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By: SKaiton 
More fun in Okinawa!
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 03.07.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 2.0K | Status: Completed
More fun in Okinawa!
Anime/Manga: Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 03.07.2003 | Pages: 3 | Words: 2.9K | Visits: 2.0K | Status: Completed
---Title---
Evangelical History - Chapter 7
A Ranma 1/2 - Evangelion fusion
By Suekeiichi Kaiton
(Skaiton@netscape.net)
---Common room---
After dinner was finished and the extra tables taken away, the group settled at all ends of the room for small talk and sake. The NERV group eyed the three older women that ran the inn curiously as if never imagining that Ranma would have close relations with a woman let alone the three gorgeous examples sitting quietly around him. Ritsuko and Misato were pouring sake for Makoto, Shigeru, and Kaji not out of dutiful feminine obedience but rather tradition. The pulsing vein on Ritsu's forehead bespoke of her irritation at the lowly position she was performing.
"I trust you received the packages I sent ahead?" Ranma grinned and ruffled Satomi's hair.
"Yes, thank you very much." Kasumi withdrew two small elegantly wrapped boxes from her sleeves and handed them to the girls. "And the chocolate arrived on time, just as you said."
"I can't believe you got NERV to transport one hundred pounds of Belgian chocolate powder all the way out here just for us." Nabiki crossed her arms under her bust as he swallowed another saucer of sake. Misato's eyebrow rose, could it be that Ranma was diverting NERV resources for his own personal ends? Could she smell an incoming demotion in his future? "You even had the German pilot deliver it to our kitchen."
"He was scheduled to deliver some equipment to Tokyo-3 so I just asked him to make a short stop-off in Okinawa. He owed me some money anyway..."
Shinji, Touji, and Kensuke were already tipsy after only a few servings of sake, their eyes rolling endlessly in their heads as they forced themselves to stay sitting up - much to the disgust of Asuka and Hikari. Rei sat quietly at the end of the table eyeing a saucer filled with the liquor. She'd been like that for several minutes before Ritsuko and Maya appeared on either side of her head.
"It's okay, Rei, we're celebrating! You can have some sake." Ritsuko smiled at the azure-haired pilot as she looked from the polymath genius to her assistant, both women wearing identical faces as they encouraged the introverted pilot to try something new. Hesitantly, Rei nodded her assent and sipped at the red lacquered dish.
"Thanks, Ranma-sensei!" Satomi raised her slim arm to show off an exquisite silver bracelet with a sole carmine jewel that was embedded in the wrist. "It matches my hair!"
"Thank you, Ranma-sensei." Saya eyed the antique earrings glittering with soft diamonds. "These earrings are absolutely beautiful." She looked over at her mother who only responded with a subtle nod.
"Excuse me, Ranma-sama, but may I have a word with you in private?" Kodachi rose from her knees and padded quickly to the door, looking back with her hand on the screen waiting for him to follow. He rose and shook off the two girls and smiled at Nabiki and Kasumi before leaving the NERV group alone with the relics of his past.
"So. How do you know Ranma?" Kasumi tapped Satomi on the shoulder to quiet her embarrassingly enthusiastic jumping about. "He simply called us this morning and told me to prepare for a large group. I had no idea that he would be bringing so many!"
"He stole my job."
"He stole my heart."
"He stole my girlfriend." That particular comment earned the unshaven lout a sake bottle to the eye. "I mean my _ex_ girlfriend...yeah..." His nervous giggling didn't particularly fool anyone.
"Oh my! Ranma always did have a strange way of meeting people."
---Later---
Shinji lay awake in the darkened room with his SDAT player blaring bad rap and gospel tunes into his head. His mouth twisted in disgust after only a few scant moments before his hands ripped open the portable player and tore out the mini-disk. 'VOX' his ass!
It was kind of funny in a way, he had never thought about Ranma even possibly being married before...even if it was a sham. And to have kids to boot, Shinji began to laugh at the image of Ranma changing diapers. He had to stop after a few moments, if he didn't wipe his mind clear of that image he'd never be able to look Ranma in the eyes again.
The older woman, Kasumi Tendo, didn't seem all that surprised by the stories Misato and Asuka told her, replying that Ranma always made friends and enemies in the same way. In the warm darkness of his corner, Shinji began to wonder just how much past Ranma was hiding from the rest of them, not that it particularly bothered him (they had only just met the other day) it just reminded him of his father.
