Chapter 3
History Lesson
Two Days later
Gamorr walked through the caverns towards Draco's throne room. Upon entering, Gamorr fell to his knee and bowed low.
"You sent for me my Lord?"
Draco turned his throne and faced Gamorr. "I have decided how to remove our Goddess problem. Take 4 Demons and go to the far side of Japoness, allow them to detect you, to think that that spot is your base of operations."
"And what shall I do once they are there?" asked Gamorr, "Our Demons are no match for the Goddess or the Guardians."
"You only need to lead them there." Draco replied. He then walked over and removed the cloth from an object. "This will handle them when they arrive."
Gamorr stared at the object and smiled.
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Several hours later.
Faust had arrived earlier the previous morning and had been with Lorelei accessing the computers ever since. After the events of 2 days before, Otaru and the girls had stayed at the castle, incase more Sabers arrived.
'Not that we'd do much good.' thought Otaru.
Finally, Otaru and the girls were called into the council room, where the Shogun had once met with the world leaders. Now Lorelei and Faust were going to use it for a different reason, a history lesson. Already sitting at the table were the Saber Dolls and Faust. Otaru and the girls took their seats and looked up to Lorelei.
"Faust and I have gone through the computer database," began Lorelei, "We now have the information on what we face."
Lorelei bent over and grabbed something from under the table. The item she came up with was the helmet, its face shield still shattered on the right side.
"I tested this with every scanner I had." said Lorelei, "All of them said the same thing, the material that makes this helmet does not exist."
Everyone but Faust stared at her in shock. Lorelei continued.
"It is also a very strong material. Nothing has been able to dent it. Not even Baiko and her energy sword could dent it. It is virtually indestructible."
"But what about the shield?" asked Panther, "It was shattered by that ....whatever it was."
"I can't explain it." replied Lorelei, "Neither can I explain this." Lorelei hit a button on the computer before her. A picture appeared on the wall screen. It showed Lorelei and 3 women, 2 brunettes and a red head. The marionettes and Otaru stared in surprise.
"But....That girl." began Otaru, pointing to one of the brunettes, "Other then the hair, that her!"
"Otaru!" Lime stood up and pointed at the other 2 in the picture, "We ran into them!"
Lorelei stared at Lime. "You what?"
"On the way home yesterday, we sort of ran into the red head. She was called Asuka by her," said Lime, pointing to the brunette, "But they looked and acted like marionettes."
"How do you know them?" asked Otaru.
Lorelei glanced at Faust. "Both Faust and I know them. They were on the Mesopotamia. Their names are Sayoko Morisato, Asuka Sohryu, and..."
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300 years ago.
".....Rei Ikari."
Rei glanced up. "Oh, hello Dr. Lorelei. Did you need something?"
Lorelei smiled, "Actually, I wondered if you would like to join me for lunch?"
Rei smiled, "Alright."
*Lorelei* Rei was rather quiet onboard the ship. Other then me, the only other people she really talked to were Sayoko and Asuka. Sayoko was very pleasant. But I never understood why Rei hung around Asuka. Asuka was rather .....harsh. *
"MEIN GOTT!!" shouted Asuka, "YOU CALL THIS FOOD?!?!"
Sayoko rolled her eyes, "Yes, I call it food. So does everyone else here. If you don't like it, you'll just have to wait until we arrive at the planet."
Asuka glared at Sayoko, "I'll eat it, I just don't like it."
"It could be worse," said Rei with a smile, "Misato could have made it."
Asuka seemed to consider that. "Yeah, I guess your right."
Lorelei looked at them confused, "Who is Misato?"
The other three kind of looked at each other a moment before replying.
"She was an old friend of ours." said Rei, "She had a ...unique cooking style."
"Unique is right." replied Asuka, "I don't know how she survived by eating that stuff."
"She couldn't have been that bad." said Lorelei.
Sayoko shook her head, "No, they're right. That woman could burn Jell-O."
Lorelei stared at Sayoko. "You can't be serious."
"Oh I am." replied Sayoko. "If there was some way to screw up an instant meal.....Misato would find it. Of course Asuka isn't much better."
"HEY!"
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"What happened to them?" asked Lime.
Lorelei let out a sigh. "Well I thought they had died onboard Mesopotamia as they weren't on the shuttle with Faust and the others. How they ended up here...." Lorelei shrugged.
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"Report."
Rei, Asuka, Sayoko, and Skuld stood before a 3 dimension hologram of Belldandy inside of an old warehouse. Long ago, it was realized that the Goddesses could not keep using phones forever for communication, as the world was changing. So a new device was created. It allowed the users on either end to see a hologram of the person they wished to speak to, at whatever scale they wished, so that while to the 4, the image of Belldandy was full sized, to Belldandy, they were only foot tall holograms on her desk.
