Chapter 7:
Shinji got on his bike, and rode off towards Nerv HQ.
^ She was pretty nice although don't you think you went a little far kissing her as a girl? ^ / You've never been in love have you? You wouldn't understand. / ^ No I guess I wouldn't. Say you want to see what this puppy'll do? ^ / Huh? / Shinji slowly opened the throttle and the quad V came to life. As they rocketed down the streets of Tokyo 3, The local law enforcement did nothing.
^ This is great I can break the law and since I'm Nerv they can't do a thing to stop me. ^ / Power corrupts / ^ And absolute power corrupts absolutely. Don't worry I'm just trying her out to see what she can do in case I ever need to use it. ^ / Watch where you're going ! / ^ Oh all right. ^
They managed to make it to make it to HQ in one piece. When Shinji walked into Central Dogma he was greeted with a bucket of cold water courtesy Ritsuko Akagi. "Well Ranma shall we?" "Shall we what?" "Well we'd like to know if you can synchronize with the Eva in your girl form." "Doesn't the manual state that only kids born nine months after second impact can synchronize with an Eva?" "Well we have to try anyway, just in case you can't change back and we have to get you to pilot an Eva." "Oh all right, just tack it onto Shinji's pay." As the manual would confirm Ranma could not sync with Eva 01. "Ok that failed now we're going to test your physical abilities." For the next two hours they had Ranma and Shinji running, jumping, punching and kicking, and using Ranma's specialized techniques. From these grueling tests they learned that when Shinji is using Ranma's martial arts abilities there personalities become more synchronous. Shinji was tapping into Ranma's unconscious to use his special abilities. This led Ritsuko to devise a new experiment. They used a psionic wave emitter to suppress the other person. They first tried to subdue Ranma and then tested Shinji again. They found that he could do the martial arts moves that he had already learned and memorized in his own mind, but was unable to do the Amogouriken or the Takibisha. She then subdued Shinji's consciousness and tried to sync Ranma in Shinji's body with Eva 01 with mixed success. It was true that he did pass the threshold but not by much. He only synced at 29%, which would be useless in combat. After everything was all over Ritsuko had tons of new data to analyze, the rest of the staff were so tired that they slept where they fell. Shinji himself was also tired. He'd never done so much work in such a short period of time, but he had to go home and make supper so that they wouldn't be killed by Misato's cooking. When he walked out of the door he noticed a girl with blue hair and a few bandages on hobbling on crutches away from the complex. / Hey that's Rei. Shinji we should probably give her a ride. / ^ You're reading my mind. ^ / Of course I am. / Shinji rumbled up beside the still injured girl and killed the engine so that he could talk to her. "Hey Rei, would you like a ride?" She turned to look at him with her one good eye. Shinji felt a little creeped out. Her eye was red and lifeless. She showed no emotion, there was no life in her. She looked like the walking dead. "I. I mean if you want to. I just thought that it would take you so long to get back home walking like that." "Yes." She climbed onto the back of the bike behind Shinji and put her helmet on. / Weird / ^ Agreed. Hmm let's see, she lives on 34 Tabito street. Let's go. ^ The bike roared to life and Shinji started off for Rei's appartment. When they reached her apartment, Rei got off the bike and placed the spare helmet back where it belonged. She turned and headed for her apartment. Shinji followed. When they entered her place he noticed that it was extremely Spartan, and a mess. There was a pile of dirty dishes in the sink, the floors probably hadn't been washed since she moved in. Her bed sheet hadn't been changed in months and had blood stains all over it. There were used bandages littering the floor. "I am safe now, you should not worry about me." Said Rei in an unemotional tone. "Well that's good." ^ What the hell do I say, she's like ice. ^ / Sorry my specialty is overly emotional women, the only ice woman I had to deal with was Nabiki and Rei here's deriving new meanings for cold. / ^ I wouldn't exactly call her cold but she's not acting normal. I wonder what she's been through. You know she acts a lot like my father. ^ / Nah. Maybe you should try to excuse yourself so that you can get home yourself. If Misato cooks I'm going to throw up. / "Uh Rei. I kinda have to get going now, I've got to cook supper tonight." "Goodbye then." She turned and went into the bathroom. "Strange." Shinji let himself out and drove to Misato's. He made it just in time to stop her from making her masterpiece dish. Curry noodles and beef in beer marinade. Supper went off without a hitch, except for the fact that Pen Pen got into the beer marinade and was stumbling all over the apartment.
