A/N: Thanks to all reviewers and I'll try to keep your comments in mind.

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion. Riku Yamashita is mine, so is Argyle Clark, well okay so I had a "little" help from Lil Jimmy.

"Blah": normal talk

Blah: thoughts or dreams

Script format (ex. RedBeauty: Asuka): Computer Chat

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Chapter Three, Lavender

A/N: Thanks go to Lil Jimmy, Xatar, and Gunman for proofreading this chapter

"Mmmm… Shinthi, ithz thelisioush." The children's guardian complimented Shinji for his exquisite cooking causing him to blush, yet managed to ruin Asuka's appetite by talking with her mouth open.

"What are you, a horse?" Asuka glared at the Major and scrunched her nose.

"Wath?" Misato questioned, spraying rice onto the table.

Shinji quickly cleaned the mess before Asuka snapped and dismissed himself from the table.

"Thanks for the compliment Misato, but I have to get some groceries." Shinji had not forgotten about the mornings incident and would be damned if he let eggs get the better of him.

Shinji left the room and grabbed his jacket, throwing it over his shoulders. He reached into his back pocket and checked for his wallet. Opening the door, he looked behind him only to see Misato grab a beer. Shinji sighed and head towards the elevator pressing the "up" button. The elevator door instantly opened revealing that it had been used getting someone to the same floor.

"That new guy, Riku, really gives me the creeps. But he seems like a pretty nice guy." Shinji contemplated as he selected the ground floor and watched the numbers count down.

DING

The bell sounded, notifying Shinji that he had reached ground floor. The elevator doors opened and Shinji stepped out, a gentle breeze cooling him from the apartment's heat. Noticing the climate change, and hoping to enjoy it as much as he could, Shinji decided to take the long way to the grocery store.

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"That took longer than I thought it would." Shinji announced to anyone that could hear. Thus, the wind was his only audience softly whispering into his ear on the dark night.

Shinji zipped up his jacket and started back towards the apartment a single bag by his side. He estimated a good fifteen minutes until he would reach home, not that he mind the silence. In fact, this was one of the few occasions outside of his dreams in which he could have time to think without a certain redhead shouting in his ear.

Shinji stopped at an intersection, noticing the 'No Walking' sign in the shape of a glowing red hand. A lone car with dark tinted windows drove by, leaving a trial of smoke. Shinji glanced at his watch and pressed a little button, illuminating the time with an eerie green glow. It had been forty-five minutes since he had left the Katsuragi residence. Raising his head, he noticed the sign had changed into a white stick person. Shinji readjusted his grip on the bag and crossed the street, each step resonating off the black tar. All of a sudden, as his foot hit the end of the sidewalk, Shinji heard a mournful sound pitifully imitated in Hollywood movies, a sound full of rage and sadness, the battle cry of a ravenous wolf.

Silence. The only sound Shinji heard was his racing heart beat. Scanning his surroundings for the source of such a noise, he realized it came from Tokyo-3 Park, only a few meters away from him.

"There are no wolfs in Tokyo-3… they were supposed to go extinct after second impact." In attempt to recover a supposedly extinct race, Shinji sneaked towards his new destination.

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Tokyo-3 Park

Shinji crawled under some brush along the length of the park, a large, open area with only a few trees. Once again, he heard the conflicting emotions of a wolf's cry, yet it seemed much louder than before. He assumed the wolf was very close, and possible in the middle of a fight. Cautiously, Shinji lifted his head and was met with a sight to behold. Even from his range, Shinji saw a large wolf, standing on its hind legs, looming over a human body. The wolf leaned into the boy-whom Shinji could tell was about his own age- and inhale the body's scent. He watched as the corners of the wolf's mouth twitched upwards and its fangs slid out of its lower lip, forming some sort of a smirk. The wolf raised its snout upwards as if praying to the gods, and let out a howl, breaking the night's silence once again. Shinji shifted his gaze upwards noticing for the first time that night, the radiating beauty of a full moon.

"Please don't let it be what I think it is." Shinji slid towards the wolf for a better look, despite his cowardly urges.

The wolf had once again refocused its attention on its prey. Shinji heard a loud snap as the wolf opened its jaws to an unimaginable length, proving to Shinji that the wolf had just dislocated its jaws. The body began to moan and the boys head moved to face Shinji revealing a familiar face. Shinji's eyes widened as he realized an abnormally large wolf was about to eat his new friend.

"Riku!" Shinji called out on instinct and covered his mouth quickly as the realization of his horrible mistake in hopes that the wolf had not heard.

Instantly, the wolf's head snapped to face Shinji, much to his horror. Forgetting about its prey, the wolf sped towards him. Shinji reacted as anybody would in his situation. He ran like his life depended on it, which it obviously did.

