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Dictionary:
Ok - an explanation first: I like the way certain words sound in other languages, so I opted to use those words instead of the English equivalent. They are listed below. Note: Asuka DOES use German occasionally in the sub/dubs, so I am going to keep that up here.
The words/phrases:
hentai, ecchi and sukebe - pervert or perverted (Japanese).
Arschloch - A-Hole (German).
Mein Gott! - My GOD! (German)
Dummkopf - Idiot or moron - literally translated as "stupid head" (German).
Baka - idiot, moron or jerk. The MOST versatile word in Asuka's Japanese dictionary!
Gomen (or Gomen Nasai) - I'm sorry (Japanese)
Nein - No (German)
Bitte - Please (German)
Hör' auf - Halt or Stop (German)
Natürlich - Naturally (German)
Wundermädchen - WonderGirl (German)
Note: "chan" at the end of names is used as a familiar title, or one of affection, and "sama" or "san" are ones of respect: the first is very respected, the latter is respect as equals.
Note: There is a German phrase near the end. Asuka says it in English right after. Thanks Dr Geoduck for the German refresher and translations!
Now, Will Z Presents:
She's Got a Way About Her
A Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfiction
Chapter 5: Choices
She floated in an endless sea of translucent orange liquid, drifting from point to point in seemingly random fashion. Her ruby eyes glowed with determination as she looked at each point she came to, then passed over it just as quickly in order to find the one she needed. The events of the past few moments had been an epiphany: She now understood what it meant to live, and she desired desperately to share it with the one she cared for the most.
In moments, she found the point of light she had been looking for, and cupped it in her hands. She smiled faintly, bringing the tiny light to her lips with arms of light. It was now time.
"Wake up, Aida-san," Rei Ayanami said to the rapidly growing point of light.
Kensuke drifted along, not quite sure where he was. All he knew was that his sources on the computer networks told him that the GeoFront was under fire, when the whole world suddenly went white right before he found himself floating in this endless sea of what he thought were stars.
"Aida-san," a voice called to him. He must be really out of it; he could almost swear that Rei was speaking to him now, "Aida-san, I need to speak with you."
Maybe this was a dream, and if so, he wasn't sure if he ever wanted to wake up. He had been so worried about Rei, especially after the rumors he had heard about one of the Eva's self-destructing. He had tried to call her, but to no avail; Her phone wasn't even in service anymore, and the one time he had called Shinji, he wasn't sure if anyone was there or not. He assumed the penguin might have just knocked the phone off the hook.
"About what, Rei-chan?" he asked, feeling embarrassed - he realized he had forgotten to drop the "chan" as he usually did when he said her name aloud. Though he couldn't see her, he suddenly felt at ease: almost as if she had smiled at him.
"About something very important, Kensuke-kun," she answered. Was that amusement in her voice? He wasn't sure, but he didn't have time to think, as the sea of stars dissolved into the giant oak outside of the school, where they had met on occasion after the school's Christmas project. Rei stood there, naked for a moment, until the dress she wore the night of the concert flowed onto her. He blinked, approaching her outstretched hand slowly, half-expecting her to dissolve when he touched her. He was surprised though, when she held him firmly and pulled him closer. Why was she doing this? Why him, of all the people that were out there?
"Because, Kensuke-kun," she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder, "I have seen into your heart. You are worthy of this gift I am going to give you."
He was still shocked. Had he said that out loud? Best not to think of that right now. He thought he could smell the subtle scent of cherry blossoms in her hair. The scent seemed to try to pull him away from the conversation. With effort, he brought himself back to the subject at hand.
"Gift?" He asked weakly as her scent filled his mind with thoughts of kissing her again.
"Yes," the blue haired girl whispered again, moving closer to him, "but first, a dance?"
They held each other for what seemed forever, as she pulled him closer, pressing their lips tighter together. All too soon, he opened his eyes, pulling himself away from her reluctantly.
"You had something to talk to me about?" he said somewhat breathlessly. He held her as he had at the dance: Around the waist, her hips almost touching his, yet still apart enough for them to look at each other intimately. He unconsciously reached for his glasses, only then realizing they were no longer there. She smiled at him, starting to dance slowly. He joined her.
"Yes," she said, smiling at him," I am going to give you... A choice." She smiled at him as she watched his puzzled expression.
"A choice?" he parroted, "What kind of choice?"
"One that has only been given to only four people. You are one of the four."
Kensuke was silent. He didn't know how to reply. He thought of "why me?" and several other interesting variations thereof, but discarded them. Rei took his quiet as an excuse to continue.
"This choice," she said, "is because I have seen the worth of your heart, and found you are deserving of it.
"Kensuke, not only do you receive the choice of returning to Reality as it is, instead of how you'd want it to be, you also have the choice of being with the one you wish to spend your life with, as well."
Kensuke was baffled.
"Can you explain a bit better?" he replied, still lost.
She smiled, and the world around them changed to a view of the earth from space. He could see a luminous Rei with her hands around a blood-red sphere. From this sphere emanated millions of lights shaped like crosses. There was a larger cross before her, and she was smiling at it.
"As things are now," she began, "I hold humanity in my hand. I can pass judgment or I could give the choice of death, rebirth, or communion to the human race. Or, I could choose not to assist, and watch plans to bring humanity to destruction come to fruition.
"I have chosen to aid humanity, whether in its evolution, or in communion. As it stands now, the AT field that separates one person from another has been removed. All are now one, with the exception of four I have mentioned."
Kensuke nodded. It seems Rei had somehow kept humanity from destroying itself fully. How? What did this have to do with him?
"It is all because of you and Ikari-kun." She said, making him jump. SHE WAS reading his mind!
"H... How?" he asked, afraid to say any more.
"The past is better forgotten," she said sadly, "Will it suffice to say that the one that wanted death most got his wish?"
"Yes," he said. He could see Rei ease a little.
"Humanity was saved in part, by you and Ikari-kun, but the other two helped, as well. Thus: the choice.
"The first choice: Death, life, rebirth or communion?"
The answer was plain to Kensuke. "Life."
Rei simply nodded. She seemed to him to already know that was what he would choose.
"Now, the second choice," she said, a glint coming to her eye, "Who would you like to have return with you?"
Kensuke was flabbergasted. HE could choose anyone to return with him?
