Our Guardian Gendo
by DoomaWriter
Author's notes: Hello all of you Eva fans! First off, I am required to say that Neon Genesis Evangelion does not belong to me. Yes, yes, I know you're all overcome with shock but its true.
Anyways, on with the story!
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Chapter 1: Taken Away
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This morning in Casa de Katsuragi, Shinji Ikari could be found wearing an apron and preparing breakfast. The food was only for him and Asuka because his guardian, Misato had her own idea of a well-balanced meal. That's right, booze, booze, and more booze.
Yet another beer can was opened. "Hey, Shinji-kun," Misato slurred, already drunk. "Did I ever tell you that I love you?"
Shinji looked upon her in disgust and sighed. "Yes, Misato-san. You told me that yesterday morning. And the morning before that. And the morning before that." He stirred some scrambled eggs in a pan. "Shouldn't you be getting ready?"
Misato turned her head to Shinji -or rather to his general direction - and frowned. "When I ask for your opinion, I'll want it!"
The boy no longer felt like having arguments Misato would probably forget the next day. The food was done and as Shinji shared it out, he came to realize that his bossy roommate had yet to show herself. Asuka had overslept which meant nothing good in Shinji's near future.
"Uh..Misato-san..." Shinji began a bit nervously, "Shouldn't Asuka of been here by now?" He already knew the answer yet he asked anyway. It was an indirect way of asking Misato to wake up his fellow Eva pilot. The last thing he wanted to do was to venture into her room - a.k.a. "No Man's Land" - to force her up. When you wake someone up, they tend to be cranky, but waking Asuka up was equal to suicide.
"You know you're right," Misato agreed while pulling the tab of another beer can. "So why don't you go and get her?"
*Damn* Shinji thought. Just what he was trying to avoid. But surely Shinji could muster up the courage to refuse, right? "Uh...okay." No, of course not. So the meek boy headed over to Asuka's lair. He stopped in front of the shoji and paused, staring upon it nervously. *I mustn't run away* he thought to himself. *I mustn't run away.... I mustn't run away...*
"JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!" Misato screamed from the kitchen table, waking up Penpen in the process. The little bird got up, waddled to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Sounds of a sink being turned on could be heard from outside.
"Uh...Asuka," Shinji said, hoping the sound would bring her to. But when he was met with silence, he continued. "Asuka! It's time to get up! You'll be late for school." Still silence. "Asuka, I'm coming in." *Why'd I say that!?* Shinji thought. *Dammit, I should have kept yelling. * He placed his hand on the shoji and slid the door open.
Upon the bed laid a young woman who was too peaceful to be the demon whom struck fear into the hearts of boys all around. She was dressed in a buttoned shirt that reached down to her thighs. Shinji hesitated to go any nearer. He flexed his hand and then made it into a fist. The boy forced himself closer and then said, "Asuka" in a soft whisper. He wanted to yell it but his body wouldn't allow it.
"For the love of - You've been in there for thirty minutes! Hurry up!" yelled the drunkard.
Shinji nudged Asuka's shoulder. No response. He shook her a bit harder. Still nothing. *Why must you make this so hard? * He thought. *You're doing this on purpose aren't you? It's because you and everyone else hates me! Why? What did I do?* As Shinji fell into one of his usual psychotic episodes, he unconsciously shook Asuka a bit too hard, forcing her to turn onto her back and the top of the shirt to be pulled open.
Asuka rubbed her eyes as she finally awoken. She turned to see Shinji with his face stunned and fully red. "Shinji-kun?" she asked, snapping out of her slumber. "Baka! What are you doing in my room!?" She waited but Shinji just stood there and didn't move an inch. "What? What are you looking at?" Asuka noticed that he wasn't staring at her face. *The pervert.* she told herself. She glanced down and noticed the fully open shirt. "..........SHINJI, YOU PERVERT!!"
As Asuka's fist drew back, Shinji finally became reanimated. "No, wait, Asuka!" he pleaded. "You don't under-" It was too late. The fist made contact and Shinji spiraled backward out of Asuka's den and went crashing into the far wall. After a minute his body fell to the ground, revealing a crack where he had made impact.
The bathroom door opened and Penpen glanced at the fallen boy. He just blinked once or twice and then walked off to get the first aid kit.
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"Aww man, Shinji, it looks real bad. She really did a number on you today!"
Touji and Kensuke hovered around their pal whose self-esteem wasn't being helped by their comments on how badly beaten by a girl he was. But then again it's not like Shinji's pride could go down anymore than where it is already. Touji then gave a serious look to Kensuke who returned it with a knowing nod.
"Hey, Shinji-kun," Touji said quietly. "I think now would be the time to tell you of a plan we've been making for some time now. But its top secret so tell no one."
"A top secret plan?" Shinji asked, his curiosity spiked.
