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Lunatic Calm
Another frigging Eva fanfic by Raiden_X_
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Chapter 3
Act 1- What? Do I have something on my face?
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[Cafeteria]
Shinji went to his usual table. Kensuke is already there and was pointing his camcorder at the young Ikari.
"Log#1, The Alien that has took over Shinji's body is now approaching the table."
"Knock it off, Kensuke." Shinji said as he sat down.
Kensuke would probably persisted anyway with the old Shinji but he hesitated, sensing that it would be most wise to obey right now.
Shinji then looked around.
"Where's Touji?" he asked
"Probably leeching food off from the class rep."
"Figures, the cooks in this school must have learnt culinary arts from Misato's sensei."
"Yeah, but I think that's just his excuse to visit Hikari."
~~~~From the other side of the cafeteria...
"What happened to Shinji?" Touji asked Asuka.
"He seemed to have changed recently..." Hikari said next.
"I don't know either. The baka must have had a spine transplant from his father." Asuka replied.
"The commander has trained him in some sort of emotional manipulation." said Rei From behind.
"?!!!"
All three of them jumped in surprise from having Rei suddenly appearing like that. Another shock to their system was that she actaully talked to them for once.
"Rei! u-um...er... What brings you here?" Hikari said.
"......."
"What training?" Touji asked, feeling left out on the whole thing about what happened to the Third-child.
"What happened was that the commander made Shinji live in Wondergirl's apartment while she moved at Shinji's old room. None of us knew why though. That's we know so far."
"Let's ask him." Rei suggested.
The other's seem unnerved on Rei's queer behavior.
"Why do you need us to go along with you?" Asuka asked suspiciously.
"..........I don't know what emotion this is but, I ........I think that I fear him." Rei stated as she blushed.
Everyone sweat dropped. Truth be told, everyone is afraid of him now. As usual, Asuka did her best to hide it.
"Afraid? Afraid of that dummkopf? Ha! That would be the first! Who would have thought that Shinji could actually scare anybody! The baka would even jump silly over his own shadow!" The red haired girl babbled, with a slight hint of nervousness.
"Uh... um yeah, right." Touji rolled his eyes.
"Let's go." Hikari ordered.
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They found Shinji serenely eating his lunch.
Asuka got jealous with the boy for having a better lunch than what She and Rei received from Misato. She deliberated on whether she should ask him if she could eat the rest of his.
-If I did that then people will start thinking things, but food is a necessity and people would usually do anything for food... What the hell! I'll do it anyway!
Too late. Shinji took the last bite.
"Hey Shin-" Touji started but got rudely interrupted
"Noooooo!" The German teen wailed.
Everyone eyed Asuka as if she grew another head.
The girl looked around her embarrassedly.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" She screeched at the crowd, her face was as red as her hair.
Everyone got back to his or her previous jobs, fearing Asuka's wrath. They had seen it often enough with Shinji being the victim on most occasions.
"Is something wrong?" Hikari inquired worriedly.
".... Forget about it. Let's just focus on what we came here for." Asuka replied gruffly. She pulled Kensuke's camcorder and took the tape.
Damn! I could have used that against her! Kensuke sobbed as she destroyed the evidence of her shouting out in embarrassment.
"How may I help you?" Shinji asked with a smile.
"What training did-" Touji was cut off by an Angel siren.
"Let's continue this some other time, shall we? Shinji wiped his face again with his napkin and took off.
Asuka and Rei followed suit, leaving the three there to stand disbelievingly.
"Arrgh! An Angel attack at a time like this!" Touji groaned.
"Let's go Touji! we got to see this one!" Kensuke said as he placed a fresh tape on his camera.
"Not so fast you two!" Hikari said as she pulled them both by the ears.
"You're not going to disobey orders this time Aida and especially you Suzahara!"
*Gulp* x2
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Act 2- My cruel soul
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[Battlefield]
The angel was found heading towards Tokyo-3. The three Evas were ordered to intercept it before it arrives.
The waiting got into Asuka as she stepped out of her hiding place and fired a volley with her pallet rifle.
The angel stopped as the huge bullets began to assail his AT-field.
{Asuka You Idiot! He'll notice you all!} Misato screamed from the com-link.
"The stupid thing was too slow! It was bound to happen anyway!" Defended Asuka.
She was caught off guard as one of the angel's arms extended and grabbed Unit-02 by the neck. LCL bled out as the sharp nails dug deeper. Asuka took her progressive knife and furiously tried to cut the Angel's wrist. Unit-01 suddenly appeared before her and severed the metallic arm in one mighty slash with his own knife.
"Show off!" Asuka said as she released the appendage from her Evangelion's neck.
"Cover me, Rei!"
