Disclaimer: I don't own Neon Genesis: Evangelion or All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku.
Notes: This was actually meant to go up straight after chapter one, but my internet has some issues... thank you for the reviews so far!
Anyway, things actually start happening this chapter (I suppose). It might interest you to know I have never seen Catgirl Nuku Nuku - which is probably better for the purposes of this fusion.
You may notice I'm not too fond of FFN's formating system in this chapter. If it's not allowed, please let me know.
All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Rei-Rei
By Crimson Arrow
Chapter Two
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The sun came up. At least that's what they thought at first – the sun doesn't usually reach high noon in two seconds. Or rise in the north – which happened to be directly in front of them.
Yui braked hard, but found it difficult to keep the car going straight while blinded. The result was a filled ditch on the roadside.
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"Uh… You okay, Shinji?"
"Y-Yeah… w-what's going on?"
"Meow?"
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Huge, brilliant beams of light were focusing themselves onto the Ikari car and the occupants could not see outside of it.
Shielding her eyes, Yui assessed the situation.
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What the hell? It's definitely not another car… a UFO? No, be logical, Yui! Your son is here! Wait, it's moving!
Winding her window down, she decided to try and make contact.
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Huh? That sound – a helicopter? No it can't be…
"Bwahahahaha!"
Oh, God, it is! I know that maniacal laughter anywhere!
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A black helicopter was landing directly in front of the station wagon, its spotlights aimed at the mother and son. The ground and air shook as the pilot made what was an amateurish landing on the helicopter's frame – seemingly from excitement, Yui could swear. The spotlights made it difficult to see, but one could make out the silhouette of a man coming out of the vehicle… throwing his head back with laughter.
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"It's h-him… is-isn't it?"
"Don't worry, Shinji. We're getting out of here right now."
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Doing what any other mother would do in this situation, Yui put her foot down. Hard. The old station wagon quickly responded with a burst of speed… only to jerk backwards just as quickly. The ditch had also taken hold of the trailer, a hefty article that the car could not just move from a starting position up hill. Not to mention the load already on the car itself.
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"Come on… come on, you piece of junk… move!"
"We're stuck, aren't we? This is just like one of those horror movies, where the creature gets closer and closer while the victim can't do anything but stand helpless before-"
"Come out, Shin-chan! Your father's here to take you home!"
"Aargh! He's here!"
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Taking a strong reaction to anything that makes her son squeal like a little girl, Yui was already out of the car and on the offensive. Her white lab coat flapping in the wind, she looked like she was about to pull her brown locks out of her head. Not even stopping to straighten her pink blouse and blue skirt, Yui strode up and faced her old spouse. Her eyes, cobalt blue like Shinji's, were ablaze.
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"Gendou, you bastard!" she roared. "What the hell do you think you're doing? You almost killed us!"
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The spotlights dimming, they could finally see the nightmare they had tried to escape from. Always dressed to intimidate, Gendou's black business suit could be mistaken for an officer's uniform. Standing ten metres away in front of the helicopter, he kept a cool composure, accented by the tinted glassed he wore. His black hair was trimmed short and a short haired beard framed his face. In contrast to the dark colours he wore white gloves.
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"You know why I'm here, Yui. I've come to take back what's rightfully mine."
Unlike his overly-affectionate tone with Shinji, Gendou was quite cold towards his former wife.
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"Don't talk about Shinji like that – he's not an object, he's our son! And he doesn't want to go with you!"
"Of course he doesn't… not after what you've done to him."
The sudden, ominous tone in Gendou's voice wasn't going down well with Yui or Shinji, who had poked his head out in curiosity. Even the white kitten eyed the event with interest.
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"What? Are you saying I've brain-washed him?"
"Don't think I don't know, Yui… I know what've you've done."
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"What are you talking about?"
"It was quite ingenious; a way to make my son absolutely loyal to you and distrustful of me… very ingenious indeed."
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"What on earth are you talking about, Gendou?"
"You've given Shinji…
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…an Oedipus complex."
"I what!"
"She what!"
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"Don't deny it! A psychological complex where the son is infatuated with the mother and malevolent towards the father. Killing two birds with one stone… I never thought you were so devious, Yui. I'm shocked."
