Disclaimer: I really should have done what I did for my other fic and make chapter 1 my one and only disclaimer for the story... Oh well... little late to fix that up eh? I own NOTHING OF GAINAX! I OWN NOTHING OF EVANGELION! However I've always wondered if there's a little red head girl in Germany right now who's three years old...But that's beside the point!~ On with the show!!
In case I wasn't clear in my earlier chapter(and due to the fact that I FORGOT to mention that...) At the end of the 6th Chapter when they were training about a week or week and a half had passed from the battle to the training. The last chapter and the next few will be explaining all that happened in that time frame. One question should obviously be "HOW THE HELL DID SHINJI GROW A SPINE!?~!@#$" and rightly so, I'll be explaining this and why Gendo's gone off the to the Loony-bin(Well not really but I wanted to say that).
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
A Calling Of Souls
Chapter 08 : Feelings? Return of everyday life
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October 26th - early morning.
"I promised you Asuka... I'd never leave you..." Asuka sat in Shinji's arms in the locked room in the isolation ward and she slowly fell into a restful sleep in the arms of her invincible Shinji.
"Thank you... for not leaving me... too..." Asuka murmured as her eye's closed.
Shinji sat up as Asuka slowly dozed off to sleep. He watched her in his arms as she seemed to have dreamed of something pleasing to her. Or maybe she was really lucky and dreamt of nothing at all. Shinji sat back and remembered the one thing that hadn't faded from his false dream, it was Asuka. She was maybe 7 years older, with no neural connections holding her hair up, allowing it's early morning tangled mess to spray around in seemingly random directions. And she wore the most beautiful smile he'd ever imagined... No second most beautiful.
Shinji saw her smiling in his arms now peacefully resting, unaware of the harmful world and it's cruel tendencies.
"I'll make you another promise Asuka..." she remained unmoving as she dozed "I'll promise to be more then just a pillar of support... I just don't know how..."
--- 1 hour later - 6:47(What an ungodly hour. I feel guilty for doing this to them but...)
"Fuyutsuki. It appears our Avatars have awakened" Gendo summoned his sub commander to peer into the view screen Gendo motioned towards.
"Yes... So shall you send in the nurses and the doctors with their flashy badges to pester the children before we set them free from their unjustified imprisonment?" Gendo glared through Fuyutsuki and again Fuyutsuki fidgeted under the gaze. 'Dangerous ground... was it the comment or the reference that set him off?'.
"No need. You know as well as I do that the camera's have given us everything we'll need to report" Gendo stood up from his chair and turned off the viewer. Gendo then motioned for Fuyutsuki to leave.
"What? Now your hiding secrets from me too?" Gendo flipped a switch and the room faded from view. 'Oh... That kind of report. Damn SEELE and their ability to get their noses into everyone's business'.
"Unless you want to join me for an hour long debate on E-projects efficient uses, the humanity instrumentality projects importance and the newest gossip the old men have" Fuyutsuki smirked. Gendo seemed almost light hearted, he had summed up about every meeting's schedule and made a joke about it. 'A bad joke, but a joke no of the less'.
"I can't leave my commander's fate alone with the hands of those people. Idiots, old or un-informed, no one deserves that" Fuyutsuki and Gendo then waited in silence as slowly 12 black monoliths appeared around them.
'Like a group of vultures'
--- 8:56(am, Japanese time)
David stood at the door and rapped repeatedly. There was the sound of perhaps a scuffle... *UMPF* someone getting knocked onto the floor?
"Who the hell knocks in this place?!" and the sound of Asuka too boot.
The door swung open and Asuka and David stared at each other for a moment before Shinji made himself untangled from the bed sheets. What had paused Asuka was the fact that he held several boxes of stuff. Looking inside the boxes it was just a random assortment of... well, stuff. A sock there, shoe there, magazine stuffed over here... you know... stuff.
"What are you doing... with my stuff?" Asuka could tell it was clearly some of her things that hung out of the box flaps. David glared at her.
"Your free to go. I came here earlier to check on you guys but only was allowed to enter now... when you can go..." David plopped the boxes on the ground and stretched his back knocking a few kinks out of his back.
"Da hell, did you put in that thing anyway?" Asuka glared at him as Shinji came back into the room. Earlier he had slipped out to change but coming back he saw very little had changed. Asuka's lip seemed to curl up but Shinji bodily stood between them at that moment.
"Let's just get out of here ok..." Shinji's spine seemed to have fell out of alignment after that. However the two possible combatants had their glares interrupted and thus gave up the staring contest.
"Fine... I'm sorry for that Asuka really" Asuka perked an eyebrow and was about to reply but David continued "But do you pack bowling balls or something in your cases cause UMPF!!!" a solid hit from a thrown pillow silenced David.
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Asuka and Shinji walked down the NERV hallway with David just ahead muttering about heavy boxes. Shinji seemed introverted while Asuka seemed troubled.
"Shinji..." Shinji glanced over at Asuka as they passed another closed door.
"Umm, yeah?"
"That didn't happen back there... ok..." Shinji felt somewhat crushed but in hindsight she was only grappling onto him out of desperation not love... He hadn't gotten his hopes up but he still felt everyone of them crash down and smoulder in their own ashes.
"...Yeah... Sure Asuka..." Asuka noticed the sudden drop in his voice. It was only slightly obvious. If she hadn't been living with him for the past few months she wouldn't have picked up on it.
"Look Shinji... If you feel so bad about it let's just get the stupid dinner out of the way as fast as possible..." Asuka grumbled silently to herself shiest, how long have we delayed it anyway? 2 weeks? 3 weeks?'
Shinji had forgotten the dinner he promised Asuka. 'Perhaps I could have a chance with Asuka... just Gotta prove to her that...'
Shinji paused his thinking for a moment 'Prove to her what? That I'm not a pervert? I live across the apartment hall from her and Misato still hasn't been convinced to install locks on any doors other then the bathroom' Shinji kept musing 'Prove to her that I'm suave and sexy? Ha.... I've lived with her for months now and she could easily see through anything that I erect in a last ditch effort to impress her...'
Shinji sighed defeated(In hindsight I wonder if that's a word) 'Why do I want to impress her again...? Did I forgot how she can be...?'
"Oh Shinji..." Shinji looked up, he found he was on auto-pilot and was now exiting a elevator following David through the NERV gate way. Asuka was just a bit in front of him.
"I'm glad to see your ok..." Asuka continued to walk through the door and she left behind a startled Shinji. He saw he face flash for a second towards him when she spoke. She had a very faint smile and a bright twinkle in the depths of her perfect sapphire blue eyes.
'Ok, now I remember why I wanted to impress her' He gaped for a moment before David turned back to look for him.
"Dude try to keep up. It's not fun being lost in NERV HQ..." Shinji knew David must have been talking from experience. Every one of the evangelion pilots, excluding Rei as far as Shinji knew, had gotten lost several times in the underground labyrinth.
