Bucky Presents
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Old Friends, New Enemies: Chapter: 15: Memories of friends long lost
Asuka: I'll get you for what you did to me last time you stupid author!
Shinji: ASUKA! Don't start that again! Let it go!
Asuka: NO I wont, he will pay for making me FAT!
Bucky: Yikes you talk a lot, hmmmm that gives me an idea
Bucky pulls out giant pencil and uses the eraser to rub out Asukas' mouth
Asuka: mumbles something
Bucky: What was that? Hehehehe
Japan Early 2006
"Asuka I can't swim," Shinji said as the bus came to the stop at the beach. The two children along with Shinjis' uncle pilled out and followed the rest of the busses passengers to the pathway that led to the yellow sandy beach.
Asuka smiled at the young boy, "its ok Shinji I'll teach you how to swim."
Shinjis Uncle smiled at the two as they trailed off towards the change rooms to get ready for their day in the sun. Meanwhile he stopped at the pay phone just outside at a nearby payphone; he deposited a few coins then picked up the receiver. "Gendo Ikari please" he waited a moment before his brother answered the phone "hello little brother…"
The young redhead was first to emerge from the change rooms followed shortly by Shinji from the boy's room. They both ran up to Shinjis Uncle and smiled sweetly "can we go to the rock pools first?" they both said at the exact same time causing the older man to chuckle to himself. Having finished with his conversation he hung up the phone and nodded. Taking Shinji and Asuka by the hand they walked off towards the rock pools together eager to discover strange and fascinating creatures.
Having made their way to the pools rather quickly the threesome had been the first to arrive in the best spots. They began playing around in the largest of five pools that were close to the waters edge. Shinji was getting a crash course on swimming from his redheaded friend while their guardian kept a close eye on them.
"I don't know about this Asuka, what if I drown?" Shinji inquired nervously as he waded in the water that was no higher then his belly.
Asuka gave Shinji a quick glare, "you're not going to drown with me here so be quiet and learn to swim."
"Shinji, Asuka," the older man called the children's attention, "I'd like for you to meet somebody very special."
Shinji rose his head from up out of the water and Asuka turned on her heal, which was under water of course, and glared at Shinjis uncle. She had just gotten Shinji used to having the water around him and had convinced him to put his head under and hold his breath.
The older man chuckled a little at the twos behavior he then turned his attention to the young girl at his side. "This is Alisa Nagisai," he motioned towards the young girl. She was Shinji and Asuka's age wearing a silver one-piece bathing suit that matched the color of her long hair.
"Hello," the little girl spoke in a soft pleasant voice. She looked directly at Shinji, her amber eyes watching him curiously "hello you must be the third."
Japan Present Day
Shinji couldn't tell if he was dreaming or remembering, something about this girl felt real as if she was physically there. In front of him stood a girl with long silver hair tied back into a ponytail. She was his size and height; she was also slender like him although she was well filled out when it came to her womanly features. Her eyes seemed to glow slightly they were red a strange eye color, but one he knew he had seen before.
"Where am I?" the boy asked looking in all directions, all he could see was white nothing more, no horizon, no sky, nothing. He looked to the girl expecting her to answer him she did no such thing. The girl merely stood there looking directly at the young Ikari unwavering.
"You," the girl finally spoke in a soft voice "are here." Stunning Shinji with her cryptic answer to his simple inquiry "you are one with the synthetic life from known as Evangelion Unit-01."
"What?" Shinji asked quizzically "I'm still in the entry plug?"
"No, your body is out, your mind remains."
"How can that be?"
"It just is."
"Who are you?"
"You already know my name Shinji, for this is not the first time we've met."
Slowly the surroundings began to stir first the ground turned a gray color and a sky was formed above. The place in which he stood was being mapped out like a canvas in the hands of a painter. Eventually the scene was set and things began to come alive people began moving around running and jumping. Children splashed around in pools of clear water while birds flew overhead in a sunny sky.
There in front of his very eyes Shinji could see himself still a child being taught how to swim by another. Asuka, Asuka was teaching him to swim. He couldn't help but smile at this memory "she taught me how to swim jus so she didn't have to come to the beach alone."
"She taught you to swim so that you could live a better life then you had. Think of all the things you would never have tried if it was not for her influence." The girl walked to the image of young Shinji and Asuka "this is where we first met young Shinji, even then she was protective of you."
"Alisa, your name" the confused boy looked to his companion "your name is Alisa. My uncle knew you and brought you to our beach."
