Magnus: Well, here it is, the meeting of the two most troublesome redheads of the two worlds, enjoy this piece of madness, and please, Read and Review!

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Chapter 12

Upgrades

Misato was driving back home, in the passenger seat, the second child, Asuka Soryu, was talking nonstop about her skills and prowess, Misato was driving at a low speed, not because she wanted to hear all what Asuka wanted to say, but because she was delaying the incoming war, Gendo gave the order that Misato will take care of the three pilots, under the same roof, because this 'would improve' their team work.

=Flashback=

"AH!, Captain Katsuragi!, just the person I wanted to see!", Gendo started, and this made Misato to shiver,

"Really?, I just wanted to know where is the Second Child to live...", Misato replied,

"I know, but before that, I want to know your opinion on the Second and Third Children teamwork", Gendo asked with a polite voice, meaning that something was really wrong,

"Sorry, but they don't get along at all, It seems that Asuka would love to chew off your son's head before befriending him", Misato replied, half expecting some reprimand, but instead of that, Gendo smiled,

"I see, don't worry, that will be solved, from this day, you will take the second child under your custody, and make sure that the three pilots can work as an effective unit", Gendo stated, and this earned a full lounge scream from Misato.

=End of Flashback=

Misato didn't buy that, she knew that the Commander wanted to take revenge on Lee, and this order was given after hearing that Lee and Asuka did not get along at all.

"Misato, I have talked a lot about me, but I want to know something", Asuka suddenly changed subject,

"And that is?", Misato asked, lowering the speed of her car even more, any precious seconds before the Armaggedon are worth living,

"How is it to living with that pervert, I mean, two girls and one boy in one apartment, I mean, how can you take a shower, or even sleep with him roaming around?", Asuka asked with disgust, while thinking on how to subduing the green clad pilot, at this, Misato stoped the car, and turned to face the redhead, with furious eyes,

"NEVER EVER TALK OF HIM LIKE THAT! HE IS A GENTLEMAN AND HE WILL NEVER INVADE THE PRIVACY OF ANY WOMAN!", Misato shouted, in the little time she has lived with Lee, she has grown fond of him, and now she loved him as her children,

"Besides, he only have eyes for Rei-chan...", Misato added, and then started to move the car again.

Meanwhile, NERV HQ...

Ritsuko was eyeing the EVA cages, she didn't knew what to think, or how to react, not even what to ask, the EVA-01 was now covered in a thick armor, it was obvious that it was designed to withstand the most horrible of the direct attacks, and it made the EVA to look like a strong warrior, instead of the sleek body it had before, the helmet was almost identical, except the blunt horn was now replaced by a menacing blade-like-horn, the knuckles looked like covered with bandages, or chains, or whatever they are, and the shoulder fins were drastically shortened, there was only one thing that was clear,

"I see that the paint job is now green", Ritsuko said, and this earned the atenttion of her assistant, who was in charge of the EVA upgrades,

"Do you like it?, it took a lot of effort, but I got most of the armor upgrades ready, what do you think sempai?", Maya asked with sparks on her eyes,

"Well, I'm amazed, but I have an idea, why don't you explain me what did you added in the upgrades?", Ritsuko asked, wishing to not have sounded like a clueless assistant, instead of the great scientist she is.

"Of course sempai!, the EVA-01 has been upgraded in it's armor, this consist in a triple layer of armor, the external layer consist in a super dense alloy of titanium, iridium and platine, reinforced with ceramic and kevlar, the second layer consist in a special polymer that will spread the impact force of any hit, reducing any possible damage, it will also provide isolation against temperature changes, reducing to the minimum the chances of over heating or frost bite of the pilot, the last layer, the internal one, is a gel-like lubricant, that will further spread the impact force of any hit, as well as becoming harder in the specific point of a constant attack, providing an extra defence, as well as helping on mantaining the integrity of the other layers, it also allows the EVA to move smooth despite the harshness of the other layers of armor", Maya explained, and Ritsuko was truly amazed.

