Author Note: lol I don't know, I couldn't see these two together honestly, and they hate each other to much. But I need to do 15 pairings so I didn't have much choice. It was still fun to write though. Half way there people!

Title: How to Slay a Demon
Author: Neochick
Theme: #14 First Come, First Serve
Fandom: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Pairing: Touji x Asuka
Disclaimer: Sadly the characters of NGE do not belong to me in anyway or form. They belong to GAINAX.

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The remainders of the eightieth grade class, having diminished to a mere ten after the last angel attack, were chatting as lively as always despite the fact that the teacher was droning on about one thing or another. Asuka secretly thought he was completely deaf and blind, not that she cared since his muttered Japanese was too hard for her to follow anyways. The red head grinned at her best friend's futile attempts to control the class.

"Come on! Guys-"

"Shut Up Hokari!" The brunette fumed as she fell back on her chair. Asuka waved her off causing Hikari to collapse on her desk table top.

"Hikari just relax, live a little." Asuka redirected her attention to the conversation she'd been previously involved in. The rest of the period was very unproductive but the teacher didn't seem to notice. The bell rung and Hikari did her usual stand bow instructions but when she added sit the class blinked in confusion.

"There's an announcement that I would like to make on the behalf of the student council." The kids groaned in response but clammed up at the icy glare they received. "Now due to the last attack, the school needs to raise money for the repairs of the courtyard and room 1-3 thru 1-8." Asuka rolled her eyes as Shinji scrunched down in his seat. He'd been the one that had accidentally stepped on the school; of course they didn't need to know that. Besides it wasn't like they needed those rooms anyways. "So we've decided to put on a fair to gather funds, as well as lift the sprits of the students."

Quiet excited murmurs broke lose in the classroom but Asuka's best friend was not one to ignore when she was speaking and they were set in their places rather quickly. "The catch is that in pairs, the students have to set up booths to help." Another groan, another glare, the balance restored once again. "If it's any encouragement, the group that makes the most cash gets the next week off from school-" Hikari was cut off from the expected cries of delight and gave up an more attempts at keeping there attention. "Tell me when you have your booth idea, class dismissed." Asuka grinned and followed the brunette out of the room.

"Oi Hikari! So what are we going to do for our booth?" The class rep turned around with a grimace on her face. Asuka didn't like that look.

"I'm sorry Asuka but I'm going to be too busy with the preparations to make a stand. Maybe you can get Ikari or Ayanami?" The German scoffed at both choices.

"A doll or an idiot? Oh how wonderful." But Asuka knew that she had to pick one of them so she ducked back into the class only to see Shinji and Kensuke conversing about there stand and Rei no where to be seen. Damn. The red head stormed up the aisle to the set of desks that the two boys sat at. "Hey, what are you doing with MY partner?"

Kensuke just smirked. "Asuka I asked him first, go find someone else." Asuka tossed a glare at her fellow pilot and watched him flinch.

"Fine, I'm sure there are lots of people who would kill to be my partner." That's right, his loss! Asuka looked around, as was another individual. Everyone seemed to be paired up. That's when there eyes met and they froze in horrific realization. "Ah hell no." She remarked as the person across the room seemed to do the same. Asuka made the first move, strolling up to the boy whose face reflected the terror she felt. "Let's get this straight, I'm in charge you say nothing unless spoken to. The sooner this is over the better and we'll be relaxing next week."

Touji Suzuhara rolled his eyes at the girl's demands. "Whatever." The two sat down, trading glares as they began brainstorming. It started out with the idea of a dunk tank. Of course Touji was quick to shoot that down, aware of where his partner was going with the thought. "There is no way in hell I'm letting you trick me into sitting up there." Asuka pretended to play innocent and immediately scratch the idea off the list as quickly as it came.

"How about one of those cotton candy stands? They'd sell fast."

"And get that sticky pink stuff in my lovely red hair? You're an idiot!"

"Well I don't see you coming up with any bright ideas!"

"Why not do one of those fishing games? Even a moron like you could run that." Touji twitched at the comment.

"I bet you would scare away all the kids with your face! Then I would have to do all the work." Asuka kicked Touji hard in the shin followed by a loud yelp. The whole class at that point was looking at them with disbelief.

"Jelly for brains!"

"Demon from hell!"

"Will you guys just cut it out? I can hear you all the way down the hall." Both snapped there head at the door where Hikari was standing with an exasperated look on her face.

"He started it!"

"She started it!"

They screamed and pointed at each other, completely obvious to how in synch they were. The class rep wandered over to the desks and motioned for the rest of the class to get out, to which they complied. "Guys, can you just get along? Just this once. It'll be over in a week anyways." Asuka's intense glare on the male lessened and the fourth child followed suit. "Look why don't you just do a rice ball stand. We were going to ask someone to do it anyways and since you can't agree to an idea…"

"Sure Class Rep." Touji was the first to speak up, taking the advantage of being on Hikari's good side. The brunette looked over to her best friend pleadingly.

"Looks like I have no choice."

"Then it's settled, thanks guys. You don't know how much less stressful this whole thing will be if you act more civilly to each other." And with that she left the two alone. They looked one another up and down before both rising to their feet.

"I'm only doing this for Hikari's sake."

"Hey you think I want to do this for any other reason?"

"How should I know, maybe you like to take advantage of innocent little girls."

"Innocent my ass!" Asuka glared at him, which he gladly returned before going their separate ways. The last sound in the room was a muttered curse in German as well as the word demon echoing off the walls.

