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Chapter 01

Shinji Ikari

-BEEP-BEEP-

The alarm clock beeped with all its might filling the luxurious apartment with noise, but its high-pitched frequency soon came to a stop as a fist came crashing down on the damned thing silencing it immediately.

Yawning the woman got up and looked at her amazingly huge bed; two male 'friends' were still out cold and very much naked, of course she had no right to talk, all she had on were her pink panties... The redhead wanted to wake them up and throw them out as fast as possible but she decided against it. It was time to get ready for work so she left the two lumps of muscle in bed and went to take a shower.

Once inside the rather expensive looking bathroom she removed the only piece of clothing she had on and looked at her slender figure in the mirror. She was magnificent, capable of making even the most beautiful Hollywood stars jealous, that was what she thought and no doubt she was right.

It didn't take her long to finish showering, and now it was time for her to go through her morning routine.

Entering her room she found... Whatever their names were talking to each other about how awesome last night had been, but they stopped once they saw the redhead.

"Asuka-cha-" the first man with raven hair and green eyes was cut off before he could get too friendly with her.

"Grab your clothes and leave, I have to go to work." the pair was probably used to this, so instead of yelling about how cold she was and how they didn't mean anything to her like most guys did they just left quietly.

It was easier when they only wanted some fun, that way Asuka didn't waste time throwing them out. She was already used to arguing with men in the morning so in the end it didn't really matter to her.

Quickly putting on her glasses and her red suit the Red Devil was ready for a day of work.

xxx

The drive to the attorney's office was worse than hell, she lived near the place but some moron smashed his car against some other moron who was too slow to dodge it, and then she nearly ran over some dumb brats. Though her driving skills weren't really all that great, after all, she was taught by Misato... Either way she was late thanks to two idiots and some brats.

The district's attorney office was impressive, and Asuka was very proud of being a prosecutor. There was no other living soul with a 100 percent win ratio, specially no one so young, she was only 26 and she was already a legend.

Life was good, the redhead was successful and beautiful. There was no one who could surpass her in the court of law and even the most feared criminals were afraid of the Red Devil. She didn't particularly like the nickname but since that ape Toji called her that in the defendants lobby it became her official nickname.

The one thing she admitted to have trouble with was her romantic life. There was not a man alive worthy of her love, so instead of looking for the 'perfect man' like most dumb women did she simply enjoyed the company of handsome men every night. So in a way, the redhead couldn't really say she had troubles with her romantic life, she simply chose not to try.

Dragging her sleepy self to the elevator she quietly waited for the doors to open, Asuka always wished that those sardine cans moved faster! But once the elevator finally arrived and she took a look inside the German found herself wishing for the metal box to disappear.

"Red-chan! I was just looking for ya." standing inside the elevator the ape commonly known as Toji was wearing his usual barf green suit and grinning at her.

The last person she wanted to see... Ever! Was looking for her, it was always a nightmare when she got paired up with the imbecile, he lost evidences, hardly tried to get the job done... He was probably the worst inspector she had ever met. She simply hated the guy. Asuka always wondered how such a dumb ape managed to get a great girl like Hikari.

"What the hell do you want Toji? And it's Red-sama for you!" she growled at him trying to end the conversation as soon as possible.

"Aw are you cranky? Probably still hurting in the crotch area." the inspector smirked, whenever they got into a fight, basically every time they saw each other, he always aimed at her one weakness "I guess sleeping with half the country can do that to ya."

"Quit screwing around and tell me why you're here instead wasting my valuable time." Toji stopped smirking like an idiot and got all serious, probably trying to look important, or at least that was what she thought.

"We got a case yo. I didn't want to have you tag with me but apparently it's orders from above they want you in this case." he grabbed a file from his case and handed it to Asuka, but the girl just gave it back without looking "Murder, the victim is a big-shot called Fuyutsuki, found dead in his office with a stab wound."

The elevator stopped on the 17th floor and both of them dashed through the busy corridor until they reached Asuka's office. The inspector continued to explain the situation as they walked.

"We later found an unconscious woman with a dagger and blood all over her. We tested the blood and it was a match with the murder victim." he paused while Asuka opened the door to her office, once inside the ape gasped, he had never been in there before.

She bought everything for the place herself, including the furniture, it was beautiful, everything looked expensive, even the desk lamp. She could see the inspector that hardly made more than a few hundred dollars a month scowl and deep down she felt pleased.

"Anyways... We IDed the woman, her name is Rei Ayanami, no criminal record, a law abiding citizen it seems." he continued to examine the luxurious office while scratching the back of his head "'Regular case' I thought, but then I got the orders to team up with ya and wrap this up as fast as possible."

"I see. So you seem to have everything I need to win, this should be easy! Let us end this fast so I don't have to stand your presence any longer shall we?" she grabbed her suitcase that was near her desk and got up "Give me the file and let me talk to this girl of yours."

