Chapter 6: Meetings

A/N: Thank you all very much for even reading this fic. You guys keep me going. I would also like to thank YoungBoch for all of his help.

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

"Speaking in another language or flashback"

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A Week later

The days had gone by slowly. Nothing was happening at NERV, not even any synch tests. It was just one boring day after another, although Kinori had been hanging out with Jason a lot more than she usually did.

In the Fifth child's apartment, there were clothes all over the place, and other assorted garbage too. Even though he was a neat freak like Shinji, he just didn't feel like picking up. His bed was a mess, but there was a huge lump in the middle of it. This lump was starting to stir a bit, rolling over to the side until it fell off the edge, landing with a thud.

"Ugh…" the mass sighed as it stood up, moving toward the bathroom. It just walked into the bathroom when the door to the apartment flew open, revealing Misato in a very happy mood.

"Jason, where are you?" she called as she walked in.

"In the bathroom, so stay out," he called back remembering that day back at the apartment complex.

"Oh... I want you to meet me in the cafeteria. Ok?"

"Okay… but why?"

"I have something to tell you about your Eva."

"Oh," he muttered as Misato exited the apartment. He turned toward the shower and turned on the water. When it was warm enough he stepped in, letting the water run over him.

Meanwhile in Asuka and Shinji's apartment, Misato stood in front of their door. Knowing that yelling would be coming, she knocked on their bedroom door. "Hey you two time to get up." No response. "Come on, open up!" No response again. "Ok, I'm coming in." She walked in to see that Asuka was still lying on Shinji like she was the night before. She also took into account that she was wearing only the bare minimum of clothing to bed: bra and panties. As she walked at the bed she also noticed that Shinji was only in his boxers, which were decorated in little hearts.

As she stood next to the bed she looked for the box that she had left with them, suspecting they may have gone a little too far last night. She spotted it lying on the floor by her feet. When she picked it up she looked inside to see how many were in there. When she finished counting she found that there was one missing. 'No… they didn't… they couldn't have…' she thought as she searched around for the missing contraceptive.

When she found it she almost fainted. It was tied and a white fluid was within it. After the fear passed over, she turned to rage. "Wake up you two!"

Both teens were startled to consciousness. When they looked up to a furious Misato they both freaked and scooted away from her, until they fell on the floor. "W-w-what's wrong M-Misato?" Shinji barley got out.

"You damn well know what! You two went too far last night!" Misato yelled, glaring at the young man.

"Hey, you gave them to us to use. Did you expect us to not use them? We're teenagers; we'll jump at the chance to have sex! You of all people should know that!" Asuka yelled back.

"Yes, I gave them to you to use, but I didn't want you to use them this early," Misato's voice softened as she spoke. "I was hoping you would wait a little before giving yourself to each other."

"Well, then I guess you should look at that again," Asuka pointed to the condom in Misato's hand.

"Why?" She looked at it for a bit before she noticed something about the liquid. "YOU LITTLE ASSHOLES!" By the time Misato yelled Shinji and Asuka were all ready dressed and out of the apartment. Misato looked up to see an empty bed. "Where'd they go? Oh, I'll get them!"

In the cafeteria Jason was waiting on Misato when the other two pilots dashed through. Jason saw the look on their faces and took off after them. It didn't take him long to catch up to them. "What are you guys running from?" he asked as he ran with them. Just to show off, he ran backwards and was STILL able to keep up.

Shinji and Asuka told him about the box they found last night and the prank they pulled on Misato. When they stopped so Jason could finish laughing they noticed that they were in the Eva cages. All three stared at Asuka's Eva, as they watched technicians tear apart the front chest armor and start to install the S2 engine Misato had mentioned a couple weeks ago.

Asuka was horrified by the insides of her Eva. "That's what's on the inside of the Eva's!"

"Yep, you should see the inside of Unit 01. I'd say it's about twice as bad as this." Shinji stated remembering the pictures he received from the battle with the fourteenth angel.

"Well, besides the big red orb I would say it looks a lot like a human, and if I remember right I got a report saying that Evas are basically giant humans right?" he asked looking from Asuka to Shinji.

"Yeah, that's what Ritsuko said before she showed me the dummy plug system," Shinji's voice lost volume when he spoke of the dummy plug system, ending in only a whisper.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories," Jason said looking over to his Eva, feeling like he was being watched. "Hey, do you ever get the feeling that the Evas are watching you?"

"No… wait I'm getting the feeling now though," Asuka said looking at her Eva, getting the feeling that it was in pain.

"Yeah, same here," Shinji added as he looked up from the floor to his Eva.

"What the hell…?" Jason stated as his Eva's eyes flashed.

Unit 01 had done the same thing as Unit 04 at the same time. Both Jason and Shinji were staring at their Evas in surprise when both Eva's eyes came back on and their heads turned to their pilots. Sirens all around went off.

"What's going on?" Jason asked as he turned to Shinji and Asuka who were looking up at Unit 02. Both Unit 04 and Unit 01 turned their heads toward Unit 02 as the technicians backed away. Both Evas broke their bindings sending metal toward Shinji, Asuka, and Jason. Unit 04 stopped the metal and Unit 01 helped Unit 02 accept the S2 engine.

Unit 01 moved the engine closer toward Unit 02's abdomen as muscles shot out from it and surrounded the engine and took it the rest of the way into its body. Unit 01 helped push the engine in as Unit 02 absorbed it. When it was done Unit 01 backed up and went back to its position where its restraints used to be. Unit 04 looked down to the teens and backed away to its original position, leaving them to look upon what had happened to Unit 02.

"Holy shit! What the fuck just happened!" Jason yelled in English as he looked upon Unit 02's newly formed muscle wall. It looked just like a human's, with skin starting to grow on top of it.

"Mine Gott!" Asuka exclaimed as the skin finished growing.

"Holy shit! Wait, why am I the only one who doesn't know another language?" The Eva was done healing and was waiting the return of its armor.

