I'm trying to write as fast as I can
before I get tons of homework so I don't
think I'll be spending too much time with
my Omakes.. unless it just pops up and
doesn't even need me to think about it ^^

I shouldn't say much more cuz I should
write before I forget what I wanna write
about heh.

Quicky recap...

Fourth angel is destroyed
Shinji is NOT dating anyone.
Keiko knows about Shinji's visit to the
future.
And Misato is broke =p

Disclaimer: I.D.O.
It stands for I don't own.... what did you
think, I DO own.. yeah right!!


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Destiny and Time 2:
Promises to Fulfill

Chapter 4


"Whew... thanks for the cover Keiko.." Shinji
sighed in relief.

"Your welcome." Keiko said quietly.

"You know, your starting to sound like Rei,"
Shinji grinned, "that is kinda scary you know."

"Well, I guess next time I won't save you if
you'll gonna be ungrateful." Keiko made a
small pout and turned away from Shinji.

"Oh no, I'm grateful and all that, I'd even
make it up to you.. err... I'll take you to
that ice-cream store you always wanted to go!"
Shinji quickly said.

Keiko turned back with a huge grin on her face,
"You mean it?"

"Of course! I mean I even told you my biggest
secret, you HAVE to trust me.. right!" Shinji
replied.

"I still think your crazy." Keiko shook her
head, "But.. you've been right up til now, I
think I'm starting to believe you... now THAT's
scary."

"Well... we only have about 1 more weeks til
the next attack... IF they still come at
the same time as they did." Shinji sighed,
"Might as well enjoy the next few weeks huh?"

"So you better take me to that shop tomorrow."
Keiko turned and headed back to the school.

"Well... I guess I'll be broke after this.."
The Third Child groaned.

"Ahh.. the pain of having a girlfriend."
Shinji turned around to see the idiot duo
grinning wolfishly at him.

"Sooo... our dear Eva pilot... hows your
love life going?" Kensuke said leaning forward.

"Or better yet.. hows your wallet doing?"
Touji added.

"Even better, hows your sex life!!" Shinji
freaked as his two friends just reminded
him of his sync training with Asuka.

"Err.... yeah.. fine.." Shinji stuttered.

"WHAT!! YOU HAD SEX!!!" Touji shouted, which
the rest of the school heard and all quickly
gathered around Shinji.

"Wha..wha..what?? I hadn't had sex yet!!"
Shinji went in shock as all the girls (and one
guy) sighed in relieve.

"But we just asked you how your sex life was
and you said fine!" All eyes turned to Shinji
once again.

"I was saying I was doing fine wallet-wise!"
Shinji lied.
*I'm actually having the biggest money trouble
in my 14 years of life AND I can't really say I
have a girlfriend...*

"Yeah right! I just heard you said that you are
going to go bankrupt!" Kensuke countered.

*Damn you Kensuke, damn you and your near perfect
hearing for gossip!* Shinji thought, "Err yeah,
that's cuz I'm taking Keiko to that new ice cream
place, and that place is REALLY expensive!"

"Oh." Shinji mentally sighed as the crowd slowly
faded.

"Touji.. I'm gonna get you for that." Shinji said
coldly, "and you'll be next Kensuke."

"Oh come on... we'll even help you with your
minor money problems." Kensuke grinned.

"Yeah, we'll help you makes LOTS of money." Touji
followed.

"Uh huh.. and you'll be selling my pictures to
the girls right?" Shinji rolled his eyes.

"Nope!" Kensuke said happily.

*What are they up to THIS time..* Shinji thought
fearfully.

"We," Touji gestured to himself and Kensuke for
extra effect, "are gonna make a how-to-pick-up-
girls course!"

"Taught by you of course." Kensuke added.

"This course is gonna teach all of us how to pick
up girls like you do!" Shinji just shook his head
in disbelieve.

"I can't believe you guys are this DUMB!!!" Shinji
exclaimed, "Dummkopf!! You DO realize that I don't
do anything to pick up girls! It just comes naturally!"

"Well they you'll just have to tell all the guys
that signed up for the course." Kensuke said as
Touji pulled out the list (which is 10 pages long)
of guys who signed up for the course.