Touji had begun to snore across the room from him as Kensuke hugged a homemade plush Evangelion Unit 01 to his chest. Shinji rolled on his side and dropped the 'Hedgehog's Dilemma' SDAT into his player, cranking up the volume she he couldn't hear the roar of Touji's tonsils.
Gendo Ikari, the name brought a bitter taste to his mouth. Sometimes he wished he knew more about his father and other times he wished they weren't related at all...he supposed that it was the same with all fathers and sons, except what son was abandoned at age five by their father? Shinji unconsciously began to growl. Touji batted away the curiously growling koala bears with pointy teeth and continued on his trek to slay the horrible red-haired, yellow-scaled dragon.
Ikari looked up at the clear sky through the window and listened to the soft rustling of leaves down below, the gentle sway of the trees as an iridescent moon shone down on the beach. He wished that his entire life could be just like that moment, the summer night frozen forever in perfect memory. He pulled the buds from his ears and threw off the thin sheet, rising from the futon and padding softly over to the window. Smiling wistfully at his own foolish thoughts, Shinji seemed to grow older for just a moment, lines creasing his brow and his chocolate brown eyes mirrors of age-old wisdom and knowledge. The world was perfect in that quiet moment, the hum and noise of his two best friends (his first and only friends he mentally corrected) behind him, the future before him filled with opportunity and wonder. Then it was gone and he was Shinji Ikari, a fourteen-year old shmuck stuck with a bastard for a father and saddled with the worst job in the world. No, second worse, he amended as he imagined what Ranma must go through as Asuka's guardian.
At the slight creak of wood outside in the narrow hall, Shinji perked up and crossed over, pulling the door open just a little to see what caused the phantom noise. He was quite surprised when Ranma appeared outside the girl's rooms.
"Ranma? What are you doing up so late?"
"I could ask you the same thing, Mister Ikari." Ranma turned to him and in the moonlight Shinji could clearly see black lipstick smeared all over his face. "But I won't tell if you won't...I just wanted to make sure Asuka got to sleep alright."
"Wh-why wouldn't she?"
"I usually tuck her in a night." Shinji suppressed a giggle. "Don't laugh! I take extreme pride to call her my 'daughter'." Ranma wiped a bit of lipstick off with a sleeve. "She's really a very sweet girl once you get past her arrogant, snooty shell."
"I don't know about that...she sure beat the crap outta a gang yesterday morning...I find it hard to believe she's a fragile flower."
"You're a really cynical kid, you know that?"
"You try living my life." Ranma smiled knowingly. "What's so funny?"
"Ask me some other time, Shinji, we'll compare fathers." The moment of silence seemed to stretch into infinity, the darkness adding a timeless, almost dreamlike quality to the conversation. "I will tell you one thing, Shinji, you shouldn't judge your father so harshly until you've walked in his shoes. He does everything on purpose...sometimes it's just hard to tell what the purpose is...I-" He stopped at Shinji's snarling face and the smile returned. "You'll understand someday, Shinji." He turned back towards his room. "Good night, Shinji."
"Good night."
---Across the hall---
"...Misato...?" Ritsuko lay on her back in the warm darkness looking up at the ceiling. She heard the girl's door open just a hair before it became clear it was just Ranma. The blonde carefully moved away from Maya who lay curled by her side and turned her head in the direction of her college friend.
"What is it? I'm trying to go to sleep."
"Liar. You were lying there awake just waiting to see how long Ranma would take to screw Kodachi." The scientist fished her wrist-watch out from under her sheet. "Two hours...pretty good time. He should give Kaji a run for his money."
"I'll say." The purple-haired woman sighed and rolled to meet her friend's eyes, the hazy blackness around them making full eye-contact impossible. Their talk took on the feeling of a dream as they spoke. "You don't suppose that any of us have a chance with him, do you?"
"After what Nabiki told us after Kasumi and the girls left...nope. That's my response as a woman, my response as a scientist is that you, Maya, and I all have a 0.000001% chance of getting with him." Ritsuko combed her hand through dry strands of dyed hair.
"You must like that number, Ritsu, wasn't that also the chance Shinji had when he first synchronized with Unit-01?"
"It means we still have a good chance."
