Neon Genesis Evangelion
Disclaimer: I don't own the show Evangelion, nor will I ever. Hmm, I do wonder if they actually check Disclaimers. *Shrugs* Oh well, not that it matters, typing in these few words shouldn't be a problem anyways.
To Start Over, Chapter 17.
"MISATOOO!!!!"
Shinji looked around as Asuka continued screaming in every direction. Shinji had to hold his hands on his ears to prevent them being hurt from the sound Asuka was emitting.
"Asuka.. Do you…. Do you think they're gone?" Shinji let out, looking cautiously at the red-haired girl several feet beside him.
Asuka snorted. "You never know with those clumsy people!"
Shinji looked sadly out of his eyes. "I hope not."
Asuka stared intently at Shinji, as if surprised by Shinji's statement. "…. I don't think they're gone." Asuka responded afterwards.
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Misato looked to her left. 'I'm sure I heard someone yell my name.'
"Follow me."
"Rei?" Misato let out surprised. They were the only ones here. Toji, Kensuke, Hikari and Kaoru were gone as well.
"Where are the others, Rei?" Misato asked, slowly looking around.
"I don't know. But I know where Ikari-kun and Sohryu-san are."
Misato frowned. 'She doesn't know where the others are, except Shinji and Asuka?'
"How come you only know where they are?"
Misato watched as Rei continued to walk away.
"Sohryu-san just yelled your name. It came from that direction."
After a few seconds, Misato swallowed and rose from her feet, before following Rei.
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"The sky's still a little red…"
"Yes. But it's changing still. Before it's completely reformed to what you find normal, we have to face all angels."
Toji looked to his right and saw Kaoru right beside him, also lying on the ground. He turned his eyes away from Kaoru and expected the others close by. He frowned as he noticed no one else was here. He rose from the ground and continued to look around.
"Yes. The others are not here. I do not know where they are either. We'll have to search. Should we split up?"
Toji took his time to take the new information in. "Ah?"
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"Aida-Kun!!"
Kensuke quickly blinked his eyes as he heard the class rep's voice. "I'm sorry, Sensei! I didn't mean to fell asleep. But yesterday… ah…"
Hikari shook her head as she recalled what Kensuke's next words would be. Kensuke often fell asleep in class.
'Those were the days.' Hikari thought sadly.
"Uh.. where are we?" Kensuke stood up and took a look around. "And where are the others?"
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"So, uh, Rei.." Misato started after a fifteen minute silence.
"Yes." Rei responded, though her 'yes' didn't sound like a question.
"Do you think we're going to make it ?" Misato said, scratching her head while looking at Rei's back.
"I do not know." Rei answered.
Misato sighed sadly at the answer and continued to follow Rei.
'This is all so… so depressing. I'm beginning to think we won't be able to make it. And if you think about it.. WHY should we be able to make it ? It's not like mankind has changed, they probably won't even notice something h has happened, something called Third Impact. And on top of that, Kaji died before third Impact. Why should I… why should I save humanity ?'
"If you believe we can make it." Rei started.
Misato was startled as Rei began to speak in her now familiar monotone voice.
"Then we have a chance." Rei finished.
'So… that's what I call a morality boost.' Misato thought sarcastically.
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"Where the hell are we going ?"
"We're going to where it will all end, and new life will begin."
Toji rolled his eyes, apparently he had enough of Kaworu. "And that means, what, exactly?"
Kaoru frowned at Toji, as if he felt unsure about Toji's behaviour. "It means… as long as we walk faster than you think Shinji and Asuka walk, we might see them again."
Toji was deep in thought as he stared intently at the sky. "I think we're moving way faster than Shinji could ever walk right now. But if Asuka's dragging Shinji along the way, as she does quite often, then we might want to pick up our pace."
Kaoru smiled. "I see."
Toji frowned. 'What's he laughing about?'
"What about the others? Hikari and.. uh.. Kensuke?"
"That might be a problem. And Katsuragi-san as well. Rei won't get lost, me neither. But.. the others.."
Toji remained silent and didn't move an inch.
Kaoru looked at him interested. 'This is….. concern?'
"Well, Let's go look for the others instead of going to the end or something!!"
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"Where do we go from here?!" Kensuke yelled hysterically in Hikari's face, shooting a little saliva along with it..
"HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW!!!!" Hikari screamed back. "AND WHY THE HELL ARE YOU SPITTING ON ME!!!"
Kensuke flinched at every single word, maybe even every single letter. "I… I am sorry.."
"Now then, how about we go……. Uhmm… to the west!!" Hikari pointed.
"Uhmm… that's the east, I think." Kensuke said dryly.
Hikari turned around, on which Kensuke responded by putting both his arms in front of his head. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"SHUT UP!!!" Hikari screamed. Then she relaxed a bit. "Now, how the hell do you know that's the east and NOT the west?!"
"Well…" Kensuke reacted, slowly and ever so carefully letting his arms rest at his side again. "I don't know. How do you know that's the WEST, then ?"
"SHUT UP!!"
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"Idiots. Where the hell are we supposed to go now?" Asuka said frustrated, playing with a few locks of her hair while sitting on the ground.
"I don't know." Shinji reacted, also frustrated because of Asuka's behaviour right now. "Maybe we should just stay here. And wait until the others show up… or something."
"What a brilliant idea." Asuka said sarcastically. "And you know what? I'm hungry as hell too!"
"Well…. I think Hikari had the food supplies with her."
Asuka looked dumbfounded at Shinji, who had his head hung low. "This is just great…"
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"If we go look for the others, we might miss the other others." Kaoru pointed out, slightly confused by what he just said.
