Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Neon Genesis Evangelion: Power of the Spirit ❯ 0:3 Guardian Angel ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 0:3: Guardian Angel

Two Years Later

Evangelion Unit 02 was slowly lowered into its cage after false alarm. Lieutenant Major Asuka Langley Sohyru slowly climbed out of the Entry Plug, pushing her LCL soaked bangs from her face.

"Damn false alarms," Asuka mumbled walking into toward the locker rooms. After taking a quick shower, and sliding into her skirt and blouse, she decided to leave her work, and take the rest of the day off. 'And why not?' The German Evangelion Pilot thought with a shrug, 'Rei and Misato have the day off.'

The seventeen-year-old glanced down at her watch, and the date caught her eye, March the Thirteenth "In two days it will have been two years…" In two days time it will have been two years since the threat to mankind increased from not only the Angels but also what has come to be known as Archangels, the ones who took her best friend. The Archangels came very much more irregularly then the Angels, and seemed to have thrown the Angels into flux, as if the Angels feared the Archangels.

Fact be told, usually when an Angel would attack, a group of Archangels would arrive before the Evas, then after running the Angel off, go about destroying what part of Tokyo-3 or where ever they landed and kicking the ass of whatever defense was there, including Evangelions.

It wasn't a winning battle anymore, not with the Archangels. Asuka started to think that sooner or later she'd end up just like Shinji, she'd lose a fight with an Archangel, and the monster will tear 02 apart and send her to her mother and her friend.

"Maybe I should give in and go on one of those blind dates Hikari keeps trying to get me to go on," Asuka sighed, but shook her head at the sudden image of the late pilot of Unit 01 appeared in her mind, "Damn baka…"

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A pair of pinkish red eyes gazed out the window of the apartment, watching the clouds float over the midday sky. Rei Ayanami let out a sigh, before a thin arm slid around her nude waist, "What's wrong, babe?"

"Ken-chan …" Rei asked sadly, snuggling back into her boyfriend's chest in their bed, "Am I … am I still just a doll?"

Kensuke rolled the albino girl over so she was facing him, "Rei, a doll wouldn't have done what you did. Even if Ikari got out of it, it took a lot of guts to stand up to that bastard like you did. You're no doll …" he said moving in to kiss her nose, "cute though, but not a doll."

"Thank you," Rei said in her usual emotionless voice, though her lips curled in a small smile, before a faint blush crossed her cheeks, "Before we get up for the day, we could … after all the alert earlier pretty much made up for our tardy for school so …" the Eva Pilot purred uncharacteristically.

"MISATO!!!" Asuka wailed from the neighboring apartment, "I TOLD YOU TO WAIT TILL I GOT HOME!!!!"

Kensuke rolled his eyes as Rei climbed out of bed and slid into a sundress, "I'll go for damage control, speak to you later, lover?" Rei asked, leaning over to kiss the blonde headed teenager.

Kensuke grabbed his glasses from the night table, "Enjoy the week's soaps, Rei-chan."

Rei walked gingerly into the apartment of Misato and Asuka, who was with little surprise to find Misato watching with little interest while Asuka screamed at the top of her lungs some mix of German and Japanese, mixed just enough to make it intangible.

"You broke the sacred act!" Asuka finally accused in a low voice, "you must be punish!"

"Punished?" Misato asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"You heard me," Asuka stated looking down her nose at her roommate, "Wonder Girl, look in the top cabinet, one right next to the fridge."

"NO!" Misato cried jumping to her feet as Rei made her way to the kitchen.

"Wow," Rei said, pulling a bottle of wine, "Dated 1823 … this must have been expensive."

"Now, your punishment, my dear guardian, we drink great or you tell us what this is for," Asuka stated giving a look of pure evil.

Misato looked around nervously, not liking at all the way Rei was gazing hungrily at the bottle.

"Well …" Misato gulp, 'oh gee, Asuka, I was saving it for when you and Shinji finally got your heads out of your asses and got together, but hey, he's dead so I figured I'd hold on to it anyway. How would you handle that sweetie? Damn it why do you always put me on the spot like this?' Misato thought, trying desperately to think up a believable excuse. She then sighed, 'you leave me no choice, Asuka, remember that …'

"If you must know," Misato sighed, "I was saving it for yours and Shinji's weddings."

"Plural," Rei said in her typical emotionless voice, "You speak as if you expected them to wed separate, yet not only is there only one bottle but you also started taking-"

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Misato said quickly, avoiding any glances Asuka's way, "Now lets watch the soap operas now, what do you say?"

"S-So what have we missed?" Asuka said, coughing slightly to cover the near sob that appeared in her throat.

"Kari just confessed to Diasuke!" Misato said enthusiastically.

"No way!" Asuka gasped, jumping across the couch, to sit beside her roommate.

"Was she not with TK?" Rei asked walking around to set on the other side of Misato.

