A/N I think I´m moving too fast with the chapter what do you guys think? I think I will slow the plot some more to work on the past life of Shinji, yea I will do that. Also i´m thinking about reedinting some part of the first two chapters well enjoy reading the third chapter. Think of this as a little filler.
Chapter 3 -8 years ago Part 1-
Sunday 4 April 2017 Katsuragi House
*snore* *snore*
*BAM*
"Wha wha wha?" screamed Shinji Ikari as he heard the slamming on his door.
"SHINJI WAKE UP YOU HAVE BEEN SLEEPING FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS!" that was Misato…and she was angry.
Shinji blinked the little sleep that he still had.
"1 pm hearing voices now back to sleep then" thought Shinji
"SHINJI IKARI! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!" Shinji was pissing himself.
Misato was asking for him…she was pissed.
Getting up as fast as he could he reached the kitchen, to catch the purple haired woman cooking the food, a Kitchen book on her side.
"I´m here" he said with a tired voice.
"What do you need Misato?" asked the sleepy boy.
"Come on wake up already, I know your boss gave you 4 days free, but that doesn´t mean that you have to slack off all day, look at Rei, she is already at work." demanded Misato at his son.
"Yea Rei is a waitress on a maid café and from what I heard her personality makes her gain to many tips something about being moe" said Shinji hitting his head on the table.
He was still sleepy, they couldn´t blame him, Assassin's Creed V was a great hit.
He and Kensuke spend all the night playing, as far as Shinji knows Kensuke is still playing.
"What time is it anyway?"
"It´s 1´o clock of the afternoon, you were sleeping for 12 hours"
Shinji knew Misato was angry, she had reason.
Still….
"I´m… I promise not to play games till passing midnight." Said Shinji only to be attacked by Misato
"Ten o clock If you spend one more minute I will cut the cables myself." Shinji accepted her conditions he knew what she was capable of.
"I´m home…" a quiet voice fell on the house.
Ayanami Rei walked in to the kitchen wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white shirt. A backpack with a beautiful maid dress was inside of it. She walked to a chair and took her place on the table.
Looking at Shinji she smiled, a smile that was warm filled with happiness, of course as always her smiles were small.
"Good morning Shinji, did you spend playing videogames all night again?"
"See even Rei knows what you are doing on the night!"
Shinji slammed his head on the table on defeat.
"Well now that we are all here I can start giving orders, a friend of mine moved here some weeks ago, we never get a chance to meet since she works on an hospital so I asked her to grab dinner with us one day when I meet her on the streets on the way to the hospital where Ritsuko is working., she has a daughter and she will bring it with her, so Shinji you are in charge of the kitchen again."
Shinji nodded while Rei took a book from her bag and started reading.
"Rei and I will clean the house"
-Passion on the Rain-
*Yawn*
Shinji was now sitting on the park, since Misato prohibited him of playing video games he didn´t knew what to do, Rei was reading as always Kensuke still captured by his video game, Hikari and Touji on a date, Mana working on the library, something surprising and Mari…well God knows where she might be.
Shinji took his gloves off and looked at his hands…
Both circles the size of an apple were still there, a mark.
A mark he would carry for a long time, that and the one of his chest.
Some girls found it sexy, but that doesn´t mean he has to like it.
Shinji was too lost on his thoughts that he didn´t feel the presence of a certain brown haired girl behind him
"Ara Puppy-kun what are you doing here?"
And there is Mari.
Shinji turned to the owner of the voice wearing a black jacket with a white scarf around her neck and the same smile of a cat on her face; she was also wearing a pair of black jeans and black shoes.
"Hello Mari I´m doing nothing, just passing the time today, taking it easy"
He snorted at his own joke.
"Me too, mother was at work and I was alone in the house, I got bored and decided to go out for a while, maybe find something to do."
"Yea? I was kicked out of mine, Misato said I was spending too much time playing games and since I don´t have to go to work these days I decided to take a walk."
"So you are free?" she said sitting with him on the left side of the bench.
"Yep as free as a bird"
Mari thought something and nodded to herself.
"Ok come with me I need to buy some things for me, come Puppy-kun think of it as a date" and she pulled him with an immense strength. Shinji didn´t have much to do so he followed her.
"A date"
"Yep"
"Where are we going?"
"We are going to buy some clothes"
Shinji paled remembering the conversation that he and Touji had.
They were on Touji´s house.
"Now now don´t cry, tell us what happened" said Kensuke as he sat on one of the chairs
"It was horrible men…5 hours…5 HOURS! Walking with her to buy some clothes and she only bought 3 ONLY 3!" said Touji as he covered his tears with his hands.
