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More insanity here I guess. Thinking of a new Love Hina idea I might start during the week…though always open to suggestions. Sometimes its fun to write something that is asked or suggested rather than let the muse dictate everything.

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From the Stars

Chapter – 4

"Is it just me or has Ikari-kun been more depressed lately?" Hikari asked after she took a bite of her meat bun. "Last week he looked happier, then that stuff with Ayanami having cat ears happened, and now…" she trailed off. She didn't really know Shinji well, mostly hearsay and stories from Asuka, but she could read his body language to a degree. And after a short burst of positive emotion the boy seemed to cascade back into a minor depression.

Opting for a more western meal, Asuka savagely attacked her hamburger as the pair walked down the shopping arcade. "Honestly I don't know what's up with that idiot. All I know is he comes back from Nerv four days ago and," Asuka stalled. She didn't know how to really define it either. "He seems like he's defeated or something, but he won't talk about it, and with that brat running his life I don't even bother asking anymore," Asuka's bitterness was almost overlooked.

Sipping her can of tea, "Well whatever it is, I hope he gets over it," Hikari never wished ill on anybody. "Though I have seen a few girls hesitant to approach him at school the other day so maybe they'll act on it and that can help," she hoped Asuka caught the veiled threat. Having her suspicions that Asuka had 'some' feelings for Shinji, Hikari had to give the right poke to keep the German from missing a chance.

Spotting the heavily manicured and well kept park, "Let's go for a walk along the trail to work off some of this food," Asuka had already altered her path. Hearing that Shinji was something of the flavor of the month equated to even more mixed emotions in the girl. "As for those little glory hounds, even Shinji's not stupid enough to fall for any ruse they'd get to go up the popularity charts," she hoped.

Marveling at the foliage, Hikari absently reached out and caressed several overhanging leaves from the trees. "Can't deny some of them would do that, they'd do anything for popularity," she nodded sadly. The currency of the schoolyard had been and would always be popularity. The poor were cast off as worthless, and the rich got to pick and choose what they wanted. "On a different note, have you gotten any better with living with, what was her name again...Valkyrie?" Hikari hated stewing on the unfairness of school life.

Kicking at litter along the asphalt walking trail, Asuka shrugged listlessly. "Well with that maid around things have gotten easier on me. I don't have to bathe her or help her dress anymore, and that was a real pain," Asuka didn't know if she liked Maya and Rei helping though. "And I swear if Shinji ever becomes a real father his kid would be really strange," her smile betrayed her real thoughts.

"Having only heard about Ikari-kun's parental side, I don't know what to say," Hikari thumbed her nose and tossed the remains of her lunch in a waste bin. "He sounds like a stern but caring father type, from the rumors," not unlike her own father and she thought she came out alright. Distracted by a high pitched gale of laughter from off in the direction of the playground, Hikari gasped, "Speak of the devil!" She pointed at Shinji pushing Valkyrie on the swings.

Snorting, Asuka altered her course to intercept, "So this was the big plans he had for today." Her heart relaxed a trifle as she approached the pair. So certain that Shinji was on a date with the older version of the bewitching woman that seeing him with the child was a relief to her. "Hey, so this is your all important day's plans?" she yelled out as she approached with Hikari in tow.

Waving at the approaching girls, Shinji pushed Valkyrie with one hand. "I've been meaning to take Val-chan to the park for ages, so figured the weekend would be best," he grinned at the tittering child. "And she's been doing so well adapting to school that I wanted to give her the whole day as a reward," he couldn't keep the pride out of his voice.

"That's sweet of you, Ikari-kun," Hikari said honestly as she approached the girl she'd only heard about. Something in the child's foreign features just screamed adorable in Hikari's mind. Girl's going to be dynamite when she gets older I bet. Keenly aware that most foreigners developed in areas that her Japanese heritage didn't, Asuka being proof of that, Hikari could only wonder. Kneeling down along side Valkyrie, "So you must be Valkyrie, I've heard a lot about you little lady. I'm Hikari Hokari, Asuka's friend."