"Yes"
"But how, why are you here?"
"I cannot tell you right now, it is too early for you to know. By having this conversation we are altering things yet to be." Alisa cocked her head sideways "do you really love her or do you just need her? If she were to die tomorrow would you live on?"
"I…I would live," shocked at the question Shinji moved towards the young Asuka "but I would not love anyone else."
"That's good for you."
"Borderline reached."
"Eva-01 is active."
Shinji Ikari looked around, he could remember very little of all this. His mind whirled at the fact that he was sitting inside a robot that could flatten a forty-story building. It had been three weeks since 'the accident' as everyone was calling it. His memory had not yet returned but it had shown him glimpses into his former life.
The boy looked down at the strange outfit they had asked him to put on before he got into this thing. It was blue and white, which seemed to contrast with the color of his Evangelion as they called it. He hadn't fully understood what exactly was going on around him. Apparently he was the pilot of this, Evangelion, thing and that is why he suffered a head injury. The two girls he had come to know Asuka and Rei were both also pilots.
Both girls brought about strange feelings he couldn't place on one hand there was the stoic Rei Ayanami. This girl was strange she hardly spoke unless spoken to and never smiled or showed any form of emotion at all. Though she seemed dull and emotionless the young Ikari felt comfortable and calm around her. He felt as though he was around a parent or a close relative.
Asuka, Asuka was another thing. The feeling connected to her was deeper then that of Reis it was more soulful. Around the redhead Shinji felt like something was missing that somehow he wasn't doing something he should have been. He had also had encounters with her when he for some reason would stand outside her door in the middle of the night almost as if he meant to enter. He never did however as he thought it would be inappropriate.
He remembered why he had deep feelings for her when he chanced upon a memory of when he was young. They were both together living in the same house as children shared with an older man who was of some relation to him or her even more probably his. They apparently spent a lot of time together so he had assumed they were very close friends.
"Are you alright Shinji?"
"U-um yes ma'am," the confused teen shifted uncomfortably in his seat "is…is it suppose to smell in here?"
BloodIt smells in here, smells like blood.
"Shinji, Shinji can you here me?" Ritsuko tried again, after answering his question the boy had gone extremely silent as if deep in thought. After a few minutes he had not responded to any external stimulus.
Then it happened.
Sirens sounded and the room filled with chaos Lt. Ibuki was first to start yelling, "synch ratio above 87 the pulses are back flowing!"
A blood-curdling roar drowned out the constant wailing of the sirens, Eva-01 lifted its head from the restraint. Its eyes glowing an unholy white it ripped the Armour that held its mouth shut. "Unit 1 is going berserk! Cut the sixth fuse eject the plug!" Misato Katsuragi had known this was a bad idea from the start.
"The plugs not responding, the signal isn't getting through."
Shinji doubled over in pain he could hear something forcing its way into his mind. The pain was excruciating he could feel his mind collapsing in on itself. Nothing he did could block it out he cried out but no sound was made as he had lost the ability to emit sound. He heard a voice it was soft reassuring his head stopped throbbing the pain numbed. He could here her speaking to him as hell broke out around him, "Its okay Shinji, everything will be alright."
And then there was silence.
Unit-01 stood still its eyes returning to normal, the sirens around them ceased. The bridge crew went still no one daring to breathe for fear it would trigger something. "Borderline lost," Maya reported to her sempai "pilot life signs normal, he's unconscious."
Everyone jumped as the Entry plug ejected itself firing its rockets and sent it smashing into the ceiling. It hovered trying to gain more altitude before its fuel ran dry then plummeted to the ground. It hit with a resounding thud, the parachute not having enough time to execute.
Asuka was in a panic, she paced back and forth as she waited outside of the Nerv private hospital room. She had completely disagreed with the idea of putting Shinji into the entry plus of any Evangelion or even a test plug for that matter. It was way to early in his recovery to be expecting him to pilot or synchronize with an Evangelion. There had been a long drawn out argument over it the night before but it had ended the same way most things do in the Katsuragi household, with Misato issuing a direct order. Though it was not the Nerv operations directors' idea nor did she agree with it, it of course came straight from the top, commander Ikari himself gave the order.
It figures, his sons in accident that causes brain damage and less then 3 weeks later he orders an activation test to make sure he's still 'useable'. Waiting to see shinji was all she could do to stop herself from marching up to the commanders' office and shoving her fist in his cold face.
