shinji. But the events of the past are not forgotten, Asuka is still in a fragile psychological state, when Shinji starts to show the kind of interest in her that she wanted him to show, and when she defeats the Angel by herself, she has a temporary relapse to her old self, and when she realises this, she shrugs it off, but her past self haunts her and that is what caused the outburst. I did this for my own peace of mind, as I want to make sure people are understanding what I'm trying to say here.
Thanks to all who have reviewed, I have taken some suggestions under advisement, and have written the following chapter accordingly, but I have decided to still do chapters similar to previous ones, as I feel that Eva originally was composed of action episodes and pyschological episodes, and thats the way I want to pursue this story. I have decided after deep thought to follow in the footsteps of the great fanfic writers and call Touji Suzaharas sister Mari, why? Well to be honest I couldn't think of any other name to call her, and since alot of people have used Mari I may as well use it too. Thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 9 A Victory/Doubt
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Touji was happy, his sister had made a full recovery and was back at school, although she had to repeat a year, but she wasn't bothered about that as she made friends easily. The other thing that made Touji happy was that he had a girlfriend, Hikari Horaki. Now he had liked Hikari for a long time, and he know knew that she had liked him for almost as long, which made him even happier. They had being going out for two weeks, Hikari still cooked lunch for Touji and now for his sister Mari. She met them in the morning and walked them to Maris school, after dropping off Mari, they went to their school, holding hands. Of course by now they were the top subject of gossip, especially with it still being fresh information that Touji was still an Eva pilot. Hikari was happy simply because she was with Touji, he made her fell better about herself, and when he held her in his arms, she was happier then ever. Watching them made Asuka realise that being the most talked about person in school is definitly not the best thing, she was glad that she didn't want try to force people to like her anymore, as long as he cared it didn't matter if no one else did, she was happy. Kensuke was happy, he took this opportunity to create wild stories about Touji and Hikari, who was gooing to doubt him, he was Toujis best friend after all, he also discovered that he wasn't as big a fan of war as he originally thought he was, but he was more interested in peace. He realised this when he went camping after his little talk with Shinji, he enjoyed the tranquility of being alone with nature, although he did miss his friends as well. Shinji noticed that all his friends were happy, which made him happy, they were all happy, but in the back of his mind he knew that it wouldn't last, but he didn't care for he knew that one moment of happiness is better than a lifetime of sorrow.
Shinji and Asuka were walking to school, chatting, talking about NERV and even gossiping, they were both smiling. And then Shinji decided to do something.
Shinji: Asuka, do you want to go out sometime?
Asuka: What?
Shinji: I said do you want to go out sometime?
Asuka: Well, I suppose that the five of us haven't spent time with each other after school ever since Touji and Hikari got together.
Shinji: I don't believe it, did Asuka Langely Sohryu refer to Touji Suzahara as Touji, not 'Dumb Jock' or 'Dork' or 'Stooge'?
Asuka: Hikari made me.
Shinji: (Laughs) Anyway I didn't the five of us, I just meant us two.
Asuka: What?
Shinji: I like you Asuka, I want to see if there is something bigger between us.
Asuka blushed.
Asuka: I like you alot too Shinji.
Shinji: Great, so where do you want to go?
Asuka: Anywhere is fine.
Shinji: Hmm...I got it, a new restaurant is opening soon, it does European dishes, how about we go there.
Asuka: But won't that be expensive?
Shinji: No, because ever since I got to Tokyo-3 I hardly spent my NERV pay.
Asuka: How much do you have?
Shinji: I'm not telling, you'll just want to go shopping with my credit card.
Asuka: You have that much!
Shinji: You're not getting it.
Asuka: Meany.
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Until lunch was over, and the afternoons lessons had started, the day had been going well. About 20 minutes into the lesson, Shinji began to feel strange, he felt that something wasn't right, he tried to shrug it off, but he couldn't and then his mobile rang, as did Toujis and Asukas, he answered it, and Misato informed them that another Angel was approaching, he stood up, and with the other three pilots he left the room. The teacher remembering the previous encounter told his class to pack their belongings, a few seconds later the alarm went off, later the schools headteacher congratulated him on the speediness and efficiency he got his pupils to the shelter, he never revealed that the pilots had been informed a minute before the alarm went off.
