Old Friends, New enemies
Chap 5: Synch Training???
Bucky Enters again: Hey guys I'm here, let's start
Eva crew: Oh no, we aint ready
Bucky: Come on can we at least try to get some work done today?
Shinji: Umm…Bucky, uh Asuka is refusing to do any work today…
Bucky: Why, what is it this time?
Shinji: Well…uhhh…we…uhhh were kind…up late last night…if you know what I mean?
Bucky: No I don't know what you mean
Shinji: Uhhh….you know
Bucky: Oh just spit it out man!!
Shinji blushing furiously scratches the back of his head whispers to Bucky
Bucky: OHHH, crap TOO MUCH INFO!!!!! (Bucky starts gagging)
Sorry all just read a lemon damn perverted thoughts are stuck in my head….don't worry it was my first time reading one and I had to see what all the fuss was about. I'M not usually a pervert…much…HEY I'm a healthy 16 year old…damn shouldn't have said that (Bucky starts running away the police come chasing after him with handcuffs) By the way the Fic was Body-Heat by Axel and Disaster, check it out it's pretty good even for a lemon…
As Shinji would say, sorry…. ^_^
Japan: Present
Shinji woke suddenly at the loud annoying sound of his alarm, it was only six am and he defiantly did not set the alarm. He groggily pulled his numb arm out of the covers and slapped his hand down on the loud beeping machine. He soon realised that his arm was numb and wondered why exactly. He thought for a moment then shrugged it off as he laid his head back down.
"Hmmmm…." Shinjis eyes went wide, he now knew why his arm was numb and also why he was feeling a little…pressure down below. With his senses returned he could now feel the presence still huddled tightly to his body. The sound of soft breathing was all he could hear as his had suddenly stopped from the shock of realisation.
The brown haired boy slowly turned himself around in his bed, now coming face to face with two deep blue eyes. He smiled remembering why exactly the redhead was curled up next to him. Asuka smiled back her eyes staring into his never looking away for a second, "morning." Her voice was soft much like it had been the night before.
Shinji just smiled at his friend then shifted onto his back, breaking his gaze that had centred on her blue eyes. "Maybe you should go back to your room" he whispered staring vacantly up at the ceiling. "Misato might get the wrong idea if she sees us like this" he was blushing slightly but it went unnoticed.
"No, I want to stay a bit longer. She can think what she wants to" Asuka said yawning loudly. She pulled herself closer to Shinji and put an arm around him, "thank you Shinji…you were always there for me. Last night I had the most peaceful sleep in seven years, thanks to you."
"Y-your welcome, what are friends for?" Shinji smiled sheepishly before closing his eyes. His thoughts soon returned to the alarm and why it went off, "did you set my alarm?"
Asuka who was pondering on Shinjis statement failed to answer his new question, 'friends…that's what friends are for. This isn't something you feel around a friend' she thought while unconsciously placing a hand on her chest, 'I wonder…I wonder if he feels this too? Or am I just going mad?'
"Asuka" Shinji prompted getting the redheads attention, "did you set it?"
"No" Asuka answered finally remembering his question, "I thought you did." They both shared a look of puzzlement then shrugged.
"I believe I could answer that" the voice was not unfamiliar; it was a little too relaxed considering the current situation. Shinji and Asuka sat up and spotted the figure standing in the doorway and both began to stumble out of bed. "Oh don't get up on my account" Misato teased, she smiled broadly at the two teens that were very embarrassed.
"M-Misato…it's not what you think" Shinji began as he fumbled to find something a little more substantial to where other than his sleeping boxers. "Asuka was just…I mean she…just sleeping in the same…"
"It's ok Shinji" Misato said calmly smiling at the poor confused boy, he held a gaze that just begged the question 'why?' Misato thought it only fair to tell them how she knew "your father sent me the reports from when you two lived together. This isn't the first time you've done something like this."
"What!" Asuka screamed she had now extradited herself from both the boy and the bed and was now standing in the middle of the room wearing practically nothing. "They kept reports on us, but that would mean…"
"Yes" Misato sighed answering the unfinished comment, "you were both chosen as Eva pilots from when you were three. After both your mothers died you were assigned to live together until Asukas training in Germany took place at the age of seven. You did not meet by accident; it was no twist of fate you lived together."
"Umm…Misato," Shinji scratched the back of his head trying to get his guardians attention. "Uh why did you set my alarm for six am in the morning?" it was still bugging him and Shinji really didn't want to talk about the past, though it was a somewhat happy one…sometimes.
Something inside Misato snapped and she quickly remembered why she had woken Shinji up so early. "Oh yeah that" she said while motioning for the two to follow her to the kitchen. They all walked quietly into the kitchen where they sat down at the table. Shinji sat next to Asuka and they both sat opposite Misato. "Just wait a moment, she'll be here soon" Misato said as she reached over for a beer.
Shinji and Asuka exchanged puzzled looks then looked back at Misato who just gulped down a beer. Shinji looked back over to Asuka who was beginning to shiver in her sleeping attire, which was just a shirt and pair of panties. He suddenly remembered the jumper he had picked up on his way out of the room and handed it to the redhead. "Here, it's cold" he smiled as Asuka gratefully accepted the woollen jumper and slipped it on.
