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Chapter 19 - You are mine now.
"Why are you doing this?" Misato asks between tears as he sees his crew bursting into LCL.
Shinji looks around confused to find himself inside his Evangelion, he looks outside and again sees what everyone calls the gates of Guf, the rainbow of colors formed in the sky, he begins to shake his head in denial.
"No, no, No!" Shinji shouts as he holds the sides of his head. "How is this happening?"
Shinji began to cry, he couldn't remember anything and was beginning to despair with each passing second, as he lifted his head, he manages to notice something, as he blinked his eyes to focus his vision better, he stared at what he saw.
Outside, unit 01 is stopped, she's with a areola on top of her head, the protection plates on her body that had the green color are now red, but this wasn't of Shinji's interest, he was looking at the destroyed form of the Units 2 and 8, both were lying on the ground with the spears Cassius and Longinus through their bodies, Shinji looks at his hands and realizes that he probably did this, he realizes that a person appeared on his video feed, as he lifted his head and saw who it was, he widened his eyes.
"Very good Shinji, I always knew I could count on you." Gendo spoke smiling at Shinji as he saw that his plan was going as it occurred.
Shinji again grabbed the sides of his head and screamed as hard as he could.
"No!"
"No!"
Shinji opens his eyes and begins to look around frantically, he calms down when he sees that he is in his room at Wunder, he is panting, Shinji touches his body and sees that he is all sweaty, he takes a few breaths to calm himself down.
"Thank God." Shinji raises his hand to his face and tries to clear the vision of the destroyed units 2 and 8 from his head, he couldn't believe that in his dream he had just killed Mari and worse he had killed Asuka.
Seeing that he had calmed down enough, Shinji gets out of bed and goes to take a shower, under the hot water he can feel the tension leaving his body, but the images from his dream still refuse to leave his head.
Some time later, Shinji was with Mari in her training, he was doing a series of push-ups, but he was not being able to concentrate, something that was noticed by Mari.
"What's bothering you?" Mari asked as she ducked in front of Shinji.
Shinji raised his head, he wanted to tell her about the dream, but decided against it, "Nothing, just a bad night."
Mari stared at him for a few seconds, she knew it wasn't just that, she knew that a bad night's sleep didn't cause this, she had lived with Asuka for fourteen years and knew that he probably had a bad dream.
Mari lowered her head and sighed, she knew that Shinji and Asuka were similar people, they didn't tell what was bothering them and kept everything inside, so she decided to go deeper.
"It was a nightmare, wasn't it?" Mari asked as she raised her gaze and studied Shinji's posture.
Shinji tensed at the question, he lowered his gaze again at the images that flooded his head, he seeing that Mari had figured it out so easily, nodded.
"How was it?" Mari asked as she sat down on the floor in front of Shinji.
"I don't want to talk about it." Shinji replies dejectedly.
Mari flashes a smile. "Puppy, I'll give you the same advice I give Princess, don't keep everything to yourself, it will only consume you, open up."
Shinji still with his head down, he let Mari's words sink into his head, deep down he knew she was right, but he didn't want to consume more of Mari's time with his problems.
Mari seeing the look on Shinji's face decided to speak even more. "No need to worry, I can even know what you are thinking right now, you don't want poor Mari to waste your time with your problems." Concluded Mari gesturing with her hands the last part in the air.
Shinji stared at her with shock, for Mari had easily deduced what he was thinking, Mari began to laugh when she saw the look on Shinji's face.
"You know puppy, I lived with the princess for a long time, she had and still has horrible nightmares, I can see how much it messes with people." Mari spoke quietly as possible.
Shinji again nodded, he took a deep breath and calmly recounted his dream. "I made another impact, but this time not by accident."
Mari stared at him intently, Shinji continued. "Misato was asking me why I had done this, all around me was what was left of units 2 and 8, my father appeared in front of me and said he was proud of me."
Shinji felt a tear run down his cheek, he quickly wiped it away and looked at Mari who was calmly sitting in front of him.
"That's it?" Mari asked still keeping calm, Shinji only nodded.
