Problem Seventeen: A Flashback and the glitch in the Yukarix?
"It was almost nightfall when I first met her, just like it is now. A little warmer then Tokyo 3... Of course, every place seems colder then the next. My Teacher, Sempi Mokona never really stayed in one place moving ever so often. He always said it was good for the soul, the fact that he fancied girls my age at the time never helped his cause."
It is a cool windy day for the people of Fuko, a small town in Japan. Second Impact was gentle to this inland town; only refugees from the neighboring city Kyoko became a burden. For a Mister Subuko Mokona it meant a fresh new start, away from the scandals of his school he last taught. The older man in his fifties smoked a cigarette every so often taking it out of his mouth to speak or breath fresh air. In his, other hand is a duffle bag. That hides most of the wrinkles in is old suit her wear.
"Looks like a nice place." As the older man moves on coming up behind him is a young scrawny little kid with short black hair. Her wears a old school uniform as he drags two bags behind him. "Come on Shinji!"
The boy turns and calls out to the older man. "Yes Sempi!" He reestablishes his grip on the two bags and begins to drag them with all his strength but to a fools end. The straps snap and Shinji falls to the ground quickly feeling what concrete can do to skin.
"Ouch..." Shinji rubs his elbow picking out the gravel that found its way into his skin. However, the boy is frozen as he hears a faint chuckle from behind. He quickly turns to see a girl about his age standing around four feet tall with long black hair pulled back in to a ponytail, smiling wearing a sundress.
"Hi..." The young girl smiles at Shinji who remains stunned on the ground. "How old are you?"
Shinji gives a small wave to the young girl as he stands back up only to find that he is not much taller then her. "I'm ten..." Shinji turns to grabs his two bags before speaking to the girl but just as he turns around she is gone.
"I didn't get to see her again until I stared school at Futo elementary, I was placed in to classroom 5-D, I remember this class pretty well under the circumstances and all. Hiakawa was the class officer, and comparing him to Hikari would be an insult to Hikari. Hiakawa had no skills other then able to say stand sit bow. Anyone else I knew was because they picked on me, like Akira, and Ryu, the brothers from hell."
With the coming of a rainy Monday morning school starts as usual for Futo Elementary, Class 5-D however has been privileged to receive a new student. The classrooms are like any standard Japanese class, two sliding doors both on the long side of the wall both at each corner with twenty desks per classroom. 5-D was no exception, and currently fourteen students occupy the classroom. Most enjoyed their small class size, but when their young teacher, Sempi Watanabi walks in an average Japanese with average looks comes in with a new student everyone looks displeased.
Seeing the tension build as the teacher writes his name on the bored only causes him to look at his feet. With smirks and whispers crossing among the classmates the teacher, call the class to attention.
"Come now class." She puts her hand on Shinji's shoulder as she speaks. "Class I would like to welcome out newest member of 5-D, Mr. Shinji Ikari..."
With a visible sigh, Shinji looks up to the class as they give an unwanted hello, in semi unison fashion. With Shinji not speaking the teacher looks at her class and then to her roaster.
"Miss Otto"
A young girl stands wearing her white and orange uniform with class, freshly pressed and clean. Shinji's eyes focus on the girl as he is reminded of their last encounter. She looked different wearing the standard sailor style uniform even her green scarf seemed to be slightly bright then everyone else.
"Yes, Ma'am..."
"Mr. Ikari, will be sitting next to you please make him welcome."
With a smile, the girl answers. "Yes ma'am."
"That was it, Miss Otto, its funny when you look back on things like this. She was the kind of girl that had looks to kill but wasn't old enough to understand what she was capable of with them. To say I was attracted to this girl is an understatement, she was the first girl I was attracted to. I was ten and stupid, more cynical then usual so even if I thought she was cute didn't stop me from putting my foot in my mouth."
Sitting in class staring at the ceiling studying the dimples on the fiberglass tile Shinji takes no notice to the teacher's lectures or his classmates around him. It is not until lunch Shinji turns his gaze from the ceiling to his school bag wear he prepared a dumpling for him self.
"Is that all your going to eat?"
At first Shinji did not respond, he just stared at his dumpling. "What's wrong with my dumpling?" The sound of a chair being dragged across the floor doesn't wave Shinji's stare, but when a Bento box lands on his desk he is forced to look up at Miss Otto. With a sway in her raven hair and a smile she gives a warm gaze into Shinji, with her stunning green eyes. "Yes Miss Otto..."
