Sorry for the whole delay!! Got a lot of stuff to do these days... the next
few chapters, I hope, will be written faster! ^.^ Well other than that,
there isn't much to say... Well hope you enjoy this... more action and
humor, even though humor wasn't one of this story's main features, but oh
well... Enjoy! ^.^
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Chapter 11 Days before Training
It was a warm night, with the lights blazing on the sides of the roads. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night, silence blanketed over Tokyo-3. All was quiet...
A whoosh and a SCREACH were heard as Misato hurriedly parked the car. She quickly got out and headed up the elevator. Everyone else that were squished in the car got out too and stretched their limbs.
"Geez... she really gotta go," Yui said between chuckles.
Everyone else just sweat dropped. Apparently the food at the restaurant wasn't too appealing to Misato's stomach. They walked silently into the elevator. As they reached their floor, they exited and Shinji leaded them towards the apartment. As they neared, they heard a toilet flush. Everyone fell down... except for Rei, who just stared down at her friends. When finally everyone regained his or her posture, Shinji twisted the doorknob and entered. He was almost afraid to go in; afraid to find what sate Misato was in.
As he walked in, Misato came out of the bathroom with a dark look on her face. Shinji immediately stumbled back a few steps and ran into Asuka.
"Hey, what the..." Asuka stopped as she saw Misato turning towards them, "oh..."
As Misato came nearly a meter away from the kids, Yui all of a sudden popped in the middle of them from no where (not literally).
"Hey Misato, so you feeling any better?" Yui asked, obviously trying to divert Misato's attention.
"Yeah... I feel much better after-" Misato stopped mid-sentence as she noticed Shinji and Asuka slipping away down the hallway, "YOU GET BACK HERE ASUKA!"
* A while later *
Misato sat at the table, guzzling down cans of beer. She already has made almost two complete beer can pyramids. Yui sat next to her, staring at her with her mouth open the whole time. She knew how she had a alcoholic problem because of probing inside of Shinji's mind, but this was just crazy. This was way beyond what he described it
After finishing chugging another can of beer, Misato stood up and stumbled towards the refrigerator, hitting a few walls on the way. Yui fell off her chair causing the beer can pyramids to fall all over her.
At that time... Shinji and Asuka sat on the couch watching TV with Pen-Pen. Asuka flipped through the channels over and over again but found nothing that appealed to her. On the other hand... Shinji was just staring at the wall in front of him. Asuka turned the TV off and tossed the TV remote off somewhere. She turned around and found Shinji staring at the now blank TV. She stood up and walked right in front of him, obscuring his view of the TV. Shinji apparently didn't notice the girl standing right in front of him. Asuka got impatient of standing there so she started to frantically wave her hands in front of him. It didn't really snap him out of whatever he was in. So then she tried a more direct approach. She reared back her hand and brought it down hard on Shinji's face. A second before impact, Shinji finally snapped out of it and looked up just in time to see a hand connect with his face, literally sending him to the wall. Pen-Pen just looked at Asuka then at Shinji, over and over again. He finally decided to leave peacefully. He jumped off the sofa and waddled over to his private refrigerator. On his way he saw Misato run into a wall, then stagger back and then run into another wall. Pen-Pen sweat dropped.
* A Little While Later *
Misato finally found her way into her room after many attempts... and hitting many walls. Yui cleaned all the beer cans and got dressed for the night and went in with Misato to sleep. As she went in, she noticed that the room was in a total mess! Wires tangled everywhere, bottles strewn across the floor... etc. Yui looked around... there wasn't really any space in the room... or there might've been, if you cleared all the trash. She finally decided to sleep outside on the couch, or even with Rei or Shinji.
Shinji had already dressed up and went to bed. He lay on his bed staring at the ceiling, listening to his new MP3 player. He got at least 15 songs already. Most of them illegal... he got really tired by paying 99 cents for one... even if they did track him down, he had NERV to back him up.
Rei was already in bed and nodding off to sleep when Asuka finally finished changing. Asuka took the chance and quietly slipped out of the room and tip toed to Shinji's door. She opened a tiny crack just enough for her to see through. He was listening to his MP3 player. She gently walked in and leaned back on the wall and looked at him just as he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he looked to his right and immediately fell out of his bed. He staggered back up and took off the earphones.
"Uhh Asuka, what are you doing here..." Shinji said shakily.
"So I guess we're going into battle again... hunh?" Asuka said sadly.
"Yeah... I guess," Shinji said.
With that Asuka just left without saying another word. Just when she opened the door, Yui was apparently on the opposite end. Asuka jumped back a little. Yui smiled and shifted so that Asuka could get out. Asuka quickly went out of the room, and slipped back into her own room.
Yui finally entered the room and sat down in a chair opposite of Shinji.
Shinji decided to break the silence, "Um, mom... did you want to tell me something?"
Yui sighed, "Yeah... You might have Eva training sessions tomorrow or the next week or so... It seems those SEELE bastards informed you 'father' about the new angels..."
"I thought the SEELE was already disbanded!" Shinji said in amazement.
"No... you wished for the world to be exactly the way before Third Impact... so SEELE is still here, though I bet they're pretty pissed and are running investigations on Third Impact. You should be careful!" Yui informed.
"Ok then..." Shinji said.
"Well... gotta go to sleep then..." Yui said, changing her mind to sleeping on the sofa instead.
Yui exited the room and Shinji went back to lying on the bed listening to his MP3 player as if nothing happened.
In Asuka's Room... Asuka quickly reentered the room, and shut the door.
Rei looked up, "Yes?"
"What! Ughh, it's useless! I'm going to sleep!" Asuka stormed.
* In the Morning *
Everyone was still asleep. It was around 7:30 when Yui started to wake up when she smelled Miso Soup and heard the other food cooking. (I can't think of much food that Shinji cooks... help me here!) She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Finally finishing, she looked at what was making that noise. She was amazed to see Shinji cooking at a time this early!
Yui gets up and walks into the kitchen. She stops and examines what Shinji is cooking, "So... do you always get up this early to cook, or is it just for me?" Yui said teasingly.
Shinji couldn't help but smile, "No, I do this every morning."
"Say, where did you learn how to cook so good?" Yui asked as she eyed the food boiling in the pot.
"Well, when father ditched me, I lived with my teacher, and he didn't cook so I had to learn how to, or else everyday we'll end up eating junk stuff... kinda like what it is like here!" Shinji said with a smile.
"I still have to teach him a lesson when I get the chance!" Yui said.
At that time, both Asuka and Rei came into the living room. Asuka looked as if she hadn't gotten any sleep for ages. Rei, well, she looked as normal as it gets. After a while, Shinji finally brings over the food and sets them down.
"Well, chow down!" Yui said happily as she and Shinji sat down at the table.
Everyone started to devour their meals. Then a door slide was heard and a very drunk looking Misato entered the room. Everyone followed her with their eyes as she went first to the refrigerator, then sat down at the table. She popped the can open and started to chug the first can down. Everyone fell out of their chairs.
* A while later *
Everyone was cleaned up and dressed. Rei, Asuka, and Shinji were already in their school uniforms and were already half-way out the door when Misato finally finished her last can of beer. They quickly ran out of the apartment and went hurriedly down the elevator. As they exited, they bumped into Kaji, presently holding a bunch of roses.
