DISCLAIMER: I do not own Evangelion or Tenjho Tenge.
Golden Week Training
With a groan, Shinji got up," fuuucckkk," Shinji moaned out as he felt as if he went through an inferno, literally. He had gotten to Nerv quickly enough and got into his Eva with the Plugsuit just in time. But right when he got up to the surface and heard Misato yelling out for him to quickly get out of his position, the cockpit had immediately turned into a literal kettle of boiling water and then he had blacked out.
'Makes me wish I had Ranma's immunity to heat and fire right about now,' Shinji thought as he kept his eyes closed and started to heal what was left of injuries. He knew his body could instinctively heal itself once he was knocked out, but it didn't hurt to heal what was most likely missed during that time. He didn't need any distractions right now.
"I see that you are awaken, pilot Ikari," said a cold monotone voice beside him. Getting his barrings, Shinji looked to his left and saw Ayanami Rei with a cart that food on the top shelf and what looked like his plug suit on the middle shelf.
"Yeah, what's up?" Shinji asked as he shook his head a bit to get rid of the light feeling in his head," what's the sitch on what's going on?" Shinji asked more clearly.
"I've come to inform you of the schedule for the Yashima Operation which starts at midnight," as soon as she said that, she pulled out a small note book and read out loud what the orders were," Ikari and Ayanami, come to the cage at 17:30 today. At 18:00, activate unit 00 and unit 01. 18:05, launch. 18:30, arrive at temporary base at Mt. Futagoyama, and wait for orders. The operation starts at midnight," putting the book away, she pulls out the packaged plugsuit and tosses it onto his lap," here's a new one."
Shinji looked down at the packaged plugsuit and then at her,' I'm surprised she's able to keep that tone of voice, it's like she's on permanent 'on' with the Hyo no Konpaku,' Shinji thought as he stretched his arms out and popped his back, inadvertently making the bed sheet over his nether regions slide down a bit.
Rei still looked on coldly at the man who hurt the commander before her eyes drew down to his crotch. Now, she may be a human and Angel hybrid made to be a puppet for Gendo and the key to the end of the world, but even so, she is still a female. So she couldn't help but lick her lips a bit when she saw how big he was,' I estimate that it must be at least six to seven and half inches when it is erect (even I think that's stretching how big someone can get, so no big nine to ten inch dicks, it's just ridiculous),' she mentally calculated, before mentally tearing those thoughts brutally with the likeness of a berserk Eva. Quickly, she turned her head a away with a blush on her pale face," don't come looking like 'that' because you're groggy."
Shinji blinked at her for a bit before looking down to see that he see his little junior was almost out for all to see. Looking at her, he saw the corner of cheeks in a blush. He grinned at that,' so she isn't that much of Yuki-Hime (Ice Princess),' Shinji snickered mentally before getting teasing tone in his voice," oh I don't know, I think most of the ladies here would appreciated a little free show, wouldn't you agree, Rei-chan?" he teased her with a equally mannered grin.
Rei's cheeks started to be covered more in red before she handed the tray of food to him with out turning her head to him," your food," she stated clearly, obviously trying her best to ignore her hormones and their urge to make her jump him and do naughty things. Turning, she walked to the door," we leave in an hour," she said before leaving out the door. Halfway out of the hallway, she breathed in a sigh of relief and stress,' I must try and control my urges if that happens once again,' tilting her head a bit, she pondered,' maybe the Captain Katsuragi would know how to control them, she is rumored to be quite knowledgeable in that department,' with that, she left to get ready for the operation, keeping in mind if such a matter happened again, she would indeed talk with Misato on how to best deal with her hormones. The world will never be the same again.
Shinji just chuckled,' oh yeah, I got it,' Shinji thought smugly to himself as he ate the hospital food that was given to him. One bite of this stuff would have made him thrown up, but after trying some of Soichiro's cooking, this was nothing,' I swear, he must have tried to cook it like Tendo Akane,' Shinji even remembered the one time he saw his cousin try to make some eggs and bacon one more and came up with plate of C4, which exploded and took almost half the apartment with it. His ears still ringed from the earful they got from Makiko about making explosives.
After taking one minute to eat his food by using a speed eating technique, much like the manga of Saiyans and the Soatomes, Shinji hopped out of his bed and slipped on the plug suit. Tying the top part of it onto his waist, Shinji started to do some light exercises, making sure that his body was in good condition. After a few minutes of this, Shinji looked around the room and the noted that big space. Wondering for quick second for the reason for the big space, Shinji shrugged and started to do a relaxing kata of Tai Chi for at least twenty minutes.
During his relaxing kata, Shinji tried to think on how what he should focus on after mastering what Maya called the 'Uraate'. One thing he would ask after completing it would be if their was a connecting technique for it. Then, if there was, then he would quickly try to master as soon as he could. Once done with that, he would try and train on how to make what he saw of that Bleach manga. The technique called Shunpo (Flash Step). Though he did have the Shinsoku from the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu, it wouldn't hurt to have a technique that really did teleport you in short distances.
Another thing he wanted to train on was a technique from Rurouni Kenshin, the Futae no Kiwami (Double Layer Limit or Mastery of Two Layers). It was much like the Bakusai Tenketsu he had now, but the difference was that it was actually usable on the human body, able to break the body in two from the inside out. He knew the mechanics on how to do the move, now he just needed apply them. And with the Bakusai Tenketsu training he had, he would be able withstand the training itself. Once he completed that, he could train onto its advance form of Sanjū no Kiwami (Triple Layer Limit or Mastery of Three Layers).
After hearing a beeping, he stopped his kata. He had set an alarm on from the alarm clock that was beside the bed, since he sometimes looses himself to his thoughts and training. Noting how much time he spent in here, which was at least thirty minutes, Shinji opted to call and see how everyone was doing.
He picked up the phone nearby and dialed Soichiro, seeing how he was family and a guy who got into too much trouble. After a couple of rings on the phone, he heard the phone being picked up," who the fuck is this?" he heard Soichiro ask rudely.
'Leave it to Soichiro to be the perfect gentleman on the phone,' Shinji thought wryly on his end of the phone," who the fuck do you think it is, asshole? You don't be talkin' ta me like that, I'll rip that hole out your ass and shove it right down your throat if ya talk ta me like that again, ya bitch," Shinji shot back in mock anger.
