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Neon Genesis: Guardian
Chapter 1
2037
A hatch opened and slammed against the side of the conning tower with a loud clank. A shaft of light from the hatch rose upwards into the night sky. The light darkened slightly as a figure climbed out of the hatch and stepped onto the deck. The man looked towards the bow and then walked past the periscope sheaves, past the machine gun, and came to a stop. He then leaned against the railing and stared off out over the waters that lay just out of reach......
Do to the road and the beach that lay between the submarine and the lake.
The U-505, a Type-IXc U-Boat, sat in the same spot it had for the past 82 years, on shore and beside the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Nearly a century before, it had prowled the Atlantic in search of prey. Eight ships fell under its sights and sank to the bottom. But in 1944, the hunter became the hunted. Forced to surface, the U-505 was captured by the US Navy, the first man of war to be captured since 1815. Now she was a war memorial, dedicated to those who had died on both sides during the war.
Another shape blocked out the light from the hatch. A head popped up and looked around, finally coming to rest on the man leaning against the railing.
"Erlaubnis au board zu kommen, herr kaptain?" came a female voice.
The man turned around and frowned at the woman looking at him.
"What?"
The woman smirked. "I thought you would have learned the language by now. I said 'Permission to come aboard, Captain?'"
"I'm not the captain." the man replied, "And I won't have anything to do with the demon's language."
The woman frowned. "Asuka is going to hurt you for that Kensuke. German is not a demonic language. Can I come up or what?"
Kensuke just smiled. "It is when she speaks it. And yes get up here."
The woman climbed up and walked to the railing.
"It's a nice night." she said quietly.
Kensuke placed his arms around the woman. "It is. I'm glad you came Sayoko."
Sayoko glared at him and pulled herself out of his arms. "I didn't come all the way over here to meet you just to get hit on."
"Sorry. I got caught up in the moment."
"That 'moment' was 10 years ago," replied Sayoko, "and I thought we'd agree to move on."
"Yeah well," Kensuke scratched his head. "it's kind of hard to forget about that night."
Sayoko blushed a bit, but kept a serious look on her face. "It was one night. And a week later, we agreed that our futures lay on different paths and that we should move on."
Kensuke smiled, "But it was a memorable week, even if I do go to hell for it."
Sayoko sighed, "I told you, you're not going to go to hell for that."
"Deflowering a Goddess?" said Kensuke, "While slightly intoxicated, and not even being married or otherwise dating each other? If that doesn't buy me a trip to hell.."
Sayoko placed her hand over his mouth. "You're lucky Mom, Dad, and my Aunts never found out."
Kensuke removed her hand. "I was more concerned with your grandfather finding out. I have no desire to be smited."
Sayoko finally had enough. "Listen if you called me all the way over here just to try and get back together with me, I might as well go home now."
"Alright alright." Kensuke pulled out a folder and handed it to her. "You know I'm now head of the UN Intelligence United States branch..."
"Yeah, Shinji told me." Sayoko replied as she opened the folder.
"Right." Kensuke pointed to a list in the folder. "There have been a string of unexplained deaths, starting with Fuyutsuki. Now I know they said it was a heart attack as a result of the surprise from having his wall blown in, but I don't buy that. Neither does anyone else in intelligence." He looked up at Sayoko, expecting her to be surprised. He himself was surprised to see her face flickering through a variety of emotions, including guilt. Kensuke looked back down at the list. "Now as you can see, since 2023, there have been at least 3 to 4 Ex-NERV personal killed a year, all of them had some kind of connection to the Eva project."
"I know." said Sayoko softly, "I was at Dr. Akagi and Colonel Ibuki's funeral a week ago." More guilt was shown on her face.
Kensuke stared at Sayoko. 'What's going on?' "A few days ago, one of our agents brought in this list...." He pulled the list out from the folder. "...which he found while searching a suspected SEELE member's apartment. It's a hit list, naming all of the personal that are now dead as well as anyone connected to the Evas."