"Soooo, whose are those for?" Asuka said teasingly and dragged out each word.
"Oh nothing..." Kaji said, totally ignoring them.
They looked at each other and headed their way. Kaji continued his way towards the elevator. On another path, Gendo carried a bunch of roses as well and headed towards the stairs to the apartment.
As Kaji finally reached the top and exited the elevator, he started to head towards the apartment door. As he walked, the staircase door flung open, and revealed a gasping Gendo.
"Damn Stairs!!!" Gendo muttered under his breath.
Kaji stood there staring in shock, looking as the commander kept on walking, "Umm... Sir... You could of taken the elevator."
Gendo tripped and fell. He quickly got up and regained his posture, and he straightened his uniform, "Thank you for informing me of that. Now, I'll be on my way now!"
Kaji sweat dropped as he realized that the commander was heading towards the same apartment that he was.
Back at the apartment... Yui finished washing the dishes, and cleaned up all the beer cans. As she was about to take a shower, Misato came out of her room, and she looked a lot better than before.
"Ohh... yeah... I forgot to tell you... yesterday night... I got a call... There is a present open space in the apartment... next to us... You could move into there..." Misato said with some difficulty.
"Ok... sure!" Yui replied as Misato shook her head a few times and she looked pretty normal. At that time, the door bell rang.
"I wonder who it is?" Yui said in wonder as she went to get the door.
***
Kaji was still standing in the same place as he was in when he met Gendo. He was replaying the scene over and over again in his head to get it all clear. At that moment, a loud CRACK was heard. A little later on, a very bruised cheek looking Gendo walked back from the apartment towards the elevator.
He walked past Kaji and whispered, "Good Luck... You'll need it!"
He entered and the elevator and disappeared behind the doors. Kaji stood there sweat dropping. He ignored the comment and started towards the apartment.
***
The doorbell rang again.
"Don't worry Yui, I'll get it this time, ok?" Misato asked.
"Ok..." Yui asked a little perturbed upon seeing the visitor.
***
A while later, another large CRACK was heard. Some people poked their heads out of their doors to see what was going on. A while later, a very bruise cheeked Kaji walked from the apartment and towards the elevator.
Upon entering the elevator, he muttered under his breath, "Damn Tip!" ***
It was a regular day like any other in Shinji's class. The Sensei continuously droned on about what it was like before Second Impact and the culture and ways of life. Rei stared out of the window and looked at no specific target. Asuka slouched in her seat and was half asleep. Shinji stared ominously at the board.
After another 30 minutes of lectures, Asuka couldn't take it any longer and she opened a chat room on her laptop.
(Chat names- purplemechaboy- Shinji, RedDevil- Asuka, Blue- Rei, AFSnerd- Kensuke, bballfreak- Toji, Classrep- Hikari, Hotbabe- Hitomi... (Hitomi is someone new... sorry couldn't think of a cool name or anything!)
Chat Room-
RedDevil- Hey, what's with the name Rei?
Blue- I could not think of anything complex, so I kept to a simpler name.
RedDevil- _
Bballfreak- Shinji, what up my man!
Purplemechaboy- ...
AFSnerd- you haven't been to school lately... u ok?
Purplemechaboy- I was busy, that's all.
Bballfreak- yeah, like we're gonna buy that one. How many times have you told us that? Whenever ur busy, ur up to somethin' other than 'busy'
AFSnerd- who knows... another angel might come or somethin'
Purplemechaboy- what was that?
AFSnerd- What, just a guess, what if there was more?
Bballfreak- who knows, he might someday end up killing all of us!
(Shinji sweat drops...)
Classrep- Shut up all of you! You know that Shinji, Asuka, or Rei wouldn't do anything like that!
Purplemechaboy- ...
Bballfreak- ...
AFSnerd- ...
Classrep- WHAT!?!
Bballfreak- oh... nuthin'
Classrep- _
RedDevil- So Shinji, what u doin' after school?
Purplemechaboy- ... not much, why?
RedDevil- wondering...
AFSnerd- NO SHINJI! DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!
Bballfreak- NO, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOU!!
Purplemechaboy- ...
Classrep- SHUT UP!
RedDevil- SHUT UP!
Blue- ...
Classrep left the chat room.
As the message appeared on screen, a snap was heard when Hikari snapped her laptop shut. Everyone turned to her as the Sensei kept on talking while looking outside. After a while, Toji looked at Kensuke and shrugged shoulders.
Bballfreak- what was that about?
RedDevil- OMG, you are so stupid!
RedDevil left the chat room.
Another SNAP was heard as Asuka snapped her laptop shut as well, at the same time literally separating the screen and the body of the laptop.
Blue has left the chat room. Purplemechaboy- ... umm... now what?
Bballfreak- dunno... screw this...
Bballfreak has left the chat room.
AFSnerd- ...
AFSnerd has left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- what?!?! How come I'm always the last to leave or somethin' ^.^;
Hotbabe has entered the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- is that you Asuka? Why did you change your screen name?
Hotbabe- Silly, this isn't Asuka, it's Hitomi, the girl sitting ahead of you.
Purplemechaboy- do I know you?
Hotbabe- of course!
Purplemechaboy-...
Hotbabe- so what are you doin' today?
Purplemechaboy- what? ...
RedDevil has entered the chat room.
(After reading the previous sentences)
RedDevil- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!?!?!
Hotbabe left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- dunno... she claims that I know her... hmmm
RedDevil- Don't you think anything, cause you're...
Purplemechaboy- ?
RedDevil has left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- wtf... not again.
Purplemechaboy has left the chat room.
The lunch bell rang. Everyone stood and proceeded outside.
*** After lunch, everyone reentered the classroom grudgingly. Everyone was waiting for the Sensei to start lecturing again, but to their surprise, a white haired boy walked in.
"We have another transfer student, he was supposed to arrive in the morning but there was some 'business' he had to attend to..." The sensei announced.
As he walked to the front of the class, The former Eva pilots started to feel a little scared.
"Hi, nice to meet you, my name is Kaworu Nagisa!"
By that time, Toji, Shinji, and Asuka fainted and dropped straight out of their desks. Only Rei, didn't, as she was used to dead people, or so called- dead people coming back to life. Hikari, not knowing who he is, didn't know how to respond. One thing was that three people had fainted, and the other a new student arrived and she had to show him the way. To her surprise, Kaworu walked passed her and stopped in front of Shinji. He stooped and put a hand to Shinji's chest. A slight shimmer appeared then died away. Shinji opened his eyes and started to focus to his surroundings.
"Shinji, you are awake..." Kaworu asked.
Upon hearing this, Shinji basically dropped dead.
"Or not..." Kaworu said as he answered his own question.
***
After school, at that time, the three fainted pilots were pretty much recovered, due to the fact that a once dead pilot/angel is now attending their same school and is now walking with them.
"Kaworu... you shouldn't have come back or whatever caused you to come back..." Shinji said, "You, have betrayed me once, I will not consider you as my friend."
"It was not I that wanted to come back, nor was it to harm you... I was sent to help you through the zodiac battles... I was sent here by... your mom..." Kaworu replied at last.
