Guardian 'Angels'


Chapter 2


I don't own NGE or Morrigan


Dedicated to my mother, teachers, friends and reviewers. Specially for you two, Eve, Becky.


"Are you ready, Shinji?" Misato asked the boy in the machine.

"Yes," he replied, his brows close together in an angry frown.

"Release the final safety lock!" the major ordered.

The locks on the shoulders opened and retracted, causing the purple robot to lean forward.

"Shinji. Just concentrate on walking right now," Ritsuko instructed.

"Whatever," Shinji muttered, making it move. He wasn't afraid. On the contrary, he was angry. Very angry. The reason no one saw his actual emotion was because he masked it with a look of concentration.

"It walked!" Ritsuko almost exclaimed in triumph.

Shinji forced the unit to take another step. However, the lack of practice caused him to lose coordination, causing the machine to fall on its face. 'No shit,' he thought as Misato asked if he was fine.

As he saw the angel advance upon him, he tried to get his Eva to its feet. But unfortunately for him, the angel got him first, grabbing the Eva by its head and lifting it up as if it were feather light.

His face was almost a snarl as he tried to throw a punch. The angel intercepted the attacking arm and flexed its muscles.

"Gah!" he yelled as he grabbed at his physical arm, feeling the pain the angel was inflicting on his Eva. He forced his eye open to see the veins on his arm popping out.

"Shinji! What the hell is happening!" Morrigan demanded.

"What's wrong with the Eva's defence system?" Ritsuko ignored the succubus.

"The signal's not working. The field's not unfolding!" the technicians replied as they ran a diagnosis.

Shinji was unprepared for the excruciating pain which followed as the Eva's arm twisted in an awkward position. He felt like his own arm was broken, twisted out of place like his machine's arm was.

"Bastard!" he hollered, as he grabbed the angel's arm with his undamaged hand and tried to pull free.

"Shinji! Dodge!" he heard Misato shout as he realised that the angel's in-built javelin had been retracted from the palm and was glowing.

"Holy..."

That was all he managed to say before he felt his eyeball literally exploding. He grabbed at his right eye as the angel attacked relentlessly, sending wave after wave of red hot lava through the eye into his brain.

Despite the pain, Shinji reached out, trying to grope for the angel's arm, to try to stop the attack. Opening his left eye, he was just in time to see the view screen crack as his Eva's helmet started to give way.

"Gya!" Shinji screamed without restraint as the javelin broke through, his vision turning red. Amidst all the pain deep in part of his sub-consciousness, he was amazed he could feel his Eva flying into a building.

In the control room, emergency alarms began to sound as damage reports were yelled across the chamber. Morrigan was being rather pissed at being ignored while her Shinji-boy was getting hurt. "What the fuck is going on!" she roared, the strength of her voice carrying her anger over the entire place.

"Shut up! Can't you see that we're doing what we can to help Shinji!" Misato answered with equal anger as she broke the silence which had fallen over the chamber.

"Furthermore, you are in no position to interrupt this mission," Gendo added from the platform above them, causing Morrigan to glare at him.

"Shinji-boy! Hang in there!" she yelled at the screen.


Shinji jerked awake, his eyes snapping open the moment he did. For several moments, he blinked as he tried to remember what had happened, and where was he. His mind moving too sluggishly for him to be able to derive anything, Shinji sat up slowly.

Meticulously, he flexed his left hand, having remembered the pain, if nothing else. But there was no pain. Then looking down at his attire, he deduced that he was in a hospital. After all, only the hospital had rooms to sterile white and gave such, in his opinion, pathetic uniforms.

After making sure that he was fine, he got out of bed and looked out the window. To his pleasant surprise, he saw a hill of forests instead of buildings. That was fine since he wasn't in the mood to look at similarly stark and boring architecture at the moment.

The rattling of wheels on the hard floor echoed down the corridor outside his room, prompting him to step out. He glanced at the direction of the sound and found a bed being pushed in his direction. As the nurse pushed the bed past him, he saw the patient who was on it. The very same girl whom he had met last night.

