A/N: Hi, OMAKES updated in last chapter if you haven't checked since 4/23/06. And for you S/A fans, I made sure to have an alternate universe fluff, happy? Sheesh, review ideas in for reviews, help with a Hellsing Omake would be appreciated…I can't decide to make Shinji Alucard or Rei Seras or both or something else. I can't make it funny…maybe Misato as Integra releasing the control art restriction system on Shinji?
For those of you who complained about Asuka not being the sole pairing read the Omake last chapter and enjoy this chapter as much as possible, please.
Bold: Sound
'Italics': 'Thoughts/Yui/maybeKyokolater'
/Words/German speech/ (If you don't get it, suggest a different format)
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The first day of school for Asuka was okay, she was the talk of the school. 'Who the hell moves here from a safe country?' was some of the more intelligent students' opinion, but the majority was interested in the new kid/foreign factor.
Several times throughout the day, Shinji's fanclub and other people asked Shinji what he thought about the new girl; he just replied that she was okay. Most people (excluding his admirers) had realized by now that he was normal and didn't associate too much out of his niche. The smarter ones knew he hated the fangirls with a passion, but couldn't do anything at the moment.
Back to Asuka, the rumor mill started and she became a "heartbroken, cute, foreign princess returning to her homeland to start over" and etc. This didn't bother Asuka as she enjoyed the attention and had made a friend in Hikari already. Hikari enjoyed being with someone who didn't acknowledge her as the class rep besides Shinji.
The stooges, though not the smartest individuals, were amazed at the sycophants and attention the rose up…and decided to capitalize on it.
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Three guys were sitting around the computer and camera equipment in "Kami-Sama's Lovely Suite" (a gift from PenPen and Misato) and talking animatedly. Several individual proofs were on the desk separated into two piles.
Kensuke finally summed it up, "Okay, we agree that the video footage and some of the breeze shots will be blackmail. The cute shots we'll use to take advantage of her popularity and we'll stop in 3 days. That way we can charge extra due to limited quantity when people approach us for more."
"Sounds good, we can always start up again or something depending on what happens," Shinji mentioned to Toji.
Toji, while sitting there, came up with a brilliant plan. It was like rolling a natural 20, practically impossible for Toji because that could only happen if he knocked a D&D display off the shelf on the way to the sports magazines. "Hey Shinji, where's Misato?"
Shinji sighed 'every time,' "She's in the spare room looking for a book for Maya."
Toji leaped over PenPen and turned the corner. Five minutes later there was a thump! of fainting and Misato was seen dragging him into the living room, "Shinji-kun!"
"Hai, come on Kensuke," Shinji led the way to the Toji, who was recovering on the couch. Shinji looked at him sternly, "Toji, we all know Misato's hot, but you need help."
Kensuke nodded and pushed his glasses back up, 'Wasn't he getting better?'
"Actually, this time he got hit by one of my old college books," Misato came back with a bag of ice from the kitchen, a memory card, and a few bills.
"Oh…were those the ones still plastic wrapped?" Shinji grinned.
"Hey, only two of them I never opened. Who needs economics or calculus when there's mixology? Anyways, I see you're going to make some copies, so you can develop these why you're at it." Misato set the money and memory card on the table and tossed the ice to Toji.
"Thanks, I'll do it! Shinji, give me our shots and I'll have it done for tomorrow," Toji received the prints and sped off, ice bag strapped to his forehead. A second later PenPen came in, wearing a gi, with two bamboo practice swords and hit Shinji in the head with one.
Whap! "Ow! Shit, it's 7 already? WHAP! OW! Ok Ok. Kensuke, set up the table tomorrow please?"
"Sure thing," Kensuke left the apartment, hearing the muffled sound of Shinji getting beat up by "PenPen-sensei". Shinji had a while to go before he was proficient enough to yield an energy enhanced katana the size of several buses.
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At school the next morning, Kensuke has set up the table in front of a hedge and is waiting for the jock. The talk of Asuka is still buzzing around as the first students came,
"Hey Kensuke, prepare to be rich!" Touji walked up to him with two folders of photos, grinning like a jackass holding back maniacal laughter. The donkey or human, take your pick…donkeys are evil.
"You okay? Just sit down and help me set up," Kensuke stared at his friend and grabbed a folder, "…what are these? I thought we…were…selling…Oh God…" He stared in bewilderment at Toji. "…You're a $#$#ing genius…"
"HAHA, I know. It just came to me. Good, ne?"
"We'll need bigger wallets!" Kensuke's and Toji's eyes transformed into to yen signs as they finished setting up the merchandise, 'How the hell did I/he come up with this? Oh well…money money!'
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Shinji arrived to school fifteen minutes later, a hung over Misato (She finally could drink last night seeing as she had to report the night they got back, it was very entertaining watching a penguin beat up a teenager when you added Yebisu), being sore from said beating, and no friends to picking him up made him later than normal. Not going into further detail, he had a very crappy morning that didn't make him late that involved clothing, burns, and hygiene-related difficulties.
The scene as Shinji saw it: a dozen and a half girls had swarmed the table and were throwing money. A lot of guys and a few girls had money out, but were staying away from the mob. Another girl exited the mess with a few papers clutched to her chest, a small blush visible as she entered the school.
'I never imagined we had so many lesbians, it's kind of disappointing and exciting at the same time…DAMN MOM!' Shinji thought as another image from his German lessons popped up. Shinji's sexual mindset now was: why should I care if they like one over the other? It's their choice, as long as they know I'm strictly straight.
A voice boomed down from the heavens: "ONLY IN THIS FANFICTION MR. IKARI!" Everyone blinked, and instantly forgot about it.
"Hey, I didn't!" Zap! Everyone also forgot about the pile of ash formerly known as Mr…ahscrewit, I hate these stupid omniscient jokes anyways. Forgive me.
Shinji neared the crowd as they started screaming or leaving disappointedly, most of them blushed as they... 'Wait a sec…isn't she…and she…and she…no…' Shinji gaped.
Meanwhile, Toji shouted, "Sold Out! Come back tomorrow!" The guys and few girls that were waiting went over to Kensuke and started purchasing their photos from him.
However, as Toji tried to fit all the money into his wallet, the crowd parted as Shinji came thru, "Why was the entirety of the demented fangirl club here!"
Shinji was shocked/confused as he realized who the buyers were, he was angered as he saw a group of girls with slight nosebleeds head for the bathroom, he was pissed when he caught a glimpse of their photo: a shirtless Shinji, half-asleep cooking in the kitchen without his apron. No one could deny that he'd been working out as the faint outline of his abs and pecs could be seen above his boxers. Now he had activated his "bastard anger power" and wanted explanations and he knew Toji had them.
Toji repeated his newfound mantra sweating 'Think of the money, Shinji is err maybe is your friend, I think I can outrun him…hopefully' , "Well, you see…I asked Misato for some pictures of you to sell and mentioned we were selling Asuka's as well. She agreed and then I got hit by that calculus book...Ikari-san?"
Shinji couldn't believe it, Toji had inadvertently gotten his guardian's and commanding officer's permission to sell the pilots' photos, took advantage of a rich source of clientele, and made a shit load of money. It was so out of character.
Kensuke had the best advice, "Hey Toji."
"Y-y-y-yy-yea?"
"Run."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" A pale Toji ran towards homeroom, hopefully Ayanami could stop him long enough to escape. Shinji followed him, kicking up a giant dust cloud as he turned the corner and screaming obscenities.
Kensuke kept selling the Asuka shots and realized something, 'hm, none of the pictures we sold show what their personalities are really like…'
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Asuka was waiting in homeroom for the baka to arrive; she didn't know what the first child looked like. She wasn't the first one there; a group of girls was hovered around a desk, some guys around the windows, and one girl sitting down as Hikari came in the room a little later.
"What's going on with them?" Asuka pointed to the girls.
