CONCERT

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I own nothing in the Eva universe.

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Asuka was on her way home, a spring in her step, yet her mind deep in thought.

I'm hungry. Wonder if Shinji's still up? Probably not. I feel a little bad about all this, but, I'm sure Shinji will forgive me. Wait, he probably doesn't know I lied to him. If he doesn't, then I've got nothing to worry about, and I can still get a free ride out of him. She paused for a moment, stopping right before she got into the elevator to her apartment complex. Okay, I really just said that, didn't I? she thought suddenly.

She resumed her walk back up to the apartment. Pressing the elevator button she rode up to her floor.

That guy Aoshi was really cute. He's no Kaji, of course, but they can't all be perfect. Maybe I'll see him again, for another date. At Shinji's expense most likely. She thought as she rode the elevator up.

When she got to her floor, the elevator doors opened up and she walked a short distance to her apartment. For some reason she couldn't shake the feeling of foreboding that was preceding her. She walked in the door and was stopped by Misato in the hallway.

"Misato? Hi." Asuka said.

"Don't 'Hi' me, Asuka." the older woman growled.

"Huh?"

"Come in here, Asuka, my dear."

There was something in the way she said that which gave Asuka a chill.

"Is something...wrong?" she asked as she noticed the empty beer cans on the kitchen table. "Been hitting the liquor a little hard have we?" she asked, but noticed that Misato was neither tipsy or drunk by any means.

"Actually, that's Shinji's handiwork."

Asuka balked. "The baka drank all that? I don't believe it!"

"Believe it, Asuka. It could have gotten bad if Hikari hadn't been here." she said, still crossed.

"Hikari? What was she doing here?" she asked in confusion.

"Funny you should mention that."

Misato then told Asuka everything Hikari had told her. About the class rep calling the house looking for Asuka, Shinji telling her that Asuka was at the concert with Hikari herself, and Hikari telling Shinji that she didn't know anything about it. Misato then told Asuka how miserable Shinji must have been feeling, because when Hikari came over out of sheer concern for the boy, he had already gone through six beers in a half hour. Had the girl not been here, there was no telling what Shinji might have done.

"You've done a lot of bad things to Shinji before Asuka, but this was low even for you."

"Misato..."

"No Asuka! You used him, lied to him, and used your best friend as an accomplice."

That she had to admit was a bad feeling. Though she didn't figure Hikari would find out.

"As a result of this little insurrection..." Misato started to say.

"Insurrection?" she asked.

"What? Didn't know I knew that word?"

"Well..." she started saying before she was cut off.

"As I was saying, as your guardian, it's my responsibility to punish you for what you've done."

"So...what are you going to do?"

She grinned wickedly. "I going to give you to Ritsuko."

"What?" she asked, backing up as she wondered what the mad scientist would do to her.

Just then, said scientist emerged from Shinji's room, first aid kit in hand.

"Ritz, how's he doing?" Misato asked.

"He's going to have a headache when he wakes up, but he should be fine." the blond said as she noticed the redhead with Misato. Her grin turned feral. "Hello, Asuka."

Misato turned back to the German girl. "We had a long talk about this, and she has a few idea's of how to punish you for this."

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Authors Notes:

In all honesty I couldn't see a Toji/Asuka date. Sorry about that, whoever sent in that review.

Sorry if this story is rather short, but I've been preoccupied with other projects and my jobs have been going through a transition as well.

I plan to make Asuka suffer a little bit, just enough to satisfy the readers. It's not that I dislike Asuka, it's just that I can totally see her doing this kind of thing to Shinji. I mean, Asuka's always been about 'Me, Me, Me' and this just made sense. The problem is you can't do that sort of thing without repercussions, and well, Asuka does this a lot.

Anyway, read the next chapter after you kindly review this one.

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