Intentions By: Caiman Part 10

DISCLAIMER: I am a college student. I own nothing. Except my books and computer, that is. :P

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Below you will find the longest author's notes ever. Not really, but hey. Heh, everyone over at DS is probably confused about that rant I said was at the bottom.

Reading: "" - Denotes speaking '' - Denotes thinking || - Denotes sound effects //// - Denotes translation

Kick it!

INTENTIONS

The list was growing ever larger. Asuka. Misato. Rei. "Assmaster" (Gendo).

The last one was triple underlined in red marker.

Ritsuko Akagi, the head of the E Project, stared at the names intently.

The time would come. Revenge would be had, and it would taste so sweet.

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Rei Ayanami and Makoto Hyuuga watched silently from the bushes as Asuka Sorhyu and Shinji Ikari made their way to the restaurant. From the German girl's expression, Rei inferred that the first part of the plan was an absolute success.

As the Shinji/Sorhyu combination moved out of hearing range, Rei turned to Hyuuga. "So?"

Hyuuga typed a few things and then looked to his teenage employer. "Everything's in place. They had reservations for eight at the Bistro."

"And now?"

"They'll be eating at a McDonald's, at best."

"Good job."

A gentle female voice interjected. "Aren't you two a little old to be playing Spy?"

The pair turned around and found themselves confronted with a very hung- over Misato.

Rei attempted to explain the situation. "Well, you see, um, Major... I'm just practicing my espionage skills as part of my NERV training regimen."

Misato shook her head. "Nice try. Now, Makoto, you should."

The two women turned to see a very terrified Hyuuga fleeing the scene. Any dignity the bridge bunny had hoped to preserve was lost when he tripped and fell headlong into a pile of garbage.

Misato looked on in annoyance as the man stumbled away, covered in refuse. "Rei, I don't know what. Rei?"

The Operations Director looked back, only to be greeted by the sight of an open manhole.

The woman shrugged her shoulders and ambled away, rubbing her temples. "Dammit, I need some aspirin..."

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"But I made the reservation myself! How the HELL is it not on your list?"

Gerrard has seen his fill of angry patrons. But in all of his years at the Tokyo-3 Bistro, never has one been as irate as this young girl. After being informed of her lack of a table, the young lady had rendered a busboy unconscious, destroyed the podium, and attacked more than a few other customers.

"Madam, I'm sorry but we cannot accommodate you. So, please leave before I have to call the police."

The fiery girl spat an obscenity in German. "Call the cops! I don't care! Do you have ANY idea who this guy here is?"

With that statement, the girl seized the rather nervous looking boy and all but heaved him at the maitre'd. Gerrard shrugged his shoulders. "No, I don't know who he is."

"He's the beloved son of Commander Ikari. If you don't give a damned table right now, you won't see tomorrow. Get me?"

The boy gave Gerrard an apologetic look. Reluctantly, the weary man looked at his list. "Look, Commander Ikari is here. Let's go talk to him and see if your date is in fact his son."

"Fine, let's go."

The pair fell in behind Gerrard as he moved to the back of the restaurant. There, Shinji all but choked as his eyes were greeted by the impossible. Asuka turned to her date as Gerrard approached the dining couple.

"Are you all right, baka?"

"M-mom."

"What?"

"Asuka, I think I know why it's so cold outside."

"Hmm, why's that?"

"Hell has frozen over."

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Intentions 10 Meeting/Two Roads Converge

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Gerrard steadily approached the Ikari party with a great deal of apprehensiveness. He'd heard stories about people who'd disturbed the Commander of NERV while he was dining.

It bothered the graying maitre'd to no end that all the stories ended with "in a ditch" or "burned to the ground."

He bent down and whispered into the Commander's ear. "I'm terribly sorry to bother you, Commander Ikari, but this girl claims that the boy with her is your son."

An eerie silence fell on the room as Gendo looked out the corner of his eye to observe the pair in question. "Yes, that boy is my son."

Yui, who had been very focused on putting her twenty-six ounce steak away, perked up as she heard the word "son" pass her husband's lips. She suddenly jumped up and charged the bewildered boy, scooping him up in a deadly embrace.

"SHINJI! OH, MY WONDERFUL BABY BOY!"

"Guuuurk.!"