Sayoko shrugged. "So SEELE wants me dead. We stopped 3rd Impact, their life's work."
"But you're not a target."
Sayoko frowned. "What?"
"All of the pilots are missing from the list." said Kensuke, "In fact, there is a sentence at the bottom that actually states that you and your families are NOT to be targeted due to possible 'heavenly interference'."
Sayoko paled. "Meaning they know about me as a...."
"..Goddess? Yes." Kensuke then pointed to a name that had been circle. "This is who we think their next target is."
Sayoko stared at the name. "Misato?"
Kensuke nodded. "She's the last ranking member of NERV still alive. That, and her popularity as the woman who ordered the Evas into battle has made her a target. A very important target."
"But she's practically a mother to me and the other pilots." protested Sayoko.
"Yet she hasn't been anywhere near Tokyo-2 since just before Taro entered Elementary School. The only ones she actually writes and talks to are Rei, Shinji, and Asuka." Kensuke looked at Sayoko as the guilty look appeared on her face once more. "Is this where I finally learned why Misato punched your mother? She never did tell us."
Sayoko turned and looked up at the sky. She remained that way for several minutes. Kensuke was about to speak again when Sayoko broke the silence.
"Some people....see being a god as the greatest thing that can happen to them. Unlimited power, long life, the ability to remain young forever...it's a dream come true to many people. But it's also a curse." Sayoko turned her gaze back to Kensuke. "I will out live all of the friends I've made on earth, besides Shinji, Asuka, Rei, and Touji." Sayoko looked back towards the lake. "You know my parents are now in their sixties? This is supposed to be the 'golden years' for them. But I've seen the look on my Mom's face. She knows that eventually, Dad will die. Maybe in his sleep, maybe due to illness, but eventually he will die. And she will have to watch, unable to prevent it. That is our curse."
"What's that have to do with Misato?"
"Even though we're 'all powerful', it doesn't mean we know or understand everything that happens." Sayoko looked over at Kensuke. "Misato asked my Mom about Kaji, how he was doing up in heaven and wither he had hit on anyone yet. Mom had to tell the truth, even though she didn't want to: Kaji never arrived in heaven or hell."
Kensuke stared at Sayoko in shock. "What?"
"He never arrived." Sayoko looked back to the lake. "Neither did Fuyutsuki, Ibuki, Akagi, anyone on that list from NERV. We searched long and hard, but they've never turned up. Misato was upset, and rightly so. So she vented her anger on the only person available at the time, my mother." Sayoko went silent.
Kensuke placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I'd like you to go to her, protect her from whatever killed the others."
"How do you know she'll even want to see me?"
"I don't." replied Kensuke, "But she does need to be protected."
"What about the others? What about UN Security?"
"She wants nothing to do with UN Security. And she doesn't want to worry Shinji, Asuka, or Rei."
"I don't even know where she is." Sayoko turned around and faced Kensuke. "You said it yourself: she only talks to the other children, not me."
Kensuke handed Sayoko a piece of paper. "She's in a nice little rural town in southern Japan. Taro went to school there until he graduated a year ago. Now Misato has the house all to herself...and Pen Pen. Please?"
"Alright, I'll do it." replied Sayoko, "After all it's Misato."
"Thank-you." Kensuke placed his arms around her and pulled her into a hug. "It's good to see you again."
Kensuke was surprised when Sayoko actually returned the hug.
"Remember what I said before," she said softly, "If you ever need me, call."
"Suppose I need a date?"
Sayoko smiled and pulled herself from his grip. "I'll think about it." She then turned and vanished. Kensuke let out a sigh.
"Well, it wasn't a no." He then turned and resume looking off to the lake.
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Rural Southern Japan.
A few days later.
"That movie was soooo cool!" shouted Hyosuke Magumo, "I wanna be just like Amon!"