Misato sighed and sat up, pulling the sheets with her until she sat with her back propped against the wall. Her eyes were looking out to the night. Ritsuko could barely make out the soft, shiny sliver of skin that formed her jagged scar in the faint moonlight cascading over the peaked roof of the inn.
"You know...he seems to have taken quite a liking to you."
"Are you kidding? Me with a guy like him? My superior of all people? Don't make me laugh."
"You _were_ with Kaji for a long time..."
"That was...that was just physical attraction." She was silhouetted in the pale light, her long hair falling like rivulets of silver down her perfectly toned back.
"Really physical if you ask my opinion."
"Well I didn't, did I?" Misato threw her head back and faced her colleague and friend then smiled wistfully. "Do you remember the time-"
"I know exactly what you're thinking and yes I do remember that time but I don't particularly want to be reminded." Her hand was raised as if you ward off the offending words.
"I couldn't get over the fact that you were a screamer."
"Thank you, thank you very much Misato! Our conversation has probably worked its way into Ibuki's unconscious already so tomorrow when we go to the beach all I'll get is her breasts in my face."
"Would you prefer Ranma's balls instead?"
"As a matter of fact, yes I would. Or perhaps something a tad higher."
"Ooh! The resident brain of NERV being risquŽ? Ha, ha, or should that be 'Ritsuko'?" She grinned impishly at her own jibe and pulled her bangs out of her eyes. "Seriously, and not being mathematical, do any of us stand a chance against those three? He even has kids for Christ's sake!"
"I wouldn't worry about that much if I were you, if his distance and infrequent visits are any indication our temporary commander has moved on...but don't listen to me."
"When do I ever?"
---The next room---
"So what do you think of him, Hikari?" Asuka sprang up out of her futon the moment the door closed, turning to her new-found friend with glee. "Isn't he just the best?"
"Uh...sure, Asuka. He's great an' all but aren't you just a little worried? He has two daughters our age!" The brunette was garbed in 'Hello Kitty' pajamas and had her short hair in a bun at the back. "I really don't think he's right for you, Asuka."
"Oh yeah, this coming from the girl with a crush on meat-head."
"Hey! Touji is not a meat-head! He is a kind and caring person beneath his exterior, you should see the way he tries to help his little sister." Hikari was in Asuka's face before the red-head could move a muscle.
"Excuse me."
"Jeez, we're even hearing from the peanut gallery," Asuka muttered as the blue-haired pilot of EVA Unit-00 sat up. "What do you want, Wondergirl?" Asuka patted herself on the back for creating that derogative from nowhere. Rei's eyes hardened but otherwise remained the same.
"Would you and class representative Horaki please keep your conversations quiet? I am trying to sleep."
---The morning---
"Good morning everyone? Did you sleep well?" Ranma was waiting for them in the common room when the group finished in the co-ed hot springs much to the chagrin of all. The three tables were back and covered with enough food to make up for the group's embarrassment. Nabiki and Kasumi were sitting to one side with the biggest grins imaginable on their faces. It was obvious what Ranma was up to the night before. Satomi and Saya sat on either end of the long spread.
"Fine, I guess." Misato feigned indifference until she spotted more warm sake by the end of the feast, the slow bubbling telling her that the heat was just turned down. "Now this is what I call a breakfast!"
"Figures..." Ritsuko and Maya strode in after the purple tactician, curiously enough arm in arm, and sat by Saya. "I would say good morning but it's clear you already had one."
"Good morning, commander." Maya gave a cut bow and blushed as his mirthful crystal blue orbs met her eyes. "I slept very well, thank you for asking."
"Morning everybody! Ready for fun in the sun?" Kaji arrived dressed in a blue yukata with a butt already drooping from his lip. He was quite obviously in high spirits after seeing so much female flesh so early in the morning.
"Good morning commander." Rei intoned from behind the double-agent. The pilot of Unit-00 wore a light blue yukata that matched her hair, giving the effect that her tresses covered her body. She padded quietly inside and sat next to the pig-tailed martial artist, eyeing him quizzically.
"Morning everybody." Touji and Kensuke arrived dressed in their normal clothes and sat next to Misato as the women began to drink her third sake bottle.
"Good morning." Hikari entered dressed in purple and bowed before sitting surreptitiously by Touji's side.
