Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction / Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ The Adventures of Jusenkyo Man: All About Eva ❯ Chapter Nein ( Chapter 9 )

The Adventures of Jusenkyo Man:

All About Eva

By Lord Raa

Chapter Nein

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Disclaim-me-do: Ich bin Englander. Any questions?

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The rather attractive, if a bit cold-hearted, Doctor Ritsuko Akagi was on her way to discuss the living arrangements for the Third Child with the commander of NERV, Gendo Ikari, when she noticed that something seemed up with Kaji.

She was a little surprised by Kaji's recent conduct at NERV headquarters. Of course she knew about his wandering eye and roving hands, but he was taking it to the extreme at the moment. Trying his hand at anything in a skirt, the scruffy looking man was currently experiencing a dry spell that challenged the Sahara.

`Perhaps the commander might have an idea about his behaviour?' she thought casually.

Her journey to the Commander's office was interrupted when she saw Kaji try his luck with Misato.

"But why don't you want to go out for a meal with me, Misato-chan?"

"Because you're not Shinji," the captain replied matter-of-factly.

"What do you see in him?" Kaji asked. "I mean, I'm far more experienced in the art of love making."

"That's one way to put it. Another is that Shinji is sweet and innocent and that your experience comes from the fact that you're a man-whore," Misato retorted aggressively, her finger jabbing the man in his chest.

`Burn!' Ritsuko said to herself. Knocking on the door, the blonde scientist prepared her argument for allowing her to look after Shinji.

"Enter, Dr Akagi," a male voice told her.

"Commander Ikari, do you know why Kaji's been acting so oddly?" Ritsuko asked her boss as she took a seat for the meeting.

"I think he's still a little bitter about that Captain Katsuragi is infatuated with Shinji. That and my son put him in his place."

"What do you mean?"

Gendo leaned back and smiled at his subordinate. "When captain Katsuragi and my son went to pick up the Second Child, Shinji saw Kaji bothering the captain."

"And?" Ritsuko was now intrigued as to what was causing the friction between the two former lovers.

"Shinji took offence at that and punched him in the throat. Kaji slipped away during the Angel attack and informed me of his plan to press charges."

"What are you going to do about it?" Ritsuko demanded.

"Nothing," Gendo replied. "I don't have time to waste on petty squabbles like this - there has been enough of a delay in our work."

"I see," Ritsuko nodded, glad that Shinji wouldn't be leaving any time soon.

"Now, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

"The living arrangements for the pilots," Ritsuko answered.

"As far as I'm aware, we only need to find accommodation for the Second Child." Gendo's tone was even, but hinted that he might be becoming bored by this conversation.

"I think that it would be a risk for all of the pilots to be living together."

"So? Look after the Second Child," Gendo callously told his subordinate.

Before the blonde could protest that Asuka disliked her more than the combination of haemorrhoids and violently applied wedgies, there was a call on Gendo's emergency line.

"What is it?" the bearded man asked.

Not being able to hear both sides of the conversation, Ritsuko waited for Ikari to give her an explanation.

Gendo frowned. "How?"

"I see. Thank you for telling me so promptly, Sensei."

"What's happened?" Ritsuko was finally able to ask as Gendo hung up the phone.

"Chairman Lorenz is dead. He died of a heart attack four hours ago," Gendo sat back in his chair as he contemplated how this would affect him and his plans. "This will delay our work for a while."

Ritsuko nodded. With this latest development, getting any funding for the HIP was going to be difficult. "What do we do now?"

"Our goals remain the same, but the path we must take to reach them has changed. I believe that you have some synchronisation tests to oversee, Doctor."

Ritsuko took this as an order to continue as normal. "Yes sir."

After the blonde left the room, Gendo considered if he would ever see his beloved Yui again now that the whole Human Instrumentality Project was in doubt.

"Yui-chan," he whispered. He shook his head to clear the sentimental thoughts that were now clouding his judgement.

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As the pilots entered NERV head quarters, a certain long haired man of dubious morals shot Shinji a glare.

"Kaji!" Asuka greeted enthusiastically.

