It's time for some filler comedy type stuff! (It is obvious I don't have much idea of what to put in these Author's Notes…) So, enjoy Shinji doing stuff with the Angels I guess…
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– Neon Genesis Evangelion OST I – Track 8 – Misato –
August 11th, 2015
Shinji stared. He didn't know what to think. Ever since Ramiel had been defeated early the previous morning, she had simply sat there, in her octahedron form, staring.
"Does he always do this?" Shinji asked, his eyesight not moving from the crystalline Angel at all.
"She." Sachiel corrected. "And yeah, she does."
"She's a man of few words Ramiel." Shamshel said, indicating to Ramiel's form. "Says a grand total of three things: Yes, No and Tetris."
"Why, Tetris?" Shinji asked, really concerned about the Angel that had almost killed him mere hours before.
"We don't know honestly." Sachiel replied. "It's just something she does I guess?" Shinji nodded as Ramiel flew towards him, the first time she had done so since she arrived.
"Yes." She said as she floated in front of him. Shinji looked to Sachiel, wondering what she meant.
"She's agreeing with what we're saying."
"Yes."
"Fair enough." Shinji replied, turning back to the TV after the episode regarding Ramiel. The small group watched TV for a while, some show about a 10-year-old kid with small monsters at his disposal, he found it boring, hilariously for a show that called itself Best Wishes, he was left with one wish. For it to stop.
When the episode finished, Shinji got up, heading into the kitchen to make himself something, Misato had been absent, taking care of both clean-up, and documents regarding Ramiel's recent attack on the city. Being a member of NERV both had it pros and cons. Because of this, Misato wouldn't be home for the rest of the day, or the next, so Shinji was left on his own with the Angels.
"No." Ramiel said, floating into the room. Shinji turned to Shamshel, relaxing at the table, an eyebrow raised.
"What's she saying?"
"She doesn't want that." Shinji stared at Ramiel, who simply stared back. Or at least, would've been, had she had eyes.
"So, what does she want?"
"I don't know." Shinji frowned at Shamshel, turning to Ramiel expectantly, he headed towards the fridge, to find something for the Angel, when she said one word.
"Tetris."
"Okay, I'm confused." Shinji replied, defeated.
"She wants Tetris obviously."
"I don't have that, Sachiel!" Shinji replied, exasperated.
"Then get it." Sachiel replied, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Can't do that." Shinji replied as he returned to cooking, he could at least serve three of them. Ramiel would just have to make do with what he cooked.
"Why not?"
"Don't have any money."
"Then ask."
"It's not that simple." Shinji replied, knowing that he'd have to get both the game, and a system to play it on. As he continued cooking an idea struck him. "Hey, Ramiel!" Ramiel floated into the room, calm as ever.
"Yes."
"I have an idea." Indicating for Ramiel to follow, Shinji led the Angel towards his room, where both his school issued, and NERV issued laptops sat. Grabbing the NERV one, he opened an instance of the internet, searching for Tetris. Finding what he wanted, he sat it in front of Ramiel, who lit up instantly at the sight.
"Tetris!"
"There you go. Have fun, I guess…" Shinji exited the room and returned to the kitchen. Quickly finishing up his meal, he served himself and the remaining two Angels, and they set to eating. Their meal went pleasantly, until a large cry split through the house.
"TEEEEEEEEEETRIIIIIIIIIIIS!"
"What just happened?" Shinji asked, his face indicating that he probably didn't want to know.
"You don't want to know." Sachiel and Shamshel replied in unison, returning to their meal. Understanding what they meant, Shinji blushed, ducking his head to quickly finish eating.
– End –
August 1st, 2015
The Second Child, Asuka Langley Soryu, was many things. The most popular girl in school for instance, with her lithe form attracting many of the male population at her school, her blue eyes contrasting against her fiery red hair. Asuka was, and was always going to be in her eyes, the most popular, number one if you will. While this may have turned off virtually anyone else, Asuka loved the attention.
That didn't mean it got annoying though. While she enjoyed the attention immensely, the significant amount of love letters that she got on a daily basis pissed her off, and if anyone knew of her high anger streak, then no one would want to be with her.
