A/N: This is the second half of chapter 10. Ah, it feels good to finish a chapter. Not spelled, grammar, or logic checked.
'Italics' : 'Thoughts/Yui/Kyoko'
Bold : Sounds
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Now it was time to scuba once she dragged the two other children from their computers.
"What are you two doing?" Asuka asked Shinji and Rei. They were both sitting at opposite sides of the table with their laptops and appeared to be working.
"I am saving my Mechwarrior: Fifth Impact file before I begin swimming," Rei responded. After finishing her Final Fantasy, she was pushed towards this new game. The online players could be very…frustrating. Shinji had printed out an online speech dictionary for her.
Speaking of Shinji, he ignored Asuka and kept staring at the screen. Asuka called out for him again before moving right beside him to look at what was so interesting. She could see a bunch of text, diagrams, and numbers before he spoke up.
"Hey Asuka," Shinji wasn't working on physics because it made no sense that he would need help, so no thermal expansion until the omakes, "I'm working on a little something for Maya."
Asuka stared at the screen again and read aloud, "Inverted AT-field theory and Possible AT Field Manipulation thru Carbon Fiber-LCL Metals…What the hell is this?" She pointed to a complex blue-print and several unknown symbols.
"That? OH, that. It's something." Shinji answered and kept typing.
Rei was finished and was curious about what Shinji was talking about. She dragged her chair to Shinji's other side and looked in disbelief at the screen. "What about this?"
"Oh, thanks. I forgot to finish that," Shinji moved the mouse and started typing rapidly before pasting in a larger document.
Asuka continued to stare as the words flowed in from the other document. "So…" 'this is a little something? Is he a #$#$ing genius?' "Slow down, what's an inverted AT-field and the other item?"
Shinji highlighted another item and re-wrote it. "Sigh, if an AT field is a manifestation of separation or blocking, the anti-AT field would absorb things in an infinite amount of space thru some very complicated equations. The 'other thing' would be a possible way to make AT-piercing weapons and possibly cages/containers without using the bio-components in the EVA."
"Oh," Rei and Asuka said in stereo. The both looked on in disbelief as Shinji finished and hit save. Rei, struggling, finally spoke up, "Did you go to college Shinji? Those were very confusing…things."
"What? It's easy," Shinji smiled as both girls sweatdropped."Actually, I'm just proofreading and editing it for her." 'The ideas and data is from mom. I hope Maya enjoys the surprise. Hm, I'll send it to Ritsuko as well…just less complete. She'll think Maya's a genius, lol.' "Did you think I came up with that?"
"Haha, of course not," Asuka laughed it off. "I did," Rei answered as she got up and put the chair back.
"Well that's sweet Rei, but I'm not that smart yet," Shinji closed his laptop and stood up.
Without Shinji's work distracting them, they finally looked at each other. There were several traveling eyes until Rei got her mind back on track, 'That was weird, Shinji looks…something. I like it, hmm. What am I doing!' "I'm going for a swim, will you be joining me?"
"Um, yeah Rei. Shinji, do you want to scuba? I have another set of equipment," Asuka looked away from his developing body to the diving stuff. Shinji's sword practice and other training had finally produced a six-pack on his semi-scrawny frame with two decent pecs. By no means would he ever be a large man, more like a well-toned teenager.
"Thanks, but I brought my own equipment. I can't really swim that well. Would you mind if Rei tried it out?" Shinji pulled his own equipment out of his bag and some reflective goggles. Logically, after the destruction of Antarctica and rising sea-levels, jumps were made in personal scuba technology so people could search the wreckage. So everyone's equipment was much smaller than your normal scuba.
"Sure, it's NERV's! Let them pay for the ruining our trip," Asuka smirked, "Hey Rei, you're going scuba with us. Get suited up."
"Alright…" Rei pivoted directions straight to the pile of equipment. She had wanted to try it after the two weeks worth of hype.
True to his word, Shinji sunk straight to the bottom and it took fifteen minutes of coaching from the girls until he could move on his own. Eventually they swam around and had fun, including a race around the pool underwater and jumping from the diving board. Shinji sucked at both, but it was an enjoyable sight to watch each other compete.
'I am not my mom, I am not my mom, I am not my mom,' Shinji had enjoyed the sight of the other pilots immensely as well.
'I'll ask Misato about this later,' Rei thought as she blushed before entering the locker rooms.
'Not Kaji, not Kaji, not Kaji,' Guess who?
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Ritsuko was busy working on the upgrade on Unit 00 when she decided to check her e-mail. There were 27 unread messages. She just was busy the last couple of days. She saw one from Shinji labeled: "I thought you might enjoy this" with a paperclip next to it. So reluctantly she opened the attachment, 'Why the hell would Shinji-kun send me something?'
