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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Man's greatest enemy is…
Chapter 6: Allies
'Alright, almost quitin time.' Maya Ibuki though happily as she looked at her watch, today had been painfully slow and now Maya wanted to go home and have a long hot bath to help her relax and wash away the day's impurities.
'Five minutes…' stared back down at her workstation and tried to focus on her work 'four minutes…' looking over her shoulder she saw Hyuga stretch his arms 'three minutes…' and not long after heard Aobalet out a tired yawn, a small smile graced Maya's lips
'Poor Aoba he's got night duty tonight, I almost feel sorry for him. Almost…two minutes…' Maya once again stared down at her terminal and continued imputing data into Casper 'one minute…' normally she enjoyed her work but there were days such as today when she wish it would just end quickly so she could go home.
Finally a message blared over the intercom announcing that her shift was over
'Yabadadoo.' Maya mentally quoting happily a catchphrase from a pre-impact cartoon she'd watched as a little girl, she then shut down her terminal gathered her things together and headed to the door which if no one else was around she wound have done with a grin plastered to her face and a skip in her step. She was almost there when
Would Lieutenant Maya Ibuki please report to Major Misato Katsuragi's office immediately… I repeat would Lieutenant Maya Ibuki please report…> blared over the intercom
'Ah man, now what!' thought darkly. Letting out a frustrated sigh she then made her way towards Major Katsuragi's office
'I wonder what the major wants to see me for?' she thought to herself as the elevator made it's way to the floor she wanted. Soon after she arrived at her floor Maya found herself outside the Majors office
'Might as well get this over with.' She then knocked on the door
"Come in." the Major's voice came from the other side of the door, entering the room Maya saw Major Katsuragi sitting behind her desk and to her surprise Rei Ayanami sitting next to her
"You wanted to see me Major?" "Yes I did." Misato said as she laid her coffee cup back down on the desk before turning to the first child "Rei could you wait outside for a few minutes"
"Yes ma'am." Rei then exited the room leaving the two adults alone
"Alright, how much do you know about the investigation into Shinji's assault?" the lavender haired woman asked the young tech
"Only what I've been told Major." Maya replied honestly
"I see, and how is the search of the Magi's systems going?"
"It's taking longer then we expected Ma'am, we'd have had it completed if Aoba, Hyuga and myself didn't have about a million other things to do on top of it"
"I have been asked to deliver a request from the man heading the investigation to you." Misato said not taking her eyes off the young woman "We want you to drop whatever duties you have and focus solely on searching the Magi for any sign of infiltration."
"You mean you want me to help with the investigation?" Maya replied with a small squeak of excitement in her voice the idea of helping Kaji with his investigation was deftly something she could sink her teeth into plus something deep within her told her that she owed it to Shinji who'd risked his life so many time for countless people, she then composed herself
"Would sempi allow it?"
"I talked to Ritsuko earlier and she has no problem with it." Misato answered,
"When do you need me to begin, if you want I could start right now…"
"Wow your pretty eager to do this, just come here tomorrow morning and I'll let Kaji brief you. Ok unless you have any questions I believe your shift is over so you can go home now."
Maya then bowed slightly and exited the room Misato shook her head as the wearies of the day settled in leaving her with no other desire then to go home herself
'But first…' outside the door she saw the first child waiting patiently
"Ok Rei lets go, we'll swing by your place first so we can get your things together."
"Yes Ma'am."
It was around seven when Misato got home, which made a change from her getting home around midnight
"Well come on in Rei." She said with a small smile on her face trying to be as welcoming as possible.
Rei was standing in the doorway slightly unsure of what to do, standing there with the very few things that she owned she began to recall all the stories Ikari had told her when he was living here she was now thinking that taking up the Majors offer might not have been such a great idea after all.
Noticing Rei's lack of enthusiasm or lack of anything else Misato took Rei by the hand and lead her into the apartment, had she looked at Rei's face she would have seen the pink tinge highlighting her cheeks, only two people had ever held Rei's hand and both their last names had been Ikari.
Asuka was coming out of the living room to get something from the fridge when Misato and Rei made their way into the kitchen
"Oh hey Misato your back…" she began when she noticed the person who had accompanied her guardian
"What's she doing here?" Asuka said through her gritted teeth as she stared daggers at Rei
"Rei will be staying here for awhile." Misato said in a no nonsense tone "If someone's targeting you guys then it might not be safe for her to be living by herself."
Asuka then stormed off to her room muttering something dark sighing Misato led Rei to another room with a piece of paper tapped to the door
"This is where you'll be sleeping Rei," opening the door Rei noticed that the room was quite small but this didn't bother her as she had so few possession's anyway
"Ok I'll leave you to get settled in and I'll go start dinner." Misato said before closing the door behind her. Rei lay down on the bed, she then pulled the sheets around as if she was trying to block out the cold she felt inside her, she then sniffed them
'Smell's like Ikari.'