"Oh, they're Shinji's fanclub they"
"PREPARE TO DIE! FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU SHALL SEE HELL!" Toji ran into the doorway and searched for Rei, his adrenaline and stamina had saved him. The class had all stared at him as they felt the rumbling near. "Please talk some sense into Shinji, anyone?"
Hikari sighed as she took residence infront of the door, she really should let them deal with it, but it was her duty to make sure the guys didn't damage those beautiful bodies…Hikari shook her head, 'Not now, damn libido…It's my duty as class representative.'
Shinji appeared, sliding infront of the door only to pause as Hikari and now Asuka stood in his way.
"Hey, could you move please?" Shinji asked innocently.
"Shinji, is there any reason you need to kill Mr. Suzuhara?" Hikari asked innocently as well.
"Yes," Shinji tried sidestepping, but Hikari mimed him and Asuka stepped back to intercept in case he sprinted through.
"Stop and think," Hikari put the mandatory representative negotiation training to use, "whatever he did, is it enough to warrant his death?"
For some reason, Shinji did stop and think about it. 'Let's see, he's selling half-naked pictures of me to a fangirl base, thus creating more stalkers…um, besides that…he didn't stand still and let me beat him?' sigh "It's been a bad morning Hikari, will you let me hurt him at least?"
"You should let him…what did he do third child?" Asuka approved of violence before any justification to her knowledge.
"He sold half-naked pictures of me he got from Misato to the stalker legions of our school! That picture's gonna be everywhere now!"
Asuka looked at him, 'Pictures? Of him? These girls are seriously deprived of men like Kaji since Shinji's their best.'
At the same time of Asuka's internal monologue, Rei had come over with Toji keeping her between him and Shinji. Rei decided to ease Shinji's worry, "Shinji-" almost forgetting to drop the honorific, "when Suzuhara started selling your pictures, there were only 8 of the pictures in question. The obsessive nature of your admirers dictate they will not make copies for their acquaintances. So only a few individuals will even know of that photograph. The rest of your extensive selection was acceptable in relation to social standards."
Everyone blinked, a few brief thoughts flew around:
'Thank God! Rei saved me!' Touji celebrated.
'I guess that's good, but I'm still going to…yes. Bwhahaha!' Shinji smiled and nodded in thanks to Rei.
'So the albino's name is Rei, she's so monotone,' Asuka thought, not knowing this was the most social some people have ever seen her.
'…I am glad I did not purchase any photos, it appears it would have angered Shinji,' Rei thought.
'All those girls and just 8 copies…I'm really glad I got mine when Toji was on a bathroom break,' Hikari turned to the door as if she had heard someone to hide her blush.
"Sorry Toji, I had a really bad morning and you can just keep selling those "special" photos," Toji's eyes widened, flashing to Yen signs, "but for each of those special photos I want 75 percent of the profit and each "special" photo you have sold or will sell, is a step pushing me towards the most embarrassing moment in your life."
"Heh heh, rigight! Got it! So I can keep selling those?..."
"Yes, but at sometime, when a certain number are sold, who knows when, maybe just one more… revenge will be mine. Don't worry, we're still friends." Shinji grinned, turning to Asuka and Hikari, "Good morning Hikari/Good morning Asuka, have you met the first child yet? Rei, this is Soryu Asuka Langely, she's the second. Asuka, Ayanami Rei's the first."
Asuka reassessed the albino girl, "Hello! You're the pilot of the first prototype. As the third said, I pilot Unit 02. Let's be friends!" A few more students had entered by now to hear the new girl was a pilot.
Rei looked at her strangely, 'She wishes to be like Shinji?' "Why?"
"Because it'd be convenient for various reasons."
Rei wondered what she should do, she decided that she didn't like most people's company in the last few weeks except Shinji and maybe the commander.
Shinji was curious, he had no clue what would happen for once.
"I do not know what the future will hold," Rei headed to her seat next to the window.
"Strange girl," Asuka said as Kensuke walked in.
"/She's had a very strange life and I think the commander brainwashed her. It's very hard to be her friend since she doesn't think she needs more than the bare necessities/" Shinji commented.
Asuka noted that as Hikari left to start class as the final bell sounded.
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(Srry, I can't remember the actions of this scene and my script is just text, also I like Kaji's character, but it's just too easy to make fun of if you twist it)
Kaji was becoming acquainted with the layout of NERV when he saw Ritsuko working on the set-up for Unit 02. Deciding to be the God's gift to women that he is, Kaji sneaks up and covers her eyes.
"Hmm…?" Ritsuko mentally sighed as well.
"You've become thinner?" Smoothness…not.
"Is that right?" Ritsuko knew it was Kaji and had been expecting this.
"You're in a sad sort of love," Kaji removed his hands and Ritsuko stood up.
"And why would you think that?"
"Because those with a mole along the path of tears are destined to live a life full of them," Ah, proverb 121LL in the pick up lines of Kaji.
"Are you trying to seduce me? It won't work—that horrible lady is staring…" Ritsuko looked towards Misato, who had made disgusted/angry face against the glass and left. "Long time no see, Ryouji."
"Yeah, long time no see." 'What's with the lack of enthusiasm for me lately'
"You're being a bit of an ass," Ritsuko knew Kaji was like that, but she wasn't in the mood for some reason.
Misato smiled as she entered though, 'Nice Ritsuko!' "He's always been an ass. Now Unit 02 is here, so go back to Germany already."
Kaji grinned and Misato's expression turned to 'impending doom', "Actually, I received my official notice of transfer this morning, so actually I have to stay here. I'm lucky that we can be as we once were."
"Who'd want to be with you?" Misato left the room, and couldn't wait to get home. Shinji would have to make a batch of shrimp and let her borrow some of his more violent videogames before she returned to normal.
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W00T! Summary of the next few weeks: With Shinji, Toji became slightly paranoid as he sold more pictures of Shinji, fortunately it didn't last long. Only one more "special" photo was sold before divine retribution came. All around the school, the picture that PenPen had set up when the guys saw Misato that morning appeared everywhere and I mean everywhere. In projector screens, as a virus changing all backdrops connected to the network, inside every locker, on every bulletin board, on the aprons of the cafteria's workers, ceiling tiles, a mosaic on the bathroom floors, several desks, the basketballs, and more. Now Shinji knew this was a waste of money, but the indescribable picture horrified, haunted, and humiliated Toji for the next three weeks and offhand comments for life. Besides Toji's punishments, the photo business went away after a week, with Kensuke and Toji deciding they made enough for spending money for a while.
Shinji kept up talking to Rei and tried to bring Asuka (and thus Hikari) into the conversations as well. Most of the time Rei was silent as the stooges, the class rep, and the devil talked about the future or whatever popped up. Shinji had saved his friends from unfair punishment several times; however, when they just screwed up, he let it go. The result was the two stooges got hit a lot. Rei was getting better quickly, considering her past disposition, but it only had a minor effect to any of her behaviors.
Misato was harassed by Kaji by day, and relieved by Shinji and PenPen by night. Shinji had sufficiently trained with PenPen (1 win and 231 losses) and was overjoyed when he heard that his Magoroku Exterminate Sword was complete and ready for testing. At synch testing, there was one before the angel would attack; Asuka was astounded by the third's ratio. At the same time Misato remembered her question:
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"So Shinji, how did you learn German?" Misato asked over Asuka's loud questioning of Shinji.
Shinji flicked the com off from Asuka and replied, "I took a course online on my computer, flick/What was that Asuka/"
"/107 percent, what the #$#$ are you? What's the damn secret/"
"/Let's talk in Japanese so Rei can understand/"
"Fine baka, now spill."
'Uh, mom…help.'
'Fine fine, still can't find Kyoko. Just give her the basic techniques for improving your sync for now.'
'Hello, how would I explain in terms like 'Accident Rei' and 'Morning Misato'?'
'Fine, repeat after me...and it's nice to know you're beginning to accept my methods.'
'Yea, yea. It's the only way you know how.'
