AN: Finally, chapter six! This particular chapter took a little bit longer than the others considering I'm meshing a bunch of new ideas into the story in order to go with the plot as well as the fact that it's very difficult to switch between views on two different characters without going into 1st POV, which I truly despise. Well a lot of you have been wondering about scenario two and you'll just have to find out now wont you! Anyways this chapter may be a bit boring but unfortunately fillers are necessary in most stories, so I hope you all enjoy!
Dull blue eyes fluttered open as their owner groaned in pain. As his vision returned to him, Shinji attempted to sit up, only to let out a heavy cry of pain and fall back onto the uncomfortable bed he was laying on. Inhaling sharply he slowly reopened his eyes, having clenched them shut just a moment before. A confused look dawned upon the teenage boys face as he stared up at an unfamiliar ceiling. "Uggh... where the hell am I?" He rasped out, his mouth incredibly dry.
"Well you're finally awake..." A soft, yet collected voice came from the other side of the room. Curious, Shinji moved his head forward just enough to catch sight of an older woman with shoulder length blonde hair. Taking a moment to examine the woman he found that she had a very well sculpted body, if the short black skirt that showed off her long pale legs was any indication. What threw him off though, was the white lab coat she was wearing over her clothes.
"A doctor... what hospital am I at?" He asked as he laid his head back, the echoing sounds of the woman's heels clicking on the tile floor reaching his ears. Glancing to the side he found her standing next to his bed, fiddling with an IV.
Smiling, the blonde woman turned back to him, leaning down and taking his left arm in her hand as she slid the needle connected to the IV into his skin. "You're at the Nerv facilities private hospital..."
Instantly, Shinji's eyes went wide, then narrowed with distaste. "Nerv... my father's company?" He grunted out, exhaling gratefully as the clear liquid being pumped into his arm began to dull the pain greatly. "Mnn... I wasn't aware that a damned psychiatric ward for the military needed a hospital."
"Nerv isn't just a psychiatric ward... it's a full blown medical operation for the military, the physically wounded as well as mentally wounded are treated here, and more of course but that isn't important right now..." The female doctor spoke nonchalantly as she turned back around, a glass of water in her hands as she lifted the brown haired boys head up just enough so he could gulp down the liquid sustenance.
With a delighted sigh Shinji pulled his lips away from the glass, his thirst quenched. "Thank you... Dr. Akagi right?" He asked, having caught a glimpse of her name tag when she had leaned over him.
With a smile the doctor nodded. "Just Ritsuko please, It's a bit unsettling to be called Akagi by the son of the commander." She replied, taking the glass back and placing it on a small desk next to the bed.
"So what the hell happened to me?" He asked, his head clearing away from the distraction of the searing pain that had now been dispersed.
"So you don't remember anything huh? I suspected as much... you were in pretty bad shape when you were found." Ritsuko concluded as she flipped pages over a clipboard. "Well as far as we can tell you had an accident going down one of the mountains on the outskirts of the city... you sustained three broken ribs, abrasion to your left leg, broken left foot... and massive head trauma as well as having your right arm broken in three places."
Wide eyed, Shinji glanced down at his right arm, finding it heavily bandaged and his chest wrapped up extremely tight with medical tape. "Why don't I have a cast on this arm?" He asked, truly befuddled as his fingers twitched.
The blonde woman stayed silent for a moment before speaking. "Shinji... you've been unconscious for three weeks as of two days ago, and thats actually a good thing, thanks to the fact that you have been out of it your bones are healing quite nicely."
"WHAT?!" The startled teen shouted, attempting to climb out of the uncomfortable hospital bed, only to be gently held down by Ritsuko as the young boy couldn't keep his strength up for very long before letting out an exhausted sigh and falling back onto the bed. "What about school, damnit, and Asuka, and Misato, what happened to my bike?" He cried out, fear stricken at the thought of losing his motorcycle.
With a sigh Ritsuko readjusted the IV in Shinji's arm, tapping on it once or twice before answering his questions. "The school was notified the moment you were admitted here, your work has pretty much been dismissed although you will be behind in understanding... as for Major Katsuragi, she will be notified of your awakening very soon...your bike was repaired on orders from the commander... and your little girlfriend should be thrilled to know you haven't slipped into a coma and died." The blonde woman grinned coyly, winking at the young boy as he flushed.
