Chapter 9: Confrontations
A/N: Ok, to all the people out there who flame people. I've read horrid stories and I've read down right shitting fics. But I have never flamed anyone. Constructive criticism is the best tool out there. I don't care if you hated the damn story. Don't fucking flame the guy or chick. Its bull shit. If you gotta flame someone you're showing that you can't right a damn good thing. I haven't seen one good author out there flame another author. Listen to the golden rule, do unto others as you want done unto you. Also, didn't your mommy or who ever raised you tell you "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?" And to that anon gorian, fuck you! (And that's probably the only one you'll ever get.) I specifically said in my first chap that it set the setting for the story. It doesn't even really have any major impact on the story. Ok now with that out of my system, on with the chap. Oh, and big thanks goes out to my proof reader, YoungBoch. He really helped out with this chap. (If you can't tell, flamers really piss me off.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion. I don't super soaker either, or the golden rule.
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
"Speaking in another language or flashback"
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6:00 a.m. Morning
Throughout the night the house had been calm. Still, as a young teenage girl glided down the hallway toward the kitchen, everything still seemed peaceful. The only thing that disturbed the house was the slight slap of her feet meeting with the linoleum flooring in the kitchen as she walked toward the table.
As she lightly sat down on a seat at the table, she started a train of thought that got derailed the day before when she went to find her boyfriend.
'Why?' she asked herself again and again, trying to figure it out. But unknown to her, the one in question had been awake when she left her room. He gave her the amount of time to use the bathroom, thinking that's where she went, before following her out into the hallway.
'Wonder what's taking her,' he thought as he walked slowly toward the bathroom. As he passed the kitchen door he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to a figure. He was a little surprised to find the person he was looking for at the table with a look of deep thought on her face.
"What are you doing up?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen, startling the girl in question.
"Damn! Don't sneak up on me like that!" she yelled, "I didn't know you were awake," she continued as she watched him sit down next to her at the table.
"Why are you out here in the kitchen?" he questioned, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"I was just thinking about something…" she casually explained as she looked out the sliding doors toward the lake. "Can we go sit out there? I want to talk to you about something…"
"Sure, let me go grab a blanket," he replied as he stood up and walked back toward their room.
The girl walked up to the doors and opened them, letting the cool air run over her body, draped in a loose fitting big white t-shirt, and underwear. Her fiery mid-back length red hair flowed gently with the breeze as the young male walked back into the kitchen.
What he saw before him was amazing. The low sunrise gave the perfect amount of light for her features and made her hair glow. To him, and several other guys who are probably reading this story, she looked like a goddess, beautiful in every detail.
He stood there and gazed at her for a moment before she turned to him, giving him a puzzled look when she noticed he was just standing there. He quickly came back to reality and walked up to her, stepping out the door, following her out toward the lake.
Near the edge of the water the young male laid out the blanket so the two could lie down. As it floated down to the ground the young woman looked out over the lake wondering how she should ask him her question.
The young man looked up to her from the blanket after he lay down. "What are you lookin' at?" he asked tilting his head to one side.
"Nothing…" she sighed as she lay down next to him. Scooting up and snuggling in the young man's body heat.
"Are you comfortable?" he asked when she laid still. She didn't answer as her thoughts began to drift to what she was thinking about earlier, "Asuka? Hey, what's wrong?" her boyfriend asked as she stared out into the sky. She still didn't reply as he leaned over her with a concerned look. "Asuka…? Hello? Earth to Asuka," he said waving his hand in front of her face.
"Huh… oh sorry," she stuttered looking into his eyes, "Why?"
"Why what?" he asked looking at her quizzically.
"Why do you stay with me? I'm still a bitch to you," she replied a saddened expression finding its way to her face.
"Is this what this is about? Asuka, listen," he chuckled a bit before continuing, "I stay with you for five reasons. One; I love you. Two; I don't feel alone around you. Three; I feel comfortable around you. Four; you gave me and still give me strength, and five – the most important one – you returned all the feelings that I gave to you," he finished with a caring smile on his face, slowly stroking her hair as he looking down at her.
