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maybe.
AU Power within the Child ~~~~~~~ New Enemy and a Date
"NANI???!!!" Hikari yelled for the second time "He CAN NOT be our guardian, father will never allowed that to happen, he is my age, why don't I just take care of my sisters. I usually do it anyway, why not now."
"We went over this already, you don't make money, and the money your father have left for you will not cover everything the only way this will work is that Shinji will have to provide you that much and also your father knew that you'll not be able to protect and help yourselves. Besides I thought you would be happy to have Shinji-kun around" she added the end in such a tone that made Hikari believed that Misato was envious of her but it was too quietly for Hikari to guess anything.
Shinji was in the kitchen making breakfast and getting more acquainted with Reika, who was happy to have a brother like figure to look up to even though he was not her father or mother she was happy more than anything to have Shinji to teach her how to cook other things other than Japanese food Hikari often cook.
"Yosha!!, how's that for American breakfast, we have eggs, toast, milk, jams, butter, cream cheese, bagel, donut, what are we forgetting?" Shinji smiled at the little girl who giggled as she looked up at him.
"Beer?" she look at the paper.
"I thought I told you not to tell her get beer for you?" he yelled over to the living room.
"But it's important that I get my morning beer, I live for morning beer." she looked over her shoulder.
"Fine." taking out the beer bottle she had put on the counter and pour it in the glass and put a couple of ice into it."Habits died hard I guess" he smirk to the child as she smiled at him. So far they got a long pretty well, Hikari isn't bad but she would rather die than take orders from him. Jui, Jui was...Jui. She came out of her room once so far, and that was just for bathroom and a donut, and went back into her room for more protesting of the fairness of the world. "Come on, we have planning to do, lets go back to the living room, Reika-chan"
"Okay" she marched and sat down next to him as he put the tray down. Seeing the look on her sister face, she got up and sat opposite from him.
"Arigato Shinji-kun" Misato smiled at him and took a sip but forgotten her ritual as he smiled at her.
"It's okay," turning to Hikari who was taking another look at his profile and could help but blush as he smile at her a bit. "So did we get anywhere with this"
"Fine, he can live with us, but only as a relative, you don't have any real power over me but I do, so you'll not get anywhere if your charm I'm just telling you that." she smirk "I already have someone, and I don't want someone like you to break us up."
"But, Hik-chan, Suzuhara hadn't agreed to go out with you yet, did he?" Reika-chan smiled up at her sister who sweat drop.
"Be quiet Rei-chan," she glared at her younger sister.
"Fine then, I'll just have Shin-kun for myself." Reika cried and ran to Shinji's arm as he laughed at the sisterly act.
"Anyway, you're here to provide us the money, not to be the boss, that's my job." Hikari glared at him.
"Hai, I'll do anything for my sensei's daughters. It'll be an honor just to be here, I thank you," he smiled down at the little one. "Sensei never said he had daughters while he taught me, but we never really get into his personal life that much"
"That's because he just knew" Hikari said taking a bite of the toast." he only have met us couple of weeks before"
"Ohh so that's where had gone to, I tried asking where he and been for several days but he never answer me straight, that explained a lot. Anyway, I think Jui had enough time to herself, why don't I go and talk to her?" Shinji suggested, but Hikari shook her head.
"No, we'll go and talked to her, you can go do some, I don't know, something, we'll need some time with her"
"I go, Misato-san, do you think I could get my transfer paper ready for school tomorrow." Shinji got up.
"Hai, we might as well head to my place, your stuff is probably there."
"Ja ne" Shinji called over his shoulder as he and Misato left the Horaki's.
"They are rather friendly" he sighed, exhausted from last night "I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted last night from all your snoring" he said amusingly and received a glared from Misato.
"I do not snor, and beside, if I did, it would probably be really an amazing sound like the phoenix's songs" she smile.
"More like the Silurian" seeing her smile brighten he went for the kill "every man who hears it would be drawn to it and killed."
"Hmmph, what about you, I thought you were dead, I almost called the emergency when I thought I didn't see you breath."
"Is that why you were waking me up in the middle of the night like some crazy lady on the street." he laughed. "You should have seen the look on your face. And her I was thinking that you were trying to get me to have sex with you."
The car suddenly made a fast turned just barely missing the telephone pole. "NANI??!!"
"I was just kidding woman, take it easy, haha" he laughed again. Shinji never had this much fun, even with his Sensei. "I thought you were the cool one. You haven't actually think about having sex with a 14-year-old have ya?"
Misato turned blue, then suddenly blushed.
"You look so sexy when you blush Misato-san" he whispers in her ear huskily.
'He's tricky, very tricky, stay cool Misato, the charmer will not get what he want this time'
"I have thought about it many time Shinji-kun" she replied slowly as she slowed down the car in front of the building.
"NANI???" he didn't expected that and blushed.
"You're soo cute when you blushed." she laughed.
"HAHA, is this it?" he asked finishing his torment on her 'till another day'
"Hai, my place is on the eighth floor, come on"
"At least buy me some dinner first Misato" he hook his arm in hers and rest his head on her shoulder.
"haha, come on, lets get your things" she pulled him on his hand and they walked together up the stairs.
"Don't they have an elevator in this place?" Shinji sigh as he took another step tirelessly ups the stairway.
"Yes, but I don't feel like using it today and stop your whining, or are you such out of shape that you can take it?" she challenge him.
"Misato-san, I'm twice the better shape than you, lets see," he thought about it a bit. "I'll give you a head start up the stairs, we'll race to your place?"
She smiles. "Fine, if you think you can beat me you can think again, Shin- kun" she laugh when he glared at her.
"You get it now, lets go, on the count to 3 you have 5 second head start." he glared at her "Ready?" she nodded "Set, GO!" Misato stride up the stairs, while he finished count to five she he a lot of head start.
With a great push, Shinji jump three steps at the same time, when he was closer to her, he took his time to slow down, and sprint up the stairs. Turning his head to hers to meet her glared with his, he went on full power leaving nothing but dust for her to eat.
"Now to fine 'Misato' where is it?" he search fanatically. Not finding it, he turned to find Misato on the other side of the floor, grinning madly at him. 'Damn!'
"HA! I win! You lose Ha, in your face Shin-kun!" Misato stood in front of the door where his thing had been deposited.
Smiling wickedly, "Is your door open Misato?" she nodded slowly, thinking why he asked, looking at him she was suddenly struck and push aside. The loud bang noise came when Shinji tackled down the door.
"Shinji-kun!" she yelled in worry and looked inside where he laid on the floor his hands behind his head smiling at her.
"I win!" she frown and tackled him down again when he was trying to get up.
"Not fair, you were cheating," she whined like a two year old.
"All is fair in love and war Misato-san" he smirk and push her aside as he rolled out under her. 'She needs to on a diet. I know she only 29 and has an amazing figure, but she's heavier than I expected.'
"And which one would this be?" she smile and stride on him again. He grinned.
"I'll let you figure it out" he said and threw her over him.
"Ouch..." she rubbed her back as it seems that she had been flipped over.
Taking a closer look at the place he saw the messy apartment fill with beer bottle and trash. 'My father wanted me to live here.'
"Misato-san, you don't happen to live here do ya?" he asked frowning as he search, his eyes trying to detect anything unusual
"What's wrong with it? I was happy with place, sorry it's a little messy Mr. Smart pants." Misato glared at him. 'How dare him make fun of my place.'
"Not only is it messy, it's completed with..." he trailed of as he walked to the counter, and pick up a small round object and put a smirk on. "a spy cam."
"WHAT?" she yelled walking towards him. "Why would they want to spy on me? I mean who would want to spy on me?" out ragged. "I'm Captain Katsuragi Misato of Operations, Division 1. I'm an important figure, how dare them."
"You're acting like a child again Misato-san." he looked over the place again and picked out two more of them. "You have been living here for a long time, hadn't you ever feel someone's watching." walking to the bathroom he took two more cameras out. "These guys mean business" he laughed seeing her turned blue. "I just hope you didn't do anything naughty while you where in the bathroom."
"I can't stay here! There could be cameras every where" she fanatically looked around her room.
