The Sexist and the Sexiest

Disclaimer: like before I don't own anything except the plot.

Last chapter was a boring wasn't it? Well, that's life, I had to set up the plot, as you can

guess already, the plot will be base around this little bet, meaning the timeline with

revolve around 3 weeks. I haven't found a way to make time pass in a story without

really stating it. So I always keep the story based in a short time. So sad huh?!

Chapter Three

Walking home from school later the same day, Asuka and Shinji were lost in their own

thoughts.

Asuka (breaking the silence): Shinji?

Shinji (stops to look back at her): yeah Asuka?

Asuka (looks away): what do you think of Rei Ayanami the new student teacher?

Shinji (frowns): why do you ask?

Asuka (looks at him keenly): do you think she's an…a…you think she's happy? Being

who she is I mean.

Shinji (frowns harder): what do you mean?

Asuka (sighs as she walks up to stand next to him): I read her bio during lunch break on

the internet. She was orphaned in a lab blowup in Tokyo-02 when she was just a young

child, I think 5 or 6, they said it was the chemical reaction that caused her eyes and hair

to be that colour, but they're not sure since everything she owned was destroyed. She

only escapes because she wondered outside by herself just before the blowup without

anyone's knowledge.

Shinji (gasp): I didn't know her past was so sad!

Asuka (starts to walk slowly): she was later adopted by our President and became the

First Child ***I got this idea from an American film I watched where the son of the

president was called the first child, I don't know if it's the same in Japan but just imagine

it is***. Following the articles about her, her adoptive parents aren't very considerate

either; they always stick her into some institution. She's very rarely around people. I

guess that's why she's such a loner.

Shinji (smiles reassuringly): she makes you think of yourself isn't it? But…(Putting his

arm around her) at least you have me. You two are not that alike.

Asuka (smiles sadly at him): we are more alike then you may think. One day…one day

you will understand what I mean.

Shinji felt a forbearing sadness elope him as he watches Asuka walking away; he felt that

the appearance of Rei Ayanami has somehow imposed a barrier between Asuka and

himself.

As if by some unknown power of hers, she has torn apart the friendship that has lasted

ever since the day he stole Asuka's doll in preschool and she buried his head in the sand.

Looking up at the blue sky he wondered if he was happy with the appearance of that blue

haired angel. Does life only emit one angel per a life? If he viewed both Asuka and Rei as

his angels does that mean he had to make a choice between the two? Would he's liking

for Rei tear apart his life long friendship with Asuka? Will it be worth it if it does?

Asuka (looks back at Shinji, smiling brightly): hurry up you wasp! We don't want to be

late home or your mother will send out a search party for us.

Shinji (shaking of the mood): coming!

The two laugh as they raced down the road towards their houses.

Two days has pass and the boys have yet to make any moves on their deal.

{In the classroom}

Asuka slowly lowered herself into her seat, something was very wrong today. Firstly,

Shinji was acting all strange this morning; he was up before she got there. Then he didn't

say a single thing 'rude' to her all morning, then, he helped her carry her bag to school.

Taking a discrete look in his direction she saw the three stooges standing together in a

closed circle. WEIRD!

Taking her book out of her bag she was about to place it on her desk when her eyes

encountered the sight that would haunt her forever for the rest of her life.

Standing across from her desk was Kaworu, in his school uniform with a bunch of roses,

a chocolate box and a perverted twist to his face.

Kaworu (inching forward): oh love of my life; I have come too realized after I had

encounter your enchanting beauty the void that I knew not existed in my troublesome

life.

Shinji (whispers to Kensuke): that cheat! He's as good as told her he loves her, it's

against the rule!

Touji (nods): yeah! He just forfeited!

Kensuke (shakes his head): you just don't get it do you? Following the rule that he set

out, we could not say the words 'I love you' so far he hasn't said those exact words.

Shinji & Touji: THAT CHEAT!

Kaworu (presenting Asuka with the gifts): Please accept my token of forever lasting love.

Asuka (leaning back in her seat): WHAT DID YOU SAY?

Kaworu (goes down on one knee): my love, can you not feel the force of my undying

desire to be loved by your tender heart?

Asuka (jumping up from her seat): what are you, stupid?

Kaworu (advances towards her): please don't shatter my gentle heart; I do not believe it

has the strength to withstand such an onslaught.

Asuka (pushing her table between the two): you get away from me you, pompous

jackass!

Shinji (moving towards the two): that's gone on far enough! I have to stop him!

Kensuke & Touji (holding Shinji back): you can't, we had a deal, we're not to interfere

with anything or he'll do the same to us.

Shinji (trying to shake them off): I don't care about your deal, he's scaring Asuka.

Touji (arches eyebrows): you kidding right? Nothing can scare that redhead witch!

Shinji (pushes at Touji): you take that back!