"Shinji?" Soichiro asked in confusion, as he was about the only one who he could think would talk back like that after a greeting on the phone like he just did.
"Naw, it's Santa Claus calling about you being a really bad boy," Shinji said sarcastically before getting to the matter at hand," of course it's me, anyway, how are you doing so far in that shelter and who's all with you at the moment?"
"I'm doing okay, but this damn place is stuffy as hell," Soichiro admitted as flapped his shirt a bit to cool himself down a bit," and Bob and Chiaki are the ones with me down here."
"How are those two doing?" Shinji asked in a bit of worry for Chiaki. It wasn't too long that she was almost raped and he hadn't talked to her yet on how she was after that incident. He hoped that Bob was able to help her with that situation.
Soichiro, who was sitting against the door of a locked bathroom, could hear the moans and grunts of ecstasy increase at that question," they doing good, REAL good," he deadpanned to his cousin.
Shinji, who heard the faint noises briefly, sweatdropped at that," yeah, uh, never mind," Shinji trailed off at that, and opted to quickly hang up, since he didn't want to be listening to that stuff any longer then he had to," look, I'm going to call Maya and see what's she's up to, so I'll talk to ya later, okay cuz?"
The spike haired blond got blank look at that. He didn't know why, but seeing his cousin go for the child like sister of Aya made him a bit angry. She was just about the first person to beat him and the most beautiful thing he ever saw at the moment when she had done so. He didn't know why he was feeling angry and jealous for his cousin when he talked to and got along with the munch-kin, he knew he just did," yeah, talk ta ya later, see ya."
"See ya, man," Shinji hung up and wondered about the lack of tone in his cousin's voice. Shrugging, he dialed up Maya's cell phone. Hearing the ring go for a bit of time, he started to wonder if she was ever going to pick up when heard the phone click, signaling it was picked up.
"Hello?" asked the familiar voice of Natsume Maya.
"Hey, Maya, what's up? It's Shinji," Shinji greeted as he laid down on the bed and taking not that he had at least twenty-five more minutes left to go before he needed to report in and get ready for the Yashima Operation.
"Shinji, why are your calling, shouldn't you be taking care of that thing you called an Angel? Were you hurt?" Maya asked in a bit of worry, as she felt something like this should have be resolved by now, what with how skilled Shinji was.
"Well, we'll be taking care of that Angel when we start this operation soon. And yeah, I'm okay, just got knocked out from feeling like a lobster in a boiling pot," Shinji answered her honestly," and believe me, I won't look at those lobster the same way again," Shinji joked a little.
Maya just shook her head with a small smile," that's good, I don't want what we planned for this week to be ruined just because you got yourself killed."
"Geez, nice to see you care," Shinji said sarcastically.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm truly and deeply relieved you're okay," she said honestly sat down on one of the chairs available in the shelter they were in.
"I know, I'm just playin' wit ya," Shinji admitted as he looked at the tiles on the ceiling, trying to think how her, Aya, and everyone else are feeling for being in those shelters for so long," so, hows Aya doing in there with you? She is there with you, right?"
"Yes, she's currently taking a bit of a nap right now, she kind of wore herself out after a brief bit of training," Maya said with sigh as she looked at the snoozing sister. Maya then turned her attention back to the conversation she was having at the moment," now, what are you going to do about this Angel?"
"I'm not sure, they're going to brief me and another pilot on how the operation will be played out. I don't know what they'll do myself since all I remember before blacking out was a beam of light hitting me in the chest," Shinji answered as he rubbed the area around where he felt pain on his chest," so, really, I don't know what all this Angel is capable of?"
"I see," Maya said in a bit of worry, before dicing the worry in her head to pieces with sword in likeness of Reiki. She should have confidence Shinji would be able to beat this thing,' besides, if he's anything like Saotome Ranma, he doesn't lose, right?' Maya asked herself and that assured her more than ever.
Looking at the clock and how much time he spent in the room, which was at least forty-five minutes, Shinji decided now was the time to get ready for the operation," well, Maya, I think it's about time I go. Wish me Luck!" Shinji said cheerfully.
"Yeah, good luck, Shinji, see you later," Maya said as she felt the luck would be really needed right about now.
"See ya later," Shinji said as he hung up and got off the bed. Untying the plug suit around his waist, he slipped his arms and hands into the sleeves of the plug suit and made sure the torso of the suit was on right. He then pressed the button on the left wrist, making the plug suit shrink down and form around his built body. Making sure everything was on right once more, he walked towards the door," here we go," Shinji said as he made his way out and toward his designated area.
Shinji sat on the high platform that was watching over Tokyo-3, the Angel and it's breaking into the underground plainly seen from his position. Shinji bobbed his head up and down as he listened to an Ipod that he took out from his Stuff Space. Taking a sidelong glance at his right, he saw the blue haired pale girl that sat on the otherside, next to her orange Unit 00.
The two of them had already been briefed on the mission. As Shinji took position as sniper, Rei would act as a shield for him if the Angel were to shoot before he got a shot off or if he missed the shot and the Angel shot afterwards. The sniper rifle would be powered up from most of Japan's electrical power, giving the power of the snipers energy piercing rounds immense power. Shinji estimated he had only one chance at this. The second chance would be very close and very thin.
"Ya know, I've been wonderin', why do you pilot these Gundam-wannabe's?" Shinji asked as he lowered the volume of his Ipod to listen to her answer as he asked Rei her reasons.
The only indication she was even listening was the side long glance she gave him," because of my ties," she answered simply.
"Ties?" Shinji asked in confusion.
"Yes, ties," Rei replied back once again.
With a bit of narrowing eyes, he asked in specification," with my Oyaji?"
"With everyone," she clarified immediately.
He blinked a bit,' so she's fighting to protect everyone?' he asked himself before shrugging, his respect now starting to grow for the current Yuki-hime beside," that's a good cause, I like that," Shinji said as he closed his eyes and got a small smile on his face.
"I have nothing else," she said back to him as she continued to gaze dispassionately at the scenery of Tokyo-3 and the attack of the Angel.
"Huh? Nothing else?" Shinji asked with a bit of incredulity in his voice. That didn't sound right, but from the way she acted all the time, he'd guess she was being just like a doll or robot. So, it really wasn't that hard to see that coming from her mouth.
"It's time to go," she replied as she stood up, her form casting a beautiful scene as she stood on the platform, the moon giving a nice touch as it stood beside her. Shinji would have said she look down right beautiful, if he had not met Maya that is.