He looked at her face as she went past, her single undamaged eye staring at him. No sound passed between them, no emotion exchanged. Shinji glanced away at the same time as she did. Looking out the window of the corridor, he brought the tips of his fingers to his lips.

"Hey, Shinji-boy!" a rather familiar voice called out to him, breaking him out of his reverie.

"Morrigan," he nodded as he finally brought his fingers down. "How are you?"

"Just spiffy!" the succubus replied energetically. "But most of all, I should be asking you that question, you know?" she pouted.

"I'm doing just fine. Can't seem to remember what happened last night though. How the hell did I end up landing here?" he directed at Morrigan, who brought a finger to her temple, the other arm reaching across her stomach to support her elbow, in a gesture of thinking.

"Well, I don't know if I should tell you yet. It wasn't exactly a fun night after all," she informed him, tapping her finger on her temple lightly.

"Mister Ikari," a man in a lab coat interrupted the two. "My name's Dr. Sakaya. I'm your doctor."

"Oh. Nice to meet you, doc," Shinji bowed towards the older man respectfully. "So, how am I? Do I need to stay here or take medication?" he questioned.

"Well, I'm glad to say that you're just fine. A slight memory lapse, but they'll come back to you in a day or two," Dr. Sakaya answered. "You're free to change and leave the hospital, but you can stay till someone comes to get you. My instructions were to leave the room for you, so feel free to stay there if you want to rest."

"Thank you. I won't impede you from going on your rounds, doctor," Shinji bowed again, causing the doctor to smile before leaving the two alone again. "Well, at least I'll be able to remember whatever happened in a couple of days."

"Good idea. It's better for you to remember it at your own pace," Morrigan leaned against the window sill.

"Alright. I'm going to go change, then maybe I'll go to the cafeteria. I'm kinda hungry," Shinji admitted.

"Can I watch you change?" Morrigan grinned cheekily.

"Nope," the boy answered as he entered his room and locked the door after him.

Morrigan laughed as she glanced out of the window and waited for Shinji to be done.


"You haven't told me about what happened to you yesterday," Shinji reminded Morrigan, his mouth full of rice. "If I didn't remember wrongly, you weren't all that welcome at NERV, but you're here."

"Right you are," Morrigan smiled as she played with her hair. "At first everyone was rather annoyed to have me around, and after everything, they were even more annoyed. Since, according to the commander's words, I had 'accessed and seen highly classified and confidential places and equipment'; I could not be allowed to run free and 'leak out information of any sorts regarding this organization'."

"Hmm. I'm amazed that you're not in the brig or something," Shinji commented.

"Well, they wanted to do that, but I told them that I would like to be your bodyguard since I'm able to fight and am rather proficient at weapons," Morrigan explained. "At first they said that they had more than enough efficient agents who can protect the well being of the members of NERV. After I demanded that I get to fight these agents' of theirs in both guns and physical combat and managed to kill all the agents, they changed their mind. So now you're stuck with me!" Morrigan finished gleefully.

However, she did not explain that sheactually threatened Gendo when he brought her to his office and threatened her with imprisonment, and the commander was nearly terrified when she killed off his guards as a show of her power. It was only after that then she had been tested.

"Oh brother," Shinji slapped his palm against his forehead at the news.

"Yo Shinji!" another familiar female voice called out to the boy again. "Looks like you're all ready to go," the violet haired woman came over.

"Hi, Misato," Shinji greeted as he finally pushed the plate away, indicating the end of his meal.

"Wazzup, partner!" Morrigan greeted instead.

Misato shot the cheerful woman an annoyed look. "I'm not your partner! Though I'm still amazed that you could kill those agents so quickly... rather cleanly too. But we'll need to recruit some more."

"Whatever," Morrigan grinned.

"Alright, Shinji. If you're ready, I'll take you to the guy in charge of accommodation. He'll assign you a place to stay," Misato informed Shinji.

"Great."

"What about me?" Morrigan asked.

"You'll be staying either close to him, or with him. The guy will tell you where you're gonna live too."