"Hello? Earth to baka!"
"Huh, oh. I was just trying to think of how to explain it. This will take a while. OK, Asuka and Rei. Project yourself and focus on moving your Eva's toes without any control input. Do not move your toes until you can feel the Eva move its."
Ritsuko watched Rei's synch climb steadily (my explanation is that she simply willed it to move as it was her job before and now she's trying to work with it) and Asuka's improve by 4 points, "That helped Rei Shinji, but Asuka's only moved up a little."
"Okay try this: remember, the Eva is not a tool, it's a companion. To synch means to become one, so really try to imagine what your Eva would be thinking, since we all have training to feel the external physical sensors. Also try to feel the muscles in your toes without movement."
"What's with you and feet?" Asuka asked.
"The toes are the hardest part to utilize compared to other muscles when we're in the entry plugs, so by synching there, we'll be able to synch other areas easier."
Misato and Ritsuko watched the monitors again, "Rei has increased greatly and finally broke 50, Asuka has increased to 84…85."
"Okay, there's a final trick to it, but I'll tell you later. Just focus on what you think the Eva is thinking, feeling, etc. and you should start to figure it out. I don't know how to explain it."
The test lasted another couple of hours, Asuka only reached 87, but Rei improved by leaps and reached 72. Gendo was very intrigued when he got the results from Ritsuko, but it didn't harm the scenario and his computer kept crashing and it was run by the freaking MAGI! Every time anyone looked at it, it ran fine. He was seriously considering what affect having Adam in his hand did to his computer. In reality, Yui got along very well with Caspar, Naoko Akagi as a woman.
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Currently, Shigeru was playing with his hair when a pop-up appeared, "Report from Cruiser Aurion on watch: "Gigantic underwater object discovered off Kii Peninsula. Sending data."
Makato looked at the data and ran it thru the MAGI, "The received data has been analyzed, Wavelength patter, blue, It's been identified as an Angel."
Ten minutes later, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei were being briefed by Misato, "The interception of Tokyo-3 is at 96 percent capacity, but the effectiveness in battle against the angels is only a deterrent for them. So we must destroy the target before it lands on the waterfront in case we need to deploy N2 mines. Unit 00, Unit 01, Unit 02 will engage in close combat. Close-quarter combat with Rei using positron rifles and pallet rifles, Asuka with the battle axe, and Shinji with his new sword. Move out!
Shinji, Asuka, & Rei: Roger!
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Flying above the ground in the Eva carriers (or is it another equipment type? Shinji didn't care, he was talking to his mom about what to do) were all three units waiting for arrival.
''Kay Shinji, you could somehow throw two progressive knives to puncture the cores simultaneously, but that would shorten this chapter too much.'
'Right, and we know that someone has to live with me so I can keep to the same plot synopsis…are there any SEELE satellites or planes to destroy?'
'Hmm, we'll see when we get there, do you want to just let it play out?'
'No, I want to try out my sword…'
'Then go ahead, no one's stopping you,'
'Yay, thanks mom!'
'You're welcome, I need to talk to you after you're done'
'Sure'
"Since this is my first battle in Japan, why aren't I allowed to fight it alone?" Asuka complained, she really wanted to show that she was more skilled.
"Rei, could you answer please," Shinji didn't want to start something.
"We are to follow the plan supplied to us. This is not a simulation; we need all advantages to destroy our target. A single unit is less advantageous than three," Rei replied over the communicator.
"I know that! Just don't get in my way!" Asuka huffed.
"No, we will follow the plan second child. If you don't, I will not share the blame," Shinji tried to squash this as the pilot of the carrier told them to prepare to descend.
"It's not my preference to attack in a group, it's not honorable," Asuka said as they plugged in their cords.
Misato had had enough, "We don't have the intel or room to care Soryu! Our goal is to survive!"
Now for some imagery, the still orange Unit 00, purple Unit 01, and red Unit 02 had plugged in their plugs from the holders and were heading to the weapons carrier. Eva 00 picked up two positron rifles and attached them two the shoulder mounts, then it picked up two pallet rifles and took a position on a hill in from the beach. Unit 01 and 02 grabbed their respective blades and stood side-by-side on the beach.
"Hey Misato, I'm picking up a signal and the beginning of a visual," Shinji said as the seventh angel, Israfel, carried its blueish-gray body out of the water and onto the docks.
"Start the attack!" Misato said, hoping to have another good performance in Ikari's absence.
"Okay, here I go! Cover me!" Asuka ran towards the angel with the axe raised overhead.
'I'm not even going to say anything, apparently Rei's waiting as well.'
"YES! Did you see that third child? Combat must always be elegant and without waste," Asuka started to walk away from the angel that had split in half.
"I killed an angel with a single bullet, and the AT readings say it's still alive,"
Israfel's two halves moved away from each other, forming miniature forms of the larger body. Misato had some input, "No fair!"
"Nani?" Asuka turned around to get hit by one of the smaller forms, the orange one, not the silver. Eva Unit 02 flew into a nearby hill and got back up.
Meanwhile, Rei started to open fire as Shinji spread his AT field to nullify the angel's out. A soul split between two bodies made for a weaker AT field as Unit 00's shots embedded themselves in the orange half's torso, slowing it down. Shinji was ducking and parrying blows, until he lobbed off the silver half's left arm. Unit 02 attacked the orange half while Rei reloaded, lobbing off the right arm.
Rei switched to positron and aimed for the core of the silver Israfel, "Shinji, slow down your target."
"Hai," Shinji backflipped away and used a long swipe to lob of its left leg, the regeneration was incredible, having all previous damage erased. He then used his strongest AT field around the core as the beam struck it, knocking the angel on its back an immobile.
That didn't last, the core regenerated 5 seconds later and Shinji just went on a limb hacking spree, telling Rei to help Asuka. Shinji had all four limbs hacked off and was standing over the silver body chopping off the growing stubs. "Hey Misato, how do we kill it, it regenerates completely and I don't have the firepower to nuke its entire mass."
Misato was watching Rei pull the pellet rifles out again, there was no need to watch Shinji's battle anymore. She was proud of Shinji's ability, but he did have PenPen as a teacher. Anyways, 'How the hell do we kill these things?' "The MAGI haven't finished processing the data. Try seeing where the regeneration's origin is."
Misato assessed Asuka's and Rei's battle: Asuka got thrown away, Rei attacked, Asuka attacked, and Asuka got thrown away. The orange angel couldn't focus on a single target and was slowed down, but there was no progress. She needed a Yebisu sooo badly right now.
Shinji had finally chopped thru the torso horizontally, only to have the half with more core grow back. Shinji was getting fed up, he had an angel with no arms and nothing from the waist down now. "Gals, this ain't working. Misato, I think we may need to fall back and analyze out data. I can chuck this body on top of the other one and you can nuke it while I hold an AT field."
"Baka, you want to get hit bye a N2 mine?"
"I can deflect a positron blast into space, how 'bout you? Just focus on attacking,"
Fifteen minutes later, the UN forces had been called in with the bombers. "Rei, Asuka lure it over to me," Shinji had reduced the silver angel into a triangle of flesh containing a circular core touching the edges.
The orange half noticed its targets were moving to the purple beast with the glowing sword, which was standing while slashing the ground over and over. It was surrounded by decomposing angel parts.
Shinji watched Unit 02 and 00 pass it and an orange angel charge. Eva Unit 01 picked up the regenerating triangle and threw it at the chest of the orange angel. The chunk of flesh collided with the orange Israfel, knocking it over. Three N2 mines dropped, 'Mom, sync up to 199.'
