Hehe .... I'm really really sorry for the lateness of this chapter.
What was it like at least a month ?
GOMEN !!!!
I have had this done ages ago but I had some problems with my pre-reader and I stumbled upon the wonderful Anime world of 'LOVE HINA'. I have become enveloped by its greatness and overwhelming tug at me. I've become very obsessed about it even enough to buy the whole series in one go. (MY POOR WALLET !!!)
Anyways thanks to Vanimal for trying to pre-read but just ended up giving me tips since he had PC probs, Animetitan for pre-submitting comments and offcourse my sensei Bucky1 or it was just Bucky before the name thingy with ff.net, well anyway for his help and being my sensei I guess. Oh yeah I got a production name .... hehe .
Form Of The Mind Productions is proud to present ...
Chapter 7: Steady Recuperation
In an empty black void somewhere unknown, Hiro stood with a faint spot of light aimed at him.
"What the ........! , where the hell am I ?" He questioned himself. "Am I dead ?"
Hiro scanned the darkness but to no avail he could see nothing more than a metre around him.
(What am I doing here ..............) Hiro thought "WHERE THE HELL AM I" he yelled in frustration
Hiro begun to panic, he was in an unknown place by himself where nothing is familiar and he definitely had no idea how or why he is there. This place he was in was covered in total darkness and cold chill circled around him. The fact that he couldn't see what was out in the darkness or if he wasn't the sole person in the place got to him even more, making him sweat and edgy which prompted an uncomfortable chaffing on his body.
Hiro looked down to find himself in his plug-suit (What the hell am I doing in my plug-suit) he thought, quite puzzled until he remembered his Japanese debut battle.
"You are the image of what you see as yourself before you were taken from a battle ............" a voice cut into his mind
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH !" Hiro yelled as he scrambled onto his butt by surprise, "Whos there !!!, who are you?" he asked
"I am of no importance, it is you who is" the voice continued, "I am the one who is to be asking the questions not you"
"Ok......." Hiro replied anxiously
"This empty void you now stand upon is your mind in a state of deep sleep which you cannot escape at the present time" the voice stated.
"WHAT !!!!!, so I'm in a coma, that's just great !" Hiro sarcastically whined, "Oh well.... at least I`m not keeled over"
"You seem very relaxed and indifferent for someone who is currently in a potential never ending sleep" the voice mockingly questioned
"Well...... I should be dead at the moment, so me being in a coma is a good thing even though they're not meant to be" said Hiro very calmly
"So you knew that there was a possibility you would die ?" the voice questioned once again
"Yeah ...... but it would of been for a good cause", Hiro bravely stated
"Very ............. bold" was all the voice said
"So........ how the hell am I going to get out of this coma" Hiro sarcastically asked to the voice, while trying to find out what direction to talk to since the voice's vessel had not made an appearance.
"When the time comes you shall" the voice stated before fading away.
"This is going to be boring" Hiro joked to no-one but himself
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It had been at least one week since the gang's trip to the arcade and Shinji's unforgettable kiss with his girlfriend, Rei Ayanami. Ever since the last battle had occurred school-life had not changed to normal.
Hiro was still in a coma and Asuka had become more distant, introverted and kept to herself. She would burst out in anger if anyone spoke or came close to her, even Hikari. Most students stayed away from her in the beginning, before her attitude change, so she was rarely disturbed, but with the absence of the never ending energetic presence of the great Asuka Langley Sohryu, the class days didn't feel right, especially to Shinji and the select few who knew her to an extent.
Shinji was probably the most worried and affected with Asuka's state. She rarely said anything and he would only see her at school and at the apartment on brief occasions, which were mostly at dinner time since most of the time she would seclude herself in her room or wouldn't be seen for hours on end. At times when Shinji did gather enough courage to talk to her he would always end up being ignored or pelted with many unmentionable multi-lingual insults.