Hopping off the swing, Valkyrie grabbed the edges of her dress and bent her knees slightly, "Pleased to meet you." She was trying to act polite, because if she did good enough she was going to ask for an ice cream. "Did you want to play with us?" she gazed up at her beloved caretaker with a wide grin.

"Where is that crazy maid?" Asuka asked knowing Sanada had to be somewhere around. Spying around the edges of the playground, Asuka scanned for signs of the insane caretaker knowing she had to be somewhere. "She'd not leave that girl alone for three minutes if you didn't force some time between them," the argument about sleeping arrangements still rang loud occasionally.

Watching as Hikari did a wonderful job of communicating with Valkyrie, Shinji just pointed behind them without looking. "She got some new video camera and has been taping us. So if you wanted this conversation to be on tape, you've got it," he didn't mind as all he had done was chat about Valkyrie's new school friends. He was doing his best to start separating himself emotionally from Valkyrie, but it hurt so much to do so.

Sticking her tongue out at the nasty idea of being taped, Asuka shook her head. "No thanks, we're not staying long. Just saw you standing here and wanted to make sure you weren't doing something bad," the usual jib didn't feel right with her now though. Hikari's words echoed in her skull like a pigeons stuck inside a greenhouse bouncing off windows. Shinji did look glummer than normal, a forced smile that didn't reach his eyes fooled nobody.

"Shin-chan, Shin-chan! Val-chan sees her friends over in the sandbox, can I go play with them?" Valkyrie begged as she tugged on Shinji's leg. Her tiny finger jutted at the aforementioned box of dirt where three other children sat playing. "Hi-chan can come too if you want!" Valkyrie was already taken by the well trained Hokari girl.

Hearing the suppressed squeal of Sanada from the bushes, Shinji chuckled. "Sure you can play with them, I'm going to stay here for a moment with Aunt-Asuka and keep an eye on you, so play nice," he gave her his best stern gaze before softening to a relaxed smile. Switching to Hikari, "You don't have to if you don't want, but she really does seem fond of you."

"I know that look all too well from my own little sister, she'll forget about me after a few minutes so I might as well go," Hikari, like most, was infected by Valkyrie's innocence and joy. Gently taking hold of the child's hand, Hikari let the girl guide her down to the box with the other children. Asuka, I hope you talk to him. Both of you seem to have a lot on your minds. But Hikari couldn't make Asuka do something, nobody could.

Waiting for the tail of the head maid to disappear from behind the bush, only to appear further down the line closer to the sandbox, Asuka groaned loudly. "That kid is running your life anymore, Shinji. Why don't you just let Sanada take care of her until this whole 'soul' business is taken care of?" she crossed her arms and huffed. She kept telling herself it wasn't jealousy, but protecting Shinji from himself. "I mean look at you, you look haggard and worn out," she meant it.

Waving his hand weakly, "I don't mind caring for Val-chan. She does take a lot out of me, but I'm still glad to do it." He scanned the playground for anybody unsavory that might be setting their sights on the tiny matriarch. "As for myself, I've just been thinking a lot lately. Ever since Valkyrie, the grown up one, started her ship for Ritsuko, I've been thinking is all. Nothing to be worried about," he just had to crush his own heart in his own hands. Better to suffer the pain when it was smaller than after they actually committed to something.

Her defenses going up thanks to Shinji's word-choices, Asuka already had a scathing rebuttal planned. "I'm not worried about you, stupid, I'm worried about her. If you get sick or something you'll pass it to her, and then we'd have an apartment full of cat-eared freaks going bat-shit crazy!" While true, Asuka was worried about the boy, but wouldn't accept it. "And as for that adult form of hers, why don't you keep her in it all the time? I mean wouldn't it be easier on everybody?" though that meant kissing and Asuka wasn't sure she liked that.