"Sora," The girl places her elbows on her desk as she sweetly gazes at Shinji who shows little care. "You can call me Sora."
Shinji looks to Sora then to the Bento box. "What's this for?"
With a giggle, the girl beside Shinji hides her blush with her hand. "I want to share my lunch with you."
"No thanks..." At first Shinji, thinks he is speaking another Language as he watches Sora open the box pull out the chopsticks and take on of the many cucumber rolls out. "I said..." Not inspecting to be spoon-fed Shinji gasps as the roll is placed into his mouth. After a long hard chew, Shinji looks to the girl with a sour face. "Sakura Kinomoto your not..."
At first the insult doesn't register to Sora but soon she remembers the Magicall perfect at everything ten year old girl that made a comeback last year. "I'm sorry..." With little care, Shinji watches as the crestfallen young Sora leaves his desk.
"Looking back on this I feel like an idiot. Why the hell did I let a girl like the walk away. If Touji was there I would be in one of his wrestling moves and scorned for such an act. If there is one thing I would wish for, it would be to go back and do it all again with what I know now. Sora Otto, she's probably a super hot chick, that could have been mine. I run away to easily, and I'm not a fast learner either. Sora, and Asuka have a lot in common other then the fact that they both are bad cooks, and good looking, determination and loneliness. Sora was more then willing to at least be my friend, even if she had good looks apparently she didn't fit in, it took me a few days to realize that but after our one encounter she would come sit eat and leave school alone. Maybe that's why I remember her because her and Asuka are alike, kinda."
Once more a rainy day for the town of Futo, the fact that it's the rainy season has nothing to do with this phenomenon. Shinji Ikari found himself alone like he normally does. Its not that he like being alone, its just that he doesn't know how to not be alone. However he is constantly eyed every time her would look to his right, Sora would turn her head as if she was doing nothing. Finally, Shinji decided to apologies for his first and last time they talked. Therefore, when the lunch bell rang Shinji turned to Sora with an estranged look.
"Miss Otto..." Shinji was not expecting the girl to nearly jump on top of him with excitement.
She turns to her side and stared into Shinji's eyes as if the moon it self was trapped inside. "Yes Shinji!"
With a more then eager girl ready to hear what he has to say, Shinji darts his eyes feeling that he is not ready to speak. "Umm... About last week... I'm... I'm sorry for what I said." With the ob done Shinji turns back in his seat keeping away from eye contact.
"Oh..." Apparently apologies seem to be not enough as the girl returns to a saddened as she sees that Shinji has no intention on going any farther then what he said. "Its okay... I'm sorry I'm not the best cook..." The girl lays her head down onto her desk as she speaks to her self. "I just didn't want to runaway..."
Shinji looks to the girl trying to hide the expression on his face. "Runaway from what..."
She looks to Shinji not realizing what she said, but with some one paying attention to her she looks over to Shinji. "I mustn't runaway from my problems."
"Mustn't runaway form your problems?"
Hearing her words repeated brings a distasteful feeling to her. But she knew that Shinji didn't know, but telling him was a different story. "I..." She looks around the classroom to her classmates seeing Mistrust in their eyes. "When I was little I... I...
"I remember the way she talked you could see what she was saying in her mind. I mustn't runaway, a motto that I use today, well try to. It was only two weeks later when I decided to ask her for Ice cream but well, something happened. Her Father, he wasn't the nicest man in the world and pushed me down a stare case when I tried to ask. That's what's so similar about this, well with less falling down stares and stuff."
"Meow..."
Shinji looks up from his daydream to see Servo on his chest staring at him with a blank face. It was probably past nine by the look of the moon, which was well above the mountains. Nevertheless, even with a cat on him, getting up didn't seem to be a priority.
"Is the inner monolog that good?" Shinji's ears perk at the sound of Yukari's voice. He gives a quick glance to see she is squatting beside him staring off into the sky.
"Not particularly..." Shinji mutters as he sputters his breath like a house. "Just thinking about all the stupid things I have done in the past, questioning my judgment years later."
With a little chuckle, Yukari rolls back and lays down to have her feet right across from Shinji's head, and her head across from Shinji's feet. "Misato had some kind of emergency to go to at NERV, she told me to make sure you were still a live." The sound of Shinji sighing is all Yukari needs to determine that he's in a depressed mood. "Well, it could be worse, we could all be trapped in a world where the government passes a law that forces students from the ninth grade to fight to the death until one is left standing."
He might have never read the Manga, or even the book. In fact, Shinji hasn't even seen any of the Movies or Anime's but he knows what she's talking about. "Battle Royal, right."