"She's not my girlfriend!" He countered back, glancing off to the side as Ritsuko took on a mild look of surprise.
"Oh really, she's been trying to get in here to see you everyday since the accident, she's a bit eccentric... made such a big fuss when we had to deny her, we have a strict policy against visiting unconscious patients." Shinji noted that the doctor's lips pursed up a bit in annoyance.
"You don't deny Asuka Langley Soryu anything..." His lips curved upward in a grin as he chuckled slightly, knowing the redhead had done something to the hospital staff.
The blonde woman nodded as she signed off a few more forms after checking Shinji's vitals. "We figured that much after she keyed every car in the employee parking lot, and had my own car as well as the receptionists' car towed on the grounds that they matched a stolen vehicle report that never existed..."
The low chuckle emitting from the brown haired boys lips turned into full blown laughter. "Ha! Not bad... so how did she get away with that? Somebody had to have seen her keying the cars?"
"You'd think that wouldn't you but for some reason all of the security cameras went haywire and by the time we had them running again she was done..."
"So you have no proof huh?" Shinji grinned, inhaling deeply and moving himself up into a sitting position, still cringing from the dull pain in his ribs. "So when the hell can I get out of here?" He asked, not too thrilled at the idea of staying in a completely white room for any longer than he had too.
With a thoughtful look, Ritsuko tapped her chin with the pen she had in her hand. "Let me make a few calls, It should be fine if we release you today but you're gonna have to stay in bed as much as possible, I can't let you go back to school until you can walk properly again. For now though I'm gonna give you something to help you rest until we can settle things." She commented, an before Shinji knew it Ritsuko had already withdrew the syringe from his arm.
"Wait but I..." His voice drifted off as his vision suddenly blurred once more, his last thought still prominent in his mind as his head fell back once again onto the uncomfortable cushioning of the hospital bed. 'I never crash...'
Gendo Ikari gritted his teeth in frustration as he sat down in his usual seat behind the board room desk. "I recieved your message just after I returned... so he's awakened then has he?" He asked, looking down at the other occupants of the room.
Ritsuko nodded as she looked over the clipboard she seemed to perpetually carry around with her. "Yes, at approximately ten twenty-seven this morning Shinji regained consciousness."
With a nod, the elder Ikari rubbed his temple with his fingers. "I leave for three weeks and something like this occurs... I suppose it's of no consequence now. Katsuragi, I want a review of the sweep from section two." He commanded, and instantly the purple haired woman stepped forward.
"According to the security tapes we were able to recover from the school hallways, the subject entered the boys locker room at fourteen-hundred hours, approximately three minutes later he was followed in by a fellow classmate Tai Zamanza, along with twenty other male students." Misato read off the report systematically as her eyes scanned over the page she was reading off of. "After fifteen minutes having seen that the subject had not exited the locker room, the reconnaissance team was sent in to investigate. The subject was found being assaulted by said boys who had entered after the subject. Instantly Section 2 took action and disposed of the seventeen boys still attacking the subject, afterwords all ties to the assaulters were silenced in various ways." She finished the report and looked back up to the commander, who gazed down at her with a curious expression.
"Disposed of seventeen? What of the other four attackers?" He asked, gazing up at the large screen in the room which housed the picture of the large mob of boys entering the locker room.
"Four of the attackers, including the ringleader Tai Zamanza were already dead by the time section two had arrived at the scene, six others were on the ground injured severely however it appears Shinji was overpowered by the remanding boys and taken down." Misato replied, a bit of disdain in her voice at the thought of the boy under her guardianship actually killing someone at such a young age.
Gendo narrowed his eyes, adjusting his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "There is no video feed of this incident?" He asked, the main screen changing to live video feed of Shinji's hospital room, where the young boy was laying fast asleep. "He remembers nothing of the incident correct?"
Kaji shook his head as he stood up from his seat. "Unfortunately we weren't able to plant cameras within the locker rooms, a shame too... I would have loved to see the kid crack some skulls open." He remarked with a shrug. "I suppose we could get some images via satellite, but that could take a while."
Doctor Akagi nodded at Kaji's statement, clicking her pen as she looked over some data. "The Neural rewrite was successful, so yes he does not remember being attacked... however there are some breaks in his memories being filled, It shouldn't be too much of a problem though."
