A/N: You know what I realized? I think I spelled Touji's name Toji in every chapter. Great...
The Dance:Part Two
Asuka and Touji had been looking for a while now, but Hikari was nowhere to be found. The two turned the corner and walked toward a flight of stairs. For the third time, they had checked the whole school.
"What the hell!" Asuka says angrily.
"Maybe we missed some places" Touji adds trying to calm her down.
"Well no shit we missed some places or we would have found her!" Asuka yells at Touji, still angry.
Normally any provocative remarks from Asuka would have had Touji yelling back, but tonight he was a little to distressed. The two walk back down to the first floor, neither of them saying a word.
"Well now what?" Asuka asks once they reach the bottom floor.
"I'm going to keep looking for her" Touji says.
"Are you joking? Maybe she went home already, she had plenty of time to get out of the school while we looked around."
"Yeah..but... I'm going to look for her"
Asuka sighs and is about to agree and go look for her, but a thought crosses her mind.
'It's probably better if he found her alone. That way she would know he came looking for her.. And then I would have to go away anyway to leave those two lovebirds alone...'
"I'm going to go back to the dance" Asuka says simply.
"All right" Touji says.
"Bring her back to the dance if you find her"
"I know" Touji says and then runs off to find Hikari.
Asuka stares at Touji's back for a while and then heads for the gym.
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Kensuke, Shinji, and Rei sat against a wall in the back of the gym. By now the dance was pretty crowded and many people had shown up.
'Now what? What can I do... Think! Think! Think!' Kensuke thought to himself as he looked at Rei and Shinji who were both silent.
'Maybe if I leave them alone together...' Kensuke thought as he evilly smiled.
"I'm going to go get some drinks" Kensuke states.
"All right, I'll come with you" Shinji offers.
"No that's okay. I can handle it, I'll get both of you one too" Kensuke says and then walks over to the drinks.
"Uh..okay" Shinji says confused by his friend.
Rei was watching the whole conversation silently. She then looked over at the people dancing and had a strange feeling inside of her.
"Ikari-kun" Rei says.
"Huh?" Shinji says turning to Rei.
"I want to ask you a favor" Rei says still having the emotionless mask plastered to her face.
"What is it?" Shinji says a bit surprised.
"I want to dance... with you" Rei says simply.
"Ayanami...I don't dance.." Shinji says but then looks at Rei and sees a hint of sadness in her eye.
"Ah well, fine just one dance" Shinji says.
Rei stands up and Shinji holds out his hand. Rei takes it and the two make themselves toward the dance floor.
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Kensuke was bringing three drinks over to the back of the gym when he saw Rei and Shinji join the crowd of people dancing. He could tell Shinji was enjoying himself, although he tried to hide it. And Rei too seemed to be expressing more pleasure than usual.
"Well, I guess that's solved" Kensuke says to himself as he drinks all three of the drinks.
'I guess I can go help out Touji Kensuke thinks and then heads toward the exit of the gym. He leaves the gym and goes to look for Touji A few moments later, a German redhead walks in.
'I hope he finds her' Asuka thought constantly as she made her way across the gym. She would have remained deep in thought but a certain blue-haired girl doing something... unusual caught her attention.
'Is that wondergirl dancing?' Asuka thinks, unable to hide her shock. She then sees who she was dancing with.
Asuka has no idea how to react. She was at first in awe but soon the awe turns to sadness.
'I guess she knows about relationships after all.....' Thoughts of running out of the gym crossed her mind, but this was Asuka not Hikari. Her sadness soon turned to anger as she thought of her best friend.
'Who the hell does she think she is all of a sudden? That girl doesn't even know what dancing is!'
Asuka now glared at Rei and Shinji. She thought about Rei dancing with Touji and her anger increased.
'I have to say something to her. At least for Hikari' she thinks, but she was only making excuses for herself. Blinded by emotion and not thinking of how Touji chased Hikari when she ran, Asuka approached Rei and Shinji.
"Wondergirl" Asuka says, her voice amazingly even.
Rei stops dancing at the sounds of her voice being said and turns in the direction that the sound came from. Shinji to stops dancing and turns toward Asuka.
"Who the hell do you think you are!?" Asuka snaps angrily.
Rei does not answer the question right away but then simply states "I believe I am myself, and only myself"
"I mean who do you think you are dancing with-" Asuka yells, but then realizes she was receiving many stares from the other students that were dancing. Shinji being one of them.
"Touji" Asuka finishes, lowering her voice.
"You were dancing with Touji?" Shinji asks, deciding to join the conversation. He had not bothered to ask Kensuke about Touji so he knew nothing of what had happened before.
"He was instruc-" Rei starts but is interrupted.
"Please, as weird as your disposition may be you knew about Hikari!" Asuka says angrily.
Rei gives her a look that tells Asuka that she doesn't understand. Shinji looks at Rei and then gives Asuka a glare. Some of the students continued to stare but others chose to ignore them and go back to their own dancing. Asuka continues to glare at Rei but then sees Shinji's disapproving glare.