"Oh come on it's not that bad. There's technicians and personnel everywhere. Just ask for directions" David glared at Shinji
"Yeah, they played the nastiest trick to me. They directed me towards the commanders office... I ended up barging in on him" Shinji visibly shuddered but smirked on the inside. That would be something that could be funny from a different view.
"Wait a minute... The NERV personnel all treat us pretty good. You must have done something..." Shinji looked at David and he seemed to flinch and changed the subject.
"So what held you back? Wanted to get a better look at Rei?" Shinji paused and looked behind himself to see Rei walking right past him. She didn't stop until the entry doors were in front of her. She didn't say anything until she had half disappeared behind the door.
"I'm glad your in good health Ikari Shinji" David blinked, Shinji blinked, Gendo sneezed but he just had a head cold. David slyly leaned over Shinji.
"My, my Ikari Shinji. You delightful dazzler, you sultan of smooth. You actually got Rei to talk to you without trying. What's your secret?" Shinji backed away from a prying comrade and opened to entry door with his NERV ID.
"I don't know... something about girls and today..." Shinji blinked when he noticed a slip in his defence. David blinked and Gendo filled another Kleenex(TM) before dropping it into a half full waste basket(damn head colds).
"GIRLS?! You mean more then one!? SPILL SPILL SPILL!!!" Shinji closed his eye's and walked home as the chattering idiot started rhythming off every girl known in Shinji's existence.
--- 10:46(am still)
"PARTYYYYYYY!!!" Shinji blinked, Asuka blinked, Misato blinked, David fainted, Pen Pen continued shouting "PAAARRRRTTYYYYYYY"
"Misato, we're home!" Misato groggily rose her head from the kitchen table. She glanced at the half finished chili sausage lasagna(Is it me or does Misato's food always have to be the weirdest combination of foods possible without risking instant death??) and scraped off one of morsels that was imbedded on her face.
'Ok... 20 beers is too much in 3 minutes If I passed out eating dinner...wait when did I make dinner... oohhh who cares, Need beer' Misato's hand managed the beer side of the fridge while her mind attempted to solve the mystery of why she woke up. 3 figures standing in front of her seemed to answer that pretty well.
"SO what you doing Kids?" Misato's language was slightly slurred and oddly put together. Shinji had humourlessly named this the B.M.M.B time(Before Misato's Morning Beer) a long time ago.
"Ah, well your two charges had healed and here they are... you didn't pick us up at the door like you said you would..." David pointed at the calender that was currently posted. On the date it was written 'Don't forgot to pick up kids!!*Insert lipstick kiss*'
Misato glared at the calender like it was offending her very presence but she sombered when she realized both her children were safe! 'Did I refer to them as my...' Misato gave up the thought and caught them in a bear hug.
Shinji gave a muffled shout from under Misato's grasp and Asuka managed to worm out 3 seconds before Shinji muttering something German. Probably swear words Shinji thought as he caught his breath.
"Nice to see you too Misato" Shinji's dour mood slowly settled back on him as Misato stole Asuka aside muttering about preparations.
David had his hands in his pockets and his smile had disappeared from the hugging incident. Shinji looked at David, and his smile returned.
"Your unbearable! You can't stand her bear hugs... get it?" Shinji's eyebrows fell with his mood.
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Gendo sat at his desk slightly leaning back in his chair eye's closed and thinking. Several minutes passed and his hand slowly lowered a report dropped off by the hospital ward. Fuyutsuki walked into the office this moment. He didn't stop walking until he was next to Gendo in his usual spot. Gendo pinched his nose for a moment before fixing his glasses. Fuyutsuki noted this as one of Gendo's old nervous/anxious trait.
"Didn't you see something you liked?"
"Yes. My old plan going down the drain"
"So? It's only a plan. I know for a fact that you always seem to have one" Gendo looked up at his one time professor and barely hid a smirk.
"Are you so sure?"
"With you? Never. Just the faith of an old man holding me together some days" Fuyutsuki replied. Gendo huffed for a moment and fixed his glasses back at the top of his nose.
"Faith can be easily see as ignorance"
"Ignorance is bliss"
"Ignorance is death" Fuyutsuki smiled slightly at Gendo. 'He's definitely feeling better if he's talking about abstractions of life'.
"So tell me. What has dragged you back to our Earth?" Gendo glanced over his glasses which had slipped down his face. He put them back up with a shove and grunted.
"The fall of the second didn't go as planned?" Gendo noted a small touch of worry under his calm surface. Gendo shook his head. Fuyutsuki relaxed the worry having left and was replaced by his cool mask of confidence.
"The one that shall give us deliverance..." Fuyutsuki spun this around his head for a moment and he arched his eyebrows when he realized what unsettled Gendo.
"The third child...Shinji" Gendo closed his eye's and his stony mask crept into place. Fuyutsuki had read the templates himself. Gendo spoke the verse that unsettled them both
"And so the warrior bringing deliverance will fall from glory and rest among those that lie but never sleep. To give faith but lose his own..." Gendo paused.
"Upon his broken wings humanity shall ascend... but at the price of all held dear" Fuyutsuki finished. Gendo nodded and slowly opened his eye's. Fuyutsuki stood silent vigil over his commander.
"Can we change the outcome?" Gendo nodded to Fuyutsuki
"There is only one passage that can lead us to our end now... not SEELE's" Fuyutsuki felt question marks appearing over his head as he attempted to remember every verse of the loosely translated texts. He almost had it in his grasp when Gendo spoke.
"The warrior with blood stained hands shall be revered and his choice shall open the new path through the forests of darkness, leading to the fountain of life..."
Fuyutsuki nodded. Gendo opened his eye's and desperately begun planning how to achieve this new end.
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"Get it? Admit it that was a good one!"
"David... no more..." Shinji sipped his cocoa on the living room couch. David had stayed around with his grin. He hadn't bothered to ask to do something but about every so often he'd try to lighten the mood with a joke or two. A bad joke Shinji noted.
"Alright if you say so Shin-jito" Shinji once again closed his eye's. This David character really knew how to be annoying. Purposely? Maybe. However Shinji couldn't stand for another nick-name.
"Alright David-o. What do you want? Your really starting to get on my nerves" David grinned again but this was more of a sloppy grin that translated to 'whoops' in most languages.
"I was wondering if you had a costume selected" Shinji blinked.
"A costume?" David nodded eagerly.
"Yeah it's amazing how much is getting involved dude!"
"...Ah David your not being specific... be more specific" Shinji's tone perked up Asuka's ear in her room and she leaned out.
"Oh sorry. I guess Asuka would like to know also" Shinji leaped out of the chair when she laid a hand on his shoulder. She smirked and gave a giggle.
