So,here comes the second chapter where Shinji finally fights Sachiel.
This chapter was supposed to come out the day after the first,well it took way longer than I expected It to write so sorry for the wait I suppose.
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"Shinji,just focus on walking right now."Misato said from the bridge. walk?WALK!?THAT THING IS LESS THAN 50 METERS IN FRONT OF ME!No,Shinji decided he wouldn't just walk,how about a leap?With that Eva-01 jumps toward the angel bringing down its fist as it does,The thing Shinji had forgotten one very crucial thing about fighting angels,the had an AT field. Shinji girth his teeth as his,or more accurately what felt like his fist impacted a very solid wall of energy.
"Shinji!are you alright?"While Shinji was indeed moved by her concern he had more pressing matters to attend to. Eva-01 jumps back,for a few seconds both colossal beasts simply look at each other,and then Sachiel stepped forwards,its colossal figure standing at about the Eva's own height. It however made no move to attack,simply watching for a solid 30 seconds.
"Well if you aren't gonna attack first,then I guess I'll do it!"Unit 1 charged forwards,Shinji focused on the enemy AT Field,to be more exact he focused on eroding it,Eva-01 began to erode the angel's field,Sachiel takes a step back as if surprised,Shinji presses his attack breaking through the angel's AT field and attempting to send a punch directly at its core,only for the angel to catch his arm and crush it,the armor plating giving away underneath the enemy's hand and the bone crunching as it breaks under the pressure.
"AGHHHHH!"Shinji's screaming voice seemed through echo in the silence of the bridge.
"Shinji,Focus its just in your head!"Misato shouted over his screams.
"HOW ABOUT WE CHANGE PLACES AND I BREAK YOUR WRIST,THEN WE'LL SEE JUST HOW MUCH ITS JUST IN MY HEAD!"Shinji shouted back and used his free arm to punch the arm Sachiel was holding him in. The angel's arm seems damaged and it lets go of shinji's own with a low shriek of pain.
If Shinji remembered correctly he could heal the fractures and plate damage with his AT Field if he concentrated,of course that was hard with a harbinger of death staring you down.
He then did something that was probably very stupid,he detached his power cable and ran like he'd never run before. As he ran he concentrated on healing his Eva's arm and it worked,to some extent,he'd managed to heal the broken bone but the armor plating was still shattered.
He reads out the internal battery timer,4:30.Good enough.
Shinji wills unit 1 to remove the prog knife from the left shoulder pylon and turns towards the angel,who had leapt in his direction and was now some 300 meters in front of him.
He charges towards the angel, puts one of its hands up in a rather feeble attempt to stop the might of the incoming Evangelion, knife goes through it with ease leading the knife directly into the angel's core, uses its good hand and grabs at the Eva's head extending its light lance into the Evangelion's head. Shinji screams in pain,feeling as if his own head is being pierced by the spear of light but doesn't losses his grip on the weapon in his hands and pushes further into its core.
1:90,The core starts to crack,the lance retracts and extends into the Evangelion's skull 's grip on the weapon loosens for a moment,that's all the angel needs.
"NO!its going to self destruct!"That's the last thing Shinji remembers hearing before the pain overtakes him.
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Shinji woke up in a hospital room. not for the first and probably last time in his life.
"Yet another unknown ceiling..."He'd grown used to those with age,hey had once scarred him,now they were part of everyday life as much as anything else.
Shinji dressed with his usual clothing,his favored white shirt and black pants and left the hospital room,no point in waiting in an uncomfortable bed.
He then looks out the window,he had taken to doing that recently,one could pick up a lot about the world and its people by merely looking out the window and watching. A young,blue haired girl passes by him on a stretcher eyeing him curiously as she does so. Ayanami,Rei,plays a specific,yet undisclosed role in the scenario,half Lilith,half my mother,half my sister. does that make her my half sister?or quarter sister?he'd have to ask his father just how much of his mother's own genetic material was in Ayanami.
Shinji sat down in the waiting room and looked at his wrist,of course the damage wasn't there,but mentally at least he'd broken his wrist just yesterday,yet here it was good as new. I didn't expect any damage but still it just felt so...real I guess. Sympathetic damage sucks!
Misato Wordlessly approaches and Shinji gives her a re-assuring smile.
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Shinji Had not expected his father on the hospital,hell he would have half expected the man to simply appear in his newly designated apartment like some sort of creepy old guy or something,but not in an hospital,his father Loathed Hospitals,Gendo Ikari despised them with such a passion that his wife,Shinji's mother had to force him to go there after Gendo broke an arm before he was born. He hated them so incredibly much he'd been the last male Yui knew to see Shinji just so he didn't have to enter a thrice damned hospital.
"Dad?"The look of confusion on his son's face would have made Gendo laugh if he wasn't in a god forsaken five times damned irritable awful hospital.