Even though Asuka would never let herself see that Shinji cared for her, Shinji always did. So even with the distraction of Asuka, Shinji still pledged himself to Rei, even though they weren't able to do much the past week, due to ongoing tests and minor checkups. Rei realised the affect of Asuka's condition on Shinji and became quite curious and concerned but nothing that was alarming. She thought better to keep it to herself until the occasion arose.
Despite the technicalities with Asuka and Hiro, the class always go on as usual, and some things could never change.
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"Hey Ikari !" Touji and Kensuke yelled across the room from the `stooge corner'.
"Hey Touji, Kensuke" replied Shinji as he and Rei emerged from the doorway.
Seeing this Touji and Kensuke grinned with delight as annoying Shinji about his love-life was their favourite pastime. "Sorry should we say Mr and Mrs Ikari" Kensuke and Touji shot over with the most malicious grins ever imaginable.
"Oh......man I thought I told you guys to cut that out" Shinji stated rather irritated by his friends constantly teasing him..
It seemed as though Rei had not taken notice of the embarrassing comment so he guided her over to her own desks as he had been doing for the past week and instead of giving her a little peck, he gave Rei a warm squeeze of her hand, and when receiving a squeeze as a reply he joined his friends.
"You guys really have to stop hassling me" whined Shinji as he sat down at his desk.
"But it's what keeps us going" Kensuke teased
"That's kinda ... sad" Shinji retorted with a hint of sarcasm
"Yeah that is pretty sad" Touji said between chuckles. "But who can pass up making fun of one of the shyest guys in school"
"Hey !, I'm not the shyest guy in school" Shinji angrily countered
"We didn`t say you were" Kensuke stated "We said you were ONE of the shyest guys in school" he continued.
Kensuke and Touji burst out into a massive fit of laughter as they had managed to trick Shinji once again.
Shinji could only sigh inwardly to his defeat against his very annoying friends.
"We have won again Mr Aida" Touji exclaimed in a mocking old martial arts movie voice
"Indeed we have Mr Suzahara, Victorious !" Kensuke continued in the old kung foo movie tone
"MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" the two jabbered while clenching and unclenching their hands like an evil mastermind would when triumphant.
"You guys watch to much TV" sighed Shinji as he covered his face with his hand in shame.
Just then Asuka came through the door and sat down at her seat with her usual emotionless mask on her face. Shinji could only stare out the corner of his eye and get worried as he had been for a long time about her. He could do nothing to help her, she would always find something to drive him away from helping her.
The only thing Shinji thought he could do properly for her at the moment was keep making her a lunch obento for school. Shinji was glad that she still ate his lunch.
As usual the bell rung on time and the students of class 2A assembled at their seats as the old bugger of a teacher walked in.
"Rise, Bow, Sit Down" Hikari ordered.
So then the sleep provoking lecture of the teacher began...
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Sooner than expected the final bell for the day rang and the students and teachers all eagerly left the school.
"Seeya tomorrow guys" Kensuke quickly squeezed out of his voicebox before making a b-line bolt down the road.
"Whats his rush ?" Shinji questioned Touji rather baffled at his friends eagerness to get home.
"Apparently he's receiving a boxset of some old pre-second impact anime" Touji said
"I see ......." Shinji said as he and Touji sweatdropped at the sight of Kensuke motoring down the street to get home to his anime.
Just as Kensuke left, Hikari came out of the school gates carrying her schoolbag and came up to the Touji. "Ready to go Touji" she asked
"Yup, let me take ya bag Hikari" Touji offered as he took hold of Hikari's bag for her
"Thanks Touji" Hikari said while blushing and beaming at Touji.
"No prob" answered Touji as he also blushed at the way Hikari was looking at him. "Seeya Shinji im gonna walk Hikari home alright" he said to Shinji after prying himself from staring at his girlfriend.
"Yeah okay, bye" replied Shinji
"Bye Shinji" Hikari said as she waved to Shinji while Touji took her other hand and lead her home.