He, Kaede Misumi, Ichigo Morino, Matagu Shido, Koishi Herikawa, and Kei Kusanagi were walking along the road that led back from town towards their homes.
"You do realize there are no such things as witches and magic, don't you?" said Kaede.
"What do you mean there's no such thing?" said Matagu, "After all, there ARE aliens!"
"What do you mean?" asked Kaede, who then glanced over at Kei, who seemed to have develop a very bad cough. She looked back at Matagu. "I haven't seen any aliens."
"What about Marie?" asked Hyosuke, "He's an alien."
"But.." Kaede stopped speaking when a hand came to rest on her shoulder.
"Just let him be," said Ichigo, "He'll wear himself out soon."
While Hyosuke continued to ramble on about the movie they had just seen, Koishi leaned over and whispered into Kei's ear.
"Remind me again, Why did we go to that movie?"
Kei shrugged. "Matagu said it was based off of an old anime from 30 years ago. Apparently it was a very popular show."
"Oh." Koishi remained quiet for several moments. "What do you think is going on between Kamishiro, Miyafuji, and Onodera?"
Kei was about to reply to her when the sound of an engine reached their ears. They both turned towards the sound. Coming up the road was a motorcycle with a sidecar. As it approached, it drifted off to the side to avoid the group. The cycle roared by the group, kicking up a dust cloud.
'cough cough'" Watch where your going!" shouted Hyosuke. "Geez. Wonder why he was in such a big hurry."
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The motorcycle continued to race along the road, it's driver easily taking the turns at high speed. The cycle finally came to a stop in front of a house. The cyclist stepped off the cycle and looked at the house. It was a modest two-story house, perhaps holding 3 bedrooms at the most. It was a nice white color. Parked off to one side was a blue sports car. The cyclist reached up and removed it's helmet. Long dark brown hair flowed out from under the helmet and down her back. Sayoko looked back at the house, then turned and tossed her helmet into the sidecar. She walked up towards the door and rang the bell. The door opened rather quickly.
"Hello Misa..." was all Sayoko could say before her world went bright white, then dark.
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Sayoko opened her eyes and blinked several times. She thought back to what had happened. She remembered Misato opening the door, and then a close-up of Misato's fist. There was pain, then nothing. Now there was still pain, mostly in her lower jaw, and she was looking up at a ceiling. Sayoko was quickly able to add everything up in her head.
Misato had punched her out and she was now waking up in Misato's house.
Sayoko let out a small groan and rubbed her sore jaw.
* Here. * came a wark.
Sayoko slowly turned her head to see Pen Pen next to her on the floor holding an icepack.
* Here * he repeated, * this will keep the swelling down. *
"Thanks." Sayoko said softly, "But I can handle it." She held her hand out in front of her. A small ball of energy formed. She pressed it into her jaw. Immediately the pain she had been feeling went away. She let out a small sigh of relief.
"Sorry about that." Sayoko turned to see Misato standing in the doorway. "I thought you were Belldandy."
Sayoko frowned slightly and gave a hard stare at the woman before her. Now in her fifties, Misato had finally begun to show her age, yet she could still turn heads. Her hair was now mostly gray, with only a few streaks of its former purple left.
"What do you mean you thought I was my mom?" replied an angry Sayoko.
Misato sighed and sat down across from Sayoko. "I guess I'm still mad that they lost Kaji. I heard the bike, and saw you." Misato gave her a smile. "You really do look like your mom now."
"Still doesn't make up for punching me out."
"I'm sorry alright." Misato looked down at her floor. "I thought I had gotten over it."
Misato felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked up to see Sayoko kneeling in front of her.
"I forgive you." She said, "If it had happened to me, I'd still be mad to."
"Thank you. So, what brings you here?"
"Kensuke called me."
Misato sighed. "I thought I told him I didn't need any bodyguards."
"You did. I'm not your bodyguard."
