Disclaimer scattered about in previous chapters.
A/N: I wonder if I will actually meet 25 chapters...
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"THE TERRORISTS SHOULD DIE!" A man shouted from a mob of furious civilians.
"HEARTLESS, UNGRATEFUL DEMONS IN GOD'S GARB!" Another man shouted.
Soon after England's explosion in England, UN had blamed the explosion on the fanatics who they were fighting against. Though they were now not nearly as much of a problem as before, their adaptation to their fewer numbers resulted in guerrilla tactics. This gave enough reasons for UN to direct all faults and blames to them, even though there were no casualties to UN.
The mob made their way to be recruited into the army, so they could be armed and fighting against their new enemies. Even some former fanatics had joined. Propaganda for hatred had done miraculous work once again.
Kensuke was, of course, rejected on first sight.
Misato was glad that their human resource problems are solved, but not so happy that more are going to die in this pointless war that will not hinder Shinji's plans any.
Shinji sensed something, however. There were no UN casualties despite most of England being blown into pieces and UN soldiers supposedly moving in. He was uneasy about this whole mess now that his suspicions had reached its peak. Propaganda had been proven to be a powerful force in driving the civilians toward a common goal in the past despite twisting the truth. This propaganda was no doubt the same.
"The following have been approved by the army." A captain of the UN forces stated to the thousands of men and women before him. "Thomas Littlejohn, Mark Brand, Abraham Longboat, Sayla Casomea..." He went on and on until over three fourths of the people he was speaking to had left to be equipped and trained.
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"This is all going according to plan."
"Yes. Yes it is."
"Rokubungi seems to suspect us. We should eliminate him as soon as he finishes his part."
"Agent Ryouji will be a powerful ally if he accepts."
"If he does not betray us like he did SEELE."
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Shinji swung his sword for the 998th time. Not only did his friends and classmates move down into the Geo front, so did that dreaded dojo master. He had personally sought out the boy, and began his lessons once again despite Shinji's status as commander. The bold martial artist was a man who will not take nonsense, a student was a student unless it was not class hours.
"999..." Shinji whispered, as he swung his sword once again. Swinging his sword in front of a shelter door made him stick out just as much as in the dojo, and he didn't like that at all. "1000!" Shinji shouted, as he gasped hungrily for air and rest. His sweat was not feeling very good inside his metal plug suit. Sighing a breath of relief, he sheathed his sword.
"STOP!" The large white man shouted behind him. "You haven't been training during your time in the hospital! You must work TWICE as hard to achieve results!" The man smacked Shinji n the back with his kendo stick, leaving a red mark. "ONE THOUSAND MORE SWINGS!"
"Y-Yes master..." The meek little boy said, grimacing in pain. He unsheathed his sword and began swinging once more. "1... 2... 3..."
Just then, a red haired girl slammed the door open, panting. It looked as if she was about to collapse from running. "SHINJI!" Asuka shouted from where she stood.
"W-What, Asuka?" Shinji stepped back reflexively at the sight of her face, and the sound of his name. He brought his sword to shield himself if needed.
"Shinji, our phone isn't working. Fix it! I'm hungry!" Asuka demanded.
"Why don't you just cook something yourself?" Shinji asked, as he returned to swinging his sword. "DAMN IT! I could have escaped this torment!" Shinji thought to himself as soon as the words left his mouth.
"Baka-Shinji, there's nowhere to transfer me to. Now get going!" Asuka said as she walked in to grab Shinji by the collar. It was true, all NERV branches were either destroyed or occupied by now, and an important person such as Asuka could not be sent to the barely there, useless branches still alive. Shinji's ace card had been lost.
"Y-Yes Asuka... Sorry master." Shinji bowed, and left the dojo with a smile on his face. He escaped 997 swings of his dreaded katana.
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The pair made their way to the NERV employee quarters, where everybody working at NERV sleeps. Asuka had no idea why she dragged Shinji here to look after her phone, instead of asking a technician found just about anywhere.
