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	During a bright Saturday morning, Dema-fa was fixing a stack of blueberry 
pancakes.  As he was fixing the food, he kept glancing out a window.

	"A good day for a run," he muttered to himself.

	He looked over his shoulder, when he noticed a shadow on the wall.

	"Morning, Misato," Dema-fa cheerfully said.  "I was thinking about making 
split-pea soup.  But considering the condition you went to bed last night, I 
thought better of it."

	Misato grabbed her head in pain and put one hand over her mouth as she 
rushed to the bathroom.  Dema-fa's voice was a bit louder than normal and 
the soup comment made her ill.  Shaking his head in bemusement, Dema-fa 
flipped the last of the pancakes onto the serving plate.

	"Do you always have to tease Misato like that?"  Shinji asked, as he came 
out of his room and witnessing that scene.

	"Nah. I just like to," Dema-fa replied. "Well, I've already eaten.  So, I'm 
going to go out for a run.  See you when you get back from your trip"

	Shinji looked up startled.

	"You're not going with us?"

	Dema-fa shrugged, "I've been on ships before.  Take along a couple of your 
other friends.  I'm sure they'd appreciate the experience.  Besides, I don't 
think Misato has completely forgiven me for that Jet Alone incident."

	"What was going through your mind when you swung that stick at that 
general?"  Shinji asked. "I can't believe you did that."

	"Life," Dema-fa replied, as he opened the door and left.

	"Life?  What did he mean by that?"  Shinji asked Pen-Pen.

	The penguin snatched a pancake and flipped it up with his beak.  Shinji 
shrugged and started eating as well.  A few seconds later Misato came out of 
the bathroom.  After Shinji related his conversation, Misato felt a relieved 
that she wouldn't have to deal with Mr. Lecher.  She was curious about the 
answer that he had given Shinji, though.  Shrugging it off, she asked the 
first child which of his two classmates he would like to take with him.
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	Dema-fa jogged through the streets for about an hour.  After he was sure 
that no one was around, he jumped up on top of a short telephone pole.  From 
there he started bouncing off of rooftops, the tops of telephone poles, and 
the occasional overpass.  A few times he thrust his fingers into the side of 
a building and just hung there.  Satisfied that he could stay up by sheer 
strength alone, he pushed off and continued on his way.

	"Ah.  Nothing so good as a light workout,"  Dema-fa said as the wind 
whipped through his hair. "Hey, there's Rei.  I wonder if I can spook her 
just by my presence?"

	Dema-fa stopped his jog and watched the blue-haired girl.  His fingers had 
poked a handhold in the side of the building he was on.  He noticed that he 
was in a run down section of Tokyo-3 and wondered what Rei was doing here.  
Before he could come to any conclusions, motion caught his eye.  Looking 
closely he noticed that there was a team of five men dressed in casual 
clothing.  His experience and instincts told him this was a team of 
professionals and that their target was Rei.  The five men stepped out of 
their respective areas and surrounded Rei.

	Dema-fa sighed heavily, "An espionage attempt against a fourteen year-old 
girl?  Kidnappers, I suppose. Oh well.  I'd better get down there."

	Dema-fa pushed off the wall with his left hand and dropped to the street.  
He angled his descent so that he would ;land on top of one of the 
kidnappers.  The man that he had target to break his landing crumpled to the 
ground with several crunching sounds.  He lay very still.  His back and neck 
broken.  Surprised, the other four men were caught off guard when Dema-fa 
picked up the dead body and threw it at them.

	*If it was just me, I would kill them.  But, since Rei is their target, 
I've got to get her out of here,* Dema-fa thought as he picked Rei up and 
slung her across his shoulder like a sack of grain.

	"What are you doing?" Rei asked in her monotone voice.

	"I'm getting you out of here,"  Dema-fa replied. "Here we go."

	Foregoing any attempts at subtlety, he leaped up to a single story house 
and ran along the roof.  After leaping to other buildings and getting some 
distance between them and the kidnappers, Dema-fa stopped underneath a 
railroad overpass.

	"I think we lost them," Dema-fa said.

"How did you know that they would be there?"

	Dema-fa shrugged as he replied, "I didn't.  I was out for my weekly jog, 
when I saw you.  By the way, what were you doing in that part of town?"

	"I live there.  It is where Commander Ikari said I should stay when I am 
not needed to be a pilot."

Dema-fa looked straight at Rei and asked, "You live in a slum?  What kind of 
security does that offer you?  You could be killed, raped, beaten, or 
whatever."

	Turning away from the intense gaze, Rei replied, "It is where Commander 
Ikari has said I should live."

	"Well, I'm not Ikari.  I'm going to take you to a place that is a bit 
safer.  We'll get your things later."

	 Rei kept her face turned away from Dema-fa as she blushed a bit at his 
concern for her welfare.

	"Where are we going?"

	Dema-fa sighed as he gazed into space, "I only know of one place that I 
have access to.  I'll contact Gendo from there."

	Dema-fa picked Rei up with both hands.  Rei wrapped her arms around his 
neck as she settled into position.  After making sure she was secure, 
Dema-fa leaped to a building and started his journey.  He noticed that Rei's 
heart was beating a bit fast as they jumped from building to building.  A 
memory of another fast heartbeat came to Dema-fa at that point.

	"Easy, little rabbit.  We'll be there soon," Dema-fa said to Rei in a 
consoling voice.

	*Little rabbit?  Where did that come from?*  Rei asked herself as she 
snuggled closer to Dema-fa.

	About an hour later, Dema-fa and Rei were standing before a mansion on a 
hill.  Dema-fa set Rei back on her feet before he opened the door to the old 
house. Acting like an usher, he waved Rei inside.

