hello people. BL here...thx for all the reviews so far...but I REQUIRE MORE, heh. (well at least more descriptive ones...)
ok chp 6 is about how Tai met Maya and so and so...flashback...yeah really short compared to last chp...if ur lucky i might make the next one funny too...(evil laugh)...didn't feel like continuing from last chp...wanted to make u people wait!!!muahahahahaha!!! Cough cough hack ...just kidding...thought i needed to clarify the connection between Tai and Maya...as well as some daring exploits of Tai on a college campus...
just so the flamerz know...the third impact really did not happen...in this story...yet
enjoy
Chp. 6 The Acquaintance
Tai walked down the lamp-lit streets on the outskirts of Tokyo 3. Haven't been here in a while…
He had told Takeda to go on to the GLA HQ without him. He would disembark south of Tokyo 3 and go there for some "private business". He could remember Misato arguing that she should go to check on the Children. He reminded her that she was listed as "Deceased" in the personal databases (he had conveniently forgotten to remind her that he himself was also on the "Deceased" list as well, after the "accident" ten years ago). He promised to check up on them for her. "I'm not a babysitter..."
Tai was wearing a black turtleneck and a pair of matching tan-colored plants. He was also carrying a backpack containing some items he felt he would need. Tai had actually gotten two hours of sleep on the sub, which he hoped would last him for a bit. Still need caffeine...someone went through my caffeine pills...feel soooo weak...
Previously Tai had been searching his cabin for his hidden stash of caffeine, which consisted pills, ground coffee beans, coffee mixes, and various carbonated drinks. Tai also had a secret stash of root beer but it had been ransacked by Hogan (how the hell did Hogan, of all people, hack hisway into my cabin?). Tai usually relied on them to help him concentrate and stay awake. This led to frequent hangovers, but he was used to them now.
Unfortuantely for Tai, someone (plural in this case actually)had gone through and taken all his caffeinated substances. He frantically searched for a couple of hours (which he could have spent sleeping, but he was too worried about his caffeine stock). As it turned out, Hogan, Matt, Shaun, and Rick had hacked into his cabin panellock and raided his supply of caffeine. many personnel noted that they "exhibited many varying degrees of jumpiness andperformed random pychotic acts". Fortunately, no one was hurt. Tai wasted another hour trying to catch them, but they had planed ahead and had hidden themselves across the expansive levels of the main sub. They somehow mangaged to accomplish this while high on caffeine. They are so fscking dead when I find them!!!
Tai had almost immediately gone to an empty room and proceeded to bang his head for the next ten minutes. Li-chan found him and managed to drag his unconscious body to the medibay. She was screaming into her comsat for security, that an intruder had accessed the sub and attempted to assassinate Tai. CommanderTakeda nearly had a heart attck ("Damn it, where's the damn SECURITY!!! Cough COUGH HACK WHEEZE ugh...getting too old for this...someone get me a cup of water and the ass in charge of SECURITY!!!").
Tai woke up shortly after the incident and explained the whole thing to an anxious Li-chan. Li-chan was last seen searching the corridors of the sub for the caffeinated officers with a tazer. Tai grinned at the thought. But I can't really feel sorry for them...heh...
He scanned the contents of a window store amusedly, as he watched people come and go out of the corners of his eyes. I haven't been here...since...forever...i've seen this place through cameras...but the changes are so much more prominent when seen first-hand.
Hmmm...so this is Tokyo-3...Everything's apparently been modernized and apparently rebuilt ever since the coming of SEELE and NERVE HQ. Who ever desgined the layout must've lived in a box... Tai speculated. Ought to be fun finding my way around here again…that's how I met up with Maya…
He thought back to that hot summer day…
Seven years ago, shortly before the Second Impact
-Original Tokyo
Tai walked around the corner, running and weaving through the crowd. A short distance away, several men wearing black suits, shades, and earphones were chasing him. Tai sprinted past a streetlight and into the busy street, narrowly dodging a honking van. Can't cause a commotion in public, have to get rid of them without any fatalities…
Hethrew himself into the air, his body sand rolled over the top of a speeding Toyota. He looked behind him. They've disappeared…
He stopped and looked around. It's rather hot isn't it...? The buildings seemed to wilt under the heat. He pushed up his glasses with a finger, as a bead of sweat trickled down his cheek. He suudenly caught a glimpse of movenmentin his peripheral vision. Out of the corner of his eye, he noted several shadows moving swiftlyamong the crowd. He quickly tensed his muscles, waiting for the men to stop. They halted several dozen yards away.
Tai immediately ran to the left and made a sharp turn into an alley. His heart pounding, he ran towards the end of the alley, which was an 8 ft steel wall. He quickly leaprt up, aiming to jumpkick off the wall over the fence. But before, a shot rang out from behind, and Tai felt a sharp pain in his rightarm. It's no use, I have to use force. As Tai thrust his arm into the depths of his jacket, another shot rang out and Tai collapsed to the floor as a bullet struck him in the back. His glasses clattered to the ground beside him. Breathing hard, he struggled to get to his feet, but he only succeeded in getting a bullet in his leg. He collapsed onto his right arm, which had already been shot. He gasped in pain. But he had managed to draw out his small pistol. I didn't want to resort to this, but…you won't leave, will you?
"Terrorist, you are under arrest by the SEELE Security Agency, for the murder and assassination of several government officials. Stay on the ground, or I will have to shoot you."
Good, there's only one of them…thought there were two?
"Put your hand on your head."
Your head will soon have a fscking hole in it, fool.
Tai made as if to push himself up, but instead quickly rolled to the right. In the same smooth motion he brought the pistol up and fired it at the SEELE security guard. The bullet struck the SEELE man right between the eyes. He collapsed backward. Tai got up slowly, gingerly putting some weight on the injured leg. Tai silently thanked Takeda for reminding him to put on a bulletproof vest under his shirt before he started his mission. Now all I have to deal with are an injured arm and crippled leg…sounds like fun.
