THE DARKEST CONFRONTATIONS

Rei turned walking into the wreck room watching as Asuka followed her inside, the photo shoot had been really fun and it had also been very amusing as the photographer had been taken rather aback by Asuka's good mood they'd also much to his surprise had some couple photos done as well.

Truth was she was walking on air right now everything just felt great, the morning in the hot tub had been like heaven. Granted they had not made love but frankly she didn't care being the object of Asuka's affections for three hours was just wonderful. She had noticed one thing though that the teeth were vanishing much quicker now it was more like Asuka had control over them much like her left eye because by the time they gotten to the photo shoot they were gone and her left eye was no longer ignited.

The photographer had been really desperate to get a shot without the patch but Asuka had flat out refused and stated very plainly that only those she liked or trusted got to see under the patch. "You know we could get a bite to eat." Asuka shook her head. "I'm not really hungry, did you save that bottle of Champaign, it's just we can have it tonight?" Rei eyed her bag. "Oh yes I saved it." Asuka breathed in deeply. "I'm afraid that I don't have wine glasses at my house, because I tend to drink from the bottle, do you mind if it's drunk out of tin cups?" Rei looked at her. "No I don't mind as I'm sure what you have will be fine Asuka."

She stopped dead in her tracks catching sight of Mari who was sitting on her chair staring forward she didn't have her hair interface hair clips or her head band as they had been put on the table so her long dark hair was loose though she still had her glasses on. She had been crying hard and her knuckles had blood on them as did her nose which was bloody she was clearly in a lot of pain as she was holding her stomach area.

Rei moved towards her. "What happened?" Mari looked up realizing that Asuka had entered the room she'd been alone here for some time now she spoke not caring that it was them right now as she just wanted to speak to anyone. Because she couldn't talk to Toji and she knew that he'd find her soon as this had happened after they'd separated not more than two hours ago. "It was Yuki...he found out about me, I don't even know how I tried so hard to fucking hide it."

She paused taking in a painful breath. "I thought he was my fucking friend!" She felt the tears start to come again. "He came out of nowhere he cornered me on one of the lower Arcade levels there was him and four others people with him all special ops, I tried my best to fight back but he and the other men and women had lightning rods." Asuka moved closer to her. "He found out you were gay and he beat you up." She paused breathing in sadly knowing just what she was going through Yuki had done the same thing to her some years ago as he'd gone for her after the battle of Shamshel when she'd been at her lowest. Mari eyed Asuka. "Did you fucking tell him!?"

Asuka looked at her for a long moment. "No and believe me I have no reason to, back when I was eighteen he did the same thing to me, it's why I hate his verfickte guts and I don't train with him and only ever train with his older brother Kyo." She felt her hand form a fist. "He's a vile homophobic piece of scheisse and I've heard that I'm not the only one he's done this to as he's been targeting certain employees for years, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. In his book if you don't conform to gender rigid norms he'll go for you and he gets away with it because he somehow deletes the feed so there's never any evidence. So when people go to Ritsuko to tell her what happened she just brushes it all under the verfickten carpet and makes out that there lying."

She tensed slightly. "Gendo might be a massive asshole himself but he's more open about gender and sexuality and I think the only reason Yuki doesn't target Shinji or Rei is because he knows he'll have to answer to Gendo personally and it would mean his job." She kneeled down in front of Mari. "Hence why he goes for people like you and me and Kaworu who I heard also had a run in with him, two years ago but he never spoke up about it but I saw him come in bloody and bruised just like you but he didn't want to talk about it and he told Shinji that he'd had a hiking accident."

Mari looked up sadly as she spoke knowing her next words were a half truth. "This is why I didn't want to come out I knew someone would do this to me!"

Asuka looked at her for a long moment before carefully taking hold of her bloody hand feeling the taller woman tense. "Mari you're not bad, he's bad I mean you like women it's not wrong your not dirty he's just an awful human being and not everyone is like him believe me."

Mari paused before speaking painfully. "I hate keeping it a secret because I hate how much it tears me up inside everyday it feels like I'm living half a life."

Asuka breathed in deeply meeting her sad turquoise gaze. "You don't need to live a half life you don't have to pretend anymore to be something you're not there at people at Nerv good people who won't judge you based on your sexuality and who can help you." Rei turned to Asuka as a memory flashed through her mind of Asuka standing over the drinks spring in Nerv clearly in intense pain clutching her stomach as she drunk from the fountain very slowly before spitting out blood.

She remembered coming over to her asking if she was okay and what had happened only to get a sharp angry response. "I remember now the day at the drink fountain you were bleeding from the mouth, I asked you if you were okay and you told me to go away." Asuka looked up. "I'm sorry, that was the pain talking I wasn't fully healed from Shamshel when he targeted me and he made sure to hit every wound I had." She eyed the floor. "That's what he does he waits for a moment when you have problems then he strikes because he knows when the minds not as sharp you won't fight back as hard." Mari looked at her. "Why doesn't Kyo stop him?"

