CHAPTER 5
Disclaimer: You know the deal, but if you must read it again refer to chapter 4.
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"Ya know," Raph said as he, Raen and Rei climbed aboard the plane, "I feel kinda guilty leaving Shinji and Asuka back at Tokyo 3 while we go off on the class trip to Okinawa." "Yeah, well, with all the work we've done lately, we deserve a vacation anyway. Besides this means a few days of not slipping in a puddle of Asukas drool." Raen replied. He had left his packing until this morning and in a rush he'd forgotten a few things, including his discman, so he was in a bit of a bad mood. "Raph can I..."
"No, you can not borrow my discman, I'm using it." Replied Raphael with a grin, he knew it would just annoy Raen even more cause he'd have to sit and be bored for the rest of the trip. But after a few minutes of nagging Raph gave in and handed Raen the CD player, and now that he was faced with boredom, turned to Rei and tried to start a conversation.
"Hi." He said, flashing her what he thought was a winning smile. "Why are you greeting me again, you greeted me when we met in the airport." Rei said simply. Then blinked. "Uh... just consider it a sign of friendship?" he said with a shrug. "We... we are friends?" Rei asked a little disbelievingly. "Sure... why not, we're already fellow pilots, why not be friends too." "So far, Pilot Ikari is the only one who has tried to be my friend, I am afraid I am not very good at it Pilot Andrews." She replied with a what sounded like a little saddness. "Don't worry, I'll teach you. First things first Rei, you don't have to be so formal with friends, call them by their first name, call me Raphael or Raph if you prefer." The rest of the flight basically entailed Raph teaching the art of friendship to Rei, she was a quick study too, cause by the time they landed in Okinawa, Rei had already stopped accidentally calling him Pilot Andrews.
oO00Oo Back at Nerv
"It's so not fair," wailed Asuka, "It's bad enough that I didn't get to go on the class trip with the Fourth and Fifth Child and that Wondergirl got to go instead, but to have to catch up on my schoolwork as well! And I'm stuck with that baka Shinji. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" "And I suppose this is a real treat for me..." Shinji mumbled sarcastically under his breath. "What did you say Third Child?!" "Nothing Asuka!" replied Shinji, suddenly wishing he was invisible. "Well as long as your here, you can help me pick out a new swim suit." Asuka said as she dragged Shinji to the door by the collar of his shirt. "But I thought I was just the pervert..." said Shinji under his breath. "What was that?!" Asuka asked menacingly. "I was just thinking that Hikari might be better suited for that." Shinji replied, thanking his quick thinking. "You idiot, Hikari is the class rep... so she had to go on the trip!" "Oh... right..." said Shinji, now cursing his quick thinking
Shinji was then subjected too a torture almost to awful to even talk about... ... ... He was forced to watch a bunch of beautiful girls model bathing suits in the shop Asuka chose, and having to do the entire thing without showing the least bit of interest, lest he feels the wrath of the Demonic Bitch Queen herself, Asuka.
oO00Oo A restaurant in Okinawa (Hmmmmmm... Lunchtime...)
"Well I'm stuffed..." exclaimed Raen with a satisfying burp. "You should be," replied Raphael, "you had three of those steaks, two burgers and half the dessert bar, and you managed it all without going within two feet of the salad bar." Rei just giggled.
"Maybe we shouldn't have introduced her to ice-cream, especially considering she managed to eat almost as much of it as you did." Raph said as he turned to Raen. Rei blinked and giggled again. "Okay, so what do you wanna do now?" asked Raen "I dunno what do you wanna do?" asked Raph. "I dunno, what do you wanna do?" Raen replied. "I dunno what do you wanna do?" came from Raphael.
This conversation went on and pretty much stayed unchanged for the next fifteen minutes until Rei finally spoke up. "Why don't we just go for a walk, then we can plan what to do tomorrow." Rei managed to say the whole sentence without giggling so the initial sugar rush must have been wearing off. "Well you guys, you'll have to do it without me," said Raen looking at his watch, "I took a holiday from Tokyo 3, not TV, and my favorite show is about to start." With that said he left.
As Raph and Rei walked down the street an open instrument shop caught Raphael's attention so he dragged Rei in to take a look. "Sweet, it's the new T-20, this is the best guitar made." He told Rei as he ogled the guitar, like a woman. "Would you like to try it out?" asked the assistant, popping out of nowhere scaring Rei and Raph half to death.
If he wasn't straight, Raph would have kissed the guy right there. Taking the instrument in his hands, Raphael started to play a piece that would have put heavy metal to shame until he noticed Rei with her hands over her ears. "What, to loud?" Rei nodded. So Raph turned down the amp and ran his fingers over the strings creating the softer and more mellow tones from 'Fly me to the Moon'. "Better?" he asked as he played. Taking her hands off her ears, Rei smiled and nodded again.
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AN: Let's not even ask how Raph knew how to play Fly me to the Moon.
