Perfect Life - Written by John Chalker

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Chapter seven

"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Computer messages or voice over a Telephone etc"

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'I Hope Shinji gets that email in time' Rei thought as she jumped into bed 'I wonder why the commander wants the testing to happen so soon' She was trying to still work out what Fuyutsuki had told her as well 'Will shinji-kun accept me, Will he care that I'm now pure angel, What will the commander do when he finds out, It does help my alternate scenario a lot' She concluded that she will talk to the Commanders tomorrow about the latter part

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Rei slowly passed from the land of wake to the land of sleep. She always had what a normal person would call a weird dream. She was always surrounded by her sisters, Ones from her past life and ones from the future

She found herself in a empty void looking as if it had no end. Then instantly the image's she would normally see started to flash in front of her.

Unit 1
Commander Ikari
The 3rd angel
Shinji… "Shinji Ikari, The one known as the third child, He chose to pilot to protect me,"
The 4th angel and the 5th "He was worried for me"
Gendo Ikari opening the hatch after unit one went berserk "He also was worried for my safety"
"Why does Shinji feel different" he was looking at me from the basketball court
"Does he fancy me" … "Why do I wish to be close to him" …. Him teaching me how to cook .. Me staying at his apartment … "Do I wish to unite with Ikari" …. The movie … His cello …. Unit one …. Yui Ikari

I was formed from Yui Ikari's DNA. But I am not her. I am Rei Ayanami. I am now 100 Angel. I am not Yui … I am not Ikari … I am Ayanami
I am Ayanami
After that her dream slowly faded away and she slipped further into deep sleep

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The sun started to rise over Tokyo-3, When a voice bellowed out of a certain house

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHES PURE ANGEL" Gendo screamed down the telephone line

"Just that Gendo she has evolved, She no longer carries Yui's DNA and furthermore her Genetics has started to … Develop" Fuyutsuki said on the other side
"Explain" He ordered
"Well she can grow organs when needed" He started "Including a womb"
"Interesting, and you have this report?" He asked now sounding interested
"Yes I got them last night, I will fax them to you "
"Very well, I look forward to seeing them Fuyutsuki" Gendo hung up the line not waiting for his friends reply, 'this could be a good thing or a bad thing' he thought as he walked out to his car

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3 Hours later

Shinji slowly opened his eyes 'Another day another slice of hell' he thought as he got up to get ready for some testing at Nerv, When Rei said test's he thought he was needed as well. He took a quick shower and exited the apartment for Nerv, As he walked to the briefing deck he noticed only one tech gathering his things, "Where is everyone for the testing " he asked

"Oh I didn't know you were coming" The tech asked with a slight shock expression
"Why shouldn't I be here" he said slightly angry, 'If I got out of bed for nothing I'm going to be pissed'
"Umm we are doing the test in another area" the tech stammered, He was one of the few that knew Gendo did care for his son and he didn't want to piss him off afraid of the repercussions of his actions
"Great I wasn't told that, Where are we going then" Shinji asked
'gulp, I hope he is allowed' "Follow me" The tech said and led shinji into a elevator, He keyed in a few lines of code and the doors shut and they started moving downwards

After a few minutes the elevator finished its journey and the doors opened to reveal a room that looked like the command deck they normally use
Shinji exited as the tech went to his terminal, he walked over to a corner and decided to stay there for a while as testing shouldn't be done till after the briefing
"Status" Gendo roared at the techs, They started to scramble for abit and Maya yelled back "We are ready sir"
"Start the test"
Shinji looked up from the dark corner he was standing in to find the commander sitting back in his chair reading some notes with a smile on his face, he then saw him whispering to the 2nd commander before grabbing the microphone

"Rei, By this report it indicates you should be able to deploy your own AT field, we wish to test this"

She had a look of worry on her face, She didn't like this idea one bit, Just how was 'he' going to test if she could, Before she could finish her thoughts she saw on the wall two guns engage, Surely he wasn't going to…

"Maya engage the timer" he said into the microphone
"Yes sir" Maya pushed the switch and the countdown timer started, "T-minus 30 seconds sir"
"Rei you can save yourself" He said before cutting the microphone, Fuyutsuki looked at Gendo as the timer went down, He noticed him starting to sweat.
"Engaging firing sequence" Yelled one of the techs
"NO!" .. That voice came to late as the guns began to fire at the pilot of unit zero, next thing the whole room was lit up by a bright light before returning to normal. Gasp's were heard from all around the deck, There in the room opposite was a very alive but floating and Glowing Rei Ayanami

Gendo looked down at his son standing in full view of the screen "What the hell are you doing here!" He ordered

Shinji looked up at his father with disbelief in his eyes, "Remove him" a few agents grabbed Shinji and took him outside of the testing chamber,

"Why was Pilot Ikari here?" He asked the room, No reply was heard. "I will deal with this later, Rei you have done well, Testing is over, Maya report the finding's to me in 2 hours, That is all"

"Yes sir" the glowing figure nodded before the room went dark again, "That was interesting" Gendo said to Fuyutsuki "This could be very useful" his friend nodded "Bring my son to my office"
"Will do" the 2nd commander said as he exited the deck to retrieve Shinji