Asuka looked up. "Kyo tried to tell everyone about this when it first happened to me." She breathed out sharply. "But Misato at the time shrugged it off because she knew I got into fights with people. It wasn't the first time I'd ever come to work bloody and that's the problem once Yuki realized he had gotten away with my situation he started on others, I know with the general employees its more harassment and words and the odd punch here and there but with us its very different, he wants us all to suffer hence why we get the lightning rod treatment."

She turned around as Toji flew in through the double doors he turned finally catching sight of Mari his face turning to horror. "What happened?" Toji slowly walked towards her watching as Asuka stood up letting him through as he kneeled down in front of her. "Mari you tell me what chicken shit bastard did this to you!?" Mari didn't look up as she spoke. "Yuki did this to me."

Toji blinked in shock. "Yuki the guy who is meant to be our trainer and your friend did this to you, why did he do this to you Mari?" He took hold of her bloody hand. "Please tell me because I hate cowardly chicken shit bastards who beat up women." Mari looked at him for a long moment what was the point in hiding this anymore? The more she hid it the more it hurt. "He beat me up because I'm gay you fucking idiot!"

She paused eyeing him intensely though the cracked lens of her glasses. "Yeah that's the big secret I'm a raging lesbian so I'm guessing that probably disgusts you, so you can leave now!" Toji looked at her as he cleared his throat. "Yeah you know I kind of already knew that and it's never bothered me." Mari looked up sharply blinking in surprise. "What?"

Toji turned giving her a wide smile. "Well you see you left your sexual reading material out at your apartment once, I kind of had to put it away so Sakura wouldn't see it because it was rather hot and she's a little too young for that kind of adult magazine and I kind of connected the dots back then, plus when your drunk you kind of leer at women and say really funny perverted things."

He shrugged. "You're my best friend and I really don't care about your sexuality I never have." He squeezed her hand. "I mean life without you as my best friend would be really boring and Sakura loves your company." He paused putting a hand on his chest. "So don't think that I'd walk away from you over something like this, because I never would." Mari looked at him as the cogs in her brain started turning not really knowing what to say she breathed in finding her voice only for the tears to start before she could stop them. "Thank you for not leaving me…I thought if you knew you'd leave."

Toji gently put his arms around her pulling her close. "Yeah like I'd want to leave you, you know if I ditched you Sakura would skin my hide, since she loves visiting you." He gently stroked her hair. "Plus I'd be kind off a jerk off if I walked away from you over something as small as sexuality." He smirked. "Plus now you can leer at women with me over at the bar and we can share stories and maybe you can help me get a girlfriend because you know I'm shit when it comes to speaking to women who aren't pilots."

He pulled away watching as she took her glasses off wiping her eyes. "Will you come with me up to the medical bay you know so they can sort out your bruises?" Mari eyed him as she pushed her glasses back on. "Yeah can you help me up? My legs fucking hurt and so does my pelvis and stomach..."

Toji pulled her up slowly seeing her wince painfully. "I'm going to beat the hell out of that chicken shit fuck tomorrow." Asuka folded her arms. "No you're not because I'm going to verfickte do it, tonight." Toji turned eyeing her. "Seriously?" Asuka turned to Mari who genuinely looked surprised. "I'm so verfickte tired of Yuki's bullshit, first me, then Kaworu now Mari where does he end?"

She paused turning to Rei. "I mean how long before he thinks that maybe he can get away with beating up you or Shinji because he's targeted everyone else thus far?" She took in a deep breath letting it out slowly. "He really messed me up in my teens, he used to tell me I was a vile, disgusting ugly German girl and that I'd never amount to anything and he's been vile about my sexuality for years and I made a promise last time we met when I broke his nose that if he annoyed me again I'd break every verfickten bone in his body, its time I delivered on that promise."

She looked at her hand feeling her knuckles crack. "He's wanted to fight me for years now he'll finally get his chance, I mean he's probably in the gym right now with Kyo training Nerv employees and he'll be there for a least three more hours." Toji felt a sly smile form. "Oh so it was you who broke his nose, it's just we heard some one had and Shinji believed it had to be you." Asuka eyed him. "Yes he was being rather cruel about Rei so I corrected him." Toji walked past them as he helped Mari towards the doubles doors, which was slow going as she was in so much pain. "Yeah well when you beat him up please make one of those punches from me!"

8

Kaji breathed in deeply as he walked into the dimly lit safe house, looking around him it was miles from Nerv and far out in the rural farm land. In fact come to think of it, it was about three train stops away from Asuka's house though he doubted that she even knew it existed it was apparently Misato's and she'd had it for many years.