"Shiest! that's long." Shinji stared at the list.
*Hey, wait.. when did I start swearing in German?
AAHHH.. I'M TURNING INTO ASUKA!!*


*******************************


AAACCCCCHHHOOOOO

Asuka sneeze woke her up from her beauty sleep.
*Who is it now.... better not be someone thinking
bad stuff about me! Probably Shinji fantasizing
about me*

Asuka chuckled at the thought of Shinji having
a spine to actually even think about her that
way, "Now THAT'S farfetched." Asuka whispered
and went back to sleep.


*******************************


Shinji walked down the street back to his apartment
trying to see how he can get enough money for
tomorrow's little outing with Keiko.
*I KNEW I shouldn't have used all of Misato's money,
I guess I just screwed myself over...*

Shinji took a glance sideways and saw a park that
he has never seen before.
*Hmm.. I've never been to THIS part of Tokyo 3...
I wonder where I am?*

With that thought in mind, Shinji wandered into the
park without thinking about the homework which his
sensei gave him.

*Hey, I should take Asuka here when she comes...
she'll like this place... maybe..*

A blur of blue caught Shinji's eye. Quickly turning
towards the source, Shinji found himself looking at
the First Child doing seemingly nothing.
*Well.. I guess that's not really THAT weird... but
isn't she supposed to be in NERV being tested by
Dr. Akagi or something to make the dummyplug?*

"Ayanami... what exactly are you doing here?" Shinji
asked after tapping her on the shoulder.

"I am going back to my residence."

*Wow.. I actually got her to say a whole sentence on
the first try.. way to go Shinji!* Shinji grinned,
"Well, mind if I walk you home?"

"That is not necessary."

"But I still want to so I'm coming, like it or not."
Rei just replied with a nodded and started to walk.

*Wow.. walking with her is like walking alone.. only
worst..* Shinji thought to himself and took a look
at his surroundings again.

*This place is still the same... all the loud banging
and that smell.. GOD.. why DOES Rei live here?*
"So, Ayanami, why do you live here?" Shinji asked.

"Because I do." Rei replied so simply that Shinji just
stared at her in amazement.

"Wouldn't it be better to live somewhere else where
there isn't as much noise?" Shinji asked again.

"...."

"Well I guess it's personal preferences, I personally
wouldn't even think of living here." Shinji continued.

The pair fell into silence again as they walked closer
to the First Child's apartment.
*Talking to her is REALLY hard...*
"Umm.. Ayanami, do you mind if I ask you about something?"

"I do not mind."

"Why do you pilot the Eva?" Shinji asked the question
he asked her right before the second attempt to kill the
fifth angel in the past time line he was in.

"It is my sole purpose."

"Well, do you cook?" Shinji asked.

"Yes."

"Well if your sole purpose in life is to pilot, then
wouldn't you be not able to do anything else?"

"...."

Shinji couldn't help but smile a little, "Well then
why DO you pilot the Eva?"

"It... it is my duty." Rei replied after a few
seconds.

"Well then, you should get to know the people you are
protecting more." Shinji said with a shrug as they
entered the elevator.

"What is the purpose in that?"

"Well, if you know what you're protecting, you will
have more reasons to reinforce your duty I guess."
Shinji sighed, "But I guess if you don't think that's
a good idea or your just not comfortable with it, I
guess you don't have to."

Rei frowned slightly and tilted her head, "I would try
to 'know' other people."

"Well, you should start with someone like Hikari, she
seems to try to know you." Shinji suggested as the
elevator comes to a stop and the door opens.

"I will do that." Rei answered before walking into her
apartment.

Shinji sighed as the elevator door closed and once again
began it's decent, "That was.... serious."


*******************************


"I'm home!!" Shinji yelled as he took off his shoes.

"Your back late.. where have YOU been." Misato said
with a goofy grin on her face.

"Just here and there, you know." Shinji said evasively

Misato tsked, "No use lying to me Shinji, you better
tell me or I'll force it out of you!"

Shinji thought about his choices, "I was walking Rei
home."

"That's nice of you.. but I don't think you should
start hitting on Rei," Misato said off-handedly,
"She doesn't talk that much and stuff like that."