Kensuke reached into his book bag and pulled out a green folder with the initials D.A.B. He plopped the folder down in front of Shinji. "Read it...discretely. We'll cover you." He and Touji stood up and surveyed the area for anyone who could be watching. "Coast is clear, go."
Shinji opened the folder and looked at the documents inside. "'Project D.A.B....Destroy the Agitated Bitch'?" Inside the folder were many files including photographs of Asuka from different angles. It listed many spots around the school that would make good spots to strike.
"Well...." Touji asked, still looking around the class. "Are you in or not?"
The folder closed and fell upon the desk. Shinji looked at his two friends and finally said, "You're both idiots."
"Hey, man, we're doing this for your sake as well!" Kensuke explained. "You don't want to keep going through that abuse do you?"
"You don't understand, it was an accident." There was no way Shinji was actually going to repeat what had happened.
"What happened? You got up from kissing her feet and managed to fall onto her fist?"
"It was an accident that won't ever happen again!"
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The next morning, Shinji appeared with two black eyes. He looked upon the stern faces of his friends. It was obvious that an explanation was in order. "I, um....burnt her toast."
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That night, Misato slumped through the door after a hard day of work at NERV headquarters. She saw Asuka watching television on the couch with Penpen while Shinji took his rightful place on the floor. Of course it was Asuka with the remote. "Hey, you two," Misato greeted. "A normal day?"
"Yes....Oh, there was one thing," Shinji said. "...No wait, forget it."
"Tell me, Shinji-kun."
"Well...the teacher did ask me a few questions. Like if I was having any problems at home or how did I get my bruises."
"What did you say?"
"I...told him that I bumped into a wall...and then I ran."
Misato raised an eyebrow. "You told him that you walked into an obvious, flat surface and somehow got a black eye on two separate occasions?" At this time, Penpen looked up from his newspaper, shook his head slowly, and then went back to his reading.
Suddenly, the entrance door fell off its hinges and several men dressed in all black and armed with guns ran into the house. Asuka and Misato both looked on in shock while Penpen shifted his eyes, rolled off the couch and scurried off. Shinji's fragile mind was overcome and he fainted.
"W-Who the hell are you!?" Misato asked.
A woman with short hair, glasses that glared, and a short skirt walked into the house and then held up a badge. "Uzumaki Sakura! Child Welfare!"
To be continued...
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Jikai: The inspection is on! Why has Child Welfare come? Can Misato prove that she is responsible enough to keep Asuka and Shinji? If not, then who would possibly take them? And how the hell will Rei get mixed up in all of this? Find out next time!
Author's notes: Hello all of you Eva fans! First off, I am required to say that Neon Genesis Evangelion does not belong to me. Yes, yes, I know you're all overcome with shock but its true.
Anyways, on with the story!
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Chapter 1: Taken Away
---
This morning in Casa de Katsuragi, Shinji Ikari could be found wearing an apron and preparing breakfast. The food was only for him and Asuka because his guardian, Misato had her own idea of a well-balanced meal. That's right, booze, booze, and more booze.
Yet another beer can was opened. "Hey, Shinji-kun," Misato slurred, already drunk. "Did I ever tell you that I love you?"
Shinji looked upon her in disgust and sighed. "Yes, Misato-san. You told me that yesterday morning. And the morning before that. And the morning before that." He stirred some scrambled eggs in a pan. "Shouldn't you be getting ready?"
Misato turned her head to Shinji -or rather to his general direction - and frowned. "When I ask for your opinion, I'll want it!"
The boy no longer felt like having arguments Misato would probably forget the next day. The food was done and as Shinji shared it out, he came to realize that his bossy roommate had yet to show herself. Asuka had overslept which meant nothing good in Shinji's near future.
"Uh..Misato-san..." Shinji began a bit nervously, "Shouldn't Asuka of been here by now?" He already knew the answer yet he asked anyway. It was an indirect way of asking Misato to wake up his fellow Eva pilot. The last thing he wanted to do was to venture into her room - a.k.a. "No Man's Land" - to force her up. When you wake someone up, they tend to be cranky, but waking Asuka up was equal to suicide.
"You know you're right," Misato agreed while pulling the tab of another beer can. "So why don't you go and get her?"
*Damn* Shinji thought. Just what he was trying to avoid. But surely Shinji could muster up the courage to refuse, right? "Uh...okay." No, of course not. So the meek boy headed over to Asuka's lair. He stopped in front of the shoji and paused, staring upon it nervously. *I mustn't run away* he thought to himself. *I mustn't run away.... I mustn't run away...*
"JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!" Misato screamed from the kitchen table, waking up Penpen in the process. The little bird got up, waddled to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Sounds of a sink being turned on could be heard from outside.
"Uh...Asuka," Shinji said, hoping the sound would bring her to. But when he was met with silence, he continued. "Asuka! It's time to get up! You'll be late for school." Still silence. "Asuka, I'm coming in." *Why'd I say that!?* Shinji thought. *Dammit, I should have kept yelling. * He placed his hand on the shoji and slid the door open.