"Inverted AT-field theory and Possible AT Field Manipulation thru Carbon Fiber-LCL Metals…What the hell is this?" cat-woman read-on and started to drool. According to Shinji, he had been shown this on his latest sync test. Something about being given a backdoor into the MAGI.
'But, but, it's incomplete! The blueprints are missing descriptions, the theory is incomplete in a few places, and this equation isn't finished! NOOOOOOO! It would only take me a few days of non-stop work…' Ritsuko slumped back and started to sob. She didn't have the time right now to work on it.
Suddenly Maya tore around the corner and vaulted a nearby computer terminal, "SEMPAI! YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!"
'Sigh, I guess I have a minute or two,' "What is it Maya?"
Maya pulled out a stack of papers from seemingly nowhere and set it down in front of her sempai. "I got an e-mail from Shinji-kun a few days ago and look what it had. I had to fix some things, but it's amazing!" 'I can't believe Shinji misspelled my name and his mom couldn't spell carbon.'
Ritsuko pulled herself up and looked thru the stack, 'It's the same thing I ha…' She looked back at the e-mail and to the papers rapidly. 'It's, it's, it's COMPLETE!'
Ritsuko jumped up and kissed Maya on the lips hard before jumping around with the papers clutched to her chest, "Yatta! You're awesome! It's complete! We could use this for so much! It must have taken you forever!"
Maya was standing there stunned as Ritsuko kissed her again before sitting back down to look at the papers again. 'Why did Shinji send sempai an incomplete version? I really need to do something for that boy.'
Ritsuko was just ecstatic. A few minutes later she looked up at the beet-red Maya staring into space. 'What's with her? Shoot, I have to get back to Unit 00. But I don't wanna, hm?...' "Maya, could you do me a favor?"
Snapping out of it, Maya felt how hot her face was, "Su-sure. Just name it sempai."
"Here's a checklist of procedures Unit 00 is undergoing right now. Go to its cage and supervise construction for today. Call me if there's a serious problem. I'll take you out to dinner afterwards."
"Hai!" Maya left as fast as she could, not noticing Ritsuko's lingering eyes. Maybe she should just give on Gendo completely, it's not like he ever showed any promise. She'd find out tonight. (okay, my simplest explanation is Ritsuko experimented in college. So did Maya. My story, so there. I'm not delving too much into Ritsuko/Maya, just know it's a progressive relationship and will merge with harem)
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A couple of days passed until it was Thursday and some disturbing reports were coming in. Right now, Shigeru, Fuyutsuki, Ritsuko, and Maya were looking at blown up negatives projected onto the floor. Ritsuko and Maya had become closer friends and Maya was always smiling for some reason.
"These don't give us a clear image," Fuyutsuki observed.
Shigeru nodded, "but the thing that's disconcerting is how it's being reported by the Asamayama Earthquake Research Institute."
Fuyutsuki agreed," Indeed, we cannot ignore it."
"What did Magi judge Maya?" Ritsuko asked.
"Fifty-fifty sempai."
"Is someone there?" Fuyutsuki inquired.
Shigeru answered this time, "Captain Katsuragi and Makato have already arrived there."
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The head researcher of the Asamayama Earthquake Research Institute at Mt. Asamayama was having a good-turned-interesting-turned-bad week. First off, they had received Kermadec-3, their third high-pressure and temperature probe. "That's the limit!" he told this woman.
"No it isn't, 500 more please," she watched the probe sink deeper into the volcano on the monitor.
The probe worked great, with various sensors that could do various things sensors could do. The test runs were great…and then the earthquakes began.
"Depth 1200. Anti-pressure amour cracked," his assistant said. He pleaded with the woman, "Katsuragi-san!"
"If it's destroyed, we'll compensate you for it. 200 more, please," she flippantly said, not knowing how f#$#ing long it took to make one.
The earthquakes were suspicious, so the information was sent to the government, and then to NERV with their MAGI computers. Why didn't he keep it a secret!
"Signal on the monitor!" the NERV tech known as Makato said.
"Start analysis," the cruel woman said.
Maybe she would leave now and they could repair the probe. They had just showed up and decided to take a test spin of the probe that morning.
"Probe has been utterly crushed and destroyed. BOOM…It exploded as well," the researcher's assistant said in disbelief. He started to cry.
"Status of analysis?" the purple-haired demon asked her minion.
"We barely got it. Thank God…or not. Pattern Blue!" the minion said without any compassion to anything else.