Blushing softly at the notion of kissing the woman he loved over and over again, Shinji railed his hormones in with harshness. "Misato-san asked that the other day, though I think she was teasing. As for why we don't have her transform more often is because we don't know much about this condition of ours. If we abuse it and then something comes up where we need her power but it won't work…well that wouldn't be good," and both Valkyrie and Shinji were saddened by that.

Something in his voice, how he kept looking at the girl in her strange clothing, something just in how he was acting finally caused enlightenment in Asuka. Blurting out her discovery before she even had the time to actually think about it, she made things much worse. "You love her! Holy shit you actually love the adult version of her don't you!?" she hurled out her accusation as if it was radioactive waste.

Sucking in air as if Asuka sucker punched him, Shinji took a jilted step back. "No-no of course not…I mean how could…why would…" his head dropped low under Asuka's unrelenting gaze. "Yes, yes I do. But I'm trying not to. I know that nothing can come of the feelings we have for each other, she'll eventually get better and leave. Her obligations far outreaching our wants," Shinji did know that much for sure now.

Two night ago, Valkyrie kissed the boy as they were about to sleep. She didn't immediately say why she wanted to transform into her adult form. They just sat in silence for a while holding hands, and as Valkyrie started to feel the burgeoning sensation that she was about to shift back, she kissed Shinji again. Letting her action say the words that she couldn't get herself to say, that neither had the strength to say. They loved each other, but feared what such emotions would cause.

Feelings we have for each other?! Asuka felt as if Shinji took a mental crowbar and played Gordon Freeman in her chest. "Of-of course its stupid…I mean she's a princess and she's going to have to do what her kingdom needs of her," but seeing Shinji just about broken, Asuka stood on the precipice. Did she support him, help him and Valkyrie find happiness together, or did she try to drive them apart. "B-but maybe…if their was a way for you two…"

Asuka's feeble attempt to actually help Shinji was cut short as Valkyrie rushed to Shinji and jumped into his arms. Her friends and she found a kitten stuck in a tree about to fall, and Valkyrie rushed into action. Kissing Shinji to regain her true form, Valkyrie hugged the man she hadn't spoken too since the odd night they last shared, and went off to break Hikari's mind. When asked later about the day, Hikari would often change the subject as for the first and only time in her life Hikari wanted to dip a woman in caramel and lick her clean.

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Standing before the assembled bridge crew, Ritsuko couldn't help but feel embarrassed. "As many of you have noticed, the last few days I have been not quite myself," she'd start off with the easy things and work towards redeeming her 'woman of composure' title. "And I'd like to apologize to those of you that I have molested, screamed at, threatened, Makoto I'll pay the medical bill for your thumb, but that is all in the past!" Now with the ship working Ritsuko found it much simpler to use than she first suspected.

From is station, Shigeru wasn't so forgiving of the recently insane woman. "Are you addressing Commander Ikari's absence, those cat ears on Maya and Misato's head, or that spaceship thing you're hiding?" Nerv had become a place of even stranger events than normal, and the guitar enthusiast wasn't sure he liked the changes. While Misato and Maya were strangely more attractive with ears and tails, having a thumb bit off for touching a 'spaceship' wasn't.

"The commander's absence is a known issue, that we will not discuss here," Misato cut Ritsuko off before the confused woman had the chance to ask 'the commander is missing?' "As for the ears and tails, it's a result of exposure to certain elements related to the space ship, and yes it is a genuine space ship," Misato didn't have to mention being shot with a gun or Sanada. No reason to sound more crazy than she already did.

Tugging on her collar as even more things her greed induced mental break kept her from knowing, Ritsuko was glad Misato knew her well enough to cover. "Yes, Commander Ikari's absence is known, that is why we are receiving a special representative from the UN in the future," Ritsuko read that mail in the morning, but didn't pay it any thought. "Now as for the real reason I called you here, beside the apology, is to announce something monumental!" Ritsuko thought her plan of apologizing and then stating she could save the damn world would earn her a little extra credence.