"Don't go all ballistic Misato. What we need is..." he looked around her room "WA LA!" placing the lab top on the floor and he laid down flat on the floor.
"What are you going to do?" she laid down next to him looking over his shoulder.
"Looking you up..." he went on line, 'the connections are faster here then at home. hmmm'
'Amazing, he's hacking! I never seen anyone hack a computer so fast.' Turning her head she saw his face in concentration. "Shinji-kun, who taught you how to hack computers?"
"Sensei, he taught me how to get the connection to different computer in the world, he seems to know a lot about MAGI too, that's why he often talked about Dr. Akagi's mother." he typed fanatically on the keyboard.
Finally seeing a desktop of someone's Misato didn't know she asked who's it was.
"It seems that you're dealing with a group of professional perverts, they probably had a hold of an extra key card for you apartment and put the cameras everywhere. I'll be able to disconnect the cameras from it's mainframe and from its' master, but I can't prevent this from happening again." he continued to search and delete files from the mainframe.
"How did they know who I am or where I live for that matter." she asked looking a bit in sorrow, she had living in this place for a long time now, and she will have to leave because some perverts were trying to see her naked or worst.
"Followed you, it's very simple really. All they need helping hands. They know what'll happen if they were caught but they were willing to give their lives away to get a chance of seeing you naked. Stupid really, but you should be flattered." to his surprise she blushed. "But you know they can do anything with that key card. You wouldn't know until it's too late. As I said they are professionals." he frowns pointed to thousand of file on the desktop. "All these files are detailed list and profile of different people they were able to placed spy cams on. Without, the specific code they place on the cams, I can't hacked in."
"That's really interesting and all, but what will I do now?" she was about to break in tears, the though of people watching her every minute was just sickening.
"Take it easy Misato, we'll just fine you another place. I know it will be hard but you can't live here anymore, and you know there's always a place at the Horaki, I know they would never throw you out." he smiled at her and place a hand on her shoulder as he shut the lab top down. "You can start gather your things together, I try to find a place for you on the laptop it'll be faster if we don't get NERV into it, they'll just make things messy." she nodded and he went back to the laptop and began searching.
'Arigato Shin-kun'
~~~~~~~~~ 7 hours later
"Is that everything?" Shinji asked as he took a seat on the box closest to him.
"Hai," she smiles brightly.
"I'll call the moving truck where to take it." he got up and went to the phone.
"Oh, you haven't tell me where I'll be living yet, Shinji-kun" she frown. 'I can't be too far from him, I was ordered to keep an eye on him at all time.'
"It's a surprise."
"You know it's can't really be a surprise, you're going to have to tell me cause I'm driving us there." she smirk, 'it's good to have a car'
"Oh, well, alright I'll tell ya later, we'll go to the Horaki's first, I want to drop my things and we'll go to your new place." he grinned and picked up the phone and dialed.
'why couldn't I just live with them?' she frown and then sigh.
"Ready?" he asked as he got of the phone.
"Hai hai"
~~~~~ It took less time to get back the Horika's than the first time, probably because Misato got lost a couple of times when they first tried to fine it. When they got there Misato saw a moving trucks came in front of the building. "I'm guessing everyone is moving these day." she sigh and turned to see Shinji smiling.
"Not just anyone Misato, you'll be living in the same building as me" he grinned when she smirk.
"Can't get away from my amazing look can ya?"
"You could say that, or it's because I need to keep an eye on YOU so you don't do anything stupid" he saw it coming this time.
"I'm twice your age baka, I don't need you to take care of me." she frown as she missed her punch.
"I'm surprise you're still alive, the way you live I would have though you would be eaten a live by rotens." he laugh and jumped out of the car and ran up to the Horaki's leaving the fume Misato, who took a moment to smile at her childish act.
'I have been acting like this ever since I met him. It's just something about that always gets to be, either turning me on or got the better of me, and it's always him who get the last word.' she shook her head and walked up to the building. 'I'm going crazy, the boy's only 14 and he's driving me...' she blushed and tried to get a hold of herself again.
~~~~~
"Jui, you came out finally" he smiled at the little girl who dropped her head down. "Is something wrong?"
"Ano..I just want to say..IsorryforthewayIwasacting" everything came out pretty fast but he knows what she meant
"Iie, you don't have to apologize for that, I know what it feel to lose someone it must have been hard for you all and I'm not trying to take his place, I just here to be like..." he though a bit and smile "a brother, a step brother somewhat, I the come-to guy, you got a problem, I'll help you. Okay?" He looked down at her, she seems to have a beautiful smile and a fierce huge.
"Thank you," she let go of him and went the kitchen to the rest of her sisters who were preparing the dinner.
'Anytime' he though silently. 'Even if I have to fight those monsters again I will keep my promise Sensei.'
~~~~~ Thursday
"Shinji-kun, are you ready?" Misato asked sternly
"Hai."
"We'll have to go early, but you'll get to school a bit late." she got into the car followed by Shinji.
"How's the new apartment?" she handed him a key card. "What's this for?"
"That's for you to keep for emergency, and the place is pretty nice, arigato." she drove down the tunnel and park.
"Hai." he got out of the car and swipe the his personal key card in the key slot. "You'll be watching the testing wouldn't you?" he asked calmly
"Hai," this was not the Misato he knew, but he didn't really know the Misato behind the childish masks. 'Two can play that game Misato-san.'
"Ja." he strides to the locker room and changed.
'Gomen, Shinji-kun' she though sadly and wipe the tear that seems to make it's way down her cheek.
~~~~~
"Ohiyo Shinji-kun, how's it going?" Ritsuko asked over the intercom.
"No problems. It's easier the second time around, I'm getting use to it."
"Good, have you memorized the positions of all Eva emergence points, emergency power junctions, armament equipment buildings and recovery zones?"
"Hai"
"Let's review it now" she began listing useless crap he already know so he took the time to think about more useful things, like what school's going to be like. "Are you ready?"
"Whatever." he whispers. The time click off and the Angel he fought once came out. 'Aim, pull the switch'
EXPLOSION
'Aim, pull the switch, this is getting boring'
"Sempai, look at Ikari's sync ratio" Maya frightenly pointed at the number
"He was born to do pilot." 'Amazing'
"I wonder why he still does it"
"He promise someone that he will protect them, the information is classified. Beside it would seems simple that he will do whatever his father wishes, but only to a certain extends due to the cause of fear for those he has promise to protect. He knows he can't go up against us all, even though he is strong, he will be kill faster than he could get his father."
~~~~~ An hour later
"Do you need a ride to school Shiji-kun?"
"Iie." he started walking. "Ja"
"Ja."
The walk to school from the base wasn't as long as he thought it would. The road weren't busy as it usually did and it seems that the last angel had damage a lot of property from the look the place. Suddenly stop in his place he saw Her again. In front of him, but this time she was real and had bandage over her eye, head, and her entire arm.
"It you" he whisper as she turned to him.
She didn't replied but turn and continue walking.
"Why is everyone here so rude? Such manner is not excepted in front of me." he glared at the back of her head and she turned.
"Nani" she said quietly, meeting his glare with her stern look.
'Red eyes, how unusual.'
"You have known my presence yet you walked away, having no desire to introduce yourself properly, I consider that rude." he smirk.
"Ayanami Rei" She looked a bit embarrassed but never actually shows it on her face, he could she it in her eyes.
"Ikari Shinji, it's a pressure to be in the presence of a beautiful girl such as yourself, it would be an honor if I could escort you to your destination." he said with a smile that the girl seem to can not do, but the light in her eyes told him she had never heard anyone talk to in such manner.
"If you wish" she turn and continue her walk, by the way she dressed she was probably heading the same place he was.
'Another wacko I meet on the road to heaven/hell..' he sigh and walked with her. During their walk no one had the guts to say a thing. But the silence has always been with Shinji forever and he was used to it.
~~~~~ 'What a boring way to spend a day.' He turned his head, 'there it is again, someone is keeping their eye on me' he though amusingly as he half listen to what the old wrinkle teacher had to say about the second impact.
Beep Beep Beep
Opening his laptop he notice the word "CALL"
'Wonder whose it from'
"Is it true that you're a pilot? Y/N"
'Crap, what to do?' he looked around to see a couple of girl waving at him.