"No doubt. That's an Angel," now his week had plummeted into the ground, "As of now, this lab is completely closed and under NERV's control. No entry to the room will be permitted, and all events from the past six hours are to be kept secret from the outside."
Now they couldn't even salvage any of the extra data recorded. His week just went under like his probe.
The researcher's assistant pulled the scissors out of his hands and the guards jumped on him. The demon walked out of the room in a rush, probably to celebrate ruining his week.
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Misato quickly called the bridge and got a hold of Shigeru. She asked for an A17 from the commander. Eventually, she got a secure line to the commander and explained everything. Now this lead to the meeting of some SEELE members at the moment.
"A17?" Mr. yellow-colored desk asked.
"A pre-emptive strike?" Mr. red-desk guessed.
"Yes," the ironically pure-white desk Gendo affirmed.
Mr. green-desk wasn't happy, "Not acceptable! It's too dangerous! You cannot say you have forgotten that case 15 years ago."
Gendo didn't stray from bastard position, "It's our chance. We've been doing nothing but defending, but we can go on the offensive if..."
"You risk too much!" Robo-bastard said.
'Checkmate' "But you know how important getting a sample of a living Angel is…" the original bastard responded.
Keel relented, "Failure will not be tolerated."
Fuyutsuki had noticed something when all of the colors disappeared, "Failure? If we fail, humanity will cease to exist!"
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In the same room that the negatives were shown on the floor, Maya, Ritsuko and the three children were assembled, looking at a picture of an angel embryo. It looked like a chicken egg with a fetus in it, very deceptive when you consider it must have been the size of a mid-size building.
Shinji spoke up, "I'm betting that's a chrysalis the angel is in and you want us to capture it alive and bring it in it's original condition as much as possible? And if we fail to destroy it?"
Ritsuko and Maya just nodded. They kept being surprised by the Ikari line (Gendo's not an Ikari). 'I'll have some fun with this,' Ritsuko thought, "Who wants to take the mission?"
"I'll do it! I'll dive!" "Make Asuka do it." "I do not have an Eva even"
'I thought they'd fight over it,' "Fine. Asuka will do it with Unit 02."
"Wait," the red-head turned to Shinji, "Why were you so anxious not to?"
"Haha, you'll see. Two words though: sumo wrestler."
"Huh?"
Rei wondered something, "What will I do?"
Maya decided to answer, "Since Unit 00 is being upgraded and could be used even if we wanted to, you will accompany the other pilots as backup."
"Exactly," Ritsuko smiled to her pseudo-assistant.
"Isn't there hot springs near Mt. Asamayama, Asuka?" Rei asked.
"That's right, we'll get Misato to take us," Asuka replied and forgot all about Shinji's comment.
'So easily distracted, Shinji's still paying attention,' Ritsuko ahem-ed, "Excuse me, but this is an A17, we will leave as soon as possible. Be ready."
"Hai," Rei, Shinji, and Asuka said.
The two girls left as Shinji walked over to Ritsuko, "Could you take this for me? You'll know what to do," Shinji gave her an nondescript item and left.
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After a long night of preparations and jerry-rigging a cage for the angel, Ritsuko accompanied Asuka to the locker room. 'I still haven't figured out what Shinji wants me to do with this.'
"Even though you said this was a heat resistant plug suit, there's nothing different," Asuka tried to figure out what was different with the skin tight suit.
Ritsuko then understood and lifted the nondescript item, "Press the switch on the right."
Asuka did so and was in for a surprise. The suit ballooned up and Asuka was wedged in between two lockers, "NOOOO!"
Click Flash! Click Flash! Click Flash! Ritsuko took three pictures with Shinji's camera and tucked it away in her bag.
"No complaining, Unit 02 is ready," Ritsuko said as she walked briskly away from the second child.
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Asuka walked into a special hangar to see Unit 02, "What did you do?"
Unit 02 was covered in a bulky white suit with a multitude of hoses and clamps. "Special anti-heat, pressure, and radiation suit. The Type-D equipment for extreme regions," Ritsuko replied.
"Oh my god, this is why you didn't want to do it baka!" Asuka pointed to Shinji.
"Yep, did you think they would let an Eva go down without protection? And I tried out my heat-suit by accident."
"Well forget it I refuse to do this."
"That's a shame. I was looking forward to your exploits Asuka," Kaji called down from the balcony.
"Oh no," Asuka just put her hands on her face and stood there.
'Hm, this is different,' Shinji thought, "Come on Asuka, I know you don't want me or Rei to pilot Unit 02 and we need to hurry."
"Yes, and you are the best scuba out of all of us," Rei added for some reason, she knew that it wasn't relevant.
