Standard Disclaimer
Well here I am again, writing chapter 3 of 4 of games. I still haven't stolen any property rights to Evangelion, Gainax still has them.
I know my grammar and spelling still need work, but my prereaders are getting better all the time as well :) so don't be to cruel.
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The Games People Play
Chapter 3- Play
"Ritsuko, I know what you're doing…but why all the costumes?" Misato asked while pawing through an endless supply of women's clothing.
"Research, oh call Maya in here. Have a favor to ask of her," Ritsuko said as she continued to hammer the keys of her keyboard.
Misato paged for Lt. Ibuki over the intercom before asking, " What exactly is the purpose of your 'experiments' and 'projects?"
"Fun mostly, and could help finance Nerv a bit more." She said as she called up a few more image files for Misato to look at.
Looking over Akagi's shoulder Misato finally had a revelation, " You made that game Shinji brought home today!"
"He's got a copy already? Good, I wanted him to beta test it anyway," she said as she let out a sigh of relief.
"You did, why him?"
Closing out the image viewer before Maya showed up, "Figured he could use the stimulation…and could you think of a better subject?"
"Guess you have a point on that one." Misato's further comments cut short as the young black haired tech rapped on the door.
"Senpai, you called for me?" Maya asked while peeking her head through the door.
Ritsuko demanded while waving her in, "Maya come in, I have some assignments for you."
Maya shyly entered the office taking notice of the odd look on both Misato and Ritsuko's faces, "What…did you need me to do?"
Grinning like Asuka does when an opportunity to prove her self arises, Ritsuko spoke, "First we need to do a little voice actress work and second put these sensors into the 3rd child's plug suit."
To say Maya was stunned would have been an understatement; she stared blankly at the dynamic duo for about five minutes. "Why?"
Sensing the tech's reluctance Ritsuko switched to plan B. She walked behind the still confused woman and put her hands on her shoulders, "Maya, you want to help me don't you?"
Maya nodded her head…a bit to eagerly for Misato's taste.
"So just take these sensors and put them in his suit, please Maya…it would make me 'very' happy," Ritsuko added while squeezing Maya's shoulders ever so slightly.
With sensors in hand, Maya turned to the door, "I'll do it, but why don't you do it?"
Misato taking the initiative, "We have to finish work here first, you understand."
'No I don't, but if it scores some points with Akagi-sempai maybe I can ask for a week off!' Maya reasoned and fled to the pilots changing area to insert the sensors.
Once out of earshot, "Why did you have her do it?"
'Need Shinji's measurements,' she though. Ritsuko's smirk reappearing, "She looks close enough to a boy to get into the locker room unsuspected."
"And what about the shoulder grab?" Misato countered.
"It worked, didn't it?"
"You taking evil lessons from the Commander or something?"
To which the fake blond only laughed.
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Asuka wasn't having a good time. After learning of Shinji's visit with Kensuke and the discovery of the trip to the woods, she had a long trek in front of her.
'What are they doing out in the woods alone like this?'
'How will I kill him if he's doing something…different?'
She stopped in her tracks after that thought, "Not that there is anything wrong with that."
She then began her search again noticing the sun beginning to set, 'I've lost the whole day over this!'
"FREEZE INTRUDER!" a male voice shouted from behind. To emphasize his point he placed a gun barrel to the back of her head.
A multitude of thoughts raced through her head, anger, hate, fear, panic and she summed them up with one word, "Shit."
The mysterious gun toting man lead the upset 2nd child to an unknown fate.
'It's all Shinji's fault! If he didn't have me worried I'd have seen it coming!'
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Touji wasn't used to phone calls, Touji also wasn't used to talking to members of the opposite sex, even though he claimed otherwise, and Touji was a wreck when it came to talking to Hikari. So when she called him he was totally off his game.
"Wa…what you need class-rep?" he eloquently asked over the phone.
"Are we in school?" Hikari asked with sharpness in her voice.
"Well no…"
"So call me Hikari. I have to act so damn proper in school; when I'm out I want to be treated normally," her voice rising all the time.
Completely shocked by the change in personality, "Damn Hikari calm down; now what did you need?"
