Gendo's Desk: On the Run
Okay, since Hououza wanted to know what everyone else was doing, and I'm sure all of the rest of you want to know too, I'll make a short section here to list the things our other NERV employees are doing, as well as some non/ex-NERV guys.
*/* Misato: Drink, go to NERV, yell at people for not finding Shinji and Asuka, go home, drink, try to cook, try to hold a conversation with Rei, drink, sleep, repeat.
Rei: Make small breakfast while Misato drinks, eat, go to school, stare out window, go home, do homework, slip 'real' food in for her dinner, disengaged Misato from a conversation, sleep, repeat.
Gendo: Wake up, eat, sit at giant desk, be upset that his scenario isn't quite working, go home, eat, sleep, repeat.
Ritsuko: Eat breakfast, feed cats, run tests on.stuff, be upset that Shinji and Asuka aren't there to do sync tests and 'protect the world', go home, feed cats, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
Touji: Eat, go to school, fail again to tell Hikari that he likes her, stare at her, wonder how Shinji managed to get Asuka out of commission for so long, and where he went, stare at Hikari some more, go to the Hospital to visit his sister, go home, talk with Kensuke about Shinji and Asuka, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
Maya: Wake up, eat breakfast, go to NERV, steal glances at Ritsuko while not worrying about Shinji and Asuka, go home, worry more about Shinji and Asuka, eat dinner, worry, sleep, repeat.
Hikari: Wake up, make breakfast, eat, make special lunch for Touji, go to school, enable class rep mode, disable class rep mode, eat lunch, wonder why Asuka and Shinji have been gone, enable class rep mode, disable class rep mode, go home, wonder why she likes Touji, do homework and class rep stuff, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
***
As Shinji ran though the jungle, Asuka's pain, anger, exhaustion, and the almost rocking motion she felt in Shinji's arms caused her to slowly fall asleep. Still, the entire forest was alive with the shouts of the girls. Shinji was amazed at how fast he was running, and was certain that he would lose them in the forest when the trees ended and he found himself in the middle of a large clearing. With growing concern, Shinji begins franticly searching for another method of escape. Seeing no other, Shinji slings Asuka over his shoulder and climbs a nearby tree. The yells of the group slowly grow in volume until many girls slow from their dash and come to a stop in the center of the clearing. Shinji notices an enraged Rei standing in the center of the group. After several more minutes, Rei becomes frustrated and orders the group back the way they had come. She remains looking around the trees before giving up and returning as well. Shinji would barely move for several more hours.
***
-Terminal Dogma-
"Rather restless, wouldn't you say?"
"Yes.Any reasons, Dr. Akagi?"
"No sir, we can't seem to figure out why they're doing this."
"I hope that changes, Dr. Akagi."
"Yes, sir."
***
-Katsuragi Residence-
"What's wrong Rei? You don't look too...happy...are you getting sick?"
"I...will be fine, Major Katsuragi. If I may, I would like to go to my room now."
"Yea, yea."
Rei, after closing the door to her new room, lies down on her borrowed bed and tries to figure out why this strange sensation was occurring.
*/*
-tree near the clearing; 4hrs after arrival-
Shinji had finally fallen asleep an hour or so ago, Asuka still cradled in his arms. Upon awakening, Shinji remembers Asuka's clothes.
'I'd better get some clothes on her, she'll be really mad if she saw me doing this...But I've never put clothes on another person...and she feels so nice...no, I'm not a Hentai!'
Shinji didn't even notice Asuka's hand wrapping his around her breast until he hears her sigh in contentment. As Shinji's 'impending doom' alarms were wailing, he tries to take his hand away. Asuka, feeling this, frowns slightly
"No...Shinji..."
It was painfully obvious that she was asleep. She then promptly presses Shinji's hand back down as her frown changes into a smile.
'I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.but she's so soft and warm...No! I've got to figure something out before she wakes up!'