"You are the one right? Y/N"
'I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell' he sigh again and typed yes. All of the sudden he was crowed by everyone, except couple of people and Hikari, who was surprise but was too busy yelling at the class.
"Classified, classified, iie, sorry I don't want to, classified, no thanks, classified, classified, sorry I'm busy, iie I'll be busy than too, classified. I guess. Classified." he was getting tired and was saved by the bell. With a sudden burst of energy he ran out only to be stopped by two of his class mates who wanted to talk to him. Out at the corner of his eye he saw Hikari giving him worry look. 'Iie, she was giving the other two the worry look.'
While they were walking, the tall one suddenly turn and punched him.
'Too slow' he evade to the side and grabbed his arm, with a glare he twist it back getting a grasp from the poor boy he kicked the kid's leg making him fall to his knee. "I swar everywhere I turn everyone has no manners. Didn't you know it's rude to punch someone without them knowing the cause, added to that, it was a cheap shot." putting some force into it the boy scream.
"You can stop it now Ikari." that voice, he was in trouble. "He does have a cause, even though it's not a great one and it was his stupidity to fight someone without researching their background." Hikari came out of her hiding place with a glare, she seems to have tears running down her cheek.
"You're lucky kid, she came around to save ya, I would have slide you head off for being respectful to the art of fight, you have no code of honor." Shinji glared and took a step away. "So why did you tried to hit me?"
"His sister was hurt in the Eva fight..." 'crap,'
"Well, I own you an apology, and a punch." he bow, and put on his straight face. The blow came pretty hard, but not once but twice. "Got it out of your system?" seeing the still pissed off face, he turned, "I'm sorry, but I have did not have a choice in the matter, I have to keep my promise" Shinji looked at Hikari who nodded understanding what he had meant. Seeing Rei running to him, he nodded.
"We have an emergency call, I'll go." Rei said almost shyly, and ran off.
"You should be getting to a save place." he said to Hikari who nodded sadly and went of.
~~~~~~
"AT field has been deployed."
"Are you ready Shinji-kun?"
"Hai." 'Time to make a living'
Turning he fired. 'The guns has no effects.' waiting for the smoke to clear he hid behind a building.
"Misato-san, the gun is not working for me." he said as the worm like angel cut the building down, and grab him by the neck. "Ugh!!," trying to shoot the wire on his Eva's neck of. "Misato, this thing is not helping." throwing away the gun he grabbed the wire like weapon that seems to be giving out electricity.
"Progressive knife engaged"
"What are you going to do Shiji-kun?" Misato said over intercom sounding a bit too worry if he didn't know better.
"What I do best." taking out the plug off of him he charged "5:00 minutes and counting."
The fight was almost as ferocious as the Tournament, everyone was out for blood, to do everything in their power to win. There was no such thing as underestimation or overestimating anyone. But some how the angel always had the better of him, it was twice the size of his EVA, and stronger. With a mighty push Unit 01 was on its' back on a mountain side. Where he saw THEM again.
"Misato, there are 2 civilians near by, I can't fight." he turn to find the angel hovering over him, and suddenly attacked with the whip.
"Let them into the cockpit, and retreat." Misato spoke loudly but was interrupted by Ritsuko.
"Iie, neither you nor I have the authority to let civilians in to the EVA, I don't have enough time Misato, hurry!"
"No Shinji-kun, I'm authorizing it."
"Have it your way, but your head is going to be on the platter." he grind his teeth and eject the cockpit out.
"Get in" Misato voice boom as the cockpit opened and sealed when they got in.
With a swing, Shinji pushed the angel out of the way. "Shiniji retreat now."
"Iie," he said amusingly as the tear ran down his eye but he wouldn't cry out the pain. "I never retreat from a battle. It's a code I will always follow, I either will or lose, but never retreat." 'one minute left and bare hand, easy enough' he smirk at the irony. 'I'm not going to give up'
Running at he jumped to evade it's whip. Punching it's head up, he saw the core again. With a roar, the EVA follow his order and use its' bare hand and rip it out. Without its' core, the angel fell backward and explode. The blast threw Unit 01 back on the montain side. Cradle in the EVA's arm was the angel's core.
"I'll need a pick up."
~~~~~~~~
"Nicely done Shinji" his father praised him from behind his desk.
"Go screw yourself father" he said in rage. Misato almost roared in laughter as she saw the frown in Gendo's face.
"If I were you, I would watch your mouth. You know I can make you break that promise you make. I'll show you the pain of losing someone you cared." his father smirk as he saw the furious face of his son.
"You won't dare touch them."
"Won't I? You dare me Shinji-kun."
"I'm just wasting my breath with you, what do you want?"
"Just to make sure you know the stake of disappointing me." his father smiled wickedly.
"Bastard" Shinji whisper and out of no where a hand slapped him full force until he was on his knees. It didn't help that his hands were shackled.
"You will address the commander with respect." the voice of the woman who he respected the most.
"Such a cold voice doesn't suit you Captain Katsuragi," he smiled in the irony. "Sensei always said never trust anyone in the battle field, being a bastard like my father, I didn't take his advise." he looked down and grind his teeth as another blow came to his stomach.
"I'm sorry Shinji." she whispered, as tears were about to pour out of her eyes.
"I never told you to stop Captain, he needs to be taught a lesson, don't worry, he had worst."
Two more guards came to help Misato. Blow after blow, Shinji grinds his teeth, waiting for them to stop. Finally Gendo signal them the torture was finish.
"Never, Ever, risk my Eva because of you damn codes again. Now get out of my face." he turned his back on Shinji as the guards lift the boy to his feet and threw him out the door, with a key they unlocked his shackles and gave a a good kick for the road.
"SHINJI-KUN!!!"
"Get the hell away from me Katsuragi-diijo, I don't even want to look at you." Shinji shaking got up on his feet. "You have violated my trust. Your apology worth as much as the crap I step on. I just want to get out of here."
"But Shinji-k.." he lift his hand to stop her.
"It's Third Child Ikari." he limped away from the crying woman.
~~~~~~~
'It's been almost three week later, I haven't spoken to Misato or anyone other than Ritsuko and Maya at the NERV. Even though I know why she had done it, I know she could have done some thing to prevent it. I always though Misato was my friend, but her action has leaded me to think otherwise. I notice her trying to tell me something but I didn't have time for any of her excuses, Sensei always told me that everyone always have excuses for everything and it the excuses that make them do stupid things that led them to use the excuses. It doesn't make much sense but I can tell it must have meant something. Sensei was old, but not old enough to be crazy not at his age anyway.'
"Shinji-kun?" the voice of the little girl brought him out of his daydream.
"Reika-chan, what can I do for ya?" he smile.
Stepping aside, she pushes Hikari to in front of her. "Hik-chan has something to ask you."
"umm...uhh," she stuttered.
"She wants to ask you..uhmmm" Hikari slap her hand over her sister's mouth.
"Just let us alone for a while okay?"
"Hai, I don't know why you're so embarrass." shaking her head Reika walked out.
"Is there something wrong Hikari?" Shinji frown
"Umm, one of..one of my close friend asked if she could...I mean if you would go out with her?" she bow.
"Umm, do I know who she is?" he asked in amusement. 'She doesn't even have the guts to ask me out herself, one sign of a crush, and you know what that me; play time'
"Horashi Yuri, she 15, pretty popular, but somehow she got a hold that you were a pilot."
"So she's going out with me because I'm a pilot, I'm flattered" he said sarcastically.
"Oh please, I promised her that you will, I would get me in the good side with the students, I want to be elected as Class Rep. next year. PLEASE"
"Alright, just this once, but you own me." he said over his shoulder, knowing he would live to regret it.
"Thank you so much." she smile and ran to the phone and chatted happily with Yuri he assume.
'It's going to a hell of a day.'
~~~~~~
"I'm sorry but Hikari never said anything about this to me!." He didn't whether to be confused or outraged, 'She thinks she would get me to spend another day with this witch she got something else coming.'
"Come on Shin-kun" turning around and glared at the soon to be hairless girl.