'All men are idiots!' She thought to herself as she crushed another set of love letters underneath her foot, a common occurrence. Asuka prided herself, being an Evangelion pilot only raised her pride even more. In her opinion, being the pilot of the world's first Production Model Evangelion was an absolute honour. And yet again, raised her pride to the max. 'Well, except Kaji!' She blushed as she quickly grabbed her stuff, setting off towards NERV-3 Berlin.
On arrival at NERV-3 Asuka quickly hurried to the dressing rooms. Taking out her red Plugsuit, she quickly changed into it, wanting to get into her Unit-02 as quickly as possible, it relaxed her, made her feel much better after being ogled at for the entire day. As much as she enjoyed it, even she couldn't deny that it got annoying after a while. Once the Plugsuit was on and pressurised, she stepped out onto the bridge, heading towards her red Unit-02.
She waited as the usual procedures where performed, removal of the Entry Plug, settling it down on the ground beside her so she could get into it. Settling into the seat as the Plug sealed and was inserted into Unit-02. She smiled as the familiar feeling of LCL flooded the plug, she let the substance take hold, breathing for a moment to get used to the feeling. No matter how many times this occurred, Asuka always had to get used to the feeling of LCL in her lungs.
"Feeling good, Asuka?" The familiar voice of Ryoji Kaji echoed through the Entry Plug.
"Yes, Kaji!" Asuka replied in her usual cheery tone, reserved only for the older man.
"Alright, Asuka. The test will begin shortly. We'll simply be doing a synchronisation test, using the Eva as we need an update on the results with Unit-02 itself."
"Okay, Kaji!"
"Great, Asuka!" Kaji replied with his usual smirk. The line cut off, Asuka relaxing into the Entry Plug, letting herself go. She was the best. She would prove it.
Asuka smirked from her Entry Plug, she had a keen eye out as, at any moment, Sachiel could round the corner and spot her. It was because of this that Unit-02 sat behind a large building, the red Evangelion hiding to try and get a good shot in. As she waited, the thundering steps of Sachiel rang throughout the city.
She was determined, she always was. As soon as she'd heard that the Third Child had managed to defeat the Angel on his first attempt at piloting, she jumped on the simulations, working to improve as much as possible. She was going to be the best, she'd trained her whole life for this job, and no novice was going to take away her glory. So, when the simulations had obtained an extra mode, allowing her to fight the Angel that the Third had defeated. She went straight in guns blazing.
Unfortunately, she wasn't prepared to deal with an Angel the first battle, and proceeded to get curb stomped by Sachiel. After some choice, German swear words she had jumped back in. This time with a strategy in mind.
And this was where she was now, waiting for the Angel to get into a position so she could jump out from behind the building she was waiting behind, and unload an entire magazine of bullets into the creature. 'That thing won't be difficult to take out.' Asuka thought as she waited for the steps of Sachiel to come closer. 'If that novice pilot could take it out this should be a piece of cake. That earlier battle was a fluke. I am the best. And I will show Kaji just how great I really am!'
On cue, some large footsteps could be heard from the other side of the building, Asuka smirked, getting the red giant into position. Suddenly, Eva Unit-02 leapt into the air, unloading the entire magazine into the Angel. Sachiel turned, bringing up his A.T. Field, taking care of the bullets easily. Asuka frowned, throwing both weapons to the ground quickly, reaching for the shoulder pylon, now opened, her Progressive Knife on standby. Taking hold of it quickly, she ran at Sachiel. Intent on attacking at close range. Sachiel simply stood, waiting for her. "Alright, take this!" Asuka cried as she prepared herself for an attack, bringing up her Progressive Knife, ready to attack the core. "YAAAAAAAAAAA!" She cried as Sachiel's eyes flashed.
Unit-02 was sent flying, tumbling repeatedly backwards while Sachiel watched in satisfaction. Dust was sent up into the air between the two combatants, as Unit-02 slammed into the closest building, sending the Red Unit to the ground.
