I still don't own anything. This is the sequel to my story Lycanthrope. It takes place ten years after the last chapter of Lycanthrope.
Lycanthrope 2: The Prophecy
Chapter Eight: The Honeymooner Idiots
Mana winched as the front door burst open. "Shinji? Where the hell have you been?" Mana watched as Shinji, Bardiel, and a young woman staggered in. They managed to move past her and into the living room. "Shinji? Bardiel?" The smell of alcohol overpowered all other scents.
"What's with all the noise?" Mana turned and saw Asuka walk into the entryway from the kitchen. "Did Shinji come home?"
"Yeah," Mana said. "Don't go in the living room. I'm pretty sure that you can get drunk off the fumes." Asuka peaked into the other room.
"Who's the chick?"
"New drinking buddy?" Mana guessed.
"Was that Shinji?" Yuki asked as she walked down the stairs.
"Yeah," Asuka said. "You're going to have to hold out on the punishment though."
"Why?" Yuki asked.
"He's tanked," Mana said. "Even by his standards."
"And I just got a new paddle," Yuki said with a pout.
"What happened to the last one?" Asuka asked.
"It finally broke," Yuki said. "Those things just aren't made for hard use."
"Danger Will Robinson! Danger!"
"Was that Bardiel?" Yuki asked.
"Yep," Mana said. "He's here too."
"Did he hear you?" Asuka asked.
"He's psychic," Yuki explained. "Shinji told me once."
"You mean he can read minds?" Asuka asked in horror.
"Only when he's in a different state of mind," Yuki said with a shrug.
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"My head." Shinji sat up and looked around the room he had slumped into unconsciousness in. "When did we get home?"
"Where are we?" Shinji turned and stared at Jen in shock.
"What the hell are you?" he asked in awe. "Some kind of alcohol-powered cyborg?"
"A girl needs to know how to hold her liquor," Jen said with a shrug. "Where's the silver-haired one?"
"Over there," Shinji said, pointed to Bardiel.
"How can he sleep like that?" Jen asked in awe.
"That's nothing," Shinji said dismissively. He reached under the couch and fished out a bottle of Aspirin. He popped two in his mouth and tossed the bottle to Jen.
"Thanks."
"So you're awake." Shinji turned and saw Yuki enter the room. "You disappear for three days then show up drunk with a human."
"Is she an attempt to appease us?" Asuka asked.
"No," Shinji said. "She's Marvin's daughter."
"No shit," Yuki said. She turned and smiled at Jen. "It's a pleasure to meet you. You're father is a wonderful man and an excellent bodyguard." Jen was obviously startled by Yuki's rapid change in moods.
"Marvin saved my life," Shinji whispered. "Thus he became one of the few humans that Yuki likes."
"Oh," Jen said. She set down the bottle of pills.
"So what are you doing here?" Yuki asked as she kicked Bardiel off the couch and sat down.
"Commander Katsuragi asked me to accompany you," Jen said.
"So you've been hanging out with Misato?" Asuka asked. "Is that why you came in drunk?"
"That's a different reason," Shinji said simply.
"Oh really?" Yuki asked. "And what's that reason?"
"I'll tell you later," Shinji said simply as his eyes narrowed.
"Whatever," Yuki said. "You have a guest."
"Who?"
"Me." Shinji turned and smiled as Rei walked into the room.
"Where have you been?" he asked. "You were supposed to be here."
"I had to meet with some rather important people," Rei said. "People who want to meet with you."
"Okay!" Shinji said cheerfully. "Let's get going!"
"You're only digging a deeper grave," Yuki said.
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"You are avoiding being alone with Yuki."
"I pissed her off," Shinji said. "I'm just trying to delay the inevitable."
"I see," Rei said. "We have arrived."
"An Italian restaurant?" Shinji asked.
"I did not pick the location," Rei said. "Though the wine here is excellent."
"What else do they have?"
"They do not serve brandy or whiskey," Rei said. "If that is what you are asking."
"It is," Shinji said.
"You are incorrigible," Rei said.
"So that's the word for it," Shinji said. "All this time I thought I was alcoholic." Rei sighed and pushed the door open.
"May I help you?"