"Why in the world are you worried about that now? The Evas just moved on their own, making my Eva accept the new engine!" Asuka exclaimed as she looked from her Eva to Shinji, who was staring at Unit 01 now. "What?" she asked following his gaze. What she saw amazed her.

Unit 01 was bending over to the teens and looking right back at Shinji. Unit 04 also did the same, except looking at Jason. Asuka hadn't heard either Eva move. She was startled again when she found her Eva staring at her. All three Evas just stared at their pilots from a bit before motioning them to get in.

All the teens did was stand their staring at their respective Evas, but in Jason's case he was drooling a bit. All three Evas motioned one more time with a tad-bit more emphasis, getting the pilots attention. They each moved to their Evas and got in them, not knowing what to expect. When they got in, the Evas straitened up and the souls immediately started to talk to the pilots.

"Shinji, we have a problem. The Evas say that an ancient 'Evil' that's been around since Adam and Lilith is growing in power and is preparing to attack. They also say that we need to get ready for several hard fights." Shinji just sat their trying to absorb what he just heard his mom tell him.

"So you mean the feeling I've been having was real? That we will have to use the Evas to fight again?"

"Yes, Shinji. You will have to fight this 'Evil' like you fought the angels. Except this time we will be prepared for them. Yours and Asuka's experience and Jason's training should be able to get us through this fight easily," Gendo stated calmly.

"Oh yeah, that makes me feel so much better. Come on father, we barely got past the angels. How the hell are we supposed to fight this new 'Evil'?" Shinji asked sarcastically.

"Did you just back talk me? Where the hell did that come from?" Gendo asked with a little bit of anticipation on his voice.

"I guess I've been hanging around Asuka too long," Shinji stated calmly. "Now, do you have anymore info on this new 'Evil'?"

"No, sorry Shinji. That's all we could get from the Eva," Yui replied apologetically.

"Its ok mom, don't worry about it," Shinji stated turning on the comm. to talk to Asuka and Jason.

"Did you guys get the news?"

"Yeah, this new 'Evil's going down. I ain't letting it hurt anybody," Jason stated proudly.

"Yeah, same here. We're going to take this 'Evil' down as soon as it shows its ugly face," Asuka added in.

"Good, now what are we going to do?" Shinji asked, as he heard a very familiar voice come over the comm.

"Shinji, what the fuck are you doing in your Eva! And what the hell happened in there?" Misato yelled at him.

Shinji could see that she was thoroughly pissed at what had happened so he chose his word wisely. "Umm..."

"I think the Evas helped Unit 02 take in the new engine quicker and so they could tell us about some 'Evil' power that is gaining in strength and is about ready to attack us," Jason tried to explain to Misato. She seemed to calm a bit, but was still pissed.

"Ok, do you know anything else?" Jason swore he could see steam coming out of her ears as if she was releasing the anger from her body.

"No, they can't figure out what it is," Asuka answered.

"Well, what ever. We'll take care of it when it comes." Misato's shoulders relaxed and she continued, "Ok, Jason the reason I wanted to meet you in the cafeteria is because I was going to send you out in Unit 04 for the first time today. I wanted to see what you can really do. I'm also going to send out Shinji and once they put Asuka's chest plate back on I'll send her out too. Okay?" Misato was in Vice-commander Mode now.

"Yes ma'am. When are you sending me out?"

"Right now, if that's ok with you," Misato glanced over to Shinji's image in the comm.

"Yeah, that's fine. I was hoping you would send him out soon. I want to see something," Shinji grinned when he finished.

Jason saw this and joined in. "Yeah, this might get interesting." Jason had a grin to match that of Shinji's.

"Alright," Misato turned to the bridge, "Launch Unit 04!" She yelled, still not liking how they were really slow.

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Geofront a couple minutes later

Unit 04 shot up and was deployed for the first time. When the restraints released it, it slouched forward slightly before stepping out and taking a couple of stressed steps out.

"Man, this thing is really tight. I can barley move!" Jason complained as he struggled to move the Eva.

"I don't know what to tell ya. You're synch is about 98.9 so you should be able to move quite easily," Maya said after glancing at the synch monitors.

"Well I don't know but it's tightest around my right arm," Jason started to move the arm slowly and almost painfully until a deep thud could be heard.

"What was that!" Maya yelled after the sound stopped echoing in the bridge.

"I think the shoulder just popped," Jason stated holding is own shoulder.

"What? The Evas shouldn't pop. Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. Watch," Jason brought up the forearm of the right arm and a loud sickening thud could be heard. He then balled the hand into a fist, sending out several pops and cracks. After that he went through the rest of the body, popping and cracking every stiff joint in the Evas body. Everyone in the bridge, along with Shinji and Asuka cringed every time the Eva popped.

When Jason finished, he stretched to see if that was the problem. "Well, I think they need to take a little longer when they make the Evas. This thing was a stiff as a board. You can send up Shinji now."

"O…k… please, never do that again," Maya stated as she finished shivering from all the pops and cracks. "Unit 01 launch," Maya ordered.

Unit 01 shot up and moved out when it was released from its restraints.

"So what are we going to do?" Shinji asked looking at Jason with anticipation.

"I think we should fight," Jason replied calmly.

"Ok, but I warn you, the angels feared me," Shinji stated going into a fighting stance.

"Whatever just bring it," Jason said as if the threat was nothing.

"Alright, but I warned you," Shinji lunged at Jason his fist in the lead.

Expecting this Jason side stepped and came down with an elbow, aiming it for Unit 01's back. When Jason was supposed to collide with the Eva, he noticed it wasn't there anymore. "What the… FUCK!" Jason was off balance only momentarily when Shinji nailed him in the back with spin kick.

Jason slid almost all the way up to the wall, before stopping. When he got up, he held his back like an old man would. "Damn, I really underestimated you. Well, I guess I need to listen more."

"Yeah, good idea," Shinji said as he made Unit 01 run toward Unit 04 again.

