Neko-Waffers

Chapter 1: Rise of the Demon Cat

An Evangelion Fanfiction

By: LD

Disclaimer: I like Cats... I don't own Eva...

It was a quiet day in the City of Angels. A day so beautiful that it could lull you into a false sense of calm. Some birds were chirping, some squirrels ran along the local park, and in one apartment a young woman, just entering the prime of her life awoke. She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, wiping the sleep from her eyes. She yawned as she grabbed a change of clothes and went to the bathroom to clean up.

It was truly a beautifully calm day...

"MIEN GOTT IN HIMMEL! WAS IST DAS?!"

It HAD been a beautifully calm day.

Asuka Langley Soryu stood stunned, dumbfounded as she looked in the mirror. There was nothing wrong per say with her face. No blemishes on her perfect complexion. No, that wasn't what had caused her to cry out in disbelief and indignation. It wasn't what was causing her ears to twitch on top of her head as her tail stood up straight from her backside...

... Ears? Top of her head? TAIL?!

WAIT WAIT WAIT! Since when did teenage girls have ears on the top of their heads? And a tail? This doesn't make sense, did we just all of a sudden take a left turn from Tokyo-3 and end up somewhere in deep space and living with Katrl-Katrl? Have the Mythra broken the dimensional barrier into this plane of existence? Have they invaded our world in search of their mortal enemies the tentacle monsters?

... Mmmmmm... Catgirls and tentacle monsters... drooooooolllll...

Ahem... excuse me... back to the story...

Asuka's eyes were wide as she reached up and felt the triangular little appendages that hadn't been there the night before. The ears twitched as she touched them. Quickly she reached around and pulled on the tail she now had firmly attached to her body just above her shapely rear. The only thing she could think of was, "At least the fur matches my hair."

That was in her opinion the only good thing about this development in her already over burdened life.

--

Shinji was working on breakfast when he heard Asuka's scream through the apartment. He was about to check on her when she stomped right up to him and grabbed him by the collar. He was about to wish her good morning when she screamed, "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?!"

Shinji answered this as he always did, with tact, courtesy, and an infinite knowledge bordering on the savant, "Huh?"

Asuka forced his head up, "You put these on my head didn't you! And this," she screamed as she puled the tail around and forced it into Shinji's face.

"You did something to me, changed me to fit your perverted fantasies! YOU MUTATED ME DIDN'T YOU?!"

Shinji remained calm... yeah right, "I swear I didn't. I don't know the first thing about genetic engineering!"

Asuka wasn't buying it, "You're the son of a megalomaniacle maniac and a brilliant bio-physicist, you expect me to believe that?!"

"I just play the cello and cook, I swear!"

Salvation came in the purple crowned form of one Misato Katsuragi. She grabbed Asuka by... well her ear and pulled her away from the scared boy, "Asuka, you shouldn't threaten Shinji this early."

Asuka rubbed her ears a bit, "Have you noticed something wrong here? Like what you just pulled on?"

Misato looked Asuka over. She looked the same as last night, same legs, same stomach, same not quiet as impressive as her own breasts, same tail and cat ears. Misato blinked for a moment, then moved her hand in front of her eyes. She looked at Asuka again and then said, "Shinji, remind me not to buy that brand of Sake again next time we're at the store."

Asuka spoke through her teeth as she said, "As much as I hate to say it, you are not drunk."

"Stoned?"

"No."

"Hallucinating?"

"No."

"Drug induced coma due to being medicated to prepare for a Liver transplant?"

"NO!"

"Oh well, I tried," Misato said and shrugged her shoulders. She made a beeline for the beer and chugged down two beers in rapid succession when she usually only had one. She walked back over to Asuka and got a good look at her. Misato poked at the ears, watching the twitch as she did. Misato did notice how Asuka's tail was flaying all over the place.

Misato thought for a moment and then said, "Oh how adorable!"

Asuka didn't like her statement, "I AM NOT ADORABLE! I AM A FREAK!"

"Awww, don't say that Asuka," Misato said, then proceeded to rub and scratch Asuka's ears.

"Wait, what are you doing. Stop that! I said stop! ... No. Nooooooorow... Meow," Asuka tried to fight it but the power of the ear scratch was too much as her eyes glazed over and a big goofy grin spread across her face. At the same time her tail calmed down and wrapped around her waist once.

"Misato, should you really be doing that?" Shinji asked.

"Sure, she loves it! See?" Misato replied. Shinji had to admit that Asuka did seem to like what Misato was doing. Still, it seemed wrong to play with Asuka's emotions like this. Misato stopped scratching the red heads ears and sat down for breakfast. Asuka was shaken out of her dazed state.

"Where'd I go just now?"

Misato ignored her for a moment as Shinji set out Asuka's breakfast. He then sat down with his cup of tea as Misato said, "We'll take you in and have Ritsuko check you out. She'll be able to figure out whats wrong."