"Yea..." Yukari sighs as she looks at the stares placing her hands behind her head to comfort herself. "Saw it in the book store... But Shinji, you shouldn't beat your self up over one defeat."
Shinji only smiles as he laughs at his own bad luck. "Never happened..."
Back on the original subject, Yukari is reminded on how frustrating the Graphic novels are. "I wish I could understand what you are feeling, I learned nothing from those graphic novels..."
"You can't learn love Yukari..."
Yukari sits up frustrated in away. She looks down to Shinji as if he was wrong. "Why not! How am I supposed to feel love if I cant learn it!" Still in a daze and his mind weak from his earlier backfire, Shinji cannot help but remain silent. "I read ever Kane Kano book, I looked it up on the computer, but I don't feel this, Romance... Why cant I..."
"Well." Shinji had a thought but he is quick to stop himself from dare speaking it. Only until he sees the watery yellow eyes of Yukari's face her bottom lip shakes as she looks at him. "You kissed me... Didn't you like me..."
With a touch of her lips, she looks back on the day in question. She reminded of what happened and what she was feeling. "But I was feeling... I wanted to protect you, I wanted to hold you tight and never let you go. I don't want to see you hurt, that's all."
Now being the one crestfallen, Shinji looks down upset at the statement. 'I can't believe I thought she liked me, Man I feel like I'm in Futo again.' He looks up at Yukari to see that she is in the same mood, and unable to help her or himself Shinji tries his best to say something. "It's probably over rated, this hole love..."
"I don't think so..." Yukari bows her head as she looks off into the city. "The look, Hikari gives to Touji, and the one you give to Asuka. It is surreal; it looks as if it is total happiness. I see it..." Yukari reaches out to the heavens as she speaks. "But it is so far away."
"You love your sister..." Shinji does his best to at least help Yukari feel better.
With her gaze taken away from the heavens, she looks to Shinji and smiles. "I feel the same way I do with you when it comes to Rei." She leans in as she makes a comparison. "I guess I like you like a brother." Her Idea begins to turn into a plan as she takes Shinji's hand forcing him to stand. "We can be brother and sister!"
At first all Shinji can do it stare at Yukari, wondering if she is serious. "Brother and..."
"It would be perfect, if I have to sacrifice my sisterhood with Rei to make her happy then the least I can do is get my self a brother."
Her twisted logic begins to confuse Shinji. He watches as she dances around him in a circle. "We just can't say we are Brother and Sisters."
"Sure we can!" Yukari takes Shinji's hand as she begins to cheer up. "I mean don't you love me like a sister?"
Shinji's first thought on that matter is when he got to know Rei a little better before Yukari showed up. 'I liked Rei like a sister... She was so helpless and I wanted to get her away from my father, I wanted to care for her.' As he debates, he reminded of everything he and Yukari have done. "I never really had any siblings since I lived with my uncle, and that was a long time ago, and she was a pain."
"I'm not a pain, bro!" Yukari giggles a her own words, quickly she hugs Shinji. "I want to be your sister!"
Finally, Shinji relaxes his muscles and returns Yukari's hug. "I... I have a sister..."
In an instant Shinji begins to see something at high speed flying at them to the right. Quickly he takes Yukari to the ground as Ten NERV marked VA- 110 Griffins VTOL aircraft come flying overhead. Shinji could swear that if he reached up, he could touch them. However, common sense and logic told him not to.
"What the hell!"
Shinji and Yukari stand and run to the edge of the roof looking off at the city. All they can see is a large smoke cloud bellowing from the far side, there are flashes of light that interrupt the orange glow. "Theirs an Attack!"
With a vibrant stare, Yukari shakes her head as she looks off at the city. "The city is not going to Battle conditions!"
Only three floors below them Asuka stands staring out at the city wondering the same thing. Rei is unfortunately is not privileged with sight but the tense feeling in the air begins to bother her.
"What is wrong..." The weary and shadowy voice of Rei has Asuka turn her head.
Instinctively Asuka was about to tell Rei to look for her self, but she was able to stop her self. "There's some kind of battle going on in the city."
"Have we been alerted?"
This question has Asuka turn to face Rei who sits starring away from her. "No..."
"Then its..."
"Irrelevant." Asuka smiles and begins to laugh out, she cant help but find Rei's comment as funny.
At first not sure why Asuka is laughing she is remembers how many times she spoke the same words and smiles as well. "Yes..." She gives a small sigh as she feels Asuka's warm hand touch hers.
