Our Guardian Gendo
by DoomaWriter
Author's notes: Once again I must thank all those who reviewed. Each review is a step in keeping me from crying in the corner of my room without eating. So you see, by reviewing, you're saving a life in a way. You're all heroes!..........Well, you're all okay in my book at least.
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Chapter 3: The First Day Begins
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Shinji stood in the middle of what was now his new room. It was an empty rectangle with nothing in it besides a futon on the floor and a small desk in the corner. So naturally, Shinji felt comfortable.
"What is this!? A room or a closet!?" a familiar voice screamed from the other side of the wall. Shinji just sighed and opened his suitcase. He was only able to pack his school uniform, mini casette player, the picture of Misato he kept since the day he became a pilot, and an autographed eight by eleven glossy of Penpen.
Shinji laid back and stared upward. *I'm used to being taken away from my home,* Shinji thought. *But this time I was taken away from my home and sent to...my home? Whatever.* He pressed play and listened to one of his favorite songs. *It beats reality.*
Meanwhile, Asuka was in the next room unpacking as well, only she wasn't as passive as her roomates. "Baka Shinji," Asuka grumbled while sifting through the suitcase. "None of this would've happened if he didn't try to take advantage of me when I was sleeping! If he thinks he's getting sympathy from me because his father's a jackass, he's got another thing coming. Dammit, I couldn't even pack most of my things." Within her suitcase were spare clothes, her uniform as well, favorite yellow dress, a framed picture of Kaji, and of course, an eight by eleven glossy of Penpen.
And in her room, Rei surveyed her new environment. It was alright, but could use a few things. Luckily she came prepared. She unfolded a box she had packed and placed it beside the table. Also, she took out a glass container and her beloved pair of Gendo's ruined glasses and placed them on top. Perfect.
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The next morning, Shinji took it upon himself to make breakfast. Besides, Asuka never cooked and Rei seemed as if she would probably make rice and water. He opened the fridge to see what he could make, yet the only thing inside was a jug of water. Shinji had never seen a fridge so barren. He shivered at the thought of not having something ready for the Second Child's meal.
Quickly, Shinji rushed to the cupboards. There he only saw coffee beans. *Oh come on!* He thought as panic grew within him. *Father must have something! Cereal, french toast, vodka, anything!* Shinji desperatly flung open all the table drawers. Success!
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Rei had awoken and after taking a moment to reevaluate her existence, walked into the kitchen. There she saw Shinji in his apron with a big smile on his face. She walked up right behind him and paused. "Ikari-kun," she said.
Shinji turned around and saw the red eyes staring straight through him and into his soul. He would of started sweating if he wasn't feeling so cold all of a sudden. *Is she still mad about last night?* he thought. *Why is she so close to me!? Better stay calm. I'm not sure but I think she can read my mind* "Y-y-yes Ayanami?"
"Ohayo," Rei greeted in the blank way she does. She stayed close and just stared at Shinji. It was more than apparent that her presence made Shinji uneasy. He was holding his breath as if she'd bite his head off if his body moved in the slightest way. *Ikari-kun, you make it too easy to freighten you.* Rei thought to herself. *It is obvious why the Second Child rules you.*
A moment later, Asuka had managed to pull herself out of bed and soon joined Rei in the kitchen. She took a quick glance around and found that Shinji was liing upon the floor. "What happened to him?" Asuka asked.
"He stopped breathing," Rei explained. "I don't know why. I was in no way involved."
"As long as he made breakfast." Asuka diverted her attention to the table. On top were four cups of ramen. "That's just pitiful. Shinji-kun is getting lazy!" Rei just sat and sipped up her breakfast and decided that she should probably let up on Shinji. The poor kid's got Asuka to deal with everyday.
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Meanwhile, at NERV headquarters, Gendo sat in his dark office while his second in command stood next to him. The elder Ikari sat in his favorite position, hiding half of his face with his hands together. He remained quiet in deep thought while Fuyutsuki went on about how foolish mankind was.
"Man, the only creature that is a hazard to everything he touches," Fuyutsuki said. "Left to inherit the Earth and destined to destroy it." Fuyutsuki looked at Gendo and gave a concerned look. "Is there something wrong?"