"Then what are you?"
"Your guardian angel?"
Misato narrowed her eyes. "I thought you were a goddess?"
"Ok." Sayoko waved her hand and Morning Bell flew out, hovering just over Sayoko's shoulder. "She's the guardian angel, and I'm here to back her up."
Misato rubbed her forehead. "Why are you so intent on doing this?"
"First off, you're like a mother to me, after Mom and Skuld." said Sayoko, "Second, I haven't seen you in years and I've been worried about you. Third...." A guilty look appeared on Sayoko's face. "My mom, Aunts, Grandfather..a lot of the gods that have met you feel guilty about what happened. They have not given up and figuring out what happened to Kaji, especially in light of some recent information."
Misato frowned, "What information?"
"After talking to Kensuke, I went up and talked to my mom and grandfather. We reviewed all the recent NERV deaths." Sayoko's face became dark. "In the more recent ones we detected demon activity."
Misato stared at Sayoko in shock. "Demons?" she whispered.
Sayoko nodded. "The rogues are working with SEELE."
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THANK-YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK!!!
(small curtain pulls aside to reveal the Goddess Sayoko in a Chicago Cubs Uniform)
Sayoko smiles. "Slayer would like to thank all of you who have read and reviewed this fanfics so far. He appreciates all your comments. Unfortunately, he was unable to say this in person as he was watching the Cubs game earlier tonight. He is currently on his way to Chicago to join in the lynch mob who is hunting for that fan." Sayoko pauses. Picture of said fan appears next to her.
"Now Next chapter! For the first time in nearly 15 years, I will be living with Misato and Pen Pen. Will my stomach survive the experience? And what will SEELE and the Demons have in store for me?" Sayoko gives the crowd a sultry smile. "And if you're really good and give a review maybe there will be some service service."
"WHOOT!" comes Urd's voice from off stage, "THATA GIRL!!"
Sayoko rolls her eyes. "Alright everyone! Until next time. GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!"
Neon Genesis: Guardian
Chapter 1
2037
A hatch opened and slammed against the side of the conning tower with a loud clank. A shaft of light from the hatch rose upwards into the night sky. The light darkened slightly as a figure climbed out of the hatch and stepped onto the deck. The man looked towards the bow and then walked past the periscope sheaves, past the machine gun, and came to a stop. He then leaned against the railing and stared off out over the waters that lay just out of reach......
Do to the road and the beach that lay between the submarine and the lake.
The U-505, a Type-IXc U-Boat, sat in the same spot it had for the past 82 years, on shore and beside the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Nearly a century before, it had prowled the Atlantic in search of prey. Eight ships fell under its sights and sank to the bottom. But in 1944, the hunter became the hunted. Forced to surface, the U-505 was captured by the US Navy, the first man of war to be captured since 1815. Now she was a war memorial, dedicated to those who had died on both sides during the war.
Another shape blocked out the light from the hatch. A head popped up and looked around, finally coming to rest on the man leaning against the railing.
"Erlaubnis au board zu kommen, herr kaptain?" came a female voice.
The man turned around and frowned at the woman looking at him.
"What?"
The woman smirked. "I thought you would have learned the language by now. I said 'Permission to come aboard, Captain?'"
"I'm not the captain." the man replied, "And I won't have anything to do with the demon's language."
The woman frowned. "Asuka is going to hurt you for that Kensuke. German is not a demonic language. Can I come up or what?"
Kensuke just smiled. "It is when she speaks it. And yes get up here."
The woman climbed up and walked to the railing.
"It's a nice night." she said quietly.
Kensuke placed his arms around the woman. "It is. I'm glad you came Sayoko."
Sayoko glared at him and pulled herself out of his arms. "I didn't come all the way over here to meet you just to get hit on."
"Sorry. I got caught up in the moment."
"That 'moment' was 10 years ago," replied Sayoko, "and I thought we'd agree to move on."
