Shinji Grows Up

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TUESDAY...

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      "SHINJI WAKE UP!!!"

"WHAT?!, AS.... AHHHHHH GOD DAMN IT"

      "MEIN GOTT! IM SORRY SHINJI"

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...MORNING

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      Misato got out of bed yet again to see Asuka looking at the door of one Shinji Ikari. She looked warily at the girl. 'Hope he didn't get hit there again...' she thought

      "I punched him..." was the reply to what seemed to have read Misato's mind.

      "You punched him?"

      "Yes"

      "Where"

      "In the face"

      Misato groaned and walked to the kitchen to get the familiar icepack.

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      Shinji slouched on the chair, the back of his head resting on the top of the back of the chair and holding the icepack over his eye. Both roommates sat eating instant meals and watching if Shinji would blow up again.

      "DAMN IT, IT HURTS!!!" Misato's training showed itself as she dived behind the chair and held on to dear life, Asuka hid under the table, and next-door it sounded like someone dropped some dishes and yelled, "Please don't kill me!".

      "Uh... Shinji, Asuka apologized already don't you think its kind of poi..." she stopped after a fully force Ikari family glare was pointed at her.

      "What have I done" mumbled Asuka from under the table.

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      The walk to school was pretty interesting. Shinji appeared to have scared the crap out of boys 3 years older then him. Asuka walked behind him as he held his eye and cursed at the "pathetic waste of my time bastards" that tried to stomp him out for money. In fact Shinji stomped them out.... it wasn't pretty. Asuka seemed to have gained a little respect for him when she saw him roundhouse kick one of the goons into another. 'Jeez since when did he know karate?'

      Shinji stopped suddenly, Asuka barreling into him. She stepped back a few steps expecting him to yet again explode. 'Please don't kill me, please don't kill me' she thought as he slowly turned around. That's when it hit her hard; she saw the swollen eye that was just starting to change color. She looked at him full of guilt, and then looked down at the ground.

      "Asuka, next time please don't hit the door like you did, alright?" Shinji said in his regular "Shinji" voice.

      She looked up, half expecting him to pummel her for what she's done, was instead completely surprised by his voice. It was a tired voice, almost as if he's been in torture for a long time and cant take anymore. This made her feel guiltier for what she's done, just as she was about to speak Shinji turned around and walked to school.

      Asuka looked at his back as he walked across the street, her eyes streamed down to look at something else. She smacked herself and blushed. 'What the hell is wrong with me?' she thought as she followed.

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      The school was full of rumors this morning. The fight that happened outside in the streets where three boys from the upper classes got their butts completely kicked and the black eye that now Shinji sported. The sensei babbled on and on about the second impact, much to the displeasure of everyone in the class. The door suddenly opened and one of the boys that Shinji beat up came into the room with a note in his hands. The boy took one look at Shinji.

      "OH MY GOD ITS YOU! DONT HURT ME!!!" the boy ran through the door, literally because it was closed. The whole class looked at Shinji, the sensei looked at Shinji, the Section 2 security guys looked at Shinji through their hiding places, and at NERV headquarters in the office of the commander, Gendo Ikari let a small smirk from behind his hands.

      "Uh.... I can explain..." said the now blushing Shinji.

      "You beat them up?!"

      "Holy crap, how? They're older then you"

      "Wow you're my hero"

      So on it went as every student in the class was surrounding Shinji. The only people that were sitting were Asuka and Rei, who just looked at each other. Asuka almost went into a catatonic fit when she saw Rei shrug and look back into the laptop monitor.

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      The whole school knew about that fight, which kind of ticked Shinji off. Yes it ticked him off. He was getting way too much attention and that wasn't him at all. The male part of Shinji loved the attention he was getting from the girls.

      'Don't look at their chest' was all that he could think when probably one of the hottest girls in school came up to him and started talking to him. She seemed to have leaned up to his desk a little so that he could get a view. Shinji's head was in chaos, the gentlemen in him says not to look its not right and the other says look you know you want to. In fact let us look inside the mind of Shinji Ikari now.

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      All types of Shinji sat in a room, each looking identical to everyone but some dressed differently then the others. They all wore signs on their shirts indicating what they were. One Shinji, with the sign "Brain", walked up to a podium that was set in the middle, seat arrangement was like the seats in the House of Representatives. There were two sections, body parts and emotions; each of which were looking at the monitor in front of them. The face of the girl was what they saw and the view was moving up and down a little.

