***CHOP***
Chanalos puts away his blood stained butcher knife. "Man that last one was
LONG, so I cut it and put the bottom half here. Not very tactful, considering
that Quentin did this whole sequence easily, but I'm not as good as Quentin.
Besides too much ASCII really can scare people. Here is the second half of
Asuka's trial of judgement." Music comes from the computer. "Ohh, yeah I got
winamp working." ^_^
***SPELL-CHECKED-VERSION***
If I said this fic had spoilers, it would ruin the surprise!
I didn't write Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino did. I took ALOT from Pulp
Fiction and kept it textbook, I also made some purposeful deviations. I'm not
making any money off of this, so please don't get mad at me Hollywood. I don't
own any of the characters I mention, and If I don't get sued for this, I don't
think I'll get sued for anything. Please don't sue me.
Have you read A1-I-Bus' Pulp Evangelion Yet? Do it! We both started with the
same premise, and the same central character descriptions, then went our
separate ways. I think these both pretty much rock the house. After you are
done with "Fan Fiction", read "Pulp Evangelion", and vice versa. That should
keep you occupied.
-Chapter 3-
My dinner with Shinji
---------------------
"Hello and welcome to the Big Alien Samurai" said Kim (the reception desk was
actually a three way computer console, where Sammie, Kim and Vanessa issued
table orders to everyone.)
"Table for two, non-smoking." spoke Asuka
"Understood; Sammy, I am reading two inbound friendlys requesting non-exhaust
docking clearance."
"Roger," said Sammy, she picked up a microphone "Request immediate escort for
two inbound friendlys to sector 24."
"So you're really OK with this Asuka?" Shinji whispered silently
"Yeah, Shinji. Since your dad bailed on you, I'll make it up. Whatever you
want tonight, I'll be happy to help." She said in a slightly over-dramatic tone.
Tenchi walked up to the front desk and said, blandly;
"Tenchi, reporting for escort."
Vanessa handed Tenchi his flight orders (Menus). and said "Sector 24"
"Follow me please." spoke Tenchi
Shinji and Asuka followed Tenchi through the menagerie. The restaurant was
fairly well packed, fortuitously for the restaurant, customers outnumbered the
anime assortment. There were plenty of alumni of big-screen, small-screen, and
video-screen. Passing through the Takahashi section they caught a glimpse of
Lum, and on a side stage a performance where Ranma was really changing from a
boy to a girl, according to which water he/she was doused with. They walked by
the Akira remote controlled bike racing game, the bubblegum crisis bus-girls,
and of course miles of animation cells. After seeing rabbits genetically
engineered to make enormous ears, to form cabbits, they finally reached
section 24, and sat at their table for two, the space battlecruiser Yamato.
"Hello My name is Tenchi of the Jurei." he handed the menues to the couple, "Can
I get you some drinks?"
"I'll have a, uhhhh, ginseng coke." said Asuka
"Very well ma'am, and for you, sir?"
"Can I get the 600 yen shake?"
"Would you like that Roy or Claudia?"
"Claudia."
"Be back in a moment." Tenchi walked away, Asuka leaned toward Shinji
"Did you just order a shake for 600 yen?"
"Yes, I did."
"What are you stupid? I mean, You are aware of course, that I can get a good
shake for around 180 yen."
"Hey, well, uh, anything to put a dent in my fathers wallet."
Asuka paused, she wondered weather to move into personal territory. She
decided to do so.
"How do you feel about your father anyway?"
"Wow, uh, well, Th-th-this is a question that I have asked myself."
"So you can't really tell me?"
"I-I-It's not like that, It's just like, I feel different all the time, I work
for him, and when I do, he is proud of me, but it's like, he doesn't like me as
a person, just a pilot. It's not me he likes, just my skill.. Just what I can
do. We.. well what do you think of him?"
"To me...he's just a man with a plan. He always has his idea on how things are
done, and that's it, they are to be done that way."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then why did he bail on me tonight, if he had already planned it?"
Asuka knew the whole truth, and this was a fork in the road. She paused to
think her answer, she could tell the truth. This might result in Shinji
actually being flattered, and happy that his father would arrange such a thing.
It may, on the other hand result that Shinji would feel stunned, and
uncomfortable, meaning that he would probably confront his father, meaning that
she would then loose her Eva regardless of tonight's events.. She could lie,
and then assure that the plan would be maintained, but that would mean she
passed up this chance to be honest with Shinji and get some real feelings from
him. The chess was killing her, so she decided to stick to the plan.
"Well, uh in life, um, not all things go according to plan."
"Speaking of my father, what was that thing he had you do this morning?"
Asuka paused yet again. Shinji hadn't had 'first blood' yet, so the truth might
scare him, but he was an Eva pilot so he'd killed a few angels already maybe he
would see that side of it.
"A hit"
"HIT? You mean you...pointed a gun at someone...pulled the trigger and killed
him?"
"Part of my job, Shinji. I kill angels."
"So this guy was an angel?"
Asuka paused, then answered assuredly,
"Yes."
"Yeah, but killing angels is what Evas are for."
"Why send an expensive, thundering, crushing, dangerous Eva when you can just
send two girls with guns? Besides, you can't hog the angel killing all to
yourself, right Shinji?"
Shinji blushed and looked away, itching the back of his neck.
"No, I guess not."
"What are you up to now, five? Shinji, that's that's almost half so far, you
lucky little twerp."
"It's no big deal, really."
"Don't be so modest, sure though you may only have the second best synch ratio,
just behind..." Asuka paused and ran her fingers through her hair, "...someone,
you still have a kill list to make anybody envious."
