Enter Asuka
By: Byakko of the West
Disclaimer: I only own a pair of blue, fuzzy slippers, not NGE...sadly...
Author's Notes: Well, I'm going to take Dark-Titan's advice and make my chapters longer. Usually, they're only 1000 words each but I'm going to double it! It's just going to take longer for me to upload them just I'll have to think harder then usual...dang...
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Recap of Last Chapter
"Aw, still so demanding, Katsuragi." An amused voice said from the doorway of the room.
The man in his white uniform turned to the figure. "Mr. Kaji! Have I not told you to not come on board before?"
Asuka turned and smiled from ear-to-ear. "Kaji!" she exclaimed happily.
Misato turned slowly towards the door, her eyes wide. "K-K-K-Kaji?!"
Kaji Ryouji smirked at her. "Nice to see you again too, Katsuragi."
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Chapter 2
The dark brown eyes of Katsuragi Misato widened as she saw the figure of her ex-lover standing in the doorway of the room. She hadn't seen him in...just about eight years! So, what was he doing here? "K-Kaji? What are you doing here?" she voiced her thoughts, trying not to sound as shocked as she was.
The stubble-faced man grinned at her, walking over towards them. "Why, I'm here to escort Asuka as well, isn't that right?" he looked at the redhead for confirmation.
Ikari Shinji felt a pang of-what was it...jealousy? - at the happy nod of the girl he found extremely attractive. Soryu Asuka Langley, his new, fellow pilot in Angel fighting, had somehow stolen his heart. 'Probably just a little crush, nothing more...' he thought, convincingly.
Kaji then turned towards the younger man, smiling sincerely. "And you must be the ever famous Ikari Shinji." He ruffled his hair.
The younger man stared at him. "How...do you know my name?"
Ryouji took his hand back, shoving it and it's other into his pants' pockets. "You're quite famous in the defense business you know. Took down an Angel with no training, what-so-ever." He smirked. "You're going to have a handful with Asuka, I can tell you that much." He said, resulting in a "HEY!" from her.
Misato still stood where she was, trying to believe that what she saw was true. He was back. After so many years, he had returned to her. Misato shook her head, trying to throw those thoughts from her mind (A/N: lot's of 'T's in that sentence ^_^). They were over a long time ago and he was here on business, not to see her again.
The elderly Captain frowned at them all. "Miss Katsuragi! This room is not for little family reunions!" he informed her, loud and clear of his annoyance. He had more important stuff to attend to other than listening to a bunch of youngsters babble about 'old times'.
The woman turned to him, smiling apologetically. "Yes, sir. If you will excuse us, we will be leaving now." She put the folder down on his desk. "Just to remind you of what you're doing." She told him before shooing the teens out, Kaji following behind her.
The ride down the elevator was less then thrilling, cramped all together in a small space. Misato tried to face Kaji but couldn't do to the fact that her face was pressed against the cage door. 'That'll leave a mark...' she thought but out loud said, "How long are you going to be staying here?" she asked the man who was pressed tightly against her back. 'Why is this elevator so small?'
'Little boy blue' smiled at her. "I'll be getting orders in the morning." His smile turned into a devilish smirk. "Why? Did you miss me?" he teased.
She 'humphed' and tried to look away. "You wish."
Ten seconds passed before the two only women in the elevator exclaimed madly. "DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!" answered by Suzahara Toji and Kaji's voices. "I CAN'T HELP IT!"
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"So, Katsuragi, do...you have a boyfriend, right now?" Kaji asked, trying to pull the old charm on her again.
She sipped her tea casually then grinned at him from behind the rim. "I don't think that's any of your business, now is it, Kaji?" she pushed his foot away with her own, teasing him right back. 'Two can play at that game.'
He leaned back in the booth, taking a drink of his own hot beverage. "Ouch, I'm hurt." He joked, taking his foot back and crossing them in a '4' position. After he swallowed, he placed it back on the table and moved forward again, this time looking across Asuka to the boy sitting next to her. "So, Shinji, tell me. Is Misato still so wild...in bed?" he asked innocently.
"WHA-!?" The whole group moved away from him, stunned, except the said woman who placed her hands on the table, her face inches from his. "What are you trying to do? Scar the child?" she asked in an angry whisper.
Kaji only looked at her through the corner of his eye, unmoved by the tone of her voice, then looked back at Shinji, still smiling like an idiot. "No, I guess she hasn't."
