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Chapter 12
Dinner at the Katsuragi residence went on as it normally did. Shinji as always started to clean dishes, Asuka took Anata back to her room to ask more questions about her the little problem the sisters where having with being in the wrong universe. Misato took Pen-Pen in to the living room and watched the TV with him. Feeling bad Fiona went in to the kitchen to see if she could help Shinji with the dishes. After all he did make a great dinner.
She stood there at the door way to the kitchen door and watched the boy for a moment. He didn't do anything out side of washing dishes, no humming to him self, no little comments on how dirty the dishes where, nothing.
"… Shinji?"
The boy jumped at Fiona voice. "Morisato…. Sorry. I didn't here you come in. Is there anything I can get you?"
"No that's alright." She answered. "I was wondering if I could help you with the dishes."
"No that's alright." Shinji said. "I don't mind doing them."
"Okay… Well I'm not going to get anymore then a 'Sure Fiona you can help me.' and its okay if you call me by my first name." Fiona said as she grabbed a wash cloth and picked up at dish and started t clean it.
"… Okay, Fiona sure you can help." Shinji said slightly unsure of what was going to happen.
"Asuka tells my sister and I that you too are a pilot of those machines. How did you become a pilot?"
"My Father made me." Shinji replied. "It's really something I don't like to do."
"Then why?"
Shinji stopped for a moment and looked over at Fiona. "Because I'm the only one that can pilot unit 01."
"Surely, there has to be others that can do it, I mean they found Asuka and Rei." Fiona said. "Why can't they find another?"
Shinji only shrugs his shoulders.
In Asuka's room Anata and Asuka started to plan out something to find a way to get everyone back to their own universe.
"… Kou tells me that we need a fast computer; he's tried to use the ones that the school gives us. But he said that they're too slow." Anata said. "We need access to a super computer; do you know where we can find one?"
"Sure that one is easy. The Magi, their in the Geo Front." Asuka replied. "But the problem is they're guarded. There's no way unauthorized will be able get close to it. Let alone get in to the Geo Front."
"But you can get in right?" Anata asked.
"I go there everyday. That's nothing."
Anata sat down and closed her eyes and started to think. "Can you get something in and leave it there… Like a small mirror? Maybe a Mirror to a compact?"
"Yeah….. "
Asuka went over to her desk and pulled out a compact and showed it to Anata. "Will this work?" She said. "It's rather small…"
"That's alright; just remember when to leave it you keep it open." Anata said. "It makes things easer."
"Just what are you going to do?" Asuka asked. "I can get in to some big trouble for doing this you know."
"I just need to get in and find the IP address for this magi super computer you spoke of. Nothing more." Anata replied. "Just an in and out op."
"Okay… But if you get cough, I didn't help you." Asuka said.
"If I get cough." Anata said with a grin. "But now on to other things… You and Shinji."
"What about em?" Asuka asked.
"Come on level with me Asuka. We're good friends now I hope." Said Anata. "So you two live here and I'm sure that Misato has to work late, what have you two done?"
"W-What do you mean?" asked Asuka.
Anata gave Asuka a wink and nudged her slightly. "You know what I mean."
"Nothing like that's happened!"
Anata nodded. "Sure… "
Back across town, Kou just came to the floor the apartment was on. "That's a lot of stares…. I sure hope this place gets the elevator fixed some time soon."
Just down the way, Rei was still in the apartment with Raziel.
"It is getting late." Rei said. "I should be getting home."
"Okay, I guess you have school in the morning." Raziel said as he walked Rei to the door. "But wait, here let me give you the left overs, I'm sure that Kou will make something when he comes home from work."
Raziel then covered the left overs with plastic wrap and carried them over to the door and handed them to Rei. "Just nuke them for about five minutes."
"Thank… you."
Raziel scratched the back of has head. "Aww it's nothing. Really."
Rei then turned and started to walk out of the apartment, but staggered on the door jam on the floor just as Kou was walking in. And lucky for Rei Kou was able to catch her.
"Miss. Rei… Are you alright?" Kou asked.
Rei turned red with embarrassment. "I have to go…" She said no louder then a whisper then she quickly went off to her own apartment. Leaving Kou really confused. Then he looked over at Raziel, who was equally confused.
"Raziel… where you trying to pick up Miss. Rei?" Kou asked sounding a little disappointed. "You still have Yu waiting for you."
"No! It's not like that." Raziel replied vary quickly. "She just looked like she could use a friend."
"That had better be it, remember what I told you about her past with guys… I don't what to see Anata's friend get hurt." Said Kou.
"I know, and I miss her. Like I said Rei looked like she could use a friend." Raziel said again.
"Did you make a friend?"
Raziel smiled. "I think I did."
At the Katsuragi residence, it was getting late and Anata and Fiona needed to get home. "Well it was great you guys, Shinji that was a great dinner. Maybe you and Asuka can come over for dinner sometime. I'm sure that Kou wouldn't mind making something for the all of us."
"Come on Sis we need to go… Thanks again." Fiona said.
Misato then grabbed her coat and Keys. "I'll give you girls a ride home."
"That's alright, Misato we can walk." Anata said.
"Yeah you guys did enough for us already." Fiona stated. "We can walk home."
"It's late and it's dark out." Misato said. "Two thing that don't mix well with young girls, now where to you two live?"
"We really don know the address, but it's only a couple apartment from Rei." Anata replied.
"What way out there! I know for sure I'm giving you two a ride then."
Minutes later, Fiona and Anata where driving through town in Misato's car…. Fearing for their lives.
"Umm… Miss. Misato? Don't you think that you're going too fast?" Fiona asked from the back seat.
Even Anata was starting to get a little scared with how fast Misato was going through the city streets. "Yeah… we are in the middle of a city."