He bent down and picked up the guard's gun. Not bad, this is pretty heavy stuff. He stowed it into his jacket along with some clips he found after rummaging through the guard's suit. Before he went out of the alley, he flipped around his coat, revealing that his coat was two sided and also wrapped up his wounds to stop the bleeding.
Tai dropped his sunglasses and the bloodstained bullets he had fished out of the wounds into a nearby trashcan and put in some blue-shaded contacts. Hope no one notices the blood-stained pants, he thought ironically, looking at his dirtyred-tinged pants. Talk about setting a fashion statement…I look like a…never mind…don't want to go into it. He then took out a small cylinder spray can. It contained yellow highlights. Huh...the things I do for this job...I never had any desire to become blonde...hmph I look European...
After screwing around with his hair, Tai, looking quite different from when he had ran into the alley, walked out of it and into the bustling streets of Tokyo, limping quite heavily on one foot. Damn foot...
Maya, holding half a dozen books in her arms and carrying two book bags, ran down the street, running through crowds of people. I'm going to be late! I'm going to miss the train!! She had a piece of pastry clamped tightly between her teeth (her lunch, and humorously enough, it was four in the afternoon).
She ran past a bookstore at an intersection and ran around the corner…and ran into young man who happened to be sprinting down from the other side of the corner. Her books tumbled to the ground as she fell over. She winced before she hit the ground, but she didn't.
The young man had grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her back up onto her feet while he fell instead. She saw that the man's coat had torn above the elbow and was bleeding quite heavily. She opened her mouth to apologize, but the young man swiftly leapt up and apologized first, saying, "Gomen nasai, Miss. I was in…a rush to get somewhere."
He smiled at her, one that had a sort of dazzling, charming effect to it. She then noticed that the young man was actually rather good-looking. He also had deep, blue eyes which reminded her of the open sea and messy blonde hair, which was messygave him the appearance of a sports star. his appearance made him look foreign, but he sounded native when he spoke. "Again, my apologies. Here… allow me to help you."
Maya opened her mouth to say that it was her fault and that he didn't need to apologize, but he again reacted faster than she did. In a smooth motion he bent down and swept the books and the two bags up in an almost-casual manner. He handed the two bags to her, but held onto the books. Maya stuttered as she looked at his friendly,smiling face. She could feel her face growing hot (and very red), as she stammered, "Th-thank you. But I-it w-wasn't your f-fault. I-I w-wasn't paying attention t-to where I was going…" She looked at his torn sleeve. "I'm really sorry about that…"
"Don't worry, it was already ripped and bleeding. I tripped while rushing in the last city block." He then added, "Oh, of course…we haven't introduced ourselves. My name is Tai…Tai Kotone…and you?"
"Oh, uh, my n-name is Maya Ibuki."
"Maya…that's a beautiful name. Well, it's a pleasure to meet you…Maya." He bowed politely to her. Maya flushed even more at that.
Tai walked along side Maya, his arm clutching her books. His elbow was telling his brain that it was falling apart. Crap…that fall tore up the bandages…Damn, these books weigh a decent amount…she doesn't seem like the type to be carrying so much stuff around…. He looked at her. She was apparently a very shy person. But she seemed friendly enough. But hey…she's pretty cute. She peeked at him, and when she saw Tai looking, she gave a short gasp and quickly looked at the ground ahead of her. He frowned. But she's rather shy...just a little, heh.
Tai had insisted on accompanying her to her college seminar, even though he was supposedly "in a rush". She had tried to convince Tai that he should really go and do his "business", but Tai, a very convincing person himself (usually), got her to let him go with her to her university. Walking through the crowd, Tai said a greeting, here and there, to random people.
A group of high school girls walked by, and Tai smiled and nodded a greeting to them, they immediately all started giggling and whispering to each other in excited voices. Huh…really not that good with girls though…truth is I really suck at that…can't, never have asked anyone out, heh…Kaji, on the other hand, has flirted with every girl within two years of his graduating class…maybe I should see if I can contact him…ask for advice ya know...
Maya continued walking quietly beside him. Frankly perturbed by her quiet demeanor, Tai tried to start a conversation.
"So, you live here?"
"Um, no. My parents live in the US. We used to live here. I came backhere for college and graduate school."
"Oh…" They live in the US?
"…"
"Well how old are you?"
"Huh? Oh I-I'm 17."
He smiled, "Oh, I'm nineteen. I'm also going to a college near here."
They continued walking side by side through the street. Urg, my arm is killing me ! Suddenly he stopped cold. What he saw sent a chill down his spine. Four black-suited SEELE agents were walking in their direction. They were like robots, their faces void of emotion, as the scanned the crowd around them.
"Um…Tai? What's wrong?"
He shook his head. "Oh nothing…" He continued walking. He knew that if they saw through his disguise, he was a sitting duck. He couldn't risk attacking them first due to all the people around him, including Maya. Only only several people separated them now. He quickly flipped open the top book and began to read. Accelerated Quantum Physics Theory…Volume VII??? And she's 18…
His eyes flicked over to the agents briefly, before returning to the book. One of them scanned his face as they passed. He bumped into Maya, who hopped backwards on one foot. He quickly reached a hand out to steady her.
"Thanks."
"No problem…they weren't being very polite now were they…?"
She smiled at him for the first time. "No, not really."
"You know, you're pretty cute when you smile…"
She flushed red and immediately looked down at her book bag. Tai scratched his head in confusion. Well, it worked every time Kaji said it…
Ten minutes later, they were sitting side by side on the subway train. Maya had stuttered a small thank you, when it became apparent that she had forgotten her purse in her apartment, so Tai had paid for the both of them. The fading lights danced across the two of them, as the train passed under and over a series bridges.
"So what college do you go to?"
"Oh, I go to Yushimura."
"Really? That's the one I'm transferring to."
"Really?"
"Yeah…big coincidence, ja??"
She smiled and nodded.
"Well why aren't you living on campus?"
"Oh, the apartment is only temporary. I'll move to the campus in a week or two. You are really going to…Yushimura?" She said the last word slowly; to make sure Tai hadn't misheard.