"Come on Rei, let's get you to bed."
Slowly the two walk to Rei's bedroom but Rei herself stops Asuka and looks down to her feet unsure on how to speak her thoughts. "May... I..." Rei's stutter has Asuka turn to face her only to feel Rei's blue hair tickle her neck as Rei rest her head on Asuka's should. "May... I... stay with you..."
The coming of a new morning brings the coming of a new school day, however the only talk with in the students is the Attack. Shinji and Yukari are first to leave, and first to hear among the Eva pilots of all the rumors. Luckily for these two pilots, they get from their best source, Kensuke Aida.
Yukari and Shinji sit in their respective seats with Kensuke standing in front of them telling all her knows. "They say it had reverse jointed legs and walked a round like a dinosaur. Also considering its height of 800 meters you had to have seen it!"
Shinji has discovered the conversation dull and unimportant. 'If Misato needed me she would of called.'
Beside him sits the ever so attentive Yukari, who begins to draw what Kensuke describes. Shinji does his best to avoid the topic, but he is shocked as he is the first one to see Rei Ayanami enter into the classroom, Asuka by her side. Shinji stands which draw the attention of the other two even they stop and look over to Rei as Asuka takes her to her seat, then sitting down next to her.
"Ayanami..." The whispers of Shinji are faint and at the end of his breathe. He cannot believe she is here. 'She seems so calm, and innocent, like a different person.' He studies her hand that stays a hold of Asuka's wrist. 'She's, she's dependent... She's not calm, she's scared.'
Despretly wanting to go and see Rei is Yukari, but she hold her self back. Since last night nothing has felt right. 'Its good to see Rei is well.' The kind thought has her sigh as she places her head on her desk. 'A Robot attack... I hope nothing comes of this... Yukari looks to Rei to se that she is talking to Asuka. 'This would be a serious glitch if anything else broke up my plans.'
As the class fill up to about half, most used yesterday's attack to either skip town or take a day off. Hikari and the Teacher seem to be missing from those who are here, as the start time comes and go. Not shortly after the door does come open with Hikari walking in with a smile as she calls the class to attention. They do as they are told and stand as the teacher comes in followed by a new student. She has dark Cherry shorthair and beautiful hazel eyes. As soon as she enters all of the boys begin to leer and goggle at this new student. Hikari gives her final two calls and the class bows and sits down. The red head seems to have the attention of everyone as the teacher writes her name on the bored.
However, this new student only stares at one. Shinji Ikari can only stare back as the girl's eyes penetrate into his soul. "Hello, my name is Kirishima, Mana. I'm glad to meet you."
With a nervous stare, Yukari looks at the girl. She cannot help but feel something is amiss as the girl smiles kindly at the class. 'No she's smiling at Shinji!' With her gaze now going back from Mana and Shinji she begins to see something wrong. 'Oh, no! Bad Shinji your not falling for the new girl!'
Asuka who has paid no attention at first looks at the girl as she eyes Shinji, She feels as if she is trying to take something away from her as she watch her sit on his left hand side. 'She doesn't look all that special.'
"Your cute..."
Mana's worlds floors the class both Asuka and Yukari stand up in a fit of anger. First out of the two to speak is Yukari who jumps over Shinji's desk landing onto Mana's she gives out a hiss as she lands. "What was that!"
The red head blushes as she shies her glance away from Shinji's face. "I think Ikari-kun is cute."
'Ahh crap...' Deflated and unable to think of what to say she gets off Mana's desk and goes to her seat. 'Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.' Yukari looks to the girl who seems to be star struck as she stares at Shinji. This begins to agitate Yukari as she violently taps on her desk. 'Its okay, just a simple glitch, I can handle her.'
"Aww Ikari-kun you're so nice..." This once again grabs the attention of Asuka and Yukari who turn to Mana as she takes her dropped pencil out of Shinji's hands.
"It... It was nothing..."
Shinji words disturb Asuka she never thought she would really care for the third child but she knows what she's feeling and she doesn't like it. 'Why should I care!'
'Okay, I'm going to have to deal with this Mana Kirishima before she ruins my plans...' Yukari finally makes eye contact with Mana and hisses as she swings her hand like a cat would in the air. However, Mana only smiles and waves back. "I know kung fu!"
"Can you show me..."
Seeing that threatening her isn't working Yukari begins to pound her head into her desk. 'Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. She's so cute, my logic is another language to her! Still she's just a glitch... I hope...'
