Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion. If I did the characters personal lives would have been developed further. Oh well, that's what FF.net is for.
Notes: Thanks for all of your comments. I appreciate your urging me on and for the one guy who dogged my writing; I thank the most. I read my stuff and decided to ditch where this was going originally. In this chapter Asuka and Shinji were going to make up but now...Well, read it.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Part 5: The place I call home
There is a moment of silence flowing throughout the wind. 'Lies' the disbelieving Major believed these words to be: "I want to move out". However, Shinji is serious. His face does not move and his body matches it.
"What?" Misato questioned her subordinate again
"I don't want to live there anymore"
The heated discussion is on display to all their friends. Some of the them attempt to break the silence by conversing amongst themselves. It did nothing for the two.
"Why?"
"I'm tired of living with you two. I-It's just time to start something new"
"Shinji, did something happen between you and Asuka?"
"...No"
She held back the tears. They stung her eyes harshly. Asuka had hoped that Shinji and herself could work out what she did but now...He was leaving because of it.
***
The car ride home was quiet except for the depressed sigh Misato let out from time to time. Asuka sat in the back where Misato left her stolen batteries. Shinji couldn't hear her, he didn't really care. His one eye stared at the scenery outside. 'There it goes. Always changing, just speeding past'.
***
No silence proceeded the quiet room. Misato stood by the doorway, hoping for...anything to make him stay. He left for his room and shut the door, Asuka standing on the outside. 'That's right Asuka, guilt him into staying!'. Shinji walked out with his stuff, all in a single box 'How sad when your life fits in a box'. Asuka stood there, staring at the ground. She did nothing, and she could not either. He left. For where, she didn't know.
***
He had ridden a bus many a time. He found it calm and a reflection on life. 'Everyone leaves and comes. Nothing stops changing'. He knew where he was headed; Osaka. It was only a little ways from the Kanto region and he needed to be by friends now. People who understood him. He waited a few hours before going up to the apartment that Toji Suzuhara called home. The elevator up was long, he wondered if they would let him stay. The corridor was empty and almost identical to the one that led to Misato's apartment; his old home. Juggling a box and trying to ring a doorbell is hard, or at least Shinji thought it was. It took a few minutes before his call was answered. By Toji's little sister, no less.
"Hiya! Who're you?" the short little kid asked
"I-I'm Shinji Ikari. Is Toji here?" the nervous boy asked, bending down to the little girl
"Uh-huh!" the girl nodded, turning to retrieve her little brother
He waited for a few moments before the object of his desire arrived. A tall Japanese boy in a black 'Fila' tracksuit; his friend.
"Hey Shinji. How ya' doin'?" the host greeted, taking Shinji's box from him
"M-me? I'm good...but I was wondering..." with his hand he scratched his short hair
"Yeah?"
"I-if I could stay here for the night...If it's not to much trouble" Shinji elaborated his point with shaking hand gestures
"Sure, my granddad and dad work pretty late anyway, I had to take a bus to get back here!"
"Th-thanks Toji"
"Oh, by the way. This is my little sister; Megumi" he nodded towards the child
"H-hi Megumi!" Shinji let out a false smile for the girl
"Hiya! My big brother's an Ebangarion pilot!" the girl boasted proudly
"She can't say it right yet. Her school doesn't teach much use for Katakana. Anyway, come in"
***
It wasn't much different from home. Except he was spoken to consistently, he still had to pull his weight in chores and cook dinner. Afterwards though, it was a completely different place, they took turns playing games, watching t.v. and they shared food.
"You're an Ebangarion pilot to?" the excited girl exclaimed
"Y-yes but it's E-va-n-ge-ri-o-n" Shinji slowly pronounced in Hiragana
"So Shinji, why aren't you at home with Mi-Sa-To?" Toji slowly pronounced his loves' name
"Well, there were some problems between me and Asuka..."
"So, the red-headed bitch. No surprise there"
"...Yeah, anyway, I decided to leave...So, can I, uh, maybe, well, live here?"
"Yeah...Sorry, Shinji but I have to move to" Toji slowly replied, resting a hand on his head
"Why?"
