Keyblade: Thanx for the review. Really appreciate your comments
LordVaughan: Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not put a lot of work into this. If you want to see a lot of work, hack into my computer and find my story "Space Phantoms" 300+ pages of solid writing, half a year's work on the writing alone, not to mention the planning and the character design, etc. This right here is just a bunch of random ideas strung together under the name Evangelion.
While I'm ranting about this, I'd just like to say why this will be the only fanfiction I will ever write: I believe that writing original fiction is more satisfying, because you have to come up with everything. The characters, the setting, the background, everything ha to come out of your own head, you have nothing set up in advance. I'm not bashing any fanfiction authors or fanfiction in general. There are a lot of good authors doing fanfiction, and a lot of good fanfiction works out there. But personally, I prefer writing original fiction.
And that was your rant for today.
Disclaimer: Shin Seiki Evangelion is owned by Hideaki Anno and Gainax. That sounds like a dishwashing detergent. Gainax, for the really tough stains. Sorry.
Fourth Impact Chapter 18: Attempts at Flirtation
"Good to see you again, Misa-chan." Takoru said as they met in the classroom. "I thought you would have been out all week."
Misato smiled wanly. "Adamu threatened to insult my heritage until I pulled myself together." She told him. "My pride wouldn't let me ignore him."
"Well, it looks like Soryu blood is good for something." He said with a smile. She swatted at him.
"Not you too." He grinned. A sudden crashing noise came from outside the classroom, and everyone turned to watch as Adamu ran in, chased by his sister. Lilliko was swinging a large stick at her brother and shouting at him. She chased him around the room a few times, then got tired and sat down.
"If you ever do that in public again, you little jerk, I will kill you!" she said finally, as Adamu took his seat across Misato.
Misato turned to him. "What did you do?" she asked, a bit worried.
"I tripped her as we were running to class." He told her. "She had woken up late, so had to eat breakfast on the run." His sister grunted angrily. "You should have seen her running through the streets with a piece of toast hanging out of her mouth." (AN: Had to put that in somewhere.)
"And you tripped while she was eating?" asked Misato. He shook his head.
"I tripped her after she finished. She's just upset because her satchel flew up and smacked her in the back of the head, and when she fell down, someone might have seen up her skirt."
Takoru grinned. "Then maybe she shouldn't wear her skirt so short." He said. Misato smirked while Lilliko glared at them. Takoru shook his head. "You should be careful, though, Adamu. I know of nothing more dangerous than an angry girl."
Adamu closed his eyes, unfazed. "Then you obviously haven't been paying attention."
(AN: Guess which one is my opinion. Remember, Lillith was female, and Adam was.did they say?)
Class started, and the students started goofing off as the teacher droned.
FallenAngel: Takoru, I'm not sure that making Lilliko upset is the best way to deal with her.
Joker: That's how I always treat my girlfriend.
FallenAngel: She's your girlfriend? Already?
Joker: No, we're not a couple yet. I'm just practicing.
SugarHigh: This isn't winning you any points, Takoru.
There was some muffled cursing as Takoru realized that he hadn't locked the conversation.
Joker: Sorry. Really, I am. Maybe I can make it up to you? Take you out to dinner, maybe?
SugarHigh: Do you think I'm stupid or something?
Joker: Of course not. I wouldn't invite an idiot out for a romantic dinner.
SugarHigh: It will be romantic up until the point where I stab you with a chopstick. No, you can't take me out to dinner. You could however, cut back on the veiled insults and the bad attempts at flirtation.
Joker: Oh, my poor heart. All right.
Misato strived hard to keep from laughing at them. Whether Lilliko knew it or not, Takoru was obviously smitten with her. Takoru never flirted with anyone. She suspected that Lilliko was just as taken by Takoru, but was unwilling to admit it.
Takoru looked up as his friends from the track team came over.
"Hey, man." Said a kid with bright yellow hair. "You're spending a lot of time with Ayanami."
Takoru nodded, digging into his lunch.
"She's an Angel, Takoru." Said another. "She's going to try and get you eventually." Takoru shook his head.
"That's not true." He told them. "She's a nice girl." The team looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with their captain.
