Maternis
Chapter 2
Author's Notes: Sorry for the extended wait for this, but...well, I'm lazy. Deal. Once again, Gainax owns Neon Genesis Evangelion, not me, and it goes without saying, the intellectual properties thereof also belong to Gainax. (They turned down my offer to buy it for $20 and my car...bastards.)
Anyway, enough yappin'... On with the story!
*....I hate this ceiling....*
Shinji awoke in the infirmary, rising lethargically as he took a look around. He lifted a hand to his head, rubbing it softly, when he heard a soft, almost whisper-like voice.
"You're awake."
Shinji jumped slightly as his eyes jumped to the source, which presented itself as Rei stepped forward from the corner she had been inhabiting, staring at him intensely. How long have I been asleep? Shinji thought to himself as he finally saw her, his eyes widening. To say puberty had been kind to Rei Ayanami would have been an understatement; to say that it had been unfair in her favor would be closer to the truth. Her once petite frame had filled out nicely, her once slight, yet graceful curves becoming extremely noticeable thanks to her transformation from girl to woman. Add to the fact that she remained dressed in her plugsuit, amplifying the young Ikari's notice.
"Ayanami?" Shinji asked, his voice unsteady. "How long have I been asleep?"
Rei approached him closer, standing just beside his bed. "You have been asleep for 36 hours. You were hospitalized due to LCL contaminant poisoning. However, you seem to have recovered." Rei examined him closely, a touch of a smile gracing her lips.
"36 hours?! That can't be!" Shinji exclaimed with a wince, his words coming out rough. "I can't have been asleep for only that long...you look-- " Shinji halted himself, blushing lightly. "You....didn't look like that when I got into Eva..."
"What do you remember?" Ayanami asked quietly as she sat down in the chair beside his bed.
"I remember being pulled into the Angel...and it was all white inside...." Shinji began, a cold shiver running through his spine as the fragments that served as his memories returned to him. "I fell asleep in the plug and when I woke up....I heard..." Shinji trailed off, not knowing if he should tell Rei about his talk with his mother. "I broke out of the Angel, then you two began to attack me. That's all."
Rei nodded slowly as she listened to Shinji, then as he finished, rose from her seat. brandishing a small handheld mirror, which she pressed into his hand. "I was instructed to give you this when you awoke," she said softly.
Shinji, unsure of what she meant, as well as why she would give him a mirror, lifted it slowly, when he saw his reflection. His eyes widened at what he saw. Gone was his own reflection, the one he remembered from before. The boy he recognized had gone, replaced by the reflection of a man. The only thing that remained, that he saw, were his dark cobalt eyes. Gone were the soft contours of his face, replaced by hardened angles. The thing he noticed most of all, however, had been his hair. When he stepped into the entry plug, he had a mess of dark brown hair that hung haphazardly on his head, but now, as he ran a hand through it in shock, he had seen that it was now longer, the strands hanging almost down to his shoulders, and what had once been dark brown was now dark blue. He looked back to Rei with a shocked, questioning expression that almost pleaded for answers.
"You have been...gone...for almost 7 years. When Unit 01 was taken by the Twelfth Angel, it...disappeared. We thought initially that the Angel had merely come to take Unit 01, weakening NERV's offensive power, but we were mistaken. When the Angel reappeared, the Second Child and I were scrambled to deal with the Angel when you broke through it."
Rei gazed for a moment at the young Ikari, who had been gazing in shock and disbelief at himself, then headed for the door. "I will notify the Colonel and the Second Child that you are awake," Rei said as she reached for the door.
"Ayanami?" Shinji called out, his attention turning to her and the door as he turned to her. Rei turned from the door to face him.
"Hai?"
"It's...it's good to see you again, Ayanami."
Rei blushed and smiled lightly, the sight warming Shinji for a moment as well.