"I'll go," Asuka said as she walked up to the bulky Unit 02 and addressed it, "I know it's ugly, just be patient." (That's what my sub says…)
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Rei accompanied Maya and Ritsuko as Shinji and Asuka were being flown in. Rei felt a little alone as she stood next to Misato. She was only comforted in that she would go to the hot springs and wasn't being left behind at NERV like when they retrieved Unit 02 at sea.
When Unit 02 passed borderline, she was bombarded by Kyoko's concern about going into a volcano…and their matching fashion statements. Yui's constant background laughter didn't help Kyoko any. Asuka did notice something, "Where's Kaji?"
Kaji sneezed as he discussed the A17 order with his SEELE informant.
"Why would that idiot come? He has no job here," Misato said over the com to an aggravated Asuka, '"Looking forward to my exploits" my ass.'
Shinji found the air force in the sky again, "The commander ordered those planes to nuke us if we failed, right?"
"Yes he did Shinji," Maya answered as Ritsuko was double checking the cage. They had enough time to inject LCL into the carbon-steel electromagnetic capture unit. Supposedly, all Asuka would have to do would focus on creating an AT field and the cage would bend it around with help from the EM field. Maya had been praised by Ritsuko several times, but she still didn't get the chance to thank Shinji.
A giant crane was position over the crevice on top of the mountain. After laser guiding the drop point to the target, Asuka was lowered into the lava, "Look Shinji, Giant Stroke Entry!"
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'Well mom, do you think Asuka's cage will hold?' Shinji leaned back and listened to the radio commentary.
'Not a chance, it will hold longer than last time. Just drop your knife as soon as Misato says to abort and hope for the best. Say, did Rei have a cameltoe when you went scuba diving?'
'WHAT? Of course not! I'm sure of that.'
'How can you be so sure? Paying attention to something were we? She should be capable of having children, angels are 99.89 percent match to us and she's mostly me, so be careful.'
'You have to be kidding me…no, you don't need to explain more.' Just then Shinji paled to a deathly white, 'Can Kyoko hear us?'
'yes'
Shinji slumped forward, 'Could you tell her not to relay any of this conversation?'
'We won't relay anything unless you ask us to, but she says no prob and it sucks down here…and that she already warned Asuka that you have several admirers and sharing isn't a bad thing. Ahahahahaha, that's good 'ol Kyoko, I see why she didn't want to share Gendo now.'
'Could we please get off this topic? How about…'
Shinji didn't get to finish as he heard the capture was a success and to bring Unit 02 back up.
"Asuka, are you alright?"
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Asuka's nerves were wobbly after the experience of going past the max limit for depth in the d-type equipment. Her mother had tried to keep things upbeat before the mission started and gave her some assurances as she passed the limits. But now, she felt great that she had done it.
"Of course I am. It was easy," Asuka said, "This suit is like a sauna, I'm gonna need a shower."
"There's a hot spring nearby, we can go there afterwards," Misato smiled over the HUD.
Unit 02 continued to ascend until the cage began to rumble. It was time for the 8th angel's, Sandalfon, birth.
The egg-like pupa contracted and expanded until it hit the electromagnetically guided AT cage, the cage held.
"AT field, full power," Asuka focused, 'Mama, you know what to do.'
Maya stared at the read out, "Pilot's sync surpassing 100…110…120…140…160…172 and leveling out."
The crew watched on in amazement, only Shinji had passed the barrier and the cage was holding a squirming blob of mass that shifted from form to form, trying to escape.
'Hm, I thought Kyoko wouldn't push it this much,' Yui said, causing Shinji to gape, 'The cage isn't large enough to hold that much energy for too long. The angel will adapt too quickly and neutralize the weakest point.'
The angel kept squirming and changing forms, but now Unit 02 was only 800 meters down. 'But it looks like she's helping Asuka bend the AT field around the angel without the cage. It's a shame Kyoko doesn't know how to simulate an S2 engine or she could pull this off.'
'Why can't you tell her how?' Shinji watched the HUD as Asuka's ascent slowed down at 700 meters.
'It would take too long and she's too focused on the task at hand. She may pull it off as a desperation attempt, but she knows what happened last time. So she'll probably start to run out of power now and we may not have to enter the lava. She's so thoughtful.'
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Asuka was sweating even more now, was this what Shinji went thru to summon his strength? The damn angel wouldn't stay still, and the cockpit started to flash. The battery life appeared on the HUD and was depleting faster than it should.
"Asuka, abort the capture and release the cage," Misato ordered. They had been so close to capturing it. "Change of operation. Annihilation of the angel is the number one priority. Unit Two, withdraw and prepare for battle."