"Hi Asuka," Kaji waved back. "Rei."

"Agent Kaji," Rei politely acknowledged the man's greeting.

"Kaji-san," Shinji bowed slightly, but kept and eye on the bane of Misato's post-college life.

"Shinji." Kaji rubbed his throat in memory of the Third Child's actions. `I'll get you for that chicken-shit attack,' he added silently.

The pilots left the angry man to his thoughts of revenge and made their way to the changing rooms.

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Maya Ibuki was having problems seeing over the pile of documents that she was carrying and so did not notice the closing doors ahead of her.

Shinji was heading towards the pretty young lady, trying to avoid the overly friendly hands of Rei and saw what was going to happen.

He lunged forward, but misjudged the distance and over shot the target. It was Shinji's upper arm that stopped the door from slamming into the currently oblivious woman.

Grunting, the boy pulled and held the door open for Maya.

"Oh, thank you Shinji-kun," she greeted the helpful young man. On the inside though, she was not feeling too pleased with the fact that she had her hands full of something other than Shinji.

"Are you all right Maya-san?" Shinji asked.

"I am now that you're here," Maya answered with a light blush on her cheeks.

Rei watched the scene unfold in front of her with her normal lack of emotion until Asuka pointed out the fact that the lieutenant was edging closer to Shinji.

"We must be going to the synchronisation tests, Shinji-kun," Rei took Shinji's hand and led him away from this latest temptress.

Maya sighed sadly when she saw the handsome young man being taken away by two young floozies, but brightened up when she remembered that Ritsuko had mentioned that some new cameras had been installed and that she could hack into the live feed.

"I must get these to Sempai," muttered absently to herself.

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One of the members of SEELE contemplated the new situation in the wake of the suspicious death of Chairman Lorenz. He was never a big fan of Ikari, and so decided that this would be a good opportunity to remove him from NERV.

The large nosed man instructed his man in the field to make arrangements for an "accident" to eliminate the current commander of NERV.

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Rei changed her clothes with a practiced efficiency, hoping to reduce the time spent away from Shinji.

Asuka, however, wanted to know why her fellow pilot was so enamoured with the Commander's son. "Just what is it everyone sees in the Third Child?"

"Shinji-kun makes me feel things that I have never felt before," Rei replied.

"He forces you to touch him?" Asuka was aghast. "I'll kill him for that."

"No," Rei stopped the auburn haired girl before she could storm out of the changing room.

"What? Are you defending that pervert?"

Rei shook her head in the negative. "I know that many boys his age are perverts, but the idea that Shinji-kun would force me to do such things is as absurd as people changing shape with the application of cold water."

Asuka relented in her argument about Shinji's alleged perversions and gave a wry smile at Rei's attempt at a joke. "Yeah, that'd break the laws of Thermodynamics."

Rei was about to add that it was women that wanted to engage in sexual acts with Shinji, when Asuka realised that they were going to be late.

"Come on Rei, we've got a test to excel at."

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After the Sync test, Shinji was waiting for Rei and Asuka in the lobby when he saw his father walk past him.

"F-father," Shinji started, still feeling intimidated by the emotionally closed off man.

"Shinji," Gendo acknowledged, before walking off.

As Rei and Asuka called Shinji over, something caught his eye. It was a falling air conditioning duct cover and it was going to hit his fellow pilots.

Reacting faster then ever before outside of his Eva, the pilot of Unit 01 leapt into action and pushed the girls out of the way of the descending object.

All three pilots grunted when they fell to the floor with Shinji's weight on them. Rei opened her eyes and looked around when she heard the Commander's son scream in pain.

Asuka nearly screamed ""PERVERT!", but Rei interrupted her thoughts by asking: "Shinji, are you all right?"

"R-rei, it's my foot," Shinji answered, tears leaking out of his eyes.

Rei inspected the appendage in question and saw that the duct cover had dented where it had impacted on the heel of Shinji's right foot. Pulling out her phone, Rei demanded that a medical team arrive on scene immediately.

Asuka removed herself from under Shinji, taking care not to further aggravate her school mate's injuries. Her eyes scanned the ceiling and realised that if Shinji hadn't have acted, she'd be the injured party.

