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Lea: Ok, before I start, I want to address something real quickly.

Kuroyuri: AYANAMI-SAMA IS NOT GOING SOFT!! *cries*

Lea: Yeah… about that…

Haruse: There. There. *hugs Kuroyuri* It will be ok.

Lea: Yeah, there has been some question about that. *scratches back of head* To answer your questions, he is not going soft. He was just half awake. He gets little to no sleep. Seriously! I don't know how anyone can live off of 3 hours of sleep and still function properly. I for one go into 'zombie mode' for about an hour if I get fewer then 7 hours of sleep a night. I tried to imply that in the previous chapter, but I don't think I did a very good job. I apologies. That was my bad. In this chapter, I made sure to make that point. Anyway, Hyuuga! *pulls out candied apple*

Konatsu: Ack! No more!

Hyuuga: *takes candied apple* Lea dose not own 07 ghost. This is just a fan fic written for fun. ^_^

Lea: Now let the games begin!


Eve woke up at 4 O' clock to the sound of a rude alarm clock. Her hair was bent and messy, and she was overheated by the comforter and dark, wool military clothing. She subconsciously turned off the clock with her zaiphon and unbuttoned her jacket, showing her white undershirt. She could hardly see, and her mind couldn't comprehend much when she was half awake. She just wanted too cool down a little so that she could breathe better. Still, she found her constricted position irritating. She tossed off the jacket and the gloves as best she could and snuggled back under the covers.

It was still too warm. She turned again and her hand felt something bone chilling under the covers. She had barely touched Ayanami's cold arm that was still holding her protectively in his sleep. Eve turned slightly and followed his arm to his torso. Eve managed to moved the comforter so that it surrounded the both of them instead of just her. She latched onto Ayanami's cold body, hugging him like a teddy bear. His frozen flesh felt heavenly against her burning skin. She felt herself relax as she slipped into a deep sleep again, not realizing that Ayanami was who she was snuggling so closely against. .


"Where's Ayanami? Isn't he usually up by now?" Konatsu asked from behind a pile of paperwork. It was nearly 7 in the morning. Most of the Black hawks had stayed up late cleaning up the place, piling the pirate's dead bodies in the boarding vessel, and detaching the small vessel over a wasteland they were passing over. The main leaders only had the chance to snag a few hours before waking up and resuming work.

"I don't know, but we've been getting calls off the hook. He's missed two conference calls already." Katsuragi stated.

"Hey, hey. Aya-tan is under a lot of stress." Hyuuga refuted.

"We've been using those air pirates as an excuse, but we've partially been up all night. What's been with him anyway?" Katsuragi asked. "He's been acting so strange."

"He only gets about 7 hours of sleep a night with an occasional nap when traveling." Hyuuga replied. "And on a normal work day, he only gets about 3 hours of sleep."

"What!" Katsuragi stuttered with surprise. "How can someone function with that little sleep?"

"Aya-tan has a will of diamond." Hyuuga replied. "He always manages."

"What I really want to know is who that soldier was." Haruse muttered with a puppet like expression.

"Oh. Eve? We never did quite explain that, did we?" Hyuuga trailed off.

"That was pastry girl?" Kuroyuri asked with puppy dog eyes.

"Well, yes…" Konatsu replied. "It turns out there was a lot more then an odd form of zaiphon and a mimic of Ayanami's glare."

"Where is she now?" Haruse asked.

"Good morning everyone. Lovely day isn't it!" Called an annoying voice that suddenly entered the room. Most of the black hawk members jumped with surprise. It was Shuri Oak, the last person any of them wanted to see.

"Not now…" Konatsu muttered, rubbing his forehead with irritation.

"Why's he here? Didn't he get fired?" Haruse asked blankly.

"You could say that. Aya-tan doesn't know… yet…" Hyuuga replied.

"Can I kill him before Ayanami-sama sees him on board?" Kuroyuri asked.

"What are we talking about?" Shuri asked, butting in. "Where is the Chief of Staff?"