"No one call me that other than Reika-chan, not unless they want to walk away alive or still have hair on their head." the girl seems to be screaming out something at him but he continued walking glaring at whoever looked at him with a puzzling look. "What the hell are you look at?"
Slamming the door shut. "Damn witch. HIKARI!!!!"
"What, what is it?" she was disbelieved, she would have though they had been at a hotel or something anywhere but home early. "Why are you so early?"
"That damn witch you set me up with is a bitch, she's selfish, and self- conscience, AND an idiot. I rather go out with a stick than her. And for some reason she can't let go of my arm, it's like she trying to tell me to touch her breast." he sank on the sofa.
"The next time you promise someone get a good glance of their profile. I swear she must have violated me more time than I can count. Not only intellectually, but physically." he made a face that she can't help but laugh. "Shut up, it wasn't you out there."
"Gomen-nasai"
"You better be sorry, and when did I say I would go out with her again?" he questioned, 'the first time is bad enough, I can't stand that loud mouth'
"Well I assume you would like her, I mean she is the most popular girl in school, people said she's pretty smart, she's a year older that usually mean she more mature. Besides all the guys at school want a turn at her" Hikari listed off.
"First of all, I could care less if she popular, second, who said she was smart, that girl is as dumb as a log, and her maturity match that of a two year old."
"You missed the part that she's pretty" Hikari said in amusement.
"Well, I have to say you have great eyes in hot girls but small brain. That girl can attract attentions, she must have guys checking her out the entire way to carnival, and at the restaurant." Shinji glared at her "Besides that, she's a baka" he turn and went to his room which was the guest room.
"What did she do that is so bad?"
"I don't want to talk about it" he said quietly and sank on his bed and slept.
~~~~~~
Flash
"Drop your weapon and come with us." a man said as he and his men went for their gun.
"Heh, do any of you guys have families?" they were a bit puzzled but they shook their heads. "Too bad, you should have live your lives as a family man then guards. Now you're going to pay for my father's competence"
"Don't go easy on him, he may look like a kid but he's a killer" the man yelled and ordered his men to fire. And one was lucky enough to glaze Shinji's defense as he ran and sliced his way through. Finally he came to the captain of the team.
"Say your last good-bye captain." Shinji grinned.
"Put you weapon down Shinji." the cold voice came, but this time he didn't recognize it and didn't want to risk turning to find out who's it was because of the cold steel on his head.
Placing the sword gently down he turned to see the woman he trusted with all his heart knowing that he was being stupid for trusting someone who worked for his father.
"Never knew you can be such a bitch until this day Misato."
"I'm sorry Shinji,"
Flash
"Never, Ever, risk my Eva because of you damn codes again. Now get out of my face"
Flash
"Get the hell away from me Katsuragi-diijo, I don't even want to look at you."
"Why should I forgive you Misato?" Shinji woke up in the middle of the night, trying to wipe the image of the woman whom he though was his friend, the one that he had ever had other than his Sensei. 'If I ever get a chance of revenge, you'll be second to my list, Katsuragi-diijo.' he glared angrily at the wall hoping an angel would punch through the wall and end it. With a large sigh he went back to sleep.
~~~~~~~~
"Shinji-kun, you'll be needed at Unit 00 testing today at 9:00 A.M." Ritsuko handed him the note professionally as they finished their test.
"Hai." Shinji said and walked out the testing room to the locker for a shower before he went to Rei's testing whom he had no idea was the First Child, if he did he surly have forgotten. Besides he never seen her during the testings.
At 9:00 A.M. sharp the test took place and Shinji tirelessly watch while behind him the woman he hated most stood with her a stern look, but every so often he would see that he stern look was to covered that fact that she was hurt. It was written all over her face.
"Why are you here Major?" he said sarcastically. She had gotten promotion two days ago for getting his ass into his father's office after the whole deal. "I know you have better things to do."
"Could we just forget about the past and be friends again?" she plead placing her hand on his shoulder.
"If you want to keep your arm attach you better get you hand off me Major." he said coldly
She dropped her hand. There was a minute of silence when Shinji finally spoke.
"Is that how you lived on Major, by running away from your past?" he turned to look at the puzzled Misato "I know all about you Major, your father was a great man, I have heard of him and more now that I know his daughter"
"You don't know anything" the tears of anger rain down her eyes, almost making back down. "My father was a bastard..."
"Until he sacrificed his life for you in the second impact." her head bows down. "It is you who don't know anything Major.
"You see, you who believed that everyone can just forget about the past and move on, but it's impossible. You for example think that you're running from the past, but in reality, you embrace it. You know perfectly well how it felt to be excluded from your father, how he treated your mother and you. Isn't that why you agreed to let your mother divorce him?" he asked and went on knowing that she would not answer. "When your father sacrificed himself for you, you vow yourself to defeat the angels to avenge your father's death."
Looking at her hands that formed a fist, he knows he had pushed the last button. "Unlike you my father had safe my life, or done anything close of giving me anything. I will always remember the day father left me on the street with nothing the clothes on my back and a few things I treasured. That day I vow that get my revenge, and I will."
"You know his work is man's last chance of survival." Misato finally spoke up.
"I'm quite patient when it comes to revenge. Sensei always said when it comes to being patient I was the top. Father will get what is coming to him once I defeated the angels. He will have no excuse left."
"You know I will have to stop you." Misato looked up with a sad smile on.
"Not if you wish to join him in hell." he smirk and left.
~~~~~~~
"Angel detected."
"Code blue."
"You're not sending Rei up are you?"
"Iie, prepare Unit 01 for launch"
"Hai."
~~~~~
"The target is moving to Lake Ashino airspace
"EVA launch!!"
"Oh no, we're detecting a high reactive energy from inside the target."
Silence
"AHHHHHHH!!!!" the piercing scream came from the intercom, the scream of pain.
"Retrieve him, cover for me" Misato said as she got on the elevator.
~~~~~~
'Darkness, headach, what's new?'
The sound of a push cart made him sat up.
"Ayanami, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to brief you on the Operation Yashima timetable." she said quietly "it will begin at midnight 00:00 hour." And on she went dully. When she was finished he could see the small tinge of red on her face as she looked down at him and toss him his plug suit. "You better get change."
He sigh, this was the last thing he wanted to do. He rather gone out with that witch again than get into Unit 01. But he had no choice. "Do you believe everyone can make their own destiny?" he asked suddenly as she was about to leave after explaining to him about eating, but he wasn't listening at all.
"I..I don't know."
"Then why do you fight Ayanami? If you hadn't planed it, why did you pick to fight?"
"I'm..I'm bond to it."
"I wonder if I'm bond to fight too," he whispered and got up, and turned to see that she was staring blankly at his nakedness, though he could see the blush creeping on her face. Brighter than the last one.
"I hope you don't show up like that" she pointed and turned to leave.
"Arigato Rei-chan" he gave her a sad smile and went to put his plug suit on.
~~~~~~ Flash "You will have one chance to get this, so make it count"
"domo, what if I miss?"
"Don't think it like that"
Flash "Am I to protect Unit 01 then?"
"Hai"
"Understood"
~~~~
"Commencing Operation"
"Initiating Primary Connection"
"Initiating power transmission power from District number 1 through 803"
"Release final lock"
"Ready"
"8...7...6
"High energy output detected"
5...4..
"It can't be"
3...2..1"
Shinji fired but something he didn't expect happened, the fire somehow intertwine with the angel's.
"Missed"
"The enemy's shield has broken into the Geo-Front"
"Hurry line up another shot and recharge."
~~~~~~
"Come on!" Shinji waited for the gun to recharge. The angel fires a shot but Rei got in front of him with a shield. "REI!!!!"
"I'm...to protect you...Ikari"
"Not with your life baka, get down Rei" he push Unit 00 out of the way and fire. This time the energy went through the angel, and with a moment hesitation it fell to the ground hard. "Rei are you okay?"
"..H..Hai, a..arigato Ikari-kun"
"Iie, just remember you're as important as everyone you're trying to save if not more, don't risk your life just to save mind." the intercom went blank as Shinji sank into his entry plug not hearing Rei's reply.