'Already on it, this is going to drain the batteries and the cord will be gone. But I don't think my armor will melt. I wish I could simulate the S2 organ already,'
'Yea, but infinite power equals jail time for me with likely occurrences of torture and dissection, sorry mom'
'Yeah, well remember protection when you sleep with the lucky lady during training…'
'MOM!' Reaaaally Big BOOM! The explosion destroyed the beach and warehouses, but it did stay confined infront of the Eva's AT field, which an orange angel just had reached
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Maya had the honor of reading the battle report in the conference room, all the normal staff were there except Gendo, he had an acute case of "Bastard-Constipation", which is when an author inadvertently gave him Adam in his hand earlier than normal and there's no reason he couldn't be at this briefing, so the author gave a random chip-and-seal plot hole treatment. So in my story, his own digestive system acted up against his bastardness and kept him on the toilet for 3 days, the toilet refused to flush due to his bastardness as well.
Maya continued her report, "At 11:30:01 A.M. today Unit 01 threw half B of the separated target at half A, knocking it over. The Eva then deployed an AT field and control was handed over to the UN Second Division. Now for the comments by the people responsible for the operation."
Ritsuko spoke up with a damage summary before the pilots began, "It was a bad situation that resulted in moderate damage to Unit 02 and minor repairs for Units 00 and 01,"
"It's not my fault, nothing we did worked!" Asuka exclaimed.
"I'm going to agree with Asuka on this, no further comment," Shinji decided that things were much better than last time, he was still trying to get Yui's comments and images out of his head.
"I have no input on this matter at the current time, I will do better in the future," Rei said.
Maya nodded and continued, "At 11:31:00 A.M., three N2 bombs dropped on the target. Eva Unit 01's battery was drained and cord destroyed."
"Now we have to update the map again," Fuyutsuki had walked in for Gendo, 'I wonder why "SEELE's emergency meeting" yesterday is taking so long, Section 4 says he's been holed up in his office for two days now.'
"They succeeded in destroying 45 percent of the component substances of half A, and half B has been reduced to its core, but it's still producing a blue wave pattern."
"They finished it off?" Asuka asked, frustrated she didn't win.
Fuyutsuki informed her, "The UN just kept it from immediately walking to NERV HQ. It's only a matter of time until the next attack."
"Well, we've earned time to prepare. That's good…" Kaji was at the meeting as well.
Fuyutsuki sighed; he had to play the bastard role today, "Listen to me! Do you know what your job is?"
"To pilot Eva," Asuka answered. "To destroy angels," Shinji and Rei answered.
"Pilot Ikari and Ayanami are correct Pilot Soryu, you charged into battle and worked alone. Ayanami only got shots in when you were thrown away. Remember that you need to co-operate with them."
"They'll only hold me back!" Asuka channeled the spirit of a particular Uchiha in an alternate universe far, far away.
"Shut up! Today we failed, we are fortunate to have another chance, but that won't always be the case," Fuyutsuki left the room.
Shinji was talking to Maya in the corner before she took off. Smiling he walked over to Rei and began to talk. Asuka was currently put off and walked over to Kaji, "Why was he getting so upset?"
"Because he had to be the spokesman for NERV asking help, and adults don't like being humiliated. Don't worry, you did very well for the situation."
Asuka was about to glomp Kaji for the compliment, but Shinji interrupted, "Hey Kaji, where's Misato? And why wasn't the bast- err, commander here?"
"Hi Shinji, she's settling things as the officer for the mission. Commander Ikari is MIA," Kaji's contacts knew there was no emergency meeting with SEELE.
"Thanks, I'm going to the lounge to teach Rei how to play cards after changing, do you wanna come Asuka?"
"Fine, we have a while before we're cleared to go. But be prepared to lose!" Asuka responded, she was pissed that Shinji was better than her, but at least it wasn't like he's a wimpy wuss who just gets a high synch. They both would learn that Rei had an unbeatable poker face and inane talent for counting cards soon enough.
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(God, this is a beast of a chapter. Be thankful I write long chapters, I just passed the 5000 word mark for this one.)
Ritsuko traveled to Misato's office, yes she has one, "These papers are protests and reports of damage from the ministries concerned. And this is the claimed payment from the UN. And these are complaints from the publicity section."
"Hmmm," Misato was staring into space.
"Misato, you have to read these."
"I can guess what they say, "Fight in Tokyo-3, nowhere else" and "Shame on you for destroying property,"
Ritsuko sweatdropped, "Good guess."
"After this angel, I'll do my fighting here, orders or not. I will kill this angel!" 'For giving me this damn paperwork and more!'
Ritsuko shook her head, "The vice-commander is angry, you are lucky Shinji deflected some damage and took care of half B. The AT field contained the blast to a smaller area, and almost doubled the expected damage expected."
"Yea go Shinji! But I can't humiliate Fuyutsuki again and I'm glad the commander wasn't here, or I'd be transferred," Misato slumped.
"You would be fired before he even read these," Ritsuko held up some angry red papers.
"But you're kind enough to bring me some clever idea to save me from being fired…"
"I don't know, if you were gone, I could get guardianship over Shinji…" Ritsuko grinned as Misato was shocked, "but apparently there's one idea to save you."
"You're wonderful! Ritsuko-chan, you're my bestest friend ever! I was worried that you would keep a plan to yourself to steal Shinji-kun."
'I was just kidding…' "Getting attached are we? Well, it's not me helping an old friend out, this idea is Maya's. She rushed right into me and gave me her disk. I also got one from Kaji a little later that would work, but his has a slightly lower chance of success."
"Thank God, Maya also helped with the fifth right? If she gets bored being a techie, I could always use an assistant if you want to let her go…"
Ritsuko paled, "No, Maya's mine, you have Shinji for home and Maya helps me at work…"
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Several hours later the pilots were released home and Misato was still at work. When she did get home, she was beat and went straight to sleep (right after dinner and a few drinks). The next morning Shinji was excused from school and Misato told him to go shopping for groceries while she cleaned.
'I should have at least guessed something was going to happen last time, Misato never cleans willingly,' Shinji thought as he returned. He opened the doors to see moving boxes, "Hey, I'm back…" Shinji walked into the kitchen and set the food on the table.
"Hello Shinji," Rei walked out of the spare room and picked up another box to put away.
'I guess that means both of them are going to stay, though I only mentioned a basic coordinated plan to Maya…' "Hey Rei," Shinji walked back to the table as he heard the screeching of tires. It was weird that neither of them acted like this was out of the normal, "Let's greet Misato."
Misato came off the elevator with Asuka, hoping to have some fun with the pilots' minds, "Here it is Asuka I have to get a key from the super,"
The door opened from the inside to reveal Shinji standing there, "Hey, what's all the luggage for?"
"What? Why are you still here?"
"Because I live here," Shinji spoke plainly.
"Not anymore, you've been kicked out," Asuka smiled.
Shinji pretended to be shocked, "WHAT!"
"Misato is going to be living with me. It's the natural choice considering who has more skills. I wanted to live with Kaji…so these Japanese rooms are tiny, not even large enough for half my baggage."
"I guess I should pack. I never noticed though, the rooms here are pretty large. Misato got used to western sizes in college, but it's pretty traditional still."
"Hm, that's good, but you Japanese are so reckless. How can you live in a room without a lock?"
Misato had walked up to see Asuka complaining, but not fighting, a good sign, "The Japanese way is kindness and guessing other's wishes."
"Misato-san," Asuka recognized her.
"Hi Misato, I'm packed up and ready to move into Maya's, there's no spare room, but she said she didn't mind and Ritsuko approved."
"What!" Misato face changed from anticipation to terror as she thought of how many ways to skin Ritsuko's cats and gag that techie whore.
"Just kidding, what's going on? Rei, you can stop for a minute!" Shinji shouted into the apartment and Rei appeared a second later.
"Why's she here?" Asuka asked Misato, who had recovered.
"Hello Rei, I hope you all get along well."
"What?" Asuka was confused.
"It's preparation for the next operation."
"Why?..." Asuka had a bad feeling. Shinji tilted his head comically, "Oro?" Rei was silent, but was internally curious.
