Everything to do with Eva doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Gainax
I liked what people were saying about how I portray Asuka, hopefully I won't disappoint anyone, well, here comes another chapter, it took along time to write because of the Angels, I'm trying to come up with new designs, but it is really difficult, anyhow... thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 10 Fathers
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It was definitely one of the weirdest Angels that he had ever seen, he could see the core, it was on the top of four legs, it looked like a walking stool with a bowl on top.
Touji: Definitely one of the weirdest.
Misato: (Over Comm) Alright Touji You're on your own for now, Shinji will be up to help you in 2 minutes.
Touji: TWO MINUTES! How in the hell can I survive for two minutes!
Misato: (Over Comm) You will be fine. Aim for the core and fire your rifle.
He did as he was told, he aimed for the core and suddenly an 'eye' opened and fired a beam at Unit 11.
Touji: Oh Shit.
He willed his Eva to move out of the way, but more beams kept firing at him, he kept dodging them as best he could, but he was in trouble.
Touji: Misato, I don't know how long I can keep this up for!
Another beam was fired, it didn't hit Unit 11, but it hit the rifle.
Touji: Okay, that's it, I've had enough of you.
He engaged the prog knife, and charged directly towards the Angel, dodgeing the beams as best he could, only one hit him, it ripped of the Eva's left arm, he screamed in agony but kept charging, luckily the prog knife was in his right hand, he jumped up and brought the knife down on the Angels core. The core cracked and the Angel exploded.
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Misato: Get the recovery crews out there! Tell Shinji to stand down. Status of Unit 11?
Ibuki: Unit 11 has shut down, the pilot has lost consciousness.
A few seconds later, Shinji ran into the command centre.
Shinji: What happened?
Misato: Touji defeated the Angel.
Shinji: Touji defeated the Angel? Way to go Touji.
Misato: He's being transferred to the hospital, why don't you go check up on him.
Shinji: Sure.
He left the commend centre, what no one noticed however, was Commander Ikari staring at his son.
Ibuki: Dr Ikari, come see this.
Yui: What is it Maya?
She looks over her shoulder.
Yui: What so strange about that?
Ibuki: Well in a battle, I've noticed that no matter what the pilots synch ratio always increase, ever so slightly or big jumps.
Yui: Yes I know that.
Ibuki: Well, half way through the battle, Pilot Suzaharas synch just stopped climbing when it reached the result, I've checked with the MAGI, they confirm the pilots synch ratio is 66.66666% or exactly two thirds.
Yui: Exactly two thirds?
Ibuki: There was no increase or decrease, until the Eva was deactivated.
Yui: Looks like he reached the limit.
Misato: The limit?
Yui: The limit of how much a pilot can actually synchronise with an Eva, Shinji and Asuka can sychronise higher than he can, because of the souls of their mothers within the Evas, but I was recovered, Shinji can probably still maintain a high synch ratio with the Eva because there may still be imprint of me within it, a sort of shadow.
Misato: Wait a minute, did you just say that Asukas mother is within Unit 02?
Yui: You didn't know?
Misato: No.
Yui: I thought you did.
She turns to look at her husband, giving him an angry look, then back to Misato.
Yui: Out of everybody here, you should have had been made aware of that.
Misato: How many secrets of NERV should I know?
Yui: Most of them. Come with me, I probably have to tell you a few more things.
They walked out of the command centre and headed to Yuis office.
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Asuka was still in the park, she had sat down on a bench and was staring at the stars, she saw the explosion caused by the Angel.
Asuka: Was that you Shinji? Or was it Touji? What am I going to do? I want to know the truth, I need to know the truth, but how can I find out? I love him, but does he love me? He doesn't, he can't, he loves her.
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In Commander Ikaris office, Yui and Gendo are discussing important matters.
Yui: Lastly, I want to talk about the scrolls,
Ikari: Anything in particular?
Yui: The One, it is possible that Shinji is the One, you know what that means for us.
Ikari: I do, the scrolls say that the One has no living relatives, which means that sometime soon we may die.
Yui: How can you accept this so easily?