"I've come to inform you that major Katsuragi and I have agreed that you will stay in her care for the duration of your stay at NERV,and to check on your wounds."
"I'm cool with living with Miss Katsuragi,and I'm not really injured. Thank you for your concern"Shinji replied.
"Now I'm going to take the quickest way out of this fucking place as quickly as possible"Gendo then started pushing the elevator door 'closing' button erratically before a few seconds later the elevator doors closed and it started its descent.
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They were now both on Misato's car,still damaged from the N2 mine explosion but functional.
"Well we have to have a party right?"Misato asked cheerfully.
"Well,I'm not opposed to a party by any means but what for?"That was something most didn't expect,Shinji the boy who liked to sit in his own corner and listen to classical music on his SDAT and who liked philosophy classes way more than any boy his age should,that same Shinji Ikari loved parties,he liked his peace and quiet sure,but he relished the chance to relax and let his emotions out on dancing to the newest hits and spending time with others in those kinds of social events.
"Welcoming my new roommate of course!"She asked again with that overly Cheer full tone that both annoyed and motivated Shinji. He just smiled widely in response,his first real friend In Tokyo-3,Perhaps saving the world wont be so difficult after all. Not with people like Misato by his side.
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"So,your moving out after all?"Shinji couldn't help but overhear the 2 house-wives as they passed by.
"Yes,this place just isn't safe anymore,to think it would become a battlefield,Betty lost her eldest in the last attack."She heard the other say.
"Isn't that the kind of thing I'm supposed to stop from happening?"He whispered the question to himself as he balled his fists in frustration,he was supposed to be helping these people saving them and all of mankind,but because he was too slow,or too weak or too reckless that woman would have to live her life without ever seeing her son again. because I failed,because I wasn't good enough. Shinji hated that feeling of doing his best yet knowing it was not enough,it made him feel small,helpless to save himself and more importantly others.
"Did you say something Shinji?"Misato asked as she turned around.
"No,just thinking aloud is all."
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"Hey,Shinji."Shinji turned to Misato,a large bag of which he was sure 90% of its contents was beer on his lap.
"Yes Misato,what is it?"He asked as he shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Do you mind if we stop somewhere?"She made the question with a rather hope-full expression on her face.
"No I wont mind."He replied,anything to get rid of this god-forsaken bag of beer and some food,and I am curious where she's taking me.
A few more minutes of silent riding and they arrive at their destination,a small road overlooking the city.
"The city from up here looks so lonely,empty. It's hard to believe 600,000 people live here."He said aloud.
"Its time."
And with a blare of alarms,the city returned to its normal configuration,Buildings rising from their defensive positions underneath the ground and piercing the skies with their size.
"Amazing..."Was the only word Shinji could make come out of his mouth as he looked on in awe as the buildings rose.
"This is Tokyo-3,this is our city,and its the city you saved. So be proud of it."Misato told Shinji,who for his part was looking no longer at the city,but at the horizon beyond it. The sun lowering into the hill-side. More than that. he thought .this is the world I saved.
"I am."Was his truthful answer.
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Shinji was carrying a grocery bag while Misato carried the other,they finally reach Misato's apartment.
"Your things should already been delivered"For that he was thankful,he did not have many possessions ,but those he did he cherished greatly.
"Well,i just moved into this apartment too."Misato stated."Come in"
"Pardon the intrusion"He said.
"Come on now Shinji,this is your home now."Misato said with a small laugh
"Well then. Im home"With that he took a confident step into his home and what he felt like was the first true step into his new life
"Welcome Home."
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Shinji finally got a bath after 2,1.5? days of stress. There many questions going on in his mind,like who in their right mind keeps a penguin as a pet,who can be so messy?who could have lived in that mess for more than a minute without stabbing their eyes out with a fork?However for now at least he choose to ignore those questions,baths were on the luxuries he'd allowed himself in-between his secretive NERV training and his school and social lives. They eased the mind in a way that the 3-5 hours of sleep a day he'd been getting before coming to Tokyo-3 didn't.
Eventually he had to,of course leave the bath and decided he'd go to bed early today,early for him at least at put on his SDAT,listened to his music and feel into a dreamless slumber.
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"So,how was Rei today?"Ritsuko asked as Gendo looked on to the immobilized figure of Unit-00.
"She's fine,will be ready to work in a month if her wounds heal well." Was his short reply."By then we'll have to re-activate unit-00."
"Very well. Have you told her yet?"There was hope in her voice,hope which was crushed when Gendo shook his head no and replied.
"No,She's not been informed in the change to the scenario since my last conversation with Shinji before he arrived on Tokyo-3"
Ritsuko just sighed and hoped things would turn out for the better. They had to,for humanity's sake.
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So I couldn't introduce Rei this chapter as it would make it even harder for me to get this out by today,sorry about that.
This chapter was shorter than I wanted it too but I feel was not too bad.