"We have detected demon activity outside of Japoness." said Skuld, "From the amount of activity, it could be their base of operations here on Terra 2. We intend to investigate and illuminate it."
"Use caution Skuld," replied Belldandy, "I'm still not able to send you any help at this time. I don't want you doing anything stupid."
"Don't worry." replied Asuka with a big smile, "We can handle anything the Demons threw at us."
Belldandy smiled, "I'm sure you will. Until next time. Take care." The hologram flickered and then vanished. Rei walked over and pocketed the device.
"Alright," began Skuld, "Let's move out."
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"What about those Sabers, and those orbs?" asked Bloodberry.
"That requires a bit of an explanation." said Lorelei as she turned and nodded to Faust.
Faust typed a command into the nearby computer terminal, causing the wall screen to light up and a picture of a city to appear.
"What you see here is a city called Toyko-3. At one time, it was to be the capital of Japan on earth. Within a year, this city was all but gone."
"What happened?" asked Otaru.
Faust hit a button. On the screen, an enormous creature appeared. The most notable feature was a red orb glowing on its chest.
"This is an Angel." began Faust, "According to the data files, around 500 years ago, these creatures attacked earth with the intent of wiping out all of humanity. They were very powerful and resistant to most forms of attack."
The screen showed strange flying vehicle shooting at the angel. A hexagonal shield appeared, blocking the shots. It then sent forth a burst of energy, creating a cross shaped explosion that wiped out many of the flying vehicles.
"They seemed to have gotten their energy from that orb, known as an S2 Engine. These 'engine' gave the Angels the ability to regenerate wounds and form a barrier known as an AT-Field."
"Like those Sabers." said Cherry quietly, "But how did they get them?"
"And how did they defeat the Angels back then?" asked Otaru.
Faust hit another button. An armored purple and green figure appeared on the screen. "Mankind built replicas of the Angels, called Evangelions, to defeat them. Eventually, 14 Evangelions were built, however, history becomes sketchy at this point. We know that the Angels were defeated. The fate of the Evas is a mystery."
"Could we build Evangelions?" asked Tiger.
Faust shook his head, "No. The technology that created the Evangelions was lost, much like the technology that created the Maiden Circuit. Even if we could, we have no use for a 400 foot tall creation, nor do we have time to train pilots..."
"PILOTS?" shouted Otaru, "They put people in those things?!"
"Yes." said Faust, "14 year old children to be exact." Faust turned and looked at Lorelei.
"I found some pictures of those pilots...." Faust said, "This gets stranger." Faust leaned forward and pressed a button on the computer. A picture appeared on the screen that caused everyone to gasp in surprise. "The first pilot was known as the First Child, her name was Rei Ayanami, later, her name changed to Rei Ikari."
"An ancestor?" asked Lorelei, "To the Rei we knew?"
"I do not know. It gets stranger still." Faust pressed another button. "The Second Child, Asuka Langley Sohryu, later also changed to Ikari due to marriage." Then the Third Child, Shinji Ikari, the Fourth Child, Touji Suzuhara, and finally, the Fifth Child, Sayoko Morisato."
Lorelei stared in shock, as did everyone else at the table. "But...They can't be the same people. They have to have been descendants."
"As I said, I do not know." replied Faust, "The computer can only tell us so much. There is much that we don't know."
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Rei and Sayoko walked quietly through the caverns. The cave was pitch black, but having divine powers does have its advantages. Even though they moved in darkness, Rei and Sayoko could still see as if the cave was brightly lit. As they moved deeper in, they could feel the presence of Demons. But they also felt another feeling.....
"I don't like this.." muttered Sayoko.
"I agree." said Rei, "There is something very wrong here."
Both continued onward, but very cautiously.
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"So how do we defeat the Sabers?" asked Otaru.
"You have to destroy the S2 Engine." replied Lorelei, "If the engine goes, so does the Saber. That is why those Sabers have exploded so violently, it's the S2 Engine detonating."
"How can we hit the Engine though?" asked Luchs, "These last ones had shields."
"AT-Field actually." stated Faust. "We have found a few files that told of the weapons used against the Angels. It might be possible to create at least a few of these weapons using our technology, but there are some......problems with this."
"Like what?" asked Tiger.
"In order to use them, you'll have to fight hand to hand combat." replied Faust.
"Hand to hand!?" Bloodberry stood up, "You can't be serious! We couldn't fight them before, how are we supposed to fight them now!?"
"There is another possibility." said Lorelei very quietly, "They used something they called a positron cannon."
Faust looked at her surprised. "You can't mean..."
Lorelei nodded. Everyone else just stared at them.
"What's the big deal?" asked Otaru.
"The positron cannon fired a form of plasma at the Angels." said Faust, still looking at Lorelei. "On Terra 2, there is only one thing currently available that can fire plasma."
That got everyone's attention, as they knew exactly who Faust was talking about. Well, almost everyone knew.
