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Rei sat at the small kitchen tables of her darkened apartment. Her school clothes were strewn haphazardly over the floor. She sat in her nightgown, her hands covering her face. To her side was an official order. It stated with red bold letters that she was banned from further excursions to Terminal Dogma until further notice. "Nine years..." She muttered to herself quietly "...It took me nine years to earn the clearance to visit my father, and that, that TRAMP swoops in and takes it all away from me..." she said as she recalled what had happened earlier that day.
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Flashback:
The other pilots had left the room, leaving Rei with the Commander. She waited as the Commander held the picture in his hand, deep in thought. "Sir, if..." she began, but Gendou's hand shot up, signaling silence. "That is enough from you, Pilot Ayanami. I thought that by giving you the opportunity to visit your father may put things in perspective for you, Rei, but it seems as if I was wrong." he said, interlacing his hands again. Rei opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it and closed it. "It seems as instead of focusing your attention, Rei, it looks like it only caused a distraction for you." He continued. Rei just nodded deftly, waiting for the final judgment. "I am sorry, Pilot Ayanami, but I shall have to bar you from any more appointments to Ezekiel."
The words hit Rei like a splash of cold water, but she only nodded again, acknowledging her Commander. "Good, you are dismissed..." he said, motioning to the door. "Yes sir..." she replied, her voice shaking and barely over a whisper. She turned to leave, but Ikari's voice called out. "Rei, wait..." he said. Rei stopped, not turning back. "Yes, sir?" she replied, no longer in the small voice, but back in her cold, dispassionate monotone. "You forgot your picture." he said with a small smirk as he threw the photo to Rei, who caught it in her hand. "Th-thank you, sir." she said, feeling a little bit better, and she left the room.
Gendou sighed as he watched the girl leave. "Ezekiel, I just hope that your girl won't do anything too violent. We still need Souryu to pilot unit 2..." he said to the air.
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Rei sat there, looking at the picture of her father. It was a bit crumpled at a side, but not too much damage to it other than that. She couldn't help but smile as she saw the familiar face on the picture, remembering the man that had held her so protectively. Then her thoughts focused to the one who had caused her to lose what little she had left of the man, and her smile instantly turned into a scowl. "Damn you, Asuka..." she said to the night.
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The next day at the school, a familiar group of stooges sat huddled around each other as Shinji recalled the events of the other day. "And she what?!" Kensuke said in disbelief. "Like I said, Rei tackled Asuka." Shinji answered. "Damn, I never knew Rei had it in her." Touji added, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Speak of the devil..." Kensuke said as Rei entered the room. She didn't look different as any other day, but just something about her was...menacing. The three boys felt the rush of malice as Rei passed by them, knocking the wind out of them for a minute. "Whoa, did you guys just..." Touji began, but the other two just nodded as they watched the source of the disturbance take her usual stance looking out the window.
Shinji was about to add something, but the teacher had entered the room, and the other two went back to their seats. "Rise, Bow, Sit." Hikari said, doing her duty as the class rep. As soon as that was done, a regular day of school resumed, an eternal battle against boredom and drowsiness had begun. As the teacher droned on about the effects of the second impact to the world economy, Asuka Langley Souryu found that she was losing the battle against boredom very badly. She was relieved when the lunch bell rang.
"Finally." she said as she joined Hikari at their usual spot. As usual, Shinji had made a rather impressive lunch, which Asuka took very great satisfaction in, well, eating. She noticed, however, that Hikari was looking very thoughtful, and wondered what was on her mind. "Hey, your awfully quiet today." she said between bites. "Hmm, oh, it's nothing." Hikari replied as she snapped out of her revelry. Asuka was not convinced. "I don't believe you." she said, pressing on. Hikari sighed and gave in. "Well, it's about Ayanami." Asuka's eyebrow visibly twitched at the sound of that name. "Oh, Wonder girl..." she said. "Yes. Didn't you notice that she was kind of... wayward?" Hikari said eyeing the albino. "Humph, that's kind of out of character, but it doesn't surprise me." Asuka replied, her concentration suddenly focused on her food. "How so?" Hikari asked, a little curious. Sure, Asuka was irritated by Rei most of the time, but she wasn't this forward. "Let's just say that I had a bad experience with her yesterday, and leave it at that, hmm?" she answered. "Oh, sure." the class rep just replied, seeing that this might not be a very good subject to pursue at the time.
