Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Destruction ❯ Chapter 1

Chapter I

"Hey idiot wake up!" Shinji Ikari started awake and rolled over in his bed as the sound of the loud and extremely irritating voice broke through his slumber. Unfortunately rolling over carried him off of the edge of his bed and he fell to the floor with a crash. "Get up, you're going to make us late for school."

"No one asked you to wait for me Asuka," he shot back as he struggled to free himself from his hopelessly tangled sheets.

"If I didn't make sure you got up you'd never make it to school on time you lazy jerk, now hurry up."

"Yeah, yeah," Shinji muttered as he finally freed himself from the sheets and scrambled to his feet. (Hey that rhymed ^_^) Within a few minutes he was in the shower, the hot water pouring down over his face woke him up fully and after he finished he ran to his room to dress in his usual black slacks, blue undershirt. And white uniform shirt.

As he entered the kitchen he found Asuka waiting for him already dressed and tapping her foot impatiently.

"Finally you're ready," she said as she grabbed his wrist and literally dragged him out the door, barely leaving him enough time to grab his bag and slip on his shoes on the way out.

"See you later Misato," he called back over his shoulder as the door slid shut behind them. Inside the apartment, Misato sat at the kitchen table with a beer in one hand, her eyes wide as she attempted to comprehend the flurry of motion that had just torn through her tiny apartment. Eventually however she gave up and tilted back her beer, draining the can of its contents.

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"So it looks like the newlyweds are late again," Toji commented as he looked up at the clock from his seat. He was currently sitting in his desk with his feet up on the desk in front of him, his chair tilted back on its legs.

"Most likely Shinji slept late again and Asuka is currently dragging him out of the door as we speak."

Toji chuckled lightly at the quite accurate image of Shinji being dragged down the street by the angry redhead. "Yeah probably what happened."

"Uh oh..." Toji looked up at Kensuke.

"What?"

"SUZAHARA!" Toji jerked violently in surprise at the loud voice and the already precarious balance he had achieved with the chair deteriorated rapidly, resulting in him falling backwards to the ground with a spectacular crash that was heard out in the hall. From his new spot on the floor he was able to see a white pair of shoes stop near his nose.

Lifting his gaze he followed the smooth pair of legs that extended from the shoes, past the hem of a dress, and up to the very angry gaze of the classroom representative, Hikari Horaki.

"Uhh... Hey Hikari," Toji stammered as he scrambled to his feet. As soon as he was standing she shoved one finger against his chest threateningly.

"Why were your feet up on the desk Mister Suzahara?" she asked glaring up at him the entire time. Toji flushed nervously and attempted to stammer out some kind of an excuse or apology but the enraged class rep didn't give him the chance. "How many times have I told you not to put your feet on the desk? You are staying after class today to clean the desks Mr. Suzahara, and further more..." luckily Toji was saved from any more work by the timely arrival of Asuka and Shinji. More like a landing actually.

The classroom door was thrown violently open and a certain brown haired pilot flew through the air to crash into a row of desks. Two of the desks were knocked over and a third slid across the ground to fetch up against the far wall.

"Serves you right, pervert," Asuka bellowed from the doorway as she gingerly rubbed the knuckles on her right hand. Shinji looked up in a daze from his place among the scattered desks, one hand was clasped to his jaw and a thin trail of blood could be seen from where his front lip had busted open on his teeth.

Asuka pivoted on her heel and stalked over to her desk slamming her bag to the ground next to it before sitting down herself. As Hikari walked over to ask her friend what had happened Toji and Kensuke went to assist the stricken boy in extracting himself from the pile of furniture he had landed in.

"Hey Shinji what the hell happened?" Toji asked as he lifted the smaller boy to his feet.

Shinji gingerly felt his lip. Yep definitely busted. Looking up he caught sight of the ever cold and emotionless Rei sitting in her usual spot staring out the window, apparently oblivious to the entire event.

He sighed and spoke to Toji and Kensuke in a whisper. "We were walking towards the class right? And she's dragging me along at like, the speed of sound or whatever, finally I trip. It was bound to happen. To keep from falling I grabbed onto her and I think my hands went a bit high. Next thing I know she's slugging me in the jaw." Toji and Kensuke both froze in the act of righting the fallen desks and turned to stare dumbfounded at the young pilot.

Shinji winced as a pair of sickeningly sly smiles graced their faces and prepared himself for the verbal barrage of dirty comments from the two... however he was saved as their Sensei walked through the door.

"Everybody stand. Bow. Sit." The three made a mad dash for their seats, and the school day officially began.

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Rei Ayanami sat in her seat looking out the window. She had noticed the entire situation with Shinji and Asuka but did not understand it. What is it about Ikari that enrages the second so? She wondered idly.

Looking away from the window she cast her gaze around the room until her eyes came to rest on Asuka. She studied the fiery redhead for a while, while she attempted to figure out her behavior. Giving it up as a lost cause for the present she moved on to Asuka's most frequent victim, Shinji.

Shinji was sitting at his desk, half slumped over nursing his sore lip. His eyes were partially glazed and unfocused as the old Sensei droned on about his life before Second Impact. For several long minutes Rei studied the young boy before turning back to the window, her mind filled with questions, and no answers.

However, something happened.

Their sensei fell silent for a moment; an occurrence that cut through the class like a hot knife through butter and even the slumbering students roused themselves to see if he had suddenly keeled over of a heart attack. To their extreme disappointment the old man was still alive and well.

"Class," he said, once again gaining their undivided attention by the oddity of him EVER making an announcement in class. "It appears that we will have a new student who will arrive… ah, there he is now."

The class watched as a boy, no more than 14 walked in. He was about Shinji's height, with long yellow hair, with two thick strands right before his ears. It was less than obvious that he was a body-builder, as his thin frame sported muscles that barely surpassed Toji's. His eyes were amber yellow, but what caught Shinji's eye was his skin.

The newcomer was an Albino, like Rei.

He walked up to front of the class and bowed in respect. He smiled slightly. "Konichiwa. My name is Aoshi Terrabroli, and I am pleased to make your acquaintance."