"Yes. Which is why I'm accompanying you back."
"Oh…" she flushed pink again, "Sorry!"
"Why are you apologizing?" he grinned at her
After seeing her to the door of her seminar, Tai walked down a, empty hallway. The floor was spotless and waxed, as if it had just been cleaned minutes ago. Heh, I can see my reflection. Ironically enough, he didn't notice that blood was dripping down his arm and leaving a bright red trail of crimson flecks and droplets. Stopping at a large, towering window, he looked outside. The courtyard below was filled with students chatting and typing away on laptops. There were dozens of little flower patches scattered around the spacious clearing, adding little blots of color and beauty. Fun place...definitely more than a couple notches above Sarahishiki...Yushimura is one of the top schools in Japan...
He smiled as he walked on, still oblivious to the fact that he was making the floors a mess with his blood.
"Oi! You there!"
Tai turned around slowly. The first thing he noticed was that he was dripping blood. Oh...crap...
"Are you supposed to be in a class or something? Did you get in a fight?"
The next thing Tai noticed was that a girl about his age was standing a couple feet away and glaring at him, all the while tapping her foot on on a patch of floor that had not been flecked with blood.
Tai opened his mouth to say something, but closed it, as though he had forgot completely.
"Well? You've got a lot of explaining to do since you're wandering the halls. Do you have a pass?"
Tai smiled at her. "No...I'm sorry. I don't" I could try Kaji's method out of this...
He flashed another smile, which he hoped was "charming". He took a step toward her.
"Well...I had a small accident...you know."he continued walking taowards her slowly,"I needed to go to the nurse's office..."
"Remember to stare down your target with a flashy smile, and walk toward her slowly, almost casually..." Tai repeated the steps Kaji had taught him in college for such situations.
"Wahhh! D-Do you have a p-pass?" She retreated a step, blushing furiously.
Tai made a mental note to than Kaji for his training in the art of "charming" the opposite. Wow, it really does work! Sick!!! She's blushing!!! Fear my new technique!!
"I'm new here...do you think you could kindly direct me to the nurse's office?"
"U-Uh..." she stared at her feet. "I'll take y-you there..."
He followed he queitly as she led him down halls and turns and several flights of stairs. Where's that damn elevator...my leg is killing me...
"Um...t-this is the N-Nurse's Office...um...well, good-bye."
"Good-bye. It was nice meeting you..."
"Ah Misashi...Misashi Anuruko."
"Yes...It was nice meeting you...Anuruko-san...tank you for pointing me to the nurse..." He smiled.
"You're welcome..."She bowed politely and quickly ran away.
Tai breathed a sigh of relief. I really am not good with girls...that was all by the book...cough.
Slowly, he opened the door a crack, peering into the room. Hmm, looks like the nurse is gone...don't think she'll mind if I...patch myself up?
He tiptoed over to the window and looked outside, before striding over the medicine cabinet. Need some new coverings and disinfectants...
Quickly, hestripped off his jacket and shirt. He examined himself in the mirror on the wall next to. He arm was bloody and slightly mangled. Hmmmlooks like I twisted it again...broke the bone to boot too...
With a sickening crack, he gripped his elbow and deftly jerked from one side, then swiftly to thethe other. he winced at teh pain, but he had realigned the broken bone, as well as twisted the whole arm back in place. He took a roll ofsports wrapping and tightly bound the spot where bone had fractured. He was about to wrap his bullet made wound, but he stopped. I need a bath...
He bit his lip, but then the idea struck him. He would break into the men's locker room in the university's Sports Complex.
He pondered over the brilliant idea while examining the other medicine cabinet, whistling the tune of a song he had written in his spare time.
At that moment...
Miss Yuishi Nome was the nurse of the university campus, and only 25. She was new to the job and had only been here for three days. She signed as she walked back to her office. She had just been called down to one of the Biology classes for another "accident". It was again one of the boys trying to ask her out. She had been called down three times this day, for the same reasons. She brushed her hair back with one hand and turned the doorknob with the other.
"Such a long day..."
She enteredand to her great surprise, found a young man in the room going through the medicine cabinet. He was not wearing a shirt, and she noticed that his right arm had a wound which looked rather ghastly. She opened her mouth to say something,but the man turned and nearly fell over in shock when he saw her. He stumbled and dropped several bottles of tylenol onto the floor. But he recovered rather quickly, sweeping the bottles up and staacking them neatly back into the cabinet.
"A-ah s-sorry!"
"What are you doing here?"
"I-I uh, um...a...an...injury?" He showed her the wound on his arm. She noted that he was blushing visibly.
She pursed her lips. Well, at least he really is injured...and he's kinda cute...but he looks like a foreigner...somewhat... she thought.
"Please sit down on the bed."
"Uh, yes, Miss..." He sat down and kept his face down.
She strode over to him and examined his arm. She whistled as she examined the gash on his arm.
"What have you been doing? It looks like someone either shot you or stabbed you with a javelin here. lemme guess...you're one of the Track Team, right?"
"Huh? Ah no..."
"Well, what's your name, first off?"
"Tai..."
"Tai...do you have your student ID?"
"Um, not with me..."
She frowned at him. She walked over to her desk and called up the student body profiles on her computer. The boy quickly jumped up and said, "I-I'm a...f-foreign exchange student!"
"Um, I haven't checked into the office yet..."
She looked at him suspiciously. "What country are you from?"
"Uh, Germany..."he mumbled,avoiding her questioning gaze.
"Germany eh? ...Das ist... interessantaber, Tai ist nicht ein deutscher Name...ist es?"
The young man's head jerked up in surprise. "What? You speak German?"
Yuishi smiled. I got you there...
"Sie überraschten mich. Ich dachte nicht, daß jedermann herum hier könnte."
"What?" My German isn't that good!! So he is German...blonde hair and blue eyes...but his manners are that of a typical Japanese student...
"Nothing, I was just surprised that you spoke German."
"Well, we need to get that arm of yours to a hospital, the wounds lookpretty deep, and they could be infected."
