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Chapter 2:




"Ahhh" Shinji awoke with a start, the first things he noticed was his body was wracked with pain everything hurt but particularly his arm and eye. The light from the room was blinding and everything seemed white. Once his vision cleared he realised this was because everything was white, an unfamiliar white ceiling giving way to a very white room in NERV Medical. Before he could begin to think anything any further Shinji was interrupted by two men in black suits

"Come with us now." Said the first one.

"The Commander wanted to see you as soon as you were conscious" The second one finished. This is bad cop bad cop Shinji thought, what the hell could Rokubungi want so bad?

Shinji continued wondering. The two suits dragged Shinji off the hospital bed and lead him through the corridors of NERV Medical into the base proper, Shinji was left to his thoughts as neither of the suits had anything further to say to him and no one passed them in the corridors. His most pressing thoughts were the amount of pain coursing through his body. It took almost all his concentration just to keep walking, he had a bandage around the broken arm and he had a patch on his eye but it looked (The arm bandage) and felt (The eye patch) very crude and hopefully temporary. They were finally out the front of the Commanders office.

"Right through here please" one of the suits said pushing Shinji towards the door.

As he stepped through the door of Gendo Ikari's Lair he couldn't help but be impressed. Shinji instantly knew this was a room designed to instil fear and intimidation into its visitors.

"Pilot Ikari" boomed Gendo's voice as he was half way across the large room to the only piece of furniture in the entire room. Gendo Ikari sat behind his large desk hands steepled in front of his mouth in his famous pose of power and intimidation.

"You need to be debriefed" Like I had a choice Shinji thought. The first question came instantly, no small talk "How were you able to synchronise so highly with Unit-01?" Gendo asked in a firm authoritative tone

"How long have I been out?" Came Shinji's reply defiant of what Gendo wants from him again.

"No games here pilot I'll be the one asking the questions. Now if you'll please... ANSwer the question" Gendo's retort left no room for negotiations though he was getting fed up with Shinji's attitude and defiance. Though it was minor he knew if it got out of hand the scenario will become harder to complete.

"I don't know I just followed the orders I was given" All Shinji could think about while saying this was how much his entire body hurt.

The one thing he wanted to know was how Unit-01 worked and why it hurt so much, but that was a question for later. First he had to get through his debriefing.

"How were you able to penetrate the AT Field so easily?" Gendo next question was asked with even more authority if that was possible.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Came Shinji's reply. What's an AT Field?" His resolve was starting to break under the pain he was in and he knew it.

"I'll ask the questions pilot" Came Gendo's firm reply he now rose up out of his chair to stand over Shinji and look down at him.

"I just followed the orders I was given and destroyed the enemy I don't know how the specifics of how it worked" Shinji's reply was calm and he was controlling his resolve better, all he wanted to do was get through this.

"This is a debriefing pilot I need answers to the questions." Gendo was clearly not happy with how things were going.

Shinji was tired of this debriefing, which was seeming more and more like an interrogation from where he was standing. "Look Rokubungi Idon..."

"It's IKARI" Gendo interrupted "Commander Gendo Ikari"

"Not to me it isn't" Replied Shinji.

"While you are here as a pilot you will observe the chain of command and respect it" Gendo added in a cold voice. Shinji was just hoping he was getting to the end of this.

"As you wish commander..." He continued without missing a beat "As I was saying I don't know the specifics of how all this works. Maybe you should check that with Ritsuko."

"Do you have anything further to add Pilot?" Gendo left the emphasis on pilot to try to put Shinji in his place.

"No Commander" was Shinji's even response. He could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Surely this will be wrapped up soon.

"Very well" Gendo started as he moved to sit behind his desk and resume his pose. "I've left your guardian ship in the hands of Captain Katsuragi. You've been assigned housing in Sector B. You'll be expected to attend testing, training and school once your deemed fit by medical... You'll also be given a phone, you are on standby 24/7 don't be late for anything" Shinji just stood there silent as he processed everything.

He needs me to pilot but wants nothing to do with me. Typical. The thought processed in the instant before Gendo could ask

"Is that understood pilot?" Shinji's cobalt blue eyes meet Gendo's for the first time since walking through the door as he fixed him with an intense icy glare

"Yes Commander" was the still even response as he turned on his heel and started to leave before Gendo barked

"You haven't been dismissed pilot" Shinji stopped and turned around but said nothing. "Do not forget to obey the chain of command pilot" Gendo ordered.

