Guardian Within

Don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion

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" "-Normal speaking

Computer messages

' ' In German

[ ] Thought or speaking in the mind

{ } Side note

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#10

"Victory tastes sweet," Asuka said as she ate her dinner. Shinji

snickered as he ate his dinner. They were at the new German restaurant Himmel

Paradies. {Heaven Paradise}

"Hey Shinji? You are regretting that bet?" Asuka asked, "'cause I'm

not,"

"Yeah. Yeah. You forget. I never do anything without being prepared,"

Shinji said as he finished his dinner, "You finished?"

"Yeah," Asuka said as she took one last bite. Shinji stood up and

headed to pay the bill.

"Come on," Shinji said as he passed their table. Asuka grabbed her

jacket and headed out. It Saturday so there was no school tomorrow.

"Hey Asuka. I know this wicked outlook spot," Shinji said.

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"Not bad," Asuka said as she looked around. They were above the spot

Misato showed. Behind them a few minutes walk was a small crystal clear lake.

Shinji sat down stared out into space.

"Wait a minute. Wouldn't people call this a date?" Asuka asked as she

remembered the afternoon. They had spent most of the afternoon playing video

games. The evening at the restaurant.

"I guess so. It's not unless you want it to be," Shinji said as he

stared off into the stars.

"Why not?" Asuka asked as she laid back and watched the stars beside

Shinji.

"Personally. I didn't picture myself doing this during this

stage of my life," Shinji said.

"On a 'date' with a beautiful girl like me?" Asuka teased.

"That and the fact I'm looking at the stars. Don't have to worry about

angels or fighting for now," Shinji said.

"This is a calm and relaxing place," Asuka agreed.

"At least you're not trying to fight," Shinji said. Asuka playfully

hit him in the shoulder.

They shared a good laugh.

"So ever think of what to do after the war?" Shinji asked.

"What?" Asuka asked.

"When this is over. When all of the angels are dead. Warriors are not

need forever," Shinji said.

"I don't know," Asuka said.

"Guess you'll choose when times comes I guess," Shinji said as he

closed his eyes.

[When the war is over? I never thought about it] Asuka thought as she

watched the stars. She trained her entire life to be a pilot ever since that

incident. She shook her head forgetting the memory. She didn't want to

remember.

[No. Don't,] Asuka said to herself.

"Hey Asuka!" Shinji said as he waved his hand in front of her face,

"Come on. It's getting late. Come on," Asuka got up and followed.

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"Hey Asuka!" Hikari yelled as she ran up to Shinji and Asuka.

"What is it?" Shinji asked.

"Congratulations," Hikari said.

"For what? What are you talking about?" Asuka asked.

"For getting together. Tifa and Aries saw you eating at Himmel

Paradies yesterday," Hikari said.

"It was nothing like that," Asuka said quickly.

"You said it was a date," Shinji said wanting teased Asuka.

"Why you!?" Asuka yelled as she tried to grab Shinji's throat. Shinji

ducked and looked when he felt something.

"Isn't that Rei and Kaworu?" Shinji asked.

"What?" The girls asked as they turned to find Rei and Kaworu walking

side by side. Kaworu was talking as they walk.

"Hello Nagisa-san, Ayanami-chan," Hikari said.

"Kaworu's fine," Kaworu said, "Come. We got school to attend,"

Everyone started to walk to school with the normal conversations excluding

Shinji. He was behind thinking to himself.

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Asuka crushed all of the rumors about her and Shinji. Asuka learned

one thing. Most, if not all, of the girls seems happy to hear it.

"That's too bad," Hikari said.

"What?" Asuka asked as she ate the lunch Shinji made.

"You and Shinji aren't together," Hikari said, "I bet if you two were

together you could beat out Jin and Mimi as the best couple. I mean the two

best pilots in the city. Two university graduates. Champion marital artists.

Last being you both childhood friends," Hikari said, "Plus all of the girls

are after him,"

"Like I care who's after Shinji," Asuka said. She saw Rei walked up to

Shinji and said something. Shinji stood up and followed her.

