Title: The Children In Middle Earth
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Spoilers up till the eleventh Angel in Eva, no event spoilers for LotR.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of The Rings or Neon Genesis Evangelion. I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: The Eva pilots are transported into the world of Middle Earth and are looking for a way home, but some things have changed.
AN: Just to clarify in this I am ignoring the whole 'Rei is a clone' thing. She is the original and she bears no relation to Shinji whatsoever.
AN2: Another clarification, the events in this story occur between the great birthday party of Bilbo and Frodo and the beginning of the actual quest, when Frodo leaves the Shire, as described in The Fellowship of the Ring book, a period of 17 years. The Children arrive in ME three years after the party.
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Asuka lay back on her bed. She was in her quarters in Minas Tirith, which she had not visited in over six months. She was thinking about the fight that she and Faramir had on the other side of the river.
Their relatioship had started well, to Asuka's surprise. After the training demonstration, Faramir had spent the next few weeks with Asuka, Shinji and Rei, showing them around and getting them accustomed to life as a citizen of Gondor. They all had gotten to know Faramir and had found him good company. After those first few weeks, Faramir had asked Asuka out to dinner and to her surprise, Asuka was flattered. Back in Tokyo 3, Asuka would have shot down any attempt at a date instantly and as cruelly as possible, partly on principle but mostly because of fear. She was afraid that if she let anyone get close, then they would leave her like her parents had.
She had matured a lot since then and as a result she had accepted Faramir's offer. Faramir had not pushed at all, and they had enjoyed a pleasant evening out in the third ring of the city. One of the interesting things about Minas Tirith was that the city had seven walls, and the gates were designed so that no two lined up on the rout to the citadel. The citizens had designated the sections as 'rings' and they were unofficially numbered stating from the outer walls.
As time passed, things had become more serious, not only between Asuka and Faramir, but also between Shinji and Rei. The four of them had practically began living together, although they had all stayed in their own quarters at the time, it was rare for you to see any of the group without at least one other present. Most of their time was spent training their special unit, but they could often be seen going out socially, either as a group or as couples and the couples had grown more comfortable and intimate as time went on.
Six months ago, Asuka moved in with Faramir's quarters, however they were not 'intimate' for a while, up until two months ago, actually the night before Shinji proposed to Rei, as they wanted to build their relationship first. Things had been going great, and then Faramir had asked her to marry him. It was as she had told him, if things were different she would marry him in a second but as things stood, she could not marry him. She would love him till the day she died, but she could not do that to him, or herself.
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Faramir sat alone in his room trying to think what he had done wrong and why Asuka was so upset at him asking for her hand. Then it hit him, she was completely serious! He had always known that Asuka, Shinji and Rei were different, special, especially Asuka, by he had never believed that their crazy story of alternate dimensions and such was real. He had always assumed that they were on a secret mission for Gandalf or the Elves and that story was a cover to fool Souron's forces.
He had managed to get most of the story that he had thought was a cover from the three of them, but this new revelation brought things into sharp focus. Asuka was right, she was from a different world and he knew her well enough to know that is she left after marrying him, it would kill her. Faramir grabbed his coat and sword out of habit more than anything before he left his quarters on his way to Asuka's. He had to apologise to the woman he loved.
********
Shinji and Rei sat quietly in one of the beautiful gardens in the citadel of Minas Tirith. Rei was leaning with her back against Shinji's chest with his arms wrapped gently around her pregnant mid section. It had been a little over four years since they had arrived in Middle Earth, about twenty two months since Shinji had taken that arrow for Rei. Things had been fairly quiet for the couple since that incident. Asuka and Faramir had made up from their fight, with Faramir finally accepting that he could not marry Asuka, however everyone treated them as a married couple but never mentioned the slight technical oversight.
After Shinji's injury the four Captains of Gondor were assigned to train special troops that would patrol the Ithilien, the far side of the river up to the mountains that formed the borders of Mordor, using their current troops as a core and recruiting from families that lived in the Ithilien. To bring them together, and for camouflage reasons, all the 'rangers', as they were dubbed, were dressed in forest green, from boots and gloves to cloaks and masks (from the books). The rangers were trained in archery as well as swordsmanship, they were also taught tracking, hunting, ambush tactics, stealth, and guerrilla tactics. Everything needed to fight in wooded and jungle terrain against any enemy.
Six months after they began training the new troops, Shinji and Rei got married. It was a grand affair that everyone in Minas Tirith wished to attend and was presided over by Denethor himself. The after part would certainly be remembered, as everyone had such bad hangovers that for two days the entire city would not have been able to resist an attack by one sickly orc and a pissed off housefly. Minor celebrations and other weddings continued for almost a week afterwards.
