DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the series I'm including this fic, if I did, I'd most likely be stinkin' rich, man.
WELCOME TO TOUDOU GAKUEN
Shinji, with an umbrella open, looked down at his cousin, sitting on the edge of the school's roof as the rain poured down hard,' this is the first time he ever lost,' Shinji could almost feel the anguish and excitement rolling of Soichiro,' I'd probably have mixed feelings about this myself if I was in his shoes. He's been beaten so easily, but seeing and feeling someone who is definitely stronger than him has set an excitement in him that he wants explore,' Shinji thought as he saw Aya coming in from the entrance of the roof.
"He's taken it pretty hard," he heard beside him and saw Maya with her own umbrella, still in kid mode and in her kimono," those wounds of his may have been healed, but its clear to all they're still deep, they may never heal," she said as she observed along with Shinji at Aya trying to get Soichiro out of his funk.
"He'll heal, and he'll be stronger for it, after all..." Shinji trailed off as he closed his eyes with smile and closed his umbrella, holding his head up to let the rain hit his face," he's a Nagi, and I know first hand that you can't keep them down for long," Shinji said with a chuckle.
"Like you," Maya asked as she tried to get a conversation out of the wild brown haired boy. He was an enigma that she felt she wanted to have close by,' for observation of course,' she assured herself.
"Well, I haven't met anyone, like my cousin, that can beat me. So I can't say how I'd react if I was in his shoes. Probably the same way he is now," Shinji admitted to her. He then lowered his head and opened his eyes to look at her," maybe you can humble me by a little match," Shinji proposed with a carefree smile.
Smiling playfully, she shot back," wouldn't it be considered child harassment if you fought me," she got a chuckle in response to her playful question.
"Not if you change into that sexy bomb shell form of yours," Shinji redirected. Shinji then actually got a thoughtful look," but why do you do it anyway, I see no purpose for you in staying that form?" Shinji asked in a truly intrigued tone.
"It helps me conserve my Ki and control it better than most do," Maya told him of the what it was for," it's a clan technique really, it would be difficult for novices to do it if they didn't know anything about their anatomy with a fine tune control on their Ki," she knew it was against saying this to anyone outside of the clan, but she felt she could trust Shinji with this information. She didn't know why, but she just had a gut feeling about it.
"Hmm, I can see the potential in that," Shinji conceded. The many things he could do in his child form would be limited, but it would also open up possibilities he couldn't do in his current age's form. He'd most likely be able to fit in tight spaces that would otherwise be too small for his current form now, be able to slip through otherwise unbreakable grapples, and/or be able to sneak away into crowds if need be,' an infiltration and escape technique,' Shinji thought of it. He wouldn't go as far as Maya went and stay in kid form; that would alert his opponents that he was able to go in that form. Better to have an ace they don't know about than for them to be prepared for him to do be in that form when it got sticky.
"What about you, what technique was that made you stand up against Masataka's punch," seeing the raised eyebrow, she elaborated," when he is usually is in that state, nothing sort of one of the Enforcers elite are able to take down Masataka, to be able to stand up to that charged punch of his would indicate a high endurance on your body," Maya finished as she saw Shinji nodded.
"Have you ever heard of the manga called Ranma ½?" Shinji questioned to her.
Maya blinked, wondering why he suddenly asked that question," yes.." she answered slowly," but what does that have to do with my ques..."
"Have ever heard of the Bakusai Tenketsu," Shinji calmly cut in.
Nodding slowly, she remembered reading that manga as a kid. But still, what did that manga technique have to do...her eyes widened as she looked at Shinji's smug looking grin," you didn't?" she gasped him with wide eyes. Seeing him chuckle and nod, she couldn't believe that training actually worked,' he'd have to be maniac to even think of using that training,' she thought as she looked at Shinji a bit warily. But then she remembered the main character, Ranma, and how Shinji immediately copied Masataka's 'Hakka Soudoushou'," wait, does that mean you actually use 'Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū'?" she asked in wonder as she wondered if it was even possible to use such a style.
"Yup, as a kid, I had nothing else to do but take care of the place me and Soichiro stayed at, cook, read, and train," Shinji supplied. But then he shook his head with grin on his face," but I'll tell ya, it wasn't easy training by myself on the 'Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū', but it was well worth it to learn. Now I've got another Ki attack in my repertoire," Shinji grinned at himself as he nodded. He still needed to see the capabilities of the attack and break it down to see what else it can do.
"Does that mean you can...you know?" Maya asked hesitantly and idly noted that Aya and the gaki had left already.
"Know what?" Shinji raised an eyebrow as she seemed a bit excited about something.
"Can you do those Ki blasts?" Maya wondered as she always wanted to do those techniques when she was a kid. When she had learned about Ki, she thought it would be possible, but the boundaries she learned about Ki stated that it wasn't possible. But seeing how Shinji was able to withstand the Bakusai Tenketsu training, she felt he might have been able to contradict those rules.
"Yeah, I can, but I don't use my emotions do it," seeing her cock her head to the side, he explained to her," using emotional Ki, as I found out that the creator of Ranma ½ secretly pointed out, is dangerous because using that emotion in succession to power the blasts will make you dependent on that one emotion. Say you go with confidence like Ranma did, using that too much will make you arrogant and reckless that will most likely get you into a serious and dangerous situation," Shinji lectured a bit as he brought out his aura, a blue flame swirling around him. He then held his right palm out, upwards toward the sky. The blue flames then gathered around area of his palm and slowly form into a bright blue sphere," it took me at least two weeks of meditation to be able to get this done, I haven't named it and I might never do that."
