Sorry about not updating, but as usual, school and life has taken over my life. Here is a little something that I have decided to give you all. I have looked over the way I have written this story and realized that the shorter chapters allowed me to cover much more material in a shorter time. So I am going back to that format. So after nearly a year, I give you a short chapter to enjoy.

Chapter 17: Rei and Yui

Rei was sitting outside as the last rays of light sink over the horizon as she watched the ocean from the remains of a house. The sound was soothing as she leaned against the once proud wall in the nude. Shedding her clothing earlier just to feel her body warm against the light of the sun and the sounds of the waves reminded her of the Instrumentality. Everything made sense there. Now there was confusion and all these emotions flowing about her soul.

Some Good, Some Bad.

People loved her. That was a good thing, and Shinji... he cared about her even after she had told him the truth about what she had used him for.

Asuka. She didn't think Asuka hated her, but over the last few weeks... Asuka seemed to understand her. Since the nude slumber party Asuka had seen her as being like the European story of Pinocchio, wanting to be a real girl. Asuka had hugged her then, and afterwards she had dreamed. Kaworu, Shinji and her were all together in the Instrumentality they had all shared memories. Asuka and Shinji had transformed into adult version of themselves with fusions of Kaji and Masato in their features as they made love. Kaworu and she connected and... They flew among the stars shaping worlds in their path and even conceiving a child in her womb as the two of them moved as humans and giving birth to a child that had her skin, his hair and Shinji's nose.

What about the part of her that was the weapon of destruction that she had been created to be since her creation.

She had done this... Destruction of the world out of a moment of having the power of God.

For what?

To stop a man from reuniting with his late wife who he was still in love with?

Rei just wanted to be free.

The Instrumentality made sense if you thought of it as a unifying force.

But at what price?

Then the voices came flowing into her mind as she passed out while she was raising her AT Field to protect herself, but the attack wasn't from the outside. It was from within.

Rei had the weirdest dream as she rolled over in her bed, to see the morning sunlight coming in. She swore that she was a survivor of an apocalypse. Rei scooted up and looked down to see her nude body. She stretched out. Boy her boobs were getting big. She cupped them and bounced them a few times. Boy she was going to have a killer figure for the Spring Festival. That was when she reached down to look at her legs as she peeled back more of the covers. She needed to get some sun. But given that she suffered from Albinism she would need a ton of sun block. That was when Yui walked in.

"Hey Rei... Oh you are awake." Rei grinned.

"Yeah I am..." Rei cheerfully got out of bed and walked over to grab some undergarments from a nearby dresser.

"Rei we need to talk..." Yui walked through the door over to Rei. "I know that you are comfortable with your body, but remember you are not the only person living here." Rei turned around to see...

A Naked Yui was standing before her.

Rei...

Rei slid across the wall to get away from this ghost haunting her...

"You are not real... you are dead..." Rei screamed out as she bolted into another room. She was a monster... Not human... Then she spun around to see.

Rei... listen to me... I want to help you.

With that Rei bolted again.

"I know, I know... keep the nudity down." With that Yui shot her a look.

"No Rei... We need to talk about your origins." Rei stopped and looked at Yui, her foster mom.

"What do you mean my origins? My parents died in a car accident, I lost my memory, my kid sister, little Yui was just a baby at the time and..." With that Yui reached out and grabbed Rei by the arms and forced the naked girl to look her in the eyes.

Rei don't run away... Rei sprinted more as she slammed into another room and slid across some LCL soaked furniture. That was when the Spirit slammed through her AT Field.

It was the instrumentality. Before her stood her other two counterparts. The little child who had her neck broken and the version of her who died saving Shinji's life.

That was when Yui Ikari caught up to her. With a swift move Rei was partially pulled into a wall. Rei screamed as she tried in vain to free herself from the restraints.

Rei... The naked Yui stood before her and moved in and...

"Rei you and your sisters are clones of me. I wanted to advance human evolution. I did. But I wanted you to know what it was like to be human." All the versions of Rei stopped as this message flowed into their minds.

The Rei who was running through the empty house by a sea of blood turned to see Yui reach out and hug her.

The Rei that was in her foster parents house was in shock as her mother reached over and told her the story of her creation, that she wasn't alone and that she was loved.

