Disclaimer: I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion; however, I do own the character Evangelina.
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"They'll all leave you, just like your brother left you a year ago on that street to cry, all by yourself."
"Stop iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!" Evangelina's scream resounded off the walls again.
"No!" Toji shouted as what little life left within Evangelina shrank away, and the beeping of her heart monitor life line stopped as a long seemingly endless beep replaced it.
"The Eva's draining her of her life energy!" Ritsuko yelled.
"Save her!" Misato shouted, as another scream sounded, and died quickly. "Just save her!"
"Evangelinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Shinji shouted.
Zankoku na tenshi no you ni Zhounen yo shinwa ni nare
Aoi kaze ga ima Mune no DOA wo tataite mo
Watashi dake wo tada mitsumete Hohoende'ru anata
Sotto fureru mono Motomeru koto ni muchuu de
Unmei sae mada shiranai Itaike na hitomi
Dakedo itsuka kidzuku deshou Sono senaka ni wa
Haruka mirai mezasu tame no Hane ga aru koto
Zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE Madobe kara yagate tobitatsu
Hotobashiru atsui PATOSU de Omoide wo uragiru nara
Kono sora wo daite kagayaku Shounen yo shinwa ni nare
Zutto nemutte'ru Watashi no ai no yurikago
Anata dake ga yume no shisha ni Yobareru asa ga kuru
Hosoi kubisuji wo Tsukiakari ga utsushite'ru Sekai-juu no toki wo tomete
Tojikometai kedo Moshimo futari aeta koto ni
Imi ga aru nara Watashi wa sou jiyuu wo shiru
Tame no BAIBURU Zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE
Kanashimi ga soshite hajimaru Dakishimeta inochi no katachi
Sono yume ni mezameta toki Dare yori mo hikari wo hanatsu
Shounen yo shinwa ni nare Hito wa ai wo tsumugi nagara
Rekishi wo tsukuru Megami nante narenai mama
Watashi wa ikiru Zankoku na tenshi no TE-ZE
Madobe kara yagate tobitatsu Hotobashiru atsui PATOSU de
Omoide wo uragiru nara Kono sora wo daite kagayaku
Shounen yo shinwa ni nare!
Neon Genesis Evangelion
X Unknown and Y Secret
Chapter Three
Zephyr
"How is she?" Misato asked urgently. Ritsuko, Asuka, Rei, Toji, and Shinji were all sitting outside of a room in the Intensive Care Unit. "Please tell me we got her here on time! Please tell me that she's still alive!"
The doctor hesitated.
"Well?" Misato said angrily.
The doctor hesitated again, but this time continued, "To tell you the truth, we can't really figure out what's wrong with her."
"What do you mean?" Toji asked.
"Well…" The doctor hesitated again. "You see, when you got her here, we tried everything we could, and she supposedly didn't survive."
"She's dead?" Asuka asked with concern, much to the amazement of the people around her.
"Not exactly," The doctor continued. "You see, the people who were supposed to remove her body found that she was alive. She was breathing well, too. She didn't need a machine to help her breath at all. We immediately rushed her into this room and she's been monitored since.
"Most of her energy has been drained, but it's slowly recovering. She should be fine. Actually, she should be ready to go home in about two hours." The doctor abruptly stopped.
"And?" Ritsuko asked.
"So…We can take her home now?" Misato said hopefully.
"Well…No."
"What? Why not?" Misato inquired, outraged.
The doctor held a hand up, "She should be ready to go home in two hours. However, she cannot. Doctors are still examining her. We've had about five doctors examine the same case, and still nothing!"
"What's wrong with her?" Shinji wondered, speaking for the first time they got to the hospital.
"We're not sure. As far as we can tell, she has no reason to be the way she is now. And yet…She is."
"Can we go in and see her?" Toji said hopefully.
"Not at the present. We're still doing some examinations. Come back tomorrow, if you still want to visit."
"Damn doctor," Toji muttered as the rather large group walked away, Shinji lagging behind. He looked at the door to Evangelina's room. There was a gigantic window that you could look through to her room, but a large, colorful curtain was drawn so no one could see what was going on inside.
Shinji sighed.
Kensuke walked up to Toji, who was lying flat on his back, watching the sky. They were on top of the school building, "You're not supposed to skip class," He stated.
"We had another Eva Pilot join Saturday night."
"Aw, man! And they still haven't chosen me?"
"Yeah…"Toji said dryly.
"Hey," Kensuke said, "They called her name out today during attendance. The teacher said she was a transfer student from some private academy."
"Oh…"
"What's up?" Kensuke asked worriedly. "I mean, I've seen you down in the dumps before, but never like this."
