Neon Genesis Evangelion: From The Darkness
By DarkShadowX
Disclaimer: Refer to the last 3 chapters
Chapter 3: Rebirth
Katsuragi/Ikari/Soryu Residence
The sun was slowly rising as the day was about ready to begin. In his room, Shinji was already up but sitting up in his futon obviously deep in thought. He quickly snapped out and realized that he had woken up almost an hour early. He shutoff the alarm for his clock and decided that he might as well start his usual pattern for the day. He quickly took a shower and dressed for school and then began to start on breakfast.
This morning he decided to try something different for breakfast. He settled down on a simple Western sytle breakfast, eggs and sausages with some toast. He set the plates, along with juice for Asuka and a beer for Misato. He then quickly ate his breakfast and started on the lunches, a simple Japanese lunch for both him and Asuka and a salad for Rei, as he remembered that he said he'd make her a lunch for today. Once finished he decided to leave early before that others awoke, but he didn't go straight to school and wandered around Tokyo-3 before heading to school. While on his way, he couldn't shake the feeling of anticipation he had, though he had no idea why he felt this way, it was starting to make him nervous as he was getting to excited for his own good.
Back at NERV Headquaters in the Eva cages, Ill Gill stands there several machines attached to it from the tests that were run on it but not removed as the Commander ordered that after the synch tests, there would be more thorough tests run on it. While nothing seems to be occuring on the surface of the Eva, it is a different story within.
An image of a park, the same one that is used by Yui within Unit-01 is shown. Sitting on the bench is one Kai Shiatori with an impatient look on his face as he is waiting for his 'twin' to appear, as he had gone to conduct 'negotiations' with Yui and Lilith. While he was sure Yui would speak with him, he had doubts that Lilith would. In his personal opinion, Lilith would be very cautious around his 'twin' or just straight up drive him away if she remembered who he was.
It had already been about 15 minutes since his 'twin' left to speak with Yui and Lilith but that was taking to long, as even though it seemed like 15 minutes on the 'inside' he was very much aware that on the outside a few hours had passed, almost 4 to be exact and that Shinji would be arriving soon to take his synch tests, and what Kai had to accomplish needed to be done during said tests. Just as he was about to go get his 'twin' he appeared before him, a slightly annoyed bt nonetheless pleased expression on his face.
'Took you long enough, so may I ask what happened that took so long,' Kai asked still annoyed by his other self.
'We had to work out the finer details of the plan, and of course I had to convince both Yui and Lilith that I could be trusted,' he said, though once he mentioned Lilith his expression became more annoyed. 'I also believe that Lilith finally remembered who I was, judging from the look on her face just before I left.' He noticed Kai's, now extremely annoyed expression and decided to tell him what happened.
Flashback, inside Unit-01's core
Again, the image of the park could be seen as Yui was speaking with a woman who appeared to be her age. The woman, the 2nd Angel Lilith in a human form, was quite beautiful, her long silver hair reaching down to waist, her pale skin and red eyes seem to excentuate her beauty, and then a nicely developed figure that could clearly be seen as she wasn't wearing any clothes. Their disscussion was surfaced around Kai, his 'twin' and the purpose of their return.
Lilith was speaking to Yui as Kai's 'twin' appeared but masked his presence as he caught the last bit a what she was saying, '...... Kai may be trust worthy, however I don't trust the other one. There is something about him that seems very familiar, but the feeling isn't a good one.'
'I see, but I'm sure they both must have a comprimise or some sort a friendship between them at this point, I mean 11 years is a long time to get to know someone and I'm sure he means know harm. Kai seems to trust him and vice-versa, and I know that if Kai trusts someone then it must be with very good reason or that he is good friends with that person,' Yui said, she had faith in Kai's judgement and knew that this other Kai wasn't an enemy of any sort but it was hard to convince Lilith as she knew to also trust Lilith's feelings and judgements as well.
Lilith appeared to be preparing to speak again, but remembering that time was of the essence, he interrupted her, 'I can assure you I mean no harm, and that you can turst me as Kai does.' Neddless to say, both Yui and Lilith were very surprised as 'Kai' had masked his presence well until he revealed himself. 'While I'm sure you're wondering just how I got here, I have no time to explain such things, Kai and I...... require you assistance, in freeing ourselves from Ill Gill.'
Yui looked at Kai's 'twin' with an understanding expression though she had no idea how exactly they could help him and Kai. She was about to ask the question when Lilith interrupted her, 'and just how do you expect us to just help you when we aren't sure we can even trust you?' Lilith said in an accusing tone, the feeling she got in this person's presence was becoming more and more familiar to the point that she can almost identify who he was.
'Synchronization tests have been scheduled for the pilots and will begin in less than an hour. They will be tested in the Evas and that is when we need your help, if I am correct you can take control or the Eva for a brief moment can you not?' he asked, when he saw Yui and Lilith both nod their heads he continued, 'then when that tests begin, we need you do take control and use your AT Field and merge it with ours. If both myself and Kai are correct, it will temporarily strenghthen us enough to free ourselves from the bind that Ill Gill possesses on us.' As he said this, understanding of the situation appeared on their faces, however Lilith was still skeptical.
Yui noticed that Lilith wasn't completely convinced and also seemed to be in deep thought, so she decided to ask another question that had recently come to her, 'you said 'free ourselves' what do you mean by that, there was only one person who ever piloted Ill Gill and that was Kai, and your appearance is that of Kai's so then just what does that make you exactly, are you a consciousness like Lilith, but then why do you not have your own appearance, instead of Kai's.' As she said this, not noticed by the other two, a look of shock and realization appeared on Lilith's face, as she finally remembered the feeling she got and just who this person was. As she was going to speak about this, they all felt a strange sensation but it was mostly focused on the boy.