(Those two have only been on two dates, one which they spent in a shelter and another a couple of days ago to the movies and they act like they`ve been going out for ages, they must really like each since they are getting so close) Shinji thought
(But it's sure is unusual to see Touji behave for once) Shinji joked to himself as he spotted Rei coming out of the school grounds and approach him.
"Shinji-kun, I have been informed just now that we have a synchronisation test in an hour" said Rei as she put her cell-phone away.
"A test ? now ! ........." whined Shinji, as he was not in the mood for one of the doctors surprise tests. "Might as well get going then" he continued as he took hold of Rei's hand as a natural instinct which she was always happy to follow.
The couple slowly made their way to Nerv Headquarters, but when they were at least 10 metres from the school Shinji realised something.
Shinji stopped walking and brought the two to a halt ."Hey Rei-chan, is Asuka coming ?" Shinji asked Rei as he turned to face her.
"Pilot Sohryu has been informed of the test, but I am unsure if she will turn up" Rei commented
"Yeah..........she hasn't come to the any of the other tests this past week" Shinji replied sadly
"If pilot Sohryu keeps her tardiness she will be considered as a backup or even replaced" Rei said with a hint of worry
"I know .... She hasn't been herself ever since you know ......" trailed Shinji
"Yes I am aware of her situation ..." said Rei with a worried voice, as she knew of the situation between all the pilots.
A silence fell upon the two as Shinji tuned out and stared at his shoes, as one would do when thinking deep.
(That's right, Asuka might get replaced if her synch ration doesn't reach my Fathers approval, and her not showing up for tests isn't helping her one bit)
The silence was soon broken by the voice of a concerned Rei., "Are you ok Shinji-kun" Rei questioned Shinji while scanning his features and finding a troubled look on his face.
"Um.,......y..yeah I'm fine" Shinji answered as he broke out of his trance and lifted his troubled look, "Don't worry Rei, lets get going to Nerv or Dr Akagi will bite our heads off " Shinji reassured Rei with a smile and they both continued their way to Nerv.
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Once they arrived at Nerv HQ the couple split up into their separate locker room and changed into their plugsuit's and met up with each other and Misato on the test bridge. "Hi guys ready for a test !" Misato happily greeted
"Not really Misato, who would be ready or should I say willing to do the test" Shinji sarcastically shot over to Misato.
"I guess you're right" Misato giggled
"Why are you so happy Misato ?" Shinji questioned the happy Misato who normally isn't when at work.
Misato came closer to Shinji and quietly whispered into his ear. "I'm happy because Asuka showed up to the test"
"What !? Asuka's here !" Shinji exclaimed a bit to loudly so Misato quickly covered his mouth, for no good reason as the comm link between Asuka's plug and the bridge were probably not connected.
"Yeah .... we called her cellphone as usual and she chose to show up by herself" Misato proudly stated
But before Misato could say anymore Dr. Akagi appeared from the door looking down at her trusty notepad. "So the pilots are here, lets begin the tests" she said after looking up from her notepad and noticing Rei and Shinji.
"Yes" Rei and Shinji said in unison.
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Once Shinji had helped Rei into her test plug, which he still did knowing it would gain him some more teasing from Misato later that night, Shinji got into his own plug and secretly opened a one way, no sound comm link to Asuka's plug to pull a `big brother' on her. Unluckily for Shinji who only wanted to check up on her, Asuka had already cut off all communications.
Shinji could only sigh as he was once again helpless so he awaited the beginning of the test.
(This is it, I have to show that I am worth something) Asuka thought to herself.
(Its seems as thought Shinji-kun will purposely lower his synch ratio to aid Pilot Sohyru's ratio) Rei thought as she could tell what Shinji's kind nature would make him do in a situation as this, (I must also do the same)
"Pilots ready, commence the test" Ordered Dr. Akagi.
"Roger, commencing synchronisation tests" Maya replied.
The test began and the silence of concentration spread across the bridge and the test plugs. The only thing that could be heard was the Magi recording the data and the nervous shuffling of Misato as she was concerned about the results of not Rei or Shinji but Asuka.