Asuka looked into his eyes for a bit processing what he had just said to her, it did sound like he had this thought out though, "Thank you, Shinji," she whispered as she pulled him in close and hugged him lovingly, tears slowly finding their way down her cheeks as she quietly cried from joy. Shinji returned the hug with as much passion as he could as they laid there. The redhead pulled away a bit, still holding him, and looked into his eyes. "I love you Shinji Ikari," she said as the final tears slowly made their way down her face.
The brown haired boy looked right back into her eyes, "I love you, Asuka Langley Souryu," he stated laying her down next to him so they could both look out over the lake. After a bit the two, were lying together slightly snoring away as the sun slowly rose over them.
Back in the house a loud yawn could be heard from the basement as one Kaji Ryoji walked up the steps into the kitchen. He slowly walked over to the fridge in his boxers figuring to get him some breakfast. Once in front of his target he slowly opened the door to said fridge and extracted the milk. After a few more extractions from the surrounding cupboards he was sitting at the table with a bowl of cereal eating it but not paying attention to anything around him.
Because of this lack of notice a small black bird snuck up on him and pecked him in the leg.
The agent jumped only a little… but just enough the fling the spoon of cereal and milk in front of his face onto said face. Kaji slowly turned his head toward his little avian companion looking at him emotionlessly.
"Oh shit…" he warked quietly as he slowly backed away from the agent. Kaji watched as the penguin slowly made his way back to his ice room back on the basement floor.
When the black bird was gone, Kaji slowly stood up and walked over to the sink to clean his face. As he was doing so he looked out the window to see the two teens sleeping near the lakes edge. He smiled at them; they had been through more than anyone in a normal life time would go through. He was glad that they could finally find peace in this world after the hell they had been put through.
When he was done washing his face he went back over to the table to his cereal. 'Now why can't Misato be like that? You know, the sex is good but once in a while a guy just wants to relax…' he thought as he finished his breakfast. He placed the bowl in the sink and strode into the living room turning on the TV. He didn't mind all the anime that came on Saturday mornings.
In Frost's icy pad, the male in the room was just waking up. As he slowly regained consciousness he noticed the weight on top of him, and when his eyes finally opened all he could see was a black mass in front of him. After a moment of confusion the memories of the previous night came back to him. 'Oh man… I hope no one comes in while she's still on me,' he thought as he gently moved himself so he could get a better look of the young girl on top of him. 'I wonder what happened last night… she was really freaked. I guess I better wake her up,' he continued as he nudged her shoulder.
"Hey, wake up," he called quietly as he nudged her again. All this did was made her hug him even tighter. "Ok, come on Kinori, wake up," he said a little louder as he nudged her a little harder.
"Not now papa, I want to sleep a little longer. Please?" she mumbled as she hugged him tighter yet. Jason froze when she called him papa. He looked down at the girl whom he had slept with, not knowing what to do. After a minute he finally got the courage to try to wake her up again.
"Kinori, hey it's time to get up," he said nudging her one last time.
She slowly stirred a bit more before looking up to him. "Jason? What are you doing in my bed?" she asked quietly.
"I'm not. You're in my bed. You came in here last night crying," he replied calmly. 'Oh shit! She's gonna fucking kill me!' he screamed in his head.
"Oh, ok. I'm sorry for bothering you," she said as she sat up and started to get up from his bed.
"Wait… Kinori please tell me why you were crying," he asked looking right at her.
She looked over to him before scooting back over to him, "Can I lay with you again?"
Jason nodded and let her slide back under the covers with him. "Can you tell me what got you so bent out of shape last night?" he asked when she seemed to be comfortable again.
"Do you promise not to laugh?" she asked looking back to him pleadingly.
"I promise."
"I had a nightmare," she said quietly, remembering she had lived it. She quickly latched onto Jason and started to cry softly.
"Shhhh, shhh, its ok, I'm here. No nightmare can hurt you while I'm around," the older teenager cooed to his adopted younger sister, holding her in his arms again.
After a bit she calmed and looked at him, "Thanks, Jason," she said as she hugged him again.
"Anytime Kinori, anytime… now can you tell me what scared you so much?" he asked letting the worry he felt be shown through his voice.
"Well… it was about my dad," she said, getting more tears in her eyes again. Jason reached up and wiped them away urging her to continue, "My dad was killed by Unit 00," she said barley above a whisper.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," he replied hugging her close as she let her head hang low.
