The End, Or the Beginning?
Chapter 4: New pilot, new roommate
Disclaimer: SEE FIRST CHAPTER
"SHINJI IKARI!!!!!" the shrill cry echoed through the silence of the Katsuragi apartment. Shinji jumped out of his skin and fell off his bed to the floor beneath him 'not again!' He groaned as he pulled himself off the floor. The boy was tired he thought it was less tiring to wait for Asuka to wake up then it was to look after her during recovery.
He slowly made his way down the hall to the redheads bedroom where he found himself most of the time anyway. It seems that since she woke up Asuka suddenly wasn't able to do anything! Poor Shinji was stuck doing everything she wanted him to so she would have a chance to 'recover' from her ordeal. He entered the room and sighed as the redhead greeted him with a frown "bout time Baka."
Asuka was sitting up in her bed wearing her usual sleeping attire, which of course was pretty close to Misatos, in other words just a yellow top and panties. "I've been calling you for five minutes" Asuka grumbled crossing her arms over her chest, "what have you been doing?"
"N-nothing…sorry I was just listening to music" Shinji stammered in reply but he could see Asukas face harden even more from his choice of words.
"SORRY, sorry isn't good enough Baka. And could you please stop apologizing all the time!" she yelled at the top of her lungs in her meanest voice. Shinji cringed and Asuka noted this 'Ah ha my authority has been reinstated!' She smiled confidently to herself "Now, you know the drill!"
"Not AGAIN" Shinji sighed emphasizing on the again. Asuka held out her arms waiting for Shinji to close in, to the untrained person they'd think she was expecting a hug or something. This was hardly the case, Shinji moved in and wrapped his arms around the girls waist and lifted her up. She was heavy for a girl, or was just that Shinji was pretty weak for a guy?
Asuka once off the ground pulled her legs up and wrapped them around Shinjis waist and then held on round his neck with her arms. Shinji proceeded to carry the girl the way a father may carry their daughter in public. "You know" he started "you wouldn't need to go to the bathroom so much if you stopped drinking all that coke!"
A second later Shinji wished he could take the comment back as he was promptly slapped across the back of the head. "Don't mock me Third Child" Asuka growled as they approached the bathroom door "here will do slave."
Shinji didn't like what Asuka called him not one bit 'I'll show her.' He pulled his arms out from round her waist and she fell straight to the ground with a thud. The brown haired boy began to laugh hysterically and Asuka just sat there frowning deeply at him.
"I'll get you for that Baka" she pouted angrily "now help me up!" Shinji grabbed her hands and pulled her up, it seems he used to much power and he pulled her straight into himself. They both collided and their heads rang with pain "OWW Baka…" Asuka paused in mid statement. Shinji was staring at her while still holding her hands; his eyes looked soft and dreamy. She soon found herself staring back into his dark blue eyes and she felt a chill run down her spine 'his…eyes are so…'
"S-sorry" Shinji blurted as he let go of her hands and looked away an obvious attempt to hide the monstrous blush on his cheeks. 'What just happened?' he asked himself as he stared down at the floor 'what's going on?' He turned his eyes back to Asuka who for some reason was still staring at him "Asuka?"
Asuka snapped out of her little musing and answered "uh…no it's ok, just wait here for me." She stepped into the bathroom on shaky feet then closed the door, her back pinned to the door as soon as it was closed. She felt her heart beat slow down to its regular pace and her breathing returned to normal. 'What the hell was that? I should've blown his head off for that little stunt…but something stopped me. Why do I feel this…flustered?'
The toilet flushed and the door opened a minute later "are you ok?" Shinji asked as Asuka stepped out the door. He smiled when she nodded then she placed her arms round his neck again. This time she spent a while staring into his eyes then she frowned. "What?" Shinji asked.
"Well aren't you going to take me back to my room?" she said with an annoyed tone. He smiled and sighed as he picked her up and took her back to her room. They entered the room and Shinji gently sat Asuka down on her bed before turning to leave "thank you Baka."
Shinji turned around smiled then left, back to the SDAT player that awaited him in his own room.
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"Lena Andrews designated Sixth Child pilot to Eva Unit-06." Ritsuko Akagi shuffled through the files of the next child. She sighed at the thought of bringing yet another poor child into the curses known as Evangelion and NERV. But it was too late to do anything about it now. She was here.