"Hai!"
Rei opened fire at the angel to distract attention as Unit-01 surged forward.
"Pull back Unit-00 and Unit-02." Gendo ordered suddenly.
"But Sir?! Shin-" Misato attempted to protest.
"Do it."
{...........Rei! Asuka! Return to base!}
"WHAT?!!" The red haired pilot screeched.
{Just do it, Ok? The Commander seems to have a plan...}
"...Hai." Rei acknowledged.
"....." Asuka obeyed grudgingly.
Both Evas stepped back into the city.
The smoke cleared up and Shinji got a good look on his adversary.
The Angel has eight minus one arms, each appendage different from the other. It attacked the Third child viciously with the three remaining frontal arms. Unit-01 avoided them with swift grace and speed. He seemed to be mocking the monster by dancing around the thrusts, stabs and slashes.
{Pilot, Initiate the 'Fallen Lion Roar' projectile.} Gendo ordered.
What the hell is that?!! Everyone thought.
"No." The Third Child replied coolly
"WHAT?!!!" All exclaimed.
Yes, even Gendo.
The members of SEELE uttered the same word in sync, after hearing the boy's reply from their 'sound bugs' hidden in NERV's headquarters.
This isn't good at all. Not only has Gendo come up with a different method of assault, the Third child has begun to rebel! Keel deducted within his half-synthetic head.
{That is an order, Pilot!} The commander yelled out fiercely. He had lost composure when his ego got bitch-slapped, not being used to being denied. Especially by 'The spineless wonder'.
"No. I want to try something else." The smirking Ikari repeated as he continues to 'play' with the highly frustrated Angel.
"Baka Shinji! What the hell Are you trying to prove!" Asuka scolded the Third child.
"Trust me." He replied with a devious smirk.
What is he planning to do? Rei thought to herself.
"Raise the LCL pressure!" commanded the older Ikari.
"Sir?!!" Maya exclaimed, horrified that the father would actually punish the boy for the first time as a parent and do it during a battle.
All were shocked.
"DO IT!"
"You can't be serious?!!" The sub-commander whispered from behind his supperior.
".........." Maya didn't want to do it but, right now, she feared her for head being bitten of by the raging commander.
Shinji didn't feel it. He was just whistling 'Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3'. The being tried different tactics but failed to hit the purple dervish anyway.
"Increase LCL pressure level to maximum."
*Gasp* Misato was stunned
"But sir! That could kill the pilot! Please, reconsider!" Dr. Akagi protested.
"I don't care! JUST DO IT!"
Maya's tears flowed as she obeyed.
Nope.
Still no effect.
Shinji's grin only got more menacing as the LCL started to boil wildly.
By this time, the scorched ground that is within 20-mile radius from the tired invader was filed with claw marks. There seemed to be a very intricately designed grove around the entity.
It was a spiral.
A very big spiral.
The kind of formation one would see above a Tornado.
The angel got fed up trying to catch the horned acrobatic blur. It used his cross explosion bombs as substitute for it's bleeding arms.
*KABOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
And.................
............................
..............................
............Nope
Still too fast.
The Angel kept trying to pin-point it's next move but and bomb the area, it seemed that Unit-01's unpredictability remained supreme.
The Wind started accumulating and the pressure got colder as Shinji willed his Eva to run around the enemy at impossible speed rates. The entire Unit seemed ghost-like while it's shadow is 2.34 miles behind as it couldn't keep up with it's owner.
The NERV technicians' eyes bulged out as all the readings concerning the Evangelion and it's designated pilot got eratic and off the scale. Shinji's entry plug picture in the big screen has deteriorated already from the internal damage incurred by the high level pressure of the boiling LCL.
Suddenly the fierce synthetic winds blasted upwards and changed into a massive Hurricane. The Angel turned to ice and got swept way beyond the ozone layer, and into orbit. It's frozen body got the worst case of antipode as the scorching heat of planetary re-entry contradicted with the Angel's frost-bitten figure.
It didn't fall back as it self-destructed itself.
NERV headquarters has been very lively after things get out of hand during the entire battle. Everyone was very concerned, even Asuka, on what happened to Shinji.
All watched in morbid fascination as the man-made storm cleared up.
Then they saw Unit-01, It's eyes glowed like a thousand super-novas.
Proudly standing in the very eye of the Hurricane.
With an arm held up high defiantly.
The middle finger was pointing up at the gods in Heaven.
All had their mouths drop down the floor in disbelief.
'Bring it on!' The purple demon seemed to say.
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End of Chapter 3
Next chapter: Shinji now treads fear unto the hearts of those around him, even Gendo and especially, SEELE.
