Magnus: Well, here we are with the second chapter, hope you keep enjoying this work, now, for the pairings, the main pairing will be Rei/Lee, but to keep up the hops of those who wanted an harem story, or another twist, you can send some omakes to fulfill your wishes, now, please, read and review!
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Chapter 2
A Familiar ceiling?
In the commander office, Gendo and Fuyutsuki were discussing their current situation,
"It seems that losing contact with him had a VERY DISTURBING effect, what are we going to do?, he doesn't seem controllable at all", Fuyutsuki made his point, with that kind of performance, Lee could be sure that he'll not be replaced, and with that kind of spirit, he'll be a hell to manage,
"Don't give him that much credit yet, everyone is controllable, and once we understand how he managed to use the EVA like that, he'll be replaceable, if he keeps his strong spirit, we'll only have to hire some thugs to make his life a hell, and then he'll be broken, the scenario will prevail, at any cost", Gendo replied, fully convinced of his victory.
Next morning...
'A familiar ceiling?, I guess hospitals are all the same', Lee was thinking in the medical wing,
He was there not because he was injured, but because Ritsuko wanted to analyze every part of his body and his functions, she tried on him every test that crossed her mind, and the fact that his spandex suit got soaked in LCL was the worst, because he was tested while being naked, this wasn't his first time, in Konoha he was examined like this very often, the problem was the fact that Ritsuko was eyeing him with no little lust, the test took almost all night, until he broke every machine used to measure his physical capabilities, at the end, they allowed him to have a quick rest before his clothes were washed, of course he asked about Rei's condition, as well as the room were she was resting, he also took a peek about some info about this girl, now he knows that she is vegetarian, so, the idea of giving her chocolates and flowers was very attractive,
'She needs to know that someone care for her', he was thinking still on this when the door of his room opened.
"Hello!, I got your clothes Lee, how did Ritsuko treated you yesterday?", Misato entered, holding a plastic bag with the spandex suit, orange leg warmers and blue sandals (but not his training weights), she noticed upon entering, that his arms and hands were already bandaged in the same fashion they were when they meet,
"Morning, Misato-san, you mean Dr. Akagi?, well, I guess those were routine tests, is just that, I'm not used to being 'SEEN' naked like that", Lee replied in his usual polite way, as well as his usual goofy smile,
"I... see..., well, at least you came unharmed from the battle, you really surprised us all, I don't know where you had been, but if you keep fighting like that, is a fact that we'll win!", Misato squeaked, while thinking on how fun will be to blackmail Ritsuko with the info she got from Lee, suddenly, Lee frowned and crossed his arms,
"I'm sorry Misato-san, but I will not keep that level of fighting!", Lee shouted
'What?!, why did he got discouraged?!, he was just so powerful yesterday!', Misato thought, she was taken aback with this sudden outburst, then Lee continued,
"Because I'm going to become stronger!, I will become stronger every day!, tomorrow I'll be stronger than today!, the next demon will face a fighter much more powerful than the fighter that killed the last one!, BECAUSE I'M IKARI LEE!, THE HANDSOME GREEN BEAST!!!", Lee boomed in a outburst of youthfulness, and Misato shivered, she didn't knew what was more terrifying, the fact that he was overwhelming cheerful, or the idea of him becoming more powerful, she decided to not to think about it,
"Ok, ok, I get it, you are cleared to go now, so, get dressed, we still need to report at the office of the commander... and get you a residence", Misato finally said.
Lee (now dressed in his spandex outfit), and Misato were heading out of the medical wing, when Lee suddenly stopped,
"Forgive me, Misato-san, but I have something to do before heading out, I promise it will be only a few minutes!"
Then he ran to the stairs, becoming a green blur after getting away from Misato's eyesight, in less than 6 seconds, he was already at the door of the room where Rei was sleeping, her injured and bandaged body gave a big heartache to Lee, he also noticed that nobody was there watching her, so, she may just be out of danger, he decided to enter and look at her for an entire minute, familiarising with her features, then he decided to not make Misato wait for long, so, he put a box of chocolate and a single rose in the table at the side of her bed (getting those items is the reason he took that much time to reach her room, think of it, 6 seconds is all the time of the world without his weights!), before departing, he decided to write something in the card of the chocolate box, and taking his chances, he leaned to kiss the girl on the forehead,
"Please, get better soon, it would be nice if we could talk", said this, he departed from the room,
After hearing him depart, Rei opened her good eye, and touched her forehead, trying to bare the tempest of warm and affection that this boy represented, suddenly she decided to reach for the card in the chocolate box (she heard him writing), and her eye widened when she read the content:
'Rei-san, there is no need for you to fake your sleep, when you feel like sharing some time to get to know each other let me know, BUT YOU CAN'T STOP ME FOR CARING FOR YOU AND GO TO VISIT YOU OFTEN TO SEE IF YOU ARE ALLRIGHT!'.