"Scheisse! Das tut weh!" Asuka cried out as Sachiel jumped across the field towards the currently downed Unit. Intent on taking it out for good. "Damn! You guys aren't a piece of cake after all." She frowned, slowly standing up. Eva Unit-02 stood ready in a defensive stance, prepared to defend against Sachiel, as the Angel flew through the air towards her. She wasn't prepared for the brunt of the attack, as Sachiel almost brought Unit-02 to its knees once again. This time however, Asuka was prepared.
Using the ground as leverage, Unit-02 used both its feet to push the Angel as far away as possible, before running away for a moment. Asuka needed to reorganise herself. She had clearly underestimated the Angel.
Taking a spot on a nearby hill, she watched the Angel as he stayed in the city. She'd expected this, especially since the city was an exact replica of Tokyo-3. The same city she would be arriving at in a months time. NERV HQ was also replicated in the simulations, and she had a hunch of sorts that the Angel was searching for something in the city itself, as throughout her entire battle, the Angel had never left the city limits.
"Asuka, what's happening in there?" The voice of Kaji came through on her call.
"Nothing Kaji!" Asuka replied enthusiastically. "Everything's fine!"
"If you say so Asuka…"
"Don't worry about me, Kaji!" Asuka replied, her tone not changing. "I have everything under control!"
"That's great, Asuka. But you need to focus! You'll be fighting these things yourself one day."
"I'll take care of the rest of them, Kaji! They don't need the First, or their new rookie pilot! They just need me, Asuka! Their ace pilot!"
"Alright, Asuka. Take care of the Angel, okay." Kaji signed off then, giving Asuka a moment to think. She studied her surroundings, noticing that she had the height advantage. Sachiel was wandering down in the city itself, not paying much attention to Unit-02 now that it was out of his way.
The sound of Unit-02's other shoulder pylon opening was heard, the arm of the beast pulling the Progressive Knife out. Unit-02 held its two Progressive Knifes together, ready to attack. Asuka smirked from the Entry Plug, knowing what she was going to do.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion OST III – Track 4 – Harbinger of Tragedy –
With a cry of rage, Unit-02 jumped down the hill quickly, both Progressive Knifes held, ready to strike. Leaping high into the air, Unit-02 came down hard on Sachiel, knocking both Evangelion and Angel to the ground.
Sachiel's eye flashed again, attempting to destroy the Evangelion, but Asuka wasn't going to have it. Unit-02 punched Sachiel's face, cracking the frame of the Angel's mask. Unit-02 didn't let up on its attack, continually punching the Angel's mask, both Progressive Knives held firmly in her hands.
Letting back for a brief moment, Unit-02 shifted slightly, grabbing hold of both Progressive Knives and preparing for a final assault on the Angel's core. Sachiel screamed as the Knives penetrated the skin around the core, attacking him directly. Unit-02 continued to rip the Angel's skin apart, satisfaction in the Eva's eyes.
Feeling itself close to death, Sachiel flashed his eyes again. Asuka didn't expect it, and got sent flying in Unit-02. Sachiel stood and stared after the Red Eva, now a husk of what he formerly looked like, a majority of the Angel's skin removed in Asuka's assault.
Asuka cried out in outrage, and with a final attempt to kill Sachiel, threw her Progressive Knife towards the Angel's core, with the intent of taking the Angel out from a distance.
She was successful, as the Knife impacted Sachiel's core, running itself deep inside. Sachiel let out a final cry of pain, as he exploded into a bloodbath, staining the streets red with blood.
– End –
Asuka looked on, satisfied, as the world around her shifted back to a base grey area, the basic form of the Simulator. Ejecting, the Entry Plug washed away around her, the LCL draining in the process. She opened the Plug up, and stepped onto the sidewalk. She glanced over at the abomination of organs that was known as a Simulation Body, the Simulation Plug providing the same effect as a proper Entry Plug.
As she stared at the mess of organs, she smirked. 'That wasn't so bad.' She thought, as she stepped towards the change rooms, done for the day. 'Third, you don't know what you're up against.'