      "LOOK DAMNIT" one the Shinji's yelled.

      "Order, order" the Shinji on the podium said hitting the mallet to the top of the podium a few times. Everyone silenced and the screen was brought up as groans and boos roared through the council until he slammed the mallet yet again to quiet them down.

      "The Council of Shinji is now in order", the Brain Shinji said through the mic, "as you all know Shinji is going through changes now, with these changes we have a few new members in the council".

      One of the Shinji's in the seats stood up, the 'Brain' looked at him and spoke to the mic " Yes the council acknowledges the 'Stomach'.

      The 'Stomach' Shinji was probably the fattest of all the boys there. He took the mic into his hands.

      "I would like to say that I am hungry"

      Almost every Shinji there face faulted, one stood up menacingly. The Shinji with the sign 'Anger' on him, grabbed a mic.

      "YOUR ALWAYS HUNGRY, SHUT UP!!"

      "Now Now", 'Conflict Resolution' Shinji stood up, he was dressed up like Kenshin from Ruruoni Kenshin," we shouldn't be fighting at all, that we shouldn't".

      "Shove it up your..." the Anger was about to yell but was interrupted by the mallet slamming again.

      "Ok, folks, lets calm down", the Brain turned to the Stomach," lunch is in about an hour, you will last".

      All sat down again as the Brain shuffled through a few papers in his hands.

      "Now back to business as all you know about the changes in Shinji that is happening. This is putting a stress in the system. I mean come on, you know what we saw yesterday." all of them nodded and one moaned out "Asuka",".... ok, 'Pervert' Shinji, I thought I strictly forbid doing that while in meetings".

      "Sorry" Pervert looked around smiling a little with one of his hands under the desk.

      The Brain coughed, "Now then, the stress is doing a number on the system. Look at Shinji now"

      The screen came back down and some girls cleavage greeted all of them.

      "HELL YEAH" Pervert shouted.

       Some of the Shinji's stood up and applauded the boy for looking for once.

      "Order! Order!", the slamming echoed through the room, "Put that up again!"

      Groans and boos were heard as the screen went up again. Stomach stood up and raised his pudgy arm.

      "YES WE KNOW YOUR HUNGRY!" Anger stood and yelled as Stomach sat down.

      Another Shinji stood up; this one dressed almost like James Bond and held a martini glass in his hands.

      "I say its good the boy is exploring his sexuality," said 'Charming' Shinji taking a sip off his glass.

      A tall and brawny Shinji stood up then, wearing a muscle shirt and sporting a goatee and shaved head.

      "I would like to congratulate him again for beating the crap out of those three punks earlier" 'Strength' Shinji said and sat down.

      "Ok, one at a time, now I would like to hear from 'Wisdom'" the 'Brain' spoke as an elderly Shinji stood up.

      "Well... I say he is doing good by finally becoming a man", everyone nodded, "but we shouldn't make it bad for him either. We need this to be a smooth ride and all, but lord de lord did you see the breasts on that young lass", 'Wisdom' Shinji gave a toothless smile as some others smiled with him,"... uh hem... i mean that we should allow this child to grow up..."

      "I cant even go up!" yelled a Shinji with bandages, arm and leg braces on him. You could probably guess what body part that was.

      The elder coughed again stifling his laugh, "Anyway, I would like to hear from the Eyes"

      The screen lowered again and two Shinji's were on the screen, one of them in bandages as well. One of them kept looking at the other direction and the battered one could only look forward because of the neck brace on him.

      'Right Eye' Shinji started wiping his nose and turned to the council. 'Left Eye' Shinji had a look on him that said "Kill me".

      "Holy, look at her....", 'RE' (Right Eye) Shinji then looked at the council, "Uh... really busy got to go bye!" the screen went blank.

      "You know he's wacking off!" 'Pervert' yelled standing up minus pants.

      The 'Brain' sighed as 'Wisdom' sat down mumbling that the 'Eyes' get all the good stuff just as 'Stomach' stood up and 'Conflict Resolution' was holding 'Anger' back.

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      Well no wonder...

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      Shinji walked out the class as the lunch bell rang only to have arm being grappled by one girl. She had brownish blonde hair and beautiful green eyes. Her smiled seemed to have lightened the whole room.

      'Holy shit...' he thought, the council was drooling even the ones that weren't interested in anything before.

