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"All They Needed Was Each Other"
Chapter 6- "When ones speaks with a different mind"

Shinji tensed the second Asuka's voice split the air, his body went rigid his arms fell to
his sides, and his face paled more than Reis'. Rei also noticed the arrival of the 2nd child,
manly do to Shinji's reaction, and she broke off her embrace by pushing off the couch
and looking at the enraged new comer.

"You are disturbing my test. Please leave." Her voice a bit rasping from the deep kiss.

"You think I'm going to leave..LEAVE!!! HELL NO! Get off him now." Asuka replied rage being
the only word that described her demeanor.

"I will not until he either admits his love for me, asks, or we proceed to the next step of
the courting ritual." her voice recovering.

'This is too surreal, what did she mean? why's Asuka so mad?' Shinji thought as the
tried to crawl out from under Rei.

Not happy with Rei's refusing to obey her command decided action would be better.
She sprinted at the still prone form of Rei and leapt at her. She jumped over the couch,
hooked Rei's midsection, and used the momentum to propel Ayanami across the room
into the wall. After the move Asuka spun back to her feet and looked at Rei.

Rei let out a small whimper as pain exploded in her back. Shinji now released from the
shock sat up to witness Asuka towering over the hapless Rei.

"Asuka, stop it! you might seriously hurt her!" he implored.

"Why should I? She's a no good slut! trying to take what's mine." she spitted while looking
at the 1st child as she attempted to climb to her feet.

"Humans are not items to be owned." Rei's voice weaker due to the pain of the throw.

"I know, and the commander own's you doesn't he, so by YOUR logic you're not human."
was Asuka's reply.

'I need to do something' Shinji snuck behind Asuka as she gloated over Ayanami,
and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Ayanami would you please leave for today....please?"

Rei stood and looked at him " I will leave for now, but I will return to you Shinji,"
then looked at Asuka "he will not be with you."

Asuka began to fight Shinji's hold while Rei gathered her few things and left the apartment.
"Why did you do that? why did you stand up for her? HER!"

"You were going to kill her Asuka, why?" Shinji asked still holding her.

"What do you mean WHY, she...she was...kissing you.. you can only kiss me" the shock of the
evening's events finally overloading her mind and tears began to flow, lightly.

Shinji released his hold on her, which resulted in her sudden spinning to face him,
and that caused him to take several steps backwards.

"Asuka...." was the only word he could say 'She's crying..why because Rei kissed me?'

"Am I not good enough for the great Shinji-Sama?"

"I ...don't understand, when we kissed...you hated it, you ran." Shinji backed several more
feet back.

Asuka wiped the few tears that actually escaped her eyes. "You didn't answer my question.
Do you think that the surface is all that exists to a person?"

Not waiting for an answer Asuka rushed passed Shinji and back out of the apartment and to
Hikari's home.

"What happened...." he mumbled before sitting on the couch, 'and I'm alone too.'

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Command HQ- Nerv Geofront

"You'll never guess what was causing Rei to make all those stops to your office." Misato beamed.

Sipping her coffee, "I don't want to guess if you can just tell me." replied the doctor,
'And make her stop doing it.'

"I think she has a crush on Shinji-kun" she said smiling.

"What, that's not like Rei at all." Ritsiko replied with skeptism.

"Hey I'm not making this up, she really does, and she even asked me what she should to see
if he likes her back."

"YOU BETTER BE LYING, YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON TO GIVE HER ADVICE ON THAT!" she exclaimed
'her advise is most likely strip and jump him, if the Commander..'

"Major Katsuragi" a voice boomed from above.

A similar thought crossed both women's minds 'Shit!'

"Yes Commander?" Misato managed to voice.

"Report to my office immediately." and with that he returned to his office.

"I'll go to your funeral" the doctor chided.

Misato assigned herself to her fate, bid her friend goodbye, and went to the lift to the
Commanders office.