"The sixth child?" the violet haired Misato gasped surprised "what do we need the sixth child for? The angels are all gone!"
"The commander ordered the units to remain on standby just in case. And because unit-02 is without an operational pilot, we had to find a replacement" Ritsuko answered a little wryly. She crossed over to a computer consol and typed a few commands.
Misato watched barely interested until a few words grabbed her attention "there!" She turned to her blond friend "you're going to make her live there??" Ritsuko nodded solemnly. "That's no place for a young girl to live" Misato crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well, the city is only just beginning to be rebuilt and the geo-front is severely damaged. We don't have anywhere else," Ritsuko sighed. She placed a hand on Misatos' shoulder "don't worry it's only for a little while."
"Maybe" Misato began thinking 'Shinji wouldn't mind, Pen-Pen wouldn't mind but I think Asuka might.' Her thoughts centred on what the Second Childs reaction would be. She'd throw a tantrum, but she would get used to it after all it was only till new accommodation could be found. "She can stay with us."
Ritsuko jumped out of surprise and turned around "what? I don't think Shinji or Asuka would be happy bout that!" She smiled at her friend and added "plus you don't have enough room in your apartment."
Misato frowned "hey, I'm not about to let a young girl stay in a place like that!" She pointed a finger at the screen, which displayed an image of the living quarters. The room seemed to be small, smaller then Reis'. It was on the very far outskirts of town and there would be a long walk to the Geo-Front. "She can bunk with Asuka."
"Is that a good idea Major?" Ritsuko frowned at the thought of Asuka sharing her room. 'That will be one hell of a fight!' she thought to herself. "Maybe Shinji will offer his room to Lena, and you can avoid Asukas' tantrum" she smiled.
"Maybe he will" Misato frowned, she knew that if he were asked to Shinji would give his room up. But if Misato had her way the new pilot would bunk with Asuka, until permanent arrangements could be made.
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For the third time that day Shinji Ikari found himself carting Asuka Langley Soryu into the living room so she could watch TV. He had to admit the young redhead was certainly begging to get on his nerves, he couldn't seem to get on minutes peace to himself. As soon as he would sit down on his bed and hit play on his SDAT he would be summoned to do something stupid, like opening the window.
"That will do Baka" Asuka smirked at the brown haired boy "now bring me the remote!" Her voice wasn't mean but it was defiantly loud, loud enough to make Shinji cringe as he picked up the remote and handed it to her.
"Anything else before I leave?" he asked, he didn't want to ask but his years of polite manners wouldn't let him go that easy. He sighed as the redhead nodded happily at him 'oh great what have I gotten into NOW?'
Asuka grinned even wider at the sight of his 'oh, no' face which she had named, by now she knew all his faces except the ones he had never shown. 'I will learn those soon' she thought to herself. "Sit down" she patted the couch next to her. Shinji was surprised he didn't expect her to say that he just stared at her unable to move.
"Oh come on I won't bite" Asuka growled, Shinji reluctantly sat down next to her more towards the other edge. She leaned over towards Shinji and whispered barely audibly "unless you want me to." That did it Shinji was absolutely baffled he had no idea why she just said that.
'It's all in my imagination, she does not act like this' he kept repeating in his mind over and over again. 'She's planning another of her practical jokes' he added to his thoughts. He sighed in relief as Asuka turned on the TV and started searching the channels 'safe for now.'
"NO WAY" Shinji shouted as Asuka stopped on one of those foreign soap operas, "nu, uh." He shook his head violently, he hated any form of soap opera he'd prefer documentaries on Second Impact over soap operas. He started to stand up but a firm hand around his wrist brought him back down.
"You're staying right here Baka" Asuka growled at the now attempting to flee Ikari "SIT!" Her voice was extremely loud and angry, it caused Shinji to stop his squirming and sit down with his mouth shut (Yeah that scary).
"I-I don't se why I have to stay" Shinji mumbled half to himself.
"What was that Third Child?"
"N-nothing"
"Tell me"
"I-I…nothing"
"TELL ME"
"Ok I said why do I have to be here for this?"