In Gendo's office.
Yes it would be best if Rei were to stay close to Ranma and Shinji so that they can protect her. Authorize the move for tomorrow. + It is too late in the project to replace Rei, she is crucial to the success of the project, if anything were to happen to her the project would be in jeopardy. + Gendo steepled his fingers, tipping his chair back. The chair fell over and he was left laying on his back with his feet in the air.
The next day was a Saturday. Misato was awakened early by the phone. "Hm.. Um hmm. k." She hung up the phone and slowly crawled out of bed. She'd just been ordered to care for Rei Ayanami and that they were to move her into her apartment today. This was not so bad if it had fully sunk in but being 7 in the morning and Misato not having her first beer, she couldn't fully comprehend the implications of this. She went into Shinji's room and woke him up with a good swift kick in the ass. She then shuffled off to the kitchen to make herself some breakfast. After everyone had woken up fully Shinji started making phone calls. (actually he only called Touji and Kensuke) He knew they may need help moving Rei. He also knew that Touji and Kensuke would work for free just to be near Misato, each for their own reasons. Shinji was first to leave for Rei's apartment to get everything ready for Misato when she arrived with the truck. He knocked on her door and she opened it and led him inside. "Well where should we begin?" "The closet." She said in her atypical monotone voice. Shinji moved over to the closet and opened it. Inside he found 15 school uniforms like the kind she's always wearing. He packed them into a box. He then moved over to her drawers and proceeded to pack her socks and her underwear. On her desk there were some small trinkets and various other effects. Once these were packed he turned to her. "Ok what else?" "That is all." "That's it?" he said in a shocked voice. "Yes that is all." Just then Shinji heard a knock on the door. He went to answer it. There he saw Misato, Kensuke and a dazed Touji. "Well let's get to work, where do we start?" Shinji handed her the box. "Ok now where's the rest of it?" "That's it Misato, I've looked, the dishes belong to Nerv's cafeteria. The bed is part of the apartment and there is nothing else." "Damn it and I requisitioned this truck expecting to make a few trips hauling stuff and this is all she has." Rei was emotionless. She stepped past Shinji and got on his bike. "Well I guess that's that." Misato got back into the truck. The reason for Touji's condition became obvious, the fact that he got the middle seat of the stick shift truck, he was obviously enjoying himself. Shinji who had taken it easy on Rei the other day had no intention of 'taking it easy' on her now. He cranked that quad V to half throttle and rocketed down the streets. Rei clutched onto him like Shampoo used to grab Ranma, but this was not a sign of love, it was a sign of fear, and maybe, thought Shinji, a little bit of exhilaration. They arrived at the apartment and Rei disconnected herself from Shinji's torso and walked into the building confused at the new feelings she felt while on the bike with Shinji. One of them was definitely unpleasant, but the other was a total rush. About halfway through the ride the first feeling subsided replaced entirely by the second. She would have to ask Ikari about this.
Sunday was turning out to be a normal day, except for a giant double pyramid Angel hovering over Tokyo 3. Inside Nerv Headquarters Misato was giving orders like a drill sergeant. Unit 01 stood on the launch pad ready for battle. Inside the entry plug Shinji got ready for battle. He selected his Tribute to Black Sabbath album and pushed play. He then skipped ahead a few songs to Supernaut and got ready to rock and roll with another Angel. The Eva shot to the surface and Shinji attempted to take a step off the platform. "Misato! The docking clamps don't ." The rest of the transmission was static as the Angel fired and hit Eva 01 square in the chest. "Retrieve Unit 1 now!" yelled Misato. When Ranma woke up in the infirmary, Rei was standing over him staring. He could only think of three things. Why was she here? Why was he naked? Why did she have her hand on his. leg?