"Yeah well," Kensuke scratched his head. "it's kind of hard to forget about that night."
Sayoko blushed a bit, but kept a serious look on her face. "It was one night. And a week later, we agreed that our futures lay on different paths and that we should move on."
Kensuke smiled, "But it was a memorable week, even if I do go to hell for it."
Sayoko sighed, "I told you, you're not going to go to hell for that."
"Deflowering a Goddess?" said Kensuke, "While slightly intoxicated, and not even being married or otherwise dating each other? If that doesn't buy me a trip to hell.."
Sayoko placed her hand over his mouth. "You're lucky Mom, Dad, and my Aunts never found out."
Kensuke removed her hand. "I was more concerned with your grandfather finding out. I have no desire to be smited."
Sayoko finally had enough. "Listen if you called me all the way over here just to try and get back together with me, I might as well go home now."
"Alright alright." Kensuke pulled out a folder and handed it to her. "You know I'm now head of the UN Intelligence United States branch..."
"Yeah, Shinji told me." Sayoko replied as she opened the folder.
"Right." Kensuke pointed to a list in the folder. "There have been a string of unexplained deaths, starting with Fuyutsuki. Now I know they said it was a heart attack as a result of the surprise from having his wall blown in, but I don't buy that. Neither does anyone else in intelligence." He looked up at Sayoko, expecting her to be surprised. He himself was surprised to see her face flickering through a variety of emotions, including guilt. Kensuke looked back down at the list. "Now as you can see, since 2023, there have been at least 3 to 4 Ex-NERV personal killed a year, all of them had some kind of connection to the Eva project."
"I know." said Sayoko softly, "I was at Dr. Akagi and Colonel Ibuki's funeral a week ago." More guilt was shown on her face.
Kensuke stared at Sayoko. 'What's going on?' "A few days ago, one of our agents brought in this list...." He pulled the list out from the folder. "...which he found while searching a suspected SEELE member's apartment. It's a hit list, naming all of the personal that are now dead as well as anyone connected to the Evas."
Sayoko shrugged. "So SEELE wants me dead. We stopped 3rd Impact, their life's work."
"But you're not a target."
Sayoko frowned. "What?"
"All of the pilots are missing from the list." said Kensuke, "In fact, there is a sentence at the bottom that actually states that you and your families are NOT to be targeted due to possible 'heavenly interference'."
Sayoko paled. "Meaning they know about me as a...."
"..Goddess? Yes." Kensuke then pointed to a name that had been circle. "This is who we think their next target is."
Sayoko stared at the name. "Misato?"
Kensuke nodded. "She's the last ranking member of NERV still alive. That, and her popularity as the woman who ordered the Evas into battle has made her a target. A very important target."
"But she's practically a mother to me and the other pilots." protested Sayoko.
"Yet she hasn't been anywhere near Tokyo-2 since just before Taro entered Elementary School. The only ones she actually writes and talks to are Rei, Shinji, and Asuka." Kensuke looked at Sayoko as the guilty look appeared on her face once more. "Is this where I finally learned why Misato punched your mother? She never did tell us."
Sayoko turned and looked up at the sky. She remained that way for several minutes. Kensuke was about to speak again when Sayoko broke the silence.
"Some people....see being a god as the greatest thing that can happen to them. Unlimited power, long life, the ability to remain young forever...it's a dream come true to many people. But it's also a curse." Sayoko turned her gaze back to Kensuke. "I will out live all of the friends I've made on earth, besides Shinji, Asuka, Rei, and Touji." Sayoko looked back towards the lake. "You know my parents are now in their sixties? This is supposed to be the 'golden years' for them. But I've seen the look on my Mom's face. She knows that eventually, Dad will die. Maybe in his sleep, maybe due to illness, but eventually he will die. And she will have to watch, unable to prevent it. That is our curse."
"What's that have to do with Misato?"