'I'll give her scene a seven out of ten,' he thought as a number popped out of his head.
"Goodbye," she said as walked towards her Eva.
'That girl...' Shinji thought as he trailed off in his thoughts, as he too made his way to his Eva and put his Ipod back into his Stuff Space. From the way her Ki reacted, which was very different from that of a human, he noted, said out loud she had no qualms of dying or sacrificing herself for a cause she believed in. That would be a good thing, if only he knew what it was and if it was really worth it at all.
But, as Shinji sat down in his Entry Plug, he could at least try and piss his Oyaji off by making his little wind-up doll a little more lively. Giving off a little chuckle, he started his Eva, already getting little horn on his head as he made plans on how to make the girl more...lively," Oyaji, you are so going to kill me, hehehe."
(A/N: the battle went the same as before and Shinji did get Rei out of her Entry Plug when it was burning hot from the ejection. Not gonna write those scenes, since it would take too long and would be pointless since you know what happens)
Looking at the tree in front of him, Shinji chugged some water into his mouth and held the small towel around his shoulders. Walking over to it, he tapped the center of it with his foot, and watched it topple over itself immediately.
"I should have known it would only take you so long to learn the Uraate and the Ryuukei Qigong Tashikou techniques," Maya voice cut through his inspection of the toppled tree and look towards her, as she walked towards him in Chibi mode with her tiny hand on her hips," and its only day two," she said with some exasperation in her voice.
"Meh, like I said, it would only take a couple of tries for me to be able to do it," Shinji then turned back to the tree and knelt down to the stump, which had pieces of wood still attached and spiked out," but I think I need to cut down on the power," he said as he touched a tip of a spike of wood and watched as it crumpled like dust," if that had been a human body, it would have been torn to shreds from the inside out. I guess I'll just need to cut down on my Ki and how much power I pack into it. I really don't want to murder somebody just because I put too much power into a possibly lethal technique."
"There's an even more advanced technique that might help with that, but I don't know the procedures to the technique, so I'm sorry, I can't help you with that," Maya said with a shake of the head. She brightened up though, as she remembered their deal when he joined up with the Jyuuken Club," so, when are you going to teach me how to do those Ki blasts?" she asked with some restrained excitement.
Looking at her from his position, he couldn't help but smirk a bit at her restrained excitement," hehehe, down girl, I'll help ya out tonight," he stood up and shoved his hand into his pockets," we'll have lots of time then, but right now, I need to get started on some techniques I've been wanting to try for a while."
Raising an eyebrow and accepting when they would train with each other, she just had to ask," what techniques?"
"That..." she leaned in interest," is a secret," he finished with a cheesy smile and made her face-fault.
"Baka!!" she exclaimed as she whacked over the head with her bokken, his head tilting from the blow. It really didn't hurt, she knew, because of his Bakusai Tenketsu Training. But she really didn't like being played like that.
"Hehehe, I'm just playin' wit ya, Maya-chan," he playfully threw his hands up in surrender," but don't worry, I'll let ya know what they are when my training in those techniques are completed," he guaranteed her as he put his hands on the ends of his small towel that hung of his shoulders and neck. Hearing a certain sound off in the distance, a ting of a pan being hit, followed by cursing, Shinji rose an eyebrow," Soichiro still havin' trouble?"
"Yes, but you really can't expect him to have your high learning curve," Maya sighed as she crossed her arms before looking at Shinji somewhat seriously," you are very special Shinji, and you can't expect everyone to be like you. The things you do and are able employ border, or just completely, break the rules of reality," she then tilted her head towards him and gave an examination over his body," there must be something about you that must let you do these things."
"Forward much?" Shinji asked as he kept his risen eyebrow.
"I like to think I'm just being honest with you," Maya answered back," besides, if you're anything capable of doing things with your Ki like I can, you know I would be holding something from you when you read my Ki."
Shrugging at that, he looked up at the sky and wondered, what would he have been like if he hadn't met and known his Aunt Makiko and his cousin, Soichiro. Just the thought made him frown a bit, he most likely would have dug deeper into the persona of being someone worthless and being a burden to all. He remembered so clearly how he thought back then before he took charge of his own life. His feelings were close to an angsty emo and was self depreciating. Looking back towards where Maya was, he was glad he had took charge of his life now. If he hadn't, he wouldn't be who he was now and wouldn't have never met Maya at all.
"Well, since your here...how about a little spar?" he then pulled out a sheathed sword from his back, seemingly out of nowhere.
Raising an eyebrow, she closed her eyes in thought. She had to admit, she didn't want to fight him just yet. It wasn't out of fear, she felt confident she could take him, if not fight him to a stalemate. But then the feeling of challenge laying right there in front of her was too good of a chance to pass up. She hummed in thought, before nodding," sure," she answered before she released the Ki that compressed her body into her Chibi form. The sight of seeing this, Shinji thought, would never get old for him. As soon as she was done with getting her original teenage form back, she held out her hand," have another sword I could use, preferably a nodachi, please?"
Smirking at this, Shinji complied as he pulled a sheathed long sword, a nodachi, from his Stuff Space. He was glad that she accepted his offer, besides the fact he wanted to form a relationship with her, he wanted to fight her just as much. Now to some, this sort of notion would be odd, but for Shinji, it was a simple thing. She was a fighter, he could tell, and since that was the case, he would treat her as an equal and make challenges just like any fighter would against another. There was also no doubt she was very skilled. Her singled strike defeat of Soichiro was proof of that. Soichiro was one of the most kick ass fighters out there, despite his lower discipline as a Martial Artist. So for her to beat Soichiro so quickly spoke of a great amount of skill.
As Maya was handed the nodachi, she clicked it open and blinked,' the blade is dull,' she noted as the part that was suppose to be sharp wasn't even sharp. She looked up and gave a questioning look towards him.
"I said a spar, not a death match," Shinji answered as he unsheathed his katana and showed her that his was just as dull," but that doesn't mean we won't get any bruises from their hits," Shinji said as he showed a excited grin.
Showing her own excited grin, she threw the sheath away and shouldered the nodachi with her eyes closed with her right hand. When she opened them, she gave a 'come here' gesture with her free left handed," well, come one big boy, you wanted a spar, so I'll give you one you won't forget," she said as she gave a playful, but sultry smirk.