"What? No, no, TK ran off and married Ken in America last week, after coming out he was a gay vampire. Worked out with Ken being a mafia kingpin slash cross dresser and all." Asuka explained not taking her eyes from the screen.

"What about the wine?" Rei asked, a hint of hope in her monotone voice.

"Lets … save it for later," Asuka said, taking the bottle, somewhat forcefully from the disappointed First Child, and placing it back where she got it, "Yeah save it for later."

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(Two days later)

"It is over, Asuka," Kaworu said standing in the doorway of Asuka and Misato's apartment.

"W-What?" Asuka stammered while Misato listened from the kitchen.

"I have aided you in getting back on your feet, Asuka, but I knew from the start it was not me who you wished to date, but the one who you were reminded of," Kaworu smiled gently. "Tell me I am wrong, and I will withdraw my words."

"I …" Asuka tried to force her words, but they couldn't come. "He has been gone for over a year … I need …"

"I am not Shinji, Asuka," Kaworu nodded, "And you will not forget him or his death easily, while you do not consciously choose to be, you are faithful to your friend." Kaworu leaned forward to kiss the stunned German girl's cheek, "I will continue to be your friend and ally, Pilot Sohyru, but I will cease to be your excuse not to grieve. Your faithfulness to Ikari is strong, and will someday soon be rewarded. I will see you at NERV, Pilot Sohyru," he said turning to walk down the hallway away from the stunned girl.

"Asuka, your Synch Ratio is dropping five points, what's wrong?" Ritsuko asked, bringing the girl out of her daydream induced memory.

"Huh, sorry," Asuka blushed, "I just got distracted …"

'Why did that just pop in there?' Asuka thought, before focusing on her synch test.

"Ok I think that … hold on, we just got an alert!" Misato stated, as the alarm sounded through the base. "We've got an Archangel, just outside Tokyo-3 near Fuji Falls."

"Archangel?" Asuka asked, her face growing serious, "They usually don't just show up like that."

"I know," Misato gnawed on her lower lip, "I think it may have something to do with today … if you know what I mean."

"I fail to see how the anniversary of Shinji's death would have any relevance," Rei stated from her plug, "They made no movements on this date last year."

"Ayanami!" the trainee communications officer, Kensuke scolded from his seat at the communications console.

"My apologies, Lover," Rei said sheepishly, then turned to the downcast faces of Misato and Asuka on her screens, "my apologies to you as well, Pilot Sohyru and Major."

"I still get a chill up my spine when she calls you that, Stooge," Asuka shuddered.

"Place the Entry Plugs in their respective Evas. Asuka, you have point. Rei and Kaworu, you two back her up." Misato ordered as the Entry Plugs slid into the backs of Units 00, 02, and 05.

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Unit 02 ran with its knife drawn toward the Archangel that seemed to just be standing looking over the edge of the cliff, watching the waterfall. 'Too easy!' Asuka thought as she brought the knife down through the humanoid shaped Archangel's shoulder, slicing off the demon's arm.

The monster fell gripping its arm, while Unit 02 looked down on it with pride, "What now, you want some more of the great Asuka Langley Sohyru?" she asked the Archangel her confidence and ego skyrocketing. But then when she glanced down at her enemy her eyes widened in awe, the Archangel was growing a new arm and the severed arm was growing its own body.

"Wha … not this again!" Asuka gasped, 'and Shinji isn't here to help this time either …' she thought, making Unit 02 back away from the reforming monsters.

The fight was a nightmare for all three Evangelions. With every heavy attack, the Archangel would only make more and more copies of itself. And the Copies quickly overwhelmed the weaker Evas and the beating began.

Most of the copies singled out Asuka, and the Eva Unit 02 was overpowered quickly.

Asuka grunted loudly as Unit 02 was slammed on the ground yet again. She glanced to the left and saw that the other two Evangelions were having the same helpless beating from the countless copies of the Archangel as she was. "So this is it huh?" she asked, surrender appearing in her voice for the first time ever.

/Don't you dare give up, Asuka!/ Misato ordered, fear shinning in her voice.

<Super-class Evangelion>

"Misato …" Asuka said in between grunts from the attacks from the six Archangels copies singling her out. "About the … other day … You weren't lazy and just got one bottle for our separate weddings, do you … believe we would have gotten together … if we both would have survived this?"

/You ARE going to survive this, stop talking like that!/ Misato ordered, her voice trembling.

"Answer the … GAH!" She cried out as the Archangel's claw tore through 02's abdomen. "Answer the damn question, Misato!"

Misato was quite for several moments before her voice spoke barely above a whisper, /no doubt in my mind./

"Thank you …" Asuka whispered as she reclined into her seat.

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"Asuka …" Misato sobbed, sitting down in her command chair, glancing at the monitors showing the live readings of the three Eva pilots dropping. "Rei … Kaworu … only a miracle could save them now …" she gulped.