"Who's that?" asked Lime.
"Lime," said Cherry, "Lorelei is talking about Marine. She wants to reactivate Marine to fight the Sabers."
Lime turned back and looked at Lorelei. "But....the plasma is what....won't she.....How do you know it won't happen again?"
Lorelei sighed, "Marine was deactivated as the result of the way her maiden circuit was designed, as well as a result of the plasma damage." Lime looked at Lime, "Reactivating Marine to fight the Sabers is the last thing on my mind. If we run out of options.....its something we'll have to consider."
Lime stared at Lorelei for a long time. The look on her face was anything but pleasant.
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Asuka and Skuld stood in front of a massive ornate door.
"What do you think?" asked Asuka.
"Demon markings.." said Skuld as she studied the door. She then placed her ear up against the door. "I don't hear anything on the other side." Skuld looked at Asuka. "Its probably safe to go through."
"Probably?"
Skuld ignored the comment. She pulled out a small mirror.
* Sayoko, Rei. We've found a door. Get over here. *
The mirror in Skuld's hand began to glow. Within second's Sayoko appeared before them with a tight grip on Rei's shoulder. Sayoko stepped forward and looked at the door. She then looked back at her Aunt.
"You think we should knock or something?"
Skuld just stared at Sayoko. "Funny. Very funny." She then looked back at Asuka. "Would you?"
Asuka smiled. She brought her hands up, a massive force bolt appearing within them. "With pleasure." She sent the force bolt towards the door.
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Since Faust's arrival and the reactivation of the Imperial Guard, it was decided that Otaru and the girls could go home. The walk back to the apartment was very quiet. Lime had refused to say anything to anyone since she heard about Marine's possible reactivation. In some ways, Otaru could understand what she was feeling. 2 Months ago, Otaru had violently protested to Marine being used to stop the Plasma Storms that threatened all of Terra 2. He had hated it because he had thought that Faust was thinking of Marine as a machine, and not as the person she had become. Now it seemed that Marine was once again being thought of as a machine, but this time as the weapon she was originally designed to be. Lorelei had said she considered Marine a last resort, but that still hadn't made Lime feel any better. Otaru moved along side Lime.
"Lime?" he said quietly. Lime didn't even look at him. "Lime, I'm here if you need to talk." Lime continued to ignore him. Otaru turned to look at Cherry and Bloodberry. Both shrugged, unable to think of anything to help.
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Rei followed the others into the chamber that lay beyond the door. The chamber was large, the roof showing signs of roots pressing their way through. In the center was a large throne, its back towards them.
"Hello ladies," came a voice from the chair, "I have been expecting you."
Skuld turned and looked at the others before cautiously approaching the chair, Asuka and Sayoko not that far behind.
"I must say, you 4 have been quite a nuisance to me, but I suppose that will all end now."
Skuld finally reached the throne. She grabbed it with her hand and spun it to face them. Instead of a person, a large drum like object sat in the throne, on top was a tape player.
"Unfortunately, I won't be there to see your faces....I imagine you'll be very surprised in 5, 4..."
Asuka's eyes went wide as she realized what the drum was. "IT'S A N2 MINE!!"
"2, 1."
The whole world went white.
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Otaru and the girls were 3 blocks from their apartment when a brilliant flash lit the sky. A loud blast thundered across the city, followed quickly by a concussion wave that sent Otaru and the girls to the ground. Otaru looked up to see a massive fireball rolling upwards into the sky.
"What the hell was that!?" shouted Otaru.
Cherry's eyes glowed as she scanned the cloud before. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw something tumbling towards the ground.
"Master! We must go there!"
Otaru was about to ask why, but Cherry was already running towards the blast. He turned to Lime and Bloodberry.
"Come on. We should go with her."
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Author's Notes: 2 Chapters this update, basically it means that I'm not studying as much as I should be. Anyway, like I said in a previous chapter, I'm working on this fic, and 2 others.
So...just to wet your appetite, here is a small section from the as yet unnamed story, which takes place between Chapters 17 and 18 of Neon Genesis: Goddess.
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The next morning went on unlike most mornings. Rei quickly went though her breakfast and then left early to meet the principal. Asuka and Shinji were on their way a little after. As they walked, they met up with Touji, Hikari, and Kensuke. They passed on the info about the new student.
"Oh I hope it is a girl, then Asuka, Rei and I will have another person to talk to." said Hikari.
"I hope it's a girl too." said Kensuke. "We need someone else to hook Shinji up with besides the Demon."
Kensuke found himself staring towards the sky. Both of his cheeks were in pain, as was his nose. He looked over to see Shinji shaking out his fist, as well as Asuka and Hikari rubbing their hands.
"Stooge." muttered Asuka as she and Hikari walked off. Shinji glared at Kensuke for a bit longer before following. Kensuke glanced over at Touji who was trying hard not to laugh.