"I WAS NOT HITTING ON REI!!" Shinji shouted as he
flopped down on the couch.

Misato giggled, "Well anyways, since you weren't here,
I cooked dinner for the both of us."

Shinji froze in fear, *Damn, I KNEW I shoulda brought
stomach medicine when I past the pharmacy.*

"It'll be done in a second, and you'll taste how good
instant curry and cup-o-noodles can be!" Misato starts
to drool and quickly took another beer out of the fridge.

"I'm doomed... hope the doctors in NERV can handle food
poisoning.." Shinji muttered.

"It's done!!" Misato said enthusiastically, "Well
bonapetite."

"Aren't you suppose to ONLY say that when you know
your food can't kill an angel?" Shinji commented wiry

"Well, if you we're not busy hitting on all the girls
in your class, you'll actually be eating food you
prefer! But I don't see why this is so bad!" Misato
said after taking another gulp at her beer.

"I was NOT hitting on ANYONE!!"

"Oh yeah? well if you didn't, why are you making
such a big fuss about it hmm?" Misato said inhaling
her 'creation'

"Err..." Shinji dig through his brain for an sarcastic
remark, but none of them will work since they all revolve
around Kaji AND he's not suppose to know Kaji yet.

"Heh, I knew it." Misato smirked.

"I'll get you Misato... and you'll regret ever wanting
to be my guardian!" Shinji warned.

"Yeah yeah, I can always cut your pay." Misato grinned
in victory, "HEY, this IS good."

Shinji just stared as Misato continue eating her
cup-o-noodles with instant curry.
"I still can't believe how you can eat that... that's
disgusting!"

"I'm not seeing Pen-Pen complaining." Misato said.

"That's because he already passed out." Shinji sweatdropped.

"OH MY GOD! PEN PEN!!"


*******************************


"So after PenPen got a clean bill of health, he pecked
Misato a few times and went back to his fridge." Shinji
concluded as Keiko laughed over her ice cream.

"PenPen must be mad to do that!" Keiko sobered up after
a few more seconds, "But really, he did ok for so long,
why did he pass out this time?"

"Misato was trying out a new recipe." Shinji stated and
took another bite from his ice cream.

"Remind me never to go over to your place for dinner."
Keiko said jokingly.

"I wouldn't wish it on the angels." Shinji said melodramatically.

Keiko grinned, "I can't believe you still have all this
money after how much we spent few weeks ago."

"You mean after how much YOU spent."

"HEY! You brought something too!" Keiko countered.

"Yeah, a 100 yen shirt!" Shinji pointed to his 'new'
shirt he is wearing."

"Humph" Keiko took another bite out of her ice cream.

"Oh come on Keiko." Shinji groaned, "You know I don't
mean it that way."

"Heh, you're too gullible." Keiko stuck out her tongue.

Shinji just mumbled in reply and finished his chocolate
fudge.

"Hey look, there's Shinji!" the Eva pilot and his pretend
'girlfriend' turned their head to see Touji and Kensuke
walking towards them.

"Hey guys." Shinji and Keiko said.

"So how is our favorite couple doing?" Touji said with
a smirk.

"Yeah, I can see that Shinji here REALLY knows the road
to any girl's fragile heart." Kensuke said over-dramatically

"It's not like that!" Keiko said with a blush.

"Well then, what is it like then?" a girl's voice came from
behind Shinji.

"What the!" Shinji whipped his head around to see a group
of girls from his class.

"So Keiko... what IS it like?" Shiori Fujisaki, the girl that
sits in front of Shinji, asks. Since she is one of the most
popular girls in school, having long wavy hair that seems to
wave at guys to come over, it is no wonder by now, Touji and
Kensuke is wondering how big this Shinji worshipping club
really is.

"What are you guys doing here!" Keiko demanded.

"Oh nothing, just seeing if you're doing anything with Shinji
and we will not approve of." Ayako Katagiri, Keiko's best
friend, said with a wise nod.

Shinji couldn't help but start banging his head on the table
from all this. First, having his two friends annoying him with
this how-to-pick-up-girls course and now having a group a girls,
very good looking girls, follow him everywhere when he is trying
to spend some time with Keiko.

