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Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 12:04 PM
Subject: [FFML] [EVA][RANMA] Alternate Future (part 10)
Hello
Hi!
Well it's fanally done enough to send to you guys. Note that I had to
cut this one
in half becuase it was getting too long. This part is sort of the prelued
to
prelude
the next part. I'll be getting back to the action and the EVA's in part
11.
As always please send C&C, etc, etc, to JLee100441@aol.com
Statis of other stories:
Neko Can't part 3: half way done, but going slowly.
Hope Nodoka finds out sometime...
Alternate Future part 10: Alse half way done.
Looks GREAT!
Evangelion/Jurrasic Park crossover:half way done, however it's going to be
a
long oneshot.
Nodoka's Daughter part 4: Still just started.
Can't wait to see what happens in that one!
Alternate Future is my favorite Ranma/EVA crossover. Now, please bear
with my first attempt at MST/C&C fusion...
A dim theatre, the Joketsuzoku 3 2-plex, with five seemingly 14-year
old seeming girls, each wearing a school uniform identical to that in
Evangelion.
They are:
Gloss: An amazon warrior who pilots JAVA Unit 04.
Saotome Ranma: Formerly the best pilot at LEAF. Pilot of
Unit 01. Another Amazon warrior, absent hot
water!
Tendovski Akane: Pilot of Unit 02, from Saint Petersburg 10.
Technically engaged to Ranma. The reigning
best pilot.
Tendovski Kasumi: A clone of the original. Her artificial
personality didn't turn out quite right. Pilot
of Unit 0.
Tendovski Nabiki: Also from Saint Petersburg 10, pilot of
Unit 03. Technically engaged to Ranma.
And the mysterious 'Voice in the back' who shouts down from the
projection booth.
Voice in back: "Quiet in the auditorium, please! Roll fanfic in 3... 2...
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Voice in back: Don't forget, 72 columns or so, James!
SPOILER WARNING
"Asuka. Asuka darling. Mommy made your favorite," said the
woman holding a doll as if it were her own child. The woman was
sitting in a hospital bed. Across the room Little Asuka watched. She
could hear her father talking with her aunt. Something about the mental
contamination from the test being responsible. Asuka didn't understand
and didn't care, she just wanted her mommy back. Why wouldn't her
mommy talk to her instead of that doll.
"Oh you mustn't complain or else......Wait your not my little
Voice in back: Hmmm... Isn't an ellipsis 3 dots?
Asuka." The woman placed the doll down then looked striaght at Asuka.
Asuka eyes widen. Could this be it? Was mommy getting better?
"There's my little Asuka."
Asuka smiled. Mommy was getting better! Everything was going
to be OK! The woman then pull out an automatic pistol and pointed right
Tendovski Nabiki: Isn't pulled more appropriate, as this is a
flashback/nightmare/whatever?
at the small girl.
"There's my little murderer." (BAM!!) Asuka shot up out of
bed in a cold sweat.
Alternate Future
By: James Lee
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. They belong
to there respectable owners. Suing me will get you nowhere. I
have no money.
Prevous parts can be found at:
http://members.aol.com/JLee100441/page/index.htm
Part 10
Asuka finished her work and looked in the mirror. One could
barely see the bruises from her fight with Nabiki. Fortunately the fight
had
happen just before the weekend, so the bruises had time to heal and
Tendovski Nabiki: You should...
Tendovski Akane (angry): Hey, Nabiki I know the rules, too! It should
be 'happened'.
Tendovski Kasumi: oh my. please don't fight. there are 1,100 people
watching.
Tendovski Nabiki (arched eyebrow): Come ON, Kasumi, do you REALLY
think 1,100 people are going to read this insipid attempt at MST?
fade before Asuka had to go to school again. What little marks were
left only needed a bit of makeup to cover. Taking one last look in the
mirror, Asuka left the bathroom. "Alright Shinji I'm ready let's go."
Grabbing the now stunned Shinji, Asuka made for the door.
She was stopped however when voice yelled out.
"HALT!" the voice continued. "Asuka, come here."
Asuka turned around and walked over to were Misato was
sitting. "What? We're going to be late if we don't leave soon."
"May I ask why you're wearing makeup this morning?"
"It's to cover the bruises."
Misato took a few sniffs and smirked. "Oh? How is the
perfume covering the bruises?"
"Well I umm if I was going to wear makeup I might as well
do a complete job, right?"
"Ah huh, so who are you trying to impress? Hmmm?"
"It's not like that!" Asuka snapped back. "I just don't want to
go to school with a bruised up face."
Misato smiled, seeing some of the old Asuka return. "Wait a
minute, does the school even allow you to wear makeup?"
"I don't know and I don't care. What are they going to do?
Throw me out?" said Asuka as she turned to leave. "Besides, we're
NERV; we're above the law."
Tendovski Nabiki: Much as I hate to admit it, a girl after my own
heart!