He stepped inside watching as Misato came into view she was leaning against a table looking at him though her expression was unreadable. "I heard you owned a place like this, I assume all security cameras don't film here and you check often for bugs?" Misato eyed him taking in a deep breath as far as Nerv was concerned she and Kaji had gone out to check on the building where the press conference would be tomorrow but they'd taken a detour back this way.

"Nerv doesn't even know I own this place, it's not in any of my records and I had someone else purchases in cash and it's in their name." Kaji eyed her. "I see some of the things I taught you have rubbed off." Misato eyed him. "I was looking over the outside camera footage tracing it back some years Asuka was here once, it was the day after she got stabbed she walked past this place and used the outside tap to get a long drink and wet her hair then carried on walking she looked very tired and I know it's another five miles to her house from here."

She looked down sadly. "That is a brutal walk home." Kaji blinked. "No kidding." He eased out a small device raising it as he clicked it hearing a buzzing sound. "Nothing personal I just want to give you a second check." Misato eyed him. "Where did you get that, I thought Seele took away all your spy items when you left?" Kaji breathed in deeply. "Asuka."

Misato blinked in confusion. "Where did Asuka get it and since when did you two talk?" Kaji looked at her. "Asuka got it for me from Germany through her grandmother you see we both trade things now and again." He lowered the device. "We have in fact been friends for over four years but Asuka prefers to make it look like it's the opposite but its all pure show but you see what I give her could get her into serious trouble and it's the same for what she gives me."

Misato eyed him. "What does she give you and what do you give her?" Kaji smiled putting the device away. "She gives me the most updated spy toys and hidden weapons even software fresh from Germany. In return I give her Nerv layout and employee schedules it's why she's so good at hiding and how she gave the special ops such a run for their money when they tried to catch her."

He paused before speaking. "I do hope you don't intend to expose either of us for this, because I could loose my job and Asuka will get into really serious trouble with Ritsuko and Gendo as she has been told about this kind of thing in the past and they're well aware of her past habit of ignoring rules and her doing what she wants." Misato shook her head. "I have no intention of doing that to either of you I'm just really surprised because she always makes out that she dislikes you."

Kaji shrugged. "Like I say its pure show and I don't take it personally and she knows that and I have told her to drop the act but she just won't do it because she fears that you'll read something into our friendship which doesn't exist and you'll see her as a rival. As she thinks that you don't like her anyway, that it will just make things worse even though we have never been romantically involved and we are not attracted to each other in any way. All we've ever shared is the odd beer when she comes to my vegetable garden outside of work hours and we swap a few stories and then do trades." Misato breathed in feeling the need to change the subject. "Why did Seele call up on you Kaji and don't tell me it was some diplomatic bullshit?"

Kaji eyed her. "Are you sure you want to hear that truth? Because it's safe to say that we are both like Alice falling down the rabbit hole right now but what I will tell you will only take it much deeper and you might not enjoy wonderland." Misato eyed him. "I just got told that I may have repeated my life many times over I got very drunk and what they said about human instrumentality scares the shit out of me because suddenly it means that gods and heavens might be real so I doubt you could tell me anything worse." Kaji took in a deep breath. "Very well they sent me to capture Kozo."

Misato looked at him for a long moment. "Why?" Kaji looked at her for a long moment. "He wanted to bring Yui back from the abyss." Misato blinked in confusion. "Yui is dead are you talking about human cloning because that's illegal and punishable by death under the UN's laws?" Kaji looked at her. "No not cloning I'm talking about bringing a human being back from the core, Kozo had Ritsuko build him a special machine that could rebuild a human beings body and bring them back. You see he loved Yui but as you know Yui was deeply loved and had many admires both male and female though her heart did always belong to Gendo until he ruined it by betraying her then she chose only to live for her children Rei and Shinji." Misato let her eyes dart. "Yui is dead!"

Kaji put his hands in his pockets. "No you see that's the thing Yui and Kiko they're not dead, they live on they have gone to a form of heaven if you will the core itself leads to its own form of human instrumentality." He paused before speaking. "Have you never asked yourself why the Evangelion's act so human at times? Why they twitch and why 02 is starting to become more human than any off them. Bardiel made reference to Asuka's keeper so ask yourself now who that is, who was it who sat in that entry plug before her?"

Misato turned staring at him. "No that's not possible, Asuka's mother committed suicide." Kaji breathed in deeply. "That was not her mother just an empty shell without a soul trying to cling to the last of Kyoko's human emotions before her soul was taken which was her love for Asuka." He pushed his long pony tail back. "Yui, Kiko and Kyoko they were all sucked into the cores becoming the Evangelion's heart if you will there to protect the pilots. You see the reason Beta and Omega don't work so well is they used the two twin women Dai and Cho neither mothers and not really connected to the pilots and Cho hates her existences so she keeps shutting Beta down because her heaven only comes when she's doesn't have to help the pilot. She doesn't like Asuka much either, we were worried that she'd start attacking her so we keep her out of that unit but now she just does the same for Mari and shuts it off constantly."