Again he tries to pull his hand free, but his attempts only seem to make Asuka think that he just wanted to play; she was seemingly glad to oblige. While keeping Shinji's hand in place with one hand, she begins undoing Shinji's shirt. Shinji begins to scramble backwards, but Asuka merely smiles and moves with him. Without realizing it, Shinji soon finds himself at the end of the branch. Asuka finally pushes Shinji's shirt off and by jumping against him she pushes the branch past its limits and it breaks. The two fall to the ground and Asuka begins to awaken.
'I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead'
"Oh my foot.Shinji, what are you doing?"
"Um." Shinji removes his hand and grabs her clothes, "I was going to give you these!"
"Baka!" Asuka grabs her clothes and skips on one foot behind the tree, "Don't let me catch you looking! You've already seen way too much!"
Shinji begins to remember that just moments ago she had been lying in his arms, and otherwise she probably would have been killed. Sighing in defeat, Shinji leans his back against the tree and begins trying to plan their next course of action.
"Nnn...Shinji..."
"Yes, Asuka-chan?"
"I...need your help..."
'Really?!' "Um, yea, what's the problem?"
"Come around here..."
Slowly Shinji walks around the tree and finds Asuka in a state of strange sorts. She was sitting on the ground with her shirt on, but her panties and skirt were lying at her feet.
"Baka Hentai! Quit staring!"
"I'm sorry...you're just so..."
"So what?!"
"Beautiful..."
"You...really think so?"
Shinji looks at the ground shyly, a blush reddening his face.
"Well...thanks..."
"What...did you need help with?"
Asuka's countenance quickly changes, her features hardening, "I...can't put these on...it's my foot..."
"We'll have to put a splint on that..."
"Well...I need your help to get these on..."
"Okay..."
Slowly Shinji walks to Asuka and tries to figure out how he's going to help her.
"You try to feel me up, and I'll kill you!"
Shinji gulped, he didn't want to die. Slowly Shinji reached for Asuka's underwear, making absolutely sure with every movement that his next wouldn't cause him certain death. After carefully placing Asuka's hurt foot through the opening, Shinji sighed.
"Asuka...you think you can take it from here?" Shinji was still frightened for his life.
"Of course, Baka Hentai!" Asuka said as she quickly pulled her panties on. Shinji then aided her foot again through her shorts and she pulled those up as well.
"So...um...what do we do now?"
"Well, it's obvious all those Reis hate us now...I think we need to find the river again, we need a fresh source of water."
"And I need to set up a splint for your ankle, it doesn't look too bad.but now we'll have to be more careful, I...didn't grab the shoes..."
"Anta Baka!! You had all that time, and you didn't grab shoes?!"
"Sorry..."
"Well, get working on that splint. We won't get very far if I can't walk!"
"Uh...sure thing..."
Shinji, as swiftly as his feet could propel him, for he wished not to invoke the wrath of Asuka, began searching for a suitable piece of wood to use. As vines were abundant, he didn't need to worry about wrapping shortage. As Shinji searched, Asuka lied back against the tree, her mind attempting to figure out a question foremost on her mind. Why was she so mad at Shinji when she saw him like that? Was she jealous?
'That Baka... he waits till I'm injured, then goes off to screw wondergirl!'
'But he said that he wasn't, and if he was, why would he run away from them? He is going out of his way to help fix my stupid ankle... and I do really like him...'
'No! I can't be jealous of wondergirl! But... if he does like her more than me.no!'
'I'd be crushed! He can't like her more! We...we've kissed...so many times... he...he can't just leave me like that! I love him too much to let him do that...'
"Asuka?"
'He...just can't...'
"Asuka!"
"What, Shinji-chan?!"
"I...just was going to start working on the splint..."
Asuka, realizing that he had been standing there for a while, instantly blushes. Shinji, ignoring Asuka's blush, moves to her injured foot, which she extends for him to work on. Taking great care not to move the joint, Shinji begins to wrap the two branches around Asuka's calf. Upon finishing, Shinji stands and extends his hand out.
"Want some help up?"
"Yea right! I may have a screwed up foot, Shinji-chan, but the great Asuka Langley Soryu can at least get up on her own!"