Tendovski Akane: Far, far after you heart, I'd guess. You know
Asuka's had a lot of pain in her life...
Tendovski Nabiki: So has this Nabiki! She was the only one to
stand up to her family when they threw Ranma out, now look
what it got her, she gets to watch Ranma fall for someone
else.
Gloss: And what about poor Nodoka? Her son just disappeared,
right after she'd accepted him. Now... he won't even remember
her, if she EVER sees him again...
Tendovski Nabiki: Da, that's what happens when Goddesses
attempt to play God.
Tendovski Akane (laughing): But that's what they're SUPPOSED
to do, baka! They're GODdesses!
Tendovski Nabki (in a small voice): Uh... sorry!
"You know if you get kicked out, that will leave Nabiki all alone
with Ranma." Misato smiled even more as Asuka nearly face faulted
Tendovski Nabiki: Ahhh... one could only hope... but she... he...
seems to have settled on old sourpuss Akane OR old sourpuss Asuka.
You Ranmas are all the same!
Ranma: Hey, nobody's forcin' ME to marry somebody! I still haven't
decided, Nabiki!
Tendovski Akane (steam rising from ears): Hey, WHO did you call
old sourpuss?
Tendovski Nabiki: Put a cork in it, Akane... (laughs) but
then... your head might explode!
at her last statement. *Got ya!*
"Errr..Listen, I could care less what she does! Now I have to
get to school." Asuka turned, grabbed Shinji, and left the apartment.
After she was gone, Misato smirked and picked up the phone.
"Better tell Ritsuko, this could lead to trouble."
*****
Meanwhile at the Akagi ranch:
Nabiki finished with her own makeup job. Like Asuka, she
had no desire to go to school looking like a punching bag. There was
also the attention of a certain someone she wanted to get. Closing her
compact, Nabiki started looking for the right shade of lipstick.
Tendovski Nabiki: You go, girl!
Tendovski Akane: Humpf! Since I'm not even in this story, maybe
I'll root for Asuka!
"What are you doing?"
Nabiki turned to see Rei stepping out of the shower. "I'm looking
for some lipstick to go with my makeup."
"Why are you wearing makeup?"
"It's to cover the bruises. I want to look good going to school."
Nabiki then frowned, looking at Rei. "Umm Rei? Do you want to try
some?"
Rei blinked. "Why would I want to wear makeup?"
Tendovski Kasumi: oh, my. why would she want to paint her
face?
Tendovski Akane: (rolls eyes, then looks thoughtful) Why don't
we wear makeup?
Ranma: I MAY be an Amazon warrior, but I ain't wearing makeup!
*This girl needs some help!* "Wouldn't you like to impress
Shinji?"
Rei looked thoughtful for a moment. "Yes."
**** Spoiler Alert !!! ****
Tendovski Kasumi: oh, my. isn't rei like me? she's
a clone of shinji's mother. I could never love
akane or nabiki in their boy-form...
as a mother or sister, yes. never that way.
Tendovski Akane: But, Kasumi, neither Rei nor Shinji
knows... They might end up having a kid with three
heads due to inbreeding, but...
Tendovski Nabiki: Yeah! THAT'S why Asuka should
get... Shinji!
**** END Spoiler Alert!!! ****
"Come here." Nabiki pulled Rei over to the Mirror. "Sit!"
**** Spoiler Alert !!! ****
Tendovski Kasumi: she treats rei like a dog!
Tendovski Nabiki: No, she treats Rei like a CLONE! (BIG SWEAT)
Sorry, big sister.
Tendovski Kasumi: what?
**** END Spoiler Alert!!! ****
After Rei had sat down. Nabiki walked around her, looking
her over. The first problem Nabiki noticed was that Rei was so pale,
although that was a beauty in itself. "I think we'll start with a LITTLE
blush."
Nabiki applied a light amount of blush to each of Rei's cheeks.
"The idea is to use just enough makeup to look good without going
overboard. OK now for some lipstick."
Rei pointed at a deep red shade of lipstick. Nabiki shook her
head. "No, that one's a little too deep. With your pale skin it will make
you look like a vampire. Let's try this."
Nabiki picked up a much lighter pink shade and applied it to
Rei's lips. Nabiki then noticed the time, she was going to have to cut
this short. She decided to forgo the eye shadow till later, Nabiki went
on to the last thing that could use some improvement. "All right now
your hair."
Nabiki took a brush and started going over Rei's hair. She
then quickly went over it with a comb. The end result looked like
Rei's usual hair style, except that it was now more even and smooth.
Nabiki placed down her brush. "There. What do you think?"
Tendovski Kasumi: a big white bow would be... nice. little sister?
why don't we wear makeup?
Tendovski Nabiki: (thinking) *Is there a time-delay loop
on her BRAIN?* BTW, that's 'put' down the brush.
Rei looked at the mirror for a moment and smiled. Nodding
Nabiki quickly went over her own hair with the brush. "Well, we
better get going. We don't want to keep Shinji waiting now, do we?"