Next Problem... Why is there a Spy in the Fruit Loops...
"It was almost nightfall when I first met her, just like it is now. A little warmer then Tokyo 3... Of course, every place seems colder then the next. My Teacher, Sempi Mokona never really stayed in one place moving ever so often. He always said it was good for the soul, the fact that he fancied girls my age at the time never helped his cause."
It is a cool windy day for the people of Fuko, a small town in Japan. Second Impact was gentle to this inland town; only refugees from the neighboring city Kyoko became a burden. For a Mister Subuko Mokona it meant a fresh new start, away from the scandals of his school he last taught. The older man in his fifties smoked a cigarette every so often taking it out of his mouth to speak or breath fresh air. In his, other hand is a duffle bag. That hides most of the wrinkles in is old suit her wear.
"Looks like a nice place." As the older man moves on coming up behind him is a young scrawny little kid with short black hair. Her wears a old school uniform as he drags two bags behind him. "Come on Shinji!"
The boy turns and calls out to the older man. "Yes Sempi!" He reestablishes his grip on the two bags and begins to drag them with all his strength but to a fools end. The straps snap and Shinji falls to the ground quickly feeling what concrete can do to skin.
"Ouch..." Shinji rubs his elbow picking out the gravel that found its way into his skin. However, the boy is frozen as he hears a faint chuckle from behind. He quickly turns to see a girl about his age standing around four feet tall with long black hair pulled back in to a ponytail, smiling wearing a sundress.
"Hi..." The young girl smiles at Shinji who remains stunned on the ground. "How old are you?"
Shinji gives a small wave to the young girl as he stands back up only to find that he is not much taller then her. "I'm ten..." Shinji turns to grabs his two bags before speaking to the girl but just as he turns around she is gone.
"I didn't get to see her again until I stared school at Futo elementary, I was placed in to classroom 5-D, I remember this class pretty well under the circumstances and all. Hiakawa was the class officer, and comparing him to Hikari would be an insult to Hikari. Hiakawa had no skills other then able to say stand sit bow. Anyone else I knew was because they picked on me, like Akira, and Ryu, the brothers from hell."
With the coming of a rainy Monday morning school starts as usual for Futo Elementary, Class 5-D however has been privileged to receive a new student. The classrooms are like any standard Japanese class, two sliding doors both on the long side of the wall both at each corner with twenty desks per classroom. 5-D was no exception, and currently fourteen students occupy the classroom. Most enjoyed their small class size, but when their young teacher, Sempi Watanabi walks in an average Japanese with average looks comes in with a new student everyone looks displeased.
Seeing the tension build as the teacher writes his name on the bored only causes him to look at his feet. With smirks and whispers crossing among the classmates the teacher, call the class to attention.
"Come now class." She puts her hand on Shinji's shoulder as she speaks. "Class I would like to welcome out newest member of 5-D, Mr. Shinji Ikari..."
With a visible sigh, Shinji looks up to the class as they give an unwanted hello, in semi unison fashion. With Shinji not speaking the teacher looks at her class and then to her roaster.
"Miss Otto"
A young girl stands wearing her white and orange uniform with class, freshly pressed and clean. Shinji's eyes focus on the girl as he is reminded of their last encounter. She looked different wearing the standard sailor style uniform even her green scarf seemed to be slightly bright then everyone else.
"Yes, Ma'am..."
"Mr. Ikari, will be sitting next to you please make him welcome."
With a smile, the girl answers. "Yes ma'am."
"That was it, Miss Otto, its funny when you look back on things like this. She was the kind of girl that had looks to kill but wasn't old enough to understand what she was capable of with them. To say I was attracted to this girl is an understatement, she was the first girl I was attracted to. I was ten and stupid, more cynical then usual so even if I thought she was cute didn't stop me from putting my foot in my mouth."
Sitting in class staring at the ceiling studying the dimples on the fiberglass tile Shinji takes no notice to the teacher's lectures or his classmates around him. It is not until lunch Shinji turns his gaze from the ceiling to his school bag wear he prepared a dumpling for him self.
"Is that all your going to eat?"
At first Shinji did not respond, he just stared at his dumpling. "What's wrong with my dumpling?" The sound of a chair being dragged across the floor doesn't wave Shinji's stare, but when a Bento box lands on his desk he is forced to look up at Miss Otto. With a sway in her raven hair and a smile she gives a warm gaze into Shinji, with her stunning green eyes. "Yes Miss Otto..."
"Sora," The girl places her elbows on her desk as she sweetly gazes at Shinji who shows little care. "You can call me Sora."