      "Hi, my name is Jen. I heard about you from everyone." Her body seemed to have pressed up against him the right way as he blushed.

      "..H..h...i..." she giggled

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      The council of Shinji was at a storm.

      "Who is that?!"

      "RECORDS I NEED RECORDS!!!"

      "OH MAMA!"

      "STOMACHS A LUCKY BASTARD! SHES PRESSING UP AGAINST HIM!"

      "HES NOT THE ONLY ONE!"

      The Brain looked around at everyone working furiously to find out who this girl was; he let out a sigh and looked at 'Love' Shinji who was looking at a picture of Asuka dreamingly.

      "Pointless" he muttered.

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      Asuka was furious. Not only did she see Shinji actually look down that one girls blouse, even if it was for a second but now he had a girl hanging on to his arm, walking and talking with him. AND to Asuka's amazement he saw him scratch behind his head and say "Sorry I tend to stutter when I'm at the presence of cute girls" which made her giggle and hold on to his arm a little tighter.

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      In the Council of Shinji, everyone was thanking and patting 'Charming' for the smooth save.

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      Hikari looked on with amazement as the two other stooges looked on completely shocked.

      "Wish someone said that to me"

      Asuka, Kensuke and Toji all stared at a blushing Hikari.

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TUESDAY AFTERNOON

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      The children went directly to NERV after school, it seemed there was a surprise harmonics test waiting for them there. Even after all the angels were done with it seemed that Doctor Akagi wanted to keep testing on them. "Just in case" shed always says. Shinji walked on with Rei to his left and a quiet Asuka to his right. Rei looked at what looked like a smiling Shinji and looked past him at the solemn looking Asuka.

      "Pilot Ikari..."

      "Shinji"

      "Excuse me?" Rei asked startled a little

      "Call me Shinji, Rei. Come on we know each other for a long time" said Shinji, a smile directed towards her.

      "... Oh... Shinji, why are you smiling?"

      "Because I feel like it, Rei" this made Rei and Asuka stop at the same time and look on as Shinji continued to walk on with out them, "hey you two lets get going or were going to be late!", he said breaking off to a run.

      Both girls looked at each other then at the running boy and soon ran after him.

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      Makato wasn't one to say that his job was boring, with all the angel attacks and pressure he was on that's the least he could say but now with no angels it seemed NERV was nothing more then an "waiting room" for an angel attack. He sighed and looked to his two other partners. Maya sat there with her legs crossed looking into a magazine and Shigeru looked up at the ceiling, his hands moving as if they were on a guitar. He looked down at the second version of Game Boy Advanced VX in his hands.

      "Since when did this job get boring?" he said out loud earning him the attention of his partners.

      "With out angels what do you expect?" said Shigeru looking back at the ceiling.

      "But you tend to wonder what would happen if there were more" Maya said without looking up from the magazine.

      Makato had a grin on his face as he put his Game Boy away and started to type furiously on his console. Maya and Shigeru looked at him like he was nuts. He let out a laugh as a giant screen flicked on in front of him and the intro to Neo Genesis Evangelion, The Fighting Game came on. He then produced two controllers and gave one to Shigeru.

      "I challenge you to a fight" Makato said pointing a finger in the face of Shigeru.

      "Your on!" he yelled out sitting up straight and looking up at the screen, matching the grin Makato had on his face already.

      "Men... " Muttered Maya looking back down at her magazine as Eva 01 went against the 3rd angel on the screen in front of her.

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      "It seems that the game that was distributed out to the public to bring up the image of NERV is doing quite well on the market" Fuyutsuki said looking in between papers and documents.

      "Excellent", Gendo Ikari smirked behind his hands.

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      In the locker room, Shinji threw off his clothes and put on his plug suit. Hitting the button on his wrist the suit deflated to cover his whole body like a second skin. He then walked out to the conference room noticing a few of the female technicians look at him weird. He shrugged it off and went down the elevator that led to the good old tactical conference room.

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      All the people looked up to see Shinji enter the room, Rei and Asuka being there already and waiting for him.

      "What? Its not my fault you took Asuka's advice and put the boys locker on the other side of NERV" he said as he stood next to Rei on the line up.

      "Right, I forgot we did that" said Doctor Akagi holding a clipboard and shuffling through the papers on it.

      "Shinji... you look different" Misato said holding her chin, looking up and down the boy.

