Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Restart ❯ Cracks ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Kuroi-Yasha: Sorry for the wait. This chapter has been ready for almost a month, but my beta's didn't return it to me, so I'm posting the un-beta'd version. Hope it isn't too bad. Lots of people will not like this chapter, but oh well.

Let the Dark Arc begin.

Disclaimer: Don't own Eva. Never have, never will. Happy now?!


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"So...it's begun hasn't it?"

"Yes...that child. He's something that has to be dealt with appropriately. This is our only hope for freedom. To believe that we, who were once considered gods, would be captured and held prisoner by our own powers...we cannot let this chance escape us."

"Indeed, yet we do not posses the current strength necessary to break our seal. We need their power, only then can we be free once more. We still have thirteen chances."

"Yes, but how to capture them? We cannot escape, this cursed seal keeps us bound to this realm."

"We cannot escape, however we can send someone that is lower than us thru the gathered power that we leeched and stored over time. Then he can free us thru the ritual as the hosts arrive."

"Can we trust such a lowly creature? What if he takes the chance to roam free killing and maiming while we rot here?"

"Do not fear. We shall limit his power and only when we're freed will his power be increased and we shall take what was ours since the beginning."

"Yes...very well. Summon Tsumetai."

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“Is that him?”

“Who?”

“The new kid. The one with the light brown hair.”

“I hear he’s the pilot of that robot that destroyed that monster that attacked two nights ago!”

“He’s so cool!”

“And kinda cute…in a passive sort of way.”

“Yeah, but you know what they say about the quiet ones…ehehe…”

Shinji sighed as he walked into the classroom. It seemed that there had been not so much leaks about the fight with Sachiel as there was a whole flood. ‘It must have been Section 2. Like Akagi-hakushi once said they are really dragging their asses.’ Still complaining would do him no good and as long as he avoided most of the people that whispered he felt he could bear through it.

“Oi! Your’ the pilot of that giant robot thing ain’t cha’?”

Startled the young Ikari looked up into the questioning face of his (past)friend Suzuhara, Toji. A small pang of guilt coursed thru him as he looked at the jock. In his previous life, he assumed it was a life it was almost as if Rei had hit a reset button for him, he had caused the boy pain by injuring his little sister because he couldn’t control his Eva. If that wasn’t enough he’d later caused him to nearly die because he was too weak to save him when Toji’s Eva had been possessed by an angel. ’Not this time though…’

“H-hai. I’m Ikari Shinji. Hajimemashite?” The cobalt eyed youth asked as he rose and gave a small bow.

“H-hey man, chill I ain’t fancy or nothing’. Name’s Suzuhara but you can call me Toji.” The taller boy smiled as he held his hand out to the other boy. Smiling Shinji took the offered hand. Before he could say another word though a smaller boy with chestnut hair and a freckled face and a camera covering his only open eye suddenly jumped in.

“Wow, you’re the pilot of that huge thing!? What’s it called? Who made it? What do you need to do to be able to pilot one?” Any other person would have either been annoyed or at least a bit thrown off by the overzealous military otaku, but Shinji just smiled warmly at his (only) friends.

“Its name is Eva, short for Evangelion. It was made by NERV, or more specifically my mother and father and other researchers. I can’t tell you the answer to the last question, but trust me you don’t want to pilot Eva. Its not all fun and games. If your Eva is damaged you feel the pain as if it had happened to you.”

He hated to discourage his friend, but if it kept him safe, he’d put him down as much as necessary, better he be hated so long as Kensuke lived. However the boy paid his discouragement no mind and continued ranting about how cool it must be. Shinji just kept the smile on his face as he watched the class representative enter the room and yell at Kensuke and Toji. Though he indeed noticed this time around that she spoke a little more kindly to the clueless jock.

‘This is what I’m fighting for. This time I won’t mess it up.’

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“Urg…”
< br> She groaned as she sat up from the comfortable, if filthy, mattress. Rei Ayanami had seen better days. This was not to say she hadn’t seen worse, but the discomfort and pain from every single movement tended to be an inconvenience. “Ika…Shinji-san?” There was no answer to her soft call. Therefore it meant that he was not home. Rei had discovered that the younger Ikari seemed to have a very astounding, if a bit strange, ability to know when she called for him no matter how softly she spoke. It was unnerving to a small degree, but she could not deny that deep down she felt a certain…reassurance towards that fact.

