Chapter 2
The next day, Eva and I were sent out. Apparently, the 17th Angel had taken control of Eva 02. I had to intercept her. When I saw her, though, levitating in front of her was the 17th Angel… Kaoru… Tabris. I refused to believe. Eva 02 and I fought the whole way to Terminal Dogma. When we reached the crucified giant, I still would not believe that Kaoru was an Angel. Even as he continued to levitate and control Eva 02 without power nor entry plug. I defeated Eva, though, just as we reached Lillith. I grabbed Kaoru.
"I thank you, Shinji, for taking unit 2 away from me. Otherwise, with her, I might have survived longer."
"Kaoru… but why?"
"It is my destiny to live forever, though my survival will bring destruction to the human race. However, it is possible for me to be killed and whether I live or die makes no difference. In truth, death may be the only freedom."
"What are you… Kaoru… I don't understand what you are talking about, Kaoru."
"This is my wish… please… destroy me. Otherwise you will be destroyed. Only one life form can be chosen to evade destruction and seize the future…" There was a long pause. "And you are not the existence which should die." He looked up at Ayanami, who was watching us from above, then back at me. "You need the future, it is what you live for. Thank you, Shinji… my life was meaningful."
We stared at each other for what seemed like hours, and finally, with a crunch of bones, Kaoru was dead. I watched his beautiful head fall… float down into the lake of LCL, the lake of blood. That's when I saw what I'd needed to see all along.
One long, limp arm, hanging through Eva's fingers, my proof of who… what that boy really was. On the palm of Kaoru's right hand was that red sphere, the pearl of life in all Angels, the Koa. Kaoru's core, his essence, his power… shattered. By killing the best person I had ever known, I had ended it all. Ended the battle. Evangelion was now without use, my mind was at rest, and my heart, along with Tabris' Koa, shattered. If only I had stayed longer…
~End
The next day, Eva and I were sent out. Apparently, the 17th Angel had taken control of Eva 02. I had to intercept her. When I saw her, though, levitating in front of her was the 17th Angel… Kaoru… Tabris. I refused to believe. Eva 02 and I fought the whole way to Terminal Dogma. When we reached the crucified giant, I still would not believe that Kaoru was an Angel. Even as he continued to levitate and control Eva 02 without power nor entry plug. I defeated Eva, though, just as we reached Lillith. I grabbed Kaoru.
"I thank you, Shinji, for taking unit 2 away from me. Otherwise, with her, I might have survived longer."
"Kaoru… but why?"
"It is my destiny to live forever, though my survival will bring destruction to the human race. However, it is possible for me to be killed and whether I live or die makes no difference. In truth, death may be the only freedom."
"What are you… Kaoru… I don't understand what you are talking about, Kaoru."
"This is my wish… please… destroy me. Otherwise you will be destroyed. Only one life form can be chosen to evade destruction and seize the future…" There was a long pause. "And you are not the existence which should die." He looked up at Ayanami, who was watching us from above, then back at me. "You need the future, it is what you live for. Thank you, Shinji… my life was meaningful."
We stared at each other for what seemed like hours, and finally, with a crunch of bones, Kaoru was dead. I watched his beautiful head fall… float down into the lake of LCL, the lake of blood. That's when I saw what I'd needed to see all along.
One long, limp arm, hanging through Eva's fingers, my proof of who… what that boy really was. On the palm of Kaoru's right hand was that red sphere, the pearl of life in all Angels, the Koa. Kaoru's core, his essence, his power… shattered. By killing the best person I had ever known, I had ended it all. Ended the battle. Evangelion was now without use, my mind was at rest, and my heart, along with Tabris' Koa, shattered. If only I had stayed longer…
~End