'Kai is becoming impatient, I'm afraid I must leave but to answer your question. Kai and I have, under the circumstances 'merged' and we share the body and soul, though our minds are still seperate, so that would make me Kai's alter-ego I suppose. Please accept our plea and help us, farewell for now,' he began to vanish as Lilith was going to ask him his reasons for this but didn't get the chance as he was gone before she could say anything.
End Flashback
After hearing the what happened Kai simply sat there staring at his other self's face. Though nothing was said physically, in that single stare volumes were said. Kai then linked his senses to Ill Gill for a brief moment, the synch tests would begin very shortly. He nodded at his other and both began to link themselves to Ill Gill and each other, Kai then spoke aloud his thought, 'I hope they do help us, I can't stand this place much longer.'
The day had gone by rather quickly, since it was Saturday school was only half as long. As the Eva Pilots walked towards NERV for their tests, all three were silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Shinji had hoped to speak to Rei during lunch but they didn't have the chance as when they had finished lunch and were preparing to begin the conversation, Ritsuko had called asking them to come early. Rei had agreed to speak with him after the tests, and as such the topic was silenced for now and nothing more had been said, but that did nothing to ease the anticipation Shinji had. At first he thought the reason he was like this was because of the conversation he was to have with Rei about her emotions, and while this was the case there was something else causing his anticipation to grow even more as he was nearing NERV.
Again, so lost in his thoughts that by the time he snapped out, he was already walking towards his Eva, dressed in his plug suit. Once he was inside the plug and inserted into his Eva, it was filled with LCL as he awaited Ritsuko to begin the test. While he waited, he sensed something within Unit-01, it was the familiar feeling he always had when inside of Unit-01 but it seemed stronger, and there was a second feeling along with it, but before he could figure it out Ritsuko began the test and then his vision exploded in a flash of white, quickly accompanied by the darkness of unconsciousness.
Alarms began to go off as Unit-01 suddenly began to generate its AT Field but the readings shocked and confused everyone present at the time. But before they could do anything else, another unexpected event occured.
"The unknown Eva has activated, its releasing its own AT Field. What in the world..... both Unit-01's AT Field and the unknown Eva's field are merging and strenghthening each other," shouted Lt. Maya Ibuki.
"Shutdown the Evas immeadiately!" shouted Dr. Akagi.
As the commands were inputed another tech reported, "Units 00 and 02 have shutdown but Unit-01 is rejecting our commands, it won't shutdown!"
Sub-Commander Fuyutski who was present for the test looked on in slight shock, but if one looked carefully it appeared like he almost expected this. 'So Kai must be making his escape, but this wasn't how I'd expect him to try,' his suspicions were confirmed as Lt. Ibuki said something else.
"An entry plug signature has been detected within the unknown Eva. Life signs detected within the plug..... ma'am the plug is ejecting!"
Everyone watched on the screen as the head of Ill Gill bent down slightly and a panel opened up. Just then, Unit-01 shutdown and released the entry plug at the same moment as the other Eva. Silence took over for a few moments before Dr. Akagi issued her orders.
"Get a medical team to both plugs, send some guards along to retrieve whoever was in the plug of the unknown Eva. I want both the Third Child and whoever the other person was in secure rooms," ordered Dr. Akagi.
Unnoticed by anyone, Sub-Commander quickly left the room with a smile on his face.
NERV Hospital
Not much was different in here, as again there were very few patients in here aside from two. Again the Third Child, Shinji Ikari, was admitted only a day after he was last here the only difference it wasn't an Angel that caused him to come here, but an incident that occured during the synch tests. The second patient was another matter, from what some of the medical staff heard, he had appeared from the other Eva, and according to the doctors who check him over his blood was strange and a sample was sent to Dr. Akagi to check what it could be. Guards had also been placed outside his room to ensure security.
Inside the room, Kai opened his eyes, his real eyes, for the first time in nearly 12 years. He sat up in his bed and looked around seeing he was in a hospital room similar to the one Shinji had been in. While like Shinji, he didn't like hospitals he couldn't help but to smile and let out a small victorious chuckle, as his plan work and he was 'alive' once again. He then noticed the presence of his other within his mind and smiled as, he was linked to Kai's body and Kai could sense the emotions, mainly happiness and relief. He then spoke to him, 'so we've been reborn. Welcome back to the land of the living....... Adam.'
In Shinji's hospital room it is silent for the most part. The only ones currently in the room are Misato, Asuka, and to their surprise Rei Ayanami. All are waiting for Shinji to awaken to explain the situation to him, though they know very little of what happened in the first place. Their silent contemplations are cut short as young Ikari begins to stir in his bed as he returns to the realm of consciousness.
As he opens his eyes, the first thing he sees is the familiar ceiling he hates, but he cannot help but have a smile on his face. Although he doesn't know nor remembers what happened, he knows that whatever happened is a good thing. He then turns his head to the side to see his 2 flatmates and fellow pilot in the room. "Hey there everyone..... So can you guys tell me what happened to bring me here. The last thing I remember is Unit-01 using its AT Field, after that it's all a blank," says Shinji, wanting to know what exacly happened.