Two months after the wedding, Faramir was sent on a tour of Gondor to check on defences and possible levies, and naturally Asuka accompanied him, with the tour lasting about eight months. While Asuka and Faramir were on their tour of southern Gondor, Shinji and Rei, along with the rangers, were stationed at Usgiliath, the city that spaned the Anduin, the Great River, with Boromir in command. The rangers were easy to distinguish from the regular troops at Usgiliath as they wore their green uniforms with pride, as opposed to the burnished and shining plate mail armour of the regular troops. The rangers had made several successful ambush raids into the Ithilien but they were limited and after five months they returned to Minas Tirith due to an unexpected illness in Rei Ikari.
Three months later, when Asuka and Faramir returned, it was revealed that Asuka had also been suffering from similar symptoms to Rei. They were both pregnant. That had been almost six months ago and both were expecting within days.
Half asleep in the bright sunlit garden, Shinji soaked in the radiance that was Rei and how right it felt just to hold her. Rei's eyes were closed and there was a slight smile on her face, which is the equivalent of a wild grin on anybody else. Shinji felt it at the same time as Rei did, having his hand on her abdomen. Rei's eyes opened and the slight smile faded. With Shinji's help Rei got to her feet and they moved at a fair pace towards the nearest midwife.
"It's time." Shinji said as the entered the midwife's house.
Attendants came and escorted Rei into the interior of the house. Relaxing slightly, Shinji turned and noticed that Faramir was sitting in the corner.
"Asuka's time?" Shinji asked.
"Yes. I brought her in a little over three hours ago." Faramir responded.
"Look on the bright side. Both the babies will have the same birthday, so we only have to have the one party." Shinji said with a mocking smile.
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The four new parents sat in a common room playing with their children. Six months ago Rei had given birth to a healthy baby boy, which she named Trowa, in memory of her father from Tokyo 3, while Asuka had given birth to twins. The girl had been called Misato, after Asuka and Shinji's guardian back home, while the boy had been named Daniel, although everyone called him Danny, by Faramir, who never gave a reason just saying that he liked the name. Rei sat in one of the single seater lounge chairs, cradling Trowa, while Shinji, sitting on the floor beside her, tickled and entertained both mother and son. Asuka lay back on one of the longer lounges with her feet up, feeding Misato, while Faramir wandered around the room half bouncing Danny and trying to burp him. The group was so comfortable that they felt more like a single family than two unrelated couples.
"I love you." Shinji whispered to Rei. "You too munchken."
Shinji tickled Trowa under the chin and he laughed, so did all the grownups.
Misato, then Danny and finally Trowa yawned, making the cutest faces as they did.
"I think we should get these little ones to bed." Faramir suggested ant the all moved out of the common room heading towards their own apartments.
TBC
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Spoilers up till the eleventh Angel in Eva, no event spoilers for LotR.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Lord of The Rings or Neon Genesis Evangelion. I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: The Eva pilots are transported into the world of Middle Earth and are looking for a way home, but some things have changed.
AN: Just to clarify in this I am ignoring the whole 'Rei is a clone' thing. She is the original and she bears no relation to Shinji whatsoever.
AN2: Another clarification, the events in this story occur between the great birthday party of Bilbo and Frodo and the beginning of the actual quest, when Frodo leaves the Shire, as described in The Fellowship of the Ring book, a period of 17 years. The Children arrive in ME three years after the party.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asuka lay back on her bed. She was in her quarters in Minas Tirith, which she had not visited in over six months. She was thinking about the fight that she and Faramir had on the other side of the river.
Their relatioship had started well, to Asuka's surprise. After the training demonstration, Faramir had spent the next few weeks with Asuka, Shinji and Rei, showing them around and getting them accustomed to life as a citizen of Gondor. They all had gotten to know Faramir and had found him good company. After those first few weeks, Faramir had asked Asuka out to dinner and to her surprise, Asuka was flattered. Back in Tokyo 3, Asuka would have shot down any attempt at a date instantly and as cruelly as possible, partly on principle but mostly because of fear. She was afraid that if she let anyone get close, then they would leave her like her parents had.
She had matured a lot since then and as a result she had accepted Faramir's offer. Faramir had not pushed at all, and they had enjoyed a pleasant evening out in the third ring of the city. One of the interesting things about Minas Tirith was that the city had seven walls, and the gates were designed so that no two lined up on the rout to the citadel. The citizens had designated the sections as 'rings' and they were unofficially numbered stating from the outer walls.
As time passed, things had become more serious, not only between Asuka and Faramir, but also between Shinji and Rei. The four of them had practically began living together, although they had all stayed in their own quarters at the time, it was rare for you to see any of the group without at least one other present. Most of their time was spent training their special unit, but they could often be seen going out socially, either as a group or as couples and the couples had grown more comfortable and intimate as time went on.
Six months ago, Asuka moved in with Faramir's quarters, however they were not 'intimate' for a while, up until two months ago, actually the night before Shinji proposed to Rei, as they wanted to build their relationship first. Things had been going great, and then Faramir had asked her to marry him. It was as she had told him, if things were different she would marry him in a second but as things stood, she could not marry him. She would love him till the day she died, but she could not do that to him, or herself.
