-1Lite Up 4:20 Edition
Chapter 4: The Mark
By: Midnight Lost
Disclaimer: I do not own, nor do I claim any ownership over Neon Genesis Evangelion or any of its characters. They are property of Gainax and other respected holders. However, Akane Sato is of my own creation.
Authors Notes: Well, now that the harem is nearly complete things are about to get interesting for our young pilots. Also in this chapter another character of mine will be introduced. For those of you who were curious, yes Akane is Bi; liking both boys and girls.
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The two lay there panting, covered in sweat from there recent activity. Anyone could have imagined what had happened between the two. Each of their thoughts wandering into different areas. Shinji was thinking of what he was going to tell Misato as to why he was late and also how he would explain the marks on his body. Rei on the other hand was confused. All this was foreign to her, though she felt good about it. She had heard the other students talking about topics such as sex, but she never would of thought she would experience it. It was not in Gendos plan for her to take part in such activities. But she did, and she relished in it, enjoying Shinji's touch as he caressed her body. The moment they had become one nearly sent her over the top as she was plunged into a world full of ecstasy and pleasure. She snuggled closer to Shinji as the two caught their breaths, both of the heads still swimming with emotions. She frowned some as depressing thoughts began to enter her mind. Mainly that concerning what Gendo would do if he were to discover the twos relationship. She knew he would not approve of this, in fact she was dead certain that the moment he caught wind of it he would no doubt place the third child under arrest for some reason or another. Shinji however, noticed her change of mood.
"What's wrong Aya… Rei?" he asked, correcting himself from calling her by her last name, There was no doubt there were on more intimate terms now.
Her first response was to tell him nothing, but she could sense that he wouldn't believe that. Letting out a soft sigh she looked up at him, her crimson eyes gazing into his brown eyes. "its just that…. If the commander finds out." she broke off, burying her face into his chest as he held her close to him.
Shinji smiled down at her and leaned down, kissing the top of her head as she sobbed.
"I know he will not approve of our relationship." Rei continued "But now that I know what love is, I don't want to lose it."
"Rei," he began, combing his fingers through her short blue hair. "your not going to lose me" he reassured her.
"But the Commander will order me too…." she was cut off as Shinji placed a finger over her lips.
"My father has no right to tell you what you can or can't do with your personal life." he began. "One thing Akane has taught me is to make a stand for myself and not let anyone hold me back."
She looked up at him as he spoke. Her first response was to slap him for disrespecting the commander again, however she didn't. Instead she reached up and placed her hand along his cheek. His words did have a meaning of truth in them. As long as she piloted Eva, she saw no complications in having a relationship with the Third Child. Even if the commander disapproved of such actions. As she kissed him again she decided that she would not tell the Commander, or Akagi for that matter. This was something for her to have, and hers alone.
"You should go home Shinji" Rei smiled as she broke the kiss. "I am sure Asuka is running out of excuses to tell the Major."
Shinji sighed in response of this, but chuckled a little too. Even though she had killed the mood, he knew she was right. Reluctantly let her go and proceeded to get dressed. Finishing up he leaned over the bed again, giving her a final kiss good bye before leaving her apartment, leaving a smiling Rei lying in her bed.
The sun was already beginning to set as he walked down the streets of Tokyo 3. Cicadas could be heard as they echoed through the ally ways. Cars sped up and down the streets as people made the way home or too work as various work shifts ended and new ones began. Though he had a great time, he still wasn't sure what he was going to tell Misato as to why he was so late coming home. He positioned the strap from his bag so that it covered the base of his neck where Rei had bit him. The back of his shirt sticking to him from the scratches she had left. No doubt Rei had been the most aggressive of the three so far. He had expected that from Asuka rather then her soft coos. As for Akane, she was a little of both. Shinji was suddenly snapped out of his train of thought as he heard someone call his name. Turning around he saw Toji and Kensuke running towards him.
"Yo Shinji, wait up" Toji called again. The two of them catching up with the third child, stopping to take catch their breathes. While Toji was in good shape from all the sports he enjoyed, poor Kensuke looked like he was about to die. Shinji remained silent, remember how they had left during lunch time wasn't under the best of circumstances.
"What's up?" he finally asked as the other two began to breathe easier.
"Nothing, we just noticed you were leaving Ayanamis place. Something we should know about?" Toji began to tease.
"She needed help with an assignment, nothing too big of deal" he lied. Unless you counted Sex Ed as an assignment.