Rei and Nabiki headed to the door were Ranma was waiting.
Ranma blinked when he saw Nabiki.
"Umm you look good Nabiki."
Tendovski Nabiki: If only THIS baka would ever say that!
Ranma: Umm you look good Nabiki. I'm not maryin' you or
nothin'... But you do look good.
Tendovski Akane: RRRRAAAANNNMMAAA!!
Nabiki smiled at him. "Why thank you Ranma."
Tendovski Nabiki: Why thank you, Ranma!
"Nabiki, I want to talk to you." It was Ritsuko. As Nabiki
Tendovski Nabiki: Hey Ritsuko, why do you ALWAYS seem to keep
Nabiki away from Ranma? If I were writing this story I'd bring
Ukyou in in a flash!
Gloss: Please behave yourself, Nabiki. Mister Lee is following
Evangelion canon here and is NOT going to arbitrarily throw out
characters and replace them with others!
walked over to where she was sitting, Ritsuko continued. "Ranma,
Rei, wait outside. It'll only be a minute."
Ranma and Rei nodded and left the apartment. After they
were gone Ritsuko turned to Nabiki.
"So what's up?" Asked the girl.
"Nabiki, you know how important a job we do here right?"
Nabiki nodded. "Yeah, we're saving the world."
Ritsuko looked at her levely. "That's right, and we can't afford
Tendovski Nabiki: 'levelly' is the correct spelling, I believe.
our pilots injuring each other. I don't want to have another incident
like Saturday again. Is that understood?"
Nabiki nodded nervously. Something about way the NERV
doctor was looking at her, told Nabiki that Ritsuko didn't trust her.
Tendovski Nabkiki: Da, the NERV of that doctor, get it!
Tendovski Akane: Pullease!
*She must think I'm up to something. Wonder if she'd believe me if
I told her the truth. Nahh, She'd probably throw me in the loony
bin.* "Will I better get going now. Can't keep Ranma and Rei
Tendovski Nabiki: We KNOW that Ranma wasn't born in this world,
I wonder if there was a Tendou Nabiki, hmm?
Also, please use 'Well' instead of 'Will'.
waiting."
Ritsuko nodded.
*****
Nabiki, Ranma, and Rei walked along to school. As usual
Ranma walked along the fence, while Nabiki and Rei walked on the
sidewalk. Ranma looked down at Nabiki.
"Hey Nabiki, what did Ritsuko want?"
"She wanted to chew me out for that fight me and Asuka had.
Guess I went a little too far."
"I have to agree. What were you two fighting about anyway."
Ranma: Hey, if I ask a question, don't forget the question
mark!
Gloss (beaming): Very good, dear. Punctuation is very
important!
"I don't know, she just sort of started it. She was acting like
I was interfering with something."
"Hmmm. Asuka's very competitive. From what I know, she's
always wanted be the best at everything, especially piloting. For the
past few weeks I've been trying to make Asuka a better team player.
However, I think she might see you as more unwanted competition."
*More than you know Ranma.* thought Nabiki.
"Strange though, she hasn't really been so aggressive since...."
Ranma frowned. This wasn't lost on Nabiki.
"Since what, Ranma?"
"Umm Nothing, don't worry about it."
"Oh." A smirk then came to Nabiki face. "You know Ranma,
Tendovski Nabiki: 'Nabiki's' it's a possessive.
we could have been fighting over you."
"Urk!" Ranma nearly fell from the fence. "W-What!?"
"I'm just kidding Ranma." Nabiki smiled. *Still the same old
Ranma. As clueless as ever.* "You know though, I wouldn't mind
having a boyfriend like you."
Tendovski Nabiki (looks at Ranma): You know, I wouldn't
mind a boyfriend... girlfrined... whatever like you.
Ranma: Hey, nobody's...
Tendovski Nabiki: Sheesh, you Ranmas are all the same!
"Ahh yeah right." replied Ranma. *They were fighting over me?
No, that couldn't be right. Could it?* Ranma then notice Asuka and
Shinji approaching them.
"R-Rei/Wondergirl?" said both Shinji and Asuka at the same
time. To see Asuka in makeup was one thing. To also see Rei was a
little too much for Shinji. Rei walked up to him.
"What do you think?" Shinji finally founding his brain and
reinserting it replied. "Umm you look very nice Rei."
Voice in back: Perhaps this needs to be rephrased. 'Founding'
sounds REALLY odd in this case, as does 'reinserting'.
Try 'found' and 'reinserted'.
Then: 'before replying' instead of 'replied'.
"Thank you Shinji-kun."
Ranma looked wide eyed. Nabiki and Rei weren't the only
ones wearing makeup. *Boy, she looks cute. Maybe, no. She's probably
wearing it to cover the bruises, yeah.* "You look good too Asuka."