"It was its first activation test and it went berserker. It plowed its hand through the wall and reached for Shinji's dad, Gendo Ikari. The only thing that stopped it was its own shoulder. My dad was killed as it smashed him!" she cried into his chest. All Jason could do was hold the girl as she cried her heart out.
"I was lucky… he pushed me out of the way before it reached him. The only thing that hit me was a rock, and that hit my leg," she continued between sobs, "Why did he have to die! Of all the people why him! He was the only person to treat me right! No one else liked me, not even my own mom!"
Jason was surprised to say the least. He couldn't tell why anyone wouldn't like Kinori. She was a really nice girl, and smart too. 'Wait… is that it? Was it the same as with me? Did everyone hate her because she had something they wanted, but couldn't have?' he thought as he held her.
She continued to cry for a while before calming down. When she was done she looked up to Jason with puffy red eyes. "Why did you help me? Why don't you act like everyone else and just ignore me?" she asked worry etching her voice.
"You showed some care in me when you hung out with me a lot back at NERV. I repay everyone who shows any compassion toward me with compassion of my own. In your case you showed that you were genuinely interested in what I was like. Because of that I formed a close bond with you. That's why you seem like a little sister to me," he explained.
Kinori laid her head back down on his chest and whispered to him, "Thank you, big brother."
"You're welcome little sister," he replied sitting up, "I think it's about time we go get something to eat."
"Yeah," just then her stomach growled.
"I guess I was right," as his copied hers.
The two got up from the bed and made their way toward the door. About halfway there, Jason tripped on nothing and fell to the floor. When he landed a dull thud could be heard. Not the thud of wood but the thud of cement.
"Ouch…" he said as he sat up from the fall.
"Are you okay?" the younger teen asked as she knelt next to him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just didn't know we had cement floors," he replied rubbing his head.
Kinori giggled a bit as he stood up. It was then that she noticed what he was wearing, or lack of, and instantly started to blush.
"What?" the taller one asked as he saw the blush on her face.
"You've been in your boxers this entire time and I didn't even notice…" she replied.
"Oh…" he stated as he gained his own small blush. "Um… I better get some more clothes on then before I go down stairs," he continued walking over to his dresser, still holding his blush.
After he put on a pair of gym shorts and shirt the two walked down stairs.
Jason heard the TV and glanced into the living room, "Good morning Kaji," he stated casually as he walked toward the kitchen.
Kaji, seeing someone else was up walked out into the kitchen with the American, also noticing his little sister out there too, "Good morning Jason, and you too Miss Kinori," he said with a slight bow.
"G-good morning… Mr. Kaji," she replied slightly blushing.
The agent and the tech both sat down at the table as Jason started searching the place for something to eat, "Hey Kaji, isn't Shinji up yet? We could probably use something to eat," he said sitting back down at the table.
"Well… he was up, but I have a feeling he's sleeping quite peacefully again," Kaji said pointing out the sliding doors. Kinori and Jason both looked out toward the lake to see the two other teens sleeping peacefully near the lake's edge.
"Well, well, well…" the eldest teen chuckled. "I think it's time for them to wake up," he continued as he walked out toward the couple.
"Jason! Hey, don't! Leave them alone!" Kinori called to him as he walked out.
"I'm not going to do anything mean, I'm just going to wake them up. Don't worry about it Kinori," he replied as made his way to the two sleeping teens.
He watched the two teens sleep as he thought to himself. 'Man, I wish I could have a relationship like that. Even with Kinori around I still feel lonely. Damn…" He knelt next to Shinji, seeing the small smile he held, and nudged his shoulder a bit. "Hey Shinji, time to wake up."
Shinji moaned a bit, before slowly opening his eyes. "What do you…? Jason! What are you doing in my room?"
"Um… take a look around you buddy. You're not in your room," the older teen replied motioning around him.
Shinji looked around as the memories of earlier that morning flooded back into his head. "Oh…" he whispered as he looked over to Asuka, who was still cuddled up against him, a small graceful smile playing her lips.
"Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt you two, but if I remember right, you're the main cook of the house. Could you make us some breakfast?" Jason asked looking from Shinji to Asuka. "Man, how do you get so lucky?" he added.
"Huh?" Shinji asked the older teen looking at him like he was crazy.