The bell rang again and soon, the students were back in the classroom, being bored. Rei sat in her usual position, hardly paying any attention until... "...Alright. Now the after shock of the second impact was truly devastating. Many third world countries didn't even have the resources to rebuild even the simplest of their government. Numerous humanitarian efforts were put out, the most successful was by a Mr. Ezekiel Horatio, who invested his time in parts of Africa and the Middle East..."
If anyone was paying attention to Rei, they almost could have sworn that her ears perked up. "...He spent his time in Zimbabwe, or at least what was left of Zimbabwe, in the middle of May before he-" "Um, Excuse me sensei." a voice called. The teacher just sighed. It was probably just another student who "needed" to see he nurse, or go to the bathroom, or some other stupid excuse. "Yes, what is it-" he turned, but nearly dropped his chalk as he saw the one that was talking. "M-miss Ayan-nami?!" he finished, almost in disbelief. "Sensei, it is true that Dr. Ezekiel spent time in Zimbabwe, but I believe you are mistaken at the dates of his stay. During the time of April 18 to May 27, he spent his time in Nigeria giving aid to an epidemic of malaria due to the mosquito population increase, causes of which were the swelling of rivers due to the melting of Antarctica. The date of which he did stay at Zimbabwe was in between August 13 to September 9, which he assisted in giving food and medical help, and where he wrote a theoretical paper of phenomena titled A.T., or Absolute Terror fields. It was probably one of the most brilliant pieces at the time." she said in her quiet monotone as she continued to stare outside the window.
The class was deadly quiet. The rush of wind outside could be heard, and only the rustling of leaves was any noise. All of the students were utterly shocked. Here was the girl that was absent almost half the year, the other half that she spent in complete silence, correcting the teacher at a subject that should only be reserved for hardcore historians. To the others, this was a sign that third impact was coming early. To Asuka Langley Souryu, however, this was a chance to get back at the Wonder girl. "I've read that paper, but I seriously doubt the factors in which this so-called "A.T. manipulation" is possible." she said over the overwhelming silence, trying to derail the blue-haired girl.
"So you have read and attempted to understand his works have you, Miss Souryu?" Rei said, now turning her head from the window to face redhead. "Yeah, and when you take a look at the principals of the whole theory, you'd see that it would be going against one of the oldest laws of science, a little something called 'Newton's law of motion'." Asuka replied, expecting to see Rei squirm. "Why is that, Miss Souryu?" Rei only countered, seemingly unfazed. "Well, for one thing, if you really could manipulate an A.T. field, it would either assume a plane like existence or a free shape, asymmetrical bubble. With all the data given, it would seem as if the only shape that A.T. fields can truly posses are half domes, the only real form they can take under the laws of physics." Asuka stated triumphantly. She was sure that she had won.
"Ah yes, that would be true...if A.T. fields were true domes." Rei answered. "Huh, what are you talking about? Of course they're domes." Asuka said, puzzled. "Yes, but you didn't take one thing in account. A.T. fields are faceted." she said, still in her monotone. "Now if you take that detail into light, you would see that the A.T. field truly does hold an asymmetrical shape _and_ exist in a zero-angle plane. Also, if A.T. fields do not hold a slight inclination to manipulation, they would not be able to cancel each other out, another piece of hard evidence against your accusation. Are these facts not self-implying, Miss Souryu?" she continued. All eyes then turned to Asuka, who was trying to grasp anything that might disprove the albino's cool logic. "Well, the thing is, but the... Aw, shoot, she's right." the redhead said, before sitting back on her chair, crossing her arms and pouting. "I rest my case..." Rei said, and she turned back to her window.
If the class was quiet before, now it was in complete stillness. The silence would have overwhelmed them if the bell hadn't rang. Even the class rep needed a minute before she could dismiss the class, which almost stampeded out of the room, expecting to see pigs flying, or the queen of France prancing dancing around the campus. Shinji, who was a still a little stunned by the unexpected Physics lesson could only mouth out a single word. "Wow..."