With that thought she pulled the sheet tighter around her.
Later that evening Misato was sitting in the living room with Pen-pen sitting next to her watching an episode of a Pre-impact soap opera.
Asuka had retreated to her room as had Rei suddenly the doorbell rang Misato waited to see if one of the girls would answer it, however after two minutes the doorbell constantly ringing it was clear she would have to answer it herself. Rising from the couch she headed for the door
"Alright, alright. I'm coming." She yelled as she approached the door, opening it she saw the last person she was expecting to see at this hour
"Kaji. What are you doing here?" she asked
"Hey can't a guy…" Kaji began but then stopped in mid sentence and then sniffed her
"What?" Misato asked slightly confused
"This must be a first, it's nine o'clock at night and your still sober." Kaji replied, as a playful grin spread across his face
"Is there a reason you are here, cos if there is you've got twelve seconds to tell me before I slam the door in your face."
"Ok, ok don't get your panties in a knot. Aren't you going to invite me in, I would prefer to discuss this inside."
Misato stared at him for a moment wondering what he wanted to talk to her about before stepping aside and letting him enter. The two of them entered the kitchen, Misato then made coffee and handed the mug to Kaji but before he could accept it something slammed into his chest and send his reeling backwards about an inch and a half from where he was standing before squeezing him tightly from personal experience Kaji didn't need to be told who it was
"Kajiii" Asuka cried happily as she attached herself to him like a limpet, hearing the noise outside Rei emerged from Shinji's room to the scene in front of her whether she thought anything of it however would forever remain a mystery
"Good evening Agent Kaji." She said to the unshaved man
"Hello Rei." he replied before trying to walk forward but having Asuka holding him around the waist made this extremely difficult "Asuka would please let me go, I need to talk to Katsuragi, work stuff."
Asuka then went to protest but Kaji never gave her the chance he was in to mood to deal with a spoilt little girl
"Let go now, I don't have time to listen to your whining." He said in a firm voice Asuka looked at him shocked, he'd never spoken to her like that. She then released him and retreated to her room Rei then filled a glass with water and did the same,
Kaji finally accepted the cup of coffee in Misato's hand and the two of them moved into the living room
"So you brought the first child back home with you." Kaji said his normal tone of voice returning
"Yeah, so what?" Misato replied as she sat back down on the couch
"You are aware she's not a stray puppy right?" Kaji said in a playful tone somehow Misato couldn't help but smile at this, the first genuine smile that had appeared on her face since Shinji's attack
"So what do you want to talk to me about?" Kaji took a long sip of his coffee "I was going to ask if you would care to join me for an outing tomorrow afternoon?"
"Really, where would we be going?" Misato said deciding to play along with whatever game her ex-lover was playing "And what makes you think I'd go somewhere alone with you?"
"Ah my beautiful Katsuragi I would take you to the stars just to see their reflection in your eyes but I regret this time we'll have a chaperon." He said in a playful tone he then took another swig of his coffee "Captain Malcolm and I are going to drop by T3PD HQ tomorrow to see the head of the anti drug squad, I was wondering whether you would like to accompany us to help us persuade him."
"Oh you have an appointment to see him?"
"I figured we'd drop by unannounced."
"And that was sooo important you couldn't of asked me over the phone?"
Kaji let out a small laugh "What I can't drop by and pay a visit to my favourite girl in all of Tokyo 3?"
"I'm sure Asuka would really love it if you told her that." Misato said as he finished his coffee and escorted him to the front door "Oh by the way I talked to Maya today, she seemed was pretty enthusiastic when I asked her to help us."
"I know, she came to see me before she went home. She's a little too up for it if ask me." He replied as he walked out into the night he then stopped and looked over his shoulder "Oh and for the record you're my favourite."
The door then closed and Misato stood there staring at the door with a slight blush on her cheeks yes the line had been pretty cheesy but something about it made her heart beat faster.
It was late afternoon Chief Lei Mihara, the head of Tokyo 3's anti drug squad, entered his office. Even though he was nearing his mid fifties the black haired man wasn't the sit at a desk type of cop and could still be found out on the streets with the rest of his men, he'd just returned from the field from a meeting with an informant, if his information was correct there was supposed to be a large shipment of hard drugs including Heroine, Cocaine and Ecstasy arriving at the city docks sometime in the next week. Not if he could help it.
Entering his office he saw two men and a woman, one was an unshaven man with brown hair, which was pulled back into a ponytail who was sitting in HIS seat and his feet on HIS desk. The second man was older then his two companions dressed in a smart suit. The woman had lavender hair and was wearing a red jacket and matching short skirt.
"I don't know who you people think you are but I don't like uninvited guests." He said as he took in the party "Now please either state your business or remove yourselves from my office."