Unit 04 side stepped again and ran toward the middle of the Geofront as Shinji did another spin kick, leaving Shinji near the edge.

Unit 04 got into a fighting stance and waited as Unit 01 slowly advanced.

When Unit 01 got up near Unit 04 it circled around like a predator looking at its prey. Unit 04 just watched it as it walked behind it.

As Shinji thought he was out of Jason's sight he came in with a punch meant for his head.

Unit 04 spun around and caught the fist in its hand and held it. Unit 01 brought its other fist but that one was caught too.

The two Evas grappled for a bit until the ground behind Unit 04's feet broke and the Eva started to slide backward slightly. After a bit of pushing Unit 01 forced Unit 04 to its knee, causing Jason to feel the impact.

They continued to grapple until Jason let Shinji come forward. Jason rolled off to the side so Unit 01 wouldn't hit him.

Unit 01 used its momentum to roll forward and both Evas stood up at the same time. As they were about ready to fight again, Asuka spoke up.

"You two better wait for me! I'm not going to be left down here all alone. I'm going to kick Jason's ass too!" The chest plate was just about completely back on Unit 02. Asuka was going to be sent up in a few moments.

Jason hung his head. 'Damn, Shinji kicks ass, and now I have to fight both of them? FUCK!' When he brought his head up, Unit 01 had already closed the gap in-between the Evas. "Shit," was all Jason could say as he took Unit 01's left fist in the gut of his Eva, feeling the full extent of the blow. Unit 04 fell to the ground as Jason held his own stomach inside the Evas plug.

"Oh, that hurt," Eliza stated as Jason started to bring the Eva back up.

"Ok, that was low," Jason muttered as he stood the Eva back up still holding his stomach with his hand.

"What?" Shinji just looked at Jason with an innocent grin.

"Ok, time to take it up a notch," Jason said as he back flipped away from Shinji. When he landed he got into his fighting stance and waited for him to attack.

Unit 01 cocked its head to the side but then lunged forward as it attacked its opponent.

Unit 04 stood their waiting for Unit 01. As it approached Unit 04 ducked and shot across the ground aiming a punch for Unit 01's stomach.

The entire bridge was amazed by what they saw. They knew Shinji was a good fighter in an Eva, but damn, not that good.

"Holy mother of god," Misato muttered as she watched the battle go on.

Unit 01 blocked and went to attack but was surprised as Unit 04 jumped, spun in the air, and came down with a kick right across Unit 01's shoulder, forcing him to the ground.

Jason backed off, giving Shinji enough time to take the blow and stand back up. "Where the hell did you learn to do that?" Shinji asked as he looked at Jason's visual through the comm. holding his shoulder.

"Dude, I trained for two years with NERV in martial arts and katana swordsmanship. What, you didn't think I would learn anything, or something?" Jason asked with a grin as he moved his Eva to stand straight up.

"Well, yeah, but damn. I didn't know they had that extensive of a program for martial arts," Shinji stood Unit 01 up too.

"Actually I beat every instructor they had when I came here. They had to hire a monk from some temple in the mountains up North and I almost killed that bastard monk too." Unit 04's hand clinched into a fist and shook as Jason thought about the monk who trained him, pushing him to the limits almost every time.

"Oh, sorry. Anyway do you want to wait for Asuka or do you want to continue?" Shinji asked looking at Jason's Eva. It had kind of a low glow to it, like the sun was sort of behind it; the light blue eyes reminded Shinji of Rei.

"Let's wait for Asuka. I want to see if she's as good as you," Jason stated with a big grin. "Misato, are you guys alright down there? You look pale," Jason was looking at the visual he brought up of Misato down on the bridge.

"Huh? Oh… um… yeah, I'm fine. I just have never seen you or Shinji fight this way," Misato's voice shook as she talked about the two of them. "Asuka's being sent up right now."

"It's about time. It's my turn now Shinji," Unit 02 stepped out from its restraints and walked toward Unit 04.

"Ok, but Asuka I'll warn you. He knows more than he lets on," Shinji warned her.

"And? If he can't beat you then he definitely can't be me," she stated proudly.

"Oh Asuka, just so you know, I'm not going to hold back just because you're a girl," Jason stated as he cracked his own fingers, before returning them to his controls.

"I won't matter Fifth child," Asuka stated as she dashed forward toward Unit 04.

"Bring it on." Jason got into his fighting stance.

Unit 02 jumped up and attacked with a mid-air kick, but didn't connect with Jason as he rolled out of the way and swiped the ground that Asuka landed on with his leg, tripping Asuka.

Jason backed off as he let Asuka fume about him getting the better of him. He started to play the beat of the song Meaning of Life by Disturbed in his head, as Asuka attacked again.

(A/N: Damn it, I don't own the song or band that was just mentioned.)

Asuka attacked with a punch aimed for Jason's face, which dodged the attack and let Asuka stumble as she went past him, infuriating her even more.

Jason laughed a little until Asuka caught him with an upper cut to his jaw, sending him off the ground and back quite a ways. As he flew through the air, Asuka just had to spout off. "That's what you get for fighting with me." She had a really big smile on.

That smile faded as the Eva that was currently flying through the air jolted its legs and landed on its feet; taking off on a dash right at her after it landed. "Okay, let's see if you can keep it up," Jason said as he threw a punch right at Asuka's face.

Unit 02 blocked and tried to attack with a spin kick, but the attack was dodged and Jason rolled away, jumping up to his feet. Asuka moved quickly to attack at the opponent, but watched as Unit 04 jumped over her and planted its foot on the back of her Eva and pushed off hard, sending her into the ground with a lot of force.

Asuka was pissed. She could tell she was being toyed with. She was going to attack again but Unit 04's hand was up telling her to stop.

"Hey, Misato, can you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"Can you run a music program? The silence in here is getting to me."

"Sure, but what music?" Misato didn't have any for him to use.