"Wha..." Shinji replied before he tripped, "How da?!?!"
"When she was still inside the Eva... Right after you guys were brought back from Third Impact, we angels can sense each other no matter where we are. She sensed the 'others' coming straight towards Earth... by far, they are the strongest of all... higher than me... again, I am here to guide and help you... I will not interfere with you," Kaworu said.
"... fine... so... what are you going to fight in!?! You would probably need an Eva if you wanna help us, and I don't think NERV would be happy enough to give you one!" Shinji asked coldly.
"Yes... I already have an Eva... not from NERV of course... I can create my own Eva, since I am the same as the Evas... though it is not as powerful," Kaworu explained.
"... whatever... is there anything else?" Shinji asked.
"As I said, they are really powerful. They have a core, but they are almost half the size of the angels you have fought earlier... it is well hidden, and it is harder to break through," Kaworu said.
"... what happens if we lose... what happens if we win...?" Shinji asked.
"If we lose... Earth is gone, there is no regaining it. If we win... I'm afraid that either Lilith or Adam will arrive... they're determined to wipe you out. You have killed too much of our brethren," Kaworu.
"Oh that's great... both of them are pretty bad!" Toji exclaimed.
"If you still say that we killed many of your brothers, why are you here, why are you helping us, we killed your BROTHERS!" Shinji yelled.
"I am here because I think that Earth shall not be erased. I think that I shall help the people that once helped me..." Kaworu replied.
"...I'm going back to the apartment, I still have a lot of homework left..." Shinji said as he started walking off.
"...Hey Shinji, do you think I can come over for a while?" Toji asked as he too ran after him.
As Toji caught up, only Asuka, Rei, and Kaworu were left walking alone. Asuka pretended that she didn't hear any of the conversation and pretended that he wasn't there at all. Finally after a few minutes, she couldn't stand the silence anymore and she ran after the two boys to the apartment.
"... guess I didn't make the best first impression eh Rei?" Kaworu asked.
"..." Rei didn't reply and kept on walking, "Do you have a place to stay?"
"No, it won't be necessary," Kaworu replied, "thank you for the offer though."
***
As Shinji and Toji both arrived at the apartment, Shinji found out that he had lost his key somehow. So they had to ring the bell for Misato to come.
***
Ding Dong...
"THAT BASTERD AGAIN!!" both Misato and Yui yelled at the same time.
They charged to the door. They swung it open and without looking, each one swung one arm. PSSS... CRACK... Eventually both ladies took a look to see what their prizes were. To their surprise, a very bruised looking Toji stood there, wobbling on his two feet, his cheeks basically swollen. Shinji was fast enough to get out of their way before their hands met his cheeks. Shinji turned around and looked at what had happened to Toji. (Oh crap, good thing I ducked... must be the Eva trainings or somethin')
"... sorry bout that Toji... thought you were someone else... that's all..." Misato said.
"same here," Yui said.
At that time, Asuka came up from the elevator, and started walking towards them. As she arrived at the door, she looked at the mess in front of her.
"Now what happened, did he try to take a peek at you or something?" Asuka asked as she pointed at Misato, "he is a perv."
As Toji saw who was there talking, he raised his hands up and formed a cross with his fingers and yelled, "I SEE THE DEVIL! I MUST BE IN HELL!!!"
Upon hearing this, Asuka rolled his eyes, and started to walk past them. Seeing this, Toji let out a sigh.
At that moment Asuka walked back towards them, "Oh yeah... I almost forgot..."
"Oh no..." Toji groaned as he realized to what was going to happen to him.
Without warning, Asuka raised her foot and kicked him straight in the balls, causing his voice to go up a few pitches.
"There, thought I forgot to do somethin'" Asuka said as she walked away.
"On man... dude... I still need them! Oh man, Shinji, I swear, if she hits it again hard enough... oh man..." Toji said girlishly between moans and groans.
Upon seeing Yui's shocked face, Misato added in, "Ehh, don't worry... it happens all the time between them..."
"... man... you asked for it. She wasn't doing anything wrong, until you accused her of a devil and all..." Shinji said.
"Dude, whose side are you on now!?!" Toji asked.
"...whatever, let's get you inside or something," Shinji said as he helped his friend up.
"NOOO, I'm not entering the realm of doom! I'm not entering the Devil's lair! NOO!" Toji yelled as he got dragged into the apartment.
As soon as Shinji finished dragging him in, and Misato closing the door, Asuka came over to him, "So what was that I heard as you got dragged in?"
"Oh shit..." Toji groaned in his girly voice, "Shinji, help me man!"
"Man, I told you, you asked for it! If you didn't yell, all of this might have not happened at all," Shinji said.
"Man, when have you been so defendant before!?! Dude, help me... I'm about to..." Toji was cut short as another deadly blow was sent to his balls.
"ok, ok Asuka... I think you tortured him enough for one night, ok?" Misato asked.
"Whatever... he serves a good punching bag though..." Asuka said as she marched back to her room.
"Du...de..." Toji managed to get out.
"Man, you need ice!" Shinji said.
"No... shi...t" Toji said between groans.
"Guess you're not gonna stay to do some homework then?" Shinji asked as he brought some ice.
"Naw, I... wasn't gon...na do homework...anyways...just wanted to talk... but now it doesn't... seem like a good time to... I think I'll be going home now..." Toji said.
"... I'll drive you there Toji... obviously you're in no state in walking back home," Misato said.
***
While Misato went driving Toji to his house, Shinji sat on the couch with pen-pen in his laps watching TV. As soon as Asuka walked in, Pen-pen hurriedly waddled off to his refrigerator, avoiding danger. Asuka sat down and snatched the remote control out of Shinji's hand.
"Wha..." Shinji started.
"Don't start with me... I'm already angry!" Asuka replied.
(Oh please, don't kick me in the balls too!) Shinji thought.
Asuka just sat there, staring blankly at the TV, unaware of what was happening, thinking of something else. Her head soon began to drift in and out of sleep as if wanting to sleep and wanting to stay awake at the same time. But finally she gave in and all of a sudden, leaned and started sleeping on Shinji's shoulders.
(What the! This isn't right... she either goes to her room, yells at me to go away... hell... even sleepwalk... this never happened before!?!)
Sweat started to form on his face. (oh man, make one wrong move and it will be me ending in the ER)
As Yui walked by, she witnessed the scene, "Aww... how cute... well Shinji, just saying that Rei and I will be moving next doors, ok?"
"ok..." Shinji said with barely a nod afraid to move.
Yui smiled and walked away, leaving Shinji with Asuka. (Oh man... what am I to do now... let's see the options... move- get killed... try to sleep with her- get killed... try to make a move-get killed... hell... what am I thinking... must stop perverted thoughts...!!!)
Just then, a form appeared in front of them. At first, Shinji thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him, but later, he found that the form was a tall skinny boy... with wings... it was Kaworu.
"What the?!!?" Shinji asked quietly.
"Don't worry... I'll keep quiet... I'm here just to talk to you... I'll be gone before she wakes up... I bring news of the angels. They are on their way. The first one will arrive exactly next week. Don't worry... you'll be having lots of training before that happens," Kaworu said.
"... what is the first one?" Shinji asked.
"It is in the form of a rat..." Kaworu replied.