The Rei in the instrumentality felt love from the being she was forged from.

Rei stood looking at herself in the mirror. Beside her the floating naked form of Yui Ikari moved over towards her. Comforting her, and for the first time in her life felt warmth in her heart. Everything made sense. The empty hole in her heart was not empty anymore, but it did have space for stuff to be added.

Turning towards the floating being she saw Yui's appearance look more like her own.

You are my daughter; you have your own soul... I cannot apologize for the hell you have gone through because of my absence. But you still have family, and people who love you.

With that Yui reached down and placed her hand inside of Rei and with a wince of pain, Rei felt something happening inside of her.

You are free now Rei, I have fixed the damage that I wasn't able to complete before my death. No more drugs, illness due to the sun. You are complete my child. With that Yui hugged Rei as Rei felt loved and had her first honest Menstrual cycle line of blood leave her body.

"I love you Mom..." Rei spoke as she understood what she needed to do. She was no longer a monster. She was just a girl who wanted to be loved.

Kaworu walked along the beach, he had found most of Rei's clothing. The last few nights had been hard on her. Ever since Yui Ikari's AT Field had shown itself to her he had gotten concerned. Then he felt her AT Field. It seemed to be a little off, then... he noticed the Field around her. With that he broke off into a flat out run.

Rei sat on the floor across from Yui Ikari. It was strange. This being she had feared for most of her life, well was... Nice... She didn't want her body back. Well Rei's body... But seeing the sadness in her eyes, Rei understood that she missed Shinji a lot. With that she started talking. At times Yui looked sad at her, but other times when Asuka and Shinji came up as the topic of conversation, she looked happy. As Questions about Rei's own life, came forth, that was Kaworu entered the building.

"Rei..."

"Kaworu..." Rei got up and rushed over to her and hugged him. Snuggled into the corner of his neck Yui rose and walked over to the Albino boy and touched him on the shoulder.

Is he the one that you love? Rei nodded at this as Rei drank in the scent of the soft sweet salty smell of Kaworu's sweat.

"Kaworu... This is Yui Ikari the woman who I am based upon." Rei motioned with a free hand. Kaworu looked at the semi transparent figure for him. Kaworu smelled blood and it wasn't from the LCL Sea.

"Rei, I smell blood and it isn't from outside." Rei looked down and blushed. Rei took a step or two back and traced her fingers down between the inside of her legs and rubbed her groin to get something on her skin on her fingers. Then she turned her fingers hand held them up before Kaworu. They were lightly covered in blood. Rei's menstrual blood.

"I am a real girl now." Rei was showing tears of joy. Kaworu understood, this was the event he and the others were waiting to happen.

"You have cleared your own first hurtle of gaining your soul." Kaworu moved forward and took her hand and placed it over her heart. "Rei you have always been a being with a soul. You have always had meaning for yourself in your life. The same way that those who love you have always known."

"Yui gave me back what I was missing, I am now complete." Rei spoke towards Kaworu.

"She may have, but You Rei complete me my lovely Nephilim." With that Yui touched Rei and Kaworu's shoulders before disappearing.

I will leave you be for the time being, but I will be watching. I still have a son that needs me, but knowing that my daughter is on the right path to being loved makes my heart glow. With that Yui walked towards the door and faded into the night. For Rei she was happy as she felt safe and complete for the first time in her life. Kaworu understood what she wanted to do next and they did so.

Sheba stood outside sensing the AT Fields around her. The disembodied one that was Yui was still around, but it seemed that it n longer was upset or sad. Then she sent the several Fields that were flying towards them. With that she moved in and started to prepare that evening's meal. They would be having company and the new batch of crops that she had been able to set up in the garden would start to help feed them. But they would need more help tending to the crops. With that she commanded the bees she had created to grow larger and start to seek out more seed supplies from around the various parts of this area and plant them in the ever growing and functional farm they were at.

TBC

I would like to thank RPG for helping me proof this chapter and soon I hope that I will have more chapters to add to this story.

To those of you who have stuck with me over the years. I thank you.

I have a bulk of this story mapped out so all I have to do now is place it on the page.

From now on I will go with shorter chapters so that I can update more often.

So stay tuned.

Hearns