"Man, you get to sleep with a beautiful girl, you live with Misato, you get to hang with me, and you're part of a secret organization that's here to save the world. I don't know about you, but I call that lucky. Even with all the shit you've been through," he replied.
Shinji sat there for a minute taking in what the other pilot just said. 'Yeah, my dad abandoned me, and my mom was taken from me, but now I can talk to them when I'm in Eva. I'm not lonely anymore, and as he just said, I get to sleep with the most beautiful girl in the world. Hey, I am lucky!' Shinji thought, a grin finding its way on to his face.
"Now about breakfast…"
"Oh, right," the younger male turned to the redhead next to him. "Asuka, hey Asuka, it's time to get up," he said nudging her softly.
"Mmm, Shinji, just a few more minutes," she moaned back softly in her sleep.
"Yo, Asuka, wake up. We need Shinji to cook for us and you're hogging him," Jason said standing back up.
Asuka's eyes shot open. "Jason! What the fuck are you doing in my room!" she yelled as she looked up to him, squinting from the sunlight.
"We're not in our room Asuka," Shinji stated pointing at the lake.
The memories came back to her as she looked out over the lake again. "Oh… yeah. Ok, let's go get some breakfast then," she said stretching. She looked down at herself, noticing what she was wearing. "Shit! Jason, go back up to the house now!" she ordered pointing toward the house.
"Why? If you're worried about what you're dressed in, don't be. That's nothing compared to what you'll be wearing later," the older male said turning and walking up toward the house. The two younger teens looked at each other in confusion before following the taller teen into the house.
"What do you mean by that?" Asuka asked as she sat down at the table, either forgetting what she was wearing or feeling comfortable around the others in it.
"Kinori, why don't you explain," Jason said getting up to help Shinji with breakfast. The two males started making breakfast for everyone, the older one watching the younger one's movements, learning from him.
"Well, Misato was supposed to tell you guys this a while ago, but…" Kinori started.
"But what?" Asuka asked a little grouchy.
"Well, you, Shinji, and Jason had hyper-drives installed into your Evas. The only hitch is that you need to train to use them. Since we don't know how fast you'll move with them, you'll be training with no plug suit on," Kinori explained. When she was done she quickly covered her ears preparing for the impending explosion. Jason had to catch two eggs that Shinji dropped when he heard the news. Jason gained a small grin when he saw the look on Shinji's face – a look of pure surprise.
Asuka turned to Shinji and caught a glimpse of Jason's face, "You knew about this didn't you?" she asked obviously holding back anger.
"Yeah, I did," he replied giving her a slight nod.
"Then why didn't you tell us?"
"It wasn't my place. Misato was the one who was supposed to tell you… and by the way, Kaji, I think it's time she woke up. We got to be into NERV here soon," he said turning to the older male.
"Right," he agreed as he did as asked.
Shinji took the two eggs that Jason had caught and continued making breakfast. Asuka turned back to Kinori.
"When do we start training?" she asked the younger teen.
"Sorry to say this, but today," she replied, hoping the older girl wouldn't kill her.
"Hmm…" was all Asuka said as she went into deep thought. Shinji's face showed that he was emulating what Asuka was doing. After a moment both started to blush lightly.
'Oh man, they're thinking of each other… wish I could do that about another chick,' Jason sighed. Shinji finished breakfast and set a couple plates down on the table. He and Jason had made enough food for eight people so they should be able to feed six.
When all the teens were seated they began to dig in. When Jason was half way through his plate he looked up as the two adults walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning Misato," he said through a mouthful of food.
"Good morning Jason," she replied quite clearly for her in the morning.
"Misato… where did you put her, you imposter?" Asuka called out toward her commanding officer.
"Yeah, where's our mom?" Shinji added. Asuka glanced at him but got his meaning.
"I'm right here. Is it ok if I don't get drunk for one night?" she retorted putting her hands on her hips.
"Actually it's great, but warn us next time, so we don't think you're an imposter," Shinji replied smiling at her.
Asuka joined him with a smile of her own, only to be looked upon by Misato, "Why are you so happy today?"
"Her and Shinji were asleep out by the lake's edge when I woke up… no telling what they could have done there," Jason tossed out.
Both of the other pilots shot him a look, but all he did was smile back.
