Hi! I'm deciding to write my butt off to see
how much I can get done before school REALLY
starts. (In other words, when I start to get
homework ^_^) So anyways, hopefully, you'll
be seeing me upload new chapters really often
before I'm buried in homework and stuff.
But right now, I doubt I can do that heh.
This is the chapter when Shinji starts to
doubt himself again, I mean, he wouldn't
be Shinji if he doesn't =p. But he should
be snapping out of it. Just a light depression
if ya know what I mean!
Anyways, quick recap (If you need it..).
Shinji has a DATE with a girl name Keiko. He
is also the class Casanova! AND he still got
punched by Touji cuz he hit on the class rep =p
Now, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!
Oh yeah, a little note, I just wanna thank
Jedi_Eva for worrying about me (I feel so special
now!). Don't worry, I have this fic all planed
out! well unless it strays off track like the
original, I don't think I'll be writing into
any dead-ends! ^_^
Disclaimer: Feh, if I own NGE, I'd be rich and
I won't be writing this.. would I?
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Destiny and Time 2:
Promises to Fulfill
Chapter 3
"You ok Shinji?" Shinji opened his eyes briefly.
"Yes Dr.Akagi." Shinji replied and closed his
eyes again.
"That's good. The sync test will be done in 10
more minutes." Dr. Akagi announced.
"Great.." Shinji sighed.
*******************************
"Hey Misato," Ritsuko said after turning off the
comm. to the test plug, "what's up with Shinji?
His Sync ratio is down by 3 percent!"
"Must be his date 2 days ago with Keiko." Misato
shrugged, "Their first date from 2 week ago seemed
to went well.. Hmm, I wonder what happened.."
"Isn't it your JOB to see if he's ok?" Ritsuko
frowned, "I KNEW you wouldn't be up for this job."
"HEY! I know what I'm doing! I'll talk to him after
this..." Misato sighed.
*What the heck is wrong with you?*
"Ok Shinji, I'll let you go early today." Dr. Akagi
said, "You can go now."
"What's my Sync ratio today?" Shinji asked.
"You're at 69%..." Ritsuko replied.
"Thanks," Shinji sighed once more, "Tell Misato to
wait for me beside her car, I'll meet her there."
"Sure." Ritsuko turned around.
"Yeah yeah, I know, I'll talk to him." Misato
muttered, "Like you can do better.."
Luckily, Ritsuko never heard the last comment.
*******************************
"Hey Shinji, why so gloomy?" Misato said trying to
sound cheerful for Shinji's sake, "Something wrong
with your girlfriend?"
"Nope..." Shinji sighed.
"How is she anyways? You two have been going out
quite often these days." Misato, who is trying to
cheer Shinji up desperately, changed the subject
that might cheer him up.
"Huh? Oh, we're not dating.." Shinji replied waving
his hand dismissivly.
"Then what have you been doing going out then?"
Misato frowned.
"Long story, well you see, after the first date, we
figured that we best stay as friends cuz we didn't
really hit it off.. you know." Shinji shrugged,
"Anyways, I told her that I don't really wanna start
dating some other girl in school just yet cuz of all
the NERV stuff and all that, so she agreed to help
me and pretend we're still going out so other girls
in school won't bother me."
"That is.... nice of her?" Misato looked at Shinji
with a confused expression.
"Yeah, well actually, some of her friends know so
we've set up this homework group thingy so we help
each other with homework that our teacher gives us."
Shinji continued to explain.
"Now THAT is smart..." Misato silently cursed, "How
come *I* never thought of that while I'M in school!"
That earned Misato a small smile from Shinji.
"But really, what's bugging ya Shinji?" Misato reverted
to her serious mood.
"I'm having this bad feeling. The same one I had just
before I came to Tokyo 3." Shinji frowned.
*Well not really, but I KNOW the 4th Angel is coming
few days later... I don't want to fight... but I have
to.. for Kensu.. for Chron... for Kasumi... for Asuka.*
"Well, let's just hope that bad feeling of yours is wrong."
Misato said with a sigh, "If your right, then you'll
have unlimited access to my credit card for one week!"
Shinji sweatdropped before breaking into a full out
laugh. "Don't worry, I won't spend THAT much money,
but.. I won't be so certain about the people in my
study group..."
"What do you mean..." Misato gulped right before they
reached her car.
"Well, I wanna thank them for helping me with my
homework so I decided to take them on a shopping spree
IF I win the bet.. if I don't, which I seriously
doubt, I'd just buy them each something." Shinji
grinned evilly.
"You wouldn't!" Misato growled as Shinji got into the
car.
"Wanna bet?"
*******************************
"And so, the second impact started.."
*I hate this class.* Shinji frowned, *That angel should
be coming tomorrow... I hope I can finish it like I did
to the 3rd angel.*
Beep.
^Hey Shinji, what's wrong? You don't seem like yourself
today! Keiko^
^It's nothing Keiko, I'm just worried about something.
Shinji^
^Take a break you guys, can't you try NOT flirting in
class =p. Kensuke^
Shinji groaned. "By now, the whole class should be listening
in on this." Shinji muttered to himself.
^Kensuke... you're just trying to get me back cuz I didn't
tell you my secrets in flirting right? Shinji^
Shinji heard a few giggles coming from both sides of the
room.
^Who needs your help!! Kensuke^
^Heh, anyways Keiko, I'm just worried about the next
'Monster attack' I have a feeling that it's gonna attack
in a few days. Shinji^
^Oh, don't worry... we ALL have faith in you! Keiko^
^Yeah, just kick it's ASS! Touji^
^Thanks... I think I needed that. Shinji^
^We'll all be cheering you on from the shelters. Hikaru^
^Will all of you stop this, we're still in class!!
