Disclaimer: see chapter 1
Chapter 2 teaser: numbed life
From the shadows before them,
From the light in the front.
The reunion of the hunt
Of 2 wandering souls
When united they start the stunt
Of going against the scrolls,
Everything off course it shunts.
But one of those souls
Has gone numb.
Shinji looked into Hotaru's mesmerizing eyes, strange eyes indeed. The part of the iris closest to the pupil was hazel, the part next to the white was sky blue, but in-between the two colors was a band of emerald. Just like her eyes, her body gave off an exotic taste, with her skin slightly tanned, black hair with blue highlights, and a decent figure. But none of those properties was what Shinji remembered the most about her. No, it was her melodic voice. It floated above all other sounds and was soothing to hear. Alas, singing and music was what she was only good at. While she was not dumb, she never did well in school, not to mention people picked on her because of her unique properties. She never could defend herself, so she left Shinji's secondary hometown (the town he lived in when Gendo left him) one year before Shinji came to NERV. She was 4 grades above Shinji and used to baby-sit him when they were younger. Now she was working at this music store…
"Hai, Shinji-otouto, it is me, your Hotaru-neechan!" Hotaru's exclamation was lackluster at best. Only thing is… Shinji did not know how to reply.
As he just stood there, Hotaru became worried. She didn't know what to do or say as Shinji's mental functions seemed to shut down.
Finally he managed to reply. "Hotaru... I... I thought you were not here... I thought you were leaving Japan!"
With a sad look in her eyes, Hotaru decided to tell the truth. "Shinji... I moved back... I no longer found anything in life enjoyable..."
"So you came to Tokyo-3 to see how much longer until you could die? You came here just to commit another form of suicide?" Was all Shinji could say.
"Yes"
This one word... one simple three letter word, in both Nihongo and English, did what no other explanation could do.
It told of everything.
All the pain, the suffering. There was a reason Hotaru was like this, and it is one of the reasons why certain people can pilot EVA.
A long time ago, Hotaru was a normal kid. She did not have exotic eyes, strange hair, or that special voice everyone knew.
But all of that changed with two words, one event. Second Impact.
Hotaru was one of the few children on board a cruise ship that fateful day. A cruise ship that was dangerously close to the antartic circle. That day, her parents' days became numbered. And that day, Hotaru contracted the disease that caused all of her troubles.
That day, everyone on that cruise ship contracted a ultra-rare diesease, now classified by the UN, WHO, SEELE, and NERV to be:
Angelius Corpusoma.
Angelic-body cancer.
AN: only part is done... ch1 is 80 done with revisions. This is on the "back burner" so to speak.
Right now order of importance/ completion
Specify the Enigma Ch2: 20
D:M: 25
NM Revisions: 80
RB ch1: 0