Keyblade: it will be a bit hard to get them together if I do decide to. He
can be such a jerk some times, like most of my leading male characters. I
guess I do need them to-I've said too much.
Lord of Pencil: Don't feel bad if you don't understand. If you do
understand, you're a better fan than I, cause I don't have a clue what's
happening, and my muse isn't giving any hints.
Ami: Glad you liked it. Thanx for the encouragement.
For all of you who think that I'm writing too fast, I'll have to take a six-
week hiatus starting next Sunday, and I don't like leaving my readers
hanging, unlike some authors. Listening to the readers scream in
suspenseful agony is nice and all, but I have my hearing to think about.
Don't worry, it will end eventually. I hope.
Disclaimer: Neon Genesis Evangelion is property of Hideaki Anno and Gainax.
The characters Lilliko, Adamu, Misato Jr, Takoru, Isya, Rakota, Furiko, Dai- syo, Samantha, Ariline, Karles, Eletha, and the Eva units 14-20 are MINE! I'm not making any money off of this, though apparently I'm making a few people upset..
Fourth Impact Chapter 25: Morning After
Rei put her ear to her daughter's door and listened. It was oddly silent. Her daughter talked in her sleep, quite candidly too, and was a very restless sleeper to boot. Usually there was a racket coming from her room at night. She carefully opened the door and peered into her daughter's room. Even in the dim light of 3 AM, she could see the two bodies curled up on the bed. They had their arms wrapped around one another. That explained why Lilliko wasn't thrashing about. Rei absently noticed that one of Takoru's hands had wandered downward a bit. As her eyes adjusted, Rei discovered the reason that Lilliko was silent. She hoped that Takoru breathed through his nose when sleeping, because they'd managed to fall asleep with their lips locked. (Layra-chan: Kawaii.) Fortunately Lilliko didn't need to breathe for her S2 engine to operate.
Kaoru stuck his head in as well. "I was wondering when they would get around to this." He smirked. He closed the door and turned to his wife. "You know, that gives me an idea."
Lilliko woke up, pulling out of the much-prolonged kiss. Her eyes were too blurry to make out the numbers on the clock. So she whistled in Takoru's ear. He woke with a start.
"Gah!" he exclaimed. "Lilli-chan, it's 4:25 for crying out loud!" She smiled at him.
"Thank you. I couldn't see the clock well from this angle." she said, and laid her head down against his chest, instantly asleep. He stared at her for a long moment, then sighed and placed his head against hers.
"Lilliko, breakfast." Takoru woke up immediately at the word 'breakfast.' He suddenly realized whose voice it was. He shot out of Lilliko's arms and spun to face Rei, who was giving him an odd smile. "Morning, Suzuhara-san." She said nonchalantly. "Did you sleep well?"
"Rei-Ayanami-san-" he spluttered, his face turning bright red. His hands began to twitch and he would have started to sweat if he hadn't suddenly gone cold all over. She continued to smile at him, "I mean, um.we didn't do anything-I mean-"
"Would you like to join us for breakfast?' she asked, ignoring his attempts at explaining his presence. "I made plenty for all of us."
"Be careful, mother." Lilliko called sleepily from inside the room. "Takoru- chan eats like a black hole." Suddenly the girl shot up. "Takoru-chan! Mother! I-we-" she turned even redder than Takoru. She grimaced, trying to straighten her rumpled clothes and glaring at Takoru.
Rei thought they looked cute, both of them blushing so furiously. But to tell them that would be beyond wrong. Even Rei knew that much. "Join us when you're ready, Lilliko." Rei told her daughter. "Come, Suzuhara-san, I'd like to get to know you better if you're going to be Lilliko's boyfriend." She led the stunned boy down the stairs to the kitchen. (AN: if only all parents could be that understanding/unconcerned. Sigh.)
"No offence," Takoru told his girlfriend as they strolled to his house, "but your mother scares me."
Lilliko smiled. "She does that to most people. She just doesn't understand, that's all."
"Or she understands too well." He muttered. They reached his house. He had managed to grab his keys before being dragged out the night before, so was able to get in.
"I'm home!" he yelled. His sister Isya greeted them.
"Welcome back. How was your stay at your girlfriend's house?" Isya asked with a giggle. Takoru blinked, not trusting himself to answer properly. Isya leaned in closer to him. "Tell me," she said in a whisper, "did you sleep with her?"