He took in a deep breath letting it out slowly. "After the failure of Dai and Cho as test pilots Seele realized that the core must have the soul of a mother and be connected to the pilot, Seele also found a way to take even already dead souls and bring them back and put them in the other units Mari, Kaworu and Toji all have reanimated souls in there Evangelion's. Where as 00, 01 and 02 they were all living when they entered and now some have become so powerful that they are now shutting down the partial AI and taking over completely. If you've wondered why when 02 broke free that it licked one of its canine teeth and roared at Ritsuko it wasn't anything to do with Asuka's traits getting through that was the person who all of her traits come from. That was Kyoko in the flesh and I believe unlike 00 and 01 who get taken over now and again when needed, Kyoko is being way more protective and has taken over fully and it's probably because Bardiel's in Asuka's mind. Bardiel was nothing if not clever he knew he couldn't infect another Evangelion so affecting Asuka's body was his best solution plus Kyoko will not harm her only child just to get him out." Misato blinked in shock. "Does this mean Kyoko is making Asuka stronger?"

Kaji shook his head. "No it doesn't work like that the pilots abilities are their own hence why Shinji has controlled berserk and he has no beast mode. He can blow out beams of incredible power through 01's mouth using the crest horns opening sections that can tear holes in AT fields and 01 has become immensely strong his Evangelion is in what Seele call the semi primal state its slightly animalistic with its claws but still has it's human elements." He looked up. "Asuka's unit though is now in the primal state its become fully lycanthrope and has abounded almost all of its human elements but she has full control over it as her anger is completely controlled and her ability might be that she can disrupt AT fields but her unit's tails also have some sort of ability which seems very linked to her emotions as well though Seele really has no idea currently what her true abilities are because Bardiel is contaminating her brain.

"Seele believes in time all of the pilots will develop special traits and all will have special abilities that are their own through and through and that the Evangelion's will transform to match these abilities." He raised his hand. "It's essential and necessary they will not beat the angels without it or this new force which Ouroboros have created." He folded his arms. "So you see these human souls are the price we have to pay to win this war." He looked down sadly. "I know it's hard for you to hear this but it is better to hear it from me than someone else and I know why you brought me here. You're questioning if I'm the traitor to Ouroboros because I used to be a spy."

He slowly opened his Nerv jacket than began to undo his white shirt underneath. "I can tell you now things with Kozo didn't go well." He opened his shirt fully revealing a large gunshot wound near his lower stomach which had long healed. "I was meant to bring him to Seele's six there he would die by the Black Guards hands not by mine for disobeying Seele's orders and going behind their backs but you see he pulled a gun on me and shot me outright but I had my gun on me at the time and I blew his head apart."

He looked down slightly. "I was very lucky that day a passer by found me and brought me to a hospital and I lived. Though thanks to the accident parts of my guts needed replacing, now I have shitty stem cell replacements and I have to take medication for the rest of my life. Hence I was no longer fit for duty and the medication sometimes makes me ill and no one wants a sickly spy not even Seele who I worked for."

He looked at her. "Ritsuko didn't want me up on high when I came back to Nerv so she kicked me back down with her sexual harassment story but you know I was happy about it. Because I like working with you and here's the thing when I was bleeding out that day looking at the sky all I could think off was your face and that I wanted to see you again. I regretted that we hadn't talked as often as we should have since university." He slowly closed his shirt. "So you see I'm not your traitor, because I would never betray you, you're my friend and I would never throw that away."

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Misato looked at him sadly as he finished buttoning up his Nerv jacket. "I'm sorry Kaji I shouldn't have doubted you this whole thing has just got me so fucking rattled." Kaji moved over putting a hand on her shoulder. "Its okay I knew we'd be standing here sooner or later." He paused before speaking. "I will say one think though I believe if your looking for a traitor you might want to look in Makoto's direction." Misato put a hand on his. "Why him, I mean I know he's an idiot but I thought he was a harmless idiot?"

Kaji breathed in deeply. "Yes well when you weren't present because you went to talk to Asuka that day he got very angry that you'd placed me and Maya in charge he was shouting at Shigeru about how he should be in charge though he wasn't interested in his bullshit and ignored him. Granted he's a job's worth who kisses Ritsuko's ass but I always feel like there's something off with him I've been feeling it for ages even Maya says he's not who he used to be and she stays away from him and socializes more with me, you and Shigeru."

Misato looked up slightly. "Before you came to work at Nerv I dated him for a while but I ended it because he became very controlling and really got to me. He wanted to know things which I couldn't tell him because they were above his station and he would demand that he should have them and it got to me because he was so aggressive about it. After I ended the relationship with him things were never the same between us but I couldn't be with someone who was like that, its makes me remember my father to much and he was aggressive, controlling and short tempered."