"Um … Major, you might want a look at this …" Maya stated slowly, her eyes the size of saucers.

"What is it?" Misato asked walking up to the woman's station. "What in the …" She read over the information three times, but still couldn't comprehend what it was saying.

/Evangelion Unit S-01- prep complete/

/Evangelion Unit S-01- move to Catapult 05 complete/

/Launch Evangelion Unit S-01? Y/N?/

"What the hell's Unit S-01?" Misato asked loudly. She then pressed the communications button, "Pilot of Unit S-01, please identify yourself."

"Love to chat, Misato-chan," a very familiar face popped up on the monitor, "But my friends need help, permission to join the fight?" Misato answered by fainting dead away.

"Don't just stand there staring at the poor woman," Ritsuko barked, "Get a med team in here, and launch that damn Eva!"

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The LCL around Asuka was rich in the blood that came from her mouth and nose. She opened her eyes as she felt her Eva being lifted off the ground. She glanced around her and saw that Unit 02's broken form was carried by one of the Archangel copies and carried to the edge of the cliff. She glanced back and Kaworu and Rei were being forced to watch, like she and Rei were made to two years ago.

"This is it," Asuka whispered as she felt the Eva's release, and fall down toward the water and jagged rocks appearing above the waves. "I'm coming Shinji …"

She glanced up, and a memory flashed before her eyes, of when she was in the volcano and Unit 01 was diving to her rescue … only this time it appeared to have wings like a true Angel.

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"Asuka …" Rei sighed sadly, looking away from the sight of her friend being killed.

"Fear not," Kaworu smirked, "We have yet to see what true power really is… But we're about to."

"It …" Rei's eyes widened as an object rose from the cliff, "It can … can't be …"

A magnificent purple, green, and white biomechanical behemoth hovered in the air, supported by six large, glowing angelic wings, and in its long skinny arms was cradled Unit 02. The Unit S-01's glowing eyes shined behind its single horned purple and white faceplate, and its lower jaw lowered as it released a low animalistic growl.

"Ikari-kun …" Rei gasped, her hand going straight to her mouth in awe.

"Asuka-chan," Kaworu said under his breath, "Your boyfriend's back."

The Super-class Evangelion slowly brought itself to the ground, and gently placed Unit 02 down, before standing back to its feet. Its six wings flapped once before folding up into a shell-like pack on its back. The goliath turning is cold glare on the copies, making them back step in fear.

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"What's the pilot's Synch Ratio?" Ritsuko asked, watching the new Eva closely.

"This has to be a mistake …" Maya shook her head, "It's … it's too high!"

"What is it?"

"Right now … holding steady at 816% …" Maya stated, watching Ritsuko's eyes go wide. "Now, don't you faint too!" Maya gasped, taking a glance back where a medical officer was moving smelling salts in Misato's face.

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Unit S-01 flexed its hands, the fingertips extending into large talon-like claws, the whole hand beginning to give a faint white glow. One of the Archangel copies did a test attack, only to have one of the large claws grasping its face, the skin around the Eva's gasp began to bubble, and the copy's screams made Rei have to look away.

The Copy fell backwards lifeless, and the Eva took a fighting stance as if to say 'who else wants some?'

None approached so the bio-machine jumped toward a large number of the clones, both claws glowing brightly. After simply running through the crowd of copies, over half fell over lifeless in its wake.

"Rei," Unit S-01's pilot stated in a voice that Rei could easily mistake for Commander Ikari's. "You and the new guy get Asuka out of here. I'll finish this."

"But there are still twelve and there is one of you," Rei stated, a hint of worry in her usual emotionless voice.

"Hai," the pilot stated with a slight chuckle, "should have made more copies, this will be too easy."

Unit 00 and Unit 05 slowly made their way to where 02 lay, and placed one of its damaged arms across each of their shoulders before quickly retreating toward NERV Headquarters.

Unit S-01 watched them go, and once he was sure they were out of range, he glanced back toward the remaining copies, "Now, no more playing."

Rei and Kaworu made it back to the closest elevator and placed the damaged 02 on the platform, as the platform lowered a massive shockwave sent both remaining Evas forward on the ground.

Rei looked back, and zoomed in to where the explosion took place, and her eyes widened in disbelief at what she saw. Fuji Falls was gone, all that remained was a crater and a single winged figure hovering above it.

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Asuka slowly opened her eyes, and was surprised to find herself in a hospital bed with Misato sitting patiently beside with a teary smile on her face.

"What … happened?" Asuka asked, hoarsely.

"Asuka, you're not going to believe this …" Misato stated, fresh tears sliding down her cheeks, "But … we did tests on top of tests, it's all verified. Every bit of it."

"Would you get to the point?" Asuka asked, rubbing her sore eyes, "What are you going on about?"

"He's come back to us…"

To Be Continued …

Next Chapter: New and Improved

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