Phew, Chapter 10! A two-digit number! *Swells with pride*
Anyway, if you've noticed, my story doesn't make use of any Japanese words. In some cases, other writers would use words like 'gomen' and 'baka', I chose to keep it strictly English.
You know, I've just realized that Pen Pen is absent from my story. However, I've come up with a pretty smooth rectification for this error. I'll put it to use in a future chapter. Anyway, I hope you guys like this chapter. I've also made changes to all the previous chapters to improve any errors and in some cases, add grammatical diversity.
Chapter 10
--Fan Fiction--
*Ikari Residence*
"So um, uh, Rei I wa-" Kensuke was silenced by another slap to the back of the head by Touji. He tried to ignore it and continue from where he left of. "I was wonde-" Silenced yet again by Touji.
Rei was studying the comical duo as she sat across from them on the couch with an emotionless look, however, inside she was grinning. The two boys had been here for 10 minutes, and yet not much had been said. Kensuke looked uncomfortable for some reason and Touji was glaring at him. Suddenly, one of them spoke out.
"So Ayanami, how's life been treating ya?" Touji asked casually
"If you are asking me whether the events that have happened in the past which are still relevant to an appropriate time space from the one we are currently occupying have been agreeable, then my reply is: 'Not bad'" She replied, Touji just stared dumbfounded at her.
"Err, that's good" He managed to reply after comprehending what she had said.
The front door opened, announcing the entrance of one Gendo Ikari, supreme commander of NERV.
He walks in to the living room and looks at the two boys.
"What is this Rei?" He looked at her sternly. "You never say a word and now you bring two boys in to my house?" He turned to look at Touji and Kensuke. "You better not try anything funny!" He all but shouted.
"Err, actually sir, we came to see Shinji" Touji stuttered out
"Are you his friends? I've never seen you before" Gendo said as he surveyed them both.
"Err, we've known him pretty much his whole life" Kensuke said
"Yeah, we hang out at your house almost every other week!" Touji added
Gendo looked at them both for a minute before he spoke again: "I have no time to waste on petulant children" He turned and started walking towards the door.
"Hey, hold on a sec!" Touji shouted after him and stood up. Kensuke stood up as well. Rei remained silent through the whole ordeal.
Gendo turned around and glared at him with his trademark 'turn them to stone' expression.
"What did you say?" He asked in a deadly whisper.
"Err" Touji's brave attitude vanished in a whiff of smoke.
"We just wanted to know where Shinji is!" Kensuke butted in saving his friend.
Gendo looked at them for a second further before he spoke: "He is with Major Katsuragi." With that he walked to the upper level of his house and left the boys alone with Rei again.
"HE'S WITH MISATO!" They both shouted.
A few minutes later as they got passed the shock, Touji spoke again: "Oh man, I wish I knew where she lived!"
A quiet voice from behind startled them both.
"I believe I can be of assistance." Rei spoke. They both gave her a questioning look.
---
Meanwhile, back in the Katsuragi household, Shinji and Asuka were enjoying a short break from their co-ordination training.
"Like I said before, Angels aren't worth this much trouble." Asuka commented.
"I'll say" Shinji replied, "But we're making good with the training. I'm sure we'll score 100 before the Angel can attack again"
"Of course!" Asuka said with confidence and pride in her voice. "You're working with the Great Asuka Langley Sohruy!" She then flicks his forehead and says: "You should appreciate your good fortune!"
Shinji responds by flicking her forehead in the same way she did his, and says: "And you should appreciate yours."
She looks at him for a moment, anger appears evident in her eyes, but then, unexpectedly, she bursts out laughing.
Shinji soon joins her. Misato walks in two the room and looks at the laughing teens. Soon they manage to get themselves under control and just stare at each other; dark blue meeting light blue, each smiling with content.
Misato clears her throat: "Am I interrupting anything?"
Misato startles both Shinji and Asuka, but neither of them says anything.
"Okay guys, time to get back to work." She tells them. They both sigh and proceed to the back of the living room where they can continue with their drills.
---
Meanwhile, somewhere in Tokyo 3, Touji and Kensuke, being led by Rei, are making their way towards the Katsuragi apartment.
"Hold on a second Rei" Touji burst out. "Misato used to baby-sit you and Shinji?"
"That is correct" Rei replies in her usual monotone voice.
"So, that's how you know where she lives" Kensuke mused.
"And that also explains why Misato and Shinji seem to be such good friends." Touji added.
---
Back in Misato's apartment, Shinji and Asuka are still practicing with their co-ordination drills, under the supervision of Misato. They had actually gone quite a way up from two days ago, and were currently synchronized in at 88%.
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"We're almost there." Rei told the two boys as they neared a nice looking apartment complex.
Suddenly, the trio spotted a brown haired pig tailed girl in their line of sight. She noticed them and waited for them to catch up.