Give your comments at Raiden_X_@hotmail.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lunatic Calm
Another frigging Eva fanfic by Raiden_X_
_________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 3
Act 1- What? Do I have something on my face?
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--------------------------------------
[Cafeteria]
Shinji went to his usual table. Kensuke is already there and was pointing his camcorder at the young Ikari.
"Log#1, The Alien that has took over Shinji's body is now approaching the table."
"Knock it off, Kensuke." Shinji said as he sat down.
Kensuke would probably persisted anyway with the old Shinji but he hesitated, sensing that it would be most wise to obey right now.
Shinji then looked around.
"Where's Touji?" he asked
"Probably leeching food off from the class rep."
"Figures, the cooks in this school must have learnt culinary arts from Misato's sensei."
"Yeah, but I think that's just his excuse to visit Hikari."
~~~~From the other side of the cafeteria...
"What happened to Shinji?" Touji asked Asuka.
"He seemed to have changed recently..." Hikari said next.
"I don't know either. The baka must have had a spine transplant from his father." Asuka replied.
"The commander has trained him in some sort of emotional manipulation." said Rei From behind.
"?!!!"
All three of them jumped in surprise from having Rei suddenly appearing like that. Another shock to their system was that she actaully talked to them for once.
"Rei! u-um...er... What brings you here?" Hikari said.
"......."
"What training?" Touji asked, feeling left out on the whole thing about what happened to the Third-child.
"What happened was that the commander made Shinji live in Wondergirl's apartment while she moved at Shinji's old room. None of us knew why though. That's we know so far."
"Let's ask him." Rei suggested.
The other's seem unnerved on Rei's queer behavior.
"Why do you need us to go along with you?" Asuka asked suspiciously.
"..........I don't know what emotion this is but, I ........I think that I fear him." Rei stated as she blushed.
Everyone sweat dropped. Truth be told, everyone is afraid of him now. As usual, Asuka did her best to hide it.
"Afraid? Afraid of that dummkopf? Ha! That would be the first! Who would have thought that Shinji could actually scare anybody! The baka would even jump silly over his own shadow!" The red haired girl babbled, with a slight hint of nervousness.
"Uh... um yeah, right." Touji rolled his eyes.
"Let's go." Hikari ordered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They found Shinji serenely eating his lunch.
Asuka got jealous with the boy for having a better lunch than what She and Rei received from Misato. She deliberated on whether she should ask him if she could eat the rest of his.
-If I did that then people will start thinking things, but food is a necessity and people would usually do anything for food... What the hell! I'll do it anyway!
Too late. Shinji took the last bite.
"Hey Shin-" Touji started but got rudely interrupted
"Noooooo!" The German teen wailed.
Everyone eyed Asuka as if she grew another head.
The girl looked around her embarrassedly.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" She screeched at the crowd, her face was as red as her hair.
Everyone got back to his or her previous jobs, fearing Asuka's wrath. They had seen it often enough with Shinji being the victim on most occasions.
"Is something wrong?" Hikari inquired worriedly.
".... Forget about it. Let's just focus on what we came here for." Asuka replied gruffly. She pulled Kensuke's camcorder and took the tape.
Damn! I could have used that against her! Kensuke sobbed as she destroyed the evidence of her shouting out in embarrassment.
"How may I help you?" Shinji asked with a smile.
"What training did-" Touji was cut off by an Angel siren.
"Let's continue this some other time, shall we? Shinji wiped his face again with his napkin and took off.
Asuka and Rei followed suit, leaving the three there to stand disbelievingly.
"Arrgh! An Angel attack at a time like this!" Touji groaned.
"Let's go Touji! we got to see this one!" Kensuke said as he placed a fresh tape on his camera.
"Not so fast you two!" Hikari said as she pulled them both by the ears.
"You're not going to disobey orders this time Aida and especially you Suzahara!"
*Gulp* x2
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Act 2- My cruel soul
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--------------------------------------
[Battlefield]
The angel was found heading towards Tokyo-3. The three Evas were ordered to intercept it before it arrives.
The waiting got into Asuka as she stepped out of her hiding place and fired a volley with her pallet rifle.
The angel stopped as the huge bullets began to assail his AT-field.
{Asuka You Idiot! He'll notice you all!} Misato screamed from the com-link.
"The stupid thing was too slow! It was bound to happen anyway!" Defended Asuka.
She was caught off guard as one of the angel's arms extended and grabbed Unit-02 by the neck. LCL bled out as the sharp nails dug deeper. Asuka took her progressive knife and furiously tried to cut the Angel's wrist. Unit-01 suddenly appeared before her and severed the metallic arm in one mighty slash with his own knife.
"Show off!" Asuka said as she released the appendage from her Evangelion's neck.
"Cover me, Rei!"