"That's one hell of an armor, it sounds perfect, what's the catch?", Ritsuko asked, knowing that there should be at least on downside in this awesome upgrade,

"The weight, I already made the calculation, the pilot will feel like carrying near 200kg", Maya replied,

"Under normal circumstances I would have said that this armor is useless, but, I don't think Lee will notice the weight at all", Ritsuko said after thinking about it for a minute, if Lee was able to move freely with about 3 tons straped to his body, 200kg was a joke to him,

"You are right, that's why I gone wild with the upgrades", Maya cheerfully said,

"What about the horn and the hands, what is their function?", Ritsuko asked again, she remembered to have read something about that in the early schematics, but she wanted the updated information.

"Oh, yeah, these are the basic weapons systems, in the head you have the 'Blade Horn', it applies the same principle as the progressive knife, it vibrates at supersonic speeds, making it able to cut thru anything, the main trouble with the prog knives was that we weren't able to make them longer due to the instability it would have produced, but now, since it's attached to the head, and for hence, very well secured, we were able to made it up to that length, now, in the hands are the 'Tornado Knuckles', I designed them after seeing Lee's Omote Renge, where he uses his bandages to ensnare his foe to make it unable to move, so, I designed some reinforced knuckles for the EVA, but these are tied to a net made of reinforced titanium, this net is what you see as bandages, there are enough of it to wrap an entire angel if needed, and due to it's hardiness, it can also be used as a rope to climb or secure another EVA", Maya explained, and again, Ritsuko was speechless.

"Wow!, that's just, wow!, that's quite a pack of weapons, what about the other EVAs?", Ritsuko finally said,

"Well, EVA-00 has bee upgraded on it's armor, is similar to the one of the EVA-01, but is lighter, and it only has two layers, the Alloys as the external, and the gel for the internal, it will make it lighter, and Rei will only feel it as 50kg, also I added some 'Vibro blades' to the wrists, this will help her on her Jyuken while piloting, I was thinking on a special ranged weapon, but I'll need to contact a friend of mine to be able to produce a prototype", Maya replied, there was a smirk on her face, she was planning something,

"Oh, and what kind of weapon you want to create?, and who is this friend of yours?, a boyfriend perhaps?", Ritsuko asked, teasing a little in the end, thing that turned Maya to a shade of green, instead of red,

"No sempai, not a boyfriend, not even if my life depended on that, but he is genius and that can't be denied, I'll need the help of Dr. Harkken to fulfill my design on an energy rifle that is powered up with the AT field", Maya explained, and Ritsuko didn't made her wait for a reaction,

"DR. EMILLIO 'FREAKZOID' HARKKEN?!?!?!?!?!".

Meanwhile, at Misato's apartment...

Misato, being followed by Asuka, was walking her last steps to her apartment, where Lee and Rei most likely will be making out, or cuddling, or both, and their happiness will soon be interrupted by the new roommate, she could already foresee the outcome, option A, Rei and Asuka sharing the room, Asuka calling Lee pervert, and Rei murdering her at night, or, option B, Rei and Lee sharing the same room, and Asuka yelling obscene things at Lee for 'getting advantage' of Rei, which will kill her at day, with these thoughts, she got to her door, when the sound of a piano startled her, it was the song 'Moonlight Sonata', by Bethoveen, not that she was a fan of the classic music, but after three piano classes when she was a child, which were only on that piece, she just was unable to forget it.

"I don't remember him to have used the stereo before", Misato said, still not opening the door,

"I'm telling you, Misato, he is doing pervert things and is using the music to cover his misdeeds!", Asuka said aloud, and Misato smirked,

then she opened the door, and careless walked to the stance, she was really sure that Lee and Rei will not be doing anything bad, but what she found inside was very shocking for her, in her stance, a Grand Baby piano was placed, and playing it, was Lee, moving his fingers over the keys with total mastery, with an expression of bliss and focus, Rei sitting at his side, with her head leaning on Lee's shoulder, her expression was of pure bliss, Misato decided not to move or speak, in order to not interupt this moment of peace, unfortunately, Asuka didn't thought the same.

