Hello folks. Despite popular belief; I have not retired from writing, nor have I forsaken this fic. Anyway, here is an update as proof of that.
-Chapter 29-
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*Streets of Tokyo 03*
Asuka was striding through the city with Shinji in tow. She was still pissed at Misato for when the older woman had interrupted her fun, but despite saying that: 'She'd Finish what she started with Shinji someplace else,' she found herself completely out of ideas now that they were out of the apartment.
Sighing she came to a standstill, and Shinji now stood beside her. "Ah, dang it..."
"You wanna go back to the apartment?"
Asuka sighed again. "Yeah... we may as well."
As the two turned to head back, Shinji spotted someone walking across from them on the other side of the road.
"Hey Asuka, isn't that Hikari?"
"Huh?" The redhead turned to see who Shinji was looking at. "Yeah, it is!" She confirmed. "I wonder where she's going though... she didn't tell me she'd be going out today."
"Maybe something popped up." Shinji thought. "Let's leave her alone."
"Shinji!" She exclaimed. "Where is your sense of fun?" Grinning she continued. "I say we followed her and see where she's going!"
"But isn't she your friend?"
"Of course, but best friends shouldn't hide things from each-other!"
Sighing in defeat, Shinji submitted to Asuka's request. "Oh alright..."
"Great!" She smiled. "Let's go!"
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*Katsuragi Apartment*
Misato sat dejectedly at her kitchen table, drinking her usual 'Yebisu.'
"Damn kids are gonna be the death of me one day..." She muttered to herself as she took another large gulp.
Just as she was about to down the last of her beer, the doorbell rang prompting her to go and investigate.
"I wonder who that could be..."
Opening the door she was startled to see a young man holding a large bouquet of roses with her name on it.
"Um... Hello?" She began.
"Hello, you must be Misato." The young man said.
"Yeah, that's me."
He presented her with the roses and she took them from him. "Are these for me?"
"Yes, from some guy called Kaji." The man explained. "I'm just delivering them."
"Oh... well thank you." She said as she tore her eyes from the flowers and smiled.
"No prob." He said as he began walking away. "Bye."
"Bye!" She said loudly as he walked in to the elevator.
Walking back to the apartment and shutting the door behind herself, Misato sat down to inspect the roses. 'This is very un-usual coming from Kaji.' She thought. 'I wish I knew what to do with them...'
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*Outside of the Apartment Complex*
Slowly the figure of the young man who had delivered the roses began to change colour and shifted state to become a small cloud of gas. "That guy..." Cupid chuckled. "Needs all the help he can get."
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*Streets of Tokyo 03*
"Where the hell is she going?" Asuka whispered to Shinji as they kept their distance behind Hikari.
"I'm not sure." Shinji replied. "This route does seem familiar though."
The two stayed on her tail for a few more minutes before a realization came to Shinji and he spoke again.
"I recognise this place now," He said in a hushed voice. "We're on the same road that leads to Touji's house."
"Well..." Asuka replied just as quietly. "We'll just have to follow her and see where this goes..."
Shinji nodded as they continued down the road after Asuka's friend.
"Hey, she's slowing down." Asuka said. "And it looks like she's turning in to that house over there... what do you think?" She asked him.
Shinji remained silent.
"Shinji?" She asked him again.
"...That's Touji's house." He said finally. "She's gone to visit Touji."
"What!?" Asuka raised her voice. "Why would she do that?"
"I dunno..." Shinji replied. "Printouts maybe? He has missed a lot school lately..."
"It's not that." Asuka said. "She wasn't carrying anything."
"Hmmm, I'm out of ideas." Said Shinji.
"Well, I'm going to march over there and see what's going on!" Asuka exclaimed as she started walking again..
"No!" Shinji yelped. "Don't!"
"What!?" She turned to him with a scowl. "And why not?"
"Because then she'd know that we followed her." Shinji explained. "Ask her about it some other time; I don't think she'd be happy if she knew her best friend was stalking her."
"It's not stalking Baka!" She yelled, but then her eyes softened. "Awww man... I just can't stay mad at you..." She gave him a hug. "You're right, let's wait for some other time."
Shinji sighed in relief and returned the hug. "You really gotta control that temper of yours."
"You can't ask that of me!" She protested. "It's part of my charm!"
Shinji laughed. "Yeah, I suppose it is!"
The two broke up the hug and walked away in the opposite direction from Touji's house.
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*NERV Cell Block*
Poor Kensuke. He has learned his lesson: Never trust a girl with red hair that comes from Germany. It had been a week since he had been locked up deep within the bowels of Nerv, and he had long ago submitted himself to the fact that rescue wasn't coming.
He had to admit that he was fortunate to have company; otherwise he probably would have cracked by now. And all for what?
"Hey kid." His in-mate called out.
"Yeah?"
"Well," He began. "It's been fun."
"What?"
Just then the door to their cell opened and two Nerv guards stepped in. One of them looked at Kensuke and then at the man sitting across from him.
"Let's go." The guard said.
Jason stood up and was led outside by the guards. The door closed behind them, pitching the cell back in to darkness.
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*Next Day - NERV HQ*
"Hello Major." Hyuga greeted Misato as she stepped in to the control room.
"Hey!" She said with a smile. "Anything interesting happening?"
"Nope."
Her smile faded. "Aww man, there's nothing to do..."
"Hmmm... what about that guy who was tailing Asuka?" Hyuga reminded her.
"Huh?" She tried to remember for a moment. "Oh yeah... I said I'd check that out, didn't I?"
"Yep."
"Alright, I'll go down to the Cell Block..." She said as she made her way over to the small elevator and descended out of sight.
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To Be Continued...
