Asuka Strikes
By: Byakko of the West
Author's Notes: This chapter will be a little more fluffier than usual. It's also going to be the chapter where they learn the dance.
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Recap of Chapter 5
"Okay, you two, stop fighting. We have approximately five days before the Angel regains its full strength and we have to come up with a plan by then." She turned to Ikari Gendo and his Vice-Commander, Fuyutski Kozo. "Sir, I may have a plan to defeat the Angel. May I have permission to prepare the pilots for it?" she asked.
Gendo nodded curtly. "See to it that this doesn't happen again, Captain." With that, the ground beneath him sunk down, his and Fuyutski's bodies sinking with it.
Asuka looked up at her guardian. "What's your plan?" she asked quietly, still thinking about her actions.
Misato turned on the redhead, frowning. "You and Shinji go home, I'll meet you there later." She ordered harshly and Shinji felt a rush of anger at her voice towards Asuka. He calmed himself down as he walked towards the changing room then to leave for home.
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Chapter 6
With a tired sigh, Ikari Shinji slid the door to his room, readying to drop onto his bed and get a very-much needed rest. When he opened his eyes, prepared to see a dark and lifeless room, they meet up with a yellow, box- filled room. He blinked in confusion and turned to the door as it opened, unprepared to see you stepped through it.
With a smile on her face, Soryu Asuka Langley closed the door behind her. "Hey, Ikari. Like what I've done with it?" she motioned to the room they stood in.
His mouth opened and closed like a fish's searching for air, staring unblinking at the redhead. After he managed to register her in his room or albeit lack there of, he blinked a few times rapidly. "W-w-w-what are you doing here, Soryu-san?" he asked, not meaning to sound so hasty.
Her smile disappeared a moment after those words left his lips, her eyes downcast. "Misato thought it would be better to train together if we lived together. How she figured that, I don't know." She mumbled the last part to herself.
They stood in an awkward silence for a few minutes until Shinji decided to break the silence by clearing his throat. "I, um...hope you like it here." He tried smiling but it came out as a goofy grin to which she giggled at.
"I'm sure I will, Ikari-kun." She smiled back at him.
He blushed but kept smiling at her. "Please call me Shinji. Ikari makes me sound like my dad." He growled at the thought of his father, Commander Ikari Gendo of NERV, who he worked for and hated with all his might.
She nodded, still smiling, not noticing the malcontent look on his features. "Okay Shinji, but you have to call me Asuka." She picked up a box to her left, written 'ASUKA'S STUFF' on it in bold, black marker. "I'm going to take a bath, is that alright with you?" she picked out a pair of blue short-shorts and a yellow tank-top from the box, standing up again to look him in the eye.
Gulping down the lump of nervousness that amounted in his throat, he nodded, his face beet-red. She smiled at him once more before walking off into the shower and he released the breath he unknowingly held, his face returning to its normal color. "That girl's going to be the death of me..." he said quietly, hearing the water in the bathroom turn on.
"Well, that's too bad for you Shin-chan. You're going to be spending the whole week with her." He turned to see his guardian, Captain Katsuragi Misato standing there with a boom box in her hands, smirking at him.
He groaned and followed her to his room. "Why me.?"
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With a 'ding', the elevator doors opened revealing Suzuhara Toji and his friend, Aida Kensuke. They came out of the elevator and turned to their left wen they heard another small bell only to see their class representative and Toji's crush, Horaki Hikari. She turned to her right just as they turned to her and smiled at Toji.
"Two of the three stooges, where's the other?" she asked, her voice sending the basketball star onto cloud nine.
Kensuke backed away from his love-struck friend and answered. "We're here to see him since he hasn't been in school for a while. What about you?" he asked, pulling his fluttering friend down from his cloud.
She began walking next to them, smiling back at Toji. "I'm here to see Asuka."
They reached the door of the Katsuragi residence and turned to each other." "Why'd you stop here?"" they asked at the same time and when they received no answer from one another, Hikari rang the doorbell.
A few seconds after she rang it, the voice box answered with a unison voice of what sounded like Shinji and Asuka. "Coming." they didn't sound too happy either. The door opened a moment after that and Hikari wasn't happy with what she saw, nor Toji and Kensuke.
"You're doing it again. You're dressing like her!" Kensuke pointed at Shinji who wore a revealing pair of spandex shorts and a short T-shirt with music notes on it. Asuka was dressed similar, her shirt pink instead of blue.