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"So what is it Rei?" Shinji asked as he sat down on the bench, "It

been a while since we talked,"

"Kaworu has been trying to engage in a relationship through many

methods," Rei started.

"What about you? Do you want a relationship with him?" Shinji asked.

"Yes, but I don't know what to do. He had informed me he must leave

for America where Unit 04 will be created," Rei said.

"So he's leaving?" Shinji asked. Rei nodded.

"I'm not that great on love and dating," Shinji said, "I guess first

of all is to be honest with him about what you think,"

"Several others have told me to try and 'be hard to get'," Rei said,

"What does that mean?"

"If you try and being hard to get, the boy may appreciate you more,

but Kaworu doesn't seem to be the type who do that anyways," Shinji said.

"Thank you," Rei said as she bowed then headed elsewhere.

"You're welcome," Shinji said as he scratched the back of his head,

"Damn. Even Rei got a love life," He walked away as Asuka came out of the

bushes followed by Hikari.

"I told you it was nothing," Asuka said to Hikari's teasing that Rei

and Shinji were together.

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"I can't believe this!" Asuka yelled from her plug.

"Why the hell do we have to be like this!?" Shinji yelled. All three

were naked in their own plugs. Two were complaining while Rei sat in her but

felt slightly uncomfortable.

"Plug suits might affect or interfere with the results," Ritsuko said.

Asuka continued to complain while Shinji was growling.

"I'm detecting something ma'am," Maya said.

"Forget it," Ritsuko said as she looked at it then she returned to the

test scores. She got sick of the two children after about 2 hours more.

"Ma'am!" Maya yelled.

"What is it!?" Ritsuko yelled.

"Contamination. Something's contaminating the system!" Maya yelled.

"What?!" Ritsuko yelled as she got to the terminal, "Eject the test

plugs and get the Children to the Evas. We can't have them infected!"



"Yes ma'am!" Makoto yelled as the other two bridge bunnies got to

work.

"Launch!" Shigeru yelled as the three Evas left in launch pads.

However, in the darkness was the method of the contamination. Kaworu or rather

Tabris smiled wickedly as he headed away.

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"The contamination is from an angel made of nanomachines that adapt at

excelled speeds. I brought us about two hours before it starts again," Ritsuko

explained, "It infected Melchior and part of Balthasar,"

"How are the Children?" Misato asked.

"No contamination. The power has run out and the Evas are in various

locations around

Tokyo 3 at the moment," Makoto said.

"But we can't use the Evas if Magi isn't under angel control," Ritsuko

said, "Magi runs everything and we need it to maintain the Evas,"

"We need to find a way to get rid of the threat," Misato said.

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"This is boring," Asuka said as her Eva sat against a hill, legs

crossed and arms behind her head. Asuka sat beside the plug in the same

position.

Rei was sitting on top of her Eva as she looked out on the sunset. She

had her legs to her chest as the wind played her hair.

Eva 01 stood motionless in a crossed legged position. Its arms crossed

too. The plug was out but the pilot was nowhere in sight. Agents laid out cold

everywhere.

Back home, at the apartment, the chest of weapons laid opened. All of

the weapons were still here but the bottom was completely empty.

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Kaworu whispered as he looked at the Crystal Lake. He was out on the

outskirts of the city.

"Hey Tabris!" A voice yelled.

"What!?" Kaworu asked as Shinji came out of nowhere and hit Kaworu

with a vicious kick. Kaworu skipped in the water but he flipped and started to

hover above the water. His hair and eyes were darker.

"Been a while as it?" Tabris asked as he smiled. Shinji's head shot up

revealing his redeyes. Shinji had a trench coat over his body.

"You plan on fighting me? You are nothing without that weapon of

yours," Tabris said.

"New age. New weapons or should I say your brethren's weapons," Shinji

said as he grabbed of a shard from his coat, "All I need is the heart of an

angel and I can attack. Here's Ramiel's cannon!"