Ikari: Because I have treated him so badly, I only hope that there is a way to save you from that fate.
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Touji hadn't woken up, so Shinji went home. He was worried about Asuka, about what she said.
Shinji: I don't know what love is, only recently have I really experienced one type of love that I have needed for so long, but I need Asuka, I think I am falling for her. I didn't do anything for so long, because she was recovering but now she's better... I asked her out, hoping that I could find out my feelings for her, I think I did, but then she ran off and then I knew, I did.
He had reached his apartment, he looked at his old apartments door, and decided to go there instead. He opened the door.
Shinji: Asuka! It's Shinji! Are you here?
There was no reply. He made his way to Asukas room, he opened the door, she wasn't there. He looked all over the apartment, he couldn't find her. He went to the park and still he couldn't find her. He called Misato, who told him that the security team following her had lost track of her. He hung up, and spent the whole night looking for her.
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Touji woke up. He looked up at the ceiling, and then he remembered the battle, he remembered feeling his left arm being ripped off, he looked at it.
Touji: It's mine, but it's not.
He fell asleep.
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She couldn't face him, and so she did something that he had done, she had run away. It was easy to lose her 'shadow' she had done it several times before. She didn't know what she was going to do. She considered quitting NERV, then she remembered her mother, how every time she got in Unit 02, she could feel her mothers love for her. She had even begun looking forward to synch tests. No she couldn't quit NERV, there was only one thing she could do and that was avoid him, it would be difficult, he went everywhere she went, but it was the only way. She wasn't sure what hurt more, being away from him, or being with and knowing that he wanted another. She fell to her knees and cried again.
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He had been up all night, going to all the places that he thought Asuka might be. He check in with Misato every half hour, she was also searching the city, neither had any luck. His thoughts kept returning to their last conversation, where she accused him of being in love with Rei. He knew it wasn't true, how could he be? He knew what she was, he had always known in some way, he had confused what he felt for here with romantic love, instead of the brotherly love that he now knew it to be.
Shinji: Rei is my sister, technically speaking. Oh Asuka, where are you? I need to tell you how I feel.
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Hikari was worried, first her best friend was missing, she had received several phone calls from both Misato and Shinji. She was also worried about her boyfriend, she hadn't heard from him since the previous night, she hadn't bothered Misato or Shinji with questions about him, because their main concern was Asuka. She began to cry.
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Touji woke up, his arm was still sore, but he wasn't tired anymore. He got up, got dressed called the doctor and was allowed to leave the hospital. He went home. When he got there he checked on his sister, she was still asleep.
Man: Touji, are you okay?
Touji: Grandfather, I hope you haven't been waiting up for me all night.
SeniorSuzahara: I have, I wanted to go see you at the hospital, but I didn't want to wake Mari.
Touji: Sorry if I worried you.
S.Suzahara: I know what you do, I helped make them remember.
Touji: Where's dad?
S.Suzahara: Cleaning up your mess as usual, he has to repair the arm that you had cut off.
Touji: So why aren't you there helping him?
S.Suzahara: I work on Unit 01 remember, Unit 11 is your fathers responsibility, I think he prefers this one to Unit 00.
Touji: But Unit 11 is so much uglier than Unit 00.
S.Suzahara: But not half as creepy.
They laughed. Although both of the senior Suzaharas had almost quit when Touji was injured, and again when he decided to return to active duty, they were proud of what he was doing.
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On an aeroplane heading towards Tokyo-3, sits a man. He is caucasian, around 40 years old and very angry.
Man: This has to stop.
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She was tired and it was time to go home, she headed to the apartment. When she got there she found that Yui was asleep on the couch. She tried not to wake her, but she failed.
Yui: Asuka? Asuka! Where have you been? Everyone has been worried about you. Shinji and Misato have spent all night searching for you.
Asuka: I'm sorry if I have caused any trouble, I just needed to think thats all.
Yui: Did Shinji do something?
Asuka: He fell in love, but not with me.
She went into her room and closed the door, she cried again. Yui picked up the phone.