Shinji got a cocky grin on his face and snort," oh, I'm sure I won't. But that same will apply to you!" Shinji exclaimed as he charged towards Maya with the intent on giving her more than a challenge.
Aya continued to eat her meal like the others around her, except her Soichiro-sama, since her Onee-chan had made a condition that if he didn't even master the Uraate, he would not eat anything until he had mastered the technique. His cousin seemed to have made it a bit weirder by making him meditate while they ate...while upside down on his head. She had to stifle a giggle at that, as she remembered that was how Saotome Ranma from the Ranma ½ manga meditated.
Looking over to the two who sat by her side, she looked at the black male that was her self proclaimed fiancé's best friend and her sempai, the first young man she met since coming to Toudou Gakuen. The two had gone under the training rather well. Her sempai was a given, since she knew that he had previous training from his clan and the training under her Onee-chan.
She winced a little when she saw the state the gaijin was in though. At first, she was told he was going to be doing just track and speed runs, but Soichiro-sama's cousin had stepped that up to dodge training, as he threw weapons of various origins at him that could have killed him. She had heard him cursing him to the heavens when he started doing that as he dodged by a hairs breath each time, not even having time to think about what he was doing except dodging and running as fast as he could at the the same time. Though, despite that, he still had some pretty nasty looking cuts afterwards.
After that was done, Shinji would drag him and tie a rope around his waist. He would then tie the other end to a nearby tree and would leave, only to come back with a bee hive safely a good distance away from him, since it would be held by a long pole with a clamper at the end. He would later on wedge it into branch nearby, on the same tree where Bob was trying to rest. She fidgeted a bit at this ludicrous training, but also saw the benefit, it did help Saotome Ranma to be able to dodge attacks better. But she couldn't watch any further, so she left and had later heard the sound of screaming and the evil laugh that followed.
Looking at Makihara-san now, she could see he didn't do very well on dodging the bees and their attacks. His face, neck, and arms were peppered with bee sting wounds. She was sure there were most likely a lot more on his torso under that shirt of his. It did not make a pretty picture. The only thing that brought a close smile she saw on that swollen face of his was when Chiaki-san had verbally attacked Shinji, who had turned pale and started to stammer out apologies and assured her it was for the sake of the Art, which did not really appease Chiaki-san one bit.
Speaking of Shinji-san, she looked towards him and saw him conversing with her Onee-chan. She had been surprised and scared a bit when she saw the two come in for breakfast. Both had bruises and cuts on their clothes here and there on their bodies. Shinji seemed to be irritated with the long bruise that was on his left shoulder and the other long bruise mark centered on his chest. But her Onee-chan had her own bruises as well, one was a particular dark one on her right arm, just below the elbow, and the second one trailed along from her right hip up to her left shoulder.
How did she know this, well, aside from the bandages they both wore, she was the one who dressed their bruises to ease up and bandage them as well. There were other notable bruises, but they weren't worth noting. And that was saying something.
"Man, we gotta do that again, I haven't had a good fight since...shit, I don't think I've had one really, and that was only a spar," Shinji said as he rolled his left shoulder and winced a little, letting his Ki flow into it to ease the pain and heal it quickly.
"I may not be as enthusiastic about battle as you, but I have to agree, only one other person has matched my skills and he can't be called to spar with me now," Maya said as she vaguely referenced Mitsuomi, while also letting her own Ki numb the long bruise Shinji gave her. The bruises still hurt despite what Shinji did earlier to ease the pain.
Putting down his dish and giving a prayer of thanks for the food, Shinji stood up," so, wanna get started on working your own Ki blasts," Shinji said to her, as he saw that she too was done with her food.
She winced a little, hoping this it wouldn't involve anything too physical, she was still bruised from their spar," it won't be anything too physical, will it?" she asked hopefully.
To her relief, he shook his head," naw, it will only depend on your Ki control and the amount of Ki you can gather from yourself," he answered honestly.
Nodding her head, she stood up, and jumped onto his left shoulder, taking satisfaction in his wincing," well, what are you waiting for? Let's go," she said with a bit of cat like smirk.
"You're evil, ya know," Shinji muttered, but she heard nonetheless and giggled at him, making him chuckle a bit himself. As Shinji left, he didn't see the disdained look Soichiro was sending him.
As Shinji instructed Maya on how to form her own Ki, he remembered to the spar they had earlier they had that day. He could only hope there were more powerful people in Toudou Gakuen to keep him challenged.
FLASHBACK
The two, after for half an hour, were taking their sword spar to the outside forest, beyond the Natsume grounds. To say that Shinji was impressed by her Kenjutsu was an understatement. She was able to keep up with the high speed attacks that was the of the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu, if only barely. Shinji himself hadn't gotten off easy.
Which proved true as Maya suddenly appeared above, her nodachi coming down in an overhead swing with great force," Natsume Goushin-Ryu: Tsubasa Otoshi! (The Natsume Sword Handle Drop)," she exclaimed as she drove the sword downwards toward Shinji.
Shinji had hardly anytime to block the heavy and quick strike as it drove into his left shoulder. If it wasn't for his Bakusai Tenketsu Training, he would have had a really busted up shoulder. But thanks to his rock hard skin, he only got left off with pain and a bruise. He would've gotten mad that she would use such a technique on him, but he knew that she knew about his rock hard skin and that it provided good protection, so he really couldn't say anything.
When the attack was done, he slid against the ground, making a bit of a gouge out of the ground as he slid and try to stay up as he did so," getting tired already, stud," Maya taunted a bit, as she shouldered her nodachi.
Shinji snorted," I see how it is," Shinji muttered only loud enough to be barely by her. He sheathed his sword and changed his stance, the sheathed sword only let out a little, the sheath and blade held in his left hand while the right hand hovered over the hilt of the sword, his knee bent and his back almost showing to her," let's see if you can get past my battōjutsu ," Shinji goaded to Maya as he kept his stance at a ready.
'From what I've seen so far, his speed with the sword is incredible and battōjutsu increases the speed of the sword by two or three times. Combine that with his own speed of attack, the odds aren't looking good. The only drawback is that it's a one shot attack...I can get him,' she then looked closely at the partly showing blade and her own,' not to mention, the dullness of the blade slows the speed of the battōjutsu down,' setting her foot forward she readied herself," here I come, Shinji!" she announced before dashing in at great speeds, using a bit of her Ki to help.