"It is good to see you as well, Pilot Ikari...You were missed while you were away," Rei replied as she exited without another word. Shinji sighed as he pulled the covers off his chest, noting that at least this time, the staff in the infirmary dressed him in a robe. The last time he spoke with Ayanami in the infirmary, right before their combined efforts against the Fifth Angel, he had not been so fortunate. He didn't have long to ponder this, however, as seconds later, a split second after he heard the door open, he found himself being squeezed firmly, a familiar voice sobbing heavily as she latched onto him as if afraid the second she'd let go he'd disappear again.
"Shinji-kun...my Shinji-kun..." Misato managed to choke out between her numerous sobs.
"Let him go, Misato, before you suffocate him."
Shinji gasped for breath slightly as Misato reluctantly loosened her grip, tears still in her eyes and smiling brightly. "Welcome back, Shinji- kun," Misato managed, sniffling slightly.
Shinji took a look at the two visitors, one of whom he recognized automatically. Misato hadn't changed much in the time he was gone; in fact, had no one told him that he had been gone for seven years, he'd swear that she hadn't changed a bit. Looking closer, though, showed that time had taken its toll, if not on her body then at least on her soul, as he saw in her eyes that she had gone through her share of pain.
He smiled lightly and replied with, "Good to be back, Misato-san."
Turning his attention to the other visitor, he only had to look a second to realize who exactly it was. The flaming red hair along with the plugsuit and A-10 connectors gave it away, though the body underneath it, with little left to the imagination thanks to the suit, told that like Rei, she was no mere girl anymore.
"Asuka...it's good to see you."
Asuka approached him aggressively, her expression upset, but not wrought of the full anger Shinji had come to expect like before.
"You do something stupid like that again, Third Child, and it'll take Section 2 to find your body, you understand, baka?!" Asuka threatened, making it blatantly apparent that she meant every word. Shinji knew exactly how to respond to a threat like this from Asuka: nod silently and hope she doesn't try to gut him with her bare hands.
"Good..." she replied, then reached down and hugged him, surprising the young man as well as, to a lesser extent, Misato. "Now, hurry up and get dressed so we can go home and you can make us dinner, and it had better be good, baka!" Asuka exclaimed with her threatening tone.
"There's no way my Shinji-kun's cooking dinner the first night he's back, Asuka...this calls for a celebration!" Misato exclaimed happily. "Doesn't that sound good, Shinji-kun?"
"Ummm...okay, Misato-san..." Shinji replied meekly, his thoughts wandering. "But....err...what will I wear?"
"What do you mean, 'what will you wear', baka?! You still have your.....oh..." Asuka trailed off, the realization hitting her that the clothes he wore before had no chance of fitting the young man now.
"Don't worry about that, let me handle it," Misato said as she pulled out her cell phone. "...Makoto? It's me...Uh huh, he just woke up...Yeah...Listen...Did you happen to bring a change of clothes with you?...Yeah, it's for him...I know...I know...Yes, I understand, but it'd be a huge favor for me...Please?" Shinji just watched Misato as she negotiated over the phone. "Thanks, Makoto, I owe you big...We're having a welcome home party tomorrow night, be sure to tell everyone else...Okay, bye!" Misato hung up and returned her gaze to Shinji. "We'll have something for you here in five minutes."
"Thanks, Misato-san." He smiled lightly, until he saw the look forming on her face. Shinji knew that look; that look meant that either he or Asuka were about to be teased. He hoped it would be him...when Asuka got teased, he usually got slapped, or pulled into the middle of an argument. Embarrassment he could take, but pain was a deeper issue. *Please be me, please be me...*
"Well well, Asuka...You planning on making a nest there, or what?" Misato asked teasingly, startling both Children as they realized that Asuka, after initiating her hug, hadn't let go of Shinji, her head still resting against his chest. She jumped away from him in an instant, her face livid with anger, aimed straight at Misato. One thought flashed through Shinji's mind: *Damnit.*
"It's not like that!"
"Hey, no need to explain...I know how huggable my Shinji-kun is."
"YOUR Shinji-kun?! You're talking like you two are dating or something."
"Well, I haven't asked yet or anything...but it WOULD be legal, and even you have to admit, he IS pretty cute..."
