wow... I TOTALLY forgot this fic! Sorry it took me a year to realize guys!! ^^:;
6 months later...
(I'm here again...)
"Finn! You?!"
(hello? are you talking to me? Why can't I speak to you?!)
"You have betrayed us!"
(Please... I just want to know what is going on...)
::thousands of glowing orbs flash all around her, all beginning to take form. Just before they are recognizable...::
~End Dream~
(That dream again. Why won't that voice call me Natsuki?! It keeps addressing me as Finn... and it's so familiar. But where have I heard it before? That word... that name, I know it has an important meaning. Just hearing it last summer started something in my mind. It was like hearing a song that no one remembers, that echoes through my thoughts and tries to provoke a memory. But the song is tragic. It warns me, yet draws me...)
"Natsuki, it's ten o'clock already, come down and eat something!" Maron shouted from the kitchen. Nat sat up and rolled out of bed, cringing as her feet touched the cold floor. She slid her feet into her slippers and slumped down the stairs, slouching down into a chair at the kitchen table. Maron set a plate of food out in front of her, with which Nat began playing around with. She was never very hungry after she had the dream.
"You ok honey? Did you have that dream again?" Maron asked. Chiaki looked up with pleading eyes from his coffee and paper to Maron, but Maron shook her head.
"Yea, I did." Nat responded. "Every day it gets more vivid. And those balls of light, everytime I look at them the light gets dimmer and dimmer, and I begin to see what it is hiding. I could have sworn that there were tiny people hidden in that light."
Chiaki set down his coffee loudly, then hid his face behind his paper again. Maron glanced at him, then back at Natsuki.
"And you're sure you've been seeing these lights everywhere, even outside of your dreams?" Maron asked. Nat nodded her head quickly.
"Of course I'm sure! It's been going on for six months, mother, and I'm sick of it. I want to know what this means."
Maron looked at her daughter sadly, but Natsuki noticed.
"And you KNOW something, don't you?! I know it, both of you do! And Shinji, too. He called me that name, mother, that name from my dream! Last summer he called me Finn!"
"He WHAT?" Chiaki roared, standing up and dropping his coffee so that it spilled on the table. Natsuki was taken aback for a secong, then leaned over the table so that her face was looming over his.
"What's wrong, father, angry that I finally see that you are hiding something from me?!" CHiaki and Maron were silent.
"I see." Natsuki said with quiet solemnity. "Than I'm going." She stood from the table and went up the stairs. Chiaki stood to follow her, but Maron grabbed his arm.
"She'll go to Shinji's. I know she will. As far as she knows, he's the only other person that knows what's going on." Chiaki nodded slowly.
"Also, since she's beginning to get her memories back, I wouldn't be surprised if she's remembering her love for him. As Natsuki she already has begun to love him, and since Finn loved him before Natsuki was created, those feelings are probably coming on stronger than ever. She'll be safe, I'll ask Miyako to check up on them every once in a while."
Chiaki sighed, wordless, then took a towel and began to clean up the coffee. Natsuki came down from the stairs wearing a winter coat and lugging a large suitcase behind her. She looked over her shoulder at Maron, then walked out the door. A long, expensive black car was waiting for her in the driveway. Shinji rolled down the driver's side window and watched as Natsuki threw the suitcase in the trunk.
"You're sure this is alright?" She asked quietly. Shinji smiled smally.
"'Course it is, we're in this together." He responded, wrapping an arm around her neck and giving her a small hug. Nat looked up at him, weakly attempting a smile, but knew that it wasn't very convincing. Shinji leaned over and kissed her forehead.
"We'll be ok." He told her. The car began to move backward as they swung out of the driveway and pulled out into the street. Maron and Chiaki were watching them leave from the kitchen window, but it had begun to snow and the window was frosting over. Shinji caught a glimpse of them as he threw the car into drive.