"Well the school has removed the dress code for October 31st" David grinned wolfishly as both of the roommates looked at each other "To allow the students to wear their costumes to school"
Shinji gawked and Asuka practically beamed.
"Wow. This city really is getting in on the festivities. It's soo exciting!!!" Shinji merely shook his head. 'And to think I once thought school was the best place to hide from this kind of stuff'
"So what you going as?" Asuka pondered for a minute but Shinji beat her to the punch "we didn't know about this until now David... there's no chance we've have made up our minds..."
"Speak for yourself, baka" Shinji turned to face Asuka.
"What?! You actually chose already?!" Asuka grinned and shook her head 'no'. "Then why did you disagree with me?"
"Simple. I just said don't speak for anyone but yourself baka. You didn't actually know did you?" Shinji just shook his head and Asuka continued grinning. David checked his watch as it had begun to beep.
"Damn... Gotta go! See ya!!" David left in a flourish of dust trails before Shinji could ask why he had to leave so fast.
"I guess some people are just naturally weird" Shinji glared at Asuka when she turned away and headed for her room again.
"Hey Shinji what ya think of this?" Misato stepped out of the door to her room in her 'bride of Frankenstein' outfit. Due to the fact that it was revealing compared to Misato's usual clothing, Shinji felt very light headed as blood rushed through his body.
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David walked out the front doors of the apartment and stopped. He looked in both directions and seeing no one around he promptly stopped smiling. He walked around the complex and sat under a tree nearby. The nightly mist hadn't begun to descend yet so the air had a foggy feel to it. He checked his watch again and was slightly amazed it was already 10:25. He glanced at the night sky and watched as the few stars danced along the tower lights.
He focused on one light. The one coming from M. Katsuragi's apartment. Two figures were seem clearly wandering about the apartment. He watched as the shadows parted and a down cast Shinji was left by himself. His shadow hunched over like a crying beggar. David's eyes lowered and he reached into his shirt and pulled out a small chain with a dragon earring hung on it.
The chain was not of much value and the dragon earring wasn't very special at first glance. The chain was of cheap metals and fibres not worth a second look but the earring was a dull tarnished silver showing a western dragon with wings spread claws reaching forwards. In it's hands was a small little crystal. David wondered it it was a diamond but he didn't bother to think about it. He held it up to the light and colours splashed around himself. The light had hit the crystal and shattered blues, yellows and reds twirled around him in a maddening display of colour and randomness.
He lowered the earring and hung it off the chain again. He looked up at the now dark windows of the Katsuragi apartment and smiled.
"For you brother... I'll continue your quest. I never was special... but that just makes me happy because then my life isn't worth worrying about. You were right about one thing though" David paused and glanced at the hanging earring.
"You never treasure what you have until it's no longer yours..." David sat for a little longer in the shadows under the tree before leaving. The morning mist had begun to descend and it masked all traces of the tear that fell.
--- October 27th
"Shinji we're gonna be late! Hurry up damn it!" Asuka bellowed at her fellow comrade who was half eating, breathing and choking on the piece of toast he jammed into his mouth before he ran through the door to school.
"Asuka Look out!" Asuka turned around in time and collided with David who had looked like a deer about to be ran over by a Rhino tank.
"AAAHHH!!!! / *CRASH*" Shinji stared at the tangled mess that was once 2 human beings. David managed to get up first and offer a hand with a smile to Asuka.
"Don't touch me pervert. Bad enough you planned that!" Asuka swiped away the hand and got up.
"What's wrong with being a pervert? If I wasn't I'd never have a reason to smile" David said with a straight face. Shinji with held his comment as Asuka stomped David's left foot into the ground with her heel.
"Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." David grit his teeth and didn't scream, however he walked with a noticeable limp and kept making that annoying growling moan sound.
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"Superman?! Ha! More like dunce dude!" David's growl had finally ended as lunch rolled around and he, Toji and Kensuke were arguing in a corner about what costume they would be wearing.
'Or more correctly, insulting the other person's choice then claiming their's is the best yet. Then repeat' Shinji sat two rows ahead of them and stared out the window. They hadn't felt like leaving the classroom today. If Shinji knew what was coming he would have sat under the tree he currently stared at.
His terminal suddenly blinked.
/Yo/
Shinji looked at his computer terminal as it ruined his moment of peace. He Blinked and wondered who would do something so... dumb? no...annoying... no...so David like. Shinji glanced behind himself and saw David point at his screen.
/Decided on a costume yet?/
Shinji shook his head, and David leered at him. Shinji leaned away from David and Asuka decided to pop in.
/Ok what are you perverts doing now?/
/The baron strikes without heed nor warning!/
Asuka gave a look at David.
/Damn straight pervert boy/
Shinji sighed again and was expecting insults to fill the chat room now but was surprised when it didn't. However one message demanded attention.
/If you won't choose then I've got the perfect idea for a costume!!/
/And what would that be David?/
/Ohh that's a secret. I'll have everything ready by hallowe'en morning. The class will be shocked to say the least!/
/I request that you aid me also/
Shinji blinked and wondered if Rei and also been monitoring the whole conversation. Well she caught the last part at least. Shinji looked over at Rei and saw she hovered over her terminal awaiting for her turn to communicate. Shinji knew it was rare for Rei for make herself known.
'Though in hindsight Rei would probably be more clueless then me'.
/Rei? You need help? Well yeah I'll help you too.../ David hummed to himself then typed again
/Change of plans!! In fact we could also get Asuka in on the action too! That would be perfect!/
/Don't count me in with your silly games pervert/
Shinji smiled to himself. Every since this morning, the title of pervert was removed from Shinji the reigning champ to the new comer to the ring of Asuka's insults, David. Shinji was wondering how to get out of baka, but one victory a day was better then any failure.
/Asuka, don't bash it until you've had it/
/Oh, I'll show you bashing. They you'll think you've had it!/
Shinji tuned out the rest of the fight as the teacher attempted to not get off track and do another one of his speeches... this lasted an impressive 5 seconds... for both of them.
--- October 28th
"David, come on man! Give it a break!" Toji muttered under his hand. Lunch hour had arrived and Toji had his lunch delivered to him by Hikari. There was much blushing but David's constant nattering was quickly cutting through Toji's patience.
"I'd be pestering you too if you could have been inserted in my costume plan... however I just can't work with you" Kensuke filmed the event as Jock and Joker(David's class nickname) had a duel of wits and jibes.
"So Shinji just what is David's plan anyway?" Kensuke kept the camera focused on the hanging bit of rice on Toji's chin as Kensuke turned to Shinji next to him.
Shinji shrugged "I haven't even agreed to it. I somehow feel as if it'll be a really, really , REALLY embarrassing thing..." Shinji muttered but had expressed the words with the right tone to end that line of questioning. Kensuke shrugged and focused on Toji's raised fist as he bellowed a challenge of some sorts.