"I put my music on the NERV network so I have a backup for it. It's in my shared file under music. If you would be kind enough to play the song Meaning of Life by Disturbed that was placed in that file, I would be grateful."

"Ok, Maya…"

"Already got it. I'll play it using the Winamp player in the file." Maya started up the program.

"Ok, thanks guys." Jason turned back to the fight at hand as the song Meaning of Life of the album The Sickness started to play over the comm.

"Can we continue?" Asuka asked irritability.

"Sure," Jason replied.

Asuka ran at Jason as fast as she could while Jason waited in his fighting stance.

Just before she reached him she jumped up and over him doing a 180 degree spin in the process. When she landed she caught Jason's fists and they grappled for a bit.

Unit 04 was once again pushed back a bit before going down to one knee. He moved away again letting Asuka fall, but she did the same as Shinji and they both stood up at the same time.

"Ok that's enough; I think that we're all about even for now." Shinji cut in using Unit 01 to stop the fight.

"Yeah, for now," Jason and Asuka both mumbled as they moved the Evas toward each other and shook hands.

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Eva Cages couple minutes later

"Hey where did you learn to fight in an Eva like that?" Shinji asked as he caught up to Jason. They were both walking toward their changing room.

"Well, I've already told you of my training and my time in the simulators. All the simulators were really for was to translate my training into commands for the Evas. Those simulators also gave me a pain feedback so I knew how far I could supposedly push the Eva," Jason explained.

"Oh… ok. Cool, but I'm going to have to warn you. When you fight Asuka, you don't hold back. She wasn't getting pissed at you for dodging her attacks but for toying with her."

"You could see it? Ok, I'll fight harder next time. Well… if there's a next time." The two boys entered the changing room.

"Trust me; there'll be a next time." Shinji and Jason both changed out of their dirty clothes and got into some NERV issued uniforms.

"Man, do we have to wear these. The pants are riding up my crotch!" Jason's pants weren't big enough for him.

"Well, mine are hanging down below my ankles," Shinji stated holding up his pants. Both pilots looked at each other and then sighed.

A few minutes later both boys exited the changing room with the right pants on, somehow Misato got them mixed up.

"Well, this has been an interesting day. What do we do now?" Jason asked as they walked toward their apartments.

"Let's get some more comfortable clothes on and then go to the debriefing room so Maya can hear what we have to say about the Evas and the 'Evil' the souls told us about. Maybe she can come up with something." Shinji said as they turned a corner to go to their apartments. Both of them were stopped by a pissed redheaded German girl.

"Ok, tell me right now. Were you holding back?" Asuka asked in her NERV uniform, glaring at Jason. Her uniform was tight on her, showing all of her curves and other things that Shinji instantly picked up on.

Jason held his head low. "Yeah," he whispered, expecting to get his ass kicked.

"Ok, so was I," she sighed. "I didn't want to beat the shit out of you on your first time out," she stated trying to bring up Jason's seemingly low spirits.

"Wait, so you're not pissed at me?" Jason asked bringing his head up with a questioning look.

"Well, not really. Just a little ticked I had to hold back at all," Asuka said with her proud smile.

"Whew, now can we get out of these clothes? They're really restricting," Jason said pulling at the jacket he was wearing.

"Yeah…" Asuka noticed Shinji staring at her and blushed a bit. "Shinji, what are you looking at?"

"Oh… um… uh…" Shinji stuttered as he looked up from Asuka's body to her eyes.

"Looks like Shinji likes what he sees," Jason said smiling and giving Shinji a light slap on the back.

Asuka and Shinji both blushed at the comment. They were thinking about tortures they could use on Jason to get back at him.

"Hey, let's go. Maya probably wants to know what happened with the Evas," Jason stated bringing the other two pilots back to reality.

The three pilots walked down the rest of the hallway and went to their apartments. A couple of minutes later they all came back out in different clothes. Jason was wearing a pair of baggy cargo shorts, a dark blue tee-shirt, and his sword on his back.

Shinji came out in a pair of jeans and a white polo. Asuka had tried but couldn't completely break his habit of wearing those shirts all the time. Asuka appeared in a skirt the ended about mid-thigh and a red tank top.

"Have any ideas on this 'Evil'?" Jason asked as the three of them walked through the hallways of NERV.

"I can only think of one thing, but it's really stupid," Shinji stated holding Asuka's hand as they walked.

"Well, its better than what I got," Asuka said as they turned right at an intersection in the hallway. This one held the briefing room.

"Ok… I was thinking might be… and evil angel or Eva like thing. Maybe Adam's evil son. What's his name?" Since the angels were named angels Shinji decided to see if there might be anything else in the bible that might help them.

"I don't remember, but that is a good idea. You should tell Maya," Jason said as they stopped in-front of the door to the debriefing room.

As the three entered everyone turned to them. Each one had a small scold on their face. "What took you so long?" Misato asked as she watched the three sit down.

"Hey, do you want to smell blood?" They all shook their heads. "Ok then, I didn't either so we all changed," Asuka told everyone.

"Well… ok. I was going to ask you guys what all the Evas told you of this 'Evil'," Maya asked as she opened a laptop, ready to type notes.

"Well, from what my mom told me, this 'Evil' is very old, supposedly from when Adam and Lilith came into existence," Shinji stated trying to remember everything from his conversation with his parents.

"And it's been manipulating people that have to do with the E-project and the angels ever since the beginning," Asuka added.

"Also that it is gaining strength, getting ready to attack soon," Jason finished.

Maya finished typing her notes and turned to the teens. "Is that all?" they nodded. "Ok, now I would like to ask you… What the hell happened in the Eva cages?"

"I think Unit 01 and 04 helped Unit 02 take in the S2 engine faster," Jason replied.

"Yeah, now none of us need umbilical cables," Asuka added happily.

"Ok… did any of the Evas say anything about this when you got in?" Misato asked.

"No, but mama sounded a bit winded when she talked to me. Like she had just finished a long jog or something," Asuka stated looking at the ceiling. 'I hope mama's ok,' she thought.