"Girls, as much as I like to thank you for looking out for my
well being, I'd like to spend some time with Keiko, and NO, we
are not doing anything funny ok?" Shinji rolled his eyes, "Now,
if you would excuse us, I think me and Keiko needs to go now."
As quickly as possible, Shinji grabbed Keiko and dashed out
of the ice-cream store losing everyone.


*******************************


*Why did he do that? Can't he just shoo them away or something?*
Keiko thought after they stopped at the bus stop, *and why did
he say he want to spend some time with me.. is he...* Keiko
starts to blush at the thought.

"You ok Keiko?" Shinji inquired.

"Umm yeah... so why did you say you need to spend some time with
me alone?" Keiko asked back.

"Oh that, I just need to talk about you know what with you."
Shinji said.

"Ohh..." Keiko silently chided herself.
*Oh yeah, he already has a girlfriend.. heh, I think I guess
I really need to stop thinking these outings with him as
a date... he usually just wants to talk about his time traveling
stuff with me.*

"Umm Keiko.. you ok, you sound kinda disappointed when I said
I need to talk to you about you know what. Are you hoping for
another answer." Shinji said looked at Keiko with a curious
look.

"WHAT!! Not you too!!" Keiko whined.

"Ok ok.. sorry." Shinji backed off a bit, "But anyways, I was
just wondering what I should do if the next angel turns out
the same as last time...."

"Not this again, we've been over this about a hundred times!
Look Shinji, things take time to change, you don't expect
this to change in just a few seconds, I bet things WILL start
changing by the next angel attack." Keiko said.

"I guess your right..." Shinji sighed, "But I just can't
get this voice out of my mind that says I won't be able to
change anything."

"You know what Shinji, at first, I thought you're the most
confident person in the world, but now, I realize your as
insecure as.. err.. your insecure." Keiko said with a
shrug.

"Heh, even with the knowledge of the future, I'm still as
insecure as ever. I must be the biggest loser in this side
of the galaxy."

"There you go again with your I'm a loser act. You're NOT
a pathetic loser as you see yourself! I mean a lesser
person woulda killed themselves already! Even if they
didn't kill themselves, the angels woulda killed them."
Keiko defended.

"...."

"Shinji, you really need to learn how to use your
confidence, I don't just mean act all nice and frosty cool,
but you know, BE confident!"

"I'll... I'll try."

"That's not good enough, if I know you, I'd say you can
do it, now promise me, you'll BE confident!"

"I... I promise." Shinji said with a smile.

"Now, don't break your track record of not breaking your
promises." Keiko said with a playful wink, "Now lets get
back home, I need to cook tonight."

"OH CRAP!! DINNER!!" Shinji gasped, "Oh god.. please don't
let Misato cook again."


*******************************


"Ok, today, the guys will be playing basketball and the
girls will be swimming." the PE teacher said.

"Hope we use the court beside the pool." Touji whispered
to Shinji and Kensuke.

"and NO, the guys won't be using the court beside the
pool." the teacher said looking at Touji knowingly resulting
in fits of giggles from the girls.

"Damn." the Idiot duo both cursed. Shinji just shook his
head at the two.

"Can't you guys think of anything other than girls?" Shinji
asked.

"Well, unlike you, girls don't trail behind us like puppies
following their owner." Kensuke said.

"Yeah.. VERY good looking puppies." Touji said staring at the
girl's chest area as they walk past them to the change room.

*No wonder Asuka says all guys are perverts.. its guys like
those two that give us a bad name.* Shinji thought as he pushed
the drooling guys into the change room.


*******************************


"You are SO lucky, I mean seeing that angel up close and
stuff like that... so what did you find out about it!"
Kensuke asked when himself and Shinji were subbed off.

"That's classified Kensuke, sorry." Shinji replied as
Touji walked towards the two.

"Asking about classified stuff again Kensuke, have you
no shame."

"Hey, just curious." Kensuke said and laid down on his
back to get a better view of the swimming pool. Touji
did likewise while Shinji just stared at the sky.

"Man... they have such great breasts." Touji said dreamily.

"Yeah... great body too." Kensuke added.

