Neon Genesis Evangelion Higher Learning Strike Fiss, 2000 Twenty-Sixth Lesson: Normal Blood Day broke as it had every other day. The peaceful night crickets eventually fading to the noisy day cicadas. Only a few in the city even noticed them anymore. What some would consider an annoying sound was music to the ears of Tokyo-3. They never chirped during the Angel attacks it seemed. A newer tradition was witnessed, however, as Asuka Langley slept next to Shinji Ikari. While the redhead seemed very content in her slumber, however, the boy seemed wide awake. His mind already active and his eyes wide open as he stared at the ceiling. He wasn't all that concerned about the young woman in his bed...they had only snuggled up together for the night...in full dress. And it had been very pleasant to sleep next to her warm body once again. A tiny 'click'! signalled the side change of his SDAT. His eyes never wavered. They seemed focused on something. Thoughts of the moment and the past that were rushing through his mind. Though he was shielded from the cicadas outside by his ear buds, his sleeping companion was not, and she stirred with a grumble as the sound began to grow in the morning sun. "Gott in Himmel!" she said groggily into the side of Shinji's chest. "Don't they ever shut-up here?" He blinked and smiled, taking out his headphones and turning off the music. "Good morning, Asuka-chan." In a stir, she raised her head and looked around quickly. She did this every morning with him...probably wondering why he was there with her. "Oh..." she smiled. "'Mornin, Shinji." she yawned, then gasped as she realized she had morning breath, holding her hands at her mouth. "I...I'm goinna get washed up." she groaned, then ran out the door in her rumpled clothing. Shinji said nothing. She always did this. He never minded, but Asuka was always afraid of letting any weakness or imperfection show to him...even if it was just morning breath. He did smile, though. Completely content. "I suppose I'll get breakfast ready." he said to himself, then got up to get fresh clothes. "Wuaagh!" Pen-Pen replied happily as Shinji opened up the can of fish he had left to thaw from the freezer last night. To this day, he still maintained Shinji knew how to get the fish to taste the best. He must have had a gift. Misato could follow Shinji's instructions exactly, and he'd still have to work to keep the fish down. Asuka was a bit better, making his meals at least edible, and Kaji even did a good job when he was over. But when Shinji made breakfast? It was a meal, and not just food. "Here ya go, Pen!" he smiled, setting the tray on the floor. "I think the newspaper just came, so I'll grab that too." Pen-Pen dug in gratefully and reminded himself to do something special for the boy on Christmas. Maybe he would appreciate the inflatable mail-order Pingu? Naw...maybe not. After much steam and cursing at her clothes, Asuka emerged from her room completely refreshed and clad in her school clothes. To the penguin's amazement, she actually had a smile on her face. "Hey Pen- Pen." she greeted the bird before sitting down at the table with a mighty yawn before helping herself to the orange juice that was set out. "Wuaagh!" he replied, pointing that the toast was ready. "Thanks." she got up and began setting the table. Shinji returned a moment later and she smiled. "Hey, sleepy head. I didn't keep you up all night, did I?" "Don't ask questions you might not like the answer to, Asuka-chan." he smiled innocently, catching her off guard. "Hentai." she chuckled, throwing a piece of toast at him. He caught it clumsily and sat down across from her with a wide smile. She regarded him with an odd look. "Seriously, though...How come you're so happy today?" "No reason." he smiled. "I've just been thinking." She took a bite out of her toast, waiting for him to reply. When he didn't offer up any more information, she pressed. "About what?" "I don't know..." he shrugged. "About...well...us..." She nodded slowly. "And?" "Have you..." he sighed, trying to find the right words. "Have you ever wondered what our lives would be like without Eva?" Asuka shrugged. "Not really." "Not even just a bit?" Shinji pressed. "I mean...what happens after all the Angels are gone? What are we going to do then?" "I haven't bothered thinking about it much." Asuka said confidently. Shinji blinked, not quite expecting a reply like that. "It's not a good idea to focus on things that are too far away, Shinji." she said in her best 'wise' tone of voice. "If we do, we get distracted from the dangers that we face. And then the Angels get in a lucky shot, and I'll have to come and save your ass again." she smiled. Wisely, Shinji kept his mouth shut. "Why do you ask, though?" she continued. "Why are you thinking about all this now?" "I..." he sighed. "I don't know. Just hoping for a future, I guess." his eyes brightened. "Sensei was telling me about this one university he knows, and says that all our grades are good enough so far...if we keep it up we should be able to get in. And Kaji was telling me more about