DISCLAIMER: I do not own Eva. I wish I did. I'd be rich.
The Reunion.
A.D. 2025
A young man watched the sun begin to set over the Tokyo-3 lake. This loung man couldn't be more than 25 years young. He had brown hair, blue eyes that said he was a gentle soul. He was broken from his reverie by the sound of approaching footsteps. He turned around to see a vision that had not appeared before him for 10 years.
The vision he beheld had bright blue eyes, long auburn hair and a figure that most men would kill to be around. She was walking along, but then she noticed the man leaning against the railing. She squinted her eyes for a moment and then they suddenly widened in realization of who she was looking at.
"Shinji? Is that you?"
"Well who else have you lived with for two years?" he said.
She ran up to him and smothered him in a bone-crushing hug. Shinji responded in kind. "I missed you, Shinji."
"I missed you too, Asuka." he said with tears forming in his eyes.
"Shinji! Asuka!" a voice called from out to the side. The both of them turned to face the voice only to find a blue-haired, red eyed woman facing them both.
"Rei..." Shinji said, the tears emerging.
"Hello Shinji. I missed you." she said with more emotion in her voice than either Shinji or Asuka could have imagined.
"It's been a long time for us all, hasn't it?" Asuka commented.
"It has." he replied. "Hey, I've got an idea. I'm having dinner with a friend tonight. Why don't you both come along? She'd love to see you both."
"I don't want to be a burden and I've gotta get an apartment." Asuka replied.
"I would love to join you, but I must get an apartment as well."
"You both could stay with me if you wanted." Shinji cheerily replied.
Asuka's eyes brightened at that comment. "Really? Now I can join you too for dinner."
"Yes." Rei stated. "Who are you going to be having dinner with?"
"That's a surprise." he said playfully.
"Tell us!" Asuka demanded.
"If I told you, it wouldnt be much of a surprise now would it?" he retorted.
"Shinji is correct about that. I would like to be surprised." Rei stated calmly.
"Good. Now let's drop your stuff off at my place and we can go meet her." he said as he walked off to his car.
Asuka at this moment noticed something. "Wait. What do you mean 'her'?"
"Exactly that. The person we are going to have dinner with is female." Shinji said as he unlocked the trunk of his car to put their bags in.
As they got in his car, Asuka decided to ask him the all-important question; "So Shinji, do you have a girlfriend yet?"
"Asuka, You have no idea how being the 'savior of the world' affects your eligibility. The women here practically throw themselves at my feet."
"And?" Asuka asks expectantly.
"I step over them almost all the time." he answered her bluntly.
"So do you have a girlfriend or not, Shinji?" Asuka asked.
"Yes I do Asuka."
"What is her name, Shinji?" Rei decided to make her prescence known.
"Mana." he sighed happily. "Mana Kirashima."
"Are you serious about the relationship?" Asuka asked with a down-hearted tone in her voice.
Shinji, being as dense as he was, answered "Yeah. We're at that point where we are ready to make the next step. I'm just not sure if I can make that kind of commitment just yet."
"Oh. Good for you Shinji." Rei congratulated.
About five minutes later, the group arrived at Shinji's apartment building. He still lived in the same apartment building as he did 10 years ago. When asked why he still lived here, Shinji replied with a smile "I didn't want to leave Misato completely. I don't think that she could live on her own. Who knows what kind of new life forms could evolve in her apartment."
As they entered his apartment, he said "I guess you can stay here until you find your own place to stay."
"I will not be staying here long, then." Rei commented.
"I'll probably only be here about a month, then." Asuka said.
"Alright, then. Now lets go to dinner." he said walking out the door and down the hall.
It was then that Asuka noticed where they were going. "Hey, where are we going Shinji?" she said as he stopped in front of a door.
"We're here." he said koncking on the door. "Hello. It's me, Shinji."
After he said that, the door opened revealing a young looking woman wearing a yellow T-shirt, black pants, and an apron. "Hi Shinji." she said with a hug.
"Hi Misato. It's good to see you. Tonight I brought friends."
"Who?" she asked him quizically.
"Them." he said pointing to Asuka and Rei. At that instant, Asuka's and Misato's smiles brightened exponentially.
