The Ikari Charm
A Neon Genesis: Evangelion Fanfic written by Marzee for 'In Depth Eva' www.geocities.com/indeptheva/index.htm
Disclaimer
I don't own Eva, well at least not yet. Gainax does so the characters in this fic are not mine, and like most people I just borrow them for a while. Hopefully Gainax won't sue me. If they do they won't get much. The wages of an unemployed 17 year old student in Australia is getting less and less. (
Warning
Also there may be swearing in this fic (of various languages) so I thought I would warn you.
Sex will be implied in this fic but nothing in great detail. I read lemons but I don't write them. So if you are under age please don't read it (or do so at your own risk).
The pinball game in Windows XP is highly addictive when you are putting off doing something else. Beware the pinball game.
Notes
1) Even though Chapter 2 didn't have the amount of humour Chapter 1 had I'll see if I can make up for it here. If not, well, I guess then it will be a humour fic without humour. At least it will be unique. There's more humour in Chapter 4 when I write about the birthday party.
2) For all the Rei Fans, Rei will make her first appearance at school, in this chapter. Sorry about the Rei delay but she wasn't really needed in the first two chapters and my fear of writing her wrong was probably another factor. Anyway, she's here now but how is she tangled up in the SSFUWTCHWTLUTIC's plans, or is she?
3) Blah blah blah is a translation of something that wasn't written in English.
4) (Blah blah blah) means that is not part of the story and just a message or something.
5) Blah blah blah means a comment from Dark Marzee.
6) "Blah blah blah" mean talking.
7) "blah" means an emphasized word.
Thank You Messages
Thanks go to all the people who reviewed the first and second chapters. You were a great help.
Thanks also go to Xenogears 15 who's been trying to help me with my grammar while editing NGE: Reincarnation.
The Ikari Charm
Chapter 3: Who goes to school on their birthday? (Version 1.0)
By the time Shinji finished the dishes Asuka was nearly ready to go to school. She quickly got dressed and was ready to go when there was about ten minutes to get to school.
"Come on Shinji, or we're gonna be late," Asuka said when she finally appeared in the kitchen.
Shinji sighed as he stood up from his seated position at the table and picked up his book back.
"See you later," Misato called from her room.
"Bye," Asuka replied as she stepped out the door.
Shinji watched as Asuka gracefully walked out the door, before saying bye to Misato and leaving the apartment. He reached the elevator just as Asuka pushed the button to go down.
As he stood there, listening to Asuka tapping her foot impatiently, he began to think about his conversation with his father and Kaji. He hoped no one else knew about his father's lack of confidence in his. abilities.
As the elevator door opened and both teenagers stepped inside, Shinji remembered the confusion about NERV had meant. Although there was little chance that Asuka knew what it meant, it was all Shinji could come up with to talk about.
"So, Asuka, do you have any idea what NERV means? You were working at the German Branch before I came here and I don't get told much."
Asuka turned to look at Shinji. "It means nerve in German," She said before smiling. "If I had my way it would stand for Nobody Endures a Redheads Vengeance."
"More like Never Enrage Rabid Vixens," Shinji muttered, before realizing what he had said but Asuka heard him perfectly.
Thanks go to Bene for giving us that one. Stupid here couldn't think one up for himself
(Marzee lowers his head him shame)
'What did you say?" Asuka asked, giving Shinji a death stare.
Shinji's brain went into overdrive then became overloaded and ran the crash system function faster then Windows 95.
"Ah. ah. ah."
"Come on Shinji," Asuka said sweetly, her face showing a smile. "Just tell me what you said. I won't be mad."
Shinji decided that she sounded sincere and so he repeated what he had said. He walked out of the elevator with a black eye.
*****
The rest of the walk had been uneventful. Shinji had walked two meters behind Asuka as she fumed at Shinji's insult and began to plan revenge. Shinji decided that more attempts at conversation would be meet with stiff opposition and so he remained quite.
They walked into the classroom just as the bell rang, then hurried to their seats just before the teacher arrived.
The stand, bow, sit routine, or as Toji liked to call it, the dog show, was done and the teacher began to explain the meteorite hitting the Antarctica story.
As boredom began to set in, Shinji began to look around the room for something to do. His eyes finally settled on Rei, who for some reason, was staring directly at him instead of gazing out the window.
