Shinji Grows Up

Disclaimer: i dont own anything, ill tell you if i  do

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WEDNESDAY MORNING

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      An alarm clock rang through a small apartment; the occupant slammed his palm against the top of the annoying clock shutting it off. Gendo Ikari sat straight up and put on his glasses.

      "Thus begins a new day," he said while looking out the window.

      He tossed his legs over his bed and stood up. He then ran to the bathroom and threw up the toilet seat, this time he remember his boxers as he pulled them down and went to business. After finishing he took a quick shower and dressed in only a wife beater and clean boxers. Scratching his rear end and yawning, he walked to his small kitchen.  He opened the refrigerator and took out the orange juice carton. He opened it and started to drink it down until it was empty. Throwing the empty carton back into the frig he went up to the door where the mail from yesterday was lying on the floor. Picking it up, he put it straight into the garbage.

      "God damn, bill collectors" he muttered to himself as he went to the counter and turned on the coffee machine. Going back to the refrigerator, he took out the milk and two slices of bread. He walked back to the counter and deposited the bread into the toaster then put the carton of milk on the table. Opening a cabinet, he took out a bowl and put it on the table next to the milk. He looked around and with a smirk of self-confidence; he walked to another cabinet and took out a box of "Lucky Charms". He then walked back and sat down ready to start breakfast. He opened the top and tilt the box so that delicious cereal can go into the bowl. After a minute or two with nothing coming out, Gendo flipped the box around and after closely examining it he found out it was empty.

      "What the fuck!?" he shouted as he threw the box into the sink.

      He then stood up and went back to the cabinet to look for more of his cereal. Flinging the door open it could be seen that Gendo Ikari wouldn't run out of Lucky Charms in a pretty long time. Taking another box, he sat down again and poured himself a healthy amount of cereal and then proceeded to pour the milk on it. He quickly dug into it, slurping up every bit of the food of the gods.

      "Ah bliss" he said then burped never noticing the coffee machine that was on fire. 

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      Asuka didn't get any sleep that night; all she thought about was that small kiss goodnight Shinji gave to her when she left his room. She also thought about what he said about Misato and was jealous that she was that special to him. She really didn't blame him for thinking that way about there guardian, she also thought of Misato more then some commandeering officer that watched over them and supervised their activities. Misato was there through everything they went through, the more Asuka thought about it, the more she understood what Shinji meant. She also realized that she too never really gave any affection to the person who probably cared about them more then anyone else in NERV. No not NERV but in life. She sat up in her bed and looked at the rising sun from her window.

      "No use in sleep when you cant get any," she whispered to herself as she got up and stretched. She slid open her door and looked at the hall that was dimly lit because of the early morning. Walking down the hall she stopped in front of Shinji's room. Heat rose from her cheeks as her hand was about to knock on the door; she quickly put it down and walked to the bathroom.

      She slid the door open and shut it behind her. Too bad she was to occupied with internal thinking that she failed to notice that the water was running and someone was in the shower at that moment. She quickly stripped off her nightclothes and was about to enter the shower when she bumped into someone getting out of it.

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      Shinji got into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, pouring as much cold water on him as humanly possible.

      "God damn dreams" he muttered to himself, hitting his head against the tiles.

      He quickly put on the warm water and stood there enjoying the water hitting against him.

      'Why did I kiss her like that? I thought I was going to die... oh well it was pleasant at least. Definitely beats the first kiss we actually had. If you call it, holding on to my nose and me suffocating in the process, a kiss. Damn it, Shinji, you did it and that's it. No more thinking just enjoy shower. Yes, the shower' he thought but failed to notice the opening and shutting of the bathroom door.

      'Well that's enough, might as well get out' he turned off the water and grabbed a towel. He started to dry his hair with the towel in one hand and opened the shower door with the other. The towel blocking his view, he felt someone bump against him, more like felt like two something's bumped against his chest.

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      There stood Asuka, complete look of shock, staring at a naked Shinji with a towel on his head. Shinji moved the towel over with his hands and met blue eyes looking into his. Shinji's first reaction was to look down, and boy did he. His whole face went beet red when he finally noticed that Asuka wasn't wearing anything but her birthday suit. Asuka on the other hand was looking at the floor but did glance once or twice at Shinji.

