A/N: Yes as you can tell music plays a huge part in my stories. I like just about any type of music. At the end of the chapter here I'll have a link to where the best Eva music videos can be found. Well this will more then likely be the it for at lest a week; While my little brother is here visiting me for his spring break… and for me that brings up a question. Why come up here to Minnesota when he could go just about any where he wanted... oh well I guess he has his own reasons.
Disclaimer: Yeah again I don't own anything…
Chapter14
The Katsuragi apartment was quite, almost too quite. After Shinji's little…. First move should we call it, Asuka hid her self away in her room. Still pretty much in the same state of shock she was when it first happened. But still the memories replied in her head over and over again. Why didn't she fight him? That was the question that she asked her self over and over again.
'Why didn't I punch him or slap him?' Asuka asked her self. 'Did I really like it that much?'
The answers wasn't coming to her. She needed the answers to her questions, and there was only one person that could answer them. And it wasn't the boy in the living room that has his head stuffed in his SDAT player.
Slipping out of her room she tipped towed her way past the living room and to the front door. Where she slipped her shoes on and grabbed her coat. All while Shinji sat on the couch reading something about some car. Yes Shinji was starting to think about car now…. He needed something other then Misato to get him around town.
It was getting late across Tokyo-3, with the sun setting the buildings should be coming up from the ground soon as well. This was in Kou's mind as he walked back home from a back breaking day at work. Little did he know that he would be used for manual labor? Moving things from one place to another then back again. It really didn't make much since to him. But he needed the job and the cash. He understood early on in his and Anata's relationship that Anata; like most girls where not cheap. He didn't like seeing it like that. But along time with on and other can only go so far, now and then treating his love to a night out was needed. But the way how things where going in this city, that was going to be hard. And something about Anata the last couple days, something told him that there was something going on in her head. Something that she wasn't saying a word about.
'Today's pay wasn't much, but it's something. Just enough to put some away and take Anata out… Maybe a nice diner?' Kou thought to him self.
Kou continued walking home aware of the fact that across the street Asuka ran by. Heading to Kaji's own little place there in the city. Strangely enough the small apartment wasn't too far from the apartment complex that the gods and goddesses lived. He had gotten the place so while he was in town he can have a place to rest, take a shower, make something good to eat…. Well even though his extent of cooking is no better then that of Misato's. Speaking of…. It's also a place where he and Misato can well you know for what.
It didn't take Asuka long to find her self at the front of kaji's apartment door. She slowly brought her hand to the door, but before knocking on it she stopped. 'What if Misato is there too? Oh who caries!' Asuka screamed to her self.
In side that apartment Kaji was fixing him self something to eat. He watched and waited for the water to boil for his cup of instant noodles. He let out a sigh. "I really wish that I knew someone that knows how to cook…."
Hearing the knock at the door, a smile grew on Kaji's face. "Maybe that's Misato with some food….."
Going to the door he opened it to find Asuka. "Asuka? What brings you here?"
"I need to know something." She replied.
"About?"
Asuka walked past Kaji, making her self at home. "Sit down I'll tell you what happened."
Not to far away, Kou had just gotten home and was going about making some dinner. But something didn't escape his powers of perception. The first aid kit was out, there was a bullet hole in the bathroom wall, and there was some blood in the bathtub.
"Something happened here…"
Kou then found the school's laptop sitting there on the kitchen counter top. It was still on, so closing it he noticed that there was some more blood on the edges of the computer. Getting the feeling that something didn't go too good while Anata was on her little intel gathering mission. He still went about making dinner; he would get it out of her.
It wasn't long until Raziel returned home. When he opened the door he could smell Kou cooking. "Wow I'm starved… what's for dinner?"
"Beef and bell peppers." Kou replied.
"But last time I checked we didn't have any beef…."
"I know." Kou said. "Beef here is too much."
"Then why not just say bell peppers?"
Kou stopped and thought about it. "I don't know…. Raziel?"
"Yes?"
"Why is there blood all over the place?" Kou asked.
Raziel looked back at Kou, who was looking back at him as he cooked. "Well…."
"Uh….. You see…… 'Oh damn this is going to be bad….' I… think that you should talk to Anata about that one." Raziel finally replied.