Misato on the other hand was lost for once. "What do you mean lake's edge?" Jason pointed out the sliding doors to the lake. Misato followed his point only to smack herself on the forehead.
"Duh! I can't believe you forgot you had your own lake!" Asuka yelled at her guardian. Misato smile weakly as she took a seat next to Kaji.
"So when were you going to tell us about the hyper-drives?" Shinji asked when Misato was comfortable.
"OH! I completely forgot about them! I'm guessing someone already told you then," she asked looking at Kinori. The younger girl nodded in response.
"Yeah… how can you forget something that important Misato?" Asuka said putting her head in her hands.
Misato chuckled weakly, "We're talking about me here, come on Asuka," she replied sarcastically.
"Yeah, I almost forgot," she said with a small chuckle of her own.
Everyone had a good laugh at the way the morning had started. Even though it was only the first day in the new home everything seemed normal.
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NERV a few hours later
"Alright I need you three to head to your Evas," Misato called over the P.A.
"Jason if you peek at me… well… use your imagination…" Asuka said with a threatening voice. All three pilots were nude for the hyper-drive training they were going to receive.
"Wouldn't even dream of it Asuka, but why didn't you warn Shinji? I mean if anyone is going to peek it would be him, right?" Jason called back with a chuckle. Both of the other pilots blushed instantly.
On the trip to their Evas, Jason never looked at either of the two pilots, and they didn't look at him, but… damn did they glance at each other a lot!
Once they were in their Evas Misato decided to come over the comm. "Hey guys, how's it hangin'?" she asked as the two boys instantly tired to cover up themselves.
"Damn it Misato!" they both yelled in unison. They both opened their eyes in surprise at their timing.
Misato laughed for a moment, "Ok guys, you're here to learn how to use your hyper-drives. Jason you had some training on this but we want to make sure you remember what you're doing." Jason nodded.
"Wait… Jason's had training on this? Why weren't either of us trained for it?" Asuka asked the older woman.
"The hyper-drive system was made in the States. We didn't have it here until after Third Impact," she explained.
"Oh…" was Asuka's only response.
"Alright you guys, see the button on the left handle?" she asked as each pilot looked at their controls. They all nodded when they found the buttons, "Ok, when you reach the surface, I want to you push the buttons and activate your hyper-drives. Ok?" All three nodded again. "Ok, launch all Evas!" she ordered to the bridge. The three pilots felt a little more force from this launch than the others since their plug suits weren't supporting them in certain places.
When they reached the surface those 'places' felt more pressure.
"Damn… that hurts," the eldest pilot said when the Evas stopped.
"You think you hurt, you don't have two breasts to worry about!" the only female shouted over the sound only comm., making both males blush and making a one in particular glance by impulse.
Jason smiled weakly, "Sorry Asuka."
As they looked over the city they noticed that it had been moved under ground like angel or now 'Evil' attacks.
"Man they must think that these hyper-drives are dangerous or something," Shinji pondered out loud.
"That's right Shinji," Misato said over the comm. "We don't know what the hyper-drives will do exactly. So we figured we'd send you out there to test them," she explained. The pilots all figured she was scratching the back of her head smiling weakly.
"Then let's get this over with," Jason said as he moved Unit 04 out of its restraints. 'Hey, Eliza, I haven't talked with you in awhile. How you doin'?' Jason 'said' to the soul in habiting his Eva.
"As good as you can be while stuck in a giant biomechanical being," she replied.
'That's good to hear, I guess. Did you hear what Misato was telling us? About the hyper-drives that is.'
"Yeah, I heard her. I could feel a slight twinge as they put it in. It must have something to do with me being the dominant soul in the Eva."
'Ok, well I'm starting it up so hold on, if you can.'
"Don't worry about me, start your training, again."
Soon after he pushed the button a humming sound could be heard in the Eva, coming from the abdominal region.
"Damn! This isn't anything like the simulators back in the States," Jason called out when his body felt no pressure on him, like he was floating in zero-g.
He moved the Evas arm and found that his movements were now much faster. "Hmm… hey Maya, how much faster are we supposed to go when the drives are activated?" he called through the comm.