Kaji eyed her. "Jealously makes idiots of some people, I know he hates my guts and sees me as the competition even though we are not a couple and he really hates it when we spend any time together he sits in the corner stewing eyeballing us though you may not have seen that as you're busy." He raised his hand. "I also believe he might have been going out of his way to make Asuka's life hell these past few years because he wanted her to blow her own brains out with her gun." He kept his hand on hers. "As you already know a pilot dying that way would put Nerv in a very bad place publicly."

He met her gaze head on. "Because if I were from Nerv's rival Ouroboros I would have someone like him pulling strings, because to the outside world he's just the dumb disgruntled employee and the kind of person people look away from because they're more like the village idiot and are mostly harmless and are of no real concern." He closed his fingers tighter around hers. "Yet that is what lets the village idiot go completely unnoticed, because no one really pays that much attention to them and they can do what ever they want."

He met her gaze. "It's the ultimate disguise really you hide in plain sight kick off steam now and again make an idiot of yourself and go completely unnoticed to the world, while you stab others in the back and twist in the knife and ruin there lives."

8

Asuka took a deep breath as she walked up to fourth floor of the gym right side level where she knew the training room was she was going to really verfickt enjoy this. Rei grabbed Asuka hand stopping her. "Are you sure about this Asuka?" Asuka felt a toothy smile form. "It's going to be fine, you shouldn't worry Rei." She leaned a little closer to her face. "Whatever he has got I can take it."

Rei looked at her. "That's not what I meant Asuka, what I mean is won't this cause an uproar if you hospitalize him?" Asuka looked at her. "Not if I call out a challenge it won't you see he can't turn from a challenge and so long as Kyo agrees no one can change it. Plus Kyo knows me we've fought no holds bard for years and he knows I like to fight that way so Yuki will look kind of cowardly if he pulls out because he doesn't want me to fight me in the same way."

She leaned forward giving her a gentle kiss. "So don't worry." Rei felt a smile form as she put her hand on the other woman's face. "You know you're right you are kind of crazy sometimes." Asuka slowly pulled off her leather jacket putting it around the other woman's shoulders as she unclipped her phone case from her leather belt putting it in the jacket's pocket. "Yeah I know but so long as you don't mind then it's all okay."

Rei looked at the jacket that was surprise she knew Asuka never normally gave her jacket to anyone because it was so prized. "I don't mind at all." Asuka felt a sly smile form. "Just hold these I'll take them back when I'm done, just stay in the guest corner and don't speak to Yuki no matter what he says to you."

Rei nodded. "Okay." Asuka moved over to the glass catching sight of all of the Nerv employees training in the large room there were about twenty people in total and Yuki was running them through drills while Kyo was watching calmly from the corner. She opened the door watching as everyone turned she raised her hand giving a wave speaking in a playful tone towards Yuki which was laced and thick with German because she knew that he hated her German accent with a passion. "Guten Tag!"

Kyo turned smiling. "Asuka!" He moved towards her a wide smile on her face. "It's been a while I was really starting to miss you." Asuka grabbed his larger hand seeing Rei come in slowly taking a seat in the visitor's seats. "I'm sorry it's just a lot has happened." Kyo felt a wide smile form as he caught sight of Rei who gave him a wave. "Yes I heard, nice to see you so happy."

Asuka looked down ignoring Yuki's scowl of disgust as the other employees turned staring. "I meant to come sooner I'm really sorry for that day and for what I called you, I was just angry." Kyo raised his other hand putting it gently on her shoulder. "Its okay really I understand and believe me I didn't want to do that to you, you didn't deserve that." Asuka looked up meeting his intense gaze. "Thank you for showing me mercy at the time it meant a lot." Kyo felt his smile widen. "It was the least I could do for a friend."

"Oh please can you get rid of that bisexual German bitch already!"

Kyo turned eyeing his brother holding none of his anger back. "You will be silent and show Asuka some respect!" He raised his hand. "Because I am not having another argument with you about your poor treatment of people, because I've had it up to here with your bullshit Yuki!" Asuka stepped away turning to Yuki. "That's fine because I'd be happy to settle that argument for you Kyo, I know the only reason you can't put him in place is because you promised your mother that you'd always look after him."

She paused putting her hands on hips. "But you see I have a score to settle with him because today he took it upon himself to jump on Mari with four other armed men and women who had lightning rods and beat her up when she couldn't defend herself." Kyo turned the anger boiling up as he eyed his younger brother. "You beat up that nice British woman what the fuck is wrong with you?!"