"Well, one way or another you'll have a costume right?" Shinji shrugged again as he watched a rice ball arc from David's hand towards Toji's chest. Promptly a food fight was declared and non were spared.
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"Geez... That David kid really got the professor didn't he?" Hikari lowered her head in shame as she nearly giggled at the old man's little mishap.
Asuka was strolling beside Hikari walking home after school. Their weren't many cars or other people for some reason today but Asuka didn't let that bother her. She was too busy grinning ear to ear as the scene replayed in her head.
"FOOD FIGHT!!!!" Asuka peered down the school hall at the cafeteria which had erupted in chaos. Hikari herself was next to her and she left to calm down the students. Well as class rep it was her job, so Asuka let her run off. Asuka waited an entire 2 seconds before she peered through the door.
It looked like the result of pandora's box unlocked... only it was with food being flung at 50 miles an hour(on average). Asuka ducked back behind the door as a dumpling{dumpling - damage 12} made a soggy plop where she used to be.
"Damn, I missed the devil!" Asuka glared at the door as Toji's voice came from the other side of the door. She opened her half eaten lunch box and was glad she hadn't been really hungry earlier at lunch.
"Your so going down monkey Jock!" Asuka armed herself with two rice balls and leapt through the door. She didn't pause as what could have passed as two more dumplings and a cupcake{cupcake special attack - damage 32 plus slow damage} trailed along the wall she ran along.
"There! Kensuke fire!" Toji pointed at the racing red target" Kensuke pulled back his rice ball and let loose the holy arm of the Otaku{Kensuke special move - +3 damage +10 accuracy 25% of unstoppable}. The projectile flew true, an unhindered flight it flew straight towards her.
"Shiest!" Asuka dove behind the table she was running for and heard a loud *PLOP* on the other side. She saw half her original arsenal was crushed from the fall(now armed with only one rice ball{rice ball - dmg 15}) she decided to make this one count. She poked her head over the table and saw that Toji was also armed with several rice balls. Asuka grinned.
"She leapt out of her hiding spot diving to the left and flinging the weapon. It soared past Toji and struck David behind him.
David faced Toji now "Hey what'd you do that for!" Toji Kensuke and David had holed up in one spot together in order to not get swamped by the absolute melee that too place around them.
Shinji had ducked behind another table a few rows ahead but either wouldn't or couldn't fight back. Asuka saw his peril and waved at him to race over to join her defensive spot. Shinji nodded and leapt up and raced over to her. This was caught by Toji.
"He's betrayed us to the devil! Get him!" masterfully Shinji dodged aside a poorly thrown meatball, hopped over 2 skipping rice balls and dove for cover. He wasn't fast enough...
"Agh! Tapioca pudding!"{Tapioca pudding - damage 18 chill ability} Shinji muttered as the cold dessert slipped down his back. He flapped his hands desperately trying to rid of the ooze.
"I will avenge thee!" Asuka peered over the table edge and launched her sushi roll{Sushi roll - damage 3 rapid fire} at Toji. It smacked him right between the eyes and rebounded onto another kid.
"Hey!"
Asuka saw that she had brought more attention to themselves and were beginning to draw more fire then before. Shinji voiced her concern.
"Tactical retreat" Shinji blinked and wondered why he said what Misato would in an eva battle but shook it off as a cherry{cherry - damage 2 multi-toss} winged his left ear lobe "Better get out of here before more gang up on us. Hikari went to get the teacher a minute ago I think"
Asuka looked around and noticed Hikari's absence 'She's getting the N^2 of attacks...'
"Alright Shinji. For once your not such an idiot" Asuka and Shinji made a mad dash for the door she entered from.
"They're making a run for it!" the kid that was hit by the earlier sushi shrapnel pulled out his secret weapon. Spaghetti with meat-sauce{spaghetti - 23 damage slow attack / meat sauce add-on, +5 damage chill attack} he grabbed a hand full and fired it where they were headed.
The teacher walked in just then as Shinji and Asuka ran past him. He turned back to the room in time to catch the spaghetti in his face.
Asuka was nearly rolling on the pavement holding her stomach as she finished recalling the battle. Hikari only continued to blush. She knew it wasn't appropriate but it was funny.
"The only thing that really made it bad, was that he missed one of the spaghetti noodles after washing his face and it hung off his glasses for the rest of afternoon classes" Asuka fell to the ground again after being reminded by Hikari.
"Life sure doesn't get much better then that"
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That was a trip wasn't it? I really enjoyed that food fight scene and I made it come more alive with all the silly little statistics. Believe it or not.... I forgot what I was going to say... But anyway, I decided to lighten up the mood a touch with this chapter and you can see that the date is steadily counting down to October 31st. Ohhh, what's gonna happen? Angel attack? Demon attack? The parade?! And what's with that David character why's he watching Shinji and Asuka so intently and what's with the momento?
Drop a few reviews if you liked this. Flame me for what you hate. And most importantly just make yourself heard if ya read it. Till next time, cya!
^.^
_-~Food fight stats~-_
This is just for fun. I had a bomb making it.
Max stats are
stamina - 140
Speed - 15
Accuracy - 10
evasion - 20
Shinji Ikari
Stamina - 67
Speed - 6
Accuracy - 4
Evasion - 8
Special ability - the mad dash( +5 to speed +7 to evasion +1 to presence)
Favourite weapon - rice balls
Weapon bonus - adds +2 damage to home made weapons as bonus
Asuka Sohryu
Stamina - 71
Speed - 3
Accuracy - 5
Evasion - 7
Special ability - Red Knight( +7 stamina +2 damage +4 evasion)
Favourite weapon - sausages and cupcakes
Weapon bonus - German brand foods +2 damage +4 accuracy
Toji Suzuhara
Stamina - 94
Speed - 1
Accuracy - 7
Evasion - 4
Special ability - The Jock( +2 accuracy +10 stamina +2 speed)
Favourite weapon - cupcake
Weapon bonus - small foods do -1 damage if used by Toji, +2 damage if medium foods
Kensuke Aida
Stamina - 48
Speed - 7
Accuracy - 8
Evasion - 10
Special ability - The Holy arm of the Otaku( Maxed accuracy +3 damage unstoppable)
Favourite weapon - Sushi
Weapon bonus - gains a +2 damage when using small foods -3 damage to big foods
David Cever
Stamina - 58
Speed - 5
Accuracy - 3
Evasion - 6
Special ability - Joker of the deck( maxed evasion +20 stamina)
Favourite weapon - pizza and burger
Weapon bonus - western foods are +4, German foods are -2
The foods!!
-Small foods-
dumpling - damage 12
meatball - damage 7
Sushi roll - damage 3 rapid fire
cherry - damage 2 multi-toss
-Large foods-
cupcake special attack - damage 32 plus slow damage
rice ball - dmg 15
Tapioca pudding - damage 18 chill ability
spaghetti - 23 damage slow attack / meat sauce add-on, +5 damage chill attack
_-~End of stats~-_
Drop me a line at drakeforbake@hotmail.com if you want to discuss anything.