"What?! You can't be serious! You're old enough to be his mother!"
Misato's teasing expression vanished at the mention of the age difference. "Are you insinuating that I'm old?!" she exclaimed angrily, glaring at the redheaded pilot.
"Not insinuating, Misato, FLAT-OUT TELLING YOU! Why the hell would even that baka want an old woman like YOU?!" Asuka asked vehemently, her expression turning into something of triumph at the wound she inflicted on her opponent.
"Don't even start with that, Second Child," Misato spat out bitterly as she puffed her chest out, much to Shinji's embarrassment and surprise. "I may not be a little girl like you anymore, but I've still got the touch."
"LITTLE GIRL?!" Asuka exclaimed, puffing out her chest as if to compare assets with the now-Colonel, further discomforting the young man watching the entire fight unfold. "Who the hell do you think you are, calling me a little girl?! Maybe in your advanced age you can't see too well, but I'm a woman now, Misato!!"
The argument would have gone on further, had Asuka not noticed something from the corner of her eye: Shinji with his hand at his nose, trying his best to be discreet about checking for a blood trickle. Her face flushed lightly for a split-second before she let out a howl of rage.
"BAKA HENTAI!!!" she cried out as she wound back and gave the young Ikari a hard slap, the sound produced cracking through the room and the adjacent hall like a pistol shot.
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Makoto Hyuga, meanwhile, had just reached the infirmary with a duffel bag full of clothes. He brought them to change out of when his shift was over. However, thanks to that call from Misato, who Makoto still couldn't say no to if he could help it, it looked like he was wearing his uniform home. He had turned the corner to the hall Shinji had been assigned to when he heard the loud crack echo along the hall, alerting him to two possibilities: Either Section 2 had been sent in to "neutralize" someone, or the Second Child was mad. Both possibilities made Hyuga shudder.
*That poor bastard,* Makoto thought to himself as he continued down the hall.
END CHAPTER 2
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OMAKE:
"You're awake."
Shinji jumped slightly as his eyes jumped to the source, which presented itself as Rei stepped forward from the corner she had been inhabiting, staring at him intensely. How long have I been asleep? Shinji thought to himself as he finally saw her, his eyes widening. To say puberty had been kind to Rei Ayanami would have been an understatement; to say that it had been unfair in her favor would be closer to the truth. Her once petite frame had filled out nicely, her once slight, yet graceful curves becoming extremely noticeable thanks to her transformation from girl to woman. Add to the fact that she remained dressed in her plugsuit, amplifying the young Ikari's notice. Shinji's eyes glazed over as a line of drool escaped his mouth.
"Ikari-kun?" Rei asked, the slightest quiver in her voice as she felt his gaze on her. Shinji grinned stupidly, his eyes still glazed over as he pointed to her.
"You, me, this bed, NOW!" the young man demanded as he threw the blankets off him and jumped to his feet, revealing the fact that once again, the infirmary staff had forgotten to clothe the young Ikari. Rei gazed at the young man nervously as he approached her, a predatory grin on his face as one thought raced through her mind:
*I must run away.*
Just outside, Misato and Asuka waited for news when the door flung open with Rei racing out of the room, running for dear life, followed closely by a buck naked Shinji. Neither woman said a word as what just transpired processed. Asuka's face contorted into rage, as Misato's playful grin emerged.
"Well, at least we know he's up," Misato said playfully. Asuka would have none of that, however, as she charged after them both, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"YOU HENTAI!!!"
Author's notes (again): Sorry to have left this for so long...wait, I covered this...I'm lazy...that's right...Anyway, before you ask why I was so generous with Rei's adult dimensions when Yui Ikari, who Rei is modeled after, wasn't that impressively stacked, I have this to say: it was Lilith's influence, now leave me alone. ^_^ And as for why his hair is blue...I'll explain, I swear! Now put down the crowbar...slowly... Okay, plan on seeing another chapter on this, sooner or later. (My money's on later.)