      "I'm... sorry..." Asuka said shyly, " I didn't know you were here..."

      Shinji looked on almost smiling at how cute she looked at that moment. He took the towel off his head and wrapped it around Asuka's front to cover her up. He then walked past her to get another one for himself.

      "Its alright, Asuka, I should of locked the door", Shinji said as he wrapped a towel around his waist and turned around.

      Asuka was still looking at the floor with her face bright red. A small smirk etched on Shinji as he got to the door.

      "Your cute when you blush" after that all Asuka heard was the opening and shutting of the bathroom door.

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      Shinji hummed while making breakfast much to amusement of Misato, who was sitting there enjoying the good mood that seemed to be emitting out of him today.

      "So what's with all the smiles and hums today?" Misato asked smiling

      "Nothing" he said nonchalantly as he continued to hum again.

      Asuka just chose that moment to enter the kitchen; she immediately sat down and waited for breakfast.

      "Morning, Asuka" Shinji said over his shoulder as he was putting waffles into the newly bought toaster.

      "Ma.. ma... morning" she stuttered out.

      Both Misato and Shinji looked at each as they saw Asuka never look up from the spot she was divinely staring at the table.

      "What's with you, Asuka?" Misato asked completely oblivious of the morning's events.

      "Nothing, just tired" she seemed to say as she put her arms on the table and used them as pillows.

      Misato was now concerned; she looked at Shinji who looked at Asuka. For the first time Misato saw him give a small mischievous smirk toward her. Shinji picked up a plate of waffles and walked to the table, then Misato saw it, he seemed to trip on his own foot and was now swaying back and forth to keep his balance while holding the waffles in his hand. Asuka looked up to see what the noise was about and saw Shinji hopping on one foot trying not to fall. Asuka started to laugh followed by Misato as Shinji left the kitchen and crashed into something in the hallway.

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      Walking side by side, Shinji with a small bandage on his head and Asuka were on their way to school. Of course Asuka was making fun of him for his spill in the morning but nothing was mentioned about what happened before. That's what Shinji wanted.

      'Best it be my pride that she rips apart then her actually beating the crap out of me for seeing her naked. Still though what was all that about', he thought looking at Asuka's laughing face, 'She acted meek and shy, then again I cant explain the way I acted either. Damn adolescence' Shinji was brought back to reality as Asuka lightly slapped his arm.

      "Aren't you listening to me?" Asuka asked looking irritated at him.

      "Yes, ma'am" Shinji said as Asuka sent a small glare to him and began to talk again.

      "Anyway, Hikari said that there's a band competition in a small club not far from school. Its for all ages so we can get in easily"

      "Cool, so what does that have to do with me?"

      "Did I say it had to do with you?"

      "No... but... "

      "But nothing, wait until I actually say it's about you instead of assuming too much into it"

      "Ill keep that in mind" he answered smirking as she let out a small humph.

      "Like I was saying, we decided to invite you stooges to go because we need the bodyguards. Who knows what kind of sick child molesters is out there that could just kidnap us and stuff"

      "Then its a date then" Shinji said walking up head of Asuka

      "Hey, hey! Its not a date!" Asuka shouted catching up to him.

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      The school bell rang just as Shinji and Asuka bolted into class and into their seats. They both quickly took out their laptops and began to put their "I'm paying attention "face on as the teacher started talking about the second impact

      About five minutes into class, Shinji wished he'd be anywhere but where he was. He started to surf the web when a instant message suddenly popped out of no where. He looked at the screen name and it was Hikari

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classrepgirl: hi shinji

nobody3: hey hikari, whats up?

classrepgirl: did asuka ask you about the band thing later tonight

nobody3: that she did

classrepgirl: well?

nobody3: well what?

classrepgirl: are you going??????

nobody3: yes i am

classrepgirl: COOL ITLL BE FUN

nobody3: ... want me to ask toji to go?

classrepgirl: ...

classrepgirl: yes

nobody3: i see

nobody3: hold on

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      Toji stared at the porn site he was on; he looked to both his sides and moved closer to the screen. He clicked on a picture just as the image was about to download, an instant message suddenly appeared on his screen. Since he was leaning in so close to the screen, it scared the crap out of him and nearly sent him toppling backwards from his seat.