The past weeks had been hard on her boyfriend and at times had been harder on her. She had resolved to be there for him whenever he needed her but it was hard to be next to someone that you needed to be with and not be able to be exactly that. She would go to hold his hand while walking to school or kiss him in the morning and she would have to restrain herself from doing such simple acts of affection. One morning she had completely forgot and had slipped into bed with him. Luckily he had been in such a deep sleep he hadn't noticed her get in or leave a half hour later when she herself remembered the situation.
Misato was indisposed at the moment so the worried teen was Shinjis only support for when he awoke. She cursed her self for not being more forceful in her argument with Misato over the tests. If she perhaps had pleaded a better case to her guardian then Shinji would not be sitting in a hospital room alone and unconscious.
Asuka snapped her head to the left as she heard footsteps come from the room in which Shinji was resting. A doctor was standing between her and the door as she checked her charts "Miss Soryu, he's awake and he's asking for you."
She didn't any more then that the young girl pushed past the older woman with extreme urgency and raced through the door. The room was as bare as all the others in the hospital. The white walls were kept clean with that weird smelling disinfectant that hospitals used to keep things sterile.
The first thing the second child noted was the fact that her roommate was sitting up on the bed rather then laying down. The second was that he was facing the window away from her and the fact that he was wearing a hospital gown with nothing on underneath allowed her to see his naked…
"Shinji," she spoke up bringing the boys attention to her presence in the room, just before she developed a massive blush from starring at his naked behind. The boy looked at her blankly at first but his features softened into a smile. He stood up and walked over to her smiling slightly he stared at her intensely as if he had not seen her for days. She opened her mouth to speak but lost all words when he reached out and brushed her cheek with his hand. She stepped in closer to him losing her mind in what was happening, she realized that he did not remember her like this but at that point she didn't care.
Shinji slowly drew the beautiful girl close to him he reached up with his other hand and cupped her chin. She sighed contentedly under his touch as she remembered what it felt like to be touched by the one she loved. Sharing a quick smile Asuka managed to regain her mind and finally her voice, "are you ok?"
"I'm fine…" the boy answered pausing for a moment before completing "now I'm with you."
Startled by his words and a little confused she began to say something but was cut short as Shinji pulled her closer to him. Their lips met and Asuka was surprised that it was him kissing her and not the other way around. She soon fell deep into the kiss bringing her arms to encircle his waist she wanted this kiss to never end there was something special about it. Her heart skipped a beat as he began to draw her closer and moved his hands from her face brushing down along her shoulders and the top length of her arms.
Both teens hesitantly withdrew from the kiss but stayed in the embrace, Shinji settled his head on the girls shoulder and sighed. "I'm glad your okay," he said after a moment of silence "I heard you screaming and unit-02 going berserk I jus wanted to get to you but I couldn't, I'm sorry."
Asuka was lost for a minute and it was in no small part due to the kiss, he was talking about something that had happened weeks ago. "Uh…don't say sorry Shinji," she sighed and rested her head on his shoulder "you have nothing to apologize for. But that was a long time ago so don't worry about it now."
"A long time, Asuka it's only been a few hours," his comment made Asuka step back breaking from the embrace. Shinji looked at her suspiciously with slight regret at the missing contact between them "what did I say something…"
"Shinji, how did we meet?" The redhead asked making Shinji jump a little bye the unusual question. When she noticed how the question had affect him Asuka asked "do you know how we met?"
Shinji was confused as all hell and he let his companion know by the look on his face " Asuka are you kidding me of course I know how we met."
"Then tell me how?"
The boy still dumbfounded sighed in defeat "we met by my uncle when we were young you came and lived with me and him until we were seven."
Asuka blinked away the tears that had gathered in her eyes she couldn't believe it, he was back. Her Shinji had returned to her she smiled as best she could and grabbed the boy pulling him into their previous embrace though she held on much tighter then before. She sniffed softly into the base of his neck as she let a stream of tears lose. Shinji still bewildered just held her close to him trying to figure out why his answer had caused her to cry.
"Are you ok Asuka?" the now worried teen asked his girlfriend as she sobbed quietly in his embrace. The girl jus continued for the time being the tears being more happy then anything else.
Finally she recomposed herself enough to pull back and look Shinji over, her Shinji. "You," she started softly "you've been amnesic Shinji. It's been 3 weeks since the last angel since you were injured." She watched as the boys facial expression changed slightly prompting her to continue "you've been walking around with no memories until now and today you were in an activation test to see if you could still pilot. Something went wrong the Eva went berserk and you were admitted 2 hours ago."