Hikari^
Shinji started to sweat when he saw their Class Rep's
expression... filled with anger, ALMOST on par to
Asuka's normal ones.
*When Hikari gets THIS mad.. it's not good news.* Shinji
thought then quickly pretended to listen to the sensei's
'lecture'
*******************************
It is lunch time, Shinji and the 'Idiot Duo' are on
the roof of the school looking down onto the field.
While Shinji is looking up looking at the sky, Touji
and Kensuke is looking DOWN watching the girls gossiping
and giggling (and whatever girls do at lunch...)
"I can't believe your ACTUALLY trying to STOP the girls
from dating you!!" Touji said with an amazed tone with
a hint of disgust.
"Yeah, I mean EVERY guy in school will KILL to be in
YOUR position!" Kensuke said in the same tone.
"I just don't want to, you know... I still need to
concentrate on NERV stuff. I mean right now I'm still
training with my Eva and I seriously don't have the
time to date." Shinji said with a sigh, "Don't take
this the wrong way but, I don't really think I want
to date the girls in this school."
"Man.. you are INSANE!!" Touji shot Shinji another
disgusted look.
"Well, at least I DO have the guts to ask some girl
out! I don't see YOU asking the Class rep out yet!"
Shinji grinned.
"This isn't about me! This is about YOU not taking this
opportunity to it's full potential!" Touji said
seriously, or at least trying to sound serious.
"Ok Ok, MAYBE I'm not, but still, shouldn't you at
least TRY to ask the class rep out, I mean I'm sure
she at least likes you a bit!" Shinji persisted.
"Shinji has a point, you should at least try." Kensuke
nodded in agreement, "There is a dance a month away
or so, maybe you can ask her out then!"
"Who I ask out to the Dance is non of your business!"
Touji glared, "So who are YOU gonna ask to the dance
Kensuke! Shinji can get any girl to the dance just
like that if he can keep this up until then. But
YOU, will have some problems my man!"
"I am gonna ask-" Just then, the bell rang signaling
the end of lunch, "Well, I guess we better go."
Kensuke quickly rushed down the stairs avoiding
further questioning from his friends.
"You know, he's runs pretty fast when motivated."
Shinji noted as he followed Touji down the stairs.
"Yeah, and he'd better run fast if he don't want
to tell us who he's asking out for the dance."
Touji cracked his knuckles and smirked.
*******************************
Misato yawned as he got out of bed. *I need a
beer.*
Following her early thought, Misato walked into
the kitchen and grabbed a can of beer and chugged
it down.
"OOOOOOHHHHHH YYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!" Misato
shouted then quickly noticed Shinji's extremely
dark mood, "Hey, what's wrong?"
Shinji whispered something but was too quiet for
Misato to make out.
"Hey, you better get going or you'll be late for
school." Misato said.
*What is wrong with the kid? This is nothing like
him!*
"Your right.. I better get going Misato.. See ya
later." Shinji waved before exiting the apartment
to meet up with Touji and Kensuke.
"Hmm... something's not right."
*******************************
Sirens sound echoed through the halls of Tokyo 3
Junior high, but everyone was already inside the
Shelters, everyone except for Shinji who is
running towards Nerv Headquarters.
*Good, the Angels didn't come in a different time.*
Shinji thought to himself, *I won't lose control
this time..*
*******************************
"Ok Shinji, the Angel is just to your right, behind
the lift. I want you to fire at the Angel.. you got
that?" Misato commanded.
"Roger." Shinji breathed out slowly before willing
his Eva to quickly turn towards the Snake like Angel
and starts firing at the Angel.
*Damnit... can't cover it with smoke like last time!*
Shinji thought and quickly stopped and took cover again.
"Misato! The rifle isn't having any effect." Shinji
said after firing another burst of bullets at the
Angel.
"Ok, we're gonna send you the Prog Lance. You remember
your training right?" Misato asked.
"Yeah.."
"Good, the Lance will be sent to you through armory
building 42. Go get it NOW!"
"I'm on it." Shinji took a peek at the Angel, who is
surprisingly not doing alot unlike the last time they
met.
*This is not right...*
The Third Child quickly noticed the lance and willed
this Eva to make a dash for it while firing at the
Angel.
*Why isn't it doing anything!!*
"SHINJI! LOOK OUT!!!" Shinji felt a tug at his leg
and the next thing he noticed is that he is once again
flying through the air.
"DAMNIT!" Shinji shouted as the angel lashed out it's
tentacle like arms batting Unit one towards the hills.
"The Umbilical cord has be severed, only 5 minutes of
activation remains!"
Shinji grunted as Unit 01 crashed onto the hill.
"SHINJI! are you all right?! PILOT STATUS!"
"The pilot is still capable, he is not suffering any
damage."
Shinji winced and took a look towards the side.
*No.. not again... NO DAMNIT!*
On the side were his two friends, Kensuke and Touji
shaking in fear right between the Eva's fingers.
*******************************
"WHO ARE THOSE TWO!" Misato cried out in frustration,
"Aren't those two Shinji's classmates?"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING THERE!" Ritsuko screamed
in disbelieve.
Taking a deep breath, Misato calmly said to Shinji,
"Shinji, let them into the entry, then we'll regroup
and attack the angel again."
"Who gave you the authorization to allow two civilians
into the entry plug!" Dr. Akagi said.
"I'M authorizing it!"
"Your over stepping your authority CAPTAIN.."
Misato just snarled in reply, "Shinji let them in and
hold your Eva in it's current command."