Kensuke (catches Shinji's flying fist): easy Shinji, he'll kill you! And anyway he's only

trying to smooth your worry; he's just not very good with words.

Touji (pats Shinji on the shoulder): yeah, chill it man! I didn't mean that in a mean way, I

just meant that Asuka can take care of herself just fine, if you step in and fight her battle

for her she'll more then likely fight you too.

Kensuke (nods): you should know by now what an ego Asuka has, she's not going to

lower herself down to anything, even for a mere guy. And I know that first hand. My

cousin is still harboring a fractured ego after encountering her; he shakes at even the

mention of her name.

Shinji (frowns): well he shouldn't have come on so tough!

Kensuke (laughs): my cousin came bearing gifts in a mild manner, he stared him down

then proceeded to strip him of ever ounce of courage he had worked up to declare his

love. Then went at his ego and manhood. He was method was what you called shy; tough

would be Kaworu over there.

Speaking of the Romeo, he had back Asuka into a corner where she tried to blend into the

wall as he kneels in front of her with his gifts, reciting every romantic poetry he could

memorize.

She on the other hand had just reached for a broom, seeing her hand touch the handle of

the broom everyone in class held their breath. Her face completely changed, from one of

distastes to one of cruel intention.

WHAM! BANG! OW! SCREECH!

Others in class: RUN!

Kaworu quickly duck the second blow, rushing to his feet he fled the room with Asuka

hot on his tracks.

Asuka (like a raving mad woman): come back her you snickering weasel!

As their voices fade in the distance, Rei and Misato enter the room. Misato proceed to her

chair where she tried desperately to find a comfortable position to nod off. Rei looks

upon her actions without a flicker off emotion. Moving to the table she placed her

teaching materials onto the desk.

Rei (addressing the class): good morning class (looking around) where is student Soryu

and student Nagisa?

Hikari (standing): they are chasing each other outside Miss Ayanami.

Misato (sits up interested): they're what? Whatever for?

Hikari (smiles): Kaworu told Asuka that he liked her, so she picked up a broom and

chased him outside.

Misato (eyes bright): now this I got to see!

Without another word she was outside in a flash, her loud voice could be heard from

below cheering each on in turn. The whole school ran to watch the fight from their

window when they heard the commotion.

Touji (nudges Shinji): get going will you, everyone's busy watching the fight.

Shinji nervously gets up and moves over to Rei who had started writing on the board.

Shinji (swallows): um…um…Rei, I…

Rei (cuts in): I believe I had informed the class to call me by my last name.

As Rei looks at him pointedly, Shinji's brows starts to damp with sweat. Seeing that he

would not be likely to continue in a short while, Rei continued with her writing. Shinji

looks back at Touji and Kensuke who motioned for him to continue.

Shinji (taking a deep breath): Ayanami would…will…I would…are you…um…

Rei (turns to give him her full attention): student Ikari is there something you wish to

discuss with me?

Shinji (takes a step back from her sudden action): I...I…I…

BANG!

Touji (covers in eyes in disbelief): OH MY GOD! HE FAINTED! I don't believe it! He

fainted!

Rei (kneels down next to the unconscious Shinji): student Ikari, have you fainted?

Kensuke (whispers to Touji): it would be comical if her voice wasn't so flat!

Touji (holds on to Kensuke's arm tightly): maybe it's a ploy, maybe he wants to gain her

sympathy first!

Kensuke (sighs sadly): if only he was that smart and brave!

Rei (looking up at the two): student Suzahara and student Aida, please escort student

Ikari to the nurse's office and wait with him until he is being attended by the nurse.

(Turning to Hikari) student Horaki, please inform the class that I have placed substantial

work upon the board to occupy them for the remainder of the lesson and I wish for it to

be completed before they are to break for lunch.

Touji (nudges Kensuke as they started to life a still Shinji): hey does that mean if they

don't finish it before lunch they have to skip lunch?

Kensuke (nods): sounds like it.

Touji (shocked): and she expects us to take Shinji there, wait till the nurse comes, then

come back here and do this load of work before lunch time? Is she mad?

Kensuke (laughs): of course she is, what have I been telling you since yesterday?!

As the two lugs an unconscious Shinji to the sickbay Rei made her way out into the court

yard where Asuka is trying to whack a tree bound Kaworu as she calls him by all names

she could possibly think off.

Misato has quieted down since Principle Lorenz has come out to give her a lecture on her

'inappropriate attitude' to the situation.

Asuka (poking Kaworu with the end of the broom): come down here and fight me like a

man!

Kaworu (hiding behind a branch): if I come down you'll make sure I won't be a man

anymore!

Asuka (stomps her foot in anger): what are you, stupid?! Of course I'm not going to

castrate you! I just want to hit you a few times with this broom in a few inappropriate

places.