In case I wasn't clear in my earlier chapter(and due to the fact that I FORGOT to mention that...) At the end of the 6th Chapter when they were training about a week or week and a half had passed from the battle to the training. The last chapter and the next few will be explaining all that happened in that time frame. One question should obviously be "HOW THE HELL DID SHINJI GROW A SPINE!?~!@#$" and rightly so, I'll be explaining this and why Gendo's gone off the to the Loony-bin(Well not really but I wanted to say that).
Enjoy!
DrunkDrake
A Calling Of Souls
Chapter 08 : Feelings? Return of everyday life
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October 26th - early morning.
"I promised you Asuka... I'd never leave you..." Asuka sat in Shinji's arms in the locked room in the isolation ward and she slowly fell into a restful sleep in the arms of her invincible Shinji.
"Thank you... for not leaving me... too..." Asuka murmured as her eye's closed.
Shinji sat up as Asuka slowly dozed off to sleep. He watched her in his arms as she seemed to have dreamed of something pleasing to her. Or maybe she was really lucky and dreamt of nothing at all. Shinji sat back and remembered the one thing that hadn't faded from his false dream, it was Asuka. She was maybe 7 years older, with no neural connections holding her hair up, allowing it's early morning tangled mess to spray around in seemingly random directions. And she wore the most beautiful smile he'd ever imagined... No second most beautiful.
Shinji saw her smiling in his arms now peacefully resting, unaware of the harmful world and it's cruel tendencies.
"I'll make you another promise Asuka..." she remained unmoving as she dozed "I'll promise to be more then just a pillar of support... I just don't know how..."
--- 1 hour later - 6:47(What an ungodly hour. I feel guilty for doing this to them but...)
"Fuyutsuki. It appears our Avatars have awakened" Gendo summoned his sub commander to peer into the view screen Gendo motioned towards.
"Yes... So shall you send in the nurses and the doctors with their flashy badges to pester the children before we set them free from their unjustified imprisonment?" Gendo glared through Fuyutsuki and again Fuyutsuki fidgeted under the gaze. 'Dangerous ground... was it the comment or the reference that set him off?'.
"No need. You know as well as I do that the camera's have given us everything we'll need to report" Gendo stood up from his chair and turned off the viewer. Gendo then motioned for Fuyutsuki to leave.
"What? Now your hiding secrets from me too?" Gendo flipped a switch and the room faded from view. 'Oh... That kind of report. Damn SEELE and their ability to get their noses into everyone's business'.
"Unless you want to join me for an hour long debate on E-projects efficient uses, the humanity instrumentality projects importance and the newest gossip the old men have" Fuyutsuki smirked. Gendo seemed almost light hearted, he had summed up about every meeting's schedule and made a joke about it. 'A bad joke, but a joke no of the less'.
"I can't leave my commander's fate alone with the hands of those people. Idiots, old or un-informed, no one deserves that" Fuyutsuki and Gendo then waited in silence as slowly 12 black monoliths appeared around them.
'Like a group of vultures'
--- 8:56(am, Japanese time)
David stood at the door and rapped repeatedly. There was the sound of perhaps a scuffle... *UMPF* someone getting knocked onto the floor?
"Who the hell knocks in this place?!" and the sound of Asuka too boot.
The door swung open and Asuka and David stared at each other for a moment before Shinji made himself untangled from the bed sheets. What had paused Asuka was the fact that he held several boxes of stuff. Looking inside the boxes it was just a random assortment of... well, stuff. A sock there, shoe there, magazine stuffed over here... you know... stuff.
"What are you doing... with my stuff?" Asuka could tell it was clearly some of her things that hung out of the box flaps. David glared at her.
"Your free to go. I came here earlier to check on you guys but only was allowed to enter now... when you can go..." David plopped the boxes on the ground and stretched his back knocking a few kinks out of his back.
"Da hell, did you put in that thing anyway?" Asuka glared at him as Shinji came back into the room. Earlier he had slipped out to change but coming back he saw very little had changed. Asuka's lip seemed to curl up but Shinji bodily stood between them at that moment.
"Let's just get out of here ok..." Shinji's spine seemed to have fell out of alignment after that. However the two possible combatants had their glares interrupted and thus gave up the staring contest.
"Fine... I'm sorry for that Asuka really" Asuka perked an eyebrow and was about to reply but David continued "But do you pack bowling balls or something in your cases cause UMPF!!!" a solid hit from a thrown pillow silenced David.
---
Asuka and Shinji walked down the NERV hallway with David just ahead muttering about heavy boxes. Shinji seemed introverted while Asuka seemed troubled.
"Shinji..." Shinji glanced over at Asuka as they passed another closed door.
"Umm, yeah?"
"That didn't happen back there... ok..." Shinji felt somewhat crushed but in hindsight she was only grappling onto him out of desperation not love... He hadn't gotten his hopes up but he still felt everyone of them crash down and smoulder in their own ashes.
"...Yeah... Sure Asuka..." Asuka noticed the sudden drop in his voice. It was only slightly obvious. If she hadn't been living with him for the past few months she wouldn't have picked up on it.
"Look Shinji... If you feel so bad about it let's just get the stupid dinner out of the way as fast as possible..." Asuka grumbled silently to herself shiest, how long have we delayed it anyway? 2 weeks? 3 weeks?'
Shinji had forgotten the dinner he promised Asuka. 'Perhaps I could have a chance with Asuka... just Gotta prove to her that...'
Shinji paused his thinking for a moment 'Prove to her what? That I'm not a pervert? I live across the apartment hall from her and Misato still hasn't been convinced to install locks on any doors other then the bathroom' Shinji kept musing 'Prove to her that I'm suave and sexy? Ha.... I've lived with her for months now and she could easily see through anything that I erect in a last ditch effort to impress her...'
Shinji sighed defeated(In hindsight I wonder if that's a word) 'Why do I want to impress her again...? Did I forgot how she can be...?'
"Oh Shinji..." Shinji looked up, he found he was on auto-pilot and was now exiting a elevator following David through the NERV gate way. Asuka was just a bit in front of him.
"I'm glad to see your ok..." Asuka continued to walk through the door and she left behind a startled Shinji. He saw he face flash for a second towards him when she spoke. She had a very faint smile and a bright twinkle in the depths of her perfect sapphire blue eyes.
'Ok, now I remember why I wanted to impress her' He gaped for a moment before David turned back to look for him.
"Dude try to keep up. It's not fun being lost in NERV HQ..." Shinji knew David must have been talking from experience. Every one of the evangelion pilots, excluding Rei as far as Shinji knew, had gotten lost several times in the underground labyrinth.