"I don't know. Without the drive an Eva can move at 300 mph, and jump over four miles. How about you run around a bit and do some jumping so we can gauge the increase?" The pilot did as asked and started running toward the nearest mountain. Surprisingly, the mountain seemed to approach him as he moved. He didn't feel like he was moving any faster, but according to the video display in front of him he was moving faster… a lot faster. When he did reach the mountain he willed the Eva to jump.
The other two pilots watched as the silver Eva easily cleared the mountain and disappeared behind it.
Then the red Eva started to hum as Asuka pressed the button on her left control after Jason was out of sight.
"Holy shit!" she exclaimed as she felt weightless in the plug.
"Asuka are you ok?" Shinji asked opening the comm. video and audio.
"Yeah, I'm fine, it just feels weird," she replied. Her boyfriends face turned a dark shade of crimson as he continued to stare at her.
"Like what you see huh?" she asked with a grin. Shinji turned his head away in embarrassment, also turning off the video transfer. "Well? Did you?" she asked again.
"Yeah…" he whispered as he activated the hyper-drive. "Whoa," he called out as he felt the same sensation as the other two pilots.
"Hey Shinji, I bet you can't catch me," Asuka called out as he watched Unit 02 take off as fast as Unit 04 had.
"Oh yeah?" getting over his embarrassment he chased her down.
"Shinji, hey make sure you don't go too far away," a motherly voice called out to him as he chased after his girlfriend.
'I know mom. I'm just seeing how fast the hyper-drives will let me go… while having some fun with it,' he replied. He heard a gasp from his father.
"YOU'RE trying to have fun! Where did my son go?" Gendo asked as Shinji slowed his Eva down.
'Talk to Asuka, she knows where,' she replied while laughing. Asuka had changed him in more ways than one. Gendo and Yui both got really quite while they thought of what all that could have meant. "Shinji?"
'Yes mom?' he replied as he stopped his Eva.
"Did you have sex with Asuka?" she asked quietly. Shinji froze, Unit 01 copying him.
Unit 02 slowed down and back tracked to where Unit 01 was now standing. "Shinji?" Asuka asked. When she didn't get a response she opened the video feed, "Shinji, are you ok?" she asked noticing he was as stiff as a board.
Shinji was shocked that his mom could ask him something like that. He slowly thawed and sat there quietly, thinking to himself, 'Mom! Why did you ask that!' he screamed in his mind.
"Sorry, I just wanted to make sure," she said with a light laugh.
"Shinji are you ok?" his girlfriend asked again finally getting his attention.
"Huh… oh… yeah, I'm fine. Just talking with mom and father," he replied. The two stared at each other through the comm. until the last pilot spoke up through a sound-only transmission.
"Yo, wake up, and stop looking at each other. We got tests to run on our drives," the American said. When he didn't get a reaction he called upon their commanding officer. "Hey Misato, shut down the video feed in-between Units 01 and 02." In Unit 01 Shinji was still staring at Asuka, looking over her entire body, entranced by her naked beauty, feeling the primal lust in him build. Asuka herself was looking over Shinji, the same lust building in her too. She never got used to how muscular his body was. They both continued to stare until the video feed was cut like the Fifth child asked. When they couldn't see each other anymore, they both started to blush furiously, finally realizing what they were just doing. "Yo, we got tests to finish," the oldest teen called out through the comm. This finally snapped the other two pilots back to reality.
"Ok, now that you two are back from La La land, we can continue the tests…" Maya stated.
"Alright we got it," Asuka said just a little irritated.
"Ok," Maya giggled a bit, "I want Shinji and Asuka to do some fighting while Jason does his martial art exercises. I want to see how fast you move in combat," Maya continued taking a serious tone.
Shinji looked over to Unit 02. 'Well I knew it would happen some day,' he thought as he turned Unit 01 toward the red Eva.
Unit 02 mimicked Unit 01. The two Evas stood facing each other, "Shinji, are you ready for this?" Asuka asked.
"Yeah, let's get this over with. Anyway, I still need to show you why I'm the best," he replied trying to get her temper up. His plan worked.
"Like you could beat me… come on baka, do you think you can actually hit me?" she asked through the comm., her pride in full bloom.
Instead of replying Unit 01 shot out toward Unit 02 quicker than Asuka could react. Shinji slammed Unit 01 into Unit 02 with enough force to knock down several buildings.