"So we're gonna fight a humongous rat that will probably destroy Earth?" Shinji stated hypocritically.
"Try not to think of it as a cute furry one as you humans do... I would rather think of it as a dangerous and mutated creature that has blades and can rip through any material... It is fast... so it will be hard to catch it... your trainings will be primarily of reaction and speed," Kaworu stated.
"Well... that sounds like fun... what about you?" Shinji asked.
"I'll be there too," Kaworu stated calmly.
"Wha? I wouldn't... they'll probably kill you or something!" Shinji said.
"No... I've already erased the memory when I was at NERV... in other words, they don't even know that I exist," Kaworu said, "almost forgot... I have bad news for you..."
"Wow, am I surprised!" Shinji's words dripping with sarcasm.
"... Your mom coming out of the Eva is a good and bad thing... The good thing is that she can communicate with the outside world and be with her 'family' again... the bad thing is, is that whenever you need to use Eva, she has to merge with it again... don't worry, she can come in and out anytime she wants..." Kaworu said.
"Why though?" Shinji asked.
"Well... All Evas need a soul... Eva 01 is your mother's... Eva 02's... Asuka mother... don't worry she already knows that... Eva 00, it's hard to tell... they have a mixture of many souls... that's why it is always unstable and considered out of control..." Kaworu said... but don't feel sad for the ones that are stuck in Eva... they'll come out soon... cause that is when we need them most..." Kaworu said.
"mama?" Asuka whispered in her dreams.
Both boys pull back in fear as if she had been eavesdropping the whole time. As they realized that she was only talking in her sleep, they finally let out a sigh of relief. But that was short lived as Asuka drowsily opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Kaworu.
"What the hell!" Asuka screamed. She noticed that something was wrapped around he waist, she looked down and surely, there was Shinji's arm wrapped around her. For a fraction of a second she blushed, but it was replaced by a devilish smile, that both boys feared.
(oh man... I knew I was gonna get killed if I did that! Oh man...) Shinji thought.
"What the hell you think you're doing, you hentai!?!" Asuka screamed at the top of her lungs.
A look of doom appeared on Shinji's face. At that moment, Kaworu decided to drop out of the little mini war, "I'll let you handle this Shinji, ok?"
"Kaworu... you could at least-" he was caught off as Asuka came even closer to him, ready to strike where it hurt most to men.
"Oh no..." Shinji cried as doom crept nearer.
He shut his eyes and awaited his doom. But what he felt was not exquisite pain, but it was rather soothing a pleasurable feeling. He started wondering if this is what It felt like when someone was going to die. He opened his eyes and he literally fainted. Asuka was right in his face. He started to notice that her eyes were closed and she was really enjoying something. Shinji started to feel something pressing against his lips.
(what the) Shinji thought.
As he lowered his eyes onto the spot, he nearly fainted again... Their lips were touching. At the sight of this, he instinctively started to back off and break away. But Asuka's arm stopped him and kept him there.
(Oh man... should I think this is like a blessing or what!?! What am I thinking?!? How did we end up kissing in the first place? I thought she would probably shove a pole in my mouth or something... oh well, might as well enjoy it... might be my last minutes on Earth...) Shinji thought.
(He's taking this pretty well... better than I thought...let's see if he can handle this?!?) Asuka thought.
Almost at once, Shinji felt something trying to break through his lips... At that moment, Yui walked by again, obviously wanting to check on them.
"Aww... I knew you could do it!" Yui exclaimed.
Both Asuka and Shinji pulled apart so fast that they almost went tumbling to the other side of the room.
"We were... umm..." Shinji mumbled as he blushed fiercely.
"it... was nothing, Mrs. Ikari..." Asuka lied, as she too, began to blush fiercely.
"Right... well just wanting to say something... There will be Eva Training sessions that will start about next week... I suggest that you have some fun before we go under the command of your 'father' again..." Yui stated.
"Ok..." Both children replied.
Yui smiled again and left the room without another word.
Shinji and Asuka looked at each other. Shinji, mostly, wanted to avoid looking at her, or looking at his death, but he could not resist.
(Must resist... Must resist... Must resist... oh dammit, I suck at resisting things) Shinji thought.
"... so... what is the first angel that we're gonna deal with?" Asuka asked finally.
"whew," Shinji sighed in relief, "It's a rat... a big humongous rat... metal plates... razor sharp blades..." Shinji filled in the details.
"Whatever... we still have roughly like another 2 weeks or so... might as well enjoy this time while I can..." Asuka said as she turned evilly towards Shinji.
"Oh no..." Shinji moaned.
"Well... it's late... gotta go to sleep... but remember to remind me to kick you in the balls for holding me, ok?" Asuka asked.
"yeah... sure, no prob..." Shinji replied weakly.
Asuka left the room leaving a wavering Shinji in the room. "I think I'll just sleep here for tonight..."
***
In his dreams... Shinji stared into blackness... nothingness... emptiness
"Where am I?"
"Does it matter?"
"..."
"Does it... Shinji?"
"I guess so..."
"Are you ready for them?"
"For who?"
"The beasts?"
"The angels..."
"yes..."
"It seems that I know so little about them... as I did with the other angels..."
"do you want to find out?"
"I don't know if I want to..."
Silence...
"Hello? Anyone there? Please don't leave me!"
Instantly right before him, lights flashed and pictures started to appear in front of him. It was of the previous angels... It started from the first ones to the last. Then it showed other images of their Evas, but with different weapons and armor... and they were fighting different angels...
"What is this?"
"This is the future"
"What?"
"Or a mere possibility of the future"
Shinji continued to watch as it passed each zodiac and their battles... finally it was the last zodiac... all of a sudden it went blank...
"What happened?"
"The future is still unpredictable... still changeable... none of this is real... you can alter it..."
"Then why are you showing me this?"
Silence...
"not again..."
All of a sudden, the surroundings around him changed to a hill that overlooks Tokyo-3
"what the?"
"Will you fight?"
"... if necessary..."
In front of him, 4 Evas appeared and an angel appeared too. It tore and slashed viciously at the Evas. They stood there, not moving. Soon, the Evas' body parts flung about aimlessly. The angel had torn each Eva into shreds. It blackened again.
"Shinji?"
Shinji spun around looking into nothingness. But this time a solitary figure stood there. It was Asuka, wearing her plug suit. She looked up and stared at him.
"Will you help me?"
"... of course"
All of a sudden, Asuka was torn to shreds as well... bit by bit... each body part being separated by a hidden monster.
"STOP"
"now you understand the consequences"
"..."
"if you don't fight... your loved ones will perish..."
"Shinji?"
"on no..."
He spun around and saw the ones that he loved and cared for the most... there, standing in nothingness, was Rei, his mother, Misato, Toji, Kensuke, Hikari, and Kaji... They stood there looking aimlessly. All of a sudden, they began to bleed profusely from no apparent wound. They bled through their openings (mouth so on so forth) Like Asuka, their body parts were ripped asunder and thrown around.
"STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!!!!!"
Shinji woke up, staring into the ceilings... his shirt was drenched with sweat.
"It was only a dream... Or was it?"
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PLZ PLZ PLZ REVIEW!!! Thx... This is the 11th chapter... It will get better... Again, really sorry for he massive Delay... got tons of work these days... sorry... next chapter coming up soon.