Slowly she rose and made her way to the small kitchen her apartment. To her surprise she found a small bowl of rice, some miso and some pita bread along with a small container of humus? Curious she took a small sample of the food and food it to be rather unique if a tad too flavorful. Still who was she to bite that hand that fed her, quite literally in a sense? After her small, but filling, meal she made her way to the bathroom. She could feel the blood beginning to soak thru her bandages and she did not wish to see the look of anguish on her caregivers face. ‘I am enough of a burden without him having to do everything for me.’

As the bandages fell she noticed that her wounds were healing nicely, if a bit slower than normal. Still she did not complain her healing factor was indeed thrice that of a normal human, but it could only do so much. Grimacing softly as a frown spread across her otherwise attractive face she turned the water of her somewhat decrepit shower on. A gasp of discomfort escaped as the cold water hit her skin, the water was never right. It was only ever freezing or boiling, not that she’d noticed before but after she had been exposed to human contact for a longer amount of time she began to feel more things. It was strange. Every now and then she would get a flash of something, often an image, in her mind’s eye. It was disturbing to a degree for more often than not it would be an image of death, carnage or pain. Usually involving her or Ikari. Still it was nothing that would prove damaging so she felt no reason to inform the commander or Shinji.

A gasp escaped her again. But it was different this time, it was rather interesting. She’d been washing a rather sensitive part of her anatomy when it had given her a rather peculiar sensation, not unpleasant, if anything it was rather enjoyable. Curious she lightly touched the place again, but felt herself frown as the feeling did not re-occur. ’What is different from the first time?’ She wondered as she thought about the situation. Unconsciously she turned the water off and thought silently, ’I was thinking about the images, though I feel that was not the trigger. The commander perhaps?’ With that in mind she thought about the commander and tried again, this time however she was rewarded with a different feeling. It was unpleasant, almost as if she felt something was dirtying her by thinking such a thing. ’That was most definitely not the sensation. Then that must mean…’ Thinking of the younger Ikari she found herself grow inadvertently warm, and received the desired sensation.

‘M-most p-peculiar…’ She felt a soft moan escape her as she rubbed herself a little more firmly. Rei was no idiot, sure she was socially inept she was willing to admit as much, but she knew what a body did and how it worked. She was also aware that she had no ovaries or a uterus so she knew that she would be unable to bear children. This however was of little importance to her, for she knew that the chances of her reaching adulthood were slim to non-existent. As such she had never really tried anything with her body in the way of experimentation, but was starting to think that she might have been missing out on something. She had often wondered why the other girls in her class had seemed so interested in the males of her class or school in general, or their continuous and sometimes vulgar conversations on what they did with who.

Now she understood, and to say the truth she couldn’t help but agree with them to a certain extent. Though she was not sure if she would ‘Suck that cock so good he would be begging for more’. She did not see what a rooster had to do with said situation of sexuality but attributed it to common slang. Still the jolts of pleasure that shot thru her body were addicting, but left something to be desired. Deciding to research the subject later she turned the water back on and was rewarded with a stream of scalding water.

‘I dislike this shower…’

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“So we have an understanding?”

“If you could call it that. I hope you understand that to do as you ask will not be a simple feat.”

“That is of no concern to us Ryouji. You have your orders and we expect them to be carried out accordingly and in a timely manner.”

“Yes, I daresay you do. Very well, I will do as you say. I shall have the first report submitted by the end of the month.”

“See to it. Do not fail us Ryouji.”

A dial tone was all the dark haired man heard as he closed his cell phone and pulled the last cigarette from his packet and lit it taking a long drag before turning to look out the window of his apartment. Ryouji Kaji exhaled the plume of smoke as he picked up the folder on the table. Inside the picture of a depressed looking boy of about fourteen looked back at him, azure eyes dull from either fatigue or depression, perhaps both. Sighing he closed the folder and dropped it back on the table when he heard the door open.

“I’m all set Kaji-san~”

The long-haired spy turned to face his red-haired charge, and inwardly smiled at her blatant attempts at seducing him. Unfortunately she was well out of her league, still it never hurt to keep her close just in case. He gave her a smile before he gave the folder one last glance, ’Gomen Shinji-san, but orders are orders.’