"Well that's all I wanted to ask you. Oh, and by the way, excellent job out there Jason! You stood up to some of the best fighters I've ever met," Maya congratulated Jason.

"Thanks," Jason muttered as he scratched the back of his head.

The three teens got up and left the room, leaving the adults behind. Soon they all left, leaving behind the commander. "I hope they find out what this 'Evil' is soon," he whispered to himself with a small smirk.

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Dark Spooky Room

"So is the Fifth child ready yet?" asked a huge monolith with 'Sound only' and 'SEELE 05' markings on it.

"Yes, he is ready," replied another one marked 'SEELE 02'.

"Good, now we can start the operation," said 'SEELE 03'.

"Yes, we will send in the agent soon, we just need to wait till he gets in his Eva a few more times," added 'SEELE 04'.

"Agent," the only man in the room, Keal, spoke to someone behind him.

A figure of a girl walked into the room. "Yes, sir?"

"Get ready for the operation, get your partner and wait for my command."

"Yes, sir." the girlish figure walked out. In the room the monoliths disappeared leaving Keal alone.

"Master, I have done what has been instructed," Keal spoke into the air.

"Good, are you sure this will break the Fifth child?" a dark voice emanated back at him.

"Yes, master, she will take care of him, don't worry," Keal responded with an evil smirk.

"Excellent," the voice said as it faded away.

"Now, I all I have left to do is kill Ikari. He will pay for stopping instrumentality," Keal got up and walked out of the room, leaving it dark.

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Misato's apartment

Misato was holding a 'family' meeting in her apartment.

"Ok, two things. One, our house is going to be done is a couple of days," Misato asked, starting the meeting.

"Okay, how far in the country is this going to be?" Jason asked. 'Hope it's not too far. I'm going to be spending a fortune on gas money as it is on Asuka.'

"About 10 kilometers outside of Tokyo 3. It's north from here, and there is also a road going out from Tokyo 3 that goes straight out to the house, making the trip from here to there quick," Misato stated proudly at her planning abilities. Jason nodded.

"What! You're kidding me! Hikari's going to have problems getting out there," Asuka pouted finding Misato's only hole in her plan.

"Yeah, but for Toji," Shinji added.

Jason counted in his head how many seats he was going to need to fit them all. 'Toji, Hikari, Shinji, Asuka, and myself, ok that's five. What happens if I get a girlfriend? I'm going to need a bigger car, but I'm not getting no fucking mini-van," Jason thought.

"I know, I know, but you're just going to have to deal with it. Anything special you want put into your rooms before we move in?" Misato was leaning her chair back.

"Yeah, I want a PC; I'll give you a list of what I want in it, a punching bag, a full sized bed from the States, a stereo system, and two electric guitars; bass and normal. Oh, and I want a desk for my computer too," Jason finished as Misato just stared at him.

"Ok, that's not going to be cheap, but I'll have it arranged. Give the list to Maya, and she'll get it set up for you. Anything for you two," Misato asked as she turned to Shinji and Asuka.

"Yeah, I want a queen sized bed, a night stand, my entire collection of clothes moved from here to there without any damages," Asuka stressed the last part, "and none of Shinji's white polos."

Shinji groaned at the last part. It was another attempt to get him away from his precious shirts. 'What ever I can live without a couple of shirts,' he thought. "I would just like my cello to be moved over to there along with my clothes," Shinji stated blandly.

"Are you sure you want a queen sized, I mean they are quite large," Misato asked.

"Yeah, me and Shinji aren't done growing yet," Asuka stated matter-of-factly.

"Ok, well on to number two," Misato said as she gained a wicked smile, and got up from the table. She walked over to her door and locked it. "Hey Kaji, it's time," Misato spoke into the living room. Kaji walked out and stood in-front of the door like a bouncer in a club.

The three teens were sitting there wondering what was going on, and why Kaji was guarding a locked door.

"Ok, SHINJI and ASUKA you two have some explaining to do," Misato stated putting a lot of emphasis on the two names.

Jason looked at the two curiously as they both sat there bewildered. "What do you mean?" Shinji asked.

Misato continued to smiley wickedly as she spoke. "What were you two doing last night?"

Shinji and Asuka both went stiff as boards. Jason was surprised for a second before adding to Misato's smile with his own, remembering the two of them waking him up with their yell. "Yeah, you two were you doing?"

"What are you asking for! This is none of your business!" Asuka yelled at Jason.

"Aww man… ok," Jason pouted as he got up and exited the apartment, Kaji letting him out after Misato nodded.

When he was outside the door, Misato and the teens started to argue again. "How the hell could you scare me like that?" Misato asked.

"What do ya expect? You pissed us off so we got back at you. Me and Shinji aren't ready for a relationship like that yet, you should know that," Asuka answered.

Shinji was about to speak up but was cut off by Kaji. "You still know better than to pull that big of a prank." Kaji sat down next to Misato as he spoke.

Jason was still in the hall as the Misato's room filled with up with bickering. He just kept walking and went to his apartment.

Inside he went up to a small pile of clothes on the floor and picked up a pair of gym shorts and a tank top. As he was changing he was listening to some of the bickering coming from two apartments away. When he was done he sighed and grabbed his new MP3 player and walked down to NERV's gym.

As he walked back by Misato's place he could hear some German and Japanese curses. "Wow, they're really getting into it," he said just before he walked right into Maya.

Maya had bounced right off of Jason and was falling to the ground as he caught her hand stood her back up. "Why do I always meet you in the hall like that?"

Maya just blushed a bit and walked away. 'Oh my god! I need to watch where I'm going," she thought.

He continued to walk toward the gym, until Kinori walked up and started to talk to him, staring at him the entire time. "What'cha doin'?" she asked.

"Just goin' to the gym for some training," he replied wondering why she was so close.

"Mind if I watch?" she asked as she walked along his side.

"No, go ahead."

"Ok."