Yui: Misato, its Yui. Asuka has just returned, she's fine but she's a little upset.
Yui: I haven't called him yet, but I think he's the problem.
Yui: No, I don't think she wants to see him, she said that he was in love with someone that is not her, do you have any idea who she is talking about?
Yui: Rei? Why would he be in love with Rei? Technically she was his sister.
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Misato: I know, but alot happened between Rei and Shinji. Asuka knows this, I'm pretty sure Shinji did have something for Rei a while back, but she arrived and it all changed. Asuka went through a real rough time, she feels no one can love her, so she probably decided that Shinji was in love with Rei, not her. I've tried being a mother to her, in some ways I have succeeded, but Shinji is the only one that can truly get through to her, and now she is pushing him away. Look I'll be there in a few minutes, I don't think Shinji should see her until I have had a talk to her, see you in a few minutes.
She hung up the phone, and headed home.
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Touji was lying on his bed, trying to get some sleep, he was strangely tired, even though he was uncouncious for most of the night, yet he couldn't sleep.
Touji: Dammit, why can't I sleep? God I am so tired. I'm forgetting something, I just can't remember. Nevermind. I wish Hikari were here maybe she'd... Oh crap, Hikari!
He leapt out of bed and ran to his phone, he quickly dialled the number to Hikaris house. Hikari answered.
Touji: Hikari, its me.
Hikari: (Over Phone) Touji? Where the hell were you? I was so worried.
Touji: Sorry, but I was in hospital most of the night, uncouncious, I woke up came home to check on the family and then tried to get to sleep.
Hikari: (Over Phone) So you forgot about me?
Touji: Oh crap! No, nothing like that, it was just that I was tired and I couldn't think straight, and I was concerned for Maris sake and....
Hikari: (Over Phone) I wonder about you Touji Suzahara, sometimes I feel that you care more for your sister than you do for me. It was alright when she was hurt, but shes alright now.
Touji: Hikari, of course I care for you, its just...
She had slammed the phone down.
Touji: Oh this had been one shitty night.
He went back to his bed, and he fell asleep.
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Shinji: What do you mean? Why can't I see her?
Yui: You're the problem Shinji.
Shinji: Not the Rei thing.
Yui: You know about that?
Shinji: She accused me of being in love with her last night.
They were sitting in their apartment, so as not to disturb Asuka or Misato.
Yui: We've talked about Rei.
Shinji: I remember, and I have sorted out my feelings for her, I did love her, as a sister. I think I must've recognised her, she looked alot like you.
Yui: Unfortunately Asuka seems to think that you are in love with Rei, and no amount of convincing can change her mind, I've tried and Misato is trying now. Maybe you should just get some sleep, you've been up for at least 24 hours now.
Shinji: I suppose you're right, see you later mom.
Yui: I'll probably be at NERV when you wake up, I'll leave something for you to eat in the oven.
Shinji: Thanks Mom.
He walked off to his room, and within minutes he was asleep.
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Later that day. Gendo Ikari is standing in front of Unit 01. He stares at it for several hours, then he walks away. He heads to the lowest region of NERV, where he stands and faces the giant red cross.
Ikari: All of it for her, and yet when she comes back I can't be near her because of what I have done to Shinji. I tried when she had gone, but all I did was hurt him, I couldn't bear it so I sent him away, hoping that he would find happiness away from me, until the time came when I needed him to get his mother back.
Ikari: If I had told him why I needed him in the first place, maybe now... but its too late.
Voice: Its never too late.
He turns around and Yui is standing behind him.
Yui: The problem with you, and him, is that you both find it difficult to express yourself around each other, talk to him, tell him how you feel, tell him why. He may listen.
Ikari: But all the pain I have caused him...
Yui: ...can never go away unless you try to make up for it, all both of you ever wanted was for our family to be back together again, now all you have to do is talk to each other, you needn't be afraid of each other any more.
He turns to his wife and looks at her. He smiles a genuine smile.
Ikari: I understand.
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The plane had landed at Tokyo-2 airport an hour ago, and now the man was in a black limo that had been sent to pick him up.