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Pain. That was the first thing he felt. Excruciating pain, it resembled being ripped apart then put back together by a very painful and unnecessary means, only to repeat the process several times. Now that was just his physical body. His soul, if you assume a demon such as himself had a soul that is, was a different story, but humans did not have words strong enough to describe such agony. Suffice to say he was not feeling all that great. Yet he was free! Granted he was barely stronger than a human, but he’d take what he could get.

Stumbling he made his way out of the alley where he had been forced to materialize, he couldn’t help a small whistle of appreciation at the site before him. The last time he’d seen the human world they were still poking each other with rocks on sticks and wearing mammoth skins. So to say he was surprised was an understatement, but he concealed it easily enough. He noticed that despite being corporeal he was not clothed. Normally he would not have cared, but he noticed that every single human seemed to be wearing clothing at least in this part of the world. Deciding that it would probably be best to be as inconspicuous as possible he quickly made his way thru the alley and began a quest for some reasonable garments. He found a unconscious human male and quickly snapped his neck and removed him of his clothing. They were not very good, and the less said about the smell the better, but at the very least they would help lower the attention he received.

Emerging from the alley he made his way down the streets. He didn’t know what any of the things were in this new version of the world, but decided to observe and imitate. And after a few minutes was able to discover that humans would cross at certain intersections of the rough gray road, and that the metal things that moved fast had to stop at certain differently colored lights. He was also intrigued by the fact that people would often hand him bits of colored paper or different coins just for standing around. He was tempted to throw away the scraps, but discovered he should hold onto it since he saw a couple of humans exchange the same scraps of paper and metal for some form of edible substance.

After a good couple of hours of observation he decided that he was ready to begin the first stage of his mission. But to summon the evil beings he was forced to serve he would need some form of catalyst, something powerful and resembling the Angels. So picking up the scraps he had been given by people he crossed the grey road past the black and yellow dirt and walked towards the small source of power he could feel deeper inside the city.

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“Wow that guy is hot!”

“I know, I mean just look at his hair. I’ve never seen such a pitch black.”

“Forget that look at his face! Its perfect; no blemishes, no pimples, not even a scar.”

“Too bad he’s a bum.”

He could not understand what they were saying about him, but he knew enough about body language to interpret that they were interested in him, but stayed away from him due to his clothing. So there were positives and negatives to the garments humans wore. It made sense he supposed, even back when they were still crawling around in the mud they had methods of separating themselves in ranks. Ignoring the looks of the women, he continued on his way. If he had time he supposed he should learn their language, but it would be difficult. He’d learned a bit of Latin from another evil being during their incarceration by the almighty beings in case they ever got free, it would help to at least be able to communicate with those he ruled.

Discarding those thoughts for the moment he arrived outside a rather decrepit looking building. Still impressive to his eyes, but clearly less cared for than the others he’d seen. Before he could move however he felt a small surge in energy. It was definitely Angelic, but it didn’t feel like those accursed creatures they’d fought long ago. This felt more like…a fallen. His eyes widened at the possibility. A fallen was more valuable because he wouldn’t need a sacrifice and the ritual could be completed faster due to the fact that the blood used was already corrupt so he would not have to use his own to reinforce the bond.

Mind made up he leapt to the door which radiated the power and was about to enter when a blaring sound went off. Mentally cursing he leapt away from the door and hid in the shadows. Nothing occurred for moments. But then he saw three men in black suits begin to ascend the winding pathway that led to the room he was trying to get into. This would be a perfect opportunity. He waited until the men were close enough and then he sprung.

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‘Rig ht on time. Guess I haven’t messed the timeline up as much as I thought I would have.’

Jumping to his feet Shinji tore from the classroom in the wake of cheers and well wishes from his classmates. Taking the steps two and three at a time he was out of the building in record time. He was just about to leave towards the closest entrance to NERV when a black car screeched to a stop in front of him.

“Third child located, ETA to HQ is ten.”

Shinji said nothing as he jumped into the car as soon as the door opened and was placed between two large and rather imposing men in black suits. “Where is Ayanami?” The men said nothing, but a beep to his left informed him that someone was calling. Reaching around one of the burly men he grasped the receiver of the phone.

“Shinji-kun? Its me Misato. Listen we’ve received word that an Angel has just broken thru our defenses and since you’re the only available pilot we’re taking you directly to the cages understood?” The voice of the normally energetic or laid back Captain was oddly reserved as she briefed him on the situation.

“Hai, Misato-san but is Rei-san alright?”