"Okay, we'll take your word for it for now." the jock replied before his face becoming more serious "but that aside, I wanted to ask you something."
"What's that?" Shinji asked as they three of them began walking again, the third child still holding the strap of his book bag so it covered his neck.
"Why Akane?"
"Why not?"
"Have you even listened to what has been said about her?" Toji began. "How she does drugs. She's disrespectful to the class rep and the teachers, and seeing the way she dresses I wouldn't be surprised if she's slept with at least twenty guys. Not to mention….." he was cut off by Shinji.
"She's the first person I have met in this town who can relate to my problems with my father." deciding to let the rest of what the jock was spouting off go in through one ear and out the other. He stopped walking and looked at the other two who remained silent.
"So that's it? Your going to chose that slut over your friends?" Toji asked, clearly disappointed and upset at Shinji.
"You know, to me; a real friend doesn't make me choose between friends." he finally replied, turning and walking off. He wasn't in the mood to continue with this line of discussion. "I'm going home, later"
It was another fifteen minutes before he arrived at his door. Already he could here Asuka and Misato arguing . No doubt it was about why he didn't come home right away. With his excuse ready he opened the door.
"I'm home" he called out, bracing for a barrage of yelling at him from Misato. However, her reaction was way different then he had expected.
"Welcome home Shinji," Misato smiled "How was helping Rei on her school assignment?"
Shinji gawked for a moment, giving Asuka a quick glance who was motion him to go along with it.
"I just had to help explain certain parts to her." he lied. Though it seemed that the sync training him and Asuka did a few months back were very beneficiary for moments like these. It was as if she had read his mind, or did he read hers?
"Great" Misato beamed another smile. It was obvious she had been drinking tonight as he could smell it coming off her. She only confirmed his suspicions by taking another big gulp from a can she was holding, finishing off what was left inside before chucking it to a trash can on the other side of the kitchen. Adding to the pile that was steadily building up there.
"Um Misato" Shinji began, "Akane was wondering if Asuka and I could spend the night at her place tonight." It was a long shot, but he wanted to try it. Misato gave him a very mischievous grin as the gears in her head began to spin, thinking of more ways to tease her young ward about wanting to spend the night and a girls house.
"Fine, just be back tomorrow after school." she waved them off, completely forgetting the two of them were grounded. Asuka and Shinji however wasted no times. Moving to their rooms and packing the next days change of cloths. Not wanting to give Misato a chance to change her mind they darted out the door and down the street, leaving their guardian alone with the penguin.
"Best two out of three?" Misato asked Pen Pen, who gave a squawk in reply. As Misato drew up another Tic Tac Toe display. Pen Pen had already won the first game.
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"I can't believe Misato just let us go." Asuka commented as she walked next to Shinji. The two of them walking briskly towards the direction of town Akane lived in, trying to put as much distance between them and the apartment as they could in the shortest amount of time.
"Yeah, I decided to try it, seeing Misato was drunk and obviously forgot about us being grounded." he smirked.
The two remained silent for the most part during the rest of the trip there. Except when Asuka called Akane, informing her that they were coming over. Akane was excited about it, and asked if they could pick up Rei along the way. They quickly reached Reis house, letting her know that they were heading over to Akanes and insisted that she come along to. Of course, after the experiences she felt today, Rei couldn't declined. For the first time in her life she felt like she had more then just a solemn purpose to the Commander. Gathering what items she would require the next day, the blue haired girl joined her fellow pilots to continue over to their friends.
Friend….. A word that at first was obscure to her, the commander having saw fit to severe any other interaction with people that was not necessary. Though it struck her to be strange, a friend didn't serve much of a purpose outside of someone to talk to or just be around, but it was nice to have someone outside of Nerv she could call….friend. Rei smiled at this.
It didn't take the trio long to get to Akanes apartment, being right down the block from where Rei lived. Reaching the door, Shinji simply opened it and walked in, Asuka following behind him along with Rei.
"Akane?" he called out, letting her know that they had arrived.
"I'll be out in a minute" Akanes soft voice drifted through the apartment, from what seemed to be the kitchen area. "You guys want anything to drink?"
"Sure."
About a minute later, Akane emerged from the back, holding four brown bottles, handing each one to her guest. Both Asuka and Shinji knew exactly what it was, Rei however was rather curious about the content that the bottle held. Having only drank water, as anything else was deemed unnecessary. By now, she was beginning to develop a little bit of disdain for the commander for not allowing her to experience such pleasures. Opening the bottle, she took a cautious drink from it and made a weird face. The others saw this and gave a small laugh.