August 11th, 2015
Misato stared at the pile of papers in front of her. "This is my life now." She said as she stood to see over the top of the pile. "This sucks!" She cried out, there was paperwork for not only the Fourth Angel, who attacked five days before, but she wasn't able to get any of it done before the Fifth Angel had attacked mere days later, having to formulate a plan to kill the Angel with the threat of death over her head did not allow any time to do any of the paperwork.
Not only that, but there was also paperwork concerning the forthcoming Evangelion Unit-02 and its pilot, the Second Child, coming from Germany. Also, because of some miraculous turn of events, Evangelion Unit-03 in America was also apparently completed, and ready to be shipped as well. As such, the Over the Rainbow had set out earlier than scheduled, to collect the completed black Evangelion Unit. This was great and all, but Misato had not yet received an email from the Marduk Institute about a Fourth Child, if one did even exist.
'Although,' She thought as she continued to stare at the pile of work that had built up on her desk. 'Shinji, the Third Child, was chosen completely out of nowhere, and he was collected on the day that Sachiel attacked. Something's not right here.' Misato couldn't think much though, as her door was suddenly opened by a Dr. Akagi.
"Ritsuko?"
"Got some work I see, Misato."
"Yeah, Rits. Turns out that two Angels attacked within days of each other, and the collection process of an extra two Eva's causes the workload to pile up." She huffed, crossing her arms under her chest as she collapsed into her seat. "I wish I had a beer right now."
"I'm sure you do, Misato. However, that's not why I'm here." Misato glanced up at her friend, a questioning look crossing her face.
"Then…?" Ritsuko took a drag from her cigarette, before continuing.
"Commander Ikari wants to see you."
"Why? What would he need to see me for?"
"I don't know Misato. You do know that the Commander is quite an interesting man."
"I wouldn't exactly call the Commander interesting, Ritsuko." Ritsuko smirked slightly, before continuing.
"He wouldn't tell me why he needed you. Just that he needs you urgently. Besides, you can get away from this paperwork for a while." Misato gave Ritsuko the stink eye. As much fun as it was commanding the Pilots during battle, being the NERV Operations Director left a lot to be desired. One of those things, dealing with the paperwork that comes from the aftermath of the battle, as well as supervising the cleanup. "Better not keep him waiting, Misato." Ritsuko commented as Misato stood slowly and headed towards the door, grabbing her red coat along the way. Pushing past her friend, Misato headed towards the Commander's Office. She wasn't looking forward to this meeting.
Misato still found Commander Ikari's office, unnerving. The fact that the man decides that darkness is the best light for any situation would unnerve anybody. Add on the fact that she was currently being stared at by both Commander Ikari, his hands sitting in front of his face, hiding it from sight, and the slightly less intimidating Vice-Commander Fuyutsuki, added on lots of intimidation. It was unnerving. It always was.
"Captain Katsuragi." Gendo began, the usual stern yet commanding tone lighting up his voice.
"Yes, Commander?"
"We have spoken about your recent efforts against the Fifth Angel." Fuyutsuki said. "We commend you for your work against the Angel, keeping your cool under intense pressure such as that must've been daunting."
"It was, sir." Misato replied. She'd learned long ago that letting the Commander and Vice-Commander speak was the best course of action when taken to the Commander's Office.
"Due to your intense but successful job against the Fifth Angel. We have decided to reward you."
"A reward, sir?"
"Yes." Gendo replied. "We have taken a lot of considerable thought into this Captain, we wouldn't want you to let us down after this display of leadership and cooperation."
"Yes, sir."
"Good." Gendo replied, his hands not moving. "I trust that this reward will not make you slack on your duties, Captain? We are giving you a great honour here."
"Yes, sir."
"Well then, I suspect that we will continue to see good work from you, Major Katsuragi."
"Major? Sir?"
"Yes, Katsuragi. We have decided to promote you to Major. You will be given a higher pay, and a bit more access around NERV. However, if our decision has been wrong, then we will not hesitate to remove your rank of Major. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, Commander."
"Good. Well then, Major Katsuragi, I believe there is some paperwork that you need to get to."
