Note: My real name is NOT Hideaki Anno. I do not own Gainax or any of its
creations, let alone Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Locations, characters,
ideas and themes present in this fan fic are used without permission from
Mr. Anno or Gainax.
Last time in The Last Gift She Expected... Asuka and Shinji's newfound relationship blossoms over the space of a day, with shopping and swimming lessons developing a close bond between the two pilots. Meanwhile, Hikari, Toji and Rei rush to the mall to buy Asuka a birthday present. Also, Misato endeavours in the ultimate struggle: beating Rei at chess...
And without further ado...
The Last Gift She Expected, Chapter 4: Necessary Precautions//Minutes Out...
"Hey Shinji, can you hear me?" Asuka heard Misato yell out. Asuka opened her eyes. She was in the Mt. Asaga hot springs. Misato was gazing over the divider, to where she knew Shinji would be.
Shinji replied. "Uh, yes, ma'am!"
"Could you throw over the body shampoo?" Misato asked. Asuka looked around at the empty bottle floating away from her. "We ran out of ours," Asuka added.
Splashes could be heard from over the divider, consistent with someone walking in water. "Okay, I'm throwing it over." Shinji said.
"Roger," Asuka called out. Asuka looked up over the wall, watching for the bottle. Huh? Where is it? She looked across to the left a little too late. The bottle hit Asuka.
"Ouch! You dork! You hit me! Ooh, you idiot!" Asuka shouted, barely hearing Shinji apologise, "Oww, you hit me in my most private parts..."
Asuka felt hands close around her lower waist. "Aw, let me take a look at it..."
Asuka let out a cry of surprise as Misato's hands reached up. "Aah! Stop it, that tickles!"
"Oh, your skin is so soft and smooth, Asuka!" Misato's hands travelled further south.
"Ah, don't touch me there!" Asuka cried as Misato's hands went further down. "Ooh..."
Misato's fingers found their way into Asuka's most private parts. Asuka felt a euphoric sensation wash through her...
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Asuka woke up with a gasp. Asuka was in her futon, in a darkened room. [What the hell brought that up?] Asuka sat up, and felt that her legs were damp. At first Asuka thought she had wet the bed. [Why now?] she thought, [I've never wet the...oh my God..]. Asuka realised what had happened. She then had enough sense to look at the clock. 16:58. One hour and two minutes until her sync test. Asuka rolled out of her puddle, and got out of bed. Opening the door slightly, she looked around for Shinji. He was sitting at the table, holding something in his hands. Asuka creaked open the door, taking one step out of the door. Shinji perked his ears, and Asuka froze with fear.
Shinji fiddled around with the thing he held. "Damn flat batteries..." Shinji opened the back of his SDAT, pulling out the cells. From this angle, Asuka could tell that Shinji was wearing earphones. Asuka brazenly took another step. No reaction. Asuka tiptoed for the bathroom. A few seconds later, Shinji heard the shower turn on.
"Asuka," Shinji called out, "Is that you?"
Asuka jumped with shock inside the shower. "Uh, yeah, it's just me..."
Shinji called out to Asuka again. "You know you've got another hour..."
"Yeah, I know. I just want to eat before I go."
"Alright, but don't eat too much..."
Shinji went back to the table. Sitting down again, he pulled out a box from his pocket. Shinji was shot up with nerves. [I hope she likes it...]
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Asuka slid her security card through the reader, and the large blast doors in front of her opened up. She was about to walk through it when she heard a gasp behind her. Looking around for a split second, Asuka thought she saw a dress disappear behind a pillar. Asuka's attention was pulled back to Ritsuko. who was waiting for her after the first security door.
"How are you feeling today, Asuka?" Ritsuko asked.
"Alright, I suppose. Um, after the test, I have to talk to you about something..." Asuka looked back to the pillar. Nothing there this time... [Must have been my imagination...]
"Well, we can talk about it now, if you want...it's just that I have a lot of paperwork to do afterwards..."
Asuka looked back and nodded. They walked into Ritsuko's private office. Ritsuko sat down.
"Now, what's your problem?" Ritsuko looked at Asuka.
"Well, it's kinda personal," Asuka began, "I don't know how to put it..."
"You want to know about having a relationship?"
Asuka looked at Ritsuko with shock. "How did you know?"
"Women's intuition," Ritsuko smiled, "Who's the lucky guy?"