"All right, time for payback for this damn suit," Asuka said as she released the cage and pushed it away with her AT field.
Sandalphon emerged from the cage, with a slightly different form than you remember. Basically think of what you thought the 8th angel looked like, and add a shark fin ;). Yay for author powers.
The angel charged Asuka, "Damn, I dropped the knife. Releasing the ballasts."
Unit 02 floated above the angel and it turned around, "Asuka, Shinji will send down his knife. Catch it!"
"I already dropped it, it should be there now," Shinji replied.
"I lost the target, there's the prog knife," Asuka maneuvered the claws on the D-type equipment to catch the handle with the right hand.
"The angel is approaching from the front," Makoto was finally picking up readings from the ground level computers.
"AHH!" The angel impacted with the Eva. The left claw of the angel impacted the Eva's right hand and the right claw tore at the units left leg. The mouth opened and tried to chew off the Eva's head. Asuka shook the right hand free and stabbed at the angel's eye. Tink Tink It didn't work and they had to jettison the left leg. 'Sorry mama!' 'Don't worry about me, think thermal expansion.'
"The structure is incredible, to withstand the heat and pressure," Maya started.
"The prog knife won't work," Ritsuko finished. It was amazing that the angel had adapted from 1700 meters to a now 400.
Asuka understood her mother and cut coolant hose number 3. Then she shoved it in the damn angel's mouth, "Switch all pressure to hose 3!"
"Thermal expansion, do it!" Ritsuko yelled at Shigeru.
The difference in the contrasting temperatures caused cracks and slowed down the molecules so that the knife could cut into the angel's eye. The greatest damage was that the core was cracking itself and couldn't adapt. The angel tried for one last swipe at the main cables, but Unit 02 was jerked up in the lava 40 meters.
Above the volcanic crevice, Unit 01 was pulling the cable up on it's own and letting it loop back into the lava.
"Blue pattern gone, angel is destroyed," Makato reported to everyone else and a collective breath was released. Rei was relieved at the turn of events.
"Hey Shinji, what are you doing?" Misato demanded, noticing Unit 01 hanging off of the end of the crane.
"Hm, ask Asuka," Shinji replied as he let the slack be taken up by the crane and climbed back to the edge of the crevice.
"Well? Shinji usually has a good reason," Misato said.
"The angel was too close to Asuka's cables," Rei had noticed the right claw swipe as the view shifted upwards.
"I would have made it anyways. Don't worry about it, I believe you promised a trip to the hot springs Misato?"
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Asuka met up with Rei in one of the trailers set up for the workers at the mission site. The first thing she had done when she got out of her Eva was to deflate the damn sumo suit. She found out that was a mistake as all the sweat collected inside was squished around her body. Rei had led her to the temporary showers and waited as she decontaminated herself.
Stepping out of the shower and grabbing a towel, Asuka asked Rei, "So, was it exciting watching the battle from the sidelines?"
Rei looked at her with a little disbelief, "No it was not. It was uneventful and nerve racking watching your exploits. Is your Eva okay?"
"Yea, she says that: 'tis just a flesh wound, and started to laugh. I don't get it, but she said not to worry. But hey, at least you get to come to the hot springs with us."
"Yes, I hope that it's enjoyable," Rei said as the door opened.
"Okay girls, I got clearance to leave now, so let's go!" Misato shouted, "I think Shinji is waiting for us."
They found him a few minutes later looking at a phone book. 'Aha, take out,' Shinji simply wanted something to eat. "Hi guys, I'm ordering food. Where are we staying Misato?"
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Misato had called in and gotten two rooms at a local inn, it was pretty easy despite the popularity of the hot springs. That may have been due to the mass evacuation of the area, just maybe. They had decided Shinji would room with Misato and Rei and Asuka would stick together. Anyways, the food had been good (not as good as Kami-sama's), and the group was getting ready for the hot springs when a delivery person arrived.
"Hello, is someone named "Kami-sama" here?" the man held a large box.
Shinji walked outside and signed for the package, "Thank you."
The label of the box read: TO: Kami-sama From: Lady Killer. And the letter that came with it explained that PenPen had somehow stolen a car and threatened Kaji at sword point. A bunch of "warking", a game of charades, bleeding, and tourniquets later, Kaji sent PenPen in a box to Shinji.
Hearing Shinji's voice, the box was cut open from the inside and our favorite penguin looked around frantically for the hot springs. "Wark Ke War e Ku" 'Kami-sama, tell me where the springs are!'
'I wonder if mom designed him to take "research" notes at hot springs. He is a warm-water penguin,' Shinji thought as he pointed out the door to his right. "That way. Leave the sword here."