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Once Raphael was finished in the store (the assistant reckoned Raph could come jam with him anytime), they headed down the street again. Now that he was outside Raph took out a cigarette and lit it. "Don't you and Mr. Ryoji know that smoking is bad for you." Stated Rei in her soft voice. "Yeah," Raphael replied with a grin, "but the way I figure it, you gotta die of something, and considering my new line of work, I hope it's these." Rei laughed and simply said, "You say the strangest things Raphael."
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AN: For all of you who don't know who Mr. Ryoji is, it's Kaji... Kaji Ryoji.
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oO00Oo Back at Nerv... again
For the second time that day Asuka was happy, the first time being when she had hit Shinji for looking at the other girls in the shop. NERV had discovered an unborn angel in a magma pool and she had been chosen to go get it instead of Shinji. But as soon as she saw what they did to the plugsuit to withstand the heat, happiness went flying out the window, instantly returning when she realized both Raen and Raphael wouldn't she her in it, and leaving again when Kaji did see her in the new plugsuit.
"IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!!"
As soon as Asuka started to wail this time, Shinji just put his fingers in his ears and started to sing, "This is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it not knowing what is was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because this is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it not knowing what is was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because..."
Within the next five minutes, half the Nerv staff joined him.
oO00Oo Back in Okinawa... again
Rei had gone to her room to get some rest so Raph went to bug Raen and to get his CD player back, which Raen had 'mistakenly' taken to his room. "Come on Raen, give me my CD player back..." "I don't wanna..." Raen replied, being an annoying little git, "can't I just borrow it for the rest of the trip?" "No, I need it back.." "Let me borrow it or I'll tell everybody the truth." Raen said with and evil grin. "The truth about what?" Raph asked, curiousty stopping him from killing his friend. "That you have a crush on Rei..." "You wouldn't..." threatened Raph, forgetting he was supposed to deny it. "I would, and you know it..." Raens grin just got even wider. Raphael was just about to give in until he remembered something that Raen had told him only a week earlier. "Fine, go ahead," Raph said with sudden calmness, "but then I tell everyone that you like a certain control room tech... named... Maya." Now Raph was the one with the huge evil smile, he knew he had won this one. With much reluctance, Raen finally handed over the CD player. When Raphael got back to his room, he threw it in his bag, of course it managed to find its way back to Raen several times before they went home.
oO00Oo WE ARE EVIL!!!! Go to the next chapter to find out how this ends.
Disclaimer: You know the deal, but if you must read it again refer to chapter 4.
oO00Oo
"Ya know," Raph said as he, Raen and Rei climbed aboard the plane, "I feel kinda guilty leaving Shinji and Asuka back at Tokyo 3 while we go off on the class trip to Okinawa." "Yeah, well, with all the work we've done lately, we deserve a vacation anyway. Besides this means a few days of not slipping in a puddle of Asukas drool." Raen replied. He had left his packing until this morning and in a rush he'd forgotten a few things, including his discman, so he was in a bit of a bad mood. "Raph can I..."
"No, you can not borrow my discman, I'm using it." Replied Raphael with a grin, he knew it would just annoy Raen even more cause he'd have to sit and be bored for the rest of the trip. But after a few minutes of nagging Raph gave in and handed Raen the CD player, and now that he was faced with boredom, turned to Rei and tried to start a conversation.
"Hi." He said, flashing her what he thought was a winning smile. "Why are you greeting me again, you greeted me when we met in the airport." Rei said simply. Then blinked. "Uh... just consider it a sign of friendship?" he said with a shrug. "We... we are friends?" Rei asked a little disbelievingly. "Sure... why not, we're already fellow pilots, why not be friends too." "So far, Pilot Ikari is the only one who has tried to be my friend, I am afraid I am not very good at it Pilot Andrews." She replied with a what sounded like a little saddness. "Don't worry, I'll teach you. First things first Rei, you don't have to be so formal with friends, call them by their first name, call me Raphael or Raph if you prefer." The rest of the flight basically entailed Raph teaching the art of friendship to Rei, she was a quick study too, cause by the time they landed in Okinawa, Rei had already stopped accidentally calling him Pilot Andrews.
oO00Oo Back at Nerv
"It's so not fair," wailed Asuka, "It's bad enough that I didn't get to go on the class trip with the Fourth and Fifth Child and that Wondergirl got to go instead, but to have to catch up on my schoolwork as well! And I'm stuck with that baka Shinji. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!" "And I suppose this is a real treat for me..." Shinji mumbled sarcastically under his breath. "What did you say Third Child?!" "Nothing Asuka!" replied Shinji, suddenly wishing he was invisible. "Well as long as your here, you can help me pick out a new swim suit." Asuka said as she dragged Shinji to the door by the collar of his shirt. "But I thought I was just the pervert..." said Shinji under his breath. "What was that?!" Asuka asked menacingly. "I was just thinking that Hikari might be better suited for that." Shinji replied, thanking his quick thinking. "You idiot, Hikari is the class rep... so she had to go on the trip!" "Oh... right..." said Shinji, now cursing his quick thinking
Shinji was then subjected too a torture almost to awful to even talk about... ... ... He was forced to watch a bunch of beautiful girls model bathing suits in the shop Asuka chose, and having to do the entire thing without showing the least bit of interest, lest he feels the wrath of the Demonic Bitch Queen herself, Asuka.
oO00Oo A restaurant in Okinawa (Hmmmmmm... Lunchtime...)