"Hai!"
Rei opened fire at the angel to distract attention as Unit-01 surged forward.
"Pull back Unit-00 and Unit-02." Gendo ordered suddenly.
"But Sir?! Shin-" Misato attempted to protest.
"Do it."
{...........Rei! Asuka! Return to base!}
"WHAT?!!" The red haired pilot screeched.
{Just do it, Ok? The Commander seems to have a plan...}
"...Hai." Rei acknowledged.
"....." Asuka obeyed grudgingly.
Both Evas stepped back into the city.
The smoke cleared up and Shinji got a good look on his adversary.
The Angel has eight minus one arms, each appendage different from the other. It attacked the Third child viciously with the three remaining frontal arms. Unit-01 avoided them with swift grace and speed. He seemed to be mocking the monster by dancing around the thrusts, stabs and slashes.
{Pilot, Initiate the 'Fallen Lion Roar' projectile.} Gendo ordered.
What the hell is that?!! Everyone thought.
"No." The Third Child replied coolly
"WHAT?!!!" All exclaimed.
Yes, even Gendo.
The members of SEELE uttered the same word in sync, after hearing the boy's reply from their 'sound bugs' hidden in NERV's headquarters.
This isn't good at all. Not only has Gendo come up with a different method of assault, the Third child has begun to rebel! Keel deducted within his half-synthetic head.
{That is an order, Pilot!} The commander yelled out fiercely. He had lost composure when his ego got bitch-slapped, not being used to being denied. Especially by 'The spineless wonder'.
"No. I want to try something else." The smirking Ikari repeated as he continues to 'play' with the highly frustrated Angel.
"Baka Shinji! What the hell Are you trying to prove!" Asuka scolded the Third child.
"Trust me." He replied with a devious smirk.
What is he planning to do? Rei thought to herself.
"Raise the LCL pressure!" commanded the older Ikari.
"Sir?!!" Maya exclaimed, horrified that the father would actually punish the boy for the first time as a parent and do it during a battle.
All were shocked.
"DO IT!"
"You can't be serious?!!" The sub-commander whispered from behind his supperior.
".........." Maya didn't want to do it but, right now, she feared her for head being bitten of by the raging commander.
Shinji didn't feel it. He was just whistling 'Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3'. The being tried different tactics but failed to hit the purple dervish anyway.
"Increase LCL pressure level to maximum."
*Gasp* Misato was stunned
"But sir! That could kill the pilot! Please, reconsider!" Dr. Akagi protested.
"I don't care! JUST DO IT!"
Maya's tears flowed as she obeyed.
Nope.
Still no effect.
Shinji's grin only got more menacing as the LCL started to boil wildly.
By this time, the scorched ground that is within 20-mile radius from the tired invader was filed with claw marks. There seemed to be a very intricately designed grove around the entity.
It was a spiral.
A very big spiral.
The kind of formation one would see above a Tornado.
The angel got fed up trying to catch the horned acrobatic blur. It used his cross explosion bombs as substitute for it's bleeding arms.
*KABOOOOOOOOOOOM!*
And.................
............................
..............................
............Nope
Still too fast.
The Angel kept trying to pin-point it's next move but and bomb the area, it seemed that Unit-01's unpredictability remained supreme.
The Wind started accumulating and the pressure got colder as Shinji willed his Eva to run around the enemy at impossible speed rates. The entire Unit seemed ghost-like while it's shadow is 2.34 miles behind as it couldn't keep up with it's owner.
The NERV technicians' eyes bulged out as all the readings concerning the Evangelion and it's designated pilot got eratic and off the scale. Shinji's entry plug picture in the big screen has deteriorated already from the internal damage incurred by the high level pressure of the boiling LCL.
Suddenly the fierce synthetic winds blasted upwards and changed into a massive Hurricane. The Angel turned to ice and got swept way beyond the ozone layer, and into orbit. It's frozen body got the worst case of antipode as the scorching heat of planetary re-entry contradicted with the Angel's frost-bitten figure.
It didn't fall back as it self-destructed itself.
NERV headquarters has been very lively after things get out of hand during the entire battle. Everyone was very concerned, even Asuka, on what happened to Shinji.
All watched in morbid fascination as the man-made storm cleared up.
Then they saw Unit-01, It's eyes glowed like a thousand super-novas.
Proudly standing in the very eye of the Hurricane.
With an arm held up high defiantly.
The middle finger was pointing up at the gods in Heaven.
All had their mouths drop down the floor in disbelief.
'Bring it on!' The purple demon seemed to say.
_________________________________________________________________________
End of Chapter 3
Next chapter: Shinji now treads fear unto the hearts of those around him, even Gendo and especially, SEELE.