"Danke, Ranma." said Asuka as she climbed onto the fence,
Tendovski Akane (sticking tongue out at Nabiki): Hooray, score
one for Asuka! Too bad there aren't any fences like that in
Joketsuzoku 3.
Tendovski Nabiki: Too bad there aren't CANALS like in canon
Ranma. How long would YOUR uniform last, 'AYUMI'?
with a little better balance than the other day.
*Hey!* Nabiki was about to shout out, but decided not to. It
would only start another fight. *Ranma wouldn't like that.* Besides
there were some other things she had to think about, namely restarting
her businesses. Not that this would be much of a problem. After all
if this Kensuki was the best they had, Nabiki was sure she could be
running the school by the end of the week. Still, there was no need to
be as vicious as she used to be. This was a chance to start over, and
Nabiki was going to use for all it was worth.
"So Nabiki, did you sync test with the EVAs yesterday?"
asked Shinji.
"Umm yeah, with two of them anyway. They weren't doing
test with the purple one." The others nodded their heads.
Tendovski Akane: As if I would ever let you sit in MY unit 2!
Gloss: In canon EVA, your unit 2 is unit 1, Ranma's unit 1 is
Unit 2 in canon!
Tendovski Nabiki: Hey, Unit 3 could use some really big
cannon!
Tendovski Kasumi: zero is still zero.
"So how did you do?" asked Ranma.
"Well I did OK on the black one, unit 03. But the red one
Tendovski Nabiki (beaming): Of course, MY JAVA, I mean EVA!
Unit 3 and Nabiki... what a team.
Tendovski Akane: Except against Ranma!
rejected me for some reason." The others stopped and looked at her.
**** Spoiler Alert ****
Gloss: In canon EVA, I know that Asuka's mother's mind is in Unit 2
somehow. It seems she is looking after her daughter's best interests
(sighs) A clever idea, Mister Lee!
**** END SPOILER ALERT ****
All but Asuka, seemed a little concerned. "What?"
"What happen when it rejected you?"
"Umm nothing. The just sat there and did nothing. Why you
ask?"
"At least it didn't go berserk and put you in the hospital, like
unit 00 did with Rei."
Tendovski Kasumi: actually, it was the ejection of the entry
plug indoors which caused my injury.
Tendovski Akane: Actually, this is a chicken and egg problem,
Kasumi.
Tendovski Kasumi: (blink)
"You mean when that Angel possessed it?"
"I believe Shinji is referring to the accident that happen before
the Angels arrived."
Nabiki's eyes widen "You mean that's has happened before?"
Tendovski Nabiki: 'widened'. Usually, past tense is for
appropriate for third person prose.
Asuka smirked. *The nerve of them, putting her in my EVA!* "Yup,
twice before in fact. Sent Shinji to the infirmary too. But I wouldn't
worry,
it
only seemed to happen with unit 00. That is unless you count all the times
unit
01 went crazy during combat."
Nabiki just looked her. *Oh the wonders of my new job."
*****
"So what sort of things do you like to do Rei?" asked Nabiki.
Although this had nothing to with her current quest, Nabiki felt that the
pale girl was in desperate need of some more friends. Thus she decided to
get to know the girl better. Nabiki notice that most of the students
Tendovski Nabiki: noticed
were looking at them. *Is it because we're talking or is it the make-up?*
Nabiki smirked as she remembered how half the class had almost
collapsed when Rei came in. She loved getting people to react like
that.
"I like to read." said Rei as she looked at Nabiki. Why was
she asking all these questions. Was she trying to be friends. Rei wasn't
quite sure how to act. Besides Shinji, this was the first person who
had tried to get to know her.
"Oh really, what's your favorite book so far?"
"Sun-Tsu's 'The Art of War'."
"Did you all get that?" Nabiki yelled over her shoulder. She
smiled as she heard the other students scramble to look like they
weren't eavesdropping. "That's a very good book. I'm rather fond of it
myself. It's very useful for business...."
Voice in back: Rei and Nabiki, who'da thunk it? Excellent choice
for a common interest in a book, James!
Hikari looked over at Asuka, she was a little concerned. Asuka
looked better than she had last week, but still seemed preoccupied
with something. Asuka still refused to talk about what was bothering
Tendovski Nabiki: Asuka, Asuka, Asuka! Two sentences in a row
starting with Asuka grates a bit (try to rephrase)
her. *Oh well, I guess she'll tell me when she's good and ready.*
Digging into her bag, Hikari then noticed that she didn't have anything
to write with. She tapped Asuka on the shoulder.
"Asuka, do you have pen or pencil I can borrow?"
"Hmm..Oh yeah there should be one in my bag." said Asuka
before she returned to looking at Ranma. This wasn't lost on Hikari,
she was pretty sure now that whatever was bothering Asuka, Ranma
had something to do with it. Hikari picked up Asuka's bag. Looking
inside, Hikari gasped.
"Asuka! What are you doing carrying a gmrph....."
