A/N: All right I've decided to cut the dance into two chapters. And I'm going to redo a lot of my chapters to fix all minor errors.

The Dance: Part One

'Interesting' That was all Rei could think. The dance was held in the gym, it made sense since it had the most space. There were not many people there yet, Rei had come somewhat early. She decided it would be better not to keep Shinji waiting, so she would go a bit early.

'A chance to get closer to him.... that's what Major Katsuragi said. But pilot Soryu made it clear that was not all the Major had in mind' Rei thought to herself as she stood against a wall in the back of the gym. The DJ and music was on the opposite side, drinks and food were to her left, coat check to her right. Rei continued to look around, the music very loud, and as more people came, a crowd started to gather. Groups of friends talking, boys eyeing girls, girls giggling.... Some people were already dancing.

'I wonder if I will be capable of finding Ikari-kun in this crowd' She thinks to herself. She could see several people were stealing glances at her, others just plainly staring. Mostly boys, but one girl... with blue eyes.

'The doll got a dress' Asuka thinks to herself as she looked at Rei after getting herself something to drink. Asuka herself was in a beautiful dress as well. She had gone shopping with Hikari and gotten herself an impressive yellow dress. If it were not for half the boys in the school knowing about how she acts toward Shinji, she probably would have had a lot more boys asking her to dance.

"Hey will you dan-"

"No" Asuka says with no sympathy before even looking at the boy asking her. The boy walks of sulking. She sips her drink and looks around.

'Where's Hikari?' She thinks but then almost immediately spots the brown haired girl making her way toward Asuka.

"Hey Asuka" Hikari says smiling.

"Hey, all dressed up?" Asuka says mischievously.

Hikari blushes and turns to get a drink. Asuka knew exactly who Hikari was trying to impress. She looked around for Touji, but he was nowhere in sight.

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Touji and Kensuke were outside. They were somewhat dressed up, more formal than their school uniforms but nothing special.

"All right so here is the plan" Kensuke says, as if he were commanding covert ops.

"I know, I know, you've told me like a million times"

"We will both help out Rei and Shinji as much as possible. You will work on Rei and I will work on Shinji" Kensuke says professionally.

"Right right, I know and we will meet together and discuss what each of them are thinking" Touji says.

"Right and then I will tell our class rep that she has lover"

Touji punches Kensuke hard in the arm repeatedly until Kensuke says "I'm joking!".

"This is no time to be joking around, we need to get our friend back" Touji says, looking serious.

"Err... from what?"

"....Shut up and let's go, we're wasting time"

Kensuke follows Touji into the school. The two of them head to the gym.

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There was a clearing near a cliff, it was surrounded by trees except for that spot. Shinji was sitting in the middle, gazing lazily at the cityscape. It was not too high up but almost the whole city could be seen.

'I don't wanna go' he thinks to himself.

A light wind blows which sends a shiver down Shinji's back.

'It's kinda cold actually, maybe I'll go for the warmth' he thinks trying to make himself feel better about the inevitable.

He than stands up and after taking one more good look at the city, begins to head down.

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Asuka sees Touji and Kensuke walk through the gym doors engaged in conversation. Then they look around the gym examining everyone that was there. Asuka nudges her friend and Hikari looks at her.

"Hm?"

"There's the man of your dreams" Asuka says teasingly.

Hikari sees Touji and goes slightly red. "He's all dressed up" she says.

'Unimpressively' Asuka thinks but decides not to say it. "Well, aren't you going to go talk to him?"

"Uh....I dunno..." Hikari says looking down.

Asuka was about to say something but sees Kensuke tapping Touji and pointing at Rei.

'Huh?' she thinks.

The two boys then walk toward the back wall of the gym where Rei was standing and begin to talk to her.

Asuka looks at Hikari and sees her staring at them.

"It's probably about Shinji" Asuka says simply, "He's supposed to be here today"

"Yes, I guess you're right" Hikari says still staring.

"Oh come on, she is the last person you have to worry about! She doesn't know anything about relationships. There's a bigger chance of me getting with that baka then her, and you know how much I hate him." Asuka says.

Hikari is silent and sips her drink, still staring.

Asuka sighs and looks at the people dancing as she refills her drink.

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"All right so Shinji isn't here yet?" Touji asks.

"I don't believe so" Rei says looking straight ahead of her.

"All right so the plan is when he comes we'll all go talk to him, and after a while you ask him to dance" Kensuke says.

Rei remains silent.

"What's wrong?" Touji asks.

"I am unable to dance" Rei says.

"You can't dance?!" Kensuke says urgently.

'Actually we should have seen this coming' Touji thinks and says "All right, we'll teach you"

"But that ruins the plan!" Kensuke says.

