Author's notes:
When you see author's notes at the very top, you know that there's going to be something weird. Yes, this is my second update in a week, why? Because I just got some very good results from uni, I've watched a whole bunch of anime and I'm stoked up to the eyes in sugar and caffeine. The first few chapters were pretty serious… now it's time for some craziness.

You have been warned.

Heaven Sent
By crimsonwraith

Chapter 7?

Opposite Attraction

After four days of pouring rain, the clouds began to part as the golden rays of the sun shone upon the city. Facing away from the sun on the western side of Mt Fukayama, Tokyo-3 provincial High School watched as children began to once again ascend upon its steps. Most of them wondered about the special bomb evacuation conducted the day before, just as well that they did thought others as they threw a glance into the city. Several blocks had been razed to ruble as if a war had taken place upon their sanctuary.

Grinding to a halt upon the curb of the footpath in front of the school, Misato shifted gear to neutral as she pulled the hand brake, throwing a sidewards glance at downcast boy. "Hey Shinji… don't worry; Asuka's going to be fine. She's just going to need another day of rest. Doctor Ritsuko's orders." Her words seemed to comfort him slightly as he forced a smile. "Why are you so worried about her?

"I- I just am," Shinji said assertively.

Misato's eyes widened as she sat up on her seat. "Could it possibly be because you have a crush on her?"

The boy froze for a second, stunned at Misato's suggestion. Then he managed an exasperated look as he turned to Misato. "NO!" he shrieked. "It's just- Kaoru's been waiting for a week to see her now, and I promised him that he could see her today."

Misato lifted a brow. "Sounds like you've got some competition for Asuka's love."

"MISATO!" Wanting to save himself from humiliating himself even more, Shinji quickly opened the door and jumped outside, slinging a bag over his shoulder. "Anyway, I'll see you soon."

"Alright Shinji… oh, and if you see this Kaoru guy, make sure you beat him up."

Shinji swung the door shut. "Why would I want to do that?"

"Because… he might take Asuka away from you." Misato savored the boy's infuriated reaction as she shifted into gear and sped off, leaving a scintillating haze, the smell of burnt rubber and a furious boy in her wake.

Shinji shook his head. He began to walk to the entrance when he saw Rei walking up to him. His mood lifted at once. "Rei!"

She managed a curt nod. "Good morning, Pilot Ikari. Is… Asuka alright?"

This threw Shinji off for a second. She calls him by his surname, while at the same time addressing Asuka in her first. "Yeah… she's just resting at our place."

Rei allowed a across her lips. "That's good to hear…" suddenly, she remembered something. "Uh... have you also recovered?"

Taken aback, the boy could only manage a nod.

Rei forced a smile. "Then… would it be fine if we could watch a movie later this afternoon? I heard that the new horror movie is particularly satisfactory."

Rei… watching a horror movie? Shinji took another moment for the concept to sink in his head. "Sure… after school, I guess. Um, can we look for Kaoru? Maybe he'd like to watch it too."

Then Rei paused, not expecting Shinji to mention the angel's name. "If you wish to…"

In the second floor, Kaoru stared down at the two, shaking his head. "Asuka… where the hell are you?" He narrowed his gaze as he grabbed his bag and left the class room just as the bell rang for class.

T H U D!

T H U D!

T H UD!

"Asuka! Asuka are you there? Answer me if you're there!"

Suddenly, Kaoru heard a sound, someone screaming in sheer terror. Gnashing his teeth, the boy stepped back as he reached out, drawing out his blade from the ether. "Hold Asuka! I'm coming for you!" His blade swung in a wide arc, slashing the steel panels clean in half and kicking them down. Kaoru then dashed inside, his eyes scanning for danger, his grip tightening around the hilt of his sword. He crept down the hallway and, very slowly, opened the sliding door, then paused.

Sitting up on her bed, Asuka eyed the boy strangely. "Kaoru… what are you doing here?"

He quickly turned around, stammering. "I heard you scream…"

"Oh that," she mumbled, shaking her head, "I… I just had a nightmare. No big deal." She began to sit up, her sheets slipping away to reveal that she didn't wear anything beneath her sheets, but she didn't cover up, instead, throwing a puzzling look over to Kaoru. "I thought angels don't think about that kind of things."

"W- we don't," Kaoru stammered unconvincingly. "I'm not thinking about that. I'm just… respecting your privacy."

"Whatever." Asuka quickly got out of bed and walked over to her drawer, searching for something to wear. "Anyway, you haven't answered my question, Kaoru. What are you doing here?"

"I should ask the same thing," he shot back over his shoulder. "While you're here resting, Rei invited Shinji out to a horror movie."

Asuka scoffed dryly as she pulled up panties. "Oh yeah… really romantic. Now he has to make love to her."

Kaoru crossed his arms. "You don't get it, Asuka. Horror movies are meant to scare people."

"Tell me something I don't know," she growled, slipping on a pair of jeans.

"Girls are supposed to be really scared of these movies."

