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A Neon genesis Evangelion fanfiction
by Patricio Quinteros
-A ray of hope-
Chapter One:
- Walls of ones souls -
For Rei this could have been a common day of school, but lately she found every
day more exiting than the other and she wondered what new things she would learn
today, Today she was thinking about a particular project that she had been
working on for some time now. She exited her room and headed to the kitchen there
she started to make breakfast and prepare her lunchbox, God forbid that Misato
cooked she couldn't even make water without spoiling it, so that led to that Rei
gladly took upon Shinjis task of cooking. As she finished her breakfast Rei heard
some footsteps behind her:
-"Good morning Misato, and how are we this morning?"
Misato growled out some kind of an answer, yet unable to communicate with the
outside world. Rei smiled at was going to come next, Misato stuck her head into
the refrigerator after a while Misato stuck her head up.
-"Rei where is all the beer?"
-"I do recall that we have an agreement, is it not so?"
-"Yeah I know, but you know that I can't start up without it!"
-"It might probably be so but we agreed that you would keep from drinking for a
whole month"
-"Come on Rei! I just have to have one in the morning, you ought to know that by
now!"
-"No complaining Misato, we made an agreement and you might as well start to get
used to it you have only 29 days to go, here take some orange juice instead"
-"You are just no fun Rei, but you are right I did promised you that i'll be
sober for a month, I might not like it but I made you a promise and I intend
of keeping it! By the way Rei have you given any thoughts of what to are going
to do about you 'special project' of yours, hmmm...?"
Rei blushes slightly at that small remark, and quickly finds something to apply
her attention upon.
-"Rei don't you dare to ignore me! You are well aware that I know about your
little thing about Aida"
-"Well you do know that I think that I like him, but every time I talk to him
he freaks out, and I don't know really what to do to get his attention anymore"
-"Well I do understand him freaking out he is a male after all and you do have
a killer-body, but seriously do you really think that he is the right one for you?"
-"I do not know, but every time I am near him I get this feeling in my stomach,
I think that you call it 'flies in the stomach'?"
-"Hehehe... no Rei it is 'butterflies in the stomach. But seriously Rei, about
your situation. I really think that in this case you should be the one to
take charge of the situation, he is too timid to do that himself, so I just
say go to him and just ask him straight out, I really think that would be the
best course of action"
-"I will have that in mind, but I don't really know if I have the courage to do
a thing like that. Like I was before I could have, but now I do not know, I
have a terribly hard time to even start a conversation with him"
-"Well then you have to bring yourself together and be aggressive, but remember
that if he gets too exited you have to cool him down"
-"When do I know when to cool him down?"
-"Believe me you will know when that happen, trust me I know what I am
talking about"
-"That is what I am afraid about...Well see you later!"
-"WHAT WAS THAT!!!!"
The only response that Misato got was seeing the back of Rei while she
disappeared through the front door.
-"Well how rude...Well that leaves you and me then, right Pen Pen?"
At the foot of the refrigerator the warm water penguin gave Misato a
wondering look, to then turn back and entered the refrigerator to sleep some
more.
-"You traitor, is this the way you thank your master?...Well then I think
that it is only me then."
With that said Misato wen to her room and started up her laptop. Something
about Kaji went then up.
-"Where in all heavens name are you now, you bastard!?"
On her way to school Rei met up with Keiko. A girl that actually became her
friend, Rei had changed sure but still people where afraid to get close to
her, but Keiko was one of the first to ask her to become friend her also being
an 'outsider' so they ended up being best friends rather quickly.
-"Good morning Keiko, and how are you today?"
-"Fine thanks! By the way you seem to pounding on something, what is the matter
Rei?"
-"Well various things actually, first there is this about Shinji"
-"I see... Poor Shinji I really feel pity for him, no one should be allowed to
go through such things that he is going through. How long has he been
hospitalised now?"
-"Now next monday it would be eight months"
-"And how is he doing?"
-"Well that is what worries me, he haven't really talked with someone of us,
it is like he we are non-existing, just his doctor have been able to get a
few words out of him"
-"I see... poor thing. Rei but that isn't that all that you are pondering
about, tell me what else is on your mind?"
-"Well no, you know that I am getting all sort of feelings, some I recognise but
the rest of them leaves me confused"
-"Well after all you don't have a large experience with emotions, but be
patience I know that you will get the hang of them soon enough, you have made
great progress in just only three years. So cheer up Rei!"
-"By the way Keiko, I wanted to ask you about something"
-"Sure ask away!"
-"I wanted to ask you about Valentines Day, why is it that you have to give
away postcards and chocolate as a sign of affection for a boy?"
-"Rei...Have you found your valentine!?"
-"...."
-"It is Aida-Kun, right?"
-"...."
Reis facial expression takes a more pink colour and she finds the street filled
with interesting objects, among the most fascinating of them there is a small
bit of grass growing between two pavement blocks.
-"So it is Kensuke then, I've always thought that you had the hots for
Shinji-kun?"
-"How did you know about Kensuke, Keiko?"
-"Well you my friend are like an open book, the looks that you give him while
you think that there is no one looking, and the way you react everytime you
see him looking back at you. I'd say that there is more than just plain
curiosity flying in the air"
-"So I am that obvious, am I?"
Giving Rei a clap on the back.
-"More than you'll ever realise my friend, but seriously what about poor little
Shinji?"
-"Well I do really think that I love him, but not in that matter I see him more
like a brother to me rather than a lover, anyway I do think that there is
another one that he loves"
-"Oh, I see.... Anyhow about if you really want to know about Valentines day
then meet me at the schools gate after school"
-"Why can't you tell me now for?"
-"Well because we will be late if we don't get a move on sister!"