Shinji got on his bike, and rode off towards Nerv HQ.
^ She was pretty nice although don't you think you went a little far kissing her as a girl? ^ / You've never been in love have you? You wouldn't understand. / ^ No I guess I wouldn't. Say you want to see what this puppy'll do? ^ / Huh? / Shinji slowly opened the throttle and the quad V came to life. As they rocketed down the streets of Tokyo 3, The local law enforcement did nothing.
^ This is great I can break the law and since I'm Nerv they can't do a thing to stop me. ^ / Power corrupts / ^ And absolute power corrupts absolutely. Don't worry I'm just trying her out to see what she can do in case I ever need to use it. ^ / Watch where you're going ! / ^ Oh all right. ^
They managed to make it to make it to HQ in one piece. When Shinji walked into Central Dogma he was greeted with a bucket of cold water courtesy Ritsuko Akagi. "Well Ranma shall we?" "Shall we what?" "Well we'd like to know if you can synchronize with the Eva in your girl form." "Doesn't the manual state that only kids born nine months after second impact can synchronize with an Eva?" "Well we have to try anyway, just in case you can't change back and we have to get you to pilot an Eva." "Oh all right, just tack it onto Shinji's pay." As the manual would confirm Ranma could not sync with Eva 01. "Ok that failed now we're going to test your physical abilities." For the next two hours they had Ranma and Shinji running, jumping, punching and kicking, and using Ranma's specialized techniques. From these grueling tests they learned that when Shinji is using Ranma's martial arts abilities there personalities become more synchronous. Shinji was tapping into Ranma's unconscious to use his special abilities. This led Ritsuko to devise a new experiment. They used a psionic wave emitter to suppress the other person. They first tried to subdue Ranma and then tested Shinji again. They found that he could do the martial arts moves that he had already learned and memorized in his own mind, but was unable to do the Amogouriken or the Takibisha. She then subdued Shinji's consciousness and tried to sync Ranma in Shinji's body with Eva 01 with mixed success. It was true that he did pass the threshold but not by much. He only synced at 29%, which would be useless in combat. After everything was all over Ritsuko had tons of new data to analyze, the rest of the staff were so tired that they slept where they fell. Shinji himself was also tired. He'd never done so much work in such a short period of time, but he had to go home and make supper so that they wouldn't be killed by Misato's cooking. When he walked out of the door he noticed a girl with blue hair and a few bandages on hobbling on crutches away from the complex. / Hey that's Rei. Shinji we should probably give her a ride. / ^ You're reading my mind. ^ / Of course I am. / Shinji rumbled up beside the still injured girl and killed the engine so that he could talk to her. "Hey Rei, would you like a ride?" She turned to look at him with her one good eye. Shinji felt a little creeped out. Her eye was red and lifeless. She showed no emotion, there was no life in her. She looked like the walking dead. "I. I mean if you want to. I just thought that it would take you so long to get back home walking like that." "Yes." She climbed onto the back of the bike behind Shinji and put her helmet on. / Weird / ^ Agreed. Hmm let's see, she lives on 34 Tabito street. Let's go. ^ The bike roared to life and Shinji started off for Rei's appartment. When they reached her apartment, Rei got off the bike and placed the spare helmet back where it belonged. She turned and headed for her apartment. Shinji followed. When they entered her place he noticed that it was extremely Spartan, and a mess. There was a pile of dirty dishes in the sink, the floors probably hadn't been washed since she moved in. Her bed sheet hadn't been changed in months and had blood stains all over it. There were used bandages littering the floor. "I am safe now, you should not worry about me." Said Rei in an unemotional tone. "Well that's good." ^ What the hell do I say, she's like ice. ^ / Sorry my specialty is overly emotional women, the only ice woman I had to deal with was Nabiki and Rei here's deriving new meanings for cold. / ^ I wouldn't exactly call her cold but she's not acting normal. I wonder what she's been through. You know she acts a lot like my father. ^ / Nah. Maybe you should try to excuse yourself so that you can get home yourself. If Misato cooks I'm going to throw up. / "Uh Rei. I kinda have to get going now, I've got to cook supper tonight." "Goodbye then." She turned and went into the bathroom. "Strange." Shinji let himself out and drove to Misato's. He made it just in time to stop her from making her masterpiece dish. Curry noodles and beef in beer marinade. Supper went off without a hitch, except for the fact that Pen Pen got into the beer marinade and was stumbling all over the apartment.