Lilliko smiled. Apparently Takoru's sister had also gotten their father's habits.
Takoru pulled back indignantly. "I'm appalled, Isya. To think that you would have such a dirty mind." Isya smiled, still waiting for an answer. "And for your information, yes, I did sleep with her. But not in the way you think." Isya's eyes widened artistically. "Not that way either!" She giggled, enjoying her brother's discomfort.
Lilliko saved him by stepping forward. "Your brother was very nice." She told Isya. "You should be more appreciative of him." Isya nodded sarcastically. "You may have him back now, but I am expecting him again later tonight. Tell your mother, please." Isya's smirk widened and she began to pull Takoru inside. But the boy broke out of her grasp and gave Lilliko a parting kiss before going in.
Hikari was waiting for them just beyond sight of the door. "How is she?" she asked, unable to keep the other questions out of her voice.
"She was very upset with me when I got there," he told her, "but we worked things out." She nodded. "She fell asleep before we got anywhere." He assured her. She nodded again, slowly. "Mother!" he finally said, exasperated. "You've lectured us enough that I couldn't do anything with her even if I wanted to. Don't worry, we'll be long married before you have to worry about grandchildren." She nodded again, this time more confidently. Isya pouted.
"So you really didn't do anything." She said, disappointed. Hikari shot her a disapproving look.
"You've been spending too much time with your father." She told Isya. Isya stifled a yelp, knowing that she was about to get another lecture.
"Misa-chan!" Misato smiled. Lilliko sounded like she was back to her old self. "Thank you so much!"
"It was the least I could do for a friend." She said. "Did you thank your brother as well? He was a big help to me last night."
"Yes, I thanked him." Misato's smile darkened slightly. There was that hint to Lilliko's voice again.
"How?"
Lilliko giggled. "I dumped a bucket of paint on him with the words 'thank you' written on the bottom of the bucket."
Misato sighed. "Lilli-kun."
"Don't worry, it's all right. He's already tripped me seven times today." Misato shook her head. There was no dealing with that girl. "Say, can you come over today?"
Misato shook her head. "I'm still being interrogated about what happened in Adam's room." She looked down at the tiny bump on her core. "And they want to do a 'let's poke at the bomb until something happens' session. You know how NERV is."
"That's what you get when a scientist is co-Commander." Lilliko replied. "Especially one like Dr. Akagi Ritsuko."
Misato sighed. "I wish she'd spend her energy on something else, like getting Maya pregnant, or figuring out what to do with Unit 01 now that I can't use it, instead of poking Adam with electrodes. I can feel Adam's pain now too."
"Who are you?"
"Eletha Siras. Twelfth."
"Kales Sudermann, Sixth. So, you're the one who was calling me."
"Good to meet you, Karles. Shall we go?"
"Just like that?"
"Why not? Surely you aren't one of those idiots who train all the time."
"But what's the hurry?"
"My mind is very sensitive, and Lillith is very loud. That's what's the hurry."
"Oh."
"Katsuragi-san! We have two black AT patterns."
"TWO?"
"One from the east, one from the north-east. Both heading this way fast."
"Get me visuals, now!"
Two figures appeared. An eastern European boy armed with a glowing whip, and a dark-skinned girl surrounded by hovering spikes. Both of them were floating above the ground, skimming the air at incredible speeds.
Suddenly the image of the girl exploded into static. "We've lost contact with the north-eastern sector." Reported the woman who had replaced Shigeru.
"What about the eastern sector, Aria?" Misato strode over to her console. Aria Furiko entered a line of code and a map of the countryside east of Tokyo 4 appeared, a black dot shooting through it.
"Arrival in twenty minutes."
Misato popped open her phone. Seconds later Adamu picked up. "Adamu, is your sister or Misa with you?"
"Lilliko's here. Misa is heading toward NERV right now." Adamu replied. "The girl is almost here. She's armed with AT spikes and is tearing up everything she can find."
A scream echoed across the phone connection. "Damn! She got Lilliko!" The phone clicked off.
Misato stormed out of the bridge and jumped into her car. "Let's see if I'm still as fast now as I was seventeen years ago."
She quickly found Misa and yanked her into the car. As the two of them headed back toward NERV, Misato noted that her namesake was trembling. "Misa,"
"It's Adam." Misa told her. "She's scared."