"Right." Toji said, way more confused than Kaoru.
"I think it will suit us better if we go to where we last were. Maybe Shinji and Asuka are still there." Kaoru said.
"But… If Rei knows where to go, and she's with only ONE person and not the others as well, kind of like us, then two people will get lost for sure." Toji started rambling.
"They might find the way.." Kaoru said hesitantly.
"Might ?" Toji yelled, being frustrated as on top of it all.
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"We are almost there, Katsuragi-san."
"Call me Misato, Rei. I hate being called Katsuragi-san."
Rei looked at Misato for a split second while she walked toward where she was heading.
"Hey, where do you think the others are ?" Misato asked.
"I think they are doing the same thing we are doing."
Misato looked slightly puzzled at the blue-haired girl before her.
"Trying to find the way."
"What if….. what if they don't find the way ?"
"Then they will be lost."
"…… UH! Don't you care if they get lost ?"
"Care ?"
"Yes, care!! You know, what if they die out there !! Alone !!"
"Then there was nothing we could do."
"Except searching for them right now!!"
"Searching for them now will take time. Ikari-kun and Sohryu-san could outrun us."
"Those two can take care of themselves!!"
"You are sure ?"
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"Ok, so what's the plan ?"
"Plan?" Shinji responded warily.
"Well, do we wait here or just take off?" Asuka asked seriously.
"Hmm, I do not know. Do you think the others are ahead of us?" Shinji began to panic. "Do you think they left us behind ?"
"Idiot." Asuka said before pausing. "Of course they didn't leave us! You don't have much confidence in your comrades, do you ? I think they didn't leave, but they're not here either, so they must be behind us."
"How… how can you be so sure they didn't leave us ?" Shinji asked, almost desperately.
"Because… well…" Asuka sighed heavily. "I don't know, ok ?"
Shinji sat fell down on the ground, his legs too tired to carry him. "I…. let's wait here…"
Asuka looked at Shinji with narrowed eyes. 'I guess he's right. But we don't have any food or water…. I don't think we can hold on for too long now… Wait a minute… is that Wondergirl ?'
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"Ok… it's a good thing we have all the food and water supplies. This way, the others will have to wait for us." Kensuke paused. "So we won't be left behind." Kensuke now swallowed nervously. "Right ?"
"I don't know, Kensuke." Hikari said, her eyes holding a real tiring expression, as if Kensuke had whined for hours. Which was, probably, the case. "What if we just walk away ?" Hikari pointed her finger straight ahead. "That way."
Kensuke looked at the direction doubtfully, but shrugged nonetheless. "Sure."
"Fine. Let's go."
"Do you think they'll be in that direction, though ?"
"I hope so.. If not… then… we'll just look for them."
"They could be everywhere…" Kensuke whined, not feeling like a trouper at all..
"Hey!! Aren't you a military freak?! Start acting like a soldier, you wannabe!!"
Kensuke blinked at Hikari's outburst. 'She's right… How did I become like this ?'
"Y… You're right." Kensuke said, staring at the ground before his shoes.
"Let's go already!" Hikari yelled. She frowned at Kensuke "You look like Shinji now.."
Kensuke shivered slightly. "Heh…. I wish.."
Hikari merely frowned some more.
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"This is not good."
"What isn't ?'
"RAMIEL is approaching.. And he will be attacking all of us. Certain individuals in our midst need one another. Now though, we are separated."
"Uhh…. Right. What the hell is a Ramiel ?" Toji asked, completely confused.
"Ramiel is the next angel, and he's not easy to reason with. Things will turn from now on.. The path will become much harder now…"
"The path ? There's a path ?" Toji asked, lost in Kaoru's words.
Kaoru smiled in amusement. "Yes. We are walking the path as we speak." Kaoru paused momentarily. "It is important to find the others now. We'll be needing each other. It's going to get dark soon…"
"Dark ? There's no such thing as a 'night' here, I've never seen it go dark here."
"That is not what I meant."
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"Asuka!! Shinji-kun !!" Misato yelled as soon as she saw the two teenagers.
"Misato-san !!" Shinji screamed before he was engulfed in Misato's hug.
"Where are the others?" Asuka mumbled against one of Misato's breasts.
"They will be here… or they are lost." Rei answered, not showing any sign of emotion whatsoever.
"Lost ?" Shinji said. "What do you mean.. Lost ? We.. we can't leave them behind !!"
"There is nothing we can do. If they try, they might find the way back to us." Rei said, looking at the three people before her, who were now staring at her with full interest. "But if we go search for them now, we might miss them while they are walking toward here."
"Well duh, Wondergirl. Thanks for stating the obvious." Asuka said bored. "So we just wait here ?"
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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Could you stop with that annoying sound. please ?"
"But, maybe the others will hear us. And then they can scream back and then we'll be back together again." Kensuke said, looking at Hikari. "Don't you want that ?"
"Do you really think screaming like a lunatic will help us out ? It'll more likely bring those 'angels' faster here." Hikari pointed out, hands on her hips.
"Maybe." Kensuke considered it. 'I can't stand this annoying feeling in my stomach, the feeling of being left behind. I don't want to end up like that.'
"We'll find them… We just have to." Hikari whispered, trying to convince herself.
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TBC.
Well… thanks for dropping reviews you guys !! Neway, if you read this, these mental tests angels give the children and Misato are pretty interesting to create, although mine are rather short -_-', but I just wanted to ask if any of you had a suggestion for Ramiel's test.. Maybe something like trying to damage the defences, since Ramiel was a floating castle, but that would be the other way around, huh ? Things are too jolly in this fic, maybe I will let someone die so things will get more serious.