The red Eva flew back through the air and skidded along the ground. Stunned Asuka just lay there, "Holy shit! He just hit me… Shinji just hit me…" she whispered in her entry plug saddened tone lacing her voice.
Unit 01 slowly walked up to the fallen Eva and extended its hand, "Asuka, I'm sorry. I was just following orders," Shinji said very apologetically.
Unit 02 reached out and grabbed Unit 01's hand, but instead of pulling itself up it pulled Unit 01 down with it, putting its right foot in its gut, "Yeah, you better be sorry," Asuka growled as she threw Unit 01 back with her leg. Unit 02 jumped up and chased down the purple Eva, because of the hyper-drive she made it to him before he got too far away. The thoroughly pissed off Asuka grabbed Unit 01 around its ankle and started to spin it around, preparing to throw it.
"Oh fuck! What have I done?" Shinji asked himself as he spun around in the air. When she thought the speed was right she let go of the Evas leg sending it away from her. The only problem was the she threw Unit 01 right at Unit 04, which since it was doing martial arts maneuvers wasn't paying attention to their fight.
"OH SHIT! Jason watch out!" Asuka yelled over the comm.
It was already too late. When Jason turned around Unit 01 was on him. "WHAT THE FU-" was all he got out before getting leveled by the flying Eva.
Both Evas flew back landing hard on the ground.
Inside Unit 04 Jason was stunned. 'What the fuck just happened? One second I'm practicing my martial arts and the next I'm decked by a flying Eva. What the fuck's going on?' he thought.
"I had a feeling you weren't paying attention to them fight," Eliza stated calmly.
'What, and you were?' Jason shot back as he picked up Unit 04 off the ground. Looking back down he noticed Unit 01 had little x's in its eyes.
"Yep," she replied.
Jason looked up to Unit 02. "What the fuck was that for!" he asked.
"Hey don't bite my head off for the baka's mistake!" the German pilot shot back.
"He wasn't the one who threw him at me, so I AM going to bite your head off for it!" he yelled back.
Unit 02 ran up to Unit 04 getting ready to punch it. But instead of Unit 02 actually hitting its target, it punched air "What the hell?" Asuka asked after Unit 04 seemingly vanished from sight.
"Look up," someone said. Asuka did as told and saw a silver Eva falling back toward her with its leg extended.
"Oh shit…" she mumbled as she rolled her Eva out of the way just before the silver Eva collided with hers. Once it landed it took off for her, not giving her any time to relax.
Asuka – who just finished rolling away – had to jump backwards into the air to dodge the silver Evas attack. Jason, who was a little more comfortable with the hyper-drive then Asuka, used his momentum to propel himself into the air after Unit 02. The two Evas flew through the air as Jason kicked out and hit Asuka square in the chest, sending her back into the mountain he had jumped over earlier.
"Ouch…" Asuka mumbled as she stood Unit 02 back up. Back in Tokyo 3, Unit 01 was just standing up after getting its ass kicked.
"Damn, I feel like I just got nailed by a train…" he mumbled.
"More like an Eva, Shinji," his father corrected him.
"Huh?"
"Unit 02 threw you into Unit 04, so instead of hitting a train you hit an Eva," he replied.
"Father, you have no sense of humor," Shinji stated as he looked for Asuka.
"Shinji, Asuka and Jason are fighting over by the mountain," Yui informed her son.
"Thanks mom," he said turning his Eva toward the mountain. He watched as Jason kicked Asuka in the chest as they flew toward said mountain. "Holy shit… did Asuka piss off Jason that much?" he asked to no one as he started running toward the two other Evas.
When he got there Unit 02 had just stood back up. "Asuka are you ok?" he asked showing his worry.
"Yeah, no thanks to you!" she shot back.
The young male looked down in shame. "I'm sorry Asuka," he said quietly, knowing that she was going to berate him.
"Don't go doing that again, you baka! I don't want you to turn back into that wimp that you were before Third Impact!" she yelled back.
"Damn it, Asuka!" Jason yelled getting her attention quite well. "He was just following orders. You didn't need to get that pissed at him! You even taunted him!"
Asuka was surprised to hear that from Jason. No one around there had ever seen him blow up like that. She looked down in shame. 'He's right, he was only following orders, and I even taunted him to do it. I lost control again,' she thought to herself.