Asuka calmed down a bit and her face turned bright red, unnoticed by Shinji of course (he's such a stooge). "Well, you don't have to" she sighed Shinji went to get up and walk off but she stopped him. Not by force though but by five simple words "I want you to stay."
Shinji stopped dead in his tracks 'what the hell, did she just say that?' He turned slowly around and took in the sight of Asuka. One thing he had never seen before from the fiery redhead, pleading eyes. There looking into those soft blue eyes he faltered "o-ok…I'll stay." He sat back down and started thinking to himself 'what the hell is happening to her?'
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A young American girl sat in the cafeteria of NERV HQ she was smiling widely having been shown everything to see about the facility. 'All except one' she thought referring to the other pilots 'I will meet you soon I guess.' She looked over and examined some of the other staff members that were currently taking a break. Some of the males were giving her funny looks 'perverts' she thought as some of them were old enough to be her parents.
She looked over to her left and noticed a violet haired woman approaching her, Lena promptly stood and saluted. "Major Katsuragi" Misato sighed as she knew she would have to go through it again with this kid.
"Put your hand down Lena, your just a child no need for salutes" Misato said annoyed this was the third time she had told the girl to stop acting like military and be more like a child. "And PLEASE call me Misato" she added in her more perky tone.
"Uh…ok then Miss Misato" Misato frowned at Lena, "sorry, Misato." Misato nodded her approval and sat down next to the blond pilot. "So, any news on my living arrangements?" she asked anxious to get settled into her new home.
Misato sighed then looked at the young girl next to her "ok, the thing is you'll be staying with me for a while." Lena didn't seem to mind she just nodded her head a few times. "You see the problem is I already have two others living with me, you probably herd of them the Second and Third Children."
"Soryu and Ikari" Lena smiled "you…you live with Ikari?" Misato nodded which widened Lenas' smile all the more. "It will be an honour to live with you Major….I mean Misato" she corrected herself before the older woman sent her another one of those stares.
"Ok, it's settled then you will come home with me and meet your fellow pilots" Misato said happily. "You're going to like Shinji and Asuka…ok maybe not Asuka, but hey Shinji more than makes up for her. And you get used to Asuka after a while; by the way you'll have to share a room with her."
"That's ok," Lena answered still smiling. Despite the warnings in her mind about living with the notorious Second Child. Yes she had read the report on her and it scared her half to death. To think she could live with a person for a year and still treat him like shit, well that would all change now.
"So shall we go then?" Misato stood up and offered to take Lenas bag for her. After accepting her bag both females headed off to the elevator which would take them to her banged up blue car and ultimately lead them home.
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Shinji lay flat on his back on the floor of the living room. He had somehow fallen off and then just fell asleep there. He was sound asleep and completely oblivious to the young girl who sat next to him. "Shinji" the redheaded Asuka Langley Soryu whispered quietly. "Silly Baka, he shouldn't tire himself out like that" she smiled at the thought of how he got so tired. All those times carrying her back and forth from the toilet or her room or the living room.
'He's so peaceful when he sleeps' she sighed to herself, 'what's happening to me? Do I feel something for him?' Her mind traced over the last few days, they had been spent in bed. Still recovering from her coma she had been told to stay there. She had continuously drunk coke and other caffeine filled drinks to keep her awake and away from the dreams that still haunted her sleep. This resulted in many, many bathroom trips therefore Shinji had to carry her.
'Hold on, were bad dreams the only thing making me drink lots? Or did I like him carrying me…nah, couldn't be…could it?' Asuka snapped out of her musings to see Shinji rolling over a few times. He rolled in different directions before returning to his back position a small smile was evident on his face. 'What's he smiling about?' Asuka thought. Then it hit her, Shinji still asleep mumbled one simple word…her name.
"Shinji…" she frowned "you pervert." After a few minutes contemplation her frown curved up into a smile. Asuka leaned over the young Ikari and brought her face close to his "I remember, the day I woke up. You were there, waiting for me. Why? Then I felt something like this here." She brought her lips down on Shinjis' fore head and kissed it lightly before pulling back up "thank you Shinji, for waiting for me." She brought her face once again close to the sleeping boy her aim redirected to a place she had wanted to touch again.
"ASUKA, I'm back" a loud cheery voice yelled out.
