A.N: Thanks for the reviews guys. I'm suprised you like it.

Scion-of-Thantos: Thanks. Erm..You sure you don't have anything negative? Oh well, thanks.

Kenzie493: I see your point of view. I think it is inconsiderate, but I wrote it like that because I still think that Shinji would be a little leery. Even though he's changed, he hasn't completely changed. Thanks though.

Okutai: Haha. I don't see how you're so excited for this, but hey, that's cool with me. Thanks.

Kaiser-of-chaos-armageddon: ( --Did I spell that right?) I wouldn't go as far as to say 'excellent' that's too much credit. But thanks all the same.


It was about an hour before the sun broke the sky. It was still dark outside when Asuka woke up. She was sleeping all curled up in a ball. Her eyes were too heavy and she couldn't stay awake, so she fell back a sleep. Or at least she tried to. This was when she heard a noise. She looked around the room wondering what it could be. She had no clue of what it was. She sat up on the bed, very curious now, and she scanned the entire room. She finally gave up and decided to go back to sleep, but when she lay down, she lay down on top of something. 'What's that...?' She thought and she felt around in the darkness. She felt a hand and quickly gave a small squeal. 'It's a hand' Her eyes widened. She silently reached over to the side of the bed and turned on her lamp. "Shinji!" She said with anger and surprise. Shinji slightly opened his eyes and saw Asuka. They quickly opened.

"It's not what you think Asuka. You asked..." Shinji tried to say but a furious punch in the face by Asuka stopped him. That punch had a follow-up punch too. And this one was even harder. It knocked him off the bed and his temple hit the corner of the nightstand. Blood sprayed all over the side of the nightstand and a little bit splattered onto the top. Asuka was quickly horrified by what she had just done.

"It was…. I didn't mean to…" She said as she quickly got out of bed and ran to his side.

Shinji slightly opened an eye and with all his energy he managed to say what he was trying to say. "A…. As…Asuka." He said that and then he closed his eyes and his world was engulfed into a black sea of nothingness.

Asuka silently sat there next to him crying. 'Why me? Why my name?' She was thinking. The task she was doing was wrapping up his wound in the bed sheet and putting his head on a pillow. It was about this time that Misato and the others came in to see what was with the loud noises this early in the morning. What they saw was Asuka crying at Shinji's side with a hand around his head and another hand holding Shinji's hand.

"What…. Happened?" Misato was the first to question this event.

"I didn't mean to…." Was all that Asuka could say. It's been those four words that she's been repeating since the accident too.

Misato figured it was best to ask questions later and deal with the problem at hand. She quickly pushed Touji and Hikari out of the way as she flew down the stairs. She ran to the kitchen and quickly came back to Shinji's room carrying a small white box labeled 'First Aid.' She sat down next to Asuka and unraveled the sheet around Shinji's head. Her face was covered in disgust and worry. She couldn't believe how bad it looked and didn't know what was going to happen after this, or even if he would live. She quickly got back to reality and pulled the gauze out of the kit. Misato and Asuka gasped at how bad the wound looked, but they stuck to the priority. Asuka held Shinji's head still while Misato put a pad on the wound and then wrapped his head up in the gauze.

"Is he okay?" Hikari asked.

Misato and Asuka just ignored her; both of them were too troubled with their own thoughts to notice. They both looked down at the boy who was unconscious. Misato grabbed Shinji's legs and Asuka got the hint and held his head. This is when Touji and Hikari rushed over to help pick him up. They gently laid him down on the bed and covered him up.

"We'll leave him here, best not to move him," Misato said.

"Do you think he's going to be okay?" Hikari asked again.

"If it's the Shinji I know," Touji said proudly, "He'll be fine."

"Well…" Misato started trying to cheer up the mood, "Is anyone hungry? I'm sure Shinji will wake up in a while." She looked over at the boy, 'I hope you're alright Shinji.'

Shinji looked around. "Where am I?" Shinji looks around to gather his surroundings. He saw windows of changing scenery everywhere, brown seats, and poles to hang on to. 'Oh, the train again.' He thought. "This train will arrive at the Katsuragi Station in approximately five minutes." The small brown box above the door said. Shinji had to think, 'Katsuragi…. That sounds familiar.' The train started slowing down. 'Surely it doesn't mean Misato.' The train stopped and the door opened up. Shinji walked out and took a look around. He saw the sky, a metal shade above him. "This is the same station as the one I almost left Tokyo 3 from." He stated. He walked over to the railing and looked out, he remembered some of the memories he had from here. Then he spotted Misato sitting over on a bench. This caught his attention and he quickly ran to her side.

"Misato!" Shinji exclaimed with overwhelming joy. "You're here! How'd you get here!" Misato sat there motionless, her lifeless eyes turned to gray. "Misato?" Shinji said as he started to lightly shake her to get her to come to her senses.