The brown-haired woman continued to hug her son as the rest of the people present cringed at the sound of Shinji's ribs cracking. Gerrard, seizing the chance, made his escape as the Commander's eyes were transfixed on the spectacle. Finally, Yui put her son back down on the ground.

The woman put her hands on her Shinji's shoulders. "Now, why don't the two of you join us?"

Shinji was a little uneasy at first, but a quick nod from his father assured him that it was the right thing to do. "Sure, mom, we'll join you."

With that, Yui ushered the teenagers over to the table as Gendo pulled over two other chairs from one of the many empty tables.

Asuka took this time to voice her confusion. "Why did they say that they were booked up if this room's empty?"

Gendo replied. "I booked the entire room, of course." Given the situation, the red-haired girl decided to just leave it at that. Besides, the eerie grin on Shinji's mother's face was sending any number of chills down her spine.

"Asuka! Let's go powder our noses!"

Having just sat down, the girl was a little more than disquieted. First she looked to Shinji.

The quizzical expression on his face wasn't going to help the situation. And amazingly, the girl then looked to the usually steel-nerved commander, her eyes pleading for some help.

The way he was shaking his head at Asuka was less than comforting.

"If you'll excuse us, boys."

As the older woman dragged the bewildered Child after her with an iron grip, Gendo regarded his progeny.

"So, Shinji, how's the night going for you?"

"Um, fine I guess. We didn't get to go to the play, though."

"Oh? Why not?"

Shinji shifted uncomfortably. "You know the box office guy?"

"I know of him, yes."

"I think he's dead."

"Damn."

"Tell me about it."

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Misato had forgotten her purse, which contained the money necessary to purchase a bottle of aspirin which was necessary to kill the mouse with a pickaxe that had decided to mine her brain.

It was in this moment, while kicking over a store display in her rage that she swore off drinking.

At least until she wasn't hung over anymore.

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'Things are harder without Hyuuga', Rei thought as she continued to observe the Ikari party through the air duct of the restaurant. She hadn't gained access without a fight, having to subdue most of the kitchen staff in a rather spectacular fight scene. Sadly, things seemed to be going very well between this woman with the Commander and Asuka. Rei spied the females returning to the table and sitting down through the grate.

'What the hell are those two smiling about?!'

For ten minutes, Ayanami watched as the four chit-chatted and generally enjoyed each others' company. The red-haired spawn of hellfire seemed to be especially nice tonight, complimenting Gendo and the woman generously and keeping her fists to herself.

So engrossed was the blue-haired spy, that she didn't feel a sneeze well up in her sinuses.

But everyone heard it.

"AH CHOO!"

|BLONG!|

"Ow, my head!"

Quickly, Rei looked down to the floor again to see three shocked expressions and a nine-millimeter. She then heard an all-too familiar voice on his cell phone, requesting Section 2's assistance in eliminating an assassin. Understandably, Rei tried to crawl the hell out of the duct as a steady stream of fire traced the path behind her.

Her exodus was cut short when the duct collapsed onto the floor, unceremoniously tossing her dust-ridden form to the feet of five armed Section 2 agents. As the dust settled, Gendo's eyebrow rose.

"Rei!"

A very confused Shinji joined him. "What are you doing here. in the ducts?"

She answered nonchalantly, clearing the dust from her suit. "It's a coincidence."

The pregnant silence that followed told Rei volumes about the worth of having an extra excuse handy. Further volumes were told as five guns we cocked.

It was then that a calm, feminine voice came. "Stand down, gentlemen."

The five looked to Gendo, who nodded. As the agents lowered their firearms, the woman who'd been dining with the Commander walked up to the teenage girl.

"Rei Ayanami, I presume?"

"H-hai."

"I'm Yui Ikari, pleased to finally meet you."

Gendo put his hand on his face in embarrassment as his surrogate daughter passed out on the floor.

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: Geh, my writing load has been getting into the exponential over the past few months. Anyway, I'd like to thank you all for your patience, and to tell you to check out some of my original poetry! It's all good I think (most who've read it enjoy it), and that will essentially explain away my inability to crank out as much Intentions as I'd like. Plus, put a failed project on top of that and you've got a legitimate excuse! :D But anyway, sorry this is so late, I had it finished three weeks ago but I neglected it due to finals and other fun, fun stuff. Regardless, I PROMISE (ooh!) that Intentions 11 will be out before the New Year! It's already pretty much done. :D

Until next time,

Caiman