"Yeah, I guess so."
Tenchi returned with the drinks just seconds before Shinji and Asuka were about
to slip into silence.
"Ginseng Coke, madam" he said blandly
"Thank you."
"Milkshake, Claudia."
"Thanks, Tenchi"
"No problem, can I get you a main course?"
Shinji and Asuka picked up their menues.
"I'll have the uh...chili beef ramen." said Asuka
"Would you like the beef nuked, or bleed when you cut it?"
"Bleed"
Tenchi Scribbled the order.
"Ok, and for you sir?"
"Ghost and the Shells."
"Sea food?" Asked Asuka
"Is that a problem?" worried Shinji
"Ohh, no, just an observation." Asuka didn't want Shinji smelling like a sea
barge tonight, what a turnoff. She tapped the breath mints in her pocket.
'Think ahead' She thought, despite the fact she had bought them three days
earlier.
"I'll be back with your meals shortly." said Tenchi, grabbing the menues. He
walked away.
"This Tenchi guy is being a real jerk." said Asuka
"Yeah, I mean people only come here for the fan service anyway. We should
have gotten a female table, like...Mamano Hunter Yohko."
"But there are two Yohkos"
"No, the black haired one, with the hair rings and the red silk dress is Mamano
Hunter Yohko, the blonde with the meatballs, and the school dress from hell
uniform is Sailor Moon."
Shinji continued to look around. "Ok, I see; there's Kei and Yuri; that table's
in trouble. Ok, they got uhhh, Ifurita, A-Ko, Yurika, and Misa's here, but I
don't see Minmay; must be her night off."
"You like anime, huh?"
"Yep, it's the eyes. I love big deep eyes."
Asuka blinked "What do you think of my eyes"
Shinji Paused for a moment, looking into her eyes. These are the deepest bluest
eyes that he had ever seen. They shown with a gleam, and the way that Asuka
maintained a determined look, gives that gleam a hint of fire. They were the
color of the sea kissed by the color of the sky, like sapphires, and yet delicate
like flower petals. They are beautiful eyes.
"You have uh, lovely eyes."
"Just cause I'm part Caucasian though?"
"No, you uh, just have uh, good eyes, for anyone I mean. I just think yours are
nice uh, because I can rarely see, uh, blue eyes."
"Well I saw them all the time in Germany."
"Whats Germany like anyway?"
"Ohh, it's a whole different world. They got this road called the Autobahn, no
speed limits."
"What?"
"It's insane! I drove A BMW Z Mach-8 turbo at I dunnow, 250 k/h."
"Was it good?"
"Almost better than piloting Eva, you're just so close to the ground, you feel
like a missile. Also, in Germany they have hundreds of beers, Beck, DAB,
Schofferhofer, Stella Artios; which is Belgian, but it's still pretty good. And
all you have to do to drink is be able to see over the bar. First time I got
drunk, I musta been I dunno...nine."
"Really?"
"I don't think I'll be drunk again for a while though, morning afters are
killer. Speaking of drinks how's the 600 yen shake?"
"We...well, care to try?"
"Don't mind if I do."
Asuka extended her hand and leaned forward, she brought her lips to the straw,
tasting the overpriced nectar. It surprised her
"Ach, Ja! Not bad. But I still think 600 is a bit much."
"Well, what have you got; just a coke... with what in it again?"
"Ginseng"
Shinji laughed slightly, he swallowed his laughter, and sipped from his
Milkshake. Asuka became suspicious.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, nothing it's just uhhh, that you said there was, uhhh, ginseng in the
coke."
"So?"
Shinji paused for a moment. He blushed fairly. Then leaned forward.
"Asuka, uhhhh, ginseng is an, ummm, aphrodisiac."
Asuka was taken back for a moment, she looked at the beverage which she had, so
uninformatively purchased as a thirst killer, realising that it, along with the
whole world was caving in on her and all that was being said was: "You and
Shinji, tonight". Still, she decided earlier that night; that everything up
until the moment of execution was just for kicks. She took a large gulp from
it, and set it down. The next words she said, she said just for kicks.
"Keep your fingers crossed then Shinji." She spoke with a smile, setting the
drink down, "I gotta go and cleanse the soul, be back in a sec."
Asuka stood in the girls restroom, looking at herself in the mirror thinking to
herself, 'Keep your fingers crossed? Why did I say that? What am I, stupid?
I can handle this by myself, right? I don't need to give him ideas. Right, I am
in control here. I just gotta do the thinking for the both of us. If this is
gonna happen, it's happening on my terms.'
She turned to face the door.
'Shinji, If you're gonna get any tonight, then I call the shots. You won't push
me around, you won't put thoughts in my head, you won't think, you won't mis-
behave, and you will do exactly as I want done. Your role is only as putty in
my hands, understand?'
She smiled confidently and left the restroom.
"KAROKE????"
"Yeah Asuka, I uh, just signed us up. I'm sorry, I just thought that, well,
since you said that...oh never mind, I'll erase us."
Asuka remembered the words she had said: 'Whatever you want tonight I'll be happy
to help'. Asuka may have a big ego, but she also doesn't go back on her word.
"No, don't do that, I just... well, you just surprised me. I'll do it."
Later that night; 'round nine-ish
Shinji had just finished chewing one of Asuka's mints. Asuka sat on the
bow side chair in the Yamato, an empty ramen bowl in front of her. the two had
spent the evening talking getting better aquatinted, they had come to good
speaking terms, discussing Evas and Angels, big battles, homework, How if Rei
grew her hair like Asuka, she would look kind of like Ruri Ruri, anything to keep
their mouths moving really. Abruptly they were approached by none other than Max
Jenus. He turned to Asuka saying;
"Miss, we need you."