"A little help please?" asked Kensuke.
Touji grabbed Kensuke and helped him to his feet. "You realize you deserved every bit of that. I thought you had learned enough to never, ever call Asuka a demon in front of her, Shinji, Hikari, or even Rei."
"So it slipped." Kensuke sighed. "At least Sayoko wasn't here. The last time I slipped up when she was around, she zapped me good."
"Yeah, I remember that." Touji began to walk towards school. "Your pants caught fire and I put you out."
"You tossed me into a fountain."
Touji shrugged, "Hey the fire still went out."
At the entrance to the school grounds, Asuka was once again greeted to the sound of cat calls by most of the males present. Shinji glared at several of them as he walked next to Asuka into the building.
"I really hate that you know." He said to her.
"They are just jealous that you have me, the most beautiful girl in all of Tokyo-2" replied Asuka. "Just like the girls are jealous that I have you."
"Huh?"
Asuka turned and looked at Shinji, "Everytime I enter the Girl's locker room for gym it's always Shinji this and Shinji that." Asuka walked up to her locker and began to open the combination lock. "I understand how annoyed you are, but you have to ignore it." Asuka pulled the lock off and opened her locker. A pile of letters fell out from it onto the floor. Shinji looked down at the letters.
"Still think I should ignore it?" asked Shinji quietly.
"Yes." With that, Asuka stomped her foot on the letters and ground them under her heel. "You're the only one I think about and that's that."
From inside another locker, a pair of red eyes watched everything. Then with a cackle, they vanished.
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The principal sat behind his desk staring at the new student. The student shifted nervously under his gaze. He smiled inwardly.
'The more uncomfortable the student is being in my presence, the less trouble they will make. Now If only Miss Ikari would grace us with her presence.'
The intercom on his desk beeped. "Rei Ikari to see you sir."
The Principal noticed while he stood up that the new student had reacted to the name. He opened his door and looked out. Rei was sitting in a waiting room chair. "Miss Ikari. You are bit late. What kind of an example are you trying to set for our new student."
"Sorry sir I came as quickly as I could." Rei quickly stood and bowed.
"Very well, if you would be so kind as to join us." Rei quickly entered the office and soon found herself face to face with the new student.
"Rei Ikari, I would like you to meet Miss....." That was as far as he got before the sound of two girls letting out screams of joy filled his office. The principal let out a sigh as he sat back down at his desk.
'Since when did this become a form of communication' he thought quietly as he reached for his aspirin bottle.
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The others were already seated and waiting for class to start when Rei entered. Shinji was surprised by the size of the grin on Rei's face. He leaned over to Asuka.
"Why do you think she's that happy?"
Asuka shrugged, "Maybe it IS a cute guy."
"Can I have your attention please?" called out Rei. "We have a new student in our class, so I expect you all to make her feel welcome." She then turned and motioned to someone outside the door. As the new student entered, all the males in the class let out a gasp. Shinji, Asuka, Hikari, and Touji all had surprised looks on their faces. Kensuke was so surprised that he fell out of his seat. The new student smiled and then spoke.
"Hello, I am Sayoko Morisato, and I'm looking forward to meeting you all." She then looked at Rei, who pointed to an empty seat that was to the left of Rei's seat, which was just in front of Shinji. Sayoko walked over and sat down in her chair. Within seconds, she found herself wrapped up in a hug from Hikari and Asuka. When they released her, she was hit by a barrage of questions from all around.
"Wherewereyouallsummer?Didyoufinishyourtraining?Whydidn'tyoucall?" Sayoko finally raised her hands to get them to stop talking.
"I talk all about it during lunch, ok?"
"Why lunch?" asked Hikari.
Sayoko motioned to the rest of the class, "Less ears", she said quietly. "By the way, since I've missed the first couple of weeks of school, what has the teacher covered?"
The others just grinned. "Believe me when I say you'll catch up quickly." said Asuka.
The teacher walked in 2 minutes later. 5 minutes after that, Sayoko understood why they had been grinning.
'I went through Third Impact and a summer of goddess training......just to come back here to listen to him drone on about Second Impact?' Sayoko drove her head into the desktop with a thud. 'I must be being punished for something.' The sound of a giggle caused her to glance over to her right. Rei was trying hard to cover up her face, but her shaking gave her away. Sayoko narrowed her eyes and then sent Rei a message.
Morisato Something funny Rei?
Ikari R. yes, the look on your face when he started talking. That was classic.
Sayoko frowned.
Morisato Thank you so much.
Ikari R. Do not be mad Sayoko, I am just having fun with you. After all, I still owe you for all those mornings you woke me up to 'Angel Attack'.
Sayoko sighed.
Morisato I'm sorry Rei, I've just had a long summer.
Ikari R. That is ok. It is great to have you back Sayoko.
Sayoko gave Rei a smile.
It's good to be back.