      "I don't know what you're talking about" Shinji responded nervously to Misato's examination.

      "I say we get these tests over so i can go home" Asuka interrupted and started to walk to the cages.

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      Shinji sat in the entry plug; it was quiet and completely tranquil. He sighed and smiled as he leaned back and prepared to synchronize with the giant robot when Asuka's face appeared on the screen to his side. Shinji kept his eyes closed and could sense that it was annoying her. He let a smirk on the other side of his face so she couldn't be able to see it.

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      Asuka looked at the calm face and closed eyes. She began to get annoyed that he wasn't noticing her. Her left eyebrow twitched as she cleared her throat, no response for him.

      "Shinji"

      "Yes?" he said not opening his eyes, which made her twitch a little more visible.

      "I wanted to ask you why your all in high spirits today?"

      "Curiosity killed the cat, Asuka" he said smiling never opening his eyes.

      'He's toying with me' she thought angrily as she was about to command her Eva to backhand Shinji's when the face of Doctor Akagi appeared on screen.

      "Ok, we will begin the synchronizing tests in a minute. We have a bit of technical difficulty at the moment so hold on for a little longer" she said and appeared to have glared at someone.

      "Its not my fault I take games seriously!" shouted Makato off screen and the image disappeared.

      All the children sighed at the same time and grew quiet again. Each of them had different things in there minds.

      'Asuka looks cute when she's angry like that... what the hell am I thinking?!' Shinji proceeded to bump himself in the head.

      'Shinji's cute with that kind of smile on his face... what he hell am I thinking?!' Asuka proceeded to cover her face and blush furiously.

      'HEY!... HEY!...  IM YOUR LIFE!... IM THE ONE WHO TAKES YOU THERE!... HEY!... IM YOUR LIFE!... IM THE ONE WHO CARES!... THEY!... THEY BETRAY!... IM YOUR ONLY TRUE FRIEND NOW!... THEY!... THEYLL BETRAY!... IM FOREVER THERE!... IM YOUR DREAM, MAKE IT REAL!... IM YOUR EYES WHEN YOU MUST STEAL!... IM YOUR PAIN WHEN YOU CANT FEEL!... SAD BUT TRUEEEE!!!' Rei was singing Metallica's "Sad but true" in her mind.

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      Misato looked into the monitor on the console, it showed three separate screens for each pilot. She looked at Asuka's and could see her face contorting into different emotions and expressions almost as if she was having an internal battle over something. She then turned to Shinji's, which only showed him hitting his head against one of his controllers, and then turned to Rei who was looking impassively back at her.

      "I wonder what they're all thinking right now?" Misato asked absently as Ritsuko Akagi was implanting one of her high heel shoes to the head of Makato Hyuga.

      "I'm sorry!" screamed Makato as the doctor continued to step on his lower back with the heel first.

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      "I can't believe they postponed the tests"

      Asuka, Rei and Shinji stood outside NERV headquarters, all waiting for Misato to come and take them home.

      "I know what you mean" Shinji sighed

      "But we were there for an hour for that stupid technical difficultly" Asuka huffed and held on to herself a little tighter, " and where the hell is Misato, its freezing out here"

      "What was the technical error anyway?" Rei asked.

      "One of the bridge bunnies broke something while goofing off on the job"

      "Ritsuko broke something of his, that's for sure" Shinji said wincing.

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      Makato opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling of the infirmary. He looked to his side to see one of his partners, Shigeru Aoba, looking back at him.

      "Never play on the job," Makato uttered softly

      "Right" Shigeru whispered.

      "What did she do to you?" Makato asked, "I blacked out after she wiped the floor with me."

      "Remember the shoe she was grinding against your lower back" Shigeru said wincing alittle.

      "Yeah"

      "Well she did something with it to me"

      "Huh?... Oh... OHHH..." Makato responded involuntarily wincing.

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      Asuka shivered again as she tried to keep herself warm. She looked at Shinji and Rei who were wearing jackets and were quite comfortable. Shinji looked at Asuka in only her school uniform, shivering against the cold wind that mysteriously came out of nowhere.

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      Somewhere up in the heavens, Fate smiled.

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      Shinji took off his jacket and draped it around Asuka who was startled at first then looked at him.

      "Your cold" was all Shinji said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

      "You'll be cold too, you idiot" Asuka said without her usual venom.

      "Best if its me then you" he said shrugging which caught Asuka off guard again.

