From: "Todd Jones" Subject: [Eva][FanFic] It Can Only Take One Night - Chapter 1 Title: It Can Only Take One Night Author: KoalaKiller Email: birdman@key.net.au Webpage: http://www.key.net.au/~birdman/ Version: 1.0 Hi all, this is my second attempt at doing a NGE fanfic. My first attempt didn't receive much feedback, so I have put it on hold for now. this story I'm doing is not a crossover, but I might throw in a few camoes here and there. Also, this is set on the night before the final battle with the Seventh Angel. For all the Rei fans out there, sorry but she only plays a small part in this fic. Thats all I will say for now, so enjoy. Chapter 1 It was late at night, all the lights in Captain Katsuragi's apartment were out and if you listen carefully, you could hear the light breathing of one Sohryuu Asuka Langley. As the Second Child lay in her bed, many thoughts were going though her head. One of these thoughts was of the Third Child, Ikari Shinji. Thinking back to the Sixth Angel, Asuka had to admit that for someone with little training, he was doing a good job of defeating the Angels. She was glad that he was there, but of course she would never say that, but knew she would have failed without his help. Then came the Seventh Angel. Now she had wanted to show the Third Child that she could defeat a Angel by herself, but things went wrong and both her and Shinji were defeated, but thankfully, the UN had used a N'2 mine on the Angel, which had given them five days to prepare for a second attack on the Angel. And now it was the night before the battle, and she was nervous, a little scared, but eager to payback the Angel for the humiliation. As she was staring at the ceiling, she suddenly had to go to the bathroom. So getting up, walking towards the bathroom, she passed Shinji's room, and noticed the door was wide open. So stopping at the door, she poked her head into the room, and saw the boy lying there, with his headphones in his ears, and his back facing the door. She only stood there for 3 seconds before moving on, but now she had an idea on a way to tease Shinji, so after leaving the bathroom, she slowly walked into Shinji's room, instead of hers and lay next to the boy. Before she hit the mat, she had closed her eyes, pretending to be asleep and lay there waiting to see if Shinji would try something. After a minute or so, She felt movement, and then she felt someone's breath on her face, thinking that Shinji was about to kiss her, she decided to test him. So waiting for the right moment, she quietly whispered 'Mama' and made a tear drop from her eyes, it wasn't hard to do since it brought up a few memories of her dead mother. After whispering the word and letting lose a tear, she felt Shinji pull away a bit, which surprised her a bit, thinking he would still kiss her, being a boy after all. But what surprised her even more was that she felt Shinji come in close again, so expecting him to kiss her, well she was shocked to feel Shinji's lips come in contact with her cheek. He only kiss her there for a few seconds before pulling away, but before totally moving back, She could hear him whisper... "Good night Asuka, and sweet dreams" After that, he pulled away and turned over to go to sleep. After a minute, Asuka finally came out of her shock and brought her hand to her face and touched her cheek where Shinji had kissed her. After putting her hand back, she remembered his words, 'Good night Asuka, and Sweet dreams'. No one, and she meant no one since her mother's death had said those words to her, not like Shinji had. He said them with warmth, with care, and with confidence. A few tears started to fall from her eyes, but she didn't wipe them away, she only stared at the back of Shinji, who was now deep in sleep. After lying there for 10 full minutes, Asuka had slowly crept up to Shinji and had pressed her body against his, trying not to wake him. After a minute, she got herself comfortable and closed her eyes, and within seconds had fallen asleep, with a light smile on her face. The next morning, Misato was up early, getting ready for the upcoming battle, and hoping that everything would work out this time around. As she made breakfast, she noticed both of her roommates were still not up. So after setting her meal down on the table, she decided to check up on them, with her beer in hand, of course. First she checked Asuka's room and was surprised to find it empty, which was weird since she knew Asuka hadn't been in the bathroom. Now, Misato started to worry since there wasn't any other rooms left but Shinji's, so walking up to the Third Child's room, Misato poked her head in and stopped dead in her tracks. Right in front of her was Shinji, he was facing toward the door, with a crack of a smile on his lips, behind him was Asuka, who was kind of pressed against him and she also had a smile on her face, but much bigger. She also noted that both had their bedclothes on, which settled her heart rate a bit. After standing there for 5 minutes watching the two sleep, she was wondering what to do, should she wake them or let them keep sleeping until they both woke up. After some heavy thinking, which was wierd