"Ok Misato." Shinji replied.
"Damnit! You want to get fired Katsuragi!" Ritsuko
fumed.
"NO! There is no other way, unless you want Shinji to
become a murderer and kill those two kids out there!"
Misato shot back.
"Misato, there in..." Misato can bearly hear Shinji
whisper it before Eva 01 threw the Angel away.
"Synco graph is fluctuating!" Maya reported.
"Damnit, there are too much thought noise." Dr. Akagi
said.
"Shinji! RETREAT!!" Misato ordered.
"I can do this, I still have 3 minutes of power left,
I CAN kill it!!" Shinji shouted back.
Misato frowned, "..... go.. you have 2 minutes."
*******************************
"Activating Progressive Knife." Shinji said and willed
his Eva to grab the Knife from it's shoulder holster.
The enraged Third Child watched the screen intently as
he sees himself going towards the angel.
The Angel responded by flaring it's arms towards Unit 01
which Shinji successfully dodged.
"DIE DAMN IT!!" Shinji screamed as he thrusted the knife
towards the Angel's core, but instead, he was batted towards
the side and found himself sliding on the ground.
"SHINJI! You can't make it! you don't have enough
power! RETREAT!!" Shinji only snarled in response as
he filtered out everything away but his Prog. Knife
and the Angels core.
"I WON'T FAIL THEM!! AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH" Shinji screamed
once more as he charged the Angel once again.
"You IDIOT!!" Shinji ignored the comment made by Misato
and kept on charging.
"50 seconds left"
Shinji closed in onto the Angel, seeing a red mist covering
everything.
"40 seconds"
Time seems to slow down as the Angel went for another
strike at Unit 01 trying to pierce it through it's chest.
Shinji deftly dodged it by rolling forward, allowing the
tentacles to pass above it.
"30 seconds left!!"
Shinji looked up and saw his goal and thrust the knife
towards the core of the angel. Sparks flew everywhere,
but Shinji wasn't noticing it, all he saw was a still
active core.
"25 seconds..."
Sharp pains coursed through his body as he felt the
arms of the Angel hitting at Unit 01, desperately
trying to dislodge the robot from itself.
"10 seconds"
Shinji shouted this battle cry louder as he saw the
core slowly dim.
"5.."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
"4.."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"3.."
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH"
"2.."
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"1.."
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
beeeeeeeeeeeeep
Shinji snapped out of his berserk stage and looked
around the darkened plug.
CRASH
*Oh no... it's no dead... I didn't kill it... it's
still alive..*
Shinji starts to panic but stopped when the second
crash didn't came.
"Damnit... DAMNIT" Shinji whispered in frustration.
"Sh-Shinji?" Shinji jumped and turned around to see
a very concerned Touji and a very freaked out Kensuke.
*I forgot about those two..*
"I'm... sorry." Shinji sat silently for the rest of
the time til the recovery team came.
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"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!" Shinji sat silently as
Misato chewed him out, "I ORDERED you to retreat
after 2 minutes were up and you stilled attack!
Your lucky you just killed it before time was up!"
"I.. I understand." Shinji whispered.
"And order of retreat ALWAYS take priority and
you INGORED the order, what kind of idiot ARE YOU!"
Misato continued, ignoring Kensuke and Touji who
is also in the same van, "You coulda gotten us
all KILLED just because you ignored my order,
MY order. I'm your commanding officer so you are
to listen to EVERTHING I say while out there!"
"I know..."
"Then WHY DIDN'T YOU!!" Misato screamed and
stared at Shinji.
"I.. I'm not pilot material." Shinji muttered
darkly, "I lost control... I lost control again."
"Wha?" Misato frowned and tried to grasp what
Shinji was saying.
"I could have finished this with no hassle, I
didn't... I go cocky.. DAMNIT!" Shinji punched
the side of the van, leaving a small dent and
giving himself a bloody knuckle.
"Shinji..." Misato changed her tone to a caring
one.
"I don't deserve to pilot Unit 01." Shinji turned
his head away and stared into space, not unlike
Rei during class.
"No... you do." Misato whispered, but was too late
because Shinji has already walked out of the van
leaving his 2 friends and the Captain more confused
than ever.
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RING RING.... RING RING
"Hello, Katsuragi residence." Misato said not
even trying to act cheerful.
"Umm, hello err, Miss Katsuragi? I'm Shinji's
classmate Keiko Todama and I was err.. wondering.."
"Shinji is.... not here. He might not be here
for quite a while." Misato replied in the same
sad voice.
"Oh... umm can you tell him to call me when
he gets back?"
"Sure... I'll tell him to call you if he gets
back." Misato placed the phone down.
*Shinji.... what's wrong?*
********************************
Shinji sat on the railing on the edge of the
mountain range near Tokyo 3 staring at the
stair like arrangement of the mountain in front
of him.
*I lost control again. Even when I know what is
gonna happen, I still lost control.*
*What does this mean? no matter how I change
the course of time, it's still gonna end up the
same? Does this mean what I'm doing now is
gonna have no affect? That I can give everyone
in the future a better life?*
"WHY AM I SO USELESS!!" Shinji screamed.
"shinji?" Shinji turned around to find Keiko
standing behind him.
"Why are you here?" Shinji said coldly stared
at the mountains again.
"Well, why are YOU here." Keiko replied.
"I'm here because I need to clear my mind."
"Well I'm here because your here." Keiko said
and leaned on the railing beside Shinji, "Wanna
talk about it?"
"You won't believe me." Shinji said.
"Try me."
"You asked for it." Shinji took in a deep breath,
"I lived this part of my life already."