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Outside the medical ward, the Second-in-command of NERV was enquiring as to the condition of the Third Child.

"What's the prognosis, Doctor Akagi?" Fuyutsuki asked the blonde. "Is Shinji going to be able to pilot Unit 01 anytime soon?"

Ritsuko shook her head. "Shinji's heel has been shattered and some of the other bones in his foot have been cracked. He's in a lot of pain right now."

"I see, well I need to inform the Commander," Fuyutsuki parted company with the scientist.

As soon as Kozo Fuyutsuki left the medical facilities, Ritsuko appeared at the door of Shinji's room with a bowl and a washcloth.

"It's time for your sponge bath, Shinji-kun. Now be a good boy, and lie still."

"Ritsuko-san, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to give you a sponge bath, Shinji-kun. Some people say that it's the only good thing about a hospital stay," she replied with a saucy wink. "Don't worry, I'll be gentle."

As the doctor started her tender cleansing actions, Shinji decided that he needed a question answering. "Ritsuko-san, why is everyone so interested in me?"

Ritsuko paused in her cleaning. "It's because you're a nice young man that would act to save others, even if they didn't deserve it. You're handsome, domesticated and I hear that you can play the cello."

As Ritsuko entertained a few naughty thoughts about uses for Shinji's dextrous hands and nimble fingers, Shinji digested this appraisal of him and felt good about himself, better than he had in a long while.

"It's nice to be thought of so highly," Shinji said to himself with a small smile.

"Oh, I think very highly of you Shinji-kun," Ritsuko punctuated her comments with a caress of Shinji's thigh.

"R-ritsuko-san!" Shinji protested.

"I'm sorry Shinji-kun, it's just that I get so lonely sometimes. Being cooped up here in the dark bowels of NERV, I'm lucky if I get to see my pet cats more than once a week. My job takes its toll on the already pathetic social life of a career scientist," Ritsuko's head hung in shame at her admission.

Shinji felt bad for assuming that Dr Akagi was just a pervert and not a lonesome person. "I'm sorry, Ritsuko-san, I didn't know. I would ask if you'd you like to go out for a picnic or something to make it up to you, but you know," he gestured to his injured extremity.

"Shinji-kun, I think that I would be acceptable for us to take a trip outside in a few days. Once I've confirmed that your bones have started to heal correctly, we can get some fresh air together," Ritsuko suggested.

A knock on the door stopped Ritsuko's daydream about sex in public with Shinji before it got started.

"Come in," Shinji said to the door.

"Are you feeling better, Shinji-kun?" Rei asked, concern entering her usually even voice.

"Yeah. I'm in a little bit of pain, but I'll manage. How are you?"

"I am glad that you will recover promptly. I have brought some flowers to make the room more pleasant during your stay here," Rei answered and showed Shinji and the doctor a mixed arrangement of flowers.

"Thank you Rei," Shinji bowed as best he could in appreciation. "The flowers are very nice."

"Yes they are," Ritsuko grudgingly agreed. "Unfortunately, I'm giving Shinji a sponge bath right now, so you'll have to come back later."

Rei was prepared for this argument from the blonde. "It is my duty to ensure the safety of Shinji-kun. Your previous actions when alone with Shinji-kun have not instilled me with confidence that he will remain safe without my presence."

"It's all right, Rei," Shinji intervened. "I know that, like me, Ritsuko-sensei was just lonely. I think that a picnic in a few days would be a nice idea. Would you like to come too, Rei?"

`A chance to be close to Shinji-kun sounds most enjoyable, I need to consider just how this excursion might go,' Rei considered. "Yes, I think that I would like that. When are you thinking of leaving with me Shinji-kun?"

"WE will be leaving the day after tomorrow, IF Shinji-kun's foot has started to heal correctly," Ritsuko interjected. She had to make sure that if Rei was going on a picnic with the delectable Shinji, then she wasn't going alone with him. She had a strange feeling that the blue haired girl might try something if she was left alone.