In Gendo's office.
Yes it would be best if Rei were to stay close to Ranma and Shinji so that they can protect her. Authorize the move for tomorrow. + It is too late in the project to replace Rei, she is crucial to the success of the project, if anything were to happen to her the project would be in jeopardy. + Gendo steepled his fingers, tipping his chair back. The chair fell over and he was left laying on his back with his feet in the air.
The next day was a Saturday. Misato was awakened early by the phone. "Hm.. Um hmm. k." She hung up the phone and slowly crawled out of bed. She'd just been ordered to care for Rei Ayanami and that they were to move her into her apartment today. This was not so bad if it had fully sunk in but being 7 in the morning and Misato not having her first beer, she couldn't fully comprehend the implications of this. She went into Shinji's room and woke him up with a good swift kick in the ass. She then shuffled off to the kitchen to make herself some breakfast. After everyone had woken up fully Shinji started making phone calls. (actually he only called Touji and Kensuke) He knew they may need help moving Rei. He also knew that Touji and Kensuke would work for free just to be near Misato, each for their own reasons. Shinji was first to leave for Rei's apartment to get everything ready for Misato when she arrived with the truck. He knocked on her door and she opened it and led him inside. "Well where should we begin?" "The closet." She said in her atypical monotone voice. Shinji moved over to the closet and opened it. Inside he found 15 school uniforms like the kind she's always wearing. He packed them into a box. He then moved over to her drawers and proceeded to pack her socks and her underwear. On her desk there were some small trinkets and various other effects. Once these were packed he turned to her. "Ok what else?" "That is all." "That's it?" he said in a shocked voice. "Yes that is all." Just then Shinji heard a knock on the door. He went to answer it. There he saw Misato, Kensuke and a dazed Touji. "Well let's get to work, where do we start?" Shinji handed her the box. "Ok now where's the rest of it?" "That's it Misato, I've looked, the dishes belong to Nerv's cafeteria. The bed is part of the apartment and there is nothing else." "Damn it and I requisitioned this truck expecting to make a few trips hauling stuff and this is all she has." Rei was emotionless. She stepped past Shinji and got on his bike. "Well I guess that's that." Misato got back into the truck. The reason for Touji's condition became obvious, the fact that he got the middle seat of the stick shift truck, he was obviously enjoying himself. Shinji who had taken it easy on Rei the other day had no intention of 'taking it easy' on her now. He cranked that quad V to half throttle and rocketed down the streets. Rei clutched onto him like Shampoo used to grab Ranma, but this was not a sign of love, it was a sign of fear, and maybe, thought Shinji, a little bit of exhilaration. They arrived at the apartment and Rei disconnected herself from Shinji's torso and walked into the building confused at the new feelings she felt while on the bike with Shinji. One of them was definitely unpleasant, but the other was a total rush. About halfway through the ride the first feeling subsided replaced entirely by the second. She would have to ask Ikari about this.
Sunday was turning out to be a normal day, except for a giant double pyramid Angel hovering over Tokyo 3. Inside Nerv Headquarters Misato was giving orders like a drill sergeant. Unit 01 stood on the launch pad ready for battle. Inside the entry plug Shinji got ready for battle. He selected his Tribute to Black Sabbath album and pushed play. He then skipped ahead a few songs to Supernaut and got ready to rock and roll with another Angel. The Eva shot to the surface and Shinji attempted to take a step off the platform. "Misato! The docking clamps don't ." The rest of the transmission was static as the Angel fired and hit Eva 01 square in the chest. "Retrieve Unit 1 now!" yelled Misato. When Ranma woke up in the infirmary, Rei was standing over him staring. He could only think of three things. Why was she here? Why was he naked? Why did she have her hand on his. leg?