12 months of being trained in NERV, countless hours of running track at school, and the bonus of fear drove the Third Child to his limits. He quickly went through all possible routes to the apartment in his mind and selected the shortest one. It's amazing what fear does to a person; Shinji did not dare to look back and ran as if he were an Olympic runner. Five minutes later, he could still feel the wolf's breath on his back as he approached the apartment buildings elevator.

Each step pounded heavily on the pavement, rapidly deteriorating the underside of his shoes. His frantic breath almost rivaled the speed of his heart while he repeated the phrase, "I MUST RUN AWAY!" A sweat drop slowly inched its way from his hairline, down his forehead, and into his eyes. On instinct, Shinji closed his eyes from the burning sensation. Both his heart and breath instantly stopped as he felt a sharp metal object cut a small mark on the back of his thigh. Shinji realized he was a goner as his left leg bent from immense pain and exertion and he went tumbling to the ground.

Shinji's face dragged along the rough pavement scraping away the skin; each nerve picked up the painful sensation and sent electric impulses to his brain. Shinji's brain though, was consumed by fear, dismissing any senseless feelings of pain. Going against his better judgment, Shinji raised his head slightly. He could hear the terrifying sound of footsteps slowly padding up next to him. His view was restricted to a shadow on the ground; the wolf's menacing claws seemed to be as long as the creature itself.

Shinji felt the equivalent of a hairy hand latch onto his back, raising him face his predator. The creature raised his other hand and easily encircled Shinji's neck with its large hand. Reflexively, Shinji grabbed onto the creatures arms raising himself slightly so he could get some air.

Shinji stared into the lavender eyes of his predator; eyes which under different, more pleasant circumstances, would have been beautiful. He saw the same smirk on the wolf's face as it had before attempting to devour Riku. Its two menacing fangs dangerously close to Shinji's face. Without hesitation, the creature once again opened its mouth, and another loud snap filled Shinji's ears. The wolf's eyes portrayed only desire, and extreme hunger. Shinji did not think he could manage any more sensations yet was assaulted by the revolting smell of blood evident in the wolf's mouth.

Shinji felt his stomach twist and his breathing stop as his lunch slid back up his esophagus, into his mouth and then transferred onto the wolf's alarmed face.

"RRRRRROOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRR!" The wolf cried out in rage desperately flinging his head side to side attempting to get the vomit out of its eyes.

Shinji took this opportunity to crawl into the elevator and press the button for his floor. He looked down at his hand and noticed the bag of eggs at his side.

DING

He blinked, unable to comprehend the simple sound. The elevators opened to reveal a pair of legs and red sandals.

"Asuka…" Where his final words as everything went blank.

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"Unfamiliar ceiling."

Shinji had not used that phrase in a while, especially since the last angel was terminated. Yet today, he was staring at the plain white ceilings of most stereotypical hospitals. The buzz of machines surrounded him, as well as an occasional announcement over the PA system.

"Shinji! You're awake!" Misato rushed into the room and wrapped her "child" in a tight bear hug. "I was so worried about you!"

"Misato, before you kill the baka from lack of oxygen, let me get through with him." Asuka stared daggers at the poor boy. She was angry because she had to cook herself and Misato breakfast, not to mention do all of Shinji's chores until he was out of the hospital.

"I'm s…"

"Don't even think about saying sorry, it's not you're fault the stupid Section 2 agents didn't help you. Of course, if I had been in your place I wouldn't need their help." Asuka smugly commented.

Shinji, not in the mood for Asuka's attitude, lay back down on the hospital bed and closed his eyes. Asuka exclaimed that she had to meet Hikari and ran off. He then replayed all of the events that led him here, the "Large wolf, running, Riku… RIKU!"

Shinji immediately opened his eyes and questioned, "Where's Riku? Is he okay?"

"Rik-who?" Misato just gave Shinji a confused look.

"Riku Yamashita! I saw him in Tokyo-3 Park, he was being attacked by a big wolf, but then the wolf saw me and ran after me and… and…" Shinji began to hyperventilate so he grabbed the paper bag by his side and breathed slowly in, and out, decreasing the amount of oxygen in his body.

"Ohhhh! Yeah he is in the room next to this one, and the wolf that you saw is believed to be a masked murderer that has been spotted in many parts of Tokyo-3." Misato said matter-of-factly yet Shinji found this very hard to believe.

"Is he okay?" Shinji questioned dreading the answer.

"Other than a few bruises and some scratches, he's fine." Misato relieved Shinji of some stress.

A doctor walked into the room and told them that Shinji could leave as soon as the final tests were over. Unfortunately, that meant school for Shinji.