"Asuka... Slow... Down..." Shinji said in between breaths as Asuka ran like the wind dragging the poor boy behind.
"Quit whining!" Asuka simply kept running, and skidded to a halt in front of her door.
"Are you sure this is how a hungry girl gets food?" Shinji asked god mentally, unable to voice his thoughts in fear of being attacked.
"Now fix it!" Asuka kicked the boy in and went in after him. "Work work work! Mistress Asuka demands it, baka-Shinji!" Asuka shouted, and seeing Shinji looking at her diary she threw a nearby dictionary at the boy's head.
"Ow! What was that for Asuka?"
"Don't you know diaries are precious secrets?" Asuka answered angrily, as she made her way towards the boy. "Touch nothing, look at nothing, and do nothing except the phone and fixing the phone!" Asuka commanded.
Shinji sighed and turned his head away from the mysterious red covered book with a two layer lock. He wondered what had been written in there. He had never seen it open since the day he gave it to her. He looked at the phone he was supposed to fix as Asuka kept on ranting in the background. Instantly, he sweat dropped.
"HURRY UP! I'M STARVING!" Asuka screamed.
"Asuka... You didn't plug the phone in..." Shinji sighed as he grabbed the cable, and began searching for the socket. If he had bothered to turn around, he would have been awarded with a rare, blushing Asuka. "And besides, why didn't you ask Makoto or Shigeru? They're probably closer to me anyways, and they're off duty." If he bothered to turn around to say it to her face, he would've seen the blush deepen and her eyes glaring with fury.
"Quiet, baka-Shinji! They're not slaves like you!" Asuka retorted, and turned away quickly in case Shinji does decide to look at her.
"It's old, Asuka." Shinji said coldly, which surprised Asuka out of her blush and into a pale state. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Shinji said, as he finally found the socket and proceeded to attack it with the phone's plug. A mirror was moved aside.
Asuka looked at him in surprise, and found herself looking right back at her. Hearing a snicker from behind, she turned around and knew what she had to do.
Kill the person closest to her.
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Touji gathered up his courage, and stepped in front of the dreaded door once again. He lifted his nervous hand up to knock on the reinforced barrier, but the door flew open, smashing into him.
"TOUJI! Sorry, my sisters need me at the hospital. Gotta run!" Hikari left in a hurry, leaving a dumbfounded Touji behind.
"What's the point..." He sighed to himself and went back to his own shelter home.
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Shinji caught Asuka's wrist just barely before she made contact with his skin. The kick, however, found its mark as Shinji was hit by a swift roundhouse to the neck. He didn't flinch from the blow at all, as his eyes simply flickered to rage for a second. Asuka froze in her position, giving Shinji a great view at what was under her skirt.
Moments passed in silence and stillness, as if time had stopped. Asuka in fear of what she might have set off, Shinji simply trying not to pass out.
"A-asuka is wearing..." He found himself muttering before blood rushed out of his nose and the world had began to whirl around him. He quickly steadied himself as the alarm sounded.
"PERVERT!" Asuka screamed before she kicked him again in the same spot, bringing him to the floor and running out at full speed to her Eva.
"Asuka..." The boy murmured as he got up, rubbing his neck. "Why... Asuka..." His eyes were filled with an unholy flame as he walked out after the speeding girl, forgetting about the blood left on his face.
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Shigeru and Makoto ran back to their consoles, throwing their empty pop cans into the garbage. Maya followed soon after.
"What is it this time?" Misato asked the techs, standing in her usual spot behind them. She looked at the monitor that displayed the world map. "Oh, damn... JSSDF's kamikaze assault!"
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Outside NERV, what remains of the JSSDF after the propaganda was spread joined forces for a final attack. America had a second civil war, and could not lend the forces to assist the Japanese. This was their last chance, the war was going to be drawn to an end.
Leading the charge, was a single Jet Alone. It was colored a golden color, the cracks in various other bright colors. The lance it held was an original copy. A sword-like weapon, the handle was in middle of the dull side, as opposed to the lance which was seen in the previous Jet Alone battle.