When they entered the gym Jason walked up to the punching bag and turned on his MP3 player after putting in his ear buds. He was listening to Session by Linkin Park.

(A/N: Don't own Session or Linkin Park.)

Kinori was fascinated by Jason's strength. The punching bag was hanging from the ceiling and he was knocking it back quite a ways. "Hey Jason, where did you get so strong?" Kinori asked as he knocked it back.

"Huh?" he asked as he turned toward her.

"Jason, watch out!"

To Jason everything slowed down as he turned back around and watched as the bag came back down at him. When it hit him, it felt like Shinji had nailed him in the gut again. He was knocked back right at Kinori and both fell to the ground in a heap of limbs and bodies.

"Are you ok?" Kinori asked as she blushed noticing the position she just got herself out of.

The older teen just laid there not moving. Kinori freaked for a moment before getting under control. She checked his pulse and to see if he was breathing. Noticing that he was fine she sighed and stood up.

While she stood up Jason came to. "Hello!" he said as he rolled over after getting a good view up Kinori's skirt.

"Well hello to you too," she said with a confused look not noticing what just happened.

Jason stood up and looked down at the younger girl blushing slightly. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I was more worried about you," she stated looking over his body to make sure nothing was broken.

"I'm fine. I've been through a lot worse," he stated calmly, as he showed her a scare on his stomach. "This is from a fight I had with a kid in school back in the states."

"What happened?" she asked as she ran her finger over it. It was about two inches long and was about a quarter of an inch thick.

"I was just mindin' my own business when some guy came up and tried to grab me in a head lock. I was told that I grabbed him and threw him over my shoulder, but I can't remember too much after he tried the choke hold. It was a big blur. The next thing I knew after he tried to attack me was there was a knife wound in my stomach and he was laying on the ground unconscious and with a broken jaw."

Kinori just stood their, shocked. She never expected this young man who seemed to be really happy and nice to do anything so violent to anybody else. She had already forgotten about the attack by the assassins.

"What?"

Jason's question brought her out of her thoughts so quickly she said them. "How can you do something like that? You seem to be too nice and caring to do anything like that?" she quickly covered her mouth when she was done.

He just looked back at her in surprise. "Ok… umm…" was all he could say.

"Sorry, I didn't mean anything by that, sorry," she said as she started to cry.

Jason took her into his arms and hugged her. "Hey don't worry about it. I know you didn't mean anything. I'm kind of used to comments like that, actually," he said as he tried to calm her down.

"Really?" she pleaded as she looked up to him with teary eyes. She stared into his blue eyes as if they were as deep as the sea wanting to get closer to him.

"Yeah, so don't worry about it." He paused for a bit. "You ok now?" he asked holding her at arms length by the shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied almost disappointedly. 'I really wanted to kiss him there,' she thought.

"Well I think you need to head back to the bridge. Maya might need you."

"Ok, but are you sure you're ok?" she said as she slowly walked to the door.

"Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about it." He turned back to the punching bag and started to attack it again.

As Kinori left she started down the halls of NERV in no particular direction. She was trying to figure out what just happened. "Why do I feel like this? I really wanted to kiss him back there. It felt so warm to be held by him, but it was a familiar warmness, like when my dad hugged me. Weird." She walked into the bridge and sat down at her terminal and started to type away at the keyboard making herself look like she was working.

Back in the gym Jason was thinking about his past. 'Hey that was the first girl I ever hugged besides Alice. When I hugged Kinori it felt like when I hugged Alice. Strange… Well, that story I told her wasn't completely true…" Jason remembered a fight he had back when he was in his freshman year.

Flashback

Jason was sitting in his normal seat in the back of the classroom. He was done and was sleeping since the rest of the lecture was too boring to listen to.

Roger Nelson, a sophomore who hated Jason for no reason, sat two seats over from Jason and was watching him. He hated how Jason was so good at everything: school, any sport he joined, and he could have almost any girl he wanted if he changed his attitude a bit. With every passing second Roger kept getting more and more angry with Jason, until the bell rang and they all left class.

Jason walked home like he normally did. He had his MP3 player in his ears and was bobbing his head to the music when Roger walked up behind him and grabbed him in a head lock.

Jason immediately flipped Roger over his back and threw him to the ground. Roger was stunned for a second. He didn't know Jason knew how to fight. Jason had decided to keep his training with NERV a secret from everyone.

Roger jumped back up and drew a knife that he had hidden on his left leg and charged at Jason. Roger tried to stab Jason, but he side stepped and dodged the attack. Jason then grabbed the collar of Roger's shirt from behind and pulled him back, taking him off of his feet.

Roger felt like his head was going to come off for a moment until Jason let him fall to the ground. When he got back up he watched as Jason jumped into the air and kicked him square in the chest hard, sending him about ten feet away.

Roger lay their for a second completely winded. He had to tell himself that he had beaten several other people before his body would let him get back up. When he did he threw his knife at Jason so he couldn't dodge it.

Jason was caught off guard and took the knife on the right side of his stomach. The blade didn't go in very far but it was still very painful. He yelled in pain as he ran toward Roger and grabbed him by the throat and lifted him off of the ground.

Jason held him there for a short time before letting him down. Roger tried one last time to attack but Jason hit him with an uppercut so hard that the sound of bones breaking emanated through the air. Jason had shattered Roger's jaw and also knocked him out.

The people who had watched the fight were shocked to say the least. None of them knew that Jason could fight so well. He had knocked out Roger Nelson, the school's best fighter until today. Until he turned no one noticed the knife wound that was bleeding a lot from Jason's side.

Ashley Brigard was the first to come forward, but instead of helping Jason she went to Roger's side, making sure he was still alive. Jason looked at her with disgust laced in all of his features. Ashley was considered one of the school's whores and was also Roger's girlfriend. She despised Jason more than anyone because he declined her offer to have sex with her.

Jason stumbled away from the crowd and walked all the way to the NERV station transport there, which was about 1½ mile away from where the fight was. Blood was dripping from him the entire time he was walking to the transport to NERV.