Asuka stepped forward. "It appears that your little scheisse of a brother didn't like her sexuality so he beat her up hard, just like he did to Kaworu two years ago." Yuki moved towards her. "Mari is a dirty lesbian she deserved what she got and as for Kaworu he's a weak ass camp little queer who is always trying to get into Shinji's pants, I was doing Shinji a fucking favour!" Asuka looked at him for a long moment before speaking calmly. "You are so verfickte disgusting Yuki."

She watched as all of the employees backed away towards the walls they clearly knew what was coming. "They deserved nothing! You attacked them both at their weakest and you did the same thing to me after Shamshel!" She raised her hand. "You've been dying to fight me for years, so let's see whose better, you or me." She felt a cold smile form. "You can even use your little lightning rods if you want, I mean it will be just like last time and I won't be armed."

Yuki eyed her. "I'm not accepting any challenge from you Asuka, you're beneath me!" Kyo eyed him. "Then you dishonour me by not accepting brother." He raised his hand. "I do not fear taking on this young woman in hand to hand combat no holds bared so you backing out makes you look very dishonourable." He paused eyeing the employees who were all wide eyed and he could see people gathering nearby on the other side of the inner glass to see what was going on. "You always say strength and power are most important, you say that is all that matters and those who have none are weak!"

He moved over to the corner of the room pressing the panel watching it flipped back revealing two lightning rods which unlike the normal blacks ones were in different colours one was gold while it's counterpart was silver. He pulled them out turning to the employees. "Gold represents power and control." He raised the other one. "Silver represents honour and justice."

He turned them both on hearing the crackle as he crossed them across his chest. "To be a noble warrior you must control both and balance them!" He turned carefully passing the silver one to Asuka while he passed the gold to his younger brother. "Asuka was trained by me personally she's been taught to understand the power of silver over gold." He eyed his brother. "Yuki my younger brother was taught by me but abounded my ideals of silver, he believes only through the teachings of gold are people superior. So now let us see who is more, both students are gifted and well trained and this fight will be no holds bared that means if limbs break and teeth shatter and blood flows you at not to intervene even if they beg for help!"

He stepped away. "The fight ends when one fighter looses consciousness." He turned slightly. "Asuka is also not allowed to use any inhuman strength." Asuka eyed him. "Yeah well if my teeth change and my left eye glows through my patch, I can't help it okay?" Kyo looked at her. "That's fine I've heard that part is somewhat out of your control and happens due to your emotions but Misato has told me that it's only very extreme rage that brings out the inhuman strength." Asuka twirled the silver lightning rod. "Yes that's true but I have no intention of getting that angry."

She eyed Yuki who now looked pissed as he twirled his golden lightning rod reading himself. "I don't want to take him out in one shot, what fun would that be? I want to see verfickte justice served for what he did to the other pilots and all the other Nerv employees he's targeted over the years because they didn't conform to his pitiful rigid gender norm ideals!"

Yuki eyed her. "I'm going to fucking enjoy this Asuka, you've always been an outspoken bitch and you need to learn when to shut up and when you were fifteen I dreamed about smashing your face in but I couldn't because you were a little bratty child so waited till you got older and…!" He was about to say something else only to feel her lightning rod smash against his side as she moved past him at lightning speed.

Asuka eyed him seeing the pain in his face. "Please stop with your pathetic little monologue Yuki, it's verfickte boring me." Asuka watched as he came at her swinging she ducked out of the way smashing her fist in to his side before knocking him clean off his feet. She watched as he got up grabbing the golden lightning rod trying to hit her again aiming of cause for her head like he had done before. She turned not thinking as she smashed the rod straight into his face watching as he stumbled back painfully. "That's for hitting me when I was unarmed and surrendering!"

She spun her silver rod seeing him turn back the blood running down his chin as he came at her again trying desperately to hit her there was no way in hell she was going to let him though if she could help it. She wanted him to get angry though because he didn't understand anger he couldn't control it like she could, she felt the sudden agonizing pain as his rod made contact with her face and his foot came out knocking her clean off her feet.

She didn't think as she turned taking his legs out from under him causing him to crash down hard as she got up again feeling the blood run down her lip, not that she really cared. It just gave her that buzz she liked so much she eased her tongue out licking one of her canine teeth feeling her right eye ignite as she smashed her foot down near his head seeing him move just in time as he grabbed his rod backing up.

She ignored the sudden cheering which was so loud it was getting through the glass as the Nerv employees hammered it on the other side. The next moments were painfully as his rod smashed in to her side causing her to back up slightly she eyed him seeing that he was trying to consider his next moves much more carefully. Kyo moved slowly over to where Rei was sitting. "I'm assuming this is your first time watching her fight someone for real?"

Rei nodded. "Yes though I have seen her fighting against you." Kyo felt a smile form. "Ah, well believe me, it is about to get good." He raised his hand. "My little ball of red fire never fails to impress." Rei turned staring at him for a long moment, had he just spoken to Asuka as if he was her father? Because that was how it sounded he had that proud tone, like a parent she had always assumed that their friendship was more professional in that it was student and master. Yet this explained so much and why Asuka had not come back to him right away because she clearly felt very guilty in turning against him when it was clear that he saw her that way or maybe she didn't know but still felt deeply guilty regardless because of their friendship.