"This is our last assault! We will bring down the evil organization, and bring peace to the world!" The acting commander of this final army shouted, as cheers echoed his speech. "For the honor of the Japanese Strategic Self Defense Force!" More cheers followed.
"FOR JSSDF!"
"FOR HONOR!" The soldiers chorused.
The massive army began their final assault with high spirits and full stomachs. This would very well be their last meal, as NERV had a reputation for having an invincible soldier as their commander.
The invincible soldier who they were determined to prove vincible.
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Shinji smiled upon hearing the news right before he entered his entry plug. He would not have to destroy Japan, Japan had willingly came to him. Deciding the usage of all angels would be unnecessary, he prepared himself for his battle.
"Permission to release Gaghiel granted. All other angels are to be on Standby, major." He said to his cellphone.
"Yes sir." The reply came, and the cellphone was shut off. Shinji laid the cellphone onto the ground, and climbed into the machine that he is linked to.
"Unit-01, launching." He said to the communication system. Stepping onto his preferred launch pad, he smiled as he felt the pressure of speed. He prayed Asuka had not begun before him, though he preferred to make sure it stayed silent.
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Asuka arrived at the surface and waited for the idiot. The last thing she wanted to do was kill little people while vibrating like a gong. Shinji can do that while she takes the credits.
Grabbing her modified Positron Rifle, she jumped onto a skyscraper and waited for the army's attack to reach Tokyo-3. Shinji can go up front and personal this time. Or at least until only the Jet Alone remains. Seeing the glaring light radiated off of the golden Jet Alone, she knew she would be put to action soon.
Just as the golden being was within shooting range, Shinji popped from the ground below. Seeing this, the red haired girl quickly opened a private channel.
"Took you long enough. I'll snipe this time!" Asuka told the boy, and simply stared in awe as the boy simply charged into the massive attack force with a beastial roar. "S-Shinji! You were supposed to engage them when the city is within their firing range!" Asuka shouted, but was no use. Shinji wasn't listening as he drew his sword, slicing apart a fighter jet beside him.
Shinji dodged the incoming sword from the dreaded golden golem, as he spun right past the beast and slashed with his sword yet again, crushing three tanks beneath its massive edge. Three blue balls flew past him, and marked death for almost a quarter of the tank and foot soldier brigade.
The soldiers all unleashed the strongest of their armor piercing shells on the purple demon, hoping it would be enough to penetrate his deadly field. They had little success, however, as Shinji simply expanded his AT Field and blew those around him into a whirl of scrap metal and ripped flesh. Closing all communications, the boy continued his slaughter in peace and ecstasy.
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"Shit! Launch the N2 Mines!" The leader of the kamikaze attack shouted, as a bunch of artilleries from behind all aimed and fired at the mammoth that had been tramping their forces.
The N2 mines exploded upon contact. However, the mammoth simply ripped through the smoke and began assaulting the artilleries with charred paint. The large fist found its way down on a few, before a lance stabbed into its back.
"YES! Destroy him through the opening!"
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Asuka watched in horror as her teammate's back was assaulted. She rapidly and randomly shot out her modified positron rifle, hoping to destroy as many attackers as she can to save Shinji's hide. Literally.
"ASUKA! What are you doing? Half of your shots are missing and if you keep going like that your rifle will melt!" Misato shouted through the communication system, but Asuka didn't pay any attention to her.
Continuing her barrage, she threw her rifle away as it blew up in her hands. She leaped from her building to the next, and from the next to the last. Expanding her AT Field, she leaped straight into the middle of the enemy forces, crushing whoever was unlucky enough to be under her.
Unfortunately, what she aimed at dodged the attack.
The golden JA ran towards Unit-01 in order to retrieve its weapon. It dashed through the JSSDF ranks, not caring it was stepping on its allies. The barrage was over, Unit-02 would soon rip them apart anyways. However, the JA had not seen all of Shinji's tricks.