"Hello!" Makoto entered and pushed his glasses up before sitting next to Misato and Ritsuko. He was dressed in tan yukata with mangos embroidered on the sleeves. "Shigeru will be here in a minute, he just wanted to tune his guitar before breakfast." Sure enough, the errant systems technician arrived at that moment wearing a black yukata with a pineapple pattern.
"Morning Ranma!" Asuka called as she threw open the doors with a blushing Shinji trapped by the neck of his yukata. She was wearing a yellow ensemble with a red hibiscus pattern and matching sash, Shinji seemed to be thrown into a powder-blue robe with a simple black sash. "I'm sorry I'm late but I tried to be nice and get this dweeb from his room for breakfast only to find him doing the most disgusting thing in his room!"
"I really wasn't doing anything except getting dressed..." It wasn't his fault that seeing so much of Misato and Ritsuko had made him hard, he was a normal boy with normal hormones after all.
"Don't worry about it Shinji," Ranma assured him with a hand and a smile, "I'm sure it couldn't be any worse than anything Asuka's done." He laughed and motioned for them to sit.
"WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?" Asuka screamed and caused Misato to spill a ceramic bottle of sake all over herself.
"What/ What is it?" The reserve tactical commander pulled a gun from her cleavage and checked her corners.
"WONDERGIRL STOLE MY SEAT!!!" The fiery half-German dashed to Ranma's side and bore down on her colleague, hands on hips. "How dare you! I always sit next to Ranma!"
"You were not here and there was no marker, therefore I did not know. I will move." Rei stood and walked down the table a ways.
"Damn right! I won't forget this!" Asuka had a vein bulging on her forehead the side of Ranma's fist.
"Asuka?"
"What!?"
"Could you pass the soy?" She turned to find Shinji sitting next to Ranma already halfway into his plate of food. She crumpled to the floor and tucked her knees under the lip of the table, passing the soy sauce and admitting defeat...for the moment. She would have her revenge on Shinji and Rei both for that transgression. The others were quietly snickering at the Second Child as she giggled insanely and stewed at the end of the table.
---To be continued---
The secrets of Ranma's past and relationship with Nabiki, Kasumi, and Kodachi will be revealed slowly in the future chapters so for now you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Next time prepare for fun in the sun as the NERV employees try to have some fun in the sun before the next Angel attack.
Dr. Suekeiichi Kaiton
SKaiton@netscape.net
Evangelical History - Chapter 7
A Ranma 1/2 - Evangelion fusion
By Suekeiichi Kaiton
(Skaiton@netscape.net)
---Common room---
After dinner was finished and the extra tables taken away, the group settled at all ends of the room for small talk and sake. The NERV group eyed the three older women that ran the inn curiously as if never imagining that Ranma would have close relations with a woman let alone the three gorgeous examples sitting quietly around him. Ritsuko and Misato were pouring sake for Makoto, Shigeru, and Kaji not out of dutiful feminine obedience but rather tradition. The pulsing vein on Ritsu's forehead bespoke of her irritation at the lowly position she was performing.
"I trust you received the packages I sent ahead?" Ranma grinned and ruffled Satomi's hair.
"Yes, thank you very much." Kasumi withdrew two small elegantly wrapped boxes from her sleeves and handed them to the girls. "And the chocolate arrived on time, just as you said."
"I can't believe you got NERV to transport one hundred pounds of Belgian chocolate powder all the way out here just for us." Nabiki crossed her arms under her bust as he swallowed another saucer of sake. Misato's eyebrow rose, could it be that Ranma was diverting NERV resources for his own personal ends? Could she smell an incoming demotion in his future? "You even had the German pilot deliver it to our kitchen."
"He was scheduled to deliver some equipment to Tokyo-3 so I just asked him to make a short stop-off in Okinawa. He owed me some money anyway..."
Shinji, Touji, and Kensuke were already tipsy after only a few servings of sake, their eyes rolling endlessly in their heads as they forced themselves to stay sitting up - much to the disgust of Asuka and Hikari. Rei sat quietly at the end of the table eyeing a saucer filled with the liquor. She'd been like that for several minutes before Ritsuko and Maya appeared on either side of her head.
"It's okay, Rei, we're celebrating! You can have some sake." Ritsuko smiled at the azure-haired pilot as she looked from the polymath genius to her assistant, both women wearing identical faces as they encouraged the introverted pilot to try something new. Hesitantly, Rei nodded her assent and sipped at the red lacquered dish.