"It's about Evangelina…"
"What do you mean? Is there something wrong with her?"
"She's in a coma."
Toji walked into Evangelina's room and sat down on a chair next to her bed. He leaned back and looked out the small window. It showed the sky, as her bed was in one of the upper floors. A bird fluttered by and chirped merrily.
Toji sighed, "You should really wake up soon, Evangelina." Evangelina had no reaction. She didn't even show any facial expressions. "You've got Shinji all depressed and everything."
Toji paused for a long time. This was about the sixth or seventh day Evangelina had been in the hospital. Toji had come to visit her everyday. Asuka came often as well. Misato and Ritsuko came whenever they had the chance to, but it was pretty bad at NERV. Rei never came, and Shinji only came about four days. However, he was very depressed.
"Well…Shinji gets depressed a lot, but never this much. We all miss you; Asuka even misses you. I know, he hasn't come as often as me, but he really misses you. Don't you even want to come out of this coma? Even if you don't, please come out of it any way. Shinji…I'm afraid he might get all suicidal on us if you don't."
Toji sat there, watching Evangelina's sleeping form. He wondered about the necklace around her neck. The name imprinted on it was long, just like hers. Their last names were the same, too.
"Is this Zephyr guy your brother or something?" Toji asked.
Toji stood and picked up her necklace. He turned it over, but there was nothing written on the back. There were no clues to who he really was.
Toji looked up at the clock, "Well…I have to go. I'll be late for school otherwise."
Evangelina's hair swayed beautifully in the wind. A nurse had come earlier to open the window. The door to her room opened and closed quietly. The person who'd entered sat next to her, hardly making a sound, on the chair Toji had sat in earlier. It was night time, and the moon could be seen from her window. Its light shined directly onto Evangelina, giving her that bluish glow again.
He watched her silently as she breathed deeply. She really was beautiful. He smiled a soft smile, "Come out of your coma, Takara." He said softly. "Come see the world. Recognize it, and all of its wonders. I miss watching you walk or drive in a limousine to school, I miss watching you going home…Talking with your new found friends, especially Shinji."
Evangelina remained in her same position, but a small smile seemed to grace her elegant face.
He reached a hand out and touched her face. How sad he felt to see her like this, "Wake up, my precious. How it pains your friends to see you this way. How it pains me to see you in such conditions. If not for them, will you awaken for me, Takara my precious?"
He waited for awhile, and no reaction came. Then, Evangelina suddenly stirred. Her face scrunched slightly, and then melted into a small, graceful smile. Her beautiful eyes slowly fluttered open, and she reached a hand up to the person's hand, which had cupped her face when he noticed her waking up.
Evangelina turned her head slightly to the side to see who'd cupped her face. Though the moon's light shined and revealed her, it only cast shadows on the person sitting next to her. She smiled slightly; his hand was warm and comforting, "Who are you?"
"That's not really the subject, as of now. All that really matters is that you're awake now. Your friends have worried about you, Takara."
"My name isn't Takara," Evangelina said gently, her smile growing slightly.
"I know. I must be leaving soon. Sleep, Precious. Your friends will visit you in the morning, and how thrilled they'll be to find you awake. Oh, I bought you a new dress. I'll leave it here for you. Wear it, if you like. It's not up to me."
The guy stood and placed something on the chair. Evangelina supposed it was the dress he had been talking about. He walked to the door and silently opened the door.
"Good night, my Takara." He said before exiting.
Evangelina slowly drifted off to sleep, as if in a dream…
"Shinji!" Evangelina hugged him when he entered her room.
"Evangelina!" He exclaimed, "You're awake!"
"Yeah, isn't it great?" Evangelina said.
"It's good to see you," Toji commented.
Evangelina hugged him too, "It's good to see you too, Toji."
"Are you going to go to school then?" Asuka asked from the doorway.
Evangelina shook her head, a small, almost unnoticeable frown on her face, "Sadly, the doctors still want to examine me further. I have to stay here for about two more days."
Shinji sat next to Evangelina, who was sitting on her bed. It was the afternoon now, after school. He'd decided to come alone. He wanted to ask her something…
"Shinji, what's wrong?" Evangelina asked.
Shinji, who'd been frowning slightly, looked up and shook his head, "No, not really."
"Oh."
Shinji was still contemplating those feelings he'd felt that first day he'd met Evangelina. He'd felt jealousy, right? And if he did, what reason did he have to be jealous of?
No. Shinji hadn't been jealous. Shinji realized that, on that day, he'd not been jealous, but angry. But it was a different kind of anger he felt; it was different from all those other times. He'd felt anger that he'd though only brothers and fathers and relatives felt.