      Rei looked on at this little interaction between to the two. She was about to take off hers and give it to Shinji but he gave her a look that told her that he didn't need it.

      "Shinji" both turned to Rei just as a blue car came to a screeching halt right in front of them. The passenger door swung open with Misato in the drivers seat.

      "Get in quickly, its freezing out there" she said quickly as Shinji and Asuka piled into the back and Rei took the front seat.

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      Misato's driving was infamously known throughout NERV. It wasn't that she was a bad driver, but she was careless and broke about five different traffic laws just by starting the car. Rei, who was usually calm and expressionless, held on for dear life as Misato made a wide turn into a side street. If you looked closely at her face you would be able to see something similar to a deer in headlights. While the front was occupied by a scared to death Rei and a maniac, the back was quiet. Shinji stared out the window at the moving scenery and Asuka sat still holding on to the jacket Shinji gave her.

      "Shinji?"

      "Hmmm?"

      "You've changed"

      That got Shinji to turn his head and look at her.

      "What do you mean?" he asked

      "Well... I..." Asuka went sliding into Shinji as Misato made another sharp turn.

      "Come on, Rei, this is fun!" Misato said with a wicked grin on her face. Rei was refraining from screaming at that point.

      Asuka was now pressed up against his side; she blushed furiously as she moved back to her side.

      "Hey, Misato, can you slow down? Asuka nearly got hurt back here" Misato looked at Shinji through the rear view mirror and winked at him. He sighed and looked at Asuka who was looking at her feet.

      "So what did you mean when you said that I changed?" he asked.

      "Look at you; you barely stutter anymore, you somehow found some kind of confidence in yourself and well you don't take crap from anyone anymore. You beat up kids older then you like it was nothing, i never even knew you could fight like that. Even today at school you talked to people like it was nothing." she responded and also mentally put in 'you were talking to other girls too'.

      Shinji was silent for a minute then he looked out the window. He was about to say something only this time Shinji went sliding into Asuka as Misato yet again made a sharp turn with Rei holding on to the dash board for dear life.

      The car slid to a stop in front of Rei's apartments. Everyone was breathing heavily except for Misato who was rearranging the loose strands of hair in the mirror.

      "Ok, Rei, here's your stop" Misato said cheerfully.

      "Thank you" she seemed to squeak out as she slowly got out of the car and wobbled to the stairs that led upstairs to her place.

      "What do you think is wrong with her?" Misato asked as the two in the back were trying to stop their hearts from popping out of their chests.

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      Back at the Misato residence everything seemed normal enough. Shinji was in the kitchen making dinner with Pen Pen's help, Misato laid on the couch flipping through channels and Asuka sat on the armchair looking through a magazine absently. The crash of something snapped out the girls from mindlessly doing nothing and looking into the kitchen.

      "Stupid pot handle" Shinji growled out in the kitchen.

      They looked at each other then back into the entrance of the kitchen. Both knew that Shinji wasn't acting himself lately and they also knew that his fuse decreased considerably from what it used to be. More clanking and something being dropped greeted their ears. Misato was about to get up when she heard something go through the window, which she immediately plopped back down, on the couch. Asuka was trying her best to ignore the noise but it seemed when Shinji was angry he had a way of drawing attention to himself.

      "DAMN IT TO HELL" Shinji yelled as Pen Pen ran out of the kitchen like a bat out of hell.

      Misato stared as the penguin ran straight to his cooler, arms flailing like he was on fire and a look of complete fear etched on its face.

      More sounds accompanied by several colorful curses echoed throughout the apartment. Then suddenly it stopped, Shinji walked out and gruffly announced that dinner was ready. Asuka and Misato reluctantly walked into the kitchen and sat down without looking at the now broken window. It also looked like the toaster and a pan was missing too.

      "I burnt a part of the recipe, sorry" Shinji said sitting down.

      "Its ok" Misato said without looking at his face or his eyes.

      "Did you have to break the window?" Misato looked wide-eyed at Asuka.

      "I lost my temper, I'm human" was all Shinji said as he began eating.

      That seemed to silence Asuka as she too began to eat. Misato looked at the "family"; a boy going through hormones and a girl that's just plain hormonal. She sighed, began eating and winced as the burnt taste hit her full force. She looked around and saw that both had the same expression on their face.

      "Eat out?"

      "Yes" was both their answers.