"Seriously? You just got here." he protested, apparently this was the first time the ape was out of the jungle, he seemed to meet her couch and they were already friends "I mean, shouldn't we discuss the case first?

"No. Now lets go! Let me grab my car key-" Asuka was cut off by the panicking man.

"NO! Last time you drove you nearly killed us both! I still think I should have given you a ticket!"

xxx

"I really hate your car ape boy." she protested "If it was any smaller you'd have to shrink to fit in there!"

"Quit whining and get in there! Now focus on this, she hasn't said a word since she got here so no lawyer, please end this so I can get rid of ya." pointing at the interrogation room Toji waved her off.

'Damn animal... Now let me finish this quickly so I can get rid of this idiot.'

She entered the rather large interrogation room, there was a chair and a large round table, a not so common looking interrogation room, but still who cared? With some luck she would be out of there in a matter of minutes.

"Alright miss... Ayanami is it?"

"..." the only response was silence, the girl looked like a doll, she was truly beautiful maybe even more so than Asuka herself and the redhead didn't like that. She really looked like an emotionless doll, and Asuka already knew she would enjoy putting her in jail.

"Yes well, you're being charged with the murder of Kohzo Fuyutsuki... It doesn't look good for you, it'd be best if you just confessed. There isn't a lawyer alive that can get you out of this mess, I however, can make you a deal, if you plead guilty and give me a confession I can reduce-" Asuka stopped talking as the girl for the first time since she entered the room spoke.

"S... Shinji-kun will help me." her angelical voice reached the redhead's ears and Asuka couldn't help but giggle.

"Shinji? Who's that? Some 3rd rate lawyer? I'm sorry to say this but I will win." Asuka smiled coldly at the albino "So you better take my generous offer unless you want me to destroy you in court."

Asuka was enjoying her superiority over the beautiful albino when the door opened and Toji signaled her to follow him. He should know by now that she didn't like being interrupted...

"What is it couldn't you see I was busy?" she growled at Toji who was looking less challenging than usual "What?"

"I just got a call, we are to wait for an agent of SEELE to come and interrogate the witness with us..."

SEELE, Japan's secret services, they were never involved in regular murder cases, what was it with their sudden interest? They only got involved when there was a threat to national security... And this doll didn't look like a threat at all...

xxx

"It has been a while Asuka-chan."

'This has to be a joke!' she thought as the familiar man smiled at her, Kaji was his name, a worthless man and Asuka's first and only 'real' boyfriend. The man was wearing a black suit and black sunglasses, he almost looked like those fancy CIA agents she saw on the movies.

"Asuka-chan? You really did sleep with half of the country!" Toji was about to go on one of his speeches but he stopped when Asuka threw him a look that said 'Shut your mouth or I'll rip your guts out!'

"So explain why SEELE wants to interrogate a simple murder suspect." she was using all of her strengths to stop herself from beating the hell out of the playboy "I want to finish this fast so I don't have to deal with you or ape boy."

"Oh feisty! You haven't changed a bit." Kaji saw the death glare Asuka used so often "Right! One name, Shinji Ikari."

"Shinji Ikari? Who's that?" he asked the redhead.

"Don't know, but that girl said that name... Shinji, something about him helping her." she shifted her gaze back to the scruffy man "Who is he?"

"Sorry cupcakes, confidential. All I can say is that he is an extremely dangerous man, everyone involved with the Ayanami case is in extreme danger." he looked at the albino who was looking as stoic as ever "SEELE needs to find him, we'd like to get to know him better."

'Know him better... Meaning they don't want to arrest him...'

"This is still my case, I'm not letting you take over!" she growled at Kaji trying to intimidate him.

"I know, I don't care about Ayanami she's just a pawn, what I want is Ikari's location." he smiled at the redhead "Besides I can spend some quality time wi-"

"Back off or I'll kill you." she threatened him.

Whoever this Shinji Ikari character was he wasn't just some ordinary person, SEELE wasn't known for 'talking' with their targets, they wanted something from him what it was she didn't know... SEELE and the mystery girl, they were all connected to that name.

'Who are you Shinji Ikari...?' she thought looking at the blue haired beauty.

xxx

Outside the airport a young man watched the the streets, they were filled with busy people making noise... Just as he remembered it, Tokyo 3 hadn't changed one bit, still the same beautiful city he knew when he was a boy.

"It has been a while hasn't it?" smiling softly at no one in particular the young man grabbed his bags and disappeared in the middle of the crowd.

Author's Notes: This was an idea that just came to me out of nowhere. Seriously, nowhere! Although I am hoping it was enjoyable to read.

My first try writing an AU story, hope it came off alright, and I hope everyone liked the first chapter, I am not going to put all the cards on the table yet but I would like to know what you think of this, so don't forget to leave a review.

And a big thank you to Claymore Intimate Persona for the inspiration!