"Shiest!!!" Asuka fell back pulling her face as far away from Shinji as she possibly could. Just in time to as the young Ikari began to stir. "Verdamment dich Misato!" Asuka whispered (Translation: Damn you Misato!). She stood up and smiled at her guardian hoping to hide both the embarrassment and disappointment on her face.
"What's Shinji doing on the floor; you didn't hit him again did you?" Misato jumped from nice to concern to mean. She lightened up as she saw Asuka simply shake her head in disgust "ok I believe you." To Misato she knew that something had happened the way that Asuka was blushing and cursing when she came in…oh yeah she herd and saw it alright. 'Wonder what she was doing?' Misato thought.
Lena stepped up beside Misato and smiled sweetly "everything ok Misato?" she asked politely.
"Who the hell is that?" Asuka said surprised by the other girls' entrance.
"Oh this is Lena the Sixth child"
"The SIXTH?"
"Yeah, my name is Lena Andrews. Nice to meet you Miss Soryu" Lena held out her hand and approached Asuka.
"Why's she here?"
"She will…uh…be replacing you" Misato struggled to get the words past a lump in her throat.
"WHAT???!!!!" Asuka heard the words replace and immediately slapped Lenas hand away in disgust. "No way, you won't get into my unit-02 unless I'm dead!"
Lena recoiled a bit from the shock of the redheads actions "Oh, don't worry. I have my own Eva…Unit-06." She frowned at Asuka for a second then smiled once again "so where's the famous Third Child?"
Asuka began to fume 'FAMOUS!!!! I'll kill her then that BAKA Shinji!!!' "HE is over THERE" She said through clenched teeth. "I'll be in my room" Asuka stormed off down the hall 'hmm…so I can walk by myself! Then why…OHHHH stupid IKARI.'
Misato sweat dropped as she watched Asuka storm off to her room and frowned at the crash of her closing door. "Don't worry about her" she smiled to Lena who was eyeing off the now awake Shinji Ikari. Misato noticed this "oh, sorry Lena this is Shinji Ikari the Third Child. Shinji this is Lena Andrews the Sixth."
Shinji smiled and nodded to the girl "hi" he said simply. She waved at him then looked down at the floor 'what's up with her?' Shinji thought. "Ahhh Misato where did Asuka go?"
"She's in her room" Misato sighed, Lena couldn't sleep in there. "Shinji, before you go we need to talk. Lena will kinda be staying here for a while."
"What?" Shinjis' jaw dropped, he looked at Misato then to the beautiful blond in front of him. "Ahhh…ok I suppose. Where is she going to sleep?" he gulped hard he didn't like what the answer might be.
"Well I thought she could sleep in Asukas room with her, but that is not an option now" she sighed trying to figure out a way to stop any arguments.
"I could sleep in Shinjis' room" Lena suggested looking over at Misato "until Asuka gets her thoughts together." She smiled as the older woman seemed to consider it.
"What do you think Shinji?" Misato asked "it's up to you."
"Well, I don't know" Shinji tried to think 'where would I sleep.'
"Of course I couldn't put you out" Lena said smiling "I can sleep on the floor next to the wall."
'Hmmm….well I suppose it's just for a little while, yeah why not' he smiled and nodded his head. "Yeah why not" his comment seemed to make Lena happy so he was a little happy though he didn't know why.
To be continued………..
A/N: Ok now begins the OOCNESS!!!! First subjects Asuka and Shinji. This chap like the last three are just building characters and their states of mind. Next Chapter will completely introduce the Sixth child and maybe bring about some Rei OOC ^_^. Also I have a battle planned with a new Angel (PS: I am shit at designing new Angels and could really use some help. If you have an idea for an Angel and some attacks then please mail me at bucky1@swirvemail.com and let me know. I'll be sure to give you full credit for your design.)
Also I hope to be inserting some Plot scenes in here somewhere but like Angels I have a huge hard time doing Gendo scenes I just find him too uptight to write. Damn he makes me sick!!!!! If you haven't noticed I'm putting in translation notes in ( ) so you understand the German used by Asuka. Who knows you might learn a few things to say to your teacher or someone you hate, I know I have ^_^!!
Oh well I'm off to write chap 5 seya on da other side!!!!!!