"No, no it's not"
~~~~~~~
Sorry again for all the misspelling and grammar error, and once again, I do not care, but do try and review, or whatever.
AU Power within the Child ~~~~~~~ New Enemy and a Date
"NANI???!!!" Hikari yelled for the second time "He CAN NOT be our guardian, father will never allowed that to happen, he is my age, why don't I just take care of my sisters. I usually do it anyway, why not now."
"We went over this already, you don't make money, and the money your father have left for you will not cover everything the only way this will work is that Shinji will have to provide you that much and also your father knew that you'll not be able to protect and help yourselves. Besides I thought you would be happy to have Shinji-kun around" she added the end in such a tone that made Hikari believed that Misato was envious of her but it was too quietly for Hikari to guess anything.
Shinji was in the kitchen making breakfast and getting more acquainted with Reika, who was happy to have a brother like figure to look up to even though he was not her father or mother she was happy more than anything to have Shinji to teach her how to cook other things other than Japanese food Hikari often cook.
"Yosha!!, how's that for American breakfast, we have eggs, toast, milk, jams, butter, cream cheese, bagel, donut, what are we forgetting?" Shinji smiled at the little girl who giggled as she looked up at him.
"Beer?" she look at the paper.
"I thought I told you not to tell her get beer for you?" he yelled over to the living room.
"But it's important that I get my morning beer, I live for morning beer." she looked over her shoulder.
"Fine." taking out the beer bottle she had put on the counter and pour it in the glass and put a couple of ice into it."Habits died hard I guess" he smirk to the child as she smiled at him. So far they got a long pretty well, Hikari isn't bad but she would rather die than take orders from him. Jui, Jui was...Jui. She came out of her room once so far, and that was just for bathroom and a donut, and went back into her room for more protesting of the fairness of the world. "Come on, we have planning to do, lets go back to the living room, Reika-chan"
"Okay" she marched and sat down next to him as he put the tray down. Seeing the look on her sister face, she got up and sat opposite from him.
"Arigato Shinji-kun" Misato smiled at him and took a sip but forgotten her ritual as he smiled at her.
"It's okay," turning to Hikari who was taking another look at his profile and could help but blush as he smile at her a bit. "So did we get anywhere with this"
"Fine, he can live with us, but only as a relative, you don't have any real power over me but I do, so you'll not get anywhere if your charm I'm just telling you that." she smirk "I already have someone, and I don't want someone like you to break us up."
"But, Hik-chan, Suzuhara hadn't agreed to go out with you yet, did he?" Reika-chan smiled up at her sister who sweat drop.
"Be quiet Rei-chan," she glared at her younger sister.
"Fine then, I'll just have Shin-kun for myself." Reika cried and ran to Shinji's arm as he laughed at the sisterly act.
"Anyway, you're here to provide us the money, not to be the boss, that's my job." Hikari glared at him.
"Hai, I'll do anything for my sensei's daughters. It'll be an honor just to be here, I thank you," he smiled down at the little one. "Sensei never said he had daughters while he taught me, but we never really get into his personal life that much"
"That's because he just knew" Hikari said taking a bite of the toast." he only have met us couple of weeks before"
"Ohh so that's where had gone to, I tried asking where he and been for several days but he never answer me straight, that explained a lot. Anyway, I think Jui had enough time to herself, why don't I go and talk to her?" Shinji suggested, but Hikari shook her head.
"No, we'll go and talked to her, you can go do some, I don't know, something, we'll need some time with her"
"I go, Misato-san, do you think I could get my transfer paper ready for school tomorrow." Shinji got up.
"Hai, we might as well head to my place, your stuff is probably there."
"Ja ne" Shinji called over his shoulder as he and Misato left the Horaki's.
"They are rather friendly" he sighed, exhausted from last night "I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted last night from all your snoring" he said amusingly and received a glared from Misato.
"I do not snor, and beside, if I did, it would probably be really an amazing sound like the phoenix's songs" she smile.
"More like the Silurian" seeing her smile brighten he went for the kill "every man who hears it would be drawn to it and killed."
"Hmmph, what about you, I thought you were dead, I almost called the emergency when I thought I didn't see you breath."
"Is that why you were waking me up in the middle of the night like some crazy lady on the street." he laughed. "You should have seen the look on your face. And her I was thinking that you were trying to get me to have sex with you."
The car suddenly made a fast turned just barely missing the telephone pole. "NANI??!!"
"I was just kidding woman, take it easy, haha" he laughed again. Shinji never had this much fun, even with his Sensei. "I thought you were the cool one. You haven't actually think about having sex with a 14-year-old have ya?"
Misato turned blue, then suddenly blushed.
"You look so sexy when you blush Misato-san" he whispers in her ear huskily.
'He's tricky, very tricky, stay cool Misato, the charmer will not get what he want this time'
"I have thought about it many time Shinji-kun" she replied slowly as she slowed down the car in front of the building.
"NANI???" he didn't expected that and blushed.
"You're soo cute when you blushed." she laughed.
"HAHA, is this it?" he asked finishing his torment on her 'till another day'
"Hai, my place is on the eighth floor, come on"
"At least buy me some dinner first Misato" he hook his arm in hers and rest his head on her shoulder.
"haha, come on, lets get your things" she pulled him on his hand and they walked together up the stairs.
"Don't they have an elevator in this place?" Shinji sigh as he took another step tirelessly ups the stairway.
"Yes, but I don't feel like using it today and stop your whining, or are you such out of shape that you can take it?" she challenge him.
"Misato-san, I'm twice the better shape than you, lets see," he thought about it a bit. "I'll give you a head start up the stairs, we'll race to your place?"
She smiles. "Fine, if you think you can beat me you can think again, Shin- kun" she laugh when he glared at her.
"You get it now, lets go, on the count to 3 you have 5 second head start." he glared at her "Ready?" she nodded "Set, GO!" Misato stride up the stairs, while he finished count to five she he a lot of head start.
With a great push, Shinji jump three steps at the same time, when he was closer to her, he took his time to slow down, and sprint up the stairs. Turning his head to hers to meet her glared with his, he went on full power leaving nothing but dust for her to eat.
"Now to fine 'Misato' where is it?" he search fanatically. Not finding it, he turned to find Misato on the other side of the floor, grinning madly at him. 'Damn!'
"HA! I win! You lose Ha, in your face Shin-kun!" Misato stood in front of the door where his thing had been deposited.
Smiling wickedly, "Is your door open Misato?" she nodded slowly, thinking why he asked, looking at him she was suddenly struck and push aside. The loud bang noise came when Shinji tackled down the door.
"Shinji-kun!" she yelled in worry and looked inside where he laid on the floor his hands behind his head smiling at her.
"I win!" she frown and tackled him down again when he was trying to get up.
"Not fair, you were cheating," she whined like a two year old.
"All is fair in love and war Misato-san" he smirk and push her aside as he rolled out under her. 'She needs to on a diet. I know she only 29 and has an amazing figure, but she's heavier than I expected.'
"And which one would this be?" she smile and stride on him again. He grinned.
"I'll let you figure it out" he said and threw her over him.
"Ouch..." she rubbed her back as it seems that she had been flipped over.
Taking a closer look at the place he saw the messy apartment fill with beer bottle and trash. 'My father wanted me to live here.'
"Misato-san, you don't happen to live here do ya?" he asked frowning as he search, his eyes trying to detect anything unusual
"What's wrong with it? I was happy with place, sorry it's a little messy Mr. Smart pants." Misato glared at him. 'How dare him make fun of my place.'
"Not only is it messy, it's completed with..." he trailed of as he walked to the counter, and pick up a small round object and put a smirk on. "a spy cam."
"WHAT?" she yelled walking towards him. "Why would they want to spy on me? I mean who would want to spy on me?" out ragged. "I'm Captain Katsuragi Misato of Operations, Division 1. I'm an important figure, how dare them."
"You're acting like a child again Misato-san." he looked over the place again and picked out two more of them. "You have been living here for a long time, hadn't you ever feel someone's watching." walking to the bathroom he took two more cameras out. "These guys mean business" he laughed seeing her turned blue. "I just hope you didn't do anything naughty while you where in the bathroom."