By this time, the trio had reached the lift and were waiting for their ride to reach them. The bell made a soft 'ting' sound as it started to open. The three people looked at the occupant of the lift with varying reactions. Misato was very astonished to be this close to her commanding officer, and was feeling very nervous. Morrigan simply stared at him as if he was an annoying guy blocking the way. She would've entered the lift, if not for Shinji.

The boy was bristling at Gendo's presence. His face was contorted into a mask of immense hatred, his brows close together and his teeth were almost bared.

Gendo flinched a little at Shinji's display of anger. The usually cold and calculative commander had flinched at that. Because he had not actually expected Shinji to actually be able to express his dislike of Gendo. Still, he returned the gaze behind his tinted glasses, standing stock still, as if he had not been affected.

Finally the doors closed, separating father and son from view.

It was only after several minutes had passed before the tension from the boy began to ease. Morrigan was rather shocked that Shinji's anger was so strong. In fact, she would see the red and black aura flaring out, crackling around the boy like a wild fire ready to consume a whole forest of dried up vegetation.

"I swear one day I'm going to bash his face in," Shinji growled under his breath. "Stupid fool doesn't know that his scenario is gonna screw up like hell."

"I think we should be going before it gets too late. I want to get everyone settled in by the end of the day. Hopefully I don't have to do the paperwork," Misato commented, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Whatever," Shinji muttered, stepping into the now empty lift.


"He'll be living alone?" Misato goggled at the man.

"That is correct. His room will be in the 6th block, just beyond this one."

"What about me?" Morrigan was leaning on one leg, her hands on her hips.

"You will be living at the east wing security dormitories with the rest of the Section 2 agents."

"Whatever," Shinji muttered as Morrigan gave a cry of 'objection!'

"You sure, Shinji?" Misato asked with concern in her voice. In her opinion, such a young boy shouldn't live by himself. "Aren't you used to living with your former guardian?"

"Not really. I had another mentor, but I'm usually by myself."

"Hmm..." Misato crossed her arms.

"I'm telling you, I wanna stay with Shinji-boy!" in the background, Morrigan had grabbed the man by the collar of his suit and was shaking him vigorously.

Suddenly, Misato snapped her fingers, and hit her palm with the bottom of her fist. "Of course! Why don't you live with me, Shinji?"

"..."

Silence ensued as Shinji and Morrigan stared at the violet haired woman.

"That was my idea, damnit!" Morrigan yelled before turning back to the man. "I don't care if it's protocol! I'm living with my Shinji-boy!" she resumed shaking him.

"Whatever," Shinji maintained.

"Okay then! Shinji, you'll be staying with me!" Misato was grinning widely. "Can you arrange that?" she turned to the man.

Morrigan finally let the man go. "I'm staying with my Shinji-boy, you hear me!" she advanced on Misato, her fingers reaching for Misato's collar. "I don't care where he's living as long as I get to live with him too!"

"Fine! Just arrange for all of us to live together and be done with it? Alright! Can I have some peace now!" Shinji yelled. "Sheesh. Women."

"What was that?" both women turned to him, their eyes narrowed.

"Nothing for you to hear," Shinji replied. "Anyway, can you arrange for that, sir?" he turned to the man who was straightening his jacket.

"I'm afraid that I will have to ask either sub-commander Fuyutsuki or commander Ikari before I can confirm it," the man answered. "I can try to place a call now. If you'll excuse me."

"You know, that was fun. Maybe I should use my usual tactics on these people someday," Morrigan said dreamily. "They seem to be rather easy to persuade."

"You mean charm, or scare the shit outta them?" Shinji snorted.

"Seduction. And maybe I'll get an added bonus too," the succubus contemplated.

"What are you two talking about?" Misato interrupted.

"Nothing you'll understand," they replied in unison.

"I've managed to contact sub-commander Fuyutsuki and he has given the go ahead for that planning. Captain Katsuragi, an apartment one level above will be renovated and merged with the apartment next door in order to accommodate all of you. For the moment, you will be staying in your current apartment. Furthermore, your pay will be increased since you are now in charge of the third child. Is that alright?"