"I can, but she's the type that wont give me all the answers." Kou replied. "So you can tell me."
"Damn…. Okay look you didn't hear it from me." Raziel said.
"…And that's what happened." Asuka said finally finishing her story.
Kaji sat there at the table just looking at Asuka, unsure if he should laugh or fear for young Shinji Ikari. But he had figured that he better say something of use to Asuka for two reasons. One because something that not going to be of any use to Asuka will result in her yelling, and two of course to prevent a her giving Shinji a beating that he wont soon forget.
"Asuka maybe he is just taking the first step, have you thought about that?" He said.
"First step in what?"
"Making a relationship."
"What do you mean?" Asuka asked.
Kaji smiled, and handed Asuka a can of soda. "That's something you'll have to ask Shinji."
"Shinji has his own reasons."
Else where Shinji sneezed just as he pulled his cello out of its case. He looked around and shrugged his shoulders. "Must be coming down with something…. Winter it on its way…."
"Now Asuka just go back and talk, not yell; but talk to him. If you go in to that apartment with out a chip on your shoulder, or convinced that he was only being perverted. You just might get some answers from him." Kaji said.
At the gods and Goddesses residence Kou had just finished going through the story that Raziel had.
"Again once more please." Kou said. "I want to make sure that I heard you right, Anata got shot?" Kou asked.
Raziel nodded slowly. 'Oh god he's going to lose it. I've only heard stories of how protective he is of Anata from Yu.' Raziel back away from Kou slowly.
"Why did you back up?" Kou asked.
Raziel went back to where he was standing. "N-no reason…… Umm. How are you feeling after hearing about this?"
"I'll talk to her." Kou replied. "But the one thing that's getting me is how come you didn't take her to a doctor?"
"WHAT!" Raziel yelled. "I tried, she threatened me! Do you know how evil she can look!"
"But you didn't force her?"
"She also said that she didn't like doctors." Raziel pointed out. "You're her boyfriend you should know that!"
Kou dried his hands with the towel and put the towel over his left shoulder. "I know about her dislike of doctors, but she still should have gone."
Just then Anata came in. Her arm still in the sling, and she was looking hungry ad tired. "Hi….. That smells great…"
Kou smiled then greeted Anata with a huge. "Welcome home….. How come your arm is in a sling?"
"Oh, I… hurt it today." Anata replied as she started to snoop around the kitchen smelling dinner.
"How?" Kou asked. Raziel stood there looking back and forth.
"Maybe I should be going… I can see if Rei wants to hang out of something…." Raziel said looking for some way to get out of the apartment.
"Oh no Raziel stick around dinner will be ready shortly." Kou said glancing back at his friend. "Anata? Was it a bullet that hurt your arm?"
"DAMN IT RAZIEL" Anata yelled. "You told him?"
"HE found the bullet in the bathroom wall!" Raziel yelled back. "What you wanted me to lie for you?" He asked. "Well no way, I've gotten shocked enough for that one. Anymore and that means I have to take the classes with my mom. It's bad enough to have your mother to go to those classes, but to go with her…. No way!"
"I'm taking you to a doctor."
"Like hell! You know how I feel about going to see one." Anata shouted. "Besides Raziel patched me up really good, the bleeding stopped a long time ago."
Kou looked over at Raziel after hearing about that. "Oh no don't pull me more in to this then I already am, remember I wanted to take you to a doctor too remember?"
Out side Rei was returning from NERV and was able to hear the whole thing… Well that is anyone could hear it, but Rei was the only one around. She wanted to keep on walking but the conversation was… Interesting to her.
"…. Anata it could get infected. That can make you get sick. Then that can make matters worse." Kou said. "So please can we please take you to see someone?"
"No doctors, I don't even like seeing the doctor in the heavens, what makes you two think that I'll see someone from here in this universe?" Anata said then she sat down on the edge of the bed.
But there was a knock at the door, getting back up Anata went to answer the door. "Look see I can answer the door, I don't need to see a doctor." Opening the door she found that Rei was standing there. "Oh hello Rei. Please come in." Anata said, stepping aside to let Rei in.