"I can't stay here! There could be cameras every where" she fanatically looked around her room.
"Don't go all ballistic Misato. What we need is..." he looked around her room "WA LA!" placing the lab top on the floor and he laid down flat on the floor.
"What are you going to do?" she laid down next to him looking over his shoulder.
"Looking you up..." he went on line, 'the connections are faster here then at home. hmmm'
'Amazing, he's hacking! I never seen anyone hack a computer so fast.' Turning her head she saw his face in concentration. "Shinji-kun, who taught you how to hack computers?"
"Sensei, he taught me how to get the connection to different computer in the world, he seems to know a lot about MAGI too, that's why he often talked about Dr. Akagi's mother." he typed fanatically on the keyboard.
Finally seeing a desktop of someone's Misato didn't know she asked who's it was.
"It seems that you're dealing with a group of professional perverts, they probably had a hold of an extra key card for you apartment and put the cameras everywhere. I'll be able to disconnect the cameras from it's mainframe and from its' master, but I can't prevent this from happening again." he continued to search and delete files from the mainframe.
"How did they know who I am or where I live for that matter." she asked looking a bit in sorrow, she had living in this place for a long time now, and she will have to leave because some perverts were trying to see her naked or worst.
"Followed you, it's very simple really. All they need helping hands. They know what'll happen if they were caught but they were willing to give their lives away to get a chance of seeing you naked. Stupid really, but you should be flattered." to his surprise she blushed. "But you know they can do anything with that key card. You wouldn't know until it's too late. As I said they are professionals." he frowns pointed to thousand of file on the desktop. "All these files are detailed list and profile of different people they were able to placed spy cams on. Without, the specific code they place on the cams, I can't hacked in."
"That's really interesting and all, but what will I do now?" she was about to break in tears, the though of people watching her every minute was just sickening.
"Take it easy Misato, we'll just fine you another place. I know it will be hard but you can't live here anymore, and you know there's always a place at the Horaki, I know they would never throw you out." he smiled at her and place a hand on her shoulder as he shut the lab top down. "You can start gather your things together, I try to find a place for you on the laptop it'll be faster if we don't get NERV into it, they'll just make things messy." she nodded and he went back to the laptop and began searching.
'Arigato Shin-kun'
~~~~~~~~~ 7 hours later
"Is that everything?" Shinji asked as he took a seat on the box closest to him.
"Hai," she smiles brightly.
"I'll call the moving truck where to take it." he got up and went to the phone.
"Oh, you haven't tell me where I'll be living yet, Shinji-kun" she frown. 'I can't be too far from him, I was ordered to keep an eye on him at all time.'
"It's a surprise."
"You know it's can't really be a surprise, you're going to have to tell me cause I'm driving us there." she smirk, 'it's good to have a car'
"Oh, well, alright I'll tell ya later, we'll go to the Horaki's first, I want to drop my things and we'll go to your new place." he grinned and picked up the phone and dialed.
'why couldn't I just live with them?' she frown and then sigh.
"Ready?" he asked as he got of the phone.
"Hai hai"
~~~~~ It took less time to get back the Horika's than the first time, probably because Misato got lost a couple of times when they first tried to fine it. When they got there Misato saw a moving trucks came in front of the building. "I'm guessing everyone is moving these day." she sigh and turned to see Shinji smiling.
"Not just anyone Misato, you'll be living in the same building as me" he grinned when she smirk.
"Can't get away from my amazing look can ya?"
"You could say that, or it's because I need to keep an eye on YOU so you don't do anything stupid" he saw it coming this time.
"I'm twice your age baka, I don't need you to take care of me." she frown as she missed her punch.
"I'm surprise you're still alive, the way you live I would have though you would be eaten a live by rotens." he laugh and jumped out of the car and ran up to the Horaki's leaving the fume Misato, who took a moment to smile at her childish act.
'I have been acting like this ever since I met him. It's just something about that always gets to be, either turning me on or got the better of me, and it's always him who get the last word.' she shook her head and walked up to the building. 'I'm going crazy, the boy's only 14 and he's driving me...' she blushed and tried to get a hold of herself again.
~~~~~
"Jui, you came out finally" he smiled at the little girl who dropped her head down. "Is something wrong?"
"Ano..I just want to say..IsorryforthewayIwasacting" everything came out pretty fast but he knows what she meant
"Iie, you don't have to apologize for that, I know what it feel to lose someone it must have been hard for you all and I'm not trying to take his place, I just here to be like..." he though a bit and smile "a brother, a step brother somewhat, I the come-to guy, you got a problem, I'll help you. Okay?" He looked down at her, she seems to have a beautiful smile and a fierce huge.
"Thank you," she let go of him and went the kitchen to the rest of her sisters who were preparing the dinner.
'Anytime' he though silently. 'Even if I have to fight those monsters again I will keep my promise Sensei.'
~~~~~ Thursday
"Shinji-kun, are you ready?" Misato asked sternly
"Hai."
"We'll have to go early, but you'll get to school a bit late." she got into the car followed by Shinji.
"How's the new apartment?" she handed him a key card. "What's this for?"
"That's for you to keep for emergency, and the place is pretty nice, arigato." she drove down the tunnel and park.
"Hai." he got out of the car and swipe the his personal key card in the key slot. "You'll be watching the testing wouldn't you?" he asked calmly
"Hai," this was not the Misato he knew, but he didn't really know the Misato behind the childish masks. 'Two can play that game Misato-san.'
"Ja." he strides to the locker room and changed.
'Gomen, Shinji-kun' she though sadly and wipe the tear that seems to make it's way down her cheek.
~~~~~
"Ohiyo Shinji-kun, how's it going?" Ritsuko asked over the intercom.
"No problems. It's easier the second time around, I'm getting use to it."
"Good, have you memorized the positions of all Eva emergence points, emergency power junctions, armament equipment buildings and recovery zones?"
"Hai"
"Let's review it now" she began listing useless crap he already know so he took the time to think about more useful things, like what school's going to be like. "Are you ready?"
"Whatever." he whispers. The time click off and the Angel he fought once came out. 'Aim, pull the switch'
EXPLOSION
'Aim, pull the switch, this is getting boring'
"Sempai, look at Ikari's sync ratio" Maya frightenly pointed at the number
"He was born to do pilot." 'Amazing'
"I wonder why he still does it"
"He promise someone that he will protect them, the information is classified. Beside it would seems simple that he will do whatever his father wishes, but only to a certain extends due to the cause of fear for those he has promise to protect. He knows he can't go up against us all, even though he is strong, he will be kill faster than he could get his father."
~~~~~ An hour later
"Do you need a ride to school Shiji-kun?"
"Iie." he started walking. "Ja"
"Ja."
The walk to school from the base wasn't as long as he thought it would. The road weren't busy as it usually did and it seems that the last angel had damage a lot of property from the look the place. Suddenly stop in his place he saw Her again. In front of him, but this time she was real and had bandage over her eye, head, and her entire arm.
"It you" he whisper as she turned to him.
She didn't replied but turn and continue walking.
"Why is everyone here so rude? Such manner is not excepted in front of me." he glared at the back of her head and she turned.
"Nani" she said quietly, meeting his glare with her stern look.
'Red eyes, how unusual.'
"You have known my presence yet you walked away, having no desire to introduce yourself properly, I consider that rude." he smirk.
"Ayanami Rei" She looked a bit embarrassed but never actually shows it on her face, he could she it in her eyes.
"Ikari Shinji, it's a pressure to be in the presence of a beautiful girl such as yourself, it would be an honor if I could escort you to your destination." he said with a smile that the girl seem to can not do, but the light in her eyes told him she had never heard anyone talk to in such manner.
"If you wish" she turn and continue her walk, by the way she dressed she was probably heading the same place he was.
'Another wacko I meet on the road to heaven/hell..' he sigh and walked with her. During their walk no one had the guts to say a thing. But the silence has always been with Shinji forever and he was used to it.
~~~~~ 'What a boring way to spend a day.' He turned his head, 'there it is again, someone is keeping their eye on me' he though amusingly as he half listen to what the old wrinkle teacher had to say about the second impact.