Shinji turned his gaze from the sky to the swimming pool,
*swimming pools.... thermal expansion... aahh.. stop
thinking about that Shinji, down boy*

"Hey, what are YOU staring at Shinji." Touji said

"He's ogling Keiko." Kensuke said from behind.

Shinji frowned and turned to the group of girls near the
fence, "Keiko isn't even near the fence, how can you
say that I'm ogling her?"

"OH MY GOD, SHINJI'S TWO TIMING KEIKO!!" Touji shouted

A small yelp can be heard from the swimming pool right
after everyone turned towards Shinji and giving him the
death glare.

"I AM NOT TWO TIMING ANYONE!!" Shinji shouted back.

"Well then, why were you ogling some girl by the pool
then" Touji said loud enough for everyone to hear, and
a few girls immediately blushed.

"I was NOT ogling ANYONE, OK" Shinji protested.

"Ok then, why are you facing that direction." Kensuke
said pointing to the girls.

"I just turned to once side to get comfortable and you
guys are saying I'm staring at girls... are you guys
crazy?!?!" Shinji said sounding VERY frustrated.

The whole basketball court of people fell silent once
again as the Eva pilot fumed.

"Ok, time for a few laps people. LETS MOVE IT!" The
PE coach and everyone quickly complied just to avoid
the deadly silence.

*Well at least now I know why Asuka loves to be angry
all the time.* Shinji thought with a grin.


*******************************


"Hey Ritsuko, come it." Misato greeted her college
friend.

"It's nice of you to invite me to dinner." Ritsuko
said and entered the Katsuragi residence.

"Shinji should be about finish cooking dinner, you
should try it... it taste heavenly!" Misato said
with sparkling eyes.

"Wow, if you say it tastes THAT great.. it must."
the Doctor replied.
*Ok... let see.. Damn, forgot to bring my stomach
medicine.. oh well, at least it's not Misato who's
cooking tonight.*

"DINNERS READY!" Shinji shouted from the kitchen.

"Great!" Misato dragged Ritsuko in and ushered her
to sit down.

Once Ritsuko sat down, she can only marvel at the
the food in front of her, "Shinji, would you like
a part time job as the cook for our cafeteria at
NERV? I would personally recommend you."

Shinji just grinned sheepishly.

"No WAY!! I still need Shinji to cook for me!"
Misato said and put her arm around Shinji's shoulder.

"Err.. Misato, I thought you promised Ritsuko
not to hit on me." Shinji said plainly causing
Misato to jump away from the third child.

"Really, I thought you had more self control then
that Misato." Ritsuko tsked.

"WHAT! I... I was.. He..." Misato fumed and just
sat down to avoid more embarrassment from the two
way attack.

"Well Shinji, if Misato here can't keep her hands
to herself, I suggest you move out." Ritsuko said.

"Well he shouldn't," Misato said shaking her empty
can of beer, "Shinji, would you be a dear and get
me another.. thanks."

"Yeah yeah, I don't get it, why can't you get it
yourself?" Shinji whined.

"Heh.. anyways, if he move now, he'll need to get
through a lot of red tape and stuff, because he just
got his social security card." Shinji gave Misato
another can of beer as she finished.

"Card... oh yeah, I almost forgot, Shinji I have
a favor to ask you." Ritsuko said.

"Wow, now I have a favor in a pretty high place."
Shinji grinned.

"Flattery won't get you anywhere in Nerv Shinji."
Ritsuko said, "Anyways, I just need to you give
Rei her new ID card, her old one expired and she'll
need this to get into Central Dogma, so give it
to her before the re-activation test tomorrow ok?"

"Right." Shinji said and pocketed the card.

"Just don't use your manly charms on our dear
innocent Rei. Can't have her falling into your charms
and make her lose all her wits." Misato said
with a grin.

"Kinda like you, right Misato?" Ritsuko said causing
Misato to blush bright red.

"Heh... I'll give the card to her, don't worry."
Shinji grinned.


********************************


*It stinks and it's as loud as ever.* Shinji thought
as he walked up to Rei's apartment, *No point trying
the bell I guess.*

Shinji opened the unlocked door and walked in, "Ayanami...
I'm here to deliver your new ID card, your old one has
expired. I'll just put your new card on top of your
drawer." Shinji placed her card on the drawer, "See you
at Nerv, and good luck on your re-activation test."