Shinji looks to Sora then to the Bento box. "What's this for?"
With a giggle, the girl beside Shinji hides her blush with her hand. "I want to share my lunch with you."
"No thanks..." At first Shinji, thinks he is speaking another Language as he watches Sora open the box pull out the chopsticks and take on of the many cucumber rolls out. "I said..." Not inspecting to be spoon-fed Shinji gasps as the roll is placed into his mouth. After a long hard chew, Shinji looks to the girl with a sour face. "Sakura Kinomoto your not..."
At first the insult doesn't register to Sora but soon she remembers the Magicall perfect at everything ten year old girl that made a comeback last year. "I'm sorry..." With little care, Shinji watches as the crestfallen young Sora leaves his desk.
"Looking back on this I feel like an idiot. Why the hell did I let a girl like the walk away. If Touji was there I would be in one of his wrestling moves and scorned for such an act. If there is one thing I would wish for, it would be to go back and do it all again with what I know now. Sora Otto, she's probably a super hot chick, that could have been mine. I run away to easily, and I'm not a fast learner either. Sora, and Asuka have a lot in common other then the fact that they both are bad cooks, and good looking, determination and loneliness. Sora was more then willing to at least be my friend, even if she had good looks apparently she didn't fit in, it took me a few days to realize that but after our one encounter she would come sit eat and leave school alone. Maybe that's why I remember her because her and Asuka are alike, kinda."
Once more a rainy day for the town of Futo, the fact that it's the rainy season has nothing to do with this phenomenon. Shinji Ikari found himself alone like he normally does. Its not that he like being alone, its just that he doesn't know how to not be alone. However he is constantly eyed every time her would look to his right, Sora would turn her head as if she was doing nothing. Finally, Shinji decided to apologies for his first and last time they talked. Therefore, when the lunch bell rang Shinji turned to Sora with an estranged look.
"Miss Otto..." Shinji was not expecting the girl to nearly jump on top of him with excitement.
She turns to her side and stared into Shinji's eyes as if the moon it self was trapped inside. "Yes Shinji!"
With a more then eager girl ready to hear what he has to say, Shinji darts his eyes feeling that he is not ready to speak. "Umm... About last week... I'm... I'm sorry for what I said." With the ob done Shinji turns back in his seat keeping away from eye contact.
"Oh..." Apparently apologies seem to be not enough as the girl returns to a saddened as she sees that Shinji has no intention on going any farther then what he said. "Its okay... I'm sorry I'm not the best cook..." The girl lays her head down onto her desk as she speaks to her self. "I just didn't want to runaway..."
Shinji looks to the girl trying to hide the expression on his face. "Runaway from what..."
She looks to Shinji not realizing what she said, but with some one paying attention to her she looks over to Shinji. "I mustn't runaway from my problems."
"Mustn't runaway form your problems?"
Hearing her words repeated brings a distasteful feeling to her. But she knew that Shinji didn't know, but telling him was a different story. "I..." She looks around the classroom to her classmates seeing Mistrust in their eyes. "When I was little I... I...
"I remember the way she talked you could see what she was saying in her mind. I mustn't runaway, a motto that I use today, well try to. It was only two weeks later when I decided to ask her for Ice cream but well, something happened. Her Father, he wasn't the nicest man in the world and pushed me down a stare case when I tried to ask. That's what's so similar about this, well with less falling down stares and stuff."
"Meow..."
Shinji looks up from his daydream to see Servo on his chest staring at him with a blank face. It was probably past nine by the look of the moon, which was well above the mountains. Nevertheless, even with a cat on him, getting up didn't seem to be a priority.
"Is the inner monolog that good?" Shinji's ears perk at the sound of Yukari's voice. He gives a quick glance to see she is squatting beside him staring off into the sky.
"Not particularly..." Shinji mutters as he sputters his breath like a house. "Just thinking about all the stupid things I have done in the past, questioning my judgment years later."
With a little chuckle, Yukari rolls back and lays down to have her feet right across from Shinji's head, and her head across from Shinji's feet. "Misato had some kind of emergency to go to at NERV, she told me to make sure you were still a live." The sound of Shinji sighing is all Yukari needs to determine that he's in a depressed mood. "Well, it could be worse, we could all be trapped in a world where the government passes a law that forces students from the ninth grade to fight to the death until one is left standing."
He might have never read the Manga, or even the book. In fact, Shinji hasn't even seen any of the Movies or Anime's but he knows what she's talking about. "Battle Royal, right."
