Chapter 5
When Shinji meets the parents and Asuka speaks her mind.
The flight was two hours long and I still managed to sleep the whole time. When we got there, the sun was just setting.
I awoke to Asuka yelling into my ear. "Aufwachen, dumpkoff!" she said as she nudged me awake. We walked off the plane and as soon as I stepped into the open air, I noticed the whole place smelled different. Everything wasn't crowded and packed. And there were less cars, too.
Asuka and I took our things and went on the bus. She said that everything we packed was sent to where we were staying.
The trip was very long and I again fell asleep. When we finally got to our stop, Asuka said "Aufwachen, mein liebe," and nudged me awake. What ever that meant made some of the passengers coo or blush. Though I didn't notice that too well, I was still half asleep.
She helped me up the sidewalk and when I was finally able to walk, we were at a very nice house. It was not too big but just right and she rang the door bell. The door opened to reveal a woman in a long blue dress with short brown hair and green eyes.
"Guten tag Mutter!" she said.
"Guten abend Asuka." She replied.
"Hallo?" I said. I didn't want to intrude, but I had to make myself known.
"Ah, guten tag." She mother said to me and then turned to Asuka and began to speak with her, pointing in response to me several times.
Asuka blushed and yelled something.
"Ja." Her mother said.
"Come on Shinji, I'll show you to your room." She whispered into my ear.
"Okay Asuka," I said aloud, "Lead the way!"
Her mother just looked at me like I had nine heads.
"Asuka?" I asked, "Why is she looking at me like that," I asked.
"Silly! She doesn't know Japanese!" She whispered. "Say something else. Say. 'auf Wiedersehen.'" She said.
"a-auf Wiedersehen." I said shakily and Asuka said some thing to her mother.
"Gute Nacht." She said. As we were going upstairs, she said something else and Asuka said, "ja"
We got into her room. I had placed my things in my room.
"Asuka, what happened down there? I mean, why did your mother."
"Shinji, I thought you said you know German!"
"I said I know some German. I picked things up here and there."
There was a knock on the door. Asuka opened it a crack and then closed it a few moments later.
"Shinji, my father's home. Also, my mother wants to know if you want some coffee."
"Umm. Sure." I said. I would rather have tea but its not my house.
"Well come on. Lets go meet my dad."
"Okay." I got up from her bed.
"My dad knows Japanese. My real mom was Japanese and they worked on the Eva Project together." She told me. "So you can talk to him."
We sat down on the couch in the family room. Her father came in then. He was as big as my father and yet, he wasn't as gruff looking. He had dirty blond hair with a slight orange tint and blue eyes. Asuka must have gotten her coloring from him. She looks nothing Like him though.
"Hello. You must be the third children that I heard so much about." He said talking to me.
"Yes. Ikari Shinji." I looked at his outstretched hand.
"Shinji! Take it! H-A-N-D-S-H-A-K-E! Get it?" Asuka nudged me.
"Oh, sorry!" my hand shot into his and I shook it. He laughed. So did her mother. Asuka slapped her hand to her forehead and sighed.
"That's just fine, Shinji." He turned to his wife and said something as she was turning out of the room. I heard my name.
"Shinji?" She asked coming in. Her hands were full with a tray. She asked me a question.
Asuka's father said, "She needs a hand in the kitchen with the coffee." I got up and so did Asuka.
"I'm coming too." She grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen.
"Ah, Asuka!" Her mother said. She looked at me. "Shinji." She motioned to the tray with some cookies.
"She wants you to take that to the living room and talk to my dad." I picked the tray up and brought it in.
"Thanks." Asuka's father said. I sat down again.
"Thanks for letting me stay here. That's very kind of you."
"No, its fine. So Asuka stayed with Captain Ka-"
"Major." I interrupted, "She was promoted quite awhile ago. Sorry." I lowered my head.
"Oh, that's fine. She's been living with Major Katsuragi and yourself? Has she been behaving?" he asked.
I sweatdropped, "Well."
"Well?" He echoed.
"Yes." I said.
"Really?"
I nodded. Suddenly, there was a crash from the kitchen and Asuka ran out and up the stairs. She looked like she was in pain. Her mother ran out yelling something in German. I got up and ran after her.