"Aya-tan's sleeping." Hyuuga replied.

"Should I wake him up?" Shuri asked.

"Do you want to die?" Katsuragi asked with a serious expression.

"Shh! Don't tell him that!" Konatsu replied. "He's dumb enough to actually try it."

"Well, if you guys don't want me waking Ayanami up, then I guess I'll go eat." Shuri replied, not hearing Konatsu's comment. The Black Hawks main leaders watched patiently as he left the room towards the mess hall. As soon as he closed the door, the higher up black hawks instantly turned back towards each other.

"So where is Eve?" Haruse asked.

"We don't know. She was supposed to be sleeping in the vacant room, but Shuri was sleeping in there." Konatsu replied. "Ayanami-sama carried her off somewhere."

"It was passed Aya-tan's bed time, so there is no telling." Hyuuga continued.

"You don't think that Ayanami-sama is…" Haruse started.

"No." Hyuuga cut in.

"But you know, it might be a good idea if someone did check on him." Konatsu suggested. "But then again…" he trailed off.

"I'll go then." Hyuuga smiled. "Just bury me under that cherry tree near the base." He then turned and left the room. Konatsu saluted Hyuuga for his bravery while Kuroyuri fell back asleep in Haruse's arms.


Hyuuga slowly turned Ayanami's room's door handle slowly. He carefully slipped into Ayanami's room with the utmost caution, and looked around promptly. He walked carefully, trying his best not to make a single sound. He vaguely heard breathing but no one was on the bed. Hyuuga walked over to Ayanami's giant bed, near his bed side table. He examined the broken clock with the word 'hot' imprinted on the surface, clearly done by zaiphon. Hyuuga raised an eyebrow. 'so this is what happened…' he thought.

Hyuuga turned and suddenly saw Eve and Ayanami. They were both sitting up curled around each other under a blanket. A smile slowly appeared on his face. He took a step closer to examine his superior's handsome and innocent face next to Eve with her holy and childlike countenance. Hyuuga had only seen Ayanami's expression once before when he was sleeping in a military camp during the war with Raggs. Such wondrous memories of their time together flashed through Hyuuga's mind. Every memory of his beloved superior was a treasure he buried deep within his heart. He never regretted any day he spent with Ayanami.

The moment seemed almost too perfect. Hyuuga snickered. He had prepared for this moment! He pulled out a small pad he hid in his sleeve and a pen promptly began to sketch the pair. He would redraw it and paint it later, if Ayanami had not killed him first. When he was finished with the small yet detailed sketch, he put the pad and pen away and turned to leave the room. He looked back only once before leaving the two in their blissful slumber.


Hyuuga returned to the circle of Black Hawks unscathed, to everyone's surprise. They looked at him, wanting to hear about his dangerous expedition.

"Well?" Kuroyuri asked.

"Aya-tan's clock is broken and he's sleeping like a log. Eve is too… Give um about an hour." Hyuuga replied.

"So Eve's in there?" Konatsu asked.

"Yep! She's sleeping on the couch." Hyuuga replied. 'snuggling against Ayanami' he continued in his mind, but he decided to leave that bit out.

"I see." Konatsu replied, but Hyuuga knew he really didn't. It was another moment that he would treasure forever.


Ayanami slowly opened his eyes and took a deep breath. As his vision cleared, the first thing he noticed was Eve, and his hands wrapped around her. He impulsively let her go, though his mind was still hazy. 'What the *(insert preferred word)* am I doing?' He asked himself. He turned his head to look around, and light caught his eyes. He quickly turned his head and winced. 'Light?' He thought confused. 'Why is their light?' He tried to stand up when he realized he had two thin arms wrapped around him. He carefully opened her fists and maneuvered away from her. He slowly stood up and stretched. The room was far too bright for his tastes.

'What time is it?' He thought himself. He walked over towards his bed to look at the clock. He suddenly realized it was broken. His eyes sharpened and now he was alert. He picked up the clock and examined the zaiphon mark on the surface. 'Hot?! Is this some sort of joke?!' He thought, putting the clock down. He turned and looked at a different clock he had sitting on bookshelf. He quickly picked it up and looked at the time. His eyes lit up. It was 8:42. He was almost five hours late!