Within five minutes, Asuka was standing in an unlit corner of the stage, holding
an odd feeling cordless microphone. She looked out to the circular stage as the
lights went down. Asuka rubbed the film on the microphone with her thumb.
"What's this for?" she asked
"Waterproofing." Replied Max
Before Asuka could ask why, a battle alarm began to sound. The speakers all
around roared to life with their emergency scream. Amidst the alarum the people
actually got out of their seats and cheered. 'Why are they cheering?' Asuka
wondered. Captain Gloval came on the overhead saying:
"Attention, everyone, a micronized Zentradi has penetrated into this building,
he is armed, but please remain calm. I repeat, please remain calm. It is a
well known fact that Music can tame these angry beasts. We have, standing
ready, a singer prepared halt this monster."
Asuka was blinded as a huge spotlight focused on her. The entire crowd roared
with joy. Asuka did not hear the whole crowd, because only one voice stuck out
in her mind. Somewhere off to her right she heard a voice say "Yeah, Fresh
Meat." Asuka gulped, then clenched her teeth.
"What will you sing for us, miss Soryou?"
Asuka thought of only one song, an oldie, but she knew it at least.
"Uhhh, Cruel Angels Thesis."
"Sir, the Zentradi has penetrated all lines of defence he's here!" Screamed
Misa. A second spotlight blasted to the other side of the stage. The audience
began to boo intensely. There was Shinji; in a full green, plastic, metal
jacket. Shinji, dressed as a Zentraedi soldier, was armed with a large water
gun. Asuka had time to get one good laugh on how ridiculous he looked. The
music started. Asuka began to sing to Shinji;
"Zaunkoku na tenshi no younoni, shounen yo shinua ni nare."
During the brief musical interlude, Shinji advanced with a quick blast, just
above Asuka's head. Asuka dove to her knees, to miss the incoming H20.. The
audience gasped, but Asuka sprung to her feet, and grabbed the barrel of the
gun, she pointed it upward, above her head. She looked Shinji right in the eye
and sang the next lines to him, and only him. He smiled.
"Aoi kaze ga ima, mune no do awo tataitemo"
She pushed Shinji's water cannon in a circular motion from the cieling down to
the ground.
"Watashidake wo tada mitsumete ho-ho-etuneru anata."
Asuka turned to direct her performance to the audience. She looked downright
Minmayan, as she extended her hand out to the now cheering and clapping crowd.
"Soto fueru mono, Motomeru koto ni muchu de."
"Umehi sae mata shinanaie Ita i hena hitomi."
Asuka felt a slight blast of water hit her shoes. Shinji had turned on her. He
had sprayed the floor right behind her. The audience began to boo once more..
Asuka widened her eyes and Shinji stopped. He really did like her eyes, they
really could control him. She stepped in a sideways circular pattern, with
Shinji at the epicenter.
"Dake do itsu kakido kudesho bo sono senaka niwa."
With the four synthesiser chords, she took four steps toward Shinji and once
again sang to him. The audience was going crazy.
"Haruka mirai mezazu tamemo hamenga arukoto,"
"Zaunkoku na tenshi no theze Madome kara yangmate to tubatsu"
Asuka wasn't even thinking of the lyrics, what she was thinking about was how,
for all it's odd ups and downs, Shinji had shown her a real fun time tonight..
It was what she expected it to be, fun. She got right up next to him.
"Hotobashiru atsi no pathos de, omoide wo umanigu nara"
"Kono sora wo diete kanayaku Shounen yo shinua ni nare."
At the last words to the first chorus, Shinji registered a mischievous grin. As
the guitar solo began, he raised the watergun. He was about to shoot Asuka.
The audience gasped, as the gun homed in on the defenceless redhead. That gasp
was wasted. With barely even thinking about it, Asuka put the microphone in her
left hand, and grabbed the barrel of the large water gun, along with the
cordless mike. Then she slipped her right hand under Shinji's, and took the gun
by the handle. She made a small lunge at him. Surprised, Shinji loosened his
grip, and Asuka pulled away, disarming him. She dropped to offensive posture,
pumed the gun a single time and gave Shinji a quick squirt. The audience went
crazy, dishes could be heard breaking on the floor from customers hitting them
off of the table as they stood up to cheer. The world stood still on the stage
the audience roared for Asuka to shoot. Asuka squinted, and her look became
intensley serious.
"Close your eyes, Shinji."
Shinji shut them and prepared for a blast to the face. Asuka approached, and
the crowd went dead silent. She raised the gun to point blank, inches from
Shinji's forehead. Shinji kept his eyes closed and listened to the silence,
even the music had been turned down. He tried to focus on the blackness of his
closed eyes. Cringing, he awaited Asuka's wrath. He then found liquid on his
face, as Asuka pressed her slightly damp lips into his. He opened his eyes to
see an ocean of red hair. The audience cheered reluctantly, as they hoped she
would soak him. The crowd moaned an affectionate "ahhhh" and took their seats,
as Shinji put his arm over Asuka's shoulder. The house lights came up, and
the pair separated.
"Thanks for a fun dinner, Shinji"
"My, my pleasure."
10:00 PM
The Kitana pulled in on time as planned. The rubber of the tires making that
all familiar crackle, as it bends on the concrete.
Shinji stepped out and turned back to see Asuka from the passenger side.
"Thanks for a great night Asuka."
"Well, uh Shinji, could I uh..."
"What Asuka?"