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Chapter 11 Days before Training
It was a warm night, with the lights blazing on the sides of the roads. Stars twinkled in the cloudless night, silence blanketed over Tokyo-3. All was quiet...
A whoosh and a SCREACH were heard as Misato hurriedly parked the car. She quickly got out and headed up the elevator. Everyone else that were squished in the car got out too and stretched their limbs.
"Geez... she really gotta go," Yui said between chuckles.
Everyone else just sweat dropped. Apparently the food at the restaurant wasn't too appealing to Misato's stomach. They walked silently into the elevator. As they reached their floor, they exited and Shinji leaded them towards the apartment. As they neared, they heard a toilet flush. Everyone fell down... except for Rei, who just stared down at her friends. When finally everyone regained his or her posture, Shinji twisted the doorknob and entered. He was almost afraid to go in; afraid to find what sate Misato was in.
As he walked in, Misato came out of the bathroom with a dark look on her face. Shinji immediately stumbled back a few steps and ran into Asuka.
"Hey, what the..." Asuka stopped as she saw Misato turning towards them, "oh..."
As Misato came nearly a meter away from the kids, Yui all of a sudden popped in the middle of them from no where (not literally).
"Hey Misato, so you feeling any better?" Yui asked, obviously trying to divert Misato's attention.
"Yeah... I feel much better after-" Misato stopped mid-sentence as she noticed Shinji and Asuka slipping away down the hallway, "YOU GET BACK HERE ASUKA!"
* A while later *
Misato sat at the table, guzzling down cans of beer. She already has made almost two complete beer can pyramids. Yui sat next to her, staring at her with her mouth open the whole time. She knew how she had a alcoholic problem because of probing inside of Shinji's mind, but this was just crazy. This was way beyond what he described it
After finishing chugging another can of beer, Misato stood up and stumbled towards the refrigerator, hitting a few walls on the way. Yui fell off her chair causing the beer can pyramids to fall all over her.
At that time... Shinji and Asuka sat on the couch watching TV with Pen-Pen. Asuka flipped through the channels over and over again but found nothing that appealed to her. On the other hand... Shinji was just staring at the wall in front of him. Asuka turned the TV off and tossed the TV remote off somewhere. She turned around and found Shinji staring at the now blank TV. She stood up and walked right in front of him, obscuring his view of the TV. Shinji apparently didn't notice the girl standing right in front of him. Asuka got impatient of standing there so she started to frantically wave her hands in front of him. It didn't really snap him out of whatever he was in. So then she tried a more direct approach. She reared back her hand and brought it down hard on Shinji's face. A second before impact, Shinji finally snapped out of it and looked up just in time to see a hand connect with his face, literally sending him to the wall. Pen-Pen just looked at Asuka then at Shinji, over and over again. He finally decided to leave peacefully. He jumped off the sofa and waddled over to his private refrigerator. On his way he saw Misato run into a wall, then stagger back and then run into another wall. Pen-Pen sweat dropped.
* A Little While Later *
Misato finally found her way into her room after many attempts... and hitting many walls. Yui cleaned all the beer cans and got dressed for the night and went in with Misato to sleep. As she went in, she noticed that the room was in a total mess! Wires tangled everywhere, bottles strewn across the floor... etc. Yui looked around... there wasn't really any space in the room... or there might've been, if you cleared all the trash. She finally decided to sleep outside on the couch, or even with Rei or Shinji.
Shinji had already dressed up and went to bed. He lay on his bed staring at the ceiling, listening to his new MP3 player. He got at least 15 songs already. Most of them illegal... he got really tired by paying 99 cents for one... even if they did track him down, he had NERV to back him up.
Rei was already in bed and nodding off to sleep when Asuka finally finished changing. Asuka took the chance and quietly slipped out of the room and tip toed to Shinji's door. She opened a tiny crack just enough for her to see through. He was listening to his MP3 player. She gently walked in and leaned back on the wall and looked at him just as he closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he looked to his right and immediately fell out of his bed. He staggered back up and took off the earphones.
"Uhh Asuka, what are you doing here..." Shinji said shakily.
"So I guess we're going into battle again... hunh?" Asuka said sadly.
"Yeah... I guess," Shinji said.
With that Asuka just left without saying another word. Just when she opened the door, Yui was apparently on the opposite end. Asuka jumped back a little. Yui smiled and shifted so that Asuka could get out. Asuka quickly went out of the room, and slipped back into her own room.
Yui finally entered the room and sat down in a chair opposite of Shinji.
Shinji decided to break the silence, "Um, mom... did you want to tell me something?"
Yui sighed, "Yeah... You might have Eva training sessions tomorrow or the next week or so... It seems those SEELE bastards informed you 'father' about the new angels..."
"I thought the SEELE was already disbanded!" Shinji said in amazement.
"No... you wished for the world to be exactly the way before Third Impact... so SEELE is still here, though I bet they're pretty pissed and are running investigations on Third Impact. You should be careful!" Yui informed.
"Ok then..." Shinji said.
"Well... gotta go to sleep then..." Yui said, changing her mind to sleeping on the sofa instead.
Yui exited the room and Shinji went back to lying on the bed listening to his MP3 player as if nothing happened.
In Asuka's Room... Asuka quickly reentered the room, and shut the door.
Rei looked up, "Yes?"
"What! Ughh, it's useless! I'm going to sleep!" Asuka stormed.
* In the Morning *
Everyone was still asleep. It was around 7:30 when Yui started to wake up when she smelled Miso Soup and heard the other food cooking. (I can't think of much food that Shinji cooks... help me here!) She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Finally finishing, she looked at what was making that noise. She was amazed to see Shinji cooking at a time this early!
Yui gets up and walks into the kitchen. She stops and examines what Shinji is cooking, "So... do you always get up this early to cook, or is it just for me?" Yui said teasingly.
Shinji couldn't help but smile, "No, I do this every morning."
"Say, where did you learn how to cook so good?" Yui asked as she eyed the food boiling in the pot.
"Well, when father ditched me, I lived with my teacher, and he didn't cook so I had to learn how to, or else everyday we'll end up eating junk stuff... kinda like what it is like here!" Shinji said with a smile.
"I still have to teach him a lesson when I get the chance!" Yui said.
At that time, both Asuka and Rei came into the living room. Asuka looked as if she hadn't gotten any sleep for ages. Rei, well, she looked as normal as it gets. After a while, Shinji finally brings over the food and sets them down.
"Well, chow down!" Yui said happily as she and Shinji sat down at the table.
Everyone started to devour their meals. Then a door slide was heard and a very drunk looking Misato entered the room. Everyone followed her with their eyes as she went first to the refrigerator, then sat down at the table. She popped the can open and started to chug the first can down. Everyone fell out of their chairs.
* A while later *
Everyone was cleaned up and dressed. Rei, Asuka, and Shinji were already in their school uniforms and were already half-way out the door when Misato finally finished her last can of beer. They quickly ran out of the apartment and went hurriedly down the elevator. As they exited, they bumped into Kaji, presently holding a bunch of roses.
"Soooo, whose are those for?" Asuka said teasingly and dragged out each word.