"Yes Commander" was Shinji's response.

"Dismissed report to medical" said Gendo as he started to go through reports on his desk like Shinji had never been there. Shinji turned and left saying nothing.

Once around two corners and halfway down a corridor Shinji stopped his breathing was ragged 'how does that ass-hole do it' he thought to himself, he only ever got that mad when thinking about his father.

"Fuck!" he screamed as he punched the wall splitting two knuckles in the process. 'I hate that ass-hole' he thought as he continued his journey to medical.

"Hello Shinji" came Ritsuko's voice as Shinji stepped into Exam 1 in medical.

"Dr Akagi?" Shinji prompted "What are you doing here?"

"This is part of my job Shinji. Now let's have a look at you, and please call me Ritsuko when we aren't in the command centre" She said as she motioned for him to sit down on the bed.

Shinji obliged and said nothing as Ritsuko pulled the bandages off his arm and eye to get a better look. She then pulled out several x-rays of Shinji's body and went over those along with some reports on various samples. Just as the silence was about to drag on she asked

"What do you remember from the fight?"

"Everything..." came Shinji's reply "Everything right up to getting Unit-01 back to the cages and climbing out of the entry plug and then collapsing on the floor... then I woke up in a white room and..."

"That's Ok I'm aware of the rest and I can imagine you have some questions" Ritsuko interrupted in a way that was not rude.

"Yes ma'am I do" replied Shinji

"I'll fill you in then" Ritsuko started "This is going to be long and parts you will not understand but bear with me. The thing that makes Eva such a great weapon against the angels is that it moves with its pilot. You synchronise with it to get a greater level of control. The higher the percentage the better control the pilot will have. You synch level was 150%, it's never been recorded that high let alone for a first attempt by someone like you."

She paused to let this sink in then continued "The drawback is that whatever happens to the Eva is felt by the pilot, usually as asympathetic pain, but in your case with a synch ratio so high and an even higher feedback ratio the injuries you will sustain will match or even exceed those sustained by the eva. We need to do more testing and even then the results will not matter a lot unless you're in combat but everything I've collected so far indicates to this" Again Ritsuko paused as Shinji digested all the information and looked down at his arm. Then Ritsuko continued.

"Don't worry about your injuries we'll need to put a pin in your arm and we will sort your eye out, it's nothing we can't fix. You'll be right after an operation and a couple of weeks of recovery" She smiled at Shinji as she said this then Shinji spoke up

"What are you going to do about my eye?" Shinji asked

"We've been cloning a new one for you, it's been growing for two days and will be ready for implant when we operate on your arm" Ritsuko replied

"How are you able to do it so quick? I thought that stuff took ages" Shinji asked.

"Don't believe everything you hear in the news. At Nerv we are along way ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to things like that"Ritsuko replied. "As for how fast it grew, we were able to lace the eye with LCL and Angel DNA making it grow rapidly. Don't worry we can control the growth and speed it up so the eye has your bodies maturity and then keeps pace with the rest of you once it's implanted." Ritsuko clarified

"Will there be any side effects?" Shinji asked

"I can't guarantee the colour of the eye but that's it, you'll have your full vision restored once it's done" Ritsuko said with certainty

"Ok, so how long was I out for?"

"3 Days" came the reply. Shinji sat still as this sank in and asked

"Why was my arm not operated on then?"

"Commanders orders" Ritsuko replied not liking the direction things were heading towards.

"It figures" was all Shinji said but he had a fierce look of determination in his eye at the thought of his father again. He felt anger beginning to build up inside him then realised where he was.

"Is there more too this?" he probed

"Yes much more" Ritsuko added "I only have one more thing for you now though." She paused as she steadied herself for the last bit she had been dreading from the start "Piloting eva is possibly having adegenerative affect on your body. You shouldn't have collapsed like you did after the battle. If you were going too it would have happened when the angel went critical and self destructed, the fact that it happened after you were out of the entry plug and added to the results of tissue and blood samples we took suggest your body will degenerate the more you pilot... but we need to run more tests to confirm"

"How bad is it?" Shinji asked clearly a little shaken by this last revelation.

"We don't know" Was Ritsuko's reply "We need to run more tests"

"Ok... When?" Shinji replied

"After your injuries are healed, your arm is the priority. We need to get you fit to pilot first."