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"The tests have been completed"
Dr Akagi opened a comm link to all three plugs, "The test has finished, Shinji, Asuka, Rei you can get out of plugs now"
The three pilots opened their eyes from their state of concentration to the doctors voice, and realised the test was over as the LCL was being drained from the plugs.
(Thank God the test is over) Shinji thought as he hopped out of the plug unit and stretched. After stretching he looked around to see Rei and Asuka also getting out of their plugs when Misato's voice boomed through the room intercom.
"Ok guys good work !, come up to the test bridge now for a test overview"
The three pilots did as they were told and made their way up to the bridge in silence, mostly due to the dread of hearing the test scores.
(I must have done better, I need it to be better) Asuka anxiously thought as she stepped into the elevator with the other pilots, but little did she know that Shinji was also thinking the same thing as her.
When the trio arrived at the bridge they lined up in a row and waited until they were greeted by a firm faced Major but no Dr. Akagi.
"Major where is Dr. Akagi ?, is she not meant to give the test overview ?" Rei double questioned Misato.
"Umm......... she had to go do something with the Magi so Maya and I will be giving the overview." lied Misato
"Very well" Rei replied, not buying Misato's words
"Okay lets see, Maya can you pass me the reports" Misato nervously asked the tech
"Yes ma'am" Maya responded as she printed out the results and handed them to Misato.
"Right.........Shinji your ratio has dropped down a few percentages.......and so has Rei" Misato read out a bit puzzled at why the two both have decreasing synch ratio's, but figured it was a one off thing and moved on to Asuka's results which showed that her ratio had dropped once again but not so much in proportion now since her last measurement recorded in the last battle.
The long wait for Asuka was over as she nervously awaited her results, feeling everything but confident.
"And Asuka.........you're holding at a steady ratio" Misato lied once again after all the plan was to get rid of Ritsuko to change the results, so that a little praise might do Asuka some good.
When Asuka heard that she hadn't dropped down lower, the feeling of failure had lifted but the fact was that in her mind she still knew that it had not gone up so there was no time to celebrate.
The whole time, Asuka had held her head down as if waiting for the final blow, but when not receiving one she flashed a quick smile, which faded as quickly as it came and looked up to meet Misato's eyes.
"I'm going home now Misato" Asuka said as she left the bridge, not waiting for a reply.
"Ok I'll give you......" Misato couldn't finish as Asuka was long gone, so she turned to her other charge. "How bout you Shinji, Rei do you guys want a lift, you might have to wait a while though"
After he let go of his breath and sighed in relief, Shinji turned and looked over to Rei for an answer, because he didn't mind either way.
"Yes we would like a ride" Rei happily said to Misato on behalf of Shinji and herself
"Okay then .... I will probably only be an hour, I have to finish up some paperwork so meet me in the carpark okay ?"
"Okay Misato" Shinji replied as Misato gave him a smile and walked out of the bridge. He then turned to Rei, "We better get out of our plug suits, or the LCL will get dry and hard" Shinji joked happily, as the results of Asuka's test let in a ray of happiness.
"Okay" she replied and joined Shinji in the walk down to the locker rooms.
As the two had to part once again because of the new gender filtered locker rooms insisted by Asuka, Rei took the chance to observe Asuka and maybe ask a few questions.
Luckily for her, Asuka had not left the locker rooms yet and was talking a shower. Rei quickly got out of her plugsuit and discarded it into the used suit bin and got changed into her usual school uniform and sat down on a bench.
(I must confront Pilot Sohryu, to find answers to help her so that Shinji-kun will stop worrying about her) Rei thought as she waited for Asuka. (Shinji-kun seems to be getting more distressed seeing Pilot Sohryu in her state, I must do this to help Shinji-kun) she kept repeating to herself, since in the back of her mind, she knew thatAsuka was not the easiest person to talk to.
