Okay, okay, so the last chapter sucked. Bear with me I have to get the boring stuff out the way. Anyway, any comments, blah, blah, e-mail me, write a review, whatever you want. And yes I know, everyone is OCC, but that's the point, innit?

--Fan Fiction-

The remainder of the school day was rather uneventful. After the last of the lectures finished, Shinji observed Asuka as she stormed out of the class in a hurry. He then turned to Rei who was packing the last of her belongings and approached her.

"Hey Rei, do you know where Asuka went off to in such a hurry?"

She looked at him and answered, "We have a sync test today, remember?"

"Oh yeah, well, we better get going then." And with that hey both made their way towards NERV HQ.

Later on, The pilots found themselves at NERV's test centre.

"Asuka, Shinji, Rei, are you guys ready to begin?" Ritsuko asked the three of them.

"We're all ready to go"

"Okay, initiate the neural connections, I want a check on their latest sync ratios." Ritsuko ordered.

"Final borderline has been breached," One of the techs stated." Neural connections stable"

Commander Ikari chose at that moment to enter the test chamber. "What are their latest scores doctor?"

"Ah, commander, Rei is stable at 69%" Ritsuko then looks down at the monitor. "The Second Child has a score of 86% and Shinji's at 78%"

"Very good, put me through to the children" The commander ordered, and a COM link was opened. "Well done Shinji, your score is up by 2 points." He then turned to the Second Child. "Pilot Sohruy?"

"Yes sir?"

"Congratulations, you've attained the highest sync ratio" With that the link was severed.

Asuka opened a private channel with Shinji, "Hah, did you see that Third, it's clear to everyone who the better pilot is!"

Shinji just smiled at this: "You're holding the flag for now, but I'm sure you won't mind a little friendly competition." He then winked at her and disconnected the line.

Now that the tests were over, the three pilots made their way to the changing rooms so they could get out of their plug suits and head home.

On the way out of the changing room, Shinji came face to face with Gendo Ikari. "Let's go Shinji, I'll drive Rei and you home" At the moment Rei walked up to them, and the three made their way to the parking. Gendo's car was followed by two of Section 2's security vehicles who guarded the commander and the pilots at all times.

The three finally made it home. Shinji and Rei sat on the couch, and Gendo went off to make some coffee.

"Shinji?"

"Yes Rei?"

"What do you think of Pilot Sohruy?"

"Asuka?" Shinji looked at Rei, "Well, I don't know. I think she's an interesting person."

Gendo walks in and sits on a chair across from the couch, holding a cup of hot coffee in his hand. He takes a sip and begins a conversation.

"So Shinji how was school?"

"Pretty normal, boring as usual. Oh yeah, Asuka's been put in to my class."

"Yes I know." Gendo smirked. "That was my doing."

Shinji looked at his father.

"For safety reasons of course" Gendo added hastily.

Rei was observing the conversation with a slightly amused look on her face.

"What-ever" Shinji said giving his dad an odd look. "Anyway, where will she be staying?"

"Major Katsuragi has volunteered to take her in" Gendo replied

"Misato?" Shinji queered

"That is correct." Gendo looked at his watch "It's getting late, I should get back to NERV HQ"

With that, he left Shinji and Rei and exited the apartment

"It's getting late Shinji, I'm going off to bed." Rei stated

"Aren't you hungry?" He asked

"No, thank you for asking" With that she made her way to her room.

"Well, I might as well call it a day" Shinji said to himself and then retired to his own room.

To be continued