*~*FLASHBACK*~*
Filming his surroundings, Kensuke smiled at all the aircrafts and boats around the dock at which they got off at. When they heard a door slam, he and Toji looked up to see Asuka coming down the escalator, looking very smug and Shinji behind her, trying to cover himself.
Laughing, Kensuke pointed his camera at the Third Child, grinning. "Wow Shinji, looking good!"
Toji joined in, chuckling. "Yeah, never thought you'd look that good in red before!" he whistled and would have continued if only Asuka hadn't hit him on the back of the head and Misato hitting Kensuke, shutting them up.
*~*END OF FLASHBACK*~* (A/N: Woot, woot! My first flash back!)
""It's all Misato's fault. We have to eat, sleep and breathe together."" They said in unison again and a vein popped on Hikari's forehead.
"That's disgusting! You're living in sin!" she accused, stepping back from the two.
Shinji looked down, ashamed and Asuka turned red in embarrassment. ""No, it's not like that!""
The pig-tailed girl looked up at them again. "And just what is it like?" before they could answer, she turned around and buried her face in Toji's chest who grinned stupidly, wrapping his arms around her in a loose hug.
"Hey there guys!" the three looked up to find Misato along with classmate, Ayanami Rei. The Captain smiled and waved at them.
When he recovered from his happiness, Toji thumbed a finger at the EVA pilots. "Um, care to explain this?"
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"Haha, you should have said that before, Shinji!" Toji laughed, looking over at Hikari who was staring at PenPen (A/N: *insert girlish squeal here* PENPEN!! *does PenPen dance* I love PenPen, I love PenPen!) who stared right back. He then looked over at his friend and the devil girl who were following the steps on a pad on the floor, trying to be synchronized and doing extremely badly.
"Arg! This is hopeless!" Asuka threw her headphones on the floor after Shinji had fallen, causing their routine to fail.
Misato grinned. "So, are you giving up?" she asked slyly.
Asuka smirked right back, placing her hands on her hips. "Well, it's not like you have anyone else, now is it?"
The purple-haired woman closed her eyes, still smiling. "Rei?"
The albino looked up from her book that she was reading. "Yes, Captain?"
Misato smiled at her. "Why don't you give it a try?"
"Yes Miss." She stood up and walked over to the pad, picking up the pair of headphones that Asuka had thrown away and placing them on her head. Shinji looked over at her, unsure then back to the front as the music started. They began dancing, perfectly in sync.
Asuka watched in horror. 'No, this can't be happening! This is supposed to be my big break!' she watched as Shinji and Rei followed the steps perfectly together, not missing or going out of sync with one another. "No, no, no..." she stalked over to the door, opening it. "I hate this!" she exclaimed before slamming it shut behind her.
Shinji stared after her, feeling the pang of guilt rise in his throat.
Standing up with PenPen in her arms, Hikari faced Shinji. "Shinji, go! Go apologize, you hurt her feelings!"
The man just blinked a few times before running to the door, slipping his shoes on before leaving to race after the redhead.
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He found her in a department store not far from their apartment, looking at some drinks. He walked up to her and when he noticed that she didn't see him, placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump in surprise. She whirled around quickly, not expecting to see him there. She went so fast that she accidentally whacked her forehead against Shinji's, both wincing at the pain.
"Sorry. Not just for that but for what I did back there." She picked a couple cans out of the refrigerator. Without facing him she continued. "I think Wonder girl should just take my place, I'd just screw up anyway..." she brought the cans to the man at the cash who ran them through his computer.
"Asuka, don't say that. You're a great fighter. It's me that's bad." He followed her out of the store after she paid for her drinks.
She turned around and glared at him once they were out of the store. "If it was just you, then why were you able to do it with Ayanami? Hmm?" her features softened and she lowered her head. "I'm just going to let her take over on this one." She turned back around and prepared to leave but was stopped by Shinji grabbing her arm. She turned around and saw his determined face staring at her.
"I don't want to do it with her." He smiled at her. "I want to do this with you." He spoke softly and her heart missed a beat.
After a minute of decision making, she looked up at him and smiled back. "I'll do it. For you Shinji."
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Author's Notes: Aw...fluff! Not much Shinji/Asuka but tons of Toji/Hikari! I'm so proud of myself. I think I got Hikari's last name right but if it's wrong, please tell me. And be sure to check out my other NGE fic, ''What if...' Kaji Hadn't Died' which came to an end a few days ago!
R&R PLZ!