“Oh Rei-san is she? Not Rei-chan yet?” The normal teasing tone served to reassure him that despite everything Misato was still herself, but had to act like the captain she was trained and paid to be.

“M-Misato-san! Mataku!” He cried indignantly before hanging up the receiver to stop the laughter that came from the device. From what it seemed the whole bridge had heard her and that would just lead to rumors about him and Rei, and that would be all that was needed for his father to become suspicious and separate him from Rei. ‘Not like I’ll let it happen, but I must be careful.’ It was only after he’d hung up that he realized he’d never given Misato time to answer his question. ‘I’m sure she’s fine.’ He reasoned as he made his way out of the car and towards the changing room to gear up for the upcoming fight.

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A groan escaped his new lips as he crouched against the wall, blood slowly trailing down his arm and staining his clothing. Not that he cared about that, but it was rather surprising to him that humans had developed weapons that could be so deadly, had he not been an evil-being he probably would have been killed by the weapon. Despite not being killed the wound that the weapon inflicted was rather deep and caused quite a bothersome amount of pain. Rising he approached the door once again. The men in dark clothing had destroyed his hope of catching his prey off guard. He could no longer feel the energy, but he knew whatever it was it was still inside.

Slowly he opened the door and walked in slowly, leaving behind the dismembered bodies of what had once been three section two agents.

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“You …are…really…pissing…me…off!”

The young Ikari ground out as he held the two tentacles of the fourth Angel, Shamshel, at bay. The battle wasn’t all that different from the first time, the only difference was that he wasn’t having his ass violently handed to him on a silver platter. Also he hopped that Kensuke and Toji had been smart enough to not sneak out of the shelter like last time. He really didn’t want to take a tentacle in the chest just to kill this Angel again.

Sick of their tug-of-war game Shinji threw all of his Eva’s strength into tossing the tentacles away from him and dove to the right and took cover under a building in order to avoid Shamshel’s counter attack. This Angel was much smarter than its previous brother and earlier for one horrible moment he thought that the Angel remembered their last battle because it cleverly launched a beam of light from its mouth at him when he’d ducked under its ‘arms’ and had tried to end the fight. But he figured it was a fluke when moments later he was able to connect with a solid kick to the angel after avoiding the beam. Before he could move though Misato’s voice filled his entry plug.

“Shinji! There’s a armory to your right we have a rifle set up for you. I know we didn’t train you on how to use it, but it might help to distract the Angel long enough for you to get a chance at ending this fight.”

“Understood!” He jumped from behind the building and rolled to avoid the sudden attack from the Angel. Taking off in a sprint the had almost reached the exposed weapon when he was forced to again barrel-roll to avoid Shamshel’s deadly tentacles, but was unable to block the next attack and was sent flying into the mountain side. ‘This seems familiar…’ Looking to the right he was relieved to see that Kensuke and Toji were not there. ‘Now that that’s out of the way I gotta finish this bastard off…but how?’ Suddenly an idea came to him, something so ingenious and utterly preposterous that it might just work.

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The bridge was buzzing with activity as they watched the newest fight to save the Earth and humanity itself from the Angels. “What is the pilot’s status?” The purple haired captain questioned, as she tore her eyes from the screen and turned to lieutenant Aoba, “Cardiac levels slightly elevated, same with blood pressure. But still within reasonable parameters. Mental contamination is also nominal.” Nodding she turned to face her blond-haired friend, “What do you think about all this?”

The faux-blond blond said nothing for a few moments before she looked away from the young Ibuki’s terminal and faced the violet haired captain, “You mean besides his insanely high sync ratio or his ability to pilot an Evangelion without prior training? Not much, he’s suspicious and bordering the ‘almost too good to be true’ level but who are we to look a gift horse in the mouth?” This was clearly not the answer the captain had wanted but definitely the one she had been expecting. “He’ll be fine Misato. He pulled thru magnificently last time, and so far he’s doing really well though I doubt he’ll get his bonus this time around.”

No sooner had the words left their mouths that a united gasp from most of the female populace and a loud ‘kick ass!’ from Aoba got their attention. Looking to the screen they couldn’t help but feel that Aoba had pretty much summed it all up nicely. “Replay that. I want to make sure I didn’t just imagine that.”

