Story: Evangelion (Unleashed) (chapter 23)

Authors: Asukalover88

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Chapter 23

Title: Unpunished

[Author's notes: Jo digs up Hikaris past actions.]


“So why did she lease this place again?” Jo asked mildly as she walked next to Hikari and Elly. It was a beautiful summer day, school had just got out and the girls were texted that NERV had rent the building next to Misato’s apartment which was a training building. The three headed to the front door as the brown-haired girl made her reply.

“Misato says we need to keep fit, mentally and physically.” Hikari said proudly as she hiked her gym bag up on her back. It had been a while since Hikari had trained her kung-fu, but deep inside she wanted to see if the others could fight.

“A whole dojo seems a bit much.” Jo shrugged her shoulders and eyebrows as Hikari shook her head.

“We Japanese are very serious about our training; I really wouldn’t expect an American to understand that.” Hikari snipped a little as Jo came right back.

“You saying I can’t fight?” Jo grinned wildly as she cracked her knuckles. Hikari simply looked back with a smirk and walked into the building without another word. The Dojo was well-equipped with locker room, steam room, and a bathhouse along with weapons and training equipment as the three walked through the building.

“Wow this place is awesome.” Jo looked around as she stripped down across from Hikari and Elly in the locker room.

“What part of serious did you not understand?” Hikari spoke crassly as she tightened her karategi obi around her waist.

“Hikari-chan? Are you any good?” Elly asked lightly as she slid into a set of tight, white trackies.

“I defend myself when I need to.” Hikari looked on seriously as she flashed back to all the times she had freaked and beat the shit out of a few people. Jo chuckled to herself as she knew better.

“Don’t let the smart girl act fool you Elly; Hikari-chan is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Jo grinned lethally as she pulled a pair of black loose sweat pants up to a matching wife-beater. Elly looked at Hikari as the brown haired girl frowned and slammed her locker.

“What’s that suppose to mean?!” Hikari demanded as she glared at the Yankee girl. The grin faded from Jo’s face as she met Hikari’s eyes dangerously.

“A couple months ago, you beat an American girl half to death right?” Hikari flinched quickly as she remembered rescuing Rei from a gang of girl’s and the ring leader was a blonde-haired girl named Rebecca Roberts.

“You heard about that?” Concern filled Hikari’s voice as the brown-eyed girl’s face paled.

“Yeah, just before she killed herself.” Jo looked gravely at the Japanese girl as she moved closer to her. Elly looked strangely at Hikari as the girl seemed harmless enough to her.

“How did it… happen?” Hikari bit her lower lip as Jo glared at her.

“You really want to know?” Jo asked sternly as Hikari nodded quietly. “She was sent back to the U.S.A. right after it happened, when I saw her face it was completely fucked up. A few weeks and many surgeries later I stopped in on her and asked what had happened, she told me your name and her side of the story that you had singled her out and beat her ass for no real reason.” Jo continued as the other two listened in silence.

“Beck was always a lair I didn’t believe her, knowing her the bitch probably fuckin’ deserved it, anyway out of my curious need for information I pen-palled a friend here in tokoyo-3 and she heard some guy tried to rape her, which I thought that was strange after hearing her side and now another way that was completely different, anywho even with the surgeries she was still ugly, and when told her face could never be fixed…” Jo’s grin returned as a shallow chuckle followed. “She hung herself.” Hikari was a taken back at the last part of Jo’s story as the fight was mostly forgotten to her. Jo’s smile was slowly fading now as her glare hardened on Hikari.

“You killed one of the best American pilots single-handedly and all you did was smash her fuckin’ face in.” Hikari folded her lips in as Jo tilted her face, the grin gone. The black-haired girl wasn’t done as her fist tightened.

“Now you feel bad? Did everyone help cover-up your fight? Told you it wasn’t your fault?” Jo began to look down on Hikari as Elly stared too.

“No, no it wasn’t like that!” Everything flashed back to the front of Hikari’s mind as a huge wave of guilt washed over her.

“She and a group of girls were bullying Rei, I-I didn’t think it would lead to her killing herself.” Hikari tried to explain as her eyes started to water.
Enraged, Jo fired back strangely.

“I don’t give a rat’s ass about Becky killing herself, but what I do care about is you weren’t punished for what you did!” Jo pointed her finger in Hikari’s face as Hikari’s hands trembled, her own anger on the rise. It was strange to Hikari and Elly that Jo didn’t care about Becky, but cared more for Hikari not being reprimanded properly. Silence fell as Elly spoke up softly.

“Let’s continue this later, Rei and Asuka are walking in now.” Elly turned her nose to the hallway as the heavy breathing between the two girls slowed. Jo was the first to speak as Hikari wiped the corners of her eyes.

“You’re one ruthless bitch Hikari, but you will pay for what you did to my cousin…” Jo smirked lightly as she turned her back on the other two pilots and walked out. Elly looked at Hikari and followed Jo out as the brown-haired girl looked at her hands as they started to tremble uncontrollably.

“Her cousin…?!?”

TBC

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