"Huh?" Keiko looked at Shinji all weird.
"During one of the fights with the Angels, the
10th on to be exact, I was thrown forward in
time I discovered that the Third Impact has
happened." Shinji turned to see Keiko's reaction,
"You don't believe me do you?"
"It's hard to believe..."
"Well I want to get this off my chest so believe
me or not, I'm tell you all of it." Shinji said
and turned back to the mountains, "Like I was
saying, the Third Impact has happened, I also
made friends with few people there and found
out what I need to do to stop it. But now, I
think that what I do doesn't matter. Last time I
fought the last angel, I lost control of myself
and attacked the angel with Touji and Kensuke in
the cockpit. This time, almost the same thing
happened. Does this mean that the Third Impact
is still gonna happen just in a different way?"
"I don't know..."
"I even promised Kasumi that I'd make things better
for her.. what if I screw up, what if it ends up
better that I'm not even here!" Shinji pushed himself
off the railing back onto the trail, "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Burdening you with this.. I shouldn't have. I
shoulda wait til the Second Child gets here before
unloading myself." Shinji starts walking off and
Keiko quickly followed.
"Second Child?"
"I'm the Third and Ayanami is the First." Shinji
said, "The Second Child went after me attempting
to get me back to the past. So she knows what I'm
talking about. Or at least I hope she does."
"What do you mean? You remembered everything."
"Well, at first I didn't, but after seeing Misato,
it triggered all my memories to surface, what if
she doesn't have that trigger? What if she won't
remember?"
"I don't know what to say." Keiko whispered.
"Don't say anything, I just need someone to
listen to me I guess." Shinji gave Keiko the
'Kaji lady killer grin'.
Keiko blushed, "Umm.. you wanna go for lunch?"
"Are YOU asking ME on a date?" Shinji grinned
Keiko blushed harder, "Well I err.. HEY, you said
you didn't want to date anyone!"
Shinji just laughed, "Well lets go, I'm getting
kinda hungry, but lets stop by my apartment first,
need to get something."
"Sure."
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DING DONG.
Misato gasped and rushed towards the front door.
"SHINJI!!"
"err.. we're Shinji's friends Aida and Suzahara."
Kensuke said
"Oh, you two are the ones that were in the Entry
Plug right?" Misato said in a calm voice.
"Yes.. erm.. I am.. Suzahara ma'am." Touji said
"uh huh.. err.. we just came to give Shinji he's
print outs.. he's been missing few classes straight
so we're just worried about him." Kensuke said
trying to cover up Touji's babbles.
"Umm.. thanks, Shinji's not here right now, I'll
give it to him when he gets back." Misato smiled,
"Well, thanks again buh bye."
Misato sighed and dropped the stack of paper on
the table.
DING DONG
Once again, Misato rushed to the front door.
"SHINJI!!"
"err.. I'm Keiko.. Shinji's-"
"Wait.. let me guess.. you haven't seen Shinji around
so you want to ask me if he's here?" Misato said
with confidence.
"No.. I was about to say Shinji's right behind me and
needs to get something." Misato heard a chuckle.
"SHINJI!!" Misato pushed Keiko aside and gave Shinji
a hug, "Don't you ever EVER go off like that!"
"Mmmppphhhh"
"What was that?" Misato kept hugging Shinji.
"MMMPPPPHHHHH!!!"
"Umm, Miss Katsuragi.. I think your suffocating him."
Keiko said pointing to Shinji's head, which is right
where Kaji wants to be.
"Oh my.. oh I'm sooo sorry Shinji!" Misato quickly
released him.
"Heh.. I.. enjoyed that.. heh." Shinji gasped for
air.
"Don't expect me to do that too often.." Misato
glared.
"And I thought your not a pervert!" Keiko placed
her hand on her hips, "Well looks like I'd have to
tell everyone about this."
"If I'm such a pervert, then I guess I can't take
you out shopping with Misato's credit card." Shinji
grinned.
"WHAT!!" both of the girls screamed.
"Well you lost your bet Misato and you said that I'd
have unlimited access to your credit card if you DO
lose..." Shinji grinned.
"Fine.. here." Misato grumbled and took out her
credit card and handed it to Shinji along with the
password to her bank account on a piece of paper.
"Well then I'm off... see ya Misato." Shinji grinned
and waved.
"There goes my money..." Misato groaned and closed
the front door, "Why me?"
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That's that!! Chapter 3!! and I have err.. let see..
around 22 more chapters to go if.. IF I stay on
track AND no chapters taking too long. Well actually
it might have less chapters but who knows!!
Well, as you can see, Shinji is no longer chants our
favorite mantra, 'I mustn't run away' instead, he
just shouts out I won't fail them as his war cry!!
Sorry, nothing popped up in my head while I was
writing so no Omake scene this time... well nothing
funny anyways all of them are kinda dark and I don't
wanna spoil the light atmosphere of the last scene =p
Anyways.. next chapter revolves around the relationship
Shinji has with Rei, in other words, how Rei ignores
him and Shinji babbles at her... j/k.. and now that
Keiko knows about Shinji.. will THAT change the outcome?
will Misato EVER know Shinji's secret? WILL SHINJI EVER
REALIZE THAT ASUKA IS ACTUALLY A DEMON AND THAT REI IS
THE ONLY COOL CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE SERIES!!! sorry
about that last part.... really sorry!!! anyway, I don't
enjoy Shinji/Rei fics myself, it just seems wrong...
but I just don't see Shinji with any characters in the
NGE series, but that's cuz I'm weird..
