Yue's Lady (spinning around in wheelie-chair or whatever the real word for it is): Well, the Sixth Child will be continuing due to a bombarding of emails asking me to more or less continue. Again, yes, I was quite pissed but as writer for fan fiction, I must be prepared to listen to less than positive comments and again, I thank those who did criticize and I also thank those who asked for me to continue (it is nice to have positive comments too of course).
I acknowledge criticism. I do not like flames unless they have a very good reason to be born in the first place (pairing opinions are not a good reason, no matter how much you like someone + someone romances because if everyone wrote the same type of pairing that would be extremely boring and nauseating).
So here goes for my thank you list-
Faoron
D14852001
Steve VADER
Karen35
Steel Jaguar
Otaku D-Man
i'm an idiot
brassmonki
liz
Hope I didn't forget anyone…and another thing…I'm warning all you 'Mary Sue' whiners out there, there will be a lot of focus on the Sixth Child hence the title so if you don't like it why on earth are you reading this? (looks pained)
Disclaimer: You know it, I know it, everyone knows it…I do not own NGE…and about the Sixth Child Li Xiao Lan, this character is not supposed to be a parody or reflection of Cardcaptor Sakura's Li Syaoran (or Li Xiao Lang)…I was just out of name ideas but there is barely any connection between the two and I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura either (duh).
CHAPTER THREEEva Unit 05 had arrived. The NERV HQ staff were all bustling about running tests while all the pilots aside from one were in school.
Xiao Lan was sitting inside the entry plug, breathing in the LCL fluid.
[Heartbeat sound]. Xiao Lan choked as her vision blurred. not again, she thought.
~.:*:.~
Asuka looked around furiously for Hikari. It was lunchtime, where was that girl? Moving down the corridor, she spotted someone bent over leaning by the door. She walked quickly towards the person.
"Hey, you, have you seen Hikari go by just now?" she called out rudely. The person ignored her. She was miffed. How dare he ignore her, the most beautiful and popular girl in school?
"Hey, I asked you a question!" she said louder. He still ignored her. That's when she noticed the two wires coming from somewhere behind his brown hair that was linked to a cassette player.
"Shinji," she said, her petty anger fizzling out at the sight of the depressed boy.
*
Screams…
Blood…
Voices…
Pain…
Their echoes still resided in his mind. He turned the music up louder till the echoes almost disappeared. Yes, all he needed was the music, so he could drown out the sounds while his memories played wordlessly in his mind. It wasn't as painful if there was only music.
Kaworu…
Smiles…
Contentedness…
Trust…
Kaworu glowing…
Floating…
Smiling…
Sadness…
Inevitability…
Conflict…
Decision…
Tears…
Blackness…
Numbness…
Shinji stared at the floor, and then closed his eyes, not knowing a German redhead and a blue-haired clone were watching him.
*
Rei saw pilot Ikari seated on the floor of the corridor with his back against a door. She also noted that the Second Child was also observing Shinji. She could not figure out why Shinji was on the floor. Was he hurt? Was he asleep?
She decided to approach the Second Child about it, despite her subconscious reluctance to it.
"What is wrong with Ikari-kun?" Rei asked in her usual emotionless voice. The redhead spun around, shocked and irritated.
"Stop sneaking up on people, you abnormal freak! You may be the Commander's pet, but that doesn't give you the right to sneak up on people!" Asuka snapped. "And how would I know what's wrong with the baka? I'm not his mother!" And with that, Asuka stormed off.
Rei stared after her, trying to remember what she had done wrong. Had she surprised the Second Child? And what was the reason for the redhead's irritation? Had it something to do with Shinji? And by what factor did the Second Child assess who was stupid and who wasn't? Shinji appeared to be quite intelligent.
This was quite confusing.
~.:*:.~
Misato popped the top off another beer while Ritsuko sipped on a cup of coffee as she typed billions of codes into the MAGI supercomputers.
"Keep getting paranoid, don't you, Ritsuko?" teased Misato lightly. Ritsuko smiled dryly.
"Well, would you like another Angel virus to come by and say hello?" Ritsuko asked rhetorically. Misato rolled her eyes as she gulped down the beer.
"How's Unit 05 coming along?" Misato asked.
"Nothing appears wrong or contaminated, but I'm still concerned so I'm still running another test on it," Ritsuko answered.
"How's Xiao Lan?"
"She's doing all right, even though her synch ratio's dropped a bit. But that's not too surprising…" Ristuko's voice faded out as the information being processed by the MAGI distracted her. Misato's gaze then started to wander along the desktop, which was in a state of disarray with files and folders and papers strewn all over it.
~.:*:.~
What are you
Oh, shut up
You are different from the other pilots
Shut up
You're not normal
Shut up
You are weak
What part of shut up don't you understand
You are sick
Your point being
Why are you here
I have to be
Why
Because I was told to
Why
Shut up
Xiao Lan clutched at her plug suit as another [heartbeat sound] started.
~.:*:.~
Dr. Akagi quickly muted the sound system of the MAGI as the Sixth Child's vitals screen began to flash yellow and beep. Misato looked up for a moment then returned her attention to her beer can.
"I believe another physical is in order," Ritsuko said grimly.
~.:*:.~
That afternoon
The pilots, except for Toji, were gathered again in NERV HQ. They were once again required to do another synch test.
Rei glanced once at Shinji before returning her attention to getting into the simulation entry plug. Asuka looked around furiously for a missing person.
"Where's that Chinese girl? Is she slacking off?" she asked with an air of annoyance. Ritsuko looked up from her clipboard.
"You mean Xiao Lan? Oh no, she's already inside her sim-plug," Dr. Akagi explained distractedly.
"Show off," grumbled the Second Child as she climbed into her own sim-plug, letting the LCL energize and then stating the activation sequence.
~.:*:.~
You are sick
Oh shut up
You shouldn't be here. You're too weak to be here
Ni hao fan a ni! (Chinese: You are so annoying, aren't you?)
Why are you here?
Have you nothing better to do?
Who sent you?
…
Who sent you?
Why should I tell you?
Who sent you?
Her…
End of Chapter
Author's Note: Well, a slightly longer chappie that still will not explain what the hell is the Sixth Child doing in the EVA universe…ha! Well…have nothing much else to say except review and/or flame if you must…constructive criticism welcomed…will not listen to flames on pairings…Asuka fans should refrain from reading too much of this (you will not like it)…obviously I hate Asuka Langley Sohryuu because she is a bitch, has always been a bitch, will obviously continue to be a bitch, and no amount of argument will change my mind on that ridiculous redhead…this is my personal opinion of course. Asuka will receive what is coming to her as she progressively becomes more bitchy…I will place a warning on that chapter so Asuka fans can skip the chappie…so plz r n r ppl!