Shinji put his hand on his friend and tried to give him a smile, a smile that failed to stop the tears of his friend.
"Eh? Why are you sweating Puppy-kun?
"Ah? It's nothing. Where do you want to go first?"
"Skirts!" screamed Mari with passion.
Shinji cursed his luck.
"And then you are paying some food."
Shinji´s wallet cried.
Mari took his arm and dragged him to the mall down the streets
-Passion on the Rain-
*Knock knock*
Misato opened the door interrupting her show of midday.
She caught the sight of a red haired girl, not the same as Asuka, this one was more darker than the one of the German girl.
"Mana? What can I do for you?"
"Hello Katsuragi-san, can Rei come out and play?" asked the girl innocently.
"If you mean if Rei is here then yes, she´s in her room, come I´ll take you to her."
Mana smiled and entered the apartment.
*Knock knock*
"Rei are you awake?"
A soft voice answered from behind.
"Affirmative"
Misato sighed opening her door, two years and still the same way of speaking, at least she is more open than other times.
As the door opened it revealed a clean room, a lot of books were on a little box, and in one of the corners were another pile of books.
The bed was blue the same color as her hair, and on the wall was a poster that was a gift from his brother and Misato.
It was from one of the few new bands that started appearing after Third Impact.
Rei looked at the visitors and greeted them
"Mana is here to see you."
"I see, welcome Kirishima" said Rei as she turned to the visitor
"How are you Rei, hey want to go outside for a while? The day is actually pretty good for this summer"
"It would be pleasant, please allow me to gather some things for the trip."
"Okay I´ll wait for you on the entrance."
Rei went to her wardrobe and brought a pair of shorts, gift from Misato and a pair of sneakers, taking her cellphone in case of emergency she went towards the door, Mana waiting for her.
"Major I´m leaving"
"It´s Misato and yes enjoy the day; remember that you must be at home not after 11pm."
Rei nodded and made her way outside with Mana.
"Well we have the house alone for ourselves today Pen Pen, what do you want to do?" Misato looked around herself missing the penguin.
A noise came from Shinji´s room, and she walked towards the source of it.
"Pen Pen what are you doing?"
There on the floor the penguin had a control on his hands.
And on the screen a FPS game was playing.
"Wark?"
"Not you too" said the beer drinker as she put her hand on her face.
-Passion on the Rain-
"So how does this look on me?" said Mari as she showed Shinji the third skirt on their little shooping spree.
"Well….I think black… goes with… your hair" said Shinji not looking at her.
"If you don´t look I can´t see your reaction so open your eyes Puppy-kun"
Shinji denied her petition.
-Passion on the Rain-
"Where do you wish to go Kirishima?" said Rei as they walked on the streets.
"It´s Mana and I don´t know I just got out of work and didn´t have something to do, so I thought hey let´s see if Rei want´s to lose time with me and here we are"
"I see, there seems to be a little festival at the center right now, would you care to go there?" said Rei as she looked at a poster that both of them passed while walking.
"Really…? Maybe we should look at it, come let´s take the bus here"
Both girls seated on the little bench.
"So how is work?" asked Mana at Rei
"My tips have increased since I started wearing fake glasses; they were a gift from the Maj…Misato-san." Said Rei correcting herself, Misato always told the girl to change who she was, living with her was a new experiencing, and seeing her in a different light as Shinji put it
"Well of course they would increase; you are the complete package of a moe girl, maybe you should wear a pair of cat ears or dog ears I don´t know."
"I have never been in problem regarding the matter of money after all I have more control of it than my brother and tutor." Finished Rei while giving a little smile at Mana
-Passion on the Rain-
"So…why shopping?" said Shinji as he finally walked outside the 7° store with a pair of bags full of clothes on each hand.
"Well Puppy-kun a woman must always be prepared" answered Mari as she gave a smile to the boy.
"Besides a woman must also look presentable to someone whom she is interested or have her eyes on" said giving Shinji a seductive look.
Shinji blinked swearing she saw her smile, a different smile that she wears every day.
Mari covered her mouth letting a little laugh escape through her lips.
"Now Puppy-kun shall we go and grab something to eat? You are paying by the way"
Shinji put the bag down and took her wallet from his pants; there was money there, but for how much he didn´t know.
"Okay, choose where you want to eat".
"You know how to please a woman Puppy-kun" she said taking his arm with hers.
"Now then just for today I will choose the one who is cheapest" said Mari while she walked towards the restaurant area.