As for Asuka, she merely tried to move away from her own guardian, disgusted. She so didn't want to know that, especially from the man she thought as her father! When she managed to calm down enough, she noticed something warm in her hand and looked down to investigate.
Shinji, seeing her look down at the booth-chair they shared, followed her gaze only to see her hand on top of his, probably found it's way there when she recoiled in shock. He blushed profusely, not used to contact with a female or this beautiful a female. He moved to take his hand back but was surprised immensely when she curled her fingers around his hand, keeping it where it was. Looking back up at her face, he found her smiling and couldn't help but smile back at her.
Seeing this, the other woman, across the table from the two, smiling and sat back down in her chair, her anger at the other guardian now gone. This was just what Shinji needed, a girlfriend. Who knows, maybe it would even bring up his sync ratio. She then looked at the boy's two friends to find one starring at her and the other taping everything in sight, voicing them to the recorder. Shaking her head, she sighed and folded her hands and placed her elbows on the table then put her chin atop her hands (A/N: you know, the 'Gendo pose' except her chin on the top of her hands. ^^;), closing her eyes. She felt a pair of eyes boring into her and opened her eyes to see Kaji, in a similar position, smiling at her like a love struck schoolboy. 'Just like Shinji...' instead of turning away this time however, she faintly smiled back and blushed but held his gaze none the less.
Asuka looked over to Kaji, about to ask him a question and found him and the purple-haired woman smiling at each other, probably resuming their game of footsy under the table and decided that he, more then likely, wouldn't hear her. She turned back to the boy sitting next to her and smiled a little but tried not to. "You're coming with me, Third Child." She said before pushing him out of the booth and following him out, then dragging him up a flight of stairs, leaving two smiling guardians, one bored to death basketball player and a recording stooge.
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"Now, I'd like to introduce you to the real Evangelion." A redhead said proudly, standing in front of a large lump in the middle of one of the bigger boats. A boy stood facing her, dumbfounded.
"Uh..."he said, highly intelligently.
Asuka held up her finger professionally. "You see, EVA units 00, 01 were only prototypes but my unit 02 is the real deal." Dramatically, she lifted up the cover and held it up high enough so the both of them could see inside it.
Looking inside, Shinji spotted the large 'robot' and sweatdropped. It didn't look any different from his Eva, except, "I didn't know it was red."
She turned to him, glaring. "Does that matter? Red is a very beautiful color." She turned back to the EVA and walked in under the cover, followed by the other pilot, the high chest plate making a sort of tent for them to go in. After climbing up it, she stood tall and proud, her hands on her hips, smirking down at him. "This," she made a gesture with her hands to the mass she stood upon, "Is EVA Unit 02!" she announced loudly.
Shinji just stared at it. Sure he'd been up close to his own EVA but he hadn't been this close! He could practically see his own reflection in the shiny, red armor.
She watched him hold out a hand, running it along the surface of the metal- plated head. "So? What do you think of her?" she asked, smiling at him.
The dark-haired boy looked up at her, smiling back. "I'll tell you when I see how it stands up to Angel's?"
She scowled at him. "And when will that be?"
Before he could answer though, an earthquake erupted, shaking the boat and the two teens. Unable to keep her balance, Asuka fell from where she once stood, sliding down the coated steel. Luck for her, she slid straight for where Shinji stood and, being the gentleman he was, caught her before she hit the ground. But, because of her momentum, he fell backwards, her now straddling his lap. "I think that just answered your question."
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Author's Notes: Well, not quite 2000 words but still, it was longer, ne? I'll try making my chapters longer cause I know how you guys feel, I hate short chapters too. So, to spar you some trouble and my life, the next ones will hopefully be longer. In the next chapter is the fight scene and I'm going to try my best but everyone should know by now that I don't write action so it may not be the best quality.
Thanks to:
-Shinjin: Not everyone's personality's changed. Only Asuka, a bit of Shinji and maybe some Misato but that's pretty much all.
-Jim: It took me a while to get used to the last name before first name scheme too but you'll get used to it eventually.
-Phoenix Knight: More chapters to come.
-Dark-Titan: As I stated earlier, I'm trying to make them longer but it's a little hard for me. But at least I'm trying and that's all that counts, right? ^^;
-Ebon Reaper: Thanks for the review.
R&R PLZ!