Sipping on her afternoon water, Maya was the most relieved of all to see Ritsuko regain her sanity. Having worked so close during the worst of the events, Maya had feared the doctor would be institutionalized if the ship didn't respond. "Does it have to do with Hime-sama and Ikari-kun? They look so sweet together, and Hime-sama does appear to care for him, as does Ikari-kun," Maya had heard all to much from young Valkyrie how much she loved Shinji. If even a fraction of that emotion transcended form, the adult princess would surely be smitten.

Noticing Misato's chipper disposition souring into a joyless frown, Ritsuko would have to ask who the hell 'Hime-sama' was later. "Not that I know of, what I do have to say is that with the technology we now possess we can soon stop angel attacks once and for all!" having no care for Gendo any longer, the gobs of money were more attractive, Ritsuko officially said 'fuck-off' to the scenario. "Once we assemble the necessary parts we will save the earth!" she cheered expecting a roar of applause but none came. "Guys?" she asked as she saw a bunch of worried faces.

It was Makoto that put the pieces together for the confused woman. "If the angels are gone forever, doesn't that mean Nerv will disband and we'll all be out of jobs?" he looked around and saw other bridge crew nodding in agreement. "Don't get me wrong, it's great the angels won't kill us, but the pay here is really good, government sponsored and all. I don't want to go back to the private sector, they demand results," he really enjoyed his job, as sexy women ordering him around was a nice perk.

"Never thought of that," Ritsuko clicked her tongue as the thought of being unemployed hadn't factored into her scheme. She was going to be richer than her wildest dreams, but what of the others? "Well I guess we can fake it? Let the world 'think' that the angels are still around, and we have a few explosions here and there from time to time, and we all keep our jobs?" she offered.

The room exploded with cheers. Then a tiny red light started flashing on Makoto's console. "Ma'am! We have unconfirmed reports of a large flying purple horse thing flying around the city! The magi don't know what to make of it, but it might be an angel!" The cheers died immediately as every returned to their stations to confirm the outlandish report.

Turning to Misato, Ritsuko hid her grimace, "Misato…we may have a problem if this is really an angel." Using previous encounters as an example, Ritsuko assumed she had more time to fix her mistakes brought on by her lapse into happy-crazy-land. First order of business was to have Rei scanned and reviewed due to the genetic tampering. The test was un-interruptible and had a full hour left to complete. "Ayanami is out of commission right now," she winced as Misato's jaw hung open.

After Ritsuko told her why Ayanami was not going to be able to help the other pilots, Shinji was to be on base in five minutes, Asuka was not reachable due to having forgotten her phone, Misato proceeded to grab Ritsuko be the sides of her lab coat and toss the woman over her shoulder. "I feel better, get section-2 out to bring in the Second Child, and get Unit-01 ready, looks like Shinji-kun is going to have to buy us some time," she ordered the minions to run off and prepare.

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His body was tingling with pre-fight jitters as he took the first step off the platform, and Valkyrie's crying face begging him to come back safe stuck in his mind. "I don't see anything Misato-san, are you sure it's down this street?" his readouts told him nothing. He knew he couldn't die, not while Valkyrie was alive, but that didn't mean others couldn't be hurt or killed.

"We still don't know what it is so tracking it is hard," Misato apologized for the lack of any real support. "Good news is section-2 finally got Asuka and she should be joining you in less than ten minutes, same goes for Ayanami," Misato shot the unconscious body of Ritsuko an icy-stare. Reading from a print out Shigeru handed her, "Go down the next street… we have reports the purple horse thing is there." Misato saw a scuffle off to the side as Sanada tried forcing her way onto the bridge.

Taking the directions, Shinji found himself standing face to face with a four red-eyed giant purple horse flying above the street. "Now this is strange design," he quipped as he took cover behind a building. "I didn't see a core, Misato-san, any thoughts?" he wasn't sure if firing at the cloud like beast was a great idea.