"Hello!" Hikari told them in a cheery voice as they got near enough.
"Hey." Kensuke greeted.
"h-Hi class rep." Touji said as his throat suddenly began to tighten.
Kensuke saw his friend stutter and decided to do what he had done to him many times and smacked him on the back of the head. Touji was just about to hit him back when the class rep interrupted them by asking them a question.
"What are you guys doing here?" She asked
Kensuke was just about to answer but Rei spoke first.
"We have decided to pay Shinji a visit, and if you don't mind me asking, what is the purpose behind your presence in the area?"
"As the class rep, it's my duty to make sure that students who are absent from school for extended periods of time are given their homework assignments," Hikari explained, "And since Asuka hasn't been in school for the past two days, I came here to pay her a visit."
"She lives around here as well?" Kensuke asked.
"That's what the address says" The class rep replied looking down at a little slip she held in her hand. "Lets go and check it out."
The group made their way in to the apartment building and took the elevator to the 5th floor. Soon they arrived at a door labelled: 'Katsuragi Residence' The group was suspicious about this but rang the bell anyway.
A few seconds later, Misato opened the door. Touji almost passed out but managed to pull himself together just in time.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Misato asked
"Hi, we came to see Shinji/Asuka." Both Hikari and Kensuke spoke at the same time. Rei and Touji stood behind them not saying anything; Touji was clearly confused by the situation.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Hikari asked.
"I guess you can come in and ask them yourselves." Misato stepped aside to let them enter. "Follow me!"
The group followed Misato as she led them through the apartment towards the living room. "They're right though h-" she suddenly found herself un-able to say anything.
Behind her, the group finally managed to get a glimpse at whatever it was that had silenced the major, and they all gasped at what they saw (With the exception of Rei, although she did look surprised).
There, locked in a tight embrace, were Shinji and Asuka engaged in a passionate kiss. No one was able to say anything for a while, and it was clear that the two Pilots were so engaged in what they were doing they had not noticed the people that were now staring at them.
"OH MY GOD!" Misato, Touji, Kensuke and Hikari all shouted in unison. This finally got Shinji and Asuka's attention and they turned to the group that was now watching them with gaping eyes.
"Err, hi guys." Shinji finally managed to speak out, still not letting go of Asuka as she hung on to him.
---
To be continued.
Yep, that was the end of chapter 10. The next chapter will have the Angel battle in it, although I won't be the main focus.
Laterz ;-)
Anyway, if you've noticed, my story doesn't make use of any Japanese words. In some cases, other writers would use words like 'gomen' and 'baka', I chose to keep it strictly English.
You know, I've just realized that Pen Pen is absent from my story. However, I've come up with a pretty smooth rectification for this error. I'll put it to use in a future chapter. Anyway, I hope you guys like this chapter. I've also made changes to all the previous chapters to improve any errors and in some cases, add grammatical diversity.
Chapter 10
--Fan Fiction--
*Ikari Residence*
"So um, uh, Rei I wa-" Kensuke was silenced by another slap to the back of the head by Touji. He tried to ignore it and continue from where he left of. "I was wonde-" Silenced yet again by Touji.
Rei was studying the comical duo as she sat across from them on the couch with an emotionless look, however, inside she was grinning. The two boys had been here for 10 minutes, and yet not much had been said. Kensuke looked uncomfortable for some reason and Touji was glaring at him. Suddenly, one of them spoke out.
"So Ayanami, how's life been treating ya?" Touji asked casually
"If you are asking me whether the events that have happened in the past which are still relevant to an appropriate time space from the one we are currently occupying have been agreeable, then my reply is: 'Not bad'" She replied, Touji just stared dumbfounded at her.
"Err, that's good" He managed to reply after comprehending what she had said.
The front door opened, announcing the entrance of one Gendo Ikari, supreme commander of NERV.
He walks in to the living room and looks at the two boys.
"What is this Rei?" He looked at her sternly. "You never say a word and now you bring two boys in to my house?" He turned to look at Touji and Kensuke. "You better not try anything funny!" He all but shouted.
"Err, actually sir, we came to see Shinji" Touji stuttered out
"Are you his friends? I've never seen you before" Gendo said as he surveyed them both.
"Err, we've known him pretty much his whole life" Kensuke said
"Yeah, we hang out at your house almost every other week!" Touji added
Gendo looked at them both for a minute before he spoke again: "I have no time to waste on petulant children" He turned and started walking towards the door.
"Hey, hold on a sec!" Touji shouted after him and stood up. Kensuke stood up as well. Rei remained silent through the whole ordeal.
Gendo turned around and glared at him with his trademark 'turn them to stone' expression.
"What did you say?" He asked in a deadly whisper.
"Err" Touji's brave attitude vanished in a whiff of smoke.
"We just wanted to know where Shinji is!" Kensuke butted in saving his friend.