"Can...I touch it?" Maya asked with intrigue in her eyes. Never had she seen such a thing done possible. Sure there were techniques that showed a force of Ki, but they weren't projected like this. The only thing that could probably come close would be Fire and Water Ki attacks. But this was no element of Ki, this was the base of all that was Ki, the life force in one's body and Shinji was holding a ball of pure life force in his right hand, amazing!
"Sure," Shinji consented as he held the pure Ki ball in front of her. Making sure the Ki wasn't harmful in anyway, Shinji let Maya touch it.
"It's warm, like the healing Ki I use," Maya muttered to herself as she felt the soft and warm feeling rush through her child formed fingers and hands. Shinji then let the energy go, the ball of Ki shrinking down into a dot before blinking it out of existence. Looking up at him, she couldn't help but want to learn how to use such a technique, but the only way to do that would be to get him in her club," hey, Shinji, I want to offer you a proposal."
"Hmm," Shinji got perplexed looked before he shrugged," sure, what's up?"
"I can help you learn more Ki techniques like that ones Masataka used on the gaki," seeing the glint in his eyes, she couldn't help but smirk internally,' hook.'
"You serious?" Shinji asked with restrained excitement in his voice.
"Yes, but I'll only do that if you accept my proposal," Maya said in a business like tone,' line.'
"So hurry up and tell me what you want already," Shinji said impatiently.
"I'll only teach you the techniques of you join my club, the Jyuuken club, and teach me how to make that Ki blast technique," Maya proposed to the technique starved teen in front of her,' and sinker,' she smirked triumphantly as Shinji immediately nodded to her.
"If that's all I gotta do, shit, you got yourself a new member," Shinji said with big smirk on his face. He couldn't help but wonder what else kind of techniques and styles she had to impart onto him.
"Great, we'll have to take Aya and Masataka to another Karaoke in celebration for our new member," Maya said happily. Now she could get some techniques that may help her goals further.
"Cool, I can sing some mean lyrics, trust me," Shinji boasted with arrogant grin.
"Let me guess, 'Anything Goes Karaoke Martial Arts'," She teased to him.
"Right, how'd ya know?" Shinji shot back with a chuckle. Maya giggled along with him. Looking to where Soichiro use to be, Shinji took out his cell and looked at the time and saw it was time for him to get back to the apartment. Looking over to Maya, he wondered if she had a ride," Hey, I think it's time to scoot, you got a ride?"
She would have said that since Natsume clan home was not that far from here to walk, she didn't need a ride. But seeing this as a chance to bond with the new member of her club, she relented to him," no, but if your offering, I'd be happy to oblige," she gave good natured grin to him as she accepted his help.
"Well, come on, let's get you home," Shinji said as he jumped down from his position on the roof. He looked up to see Maya following him, but she landed on his shoulder and steadied and situated herself on her position," being little lazy aren't we?" Shinji joked to her a bit.
"A gentleman should help a little girl in need, or am I wrong?" she shot back as she pinched his cheek in fun. Shinji would have complained about that, but he didn't mind if it was her doing it for some reason.
When they got to the parking lot, Shinji took out his keys and approached a motorcycle. It was a 2009 VFR1000 with a green serpent dragon design going around it. When he got himself seated, Maya jumped off and Shinji had the privilege of seeing her transform into her original form,' if I hadn't gotten used to Chiaki's tendencies before she broke up with me, I would have died of blood loss from my nose right now,' Shinji thought as he looked at the beauty that was now Natsume Maya," wow," Shinji said as he took the helmet he had hanging of the right handle bar.
"That's all you can say, 'wow'?" Maya teased. Shinji just shook his head and handed her the extra motorcycle helmet he had available at all times. She took it without a word and slipped it on before seating herself behind Shinji. She then wrapped her arms around his stomach, so as not to fall off,' he works hard I see,' she noted as she felt his abs.
"You good?" Shinji asked and got a nod in response that she was ready. Shinji then nodded back as he turned on the bike and took lifted the parking pedal off the ground (sorry, I haven't rode a bike for a long time, so I can't remember the word for it), and turned the ignition. The two then sped out of the parking lot in the rain that was pouring out.
It would have only taken at least five minutes to get to her house, but Maya pointed him out in the scenic route to get back to her home. Thus, the two were still on the road, going around riding in the rain. Shinji felt they should have been there by now, but he got the inkling thought she was just taking her time, maybe just trying to get at least a feel of what her newest member was like. Shinji grinned as he sped up and started to swerve around traffic at high speeds.
Maya was having a good time riding with Shinji now. Although it brought back memories of Mitsuomi and her when they rode like this, she couldn't help but feel the difference between Shinji and the older Takayanagi brother.
It took another thirty minutes before Shinji arrived at the Natsume clan home. He noted idly that it wouldn't have takin' long for her to just walk over here. Blinking a bit at this, he shrugged mentally and just went with the flow of it all.
Jumping off and giving back the helmet, Maya returned back to her chibi form. She then took out the umbrella that she had at her side and opened it to stop from getting wet further," we'll be holding a meeting about you in the morning, so don't forget to be at the Jyuuken Club Dojo first thing when you get back to Toudou Gakuen," Maya told Shinji and turned to leave," see ya, Shinji."
"See ya, Maya," Shinji waved back as she closed the door. Shinji revved up the motorcycle and smiled under his helmet," looks like things are getting interesting."
Once he got home, Shinji locked the door. If Soichiro wasn't in, it wouldn't matter since he had a key to the apartment himself. Just as he took off his shoes did the phone ring. Making his way over to the phone, Shinji picked up it up," Shinji here, what's up?"
"Shinji, it's me, Makiko," Shinji heard over the phone.
"Auntie, what's up?" Shinji asked in a kind tone this time. She was the one who took care of him and Soichiro when the times were at their worst, which earned her the right to be close to his heart. Even though she wasn't around much, it was the thought that counted since she tried her best to raise the two of them.