"I already disinfected it. I just...need to bandage it...that's all..."
She then noticed that his pant leg was ripped and was stained red with blood.
"I see you injured your leg too...you're in no condition to go anywhere." She picked up a phone out of its holder. "I call an ambulance."
"Uh, that was an accident...you really have no need" He quickly threw on his shirt and jacket and headed for the door.
"But you do. I have to advise you to go to the hospital. Those injuries are not to be taken lightly."
"Don't worry, I'm fine." He walked out before she could get another word out. Hmmm...I should have stopped him.
Tai walked around the campus. Interesting girl…Maya Ibuki…pretty, genius, but shy…a little too shy. Humorous…
He turned and walked into the alley betweena high-tech Sports center and the Equipment shed. And the end of the alley, he came to a wall. He pulled out a cell phone. He dialed a number and held the phone to his ear. A small click sounded, and after several moments,a gruff voice spoke into his ear.
"Operative Darkness? Is that you? What happened? You should've called an hour ago!"
"Sorry, some things came up…"
"Let me guess, you mets ome random bombshell in the administrative complex and couldn't get past her!? It is...isn't it?" Tai immediately blushed and moved uncomfortably. He was relieved that his commander coudn't see him..
"Well n-no...not really...I-I mean..."
"Of all the time and money we spend training you on how to be an operative, you can't talk to girls...heh. So have you at least neutralized the targets?"
"Yes sir…I was being chased by the men from SEELE though…I have sustained some wounds, though I feel fine right now…"
"Good job…you can take a couple weeks off...or until the next mission order...which may be within the next two hours..."
"Thanks chief."
"No problem. And get your wounds checked over…you know we can't afford to lose operatives due to unchecked wounds…the GLA doesn't have as many resources as SEELE but we do have better quality people. Unfortunately we don't have many."
"Ja…" Heh, I already did. Time for a shower...
He quickly walked around the building, peering into every window. Argh this place is so big!
After fifteen minutes, he believed that he had managed to run two-thirds of the way around the Sports Complex. The next group of windows were set in a narrow length opposite another facility. Tai quickly jumped atop a large, woodencrate and peered into one of the glasses. Success!!! A showering facility!!
He gingerly pried open the window with his fingers. I hope they don't have an alarm system.... Beforehe threw the window completely open, he noticed a thin wire which snaked along the inner side of the window frame. He grited his teeth and pulled out a pen from his jacket. He pressed a button on the side of the pen, and a needle projected out of the writing tip. He stabbed it into the wire. This pen will temporarily cause the system to blank out, and will come back on once I take the pen out...leaving no trace that I was here...
He gently pulled himself into the showering room and lowered himself onto the floor. he looked around the shower room. There were doorless stalls for each one, and he noted with amusement that all the showers were electronically controlled. There's state-of-the-art for you...
Meanwhile, Maya was sitting in class, listening to the teacher drone on about the molecular structure theories, which she had already understood years before. She hoped that they would finally move onto something new. Scribbling down notes absentmidedly, she thought of that boy she had met only hours ago. He seemed nice, and if luck would have it, they might see each other again, as he said he was comign to this university. She thought about him, how polite he seemed.
"Maya? Why are you blushing?"
"Hmm?"
"You're blushing like crazy...did something happen? Something...like a cute guy perhaps?"
"Whaa!!!??" Maya flushed even more as she dropped her pen, as her friend, Aiko Katabe,giggled.
"Ladies, will you please pay attention?"
"Sorry sensei!!" They chorused.
Pretending to be taking down notes,Aiko ducked her head and whispered out of the corner of her mouth, "So, is he really cute?"
maya jerked a bit and dropped her pen again. "C-Can you please stop asking me that..." She glanced at the teacher, "Anyways we should probably pay attetention...I-I mean we might have a pop quiz tomorrow or somethi-"
"Maya...I know that you've memorized the whole chapter by heart, so you don't need to fret..."
The bell rang the next moment, saving her an answer.
"Class is Dismissed."
"Hey Maya, let's go take a shower?"
"Huh?"
"At the Sports Center, so we can watch the Varsity Baskeball game afterwards! Kimiko, Mia and the others are going too."
"Sure..."
Meanwhile, Tai was taking a nice, hot shower in one of the locker rooms of the Yushimura University's Sport Complex. Fortunately, they even provide soap and shampoo...heh...they even have a free towel rack... The bell suddenly rang, disrupting his thoughts temporarily, but he ignored it and continued washing himself. The blonde highlights he had dyed his hair with soon washed out.
His clothing were stacked neatly on the long bench which ran along the center of the room.
Five minutes later, he walked over to the towel rack, feeling much fresherthan he had been for nearly half a week,and wrapped a towel around his waist. He grabbed his clothing and walked into the changing room. He saw something bright pink laying on the ground. A b-bra...? What in Lord name...is? But then he heard it...the unmistakable giggling of a pack of girls in the next room. He nearly dropped his clothes. Lord have mercy...!!!!!
He had only been able to pull on his underwear and pants before...
Maya and her friends had just changed and were now walking towards the shower room. Clutching her towel around herself, she thought about that boy, Tai...it was Tai wasn't it? Beside her, her friends were all giggling and laughing as they talked about the day's events.
"And guess what? Maya has a boyfriend!!!"
"Really? Do tell us Maya!!?? Is he cute?"
"Does he have brown hair?"
Maya just blushed and stuttered, "H-He's not my b-boyfriend...I just bumped into him in Tokyo downtown...and...that's it." She didn't want them to know that he was coming to Yushimura, or else they'd hunt him down somehow and force hiim to talk to her. On the other hand...the latter didn't seem that bad. She would have liked to meet him again, or at least see him. They turned the corner and walked into the second part of the changing room towards the showers. Maya quickly got her wish. They walked in, and saw...a boy struggling to put his pants on.
"AIEEEEEEEE PERVERT!!!!!"
"OH MOTHER######!!!!!"