"How do you see this dream?" Mari asked as she held her knees.
"That I will somehow screw it up." Shinji replied adjusting himself on the floor, now he was sitting facing Mari as well.
Mari shook her head slightly and spoke. "I see different." Shinji lifts his head to look at her, Mari seeing that she has piqued Shinji's interest continued. "For me this dream is the opposite, I see that you don't want to fail, you don't want anything to happen to Misato, me and Asuka."
Shinji was still looking at Mari, he lowered his eyes and spoke sadly. "I don't want to hurt anyone."
Mari smiled and spoke confidently. "I know you don't, now you still owe me a hundred abs."
Shinji stared at her with shock.
"What's wrong, my consultations are not free." Mari spoke smiling as she stood up.
"You're better." Asuka spoke as she raised her hands up again, she was training Shinji in hand to hand combat and was teaching him how to punch someone well, "Again."
Shinji was tired when he landed another punch on the training pad that was in Asuka's hand.
"Together now." Asuka ordered and Shinji began punching each of the pillows, after a while of punching the pillows, Asuka signaled for Shinji to stop, she removed her gloves and spoke.
"Now let's practice your defense, you can't let the enemy hold you back or you'll be screwed, now I'm going to attack you and I want you to not let them." Asuka spoke as she stood facing Shinji, she could tell that he swallowed dryly and was afraid of her.
Asuka started throwing a few blows at Shinji who was managing to dodge a few and was managing to shake off some of the squeezes Asuka was trying to give him, but she managed to grab Shinji by the arm and with one quick movement he was on the ground with Asuka on top of him, she was sitting on his waist in a very suggestive position while holding his arms.
Asuka was panting as she held Shinji's arms, she stared at his face and got a little lost in the scars, the same was happening to Shinji, but unlike Asuka, he was again lost in the beauty of his face.
They didn't know how long they stayed in the position, Shinji noticed Asuka's gaze and how she began to bring her face closer to his, Shinji made no move against it, he wanted too.
A thousand things were going through Asuka's head at this moment, but feeling was managing to overcome reason, she brought her face closer to Shinji's until his lips met hers.
Again an explosion of feelings came over both of them, Asuka released Shinji's arms and with one hand she used to lean on the floor and the other she stroked Shinji's head, Shinji now with his arms free used to hold Asuka's waist and the other arm passed to gently caress her cheek.
Time seemed to stand still for both of them, they broke the kiss, Asuka pulled away from Shinji a little, but still remained on top of him, she again was thinking about what they were now, but before she could say anything, Shinji began to stutter.
"Asuka, there's something I want to tell you." Shinji stammered nervously.
Asuka stood looking at Shinji expectantly, she remembered when Shinji was going to say something, but he was interrupted by Mari.
Shinji was beginning to lose his nerve, but Asuka spoke up frowning. "Don't you dare turn back, now I want to know."
Shinji nodded, Asuka could feel that he was shaking, she started to lose patience for him being a coward, Shinji took a deep breath and started to speak, he looked Asuka in the eyes and spoke, stuttering but he spoke.
"Asuka, I ... I ... I ..." Shinji closed his eyes and began to take deep breaths, he knew this was big, but now he couldn't take it back, he really wanted to say it, but nervousness was winning the battle. - I shouldn't run away. -
He opened his eyes and looked into Asuka's face and spoke as confidently as he could, he didn't expect his love to be reciprocated, and he hoped they would at least be friends. "Asuka ... I love you."
Asuka's eyes widened as she looked into Shinji's face, she felt her heart race at Shinji's confession, she had already told Mari that she loved Shinji, but to hear it from Shinji himself was very nice.
Shinji was beginning to worry, as Asuka was already looking at him with her one eye wide open, he began to regret confessing, but Asuka finally spoke.
"Why?" Asuka asked, her mind was flooded with images of the past, how badly she had mistreated Shinji, how much she cursed and hit him for any reason, she waited for the answer patiently.
Shinji looked back and replied. "I don't know, but every time we are together I feel good."