When he finally reached the instillation he went in and walked about five feet in the door before passing out from blood loss.

End flashback

Jason shivered as he remembered all of the people in that branch of NERV.They were all dead because the damned original Unit 04 took them. When Jason returned to reality he noticed that it was late so he decided to go back to his apartment for the night.

On the way back he was listening to see if he could hear anything from Misato's apartment. As he passed all he was hearing was some giggling and some soft moaning, which he shivered from hearing.

As he passed the other two pilots place he heard them talking about something but couldn't make out what it was. But what he heard next surprised him. He heard sounds from inside his own apartment.

"What the hell? Why is there someone in my apartment?" he asked to no one in particular. When he walked in he noticed that it was completely pitch black inside. As he searched the wall for the switch someone called to him.

"Jason, hey come here," the voice was clearly feminine, "I want to tell you something."

Jason didn't know whether or not to follow the voice or to continue to search the wall. Hoping it wasn't another assassin he followed the voice expecting anything. When he reached the source of the voice he felt around until his hands felt a hand on what he thought was the table.

"Who are you?" he asked holding the hand down on the table.

"What you don't recognize me?" the voice sounded disappointed.

The lights switched on and Jason looked down at the hand and then to the owners face. He scolded himself for not recognizing the Kinori's voice. He looked at her for a moment before sitting down on a chair that he moved behind him. "What are you doing here, and why were the lights off?"

"Ok, sorry but I was just messing with you on the lights. But I came here to tell you something about your Eva," she slightly blushed when she thought about what can be done in the cloak of darkness.

"Oh really? Cool, so what's up?" Jason asked not noticing Kinori's blush.

"Well… Maya wanted me to come here to tell you that we're going to be installing the hyper-drive system in your Eva soon."

"Oh, so you're actually going to do it? Back in the States they decided against it since they didn't need it."

"Yeah, and you'll have to go through training on how to use it again, too," Kinori blushed when she thought of the way he had to train to use it.

"What! Oh man. Not cool. Do I have to get in there naked again?" Jason blushed too. Their were several girls working in this instillation for some reason. He only knew of four guys who worked here: Shinji, Kaji, Commander Fuyutsuki, and himself.

"Yep, but Maya has installed a special shield in your plug so no one can see your… umm… yeah…" Kinori couldn't make herself say it.

"Ok, well that's good, but what about the walk to the plug? Oh, and are the other Evas getting the hyper-drive too?"

"Well you're on your own for the walk to the plug, and the other Evas are all getting hyper-drives too."

"Wait that means Shinji and Asuka will be training the same way, right?"

"Yeppers, but don't be lookin' at Asuka. That would be wrong."

"Trust me I would too scared of her hitting me in the crotch and Shinji beating the shit out of me to do that. If anything Asuka might me making glances at Shinji and him at her." They both laughed for a bit before Kinori stood up.

"Well I got to get going so I'll talk to you later." She started off toward the door.

Jason got up and opened the door for her like a gentleman should. "I'll see you later sis."

Both of them stopped at what he said. They just stared at each other until Kinori walked out and started down the hall.

"Did I just call her sis? Well that would explain why hugging her felt like hugging Alice since I now view her as my big sister."

Kinori was thinking the same thing as she walked down the hall. "Well now I can't chase him as a boyfriend. Damn it. I guess he's my big bro now." She sighed and turned down the hall to her apartment with Maya.

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Misato's place

The argument had only lasted a little longer after Jason left. Asuka just ended up getting fed up with Misato and stormed out, dragging Shinji along.

Misato had left to go out for the night with Maya, so Kaji was the only human there. He was in the TV room flipping through channels with Pen-Pen right next to him. Both were drinking a beer and trying to stay awake.

They kept trying but both ended up losing the battle and fell asleep on the couch. Both started to snore lightly as they continued to sleep.

In Asuka's and Shinji's place they were both having the same problem as Kaji and Pen-Pen. But instead of staying and trying to fight it they decided to go to bed.

Shinji stayed in the TV room as Asuka went into the bed room to change out of her dirty undergarments and other clothes. She put on another set of bra and panties and also slipped on a night gown that hugged her nicely, showing off her curves better than the NERV uniform did.

As Shinji walked in he noticed this and started to undress. This time his boxers were decorated in little peace signs. Both lay down to bed and got into their normal position with Asuka half lying on top of Shinji.

When they were finally comfortable neither could go to sleep. They both just lay their waiting for the nonexistent sleep.

"Shinji…"

"Yes, Asuka?"

"I can't sleep."

"Neither can I…"

Shinji moved his head a little so he could look at his beautiful girlfriend. As he looked down he saw two sapphire orbs looking back at him. The two stared into one another's eyes basking in the warmth the other provided.

Asuka inched forward as Shinji moved toward her, slowly closing the gap in-between their lips. Asuka's lips parted slightly as she closed her eyes and was met by Shinji's lips. Both melted into the kiss and hugged each other closely as they parted their lips and met tongue with tongue.

Shinji ran his hands all over Asuka's back as they passionately showed their love of one another. Asuka noticed as Shinji ran his hands over her back that he would skim over her rear end, 'He doesn't want me to get mad at him,' she giggled in her head.

She grabbed his hand and planted it right on her butt, making Shinji stiffen and blush as so did she, not expecting it to feel that way. She kissed him again and then moved back a bit to look him in the eyes. "Squeeze it," she suggested with a seductive tone.

Shinji did as told and gently squeezed it, not knowing what to feel from this. Asuka felt the same way so she just went back to making out with him.

Shinji was running his hands up and down her sides this time and brushed against her breasts a few times, making her stiffen every time. 'Why doesn't he just do it?' she thought in her head as she was about ready to do the same thing with his hand and she did with her butt.

But just before she grabbed his wrist he stopped kissing her and looked into her eyes. "Can I?" he asked as he placed his right hand on her breast.