Shinji reacted in an instant once she got in range and struck almost like lightning. Maya tried to stop her charge and barely dodged as it almost hit her nose by a hairs breath. Seeing her chance, she went in to finish the spar, only to feel pain burst from her right arm. Flying back a bit, she quickly reoriented herself and landed. She looked to her right arm and saw the very red and stinging mark just right below her elbow. She looked back at Shinji and saw what hit her: the sheath of the sword!
"Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu: Soryusen (Double Dragon Strike)," Shinji informed her as he set the sheath back to his side," I knew that battōjutsu was a one shot attack and that the dullness of the blades we have would have slowed it down," Shinji shook his head a bit with respectful smile," but you've gotta at least give me some credit that I might have made up for that disadvantage, Maya-chan."
"Alright, I'll give you some credit," Maya said, only to appear in front of him in a flash again," but let me give you something a little extra as well," with that said, she shoulder charged him with her left shoulder, releasing her Ki upon impact, sending Shinji flying backwards," Natsume Goushin-Ryu: Radotenko! (Eye-connecting Heavenly Twist)," she informed him as he flew back from the strike.
But his flight was short as he quickly twisted in the air and caught onto a nearby branch and flipped himself onto it. Looking left, he didn't see anything. To the right, no, she wasn't over there. Behind, not there either. Below, not one antenna piece of hair. That only left...," Above!!" Shinji saw her coming down once again with over head strike, but this time, he was ready.
Testing a theory out, he sent the centrifugal force that was part of the Ryukei Qigong Taishikou towards both his feet, making the bark of the branch he was standing on fly off and form a circle around his feet. Just as he did so, he blocked just in time as the overhead strike connected with his sword.
'What?!' Maya exclaimed in her thoughts. She had a put enough force into the nodachi to break through his sword,' how was he able to stop the force of my strike from breaking his sword?' she wondered.
Shinji, while he kept her in a deadlock, crashed his knee into her gut. This action drove some of the air out of Maya's lungs and forced her back. Seeing this, he sent a kick into her midsection, making her fly off the branch they were on.
Landing on her feet, she quickly jumped back," Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu: Ryutsuisen! (Dragon Hammer Strike)," the attack Shinji announced was barely dodged as she quickly gave him a kick upwards, hitting his chin and snapping his body updward. From that position, she slashed at his chest and hit him with all her force.
Shinji grunted from the blows, but made his new position into an advantage and made it into a bicycle kick, give Maya the same treatment. She too used her new position and flipped backwards some feet away, while Shinji circled a bit as he landed.
Breathing labored breathes, the two gave each other admiring looks. Not ones of love, more of ones of respect for each other skill and tenacity, the drive how they became so strong at the point. The one thing the two of them knew, they each knew the person in front of them was still holding back.
"You know, I think it's time we finished this," Shinji said as he rolled her shoulders a bit," what da ya say, hm?"
"Ya, let's do it," and with that, she charged at him with all she could do at least for this spar.
Shinji calmly held his sword at a ready, waiting for her with his eyes closed...
She never even saw him strike.
Intent on on finishing the match, Maya never saw the dull blade flash when she made her strike, only for him to appear behind her. She stood there for a moment, hearing the resheathing of his katana as she did so. When the click was heard, she felt hot pain burst from her left hip up to her right shoulder. Falling down to the ground, she breathed hard. Man, did that last attack hurt, was the one thought that was running through her head.
She heard footsteps coming towards her and moved her head painfully in the direction it was coming from, but could only turn it slightly. Before she could even ask what he was doing, she felt a soothing sensation run through her. Feeling a little better as it kept going through her body, she turned her head fully to see Shinji passing his Ki into her by passing it into her head, as the hand she felt on it was an indication to that.
Looking down at her, he smiled genuinely at her," you put a hell of a good fight, let's try again sometime and see how we fair then," Shinji proposed.
Maya groaned and thumped her head onto the ground," yeah, sure, whatever," she really didn't have the energy to deny him, because there was still a good amount of pain in her body. She yelped when she was turned over and was picked up bridal style," hey, let me go, don't carry me like this," she protested with a blush on her face.
"Hey, don't worry, I won't do anything to ya," Shinji said with grin on his face," besides, I wanna give ya some thanks for accepting to spar with me. Hold on, I'll be right back," he then walked over and took both swords back up from the ground.
Shinji, taking both swords and putting them back into his Stuff Space, walked over to Maya and continued to heal her as best he could, with a massage and Shiatsu Pressure Points as well to ease her pain and help her relax.
END OF FLASHBACK
Shinji chuckled mentally when her remembered the moans of pleasure when he started to us the Shiatsu Pressure Points to help her relax. He could almost feel the restrained words for wanting more when he stopped.
When he stopped thinking back to the spar, he looked to see how Maya progressed. She had been forced to go back to her original teenage form, since she needed control on how to draw out the Ki into a sphere. This was because that since this was going to be a new sensation for her Ki, she needed to focus on that and not have her control elsewhere, otherwise it would just slip through her fingers. And judging by the creased brow as she sat down in a meditative position with her hand open and facing each other, she seemed to be having a bit of trouble.
"Maya, don't try to force it out of you," Shinji said in a calm tone, not like his usual one," to be able to form a sphere of Ki, you need both control and instinct. I know you've got control down to a great degree, but you seem to let it control your instincts as well. I know you should be feeling a sort of pull to you, don't fight it, let it go just a bit and..." as Shinji instructed her, a sudden marble sized ball of Ki formed in between her hands," voila," Shinji added with a proud smirk on his face.
Opening her eyes, Maya looked down to her own Ki sphere. It was so small and hardly compared to the sphere the Shinji conjured for her,' but...' she thought as she let the sphere dissipate,' it's at least a start,' she finished and breathed in and out, a little winded from just forming the Ki sphere.
"You did real good, it took me at least a week to even do what you just did," Shinji congratulated the bucho of the Jyuuken Club," but then again, I was only trying to form it out of will alone with no instructions what so ever, so it did help that I was here," Shinji added as he nodded to himself.
"So..." Maya started as she leaned back a bit with her hands back on the grass, her position giving off a sexy and sensual look, she knew that, because she like to play around and hang the perverted boys by their tongues. She saw Shinji look at her and saw that she had his attention in the gutter a bit, but he controlled himself to a great degree not to have a little nosebleed and hanging tongue," what is that you do at that place you called Nerv?"