Normally, the shock and stress would cause any superior to panic, but not Ayanami. He simply would not show weakness. He took a shower and did things as he always, despite being late. He knew that the worst thing he could do in the situation was to mess up something else while in the panic of getting ready fast.

As he stepped out of the bathroom with his pants and under shirt on, Eve began to stir. He placed his hand over her forehead and began to chant. A ruin appeared on her head and slowly seeped into her skin.

"You're troublesome…" He muttered. "The memories of yesterday have been sealed. That should hold temporarily, until I can remove them permanently."

He sat down on the end of his bed and began to strap on his boots. Eve finally began to sit up and look around the room.

"Wake up." Ayanami commanded. Eve looked around blankly for a second, then turned and went back to sleep. Ayanami put on his overcoat, gloves, and hat. After he attached his sword to his belt, he quickly glided over to the couch and nudged Eve. "Wake up." He commanded once more. She slowly stretched her arms as she began to sit up. She groaned slightly. She looked at him with blank eyes, and her mind was still in a daze.

"What time is it?" She asked with a low slur.

"It's a little passed nine." Ayanami replied.

"May I have a little more sleep?" Eve asked politely. Ayanami looked at her blankly for a brief moment. In an instant, he drew his sword and sliced the couch in half at an angle that sent Eve momentarily flying. She fell onto the floor face first, cushioned only by the thick comforter. Ayanami snatched the comforter away from her and tossed it onto his bed. Eve sat up and began to rub her face. "That hurt!" She whined.

"Obey me the first time." Ayanami snapped. Eve said nothing and looked at him blankly. She was too tired to fight him. She slowly stood up and glared at him with irritation. Her clothes were crumpled and messed up, and one could clearly see her blue bra through her white undershirt. Ayanami glared back at her until she finally turned her face away. She turned and staggered over to the bathroom. When she reached the door, she accidentally walked into the door. She jumped back, blinking and stunned for a second. When she had settled herself, she proceeded to walk into the bathroom and close the door behind her.

Ayanami left the room and headed down the hall. He could hardly recall what happened the night before, and he was ashamed to think of it. It just wasn't like him. She would need a new uniform when she woke up, but Konatsu had not informed him where her uniforms were. Before he went to the control room, Ayanami started to inspect the place. He touched the walls and could feel the aura of death still stained on the paint even after the blood had been cleaned off. It gave him a vague comfort. He continued to walk and noticed a small group of soldiers cleaning a wall. He continued to walk passed as if he had not noticed them. He entered the next room to the south entrance. He saw Hyuuga standing over a group of soldiers, checking for spots they might have missed. Ayanami turned to head for the main room, when suddenly, Hyuuga noticed his superior's presence. Hyuuga turned and took the lollipop out of his mouth.

"Aya-tan?" Hyuuga asked.

"Hyuuga." Ayanami muttered, turning towards Hyuuga. Hyuuga smiled his normal sweet smile as he walked over towards his superior. Ayanami looked at Hyuuga with the indifference.

"Did you sleep well?" Hyuuga asked.

"It was average." Ayanami replied emotionlessly. He was never one for small talk.

"Oh? Is that so?" Hyuuga asked. "We were a bit worried about you this morning. Can I get you anything?"

"Yes. A new alarm clock." Ayanami replied darkly. Hyuuga looked at Ayanami's blank expression for a moment, and then burst out laughing. Ayanami folded his arms and waited for Hyuuga to quit laughing. "Are you done now?" Ayanami asked as Hyuuga's laugh slowed to a pant.

"Yes. Sorry, Aya-tan." Hyuuga smiled. "I- I just couldn't help it!"

"You went into my room." Ayanami continued with an irritated expression.

"Only because Aya-tan kept getting phone calls. I went to check on you an hour ago." Hyuuga continued. "But it is ok, Aya-tan! We explained about the air pirates and they understood. By the way, how is Eve?"