"Yes ma'am I understand" was Shinji's reply.

"Good" Ritsuko replied "We'll operate in two hours. I'll see you after that." Ritsuko headed for the door as a nurse came in

"Get him to pre-op and have him ready in two hours."

"Yes Doctor Akagi" Was the nurse's reply.






Shinji was waiting in pre-op reading a magazine '15 minutes till I'm scheduled to go in. I hate waiting.' He thought. 'Not that I can read much with a bum eye'

"Shinji? Can I come in?" came a voice from the other side of the curtain. Shinji recognised it immediately and replied

"Sure Miss Katsuragi"

"It's Misato" she replied as she stepped in and continued straight away "I've just been debriefed on everything, are you sure you want to live alone?"

"Yeah, it's ok Misato" Replied Shinji.

"But you can't live alone I'm sure if you requested you could stay with you father"

"No it's ok Misato. Its better this way, and I'd prefer it like this. Nerv has already arrange living for me in Sector B." Shinji added so as to leave no doubt in Misato's mind that he really was ok with this.

"Alright well I'll take you there once you're released after your operation. No arguments" Misato compromised not liking the idea of Shinji living alone but surprised again at how easily he was taking everything.

"Ok Misato" Shinji replied, not wanting to drag the conversation out any longer than necessary.

"See you then Shinji" Misato said and paused. "And good work Shinji"

"Thank You ma'am" Shinji replied as Misato turned around the curtain and left.

"Ok pilot Ikari lets go" Stated a nurse as she pushed Shinji's bed into an operating room. Shinji watched the ceiling go by as he was wheeled into Theatre 2

"Hi Shinji, just count backwards from 10 and then we'll begin" Ritsuko said while attaching a breathing mask to Shinji. Shinji just started to count back from 10 and only made it as far as 7 before blanking out.






Shinji awoke to the sight of Ritsuko checking monitors and filling in his chart.

"Ahh Shinji your awake good. Don't say anything, just drink some water, the anaesthetic will have dried your throat out" She said while handing Shinji a cup of water.

Shinji just nodded and took the drink draining it in one go.

"Your operation went extremely well. We only needed to put one pin in your arm to secure the bone and with a course of LCL Caps you should be completely healed in 2 weeks. The new eye has taken well and we can't detect any problems with it. It will stay red a little while but that is nothing to worry about. After a few days the colour will show through once the redness fades away" She paused to let the boy take it all in and asked "Do you have any questions?"

"Can I have another drink of water and what are LCL caps?" He asked.

"LCL Caps are medicated caps made from the same LCL as is used in the entry plug. When taken like this it speeds up the bodies healing process that's why your expected recovery time is two weeks." Ritsuko replied while handing Shinji another cup of water.

"When can I get out of here?" Shinji asked after draining his second cup of water.

"Tomorrow morning, you'll have to stay overnight for observation, it's standard procedure" Ritsuko replied

"Ok" Was Shinji's response

"Don't worry" Ritsuko added "I'll let Misato know so she can pick you up. Now get some rest"

Shinji nodded and rolled over realising he had no idea what time it was or how long he'd been in medical all he knew was he was out for 3 days after the battle and he was dieing to get away from his father even for alittle while. He moved his arm over his stomach and it felt heavy with the cast but that didn't stop him from falling asleep instantly, he sure was beat.






The drive to Shinji's new apartment in Sector B was nowhere near as eventful as his first drive with Misato even though very high speeds were reached and several traffic infringements could have been issued. As Misato pulled up outside Shinji's apartment building.

"This can't be right it looks so crappy" Was Misato's first impression that she stated "You sure you still want to live here?"

"Misato its fine" Replied Shinji. "Apartment 403 and I have your number if I have any problems" He stated to ease her concerns.

"Alright Misato agreed not liking it one bit. Do you want ahand with your bag?" Misato asked

"No it's fine. You've done so much already" Shinji stated just wanting to be left alone for now.

"Alright then I'll see you at NERV in 2 days to begging training." Misato stated realising that once Shinji was set on a course of action he would stick to it. She wasn't sure whether this pleased her or not yet about the boy as she knew there was going to be many more fights with the angels.

"Yes ma'am" was Shinji's reply as he walked away. Bag across his broad shoulder and sling on. As he strode to the building and up the stars the realisation hit Misato that Shinji was strong and would be fine on his own.