As if to prove her point, Asuka pushes herself up with one leg, then tries to apply some pressure to her injured foot, to keep her balance. As her bare foot comes into contact with the damp floor of the jungle, a sharp sting of pain shoots through her leg. Losing her balance, she begins to fall back towards the earth. Expecting to feel the pain of her landing, Asuka's surprised as Shinji catches her, his own body taking the force of the fall as she falls on top of him.
"Shinji.why did you."
"Couldn't let you get hurt again," Shinji says as he smiles through the pain in his arm.
"Oh, are you alright? You aren't hurt are you?" Asuka surprises even herself with her sudden show of caring.
"I'm fine.but please be more careful. You're hurt pretty badly, and it won't heal if you keep on walking on it."
"Okay, Shinji-chan..."
'He does so much for me...he even caught me just now...and look at how cute he is when he's like that...'
Asuka, acting on impulse, quickly wraps her arms around the still pinned Shinji, her face rubbing against his neck.
"Thank you, Shinji-chan...For everything..."
Shinji, smiling and happy that Asuka actually thanked him for once, wraps his arms around her frame, his mouth emitting a contented sigh.
"Shinji-chan..."
"Yes, Asuka-chan?"
"Do you mind if we stay like this for a while? I mean...I don't want to put too much pressure on my foot, you know..."
Shinji, smiling, nods, "I know, Asuka-chan. You can stay like this as long as you want..."
"Shinji-chan... do you think we're going to get out of here?"
"I don't know, Asuka-chan."
"We could stay down here; we wouldn't have to worry about anything we used to. There'd be no Eva...no Angels...and we wouldn't have to eat Misato's cooking..."
"Asuka-chan...We can't just run away...I don't like piloting Eva...and I really don't like Misato's cooking...but if we don't go back..."
"Yea...I really doubt wondergirl could take on an Angel..."
"Asuka-chan, Eva was you life...besides, what would the world do without their best Eva pilot?" Shinji asks with a smile.
"You're right, Shinji-chan..." Asuka responds as she tightens her embrace.
"Asuka-chan...I think we'd better get moving...they may come back here...and I don't want then to hurt you again..."
As Shinji starts his next thought, Asuka stretches herself up and promptly plants her lips over his. Shinji, startled, tenses up as Asuka kisses him. For a moment the forest is completely quiet, Shinji is almost sure he can even hear the river flowing softly in the background. Slowly Shinji begins to relax into the kiss, his arms tightening around Asuka. Finally the two break both surprised that the other allowed it to continue so long.
"Shinji-chan... did you hear the river? We should go there... I mean...we will need some fresh water...and...food..."
"You're right, As."
In the middle of Shinji's word, however, Asuka cuts him off as she kisses him again, this time forcing the young lad to the ground.
"A-Asuka-chan...we need to get moving..."
"Oh, you're no fun Shinji-chan!"
"Gom"
"You finish that and you'll really be sorry!"
"Okay...but I don't want to get caught... we don't know what those...girls may do to us."
Asuka, decided that Shinji did have a point, sighs and hugs Shinji tightly one last time before she attempts to stand again. Shinji, standing after Asuka removed herself from him, takes her arm to steady her.
"Don't try to go too fast, okay?"
"Baka, I'll do whatever I want!"
"Asuka-chan..." Shinji says with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Oh alright... well, what're you waiting for? If we're going to make it out of here alive we'd better get going!"
'Wasn't she the one that didn't want to leave?' "I think I heard the river over that way..."
"Then let's go already!"
'She's back to her old self again...'
Finally Shinji begins helping Asuka move forward. After a few near falls, and several knocks to Shinji's head from Asuka's fist, they finally got the rhythm down, and began their Exodus to the river. Unknown to the two, a pair of blood red eyes still remained on them, as it had been for their entire entrapment.
Okay, crappy ending for the chapter, and I'm real sorry for the wait, but you know how things are...anyway, please tell me how much you hated this chapter! In the next chapters I'm planning on turning down the romance and WAFF between Asuka and Shinji, unless of course I get some reviews telling me not to! Okay, next time: Whose eyes are watching Asuka and Shinji? Will Asuka's ankle ever heal? Will Asuka and Shinji ever get out, or will they be re-captured by Rei? Find out next time, with # acht, 'Red on the River'.
