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A/N Thanks for the reviews, im working on ch 5 right now, but it may be a little longer than i would like.
'Thought'
"Words"
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Why Me
Chapter 4
Eva 04
By the time we got back Shinji and Asuka were already home. When we walked through the door Misato gave her usual greeting
"Were home"
"Welcome home"
Shinji and Asuka were already eating dinner, which thanks to Shinji's cooking skill rocked. I put my bags in my room and sat back down to eat. Asuka nailed me with in a few minuets
"So what did you get forth?"
"Well, my school clothes and a few other things, oh I got some stuff for you and Shinji"
Her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree
"You got me something"
"Well kinda" I retreated to the room and came back with the bag that had Shinji's MP3 player and S-DAT tapes in it, in my other hand was a white envelope which I sat in front of Asuka
"I don't know what you like so…"
Her eyes lit up again when she saw what the envelope had in it. She bolted to her room and befor we knew it was out the door saying her and hikari were going to the mall. I just sighed, not even a thank you. Oh well this is Asuka, what did I expect. After she left I sat the bag beside of my chair and sat down. I pulled the S-DAT tapes out and placed them in front of Shinji, causing him to gag
"I've noticed you hold on to that S-DAT all the time but I never saw you change the tape, I didn't know if you had any more so I bought you some"
He stuttered out a thank you, I think he was surprised I actually got him something for no real reason. I then placed the MP3 player in front of him
"And that is so you don't have to risk taking the S-DAT out side"
He just stared at it
"This…is really for me"
"Yeah"
"No…reason"
"Nope, my friends and family come first in my mind, I don't have family so"
I just let it drift off at that. Shinji was happy at least
"So what was wrapped in the paper?"
"Ah my little friend you mean"
I retreated to our shared room and retrieved my new little friend. I carefully unwrapped the katana. Shinji's eyes grew to the size of saucers when I finally unwrapped and unsheathed the blade
"You…bought a sword"
"Yep"
"But isn't that dangerous"
"It's dull, no more dangerous than a butter knife"
He sat staring at the finely crafted blade for a moment; I could tell what he wanted
"Wana hold it"
"Umm…sure"
This got Misato's interest, even seeing Shinji with a sword would be interesting. I handed the weapon to him by its handle as I should. He carefully took the sword into his hands. He looked it over carefully as though it was a work of art, which I tended to think it was. He finally handed it back to me, I immediately sheathed it and Misato went back to her movie and beer. I assembled the display stand and sat it on my dresser behind my computer. I puller out a box from the other bag of stuff and returned to the table. While at the hobby store I decided to buy a master grade Ingram 98 from Patlabor. I had wanted to test myself on one of these for a while and now was the time, I didn't care if it took till the 16th angel, but I would finish it. Shinji just looked at the box and shook his head
"Don't let kensuke see that"
Now naturally I knew who he meant, but I hadn't even heard him mentioned hem so I had to play dumb
"Who"
"Kensuke Aida, he's a friend of mine, he loves stuff like that. The first day I was in school he was playing with a VTOL model and his camcorder"
I just shook my head
"I just want to see how good I am, why not find out if I can build this I've already got that other one so why not try"
Shinji just nodded and continued to open his new MP3 player, until he realized the obvious
"Umm…Sato….I can't use this"
"Why not"
"I don't have a computer"
"Use mine"
"I don't want to be a bother"
"you wont be, I don't get it use it to often anyway, I'll change the password to something only we would get, so as to keep Asuka away"
He just nodded
"Thank you"
"your welcome, don't be so nervous, im not like most people, all I ask in return for my friendship is yours"
he smiled and nodded, exactly what wanted, Shinji becoming confident in himself without becoming cocky was in everyone's best interest after all. And having a friend other than Misato couldn't hurt.
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The next two days passed in a simple boring manner, Shinji and Asuka would leave for school then Misato would leave for work. The first day I just messed around on the internet. The night befor Shinji and I had copied all of the songs from the S-DAT tapes to the MP3 player and he placed the S-DAT beside of my sword as to say "Don't Touch"
The second day, after Misato left, I sat in the living room floor with model parts all around me, I was going to finish this by the time Shinji and Asuka got home if it killed me.
God that took a long time. As it neared completion I searched for its head, only to find Pen-Pen holding it out to me, as if trying to help
"Thanks Pen-Pen"
He gave me a victory "WARK" and went to his fridge. I picked up my newly finished Ingram 98 and went to the kitchen table and sat it down I then vacuumed the floor and threw away any trash I had made.