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Shinji smirked as he rose from the mountain, his imprint leaving a testament of the force that was needed to cause such damage. ‘Alright I’ve only got one shot at this, so I have to make it count.’ A slight smirk adorned his lips before being replaced with a look of pure concentration. Then suddenly he charged Shamshel’s prone form. The Angel acted predictably as it launched its tentacles at the third child, but he twisted to the right to avoid them and jumped up to avoid the counter sweep that he knew it would try as soon as he dodged. “Knife!” He yelled as the Eva ejected the giant Progressive Knife and he reverse gripped it as he spun in the air and blocked a strike from a tentacle and actually managed to sever it.

The Angel didn’t take that too well, but then again who would? With a loud screech that startled Shinji, it had never made a sound before, a larger beam of light shot from its mouth and moved at him with startling speed. He’d been expecting that however and dove to the side to avoid the beam and shot out his unarmed hand and planted it on the ground and used it to launch himself to the opposite direction moments before the tentacle that would have pierced his head impacted with the ground. “NOW!” He yelled as he launched the giant prog. Knife at the Angel, he let out a loud yell when blade impacted with the core dead center and tore at the Angel with amazing speed and pulled his fist back, “TRY THIS YOU SON OF A BITCH!” He roared at the stunned Shamshel as his fist connected with the handle of the knife so hard that it shattered both the core and the handle of the blade. He also felt his hand break from the force of the punch, but was surprised when his Eva’s mouth tore open and let out a roar of satisfaction and felt his Eva’s hand set itself back into place. ‘Okaa-san…Arigato…’
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Rei sat on her bed. She’d been napping waiting for Shinji to arrive and cook something for her. She could have just as well cooked herself, but the young Ikari’s cooking was more satisfying than her own more than likely because he used spices and herbs whereas she did not. That and he was entertaining. She was content to merely sit and observe him as he went about his work. She did not understand why, but she felt more relaxed and at ease when he was near her. That however had changed when she’d heard the footsteps climbing the stairs that led to her apartment shortly after being awoken by the blare of the Angel Attack siren.

She’d risen and was in the process of putting on her shoes when she heard gunshots. That alone had caused her to hesitate, never before had she heard gunshots outside her apartment. Not long after she could hear the cries of men and disturbing sounds of bodies being torn asunder. Sighing she removed her shoes and remained sitting. If whoever section two, she assumed it was them seeing as how they were the only ones that knew where she lived, had been shooting had survived she had no doubt it would come for her. So she merely sat and remembered the memories she’d had with the young Ikari the previous day. She lowered her head as she heard the door open. She knew without a doubt that whoever had just entered the apartment was here to kill her.

If she really thought about it, it didn’t matter. The commander could just bring her back to life in another body, another clone to take her place. That didn’t help make it any easier though. But she resigned herself to her fate as a man entered the room. ‘Sayonara Shinji…’

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“That was totally awesome Shinji!”

“You…just…wow…!”

“Shinji-kun! That was simply amazing!”

Shinji smiled as he walked down the metal bars of the cages towards the command center for his debriefing. Along the way he would stop and shake the hand of some random techie or bridge bunny that was walking along now that the alert was over. The smile didn’t leave his lips even when he stepped into the command center and was greeted by his father’s cold glare. If anything his smile took on a more content turn at the sight. That was before Misato approached him, “You did great out there Shinji-kun.” He turned to her and scratched the back of his head awkwardly at her praise, “A-arigato Misato-san.” Her smile caused a few butterflies of guilt to flutter in his stomach, but he ignored them easily enough.

It was a moment before he noticed something was wrong, “M-Misato-san…where’s Re…Ayanami-san?” The question seemed to catch the Captain off guard, “What do you mean? She’s right over the…re…?” She had pointed to a corner of the room that Rei was designated to be in as a standby pilot. A wave of unease flowed thru Shinji as he franticly looked around the bridge for his blue-haired love.

“Ritsuko, where’s Rei?” A confused look crossed the bottled blonds face as she looked around the control room. “That’s strange…I thought she’d have been here by now. I sent Section Two to pick her up from her apartment as soon as we confirmed the Angel. And I received word that they reached her apartment…They must have gotten delayed…or something.” The way she commented off-handedly about the safety or well being caused a surge of anger in the young Ikari, but he wisely kept himself in check. He knew that Ritsuko cared about Rei as much as a cat cared about a mouse before it went for the kill.