"Well I'm stuffed..." exclaimed Raen with a satisfying burp. "You should be," replied Raphael, "you had three of those steaks, two burgers and half the dessert bar, and you managed it all without going within two feet of the salad bar." Rei just giggled.
"Maybe we shouldn't have introduced her to ice-cream, especially considering she managed to eat almost as much of it as you did." Raph said as he turned to Raen. Rei blinked and giggled again. "Okay, so what do you wanna do now?" asked Raen "I dunno what do you wanna do?" asked Raph. "I dunno, what do you wanna do?" Raen replied. "I dunno what do you wanna do?" came from Raphael.
This conversation went on and pretty much stayed unchanged for the next fifteen minutes until Rei finally spoke up. "Why don't we just go for a walk, then we can plan what to do tomorrow." Rei managed to say the whole sentence without giggling so the initial sugar rush must have been wearing off. "Well you guys, you'll have to do it without me," said Raen looking at his watch, "I took a holiday from Tokyo 3, not TV, and my favorite show is about to start." With that said he left.
As Raph and Rei walked down the street an open instrument shop caught Raphael's attention so he dragged Rei in to take a look. "Sweet, it's the new T-20, this is the best guitar made." He told Rei as he ogled the guitar, like a woman. "Would you like to try it out?" asked the assistant, popping out of nowhere scaring Rei and Raph half to death.
If he wasn't straight, Raph would have kissed the guy right there. Taking the instrument in his hands, Raphael started to play a piece that would have put heavy metal to shame until he noticed Rei with her hands over her ears. "What, to loud?" Rei nodded. So Raph turned down the amp and ran his fingers over the strings creating the softer and more mellow tones from 'Fly me to the Moon'. "Better?" he asked as he played. Taking her hands off her ears, Rei smiled and nodded again.
oO00Oo
AN: Let's not even ask how Raph knew how to play Fly me to the Moon.
oO00Oo
Once Raphael was finished in the store (the assistant reckoned Raph could come jam with him anytime), they headed down the street again. Now that he was outside Raph took out a cigarette and lit it. "Don't you and Mr. Ryoji know that smoking is bad for you." Stated Rei in her soft voice. "Yeah," Raphael replied with a grin, "but the way I figure it, you gotta die of something, and considering my new line of work, I hope it's these." Rei laughed and simply said, "You say the strangest things Raphael."
oO00Oo
AN: For all of you who don't know who Mr. Ryoji is, it's Kaji... Kaji Ryoji.
oO00Oo
oO00Oo Back at Nerv... again
For the second time that day Asuka was happy, the first time being when she had hit Shinji for looking at the other girls in the shop. NERV had discovered an unborn angel in a magma pool and she had been chosen to go get it instead of Shinji. But as soon as she saw what they did to the plugsuit to withstand the heat, happiness went flying out the window, instantly returning when she realized both Raen and Raphael wouldn't she her in it, and leaving again when Kaji did see her in the new plugsuit.
"IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!!"
As soon as Asuka started to wail this time, Shinji just put his fingers in his ears and started to sing, "This is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it not knowing what is was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because this is the song that doesn't end, yes it goes on and on my friend, some people started singing it not knowing what is was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because..."
Within the next five minutes, half the Nerv staff joined him.
oO00Oo Back in Okinawa... again
Rei had gone to her room to get some rest so Raph went to bug Raen and to get his CD player back, which Raen had 'mistakenly' taken to his room. "Come on Raen, give me my CD player back..." "I don't wanna..." Raen replied, being an annoying little git, "can't I just borrow it for the rest of the trip?" "No, I need it back.." "Let me borrow it or I'll tell everybody the truth." Raen said with and evil grin. "The truth about what?" Raph asked, curiousty stopping him from killing his friend. "That you have a crush on Rei..." "You wouldn't..." threatened Raph, forgetting he was supposed to deny it. "I would, and you know it..." Raens grin just got even wider. Raphael was just about to give in until he remembered something that Raen had told him only a week earlier. "Fine, go ahead," Raph said with sudden calmness, "but then I tell everyone that you like a certain control room tech... named... Maya." Now Raph was the one with the huge evil smile, he knew he had won this one. With much reluctance, Raen finally handed over the CD player. When Raphael got back to his room, he threw it in his bag, of course it managed to find its way back to Raen several times before they went home.
oO00Oo WE ARE EVIL!!!! Go to the next chapter to find out how this ends.