"Argh! I can't believe I let that Wondergirl make a fool out of me." Asuka said, frustrated. Shinji, who was in the elevator with her going home, could only cower in fear as his flat mate raged on. "Aw, come on, Asuka. It wasn't that bad." he whimpered, trying calm Asuka down. "That bad?! That bad?! Let me tell you, baka. That was probably the only time that blue-haired freak ever made sense, and not only that, she directed it at me!" the redhead roared, narrowing her voice. "Well, it didn't sound as awful as that." Shinji replied, inching a little bit away. "Well, of course it wouldn't, you dumkoppf! That kind of science is college level!" she said, still giving out the 'I'll kill you if you make any sudden movements' aura. "Eep..." was all that Shinji could say
"You can't barely grasp the concept of that thing if it was spoon fed to you! The guy that made that theory was probably a genius. I wouldn't be surprised if that Ezekiel Authorus Horatio Aya-" Asuka began, but stopped in mid sentence, and she smiled, looking a _lot_ more sinister than before. "Um, Asuka. Are you o.k.?" Shinji asked, wondering why she was ragging on him one minute, and smiling the next. "Hmm, oh, I'm fine, Shinji. In fact, I think that this day might not have been so bad after all." Asuka said, the realization of putting one and one together dawning in her brain. "Not so bad after all..." she repeated as the elevator bell rang, and she stepped of, leaving Shinji with a feeling that this will probably end up hurting him.
Author's notes:
Ha ha ha ha ha. Looks as if the secret's out of the bag. Now the question is, how will Asuka handle this priceless information? And what about Shinji? What does he have to do with all of this? Find out next chapter. Now, getting on to the serious matters. To the people out there, thank you for taking time to read this fic. If this chapter looks a bit to much like a comedy, or an Asuka bashing fic, it isn't. The next chapter might be a little humorous, but I seriously do intend to make all the chapters after that sincere and thoughtful. Till' next time...
Rei sat at the small kitchen tables of her darkened apartment. Her school clothes were strewn haphazardly over the floor. She sat in her nightgown, her hands covering her face. To her side was an official order. It stated with red bold letters that she was banned from further excursions to Terminal Dogma until further notice. "Nine years..." She muttered to herself quietly "...It took me nine years to earn the clearance to visit my father, and that, that TRAMP swoops in and takes it all away from me..." she said as she recalled what had happened earlier that day.
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Flashback:
The other pilots had left the room, leaving Rei with the Commander. She waited as the Commander held the picture in his hand, deep in thought. "Sir, if..." she began, but Gendou's hand shot up, signaling silence. "That is enough from you, Pilot Ayanami. I thought that by giving you the opportunity to visit your father may put things in perspective for you, Rei, but it seems as if I was wrong." he said, interlacing his hands again. Rei opened her mouth to say something, but thought better of it and closed it. "It seems as instead of focusing your attention, Rei, it looks like it only caused a distraction for you." He continued. Rei just nodded deftly, waiting for the final judgment. "I am sorry, Pilot Ayanami, but I shall have to bar you from any more appointments to Ezekiel."
The words hit Rei like a splash of cold water, but she only nodded again, acknowledging her Commander. "Good, you are dismissed..." he said, motioning to the door. "Yes sir..." she replied, her voice shaking and barely over a whisper. She turned to leave, but Ikari's voice called out. "Rei, wait..." he said. Rei stopped, not turning back. "Yes, sir?" she replied, no longer in the small voice, but back in her cold, dispassionate monotone. "You forgot your picture." he said with a small smirk as he threw the photo to Rei, who caught it in her hand. "Th-thank you, sir." she said, feeling a little bit better, and she left the room.
Gendou sighed as he watched the girl leave. "Ezekiel, I just hope that your girl won't do anything too violent. We still need Souryu to pilot unit 2..." he said to the air.