Anyways til next time SEEYA!!! *WAVE*
how much I can get done before school REALLY
starts. (In other words, when I start to get
homework ^_^) So anyways, hopefully, you'll
be seeing me upload new chapters really often
before I'm buried in homework and stuff.
But right now, I doubt I can do that heh.
This is the chapter when Shinji starts to
doubt himself again, I mean, he wouldn't
be Shinji if he doesn't =p. But he should
be snapping out of it. Just a light depression
if ya know what I mean!
Anyways, quick recap (If you need it..).
Shinji has a DATE with a girl name Keiko. He
is also the class Casanova! AND he still got
punched by Touji cuz he hit on the class rep =p
Now, ON WITH THE SHOW!!!!
Oh yeah, a little note, I just wanna thank
Jedi_Eva for worrying about me (I feel so special
now!). Don't worry, I have this fic all planed
out! well unless it strays off track like the
original, I don't think I'll be writing into
any dead-ends! ^_^
Disclaimer: Feh, if I own NGE, I'd be rich and
I won't be writing this.. would I?
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Destiny and Time 2:
Promises to Fulfill
Chapter 3
"You ok Shinji?" Shinji opened his eyes briefly.
"Yes Dr.Akagi." Shinji replied and closed his
eyes again.
"That's good. The sync test will be done in 10
more minutes." Dr. Akagi announced.
"Great.." Shinji sighed.
*******************************
"Hey Misato," Ritsuko said after turning off the
comm. to the test plug, "what's up with Shinji?
His Sync ratio is down by 3 percent!"
"Must be his date 2 days ago with Keiko." Misato
shrugged, "Their first date from 2 week ago seemed
to went well.. Hmm, I wonder what happened.."
"Isn't it your JOB to see if he's ok?" Ritsuko
frowned, "I KNEW you wouldn't be up for this job."
"HEY! I know what I'm doing! I'll talk to him after
this..." Misato sighed.
*What the heck is wrong with you?*
"Ok Shinji, I'll let you go early today." Dr. Akagi
said, "You can go now."
"What's my Sync ratio today?" Shinji asked.
"You're at 69%..." Ritsuko replied.
"Thanks," Shinji sighed once more, "Tell Misato to
wait for me beside her car, I'll meet her there."
"Sure." Ritsuko turned around.
"Yeah yeah, I know, I'll talk to him." Misato
muttered, "Like you can do better.."
Luckily, Ritsuko never heard the last comment.
*******************************
"Hey Shinji, why so gloomy?" Misato said trying to
sound cheerful for Shinji's sake, "Something wrong
with your girlfriend?"
"Nope..." Shinji sighed.
"How is she anyways? You two have been going out
quite often these days." Misato, who is trying to
cheer Shinji up desperately, changed the subject
that might cheer him up.
"Huh? Oh, we're not dating.." Shinji replied waving
his hand dismissivly.
"Then what have you been doing going out then?"
Misato frowned.
"Long story, well you see, after the first date, we
figured that we best stay as friends cuz we didn't
really hit it off.. you know." Shinji shrugged,
"Anyways, I told her that I don't really wanna start
dating some other girl in school just yet cuz of all
the NERV stuff and all that, so she agreed to help
me and pretend we're still going out so other girls
in school won't bother me."
"That is.... nice of her?" Misato looked at Shinji
with a confused expression.
"Yeah, well actually, some of her friends know so
we've set up this homework group thingy so we help
each other with homework that our teacher gives us."
Shinji continued to explain.
"Now THAT is smart..." Misato silently cursed, "How
come *I* never thought of that while I'M in school!"
That earned Misato a small smile from Shinji.
"But really, what's bugging ya Shinji?" Misato reverted
to her serious mood.
"I'm having this bad feeling. The same one I had just
before I came to Tokyo 3." Shinji frowned.
*Well not really, but I KNOW the 4th Angel is coming
few days later... I don't want to fight... but I have
to.. for Kensu.. for Chron... for Kasumi... for Asuka.*
"Well, let's just hope that bad feeling of yours is wrong."
Misato said with a sigh, "If your right, then you'll
have unlimited access to my credit card for one week!"
Shinji sweatdropped before breaking into a full out
laugh. "Don't worry, I won't spend THAT much money,
but.. I won't be so certain about the people in my
study group..."
"What do you mean..." Misato gulped right before they
reached her car.
"Well, I wanna thank them for helping me with my
homework so I decided to take them on a shopping spree
IF I win the bet.. if I don't, which I seriously
doubt, I'd just buy them each something." Shinji
grinned evilly.
"You wouldn't!" Misato growled as Shinji got into the
car.
"Wanna bet?"
*******************************
"And so, the second impact started.."
*I hate this class.* Shinji frowned, *That angel should
be coming tomorrow... I hope I can finish it like I did
to the 3rd angel.*
Beep.
^Hey Shinji, what's wrong? You don't seem like yourself
today! Keiko^
^It's nothing Keiko, I'm just worried about something.
Shinji^
^Take a break you guys, can't you try NOT flirting in
class =p. Kensuke^
Shinji groaned. "By now, the whole class should be listening
in on this." Shinji muttered to himself.
^Kensuke... you're just trying to get me back cuz I didn't
tell you my secrets in flirting right? Shinji^
Shinji heard a few giggles coming from both sides of the
room.
^Who needs your help!! Kensuke^
^Heh, anyways Keiko, I'm just worried about the next
'Monster attack' I have a feeling that it's gonna attack
in a few days. Shinji^
^Oh, don't worry... we ALL have faith in you! Keiko^
^Yeah, just kick it's ASS! Touji^
^Thanks... I think I needed that. Shinji^
^We'll all be cheering you on from the shelters. Hikaru^
^Will all of you stop this, we're still in class!!