By: Byakko of the West
Author's Notes: This chapter will be a little more fluffier than usual. It's also going to be the chapter where they learn the dance.
~*~
Recap of Chapter 5
"Okay, you two, stop fighting. We have approximately five days before the Angel regains its full strength and we have to come up with a plan by then." She turned to Ikari Gendo and his Vice-Commander, Fuyutski Kozo. "Sir, I may have a plan to defeat the Angel. May I have permission to prepare the pilots for it?" she asked.
Gendo nodded curtly. "See to it that this doesn't happen again, Captain." With that, the ground beneath him sunk down, his and Fuyutski's bodies sinking with it.
Asuka looked up at her guardian. "What's your plan?" she asked quietly, still thinking about her actions.
Misato turned on the redhead, frowning. "You and Shinji go home, I'll meet you there later." She ordered harshly and Shinji felt a rush of anger at her voice towards Asuka. He calmed himself down as he walked towards the changing room then to leave for home.
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Chapter 6
With a tired sigh, Ikari Shinji slid the door to his room, readying to drop onto his bed and get a very-much needed rest. When he opened his eyes, prepared to see a dark and lifeless room, they meet up with a yellow, box- filled room. He blinked in confusion and turned to the door as it opened, unprepared to see you stepped through it.
With a smile on her face, Soryu Asuka Langley closed the door behind her. "Hey, Ikari. Like what I've done with it?" she motioned to the room they stood in.
His mouth opened and closed like a fish's searching for air, staring unblinking at the redhead. After he managed to register her in his room or albeit lack there of, he blinked a few times rapidly. "W-w-w-what are you doing here, Soryu-san?" he asked, not meaning to sound so hasty.
Her smile disappeared a moment after those words left his lips, her eyes downcast. "Misato thought it would be better to train together if we lived together. How she figured that, I don't know." She mumbled the last part to herself.
They stood in an awkward silence for a few minutes until Shinji decided to break the silence by clearing his throat. "I, um...hope you like it here." He tried smiling but it came out as a goofy grin to which she giggled at.
"I'm sure I will, Ikari-kun." She smiled back at him.
He blushed but kept smiling at her. "Please call me Shinji. Ikari makes me sound like my dad." He growled at the thought of his father, Commander Ikari Gendo of NERV, who he worked for and hated with all his might.
She nodded, still smiling, not noticing the malcontent look on his features. "Okay Shinji, but you have to call me Asuka." She picked up a box to her left, written 'ASUKA'S STUFF' on it in bold, black marker. "I'm going to take a bath, is that alright with you?" she picked out a pair of blue short-shorts and a yellow tank-top from the box, standing up again to look him in the eye.
Gulping down the lump of nervousness that amounted in his throat, he nodded, his face beet-red. She smiled at him once more before walking off into the shower and he released the breath he unknowingly held, his face returning to its normal color. "That girl's going to be the death of me..." he said quietly, hearing the water in the bathroom turn on.
"Well, that's too bad for you Shin-chan. You're going to be spending the whole week with her." He turned to see his guardian, Captain Katsuragi Misato standing there with a boom box in her hands, smirking at him.
He groaned and followed her to his room. "Why me.?"
~*~
With a 'ding', the elevator doors opened revealing Suzuhara Toji and his friend, Aida Kensuke. They came out of the elevator and turned to their left wen they heard another small bell only to see their class representative and Toji's crush, Horaki Hikari. She turned to her right just as they turned to her and smiled at Toji.
"Two of the three stooges, where's the other?" she asked, her voice sending the basketball star onto cloud nine.
Kensuke backed away from his love-struck friend and answered. "We're here to see him since he hasn't been in school for a while. What about you?" he asked, pulling his fluttering friend down from his cloud.
She began walking next to them, smiling back at Toji. "I'm here to see Asuka."
They reached the door of the Katsuragi residence and turned to each other." "Why'd you stop here?"" they asked at the same time and when they received no answer from one another, Hikari rang the doorbell.
A few seconds after she rang it, the voice box answered with a unison voice of what sounded like Shinji and Asuka. "Coming." they didn't sound too happy either. The door opened a moment after that and Hikari wasn't happy with what she saw, nor Toji and Kensuke.
"You're doing it again. You're dressing like her!" Kensuke pointed at Shinji who wore a revealing pair of spandex shorts and a short T-shirt with music notes on it. Asuka was dressed similar, her shirt pink instead of blue.