Chapter 2
Author's Notes: Sorry for the extended wait for this, but...well, I'm lazy. Deal. Once again, Gainax owns Neon Genesis Evangelion, not me, and it goes without saying, the intellectual properties thereof also belong to Gainax. (They turned down my offer to buy it for $20 and my car...bastards.)
Anyway, enough yappin'... On with the story!
*....I hate this ceiling....*
Shinji awoke in the infirmary, rising lethargically as he took a look around. He lifted a hand to his head, rubbing it softly, when he heard a soft, almost whisper-like voice.
"You're awake."
Shinji jumped slightly as his eyes jumped to the source, which presented itself as Rei stepped forward from the corner she had been inhabiting, staring at him intensely. How long have I been asleep? Shinji thought to himself as he finally saw her, his eyes widening. To say puberty had been kind to Rei Ayanami would have been an understatement; to say that it had been unfair in her favor would be closer to the truth. Her once petite frame had filled out nicely, her once slight, yet graceful curves becoming extremely noticeable thanks to her transformation from girl to woman. Add to the fact that she remained dressed in her plugsuit, amplifying the young Ikari's notice.
"Ayanami?" Shinji asked, his voice unsteady. "How long have I been asleep?"
Rei approached him closer, standing just beside his bed. "You have been asleep for 36 hours. You were hospitalized due to LCL contaminant poisoning. However, you seem to have recovered." Rei examined him closely, a touch of a smile gracing her lips.
"36 hours?! That can't be!" Shinji exclaimed with a wince, his words coming out rough. "I can't have been asleep for only that long...you look-- " Shinji halted himself, blushing lightly. "You....didn't look like that when I got into Eva..."
"What do you remember?" Ayanami asked quietly as she sat down in the chair beside his bed.
"I remember being pulled into the Angel...and it was all white inside...." Shinji began, a cold shiver running through his spine as the fragments that served as his memories returned to him. "I fell asleep in the plug and when I woke up....I heard..." Shinji trailed off, not knowing if he should tell Rei about his talk with his mother. "I broke out of the Angel, then you two began to attack me. That's all."
Rei nodded slowly as she listened to Shinji, then as he finished, rose from her seat. brandishing a small handheld mirror, which she pressed into his hand. "I was instructed to give you this when you awoke," she said softly.
Shinji, unsure of what she meant, as well as why she would give him a mirror, lifted it slowly, when he saw his reflection. His eyes widened at what he saw. Gone was his own reflection, the one he remembered from before. The boy he recognized had gone, replaced by the reflection of a man. The only thing that remained, that he saw, were his dark cobalt eyes. Gone were the soft contours of his face, replaced by hardened angles. The thing he noticed most of all, however, had been his hair. When he stepped into the entry plug, he had a mess of dark brown hair that hung haphazardly on his head, but now, as he ran a hand through it in shock, he had seen that it was now longer, the strands hanging almost down to his shoulders, and what had once been dark brown was now dark blue. He looked back to Rei with a shocked, questioning expression that almost pleaded for answers.
"You have been...gone...for almost 7 years. When Unit 01 was taken by the Twelfth Angel, it...disappeared. We thought initially that the Angel had merely come to take Unit 01, weakening NERV's offensive power, but we were mistaken. When the Angel reappeared, the Second Child and I were scrambled to deal with the Angel when you broke through it."
Rei gazed for a moment at the young Ikari, who had been gazing in shock and disbelief at himself, then headed for the door. "I will notify the Colonel and the Second Child that you are awake," Rei said as she reached for the door.
"Ayanami?" Shinji called out, his attention turning to her and the door as he turned to her. Rei turned from the door to face him.
"Hai?"
"It's...it's good to see you again, Ayanami."
Rei blushed and smiled lightly, the sight warming Shinji for a moment as well.
