Chapter 5: New home

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion.

A/N: Thanks again to those of you who reviewed. Now, they have lost their home, Kaji is back, and Jason's having some mental issues. What's going to happen next? Also thanks goes out to YoungBoch for proofreading and helping me with some scenes in the story. Thanks man.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

"Speaking in another language or flashback"

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Later that Day 5:00 PM

The two adults had finished their 'together time' and were talking with the two younger teens. No one had seen the oldest one after he went into his apartment type quarters. He hadn't come out and the door was locked. This had worried the group, the two teens especially.

"I hope he's ok," Asuka stated as the group talked about Jason.

"I'm sure he is, just give him some time. He killed three men this morning. That could screw with anyone's mind," Kaji stated as he sat down at the table with drinks for everyone.

"Yeah," Misato tossed in…

"Well I hope you guys are right," Shinji stated after putting his cup down, empty.

"Well… What are we going to do now? Our apartment is gone along with all of our stuff," Asuka asked looking at Misato. For some reason she was wearing a big smile.

"You guys know how the apartment was cramped right?" she asked.

"Yeah," Shinji replied.

"Well, I've got plans for NERV to hire a construction company to build us a house that will fit all of us, with room to spare."

Both of the teens mouths dropped as they heard this. "You're kidding. You mean we're going to be living in a real house now?" Asuka asked with glee.

"Yep, and if you guys want I can let you and Shinji share a room, some restrictions apply though."

"What are they?" Shinji asked eyeing Misato.

"You two have to get married," Misato stated plainly.

Both teens fell to the ground as soon as they heard that. Misato and Kaji both busted out laughing so loud that it could be heard down the halls of NERV. Maya had been walking by and heard what Misato was saying, she too had hit the ground like the pilots.

As she was getting up she noticed a door open down the hall a little. She watched as a tall figure walked out of the room and up toward her slowly. She held her breath as the figure walked up to her. It wasn't until she noticed it was just Jason that she released it. Jason looked down at her with his head slightly tipped to one side.

"What are you doing on the floor, taking a nap or something?" Jason asked as he offered his hand to help her up.

"Umm… no... I slipped as I was walking by," Maya lied as she took his hand.

"O… k... whatever." Jason turned to the door. "What could be so funny? They pulled me out of my meditation."

"I don't know, but I think Misato said something about Shinji and Asuka getting married," she said as they both of them walked up to the door.

Inside some knocking could be heard. "I wonder who that could be," Misato said as she stood up from the table and carefully walked around the two pilots who littered the floor.

When she opened the door she saw both Maya and Jason. "Oh, hey you two, come on in." Both Maya and Jason stepped through the door, following Misato into the kitchen.

"Why in the world are these two on the floor?" Jason asked as he pointed to the other two pilots.

"Oh… uh, can you help me get them up?" Kaji asked as he moved over to Asuka.

"Sure," Jason replied as he picked up Shinji and slung him over his shoulder. Kaji carried Asuka into the living room with Jason not too far behind. They laid both of them on the couch together and made it look like they had been sleeping together. Both of the guys laughed a little at the position they put them in.

Shinji was lying on his back while Asuka was on top of him. She had her head lying in the crook of his neck like she was giving him a hikey. Shinji had his right hand laying on Asuka's rear end, while Asuka's left hand was on Shinji's face.

They both turned and walked back out into the kitchen where Maya and Misato were talking.

"What did you say to make those two pass out like that?" Jason asked as he sat down.

"Oh, I just told them if they wanted to share a room in our new house they would have to get married," Misato and Kaji both chuckled at the joke.

"That was a joke, right?" Misato nodded. "Ok, so… we're getting a new place, huh? What's it like?" Jason inquired.

"Actually, it's not even made yet. I having NERV set up some contractors to do the job." Misato got up and walked into the bed room. She came back out carrying some papers that were rolled up like maps. "Here's what the inside will be like." She handed Jason the blue prints. He unrolled them, and looked at them trying to find his room.

He first looked at the basement. 'Ok, Misato's room is on the basement level, looks like there's also a bathroom and the laundry room down there too. Hey, wait a minute. Why does Misato's room have twelve inch thick walls? On second thought, I don't want to know. Ok, next floor.' Jason put the paper with the basement plans on the table and looked at the first floor rooms.