"Sure," Shinji said. "Show me to the nearest bar."
"Uh. . .sir?" the server said in confusion.
"Our friends already arrived," Rei said. "I know where they are sitting."
"Very well ma'am." Rei grabbed Shinji's arm and led him past the other man.
"See you later!" Shinji called in a singsong tone.
"So you've returned." Shinji turned and looked at the table that Rei had stopped in front of.
"Fenrir!"
"Gah!" was Shinji's brilliant answer as a young woman threw her arms around him. He managed to dislodge the woman and held her at arm's length. "Lu?"
"You know each other?" Rei asked in surprise.
"Of course we do!" Lucifer said as she tossed her raven hair over her shoulder. "I've been trying to make some deals with Fenrir."
"For the last time Lu," Shinji said in exasperation. "I don't have a soul to make deals with."
"I'll believe it when I see it," Lu said.
"He's telling the truth," the older man still sitting at the table said. "That creature has no soul."
"Again with the 'creature' remarks," Shinji said. "That could mean only one thing."
"What?" Rei asked curiously. Shinji's mouth opened to accuse the man of something, but closed again.
"Give me a second," he said. "I spent most of last night drinking." Shinji thought hard and the answer hit him. "You're angelic!"
"So am I," Lu said.
"And I," Rei added.
"Well most angelic. . .thingies call me a monstrosity or a creature," Shinji said.
"Wasn't that after you threatened Tabris?" Rei asked.
"No," Shinji said. "He called me names before I threatened him."
"Well he is right in any case," the older man said.
"Me or Tabris?" Shinji asked.
"Both I suppose," the old man said. "But I am an angelic being."
"You're the head angelic thingy," Shinji said sagely. "So what's up God?"
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"Please have a seat." Shinji sat down in one of the fancy chair. "I have come to speak with you about SEELE."
"I know all about SEELE," Shinji said. "Or are you going to ask me to spare them?"
"Would it do anything if I did?" the old man asked.
"A personal request from God," Shinji said thoughtfully. Finally he grinned broadly. "Nope."
"I thought Bardiel was going to be here," Lu said as she looked around.
"He's still sleeping it off," Shinji said. "Apparently he's been lagging in the drinking sports for the past ten years."
"I believe that I have information you may find helpful," the old man said.
"Okay," Shinji said. "But I have a question."
"Yes?" the old man asked.
"Can't you just smite their wrinkly homo sapient asses?" Shinji asked. "You know. . .do the flood thing?" Lucifer and Rei both turned to look at the older man.
"Why don't you do that?" Lu asked.
"If I could I would," the old man said. "But there are some things that I can not do without great effort."
"I know what you mean," Shinji said. "Happens every time I eat chili. Now that's effort."
"I have the opposite problem with chili," the old man said.
"Have you tried the chili in Tijuana?" Shinji asked.
"No," the old man said. "Is it any good."
"I can't remember," Shinji said with a shrug. "I ate some and then I woke up in a ditch five days later."
"What are you two talking about? Lu asked.
"So what's the tip?" Shinji asked, getting back to business.
"SEELE has an angel," the old man said.
"Okay," Shinji said. "Do you want me to spare him or something?"
"The angel is Tabris," the old man said.
"Grey hair, red eyes, and has a George Michaels vibe?"
"I don't understand," Rei said.
"I didn't think you would," Lu said.
"Is that all?" Shinji asked.
"Well yes," the old man said. "This news does not trouble you?"
"No," Shinji said. "Is that all?"
"Well yes," the old man said.
"Bye."
"Don't you have any questions?" the old man asked.
"You mean like a 'what is the meaning of life' question?" Shinji asked.
"Yeah," the old man said.
"I already know the answer," Shinji said.
"And no doubt that it is very disturbing," the old man said. "Good luck Fenrir."
"And if you die that position as my right hand man is still open!" Lu called.
"The problem with that deal," Shinji whispered to Rei. "Is that I don't know if she means right hand man in bed or in business."
"Perhaps both," Rei said.
"Perhaps."
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"So where'd you run off to?" Yuki asked as Shinji and Rei walked into the apartment.
"I needed to speak with God," Shinji said. There was utter silence for several minutes after his declaration.