"Asuka!!!" "Misato!!!" they both shouted, embracing each other in a big hug. After they broke they both engaged in that 'Wow look at you, where have you been, what happened to you' kind of idle talk.
"Lets get inside instead of talking in the hall." Misato said welcoming them inside. "Hello, Rei." Misato said.
"Hello, Misato." she replied enthusiastically.
Right then Shinji said "There's something different about you, Misato. Your not..."
"Yes I am Shinji." she said happily.
"Again???" he said exhaustedly.
"No. 3 is on the way." she stated patting her belly protectively.
"Gott im Himmel!!! You didn't tell me you had kids!" Asuka yelped.
"Well, now you know Asuka." Misato responded glibly.
"Who is the father?" Rei asked politely.
"Who was at the door, Misato?" a voice from around the corner. Soon that vioce was matched with a face.
"Hey Asuka, it's been a while." Kaji said, greeting her with a hug. Letting her go he asked "What are you doing here? I thought you were in Germany."
"I had some things to take care of, that and I was called back by NERV to be a pilot, so to answer your question, not much. But let's talk over dinner."
"Alright, Asuka." he said.
"So who's cooking?" Asuka asked.
"Kaji, who else?" Misato replied. "Asuka, you and Shinji both know that I can't boil water. And besides, Kaji's a good cook. Almost as good as you Shinji." she added with a smile.
"When's dinner being served?" Shinji asked.
"It'll be ready in 15 minutes." Kaji responded. Misato piped in "You two can meet the kids."
"What are their names?" Rei politely asked.
"Our oldest, Kasumi, is seven and our youngest, Kenshin is four." Misato said proudly, leading them into the living room, where the kids were watching television.
"Hey kids, we have visitors. Look." Misato said.
"Hello Uncle Shinji." they both said blandly without looking away from the screen.
"We have other guests." Kaji said.
Then the children looked at them. "Who are they, mommy?" the adorable brown haired blue eyed girl.
"This is Asuka Langly Sohryu, the Seccond Child, and Rei Ayanami, the First Child." Kaji said.
After hearing this, Kasumi immediately had stars in her eyes. "I...I...I..."
Misato just laughs upon hearing this. "She's you biggest fan, Asuka. If she get's a hold of you, she won't let you go."
Over dinner, everyone talked about their lives and what they had done for the past ten years. Asuka told of how many hearts she had broken at NERV's Murich branch working as a test pilot of new Evangelion models. She was very happy there, but needed to get away from it for a while. Rei had been traveling abroad for the past three years. She had literally gone around the world 3 times. Kaji had finally gathered the guts to ask Misato to marry him. They had been married for nine years. Kaji got himself a nice job at a business complex. Misato still had PenPen. He/she/it was much older now, moving slower and the feathers around his head were graying.
Gendo Rokobungi was in prison for 30 consecutive life sentences for crimes against humanity, the attempted murder of Ritsuko Akagi, and the murder of Naoko Akagi. Ritsuko had never fully recovered from being shot in the back by Gendo. She had been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Vice-Commander Fuyutski had passed away of natural causes while working at T3 University as a professor of political science. Toji had married Hikari and are now expecting. Hikari opened a restaurant and Toji was training the new Children. As an apology to Toji, Ritsuko offered to grow new limbs for Toji that would look, feel and work just like his original arm and leg. Toji accepted after being told that he could not synchronize with his Eva if he used metal and plastic prosthetics.
Kensuke was the new tactical comander of NERV. Needless to say, he was very happy with his job. Shinji was now the Vice-Commander under Misato. Shinji also helped the new Children by joining them in the training sims. That information shocked Asuka. Not that Shinji helped the rookies train, but that he was Vice-Commander. Maya, with the help of Ritsuko, had developed new training software that was head and shoulders above what Asuka, Shinji, and Rei had trained on. Kasumi just stared at Asuka like she was a god or something along those lines. Kenshin just sat there and ate his dinner. "How'd you get to be Vice-Commander?!? Everyone knows that I am the best and most talented Eva pilot in the world!" Asuka whined. To this, he replied "Well, you weren't here when the promotions came around. I'm sure you would have gotten the job, but you were in Germany." Misato giggled at the way Asuka and Shinji were arguing with each other. "Heheh. Just like it was 10 years ago. (sigh) Memories."