"I see," Rei nodded. Though inwardly, she was most upset that she wouldn't be getting some private time with Shinji.

Another knock on the door turned Rei's attention away from the prone boy long enough for Ritsuko to fasten the top button on her blouse that had come open earlier. Not that she'd been too bothered by the idea of Shinji seeing her cleavage, but Misato might appear at any time and take offence at any attempts to seduce Shinji.

"Hi ya, Shin-chan," the female voice greeted the room.

"Hi Misato-san," the young Ikari greeted back.

`Damn,' Ritsuko grumbled to herself. `I won't lose Shinji to that slut without a damned good fight.'

"I hear that you're not going to be piloting Unit-01 any time soon. Looks like you're getting a much needed break," Misato smiled.

"Misato-san, we're all planning to go on a picnic in a few days, would you like to come?" Shinji asked his roommate.

"Shin-chan, I'll come wherever you want me to," Misato misspoke.

Luckily for the captain, Shinji was still feeling the effects of this recent surgery and didn't catch the woman's Freudian slip. He merely smiled pleasantly as his eyes started to close.

Ritsuko noticed it, as was evidenced by her twitching eye.

"I believe that it would be best for Shinji-kun to be allowed to rest," Rei tried her best to usher the other women out of the room.

Another knock on the door interrupted the "discussion" on who should stay with the partially clothed Shinji.

Asuka entered the room. She blinked, unsure of why there were so many people visiting Shinji. Pushing that thought from her mind, she asked how Shinji was feeling.

The boy in question opened his eyes and yawned. "Hi Asuka. What brings you here?"

"I wanted thank you for earlier. I haven't had anybody risk their life like that for me before," Asuka explained. She had spent some time in front of a mirror practising so she could say her little bit without blushing.

Not that she would ever admit to having feelings for anyone other than Kaji.

"That's all right, Asuka," Shinji modestly replied. "I'd do that for anyone."

The pilot of Unit 01 gestured to first to Misato, then to the rest of the room.

Miss Sohryu looked at Misato, who sighed contentedly at the idea of being in Shinji's thoughts. She decided not to ask "What's with her?" as Rei started to shepherd the other women out of the room.

"Shinji-kun requires rest. We can visit him tomorrow."

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The next day, Shinji was roused from his mid-morning nap by the sound of klaxons alerting all of those on the base that there was an Angel attack imminent.

Still not fully awake and thus aware of his location, the young Ikari tried to move from his bed.

"Ah, ah," he gasped in pain when he realised that his leg was still suspended in a sling.

Not being able to do anything else, Shinji lay in the hospital cot worrying about the other. "Will they be all right without me?"

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Misato briefed the two active pilots as best she could, given the situation.

"We can't tell you much about this thing, so be careful out there, you two."

"I shall endeavour to defeat this Angel efficiently as possible, Captain Katsuragi. I wish to be able to enjoy my planned free time with Shinji-kun," Rei acknowledged the captain's orders and inadvertently angered the purple haired woman.

"Leave this to me," Asuka smirked. "Let me show you what years of training and a top of the line Eva can do."

With that, the redhead left for Unit 02 before Misato could point out that it was Shinji in Unit 02 that defeated the last Angel. It was just as well, because Asuka would have complained that it was Shinji's presence that stopped her from shining. And that would have started a huge argument between the pilot and the rest of the NERV staff. There had been enough of a disruption at NERV without trying to hide the fact that a valuable asset had been lynched.

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Asuka's Eva tensed like a spring, ready to leap into action. All she was waiting for was the command from Misato.

`Damn, when's the attack order coming?' Asuka grumbled to herself. She saw the Angel advance and decided that a decisive strike would make everyone appreciate her skills.

When the Angel was forcibly split in two, Asuka turned to Rei in Unit 00. "See?"

That was when the two sections of the Angel formed two separate entities and counterattacked.

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The debriefing was not pleasant for the pilots. Even Rei got scolded by the Commander.

"You're lucky we have a week before it regenerates and attacks again. Now we have to redraw the map."

Rei remained silent, knowing that Shinji would make her feel better.