Keiko then grabbed Rei by the arm and dashed towards the school, well in there
the girls wen t inside and into their homeroom and took their seats. Rei still
her seat besides the window although she didn't spent as much time gazing out to
nothingness. She did however enjoy looking through it and see the things that
where there and the people that you could see walking to unknown goals, she sat
and wondered about what they did and what was their innermost desires were.
Keiko on the other hand at the end of the classroom there she could have a good
look over the classroom. One after one classroom started to fill, Touji entered
followed by still class representative Hikari Horaki, the now steady couple had
been together for almost two years now, Touji had improved fysically even with
artificial limbs he manages to be as worry-less as always. Rumor is that NERV is
going to give Touji a pair of new experimental bio-engineered limbs that would
make that Touji will be free from his prosthetic limbs he now has. The couple
gave each other a quick kiss and went to their seats.
Kensuke was the next to enter not long after the couple. The former military-freak
had matured quite a bit in three years, for example he did no longer wear
glasses much to some girls approval. There where those girls that actually found the
new Kensuke quite attractive, he still had his strong interest in
electronic and computers, but had lost his interest on becoming an EVA pilot due
to the things it did to his friends. As he walked to his seat he gave Rei a quick
glance, Rei noticed that someone was looking at her and turned to see who it was
he meet her eyes with Kensuke. Just then Kensuke hit his knee on one of the desks
making him fall much to everyone's delight. Rei started to giggle, something that
would made everyone that knew her seek psychiatric advice, but nowadays it thought
it did not happen everyday yet it happened. Kensuke rose quickly and dove to the
poor safety that his desk offered, well there he tried to hide to everyone the
crimson face he now got, a face that threatened to melt the laptop he rested his
head upon.
The last pupil to enter the classroom was Asuka, the red-head dashed into the
room quickly gazing around angrily, making those with eventual 'smart-alec' remarks
to hold their peace. As she looked around she made a briefly stop at Shinjis
empty desk, her expression was first sad but quickly returned to her angered
expression and walked to her seat behind his, but as she walked by his seat a
whispering let out from her lips.
-"Baka Shinji"
The words where nothing more than a mere whisper, but the sadness in those words
where there but she kept them for herself. As she sat down Hikari gave Asuka a
worried look, she knew that there was something in the matter with her, she made
a mental note to confront her and ask her whatever it is wrong with her.
Hikari booted up her laptop and started to type:
From: hikari.horaki@tkstudent.jp to: asuka@tkstudent.jp
-Hey! What are you up to after school?
-Nothing I suppose, why?
-Because girl we are going on a shopping tour, just you and me!
-Whatever, but I thought that you already had plans with moronic boy
-HEY! Don't call my honey like that, but I thought that I'd spend some more time together with my friend
-Ok then I'll meet you at the schools gate after school, all right?
-Girl you have yourself a deal!!
Just then the teacher chose that particular moment to make his entrance making
every student to abort whatever he or she were doing. Hikari executed her 'rise,
bow and seat-maneuver', the teacher a rather young one that recently graduated
from the university, he took over this class after that the old teacher retired,
so nowadays the where actually learning other stuff other than the second impact.
The hard part of the deal was that they got more homework than there were used to,
and so another day at school started.
At lunchtime Rei found herself eating from her bento-box that she earlier prepared and sat
herself at her favorite spot under a tree just behind the school. She pondered
about her current problems and how to solve them. Suddenly she heard steps
closing in behind her, she turned around to see who it was that was approaching
and saw that Asuka stood there looking at her.
-"Hello Asuka!"
-"Hi wondergirl, may I sit down?"
-"Sure, what is it? Did you forget your lunch once again?"
-"Look here wondergirl, I just wanted to ask you something, not to put up with your
insults you know!!"
-"Well I am sorry if I offended you, but I would really like you to stop calling
me 'wondergirl' I do have a name you know!"
-"Whatever, I just wanted to know a little about baka-Shinji. I heard that you
went visiting him a couple of days ago"
-"Yes I did, what do you want to know?"
-"Well first of all tell me how that jerk is doing"
-"Very well, Shinji-kun is looking better now than for eight months ago at least
he doesn't attacks the personnel anymore. But what really worries me though is
that he doesn't do anything anymore, he is just sitting stirring at the
ceiling in his room... He is just going through the motions of living I
guess, like he lost his purpose of being"
Reis words saddens Asuka, but she doesn't show it, but reacts in a typical Asuka-way.
-"Well that proves then how utterly worth-less baka-Shinji is"
-"Stop that Asuka! You don't mean that and you know it! And Asuka why on heavens
name haven't you gone and visit him yet? I really think that a visit from you
would do him some good. Besides he did stay at your side while you where in a
coma I'd say that you own him a visit at least"
-"Mind your own business wondergirl! He doesn't need me while he got you
watching all over him, besides I have other things to do other than watching
a vegetable drooling"
-"Well if you see it that way, then I have nothing more to tell you Asuka.
Goodbye second child"
Rei stood from her lunch-spot and headed towards the schools building. Asuka on
the other hand looked at her back with venom in her eyes.
-"Go ahead and leave wondergirl, who needs your advises anyway!"
And as Rei disappeared by a corner, Asuka cupped her hands over her eyes and
slowly started to sob.
-"Baka-Shinji, why did you leave me alone"
To be continued...
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Authors Notes: Well everybody! If you have come this far then it means that you
actually read the first chapter of "A ray of hope" I really hope that you liked it
and please send me some C&C:s as i would love to read them and answer them, heck I´ll
even take flames! ^_^
Take care!!
/Patricio Quinteros "The Swede"
You can reach me at: patricio.quinteros@swipnet.se or at quinteros@hotmail.com
And I would like to thanks my Pre-readers and those that have supported me
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