"Oh come on it's not that bad. There's technicians and personnel everywhere. Just ask for directions" David glared at Shinji
"Yeah, they played the nastiest trick to me. They directed me towards the commanders office... I ended up barging in on him" Shinji visibly shuddered but smirked on the inside. That would be something that could be funny from a different view.
"Wait a minute... The NERV personnel all treat us pretty good. You must have done something..." Shinji looked at David and he seemed to flinch and changed the subject.
"So what held you back? Wanted to get a better look at Rei?" Shinji paused and looked behind himself to see Rei walking right past him. She didn't stop until the entry doors were in front of her. She didn't say anything until she had half disappeared behind the door.
"I'm glad your in good health Ikari Shinji" David blinked, Shinji blinked, Gendo sneezed but he just had a head cold. David slyly leaned over Shinji.
"My, my Ikari Shinji. You delightful dazzler, you sultan of smooth. You actually got Rei to talk to you without trying. What's your secret?" Shinji backed away from a prying comrade and opened to entry door with his NERV ID.
"I don't know... something about girls and today..." Shinji blinked when he noticed a slip in his defence. David blinked and Gendo filled another Kleenex(TM) before dropping it into a half full waste basket(damn head colds).
"GIRLS?! You mean more then one!? SPILL SPILL SPILL!!!" Shinji closed his eye's and walked home as the chattering idiot started rhythming off every girl known in Shinji's existence.
--- 10:46(am still)
"PARTYYYYYYY!!!" Shinji blinked, Asuka blinked, Misato blinked, David fainted, Pen Pen continued shouting "PAAARRRRTTYYYYYYY"
"Misato, we're home!" Misato groggily rose her head from the kitchen table. She glanced at the half finished chili sausage lasagna(Is it me or does Misato's food always have to be the weirdest combination of foods possible without risking instant death??) and scraped off one of morsels that was imbedded on her face.
'Ok... 20 beers is too much in 3 minutes If I passed out eating dinner...wait when did I make dinner... oohhh who cares, Need beer' Misato's hand managed the beer side of the fridge while her mind attempted to solve the mystery of why she woke up. 3 figures standing in front of her seemed to answer that pretty well.
"SO what you doing Kids?" Misato's language was slightly slurred and oddly put together. Shinji had humourlessly named this the B.M.M.B time(Before Misato's Morning Beer) a long time ago.
"Ah, well your two charges had healed and here they are... you didn't pick us up at the door like you said you would..." David pointed at the calender that was currently posted. On the date it was written 'Don't forgot to pick up kids!!*Insert lipstick kiss*'
Misato glared at the calender like it was offending her very presence but she sombered when she realized both her children were safe! 'Did I refer to them as my...' Misato gave up the thought and caught them in a bear hug.
Shinji gave a muffled shout from under Misato's grasp and Asuka managed to worm out 3 seconds before Shinji muttering something German. Probably swear words Shinji thought as he caught his breath.
"Nice to see you too Misato" Shinji's dour mood slowly settled back on him as Misato stole Asuka aside muttering about preparations.
David had his hands in his pockets and his smile had disappeared from the hugging incident. Shinji looked at David, and his smile returned.
"Your unbearable! You can't stand her bear hugs... get it?" Shinji's eyebrows fell with his mood.
---
Gendo sat at his desk slightly leaning back in his chair eye's closed and thinking. Several minutes passed and his hand slowly lowered a report dropped off by the hospital ward. Fuyutsuki walked into the office this moment. He didn't stop walking until he was next to Gendo in his usual spot. Gendo pinched his nose for a moment before fixing his glasses. Fuyutsuki noted this as one of Gendo's old nervous/anxious trait.
"Didn't you see something you liked?"
"Yes. My old plan going down the drain"
"So? It's only a plan. I know for a fact that you always seem to have one" Gendo looked up at his one time professor and barely hid a smirk.
"Are you so sure?"
"With you? Never. Just the faith of an old man holding me together some days" Fuyutsuki replied. Gendo huffed for a moment and fixed his glasses back at the top of his nose.
"Faith can be easily see as ignorance"
"Ignorance is bliss"
"Ignorance is death" Fuyutsuki smiled slightly at Gendo. 'He's definitely feeling better if he's talking about abstractions of life'.
"So tell me. What has dragged you back to our Earth?" Gendo glanced over his glasses which had slipped down his face. He put them back up with a shove and grunted.
"The fall of the second didn't go as planned?" Gendo noted a small touch of worry under his calm surface. Gendo shook his head. Fuyutsuki relaxed the worry having left and was replaced by his cool mask of confidence.
"The one that shall give us deliverance..." Fuyutsuki spun this around his head for a moment and he arched his eyebrows when he realized what unsettled Gendo.
"The third child...Shinji" Gendo closed his eye's and his stony mask crept into place. Fuyutsuki had read the templates himself. Gendo spoke the verse that unsettled them both
"And so the warrior bringing deliverance will fall from glory and rest among those that lie but never sleep. To give faith but lose his own..." Gendo paused.
"Upon his broken wings humanity shall ascend... but at the price of all held dear" Fuyutsuki finished. Gendo nodded and slowly opened his eye's. Fuyutsuki stood silent vigil over his commander.
"Can we change the outcome?" Gendo nodded to Fuyutsuki
"There is only one passage that can lead us to our end now... not SEELE's" Fuyutsuki felt question marks appearing over his head as he attempted to remember every verse of the loosely translated texts. He almost had it in his grasp when Gendo spoke.
"The warrior with blood stained hands shall be revered and his choice shall open the new path through the forests of darkness, leading to the fountain of life..."
Fuyutsuki nodded. Gendo opened his eye's and desperately begun planning how to achieve this new end.
---
"Get it? Admit it that was a good one!"
"David... no more..." Shinji sipped his cocoa on the living room couch. David had stayed around with his grin. He hadn't bothered to ask to do something but about every so often he'd try to lighten the mood with a joke or two. A bad joke Shinji noted.
"Alright if you say so Shin-jito" Shinji once again closed his eye's. This David character really knew how to be annoying. Purposely? Maybe. However Shinji couldn't stand for another nick-name.
"Alright David-o. What do you want? Your really starting to get on my nerves" David grinned again but this was more of a sloppy grin that translated to 'whoops' in most languages.
"I was wondering if you had a costume selected" Shinji blinked.
"A costume?" David nodded eagerly.
"Yeah it's amazing how much is getting involved dude!"
"...Ah David your not being specific... be more specific" Shinji's tone perked up Asuka's ear in her room and she leaned out.
"Oh sorry. I guess Asuka would like to know also" Shinji leaped out of the chair when she laid a hand on his shoulder. She smirked and gave a giggle.
"Well the school has removed the dress code for October 31st" David grinned wolfishly as both of the roommates looked at each other "To allow the students to wear their costumes to school"
Shinji gawked and Asuka practically beamed.