"I uh, got nothing' to uh do right now, so, uhh, can I come inside...we can
watch a movie or something'"
"Well, Yeah, sure, I guess. Come on in."
10:15 PM
Asuka and Shinji sat side by side on the floor, with a blanket, and a few
pillows to rest on, a bowl of popcorn between them and an old Kurasawa film
"Ran" on the screen. Asuka looked at the clock. Once again, it had come down
to second after second draining away. She had 17 minutes.
"Hey, Asuka"
"Yeah?"
"Since we got back you seem depressed is anything wrong?"
"Well, no. Actually,, there uh is just one thing....but uh, Well it's, uh, kinda
hard to explain."
"Is it 'cause of me?"
"No, no, it's just," Asuka thought quickly this time. "The commander gave me an
order, and it's something I don't wanna do, but I have to do what he says, or I
can't pilot the Eva."
"He can be such a prick sometimes. You shouldn't do anything you don't want to
do Asuka."
"Yeah, but, I also should do what I want to do. I mean, I want to pilot Eva, so
I have to be willing to make sacrifices."
"Yeah, but what kind of sacrifices do you have to make? What is this thing,
another hit?"
"...Kinda."
Shinji looked puzzled at her for a moment. Asuka mustered up some guts, and
decided to "Set it off". She stood up and headed to the door.
"Shinji, I gotta get something out of the car. I'll be back in a sec."
"What do you have to get?"
"You'll see." She said with a slight, but somewhat forced grin.
She went to the car and unlocked it, reaching in the back seat Asuka removed the
bag. She glanced over her shoulder to see if Shinji was still looking. Now
looking in the bag Asuka saw the purchase. The stage is set. She closed the car
door and locked it. She walked back to the house, and opened the door, and headed
into the living room.
"Shinji, Can I use the bathroom?"
"Sure. Oh, Asuka, did you see my tape player in the car? I think I left it in
there."
"Oh, yeah, I didn't see it in there, but I know you had one, so it's probably on
the floor."
"Well then I should go get it."
"Here, take the keys, but come right back."
Asuka threw the keys to Shinji, he caught it, but something else was holding his
attention.
"What's in the bag?"
"Ohh, the bag? It's just something I had to get."
"Show me."
"NO, no it's uhhh, not ready yet. Give me Five minutes I'll come out and show
you."
Shinji paused and contemplated the recent development. Asuka said not a word,
but gripped the straps of the bag uneasily. Shinji was unsure, but figured to
just go get his walkman.
"Ok, show me it when it's ready."
"I will."
10:26
"Shinji... here is what was in the bag. Do you like it? I got it especially for
you... NO! That sucks...Shinji, I think tonight was just wonderful, your such
a great person to be with, so Shinji, I want...to...Give up my entire life of
purity thus far so I can still pilot a giant robot killing machine that smells
like blood. NO!...Hey, Shinji, wanna f-"
Asuka dropped her head she could no longer look in the mirror at that girl who
was trying to make excuses for the things she does not want to do. She removed
her headgear, and set it on the sink countertop. Looking back up at what she
had bought today, she admired how good it looked on her. The design angle was
of a rose bush. The brassiere was all green textured Lace, with tiny hints of
velvet leaves. Over the nipples was folded crimson silk, to form a fully
bloomed rose, and silken buds were located at different levels down the lace
stem, so as not to over-emphasise the nipples. The panties utilised the same
angle, with rosy petals and such, but their was nothing too flowery located over
the vulva. For erotic Lingerie' 'twas rather conservative, more tactile then
blatantly sexual. For Asuka, they were her last comforts, the only clothes she
would have on for a while. Flowers stuck out for her. The cliché' of flowers
being the strictest of virgin feminine representation was truly taking hold of
her now.
'All flowers die, eventually' she thought 'but only when it is their time.. Is
this the time?' Shinji seemed a well enough person to her now, but the problem
is not with him, it is with herself. She turned and looked at the door. She
breathed in and out, she felt her last hope was to try to justify having sex
with Shinji.
'I want to pilot Eva, I want to pilot it. It's the only thing I do well. If I
do it, then I do it for Eva. I also think Shinji's Ok, when you get through to
him he is a fun guy to be around. I don't have a problem with Shinji. Rei gave
it up to Kaoru, and she seems fine, she is still my friend, still pilots Eva,
nothing has really changed her. I can do this. I can do this for Eva, Shinji
will be going through the same stuff, and Rei won't ever loose respect for me,
she said so. I'll show em all I've got guts.'
She looked at her watch just as 10:29 became 10:30. Time to get in character.
She reached for the door handle, turned it and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Good luck, slut."
The lights went off.
"Shinji...I've got a surprise for you tonight...Shinji?"
The living room was empty. Ran was still playing on the TV screen, but Shinji
was nowhere to be found. Then Asuka saw him, as he peeled away from the house
in the Kitana. She ran to the window, but he was down the street in a flash,
and tail lights were all that she could see.
To be continued...
You think this was long? Imagine if I had tacked it onto the previous ep!!!!!!!
Oh yeas, Pulp Evangelion. Let's face it, Quentin Rocks so I just had to spin
him. I showed A1-I-Bus the spin, and he spun a set too, but A1-I-bus' is a
totaly different angle on the same Kind of spin. It rocks too, so whatever your
doing right now, I don't care if it's surgery, go read Pulp Evangelion.
Q:
Has Shinji hit the road for good?
Will Asuka still give it up?
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PUT REI BACK IN THIS FIC?
A:
Read the next edition of...
Catch the next episode of...
In the next volume of...