"Asuka, I need to ask you something. If I offered you the opportunity, would you come back to work with us at NERV as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02?" Shinji asked.
"What, you offering me a job?" she retorted.
"Yes." Shinji said, "I don't want you to answer me now. I just want you to think about it. You can tell me tomorrow night. Rei, I'm making you the same offer and the same conditions. I want you to tell me your answer tomorrow night as well. I'm not going to tell you more because you're not a NERV employee so don't ask about the specifics."
"I will consider your offer, Vice-Commander." Rei said.
"I will too, Shinji." Asuka replied.
"Rei, call me Shinji. I'm not on duty."
"Alright...Shinji" she said reluctantly.
"Woah! It's 10 o'clock. Alright you two, off to bed." Kaji said to his kids.
"Alright. Goodnight everyone." Kenshin said as he walked off to bed.
"No. I wanna talk to Asuka. Please daddy?" Kasumi said using the best puppy-dog eyes she could muster being half asleep at the time.
"Go to bed, Kasumi." Misato scolded, "She'll be back again, won't you Asuka?"
"Of course. How could I dissapoint my fans?" Asuka said.
"Okay," Kasumi said happily. "I'll go to bed now. Goodnight everyone." she said going to her room.
"Shinji, I've made my decision. I accept your offer." Asuka stated.
"Very well then, Asuka. The day after tomorrow, you will be officially be re-instated as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02." Misato said.
"I have made my decision as well, Commander." Rei said.
"And that is?" Shinji asked.
"I will tell you tomorrow night, Shinji."
"Very well. It's getting late. Maybe we should go." Shinji said.
"Yeah. I think(yawn)so too." Asuka added.
"Alright, you guys. We'll see you tomorrow." Kaji said, showing them the door.
As the first three Children left the apartment and headed for home, Both Shinji, Asuka and Misato were thinking the exact same thing-"Just like old times."
The end or not depending on feedback. When you review, as a courtesy to my hard work, please include your e-mail address so I can respond to your c&c. Thank you.
The Reunion.
A.D. 2025
A young man watched the sun begin to set over the Tokyo-3 lake. This loung man couldn't be more than 25 years young. He had brown hair, blue eyes that said he was a gentle soul. He was broken from his reverie by the sound of approaching footsteps. He turned around to see a vision that had not appeared before him for 10 years.
The vision he beheld had bright blue eyes, long auburn hair and a figure that most men would kill to be around. She was walking along, but then she noticed the man leaning against the railing. She squinted her eyes for a moment and then they suddenly widened in realization of who she was looking at.
"Shinji? Is that you?"
"Well who else have you lived with for two years?" he said.
She ran up to him and smothered him in a bone-crushing hug. Shinji responded in kind. "I missed you, Shinji."
"I missed you too, Asuka." he said with tears forming in his eyes.
"Shinji! Asuka!" a voice called from out to the side. The both of them turned to face the voice only to find a blue-haired, red eyed woman facing them both.
"Rei..." Shinji said, the tears emerging.
"Hello Shinji. I missed you." she said with more emotion in her voice than either Shinji or Asuka could have imagined.
"It's been a long time for us all, hasn't it?" Asuka commented.
"It has." he replied. "Hey, I've got an idea. I'm having dinner with a friend tonight. Why don't you both come along? She'd love to see you both."
"I don't want to be a burden and I've gotta get an apartment." Asuka replied.
"I would love to join you, but I must get an apartment as well."
"You both could stay with me if you wanted." Shinji cheerily replied.
Asuka's eyes brightened at that comment. "Really? Now I can join you too for dinner."
"Yes." Rei stated. "Who are you going to be having dinner with?"
"That's a surprise." he said playfully.
"Tell us!" Asuka demanded.
"If I told you, it wouldnt be much of a surprise now would it?" he retorted.
"Shinji is correct about that. I would like to be surprised." Rei stated calmly.
"Good. Now let's drop your stuff off at my place and we can go meet her." he said as he walked off to his car.
Asuka at this moment noticed something. "Wait. What do you mean 'her'?"