"Yea..." Yukari sighs as she looks at the stares placing her hands behind her head to comfort herself. "Saw it in the book store... But Shinji, you shouldn't beat your self up over one defeat."
Shinji only smiles as he laughs at his own bad luck. "Never happened..."
Back on the original subject, Yukari is reminded on how frustrating the Graphic novels are. "I wish I could understand what you are feeling, I learned nothing from those graphic novels..."
"You can't learn love Yukari..."
Yukari sits up frustrated in away. She looks down to Shinji as if he was wrong. "Why not! How am I supposed to feel love if I cant learn it!" Still in a daze and his mind weak from his earlier backfire, Shinji cannot help but remain silent. "I read ever Kane Kano book, I looked it up on the computer, but I don't feel this, Romance... Why cant I..."
"Well." Shinji had a thought but he is quick to stop himself from dare speaking it. Only until he sees the watery yellow eyes of Yukari's face her bottom lip shakes as she looks at him. "You kissed me... Didn't you like me..."
With a touch of her lips, she looks back on the day in question. She reminded of what happened and what she was feeling. "But I was feeling... I wanted to protect you, I wanted to hold you tight and never let you go. I don't want to see you hurt, that's all."
Now being the one crestfallen, Shinji looks down upset at the statement. 'I can't believe I thought she liked me, Man I feel like I'm in Futo again.' He looks up at Yukari to see that she is in the same mood, and unable to help her or himself Shinji tries his best to say something. "It's probably over rated, this hole love..."
"I don't think so..." Yukari bows her head as she looks off into the city. "The look, Hikari gives to Touji, and the one you give to Asuka. It is surreal; it looks as if it is total happiness. I see it..." Yukari reaches out to the heavens as she speaks. "But it is so far away."
"You love your sister..." Shinji does his best to at least help Yukari feel better.
With her gaze taken away from the heavens, she looks to Shinji and smiles. "I feel the same way I do with you when it comes to Rei." She leans in as she makes a comparison. "I guess I like you like a brother." Her Idea begins to turn into a plan as she takes Shinji's hand forcing him to stand. "We can be brother and sister!"
At first all Shinji can do it stare at Yukari, wondering if she is serious. "Brother and..."
"It would be perfect, if I have to sacrifice my sisterhood with Rei to make her happy then the least I can do is get my self a brother."
Her twisted logic begins to confuse Shinji. He watches as she dances around him in a circle. "We just can't say we are Brother and Sisters."
"Sure we can!" Yukari takes Shinji's hand as she begins to cheer up. "I mean don't you love me like a sister?"
Shinji's first thought on that matter is when he got to know Rei a little better before Yukari showed up. 'I liked Rei like a sister... She was so helpless and I wanted to get her away from my father, I wanted to care for her.' As he debates, he reminded of everything he and Yukari have done. "I never really had any siblings since I lived with my uncle, and that was a long time ago, and she was a pain."
"I'm not a pain, bro!" Yukari giggles a her own words, quickly she hugs Shinji. "I want to be your sister!"
Finally, Shinji relaxes his muscles and returns Yukari's hug. "I... I have a sister..."
In an instant Shinji begins to see something at high speed flying at them to the right. Quickly he takes Yukari to the ground as Ten NERV marked VA- 110 Griffins VTOL aircraft come flying overhead. Shinji could swear that if he reached up, he could touch them. However, common sense and logic told him not to.
"What the hell!"
Shinji and Yukari stand and run to the edge of the roof looking off at the city. All they can see is a large smoke cloud bellowing from the far side, there are flashes of light that interrupt the orange glow. "Theirs an Attack!"
With a vibrant stare, Yukari shakes her head as she looks off at the city. "The city is not going to Battle conditions!"
Only three floors below them Asuka stands staring out at the city wondering the same thing. Rei is unfortunately is not privileged with sight but the tense feeling in the air begins to bother her.
"What is wrong..." The weary and shadowy voice of Rei has Asuka turn her head.
Instinctively Asuka was about to tell Rei to look for her self, but she was able to stop her self. "There's some kind of battle going on in the city."
"Have we been alerted?"
This question has Asuka turn to face Rei who sits starring away from her. "No..."
"Then its..."
"Irrelevant." Asuka smiles and begins to laugh out, she cant help but find Rei's comment as funny.
At first not sure why Asuka is laughing she is remembers how many times she spoke the same words and smiles as well. "Yes..." She gives a small sigh as she feels Asuka's warm hand touch hers.