"She's awake." Ayanami replied tersely. Hyuuga simply smiled. Ayanami knew exactly what Hyuuga was thinking. "So were you the only one, or are there more I have to punish?" Ayanami asked, pulling out his whip with an 'I will *(insert preferred word)* kill you' look.

"I was the only one." Hyuuga replied with his smile. There was a brief moment of silence. Within seconds, Hyuuga found his face planted on the floor with Ayanami's whip around his neck and Ayanami's heavy boot on his back. "Have mercy!" Hyuuga cried.

******(This section has been censored for graphic material. Please enjoy the rest of the program :P )******

"If you don't want to find yourself buried under a cherry tree within the next week, never do it again." Ayanami warned coldly. He got off of Hyuuga and put the whip away. Hyuuga stood up and rubbed his neck, feeling a cold shiver run up and down his spine. Ayanami turned to leave. He needed to ask Konatsu about the uniforms before Eve got out of the shower.

"Oh, Aya-tan." Hyuuga called. Ayanami stopped and turned back to look at Hyuuga. 'You love her, don't you?' Hyuuga asked through the link. Ayanami didn't reply. He simply glared. Hyuuga put the lollipop back into his mouth and rubbed the back of his head. "You don't have to be in such a hurry you know. Why are you around here anyway, Aya-tan?"

"I'm looking for Konatsu." Ayanami replied, not dropping his glare.

"Oh. Right. About the uniforms? Kuroyuri put the backpack outside your door, but the blade is still in the control room. As for the actual uniforms, they are in the spare room." Hyuuga replied. Ayanami's eyes narrowed.

"Spare room?" Ayanami asked with a dark tone.

"Hey, hey, don't look at me like that Aya-tan. I didn't bring him on board this time." Hyuuga said with a slight whine in his voice.

"Bring who on board?" Ayanami demanded, pulling the whip back out. Hyuuga felt a sweat drop.

"Shouldn't we get the uniform first?" Hyuuga asked, trying to avoid the question, but Ayanami wanted an answer.

"This place is filthy! Absolutely filthy! What happened here? It was perfect yesterday." A snobbish voice demanded from right beyond a door. Ayanami's glare dropped as he turned towards the door. Hyuuga also perked up and looked towards the door. Shuri Oak came storming in with a nose-in-the-air look of disgust. Ayanami looked at Shuri emotionlessly. Hyuuga watched as he waited for the storm to pass over.

"Hyuuga, why is there trash on board again?" Ayanami asked, surprisingly calm.

"Well… about that…" Hyuuga started.

"Ayanami-sama! I'm back!" Shuri smiled.

"I fired you." Ayanami replied bluntly and without remorse.

"Well, papa said I would be left in Konatsu's care so I…" Shuri started, but was cut off by Ayanami walking over to Shuri, grabbing him by the collar, and throwing him in the general direction of the workers.

"Make him work." Ayanami commanded with a loud, booming, thunderous voice, then turned and left.

"Wait! Work? What do you mean? You can't be serious!" Shuri called as Ayanami exited. Hyuuga looked at Shuri for a brief moment before following Ayanami out.


Eve was wide awake now. She was pacing around the room with one large towel wrapped around herself while she was drying her hair with a different towel. She didn't know where she was, nor could she leave the room the way she was. The whole situation frustrated her. She was tempted to go back to sleep, but she didn't want another rude awakening. Her hair finally dried and Eve put the damp towel she used to dry her hair around her neck. She folded her arms and tapped her foot, looking around.

The door swung wide open without warning and Eve jumped.

"Hello!" Hyuuga smiled with her bag in one hand and a uniform in the other. Eve looked in shock at first and Hyuuga was also shocked to see her only wearing a towel. Eve screamed. Hyuuga staggered back and closed slammed the door. He took a deep breath, turning slightly red with embarrassment. Eve was also red and hid behind the drapes hanging down from Ayanami's canopy bed just in case.