"Hello Miss Rei." Kou greeted.
"Hi." Raziel waved.
"I could not help but over hear, Maybe I can be of some help?" Rei said.
Anata stood there and blinked for a moment. Then she looked over at Kou and Raziel, then back at Rei. "How much did you hear?"
"Every thing from when you said that you did not like the doctor from the heavens…" Replied Rei.
Kou, Anata and Raziel's eyes went wide.
'Oh damn we're so busted!' Anata mentally screamed.
"I also know that there was a security breach at the NERV compound today during the sync test." Rei went on to say.
'Crap! We're in for it!' Raziel thought.
"… And that the assailant was shot." Said Rei.
'We've been had!' Kou thought.
"Look Rei, what you heard… Please don't tell anyone. We only want to get back home." Anata pleaded. "Please don't turn us in."
Rei knew that they where good people, they where kind to her. She did not want to cause any trouble to these people. "Please let me see the wound."
Kou and Raziel watched as Rei retreated the wound. She cleaned it, and rewrapped it. Much better then what Raziel had done. When she was done, Anata was able to move the are much easier. "Wow I can move it easier… Thanks."
"The sling was not needed." Rei replied. "You should keep it clean."
"Thank you Miss. Rei, but should she get to a doctor still." Kou asked.
Rei shook her head no. "I am skilled in basic first aid, as long as she keeps it clean the wound should heal in time. And you don't have to worry I wont tell anyone about you."
"But why?" Raziel asked.
"Because you are kind to me…"
Elsewhere, Fiona was starting her first day as a waitress job. She's never really had a job before, but she was enjoying it. "Here you go sir." She said cheerfully as she placed the plate in front of the customer.
"Thank you."
Fiona smiled. "You're welcome, is there anything else I can get for you?"
"No that will be fine for now."
"Well if there is anything you need just ask." Fiona said then went on to the next customer.
Out side, Kensuke and Toji where walking by the vary same place that Fiona was working at. "… Man this sucks, how come we always are the ones that clean up this stupid class room?" Toji whined. "And now I'm hungry…."
"I know the class rep always……." Before Kensuke had the chance to say more he noticed something in the window to the place they where walking by. "… Toji look its Fiona Morisato!"
Toji looked in to the window, and sure enough there was Fiona Morisato. "I'll be damned… Come on lets go in."
Not noticing who had just sat down, Fiona walked right up to the table. "Hello what can I get you two day?"
"Two pepsis please." Kensuke said.
"Kensuke…. Toji?"
"Yep.. We didn't know you had a job." Toji said.
"But we saw you in the window and thought we'll stop in." Kensuke added.
"I just started today." Fiona said with a smile. "This is my first job so help me look good." She added in a whisper.
"Sure thing." Toji said back in a whisper.
"I'll have those pepsis here right away."
Watching Fiona walk away, Toji turned to Kensuke. "So you sure that she said that she has a boyfriend?" Toji asked. "Because she's too cute."
"That's what Shinji said… but come to think of it I haven't seen her with anyone….." Kensuke said trailing off. "Hay you don't think that Shinji is hiding something from us do you?"
"What? No way. He already has three hot babes to deal with I don't think he needs a fourth." Toji said quickly dismissing the idea.
"Here you two go." Fiona said bring back their drinks. "Is there anything else I can get you two?"
"No we're good."
"Okay well if there is anything just asks." Fiona said then she walked away back to another customer.
Toji sat there and thought about some. 'She is pretty cute… and she has a much better personality then the class rep by a million times…' "Say Morisato? What time you get off?"
Fiona looked at the clock on the wall. "In about three hours why?"
Toji then got really red. "No reason I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to the arcade later."
"Toji, I have a boyfriend." Fiona said making the point clear.
"I know Shinji told us, but as friends. Would you like to go?" Toji asked all while Kensuke sat there in shock.
"Umm okay… Just meet me here then." Fiona said then she went back to work.
Toji looked over at Kensuke. "What?"
"Just what the hell was that?" Kensuke whispered loudly.
"You want to know who it is right."
Kensuke then quickly calmed down. "Good point."
Meanwhile back at Misato's apartment, Shinji had moved from his cello to reading a magazine.