Hikari^
Shinji started to sweat when he saw their Class Rep's
expression... filled with anger, ALMOST on par to
Asuka's normal ones.
*When Hikari gets THIS mad.. it's not good news.* Shinji
thought then quickly pretended to listen to the sensei's
'lecture'
*******************************
It is lunch time, Shinji and the 'Idiot Duo' are on
the roof of the school looking down onto the field.
While Shinji is looking up looking at the sky, Touji
and Kensuke is looking DOWN watching the girls gossiping
and giggling (and whatever girls do at lunch...)
"I can't believe your ACTUALLY trying to STOP the girls
from dating you!!" Touji said with an amazed tone with
a hint of disgust.
"Yeah, I mean EVERY guy in school will KILL to be in
YOUR position!" Kensuke said in the same tone.
"I just don't want to, you know... I still need to
concentrate on NERV stuff. I mean right now I'm still
training with my Eva and I seriously don't have the
time to date." Shinji said with a sigh, "Don't take
this the wrong way but, I don't really think I want
to date the girls in this school."
"Man.. you are INSANE!!" Touji shot Shinji another
disgusted look.
"Well, at least I DO have the guts to ask some girl
out! I don't see YOU asking the Class rep out yet!"
Shinji grinned.
"This isn't about me! This is about YOU not taking this
opportunity to it's full potential!" Touji said
seriously, or at least trying to sound serious.
"Ok Ok, MAYBE I'm not, but still, shouldn't you at
least TRY to ask the class rep out, I mean I'm sure
she at least likes you a bit!" Shinji persisted.
"Shinji has a point, you should at least try." Kensuke
nodded in agreement, "There is a dance a month away
or so, maybe you can ask her out then!"
"Who I ask out to the Dance is non of your business!"
Touji glared, "So who are YOU gonna ask to the dance
Kensuke! Shinji can get any girl to the dance just
like that if he can keep this up until then. But
YOU, will have some problems my man!"
"I am gonna ask-" Just then, the bell rang signaling
the end of lunch, "Well, I guess we better go."
Kensuke quickly rushed down the stairs avoiding
further questioning from his friends.
"You know, he's runs pretty fast when motivated."
Shinji noted as he followed Touji down the stairs.
"Yeah, and he'd better run fast if he don't want
to tell us who he's asking out for the dance."
Touji cracked his knuckles and smirked.
*******************************
Misato yawned as he got out of bed. *I need a
beer.*
Following her early thought, Misato walked into
the kitchen and grabbed a can of beer and chugged
it down.
"OOOOOOHHHHHH YYYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!" Misato
shouted then quickly noticed Shinji's extremely
dark mood, "Hey, what's wrong?"
Shinji whispered something but was too quiet for
Misato to make out.
"Hey, you better get going or you'll be late for
school." Misato said.
*What is wrong with the kid? This is nothing like
him!*
"Your right.. I better get going Misato.. See ya
later." Shinji waved before exiting the apartment
to meet up with Touji and Kensuke.
"Hmm... something's not right."
*******************************
Sirens sound echoed through the halls of Tokyo 3
Junior high, but everyone was already inside the
Shelters, everyone except for Shinji who is
running towards Nerv Headquarters.
*Good, the Angels didn't come in a different time.*
Shinji thought to himself, *I won't lose control
this time..*
*******************************
"Ok Shinji, the Angel is just to your right, behind
the lift. I want you to fire at the Angel.. you got
that?" Misato commanded.
"Roger." Shinji breathed out slowly before willing
his Eva to quickly turn towards the Snake like Angel
and starts firing at the Angel.
*Damnit... can't cover it with smoke like last time!*
Shinji thought and quickly stopped and took cover again.
"Misato! The rifle isn't having any effect." Shinji
said after firing another burst of bullets at the
Angel.
"Ok, we're gonna send you the Prog Lance. You remember
your training right?" Misato asked.
"Yeah.."
"Good, the Lance will be sent to you through armory
building 42. Go get it NOW!"
"I'm on it." Shinji took a peek at the Angel, who is
surprisingly not doing alot unlike the last time they
met.
*This is not right...*
The Third Child quickly noticed the lance and willed
this Eva to make a dash for it while firing at the
Angel.
*Why isn't it doing anything!!*
"SHINJI! LOOK OUT!!!" Shinji felt a tug at his leg
and the next thing he noticed is that he is once again
flying through the air.
"DAMNIT!" Shinji shouted as the angel lashed out it's
tentacle like arms batting Unit one towards the hills.
"The Umbilical cord has be severed, only 5 minutes of
activation remains!"
Shinji grunted as Unit 01 crashed onto the hill.
"SHINJI! are you all right?! PILOT STATUS!"
"The pilot is still capable, he is not suffering any
damage."
Shinji winced and took a look towards the side.
*No.. not again... NO DAMNIT!*
On the side were his two friends, Kensuke and Touji
shaking in fear right between the Eva's fingers.
*******************************
"WHO ARE THOSE TWO!" Misato cried out in frustration,
"Aren't those two Shinji's classmates?"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING THERE!" Ritsuko screamed
in disbelieve.
Taking a deep breath, Misato calmly said to Shinji,
"Shinji, let them into the entry, then we'll regroup
and attack the angel again."
"Who gave you the authorization to allow two civilians
into the entry plug!" Dr. Akagi said.
"I'M authorizing it!"
"Your over stepping your authority CAPTAIN.."
Misato just snarled in reply, "Shinji let them in and
hold your Eva in it's current command."