Hikari thanked Kami-sama that Touji couldn't see the massive blush on her face, which her outburst caused. "I have a question about…Shinji-kun."
'Shinji! I thought he liked Ayanami or the devil…he's after MY girl?' despite the feeling of betrayal, "What did you need…to know?"
"Is…is he…you know…different, not that anything is wrong with that?" she gushed into the phone.
Now Touji isn't the smartest man but…but…never mind, well he didn't catch that hint, "Is he what?"
"You know…playing on the wrong side?" her blush increasing to blush-factor-5.
'She must mean about the baseball team were making for phys Ed,' the jock reasoned. "Oh that, yeah he is, I wanted him on my team but Kensuke had to get him first…Hikari…Hikari you there?"
'He…Touji wanted…all three of them?!' the phone falling from her hand. Hikari mindlessly put the phone back on the receiver. "I have to talk to Shinji-kun…Touji is mine, he can't have him…even though nothing is wrong with it." Hikari gathered her self up, and ran into the now darkening night.
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"Leader, I caught a spy!" the boy announced as he reached camp.
The leader approached the boy and declared, " I told you they were after us, we must prepare for the worst. To the interrogation hut!"
Asuka immediately recognized the voice, "Kensuke you let me go right now, and where is Shinji!"
Three paint ball guns being pointed at her face followed her outburst.
"You now this spy?" boy B inquired.
Kensuke deflated and responded, "Let her go…she's not a spy."
Her hands unbound Asuka grabbed the boy that lead her and flipped him to the ground she hollered in satisfaction, " Now were is Shinji?"
"How the hell should I know, he's not in the club."
Not in the mood to really listen, "Then why did you dad say he was with you!" Each word being followed by a step closer to the camouflaged boy.
A look at the still dazed boy on the ground caused fear to creep into him. The look in her eyes told him to answer and answer fast, "He had computer trouble, I helped him."
The words sunk into her head like a lance of Longinus through an AT Field, "You got to be kidding me, Baka's got a computer now and needed help…that's it you two aren't gay lovers…not that anything is wrong with that."
"Gay, far from it, not that anything is wrong with that," Kensuke added still while backing away.
Cracking her knuckles, "Good…good." What followed was Asuka letting off steam and aggression on the Tokyo-3 Guerilla warfare club. The club members learning new meanings of the word pain as they tried…all be it pointlessly…to stop her.
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Shinji's eyes were glued to his monitor and his breathing coming out in gasps, he was in the zone. "The movies or the theme park…"
"I'd say the theme park, best fits the mood," the virtual Idol Minato offered.
"I guess…" before the mouse was clicked Shinji felt a disturbance in the force…
KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK.
"Shinji-kun open the door I know your home!!"
Looking at Minato's face on his screen, "Safety measure three please." Minato saved the games progress, encrypted the hard drive, and password locked all operating functions.
'Can never be to careful in this house,' were his thoughts as he opened the front door and stared into the eyes of one Hikari Hokari.
"A..Asuka's not her Hikari. I haven't seen her all day." Shinji stammered as he saw the malevolence in the girl's eyes.
"He's mine Shinji, you can't have him!" each word spoken with such pent up feeling that even Shinji understood what she meant.
Hoping to diffuse Hikari's odd demands, "I don't…want him?"
Hikari began to lose confidence in her accusation, "You don't, but Touji said he wanted you on his team…that Kensuke got you first!"
Shinji joining Hikari in the wonderful world of confusion, "Baseball, this is about baseball?"
"No, it's about you dating my boyfriend! What about Asuka, why don't you act normal and date her! Not that anything is wrong with you…"
"Oh Kami-sama no! You think I'm…Hikari come in we need to talk." Shinji lead the fuming but confused Hokari girl into the kitchen and made her some tea.
The next half hour was spent with Shinji clearing up her confusion about the CD, though he didn't mention what he really got, and reassuring her that he had no plans to 'steal' Touji from her. Hikari calmed down a great extent, which got Shinji to thinking, 'why don't I try some of the stuff I learned from that game?'
"Want to watch some TV since you're here?" he asked with an air of confidence that Hikari thought the boy lacked completely.
Blushing softly, "S…sure, it's not that late yet."