"Sometimes, I wish I lived in America, then I wouldn't have school on Saturdays." Shinji thought to himself.

The tests went by fairly quickly, and Shinji was relieved from the hospital without much delay. The ride home was the usual "Misato" roller coaster ride and they arrived at their apartment around nine. Asuka had left a message saying she was sleeping over at Hikari's house and would go to school with her mom.

Shinji's night was full of nightmares about the wolf and it tearing apart his body, limb by limb. Every time the wolf arrived at his heart, Shinji would wake up sweating. The night went by like this, and he had an increasingly hard time getting back to sleep because of his bruises.

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The next morning, Shinji was not awakened by Asuka, but rather by his guardians morning beer call. After taking a cold shower, he changed into the expected school attire and made himself breakfast. This was the first morning in a long while in which he had not been insulted, so he would enjoy it thoroughly.

"Okay Misato, I'm heading out now!" Shinji informed his self appointed guardian that he was off to school.

After receiving an acknowledgment from the Misato, he proceeded to walk towards his school rather than be dragged by a furious Asuka.

"Peace and quite at last, and I'm probably going to be at school early!"

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As Shinji foreshadowed, he arrived at Tokyo-3 High School early and took his seat. Unsurprisingly, Asuka and Hikari were nowhere to be seen. Shinji took this time to catch up on some much needed sleep and by resting his head on his hands.

Just as the morning bell rang, Hikari and Asuka entered the classroom door out of breath.

Hikari turned to Asuka and said, "You almost made me late! That would be my first time ever."

Asuka, being much to self centered, told Hikari it was her fault much like she did with Shinji. Seeing that Asuka was focused on another victim, he closed his eyes with much gratitude.

"Hey Shinji, what happened to your face? It's got scratch marks all over it." Kensuke, his bespectacled military-loving friend inquired.

What should I say? I can't tell them I fell while being chased by a giant wolf! He thought, then came up with something they would believe. "Oh, that, I fell while being chased by Asuka." Shinji replied causing the third stooge, Toji, to recoil at the devils name.

"Asuka…" Toji menacingly whispered planning "revenge", which inevitably would only put him on the receiving end of pain.

The rest of the period went by without variation; the teacher continued his year long lie of second impact while most of his students either talked using the modern technology of "computers", or slept with their eyes open. The lunch bell signaled the end of their history period, and woke those lucky few who had managed to sleep.

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Lunch

Like the day before, the sun bore down on Tokyo-3 High School's field. Shinji managed to find some shade under "his" cherry blossom tree. Taking out his lunch and handing Asuka hers, he began eating.

"Hey Shinji, how's it going?" Riku sat next to Shinji and took out his own food.

"Ummm… I'm doing okay, how about you?" Shinji replied wondering how he could be so casual after the "wolf's" attack.

"Fine, so do you actually believe how gullible these doctors are?" Riku confused Shinji with his question.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Riku opened his mouth in response yet was quickly cut off by an angry Asuka

"You, you don't have any normal friends yet?" Asuka smirked looking between Shinji and Riku.

"Define normal."

Riku's response surprised Asuka, making her think about a response.

"I rest my case." Riku refocused his attention on his lunch, ignoring the furious redhead.

Rei arrived at their trademark lunch spot and sat down next to Riku not even glancing in his direction. Neither Shinji nor Asuka cared, yet Riku wondered how anyone could be so cold, so monotone. She isn't the same as before.

Rei noticed Riku looking in her direction yet disregarded him. Her thought were focused on a certain brown-haired boy. Ikari-san… he takes so much abuse from Sohryu-san.

A sudden gust of wind blew through the high school field, instantly silencing Asuka as she quickly stopped her skirt from blowing upwards. Shinji prepared himself for the obvious beating that would occur, but to his surprise, Asuka just stood there. Then he felt it, a maniacal feeling of hate. The aura consumed him, sending him into the fetal position. The intense feral fury drove the trees occupants -rodents and insects alike- to leave there home in fear for their lives.

A single Tokyo-3 High student was unaffected by these emotions as he examined such a sudden change in atmosphere. He watched as a lone boy strode towards the children. The high school dress code had been dismissed by the boy, a leather jacket over his slim body. A black t-shirt and baggy cargo pants covered the rest of his body. Yet these small details did not affect Riku; as the boy approached him with a grin on his face, Riku noticed his eyes.

"Lavender."

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A/N: Surprised? As you can see, this Fan fiction is leaning more towards the Supernatural genre, but don't worry you Romance loving readers, I won't forget to add some WAFF scenes P. Reviews greatly appreciated. Please people; at least acknowledge that you read the damn thing. I hope to get at least 3 reviews per chapter, so please submit 9 reviews for my fourth chapter. Thanks.