It was hours since Shinji had passed out. Misato, having some first aid abilities, found out that Shinji wasn't just unconscious but rather in a coma. They decided to tend to him and keep an eye on him, but after lunch they gave up sitting in the room and started to visit about once every hour or so.

It was dinnertime and the small family was eating a meal, cooked by Hikari of course. They were having spaghetti and meatballs with a small salad. Asuka was still thinking about what she did to Shinji. Misato was thinking of a way to go about telling everyone that Shinji won't wake up for a while. Hikari was worried about Shinji. Touji was hungry. "Why can't you eat?" Touji said with a mouthful of food, which he stole from Hikari's plate.

Hikari lightly smacked Touji's hand as he reached for another mouthful nd gave him a look that definitely shut him up. "How can we eat at a time like this?" She said in reply.

"Because," Touji started, "Shinji will be alright. It IS Shinji."

Misato muttered, "Yeah…. But not for a while."

Asuka snapped out of her daze, "What do you mean?"

"Well…. I don't know how I should tell you this." Misato said in a low voice, "But when I was in college. One of the classes I usually went to was Health class. And from what I learned, I can tell that Shinji isn't unconscious, but rather he is in a coma."

The three other members at the table let out a gasp. "No way…." Asuka said and then put her hands together, under the table so no one could see, to pray. 'I'm sorry Shinji. I didn't mean to.'

The rest of the night was rather quiet after that. Misato got up and went to her bedroom. She fell asleep rather quickly too.

"Will all passengers please board the train," The speaker hung underneath the shade said.

Shinji got up and walked over to the platform where he was to board the train. He slowly got on looking over at Misato still. He walked into it and the sliding door shut.

Misato woke up suddenly and looked around. She was what appeared to be a train station. She looked over at the train and saw Shinji looking at her. She quickly got up and ran to the train. "Shinji!" she exclaimed.

"Misato!" Shinji said as the train started moving slowly. He quickly opened up and window and stuck his head out, "Misato!"

Misato started to chase the train that was gaining speed rather quickly. "Shinji!" she ran after it.

Shinji had his head out the window, but Misato was already at the end of the platform and he was already almost out of the distance. He just waved to her.

Misato nearly fell off the platform. She called for Shinji and waved back when she saw him wave. She then fell back into the cold lifeless sleep.

It was about five o' clock in the morning when Misato woke up. 'Ouch' she rubbed her head; 'I hate headaches.' And with that she decided it was time to get up. She walked over to the shower and took a shower. Then she was about to go downstairs, but she decided to stop by Asuka's room to check on Shinji.

She slowly opened the door and it had a loud squeak when it was opened. 'Damn,' She thought, 'So much for being quiet.' Luckily no one woke up, and she stepped inside the dark room. She looked over at the bed Shinji was on and stopped to think about her dream. 'What a weird dream. It did seem real though. Oh well.'She shook her head. Her eyes then went a little lower and saw Asuka sleeping in her cot, which was beside the bed, with her hand holding Shinji's. "How sweet," she whispered and silently crept back out of the room. Well as best she could with that squeaking door.

Once out of the room she wandered downstairs to make her some coffee and then grabbed a book titled How to Brew Your Own Beer.

Shinji was on the train sitting down in on of his seats. "I wonder why I'm still here," He said to himself, "I think this is the longest I've ever been here." With that he got up and wandered around the inside of the train. 'Seems like every other train,' then something caught his eye. He noticed that in one of the windows the scenery was different than that of the other windows. He walked over to it. Curiously, he looked to see what was different about it. All the other windows displayed the GeoFront, but this one seemed to be nothing of the GeoFront. It was actually the ceiling.

"What in the world?" He questioned himself, "How come a ceiling? Why a ceiling?" He asked himself and then got on to the more important question of "Why have a window that's different than all the others?" He sat down on the seat near the window and let out a sigh; 'This sure is a strange dream.'

He started to get more and more curious, and a little hot. So he opened a window next to him, one that had the GeoFront showing. But when it opened there was no air coming in, no nothing. He stuck his hand out the window and didn't feel the air or anything. With that he closed the window. He then thought that maybe the weird window would have air coming through it. So he opened the window and as soon as he did he blacked out. When he woke up he was staring at the ceiling, the same oddly familiar one that was picture in the window.

He got to looking around and it appeared to be a room. A familiar room. 'Oh no,' he thought, 'This is…Asuka's room.' He silently got up off the bed and crept over to the door. 'I hope I don't wake her again. Last time she knocked me unconscious.' He stood by the door and reached out to the door and tried to turn the doorknob but his hand went right through the doorknob. He was confused. He turned around to get a second look at Asuka and saw her with her head on someone's chest. 'Touji!' Shinji thought and he silently leaped over there, 'Oh man you're in trouble Hikari is going to…' He looked at the person in the bed. It wasn't Touji but rather himself.


A/N: Well I hoped you liked it. It was rather short, but I thought it was a good place to leave off at. I'll start writing on chapter 6 soon. Till Next Time.

Bota Kun