"Nothing much, dear; how are you and Soichiro?" she asked kindly in return.
"We're good, we're good, it's just kind of hard to do somethings without ya, you always knew how to help out when ya could," Shinji said with small smile on his face.
"Oh, don't tease your Auntie, Shinji, you two took better care of yourselves than I could," Makiko replied to him.
"Not Soichiro, if he had come here alone, I know you would've come along to make sure he was at least somewhat safe," and that was true, Soichiro moved around the school-take-over fights so much, that she came along sometimes to make sure he wasn't too injured or got in trouble with the authorities too much. This time, she was entrusting her son to Shinji to make sure he didn't get as much trouble as he did in the past.
"That's true, I may just come over there anyway," Makiko said in happy tone.
"I'd, no, we'd like that. Just let us know when you're coming and we'll make sure to meet you either halfway or just come and pick you up," Shinji assured her.
"Thank you, Shinji. Oh, and when I get there, I hope to know you two have girlfriends by then, we do need to keep the family line going dear, bye," Makiko said cheerfully before hanging up.
Shinji just looked at the phone funny for a minute before setting it back on the receiver," I swear, she is becoming more and more like Saotome Nodoka every time I talk to her," Shinji muttered as he shook his head in disbelief,' is my life becoming just like one big anime,' Shinji thought as he walked his way to his room. Just before he closed his door, he hung his head low as he reviewed everything that happened so far,' yup, my life is one big anime.'
Walking his way over to Toudou Gakuen, Shinji could only shake his head. Soichiro had come home with his head down, his thoughts down in the dumps. Shinji would have said something, but he knew Soichiro wouldn't want to talk about it until he felt he was ready. He chuckled though; he himself was just as stubborn as his blond counterpart. He sighed a moment later though, since Soichiro hadn't come to terms with his defeat, he still hadn't come along with him to school.
As he entered the ground of Toudou Gakuen, he just remembered, he had no idea where the Jyuuken Club's dojo was. Looking around, he saw a pink haired girl set in curls. She was cute and had deep blue eyes with healthy lookin' skin and was wearing the school uniform that was required for the females to wear," excuse me," he called over to her.
Hearing the voice called out, she looked towards Shinji and pointed to herself, making sure he was calling out to her. He nodded as he walked up to her," yes?" she asked as she waited for his inquiry.
"Sorry if I'm keeping ya, I'm kinda new here," Shinji said as he scratched the back of his in a reminiscent manner to a certain pigtailed fantasy martial artist," so, since that's da case, I was wonderin' if ya knew where the Jyuuken Club was?"
Shinji blinked as the polite face of the girl turned to a frown," it's off in that direction, just beside school's eastside (I don't know if that's true, but let's go with it)," she answered with a bit of heat in her voice," now if you'll excuse me?" she asked as she walked away in a bit of huff.
"Yeah…sure," Shinji relented as he looked at the cute pink haired girl walk away from him,' why is it that a lot of the girls get mad at me for no apparent reason,' Shinji wondered as he made his way in the general direction of the Jyuuken Club. (Wait til he meets a certain redhead)
If Shinji had continued to look where the pink haired girl was walking, he would've have seen her look back at him over her shoulder,' Maya's got a new member, eh?' Isuza thought as she turned her head back and made her way to her office,' I should dig up some information on him before reporting this to Mitsuomi,' the Vice-President Enforcer thought as she narrowed her a bit before entering the school.
Shinji walked toward to what he was certain was Jyuuken Club dojo, all the while admiring the great scene the Sakura trees were setting on his way over. The scene was definitely something he could just kick back, relax, and have nice soda to watch the Sakura petals blow with the wind. He really did appreciate the scene.
"I see you made it Shinji," Maya's child like voice cutting through his thoughts and daze. Maya rose an eyebrow as it was clear he just noticed her," what's up with you?" she asked confusedly.
"Nothing, nothing, just admiring the view here," Shinji waved off as he looked at the area around him.
Maya smiled at that," yeah, it is a nice place to relax in, that's why Masataka and I relax to just watch the Sakura petals."
"You and Masataka, you two are…" Shinji trailed off, as he didn't want to be hitting on her if she was involved with someone else.
"No, no, he's just the only other club member that comes," Maya informed him, wondering why his shoulders relaxed at hearing that.
"I see," Shinji said lightly, but inside,' heh, looks like she's still single, I still got a chance,' now Shinji may have felt he was moving a bit fast, he still could appreciate a woman and Maya was a woman he really wanted to get to know. It may become a fling, it may turn into something really good for them, either way, Shinji just wanted to get with her. Hey, he's a teenage boy, cut him some slack.
"Well, come on, you should meet with Aya and Masataka, so we can let them know you joined our club," Maya said as she walked toward the door of the dojo.
"Sure," Shinji agreed as he wasn't far behind her. Opening the doors for her, he bowed and gestured for her to go on in before him," and they say chivalry is dead," Shinji joked to her.
Rolling her eyes at him, she could see he was really a joker like Bunsichi at times. She sighed, she missed those days, but you gotta move on. Looking at him, she shook her head," just get in," Maya said sternly.
"Hai, hai," Shinji did as he was told and walked in ahead of her. As soon as he did, he saw the two he saw the other day, Aya and Masataka. Aya looked a bit worried and seemed to want to say something, most likely to ask him if he had seen Soichiro, since it was obvious that she was fussing over how the blond was acting. He looked over to the male of the two and noted the little scowl on his face. Shinji chuckled heartedly as he saw the bandage around his head, most likely to bandage the blow he had caused by shooting him back with his own technique and hitting his head.
"Well, you two, let me introduce our newest member, Ikari Shinji," Maya introduced to the other two.
"Nice to meet yas," Shinji said with cocky grin on his face.