AN: I know what at least some of you are thinking. 'Twelfth? You only mentioned seven AT fields.' Ah, but remember that Ariline was also one, so that's eight. And what of the other Evas? Maybe. But that still only comes to 11. My answer is: 'Ha ha. I'm just going to continue confusing you until I get all 15 of Lillith's Chosen worked out.' See if you can figure out why 15.
Disclaimer: Neon Genesis Evangelion is property of Hideaki Anno and Gainax.
The characters Lilliko, Adamu, Misato Jr, Takoru, Isya, Rakota, Furiko, Dai- syo, Samantha, Ariline, Karles, Eletha, and the Eva units 14-20 are MINE! I'm not making any money off of this, though apparently I'm making a few people upset..
Fourth Impact Chapter 25: Morning After
Rei put her ear to her daughter's door and listened. It was oddly silent. Her daughter talked in her sleep, quite candidly too, and was a very restless sleeper to boot. Usually there was a racket coming from her room at night. She carefully opened the door and peered into her daughter's room. Even in the dim light of 3 AM, she could see the two bodies curled up on the bed. They had their arms wrapped around one another. That explained why Lilliko wasn't thrashing about. Rei absently noticed that one of Takoru's hands had wandered downward a bit. As her eyes adjusted, Rei discovered the reason that Lilliko was silent. She hoped that Takoru breathed through his nose when sleeping, because they'd managed to fall asleep with their lips locked. (Layra-chan: Kawaii.) Fortunately Lilliko didn't need to breathe for her S2 engine to operate.
Kaoru stuck his head in as well. "I was wondering when they would get around to this." He smirked. He closed the door and turned to his wife. "You know, that gives me an idea."
Lilliko woke up, pulling out of the much-prolonged kiss. Her eyes were too blurry to make out the numbers on the clock. So she whistled in Takoru's ear. He woke with a start.
"Gah!" he exclaimed. "Lilli-chan, it's 4:25 for crying out loud!" She smiled at him.
"Thank you. I couldn't see the clock well from this angle." she said, and laid her head down against his chest, instantly asleep. He stared at her for a long moment, then sighed and placed his head against hers.
"Lilliko, breakfast." Takoru woke up immediately at the word 'breakfast.' He suddenly realized whose voice it was. He shot out of Lilliko's arms and spun to face Rei, who was giving him an odd smile. "Morning, Suzuhara-san." She said nonchalantly. "Did you sleep well?"
"Rei-Ayanami-san-" he spluttered, his face turning bright red. His hands began to twitch and he would have started to sweat if he hadn't suddenly gone cold all over. She continued to smile at him, "I mean, um.we didn't do anything-I mean-"
"Would you like to join us for breakfast?' she asked, ignoring his attempts at explaining his presence. "I made plenty for all of us."
"Be careful, mother." Lilliko called sleepily from inside the room. "Takoru- chan eats like a black hole." Suddenly the girl shot up. "Takoru-chan! Mother! I-we-" she turned even redder than Takoru. She grimaced, trying to straighten her rumpled clothes and glaring at Takoru.
Rei thought they looked cute, both of them blushing so furiously. But to tell them that would be beyond wrong. Even Rei knew that much. "Join us when you're ready, Lilliko." Rei told her daughter. "Come, Suzuhara-san, I'd like to get to know you better if you're going to be Lilliko's boyfriend." She led the stunned boy down the stairs to the kitchen. (AN: if only all parents could be that understanding/unconcerned. Sigh.)
"No offence," Takoru told his girlfriend as they strolled to his house, "but your mother scares me."
Lilliko smiled. "She does that to most people. She just doesn't understand, that's all."
"Or she understands too well." He muttered. They reached his house. He had managed to grab his keys before being dragged out the night before, so was able to get in.
"I'm home!" he yelled. His sister Isya greeted them.
"Welcome back. How was your stay at your girlfriend's house?" Isya asked with a giggle. Takoru blinked, not trusting himself to answer properly. Isya leaned in closer to him. "Tell me," she said in a whisper, "did you sleep with her?"
Lilliko smiled. Apparently Takoru's sister had also gotten their father's habits.
Takoru pulled back indignantly. "I'm appalled, Isya. To think that you would have such a dirty mind." Isya smiled, still waiting for an answer. "And for your information, yes, I did sleep with her. But not in the way you think." Isya's eyes widened artistically. "Not that way either!" She giggled, enjoying her brother's discomfort.