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Rei sat there, looking at the picture of her father. It was a bit crumpled at a side, but not too much damage to it other than that. She couldn't help but smile as she saw the familiar face on the picture, remembering the man that had held her so protectively. Then her thoughts focused to the one who had caused her to lose what little she had left of the man, and her smile instantly turned into a scowl. "Damn you, Asuka..." she said to the night.
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The next day at the school, a familiar group of stooges sat huddled around each other as Shinji recalled the events of the other day. "And she what?!" Kensuke said in disbelief. "Like I said, Rei tackled Asuka." Shinji answered. "Damn, I never knew Rei had it in her." Touji added, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "Speak of the devil..." Kensuke said as Rei entered the room. She didn't look different as any other day, but just something about her was...menacing. The three boys felt the rush of malice as Rei passed by them, knocking the wind out of them for a minute. "Whoa, did you guys just..." Touji began, but the other two just nodded as they watched the source of the disturbance take her usual stance looking out the window.
Shinji was about to add something, but the teacher had entered the room, and the other two went back to their seats. "Rise, Bow, Sit." Hikari said, doing her duty as the class rep. As soon as that was done, a regular day of school resumed, an eternal battle against boredom and drowsiness had begun. As the teacher droned on about the effects of the second impact to the world economy, Asuka Langley Souryu found that she was losing the battle against boredom very badly. She was relieved when the lunch bell rang.
"Finally." she said as she joined Hikari at their usual spot. As usual, Shinji had made a rather impressive lunch, which Asuka took very great satisfaction in, well, eating. She noticed, however, that Hikari was looking very thoughtful, and wondered what was on her mind. "Hey, your awfully quiet today." she said between bites. "Hmm, oh, it's nothing." Hikari replied as she snapped out of her revelry. Asuka was not convinced. "I don't believe you." she said, pressing on. Hikari sighed and gave in. "Well, it's about Ayanami." Asuka's eyebrow visibly twitched at the sound of that name. "Oh, Wonder girl..." she said. "Yes. Didn't you notice that she was kind of... wayward?" Hikari said eyeing the albino. "Humph, that's kind of out of character, but it doesn't surprise me." Asuka replied, her concentration suddenly focused on her food. "How so?" Hikari asked, a little curious. Sure, Asuka was irritated by Rei most of the time, but she wasn't this forward. "Let's just say that I had a bad experience with her yesterday, and leave it at that, hmm?" she answered. "Oh, sure." the class rep just replied, seeing that this might not be a very good subject to pursue at the time.
The bell rang again and soon, the students were back in the classroom, being bored. Rei sat in her usual position, hardly paying any attention until... "...Alright. Now the after shock of the second impact was truly devastating. Many third world countries didn't even have the resources to rebuild even the simplest of their government. Numerous humanitarian efforts were put out, the most successful was by a Mr. Ezekiel Horatio, who invested his time in parts of Africa and the Middle East..."
If anyone was paying attention to Rei, they almost could have sworn that her ears perked up. "...He spent his time in Zimbabwe, or at least what was left of Zimbabwe, in the middle of May before he-" "Um, Excuse me sensei." a voice called. The teacher just sighed. It was probably just another student who "needed" to see he nurse, or go to the bathroom, or some other stupid excuse. "Yes, what is it-" he turned, but nearly dropped his chalk as he saw the one that was talking. "M-miss Ayan-nami?!" he finished, almost in disbelief. "Sensei, it is true that Dr. Ezekiel spent time in Zimbabwe, but I believe you are mistaken at the dates of his stay. During the time of April 18 to May 27, he spent his time in Nigeria giving aid to an epidemic of malaria due to the mosquito population increase, causes of which were the swelling of rivers due to the melting of Antarctica. The date of which he did stay at Zimbabwe was in between August 13 to September 9, which he assisted in giving food and medical help, and where he wrote a theoretical paper of phenomena titled A.T., or Absolute Terror fields. It was probably one of the most brilliant pieces at the time." she said in her quiet monotone as she continued to stare outside the window.