"Pleased to meet you, Shinji-san," Aya said as she bowed politely to her fellow freshman.
"Yeah, same here," Masataka grunted as he too bowed politely to Shinji. Just as he got up, he felt the blow to his crotch, making him gasp in pain and hold his precious organ," sempai, why'd you do that?" he asked as he looked to Maya who had struck him with her kendo stick.
"You do not greet your new member in such rude manner of talking," Maya scolded him.
Shinji laughed a bit and waved his hand at them, gesturing that it was all good," naw, it's cool, I know I'd be pissed if I was hit by my own technique and was knocked out by it," Shinji said as he put his hands in his pockets. He walked up to his fellow brunette and took his right hand out and put it out in front of him," we cool man?"
Looking at the hand and at Shinji, Masataka sighed and took his hand and shook it," yeah, we're good," he relented to Shinji, making the boy chuckle good naturedly. Separating each other's hands, Masataka asked the question that had been bugging him ever since he was knocked out," I'm just wondering though, how'd you use my technique so fast and correctly? Did you used to study under the Takayanagi clan?"
Shinji put his cocky grin on and tapped his head," it's all in the mind man, it only takes me one or two times to see a technique and I make it my own. And I never met anyone of your clan," Shinji informed him.
"But that's impossible, no one can learn a technique that quick and you've had to train under my clan to use that technique," Masataka insisted as it was hard to comprehend such a thing.
"However impossible it maybe Takayanagi, Shinji is able to use the technique," Maya cut in as she felt it was time to inform the two of Shinji's unique style," and it was all because he uses a fictional style of fighting."
"What style is that Onee-chan?" Aya asked in wonder, she too was surprised when Shinji had used the 'Hakka Soudoushou'.
"That would be 'Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū'," Shinji answered with the same grin on his face.
Blinking at the name of the style, the two tried to remember where they had heard that style before. From what Maya had said, it was something that was of fictional style, which meant that it was likely from a manga. It took a bit of time, but Aya was the first to realize where she had remembered the style," sugoi, you can do that style off of that Ranma ½ manga?"
Gasping a bit, Masataka looked at Shinji for confirmation, who nodded," yup, however unbelievable that is, I am the true and sole user of the 'Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū'," Shinji proudly announced to them.
Masataka couldn't figure out why that style would matter, but when he remembered the manga, it made perfect sense to him now. Thinking hard, he remembered something about a Bakusai Tenketsu, it was the only thing that could have saved Shinji from being a piles of broken bones when he had tried to cave in the punk's face in. It also explained how Shinji was able to use the technique he had done when he had used it on Soichiro.
"Well, now that we've gotten ourselves comfortable with Shinji around, it's time we planned for another Karaoke night!" Maya announced cheerfully.
"That sounds good," Masataka commented happily.
"We'll have so much fun," Aya cheerfully said as she bounce up and down in excitement, her 'talents' bouncing up and down with her, making Masataka blush a bit and Shinji to snicker at her enthusiasm with seeing the blush on the other boy's face.
"Sounds good to me," Shinji agreed with them as the four settled down to talk about what day and time they wanted to have the Karaoke Night.
Shinji played around with the plugsuit that was fitted onto him. He really didn't get why he had to wear this and it made him think he looked like some sort of pansy with a love for rubber. Right now, he had the top of it down and tied around his waist as he sat down on a bench, his torso shown to all as he drank a bottle of water.
He had just come out of the training program for the Eva and was wondering one thing,' I guess I shouldn't have gone against the training they had for me.'
The reason for that thought was that all the good doctor, Ritsuko, had him do was target and shoot his rifle at a dummy of the Angel. Ever time was just target and fire, target and fire, target and fire. The shit had gotten so boring. To Shinji, training should get your body pumped and get muscle memory on how to do this and that in certain situations, not just stand and fire. Doing that would just get you killed.
So, after doing another set of target and fire, he had tossed the rifle, charged in and jumped kicked a dummy Angel. Ritsuko didn't expect that and was force to type down a program for the angel to retaliate. In doing so made the Angel fight in the same manner it did when he first fought it. Each time it got too easy for him to beat down the Angel, Ritsuko had to quickly come up with a new idea on how to fight Shinji and Shinji kept adapting as he tossed, punched, kicked, and shot off rounds at each new dummy Angel.
That had gone on for at least five hours and had gotten him a chewing off of his ears as soon as he left the Virtual Training Simulation. She had argued with him that the training that they had him do earlier was for him to ease himself into the Eva. But Shinji had argued that if another Angel had came again soon, that the Angel wouldn't care for his level of piloting and would try to kill him and that training should test the person's limits and adaptability. After saying that, it was kind of hard to argue, so Ritsuko had relented and asked if he at least tell her to step up the training if he felt the training was becoming lax. He had to at least compromise to that, one look at her hands shaking was all he needed. Straining her hands to type so fast to keep up with him must have been taxing.
Thinking back to thoughts of Maya, he remembered that tonight was the Karaoke Night they had planned on,' wonder if she's any good,' he wondered as got up and threw away the empty bottle. As he walked down the hall to get back to Ritsuko and see if there was any other Eva training, he passed a group of women that worked for Nerv. He smirked in a cocky manner as he saw their blushes and giggles as he passed by,' sorry girls, I got my sights on another,' he thought as he gave a little wave to them, making them giggle more and wave back.
Getting into a room, he saw the blond doctor going over some data on a computer. She looked up and saw him and smiled in an almost foxy manner, liking what she was seeing,' too bad he's so young,' she sighed sadly in her head. She then focused and got a professional face on," ah, Shinji, what is you want?"
"I was just wondering if there was anymore training," Shinji replied to her with arms crossed over his bare chest.