`It' just not fair. I'm the best pilot, the prettiest girl in school and I've got the best equipment. So why the Hell are my skills being compared to a retarded monkey with a crack habit?' Asuka managed to keep her rage internal.

It was a good thing too, as Misato would have made their lives even more difficult if Shinji had been hurt in the attack. Misato Katsuragi was still unconvinced that Asuka was all she was cracked up to be.

Of course, her opinion was incredibly biased whenever Shinji Ikari was involved.

"Captain Katsuragi," Gendo addressed the chief tactical officer. "You and the pilots have one week to defeat the Angel or we all perish. I believe that you have plans for the future that don't include painful death."

"Understood, sir," Misato saluted.

But while the pressure was now on, Ritsuko would be more willing to use that brilliant brain of hers. And that was something that Misato was counting on.

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Shinji was worried about the looks on the faces of his visitors.

"Is everything all right?" he asked. "Did any of you get hurt in the Angel attack?"

Misato sat on Shinji's bed.

"Only pride, Shin-chan. But we're in trouble: - we need to finish off the Angel in a week or we're going to be in trouble. We only slowed it down because we hit it with an N^2 blast."

Shinji's mind began thinking about the attack. He knew that Unit 02 was powerful, the fight against the aquatic Angel told him that much. "What happened?"

"We were surprised by the Angel fissioning into two separate entities and attacking us together," Rei explained as she edged closer to the bed, hoping to interrupt the purple haired floozy's course of "treatment" for Shinji.

`I have my doubts that Shinji-kun requires this "sexual healing",' Miss Ayanami considered the captain's words from earlier.

"Perhaps you could fight them in a synchronised attack?" Shinji suggested as he felt both of Misato's hands inch their way up his torso.

His words saved his chastity for a moment as they sank in.

"That's my Shin-chan," Misato gushed as she placed the Third Child's head in her ample cleavage. "Always thinking."

Asuka nearly heaved in disgust at the idea of a grown woman fawning over a boy. Especially one as pathetic looking as Shinji.

Ritsuko barged in, having watched Shinji's visitors on the CCTV monitor.

"Misato, this is a hospital, not some sleazy Love Hotel!"

"Says you," Misato shot back.

Ritsuko's indignation masked her embarrassment at the justified accusation from her "old friend".

"He's turning blue, Captain Katsuragi," Asuka pointed out with a smirk.

Misato backed off and blushed as Shinji gasped for air. "Sorry Shin-chan."

Shinji just nodded, not wanting to risk upsetting his friend by speaking in a hoarse whisper.

Ritsuko decided to cut short the visit. "I'm afraid that Shinji needs to get some more rest."

Misato frowned at the doctor, but pouted cutely at "her" Shin-chan. "I'll be back later," she promised with a wink.

"I will also be back to check up on you," Rei stated as she stood up and pull Misato of the bed.

Asuka merely shook her head at the scene in front of her. Though for some reason, she felt that there was something missing from her life. `Perhaps seeing Kaji will make me feel better,' the fiery tempered girl considered.

Deciding that visiting her travelling companion was a good idea, Asuka quietly slipped away.

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On her way to see Kaji, Asuka saw the long haired man talking with Maya.

Intrigued as to why scruffy man would want to speak with the bridge bunny, the pilot hid out of sight to spy on the adults.

"So, you have any plans for the evening?"

Maya managed to not say the first thing that entered her pretty head. Which was a good thing, as Gendo strode by.

The commander of NERV wanted to speak with his son. "Is Shinji in his room?"

"I don't know, sir," Maya answered.

Gendo said nothing as he turned away from Kaji's chatting up of the young lieutenant. He felt the glare of the double agent on his back and nearly smirked.

`Keep up those thoughts and I'll show you why they call me the "Bastard King".'

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To be continued……

Thanks go out to Chi Vayne for pointing out errors that my crappy vision missed.

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PS, Lord The Night Knight - I haven't reviewed the latest chapter of "EVA! PARALLEL REALITY GENESIS" for a reason - the chapter is not complete.

But I still like what I read and you webcomic makes me smile when I get the non Eva references.

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