"Hmm?" Ikari asked, snapping back to reality.
"Well I've been putting down mankind for a good while now and you haven't joined in."
"Oh um....man is really....wrong?"
Fuyutsuki sighed at the pitiful attempt. "Would you mind telling me what's troubling you?"
Ikari hesitated. "The Eva pilots are currently staying at my house."
"What?" The second commander couldn't believe his ears.
"Child Welfare got involved and dropped them off on me."
"Well, no matter. I can take care of it for you. They'll all be back at their homes by the end of the-"
"No, I want them to stay."
Here is where Fuyutsuki would do a spit take had he been drinking. "Excuse me?"
"I wish to use this opportunity to...conduct a few...'experiments'."
Fuyutsuki took a step away from Gendo. In the long time that he's been with Gendo he had learned something time and time again. It was that Gendo, like normal people, liked to be entertained as well. However, Gendo's way of staying amused was a lot more...sordid. "Try not to torture those kids," Fuyutsuki suggested. "Especially your son."
"I'll try to keep that in mind," Gendo said.
"Will you really?"
"No, I guess not."
Fuyutsuki sighed. "I assume that you'll demote Katsuragi? Or perhaps even lay her off?"
Gendo didn't reply. Although it appeared that he just sat there, behind his hands a sly smile slitthered onto his face. *Fire her? That wouldn't be fun at all.*
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Misato sulked through the hallways as she headed for her office. No matter what, she couldn't keep her mind off of Shinji and Asuka. She had no clue where they were which not only worried her as a guardian, but as a member of NERV. *I don't know how long I can hope to last.* Misato thought. *I'm safe as long as the commander doesn't find out. The man has no regrets about letting his own son go straight into harm's way time and time again. I'm sure he won't feel sympathy towards me.*
She opened her office door and was instantly bombarded by an avalanche of paper. After about a minute, Misato crawled out from the bottom and gasped for air. Every inch of her office was filled with various papers from floor to ceiling. "Wh-what is this!?"
"Oh, there you are," said Ritsuko as she walked up to her fallen friend, coffee mug in hand. "The commander left you some overdue work and thought that you should handle it."
"Why me!?" Misato asked while dragging her body from underneath the pile.
Ritsuko shrugged. "Don't ask me. The odd thing is that the majority of those aren't even related to your job. Hell, I was supposed to do some of those."
"What are we going to do now?" Misato questioned as she finally got up upon her own two feet.
"I don't know about you, but as for me, I'm going to my office to sleep until quitting time. I'm feeling really good about not being you right now." Ritsuko turned from the boiling woman behind her and started to walk off. "Oh by the way, he also said that if you didn't finish by tonight, you're fired. He also added something about you knowing too much and having your life deleted or wiped out or something, I wasn't paying attention. Good luck." Ritsuko walked through a sliding door and was gone.
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"...And now I have to stay with my father," Shinji said, ending his tale to Toji and Kensuke. His two friends looked upon him with an extreme look of dread. Shinji couldn't help but smile. Usually the two were quite uncaring about his problems. It was always something like "Rub some dirt in it and be a man". But now, now he got the compassion he longed for so desperately throughout his life.
"Wait, a second, back up," Kensuke said. "So....you don't live with Misato- san anymore?"
"No, now I'm with my fath-"
"This is horrible! This isn't happening! I must be dreaming! This is a bad, bad dream!"
Toji grabbed Kensuke's collar and dragged him closer. "Dammit! Leave me out of your twisted dreams!"
"Um...." Shinji didn't know how to finish that sentence.
"Crap crap crap!" Toji said, holding back tears and banging on the top of his table. "If Shinji-kun doesn't live with Misato-san anymore then that means we don't have any excuses to see her anymore!"
"Are you guys serious?"
"What, you think we visit you're home to see you?" Kensuke asked. He gave Shinji a look which made him wonder if he was insane for thinking otherwise. "Since the day Misato came to the school, half of the male students have joined the MFC -Misato Fan Club. Which might I add, me and Toji are currently the leaders of."
Toji raised one of his sleeves to show a tattoo of Misato winking. "We've dedicated our lives to her and we fight the war for her name!"
"War?" Shinji asked.