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Shinji soon forgot about the feeling on his way to NERV HQ, as usual Misato and his mother were waiting for them in the briefing room, after they had changed into their plugsuits, he noticed that Touji wasn't as nervous at he had been before, neither was Asuka, actually Toujis synch ratio has significantly increased after he had started dating Hikari, Shinji noted that Touji must be filled with confidence, as must be Asuka. The last battle had occured shortly after Asuka had returned to piloting, she may have been good at synchronising, but she was rusty after not having trained for over three months, but she was almost back to top form. Shinji was glad that he had two good friends and pilots fighting beside him, he knew that Misato and his mother had pinned alot of hope onto him, they saw how he destroyed the last Angel with ease when he reached 100%, he himself remembered a blur, but he was sure he felt...
Misato: I'm afraid that we can't show you a picture of the target.
Touji: How come?
Yui: The Angel is emitting all types of radiation: heat, light, infrared, ultraviolet you name it.
Asuka: How is that possible?
Yui: I don't know.
Misato: Since there is no way to even determine the Angels shape let alone the location of the core, we have only one option, to go in blind. The MAGI will predict possible locations, we will try a sniper shot first, then go in for hand to hand, using the type G equipment.
Asuka: Type G? There is no type G.
Yui: There is now, it was designed just in case we had to send an Eva into space shortly after the battle with the 15th Angel.
Everyone tried not to look at Asuka, she herself just looked down at the floor, pushing away the memories, but to no avail, a single tear hits her leg.
Yui: Type G has been designed to withstand an incredible amount of radiation, unfortunatly it is bulky.
Asuka: Like type D?
Yui: Yes.
Asuka: I'm the only one with battle experience with type D equipment, I should be the one to fight it hand to hand.
Misato: Glad you volunteered, I was going to ask you anyway. Shinji and Touji will attempt a dual sniper attack using the positron rifles, if that fails Asuka will attack. Alright get to the Evas.
The three pilots stood and went to the cages.
Touji: Man, I hate those briefings.
Shinji: You'll learn to appreciate them, sometimes we get thrown right into battle without one.
Asuka: Yeah, when we know nothing about the Angel, that's when accidents happen.
Touji: Like what happened to me?
Shinji: It's happened to all of us.
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Asuka was slightly nervous, she may have to face the Angel alone, but she knew she wasn't because he was there to help her if she needed help. She would defeat this Angel to prove herself to him.
Asuka: Wait! I don't need to prove myself to him. He accepts me for who I am, what did he say...thats right, he said that as long as I concentrated on fighting I'll be fine, and if I did the best I could he would be happy. I don't care if I win or lose as long as I try my best.
It had taken only half an hour to fit Unit 2 with the type G equipment, although this time Asuka was there to help put it on. Now she waited for the Angel to come into the range of her fellow pilots. The Angel was moving very slowly. But soon...
Misato: (Over Comm) Shinji and Touji, fire at will.
The two pilots aimed at the possible locations of the core and fired. The beams passed right through the Angel, they tried again and again, but no success.
Misato: (Over Comm) Alright Asuka, attack.
Asuka willed her Eva to move forward, it was slow going. She had the prog axe, that she had become fond of, with her.
Asuka: Its hot.
Yui: (Over Comm) Don't worrry you won't melt.
Asuka: Don't forget, I've been diving in a volcano.
By studying her moniter she could tell how far she was from the predicted centre of the Angel. It took her five minutes to get there. Then she did the only thing she could do, she swung her axe around blindly, in the general direction of the centre, she kept this up for ten minutes, by then she had almost reached her physical breaking point, when she hit something hard, she reached out and felt what she had hit, it felt like a small globe.
Asuka: I think I have found the core.
Keeping one hand on the core, she took her axe and repeatedly hit the core with it. Nothing happened, then she felt it get hotter, so she kept hitting it and hitting it until she could hit it no more, and then with one final hit the core cracked and exploded.
Asuka: I did it I won. I'm the best! Huh, where did that come from? Never mind, I need a cold shower.
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Several hours later, Misato and Yui were taking the pilots out to dinner, unfortunatly since most of the restaurants above ground weren't open yet, they had to settle for the NERV cafeteria.
Shinji: Congratulations Asuka, that has to be the fastest ever Angel defeat.
Touji: I have to say, I'm quite impressed.
Asuka: It was nothing, I just followed your advice Shinji.
Misato: And what advice was that?