"Shhhhhh!" said Asuka as she slapped her hand over the girls
mouth. *Damn! Damn! Damn! Damn! You stupid idiot, you couldn't
even keep it secret for forty-eight hours. O-o Misato's going to be
Tendovski Nabiki (laughing uproariously): WHAT AN IDIOT!
Tendovski Akane: Nabiki, that's really nasty of you!
Gloss: Yes, Nabiki, you should be ashamed.
Tendovski Nabiki: Nobody even knows about the gun I carry!
Gloss, Tendovski Akane, Ranma: A GUN!!!
Tendovski Kasumi: oh, my. please be nice to nabiki.
pissed!* Asuka looked over at the other students. Fortunately, the
students had returned their attention to Nabiki and Rei. "Listen you
didn't see that OK. I-I'll tell you about it at lunch."
Tendovski Nabiki: (still laughing): Here's a shovel,
wanna dig that hole deeper?
Tendovski Kasumi: oh, my. little sister, you carry a gun to school?
oh, my!
Hikari nodded. She was going to get some answers now, no
matter what. As class president, the class's safety was very important
to her. Why was Asuka carrying a gun? Were the other pilots also
packing? Just what happened? She'd find out soon enough.
Tendovski Nabiki: No, just Asuka's packing. She's been transferred
back to Germany!
Tendovski Akane: Give it a rest, Nabiki.
*****
"And that's what happened. Now we have to carry these where
ever we go. No one is supposed to know about them; so please keep
Voice in back: Wherever is one word... unless of course it's two!
quiet about the guns." said Asuka as she finished her tale. Hikari looked
a
bit pale, but nodded.
"That's horrible, you and Ranma are both lucky."
"If you say so."
"Of course you are. Who knows what those men were going
to do to you."
"I-It's just...Well it's weird. I mean this guy is trying to take me
away to kill me or rape me or whatever and I killed him. But I feel
so awful about it. I mean I-I feel like I'm some sort of evil monster
and I-I don't know why. A-Am I evil, Hikari?" said Asuka as tears
Gloss: Man or Angel, what is the difference? Both were living,
sentient, beings who sought to kill or harm you. You sought to
protect yourself. No more. No less.
Tendovski Nabiki: Kind of like zoomorphs, neh?
started comimg down her cheeks.
Hikari hugged her friend. "Of course you're not evil. If you were
you wouldn't feel so bad about it. And you wouldn't have such good friends
like: Misato, Shinji, Kaj..."
Tendovski Nabiki: Uh oh! She used the 'K' word!
"DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM!!" Hikari yelped as Asuka
snapped at her. *What's that about?* Usually Asuka loved to talk
about Kaji.
"I-I'm sorry Hikari," Asuka said with a sigh. She hadn't told
Hikari about Kaji's roll in the ambush. "I just don't want to talk about
Voice in back: 'roll' in this case is 'role'.
him right now."
"What did he find some new girl or something?"
"Um yeah something like that..."
"Well at least you still have Ranma."
"W-What!?"
"I think this proves Ranma really cares for you."
"You don't really think so, umm do you? B-Besides what's so
special. I-I mean he's always doing stup...ah stuff like that!"
Voice in back: Question mark for the question!
Hikari smirked, she knew Asuka liked him. "Well Asuka, I
for one wouldn't mind having guy risk his life for me. It's so romantic."
*Yeah, being drenched in their blood, very romantic.* thought
Asuka sarcastically. "Hikari, it's just....just that...never mind."
Hikari got up to go back to the classroom. "But seriously
Asuka, I really think Ranma cares for you. It couldn't hurt for maybe
you to care for him."
Asuka watched Hikari go. She then looked down at her
uneaten lunch sadly. *But everyone I care for either gets hurt or
betrays me.*
*****
A week later:
"I can't believe you got me doing this, Ritsuko!" said Misato
as she picked the box's lock. The black metal safe box was Nabiki's
and had private written all over it. Ritsuko had found the box a few
days ago and wanted to know what was inside. After much prodding,
she was able to convince Misato to open it for her. "So you still think
Nabiki's some sort of spy."
Voice in back: ? for question.
"What does a fifteen year old girl need to lock in a box?"
"Her diary, bad grades, jewelry." Truth be told Misato also
wanted to know what the girl was hiding. She was always looking for
something juicy she could use to tease the pilots. She didn't however,
buy into this great conspiracy plot that Ritsuko was coming up with.
"In a heavy duty fire proof safe box?"
"Well maybe she's obsessed with security, sort of like a certain
doctor I know."
"And what reason does she have for that, huh!?"
Misato deadpanned. She looked down at her lock picking,
then back up at Ritsuko. "Gee I don't know Dr. Akagi. It isn't like
someone's breaking into her stuff."
"O_o just open the damn box!" Misato returned to her work
and with a click the box was open. "OK let's see what's inside."
Tendovski Nabiki: It is my duty to ask, in my role as a
protector of Nabiki's everywhere, if Nabiki will discover
that the box has been tampered with?