"Let's talk inside," Misato led them to the living room and motioned for them to sit, "The seventh angel has only one weakness: a concentrated, two-point attack to the core during separation. That's the only way to defeat it besides point-blank annihilation, which would need a sacrifice of an Eva to hold an AT field. In other words, an attack by two Evas with completely synchronized timing, set-up by a short synchronized melee by all three units."
"Ok…" Asuka and Shinji said. "That is reasonable," Rei inserted as well.
Misato motioned for PenPen to focus in on Asuka (the penguin had been standing in the corner with a camera), "So, you three are going to live together from now on to promote teamwork!"
"What, no! I won't accept that. You know that men and women must not live together after the age of seven. That's the proverb," Asuka wasn't taking it too well.
"The angel is proceeding with self-restoration. The second attack is in 9 days. We don't have the time."
"This is insane!" not well at all.
"The only way to accomplish this insanity is to master an attack pattern harmonized to this music, as soon as possible within 9 days! Understood?" Misato told Asuka, 'This is fun, Shinji isn't reacting too much and Rei…whoah, she actually looked surprised for a second. Asuka is going to have a heart attack.'
"Ok, I'm glad I bought a lot of food now," Shinji smiled at Misato and she grinned back.
"I have never lived with someone before, but I will do as I'm ordered," Rei replied, she was overwhelmed and she showed it a little. She was just ordered to move boxes into a room and now she had roommates. Misato looked at her comfortingly and moved to Asuka with a grin.
"Hell. No."
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After the commercials, Toji and Kensuke can be seen walking to Misato's apartment building, talking about their MIA friend. Touji said, "I'm worried about how Shinji is doing…"
Kensuke nodded, "Yea, four days of school he hasn't shown up."
As they headed to the elevator, they bumped into Hikari, "Two of the stooges…"
"Why is the class rep here?"
'sigh, Toji still can't call me by my name and we've known each other for a while' "I'm checking up on Asuka, you?"
"We're checking up on Shinji," Kensuke looked at her warily as they walked to the same door and Hikari knocked on it.
In unpracticed synchronization, ironic considering the pilots condition, Hikari, Kensuke and Toji all shouted, "What are you doing here?" at each other.
The door opened and the normal students saw Rei, Shinji, and Asuka all dressed in 80's work out clothing, "Hi!"
"Whoa, way to go Shin-man!" Toji whooped.
"The three of them look like they're involved. I must need new glasses…" Kensuke took his glasses off for emphasis.
"This is Misato's idea, who insists that Japanese should begin with pattern," the trio answered, Asuka looked like she was holding back words.
"Gah! You three are being impure!" 'Asuka better tell me how Shinji is…BAD Hikari! You need to stop reading those Yui-fic books.'
"That's a misunderstanding!" Rei and Shinji were forced to exclaim as Asuka started.
Hikari wasn't believing, "From my view, it's neither a mis-under-standing nor a mis-over-standing!"
I have no clue what that meant…hey look, Misato came to the door, "Ah, welcome!"
"Hey Misato, you turned us away during the school week. So please, tell us what's going on here!" Toji was Misato-deprived.
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Here's a basic summary of what happened so far. Misato directly ordered Asuka to get over it and that it was time to divide chores.
"You three will help each other out with you chores until this threat passes. Now let's begin the sacred rite of Janken." (Rock/Paper/Scissors)
"Actually, since I know Misato can't cook, Rei has basic skills, and I don't know about Asuka," Shinji began.
"I know a few German dishes…"
"That's good, maybe you can teach me. Anyways, I'll take all the cooking for exemption from anything else," Shinji finished.
"Is the baka any good?" Asuka questioned Misato and Rei. Misato started to drool and Rei remembered the best meal she had Shinji made, so she replied, "Hai." PenPen, on the other hand, restrained himself from grabbing 'ol stabby to make up for the implied insult to the Kami.
"Remember, I'm the appointed cooking god, I told you on Over the Rainbow. Misato, snap out of it!" Shinji shook Misato out of her stupor.
"Agreed." "Hell Yea!." "Wark War…(long live Kami-sama)" "Housetrained already? Fine."
"Okay, three affirmatives and one 'Please spit in my meals' from Asuka," Shinji erased his other jobs from the chore calendar.
The result of the Janken was as follows: Misato reined champion, with only about of the quarter of the remaining jobs. Rei was new to the game, but in the end went on a spree that forced Misato into a few of her jobs. Asuka faired pretty well, she got the same amount of work as Rei.
The more memorable moments were the training outfits, sleeping in the same room, PenPen, and trying to help each other with chores. Asuka was reluctant to mention it, but Shinji was the best chef she ever knew. She still would not refer to him as a god, which infuriated our favorite penguin. Asuka didn't abuse him as much as she did in the past reality, but she couldn't get over his high sync ratio and occasional sarcasm, despite his cooking and kindness that appeared often.
Rei was another change, not having to talk much and now being required was strange. She had a ton of questions for the first day which Misato was happy to answer and couldn't really sync properly verbally until the fourth day. When they had time to "bond", Rei actually asked to try out his Playcube X. She had an affinity towards the RPG's and PenPen.
Shinji marveled in what tampering with the future could bring. His demons had been obliterated from his last life and he knew that third-impact was history. His current plan to #$#$ up the scenario was to inform Asuka and Rei about the Evas' souls and how to synch better. He could regret it, but if it came up, it came up. He enjoyed annoying Asuka a bit and cooking with Rei. Misato teased him even more, but a "coordinated" prank from a vengeful Asuka, Shinji, and a slightly reluctant Rei shut her up…for 3 hours.
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Hikari, Toji, and Kensuke laughed hard. Misato had insinuated a pilot breeding program, but just finished explaining they needed to act the same to save the world.
"You should have said that in the first place!" Toji informed the pilots.
"And how's the attempt at the choreography going?" Hikari wanted to watch Shinji dance in his spandex suit, especially since Shinji's finally starting to show more results of his physical training.
"Just you watch, go ahead," Misato smily-eyed at the pilots.
"Okay," the trio replied as they set up the DDR like contraption. The routine played out; however, unlike the series, the pilots switched mats every so often. Shinji messed up one out of every 150 steps, Asuka one out of 180, and Rei led the pack at one every 200. Of course this wasn't too accurate, as it was determined when one or all three pilots were not in sync. They were much better than when they started.
"Hmm…" Toji, Hikari, and Kensuke stared.
"It's good, but not good enough to save the world. You have time though, so I'm not worried," Kensuke decided and Toji agreed. Hikari was still looking over them, 'I wasn't paying attention, crap…Shinji...crap', She winged it, "I agree with Kensuke."
"Thank you," the children accepted they needed to get better. Misato let them have two hours off to spend with their friends. They discovered in a Halo 4 tournament never to have guys vs. girls in a point match (Shinji asked Rei and Hikari, then mentioned Asuka was afraid of losing to the guys). The guys were creamed in ten minutes, Hikari, Asuka, and Rei all had snipes and Toji spawned in the worst locations… Kensuke almost saved the guys, but the girls assigned Hikari to hunt him. Hikari was scary in any video game, only to be matched by Kensuke. Shinji and Toji's rush in and guns blaring contributed to 28 of the 35 kills, remember: in ten minutes. The girls died 13 times. Afterwards they played another game and then split into gender specific groups in their respective rooms for the rest of the time.
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Four more days passed, the battle choreography progressed better than planned. They completed a day early, but still practiced the last to keep sharp. The trio didn't talk a lot because of Reir but Shinji managed not to piss Asuka off the last two days. Rei's views on life had changed a bit, she no longer felt fulfilled by her future of causing third impact, but didn't know if she could change it. Maybe she would talk to the commander…after the next memory imprint for the dummy plug. Asuka could consider Rei as a very weird friend and Shinji tolerable, but was chewed out by Shinji when she mentioned her being a wonderdoll...not that it was scary or anything…right?...Asuka did realize not to do that again and called her Rei from then on. Rei in turn dropped the honorfics and called the residents of the apartment by their first names as well.