Upon the bed laid a young woman who was too peaceful to be the demon whom struck fear into the hearts of boys all around. She was dressed in a buttoned shirt that reached down to her thighs. Shinji hesitated to go any nearer. He flexed his hand and then made it into a fist. The boy forced himself closer and then said, "Asuka" in a soft whisper. He wanted to yell it but his body wouldn't allow it.
"For the love of - You've been in there for thirty minutes! Hurry up!" yelled the drunkard.
Shinji nudged Asuka's shoulder. No response. He shook her a bit harder. Still nothing. *Why must you make this so hard? * He thought. *You're doing this on purpose aren't you? It's because you and everyone else hates me! Why? What did I do?* As Shinji fell into one of his usual psychotic episodes, he unconsciously shook Asuka a bit too hard, forcing her to turn onto her back and the top of the shirt to be pulled open.
Asuka rubbed her eyes as she finally awoken. She turned to see Shinji with his face stunned and fully red. "Shinji-kun?" she asked, snapping out of her slumber. "Baka! What are you doing in my room!?" She waited but Shinji just stood there and didn't move an inch. "What? What are you looking at?" Asuka noticed that he wasn't staring at her face. *The pervert.* she told herself. She glanced down and noticed the fully open shirt. "..........SHINJI, YOU PERVERT!!"
As Asuka's fist drew back, Shinji finally became reanimated. "No, wait, Asuka!" he pleaded. "You don't under-" It was too late. The fist made contact and Shinji spiraled backward out of Asuka's den and went crashing into the far wall. After a minute his body fell to the ground, revealing a crack where he had made impact.
The bathroom door opened and Penpen glanced at the fallen boy. He just blinked once or twice and then walked off to get the first aid kit.
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"Aww man, Shinji, it looks real bad. She really did a number on you today!"
Touji and Kensuke hovered around their pal whose self-esteem wasn't being helped by their comments on how badly beaten by a girl he was. But then again it's not like Shinji's pride could go down anymore than where it is already. Touji then gave a serious look to Kensuke who returned it with a knowing nod.
"Hey, Shinji-kun," Touji said quietly. "I think now would be the time to tell you of a plan we've been making for some time now. But its top secret so tell no one."
"A top secret plan?" Shinji asked, his curiosity spiked.
Kensuke reached into his book bag and pulled out a green folder with the initials D.A.B. He plopped the folder down in front of Shinji. "Read it...discretely. We'll cover you." He and Touji stood up and surveyed the area for anyone who could be watching. "Coast is clear, go."
Shinji opened the folder and looked at the documents inside. "'Project D.A.B....Destroy the Agitated Bitch'?" Inside the folder were many files including photographs of Asuka from different angles. It listed many spots around the school that would make good spots to strike.
"Well...." Touji asked, still looking around the class. "Are you in or not?"
The folder closed and fell upon the desk. Shinji looked at his two friends and finally said, "You're both idiots."
"Hey, man, we're doing this for your sake as well!" Kensuke explained. "You don't want to keep going through that abuse do you?"
"You don't understand, it was an accident." There was no way Shinji was actually going to repeat what had happened.
"What happened? You got up from kissing her feet and managed to fall onto her fist?"
"It was an accident that won't ever happen again!"
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The next morning, Shinji appeared with two black eyes. He looked upon the stern faces of his friends. It was obvious that an explanation was in order. "I, um....burnt her toast."
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That night, Misato slumped through the door after a hard day of work at NERV headquarters. She saw Asuka watching television on the couch with Penpen while Shinji took his rightful place on the floor. Of course it was Asuka with the remote. "Hey, you two," Misato greeted. "A normal day?"
"Yes....Oh, there was one thing," Shinji said. "...No wait, forget it."
"Tell me, Shinji-kun."
"Well...the teacher did ask me a few questions. Like if I was having any problems at home or how did I get my bruises."
"What did you say?"
"I...told him that I bumped into a wall...and then I ran."
Misato raised an eyebrow. "You told him that you walked into an obvious, flat surface and somehow got a black eye on two separate occasions?" At this time, Penpen looked up from his newspaper, shook his head slowly, and then went back to his reading.
Suddenly, the entrance door fell off its hinges and several men dressed in all black and armed with guns ran into the house. Asuka and Misato both looked on in shock while Penpen shifted his eyes, rolled off the couch and scurried off. Shinji's fragile mind was overcome and he fainted.
"W-Who the hell are you!?" Misato asked.
A woman with short hair, glasses that glared, and a short skirt walked into the house and then held up a badge. "Uzumaki Sakura! Child Welfare!"
To be continued...
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Jikai: The inspection is on! Why has Child Welfare come? Can Misato prove that she is responsible enough to keep Asuka and Shinji? If not, then who would possibly take them? And how the hell will Rei get mixed up in all of this? Find out next time!