_FAN FICTION_: "Chase and Resolution"
Chenalos@aol.com
Chanalos puts away his blood stained butcher knife. "Man that last one was
LONG, so I cut it and put the bottom half here. Not very tactful, considering
that Quentin did this whole sequence easily, but I'm not as good as Quentin.
Besides too much ASCII really can scare people. Here is the second half of
Asuka's trial of judgement." Music comes from the computer. "Ohh, yeah I got
winamp working." ^_^
***SPELL-CHECKED-VERSION***
If I said this fic had spoilers, it would ruin the surprise!
I didn't write Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino did. I took ALOT from Pulp
Fiction and kept it textbook, I also made some purposeful deviations. I'm not
making any money off of this, so please don't get mad at me Hollywood. I don't
own any of the characters I mention, and If I don't get sued for this, I don't
think I'll get sued for anything. Please don't sue me.
Have you read A1-I-Bus' Pulp Evangelion Yet? Do it! We both started with the
same premise, and the same central character descriptions, then went our
separate ways. I think these both pretty much rock the house. After you are
done with "Fan Fiction", read "Pulp Evangelion", and vice versa. That should
keep you occupied.
-Chapter 3-
My dinner with Shinji
---------------------
"Hello and welcome to the Big Alien Samurai" said Kim (the reception desk was
actually a three way computer console, where Sammie, Kim and Vanessa issued
table orders to everyone.)
"Table for two, non-smoking." spoke Asuka
"Understood; Sammy, I am reading two inbound friendlys requesting non-exhaust
docking clearance."
"Roger," said Sammy, she picked up a microphone "Request immediate escort for
two inbound friendlys to sector 24."
"So you're really OK with this Asuka?" Shinji whispered silently
"Yeah, Shinji. Since your dad bailed on you, I'll make it up. Whatever you
want tonight, I'll be happy to help." She said in a slightly over-dramatic tone.
Tenchi walked up to the front desk and said, blandly;
"Tenchi, reporting for escort."
Vanessa handed Tenchi his flight orders (Menus). and said "Sector 24"
"Follow me please." spoke Tenchi
Shinji and Asuka followed Tenchi through the menagerie. The restaurant was
fairly well packed, fortuitously for the restaurant, customers outnumbered the
anime assortment. There were plenty of alumni of big-screen, small-screen, and
video-screen. Passing through the Takahashi section they caught a glimpse of
Lum, and on a side stage a performance where Ranma was really changing from a
boy to a girl, according to which water he/she was doused with. They walked by
the Akira remote controlled bike racing game, the bubblegum crisis bus-girls,
and of course miles of animation cells. After seeing rabbits genetically
engineered to make enormous ears, to form cabbits, they finally reached
section 24, and sat at their table for two, the space battlecruiser Yamato.
"Hello My name is Tenchi of the Jurei." he handed the menues to the couple, "Can
I get you some drinks?"
"I'll have a, uhhhh, ginseng coke." said Asuka
"Very well ma'am, and for you, sir?"
"Can I get the 600 yen shake?"
"Would you like that Roy or Claudia?"
"Claudia."
"Be back in a moment." Tenchi walked away, Asuka leaned toward Shinji
"Did you just order a shake for 600 yen?"
"Yes, I did."
"What are you stupid? I mean, You are aware of course, that I can get a good
shake for around 180 yen."
"Hey, well, uh, anything to put a dent in my fathers wallet."
Asuka paused, she wondered weather to move into personal territory. She
decided to do so.
"How do you feel about your father anyway?"
"Wow, uh, well, Th-th-this is a question that I have asked myself."
"So you can't really tell me?"
"I-I-It's not like that, It's just like, I feel different all the time, I work
for him, and when I do, he is proud of me, but it's like, he doesn't like me as
a person, just a pilot. It's not me he likes, just my skill.. Just what I can
do. We.. well what do you think of him?"
"To me...he's just a man with a plan. He always has his idea on how things are
done, and that's it, they are to be done that way."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then why did he bail on me tonight, if he had already planned it?"
Asuka knew the whole truth, and this was a fork in the road. She paused to
think her answer, she could tell the truth. This might result in Shinji
actually being flattered, and happy that his father would arrange such a thing.
It may, on the other hand result that Shinji would feel stunned, and
uncomfortable, meaning that he would probably confront his father, meaning that
she would then loose her Eva regardless of tonight's events.. She could lie,
and then assure that the plan would be maintained, but that would mean she
passed up this chance to be honest with Shinji and get some real feelings from
him. The chess was killing her, so she decided to stick to the plan.
"Well, uh in life, um, not all things go according to plan."
"Speaking of my father, what was that thing he had you do this morning?"
Asuka paused yet again. Shinji hadn't had 'first blood' yet, so the truth might
scare him, but he was an Eva pilot so he'd killed a few angels already maybe he
would see that side of it.
"A hit"
"HIT? You mean you...pointed a gun at someone...pulled the trigger and killed
him?"
"Part of my job, Shinji. I kill angels."
"So this guy was an angel?"
Asuka paused, then answered assuredly,
"Yes."
"Yeah, but killing angels is what Evas are for."
"Why send an expensive, thundering, crushing, dangerous Eva when you can just
send two girls with guns? Besides, you can't hog the angel killing all to
yourself, right Shinji?"
Shinji blushed and looked away, itching the back of his neck.
"No, I guess not."
"What are you up to now, five? Shinji, that's that's almost half so far, you
lucky little twerp."
"It's no big deal, really."
"Don't be so modest, sure though you may only have the second best synch ratio,
just behind..." Asuka paused and ran her fingers through her hair, "...someone,
you still have a kill list to make anybody envious."