A roar came from the Eva who had its communications shut off. Asuka heard it clearly. The AT Field suddenly expanded and ripped the lance out of its back, hurling it towards its rightful owner.
Said rightful owner caught the lance and changed it back to its sword form. Asuka could imagine the grin she had seen on the MP Evas when she had been the victim. That dreadful grin that had always threatened to show itself in her dreams, but never really did.
Asuka pulled herself together, as she did what the JA had predicted. She stomped and smashed wildly, blowing tanks and planes up left and right, staining her hands in a mixture of blood and burns.
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Shinji laughed as blood dripped freely from his Eva's back. The lance was powerful indeed, but he trusted in the abilities of his mother. He pulled out the counter sword inside of his Eva, and began ripping the rest of the N2 artilleries apart. More bashed into him, but his AT Field stopped them for the most part. He shot the artilleries with the gun embedded upon the sword, and swept whatever he could. The JA was now occupied with Asuka, and he was free to stop any more of these high powered assaults.
Suddenly, Shinji's communication was forced back on. The face of Misato appeared in front of him, startling him out of his rage.
"M-Misato! Don't do that!" He tried to regain his composure, but found himself unable to return to his berserking state.
"SHINJI! What the hell do you think you're doing? You got stabbed for god's sakes and you turned off communications! Do you know how much danger you are in?" Misato scolded the poor boy. "Leave communications on! ON!" With that, the video feedback disappeared and Shinji was left alone once again.
"I have to be careful again, huh?"
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Gaghiel charged through the fifth artillery ship with his speed and power, sinking it. He was almost done. The young angel bit through whatever escaped sailors it came across. Poor men had no chance, as harpoons and bullets simply were ineffective against the protected chunk of supersonic meat.
Each time a ship sunk, the attacks of Asuka and Shinji would grow more and more furious. Gaghiel's mission was to make sure they performed at top performance.
Biting down on another sailor, swallowing him whole, the angel made its way to the next ship.
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Asuka jumped backwards, dodging a swing of the mighty blade the JA had held. She knew that two Evas would never be able to take down the large army she was up against, so she decided to focus everything on this new foe as missiles and cannon fire rattled her AT Field.
Pulling out her progressive knife, she stabbed the small blade into the Jet Alone. However, the blade simply sawed at its golden armor, as if the armor was indestructable.
"I-Impossible!" Asuka cried out in disbelief. "How can it be so powerful?"
"Shinji! Permission to use Armisael" Misato said over the common channel. Shinji agreed, as if reading Asuka's mind.
"Thank god you have a brain, Shinji." Asuka thought, as she pulled back from her attack. She wasn't fast enough, however, as the side of the blade rammed into her, knocking her away.
"ASUKA!" Shinji shouted to her.
"I'm alright, baka-Shinji!" Asuka got up, and jumped back once again to dodge the dreaded sword. A purple blur came from behind the JA, and rammed its metal blade right into its chest. Apparently it had not affected the monster at all, only sparks flying. The JA swirled around and threw its sword right into the Eva's chest.
A painful scream echoed in Asuka's entry plug. It seemed the blade had made its way right through to the entry plug, as Shinji's image showed the LCL's color reddening and draining. Asuka felt a sense of rage and hatred at the machine, but she could not understand why.
"I'll... I'll kill you..." Shinji murmured, his left arm slightly cut by the giant blade. A slight push more, and his arm would be cut cleanly in half.
The words Shinji said invoked a hidden memory from the disturbed girl. It was her first time seeing physical damage to the pilot of an Eva, and it certainly was not pretty seeing it from somebody you cared for. Looking at his injured arm, and remembering what had happened to her arm when she had said the same thing, she felt the pains she had gone through so long ago.
A curse of her mind, a curse that affected her physical body as well.