While Asuka and Rei remain silent, Misato his thinking of what to say exactly, as like was said before, know one really knows what happened. She decides to explain the best she can, "well Shinji, from what we could tell Unit-01 and that other Eva, Ill Gill was it? Anyways, they both used and merged their AT Fields, for what know one knows but then shortly after that.... we recieved an entry plug signal from within the Eva and next thing we know it was ejected and we found someone inside," said Misato, she then notices the look on Shinji faces starting to appear but quickly finishes what she was going to say as to not get his hopes up, "we aren't sure whether this person is Kai or not. Commander Ikari or Fuyutski haven't confirmed who he is, and we have yet to recieve the test result from Ritsuko. The only other person we can count on to identify him is you, but you'll have to wait until your given a clean bill of health."
A bit downhearted that he can't go see Kai, he simply nods his head in understanding and decides to get a bit more rest until the doctor arrives. Sure enough, the doctor arrived and after a few minutesto make sure there was nothing wrong with Shinji, he's checked out and is now walking towards the hospital room where Kai is being kept.
Back in the room, Kai has become rather bored as he can't leave the room for security reasons, and can't do pretty much anything else for the time being. Boredom begins to take its tool on him as he slowly begins to fall asleep unit he is quickly awakened by the door opening. He looks to see who enters, the first to enter is a purple-haired Major, followed by a red-haired girl who seems strangely familiar, then a blue-haired girl who also looks familiar, and then a sight he's more than happy to see. As Shinji enters the room, a smile appears on Kai's face, he then notices that all four of them are silent and keeping their distance some, he also notices that Shinji is staring at him. 'He has good reason I suppose, with the changes I've gone through I suppose it'll be hard to recognize me, plus Shinji hasn't seen me in 11 years, so he might not remember what I look like.' Deciding to break the silence he happily greets them, "Hello there, so what brings you to this rather boring hospital room. My how rude of me, I haven't introduced myself, my name is Kai Ikari, or Kai Shiatori take your pick, but I suppose you won't believe me until the test results come in will you." He glances at Shinji, who has tears beginning to form in his eyes and decides to quench his fears, "I see you've grown Shinji, its good to see your well..... I've missed you little bro."
Hearing this, Shinji lets his tears fall down freely as he quickly runs up and embraces Kai in a way to show how happy is he and to make sure he is indeed real. Kai returns the embrace as Shinji continues to cry saying how much he's missed him and such. After a minute or two, Shinji a bit reluctantly, releases the embrace and stands next to Misato. Another silence appears that is both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time, but again Kai is quick to break the silence, "so then who might you three be?" he asks.
Misato is the first to answer, "I am Major Misato Katsuragi, NERV's Operations Director and Shinji's guardian, it's a pleasure to meet you Kai, though I know very little about you since Shinji has never mentioned you before until yesterday." She then walks up and extends her hand, Kai is quick to take it and returns the gesture. 'I suppose she isn't that bad, but then again from what I saw from Shinji, shes in a business mode and hasn't had a beer. Not that bad of a looker either'
The next to answer is Rei, "I am Rei Ayanami, First Child and pilot of Eva Unit-00." She then bows and becomes silent once again. Kai looks at her and was a bit nervous from her gaze, 'hmmm I see why everyone can easily become nervous around her, but she looks familiar......... hmm!! She looks like Yui, minus the blue hair and red eyes she's a dead ringer for Yui when she was younger.' His little introspect was interrupted by his companion, 'she is like us Kai, can you not sense it? She has Angel DNA, the feeling she gives off is similar to Lilith's, and I believe she can sense the Angel DNA we have as well, we must be careful.' Hearing this shocks Kai, but as he puts his senses to work, he can indeed sense a feeling very similar to Lilith from her, but before he could think about much more he's interrupted again, except by the other remaining person in this room.
"Hello, I'm Asuka Langley Soryu, Second Child, pilot of Eva Unit-02 and also best Eva Pilot here," she says in her confident tone, and like Misato she steps forward and extends her hand as Kai again returns the gesture. 'Hmmm well he's better looking than Baka-Shinji, but that doesn't mean he gonna get any special treatment from me, but...... why do I feel like I've met him before?'
Kai chuckles a little as he shakes Asuka's hand, 'well she certainly is confident...... Hmmm Soryu, huh, well I'll be damned this is Kyoko's little girl, she's grown up as well, and has also grown to be quite the looker.' He was about to say more when the door opened again, entering the room were Dr. Ritsuko Akagi and Sub-Commander Fuyutski.
"Professor Fuyutski, hello there. Well you've gotten old professor, but what brings you here?"
Everyone, with the exception of Fuyutski and Kai, was surprised with the familiarity Kai used. Fuyutski let out a slight chuckle as he addressed Kai, "and I see you're still the same. I suppose I have gotten older but then again 11 years will do that to a person. As for me being here, I thought you'd like to see some familiar faces, though I must say yours isn't that familiar anymore." Which indeed it wasn't Fuyutski was having trouble believing this was Kai, 'his hair and eyes are different, perhaps it is a side-effect of being absorbed.'
"I suppose I do look different don't I, but I think this new look suits me. I'm sure you're wondering why I look different, but...... if your here then Rokubungi can't be far behind," Kai exclaimed his voice however, became cold at the mention of Gendo. Ritsuko was surprised that he knew who Gendo was, and how he knew his unmarried name while Fuyutski had a calm look on his face, 'as I thought, he never called Gendo by that name unless he was mad. That must mean he is aware of what went on in Shinji's life.' He noticed everyone elses confusion at the reference to the name but decided to answer his question anyways, "He's currently unavailable at the moment but I'll inform hi....."
"I am right here...... Kai," said a voice from the doorway, everyone quickly turned to see Gendo Ikari standing there, his cold stare focused solely on Kai. "I believe you may have question for me, but I have some questions for you, and it would be wise if you would answer them, unless you want me to make this an order." Everyone with the exception of Kai flinched at the cold tone of Gendo voice.