Then one of them asked shakily, "You don't, you know, like her, do you?" Takoru froze. He turned slowly to face his friends. He looked at them, examined them. They had tolerated Misato but feared her from the start. When she had been revealed as an Angel, they had flew with everyone else. He only knew them through the track team and the football team. They were strong, invaluable players, and he had become close friends with them. But they still didn't understand his friendship with Misato, or his new friendship with Adamu and Lilliko.
"Perhaps."
They freaked out, to say the least.
"Come on, man!" said the one with yellow hair. "Your father works for NERV! You should know better about the Angels!"
"But that's it, Tekazu." Takoru replied. "I know about the Angels, and I know that Lilliko-chan isn't like the ones that attacked us seventeen years ago."
His friends went into a deep huddle, breaking and shaking their heads at him.
"You'll regret it." Said Tekazu. His eyes abruptly widened, and he ran off, followed by the rest of the group.
Takoru turned around to see Lilliko sauntering toward him, Misato and Adamu behind her. "Did I interrupt something?" she asked innocently.
"They were about to finish anyway." He told her. Then he turned to glance meaningfully at Misato and Adamu.
"So," he said making sure that they could hear him, "What's our next scheme for getting your bother and Misa-chan together?"
Lilliko grinned as both Adamu and Misato blushed. "I don't know, maybe a movie? We could go to a movie together, a scary one, and leave them when the movie heats up." She glanced at Misato, who was openly glaring at her. "I heard that hanging onto your potential boyfriend/girlfriend during a scary movie is a great way to get a relationship going."
Taokru nodded, smirking, and turned to Misato. "Hey, Misa-chan, you want to go to the theater this weekend? I heard that they're having a monster movie special on Saturday."
Smack. He fell back as her palm slammed into his cheek. Still grinning, he watched as she picked up her lunch. "Hey, don't leave." He pleaded. "Can't you take a joke?"
"You agreed to let Lilliko off of your list of people to annoy. I ask the same." She told him.
"But I'm not trying to get a date with you. Adamu is." Smack. This time its was Lilliko who hit him.
"I told you to cut the flirting." She said, sounding almost angry.
"I believe that you said that an angry girl is the most dangerous thing you know of." Remarked Adamu. "Apparently you have little fear."
Takoru shrugged. "No, I just have two sisters at home. My cheeks can take anything."
Misato and Lilliko glanced at each other. "Then perhaps I'll aim a bit lower this time." Misato said, pulling back for a punch. He immediately put his hands up in surrender.
"Okay! I'm sorry." He said. "Such short tempers." He shook his head. "For such cute girls you really are insecure."
That pushed Lilliko over the edge. She lunged at Takoru, who expertly dodged and was on his feet in an instant.
Misato sat back down and returned to her lunch. "Why do they want to get us together so much?" she asked.
"My sister thinks that I need to change my attitude, and that you are the best person to do so for me." Adamu replied. "Takoru just thinks that it would be funny." "Do you agree? With your sister, I mean." Asked Misato.
"If my sister is right, then my perspective is too skewed for me to know that I need help." He told her. They sat in silence for a few moments.
"Weirdo." Misato said finally.
"From my perspective I'm perfectly sane." He replied.
She rolled her eyes. "Maybe you really do need help. I mean, you tripped your own sister in public."
"Takoru teases you until you get mad." Adamu replied. "I fail to see the difference."
Takoru sat down again, panting heavily. "That was fun." He said. Suddenly he shot forward as a fist caught him from behind.
Lilliko sat down where he had been and whacked Adamu in the back of the head. "That was for this morning."
Takoru got to his feet and dusted himself of. "Wow. What's gotten you so upset?"
"It's the 14th." Said Adamu. Takoru looked at him, confused.
"What's that have to do with anything?" Lilliko glared at her brother, threatening him silently.
"I believe you people call it-" he was cut off as Lilliko's hand clamped over his mouth.
"You say a word and I will have to hurt you." she hissed.
Takoru's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, that's why she's upset. The 14th. Right." That time of the month.
Lilliko turned to him, bloodlust in her eyes. He grinned and offered her the remains of his lunch.
AN: Well, that was stupid. The only important part here is, well, the conversation with the other track team members. The rest is absolutely pointless, except for the bit at the end. I need that for further chapters.
And remember, the only thing more dangerous than an angry girl is an angry girl with a pointed stick. "A pointed stick? Fresh fruit not good enough for you, eh? Well let me tell you something me lad, when you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes at you with a bunch of loderberries, don't come crying to me."