Tai thought he was going to go into cardiac arrest. He, as quickly as he could, before the girls could get a good look at his face, streaked back into the shower room, to the windows, and hauled himself out of the showering facility. In his haste, he happened to knock the pen out of the wire before he had completely wiggled out of the window frame.
BEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!
"Oh Hell NOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Three minutes of furious sprinting later, Tai was a safe distance away from the complex and the security. He leaned against a fence, panting heavily and gripping his chest as though fearinghis heart would explode. He just then notice that he had dropped his shirt. He proceeded to smack his head against the nearby wall of the storage building several times. He put on his jacket and zipped it up. I hope they give you uniforms on your first day...at least I didn't drop my wallet... He prayed that they wouldn't ask him to remove his jacket. Maybe I should go buy a shirt...from the school store... He walked away in the direction of the administrative building, wiping water out of his eyes (he had failed to dry his hair en route the escape).
"Oh my god!!!"
"How the hell did a boy get in there?"
"He was pretty cute though...and I think he had just taken a shower...so...yeah."
"Hmmm, if he had gotten in from the window....then maybe he didn't know that this was the girls' locker room."
"I still want to hurt him anyways...I mean why the hell did he have to break in?"
"He had brown hair!"
"What is with you and brown hair?"
"I don't know...I just like boys who have brown hair!!"
"I think the worst part was when he accidentally set off the alarm while getting out and made like half the boys in our school along with teachers run into this locker room...it was mostly all the boys, I think they all came just to-"
"Maya? Are you okay? You look really freaked out...was it the boy? Or the boys...?"
"Huh?" She snapped out of her trance. Was that...was that Tai? But his hair is blonde, isn't it? She glanced at Aiko, who was staring at her quizzically.
"Oh nothing, you were just blanking out again." She smiled mischievously, "Was that boy...the one you met? ...Your 'friend'? ...Quote on quote."
"Whaaaa!!??" She slowly turned red, much to the amusement of her peers.
"Oh so that was your boyfriend? He sneaked in to talk to you? That's so cute!!!!"
"N-No it's n-nothing like t-that..."
"Oh I'm so jealous, I wishI had a boyfriend!!"
Aiko saved Maya from commenting further on the subject, "No, you don't..."
"Okay I'm freezing. Let's take a shower and get out of here before we're late for the game!"
Hmmm, so how many times have I hauled ass today? One too many...
Tai walked into the building. He shivered as a blast of cold air from the AC splashed against him.
He walked over to a young woman posting papers and flyers on the bulletin.
"Hello, do you think you could direct me to the check-in office? I'm a foreign exchange student from Germany." (He had again dyed his hair blonde with yet another flask of hairspray. Who doesn't like portable hairdye?)
"What? You're from Germany? Oh, uh, the office is...see that corridor? Walk down it...go up the second flight of stairs you come across, andgo up two levels...and the office should be around the end of the hallway..."
"Danke!" he waved good-bye and ran to the corridor. he streaked up the flight of stairs, . Running down, he stopped at an opene with a sign which read "Student Check-in Office". At least they label things here...
He walked in, and bumped into an elder, portly man. The man stumbled backwards and fell over.
"Ahhh, I'm so sorry" Tai and a secratary quickly lifted him up. The secretary glared at him before returning to her seat.
"Who are you?" The short, rotund man looked at him, cocking an eyebrow.
"Ah, I'm a foreign exchange student...from Germany..."
"Are you part of theat group which transferred from Berlin?" The man looked hopeful.
"Ja, I guess..."
"What's your name?"
"Uh, Rudolf Deutsch" He spoke the first German-sounding name that came to mind; the name of a German violin maker he had seen in a Music store recently.
"Welcome to Japan, Mr. Deutsch! Your Japanese is superb! I am Mr. Sano, the Student Body Administrator."
"I practice often...But I need more..." He grinned at the man.
"Oh right this way." He led Tai pass several rows of desks, cubicles, and cabinets, to the end of the room. They entered a room which was fairly spacious, and behind the desk in the back was a wall of windows overlooking a courtyard. Tai walked past the man into the room. There was a computer seton the large crescent-shaped desk, surrounded by chairs. There was also a printer and phone.
"Wait right here Mr. Deutsch...I will need to verify your arrival and print out some forms for you to fill okay, okay?"
"Of course..." When Mr. Sano closed the door behind him, Tai cracked a half-bemused, half-sardonicgrin.
You left me in a room with a computer?
He leapt of the desk and landed on the seat. Spinning around, he whipped out a CD-Rom from his jacket and slid it into the drive. He hacked into the administrator's account (with help from certain program on the CD) and went directly to the files containing each personal file for the students. Let's see...new arrivals...foreign...Germany...here's the Berlin groupies...create new Deutsch...haha, this is hilarious...tution...paid!!! ...personals...classified heh, need what courses that girl is taking...
open student files..."Ibuki, Maya">>
open "Semester Courses">>
You've got to be kidding me...all these physics and...human anatomy?...medical sciences...she's an absolute workaholic....kinda like Ritsuko
copy "Semester Courses">>
Paste in "Courses" for "Deutsch, Rudolf">>
Now I'll just delete this here...and this...now I can join a sport team...have some free periods...fun.
open "Personals" in file "Ibuki, Maya">>
Hmmm...let's see...tuition...she didn't pay for it yet? Guess I'll help...there, paid...
Tai was now a student of the Yushimura University. As "Rudolf Deutsch", he was listed as a recent arrival as part of the Berlin transfer students. Tai quickly printed out his new persona and pocketed it.
Quickly, he ejected the CD and shut off the computer. He then heard the door open just as he got up form the computer. Reacting fast he jumped up and rolled over the top of the desk, landing on one of the outer chairs.
"Sorry I kept you waiting. But I couldn't find you listed in any of the recent arrivals at the airport...but I did find your student file, so you just have to sign some forms, and you're all set."
"Of course." Tai whipped out a pen and took the packet from Mr. Sano's hands.
Five minutes later, he handed it back to the administrator.