Kaworu (looks down at her frowningly): do you think I'm really that stupid? That's just a

more polite why of saying that you want to annihilate me!

Asuka (kicking the tree): if you don't come down her this instant I'll tear down this tree!

Rei (calmly): I do not think it is possible for you to carry out such a threat. The tree

belongs to the school and I do not they will give you permission to cut down a perfectly

good tree.

Asuka (jumps at her voice): I…what are you doing down here?

Rei (looking straight at her): I have come to ask you and student Nagisa and (looks at

Misato) Miss Katsuragi to return to the classroom.

Asuka (looks at her confusedly): I… (Looks at Kaworu then back to Rei) ok.

Dragging the broom behind her she made her way back to the classroom. Rei turns to

look at Kaworu expectedly; he slowly slid down the tree.

Kaworu (rubbing his thigh): love was never a smooth road but I never knew it was so…it

hurt so much! The girls a witch!

Rei (looks at him with something almost like dislike in her eyes): I believe it is time you

made your way back to class.

Kaworu (taken a back by her attitude): I…I…I'll be on my way now.

As he walks away, Kaworu takes sneak peak back at Rei; she was still standing in the

same spot as if shocked at her attitude like he was. The girl that barely showed any

emotion in the few days she had arrived. There was something between the two girls,

something that made them almost a 'kindred spirit'.

Asuka doing what she was told without argument and Rei Ayanami reacting emotionally

to a situation are both things that only happen when the sun rises from the west. He was

going to get down to the bottom of this if it was the last thing he does.

Entering the classroom he spotted Asuka sitting meekly at her desk. Catching two of the

Three Stooges eyes he motions for them to follow him outside.

Touji (smiles satisfactory): what is it Romeo? Want to pull out of the deal now?

Kaworu (shakes head lightly): I take it you have had no success either.

Kensuke (frowns): how would you know about that?

Kaworu (smiles snidely): by the look on your faces and especially Rei Ayanami's

attitude.

Touji (squints his eyes at him): what do you mean by her attitude?

Kaworu (sighs): look if we want to keep going with this game we must pick up the pace.

I discovered a very important factor in our…subjects, they have a special bonding or

understanding that makes them go much softer on each other then they are usually on

other people.

Kensuke (thoughtfully): so you want us to find out this 'bonding' and make it more

useful for ourselves?!

Touji (angrily): would someone explain this? I don't get what you mean!

Kensuke (pats him on the shoulder): you just don't take notice a lot, I've notice they are

more lenient to each other too. If we could find out what their special connection is we

could use it to make them more lenient to us, that way we could get somewhere more

quickly.

Touji (gasp in understanding): oh I get it! But how are we going to find it?

Kaworu (knowingly): a person is shaped by their past, if we look into their past we will

find the answer.

Kensuke (nods): Rei Ayanami is the First Child her information will be easily located on

the internet and newspapers. Her added fame for being a "Wonder Girl" will also make

her research much easier. (Seeing the other two look at him frowningly) I heard my father

talk about her. They say she could be the future President if she went into politics but she

refused too. I don't think she likes people that much.

Kaworu (nods in agreement): Rei Ayanami is easy to research but what about Asuka

Langley Soryu? She is not a star, and she will undoubtedly refuse to talk to us about her

past.

Touji (waves it away): no problem, Shinji's her best friend; he knows everything you

need to know about Asuka.

Kaworu (motions for them to follow): I doubt our teachers will be back till after lunch,

we will go to the library to research now.

The three boys walked down the steps, exited the school through a private walkway to the

library. Walking up to the Liberian they asked for any information concerning Rei

Ayanami.

Liberian (frowns): you are the second person to ask about the new teacher, I thought with

the other one's big mouth it would be around the school by now.

The three boys look at each other in confusion.

Kensuke (leans on the desk): and who was here researching about her?

Liberian (placing a stack of books and papers on the desks): you know her, Asuka, that

fiery one.

Taking the stack to a round table they sat down.

Kaworu (whispers): it's official; if Asuka was in here studying Rei Ayanami then the

information that changes her attitude would be in here too. Read through everything,

don't leave anything out.

Hours pass as the boys sat down to read through every single article in the file.

Unknowingly they had spent the rest of the day in the library, by the time the three

finishes the stack the sun had started to set. Luckily the school library was also the local

library. So they were not locked out, but their bags were still in the school.

Touji (covers his eyes): oh man! Now we're going to get detention for skipping school!

Kaworu (looks up from tidying his stack): what have you guys learnt from the

information?

Touji (shoving his stack into an almost neat pile): that she's a loner and an intellectual.

All these articles are about how she participated in this experiment and how she's oh so

smart and how much time she spends in the laboratory. She's a scientist too did you

know that?

Kaworu (thoughtfully): then that's not it.