“I’m sure she’s fine then if she’s with Section Two. Why don’t you get cleaned up and I’ll give you a ride home? We can pick up Rei and celebrate another victory for mankind.” He fought down the worry that plagued him and gave Misato a nod before heading off towards to change. ‘Please be safe Rei-chan…’

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“Who are you?”

It was clear that she’d posed him a question by the tone used, not that it mattered. As soon as he confirmed that she was one of the fallen he would kill her and take what he needed.

“Are you a fallen?”

His response caught her off guard. She’d been expecting the being before her to speak either Japanese or some foreign language, so it came as a shock when he spoke to her in Latin. No living person used the former language of the powerful anymore. She only knew Latin because the Commander had insisted she learn it along with multiple other languages.

“No, I am a human. Or rather a clone. It would seem I asked the incorrect question last time, what are you?”

“I am relieved that I have finally found someone I can communicate with. It is unfortunate it will be so short lived.”

She felt her eyes narrow subconsciously as he avoided her question, she disliked repeating herself. And despite the fact that she could not kill this man, she could at the very least set up her AT field and keep him at bay temporarily.
“I dislike repeating myself. I will ask only one more time? Who and what are you?”

The man seemed to pause for a moment seemingly considering the question. He opened his mouth and she believed he was going to answer before he sprung at her. His sudden attack startled her, though she showed no outer indication of that fact. He was within arms reach when she erected her AT field and caused him to ricochet off. He slowly approached the hexagonal panel of light and lightly placed a hand on it.

“Most peculiar. I must say I am impressed by your defense, it has been a long time since I have witnessed something like this. Not since the war with the almighty. However…”

Her eyes widened in shock as he easily tore thru her AT field as if it was only so much tissue paper. ‘I-Impossible…’ With a startled yell she dove from the bed managing to only be sliced along the shoulder by his claws instead of being impaled thru the heart. ‘He destroyed my AT Field as if it was nothing more than a strip of paper. There is no way I can kill this being.’ She was thinking of her next option when she saw him lick the blood off one of his fingers. His face took on a rather confused look before he turned to her.

“It would seem you did not lie to me when you said you were not a fallen. However you are indeed a form resembling that of a fallen. I can feel the hints of the Higher beings in your blood. Yet it is significantly weaker and more twisted. Unfortunately this means I cannot use you as I originally planned, but all is not lost.”

He walked towards her, cutting thru every AT field she set up. At the very least she had hoped to get the attention of NERV with the constant use of her Angelic abilities. Unfortunately she remembered too late that whenever she did the reading was miniscule and would be overshadowed by the blaring presence of the Angel currently attacking. Finally running out of other options she quickly slid into a combat stance. She’d been taught the basics of several styles of Martial Arts to defend herself should the need arise, but she doubted it would be of much use to her.

“I see the kitten has claws…very well, entertain me.”

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“You okay Shinji-kun?”

Misato’s concerned voice broke him from his thoughts as she took a unnecessarily sharp turn taking advantage of the fact that the streets were still empty from the Angel attack. He gave her a strained smile ‘Not really, I’m worried sick about Rei and I have a really bad feeling that something happened to her.’ Outwardly he just nodded, “H-Hai…I-it’s just that…y-your driving scares me.”

The rather maniacal cackling that issued from Misato’s mouth didn’t help placate him, rather it made him grip the arm rest that much tighter, ‘Rei-chan…I’m on my way.’

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“AAHH!”

T he pain that coursed thru her was astounding, she didn’t know how she was still able to stand, but she suspected that her mysterious opponent was the answer. His smug smile was enough to cause a brief surge of anger to erupt from her as she yelled out and attacked him again, going thru the katas of the her preferred style at the fastest speed her body would allow her. Yet she was always avoided, and even worse he would give her a light strike after every dodge, causing little damage, but quite a significant amount of pain. Most of the walls were already covered in her own blood and some had larger amounts from where she impacted after a particularly rough counter.
Panting she pushed off a wall and charged again only to be blocked and rabbit punched in the side, abdomen, and right temple. She staggered before he struck her with a fierce uppercut that caused blood to gush as his claws ripped deep into her cheek. She hit the wall again and could only let out a pitiful unwilling whimper of pain as she slowly slid down the wall and fell into a crumpled heap on the filthy floor of her apartment.