Beep Beep Beep
Opening his laptop he notice the word "CALL"
'Wonder whose it from'
"Is it true that you're a pilot? Y/N"
'Crap, what to do?' he looked around to see a couple of girl waving at him.
"You are the one right? Y/N"
'I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell' he sigh again and typed yes. All of the sudden he was crowed by everyone, except couple of people and Hikari, who was surprise but was too busy yelling at the class.
"Classified, classified, iie, sorry I don't want to, classified, no thanks, classified, classified, sorry I'm busy, iie I'll be busy than too, classified. I guess. Classified." he was getting tired and was saved by the bell. With a sudden burst of energy he ran out only to be stopped by two of his class mates who wanted to talk to him. Out at the corner of his eye he saw Hikari giving him worry look. 'Iie, she was giving the other two the worry look.'
While they were walking, the tall one suddenly turn and punched him.
'Too slow' he evade to the side and grabbed his arm, with a glare he twist it back getting a grasp from the poor boy he kicked the kid's leg making him fall to his knee. "I swar everywhere I turn everyone has no manners. Didn't you know it's rude to punch someone without them knowing the cause, added to that, it was a cheap shot." putting some force into it the boy scream.
"You can stop it now Ikari." that voice, he was in trouble. "He does have a cause, even though it's not a great one and it was his stupidity to fight someone without researching their background." Hikari came out of her hiding place with a glare, she seems to have tears running down her cheek.
"You're lucky kid, she came around to save ya, I would have slide you head off for being respectful to the art of fight, you have no code of honor." Shinji glared and took a step away. "So why did you tried to hit me?"
"His sister was hurt in the Eva fight..." 'crap,'
"Well, I own you an apology, and a punch." he bow, and put on his straight face. The blow came pretty hard, but not once but twice. "Got it out of your system?" seeing the still pissed off face, he turned, "I'm sorry, but I have did not have a choice in the matter, I have to keep my promise" Shinji looked at Hikari who nodded understanding what he had meant. Seeing Rei running to him, he nodded.
"We have an emergency call, I'll go." Rei said almost shyly, and ran off.
"You should be getting to a save place." he said to Hikari who nodded sadly and went of.
~~~~~~
"AT field has been deployed."
"Are you ready Shinji-kun?"
"Hai." 'Time to make a living'
Turning he fired. 'The guns has no effects.' waiting for the smoke to clear he hid behind a building.
"Misato-san, the gun is not working for me." he said as the worm like angel cut the building down, and grab him by the neck. "Ugh!!," trying to shoot the wire on his Eva's neck of. "Misato, this thing is not helping." throwing away the gun he grabbed the wire like weapon that seems to be giving out electricity.
"Progressive knife engaged"
"What are you going to do Shiji-kun?" Misato said over intercom sounding a bit too worry if he didn't know better.
"What I do best." taking out the plug off of him he charged "5:00 minutes and counting."
The fight was almost as ferocious as the Tournament, everyone was out for blood, to do everything in their power to win. There was no such thing as underestimation or overestimating anyone. But some how the angel always had the better of him, it was twice the size of his EVA, and stronger. With a mighty push Unit 01 was on its' back on a mountain side. Where he saw THEM again.
"Misato, there are 2 civilians near by, I can't fight." he turn to find the angel hovering over him, and suddenly attacked with the whip.
"Let them into the cockpit, and retreat." Misato spoke loudly but was interrupted by Ritsuko.
"Iie, neither you nor I have the authority to let civilians in to the EVA, I don't have enough time Misato, hurry!"
"No Shinji-kun, I'm authorizing it."
"Have it your way, but your head is going to be on the platter." he grind his teeth and eject the cockpit out.
"Get in" Misato voice boom as the cockpit opened and sealed when they got in.
With a swing, Shinji pushed the angel out of the way. "Shiniji retreat now."
"Iie," he said amusingly as the tear ran down his eye but he wouldn't cry out the pain. "I never retreat from a battle. It's a code I will always follow, I either will or lose, but never retreat." 'one minute left and bare hand, easy enough' he smirk at the irony. 'I'm not going to give up'
Running at he jumped to evade it's whip. Punching it's head up, he saw the core again. With a roar, the EVA follow his order and use its' bare hand and rip it out. Without its' core, the angel fell backward and explode. The blast threw Unit 01 back on the montain side. Cradle in the EVA's arm was the angel's core.
"I'll need a pick up."
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"Nicely done Shinji" his father praised him from behind his desk.
"Go screw yourself father" he said in rage. Misato almost roared in laughter as she saw the frown in Gendo's face.
"If I were you, I would watch your mouth. You know I can make you break that promise you make. I'll show you the pain of losing someone you cared." his father smirk as he saw the furious face of his son.
"You won't dare touch them."
"Won't I? You dare me Shinji-kun."
"I'm just wasting my breath with you, what do you want?"
"Just to make sure you know the stake of disappointing me." his father smiled wickedly.
"Bastard" Shinji whisper and out of no where a hand slapped him full force until he was on his knees. It didn't help that his hands were shackled.
"You will address the commander with respect." the voice of the woman who he respected the most.
"Such a cold voice doesn't suit you Captain Katsuragi," he smiled in the irony. "Sensei always said never trust anyone in the battle field, being a bastard like my father, I didn't take his advise." he looked down and grind his teeth as another blow came to his stomach.
"I'm sorry Shinji." she whispered, as tears were about to pour out of her eyes.
"I never told you to stop Captain, he needs to be taught a lesson, don't worry, he had worst."
Two more guards came to help Misato. Blow after blow, Shinji grinds his teeth, waiting for them to stop. Finally Gendo signal them the torture was finish.
"Never, Ever, risk my Eva because of you damn codes again. Now get out of my face." he turned his back on Shinji as the guards lift the boy to his feet and threw him out the door, with a key they unlocked his shackles and gave a a good kick for the road.
"SHINJI-KUN!!!"
"Get the hell away from me Katsuragi-diijo, I don't even want to look at you." Shinji shaking got up on his feet. "You have violated my trust. Your apology worth as much as the crap I step on. I just want to get out of here."
"But Shinji-k.." he lift his hand to stop her.
"It's Third Child Ikari." he limped away from the crying woman.
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'It's been almost three week later, I haven't spoken to Misato or anyone other than Ritsuko and Maya at the NERV. Even though I know why she had done it, I know she could have done some thing to prevent it. I always though Misato was my friend, but her action has leaded me to think otherwise. I notice her trying to tell me something but I didn't have time for any of her excuses, Sensei always told me that everyone always have excuses for everything and it the excuses that make them do stupid things that led them to use the excuses. It doesn't make much sense but I can tell it must have meant something. Sensei was old, but not old enough to be crazy not at his age anyway.'
"Shinji-kun?" the voice of the little girl brought him out of his daydream.
"Reika-chan, what can I do for ya?" he smile.
Stepping aside, she pushes Hikari to in front of her. "Hik-chan has something to ask you."
"umm...uhh," she stuttered.
"She wants to ask you..uhmmm" Hikari slap her hand over her sister's mouth.
"Just let us alone for a while okay?"
"Hai, I don't know why you're so embarrass." shaking her head Reika walked out.
"Is there something wrong Hikari?" Shinji frown
"Umm, one of..one of my close friend asked if she could...I mean if you would go out with her?" she bow.
"Umm, do I know who she is?" he asked in amusement. 'She doesn't even have the guts to ask me out herself, one sign of a crush, and you know what that me; play time'
"Horashi Yuri, she 15, pretty popular, but somehow she got a hold that you were a pilot."
"So she's going out with me because I'm a pilot, I'm flattered" he said sarcastically.
"Oh please, I promised her that you will, I would get me in the good side with the students, I want to be elected as Class Rep. next year. PLEASE"
"Alright, just this once, but you own me." he said over his shoulder, knowing he would live to regret it.
"Thank you so much." she smile and ran to the phone and chatted happily with Yuri he assume.
'It's going to a hell of a day.'
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"I'm sorry but Hikari never said anything about this to me!." He didn't whether to be confused or outraged, 'She thinks she would get me to spend another day with this witch she got something else coming.'
"Come on Shin-kun" turning around and glared at the soon to be hairless girl.