"Why? Got a date tonight?" Ritsuko teased a bit to him.
"You could say that," Shinji answered with a smirk spreading across his face.
"Oh," Ritsuko quirked an eyebrow and wondered who would hang around with someone like Shinji. As much as he was a punk, he was a nice one at least. He may be rough around the edges, but he at least was good company to those who he respected. Something that she opted for since it seemed he only respected and was kind to if someone reciprocated those feelings.
It still boggled her that he had decked the commander and not get in trouble for it. But it seemed the last time she talked to the commander about that, before initiated their one-night stands, was that the commander was actually proud that Shinji had grown such confidence. Not that he said it out loud, but she could see it in his cold eyes that he said that. It might also be that Shinji was somewhat like him before he became engaged to his dead wife, Ikari Yui, since he was a bit of street fighting punk before then.
"Well, let's see," going over what she had on her computer, she checked over what was left," hmm, not much and we could take care of it another day, so I guess we could cut it early today," Ritsuko relented to him.
"Heh, cool, thanks doc," Shinji said as he rushed out of the room with wave goodbye.
After seeing him leave, she sighed," if only he were older, or If only I was younger," she said with disappointment before getting back to her computer, she had data to compile before going to Gendo for some much needed nookie.
Getting dressed up into his clean clothes, his usual black tank top with a white serpent dragon, a pair of new navy blue jeans, black and white sneakers, and a black button shirt with a yin and yang symbol on the back that had a dragon on the top and a tiger on the bottom, seemingly fighting one another. Looking at a mirror, he messed up the front of his hair a bit, making sure the spikes that were there were in the right positions. Nodding to himself, he left out of the locker room.
As soon as he did, he passed by the blue haired girl, who was still in bandages. Looking at the direction she came from, he noted it was the direction from his Pop's office,' must have just reported to him, or…' he shuddered a bit at that thought. He didn't like the idea of his Pop's doing such a thing, even though he couldn't give two shits about him. Shinji just shrugged to himself before getting back to the task of leaving, never noticing the red eye gaze of Ayanami Rei.
Parking his bike, he looked over to the entrance and saw Maya, in her adult form in a nice pink one piece that was close to showing that ass of her's and showing a nice amount of cleavage. Shinji walked over to her and waved," hey, what's up?"
"Hey," Maya greeted back with a smile on.
Shinji looked around and noted one thing," where are Aya and Masataka?" he asked as he couldn't see hide nor hair of the two Jyuuken Club members.
Maya sighed a bit audibly and got his attention," Aya is too worried about that gaki cousin of yours, so she opted to stay behind tonight and Masataka didn't want to come if Aya wasn't coming along," Maya informed him.
"That guy is crushin' hard," Shinji muttered under his breath.
Nodding her head a bit as she actually heard what he said, she opened her eyes and got a playful smirk on her face," well, you and I will just have to make up for their absence tonight," she then took his hand and gently led him towards the Karaoke. Shinji just smiled and allowed her to do so.
After telling the waiter what they wanted to eat, Shinji turned to Maya and looked at her closely,' oooh, I can't understand why she doesn't stay in this form if she keeps lookin' this good,' shaking his head mentally, he reoriented himself to ask her some things," so, how exactly are we going to go about training?"
Having already thought about it before tonight, she answered immediately," well, I was thinking that we could get the training under way during Golden Week. Since it almost time for that, we'll have plenty of time to use the break for training. So in order to do that, you and Masataka will be staying over at our place for awhile," Maya informed him of her plans. She really couldn't wait to be able to do those Ki ball blasts when she learned it from Shinji.
Shinji was having similar thoughts about what her style of fighting was about," that sounds like a good time for it," Shinji agreed to it as he leaned back and draped his arms back over the seat, innocently putting his left arm close to Maya shoulders, yet not touching them. Shinji glanced at her to see if she noticed and saw she had an amused smile on her face.
Maya couldn't help but be amused by Shinji's blatant moves of flirting with her. She had many men try to have a go at her and they met her fist and feet as payment. But, as she gave her own glance at Shinji's silent chuckling face, she could at least let it slide for this one guy. At least he was doing more than Mitsuomi did.
The door opened up and the waiter came in with their orders. Shinji, paying the man, took the tray and set it down on the table. They talked about the little stuff for a bit and about some training methods. Once they were done, the two of smirked at each other," you ready to see some real singin'?" Shinji asked with cocky grin.
"Are you?" She asked with a playful grin on.
Shinji extended his hand towards the booth's karaoke machine," ladies first," Shinji said with the same grin on his face.
And so, after some singing, the two were now just walking around the neighborhood. The both of them felt it was too early to turn in and still wanted to hang around with each other.
"So, just as I entered the park, I saw this old man reading a newspaper. So, I'm thinking, why not do a little training. I go in, quietly using the Umisenken and snatch a piece of the newspaper he was holding, making a perfect circle right in the center, just like when Ranma did when he was training in the usage of Umisenken," Shinji chuckled, as he remembered the face on the old man," you should have seen his face, I could have sworn the dude was going have a heart attack."
Maya giggled, as she could remember reading that part in the Ranma ½ manga. She would've have liked to see the real look of someone who had that happen to them," so how about the Yamasenken, is that all it's cracked up to be?" she asked curiously.
"Well, it's..." Shinji stopped as he felt an ill intent in the air.
Maya noticed the look on his face and wondered," Shinji, what's wro..." she was cut off as he suddenly started to roof jump over somewhere," SHINJI, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" she asked loudly as she quickly ran after him. That was when she felt the ill intent in the air herself,' did he sense it before I did?' she wondered before making her way to the source, positive that Shinji was on the way there.
'Hehehe, now for the punishment,' thought Tsutomu Ryuzaki as he had a brown haired girl, who's clothes he forcefully ripped off, positioned for him to put his dick into enter her.