He led the girl to the couch and sat by her. The TV. was on but neither were watching it, both of them were talking to each other, honestly just talking.
An hour of talk later
"I better be going Shinji, my father will be upset if I'm much later," she said with a smile.
The air of confidence still present, "That's ok, come over again some time, we don't get
to talk enough."
Hikari excused herself and went home with a new picture of Shinji in her head, 'Asuka you lucky bitch!'
'That stuff really works! I can't wait till school on Monday!' Shinji thought as he returned to the sanctity of his room.
Minato noticed and released the safety protocol. "Nice talk?"
"Yeah, mostly thanks to you and this game!" he added with a slight skip in his step as he moved to his chair.
"I'm pleased to be of service, Shinji-sama. You really did need the help." The AI stated as the save state was recalled and Shinji began his excursion into game land again.
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In her apartment Ayanami Rei opened her cup of instant ramen and began to eat.
The sounds of construction suddenly stopped. Rei looked around the room in confusion for a few moments. Then ever so slowly she pushed the play button on the hidden CD player and the 'sounds of construction' CD began to play again.
"That is satisfactory."
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Midnight…a sleeping city. A city rudely awoken as a screaming Red head made her way back home. Three pickpockets, a mime, and a really odd looking man had the audacity to approach are fair damsel as she walked. The bodies have still yet to be found.
"When I see him…I'll give him a piece of my mind!" she screeched to nobody in particular but images of giving him a piece of her fist and foot were more likely.
She entered the still apartment and proceeded to the kitchen to wolf down something, anything. Her day of stalking…searching left little time for food. After eating both hers and Misato's share of supper and drinking all the remaining tea she noticed the light on the answering machine was flashing.
Hoping it was a call from Nerv saying she could have her own place she hit the button, she was greeted by Misato's cheerful voice,
"Not coming home tonight, busy busy. Asuka don't cause property damage, Shinji don't strain your eyesight with that game you bought. Have fun kids."
"Game…pc…eyesight…' Asuka was now doing mental math and the sum was… "HENTAI!"
To be fair though, with Asuka, Shinji + 'almost anything' = hentai.
Asuka ran to his door so fast, one could have sworn they saw time bend. She yanked on the handle and promptly lost balance and pitched over. "What is this door doing locked!"
Not getting a response he put her ear to the door.
She picked up a female voice asking, "How about this dress?"
"It's a bit…reveling isn't it?" a voice she assumed was Shinji responded.
"That's why we use it!"
"I guess…you'd know best."
"How about I try it on now" followed by a bout of giggles.
'He brought a girl into his room! And and…she's dressing in front of him!' Asuka felt something in her eye…something wet…something that shouldn't be there. "Damn dust," she said while wiping the tear from her eye and walking to her room…'damn baka.'
In Baka's…Shinji's room.
"I'm going to turn in for tonight Minato, thanks again."
"Anything for my registered Master, he he he, just promise not to have any…odd dreams ok?" Minato chided.
"Your worse than a real person sometimes." he said with a smile as he climbed into bed, 'This will help me so much on Monday, and I still have time to finish it tomorrow!'
Sleep came to him easily that night, while on the other side of the hall Asuka sat thinking, 'I'll make him talk to me tomorrow…I mean is he…not that anything is wrong with it…or is he a pervert…or…why do I care?'
End chapter
Time for the last bout of questions!
Why does Asuka care?
What did Ritsuko mean?
Why the sensors?
What the hell will Misato and Ritsuko unleash?
What is Rei's purpose in this fic?
Will Touji kill Shinji?
Is Shinji a player now?
Is Hikari interested in Shinji?
What is the game?
Is Minato going to short circuit again?
WILL I CALM DOWN!!!??
All this and more in the exciting conclusion coming soon to a fanfiction page near you!
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Well, same errors as always grammar and spelling but not as bad
I do have a game in mind, some of you may know of it, then again maybe not
Hope some of the scenes didn't feel rushed, not my intent
I think I've strayed a bit from the comedy but its still there.
I am not Asuka bashing with her attitude.
I am not Rei bashing with her doing nothing
I am not…no wait I am writing this :)
This is a comedy fic so don't look for depth…and with me even my drama doesn't have depth :)
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