"So," Rei said, a slight smirk forming on her face, as her hair turned long and red, "Would you like a redhead?"
Kensuke stood there, amazed. "Well, I..."
Rei's hair returned to normal length, but was bunched into two pig-tails with a sandy-blonde color, "Or do you prefer blondes?"
"Or do you have a thing for freckles?" Her face had freckles, now.
Kensuke was about to answer her, but quickly, her face and hair returned to normal. She put on a pair of glasses. His glasses.
"Or do you prefer a girl with..." She began to say, but was cut off by Kensuke pulling her close to him, kissing her on the lips tenderly.
"I usually prefer the quiet type," Kensuke said, breaking the kiss. He looked at Rei's impish smile turn to one of pure joy.
Rei smiled. She had been hoping beyond all hope that he did have feelings for her. True, she could have pried like she had to with Ikari-kun, but this time, she wanted to try another tact, especially when the next one was going to be just as difficult as Ikari-kun had been.
Rei remembered when she and Kensuke had been at the performance of "The Nutcracker," and how she hadn't been too responsive to him back then. He hadn't seemed to mind; he had been a perfect gentleman all night. The one thing that was unexpected and pleasant was how he had held her hand during the whole performance. It didn't seem like much at the time, until she put it together with how he always asked how she was, or if she needed anything. During the second intermission, she had broken away from him, meeting up with Asuka and Hikari in the restrooms. They each asked how things were going, and she had said something non-committal, even though she could still feel where Kensuke's hand had touched hers. Even now, she could still feel the press of his lips on her own.
"Then," Rei smiled, pulling herself away from the memory, "You shall have your wish." Once more, she embraced him, pressing her lips to his, before he faded away.
I'll be there shortly. She whispered, looking at the point on the Earth she had sent him to. Wait for me.
Now: to find the last.
Asuka was curled into a ball. She hurt from head-to-toe. Her body could still feel her Eva being brutally torn apart. Mother was gone now. Shinji was gone now. She was the only thing present amidst this endless void.
An image formed before her eyes, and she forced her eyes closed, attempting to send the image away. It didn't look like a painful image, unless one knew what it represented. The small heart-shaped diamond bordered by rubies was a representation of what she had lost - of whom she had lost by driving him away in one simple act of foolishness. Though that incident happened months ago, the pain was still fresh; kept so by Asuka herself each time she had to be in his presence. How could something so simple cause such pain while giving her such joy at the same time?
"Did you keep it?" a voice asked her. It had a musical quality to it that soothed her, but she refused to hear or respond, save from trying to curl up tighter.
"Ikari-kun was devastated when you were taken away from him," the voice continued. Asuka realized it was Rei's voice.
"How can you be so sure?" she spat the words at the blue-haired girl. She opened her eyes to stare at Rei's back, "the last I saw, He didn't even want to help me when I needed it most!"
"Untrue," Rei said, turning to her. Asuka started. When did Rei wear glasses?
"How can you be so sure, Wundermädchen?" She repeated, anger rising, "You weren't there! I had to fight those damned things on my own, and he never showed up!
"He couldn't rescue you. He was lost." Rei calmly replied.
"Lost?"
"Yes. Shinji cared for you so much, he wanted to be with you, but since you pushed him away, and since the incidents with the fifteenth and seventeenth angels, he has grown unsure how you feel about him. It tore him apart inside."
Asuka looked skeptical. Since when did Rei become an expert on Shinji?
"Since I had seen his heart, and saw that he loves you more than anything else." Rei answered, a look of compassion on her face. Asuka saw her hold out a hand. In her palm was the pendant, glimmering softly despite the absence of light.
"Why do you deny yourself happiness?" the blue-haired girl asked, "It is not a leash. It is not a burden. It is something that can set you free, if you so choose."
Asuka covered her face with her hands, letting her fingers and auburn hair hide her blue eyes from Rei's gaze.
"I don't need your pity!" She screamed, holding back the tears. She felt a hand on her shoulder, as well as the small pendant. The pendant seemed to burn her as much as the hand soothed.
"I don't need anything! I can take care of myself!" she said, her voice becoming weaker at the end, "I have always taken care of myself."
The silence stretched between them. Rei didn't say anything to Asuka, which made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. She ventured to look up, seeing Rei still there, wearing glasses and the dress she had worn to the concert.
"You never answered my question." Rei said placidly, holding the pendant out to Asuka, "Did you keep it?"
Asuka hesitated. Why was Rei asking when she clearly knew the answer? Rei looked on expectantly, the pendant swinging from her fingertips like a pendulum.
"You know the answer," Asuka said aloud, "so why do I have to tell you?"
"It is something you need to admit to yourself." Rei answered simply.
"Natürlich," She said, turning her head away from Rei, "of COURSE I kept it! Are you happy now?" She could feel the tears building. Why HAD she kept it, anyways? She was so certain that Shinji hated her, so... Why?
Her eyes were opened suddenly, and she noticed that the scenery had changed to the pool inside Nerv. Rei sat at the pool's edge; the glasses she now wore had pushed down to the tip of her nose. She looked up from her inspection of the water to stare at Asuka once more.
"It isn't a matter of whether I am happy or not," The blue-haired girl replied, " as much as it is whether YOU are happy. Are you, Asuka?"
Asuka was uncertain what to say as Rei calmly pushed the glasses back to the bridge of her nose. Asuka wrapped her arms around herself, feeling a shiver run through her body. Rei was dressed similar to Dr. Akagi, making her more aware of her own nakedness.
Asuka fidgeted as Rei walked over to her. She wanted to run, but the other girl's unblinking gaze held her firmly. She began to sweat as the blue-haired girl stopped in front of her, staring into her eyes.
"I," she began, but the words she wanted to say drifted away, "I don't know."
Rei only nodded, and once more, the scene changed. The images were as Asuka always remembered them - in a dismal grayscale that usually fit her mood. She and Rei stood out in stark contrast, but it wasn't important. The image before her was, though.
She was younger in these images of her standing before the dangling corpse that had been her mother. Close by was the doll that looked so much like her; it too was dangling from a noose. She turned away from the image, wishing she could make them go away forever.
"This is when you decided to push everyone away," Rei said in that annoyingly analytical voice she used when going over her orders by rote.
"But," Asuka began, hesitant at first, but getting more assertive, "but everyone hates me!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"What about Ikari-kun?"