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StUdBoY: GOD DONT DO THAT

nobody3: sorry, on porn again?

StUdBoY: NOOOOOO i was just researching something

nobody3: lol good one

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      Toji turned around and glared at Shinji, only to see him chuckling at him.

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StUdBoY: so what do you want?

nobody3: hikari invited us to a band competition thing, wanna tag along?

StUdBoY: HIKARI, HELL YEA ILL GO

nobody3: uh... ok

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      Shinji let out a sigh and looked to Kensuke, who was playing a first person shooter game on his laptop. Shinji threw a pencil on the ground, which got Kensuke's attention and got him to get out of his game and onto his regular desktop.

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The truth is out there: whats up?

nobody3: wanna go to a band competition thing with me, toji, hikari and asuka

The truth is out there: sure

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      Kensuke went back to his game; Toji was looking at the both of them in disbelief.

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StUdBoY: WTF YOU TWO HAVE A SECRET LANGUAGE OR SOMETHING!!

nobody3: no i just know he plays games on his cpu so i have to distract him from it, he knows it me

StUdBoY: WHY DIDNT YOU JUST DO THAT WITH ME

nobody3: you were so close to the screen i thought it would be funny to scare you

StUdBoY: ....

StUdBoY: your evil!

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      Shinji let out a chuckle and saw Toji minimize the window and go back to the other site. Bored again Shinji looked around the room. His attention was then diverted to his laptop, when another instant message appeared.

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iceblue: hello shinji

nobody3: hey, rei?

iceblue: correct.

nobody3: you changed your sn?

iceblue: Pilot Soryu suggested it. She said once that it was too plain or somewhere along those lines.

nobody3: i see

nobody3: since you imed me first, would you like to come to a band competition that our little group is going to tonight

iceblue: I must decline, I have other matters to relate to this evening.

nobody3: oh its alright rei

nobody3: speaking of which whats on your mind?

iceblue: I am really bored

nobody3: welcome to the club

iceblue: Thank you, I believe I will look into those websites that Suzahara is looking at. Farewell.

nobody3: see you later, rei

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      Shinji leaned back against his seat but then jerked forward as he realized what Rei just said.

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      Asuka saw him jerk forward so suddenly after he seemed like he was relaxing. She looked down at her laptop and then began typing.

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      Shinji was about to reply to Rei when another instant message popped up on his screen.

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ReDbAbE2: hey third child whats the matter

nobody3: what do you mean?

ReDbAbE2: well you just jerked or something just now, forget something?

nobody3: were you staring at me?

ReDbAbE2: NO I WASNT JEEZ

nobody3: well rei just told me she was going to check out one of tojis sites

ReDbAbE2: ....

ReDbAbE2: yea i cant really say anything to that...

nobody3: well anyway where are we going exactly

ReDbAbE2: that place next to the old ramen place we used to eat

nobody3: oh yea

nobody3: i remember the ramen place but not what your talking about

ReDbAbE2: IDIOT ITS LIKE RIGHT THERE!

nobody3: well then youll lead the way wont you

ReDbAbE2: of course, want me to hold your hand too

nobody3: that would be enjoyable

ReDbAbE2: PERVERT!

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      Shinji let out a small laugh as the lunch bell finally rang and all the kids ran out of the classroom for the thirty-minute break. Toji and Kensuke ran out to get some cafeteria food, followed by Hikari. They all seemed to have forgotten their lunches and had to buy them, leaving Shinji and Asuka alone in the classroom.

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      Somewhere in the heavens, Fate laughed demonically.

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      Asuka stood up and sat in a seat next to Shinji's desk. She took out her lunch and dumped it all out. Shinji was looking through his bag and found what was left of it. He sighed as he looked inside the brown paper bag to see everything squished into each other forming some kind of brown looking paste. He threw the bag into the trashcan, sat back putting his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

      "You're not eating?" Asuka asked as she bit into her sandwich.

      "Not today, I'm not hungry anyway" Shinji said as his stomach growled

      "What's that then?" Asuka asked raising an eyebrow

      "Gas?"

      Asuka threw the apple she had at him. "Don't expect such charity from me all the time, Third Child"

      "Its nice to know you have that" he said biting into the apple

      " What the hell does that mean?!" she snapped at the chuckling boy.