"See! She's got photos of Ranma in there."
Misato sweatdropped. "Umm Ritsuko, if that's your idea of
incriminating evidence, you could have taken the one off her dresser."
Ritsuko glared at Misato. "What else is in there?"
Misato took out a rather thick envelope and opened it. She
was surprised to find even more photographs, these of various people.
Misato's eyes widen finding herself among them. She noticed a piece
of paper. "Hello?"
"What's that?" asked Ritsuko as she looked at the photos of
classmates and NERV personnel. Like Misato, she was a little surprise
to see her own photo in there.
"Looks like some sort of invoice."
Shinji 1 Rei
Toji 1 Misato, 2 Pigtailed Girl
Kensuki 3 Misato, 1 each EVA
Voice in back: Good one, James!
Hyuga 2 Misato
Rei 1 Shinji, 1 Gendo
Aoba 2 Maya
Maya 1 Ritsuko
Hikari 1 Toji
"What could it mean?"
"I think she's selling these." said Misato as she looked at the
list of numbers next to each name.(1) She then took out another
envelope. This one was red and had "Not to be used!" written
on it. Her eyes bulged at seeing what was within. "What the hell!?"
Ritsuko looked over Misato's shoulder at the photo of the
Major in her underwear. "Honestly Misato, have you no modesty!?"
"Hey! I don't know how she got that all right!" Yelled Misato
as she looked at the other photos of girls in various stages of undressed.
She then smirked as she came to the last one. "You know Ritsuko,
maybe you should put some clothes on before you go to sleep."
Ritsuko growled, looking at herself sleeping naked. "Why that
little bitch! When did she get that!?"
"Judging from your wet hair, I'd say just after you got out of
the shower."
"Grrrrr! What else is in there?"
Misato took out a book. Thumbing through the pages, she
could see it was a listing of various sporting events and bets taken
for each one. "Looks like she's a bookie too."
Ritsuko looked through the book as Misato took out another
book. This one listed the names of several students and how much
they owed Nabiki. "My what busy little beaver. Running a loan business
Voice in back: 'a busy little..." Plus, consider the implications
of 'beaver' in this context, James... But then, it IS Misato
who's talking...
Gloss, Akane, Nabiki, and Ranma: HENTAI!
Voice in back: Sorry, 'girls', SOMEBODY'S gotta notice things
like that...
as well."
"You know what this means?"
"Yep, absolutely nothing!" Ritsuko glared at Misato.
(1) I didn't include the prices in order to avoid the incredible amount
of spam mail I would get. Most of it being: "Misato's worth more than
that!" and "Maya isn't worth that much!"
*****
"I mean it's like she's now running the school Mafia. She's selling
pictures, placing bets, running a loan business. That isn't normal for a
child." said Ritsuko over dinner, as Gendo listened.
"Well our pilots aren't exactly normal now. Are they?" Ritsuko
frowned as the commander continued. "It isn't really that unusual.
Every school seems to at least one class bookie. I remember a girl like
that when I went to high school. She was even selling her best friend
Tendovski Nabiki: Don't tell me, Gendo went to Furinkan. (shudder)
Voice in back: But it would be an interesting plot twist...
as a devil hunter for hire..."
"But what about her interest in Ranma. I'm sure she knows
Voice in back: That's a question...
more about him than she's letting on." Gendo looked up. Ritsuko could
tell that he wasn't taking this seriously.
"Have you found anything of a sensitive matter in her possession?"
*Yes, pictures of me naked!!* thought Ritsuko before reluctantly
shaking her head no. Gendo went back to eating his dinner. "All right,
I'll have NERV security keep an extra close eye on pilot Tendo. Will
this make you feel better?"
Ritsuko nodded her head. Gendo continued. "Now, for the
reason I called you here. I've decided to close down the dummy plug
program."
Voice in back: And so, a new course is set. Where will it lead?
Perhaps ther IS a shred of humanity in THIS Gendo...
Thanks, James.
"YOUR WHAT!" shouted Ritsuko, as she practically jumped
out of her chair. Noticing the other people in the cafeteria below looking
at her, Ritsuko quickly sat back down. "I-I don't understand sir.
W-Why?"
Gendo took a deep breath. "There was an American movie
that came out sometime before second impact. I can't remember the
name of the movie. I think it was Sun Down to Sun Rise or something
like that. It was really just a horror picture, but in it one of the
characters
said something."
"He said there comes a time in every mans life (be he a Christian
priest, a Jewish rabbi, or a Buddhist monk) when he stops and ask
himself: 'Have I been a fool?'" Gendo looked up again. "Well have I
been? Do I have more right to play god than SEELE or anyone
else?"
"But sir if we don't stop the Angels, we'll all die..."
"Ohh I agree. The Angels must be stopped. I'm just not so sure
that man's future is in the HIP."
Voice in back: CERTAIN people will be VERY upset...