"Oh nothing..." Kaji said, totally ignoring them.
They looked at each other and headed their way. Kaji continued his way towards the elevator. On another path, Gendo carried a bunch of roses as well and headed towards the stairs to the apartment.
As Kaji finally reached the top and exited the elevator, he started to head towards the apartment door. As he walked, the staircase door flung open, and revealed a gasping Gendo.
"Damn Stairs!!!" Gendo muttered under his breath.
Kaji stood there staring in shock, looking as the commander kept on walking, "Umm... Sir... You could of taken the elevator."
Gendo tripped and fell. He quickly got up and regained his posture, and he straightened his uniform, "Thank you for informing me of that. Now, I'll be on my way now!"
Kaji sweat dropped as he realized that the commander was heading towards the same apartment that he was.
Back at the apartment... Yui finished washing the dishes, and cleaned up all the beer cans. As she was about to take a shower, Misato came out of her room, and she looked a lot better than before.
"Ohh... yeah... I forgot to tell you... yesterday night... I got a call... There is a present open space in the apartment... next to us... You could move into there..." Misato said with some difficulty.
"Ok... sure!" Yui replied as Misato shook her head a few times and she looked pretty normal. At that time, the door bell rang.
"I wonder who it is?" Yui said in wonder as she went to get the door.
***
Kaji was still standing in the same place as he was in when he met Gendo. He was replaying the scene over and over again in his head to get it all clear. At that moment, a loud CRACK was heard. A little later on, a very bruised cheek looking Gendo walked back from the apartment towards the elevator.
He walked past Kaji and whispered, "Good Luck... You'll need it!"
He entered and the elevator and disappeared behind the doors. Kaji stood there sweat dropping. He ignored the comment and started towards the apartment.
***
The doorbell rang again.
"Don't worry Yui, I'll get it this time, ok?" Misato asked.
"Ok..." Yui asked a little perturbed upon seeing the visitor.
***
A while later, another large CRACK was heard. Some people poked their heads out of their doors to see what was going on. A while later, a very bruise cheeked Kaji walked from the apartment and towards the elevator.
Upon entering the elevator, he muttered under his breath, "Damn Tip!" ***
It was a regular day like any other in Shinji's class. The Sensei continuously droned on about what it was like before Second Impact and the culture and ways of life. Rei stared out of the window and looked at no specific target. Asuka slouched in her seat and was half asleep. Shinji stared ominously at the board.
After another 30 minutes of lectures, Asuka couldn't take it any longer and she opened a chat room on her laptop.
(Chat names- purplemechaboy- Shinji, RedDevil- Asuka, Blue- Rei, AFSnerd- Kensuke, bballfreak- Toji, Classrep- Hikari, Hotbabe- Hitomi... (Hitomi is someone new... sorry couldn't think of a cool name or anything!)
Chat Room-
RedDevil- Hey, what's with the name Rei?
Blue- I could not think of anything complex, so I kept to a simpler name.
RedDevil- _
Bballfreak- Shinji, what up my man!
Purplemechaboy- ...
AFSnerd- you haven't been to school lately... u ok?
Purplemechaboy- I was busy, that's all.
Bballfreak- yeah, like we're gonna buy that one. How many times have you told us that? Whenever ur busy, ur up to somethin' other than 'busy'
AFSnerd- who knows... another angel might come or somethin'
Purplemechaboy- what was that?
AFSnerd- What, just a guess, what if there was more?
Bballfreak- who knows, he might someday end up killing all of us!
(Shinji sweat drops...)
Classrep- Shut up all of you! You know that Shinji, Asuka, or Rei wouldn't do anything like that!
Purplemechaboy- ...
Bballfreak- ...
AFSnerd- ...
Classrep- WHAT!?!
Bballfreak- oh... nuthin'
Classrep- _
RedDevil- So Shinji, what u doin' after school?
Purplemechaboy- ... not much, why?
RedDevil- wondering...
AFSnerd- NO SHINJI! DON'T FALL FOR IT!!!!
Bballfreak- NO, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOU!!
Purplemechaboy- ...
Classrep- SHUT UP!
RedDevil- SHUT UP!
Blue- ...
Classrep left the chat room.
As the message appeared on screen, a snap was heard when Hikari snapped her laptop shut. Everyone turned to her as the Sensei kept on talking while looking outside. After a while, Toji looked at Kensuke and shrugged shoulders.
Bballfreak- what was that about?
RedDevil- OMG, you are so stupid!
RedDevil left the chat room.
Another SNAP was heard as Asuka snapped her laptop shut as well, at the same time literally separating the screen and the body of the laptop.
Blue has left the chat room. Purplemechaboy- ... umm... now what?
Bballfreak- dunno... screw this...
Bballfreak has left the chat room.
AFSnerd- ...
AFSnerd has left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- what?!?! How come I'm always the last to leave or somethin' ^.^;
Hotbabe has entered the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- is that you Asuka? Why did you change your screen name?
Hotbabe- Silly, this isn't Asuka, it's Hitomi, the girl sitting ahead of you.
Purplemechaboy- do I know you?
Hotbabe- of course!
Purplemechaboy-...
Hotbabe- so what are you doin' today?
Purplemechaboy- what? ...
RedDevil has entered the chat room.
(After reading the previous sentences)
RedDevil- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!?!?!
Hotbabe left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- dunno... she claims that I know her... hmmm
RedDevil- Don't you think anything, cause you're...
Purplemechaboy- ?
RedDevil has left the chat room.
Purplemechaboy- wtf... not again.
Purplemechaboy has left the chat room.
The lunch bell rang. Everyone stood and proceeded outside.
*** After lunch, everyone reentered the classroom grudgingly. Everyone was waiting for the Sensei to start lecturing again, but to their surprise, a white haired boy walked in.
"We have another transfer student, he was supposed to arrive in the morning but there was some 'business' he had to attend to..." The sensei announced.
As he walked to the front of the class, The former Eva pilots started to feel a little scared.
"Hi, nice to meet you, my name is Kaworu Nagisa!"
By that time, Toji, Shinji, and Asuka fainted and dropped straight out of their desks. Only Rei, didn't, as she was used to dead people, or so called- dead people coming back to life. Hikari, not knowing who he is, didn't know how to respond. One thing was that three people had fainted, and the other a new student arrived and she had to show him the way. To her surprise, Kaworu walked passed her and stopped in front of Shinji. He stooped and put a hand to Shinji's chest. A slight shimmer appeared then died away. Shinji opened his eyes and started to focus to his surroundings.
"Shinji, you are awake..." Kaworu asked.
Upon hearing this, Shinji basically dropped dead.
"Or not..." Kaworu said as he answered his own question.
***
After school, at that time, the three fainted pilots were pretty much recovered, due to the fact that a once dead pilot/angel is now attending their same school and is now walking with them.
"Kaworu... you shouldn't have come back or whatever caused you to come back..." Shinji said, "You, have betrayed me once, I will not consider you as my friend."
"It was not I that wanted to come back, nor was it to harm you... I was sent to help you through the zodiac battles... I was sent here by... your mom..." Kaworu replied at last.
"Wha..." Shinji replied before he tripped, "How da?!?!"