"Yes, sir." Misato replied, before quickly rushing from the room, one thought on her mind. 'What just happened?'
August 12th, 2015
School was out for the holidays after the rather interesting extra week that was added to the usual school calendar after Sachiel's attack on Tokyo-3 had caused a few days off for everyone around Tokyo-3. Shinji was now at home, wasting the afternoon away, waiting for his friends to arrive at Misato's apartment.
Shinji had decided (well, rather Sachiel had decided but that's not the point.) that his friends had better learn about the alien creatures that he somehow called his friends. Shinji laughed to himself. 'Ramiel would kill me if she heard me say that.' He thought, laughing at his own wit.
"You aren't that funny, Shinji!" Sachiel called out in his own laughter, causing the Third Child to blush in embarrassment.
"S-Shut Up, Sachiel!" Sachiel cackled again from the kitchen, causing Shamshel to look up from where he was sitting behind the local paper.
"You're not that funny either, Sachiel." Shamshel commented dryly, causing Sachiel to immediately rush into the room in a rage.
"I am funny!"
"No, you're not." Shamshel replied dryly. "I'm not dealing with this right now. I'm leaving." Shamshel flew out of the room, just narrowly missing Sachiel's hand come flying towards him.
"Hey! Come back here and fight like a man, Shamshel!" Sachiel called, flying after the Fourth Angel quickly, attempting to showcase his dominance.
Shinji sighed from where he sat, blindly looking around him. 'Well, that's not too weird. Not as weird as Ramiel… ugh.' Shinji shivered as he remembered that moment, finding Ramiel in his room, breathing heavily. It was obvious what the octahedral Angel had done, but just how she did it completely baffled Shinji. He knew that Angels and Humans had a very similar genetic makeup, but that was it. He couldn't understand how the Angels could do that same thing. Then again, Shinji had been brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, and he only really understood how he could do it, his Aunt and Uncle had made sure to make sure anything remotely sexual be banished from the house. For some reason.
Standing quietly, frowning at the sudden silence in the apartment that was surely a trap. He wandered slowly towards his room. Opening the door slowly, he stepped inside. Glancing around him, he couldn't figure out why he had come into the room. Nothing in the room screamed importance to him. Aside from his SDAT. Staring around him, he subconsciously headed towards the cupboard, were his usual amount of school uniforms hung. At the bottom of the cupboard sat a small box, inside of which held something that Shinji held extremely dear to his heart. A memory, of a person from long ago.
Bringing the box outside to the kitchen area, Shinji sat it on the table carefully. Heading towards the kitchen, he grabbed a pair of scissors to open the box for the first time since he received the gift long ago. Carefully slicing the packing tape open, he lifted the lid of the box off, revealing two packages inside. The bigger one, Shinji pulled out first. Looking over it, Shinji remembered receiving the gift, a bed of red hair the only part of the memory Shinji could recall. No face could come to his mind. It had been like this for years. Ever since he knew the girl stopped talking to him.
Opening the box carefully, he pulled out the contents, a few cables, an instruction manual of some sort, and a large brick. At least, that's what it looked like at first glance. Closer inspection would reveal that this brick was actually a handheld game console. A Game Boy Colour to be exact. The specialised Purple edition, that had a see-through case, letting Shinji see the mechanical components inside the small system. Putting the device down, he headed back to the box to grab the other package.
This package was a lot smaller than the other one. The box had some nice art on it, showing a massive plant-like creature on the front, sitting on a green background. The box art said: Pocket Monsters Green. Shinji carefully opened this box as well, letting another instruction manual fall out, and alongside it, a decently sized grey cartridge, which he assumed held the game.
For a moment, Shinji felt a pang of sadness. He remembered a set of words that someone had said to him. "When we meet again, we'll play these together, okay? We'll become the best like no one ever was!" He remembered a slight aggressive tone, but couldn't quite place the person.
Shinji placed them both back in the box. He felt that if he played the game, that he would be breaking a promise he made long ago. Moving the box slowly back to his room. He carefully set it down on the ground, back at the bottom of his cupboard. The red-haired girl came up in his mind again. He'd wondered for a long time who she was, but the years had made him forget. And most likely her as well.