Kai put a smirk on his face before answering in an almost equal cold tone of voice, "My, my Rokubungi threatening a child, just how low can you go, Yui wouldn't be pleased. And if my knowledge is correct and last I checked, I worked for Gehirn not NERV so you have no right to order me Old Man...." his smirk grew at Gendo's reaction to the mention of Yui, he knew Yui was his weakness, though it did not show since Gendo was very good at hiding his emotions.
Everyone noticed the tension in the room, especially between Gendo and Kai. Gendo wouldn't back down though, "last I checked, I was your legal guardian as well Kai. And I have also recieved the results from your blood sample right here, and it is quite interesting." Everyone aside from Kai, Ritsuko, and Fuyutski looked on in confusion and interest at this development, but Kai simply smiled.
"And what would that be you found that is so interesting Gendo. I think I know what you're talking about and I won't deny it either," everyone looked at him with even more confusion. Kai's expression softened and then he continued, "it was a side-effect from being absorbed. I now have Angel DNA as part of my genetic make-up, which accounts for my new look. But Gendo, you should've know that would happen, considering what we used to create Ill Gill." His smile again turned into a smirk at Gendo's reaction, he obviously said something that Rokubungi hadn't wanted anyone to know about, but before Kai could continue, Gendo threw down a file next to him and what appeared to be an ID Card and quickly left the room followed by Fuyutski and Ritsuko. He turned towards the others who looked at him in shock, a sad smile appeared on Kai's face. "I'm sure you're all very shocked to know I am part of the very things you're trying to destroy, but I wouldn't hide this from you. I want your trust so I will keep no secrets, and I assure you I am on your side." The others looked skeptically at him except for Shinji who looked at him in understanding standing, but with a bit of confusion as well.
"Umm... Kai why did you call father, Rokubungi?" Shinji wanted to know, he never heard his father being called by that name.
Chuckling slightly he answered, "that was his surname before he married mother. She and myself always called him by that name whenever we were angry with him, though I don't have as much an effect on him like mom did." He glanced down at the file and ID Card before speaking again, "well looks like the old man made me a pilot, Fourth Child huh, can't say I like the title though. Hmmm damn idiot didn't give me a residence, hey Shinji do you mind is I stay with you for a bit?" Before Shinji or Misato could answer, Asuka decided to let her opinion be noted first.
"WHAT!!! No way you're staying with us, it's bad enough this baka-hentai," pointing towards Shinji as she spoke, "lives with me, but no way are you gooing to either, you might be just as bad as him."
"Asuka that's enough. Kai you are more than welcome to stay with us for the time being, but we don't have any extra rooms so you'll have to sleep in the couch. Hmm we should get going the days almost over, it's been several hours since the synch tests after all" Misato said, though Asuka was still fuming she kept silent while Kai and Shinji had nervous looks on their faces.
The rest of the day seemed to go by rather quickly. Kai had been released after a few final check ups. He was given a NERV uniform for the moments until Misato and Asuka agreed on taking him shopping tomorrow, which he tried to protest to but was quickly and easily beaten, but not before getting Shinji to agree to come with him. After they had arrived at the apartment, they had a good dinner. Kai was shocked at how much beer she could drink and still somehow manage to stay slightly sober. After the dinner everyone did their own things to pass the time, until they decided to get some rest.
Everyone was asleep with the exception of Kai, who was currently on the balcony staring at the night sky speaking with his companion. 'Well that was certainly an interesting day wasn't it Adam.'
'I wouldn't really know, but you Lilim are indeed interesting. It should be most beneficial to learn about your race, though Gendo is one I would've rather killed on the spot,' Adam answered, speaking with a slightly ammused tone he picked up from spending all that time with Kai.
'It wouldn't do us any good to get rid of him so quickly now, he runs NERV so for that moment, as much as I hate to say it, we need him, but rest assured he'll get his. Well Adam goodnight, we'll have a big day tomorrow.' That said, he quickly succumbed to sleep to rest for tomorrow and the wonders of shopping with women.
Well finally, heres Chapter 3. Sorry for the delay I could've had this up during June and probably the next chapter too, but as fate would have it my comp decided to die on me which made me lose everything I have and so I had to rewrite this chapter from scratch. I'm also currently in NY on vacation so updates will be coming in slow, and when I get back, it'll depend if I get a new comp or not. Anyways, the whole Adam/Kai deal, I explained my reason for Lilith and I'm basically doing the exact same thing for Gill, yes I kno Adam exists as an embryo but its never mentioned what happened to him soul/mind/whatever so since the Evas are made from Adam, except Unit-01, and since Ill Gill was made first(in my fic at least)I decided to stick Adam in there. Now I kno Adam is supposed to smite humanity and crap like that but I would think that spending almost 12 years with a member of the race your supposed to hate can change your views somewhat. Another thing, while Adam is technically supposed to be part of Ill Gill, I decided to merge him with Kai as a 'side-effect', but it'll only count for Kai, Shinji(if i decide to let him be absorb, which I will most likely do)or Yui are to be left as they are. I also wanted to do the whole conversation between Shinji and Rei during this chapter, but my mind is a blank on what to do about that for the moment, so I will continue it on the next chapter, which delays Bardiel's appearance another chapter or maybe 2, since to be perfectly honest I'm sorta half planning what to write and half making this up as I go. Oh two more things, I've revised some of the Prolouge, but I've fixed some mistakes and added some very small and hardly noticable parts to Chapters 1 and 2 and the last thing is like always review, flame, constructive critism, or wutever it would be fine so until the next chapter, peace.
