Chapter 3
... Means that the specking is in the person's mind
to the other person
"When is Shinji and Akane coming home?" Asuka
asked softly as she ate breakfast with Misato. It had been a week since the
fight with the angel that had taken over Eva unit 03. Shinji had been kept at
Nerv, sedtad in the medical wing for the first three days and then was brought
to the brig where he wasn't allowed any visitors.
"We'll be allowed to go see him tonight for about five
minutes, but there will be a guard with us at all times." Misato said in a
soft voice as she just stared at the open beer can in front of her. "Then
after we see him, he will be given a mental evaluation and if he passes, he
will be allowed to come home in another week or two."
Two more weeks? Ranma said quietly in Asuka's head
and then sighed. I never thought I would miss that tomboy.
Yeah. Same with the weakling. I always thought he was
just a bother but now, I really miss him. Asuka said silently to Ranma.
"When can we go see them?" she asked out loud.
"Any time today. We just have to call ahead."
Misato said as she stood up, leaving her untouched beer on the table.
"Call now." Asuka said as she jumped up and headed
into her room to get dressed.
Half an hour later, they were on their way to Nerv where
they were escorted to a waiting room and told to wait. A few minutes later,
Shinji was escourted in, but this was a Shinji that they didn't know.
Shinji was still wearing his plug suit, which had blood on a
couple places from when the guards had beat him up, and some brusies on his
face. But that was not what had surprised them. What surprised that was the
fact the Shinji had more muscles, like he had been studying martial arts for
the past two years, and the expression on his face was of some that you wanted
to advoid at all cost. (and yes I know that it is impossible to get that much
muscle in just one week. But there is magic all around them, hee, hee, hee…)
"Misato, Asuka, Ranma, it's nice to see you." he
said cooly.
"What happened to you?" Asuka demanded after she
got her voice back from the surprise that had robbed her of it.
"Akane has been teaching me the art and except from the
few times the guards come in to try and beat me up, I have seen no one else. It
can change you after awhile." he said as he brushed a hand through his
hair.
"Why are you still wearing you plug suit?" Misato
asked.
"Because I refused to wear the orange jumpsuit that
they wanted me to wear." Shinji said with a cold smile, and Mistao and
Asuka shivered as they saw it.
"Well, why are you here?" Shinji asked coldly after a few
minutes of silence.
"Why wouldn't we be here? We were worried about you." Misato
said as she grabbed him into a hug.
"Right. That's why you guys only came after I was already
here a week." Shinji said as he shoved Misato away.
"But they wouldn't let us come and visit you!"
Shinji just looked at Asuka as if she was a piece shit that
he had just walk through and she just stared at him as tears filled her eyes,
but she forced them back before they could fall.
Shinji caught sight of the tears and, dispite his anger, he
felt his heart soften. Sighing, he muttered, "Just get me out of here." He
grabbed them both into a hug before releasing they and head back towards the
guard, who took him by the arm and led him back to his cell.
"we'll try to get you some clothes for you to wear from
home." Misato called after them.
"It's great to be back." Shinji said as he walked through
the door to the apartment two weeks after Asuka and Misato had visited him in
the brig.
"It's great to have you home." Misato said as she entered
carrying a couple of bags full of food.
Can we change? I need to talk to Akane about that file
that Gendo gave me after the fight. Ranma said to Asuka, who nodded and
hurried over to the sink to get some cold water. As soon as he was in control,
Ranma splashed Shinji, apologizing to them as Akane adjusted her shirt.
"So what is this about?" Akane asked as she sat down at the
table with Ranma sitting across from here.
"The day of the fight, I went to see Gendo to see why he did
it and he said that it was for the good of all man kind. Then I found out
something surprising. It seems that he married Yui, you know the girl he had
that huge crush on." Ranma said and Akane sat back in her chair in surprise.
"Yui? Wow, I can't believe that actually got married." She
said then gestured for him to continue.
"Well, anyway, just before I left, he gave me a file with
all the info he could find out about our family and friends. I haven't looked
at it yet, but I thought I would tell you about it."
"Oh my god, where is the file?!"
"In Asuka's room. I'll go get it." He said as he stood up
and disappered into one of the bedrooms. He was back a moment later with a
thick file, which he put on the table between them. Akane hestitated for a
moment before pulling it towards her and opening it.
The first thing her eyes landed on was a picture of Kasumi,
Dr. Tofu, and two children that looked like them. Under the picture was a small
typed caption. 'Mr. and Mrs. Tofu with their two children Ranma and Akane,
named after Mrs. Tofu's missing sister and the sister's fiancée. Picture taken
in 2004.'
Behind the picture was a page of info of the small family's
whereabouts. "Ranma! They live right near here! We can go visit them!" Akane
exclaimed and hugged Ranma for a moment before pulling back in embaressment.
"Um, why don't we see who else is around." Ranma said and
Akane nodded. Over the next hour, they found out that Nabiki had married Kuno
and had three children, two boys and a girl, but Kuno and the two boys had died
during the second impact.
Ukyo had married Ryoga, both of which survived and now had
two children, both boys, which had inheritied their father's sense of derection
and their father's cursed piglet form.
Soun, Genma and Nodoka had died in the second impact while
Colonge and Happosi had survived.
Shampoo had married Moose and they were currently living in
Tokyo 2 about forty miles away from Kasumi and Nabiki who lived down the street
from one another. The currently had five kids, three girls and two boys.
Kodachi was unmarried and was in an asylum and had been
since Ranma and Akane had disappeared.
"I think we should go visit Nabiki and Kasumi as soon as
possible.' Akane said and Ranma nodded silently, slightly overwhelmed to find
that all the people that he knew were no adults with children or were dead.
How about we go tommarow after school. Shinji
sudjested and Akane voiced it when Ranma nodded in agreement.
I got a better idea. How about we skip school to visit
instead? After all, you and Akane haven't been registered yet. When Ranma
relayed it, Akane nodded and they began making plans to visit their friends and
family.
Sorry it took me so long to get this out and I'm sorry that
it's so short but I'm blocked on ideas for this story. If you have ideas that
you would like me to put in, then write me and tell me them. If they fit into
the general outline I have for this story, then I'll try to put it in. thanks
in advance, Shinigami-chan.