Shinji was interrupted by a knock at the door of the apartment. Composing himself quickly, he exited the room. Sachiel's cries of, "They're here!" ringing throughout the apartment.
"Shut up, Sachiel!" Shinji scolded briefly, shooing all three Angels out of sight for a moment. 'Well, this should be interesting.' Shinji thought briefly, wondering just what he was doing introducing his friends to the things that had tried to kill them. 'Whatever. It's not like they're going to try killing them now.' Shinji thought, opening the door.
- Neon Genesis Evangelion S2 Works – Disc 2, Track 26 – C-3 (Relaxed and Heartwarming Day) –
"Hey Shinji!"
"Hey, man!"
"Hey, Ikari!"
"Hi, guys!" Shinji exclaimed, he'd been happy to see his friends, who he hadn't seen in about a week. Sans Kensuke, due to their impromptu camping trip when he had run away. Stepping out of the way, Hikari, Toji and Kensuke entered the apartment.
Toji and Kensuke had already seen the apartment briefly when they had asked Misato about Shinji after the battle against Shamshel. Hikari however, looked around the small apartment in interest, having never been inside the place since becoming Shinji's friend when he first arrived in Tokyo-3.
"So, you wanted to show us something, Shin-man?" Toji asked, obviously interested in what Shinji had wanted to see them about.
"What?" Shinji replied. "Am I not allowed to just see my friends, Toji?" Toji stared back gobsmacked at Shinji backtalking him. Shinji blushed at what he just did, turning towards Hikari, who was wondering towards him.
"Come on, Shinji! There was actually a reason you called us here." Hikari stated.
"Okay, it's true. It was worth it to see Toji's face though." Toji stared at Shinji with wide eyes. Kensuke laughed at his friends face. Hikari giving a small giggle in response. At this, Toji blushed, stepping in the background. "Okay, come with me." Shinji called, indicating the three friends to follow him into the main sitting area. The three looked around them with varying expressions of happiness.
"Are you punking us, Shinji!?" Toji cried in outrage.
"Nope. Come out, guys." Shinji called, causing the three Angels hiding in the shadows to come into the light.
Silence followed. A long, awkward silence. Then…
"What the fuck!"
"Suzahara!"
"What, Class Rep!?" Hikari glared at the jock harder, making him wither under her intense gaze.
"Shinji."
"Yes, Kensuke?"
"Why do you have these things that tried to kill us in your house?"
"Well," Shinji started. "Turns out that when I killed the buggers, ("OI!") they stick around as mini versions of themselves. Turns out they have whole personalities and everything."
"Hi!" Sachiel stated, rushing forward, towards the stunned teenagers. "I'm Sachiel! The best Angel! And Shinji's main co-pilot!" He bragged, pressing a hand to his chest.
"Calm down, Sachiel." Shamshel commented, gently flying towards the trio. "My name's Shamshel, excuse my brother, Sachiel. He can be rather excitable about new things." He said, holding out one of his tentacles to shake. Hikari reluctantly took the Angels… hand, remembering that this one had tried to kill her, when she had gone to scold the two imbeciles she called friends. "This is Ramiel." Shamshel introuduced, bringing the Fifth Angel forward.
"Yes."
"Man of few words, huh?" Toji commented idly.
"No."
"What's that mean?" He asked, not knowing what the Angel was saying.
"I assume that means no, I am female." Shinji supplied, not really sure himself. Shamshel nodded at Shinji, confirming his suspicions.
"I must apologise. Both for myself and the idiots I call my siblings." Shamshel started, "Sachiel doesn't seem to understand the need to calm down after meeting someone new for the first time, and Ramiel is a woman of few words, being only Yes, No and Tetris… for some reason. We still haven't figured that one out."
"Tetris?" Kensuke asked, his glee not hidden in his voice.
"Don't. Ask." Shinji stated, horror coming across his face at the memory.
"Right." Hikari commented, not really understanding the meaning behind it.