Certain VERY POWERFUL people.
Ritsuko could only shake her head. "Yes sir, but...I mean...
This is so sudden. To just up and stop over fifteen years of research."
"Yes I know, but we both know what SEELE's plans for the
HIP are. Maybe it's for the best, we not try to play their game. The
research is still very useful." Gendo looked at the cafeteria. They were
seated at the commanders personal table position high above the rest
Voice in back: "commander's" posessive...
of the cafeteria, to reduce eve's dropping. He then lowered his voice.
Tendovski Nabiki: 'Eavesdropping', I'm an expert on that word, for
some reason.
"I just think that now we should put all our efforts into stopping the
Angels AND SEELE. Will you help me?"
Ritsuko looked at the man she thought she knew. Part her was
screaming at how wrong this all was. That her life's work, the work
that her mother died for, was being destroyed. Another part of her
however, knew that the commander was right. Slowly Ritsuko nodded
her head. "What about Rei?"
"What about her?" said Gendo looking back down at the
cafeteria. Ritsuko moved to see what he looking at. She noticed Shinji
helping Rei to sit down. "I see. Does he know?"
"No he doesn't."
"You know he's going to have to find out sooner or later."
"I know." said Gendo with a concerned look on his face. "But
not now, it's too soon."
Tendovski Nabiki: Perhaps there's a glimmer of hope for at least
ONE Nabiki.
Ranma: Like I said Nabiki, I still haven't...
*****
"YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"
Ritsuko shot up in bed at the sound of the scream. *That was
Ranma!* Jumping out of bed, Ritsuko rushed into the hallway. She
could see Nabiki and Rei were also up and looking around. "Where's
Ranma!?"
"I think he was taking a bath.."
Ritsuko and the others burst into the bathroom. They found
Ranma-chan on the floor shaking with a panic look on her face. Ritsuko
walked up to her.
"Ranma what's wrong!?"
"I-I'm B-Bleeding!"
Ritsuko immediately started looking Ranma over. "Bleeding?
Where? Where are you bleeding, Ranma?"
"D-D-Down...." Ranma-chan couldn't even finish. She could
only point down between her legs. Ritsuko looked down and realized
what was happening. She turned to the other two girls. Rei was blinking,
but Nabiki seemed to get the idea. *Looks like we're going to have to
explain the facts of life to her.* Sitting Ranma up, Ritsuko started
Ranma: Heck, what's wrong with having a period? They aren't fun,
but I got used to 'em.
explaining
what was happening to her and why. Needless to say it was a long
morning for all involved.
*****
"I don't believe it. Asuka syncograph is almost down to 12.8.
That barely enough to start the EVA. Also Ranma-chan's sync rate is
down to 34%. Are our pilots losing their ability to pilot Ma'am?" asked
Maya, looking at the sync readings on her screen.
"I don't know, but we better find out what it is soon. I don't
know if we can replace both of them." replied Ritsuko, looking at the
same screen. Nabiki was the only replacement pilot available currently
What was worse, was that Nabiki couldn't sync with unit 02. *I guess
we could use Rei.* thought Ritsuko, but that wasn't the best solution.
Rei was still going to be out of action for at least another two weeks,
if not permanently.
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Asuka's having
her period." Misato suggested. "Isn't Ranma-chan having her period
too?"
"Their periods don't have anything to do with this. Synchroni-
zation is fully mental. This is something else. Besides, that doesn't
explain why Ranma-kun's readings are still up." *Granted they were a
little low today.*
"Well a girl's first period can be emotionally stressful. Maybe
this plus all stuff that's been happening in the past few months is
finally
effecting Asuka."
Voice in back: 'affecting' is probably the word to use here.
"Just the knowledge that she's even having a period, is probably
enough to mentally upset Ranma-chan. As for Ranma-kun, maybe the
reassurance of being male gives Ranma the emotional boost he needs
to maintain his sync ratio."
Ritsuko blinked, it sometimes surprised her how logical Misato
could be. "Umm you may have something there. Still, we have to do
something quick. We can make sure Ranma is male when he's piloting.
However, Nabiki still can't sync with unit 02 for some reason. We
may have to use someone else.."
"Your not thinking of using Rei, are you!?"
"Only as a last resort. She's nowhere near combat ready yet."
*If she ever well be.*
Tendovski Nabiki: Sorry about this, big sister, but... There's
plenty more where she came from!
Also, don't forget to use 'will' instead of 'well'.
*****
The next morning Nabiki, Ranma, Hikari and Asuka were
walking to school. Shinji and Rei had gone on ahead of the others,
while Hikari had joined them. As they walked, Hikari felt that there
was definitely something wrong. For one thing neither Ranma or Asuka
were walking on the fence, both were walking on the sidewalk.