"Is it really any of your business?"
"Well, yes, seeing as you do save the world on a regular basis as a living."
"Well, so does he..."
Ritsuko choked and sputtered on her coffee. "Shinji!? You're going out with Shinji!?"
Asuka blushed. "Well, he's caring, sensitive, very supportive of his friends..."
[Oh, don't I know that? He bit my head off the other day..]."Well, I suppose I have no right to disapprove. It's your life. Anyway, now that you're of mature age, it's a part of your contract that while you are an Eva pilot, you have to have a contraceptive implant."
"Ooh, that sounds painful..."
"Oh no," Ritsuko said, "We just inject some muscle stimulant into your fallopian tubes to tighten them, cutting the ovulation process short."
"Muscle stimulant?" Asuka had a wicked idea. "What if this stimulant were used, say, just short of the fallopian tubes...?"
Ritsuko grinned, chuckling softly. "You like the idea? It seems nice at first, but however good it is, it's not good when it's constantly in effect for about a month."
Asuka's eyes widened. "Really?!" she said, excitedly.
"Listen, I tried it once, and it isn't pleasant. Trust me." Ritsuko's eyes sharpened.
"Okay...but what if I don't put it in properly...?"
"That's why you get either me or Maya to do it. We're trained in this kind of thing..."
Asuka gave Ritsuko a doubtful look. Ritsuko laughed. "No, it's nothing like that. It's just an needle in the lower abdomen. I don't need to play around down there."
Asuka was sufficiently reassured. No way she was going to have some middle aged wench toy with her most private parts...again...
"So, when can I get this injection?"
"I'll give it to you after your test."
Asuka thanked Ritsuko. "It's good to know that I can talk to you about this kind of thing. Usually I would go to Misato, but I can't find her anywhere..."
Ritsuko stood up. "Well, let's get you tested, huh?"
Asuka nodded. "Okay."
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Hikari and Toji were walking towards NERV Central. It was a warmer than normal afternoon, the sun about halfway behind the horizon.
"I can't wait to see what NERV looks like on the inside..." Toji said for the umpteenth time that day. "So, what did you get her?" Hikari asked.
"I got her a mobile phone," Toji answered. "I figured she's be needing one for work, like Shinji's got. How about you?"
"I got her a pair of heels," Hikari said, "Rei told me she liked those shoes."
"Rei? Talking?" Toji was dumbfounded. "Well, I suppose she did laugh out loud like that in the mall just before..."
"Yeah..." Hikari waited at an intersection, across the road from NERV Central. Toji and Hikari crossed the road, Hikari ahead of Toji as they rounded the corner. As soon as they walked past the first pillar, Hikari gasped. Asuka was there, swiping a card through a security door. Hikari quickly backed behind the pillar, pushing Toji back there with her. Hikari heard the door open, and footsteps go through it. Risking a peep, Hikari peered out from behind the pillar. Asuka was gone. Hikari breathed a sigh of relief as she walked back from around the pillar, and saw Kensuke run from the opposite direction.
"Hey, Toji! Hikari!" Kensuke shouted, short of breath, "Wait up!"
"Kensuke!" Toji greeted him. "How are you?"
"Alright. I had to wait for Asuka's present to stop burning..."
Toji and Hikari looked at each other, dumbfounded. "Uh, Kensuke?"
"Yeah?" Kensuke turned to Hikari.
"Never mind..."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Kensuke asked. He walked over to the blast doors. Sliding his temporary pass through the security locks, he watched as the doors opened, the code 51825762 flashing on the display. He walked through, almost tiptoeing, seemingly with nerves. When he was on the inside, he stopped. "This is it," he said to himself, "I'm actually inside NERV!"
Toji walked on through with Hikari. "Hey, Kensuke, don't stand there all night!"
Kensuke snapped out of it. "Oh, of course."
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Ritsuko monitored the screens in front of her. She had checked and doublechecked that the sensors were attached. Asuka was sitting in the plug, putting on the synchronisation of her life. Ritsuko was astounded with the results of a lot of pressure. [86.9%. That's a new record...] Ritsuko sipped at the canned coffee, when Maya arrived.
"Dr. Akagi, the first guests have arrived."
"Good. Show them to the Bridge." Maya nodded. As she left, Shinji entered.
"How's she doing?" Shinji asked.
"Great. She broke your sync record."