Asuka continued to stare at his face. "How can you love me after all I've done to you? ... I just yell at you, I hit you, I'm a bitch to you."
"Not for me, I won't lie that at first I was upset, but when I was ..." Shinji closed his eyes as images of his captivity with Sebastian came into his mind. "When I was in that place, I thought about my life a lot, I remembered that time, you just wanted me to stop being a whiner and take action, I didn't realize it until I was convinced I had lost everything."
Asuka was looking intently at Shinji's face, he was looking for any sign that he was lying, Shinji stopped for breath and continued.
"When we were in the red earth, I knew I had lost everything, I was too dumb before ... When I was recovering and you kissed me before the trial." Shinji felt himself blushing and so did Asuka. "All the feelings I thought I had lost came back, I didn't know how you felt and that's why I wasn't saying anything, but after we kissed again, the feeling that I had to tell you was starting to finish me off."
Asuka felt his eyes burning wanting to cry, he kept thinking about Shinji's words, she hadn't told him how happy she was feeling that he had told her those three words, his mind still refused to believe it.
"Say it again." Asuka spoke as she looked at Shinji's face.
Shinji saw the look on Asuka's face, he knew she had always been a lonely girl. "I love you Asuka."
Again Asuka bowed her head and kissed Shinji, this kiss was full of feeling, which quickly gained intensity, neither of them were in a hurry, they were just savoring the moment, Shinji's mind was in ecstasy for finally telling Asuka how he felt and Asuka's mind the same, she finally felt loved and needed.
Neither of them realized it, but Mari was standing in the gym doorway watching, she had heard everything that had been said and was smiling, because finally the two of them realized that they were important to each other, that they each complemented each other with their flaws and balanced each other out.
Mari couldn't say she was jealous, she thought about her own situation, she wished she could find someone to love and be loved by, her mind brought up the image of Rei, Mari lowered her gaze to the floor, she didn't know if Rei had feelings for her the way she did, in Mari's case things were more complicated, but she decided to leave it for later and carefully closed the door and left, Mari went to the infirmary to see if she could talk to Sakura to pass the time.
Again Asuka turned away from Shinji, they were both dull, they were blushing, Asuka looked down and finally realized the position they were in, she blushed heavily and spoke embarrassed. "I think I'd better get up, if the four-eyes see us like this."
Shinji was confused, his mind was still locked on the moment he finally confessed to Asuka and the feeling was mutual, he looked down and realized that Asuka was sitting on his hip, he also blushed heavily.
"You're right." Shinji spoke as he felt Asuka stand up and offer him a hand which he accepted, when they were both standing, they still didn't know how to handle the situation they were in, after all Shinji had never had a girlfriend before, the same was true of Asuka.
"Shall we get something to eat?" Shinji asked clumsily as he scratched the back of his neck.
Asuka nodded her head. "I'm going to take a shower and we'll have lunch."
Shinji waved back and started walking towards the locker rooms. When Asuka was in the privacy of the locker room, she could hear the male locker room showers running, she allowed herself to smile, her mind was finally coming into an agreement that she could finally be happy, that she could smile, she began to shower.
When she finished, she saw Shinji waiting for her on the bench, he was already dressed in his uniform, he stood up when she left and approached her, Asuka had her hands inside the pocket of her red jacket, she started walking beside Shinji, neither of them spoke as they left the gym.
As they walked, Asuka took one of her hands out of her pockets and held Shinji's hand, she sensed that he tensed up but did not remove his hand, Asuka spoke with conviction. "What are you nervous about? ... You are mine now."
Shinji laughed at Asuka's phrase, turned his head toward her and spoke smiling, "Are you sure? ... What will people think of the mighty Asuka Shikinami holding hands with monster Shinji Ikari? "
Asuka can't help but laugh at the phrase, but she felt it had some truth in it from the way Shinji spoke the word monster, her mind quickly concluded that Shinji saw himself as a monster, but she left that for another time, one thing at a time is what Asuka told herself.
"Are you an idiot? ... Fuck them." Asuka spoke looking seriously ahead, she never cared what others said about her, that was something Mari had taught her over these fourteen years.