Okay, since Hououza wanted to know what everyone else was doing, and I'm sure all of the rest of you want to know too, I'll make a short section here to list the things our other NERV employees are doing, as well as some non/ex-NERV guys.
*/* Misato: Drink, go to NERV, yell at people for not finding Shinji and Asuka, go home, drink, try to cook, try to hold a conversation with Rei, drink, sleep, repeat.
Rei: Make small breakfast while Misato drinks, eat, go to school, stare out window, go home, do homework, slip 'real' food in for her dinner, disengaged Misato from a conversation, sleep, repeat.
Gendo: Wake up, eat, sit at giant desk, be upset that his scenario isn't quite working, go home, eat, sleep, repeat.
Ritsuko: Eat breakfast, feed cats, run tests on.stuff, be upset that Shinji and Asuka aren't there to do sync tests and 'protect the world', go home, feed cats, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
Touji: Eat, go to school, fail again to tell Hikari that he likes her, stare at her, wonder how Shinji managed to get Asuka out of commission for so long, and where he went, stare at Hikari some more, go to the Hospital to visit his sister, go home, talk with Kensuke about Shinji and Asuka, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
Maya: Wake up, eat breakfast, go to NERV, steal glances at Ritsuko while not worrying about Shinji and Asuka, go home, worry more about Shinji and Asuka, eat dinner, worry, sleep, repeat.
Hikari: Wake up, make breakfast, eat, make special lunch for Touji, go to school, enable class rep mode, disable class rep mode, eat lunch, wonder why Asuka and Shinji have been gone, enable class rep mode, disable class rep mode, go home, wonder why she likes Touji, do homework and class rep stuff, eat dinner, sleep, repeat.
***
As Shinji ran though the jungle, Asuka's pain, anger, exhaustion, and the almost rocking motion she felt in Shinji's arms caused her to slowly fall asleep. Still, the entire forest was alive with the shouts of the girls. Shinji was amazed at how fast he was running, and was certain that he would lose them in the forest when the trees ended and he found himself in the middle of a large clearing. With growing concern, Shinji begins franticly searching for another method of escape. Seeing no other, Shinji slings Asuka over his shoulder and climbs a nearby tree. The yells of the group slowly grow in volume until many girls slow from their dash and come to a stop in the center of the clearing. Shinji notices an enraged Rei standing in the center of the group. After several more minutes, Rei becomes frustrated and orders the group back the way they had come. She remains looking around the trees before giving up and returning as well. Shinji would barely move for several more hours.
***
-Terminal Dogma-
"Rather restless, wouldn't you say?"
"Yes.Any reasons, Dr. Akagi?"
"No sir, we can't seem to figure out why they're doing this."
"I hope that changes, Dr. Akagi."
"Yes, sir."
***
-Katsuragi Residence-
"What's wrong Rei? You don't look too...happy...are you getting sick?"
"I...will be fine, Major Katsuragi. If I may, I would like to go to my room now."
"Yea, yea."
Rei, after closing the door to her new room, lies down on her borrowed bed and tries to figure out why this strange sensation was occurring.
*/*
-tree near the clearing; 4hrs after arrival-
Shinji had finally fallen asleep an hour or so ago, Asuka still cradled in his arms. Upon awakening, Shinji remembers Asuka's clothes.
'I'd better get some clothes on her, she'll be really mad if she saw me doing this...But I've never put clothes on another person...and she feels so nice...no, I'm not a Hentai!'
Shinji didn't even notice Asuka's hand wrapping his around her breast until he hears her sigh in contentment. As Shinji's 'impending doom' alarms were wailing, he tries to take his hand away. Asuka, feeling this, frowns slightly
"No...Shinji..."
It was painfully obvious that she was asleep. She then promptly presses Shinji's hand back down as her frown changes into a smile.
'I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die.but she's so soft and warm...No! I've got to figure something out before she wakes up!'
Again he tries to pull his hand free, but his attempts only seem to make Asuka think that he just wanted to play; she was seemingly glad to oblige. While keeping Shinji's hand in place with one hand, she begins undoing Shinji's shirt. Shinji begins to scramble backwards, but Asuka merely smiles and moves with him. Without realizing it, Shinji soon finds himself at the end of the branch. Asuka finally pushes Shinji's shirt off and by jumping against him she pushes the branch past its limits and it breaks. The two fall to the ground and Asuka begins to awaken.