'Shinji's and Asuka's room is on the first floor? Ok… There's the kitchen and another bathroom. Hmm… ok. There's the living room; whoa, that's big. There's also a den and a closet in their room. I'm guessing the closet is that big so it can withstand Asuka's collection of clothes. Oh shit… All her clothes are gone. Oh man… that means I got to help Shinji shop for Asuka again. Damn it… Well, fuck… that means my MP3 player is gone too. Most of the music on there is really hard to come by, too.' Jason put the blue paper on the floor and looked at the last page.

'Ok, one last floor. There's my room. Nice size and it's got a closet too, cool. Why is there another bed room, and why is it labeled agent?' Jason looked up to the adults at the table who were watching him. "Why is there two bed rooms on the second floor and why is one labeled 'agent'? There's more than enough for all of us."

Misato was caught off guard by the question. "Umm… uh… shit. Can you keep a secret?" she leaned in as she asked this. Jason nodded. "Ok, has Shinji or Asuka told you about how he got through Section 2 and got mugged?" Jason nodded again. "Well, Asuka got really pissed and asked if I could get an agent to stay with us all the time. Well, that room is for her... What?" Jason just looked shocked.

"It's a girl! I figured you would just have one of those guys in black suits take care of it," Jason replied almost yelling.

"Shhhh… I don't want Asuka or Shinji to know yet. Anyway, she's going to be arriving about a week or so before school. Right, Maya?"

"Yeah, she'll be here the week before school. She's finishing up recon training right now."

"Oh… alright… Well, as long as she's nice, I don't care." Jason started to look at the blue prints again. "Well the house seems quite big. Just answer one question." 'I really don't want to know, but curiosity killed the cat.'

"What?"

"Why in the world are the walls around your room twelve inches thick?" Jason asked.

"Well… Are you sure you want to know?" Misato gained a small grin.

"Nope, not now. Just forget I asked that question." Jason shook his head. He snickered a bit before continuing, "Hey maybe you should make Asuka's and Shinji's room's walls that thick too. I don't want to hear anything, when they start to do things. I'm lucky I started meditating when I woke up or I would have gotten sick from hearing you two," he pointed at Kaji and Misato, "have your 'together time.'"

Misato just grinned when he was done. "So that's why you were in your room for so long. We were all worried you were having some issues killing those three men."

Jason looked down. "I did have some problems, but with the NERV training I had it really didn't affect me much."

"Alright… well it was either them or us and personally I didn't want to die," Kaji said in his cool, calm voice.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. That's how I got over it." Jason looked back up with an emotionless face. "Anyway, back to the house. Where is it going to be?"

"What do you think about the country side?" Misato suggested.

"Hmm… Cool, but I'll have to get a car," Jason replied.

Misato looked at Jason with inquiry, "You have your license?"

"Yeah, wasn't that in my report? I got it back in the states. All I have to do is to get it transferred over to here." Jason pulled out his wallet, got out his license and handed it to Misato.

She looked at it wondering what it said; she still couldn't read English. "Well… At least your picture is good."

"Here let me look at it," Kaji asked as Misato handed it to him. "Well… damn."

Jason was about to burst from laughter as the two adults tried to figure out what his license said.

"Well… I need to go. I got to get back to Central Dogma. Bye," Maya said as she got up.

"See ya…" Jason replied. He looked over at the other adults. Both of them were too focused on the card to worry about Maya. "I'll talk to you later Maya. I think they'll be fine."

"Ok, bye." Maya got up and walked out of the apartment.

"Here," Jason took back the card and put it back in his wallet.

"Well I think we should wake those two up," Kaji stated as some rustling sound emanated from the living room couch.

"Ugh… oh… hello…" Asuka said as she woke up on top of Shinji on the couch.

"Uh… hello… Asuka…" Shinji blushed a little as they stared at each other.

"Sleep well," Kaji asked as he walked into the living room sitting down on a chair not too far away from the couch.

"Umm…" was all either could say until Jason plopped down on the back of the couch.

"What the…" Shinji looked up to see Jason smiling down on him. "Oh, hey Jason, you seem better." Asuka rolled off of Shinji onto the floor and looked up to Jason.