"See that we obtain the images and look further into the situation... Ritsuko, what are the results of the scans?"
The blonde haired woman once again flipped a page on her clipboard, scanning over it with her eyes quickly, yet taking in every single detail. "It's amazing sir, during the time he was unconscious Shinji's brainwaves continued to fluctuate higher than most do while at their peak of activity, and during the brief period of time when he had awoken, the readings were off the charts. The probability of the project succeeding has jumped up eight percent."
An approving grin appeared on the commanders face as he allowed himself to lean back in his chair. "Perfect... what of scenario two, it was delayed due to the incident correct?"
Maya moved from her station at her computer and nodded as she glanced over her monitor. "Correct, scenario two is currently on standby and ready to be mobilized on command."
"Have it done... I want her arrival in no less than three days..." Gendo ordered, and immediately Maya returned to her station, typing efficiently and with great speed.
"Sir?" Ritsuko questioned, causing the Commander to look up with his eyebrows raised slightly before the blonde woman continued. "What about scenario three?"
Once again, Gendo folded his hands in front of his face, giving a light hum of thought before he voiced his opinion. "First we must find the response to scenario two before we bring in scenario three to play, we'll wait for the results and then initialize at the best possible moment... Katsuragi, make sure to pick up Shinji after you leave... dismissed."
Asuka bit her bottom lip as her fingers curled around the handle of the door, with a nervous look her eyes darted left and right as if there was any chance she would be caught, when in fact she was the only person inside the apartment and she most likely would be for hours. With a sigh she threw open the door, allowing it to slam against its post and bang open, revealing the dark, empty room of her roommate. The room she had been staring at for the past three weeks every morning as if Shinji would just emerge as usual.
It was unsettling, the first time she had charged into the hospital and demanded to be allowed to see the one male who had somehow wormed his way into her life. He had gotten past her defenses on more than one occasion and even had her confessing things not even her closest friend Hikari knew. Being turned away from seeing Shinji had surfaced a constant wave of anger that had her snapping at anyone who came within ten feet of her. The most unnerving thing about the whole situation however, was that she had no idea why she was so upset. She had been assured by the blonde woman who was apparently overseeing Shinji's condition personally that he was fine and that she would notify her if any changes occurred.
Silence, that's what greeted Asuka every time she entered the apartment. She hadn't realized it but ever since the brown haired boy had arrived with Kaji from the airport, he had taken up a major portion of her daily life. When Shinji was around there was always something going on, always something for her to do, laugh about, talk about, boredom never stayed present upon the two for very long...
The young redhead blushed slightly as her mind drifted back to the last time she had been 'bored' around Shinji. There was hardly a day when their kiss didn't cross her thoughts and every time it did she found almost every ounce of blood in her body rush up to her cheeks and her heart pounding faster with every passing second. The kiss had been... hot, seemed to be the only word she could associate with what had happened that night, and she found herself wanting to kiss Shinji once again... and perhaps more. One single thought continued to ring through her head and she just couldn't seem to stop it from surfacing. 'Shinji tastes good...'
With a violent shake of her head that caused her long red tresses to whip around her face, Asuka attempted to clear her thoughts. The blue eyed beauty stepped into the room, glancing around curiously as she had only been in here once before, but hadn't ever actually taken the opportunity to look around. She wasn't exactly sure what she was doing in Shinji's room, but she felt as if it were a chance she wouldn't be able to forgive herself if she let it pass by.
Tilting her head she stopped in front of the large black case that was set off in the corner of the room. 'Aha... there it is.' She thought with a smile as she leaned down before the case and unbuckled the three metal clasps on the side, pushing open the case with a grunt to reveal a large and regal looking cello that looked as if it belonged in a museum. 'Bingo!' She shouted in her mind in glee. Numerous times she had pestered Shinji to play for her, but each time he had declined, claiming that he only played when certain conditions were met. This of course only infuriated the redhead, no one said no to Asuka Langley Soryu, how could he deny her? Her anger had turned into resolve to find out what was so special about the damned cello that he wouldn't play for her.