Now it was the day before deployment and Misato had left for preparations already. They would see her tomorrow for briefing and another two run thrus. It was time for the three to go to bed when Shinji spoke up, "Hey Asuka, Rei?"
The two looked at him, wearing identical tang tops and shorts, and blinked at the same time making a plopping sound, "Yes?"
"I really hope this synch stuff doesn't last forever, because that was kinda creepy, anyways…do you want a hint on how to sync better? I don't know if I want to tamper with it now before the operation and it sounds crazy."
Rei and Asuka looked at each other and fell out of sync and back to him, "Tell me!" "I don't know…"
"I think it will help if I start with my past and explanation, but don't judge me until I'm finished. It may not work for you. Should I continue?"
'Yes, I'll know how to beat him later!' Asuka replied, "Go ahead, we're professionals. We won't fail tomorrow."
'I will learn more about Shinji, maybe this has to do when I first met him after activation of Unit 01?' Rei considered it and replied as well, "We won't fail. It is your decision."
(A/N: my events are different then the manga, but it may have worked in the anime, plus this is AU and fiction, so if you flame me, bring marshmallows. Also, try to keep in mind Shinji is trying to edge Asuka in the right direction as well as Rei.)
'Well, here goes…' "When I was four my mother died," Asuka sat down on her futon with a startled expression while Rei slowly moved down as well, "I was there and it was at NERV base she died. She was the test pilot for Unit 01 and something happened. The sync ratio jumped, I think it did but it's hard to remember, and they ejected the plug. When they pulled the body out, I don't know what happened. It looked like she tried biting a techie, but dad back then took me away. Two weeks later I learned she died in the hospital, and my father ceased to exist.
"I can honestly say I was a wreck before my first time in Unit 01, the only reason I did that was to piss the bastard, the commander, off and so Rei didn't have to." Asuka snorted at the commander part and Rei hung her head down. "Basically, I was knocked out in the plug, happy Asuka? I wasn't in control of my Eva when it beat the third angel."
Asuka's jaw dropped, "Really?"
"Yea, I wouldn't have said it otherwise. When I went to sleep, I remembered what happened, weird huh? The next sync test was when things got interesting and I found the shortcut to hovering around 100 percent. It turns out my mom's soul is in Unit 01 and likes to talk to me, (insert facefaults, even Rei almost) it makes it easier to sync because apparently she helped to develop the Evas' neural interface. By having her sync with me as well, I can exceed and control my sync at will. I hovered around 199 for that AT field and I stay around 95 for testing on purpose. It really hurts when you do get hit though, but no physical hsrm still and you can focus some of that pain away by talking to the soul of your Eva."
"You're kidding, right?" Asuka looked at him, his story was so similar to hers, but she snuck into the hospital two weeks after her mom's testing.
"No, it sounds weird, but it's true. My mom's soul was absorbed and I think it would explain why both of your syncs improved so much when I told you to try to think and feel as an Eva would, normally you just think it's a machine with mental controls. The answer is that there are souls that help you move your Eva and use AT fields. So what do you think? Have you ever felt anything weird in the plug? Besides that smell of blood."
Rei was silent and spoke a minute later, "The activation test of Unit 00. The Evangelion wanted to kill the Commander and me."
"Ok…" Asuka started, but Shinji and Rei looked at her in creepy sync, "…I guess anytime I'm in Unit 02 I feel needed, but I always thought it was because of my duty."
"I don't feel so insane now, thanks. We can always try this out later now that I know I won't be put in a psych ward for suggesting it. Now let's try to get to sleep,"
"How the hell are we going to do that now third child! Misato's not here, so I'm gonna set up over there. Don't bother me."
"Let us rest," Rei stated, 'What could Shinji's mother know about third impact? Why must life be so confusing now? I wish to blow up some pixilated opponents…"
Shinji sighed, 'That could have gone better, but I can check off another of my to-do's. Oh well, I have the power to protect my friends. If anything, I'll let mom go berserker and blow both cores out simultaneously. Life's so much easier when your robot's nigh invincible. Wasn't something supposed to happen tonight? Can't…rem…em…er' And Shinji was gone.
Fifteen minutes later, Shinji shifted in his sleep to a pondering Rei. She noticed and turned her head from her normal flat back sleeping position. 'My life is so different, Asuka, Misato, and Shinji are taking care of me like the commander used to. I am enjoying myself and the amenities of life, especially music. How can it be so different if the future is set? I will wait further to consider my future, as it is: I do not know what else I can do.'
'Didn't Shinji say, "Many things are not necessary Ayanami-san, but people do them anyways. If people only did what was necessary, they'd die. Because people have and do things they want, they feel the need to live," I wish to continue life as it is now…'
Rei looked at Shinji's sleeping face, 'I feel…compelled to touch him,' She raised pale hand to his face, he had changed her life. Moving her body closer to his, she could feel the warmth radiate off and a responding heat come from her, especially her face. Shinji took this opportune moment to roll over in his sleep, and Rei for some reason pressed against his back and fell asleep.
Another fifteen minutes later, Asuka gave up, "Why do Japanese sleep on the floor? Unbelievable!" 'Damn Shinji, I can't fall asleep! Might as well follow orders, maybe it's a guilty conscience as well.'
Asuka picked up her bedding and moved it back to the group, feeling her way on the ground. Rei kept sleeping; but, unfortunately, her little outburst had woken Shinji up, 'oh yea, well that's not happening this time…is Rei pressed against my back? I can't move…must…fake…sleep.'
As the fluffiness continued, Asuka laid down and stared at the ceiling, 'Mother, she's not important, right? Sigh It's too similar: "She was the test pilot for Unit 01 and something happened… Two weeks later I learned she died in the hospital, and my father ceased to exist." I will find out tomorrow, why is it bugging me? Damn Shinji.'
She looked over to the "sleeping" boy. Sure, he was keeping her up now, but he wasn't that bad. He was a hell of a cook, had a solid spine, helped her sync better, spoke German, and was a friend. He didn't have anything compared to Kaji in the looks department, although he was probably the best out of his age group. 'Looks so peaceful, I guess he isn't concerned if he can stop three N2 mines, show off. But he needs us for tomorrow and I'll pass his sync record yet."
'Sigh, life is confusing…I wonder if I could kiss him? Huh, where did that come from?' Asuka shook her head looking for the culprit. "Ah…" 'He's asleep; I can't see much but his face and chest. Rei falls asleep in ten seconds flat as well.'
'Oh God, why won't Asuka fall asleep yet?' Shinji wondered.
"Um…" 'Who would it hurt? I'd be doing the dork a favor honestly,' Asuka inched closer to her goal.
Shinji felt a reaction to the girl attached to his back and the one nearing his face, 'I should try to enjoy this, or would that be wrong? Wait, don't I no longer care…my personality changes by the chapter…'
Asuka slowed as she saw his brow furrow and relax, and was a half-centimeter away. 'I can smell spearmint toothpaste…' By whatever force of nature wants to be held accountable, Rei leaned into Shinji's back and closed the gap. It wasn't by any means a deep kiss, but Asuka leaned forward slightly and held her position nervously for what seemed like an eternity.
'Oh, that feels weird,' Asuka felt as if her chest was being filled from the inside as she backed away from his moist lips. She then realized what she had done and blushed to meet her hair. 'God, why did I choose this baka for my first kiss? I'm never going to fall asleep.'
Shinji was thinking of the kiss too, it was the most enjoyable one he had had. But now he just kept his hands at his sides and felt the slump of Asuka falling asleep into his chest. He didn't think much after that, just a 'damn penguin' as a bright flash went off followed by a low warking back to the living room. Shinji forgot soon after as he joined the girls in sleep.