"Lets see… If I would ever get a motorcycle, according to this magazine a Ducati is the one to get…" Shinji said to him self just as Asuka was walking in the apartment.
Asuka walked right to the living room and found Shinji there on the couch. "Hi Asuka."
"Why?" She asked.
"Why what?" Shinji asked back.
"Why the hell did you kiss me like that?" Asuka asked, making her self more clear.
"I don't know, just something came over me…." Shinji replied. "Don't hurt me Asuka!" Shinji yelped as he stood up from the couch.
"… Shinji…."
Thud
At about the same time, Misato was getting home from doing all sorts of paper work. "It's been a long day… I need a beer."
Opening the door, Misato was greeted by Pen-Pen. "Hi Pen-pen, you miss me?" Misato asked the bird as she picked it up.
WARK! (Oh God please feed me!)
"You're a good Pen-Pen, come on lets get a beer…." Misato said as she carried the bird in to the kitchen, but along the way she walked past the living room where she just cough a glimpse of Shinji and Asuka making out on the floor. At fist she didn't believe her own eyes and so kept on walking. Then she just had to know for sure. So walking back to the door to the living room she looked in it again. and lord and behold there was Shinji and Asuka making out on the living room floor. She looked at Pen-Pen again. "Beer?"
WARK! (About time those two made up and hooked up… yes beer would be nice.)
At the Morisato Apartment. Raziel, Anata, Kou and Rei had just finished eating.
"That was quite good." Rei complemented Kou.
"It was really nothing." Kou replied with a blush.
"So Rei what are you doing later on this evening?" Raziel asked. "Maybe you'd like to find something to do?"
"What about Yu?" Anata asked under her breath.
"I have studies to attend to…." Rei said.
"Well…. You mustn't put off your studies, but when you do you should make the best of it." Raziel said, making Rei give Raziel a questioning look.
"Ahhh…. One of mom's few rules I like." Anata remarked. "Go on you two have a good time. But Raziel, don't forget about someone…."
Raziel rolled his eyes. "So Rei what do you say?"
"Vary well…."
"Alright! Come on let's get out of here so we can give those two some alone time…." Raziel said.
"Suck up…." Anata whispered.
It wasn't long until Raziel and Rei was gone, leaving Anata and Kou alone.
"Want some help cleaning up?" Anata asked.
"That's alright, I can manage." Kou said as he cleaned up the mess.
"Come on Kou… please I'm really sorry for not letting you know right away." Anata pleaded. "I don't like it when you're like this, I'm sorry."
"It's okay you know that I can not stay mad at you… So how was your day at work?" Kou asked with a smile that told Anata that things where going to be alright.
"Well…" She smiled. "I was in the back of the shop looking for a tool, when I came across a bike. It's a Ducati, and to top it off I asked the boss if a can fix it up. He said that if I can get the thing working I get to test drive it! Isn't that cool!"
"Sure is, what color is it?" Kou asked.
"It's red and black. When the thing is fixed it's going to me freaking sweet." Anata added.
bring it back yo, rock'en roll!
At the arcade, Toji and Fiona played an old arcade game from before second impact. It was an racing game. A game that Toji was sure he could beat any one at. Well he was wrong, big time. "Holly crap! You said this was the first time you ever played this game! How the hell did you ever get so good so fast?" He asked while fighting the steering wheel to the old Initial-D version 3 arcade game.
life goes on manzoku shiteta sukoshi no kibou dake de
mattereba dare ka ga mirai kimete kureteita
(just get you back and bring it back on)
Fiona, like it was nothing and effortlessly, down shifted and drifted in to a hair pen turn. "My dad when he was in college was really big in to motor sports, even though he raced motorcycles, I think I got some of his skills of driving….. Oh hold on!"
nante chiisai jibun nan darou? bust it up!
(here we go, 1, 2) move it up and break it!
ima sugu yume made hashirou
(bring back yo it's the right time, hey boy, rock'en roll)
"So he taught you and Anata how to drive? AHHH! Damn it……" Toji screamed as he watched in horror; as his S13 slid in to the guard rail. Making him slow way down.