By: Byakko of the West
Disclaimer: I only own a pair of blue, fuzzy slippers, not NGE...sadly...
Author's Notes: Well, I'm going to take Dark-Titan's advice and make my chapters longer. Usually, they're only 1000 words each but I'm going to double it! It's just going to take longer for me to upload them just I'll have to think harder then usual...dang...
~*~
Recap of Last Chapter
"Aw, still so demanding, Katsuragi." An amused voice said from the doorway of the room.
The man in his white uniform turned to the figure. "Mr. Kaji! Have I not told you to not come on board before?"
Asuka turned and smiled from ear-to-ear. "Kaji!" she exclaimed happily.
Misato turned slowly towards the door, her eyes wide. "K-K-K-Kaji?!"
Kaji Ryouji smirked at her. "Nice to see you again too, Katsuragi."
~*~
Chapter 2
The dark brown eyes of Katsuragi Misato widened as she saw the figure of her ex-lover standing in the doorway of the room. She hadn't seen him in...just about eight years! So, what was he doing here? "K-Kaji? What are you doing here?" she voiced her thoughts, trying not to sound as shocked as she was.
The stubble-faced man grinned at her, walking over towards them. "Why, I'm here to escort Asuka as well, isn't that right?" he looked at the redhead for confirmation.
Ikari Shinji felt a pang of-what was it...jealousy? - at the happy nod of the girl he found extremely attractive. Soryu Asuka Langley, his new, fellow pilot in Angel fighting, had somehow stolen his heart. 'Probably just a little crush, nothing more...' he thought, convincingly.
Kaji then turned towards the younger man, smiling sincerely. "And you must be the ever famous Ikari Shinji." He ruffled his hair.
The younger man stared at him. "How...do you know my name?"
Ryouji took his hand back, shoving it and it's other into his pants' pockets. "You're quite famous in the defense business you know. Took down an Angel with no training, what-so-ever." He smirked. "You're going to have a handful with Asuka, I can tell you that much." He said, resulting in a "HEY!" from her.
Misato still stood where she was, trying to believe that what she saw was true. He was back. After so many years, he had returned to her. Misato shook her head, trying to throw those thoughts from her mind (A/N: lot's of 'T's in that sentence ^_^). They were over a long time ago and he was here on business, not to see her again.
The elderly Captain frowned at them all. "Miss Katsuragi! This room is not for little family reunions!" he informed her, loud and clear of his annoyance. He had more important stuff to attend to other than listening to a bunch of youngsters babble about 'old times'.
The woman turned to him, smiling apologetically. "Yes, sir. If you will excuse us, we will be leaving now." She put the folder down on his desk. "Just to remind you of what you're doing." She told him before shooing the teens out, Kaji following behind her.
The ride down the elevator was less then thrilling, cramped all together in a small space. Misato tried to face Kaji but couldn't do to the fact that her face was pressed against the cage door. 'That'll leave a mark...' she thought but out loud said, "How long are you going to be staying here?" she asked the man who was pressed tightly against her back. 'Why is this elevator so small?'
'Little boy blue' smiled at her. "I'll be getting orders in the morning." His smile turned into a devilish smirk. "Why? Did you miss me?" he teased.
She 'humphed' and tried to look away. "You wish."
Ten seconds passed before the two only women in the elevator exclaimed madly. "DON'T TOUCH ME THERE!" answered by Suzahara Toji and Kaji's voices. "I CAN'T HELP IT!"
~*~
"So, Katsuragi, do...you have a boyfriend, right now?" Kaji asked, trying to pull the old charm on her again.
She sipped her tea casually then grinned at him from behind the rim. "I don't think that's any of your business, now is it, Kaji?" she pushed his foot away with her own, teasing him right back. 'Two can play at that game.'
He leaned back in the booth, taking a drink of his own hot beverage. "Ouch, I'm hurt." He joked, taking his foot back and crossing them in a '4' position. After he swallowed, he placed it back on the table and moved forward again, this time looking across Asuka to the boy sitting next to her. "So, Shinji, tell me. Is Misato still so wild...in bed?" he asked innocently.
"WHA-!?" The whole group moved away from him, stunned, except the said woman who placed her hands on the table, her face inches from his. "What are you trying to do? Scar the child?" she asked in an angry whisper.
Kaji only looked at her through the corner of his eye, unmoved by the tone of her voice, then looked back at Shinji, still smiling like an idiot. "No, I guess she hasn't."