Asuka laughed as she strapped on her bra, "Now that's stating the obvious…"

Kaoru sniggered. "Just whose arm do you think Rei will grab when she gets scared…"

The girl fell deathly silent, pausing with t-shirt halfway over her head. A moment later, Asuka quickly slipped it over her head, grabbed Kaoru and eyed him sharply. "What time does the movie start?"

He smiled as he handed her two tickets to a horror flick. "After school… I think that you're going to need my help on this…"

Strange, Shinji thought as he threw another look over his shoulder at all the couples lined up to watch the horror movie. The boys looked oblivious as their girls hung closely by their arms. As to why, he hadn't had a clue, but for some reason, he had a lingering feeling that Rei did.

"Popcorn, sir."

Roused by the voice of the attendant, Shinji returned his attention to the front, handing the man two bills then grabbing his huge box of popcorn. "Uh, thanks." He threw a glance over his shoulder, offering the box to his blue haired companion. "Would you like to have some, Rei?"

Her face turned from pale to pink. "Th- thank you." She quickly reached into the box and popped a few kernels into her mouth.

The boy's face also brightened a few shades of red as they began to make their way into the cinema. The entry was packed full of young couples, but then he noticed a familiar grey haired boy with a red haired girl standing out from the crowd mainly black and brown haired crowd like a sore thumb. "No way!" he gasped, quickly weaving through the crowd forcing Rei to follow him.

"Remember," a grey haired boy said into her ear, "feminine, alright?"

Suddenly, Asuka felt a hand tap her shoulder. She quickly spun around and, unsurprisingly, found Shinji standing there. "Oh, hi Shinji!"

The boy growled. "Don't oh, hi Shinji me, Asuka. You're supposed to be at home resting."

"Really feminine," Kaoru hissed into her ear.

Suddenly, Asuka pouted, her blue eyes quivering as if about to cry. "Oh, Shin-chan! You such a meanie, nyuu," she whined, childishly twirling her hair with one finger. "I can't stay home aw day… dat's booowing, nyuu. And besides, I'm not going to huyt myself watching a movie, nyuu."

(see author's notes at the end)

Kaoru, Shinji and Rei suddenly became silent, wondering why Asuka was acting so strange. Shinji raised a brow. "Asuka, are you alright?"

"Perhaps she has ingested too much valium?" Rei thought out loud.

Kaoru quickly grabbed Asuka by the collar and hissed something over her ears. "What are you doing, Asuka? I said feminine, not doped up on cocaine."

"But… that's what feminine girls do on the TV," Asuka protested.

"GAAH! Just… just…" Kaoru paused, his vein throbbing on his forehead as he searched for a word, his expression then becoming downcast as he sighed in defeat. "Just do whatever Rei, does, okay?" He paused, feeling a tap on his shoulder. He quickly turned to face Shinji with a wide smile. "Uh, yes Shinji."

He pointed to the entrance, now flooded with patrons walking in. "Looks like we can go in now. Would you guys like to sit with us?"

"Oh! I can't," Kaoru replied, viciously shaking his head, "I've got clean up duty at school later today… I just wanted to make sure that Asuka got here alright…" he stopped, now smiling widely at Asuka. "Okay, you take care now Asuka."

Before she could protest, Kaoru bolted away, disappearing into the crowd leaving her on her own and confused. Then she saw Shinji and Rei waiting patiently for her.

"Asuka, let's go in now." Shinji said.

She threw a quick glance at Rei and remembered Kaoru's advice as she looked at Shinji. "Understood…"

Shinji lurched in his seat as he watched the monster crawl upon its broken victim, licking her blood drenched neck with its mutated tongue. The hapless girl could only manage to close her eyes as the monster opened its deformed double maw.

"Oishii…OISHIII!"

"IYAAAAA-"

Her voice fell silent, cut short by a sickening squelch as the beast sank its teeth through her neck, erupting in a fount of crimson. All of a sudden, Shinji's ears were filled with icy shrieks as both girls screamed at his sides, both trembling as they clenched their arms. Suddenly, all of his fear melted into confusion, wondering just why both these girls who fought against enemies a thousand times more frightening than this monster were scared. "Hey," he whispered, "are you girls alright?"

Neither girl replied, holding Shinji's arms closer still. Suddenly, his face filled with red as he felt something supple warm and supple in his both his hands, quickly drawing them back and crossing them over his chest.

A few rows back, Kaoru was more interested in the trio than the film, eyeing them in the darkness. Though he didn't know what to make of their stalemate between Asuka and Rei, he smiled, knowing that Asuka was doing the best that she can. Then, for some reason or another, he saw Shinji stand up, straight as a bolt and left the two as he walked out of the movie room. "Just where do you think you're going," he swore, quickly chasing after him, "I better follow him…"

Meanwhile, Rei and Asuka continued to watch the film with an empty seat between them. Just then, the monster dropped out of nowhere and caught another school girl into a corner of the haunted house. She stepped back, only to find herself reversing into a wall. Her became dire as the monster stepped closer, raising its massive claw high into the air.