Gamble, you gatta chance to make a Rumble!
GIRI GIRI no SUTEEJI (oh yeah!)
Gamble, you gatta dive in to a scramble!
ichi MIRI mo mayowazu (check it out come on!)
mamoru beki MONO nante jitsu ha sonna ni nai
(give it up yo! give it up yo!)
sukoshi dake tsuyogatte kake mashou zenbu play the game!
"Yeah but I'm not really in to the stuff, But Anata on the other hand is really in to the sport." Fiona replied. "If she can get hold of it she'll drive it." Fiona down shifted again for a soft right then a hard left, setting her car up for a breaking drift letting her get right behind Toji.
let's gamble hey jumbo now shake your bum and do the rumble
surudoku RAIN o sanbon TENSHON agarippa de BANBOO
toujou move sanninjuu minnasama no anminchuu
bakuon de "omaera UZAAi!" toka iwaretatte enen to
I like to move it move it I'll make you move into it
kokusan no EGUi NOIZU kamasu GINGIRAGIN yokubou sarasu
SUTAATO kara GOORU made matomete WAAPU shite
MAHHA gogo de nuki satte ikou
to your next stage
"So what dose your old man drive?" Toji asked. he then shifted his car in to the next gear, hoping hat it would help him stay ahead.
boy can't you see? jibun rashisa o kezutte sugoshiteita
daishou ni te ni ireta no ha furukusai MORARU
(just get you back and bring it back on)
Catching up fast to Toji. Fiona glanced over at Toji as he drive his car on the game. "He drives an old BMW K1… But motorcycles aren't really my thing."
okubyou na kono mure kara ima bust it up! (here we go, back to)
move it up and break it!
nani mo motanai de tobidasou
(bring back yo it's the right time, hey boy, rock'en roll)
Toji clintched his teeth. "Damn it….. how come I never see your boyfriend?"
Gamble, you gatta chance to make a Rumble!
togi sumasarete iku (oh yeah!)
Gamble, you gatta dive in to a scramble!
chokan o shinjite (check it out come on!)
honmei no kimi no ai igai ha iranakute
(give it up yo! give it up yo!)
sukoshi demo mayou no sute mashou it's gonna feel so fine!
"Oops almost got the railing…… he's back home." Fiona replied.
breakdown
come on hey do the rumble
Fiona's little RX-7 FC then moved up to right beside Toji's S13.
152! MURAMURA to beat ga chouhatsu suru
MOTSU mc chou TIINEIJAA jinrui saisoku rap geisha
speakeasy e youkoso ooban furu mau doumoto
zenbu hatte SUcchauka? HA! gamble rumble
"Can't let you pass me….." Toji said to him self as he tried to press the gas harder. "He's back at the town you just moved from…. Long distance relationships don't work."
Gamble, you gatta chance to make a Rumble!
afure dasu me mai ga
Gamble, you gatta dive in to a scramble!
HAJIKE souna last game
Gamble, you gatta chance to make a Rumble!
GIRI GIRI no SUTEEJI
Gamble, you gatta dive in to a scramble!
ichi MIRI mo mayowazu
isshun no sentaku de subete o nakushite mo (give it up yo! give it up yo!)
koukai ha misenai de aruku makete naki mashou
"They work if we work at it. but I'm sure things will be alright in the end…. And I win." Fiona said clapping happily. Toji sat there looking at a big 'you lose' on the screen. "Want to play again?"
bring back hey, one more time
Toji let out a heavy sigh. "No I just got my ass handed to me…. let's find something else to play." Toji suggested. "Or maybe something to drink?"
Mean while at Misato's apartment. Dinner was quite, too quite. Besides that fact that Shinji and Asuka was slowly eating the instant that Misato cooked while they where in the living room.
"So you two….." Misato started to say but she stopped to take a drink from her can of beer. "… What's new?" she asked, like she didn't know already.
"Nothing…." Shinji replied in that tone that told everyone that something was going on.
Asuka covered her face for two reasons. The first to hide her blushing face and the second to keep her self from smacking the daylights out of Shinji for slipping up.