As for Asuka, she merely tried to move away from her own guardian, disgusted. She so didn't want to know that, especially from the man she thought as her father! When she managed to calm down enough, she noticed something warm in her hand and looked down to investigate.
Shinji, seeing her look down at the booth-chair they shared, followed her gaze only to see her hand on top of his, probably found it's way there when she recoiled in shock. He blushed profusely, not used to contact with a female or this beautiful a female. He moved to take his hand back but was surprised immensely when she curled her fingers around his hand, keeping it where it was. Looking back up at her face, he found her smiling and couldn't help but smile back at her.
Seeing this, the other woman, across the table from the two, smiling and sat back down in her chair, her anger at the other guardian now gone. This was just what Shinji needed, a girlfriend. Who knows, maybe it would even bring up his sync ratio. She then looked at the boy's two friends to find one starring at her and the other taping everything in sight, voicing them to the recorder. Shaking her head, she sighed and folded her hands and placed her elbows on the table then put her chin atop her hands (A/N: you know, the 'Gendo pose' except her chin on the top of her hands. ^^;), closing her eyes. She felt a pair of eyes boring into her and opened her eyes to see Kaji, in a similar position, smiling at her like a love struck schoolboy. 'Just like Shinji...' instead of turning away this time however, she faintly smiled back and blushed but held his gaze none the less.
Asuka looked over to Kaji, about to ask him a question and found him and the purple-haired woman smiling at each other, probably resuming their game of footsy under the table and decided that he, more then likely, wouldn't hear her. She turned back to the boy sitting next to her and smiled a little but tried not to. "You're coming with me, Third Child." She said before pushing him out of the booth and following him out, then dragging him up a flight of stairs, leaving two smiling guardians, one bored to death basketball player and a recording stooge.
~*~
"Now, I'd like to introduce you to the real Evangelion." A redhead said proudly, standing in front of a large lump in the middle of one of the bigger boats. A boy stood facing her, dumbfounded.
"Uh..."he said, highly intelligently.
Asuka held up her finger professionally. "You see, EVA units 00, 01 were only prototypes but my unit 02 is the real deal." Dramatically, she lifted up the cover and held it up high enough so the both of them could see inside it.
Looking inside, Shinji spotted the large 'robot' and sweatdropped. It didn't look any different from his Eva, except, "I didn't know it was red."
She turned to him, glaring. "Does that matter? Red is a very beautiful color." She turned back to the EVA and walked in under the cover, followed by the other pilot, the high chest plate making a sort of tent for them to go in. After climbing up it, she stood tall and proud, her hands on her hips, smirking down at him. "This," she made a gesture with her hands to the mass she stood upon, "Is EVA Unit 02!" she announced loudly.
Shinji just stared at it. Sure he'd been up close to his own EVA but he hadn't been this close! He could practically see his own reflection in the shiny, red armor.
She watched him hold out a hand, running it along the surface of the metal- plated head. "So? What do you think of her?" she asked, smiling at him.
The dark-haired boy looked up at her, smiling back. "I'll tell you when I see how it stands up to Angel's?"
She scowled at him. "And when will that be?"
Before he could answer though, an earthquake erupted, shaking the boat and the two teens. Unable to keep her balance, Asuka fell from where she once stood, sliding down the coated steel. Luck for her, she slid straight for where Shinji stood and, being the gentleman he was, caught her before she hit the ground. But, because of her momentum, he fell backwards, her now straddling his lap. "I think that just answered your question."
~*~
Author's Notes: Well, not quite 2000 words but still, it was longer, ne? I'll try making my chapters longer cause I know how you guys feel, I hate short chapters too. So, to spar you some trouble and my life, the next ones will hopefully be longer. In the next chapter is the fight scene and I'm going to try my best but everyone should know by now that I don't write action so it may not be the best quality.
Thanks to:
-Shinjin: Not everyone's personality's changed. Only Asuka, a bit of Shinji and maybe some Misato but that's pretty much all.
-Jim: It took me a while to get used to the last name before first name scheme too but you'll get used to it eventually.
-Phoenix Knight: More chapters to come.
-Dark-Titan: As I stated earlier, I'm trying to make them longer but it's a little hard for me. But at least I'm trying and that's all that counts, right? ^^;
-Ebon Reaper: Thanks for the review.
R&R PLZ!