When she realized that she had been spotted, her gaze returned to the window and stayed that way for the rest of the class. He was left wondering why she was looking at him and if it had something to do with his father's plans.
He would have to wait until lunch to confront her.
*****
As Shinji approached her, Rei looked back at him with a blank expression.
"Rei... why were you staring at me in class?" Shinji asked.
"It is you birthday, correct?" Rei asked in a monotone voice.
"Ah. yes."
"I read in a book that you change as you get older, but you seem the same as before. I was trying to see a change in you but I couldn't find one."
"Oh," Shinji hadn't expected this. "You change as you get older, but it happens over a long time. Maybe in a few months I'll look different or seem different."
Rei nodded, accepting this explanation. "I see."
"Ok. I guess I'll go eat my lunch. Bye Rei," Shinji said, before walking off to eat lunch with his friends. As he walked away, Rei almost smiled.
He didn't even notice as Asuka sneaked away from where Toji and Kensuke were sitting.
*****
"Did a year 9 do that to you?" Toji asked, impressed.
"I'd say at least a year 10," Kensuke added.
"So, Shinji, how's the other guy. Sore as hell I bet."
"That would have been a fight to see."
Shinji sat looking at the ground as his friends reinvented a fight that never happened. He just sat eating his lunch, trying to block them out. After about three minutes they realized that Shinji hadn't contributed to the conversation at all and turned to see why not.
When they seen the depressed look on his face they began to worry.
"The guy was in year 10, right?" Toji asked.
Shinji shook his head, causing Toji and Kensuke to get more desperate.
Kensuke's eyes went wide. "You came to school like that, didn't you?"
Shinji nodded.
Toji gasped. "That can only mean one thing."
"Right," Kensuke agreed. "They must have jumped him on the way to school."
Toji and Shinji feel backwards.
*****
Asuka stood by the entry of the school and waited for Shinji to come along.
People had their suspicions about what type of relationship Asuka and Shinji really had. Even though she made fun of him, she still waited everyday to walk home with him.
But today was different. They wouldn't be going home straight away. Asuka had been put into the position of Shinji Staller. Being asked to do this was a double edged sword, though. On one hand, she didn't mind spending time with Shinji, when he wasn't saying sorry every two minutes and it was his birthday after all, but she would have to do it in public. She didn't want people to think they were dating; it may ruin her tough girl image. His comment in the elevator also made her want to flatten him again but she had a job to do. As she noticed Shinji approaching she grabbed her book bag from the ground.
"Hey Asuka," Shinji said, cautiously.
"Shinji, you like playing video games, right?"
She was hoping that the information she had obtained from Toji was enough to keep the boy away from the house for at least a few hours until Misato could fix up the apartment. Hikari also had to make a cake.
"Ah. yeah, I guess. Why?"
"Well, I heard that there was this cool new game at that arcade in the mall and I want to go play it. You don't mind coming with me do you?" Asuka asked, smiling sweetly.
If Shinji had of even be considering saying no, the thought would have been washed away with the smile Asuka was giving him
"Sure, that would be great. I don't feel like doing homework at the moment anyway."
"Wow, Shinji's turning rebel on use," Asuka said, as they turned and walked in the opposite direction to home.
Both the teens walked down the street happily. Shinji was happy because Asuka didn't seem to be angry anymore but Asuka wasn't sure why she was happy. It was either because she had done as Misato had asked and kept Shinji away from the apartment or because she was going for a walk with Shinji. She decided to put the question in the back of her mind as she wasn't sure if she would like the answer.
*****
When they reached the arcade Shinji bought the tokens, after Asuka made no attempt to pay, but the new game, Time Crisis 6, was taken so they decided to play a game of air hockey
Shinji placed two tokens into the machine and it spat out the puck on Asuka's side. The girl reached out and grabbed the puck with one hand and the hitter with the other. She looked up at her opponent as he stood on the other side of the table and smiled wickedly.
"Are you ready, Third Child?"
Shinji swallowed and prepared himself. "Ready."
Asuka placed the puck on the table and smashed it towards Shinji.
*****
Three hours later, Shinji and Asuka left the doctors and begin to walk home.
"I said I was sorry Shinji. What more do you want?" Asuka asked, getting annoyed.
"Something to get rid of this headache," the boy replied bluntly.