"Baka-Shinji! Stop it!" Asuka shouted, as she rushed to the boy. The boy rose his injured arm, as if to grab the JA. Suddenly, just as the sword changed into a two pronged lance just long enough to rip Shinji in half, Asuka jumped in and knocked the lance sideways away from him, ripping the flesh on the chest of his Eva. "You're not dying on me yet, Ikari!"
"I'll kill... I'll kill you..." Shinji simply muttered in return. His Eva's chest was ripped open to allow the lance to exit his body, but still he tried to fight. "Kaworu... Mother... Watch me..." Shinji said weakly, as the purple on Asuka's screen blurred yet again, this time to pick up a purple sheath from the ground.
Asuka barely dodged the sword aimed to slice off her arm as she watched Shinji in awe. She returned the attack with a knife to its arm, but no effects were apparent. The armor on this thing was of monstrous levels.
"Baka-Shinji! Are you alright?" Asuka asked worriedly, praying Shinji was safe.
"Asuka... Don't..." The boy murmured another word after it, but it was barely audible. He unsheathed what was inside the sheath he had picked up, and slashed a lightning quick slash at the blasted mecha. The sword simply slid off the armor, causing a deep, long scratch.
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The JSSDF leader smiled. The JA they had built had cost them at least 10 times the original cost, and it was paying off. Despite not having an AT Field, it was taking blows as if they didn't matter. The lance information they had received from SEELE helped out as well, ripping through AT Fields easily. The small red bud of a head should have been replaced by a MP Eva head to complete its flashy appearance.
The golden machine brought its blade up to counter the blow Shinji had dealt, but its back was hit with a massive punch. Dropping the sword at an angle, the monster failed to strike its intended target. It turned around, and was slashed yet again by the boy's sharp edge, another deep scratch forming on its back.
It will not go down without some heavy weaponry, and these meelee attacks didn't fit into that category.
The two pronged attack repeated itself, as the JA whirled around and around unable to determine a target. Eventually, a small line ripped in its back. The damaged purple demon grabbed that small opening and began to forcefully rip it open. Transforming the sword to a spear, the JA stabbed it into Shinji's leg. Pulling it out, the purple giant fell, and the last of its LCL spilled.
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"Unit-01 synch rate down by 19.24 percent! Outside interference from LCL leak!" Maya shouted her report. "Refilling from reserves. However, damage to entry plug cannot be fixed remotely."
Misato gritted her teeth. This was no ordinary JA. This JA had fought off two intelligent, experienced fighters through sheer strength. "That super robot soul of his better be real." Misato thought to herself. "We can use some awesome desperation power right now..."
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Asuka charged at the golden being as it was about to stab Shinji on the ground. She managed to knock the spear away from hitting his entry plug, but ended up having it stabbed right into his eyes, one prong in each. A bone-chilling scream came from the boy, as he held onto his eyes tightly in desperation to ease the pain.
"SHINJI!" She found herself shouting, as he forcefully ripped the lance out of what was once his eyes. He held onto the lance and tried to wrestle it out of the JA's grip.
Asuka decided to help him, as she slammed her progresive knife repeatedly into the crack Shinji had made. Hoping that will be enough to rip open some of its armor and cause it to stop its struggle, she kept on bashing at it.
What she had forgotten, however, was that a JA was a pure mechanical thing, rather than a biological being like angels. The blade she held missed its mark many times from the tugs Shinji was giving, but eventually the small knife ripped into the circuits as it started to crack. Throwing away the damaged weapon, she began ripping what was inside with her armored hands.
She was thankful Shinji had changed their skin-tight plug suit into these new ones.
Just as the armor began to bend and start to peel off, an elbow landed in the red Eva's chest, knocking it down onto the ground, where the giant foot stomped on her repeatedly while still fighting for the lance.
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Shinji would have seen it as a chance, had he been able to see. His monitors were off, and his eyes were in extreme pain. He simply kept on tugging at the weapon he held in his hand, trying to pull it free. Without the lance, it won't matter how good the JA's armor is. It wouldn't be able to touch either of the two Children.