"Apparently, as a pilot I have to live in the heart of Kanto, so that I can get there quick and so they can protect me, or something"
"Well, thanks anyway"
"Oh, maybe I can take your spot with Misato!" his eyes gleamed with hope and his hands formed a prayer
Shinji looked away from his love-struck friend "...Right..."
***
"Hmmm? Why do you want to move Shinji?" a concerned Ritsuko inquired
"I-I just want to. Uh, I was just wondering, if, well, maybe if the place I was going to leave originally is still there?" he trailed on the last few words
"I'd have to go check but I don't think so"
Dr. Akagi turned, placing her hands in her pockets and started towards the lift. Shinji stood there, unknown if he should move or not.
"Hey Shinji!" a loud voice startled him from his trance
"Y-yes Hyuga?"
"Did something happen between you and Asuka?"
"Huh? H-how did you know about Asuka?" Shinji was taken back by the statement
"Well...when you tell Major Katsuragi anything guaranteed that we'll all know" Hyuga informed looking at his two comrades
"...No, nothing happened"
"Oh? Why would you want to move out with Misato?" Hyuga rhetorically asked, turning back to his computer
***
Doctor Ritsuko Akagi knew the way to Gendo Ikari's office by heart. She could make their blindfolded. A few turns here, and few there and a lift up. She walked in to see the cold commander at his desk, hands folded with Fuyutsuki at his side, in a chair.
"Yes, Dr. Akagi?" Ikari asked between folded hands
"Construction is complete sir"
"Good. So the Evangelions will be ready for the celestial moon?"
"Yes sir"
"And have you managed to attain a date?"
"I can only estimate it will be within one to two weeks"
"I see. And of the next child?"
"Process is complete. He will arrive, with any luck, before the second scenario"
"With his Evangelion"
"Yes, and he is supplying the finished S2 engines"
"Excellent. Do the pilots still question anything?"
"No sir, after the last incident with the angel everyone has kept quiet"
"Good"
"And sir?"
"Yes Dr. Akagi?"
"Your-The third child wishes to take up different residence"
"I see. Who can he live with at the moment?"
"Misato Katsuragi, who he left, or Rei Ayanami...or he could live alone"
"Give him a place alone"
"Yes sir"
The doctor turned message girl returned to the lift and took it down leaving the two men alone.
"Should he live on his own? His self esteem isn't going to force him to live"
"It doesn't matter, if he dies...We have his DNA"
'About his own son, no less. What kind of monster are you Ikari?'
***
The PR people worked on the first level of NERV. The only place allowed by all personnel, it was constantly busy. These people didn't know Ritsuko and treated her as another blonde. She shoved her way to the desk where the secretary ignored her, until Dr. Akagi flashed her I.D. card in her face. She was allowed into the office of a Mr. Tamamoto.
"Please accept my apologies Miss Akagi. I am..." the man greeted from his chair
"I don't care. I'm here to set a place for one Shinji Ikari to live" brushed the annoyed Ritsuko "He is to live alone"
"Okay..." Tamamoto sounded very unpleasant "I'm sorry but the last vacant housing district went to a...Toji Suzuhara"
"Bunk them together" Ritsuko ordered
"His family is living with him, there's no more room for anyone"
"Hmmm..."
***
Shinji had no where to go. We didn't want to have to live with Asuka momentarily or over-stay his welcome at the Suzuhara's. He waited patiently by Hyuga, discussing with him the things he felt as Eva pilot. The conversation begin to go to a standstill until the lift brought one Ritsuko Akagi up.
"O-oh, Ritsuko! Have you found a place for me to live?" he had no remorse with leaving Hyuga
"Yes, please go to this address" she handed him a small slip of paper
Shinji opened it up quickly and stared at it "What! I don't want to live with her!"
"To bad, you either live with her or on the street"
"B-but what Ayanami...?" he protested to the idea
"I've contacted commander Ikari and he doesn't want you living there"
"But I left Asuka to, to get away. N-now your putting me back in?"
"I'm sorry Shinji but this is your only choice"
"Yes ma'am" a perturbed Shinji obeyed
***
The twelve monoliths. The puppeteers of the world, motionless in the black void, discussing the strings to pull.