"That's excellent! Thanks!" Misato grinned.


"Anyone up for a party?" Misato inquired as they were driving back towards the place they would be calling home for as long as needed.

"What for?" Shinji stared out of the window.

"How dense can you be, Shinji-boy? Obviously we're going to have a welcoming celebration for us!" Morrigan leaned over Shinji's seat, her arms dangling around Shinji's neck.

"Yeah!" Misato stuck out her hand, which Morrigan returned with a high-five. "Glad to finally find someone who thinks like me. Most of those people at NERV are so uptight and serious both at work and off work."

"... I think I'm screwed," Shinji muttered.

"What's that?" Morrigan smirked.

"Next stop! The 24-hour convenience store!" Misato crowed, slamming down on the accelerator.

"AHHHHHHH!" was Shinji's reply as the car suddenly shot out of the tunnel it had been travelling through and into the open. To make matters worse for him, Morrigan was still draped over his seat, giggling like mad.

By the time they pulled up at the closest store, Shinji was absolutely petrified to the extent that we would not move till Misato had switched off the engine and stepped out of the car.

"Misato, don't ever do that again," Shinji breathed as he finally felt his frozen muscles move. "If it were anyone else but the three of us, they would've died of heart attack."

"Don't be such a wuss, Shinji," Misato teased as she grabbed a cart to carry the stuff they were going to buy.

"This has nothing got to do with being a wuss or not."

"Whatever you say."

Misato brought them to the canned and ready-to-eat food section where she started throwing instant ramen, TV dinners, and an assortment of cans into the cart.

"That's all you're going to buy, Misato? Instant food isn't exactly too healthy, you know?" Shinji informed his guardian.

The violet haired woman snorted. "Of course I know that."

Shinji was about to comment about how she had that much common sense at least, when she interrupted him and went on.

"Instant food with beer! Now that's what I call a great meal," Misato smirked.

Shinji sweatdropped. "Well, while you do that, I'm going to go get another cart. I'm not one for instant ramen everyday," he commented. "We'll meet at the cashier, right?"

"Sure."

"Alright. Let's go, Morrigan," Shinji turned around, but didn't see the succubus anywhere nearby. Figuring that she was probably getting what she wanted, Shinji got another cart and headed for the fresh food section.

"If there's one thing this place has that anywhere else doesn't, it's the wide variety of fresh food," Shinji muttered to himself as he saw the amount of fresh, crisp vegetables, the rows of tender fish, the packets of already cut meat. "Man. This is almost heaven."

Slowly, he walked down the aisles, picking out things that he wanted, carefully picking out the best vegetables, fish and meat. Having done these for years, he managed to do it quickly.

Finally satisfied, he headed for the cashier. And he could only look at Morrigan in disbelief as he saw what she had in her own cart.

"You sure you going to finish all that chocolate, Morrigan?" Misato appraised the pile of chocolates. "Not afraid of ruining your figure?"

"Yeah, I'm going to finish all that chocolate, and no. I'm not afraid about my figure," Morrigan smirked. "If we're ready, let's get all these paid for."

"And just who's going to pay for these?" Shinji looked at Misato.

"NERV is, so don't worry," his guardian reassured. "Your ID cards are inbuilt credit cards as well. And everything spent using the cards will be billed to NERV."

"And are you sure that the commanders aren't going to blow a vein after seeing the bill?" Shinji arched an eyebrow.

"Oh don't worry about that. They don't really care about these kinds of expenses. It's nothing compared to their funding budgets."

"Whatever you say," Shinji shrugged. Then he paused again. "You know? Are you sure the car's going to be able to carry all of these and the three of us at the same time? You know, after all that beating it got after the bomb exploded?"

Misato's eyes widened. "I forgot about that..."

"Oh brother."


"Sorry about having to make you two walk," Misato apologised when Morrigan and Shinji finally reached the lift of the building where Misato lived.

"Whatever," Shinji answered. "Let's go."