"Just for today, what are you talking about?"
Mari didn´t respond instead she smiled to herself.
After some minutes of selection, the pair was seating behind a little restaurant of Sushi.
"Now Puppy-kun see how good I´m, it is very cheap and very good."
"Yea, this sushi is good, but next one will be on yours" said Shinji eating his sushi.
"Here Puppy-kun say Ahh" said Mari as she took a piece of her sushi putting it in front of him.
Shinji didn´t knew what to do.
His experience with girls wasn´t enough for this kind of situations, Hikari was more calm
"Come on Puppy-kun open your mouth…that´s an order" her smile was dangerous, it was the same smile that Misato had when he did something wrong.
Just as Shinji was going to obey her, a pair of love birds made their way towards them
"Ah? Ikari-san, Makinami-san what are you doing here?"
A feminine voice brought the pair out of the world of food, Shinji let out a big sigh in thanks of their presence…but Mari.
"Tch" Mari looked angry at the source of the sound..
"Ah Makinami why are you angry?" said Touji. "Ah food, gimme some Shin-man" and without a warning he took the sushi from the hands of Shinji.
Shinji sighed at the scene of his sushi leaving his hands he was still hungry.
"Fo whaf aye you fuys roin her?" said the athlete with his mouth full.
"Touji close your mouth when you are eating, were you shopping Makinami-san or…ah…AH I´m sorry Makinami-san" Hikari bowed her head and made the same thing at Shinji, Mari sighed and shook her head.
Mari knew why the girl was apologizing she had a reason.
"Aw Mari is that?" continued the brunette as she eyed the bags that were lying on the floor.
"Yep puppy-kun helped me get something good, he had a problem looking but well…let´s just say that he is still a little boy when it comes to the matter of the woman"
"Why him…? No wait I know why but…WHY, isn´t that sinful?!"
Shinji put his hands on his face as if covering the shame.
"Whaaf gu chu men, whaafs n de bag" said Touji with his mouth full of food, he looked at the bags and tried to get a look at the interior only to be stopped by Hikari.
"Close your mouth when you are eating, I won´t tell you twice besides you shouldn´t look at the shopping bags of a girl."
A happy song started playing around them only for Mari to searc on her bag jacket taking a white cellphone.
"Mm that´s mine, hello a yes mother I´m on the mall, yea the one in front of the hospital, really? Okay I will wait for you outside the hospital"
Mari closed her phone and took her bags.
"Thank you for accompanying me to get some clothes Puppy-kun I will make it up for you, Hikari Touji I´ll see you later."
The glasses girl took her bags and walked to the exit.
"What is your secret man? I mean you don´t do anything but you are just roping them in."
Hikari sighed and smacked her boyfriend on the head.
"He is a gentlemen that´s what it is, but knowing Ikari he doesn´t have an idea what are we talking about."
Shinji gave his friend a dirty look.
But still she was right, when it comes to woman he doesn´t have an Idea what to do.
-Passion on the Rain-
"Wow girl, you completely trashed those stands, you have to tell me your secret, how come you are a great shooter? I mean the way you took the gun and brought down the targets was awesome" screamed Mana as she mimicked Rei holding a rifle.
"As a Pilot of the Evangelion Unit 00 I was trained in the use of fire arms" said Rei holding plushies between her arms.
Always short answers or straight answers.
"Pilot eh, tell me what was it like, you know being in a giant robot"
"It was more of a duty than of a personal experience, but I know people who enjoyed being there"
"The German girl the one that was the pilot of the red robot, I saw her on television at the years of the war."
"Yes, she enjoyed being more in the Eva than Shinji, for me it was my only purpose to be a pilot, Shinji did it to receive approval of his father."
"Ikari-san… your brother, how come you two are siblings if both of you are so different, I mean your skin is paler than his and both of you hold different names."
"My past is a little private Mana-san, I…I still need time to tell people about it, besides with our gens we pass as half-brother or second cousin."
"Then why aren't you monopolizing him?"
Rei blinked at her; soon they found a little stand that was given rice balls the pair had spent the whole day walking, so this was a good opportunity to regain part of their strength. Reaching the bench Rei continued her explanation
"You´ve spent too much time watching TV on the morning don´t you?"
As the pair made their way towards one of the little benches Rei continued her explanation.
"Besides for the past two month I have seen the little bond that my brother formed with Makinami I must say of the girls who wanted the attention of my brother Makinami has more opportunities."