"Take care of her." Maron said. Shinji nodded, knowing what she had told him, and pressed the accelerator.
6 months later...
(I'm here again...)
"Finn! You?!"
(hello? are you talking to me? Why can't I speak to you?!)
"You have betrayed us!"
(Please... I just want to know what is going on...)
::thousands of glowing orbs flash all around her, all beginning to take form. Just before they are recognizable...::
~End Dream~
(That dream again. Why won't that voice call me Natsuki?! It keeps addressing me as Finn... and it's so familiar. But where have I heard it before? That word... that name, I know it has an important meaning. Just hearing it last summer started something in my mind. It was like hearing a song that no one remembers, that echoes through my thoughts and tries to provoke a memory. But the song is tragic. It warns me, yet draws me...)
"Natsuki, it's ten o'clock already, come down and eat something!" Maron shouted from the kitchen. Nat sat up and rolled out of bed, cringing as her feet touched the cold floor. She slid her feet into her slippers and slumped down the stairs, slouching down into a chair at the kitchen table. Maron set a plate of food out in front of her, with which Nat began playing around with. She was never very hungry after she had the dream.
"You ok honey? Did you have that dream again?" Maron asked. Chiaki looked up with pleading eyes from his coffee and paper to Maron, but Maron shook her head.
"Yea, I did." Nat responded. "Every day it gets more vivid. And those balls of light, everytime I look at them the light gets dimmer and dimmer, and I begin to see what it is hiding. I could have sworn that there were tiny people hidden in that light."
Chiaki set down his coffee loudly, then hid his face behind his paper again. Maron glanced at him, then back at Natsuki.
"And you're sure you've been seeing these lights everywhere, even outside of your dreams?" Maron asked. Nat nodded her head quickly.
"Of course I'm sure! It's been going on for six months, mother, and I'm sick of it. I want to know what this means."
Maron looked at her daughter sadly, but Natsuki noticed.
"And you KNOW something, don't you?! I know it, both of you do! And Shinji, too. He called me that name, mother, that name from my dream! Last summer he called me Finn!"
"He WHAT?" Chiaki roared, standing up and dropping his coffee so that it spilled on the table. Natsuki was taken aback for a secong, then leaned over the table so that her face was looming over his.
"What's wrong, father, angry that I finally see that you are hiding something from me?!" CHiaki and Maron were silent.
"I see." Natsuki said with quiet solemnity. "Than I'm going." She stood from the table and went up the stairs. Chiaki stood to follow her, but Maron grabbed his arm.
"She'll go to Shinji's. I know she will. As far as she knows, he's the only other person that knows what's going on." Chiaki nodded slowly.
"Also, since she's beginning to get her memories back, I wouldn't be surprised if she's remembering her love for him. As Natsuki she already has begun to love him, and since Finn loved him before Natsuki was created, those feelings are probably coming on stronger than ever. She'll be safe, I'll ask Miyako to check up on them every once in a while."
Chiaki sighed, wordless, then took a towel and began to clean up the coffee. Natsuki came down from the stairs wearing a winter coat and lugging a large suitcase behind her. She looked over her shoulder at Maron, then walked out the door. A long, expensive black car was waiting for her in the driveway. Shinji rolled down the driver's side window and watched as Natsuki threw the suitcase in the trunk.
"You're sure this is alright?" She asked quietly. Shinji smiled smally.
"'Course it is, we're in this together." He responded, wrapping an arm around her neck and giving her a small hug. Nat looked up at him, weakly attempting a smile, but knew that it wasn't very convincing. Shinji leaned over and kissed her forehead.
"We'll be ok." He told her. The car began to move backward as they swung out of the driveway and pulled out into the street. Maron and Chiaki were watching them leave from the kitchen window, but it had begun to snow and the window was frosting over. Shinji caught a glimpse of them as he threw the car into drive.
"Take care of her." Maron said. Shinji nodded, knowing what she had told him, and pressed the accelerator.