She pursed her lips in confusion when she found nothing truly out of the ordinary about the large wooden instrument. Sure it was old, and must have been incredibly expensive, but it was just the same as any other cello she had seen before. A small shine of light caught her eye and she tilted the large instrument up to find a small silver plaque on the back of the neck, arching an eyebrow she leaned in to make out the words engraved on the plaque. "What's this..."
Shinji,
Play only for the ones precious to you. Live for yourself, let no one else force you to do what you don't want to... one day though, you will find someone you will want to play for. When you find that person my son, play with your heart, your soul, and never let that person go.
Yui Ikari
Instantly the cello was placed back in its case and the case itself closed back up and locked. Asuka glanced off to the side sheepishly as if she had been caught by someone, when in fact the only person she had been caught by was her own conscience. She was very well aware of what the inscription on the cello was, a last life lesson from a mother to her son. To make matters worse the message was practically advice on what Shinji should do when he found someone he loved.
'Shinji's mother... she wanted him to play for someone he truly cares about... and i tried to force him to play for me...' She hung her head guiltily and bit her bottom lip as she turned her gaze away from the cello case, trying to take her mind off of the subject.
Standing up she walked over towards Shinji's futon, sighing as she allowed herself to fall back onto the thick sheets. With a heavy sigh she stared up at the vacant ceiling. "What am I doing?" She questioned out, turning her head to lay flat against the pillow as she looked to a small bookcase on the wall. Groaning she rolled over onto her stomach, burying her face in the pillow. "It smells like Shinji..." The words flew out of her mouth before she had a chance to register them in her mind and instantly she flung herself out of the futon and backed up against the wall with an aghast look on her face. "OH MY GOD!" She cried out, wide eyed at her own actions. "I'm turning into a pervert!" She shrieked, banging her head back against the bookshelf, consequently causing numerous books as well as a few small trinkets to fall of the shelves and onto the floor.
"Verdammt!" She cursed, getting on all fours as she tried to collect all the books. Quickly she placed the books back on the shelves, hoping that Shinji wouldn't notice that they weren't in the same order as the last time he had seen them. Sighing she kneeled back down to pick up the last book, pausing as she was about to place it back on the shelf. Arching an eyebrow she noted that this seemed to be the only book that had no title on the binding, so with a curious glance she turned it over and slowly opened it up to the first page.
"This is... Shinji's journal?" Asuka asked to no one in particular, already knowing the answer as the first page was already littered with the chicken scratch that defined the brown haired boys hand writing.
She knew it was wrong of course, but the blue eyed girl just couldn't help herself from reading. In her hands was a doorway into the mind of Shinji Ikari, the boy who she had been unable to keep out of her head for more than ten minutes, the same boy who was the constant subject of her dreams, dreams that more often than not caused her to flush every time she remembered them. The boy who she had finally confirmed that she was openly attracted to... romantically as well as physically, although that had taken a while to sink in, and her mind never let her forget it, often throwing a repeating sentence into her thoughts. 'I have a crush on Shinji Ikari.'
Sighing Asuka returned to the task at hand and with a fever she flipped the pages to the first day Shinji had arrived in Tokyo-3.
January 2nd 2017
Well Kaji was ordered to return to Tokyo-3, don't know why Gendo has him moving all around the world at random times, I've never seen Kaji do any actual work... makes me wonder what the hell he actually does.
Anyway as it turns out, Kaji wasn't being transfered, but instead promoted, and for some reason I can't tag along. So he basically dumped me off with Misato and this cute redheaded girl Asuka, oh wait correction Asuka Langley Soryu! I swear you can pretty much tell that girl thinks she's so damned superior to everyone else it's ridiculous. Then again she's got one hell of a body so i guess she does have a reason to flaunt her beauty...
Said redheaded girl was gritting her teeth and blushing at the same time as she looked over the page. Shaking her head she flipped ahead a few pages before stopping and reading again.
January 21st 2017
So apparently Kensuke and Toji have been running this photograph business for about two years, it's an underground operation known only to the boys in school. They've been selling photos of the girls in school and setting the prices based on popularity. And of course, guess who's been number one since the very first day they started Tokyo-3 High school, ding ding ding, correct the blue eyed beauty herself, Asuka Langley Soryu.
The damn girl has become so popular that they have a weekly print out of new pictures of her that the guys just line up for! Good thing I convinced Kensuke to halt all production and close down that business (although now five of Kaji's credit cards are completely useless because of it.) Next week was going to be the release of all the Asuka panty shots that they had collected over the years.