Just in time, the door opening and the voices of 3 other guys caught my attention. It was Shinji, Toji and Kensuke, the stooges had arrived. They walked into the living room and sat down, being in the kitchen they missed me completely until I walked into the living room, after retrieving my sword 'gota make an impression ya know'
"So Shinji you gona introduce me to them"
Toji and Kensuke's eyes widened at the sight of the sword, I don't think the even saw me at first
"Umm…sure guys this is Sato Koruna, he lives here with us now, Sato this is Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida"
I shook their hands
"Hope the katana didn't throw you two off"
I returned it to its stand and placed the Ingram 98 beside of the 1/100 F91 which also rested on my dresser with the sword and Shinji's S-DAT. I walked back into the living room and sat down. I initially decided to tease Aida a bit
"Kensuke huh, so you're the fan boy Shinji told me to hide my Ingram 98 master grade from"
His eyes widened
"You have an Ingram 98 master grade"
"Yeah, bought it day before yesterday and built it today"
"You built it in a day, oh man it took me a week to build my Gundam MKII master grade you must be a modeling god"
Now here I employed the old memory loss excuse
"Don't really remember, I guess Shinji left out the big news huh"
Toji took this chance to speak
"He really didn't tell us anything"
"I…figured you didn't want me to"
"Nah, if I want you to keep something to your self I'll say 'don't tell any body"
He just nodded; Kensuke pushed his glasses back up
"So why are you living here with Misato, I didn't think Nerv would let someone who wasn't a pilot live here…"
His eyes grew at the prospect
"Unless you are a pilot"
I nodded
"You're pretty quick, Pilot of unit 04"
"Unit 04, but that would mean that there is a Unit 03, oh I hope I'm chosen. How did they pick you?"
"Don't know, I don't have any memories befor a few days ago"
Toji tilted his head a bit
"What do you mean?"
Kensuke was already explaining before I could formulate and explanation
"He means he has amnesia, right"
"Yeah, I was told I was on my way here with my mom when our car crashed, she died and I ended up in a coma for 3 weeks"
I knew my story would spread around school quicker than a lightning bolt to a clock tower. So I knew my first day would be just answering questions.
I went to bed that night thoroughly happy, I had made two more friends, and had already found a friend in certain water foul.
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The next day I was up at dawn for the test with Unit 04. Misato was already up but Shinji and Asuka were still out.
"Everybody else still asleep"
"Yeah, go take a shower and get dressed, while you take a shower I'll get dressed we need to leave in an hour"
"Don't you need to take one?"
"Just got out"
"Alright, I'll be out in 20 min"
I gathered my clothes and headed for the shower. Despite having gone to bed rather late I was awake and again in a good mood. 'Maybe it's the fact that after today I'll be the pilot of Eva 04' I quickly but thoroughly washed myself and stepped out. After I dried off and dressed I headed to the kitchen to find Misato already waiting
"Ready"
"As soon as I get my wallet and shoes"
"Ok hurry up"
I grabbed my wallet off of my dresser where it sat beside of my computer and headed for the door. The previous night I created another user account on my computer for Shinji. Shinji and I decided to use his mothers name as the computers password for his account since he would obviously never forget that.
The trip to Nerv was relatively quiet, neither me nor Misato said a word, it was a comfortable silence though. We arrived at Nerv on time and I made my way to the changing room. Ritsuko was waiting at the door for me.
"Hello Sato, think you need any help with your Plug Suit or can you handle it"
"I can get it, I tell you if I need help tough"
"Good I'll have Maya assist you if you do"
"Thanks"
I went onto the changing room and changed into the plug suit. It actually wasn't a problem this time and I managed to get it on with out help. I clipped the Neural Receptors to my hair and walked out. I followed Ritsuko to the Cages and found a fully completed Unit 04 waiting on me. I instantly got a bad feeling 'has this thing been tested by anyone yet, if not I'm screwed, I have to ask'
"Dr Akagi"
She turned from her clipboard to me
"What is it?"
"Has this thing been tested yet?"
"Well the core alignment has been completed and the entry plug tests were…."