"Thanks, Ranma-sensei!" Satomi raised her slim arm to show off an exquisite silver bracelet with a sole carmine jewel that was embedded in the wrist. "It matches my hair!"
"Thank you, Ranma-sensei." Saya eyed the antique earrings glittering with soft diamonds. "These earrings are absolutely beautiful." She looked over at her mother who only responded with a subtle nod.
"Excuse me, Ranma-sama, but may I have a word with you in private?" Kodachi rose from her knees and padded quickly to the door, looking back with her hand on the screen waiting for him to follow. He rose and shook off the two girls and smiled at Nabiki and Kasumi before leaving the NERV group alone with the relics of his past.
"So. How do you know Ranma?" Kasumi tapped Satomi on the shoulder to quiet her embarrassingly enthusiastic jumping about. "He simply called us this morning and told me to prepare for a large group. I had no idea that he would be bringing so many!"
"He stole my job."
"He stole my heart."
"He stole my girlfriend." That particular comment earned the unshaven lout a sake bottle to the eye. "I mean my _ex_ girlfriend...yeah..." His nervous giggling didn't particularly fool anyone.
"Oh my! Ranma always did have a strange way of meeting people."
---Later---
Shinji lay awake in the darkened room with his SDAT player blaring bad rap and gospel tunes into his head. His mouth twisted in disgust after only a few scant moments before his hands ripped open the portable player and tore out the mini-disk. 'VOX' his ass!
It was kind of funny in a way, he had never thought about Ranma even possibly being married before...even if it was a sham. And to have kids to boot, Shinji began to laugh at the image of Ranma changing diapers. He had to stop after a few moments, if he didn't wipe his mind clear of that image he'd never be able to look Ranma in the eyes again.
The older woman, Kasumi Tendo, didn't seem all that surprised by the stories Misato and Asuka told her, replying that Ranma always made friends and enemies in the same way. In the warm darkness of his corner, Shinji began to wonder just how much past Ranma was hiding from the rest of them, not that it particularly bothered him (they had only just met the other day) it just reminded him of his father.
Touji had begun to snore across the room from him as Kensuke hugged a homemade plush Evangelion Unit 01 to his chest. Shinji rolled on his side and dropped the 'Hedgehog's Dilemma' SDAT into his player, cranking up the volume she he couldn't hear the roar of Touji's tonsils.
Gendo Ikari, the name brought a bitter taste to his mouth. Sometimes he wished he knew more about his father and other times he wished they weren't related at all...he supposed that it was the same with all fathers and sons, except what son was abandoned at age five by their father? Shinji unconsciously began to growl. Touji batted away the curiously growling koala bears with pointy teeth and continued on his trek to slay the horrible red-haired, yellow-scaled dragon.
Ikari looked up at the clear sky through the window and listened to the soft rustling of leaves down below, the gentle sway of the trees as an iridescent moon shone down on the beach. He wished that his entire life could be just like that moment, the summer night frozen forever in perfect memory. He pulled the buds from his ears and threw off the thin sheet, rising from the futon and padding softly over to the window. Smiling wistfully at his own foolish thoughts, Shinji seemed to grow older for just a moment, lines creasing his brow and his chocolate brown eyes mirrors of age-old wisdom and knowledge. The world was perfect in that quiet moment, the hum and noise of his two best friends (his first and only friends he mentally corrected) behind him, the future before him filled with opportunity and wonder. Then it was gone and he was Shinji Ikari, a fourteen-year old shmuck stuck with a bastard for a father and saddled with the worst job in the world. No, second worse, he amended as he imagined what Ranma must go through as Asuka's guardian.
At the slight creak of wood outside in the narrow hall, Shinji perked up and crossed over, pulling the door open just a little to see what caused the phantom noise. He was quite surprised when Ranma appeared outside the girl's rooms.
"Ranma? What are you doing up so late?"
"I could ask you the same thing, Mister Ikari." Ranma turned to him and in the moonlight Shinji could clearly see black lipstick smeared all over his face. "But I won't tell if you won't...I just wanted to make sure Asuka got to sleep alright."
"Wh-why wouldn't she?"
"I usually tuck her in a night." Shinji suppressed a giggle. "Don't laugh! I take extreme pride to call her my 'daughter'." Ranma wiped a bit of lipstick off with a sleeve. "She's really a very sweet girl once you get past her arrogant, snooty shell."