There were some pretty nice pictures of her though, I've got all the negatives safely tucked away in a place Asuka will never find them... and im purposely not writing the location in here in case she ever reads this. HA!
Blushing heavily Asuka made a silent vow to herself to skin the four eyed freak and the muscle boy alive should she ever had the chance. "I'll kill them... I swear I'm going to just rip them to-"
RING!!
The redheaded girl had no more time to dwell on how she was going to torture the two boys who had extorted her beauty for cash, nor did she have the opportunity to read anymore entries in Shinji's journal as the loud ring of the house phone echoed throughout the apartment. Sighing, the blue eyed girl placed the journal back on the bookshelf, deciding she would come back for it later as she made her way into the kitchen.
Growling in annoyance as the phone persisted to ring with its annoying tone that Misato had picked out personally, Asuka snatched the phone off the receiver angrily. "What!" She snapped, upset that the person calling had interrupted her from her snooping.
"Feh, well thats a nice way to greet someone who you haven't seen in three weeks." The shock she recieved from hearing the amused voice answer her was enough to make Asuka drop the phone.
Shinji stared at his cellphone, raising an eyebrow in question as the line suddenly went dead after he had just finished speaking his first sentence. "She hung up on me!" He exclaimed with a bit of surprise as he looked over to Misato in the drivers seat as she veered through traffic.
The purple haired woman only rolled her eyes as she tilted her sunglasses down. "You really don't know anything about girls do you Shinji? Calling her was a stupid move, you should have just waited until we got home, honestly three minutes of not talking to your girlfriend wouldn't kill you."
"What the hell are you talking about, and for the last damn time me and Asuka are not dating!" He cried out, gritting his teeth in frustration.
"I swear Shinji, sometimes you're even more clueless than Kaji..."
Blinking, the brown haired boy rolled his eyes. "I was raised by him ya know... and while we're on that subject, where is the bastard? I know you've been seeing him Misato!" He proclaimed, pointing a finger at her accusingly with his good hand.
Instantly Misato cringed, narrowly avoiding a semi truck as she drifted into the parking lot of their apartment building. "Oh what do ya know! We're here!" She cried out, chuckling nervously as she hopped out of her car.
Shinji only grumbled as he opened his door, getting out and only cringing slightly as his left foot connected with the cement. Sure most of his injuries had healed but he was incredibly sore and he still had trouble moving his right arm, although that was still bandaged. He paused in the parking lot however, when he saw his bike parked off to the side, shining much brighter than normal and he noted that several parts had been replaced. "Hmm..."
A few minutes later he and Misato were standing directly in front of their apartment. Taking a deep breath, Shinji slid his keycard into the door. 'Moment of truth...' He thought as the door swiftly slid open to reveal... the same empty hallway that they had always seen when they entered the apartment.
"Asuka!?" The brown haired boy called out, walking through the hallway and knocking on the door to said girls room. "You there?" When no response came he turned back to his current guardian. "Think she took off?" He asked, a bit put down by the thought, although he wasn't exactly sure why, he had expected the red head to be there to greet him when he returned.
Misato only shrugged, although the look on her face showed that she was a bit surprised as well as she walked over to the refrigerator to grab a beer.
With a sigh, Shinji made his way into his room, only to emerge again a moment later with a towel in hand. "Whatever... I'm gonna take a bath, I smell like hospital." He joked, chuckling a bit before limping out of view of the kitchen and towards his bathroom.
No sooner had Shinji closed the door to his bathroom, was he suddenly tackled around the middle by a red blur, causing him to stumble back a bit, but luckily not fall. Cringing he looked down, finding Asuka's face buried into his chest as she wrapped her arms around him.
"A... Asuka, ribs... broken!" He rasped out, sighing in relief when the grip the redhead had on him loosened but she still stayed close to him, her gaze moving up to meet his eyes.
"You idiot!" She finally said as she straightened up, meeting his level and Shinji noted that her eyes seemed to be a bit red, indicating that she had been crying albeit only slightly. "What the hell were you thinking! Do you have any idea how worried I was! Don't you ever crash again!"