"Hai," Kensuke began again, adjusting his glasses. "Ever since a certain student started coming to this school, the other half of the male students have joined the AFC. I suppose you can guess what the 'A' stands for. Which is why its crucial that we finish Project D.A.B. And with your hel- Shinji- kun? Oi, Shinji-kun, where are you going?"
"Was it wise to let him know everything?" Toji asked.
"Now that it has no effect on whether or not we see Misato-san anymore there's no need to worry. Besides we'll be keeping an eye on him."
"You don't trust him?"
"We must find out the new location of our target. Project D.A.B. shall be executed tonight."
Across the classroom, Asuka had just finished telling the story to her friend Hikari. Although her version involved Shinji being a complete idiot who practically planned on the whole thing working.
"I'm so sorry for you," Hikari said. "Is there anything I can do?"
"I just want to forget about it, if even for a little while," Asuka answered while banging her head upon her table. "Let's talk about something else."
Hikari looked around to make sure no one could be listening. "Well, there was something I've been meaning to ask you."
"What?"
"I heard a rumor that when you first came here that uh, Toji flashed you."
"Ugh! Thanks for reminding me!" She faced Hikari with her face still on the table. "Why'd you bring that up?"
Hikari tried her best to not make eye contact. "Well, I was um...just wondering....uh....how was.......y'know...."
"WHAT!?" Asuka yelled, eyes wide in surprise. At that moment her heart skipped a beat, then another just to be safe.
"Well, I got your mind off of you're problems didn't I?" Hikari said with a smile.
Asuka calmed down. She placed her head back on the table and tried to get the disturbing thoughts out of her head. "That was a dirty trick."
"But seriously, answer the question."
To be continued...
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Jikai: Gendo has more "fun" at the expense of others, Misato has an impossible deadline to meet and Asuka's being followed. Gendo dodged an encounter with the three weirdos living in his house but it won't last forever.
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Author's Notes: It may seem that I've forgotten to answer the whole "does Shinji still hate Gendo" question I proposed to answer but that's not true! There's one small clue which answers it. Can you find it? Even if you can't it'll become obvious in later chapters.
Author's notes: Once again I must thank all those who reviewed. Each review is a step in keeping me from crying in the corner of my room without eating. So you see, by reviewing, you're saving a life in a way. You're all heroes!..........Well, you're all okay in my book at least.
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Chapter 3: The First Day Begins
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Shinji stood in the middle of what was now his new room. It was an empty rectangle with nothing in it besides a futon on the floor and a small desk in the corner. So naturally, Shinji felt comfortable.
"What is this!? A room or a closet!?" a familiar voice screamed from the other side of the wall. Shinji just sighed and opened his suitcase. He was only able to pack his school uniform, mini casette player, the picture of Misato he kept since the day he became a pilot, and an autographed eight by eleven glossy of Penpen.
Shinji laid back and stared upward. *I'm used to being taken away from my home,* Shinji thought. *But this time I was taken away from my home and sent to...my home? Whatever.* He pressed play and listened to one of his favorite songs. *It beats reality.*
Meanwhile, Asuka was in the next room unpacking as well, only she wasn't as passive as her roomates. "Baka Shinji," Asuka grumbled while sifting through the suitcase. "None of this would've happened if he didn't try to take advantage of me when I was sleeping! If he thinks he's getting sympathy from me because his father's a jackass, he's got another thing coming. Dammit, I couldn't even pack most of my things." Within her suitcase were spare clothes, her uniform as well, favorite yellow dress, a framed picture of Kaji, and of course, an eight by eleven glossy of Penpen.
And in her room, Rei surveyed her new environment. It was alright, but could use a few things. Luckily she came prepared. She unfolded a box she had packed and placed it beside the table. Also, she took out a glass container and her beloved pair of Gendo's ruined glasses and placed them on top. Perfect.
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The next morning, Shinji took it upon himself to make breakfast. Besides, Asuka never cooked and Rei seemed as if she would probably make rice and water. He opened the fridge to see what he could make, yet the only thing inside was a jug of water. Shinji had never seen a fridge so barren. He shivered at the thought of not having something ready for the Second Child's meal.