"What about him? He doesn't care, either!"
"Untrue. He thinks you hate him, and it has been tearing away at him from the inside. He NEEDS you, Asuka. As much as you need him."
Asuka took in a breath. Did Shinji really feel that way for her? Even after the way she had treated him? The anguish she had felt when she had first saw the pendant came back to her, causing her vision to become blurry from the tears.
The view changed once more. Asuka watched herself sitting in her Eva02, screaming for the angel to get out of her mind. She remembered everything the angel had brought to the surface; everything she had ever hoped for, as well as her fears, tearing them painfully from her mentally and physically.
"Why do you think Ikari-kun hates you?" Rei asked, turning to the angel. "Is it because he didn't help you when you thought he could have kept you from being violated?"
"No," Asuka replied, "It's..." The image switched again to her battling the white, grinning Evas. She felt weak as she watched herself scream while ripping one's skull away from its lower jaw in an explosion of teeth, bone and blood.
"Or was it here that you decided he hated you?" Rei asked
Asuka was nonplussed. Too much information was coming to her for her to process and filter out at one time, especially those of the attack. She turned away from the sight of her Eva extending its AT field against the lance...
And was looking once more at her in the cockpit screaming for the angel to leave her mind.
"Why are you doing this?" Asuka asked, trembling. She couldn't understand why she was having this nightmare. Maybe she had died and gone to hell in that Eva attack.
"I ask you," Rei spoke, "Were you in danger here?"
"Of course I was!" Asuka said, still seeing some of the images in her mind, "I couldn't fight it! It was raping my mind!"
"And had to be saved once more."
"Yes!"
"But not by Shinji."
"Yes! He didn't want to save me!"
"Is that so? Then listen, and tell me if you still feel that way."
Asuka listened to herself screaming. She could feel the tears welling up as she remembered more of what the angel had done to her. Suddenly, Shinji could be heard on the intercom, trying to get clearance to launch, while his father refused him, even when Shinji begged. She thought she could hear him crying, but she believed she was hearing things.
Until she heard his scream of frustration and rage, followed by him once more begging the commander to let him launch.
The tears fell. She couldn't help it, no matter how hard she tried. She never cried. She had never cried before even when her mother died, and now she couldn't stop; all the pent up anger and loneliness and frustration bubbled to the surface in this final torrent. He didn't hate her! He still cared for her, and she still didn't have a chance to tell him, to say...
She felt Rei hold her, making her relax some, especially when she realized that the way Rei held her reminded her of how her mother used to hold her before she died. Asuka felt exposed. She was vulnerable in both body and soul. Where could she go from here? She had pushed away everyone, and now she was really alone.
"Were you in danger when you faced this angel?" Rei asked, pushing Asuka away from her enough for the blue-eyed girl's gaze to watch the scene play out, "Do you think the angel would have harmed you?"
"It hurt." Asuka whispered, "It felt like I was being stabbed by an endless sea of white-hot needles. It kept pulling at me and I couldn't stop it."
"Would you be surprised to know that the angel wasn't trying to hurt you?"
"It... Wasn't?"
"It was trying to understand you, Asuka. Your life was never in Jeopardy."
"How do you..?"
"The angels aren't evil, Asuka. The Commander ordered modifications to the Eva to intentionally scramble the communications. The angel was ASKING you to let it in, but the implant into Eva was filtering your response out, and replacing it with a synthesized request to continue... which the angel did. This angel's intentions, as well as the others before it, were not what Seele or Nerv believed them to be. Seele's agenda, as well as Nerv's were for their own personal gains, while the angels were trying to bring us to something better, but in order to do so, they needed to destroy those things held by Nerv. "
Asuka couldn't understand. What would they gain from this?
"There is one that had access to prophecies of these events," Rei answered Asuka's thoughts, "He planned for the fall of the second, and was surprised that he didn't have to order Major Katsuragi to put you in the point position, so that the prophecy could come true: the prophecy of the second child's downfall was to make room for the fifth child to betray them.
"And for what reason, you ask? Suffice it to say that the one that wished for death the most received his wish,"
Asuka was stunned. Did the Commander really know what was going to happen?
"If you hadn't pushed Ikari-kun away, you wouldn't have felt so guilty." Rei brought the Second child's thoughts back to Shinji with that comment, holding the pendant out to her. Asuka looked at it warily, forgetting the previous moment's revelations.
"Shinji was no different from the angel, in that respect," Rei continued, "He only wanted to understand you, but you pushed him away, never hearing what he was saying to you, and denying that he was asking you to let him in. You were hurting yourself each time you pushed him away, because your pride refused to acknowledge the wish to be part of something bigger. You were up all night worrying about him because you had literally tossed him into the trash twice in one day. You even rejected him when you had kissed him. You also knew you wanted to kiss him when you were under the mistletoe, so why DID you push him away?"
Silence followed. She didn't know how to respond to that. All those times in front of her door, fearing that Shinji would open it and discover here there, listening. All those times she had yelled at him or smacked him for something. And worse: all those times she had insulted him came back to her like a tidal wave. How often had she called him an idiot, even when it was plain that he was just being nice to her? How many?
Before she could answer, Rei had brought them to another familiar scene.
She stared at the couple on the dance floor. They looked so... She couldn't put it into words. Both of them had their eyes closed, oblivious to everything but the other and the music.
Asuka felt numb as she watched herself. She couldn't believe that she could look so... Content.
"He always tried to be gentle," Rei said, "Particularly with you, not for fear of you, but because he knew how fragile you were. He saw past the well-crafted facade, and he decided he was going to do everything he could to keep from hurting you."
"W...When?" Asuka said, her mouth and throat felt dry and rough.
"Since the first time he saw you," Rei said simply. Asuka could only nod. Her mind and body felt numb.
"He," Asuka said, but couldn't continue; she thought of what to say, but the words wouldn't leave her mouth. Her tongue felt like swollen sandpaper now, and the numbness from before worsened. She felt as if she were going to bring up every meal she had eaten since joining the Eva project.
"You knew. Don't deny it."
"I..."
"You've been lying to yourself about the pendant, and how it came to your hands."
"Stop, please."
"I can't. You have to face this."
"I... I don't want to."
"It is for your own good."
"NO!" Asuka cried, curling herself into a little ball "Leave me alone! I don't... Don't..."