"Ok Misato." Shinji replied.
"Damnit! You want to get fired Katsuragi!" Ritsuko
fumed.
"NO! There is no other way, unless you want Shinji to
become a murderer and kill those two kids out there!"
Misato shot back.
"Misato, there in..." Misato can bearly hear Shinji
whisper it before Eva 01 threw the Angel away.
"Synco graph is fluctuating!" Maya reported.
"Damnit, there are too much thought noise." Dr. Akagi
said.
"Shinji! RETREAT!!" Misato ordered.
"I can do this, I still have 3 minutes of power left,
I CAN kill it!!" Shinji shouted back.
Misato frowned, "..... go.. you have 2 minutes."
*******************************
"Activating Progressive Knife." Shinji said and willed
his Eva to grab the Knife from it's shoulder holster.
The enraged Third Child watched the screen intently as
he sees himself going towards the angel.
The Angel responded by flaring it's arms towards Unit 01
which Shinji successfully dodged.
"DIE DAMN IT!!" Shinji screamed as he thrusted the knife
towards the Angel's core, but instead, he was batted towards
the side and found himself sliding on the ground.
"SHINJI! You can't make it! you don't have enough
power! RETREAT!!" Shinji only snarled in response as
he filtered out everything away but his Prog. Knife
and the Angels core.
"I WON'T FAIL THEM!! AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHH" Shinji screamed
once more as he charged the Angel once again.
"You IDIOT!!" Shinji ignored the comment made by Misato
and kept on charging.
"50 seconds left"
Shinji closed in onto the Angel, seeing a red mist covering
everything.
"40 seconds"
Time seems to slow down as the Angel went for another
strike at Unit 01 trying to pierce it through it's chest.
Shinji deftly dodged it by rolling forward, allowing the
tentacles to pass above it.
"30 seconds left!!"
Shinji looked up and saw his goal and thrust the knife
towards the core of the angel. Sparks flew everywhere,
but Shinji wasn't noticing it, all he saw was a still
active core.
"25 seconds..."
Sharp pains coursed through his body as he felt the
arms of the Angel hitting at Unit 01, desperately
trying to dislodge the robot from itself.
"10 seconds"
Shinji shouted this battle cry louder as he saw the
core slowly dim.
"5.."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
"4.."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
"3.."
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH"
"2.."
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"1.."
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
beeeeeeeeeeeeep
Shinji snapped out of his berserk stage and looked
around the darkened plug.
CRASH
*Oh no... it's no dead... I didn't kill it... it's
still alive..*
Shinji starts to panic but stopped when the second
crash didn't came.
"Damnit... DAMNIT" Shinji whispered in frustration.
"Sh-Shinji?" Shinji jumped and turned around to see
a very concerned Touji and a very freaked out Kensuke.
*I forgot about those two..*
"I'm... sorry." Shinji sat silently for the rest of
the time til the recovery team came.
*******************************
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!" Shinji sat silently as
Misato chewed him out, "I ORDERED you to retreat
after 2 minutes were up and you stilled attack!
Your lucky you just killed it before time was up!"
"I.. I understand." Shinji whispered.
"And order of retreat ALWAYS take priority and
you INGORED the order, what kind of idiot ARE YOU!"
Misato continued, ignoring Kensuke and Touji who
is also in the same van, "You coulda gotten us
all KILLED just because you ignored my order,
MY order. I'm your commanding officer so you are
to listen to EVERTHING I say while out there!"
"I know..."
"Then WHY DIDN'T YOU!!" Misato screamed and
stared at Shinji.
"I.. I'm not pilot material." Shinji muttered
darkly, "I lost control... I lost control again."
"Wha?" Misato frowned and tried to grasp what
Shinji was saying.
"I could have finished this with no hassle, I
didn't... I go cocky.. DAMNIT!" Shinji punched
the side of the van, leaving a small dent and
giving himself a bloody knuckle.
"Shinji..." Misato changed her tone to a caring
one.
"I don't deserve to pilot Unit 01." Shinji turned
his head away and stared into space, not unlike
Rei during class.
"No... you do." Misato whispered, but was too late
because Shinji has already walked out of the van
leaving his 2 friends and the Captain more confused
than ever.
*******************************
RING RING.... RING RING
"Hello, Katsuragi residence." Misato said not
even trying to act cheerful.
"Umm, hello err, Miss Katsuragi? I'm Shinji's
classmate Keiko Todama and I was err.. wondering.."
"Shinji is.... not here. He might not be here
for quite a while." Misato replied in the same
sad voice.
"Oh... umm can you tell him to call me when
he gets back?"
"Sure... I'll tell him to call you if he gets
back." Misato placed the phone down.
*Shinji.... what's wrong?*
********************************
Shinji sat on the railing on the edge of the
mountain range near Tokyo 3 staring at the
stair like arrangement of the mountain in front
of him.
*I lost control again. Even when I know what is
gonna happen, I still lost control.*
*What does this mean? no matter how I change
the course of time, it's still gonna end up the
same? Does this mean what I'm doing now is
gonna have no affect? That I can give everyone
in the future a better life?*
"WHY AM I SO USELESS!!" Shinji screamed.
"shinji?" Shinji turned around to find Keiko
standing behind him.
"Why are you here?" Shinji said coldly stared
at the mountains again.
"Well, why are YOU here." Keiko replied.
"I'm here because I need to clear my mind."
"Well I'm here because your here." Keiko said
and leaned on the railing beside Shinji, "Wanna
talk about it?"
"You won't believe me." Shinji said.
"Try me."
"You asked for it." Shinji took in a deep breath,
"I lived this part of my life already."