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History Lesson
Two Days later
Gamorr walked through the caverns towards Draco's throne room. Upon entering, Gamorr fell to his knee and bowed low.
"You sent for me my Lord?"
Draco turned his throne and faced Gamorr. "I have decided how to remove our Goddess problem. Take 4 Demons and go to the far side of Japoness, allow them to detect you, to think that that spot is your base of operations."
"And what shall I do once they are there?" asked Gamorr, "Our Demons are no match for the Goddess or the Guardians."
"You only need to lead them there." Draco replied. He then walked over and removed the cloth from an object. "This will handle them when they arrive."
Gamorr stared at the object and smiled.
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Several hours later.
Faust had arrived earlier the previous morning and had been with Lorelei accessing the computers ever since. After the events of 2 days before, Otaru and the girls had stayed at the castle, incase more Sabers arrived.
'Not that we'd do much good.' thought Otaru.
Finally, Otaru and the girls were called into the council room, where the Shogun had once met with the world leaders. Now Lorelei and Faust were going to use it for a different reason, a history lesson. Already sitting at the table were the Saber Dolls and Faust. Otaru and the girls took their seats and looked up to Lorelei.
"Faust and I have gone through the computer database," began Lorelei, "We now have the information on what we face."
Lorelei bent over and grabbed something from under the table. The item she came up with was the helmet, its face shield still shattered on the right side.
"I tested this with every scanner I had." said Lorelei, "All of them said the same thing, the material that makes this helmet does not exist."
Everyone but Faust stared at her in shock. Lorelei continued.
"It is also a very strong material. Nothing has been able to dent it. Not even Baiko and her energy sword could dent it. It is virtually indestructible."
"But what about the shield?" asked Panther, "It was shattered by that ....whatever it was."
"I can't explain it." replied Lorelei, "Neither can I explain this." Lorelei hit a button on the computer before her. A picture appeared on the wall screen. It showed Lorelei and 3 women, 2 brunettes and a red head. The marionettes and Otaru stared in surprise.
"But....That girl." began Otaru, pointing to one of the brunettes, "Other then the hair, that her!"
"Otaru!" Lime stood up and pointed at the other 2 in the picture, "We ran into them!"
Lorelei stared at Lime. "You what?"
"On the way home yesterday, we sort of ran into the red head. She was called Asuka by her," said Lime, pointing to the brunette, "But they looked and acted like marionettes."
"How do you know them?" asked Otaru.
Lorelei glanced at Faust. "Both Faust and I know them. They were on the Mesopotamia. Their names are Sayoko Morisato, Asuka Sohryu, and..."
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300 years ago.
".....Rei Ikari."
Rei glanced up. "Oh, hello Dr. Lorelei. Did you need something?"
Lorelei smiled, "Actually, I wondered if you would like to join me for lunch?"
Rei smiled, "Alright."
*Lorelei* Rei was rather quiet onboard the ship. Other then me, the only other people she really talked to were Sayoko and Asuka. Sayoko was very pleasant. But I never understood why Rei hung around Asuka. Asuka was rather .....harsh. *
"MEIN GOTT!!" shouted Asuka, "YOU CALL THIS FOOD?!?!"
Sayoko rolled her eyes, "Yes, I call it food. So does everyone else here. If you don't like it, you'll just have to wait until we arrive at the planet."
Asuka glared at Sayoko, "I'll eat it, I just don't like it."
"It could be worse," said Rei with a smile, "Misato could have made it."
Asuka seemed to consider that. "Yeah, I guess your right."
Lorelei looked at them confused, "Who is Misato?"
The other three kind of looked at each other a moment before replying.
"She was an old friend of ours." said Rei, "She had a ...unique cooking style."
"Unique is right." replied Asuka, "I don't know how she survived by eating that stuff."
"She couldn't have been that bad." said Lorelei.
Sayoko shook her head, "No, they're right. That woman could burn Jell-O."
Lorelei stared at Sayoko. "You can't be serious."
"Oh I am." replied Sayoko. "If there was some way to screw up an instant meal.....Misato would find it. Of course Asuka isn't much better."
"HEY!"
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"What happened to them?" asked Lime.
Lorelei let out a sigh. "Well I thought they had died onboard Mesopotamia as they weren't on the shuttle with Faust and the others. How they ended up here...." Lorelei shrugged.
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"Report."
Rei, Asuka, Sayoko, and Skuld stood before a 3 dimension hologram of Belldandy inside of an old warehouse. Long ago, it was realized that the Goddesses could not keep using phones forever for communication, as the world was changing. So a new device was created. It allowed the users on either end to see a hologram of the person they wished to speak to, at whatever scale they wished, so that while to the 4, the image of Belldandy was full sized, to Belldandy, they were only foot tall holograms on her desk.