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Basically Misato went to work at NERV and Kaji hit on her, this time she threatens to knee him in the balls and that she doesn't like him that way anymore. No kissing on their part and Misato is visited later by Ritsuko, who can't quite believe Misato's over Kaji, but her actions dictate that she no longer feels the need to be with him, but enjoys his company. Hmm, this scene sucked, but I'm tired, so let's finally get to the next day.
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Shinji was lucky this morning, Rei had woken up first and slid out of the futon conglomerate, allowing him to slide away from Asuka backwards. It was one thing to have morning wood in a possible alternate universe with Asuka; in this universe, it guaranteed pain and a desperate escape plan.
"Good morning Shinji," Rei was waiting in the living room with PenPen with wet hair. "Wark"
"G' morning Rei, PenPen." Yawn "We have to get out in 65 minutes. Let's start breakfast. PenPen, you know what to do."
A minute later a shriek emanated from Shinji's room and a running PenPen dove for his fridge, catching some anchovies that Shinji opened up for breakfast. The disheveled redhead stomped out holding Shinji's practice sword and glared towards the fridge, before heading to the bathroom.
Shinji switched places with Asuka twenty minutes later and she helped Rei finish breakfast. When Shinji finally finished in the shower, the meal was ready and the other pilots were waiting. "So, today's the day…How you two feeling?"
"I am acceptable," Rei. "I'm fine, I just want to kick some angel ass now," Asuka didn't meet Shinji's eyes.
"Cool, let's eat," Shinji said.
The morning passed by in silence, driving Shinji insane, but finally they were suited up and in their Evas. The choreography was still perfect despite the busy minds of the pilots.
The Evangelions were standing in formation just out of the city on the hills, waiting for the angel to arrive. It was taking too long.
Asuka was in the plug being haunted by last night, 'I can't believe I'm doing this…Anybody here? Helloooo? See, there. Shinji's just insane.'
'Hello liechben.'
"WHAT!"
"Asuka are you alright? Your sync spiked for a second," Ritsuko was looking at the data.
"Um, yeah, heh heh," Asuka tried to laugh it off as she tried not to breakdown, "I just realized something." 'You better not be #$#$ing with me, who is this!'
'It's good to see you again too Asuka.' The voice thought sarcastically, 'I'm your mother, ooh that's a horrible memory…I'm sorry that you had to see the shell of my body. I'm sorry for not being there for you, but let's not worry about that now. I have to help my little girl kick some ass.'
Just then Shigeru chimed in, "Um, congratulations Shinji. It looks like you did slightly more damage than anticipated, there's going to be a half an hour delay."
Asuka struggled to keep a straight face, "Hey Shinji, thank you for the tip."
"Ah, I knew something happened, Asuka," Maya looked at the display, "you're balancing out at 96 while Shinji's at 95…97 now. Rei, you're steady at 78." Ritsuko and the staff were amazed at what the pilots were now at.
'Come on, Yui told us to beat that,' Kyoko informed Asuka.
'I have to get used to this you know, I feel that you're my mother, but this is weird. Who's Yui?' Asuka asked, her professionalism shining thru.
'Yui is Shinji's mom. Oh, I can see that you're going to have a lot of competition. Who'd a thought that Gendo would actually pass on some good genes?'
'Would you please be serious? And how do you know?'
"Oh no! My daughter's a prude, gah. The shame…You just need the right motivation, but I don't want to distract you now.'
Asuka didn't feel too well, her mom was prying into her mind. Also, her mom was strange and it was nice/sad to know she existed. 'Thanks I guess'.
'You're welcome, just focus on syncing to 100 and we're practically invincible. I won't bother you once the angel arrives. Hmm? Yui's sending me some memories as well. I'll talk to you again later, I love you,'
'Thanks mama…now I have to focus on the mission.'
Meanwhile in Unit 00, Rei chose not to converse with her Eva, she was a little afraid it would go berserk and try to kill her again.
Shinji, on the other hand, was talking to Yui, 'So you can speak to Asuka's mom?'
'Yep, time to give her the lowdown on what happened with third impact.'
'Wait, will she tell Asuka?'
'Aw, my little boy's worrying about the girl who stole his first kiss,'
'I thought I suppressed that memory!'
'You can't hide anything from your mother as Asuka is finding out, but don't worry. Kyoko and I were faithful friends, she needs to know more about the bastard's plan,'
'Fine,'
'Good to know you enjoyed sleeping together by the way, Ja,'
Back on the control bridge, the spectators watched Asuka and Shinji's sync level out a 100. "Way to go Asuka, you just hit the 100 mark," Maya informed her.
"Target has broken through the final defensive line at Gora," Makoto read the relay.
Misato stood up, "The angel is approaching! We won't fail this time. When the music starts, expand your AT fields and then just follow the plan. You three ready?"
"Hai!" All three pilots prepared to move.
"MAGI report the target the target invading the mountain region," Makoto continued.
"You two ready? Full power from the start!"
"I know that Shinji, everything will be done in 53 seconds," Asuka replied.
"Agreed," Rei affirmed.
The target, the seventh angel Israfel approached in singular form. Splitting into its halves as it encountered the Eva's.
"External power release…now!" Misato shouted as the music began.
The three units in a blur of purple, red, and orange charged the angel halves. Unit 01 and 02 kicked both angels and ducked, letting Rei blast both in their pseudo-heads. The orange and silver monsters lashed out, but shield plating shot up from the ground in front of Shinji and Asuka. Rei circled right, Shinji left, and Asuka stayed in place providing cover fire. A bunch of acrobats and positioning later, Rei stepped out of battle while Units 01 and 02 finished up. The angels had stopped to regenerate their legs and Asuka and Shinji jump thru the air to deliver a kick to the cores of both halves, crushing them.
Both units had enough power to roll away from the crater before shutting off. Unit 00 had plugged back in and carried two connectors to the fall out site. After plugging them in, the communications went back on.
"Great job you three! I'm not gonna be fired!" Misato shouted over the connection.
"You're welcome. So Asuka, enjoying your high sync rate now?" Shinji grinned over the HUD.
"It has its downs and is going to take a long time to get used to," Asuka stared at the controls.
Rei watched the two on the screen as they walked to the service elevator, 'Asuka has been abnormal today, maybe it was stress. She seems to have discovered the soul of Unit 02.'
'Hey Shinji, one down, five to go, eh?' Yui spoke up.
'She was probably just curious, it's not like she wanted to last time,'
'You have much to learn still, you should try my book series…'
"Shinji's sync just dropped to 33 percent as he docked. Is there something wrong?" Ritsuko asked.
"I have to go back to school tomorrow…" 'Honestly, it's not like I'm blocking mom out on purpose.'
"Yes you do, remind Misato that Rei has a sync test tomorrow. We have to take some final measurements before we upgrade Unit 00. You three can eject the plugs now."
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A/N: My word count says the main part of the chapter is 10000 words. This could be a goddamn one-shot on its own! I'm tired, ask questions on my reasoning if you want to review.
Remember I need help with a Helsing omake. Also any other ideas would be nice.
Guess what movie I've been watching….
Kensuke left the apartment, hearing the muffled sound of Shinji getting beat up by "PenPen-sensei". Shinji had a while to go before he was proficient enough to yield an energy enhanced katana the size of several buses.
Meanwhile, inside…
"OW god damn it! What the #$#$ is this for!" Shinji held the offending object in the air.
"War Wkk Wark WARK Urk ark wark" (If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!) PenPen was wearing a white scarf and lifted a monkey wrench off of the nearby pile.
"That makes no OWWW! bloody $#$#ing OW!" Shinji lay on the ground holding his bits as the wrenches kept coming. Needless to say, he learned to dodge and PenPen would be the last of his species.
Technically not bad, it's your imagination's fault if you take it the wrong way…
"Hey Rei," Shinji walked back to the table as he heard the screeching of tires. It was weird that neither of them acted like this was out of the normal, "Let's greet Misato."
Misato came off the elevator with Asuka, hoping to have some fun with the pilots' minds, "Here it is Asuka I have to get a key from the super,"
The door opened slightly and revealed Shinji's head, "Hey, heard you were moving in, why do you have so much luggage?"