Man: I hope that this doesn't take long.
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Shinji: Why am I doing this? I should be trying to talk to Asuka, instead I'm here going to talk with him. Well this better be good.
He reached the door and opened it, his father was standing with his back to the door.
Shinji: You wanted to talk to me.
He turned around and looked his son in the eyes.
Ikari: I'm sorry Shinji.
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Asuka was asleep as was Misato, it had taken along time for the young girl to calm down. Misato had tried her best and succeeded. She woke up with a start. She wondered why she had woken up. The doorbell rang for the fifth time.
Misato: Who could this be?
She got up, put something decent on and went to the door, she opened to see a face that she hadn't seen for seven years.
Misato: What are you doing here?
Man: I have come for my daughter.
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Shinji was in shock, had his father just apologised to him? He wasn't sure.
Ikari: Do you remember this place?
Shinji looked around, it was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.
Ikari: This is where we used to live, before your mother was taken. I haven't been here since then.
Shinji: Why am I here?
Ikari: To talk, and to listen.
Shinji: This can't be happening, I had decided that I hate him, yet... No, I remember the things that he has done, I can't forgive him.
Ikari: What I have done to you, I should never have done. I was so consumed by my goal that I never stopped to think about you, it hurt too much. But know this, everything I did, I did to get our family back together again.
Shinji: How did you expect to acheive that? You abandoned me.
Ikari: SEELE was attempting to cause third impact in such a way that all of humanity would become one, and then they would be in control, your mother wanted to prevent that, so did I. I couldn't let you or your mother be under their control. All my life people have hated me, that is until I met your mother. When you were born, I had two people that loved me as I loved them. Then your mother was taken, it hurt so much. But I knew that SEELE were the ones that had made it impossible for us to retreive her, I didn't want anything like that to happen to you, so I sent you away. I had to make you hate me, and I had to make it look like I didn't want you, it was the only way to keep you alive until third impact occured. I knew that you hated me, but I thought that if I could reunite us with your mother, you would forgive me, things never turn out the way you plan them to.
Shinji: You're saying these things, but do you mean them? Do you know what you have done?
Ikari: Shinji, I know what I have done, but I hope that one day we can be a family again. I have done a lot of terrible things, when Rei initiated a different Third Impact than what SEELE or I had intended, I saw that I would have to make up for them.
Shinji hangs his head, he thinks for a couple of minutes.
Shinji: All I ever wanted was for us to be a family again, I still do, but I don't know if I can forgive you.
Ikari: I will do anything.
He walked out of the apartment, and headed home.
Ikari: All I can do is hurt him, that has to change.
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Fredrich Langley stood in the living room of the apartment his daughter lived in.
Misato: Why now?
Langley: She did not fight in the last battle, therefore I assume that she is no longer needed, she has shamed me for the last time.
Misato: No wonder she is so messed up, you have never shown her any love have you.
Langley: Love? She doesn't deserve love.
Misato: You bastard!
Asuka opens the door to her room.
Asuka: Misato, what's all the noise out here...
She sees the man standing there.
Asuka: Father...
To be continued...
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Right, this was a difficult one. I had intended to put Asukas father into this story for a while now, but I had a problem, his name. As everyone knows, Asukas name is Asuka Langely Sohryu, her mothers name is Kyoko Zepplin Sohryu and I have named her father Fredrich Langley. As far as I know his name is never mentioned in the anime. I'm not sure if it mentions if her parents were married, but I'll assume that it did. Now Asuka is one quarter Japanese, which means one of her grandparents is Japanese, now since her mothers first name is Kyoko, I'm assuming that it is her mothers father. Now her father appears to be a difficult man so I don't think he would have taken his wifes name. So, I am saying that when they got married, Kyoko kept her name as it is, probably because she is a renowned scientist, and they gave their daughter both surnames to show that she belonged to them, or something. If this is too confusing I'm sorry, and if he was given a name by Gainax, someone please tell me and I'll get it sorted. Oh and about Hikaris behaviour, shes been up all night worrying about Asuka and Touji, she just snapped.