"Huh?" Keiko looked at Shinji all weird.
"During one of the fights with the Angels, the
10th on to be exact, I was thrown forward in
time I discovered that the Third Impact has
happened." Shinji turned to see Keiko's reaction,
"You don't believe me do you?"
"It's hard to believe..."
"Well I want to get this off my chest so believe
me or not, I'm tell you all of it." Shinji said
and turned back to the mountains, "Like I was
saying, the Third Impact has happened, I also
made friends with few people there and found
out what I need to do to stop it. But now, I
think that what I do doesn't matter. Last time I
fought the last angel, I lost control of myself
and attacked the angel with Touji and Kensuke in
the cockpit. This time, almost the same thing
happened. Does this mean that the Third Impact
is still gonna happen just in a different way?"
"I don't know..."
"I even promised Kasumi that I'd make things better
for her.. what if I screw up, what if it ends up
better that I'm not even here!" Shinji pushed himself
off the railing back onto the trail, "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Burdening you with this.. I shouldn't have. I
shoulda wait til the Second Child gets here before
unloading myself." Shinji starts walking off and
Keiko quickly followed.
"Second Child?"
"I'm the Third and Ayanami is the First." Shinji
said, "The Second Child went after me attempting
to get me back to the past. So she knows what I'm
talking about. Or at least I hope she does."
"What do you mean? You remembered everything."
"Well, at first I didn't, but after seeing Misato,
it triggered all my memories to surface, what if
she doesn't have that trigger? What if she won't
remember?"
"I don't know what to say." Keiko whispered.
"Don't say anything, I just need someone to
listen to me I guess." Shinji gave Keiko the
'Kaji lady killer grin'.
Keiko blushed, "Umm.. you wanna go for lunch?"
"Are YOU asking ME on a date?" Shinji grinned
Keiko blushed harder, "Well I err.. HEY, you said
you didn't want to date anyone!"
Shinji just laughed, "Well lets go, I'm getting
kinda hungry, but lets stop by my apartment first,
need to get something."
"Sure."
*******************************
DING DONG.
Misato gasped and rushed towards the front door.
"SHINJI!!"
"err.. we're Shinji's friends Aida and Suzahara."
Kensuke said
"Oh, you two are the ones that were in the Entry
Plug right?" Misato said in a calm voice.
"Yes.. erm.. I am.. Suzahara ma'am." Touji said
"uh huh.. err.. we just came to give Shinji he's
print outs.. he's been missing few classes straight
so we're just worried about him." Kensuke said
trying to cover up Touji's babbles.
"Umm.. thanks, Shinji's not here right now, I'll
give it to him when he gets back." Misato smiled,
"Well, thanks again buh bye."
Misato sighed and dropped the stack of paper on
the table.
DING DONG
Once again, Misato rushed to the front door.
"SHINJI!!"
"err.. I'm Keiko.. Shinji's-"
"Wait.. let me guess.. you haven't seen Shinji around
so you want to ask me if he's here?" Misato said
with confidence.
"No.. I was about to say Shinji's right behind me and
needs to get something." Misato heard a chuckle.
"SHINJI!!" Misato pushed Keiko aside and gave Shinji
a hug, "Don't you ever EVER go off like that!"
"Mmmppphhhh"
"What was that?" Misato kept hugging Shinji.
"MMMPPPPHHHHH!!!"
"Umm, Miss Katsuragi.. I think your suffocating him."
Keiko said pointing to Shinji's head, which is right
where Kaji wants to be.
"Oh my.. oh I'm sooo sorry Shinji!" Misato quickly
released him.
"Heh.. I.. enjoyed that.. heh." Shinji gasped for
air.
"Don't expect me to do that too often.." Misato
glared.
"And I thought your not a pervert!" Keiko placed
her hand on her hips, "Well looks like I'd have to
tell everyone about this."
"If I'm such a pervert, then I guess I can't take
you out shopping with Misato's credit card." Shinji
grinned.
"WHAT!!" both of the girls screamed.
"Well you lost your bet Misato and you said that I'd
have unlimited access to your credit card if you DO
lose..." Shinji grinned.
"Fine.. here." Misato grumbled and took out her
credit card and handed it to Shinji along with the
password to her bank account on a piece of paper.
"Well then I'm off... see ya Misato." Shinji grinned
and waved.
"There goes my money..." Misato groaned and closed
the front door, "Why me?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's that!! Chapter 3!! and I have err.. let see..
around 22 more chapters to go if.. IF I stay on
track AND no chapters taking too long. Well actually
it might have less chapters but who knows!!
Well, as you can see, Shinji is no longer chants our
favorite mantra, 'I mustn't run away' instead, he
just shouts out I won't fail them as his war cry!!
Sorry, nothing popped up in my head while I was
writing so no Omake scene this time... well nothing
funny anyways all of them are kinda dark and I don't
wanna spoil the light atmosphere of the last scene =p
Anyways.. next chapter revolves around the relationship
Shinji has with Rei, in other words, how Rei ignores
him and Shinji babbles at her... j/k.. and now that
Keiko knows about Shinji.. will THAT change the outcome?
will Misato EVER know Shinji's secret? WILL SHINJI EVER
REALIZE THAT ASUKA IS ACTUALLY A DEMON AND THAT REI IS
THE ONLY COOL CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE SERIES!!! sorry
about that last part.... really sorry!!! anyway, I don't
enjoy Shinji/Rei fics myself, it just seems wrong...
but I just don't see Shinji with any characters in the
NGE series, but that's cuz I'm weird..
Anyways til next time SEEYA!!! *WAVE*
