Of Wishes and Fishes
Disclaimer: Don't own Eva or Nick.
Authors note: This is what results from having one's 5 year old hijacking the tube. Pure mental junk food written in a moment of frustrated insanity. Anyone who takes this seriously is even crazier than I am!
Prelude.
"I'm home." The ebullient voice of Misato Katsuragi rang through the apartment. This was more from force of habit than necessity since her two charges were still in school, and a certain warm-water penguin was sleeping off a monumental hangover in his refrigerator. The thud-swish of numerous packages settling on the floor was heard, followed by the snap/fizz of a beer being opened. After the contents of said beer were properly disposed of, the resultant belch of contentment set off a minor reaction on several seismographs nearby. "Ahhh, things don't get much better than this". True, since she somehow had managed to wrangle a much needed day off. And what better way to spend it than going on a monumental shopping spree, followed by a beer, then a hairdo followed by more beer...well, you get the picture. But what really made her feel good was a purchase she had made for her poor little Shinji- kun. Her expression saddened for a moment. Poor kid was really down these days. "Well, maybe this'll make him relax a bit...take his mind off his problems."
"This" was a rather large fishbowl sitting on the table in front of her. Multi-colored gravel lined the bottom, along with numerous rocks, fake foliage et-al. In the midst of all this sat a castle, where two fish of very unusual coloration were making their home. One was a bright green, while the other was a shocking pink. After seeing them in the pet store window, she'd felt an odd, but extremely strong compulsion to purchase them. She still wasn't sure why. Hell, she didn't even know if he'd like them. Well, if he didn't she could always find a use for them, like maybe a television snack for Pen-pen.
As she turned away, she thought she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She whirled, and then shook her head. "God, I've got to lay off all that cheap stuff!" For a moment, it looked like both fish were wearing tiny crowns. She could've sworn that one had even winked at her! When she looked again, everything looked normal, at least as normal as things ever got in Tokyo-3 "Huh. Must've been a trick of the light. Just what I need, the dt's, and I'm not even drunk yet!" She resolved that a nap was what she needed, at least before the silence was shattered by a certain redheaded she-demon. Action soon followed thought, and after depositing the bowl on Shinji's desk, she retreated to her room.
Shortly after she left, a startling transformation took place. The fish morphed into tiny humanoid forms, equipped with wands, crowns, and wings.
"Are you sure this is the right place, Wanda? I told you not to take that right at Albuquerque..."
"No Doubt about it...this is where Shinji Ikari lives, all right. That was his Guardian."
"His Guardian? And I thought Timmy's folks were real pieces of work...!"
And with that, the two transformed again into fish, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their new charge.
**** Well, that's it so far. Reader's choice if I should continue and see how this works out. C&C welcome as always!
Disclaimer: Don't own Eva or Nick.
Authors note: This is what results from having one's 5 year old hijacking the tube. Pure mental junk food written in a moment of frustrated insanity. Anyone who takes this seriously is even crazier than I am!
Prelude.
"I'm home." The ebullient voice of Misato Katsuragi rang through the apartment. This was more from force of habit than necessity since her two charges were still in school, and a certain warm-water penguin was sleeping off a monumental hangover in his refrigerator. The thud-swish of numerous packages settling on the floor was heard, followed by the snap/fizz of a beer being opened. After the contents of said beer were properly disposed of, the resultant belch of contentment set off a minor reaction on several seismographs nearby. "Ahhh, things don't get much better than this". True, since she somehow had managed to wrangle a much needed day off. And what better way to spend it than going on a monumental shopping spree, followed by a beer, then a hairdo followed by more beer...well, you get the picture. But what really made her feel good was a purchase she had made for her poor little Shinji- kun. Her expression saddened for a moment. Poor kid was really down these days. "Well, maybe this'll make him relax a bit...take his mind off his problems."
"This" was a rather large fishbowl sitting on the table in front of her. Multi-colored gravel lined the bottom, along with numerous rocks, fake foliage et-al. In the midst of all this sat a castle, where two fish of very unusual coloration were making their home. One was a bright green, while the other was a shocking pink. After seeing them in the pet store window, she'd felt an odd, but extremely strong compulsion to purchase them. She still wasn't sure why. Hell, she didn't even know if he'd like them. Well, if he didn't she could always find a use for them, like maybe a television snack for Pen-pen.
As she turned away, she thought she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She whirled, and then shook her head. "God, I've got to lay off all that cheap stuff!" For a moment, it looked like both fish were wearing tiny crowns. She could've sworn that one had even winked at her! When she looked again, everything looked normal, at least as normal as things ever got in Tokyo-3 "Huh. Must've been a trick of the light. Just what I need, the dt's, and I'm not even drunk yet!" She resolved that a nap was what she needed, at least before the silence was shattered by a certain redheaded she-demon. Action soon followed thought, and after depositing the bowl on Shinji's desk, she retreated to her room.
Shortly after she left, a startling transformation took place. The fish morphed into tiny humanoid forms, equipped with wands, crowns, and wings.
"Are you sure this is the right place, Wanda? I told you not to take that right at Albuquerque..."
"No Doubt about it...this is where Shinji Ikari lives, all right. That was his Guardian."
"His Guardian? And I thought Timmy's folks were real pieces of work...!"
And with that, the two transformed again into fish, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their new charge.
**** Well, that's it so far. Reader's choice if I should continue and see how this works out. C&C welcome as always!