"It is good to see you as well, Pilot Ikari...You were missed while you were away," Rei replied as she exited without another word. Shinji sighed as he pulled the covers off his chest, noting that at least this time, the staff in the infirmary dressed him in a robe. The last time he spoke with Ayanami in the infirmary, right before their combined efforts against the Fifth Angel, he had not been so fortunate. He didn't have long to ponder this, however, as seconds later, a split second after he heard the door open, he found himself being squeezed firmly, a familiar voice sobbing heavily as she latched onto him as if afraid the second she'd let go he'd disappear again.
"Shinji-kun...my Shinji-kun..." Misato managed to choke out between her numerous sobs.
"Let him go, Misato, before you suffocate him."
Shinji gasped for breath slightly as Misato reluctantly loosened her grip, tears still in her eyes and smiling brightly. "Welcome back, Shinji- kun," Misato managed, sniffling slightly.
Shinji took a look at the two visitors, one of whom he recognized automatically. Misato hadn't changed much in the time he was gone; in fact, had no one told him that he had been gone for seven years, he'd swear that she hadn't changed a bit. Looking closer, though, showed that time had taken its toll, if not on her body then at least on her soul, as he saw in her eyes that she had gone through her share of pain.
He smiled lightly and replied with, "Good to be back, Misato-san."
Turning his attention to the other visitor, he only had to look a second to realize who exactly it was. The flaming red hair along with the plugsuit and A-10 connectors gave it away, though the body underneath it, with little left to the imagination thanks to the suit, told that like Rei, she was no mere girl anymore.
"Asuka...it's good to see you."
Asuka approached him aggressively, her expression upset, but not wrought of the full anger Shinji had come to expect like before.
"You do something stupid like that again, Third Child, and it'll take Section 2 to find your body, you understand, baka?!" Asuka threatened, making it blatantly apparent that she meant every word. Shinji knew exactly how to respond to a threat like this from Asuka: nod silently and hope she doesn't try to gut him with her bare hands.
"Good..." she replied, then reached down and hugged him, surprising the young man as well as, to a lesser extent, Misato. "Now, hurry up and get dressed so we can go home and you can make us dinner, and it had better be good, baka!" Asuka exclaimed with her threatening tone.
"There's no way my Shinji-kun's cooking dinner the first night he's back, Asuka...this calls for a celebration!" Misato exclaimed happily. "Doesn't that sound good, Shinji-kun?"
"Ummm...okay, Misato-san..." Shinji replied meekly, his thoughts wandering. "But....err...what will I wear?"
"What do you mean, 'what will you wear', baka?! You still have your.....oh..." Asuka trailed off, the realization hitting her that the clothes he wore before had no chance of fitting the young man now.
"Don't worry about that, let me handle it," Misato said as she pulled out her cell phone. "...Makoto? It's me...Uh huh, he just woke up...Yeah...Listen...Did you happen to bring a change of clothes with you?...Yeah, it's for him...I know...I know...Yes, I understand, but it'd be a huge favor for me...Please?" Shinji just watched Misato as she negotiated over the phone. "Thanks, Makoto, I owe you big...We're having a welcome home party tomorrow night, be sure to tell everyone else...Okay, bye!" Misato hung up and returned her gaze to Shinji. "We'll have something for you here in five minutes."
"Thanks, Misato-san." He smiled lightly, until he saw the look forming on her face. Shinji knew that look; that look meant that either he or Asuka were about to be teased. He hoped it would be him...when Asuka got teased, he usually got slapped, or pulled into the middle of an argument. Embarrassment he could take, but pain was a deeper issue. *Please be me, please be me...*
"Well well, Asuka...You planning on making a nest there, or what?" Misato asked teasingly, startling both Children as they realized that Asuka, after initiating her hug, hadn't let go of Shinji, her head still resting against his chest. She jumped away from him in an instant, her face livid with anger, aimed straight at Misato. One thought flashed through Shinji's mind: *Damnit.*
"It's not like that!"
"Hey, no need to explain...I know how huggable my Shinji-kun is."
"YOUR Shinji-kun?! You're talking like you two are dating or something."
"Well, I haven't asked yet or anything...but it WOULD be legal, and even you have to admit, he IS pretty cute..."