At last Asuka came out of the shower cubicle wearing only a towel and walked straight to her locker passing Rei without taking any notice of her. Rei just sat on the bench and plainly stared out infront of herself.
(What do I ask Pilot Sohryu to find out what is the main problem that is bothering her ?) Rei questioned herself.
Choosing a question that would help her and not trigger a explosive response from Asuka was very tricky for Rei, who until recently didn't care for anyone or want to receive information from others. So she chose to get Asuka's attention first.
"Pilot Sohryu I wish to talk with you" Rei plainly said before she turned her head towards Asuka.
Asuka ignored Rei's question and continued on putting on her clothes on completely disregarding her until Rei asked her again.
"Pilot Sohryu I wi........"
"What do you want wondergirl" Asuka rudely cut in
After receiving a rude response, Rei decided to be abit more cautious so she turned away from Asuka and stared at her shoes, trying to think of something to say. As Rei tried hard to think, an uncomfortable silence came over the two which seemed to only get Asuka more angrier.
Asuka stopped changing into her clothes and turned her head to face to eye Rei. "Look wondergirl, I don't have time to waste on you," Asuka angrily stated, rather peeved off at Rei asking a question and now not following through, "WHAT - DO - YOU - WANT !" she yelled in sylablles
"I would like to ask you why ............. why your behaviour has changed since our last battle" asked Rei hesitantly. She then turned her head to face the person her question was directed to, but to her surprise she came eye to eye with Asuka.
Blue met red as both Asuka and Rei locked stares with each other. The two were in awkward positions, Rei was used to staring openly at people and so was Asuka who had a glare that could kill. "Why would a doll like you care" Asuka viciously shot over with spite to Rei as she broke away from their war and turned back to her locker door.
"I am not a doll" countered Rei as she observed the way Asuka was shivering ever since she asked her question. "I care because ..." Rei tried to continue but lost her words. Rei turned away from Asuka and continued, "I care because it seems to be distressing Shi....Pilot Ikari"
This hit some sort of nerve in Asuka as hearing this fuelled her anger. "This distresses the invincible BAKA !!!!" Asuka roared right into the locker not wanting to have to face Rei.
"Yes" Rei calmly responded a little surprised at this outcome.
"I knew you didn't care !, you just care about the BAKA !" Asuka shouted once more as she turned to face Rei which in turn revealed a hurt expression etched on her face, aswell as the first sign of swelling tears.
Rei was taken back by Asuka's outburst, Rei thought that she was doing a good thing but she soon found that she might have made things worse.
Too angry and mad to even look at Rei now, Asuka swiftly picked up her schoolbag and violently pushed pass Rei knocking her back into the lockers and kicked down the locker room door. "NEVER EVER talk to me again wondergirl," she shouted as she walked out stamping aggressively.
"GO BACK TO YOUR LITTLE WIMP !!!"
The harsh and loud words of Asuka rang and echoed in Rei's mind as she picked herself up from the bench she had fallen on. Once she had gotten up Rei found that she had managed to make a dent imprint of herself in one of the lockers.
(Pilot Sohryu is very distressed and on the edge of breaking, if she does not find release soon she could be in trouble.) Rei thought as she brushed herself off, not noticing the pain that spread through her back as she had more important things to think about.
Rei decided to keep her little encounter with Asuka a secret, because if Shinji knew of it, it would probably disturb him even more. She once again straightened her uniform once again and made her way out of the girl's locker and waited for Shinji.
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A little while later Shinji emerged from the guy's locker room, "Hey Rei" Shinji said as he approached her. "What's wrong Rei" Shinji asked as he saw the gloomy look Rei had upon her. When Rei did not answer or regard his presence, Shinji became very worried and wrapped a hand around her shoulders.
"Rei what's wrong" He asked once again, and when Rei turned her head up to meet his, relieve flushed over him.
"There is nothing wrong, please do not worry" Rei assured Shinji with a little white lie as she exchanged brief smiles with him.
"OK Rei-chan" replied Shinji, "So what do you want to do for a half of an hour ?"