"It wasn't my fault you got hit in the face. You were in the way when I went to reload. If anyone is at fault, it's you."
Shinji turned towards the German girl shocked. "You're the only person I know that could blame me for what happened."
Asuka smiled. "That's because I'm smarter then all the other people you know."
Shinji shook his head. He couldn't win and it was pointless to keep fighting. It was his birthday and he was supposed to be having fun. He decided that maybe it was better to start up some conversation in an effort to stop her insulting him.
"So... do you listen to much music Asuka?" Shinji asked. He knew she would probably tell him to mind his own business but he thought that he had to ask.
"I used to but I only have CD's. Germany doesn't have SDAT players so I don't have anything to listen to until I buy one."
"Why haven't you bought one yet? You've been here for over a month."
"I guess I've spent most of the allowance NERV gives us on cloths and other stuff."
Shinji scratched the back of his neck, nervously. "Asuka. would you like to have. do you want to have my old SDAT player. Misato bought me a new one and I don't really need it. If. you want it, it's yours."
Asuka looked at the boy walking with her in shock. It hadn't even been twelve hours since she had punched him in the face and here he was offering her a present, on his birthday.
"Ah. I'd like that. She looked back in the direction they were walking in. "Thanks."
Shinji nearly fell over. The girl that had tried to turn his life into a living hell had said thank you to him. "You're. welcome, Asuka."
They continued to walk home until in silence Asuka's cell phone rang when they were about to get into the elevator of their apartment building.
"Hello?"
"Asuka, where are you?" Kaji asked.
"We're just about to get into the elevator. Why?"
"We forgot to get to get the birthday candles and Hyuga just left to get some from the store across the road. Do you think you can hold Shinji for five minutes more?"
A little ding was heard as the elevator reached the ground level. Asuka seen Shinji go to step into the elevator and thought quickly about what to say.
"Ah. yeah, so you need us to pick up some iced coffee, Misato? That should be fine. We'll go and get that right now. Bye."
She noticed Shinji didn't step away from the elevator.
"Misato wants us to go get her a pack of iced coffee," Asuka repeated to make sure Shinji understood what she wanted him to do.
"I just want to go and drop my bag off. My headache has gotten worse. I need to go and get some headache tablets."
"Shinji, let's just go and get the coffee. It'll take five minutes. You can't tell me that you can pilot an Eva but not be able to handle a small headache for five minutes."
"Asuka, Misato probably missed the cans that are in the third rack behind the beer cans. We should find out before we go and buy more."
Asuka was running out of ideas. It was then that Hyuga turned around the corner before ducking back around when he seen the two pilots. Shinji turned towards the sound.
"What was that?"
It was then that Asuka wrapped her arms around Shinji's neck and kissed him. She moved it so that his back was against the wall and that his eyes were shut. She then motioned for Hyuga to get into the elevator.
Hyuga walked into the elevator and pressed the button for Misato's apartment. Asuka noticed him staring at them as the door closed.
When the elevator door closed Asuka backed away and slapped Shinji across the face.
"How dare you kiss me, you pervert?" Asuka yelled in the boys face.
"I. uh.didn't."
"Good. That's what you have to say."
Asuka turned away and started pacing after spiting on the ground, twice.
"I can't believe my first kiss was wasted on some wimpy little boy. With Kaji it would have been so much better." She then stopped and turned back to Shinji. She moved her face so it was mere inches away from Shinji's.
"If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you. You understand?"
Shinji nodded.
"And you'll regret it if you do that again. You understand?"
Shinji nodded, again.
Ding.
"Good. Now let's go home."
"But what about the iced coffee?"
"Forget it. It's not important."
With that Asuka walked into the open elevator and pushed the button for Misato's floor. Shinji followed in a daze and the elevator door closed.
Kaji stood on balcony near Misato's apartment, smiling.
"Well, that went better then expected. I'll have to report this to Ikari tomorrow."
He then put the camera away in his bag and walked back to Misato's apartment, throwing the packet of candles that were in his pocket in the bin.
*****
Author's notes
*****
There wasn't really much there but it built up the story a bit and laid the foundations for the party, which will be the next chapter. That will include a lot of humor, some of which will focus on Kaji and his present for Shinji. The next chapter should be out within two weeks.