"I don't know about that...she sure beat the crap outta a gang yesterday morning...I find it hard to believe she's a fragile flower."
"You're a really cynical kid, you know that?"
"You try living my life." Ranma smiled knowingly. "What's so funny?"
"Ask me some other time, Shinji, we'll compare fathers." The moment of silence seemed to stretch into infinity, the darkness adding a timeless, almost dreamlike quality to the conversation. "I will tell you one thing, Shinji, you shouldn't judge your father so harshly until you've walked in his shoes. He does everything on purpose...sometimes it's just hard to tell what the purpose is...I-" He stopped at Shinji's snarling face and the smile returned. "You'll understand someday, Shinji." He turned back towards his room. "Good night, Shinji."
"Good night."
---Across the hall---
"...Misato...?" Ritsuko lay on her back in the warm darkness looking up at the ceiling. She heard the girl's door open just a hair before it became clear it was just Ranma. The blonde carefully moved away from Maya who lay curled by her side and turned her head in the direction of her college friend.
"What is it? I'm trying to go to sleep."
"Liar. You were lying there awake just waiting to see how long Ranma would take to screw Kodachi." The scientist fished her wrist-watch out from under her sheet. "Two hours...pretty good time. He should give Kaji a run for his money."
"I'll say." The purple-haired woman sighed and rolled to meet her friend's eyes, the hazy blackness around them making full eye-contact impossible. Their talk took on the feeling of a dream as they spoke. "You don't suppose that any of us have a chance with him, do you?"
"After what Nabiki told us after Kasumi and the girls left...nope. That's my response as a woman, my response as a scientist is that you, Maya, and I all have a 0.000001% chance of getting with him." Ritsuko combed her hand through dry strands of dyed hair.
"You must like that number, Ritsu, wasn't that also the chance Shinji had when he first synchronized with Unit-01?"
"It means we still have a good chance."
Misato sighed and sat up, pulling the sheets with her until she sat with her back propped against the wall. Her eyes were looking out to the night. Ritsuko could barely make out the soft, shiny sliver of skin that formed her jagged scar in the faint moonlight cascading over the peaked roof of the inn.
"You know...he seems to have taken quite a liking to you."
"Are you kidding? Me with a guy like him? My superior of all people? Don't make me laugh."
"You _were_ with Kaji for a long time..."
"That was...that was just physical attraction." She was silhouetted in the pale light, her long hair falling like rivulets of silver down her perfectly toned back.
"Really physical if you ask my opinion."
"Well I didn't, did I?" Misato threw her head back and faced her colleague and friend then smiled wistfully. "Do you remember the time-"
"I know exactly what you're thinking and yes I do remember that time but I don't particularly want to be reminded." Her hand was raised as if you ward off the offending words.
"I couldn't get over the fact that you were a screamer."
"Thank you, thank you very much Misato! Our conversation has probably worked its way into Ibuki's unconscious already so tomorrow when we go to the beach all I'll get is her breasts in my face."
"Would you prefer Ranma's balls instead?"
"As a matter of fact, yes I would. Or perhaps something a tad higher."
"Ooh! The resident brain of NERV being risquŽ? Ha, ha, or should that be 'Ritsuko'?" She grinned impishly at her own jibe and pulled her bangs out of her eyes. "Seriously, and not being mathematical, do any of us stand a chance against those three? He even has kids for Christ's sake!"
"I wouldn't worry about that much if I were you, if his distance and infrequent visits are any indication our temporary commander has moved on...but don't listen to me."
"When do I ever?"
---The next room---
"So what do you think of him, Hikari?" Asuka sprang up out of her futon the moment the door closed, turning to her new-found friend with glee. "Isn't he just the best?"
"Uh...sure, Asuka. He's great an' all but aren't you just a little worried? He has two daughters our age!" The brunette was garbed in 'Hello Kitty' pajamas and had her short hair in a bun at the back. "I really don't think he's right for you, Asuka."
"Oh yeah, this coming from the girl with a crush on meat-head."
"Hey! Touji is not a meat-head! He is a kind and caring person beneath his exterior, you should see the way he tries to help his little sister." Hikari was in Asuka's face before the red-head could move a muscle.
"Excuse me."