-Monty Python, Self-Defense Class
LordVaughan: Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not put a lot of work into this. If you want to see a lot of work, hack into my computer and find my story "Space Phantoms" 300+ pages of solid writing, half a year's work on the writing alone, not to mention the planning and the character design, etc. This right here is just a bunch of random ideas strung together under the name Evangelion.
While I'm ranting about this, I'd just like to say why this will be the only fanfiction I will ever write: I believe that writing original fiction is more satisfying, because you have to come up with everything. The characters, the setting, the background, everything ha to come out of your own head, you have nothing set up in advance. I'm not bashing any fanfiction authors or fanfiction in general. There are a lot of good authors doing fanfiction, and a lot of good fanfiction works out there. But personally, I prefer writing original fiction.
And that was your rant for today.
Disclaimer: Shin Seiki Evangelion is owned by Hideaki Anno and Gainax. That sounds like a dishwashing detergent. Gainax, for the really tough stains. Sorry.
Fourth Impact Chapter 18: Attempts at Flirtation
"Good to see you again, Misa-chan." Takoru said as they met in the classroom. "I thought you would have been out all week."
Misato smiled wanly. "Adamu threatened to insult my heritage until I pulled myself together." She told him. "My pride wouldn't let me ignore him."
"Well, it looks like Soryu blood is good for something." He said with a smile. She swatted at him.
"Not you too." He grinned. A sudden crashing noise came from outside the classroom, and everyone turned to watch as Adamu ran in, chased by his sister. Lilliko was swinging a large stick at her brother and shouting at him. She chased him around the room a few times, then got tired and sat down.
"If you ever do that in public again, you little jerk, I will kill you!" she said finally, as Adamu took his seat across Misato.
Misato turned to him. "What did you do?" she asked, a bit worried.
"I tripped her as we were running to class." He told her. "She had woken up late, so had to eat breakfast on the run." His sister grunted angrily. "You should have seen her running through the streets with a piece of toast hanging out of her mouth." (AN: Had to put that in somewhere.)
"And you tripped while she was eating?" asked Misato. He shook his head.
"I tripped her after she finished. She's just upset because her satchel flew up and smacked her in the back of the head, and when she fell down, someone might have seen up her skirt."
Takoru grinned. "Then maybe she shouldn't wear her skirt so short." He said. Misato smirked while Lilliko glared at them. Takoru shook his head. "You should be careful, though, Adamu. I know of nothing more dangerous than an angry girl."
Adamu closed his eyes, unfazed. "Then you obviously haven't been paying attention."
(AN: Guess which one is my opinion. Remember, Lillith was female, and Adam was.did they say?)
Class started, and the students started goofing off as the teacher droned.
FallenAngel: Takoru, I'm not sure that making Lilliko upset is the best way to deal with her.
Joker: That's how I always treat my girlfriend.
FallenAngel: She's your girlfriend? Already?
Joker: No, we're not a couple yet. I'm just practicing.
SugarHigh: This isn't winning you any points, Takoru.
There was some muffled cursing as Takoru realized that he hadn't locked the conversation.
Joker: Sorry. Really, I am. Maybe I can make it up to you? Take you out to dinner, maybe?
SugarHigh: Do you think I'm stupid or something?
Joker: Of course not. I wouldn't invite an idiot out for a romantic dinner.
SugarHigh: It will be romantic up until the point where I stab you with a chopstick. No, you can't take me out to dinner. You could however, cut back on the veiled insults and the bad attempts at flirtation.
Joker: Oh, my poor heart. All right.
Misato strived hard to keep from laughing at them. Whether Lilliko knew it or not, Takoru was obviously smitten with her. Takoru never flirted with anyone. She suspected that Lilliko was just as taken by Takoru, but was unwilling to admit it.
Takoru looked up as his friends from the track team came over.
"Hey, man." Said a kid with bright yellow hair. "You're spending a lot of time with Ayanami."
Takoru nodded, digging into his lunch.
"She's an Angel, Takoru." Said another. "She's going to try and get you eventually." Takoru shook his head.
"That's not true." He told them. "She's a nice girl." The team looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with their captain.
Then one of them asked shakily, "You don't, you know, like her, do you?" Takoru froze. He turned slowly to face his friends. He looked at them, examined them. They had tolerated Misato but feared her from the start. When she had been revealed as an Angel, they had flew with everyone else. He only knew them through the track team and the football team. They were strong, invaluable players, and he had become close friends with them. But they still didn't understand his friendship with Misato, or his new friendship with Adamu and Lilliko.