      Both fell into silence, nothing could be heard but Shinji munching on the apple Asuka gave him. To his surprise he saw her staring at him as she was eating her sandwich.

      "Hmmm?" he grunted.

      "About today... in the morning...", Asuka said silently as she now was looking at the surface of his desk," I'm really sorry I intruded and all..."

      Three apologizes in one week; Shinji was beginning to think that there was a greater force ruling out his life. Either that his father somehow manipulated Asuka or made a robot that looks exactly like her.

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      In the commander's office, Gendo Ikari sat on his desk concentrating on the new task at hand. He cracked his knuckles and slowly moved his hand to the structure. He took the piece that was standing out. Slowly he began to retrieve it to him, all seemed to go well until dust seemed to hit his nose and he let out a mighty sneeze that knocked the structure down. The pieces scattered all over his desk and onto the floor.

      "Jinga..." he muttered still holding on to the one piece.

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      'Then again the guys commander of NERV and he is a creator of the Evangelion... I think'

      Shinji shook his head and looked at Asuka who took the last few bites of her sandwich.

      "Don't worry about it, its no big deal"

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      The Council of Shinji had a fun time playing and rewinding that memory.

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      "No big deal? How could you say something like that? You, Shinji Ikari, saw me naked and your saying it hasn't affected you in anyway?" Asuka asked, looking straight at his eyes.

      "I'm not saying that, what do you want me to do? Say that I enjoyed seeing you completely naked or the fact that I felt you breasts brush against my chest", Asuka blushed at that comment, " it was an accident, not like it was intentional or anything"

      "Misato was right"

      "Huh?" Shinji asked as that statement veered from the subject.

      "Misato said you were becoming more and more of a man, I can kind of see it now"

      "Thanks, I think" Shinji said blushing.

      "What about me, do you think that i am growing into a woman?" Asuka asked expectantly.

      "Believe me, I know" Shinji said softly.

      Asuka stood up from her seat, which startled Shinji as he moved back. Asuka moved around his desk and stood in front of the sitting boy. Shinji thinking he was going to die, closed his eyes and expected the worse only to be complete surprise when he felt Asuka's arms wrap around his shoulders and hug him.

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      The Council of Shinji looked on as the monitor showed Asuka coming closer then hugging the boy. All the members looked at each other, then at the 'Brain'.

      "Well this is certainly something we never thought would happen..." was all the 'Brain' could say. Then a slapping sound hit the ears of every Shinji in the room, all looked at each other again then under their desks.

      "Where the hell is that coming from?" " 'Brain' asked.

      "Oh sorry I was doing it too hard" yelled 'Pervert' from underneath his desk.

      "God help this kid," said a Shinji in a business suit as known as "Common Sense" Shinji.

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      Shinji sat there while Asuka hugged him for no apparent reason. Soon the feeling got back into his arms as he slowly placed them on her back.

      "What's this for?" Shinji said as Asuka whispered in his ear.

      "That you think I'm a woman"

      "Whoa ho lookie here at this scene!"

      Asuka and Shinji turned to see Hikari, Toji and Kensuke looking at them. Toji let out a smile that promised never-ending torture, Hikari had a soft smile on her face and Kensuke... had the camera with him.

      "The newlyweds finally made up!"

      Both groaned and blushed at the same time.

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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

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      Lunch ended right after the three came back from their cafeteria adventure. Toji was explaining to Shinji and Asuka how his meatloaf was moving when the sensei walked into the classroom accouple of minutes late.

      "Okay, class, instead of the customary history lecture were going to do something different" everyone let out shouts and cheered as they finally began another subject.

      "Today we are going to learn about the First Impact" everyone groaned as they all sat down and began to "listen" to the teacher talk about dinosaurs. As reference, he took out a toy t rex and a raptor then started making sound effects of them fighting each other.

      "Kill me" said Rei as her head hit the surface of her desk.

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      All the students ran out of the classroom when the bell rang. Everyone ran home to get ready for tonight, each taking different routes to get home. Shinji and Asuka walked home together, stopping by a convenience store to get things for dinner. Asuka ran up to the drinks section as Shinji went up and down the aisles, grabbing what he needed and putting it into the little basket he picked up from the front. He looked over the shelf and saw Asuka looking at the sodas with a determined look on her face, smiling to himself he went up to the checkout counter where he was greeted by an elderly man.