"Having problems Hyuuga?" Ayanami asked Hyuuga murderously from behind the door.

"She's in a towel." Hyuuga replied.

"Only a towel?" Ayanami asked with irritation.

"I'm not used to dealing with girls. Most of the military consists of males, and the females have their own female officers to deal with them." Hyuuga replied. "There is a difference. A major difference. There is a significant lack of testosterone in the room." Hyuuga continued.

"That's my room." Ayanami replied.

"You know what I mean." Hyuuga refuted. Ayanami said nothing. Hyuuga raised an eyebrow. Ayanami snatched the bag and military uniform away from him.

"Wait, you're not going to…" Hyuuga started. Ayanami completely disregarded Hyuuga's objection, and burst into the room. Eve jumped and poked her head out to see who it was. When she saw Ayanami, she flushed and jumped with alarm, and hid back behind the drapes. He tossed the bag towards the bed, and it landed right beside Eve. He then stepped down and hung the uniform over the side of the couch.

"Get dressed." Ayanami demanded. She blushed even deeper. At least Hyuuga's burst gave her enough time to hide where he couldn't see her.

Eve quickly snatched the bag and started going through it to find her underwear. She constantly looked out to make sure neither of the boys were peeking. She slipped into her underwear and looked out once more. "Um…" She started. "Should I just wear civilian clothes?" She asked.

"We have a clean uniform for you." Ayanami replied clearly.

"Could you… um… hand it too me?" Eve asked, feeling awkward. Ayanami signaled Hyuuga. Hyuuga started to hand her the pieces of the uniform from behind the drapes in the order she should put them on. First the undershirt, then the socks, then the trousers, then the belt, then the boots, then the gloves. "Hey, where's the over jacket?" Eve asked.

"First we have to make sure you put everything else on correctly." Hyuuga replied. "Are you decent?"

"Yeah. Um… ok…" She muttered, then stepped out. Ayanami walked towards her, and he seemed to be in a terrible mood. "Are you ok?" Eve asked cautiously. He didn't reply. He quickly inspected her, and fixed a few things. Eve didn't move, but she did blush. He then put the over jacket on for her and buttoned it up. After he straitened it out, he looked at her face with serious eyes. Eve looked into his eyes with a slight curiosity.

"We need to do something about your hair." Ayanami said suddenly.

"Don't cut it!" Eve snapped, holding her hair protectively.

"Actually, she might look cute with short hair." Hyuuga replied in thought.

"Do you have any idea how long it took to grow and maintain this?" Eve refuted.

"Ok… maybe we can braid it like Kuroyuri, or just stuff it under a hat again." Hyuuga suggested.

"I'll put it up…" Eve replied with irritation. She pulled a brush, a comb, and two hair bands out of her bag and walked over to a mirror. She then proceeded to put her long blue hair into two pigtails.

"So cute!" Hyuuga smiled. "You should leave it like that."

"No." Ayanami cut in.

"But why not Aya-tan?" Hyuuga asked.

"It's against Military regulation." He replied. Hyuuga gave a small sigh. He believed Ayanami was far too stubborn. Eve then began to wrap the pigtails into two buns. She held the buns with one hand as she extended her other hand out. Ayanami handed her the hat and Eve put the hat over her hair. She felt the buns unwrap under the hat.

"There." Eve said. "Is that good enough for you?"

"You can still tell your hair is up under the hat." Ayanami replied emotionlessly. Eve sent him a scolding look, but he ignored it. "Hyuuga, hand me your katana." Ayanami commanded.

"But don't you have your own… oh yeah. Yours is a double edged blade. It would be bad if you cut your fingers, Aya-tan." Hyuuga smiled as he drew his long katana and handed it to Ayanami.

"Eep!" Eve jumped and turned to run, but Ayanami grabbed her by the collar.

"Your hair or your head. Choose now." Ayanami started.

"I like them both where they are, thank you very much." Eve snapped. Ayanami gripped her collar tighter. "Ok! Ok! The hair! You can cut the hair!" She yelled. Ayanami let her go.