Shinji looked at her, liking the kodak porn moment he seeing at the moment. Inside, a wolf howl could be heard, with the tongue rolling out and hitting itself over with a hammer over its own head, repeatedly. This kind of showed on his face, but he kept it back, knowing that with the way Maya was, she would like to be appreciated, but not that much in that manner.
"Well, as you already know, I pilot that mecha. Thats about it really, I do train in simulations with it, which I tend to mess up a bit, because their hella boring," Shinji explained a bit to her.
"That's it, I thought there would be more to the hero of the world's job," Maya teased a bit with a grin.
"Hey, if that's all I gotta do, then I'm not complaining," Shinji shrugged as he as he closed his eyes a bit with a grin of his own," it lets me have time for a life, and the pay isn't half bad either. It also let's me have time to have fun with you and the others," he then opened his eyes and smiled at her genuinely," if anything, I like to spend the rest of my teenage life with you, and if possible, the rest of my life. Now that would be fun."
She blushed a bit at that last sentence. The way he said that was almost like a vow. And to say something like that with a straight face was a credit to him, it was almost like he was proposing to her,' this guy,' she giggled a bit in her head.
"Anyhow..." Shinji started as he felt he made enough flirting with her for one day," I think it's about time we head back and get some rest, we still got some big training to do tomorrow," Shinji said as he turned his back to her," besides, from tomorrow on, until something happens, I'll be training out here, away from you guys."
"Why, the Natsume grounds have enough room for everyone to train?" Maya asked curiously.
"But you forget, I said I wanted to surprise you," Shinji said as he turned his head to look over his shoulder and gave a mischievous grin," and how would I surprise you if I didn't train in secret," with that, he walked off," just keep training like that every night and you'll get the hang up on making a Ki blast."
As she watched him leave, she looked back at her hands and wondered if she was able to catch up to his level of Ki control and power, would she be a match for Mitsuomi. The hopeful part of her voiced out a yes, but the more rational and experienced part of her overtook that answer and yelled out a big NO! Despite how good Shinji was and seemed to be, it seemed he never met anyone like Mitsuomi, and that meant he was below the elder Takayanagi brother.
'But...' Maya thought as she picked herself up and changed back into her Chibi-mode,' if he's able to survive his encounter with Mitsuomi, there's no doubt in my mind that he'll be a force to reckon with afterwards,' she thought with certainty. Because if anything, if he lost, she felt he would stop at nothing to win against Mitsuomi, when next they meet. She didn't know why she thought that, but it was what her gut was tellin' her, and she trusted it to be right most of the time.
Shinji, standing by a boulder, held his both his hands and arms at a ready with his eyes closed, as if in a meditated state. In his mind, he knew the mechanics of this technique, but to be able to even make the technique happen was another thing.
Oh, sure he got the Ryukei Qigong Tashiko down in just a couple of day, but that was because he got the Uraate down and was given the instructions on what to do next. Plus, seeing it in action helped just as much, what with his high learning curve made possible with the Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū.
But this, the Futae no Kiwami, was another thing. It was a technique that was purely fictional, just like his other skills. It shouldn't be even possible, or more like Impossible, to do. But what with his determination and past experiences, he knew he could make it possible. His ability to even make those fictional techniques workable in reality spoke for itself.
It was just a little difficult though, it was already day five of the training week, with two more days left before Golden week was over and the training week itself done. But he could feel it, he knew he was close.
Opening his eyes slightly, he cast his gaze towards his fists. Even with the Bakusai Tenketsu, the middle of his fingers and knuckles were starting to shows cuts and there was purple bruises peppered over them. The training was also starting to dull the nerves on them a bit, since he had been going nonstop in mastering the technique. He was sure they were going to scar a bit, but a little Ki healing might just help along with minimizing that.
'Okay, one more time,' Shinji thought as he delved deep into his mind. As if willing the scenery to change around him, it soon darkened into a pitch black void with only him glowing in the darkness. As he slowly positioned himself, a sort of shadow trail followed his movements, as if showing this was to be a great moment. Setting his right fist and his fore-knuckles positioned forward, showing a clenched, but opened fist.
Breathe in.
Breath out.
Breathe in.
Breath Out.
And with one last repeat, Shinji's eyes suddenly snap open," HIYAH!!" the yell was a bit overdone, but the yell combined with his right fist moving forward, impacting the boulder, showed its results.
BOOM!!
The thundering sound of a boulder being blown away was sounded within the hidden area Shinji was in. Seeing this happen stunned Shinji. His eyes wide with a bit of shock. But the moment of silence was broken as his smile turned wide with glee and whooped for almost all the animals in the forest to hear," WOOOOH, YEAH, HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW!? UH-HUH, UH-HUH, YEEEAAAAHHH," Shinji exclaimed as he jumped danced a bit. But when his right hand suddenly brushed up against a tree, he froze.
The other were just getting their dinner when all of a sudden their heard a the cry of "IIITTAAAAAIIIII!!" making them snap their heads towards the direction of the outer forest and making the resting birds fly out of the trees. Though the cry of a crow overhead, cawing 'ahou' repeatedly, made them sweatdrop a bit.
"You think Shinji-san is okay?" Aya asked the others in a bit of worry after hearing the scream of pain.
"The bastard could be limping here with his arm hangin' off by his skin and his stomach cut wide open, and I still wouldn't give a damn," Bob said with a not one bit of worry in his voice. Though, inside, he was a little. His reply was met with a metal ladle clunking his head, courtesy of Chiaki.
"That's harsh," Masataka muttered as he looked a little blue at that description.
"Shinji's always came home with some injuries after his training and fights when we were kids," Soichiro said as he answered her civilly,' she's still a psycho though,' he noted to himself, despite she was sexy as hell, and likes him a lot, and cooked for him with good food, and was willing to sleep with him, and... Let's turn our heads away from the sorry excuse for a man and look towards the last of the group shall we.
Maya had to say, she too was getting a bit worried herself. The only time she saw Shinji was in the morning, and even then, it was only a glimpse of him leaving after he ate his breakfast. And the only time she knew Shinji made it back was the sound of footsteps being heard when everyone else deep into their sleep. She knew from the Ki of the person that did walk in her house at the dead of night was Shinji, coming back to her home after being done training. She didn't know if she should have a good amount of respect for him to be training so hard, or be worried at how he was pushing himself constantly.