Gendo looked at them for a second further before he spoke: "He is with Major Katsuragi." With that he walked to the upper level of his house and left the boys alone with Rei again.
"HE'S WITH MISATO!" They both shouted.
A few minutes later as they got passed the shock, Touji spoke again: "Oh man, I wish I knew where she lived!"
A quiet voice from behind startled them both.
"I believe I can be of assistance." Rei spoke. They both gave her a questioning look.
---
Meanwhile, back in the Katsuragi household, Shinji and Asuka were enjoying a short break from their co-ordination training.
"Like I said before, Angels aren't worth this much trouble." Asuka commented.
"I'll say" Shinji replied, "But we're making good with the training. I'm sure we'll score 100 before the Angel can attack again"
"Of course!" Asuka said with confidence and pride in her voice. "You're working with the Great Asuka Langley Sohruy!" She then flicks his forehead and says: "You should appreciate your good fortune!"
Shinji responds by flicking her forehead in the same way she did his, and says: "And you should appreciate yours."
She looks at him for a moment, anger appears evident in her eyes, but then, unexpectedly, she bursts out laughing.
Shinji soon joins her. Misato walks in two the room and looks at the laughing teens. Soon they manage to get themselves under control and just stare at each other; dark blue meeting light blue, each smiling with content.
Misato clears her throat: "Am I interrupting anything?"
Misato startles both Shinji and Asuka, but neither of them says anything.
"Okay guys, time to get back to work." She tells them. They both sigh and proceed to the back of the living room where they can continue with their drills.
---
Meanwhile, somewhere in Tokyo 3, Touji and Kensuke, being led by Rei, are making their way towards the Katsuragi apartment.
"Hold on a second Rei" Touji burst out. "Misato used to baby-sit you and Shinji?"
"That is correct" Rei replies in her usual monotone voice.
"So, that's how you know where she lives" Kensuke mused.
"And that also explains why Misato and Shinji seem to be such good friends." Touji added.
---
Back in Misato's apartment, Shinji and Asuka are still practicing with their co-ordination drills, under the supervision of Misato. They had actually gone quite a way up from two days ago, and were currently synchronized in at 88%.
---
"We're almost there." Rei told the two boys as they neared a nice looking apartment complex.
Suddenly, the trio spotted a brown haired pig tailed girl in their line of sight. She noticed them and waited for them to catch up.
"Hello!" Hikari told them in a cheery voice as they got near enough.
"Hey." Kensuke greeted.
"h-Hi class rep." Touji said as his throat suddenly began to tighten.
Kensuke saw his friend stutter and decided to do what he had done to him many times and smacked him on the back of the head. Touji was just about to hit him back when the class rep interrupted them by asking them a question.
"What are you guys doing here?" She asked
Kensuke was just about to answer but Rei spoke first.
"We have decided to pay Shinji a visit, and if you don't mind me asking, what is the purpose behind your presence in the area?"
"As the class rep, it's my duty to make sure that students who are absent from school for extended periods of time are given their homework assignments," Hikari explained, "And since Asuka hasn't been in school for the past two days, I came here to pay her a visit."
"She lives around here as well?" Kensuke asked.
"That's what the address says" The class rep replied looking down at a little slip she held in her hand. "Lets go and check it out."
The group made their way in to the apartment building and took the elevator to the 5th floor. Soon they arrived at a door labelled: 'Katsuragi Residence' The group was suspicious about this but rang the bell anyway.
A few seconds later, Misato opened the door. Touji almost passed out but managed to pull himself together just in time.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Misato asked
"Hi, we came to see Shinji/Asuka." Both Hikari and Kensuke spoke at the same time. Rei and Touji stood behind them not saying anything; Touji was clearly confused by the situation.
"Hey! What's going on here?" Hikari asked.
"I guess you can come in and ask them yourselves." Misato stepped aside to let them enter. "Follow me!"
The group followed Misato as she led them through the apartment towards the living room. "They're right though h-" she suddenly found herself un-able to say anything.
Behind her, the group finally managed to get a glimpse at whatever it was that had silenced the major, and they all gasped at what they saw (With the exception of Rei, although she did look surprised).
There, locked in a tight embrace, were Shinji and Asuka engaged in a passionate kiss. No one was able to say anything for a while, and it was clear that the two Pilots were so engaged in what they were doing they had not noticed the people that were now staring at them.
"OH MY GOD!" Misato, Touji, Kensuke and Hikari all shouted in unison. This finally got Shinji and Asuka's attention and they turned to the group that was now watching them with gaping eyes.
"Err, hi guys." Shinji finally managed to speak out, still not letting go of Asuka as she hung on to him.
---
To be continued.
Yep, that was the end of chapter 10. The next chapter will have the Angel battle in it, although I won't be the main focus.
Laterz ;-)