'I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead'
"Oh my foot.Shinji, what are you doing?"
"Um." Shinji removes his hand and grabs her clothes, "I was going to give you these!"
"Baka!" Asuka grabs her clothes and skips on one foot behind the tree, "Don't let me catch you looking! You've already seen way too much!"
Shinji begins to remember that just moments ago she had been lying in his arms, and otherwise she probably would have been killed. Sighing in defeat, Shinji leans his back against the tree and begins trying to plan their next course of action.
"Nnn...Shinji..."
"Yes, Asuka-chan?"
"I...need your help..."
'Really?!' "Um, yea, what's the problem?"
"Come around here..."
Slowly Shinji walks around the tree and finds Asuka in a state of strange sorts. She was sitting on the ground with her shirt on, but her panties and skirt were lying at her feet.
"Baka Hentai! Quit staring!"
"I'm sorry...you're just so..."
"So what?!"
"Beautiful..."
"You...really think so?"
Shinji looks at the ground shyly, a blush reddening his face.
"Well...thanks..."
"What...did you need help with?"
Asuka's countenance quickly changes, her features hardening, "I...can't put these on...it's my foot..."
"We'll have to put a splint on that..."
"Well...I need your help to get these on..."
"Okay..."
Slowly Shinji walks to Asuka and tries to figure out how he's going to help her.
"You try to feel me up, and I'll kill you!"
Shinji gulped, he didn't want to die. Slowly Shinji reached for Asuka's underwear, making absolutely sure with every movement that his next wouldn't cause him certain death. After carefully placing Asuka's hurt foot through the opening, Shinji sighed.
"Asuka...you think you can take it from here?" Shinji was still frightened for his life.
"Of course, Baka Hentai!" Asuka said as she quickly pulled her panties on. Shinji then aided her foot again through her shorts and she pulled those up as well.
"So...um...what do we do now?"
"Well, it's obvious all those Reis hate us now...I think we need to find the river again, we need a fresh source of water."
"And I need to set up a splint for your ankle, it doesn't look too bad.but now we'll have to be more careful, I...didn't grab the shoes..."
"Anta Baka!! You had all that time, and you didn't grab shoes?!"
"Sorry..."
"Well, get working on that splint. We won't get very far if I can't walk!"
"Uh...sure thing..."
Shinji, as swiftly as his feet could propel him, for he wished not to invoke the wrath of Asuka, began searching for a suitable piece of wood to use. As vines were abundant, he didn't need to worry about wrapping shortage. As Shinji searched, Asuka lied back against the tree, her mind attempting to figure out a question foremost on her mind. Why was she so mad at Shinji when she saw him like that? Was she jealous?
'That Baka... he waits till I'm injured, then goes off to screw wondergirl!'
'But he said that he wasn't, and if he was, why would he run away from them? He is going out of his way to help fix my stupid ankle... and I do really like him...'
'No! I can't be jealous of wondergirl! But... if he does like her more than me.no!'
'I'd be crushed! He can't like her more! We...we've kissed...so many times... he...he can't just leave me like that! I love him too much to let him do that...'
"Asuka?"
'He...just can't...'
"Asuka!"
"What, Shinji-chan?!"
"I...just was going to start working on the splint..."
Asuka, realizing that he had been standing there for a while, instantly blushes. Shinji, ignoring Asuka's blush, moves to her injured foot, which she extends for him to work on. Taking great care not to move the joint, Shinji begins to wrap the two branches around Asuka's calf. Upon finishing, Shinji stands and extends his hand out.
"Want some help up?"
"Yea right! I may have a screwed up foot, Shinji-chan, but the great Asuka Langley Soryu can at least get up on her own!"