"Oh I'm sorry." The Unshaven man said as he got up, reached into his overcoat and flashed a small plastic card "Ryoji Kaji, Special Inspections, NERV. May I also introduce my associates Major Misato Katsuragi, Chief Tactical officer, NERV and Captain Kintarro Malcolm, Head of Section 2, NERV."
"NERV, you're wasting your time if you think that is going to impress me." Lei said as he strolled past Kaji and sat down behind his desk "Just so you know I don't have any respect for your agency nor do I approve of anything that you do and I'm not interested in anything you've got to say."
"What?" exclaimed Misato "I'll have you know the things we do at NERV are the best chance for mankind's survival."
"What, sending a group of children to do what your to cowardly to do yourselves." Lei replied "Should I also point out that whilst you sit all snug in your over priced underground phrat pat it's usually people like us who have to clean up your mess."
Misato ground her teeth but she knew on some level the man before her was right
"I think we're drifting from the reason why we are here." Captain Malcolm said which made the other three jump as he had been quiet the whole time "First may I say that do not approve of you bad mouthing our organization but we at NERV are in need of you expertise."
"Are you three here to offer me a job because if you are you really need to work on your sales pitch." Lei replied staring at the man a file was then placed on the table looking at it ominously Lei opened it and quickly skimmed through it and only stopped when a picture of a 14 year old boy with dark brown hair and cerulean blue eyes "Who's the kid?" he asked
"That boy is one of the Eva pilots and a couple of days ago he was attacked, brutality beaten before being stabbed." Kaji said all trace of humour in voice vanished "I would think you'd want to be involved in something that you are I part responsible for." "Responsible, how am I responsible for this?" Lei asked
"Your part responsible for this because a large amount of ecstasy was found in the boy's system, ecstasy that was forced down his throat so he would hallucinate, ecstasy is a hallucinogenic isn't it?" Kaji said as he took a cigarette from his jacket and lit it fully aware of the no smoking sign on the officer's desk
"Yes it is." Lei replied no appreciating the agent in front of him blowing smoke in his direction "And well considering what this kid has to go through I can't imagine what he saw was very nice."
"Yeah well I bet you people have trained and prepared him for this kind of stuff right." Lei said uneasiness tainting his voice
"Actually no," Misato said fiercely "This kid had the suckiest of luck of having his mother who worked on the Eva project die when he was very small and then abandoned by his father because he was too much of a coward to raise a small boy. Then just too cap it all off the first time he'd ever encountered Eva was on the day of the first Angel attack and because at the time our only other pilot was injured he got sent out even though he had no training and no combat experience." There was a long silence
"Do you have any children Mr Mihara?" Capt Malcolm asked
"Yes, my daughter is 18 whilst my son is 22." Lei replied not meeting his interrogators eyes "They both live in Hong Kong… My wife she died during Second Impact."
There was another long silence whilst the police chief considered his options then something occurred to him
"Alright I'll help you, but you must do something for me first." The police chief said
"Oh really and what kind of thing did you have in mind?" Kaji asked raising an eyebrow
"Well I have received word from an informant that a large shipment of drugs will be arriving in this city by ship sometime in the next few days. Now I trust my informant, he'd been a reliable source of information for the last ten years but he can only give us enough information to let us do our jobs and not blow his cover."
"So this guys like your Huggy Bear." Kaji said "Something like that yes." Lei replied
"Who?" Misato asked
"Never mind, you want us to use our resources at NERV to dig up something a little more solid." Kaji said as he stubbed out his cigarette Lei then opened a draw in his desk and pulled out a file
"This is all the information we've collected. Have fun."
The three NERV officials left the office Kaji was flicking through the file they'd been given
"Not asking for much is he."
"Think we can really trust him?" Capt. Malcolm asked
"Afraid we can't be too picky about our allies at the moment," Kaji replied he then handed the file to Misato "run that to Maya when we get back see if she can make any sense of it."
"You really think we should bother?" Misato asked, "This could be a colossal waste of time."
"Or it could be a golden opportunity. If there's a large shipment of drugs coming in then our guy might just be there." Kaji said as the three of them reached their car, Capt. Malcolm got behind the wheel, Kaji riding shotgun and Misato on the back seat, once they were strapped in they pulled out of the parking lot and made their way back to NERV HQ and hopefully one step closer to solving this case.
A.N. Hi yall, sorry this chapter took so long to write but I've been short on ideas latly and I started University and going to lecutures and siminares are really killing my imagination. Well what did you think of chapter 6 did it rock or did it crash and burn reviwe and tell me. As I said above I'm a University student now so updates for this and all my other work may take a good while but I'll try and write a new chapter whenever I can so keep sending me your comments or if you've got any suggestions check my profile for my email and send them to me. Later.