"Wow. This city really is getting in on the festivities. It's soo exciting!!!" Shinji merely shook his head. 'And to think I once thought school was the best place to hide from this kind of stuff'
"So what you going as?" Asuka pondered for a minute but Shinji beat her to the punch "we didn't know about this until now David... there's no chance we've have made up our minds..."
"Speak for yourself, baka" Shinji turned to face Asuka.
"What?! You actually chose already?!" Asuka grinned and shook her head 'no'. "Then why did you disagree with me?"
"Simple. I just said don't speak for anyone but yourself baka. You didn't actually know did you?" Shinji just shook his head and Asuka continued grinning. David checked his watch as it had begun to beep.
"Damn... Gotta go! See ya!!" David left in a flourish of dust trails before Shinji could ask why he had to leave so fast.
"I guess some people are just naturally weird" Shinji glared at Asuka when she turned away and headed for her room again.
"Hey Shinji what ya think of this?" Misato stepped out of the door to her room in her 'bride of Frankenstein' outfit. Due to the fact that it was revealing compared to Misato's usual clothing, Shinji felt very light headed as blood rushed through his body.
---
David walked out the front doors of the apartment and stopped. He looked in both directions and seeing no one around he promptly stopped smiling. He walked around the complex and sat under a tree nearby. The nightly mist hadn't begun to descend yet so the air had a foggy feel to it. He checked his watch again and was slightly amazed it was already 10:25. He glanced at the night sky and watched as the few stars danced along the tower lights.
He focused on one light. The one coming from M. Katsuragi's apartment. Two figures were seem clearly wandering about the apartment. He watched as the shadows parted and a down cast Shinji was left by himself. His shadow hunched over like a crying beggar. David's eyes lowered and he reached into his shirt and pulled out a small chain with a dragon earring hung on it.
The chain was not of much value and the dragon earring wasn't very special at first glance. The chain was of cheap metals and fibres not worth a second look but the earring was a dull tarnished silver showing a western dragon with wings spread claws reaching forwards. In it's hands was a small little crystal. David wondered it it was a diamond but he didn't bother to think about it. He held it up to the light and colours splashed around himself. The light had hit the crystal and shattered blues, yellows and reds twirled around him in a maddening display of colour and randomness.
He lowered the earring and hung it off the chain again. He looked up at the now dark windows of the Katsuragi apartment and smiled.
"For you brother... I'll continue your quest. I never was special... but that just makes me happy because then my life isn't worth worrying about. You were right about one thing though" David paused and glanced at the hanging earring.
"You never treasure what you have until it's no longer yours..." David sat for a little longer in the shadows under the tree before leaving. The morning mist had begun to descend and it masked all traces of the tear that fell.
--- October 27th
"Shinji we're gonna be late! Hurry up damn it!" Asuka bellowed at her fellow comrade who was half eating, breathing and choking on the piece of toast he jammed into his mouth before he ran through the door to school.
"Asuka Look out!" Asuka turned around in time and collided with David who had looked like a deer about to be ran over by a Rhino tank.
"AAAHHH!!!! / *CRASH*" Shinji stared at the tangled mess that was once 2 human beings. David managed to get up first and offer a hand with a smile to Asuka.
"Don't touch me pervert. Bad enough you planned that!" Asuka swiped away the hand and got up.
"What's wrong with being a pervert? If I wasn't I'd never have a reason to smile" David said with a straight face. Shinji with held his comment as Asuka stomped David's left foot into the ground with her heel.
"Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr..." David grit his teeth and didn't scream, however he walked with a noticeable limp and kept making that annoying growling moan sound.
---
"Superman?! Ha! More like dunce dude!" David's growl had finally ended as lunch rolled around and he, Toji and Kensuke were arguing in a corner about what costume they would be wearing.
'Or more correctly, insulting the other person's choice then claiming their's is the best yet. Then repeat' Shinji sat two rows ahead of them and stared out the window. They hadn't felt like leaving the classroom today. If Shinji knew what was coming he would have sat under the tree he currently stared at.
His terminal suddenly blinked.
/Yo/
Shinji looked at his computer terminal as it ruined his moment of peace. He Blinked and wondered who would do something so... dumb? no...annoying... no...so David like. Shinji glanced behind himself and saw David point at his screen.
/Decided on a costume yet?/
Shinji shook his head, and David leered at him. Shinji leaned away from David and Asuka decided to pop in.
/Ok what are you perverts doing now?/
/The baron strikes without heed nor warning!/
Asuka gave a look at David.
/Damn straight pervert boy/
Shinji sighed again and was expecting insults to fill the chat room now but was surprised when it didn't. However one message demanded attention.
/If you won't choose then I've got the perfect idea for a costume!!/
/And what would that be David?/
/Ohh that's a secret. I'll have everything ready by hallowe'en morning. The class will be shocked to say the least!/
/I request that you aid me also/
Shinji blinked and wondered if Rei and also been monitoring the whole conversation. Well she caught the last part at least. Shinji looked over at Rei and saw she hovered over her terminal awaiting for her turn to communicate. Shinji knew it was rare for Rei for make herself known.
'Though in hindsight Rei would probably be more clueless then me'.
/Rei? You need help? Well yeah I'll help you too.../ David hummed to himself then typed again
/Change of plans!! In fact we could also get Asuka in on the action too! That would be perfect!/
/Don't count me in with your silly games pervert/
Shinji smiled to himself. Every since this morning, the title of pervert was removed from Shinji the reigning champ to the new comer to the ring of Asuka's insults, David. Shinji was wondering how to get out of baka, but one victory a day was better then any failure.
/Asuka, don't bash it until you've had it/
/Oh, I'll show you bashing. They you'll think you've had it!/
Shinji tuned out the rest of the fight as the teacher attempted to not get off track and do another one of his speeches... this lasted an impressive 5 seconds... for both of them.
--- October 28th
"David, come on man! Give it a break!" Toji muttered under his hand. Lunch hour had arrived and Toji had his lunch delivered to him by Hikari. There was much blushing but David's constant nattering was quickly cutting through Toji's patience.
"I'd be pestering you too if you could have been inserted in my costume plan... however I just can't work with you" Kensuke filmed the event as Jock and Joker(David's class nickname) had a duel of wits and jibes.
"So Shinji just what is David's plan anyway?" Kensuke kept the camera focused on the hanging bit of rice on Toji's chin as Kensuke turned to Shinji next to him.
Shinji shrugged "I haven't even agreed to it. I somehow feel as if it'll be a really, really , REALLY embarrassing thing..." Shinji muttered but had expressed the words with the right tone to end that line of questioning. Kensuke shrugged and focused on Toji's raised fist as he bellowed a challenge of some sorts.
"Well, one way or another you'll have a costume right?" Shinji shrugged again as he watched a rice ball arc from David's hand towards Toji's chest. Promptly a food fight was declared and non were spared.