"We have detected demon activity outside of Japoness." said Skuld, "From the amount of activity, it could be their base of operations here on Terra 2. We intend to investigate and illuminate it."
"Use caution Skuld," replied Belldandy, "I'm still not able to send you any help at this time. I don't want you doing anything stupid."
"Don't worry." replied Asuka with a big smile, "We can handle anything the Demons threw at us."
Belldandy smiled, "I'm sure you will. Until next time. Take care." The hologram flickered and then vanished. Rei walked over and pocketed the device.
"Alright," began Skuld, "Let's move out."
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"What about those Sabers, and those orbs?" asked Bloodberry.
"That requires a bit of an explanation." said Lorelei as she turned and nodded to Faust.
Faust typed a command into the nearby computer terminal, causing the wall screen to light up and a picture of a city to appear.
"What you see here is a city called Toyko-3. At one time, it was to be the capital of Japan on earth. Within a year, this city was all but gone."
"What happened?" asked Otaru.
Faust hit a button. On the screen, an enormous creature appeared. The most notable feature was a red orb glowing on its chest.
"This is an Angel." began Faust, "According to the data files, around 500 years ago, these creatures attacked earth with the intent of wiping out all of humanity. They were very powerful and resistant to most forms of attack."
The screen showed strange flying vehicle shooting at the angel. A hexagonal shield appeared, blocking the shots. It then sent forth a burst of energy, creating a cross shaped explosion that wiped out many of the flying vehicles.
"They seemed to have gotten their energy from that orb, known as an S2 Engine. These 'engine' gave the Angels the ability to regenerate wounds and form a barrier known as an AT-Field."
"Like those Sabers." said Cherry quietly, "But how did they get them?"
"And how did they defeat the Angels back then?" asked Otaru.
Faust hit another button. An armored purple and green figure appeared on the screen. "Mankind built replicas of the Angels, called Evangelions, to defeat them. Eventually, 14 Evangelions were built, however, history becomes sketchy at this point. We know that the Angels were defeated. The fate of the Evas is a mystery."
"Could we build Evangelions?" asked Tiger.
Faust shook his head, "No. The technology that created the Evangelions was lost, much like the technology that created the Maiden Circuit. Even if we could, we have no use for a 400 foot tall creation, nor do we have time to train pilots..."
"PILOTS?" shouted Otaru, "They put people in those things?!"
"Yes." said Faust, "14 year old children to be exact." Faust turned and looked at Lorelei.
"I found some pictures of those pilots...." Faust said, "This gets stranger." Faust leaned forward and pressed a button on the computer. A picture appeared on the screen that caused everyone to gasp in surprise. "The first pilot was known as the First Child, her name was Rei Ayanami, later, her name changed to Rei Ikari."
"An ancestor?" asked Lorelei, "To the Rei we knew?"
"I do not know. It gets stranger still." Faust pressed another button. "The Second Child, Asuka Langley Sohryu, later also changed to Ikari due to marriage." Then the Third Child, Shinji Ikari, the Fourth Child, Touji Suzuhara, and finally, the Fifth Child, Sayoko Morisato."
Lorelei stared in shock, as did everyone else at the table. "But...They can't be the same people. They have to have been descendants."
"As I said, I do not know." replied Faust, "The computer can only tell us so much. There is much that we don't know."
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Rei and Sayoko walked quietly through the caverns. The cave was pitch black, but having divine powers does have its advantages. Even though they moved in darkness, Rei and Sayoko could still see as if the cave was brightly lit. As they moved deeper in, they could feel the presence of Demons. But they also felt another feeling.....
"I don't like this.." muttered Sayoko.
"I agree." said Rei, "There is something very wrong here."
Both continued onward, but very cautiously.
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"So how do we defeat the Sabers?" asked Otaru.
"You have to destroy the S2 Engine." replied Lorelei, "If the engine goes, so does the Saber. That is why those Sabers have exploded so violently, it's the S2 Engine detonating."
"How can we hit the Engine though?" asked Luchs, "These last ones had shields."
"AT-Field actually." stated Faust. "We have found a few files that told of the weapons used against the Angels. It might be possible to create at least a few of these weapons using our technology, but there are some......problems with this."
"Like what?" asked Tiger.
"In order to use them, you'll have to fight hand to hand combat." replied Faust.
"Hand to hand!?" Bloodberry stood up, "You can't be serious! We couldn't fight them before, how are we supposed to fight them now!?"
"There is another possibility." said Lorelei very quietly, "They used something they called a positron cannon."
Faust looked at her surprised. "You can't mean..."
Lorelei nodded. Everyone else just stared at them.
"What's the big deal?" asked Otaru.
"The positron cannon fired a form of plasma at the Angels." said Faust, still looking at Lorelei. "On Terra 2, there is only one thing currently available that can fire plasma."
That got everyone's attention, as they knew exactly who Faust was talking about. Well, almost everyone knew.