"So Shinji what is new?" Misato asked, this time directing the question to just him. "Do anything new……"
"No……" Shinji started to sweat heavily. He looked over at Asuka who was giving him the look. Then back over at Misato who was giving him a look that said it's okay to say something….
"Uhh… I.. um that is…. You see…." He stammered over his own words.
"Oh damn it Shinji!" Asuka yelled. "Can't you tell she already knows!"
"Yeah I know. Wow you guys……." Misato said. "I'm happy for you two I really am, but just don't let things get out of hand. If you know what I mean?"
"Don't worry…. Shinji isn't going to get that lucky." Asuka said.
But else where at the Morisato apartment, Kou was sitting against the wall with Anata sitting against him. They both had a blanket wrapped around them.
"Kou, why dose things like this happen to us?" Anata asked.
"I believe that your mother said that for one to experience true happiness, they must first experience pain." Kou replied.
"Then we better have crap loads of happiness in our future." Anata said. "And by future I mean vary near future."
"No kidding…."
"Yeah I just want to go back home. Finish up high school start up college, get married have kids and grow old with you." Anata said in a rant.
"Sounds like you have it all planed out." Kou said. "And it sounds like a good plan."
"Because I thought of it. That's why it's a good plan."
"Of course…." Kou replied. "But we need to keep what your Aunt Urd told us about being more careful."
"Oh yeah….." Anata said placing her index finger on to her chin remembering what had happened a couple of months ago.
Flash back
Sitting there in their room, Kou was reading a book when Anata came rushing in out of breath. "What? What is it?"
"Kou I'm late." She simply replied.
"What late for work?" He asked, more then slightly clueless.
"No Kou I'm late!" She said again.
"For?" Kou asked.
"You know…" She whispered. "For my visitor…."
Kou sat there for a moment. Then it finally hit him. "Oh god….."
Down the hall, Urd was sitting in her room watching the latest daytime talk show when she heard a frantic knock at her door. "Hold on… Hold on… gees sister you know he's cheating on you…." She remarked to the TV.
Opening the door, she found Anata and Kou there looking at her; both with the deer in the head lights look. "What?"
"We need your help?" Anata said.
Urd moved aside and motioned for them to come on in. "What can I do for you two?"
"Aunt Urd. I'm late." Anata simply replied.
Now Urd has know for some time about Anata and Kou's activities, and has kept it from the others out of respect of Anata and Kou. And knew right away what was going on.
"Close the door. And have a seat."
Minutes later Anata and Kou breathed a heavy sigh. "Thank you, or thank you I'm not knocked up!" Anata cheered.
"That was close….. Thank you Miss. Urd for clearing that up."
"You two need to be more careful….."
End Flash back
"…. You know we can just get some of those here too." Anata suggested.
"I don't think normal ones will work, besides it's two risky here." Kou said. "And besides I'd much rather wait until we get back to our own universe where we have the correct…. Tools available."
"Good point… God that would suck big time." Anata said. "Having to explain to mom and dad about bring back a kid….."
"That it would…. That it would."
On the radio a song that Anata liked started to play. "Oh I like this one….."
I can't even feel the wind
without knowing pain.
I want to close my eyes, but
I start to see something...
But I always wish
that you alone would not change.
The day will come when I will know,
with my true heart,
the answer to these feelings
that were born in the depths of my heart.
One by one, I'm learning
things like heartbreak and smiles
Even though I knew those words
my heart was confused
But know I can tell of
the meaning of love.
I think there is something
that only I can do for you.
Someday, without a doubt, the day is coming
when I will protect you.
The answer to these feelings
that are born in the depths of my heart
is that someday, without a doubt, the day is coming
when I will protect you.
"The song reminds me of you." Anata said.
"…. Has my day came to protect you?" He asked.
"You do it all the time."
Down in the geo front, Gendo stood in shock at the sight of the thing that was floating in the tank of LCL.
"It's amazing how she looks almost exactly like the second child." Ritsuko remarked.
"Indeed… Has she opened her eyes yet?"
"No Sir, but the…" Ritsuko paused the think of the right words to say to describe the girl in the tank. "… Girl has shown extremely high levels of bran activity."
"Inform me when she wakes up."
"Yes sir."
T.B.C.
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