By DarkShadowX
Disclaimer: Refer to the last 3 chapters
Chapter 3: Rebirth
Katsuragi/Ikari/Soryu Residence
The sun was slowly rising as the day was about ready to begin. In his room, Shinji was already up but sitting up in his futon obviously deep in thought. He quickly snapped out and realized that he had woken up almost an hour early. He shutoff the alarm for his clock and decided that he might as well start his usual pattern for the day. He quickly took a shower and dressed for school and then began to start on breakfast.
This morning he decided to try something different for breakfast. He settled down on a simple Western sytle breakfast, eggs and sausages with some toast. He set the plates, along with juice for Asuka and a beer for Misato. He then quickly ate his breakfast and started on the lunches, a simple Japanese lunch for both him and Asuka and a salad for Rei, as he remembered that he said he'd make her a lunch for today. Once finished he decided to leave early before that others awoke, but he didn't go straight to school and wandered around Tokyo-3 before heading to school. While on his way, he couldn't shake the feeling of anticipation he had, though he had no idea why he felt this way, it was starting to make him nervous as he was getting to excited for his own good.
Back at NERV Headquaters in the Eva cages, Ill Gill stands there several machines attached to it from the tests that were run on it but not removed as the Commander ordered that after the synch tests, there would be more thorough tests run on it. While nothing seems to be occuring on the surface of the Eva, it is a different story within.
An image of a park, the same one that is used by Yui within Unit-01 is shown. Sitting on the bench is one Kai Shiatori with an impatient look on his face as he is waiting for his 'twin' to appear, as he had gone to conduct 'negotiations' with Yui and Lilith. While he was sure Yui would speak with him, he had doubts that Lilith would. In his personal opinion, Lilith would be very cautious around his 'twin' or just straight up drive him away if she remembered who he was.
It had already been about 15 minutes since his 'twin' left to speak with Yui and Lilith but that was taking to long, as even though it seemed like 15 minutes on the 'inside' he was very much aware that on the outside a few hours had passed, almost 4 to be exact and that Shinji would be arriving soon to take his synch tests, and what Kai had to accomplish needed to be done during said tests. Just as he was about to go get his 'twin' he appeared before him, a slightly annoyed bt nonetheless pleased expression on his face.
'Took you long enough, so may I ask what happened that took so long,' Kai asked still annoyed by his other self.
'We had to work out the finer details of the plan, and of course I had to convince both Yui and Lilith that I could be trusted,' he said, though once he mentioned Lilith his expression became more annoyed. 'I also believe that Lilith finally remembered who I was, judging from the look on her face just before I left.' He noticed Kai's, now extremely annoyed expression and decided to tell him what happened.
Flashback, inside Unit-01's core
Again, the image of the park could be seen as Yui was speaking with a woman who appeared to be her age. The woman, the 2nd Angel Lilith in a human form, was quite beautiful, her long silver hair reaching down to waist, her pale skin and red eyes seem to excentuate her beauty, and then a nicely developed figure that could clearly be seen as she wasn't wearing any clothes. Their disscussion was surfaced around Kai, his 'twin' and the purpose of their return.
Lilith was speaking to Yui as Kai's 'twin' appeared but masked his presence as he caught the last bit a what she was saying, '...... Kai may be trust worthy, however I don't trust the other one. There is something about him that seems very familiar, but the feeling isn't a good one.'
'I see, but I'm sure they both must have a comprimise or some sort a friendship between them at this point, I mean 11 years is a long time to get to know someone and I'm sure he means know harm. Kai seems to trust him and vice-versa, and I know that if Kai trusts someone then it must be with very good reason or that he is good friends with that person,' Yui said, she had faith in Kai's judgement and knew that this other Kai wasn't an enemy of any sort but it was hard to convince Lilith as she knew to also trust Lilith's feelings and judgements as well.
Lilith appeared to be preparing to speak again, but remembering that time was of the essence, he interrupted her, 'I can assure you I mean no harm, and that you can turst me as Kai does.' Neddless to say, both Yui and Lilith were very surprised as 'Kai' had masked his presence well until he revealed himself. 'While I'm sure you're wondering just how I got here, I have no time to explain such things, Kai and I...... require you assistance, in freeing ourselves from Ill Gill.'
Yui looked at Kai's 'twin' with an understanding expression though she had no idea how exactly they could help him and Kai. She was about to ask the question when Lilith interrupted her, 'and just how do you expect us to just help you when we aren't sure we can even trust you?' Lilith said in an accusing tone, the feeling she got in this person's presence was becoming more and more familiar to the point that she can almost identify who he was.
'Synchronization tests have been scheduled for the pilots and will begin in less than an hour. They will be tested in the Evas and that is when we need your help, if I am correct you can take control or the Eva for a brief moment can you not?' he asked, when he saw Yui and Lilith both nod their heads he continued, 'then when that tests begin, we need you do take control and use your AT Field and merge it with ours. If both myself and Kai are correct, it will temporarily strenghthen us enough to free ourselves from the bind that Ill Gill possesses on us.' As he said this, understanding of the situation appeared on their faces, however Lilith was still skeptical.
Yui noticed that Lilith wasn't completely convinced and also seemed to be in deep thought, so she decided to ask another question that had recently come to her, 'you said 'free ourselves' what do you mean by that, there was only one person who ever piloted Ill Gill and that was Kai, and your appearance is that of Kai's so then just what does that make you exactly, are you a consciousness like Lilith, but then why do you not have your own appearance, instead of Kai's.' As she said this, not noticed by the other two, a look of shock and realization appeared on Lilith's face, as she finally remembered the feeling she got and just who this person was. As she was going to speak about this, they all felt a strange sensation but it was mostly focused on the boy.