"Come on Rei, let's get you to bed."
Slowly the two walk to Rei's bedroom but Rei herself stops Asuka and looks down to her feet unsure on how to speak her thoughts. "May... I..." Rei's stutter has Asuka turn to face her only to feel Rei's blue hair tickle her neck as Rei rest her head on Asuka's should. "May... I... stay with you..."
The coming of a new morning brings the coming of a new school day, however the only talk with in the students is the Attack. Shinji and Yukari are first to leave, and first to hear among the Eva pilots of all the rumors. Luckily for these two pilots, they get from their best source, Kensuke Aida.
Yukari and Shinji sit in their respective seats with Kensuke standing in front of them telling all her knows. "They say it had reverse jointed legs and walked a round like a dinosaur. Also considering its height of 800 meters you had to have seen it!"
Shinji has discovered the conversation dull and unimportant. 'If Misato needed me she would of called.'
Beside him sits the ever so attentive Yukari, who begins to draw what Kensuke describes. Shinji does his best to avoid the topic, but he is shocked as he is the first one to see Rei Ayanami enter into the classroom, Asuka by her side. Shinji stands which draw the attention of the other two even they stop and look over to Rei as Asuka takes her to her seat, then sitting down next to her.
"Ayanami..." The whispers of Shinji are faint and at the end of his breathe. He cannot believe she is here. 'She seems so calm, and innocent, like a different person.' He studies her hand that stays a hold of Asuka's wrist. 'She's, she's dependent... She's not calm, she's scared.'
Despretly wanting to go and see Rei is Yukari, but she hold her self back. Since last night nothing has felt right. 'Its good to see Rei is well.' The kind thought has her sigh as she places her head on her desk. 'A Robot attack... I hope nothing comes of this... Yukari looks to Rei to se that she is talking to Asuka. 'This would be a serious glitch if anything else broke up my plans.'
As the class fill up to about half, most used yesterday's attack to either skip town or take a day off. Hikari and the Teacher seem to be missing from those who are here, as the start time comes and go. Not shortly after the door does come open with Hikari walking in with a smile as she calls the class to attention. They do as they are told and stand as the teacher comes in followed by a new student. She has dark Cherry shorthair and beautiful hazel eyes. As soon as she enters all of the boys begin to leer and goggle at this new student. Hikari gives her final two calls and the class bows and sits down. The red head seems to have the attention of everyone as the teacher writes her name on the bored.
However, this new student only stares at one. Shinji Ikari can only stare back as the girl's eyes penetrate into his soul. "Hello, my name is Kirishima, Mana. I'm glad to meet you."
With a nervous stare, Yukari looks at the girl. She cannot help but feel something is amiss as the girl smiles kindly at the class. 'No she's smiling at Shinji!' With her gaze now going back from Mana and Shinji she begins to see something wrong. 'Oh, no! Bad Shinji your not falling for the new girl!'
Asuka who has paid no attention at first looks at the girl as she eyes Shinji, She feels as if she is trying to take something away from her as she watch her sit on his left hand side. 'She doesn't look all that special.'
"Your cute..."
Mana's worlds floors the class both Asuka and Yukari stand up in a fit of anger. First out of the two to speak is Yukari who jumps over Shinji's desk landing onto Mana's she gives out a hiss as she lands. "What was that!"
The red head blushes as she shies her glance away from Shinji's face. "I think Ikari-kun is cute."
'Ahh crap...' Deflated and unable to think of what to say she gets off Mana's desk and goes to her seat. 'Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn.' Yukari looks to the girl who seems to be star struck as she stares at Shinji. This begins to agitate Yukari as she violently taps on her desk. 'Its okay, just a simple glitch, I can handle her.'
"Aww Ikari-kun you're so nice..." This once again grabs the attention of Asuka and Yukari who turn to Mana as she takes her dropped pencil out of Shinji's hands.
"It... It was nothing..."
Shinji words disturb Asuka she never thought she would really care for the third child but she knows what she's feeling and she doesn't like it. 'Why should I care!'
'Okay, I'm going to have to deal with this Mana Kirishima before she ruins my plans...' Yukari finally makes eye contact with Mana and hisses as she swings her hand like a cat would in the air. However, Mana only smiles and waves back. "I know kung fu!"
"Can you show me..."
Seeing that threatening her isn't working Yukari begins to pound her head into her desk. 'Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. She's so cute, my logic is another language to her! Still she's just a glitch... I hope...'
Next Problem... Why is there a Spy in the Fruit Loops...