	"Welcome to your new home,"  Dema-fa said. *It's been a while since I've 
been here.*

	The blue-haired girl walked into the house and looked around.  She was 
about to remove her shoes, when Dema-fa stopped her.

	"Keep your shoes on. There's some broken glass that hasn't been cleaned up 
yet."

	The two walked through the mansion.  One bizarre statue in the library 
caught Rei's attention.  It looked like a demon's head.  Yet the center of 
it had been hollowed out.  Looking through the mouth of the statue, she 
could see the table through a hole in the bottom of the statue.   For some 
reason, the statue and being in the very house made Rei very nervous and 
uncomfortable.

	"Well I'd better let Gendo know what's happened." Dema-fa said, as he 
played with a small brown book.

	"You will not be able to make a call from here.  The phone lines are 
monitored and you will be disconnected the minute you call."

	"Oh, I'm quite sure the message will get to him," he replied as he started 
dialing the number.

	After hearing the phone line pick up, Dema-fa yelled, "Yo, Genny!  I 
thought you might like to know that some nitwits tried to kidnap Rei.  I'll 
call back in an hour to let you know where we are!  Or, you can call me with 
you number tracking abilities!  If you have them!"

	Dema-fa hung up the phone and looked at Rei who had her hands over her 
ears.  Chuckling slightly, he motioned for Rei to sit down.  After they both 
had taken chairs, Dema-fa struck up a conversation.


	"Do you think I was to loud?"

	"I do not know.  Your yelling hurt my ears and that is why I covered them," 
  Rei responded.

	Dema-fa stared at Rei for a bit before observing, "You really aren't one 
for conversations are you?  Oh well."

	Dema-fa lapsed into silence and read from the small book he had in his 
hand.  Rei kept looking around the library and shuddered.  The atmosphere in 
the house was becoming oppressive.

	To try and fight her nervousness, Rei asked, "How come you are certain this 
house is safe?"

	Startled, Dema-fa looked up.  Examining Rei's face, he saw a bit of fear 
etched into her features.  He set the book down and talked to Rei.

	*Looks like Ryo's old house is getting to you,* Dema-fa thought as he 
replied, "This house has a wall around it.  Not a wall of steel or stone, 
but of fear.  This building radiates fear from it, keeping people far away."

	"Fear?  How can a house generate fear?"

	"Something happened here long ago and the house picked up on the aura of 
fear and cruelty," Dema-fa answered. *And of course, around fifty dead 
demons in the basement don't help matters any.  Ryo and I really should have 
found a way to clean that mess up instead of just sealing the basement up.*

	Dema-fa looked towards the demon's head statue and let out a long breath.  
He shook his head and turned his attention back to Rei.  The blue-haired 
girl shuddered as she wondered what the significance of the statue was.

	Trying to keep the conversation going so she wouldn't be nervous, Rei 
asked, "Why are you here?  You helped us with the Jet Alone problem, but..."

	"I am here to try and save humanity.  Although at times, I wonder if I 
should.  I have the means to stop a Third Impact cold.  I'm going to trust 
you in keeping that quiet even from Gendo Ikari."

	An unfamiliar feeling of shock stole over Rei, as she asked, "You can stop 
a Third Impact?  How?"

	Smirking slightly, the young man replied, "It's who I am and what I am that 
allows me to do something like that.  Hmmm.  I think I'll pester Gendo 
again."


	Dema-fa picked up the phone once more and started dialing.  As he dialed, 
he reminisced about the past as he flipped the pages of the brown book back 
and forth.

	*If it wasn't for Kozo Fuyutsuki of Gehirn, I would never have know about 
Seele and the truth behind the Second Impact.  It is a real good thing that 
I got Mr. Asuka's diary back from him.  He was a smart person and I will 
miss him.  Just by the plan that Ryo's father had written in here, he was 
able to figure out who I was and what I became.  I am surprised that he 
accepted that I was half-demon and that he wanted me to act as a second 
fail-safe against Seele.  Oh well.  At least I'm having fun.  I have all 
these stuck up people that I can annoy.*

	After the other end of the phone line picked up, Dema-fa yelled into the 
phone, "I'm still waiting for you guys to call back!  Come on, Genny!  I 
know you want to know where Rei is!"

	Dema-fa smirked as he saw that Rei had covered her ears again. He quickly 
hung up the phone and stared at a wall.

	"I think Gendo should be calling soon," he speculated.

To verify the statement, the phone started ringing.

	"Hi, Genny,"  Dema-fa said, as he picked up the phone.  "I would tell you 
where I am at, but you wouldn't believe me anyway.  So, I'll just leave the 
phone line open and your agents can trace this call."

	Dema-fa heard a growl come from the other end of the phone.  After a few 
seconds, Gendo  asked, "What do you mean that someone tried to kidnap Rei?"

	"A five man team was either going to kill Rei or kidnap her.  I just 
happened by on my weekly jog and rescued her.  And before you ask, I don't 
know who they were.   You might want to send someone to pack Rei's 
belongings and bring them here.  There's plenty of room.  We could have Rei, 
myself, Shinji, Misato, and the walking dinner platter in here and still 
have room left over.  When you're done tracing this call, please do a forced 
disconnect.  Later."

	Dema-fa sat the receiver down beside the phone, smirking a bit at how 
peeved he was making Gendo.

	*I'm going to get him to lighten up or give him a nervous breakdown,* 
Dema-fa thought as he stood up.

	"Come on, Rei.  I'll give you a tour of the rest of the house.  Let's see 
which of the bedrooms is to your liking," he said, as he stuffed the diary 
in his jacket pocket.

	Clasping Dema-fa's hand tightly, Rei allowed herself to be led from the 
library to the upstairs rooms.  She didn't want to be alone in this strange 
house and was glad to be out of the presence of that statue.  She wondered 
what the event was that gave this mansion an aura of fear.
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