Quickly, Shinji rushed to the cupboards. There he only saw coffee beans. *Oh come on!* He thought as panic grew within him. *Father must have something! Cereal, french toast, vodka, anything!* Shinji desperatly flung open all the table drawers. Success!
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Rei had awoken and after taking a moment to reevaluate her existence, walked into the kitchen. There she saw Shinji in his apron with a big smile on his face. She walked up right behind him and paused. "Ikari-kun," she said.
Shinji turned around and saw the red eyes staring straight through him and into his soul. He would of started sweating if he wasn't feeling so cold all of a sudden. *Is she still mad about last night?* he thought. *Why is she so close to me!? Better stay calm. I'm not sure but I think she can read my mind* "Y-y-yes Ayanami?"
"Ohayo," Rei greeted in the blank way she does. She stayed close and just stared at Shinji. It was more than apparent that her presence made Shinji uneasy. He was holding his breath as if she'd bite his head off if his body moved in the slightest way. *Ikari-kun, you make it too easy to freighten you.* Rei thought to herself. *It is obvious why the Second Child rules you.*
A moment later, Asuka had managed to pull herself out of bed and soon joined Rei in the kitchen. She took a quick glance around and found that Shinji was liing upon the floor. "What happened to him?" Asuka asked.
"He stopped breathing," Rei explained. "I don't know why. I was in no way involved."
"As long as he made breakfast." Asuka diverted her attention to the table. On top were four cups of ramen. "That's just pitiful. Shinji-kun is getting lazy!" Rei just sat and sipped up her breakfast and decided that she should probably let up on Shinji. The poor kid's got Asuka to deal with everyday.
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Meanwhile, at NERV headquarters, Gendo sat in his dark office while his second in command stood next to him. The elder Ikari sat in his favorite position, hiding half of his face with his hands together. He remained quiet in deep thought while Fuyutsuki went on about how foolish mankind was.
"Man, the only creature that is a hazard to everything he touches," Fuyutsuki said. "Left to inherit the Earth and destined to destroy it." Fuyutsuki looked at Gendo and gave a concerned look. "Is there something wrong?"
"Hmm?" Ikari asked, snapping back to reality.
"Well I've been putting down mankind for a good while now and you haven't joined in."
"Oh um....man is really....wrong?"
Fuyutsuki sighed at the pitiful attempt. "Would you mind telling me what's troubling you?"
Ikari hesitated. "The Eva pilots are currently staying at my house."
"What?" The second commander couldn't believe his ears.
"Child Welfare got involved and dropped them off on me."
"Well, no matter. I can take care of it for you. They'll all be back at their homes by the end of the-"
"No, I want them to stay."
Here is where Fuyutsuki would do a spit take had he been drinking. "Excuse me?"
"I wish to use this opportunity to...conduct a few...'experiments'."
Fuyutsuki took a step away from Gendo. In the long time that he's been with Gendo he had learned something time and time again. It was that Gendo, like normal people, liked to be entertained as well. However, Gendo's way of staying amused was a lot more...sordid. "Try not to torture those kids," Fuyutsuki suggested. "Especially your son."
"I'll try to keep that in mind," Gendo said.
"Will you really?"
"No, I guess not."
Fuyutsuki sighed. "I assume that you'll demote Katsuragi? Or perhaps even lay her off?"
Gendo didn't reply. Although it appeared that he just sat there, behind his hands a sly smile slitthered onto his face. *Fire her? That wouldn't be fun at all.*
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Misato sulked through the hallways as she headed for her office. No matter what, she couldn't keep her mind off of Shinji and Asuka. She had no clue where they were which not only worried her as a guardian, but as a member of NERV. *I don't know how long I can hope to last.* Misato thought. *I'm safe as long as the commander doesn't find out. The man has no regrets about letting his own son go straight into harm's way time and time again. I'm sure he won't feel sympathy towards me.*
She opened her office door and was instantly bombarded by an avalanche of paper. After about a minute, Misato crawled out from the bottom and gasped for air. Every inch of her office was filled with various papers from floor to ceiling. "Wh-what is this!?"
"Oh, there you are," said Ritsuko as she walked up to her fallen friend, coffee mug in hand. "The commander left you some overdue work and thought that you should handle it."