since it was still early in the morning, she decided to just wake Shinji up and see what would happen. So after taking a deep breath, Misato tiptoed into Shinji's room, kneeled down in front of the sleeping boy and tried to wake him. After 30 seconds or so, the boy slowly opened his eyes, and smiled then he saw his guardian. But that smile vanished then he felt something on his back, so slowly the Third Child looked back to see the Second Child leaning against him, with a smile on her lips. Now Shinji stared at Asuka in shock, he didn't think she would do this after kissing her on the cheek, but there she was, laying next to him, very close and to his surprise, she had smile on her face, but unlike Misato, he could see that she had tear marks on her pretty face, not many but still there were tear marks there. Turning back to Misato and giving her a little smile and small shrug of the shoulders, he carefully got up, without waking the sleeping girl, and left the room with Misato not far behind. When both reached the kitchen, Misato was the first to talk. "Why is Asuka in your room?" "I don't know Misato-san" said Shinji while he started his breakfast. "Now Shinji, something must of happened to cause Asuka to do something like that." After putting his bread in the toaster, Shinji turned to Misato and said "Well, All I really know is that last night, is that Asuka came into my room, laid down next to me and fell asleep." "But that doesn't explain on how she ended up like that?" Shinji thought about that for a few seconds before replying "Well. I, err, kind of kissed her on the cheek." After the words left his mouth, he starts blushing. Misato was shocked to hear that, but recovered enough to say "Why did you do that Shinji? I know that both of you don't get along very well at times." "Well, I don't know" pauses few a second "She just looked so, well, cute and so I decided to lightly kiss her on the lips, you know like a good night kiss." Before Misato could comment on that, Shinji continued "But before I could, I heard her whisper in her sleep, something like 'Mama' and right after that, a tear fell from her eye, so I pulled back to think for a bit." Pauses to get his toast and butter it, So Misato decides to say something. "So you still kissed her, right?" "Yes I did, not on the lips, but on the cheek." "Oohhhh" Then takes sip of her beer. "And I also whispered into her ear 'good night Asuka'" said the Third Child, again taking a bite of his toast. Misato nearly choked on hearing that, but recovered. "You said what!?" "Well, I think it was something like 'good night Asuka, and sweet dreams'" Misato was totally blown away by her roommate's behavior, but decided not to say anymore but just simply nod and continue to eat her breakfast. But Shinji wasn't finished talking though. "You know Misato-san, Asuka's not a totally bad person, so maybe she is loud, sometimes annoying and can be self-centered at times, but everyone has a part of them that they hide, like me, I'm shy and I don't open up to many people." Pauses to take a sip of his tea, then continues "But I know Asuka must have a soft side somewhere under that hard exterior, and I would like to find It if I can. And so what better way in doing so, is to be nice to her." Misato didn't know what to say, so she just nods again, and takes another sip of her beer. Both fall into silence and continue to eat their breakfast, But both failed to notice that there was someone else listening to their little conversation. As Asuka slowly walked back to her room, she was thinking on what Shinji had just said. It was strange to hear him say things like that. Yes, she had only been here a very short time, but she had found out that Shinji was a shy boy, low in confidence, and who didn't open up to many people. But last night he had kissed her, on the cheek and had wished her a good night, which made her feel kind of warm inside. She had woken up once or twice that night after falling asleep next to Shinji, and she had felt comfortable lying next to him, she didn't know why, but it felt good. And now it was morning, and she had yet to say good morning to Shinji, and she was wondering what he would say. After leaving her room to take her bath, she finally decided to say good morning to her two roommates and to see what would happen. So when she entered the kitchen, she let out a cheerful... "Guten Morgen Misato, Shinji" "Good morning Asuka" said a cheerful Captain. "Good morning Asuka" said the Third Child, then continues "I already have your breakfast ready" Asuka blinks "You do?" "Yep." said Shinji while handing her a plate. "Thanks." As Asuka sits down, the three sit in silence while they continue to eat, well Asuka ate, while Shinji sips his tea and Misato drinks her beer. Misato finally decides to talk about the upcoming mission. "So you two, are you both ready?" "Yes." Both said in synch. "Good, because we won't get another chance at this, so just remember your training you both been doing and everything should be right." "Don't worry Misato, with me nothing can go wrong!" said Asuka Shinji decides to throw in his two cents "What about the first time we attacked