While passing apartment 402 and seeing R. Ayanami above the door before stopping in front of his door and realising three things. Who is my neighbour? I have no keys to this joint and my name is already above my door. He didn't ponder any of this for very long as he pushed on the door and it opened realising the lock was broken and as he entered into his apartment he got another shock.

The apartment was empty. All his stuff was there in boxes but there was no furniture in the entire joint. There was what appeared to be abasic kitchen with a sink and stove and cupboards, which lead into what must have been a bedroom and then the bathroom was off there to the left from there. This must be my father punishing me from before he thought. No matter I can't prove it and it won't make a difference. Shinji began the pointless task of unpacking his stuff, pointless because he had no where to put any of his stuff, but he did it to pass the time anyway. Once that was done and darkness crossed over Tokyo-3 Shinji was feeling very tired and drained. He just wanted to sleep and would call Misato in the morning to sort out the problem of his lack of furniture.

Laying on a makeshift bed of clothes using his duffel bag as apillow Shinji drifted off into a fitful sleep. He awoke the first time in the night after having a nightmare of being destroyed by the angel in unit-01 instead of beating the angel. Sweating profusely despite being on the cold floor he headed for the bathroom to grab a drink of water and take an LCL Cap. He then headed back to bed and drifted off to sleep again.






Shinji opened his eyes lying on his back his body wracked with pain again, as his door was kicked open he turned his head to the side to see who was there but could see nothing.

"Get up you worthless maggot" Came a voice from the darkness, but all Shinji could hear after that was loud purposeful footsteps closing in on him as he thought to try to get up but could do nothing.

"You must be punished for this latest indiscretion" the voice continued and kicked him onto his stomach. Shinji heard his ribs break at the blow that put him onto his stomach, but he didn't have time to respond as his shirt was ripped off him and he was whipped across the back fiercely and repeatedly.

"Will you do it again?" The voice asked not stopping the whipping to ask Shinji the question.

"No" Shinji replied, he knew he didn't mean it but anything to stop the assault. Shinji heard a blow touch ignite and the sound of something being heated up all the while the whipping continued.

"Please stop I said I wouldn't do it again" Shinji begged.

"I need to be sure came the voice" as a hot iron rod was pressed across Shinji's back.

"Aaaarrrraaaggghhh!" Shinji's cry of pain was deafening

"Ah now I believe you came the voice" as Shinji was rolled onto his back causing the injuries to hurt even more

"This is to make certain" The voice stated as a vicious punch connected with Shinji's cheek knocking him out.

"Ahhh!" Shinji woke from the nightmare with a start holding his head as he sat up.

"God I hate the ones about my past" He muttered to no one in particular as he headed for the bathroom for another drink of water and an LCL Cap. It was then he realised he wasn't alone, well not in the area anyway, he could hear voices coming from next door.

"Look the Commander said leave her here and watch her and the boy" he heard one muffled voice say.

"Ok fine" Came another voice.

"Look just do your job it's easy, neither of them should be going anywhere for a couple of days anyway" Came the first voice again.

"Fine" was the reply as he heard them leave and slam the door shut.

"I wonder what that was all about" Shinji muttered now sure he was on his own. Then it hit him, wait they said watch her and the boy he thought. That must be my neighbour and me, I better see what is going on. Shinji slipped out through the front door and stayed in the shadows of the night not wanting any extra attention, especially while nursing a broken arm. He leaned his head against the door off 402 R. Ayanami trying to hear anything that would give an indication to what was happening inside.

"Ayanami" he whispered peeking his head inside but got nothing. Deciding to just head in and hope for the best he proceeded.

When he walked in he realised this apartment was exactly the same as his but with minimal furniture. There was a kitchen table a great mess of bandages on the floor and a hospital bed in the bedroom. The only difference apart from the furniture was the bathroom must have been to the right instead of the left like his which explains why he can hear the voices from the bathroom.

Then he saw R. Ayanami lying on the bed, a peaceful look on her face as she slept. A beaker of water on the night stand next to the bed. Then he took a closer look and realised it was her. The girl from before. Rei. No way they must have let her go from hospital too. The other pilot. Shinji decided since she was sleeping it was time to head back to his apartment and do the same. On the way back he decided he still needed to keep his promise and would check on her in the morning.

Shinji slept the rest of the night. His nightmares not enough to wake him. He woke up early and headed to the bathroom for another drink and LCL Cap. Showered and changed making sure to keep his broken arm dry all the while. Then fished his phone out of his bag and dialled Misato's number.