"Why me!?" Misato asked while dragging her body from underneath the pile.
Ritsuko shrugged. "Don't ask me. The odd thing is that the majority of those aren't even related to your job. Hell, I was supposed to do some of those."
"What are we going to do now?" Misato questioned as she finally got up upon her own two feet.
"I don't know about you, but as for me, I'm going to my office to sleep until quitting time. I'm feeling really good about not being you right now." Ritsuko turned from the boiling woman behind her and started to walk off. "Oh by the way, he also said that if you didn't finish by tonight, you're fired. He also added something about you knowing too much and having your life deleted or wiped out or something, I wasn't paying attention. Good luck." Ritsuko walked through a sliding door and was gone.
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"...And now I have to stay with my father," Shinji said, ending his tale to Toji and Kensuke. His two friends looked upon him with an extreme look of dread. Shinji couldn't help but smile. Usually the two were quite uncaring about his problems. It was always something like "Rub some dirt in it and be a man". But now, now he got the compassion he longed for so desperately throughout his life.
"Wait, a second, back up," Kensuke said. "So....you don't live with Misato- san anymore?"
"No, now I'm with my fath-"
"This is horrible! This isn't happening! I must be dreaming! This is a bad, bad dream!"
Toji grabbed Kensuke's collar and dragged him closer. "Dammit! Leave me out of your twisted dreams!"
"Um...." Shinji didn't know how to finish that sentence.
"Crap crap crap!" Toji said, holding back tears and banging on the top of his table. "If Shinji-kun doesn't live with Misato-san anymore then that means we don't have any excuses to see her anymore!"
"Are you guys serious?"
"What, you think we visit you're home to see you?" Kensuke asked. He gave Shinji a look which made him wonder if he was insane for thinking otherwise. "Since the day Misato came to the school, half of the male students have joined the MFC -Misato Fan Club. Which might I add, me and Toji are currently the leaders of."
Toji raised one of his sleeves to show a tattoo of Misato winking. "We've dedicated our lives to her and we fight the war for her name!"
"War?" Shinji asked.
"Hai," Kensuke began again, adjusting his glasses. "Ever since a certain student started coming to this school, the other half of the male students have joined the AFC. I suppose you can guess what the 'A' stands for. Which is why its crucial that we finish Project D.A.B. And with your hel- Shinji- kun? Oi, Shinji-kun, where are you going?"
"Was it wise to let him know everything?" Toji asked.
"Now that it has no effect on whether or not we see Misato-san anymore there's no need to worry. Besides we'll be keeping an eye on him."
"You don't trust him?"
"We must find out the new location of our target. Project D.A.B. shall be executed tonight."
Across the classroom, Asuka had just finished telling the story to her friend Hikari. Although her version involved Shinji being a complete idiot who practically planned on the whole thing working.
"I'm so sorry for you," Hikari said. "Is there anything I can do?"
"I just want to forget about it, if even for a little while," Asuka answered while banging her head upon her table. "Let's talk about something else."
Hikari looked around to make sure no one could be listening. "Well, there was something I've been meaning to ask you."
"What?"
"I heard a rumor that when you first came here that uh, Toji flashed you."
"Ugh! Thanks for reminding me!" She faced Hikari with her face still on the table. "Why'd you bring that up?"
Hikari tried her best to not make eye contact. "Well, I was um...just wondering....uh....how was.......y'know...."
"WHAT!?" Asuka yelled, eyes wide in surprise. At that moment her heart skipped a beat, then another just to be safe.
"Well, I got your mind off of you're problems didn't I?" Hikari said with a smile.
Asuka calmed down. She placed her head back on the table and tried to get the disturbing thoughts out of her head. "That was a dirty trick."
"But seriously, answer the question."
To be continued...
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Jikai: Gendo has more "fun" at the expense of others, Misato has an impossible deadline to meet and Asuka's being followed. Gendo dodged an encounter with the three weirdos living in his house but it won't last forever.
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Author's Notes: It may seem that I've forgotten to answer the whole "does Shinji still hate Gendo" question I proposed to answer but that's not true! There's one small clue which answers it. Can you find it? Even if you can't it'll become obvious in later chapters.