"…You're shocked? You're shocked!" her eyes' bulging out of their sockets, Yui was indeed very shocked.
Shinji on the other hand, was quite confused…
Do I really have an Oedipus complex? We are pretty close…but I don't think of her like that! …Do I?
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"This is preposterous! I must be dreaming – yes, that's it! This is all just a dream and any moment now I'll wake up, a white hospital ceiling above me after falling asleep at the wheel and mowing down dozens of senior citizens and preschool children before crashing into a baby animal farm. Compared to this, that must be reality!"
Panting heavily and hysterical, Yui could not believe the nerve of her former husband.
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"Um… Kaa-san? Are you okay?"
"No, I'm not 'okay', Shinji. Your father is trying to push his failings as a parent onto me!"
"I'm a bad parent? Look at Shin-chan! He's scrawny, pale, uncommonly wimpish looking…"
"Hey!"
"Oh, and such a whiny prepubescent voice! My poor, poor son…" Gendou shook his head and held out his hands in anguish. "You should be ashamed of yourself, Yui. You're a disgrace to mothers everywhere."
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That was the last straw for Yui. They could tell her she was a workaholic. They could tell her she was a terrible cook. They could even tell her she was nothing but a love-starved woman. But nobody calls her a bad mother. Especially not this man. Especially.
The next minute for Shinji was one he'll never forget. His mother swore, cursed, damned, cussed and uttered profanities from every corner of the world and beyond at his father. He knew she could get angry, but he never thought she'd explode. His father on the other hand was quite composed… for the moment. He could turn back into the obsessive father at any time.
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Taking the time to compare the two, Shinji just could not see them married.
His mother was a brilliant scientist and homemaker.
His father was a conniving businessman and a workaholic.
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His mother was very caring.
His father was very unfeeling.
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His mother liked children, hiking, and strawberries.
His father didn't like anything, except… well, him.
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She was an angel.
He was a black sheep.
They were two sides of a coin. Ying and Yang. White and Black. Man and Woman. They had absolutely nothing in common.
And at this very moment the two of them were facing off like gunfighters, poised only thirty feet away from each other, their faces hard with determination. The prize: Shinji, apparently.
That was the only thing they had in common, he realised.
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Her spectacular verbal abuse spree done, Yui got back on topic.
"… why don't you come here and say that?"
"Oh ho! I'm not falling for that one again!" Lifting up his tinted glasses, Gendou showed off a pair of black eyes.
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"Hey, when did he get those?"
"Um… I actually had a little run in with him the other week at the mall…"
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"So that's why we're moving so suddenly!"
"Forgive me, Shinji. I didn't want to alarm you… especially since I bumped into him at a fabric sale…"
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"A fabric sale?"
"He had a whole pile of baby blue with chibi bears printed all over it…"
"I needed more material for Shinji's sailor suit." Gendou proudly stated… much to Yui and Shinji's horror.
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"You sick freak! There's no way you'll ever get Shinji while I'm alive, so why don't you just pack it in and leave, Gendou!"
Moving Shinji behind her in a protective manner, Yui stood ready for a fight.
He knows he can't take Shinji by force – not by himself anyway – I made sure to teach him that. He must be up to something, ambushing us out here… well, whatever it is, he'll have to get through me first!
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"So be it, Yui."
Comparable to hard stone, Gendou's face and voice betrayed no emotion. Pulling a phone out from inside his jacket he kept this frosty nature as he made a call.
"Send her down."
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He's sending for someone? What co-
Yui did not finish the thought. The sound of another aircraft came overhead. Swooping in from an unknown direction was a VTOL transport, which was akin to a plane but with cylindrical 'wings' which held spinning propellers, letting it hover above the desolate highway.
Peeking out from behind his mother, Shinji could see that the hatch on the VTOL was open, and if he squinted hard enough he could make out a figure there. Was that… red eyes?
Before Shinji could take a second look, the figure jumped. Open-mouthed, Yui and Shinji stood shocked as the figure fell from one hundred feet. But what really brought their jaws to the ground was that this person landed on their feet.
Alive.
Please read and review. Chapter three coming up.
Oh, and a very special thanks to my prereaders Lone Wulffe, Wanderer, and EvaontheRocks. Let's all go on a quadruple date sometime, ne? teeheehee