“Oh dear, it would seem I’ve broken her. Well it was at least mildly amusing to knock you around. And your cries of pain were indeed satisfying. However it would seem that there is no more fight left in you. So I am sorry to say it has come time to part ways.”

A broken sob escaped her lips as he grabbed her roughly around the neck, she had never felt fear before. Not even when Naoko Akagi had killed her former self by strangulation. But as she stared into those heartless and frigid silver eyes she couldn’t help the sobs of horror that escaped her.

“W-why…?”

The question escaped her without thinking. It was surprising to see confusion pass thru his eyes before he smiled at her, sharp canines exposed.

“Because I can…”

She didn’t get to finish processing his words when his teeth pierced her neck. A disturbing mix of pleasure and pain coursed thru her as he began to drain her of her blood. She could feel her body thrashing under him, but was otherwise powerless. It was curious feeling the life…slowly…leave…he…r.

“Shi…n ..ji…”

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A horrible feeling flowed thru him. Almost like his heart was being crushed by an invisible force. Rei was calling him. She needed him, desperately. He could feel her fighting to hang on to life.

“Misato something‘s wrong with Rei!” Was all the young captain heard before the pilot of Unit 01 shot out of her car and ran up the stairs. “Shinji! Wait up!” She yelled out as she turned the car off and raced after him.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

She had barely gotten to the bottom of the stairs when she heard Shinji’s horrified scream. Drawing her pistol Misato rushed up the stairs without hesitation. As she reached the top the sound of Shinji retching drew her attention as she looked and saw a massive pile of gore littering the door outside of Rei’s apartment. She herself nearly lost it, she’d never seen anything so atrocious in her life. Before her lay the tattered and gory remains of the Section Two guards that had come to pick up Rei. As she walked forward to examine the remains she saw Shinji stand back up and turn to her, a revolted look on his pale face before it paled even more.

“Rei…”

Misato had no time to react as Shinji lunged himself towards the door and tore inside. Misato didn’t hesiate and tore in after him pistol at the ready.

“REI!!”
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He tore into the room, his sense of self-preservation cast aside in favor of trying to reach and save the only girl he loved. No sooner had he reached the main room that he found her. Or rather he found them. At first he thought Rei was cheating on him seeing as how the man had his lips around her neck, which had he thought about it would have been utterly ridiculous. This however was quickly discarded when he noticed the subtle twitching of Rei’s form and the small trickle of blood that was slowly trailing down her neck were the man’s lips were. It was then that he also noticed the state of the room. It was bathed in blood, judging from her state it was most likely all Rei’s.

“Rei…REI!”

His scream jarred the man from his task obviously he was so set on it that he had not noticed when the boy had entered the room. Before he could act however a purple haired woman ran into the room with a familiar object in her hand.

“What in the…?” Was all she said before her mind took in all the information, processed it and gave her the necessary information to act. “Rei is being attacked!’ The message was simple but was all that was needed. She knew that her friend Ritsuko had no love for the petite albino, but personally she had a small soft spot for the girl. As such she would not allow anyone to harm her.

“SON OF A BITCH!” She yelled as she opened fire on the man. It was then that she noticed he wasn’t human. The first bullet connected with his chest in what should have been a mortal wound, but the man merely stumbled and jumped to avoid the rest of the bullets. Disregarding her common sense she ran forward, still firing her pistol. The occasional bullet hit and stunned the attacker until she was close enough to him, then displaying amazing speed she struck him in the side of the head causing him to reel back as she replaced the clip with practiced ease and shot another twelve rounds into the creature point blank. Before he/it fell backwards breaking thru the window and falling the four stories to land on the ground with an audible sound of flesh and bones hitting concrete.

“What in the hell was that…?!”

Her question was unanswered as she turned to find the young pilot of Unit 01 cradling the still and unpleasantly pale form of Rei Ayanami. Holstering her weapon she knelt beside Shinji and checked for vitals. She was sure that the girl was dead, but had to make certain. Judging from the blood on the walls and the apartment in general she knew that she would at least be suffering massive blood loss. It was with a heavy heart that she turned to the Ikari.

“Shinji-kun, I’m sorr…”

“NO! SHE’S NOT DEAD! SHE CAN’T BE!”

“Shinj…”

“NO! NO! NO! NO!”