"Thank you very much! Oh, and here is your Yushimura student ID card. you'll need it for access to all the facilities an such. Your first class will begin tonight at seven. Before that, we're going to introduce the German transfer students...in about..." he checked his watch, "Ten minutes...I'll take you to the Sports Cmplex, we'll introduce you and the others at the end of the Varsity basketball game."
"Danke. oh yes, and could I pick up a school uniform along the way?"
"Hmmm? Of course."
I need a shirt...preferably something that isn't ripped up and blood-stained...
Maya jumped up and cheered with the rest of her friends as their team clinched a win with a three-pointer from halfcourt. The stadium erupted as the buzzer sounded, declaring the end of the game.
"Ohmigod!! Did you see that!!??"
"That was amazing!!"
"WhOOOOO!!! GO TEAM!!!"
After the teams headed to their respective lockers, a short, rotund man walked onto the court with a microphone in his hand.
"Isn't that the Student Body Administrator?"
"YeahI think so..."
The man cleared his throat loudly and spoke into the microphone, "Hello! Today, we will introduce some new students who just came from a very far-off place to transfer to Yushimura. Welcome the new German students from Berlin!!!"
A group of foreign students walked onto the court as a group. They seemed rather stiff and pale. But several were looking around curioulsly with smiles on their faces
"Wow they're from Europe!!"
"Kawaii!! That one's so cute!!"
"That one too!!"
"Calm down already! Maya? Are you sure you're okay, you just blanked out again..."
Maya jerked out of the trance she was in. I thought I just saw Tai in that group...
"Huh? Sorry, I'm...just tired..."
"You shouldn't have taken all those courses. You want me to drag your dead carcass back to your place?"
"No...I don't live here yet....remember?"
"Oh yeah." Aiko began twirling around a strand of her hair as her attention went back to the administrator. He was introducing the German students one by one.
"Henry Hoenstauf...Thomas Beckers...Heinz Destrauch..." And he continued, until the last last name was called. "Rudolf...Deutsch!"
"Hey, he's pretty cute too!"
A shy-seeming blonde boy walked into the spotlight. Maya immediately choked an dspat out a mouthful of soda, earning glares fomr the unlucky few who sat in front of her.
"Haha Maya that was unexpected."
"Sorry,I was just...shocked a bit."
"By what?"
"N-Nothing," Maya lied.
"Maya...you're blushing again."
"Oh...s-sorry."
Aiko looked at Maya suspiciously. "He's the one...isn't he?"
"N-No...w-well I thought it was him...but as it turns out, it's a different person."
"So you do have a boyfriend! Congratulations!!"
"B-But i-it's not like that!!"
"Suuure..."
An hour later, Maya was sitting in her seven 'o clock physics class, waiting for the teacher to come. Her friend, Aiko, was sleeping soundly beside her on her books. The large shell-shaped classroom was unusually quiet, as many of it's current occupants were having trouble keeping conscious. She fidgeted with her backpack's strpas, as Aiko bantered on endlessly in her sleep.
"Mmm...no...don't leave...me...please."
Maya stared at her with an amused expression on her face.
"...No...I need...you."
Maya had trouble keeping a straight face.
"Hmmm...thanks for the...gift...it was pretty..."
Maya quickly hid her face in her arms as she burst out laughing. At that moment, the teacher walked in, followed by none other than Tai himself (aka "Rudolf Deutsch").
"Students, I am sorry that I am late, but this transfer student will be joining this class. Welcome Mr. Rudolf Deutsch!" Maya's head shot up rather quickly, and Aiko soon followed suite. "Say hello class."
"Hello"
"Heeey....isn't it that boy?"
"No of course not! Stop teasing me already."
"Now Mr. Rudolf will introduce himself, so please be polite and listen."
"Guten Tag. My name is Rudolf Deutsch.I am from Berlin, Germany, as many of you might know. I enjoy playing many sports, such as football, or soccer as it is sometimes known, and I also enjoy playing the violin..."
"Excellent! let's see, where would you like to sit?"
Aiko quickly jumped up waved her hand in the air. "Professor, there's an empty seat next to Maya! He can sit there!"
"Kyaa?"
"You'll thank me for this someday."
Tai looked up at the third level, where the girl he had met, Maya Ibuki, was sitting.
"Great, You can sit next to MissIbuki, Mr. Deutsch. She is on the third level to your right."
"Of course, danke." Well...isn't this going to be an interesting class...
With a casual smile, he walked up the steps and stopped at the third level. Maya opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. In a fluid motion he dropped his book bag onto the long table and slid into his seat.
When the teacher started giving a lecture, he looked at Maya, who blushed furiously, much to the amusementof Aiko. He winked at Maya, "You can still call me Tai..."
-Tokyo, one year later
Tai sat in the café, sipping slowly at his coffee. It was snowing outside. He watched as tiny little flakes of ice floated gently to the ground. The outer edges of the window had fogged up and had parts where the snow had collected. He looked at his watch. She's half an hour late…maybe I should go look for her…
As he got up to leave, the door of the café opened slowly. A figure covered in snow walked. She was wearing a thick winter coat with a long scarf covering her neck and mouth. She quickly ran over to him, pulling down her scarf.
"Aieee!!! Tai...I'm really sorry, I…um…kind of got held up by the snow and went the wrong direction."
Frowning, he said, "After two years of living here, you still have trouble finding this place?" But then his face broke into a smile, "Just kidding, don't worry, anyone could get lost in this blizzard."
He brushed some snow off her hair.
"You look like an icicle. Do you want hot chocolate or coffee?"
"Huh? O-oh that's alright, I can buy one myself."
"No really, I insist." Tai grinned. "So coffee or chocolate?"
"Um, chocolate."
Two hours later, they were walking back to campus. The snowing had lessened, but it was still sprinkling white powder over them. They were laughing as they joked about school.
"Hey, if you're not too cold, why don't we go to the park?"
"Okay." They didn't notice the camouflaged men who had been tracking their movements since the coffee shop.
Fifteen minutes later, they were in the park.