"Exactly that. The person we are going to have dinner with is female." Shinji said as he unlocked the trunk of his car to put their bags in.
As they got in his car, Asuka decided to ask him the all-important question; "So Shinji, do you have a girlfriend yet?"
"Asuka, You have no idea how being the 'savior of the world' affects your eligibility. The women here practically throw themselves at my feet."
"And?" Asuka asks expectantly.
"I step over them almost all the time." he answered her bluntly.
"So do you have a girlfriend or not, Shinji?" Asuka asked.
"Yes I do Asuka."
"What is her name, Shinji?" Rei decided to make her prescence known.
"Mana." he sighed happily. "Mana Kirashima."
"Are you serious about the relationship?" Asuka asked with a down-hearted tone in her voice.
Shinji, being as dense as he was, answered "Yeah. We're at that point where we are ready to make the next step. I'm just not sure if I can make that kind of commitment just yet."
"Oh. Good for you Shinji." Rei congratulated.
About five minutes later, the group arrived at Shinji's apartment building. He still lived in the same apartment building as he did 10 years ago. When asked why he still lived here, Shinji replied with a smile "I didn't want to leave Misato completely. I don't think that she could live on her own. Who knows what kind of new life forms could evolve in her apartment."
As they entered his apartment, he said "I guess you can stay here until you find your own place to stay."
"I will not be staying here long, then." Rei commented.
"I'll probably only be here about a month, then." Asuka said.
"Alright, then. Now lets go to dinner." he said walking out the door and down the hall.
It was then that Asuka noticed where they were going. "Hey, where are we going Shinji?" she said as he stopped in front of a door.
"We're here." he said koncking on the door. "Hello. It's me, Shinji."
After he said that, the door opened revealing a young looking woman wearing a yellow T-shirt, black pants, and an apron. "Hi Shinji." she said with a hug.
"Hi Misato. It's good to see you. Tonight I brought friends."
"Who?" she asked him quizically.
"Them." he said pointing to Asuka and Rei. At that instant, Asuka's and Misato's smiles brightened exponentially.
"Asuka!!!" "Misato!!!" they both shouted, embracing each other in a big hug. After they broke they both engaged in that 'Wow look at you, where have you been, what happened to you' kind of idle talk.
"Lets get inside instead of talking in the hall." Misato said welcoming them inside. "Hello, Rei." Misato said.
"Hello, Misato." she replied enthusiastically.
Right then Shinji said "There's something different about you, Misato. Your not..."
"Yes I am Shinji." she said happily.
"Again???" he said exhaustedly.
"No. 3 is on the way." she stated patting her belly protectively.
"Gott im Himmel!!! You didn't tell me you had kids!" Asuka yelped.
"Well, now you know Asuka." Misato responded glibly.
"Who is the father?" Rei asked politely.
"Who was at the door, Misato?" a voice from around the corner. Soon that vioce was matched with a face.
"Hey Asuka, it's been a while." Kaji said, greeting her with a hug. Letting her go he asked "What are you doing here? I thought you were in Germany."
"I had some things to take care of, that and I was called back by NERV to be a pilot, so to answer your question, not much. But let's talk over dinner."
"Alright, Asuka." he said.
"So who's cooking?" Asuka asked.
"Kaji, who else?" Misato replied. "Asuka, you and Shinji both know that I can't boil water. And besides, Kaji's a good cook. Almost as good as you Shinji." she added with a smile.
"When's dinner being served?" Shinji asked.
"It'll be ready in 15 minutes." Kaji responded. Misato piped in "You two can meet the kids."
"What are their names?" Rei politely asked.
"Our oldest, Kasumi, is seven and our youngest, Kenshin is four." Misato said proudly, leading them into the living room, where the kids were watching television.
"Hey kids, we have visitors. Look." Misato said.
"Hello Uncle Shinji." they both said blandly without looking away from the screen.
"We have other guests." Kaji said.
Then the children looked at them. "Who are they, mommy?" the adorable brown haired blue eyed girl.
"This is Asuka Langly Sohryu, the Seccond Child, and Rei Ayanami, the First Child." Kaji said.
After hearing this, Kasumi immediately had stars in her eyes. "I...I...I..."