"The whole scenario with the angel was like that." Rei replied, "Didn't you see how you kept pulling from your childhood? Though the memories were buried deep, they hadn't been as painful as those that you had recently suffered, thus, if it had had the chance, it would have pried them from you, as well."
Asuka covered her ears, but still Rei's voice overpowered her.
"You had stated that you never cried, and yet, not too long ago, a certain day in the life of Asuka Sohryu Langley was a day when she had cried herself to the point of hating everyone: INCLUDING the one she loved the most."
"NEIN! NEIN! Hör' auf!" Asuka sobbed, returning to her native tongue, "Bitte... Bitte..."
"Do you still hate him, Asuka?" Rei said, breaking the silence. Suddenly Asuka felt angry. What right did she have to say that, after what Rei had done to Kensuke?
"Me? What about you? " She cried, clenching her fist, "First, you lead him on, and then, in moments, you basically blow Kensuke off as if he were a passing fancy!" She felt a wave of satisfaction as Rei winced. The blue-haired girl took off the glasses, folded them, and put them into her labcoat's pocket.
"What happened between Kensuke and myself," Rei said, looking up at Asuka, "was for his safety. The Security guards watching the Children were beginning to suspect something. That, added to the fact I was all but ordered to by the Commander... He understood. He didn't like it. I didn't like it, even at that time, but it had to be done. I told him how I felt. Did you ever tell Shinji?"
"No, "Asuka said, the fire of moments ago quenched, "I... I never had the chance."
"And then, the Eva series attacked." Rei said, watching Asuka nod her assent,
"What would you say if I told you that you were dead right now?"
She couldn't say anything. She tried to keep from crying once more. Was this punishment from all that time holding in her tears?
"You are neither dead or alive," Rei said, "I hold the fate of the world in my hands. I will ask you this once, Pilot Langley, and I want your honest answer: If you had the chance, would you tell Shinji you love him? Would you want to return to the world as it is, if it was to be with him?"
Asuka trembled. Was Rei REALLY serious? Would she really take him away from her if she couldn't find the courage to tell him that she loved him? Would she take Shinji away, for all the times she had looked down on Rei? She could feel her panic grow with each thought.
"You have nothing to fear," Rei said simply, reaching into her pocket, pulled out the glasses and fiddled with them absently, "I want your honest answer, not one made out of fear."
The statement did little to settle her nerves.
"Please, Asuka." Rei said, looking at her with sadness, "The truth won't hurt you."
Asuka trembled as he tried to think. If it was true, then Shinji really did love her, which terrified her as much as the thought of him hating her. What was she going to do? What did she WANT to do?
Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes, hoping that she wouldn't regret her choice.
"I," She said, taking another deep breath, "want to tell him I love him."
Rei smiled, embracing her. Once more she was overcome with tears.
"Then go." Rei whispered in her ear, "He's waiting for you."
Before Asuka could reply, the world became black once more.
Kaworu watched as the blue-haired girl turned to face him with a penetrating glare. He smiled back as warmly as he could, attempting to dispel any reservations the other might have of him. He needed to gain her trust, or else, he would have to take measures he really didn't want to, for the sake of the Lilim - those she called humanity - in her care.
"That was interesting," he said, grinning, "Not as interesting as that sideshow you pulled with Shinji-kun, but interesting nonetheless."
Rei stared at him, making even him feel slightly uncomfortable.
"I noticed you didn't tell them about the others," he said, recovering his composure.
"They will know in time."
"But Asuka and Shinji would be thrilled to know that Touji and Hikari are safe."
"They will learn, but not until it is time."
"When will that be?"
"When myself and Kensuke are with them again."
Kaworu was surprised. Wasn't she going to put everyone back down in Japan? He tensed, fearing that she would give in to the urges of the one she merged with.
"You have nothing to fear," Rei said, turning away from him to look at the blue planet that appeared before her, "Lilith wishes an end to the cycle."
Kaworu nodded, but still felt uneasy.
"Now that it's over," He said, turning her to look him in the eye "Are you really sure about this, Rei-chan?"
"Yes," she replied, blushing a little, "I... Love him."
"Enough to give up the power you now possess?" he asked, feeling slightly mollified. Maybe this wouldn't end badly, after all.
"What I have is sufficient," Rei answered, her eyes blazing, "HE will be sufficient."
Kaworu smiled warmly at Rei. She HAD thought out her actions in advance. Even now, she prevented humanity - the game pieces in this complex chess game - from being destroyed as the ones that started this game had so wished. Now was the time for him to be sure of her motives, though.
"Is that so?" he countered, "but what about what has been started? Are you going to let everything go for nothing, just so you and he can be happy?"
"No," She replied simply, a small smile crossing her face, "The rest, I am going to leave in your hands. I am no longer needed here." She turned to look at the blue orb of the Earth once more. He could feel the physical manifestation of her merged form starting to decay as she spoke. He could even sense everyone's thoughts and feelings. It shocked him how quickly she had acted on her decision. Could she have had this planned for longer than he thought? He returned her smile, watching her hair become a rich brown color. Her eyes also had gone from the blazing red similar to his, to that of burnished brass.
"Then may God's blessing be on you." He hoped his words weren't as cold as they sounded to his own ears. The warm smile she gave him as she disappeared into the LCL soothed his worries.
The world and Humanity's survival was in excellent hands.
He didn't have to worry anymore.
- OMAKE -
Third Impact:
Brought on by stuff I cut (Kaworu made a "DisneyWorld" Crack at Rei at one point. I cut it.)
Thanks to RKO and Geoduck for this one:
Announcer Ayanami Rei: You just saved humankind from total destruction. What are
you going to do now?
Rei I'm Gonna go down on my boyfriend! Gives the camera the "double-v"
Announcer, Sweatdropping You're supposed to say "I'm going to Disney world."
Rei So? I'll just go down on him there! Gives the camera the "Double-V" again "V!"
Outtakes:
Asuka Nein! Nein! Hor-off!
Rei It sounds like an anti-prostitute spray...
Rei and Asuka giggle
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Comments and Creative Criticism are always welcome. Please send all E-mail to: willz@wpi.edu. No flames - we are all better than that.