Lilliko saved him by stepping forward. "Your brother was very nice." She told Isya. "You should be more appreciative of him." Isya nodded sarcastically. "You may have him back now, but I am expecting him again later tonight. Tell your mother, please." Isya's smirk widened and she began to pull Takoru inside. But the boy broke out of her grasp and gave Lilliko a parting kiss before going in.
Hikari was waiting for them just beyond sight of the door. "How is she?" she asked, unable to keep the other questions out of her voice.
"She was very upset with me when I got there," he told her, "but we worked things out." She nodded. "She fell asleep before we got anywhere." He assured her. She nodded again, slowly. "Mother!" he finally said, exasperated. "You've lectured us enough that I couldn't do anything with her even if I wanted to. Don't worry, we'll be long married before you have to worry about grandchildren." She nodded again, this time more confidently. Isya pouted.
"So you really didn't do anything." She said, disappointed. Hikari shot her a disapproving look.
"You've been spending too much time with your father." She told Isya. Isya stifled a yelp, knowing that she was about to get another lecture.
"Misa-chan!" Misato smiled. Lilliko sounded like she was back to her old self. "Thank you so much!"
"It was the least I could do for a friend." She said. "Did you thank your brother as well? He was a big help to me last night."
"Yes, I thanked him." Misato's smile darkened slightly. There was that hint to Lilliko's voice again.
"How?"
Lilliko giggled. "I dumped a bucket of paint on him with the words 'thank you' written on the bottom of the bucket."
Misato sighed. "Lilli-kun."
"Don't worry, it's all right. He's already tripped me seven times today." Misato shook her head. There was no dealing with that girl. "Say, can you come over today?"
Misato shook her head. "I'm still being interrogated about what happened in Adam's room." She looked down at the tiny bump on her core. "And they want to do a 'let's poke at the bomb until something happens' session. You know how NERV is."
"That's what you get when a scientist is co-Commander." Lilliko replied. "Especially one like Dr. Akagi Ritsuko."
Misato sighed. "I wish she'd spend her energy on something else, like getting Maya pregnant, or figuring out what to do with Unit 01 now that I can't use it, instead of poking Adam with electrodes. I can feel Adam's pain now too."
"Who are you?"
"Eletha Siras. Twelfth."
"Kales Sudermann, Sixth. So, you're the one who was calling me."
"Good to meet you, Karles. Shall we go?"
"Just like that?"
"Why not? Surely you aren't one of those idiots who train all the time."
"But what's the hurry?"
"My mind is very sensitive, and Lillith is very loud. That's what's the hurry."
"Oh."
"Katsuragi-san! We have two black AT patterns."
"TWO?"
"One from the east, one from the north-east. Both heading this way fast."
"Get me visuals, now!"
Two figures appeared. An eastern European boy armed with a glowing whip, and a dark-skinned girl surrounded by hovering spikes. Both of them were floating above the ground, skimming the air at incredible speeds.
Suddenly the image of the girl exploded into static. "We've lost contact with the north-eastern sector." Reported the woman who had replaced Shigeru.
"What about the eastern sector, Aria?" Misato strode over to her console. Aria Furiko entered a line of code and a map of the countryside east of Tokyo 4 appeared, a black dot shooting through it.
"Arrival in twenty minutes."
Misato popped open her phone. Seconds later Adamu picked up. "Adamu, is your sister or Misa with you?"
"Lilliko's here. Misa is heading toward NERV right now." Adamu replied. "The girl is almost here. She's armed with AT spikes and is tearing up everything she can find."
A scream echoed across the phone connection. "Damn! She got Lilliko!" The phone clicked off.
Misato stormed out of the bridge and jumped into her car. "Let's see if I'm still as fast now as I was seventeen years ago."
She quickly found Misa and yanked her into the car. As the two of them headed back toward NERV, Misato noted that her namesake was trembling. "Misa,"
"It's Adam." Misa told her. "She's scared."
AN: I know what at least some of you are thinking. 'Twelfth? You only mentioned seven AT fields.' Ah, but remember that Ariline was also one, so that's eight. And what of the other Evas? Maybe. But that still only comes to 11. My answer is: 'Ha ha. I'm just going to continue confusing you until I get all 15 of Lillith's Chosen worked out.' See if you can figure out why 15.