"As for myself." Shamshel continued. "I apologise for almost killing you guys. You seem nice enough. Can we move past this?"
"Of course!"
"Calm down, Aida!"
"Sorry, Hikari…" Kensuke said, glancing down.
"Well, now that that's out of the way…" Shinji commented. "Anyone want anything to drink? Or an afternoon snack?"
"Yes!" Toji replied. "Food is the best part of any day!"
"Toji… You are such an idiot." Hikari muttered to herself in sadness. Shinji smiled sadly at her, before heading towards the kitchen. Staying behind, Kensuke made himself busy by talking happily with Sachiel about what the Eva's were like.
"Oh, they're great!" Sachiel said. "Turns out, that we can give them awesome new abilities to use! They feel… weird though."
"Awesome!"
"I like you kid!" Sachiel said, high fiving the bespectacled boy.
Toji sat in silence watching Shamshel. "Calm down, Ken." He called out.
"Calm down, Sachiel!" Shamshel said at the same time. The two turned to each other in surprise, Toji smirking slightly in response.
Ramiel flew towards Hikari. Ever since the younger girl had arrived, one thing had been bothering the octahedral Angel. Her hair. She had it done up in these two tail like things, and it was bothering the hell out of Ramiel.
"No." Ramiel stated, coming behind Hikari. Hikari glanced around in terror, but not one was helping her. Fearing the worst, she shut her eyes quickly, hoping the Angel would end things quickly.
Instead she felt a slight brush of something against her back. Opening her eyes, Ramiel floated in front of her, holding… somehow, her hair ties. She had removed her pig tails, letting her hair down. Glancing up, she blushed, not used to her hair being down.
"Yes." Ramiel said, before floating away, taking the hair ties with him.
"Wow… Hikari…" Toji muttered in surprise, a blush covering his own face.
"Yes, Toji?"
"You look… cute." Toji replied, like he wasn't sure what to say.
"Thanks." Hikari blushed furiously, ducking her head to avoid showing anyone. Inside, she was doing a happy dance. 'He finally noticed me!'
Shinji entered the room with a happy smile. Placing a tray filled with snacks, and dricks between them. With a smile, they dug in, chatting about anything and everything they could talk about as a group of four friends living in a defensive city.
– End –
Asuka stared out at the water. It calmed her. Somehow. She wasn't sure how, but it just did. She was on the Over the Rainbow, having just stopped in Massachusetts to pick up Evangelion Unit-03. 'It is a nice Eva.' She thought, as the waves against the side of the vessel calmed her. 'Not as good as my Unit-02 though!' She smirked as she ran along the deck, stopping to look at a smaller ship trailing behind them, a large tarp covering an obviously ginormous object. Her Unit-02.
She returned to her room. Desperate to get some rest. Having an absolute arschloch as a captain would make anyone want some rest. 'I'm not some dumb child!' She thought as she flopped against the bed, her sundress fluttering around her. "Besides some idiots, this is a very nice trip. Especially because Kaji is here!" She squealed for a moment, stopping abruptly. "You idiot, Asuka! You are a woman, not some stupid girl!" She sighed, lying back against the wall. Despite her high achievements, Asuka was still a 13 year old girl. Nothing would change that.
Asuka walked towards the bathroom, stepping inside quickly. Locking the door behind her. She was alone in her room, however, she could never allow any pervert to come in, no matter what! So, she locked her bathroom anyway, even though there was no feasible way for anyone except the… captain… to get in her room. She shivered in disgust.
Stripping off her sundress, she stood in front of the mirror, looking over herself. Frowning, she muttered in disdain, "Why can't Kaji see me as a woman! Age is just a number! Is he… No, he can't be. He wouldn't already be in love with someone… Right…?" Frowning, she turned the shower on, stepping inside. As she stood under the water, letting it wash all her worries away, her thoughts turned to someone else. A brown-haired boy. Someone she couldn't remember.
'Who is he?' She thought as the water washed over her. 'I remember he was a friend. But that's it, I can't place a face, or a name!' Staring ahead, she angrily hit the wall. "Argh! Why can't I remember!?" She leaned against the wall, letting the water wash away her anger all over again.