Thanks: Special thanks goes to numerous people. I appreciate all the help everyone gave me, and I appreciate their letting me pester them a lot. Special thanks to Aisu, Dr. Geoduck, Xylis, LittlePriest, Zel-ouki, Big__D, Thoth_of_ND, Sethra_lavode, LedZepFan, Gendo_ohki, Taloon, Beagle-san and Kyokki, to name a few.
Dictionary:
Ok - an explanation first: I like the way certain words sound in other languages, so I opted to use those words instead of the English equivalent. They are listed below. Note: Asuka DOES use German occasionally in the sub/dubs, so I am going to keep that up here.
The words/phrases:
hentai, ecchi and sukebe - pervert or perverted (Japanese).
Arschloch - A-Hole (German).
Mein Gott! - My GOD! (German)
Dummkopf - Idiot or moron - literally translated as "stupid head" (German).
Baka - idiot, moron or jerk. The MOST versatile word in Asuka's Japanese dictionary!
Gomen (or Gomen Nasai) - I'm sorry (Japanese)
Nein - No (German)
Bitte - Please (German)
Hör' auf - Halt or Stop (German)
Natürlich - Naturally (German)
Wundermädchen - WonderGirl (German)
Note: "chan" at the end of names is used as a familiar title, or one of affection, and "sama" or "san" are ones of respect: the first is very respected, the latter is respect as equals.
Note: There is a German phrase near the end. Asuka says it in English right after. Thanks Dr Geoduck for the German refresher and translations!
Now, Will Z Presents:
She's Got a Way About Her
A Neon Genesis Evangelion fanfiction
Chapter 5: Choices
She floated in an endless sea of translucent orange liquid, drifting from point to point in seemingly random fashion. Her ruby eyes glowed with determination as she looked at each point she came to, then passed over it just as quickly in order to find the one she needed. The events of the past few moments had been an epiphany: She now understood what it meant to live, and she desired desperately to share it with the one she cared for the most.
In moments, she found the point of light she had been looking for, and cupped it in her hands. She smiled faintly, bringing the tiny light to her lips with arms of light. It was now time.
"Wake up, Aida-san," Rei Ayanami said to the rapidly growing point of light.
Kensuke drifted along, not quite sure where he was. All he knew was that his sources on the computer networks told him that the GeoFront was under fire, when the whole world suddenly went white right before he found himself floating in this endless sea of what he thought were stars.
"Aida-san," a voice called to him. He must be really out of it; he could almost swear that Rei was speaking to him now, "Aida-san, I need to speak with you."
Maybe this was a dream, and if so, he wasn't sure if he ever wanted to wake up. He had been so worried about Rei, especially after the rumors he had heard about one of the Eva's self-destructing. He had tried to call her, but to no avail; Her phone wasn't even in service anymore, and the one time he had called Shinji, he wasn't sure if anyone was there or not. He assumed the penguin might have just knocked the phone off the hook.
"About what, Rei-chan?" he asked, feeling embarrassed - he realized he had forgotten to drop the "chan" as he usually did when he said her name aloud. Though he couldn't see her, he suddenly felt at ease: almost as if she had smiled at him.
"About something very important, Kensuke-kun," she answered. Was that amusement in her voice? He wasn't sure, but he didn't have time to think, as the sea of stars dissolved into the giant oak outside of the school, where they had met on occasion after the school's Christmas project. Rei stood there, naked for a moment, until the dress she wore the night of the concert flowed onto her. He blinked, approaching her outstretched hand slowly, half-expecting her to dissolve when he touched her. He was surprised though, when she held him firmly and pulled him closer. Why was she doing this? Why him, of all the people that were out there?
"Because, Kensuke-kun," she whispered, resting her head on his shoulder, "I have seen into your heart. You are worthy of this gift I am going to give you."
He was still shocked. Had he said that out loud? Best not to think of that right now. He thought he could smell the subtle scent of cherry blossoms in her hair. The scent seemed to try to pull him away from the conversation. With effort, he brought himself back to the subject at hand.
"Gift?" He asked weakly as her scent filled his mind with thoughts of kissing her again.
"Yes," the blue haired girl whispered again, moving closer to him, "but first, a dance?"
They held each other for what seemed forever, as she pulled him closer, pressing their lips tighter together. All too soon, he opened his eyes, pulling himself away from her reluctantly.
"You had something to talk to me about?" he said somewhat breathlessly. He held her as he had at the dance: Around the waist, her hips almost touching his, yet still apart enough for them to look at each other intimately. He unconsciously reached for his glasses, only then realizing they were no longer there. She smiled at him, starting to dance slowly. He joined her.
"Yes," she said, smiling at him," I am going to give you... A choice." She smiled at him as she watched his puzzled expression.
"A choice?" he parroted, "What kind of choice?"
"One that has only been given to only four people. You are one of the four."
Kensuke was silent. He didn't know how to reply. He thought of "why me?" and several other interesting variations thereof, but discarded them. Rei took his quiet as an excuse to continue.
"This choice," she said, "is because I have seen the worth of your heart, and found you are deserving of it.
"Kensuke, not only do you receive the choice of returning to Reality as it is, instead of how you'd want it to be, you also have the choice of being with the one you wish to spend your life with, as well."
Kensuke was baffled.
"Can you explain a bit better?" he replied, still lost.
She smiled, and the world around them changed to a view of the earth from space. He could see a luminous Rei with her hands around a blood-red sphere. From this sphere emanated millions of lights shaped like crosses. There was a larger cross before her, and she was smiling at it.
"As things are now," she began, "I hold humanity in my hand. I can pass judgment or I could give the choice of death, rebirth, or communion to the human race. Or, I could choose not to assist, and watch plans to bring humanity to destruction come to fruition.
"I have chosen to aid humanity, whether in its evolution, or in communion. As it stands now, the AT field that separates one person from another has been removed. All are now one, with the exception of four I have mentioned."
Kensuke nodded. It seems Rei had somehow kept humanity from destroying itself fully. How? What did this have to do with him?
"It is all because of you and Ikari-kun." She said, making him jump. SHE WAS reading his mind!
"H... How?" he asked, afraid to say any more.
"The past is better forgotten," she said sadly, "Will it suffice to say that the one that wanted death most got his wish?"
"Yes," he said. He could see Rei ease a little.
"Humanity was saved in part, by you and Ikari-kun, but the other two helped, as well. Thus: the choice.
"The first choice: Death, life, rebirth or communion?"
The answer was plain to Kensuke. "Life."