---
"Geez... That David kid really got the professor didn't he?" Hikari lowered her head in shame as she nearly giggled at the old man's little mishap.
Asuka was strolling beside Hikari walking home after school. Their weren't many cars or other people for some reason today but Asuka didn't let that bother her. She was too busy grinning ear to ear as the scene replayed in her head.
"FOOD FIGHT!!!!" Asuka peered down the school hall at the cafeteria which had erupted in chaos. Hikari herself was next to her and she left to calm down the students. Well as class rep it was her job, so Asuka let her run off. Asuka waited an entire 2 seconds before she peered through the door.
It looked like the result of pandora's box unlocked... only it was with food being flung at 50 miles an hour(on average). Asuka ducked back behind the door as a dumpling{dumpling - damage 12} made a soggy plop where she used to be.
"Damn, I missed the devil!" Asuka glared at the door as Toji's voice came from the other side of the door. She opened her half eaten lunch box and was glad she hadn't been really hungry earlier at lunch.
"Your so going down monkey Jock!" Asuka armed herself with two rice balls and leapt through the door. She didn't pause as what could have passed as two more dumplings and a cupcake{cupcake special attack - damage 32 plus slow damage} trailed along the wall she ran along.
"There! Kensuke fire!" Toji pointed at the racing red target" Kensuke pulled back his rice ball and let loose the holy arm of the Otaku{Kensuke special move - +3 damage +10 accuracy 25% of unstoppable}. The projectile flew true, an unhindered flight it flew straight towards her.
"Shiest!" Asuka dove behind the table she was running for and heard a loud *PLOP* on the other side. She saw half her original arsenal was crushed from the fall(now armed with only one rice ball{rice ball - dmg 15}) she decided to make this one count. She poked her head over the table and saw that Toji was also armed with several rice balls. Asuka grinned.
"She leapt out of her hiding spot diving to the left and flinging the weapon. It soared past Toji and struck David behind him.
David faced Toji now "Hey what'd you do that for!" Toji Kensuke and David had holed up in one spot together in order to not get swamped by the absolute melee that too place around them.
Shinji had ducked behind another table a few rows ahead but either wouldn't or couldn't fight back. Asuka saw his peril and waved at him to race over to join her defensive spot. Shinji nodded and leapt up and raced over to her. This was caught by Toji.
"He's betrayed us to the devil! Get him!" masterfully Shinji dodged aside a poorly thrown meatball, hopped over 2 skipping rice balls and dove for cover. He wasn't fast enough...
"Agh! Tapioca pudding!"{Tapioca pudding - damage 18 chill ability} Shinji muttered as the cold dessert slipped down his back. He flapped his hands desperately trying to rid of the ooze.
"I will avenge thee!" Asuka peered over the table edge and launched her sushi roll{Sushi roll - damage 3 rapid fire} at Toji. It smacked him right between the eyes and rebounded onto another kid.
"Hey!"
Asuka saw that she had brought more attention to themselves and were beginning to draw more fire then before. Shinji voiced her concern.
"Tactical retreat" Shinji blinked and wondered why he said what Misato would in an eva battle but shook it off as a cherry{cherry - damage 2 multi-toss} winged his left ear lobe "Better get out of here before more gang up on us. Hikari went to get the teacher a minute ago I think"
Asuka looked around and noticed Hikari's absence 'She's getting the N^2 of attacks...'
"Alright Shinji. For once your not such an idiot" Asuka and Shinji made a mad dash for the door she entered from.
"They're making a run for it!" the kid that was hit by the earlier sushi shrapnel pulled out his secret weapon. Spaghetti with meat-sauce{spaghetti - 23 damage slow attack / meat sauce add-on, +5 damage chill attack} he grabbed a hand full and fired it where they were headed.
The teacher walked in just then as Shinji and Asuka ran past him. He turned back to the room in time to catch the spaghetti in his face.
Asuka was nearly rolling on the pavement holding her stomach as she finished recalling the battle. Hikari only continued to blush. She knew it wasn't appropriate but it was funny.
"The only thing that really made it bad, was that he missed one of the spaghetti noodles after washing his face and it hung off his glasses for the rest of afternoon classes" Asuka fell to the ground again after being reminded by Hikari.
"Life sure doesn't get much better then that"
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That was a trip wasn't it? I really enjoyed that food fight scene and I made it come more alive with all the silly little statistics. Believe it or not.... I forgot what I was going to say... But anyway, I decided to lighten up the mood a touch with this chapter and you can see that the date is steadily counting down to October 31st. Ohhh, what's gonna happen? Angel attack? Demon attack? The parade?! And what's with that David character why's he watching Shinji and Asuka so intently and what's with the momento?
Drop a few reviews if you liked this. Flame me for what you hate. And most importantly just make yourself heard if ya read it. Till next time, cya!
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_-~Food fight stats~-_
This is just for fun. I had a bomb making it.
Max stats are
stamina - 140
Speed - 15
Accuracy - 10
evasion - 20
Shinji Ikari
Stamina - 67
Speed - 6
Accuracy - 4
Evasion - 8
Special ability - the mad dash( +5 to speed +7 to evasion +1 to presence)
Favourite weapon - rice balls
Weapon bonus - adds +2 damage to home made weapons as bonus
Asuka Sohryu
Stamina - 71
Speed - 3
Accuracy - 5
Evasion - 7
Special ability - Red Knight( +7 stamina +2 damage +4 evasion)
Favourite weapon - sausages and cupcakes
Weapon bonus - German brand foods +2 damage +4 accuracy
Toji Suzuhara
Stamina - 94
Speed - 1
Accuracy - 7
Evasion - 4
Special ability - The Jock( +2 accuracy +10 stamina +2 speed)
Favourite weapon - cupcake
Weapon bonus - small foods do -1 damage if used by Toji, +2 damage if medium foods
Kensuke Aida
Stamina - 48
Speed - 7
Accuracy - 8
Evasion - 10
Special ability - The Holy arm of the Otaku( Maxed accuracy +3 damage unstoppable)
Favourite weapon - Sushi
Weapon bonus - gains a +2 damage when using small foods -3 damage to big foods
David Cever
Stamina - 58
Speed - 5
Accuracy - 3
Evasion - 6
Special ability - Joker of the deck( maxed evasion +20 stamina)
Favourite weapon - pizza and burger
Weapon bonus - western foods are +4, German foods are -2
The foods!!
-Small foods-
dumpling - damage 12
meatball - damage 7
Sushi roll - damage 3 rapid fire
cherry - damage 2 multi-toss
-Large foods-
cupcake special attack - damage 32 plus slow damage
rice ball - dmg 15
Tapioca pudding - damage 18 chill ability
spaghetti - 23 damage slow attack / meat sauce add-on, +5 damage chill attack
_-~End of stats~-_
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