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A/N: thanks for the advice. Please continue to R/R because it will determine if this gets finished.
Deep below Tokyo-3, Misato felt as if she were being town in multiple directions at once. She tried being honest to her self, but something just didn't feel right. Was this NERV as she remembered it? Something shuddered
"M-Misato?" Maya questioned. She'd been asked to drop formalities, and had trouble doing so.
"Something isn't right here."
Maya nodded slowly. She stared at Hyuuga and Aoba's seats, they were empty, since the pair was eating right now. "Other than how few of us there are? That this place feels like, or maybe even is a tomb?"
"You know, that's exactly what it feels like. This shouldn't be here."
Maya looked up confused. "Misato?"
"Nothing. The pattern's still there, huh? But no physical sign? Why can't we pin-point it?"
"The Magi still aren't functioning properly. If-." She gulped a flash back to Instrumentality running through her head. "If Dr. Akagi were here, we'd. . ."
"Give it time, we just have to be careful until then."
---
Asuka fell backwards onto the couch in the main room of the apartment as they walked in, her legs hanging over the arm. "I ate too much. . ."
Shinji rolled his eyes as Kensuke followed him in. "We've got Soda and beer if you want any. I could make tea or coffee too."
"Beer me!" Asuka called from the couch waving her hand in the air.
"You had too many of those already too. No."
"Only 3. 3's not too many."
"No,"
Asuka folded her arms. "You jerk."
With out the lights on, the sound of the door opening made them all jump. Shinji sighed in relief when he saw the familiar outline of Misato in the doorframe.
Kensuke gulped. "Mi-Misato?"
"Sorry about this. Since it's still here and-I'd been in a hotel but-can I?"
Shinji gave Asuka, who was now sitting up a questioning glance. She shrugged. "Sure."
"I should go then." Kensuke said, and started to return the beer.
"Thank God." Asuka mumbled.
"You don't have to-." Shinji started.
"Don't worry. I'll catch you later." He gave a little head bow, and exited.
Misato smiled, then went to the open fridge to remove a beer. She opened it, chugged, dropped the empty can a minute later, and retrieved a new one. She then joined Asuka on the couch.
"You're room hasn't been changed. No one's been in or out of it." Shinji told her.
"Something isn't right. I can't stay in NERV."
Asuka shot a look of concern at Shinji over her shoulder, then looked back at Misato. "Took you that long, huh?"
Shinji nailed her in the back of the head with the empty beer can.
"OW! Hey-. She shoulda noticed. She'd been there longer than us."
"I'd prefer if you wouldn't talk about me when I'm sitting next to you Asuka."
Asuka shrugged, "There was no check. That isn't NERV."
"What check?"
"Guess everything you've seen is back. Memories are checked. We're still sort of connected- only to rebuild though. There was no check for NERV. WE remember every other one." Shinji explained.
"Well, maybe you weren't checked. No one else at NERV- but I don't know how long they- Shinji, give me another beer."
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With Misato passed out on the couch, Shinji and Asuka retired to their room. Even though they were married, they slept in separate beds. Mainly because Asuka had a nasty habit of kicking Shinji in her sleep. This was often so hard, he ended up on the floor. So, after a week of bruises, he bought a new futon, and added it to the room.
"Asuka?"
"What?"
"What are we suppose to do?"
"Shinji-Shut up. We aren't doing anything."
"But Asuka, we should. Not about NERV, I mean. For Misato."
"Oh-I don't know. We do owe it to her." She sighed. "Kensuke was the first. Unless you're neglecting to tell me something."
"Yeah, Kensuke is the first of our friends I've seen in 8 years."
She slowly left her own bed, and moved to his. They kissed, and she slipped into the bed, and on top of him, resting her head on his chest.
"Asuka, please. If you fall asleep there I'll have another bruise-I don't want to break anything. You're already asleep, huh?"
Her eyes were slits, and her head had rolled limply to his shoulder.
"Yup. At least I bought ice bags."
The next morning, neither of them had moved, and Shinji smiled happily as their eyes met. "You made it through the night with out kicking me!"
"I can fix that." She snapped with a nasty grin, and rolled to one side, bending her led back.
"I made Breakfast!!" Misato called outside.
"Never mind." Asuka said. "Her cooking will do worse than a kick."