"When she was still inside the Eva... Right after you guys were brought back from Third Impact, we angels can sense each other no matter where we are. She sensed the 'others' coming straight towards Earth... by far, they are the strongest of all... higher than me... again, I am here to guide and help you... I will not interfere with you," Kaworu said.
"... fine... so... what are you going to fight in!?! You would probably need an Eva if you wanna help us, and I don't think NERV would be happy enough to give you one!" Shinji asked coldly.
"Yes... I already have an Eva... not from NERV of course... I can create my own Eva, since I am the same as the Evas... though it is not as powerful," Kaworu explained.
"... whatever... is there anything else?" Shinji asked.
"As I said, they are really powerful. They have a core, but they are almost half the size of the angels you have fought earlier... it is well hidden, and it is harder to break through," Kaworu said.
"... what happens if we lose... what happens if we win...?" Shinji asked.
"If we lose... Earth is gone, there is no regaining it. If we win... I'm afraid that either Lilith or Adam will arrive... they're determined to wipe you out. You have killed too much of our brethren," Kaworu.
"Oh that's great... both of them are pretty bad!" Toji exclaimed.
"If you still say that we killed many of your brothers, why are you here, why are you helping us, we killed your BROTHERS!" Shinji yelled.
"I am here because I think that Earth shall not be erased. I think that I shall help the people that once helped me..." Kaworu replied.
"...I'm going back to the apartment, I still have a lot of homework left..." Shinji said as he started walking off.
"...Hey Shinji, do you think I can come over for a while?" Toji asked as he too ran after him.
As Toji caught up, only Asuka, Rei, and Kaworu were left walking alone. Asuka pretended that she didn't hear any of the conversation and pretended that he wasn't there at all. Finally after a few minutes, she couldn't stand the silence anymore and she ran after the two boys to the apartment.
"... guess I didn't make the best first impression eh Rei?" Kaworu asked.
"..." Rei didn't reply and kept on walking, "Do you have a place to stay?"
"No, it won't be necessary," Kaworu replied, "thank you for the offer though."
***
As Shinji and Toji both arrived at the apartment, Shinji found out that he had lost his key somehow. So they had to ring the bell for Misato to come.
***
Ding Dong...
"THAT BASTERD AGAIN!!" both Misato and Yui yelled at the same time.
They charged to the door. They swung it open and without looking, each one swung one arm. PSSS... CRACK... Eventually both ladies took a look to see what their prizes were. To their surprise, a very bruised looking Toji stood there, wobbling on his two feet, his cheeks basically swollen. Shinji was fast enough to get out of their way before their hands met his cheeks. Shinji turned around and looked at what had happened to Toji. (Oh crap, good thing I ducked... must be the Eva trainings or somethin')
"... sorry bout that Toji... thought you were someone else... that's all..." Misato said.
"same here," Yui said.
At that time, Asuka came up from the elevator, and started walking towards them. As she arrived at the door, she looked at the mess in front of her.
"Now what happened, did he try to take a peek at you or something?" Asuka asked as she pointed at Misato, "he is a perv."
As Toji saw who was there talking, he raised his hands up and formed a cross with his fingers and yelled, "I SEE THE DEVIL! I MUST BE IN HELL!!!"
Upon hearing this, Asuka rolled his eyes, and started to walk past them. Seeing this, Toji let out a sigh.
At that moment Asuka walked back towards them, "Oh yeah... I almost forgot..."
"Oh no..." Toji groaned as he realized to what was going to happen to him.
Without warning, Asuka raised her foot and kicked him straight in the balls, causing his voice to go up a few pitches.
"There, thought I forgot to do somethin'" Asuka said as she walked away.
"On man... dude... I still need them! Oh man, Shinji, I swear, if she hits it again hard enough... oh man..." Toji said girlishly between moans and groans.
Upon seeing Yui's shocked face, Misato added in, "Ehh, don't worry... it happens all the time between them..."
"... man... you asked for it. She wasn't doing anything wrong, until you accused her of a devil and all..." Shinji said.
"Dude, whose side are you on now!?!" Toji asked.
"...whatever, let's get you inside or something," Shinji said as he helped his friend up.
"NOOO, I'm not entering the realm of doom! I'm not entering the Devil's lair! NOO!" Toji yelled as he got dragged into the apartment.
As soon as Shinji finished dragging him in, and Misato closing the door, Asuka came over to him, "So what was that I heard as you got dragged in?"
"Oh shit..." Toji groaned in his girly voice, "Shinji, help me man!"
"Man, I told you, you asked for it! If you didn't yell, all of this might have not happened at all," Shinji said.
"Man, when have you been so defendant before!?! Dude, help me... I'm about to..." Toji was cut short as another deadly blow was sent to his balls.
"ok, ok Asuka... I think you tortured him enough for one night, ok?" Misato asked.
"Whatever... he serves a good punching bag though..." Asuka said as she marched back to her room.
"Du...de..." Toji managed to get out.
"Man, you need ice!" Shinji said.
"No... shi...t" Toji said between groans.
"Guess you're not gonna stay to do some homework then?" Shinji asked as he brought some ice.
"Naw, I... wasn't gon...na do homework...anyways...just wanted to talk... but now it doesn't... seem like a good time to... I think I'll be going home now..." Toji said.
"... I'll drive you there Toji... obviously you're in no state in walking back home," Misato said.
***
While Misato went driving Toji to his house, Shinji sat on the couch with pen-pen in his laps watching TV. As soon as Asuka walked in, Pen-pen hurriedly waddled off to his refrigerator, avoiding danger. Asuka sat down and snatched the remote control out of Shinji's hand.
"Wha..." Shinji started.
"Don't start with me... I'm already angry!" Asuka replied.
(Oh please, don't kick me in the balls too!) Shinji thought.
Asuka just sat there, staring blankly at the TV, unaware of what was happening, thinking of something else. Her head soon began to drift in and out of sleep as if wanting to sleep and wanting to stay awake at the same time. But finally she gave in and all of a sudden, leaned and started sleeping on Shinji's shoulders.
(What the! This isn't right... she either goes to her room, yells at me to go away... hell... even sleepwalk... this never happened before!?!)
Sweat started to form on his face. (oh man, make one wrong move and it will be me ending in the ER)
As Yui walked by, she witnessed the scene, "Aww... how cute... well Shinji, just saying that Rei and I will be moving next doors, ok?"
"ok..." Shinji said with barely a nod afraid to move.
Yui smiled and walked away, leaving Shinji with Asuka. (Oh man... what am I to do now... let's see the options... move- get killed... try to sleep with her- get killed... try to make a move-get killed... hell... what am I thinking... must stop perverted thoughts...!!!)
Just then, a form appeared in front of them. At first, Shinji thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him, but later, he found that the form was a tall skinny boy... with wings... it was Kaworu.
"What the?!!?" Shinji asked quietly.
"Don't worry... I'll keep quiet... I'm here just to talk to you... I'll be gone before she wakes up... I bring news of the angels. They are on their way. The first one will arrive exactly next week. Don't worry... you'll be having lots of training before that happens," Kaworu said.
"... what is the first one?" Shinji asked.
"It is in the form of a rat..." Kaworu replied.
"So we're gonna fight a humongous rat that will probably destroy Earth?" Shinji stated hypocritically.