"Baka, I have a lot of my clothes with me…" Asuka stood there.
"You do not require clothes Soryu-chan," Rei had come from behind Shinji and opened the door.
Asuka gawked, Rei was wearing, if you could call it that, a two-size-too small black latex leotard that was shredded all over so that it covered only the necessities. Her forearms were covered in black latex bandages with steel studs and she wore a black leather coat that was hanging off her shoulders open. The black kneel high stilettos finished off her look.
Shinji was wearing tight black leather pants that had studs traveling up the sides. He'd forgone the shirt and was wearing a biker jacket similar to Rei's so that his chest was in clear view. Spiked black knuckle gloves and several chains and rope, that were not part of the clothing, hung over his shoulders. He wore a studded choker with the work "Kami-Sama" that matched Rei's nameless choker that Asuka had glanced over.
Asuka wasn't stupid, so she made a break for it. Unfortunately, she tried to take her luggage with her…that would be a mistake she learned to love having made.
Three days later…
Kensuke looked at Hikari warily as they walked to the same door and Hikari knocked on it.
"Oh" Kensuke…
"My" Toji…
"GOD!" Hikari stared at the in the door way. Asuka had a devious smile while she wore her tight leather pants and a small, shredded latex tube top that squished her twins thru the gaps. She opted for a studded leather jacket, stilettos, and a choker with red studs. Her hair had been laced with black strips of studded latex.
"Misato said we have to dress alike, act the same, and even sleep together…you'd be surprised how enjoyable having roommates is…"
"I know, hi everyone!" Misato had come to the door as well. Being the social individual she was, two tight, thin straps of spiked leather traveled over her shoulders, covered her nipples, and converged as it reached the southern extremities. Strappy stilettos, knuckle gloves, and a choker were the only other articles of clothing.
The four smirked as their visitors released some surplus blood thru the nasal cavity. Toji and Kensuke had traveled over forty feet while Hikari had been chained up and thrown inside…by herself. A decision she wouldn't come to regret.
Please, no flames… ;)
"The seventh angel has only one weakness: a concentrated, two-point attack to the core during separation. That's the only way to defeat it besides point-blank annihilation, which would need a sacrifice of an Eva to hold an AT field. In other words, an attack by two Evas with completely synchronized timing, set-up by a short synchronized melee by all three units."
"Ok…" Asuka and Shinji said. "That is reasonable," Rei inserted as well.
Misato motioned for PenPen to focus in on herself (the penguin had been standing in the corner with a camera), "YOSH! YOU THREE ARE GOING TO LIVE TOGTHER FROM NOW ON TO PROMOTE TEAMWORK AND THE FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Misato flashed a smile so bright that it blinded the youths. When they could finally see, their guardian was no longer wearing normal clothes, but a green spandex suit with a tan pocketed vest and orange leg warmers and bracers.
Less than fifteen minutes later, even Rei was wishing for the Goddamn angel to show up already and kill them all. Those suits they had to wear itched, their training regimen was past the borderline of insane, and Gendo 'bastard' Ikari had shown up with the training equipment while wearing a bright pink spandex suit. He had declared that he would be living with their "FIERY YOUTH 'TIL WE EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES OF OUR ETERNAL FOES!"
PenPen killed him five minutes later and things were finally borderline bearable.
What if?….
"Okay," the trio replied as they set up the DDR like contraption. The routine played out; however, unlike the series, the pilots switched mats every so often. Shinji messed up 100 out of every 150 steps, Asuka 100 out of 180, and Rei led the pack at 100 every 200. Of course this wasn't too accurate, as it was determined when one or all three pilots were not in sync. They were much better than when they started…
"Hmm…" Toji, Hikari, and Kensuke stared and said in perfect unison, "YOU GUYS SUCK!"
Asuka wouldn't take that lying down, "Why don't you three try it BAKAS!"
Moments later, "Perfect score," the machine displayed and played the battle victory music. Toji, Kensuke, and Hikari were jumping around in a circle while the pilots sulked.
Misato had a brainspark, "Well, there's only one thing to do now." Kensuke's eyes glowed; he was going to be a pilot! "As director of operations for NERV in Tokyo-3, I demand that you live here now: eating, doing chores, and sleeping with the pilots until they get it!"
Sorry, running out of ideas…falling back to the standard
'I have to get used to this you know, I feel that you're my mother, but this is weird. Who's Yui?' Asuka asked, her professionalism shining thru.
'Yui is Shinji's mom. Oh, I can see that you're going to have a lot of competition. Who'd a thought that Gendo would actually pass on some good genes?'
'Would you please be serious?'
"Oh no! My daughter's a prude, gah. The shame…The schools of erotica will never be joined! You just need the right motivation! I need to talk with Yui, later!'
After the battle, Shinji's and Asuka's minds were forcibly implanted with several chapters from Yui's and Kyoko's book series. Consequently, that night Asuka sleep walked into Shinji's room naked and kept him warm (sorry, no nooky). The next morning it took five very revealing minutes before the two realized what had happened. They had to find a way to get revenge…
The moms surrendered after the fourth day of Barney dancing with a naked Gendo running thru the hardline interface. Yui and Kyoko discovered Gendo wasn't the specimen he used to be after an unfortunate, undocumented electric stapler/paper shredder accident. (that hurt to type…)
Violence IS the answer
The target, the seventh angel Israfel approached in singular form. Splitting into its halves as it encountered the Eva's.
"External power release…now!" Misato shouted as the music began.
In the heat of battle in the past and the future to come, sometimes orders are forgotten, plans thrown out the window, and people turn to their primal instincts.
The Angel was almost done splitting in half when all three units pounced: fists clawed, buildings demolished, and teeth tearing the flesh away as the Evas abandoned the week of training in favor of just beating the hell out of this freaky invading mother #$#$er!
Asuka, Rei, and Shinji stood back up covered in blood, waiting for confirmation after a minute of carnage.
"Whoa…um…great job! Just like I plan heh heh," Misato sweated as the rest of the bridge stared and wondered what the hell she taught those kids.
Too much of a good thing if Rei remembered…
From chapter 2 I think (Inspired by Ari phoenix… I can't believe I didn't think of it)
It was the day after Sachiel, the third angel, attacked. Rei was lying there in her hospital room, listlessly staring at the ceiling. The only signs of life were her gentle breathing movement, the occasional blinks that covered her red eyes, and the beeps of the heart monitor. She heard the door slide open and turned her head slightly.
'Shinji-kun is here?' And she stared at him.
"Hello Ayanami-san." 'He does not remember.' "How are you feeling?" Shinji assumed the bastard position and placed his hands in front of him, mirroring his father.
"I'm acceptable," She fought the incoming depression, 'Who will help me prevent third impact now? It seems as if only I remember…wait…'
"Well I hope you recover soon. We have school together and I'd like to see you there. Are the other students nice?"
'Shinji-kun is too different,' "Shinji-kun, do you remember third impact?"
"What? You remember it too, this is so great. I really missed you Rei-chan," Shinji went to hug her when the door busted in.
Standing there, 33 naked clones of Rei Ayanami had a Cheshire grin on their faces, "We wish to become one with you Shinji-kuuuuun!"
Shinji only got to glance back at Rei II before she had stripped out of her hospital gown and tackled him as well. Several hours later (it seems that one of the Rei's knew how to hook an IV up to Shinji with a buttload of aphrodisiacs and fluids to prevent dehydration), the Reis were satisfied and Ikari Shinji firmly believed that every male (except his father) should have his own harem of clones.
And in an alternate universe, Rei Ayanami was thinking the same thing about her harem of Shinji clones.
And in yet another alternate universe, Ikari Shinji was thinking the same thing about his harem of Kawrou clones.
And finally, in yet another alternate universe, Soryu Asuka Langley was thinking the same thing about her harem of Rei clones.
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