"Yeah, I guess so."
Tenchi returned with the drinks just seconds before Shinji and Asuka were about
to slip into silence.
"Ginseng Coke, madam" he said blandly
"Thank you."
"Milkshake, Claudia."
"Thanks, Tenchi"
"No problem, can I get you a main course?"
Shinji and Asuka picked up their menues.
"I'll have the uh...chili beef ramen." said Asuka
"Would you like the beef nuked, or bleed when you cut it?"
"Bleed"
Tenchi Scribbled the order.
"Ok, and for you sir?"
"Ghost and the Shells."
"Sea food?" Asked Asuka
"Is that a problem?" worried Shinji
"Ohh, no, just an observation." Asuka didn't want Shinji smelling like a sea
barge tonight, what a turnoff. She tapped the breath mints in her pocket.
'Think ahead' She thought, despite the fact she had bought them three days
earlier.
"I'll be back with your meals shortly." said Tenchi, grabbing the menues. He
walked away.
"This Tenchi guy is being a real jerk." said Asuka
"Yeah, I mean people only come here for the fan service anyway. We should
have gotten a female table, like...Mamano Hunter Yohko."
"But there are two Yohkos"
"No, the black haired one, with the hair rings and the red silk dress is Mamano
Hunter Yohko, the blonde with the meatballs, and the school dress from hell
uniform is Sailor Moon."
Shinji continued to look around. "Ok, I see; there's Kei and Yuri; that table's
in trouble. Ok, they got uhhh, Ifurita, A-Ko, Yurika, and Misa's here, but I
don't see Minmay; must be her night off."
"You like anime, huh?"
"Yep, it's the eyes. I love big deep eyes."
Asuka blinked "What do you think of my eyes"
Shinji Paused for a moment, looking into her eyes. These are the deepest bluest
eyes that he had ever seen. They shown with a gleam, and the way that Asuka
maintained a determined look, gives that gleam a hint of fire. They were the
color of the sea kissed by the color of the sky, like sapphires, and yet delicate
like flower petals. They are beautiful eyes.
"You have uh, lovely eyes."
"Just cause I'm part Caucasian though?"
"No, you uh, just have uh, good eyes, for anyone I mean. I just think yours are
nice uh, because I can rarely see, uh, blue eyes."
"Well I saw them all the time in Germany."
"Whats Germany like anyway?"
"Ohh, it's a whole different world. They got this road called the Autobahn, no
speed limits."
"What?"
"It's insane! I drove A BMW Z Mach-8 turbo at I dunnow, 250 k/h."
"Was it good?"
"Almost better than piloting Eva, you're just so close to the ground, you feel
like a missile. Also, in Germany they have hundreds of beers, Beck, DAB,
Schofferhofer, Stella Artios; which is Belgian, but it's still pretty good. And
all you have to do to drink is be able to see over the bar. First time I got
drunk, I musta been I dunno...nine."
"Really?"
"I don't think I'll be drunk again for a while though, morning afters are
killer. Speaking of drinks how's the 600 yen shake?"
"We...well, care to try?"
"Don't mind if I do."
Asuka extended her hand and leaned forward, she brought her lips to the straw,
tasting the overpriced nectar. It surprised her
"Ach, Ja! Not bad. But I still think 600 is a bit much."
"Well, what have you got; just a coke... with what in it again?"
"Ginseng"
Shinji laughed slightly, he swallowed his laughter, and sipped from his
Milkshake. Asuka became suspicious.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, nothing it's just uhhh, that you said there was, uhhh, ginseng in the
coke."
"So?"
Shinji paused for a moment. He blushed fairly. Then leaned forward.
"Asuka, uhhhh, ginseng is an, ummm, aphrodisiac."
Asuka was taken back for a moment, she looked at the beverage which she had, so
uninformatively purchased as a thirst killer, realising that it, along with the
whole world was caving in on her and all that was being said was: "You and
Shinji, tonight". Still, she decided earlier that night; that everything up
until the moment of execution was just for kicks. She took a large gulp from
it, and set it down. The next words she said, she said just for kicks.
"Keep your fingers crossed then Shinji." She spoke with a smile, setting the
drink down, "I gotta go and cleanse the soul, be back in a sec."
Asuka stood in the girls restroom, looking at herself in the mirror thinking to
herself, 'Keep your fingers crossed? Why did I say that? What am I, stupid?
I can handle this by myself, right? I don't need to give him ideas. Right, I am
in control here. I just gotta do the thinking for the both of us. If this is
gonna happen, it's happening on my terms.'
She turned to face the door.
'Shinji, If you're gonna get any tonight, then I call the shots. You won't push
me around, you won't put thoughts in my head, you won't think, you won't mis-
behave, and you will do exactly as I want done. Your role is only as putty in
my hands, understand?'
She smiled confidently and left the restroom.
"KAROKE????"
"Yeah Asuka, I uh, just signed us up. I'm sorry, I just thought that, well,
since you said that...oh never mind, I'll erase us."
Asuka remembered the words she had said: 'Whatever you want tonight I'll be happy
to help'. Asuka may have a big ego, but she also doesn't go back on her word.
"No, don't do that, I just... well, you just surprised me. I'll do it."
Later that night; 'round nine-ish
Shinji had just finished chewing one of Asuka's mints. Asuka sat on the
bow side chair in the Yamato, an empty ramen bowl in front of her. the two had
spent the evening talking getting better aquatinted, they had come to good
speaking terms, discussing Evas and Angels, big battles, homework, How if Rei
grew her hair like Asuka, she would look kind of like Ruri Ruri, anything to keep
their mouths moving really. Abruptly they were approached by none other than Max
Jenus. He turned to Asuka saying;
"Miss, we need you."