Shinji tried to compute all this new information, he was injured in the battle he knew that but for him that was only a few hours ago tops. He couldn't believe he'd been up and walking around for weeks and not remembering who he was or even who she was. The last thing he could remember was her screaming and the pain from being hit by…gunfire.
"I thought I had lost you Shinji" the girl sobbed pulling him in once again so she could rest on his shoulder. She couldn't stop crying now her tears coming in waves of sobs "I…I shot you…it was my bullets that knocked you out," she managed between sobs and convulsions. "I…it's my fault."
The teenage boy heard her confession and just shrugged it off, he didn't want it to cause her so much pain. She didn't meant to hit him and that's all that mattered to him now he just had to make her see that, "Asuka hunny, its not your fault. You didn't mean to it was an accident."
Asuka sniffed and pulled back to look at his face once again she whipped her eyes before she dared to speak. A small smile creeping across her lips, "did…did you just call me hunny?"
"Yeah I guess I just did," Shinji smiled sheepishly. "Why don't you like it" he tried to fake disappointment.
Asuka chuckled a little though she was still crying slightly she shook her head and smiled at her boyfriend "no I quite like it, hunny." They both smiled at each other and leaned in for another kiss, mere seconds before their lips and the door burst open causing both teens to jump back, blushing furiously.
Who other then Misato Katsuragi could break up such a sweet and romantic moment with an unexpected entrance? "Shinji" the half drunk half tired operations director cried out as she flung across the room and engulfed the boy in question in a bear hug.
Shinji had no problem with this as he was quite used to it by now though he did feel like Asuka would tare holes in Misato if she didn't stop soon. Also he was begging to deplete his oxygen supply "Misato…AIR!"
"Oh sorry," the over exuberant woman smiled and pulled back from the boy but still kept him at arms length, "I was so worried about you Shinji, Unit-01 went berserk and you were knocked out an I had to report to the commanders office and I wanted nothing more then to be here when you woke up but I jus couldn't."
"It's ok Misato," Asuka pushed her way in-between her guardian and her boyfriend taking up residency in Shinji's arms. The boy didn't mind at all he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close, she smiled up at him "he's fine I was here to wake him up."
"Um…" Misato looked just as confused as shinji had when he first woke up, Shinji and Asuka were embracing and Shinji didn't mind at all. "Shinji," she tried to pick something out of her mind and came to a conclusion but she had to be sure "how did we meet?"
The two teens laughed as the question was quite familiar, "Misato do you really want me to tell Asuka about the photo you sent me."
Misato smiled "its good to have you back." She moved over to the two and wrapped her arms around both of them happy things were about to be more normal again.
Asuka however was not impressed and she began to prod Shinji's ribs "what photo!" Shinji and Misato both laughed loudly as Asuka became agitated and began poking both her companions "I'm going to find that photo you know."
The empty halls of Nerv hospital resonated with the sound of laughter as a family were reunited once more.
AN: well that took a long bloody time. I kno prob not up to my usual standards but give me a break I've got a lot on my plate right now. As some of you might already know I have broken up with my girlfriend again and its over for good now, I've started school again or sumthin similar anyway so yea. And as you all know I've not written anything in a long time due to no computer no internet and also jus no inspiration. Due to the fact that im dumped and depressed tho not over that nemore but other things u may see a slight decline in either my standards or in the WAFF/Romance content in my stories for a while, as I am depressed and no longer believe in love. Don't blame me blame kristy and I can say whatever I want u stupid bitch cause this is my fic my site and your prob not gunna read them anymore anyway. But well if you do, u should know this already but I'll always love u no matter how much of a bitch u r. Even tho u already have a new bf n u don't wanna hear me say these things but I jus want you to be happy.
And to all you readers if there are any left lol I've been down n out for so long I've prob lost everyone and only a few religiously loyal ppl will read lol, but if you do read PLEASE leave a message even if its jus to say hi I read it it sucks lol. I jus like to gauge how many ppl are reading cause if I don't get enough readers I prob jus wont bother posting, no pressure lol.
Neway hope to update again soon as I seem to have a lil bit of momentum and my mothers laptop . Any direct messages that might b inappropriate for review posting then send to I also have my yahoo messenger and msn back up so add me if u want yahoo is don't send me emails to the yahoo as I only use it for chat not emails.
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