I liked what people were saying about how I portray Asuka, hopefully I won't disappoint anyone, well, here comes another chapter, it took along time to write because of the Angels, I'm trying to come up with new designs, but it is really difficult, anyhow... thoughts are in and actions/events are in ().
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: True Destiny
Episode 10 Fathers
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It was definitely one of the weirdest Angels that he had ever seen, he could see the core, it was on the top of four legs, it looked like a walking stool with a bowl on top.
Touji: Definitely one of the weirdest.
Misato: (Over Comm) Alright Touji You're on your own for now, Shinji will be up to help you in 2 minutes.
Touji: TWO MINUTES! How in the hell can I survive for two minutes!
Misato: (Over Comm) You will be fine. Aim for the core and fire your rifle.
He did as he was told, he aimed for the core and suddenly an 'eye' opened and fired a beam at Unit 11.
Touji: Oh Shit.
He willed his Eva to move out of the way, but more beams kept firing at him, he kept dodging them as best he could, but he was in trouble.
Touji: Misato, I don't know how long I can keep this up for!
Another beam was fired, it didn't hit Unit 11, but it hit the rifle.
Touji: Okay, that's it, I've had enough of you.
He engaged the prog knife, and charged directly towards the Angel, dodgeing the beams as best he could, only one hit him, it ripped of the Eva's left arm, he screamed in agony but kept charging, luckily the prog knife was in his right hand, he jumped up and brought the knife down on the Angels core. The core cracked and the Angel exploded.
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Misato: Get the recovery crews out there! Tell Shinji to stand down. Status of Unit 11?
Ibuki: Unit 11 has shut down, the pilot has lost consciousness.
A few seconds later, Shinji ran into the command centre.
Shinji: What happened?
Misato: Touji defeated the Angel.
Shinji: Touji defeated the Angel? Way to go Touji.
Misato: He's being transferred to the hospital, why don't you go check up on him.
Shinji: Sure.
He left the commend centre, what no one noticed however, was Commander Ikari staring at his son.
Ibuki: Dr Ikari, come see this.
Yui: What is it Maya?
She looks over her shoulder.
Yui: What so strange about that?
Ibuki: Well in a battle, I've noticed that no matter what the pilots synch ratio always increase, ever so slightly or big jumps.
Yui: Yes I know that.
Ibuki: Well, half way through the battle, Pilot Suzaharas synch just stopped climbing when it reached the result, I've checked with the MAGI, they confirm the pilots synch ratio is 66.66666% or exactly two thirds.
Yui: Exactly two thirds?
Ibuki: There was no increase or decrease, until the Eva was deactivated.
Yui: Looks like he reached the limit.
Misato: The limit?
Yui: The limit of how much a pilot can actually synchronise with an Eva, Shinji and Asuka can sychronise higher than he can, because of the souls of their mothers within the Evas, but I was recovered, Shinji can probably still maintain a high synch ratio with the Eva because there may still be imprint of me within it, a sort of shadow.
Misato: Wait a minute, did you just say that Asukas mother is within Unit 02?
Yui: You didn't know?
Misato: No.
Yui: I thought you did.
She turns to look at her husband, giving him an angry look, then back to Misato.
Yui: Out of everybody here, you should have had been made aware of that.
Misato: How many secrets of NERV should I know?
Yui: Most of them. Come with me, I probably have to tell you a few more things.
They walked out of the command centre and headed to Yuis office.
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Asuka was still in the park, she had sat down on a bench and was staring at the stars, she saw the explosion caused by the Angel.
Asuka: Was that you Shinji? Or was it Touji? What am I going to do? I want to know the truth, I need to know the truth, but how can I find out? I love him, but does he love me? He doesn't, he can't, he loves her.
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In Commander Ikaris office, Yui and Gendo are discussing important matters.
Yui: Lastly, I want to talk about the scrolls,
Ikari: Anything in particular?
Yui: The One, it is possible that Shinji is the One, you know what that means for us.
Ikari: I do, the scrolls say that the One has no living relatives, which means that sometime soon we may die.
Yui: How can you accept this so easily?