'Kai is becoming impatient, I'm afraid I must leave but to answer your question. Kai and I have, under the circumstances 'merged' and we share the body and soul, though our minds are still seperate, so that would make me Kai's alter-ego I suppose. Please accept our plea and help us, farewell for now,' he began to vanish as Lilith was going to ask him his reasons for this but didn't get the chance as he was gone before she could say anything.
End Flashback
After hearing the what happened Kai simply sat there staring at his other self's face. Though nothing was said physically, in that single stare volumes were said. Kai then linked his senses to Ill Gill for a brief moment, the synch tests would begin very shortly. He nodded at his other and both began to link themselves to Ill Gill and each other, Kai then spoke aloud his thought, 'I hope they do help us, I can't stand this place much longer.'
The day had gone by rather quickly, since it was Saturday school was only half as long. As the Eva Pilots walked towards NERV for their tests, all three were silent, each lost in their own thoughts. Shinji had hoped to speak to Rei during lunch but they didn't have the chance as when they had finished lunch and were preparing to begin the conversation, Ritsuko had called asking them to come early. Rei had agreed to speak with him after the tests, and as such the topic was silenced for now and nothing more had been said, but that did nothing to ease the anticipation Shinji had. At first he thought the reason he was like this was because of the conversation he was to have with Rei about her emotions, and while this was the case there was something else causing his anticipation to grow even more as he was nearing NERV.
Again, so lost in his thoughts that by the time he snapped out, he was already walking towards his Eva, dressed in his plug suit. Once he was inside the plug and inserted into his Eva, it was filled with LCL as he awaited Ritsuko to begin the test. While he waited, he sensed something within Unit-01, it was the familiar feeling he always had when inside of Unit-01 but it seemed stronger, and there was a second feeling along with it, but before he could figure it out Ritsuko began the test and then his vision exploded in a flash of white, quickly accompanied by the darkness of unconsciousness.
Alarms began to go off as Unit-01 suddenly began to generate its AT Field but the readings shocked and confused everyone present at the time. But before they could do anything else, another unexpected event occured.
"The unknown Eva has activated, its releasing its own AT Field. What in the world..... both Unit-01's AT Field and the unknown Eva's field are merging and strenghthening each other," shouted Lt. Maya Ibuki.
"Shutdown the Evas immeadiately!" shouted Dr. Akagi.
As the commands were inputed another tech reported, "Units 00 and 02 have shutdown but Unit-01 is rejecting our commands, it won't shutdown!"
Sub-Commander Fuyutski who was present for the test looked on in slight shock, but if one looked carefully it appeared like he almost expected this. 'So Kai must be making his escape, but this wasn't how I'd expect him to try,' his suspicions were confirmed as Lt. Ibuki said something else.
"An entry plug signature has been detected within the unknown Eva. Life signs detected within the plug..... ma'am the plug is ejecting!"
Everyone watched on the screen as the head of Ill Gill bent down slightly and a panel opened up. Just then, Unit-01 shutdown and released the entry plug at the same moment as the other Eva. Silence took over for a few moments before Dr. Akagi issued her orders.
"Get a medical team to both plugs, send some guards along to retrieve whoever was in the plug of the unknown Eva. I want both the Third Child and whoever the other person was in secure rooms," ordered Dr. Akagi.
Unnoticed by anyone, Sub-Commander quickly left the room with a smile on his face.
NERV Hospital
Not much was different in here, as again there were very few patients in here aside from two. Again the Third Child, Shinji Ikari, was admitted only a day after he was last here the only difference it wasn't an Angel that caused him to come here, but an incident that occured during the synch tests. The second patient was another matter, from what some of the medical staff heard, he had appeared from the other Eva, and according to the doctors who check him over his blood was strange and a sample was sent to Dr. Akagi to check what it could be. Guards had also been placed outside his room to ensure security.
Inside the room, Kai opened his eyes, his real eyes, for the first time in nearly 12 years. He sat up in his bed and looked around seeing he was in a hospital room similar to the one Shinji had been in. While like Shinji, he didn't like hospitals he couldn't help but to smile and let out a small victorious chuckle, as his plan work and he was 'alive' once again. He then noticed the presence of his other within his mind and smiled as, he was linked to Kai's body and Kai could sense the emotions, mainly happiness and relief. He then spoke to him, 'so we've been reborn. Welcome back to the land of the living....... Adam.'
In Shinji's hospital room it is silent for the most part. The only ones currently in the room are Misato, Asuka, and to their surprise Rei Ayanami. All are waiting for Shinji to awaken to explain the situation to him, though they know very little of what happened in the first place. Their silent contemplations are cut short as young Ikari begins to stir in his bed as he returns to the realm of consciousness.
As he opens his eyes, the first thing he sees is the familiar ceiling he hates, but he cannot help but have a smile on his face. Although he doesn't know nor remembers what happened, he knows that whatever happened is a good thing. He then turns his head to the side to see his 2 flatmates and fellow pilot in the room. "Hey there everyone..... So can you guys tell me what happened to bring me here. The last thing I remember is Unit-01 using its AT Field, after that it's all a blank," says Shinji, wanting to know what exacly happened.