Shinji waved his pained hand around a bit,' fuck, I guess I still need some perfecting,' Shinji sighed sadly at his partial failure,' but at least I got the technique down, now all I need to do is refine it and I'll be bustin' heads with a flick of a finger, hehehe,' he chuckled a bit evilly, sending shivers down a bunch of goons that worked for Mitsuomi, a feeling of doom coming felt down their spines.
As he healed his pained hand with his Ki, Shinji stood up walked to a more open clearing. Once in the area, it showed that it had been used recently, the run down grass showing various paths, due to his training in the usage of Shunpo.
Shinsoku and Shunpo were the same in that you moved to one spot to the other in a flash. But where Shinsoku relied on physical steps to get there, Shunpo got you there in one. From what he read, Reiatsu was a compressed form of energy of death, but it was still energy nonetheless. So, if he could compress his Ki in a certain manner and apply that to the soles of his feet, it might be possible to be able to use Shunpo.
The clearing he was in showed the results of it. He was able to accomplish it last night, but only at short distance, and there was some resistance from the air itself that made it a bit slower than it should have. But, as they say, practice makes perfect.
Just as he was about to do a Shunpo for a greater distance and speed, his cell phone rang, making him groan in frustration. Taking it out of his pocket, he flipped it open and looked to see it was Misato calling him,' well, might as well see what she wants,' Shinji thought as he pressed the 'send' button and put the phone to his ear," yeah, what's up?"
"Shinji, I was just calling to let you know that after Golden week is done, you and me are going to go and pick up a new Evangelion and the pilot their sending for back up against the coming Angels. We kind of see how the Angels are concentrating on Japan and we'll need all the help we can get," Misato explained over the phone as she rode back to her apartment.
"Oh, okay, is it gonna be right after Golden Week, or is it gonna be a day after?" Shinji asked with some hesitation in his voice.
"It's gonna be a day after," Misato answered with a blink," why?" she asked before she got a smirk on her face," don't tell me you already have a date now? Man, you work fast, Shinji," she teased the boy a bit. Despite not taking up her offer at living at her apartment, the two of them got along pretty well. Though, she would admit, he made it hard for her not to jump him and have her naughty way with him when he worked out at Nerv's gym.
"Something like that, my club at Toudou Gakuen is having some fun at the bowling alley downtown at the end of Golden Week," Shinji answered honestly, as he let out a sigh of relief," and I wanted to spend some more time with this one person after that day," Shinji said as he thought of the older Natsume sister.
"Oh?" Misato kept her smirk as listened to his answer.
"I can feel that smile, why you smilin'?" Shinji asked in worry for himself. Hey, he could beat a lot of people, but Misato had a way of getting to you.
"Oh, nothing, good luck with that, bye Shinji, hahahaha," Misato laughed a bit as she hung up," that gaki," Misato said as she held a small smile as she drove in a crazy manner back home.
"Riiiggghhht," Shinji drawled out a bit before pocketing the cell phone and spread his feet out, compressing and adding Ki to the soles of his feet," well, with that said, time to train," Shinji smirked as he disappeared in a blur.
It was the final day of Golden Week, meaning it was the final day of training, and no one had seen more than a glimpse of Shinji since he began his training in secret.
Soichiro wondered what his cousin was up to. With what he learned about Shinji's abilities, it was a real good incentive to reach out for any techniques that would help him try and get up to par with him. Despite having a family love for his cousin, he wanted to be better than him, to be able to protect those in his grasp and defend himself while doing it.
Bob was curious as to what his best friend's cousin was doing. Despite being an ass in training, Shinji greatly helped him out in finding out how to use his Capoeira dance movements to find the 'beat' that helped him dodge Shinji's attacks. He wasn't able to hold for long, but that one moment of time being able to predict attacks as if he had a Spider Sense, urged him to try and find that 'beat' again.
Chiaki was worried about Shinji. Even though she couldn't love him like she used to when they were together, she still felt the connection between them. Whenever she saw him hurt, she would still fuss over his bruises, which were always minor. She had always wondered why they were so small when both Bob and Soichiro would come in with bruises peppered over their bodies and were large enough for more than a fist to fit onto. But hearing the explanation of his rock hard skin explained it. Still, she was worried if he was hurt or not out there.
Masataka wondered why someone like Shinji hadn't been heard about. Someone with that much skill and power wouldn't have gone unnoticed to anyone. His father, when he was still in power, had a major information network on fighters and their potential, it was how he survived for so long when he had two top class fighters as his bodyguards, up until his brother usurped him. His brother now had that information network, so it was hard to see Mitsuomi not take an interest and recruit Shinji, unless Shinji himself had something that made Mitsuomi wary of him to think he was a threat to his growing plans. It was all so confusing.
Aya wondered what Shinji-san was doing now. She too was worried like Chiaki-san, but not to the same extent as being in love with him, but worried of him as a good friend. Ever since he showed up, he always joked around with her and made her feel welcomed. Even going as far, despite Soichiro-sama's protests, that she was more than welcome in the family. He even called her Imouto-chan, despite being the same age. But all the same, she didn't mind. She was starting to see him as an Onii-chan.
Maya, despite everyones statements that he would be back soon, went off in search of the wild brown haired teen. She may care for Shinji as a new club member and friend, but, as cold as it sounded, he was her back-up weapon against Mitsuomi. She knew what Soichiro was capable of, him being the only heir to the Nagi clan and the only one able to use the Dragon Fist. But Shinji was a fighter all on his own, and seeing as how he was part of the Nagi clan in a sort of way, he too had the chance of having the Dragon Fist, or a maybe a variation of it, since his blood might not be as potent as the gaki's.
As she walked through the outer forest that was outside the Natsume grounds, Maya kept her senses open with the use of her Ki. So far, she hadn't be able to get a slight blip off her Ki senses to be able to sense Shinji.
Just as she was about to give up, she felt it. A brief burst of Ki suddenly appearing within range of her Ki senses. Before she could identify the Ki signature, she heard the sound of fast shifting air sound behind her, making her look back in time to dodge a fist. When she saw the fist land on the boulder nearby, her eyes bulged out as the boulder sprayed out into tiny pebbles as it was completely destroyed.
"You know, that punch still wouldn't have hit ya, even if ya had moved..." the person said as the sun's rays shadowed his figure before it shifted a bit to show it was none other than Shinji, with his usual grin on," Maya-chan," Shinji said as he gave off a teasing tone.