Ikari: Because I have treated him so badly, I only hope that there is a way to save you from that fate.
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Touji hadn't woken up, so Shinji went home. He was worried about Asuka, about what she said.
Shinji: I don't know what love is, only recently have I really experienced one type of love that I have needed for so long, but I need Asuka, I think I am falling for her. I didn't do anything for so long, because she was recovering but now she's better... I asked her out, hoping that I could find out my feelings for her, I think I did, but then she ran off and then I knew, I did.
He had reached his apartment, he looked at his old apartments door, and decided to go there instead. He opened the door.
Shinji: Asuka! It's Shinji! Are you here?
There was no reply. He made his way to Asukas room, he opened the door, she wasn't there. He looked all over the apartment, he couldn't find her. He went to the park and still he couldn't find her. He called Misato, who told him that the security team following her had lost track of her. He hung up, and spent the whole night looking for her.
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Touji woke up. He looked up at the ceiling, and then he remembered the battle, he remembered feeling his left arm being ripped off, he looked at it.
Touji: It's mine, but it's not.
He fell asleep.
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She couldn't face him, and so she did something that he had done, she had run away. It was easy to lose her 'shadow' she had done it several times before. She didn't know what she was going to do. She considered quitting NERV, then she remembered her mother, how every time she got in Unit 02, she could feel her mothers love for her. She had even begun looking forward to synch tests. No she couldn't quit NERV, there was only one thing she could do and that was avoid him, it would be difficult, he went everywhere she went, but it was the only way. She wasn't sure what hurt more, being away from him, or being with and knowing that he wanted another. She fell to her knees and cried again.
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He had been up all night, going to all the places that he thought Asuka might be. He check in with Misato every half hour, she was also searching the city, neither had any luck. His thoughts kept returning to their last conversation, where she accused him of being in love with Rei. He knew it wasn't true, how could he be? He knew what she was, he had always known in some way, he had confused what he felt for here with romantic love, instead of the brotherly love that he now knew it to be.
Shinji: Rei is my sister, technically speaking. Oh Asuka, where are you? I need to tell you how I feel.
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Hikari was worried, first her best friend was missing, she had received several phone calls from both Misato and Shinji. She was also worried about her boyfriend, she hadn't heard from him since the previous night, she hadn't bothered Misato or Shinji with questions about him, because their main concern was Asuka. She began to cry.
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Touji woke up, his arm was still sore, but he wasn't tired anymore. He got up, got dressed called the doctor and was allowed to leave the hospital. He went home. When he got there he checked on his sister, she was still asleep.
Man: Touji, are you okay?
Touji: Grandfather, I hope you haven't been waiting up for me all night.
SeniorSuzahara: I have, I wanted to go see you at the hospital, but I didn't want to wake Mari.
Touji: Sorry if I worried you.
S.Suzahara: I know what you do, I helped make them remember.
Touji: Where's dad?
S.Suzahara: Cleaning up your mess as usual, he has to repair the arm that you had cut off.
Touji: So why aren't you there helping him?
S.Suzahara: I work on Unit 01 remember, Unit 11 is your fathers responsibility, I think he prefers this one to Unit 00.
Touji: But Unit 11 is so much uglier than Unit 00.
S.Suzahara: But not half as creepy.
They laughed. Although both of the senior Suzaharas had almost quit when Touji was injured, and again when he decided to return to active duty, they were proud of what he was doing.
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On an aeroplane heading towards Tokyo-3, sits a man. He is caucasian, around 40 years old and very angry.
Man: This has to stop.
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She was tired and it was time to go home, she headed to the apartment. When she got there she found that Yui was asleep on the couch. She tried not to wake her, but she failed.
Yui: Asuka? Asuka! Where have you been? Everyone has been worried about you. Shinji and Misato have spent all night searching for you.
Asuka: I'm sorry if I have caused any trouble, I just needed to think thats all.
Yui: Did Shinji do something?
Asuka: He fell in love, but not with me.
She went into her room and closed the door, she cried again. Yui picked up the phone.