In the end, they agreed that Misato would leave ahead of them with all the stuff they bought in the car, while Shinji and Morrigan would take a walk back to the building. It arranged nicely since Morrigan and Shinji wanted to talk about each other. Morrigan didn't manage to get much from Shinji, but Shinji managed to find out the reason she was here.

"Your things have been delivered, Shinji. But I didn't see any of your stuff," Misato told Morrigan.

"Doesn't matter. I didn't have much anyway. I can get what I want anyway," the succubus told her new-found friend.

"Oh. Actually, I've only just moved in here too," Misato admitted. "Come on in."

"That's an invitation, right?" Shinji asked, standing at the door.

"Yes. It's your house now. Actually, the apartment above us would be, but this will suit us just fine."

"Great," Shinji intoned, stepping into the apartment.

"Anyway, as you can see, this place is a little messy..."

Morrigan and Shinji stared at the 'little' mess. "You gotta be shitting us. You call this a little messy?" Morrigan gaped. "I'd call this place a dumpster."

"So sue me. I don't really have that much time for cleaning up, you know? Work takes up most of my time, eating and sleeping takes up the rest of the time."

Shinji chose not to answer, instead heading for the fridge. "Ice, snacks, and tons of beer," he muttered. "What kinda life does she lead?" he opened up the last compartment and was appalled to that everything they had bought earlier that day had been thrown into the same place. "Good thing I'm used to cleaning up the place."

He got up and closed the fridge, and noticed another one. "Yo, Misato! What's in the other fridge? The white one!"

"Oh, don't mind that. He's probably sleeping," Misato replied from her room.

"Sleeping?" Morrigan inquired as she came out from one of the unoccupied rooms. "This room's mine, Shinji-boy!"

"Fine. What's for dinner?"

"Instant ramen, and anything else you feel like heating up," Misato told him. "I'm that much of a cook, but the things I make don't taste half bad."

Shinji could only look at his guardian dubiously as she said that, coming out of her room and into the kitchen. She grabbed a can of beer, tossing another to Morrigan who grabbed it, giving Misato a thumbs up.

Shinji's face was bland by the time the food was made. Somehow, he had lost his appetite when he saw the way Misato made the food.


The full darkness of the night had fallen over the city of Tokyo-3. Lights blinked rhythmically, beacons to warn flying aircraft of the dangers the tall buildings posed. Lightning flashed across the sky, lighting up the world, as thunder echoed after.

Shinji stood at the balcony, taking in the view. Misato had already gone to bed. Morrigan had left, probably to hunt for victims. The bloody penguin was also in its fridge. He was the only one left in the apartment.

As he stood there, memories came back to him, like the lightning which streaked down. He remembered what had happened last night. Everything that had occurred once the Eva had been damaged.

There had been lots of chattering over the comm systems. He heard everything that was being said, but he could not hear them. Because he was listening to something else. Someone.

There was someone calling out to him, trying to reassure him, comforting him. He welcomed the voice, even though he didn't know who it belonged to, where it came from. He felt the voice embrace him. The nostalgic feeling of his mother taking him into her bosom. The memory so old, so painful.

He felt a deep throbbing from around him, within him. The anger at the reason the feeling had been locked away reminded him of his goal. He heard the whispers of the voice, felt the power within him stir, the voice adding its own to his.

Suddenly, he roared. Externally, the Eva reflected his move, becoming his avatar, becoming an extension of his will. The memories, the pain. It flooded his body, like the adrenaline which coursed through his body.

The voice felt his pain, physical and mental. It keened for him, wanting to protect him. Despite his fury, he offered the voice a warm smile. Then, he released his full visage.

Gasps of astonishment came over the comm. But it did not interest him. Only the voice and his enemy did. His enemy... the abominable monstrosity before him.

His avatar stood up and roared. The sound... so beautiful to his ears... and it was for him. He moved the avatar with his mind, making it execute moves according to his wishes. It went on one knee, before it leapt towards the angel, doing a front flip in mid-air.