"Don't worry Rei, you'll get used to the taste" Akane offered. Rei nodded and took another drink, she noted that after the first drink, the second didn't hold as bad as taste. This further confirmed what Akane had told her.
The four teens, idly chatted with each other as the continued to drink. Becoming more and more intoxicated as they did so as the bottles began to add up along the floor. Both Shinji and Rei were completely smashed, having never drank before nor did they have a sufficient tolerance built up like Asuka and Akane did. Asuka had gained some sort of tolerance while she attended college, and of course Akane had built up a natural tolerance from her chosen lifestyle. As more hours ticked by, slowly each of them began to drift off to sleep.
It was well into the next morning before any of them had awoke. Stirring around groggily, Rei could hear the birds outside, the sounds of cars in the distant heading to and from work. Forgetting for a split second where she was she looked up in panic, only to see Shinji lying next to her, with Asuka on the other side, and Akane sprawled out on the couch. As she moved to sit up some more, she stopped as she felt a sudden pain in her head.
'This must be what they call a hang over' she bitterly thought to herself as she remembered partaking in drinking last night. Rubbing her temples , trying to ease the pain a little. Something felt odd to her though, it wasn't that she had slept next to Shinji, or that she was in Akanes apartment. It was a sense that she had missed something, that she was late. It took her a few more moments before she looked at the clock and saw that they had slept nearly till noon. At this time the others had begun to woke up as well. Though, Rei could see that the other three were not as upset about waking up so late.
"We missed school" Asuka stated,. Almost calmly. Rei knew they could still make it to the second half of the school day, though however she felt no desire to, and from what she saw; neither did the others. It didn't matter anyway to her, anything the teacher said about Second Impact was a lie anyways cooked up by Seele; she knew this well.
"Well, seeing school is out of the question what should we do today?" Shinji asked, looking at the three girls. Akane was the first to speak up.
"I was going to see an old friend of mine, your all welcome to come. I am sure she would love to meet all of you." she smiled. "And besides, there is something I promised her I would do today."
"Sounds like a plan" Asuka commented as she stood up and stretched to get the sleepiness out of her. At this time, both Asuka and Shinji rummaged through their packs to get their change of cloths. While they did this, Rei observed in silence, though while she had no desire to attain school today, she was still worried about her fellow pilots. She knew that when Misato found out, she would no doubt punish them….again. Though she noted that the two didn't seem concerned about it. She then turned her thoughts onto Section 2, no doubt they would be following them all day. She knew how to avoid them, but she didn't know how well her fellow pilots could.
It didn't take too long for the four to set out. Rei took the initiative and led the small group through some various twist and turns through the streets. Both Shinji and Asuka knew what she was doing, Akane was a little puzzled at first but after remembering what happened the other day, she realized that the blue haired girl was guiding them to lose the men in black suites. After nearly a half hour of going well out of their way, Rei let Akane take over to lead them to where she intended to go, satisfied that she had lost Section 2. It would take the rest of the day for them to relocate the children, she had tested that once. It seemed that once they lost track of the pilots they would not begin their watch until the children had returned home, unless it was a matter of extreme importance, much like when Shinji went missing for three days.
Now with Akane in the lead, they made their way into the back streets of down town. Neither one of the pilots had been into this part of town before, but Akane seemed very familiar with it. Finally they reached a small, run down building with various neon signs in the window. One of which read 'Open'. Stepping up to the door, she pushed it open and walked in, gesturing the others to follow her. The others hesitated for a split second before following her in, unsure of what they were going to find inside. Entering the store, they saw the walls covered with various pictures. Some were cute while others were of naked women, and even some of dragons and the likes. Off to the side there was a lone chair, with a tray next to it. The chair itself looked like what one would see in a dentist, however the items on the tray where not for teeth, that was for sure.
"You here Kate?" Akane called out, she received her answer a few seconds later as a tall, slender woman came through a curtain of beads from the back. She appeared to be at least five to seven years older then they were. Dressed in a similar fashion as Akane with a pair of tight fitting black jeans, and a black belly shirt, which exposed her pierced belly button. Her hair was black and wavy, flowing back down passed her shoulders. The thing that stood out most about her, was her eerie blue eyes, which almost seemed to glow in the dark.