Yui: Misato, its Yui. Asuka has just returned, she's fine but she's a little upset.
Yui: I haven't called him yet, but I think he's the problem.
Yui: No, I don't think she wants to see him, she said that he was in love with someone that is not her, do you have any idea who she is talking about?
Yui: Rei? Why would he be in love with Rei? Technically she was his sister.
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Misato: I know, but alot happened between Rei and Shinji. Asuka knows this, I'm pretty sure Shinji did have something for Rei a while back, but she arrived and it all changed. Asuka went through a real rough time, she feels no one can love her, so she probably decided that Shinji was in love with Rei, not her. I've tried being a mother to her, in some ways I have succeeded, but Shinji is the only one that can truly get through to her, and now she is pushing him away. Look I'll be there in a few minutes, I don't think Shinji should see her until I have had a talk to her, see you in a few minutes.
She hung up the phone, and headed home.
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Touji was lying on his bed, trying to get some sleep, he was strangely tired, even though he was uncouncious for most of the night, yet he couldn't sleep.
Touji: Dammit, why can't I sleep? God I am so tired. I'm forgetting something, I just can't remember. Nevermind. I wish Hikari were here maybe she'd... Oh crap, Hikari!
He leapt out of bed and ran to his phone, he quickly dialled the number to Hikaris house. Hikari answered.
Touji: Hikari, its me.
Hikari: (Over Phone) Touji? Where the hell were you? I was so worried.
Touji: Sorry, but I was in hospital most of the night, uncouncious, I woke up came home to check on the family and then tried to get to sleep.
Hikari: (Over Phone) So you forgot about me?
Touji: Oh crap! No, nothing like that, it was just that I was tired and I couldn't think straight, and I was concerned for Maris sake and....
Hikari: (Over Phone) I wonder about you Touji Suzahara, sometimes I feel that you care more for your sister than you do for me. It was alright when she was hurt, but shes alright now.
Touji: Hikari, of course I care for you, its just...
She had slammed the phone down.
Touji: Oh this had been one shitty night.
He went back to his bed, and he fell asleep.
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Shinji: What do you mean? Why can't I see her?
Yui: You're the problem Shinji.
Shinji: Not the Rei thing.
Yui: You know about that?
Shinji: She accused me of being in love with her last night.
They were sitting in their apartment, so as not to disturb Asuka or Misato.
Yui: We've talked about Rei.
Shinji: I remember, and I have sorted out my feelings for her, I did love her, as a sister. I think I must've recognised her, she looked alot like you.
Yui: Unfortunately Asuka seems to think that you are in love with Rei, and no amount of convincing can change her mind, I've tried and Misato is trying now. Maybe you should just get some sleep, you've been up for at least 24 hours now.
Shinji: I suppose you're right, see you later mom.
Yui: I'll probably be at NERV when you wake up, I'll leave something for you to eat in the oven.
Shinji: Thanks Mom.
He walked off to his room, and within minutes he was asleep.
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Later that day. Gendo Ikari is standing in front of Unit 01. He stares at it for several hours, then he walks away. He heads to the lowest region of NERV, where he stands and faces the giant red cross.
Ikari: All of it for her, and yet when she comes back I can't be near her because of what I have done to Shinji. I tried when she had gone, but all I did was hurt him, I couldn't bear it so I sent him away, hoping that he would find happiness away from me, until the time came when I needed him to get his mother back.
Ikari: If I had told him why I needed him in the first place, maybe now... but its too late.
Voice: Its never too late.
He turns around and Yui is standing behind him.
Yui: The problem with you, and him, is that you both find it difficult to express yourself around each other, talk to him, tell him how you feel, tell him why. He may listen.
Ikari: But all the pain I have caused him...
Yui: ...can never go away unless you try to make up for it, all both of you ever wanted was for our family to be back together again, now all you have to do is talk to each other, you needn't be afraid of each other any more.
He turns to his wife and looks at her. He smiles a genuine smile.
Ikari: I understand.
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The plane had landed at Tokyo-2 airport an hour ago, and now the man was in a black limo that had been sent to pick him up.