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The week went by far slower than either Touji or Asuka would have liked. They would have loved to have said that it had gone along smoothly as their mutual friend had wanted but the jock's bruised body and the German's strained throat proved otherwise. Currently the two were exchanging verbal blows as Touji built that stand and Asuka scrutinized every move he made.

"It's crooked!"

"It is not, the ruler says its level."

"But it's practically falling over! And you're doing it all wrong."

"Well you can jump in at anytime!" A nerve popped out of both their skulls and they both turned to each other to give them all they had.

"How's it going?" They flew apart instantly at the sound of the Class Rep's voice. The pair had agreed to at least be civil in front of her. "The stand is looking good."

"See-" Then the former fourth child cried in pain as Asuka's foot dug into his, grinding it almost into dust.

"Thank you. Touji here did a good job." The red head said through gritted teeth as she glared daggers into the male. Hikari smiled nervously at the obvious tension and waved her hand.

"Okay then…well keep up the good work." As soon as the brunette left Asuka unleashed a deep sigh and removed her foot, Touji grasping at it in pain.

"Damn you! Do you want to break my foot!"

"Was it that obvious?" The red head smirked as he cursed her name to oblivion, returning to nailing the pieces of plywood together. Wanting to rest her voice, the second child turned to the rice cooker and began unloading it to make another set of rice balls. Maybe this would get him off her back. Poking at the salmon she'd salvaged for them, she began rolling the snack and placing it on the rack. She looked around for one of the other ingredients but it was no where to be found. "Oi Dumkopff! Where did you put the Umeboshi?"

Her voice surprised him into bumping his head into the bottom of the shelf. "Damn it!" She rolled her eyes and muttered that he was a baby in German. Touji got to his feet, throwing the hammer on the ground. "If you're going to insult me, can't you at least do it in a language I can understand?"

Asuka scoffed at the response and decided to get out of the booth. Touji soon followed in frustration. "We're not done here!"

"I need a break." She yawned to reinforce her statement.

"But you hardly did anything." The female blatantly ignored him and moved across the field to where Shinji and Kensuke were sitting and talking, having already finished their stand long before the two. Shinji nodded to his friend as they walked up and Kensuke smirked, propping up his elbows on the counter of his balloon popping booth. "Hey Shinji! Tell your roommate that she needs to pull her weight." The third child suddenly became very interested with something under the table and disappeared from view.

"If Shinji and Asuka were newlyweds then you guys must be an old married couple." Shinji poked the cameraman's leg, an 'are you crazy?' look on his face.

Asuka grabbed the sandy haired boy's collar before he could respond. "Look here four eyes! Never in a million years would I ever marry that Neanderthal!"

"For once I agree." They both looked at each other and then shot their gaze else where.

"I don't know you look pretty compatible to –ACK!" Shinji hide his face as Asuka crushed her fist into Kensuke's face, leaving a huge welt on his cheek. The foreigner smirked in satisfaction, spinning on her heel and walked back to her booth before Touji could even figure out what was going on. The fourth child grimaced but made no attempt to apologize, he deserved it.

"MORON! Hurry up!"

"Stop yelling!" But he complied none the less. The rest of the preparation went surprisingly well except for the occasional argument. Hikari checked on them again one last time and then the fair began.

"Come and get your rice balls! First come, first serve!"

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"Pass me that cloth why don't you." Asuka looked over her shoulder and whipped the piece of fabric at him without a second thought. Unfortunately, the dish rag happened to be full of rice she had picked up earlier and the grains sprinkled across her partner's jet black hair. "Hey!" Asuka just whistled, tuning him out and rearranged the ingredients into a cardboard box. The carnival was coming to an end so customers were trickling away. The stand had made a hefty profit due to the popularity of the rice balls as well as the entertainment value of the pair. You would think they would get tired of bickering all the time but they still kept going at it.

"-sell twice as much if you had only… Hey demon! Are you listening to me?" Asuka did nothing to acknowledge him. Touji grabbed her shoulder and roughly turned her towards him. "Why the hell don't you ever listen to me?"

"Why should I have to listen to a pee brain like you? I have no idea what Hikari sees in you at all. I bet you don't even realize that she likes you!"

"Hey-"

"And another thing, your always calling me demon? What's up with that? I'll have you know that there are plenty of guys that worship the ground I walk on. I bet you're just jealous."

"Asuka, would you just shut-"

"At least Shinji understands when he's done something wrong. You act as though you're oblivious to the fact mmmhh!" Her words were cut off by the jock yanking her head to his, contorting his lips around hers. The red head froze completely as the fourth child pulled her away. The girl didn't know what to do and simply stood there.

Touji, satisfied with the effect, rubbed his hands together and left the stall as well as Asuka, the German for once lost for words.

'That shut her up.' He laughed at his new discovery; the best way to slay the demon was not with a sword but a kiss. Those fairytales had nothing on him.

Back with Asuka, she finally came too and realized that the jock had left. "Hey, hey!" She croaked at first then built up in volume. "Hey! Dumkopff, you can't just kiss me without my permission! Hey stop walking away!" And she darted after him.

Rei sat on a bench close by, a book in hand. She completely ignored the fact that two of her classmates were now running around shouting at each other. Shinji walked over, glancing at the two with one eyebrow raised. "Hey Rei, how did you're day go?"

"I've decided that fairs are bizarre."

"I hear you."