"Who's that?" asked Lime.
"Lime," said Cherry, "Lorelei is talking about Marine. She wants to reactivate Marine to fight the Sabers."
Lime turned back and looked at Lorelei. "But....the plasma is what....won't she.....How do you know it won't happen again?"
Lorelei sighed, "Marine was deactivated as the result of the way her maiden circuit was designed, as well as a result of the plasma damage." Lime looked at Lime, "Reactivating Marine to fight the Sabers is the last thing on my mind. If we run out of options.....its something we'll have to consider."
Lime stared at Lorelei for a long time. The look on her face was anything but pleasant.
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Asuka and Skuld stood in front of a massive ornate door.
"What do you think?" asked Asuka.
"Demon markings.." said Skuld as she studied the door. She then placed her ear up against the door. "I don't hear anything on the other side." Skuld looked at Asuka. "Its probably safe to go through."
"Probably?"
Skuld ignored the comment. She pulled out a small mirror.
* Sayoko, Rei. We've found a door. Get over here. *
The mirror in Skuld's hand began to glow. Within second's Sayoko appeared before them with a tight grip on Rei's shoulder. Sayoko stepped forward and looked at the door. She then looked back at her Aunt.
"You think we should knock or something?"
Skuld just stared at Sayoko. "Funny. Very funny." She then looked back at Asuka. "Would you?"
Asuka smiled. She brought her hands up, a massive force bolt appearing within them. "With pleasure." She sent the force bolt towards the door.
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Since Faust's arrival and the reactivation of the Imperial Guard, it was decided that Otaru and the girls could go home. The walk back to the apartment was very quiet. Lime had refused to say anything to anyone since she heard about Marine's possible reactivation. In some ways, Otaru could understand what she was feeling. 2 Months ago, Otaru had violently protested to Marine being used to stop the Plasma Storms that threatened all of Terra 2. He had hated it because he had thought that Faust was thinking of Marine as a machine, and not as the person she had become. Now it seemed that Marine was once again being thought of as a machine, but this time as the weapon she was originally designed to be. Lorelei had said she considered Marine a last resort, but that still hadn't made Lime feel any better. Otaru moved along side Lime.
"Lime?" he said quietly. Lime didn't even look at him. "Lime, I'm here if you need to talk." Lime continued to ignore him. Otaru turned to look at Cherry and Bloodberry. Both shrugged, unable to think of anything to help.
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Rei followed the others into the chamber that lay beyond the door. The chamber was large, the roof showing signs of roots pressing their way through. In the center was a large throne, its back towards them.
"Hello ladies," came a voice from the chair, "I have been expecting you."
Skuld turned and looked at the others before cautiously approaching the chair, Asuka and Sayoko not that far behind.
"I must say, you 4 have been quite a nuisance to me, but I suppose that will all end now."
Skuld finally reached the throne. She grabbed it with her hand and spun it to face them. Instead of a person, a large drum like object sat in the throne, on top was a tape player.
"Unfortunately, I won't be there to see your faces....I imagine you'll be very surprised in 5, 4..."
Asuka's eyes went wide as she realized what the drum was. "IT'S A N2 MINE!!"
"2, 1."
The whole world went white.
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Otaru and the girls were 3 blocks from their apartment when a brilliant flash lit the sky. A loud blast thundered across the city, followed quickly by a concussion wave that sent Otaru and the girls to the ground. Otaru looked up to see a massive fireball rolling upwards into the sky.
"What the hell was that!?" shouted Otaru.
Cherry's eyes glowed as she scanned the cloud before. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw something tumbling towards the ground.
"Master! We must go there!"
Otaru was about to ask why, but Cherry was already running towards the blast. He turned to Lime and Bloodberry.
"Come on. We should go with her."
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Author's Notes: 2 Chapters this update, basically it means that I'm not studying as much as I should be. Anyway, like I said in a previous chapter, I'm working on this fic, and 2 others.
So...just to wet your appetite, here is a small section from the as yet unnamed story, which takes place between Chapters 17 and 18 of Neon Genesis: Goddess.
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The next morning went on unlike most mornings. Rei quickly went though her breakfast and then left early to meet the principal. Asuka and Shinji were on their way a little after. As they walked, they met up with Touji, Hikari, and Kensuke. They passed on the info about the new student.
"Oh I hope it is a girl, then Asuka, Rei and I will have another person to talk to." said Hikari.
"I hope it's a girl too." said Kensuke. "We need someone else to hook Shinji up with besides the Demon."
Kensuke found himself staring towards the sky. Both of his cheeks were in pain, as was his nose. He looked over to see Shinji shaking out his fist, as well as Asuka and Hikari rubbing their hands.
"Stooge." muttered Asuka as she and Hikari walked off. Shinji glared at Kensuke for a bit longer before following. Kensuke glanced over at Touji who was trying hard not to laugh.