Within five minutes, Asuka was standing in an unlit corner of the stage, holding
an odd feeling cordless microphone. She looked out to the circular stage as the
lights went down. Asuka rubbed the film on the microphone with her thumb.
"What's this for?" she asked
"Waterproofing." Replied Max
Before Asuka could ask why, a battle alarm began to sound. The speakers all
around roared to life with their emergency scream. Amidst the alarum the people
actually got out of their seats and cheered. 'Why are they cheering?' Asuka
wondered. Captain Gloval came on the overhead saying:
"Attention, everyone, a micronized Zentradi has penetrated into this building,
he is armed, but please remain calm. I repeat, please remain calm. It is a
well known fact that Music can tame these angry beasts. We have, standing
ready, a singer prepared halt this monster."
Asuka was blinded as a huge spotlight focused on her. The entire crowd roared
with joy. Asuka did not hear the whole crowd, because only one voice stuck out
in her mind. Somewhere off to her right she heard a voice say "Yeah, Fresh
Meat." Asuka gulped, then clenched her teeth.
"What will you sing for us, miss Soryou?"
Asuka thought of only one song, an oldie, but she knew it at least.
"Uhhh, Cruel Angels Thesis."
"Sir, the Zentradi has penetrated all lines of defence he's here!" Screamed
Misa. A second spotlight blasted to the other side of the stage. The audience
began to boo intensely. There was Shinji; in a full green, plastic, metal
jacket. Shinji, dressed as a Zentraedi soldier, was armed with a large water
gun. Asuka had time to get one good laugh on how ridiculous he looked. The
music started. Asuka began to sing to Shinji;
"Zaunkoku na tenshi no younoni, shounen yo shinua ni nare."
During the brief musical interlude, Shinji advanced with a quick blast, just
above Asuka's head. Asuka dove to her knees, to miss the incoming H20.. The
audience gasped, but Asuka sprung to her feet, and grabbed the barrel of the
gun, she pointed it upward, above her head. She looked Shinji right in the eye
and sang the next lines to him, and only him. He smiled.
"Aoi kaze ga ima, mune no do awo tataitemo"
She pushed Shinji's water cannon in a circular motion from the cieling down to
the ground.
"Watashidake wo tada mitsumete ho-ho-etuneru anata."
Asuka turned to direct her performance to the audience. She looked downright
Minmayan, as she extended her hand out to the now cheering and clapping crowd.
"Soto fueru mono, Motomeru koto ni muchu de."
"Umehi sae mata shinanaie Ita i hena hitomi."
Asuka felt a slight blast of water hit her shoes. Shinji had turned on her. He
had sprayed the floor right behind her. The audience began to boo once more..
Asuka widened her eyes and Shinji stopped. He really did like her eyes, they
really could control him. She stepped in a sideways circular pattern, with
Shinji at the epicenter.
"Dake do itsu kakido kudesho bo sono senaka niwa."
With the four synthesiser chords, she took four steps toward Shinji and once
again sang to him. The audience was going crazy.
"Haruka mirai mezazu tamemo hamenga arukoto,"
"Zaunkoku na tenshi no theze Madome kara yangmate to tubatsu"
Asuka wasn't even thinking of the lyrics, what she was thinking about was how,
for all it's odd ups and downs, Shinji had shown her a real fun time tonight..
It was what she expected it to be, fun. She got right up next to him.
"Hotobashiru atsi no pathos de, omoide wo umanigu nara"
"Kono sora wo diete kanayaku Shounen yo shinua ni nare."
At the last words to the first chorus, Shinji registered a mischievous grin. As
the guitar solo began, he raised the watergun. He was about to shoot Asuka.
The audience gasped, as the gun homed in on the defenceless redhead. That gasp
was wasted. With barely even thinking about it, Asuka put the microphone in her
left hand, and grabbed the barrel of the large water gun, along with the
cordless mike. Then she slipped her right hand under Shinji's, and took the gun
by the handle. She made a small lunge at him. Surprised, Shinji loosened his
grip, and Asuka pulled away, disarming him. She dropped to offensive posture,
pumed the gun a single time and gave Shinji a quick squirt. The audience went
crazy, dishes could be heard breaking on the floor from customers hitting them
off of the table as they stood up to cheer. The world stood still on the stage
the audience roared for Asuka to shoot. Asuka squinted, and her look became
intensley serious.
"Close your eyes, Shinji."
Shinji shut them and prepared for a blast to the face. Asuka approached, and
the crowd went dead silent. She raised the gun to point blank, inches from
Shinji's forehead. Shinji kept his eyes closed and listened to the silence,
even the music had been turned down. He tried to focus on the blackness of his
closed eyes. Cringing, he awaited Asuka's wrath. He then found liquid on his
face, as Asuka pressed her slightly damp lips into his. He opened his eyes to
see an ocean of red hair. The audience cheered reluctantly, as they hoped she
would soak him. The crowd moaned an affectionate "ahhhh" and took their seats,
as Shinji put his arm over Asuka's shoulder. The house lights came up, and
the pair separated.
"Thanks for a fun dinner, Shinji"
"My, my pleasure."
10:00 PM
The Kitana pulled in on time as planned. The rubber of the tires making that
all familiar crackle, as it bends on the concrete.
Shinji stepped out and turned back to see Asuka from the passenger side.
"Thanks for a great night Asuka."
"Well, uh Shinji, could I uh..."