Misato smiled at her two young charges who just until recently had been fighting and ignoring each other. Now the two seemed to have made up and were back to normal, well as normal as two kids who pilot forty story high robots could be. Misato sighed inwardly repeating to herself something she had known from the very beginning, 'this burden shouldn't have been placed on them.'
A cold silence stretched out over the group until a loud ring was heard from the front door. Shinji got up and walked over to the door, he peered out the peep hole and then retracted the latch and opened it. In front of him stood the beautiful figure known to him as Rei Ayanami, with her blue hair and red eyes. "Ayanami?" Shinji said a little confused.
"Oh come on in Rei" Misato yelled cheerily to the door, "Shinji why don't you get our guest something to drink?"
"What," Asuka yelled loudly still remembering the comments that Toji and Kensuke said about this girl being close to Shinji. "What is SHE doing here at this time in the morning?" Asuka was now standing and waving a clenched fist.
"I asked her to come to discuss the parameters of the next mission" Misato switched to her Major of NERV voice prompting Asuka to sit down. "Now Rei why don't you have a seat" Rei and Shinji both joined the other two women at the table, with Asuka making sure Shinji sat next to her.
"Now" Misato began still in her military voice, "as you all know the 7th angel is still very much alive. We were able to injure it with the use of an N2 mine but it will be battle ready in about four days. Due to the Angels ability to duplicate itself we cannot attack it normally. The only way to kill it is to instigate a simultaneous two point attack. In other words attack with two Evas that are completely synchronised."
"So what your saying is we will learn a certain fighting pattern and both Evas will have to move as one?" Asuka concluded being as smart as she was. Misato nodded and Asuka smiled triumphantly, "then why do you need the three of us?"
Misato shook her head "I don't one of you is here but not really meant to be." Before anyone could comment the violet haired woman continued "the two pilots will have to learn the moves and be able to achieve a 100% synch ratio with each other. There can be no room for error on this or it will all be over before it began."
"Well that's easy" Asuka declared proudly she pulled an arm up around Shinjis neck and shook him gently, "me and my Shinji will be able to do that no sweat."
Misato shook her head "I'm sorry Asuka, due to your actions in the last battle you are effectively grounded from this one. Shinji will be paired with Rei for this operation. It is your own fault that you will not be able to accompany Shinji in this battle and therefore you should learn your lesson."
"WHAT," Asuka jumped to her feet once more her face was now seethed in rage and her fist was clenching tight enough to see her veins. "NO way, this sucks I'm not going to sit by and let Shinji go into a battle with that LOW class fighter. Her synch scores are barley over the 30% mark and you expect her to Synch with MY Shinji? God she couldn't Synch with a doll!"
"I am not a low class fighter" Rei stated in her famous monotonous voice. She looked at Asuka from across the table "and I believe Ikari and I will have no problem synchronising together." Rei stared at Asuka and tried to recognise the redheads' emotional response, 'is that jealousy?'
Asuka whipped her head in the direction of Shinji who was just sitting there as usual and like usual he had the same clueless face. "Shinji why don't you say something, you're my friend and you're suppose to help me. Shinji are you even listening to me?"
"Uh…huh?" Shinji snapped out of his private musings and looked at Asuka who growled verbal abuse towards the First Child. "Ah, Asuka" he whimpered trying to get his friends attention, "ah I don't mind trying to Synch with Rei."
"WHAT," the young German girl slammed her fist down in front of Shinji, "that's not what I'm talking about. It's the fact that she'll be spending too much time with…" Asuka stopped in mid sentence, 'was I about to say that?' She pondered this fact for a second but was interrupted by Misato rambling about something. She looked over to the brown haired boy who seemed to be…happy. 'Why is he happy is it because he'll spend time with her?'
Shinji watched on with amusement at the way Asuka and Misato were arguing. 'Why does Asuka protest so much? She really values her status as a pilot' He looks back toward Rei who is still sitting with the same expressionless face. When the blue haired girl noticed Shinji her lips upturned slightly giving Shinji the view of an amazing smile he had only seen once or twice. He smiled back unknowing that Asuka was glaring at him. 'Maybe it won't be so bad after all' he mused as Asuka and Misato continued to argue.
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Japan: Early 2007
Asuka moved quickly around the play equipment dodging poles left and right while trying to avoid being hit by the ball. She and a group of friends were playing brandy a form of dodge ball of sorts. The objective of the game was to trow the ball at your opponents and if you hit them they would take your place of being 'it'. But if they caught the ball you would remain 'it' and would no longer be able to 'tag' the person who caught your throw.
It was one of Asukas more challenging games which she played with the boys and girls from the next year level. Of course the boys and girls from her level were no challenge for her, except one. The only reason Shinji Ikari did not participate in the game was because he didn't like the concept of people bigger than him throwing a ball at his head. "I'm not a walking target" he said every time Asuka asked him to play.