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"Ah, this is heavenly, right PenPen?" Shinji laid back on the smooth, rocky edge of the spring. Said penguin was floating on his back and chirping as he went from side to side of the enclosure. "It's a shame that we can't stay longer." 'Misato should ask right about…'
"Hey Shinji-kun!" Misato's voice carried over the bamboo barrier separating the men and women's baths.
"Yes?"
"Send over your body shampoo," Misato started. "We ran out of ours," Asuka finished.
"Hey PenPen, hold this will you? I'll make this up to you later," Shinji handed a confused PenPen the body shampoo, "Stay away from the barrier guys."
"Huh, why?" Asuka asked and looked to the top of the bamboo wall.
WAAAAAAAAARRRK! Misato's and Asuka's eyes bugged out when they saw a flightless bird clear the wall. Diving to the side, they missed the huge wave that knocked Rei over.
"Are you all right PenPen," Rei asked as she uprighted her swirly-eyed avian friend and took the shampoo out of his flippers.
"SHINJI! Watch where you're throwing!" Asuka and Misato shouted with malice.
"Is that an invitation?" Shinji asked as he blushed at the thought.
"What? NO!" Asuka yelled and sunk underneath the surface of the water just in case.
"Sorry Shinji, but not today. Come here Rei, you haven't had a turn yet," Misato called out.
"What?" Rei said after she set PenPen on the rocks.
Misato applied the shampoo to Rei's back, "Hey! Rei's bubbly skin is funny!"
"Really? It is!" Asuka said loudly as she rubbed the soap in.
"Hihi. I think I'm ticklish there," Rei giggled as they reached her sides.
Asuka decided to have some fun, "How about here?"
Rei laughed out loud in an uncharacteristic fashion and Shinji sunk into the water on his side. This was cruel.
"How about here?" Misato said lecherously, take your pick on what happened.
"Oh…um, please do not um touch me there," Rei said in a quieter voice as her face flushed.
"Why? You lose nothing by that anyway..." Misato said loudly and was rewarded by a loud splash on the other side of the barrier.
Shinji decided to take an early leave to the showers for unknown reasons…
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Misato sighed as she pulled herself onto a smooth rock, "PenPen, could you check on Shinji for me?" 'Asuka doesn't need to stare.' "This scar is a teensy reminder from second impact, I did not have a tattoo removed."
"I didn't think that! It's just that I barely know anything about you and you probably know all about me. I was curious."
"How 'bout you Rei?"
"I am somewhat curious as well."
"Well, I went on the expedition to the first angel with my father. He was always rapped up in his work, but it turns out he had some redeeming qualities. The first angel attacked and second impact occurred. I spent the next couple of years at an institute for my…injuries. It took a lot of work, but eventually I met up with Kaji and Ritsuko in college. I dedicated the rest of my time to destroying the angels and here I am today. I know most of the stuff that happened in both of your lives, except Rei still has some classified information that I can't access."
The two turned to the albino girl who looked away, "My life is complicated, and the information you don't know I can't tell you. I don't think you would like it. Sorry."
It was quiet until Asuka thought of something, "What about Shinji? He's pretty weird sometimes. Switching back and forth from pervert to gentleman to prankster. Does multiple personality order or something?"
Misato thought about it, "I don't know really. He was reported to be introverted and depressed up to the day of the third's attack. Then he went 180 and became witty, sarcastic, and fun. He did manipulate the commander into paying him cash and has revolutionized some of the training we do as you've noticed."
"He also is very calm and confident when most of us freak out. Like when the 7th angel attacked or the 6th or the…anytime an angel attacks he's perfectly fine. Shinji also seems to have a plan or prepared: take out food tonight, cameras when he met Asuka, I heard he bought you a new apartment Rei, and GOD can he cook, drool. Ritsuko thinks it's something like having a second chance at life."
"A new apartment Rei?" Asuka was stunned.
"No, just the furnishings, decorations, and clothes. It was very plain and cold before," Rei saw Asuka's disbelief and explained, "I didn't have any clothing besides my school uniform and I only had four lights total. It was like that for 7 years."
Asuka sighed, "That is bad, I wouldn't have guessed he did something like that."
"Yep, Rei used to be quite the unemotional robot before Shinji-kun arrived," Misato smiled.
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A/N: Ah, not too bad. It took a while though. I think I've decided to keep this fic T on paper, but not imagination.
OMAKES
What is it Rei?
It was they day back from Rei's sync test and Asuka and Hikari were excited over the school trip. Rei was interrupted during lunch, so she decided to tell Asuka after school.
"Asuka?"
"Yea Rei?"