Man: I hope that this doesn't take long.
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Shinji: Why am I doing this? I should be trying to talk to Asuka, instead I'm here going to talk with him. Well this better be good.
He reached the door and opened it, his father was standing with his back to the door.
Shinji: You wanted to talk to me.
He turned around and looked his son in the eyes.
Ikari: I'm sorry Shinji.
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Asuka was asleep as was Misato, it had taken along time for the young girl to calm down. Misato had tried her best and succeeded. She woke up with a start. She wondered why she had woken up. The doorbell rang for the fifth time.
Misato: Who could this be?
She got up, put something decent on and went to the door, she opened to see a face that she hadn't seen for seven years.
Misato: What are you doing here?
Man: I have come for my daughter.
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Shinji was in shock, had his father just apologised to him? He wasn't sure.
Ikari: Do you remember this place?
Shinji looked around, it was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.
Ikari: This is where we used to live, before your mother was taken. I haven't been here since then.
Shinji: Why am I here?
Ikari: To talk, and to listen.
Shinji: This can't be happening, I had decided that I hate him, yet... No, I remember the things that he has done, I can't forgive him.
Ikari: What I have done to you, I should never have done. I was so consumed by my goal that I never stopped to think about you, it hurt too much. But know this, everything I did, I did to get our family back together again.
Shinji: How did you expect to acheive that? You abandoned me.
Ikari: SEELE was attempting to cause third impact in such a way that all of humanity would become one, and then they would be in control, your mother wanted to prevent that, so did I. I couldn't let you or your mother be under their control. All my life people have hated me, that is until I met your mother. When you were born, I had two people that loved me as I loved them. Then your mother was taken, it hurt so much. But I knew that SEELE were the ones that had made it impossible for us to retreive her, I didn't want anything like that to happen to you, so I sent you away. I had to make you hate me, and I had to make it look like I didn't want you, it was the only way to keep you alive until third impact occured. I knew that you hated me, but I thought that if I could reunite us with your mother, you would forgive me, things never turn out the way you plan them to.
Shinji: You're saying these things, but do you mean them? Do you know what you have done?
Ikari: Shinji, I know what I have done, but I hope that one day we can be a family again. I have done a lot of terrible things, when Rei initiated a different Third Impact than what SEELE or I had intended, I saw that I would have to make up for them.
Shinji hangs his head, he thinks for a couple of minutes.
Shinji: All I ever wanted was for us to be a family again, I still do, but I don't know if I can forgive you.
Ikari: I will do anything.
He walked out of the apartment, and headed home.
Ikari: All I can do is hurt him, that has to change.
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Fredrich Langley stood in the living room of the apartment his daughter lived in.
Misato: Why now?
Langley: She did not fight in the last battle, therefore I assume that she is no longer needed, she has shamed me for the last time.
Misato: No wonder she is so messed up, you have never shown her any love have you.
Langley: Love? She doesn't deserve love.
Misato: You bastard!
Asuka opens the door to her room.
Asuka: Misato, what's all the noise out here...
She sees the man standing there.
Asuka: Father...
To be continued...
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Right, this was a difficult one. I had intended to put Asukas father into this story for a while now, but I had a problem, his name. As everyone knows, Asukas name is Asuka Langely Sohryu, her mothers name is Kyoko Zepplin Sohryu and I have named her father Fredrich Langley. As far as I know his name is never mentioned in the anime. I'm not sure if it mentions if her parents were married, but I'll assume that it did. Now Asuka is one quarter Japanese, which means one of her grandparents is Japanese, now since her mothers first name is Kyoko, I'm assuming that it is her mothers father. Now her father appears to be a difficult man so I don't think he would have taken his wifes name. So, I am saying that when they got married, Kyoko kept her name as it is, probably because she is a renowned scientist, and they gave their daughter both surnames to show that she belonged to them, or something. If this is too confusing I'm sorry, and if he was given a name by Gainax, someone please tell me and I'll get it sorted. Oh and about Hikaris behaviour, shes been up all night worrying about Asuka and Touji, she just snapped.