"What?!" Asuka yells at Shinji, the next victim to her anger.
"Lass ihre in ruhe" Shinji says to Asuka.
Asuka, somewhat surprised, stares at Shinji. She stares intently attempting to read his emotions and then sighs.
"Viel spa§ spielen mit ihrem puppe" Asuka says coldly and walks out of the gym.
Rei and Shinji stand in silence on the dance floor. Rei just stares blankly and Shinji's gaze follows Asuka until she is out of sight. Shinji then turns to Rei, smiles weakly and says "Let's take a break"
Rei just nods and follows Shinji off the dance floor. The two of them did not dance again.
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Kensuke was in confusion. There were no signs of Touji or Hikari anywhere. Kensuke lets out a sigh and continues to wander the halls.
'I wonder where they went" He thinks to himself as he turns the corner to find nothing. He was officially sick of looking for them.
'He probably found her and is doing fine" Kensuke thinks, 'And I would probably just get in the way of the two of them.... I'll check the entrance one more time'
Kensuke walks to the front door of the school and looks outside. No sign of Touji, no sign of Hikari. He is then abruptly hit to the side by a girl. Kensuke looks up in surprise and sees a girl run by.
'Wait is that..." Kensuke thinks, 'No Hikari doesn't have red hair....'
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'Misato's not home. Baka-Shinji will stay at the dance with his doll...'
'I'm alone' Asuka thinks as she lies down on her bed.
'It has nothing to do with me. Why should I care who the baka dates.'
Asuka turns her body and faces the wall.
'I bet she would make a lousy girlfriend anyway. Imagine wondergirl being affectionate.....'
Asuka almost smiles at the thought of Rei trying to show affection.
'She doesn't know anything. She doesn't know how to make him happy. She doesn't know how to please anyone....' And with that thought Asuka drifts off to sleep. A sleep where she a trapped by the unwelcome thoughts she did not want to think about.
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"Do you know how to make him happy?"
"...What?"
"If I don't know, do you know?"
'Where am I?' Asuka thought as she sat up. She was in the middle of a grassy field, the wind blowing softly. Rei stood in front of her, talking.
"If I can't please anyone, can you?"
"Of course I can!" Asuka shouts.
"And do you know how to make him happy?"
"Of course I do!"
"Then why don't you?" a voice behind her said.
"Huh?" Asuka turns around and sees the figure of Shinji. Looking almost mad.
"Why don't you?"
"I..I..." Asuka stutters unable to look at Shinji in the eye.
"Why do you torture me?"
"I don't!" Asuka screams.
"Ayanami doesn't torture me"
"No!"
"Katharina didn't torture me"
"Shut up!"
"Why do you torture me?"
"Baka! Shut up! I don't torture you!"
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Shinji awoke to the sound of sirens. At first he is confused and his brain is not functioning. Suddenly a thought clicks in his head.
'Angel'
Shinji gets dressed as fast as possible and walks out of his room. No one is in sight, Misato had not come home yesterday. Shinji looks at Asuka's door remembering their encounter at the dance he night before. He sighs but decides he should wake her up and walks up to her door. He is about to knock but then the door suddenly opens and Asuka is standing there.
"Your going to hit me now?" Asuka says, looking very tired.
"Uh.. no I was just... I thought you were still asleep." Shinji says caught by surprise.
"Can you move?" Asuka says as she shoves Shinji out of the way and groggily makes her way to the kitchen.
"Did Misato call?" Asuka calls from the kitchen.
Shinji was still at Asuka's door when the phone rings.
"I guess not" Asuka says.
Shinji walks over to the phone and picks up. After a short conversation he hangs up and looks at Asuka.
"Cars outside, get to headquarters... right?" Asuka asks.
"Yeah" Shinji replies simply.
"Let's go then" Asuka says and walks out the door. Shinji follows soon after.
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"An AT-Field?" Misato asks.
"It's a new way of using it. It's seems it's whole body is a living bomb" Ritsuko says and then brings up some pictures of craters being made in the ocean.
"Eh... it's pretty powerful.. How long until it reaches here?" Misato asks.
"Magi estimates about 5 hours"
"What should we do? Your in command, now that Commander Ikari and Vice-commander Fuyutsuki are both not here"
Misato thinks for a moment and then smiles. "I have an idea"
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The three Children stood at attention before Misato.
"We're going to catch it? With our bare hands?!" Asuka says in disbelief.
"That's right, we will station each Eva in a strategic position and when the target approaches each Eva with rush to the area"
A map is shown a very large part of it highlighted.
"Judging from the target's power, it can attack anywhere in this area and destroy the headquarters"
"This is huge..." Shinji says in a soft voice.
A small beep sounds as three dots each labeled Eva Unit and a number.
"This is where each Eva will be stationed." Misato says.
"What is the logic behind this positioning?" Rei asks.
"A guess"
"....A guess!?" Asuka says raising her voice.
"That's right woman's intuition." Misato says confidently, "I want you all to get changed and meet for a briefing"
Misato then walks away.