Misato however never had told the kids about Ritsuko's cat girl fetish. She didn't see the need to reveal Ritsuko's personal life to everyone in the world. After all, what she wanted to do in her personal time was her own business. So what if Asuka was a cat girl now? Doesn't mean she had a right to pry!

"Great... as if I didn't have enough problems with getting LCL out of my hair," Asuka grumbled, then tore into her breakfast.

--

Asuka really wasn't comfortable as Dr. Ritsuko Akagi looked her over. She could swear the head scientist for Project E was looking at her with almost hungry eyes as the doctor appraised her ears and tail. She also was a bit nervous at the almost jealous look she was getting from Lt. Ibuki. Akagi was taking her time checking Asuka's tail and appraising the bones in the new body part. She almost had a glazed lustful look in her eyes as her fingers slide over the bright red fur. Asuka cleared her throat a few times.

"Oh, yes... well it does seem as if you have undergone some form of genetic mutation. I'll just take a blood sample and have the MAGI crunch the numbers. I don't know if we'll be able to change you back but we can figure out why this happened in the first place."

Asuka didn't want to hear that answer, "I DEMAND YOU FIX ME NOW! I don't WANT to be a cat girl for the rest of my life."

Ritsuko was a bit shocked by this strike against her wildest fantasy, so much if you looked at her close she might have been about to cry. Her professionalism won out in the end, "I'd rather not screw with your genome until we figure out how this happened. You could end up worse off then you are now."

Asuka's voice was a little shaky as she said, "Worse?"

"You could end up with fur all over the place, whiskers, those cute little glow in the dark eyes... that sweet and adorable little kitty tongue that feels like sand paper when they lick your hand..." Ritsuko said, barely containing her feline induced dementia.

Asuka just nodded and slowly made her way out of the room. Ritsuko's eyes lingered on the young girl as she left. She didn't notice Maya walk up behind her, but knew she was in trouble when the young tech whispered, "I saw how you were looking at her. We'll be having a long talk when we get home Ritsuko."

Ritsuko's eyes flashed with a bit of fear as she answered in a subdued whisper, "Yes Mistress."

--

Asuka unfortunately had to sit outside on a bench while she waited for Misato to get back and take her home. Asuka really wasn't too happy right then. Shinji had made a quick adjustment to an old pair of shorts so her tail wouldn't get squished. So far no less then ten NERV employees, to include Lt's Aoba and Hyuga, Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki, and three other female techs had scratched her ears. Asuka didn't like it, she especially didn't like how it just seemed to shut off her brain and drop her into some freaked out hazy feeling.

Asuka was wondering if she had any hats that would go with her school uniform when Rei walked next to her. Asuka didn't notice the First Child as she fretted over her plight. Rei however noticed the ears on the Second Child's head. She found herself feeling an odd impulse as she looked at them and the ears twitched. She decided she would follow this odd impulse.

Asuka was getting tired of it all when she noticed someone coming near her. She looked up and saw the Albino First Child approaching her. She wasn't too worried until she saw Rei reach out towards her. "Wait... What are you doing? WAIT! NO PLEASE! STOP! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Thirty minutes later Shinji walked up to the bench he was told Asuka would be waiting. As he walked up he saw Rei there. What worried him was not the presence of the mysterious girl herself, but the fact Asuka's head was in her lap. Asuka had a large grin on her face as Rei scratched and rubbed her ears.

"Ayanami? What are you doing?" Shinji asked.

Rei was a bit startled by Shinji's question, and stopped what she was doing. Asuka came back to the land of the homosapian and felt her head on someones thighs. She looked up and saw that she in fact had her head resting in Wondergirl's lap. She looked ahead and saw Shinji. She was able to handle this the only way she could.

She jumped up and screamed, "GOTT VERDAMMT! Ich BIN NICHT EINE LESBIERIN!" and ran off, almost crying.

Shinji just shook his head and sighed. He really felt that it was wrong for everyone to be taking advantage of Asuka like this. He went after Asuka to try and calm her down. That and to try and stop people from taking advantage of his roommates condition. His sense of decency would demand nothing else but to protect his co-workers virtue in her time of need.

Many people would not assume just from looking at him, but Shinji had a combination of two rather scary traits from his parents. If he was really upset he could hit you with a glare that would put his Father to shame. And if you really pissed him off, you might just get to see him end up berserk like his Mother used to go. Gendo had been on the receiving end of that the first time he tried to teach Shinji to swim. Gendo Ikari was not one to simply go slow, it was quiet literally sink or swim. Yui nearly killed him when he dropped Shinji into the deep end that day.

To this day when asked about swimming Shinji would get a shiver up his back and just say, "Humans weren't meant to float."

Then there were situations like now, when someone he thought of as a friend in spite of what the other may think was in trouble. He ended up displaying a combination of the two. So when he turned down the corridor and saw Asuka pinned up against a wall as she swatted off another male tech checking to see if her ears were real, a low growl could be heard through the hall.