NERV, Commander office...
"What are the results of the tests?", Gendo asked to Ritsuko, who was not happy, in all her life she have come across with weird things, but Lee was out of the chart, she wasn't able to elaborate a proper report about his capabilities, and Gendo wasn't a person to make wait,
"He can't be measured...", Ritsuko replied, while noticing the frown in Gendo's face,
"Explain yourself", Fuyutsuki asked, knowing that Gendo was very unpleased with the report,
"We tried to measure his speed and stamina, but the machine broke at his speed and resistance, and he didn't started to sweat, we tried to measure his strength, but he broke that machine too, using very little effort, resuming it, he can run at speeds higher than 60 Km/h for long periods of time before getting tired, and can lift over 120kg with each hand without effort, as for the reason of his high synch rate, which raised to 80% during the battle, the only possible explanation is that he has a kind of Iron Will, for the battle performance, Maya is still working on the report", Ritsuko exposed the crude facts of her tests, but held back the little detail of the training weights she found among the clothes of Lee, the idea of requiring over 25 men to move one of the weights was really startling.
"So, basically, you say that he was trained as a Olympic sportsman?", Fuyutsuki asked, impressed with the report,
"In a way of speaking...", Ritsuko replied, while thinking that not even the combined strength and speed of all the Olympic sportsmen could compete against this boy,
"I'm more interested on his boost of the synch ratio, I'll go to check on the performance report, Fuyutsuki, you will attend the Third Child, he is about to come", Gendo stated, to him, the EVA was more important, and if the battle results were reproducible for the other EVAs, then he could focus on breaking the boy,
"Very well, Commander, what about his request for the change of name?", Fuyutsuki asked,
"Denied, no official document will be changed", Gendo replied, trying to hold as much control as possible, then turned to left his office to go to the bridge,
"Vice-commander, please, tell to Lee to come to the lab for an item we 'forgot' to send to him along with his clothes", Ritsuko made a last request before departing
"Of course, Dr. Akagi", Fuyutsuki agreed, while thinking in how to deal with the current situation
In the bridge, Maya was watching the recorded battle over and over, doing nothing to conceal her amazement, her shouts were things like 'WOW!', 'Awesome!', and 'I want to do that!', the battle lasted no more than a few seconds, but she was taking extensive notes about the battle stance, the moves, and the name of the attacks, unknown to her, she was being watched by the Commander himself, fortunately, he was more concerned in the battle report than her childish behavior,
"Lt. Ibuki", Gendo spoke, scaring the crap out of the poor Maya,
"COMMANDER!!!", Maya shouted while she stud up to salute him, he walked at her station and took the notebook that Maya was using,
"Is this the report?", Gendo asked while opening it and read the contents, in that moment Maya almost died, she forgot the report completely and decided to gave in in her fan mode, she was so sure that the Commander would be mad after reading the silly contents, and she waited for her punishment, and waited, and waited, and waited...
Gendo had to admit it, for a fight that only took a few seconds, Maya was able to took very detailed notes, some of the ones that caught his eye, were the description of the style, Maya stated in her notes that the 'Strong Fist' style can't be used untrained, also, the visual skill and body coordination to evade the beam pointed to a seasoned martial artist, and while he ignored the names of the techniques, he noticed that the first attack must have caught the Angel with the guard down,
"Impressive, Lt. Ibuki, wasn't the Angel able to deploy it's AT Field?", Maya snapped at the comment and question of Gendo,
"I was about to write that sir!, after receiving the first attack the Angel effectively deployed it, it took me a little work, but I was able to check the deployment of the EVA's own AT Field, the EVA deployed it in the moment of the last hit, it was 50 times stronger than the one of the Angel, but it only lasted during the attack and covering only the fist of the EVA", Maya concluded verbally,
"I see, this is interesting, prepare an special archive for the battles to come, I expect you to keep making these 'detailed' reports, they may come in handy for the other pilots", at Gendo request, Maya smiled, she just got clearance to be in fan mode for the battles to come!,
"YES SIR!, I WON'T DISAPPOINT YOU!", at Maya's reply, Gendo turned to leave,
'Excellent, now I only need to look for a weakness, and then this will turn for the better', he thought while making his way to the medical wing.
