Kira Matthews, sixth candidate selected in accordance with the Marduke
institute to pilot the semi organic combat unit known as Evangelion. She
is the designated pilot of production model Eva unit 00. Personal data
remains intact.
Unlike the previous children, she has grown up with a stable family life
and has no social problems as far as we know of, she is less likely to
suffer metal instability.
Asuka sighed and put down the report that had been written up about the
sixth child.
"She sounds like a miracle Maya, I bet you wish the rest of us could
have been like that, don’t you?" she asked her friend Maya frowned.
"You don’t really think that do you, you kids did everything that you
could and we’re all proud of you for that," she said lightly scolding
her assistant and partner of two years, Asuka smirked and leaned back in
her chair.
"Do you really think that another pilot is needed, I mean, do you really
think there will be more Angels?" she asked looking up at Maya who was
drinking from a mug of coffee, Maya shrugged.
"We’ll see soon enough."
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Kira Matthews sighed and looked out the planes small window. Still
nothing below them but water she thought dully and closed the shutter,
she wasn’t in the best mood at the moment, having only been selected as
an Eva pilot a good six months ago, she wasn’t really prepared to do
this, no matter how much training she had received.
She looked down at her lap and the objects that were clasped in her
hands, one was a photo of herself with an attractive brunette cradled in
her arms protectively and the other was an envelope with her name
written on it in cursive handwriting. Ah what the hell she though and
carefully opened the envelope.
Kira,
By the time you read this you’ll obviously be pretty far away from
me, which sucks cuz I think I miss you already.
Don’t feel discouraged about leaving; you should feel very honoured to
be selected as a pilot, hell I am. And I’m sure you won’t have any
trouble in the friends department, you’re just plain talented that way.
I know I must have said this millions of times already, but I love you
Kira could not read any longer, tears were spilling so fast that she
couldn’t see. She closed her eyes and drifted into restless sleep.
****
Maya Ibuki was standing patiently outside gate number 30, awaiting the
arrival of the sixth child. She had been looking forward to meeting the
girl, she was the first pilot (with the exception of Suzahara) to have a
somewhat healthy family life and like the previous children she was an
accomplished musician excelling in both piano and the guitar. She also
was a lot older than her predecessors, at a healthy age of nineteen.
With the advance of time, Eva technology had advanced as well, Nerv had
successfully been able to reconfigure the programming in the Eva’s to
synch with more mature brainwaves. Maya had been the figure behind that
little upgrade; she strongly disapproved of the use of pilots at such a
young age and had complained to the directors of Nerv, who agreed with
her on the condition that she did it with her own funding, which she
managed; that clever little move got her promoted to major.
The gate door was opened and a tall blonde girl stood before her, she
was lean and well toned and stood with a confidant stance. Her shoulder
length blonde hair fell in untidy bangs that covered her sparkling green
eyes. She was a sight to behold. The only luggage she carried with her
was a small duffel bag, which she clutched rather tightly.
"Welcome to Tokyo 3 Miss Matthews," Maya said greeting the young blonde
with a pleasant smile which was returned with dashing ease.
"Thanks . . ." Kira began, but trailed off Maya laughed uneasily and
shook her head.
"I’m sorry, my name is Major Maya Ibuki," she said Kira grinned and held
out her hand Maya took it and they shook hands.
"Nice to meet you Maya," she said, "I don’t want to stay here to long if
that’s alright with you . . . I have this thing about airports, they’re
so dull. Would you mind if we just grabbed my bags and left?" Kira asked
hesitantly, Maya shook her head and smiled.
"Not a problem."
Both women stood waiting for Kira’s luggage to come around. Kira’s
expression brightened and she waltzed over to the luggage train and
grabbed a black case covered in stickers.
"Eh, is that all the luggage?" Maya asked uncertainly Kira shook her
head jovially.
"No, no, I still have one more bag," she said, "Why?"