He'd felt anger that a brother felt when their sister had a boyfriend. It was strange to him. Was he supposed to feel this way? Was he supposed to feel as if Evangelina were his sister?
"Evangelina, who's Zephyr?" Shinji questioned like an older brother would.
Evangelina looked surprised at his sudden question, "What do you mean?"
"Is he…Who is he?"
Evangelina paused for a moment, pondering the meaning of his question. Evangelina began to chuckle, "He's not my boyfriend, if that's what you think!"
"Then who is he?"
"He's my brother, silly!" Evangelina exclaimed, "In fact, he's my twin!"
Shinji sighed in relief, "Oh, that's good."
Evangelina gave him a strange look, "Were you jealous, Shinji?"
Shinji shook his head quickly, "No, of course not!" He answered truthfully.
Evangelina smiled, "Good."
"Evangelina, where is your brother?"
"I'd show you, but I can't leave this hospital for another day."
"Oh… Is something wrong with him?"
Evangelina shook her head sadly, "Well…Not exactly…Well, maybe…I'm not really sure…"
"The Eva said something about him…Before you got stuck in the hospital."
"What?"
"That he left you…In the streets…Crying."
"Oh…" Evangelina stared out her window. The sun was beginning to set. "My brother…He's in the hospital. About a month ago he came to visit me."
"Visit? Doesn't he live with you?"
Evangelina was about to answer when a nurse walked into the room, "Visiting hours are over. Don't come to visit her tomorrow, okay? The doctors will be examining her all day tomorrow before she leaves the hospital."
"Okay…" Shinji said. The nurse pulled him out of the room.
It was quite lonely…Being in a hospital all day…With no one to talk to. It was night time now. Tomorrow morning, she'd be able to leave. Evangelina shed her hospital gown. She picked up the folded package that the mysterious guy had left her.
Evangelina pulled the white dress on. Again it was a no sleeve one, but this one was made out of lace and silk. The lower part billowed in the wind, but not enough to reveal anything. The dress was a plain white dress with no designs on it. It hugged Evangelina's body tightly, except the lower part, and showed her beautiful body. It raised about three and a half inches from her knee.
He even left her a pair of pretty white high heeled shoes for her; they clicked on hard surfaces. A brush and hair tying things sat in a bag attached to her package.
Evangelina brushed her soft, silky hair until it was straight enough. She tied her hair up in a white scrunchy with a canary yellow flower attached. She pulled the high heeled shoes on. Her new outfit went perfectly with her white purse Misato, who'd found it, brought a couple days ago.
Evangelina twirled in front of the full-body mirror glued to the wall. She had her music on again, and filled the void of silence in the room. She looked absolutely gorgeous.
"My, my, you look wonderful," A voice said behind her.
Evangelina turned, the lower part of her dress twirling slightly. She saw him, the guy who'd been there two nights ago. He had silvery brown hair and pretty ruby red eyes.
"It's you." Evangelina said.
"Yes, it is me, Takara." He stated.
"How are you doing? Thank you for buying me these things."
"It was no problem at all. I am doing fine."
"That's good. Do you have a place to stay?"
The guy seemed slightly shocked by her question, but answered all the same, "No, not really. Why do you ask?"
"Well, do you want to come live with me, at my mansion? It gets quite lonely."
He chuckled, "You do not even know my name. You don't even know me that well,"
"Your eyes, and your words, tell me who you are. I don't need to know your name because I already trust you. Trust speaks more than anyone can."
"That is true. Alright, I'll come live with you. That is, if it's not too much of a burden for you."
Evangelina shook her head, "Not at all!"
The guy smiled, "You know someone I know, and want to meet again."
"Really? Who?"
"His name is Ikari Shinji."
"You know Shinji?"
"Yes. I must leave now, Precious. I will return later."
"Here, let me give you my address!" Evangelina quickly pulled pen and paper out of her purse and wrote her address upon it.
"Thank you," The boy said when she handed him the paper. "Now, go back to sleep, Takara."
"Okay," Evangelina left her shoes on the floor and got onto the bed. She pulled the sheets over her slime figure.
The boy went to the door and opened it slowly, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Evangelina answered.
"Oh, and by the way, my precious, my name is Nagisa Kaoru."
NEXT TIME ON EVA X UNKNOWN AND Y SECRET...
Kaoru -
She is my precious Takara, and he is my love. They are good friends, though they have not known each other long. Peace has dawned on this world since they thought I was dead. I won't let them take her or him away from me. I am not here to harm humanity anymore. She saved me, this beautiful angel.
NEXT TIME, Takara My Precious.
TO BE CONTINUED...