All what happened from the point of getting into the Commander's Office, up to now, being in Ritsuko's lab, didn't made sense to Lee, first, they said that he was now the official pilot of Unit-01, fortunately, the vice-commander accepted to pay him a good amount of money, then he was arranged to have some private quarters inside the geofront, to live alone, however, before he could argue, Misato came to the 'rescue', appointing herself as his new guardian, and claiming him as her new roommate, Lee could argue about it, but it was better than living underground, of course, Ritsuko wasn't so sure about this,
"Misato!, what were you thinking?!, taking care of him is a lot of responsibility!", Ritsuko shouted, however, she was referring more about the physical power of the boy,
"Come on, is not like I'm going to take advantage of him!", Misato whined, but instead of getting a shout from Ritsuko, she only shook her head,
"What?", Misato asked at this reaction,
"Nothing, Misato, nothing. Hey, Lee, your weights are there on the floor, is just that they are too heavy for me to carry them", Ritsuko suddenly called, and Lee happily went to get his missing training weights, and put them on his legs, where they belong, Ritsuko watched with awe how he lifted them so easily, and wrapped them on his legs,
"Misato, I'm more worried that he could abuse you", Ritsuko whispered at her friend, while watching Lee doing some kicks to ensure that the weight was right,
"Why?, because he uses training weights?, is ok if you are such a wimp, but I have military training", Misato replied with a grin, Ritsuko was about to warn her about the possible superstrength of the boy, but decided against it, hoping to have some fun later.
Meanwhile, in the hospital room where Rei was being attended, Gendo was eyeing the chocolate box and the rose, a symptom of change, of chaos, fortunately, Rei did hide the card below her pillow before his arrival, otherwise Gendo could have gone nuts, she wasn't sure why she did this, but she had done it after eating one of the small chocolates, she ate one just for the curiosity, and found it 'pleasurable', and decided to save the rest to eat them at home, Gendo could have asked for the person who got those things to her, but he already knew the answer,
"Rei, I have a mission for you, you are to befriend the Third Child, and look for any weakness that will allow me to control him, check for friends, important people, and where he had been the last 11 years, I want reports on every new finding, start this mission the next time he comes to see you, I must have total control over him, otherwise the scenario would be jeopardized", Rei nodded on understanding,
She was about to mention what happened in his recent visit, when Gendo grabbed the chocolates and the flower, and dumped them in the trash can, this made her to reconsider about some hints of information, and decided to keep some things for herself, at least for the time begin.
On the way to Misato's apartment...
Now on the car, Misato decided that this was a good time to tease the boy,
"So, back then in the medical wing, you went to visit Rei, didn't you?", Misato started the conversation,
"Yup!, I was in need to know about her wellbeing, and needed to made sure she was well attended", Lee nodded, not hiding anything, at this Misato gave him a sly look,
"Oh, don't you think that you are caring too much for her?, you barely know her", she exposed, trying to make him feel uneasy,
"Nope, her name is Ayanami Rei, 14 years old, her height is 156.2cm, blood type A, she is vegetarian, her red eyes are natural, as well as the color of her hair, blue", Lee explained almost as if he were reading a card with the info, Misato's eyes almost dropped for the shock, then she decided another approach,
"Wow!, already stalking her eh?, so, love at first sight?", she tried her attack again,
"YOSSSSHH!!!, IT CAN'T BE HELPED! SHE IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL AND IN NEED OF A CARING MAN!!!", Lee boomed, making her fail miserably,
"Aren't you ashamed?, not even a little?, most boys turn red at this!", Misato shouted, and Lee turned to face her with his goofy smile,
"Why should I be ashamed?, love is a wonderful thing, is true it can hurt some times, but it also brings the greatest of joys!", while Misato was speechless, her mind was racing with the memories of her wild young days, and couldn't help but to wonder,
'Kaji, if only you had been like this boy...".