I ignored the rest, an aligned core meant it already ad a soul in it, thank god for that. I slowly climbed the ladder that led to the catwalk beside of the Entry Plug. I climbed into the plug and Dr Akagi closed the hatch. After a few moments the plug began to fill with the orange LCL, I think I should have mentioned im afraid of water; I nearly panicked when the LCL got into my lungs but I calmed down pretty quickly. I sat back in the chair and the retraining clamp closed on my lap to hold my in place. The screens in the plug then came on and the LCL became transparent. The screens then flashed blue, then white, then rainbow colors befor revealing the outside world
"Sato we are now beginning the activation test, so just relax"
As the test began I could feel what the Eva self, my arms and ankles being held in place by the restraints. I sat back and closed my eyes, I concentrated on the Eva as I had unit 01.
'Hi there Eva, look I know you can probably see into my mind so you already know all about me and what is going to happen. All I ask is that you give me a chance to be your pilot, I ask nothing more' after a few moments I felt a gently pressure inside of my head, not painful, but there none the less. Like a small ball of lint in the wind the way it moved around, gently probing my mind. It retreated after a moment apparently satisfied that it knew enough about me to trust me.
"Sato"
I heard Dr Akagi's voice over the com line
"Yeah, what is it"
"The activation test is over you can come out now"
"But I just got in here"
An image of Misato popped up on the screen
"You've been in there for about an hour, and your sync ratio peeked at almost 25 that's enough to move it. 5 more points and you can pilot in combat"
"Cool, I'll be out in a minuet"
Dr Akagi's imaged replaced Misato's
"Were about to disconnect the nerve conventions are you ready, you may feel disoriented for a bit"
I sent a last thought to the Eva 'thank you'
"Yeah I'm ready"
I felt a bit queasy for a second as the screens faded and the plug ejected. The LCL in my lungs evaporated as soon as oxygen began to flow into my lungs again. The transition back to breathing oxygen wasn't too bad. I stepped out onto the catwalk and was met by Misato 'god this stuff does smell and taste like blood'
"So kiddo you ready to get changed and go home"
"Yep"
"Alright then head on to the showers and get that LCL off you and get changed I'll meet you at the locker room afterward alright"
"Got ya"
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I've gota say that was the most enjoyable shower ive ever had. After I got out I dressed and found Misato waiting on me in the hall.
"So how did it go?"
"Well, Unit 04 has an extremely delicate feel to it"
Misato gave me a look that can only be called a cross of WTF and confusion so I decided to elaborate
"The control interface I mean"
She nodded satisfied with that. On the way back we picked up some lunch and the headed home. Pizza was on the menu for lunch, pepperoni and cheese for me and anchovies for Misato and Pen-Pen. Misato and I held a short conversation while we ate after which she headed back to Nerv and I got on the internet.
Asuka and Shinji got home about 2 hours later. After seeing me in the living room Asuka decided to berate me with her superiority
"So forth child what was your score"
"It was just an activation test, the score doesn't matter"
She saw this as a sign that my score had barely registered, factually it had been 25
"Ha so the great forth child got a bad score, im surprised the even let you near an Eva with a score that low"
"What makes you think it was low"
"Because if it wasn't you would be proud of it"
"Oh I am, but im not under the illusion that the activation test score means anything"
"Are you saying im delusional forth child"
I had had enough of her crap, my previously good day had just ended I was on my feet in seconds
"Damn right I am, I've checked the records, and the only thing you've killed in an Eva since you came here is trees"
And thus Mt Asuka erupted, and the yelling started
"That's a lode of crap I've killed the last two angels single handedly, with barely any assistance from this turnip"
Now she was playing dirty dragging Shinji into this, dragging my friends into an argument they don't want to be in only pisses me off more. This was no different
"The victory over the last angel was only because of team work. When you decided to go solo you got creamed. And according to the data had it not been for Shinji's presence in Unit 02 you would still be in the 6th angels gut"
I got a hand across the face for that, but my anger dulled the pain to the point I didn't feel it. Asuka stormed off to her room and slammed the door. It was a full 10 minuets befor I could speak again after I cooled off
"Sorry you had to get dragged into that Shinji"
"Its ok…it was bound to happen I guess"
I helped Shinji with dinner that night, Asuka never came out of her room I guess the fact that I had hit her with nothing but the facts and still managed to knock her down a peg made her even madder. Oh well, that's Asuka for you.
A/N and I'm done with chapter 4 that was fun.
Anyway thanks for the reviews and the readers
Later