Shinji walked out of the apartment, hoping he will miss
seeing Rei bumping into him naked.

After Shinji left, Rei walked out of the bathroom and
walked over to the drawer.
".... it's still warm...."


*******************************


"Initiating third stage connections."

"Nerve connections all green."

"Counting down to absolute borderline... 0.8.. 0.7...
0.6.... 0.5.... 0.3..... 0.2... 0.1.."

Everyone held their breath, and praying for an successful
test.

".... Borderline is clear! the Eva has be activated!!"
Cheers broke out in the control room.

"Wow.. that was exciting." Misato muttered under her
breath.

"I might hate my father, but you have to give him this,
he's good at what he's doing." Shinji said with a shrug,
surprising Misato.

"I guess your right..." Misato was cut off by the sirens
ringing out through the base.

"Not now...." Misato groaned, "Sir, will we be dispatching
Unit 00?"

"Negative, Rei is still not ready. Prepare Unit 01 for
launch and intercept." Commander Ikari said coldly, "Rei,
Activation has been a success, you may come out now."

"Yes sir." Rei's small voice said which is quickly followed
by the deactivation of Unit 00.

"Well, I guess I better suit up." Shinji said dashing towards
the change room.


*******************************


"Unit 01 status."

"The pilot is in the Eva and activated it, Sync ratio holding
at 65% currently." Maya reported.

*Hmm.. that's a bit low for him...* Misato mused.
"Shinji, you ok in there?"

"Yeah, umm Misato... I have this gut feeling, can you launch me
so I'm on the other side of the city to the angel." Shinji
said through the comm.

"Not feeling too confident are we?" Misato said teasingly but
quickly reverted back to her professional tone, "Ok, we'll
do that."

"Thanks." Shinji's image flickered out.

*That is an odd request, I wonder...*

"The Angel has reached the border of Tokyo 3!!"

"Ok... LAUNCH EVA!!" Misato shouted.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Sorry, can't be helped, havta do this to you guys... as much as
I hate cliffhangers, I have to end it like this.

Anyways, the conclusion of the battle is next AND and answer to
Shinji's questions: Will he be able to change the future?
Wait for the next Chapter... Patience is a virtue after all right?

*Omake* Shinji's class *Omake*

"Ok, first lesson... whatever they taught you to do, forget it,
don't act natural, DON'T act all macho, and most importantly,
DON'T THINK OF SEX ALL THE TIME!!" Shinji said.

"Umm.. then what do we do?"

"Well, before I tell you, I'll have to introduce you all to
someone... I present to you, Ryougi Kaji! Secret agent,
and Casanova of the last generation!" Shinji gestured to
the Kaji, who just walked into the room.

"HEY! I'm not THAT old!" Kaji retorted, "Anyways, The first
thing you need to know, IF you want to pick up girls, is deep
inside, they all want sex..."

The whole class didn't hear what Kaji and Shinji said afterwards
since they all already dashed out of the room to the nearest
7-11 to buy you know what's.

"They never listen to the next part." Shinji said shaking his
head.

"Yeah... too bad too. I wonder how many of them will end up
in the hospital?" Kaji wondered.

"I say over half of them." Shinji said with a knowing nod.

"I say all of them by the looks on their face." Kaji smirked.


******* a day later *******


"Ikari Shinji."

"Here."

"Suzuhara Touji."

"He's in the hospital..."

"Aida Kensuke."

"He's ALSO in the hospital..."

The teacher looked around the room, only to see half of the
class missing, "Where did all the boys go?"

"They're all in the hospital." Shinji said with a shrug.
All the girls in the class blushed.

"Hmm... wait.. where's Ichimonji Akane?"

One of the girls sitting in the back row raised her hand,
"err... she is in the hospital also.."

"What reason?"

"I kinda... punchedherwhenshehitonmeandputtingthemovesonme."

Shinji cringed, *I thought that girls name on that list was
only a typo.*

*Omake* End *Omake*

Heh... that was kinda weird.. just a little something to make
up for the cliffhanger ^_~
Til next time... READ ON!! and remember to R&R!!