"Even though we're 'all powerful', it doesn't mean we know or understand everything that happens." Sayoko looked over at Kensuke. "Misato asked my Mom about Kaji, how he was doing up in heaven and wither he had hit on anyone yet. Mom had to tell the truth, even though she didn't want to: Kaji never arrived in heaven or hell."
Kensuke stared at Sayoko in shock. "What?"
"He never arrived." Sayoko looked back to the lake. "Neither did Fuyutsuki, Ibuki, Akagi, anyone on that list from NERV. We searched long and hard, but they've never turned up. Misato was upset, and rightly so. So she vented her anger on the only person available at the time, my mother." Sayoko went silent.
Kensuke placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I'd like you to go to her, protect her from whatever killed the others."
"How do you know she'll even want to see me?"
"I don't." replied Kensuke, "But she does need to be protected."
"What about the others? What about UN Security?"
"She wants nothing to do with UN Security. And she doesn't want to worry Shinji, Asuka, or Rei."
"I don't even know where she is." Sayoko turned around and faced Kensuke. "You said it yourself: she only talks to the other children, not me."
Kensuke handed Sayoko a piece of paper. "She's in a nice little rural town in southern Japan. Taro went to school there until he graduated a year ago. Now Misato has the house all to herself...and Pen Pen. Please?"
"Alright, I'll do it." replied Sayoko, "After all it's Misato."
"Thank-you." Kensuke placed his arms around her and pulled her into a hug. "It's good to see you again."
Kensuke was surprised when Sayoko actually returned the hug.
"Remember what I said before," she said softly, "If you ever need me, call."
"Suppose I need a date?"
Sayoko smiled and pulled herself from his grip. "I'll think about it." She then turned and vanished. Kensuke let out a sigh.
"Well, it wasn't a no." He then turned and resume looking off to the lake.
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Rural Southern Japan.
A few days later.
"That movie was soooo cool!" shouted Hyosuke Magumo, "I wanna be just like Amon!"
He, Kaede Misumi, Ichigo Morino, Matagu Shido, Koishi Herikawa, and Kei Kusanagi were walking along the road that led back from town towards their homes.
"You do realize there are no such things as witches and magic, don't you?" said Kaede.
"What do you mean there's no such thing?" said Matagu, "After all, there ARE aliens!"
"What do you mean?" asked Kaede, who then glanced over at Kei, who seemed to have develop a very bad cough. She looked back at Matagu. "I haven't seen any aliens."
"What about Marie?" asked Hyosuke, "He's an alien."
"But.." Kaede stopped speaking when a hand came to rest on her shoulder.
"Just let him be," said Ichigo, "He'll wear himself out soon."
While Hyosuke continued to ramble on about the movie they had just seen, Koishi leaned over and whispered into Kei's ear.
"Remind me again, Why did we go to that movie?"
Kei shrugged. "Matagu said it was based off of an old anime from 30 years ago. Apparently it was a very popular show."
"Oh." Koishi remained quiet for several moments. "What do you think is going on between Kamishiro, Miyafuji, and Onodera?"
Kei was about to reply to her when the sound of an engine reached their ears. They both turned towards the sound. Coming up the road was a motorcycle with a sidecar. As it approached, it drifted off to the side to avoid the group. The cycle roared by the group, kicking up a dust cloud.
'cough cough'" Watch where your going!" shouted Hyosuke. "Geez. Wonder why he was in such a big hurry."
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The motorcycle continued to race along the road, it's driver easily taking the turns at high speed. The cycle finally came to a stop in front of a house. The cyclist stepped off the cycle and looked at the house. It was a modest two-story house, perhaps holding 3 bedrooms at the most. It was a nice white color. Parked off to one side was a blue sports car. The cyclist reached up and removed it's helmet. Long dark brown hair flowed out from under the helmet and down her back. Sayoko looked back at the house, then turned and tossed her helmet into the sidecar. She walked up towards the door and rang the bell. The door opened rather quickly.