"Ya- Yamete…"

"Oishii… OISHII!"

S H I N G K

Asuka screamed, reaching out to her side and grabbing an arm. "Shinji! I'm scared!" she muttered, pretending to tremble.

"Ungh!"

The girl paused, noticing the whimper was not a boy's. Slowly, her head creaked to her side, freezing. In her arms was not Shinji, but rather a trembling Rei. As quickly she can, Asuka pushed her away in disgust. "Just what the hell are you doing?" she whispered.

Rei's bright red face fell. "N- nothing…"

Asuka quickly got up and left.

She squinted as she opened the door, the bright light contrasting the darkness inside the cinema. Asuka quickly walked down the carpet towards the exit, when all of a sudden, she heard a scream.

"NOOO!"

The voice sounded like Kaoru's, but it wasn't coming from within the theatre, Asuka thought as she scanned the room, finding that the scream had come from the men's room. Her heart began to race as she ran towards the door…

Kaoru pushed the wooden frame to the men's room, scanning the proximity and found Shinji by the wash basins, washing his hands. He sighed in relief and was about to walk out when-

"Kaoru?"

The boy reacted quickly, spinning around and throwing his hand to the back of his neck. "Shinji! What a co-incidence! I got to school and guess what? All the cleaning was done. Sensei Yamaguchi said that I could go home, so I went to check up on Asuka if she's alright-"

Shinji stepped closer with a worried look on his face. "Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that."

Kaoru stopped, blinking twice in confusion. "About… Asuka?"

"Yeah," Shinji said with a quick nod. "I was just wondering… do you know why she's been acting weird lately?"

Kaoru grinned widely. "That crazy Asuka… who knows just what she's thinking."

"But… you seem to know her very well, Kaoru… but now that I think about it… you seem to know a lot about everybody."

Damn it! Does he know that I'm an angel? He quickly shook the thought from his head. "Uh, I just want to make sure that everyone's okay."

Shinji smiled. "I thought so too… hey, you're not going out with Asuka, are you?"

He shook his head. "I've already told you, Shinji. We're just friends…" he stopped to think why he is asking, then it came to him. Asuka did it! He wants to ask her out! "Shinji! You should tell the one that you love about your feelings. I'm sure that they feel the same way about you.

Shinji looked up with a surprised look on his face. "Really?"

"Of course!" Kaoru affirmed. "I'm sure of it."

Without a moment's hesitation, Shinji looked up and smiled at him. "Kaoru…"

"Yeah?"

"I- I…" he stammered, his heart racing in his chest.

"You what, Shinji!"

Gathering the last drop of confidence within, Shinji just came out and said it. "I love you!"

"Wha-" Kaoru face turned blank.

Shinji began to approach him. "Kaoru… ever since you told me that you cared for me last night, I couldn't stop thinking why I felt so wrong with Asuka and Rei. Then it hit me. They don't care about me the same way as you."

Kaoru stepped back, only to stop, finding a wall behind him. "You've got me all wrong, Shinji," he stammered nervously.

All of a sudden, Shinji placed an arm on Kaoru's side, cutting his escape. "I don't think so…" He closed his eyes and leaned in…

Without warning, the door flung open just in time for Asuka to see Kaoru and Shinji locking lips.

"NOOOOOO!"

Asuka shot up from her bed, her eyes shooting open, her arms trembling. She quickly rescanned her surroundings, finding herself no longer in the men's lavatory but inside her bedroom. The two boys disappeared like ghosts of a bad dream as she sighed in relief, lying back down on her bed when she noticed her door sliding open. Quickly, she sat back up, clenching her blankets closer around her.

"Kaoru?" she gasped as the boy stepped in. "What are you doing here?"

She noticed the boy blush as he nervously spun around away from her. "I heard you scream…"

That sounded strangely familiar, she thought. "It was just a nightmare… no big deal. Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"I should ask the same thing," he replied angrily. "While you're here resting, Rei invited Shinji out to watch a movie."

Asuka fell silent, her heart skipping a beat. "It… wouldn't happen to be a horror movie… wouldn't it?"

Kaoru arched a brow, turning around with a puzzled gaze at the girl. "Just how did you know?"

A few seconds later, Kaoru's agonized pleas came to an end as a stark naked Asuka carried the battered boy out of the apartment, dropping him into the hallway. "I don't care if Rei wins this one!"

"But Asuka-" Kaoru pleaded, turning around, only to find Asuka back heel in his face. The boy flew a few yard into the air, crashing painfully into the pavement.

"I said I don't care!" she screamed, storming back into her room, jumping back into her bed and throwing her blanket over her head. "I think I'm going to be sick."

To be continued?

Author's notes: Yes, this is what you get if you get a fucking excellent mark for Auditing Principles, watch shitloads of Tsukuyomi Moon Phase and drink a shitload of double espresso.

Mmm… next week, I'll try the mocha with Galaxy Angel. I wonder what that'll turn up

P.S. Nyuu is the Japanese equivalent of Meow.