[Damn! That record had stood since the underwater Angel! Ah, well...]
"Uh, Ritsuko..." Shinji didn't quite know how to ask Ritsuko this. "Has Asuka..."
"Told me about you two? Yeah," Ritsuko said, "And it's okay to...you know...you don't need protection..."
"Oh. Alright..." Shinji walked off. Ritsuko smiled. [Some things never change.]
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Shinji walked out of the room and headed to Misato's office. He found her sitting at her computer, deep in thought.
"Hey Misato," Shinji greeted her. Misato either didn't notice him, or didn't care. She moved her mouse, dragging something with it on the computer. [There, that'll hold off the queen for a while...oh, no, that's what was holding off the bishop!]
"Damn! Please don't see it...!"
Meanwhile, in the NERV female changerooms, Rei smiled in the glow of her laptop monitor. [It seems that Katsuragi has fallen for it again...]
Sure enough, after a few seconds, the words 'CHECKMATE PLAYER 2' flashed in Misato's face again.
"Bah! That's it!" Misato withdrew gun from holster, levelling it at the monitor. She screamed as she fired three shots at the the screen, turned to the computer itself and emptied the rest of the clip. She then threw her gun at the computer, and kicked the monitor from the table, sending it crashing onto another destroyed monitor. She leapt over the table and had begun kicking the broken computer parts, when she finally noticed Shinji at the door, bemused at the sight in front of him. Back in the changerooms, Rei began to think something was wrong with her laptop when it failed to establish a reconnection with host server.
"Oh! Shinji...what are you doing here?"
Shinji stifled a laugh. "I came to see what you were doing while I was waiting for Asuka to finish her sync test."
"Uh, well..." Misato tried to explain the smouldering pile of metal and silicon that once was her computer. "I was just surfing the internet, and the whole computer crashed..."
Shinji laughed. "Are you sure that it wasn't you that crashed the computer?" His attention was drawn to a colourful board in the corner of the room. "Hey, what's that?"
It was a montage board, displaying various memorable moments in Asuka's few years in Tokyo 3 immortalised in photographs. A particular photo in the bottom-left corner got his attention, a certain photo taken after Angel number 6...
"Misato! I don't want this picture on the board!" Shinji pointed at himself in the picture, hiding his faux mammaries.
"Oh, come on, quit whining!" Misato reholstered her weapon. "Actually, there is something you can do for me..."
"Okay, then."
"Three floors down, go left from the elevator, and the first door to your right. It's the Supplies room."
Shinji was confused. "What do I do there?"
Misato blushed. "Tell them I need a new computer..."
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Asuka walked into the changerooms, a NERV standard issue towel getting wet and sticky with LCL. While she was drying herself off, she saw Rei leave, clutching a laptop, and another box behind it. Asuka had to take another look, because she swore she'd seen Rei blushing. [What the hell?] Asuka shrugged, and went to her sports bag. Pulling out her favourite skirt, she slid it on over the top of her towel, then letting her towel drop to the floor. A few questions were raised in Asuka's head, such as why Ritsuko would leave her post yesterday, and why Rei was even here tonight. [Gendo probably wants a dinner date or something...] Asuka smiled at her little quip. Asuka was about to leave when she literally walked straight into Ritsuko. It was hard to tell who was the more surprised.
"Asuka! Thought I'd meet you here."
"Hey, Ritsuko," Asuka greeted the scientist, "I was just going to look for you."
"Oh, yeah, I brought that shot for you." Ritsuko held up the syringe.
Asuka cringed. "Ah...just give a second, okay?"
"No problem, I can wait."
Asuka went back into the changerooms briefly. [If I knew she'd be injecting that stuff into her straight away, she would have put on panties.] Ritsuko waited by the door as Asuka quickly put on a pair of underwear. A few seconds later, Asuka reemerged from the changerooms.
"Alright, let's get this over with," Asuka said, "I still have to talk to the Commander."
Ritsuko smirked. "Okay, come with me."
Asuka followed Ritsuko into the Infirmary. "Lie down on the bed," Ritsuko told Asuka.
Asuka nodded, and walked to the bed. She felt her stomach sink as she remembered the pain involved with her last injection, back in Germany in 2004. "Is it...gonna hurt?"
Ritsuko smiled. "Barely. Needles are made of optic fibre now, instead of metal. It's narrow enough to not disturb the nerve endings. You'll barely feel it."