Asuka was shocked. 'He just grew another bit of backbone!' she celebrated mentally. She nodded when he asked again. She felt a rush of pleasure and emotions as he started to message her breast. She arched her back a bit as he rubbed over her nipple, letting out a moan as she did so.

Shinji was ecstatic. He never thought Asuka was so sensitive in those areas. He watched as she moaned and called his name quietly from his messages. After a bit he slowed down and stopped. She looked down at him and collapsed on him as if she had done some very extensive workout.

"Where did you learn to do that?" she asked tiredly.

"I don't know, I just did what I do your back," he responded.

"Well, thank you Shinji," she said laying her head on his chest.

"You're welcome Asuka. Good night," he said stroking her hair lightly.

"Good night Shinji. I love you," she purred at his touch.

"I love you too."

Moments later both were asleep, holding each other as they dreamed.

The apartment next to theirs was full of music. Jason was jamming to some Adema and thanking God that the walls here were almost sound proof. He was listening to the last song on his Unstable disc called Needles. He was mouthing the words and was thinking about his fight with Shinji and Asuka.

'They could have both easily beat me. Why did they hold back? I wish they would have actually fought instead of fearing for my safety. Damn it! Shinji could have had me several different times and all Asuka had to do was grab my leg as I jumped over her. Both were worried about me. The first fight we have in the Evas I'm going to show them that I can fight too.' Jason wasn't mad, just disappointed that he wasn't a challenge for his fellow pilots.

The song finished and the music switched over to the disc Believe by Disturbed, playing the first song, Prayer. 'Now this is some good music,' Jason thought as he jammed to the song. "Let me enlighten you… This is the way I pray…" he sang as he noticed something. He got up and turned the music down a bit, and looked over to the corner.

"What are you doing here?" he asked a figure who was in the corner.

"I couldn't sleep," responded the figure in a feminine voice.

"Why did you come here?"

"I don't know I just felt like this place was more comfortable then Maya's place," the figure stepped out to reveal Kinori. She was dressed in a long shirt and some pajamas bottoms.

"Ok, but you know you can't sleep here. I mean what would everyone think?" Jason asked as she walked up and sat down on the bed next to him.

"I don't care what they think. I don't want to do anything, it's just… I feel more secure around you for some reason. It's like when I was around my dad before he died…" Kinori tried to explain before breaking down into tears.

"Oh, I didn't know it was that way. I'm sorry for thinking like a pervert," Jason apologized before hugging her close to comfort her.

"It's ok, don't worry about it. Thank you anyway. Could I sleep here?" she asked as she calmed down some.

"Well… I don't know how Misato or the others will take it but I guess its ok with me. You can sleep on my bed, and I'll sleep on the couch," he said getting up to go into the living room.

"I don't want to be a bother, Jason. I can sleep on the couch," Kinori suggested as she moved out of his bed room.

"No, listen. You're a girl and so you need your beauty sleep. You're going to be getting to bed late as it is, so just sleep on my bed and get a good nights sleep," Jason moved her back into his room. He grabbed one of several blankets off of the bed. "Good night, Kinori," he said as he walked out of the room.

"Jason, wait," Kinori asked as she walked up to the older teen. "Thank you," she said as she hugged him around the waist.

"You're welcome little sis," he said as he hugged her back.

Kinori looked up at him and nodded. "Good night big bro," she said as she walked back to the bed and lay down. She was asleep in a matter of seconds.

Jason just stared at her like she was a helpless child. 'Man, she's just like a little sister to me. Damn. I knew I was right. Well I better get to sleep myself,' Jason thought as he lay down on the couch. "You know, Asuka and Shinji are like my sister and brother too. Man I've only been here about… two weeks and I already feel like I belong here…" he finished as he himself fell asleep.

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Just outside of NERV

"Wow that was fun, Maya. We need to do that again," Misato said as she stumbled to the NERV entrance.

"Yeah, that was fun," Maya hiccupped as she followed in Misato's footsteps, stumbles and all.

The two of them walked to Maya's apartment in NERV and went in.

"Kinori, I'm home," Maya called as she took off her shoes. It took her a moment before she noticed that she didn't get a response. "Kinori? Are you here?"

"I don't think she's here Maya," Misato added dumbly. "I bet she's at Jason's place trying to kiss him," she joked.

"I hope not," Maya was panicking.

The two of them exited Maya's apartment and walked over to Jason's apartment. They heard Jason finish talking as he lay down on the couch and went to sleep.

"Should I go in and check?" Maya asked Misato.

"No, don't worry about it. He just said she was like his little sister, so even if she is in there she'll be just fine. Jason wouldn't pull any moves on a girl anyway. I have the feeling that he's one of those guys like Shinji. Doesn't want to make a move until moved on," Misato explained. She was being really deep for being drunk.

"Ok, I'm still going to check the security camera just to make sure she's there. You should get home Misato, you seem more trashed than me," Maya said looking over at Misato who was leaning against the wall.

"Yeah, ok, I'll see you tomorrow, bye Maya," Misato waved and slowly stumbled back to her apartment, going inside and passing out two feet in the door.

Maya walked back down to her apartment. As she walked in she checked her PC and looked at the security feeds for the hour or so before. She watched Kinori go into Jason's apartment and talk to him for a bit, before breaking down in tears and hugging him. She got up after she watched her go to bed, and fall asleep.

Maya was worried but trusted Jason enough to not pull any stunts that he would regret. After the week she had spent with him here at NERV she found he was not like a lot of guys in the world. He wasn't the one to be perverted or anything like that. He reminded her of a more open Shinji before Third Impact.

Knowing nothing would go wrong she went to bed and slowly fell asleep on her bed, hoping Kinori didn't do anything she would regret.

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A/N: Wow, another long one. I hope you guys like it. What do you think about Kinori becoming Jason's adopted little sister? Jason already feels that everyone around him has become his family. As Maya said he does seem like a more open Shinji before Third Impact. Well, please review. Keep it frosty.