"Take some safe angle shots to see if it can be hurt, that way if you miss or it passes through nothing is damaged," Misato replied as she headed to the brewing fight. Makoto was trying to prevent the head maid from getting on the bridge and Misato couldn't have that, and Valkyrie was with her. "What is going on here, Sanada-san? I thought you agreed not to bring Hime-sama to the bridge when we're engaged in combat!" it was to dangerous for Valkyrie.

Sliding through Makoto's legs and rushing Misato, Valkyrie's wide eyes were tear laden. "That isn't a monster it's Hy-chan!" the renegade princess didn't know why her sister was on earth, but she didn't want her killed! "Don't hurt Hy-chan!" she pleaded as Sanada flipped Makoto over and tossed him next to Ritsuko.

"Yes, that isn't one of the spawn, its Hydra, one of Valhalla's royal princesses!" Sanada explained over Valkyrie's crying. Much like Valkyrie, Sanada didn't know much less care to know why Hydra was on earth, as it wasn't going to be pretty regardless.

Back on the battle field, Shinji took initiative to protect the city. Firing his gauss rifle at an upward angle he noticed that the beast took no damage as it flew through the gaseous form. "I see the core!" he gushed as the beast fired gouts of orange energy at him. His AT Field easily deflected them, but it was frightening the first time. "I have you now!" he dove at the creatures floating core.

"DON'T DESTROY HER SHINJI!" Misato's voice finally returned to his system just as the Eva's hands wrapped around the would-be core. "It's Valkyrie's sister! It's her sister!" she felt ice water coursing through her as she waited for Shinji's response.

Looking at the struggling woman in the Eva's oversized fingers, Shinji was never more glad for his quick reflexes. One moment later and he'd have squeezed the life out of her, but now she was only subdued. "S-sorry, I thought you were trying to destroy the city," he announced over the external speaker to the woman in his hands.

"Let go of me you monster!" Hydra wasn't taking her defeat well. Some backwater planet had the impudence to one up her! "Let go of me and take my to my sister you kidnappers!" she rash and crude fighting princess assumed Valkyrie had a similar welcoming from the residents.

Unsure how he felt at being called a monster by a woman that was just before the core of a flying mist horse, Shinji tried not to worry about it. "Um…I can take you to her if you calm down," he offered as Hydra continued to fight against his grip. "If you keep struggling though I might hurt you accidentally," his reflexes might just make for a princess pudding.

Resigned to her fate of being carried, Hydra spit out in disgust. She had tried finding Valkyrie subtly, and that lasted a full two days. Then she opted to just force her sister to come out of hiding, but now it was apparent she'd been captured. "Sure, just know that it weren't for this monster of yours I'd have beaten you! In a fair fight I haven't been beaten!" well she had been by Valkyrie but the hick didn't need to know that.

Images of Asuka bubbled up to the forefront of Shinji's mind as the woman commented. Hydra was so akin to Asuka that Shinji instantly knew how to handle her to a small degree. "You're right, and I did have the element of surprise on you, but we'll worry about that later. I'm sure Val-chan is more than eager to meet you again," he slowly walked to the nearest platform as Asuka and Rei finally hit the locker room.

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Walking behind the boy in the strange latex suit, Hydra couldn't believe she was beaten by such a skinny person. "So where is she? Not going to drug me and hold me for ransom like you plan to do with her are you?" if he even hinted at it she'd snap his neck like a dry twig. "And who in their right mind gives somebody your age such a monster to pilot?" she guessed she was only three or four years his senior but her pride was damaged.

Used to the constant verbal assault, Shinji didn't take what Hydra said to harshly. "She's on the bridge with Misato-san and Sanada-san, and of course I'm not going to drug you," he tried to calm the violent girl's mind but she was so agitated he doubted it possible. I've seen Asuka like this with Touji, and the only way it'll end is with a fight. He just hoped she wasn't going to break him. A small part of Shinji did notice that while larger than Misato's, Hydra had a smaller bust compared to Valkyrie.