The Eva slammed into the angel so forcefully that the creature leaned backwards. He made the Eva grab the angel's face. It retaliated, pushing him away. Unable to get a good hold on it, the Eva jumped back, landing beautifully on its feet.

He was anger, and so was the voice. How dare it? The abominable creature dared to retaliate? Shinji felt his temper blaze as the voice protested against the angel, supporting him.

He felt the voice hold him, placing its own hand on his, felt its breath on his cheek as it guided him. Offhandedly, he heard someone say that they've won. He frowned a little, but decided to settle with the monster first. He charged.

An unearthly cry filled the air as the Eva voiced his anger. The angel recovered from his earlier attack just as he was about to reach it. He felt his avatar slam against a force field. He growled upon seeing the orange hexagon. It had caught him off guard. But it wouldn't last for long.

Once again, he heard exclamations over the comm. An AT field. So that was the force field. But when the voice heard a voice saying that as long as the field was there, he couldn't hurt the angel, it seemed to frown dejectedly.

Shinji did not know how a voice was able to manifest its emotions, but he felt it, received it clearly as though the voice was just next to him. And it made him angry. He liked the voice, and no one was going to make it sad.

The Eva drew back for a second, letting its injured arm repair itself. Once regaining mobility in the left arm, he jammed the Eva's fingers through the centre of the AT field, straining, he tried to force his Eva's hands apart. The voice assisted, teaching him to deploy his own field, to nullify the angel's. Slowly, the field stretched. He strained harder and was rewarded with the field being ripped apart like a piece of paper.

He snarled. It would not be able to stop him now. His Eva did the same. The angel took the chance, firing a particle beam from its eyes. He felt the Eva's head snap back slightly at the force. But he was unworried. Because he knew that as long as the voice was with him, he would be unhurt.

He grabbed the angel's arms in one hand, having decided to give it the same treatment he had received. Except that he wasn't going to let it go with simply a broken arm. Feeling the bones in its arm shatter under the strength of his Eva's hand, he twisted.

Blue blood spewed all over his Eva's hand as the arms were almost completely ripped off. He kicked, tearing whatever sinew which remained connected to the arms, and sending it flying into a building.

He followed up with a football tackle, forcing both the angel and the building it was leaning against to slide backwards.

By the time they stopped moving, he was bashing his fists against the red orb which was its core, its energy source. Unable to even dent it, he seized the pair of bones which protruded from its body, tearing them off and slammed the sharp points against the orb.

The core cracked. Encouraged by his small victory, he smashed at the core faster, harder.

As if it knew that it was going to die, the angel suddenly wrapped itself against his avatar. The core glowed brightly. Self-destruct? Shinji nearly laughed at the angel's pitiful, last ditch attempt to take him down with it. But what it didn't know was that he was invincible.

The glob that was the angel exploded in an enormous flash of light in the shape of a cross. This time, Shinji laughed. Hard.

The entire area was in ruins, but the Eva was unhurt. How would it be? Finally, he calmed down enough to simply smirk as the Eva walked through the reddish, hot ground that was the result of the explosion.

Finally, the command centre brought his Eva back online. It was fortunate they did not switch on the internal camera, or many of them would've been terrified at the look on Shinji's face.

Finally, the voice faded away, content that Shinji was content. Then the Eva's headgear slid off and landed on the ground with a crash. He glanced to the right, which was a building with reflective glass. Reflected was the Eva's true image. Shinji felt sorry for its damaged eye though.

Suddenly as if it had been reading Shinji's mind, the gaping hole bulged, forming flesh which settled and slit open, revealing a fully formed, yet startling green eyeball. It rolled around a bit as if to test if it was working. Finally, it seemed to look at the mirror, focusing on Shinji. Shinji managed to give a little smile before fatigue took over, knocking him unconscious.

That fury was a side of him he was unfamiliar with. Even though he is what he had become, he had never been so unrestrained with his anger, with his wish to kill. But then again, everything was unfamiliar to him.

Just like this city.