"Since when did you start praying?" Yuki asked.
"I don't pray," Shinji said.
"But you just said that you were talking to God," Yuki said.
"Yeah," Shinji said.
"I don't follow," Yuki said.
"God wished to meet with him," Rei explained.
"Oh," Yuki said. "What did he want? Did he want you to repent or something?"
"Nah," Shinji said as he found a bottle of whiskey hidden inside a cookie jar. "He just wanted to tell me to kill SEELE because he's too lazy to get off his ass and smite them." Outside lightning struck and Shinji's whiskey bottle shattered.
"You can't smite them, but you can smite my bottle?" Shinji demanded. "You bastard!"
"He is always watching," Rei said sagely.
"Always?" Yuki asked.
"Kinda puts the kibosh on your plans, huh?" Shinji asked.
"You wish."
"Well. . .yeah actually."
"What plans?" Rei asked.
"Nothing," Shinji said quickly. "So where's Bardiel?"
"Unconscious," Yuki said. "How much did you three drink?"
"A lot," Shinji said.
"Why?" Yuki asked.
"We were trying to get Jen drunk enough that we could ditch her," Shinji explained.
"So I guess that plan failed," Yuki said. "Time to get a new one."
"Nope," Shinji said. "It just means we'll have to use roofies next time."
"You're evil," Yuki said.
"Isn't that why you love me?" Shinji asked as he opened a bag of flour and fished out a tiny bottle of vodka.
"It doesn't hurt," Yuki said.
"We're going over Misato's place for dinner," Shinji said. "Just so you know."
"You want me to eat that woman's cooking?" Yuki asked.
"It would be polite," Shinji said.
"Wait a minute," Yuki said. "Does she still have that penguin?"
"You're not eating Pen Pen," Shinji said simply.
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Misato looked desperately around her apartment and tried to make sure that everything was in order. Someone knocked and she quickly pulled the door open. "Asuka!"
"Hi Misato," the young redhead said as she hugged her former guardian. "It's great to see you."
"Likewise," Misato said happily. She released the younger woman and stepped aside so that the people behind her could enter the apartment.
"How are you?" Yuki asked.
"I'm fine," Misato said. "I heard that you got married though."
"A couple of years ago," Shinji said.
"Yep," Yuki said, holding up her hand. Misato nearly keeled over in shock.
"Look at that thing!" she exclaimed. "It must have cost a fortune."
"An arm and a leg," Shinji said. "Not mine of course." Misato stared at him in shocked silence. "Not even a giggle? Touch crowd."
"No," Touji said. "She's just too sane to get your sense of humor."
"I thought it was funny," Jen said. Misato stared at the young woman for nearly five minutes in silence. "Uh. . .are you okay ma'am?"
"He's corrupted you!" Misato grabbed the young woman and began carefully inspecting her neck.
"What's she doing?" Jen asked, nearly too scared to move.
"She's checking for bite marks," Shinji said. Misato glanced back at him and watched as he tugged off his sweater. "Like this one," he added, pointed to a jagged scar at the base of his neck.
"That's the one that Bob gave young, right?" Touji asked.
"Yeah," Shinji said. "Of course it is. Why?"
"Where'd you get the other bite?" Touji asked. Shinji's hand clamped over the second bite scar that had been nearly hidden by his undershirt.
"What can I say?" Yuki asked. "He brings out the animal in me."
"So she's the one that clawed up your back," Jen said.
"Were you wondering around naked again?" Asuka asked in complete and total disgusted exasperation.
"No," Shinji said. "Someone burn my shirt because it was covered in blood."
"Who's blood?" Yuki asked.
"Mine," Shinji said. "Mostly."
"He took a load of double ought buckshot in the chest," Touji said.
"Not the first time," Shinji said dismissively.
"One of these days," Touji said. "Someone is going to blow a hole right between your eyes. Then bam! Zoom! Right to hell Shinji!" Misato was caught by how much Touji's words reminded her of an old T.V. show. 'Now what was that show called?' she wondered. 'Oh yeah! The Honeymooners!'
-End
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-Author's notes. School has started and its eating up my time. Sorry if this is a little short, but I just wanted to get it out soon. Soon being before the death threats start rolling in.