Misato sighed as the young boy broke down into anguished sobs. She hated to see him like that. No one should have to hold the dead body of a dearly loved person. So deciding that it would be best to give him some time alone she stood and pulled out her cell phone. She was not going to enjoy having to explain to the commander and sub-commander that Rei and several members of Section Two had just been killed by a…a what exactly? A human? She’d never seen a human move like that thing did. A Demon perhaps? No, a demon wouldn’t have been hurt by such things. Then what in the hell was it? Sighing she opened the phone and hit a single button.

“Ritsuko…I have some bad news…Rei’s dead.”

(Could end it here. But I’m not that evil. Or should I….)
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‘She’s dead’

No…she can’t be…

‘You let her die again…’

I couldn’t help it. It wasn’t my fault!

‘She’s dead, this time she might really be gone.’

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONON ONONO

‘DEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEADDEAD

NON ONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO

GONEGONEGO NEGONEGONEGONE

“RRRREEEEEIIIII!!!”

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Misato hung up the cell just as she heard the primal roar. A sense of dread gripped her as she turned and was greeted by the form of Shinji. But he didn’t look like Shinji anymore, he looked…inhuman. There were no words to describe him. She felt her body subconsciously step away from him fear radiating off her.

“S-S-Shinji…?”

Her voice trembled as she fought to gather herself back up. He didn’t respond, in fact he didn’t seem to notice her, she wasn’t sure whether to be grateful or not for that. Instead he walked past her and down the steps. It was a few seconds before she could move and even then it was forced, almost as if she hadn’t used her legs in years. It was then that she realized that Shinji was not in a right state of mind, he might hurt himself or worse he might hurt others. With only a small amount of hesitation she ran after him.

Luckily he didn’t seem to be in a hurry and she caught up with him before he turned the corner to head into the lot of the apartment complex. She was worried that for a moment he was going to steal her car and go on a killing spree, but then she noticed that he was heading towards the direction of where the body of Rei’s killer was supposed to be. Following at a safe distance she watched as she turned the final corner only to stop in his tracks.

“H-he’s gone…?”

The voice that Shinji used was of disbelief. Misato ran forward now that she was certain that he would not try and kill her and saw that Shinji was very much correct, the man was gone. The only testament that he’d been there was a small pool of blood and his imprint on the concrete.

“Impossible…I…I…killed him. I know I did.”

Before anything more could be said however Shinji’s head snapped up, “Rei…” Then he took off running.

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‘Sh e’s alive! This feeling…I know it she’s calling me, she’s alive!’

Running into the room for the second time he stopped in front of her prone figure.

“Rei…Rei, wake up…Rei…Rei!”

He shook her gently, “Rei please…wake up…you called me…I know you did.”

He shook her again, a little softer this time as fresh tears began to fall, “Onegai…you called…onegai…”

His sobs increased as he pulled her close to him. Her soft body against his, her heart beating against his own…wait… he pulled away and placed a hand on her chest. Sure enough there was a soft rhythm beating back.

“Shi…n…ji…”

Her soft voice caused tears to begin falling again. This time though they were tears of happiness.

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(Six hours later)

“How is she?”

“Not good. Not good at all, in all honesty I’m surprised she’s even alive. Medically its impossible for her to have survived. But I’m guessing due to her…condition she managed to survive.”

“Condition?”

“You’ ;d have to talk to the commander. I don’t have the authorization to tell you.”

“I think I will. But I don’t think it was, whatever her condition is. I’m positive it was because of Shinji.”

“You’re not serious? She was missing over eighty-five percent of her blood! There is no way you can honestly believe that it was Shinji that brought her back to life!”

“I don’t believe it Ritsuko. I know it for a fact. Just look at that and tell me you don’t think it could be possible?”

The blond Akagi turned and looked thru the observation glass at the young pair. Originally Shinji had been at her side in a chair. Now however he was on the bed with her. And whereas Rei had been laying with her arms at her side, they were now draped possessively around the young Ikari, her head resting comfortably against his chest. A smile of contentment on both their faces.

“You know…you just might be on to something after all Misato…”

Chuckling they both walked away, as Rei shifted and snuggled a bit closer to Shinji.

“Shinji…”

Kuroi-Yasha: Well that's Chapter 3. I know a lot of you readers hate me right now, but meh, my story my rules. Anyhow I'll let you know that this isn't going to be sterio-typical demons vs EVA, expect surprises. Hell they won't even really be demons, but something much more fun and creative. See you in two months, for sure this time.

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