While Asuka and Rei remain silent, Misato his thinking of what to say exactly, as like was said before, know one really knows what happened. She decides to explain the best she can, "well Shinji, from what we could tell Unit-01 and that other Eva, Ill Gill was it? Anyways, they both used and merged their AT Fields, for what know one knows but then shortly after that.... we recieved an entry plug signal from within the Eva and next thing we know it was ejected and we found someone inside," said Misato, she then notices the look on Shinji faces starting to appear but quickly finishes what she was going to say as to not get his hopes up, "we aren't sure whether this person is Kai or not. Commander Ikari or Fuyutski haven't confirmed who he is, and we have yet to recieve the test result from Ritsuko. The only other person we can count on to identify him is you, but you'll have to wait until your given a clean bill of health."
A bit downhearted that he can't go see Kai, he simply nods his head in understanding and decides to get a bit more rest until the doctor arrives. Sure enough, the doctor arrived and after a few minutesto make sure there was nothing wrong with Shinji, he's checked out and is now walking towards the hospital room where Kai is being kept.
Back in the room, Kai has become rather bored as he can't leave the room for security reasons, and can't do pretty much anything else for the time being. Boredom begins to take its tool on him as he slowly begins to fall asleep unit he is quickly awakened by the door opening. He looks to see who enters, the first to enter is a purple-haired Major, followed by a red-haired girl who seems strangely familiar, then a blue-haired girl who also looks familiar, and then a sight he's more than happy to see. As Shinji enters the room, a smile appears on Kai's face, he then notices that all four of them are silent and keeping their distance some, he also notices that Shinji is staring at him. 'He has good reason I suppose, with the changes I've gone through I suppose it'll be hard to recognize me, plus Shinji hasn't seen me in 11 years, so he might not remember what I look like.' Deciding to break the silence he happily greets them, "Hello there, so what brings you to this rather boring hospital room. My how rude of me, I haven't introduced myself, my name is Kai Ikari, or Kai Shiatori take your pick, but I suppose you won't believe me until the test results come in will you." He glances at Shinji, who has tears beginning to form in his eyes and decides to quench his fears, "I see you've grown Shinji, its good to see your well..... I've missed you little bro."
Hearing this, Shinji lets his tears fall down freely as he quickly runs up and embraces Kai in a way to show how happy is he and to make sure he is indeed real. Kai returns the embrace as Shinji continues to cry saying how much he's missed him and such. After a minute or two, Shinji a bit reluctantly, releases the embrace and stands next to Misato. Another silence appears that is both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time, but again Kai is quick to break the silence, "so then who might you three be?" he asks.
Misato is the first to answer, "I am Major Misato Katsuragi, NERV's Operations Director and Shinji's guardian, it's a pleasure to meet you Kai, though I know very little about you since Shinji has never mentioned you before until yesterday." She then walks up and extends her hand, Kai is quick to take it and returns the gesture. 'I suppose she isn't that bad, but then again from what I saw from Shinji, shes in a business mode and hasn't had a beer. Not that bad of a looker either'
The next to answer is Rei, "I am Rei Ayanami, First Child and pilot of Eva Unit-00." She then bows and becomes silent once again. Kai looks at her and was a bit nervous from her gaze, 'hmmm I see why everyone can easily become nervous around her, but she looks familiar......... hmm!! She looks like Yui, minus the blue hair and red eyes she's a dead ringer for Yui when she was younger.' His little introspect was interrupted by his companion, 'she is like us Kai, can you not sense it? She has Angel DNA, the feeling she gives off is similar to Lilith's, and I believe she can sense the Angel DNA we have as well, we must be careful.' Hearing this shocks Kai, but as he puts his senses to work, he can indeed sense a feeling very similar to Lilith from her, but before he could think about much more he's interrupted again, except by the other remaining person in this room.
"Hello, I'm Asuka Langley Soryu, Second Child, pilot of Eva Unit-02 and also best Eva Pilot here," she says in her confident tone, and like Misato she steps forward and extends her hand as Kai again returns the gesture. 'Hmmm well he's better looking than Baka-Shinji, but that doesn't mean he gonna get any special treatment from me, but...... why do I feel like I've met him before?'
Kai chuckles a little as he shakes Asuka's hand, 'well she certainly is confident...... Hmmm Soryu, huh, well I'll be damned this is Kyoko's little girl, she's grown up as well, and has also grown to be quite the looker.' He was about to say more when the door opened again, entering the room were Dr. Ritsuko Akagi and Sub-Commander Fuyutski.
"Professor Fuyutski, hello there. Well you've gotten old professor, but what brings you here?"
Everyone, with the exception of Fuyutski and Kai, was surprised with the familiarity Kai used. Fuyutski let out a slight chuckle as he addressed Kai, "and I see you're still the same. I suppose I have gotten older but then again 11 years will do that to a person. As for me being here, I thought you'd like to see some familiar faces, though I must say yours isn't that familiar anymore." Which indeed it wasn't Fuyutski was having trouble believing this was Kai, 'his hair and eyes are different, perhaps it is a side-effect of being absorbed.'
"I suppose I do look different don't I, but I think this new look suits me. I'm sure you're wondering why I look different, but...... if your here then Rokubungi can't be far behind," Kai exclaimed his voice however, became cold at the mention of Gendo. Ritsuko was surprised that he knew who Gendo was, and how he knew his unmarried name while Fuyutski had a calm look on his face, 'as I thought, he never called Gendo by that name unless he was mad. That must mean he is aware of what went on in Shinji's life.' He noticed everyone elses confusion at the reference to the name but decided to answer his question anyways, "He's currently unavailable at the moment but I'll inform hi....."
"I am right here...... Kai," said a voice from the doorway, everyone quickly turned to see Gendo Ikari standing there, his cold stare focused solely on Kai. "I believe you may have question for me, but I have some questions for you, and it would be wise if you would answer them, unless you want me to make this an order." Everyone with the exception of Kai flinched at the cold tone of Gendo voice.