As his mouth salivated and was about to rape the poor girl, he felt a tap on his shoulder and heard a whistle from behind him. He looked back and was about to burn the punk who interrupted the punishment for the two Freshman of Toudou Gakuen, but was stopped as he felt the punch with the force of a sledge hammer cross his face and sent him flying out the window.
Shinji snarled at the blond punk that was about to rape his ex-girl, Chiaki. Despite being broken up, the two still cared for one another and what this punk was about to do was a crime that went beyond his rational mind. Seeing as he had a bit of time, he quickly went to Chiaki's side," Oi, Chi-chan, daijobu?" (hey, Chi-chan, you okay?) getting no answer and seeing her shocked face, he snarled at the punk that made her feel this traumatized,' she's in shock, that asshole's going to get new blow hole after this.'
"What the hell are you are doing, you teme (bastard)!?" Ryuzaki asked in rage at being interrupted in his fun.
"What I'm doing is taking out the trash, asshole," Shinji said in almost silent, but deadly tone," what the hell do YOU think you're doing?"
"You wouldn't understand, it's all just punishment for two Freshmen," the blond punk then smirked sadistically, as his form erupted into red flames," I'm sure you know them, we already have some information on you, Ikari Shinji, cousin to one Nagi Soichiro and friend to Bob Makihara," he said as he menacingly stepped towards Shinji.
That got Shinji's attention," what do my friends have ta do with this?" Shinji demanded him.
"It's all punishment for all the serial violence the two have done and you just interrupted the punishment," he then got dark chuckled going on," so that lumps you in with them, the expulsion will reported for all three of you once I turn you into charcoal, bitch," Ryuzaki then dashed at Shinji, throwing a punch towards him and made blast of fire Ki racing towards him.
Shinji jumped out of the way, thanking that the fire Ki didn't blast towards Chiaki's way. As he kept dodging fire Ki blasts, Shinji looked over the guys fighitng style. It wasn't that hard to figure this guy's style of fighting relied on his fire Ki blasts to hit the opponent, but that's where it stopped being impressive. The guy mindlessly let loose his blast that he just shot them, hoping for them to hit a vital spot, his posture was all wrong, the way he shot them off was uncontrolled; all in all, he plain out sucked ass.
'But...' Shinji though for a bit as he looked at the flames coming at him and the flames surrounding Ryuzaki. There was one move that he could do that would be good time to practice and hopefully be able to manifest. And so, he delved into a technique that he used partially when he first met his Pops again.
"If I beat you, does that mean this expulsion is off?" Shinji asked in a neutral tone, his eyes looking almost as cold as ice. Just as he asked that, Maya came around the corner and blinked at how his voice was.
'Is that...' she trailed off in thought, as she recognized what might be happening just now.
"Heh, like it matters, the decision is final, it wouldn't even matter if those two joined your club," Ryuzaki shot back.
From what Shinji could tell, it would matter and it would matter even more if the two did join. But there was also something in his voice when he mentioned the two, along with himself," tell me Ryuzaki, do me and my friends...scare you?" he would have smirked at the stunned and angered face that appeared on the blond punk's face, but he was deep in the technique he was using.
The stunned state melted in a boiling inferno, making the fire Ki that blazed around him erupt almost like a volcano," watch that tone of yours, asshole. Don't think just because you're good enough to dodge my attacks that it means you can beat me, even Natsume Maya would have trouble with me now," having not seen Maya just come in, he couldn't see or hear Maya herself scoffing loudly and shaking her head at Ryuzaki's little fantasy.
Shinji just cocked his head," I doubt that, she's more skilled and more powerful than you'll ever be," although he hadn't seen her fight, he could just tell from the way she moved and how her Ki moved around her that it was true in what he said. He too also didn't see Maya, and thus missed the smile that spoke of her skills.
Ryuzaki, obviously enraged further, rushed in with his fire Ki swirling dangerously around him. As he started to punch and send fire Ki blasts at Shinji, Shinji himself just kept dodging and parrying all of his attacks easily and kept jumping back.
'Is he really going to do it?' Maya wondered as she watched Ryuzaki and Shinji fight each other. After a few seconds, her eyes widened a bit as she confirmed what she saw and felt,' he is, he's leading Ryuzaki into a spiral and the rise in Ki is enough to let anyone know what he's planning next, if they know what he's doing,' Maya thought as she waited in anticipation for one of most powerful martial art techniques to be unleashed.
"What's the matter, can't see what's in front of your eyes," Shinji taunted in an icy tone, still enraging Ryuzaki more. He dodged a haymaker and leaned back to dodge a fire Ki blast," I'm sorry, was supposed to hit me," another dodge and parry," you couldn't hit the broadside of a barn," duck and side-step," my dead grandmother can move faster than you."
"shut up, shut up, shut UP, SHUT UUUUPPPP!!" Ryuzaki was clearly off his rocker now, the taunts and dodges further enraging him into his crazed state. When Shinji stopped moving, and pulled back his hand, he madly rushed in to pulverize the brown wild haired teen," DIE!!" he exclaimed in rage as he sent a hardened punch surrounded in Ki fire at Shinji.
'Now!' Shinji thought in an icy tone as he sent a cork screw uppercut towards Ryuzaki. When it missed, the blond punk was about to mouth off, only to be cut off by Shinji's exclamation," HIRYU SHOTEN HA! (Flying Dragon Ascension Strike)" Shinji called out as he formed a dragon tornado of Ki of opposing temperatures, making Ryuzaki lift up into the air, twisting and thrashing his body as it did so, due to his fired up state and Shinji's cold emotioned Ki.
"Amazing!" Maya whispered in awe at the technique being used in in reality.