The way the young seven year old boy would dismiss the game made Asuka doubt that was the real reason he didn't want to play. She had her suspicions some of which involved the boy's usual timid behaviour towards others and some that didn't. One that Asuka had suspected was he had found a couple of other people to play with, ones who didn't throw balls at him. On the other hand she had a nagging suspicion that he had found only one other person to play with and she was terrified of that one person for one sole reason, it was a girl.
Asuka stopped thinking long enough to dodge an incoming shot by one of the other girls who were currently 'it'. Her mind cantered back on the game and she soon found herself climbing up onto a platform to gain a vantage point. The young redhead quickly surveyed the playing field taking every little escape route into account. There were five other players due to this the era of play was decreased to an equipment area not even a quarter size of the oval.
While taking in the view of the playing field something interesting caught Asukas eye. Over to the left of the play equipment where she was sat the small sand pits. In the sand pit was where a recognizable brown haired boy was playing and making a sand castle. What caught her eye the most was the brown hair that didn't belong to Shinji, it was long and in pigtails. This sight was enough to make the young redheads blood boil up.
"Hey Asuka, you're it" a voice called as the small tennis ball slammed into her gut. Asuka looked puzzled as she gasped for air; apparently someone had noticed her staring off into space and decided to tag her while she was vulnerable. The young German looked down at the ball then back over to the sand pit at her friend. "I'll teach him" she stated picking up the ball. She carefully selected her target which happened to be a boy called Adam who was in the direction of the sand pits.
With her target selected Asuka jumped off the platform and landed with a thud, Adam stared in awe as not even he could land that jump perfectly. With this momentary distraction Asuka drew her arm back and then sent the ball hurtling towards the stunned eight year old. As she expected the ball missed, just as she had planned it to. The other kids laughed because now she would have to go get the ball from way over there, but that's exactly what she wanted.
Asuka ran up to the ball and picked it up off the ground she was now several feet away from the brown haired boy who was facing the other direction. She pondered her approach for a few seconds but when she saw the other girl pat Shinji on the back her mind said 'SCREW TACTICS!' She stormed over to the boy and forcibly grabbed him by the ear "Shinji, we need to talk NOW."
"AHHHHH…..A-Asuka? OUCH…let go" Shinji whaled as he felt the pain of being jerked up by his ear. He decided to pull himself up so the pressure to his ear would be less, "Asuka, what are you doing? Ouch that hurts…"
The young redhead scowled at the confused girl sitting on the ground where Shinji used to be. After staring daggers at the other girl for a while she walked off dragging a complaining Shinji behind her by the ear. Once far enough away from both her friends and Shinjis new friend she stopped and released her death grip on the boy, "just what do you think you are doing?"
Shinji rubbed his ear unconsciously and just stared at his friend for a minute, it took him a while but he soon answered "Ahhh…making a sand castle." His dumb response was enough to make the redhead fume, "A-Asuka calm down I was just playing with Remi, my friend."
Asuka scowled "oh, so I'm not good enough anymore? Just because I go and play some big kids games you go and find yourself another best friend." Her voice was cold and angry showing him that she was both hurt and upset. "Who exactly is she? Is she your girlfriend?" Asuka asked sarcastically, though she dreaded the answer.
"W-WHAT?" Shinji stammered almost falling over, "Remi my g-girlfriend….no way, nu uh." The brown haired boy was now waving his arms in defence "she's just a friend."
"Just a friend huh?" Asuka asked sticking her face close to Shinjis, "you better be telling the truth or I'm going to hurt you when we get home." She gave him her meanest look then pulled back a little, "now go tell her that you are coming to play with me."
"But…but I don't wanna play your game it's painful" Shinji whined, the look he was receiving from the redhead told him to obey or die. "Ahhh…ok…ok" he stammered "sorry Asuka you know you will always be my best friend."
Asukas face lightened up for a second then hardened a little "Shinji you can also tell her to stay away from you because you are mine. Tell that damn little girl that you're my boyfriend and if she comes near you again I'll squash her like a bug."
"A-Asuka?" Shinji just stared at his friend dumbfounded for a whole minute before she lightened up and smiled.
"Shinji" she said a little more soothingly, "you are my boyfriend ok? And I don't share." Asuka closed in a little and quickly gave Shinji a peck on the cheek, "when we are older I'll give you a grown up kiss. Promise you'll give me my first, and I'll give you yours."
As soon as Asuka backed away Shinji fell on the ground from complete shock, "uh huh…ok…promise" he managed to stutter before attempting to stand.
The young redheaded German smiled sweetly then grabbed Shinji by the hand and dragged him back towards the sand pit. "Remember Shinji, you promised and I'll hold you to that!"
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Ok peeps I'm gonna leave it there now for tonight. It is 11:09pm and I have exams so wish me luck. I know in retrospect it's pretty short, only really two scenes but it is 3000 something words so hey. Anyway that little flash back at the end will play an important role during the Synch training and after as well.
Rei is going to be paired with Shinji, well we all know what that means don't we. In the next ep find out how Synch training is affected when you want to be doing it with someone else instead of your partner. Well it's late so ill seyas lter and wish me luck again ^_^ all say a little prayer to Unit-01 for me, after all Unit-01 is now god floating among the stars an eternal proof of mankind's existence.
Seya on da other side……………………..