what he did after school, and I was thinking maybe about doing some traveling." Asuka blinked. "Oh?" "Well, he was telling me a bit about Germany." he blushed slightly. "I was wondering...maybe I could come visit you or something once this is all done." "Well, of course you do!" she smiled. "Germany is a beautiful country!" He smiled and nodded, helping himself to some coffee. "But..." she said suddenly. "What did you mean about 'without Eva'?" she asked. "You mean like...what would we be like if Eva never existed?" He nodded. "Something like that." "I...I really can't imagine." she sighed, taking another bite. Shinji looked up at her and shook his head. "What about this?" "What?" "This." he raised his arms and gestured to the apartment. "This is normal...right now." "Wuaagh." Pen-Pen agreed. Asuka shrugged, looking around. "But...it's just a house." "Exactly." Shinji nodded. "Four walls...er...more or less...and a roof." he pointed at the food on the table. "Here we are, two normal kids, who are eating breakfast and are about to go to school like all the other normal kids." he was smiling slightly. "That's all. And after school, instead of going to have Sync Tests, we'd go out to the arcade or something and play videogames." "And I'd kick your ass at Tekken." she smiled. "That's not the point." he interrupted, but his tone of voice was still happy. "The point is it wouldn't be at NERV. We'd have a normal life." She shrugged. "What's so special about that?" "What's so special about piloting Eva?" he retorted. "Ninety percent of our job is sitting in goo that smells like blood for hours on end. The other ten is facing death and pain at the hands of things we aren't even sure are our enemies." Asuka sighed, but didn't say anything, content to eat her toast. Shinji settled down, returning to his coffee. "Sorry..." "I...I suppose it wouldn't be too bad." she admitted. He beamed. "I mean...especially if we didn't have Eva in the first place." she smiled softly. "Who knows...I could have been an exchange student visiting here." she shook her head. "But that's just a dream, Shinji." He sighed and nodded, returning to his breakfast. Asuka watched his mood drop, then sighed to herself, realizing she had best do something to prevent a grumpy Shinji all day. "Of course...maybe after all the Angels are done..." He looked up. "I mean...it might not be so bad." she smiled. "We'd be able to go on tour and let all the people thank us for saving them." "We could sign autographs." Shinji added with a smile. "That's the stuff." she gave him a wide smile. "We'd be famous! And rich!" "Rich?" "I don't see why not." Asuka nodded. "If NERV doesn't pay us, I'm sure we can get top-dollar for our first-person accounts of the battles." "Mmm...I suppose so." Shinji nodded. "And then, when we don't have to worry about all that, we can just live like normal people." she continued. "You know...traveling doesn't seem like such a bad idea, Shinji." He smiled, then slowly turned red. "And maybe I can come along...once in a while...I mean, if you don't mind." She smiled softly. "Well, of course! After all, we're a team, right?" Shinji nodded happily. "Well...only if you want me too..." "Of course I wouldn't mind." she sighed. "After all, we ARE a couple, right?" They hadn't quite noticed it, but the lights were dimming, leaving only the gentle sunlight streaming in from the windows. Pen-Pen waddled over to the stereo system and carefully manipulated the volume on the "Romantic Piano Songs" CD he had ready. He had been planning for just such a thing for a long time. After all, Pen-Pen takes care of his friends; and Shinji definitely qualifies. It had the desired effect already, and Shinji found himself suddenly closer to the object of his affections. Asuka watched him, oblivious to anything else but him and the cozy mood that was suddenly created around them. "We've been together for so long...it would be a shame..." "...if we drifted..." Shinji filled in, finding breath on his lips as they came closer. "...apart..." Asuka said lazily, giving herself over to the moment. BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPP! Both Children promptly fell on their faces, the music skipped and turned off, and the lights came back on at full force. "YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Misato cheered as she slugged back another belt of beer. "Now THAT's part of a nutritious breakfast alright!" She turned away from the light switch, for the first time noticing her roommates in a heap on the floor. "Hey kids. Got school today?" Shinji promptly nosebleed himself to unconsciousness. Asuka sighed and picked him off of her chest, trying to untangle herself from the chair. "Don't you ever wake up like a NORMAL person, Misato?????" she grumbled. "What would be the fun in that?" Misato shrugged and walked over to the sink. Pen-Pen gave her an unseen middle-flipper and stormed off to his fridge to plan a Misato-proof romantic situation. "Wuaagh." "Come on, Baka." Asuka sighed, then helped Shinji's dazed form off of the ground. "Time for