---
"I'm not going to work today." Asuka announced. "Already called in. Those noodles messed up my stomach."
"That's because you ate six bowls." Shinji mocked.
Asuka grimaced slightly, and her stomach gurgled audibly.
"And you had 3 beers."
Asuka narrowed her eyes and lay back on the floor, as Misato served what she was trying to pass as breakfast. She shot up a second later when the news perked her interest.
"In other news, Kiori's Ramen in the heart of Tokyo-3 exploded into flames late last night. Three people were found inside. Two have been treated on site, while a third, the owner, was pronounced dead.
"That's where we ate last night," Asuka said in a hushed whisper. "I feel like I'm going to die." She added, and fell back to the floor. "How come you only ate half a bowl?"
"Tasted funny. Smelled weird." Shinji replied.
They both fell silent when they heard Misato whisper a name, and both turned their attention to the TV again.
---
Ryoji Kaji stood outside the remains of the noodle place shivering. He was wrapped in the type of blanket they use for drowning victims. Beside him stood the waiter, who was shaking his head. Both were covered in ashes, Kaji especially, since his hair was slightly damp. He didn't appear to have aged.
---
"Let's go pick him up before someone dangerous sees him." Shinji offered.
"Most of the dangerous people probably won't be coming back-idiot." Asuka snapped, and doubled over with a groan.
But, HE is dangerous. Misato thought. "I'll go get him, you stay here and take care of Asuka."
Shinji nodded. "It's pretty close to the old entrance to the Geofront."
Misato nodded, and left in a slight daze.
As the door closed Asuka moved toward the couch, and collapsed there, breathing heavily.
"Told you you ate too much." He said jokingly, then noticed she was in too much pain to retort.
She broke into a coughing fit as he approached, and sat up quickly. The coughing quickly became violent but ended just as fast. A small stream of liquid curled out of the corner of her mouth.
"Don't move." Shinji ordered, and sat beside her, running a finger over the trail, then sniffing it. The look that crossed his face chilled her. "Asuka?"
"What?" she asked hoarsely.
"It's LCL."
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A/N: that's the end of CH.4. So what do you think? More to come!!!
A/N: thanks for the advice. Please continue to R/R because it will determine if this gets finished.
Deep below Tokyo-3, Misato felt as if she were being town in multiple directions at once. She tried being honest to her self, but something just didn't feel right. Was this NERV as she remembered it? Something shuddered
"M-Misato?" Maya questioned. She'd been asked to drop formalities, and had trouble doing so.
"Something isn't right here."
Maya nodded slowly. She stared at Hyuuga and Aoba's seats, they were empty, since the pair was eating right now. "Other than how few of us there are? That this place feels like, or maybe even is a tomb?"
"You know, that's exactly what it feels like. This shouldn't be here."
Maya looked up confused. "Misato?"
"Nothing. The pattern's still there, huh? But no physical sign? Why can't we pin-point it?"
"The Magi still aren't functioning properly. If-." She gulped a flash back to Instrumentality running through her head. "If Dr. Akagi were here, we'd. . ."
"Give it time, we just have to be careful until then."
---
Asuka fell backwards onto the couch in the main room of the apartment as they walked in, her legs hanging over the arm. "I ate too much. . ."
Shinji rolled his eyes as Kensuke followed him in. "We've got Soda and beer if you want any. I could make tea or coffee too."
"Beer me!" Asuka called from the couch waving her hand in the air.
"You had too many of those already too. No."
"Only 3. 3's not too many."
"No,"
Asuka folded her arms. "You jerk."
With out the lights on, the sound of the door opening made them all jump. Shinji sighed in relief when he saw the familiar outline of Misato in the doorframe.
Kensuke gulped. "Mi-Misato?"
"Sorry about this. Since it's still here and-I'd been in a hotel but-can I?"
Shinji gave Asuka, who was now sitting up a questioning glance. She shrugged. "Sure."
"I should go then." Kensuke said, and started to return the beer.
"Thank God." Asuka mumbled.
"You don't have to-." Shinji started.
"Don't worry. I'll catch you later." He gave a little head bow, and exited.
Misato smiled, then went to the open fridge to remove a beer. She opened it, chugged, dropped the empty can a minute later, and retrieved a new one. She then joined Asuka on the couch.