this Angel, Mmmmm." "Well, that was just bad luck, nothing more" replied Asuka. Misato decides to jump in "Well, both you better get dressed, so that we won't be late" and with that, she leaves to go to her room, leaving behind the two teens. Both EVA pilots decided to follow suit, so putting their plates in the sink, they both handed to their own rooms. Around 10 minutes later, both teens where sitting on the lounge, waiting for Misato. Shinji decides to ask Asuka why she went into his room. "Err, Asuka?" "Yes" "Umm, why did you go into my room last night?" Asuka turns her head towards Shinji and thinks on what she should say. After a few minutes, she decides to tell the truth, the full truth. "Well, I..." but that's all she got out though, because Misato had stepped into the room. "Ok gang, it's time to go!" said a cheerful Misato. "Ok" said Shinji, sighing. "Right" said Asuka, giving Misato a dark look that went unnoticed. So with that, the three left the Apartment and drove to H.Q. Misato of course was driving, with Shinji next to her. Asuka sat behind Shinji and simply looked out the window. It didn't take them long to reach NERV, so once Misato had parked the car, all three got out and started to walk to the elevator. Then they had reached their stop, they all got out and continue to walk, on the way Misato turned and continued down towards the command center, leaving both EVA pilots behind. As the two enter the changing room, they both sat on opposite sides the screen. Both said nothing as they changed, the only noises were the hiss of the plugsuits. They both finished suiting up at the same time and left the room together in silence. The only things at the moment going though their minds were the upcoming battle, with all personal thoughts put aside. Before they left to go to their own EVA's, Shinji stopped Asuka to say something. "Well, er, good luck Asuka." "You too." was the only response from the redhead, but she smiled saying it though. So with that, they separated and continue to walk until they reached their EVA's cage, and moments later, both entered their entry plugs. As Misato stood in the Command Center, watching the two EVA's launch, she decided to say a silent prayer for the safe return of her two roommates. On the Main Screen, everyone could see that both pilots were ready, so Misato gave the order and the music started. As Misato watched both Shinji and Asuka move in synch with each other, it warmed Misato's heart to see them like this, and as the music come to the end, both EVA's were descending on the Angel, side by side, progressive knifes ready for the kill. As the cores of the Angels were destroyed, both Misato and Ritsuko had big smiles on their faces, both knowing that the EVA's could withstand the force of the exploding cores of the Angels. Behind them, Vice-Commander Fuuyutsuki stood there, happy that they had defeated the Angel and that maybe thinking that the two teens were finally getting along. Back on the Main screen, everyone now could see that both EVA's and their pilots where ok, but looking at how the two EVA's were laying on the ground, with EVA-01 on top of EVA-02, some people would have found that funny, but what was funny was what was coming from the pilots mouths. "What is your EVA doing on top of mine!!!" yelled the redhead. "Hey, its not my fault my EVA fell on yours!" yelled back the dark-haired boy. "Yeah right, and what were you doing last night, you pervert!" "What, I'm not a pervert, you where the one who came into my room!" "Maybe so, but that gives you no right to kiss me!" "Well, I only kiss you on the cheek" short pause "But at least I don't cry out 'Mama' in my sleep!" Back in the main Command Center, many people were laughing, the main bridge crew just sighed with a few groans, Misato and Ritsuko bowed their head, with a few giggles from the Captain and Fuuyutsuki just puts his head in his hands and muttered 'those damn kids are doing it again'. After a minute of this, Misato decided that they have seen enough and orders the main screen to return to normal. But before the screen returns to normal, Misato thought she caught a glimpse of a smile on both of the children's faces. Off to the side, Kaji had been watching Misato for awhile, then started watching Ritsuko bark out orders, to send recovery teams to bring back the two EVA's and their pilots, he also had watched both children bicker on the main screen, but he had a smile on his face, because of the look on Asuka's face, a look of enjoyment. He just hoped that sometime in the future, that Asuka and Shinji could become good friends and just maybe even more. As he continues to watch Ritsuko and Misato, he wondered what would happen next, and hoped it would be interesting. End of Chapter 1. Author's Notes: Well, I hope you all enjoyed it. Chapter 2 is just about done, and should be out sometime this week. Yes, I know that this chapter was alot like the TV episode, but chapters 3 and on will be much, much different from the TV episodes. Special thanks goes to: Godsend777, my pre-reader. Al-I-Bus, for all his comments. And anyother people out there, who I can't remember. All comments are welcome.