Asuka swung her rod smashing it into Yuki's side ignoring the sound of something breaking. "That's for Kaworu!" Yuki pulled back in agony he could see the white light it was so strong now that it was glowing through her patch. "You're a fucking freak." Asuka smirked as she spoke in a sarcastic tone. "Oh I'm sorry is the light of my soul putting you off?" She avoided his fist grabbing his arm kneeing him straight in the stomach causing him to stumble back. "It's not my fault your soul is weak."

Yuki roared in anger as he went for her trying to hit her only for her to dodge out of the way. "Hold still you fucking ugly little German shit!" Asuka eyed him feeling her molars lengthen as she laughed at him not thinking as she grabbed his head smashing it straight into her knee sending him flying backwards as he hit the floor hard. "Wow you really are scheisse and they really pay you a salary to train people? Kyo would have me on my back by now."

Yuki got up ignoring his bleeding nose eyeing her face he could see the extended canine teeth on the upper and lower jaws and the razor molars. "They said unit 02's loop back had messed up your face, I had no fucking idea it made you look like an inhuman rapid dog!" Asuka eyed him. "I'm more of a cat person really, never really was that found of dogs, it's not that I don't like them I just don't connect with them like I do cats."

She raised her lightning rod. "Dogs are all bark and no bite, kind of like you." Yuki ran at her trying to swing only to feel her rod smash into his shoulder as he grabbed her hand. He swung his rod down only for hers to stop it forcing them to both push against each other violently. "Tell me does Rei like your ugly face or does it scare her when you're like this?"

Asuka eyed him trying harder to push her rod closer to his neck seeing that he was desperately trying to do the same to her. "No she doesn't fear me like this because she knows I'd never hurt her, you on the other hand should be very afraid." She didn't think as she used her whole weight to throw him sideway watching as he slammed into the floor close by she grabbed the turned on end of his lightning rod not caring for the pain as she tired to pull it free from his hand.

She brought her foot down smashing it in to his side ignoring his cry of pain as he let go allowing her pull it free she screamed painfully moving her hand quickly up to the rods end trying to ignore the pain which hurt like hell watching as he stood up now with out a weapon. Yuki eyed her. "That's not possible no one can hold the rods that long!"

Kyo folded his arm. "Yes they can I taught her how to do that, where do you think she learnt her pain control and tolerance from little brother?" He paused before speaking calmly. "You would of course have learnt this if you'd trained my way but you always felt you were better and you never completed my training." He eyed Asuka who was now waiting with both rods. "Surrender now and beg her forgiveness, because she will break you."

Yuki eyed him. "Fuck you Kyo I'm not surrendering to her!" He turned to Asuka as he ran at her only to feel the rod smash his shoulder as the other one smashed his face sending him stumbling backwards. Asuka moved forward slowly she was so verfickte done with this guy now and she would make it known she didn't think as she smashed him across his knee hearing something break.

"That's for Mari!" She turned smashing the other in to his other shoulder hearing something else shatter. "That's for all the other Nerv employees you've harassed!" Yuki stumbled back he was in agony now and it was hard to focus he turned running at her as he cried out in anger. Asuka looked up there it was unhinged, unfocused anger the kind she remembered so well as an early teen before she'd begun her training with Kyo, it made you unfocused, stupid and reckless.

She swung both lightning rods smashing one into the arm as she smashed the other into his face causing him to fall back onto his knees. "Toji also wishes to send his regards." She eased up both lightning rods crossing them against his throat before he could react as she forced them downwards onto his shoulders ignoring his cries of pain as he grabbed them with both hands trying to force them off only to cause himself even more pain as he'd not had Kyo's full training.

She kept them in place only to pull them up suddenly smashing her knee straight into his face watching as he fell back hitting the floor in a crumbled heap as he lost consciousness going still. Frankly she'd expected more but then again she wasn't that surprised his whole philosophy revolved around power and strength therefore he lacked the other half of the teaching which was about using your mind and intelligence and doing the right thing she turned both rods off hearing the crackle die.

She looked around realizing that everyone had just gone really quite she turned to Kyo slowly crossing the golden rod over her chest speaking calmly. "Power and control are nothing on there own." She crossed the silver rod over it making sure it was the more prominent one. "They must be balanced through honour and justice." Kyo moved forward clapping only to hear the room erupt as well as those behind the outer room cheer as they hammed there hands against the glass. "As always Asuka you make me very proud."

He carefully took the rods from her hands turning to the students. "This is what you can achieve through my training." He paused eyeing his fallen brother. "For those of you training personally under Yuki its time you stopped and reconsidered because his training misses what is needed and it's lesser to mine."