      "Hello" Shinji said politely as he placed the things from the basket to the counter to be added up.

      "Good afternoon, young man" the elderly man said smiling

      "Could you wait for a minute? This isn't everything," Shinji said glancing to Asuka.

      "Ah, waiting for the pretty girl over there" the elderly man responded stroking his white beard with his hand, "she your girlfriend?"

      "Afraid not, just a friend" Shinji answered blushing a little

      The man chuckled and began to check out a few of the things on the counter. "You know you may be telling me something but your eyes are telling me a different story"

      Shinji was about to ask what he meant by that when Asuka came up and deposited two cans of soda with the rest of the things on the counter.

      "Is that everything?" the elderly man asked as Asuka nodded her head, smiling.

      The old man smiled as he started to put the food items into a bag and put it back up on the counter.

      "The total is 10.50"

      "Here you go" Shinji said giving him the money and taking the bags. He then walked up to the doors but then noticed that Asuka wasn't behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see the old man reach to the vase with roses in it, take one and give it to Asuka. He then saw her except the small gift blushing, then he saw her look at him then at the floor.

      'What was that about?' he thought as he looked from Asuka to the old man, who gave him a wink then went back to the register as another customer came up to the counter. Asuka came walking up to him, not once looking at him as he opened the door and both went down the sidewalk.

      Shinji's curiosity was getting the best of him as he saw Asuka had the flower in her hands and kept looking down.

      "Who's the flower from?" he asked, Asuka stopped which made him stop.

      "The old man said it was from you" she said looking up at him, then taking him by surprise she leaned in and kissed his cheek, "Thank you" she said as she walked up ahead.

      "Me?" Shinji stood there echoing the words he just heard.

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      After a day of grueling work, which meant that it was a day of staring at a computer screen and playing solitaire, Misato let out a sigh of relief as she entered the apartment. She heard that the tv was on, taking her shoes off she walked to the living room to see Shinji and Pen Pen sitting on the couch mimicking each other again.

      "Hey!" both looked up at her.

      "Oh, didn't hear you come in" Shinji said as Pen Pen gave a wark and a wave of his flipper to Misato's direction.

      "Where's Asuka?"

      "Her turn to cook today, we stopped by the store to get food so you don't have to worry about that"

      "Oh all right" she left the men of the house to the television and walked to the kitchen to see Asuka looking at a box and stirring rice in a pot.

      "Hi Asuka" Misato said as she sat down and propped her elbow on the table and held her head in her hand.

      "Hey Misato, how was work"

      "I hate solitaire now"

      Asuka chuckled as she squinted her eyes to read the recipe more clearly. She then threw the box over her shoulder, took a package of seasoning, tore it open and poured it over the rice. Misato thought it was pretty funny as she got up and got herself a beer. When she sat down, she noticed the red rose all alone in a small vase in the middle of the table.

      "That's a nice change" she said absently as she rubbed a rose petal lightly with two fingers.

      "Its from Shinji"

      "Oh? To you? " she saw the slight pink on Asuka's cheeks, "Awwww, that's so cute"

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WEDNESDAY EVENING

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      Shinji and Asuka stood in front of the building of the competition, waiting for the rest to come. Shinji wore a black t-shirt and jeans, going for a pretty normal attire, Asuka wore a black tank top that showed off her stomach a little and a pair of faded out jeans. They both looked fitting for one another. Shinji looked around, trying to spot anyone, then he spotted Kensuke. He took Asuka's hand and led her through the crowd to the boy in the gray army shirt and camo pants.

      "Are we early?" Kensuke asked holding his camera protectively.

      " I think, they're not letting anyone yet," Shinji said glancing to the small crowd by the door.

      "I see you two are comfortable" Shinji looked at Kensuke then at his hand holding Asuka's, he quickly snatched it back.

      "Sorry Asuka" he said nervously

      "Its alright" both boys stared at her like she had three heads

      "What?"

      "Nothing!" both boys said simultaneously just as Toji and Hikari walked up to them.

      "Hey guys" Toji said wearing what he usually wore and Hikari from behind him nodded wearing almost the same thing as Asuka only the tank top was blue and her hair was down.

      "Hey" came three answers.