During their travel, they came to two stops before getting to the apartment, the first was in the supermarket, where they bought some food, because Misato stated that they'll celebrate both his arrival and the fact that they will be roommates, of course, they picked different type of foods, while Misato picked mostly beer, instant food, beer, junk food, and more beer, Lee, picked some vegetables, mushrooms, rice , soja milk and orange juice, if she was planning on making a party with only junk food, he'll save the night with at least one filling dish, the second stop was on a cliff that overlooked the city,
"What are we doing here, Misato-san?", Lee asked curious, since the city looked so little and deserted, he wasn't guessing that they were there to enjoy the view,
"Just wait and see", Misato replied with a smile, so, Lee decided to not complain, suddenly, the sound of sirens was heard, and in front of the eyes of Lee, the city raised from below the earth, Lee was awestruck, the city already looked big to him, and now, it looked almost magical,
"This is the fortress city of Tokyo-3, the city you protected, this is your city now, your home", Misato said,
Lee felt nostalgic at the words of Misato, he just couldn't wait for Gai-sensei to come and then tell him everything that had happened, and then, an idea popped up into his head, and as he do with any idea that come into his head, he put it into action, he walked to the edge of of the cliff, and then shouted with ALL his strength,
"I'M IKARI LEE, THE GREEN BEAST OF TOKYO-3, AND I WILL PROTECT THIS CITY WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH!!!!", his voice boomed with such power that Misato couldn't help bu to stare in awe, yes, he looked funny, yes, the message was hilarious, but the power he put into this little eccentricity told a lot of him, that he has no restrains, that he is free to do whatever he thinks is correct or necessary, and this, both marveled and scared Misato,
'Living with this boy is going to be a hell of a ride', she conceded in her mind.
Now, on Misato's apartment, Lee's eye was twitching, he suspected some things about the living habits of Misato, all the houses or rooms of his fellow shinobies were a mess, even the room of Neji, heck, even Hinata's room was not in order, so, the militia people outside the elemental nations had no need to be different, but a mess of a house is one thing, and the state of Misato's apartment was what could be defined as 'Not suitable for living, not even animals', it became worst when Misato asked him to store the food, the fridge was filled almost by Yebisu beer, as well as some junk food,
'No wonder she needed a roommate!', Lee thought, he was about to start cleaning when Misato called him for dinner, meaning the instant food, and as polite as it was possible, he rejected the instant food and began to cook a mushroom soup, and Misato decided to start a conversation,
"Lee, I was wondering, where are your things?, I mean, you agreed to move here, but, I do not see any boxes with your belongings", Lee pondered how to answer that, and then replied,
"Don't worry about it Misato-san, when I travel, I travel without extra weight, in a few days some of my things will arrive, until then I will manage myself with what I have", Misato didn't liked the idea, but didn't wanted to dig more about it, then another question came to her mind,
"Lee, in all the reports, there are no reference from were'd you have been, so, where did you came from?", Misato asked truly interested, at this Lee turned to face her with a cute smile, while lifting his index finger to the corner of his lips, while making a wink,
"That is, classified", Misato's eyes bulged at this action,
"Damn you!, don't be THAT cute!", Misato shouted
The rest of the dinner was uneventful, until Misato decided to make use of her skills on the rock-paper-scissors game to decide about the chores. Of course, the plan backfired, Misato lost all and every single game, Lee has beaten her in her own game, and she decided that if she don't start asking for mercy, she will be the maiden of this boy, but such request wasn't needed,
"Don't worry Misato-san, I will not make you to do all the chores, that would be very unyouthful of my part, so, I'll do the most troublesome ones, cooking and cleaning, you'll do laundry as well as cleaning your own room, there is no way I would invade your privacy!", Lee stated cheerfully, and Misato was rolling tears of gratefulness,
After a little more conversation (which included the topic 'why green?'), Misato told Lee to take a shower and then go to the bed (his own of course), so, he went to the bathroom as told, once inside and naked, he opened the panel door of the shower, just to meet the third inhabitant of the apartment,
"Wark!", it was Pen-pen, Lee looked at him for a second before giving him a smile,
"Hi, can you please step out?, is my turn to use the shower", Lee asked, and as if the penguin understood him clearly, he stepped out and headed to his own fridge, after Lee took a very relaxing shower, and started to unfold a futon, Misato decided to gave him some advice of the next day,
"Hey Lee, tomorrow we'll go shopping", he turned to face her with a questioning face,
"Shopping?", Lee asked, the last time he heard that, it was from the lips of Tenten, who was talking to Neji, who of course ran away from there in that instant,
"Yes, you need more clothes, I mean, you look good into that suit, but you'll need a uniform for the school", Misato explained
"School?", now Lee was really puzzled.
Magnus: There ya go!, I know this didn't had too much action, but let's remember that the story of Evangelion had a lot of psychological development of the characters, and Lee needed some extra background to fit in this story, but I can asure you, the school will be a total chaos!
Lee: YOSSSSHH!, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!, LET'S SPREAD THE FLAME OF YOUTH!!!
Rei: This turn of events seems... interesting.
Misato: I have a bad feeling about this...
Magnus: Ok... see ya in next chapter!