"Hello Misa..." was all Sayoko could say before her world went bright white, then dark.
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Sayoko opened her eyes and blinked several times. She thought back to what had happened. She remembered Misato opening the door, and then a close-up of Misato's fist. There was pain, then nothing. Now there was still pain, mostly in her lower jaw, and she was looking up at a ceiling. Sayoko was quickly able to add everything up in her head.
Misato had punched her out and she was now waking up in Misato's house.
Sayoko let out a small groan and rubbed her sore jaw.
* Here. * came a wark.
Sayoko slowly turned her head to see Pen Pen next to her on the floor holding an icepack.
* Here * he repeated, * this will keep the swelling down. *
"Thanks." Sayoko said softly, "But I can handle it." She held her hand out in front of her. A small ball of energy formed. She pressed it into her jaw. Immediately the pain she had been feeling went away. She let out a small sigh of relief.
"Sorry about that." Sayoko turned to see Misato standing in the doorway. "I thought you were Belldandy."
Sayoko frowned slightly and gave a hard stare at the woman before her. Now in her fifties, Misato had finally begun to show her age, yet she could still turn heads. Her hair was now mostly gray, with only a few streaks of its former purple left.
"What do you mean you thought I was my mom?" replied an angry Sayoko.
Misato sighed and sat down across from Sayoko. "I guess I'm still mad that they lost Kaji. I heard the bike, and saw you." Misato gave her a smile. "You really do look like your mom now."
"Still doesn't make up for punching me out."
"I'm sorry alright." Misato looked down at her floor. "I thought I had gotten over it."
Misato felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked up to see Sayoko kneeling in front of her.
"I forgive you." She said, "If it had happened to me, I'd still be mad to."
"Thank you. So, what brings you here?"
"Kensuke called me."
Misato sighed. "I thought I told him I didn't need any bodyguards."
"You did. I'm not your bodyguard."
"Then what are you?"
"Your guardian angel?"
Misato narrowed her eyes. "I thought you were a goddess?"
"Ok." Sayoko waved her hand and Morning Bell flew out, hovering just over Sayoko's shoulder. "She's the guardian angel, and I'm here to back her up."
Misato rubbed her forehead. "Why are you so intent on doing this?"
"First off, you're like a mother to me, after Mom and Skuld." said Sayoko, "Second, I haven't seen you in years and I've been worried about you. Third...." A guilty look appeared on Sayoko's face. "My mom, Aunts, Grandfather..a lot of the gods that have met you feel guilty about what happened. They have not given up and figuring out what happened to Kaji, especially in light of some recent information."
Misato frowned, "What information?"
"After talking to Kensuke, I went up and talked to my mom and grandfather. We reviewed all the recent NERV deaths." Sayoko's face became dark. "In the more recent ones we detected demon activity."
Misato stared at Sayoko in shock. "Demons?" she whispered.
Sayoko nodded. "The rogues are working with SEELE."
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THANK-YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK!!!
(small curtain pulls aside to reveal the Goddess Sayoko in a Chicago Cubs Uniform)
Sayoko smiles. "Slayer would like to thank all of you who have read and reviewed this fanfics so far. He appreciates all your comments. Unfortunately, he was unable to say this in person as he was watching the Cubs game earlier tonight. He is currently on his way to Chicago to join in the lynch mob who is hunting for that fan." Sayoko pauses. Picture of said fan appears next to her.
"Now Next chapter! For the first time in nearly 15 years, I will be living with Misato and Pen Pen. Will my stomach survive the experience? And what will SEELE and the Demons have in store for me?" Sayoko gives the crowd a sultry smile. "And if you're really good and give a review maybe there will be some service service."
"WHOOT!" comes Urd's voice from off stage, "THATA GIRL!!"
Sayoko rolls her eyes. "Alright everyone! Until next time. GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!"