"Yeah… I just had to do some meditating. No worries though." Jason dropped off the back of the couch and walked around the couch.

"Oh, ok. So… how long have we been out?" Asuka asked as she sat next to Shinji on the couch.

"Not too long. I walked in not long after you passed out, and I've been here for about… what ten, fifteen minutes maybe," Jason said looking to Kaji.

"Yeah, I'd say that's about right."

Just then Misato came in sobbing.

"What's wrong Misato?" Asuka asked as everyone turned to look at Misato.

"I… just remembered… that… Pen-Pen… was in… the apartment…" she sobbed as she sat down on the floor. She started to wail as everyone gathered around her.

"Poor Pen-Pen…" Shinji said as his eyes filled with tears.

"Yeah, I was starting to get attached to the little feather head…" Asuka almost sobbed.

"Same here…" Jason added. Misato punched the ground in anger.

"Damn it!" everyone backed off a little as she let out her anger. She sobbed into her now swollen hand freely. No one really knew what to do, what COULD they do? It's not like Kaji would be able to simply go out and grab another penguin and give it to her. Misato had lived with that penguin for years; she's bonded with it more than Shinji and Asuka.

"Are… you going to be okay?" Misato shot up at Shinji's comment.

"Just…" then the phone rang. No body made a move to pick it up, Misato even stopped mid-sentence.

"WARK! WARK!" was heard from the answering machine.

"PEN-PEN!" Misato lunged for the phone hoping to catch before the answering machine turned off. She yanked it up just to hear her penguin buddy hang up. She immediately hung up and dialed Central Dogma. "Hey I need you to trace that call that just came to my room… Ok… Alright, thanks…" Misato took off for the door and ran out of the apartment faster than anyone could follow. She was already gone before anyone reached the door.

"Aww shit," Kaji stated as he looked down the empty hall.

"Great, well… at least Pen-Pen is alive," Jason stated as everyone walked back into the apartment and sat down in the living room, cheering up quite a bit.

"Yeah, now all we have to do is wait." Asuka plopped down on the couch while Shinji sat in front of her on the floor.

A few minutes later a small sound could be heard from down the halls. As it came closer Kaji, who was the closest to the door, could hear a 'wark' a mist the sounds. "Guys, I think Misato is back."

Just as he finished talking the door swung wide open, showing an excited Misato holding a ragged black object.

"I'm back! And I got Pen-Pen," she smiled triumphantly at this, much more happy than earlier.

"Cool, but where is he?" Jason asked looking around Misato, then at her in horror. "Don't tell me that mass of black in your arms is him."

"What do you mean?" Misato looked at the mass in her arms. "Oh no, Pen-Pen, are you ok?" She put the bird down, and he stumbled around for a bit, before running to the nearest trash can.

"Poor Pen-Pen," Shinji muttered under his breath, so Misato didn't hear him, but he failed.

"What did you say Shinji?" Misato stated with an evil eye on him.

"Umm… nothing Misato," Shinji stuttered as Misato advanced.

Before she could attack Pen-Pen walked up to Shinji and warked. "Hey when are you making dinner? I'm just tossed what I had into the trash."

"Hey, Shinji, I think he's hungry," Jason stated looking at how thin the once plump penguin was. He noticed Misato stocking up on Shinji and tried to help. "Misato leave him alone, he needs to make Pen-Pen a welcome home meal."

Misato looked up with a disappointed look and sighed, "Ok."

Shinji got up and walked to the kitchen, with a small avian companion following close behind.

"So what is our new house going to be like?" Asuka asked from nowhere.

"Well it will have two stories, and it might be out in the country," Misato said after sitting down with Kaji on the couch.

"In the country? No way! I don't want to be no farm girl!"

"Hey, don't worry. I'm getting a car, if Misato's ok with it," Jason stated looking over to Misato.

"You can drive! Why have you waited so long to get a car?" Asuka was almost yelling at him.

Shinji had looked into the living room, wondering if he had heard wrong about Jason getting a car.

"I didn't have a reason to. We could just walk to where ever since we lived in town."

"Well, I'm ok with the country then, as long as you give me rides to town," she said looking over at Jason with a small grin.