"Well, we'll think of another one" Touji says simply.

"...Er... all right I got it. We'll be dancing and when he comes in we'll see him and walk over to him. Then after a little talking Rei asks him to dance" Kensuke says looking at Rei.

"All right so let's teach her before he gets here" Touji says.

"I...." Rei says.

"Come on Ayanami, you'll do fine" Touji says.

Rei is silent but begins to walk toward the dance floor. Kensuke and Touji walk with her.

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Asuka's jaw drops as she sees Touji begin to dance with Rei. After regaining herself she looks over at Hikari, but she wasn't there. Asuka then saw her friend heading out the door. After a glare at Touji she runs after her friend. As she walks out of the gym she bumps into someone throwing them on the floor.

"Owww, watch where the hell you going!" Asuka shouts at the figure on the ground.

Shinji stands up and looks at Asuka but does not say anything.

"Shinji..." Asuka says softly but then quickly adds, "Baka! Watch where your going!"

"Yeah, I heard you the first time, I'm sorry" Shinji says as he walks past her and into the gym.

Asuka stands up and dusts herself off. She then turns around and yells "Baka!" and races after her friend.

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"Uh... I think that was the class rep that just stormed out in tears" Kensuke says into Touji's ear.

"Huh?" Touji says as he turns around to see Hikari running out of the gym.

"Shouldn't you chase her?" Kensuke says as he sees Asuka run after her.

"Why?"

"Well, the girl of your dreams just stormed out in tears, I think I would chase her" Kensuke says.

"Uh..." Touji looks over at Rei who, was dancing much better than before.

"I guess you're right, but she's not the girl of my dreams. She's a good friend." Touji says.

"Whatever, by the way, the devil chased after he too, so you better brace yourself"

"I'll explain myself"

"She's not the kind of person to wait, from what I remember" Kensuke says.

Touji's face makes a wincing expression as he remembers Asuka's slaps in the face.

"I'll figure it out" Touji says and runs toward the doors. But on his way he sees Shinji entering and runs up to him.

"Hey Shinji, I'm glad you made it" Touji says trying to be cheerful.

"ER yeah, where are you off to?" Shinji says looking plain as he observed the surroundings.

"Uh.. long story, it's about Hikari and I'll tell you later" Touji says and then runs past Shinji. But he then turns around and adds "Oh, Kensuke and Rei are waiting for you on the dance floor!"

Shinji says "All right" in an unenthusiastic voice and then walks into the gym.

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"There he is" Kensuke says to Rei, but Rei is already looking toward the door. Shinji sees them and walks over to them.

"Hey man, what took so long?" Kensuke says cheerfully.

"I.. I'm sorry" Shinji says.

"What? Don't be sorry, well whatever let's dance"

Shinji gives Kensuke an unimpressed look so Kensuke adds, "Not with me with her"

Shinji looks over at Rei who had stopped dancing. They both stared at each other for a while and then Shinji says "I don't dance"

"It doesn't matter, you can't be that bad!" Kensuke says.

"It's not about how bad I am. I just don't dance" Shinji says.

"Oh come one, Rei has been looking forward to this all night" Kensuke says.

"Uh... what?" Shinji says as he looks at Rei.

Rei looked at Shinji and then Kensuke who was standing behind him mouthing "You want to dance".

"I...." Rei starts going red but then closes her eyes and calms herself. "It's all right, I don't mind sitting"

Kensuke smacks himself in the face and Shinji just stares. Rei then walks to the back of the Gym. Shinji and Kensuke follow her, Kensuke looking defeated and Shinji still having the same emotionless face.

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Touji ran out of the school but then was beat. He had no idea where Hikari had went and he found no signs of her. He was about to run to the street but then something hit him.

"She didn't take her coat, so she probably isn't outside" He said to himself. He was very surprised when a voice from next to him said

"Baka, what if she didn't have a coat?"

Touji turns to his right and sees Asuka standing there.

"Where did she go?" Touji asks.

"I don't know. She didn't go outside but I lost her after she ran up the stairs" Asuka says.

"Well then what are you doing out here?" Touji asks.

"I heard your stupid footsteps and thought they were Hikari's" Asuka says angrily.

"Oh... So are you going to go look for her?" Touji asks nervously.

"Yeah, she is by best friend you know" Asuka says, matter a factly.

"Uh.. can I come?" Touji asks.

Asuka looks at him and then says "Fine, whatever you want" and walks into the school. Touji quickly follows her.

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My Rants

All right I have a few questions. What does Kensuke call Hikari? What does Touji and Kensuke call Asuka? Thanks for the reviews everyone!