Author's notes:

Oh My GOD! The response to chapter one had been overwhelming. I never expected to get that many reviews. Makes me kinda jittery. Seriously. I can only hope to keep the story up to standard. Still, I'll do my best to please.

I know it's a little fast to come out, but I had to type it up while I still had the juices going. Besides, I probably won't get that much time left soon. Anyway, hoped you enjoyed chapter 2.

You know, I wonder if you guys can actually guess what I'm trying to do here. Why don't you drop a note?

To My Reviewers:

Animewatcher: Thanks. I've had this idea since quite some time ago, but never got to actually doing anything about it. As for Shinji's 'condition', why don't you try to guess?

Demon Knight: I'll do my best to update often, but don't expect it to be quick. I need time to think, which I don't have much of. And it's not easy getting in the perfect mood to write certain scenes.

Firehedgehog: Can do. I'll promise that I won't abandon it even if it takes ten years to finish.

RezEvil fan: Thanks for the review about the anime. And thanks for the complement.

Shinji the good sharer: Sorry about that, but I can't resist it. Hehe. I'm sure that I'm not all that better than you. I felt that it's just okay. Since I did most of the starting at 1am in the morning. As for the pairing, I'm sure that you'll like a Shinji/Morrigan pairing, but I'm making it a Shinji/Rei story. It would be good if you actually did an Eva/Morrigan story with Shinji/Morrigan pairing. Drop me a note if you ever intend to do it. Thumbs up

DJ: O.o I never really knew that. Thanks for giving me all that info. I'll refer if I ever need it. . Your observation at the end is really interesting. I'll keep that in mind too. I might even start a fic with that set of similarities!

Darkturkey: whadda ya mean by 'entertain'? Is it a hint? o.o

DarkFusion: HALELEUGHIA indeed. Sure did a number of brain drain on me to get ideas out. Still, it's good to have new ideas now and then, no? I might throw in another character. It would be nice for Morrigan to have someone else so that I can do fights. But don't expect ANY fighting scenes to be done well. I can do drama, but I can't write fighting, for the life of me. Maybe you wanna help? Hahaha. Yes, a Shinji/Morrigan story would be nice, but I'm currently doing S/R. maybe I'll do a Shinji/Morrigan in the future. And while your using Tenchi Muyo as a reference is good, I can't find English ones, so I never read tenchi muyo. Thanks for trying to explain though.

ShadrclawKusanagi: thanks for letting me know how much you like this fic. I don't think I did all that well though. My portraying of Morrigan is... well, I make her kinda childish and Misato-like for this fic. Hope no one minds... .''' other characters from the game? Maybe... I've got one candidate in mind, and he'll probably be the only one, if I ever add him. As for the Shinji/Morrigan request, sorry. This is S/R. maybe in the future. If you keep buggering me about it, that is. Lol. BTW, I live in Singapore, hence the difficulty in finding anime stuff.

Samurai Demon-god Sekikage: you can bid for it, but I'm not abandoning it. I do agree that it's crazy though.

Cougarmanus: great? I would like to think mediocre fic. Thanks for telling me that the DVD is out, but I'll be having problems finding it in Singapore. Still, thanks for the review.

Hunter Noventa: Yay! A fellow Morrigan fan! I'll continue, but please don't hope too much for the speed.

Reikson: The reason for Morrigan being here? You'll find out sooner or later... and imam make it LATER! Hahahahaha! Kidding. I'll reveal it when it's time. As for the berserker incidents? The first of such incidents is already up. You'll have to wait for the next ones though. )

Rheaditto2: glad that you like it. I hope that the fic will work out well. What's going on with Shinji? You can either wait for it, or guess. Morrigan is a succubus. Succubi are sex demons, who absorbs souls, and finds victims by seduction. Check the net. There are webbies that tell you more.

Not telling you: I think I'm trying to ruin Shinji's life in this fic. Hehe. As for Morrigan, yeah. I think that way too.

Optimus Magnus: Thanks for sticking with me for this fic, dude. Also, thanks for giving me the push to go ahead with this fic. GOD BLESS YA! Optimus!