Shinji looked up and flashed a small smile, he intertwined his fingers with Asuka's and squeezed her hand gently, he looked forward, they were both walking slowly, enjoying the moment, but Shinji began to think, he didn't want anything to happen to Asuka because of him.
Asuka noticed Shinji's hand tense up, but before she could ask a question, she heard Mari's voice in the background, her body froze and the only thing she could do was endure the teasing.
"Oh my God!" Mari screamed as she saw Shinji and Asuka holding hands, Shinji wanted to let go, but felt the grip of Asuka's fingers holding her in place.
"I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!" Mari shouted as she squeezed Sakura and Rei's shoulders.
Rei was looking at the scene in front of her and smiled slightly, she was enjoying seeing Shinji happy, she could see it by his posture, she doesn't know why, but she felt a bad feeling in her chest, in the back of her mind she would like to find someone, Rei started thinking about the romance books that Sakura had lent her and she was confused, because every time she thought, the image of Mari appeared in her mind and she didn't know how to deal with this feeling.
Sakura was looking at the scene in front of her with ball eyes, she was smiling from ear to ear, she was making a great effort not to scream along with Mari.
Mari let go of her friends' shoulders and ran towards the new couple, she hugged Shinji and Asuka with a bear hug, both were uncomfortable with all the attention they were receiving.
"Okay ... Ma ... Ri ..." Shinji tried to speak, but Mari was squeezing too hard for him to be able to speak properly, Asuka was in the same situation.
Mari finally released the new couple, she stepped back a little and spoke excitedly. "I knew it, finally didn't you?"
Asuka snorted and rolled her eyes. "Easy four-eyes, don't go having a stroke."
Mari looked at her and spoke smiling. "Don't worry princess, let me be happy."
"More?!" Asuka spoke with wide eyes.
At this moment Sakura and Rei approached.
"So it's official?" Sakura asked Asuka who glanced back at her.
"Yes." Asuka spoke as confidently as she could, but she began to blush from saying it out loud, the same was happening to Shinji.
"We were going to lunch." Asuka concluded clumsily.
"Good, so are we ... You can tell all about it while we eat." Mari spoke as she took Shinji and Asuka by the shoulders and began to guide them.
Sakura stood beside Rei for a few seconds, she shook her head smiling and looked briefly at Rei who was observing everything.
Misato's office - Wunder.
Misato was looking at her computer screen, there it was showing the possible places where the Mark.04 units were, she clamped her mouth tightly shut as she saw that NERV was starting to spread her units more easily.
Misato was brought out of her reverie with Ritsuko's knocks on the door, she looked up and beckoned her to come in.
"So, how are we doing?" Misato asked wanting some good news.
"Well, they have already installed Unit 01 and all the proper wiring, I have the paperwork here." Ritsuko spoke as she handed the documents to Misato. "We can start the tests whenever you want."
Misato sighed and nodded. "Do it now."
Ritsuko saw Misato's nervousness and raised an eyebrow at her. "It's NERV isn't it?"
Misato nodded. "We need Wunder in the air, they are increasing their arsenal."
Ritsuko sighed, "Well, at least now we have Wunder back."
"I hope I can put an end to NERV once and for all." Misato spoke with a dark look on her face, Ritsuko nodded with the last sentence, she remembered a rumor that was circulating.
"Misato, do you know about the rumor that's going around?"
Misato looked at her confused and only shook her head.
Ritsuko smiled and spoke. "It's about WILLE's new commander, the rumor is that Principal Laura chose a person who everyone who knew him thought was dead."
Misato began to think and her mind came to a conclusion, the only person she knew who was missing like this was Kaji, she made a disgusted face at the thought of the possibility. "Oh no, you've got to be kidding."
Ritsuko began to laugh, "Oh yes, but it's just rumor."
"But if it's true, Kaji will become my boss." Misato spoke with a mixture of shock and disgust on his face.
Ritsuko only nodded, she took out a cigarette and lit it, she had not come only to hand Misato the documents, she was there to ask his authorization to start training the pilots to work together.