"So Ikari-san and Makinami, well they make a good pair I wonder what he did to attract her, because as far as I know every boy that is both in our grade or superior have asked Makinami on dates, all of them rejected."
Both girls started eating their rice balls.
"It seems that my brother has is way of attracting members of the opposite sex…I knew of a case in which he attracted one of the same sex."
Mana choked on her food.
-Passion on the Rain-
After leaving Touji and Hikari on the mall alone Shinji made his way towards the apartment, passing through the streets he watched how people lived their day, most of them were families.
Family
He had one, a weird one but still a family a weird sister an alcoholic guardian who worked for the government, he and…
Asuka…
Asuka left 2 years ago, telling herself that she needed to see the world to found herself.
Shinji knew she couldn´t be stopped, last time they talked was a 5 months ago, a short e-mail telling the family that she had joined the army, the UN army.
After Third Impact the UN took control of military bases and the remaining Evangelion Units, those that were incomplete of course.
Unit 01 was on space, they said that if you look closely to space you will see a human figure watching the earth.
Unit 02 was being used as the main reactor for energy on Tokyo 3, it was the idea of Ritsuko, and technically everything on the city was using energy from the sleeping core of Unit-02.
Something good since other countries started copying the same way of energy making the planet more cleaner in the last 2 years.
Opening the door of the apartment Shinji made his way towards the kitchen "I´m home"
Her adoptive mother was on the TV screen with Pen Pen wearing a leash on the neck.
Misato turned to the source of the voice "Welcome back how was your day?"
Shinji took a seat at the left side of Misato and watched the channel that her guardian was watching.
"Good, I spend most of the afternoon walking with Mari as she took me on a tour around the shops on the mall." Shinji arched his back and a loud crack was heard on the room.
"I see trying to conquer little glasses girl eh?" said Misato as she approached Shinji the same way a cat approaches a mouse on a corner.
"Misato in my 3 years living with you I have learned the difference between you talking serious and pulling my leg, there is nothing between us I find it hard getting with someone in a relationship, besides relationships are not my strong point if you think about it."
"You are thinking low of yourself, she is a good girl I have seen her on the school sometimes, besides you two are very different, like black and white you two complete each other and I think you should invite her on a date or had dinner with us."
"Maybe but she said she was interested on another person so I find it hard to ask her on a date." Shinji looked at the penguin sitting between them.
The penguin looked at Shinji with teary eyes.
Begging to be released
Shinji sighed and looked at Misato
…
…
…
"You caught Pen Pen playing videogames didn´t you?"
"Yep that's why I have the leash on him; he has to learn to control himself."
"You are being cruel"
-Passion on the Rain-
LOCALITATION UNKOWN
"What it´s the status of the plan?"
"Eight years more your majesty"
"Eight years? We are supposed to be the greatest organization on the globe, can´t you move faster?"
"No your highness, the people who are giving us resources are the one who hold more information about this subject."
"I don´t care about that, we have lost people…thousands of people we can´t afford to lose more people, this power granted to us from the heavens must not be lost"
"Yes your highness"
"We must return the world to his original state; we cannot allow our mission come to a failure."
-Passion on the Rain-
"I´m home" said a quiet voice on the little apartment.
"Oh Rei welcome back, Shinji is about to finish the dinner come" the voice of Misato was coming from the kitchen.
The ex-god made her way towards the kitchen; there Misato was already drinking her beer and Shinji wearing his usual apron.
"Welcome back Rei, sit I just finished dinner" Shinji put the plates and the soup on the table.
"This one is without meat, but it has more vegetables than the normal bow, and these have the meat."
"Thank you Shin-chan/Shinji"
As the family started eating they started talking about their day.
-Passion on the Rain-
3 Days Later Tokyo 3 High School
"Boooring"
Kensuke threw his arms on the air it was Lunch Time and the trio was sitting outside on the roof of the building of the high school.
It was almost weekend, and that meant that their boss would come back in less than 24 hours, still the little vacation paid off to them.
"Kensuke if you say once more that you are bored I´ll throw you myself of the roof." screamed Touji at his friend.
"Touji are you okay?" Shinji was concerned about his friend, after all since the morning he has been grumpy with almost everyone except Hikari. "You have been different like angry, did something happened between you and Hikari?"
"He was denied sexy-time with Hikari two days ago" whispered Kensuke in the ear of the ex-pilot.
Shinji looked at Touji and saw him murmuring something about sisters and fathers.
Better not get on his wrong side today.
Shinji´s stomachs growled "Wow man didn´t you bring your usual bento?" said Kensuke ignoring his rampaging friend.