Asuka felt slightly relieved. Ritsuko brandished the needle, and Asuka was even more relieved. It was so small!
"Okay, lift up your...oh, dress..." Ritsuko gave a slight, twisted smile.
"WHAT!? LIFT UP MY WHAT!?" Asuka sat up. "PERVERSE IDIOTI!"
"Asuka! I told you before, the injection needs to be made in the abdomen. You have to lift you dress so I can make the injection."
Asuka calmed down, lay back down, and lifted her skirt. Ritsuko tested the needle, squirting a little of the clear liquid out, making sure it didn't splash onto her or Asuka's exposed flesh. Ritsuko cleaned the injection site.
"Wow, you skin is so soft and smooth, Asuka..."
Asuka's eyes widened with deja-vu. She jerked back, leaning against the bedhead, frightened by the compliment. [Aah! That's what Misato said back at Mt. Asama! Ritsuko wouldn't...would she?]
"What's wrong?" Ritsuko asked gently, "Are you okay?"
Asuka relaxed. "Yeah, I'm okay." She slid back down the bed, once again exposing the shot site. Ritsuko then preceded to hold down the injection site and readied the needle. [What scared her so much about that? Had someone tried to...take advantage of her before?] Ritsuko inserted the needle, drawing little or no blood.
"Mmm, you're right," Asuka said, "It doesn't hurt at all..."
"See?" She plunged the end of the needle, squeezing the fluid into her abdomen. Withdrawing the needle, Ritsuko looked at Asuka's panties. [Aw, why not?] While lifting her hand off of the injection site, the doctor's fingers tickled over Asuka's crotch.
"Aah!" Asuka sat up in surprise.
"Oh! I'm sorry," Ritsuko looked at Asuka, withdrawing her hand quickly, with an expression of apology. She turned around, and gave a grin. [So sensitive...]
Asuka looked at Ritsuko. She didn't trust Ritsuko that that was entirely accidental. [Wait...Ritsuko isn't...]
"There. All done." Ritsuko turned to Asuka. "You can go now."
Asuka sat up, her skirt falling back to where it should be. "Thank you, Dr. Akagi," Asuka said, backing out of the room. Asuka had barely cleared the door when she turned and ran from the infirmary. Ritsuko looked out the door, following Asuka's thighs with her eyes...
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Shinji walked into Misato's office, a computer and monitor piled in his arms. "Misato!"
Misato looked up. "Oh, Shinji!" Misato walked over to Shinji, and relieved him of the monitor. They set their respective loads down onto her desk.
"Thanks, Shinji," Misato said, dusting her hands, "You're pretty useful."
Shinji laughed. "It was nothing, Misato."
Misato put on her game face. "Alright, Shinji, listen up. Asuka should be out of her sync test by now. You have to make sure she doesn't reach Gendo's office, because he won't be there. He'll be at the Bridge, and so will be the party. You know where that is, don't you?"
"Uh, not qui-"
"Good. Intercept the target and lure it towards the Bridge to launch the surprise attack. Any questions?"
"Just one. Where's the Bri-"
"The Bridge is on floor Basement 09. Take the elevator, first left, thrid right, third door to the left."
"Got it."
"Alright, off you go. Shoo!" Misato kicked Shinji out of the room. Shinji watched the door close behind him. He took a few steps away from the door, and then stopped to look at the photo that he had pulled off the board. Sure enough, it was the one of him and Asuka after their defeat of the sixth Angel in the Pacific. Shinji went up to the window of Misato's office and knocked on it. Misato turned to see where the knock came from. Shinji pressed the photo against the glass.
"Huh!?" Misato glanced at the montage board, and saw that a photo was missing. "Hey!"
Shinji grabbed hold of the photo again, and tore it into tiny, irrecognisable pieces. Misato was fuming. Shinji walked off, happy with himself.
Misato immediately cheered up, and went to her desk. She had backed up all of the pictures taken to a disk, and had easy access to a printer. [Poor Shinji thought he'd stopped me...]
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Will Asuka tell Shinji about what happened? If so, how will he take it? Should Ritsuko fill out a will? Can NERV afford all of these new computers for Misato!? All this and more, in the next The Last Gift She Expected!
Note: My real name is NOT Hideaki Anno. I do not own Gainax or any of its creations, let alone Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Locations, characters, ideas and themes present in this fan fic are used without permission from Mr. Anno or Gainax.