"I do not mind Shinji-kun"
Rei's response caught Shinji off guard, because he too didn't mind what he did and he normally didn't have a chance to chose. But now they couldn't just sit around for a half an hour. The two sat in silence as an idea struck Shinji, "How about we go visit Hiro, Rei ?"
"That would be acceptable" replied Rei as it would be something to take up time and to maybe answer some of her unanswered questions, plus she could spend more time with Shinji.
The two got up from the bench and made their way to Hiro's room in the hospital wing. This would be the third time in the past week that Shinji had visited Hiro. The first time was after he awoke after the last battle and the second time was after a previous harmonics test during the week. Shinji still felt fully guilty for what had happened to his friend, but had managed to put it aside so that he could visit his friend without breaking down, its what he at least owed him.
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When the two arrived at the shiny clean hospital room, Rei took a seat on the bedside and observed Hiro with a keen eye, while Shinji walked over to the opposite side of Hiro's bed and took a look at the bed side drawer.
The drawer was bombarded with cards and candy which Shinji was asked to deliver to Hiro's room on his last visit by some select girls of his class. Some of the girls in his class got suspicious of Hiro's weekly absense and offcourse gone to his work partner for answers, namely Shinji. Since Shinji did not want to lie, he told them about his state and left out the part about how, for the good of any false accusations against Asuka. So the next day the whole class new of it and the majority of girls brought candy and cards, and asked a favour of bringing the items to Hiro, since they had no way to give them to him personally. Luckily for Shinji he had a harmonics test that day
Shinji reorganised the cards and unopened candy boxes and sat down on a seat. Both Shinji and Rei openly stared at Hiro's unconscious form lying on the bed, with the continuous sound of the heart monitor beeping in the background.
( It seems Pilot Sohryu's troubles are connected with not only her own mind but with Pilot Takeda on a distant level) Rei thought to herself
(Hey Hiro, you have to come back soon, there are a lot of people wanting you to be OK) Shinji also thought to himself.
Shinji sat and also observed Hiro, as all his wounds seemed to have cleared up and the bandages that used to be scattered among his body were now gone and the bruises and cuts have now eased and gotten to a point were you wouldn't even know he had them.
(It looks like Hiro is getting better) mused Shinji
A feature that Shinji noticed in his observations was that Hiro still had a slight smile across his face and that he looked like a completely different person without the gravity defying spikey hair that he always had, It seemed more tamer.
Both Rei and Shinji sat in silence and observed the comatose pilot to reflect on what they had in their minds.
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Half an hour soon passed and Rei brought this to Shinji's attention when glancing at the plain sliver clock on the hospital room wall.
"Shinji-kun" Rei asked, "Shinji-kun" she repeated when not getting a response from the spaced out Shinji.
"What ...huh......." Shinji blubbered as he realised he was being spoken to, "I'm sorry Rei, I was just thinking" he apologized.
"Do not worry, I was saying that we should get going if we are to meet the Major" Rei said in a easy voice.
"Oh......yeah Misato" laughed Shinji "I completely forgot......we better get going then" Shinji said as he got up from his seat and extended his arm out for Rei, which she happily accepted.
The two headed for the door both saying goodbye in their mind and made their way out of the room and to the carpark.
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The two exited the carpark elevator and made their way to Misato's parking spot. When they got there they found Misato leaning against the bonnet of her car with a evil grin on her face.
"Where have you two been ?" Misato cheekily asked while tapping her foot
"We were ......." Shinji started but was cut off by a cheeky Misato
"I hope he wasn't doing anything naughty Rei !,"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT !!!" Shinji yelled in shock.
"Just kidding Shinji!" Misato joked as she burst into a fit of laughter while Rei could only stand in confusion. "Get in the car guys" Misato continued in between chuckles which Shinji did not seem entertaining.
"Very funny Misato" Shinji responded sarcastically
"I do not understand ?" inquired Rei, not really knowing why what Misato said was funny.