"We have confirmed it" seven informed
"So the moon will rise?" one questioned
"Indeed" seven confirmed
"And of the need for the 'Lance of Longinus'?" one inquired
"Sadly we can only replicate so much. Before the lance was heaved we had completed a 33% clone" three reported
"And now?" one wanted
"We are 800% behind schedule. We now only have a 34% clone with limitations of 40%" three sadly said
"What is the percentage of Unit 01's A.T. field?" one questioned
"With the duplicate lance it will be -750%" three explained
"Good" one faded out, the others followed
***
Shinji Ikari kept looking at the address, trying to see if it was real. He couldn't believe they had sent him there. 'From the fire into the fire' he presumed of the situation. He took the same bus, transferred the same time, walked down the same hallway, and knocked on the same door. He waited, wondering if there was someone there and remembered the buzz. He allowed it to go for a few moments before wondering where she was. 'C'mon, open up. It's cold out here'
"Um, is anyone there?" Shinji called out, unsure of the answer
"Yes, third child" a familiar voice called out
"Uh, may I come in?" the reluctant pilot asked
"Of course"
Shinji had barely heard the last words before the door was opened. Behind stood a vision of loveliness; the same school uniform, the same expression upon her face, the same eyes, and the same blue hair.
"H-hello Ayanami!" he bowed low for the clone
"Yes pilot Ikari?" the albino calmly asked
"Uh, um, ah, R-Ritsuko..."
"Did Dr. Akagi send you?"
"Um, yes. I-I'm supposed to board with you"
"I see. Please come in"
"T-thank you"
Shinji waited several moments before he dared step into the apartment. It was the same as always, dusty, dirty, and generally unkept. The same pair of broken glasses lying upon the dresser that held her undergarments. He stared about the place as though he had never seen it before.
"Pilot Ikari? Are you coming?" Rei had come back to get him
"O-oh, yes ma'am" he obeyed diligently with a jog
Rei opened the door past her bathroom. It occurred to Shinji that he had never seen it before. It showed a second bedroom, however it had in it a desk, lamp and some papers strewn about.
"This shall be your room" the clone monotonly stated
"I see"
"I am not sure of the greeting...I believe it is; welcome home"
Shinji gazed around the place; with a bit of cleanliness it would be a good room "The place I call home..."
***
Note: a little shorter then my other chapters but hey, I canned the original idea and had to go pure writing please review
Notes: Thanks for all of your comments. I appreciate your urging me on and for the one guy who dogged my writing; I thank the most. I read my stuff and decided to ditch where this was going originally. In this chapter Asuka and Shinji were going to make up but now...Well, read it.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Part 5: The place I call home
There is a moment of silence flowing throughout the wind. 'Lies' the disbelieving Major believed these words to be: "I want to move out". However, Shinji is serious. His face does not move and his body matches it.
"What?" Misato questioned her subordinate again
"I don't want to live there anymore"
The heated discussion is on display to all their friends. Some of the them attempt to break the silence by conversing amongst themselves. It did nothing for the two.
"Why?"
"I'm tired of living with you two. I-It's just time to start something new"
"Shinji, did something happen between you and Asuka?"
"...No"
She held back the tears. They stung her eyes harshly. Asuka had hoped that Shinji and herself could work out what she did but now...He was leaving because of it.
***
The car ride home was quiet except for the depressed sigh Misato let out from time to time. Asuka sat in the back where Misato left her stolen batteries. Shinji couldn't hear her, he didn't really care. His one eye stared at the scenery outside. 'There it goes. Always changing, just speeding past'.
***
No silence proceeded the quiet room. Misato stood by the doorway, hoping for...anything to make him stay. He left for his room and shut the door, Asuka standing on the outside. 'That's right Asuka, guilt him into staying!'. Shinji walked out with his stuff, all in a single box 'How sad when your life fits in a box'. Asuka stood there, staring at the ground. She did nothing, and she could not either. He left. For where, she didn't know.
***
He had ridden a bus many a time. He found it calm and a reflection on life. 'Everyone leaves and comes. Nothing stops changing'. He knew where he was headed; Osaka. It was only a little ways from the Kanto region and he needed to be by friends now. People who understood him. He waited a few hours before going up to the apartment that Toji Suzuhara called home. The elevator up was long, he wondered if they would let him stay. The corridor was empty and almost identical to the one that led to Misato's apartment; his old home. Juggling a box and trying to ring a doorbell is hard, or at least Shinji thought it was. It took a few minutes before his call was answered. By Toji's little sister, no less.