"You're room hasn't been changed. No one's been in or out of it." Shinji told her.
"Something isn't right. I can't stay in NERV."
Asuka shot a look of concern at Shinji over her shoulder, then looked back at Misato. "Took you that long, huh?"
Shinji nailed her in the back of the head with the empty beer can.
"OW! Hey-. She shoulda noticed. She'd been there longer than us."
"I'd prefer if you wouldn't talk about me when I'm sitting next to you Asuka."
Asuka shrugged, "There was no check. That isn't NERV."
"What check?"
"Guess everything you've seen is back. Memories are checked. We're still sort of connected- only to rebuild though. There was no check for NERV. WE remember every other one." Shinji explained.
"Well, maybe you weren't checked. No one else at NERV- but I don't know how long they- Shinji, give me another beer."
---
With Misato passed out on the couch, Shinji and Asuka retired to their room. Even though they were married, they slept in separate beds. Mainly because Asuka had a nasty habit of kicking Shinji in her sleep. This was often so hard, he ended up on the floor. So, after a week of bruises, he bought a new futon, and added it to the room.
"Asuka?"
"What?"
"What are we suppose to do?"
"Shinji-Shut up. We aren't doing anything."
"But Asuka, we should. Not about NERV, I mean. For Misato."
"Oh-I don't know. We do owe it to her." She sighed. "Kensuke was the first. Unless you're neglecting to tell me something."
"Yeah, Kensuke is the first of our friends I've seen in 8 years."
She slowly left her own bed, and moved to his. They kissed, and she slipped into the bed, and on top of him, resting her head on his chest.
"Asuka, please. If you fall asleep there I'll have another bruise-I don't want to break anything. You're already asleep, huh?"
Her eyes were slits, and her head had rolled limply to his shoulder.
"Yup. At least I bought ice bags."
The next morning, neither of them had moved, and Shinji smiled happily as their eyes met. "You made it through the night with out kicking me!"
"I can fix that." She snapped with a nasty grin, and rolled to one side, bending her led back.
"I made Breakfast!!" Misato called outside.
"Never mind." Asuka said. "Her cooking will do worse than a kick."
---
"I'm not going to work today." Asuka announced. "Already called in. Those noodles messed up my stomach."
"That's because you ate six bowls." Shinji mocked.
Asuka grimaced slightly, and her stomach gurgled audibly.
"And you had 3 beers."
Asuka narrowed her eyes and lay back on the floor, as Misato served what she was trying to pass as breakfast. She shot up a second later when the news perked her interest.
"In other news, Kiori's Ramen in the heart of Tokyo-3 exploded into flames late last night. Three people were found inside. Two have been treated on site, while a third, the owner, was pronounced dead.
"That's where we ate last night," Asuka said in a hushed whisper. "I feel like I'm going to die." She added, and fell back to the floor. "How come you only ate half a bowl?"
"Tasted funny. Smelled weird." Shinji replied.
They both fell silent when they heard Misato whisper a name, and both turned their attention to the TV again.
---
Ryoji Kaji stood outside the remains of the noodle place shivering. He was wrapped in the type of blanket they use for drowning victims. Beside him stood the waiter, who was shaking his head. Both were covered in ashes, Kaji especially, since his hair was slightly damp. He didn't appear to have aged.
---
"Let's go pick him up before someone dangerous sees him." Shinji offered.
"Most of the dangerous people probably won't be coming back-idiot." Asuka snapped, and doubled over with a groan.
But, HE is dangerous. Misato thought. "I'll go get him, you stay here and take care of Asuka."
Shinji nodded. "It's pretty close to the old entrance to the Geofront."
Misato nodded, and left in a slight daze.
As the door closed Asuka moved toward the couch, and collapsed there, breathing heavily.
"Told you you ate too much." He said jokingly, then noticed she was in too much pain to retort.
She broke into a coughing fit as he approached, and sat up quickly. The coughing quickly became violent but ended just as fast. A small stream of liquid curled out of the corner of her mouth.
"Don't move." Shinji ordered, and sat beside her, running a finger over the trail, then sniffing it. The look that crossed his face chilled her. "Asuka?"
"What?" she asked hoarsely.
"It's LCL."
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A/N: that's the end of CH.4. So what do you think? More to come!!!