"Well…Maya?"
"Yes…?"
"There's something I need to tell you...and somethings to give…actually first of all," he smiled as he took out a small box, "This is for you, Merry Christmas…"
Maya smiled. "Wow, thanks a lot Tai." She began to open the box, but Tai put his hand over hers.
"Um…why don't you open it later…Maya…"
Something was wrong. Maya knew that he could have given a gift to her along the way back to the campus. She said, "Um, sure. Tai, you didn't take me here to just give me this right?"
He turned around, looking away from her. "Yes…I did not come here for only that purpose..."
They were standing in a small, snow-covered field in the central park. Tai turned to face her. The smile he had before had been replaced by a cold mask. He took off his glasses. Maya gasped in shock.
"Y-Your…eyes. They're b-brown, instead of blue…"
"My natural eye color is brown and black. Also, my hair, it's also naturally brown."
"Whaaa? Why?"
"…" He withdrew from his pocket his hand. When he opened them, he revealedtwo minisculecontact lense in the palm of his hands. He held them up to her. They had blue pupils lasered into them.
"These are for various security issues…"
"Oh…but, Tai? S-Security issues?"
"You don't seem surprised...too much…ja?"
"Well, I-I have something to tell you…to say… to y-you."
"Well, what is it?" He examined her curiously. She shtill couldn't get used to the fact that she had known him by his diguised appearance for the past school year.
"Um…I…I…" She turned around, with her back to him. She was blushing furiously.
"Yes?"
She turned around to face him.
"I-I…I lo-"
She was suddenly interrupted as the air filled with a whining sound. She heard a soft gasp of pain emit from Tai, as she was suddenly sprayed red with flecks of blood. Her white coat was suddenly drenched in crimson. She stood there, frozen in fear, as she watched Tai's jet-black coat become bright red. He coughed, and some blood dribbled out of the corner of his mouth. He gripped her shoulders.
"T-Tai?"
"…Maya, forgive me, I-I tried…to tell you this before, but I didn't want to leave you so soon…Shit…I…didn't think they would have found me so soon either…"
He pulled out and thrust a small, brown, paper-wrappedpackage into her hands.
"Keep this with you. I'll cover you…go…now…I wrote a letter to explain inside…" He coughed up another mouthful of blood. The snow between them was now dyed red as well.
He turned her around and pushed her gently in the opposite direction.
Tai, what is happening? You…can't…die…
Maya heard him whisper hoarsely, "Run back to campus. Forget about our relationship. Act like I had never met you…go, I can cover you for a couple of seconds…NOW!!!" he thrust his hand inside his coat again
Maya stumbled a step, and then sprinted away. Another shot rang out, and turning her head around, she saw Tai jerk around as a bullet struck him. He collapsed on the ground. Several dark figures sprinted to his body. Tai! But suddenly, he leapt up from the ground and she saw a shimmer of light in his hands. A sword?? He leapt around and struck down the three nearest to him and leapt towards another, but two more shots rang out, and he collapsed to the ground again. Tai, please get up! She ran only a couple meters away, and stood there, paralyzed by the scene unfolding.
A man in a suit walked in front of her and smiled. He pulled out a gun and pointed it right at her. She flinched as a shot rang out, but to her amazement, the bullet somehow missed her. It was as igf something had deflected the bullet. How...Where did...?
A shotgun blast sounded, and the man flew backwards, into the snow eagle-spread. His face had a look of shock. A red patch appeared on his chest. She turned. He's…still alive? Tai had pulled out a gun and shot the man who tried to stop her, along with several pursuers. But the othersproceeded to brutallybeat him around. But they ignored her andjust picked up Tai, or his dead body, and were sprinting away, as if in a hurry. The latter thought terrified her and Maya quickly turned to run. She ran as quickly as she could, through the deserted streets of Tokyo, fearing that someone wouldjump out and kill her.
When she got back to the campus, she headed straight to her dorm. She was still in shock. There, Aiko,was watching TV, but when she saw Maya, she quickly jumped up and asked what happened, and whether she was hurt. She just said she was tired and walked up the stairs to her bedroom. There, without changing, she threw herself on the bed and cried herslef to sleep.
Present time-
Tokyo-3
Tai walked past a school as he headed toward downtown Tokyo. That memory still haunted him. Though I managed to survive, unable to see if she was okay…then she turns up working for NERV…part of SEELE. He walked along past the wall that encircled the schoolyards. The empty schoolyards gave him a sort of, uneasy feeling. He continued walking, though at a slightly quicker pace. The lights from downtown Tokyo shone in the distance.
Later, in the city, Tai walked around. There were small stores everywhere. Well, definite change form the original Tokyo I'd say. He scanned the crowd of people walking past him. He didn't see any SEELE agents. Hmmm…thought there would be SEELE people swarming Tokyo after the NERV siege… He walked, while absentmindedly looking at the store windows. A boy suddenly appeared and collided into Tai's stomach.
"Agh!" Tai reached out and snatched his glasses in mid-air.
"Ooof!" The boy stumbled backwards.
Well, isn't this familiar, he bemused as he grabbed one of the boy's flailing arms.
"My apologies. I wasn't paying attention."
"Oh, I'm sorry! That was my pant fault. pant I was rushing."
"No problem," Tai looked over the boy, "Just try to be careful next time." He pushed up his glasses
The boy was wearing a school uniform and apparently had been running for a bit. Crazy school uniform…haven't worn one in a bit… He had sweat running down his forhead, even thoug hit was an autumn night.
"Thanks again!" The boy disappeared into the surging crowd. Tai bit his lip as he stood there thinking.
There was blood on his sleeve…well…I have some spare time…
End. Chp. 6
Omake (ATS!)6
Maya and Tai are standing on stage. Audience applauds.
Tai: hello again, and thank you for reading NGE: Revelations.
Maya: Well, so how was Chapter 6?
"Kinda short...er..."
Tai: So?
"It was great!"
Maya: Thank you!?
"Did you really break into the girls' locker room?