"I was beginning to wonder if you were going to show up today lil sis." the taller woman laughed.
"Sis?" Asuka asked, as far as she knew Akane had no surviving family members, other then her dead beat father.
"Yes, Kate is my adopted big sister." Akane replied "She helped take care of me when I was younger. And she was the one who got my father to at least send me money so that I could take care of myself."
"And who are your friends Akane?" Kate asked, as she let her blue eyes fall on the three pilots.
"Oh right, of course. This is Shinji, Asuka, and Rei." she introduced the three behind her.
Kate looked them over again, and then back at Akane and smiled. "More then just friends I take it."
This caused Akane to blush a lot, Shinji couldn't help but let out a small laugh. He had never seen Akane get this flustered. This earned him a quick glare from her, prompting him to clamp his mouth shut and hold in any remaining laughter.
"And what makes you so sure we are more then friends?" Akane challenged her older sister.
Kate smiled and sniffed around in the air, gaining curious looks from Rei and Asuka; thinking the older woman had gone crazy or something. "You smell that?" she asked, as she sniffed the air once again. "That's the smell of love in the air."
This only caused Akane to blush more, as her older sister continued to tease her about her young love.
"So you going to finally get it done?" Kate finally asked.
"Yeah, I want to get that one on the back of my neck" she said pointing at a small picture on the wall. The picture was of a moon with two crescent moons on both sides of it, the Lunar Triple Goddess. A well known Wiccan symbol.
"Alright, get in the chair. I am sure you know what to do." Kate instructed before she turned back to the others while Akane positioned herself in the chair. "This will take a few minutes, feel free to browse around."
With that, Kate moved to Akane side and began dabbing the back of her neck with alcohol to clean away anything that may have been there. While the other three browsed around, looking at the various images on the wall, Kate started talking to Akane, nothing really important; most just seemed like random topics that Kate had thought up. Much like why she chose that kind of tattoo, what kind of boy Shinji was, how well did she get along with Asuka and Rei and so forth. All the while setting to work on her tattoo. During this time though, the three pilots decided to get a tattoo as well; each having enough cash on them to pay. Shinji offered to pay for Reis as he knew Gendo did not give her any more money then he deemed necessary to give her. Of course Asuka refused to simply accept this and demanded that she pay half as well, not letting Shinji take all of the tab.
"So when are you going to start my tattoo?" Akane asked, she had been talking to Kate for the passed half hour. "You've been cleaning the back of my neck for at least half an hour. I know it cant be that dirty."
"Its done." she smiled as she finished applying a bandage on the back of her neck.
"Wait, its done already?" Akane asked, gently placing her hand on the back of her neck. "But I didn't feel anything at all."
"Crazy how that works, ain't it?" she smiled, standing up she approached the other three. "By the sound of it, I take it you three decided to get one as well."
"Yes, we have." Rei answered as a matter of fact like.
"Alright;" she scanned the three in front of her for a moment. "You will be first." she said as she pointed at Shinji.
"Why me?" he asked as he was guided over to the chair.
"Because you look most likely to lose your nerve once you see the others get theirs." she replied. "Now, which one did you want and where?"
"Um, D69" Shinji replied, telling her the image number. "and on my upper right arm."
Kate looked up at the wall to the image number he had requested and nodded, lifting up his shirt sleeve so she could clean the area for the tattoo. "The dragon, very fitting." she smiled.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked, a little confused. He had chose it because it looked cool.
"If you look past the standard dragon mythology, some civilizations revered the dragon as a protector, rather then a threat. You defend this city, therefore you are the dragon of Tokyo 3." she replied, setting to work. For the most part Shinji kept his head turned away from her, having a slight fear of needles while he waited for her to actually start, while she kept talking to him. Much like Akane, their conversation was random.
"Ok, your done." Kate informed him after he had been sitting in the chair for a little over forty five minutes. Shinji looked at her with a hint of disbelief and then to the bandage on his arm, before getting out of the chair and rejoining Akane and Rei. Asuka had already set to be next in line to get hers done. Kate repeated the same process for Asuka, and Rei. Talking to them about various things as she did her work. This proved a little hard to do with Rei for a few reasons. First being that Rei hardly talked to anyone outside of Nerv or School. The second was that Rei had already caught on to what Kate was doing and the purpose for the random conversations, and that was to keep their mind away from what she was doing;; this gave the illusion that she was done before they even noticed she had started. Another thing she noticed is how Kate made a connection with each of their tattoos and their own personality, how Asuka was like the tiger; fierce and intelligent. Rei was much like the dolphin that she had got on her right thigh, calm and serene. Though she liked what she had said about Shinji, being the dragon of Tokyo 3, its defender. She smiled as it did seem to fit him almost perfectly.