Asuka: That I should solely concentrate on fighting.
Yui: Well I have to say, it was a job well done, especially on your synch score.
Asuka: What was it?
Misato: 96%
Touji: 96...man I have along way to go.
Misato: Don't worry Touji, 63% isn't that bad, infact your doing better than Asuka and Shinji after they had been through three Angel encounters.
Touji: Really?
Shinji: It probably has to do with the fact that he's in love.
Touji blushed.
Misato: In love? With who?
Asuka: Hikari.
Misato: What about me?
Touji turned even redder. Everyone started laughing.
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They had a great time that night, Asuka, Misato and Yui got closer as friends, while Touji and Shinji just talked.
Touji: She makes me happy.
Shinji: I'm glad for you, and regarding that other matter, well its happening.
Touji: You really asked the Demon out.
Shinji stared at Touji, in that don't say that about her look.
Touji: Sorry, guess old habits die hard, Hikari is trying to make me stop calling her that to her face.
Shinji: So shes training you.
Touji: Shut up, I'm not being trained.
Shinji: Sure Touji, anything you say.
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Misato: So hows Shinji?
Asuka: Why are you asking me? His mother is sitting right beside you.
Yui: You know what she means, I'd like to know the answer myself.
Asuka: There is nothing going on...yet.
Yui: Yet? You mean something may happen?
Asuka: He asked me out.
Misato: Way to go Shinji!
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Touji: So it turns out that the girls in our class can't decide between me or you, now that I'm taken, you must be the centre of every girls fantasies.
Shinji: I'm not sure, remember, girls tend to want what they can't have more than what is available.
Touji: True, but don't remind Hikari about that, then again if you get together with the Dem..., I mean, Asuka then all the girls will you want you just as bad.
Shinji: But you're forgetting that we're talking about Asuka.
Touji: You're right, she'd kill them all.
Shinji: (Laughs) How does Kensuke seem to you?
Touji: He seems fine, happier. He mentioned that you two talked and after thinking for a bit, he seems to have found what he really wants.
Shinji: It's great isn't it, all of us are finally happy.
Touji: Yeah, but we still have along way to go.
Shinji: We have defeated the 20th Angel, 24 more to go, not even half way.
Touji: Lets not talk business.
Shinji: You're right. You'll never guess what I heard about you and Hikari today.
Touji: Not another rumor, I'm going to kill whoever started them.
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Asuka: ...ands thats why I like him.
Yui: I never knew my son had so many good qualities.
Misato: Well, he was kinda wimpish to start off, but as time went on, all those qualities that Asuka mentioned emerged. I miss not having him around the apartment.
Asuka: You still got me.
Misato: But he used to do the laundry, and the cleaning up, and the cooking, and he fed Penpen. Now we have to do that.
Asuka: Are you forgetting that he still cooks for us?
Misato: Oh yeah.
Yui: Why did he do all that?
Asuka: Well for one thing he was great at doing them, and for another he enjoys it, says that chores are easy and doing them helps him to think.
Yui: Hmmm...I wondered why the house was spotless last night, he must have had alot on his mind.
Asuka: Why are you looking at me?
The two older women laughed.
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After they got home, Asuka and Shinji decided to vegetate in front of Misatos TV for an hour, neither one said a word, but they kept catching each other trying to look at the other. Shinji had gone home and Asuka had gone to bed. Within minutes she had fallen asleep. Shinji himself didn't take long to get to sleep.
Shinji: Today has been a good day.
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The next day at school, Asuka wasn't paying attention to the teacher, after all he was talking about something that she already knew.
Asuka: Does he care more for me than he did for her? What if she came back, would he leave me for her? He promised that he wouldn't leave me, but...
She turned her head and looked at Shinji.
Asuka: Shinji. I'm so confused. I want him to love me, but I can't handle it if he says he does and he doesn't mean it. I don't to go through the same thing again, I don't want to be abandoned by him like I was abandoned by my father. But I need him so much.
The lunch bell rang and the rest of the day was normal.
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Darkness. Two figures appear, both are Asuka. One is dressed in her red plugsuit, the other in her yellow sundress.
PlugsuitAsuka: He doesn't really love me, he loves Rei, how could anyone love me.
SundressAsuka: No, that's not true, he does care.
PlugsuitAsuka: Really, after what I have done to him?