I opened the door to her room, but no Asuka. I heard crying and German curses coming from the bathroom. I opened the door. Asuka was kneeled over the toilet.
"Shinji. Close the door!" She reached out and pulled me in. I grabbed the door and shut it.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
She looked at me and I saw a hand mark on her face. Blood was coming out of her mouth. "Shinji, can you give me that cup?"
I reached over to the cup and gave it to her. "What happened?"
"She doesn't like you." She simply said.
"Your mother?" I asked. She nodded. "Why?"
"You don't speak German and so she understand you."
"Then why did she hit you?"
"Because I stood up for you. She doesn't like me either."
"Why?" I inquired further.
"Come with me." She said, flushing the toilet. She had been spitting out blood into it. Her mother hit her hard. She wasn't bleeding anymore.
I followed her to her room and watched as she took out a picture album. She opened it up to a picture of a beautiful woman. She had dark brown hair and pale skin. She had chocolate brown eyes and she looked just like Asuka.
"Your real mother?"
"Yes, I look just like my real mother. She's so jealous. The only reason she has short brown hair is because she is trying to look like my mother. Such a pathetic woman."
"Asuka, don't think of me rude but what happened to your mom. I asked Misato but she wouldn't say anything."
"You aren't ready to hear that yet." She paused. "Maybe later, after you adjust here." She said to me.
There was a knock at the door. "Ja?" Asuka said.
The door opened and her mother stood there. "Es tut mir lied," she closed the door and left. Asuka buried her head in her pillow and screamed. I sat down beside her.
"Ach! Himmel, arsch und Zwirn!" She said softly. "How can she be sorry?"
"Asuka, if you want me to I can leave." I said. I began to get up when she pulled me back down.
"Shinji, don't leave me now!" She grabbed me and embraced my waist.
"Asuka." I didn't know what to say. She has never been weak in front of me before.
"Hey. don't worry okay? I won't leave you." I scanned her room looking for a place to sit.
"The sleeping bag is under my bed, you can use that." She said.
I sighed. It was going to be a long night here in Germany.
The flight was two hours long and I still managed to sleep the whole time. When we got there, the sun was just setting.
I awoke to Asuka yelling into my ear. "Aufwachen, dumpkoff!" she said as she nudged me awake. We walked off the plane and as soon as I stepped into the open air, I noticed the whole place smelled different. Everything wasn't crowded and packed. And there were less cars, too.
Asuka and I took our things and went on the bus. She said that everything we packed was sent to where we were staying.
The trip was very long and I again fell asleep. When we finally got to our stop, Asuka said "Aufwachen, mein liebe," and nudged me awake. What ever that meant made some of the passengers coo or blush. Though I didn't notice that too well, I was still half asleep.
She helped me up the sidewalk and when I was finally able to walk, we were at a very nice house. It was not too big but just right and she rang the door bell. The door opened to reveal a woman in a long blue dress with short brown hair and green eyes.
"Guten tag Mutter!" she said.
"Guten abend Asuka." She replied.
"Hallo?" I said. I didn't want to intrude, but I had to make myself known.
"Ah, guten tag." She mother said to me and then turned to Asuka and began to speak with her, pointing in response to me several times.
Asuka blushed and yelled something.
"Ja." Her mother said.
"Come on Shinji, I'll show you to your room." She whispered into my ear.
"Okay Asuka," I said aloud, "Lead the way!"
Her mother just looked at me like I had nine heads.
"Asuka?" I asked, "Why is she looking at me like that," I asked.
"Silly! She doesn't know Japanese!" She whispered. "Say something else. Say. 'auf Wiedersehen.'" She said.
"a-auf Wiedersehen." I said shakily and Asuka said some thing to her mother.
"Gute Nacht." She said. As we were going upstairs, she said something else and Asuka said, "ja"
We got into her room. I had placed my things in my room.
"Asuka, what happened down there? I mean, why did your mother."
"Shinji, I thought you said you know German!"
"I said I know some German. I picked things up here and there."
There was a knock on the door. Asuka opened it a crack and then closed it a few moments later.
"Shinji, my father's home. Also, my mother wants to know if you want some coffee."