"What Asuka?"
"I uh, got nothing' to uh do right now, so, uhh, can I come inside...we can
watch a movie or something'"
"Well, Yeah, sure, I guess. Come on in."
10:15 PM
Asuka and Shinji sat side by side on the floor, with a blanket, and a few
pillows to rest on, a bowl of popcorn between them and an old Kurasawa film
"Ran" on the screen. Asuka looked at the clock. Once again, it had come down
to second after second draining away. She had 17 minutes.
"Hey, Asuka"
"Yeah?"
"Since we got back you seem depressed is anything wrong?"
"Well, no. Actually,, there uh is just one thing....but uh, Well it's, uh, kinda
hard to explain."
"Is it 'cause of me?"
"No, no, it's just," Asuka thought quickly this time. "The commander gave me an
order, and it's something I don't wanna do, but I have to do what he says, or I
can't pilot the Eva."
"He can be such a prick sometimes. You shouldn't do anything you don't want to
do Asuka."
"Yeah, but, I also should do what I want to do. I mean, I want to pilot Eva, so
I have to be willing to make sacrifices."
"Yeah, but what kind of sacrifices do you have to make? What is this thing,
another hit?"
"...Kinda."
Shinji looked puzzled at her for a moment. Asuka mustered up some guts, and
decided to "Set it off". She stood up and headed to the door.
"Shinji, I gotta get something out of the car. I'll be back in a sec."
"What do you have to get?"
"You'll see." She said with a slight, but somewhat forced grin.
She went to the car and unlocked it, reaching in the back seat Asuka removed the
bag. She glanced over her shoulder to see if Shinji was still looking. Now
looking in the bag Asuka saw the purchase. The stage is set. She closed the car
door and locked it. She walked back to the house, and opened the door, and headed
into the living room.
"Shinji, Can I use the bathroom?"
"Sure. Oh, Asuka, did you see my tape player in the car? I think I left it in
there."
"Oh, yeah, I didn't see it in there, but I know you had one, so it's probably on
the floor."
"Well then I should go get it."
"Here, take the keys, but come right back."
Asuka threw the keys to Shinji, he caught it, but something else was holding his
attention.
"What's in the bag?"
"Ohh, the bag? It's just something I had to get."
"Show me."
"NO, no it's uhhh, not ready yet. Give me Five minutes I'll come out and show
you."
Shinji paused and contemplated the recent development. Asuka said not a word,
but gripped the straps of the bag uneasily. Shinji was unsure, but figured to
just go get his walkman.
"Ok, show me it when it's ready."
"I will."
10:26
"Shinji... here is what was in the bag. Do you like it? I got it especially for
you... NO! That sucks...Shinji, I think tonight was just wonderful, your such
a great person to be with, so Shinji, I want...to...Give up my entire life of
purity thus far so I can still pilot a giant robot killing machine that smells
like blood. NO!...Hey, Shinji, wanna f-"
Asuka dropped her head she could no longer look in the mirror at that girl who
was trying to make excuses for the things she does not want to do. She removed
her headgear, and set it on the sink countertop. Looking back up at what she
had bought today, she admired how good it looked on her. The design angle was
of a rose bush. The brassiere was all green textured Lace, with tiny hints of
velvet leaves. Over the nipples was folded crimson silk, to form a fully
bloomed rose, and silken buds were located at different levels down the lace
stem, so as not to over-emphasise the nipples. The panties utilised the same
angle, with rosy petals and such, but their was nothing too flowery located over
the vulva. For erotic Lingerie' 'twas rather conservative, more tactile then
blatantly sexual. For Asuka, they were her last comforts, the only clothes she
would have on for a while. Flowers stuck out for her. The cliché' of flowers
being the strictest of virgin feminine representation was truly taking hold of
her now.
'All flowers die, eventually' she thought 'but only when it is their time.. Is
this the time?' Shinji seemed a well enough person to her now, but the problem
is not with him, it is with herself. She turned and looked at the door. She
breathed in and out, she felt her last hope was to try to justify having sex
with Shinji.
'I want to pilot Eva, I want to pilot it. It's the only thing I do well. If I
do it, then I do it for Eva. I also think Shinji's Ok, when you get through to
him he is a fun guy to be around. I don't have a problem with Shinji. Rei gave
it up to Kaoru, and she seems fine, she is still my friend, still pilots Eva,
nothing has really changed her. I can do this. I can do this for Eva, Shinji
will be going through the same stuff, and Rei won't ever loose respect for me,
she said so. I'll show em all I've got guts.'
She looked at her watch just as 10:29 became 10:30. Time to get in character.
She reached for the door handle, turned it and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Good luck, slut."
The lights went off.
"Shinji...I've got a surprise for you tonight...Shinji?"
The living room was empty. Ran was still playing on the TV screen, but Shinji
was nowhere to be found. Then Asuka saw him, as he peeled away from the house
in the Kitana. She ran to the window, but he was down the street in a flash,
and tail lights were all that she could see.
To be continued...
You think this was long? Imagine if I had tacked it onto the previous ep!!!!!!!
Oh yeas, Pulp Evangelion. Let's face it, Quentin Rocks so I just had to spin
him. I showed A1-I-Bus the spin, and he spun a set too, but A1-I-bus' is a
totaly different angle on the same Kind of spin. It rocks too, so whatever your
doing right now, I don't care if it's surgery, go read Pulp Evangelion.
Q:
Has Shinji hit the road for good?
Will Asuka still give it up?
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA PUT REI BACK IN THIS FIC?
A:
Read the next edition of...
Catch the next episode of...
In the next volume of...
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