In the past weeks, Hikari had gotten used to seeing one or
both of them on the fence. Asuka had even tried to get her up there,
but she refused. Hikari didn't like the idea of someone possibly looking
up her skirt. Of course the one time that Kensuki had tried such a
thing, he ended up having comet Asuka crashing down on Planet Head,
exterminating all life.
Voice in back: Good one! But was there any INTELLIGENT life in
there to begin with?
The next thing that Hikari noticed was their attitude. Both were
tense for some reason. *Well the only way I'm going to find out what's
going on is by asking.*
"Asuka is there something wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong, Hikari. I've just been having a bad
week at headquarters. OK!?"
"Oh. All right." Hikari knew not to go any deeper. When Asuka
mentioned headquarters, it was either something she wouldn't talk about
or couldn't. Hikari decided to ask something else. "So what's up with
Ranma-kun? He seems on edge this morning."
"Ranma defiantly doesn't want to talk about it!" said the boy
in the lead. Hikari notice Asuka turn an unhealthy shade of red,
apparently
Asuka was on a short fuse today. *I hope they don't hate each other
now.*
"She just asking a question Ranma, you don't have to be rude!"
"Well excuse m...."(Splash!) Ranma was cut off when a passing
truck hit a puddle of water, soaking him. As Ranma sputtered, Hikari
noticed something different about him. He suddenly seemed slightly
smaller and his hair had become a bright red color. *R-Red!?*
"Damnit! Someone's going to pay for this!" yelled the redhead.
Asuka sneered. "Don't worry Ranma. I'm sure NERV will
send a gunship out to blow away the delivery truck."
Voice in back: Good one! Best joke in the whole story!
"You can be so uncute, sometimes!"
Asuka growled. "What did you say!?"
Then Nabiki decided to speak up. "Umm guys?"
"WHAT!?" yelled both Ranma and Asuka at the same time.
Nabiki pointed behind them. "Does she ahh know?"
"Huh?" Both Ranma and Asuka turned around. "Oh shit!"
"H-Hikari!" Asuka walked up to her. "Umm we can explain
really!....umm Hikari?"
Ranma walked up and waved her hand in front of Hikari's face.
Getting no response, Ranma lightly tapped her on the forehead. Hikari's
eyes then rolled into her head and she fall backwards to the ground.
"HIKARI!!"
Hikari felt a cold dampness on her forehead. Slowly opening
her eyes, she saw three figures looking over her. As her eyes focused,
she could make out the figures to be Asuka, Dr. Akagi, and Ranma.
*RANMA!!*
"RANMA!" yelled Hikari, as she shot up and looked the slightly
damp boy up and down. "YOU'RE..YOU'RE A....a....boy?"
"Ahh yes I really am Hikari." said a very nervous Ranma.
Asuka then moved closer. "Umm Hikari, we really can explain!"
"It was a dream!" said Hikari with no small amount of relief.
"You see...what?"
Hikari laid back down. "Oh Asuka. I had the most horrible
nightmare. I dreamt that Ranma turned into that AWFUL pig-tailed
girl."
"heh, Imagine that! Me turning into a girl!" Ranma nervously
laughed. The others quickly joined in. Asuka placed her hand on
Hikari's shoulder.
"Are you okay Hikari? We were worried about you. You sort
of just...passed out in the middle of the street."
"I did?" asked Hikari. She then started laughing too. "You
know what's really funny."
"W-What?" asked Asuka.
"If what I dreamed was really true. Then that would mean that
Toji's been spending all this time lusting over a boy." Hikari finish with
a
burst of laughter.
Ranma deadpan. "Yeah hilarious."
Voice in back: Perhaps: 'Ranma deadpanned' AFTER the
quote?
Suddenly a buzzing alarm filled the room. Hikari looked up.
She had never heard an alarm quit like this one.
"What's that? A fire alarm."
"No, it's an Angel attack! Ranma, Asuka, get to the cages!"
Both Ranma and Asuka nodded and ran to the door.
"An Angel attack?" asked Hikari as she got out of bed. *shouldn't
there be sirens?* Ritsuko turned to her.
"Where are you going?"
"To the shelter. Umm...where is the shelter?"
"This is NERV Headquarters, you can't leave the room. Don't
worry you should be safe here. If you do need to be moved to a
shelter, the nurse will come and get you. Stay here."
That said Ritsuko left the room, locking the door behind her.
Hikari could only sit on the bed. Although somewhere in the back of
her mind, she did wonder why Ranma and Asuka had taken her to
NERV Headquarters of all places.
To be continued.
Next:
All the other stuff that I said would be happening in this chapter will
happening in the next chapter. Sorry!
Voice in back: Thank you James, As always, entertaining and well done!
Tendovski Nabiki: PLEASE don't forget Nabiki!
Tendovski Akane: PLEASE don't forget about Asuka (sticks tongue out
at sister)
Lights come on, and the girls file out.
Guess I'll have to drag out my OLD sig...
Kevin D. Hammel
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"For St. Petersburg 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,
10, and the Motherland!" Tendovski Akane
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