Till next time,
Marzee indeptheva@hotmail.com
A Neon Genesis: Evangelion Fanfic written by Marzee for 'In Depth Eva' www.geocities.com/indeptheva/index.htm
Disclaimer
I don't own Eva, well at least not yet. Gainax does so the characters in this fic are not mine, and like most people I just borrow them for a while. Hopefully Gainax won't sue me. If they do they won't get much. The wages of an unemployed 17 year old student in Australia is getting less and less. (
Warning
Also there may be swearing in this fic (of various languages) so I thought I would warn you.
Sex will be implied in this fic but nothing in great detail. I read lemons but I don't write them. So if you are under age please don't read it (or do so at your own risk).
The pinball game in Windows XP is highly addictive when you are putting off doing something else. Beware the pinball game.
Notes
1) Even though Chapter 2 didn't have the amount of humour Chapter 1 had I'll see if I can make up for it here. If not, well, I guess then it will be a humour fic without humour. At least it will be unique. There's more humour in Chapter 4 when I write about the birthday party.
2) For all the Rei Fans, Rei will make her first appearance at school, in this chapter. Sorry about the Rei delay but she wasn't really needed in the first two chapters and my fear of writing her wrong was probably another factor. Anyway, she's here now but how is she tangled up in the SSFUWTCHWTLUTIC's plans, or is she?
3) Blah blah blah is a translation of something that wasn't written in English.
4) (Blah blah blah) means that is not part of the story and just a message or something.
5) Blah blah blah means a comment from Dark Marzee.
6) "Blah blah blah" mean talking.
7) "blah" means an emphasized word.
Thank You Messages
Thanks go to all the people who reviewed the first and second chapters. You were a great help.
Thanks also go to Xenogears 15 who's been trying to help me with my grammar while editing NGE: Reincarnation.
The Ikari Charm
Chapter 3: Who goes to school on their birthday? (Version 1.0)
By the time Shinji finished the dishes Asuka was nearly ready to go to school. She quickly got dressed and was ready to go when there was about ten minutes to get to school.
"Come on Shinji, or we're gonna be late," Asuka said when she finally appeared in the kitchen.
Shinji sighed as he stood up from his seated position at the table and picked up his book back.
"See you later," Misato called from her room.
"Bye," Asuka replied as she stepped out the door.
Shinji watched as Asuka gracefully walked out the door, before saying bye to Misato and leaving the apartment. He reached the elevator just as Asuka pushed the button to go down.
As he stood there, listening to Asuka tapping her foot impatiently, he began to think about his conversation with his father and Kaji. He hoped no one else knew about his father's lack of confidence in his. abilities.
As the elevator door opened and both teenagers stepped inside, Shinji remembered the confusion about NERV had meant. Although there was little chance that Asuka knew what it meant, it was all Shinji could come up with to talk about.
"So, Asuka, do you have any idea what NERV means? You were working at the German Branch before I came here and I don't get told much."
Asuka turned to look at Shinji. "It means nerve in German," She said before smiling. "If I had my way it would stand for Nobody Endures a Redheads Vengeance."
"More like Never Enrage Rabid Vixens," Shinji muttered, before realizing what he had said but Asuka heard him perfectly.
Thanks go to Bene for giving us that one. Stupid here couldn't think one up for himself
(Marzee lowers his head him shame)
'What did you say?" Asuka asked, giving Shinji a death stare.
Shinji's brain went into overdrive then became overloaded and ran the crash system function faster then Windows 95.
"Ah. ah. ah."
"Come on Shinji," Asuka said sweetly, her face showing a smile. "Just tell me what you said. I won't be mad."
Shinji decided that she sounded sincere and so he repeated what he had said. He walked out of the elevator with a black eye.
*****
The rest of the walk had been uneventful. Shinji had walked two meters behind Asuka as she fumed at Shinji's insult and began to plan revenge. Shinji decided that more attempts at conversation would be meet with stiff opposition and so he remained quite.
They walked into the classroom just as the bell rang, then hurried to their seats just before the teacher arrived.
The stand, bow, sit routine, or as Toji liked to call it, the dog show, was done and the teacher began to explain the meteorite hitting the Antarctica story.
As boredom began to set in, Shinji began to look around the room for something to do. His eyes finally settled on Rei, who for some reason, was staring directly at him instead of gazing out the window.