"Herroo" came the sleepy answer.

"Misato its Shinji"

"Shinji" Misato seemed like someone had thrown water over her as she seemed much more alert now.

"Just a question. Where can I get furniture from?" Shinji pressed on.

"There are a couple of shops in Tokyo-3... Why?" was Misato's reply.

"I don't have any" Shinji replied mater of factly.

"What?! What do you mean" Misato shrieked.

"That I don't have any. I need to get a bed draws and table for my apartment" Shinji said in a calm voice.

"Ok I can take you to some shops today" Misato said"It's my day off and I have nothing better to do, besides I need to get some things myself and I can check out your place too."

"Ah sure" Shinji agreed though not agreeing with having Misato check out his place.

"Great" came Misato's reply "see you in 2 hours. Buh-bye" she continued and hung up.

At least I have time to check on the girl, Shinji thought.

"Ayanami can I come in" Shinji whispered through the door.

There was no reply so he slid it open and went inside. Once in there he saw the girl covered in bandages and reaching for the beaker of water. He walked over to her and gave her the beaker and said

"Need one of these?" Holding up a packet of LCL Caps. She nodded and Shinji gave her one.

"Here" He said as he handed it to her their hands brushing as he took the beaker as she was finished with it.

"Are you ok?" Shinji asked and instantly thought great question genius of course she isn't look at her.

"My injuries are healing" Came the soft emotionless reply.

"Ok, good" Shinji answered "Do you need anything?" He added to break the silence that was starting.

"No" was the reply again very soft and emotionless.

"Well I'll be going then... Let me know if you need anything" Shinji said and left. Closing the door behind him and thinking his first conversation with his fellow pilot couldn't have gone any worse.

Rei lay there after Shinji left and allowed a faint blush to grace her cheeks. She felt the heat and wondered what the feeling was. Why does he make me feel like this? She thought. His touch is warm and... and... I don't know. He makes me feel... I don't know that either. This is odd. Maybe I should look into it more. So long as it doesn't detract from my piloting abilities.






Down on the street Shinji meet up with Misato to get furniture. The drive to the shops was quite. Shinji didn't mind this as he had plenty on his mind, primary how much he hated his father, and what to make of Rei. However he didn't have the desire to think too much about anything and filed it away for later to begin staring out the window and spacing out. Misato hated the silence though.

"So what's your apartment like?" Misato asked to break the silence.

"It's good" replied Shinji "Better once I have furniture" he added hoping to get back to his spacing out.

Misato continued though, going on about Tokyo-3 and how great it is here and how much Shinji is going to like it especially once he starts school.

"School" Shinji interjected into Misato ramblings.

"Well yeah... You need to go to school to get an education" Misato responded.

"I know that but what's the point?" Shinji asked

"Well once the war is over you'll need an education to get ajob" Misato responded.

"No offence Misato but I doubt it if the first fight is anything to go by I'll be lucky to make it to the end" Shinji said merely stating facts in his calm voice like he was talking about the weather and not that he was not expecting to make it.

"Don't talk like that Shinji" Misato chided "You can make it you've got the best people in the business supporting you just be positive and you'll get there"

"Ok Sure thing" Shinji said wanting to end the conversation.






NERV Medical

"So Shinji how have your first 2 weeks been?" Ritsuko asked as she started cutting Shinji's cast off.

"It's been busy" He replied "Misato was good enough to get help me get furniture for my apartment. There has been a lot to learn about Eva and NERV processes while waiting to start training, and I've got school tomorrow" Shinji replied

"Yes you have been busy" She said as the cast came away with a crack.

"Raise your arm for me... Now rotate. Flex the wrist and elbow through all its movement. Press on my hand" She said holding up her palm for Shinji.

"Not so hard that's fine" She said as Shinji started pushing back harder than either thought he would.

"Perfect" Ritsuko said with as smile "Your recovery is done all that is left is a full physical and you'll be returned to active status, we can do it now or tomorrow before your training after school"

"Let just get it over with" Shinji said. "Ok strip to your briefs and take a seat on the exam bed" Ritsuko turned to lock the door and turned the lights of. Pulled out an ophthalmoscope and looked at Shinji's eyes.