"About the school trip we can'…"
"Hey Asuka, what do you want for dinner? Rei, you too." Shinji interrupted. Oh well, she'd have another chance later.
Later…
Rei was playing Asuka in Halo 4 when she remembered about the school trip.
"Asuka" Cruel Angel Thesis Cell Phone Ring
"Sorry Rei, I'll be done shortly…" Asuka replied as she answered her phone.
'I still have time to tell her later.'
Even later…
Rei was lying awake on her futon, she should try again, "Asuka?"
"Yea?" Asuka replied and unsuccessfully suppressed a yawn.
"We can't go on the trip, we have standby duty," There! She'd done it. Wait, why wasn't Asuka complaining? "Asuka?"
The redhead had fallen asleep.
Next morning…
Rei always enjoyed Shinji's breakfasts, and today was no exception, but she felt compelled to warn Asuka about the school trip. On their way to school, she started conversation with the second child, "Asuka. I have news."
"Ok?"
"We BEEP! go on the CRASH! triPOLICE SIREN wa because we AMBULANCE SIRENty."
"What?"
Rei sighed and started again…only to be interrupted by Hikari: "Did you two see the accident? I never knew the fire hydrants could do that!"
It was then Rei gave up and decided this was fate's way of saying to forget about it.
"Nevermind."
Kaji's German Adventures
words is German
Kaji-san, I'm so lucky to go out with you! Asuka was ecstatic over going shopping with her one true love. Who cares that he was twice her age, she's a big girl since she turned 12 last week.
Yea Yea, just lead the way Kaji said while rubbing his cheek. 'Did that woman have to slap me? What's wrong with saying: would you like to join us?' Unknown to him, he had a police officer tailing him.Does your dad know that you left?
Nope, it's just you and me
Great Kaji said sarcastically, the police officer didn't get the humor and kept following them.
Asuka led her love into the girls section and then put the nail in Kaji's coffin, You can help me choose underwear!
Two minutes later Kaji was facedown on the floor as Asuka tried desperately to explain everything. Linoleum did not taste good…was that a tooth?
Variations of "Thermal Expansion" (sorry I took it out)
#1: No title
"What are you doing Shinji?" Asuka asked the typing third child.
"Huh? Oh, I'm working on physics," Shinji barely acknowledged the bikini clad redhead.
"Hm, let me see," the second child leaned in to the computer screen, "Thermal expansion, that's easy!"
"I know, bu…" Shinji was interrupted.
"In my case, do you think my breasts might get bigger when they're warmed?" Asuka grinned as she held them.
"Not enough to make a difference apparently, might I suggest implants?"
#2: This one sucks as well
"In my case, do you think my breasts might get bigger when they're warmed?" Asuka grinned as she held them.
"I don't think they're warm enough, let me help you," Shinji stood up covered Asuka's hands with his. "I think they are…" Slap!
#3: Damn, I guess I don't have anything
"In my case, do you think my breasts might get bigger when they're warmed?" Asuka grinned as she held them.
"I don't know, I'm not about to get slapped finding out either."
Unfortunately Rei had been passing by, her perverted gene from Yui (much like Gendo's bastard gene) got its first activation, 'I wonder, the principle is correct, but nipples contrast that due to their expansion in the cold and excitement.'
Asuka had lowered her hands and was about to retort when she felt Rei's hands snake up from behind and grab her breasts so they peeked out the gaps in her fingers. Embarrassed and not wanting to slap Rei and having her take it the wrong way, Asuka bolted for the pool.
Shinji stood in amazement as Rei reported her findings, "I noticed no difference Shinji, I believe further testing is in order."
Shinji waited for Rei to follow Asuka, but hitched his breath when she held her own, "Shinji, I think I need more heat, come over here…"
Nose bleeding, he walked over and helped Rei.
"No, I can't feel any difference. Though I believe the heat has expanded part of your anatomy."
#4: The last one was technically T, right?
What if Rei was working on Physics?
"It's a problem on thermal expansion, Shinji," Rei said as she stared at her laptop.
"I know Rei," Shinji replied as Asuka walked over, "For example, in small amounts, if I hold Asuka's breasts in my hands (he does so) they'll grow."
Asuka was glowing red and was about to slap the pervert.
Rei had other plans, "Oh, so when I hold her ass (does so) it grows?"
Asuka was unnerved by this and re-angered when Shinji shouted, "Exactly! See, you got it."
SLAP SLAP OW! Damnit!
Shinji facefaulted, "You don't need to spank her to deflate them Rei."
Asuka looked shocked and then pissed as Rei said, "Sorry!"
If you have an idea for thermal expansion, or any chapter, review or PM it.