"A little help please?" asked Kensuke.
Touji grabbed Kensuke and helped him to his feet. "You realize you deserved every bit of that. I thought you had learned enough to never, ever call Asuka a demon in front of her, Shinji, Hikari, or even Rei."
"So it slipped." Kensuke sighed. "At least Sayoko wasn't here. The last time I slipped up when she was around, she zapped me good."
"Yeah, I remember that." Touji began to walk towards school. "Your pants caught fire and I put you out."
"You tossed me into a fountain."
Touji shrugged, "Hey the fire still went out."
At the entrance to the school grounds, Asuka was once again greeted to the sound of cat calls by most of the males present. Shinji glared at several of them as he walked next to Asuka into the building.
"I really hate that you know." He said to her.
"They are just jealous that you have me, the most beautiful girl in all of Tokyo-2" replied Asuka. "Just like the girls are jealous that I have you."
"Huh?"
Asuka turned and looked at Shinji, "Everytime I enter the Girl's locker room for gym it's always Shinji this and Shinji that." Asuka walked up to her locker and began to open the combination lock. "I understand how annoyed you are, but you have to ignore it." Asuka pulled the lock off and opened her locker. A pile of letters fell out from it onto the floor. Shinji looked down at the letters.
"Still think I should ignore it?" asked Shinji quietly.
"Yes." With that, Asuka stomped her foot on the letters and ground them under her heel. "You're the only one I think about and that's that."
From inside another locker, a pair of red eyes watched everything. Then with a cackle, they vanished.
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The principal sat behind his desk staring at the new student. The student shifted nervously under his gaze. He smiled inwardly.
'The more uncomfortable the student is being in my presence, the less trouble they will make. Now If only Miss Ikari would grace us with her presence.'
The intercom on his desk beeped. "Rei Ikari to see you sir."
The Principal noticed while he stood up that the new student had reacted to the name. He opened his door and looked out. Rei was sitting in a waiting room chair. "Miss Ikari. You are bit late. What kind of an example are you trying to set for our new student."
"Sorry sir I came as quickly as I could." Rei quickly stood and bowed.
"Very well, if you would be so kind as to join us." Rei quickly entered the office and soon found herself face to face with the new student.
"Rei Ikari, I would like you to meet Miss....." That was as far as he got before the sound of two girls letting out screams of joy filled his office. The principal let out a sigh as he sat back down at his desk.
'Since when did this become a form of communication' he thought quietly as he reached for his aspirin bottle.
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The others were already seated and waiting for class to start when Rei entered. Shinji was surprised by the size of the grin on Rei's face. He leaned over to Asuka.
"Why do you think she's that happy?"
Asuka shrugged, "Maybe it IS a cute guy."
"Can I have your attention please?" called out Rei. "We have a new student in our class, so I expect you all to make her feel welcome." She then turned and motioned to someone outside the door. As the new student entered, all the males in the class let out a gasp. Shinji, Asuka, Hikari, and Touji all had surprised looks on their faces. Kensuke was so surprised that he fell out of his seat. The new student smiled and then spoke.
"Hello, I am Sayoko Morisato, and I'm looking forward to meeting you all." She then looked at Rei, who pointed to an empty seat that was to the left of Rei's seat, which was just in front of Shinji. Sayoko walked over and sat down in her chair. Within seconds, she found herself wrapped up in a hug from Hikari and Asuka. When they released her, she was hit by a barrage of questions from all around.
"Wherewereyouallsummer?Didyoufinishyourtraining?Whydidn'tyoucall?" Sayoko finally raised her hands to get them to stop talking.
"I talk all about it during lunch, ok?"
"Why lunch?" asked Hikari.
Sayoko motioned to the rest of the class, "Less ears", she said quietly. "By the way, since I've missed the first couple of weeks of school, what has the teacher covered?"
The others just grinned. "Believe me when I say you'll catch up quickly." said Asuka.
The teacher walked in 2 minutes later. 5 minutes after that, Sayoko understood why they had been grinning.
'I went through Third Impact and a summer of goddess training......just to come back here to listen to him drone on about Second Impact?' Sayoko drove her head into the desktop with a thud. 'I must be being punished for something.' The sound of a giggle caused her to glance over to her right. Rei was trying hard to cover up her face, but her shaking gave her away. Sayoko narrowed her eyes and then sent Rei a message.
Morisato Something funny Rei?
Ikari R. yes, the look on your face when he started talking. That was classic.
Sayoko frowned.
Morisato Thank you so much.
Ikari R. Do not be mad Sayoko, I am just having fun with you. After all, I still owe you for all those mornings you woke me up to 'Angel Attack'.
Sayoko sighed.
Morisato I'm sorry Rei, I've just had a long summer.
Ikari R. That is ok. It is great to have you back Sayoko.
Sayoko gave Rei a smile.
It's good to be back.
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