"That's a good thing Rei" Shinji told Rei while Misato kept laughing wildly in the background.
"I see" was all Rei said as she and Shinji followed Misato into her blue Renault and put on their seatbelts.
Misato revved up the cars engine and hooned out of the Nerv underground carpark and onto the car lift. Misato had put on the radio so the ride up to ground level wasn't in total silence.
Even with the radio on, the car seemed a bit to quiet so Misato decided to start a conversation, "so guys I was meant to ask you why both your synch ratio's have dropped" she said in a orderly voice
"Um.....well you see...." Shinji stuttered, trying to think of how to explain his situation to Misato.
(Why is Shinji stuttering, I thought this was just a one off thing) Misato thought (Shinji must of planned it ) she thought as she got a clearer picture.
"You two planned it right..." Misato said proudly but none the less angry as the silence of the two was their answer. "Do you know what the consequences of lowering your synch ratio on purpose is ?" she interrogated
"Misato but we....." Shinji tried explaining once again but got cut off by an angry Misato.
"What will the Commander say ?!"
The two teens sat in the back seats quietly, not wanting to respond, both of them looking out at the geofront wizzing away as the dreaded commander was mentioned. Misato knew that Shinji did it to help Asuka and Rei for Shinji. But the fact was she couldn't be hard on the two, they only did it for good causes and besides, Misato also did a thing of the same sort as well.
"Even though its a bad thing to do ............I'm proud of both of you" Misato said happily which caught the attention of the other two passengers in the car. The two just silently acknowledged the Major's comments as the scene outside of the car changed from geofront to the mechanical bustle of the Nerv HQ ground floor carpark.
Once the Ok was signalled Misato sped off the car lift and floored it down the street. Earning the yelps from her passengers as she dodged a lamp post and cut the kerb nearly hitting a telephone booth, as the Renault gained it composure and stuck back to the street leading the way back to the apartment.
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At the same time as Misato burned rubber down many a roads, Dr Akagi presented herself in front the Commander and Vice-Commander in his office.
The doctor stood trying to avoid the death glare of the Commander by looking down at her clipboard. "The recent tests show that that all three pilots' synch ratio's have dropped a few percentages, but not enough to alarm" Ritsuko stated trying to lay the news easily.
"Any decrease in ratio IS enough to alarm and should always be considered dramatically" Commander Ikari responded harshly, from behind his hands.
Dr. Akagi recoiled in a shudder from the tone of the Commanders voice, but managed a apology. "Yes Commander, I'm sorry"
The commander still in his trademark position only stared at the doctor and completely ignored her apology. "And what is the status of the second child"
"The second child's synch ratio has dropped with the other pilots, but no so much in quantity now, it seems as if she is getting better"
"Is that so ...."
"Yes sir" Ristuko squeaked out
"Do not assume doctor... have the Second Child's personal files ready to be erased"
"But Sir ..."
"I am not discharging her yet doctor, you are dismissed"
Without another word Dr. Akagi turned around and headed out of the Commanders desolate quarters.
(The Second Child is not of importance at the moment, with these new changes my main concern is Unit 01 and it's pilot and Rei.....) Gendo thought to himself as he did not want to reveal any information to his second in command.
(It seems as though the Third Child is having an influence on Rei, I must research more into it) he continued thinking until he turned to the statue standing beside him, "Fyuutsuki, have section 2 increase observations on the first and third children and have them report to me."
"Yes sir" fyuutsuki replied as he moved towards the door and left, leaving Gendo alone to his thoughts.
(Now I must find out the reason to all the new series of events that are occurring ............. especially the comatose forth child) Gendo contemplated as he stood from his chair and exited his own chambers with his hands in his pockets.
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A/N
Hey guys hoped ya like it, its pretty informative I guess but it'll get better I promise and please read and review, as I said I like reading them :). Also sorry if there are any grammar and spelling mistakes since like I said my pre-reader had to miss this chapter.
Look out for the next chapter or Evangelic Possibilities coming soon ...
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