When she realized that she had been spotted, her gaze returned to the window and stayed that way for the rest of the class. He was left wondering why she was looking at him and if it had something to do with his father's plans.
He would have to wait until lunch to confront her.
*****
As Shinji approached her, Rei looked back at him with a blank expression.
"Rei... why were you staring at me in class?" Shinji asked.
"It is you birthday, correct?" Rei asked in a monotone voice.
"Ah. yes."
"I read in a book that you change as you get older, but you seem the same as before. I was trying to see a change in you but I couldn't find one."
"Oh," Shinji hadn't expected this. "You change as you get older, but it happens over a long time. Maybe in a few months I'll look different or seem different."
Rei nodded, accepting this explanation. "I see."
"Ok. I guess I'll go eat my lunch. Bye Rei," Shinji said, before walking off to eat lunch with his friends. As he walked away, Rei almost smiled.
He didn't even notice as Asuka sneaked away from where Toji and Kensuke were sitting.
*****
"Did a year 9 do that to you?" Toji asked, impressed.
"I'd say at least a year 10," Kensuke added.
"So, Shinji, how's the other guy. Sore as hell I bet."
"That would have been a fight to see."
Shinji sat looking at the ground as his friends reinvented a fight that never happened. He just sat eating his lunch, trying to block them out. After about three minutes they realized that Shinji hadn't contributed to the conversation at all and turned to see why not.
When they seen the depressed look on his face they began to worry.
"The guy was in year 10, right?" Toji asked.
Shinji shook his head, causing Toji and Kensuke to get more desperate.
Kensuke's eyes went wide. "You came to school like that, didn't you?"
Shinji nodded.
Toji gasped. "That can only mean one thing."
"Right," Kensuke agreed. "They must have jumped him on the way to school."
Toji and Shinji feel backwards.
*****
Asuka stood by the entry of the school and waited for Shinji to come along.
People had their suspicions about what type of relationship Asuka and Shinji really had. Even though she made fun of him, she still waited everyday to walk home with him.
But today was different. They wouldn't be going home straight away. Asuka had been put into the position of Shinji Staller. Being asked to do this was a double edged sword, though. On one hand, she didn't mind spending time with Shinji, when he wasn't saying sorry every two minutes and it was his birthday after all, but she would have to do it in public. She didn't want people to think they were dating; it may ruin her tough girl image. His comment in the elevator also made her want to flatten him again but she had a job to do. As she noticed Shinji approaching she grabbed her book bag from the ground.
"Hey Asuka," Shinji said, cautiously.
"Shinji, you like playing video games, right?"
She was hoping that the information she had obtained from Toji was enough to keep the boy away from the house for at least a few hours until Misato could fix up the apartment. Hikari also had to make a cake.
"Ah. yeah, I guess. Why?"
"Well, I heard that there was this cool new game at that arcade in the mall and I want to go play it. You don't mind coming with me do you?" Asuka asked, smiling sweetly.
If Shinji had of even be considering saying no, the thought would have been washed away with the smile Asuka was giving him
"Sure, that would be great. I don't feel like doing homework at the moment anyway."
"Wow, Shinji's turning rebel on use," Asuka said, as they turned and walked in the opposite direction to home.
Both the teens walked down the street happily. Shinji was happy because Asuka didn't seem to be angry anymore but Asuka wasn't sure why she was happy. It was either because she had done as Misato had asked and kept Shinji away from the apartment or because she was going for a walk with Shinji. She decided to put the question in the back of her mind as she wasn't sure if she would like the answer.
*****
When they reached the arcade Shinji bought the tokens, after Asuka made no attempt to pay, but the new game, Time Crisis 6, was taken so they decided to play a game of air hockey
Shinji placed two tokens into the machine and it spat out the puck on Asuka's side. The girl reached out and grabbed the puck with one hand and the hitter with the other. She looked up at her opponent as he stood on the other side of the table and smiled wickedly.
"Are you ready, Third Child?"
Shinji swallowed and prepared himself. "Ready."
Asuka placed the puck on the table and smashed it towards Shinji.
*****
Three hours later, Shinji and Asuka left the doctors and begin to walk home.
"I said I was sorry Shinji. What more do you want?" Asuka asked, getting annoyed.
"Something to get rid of this headache," the boy replied bluntly.