"Now, remember to keep the bandages on for at least one whole day to allow the ink to set in." Kate instructed them. "If you will excuse I have to usher you out as I have a date tonight" she smiled.
"Don't chase her off like you did the last one' Akane teased her.
"I did not chase her off." Kate defended herself. "She just wasn't my type"
Akane giggled as she saw the skeptical looks on Reis face. "Kate likes other women." she explained. Rei simply nodded to this, women liking other women was a completely new concept for her. Though she had wondered about Maya and Akagi. The group said there good byes as Kate ushered them out of the door, handing Akane a small paper bag as she left.
"Lets head back to my place." Akane said.
As they walked to Akanes apartment, both Rei and Asuka got a call from Misato informing them that the syncs tests that were scheduled today was pushed back till tomorrow due to problems with the equipment. The three pilots chuckled softly as they heard Akagi ranting in the background, obviously not happy with how things were turning out. After another half hour of walking they reached Akanes apartment, each taking their place around the living room. All the furniture was pushed close together. It was no surprise what was in the paper bag as Akane produced a pipe and a lighter. She proceeded to fire it up and take a puff, passing it to Asuka on her right who copied the same action. Each taking their turn until the bowl was empty. By now they were simply goofing around. It was at this time that Asuka noticed the bite mark on Shinjis neck.
"Shinji how did you get that?" she asked, pointing towards his neck.
It took him a minute to realize what she was talking about and blushed furiously. "Um…that is….well when Rei and I…." he didn't get to finish.
"Rei, you bit him!?" she exclaimed, laughing a little. The sudden attention made the first child blush just as badly as Shinji. "And here I thought you were the docile type."
"You know that they say," Akane put in. "its always the quiet ones that turn into an animal in the bedroom"
This only caused the group to laugh louder, then quieted down as the three girls looked at Shinji; causing him to flinch under there stares. Each having the same idea in mind. Shinji gulped as he realized what they were planning. It was Rei who pinned him down first in a passionate kiss as she was the closest to him, the others soon joined in and proceeded to strip him of his clothing as well as their own.
After nearly four hours later, they had finally stopped. Each breathing hard but satisfied. Shinji sighed some as he looked at the time. It was nearly seven in the evening and he knew he and Asuka would have to get back home real soon, and he highly doubted Misato would let them stay another night. No words needed to be said as both Akane and Rei both well understood. Slowly they began to get dressed, Shinji sighed again as he now had two bite marks on his neck, at least they were on the same side; one just a little lower then the first. This made it easier for him to hide because he knew if Misato ever saw it he would never hear the end of it and he could only guess that she would think Asuka did it. Finishing getting dressed, Shinji and Asuka said their good byes as they grabbed their book bags and started their walk home. Rei had decided to stay with Akane for the night so they could have what Akane called "girl talk".
Asuka and Shinji were lucky when they got home, finding that Misato had left them a note stating that she had gone out with Kaji and that she would not be home till possibly early in the morning. Asuka grinned at this, even though she had already had her fun with Shinji with the others, she had never got to have him all by herself yet and she wasn't going to let this chance pass her by. She waited for him to set his bag down before she grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him into her, catching his lips with her own. As she did this she proceeded to walk backwards, pulling him into the bathroom with her; shutting and locking the door behind them leaving behind a very confused penguin. Another half hour passed before they got out of the shower, at least that's what Asuka called it. By now Shinji was so tired, he didn't even bother changing into his pajamas as he crawled into bed with just his boxers on. No sooner had he crawled into bed he fell asleep, after the recent activities he was passed exhausted. Asuka was feeling the same way as she crawled into her own bed, though both had a feeling that with their new art work on their bodies, things were going to be very interesting at school tomorrow.
Additional Notes: Well, there is Chapter 4, a major difference in this chapter from the other is I decided to make Kate a lesbian as well as change the tattoos each of the pilots get. Eventually I will get around to writing a series of short lemons for a lot of the erotic scenes I leave out for all you pervs out there lol. Those of you who are familiar with the original version know who is joining Nerv in the next chapter!