Tai: Unfortunately yes...that shall haunt me for the rest of my pathetic life.
"HAHAHA!! I think it was brilliant!! Absolutely hilarious!! So the girls were wearing only towels and you were only wearing your pants...!!I wish that coulda been me!!"
Tai: Rick...shut up and get out of the audience!!!
Rick: Sorry...HAHAHA!!!! (quickly streaks out of theater as Tai thrusts his hand into his coat)
"Were you present at the last show?"
Maya: Um…no, we were busy.
"Oh…we said Rei and Shinji were a great couple!"
"We think you two are also!"
Tai blushes and scratches his head nervously. Maya just blushes and looks at her feet.
Raucous laughter is heard from behind the curtains, followed by many loud coughs.
Tai: Kaji!!!!?
A hoarse "yes" is heard and is followed by more coughing and hacking. A loud thump is heard and more laughter follows.
Tai: Uh people...Maya? Excuse me for a bit, but I think we are having some technical difficulties in the back...I'll fix them.
Tai disappears behind curtains. Sounds of scuffling erupt from behind the curtain. The audience begins to whisper to each other
"Ow!!! Damn it, Tai!"
"Damn yourself!"
"Tai, calm down. TAI PUT THAT THING DOWN FOR GOD SA-"
A sudden CRASH followed by sound of pieces of breaking glass. A loud thump is heard.
"...Ow..."
"Eww touchy touchy...PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!"
"Serves you right..."
"Tai, that was mean..."
Maya: Uh Tai?
Tai emerges from the curtains sporting some bruises and cuts.
Tai: I feel much better...you okay Maya?
Maya: (has a shocked look on her face) ah yes I am...
Kaji crawls out from behind the curtains sporting multiple bruises, lacerations, and broken bones.
Kaji: My face! How could you?
Tai: There was this big vase that was just asking to be smashed into someone's face...next time exert more control over your mouth.
Ritsuko limps out of the curtains.
Ritsuko: TAI MY DRESS!!!! Oh why hello Maya. Yes...and there are three other unconscious people back there, Tai...
Maya: Oh hello
Tai: okay let's go now...
Tai drags Kaji's broken body off the stage. A furious Ritsuko follows, leaving Maya on the stage
Maya: (trembling) Uh h-hello people.
Catcalls and cheering from male section of audience.
"You can do it!"
"We believe in you!!"
Maya: (spontaneously produces a microphone. "wow she's so dedicated!!") Erm...thanks...okay. Any questions? Comments?
"Tell us about your background?"
Maya: Kyaa!? I'm sorry, but can't do that...the writer said that you'd have to find out for yourselves...
"How do you feel about Tai?"
Maya: Ehhh? (blushes furiously)
Tai suddenly appears and whips out his own microphone.
Tai: Hello people, that questionis not authorized by me or the writer...please stop embarrassing her or else I will hunt all of you down...I know where you live...(pulls out an automatic shotgun)
Maya: Tai you didn't...don't...have...to...
Tai: cough That's what friends are for. Let's go now.
Rei walks onto the stage. Tai hands her his microphone as he walks off dragging Maya by the hand.
Rei: Good Evening. I do hope you enjoyed this last chapter, which reveals the connection between Tai and Maya and how they met. As you can guess, they pretend that they're just friends...(she smiles briefly, quickly drawing the full attention of the crowd. Everyone knows Ayanami has something important to say when she shows emotion) but the rest of the cast thinks otherwise.
Kaji strolls onto the stage. He has been heavily bandaged, but is walking without a limp amazingly.
Kaji: Such as me! Hopefully, within the next few chapters, I willalso be attempting to win back Misato, though i do believe I already have...(winks at the crowd)
Ayanami: Incoming...
Kaji: Yes Rei?
Kaji is sent sprawling off the stage with a well-aimed beer bottle. Audience groans.
Ritsuko walks backonto the stage.
Ritsuko: (yells to a certainsomeone in the back of the audience)Misato...? That wasn't very nice...I know for a factyou two still have feeling, so stop being a wuss. If you keep this up you're going to end up killing Kaji before you two start dating again.
Misato: (Somewhere in the back of the theater) #### YOU!! WHY DON'T YOU TRY DATING SOMEONE FOR A CHANGE??? WHEN WAS LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED???
Ritusko blushes and retreats off the stage, amid laughter from the crowd.
Rei: Any questions? Comments?
"Yeah, Rei, you always wear that same school uniform. It's really cute on you, but we think you should try wearing something else."
Asuka walks onto stage sporting a very stylish white dress. But kind of short...a certain half of the audience issues cheers and catcalls.
Rei: Such would you suggest?
"SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!!"
Asuka: I don't think wondergirl would want to wear this...it's just not her style.
"So? She should still wear it!!"
FireDragonBL walks onto stage.
BL: Hi people, ignore, I just want to see what happens...
"I wanna see Rei go all kung-fu again!!!!"
Asuka: That could be arranged...
BL: It could be, but not today. Don't worry, Rei will kick your sorry ass sooner or later...
Asuka: You just asked for death...
Asuak proceedsdrags BL off the stage.
BL: NOOOO!!! MERCY!!!! KAJIII HELLLLP!!!!
Kaji: (has a shocked expression)Sorry, but I can't really move that fast right now...
Asuak drags him outside the theater. More screaming is heard.
Misato: ...Hmm, yeah I guess that wraps it on, we've gotta save the writer before Asuka decapitates him...
Lights blink out as they walk off stage.
End ATS/Omake 6 (Now I know what the hell these things are called. thx to lawless priest)
oh yeah to clarify things about my views...first off dammit Maya IS STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!!...screw the damn movie...this is a rewrite remember? Anyways, the producer was high when he wrote the script so the movie was doomed anyways...
Rei may have part of poor Yui's soul trapped inside of her...BUT SHE IS NOT SHINJI'S MOTHER DAMMIT!!!!!!!!! SHE'S HER OWN PERSON!!!!
exhales i feel much better...
seven wont be out for a bit...damn midterms
ok thx for reading...please review...