"Go sit." He commanded, pointing at the chair near his desk. She slowly slugged towards the chair and cautiously sat down. She was not happy about it at all. Ayanami took off the hat, placed it on the desk, pulled out the hair bands and moved her head slightly with his one free hand. Eve closed her eyes. He grabbed all of her hair in one hand and placed the katana underneath her hair. He then sliced the majority of her hair off. He handed the large lock of hair to Hyuuga, then he continued to slice away at her hair. Hyuuga tied the long silky blue hair in a knot and set it on one of Ayanami's dressers. Chances are that Ayanami was planning to use it for some warsfiel spell or experiment later. Ayanami then began to trim her hair to perfection.

"So, Eve, did you sleep well?" Hyuuga asked as Ayanami continued work at her hair.

"Yeah. For a while the blanket made me too hot, so it was hard to breathe, but luckily the couch was nice and cold." Eve replied. Hyuuga tried to refrain from snickering as Ayanami continued to work. Both of them were surprised that she didn't know.

"We'll assign you your own room later." Ayanami said as he finished. He handed the katana back to Hyuuga.

"My own room?" Eve asked. She suddenly flushed dark red at the thought that she was sleeping in Ayanami's room. She had really not thought much about it. Hyuuga simply gave Eve a large grin. Ayanami picked up the hat and put it back on Eve's head. the hat was far to big now, and it slumped over her nose. Eve lifted the hat and opened her eyes. In front of her was a small hand mirror that Hyuuga was holding up for her.

"Cute, huh." Hyuuga smiled.

"I look like a boy." Eve replied as she examined her pixie cut. Her blue hair hung strait and the style looked identical to Teito's hair.

"That's the point." Ayanami replied.

"Right…" Eve replied irritated. Still, her head felt very light. To her own surprise, she actually started to like it.

Hyuuga's hands moved slightly as the reflection of the mirror moved. Eve suddenly saw a skeleton figure reflected in the mirror's image. Eve froze. Her eyes widened when she saw it, but she forced herself not to panic. Her stomach began to turn. She slowly turned around to face the skeleton figure. Instead of the skeleton figure that was in the mirror's reflection, she saw Ayanami standing there, looking towards Hyuuga.

"What's wrong Eve? You look sick." Hyuuga muttered.

"Oh really? This is kind of a big change for me. That's all." Eve lied. "I'll be fine in a minute." She looked back in the mirror and moved her head slightly so she could see Ayanami in the reflection again. Again it showed the skeleton figure in a military uniform. Eve swallowed hard. She knew it. They lied to her. The dream was real. Ayanami really was Verloren, but she couldn't let then know that she just realized.

Ayanami silently turned to leave. He already had enough to do. Hyuuga watched as his superior left and carefully closed the door behind him. Eve continued to gaze into the mirror, looking depressed.

"You like him, don't you?" Hyuuga asked as soon as he thought Ayanami was out of hearing range. Eve suddenly perked up and looked at Hyuuga. Hyuuga was leaning forward slightly so she could see his eyes from behind his square sunglasses.

"What was that?" Eve asked surprised.

"You like Aya-tan." Hyuuga replied.

"Well I…" Eve trailed off, looking away.

"I knew it!" Hyuuga smiled, picking his head back up and smiling normally. Eve turned a deeper red.

"St-stop that!" Eve snapped, standing up. "It's not… it's not like that!" She quickly turned and scampered out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself before trying to catch up to Ayanami. She felt so embarrassed. She started to question if she could ever face Hyuuga again. She couldn't believe that he saw right through her.

"They are both so stubborn." Hyuuga sighed with a small smile. He took a deep breath and left the room, trailing behind them.


Lea: Thanks for Reading! Please review! ^_^

Labrador: Time for our floral prediction.

Lea: Ack! Run before he spoils it!

Labrador: The flowers tell me that Eve will run across a rude cadet. Concerning love, I feel much frustration from Eve's point of view.

Lea: Well I that's all folks! Tune in next time! Until then, please review!