Rei simply nodded. She seemed to him to already know that was what he would choose.
"Now, the second choice," she said, a glint coming to her eye, "Who would you like to have return with you?"
Kensuke was flabbergasted. HE could choose anyone to return with him?
"So," Rei said, a slight smirk forming on her face, as her hair turned long and red, "Would you like a redhead?"
Kensuke stood there, amazed. "Well, I..."
Rei's hair returned to normal length, but was bunched into two pig-tails with a sandy-blonde color, "Or do you prefer blondes?"
"Or do you have a thing for freckles?" Her face had freckles, now.
Kensuke was about to answer her, but quickly, her face and hair returned to normal. She put on a pair of glasses. His glasses.
"Or do you prefer a girl with..." She began to say, but was cut off by Kensuke pulling her close to him, kissing her on the lips tenderly.
"I usually prefer the quiet type," Kensuke said, breaking the kiss. He looked at Rei's impish smile turn to one of pure joy.
Rei smiled. She had been hoping beyond all hope that he did have feelings for her. True, she could have pried like she had to with Ikari-kun, but this time, she wanted to try another tact, especially when the next one was going to be just as difficult as Ikari-kun had been.
Rei remembered when she and Kensuke had been at the performance of "The Nutcracker," and how she hadn't been too responsive to him back then. He hadn't seemed to mind; he had been a perfect gentleman all night. The one thing that was unexpected and pleasant was how he had held her hand during the whole performance. It didn't seem like much at the time, until she put it together with how he always asked how she was, or if she needed anything. During the second intermission, she had broken away from him, meeting up with Asuka and Hikari in the restrooms. They each asked how things were going, and she had said something non-committal, even though she could still feel where Kensuke's hand had touched hers. Even now, she could still feel the press of his lips on her own.
"Then," Rei smiled, pulling herself away from the memory, "You shall have your wish." Once more, she embraced him, pressing her lips to his, before he faded away.
I'll be there shortly. She whispered, looking at the point on the Earth she had sent him to. Wait for me.
Now: to find the last.
Asuka was curled into a ball. She hurt from head-to-toe. Her body could still feel her Eva being brutally torn apart. Mother was gone now. Shinji was gone now. She was the only thing present amidst this endless void.
An image formed before her eyes, and she forced her eyes closed, attempting to send the image away. It didn't look like a painful image, unless one knew what it represented. The small heart-shaped diamond bordered by rubies was a representation of what she had lost - of whom she had lost by driving him away in one simple act of foolishness. Though that incident happened months ago, the pain was still fresh; kept so by Asuka herself each time she had to be in his presence. How could something so simple cause such pain while giving her such joy at the same time?
"Did you keep it?" a voice asked her. It had a musical quality to it that soothed her, but she refused to hear or respond, save from trying to curl up tighter.
"Ikari-kun was devastated when you were taken away from him," the voice continued. Asuka realized it was Rei's voice.
"How can you be so sure?" she spat the words at the blue-haired girl. She opened her eyes to stare at Rei's back, "the last I saw, He didn't even want to help me when I needed it most!"
"Untrue," Rei said, turning to her. Asuka started. When did Rei wear glasses?
"How can you be so sure, Wundermädchen?" She repeated, anger rising, "You weren't there! I had to fight those damned things on my own, and he never showed up!
"He couldn't rescue you. He was lost." Rei calmly replied.
"Lost?"
"Yes. Shinji cared for you so much, he wanted to be with you, but since you pushed him away, and since the incidents with the fifteenth and seventeenth angels, he has grown unsure how you feel about him. It tore him apart inside."
Asuka looked skeptical. Since when did Rei become an expert on Shinji?
"Since I had seen his heart, and saw that he loves you more than anything else." Rei answered, a look of compassion on her face. Asuka saw her hold out a hand. In her palm was the pendant, glimmering softly despite the absence of light.
"Why do you deny yourself happiness?" the blue-haired girl asked, "It is not a leash. It is not a burden. It is something that can set you free, if you so choose."
Asuka covered her face with her hands, letting her fingers and auburn hair hide her blue eyes from Rei's gaze.
"I don't need your pity!" She screamed, holding back the tears. She felt a hand on her shoulder, as well as the small pendant. The pendant seemed to burn her as much as the hand soothed.
"I don't need anything! I can take care of myself!" she said, her voice becoming weaker at the end, "I have always taken care of myself."
The silence stretched between them. Rei didn't say anything to Asuka, which made her feel incredibly uncomfortable. She ventured to look up, seeing Rei still there, wearing glasses and the dress she had worn to the concert.
"You never answered my question." Rei said placidly, holding the pendant out to Asuka, "Did you keep it?"
Asuka hesitated. Why was Rei asking when she clearly knew the answer? Rei looked on expectantly, the pendant swinging from her fingertips like a pendulum.
"You know the answer," Asuka said aloud, "so why do I have to tell you?"
"It is something you need to admit to yourself." Rei answered simply.
"Natürlich," She said, turning her head away from Rei, "of COURSE I kept it! Are you happy now?" She could feel the tears building. Why HAD she kept it, anyways? She was so certain that Shinji hated her, so... Why?
Her eyes were opened suddenly, and she noticed that the scenery had changed to the pool inside Nerv. Rei sat at the pool's edge; the glasses she now wore had pushed down to the tip of her nose. She looked up from her inspection of the water to stare at Asuka once more.
"It isn't a matter of whether I am happy or not," The blue-haired girl replied, " as much as it is whether YOU are happy. Are you, Asuka?"
Asuka was uncertain what to say as Rei calmly pushed the glasses back to the bridge of her nose. Asuka wrapped her arms around herself, feeling a shiver run through her body. Rei was dressed similar to Dr. Akagi, making her more aware of her own nakedness.
Asuka fidgeted as Rei walked over to her. She wanted to run, but the other girl's unblinking gaze held her firmly. She began to sweat as the blue-haired girl stopped in front of her, staring into her eyes.
"I," she began, but the words she wanted to say drifted away, "I don't know."
Rei only nodded, and once more, the scene changed. The images were as Asuka always remembered them - in a dismal grayscale that usually fit her mood. She and Rei stood out in stark contrast, but it wasn't important. The image before her was, though.
She was younger in these images of her standing before the dangling corpse that had been her mother. Close by was the doll that looked so much like her; it too was dangling from a noose. She turned away from the image, wishing she could make them go away forever.