Shinji stared wide eyed at the blue eyed beauty standing before him, smiling slightly. "I'm sorry Red... didn't mean to make you worry..."
Asuka shook her head violently, her bangs whipping around her face. "Of course I was going to worry... you're my friend dummkopf!" She smiled a bit at that and hugged him again once more, this time much more gently before she pulled away.
Letting out a breath Shinji didn't know he'd been holding, he tucked a strand of hair behind his ear. "We'll talk later... I need to take a bath alright?" He moved past her and attempted to take off his shirt, only to find it a bit more difficult than normal as he couldn't move his right arm well. He blinked in confusion as the shirt was lifted up over his head from behind, looking back he saw Asuka standing there with a blush on her face.
"I'll help... wash your back." She muttered, looking off to the side as her blush stayed present.
"Ah... I no it's alright I can do it..." Shinji replied, a bit dumbstruck by Asuka wanting to help him out.
"Idiot!" The blue eyed girl cried out, rolling her eyes. "You're hurt, someone has to make sure you don't hurt yourself further." The blushing girl was gone now and replaced by the normal quick tempered girl Shinji had become accustomed too.
"Fine... thanks." Shinji replied as Asuka turned around, giving him time to disrobe and securely wrap the towel around his waist before getting into the tub that had already been conveniently filled.
Yet again another incident that would not be spoken of for quite a while occurred between the two that day.
Another week and a half had past and Shinji's wounds had healed quite nicely. Finally he was able to walk without limping every five seconds and Misato had cleared with Ritsuko that he was allowed to return to school. This of course delighted Shinji to no end as he was becoming increasingly agitated at having to stay in the small apartment all day while Asuka went to school.
"Finally!" Shinji cried out, smirking as he parked his motorcycle, Asuka hopping off the back and pulling her helmet off with a smile. Shinji adjusted his jacket and boots before straightening up and pulling off his helmet
"Heh, you were a little slow going down the main strip... you barely broke eighty!" She stuck her tongue out at him as the brown haired boy only scowled.
"You've been riding my bike over eighty then huh?" He asked, buckling his helmet to his book bag as he began walking towards the main building of the school.
"I had a feeling you wouldn't want your baby getting rusty on you." She winked playfully as she fell in step next to Shinji. While normally most of the school would have been paying note to the fact that Shinji had finally returned, (his accident having made the news and thus become instant gossip) however at the moment the attention was back to wear it usually was, Asuka.
Or rather, Asuka's body as it was being shown off in a very tight pink shirt that rose up a few inches above her bare midriff, and her very tight jean shorts that swished along with her hips with every step she took, this of course causing every male to fall over trying to get a glimpse of her ass.
"Feh... well I have to thank you... that outfit is taking the attention off of me... although you're getting an awful lot of stares." Shinji remarked with a bitter taste in his mouth at all the guys drooling over the girl, when in fact during breakfast he couldn't tear his eyes away from his roommate either.
A wry grin spread across the blue eyed beauties lips as the two made their way through main hallway. "Heh, well when you have a body like mine... you should let the world bask in the beauty it radiates!"
Rolling his eyes the brown haired boy gave a low chuckle. "Feh, whatever... so anything new I should know about here?" He asked, mildly curious as he glanced over at Asuka.
Pursing her lips the redhead nodded. "Well there is this new girl who started four days ago... she's in our class, her names-" She paused however when she noted that Shinji had stopped walking, curious, she turned around, finding her roommate being held around the waist by a dainty pair of hands from behind.
"Shinji-kun! It's been a long time!" A delighted voice giggled out from behind the previously injured boy, causing him to turn around and widen his eyes in shock as he took in the features of girl with dark mahogany red, shoulder length hair.
"MANA!"
Elsewhere, back at Nerv headquarters, Gendo Ikari sat at his desk, looking through some files busily.
"Sir?" Maya Ibuki questioned out, causing the commander to look up from his paperwork.
"What is it?" He barked back irritably, causing the woman to flinch before answering.
"Scenario Two has begun."
"...Excellent."
AN: Tada, there you all have it, chapter six is complete! I'm truly sorry if any of you are disappointed with it but hey i tried. Anyway I want to know all of your guys' opinions! And if you don't know who Mana is, then you're just going to have to resign to the fact that you are not a true EVA fan and should probably google her name.
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