"What?! You can't be serious! You're old enough to be his mother!"
Misato's teasing expression vanished at the mention of the age difference. "Are you insinuating that I'm old?!" she exclaimed angrily, glaring at the redheaded pilot.
"Not insinuating, Misato, FLAT-OUT TELLING YOU! Why the hell would even that baka want an old woman like YOU?!" Asuka asked vehemently, her expression turning into something of triumph at the wound she inflicted on her opponent.
"Don't even start with that, Second Child," Misato spat out bitterly as she puffed her chest out, much to Shinji's embarrassment and surprise. "I may not be a little girl like you anymore, but I've still got the touch."
"LITTLE GIRL?!" Asuka exclaimed, puffing out her chest as if to compare assets with the now-Colonel, further discomforting the young man watching the entire fight unfold. "Who the hell do you think you are, calling me a little girl?! Maybe in your advanced age you can't see too well, but I'm a woman now, Misato!!"
The argument would have gone on further, had Asuka not noticed something from the corner of her eye: Shinji with his hand at his nose, trying his best to be discreet about checking for a blood trickle. Her face flushed lightly for a split-second before she let out a howl of rage.
"BAKA HENTAI!!!" she cried out as she wound back and gave the young Ikari a hard slap, the sound produced cracking through the room and the adjacent hall like a pistol shot.
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Makoto Hyuga, meanwhile, had just reached the infirmary with a duffel bag full of clothes. He brought them to change out of when his shift was over. However, thanks to that call from Misato, who Makoto still couldn't say no to if he could help it, it looked like he was wearing his uniform home. He had turned the corner to the hall Shinji had been assigned to when he heard the loud crack echo along the hall, alerting him to two possibilities: Either Section 2 had been sent in to "neutralize" someone, or the Second Child was mad. Both possibilities made Hyuga shudder.
*That poor bastard,* Makoto thought to himself as he continued down the hall.
END CHAPTER 2
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OMAKE:
"You're awake."
Shinji jumped slightly as his eyes jumped to the source, which presented itself as Rei stepped forward from the corner she had been inhabiting, staring at him intensely. How long have I been asleep? Shinji thought to himself as he finally saw her, his eyes widening. To say puberty had been kind to Rei Ayanami would have been an understatement; to say that it had been unfair in her favor would be closer to the truth. Her once petite frame had filled out nicely, her once slight, yet graceful curves becoming extremely noticeable thanks to her transformation from girl to woman. Add to the fact that she remained dressed in her plugsuit, amplifying the young Ikari's notice. Shinji's eyes glazed over as a line of drool escaped his mouth.
"Ikari-kun?" Rei asked, the slightest quiver in her voice as she felt his gaze on her. Shinji grinned stupidly, his eyes still glazed over as he pointed to her.
"You, me, this bed, NOW!" the young man demanded as he threw the blankets off him and jumped to his feet, revealing the fact that once again, the infirmary staff had forgotten to clothe the young Ikari. Rei gazed at the young man nervously as he approached her, a predatory grin on his face as one thought raced through her mind:
*I must run away.*
Just outside, Misato and Asuka waited for news when the door flung open with Rei racing out of the room, running for dear life, followed closely by a buck naked Shinji. Neither woman said a word as what just transpired processed. Asuka's face contorted into rage, as Misato's playful grin emerged.
"Well, at least we know he's up," Misato said playfully. Asuka would have none of that, however, as she charged after them both, screaming at the top of her lungs.
"YOU HENTAI!!!"
Author's notes (again): Sorry to have left this for so long...wait, I covered this...I'm lazy...that's right...Anyway, before you ask why I was so generous with Rei's adult dimensions when Yui Ikari, who Rei is modeled after, wasn't that impressively stacked, I have this to say: it was Lilith's influence, now leave me alone. ^_^ And as for why his hair is blue...I'll explain, I swear! Now put down the crowbar...slowly... Okay, plan on seeing another chapter on this, sooner or later. (My money's on later.)