'Oh shit. What have I done? I'm going to go poor in a matter of days just on gas money!' Jason thought as he gave Asuka a surprised look.

Shinji looked over to Jason with the same look. He was thinking the same thing about Jason. He knew Asuka would ask for rides every other hour.

"Well… umm…. I have to get my license transferred over to Japan first," Jason said scratching the back of his head.

"Well have it done fast," Asuka said with a 'humph.'

"Hey Shinji, how's supper coming?" Kaji tossed over to Shinji, who was standing in the doorway.

"Oh! One minute…" Shinji disappeared into the kitchen to see Pen-Pen on the counter stirring the soup he was making.

"What are you doing?" Shinji asked his feathered friend.

"What's it look like I'm doing? I'm keeping your ass from being blamed on a bad dinner," Pen-Pen warked with his head cocked to the side.

"Is it still good?" Shinji walked up to the soup to see that it was just right. "Thanks Pen-Pen."

"Your welcome, Shinji." With that warked he jumped down off the counter and waddled back into the living room.

When Pen-Pen got into the living room he felt himself become weightless as Misato picked him off the ground. "I'm going to get attention, yay!"

"So how are you doing, my lover bird?" Misato hugged him tight before noticing his size. "Hey Pen, what have you been doing? You're skinnier than a toothpick."

"Well, let's see. After the man showed up at our place and set the bomb, I followed him out. I didn't want to be fried penguin. So after we got outside I tried to find this place." Pen-Pen moved his wings to motion to the room around him. "After a lot of walking I decided to contact you by the number you kept telling me when you first got the job. Why you told me this, I have no idea. When a lady picked up I tried to tell them that I wanted to talk to you, before I realized that she couldn't understand warkenese. Somehow she knew I was yours so she patched me through to you. I guess you came and picked me up after that. I guess I lost a few pounds."

Everyone just stared at Pen-Pen as he warked up a storm. Not understanding a wark of it, they just watched him, wondering what he could be possibly saying.

Pen-Pen realized this and crossed his wings and narrowed his eyes. "I just wasted all that time." Pen-Pen shook his head as he lay down in Misato's lap.

"Do you know what he said?" Asuka asked Misato.

"Nope, not a wark of it," Misato shook her head and started to rub his belly.

"Well… ok. Hey Shinji, is dinner done?" she threw at her boyfriend.

"Yeah, come on out and dig in," he called into the living room.

"Alright," Jason exclaimed.

Everyone walked into the kitchen to meet with the heavenly scent of red pepper soup. As they sat down they looked at the soup with anticipation. Shinji handed Misato, Asuka, and Kaji chop sticks and he handed Jason a spoon.

"Thanks, man," Jason said as he took the spoon and started to devour his meal.

Everyone else joined in as Shinji sat down with his own sticks and tasted his soup. "So… how is it?"

"Excellent man," Jason gave him a thumbs up.

"Just like always, my Shinji makes excellent dishes," Asuka chimed in.

"Hey! I was going to say that," Misato pouted.

"Well I beat you to it."

As the two girls bickered Kaji leaned of to Shinji, "Great job. This is some of the best stuff I've ever tasted. Definitely better than Misato's cooking."

Shinji just blushed at the comment. When he felt a tug on his pants he looked down at Pen-Pen.

"Nice, some of the best human food I've tasted, could use some fish though." Pen-Pen warked while he nodded.

The girls calmed down and returned to their meals while Jason and Kaji finished theirs. Jason got up and walked over to the fridge. "Hey, you guys want anything to drink?"

"Ea oss me a eer," Misato said as she stuffed her face with food.

"Sorry Misato but there's no beer," Jason said as he turned to look at everyone. "All they have is pop, tea, juice, and flavored water."

Misato was wide eyed as she thought of a night without beer. "You got to be kidding me," she said spitting out some food.

"Nope, there is no beer in here. Hey wait a minute. What's this?" Jason pulled out a bottle filled with a blue liquid and had a lightning bolt on the label.

"Holy shit!" Misato jumped up and grabbed the bottle from Jason. "Hey Kaji, remember screwing around with this stuff?" She handed the bottle to Kaji.

"Oh yeah, this stuff is good," Kaji opened it and took a whiff of it.

"What is it?" Jason asked.

