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The Story With No Name

Chapter 1: Bread and Circuses

"Ritsuko?"

"Yes, Misato?" the blonde doctor asked.

"Have you and Shinji been fighting?"

"No, why?"

"Well, his synch scores are lower than normal, and I thought that you two might have had a fight or something."

"If you want to know what's wrong, then why don't you ask him?" Ritsuko answered darkly before storming out the door.

'Shinji, you better not have done something stupid, or I'll…' she didn't finish that thought as a technician told her that it was time for the children to get out of the test plugs.

"Alright, Asuka, you can go home."

"What about me Major?" the boy asked.

"When you're done getting changed, I need to see you in my office, Mr. Ikari."

Shinji did not like the sound of her voice, and got out of the plug and headed to the changing room.

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"You needed to see me?" Shinji feebly asked, aware of what the Major was probably going to say to him. She motioned for him to close the door, and take a seat, with a serious expression set on her face. He did as he closed the door and then sat down reluctantly.

"You know why you're here, don't you?"

"I'm here because I haven't been talking to Ritsuko, right?"

"Good, so you do know why you're here. So, what have you been doing that has Ritsuko being less than her normal self?" she leaned in, with an evil smile on her lips, to scare Shinji. It worked.

"I…I've…I've been going to the mall everyday and not coming back till late, and I haven't told her why."

"So, Shinji" she said accusingly, "what have you been doing at the mall everyday??" she almost drew her gun to scare him into spilling it all, but she wanted to torture him a bit first.

"I…I…can't tell you."

"Sure you can. Otherwise I draw my gun and shoot you for deceiving your girlfriend, my best friend, and for not telling me what I want to know." She had an evil smirk on her face as she said those words and Shinji didn't doubt that she meant them.

"I…I…got a job."

"And you couldn't even tell your girlfriend that?"

"Well, there's also a reason behind it…" he said letting the sentence trail off, hoping that she got the point. She didn't.

"Then tell me Shinji, what is your reason!?" she yelled at him.

He put his hand in his pocket, and he grabbed a small box. "T-this" he said pulling the small box out his pocket. She knew now what he had tried to tell her earlier, but without so many words, due to the fact that you never knew who was a spy.

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"Damn it, Misato, I knew you were going to yell at him, but couldn't you at least keep it down?" she asked herself. Then she heard what Misato was yelling, "Then tell me Shinji, what is your reason!?" She couldn't hear his response, but she didn't really want to, she'd have to get the same answers out of him later. When she didn't hear anymore yelling from either one, she started to get concerned, as Misato would have yelled at least once more before talking quietly. She stood up, and walked towards Misato's office, not knowing what she'd find.

When Misato heard the knock on her door, Misato quickly stopped gawking at what was in the little box, and mumbled to him to put it away. He did so.

"Come in" Misato said, infinitely happier than she was before. "Oh, Ritsuko, I-"

"I heard the yelling through the wall, so I wanted to make sure you weren't killing him or something."

"Nothing to worry about Rits!" Misato replied. "Right, Shinji?"

"R-right."

"Ok then, I'll be in my office." she said before turning around to head back to her office. Shinji looked at Misato and she nodded. Shinji then ran out the door to catch up to Ritsuko.

"Ritsuko, wait up!"

She stopped and turned around, to see a heavily breathing Shinji standing in front of her.

"Yes, Shinji?"

"I-I'm sorry that I kept disappearing with out so much as telling you where I was going, or even a note, but-"

"It's ok Shinji." she said, putting an arm around him as they continued to walk to her office.

AN: So, what do you guys think? And any ideas I can use to further the story would be nice. Currently working on the next few chapters, but I need some ideas.

Note: this is definitely NOT a oneshot.