"This is when you decided to push everyone away," Rei said in that annoyingly analytical voice she used when going over her orders by rote.
"But," Asuka began, hesitant at first, but getting more assertive, "but everyone hates me!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"What about Ikari-kun?"
"What about him? He doesn't care, either!"
"Untrue. He thinks you hate him, and it has been tearing away at him from the inside. He NEEDS you, Asuka. As much as you need him."
Asuka took in a breath. Did Shinji really feel that way for her? Even after the way she had treated him? The anguish she had felt when she had first saw the pendant came back to her, causing her vision to become blurry from the tears.
The view changed once more. Asuka watched herself sitting in her Eva02, screaming for the angel to get out of her mind. She remembered everything the angel had brought to the surface; everything she had ever hoped for, as well as her fears, tearing them painfully from her mentally and physically.
"Why do you think Ikari-kun hates you?" Rei asked, turning to the angel. "Is it because he didn't help you when you thought he could have kept you from being violated?"
"No," Asuka replied, "It's..." The image switched again to her battling the white, grinning Evas. She felt weak as she watched herself scream while ripping one's skull away from its lower jaw in an explosion of teeth, bone and blood.
"Or was it here that you decided he hated you?" Rei asked
Asuka was nonplussed. Too much information was coming to her for her to process and filter out at one time, especially those of the attack. She turned away from the sight of her Eva extending its AT field against the lance...
And was looking once more at her in the cockpit screaming for the angel to leave her mind.
"Why are you doing this?" Asuka asked, trembling. She couldn't understand why she was having this nightmare. Maybe she had died and gone to hell in that Eva attack.
"I ask you," Rei spoke, "Were you in danger here?"
"Of course I was!" Asuka said, still seeing some of the images in her mind, "I couldn't fight it! It was raping my mind!"
"And had to be saved once more."
"Yes!"
"But not by Shinji."
"Yes! He didn't want to save me!"
"Is that so? Then listen, and tell me if you still feel that way."
Asuka listened to herself screaming. She could feel the tears welling up as she remembered more of what the angel had done to her. Suddenly, Shinji could be heard on the intercom, trying to get clearance to launch, while his father refused him, even when Shinji begged. She thought she could hear him crying, but she believed she was hearing things.
Until she heard his scream of frustration and rage, followed by him once more begging the commander to let him launch.
The tears fell. She couldn't help it, no matter how hard she tried. She never cried. She had never cried before even when her mother died, and now she couldn't stop; all the pent up anger and loneliness and frustration bubbled to the surface in this final torrent. He didn't hate her! He still cared for her, and she still didn't have a chance to tell him, to say...
She felt Rei hold her, making her relax some, especially when she realized that the way Rei held her reminded her of how her mother used to hold her before she died. Asuka felt exposed. She was vulnerable in both body and soul. Where could she go from here? She had pushed away everyone, and now she was really alone.
"Were you in danger when you faced this angel?" Rei asked, pushing Asuka away from her enough for the blue-eyed girl's gaze to watch the scene play out, "Do you think the angel would have harmed you?"
"It hurt." Asuka whispered, "It felt like I was being stabbed by an endless sea of white-hot needles. It kept pulling at me and I couldn't stop it."
"Would you be surprised to know that the angel wasn't trying to hurt you?"
"It... Wasn't?"
"It was trying to understand you, Asuka. Your life was never in Jeopardy."
"How do you..?"
"The angels aren't evil, Asuka. The Commander ordered modifications to the Eva to intentionally scramble the communications. The angel was ASKING you to let it in, but the implant into Eva was filtering your response out, and replacing it with a synthesized request to continue... which the angel did. This angel's intentions, as well as the others before it, were not what Seele or Nerv believed them to be. Seele's agenda, as well as Nerv's were for their own personal gains, while the angels were trying to bring us to something better, but in order to do so, they needed to destroy those things held by Nerv. "
Asuka couldn't understand. What would they gain from this?
"There is one that had access to prophecies of these events," Rei answered Asuka's thoughts, "He planned for the fall of the second, and was surprised that he didn't have to order Major Katsuragi to put you in the point position, so that the prophecy could come true: the prophecy of the second child's downfall was to make room for the fifth child to betray them.
"And for what reason, you ask? Suffice it to say that the one that wished for death the most received his wish,"
Asuka was stunned. Did the Commander really know what was going to happen?
"If you hadn't pushed Ikari-kun away, you wouldn't have felt so guilty." Rei brought the Second child's thoughts back to Shinji with that comment, holding the pendant out to her. Asuka looked at it warily, forgetting the previous moment's revelations.
"Shinji was no different from the angel, in that respect," Rei continued, "He only wanted to understand you, but you pushed him away, never hearing what he was saying to you, and denying that he was asking you to let him in. You were hurting yourself each time you pushed him away, because your pride refused to acknowledge the wish to be part of something bigger. You were up all night worrying about him because you had literally tossed him into the trash twice in one day. You even rejected him when you had kissed him. You also knew you wanted to kiss him when you were under the mistletoe, so why DID you push him away?"
Silence followed. She didn't know how to respond to that. All those times in front of her door, fearing that Shinji would open it and discover here there, listening. All those times she had yelled at him or smacked him for something. And worse: all those times she had insulted him came back to her like a tidal wave. How often had she called him an idiot, even when it was plain that he was just being nice to her? How many?
Before she could answer, Rei had brought them to another familiar scene.
She stared at the couple on the dance floor. They looked so... She couldn't put it into words. Both of them had their eyes closed, oblivious to everything but the other and the music.
Asuka felt numb as she watched herself. She couldn't believe that she could look so... Content.
"He always tried to be gentle," Rei said, "Particularly with you, not for fear of you, but because he knew how fragile you were. He saw past the well-crafted facade, and he decided he was going to do everything he could to keep from hurting you."
"W...When?" Asuka said, her mouth and throat felt dry and rough.
"Since the first time he saw you," Rei said simply. Asuka could only nod. Her mind and body felt numb.
"He," Asuka said, but couldn't continue; she thought of what to say, but the words wouldn't leave her mouth. Her tongue felt like swollen sandpaper now, and the numbness from before worsened. She felt as if she were going to bring up every meal she had eaten since joining the Eva project.