"Misato one more thing." Ritsuko spoke as she let out a cloud of smoke.
Misato looked at her tiredly.
"I will start training the pilots today, we need them as prepared as possible."
Shinji, Asuka, Mari, Sakura and Rei were sitting eating their food, they were talking about random things, Shinji was facing Asuka, they exchanged glances and smiles throughout the conversation.
"And I think that's what Maya washed with soap." Mari spoke cheerfully, she was thinking hard about this particular mystery, upon receiving a small giggle from Sakura, Mari looked with false indignation at Asuka and Shinji who were not paying attention, they were too busy staring at each other and smiling.
"Ohh, isn't that cute Sakura? " Mari spoke seeing the situation in front of her, Asuka threw her a cruel look.
Rei looked at the scene in front of her and started thinking, she was thinking about it a lot after seeing the two of them holding hands in the hallway, she looked at her own hand as she thought about what it would feel like.
Mari and Asuka were arguing, Asuka had not yet learned that she was only giving Mari more fuel, Shinji smiled as he saw the scene in front of him.
"So Shinji, how are you doing?" Sakura asked curiously, she ignored Mari and Asuka's verbal combat beside her.
"I'm doing fine Sakura, I'm almost out of pain." Shinji replied as best he could.
Sakura smiled at him and spoke. "That's nice."
Shinji looked at Rei who was staring at the palm of his hand with a thoughtful look on his face.
"What is it Rei?" Shinji asked a little worried, Rei was quieter than her usual.
Rei was snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Shinji with her disdainful look. "Nothing, I was only thinking about one thing."
Shinji wanted to ask what it was, but thought it best not, he was not good in social situations, he nodded to her and spoke. "If you want to talk, you can talk to me."
Rei gave him a small smile and nodded.
The rest of lunch went smoothly, after Mari and Asuka's verbal battle was over, the group went back to talking about random things, the conversation stopped when Maya approached the table and spoke.
"Hi guys." Maya spoke as she stopped by the side of the table. "Ritsuko wants the pilots' presence in the simulation room when they finish lunch."
"Okay, Captain." Mari spoke smiling.
Maya can't help but smile, she was still not used to her post, she waved back and left.
After lunch was over, the group headed to Ritsuko's office, when they arrived there were Maya and Ritsuko along with some other technicians.
Ritsuko turned and looked at the group, she waved to the changing rooms and ordered them to get dressed, when everything was ready, she approached them and began to speak.
"Today we will begin the training for you to get used to each other's presence and learn to work together." Ritsuko spoke professionally.
Everyone in the room nodded in agreement, Ritsuko nodded toward the entrance plugs.
Shinji got into the plug and sat on the bottom seat, he could hear Asuka adjusting just above him, he began to remember the last time he flew next to someone else, images of Kaworu flashed through his head, he quickly shook his head to clear those thoughts, he couldn't get in the way of Asuka's synchronization.
When they were properly submerged in LCL, Asuka spoke with determination.
"Hey Baka, make sure you don't get in my way." Asuka spoke determinedly as she held the control levers with her hands.
"I won't." Shinji spoke confidently as he did the same.
As the synchronization began, Asuka and Shinji could see the digital form of Mari's pink Evangelion standing next to them.
"So guys, let's start with a battle against the angels." Maya spoke over the radio signaling that the simulation would begin.
Shinji shuddered as he saw the digital image of Zeruel appearing in front of him.
"Just that one." Shinji spoke as he stared at the image of the angel that destroyed his life.
"What is it Baka?" Asuka spoke as she heard Shinji speaking.
Shinji realizing that he had thought aloud, pulled himself together and spoke unsurely. "Nothing."
Asuka wanted to ask more, she knew that this angel was responsible for Shinji being absorbed and that was when all the shit had started, but she decided to focus on the task at hand and would talk to Shinji later.
The battle started when Zeruel threw his arms like cutting blades towards the EVAS, Asuka in a quick movement made her EVAS dodge Zeruel's attacks, Mari and Rei were doing the same.