"Hiya! Who're you?" the short little kid asked
"I-I'm Shinji Ikari. Is Toji here?" the nervous boy asked, bending down to the little girl
"Uh-huh!" the girl nodded, turning to retrieve her little brother
He waited for a few moments before the object of his desire arrived. A tall Japanese boy in a black 'Fila' tracksuit; his friend.
"Hey Shinji. How ya' doin'?" the host greeted, taking Shinji's box from him
"M-me? I'm good...but I was wondering..." with his hand he scratched his short hair
"Yeah?"
"I-if I could stay here for the night...If it's not to much trouble" Shinji elaborated his point with shaking hand gestures
"Sure, my granddad and dad work pretty late anyway, I had to take a bus to get back here!"
"Th-thanks Toji"
"Oh, by the way. This is my little sister; Megumi" he nodded towards the child
"H-hi Megumi!" Shinji let out a false smile for the girl
"Hiya! My big brother's an Ebangarion pilot!" the girl boasted proudly
"She can't say it right yet. Her school doesn't teach much use for Katakana. Anyway, come in"
***
It wasn't much different from home. Except he was spoken to consistently, he still had to pull his weight in chores and cook dinner. Afterwards though, it was a completely different place, they took turns playing games, watching t.v. and they shared food.
"You're an Ebangarion pilot to?" the excited girl exclaimed
"Y-yes but it's E-va-n-ge-ri-o-n" Shinji slowly pronounced in Hiragana
"So Shinji, why aren't you at home with Mi-Sa-To?" Toji slowly pronounced his loves' name
"Well, there were some problems between me and Asuka..."
"So, the red-headed bitch. No surprise there"
"...Yeah, anyway, I decided to leave...So, can I, uh, maybe, well, live here?"
"Yeah...Sorry, Shinji but I have to move to" Toji slowly replied, resting a hand on his head
"Why?"
"Apparently, as a pilot I have to live in the heart of Kanto, so that I can get there quick and so they can protect me, or something"
"Well, thanks anyway"
"Oh, maybe I can take your spot with Misato!" his eyes gleamed with hope and his hands formed a prayer
Shinji looked away from his love-struck friend "...Right..."
***
"Hmmm? Why do you want to move Shinji?" a concerned Ritsuko inquired
"I-I just want to. Uh, I was just wondering, if, well, maybe if the place I was going to leave originally is still there?" he trailed on the last few words
"I'd have to go check but I don't think so"
Dr. Akagi turned, placing her hands in her pockets and started towards the lift. Shinji stood there, unknown if he should move or not.
"Hey Shinji!" a loud voice startled him from his trance
"Y-yes Hyuga?"
"Did something happen between you and Asuka?"
"Huh? H-how did you know about Asuka?" Shinji was taken back by the statement
"Well...when you tell Major Katsuragi anything guaranteed that we'll all know" Hyuga informed looking at his two comrades
"...No, nothing happened"
"Oh? Why would you want to move out with Misato?" Hyuga rhetorically asked, turning back to his computer
***
Doctor Ritsuko Akagi knew the way to Gendo Ikari's office by heart. She could make their blindfolded. A few turns here, and few there and a lift up. She walked in to see the cold commander at his desk, hands folded with Fuyutsuki at his side, in a chair.
"Yes, Dr. Akagi?" Ikari asked between folded hands
"Construction is complete sir"
"Good. So the Evangelions will be ready for the celestial moon?"
"Yes sir"
"And have you managed to attain a date?"
"I can only estimate it will be within one to two weeks"
"I see. And of the next child?"
"Process is complete. He will arrive, with any luck, before the second scenario"
"With his Evangelion"
"Yes, and he is supplying the finished S2 engines"
"Excellent. Do the pilots still question anything?"
"No sir, after the last incident with the angel everyone has kept quiet"
"Good"
"And sir?"
"Yes Dr. Akagi?"
"Your-The third child wishes to take up different residence"
"I see. Who can he live with at the moment?"
"Misato Katsuragi, who he left, or Rei Ayanami...or he could live alone"
"Give him a place alone"
"Yes sir"
The doctor turned message girl returned to the lift and took it down leaving the two men alone.