school." "B...w...Later, Misato-san!" Shinji finally burbled as they left, holding a napkin to his nose. "Strange kids." Misato sighed, then popped open her second beer. Maya followed behind Ritsuko like a loyal puppy, typing silently on her palm-top computer as they surveyed the Eva cages. It seemed much too quiet in the huge bay. The only sense worth noting was the smell of the liquid coolant. Enough to fill several thousand swimming pools. The pinkish liquid kept the Evangelions at prime biological reconditioning temperature, and prevented any stray radiation from effecting the systems. For some reason, Ritsuko always thought it smelled like ice cream. Vanilla ice cream. "Sempai?" Her musings were cut short and she accepted the readouts. "Everything looks good." she sighed, tapping once on the 'page down' button. "Unit-03 seems to be handling the environmental changes without a hiccup...Unit-00's scar-tissue-removal seems to be complete...Unit-02 and 01 seem well within tolerances..." "When will the Dummy Plugs be ready?" Maya asked eagerly, knowing it was the purpose for the systems check on the Evas. "We'll be installing them within the hour." Ritsuko smiled. "I've scheduled a sync test for this evening to see how the new plugs accept their pilots. We might even get the go-ahead to test them out tonight." "That's great, Sempai!" Maya smiled. "You've worked so hard on the project, it would be a nice addition. Especially if it will be a while before we get S2 engines installed." They walked over to Unit-01. The massive purple beast stared blankly out at them, locked in an endless staring contest with Unit 02 and now, Unit 03 across the bay. Ritsuko felt a kind of sympathy for the thing, all of a sudden. "I just hope they won't mind us taking their Children away." Maya just blinked, not sure what to make of the comment, then smiled. "I'm sure if the Evas cared, they'd be more happy that we'd try to keep the Children out of danger, Sempai. They'd probably thank us." Ritsuko turned to Maya with a tiny smile. "Maya...have you ever had children?" She blushed furiously. "O...Of course not, Sempai. You know that." The Doctor nodded. "Then you don't know the bond a mother has with her children." she smiled sadly, then turned back to Unit 01. "Sometimes mothers are blinded by their desires and emotions. They might not always do the right thing for their child." "But...you've never had a child..." she blushed even more. "Have you, Sempai?" Ritsuko laughed. "Only my cats." she sighed. "But I know from personal experience that mothers can sometimes act irrationally." "Are you saying the Evas are like mothers?" Maya asked, confused. "No...no..." Ritsuko sighed and kept walking. "Just...just that I hope the Dummy Plugs work." she handed the computer back to Maya. "Schedule Unit 01 and 02 for dummy plugs as soon as the work crews are done transporting them from the Dummy Plug Plant. We'll wait until Unit 03 can pilot under its own power before installing experimental equipment. I don't think the Fourth Child would like us wasting his time." "Hai." Maya nodded, making the orders for the work to begin. The ice-cream scented staring contest continued uninterrupted. Unit 00 seemed to be winning. Unit 02 always complained it wasn't fair...one eye was easier to keep open than four. "Each of you will be worth a small fortune by the time you graduate." Sensei Miyazaki smiled as he drew the graph on the chalk board. The students of his class all blinked. "You mean the Eva Pilots, right?" someone asked. "No no. Everyone here will be worth at LEAST that much." he said, turning away from the board that prominently displayed 'University Planning' "As you all may have realized, the next two years of your lives in school will determine how far you get after school. It's a bitch of a truth, but the truth nonetheless." he walked over to his marks. "All of you are fairly bright...and unless you all run off to join the circus, I think each and every one of you will be able to graduate with a wonderful future ahead of you." Shinji was listening intently, as well as half the class. Toji and Asuka seemed slightly less interested, off in their own trains of thought. "The government pays for most of your schooling." he wrote down the figure. "Approximately a quarter of a million yen every year of your grade-schooling, plus, the money your poor parents and scholarships will fork over towards your higher education." he smiled. "Not to mention all the anguish you cause your poor teachers along the way...that's goinna cost them a lot in mental health." The class chuckled. "The University of Tokyo 2 is rated one of the best in the world." he started writing facts and figures on the board. "While they specialize in math, pretty much anyone can study there and get a world-wide recognized degree." he turned to the class. "Now, the lunch bell is about to go, but while you're all enjoying your meals, I want you to discuss what kind of career you'd be interested." he smiled. "And it has to be something good. I will not accept any truck-drivers or burger-flippers