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Another half finished chapter, lol. The wait for the next update won't be as long... promise.
-Chapter 29-
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*Streets of Tokyo 03*
Asuka was striding through the city with Shinji in tow. She was still pissed at Misato for when the older woman had interrupted her fun, but despite saying that: 'She'd Finish what she started with Shinji someplace else,' she found herself completely out of ideas now that they were out of the apartment.
Sighing she came to a standstill, and Shinji now stood beside her. "Ah, dang it..."
"You wanna go back to the apartment?"
Asuka sighed again. "Yeah... we may as well."
As the two turned to head back, Shinji spotted someone walking across from them on the other side of the road.
"Hey Asuka, isn't that Hikari?"
"Huh?" The redhead turned to see who Shinji was looking at. "Yeah, it is!" She confirmed. "I wonder where she's going though... she didn't tell me she'd be going out today."
"Maybe something popped up." Shinji thought. "Let's leave her alone."
"Shinji!" She exclaimed. "Where is your sense of fun?" Grinning she continued. "I say we followed her and see where she's going!"
"But isn't she your friend?"
"Of course, but best friends shouldn't hide things from each-other!"
Sighing in defeat, Shinji submitted to Asuka's request. "Oh alright..."
"Great!" She smiled. "Let's go!"
---
*Katsuragi Apartment*
Misato sat dejectedly at her kitchen table, drinking her usual 'Yebisu.'
"Damn kids are gonna be the death of me one day..." She muttered to herself as she took another large gulp.
Just as she was about to down the last of her beer, the doorbell rang prompting her to go and investigate.
"I wonder who that could be..."
Opening the door she was startled to see a young man holding a large bouquet of roses with her name on it.
"Um... Hello?" She began.
"Hello, you must be Misato." The young man said.
"Yeah, that's me."
He presented her with the roses and she took them from him. "Are these for me?"
"Yes, from some guy called Kaji." The man explained. "I'm just delivering them."
"Oh... well thank you." She said as she tore her eyes from the flowers and smiled.
"No prob." He said as he began walking away. "Bye."
"Bye!" She said loudly as he walked in to the elevator.
Walking back to the apartment and shutting the door behind herself, Misato sat down to inspect the roses. 'This is very un-usual coming from Kaji.' She thought. 'I wish I knew what to do with them...'
---
*Outside of the Apartment Complex*
Slowly the figure of the young man who had delivered the roses began to change colour and shifted state to become a small cloud of gas. "That guy..." Cupid chuckled. "Needs all the help he can get."
---
*Streets of Tokyo 03*
"Where the hell is she going?" Asuka whispered to Shinji as they kept their distance behind Hikari.
"I'm not sure." Shinji replied. "This route does seem familiar though."
The two stayed on her tail for a few more minutes before a realization came to Shinji and he spoke again.
"I recognise this place now," He said in a hushed voice. "We're on the same road that leads to Touji's house."
"Well..." Asuka replied just as quietly. "We'll just have to follow her and see where this goes..."
Shinji nodded as they continued down the road after Asuka's friend.
"Hey, she's slowing down." Asuka said. "And it looks like she's turning in to that house over there... what do you think?" She asked him.
Shinji remained silent.
"Shinji?" She asked him again.
"...That's Touji's house." He said finally. "She's gone to visit Touji."
"What!?" Asuka raised her voice. "Why would she do that?"
"I dunno..." Shinji replied. "Printouts maybe? He has missed a lot school lately..."
"It's not that." Asuka said. "She wasn't carrying anything."
"Hmmm, I'm out of ideas." Said Shinji.
"Well, I'm going to march over there and see what's going on!" Asuka exclaimed as she started walking again..
"No!" Shinji yelped. "Don't!"
"What!?" She turned to him with a scowl. "And why not?"
"Because then she'd know that we followed her." Shinji explained. "Ask her about it some other time; I don't think she'd be happy if she knew her best friend was stalking her."
"It's not stalking Baka!" She yelled, but then her eyes softened. "Awww man... I just can't stay mad at you..." She gave him a hug. "You're right, let's wait for some other time."
Shinji sighed in relief and returned the hug. "You really gotta control that temper of yours."
"You can't ask that of me!" She protested. "It's part of my charm!"
Shinji laughed. "Yeah, I suppose it is!"
The two broke up the hug and walked away in the opposite direction from Touji's house.
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*NERV Cell Block*
Poor Kensuke. He has learned his lesson: Never trust a girl with red hair that comes from Germany. It had been a week since he had been locked up deep within the bowels of Nerv, and he had long ago submitted himself to the fact that rescue wasn't coming.
He had to admit that he was fortunate to have company; otherwise he probably would have cracked by now. And all for what?
"Hey kid." His in-mate called out.
"Yeah?"
"Well," He began. "It's been fun."
"What?"
Just then the door to their cell opened and two Nerv guards stepped in. One of them looked at Kensuke and then at the man sitting across from him.
"Let's go." The guard said.
Jason stood up and was led outside by the guards. The door closed behind them, pitching the cell back in to darkness.
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*Next Day - NERV HQ*
"Hello Major." Hyuga greeted Misato as she stepped in to the control room.
"Hey!" She said with a smile. "Anything interesting happening?"
"Nope."
Her smile faded. "Aww man, there's nothing to do..."
"Hmmm... what about that guy who was tailing Asuka?" Hyuga reminded her.
"Huh?" She tried to remember for a moment. "Oh yeah... I said I'd check that out, didn't I?"
"Yep."
"Alright, I'll go down to the Cell Block..." She said as she made her way over to the small elevator and descended out of sight.
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To Be Continued...
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Another half finished chapter, lol. The wait for the next update won't be as long... promise.