As if to prove her point, Asuka pushes herself up with one leg, then tries to apply some pressure to her injured foot, to keep her balance. As her bare foot comes into contact with the damp floor of the jungle, a sharp sting of pain shoots through her leg. Losing her balance, she begins to fall back towards the earth. Expecting to feel the pain of her landing, Asuka's surprised as Shinji catches her, his own body taking the force of the fall as she falls on top of him.
"Shinji.why did you."
"Couldn't let you get hurt again," Shinji says as he smiles through the pain in his arm.
"Oh, are you alright? You aren't hurt are you?" Asuka surprises even herself with her sudden show of caring.
"I'm fine.but please be more careful. You're hurt pretty badly, and it won't heal if you keep on walking on it."
"Okay, Shinji-chan..."
'He does so much for me...he even caught me just now...and look at how cute he is when he's like that...'
Asuka, acting on impulse, quickly wraps her arms around the still pinned Shinji, her face rubbing against his neck.
"Thank you, Shinji-chan...For everything..."
Shinji, smiling and happy that Asuka actually thanked him for once, wraps his arms around her frame, his mouth emitting a contented sigh.
"Shinji-chan..."
"Yes, Asuka-chan?"
"Do you mind if we stay like this for a while? I mean...I don't want to put too much pressure on my foot, you know..."
Shinji, smiling, nods, "I know, Asuka-chan. You can stay like this as long as you want..."
"Shinji-chan... do you think we're going to get out of here?"
"I don't know, Asuka-chan."
"We could stay down here; we wouldn't have to worry about anything we used to. There'd be no Eva...no Angels...and we wouldn't have to eat Misato's cooking..."
"Asuka-chan...We can't just run away...I don't like piloting Eva...and I really don't like Misato's cooking...but if we don't go back..."
"Yea...I really doubt wondergirl could take on an Angel..."
"Asuka-chan, Eva was you life...besides, what would the world do without their best Eva pilot?" Shinji asks with a smile.
"You're right, Shinji-chan..." Asuka responds as she tightens her embrace.
"Asuka-chan...I think we'd better get moving...they may come back here...and I don't want then to hurt you again..."
As Shinji starts his next thought, Asuka stretches herself up and promptly plants her lips over his. Shinji, startled, tenses up as Asuka kisses him. For a moment the forest is completely quiet, Shinji is almost sure he can even hear the river flowing softly in the background. Slowly Shinji begins to relax into the kiss, his arms tightening around Asuka. Finally the two break both surprised that the other allowed it to continue so long.
"Shinji-chan... did you hear the river? We should go there... I mean...we will need some fresh water...and...food..."
"You're right, As."
In the middle of Shinji's word, however, Asuka cuts him off as she kisses him again, this time forcing the young lad to the ground.
"A-Asuka-chan...we need to get moving..."
"Oh, you're no fun Shinji-chan!"
"Gom"
"You finish that and you'll really be sorry!"
"Okay...but I don't want to get caught... we don't know what those...girls may do to us."
Asuka, decided that Shinji did have a point, sighs and hugs Shinji tightly one last time before she attempts to stand again. Shinji, standing after Asuka removed herself from him, takes her arm to steady her.
"Don't try to go too fast, okay?"
"Baka, I'll do whatever I want!"
"Asuka-chan..." Shinji says with a hint of anger in his voice.
"Oh alright... well, what're you waiting for? If we're going to make it out of here alive we'd better get going!"
'Wasn't she the one that didn't want to leave?' "I think I heard the river over that way..."
"Then let's go already!"
'She's back to her old self again...'
Finally Shinji begins helping Asuka move forward. After a few near falls, and several knocks to Shinji's head from Asuka's fist, they finally got the rhythm down, and began their Exodus to the river. Unknown to the two, a pair of blood red eyes still remained on them, as it had been for their entire entrapment.
Okay, crappy ending for the chapter, and I'm real sorry for the wait, but you know how things are...anyway, please tell me how much you hated this chapter! In the next chapters I'm planning on turning down the romance and WAFF between Asuka and Shinji, unless of course I get some reviews telling me not to! Okay, next time: Whose eyes are watching Asuka and Shinji? Will Asuka's ankle ever heal? Will Asuka and Shinji ever get out, or will they be re-captured by Rei? Find out next time, with # acht, 'Red on the River'.