What really happened on the school trip…
The plane landed and all the kids were excited about going to Okinawa. The busses arrived and everybody climbed on. The countryside was awesome and they arrived at a giant resort. There were waterfalls, lakes, hotsprings, and giant traditional style mansions.
Unfortunately they drove right past that and to a couple or run-down shacks. The kiddies were so confused and Boring-sensei stood up, "Okay everyone, off the bus. For the next week you will call me master and you will dismantle this camp. At the end of your enslavement, you will be brainwashed and put back on the planes."
One of the students spoke up in confusion and rage, "But the itinerary and brochures don't mention any of this. Our parents didn't pay for this. Everything was supposed to be…"
"Perfect?" Boring-sensei laughed evily, "Of course it was supposed to be irresistible. No one would rightly sign up to build and fund the teacher's retirement society. We decided to expand from the location down the road. So week after week a new school will be shipped here to work. You're about to get first-hand experience on demolition and how to lay foundations for an amusement park. You're doing great already because this amuses me!"
Shock control collars dropped from the ceiling and attached to every student, "What about scuba diving?"
"Somebody needs to plug and clean the latrines up," Boring sensei said offhandly.
This may happen, I don't know
Gendo didn't understand, he thought that the bitch was drawn to power, but she blew him off! He sulked on his way to a meeting with Fuyutsuki and scared his minions out of his way.
Fuyutsuki was chuckling to himself and reminded himself to pay Kaji 1000 yen for the bet. His grumpy student came thru the door and threw himself in the chair. "So I take it you heard the happy news?"
'What now?' Gendo stared at the old man, "No. I have not."
Fuyutsuki pulled up a security monitor on the computer to reveal Ritsuko trying to suck Maya's face off, "Akagi has declared herself a lesbian, she says that her last fling destroyed her taste for all men."
"But…" Gendo stared as the security pictures followed her.
"Yes, I know. Apparently she considers Shinji just a boy," Fuyutsuki pointed to how Ritsuko and Maya abducted Shinji into a car and drove off, "It must suck to be you."
The adventures of Super Shinji, I may continue the idea
You think Shinji's overpowered, hahahaha!
Shinji dove into the volcano, sync ratio at 399.999999999 percent. His AT field was so strong that the lava parted out of his way. Soon he passes Asuka on her way down at 1400 meters.
"There you are bitch!" Shinji yells as he finds the angel egg. He wraps his AT field around the bundle and spreads his new L33T AT wings. Flying pass Asuka on his way up, the crew of NERV thinks a collective WTF?
But Shinji is so fast that he's already reached the surface and the AT field is holding the squirming 8th angel, Sandalphon. Then using his expertology on angel anatomy, he presses a pressure point on the core that put the angel in a permanent coma.
The rest of the angels in there larva state start to shudder, they don't want to attack anymore. See? I want to do a Naruto parody where he mistakenly wears 6666 pounds of high-density weight and everyone thinks he's obese until he graduates. Then he's uber powerful, but still stupid. Srry, off subject.
Ranma syndrome
Shinji lay back in the hot springs, "This is heavenly, right PenPen?"
There was the sound of the door sliding open and Shinji saw Asuka approaching the spring.
"What are you doing? This is the guy's side!"
"I know Shinji, you see: I have this waterborne curse," Asuka said as she stepped into the water. Her breasts sunk into her chest and she started to grow in the pelvic regions. The transformation was quick, and finished with her hair turning black. "My name is really Asuma and I'm a guy. Don't worry about it."
Shinji was weirded out and then paralyzed as Asuma approached him, "I still love you" and his hands ventured down his abs and to his…
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Shinji woke up at the hot springs during the middle of the night and beat his heart back to life. Misato just stared at him with bloodshot eyes, 'I thought he was dying!'
Hint: Ranma to Ranko and Asuka to Asuma .
Research (partial Naruto)
PenPen grinned as he sat on the rocks outside the women's baths. No one ever suspected the penguin of being able to "peek" and take notes. He chirped at the pure brilliance that Yui-sama or ero-sennin's (porno sage, roughly) next book would be. It had been too long since his master's confinement in Unit 01 and now it was time for the Yui-fic books to be republished.
"Wark! Warwarwarwarwark!" the penguin laughed as he memorized their every feature.
"Misato, what's wrong with PenPen?" Rei asked.
"Don't mind him; he's just happy to be next to a large body of water. He does that all the time at the beach."
PenPen quickly relayed the data to Yui-sama on his "air conditioner." He was a warm water penguin, why the hell didn't anyone suspect that it was a communicator?
A/N: That's enough for now, I'm tired. I ate chocolate ice cream out of the tub. Yum. Review if you want. Omake ideas are welcome.