      "Still not letting anyone in?" Hikari asked.

      "Nope looks like they're probably letting the contestants sign up or something" Kensuke said zooming his camera to look at the large man blocking the front door, he then moved out of the way and the door opened, "Come on lets go now before we get a crappy spot!"

      Everyone rushed into through the crowd, inside it was like an auditorium. There was a floor then there was a balcony at the top, Toji, Kensuke and Shinji rushed to the front to find a good spot as Asuka and Hikari were left behind. Both girls started to look around for the other boys then spotting them near the stage, leaning against the guardrail. Shinji spotted both girls and went through the crowd to retrieve them.

      "Keep close," he said once he got to them and then led them back to where he was before.

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      Fifteen minutes passed as the three boys and two girls stood on the floor, all of them leaning in on the guardrail. Shinji was talking to one of the guards with Toji and Kensuke listening in on every other word. Asuka and Hikari were looking around and talking.

      "So when should I expect you two to finally get together?" Hikari asked

      "Who?" Asuka asked dumbly

      "You and Shinji, duh"

      "Ha, yeah right!" Asuka said crossing her arms

      Hikari let out a smile just as someone came up on stage.

      "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the "We need a singer" competition. The contestants that will be on stage are going after a role as singer to the local band sensation Whispered Legends", everyone cheered and clapped," ok now lets get started, first contestant comes from our very own Tokyo 3 and is a first timer here so lets give a hand to Julia Asagaki"

      Once the girl walked on stage, everyone was silent for a minute then all the males in the auditorium let lose a giant waves of claps, cheers and cat calls. There standing in front of them was a girl; not too tall, wearing a black tank top that showed reasonable cleavage, tight blue jeans, wearing a miniature cross around her neck. Her hair was a glossy black that ended to her shoulders and wore light purple lipstick. Her pale skin contrasted with what she was wearing to get her an aurora of true beauty. Asuka and Hikari looked on at the girl in amazement then turned to the three stooges who were howling like wolves at the moon. Both sighed at the same time and looked on as the girl took the mic into her hands.

      "Hello", everyone cheered and some guys fainted, "I'm going to sing tonight; Puddle of Mudd, Control"

      "She's not that good looking" Asuka said disdainfully as Shinji, Kensuke and Toji all let out a whistle and literally howled like wolves.

      "They seem to be enjoying it" Hikari said as she was looking on at the three boys, all wolfish grins on their face.

      The lights dimmed and the heavy guitar started. One light shined on the girl as she put the mic on the stand and started to sway her hips to the song. Everyone cheered on as she began dancing to the beat of the guitar, the intro was closing down and she put her lips to the mic.

      "I love the way you look at me

      I feel the pain you place inside

      you lock me up inside your dirty cage

      well I'm alone inside my mind"

      She took the mic off the stand and started to sway to the music.                                                                               

      "I'd like to teach you all the rules

      I get to see them set in stone

      I like it when you chain me to the bed"

      She lifted one arm up and slid it down the length of her body.                                                                                  

      "Well then your secrets never show"

      Everyone cheered wildly as she began to sing the chorus.

      "I need to feel you

      You need to feel me

      I can't control you

      You're not the one for me

      No

      I can't control you

      You can't control me

      I need to feel you

      So why's it even"

      She then but the mic back on the stand and held on to it as she sang the second verse

      "I love the way you break my skin

      I feel the hate you place inside

      I need to get your voice out of my head

      'Cause I'm the guy you'll never find

      I think you know all of the rules

      There's no expressions on your face

      I hope that someday you will let me go

      Release me from my dirty cage"

      She then bend down and up then put her lips on the mic as she started to sing, swaying her hips seductively to the crowd.

      "I need to feel you

      You need to feel me

      I can't control you

      You're not the one for me

      No

      I can't control you

      You can't control me

      I need to feel you

      So why's it even

      You and me"

      The guitars started to soften after the chorus and she started to sing again, standing completely still.