"Umm. Sure." I said. I would rather have tea but its not my house.
"Well come on. Lets go meet my dad."
"Okay." I got up from her bed.
"My dad knows Japanese. My real mom was Japanese and they worked on the Eva Project together." She told me. "So you can talk to him."
We sat down on the couch in the family room. Her father came in then. He was as big as my father and yet, he wasn't as gruff looking. He had dirty blond hair with a slight orange tint and blue eyes. Asuka must have gotten her coloring from him. She looks nothing Like him though.
"Hello. You must be the third children that I heard so much about." He said talking to me.
"Yes. Ikari Shinji." I looked at his outstretched hand.
"Shinji! Take it! H-A-N-D-S-H-A-K-E! Get it?" Asuka nudged me.
"Oh, sorry!" my hand shot into his and I shook it. He laughed. So did her mother. Asuka slapped her hand to her forehead and sighed.
"That's just fine, Shinji." He turned to his wife and said something as she was turning out of the room. I heard my name.
"Shinji?" She asked coming in. Her hands were full with a tray. She asked me a question.
Asuka's father said, "She needs a hand in the kitchen with the coffee." I got up and so did Asuka.
"I'm coming too." She grabbed my hand and led me to the kitchen.
"Ah, Asuka!" Her mother said. She looked at me. "Shinji." She motioned to the tray with some cookies.
"She wants you to take that to the living room and talk to my dad." I picked the tray up and brought it in.
"Thanks." Asuka's father said. I sat down again.
"Thanks for letting me stay here. That's very kind of you."
"No, its fine. So Asuka stayed with Captain Ka-"
"Major." I interrupted, "She was promoted quite awhile ago. Sorry." I lowered my head.
"Oh, that's fine. She's been living with Major Katsuragi and yourself? Has she been behaving?" he asked.
I sweatdropped, "Well."
"Well?" He echoed.
"Yes." I said.
"Really?"
I nodded. Suddenly, there was a crash from the kitchen and Asuka ran out and up the stairs. She looked like she was in pain. Her mother ran out yelling something in German. I got up and ran after her.
I opened the door to her room, but no Asuka. I heard crying and German curses coming from the bathroom. I opened the door. Asuka was kneeled over the toilet.
"Shinji. Close the door!" She reached out and pulled me in. I grabbed the door and shut it.
"Are you okay?" I asked.
She looked at me and I saw a hand mark on her face. Blood was coming out of her mouth. "Shinji, can you give me that cup?"
I reached over to the cup and gave it to her. "What happened?"
"She doesn't like you." She simply said.
"Your mother?" I asked. She nodded. "Why?"
"You don't speak German and so she understand you."
"Then why did she hit you?"
"Because I stood up for you. She doesn't like me either."
"Why?" I inquired further.
"Come with me." She said, flushing the toilet. She had been spitting out blood into it. Her mother hit her hard. She wasn't bleeding anymore.
I followed her to her room and watched as she took out a picture album. She opened it up to a picture of a beautiful woman. She had dark brown hair and pale skin. She had chocolate brown eyes and she looked just like Asuka.
"Your real mother?"
"Yes, I look just like my real mother. She's so jealous. The only reason she has short brown hair is because she is trying to look like my mother. Such a pathetic woman."
"Asuka, don't think of me rude but what happened to your mom. I asked Misato but she wouldn't say anything."
"You aren't ready to hear that yet." She paused. "Maybe later, after you adjust here." She said to me.
There was a knock at the door. "Ja?" Asuka said.
The door opened and her mother stood there. "Es tut mir lied," she closed the door and left. Asuka buried her head in her pillow and screamed. I sat down beside her.
"Ach! Himmel, arsch und Zwirn!" She said softly. "How can she be sorry?"
"Asuka, if you want me to I can leave." I said. I began to get up when she pulled me back down.
"Shinji, don't leave me now!" She grabbed me and embraced my waist.
"Asuka." I didn't know what to say. She has never been weak in front of me before.
"Hey. don't worry okay? I won't leave you." I scanned her room looking for a place to sit.
"The sleeping bag is under my bed, you can use that." She said.
I sighed. It was going to be a long night here in Germany.