Touji (eyes wide): what do you mean that's not it? You saying I read all these…things for

nothing?

Kaworu (nods regrettably): yes, if you haven't realized Asuka is not an intellectual, she's

not a loner and she's not a scientist. Asuka is more of a people's person; she thrives in the

attention of others while Rei Ayanami intentionally removes herself from other human

beings.

Kensuke (sighs): these stacks have already been split into three groups, the last person

who read it intentionally did this, to separate each aspect of Rei Ayanami's life. One is

her life in public, that's what Touji read. The second is about her personal life, what I'm

reading, that leaves her past to you Kaworu.

Kaworu (nods): you are correct, but since I do not know of Asuka's past I can not vouch

for their likeness. What about yours? Is there anything in her personal life that may be

useful?

Kensuke (pointing towards his stack): what I read is useless, the girl doesn't spend time

with her family, she lives by routine, has never had boyfriend and is some what a recluse.

She travels a lot and never stays in one place. Almost everything completely opposite to

each other.

Kaworu (placing all the files together into the folder): I read about her past, her parents

were scientist who was killed in a lab experiment when she was 6, the place blew up, she

was in her home within the laboratory when it happened, but since the explosion was not

near her home she alone wondered outside just before the fire reached her. Everyone else

was killed. Afterwards she was adopted by the President since he was the one to set up

the experiment, he felt at fault for the death of her parents. Her blew hair is said to be a

chemical reaction to the chemical smoke.

Touji (slams his hand on the table): well that's one liking, Asuka's adopted too.

Kaworu (continuing): after the adoption they placed her under the strict care of a

Professor Fuyutski who taught her well beyond her years on a one to one basis daily. She

stayed with him and earned her degrees, then together they held many experiment. Until

his death over two years ago, did she ventured outside and started earning her reputation.

Kensuke (slumps back into his seat): well that goes down! Their only likeness is the

adoption, Asuka's adoptive parents are very supportive, they might work long hours and

sometimes night shifts but they always spend the weekend together. And the rest of her

days she spends with Shinji's family.

Kaworu (tapping his chin): then what is it that connects the two?

Touji (puts up his hand): I've got an idea! (The other two looks at him) they could be

long lost sisters but not knowing it that's why they have special feelings for each other!

Kensuke (burst out laughing): don't be funny! If you haven't noticed, Asuka's half

German, born in Germany then arrived here at when she was nearly a month old. Her

parents died when she was almost…6, another likeness, they both lost their parents at the

age of 6.

Kaworu (shakes head sadly): I doubt it would be that, Asuka might know this of Rei, but

I don't see it making such a big impact on her. No there must be something else, or

something more. We need to find out more about Asuka.

Touji (stands up): well let's go to Shinji's place then, he's mother should be cooking

dinner by now.

The three returned the materials to the Liberian, accepting them, she looks at them

expectedly.

Liberian: don't you want to photocopy? The last one did.

Kaworu (leans on the desk): would you know which article she copied?

Liberian (shakes head as she replaces the files): I don't know. I'm not a busybody you

know.

Walking away the slowly made their way to Shinji's house.

Kaworu (walking behind Touji): following the Liberian's information, Asuka

photocopied some information on Rei Ayanami, that mean's what ever it is she copied is

what ties them together.

Kensuke (nods): so if we want to know for sure we must see what Asuka photocopied.

Touji (looks back at them): you do realized all this can only explain why Asuka behaves

like that but I doubt it if she would tell Rei Ayanami up front.

Kaworu (nods in agreement): true, so Rei Ayanami will have to acquire her source of

information from some other method. She can not have this information from anyone

beside those closes to Asuka.

Kensuke (holds up finger in enlightenment): Shinji would be the best choice.

Touji (huffs): if Shinji could talk to the girl in one complete sentence, we won't be here

on a wild goose chase.

Kensuke (deflates): his got a point there, and no way will Rei Ayanami make a first

move, Shinji even if he could would not go blabbering about some other hot girl in front

of another girl, even he is not that naïve.

Kaworu (sighs): let's just focus on Asuka first. We will need to get our hands on those

photocopies.

Touji (smiles triumphantly): Shinji has a key to her house, we could ask for it.

Kaworu (arches an eyebrow): is it likely he will give us the keys? Even if he does, how

are we to enter the house and get the copies?

Kensuke (frowning in concentration): we could make 'borrow' the key for the night,

Asuka's adoptive parents always work night shifts on Fridays, no body will be home

tonight since Asuka spends tonight at Shinji's place every week. I could bring my camera

and take pictures of the photocopies, then we will return the keys to Shinji the next day

before he and Asuka goes back to her place.

Kaworu (slaps him on the back): that's a good plan then it's settled.

Touji (sighs heartedly): does that mean we won't be staying for dinner?