********
Faramir sat alone in his room trying to think what he had done wrong and why Asuka was so upset at him asking for her hand. Then it hit him, she was completely serious! He had always known that Asuka, Shinji and Rei were different, special, especially Asuka, by he had never believed that their crazy story of alternate dimensions and such was real. He had always assumed that they were on a secret mission for Gandalf or the Elves and that story was a cover to fool Souron's forces.
He had managed to get most of the story that he had thought was a cover from the three of them, but this new revelation brought things into sharp focus. Asuka was right, she was from a different world and he knew her well enough to know that is she left after marrying him, it would kill her. Faramir grabbed his coat and sword out of habit more than anything before he left his quarters on his way to Asuka's. He had to apologise to the woman he loved.
********
Shinji and Rei sat quietly in one of the beautiful gardens in the citadel of Minas Tirith. Rei was leaning with her back against Shinji's chest with his arms wrapped gently around her pregnant mid section. It had been a little over four years since they had arrived in Middle Earth, about twenty two months since Shinji had taken that arrow for Rei. Things had been fairly quiet for the couple since that incident. Asuka and Faramir had made up from their fight, with Faramir finally accepting that he could not marry Asuka, however everyone treated them as a married couple but never mentioned the slight technical oversight.
After Shinji's injury the four Captains of Gondor were assigned to train special troops that would patrol the Ithilien, the far side of the river up to the mountains that formed the borders of Mordor, using their current troops as a core and recruiting from families that lived in the Ithilien. To bring them together, and for camouflage reasons, all the 'rangers', as they were dubbed, were dressed in forest green, from boots and gloves to cloaks and masks (from the books). The rangers were trained in archery as well as swordsmanship, they were also taught tracking, hunting, ambush tactics, stealth, and guerrilla tactics. Everything needed to fight in wooded and jungle terrain against any enemy.
Six months after they began training the new troops, Shinji and Rei got married. It was a grand affair that everyone in Minas Tirith wished to attend and was presided over by Denethor himself. The after part would certainly be remembered, as everyone had such bad hangovers that for two days the entire city would not have been able to resist an attack by one sickly orc and a pissed off housefly. Minor celebrations and other weddings continued for almost a week afterwards.
Two months after the wedding, Faramir was sent on a tour of Gondor to check on defences and possible levies, and naturally Asuka accompanied him, with the tour lasting about eight months. While Asuka and Faramir were on their tour of southern Gondor, Shinji and Rei, along with the rangers, were stationed at Usgiliath, the city that spaned the Anduin, the Great River, with Boromir in command. The rangers were easy to distinguish from the regular troops at Usgiliath as they wore their green uniforms with pride, as opposed to the burnished and shining plate mail armour of the regular troops. The rangers had made several successful ambush raids into the Ithilien but they were limited and after five months they returned to Minas Tirith due to an unexpected illness in Rei Ikari.
Three months later, when Asuka and Faramir returned, it was revealed that Asuka had also been suffering from similar symptoms to Rei. They were both pregnant. That had been almost six months ago and both were expecting within days.
Half asleep in the bright sunlit garden, Shinji soaked in the radiance that was Rei and how right it felt just to hold her. Rei's eyes were closed and there was a slight smile on her face, which is the equivalent of a wild grin on anybody else. Shinji felt it at the same time as Rei did, having his hand on her abdomen. Rei's eyes opened and the slight smile faded. With Shinji's help Rei got to her feet and they moved at a fair pace towards the nearest midwife.
"It's time." Shinji said as the entered the midwife's house.
Attendants came and escorted Rei into the interior of the house. Relaxing slightly, Shinji turned and noticed that Faramir was sitting in the corner.
"Asuka's time?" Shinji asked.
"Yes. I brought her in a little over three hours ago." Faramir responded.
"Look on the bright side. Both the babies will have the same birthday, so we only have to have the one party." Shinji said with a mocking smile.
********
The four new parents sat in a common room playing with their children. Six months ago Rei had given birth to a healthy baby boy, which she named Trowa, in memory of her father from Tokyo 3, while Asuka had given birth to twins. The girl had been called Misato, after Asuka and Shinji's guardian back home, while the boy had been named Daniel, although everyone called him Danny, by Faramir, who never gave a reason just saying that he liked the name. Rei sat in one of the single seater lounge chairs, cradling Trowa, while Shinji, sitting on the floor beside her, tickled and entertained both mother and son. Asuka lay back on one of the longer lounges with her feet up, feeding Misato, while Faramir wandered around the room half bouncing Danny and trying to burp him. The group was so comfortable that they felt more like a single family than two unrelated couples.
"I love you." Shinji whispered to Rei. "You too munchken."
Shinji tickled Trowa under the chin and he laughed, so did all the grownups.
Misato, then Danny and finally Trowa yawned, making the cutest faces as they did.
"I think we should get these little ones to bed." Faramir suggested ant the all moved out of the common room heading towards their own apartments.
TBC