"It's Blue Lightning," Kaji said coolly.

"Oh, I heard of that stuff back in the states, every once in a while Jack and Alice would have some."

"Ok, can you get me a pop Jason?" Asuka interrupted.

"Ight, here you go." He tossed the pop to Asuka. "What do you want Shinji?"

"I'll have some tea."

"Ok, coming right up." Jason walked over to the cupboard and got out a cup and poured a cup for Shinji who had just finished his soup. "Here you go."

"Thanks."

"So when are you going to set up this plan to build this new house Misato?" Jason asked as he sat back down with his own drink in hand.

"All I got to is call the Commander about it. It should only take about a week or two to get it done. I'm having them use some NERV tech to do the job." Misato explained.

"Ok, so that means Jason has to get his license changed over and get a car before then," Asuka stated with a small grin.

"Yeah, I know. But I'm not going any where with you without Shinji along, got it?" Jason looked over to Shinji.

"Yeah, I wouldn't have it any other way," Asuka said as she grabbed Shinji's hand.

"Good now that that's taken care of, we can worry about where to put the house. Shinji are you ok with it being in the country?" Misato asked.

"I'm fine with it. I wouldn't mind getting away from the city lights and sounds," Shinji stated, still holding Asuka's hand.

"Alright then it's final. The house will be in the country," Misato stated triumphantly as she got up and went into the living room.

Kaji followed her in leaving the teens alone in the kitchen.

"So, what do we do now? It's only 6:29," Shinji asked looking over to Jason. Not noticing the smile that instantly jumped onto Asuka's face.

"I have an idea, but I don't know if we'll be able to use it," Jason said as he glanced from Shinji to Asuka.

"Why?" Shinji turned to Asuka and got his answer. "Why did I even ask?" Shinji hung his head low in defeat before the fight even started.

'Great! Another trip to the mall with Asuka. I hope Hikari isn't there,' Jason thought with his head lying on the table remembering the high healed shoes quite well.

"Misato, can you give us a ride into town?" Shinji called into the living room.

"Yeah, sure. Why?" Misato said as she walked back into the kitchen. "Oh… ok then." She had seen the two boys looking gloomy and Asuka smiling while clamped to Shinji's arm.

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Couple of Hours Later

Two piles of bags walked into Shinji's and Asuka's apartment, with a young girl following behind them with a really big smile. The two piles fell apart as two young men appeared from within them.

"Damn Asuka, did you have to buy so much?" Jason asked with a hint of irritation.

"Yeah I did. All my stuff was blown up back at the old apartment," Asuka replied irritably.

"Yeah, I know. So was mine. But look, I only have three bags," Jason held up his bags and swung them in front of Asuka. Shinji was just sitting off to the side waiting for the impending explosion.

Asuka's face turned red, before Jason noticed his mistake. "Oh… shit…."

"I'M A GIRL! I SHOP MORE! I NEED MORE CLOTHES! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!"

Shinji just sat there shaking his head. "Asuka relax, please. Jason's still new to girl shopping."

Asuka glared at her boyfriend for a minute before sighing. "Whatever, just try to remember next time, ok?" She asked turning to a quivering Jason.

"S-s-sure…"

Jason stood back up and picked up several of the bags again going back to his normal mood. Shinji picked up the rest and guided the other male pilot to their room.

After they placed the bags in the room they walked back out into the living room to see Asuka staring at the colorful screen of the TV.

"Hey sorry, but I got to get to bed guys. I'll see you tomorrow," Jason stated as he started to walk to the door carrying his three bags.

"Ok, good night Jason," Shinji said as he sat down with Asuka.

"Guten Nacht, Jason."

"Night guys," Jason walked out of the room and entered his own. He laid the bags on the table and pulled out a laptop, some CDs and a new MP3 player.

"Ok, time to remake my collection; how about Adema first." He put the CD Adema into the CD drive of the laptop and started to copy the songs onto it. He did the same with the rest of the CDs he bought. "Ok, half my collection is restored. Now I need to find the rest of Sevendust, Disturbed, and I got to find what I had of Linkin Park. Well… I can do that tomorrow. Time for bed." He walked over to his bed and lay down, falling asleep almost instantly.