Chiaki was in a similar state of awe at how her ex-boyfriend formed the tornado. She had heard from Bob, her current boyfriend, on how Shinji was a whole lot tougher then both him and Soichiro and his abilities on what was supposed to be just in mangas. After hearing that, she wrote it off at her boyfriend trying to jerk her leg, but seeing it now was something that rocked her view on reality.
Shinji held on to the technique for all he could, the winds were making it tough to stay in one place and keep the Hyo no Konpaku (Soul of Ice) in check. Just as it was about to get to be too much, Ryuzaki shot out of the mouth of the dragon tornado and was sent hurtling towards a bill board. He then crashed into it headfirst, his head seemingly in the crotch of Smokey Bear, with him saying 'only you can stop forest fires'.
Shinji took in a calming breathe and turned over to see Maya's awed face," heh, Hiryu Shoten Ha: success," Shinji then got a cocky smirk on," well, I guess I can write that one off as a new technique for me," Shinji said with shrug.
"I still can't believe you were able to pull it off," Maya said with astonishment in her tone.
"I'm the best," Shinji said simply, as if it were fact.
Maya would have shot his boast down if it weren't for Soichiro and Bob running into the scene," oh, the gaki and gaijin are here," Maya noted to Shinji.
"Eh?" Shinji blinked he turned to the two running towards them. That was when he remembered," oh shit, Chi-chan!" he exclaimed as he rushed over to and jumped over the broken window of the laundry mat. When he saw here putting on a fresh pair of clothing, a plain black t-shirt and light blue pants, he rushed over and hugged," are you okay?"
Chiaki, stunned for a bit, sank into his hug," thanks to you, I'm more than okay," just as she said that, Soichiro and Bob rushed in.
"CHIAKI!" Bob exclaimed as he rushed over to the two.
"BOB!" she too exclaimed as she made equal haste over to her boyfriend. The two then embraced each other feircely.
'That was corny,' Shinji thought with a deadpanned expression on his face.
"What the hell happened here? Me and Bob were just looking for Chiaki when we saw that big ass tornado," Soichiro mouthed off as soon as she saw Shinji.
"Some punk ass tried to rape Chi-chan here," at hearing that, Bob was shaking with rage," but I made it in time before he could do anything of the sort and sent his ass flying with that tornado," Shinji said, making the two blink at what he said.
"You...made that tornado?" Bob said in confusion, trying to make sense of it and wondered if Shinji had gone off his rocker.
"I'm sure you guys have heard of it, or at least, you have Soichiro," Shinji said with a grin on his face.
"Eh?" Soichiro made a face as he couldn't think of what his cousin meant.
"Hiryu Shoten Ha," at hearing that, Bob was clueless, as he had never read a manga book in his life. But while he was clueless, Soichiro's mouth hung wide open with his eyes almost popping out, since he had read the manga books Shinji had bought.
"You're shittin' us...right?" Soichiro said in a hesitant tone. Seeing the grin on Shinji's face that told him he wasn't shittin' at all, Soichiro looked down at the floor,' am I...really that much weaker than you cuz?'
"But that isn't what matters now," Shinji said as he got all three of their attentions.
"What ya mean Shinji?" Bob asked in confusion.
"That guy that was about to rape Chiaki said something about you two receiving punishment and that Chiaki was one of the punishments you would receive," Shinji informed that two.
"You mean someone ordered that punk to rape Chiaki!?" Bob hollered in anger, tightening his hug around Chiaki, who trembled a bit at how close she was to being violated.
"Yeah, but who could and would do that?" Shinji as he confirmed it to his friend and asked himself in wonder. It wasn't that he was mad, he was still a little, but he had let off a lot of steam with the Hiryu Shoten Ha on Ryuzaki.
"It was the Executive Council's Enforcers group that sent Ryuzaki," Maya answered Shinji as she made her presence known. Everyone turned to her, making Bob raise an eyebrow at and Soichiro blush a bit at what she was wearing.
"Who are those guys?" Shinji asked as he dug information.
"The Executive Council is the main force among the students of Toudou Gakuen, they keep the order on the school and punish the students that do not follow their rules," Maya informed them, making both Bob and Soichiro piece together as to why this happened.
'It was almost my fault Chiaki got raped,' Bob thought in an almost defeated tone. It was something that he really didn't like. Soichiro had similar thoughts and that made him feel equally as bad," I'm gonna bust that punk's head wide open," Bob said in an enraged tone.
"You won't be able to beat him," Shinji said with even tone in his voice.
"And what's makes you say that, you don't know if..."
But Bob's was cut off as Shinji appeared right in front of him in a burst of speed, with a Ki ball right in front of his face, making Soichiro and Bob gasp a bit in surprise and Chiaki putting her hands in front of her mouth to cover her own," he may not be as fast as me, but the power in this ball of Ki would match the power of his flame Ki and would devastate you at your current strength," as he said that, he pulled away his hand and let the sphere of Ki dissipate," as of right now, you couldn't best him, and as far as I can tell, he's most likely the weakest of the Enforcer group," Shinji said as he turned to Maya and walked toward her," go home guys, I'll talk to you later about this," Shinji said as he put his arm around Maya's shoulder and led her away from them.
As the two made their way over to the Natsume Clan home, Shinji still had his arm wrapped around Maya's shoulder. Maya would have taken it off, but could feel that Shinji was in turmoil right now. She could tell he was still a bit angered at, what she pieced together, almost happened. Hell, she almost had the same experience two years ago. Luckily, it hadn't gotten that far, but it had also been a turning point in her life for her and her brother.