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"Hello Shinji" Fuyutsuki said as he walked into the room they held shinji in
"What the hell was that!" Shinji worryingly yelled
"That was Rei testing her AT Field, She is pure angel shinji, we just found out last night and you just saw it so its no use lying to you now" he stood at the door "Come, Your farther wishes to see you"
Shinji obediently stood up and walked out the door with Fuyutsuki

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Shinji and the 2nd commander walked into the large office of Gendo Ikari. Shinji stopped about 12 feet from the desk while the 2nd commander joined his friend behind it.
"Ikari, What you saw today is not to be discussed out of this room, Do you understand"

Shinji looked at his farther with shock written over his face, The commander is known to shoot people if the go where they are not meant to

"Yes …. Farther" he said looking at the floor
"But…" Gendo replied "Do you know what happened"
"Not really" He lifted his head up to meet his fathers gaze
"Rei is pure angel shinji, We were testing her AT field"
"Testing!.. She could have died!" Shinji yelled
"Enough Pilot, We had procedures in place that would have kept Rei out of harms way if anything was to go wrong" he said in a loud but cold harsh tone

Shinji looked at the floor again, He disliked the way his farther treated him, He wished he had a normal dad

"Farther" He whispered

This caught the commander off guard

"I.. "

A few minutes passed before he continued, The Commander just sat there waiting

"I.. Wish.." 'I mustn't run away' "To" 'oh god what am I doing' "Live with you" He blurted the last part out, He didn't know why he asked that, Maybe he wanted to give his dad another chance, God knows but Gendo just sat there in his usual position behind the desk.

A few seconds passed and Shinji's heart rate began to climb rapidly, Fuyutsuki had a shocked expression on his face and stared at Gendo 'How does he stay relaxed' he thought now looking at him in utter disbelief

Gendo coughed which was the only form of life you could see from the stoic Nerv Commander

Shinji was trembling, He didn't know what else to do except the one thing he could do best. He ran, He ran out of that office and out of Nerv 'WHAT THE HELL WAS THINKING!' He yelled in his mind, He continued to run towards his apartment and raced inside before locking the door and coming to a stop on the sofa, His heart was racing badly as he stared at his trembling hands

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"are you alive" Fuyutsuki asked tapping Gendo on the shoulder
No movement
"Gendo are you ok" He shook him abit "I'm calling the medics"
Fuyutsuki picked up the phone and started dialling a few numbers

"Don't" came a whisper, Fuyutsuki put down the phone "Are you sure it looks like you have had a stroke"
"I'm… Fine" The commander said in a voice barely louder then a whisper, "Get me a beer" Fuyutsuki Chuckled at his friends plight before fetching him a beer
"What are you going to do Gendo?" he said as he handed him his beverage

Gendo drank the can and tossed it into the bin

"Allow him to live with me" he grabbed a few papers from his desk and a pen
"Do you think that is wise, What if he becomes a target" Fuyutsuki grabbed a fold out chair he hid from visitors and sat down, No normal human could stand all day in a office and he surely didn't want to
"Of course, I have mistreated him his whole life, If we are to get Yui back I would rather make amends now then to suffer her wrath if she comes back and knows I have neglected him"
"Very well Ikari, I'm happy for you that he wants to live with you but do be careful"
"Of course dad" Gendo said in a annoyed tone, He hated when his old professor would lecture him or try to give him advice

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Shinji sat on his couch, His heart rate had calmed down to a point where you could safely say he was alright again, He looked around the room a few times and lent back and closed his eyes, The image's from what he just saw started to play back threw his mind

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Rei just finished cleaning up and started to walk towards to Commanders office, She had heard shinji saw the whole thing and was worried that the Commander might be heavily upset before long she came to the doors outside the commanders office, She adjusted herself one last time before opening the large doors.

"Rei we have achieved a great deal today" he said as she reached his desk
"Yes sir we have"

She noticed Gendo had some papers on his desk, She narrowed her eyes to make out the forms and what was written on them 'Relocation' she thought 'Shinji Ikari' her eyes darted towards the Commander looking for a explanation

"Oh that" The Commander knew what she wanted to know "He has asked to live with me"
It was Rei's turn to have a Disbelief look "He asked… You?"
"Yes he did, He will be moved tomorrow" He added in "Rei we have been light on you, Testing will be upgraded after the second Child arrives.

She looked at the ground again "Yes sir" just barely louder then a whisper.
"Rei" She looked up to meet his gaze again "Shinji might be upset or worried about what he saw today, You have my permission to make sure he understands"

She looked at him questionably but chose not to say anything "Yes sir, Thankyou"
"That is all" he said standing up "Oh Rei me and Fuyutsuki are eating out tonight, You are welcome to come along"
"Yes sir" She replied before turning to leave and walked out of the office.

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' I wonder if I can take Shinji-kun with me' she thought as she started to walk towards his apartment

Before long she ended up at the front of Misato's apartment door, She pushed the doorbell she heard some footsteps and the door finally opened after a minute or so

TO BE CONTINUED….

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Authors notes:
Well that's finished, Tried to do abit of a cliff hanger, So what will shinji do about this new information? What will Happen to the already close relationship with Ayanami
Only one way to find out. Please read and review

Cheers
John