"Relax… I'm a good driver….. Oooooohhhhh! LIGHT POST!"
Slamming on the breaks and turning the steering wheel hard over to the right, Misato's little Alpine A310 skid to a stop. Both sisters looked over at Misato.
"Right… I'll slow down."
Putting the car back in to gear, Misato started back on the way to the apartments. "So.. How did you girls end up here at Tokyo-3, this place isn't the safest place you know."
The sisters looked at each other then back at Misato. "Something kind of pulled us here." Fiona answered.
"Well this place dose that to people, but why that crummy apartment complex… I mean I've even tried to get Rei to move over with me, but our commander won't allow it for some screwed up reason." Misato explained.
"She lives on her own?" Anata asked.
"Yeah.. I don't know why the commander at lest has her move in with him… then again Shinji doesn't even want to live with him." Misato said. "And to me that's pretty sad considering that the commander is Shinji's father."
"No way… Don't they get along?" Fiona asked. Now knowing a little bit more why Shinji is the way he is.
"I'll just say that Shinji's father, the commander. Isn't an easy man to get a long with? Anymore then that you'll going have to ask Shinji him self." replied Misato.
Mean while back at Misato's apartment, Shinji has since disappeared into his room to the one source of peace he can find in this screwed up world. His SDAT player. Again he came across some music from before Second impact that was something other then classical. He didn't have much of his music for one reason it's hard to find good copies and two Shinji is picky when it comes to music. This particular peace he was listening to was provided by none other then Aoba. He would find Shinji when ever he was there at NERV and would hand him a SDAT tape and tell him… 'Dude Shinji I found this for ya, you might like it.' Well Aoba was right about fifty percent of the time and this time he was right again.
New blood joins the earth
And quickly he's subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules
Shinji, lying there on his bed again just looked up at the ceiling. Remembering what Fiona asked him 'Why do you pilot it then?'
With time the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's stoned
A vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will They'll takeaway
Shinji still didn't know why he pilots the damned machine Eva. To Shinji it's caused nothing but pain, and pain to others. Something that he's never wanted to cause. But again he gotten good words from his father. Something that he could only count on one hand the number of times that's happened.
What I've felt felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shone
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee unforgiven
Maybe it was something that defined what he was, who he was. Gave a face to the name Shinji Ikari…. Rolling over on his side, Shinji tried to get to sleep. But something was keeping his from that refuge.
They dedicate their lives
To running all of his
He tries to please them all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He's battled constantly
This fight he can not win
A tired man they see no longer cares
The old man then prepares
To die regretfully
That old man here is me
Refuge… Something that Shinji could never find, or find for a long time. It was always something that would pull him from such peace. Rather it was Asuka, Misato or something going on at NERV. Peace would never come until Eva is done and over with… Or he dies in side unit 01.
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee unforgiven
You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub thee unforgiven
Shinji had finally found his little refuge, he had fallen asleep….
Across Town the resident Goddesses and gods where trying to get to sleep. But there was too much whispering among each other.
"So Kou…" Anata whispered to Kou. "What did you and Raziel do while Fiona and I where out?"
Rolling over in the futon, Kou propped his head up on this hand. "Nothing much." He whispered back. "I cough Raziel hitting on Miss. Rei."
Raziel sat up in this futon at the other side of the room. "WAS NOT!"
"Raziel! I thought you said you where seeing Anata's friend?" Fiona asked.
"I was not hitting on her!"
Kou started to laugh.
"Just what Yu say if she heard about you doing such a thing." Whispered back to Raziel.
"I was not hitting on her!"
"So…" Fiona said. "Did you and Rei hit it off?"
Raziel just flopped back down on this futon and rolled over so his back was facing the others. "Screw you guys… I'm going to bed."
The other started to laugh as they too tried to get to sleep. But sleep wouldn't come easily. Because in the morning, Anata would find this Magi and break in to the Geo Front.
THE NEXY DAY
Everyone had gotten up early today. Fiona was already for school; Anata was ready for her mission. She was in her all black battle suit, the one her aunt Skuld had made for her, and she had the helmet under her arm. Kou stood there with his arms folded across his chest.
"And just why do you have to do this? Why can't Raziel or my self do this?" Kou asked.
"Because of two reasons. The first both you have a job to be at. And two…. Because this is something I want to do."
Raziel shook his head. "I really wouldn't mind doing this."
"Sorry… I've got it, you keep on talking to Rei, She works for these NERV people she might know something." Anata said as she fixed her hair up in to a loose bun so it would fit in to the helmet.
"That doesn't really explain why you." Kou said again.
Anata didn't say anything.
Kou just let out a sigh. "Okay after you told me about this little task of yours, I took the computer the school issued to you and did some Yggdrasil programming. But it's really nothing compared to what your Aunt Skuld could do. But it's enough to crack in to codes and over ride locked doors. It will also copy as much information as the computer can carry. But in text form." Kou explained. "So that requires lots of reading….."
"Well I still have to wait until nine o'clock, that's when Asuka, Shinji and Rei start they test of some type. When she lives the locker rooms she'll leave her compact rather on the floor under the bench of on the counter top by the sink."
Mean while at the Geo Front, Asuka was getting her self ready for yet another sync test. "So Wonder Girl, ready to have your ass handed to you on sync scours?" Asuka asked rather smug expression.
Rei was silent for a moment.
"Have nothing to say?"
Rei looked over at Asuka then said with a blink look. "I do believe Ikari-Kun will have the better score then you and me."
Asuka watched as Rei pressed the button on her plug suit making it skin tight. Then she walked out. Making sure that Rei was gone, Asuka went to her locker and grabbed her compact, and opening it she placed it on the sink.
"I hope that works for her…" Asuka sad to her self.
T. B.C.