Last time in The Last Gift She Expected... Asuka and Shinji's newfound relationship blossoms over the space of a day, with shopping and swimming lessons developing a close bond between the two pilots. Meanwhile, Hikari, Toji and Rei rush to the mall to buy Asuka a birthday present. Also, Misato endeavours in the ultimate struggle: beating Rei at chess...
And without further ado...
The Last Gift She Expected, Chapter 4: Necessary Precautions//Minutes Out...
"Hey Shinji, can you hear me?" Asuka heard Misato yell out. Asuka opened her eyes. She was in the Mt. Asaga hot springs. Misato was gazing over the divider, to where she knew Shinji would be.
Shinji replied. "Uh, yes, ma'am!"
"Could you throw over the body shampoo?" Misato asked. Asuka looked around at the empty bottle floating away from her. "We ran out of ours," Asuka added.
Splashes could be heard from over the divider, consistent with someone walking in water. "Okay, I'm throwing it over." Shinji said.
"Roger," Asuka called out. Asuka looked up over the wall, watching for the bottle. Huh? Where is it? She looked across to the left a little too late. The bottle hit Asuka.
"Ouch! You dork! You hit me! Ooh, you idiot!" Asuka shouted, barely hearing Shinji apologise, "Oww, you hit me in my most private parts..."
Asuka felt hands close around her lower waist. "Aw, let me take a look at it..."
Asuka let out a cry of surprise as Misato's hands reached up. "Aah! Stop it, that tickles!"
"Oh, your skin is so soft and smooth, Asuka!" Misato's hands travelled further south.
"Ah, don't touch me there!" Asuka cried as Misato's hands went further down. "Ooh..."
Misato's fingers found their way into Asuka's most private parts. Asuka felt a euphoric sensation wash through her...
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Asuka woke up with a gasp. Asuka was in her futon, in a darkened room. [What the hell brought that up?] Asuka sat up, and felt that her legs were damp. At first Asuka thought she had wet the bed. [Why now?] she thought, [I've never wet the...oh my God..]. Asuka realised what had happened. She then had enough sense to look at the clock. 16:58. One hour and two minutes until her sync test. Asuka rolled out of her puddle, and got out of bed. Opening the door slightly, she looked around for Shinji. He was sitting at the table, holding something in his hands. Asuka creaked open the door, taking one step out of the door. Shinji perked his ears, and Asuka froze with fear.
Shinji fiddled around with the thing he held. "Damn flat batteries..." Shinji opened the back of his SDAT, pulling out the cells. From this angle, Asuka could tell that Shinji was wearing earphones. Asuka brazenly took another step. No reaction. Asuka tiptoed for the bathroom. A few seconds later, Shinji heard the shower turn on.
"Asuka," Shinji called out, "Is that you?"
Asuka jumped with shock inside the shower. "Uh, yeah, it's just me..."
Shinji called out to Asuka again. "You know you've got another hour..."
"Yeah, I know. I just want to eat before I go."
"Alright, but don't eat too much..."
Shinji went back to the table. Sitting down again, he pulled out a box from his pocket. Shinji was shot up with nerves. [I hope she likes it...]
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Asuka slid her security card through the reader, and the large blast doors in front of her opened up. She was about to walk through it when she heard a gasp behind her. Looking around for a split second, Asuka thought she saw a dress disappear behind a pillar. Asuka's attention was pulled back to Ritsuko. who was waiting for her after the first security door.
"How are you feeling today, Asuka?" Ritsuko asked.
"Alright, I suppose. Um, after the test, I have to talk to you about something..." Asuka looked back to the pillar. Nothing there this time... [Must have been my imagination...]
"Well, we can talk about it now, if you want...it's just that I have a lot of paperwork to do afterwards..."
Asuka looked back and nodded. They walked into Ritsuko's private office. Ritsuko sat down.
"Now, what's your problem?" Ritsuko looked at Asuka.
"Well, it's kinda personal," Asuka began, "I don't know how to put it..."
"You want to know about having a relationship?"
Asuka looked at Ritsuko with shock. "How did you know?"
"Women's intuition," Ritsuko smiled, "Who's the lucky guy?"
"Is it really any of your business?"
"Well, yes, seeing as you do save the world on a regular basis as a living."