"How are my tests going?" Shinji asked as Ritsuko checked his eyes

"We still haven't got anything extra on the degeneration but your injuries have healed nicely which is encouraging, your new eye has taken and the colour is coming through well, I've never seen one go red before though" Ritsuko replied.

"How many have you seen?" Shinji asked

"Only three, they all went brown" Ritsuko replied

"What does red mean?" Shinji continued with the questions

"It's probably just the colour it's taken, we aren't sure how to manipulate the colour yet, this is new technology. The important thing is your vision" Ritsuko turned the lights on and gasped.

Shinji's body was covered in scars, some very old some fairly recent.

"I didn't see these before, when did this happen?" she said.

"I've had them for a long time, they aren't from eva" Shinji replied. Inspecting Shinji's back showed even more some short and thin, others long and jagged.

"Where did this happen?" Ritsuko asked noticing he even had scars on the tops of his arms and legs.

"It was before I came here there are no side effects" Shinji said not wanting to get further into it.

Ritsuko completed the physical and returned Shinji to active duty and dismissed him.






Shinji headed into school not wanting to be there but feeling good. He had recovered from his injuries and was clear to pilot eva again. At least there was one pilot on the active roster. As he got to his classroom 2-A he was greeted by a brown haired girl with pig tails "Hi you must be the new kid. I'm Hikari Horaki the class representative"

"Shinji Ikari" Shinji replied.

Once class started and Shinji had been introduced he took a seat at the back. A few things became obvious to him. No one was listening to the teacher drone on about second impact. The girls were gossiping a lot to each other, Rei stared out the window all the time and there was a kid in atracksuit that looked like he wanted to kill him. Shinji quickly spaced out after realising all this, he simply couldn't see the point of being here. He was brought back to reality by a private message asking if he was the pilot of the robot. He ignored the message. Then it was repeated, again and again and again! Shinji tried his best to ignore it but enough was enough, so he replied No! and closed his laptop, and proceeded to count the seconds till lunch. After lunch he was counting the seconds till he could get out of there and head to NERV.

Shinji ran into Rei after school at the gates.

"Are you heading to NERV?" He asked.

"Yes" Rei replied

"Is it ok if I walk with you?" Shinji enquired.

"Yes" Rei replied as she started walking to NERV.

They made the trip in silence as each pilot was left to their thoughts. Shinji thinking he can't figure Rei out how he'd never meet anyone quite like her but dismissed it easily reasoning that things would get easier the more he got to know her. Rei on the other hand was mulling over every interaction she had had with Shinji and couldn't figure out what it all meant. She wants to talk to him about it but had no idea how.






Once at NERV they went their separate ways, Rei for a check up on her injuries was headed to medical. Shinji was off to the lockers then to Unit-01 for some training.

"Hey Shinji ready to go?" Makoto asked when he saw the young pilot.

"Sure I'm ready" Came the reply as he headed to the entry plug.

"Are you ok Shinji?" Came Ritsuko voice over coms"Your struggling with your accuracy and you've been going for 2 Hours now"

"I know Dr. Akagi..." Came the reply in an even voice"But this is important I need to get a handle on these weapons." Shinji finished

"Alright keep going we'll put some more targets into the simulator"

Shinji keeps thinking centre the target in the cross hairs and pull the trigger. His accuracy with the palate rifle and pistol on the eva sucked despite his incredibly high synch ratio.

"What do you think the problem is?" Maya asked Ritsuko.

"I'm not sure but we need to figure it out, he can't fight hand to hand all the time. It's too risky...and who knows when the next angel will come" Ritsuko replied. 5 Hours later and Shinji was done dragging himself out of the entry plug spewing LCL and collapsing again.

"Shinji.. Are you alright?" Ritsuko asked after seeing the pilot fall to his hands and knees in a similar fashion to his exit after piloting Unit-01 in his first battle.

"Yes ma'am... Just a little tired" Replied Shinji.

"Alright hit the showers and go home for some rest" Ritsuko replied.

After his shower as Shinji was heading home he ran into Makoto.

"Shinji, you got a minute?" He called out.

"Sure what's up?" Shinji replied

"Do you have training tomorrow?" Makoto asked

"Yeah more weapons training"

"Good" he replied, "When we're done I'm taking you too a shooting range after... It might help with your problems and give you abetter appreciation for what you trying to do"

"Ok sounds good... uhhh thanks Makoto" Shinji said and started his trek home

To Be Continued.






Notes: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and are still enjoying the story.