Kai put a smirk on his face before answering in an almost equal cold tone of voice, "My, my Rokubungi threatening a child, just how low can you go, Yui wouldn't be pleased. And if my knowledge is correct and last I checked, I worked for Gehirn not NERV so you have no right to order me Old Man...." his smirk grew at Gendo's reaction to the mention of Yui, he knew Yui was his weakness, though it did not show since Gendo was very good at hiding his emotions.
Everyone noticed the tension in the room, especially between Gendo and Kai. Gendo wouldn't back down though, "last I checked, I was your legal guardian as well Kai. And I have also recieved the results from your blood sample right here, and it is quite interesting." Everyone aside from Kai, Ritsuko, and Fuyutski looked on in confusion and interest at this development, but Kai simply smiled.
"And what would that be you found that is so interesting Gendo. I think I know what you're talking about and I won't deny it either," everyone looked at him with even more confusion. Kai's expression softened and then he continued, "it was a side-effect from being absorbed. I now have Angel DNA as part of my genetic make-up, which accounts for my new look. But Gendo, you should've know that would happen, considering what we used to create Ill Gill." His smile again turned into a smirk at Gendo's reaction, he obviously said something that Rokubungi hadn't wanted anyone to know about, but before Kai could continue, Gendo threw down a file next to him and what appeared to be an ID Card and quickly left the room followed by Fuyutski and Ritsuko. He turned towards the others who looked at him in shock, a sad smile appeared on Kai's face. "I'm sure you're all very shocked to know I am part of the very things you're trying to destroy, but I wouldn't hide this from you. I want your trust so I will keep no secrets, and I assure you I am on your side." The others looked skeptically at him except for Shinji who looked at him in understanding standing, but with a bit of confusion as well.
"Umm... Kai why did you call father, Rokubungi?" Shinji wanted to know, he never heard his father being called by that name.
Chuckling slightly he answered, "that was his surname before he married mother. She and myself always called him by that name whenever we were angry with him, though I don't have as much an effect on him like mom did." He glanced down at the file and ID Card before speaking again, "well looks like the old man made me a pilot, Fourth Child huh, can't say I like the title though. Hmmm damn idiot didn't give me a residence, hey Shinji do you mind is I stay with you for a bit?" Before Shinji or Misato could answer, Asuka decided to let her opinion be noted first.
"WHAT!!! No way you're staying with us, it's bad enough this baka-hentai," pointing towards Shinji as she spoke, "lives with me, but no way are you gooing to either, you might be just as bad as him."
"Asuka that's enough. Kai you are more than welcome to stay with us for the time being, but we don't have any extra rooms so you'll have to sleep in the couch. Hmm we should get going the days almost over, it's been several hours since the synch tests after all" Misato said, though Asuka was still fuming she kept silent while Kai and Shinji had nervous looks on their faces.
The rest of the day seemed to go by rather quickly. Kai had been released after a few final check ups. He was given a NERV uniform for the moments until Misato and Asuka agreed on taking him shopping tomorrow, which he tried to protest to but was quickly and easily beaten, but not before getting Shinji to agree to come with him. After they had arrived at the apartment, they had a good dinner. Kai was shocked at how much beer she could drink and still somehow manage to stay slightly sober. After the dinner everyone did their own things to pass the time, until they decided to get some rest.
Everyone was asleep with the exception of Kai, who was currently on the balcony staring at the night sky speaking with his companion. 'Well that was certainly an interesting day wasn't it Adam.'
'I wouldn't really know, but you Lilim are indeed interesting. It should be most beneficial to learn about your race, though Gendo is one I would've rather killed on the spot,' Adam answered, speaking with a slightly ammused tone he picked up from spending all that time with Kai.
'It wouldn't do us any good to get rid of him so quickly now, he runs NERV so for that moment, as much as I hate to say it, we need him, but rest assured he'll get his. Well Adam goodnight, we'll have a big day tomorrow.' That said, he quickly succumbed to sleep to rest for tomorrow and the wonders of shopping with women.
Well finally, heres Chapter 3. Sorry for the delay I could've had this up during June and probably the next chapter too, but as fate would have it my comp decided to die on me which made me lose everything I have and so I had to rewrite this chapter from scratch. I'm also currently in NY on vacation so updates will be coming in slow, and when I get back, it'll depend if I get a new comp or not. Anyways, the whole Adam/Kai deal, I explained my reason for Lilith and I'm basically doing the exact same thing for Gill, yes I kno Adam exists as an embryo but its never mentioned what happened to him soul/mind/whatever so since the Evas are made from Adam, except Unit-01, and since Ill Gill was made first(in my fic at least)I decided to stick Adam in there. Now I kno Adam is supposed to smite humanity and crap like that but I would think that spending almost 12 years with a member of the race your supposed to hate can change your views somewhat. Another thing, while Adam is technically supposed to be part of Ill Gill, I decided to merge him with Kai as a 'side-effect', but it'll only count for Kai, Shinji(if i decide to let him be absorb, which I will most likely do)or Yui are to be left as they are. I also wanted to do the whole conversation between Shinji and Rei during this chapter, but my mind is a blank on what to do about that for the moment, so I will continue it on the next chapter, which delays Bardiel's appearance another chapter or maybe 2, since to be perfectly honest I'm sorta half planning what to write and half making this up as I go. Oh two more things, I've revised some of the Prolouge, but I've fixed some mistakes and added some very small and hardly noticable parts to Chapters 1 and 2 and the last thing is like always review, flame, constructive critism, or wutever it would be fine so until the next chapter, peace.