"No one call me that other than Reika-chan, not unless they want to walk away alive or still have hair on their head." the girl seems to be screaming out something at him but he continued walking glaring at whoever looked at him with a puzzling look. "What the hell are you look at?"
Slamming the door shut. "Damn witch. HIKARI!!!!"
"What, what is it?" she was disbelieved, she would have though they had been at a hotel or something anywhere but home early. "Why are you so early?"
"That damn witch you set me up with is a bitch, she's selfish, and self- conscience, AND an idiot. I rather go out with a stick than her. And for some reason she can't let go of my arm, it's like she trying to tell me to touch her breast." he sank on the sofa.
"The next time you promise someone get a good glance of their profile. I swear she must have violated me more time than I can count. Not only intellectually, but physically." he made a face that she can't help but laugh. "Shut up, it wasn't you out there."
"Gomen-nasai"
"You better be sorry, and when did I say I would go out with her again?" he questioned, 'the first time is bad enough, I can't stand that loud mouth'
"Well I assume you would like her, I mean she is the most popular girl in school, people said she's pretty smart, she's a year older that usually mean she more mature. Besides all the guys at school want a turn at her" Hikari listed off.
"First of all, I could care less if she popular, second, who said she was smart, that girl is as dumb as a log, and her maturity match that of a two year old."
"You missed the part that she's pretty" Hikari said in amusement.
"Well, I have to say you have great eyes in hot girls but small brain. That girl can attract attentions, she must have guys checking her out the entire way to carnival, and at the restaurant." Shinji glared at her "Besides that, she's a baka" he turn and went to his room which was the guest room.
"What did she do that is so bad?"
"I don't want to talk about it" he said quietly and sank on his bed and slept.
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Flash
"Drop your weapon and come with us." a man said as he and his men went for their gun.
"Heh, do any of you guys have families?" they were a bit puzzled but they shook their heads. "Too bad, you should have live your lives as a family man then guards. Now you're going to pay for my father's competence"
"Don't go easy on him, he may look like a kid but he's a killer" the man yelled and ordered his men to fire. And one was lucky enough to glaze Shinji's defense as he ran and sliced his way through. Finally he came to the captain of the team.
"Say your last good-bye captain." Shinji grinned.
"Put you weapon down Shinji." the cold voice came, but this time he didn't recognize it and didn't want to risk turning to find out who's it was because of the cold steel on his head.
Placing the sword gently down he turned to see the woman he trusted with all his heart knowing that he was being stupid for trusting someone who worked for his father.
"Never knew you can be such a bitch until this day Misato."
"I'm sorry Shinji,"
Flash
"Never, Ever, risk my Eva because of you damn codes again. Now get out of my face"
Flash
"Get the hell away from me Katsuragi-diijo, I don't even want to look at you."
"Why should I forgive you Misato?" Shinji woke up in the middle of the night, trying to wipe the image of the woman whom he though was his friend, the one that he had ever had other than his Sensei. 'If I ever get a chance of revenge, you'll be second to my list, Katsuragi-diijo.' he glared angrily at the wall hoping an angel would punch through the wall and end it. With a large sigh he went back to sleep.
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"Shinji-kun, you'll be needed at Unit 00 testing today at 9:00 A.M." Ritsuko handed him the note professionally as they finished their test.
"Hai." Shinji said and walked out the testing room to the locker for a shower before he went to Rei's testing whom he had no idea was the First Child, if he did he surly have forgotten. Besides he never seen her during the testings.
At 9:00 A.M. sharp the test took place and Shinji tirelessly watch while behind him the woman he hated most stood with her a stern look, but every so often he would see that he stern look was to covered that fact that she was hurt. It was written all over her face.
"Why are you here Major?" he said sarcastically. She had gotten promotion two days ago for getting his ass into his father's office after the whole deal. "I know you have better things to do."
"Could we just forget about the past and be friends again?" she plead placing her hand on his shoulder.
"If you want to keep your arm attach you better get you hand off me Major." he said coldly
She dropped her hand. There was a minute of silence when Shinji finally spoke.
"Is that how you lived on Major, by running away from your past?" he turned to look at the puzzled Misato "I know all about you Major, your father was a great man, I have heard of him and more now that I know his daughter"
"You don't know anything" the tears of anger rain down her eyes, almost making back down. "My father was a bastard..."
"Until he sacrificed his life for you in the second impact." her head bows down. "It is you who don't know anything Major.
"You see, you who believed that everyone can just forget about the past and move on, but it's impossible. You for example think that you're running from the past, but in reality, you embrace it. You know perfectly well how it felt to be excluded from your father, how he treated your mother and you. Isn't that why you agreed to let your mother divorce him?" he asked and went on knowing that she would not answer. "When your father sacrificed himself for you, you vow yourself to defeat the angels to avenge your father's death."
Looking at her hands that formed a fist, he knows he had pushed the last button. "Unlike you my father had safe my life, or done anything close of giving me anything. I will always remember the day father left me on the street with nothing the clothes on my back and a few things I treasured. That day I vow that get my revenge, and I will."
"You know his work is man's last chance of survival." Misato finally spoke up.
"I'm quite patient when it comes to revenge. Sensei always said when it comes to being patient I was the top. Father will get what is coming to him once I defeated the angels. He will have no excuse left."
"You know I will have to stop you." Misato looked up with a sad smile on.
"Not if you wish to join him in hell." he smirk and left.
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"Angel detected."
"Code blue."
"You're not sending Rei up are you?"
"Iie, prepare Unit 01 for launch"
"Hai."
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"The target is moving to Lake Ashino airspace
"EVA launch!!"
"Oh no, we're detecting a high reactive energy from inside the target."
Silence
"AHHHHHHH!!!!" the piercing scream came from the intercom, the scream of pain.
"Retrieve him, cover for me" Misato said as she got on the elevator.
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'Darkness, headach, what's new?'
The sound of a push cart made him sat up.
"Ayanami, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to brief you on the Operation Yashima timetable." she said quietly "it will begin at midnight 00:00 hour." And on she went dully. When she was finished he could see the small tinge of red on her face as she looked down at him and toss him his plug suit. "You better get change."
He sigh, this was the last thing he wanted to do. He rather gone out with that witch again than get into Unit 01. But he had no choice. "Do you believe everyone can make their own destiny?" he asked suddenly as she was about to leave after explaining to him about eating, but he wasn't listening at all.
"I..I don't know."
"Then why do you fight Ayanami? If you hadn't planed it, why did you pick to fight?"
"I'm..I'm bond to it."
"I wonder if I'm bond to fight too," he whispered and got up, and turned to see that she was staring blankly at his nakedness, though he could see the blush creeping on her face. Brighter than the last one.
"I hope you don't show up like that" she pointed and turned to leave.
"Arigato Rei-chan" he gave her a sad smile and went to put his plug suit on.
~~~~~~ Flash "You will have one chance to get this, so make it count"
"domo, what if I miss?"
"Don't think it like that"
Flash "Am I to protect Unit 01 then?"
"Hai"
"Understood"
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"Commencing Operation"
"Initiating Primary Connection"
"Initiating power transmission power from District number 1 through 803"
"Release final lock"
"Ready"
"8...7...6
"High energy output detected"
5...4..
"It can't be"
3...2..1"
Shinji fired but something he didn't expect happened, the fire somehow intertwine with the angel's.
"Missed"
"The enemy's shield has broken into the Geo-Front"
"Hurry line up another shot and recharge."
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"Come on!" Shinji waited for the gun to recharge. The angel fires a shot but Rei got in front of him with a shield. "REI!!!!"
"I'm...to protect you...Ikari"
"Not with your life baka, get down Rei" he push Unit 00 out of the way and fire. This time the energy went through the angel, and with a moment hesitation it fell to the ground hard. "Rei are you okay?"
"..H..Hai, a..arigato Ikari-kun"
"Iie, just remember you're as important as everyone you're trying to save if not more, don't risk your life just to save mind." the intercom went blank as Shinji sank into his entry plug not hearing Rei's reply.
"No, no it's not"
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Sorry again for all the misspelling and grammar error, and once again, I do not care, but do try and review, or whatever.