Shinji was relieved, but angered at what happened just about two hours before. If he had gotten there any later, Chiaki would have been truly violated and that punk ass would have the pleasure of doing it. He was grateful that he had gotten there in time and utterly thanked his training in using Ki and sensing intents in the area around him. But now, he was worried what other creeps the Executive Council would send next. Would it be just like that same punk, Ryuzaki, who would go after Chiaki again, or would it be someone that would go directly for his cousin and his best friend, who was also his friend, and beat the? He had no illusions that the two could handle the Enforcer group, not after seeing the power their weakest member could pull off. That made him decide, he needed to convince them to join the Jyuuken Club.
"Are you okay, Shinji," Maya asked in a bit of worry.
Shinji lifted up his gaze from the ground and looked at her in the eye, his eyes narrowed and his face etched in a mood of seriousness," yeah, I'm okay, just..."
"Just what?" Maya asked as she noted his hesitance.
"It's been awhile since my eyes were narrowed this much into a 'Death Glare' and...well..." he turned to her with the same look on his face," my muscles are stuck," he said simply.
Maya almost tripped over and immediately pinched his cheeks apart in frustration,' I was worried about him like this and he pulls this off,' Maya thought in frustrated annoyance. As she let go of his cheeks and was satisfied with snap that was heard, she then wore a smirk in satisfaction," there you go, now there's the face you usually wear."
"Heheheh, thanks," Shinji chuckled a little as he rubbed the red spot on his cheeks a bit. But then turned over to serious look, though it wasn't as hard as before," I just wonder why the Enforcer group, that you said was supposed to keep order in Toudou Gakuen, would order such a thing as rape another girl," Shinji wondered out loud.
"Well, I don't think it was what they had in mind, as the one who orders them let's the chosen Enforcer do what they think is punishment enough. Usually, it's just a beat down, but those like Ryuzaki would sink as low as to what might have happened if you hadn't interfered just now," Maya answered him with a solemn tone in her voice.
Hearing this, he asked," will this get the Jyuuken Club in trouble or anything, since I interfered with the punishment the Executive Council approved of? I mean, not that I care about what they do ta my ass, but if it gets all of ya's in trouble, I could just quit the..."
"No, no, it's alright, if it was me, I would have done the same as you did even if I didn't know her," Maya cut him off, not wanting him to leave, since he could very well be the one that could actually beat Mitsuomi," it wouldn't have mattered anyway, the Jyuuken Club and the Executive Council have been in a sort of stand off anyways. So, in way, this was bound to happen sooner or later," she said as she turned back and started to walk ahead.
"So that means, that we'll have to prepare for a big fight, eh?" Shinji asked neutrally before feral smirk appeared on his face," heh, I can't wait for it," Shinji whispered under his breath as he jogged up to her to catch up.
It was morning now and the events of last night weighed a bit heavy in both Soichiro and Bob's minds as they sat at the table of dinning room, waiting for a good breakfast Shinji was cooking up. As the two wanted to ask why Shinji was with the Natsume sister last night, Shinji had butted in saying that they needed to talk before they went to Toudou Gakuen.
As soon as Shinji came in with the eggs, bacon and hash browns, they started to eat," I wanted to talk ta ya guys about joining the Jyuuken Club, the club I'm apart of now," Shinji said as he started to dice up his eggs.
"You joined the munch-kins club?" Soiciro asked with a bit of disbelief in his voice.
"Why?" Bob asked as he wanted to get to the point of the matter.
"Well, seeing as how you two have been targeted by the Enforcers, you'll need some back up. Plus, from what I just learned, the Jyuuken Club is in opposition to the Executive Council," Shinji informed the two of them as he started the mix the food around a bit.
"So if we want a crack at those Enforcer assholes..." Soichiro started as he took a bit of his bacon.
"...we should join the club that has the best chance of going against them," Bob finished as he drank some orange juice.
"Exactly, and the training that we'll do in the coming week, Golden Week, will be the time we get right into the training," Shinji said as he took a loaf of bread and put some of breakfast on it and ate some of it like a sandwich," I'm going to set some specific training for both of you with Maya's help."
"About that..." Bob started as he got a big grin on his face," what was she doing in that dress with you all snazzed up in that new clothing you just got the other day, man?" Soichiro, hearing this, leaned in as he was interested in his answer.
Shinji looked back and forth between the two and wondered if he should answer them or not. Shrugging a bit, it wouldn't hurt to let them know what happened," well, me and her were supposed to have some fun with da other two, Masataka and..." he turned to Soichiro and smiled big," Aya," hearing that name made the blond twitch a bit, making the wild brown haired boy snicker a bit," but da two didn't show up, so we had our own fun at the Karaoke bar around your area Bob," Shinji leaned back, and started to think back on that night," I gotta tell ya, she's fun to be around with once she cuts back being that untouchable girl that she is."
Bob got up beside him and nudged him with his elbow," so, what's up, you going for it?" Bob prodded a bit.
"Psh, you havta ask?" Shinji looked at him oddly with amusement. The two, though, missed the put out face on Soichiro's face," anyhow, come on, gotta get you two introduced as the new club members of the Jyuuken Club," Shinji said as he walked over the coat racket and took the black custom school jacket and buttoned up and made his way over to door, picking up the book bag along the way. Not one to be left behind, the other two followed, ready to get introduced and start their path on becoming the strongest they could.
A/N: Well, that's Ch. 2 for all of you, the next chapter will have the next battle with the Fourth Angel. As for the model of the bike I got Shinji on this, I really just picked a model of motorcycle at random, so that's that. As for the interaction between Shinji and Maya, it'll develop more when the training starts, though some things that happened during the training in Golden Week on Tenjho Tenge will stay the same, so that the story can continue. I might or might not do the Bowling Alley Fight happen in the next chap, it'll really depend on how it works out and how it'll fit into the Evangelion series. Well, if want to know anything else or something, just reveiw or PM me, ja ne.
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