in my class. Is that clear?" "Hai!" everyone nodded happily, just in time for the bell. As the Sensei packed up his papers and cleaned the board, assisted by Hikari and another classmate who were on lunch duty that day, the usual groups assembled. Along with the Three Stooges, however, Asuka joined them for lunch, to the obvious discomfort of Kensuke. Toji, however, like Shinji, seemed to have something on his mind. "So, what are you guys goinna be?" Asuka yawned as she opened up her bento box. "I'm applying for military training the moment I'm old enough." Kensuke smiled. "Besides, they'll pay for university, so even if I do want to do something besides blowing stuff up, I'll have the chance to learn."' "Really? I don't think they teach Stooge 101 at Tokyo 2." Asuka smiled sweetly. Kensuke shot her a look and grumbled around his sandwich. Hikari interrupted Asuka's questions, pulling up a chair next to Toji with a light blush around her freckles. "Hey everyone." she smiled and blushed more as she turned to Toji. "Suzuhara, I brought you lunch." He smiled a polite thank you and bowed his head. "Thanks, Class Rep." his eyes widened as he opened it. "Uhm...isn't this a bit much?" The group all blinked as they saw the feast prepared. Freshly rolled and ice to keep the nori crisp on the maki-sushi. The nigiri looked amazing, too. Perfectly pressed rice and three kinds of fish. There was enough to feed three Tojis, and Kensuke was now salivating over his own sandwich, long forgotten even in his mouth. Shinji looked to Hikari with a awed expression on his face. "Uhm, Hikari-san?" She smiled brightly. "Yes, Ikari?" "Can we exchange recipes someday?" he bowed his head in honor. "Oh, it's nothing really..." she turned even brighter red at the compliment. Asuka, despite her heart being far away from sushi, felt insanely inadequate with her simple pork and rice lunch. "You'd better, Hikari. Shinji needs cooking lessons." Toji finally had a piece of the sushi, and his eyes lit up. "Hey! This is great!" he beamed at Hikari. "Domo, arigato, Hikari-chan!" he said in an uncustomary show of politeness. Everyone else but Hikari blinked in surprise. The poor Class Rep almost passed out from the attention. "Y...a...you're welcome...To...er...Suzuhara-kun." she finally managed to say, barely able to breathe at that point. Asuka and Shinji sweat-dropped...both glad they weren't this sappy...at least in public. Kensuke would have probably done the same, but the army brat had already begun to leach off of Toji's amazing lunch, not bothering with his own anymore. Toji didn't seem to mind...though he was busy...blushing...and looking at Hikari. "Soooo...anyway..." she turned to Shinji. "What do you wanna be, Baka?" "I..." he shrugged it off. "I don't know." "Eh, you're no fun." She sighed and took her fork to her lunch. "How about you, Asuka-chan?" he asked. "Don't know either." she shrugged, then smiled. "Like I told you, I never gave it much thought." "Mmmm." he nodded, back into thoughtful mode. The group finished their lunches (or helped finish Toji's lunch), and enjoyed the remainder of the break with idle chat. After the final bell rang, and Asuka was ready to go, she found Shinji hadn't packed up yet. He looked up at her waiting expression with a smile. "I'll catch up to you." "Okay, but remember, we have the sync test today." she winked. "You'd better show up so I can beat you." He nodded with a bright smile. "Hai. I'll catch up." She sighed and nodded, heading out the door with Rei, who had been her usual quiet self that day. Toji walked past him...pausing for a moment, but then decided to leave before he said anything. "See you later, Shinji." Kaoru saw this and leaned back in his seat, waiting for the other students to pack their things and leave. "Have something on your mind, Mister Ikari?" Shinji walked up and stood at the front of the Sensei's desk. "Hai." he sighed, waiting for everyone to leave before he said anything. "It's...it's about the future." The older man nodded and smiled. "Anything in particular? Or just wondering about the state of humanity a thousand years from now?" Shinji smiled. "Well, I suppose just me." he paused. "And maybe...Asuka too..." The Sensei raised his eyebrows and nodded. "Ahh, go on?" "Well..." he sighed. "I asked her what she thought of life without Eva." "After you're done piloting, you mean?" "That's it." Shinji nodded. "And...well...she seemed not too worried about what happens after Eva...but she seemed interested in maybe..." he realized he was blushing furiously, and tried to make the reaction stop. "Maybe that we could be together, even if we weren't pilots anymore." Kaoru laughed warmly. "Well, you two are going to be adults eventually...I suppose it can't hurt to have a few long term plans, can it?" "Hai." he nodded, glad he was being taken seriously. "But...I was wondering..." he sighed. "I still don't know what I'd do after Eva." Kaoru nodded, regarding the boy with a careful eye. "And is that a bad thing?" Shinji frowned. "Of course it is!" he sighed, shaking his head. "I