"Oh! you playing a piano, that's only for the little sissy and yellow belly cowards, plus, also for weaklings that can't fight", Asuka said in a mocking tone, and this broke Lee's concentration, thing made evident due to the way he slamed his hands against the piano keys, earning not only a startling sound, but the startled reaction of his beloved girlfriend and best friend,

"Asuka-san... what does I owe you your visit?", Lee asked, trying to be polite, not wanting to start a war right now, too bad things were not in his favor today,

"This is not a visit, I'm going to live here now, AND I'M TAKING THE BIGGEST ROOM!", Asuka shouted, she just had to be the one in charge, she would not accept anything less, thing that was not good in the eyes of the still unoticed redhead,

"Well, since I doubt you can take Misato's room, that means we'll share my room", Rei suddenly said, she seemed unaffected by Asuka's appaerance,

"HELL NO!, I'm taking the room for myself, and only myself, you must leave!", Asuka replied, at this, Rei tilted her head,

"While I don't mind sharing the bed with Lee-kun, where is Gaara-san going to sleep?", Rei asked, and both Misato and Asuka showed a shocked expression, and while Asuka wanted to shout something about perverts, Misato voiced her thoughts first,

"What is a Gaara?".

"I'm Sabaku no Gaara, pleased to meet you, Misato-san, not the same for you, Asuka-banshee", Gaara said in his usual creepy calm voice, and this unleashed war,

"HOW DID YOU CALL ME?!", Asuka shouted,

"Banshee", Gaara replied bluntly, and Asuka let an anger scream to get out of her mouth,

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO CALL ME LIKE THAT?!", Asuka shouted, Gaara was about to reply, when Lee interjected,

"He is my best friend, and a person you don't want to see angry, so please, let's calm down and let's solve this as civilized people", Lee politely asked, but Asuka wasn't about to listen to someone who she considered an amateur,

"Why should I listen to you?!, you should sleep either in the couch or in the street, and this stupid gay friend of yours should got kicked out of here, this is a place for official pilots, not your stupid friends!", Asuka shouted, and this time, Gaara had enough, if not for the promise he made to Lee to not kill anyone, this girl will have already made a nice red decoration in the walls,

"Shut up already!, What's your problem anyway?, you stupid redhead!", Gaara said, no longer in his usual demanor,

"I, a stupid redhead?!, what's your problem?, you redhead idiot!", Asuka replied in kind,

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!", Gaara asked angry,

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!", Asuka Replied angry too, and soon, this became a verbal fight,

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!",

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?!"...

During this senseless fight, Misato decided to get a beer, the danger of Lee going suiken was no longer something to be worried at all, while Lee and Rei proceeded to move Rei's belongings to Lee's room

"Are you sure of this?", Lee asked,

"Of course Lee-kun, besides, there is nothing wrong for us to sleep together", Rei replied with a lovely voice that made Lee blush, of course, he knew that nothing was going to happen, but, it still affected him greatly.

Meanwhile, in Konoha...

"A special mission?", Gai asked, he wasn't sure what kind of mission could require him to guide Naruto, Sakura and Hinata, but he got called for this,

"The mission is simple, you are to go to Tokyo-3, and stay with the missing nin Rock-Lee, to make sure he doesn't let slip some important information that could be a danger to us", Tsunade comanded, and everyone shared a common shout,

"WHAT?!"


Magnus: Well, did you liked it?

Asuka: What is the problem of this freak?, he thinks he just so cool for having girl like skin or what?!

Gaara: My problem?!, you are the one who thinks she deserves everything, stupid redhead

Misato: Oh God, not again!

Magnus: Well, everyone wanted them to be together, now deal with it!, see ya in next chapter!