The class was deadly quiet. The rush of wind outside could be heard, and only the rustling of leaves was any noise. All of the students were utterly shocked. Here was the girl that was absent almost half the year, the other half that she spent in complete silence, correcting the teacher at a subject that should only be reserved for hardcore historians. To the others, this was a sign that third impact was coming early. To Asuka Langley Souryu, however, this was a chance to get back at the Wonder girl. "I've read that paper, but I seriously doubt the factors in which this so-called "A.T. manipulation" is possible." she said over the overwhelming silence, trying to derail the blue-haired girl.
"So you have read and attempted to understand his works have you, Miss Souryu?" Rei said, now turning her head from the window to face redhead. "Yeah, and when you take a look at the principals of the whole theory, you'd see that it would be going against one of the oldest laws of science, a little something called 'Newton's law of motion'." Asuka replied, expecting to see Rei squirm. "Why is that, Miss Souryu?" Rei only countered, seemingly unfazed. "Well, for one thing, if you really could manipulate an A.T. field, it would either assume a plane like existence or a free shape, asymmetrical bubble. With all the data given, it would seem as if the only shape that A.T. fields can truly posses are half domes, the only real form they can take under the laws of physics." Asuka stated triumphantly. She was sure that she had won.
"Ah yes, that would be true...if A.T. fields were true domes." Rei answered. "Huh, what are you talking about? Of course they're domes." Asuka said, puzzled. "Yes, but you didn't take one thing in account. A.T. fields are faceted." she said, still in her monotone. "Now if you take that detail into light, you would see that the A.T. field truly does hold an asymmetrical shape _and_ exist in a zero-angle plane. Also, if A.T. fields do not hold a slight inclination to manipulation, they would not be able to cancel each other out, another piece of hard evidence against your accusation. Are these facts not self-implying, Miss Souryu?" she continued. All eyes then turned to Asuka, who was trying to grasp anything that might disprove the albino's cool logic. "Well, the thing is, but the... Aw, shoot, she's right." the redhead said, before sitting back on her chair, crossing her arms and pouting. "I rest my case..." Rei said, and she turned back to her window.
If the class was quiet before, now it was in complete stillness. The silence would have overwhelmed them if the bell hadn't rang. Even the class rep needed a minute before she could dismiss the class, which almost stampeded out of the room, expecting to see pigs flying, or the queen of France prancing dancing around the campus. Shinji, who was a still a little stunned by the unexpected Physics lesson could only mouth out a single word. "Wow..."
"Argh! I can't believe I let that Wondergirl make a fool out of me." Asuka said, frustrated. Shinji, who was in the elevator with her going home, could only cower in fear as his flat mate raged on. "Aw, come on, Asuka. It wasn't that bad." he whimpered, trying calm Asuka down. "That bad?! That bad?! Let me tell you, baka. That was probably the only time that blue-haired freak ever made sense, and not only that, she directed it at me!" the redhead roared, narrowing her voice. "Well, it didn't sound as awful as that." Shinji replied, inching a little bit away. "Well, of course it wouldn't, you dumkoppf! That kind of science is college level!" she said, still giving out the 'I'll kill you if you make any sudden movements' aura. "Eep..." was all that Shinji could say
"You can't barely grasp the concept of that thing if it was spoon fed to you! The guy that made that theory was probably a genius. I wouldn't be surprised if that Ezekiel Authorus Horatio Aya-" Asuka began, but stopped in mid sentence, and she smiled, looking a _lot_ more sinister than before. "Um, Asuka. Are you o.k.?" Shinji asked, wondering why she was ragging on him one minute, and smiling the next. "Hmm, oh, I'm fine, Shinji. In fact, I think that this day might not have been so bad after all." Asuka said, the realization of putting one and one together dawning in her brain. "Not so bad after all..." she repeated as the elevator bell rang, and she stepped of, leaving Shinji with a feeling that this will probably end up hurting him.
Author's notes:
Ha ha ha ha ha. Looks as if the secret's out of the bag. Now the question is, how will Asuka handle this priceless information? And what about Shinji? What does he have to do with all of this? Find out next chapter. Now, getting on to the serious matters. To the people out there, thank you for taking time to read this fic. If this chapter looks a bit to much like a comedy, or an Asuka bashing fic, it isn't. The next chapter might be a little humorous, but I seriously do intend to make all the chapters after that sincere and thoughtful. Till' next time...