He threw out of both of his hands. His right hand holding the shard

and his left hand holding his right. The shard glowed than fired a beam. Only

about a foot in diameter.

Tabris hovered aside easily but the heat of the blast burned at his clothes.

"Ahhh!" Tabris yelled as he sent a shockwave. The wave ripped through

the air.

Shinji jumped into the water holding Gaghiel's shard. Shinji moved

like a shark around Tabris as he sent shockwaves through the water.

"Shit," Tabris said as he lost sight of Shinji in the water. Shinji

exploded out of the water and kicked Tabris across the water onto land. Shinji

inhales and then opened his mouth. He sprayed out a stream of acid. Tabris

rolled out of the way while sent a shockwave that hit Shinji. Shinji hit hard

through a tree

"Damn, that hurt," Shinji said as he got up. Tabris sent more and more

shockwaves at him. Shinji pulled out a special shard to him. He knocked for

another loop or a series of them.

"I'll just say some extremists kill you," Tabris said.

"Thanks for the story," Shinji said as he ran out. He jumped into the

water and started to move like a shark.

"Got a plan for that now," Tabris said as he held out both of his

hands and yelled as he sent a large shockwave that shock the earth and hit

Shinji full force. Shinji went belly up in the water.

"Pathetic," Tabris said.

"Pathetic this!" Shinji yelled as another one came out of the forest.

His right arm engulfed by electricity. He struck hard. The electrical blade

pierced through Tabris' chest. The skin and flesh ripped apart to reveal an S2

organ. It started to crackle.

The water Shinji came up from the water and he looked at the other

one. They shook hands then came together again.

"You used Israfel's separation ability. Smart," Tabris said, "But you

have destroyed the prophecy. You can't predict what will happen now,"

"Shut up and die already," Shinji said as he drove his hand into

Kaworu and pulled out the S2 organ. Tabris' eyes closed for the last time.

Shinji closed his eyes for a second than opened them. A mix of red and dark

blue.

"Rei would be sad," Shinji said as he put his hand over the wounded.

"Believe and you can do," Shinji said as his hand started to glow.

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"The angel has destroyed itself! Your plan worked Sempai!" Maya yelled

as the angel destroyed itself.

"What's the status of the Evas?" Misato asked.

"They're all ok," Makoto said as he put in the commands.

"I hope you like to work. We're rebooting Magi tonight," Ritsuko said.

The bunnies groaned in despair.

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Another plane flew away. In the window, Shinji watched it. He picked

up a small bag and turned around. Shinji walked up to Rei. He took out two

long cases.

"Thank you," Rei said as she took the two. She walked up to Kaworu.

His body was bandaged for 'attacks from extremists'.

"Here," Rei said as she handed one to Kaworu. Kaworu took it then took

her hand. He kissed the back of her hand. He and Rei opened it at the same

time. Inside were two necklaces.

Each had one-half of a ruby heart.

"Thank you," Kaworu said as he gave her a hug. He pulled back and gave

her a gentle kiss.

"Goodbye," Rei said with a smile. Kaworu smiled before he took his

bag. He continued to walk backward. Before, he had to turn to the plane. He

blew her a kiss and bowed. He turned again and headed for the plane.



"Romantic? Who knew you were so romantic?" Asuka joked.

"Want me to show you?" Shinji asked as he turned to her. Asuka opened

her mouth.

Author's Note

Cliffhanger! Cliffhanger! Sorry but the next chapter may take a while since

school's starting soon and I'll be busy with some of other projects that I

have ignored. The more reviews I get maybe the more drive I have I write the

next chapter.

Prereaders note...

Man... sometimes lighting sucks...

Reply to Reviews

Shinji Ikari-Actually, no I don't... Cause when I give someone a beatdown, they go down and

doesn't come back

BA: I beaten a lot of people but most was tough. The tougher the fight the better. But the tougher

they are, the more beating I have to do. Some remain awake before they're out like a light

Knight's Shadow-Really good chapter.Please keep them coming.

The story is really getting interesting.