"Well it’s just that you only had one bag and a guitar case, that’s not
very much," Maya said shyly Kira smiled at her reassuringly Maya
blushed, that smile stirred something inside her that she hadn’t felt in
awhile.
"I may not have many possessions, but the ones I do have I treasure
dearly . . . I’m not at all a material person Maya Ibuki," she said,
satisfied that she had gotten her message across. A black suitcase came
around the corner and Kira moved over to it and picked it off with
relative ease.
"Now I’ve got it all," she said placing the suitcase down gently. "I
hope I’m not bothering you with all this, I know you must be busy
Major," Kira said softly her expression was soft and caring.
"Not at all, it was my suggestion to come and pick you up, I’ve sort of
been anxious about meeting you," Maya said a blush spreading across her
face.
"Why is that?" Kira asked raising her eyebrows.
"We’ll talk about it in the car," Maya said, "C’mon, let’s go," and they
both began to walk out of the Tokyo-3 international airport.
****
Maya’s car was nice, but it was something Kira herself would not have
picked. It was a black, a 1966 mustang convertible and a very hard car
for most people to come across. Kira couldn’t help but wonder where she
got it.
"So, what was it like living in Australia?" Maya asked conversationally
Kira smiled sadly.
"It was a nice country, my father was often at work so I had to find
things to muse myself with. We lived in Melbourne where the fourth
branch is, it was a lovely city, with flowers everywhere and clean
streets, I even had a job," Kira said fondly Maya smiled.
"It sounds nice," she said softly, Kira turned her head to face Maya.
"So why were you anxious for me to start piloting in Japan?" she asked,
Maya’s brow furrowed slightly.
"Before you started, the children we had piloting were only fourteen,
that’s a very young age to be dealing with something as traumatic as
piloting an Eva . . . and you sounded like an interesting person," she
said softly Kira smiled.
"I see . . . Maya?" she asked softly.
"Yes Kira,"
"What were the other children like?"
"Well, the first child Rei Ayanami, she was very reserved she said about
two whole words to me the entire time I knew her, she didn’t think much
of her own existence either, she disappeared last year. Then there was
the second child Asuka Sohryu, she was stubborn and cocky, but in the
end she was the most unstable of the children, but she’s fine now, she
works in my department . . . And Shinji, he was a sweet boy once you got
him to open up, but her was haunted his whole life by the his father, he
plays cello in the Japanese symphony orchestra now. The there was Touji
Suzahara, I never met him. And Kaworu Nagisa, he was the 17th Angel; I
never spoke to him either," Maya finished with a sad look on her face,
"What about you Kira, what are you like?" she asked Kira blushed.
"Oh, I don’t know, you tell me," she said bashfully.
"Well, I’d say you were calm and quietly confident . . . so far you’ve
been honest and I have to admit you’re beautiful," Maya said shyly Kira
smiled brilliantly.
"I think you were pretty close . . . you don’t do to bad for yourself
either," she said smirking.
"Thank you," Maya said sincerely a small blush gracing her cheeks.
"You’re welcome," Kira said, "Umm, I don’t meant to sound rude, but do
you know were I’ll be living," she asked curiously Maya blushed.
"W-well, it has been decided, that you’ll be living with me for now. You
can change your mind if you like but . . ." she stuttered Kira sighed in
relief.
"That’s good, even though I’m old enough, to live by myself at the
moment would be . . . difficult,"
"I won’t ask," Maya said understandingly.
"Thank you."
"They arrived at Nerv headquarters about half an hour later. The car
trip was comfortable, even for Kira, who wasn’t a shy person to those
she knew, but she had a habit of retreating into herself around people
she’d never met. But she felt open and comfortable with Maya, who was
friendly and cheerful most of the time.