He found the weapon changing to a sword, trying to loosen his grip. However, his grip stayed tight, even though the edge was beginning to cut into his right hand's fingers.
"Give it to me... GIVE IT TO ME!" Shinji shouted to the machine, as if it could hear him. The dusty air blew into his wound, hurting it as if salt had been a part of it. He felt less force resisting him, and heard the pounding of metal on the ground.
Knowing from the feel of the resisting force meant the JA was standing, he was baffled by the sound. Where was it coming from? Why is it there? Questions ringed through his head, and suddenly the lance came loose. A slight tug more, and it would have been his.
But realization decided to hit at that moment.
"ASUKA!" He shouted as he opened the communication system. His only reply was grunts of pain with each passing pound. The grip on the lance slipped in his worry, as he was back to square one. He gritted his teeth, and resolved to buy Asuka enough time for her to project her AT Field.
The tug of war began once again. Shinji, or the JA will have possession of JSSDF's key to victory. Suddenly, LCL had filled up his entry plug once again. Though it was a brief existence for them before flowing out of the cut to his plug, it slowed the outside interference enough for Shinji to stab the sword right into his own stomach, ripping it out of the hands of the machinery before him.
"DAMNIT!" He shouted, as he felt the stab. On the verge of darkness, there was only one thing left to do.
Though the pain was unimaginable, he stabbed it right through his own stomach, right into the ground where the Jet Alone would not be able to pick it up easily. Smiling at the job he had done, he stopped fighting for consciousness and closed his eyes.
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"Pilot of Unit-01 fainted! Life signs slightly unstable!" Maya shouted.
"Major. Release Sachiel and Zeruel. Have them escort a medical team." Fuyutsuki stated from the commander's desk. "In event Ikari is incapable, you and I are allowed authority." He added to avoid questions.
Maya carried out the order, as Shigeru contacted the rescue team.
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Asuka saw a slight break in the machine's stomping, and rolled out of the way. She looked at the golden machine before him without its weapon, she understood why she was saved.
She smiled to herself, as communications opened. No doubt to deliver good news.
"Asuka! Shinji has fallen unconscious, suffering heavy damage. Don't let him be hit!" Misato shouted, and her smile instantly vaporized into thin air. Looking at the massive wound in his stomach, she understood how. Looking at the small tip of the sword he had been wrestling for, she pieced together why. "A team is being sent with Zeruel and Sachiel! Hold off the Jet Alone until they get here!"
"Understood." The girl said solemnly, before shielding Shinji with her AT Field at full power. What remains of Armisael's victims will not blast her Shinji to smithereens.
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Shinji sighed as he finished scrubbing Asuka's dirty floor.
"Tell me again why I have to serve my subordinate like this right after I got out of the hospital?" The boy sighed.
"Quiet, baka-Shinji! I saved your life! Now go do my laundry!" Asuka demanded leaning on the door, as Shinji carried a basket full of feminine clothing out with his head hanged in shame. As he approached, Asuka leaned close to his ears and whispered a few words that made Shinji blush and rush off.
Giggling, she looked at the miniature, non-shape shifting replica lance in its sword form hanging in her room. "Of course, a mistress SHOULDN'T reward her slave. But..." Unconsciously, she rubbed her stomach.
To be continued... Maybe?
A/N: Yes it's getting repetitive. Only America to go! Let's give that to Queen Misato!
Propaganda is a dangerous thing. It teaches the people what the government want them to learn, and it bends people to their will. Very dangerous.
Me making up names is also a dangerous thing. I suck at it. I just looked at my phone book and pieced together random last names and first names I found in it.
Here's an omake!
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"Give it to me... GIVE IT TO ME!" Shinji shouted to the gray haired boy in front of him. "OH YES GIVE IT TO ME!" He continued in ecstasy.
Waking in cold sweat, a pair of teens, one light blue eyed and the other dark blue eyed, said the same thing at the same time.
"Last time I read a shounen-ai manga right after a lance joke."