Misato just laughs upon hearing this. "She's you biggest fan, Asuka. If she get's a hold of you, she won't let you go."
Over dinner, everyone talked about their lives and what they had done for the past ten years. Asuka told of how many hearts she had broken at NERV's Murich branch working as a test pilot of new Evangelion models. She was very happy there, but needed to get away from it for a while. Rei had been traveling abroad for the past three years. She had literally gone around the world 3 times. Kaji had finally gathered the guts to ask Misato to marry him. They had been married for nine years. Kaji got himself a nice job at a business complex. Misato still had PenPen. He/she/it was much older now, moving slower and the feathers around his head were graying.
Gendo Rokobungi was in prison for 30 consecutive life sentences for crimes against humanity, the attempted murder of Ritsuko Akagi, and the murder of Naoko Akagi. Ritsuko had never fully recovered from being shot in the back by Gendo. She had been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Vice-Commander Fuyutski had passed away of natural causes while working at T3 University as a professor of political science. Toji had married Hikari and are now expecting. Hikari opened a restaurant and Toji was training the new Children. As an apology to Toji, Ritsuko offered to grow new limbs for Toji that would look, feel and work just like his original arm and leg. Toji accepted after being told that he could not synchronize with his Eva if he used metal and plastic prosthetics.
Kensuke was the new tactical comander of NERV. Needless to say, he was very happy with his job. Shinji was now the Vice-Commander under Misato. Shinji also helped the new Children by joining them in the training sims. That information shocked Asuka. Not that Shinji helped the rookies train, but that he was Vice-Commander. Maya, with the help of Ritsuko, had developed new training software that was head and shoulders above what Asuka, Shinji, and Rei had trained on. Kasumi just stared at Asuka like she was a god or something along those lines. Kenshin just sat there and ate his dinner. "How'd you get to be Vice-Commander?!? Everyone knows that I am the best and most talented Eva pilot in the world!" Asuka whined. To this, he replied "Well, you weren't here when the promotions came around. I'm sure you would have gotten the job, but you were in Germany." Misato giggled at the way Asuka and Shinji were arguing with each other. "Heheh. Just like it was 10 years ago. (sigh) Memories."
"Asuka, I need to ask you something. If I offered you the opportunity, would you come back to work with us at NERV as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02?" Shinji asked.
"What, you offering me a job?" she retorted.
"Yes." Shinji said, "I don't want you to answer me now. I just want you to think about it. You can tell me tomorrow night. Rei, I'm making you the same offer and the same conditions. I want you to tell me your answer tomorrow night as well. I'm not going to tell you more because you're not a NERV employee so don't ask about the specifics."
"I will consider your offer, Vice-Commander." Rei said.
"I will too, Shinji." Asuka replied.
"Rei, call me Shinji. I'm not on duty."
"Alright...Shinji" she said reluctantly.
"Woah! It's 10 o'clock. Alright you two, off to bed." Kaji said to his kids.
"Alright. Goodnight everyone." Kenshin said as he walked off to bed.
"No. I wanna talk to Asuka. Please daddy?" Kasumi said using the best puppy-dog eyes she could muster being half asleep at the time.
"Go to bed, Kasumi." Misato scolded, "She'll be back again, won't you Asuka?"
"Of course. How could I dissapoint my fans?" Asuka said.
"Okay," Kasumi said happily. "I'll go to bed now. Goodnight everyone." she said going to her room.
"Shinji, I've made my decision. I accept your offer." Asuka stated.
"Very well then, Asuka. The day after tomorrow, you will be officially be re-instated as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-02." Misato said.
"I have made my decision as well, Commander." Rei said.
"And that is?" Shinji asked.
"I will tell you tomorrow night, Shinji."
"Very well. It's getting late. Maybe we should go." Shinji said.
"Yeah. I think(yawn)so too." Asuka added.
"Alright, you guys. We'll see you tomorrow." Kaji said, showing them the door.
As the first three Children left the apartment and headed for home, Both Shinji, Asuka and Misato were thinking the exact same thing-"Just like old times."
The end or not depending on feedback. When you review, as a courtesy to my hard work, please include your e-mail address so I can respond to your c&c. Thank you.