Now that she thought about the boulder and his skill, it wouldn't be a surprise he was able to shatter as he had the Bakusai Tenketsu...,' but wait,' thinking back to the way his fist moved, she clearly saw it was clenched totally in a fist, only with the for-knuckles were positioned forward, leaving and opened and clenched fist, not a clenched fist with a index finger extended, as that was the signature method of the Bakusai Tenketsu she remembered.
Then there was the way he appeared. She knew he had great speed thanks to his explanation on the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu. But the Shinsoku he described still required physical movement. It wouldn't have been possible for him to be able to not make single sound before appearing behind her in such a short amount of time, especially when she had her Ki sense opened.
Seeing her perplexed look, his grin widened a bit," oh, I guess I should tell you about..." it was then at the moment, he felt a little light headed," oh, wow, never...mind," Shinji trailed off as he completely collapsed onto the ground and blacked out.
"Shinji!" Maya exclaimed as she rushed over to him and immediately transformed into her original teenage form. She checked his vitals and noted they were fine, but her Ki senses told her he was almost totally out of Ki, which wasn't good. If he lost it all, he would most likely slip into a coma or if left unchecked and with out quick replenishing, he would die within the day.
So, seeing as how she had no other choice, she opened his mouth and fully pressed her lips against his. To make it even more applicable, she shoved her tongue in and started to transfer her Ki into him. She had done this with the gaki, as he had went beyond what he should have been capable of and was in the same situation as Shinji.
As the Ki started to filtered into Shinji's own reserves, the said recipient was starting to come to. He had really pushed that last move, he knew that, but he just wanted to really show Maya the fruits of his training,' Oh yeah, I definitely impressed her by passing out after that shit,' Shinji thought a bit dryly.
His consciousness started to come into play and he slowly felt the soft feeling in his mouth and lips. Feeling confused, but yet familiar with how this feeling felt, Shinji's eyes slowly fluttered open.
When Maya saw his eyes start to open in a half-lidded position like her own, she held his gaze. It was much like before with the gaki, but just as she was about pull away and wait for him to pass out again, she was surprised when he held took hold of face when she about broke away and re-initiated the lip-lock. Her eyes widened at this and was about to pummel him for being so direct. But when his own tongue went into her own mouth, her body went into auto-pilot and start to do some payback.
Shinji didn't know what was going on, but he didn't want to pass up an opportunity like this and went for it. Hey, you have to take life by the horns and go full throttle sometimes, right? He didn't know how long he held her, kissing and tonguing with her, and he didn't remember how he came up sat up against a tree with her straddling his waist for better making out.
Of course, there was one thing needed after so long of making out, and that was oxygen. And so, after some steamy kissing, the two broke away to take in some much needed air. When they regained their breathing, Shinji broke out a big smile at her and was about joke a bit. But he was cut off by a big fist to the head, courtesy of a bright blushing Natsume Maya.
"BAKA!!" she exclaimed as he jumped off him and reverted back to her Chibi-form, a bright blush still adorning her face as she face away from him. Taking in some calming breaths and trying to forget how it felt so good to let loose in such a long time and make out with someone,' besides, it's too soon for me to even think about having a significant other right now,' she convinced herself.
Still a bit dazed from his recent awakening and the blow to the head, Shinji immediately went into his own Chibi-mode and quickly donned his own child sized garments. A dark blue, but also expensive looking samurai kimono was his outfit, with the sleeves a bit over-sized, making the perfect look of a cute child in an over-sized kimono.
"But Maya-chan, I just wanted my good morning kiss," he said in an innocent and cute voice to the elder Natsume sister.
Snarling a bit at his act, she huffed away from him as he kept his cute and innocent child act. As he kept it up, she could help but let out a little giggle at how a teenager like him could act so well as a little kid who didn't know any better.
"Whatever, I just came out to find you so you can get ready for tonights fun at the bowling alley," Maya informed with a neutral tone as she kept her back to him, as she didn't want him to see the amused smile on her face.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," Shinji said as he scratched the back of his head at the base of his hairline. He quickly reverted back to his usual form of a teenager and flipped back to his training clothes at the same time. Maya rose an eyebrow at this and wondered if she could learn how to do that, but shook her head mentally, she liked strutting her stuff a bit and it always did make for a good distraction when the fighting began.
"Well, seeing as how you can change your clothes like that, I would have to guess you already have an outfit ready for tonight after you take a shower or bath," Maya inquired with a raised as she turned and turned her face neutral, no need for him to know how amused she was.
"Yup," Shinji stretched a bit, popping some bones in the process, making him grunt a bit in relief," well, come on, let's go and have some fun," Shinji exclaimed with some enthusiasm in his voice.
"Yes, let us be on our way. In the meantime, you can tell what you've been doing all this time," she agreed as she jumped onto his shoulder to hitch a ride. She noted he didn't say anything, seemingly already used to her riding on his shoulder. But one thing though, she couldn't help but have a gut feeling things were going to get rowdy tonight, and not in a good way.
A/N: Hey guys, here's CH.4 for ya. I know, really late, but I have a job now and I can't keep the thoughts of stories in my mind when I gotta work. But, nonetheless, I won't give up on these stories of mine, you can count on that. Anyway, the battle with the Angel, as said before, wasn't in this because, basically everything in the canon went the same as it did in this story. There will be a flashback, courtesy of a certain pale blue haired and crimson eyed girl, but that will be later on. As for those wondering about that Jet Alone Project robot, I decided to cut that out. It has no meaning to me in this story and it would go just the same as the battle with the Angel in this chapter. As for the training that Shinji did in this chapter, I'll let you all know now, he hasn't mastered those techniques completely. The Futae no Kiwami is able to performed throughout the body, as stated by Anji in Rorouni Kenshin, so in this sense, Shinji is where Sanosuke is, in that he's only able to use his right fist to do the technique. As for Shunpo, it's not as fast as his Shinsoku and that of the Shinigami's on Bleach, it's probably half of what Ichigo could do when he f fights Byakuya a second time, and that was still below Yoruichi, way below. So Shinji is still a beginner on using the Shunpo. So, after the bowling alley fight incident, Shinji will perfect these techniques and others later on. Well, I hope I've thought of everything you guys might have asked and satisified your curiosities. So please, reveiw or PM me on anything else, ja ne.
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