*~*FLASHBACK*~*
Filming his surroundings, Kensuke smiled at all the aircrafts and boats around the dock at which they got off at. When they heard a door slam, he and Toji looked up to see Asuka coming down the escalator, looking very smug and Shinji behind her, trying to cover himself.
Laughing, Kensuke pointed his camera at the Third Child, grinning. "Wow Shinji, looking good!"
Toji joined in, chuckling. "Yeah, never thought you'd look that good in red before!" he whistled and would have continued if only Asuka hadn't hit him on the back of the head and Misato hitting Kensuke, shutting them up.
*~*END OF FLASHBACK*~* (A/N: Woot, woot! My first flash back!)
""It's all Misato's fault. We have to eat, sleep and breathe together."" They said in unison again and a vein popped on Hikari's forehead.
"That's disgusting! You're living in sin!" she accused, stepping back from the two.
Shinji looked down, ashamed and Asuka turned red in embarrassment. ""No, it's not like that!""
The pig-tailed girl looked up at them again. "And just what is it like?" before they could answer, she turned around and buried her face in Toji's chest who grinned stupidly, wrapping his arms around her in a loose hug.
"Hey there guys!" the three looked up to find Misato along with classmate, Ayanami Rei. The Captain smiled and waved at them.
When he recovered from his happiness, Toji thumbed a finger at the EVA pilots. "Um, care to explain this?"
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"Haha, you should have said that before, Shinji!" Toji laughed, looking over at Hikari who was staring at PenPen (A/N: *insert girlish squeal here* PENPEN!! *does PenPen dance* I love PenPen, I love PenPen!) who stared right back. He then looked over at his friend and the devil girl who were following the steps on a pad on the floor, trying to be synchronized and doing extremely badly.
"Arg! This is hopeless!" Asuka threw her headphones on the floor after Shinji had fallen, causing their routine to fail.
Misato grinned. "So, are you giving up?" she asked slyly.
Asuka smirked right back, placing her hands on her hips. "Well, it's not like you have anyone else, now is it?"
The purple-haired woman closed her eyes, still smiling. "Rei?"
The albino looked up from her book that she was reading. "Yes, Captain?"
Misato smiled at her. "Why don't you give it a try?"
"Yes Miss." She stood up and walked over to the pad, picking up the pair of headphones that Asuka had thrown away and placing them on her head. Shinji looked over at her, unsure then back to the front as the music started. They began dancing, perfectly in sync.
Asuka watched in horror. 'No, this can't be happening! This is supposed to be my big break!' she watched as Shinji and Rei followed the steps perfectly together, not missing or going out of sync with one another. "No, no, no..." she stalked over to the door, opening it. "I hate this!" she exclaimed before slamming it shut behind her.
Shinji stared after her, feeling the pang of guilt rise in his throat.
Standing up with PenPen in her arms, Hikari faced Shinji. "Shinji, go! Go apologize, you hurt her feelings!"
The man just blinked a few times before running to the door, slipping his shoes on before leaving to race after the redhead.
~*~
He found her in a department store not far from their apartment, looking at some drinks. He walked up to her and when he noticed that she didn't see him, placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump in surprise. She whirled around quickly, not expecting to see him there. She went so fast that she accidentally whacked her forehead against Shinji's, both wincing at the pain.
"Sorry. Not just for that but for what I did back there." She picked a couple cans out of the refrigerator. Without facing him she continued. "I think Wonder girl should just take my place, I'd just screw up anyway..." she brought the cans to the man at the cash who ran them through his computer.
"Asuka, don't say that. You're a great fighter. It's me that's bad." He followed her out of the store after she paid for her drinks.
She turned around and glared at him once they were out of the store. "If it was just you, then why were you able to do it with Ayanami? Hmm?" her features softened and she lowered her head. "I'm just going to let her take over on this one." She turned back around and prepared to leave but was stopped by Shinji grabbing her arm. She turned around and saw his determined face staring at her.
"I don't want to do it with her." He smiled at her. "I want to do this with you." He spoke softly and her heart missed a beat.
After a minute of decision making, she looked up at him and smiled back. "I'll do it. For you Shinji."
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Author's Notes: Aw...fluff! Not much Shinji/Asuka but tons of Toji/Hikari! I'm so proud of myself. I think I got Hikari's last name right but if it's wrong, please tell me. And be sure to check out my other NGE fic, ''What if...' Kaji Hadn't Died' which came to an end a few days ago!
R&R PLZ!