      "I love the way you look at me

      I love the way you smack my ass

      I love the dirty things you do

      I have control of you"

      This time the people in the audience started to sing with her

      "I love the way you look at me

      I love the way you smack my ass

      I love the dirty things you do

      I have control of you"

      Two more times everyone sang as the guitars started to strum through the chorus

      "I need to feel you

      You need to feel me

      I can't control you

      You're not the one for me

      No

      I can't control you

      You can't control me

      I need to feel you

      So why's it even

      You and me"

      She then walked up to where Shinji and company were standing; she then jumped down the stage. Walking up to Shinji, she put her palm on the side of his face as she started to sing the last lines of the song. Toji, Kensuke and Hikari looked on laughing as Asuka looked on with jealous fury.

      "You're not the one for me, no"

      She brought up the mic close to him as they both finished off the song much to the surprise of Shinji's friends.

      "You're not the one for me, no

      You're not the one for me, no

      You're not the one for me, no

      You're not the one for me, no"

      The music died down and the crowd roared in approval, just before the girl left she gave Shinji a peck on the cheek and winked at him, smiling. Toji and Kensuke clapped his back proudly as the guards escorted her backstage. Asuka stood there not knowing what to think, all she could see was the smile on his face as Toji put him on a headlock and gave him a noogie while Kensuke was yelling proudly that he managed to get it on tape.

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      Two hours later, everyone was walking back together. Kensuke parted with all of them as he turned to another corner that led to where he lived. Toji then volunteered to walk Hikari home, after Shinji said "a girl shouldn't walk home all alone in the night". This left with Shinji and Asuka walking side by side and in silence.

      "I cant believe she lost" Shinji said absently

      "You have to admit it was close with the guy who sang "Everlong"" Asuka said looking forward.

      "Yeah, that's true"

      "So you enjoyed that when that girl came up to you and sang huh?" she asked absently.

      "It was nice, she was cute after all"

      "Oh..."

      "It took me by surprise though"

      "I would imagine"

      "Maybe you should of gone out and sign up for that contest" Shinji said looking at her

      "What? Why?" she asked looking back at him.

      "I've heard you sing in the shower, you have a nice voice," he said looking up at the sky.

      "Oh thanks... Hey Shinji... did you like it when... she kissed you like that?"

      "It was nice but I wish someone else would of done that instead of her" he said as the apartment building came to view.

      "Oh..." she said as her heart beat accelerated.

      They both walked up the stairs and entered the apartment to see a light on. Shinji put his finger to his lips and opened the door quietly. Asuka was taking her shoes off as Shinji went to the closet and got a blanket for Misato. He was about to walk to the kitchen when he felt a tug on his shirt, he turned around to see Asuka grabbing on to his shirt.

      "Let me do it" she whispered.

      He looked at her for a few seconds, smiled then gave her the blanket as she walked to the kitchen.

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      Inside Asuka saw Misato with her head on one of her arms, using it as a pillow. She walked up to her guardian and wrapped the blanket around her shoulders. Then slowly she bend down and gave her a hug from behind, her cheek touching Misato's. When she got up, she saw Shinji leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed and a soft smile on his face. Both kids then left the kitchen, turning the light off, and went to their rooms to get some sleep.

      "Goodnight, Asuka"

      "Night, Shinji"

      Two doors clicked closed when the women in the kitchen murmured something softly that no one heard that night.

      "My babies..."

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      A light was turned on in a small apartment as the girl from the band competition, Julia Asagaki, closed the door from behind her. Taking her shoes off, she walked to the bathroom. Turning the light on there she looked at herself in the mirror. She turned her head to the left then to the right, she then grabbed her hair and bending down she disappeared from the view of the mirror. When her head came into the view again, the reflection showed that in fact she had short, light blue hair. She then took out the contacts from her eye, which showed their true color was red. Rei Ayanami looked at herself in the mirror and at the light purple makeup she wore. She turned on the water in the sink and washed her face. She then looked at the reflection of herself again, turning her face to the left then to the right. A uncharacteristic smile showed on her face.

      "That was enjoyable"

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To be continued...

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Thus ends a pretty long chapter, thank you for the reviews. just to say the council of shinji was actually an inspirational source from another story called  "Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut" which actually was a council of reis (i made it to a council of shinjis so that it could be shown what is going on in his head, beats the regular "angel and devil" idea). other stuff that might be similar to another story are all coincidental, im not out there to steal other people thought out ideas and say that they are mine. hell im happy i have the idea of the story in my head because its usually its empty...  

Everlong is a song by the Foo Fighters, plan on using it in a different chapter so look out for it