"Jeez, we're even hearing from the peanut gallery," Asuka muttered as the blue-haired pilot of EVA Unit-00 sat up. "What do you want, Wondergirl?" Asuka patted herself on the back for creating that derogative from nowhere. Rei's eyes hardened but otherwise remained the same.
"Would you and class representative Horaki please keep your conversations quiet? I am trying to sleep."
---The morning---
"Good morning everyone? Did you sleep well?" Ranma was waiting for them in the common room when the group finished in the co-ed hot springs much to the chagrin of all. The three tables were back and covered with enough food to make up for the group's embarrassment. Nabiki and Kasumi were sitting to one side with the biggest grins imaginable on their faces. It was obvious what Ranma was up to the night before. Satomi and Saya sat on either end of the long spread.
"Fine, I guess." Misato feigned indifference until she spotted more warm sake by the end of the feast, the slow bubbling telling her that the heat was just turned down. "Now this is what I call a breakfast!"
"Figures..." Ritsuko and Maya strode in after the purple tactician, curiously enough arm in arm, and sat by Saya. "I would say good morning but it's clear you already had one."
"Good morning, commander." Maya gave a cut bow and blushed as his mirthful crystal blue orbs met her eyes. "I slept very well, thank you for asking."
"Morning everybody! Ready for fun in the sun?" Kaji arrived dressed in a blue yukata with a butt already drooping from his lip. He was quite obviously in high spirits after seeing so much female flesh so early in the morning.
"Good morning commander." Rei intoned from behind the double-agent. The pilot of Unit-00 wore a light blue yukata that matched her hair, giving the effect that her tresses covered her body. She padded quietly inside and sat next to the pig-tailed martial artist, eyeing him quizzically.
"Morning everybody." Touji and Kensuke arrived dressed in their normal clothes and sat next to Misato as the women began to drink her third sake bottle.
"Good morning." Hikari entered dressed in purple and bowed before sitting surreptitiously by Touji's side.
"Hello!" Makoto entered and pushed his glasses up before sitting next to Misato and Ritsuko. He was dressed in tan yukata with mangos embroidered on the sleeves. "Shigeru will be here in a minute, he just wanted to tune his guitar before breakfast." Sure enough, the errant systems technician arrived at that moment wearing a black yukata with a pineapple pattern.
"Morning Ranma!" Asuka called as she threw open the doors with a blushing Shinji trapped by the neck of his yukata. She was wearing a yellow ensemble with a red hibiscus pattern and matching sash, Shinji seemed to be thrown into a powder-blue robe with a simple black sash. "I'm sorry I'm late but I tried to be nice and get this dweeb from his room for breakfast only to find him doing the most disgusting thing in his room!"
"I really wasn't doing anything except getting dressed..." It wasn't his fault that seeing so much of Misato and Ritsuko had made him hard, he was a normal boy with normal hormones after all.
"Don't worry about it Shinji," Ranma assured him with a hand and a smile, "I'm sure it couldn't be any worse than anything Asuka's done." He laughed and motioned for them to sit.
"WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?" Asuka screamed and caused Misato to spill a ceramic bottle of sake all over herself.
"What/ What is it?" The reserve tactical commander pulled a gun from her cleavage and checked her corners.
"WONDERGIRL STOLE MY SEAT!!!" The fiery half-German dashed to Ranma's side and bore down on her colleague, hands on hips. "How dare you! I always sit next to Ranma!"
"You were not here and there was no marker, therefore I did not know. I will move." Rei stood and walked down the table a ways.
"Damn right! I won't forget this!" Asuka had a vein bulging on her forehead the side of Ranma's fist.
"Asuka?"
"What!?"
"Could you pass the soy?" She turned to find Shinji sitting next to Ranma already halfway into his plate of food. She crumpled to the floor and tucked her knees under the lip of the table, passing the soy sauce and admitting defeat...for the moment. She would have her revenge on Shinji and Rei both for that transgression. The others were quietly snickering at the Second Child as she giggled insanely and stewed at the end of the table.
---To be continued---
The secrets of Ranma's past and relationship with Nabiki, Kasumi, and Kodachi will be revealed slowly in the future chapters so for now you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Next time prepare for fun in the sun as the NERV employees try to have some fun in the sun before the next Angel attack.
Dr. Suekeiichi Kaiton
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