"Should he live on his own? His self esteem isn't going to force him to live"
"It doesn't matter, if he dies...We have his DNA"
'About his own son, no less. What kind of monster are you Ikari?'
***
The PR people worked on the first level of NERV. The only place allowed by all personnel, it was constantly busy. These people didn't know Ritsuko and treated her as another blonde. She shoved her way to the desk where the secretary ignored her, until Dr. Akagi flashed her I.D. card in her face. She was allowed into the office of a Mr. Tamamoto.
"Please accept my apologies Miss Akagi. I am..." the man greeted from his chair
"I don't care. I'm here to set a place for one Shinji Ikari to live" brushed the annoyed Ritsuko "He is to live alone"
"Okay..." Tamamoto sounded very unpleasant "I'm sorry but the last vacant housing district went to a...Toji Suzuhara"
"Bunk them together" Ritsuko ordered
"His family is living with him, there's no more room for anyone"
"Hmmm..."
***
Shinji had no where to go. We didn't want to have to live with Asuka momentarily or over-stay his welcome at the Suzuhara's. He waited patiently by Hyuga, discussing with him the things he felt as Eva pilot. The conversation begin to go to a standstill until the lift brought one Ritsuko Akagi up.
"O-oh, Ritsuko! Have you found a place for me to live?" he had no remorse with leaving Hyuga
"Yes, please go to this address" she handed him a small slip of paper
Shinji opened it up quickly and stared at it "What! I don't want to live with her!"
"To bad, you either live with her or on the street"
"B-but what Ayanami...?" he protested to the idea
"I've contacted commander Ikari and he doesn't want you living there"
"But I left Asuka to, to get away. N-now your putting me back in?"
"I'm sorry Shinji but this is your only choice"
"Yes ma'am" a perturbed Shinji obeyed
***
The twelve monoliths. The puppeteers of the world, motionless in the black void, discussing the strings to pull.
"We have confirmed it" seven informed
"So the moon will rise?" one questioned
"Indeed" seven confirmed
"And of the need for the 'Lance of Longinus'?" one inquired
"Sadly we can only replicate so much. Before the lance was heaved we had completed a 33% clone" three reported
"And now?" one wanted
"We are 800% behind schedule. We now only have a 34% clone with limitations of 40%" three sadly said
"What is the percentage of Unit 01's A.T. field?" one questioned
"With the duplicate lance it will be -750%" three explained
"Good" one faded out, the others followed
***
Shinji Ikari kept looking at the address, trying to see if it was real. He couldn't believe they had sent him there. 'From the fire into the fire' he presumed of the situation. He took the same bus, transferred the same time, walked down the same hallway, and knocked on the same door. He waited, wondering if there was someone there and remembered the buzz. He allowed it to go for a few moments before wondering where she was. 'C'mon, open up. It's cold out here'
"Um, is anyone there?" Shinji called out, unsure of the answer
"Yes, third child" a familiar voice called out
"Uh, may I come in?" the reluctant pilot asked
"Of course"
Shinji had barely heard the last words before the door was opened. Behind stood a vision of loveliness; the same school uniform, the same expression upon her face, the same eyes, and the same blue hair.
"H-hello Ayanami!" he bowed low for the clone
"Yes pilot Ikari?" the albino calmly asked
"Uh, um, ah, R-Ritsuko..."
"Did Dr. Akagi send you?"
"Um, yes. I-I'm supposed to board with you"
"I see. Please come in"
"T-thank you"
Shinji waited several moments before he dared step into the apartment. It was the same as always, dusty, dirty, and generally unkept. The same pair of broken glasses lying upon the dresser that held her undergarments. He stared about the place as though he had never seen it before.
"Pilot Ikari? Are you coming?" Rei had come back to get him
"O-oh, yes ma'am" he obeyed diligently with a jog
Rei opened the door past her bathroom. It occurred to Shinji that he had never seen it before. It showed a second bedroom, however it had in it a desk, lamp and some papers strewn about.
"This shall be your room" the clone monotonly stated
"I see"
"I am not sure of the greeting...I believe it is; welcome home"
Shinji gazed around the place; with a bit of cleanliness it would be a good room "The place I call home..."
***
Note: a little shorter then my other chapters but hey, I canned the original idea and had to go pure writing please review