Both Shinji and Asuka noticed that the EVA moved faster and responded better with the dual synchronization, their reflexes were better and they could feel better.
"How's it going to be princess?" Mari asked over the radio.
"The usual, let's flank him and finish him off." Asuka replied determinedly.
The EVAS started running down the sides in the hope of flanking Zeruel, he just stood in the middle and waited for the attacks.
"Asuka, that's not going to work." Shinji tried to argue, but Asuka didn't listen and continued marching toward the angel, she pulled out her progressive knife and jumped as high as she could.
"Asuka stop." Shinji spoke as he saw that Zeruel was preparing one of his shots, he looked at EVA 02 and fired.
Shinji realizing this, wanted EVA 02 to dodge, Asuka sensed his desire to want to dodge, she did so and moved her EVA, the shot went scraping past.
"I told you not to get in the way." Asuka growled at Shinji who just cringed.
"If the couple fight is over, we need support here." Mari spoke hurriedly, Shinji and Asuka looked at EVA 8 dodging several shots and thrusts from Zeruel.
"Asuka let's take it easy, he's too powerful." Shinji tried to argue, but he could sense that Asuka was getting angry.
"I know Baka." Asuka spoke annoyed as she launched her EVA toward Zeruel.
As they ran towards the enemy, they saw Zeruel throw his arms towards EVA 08's chest, Mari and Rei tried to dodge, but their movements were not fast enough, Zeruel's arm passed them, a failure message appeared for both of them.
Asuka seeing that Mari had been defeated, felt a shiver as she saw Zeruel turn around and throw his arms towards EVA 02, they dodged the first one, but the second one had penetrated her abdomen and in a quick movement went out the side of her belly.
Shinji and Asuka felt the feedback in their own bodies, the pain was still felt in the simulations, it was for the pilots to take the battle seriously.
"Scheisse." Asuka screamed as she placed her hand on her belly, Shinji was doing the same, but kept his suffering.
"Watch out." Shinji shouted as he saw that Zeruel was approaching, Asuka lifted her controls and put her EVA back on its feet.
"Shinji, any ideas?" Asuka finally asked him, after all he had defeated his original version.
Shinji started to think, he remembered to use his AT field as a shield and fired a kind of lightning bolt, but his EVA was awakened, he took control of the EVA and started to walk backwards.
Asuka seeing that Shinji has taken over, wanted to get up and hit him over the head for taking over unit 02 without permission, but she wanted to see what he was going to do.
Shinji tightened his controls and waited, Zeruel threw his arms towards the EVA, Shinji raised his knife and used it as a defense, this technique was working, he raised his other hand and projected his AT field to push Zeruel away, but before he did this, Zeruel threw his other arm.
Zeruel's attack managed to get through EVA's AT field and went straight towards the core, when EVA was through, a failure message appeared on the screen, Asuka screamed in annoyance as she was defeated.
In the EVA next door, Mari was leaning against the bench when she heard Rei's voice.
"Sorry."
Mari adjusted herself in her seat and leaned forward. "What was Blue?"
Rei was visibly upset, she raised her head and repeated. "Sorry, I got in your way."
Mari looked at her with pity, she didn't want Rei to think she was upset with her, they were training after all, mistakes would occur.
"Don't worry Blue, that's what training is called for." Mari replied cheerfully hoping to help Rei.
"I know, but knowing that we were defeated is my fault, knowing that I let Mari down." Rei stopped talking as the feeling of having let Mari down crossed his mind.
"Hey ..." Mari spoke as she rose from her seat and slid down to face Rei, when she came to, he saw the downcast look on her face, Mari flashed a warm and sincere smile at Rei.
"Don't worry about it Blue, we are doing fine, of course it will be a little hard at first, but that is what we are training for." Mari spoke smiling, she took one of Rei's hands and squeezed it gently, Rei allowed herself to smile at Mari's words, she began to think about the caring feeling she was receiving from this simple act Mari was doing.