Back in Asuka and Shinji's room, the two were laying on their couch trying to find something to watch on the colorful box. After a couple minutes of failing, they gave up.

"Let's just go to bed," Shinji stated plainly.

"Ok." The two of them got up and went into their room. Shinji walked back out blushing when he started to watch Asuka changing.

"You can come back in now," Asuka tossed out into the living room as Shinji peaked in. He stepped in and just took off his shirt and pants, leaving only boxers.

"You're sleeping like that?" Asuka asked as he got into their bed.

"What? Ok, I'll put on some sweat pants," Shinji said with his head held low.

"NO! I mean… no. It's ok, just a small shock. That's all." Asuka walked up to the bed noticing a box sitting on her nightstand. "What's this?" She picked it up and read a small note on it. She dropped the box and turned white as a ghost.

"What's wrong?" Shinji grabbed the box and ended up doing the same as Asuka after reading the note.

Now that you two are not only sleeping together, but actually sharing an apartment without me in it, I want you to have these in there with you. I'm not saying that I don't trust you, but I'm just trying to prevent a possible problem between you two. I know how close you are to each other, and I know exactly how fast things can elevate, so I hope you make the right decision if you do have sex.

Lying on the floor were two small square packages where the box had fallen. The two teens on the bed were now both red faced as they looked at the box and then each other.

In Misato's apartment Misato and Kaji were counting down seconds.

"3… 2… 1…" Misato counted.

"MISATO!" could be heard from the apartment next to theirs, as both Shinji and Asuka screamed.

Both of the adults turned toward each other with big smiles and went to sleep.

Back in the two teens apartment they sat there letting the rest of the anger leave their bodies.

"Well, if she's going to screw with us, we're going to screw with her. Here…" Asuka grabbed a package and opened it. She unrolled the condom and tossed it to Shinji. "Spit a loge into it."

Shinji looked at her confused for a second before getting the prank, and joining her with a big smile. "Ok…" He did as told and Asuka took it, tied it and tossed it on the floor not too far from the bed.

"Good, now let's go to sleep," Asuka lay back down next to Shinji and tossed her left leg and arm over him, getting very comfortable.

"Good night Asuka," Shinji said as he kissed her forehead.

"Good night my Shinji," Asuka replied as she looked up and gave him a small peck on the lips.

Both teens were asleep in a matter of moments, resting easy until the next day.

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Eva Cages

Maya was standing in front of Unit 04 wondering about its weird activation, just the day before.

"What is different about you that you wouldn't suck up Jason?" she thought out loud.

The eyes of the Eva flashed briefly as Maya turned to walk away.

Inside the Eva, Eliza was thinking the same thing. "Why didn't you suck him up?" she asked to small essence of the Eva.

"He is one of the chosen ones," replied a flat monotone voice.

On a plain white field inside the Eva's essence the woman from Jason's dream appeared as did a smaller version of Unit 04.

"What chosen ones?"

"The ones chosen to merge their souls with the Evas," the mouth of the Eva did not move as it talked to her, all the Eva did was stare at her with its sky blue eyes.

"You mean they will become one with the Evas soon!"

"No, once they activate, in human terms, an Eva their soul is merged with it; allowing them to fight the evil that approaches."

"Oh… ok. So what is this evil?"

"I do not know. I just know that an evil presence is building in strength."

"Ok, I'm going to have to warn Jason of this new evil."

"This evil is not new. It has been around since before the Evangelion Test type, controlling and manipulating people who have anything to do with the E-Project, or the angels."

"So you're telling me that this evil force has been manipulating things since the beginning? Was it around during the Second Impact?"

"Yes, and before that. This evil has been on this world since Adam and Lilith first came into existence."

"You're kidding."

"I'm sorry, but I do not kid, as you humans put it. All I can sense is that this evil is very old."

"Hmm…"

"I am sorry, but I must go. I do not have much power to communicate with you. Farewell."

"Bye," the small Unit 04 vanished, leaving only Eliza in the white plain.

"Hmm… what could this evil be? Oh, well I have plenty of time to think about it," the woman's image disappeared leaving the plain white field empty.

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A/N: So how was it? New evil, new house, new car, new stuff, well at least nothing getting old. Please review. Keep it frosty.