Technician Sadatmo had always liked catgirls in anime. And right here was the Second Child wearing cat ears that seemed to be extremely real. So when he reached to touch them and she shied away he was certain they were. He had to be certain. He didn't expect the strong grip on his wrist and being slammed hard against the other wall by a rather irate Third Child. He could swear the boys eyes were glowing red as he said in a voice MUCH too close to the Commander's, "Leave the Second Child alone."

Tech Sadatmo was about to shit himself... oh wait... he already did...

The poor tech ran off screaming and begging for the demon to let him live. Shinji watched the tech and turned to Asuka. He walked towards her, and felt a pang in his chest as she flinched and tried to turn from him. She was certain Shinji was going for her ears when she felt something being placed softly on her head and it wasn't fingers. She reached up and felt the brim of a ball cap Shinji had pulled out of his backpack.

"There, that should keep those wandering fingers off your ears. Some people, taking advantage of a person like that," Shinji said.

Asuka was a little shocked that Shinji of all people hadn't tried to scratch he ears and get her eating out of his hand so to speak. She knew he wasn't a pervert, and he at least had the decency not to go with the crowd. Still, she couldn't help that she now had a weakness she couldn't control. Even WONDERGIRL had subdued her with the damned ear scratching. It was the most humiliating thing in the world.

"I feel sick," She said and ran off into a nearby bathroom. Shinji was worried as he heard her vomit in the womans rest room. He looked either way to make sure the hall was empty and, with a blush on his cheeks, entered the Ladies room. It was empty thankfully as he went to the stall Asuka was curled up in crying. He did what he thought was best and pulled a paper towel and moistened it in the sink. Then he went and cleaned Asuka's face off as she looked up at him.

"Why? Why aren't you trying to have a go with the cat girl? Everyone else has," Asuka said, the fear and misery filling her voice.

Shinji answered quietly, "I would never take advantage of you like that. It's not right."

He pulled her into his arms and held her for a moment as she calmed down. He spoke comfortingly as he said, "Come on, we'll get home and I'll make you your favorite dinner."

He helped her up, made sure her hat was straight and walked with her out of the bathroom. They walked towards the parking lot, the whole time Shinji shooting glares at any tech or person who gave Asuka's tail more then a general glance. The eyes terrified anyone who saw them, not certain if they were seeing a reflection of Commander Ikari or Unit-01.

--

The apartment was quiet as Shinji came back home. He had made sure Asuka was okay then went to the store to get some things for Asuka's dinner. He also had a treat for her as well that he made sure was nice and secured in the freezer. When Asuka finally decided to come out of her room she was welcomed to the scents of her favorite dishes from home. She didn't know how he had done it, but Shinji had made her one of the best meals she had had since coming to Japan, bratwurst.

She noticed the little smile on his face as she enjoyed her meal.

Once done Shinji led her to the living room and let her get comfy on the couch with the remote. He returned with a bowl of ice cream for her, once again her favorite, strawberry. She dug in and ate the frozen treat slowly as he took her hat off and began brushing her hair out. She couldn't deny how much more relaxed she felt, and it wasn't some freaky euphoria from having a part of her head touched. Shinji seemed to be treating her like a normal human girl.

She relaxed into his tending of her and said in a quiet voice only he could hear, "You'd make a good mother."

Shinji just smiled as he took great care with the young girl. He said, "I've made sure your school uniforms are ready for tomorrow. I know you don't want to go but I think we'll both end up there inspite of it. I think I got the tail hole right, I had to estimate where it was on your back but better that then you unintentionally flashing everyone behind you."

Asuka just hummed, a bit touched that he had taken the effort. She caught herself purring though as he kept going. She just couldn't help herself as the boy she had always called a perverted idiot acted anything but. She idly wondered how such a wimp and coward as Shinji Ikari was every day could know exactly how to help her get through this day.

--

Once again it was a quiet day in the City of Angels. A day so beautiful that it could lull you into a false sense of calm. Some birds were chirping, some squirrels ran along the local park, and in one apartment a young man, just entering the prime of his life awoke. He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, wiping the sleep from his eyes. He yawned as he grabbed a change of clothes and went to the bathroom to clean up.

It was truly a beautifully calm day...

"Oh Boy..."

It was going to be a miserably long and tedious day.

Asuka was waiting outside the bathroom for Shinji to get out so she could get a shower. She wanted to get started earlier today so she could get her tail clean. What she saw when she opened the door made her drop her clothes and bathroom supplies in shock.

Shinji stood there in front of her, two brown furred ears on the top of his head and a tail dropping off his backside. He looked at her and let out a forlorn and reluctant, "M... Me... Meow?"

To be continued...

Authors Notes: Comedy is not usually my forte, lets see what you think.

Pre-Readers: Fresh C, J.C. Moorehead, Dartz

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