'This office gives me the creeps.' were her thoughts as she entered the Commanders , and
after a quick look at the sephiric diagram stood in front of Gendo's desk.

"Sir, reporting as ordered." she took a moment to look at him and the vice-commander.

"Major, you will repeat your experience with Pilot Ayanami." he stated.

"Sir?"

"Don't bullshit me, you claimed she sought advise from you, what did you tell her."
his voice, while not much louder, was deafening.

'Is he upset she asked me for advise?' she pondered then replied, "Sir, I spoke to the
1st child after a sync test. She claimed she had an allergic reaction the 3rd child.
I questioned her on this and arrived at the conclusion she has a crush on him."

"Is that all, you gave her no further advice?" the vice-commander entering the conversation.

"I told her to watch movies for help, and said that Shinji would be shy so she would need
to take the initiative." her voice cracking under the combined pressure.

"Major, Pilot Ayanami is very impressionable, and if your 'advise' causes any adviser effects,
consider yourself dismissed, and I want a full account of your talk, plus you're to report
all commication with her to me in the future. That is all." Gendo ended by slamming his palm
on his desk.

"But commander.." she tried to interject.

"That is all Major." he stated again and turned his chair away from her.

"Sir." she said solemnly as she turned and left his office, 'Why such concern for Rei?'

"This could be a problem, if we lose control of Rei we'll have to replace her, and that will
cause suspicion." Fuyutski claimed.

"Maybe, but she is still loyal to us, we can force her to avoid him. If anything we can
pressure him to avoid her, he will easily fold under pressure." Gendo said while pushing his
glasses back up the bridge of his nose.

"You're a cold-hearted bastard."

"We're not all masters of our fates." was his reply.

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After her encounter with the Commander, Misato ended her shift and returned home to find
Shinji sitting in the dark on the couch.

"Shinji-kun, where is Rei, she was supposed to watch you until I got back"

"I asked her to leave." he answered in a monotone voice.

"Why, you know you are supposed to be under surveillance, did something happen?" her voice
growing in agitation.

"Asuka came home." his voice not changing.

"Then where is she?" her voice relaxing.

"She ran out."

"WHAT? WHY?" her resolve breaking again.

Shinji then recounted the night's events in their entirety to a stunned Misato.

"Oh...Shinji, I didn't think she'd respond like that." she said and put her arm on his shoulder.

"Who Rei or Asuka?"

"Both."

"Rei seemed to get to involved with the movie, as for Asuka..I..I don't know, she seemed
so weak and helpless, she actually cried, I always thought she hated me." he said.

"I don't know Shinji-kun, I'm not a psychiatrist, but Akagi told me once that people are
made up of three personalities, the one they show people, the one the are alone,
and the person they want to be, maybe Asuka showed you one of her other selves."

"I don't know Misato-san, and Rei...she sounded almost possessive."

'Shit maybe those movies warped her brain' Misato shrugged "Maybe she just realized what you
mean to her, women are tend to act like that when their men are threatened."

"I just wish I knew what to do"

"Well Shinji-kun, do you like either of them?"

"I...don't know, I think so." he said in a weak voice.

"Then think about that, and act on how you feel, it might hurt somebody but it has to be done."

"What about my surveillance?" he inquired.

'Double shit, they both still need to watch him.' after a few moments "We'll worry about
it later, get some rest, I'll call the Hokari residence to see if that's where Asuka is."

"All right Misato-san, goodnight."

Shinji retired to his room, put his sdat on and got in bed. After several attempts to sleep
failed he sat up and pulled out several sheets of paper and began writing about the events
to clear his head. 'Do I like one of them more than the other? They both have good qualities
and bad. Both in equal extremes.' At 1 a.m. he passed out.


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Author's Notes

I know it took me a long time to write this, and its REALLY short, but the idea's there.
No omake today sorry, been really busy as I've stated, hope you like it, and any comments
or suggestions are welcome

Zentrodie
(zentrodie@secondimpact.com