"Try not to think of it as a cute furry one as you humans do... I would rather think of it as a dangerous and mutated creature that has blades and can rip through any material... It is fast... so it will be hard to catch it... your trainings will be primarily of reaction and speed," Kaworu stated.
"Well... that sounds like fun... what about you?" Shinji asked.
"I'll be there too," Kaworu stated calmly.
"Wha? I wouldn't... they'll probably kill you or something!" Shinji said.
"No... I've already erased the memory when I was at NERV... in other words, they don't even know that I exist," Kaworu said, "almost forgot... I have bad news for you..."
"Wow, am I surprised!" Shinji's words dripping with sarcasm.
"... Your mom coming out of the Eva is a good and bad thing... The good thing is that she can communicate with the outside world and be with her 'family' again... the bad thing is, is that whenever you need to use Eva, she has to merge with it again... don't worry, she can come in and out anytime she wants..." Kaworu said.
"Why though?" Shinji asked.
"Well... All Evas need a soul... Eva 01 is your mother's... Eva 02's... Asuka mother... don't worry she already knows that... Eva 00, it's hard to tell... they have a mixture of many souls... that's why it is always unstable and considered out of control..." Kaworu said... but don't feel sad for the ones that are stuck in Eva... they'll come out soon... cause that is when we need them most..." Kaworu said.
"mama?" Asuka whispered in her dreams.
Both boys pull back in fear as if she had been eavesdropping the whole time. As they realized that she was only talking in her sleep, they finally let out a sigh of relief. But that was short lived as Asuka drowsily opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Kaworu.
"What the hell!" Asuka screamed. She noticed that something was wrapped around he waist, she looked down and surely, there was Shinji's arm wrapped around her. For a fraction of a second she blushed, but it was replaced by a devilish smile, that both boys feared.
(oh man... I knew I was gonna get killed if I did that! Oh man...) Shinji thought.
"What the hell you think you're doing, you hentai!?!" Asuka screamed at the top of her lungs.
A look of doom appeared on Shinji's face. At that moment, Kaworu decided to drop out of the little mini war, "I'll let you handle this Shinji, ok?"
"Kaworu... you could at least-" he was caught off as Asuka came even closer to him, ready to strike where it hurt most to men.
"Oh no..." Shinji cried as doom crept nearer.
He shut his eyes and awaited his doom. But what he felt was not exquisite pain, but it was rather soothing a pleasurable feeling. He started wondering if this is what It felt like when someone was going to die. He opened his eyes and he literally fainted. Asuka was right in his face. He started to notice that her eyes were closed and she was really enjoying something. Shinji started to feel something pressing against his lips.
(what the) Shinji thought.
As he lowered his eyes onto the spot, he nearly fainted again... Their lips were touching. At the sight of this, he instinctively started to back off and break away. But Asuka's arm stopped him and kept him there.
(Oh man... should I think this is like a blessing or what!?! What am I thinking?!? How did we end up kissing in the first place? I thought she would probably shove a pole in my mouth or something... oh well, might as well enjoy it... might be my last minutes on Earth...) Shinji thought.
(He's taking this pretty well... better than I thought...let's see if he can handle this?!?) Asuka thought.
Almost at once, Shinji felt something trying to break through his lips... At that moment, Yui walked by again, obviously wanting to check on them.
"Aww... I knew you could do it!" Yui exclaimed.
Both Asuka and Shinji pulled apart so fast that they almost went tumbling to the other side of the room.
"We were... umm..." Shinji mumbled as he blushed fiercely.
"it... was nothing, Mrs. Ikari..." Asuka lied, as she too, began to blush fiercely.
"Right... well just wanting to say something... There will be Eva Training sessions that will start about next week... I suggest that you have some fun before we go under the command of your 'father' again..." Yui stated.
"Ok..." Both children replied.
Yui smiled again and left the room without another word.
Shinji and Asuka looked at each other. Shinji, mostly, wanted to avoid looking at her, or looking at his death, but he could not resist.
(Must resist... Must resist... Must resist... oh dammit, I suck at resisting things) Shinji thought.
"... so... what is the first angel that we're gonna deal with?" Asuka asked finally.
"whew," Shinji sighed in relief, "It's a rat... a big humongous rat... metal plates... razor sharp blades..." Shinji filled in the details.
"Whatever... we still have roughly like another 2 weeks or so... might as well enjoy this time while I can..." Asuka said as she turned evilly towards Shinji.
"Oh no..." Shinji moaned.
"Well... it's late... gotta go to sleep... but remember to remind me to kick you in the balls for holding me, ok?" Asuka asked.
"yeah... sure, no prob..." Shinji replied weakly.
Asuka left the room leaving a wavering Shinji in the room. "I think I'll just sleep here for tonight..."
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In his dreams... Shinji stared into blackness... nothingness... emptiness
"Where am I?"
"Does it matter?"
"..."
"Does it... Shinji?"
"I guess so..."
"Are you ready for them?"
"For who?"
"The beasts?"
"The angels..."
"yes..."
"It seems that I know so little about them... as I did with the other angels..."
"do you want to find out?"
"I don't know if I want to..."
Silence...
"Hello? Anyone there? Please don't leave me!"
Instantly right before him, lights flashed and pictures started to appear in front of him. It was of the previous angels... It started from the first ones to the last. Then it showed other images of their Evas, but with different weapons and armor... and they were fighting different angels...
"What is this?"
"This is the future"
"What?"
"Or a mere possibility of the future"
Shinji continued to watch as it passed each zodiac and their battles... finally it was the last zodiac... all of a sudden it went blank...
"What happened?"
"The future is still unpredictable... still changeable... none of this is real... you can alter it..."
"Then why are you showing me this?"
Silence...
"not again..."
All of a sudden, the surroundings around him changed to a hill that overlooks Tokyo-3
"what the?"
"Will you fight?"
"... if necessary..."
In front of him, 4 Evas appeared and an angel appeared too. It tore and slashed viciously at the Evas. They stood there, not moving. Soon, the Evas' body parts flung about aimlessly. The angel had torn each Eva into shreds. It blackened again.
"Shinji?"
Shinji spun around looking into nothingness. But this time a solitary figure stood there. It was Asuka, wearing her plug suit. She looked up and stared at him.
"Will you help me?"
"... of course"
All of a sudden, Asuka was torn to shreds as well... bit by bit... each body part being separated by a hidden monster.
"STOP"
"now you understand the consequences"
"..."
"if you don't fight... your loved ones will perish..."
"Shinji?"
"on no..."
He spun around and saw the ones that he loved and cared for the most... there, standing in nothingness, was Rei, his mother, Misato, Toji, Kensuke, Hikari, and Kaji... They stood there looking aimlessly. All of a sudden, they began to bleed profusely from no apparent wound. They bled through their openings (mouth so on so forth) Like Asuka, their body parts were ripped asunder and thrown around.
"STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!!!!!"
Shinji woke up, staring into the ceilings... his shirt was drenched with sweat.
"It was only a dream... Or was it?"
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PLZ PLZ PLZ REVIEW!!! Thx... This is the 11th chapter... It will get better... Again, really sorry for he massive Delay... got tons of work these days... sorry... next chapter coming up soon.