"Well forgive me if I don't believe you right off the bat, squirt. Why didn't she contact us if she wasn't being held by some jerks like you?" Hydra snapped as a cold draft worked its magic on her body. "And somebody is sick for having the A/C so cold in this place," she hated the irritation that two sensitive points on her body had when rubbed against her clothing. Rubbing her arms, and covering said irritation, "You're saw them didn't you?"

Yup, she's just like Asuka. Shinji suppressed the smile that if it were possible for Hydra to see would have earned him a smack. "I'm in front of you, and I do not have eyes in the back of my head," his tone was a little to jovial for Hydra's taste as he felt a flick to the back of his head that almost sent him tumbling. "Just past that door is the bridge," he pointed at the large metal door and a moment later felt a gust of wind as Hydra took flight and rushed the bridge.

Busting through the door as if it was a Kleenex at a snot party, Hydra's body was covered in orange energy. "Valkyrie I'm here to save you and take you back home!" and to the mountain of men wanting to marry her. After seeing the listings, Hydra wanted nothing more than to get Valkyrie back and in her rightful place. The 'princes' were that only in name not in mind. Most were far older than Valkyrie, some by as much as twenty years. Some, after being researched, were known to have concubines and mistresses on almost all known planets. The other princesses and Hydra didn't like it, but it was fated that one princess had to marry for political reasons, and Valkyrie drew the short straw.

"HY-CHAN!" Valkyrie chirped as she dove at the flaming princess and wrapped her sticky fingers around Hydra's leg. "Maya made me sticky buns!" Valkyrie happily announced needlessly. Anybody looking at the child would have seen the gobs of sticky sugar all over her face and fingers. "Did you want one?"

Picking the girl up by the back of her dress, Hydra pointed at the still smiling princess. "What the hell is this?" Hydra asked incredulously. If Valkyrie's personal maid hadn't been there, Hydra wouldn't have believed the girl was her sister despite the familiarity. "Somebody better start talking before I blow this little tin-shack of yours back to the damn stone ages!"

Running over to the pair, his lungs protesting the sudden expenditure of oxygen, Shinji quickly plucked Valkyrie from Hydra's hands. "There was an accident when she landed and…well things get complicated," he fixed Valkyrie's hair as she tried to cling to his plugsuit with limited success. "But this truly is Valkyrie," he set her down and she skipped back to Sanada and an unwanted wet-nap bath.

Before Sanada or Misato could corroborate Shinji's story, Hydra picked Shinji up by the neck. "Ok, I've had enough of this. You did something to her, and I'm going to fix it, back home," those monsters did something to her sister! Made her a little kid again, and Hydra wasn't going to let them get away with it! "Sanada, come on we're taking my ship and going home, now!" she said as she toss Shinji hard towards the ground.

"Hydra/BITCH!" echoed in the room as both Sanada and Misato reacted to Hydra's words and actions. Misato, if she were armed, would have put a nice red-circle in the middle of the 'my breasts are so big watch them bounce in my flimsy top' girl's head. Sanada was just horrified at the lack of decorum and tact the princess was showing.

Dodging Hydra's lunge, Valkyrie dove to Shinji's laying form. Hearing him groan in pain and rubbing the back of his head, Valkyrie latched onto him. "Val-chan isn't leaving! Val-chan is staying with Shin-chan forever!" she hugged the sitting boy as if her life depended on it. "Go away Hy-chan, and stop hurting Shinji!" she shrieked and hid her face against Shinji's chest.

"The hell is happening here?" Asuka asked as Rei and she walked onto the bridge both changed back into their school attire. Seeing Shinji on the ground with Valkyrie clinging to him like a barnacle, as Misato looked to be about to chew metal and spit nails, she figured something bad happened. "Who is this breast-monster now? Seriously does living in space make your mammaries grow like crazy or something?" Asuka stomped towards the new arrival.