"There wasn´t enough food to make 3 bentos, so today I only made one for Misato and Rei." Shinji rubbed his hand on his stomach to calm his hunger.
"Then you haven´t eaten nya?" a voice broke them from their conversation.
The trio looked for the source of the voice and there it was wearing the usual uniform the green skirt with red squares porting the usual white shirt with T3 as a logo.
"Mari what are you doing here?" said Shinji as he looked at the glasses girl, the girl walked to the ladder and climbed towards the little building in which the boys were sitting.
Taking out a little box she handed it to Shinji.
"Here take this, I´m already full since I have a small stomach, so you can have what is left" opening the bento he saw some meat and rice, a good choice for the day.
"I...I see thank you" and so Shinji started eating, Mari didn´t leave of course.
While time passed and the little group was talking Touji noticed a murderous aura coming from the girl, her eyes were showing signs of something.
Something…dangerous
It was almost like it was screaming to leave them alone, and so it was, Mari looked at Touji and gave him the look.
Touji gave Kensuke a small signal and both of them left the pair eating alone.
"Why are we leaving them?" demanded Kensuke as he caught up with Touji.
"Because I don´t what to deal with Makinami yelling at me, besides didn´t you felt the Aura of Makinami she was literally screaming at us to leave and I don´t want to get between a Tiger and her prey"
"What are you talking about?"
Touji shook his head.
"I expected ignorance but this?"
-Passion on the Rain-
"Did you really make this Mari?" said Shinji devouring the bento.
"Yep did you like it?" asked Mari knowing full well the answer of the boy.
"Yea it has a good texture and a great savor."
"You seem to know a lot about food"
"Yea I´m always making the food on my house so I started getting the hang of it, maybe I would like to open a restaurant someday"
"I think that´s pretty nice" said Mari as she sat at the side of Shinji.
After some time the duo left the rooftop and walked towards their last class still talking about their futures.
-Passion on the Rain-
Friday Katsuragi Apartment
"Shinji-kun is the food already made?"
The voice of Misato came from the bathroom she was still putting her dress, the dinner for her friend was today.
"All ready, now we have to wait for the visitors" said Shinji while sitting on the sofa.
"Mari Makinami… I wonder what kind of people is she; I know very little about her…she´s an interesting person that´s for sure always happy maybe...maybe"
Shinji closed his eyes picturing the glasses girl smiling handing him her bento.
The doorbell broke Shinji from his thoughts.
Groaning he stood up and walked towards the entrance.
Opening the door he started the conversation
"Hello you must be the neighbors that Misato invited to have a dinner here" started Shinji, but he was stopped in the act at the moment he noticed the pair in front of him. Mari was with a woman who had glasses her brown hair was more light that the one of her daughter, she had tired eyes, but her smile was still present.
He noticed that Mari who was behind her mother, peeking her head to the left side to see the person, whom her mother was talking.
"Good night Puppy-kun"
"Ara you must be Shinji-kun"
Shinji turned to the older "Mari" and nodded with his head.
"Yes please come in." Shinji stepped to one side and helped Mari with the box filled with cookies.
"Please make yourself at home miss?"
"Rachel Illustrious nice to meet you, Mari talks a lot about you."
"Mother!" said Mari as she blushed.
Shinji did the same hiding a little smile.
As if in cue Misato appeared from the bathroom wearing a red dress.
"Oh Rachel come in you already meet one of my roommates, Shinji this is Rachel she was a friend of the collage in which I used to go and this is Rei another of my roommates, she is the half-sister of Shinji."
Rei appeared behind the refrigerator wearing a black dress she noticed the woman and the girl at the entrance and smiled.
"Welcome"
And so the pair entered the house and reached the dining room.
Chapter 3 is finished, so that's chapter 3, this time it was a chapter of the past, revealing a little more of Shinji and Mari´s relationship, next chapter will be the first battle (I'm sweating) and a little revelation on Asuka´s localization.
So did someone notice the relationship between Mana and Rei? Mana will bring to light the real colors of our dear albino.
Also I took more time writing this chapter because of school I´m almost on vacation, only 29 days more.
A/N If you want to see the picture of Mari´s mother look in one of the chapter of the manga I think 60 or something in which Asuka´s mother tells Asuka that she must be a better woman than "That girl of that woman" in the manga a girl that looks a lot like Mari appears besides a girl with black hair, the one with black hair was a model for the Mari that we know, besides the mother of "Mari" is very similar to the one that appears on the movie with Yui holding a baby Shinji, with that out of the way I hope you enjoyed this chapter.