Mari was lost at the beauty of Rei's face, an urge to make a move was high, Mari was still with the image of Asuka and Shinji kissing in the gym flashed through Mari's mind, she really want to kiss Rei, but she didn't know what her reaction would be.
Mari began to bring her face closer to Rei's, she was losing the battle against reason in her head, Rei looked at her confused, but soon remembered the scenes in the books she read, she was curious to know what it would feel like, she didn't know why, but her body began to move towards Mari.
Before their lips touched, Ritsuko appeared in front of Rei, her image had appeared to all the pilots, Ritsuko looked a little surprised to see that Mari and Rei so close together at the entry plug, but quickly pulled herself together and began to speak. "Alright guys, we're dead, let's try again."
Mari looked clumsily at Rei who was blushing, she also had a blush on her cheeks from the act she was almost doing with Rei, Mari overcame it and smiled.
"Let's roll up now." Mari spoke as she patted Rei's shoulder and returned to her seat, Rei stood still thinking about the feeling of almost kissing Mari, she felt a good sensation in her chest, Rei wondered what it would be like if she had managed to kiss her.
Mari had the same thought in her head, she saw her hands shaking with the act she almost did, she took a few breaths before concentrating on the task in front of her.
As the simulations went on, the group was finally getting along, they were losing some and winning some.
Shinji was walking together with Asuka to the dorms, both were feeling tired from the marathon training Ritsuko had given them, piloting an EVA was not a difficult task for Shinji and Asuka, they were beginning to understand each other.
"That was kind of fun." Mari spoke to break the ice and ease her own mind, she couldn't get it out of her head that she had almost kissed Rei, she was feeling confused now, for when everyone left the plug, Rei quickly showered and went to her room.
Shinji looked at her and gave a small smile, it really was nice to do the simulations with Asuka. "True."
"Fun, having our asses kicked is not fun." Asuka spoke a bit annoyed, they fought some angels in simulations and suffered several defeats, Asuka hated to lose.
"That's what it's called training for." Mari spoke with a wry smile on her face.
Shinji's room was closer than Mari and Asuka's room, Shinji froze when he saw his door, Mari and Asuka were discussing the previous event, Mari was facing Asuka.
"But princess, training is important for that ..." Mari was speaking her argument when she finally saw Shinji's door.
Asuka seeing that Mari had seen something, noticed the change in her posture and the silence in the hallway made her uncomfortable, she frowned and turned to look, when she saw the door, she felt anger welling up inside her.
On the door were graffiti in bright red with hateful messages.
Die
It will never be one of us
Go away
Killer
Shinji stared at the graffiti on his door, he felt all the guilt coming back to him with a strong intensity, he closed and opened his hand a few times before taking his card and opening his door, the group was silent.
"Shinji ..." Asuka spoke as she raised her hand to get Shinji's attention, but he simply spoke sadly still with his back to the girls and closed the door.
"Good night."
Laura's Office - UN.
Laura was sitting at her desk, in front of her was the picture of the WILLE council, they were debating about Laura's nomination for the command of WILLE.
"But that man has no experience." One of the men spoke up.
Laura knew it would be difficult for her to convince the council, but Kaji was more than capable of doing a good job.
"I understand your apprehension, but think about it, he alone and without resources dismantled a high treason scheme involving the former commander, his record proves his competence, he helped with evidence about the former Seele group, he may not have combat experience like you, but he is capable." Laura spoke with an unbreakable confidence, she thought she should play hardball against the council. "If he does not demonstrate his competence, other than his departure, I will resign."
When Laura spoke this last sentence, everyone in the room started talking, the council recognized Laura's good work at the head of the UN, her record is impeccable in this regard, she had already proven her worth countless times.
"We don't want that, you have demonstrated your leadership skills and competence countless times." A woman spoke as the group quieted down, Laura could see the nodding of heads as she spoke.
"We know you have your reasons for appointing this man, Ryoji Kaji, based on his track record we will acquiesce director." Spoke one of the conc elho representatives. "I hope he is all that you say."
"He is, Kaji will not disappoint." Laura spoke with a smile on her face.
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