Unit 04 walked off, the humming in its gut stopping. "Maya, did you get what you needed from your tests?" he asked angrily.
"Yeah…" she replied quietly.
Unit 04 returned to their catapult, the other two Evas following soon after. The three Evas were moved back into NERV and the pilots made their way back to the changing room. None of them spoke to the others. When they were all changed they all reported to the debriefing room to here what all Maya gathered from their training and tests.
"Ok, we now know that with the hyper-drives your Evas now move twice as fast as what they did before, and can also jump twice as far," Maya started when everyone was comfortable.
"When I activated the hyper-drive in Unit 04 I felt like I was floating in space. I'm pretty sure you guys felt it too," he said looking at Shinji and Asuka. "Was that supposed to happen or was that unexpected?" Jason asked. He was still pissed but he had calmed down.
"That was supposed to happen. That's about all the U.S. NERV branch could tell us before sending the plans," she stated.
Shinji spoke up this time. "How fast can our Evas actually move and jump now?"
"Well your Eva moved at a max speed of only 567 mph, while Jason and Asuka both reached 600 mph," Maya replied looking the notes on the clipboard she was holding. "When Jason jumped over the mountain he cleared it and flew past it, clearing a distance of eight miles," she continued.
"Alright, how were the combat readings?" the purple haired sub-commander asked.
"They were good, the only thing is our pilots not having reaction times fast enough to keep up with the hyper-drives. I was thinking about that and came up with a plan that you guys might like," Maya said with a smirk.
"Well… what's the plan?" Asuka asked after a pause.
"I want you three to start playing a lot of video games, especially racing and fighting games."
All three teens lightened up drastically from their down moods.
"That's all we had for you guys so you can leave when you want," Maya finished wrapping up the meeting.
"Good I'm out of here. If you guys want a ride come on," Jason called out as he left the briefing room.
"Talk to you later Maya," Kinori called as she left the room. Maya smiled as she left, seeing Kinori happy made her happy.
"We better hurry Shinji," Asuka said grabbing her boyfriends hand as they took off for the parking lot.
The adults in the room turned back toward each other, "Man, I hate growing up," Misato said looking over to Maya.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Kinori reminds me so much of my self. I get jealous sometimes," the younger woman replied.
"Speaking of the kids, did you see how they fought each other?" Kaji said after staying quiet through out the briefing.
"Yeah, Shinji only got one hit in, and Asuka kicked his ass for it," Misato said with a small chuckle.
"Ok, did you see how Jason fought?" Kaji corrected himself.
"He was holding back a lot, well it seemed like that anyway," the commander spoke up.
"Exactly, I can't put my finger on it, but every time I've seen the kid fight, whether he was training in the gym or while it was against SEELE or whatever, he seems to hold back. I wonder what his full potential is…" the agent wondered.
"I've seen it too. I wonder if he's afraid to hurt Shinji and Asuka, or the men he was training against in the gym. But that wouldn't explain why he held back against the SEELE operatives we fought after I was kidnapped," It seemed like Jason was a puzzle to everyone.
"Just what goes on in that head of his?" Maya wondered out loud.
"Well this would be something for us to explore later," Kouzo said standing up. "Misato, I think you need to get back to your house and keep Shinji and Asuka from killing each other, or at least keep Asuka from killing Shinji. I don't know what you can do for Jason though," he continued as they all walked to the door.
"Thanks sir," she said giving him a small salute. "Well it's time for me and Kaji to be getting home gotta keep it in one piece now that we've been there for one day," Misato said pulling Kaji out the door and toward the parking lot.
"Bye, commander," Maya waved as she left toward her apartment there at NERV. 'I wonder if Aoba's up to anything right now."
The commander walked toward the parking lot. When he reached it he heard Misato's car dock up to the elevators and leave. He himself walked up to his Mercedes-Benz and got in. 'Why do I even have this car? I don't use it besides going from work to home, and back. Oh well whatever,' he shrugged as he took off down the road to the elevators himself.
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A/N: Ok people, this chap was originally twice as long but my proof reader said I should cut it. Thank him for the shorter chap. The rest of this one will be posted soon enough. Please R&R. Keep it frosty peeps.