"I’ll show you where you can keep your things later, but now I think it
would be best if you met everyone,"
They walked down numerous halls; Maya seemed to know her way around the
facility very well. They entered an elevator which took them straight up
into the command centre where several technicians and other people
loosely related to that job were talking and typing at there work
stations. Maya lead the blonde over to a desk where a Young red head
sat, the first thing Kira noticed about her was the scar; it ran from
just above her eyebrow and down to her jaw line. When she heard Maya
approaching she looked up and smiled.
"Hey Maya," she said standing, "Looks like you brought a friend," she
said and held out her hand to Kira who took it and they shook hands.
"The names Asuka and I can only guess who you are," she said. Apart from
her scar, Asuka was a beautiful young girl only a year younger than
Kira. She had a youthful energy about her that Kira found herself drawn
to.
"Kira . . . Matthews, the sixth child," Kira said lamely, the title of
the sixth was not something Kira was initially proud of.
"Well, well Maya, the sixth child’s a cutie," Asuka said winking, Maya
rolled her eyes at her partner’s playful antics. Kira felt her cheeks
flame up at the statement but she held her head high. "You have a synch
test in a few days," Asuka said, serious again. "We thought you could
use a break before you started work, it was only fair really, till then
just try and relax and get to know everyone. Oh and one more thing, it
helps to know your way around here, sometimes this place can be so damn
confusing," Asuka said, and started to walk off. As she walked past Maya
there fingers lightly brushed and they smiled at each other fondly, Kira
couldn’t help but smile at the obvious display of affections.
"I’ll see you later ok," Asuka said softly and left the control room to
pursue some unknown task. Maya sighed softly and murmured something
under her breath then blushed when she saw that Kira was watching.
"Do you want a quick tour of the place?" Maya asked, hoping that the
question would change the subject that was open for observation, Kira
obviously didn’t miss a thing she thought to herself a little
disappointed. Kira smiled understanding that the Major didn’t want to
talk about it.
"That’s not necessary, I’ll figure it out alright on my own I think, I’d
just like to get my stuff home and have a small rest if that’s ok,"
"That’s fine," Maya said and they walked out side again.
Once in the car Maya spoke.
"Asuka lives with me too, I’m sorry I just told you but I didn’t know
how you’d react," she said Kira smiled reassuringly.
"No, I haven’t got a problem with that. I was in a relationship too
before I left," she admitted sadly.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Maya asked kindly, hoping that the
blonde women wouldn’t shy away from her.
"I . . . it’s not that bad really. But she is the most beautiful girl in
the whole world and I know I’m going to miss her terribly," Kira began
and reached into her pocked, she fished out her wallet and pulled out a
picture of the same brunette, except this time she was on her own
smiling softly for the holder of the photograph. Kira handed it to Maya,
who glanced at it briefly before returning her sites to the road before
her.
"She is beautiful, what’s her name?" Maya asked.
"Laura, I met her at Allan’s, that’s where I work, it’s a music shop,"
Kira said weakly.
"We’re here," Maya said as they pulled into the driveway of her small
home. Stepped out of the car and took a little look around. It was a
small Japanese style house that sat at the end of a white pebble
driveway; it was a charming house to say the least.
"It’s so pretty," Kira said admiring the lovely exterior.
"Well we like it, though Asuka still frequently complains about the
furniture," Maya added with a hint of amusement at her lover’s expense.
"Just take your stuff inside, I’ll show you where your room is," My said
cheerfully as she picked up Kira’s heavier suitcase, Kira took her
duffle bag and guitar, Maya unlocked the front door and they dropped her
things inside. Kira followed Maya down a small hall at the end of the
hall was a door. Maya opened it and lead Kira inside.
"This will be you room, it’s no bigger or smaller than the main bedroom
so you were lucky there. The bathroom’s to your right and I think you
can figure everything else out, I have to go back to work for a while,
but we’ll be home by seven, make yourself at home till then and welcome
to your new home I guess," Maya said happily, Kira looked uncertain for
a moment, like she was trying to decide what to do next. She threw her
arms around the brunette and smiled.
"Thank you, Maya."
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