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TUESDAY EVENING

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      The Katsuragi residents decided to visit a local western and eastern style restaurant that held both Japanese and American food. Much to Asuka's delight, she ordered French fries and a hamburger; Misato ordered some ramen with sake and Shinji ordered steak, with the side order of mashed potatoes and a salad. When they finished they decided to walk around for a while until Misato called it for a night, Asuka followed behind her.

      "Hey, Shinji, aren't you coming?" Misato asked over her shoulder.

      "Nah, I'm going to enjoy the night air just a bit more", Shinji said walking away from the two, "I won't be gone for long"

      "Fine, don't come back too late. Come on, Asuka, lets go" Asuka looked at Shinji then at Misato and started to walk with her back home.

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      Misato and Asuka walked silent down the street back home. Misato seemed to be enjoying the slight breeze that made this night enjoyable.

      "Shinji got braver didn't he?" Misato said out of the blue.

      "Yeah, I don't think he would of said he'd like to walk around alone like that" Asuka responded.

      "Besides did you see what he ate, he's got some appetite now".

      "Yeah, I noticed"

      "You seem to be different too, Asuka"

      "What do you mean by that?" Asuka glared at Misato.

      "Now, now. I don't mean it in a bad way but it just seems from my point of view that you both are doing a lot of growing up now. Look at Shinji; he's becoming more and more of a man now. Your telling me you didn't notice when he came into the conference with only the plug suit on."

      "Jeez, Misato, I should be calling you the pervert."

      "Why because I said I noticed? What about you, being silent about it makes you a greater one then me."

      "Shut up!" Misato chuckled at Asuka's uneasiness.

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      Shinji walked for about an hour until he finally came home. One light was on, thinking it was Misato, most likely asleep; he quietly opened and closed the door. He went to a closet and got a blanket to wrap around his guardian, it seemed they always did that. He would find a sleeping Misato in the kitchen and as gratitude for actually trying to wait up for him; he would wrap a blanket around her so she wouldn't freeze in the middle of the night. Shinji put the familiar blanket over his shoulder and entered the kitchen only to find no other then Misato, using her forearms as pillows, snoring lightly. He walked over quietly and wrapped the blanket around her. Something strange swept over Shinji as he slowly lowered himself and laid a gentle kiss on Misato's cheek. He felt that's the least he should do since he barely showed any type of affection toward her. He quietly walked away and headed for his room only to bump into Asuka. They both startled each other and Shinji threw his hand over Asuka's mouth as she was about the scream. He put his index finger to his lips then pointed to his room. She nodded and followed him there.

      Shinji opened the door to let Asuka in and closed it quietly behind him as Asuka crossed her arms and looked at him.

      "What?" he asked confused.

      "Where were you? Do you know how late it is?" Asuka said glaring at him

      "I'm sorry I guess I lost track of time" Shinji said smiling sheepishly

      "That is not going to save you, Shinji Ikari", she huffed and looked away, "and besides I saw you kiss Misato"

      "So"

      "So?! So you kissed Misato, I knew you were a pervert after all"

      "You know even before you came here, she always did that" Shinji said thumb pointing in direction of the kitchen, "and whenever I would come back I would put that blanket around her and leave. That was the only affection we shared. I kissed her cheek not because of some perverted desire; I did that because I owe so much to her. She took me in; she gave me a spot in her heart and cared about me. She's my family and I care about her"

      All Asuka could do was look at him, she couldn't believe what he said just now. Shinji was the shy, introverted type. Never once here has she heard Shinji say something so directly toward someone. That's when she noticed it; she could feel that he has changed somehow. She couldn't explain it but she felt it, this wasn't the wimpy boy she knew. He somehow had more confidence in his voice, his head was raised instead of looking down at the ground and to her surprise he was looking directly into her eyes. Without fear, not caring what he thought. How could this happen so suddenly? Asuka stood there and for the first time in her life felt like a true idiot.

      Shinji waved his hand in front of Asuka's face, which seemed to snap her out of her day dream.

      "Hey you should go to sleep too, we have school tomorrow in the morning"

      "Yeah... I know. Good night" she said absently as she walked up to the door and opened it. She felt Shinji's hand on her shoulder then felt a light kiss brush up against her cheek.

      "Goodnight, Asuka"

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To be continued...

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Thank you for all the reviews people sent on the story. I'll come up with another chapter once ideas start flowing through my wicked little mind. As always reviews are always welcomed.