As the group drove home, it was a rather quiet ride, mostly because Chang had been swearing so loud in a variety of languages, German not exempted, that everyone was shocked into silence. "So...Chang." Asuka said slowly, as if conteplating something. "Were you in the military?" She asked, desperate for some one to break the suffocating silence that hung over them. "Yeah, I was. For two years before they discharged me." He replied sullenly, still swearing under his breath occaisonally. It was obvious that he hated living with others, but would if he had to. Misato looked back at Asuka in the rearview mirror as if telling her to stop asking about Chang's military career, and said "So, Chang, why did you come to Japan in the first place?" "Heard it was a good place to fight at the time." came her answer as Chang looked out the window, staring at the passing building which seemed to decay more and more everyday. "So..." "Don't even think about asking me about why I was discharged, second child"
Commander Gendo Ikari sat behind his desk, his hands folded in his trademark position, watching something on a small screen. "Hmmmm, so he can pilot the EVA after all. He just prefers not to. Well, that will change. Fuyuski, bring me the rest of his file." He finished over the intercom. The sub-commander entered and handed to Gendo Chang's entire file, classified documents included. "This boy will allow me to accelerate my plas beyond the shadow of a doubt. Is he also being lodged by Major Katsurugi?" "Yes, sir. His belongings are being transfered there now. But-when we went to search his belongings as you ordered, we discovered enough fire arms to put down a small riot." Fuyuski said, worry evident in his voice. "I am well aware of that, Fuyuski. Send everything in his bags to the Major, and hope she does not find the bottle of sake he has in there"
The next morning,Chang looked at the section 2 agents who had just delivered his two remaining duffle bags(A/N: if you in the military, or have friends or family in the military, you probably know what i'm talkin about.) "You went through them, didn't you?" He said as he drew a 9mm from his pocket and prepared to fire. Luckily for the agents, Misato rounded the corner at that exact moment. "ATTENHUT!" she creamed, causing Chang to snap at attention, and saluted, dropping the gun, which went off as soon as it hit the ground. "Carry on, soldier." Misato grumbled as she went rummaging for a beer. "Rock of the Marne, ma'am." Chang yelled over his shoulder as he proceeded to chase the agents down the stairs and across the parking lot, screaming about something called a campaign hat(A/N: a campaign hat is what a drill sergeant wears, and after nine weeks of seeing one everywhere you go, you start to get a little paranoid. as for what Chang said to Misato, that was what my company said to officers after they told us to carry on. for anyone who cares, the company that says 'Rock of the Marne' is C Company, 1st battalion, 38th infantry regiment, or C1/38) "It's too early for this..." Misato moaned as she cracked open her first of many beers.
As Chang, Shinji, and of course Asuka walked to school that morning, they noticed that Chang now sported a gorgeous shiner on his eye. "What happened to you?" Asuka said as she tried to stop laughing at the site of it. "I killed a man and ate his liver, then his bitch of a German wife walloped me with a baseball bat, what do you think happened?" He roared at her, clearly not in the mood. How was he supposed to know that there were like twenty section 2 agents in the area? Well, at least the NERV hospital staff would be busy today, seeing as he had given them a religous beating afetr they blacked his eye. Asuka started shaking with rage, mostly because of the reference to her(so she thought, anyway) and partly because he had yelled in her ear, and she had sensitive hearing. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" "YOU HEARD ME AND-OW! NOT THE NOSE, YOU-" Shinji sighed, and quickly walked away, leaving them to sort this out. He did not relish being around Asuka when she got like this. "Hey, Shin-man!" He heard Toji's voice yell. Turning, he saw Kensuke, Toji, and Hikari walking toward him. "Where's Asuka, Shinji?" Hikari asked. As Shinji opened his mouth to answer, he was cut off by a barage of American curses, followed shortly after by a barage of German curses. The other three nodded to show that they undrestood. Asuka rounded the corner with her face as red as Chang's hair, which rivaled the color of her plugsuit. As Hikari was about to ask what the problem was, Chang rounded the corner with a bloody nose, looking as if he wanted nothing more than to just destroy all of Germany right then. "Crazy ass woman. Why don't you just go frig yourself on a picket fence like a good little girl?" Chang muttered as he passed the group. The three boys looked quite ill as the mental image invaded their minds. Hikari looked quite perturbed as well, and without a second thought, slapped Chang, giving his face another battle scar.
"Commander, are you aware of what the boy is?" Fuyuski asked as the pair walked down one of NERV HQ's many hallways, this one leading to the cafeteria. "Yes, I am well aware of that, as I stated earlier this morning. How is our latest project coming along?" "It will be ready for actual combat testing in roughly two to three days, Commander. May I ask why you have deemed it neccessary to create a positron cannon large enough to destroy half the city?" "You will understand soon enough. And I must ask you not to mention that outside my office ever again. No one is to know what we are planning to do." As they entered the cafeteria, the Commander's cell phone went off. "Yes Major? He did WHAT? I see. Have him removed from police custody ASAP." Gendo sat down at one of the tables and began to massage his temples. "Sir?" Fuyuski said uncertainly. "That boy will be the death of me"
Alright, this chapter is drawing to a close. What is Chang? What is Gendo's plan? Who got arrested? and more importantly, where the heck are my pants? reviews are welcomed at this time. next chapter...well, we'll see. catch on the flip side. til then, keep it real.