He eyed Asuka who was standing quietly behind him saying nothing. "Asuka herself will even tell you that it never worked for her, it didn't balance her anger or make her better it just made her worse my training does the opposite it gives you focus and teaches you how to withstand pain and focus your anger and aggression." Asuka looked up slightly. "If you ever wondered why I got my ass kicked so badly by Shamshel, the reason 02 got its arms and head ripped off was because Yuku taught me that you have to win at all costs and if you're any less then you're a loser. So I felt I had to win otherwise I was less but you can't win battles unless your anger is focused and you are balanced mentality."

Kyo put a hand on her shoulder. "Asuka began training with me after Shamshel and you might have noticed that it has made a huge difference as Gaghiel was killed through clever thought not muscle or power." He paused looking them. "Something for you all to consider..." He turned eyeing his fallen brother. "Now could someone do the honours and call the hospital wing?" He watched as one of the staff went over to the console on the left side of the room pressing the emergency injury icon which would get the hospital staff down here within the next ten minutes. No doubt they'd chew him out again for doing no holds bared and they'd probably try to pin it on Asuka's bad moods and petty rages even though she didn't have those anymore.

He turned seeing an uncertain look in her good eye he could see that the light had faded in her left eye and her teeth had returned to normal. "If Misato gives you any shit over this I'll explain everything, its not like she ever gives you the benefit of the doubt. I mean she fucked you over big time when it came to Hikari granted the real truth came out recently but you should have been allowed to defend yourself in the first place because I know you and you would never do what they claimed you did."

Rei stood up moving over to Asuka carefully passing her back her jacket and her phone watching as she put them back on. "Are you okay does anything hurt?" Asuka turned eyeing Yuku's fallen body. "My left side really hurts but I'm fine I can handle the pain." She paused before speaking. "This is the second time I've beaten someone up and not felt good about it." Rei eased up her hand adjusting her leather collar. "No Asuka you should be proud in this case what was done was right, you stopped a bully and I'm sure anyone who sees the feed will see that you were trying to right a wrong." Kyo turned sharply. "She's right and don't feel guilty about beating up my little brother, he's had this coming for a very long time if it wasn't you then it would have been someone else."

He turned seeing a small group of medical staff appear he watched as the Nerv staff started to move away from the outer glass so they get through the door, he gave the man and woman a smile. "Why hello Jiro and Ara I am so sorry to call you this late there was a dispute it didn't end well for my brother." Jiro turned eyeing Yuki. "Ouch that's got to fucking hurt." He turned eyeing Asuka who had moved the drinking fountain close by and was using it to clean the blood of her face. "Your handy work clearly."

Kyo moved towards the smaller man. "Before you judge her, watch the footage this was not Asuka having a childish tantrum she was correcting an injustice." Ara looked at him and then to Asuka who had finished cleaning her face. "You misunderstand we just spent the last hour with Mari Makinami and she had one hell of a story to tell regarding your little brother. We had no idea that he had been committing hate crimes and abusing staff all these years let alone that he had beaten up her and Kaworu, she even said Asuka was going to fix the issue because she'd also gotten beaten up some years before."

She watched as the other staff put Yuki on a stretcher then took him out of the room. "We gave Mari some very strong painkillers and bandaged her up and she went home with Toji, after which we prepped a room so it was ready, we were just waiting for the call as we know Asuka never bluff's."

Ara turned to Asuka pulling out a medical gun. "Do you need any painkillers?" Asuka eyed her. "Yes but you don't get to put it in only Rei can, you people always shove in the needle and it's painful." Rei smiled as she took the gun from Ara's hand. "Nothing personal, she just prefers a soft touch." Jiro smirked. "Yeah so we've heard."

Rei moved Asuka's long red hair out of the way as she pressed the gun into her neck seeing her wince she pulled it away passing it back to Ara. "Thank you." Ara eyed Asuka. "You shouldn't worry we fully intend in our report to show that you were doing the right thing." Jiro looked up. "Tomorrow we will be sending out a bulletin for anyone to come forward who has been harmed, harassed or hurt by this man and we will be speaking to Kaworu as well because we were never a hundred percent convinced about his so called hiking incident some years ago but at the time he was really shook up and he didn't say much despite that Shinji was with him."

He paused eyeing the pendent around her neck. "I see your wearing the Endless Knot, it's meant to represent, wisdom and compassion right?" Asuka eyed him. "Yes." Jiro felt a smile form. "It really suites you, never take it off." He ignored Asuka's stunned surprise as he turned back to Kyo. "You know your brother could loose his job over this right?" Kyo folded his arms. "Yes but I have no complaint over this I'm sick of his behaviour, he has used his position to undermine the system and me for some time now and with actions like this there are always consequences."

End of part 47

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