"You knew. Don't deny it."
"I..."
"You've been lying to yourself about the pendant, and how it came to your hands."
"Stop, please."
"I can't. You have to face this."
"I... I don't want to."
"It is for your own good."
"NO!" Asuka cried, curling herself into a little ball "Leave me alone! I don't... Don't..."
"The whole scenario with the angel was like that." Rei replied, "Didn't you see how you kept pulling from your childhood? Though the memories were buried deep, they hadn't been as painful as those that you had recently suffered, thus, if it had had the chance, it would have pried them from you, as well."
Asuka covered her ears, but still Rei's voice overpowered her.
"You had stated that you never cried, and yet, not too long ago, a certain day in the life of Asuka Sohryu Langley was a day when she had cried herself to the point of hating everyone: INCLUDING the one she loved the most."
"NEIN! NEIN! Hör' auf!" Asuka sobbed, returning to her native tongue, "Bitte... Bitte..."
"Do you still hate him, Asuka?" Rei said, breaking the silence. Suddenly Asuka felt angry. What right did she have to say that, after what Rei had done to Kensuke?
"Me? What about you? " She cried, clenching her fist, "First, you lead him on, and then, in moments, you basically blow Kensuke off as if he were a passing fancy!" She felt a wave of satisfaction as Rei winced. The blue-haired girl took off the glasses, folded them, and put them into her labcoat's pocket.
"What happened between Kensuke and myself," Rei said, looking up at Asuka, "was for his safety. The Security guards watching the Children were beginning to suspect something. That, added to the fact I was all but ordered to by the Commander... He understood. He didn't like it. I didn't like it, even at that time, but it had to be done. I told him how I felt. Did you ever tell Shinji?"
"No, "Asuka said, the fire of moments ago quenched, "I... I never had the chance."
"And then, the Eva series attacked." Rei said, watching Asuka nod her assent,
"What would you say if I told you that you were dead right now?"
She couldn't say anything. She tried to keep from crying once more. Was this punishment from all that time holding in her tears?
"You are neither dead or alive," Rei said, "I hold the fate of the world in my hands. I will ask you this once, Pilot Langley, and I want your honest answer: If you had the chance, would you tell Shinji you love him? Would you want to return to the world as it is, if it was to be with him?"
Asuka trembled. Was Rei REALLY serious? Would she really take him away from her if she couldn't find the courage to tell him that she loved him? Would she take Shinji away, for all the times she had looked down on Rei? She could feel her panic grow with each thought.
"You have nothing to fear," Rei said simply, reaching into her pocket, pulled out the glasses and fiddled with them absently, "I want your honest answer, not one made out of fear."
The statement did little to settle her nerves.
"Please, Asuka." Rei said, looking at her with sadness, "The truth won't hurt you."
Asuka trembled as he tried to think. If it was true, then Shinji really did love her, which terrified her as much as the thought of him hating her. What was she going to do? What did she WANT to do?
Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes, hoping that she wouldn't regret her choice.
"I," She said, taking another deep breath, "want to tell him I love him."
Rei smiled, embracing her. Once more she was overcome with tears.
"Then go." Rei whispered in her ear, "He's waiting for you."
Before Asuka could reply, the world became black once more.
Kaworu watched as the blue-haired girl turned to face him with a penetrating glare. He smiled back as warmly as he could, attempting to dispel any reservations the other might have of him. He needed to gain her trust, or else, he would have to take measures he really didn't want to, for the sake of the Lilim - those she called humanity - in her care.
"That was interesting," he said, grinning, "Not as interesting as that sideshow you pulled with Shinji-kun, but interesting nonetheless."
Rei stared at him, making even him feel slightly uncomfortable.
"I noticed you didn't tell them about the others," he said, recovering his composure.
"They will know in time."
"But Asuka and Shinji would be thrilled to know that Touji and Hikari are safe."
"They will learn, but not until it is time."
"When will that be?"
"When myself and Kensuke are with them again."
Kaworu was surprised. Wasn't she going to put everyone back down in Japan? He tensed, fearing that she would give in to the urges of the one she merged with.
"You have nothing to fear," Rei said, turning away from him to look at the blue planet that appeared before her, "Lilith wishes an end to the cycle."
Kaworu nodded, but still felt uneasy.
"Now that it's over," He said, turning her to look him in the eye "Are you really sure about this, Rei-chan?"
"Yes," she replied, blushing a little, "I... Love him."
"Enough to give up the power you now possess?" he asked, feeling slightly mollified. Maybe this wouldn't end badly, after all.
"What I have is sufficient," Rei answered, her eyes blazing, "HE will be sufficient."
Kaworu smiled warmly at Rei. She HAD thought out her actions in advance. Even now, she prevented humanity - the game pieces in this complex chess game - from being destroyed as the ones that started this game had so wished. Now was the time for him to be sure of her motives, though.
"Is that so?" he countered, "but what about what has been started? Are you going to let everything go for nothing, just so you and he can be happy?"
"No," She replied simply, a small smile crossing her face, "The rest, I am going to leave in your hands. I am no longer needed here." She turned to look at the blue orb of the Earth once more. He could feel the physical manifestation of her merged form starting to decay as she spoke. He could even sense everyone's thoughts and feelings. It shocked him how quickly she had acted on her decision. Could she have had this planned for longer than he thought? He returned her smile, watching her hair become a rich brown color. Her eyes also had gone from the blazing red similar to his, to that of burnished brass.
"Then may God's blessing be on you." He hoped his words weren't as cold as they sounded to his own ears. The warm smile she gave him as she disappeared into the LCL soothed his worries.
The world and Humanity's survival was in excellent hands.
He didn't have to worry anymore.
- OMAKE -
Third Impact:
Brought on by stuff I cut (Kaworu made a "DisneyWorld" Crack at Rei at one point. I cut it.)
Thanks to RKO and Geoduck for this one:
Announcer Ayanami Rei: You just saved humankind from total destruction. What are
you going to do now?
Rei I'm Gonna go down on my boyfriend! Gives the camera the "double-v"
Announcer, Sweatdropping You're supposed to say "I'm going to Disney world."
Rei So? I'll just go down on him there! Gives the camera the "Double-V" again "V!"
Outtakes:
Asuka Nein! Nein! Hor-off!
Rei It sounds like an anti-prostitute spray...
Rei and Asuka giggle