Her fist glowing with power, Hydra stalked closer to Shinji and her 'always one-ups me' sister. "Nothing your puny intellect could understand. I'm taking my sister away from you monsters who brainwashed her!" Hydra lunged towards the shrieking duo only to get stopped short as Asuka's satchel bounced off the back of her head. It was a corner hit too but sent the contents all over the floor! Grabbing at the pain point she whined, "Ouch you bitch! What was that for?"

Already rushing the recovering green haired woman, Asuka leapt feet first at the attacker. "Talk later, fight now!" was her rallying cry as she landed firmly in Hydra's stomach. Her momentum carried her forward and sent her opponent to the ground with a mighty 'omph' as Asuka land with a role. "If you want that kid you'll have to go through me," Asuka didn't know what the hell was going on, but she knew Shinji would sooner die than let harm come to Valkyrie. So her own emotions made her fight to protect that which she cared for.

"You'll be sorry for that!" Hydra rubbed her stomach and rolled to her feet. Summoning up more of her power, she was going to show this little backwater hick what it meant to fight a princess of the royal family. "Trying to act all big and bad in front of you man huh? Guess this planet is female dominated rather than male," sizing up Asuka, Hydra had to admit she was impressed. "Nice material kid, maybe in a few years after you've grown a pair you might have been as beautiful as me!" she launched into a flurry of punches and kicks.

Easily dodging and countering Hydra's attacks, Asuka was proud of her martial arts skills. She hardly got the chance to use them, and this was looking to be a nice work out. "If you're so sure of yourself why not fight without your little powers? Or am I to much for you that you need to cheat?" Asuka aggravated her opponent further. Her attention momentarily diverted as she saw Valkyrie go in to kiss Shinji, Asuka felt her feet knocked out from under her as Hydra went for a leg swipe.

Huffing and yet smiling, Hydra quickly capitalized on her opponent's prone position. Leaping on top of Asuka, legs pressing down on the red-heads chest and one hand to Asuka's throat, Hydra held her right hand ready to strike the winning blow. "Was a nice attempt, but sorry you're done for," Hydra always did love a good fight.

"Hydra please stop!" adult Valkyrie cried out as she rushed towards the two combatants. It was a risk to transform twice in one day, the mysterious nature of the bond she shared with Shinji made her leery of transforming too much. If it drained his soul to change her, or hurt him in anyway she'd never forgive herself. "What they've been saying is true!" she pleaded but it didn't look like Hydra was paying much attention, to lost in the battle.

In a moment of desperation, Asuka felt around the ground near her for something she could use to blind or knock off the crazed woman. Grabbing a piece of paper, unknowingly Hikari's talisman, Asuka slammed it against the woman's head hoping the blow compiled with the sweat would make it stick and blind the woman long enough to get free.

What happened defied logic as the piece of paper magically entered Hydra's body and in a puff of pink smoke a childlike version of the woman sat on Asuka's chest.

"What happened? What did you do to me?! OH MY GOD MY BREASTS! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BREASTS?" Hydra cried in voice much higher pitched due to her sudden bodily regression.

After things calmed down, the adult Valkyrie informed her still mentally adult sister of the events that lead up to current day. Needless to say Hydra wasn't pleased, not at learning Valkyrie couldn't leave earth until this whole soul business was fixed, and that Asuka had no idea what and how her body had been sealed. Hikari was going to have to brush up on that old magic of hers to find that out.

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Authors notes

Yeah it's a play on what happened to Hydra in the show, but since Asuka isn't a mystic…well we all have to use what we can get. This chapter was a bit heavy on the drama and less the comedy so I hope that don't piss ya off…then again if I went for full comedy it wouldn't be that good a read in my mind. Anyway hope you enjoy and for those of you who haven't seen the show, please do even if it is a fanservice romp.

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