After a while, she got out. Grabbing a towel to wrap around her lithe body, she proceeded to dry herself off, before stepping back into her room, quickly grabbing a set of clothes and putting them on.
She sat back down afterwards, thoughts of this boy still plaguing her mind. Something about him, was interesting to her. She just couldn't place it. Unconsciously, she headed towards her bag, grabbing it and digging inside for something very special. Hidden, at the very bottom of the bag, was two boxes.
The larger one she pulled out first. Opening it, she roughly let the contents fall onto the bed. 'Cords? For what exactly? A manual? I'm not dumb!' She thought. However, the last item of the box caught her eye. 'A red brick? Wait, it looks like there's a screen and buttons on the thing.' Grabbing the box, she glanced at the ripped packaging. 'Game Boy Colour.' As she stared at the box, something dawned on her. "I bought us these. One for me, and one for him. We were going to play together." Looking back at the box, nothing else was inside. "But what could we play? There's nothing else here."
Her eyesight returned to the bag in the corner of the room. Rushing back over, she dug around again, coming upon another package. This one was smaller than the other one, showing a large, dragon like creature on the front with a flame on its tail. All of this sitting on a red background. 'Pocket Monsters Red.' Sitting back down on the bed, she turned the box over in her hands, glancing at the back. "Green?" She muttered unconsciously, not noticing the effect holding these things was having on her.
'I'd bought these for me and my friend. I bought Red, and I bought him Green. We were going to play together. Just me and him.' The thought made her smile, even if it was only ever so slightly. Placing both boxes away in the bag, she turned away. 'I don't feel like playing that at all. I feel like I must play it with him. Or else, I'm breaking a promise." Settling back on the bed, Asuka prepared to go to sleep, a smile on her face.
"Asuka! Are you in there? I need to speak to you?" Asuka jumped up, heading towards the door quickly. Opening it, standing there, in his all his gruffness, was Ryoji Kaji.
"Kaji!"
"Hey, Asuka." He said with one of his signature smiles. "Can I come in?"
"Of course, Kaji! You don't have to ask!" Kaji sighed as she continued to fawn over him. As much as he liked the girl, he was too old. She needed someone her own age. "What do you need, Kaji?" Asuka asked curiously, wonder crossing her face.
"Asuka, I'm going to need to leave for a bit."
"What, why?"
"The Commander. He's tasked me with retrieving something for him, which unfortunately is over at Bethany Base. One of NERV's extra bases."
"You mean?"
"I have to leave, Asuka. But only for a little while, a couple weeks at least. I've got to deal with this. The Commander has asked." Kaji replied. 'Not to mention the Proto Child. She's an… interesting one.' He thought to himself, but he didn't need to tell Asuka that. She was competitive enough as it was.
"So, when do you leave?" Asuka asked sadly.
"As soon as possible, Asuka. I'm sorry, but I wanted to come tell you first."
"That's okay, Kaji. You will be back, right?"
"Of course, Asuka! I'll return before you arrive in Tokyo-3." Kaji replied, standing and heading for the door. "I'll see you soon, Asuka." Kaji finished, shutting the door behind him, leaving the girl alone in her room.
So that's Chapter 14! This took a while to write. This chapter was simply a basic set of ideas that just kept growing. The whole Pokémon thing came to me when I was writing Shinji before his friends arrived, that will be very important in the long run, especially for Shinji and Asuka. Somehow, through all of this, I managed to get this chapter over 6,000 words. Somehow.
So, Shinji and Asuka know of a friend from their childhood, but don't know who this friend is. This is very important for both, and will be resolved. Later. Much later.
Changes:
More making Hikari more prominent because she didn't get enough screentime in NGE or Rebuild.
The first major changes! Misato is promoted to Major! 6 episodes early! This is to make Misato get another promotion later, as well as giving the Bridge Bunnies some much needed love later as well.
Kaji is leaving for Bethany Base! The Proto Child is going to debut soon! Who is it? You'll just have to wait and see. (Hint: 2.0)