"Perhaps."
They freaked out, to say the least.
"Come on, man!" said the one with yellow hair. "Your father works for NERV! You should know better about the Angels!"
"But that's it, Tekazu." Takoru replied. "I know about the Angels, and I know that Lilliko-chan isn't like the ones that attacked us seventeen years ago."
His friends went into a deep huddle, breaking and shaking their heads at him.
"You'll regret it." Said Tekazu. His eyes abruptly widened, and he ran off, followed by the rest of the group.
Takoru turned around to see Lilliko sauntering toward him, Misato and Adamu behind her. "Did I interrupt something?" she asked innocently.
"They were about to finish anyway." He told her. Then he turned to glance meaningfully at Misato and Adamu.
"So," he said making sure that they could hear him, "What's our next scheme for getting your bother and Misa-chan together?"
Lilliko grinned as both Adamu and Misato blushed. "I don't know, maybe a movie? We could go to a movie together, a scary one, and leave them when the movie heats up." She glanced at Misato, who was openly glaring at her. "I heard that hanging onto your potential boyfriend/girlfriend during a scary movie is a great way to get a relationship going."
Taokru nodded, smirking, and turned to Misato. "Hey, Misa-chan, you want to go to the theater this weekend? I heard that they're having a monster movie special on Saturday."
Smack. He fell back as her palm slammed into his cheek. Still grinning, he watched as she picked up her lunch. "Hey, don't leave." He pleaded. "Can't you take a joke?"
"You agreed to let Lilliko off of your list of people to annoy. I ask the same." She told him.
"But I'm not trying to get a date with you. Adamu is." Smack. This time its was Lilliko who hit him.
"I told you to cut the flirting." She said, sounding almost angry.
"I believe that you said that an angry girl is the most dangerous thing you know of." Remarked Adamu. "Apparently you have little fear."
Takoru shrugged. "No, I just have two sisters at home. My cheeks can take anything."
Misato and Lilliko glanced at each other. "Then perhaps I'll aim a bit lower this time." Misato said, pulling back for a punch. He immediately put his hands up in surrender.
"Okay! I'm sorry." He said. "Such short tempers." He shook his head. "For such cute girls you really are insecure."
That pushed Lilliko over the edge. She lunged at Takoru, who expertly dodged and was on his feet in an instant.
Misato sat back down and returned to her lunch. "Why do they want to get us together so much?" she asked.
"My sister thinks that I need to change my attitude, and that you are the best person to do so for me." Adamu replied. "Takoru just thinks that it would be funny." "Do you agree? With your sister, I mean." Asked Misato.
"If my sister is right, then my perspective is too skewed for me to know that I need help." He told her. They sat in silence for a few moments.
"Weirdo." Misato said finally.
"From my perspective I'm perfectly sane." He replied.
She rolled her eyes. "Maybe you really do need help. I mean, you tripped your own sister in public."
"Takoru teases you until you get mad." Adamu replied. "I fail to see the difference."
Takoru sat down again, panting heavily. "That was fun." He said. Suddenly he shot forward as a fist caught him from behind.
Lilliko sat down where he had been and whacked Adamu in the back of the head. "That was for this morning."
Takoru got to his feet and dusted himself of. "Wow. What's gotten you so upset?"
"It's the 14th." Said Adamu. Takoru looked at him, confused.
"What's that have to do with anything?" Lilliko glared at her brother, threatening him silently.
"I believe you people call it-" he was cut off as Lilliko's hand clamped over his mouth.
"You say a word and I will have to hurt you." she hissed.
Takoru's eyes widened in realization. "Oh, that's why she's upset. The 14th. Right." That time of the month.
Lilliko turned to him, bloodlust in her eyes. He grinned and offered her the remains of his lunch.
AN: Well, that was stupid. The only important part here is, well, the conversation with the other track team members. The rest is absolutely pointless, except for the bit at the end. I need that for further chapters.
And remember, the only thing more dangerous than an angry girl is an angry girl with a pointed stick. "A pointed stick? Fresh fruit not good enough for you, eh? Well let me tell you something me lad, when you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes at you with a bunch of loderberries, don't come crying to me."
-Monty Python, Self-Defense Class