"Well, so does he..."
Ritsuko choked and sputtered on her coffee. "Shinji!? You're going out with Shinji!?"
Asuka blushed. "Well, he's caring, sensitive, very supportive of his friends..."
[Oh, don't I know that? He bit my head off the other day..]."Well, I suppose I have no right to disapprove. It's your life. Anyway, now that you're of mature age, it's a part of your contract that while you are an Eva pilot, you have to have a contraceptive implant."
"Ooh, that sounds painful..."
"Oh no," Ritsuko said, "We just inject some muscle stimulant into your fallopian tubes to tighten them, cutting the ovulation process short."
"Muscle stimulant?" Asuka had a wicked idea. "What if this stimulant were used, say, just short of the fallopian tubes...?"
Ritsuko grinned, chuckling softly. "You like the idea? It seems nice at first, but however good it is, it's not good when it's constantly in effect for about a month."
Asuka's eyes widened. "Really?!" she said, excitedly.
"Listen, I tried it once, and it isn't pleasant. Trust me." Ritsuko's eyes sharpened.
"Okay...but what if I don't put it in properly...?"
"That's why you get either me or Maya to do it. We're trained in this kind of thing..."
Asuka gave Ritsuko a doubtful look. Ritsuko laughed. "No, it's nothing like that. It's just an needle in the lower abdomen. I don't need to play around down there."
Asuka was sufficiently reassured. No way she was going to have some middle aged wench toy with her most private parts...again...
"So, when can I get this injection?"
"I'll give it to you after your test."
Asuka thanked Ritsuko. "It's good to know that I can talk to you about this kind of thing. Usually I would go to Misato, but I can't find her anywhere..."
Ritsuko stood up. "Well, let's get you tested, huh?"
Asuka nodded. "Okay."
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Hikari and Toji were walking towards NERV Central. It was a warmer than normal afternoon, the sun about halfway behind the horizon.
"I can't wait to see what NERV looks like on the inside..." Toji said for the umpteenth time that day. "So, what did you get her?" Hikari asked.
"I got her a mobile phone," Toji answered. "I figured she's be needing one for work, like Shinji's got. How about you?"
"I got her a pair of heels," Hikari said, "Rei told me she liked those shoes."
"Rei? Talking?" Toji was dumbfounded. "Well, I suppose she did laugh out loud like that in the mall just before..."
"Yeah..." Hikari waited at an intersection, across the road from NERV Central. Toji and Hikari crossed the road, Hikari ahead of Toji as they rounded the corner. As soon as they walked past the first pillar, Hikari gasped. Asuka was there, swiping a card through a security door. Hikari quickly backed behind the pillar, pushing Toji back there with her. Hikari heard the door open, and footsteps go through it. Risking a peep, Hikari peered out from behind the pillar. Asuka was gone. Hikari breathed a sigh of relief as she walked back from around the pillar, and saw Kensuke run from the opposite direction.
"Hey, Toji! Hikari!" Kensuke shouted, short of breath, "Wait up!"
"Kensuke!" Toji greeted him. "How are you?"
"Alright. I had to wait for Asuka's present to stop burning..."
Toji and Hikari looked at each other, dumbfounded. "Uh, Kensuke?"
"Yeah?" Kensuke turned to Hikari.
"Never mind..."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Kensuke asked. He walked over to the blast doors. Sliding his temporary pass through the security locks, he watched as the doors opened, the code 51825762 flashing on the display. He walked through, almost tiptoeing, seemingly with nerves. When he was on the inside, he stopped. "This is it," he said to himself, "I'm actually inside NERV!"
Toji walked on through with Hikari. "Hey, Kensuke, don't stand there all night!"
Kensuke snapped out of it. "Oh, of course."
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Ritsuko monitored the screens in front of her. She had checked and doublechecked that the sensors were attached. Asuka was sitting in the plug, putting on the synchronisation of her life. Ritsuko was astounded with the results of a lot of pressure. [86.9%. That's a new record...] Ritsuko sipped at the canned coffee, when Maya arrived.
"Dr. Akagi, the first guests have arrived."
"Good. Show them to the Bridge." Maya nodded. As she left, Shinji entered.
"How's she doing?" Shinji asked.
"Great. She broke your sync record."
[Damn! That record had stood since the underwater Angel! Ah, well...]