Scenes from the past. Asuka calling Shinji a pervert, Asuka calling Shinji an idiot, Asuka kissing Shinji while holding his nose, Asuka rinsing her mouth afterwords, Asuka telling Shinji that she hates him, Asuka slaping Shinji.
SundressAsuka: I don't want to remember these things!
PlugsuitAsuka: Why not? Its because of these, that he doesn't love me.
SundressAsuka: But he said he cared!
The scene from the hospital is replayed.
PlugsuitAsuka: Why should I believe what that doll showed me? I defeated an Angel by myself, I will be the best again.
SundressAsuka: No, I don't want to go through that again.
PlugsuitAsuka: Shinji does not love me, I accept that, I will be the best, I am the best.
Asuka: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Asuka wakes up, sweat is dripping off her, and she begins to cry.
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A few days later, its the night of the 'date'. When the restaurant management found out that Shinji and Asuka were going to their restaurant they insisted that they didn't have to pay. They had a great meal, and they enjoyed talking to one another. Afterwords they walked through the park, holding hands. The night was perfect, but towards the end, doubt invaded Asukas mind once again.
Asuka: Why is he doing this? Is he doing this because he wants to be with me? Or is he doing this because he feels sorry for me? He may care for me, but he doesn't love me. He can't love me after what I put him through, he loves her, he loves Rei, I'm just a replacement for her.
Shinji: Asuka are you alright?
Asuka looks at Shinji, at his eyes, and then she begins to run away from him, Shinji surprised at this runs after her.
Shinji: Asuka slow down, tell me whats wrong.
He catches up with her, and manages to stop her, she turns round and slaps him.
Asuka: GET AWAY FROM ME!
Shinji grabs her and embraces her, Asuka keeps hitting him, and crying.
Asuka: LEAVE ME ALONE! DON'T TOUCH ME! You don't care about me, not as much as care about her!
Shinji: Her? Who are you talking about?
Asuka: Don't act stupid, you know who I mean, Rei.
Shinji: Rei? Rei, thats it, thats what I...what the hell, this feeling again.
Their mobiles ring, Shinji answers his.
Misato: Shinji another Angel is attacking, I'm sorry but you're going to have to cut your date short.
Shinji: We're on our way.
He turns the phone off, and puts it in his jacket.
Shinji: We have to go, another Angel is attacking, you don't have to go if you don't want to.
Asuka: I said leave me alone.
Shinji: Okay, we'll talk later, but I didn't care for Rei as much as I care for you.
He runs off in the direction of NERV headquarters, Asuka looks at his back.
Asuka: He's lying, he must be or does he care for me, more than he did for her. What have I done? I am so confused, what is wrong with me why can't I accept it?
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Shinji arrived at HQ.
Misato: Where's Asuka?
Shinji: She's not feeling well.
Misato looks at Shinjis face, she knows that he is lying, bu she sees the sadness on his face.
Misato: Something must've went wrong Never mind, Touji is already in his plugsuit and in Unit 11, we have to launch immediately, get changed and back him up as soon as you can.
Shinji: Right.
Misato runs to the Command Centre and Shinji runs to the changing room. When Misato reaches the Commmand Centre, she orders Unit 11 to launch immediately. It shoots up through the tunnel.
Misato: (Over Comm) Touji, you will have to face this Angel by yourself for now, you mustn't let it reach the city, be careful its moving fast.
Touji: Wheres Shinji and Asuka?
Misato: (Over Comm) Shinji is getting ready, Asuka is not feeling well.
Touji: Okay.
Within seconds Unit 11 had reached the surface.
To be continued...
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Sorry about leaving it as a battle was about to start. Hell no I'm not. In case anyone is wondering whats up with Asuka here is a little insight. Towards the end of the TV series, Asuka got pretty screwed up and ended up in a catatonic state, she felt she was worthless and no one cared for her. At the start of True Destiny, Rei reveals to Asuka that Shinji cares for her, this gave her the ability to recover. In time she realised that alot of people care for her, and that she has strong feelings for Shinji. But the events of the past are not forgotten, Asuka is still in a fragile psychological state, when Shinji starts to show the kind of interest in her that she wanted him to show, and when she defeats the Angel by herself, she has a temporary relapse to her old self, and when she realises this, she shrugs it off, but her past self haunts her and that is what caused the outburst. I did this for my own peace of mind, as I want to make sure people are understanding what I'm trying to say here.