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The elevator raced up with three teenagers in it. Each one was wearing their plug suit ready for piloting. Shinji looked sullen, Rei emotionless, and Asuka impatient. Shinji opens his mouth to ask Asuka something but then decides against it and closes his mouth.
'It doesn't matter' Shinji mutters.
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Shinji was in the Eva Unit-01. His eyes were closed, thinking hard. He had promised Kat that he would fight, and that he would win.
'So why am I thinking like this!' Shinji thought angrily, 'but I'm thinking right. If I die, I will be able to see Kat again'
Shinji frowned imagining what Katharina would think if she caught him thinking like that.
'She would hate me' Shinji thinks, 'I can see it clearly, she would call me stupid'
Shinji's frown was seen by both Asuka and Rei from both of their plugs. The communication channel was open and was to remain so until the end of this mission. Communication was very important for this mission, each Eva would have to perform its best in order to stop this angel.
'What's wrong with this baka' Asuka thought, 'What is he thinking? He should be concentrating on the mission'
"Ikari-kun"
Shinji opened his eyes, the voice belonged to Rei. Shinji looked at the picture of Rei and replied "What?"
"You seem... ill natured. Is something disturbing you?"
"Oh...uh no, it's nothing" Shinji says going slightly red.
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Misato smiles as she heard Rei's words. She had not expected so much of a response from Rei. When she had assigned the task of helping Shinji to the two girls, she had expected more Asuka than Rei.
'Then again, maybe Rei is the perfect girl for Shinji-kun" Misato thinks as she continues to smile.
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"Wondergirl worrying about someone else? What's the world coming to"Asuka mutters, but it is not unheard.
"Asuka" Misato says.
Asuka can hear the hint of a warning in Misato's voice. She decides not to respond and concentrate.
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"All right, is everyone ready?" Misato asks.
All three pilots nod and Misato smiles. Considering the fate of mankind rested on what they do in the next few minutes, they all seemed very calm. Misato looks at each pilot one last time. Shinji's eyes were still closed but the other two looked alert and ready.
"Shinji-kun?" Misato asks.
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"Let's go!" Asuka yells. Eva units 00 and 02 both start dashing toward the angel. The two jump over wires and dodge buildings. But the Eva unit 01 remains still.
"Shinji-kun what's wrong?" Misato asks. Shinji's eyes remained closed.
"Shinji-kun!" Misato says more urgently.
"Misato what's wrong?" Asuka asks.
"It's Shinji-kun... no never mind. Just stop that angel!" Misato says.
'Baka' Asuka thinks, 'What the hell are you thinking?'
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'If I die, I can see Kat again'
The thought repeated over and over inside of Shinji's head. Soon he had no idea where he was. Nothing was important. He just wanted to see Katharina.
"Shinji-kun"
Shinji could hear Misato's voice in the distance. But it didn't matter.
"Shinji-kun!"
She was always so rowdy. She could at least leave him alone to think.
"Shinji-kun!"
Shinji's eyes shot open.
'Huh' He thinks.
"Shinji-kun! What's the matter?!" Misato yelled desperately. Shinji immediately realizes what is happening and ejects his umbilical cable. He then urges his Eva to dash toward the angel.
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"We're not going to make it!" Asuka yells. She can already see the angel enclosing on the ground. She suddenly sees the purple Evangelion running at amazing speed toward the Angel.
'Shinji?' Asuka thinks.
Eva 01 stops on top of a small hill.
"AT-Field maximize!" Shinji shouts. Some of the ground around him breaks away and many things around him are destroyed. Shinji then holds his hands out preparing to catch the angel.
The angel comes to a halt as Shinji pushes it with all his might. He then starts pushing the angel back and appears as if he is going to succeed, but then the ground gives away. His feet dig into the ground, causing him to lose balance and the angel once again pushes forward.
By now the other to Evas were almost there.
"Maximize AT-Field" Rei says to Asuka.
"I know! I'm doing it!" Asuka yells and runs to help Shinji.
The three of them are able to stop the angel. They rip the AT-Field open and Asuka jabs her Prog Knife into the core. The angel falls and then explodes.
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My Rants
All right here's the deal. I was going to announce this later when more people give a crap, but it seems Katharina was pretty favorable. This is what I had in mind, first of all she is not alive. I will not bring her back, she won't be resurrected. I was thinking about it but it's just way too cheesy. What I am planning on doing is, and this is only if I finish this story, write another story with Katharina Hedwig in it. It will be a semi-sequel to this story. But of course, for that to work Shinji has to make some decisions at the end of this story. (You know, third impact?) and if he doesn't make the.. let's say wrong choices, no story. That's my plan for now. So what I wanted to ask is, who would actually care to read a story about life after Third Impact? I don't know the details yet, since I'm not even sure if I'm going to write it.
Oh and the German this time is probably wrong since I didn't consult anyone. When I get the right translations I will fix it.
Lass ihre in ruhe - Leave her alone
Viel Spa§ spielen mit Ihrem puppe - Have fun playing with your doll