"Uh, Ritsuko..." Shinji didn't quite know how to ask Ritsuko this. "Has Asuka..."
"Told me about you two? Yeah," Ritsuko said, "And it's okay to...you know...you don't need protection..."
"Oh. Alright..." Shinji walked off. Ritsuko smiled. [Some things never change.]
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Shinji walked out of the room and headed to Misato's office. He found her sitting at her computer, deep in thought.
"Hey Misato," Shinji greeted her. Misato either didn't notice him, or didn't care. She moved her mouse, dragging something with it on the computer. [There, that'll hold off the queen for a while...oh, no, that's what was holding off the bishop!]
"Damn! Please don't see it...!"
Meanwhile, in the NERV female changerooms, Rei smiled in the glow of her laptop monitor. [It seems that Katsuragi has fallen for it again...]
Sure enough, after a few seconds, the words 'CHECKMATE PLAYER 2' flashed in Misato's face again.
"Bah! That's it!" Misato withdrew gun from holster, levelling it at the monitor. She screamed as she fired three shots at the the screen, turned to the computer itself and emptied the rest of the clip. She then threw her gun at the computer, and kicked the monitor from the table, sending it crashing onto another destroyed monitor. She leapt over the table and had begun kicking the broken computer parts, when she finally noticed Shinji at the door, bemused at the sight in front of him. Back in the changerooms, Rei began to think something was wrong with her laptop when it failed to establish a reconnection with host server.
"Oh! Shinji...what are you doing here?"
Shinji stifled a laugh. "I came to see what you were doing while I was waiting for Asuka to finish her sync test."
"Uh, well..." Misato tried to explain the smouldering pile of metal and silicon that once was her computer. "I was just surfing the internet, and the whole computer crashed..."
Shinji laughed. "Are you sure that it wasn't you that crashed the computer?" His attention was drawn to a colourful board in the corner of the room. "Hey, what's that?"
It was a montage board, displaying various memorable moments in Asuka's few years in Tokyo 3 immortalised in photographs. A particular photo in the bottom-left corner got his attention, a certain photo taken after Angel number 6...
"Misato! I don't want this picture on the board!" Shinji pointed at himself in the picture, hiding his faux mammaries.
"Oh, come on, quit whining!" Misato reholstered her weapon. "Actually, there is something you can do for me..."
"Okay, then."
"Three floors down, go left from the elevator, and the first door to your right. It's the Supplies room."
Shinji was confused. "What do I do there?"
Misato blushed. "Tell them I need a new computer..."
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Asuka walked into the changerooms, a NERV standard issue towel getting wet and sticky with LCL. While she was drying herself off, she saw Rei leave, clutching a laptop, and another box behind it. Asuka had to take another look, because she swore she'd seen Rei blushing. [What the hell?] Asuka shrugged, and went to her sports bag. Pulling out her favourite skirt, she slid it on over the top of her towel, then letting her towel drop to the floor. A few questions were raised in Asuka's head, such as why Ritsuko would leave her post yesterday, and why Rei was even here tonight. [Gendo probably wants a dinner date or something...] Asuka smiled at her little quip. Asuka was about to leave when she literally walked straight into Ritsuko. It was hard to tell who was the more surprised.
"Asuka! Thought I'd meet you here."
"Hey, Ritsuko," Asuka greeted the scientist, "I was just going to look for you."
"Oh, yeah, I brought that shot for you." Ritsuko held up the syringe.
Asuka cringed. "Ah...just give a second, okay?"
"No problem, I can wait."
Asuka went back into the changerooms briefly. [If I knew she'd be injecting that stuff into her straight away, she would have put on panties.] Ritsuko waited by the door as Asuka quickly put on a pair of underwear. A few seconds later, Asuka reemerged from the changerooms.
"Alright, let's get this over with," Asuka said, "I still have to talk to the Commander."
Ritsuko smirked. "Okay, come with me."
Asuka followed Ritsuko into the Infirmary. "Lie down on the bed," Ritsuko told Asuka.
Asuka nodded, and walked to the bed. She felt her stomach sink as she remembered the pain involved with her last injection, back in Germany in 2004. "Is it...gonna hurt?"
Ritsuko smiled. "Barely. Needles are made of optic fibre now, instead of metal. It's narrow enough to not disturb the nerve endings. You'll barely feel it."
Asuka felt slightly relieved. Ritsuko brandished the needle, and Asuka was even more relieved. It was so small!