"It wasn't my fault you got hit in the face. You were in the way when I went to reload. If anyone is at fault, it's you."
Shinji turned towards the German girl shocked. "You're the only person I know that could blame me for what happened."
Asuka smiled. "That's because I'm smarter then all the other people you know."
Shinji shook his head. He couldn't win and it was pointless to keep fighting. It was his birthday and he was supposed to be having fun. He decided that maybe it was better to start up some conversation in an effort to stop her insulting him.
"So... do you listen to much music Asuka?" Shinji asked. He knew she would probably tell him to mind his own business but he thought that he had to ask.
"I used to but I only have CD's. Germany doesn't have SDAT players so I don't have anything to listen to until I buy one."
"Why haven't you bought one yet? You've been here for over a month."
"I guess I've spent most of the allowance NERV gives us on cloths and other stuff."
Shinji scratched the back of his neck, nervously. "Asuka. would you like to have. do you want to have my old SDAT player. Misato bought me a new one and I don't really need it. If. you want it, it's yours."
Asuka looked at the boy walking with her in shock. It hadn't even been twelve hours since she had punched him in the face and here he was offering her a present, on his birthday.
"Ah. I'd like that. She looked back in the direction they were walking in. "Thanks."
Shinji nearly fell over. The girl that had tried to turn his life into a living hell had said thank you to him. "You're. welcome, Asuka."
They continued to walk home until in silence Asuka's cell phone rang when they were about to get into the elevator of their apartment building.
"Hello?"
"Asuka, where are you?" Kaji asked.
"We're just about to get into the elevator. Why?"
"We forgot to get to get the birthday candles and Hyuga just left to get some from the store across the road. Do you think you can hold Shinji for five minutes more?"
A little ding was heard as the elevator reached the ground level. Asuka seen Shinji go to step into the elevator and thought quickly about what to say.
"Ah. yeah, so you need us to pick up some iced coffee, Misato? That should be fine. We'll go and get that right now. Bye."
She noticed Shinji didn't step away from the elevator.
"Misato wants us to go get her a pack of iced coffee," Asuka repeated to make sure Shinji understood what she wanted him to do.
"I just want to go and drop my bag off. My headache has gotten worse. I need to go and get some headache tablets."
"Shinji, let's just go and get the coffee. It'll take five minutes. You can't tell me that you can pilot an Eva but not be able to handle a small headache for five minutes."
"Asuka, Misato probably missed the cans that are in the third rack behind the beer cans. We should find out before we go and buy more."
Asuka was running out of ideas. It was then that Hyuga turned around the corner before ducking back around when he seen the two pilots. Shinji turned towards the sound.
"What was that?"
It was then that Asuka wrapped her arms around Shinji's neck and kissed him. She moved it so that his back was against the wall and that his eyes were shut. She then motioned for Hyuga to get into the elevator.
Hyuga walked into the elevator and pressed the button for Misato's apartment. Asuka noticed him staring at them as the door closed.
When the elevator door closed Asuka backed away and slapped Shinji across the face.
"How dare you kiss me, you pervert?" Asuka yelled in the boys face.
"I. uh.didn't."
"Good. That's what you have to say."
Asuka turned away and started pacing after spiting on the ground, twice.
"I can't believe my first kiss was wasted on some wimpy little boy. With Kaji it would have been so much better." She then stopped and turned back to Shinji. She moved her face so it was mere inches away from Shinji's.
"If you tell anyone about this I'll kill you. You understand?"
Shinji nodded.
"And you'll regret it if you do that again. You understand?"
Shinji nodded, again.
Ding.
"Good. Now let's go home."
"But what about the iced coffee?"
"Forget it. It's not important."
With that Asuka walked into the open elevator and pushed the button for Misato's floor. Shinji followed in a daze and the elevator door closed.
Kaji stood on balcony near Misato's apartment, smiling.
"Well, that went better then expected. I'll have to report this to Ikari tomorrow."
He then put the camera away in his bag and walked back to Misato's apartment, throwing the packet of candles that were in his pocket in the bin.
*****
Author's notes
*****
There wasn't really much there but it built up the story a bit and laid the foundations for the party, which will be the next chapter. That will include a lot of humor, some of which will focus on Kaji and his present for Shinji. The next chapter should be out within two weeks.
Till next time,
Marzee indeptheva@hotmail.com