"Okay, lift up your...oh, dress..." Ritsuko gave a slight, twisted smile.
"WHAT!? LIFT UP MY WHAT!?" Asuka sat up. "PERVERSE IDIOTI!"
"Asuka! I told you before, the injection needs to be made in the abdomen. You have to lift you dress so I can make the injection."
Asuka calmed down, lay back down, and lifted her skirt. Ritsuko tested the needle, squirting a little of the clear liquid out, making sure it didn't splash onto her or Asuka's exposed flesh. Ritsuko cleaned the injection site.
"Wow, you skin is so soft and smooth, Asuka..."
Asuka's eyes widened with deja-vu. She jerked back, leaning against the bedhead, frightened by the compliment. [Aah! That's what Misato said back at Mt. Asama! Ritsuko wouldn't...would she?]
"What's wrong?" Ritsuko asked gently, "Are you okay?"
Asuka relaxed. "Yeah, I'm okay." She slid back down the bed, once again exposing the shot site. Ritsuko then preceded to hold down the injection site and readied the needle. [What scared her so much about that? Had someone tried to...take advantage of her before?] Ritsuko inserted the needle, drawing little or no blood.
"Mmm, you're right," Asuka said, "It doesn't hurt at all..."
"See?" She plunged the end of the needle, squeezing the fluid into her abdomen. Withdrawing the needle, Ritsuko looked at Asuka's panties. [Aw, why not?] While lifting her hand off of the injection site, the doctor's fingers tickled over Asuka's crotch.
"Aah!" Asuka sat up in surprise.
"Oh! I'm sorry," Ritsuko looked at Asuka, withdrawing her hand quickly, with an expression of apology. She turned around, and gave a grin. [So sensitive...]
Asuka looked at Ritsuko. She didn't trust Ritsuko that that was entirely accidental. [Wait...Ritsuko isn't...]
"There. All done." Ritsuko turned to Asuka. "You can go now."
Asuka sat up, her skirt falling back to where it should be. "Thank you, Dr. Akagi," Asuka said, backing out of the room. Asuka had barely cleared the door when she turned and ran from the infirmary. Ritsuko looked out the door, following Asuka's thighs with her eyes...
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Shinji walked into Misato's office, a computer and monitor piled in his arms. "Misato!"
Misato looked up. "Oh, Shinji!" Misato walked over to Shinji, and relieved him of the monitor. They set their respective loads down onto her desk.
"Thanks, Shinji," Misato said, dusting her hands, "You're pretty useful."
Shinji laughed. "It was nothing, Misato."
Misato put on her game face. "Alright, Shinji, listen up. Asuka should be out of her sync test by now. You have to make sure she doesn't reach Gendo's office, because he won't be there. He'll be at the Bridge, and so will be the party. You know where that is, don't you?"
"Uh, not qui-"
"Good. Intercept the target and lure it towards the Bridge to launch the surprise attack. Any questions?"
"Just one. Where's the Bri-"
"The Bridge is on floor Basement 09. Take the elevator, first left, thrid right, third door to the left."
"Got it."
"Alright, off you go. Shoo!" Misato kicked Shinji out of the room. Shinji watched the door close behind him. He took a few steps away from the door, and then stopped to look at the photo that he had pulled off the board. Sure enough, it was the one of him and Asuka after their defeat of the sixth Angel in the Pacific. Shinji went up to the window of Misato's office and knocked on it. Misato turned to see where the knock came from. Shinji pressed the photo against the glass.
"Huh!?" Misato glanced at the montage board, and saw that a photo was missing. "Hey!"
Shinji grabbed hold of the photo again, and tore it into tiny, irrecognisable pieces. Misato was fuming. Shinji walked off, happy with himself.
Misato immediately cheered up, and went to her desk. She had backed up all of the pictures taken to a disk, and had easy access to a printer. [Poor Shinji thought he'd stopped me...]
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Will Asuka tell Shinji about what happened? If so, how will he take it? Should Ritsuko fill out a will? Can NERV afford all of these new computers for Misato!? All this and more, in the next The Last Gift She Expected!
Note: My real name is NOT Hideaki Anno. I do not own Gainax or any of its creations, let alone Neon Genesis: Evangelion. Locations, characters, ideas and themes present in this fan fic are used without permission from Mr. Anno or Gainax.