mean...Asuka...she doesn't know either...but she already has a degree! She can do anything she wants! She just has to pick something and off she goes." "But...you..." Kaoru shrugged. "Before I was an Eva pilot..." Shinji said sternly. "Do you wanna know what I was doing?" "What?" "Existing." Shinji said...spitting it out like it was a bad word. "Just existing. And not very well." Kaoru sighed and nodded. "So...you're scared...after seeing and doing all this...that you'll have to go back to it?" "Hai." Shinji nodded, clenching his fists. "But...the thing is...I would rather be doing that than piloting Eva." he sighed, the frustration in his voice showing. "But...when I pilot Eva..." Kaoru smiled. "It's a purpose. It gives you a purpose." Shinji nodded, defeated. "Hai..." Kaoru stood up and walked over to the chalk board. He casually picked up a piece of chalk and handed it to Shinji. "Here." "What's this for?" Shinji examined the little stub. "Look at this chalk board." Kaoru said, pointing to the wall. "What is it doing?" "Existing." Shinji said in a tiny voice. "Exactly. There is nothing on it...there is nothing special about it, and for all intensive purposes, it doesn't need to be there." he rapped his knuckles on the bricks behind the board. "There's already a perfectly good wall...why would anyone want this ugly piece of black board?" "Exactly." Shinji nodded. "Wrong." Kaoru took Shinji's hand and firmly yanked him over so the chalk hit the board. Shinji stumbled, but caught himself. "This is existence. But it is also the start of your life." Shinji looked at the chalk, now leaving a tiny white mark. "But...it's just a dot." "Move it." Kaoru offered with a light shrug. "But...I don't know where?" Shinji frowned. "I can't even draw!" "Draw a line." Kaoru offered. "Draw the ground you're standing on." With a drawn out sigh, Shinji Ikari drew a line. "Now what?" Shinji asked. "What would you like to do?" Kaoru shrugged. Shinji turned to the board and whispered: "I want to get as far away from Eva and my father as possible." "Then draw a destination." "I...I don't have one." Shinji said, the frustration cracking through again. In a perfectly calm voice, Sensei Kaoru said: "Then draw a road." Shinji blinked. At first he wasn't sure what that meant. It...it seemed so simple, yet so silly. And still...it seemed to be the right idea. He drew a road. It veered off the line, using it as a base, a point of origin. It was a simple highway, snaking off into the distance with a little help from perspective. At first, it was just a simple dirt thing. Then...he started drawing horizontal lines. And two more snaking lines that followed the outline...turning it into a railroad. Kaoru watched silently as Shinji finished off the drawing before saying anything. "Now...what do you see?" he said as Shinji put down the chalk and took a step back. "I see..." he sighed. "I don't know what I see." "You just made this railroad exist, Shinji." Kaoru said, sitting on the corner of his desk. "You have all this blackboard to play with...that is your life. Before, you were just letting it stay blank. But that doesn't mean you can't start drawing at any time." Shinji just stared at the rails, willing them to become real. These rails did not loop. They started here...and stopped only very far away. They did not come back to Eva. They were after Eva. "Eva has given you a big chunk of this chalk." Kaoru said. "You have met Asuka...met friends...and seen things that make you so much more than most people could ever hope to be. Even if those things are bad, they will help you in the long run. All you must do is survive." he smiled sadly. "Don't die out there, Shinji...then the blackboard is gone." Shinji turned to Kaoru and nodded. "I'll try not to." "Good." Kaoru smiled and pointed at the board. "Shinji...we were talking about things you don't even have to worry about until you're eighteen or older. This railroad can lead anywhere...and it never needs to stop." he sighed. "There are people who go to university all their lives and never find out what they want to do. And there are people who wander the earth, and find everything they could ever ask for." he took the chalk from the board and placed it again in the boy's hand. "All you need to do is try. To live." he smiled and pointed to the other half of the board. "Just existing is boring." Shinji nodded, looking at the chalk in his hands. "Thank you, Sensei." he looked up, smiling again. "Honestly...thank you..." Kaoru shook his head. "Thank me by becoming the lead cello in an orchestra or something." he laughed, patting Shinji on the shoulder. "Now, come on, I'm sure your darling Asuka is waiting to clobber you in sync rates." Shinji nodded and smiled, bowing deeply before grabbing his books. "Arigato. See you tomorrow, Sensei-san." Kaoru let out a long sigh as he watched his student leave. "Anytime, Shinji. Anytime." He turned to the board, holding the eraser in his hand. After a moment, though, he just put it down and left the drawing on the board. It didn't seem right to erase it. At least not yet. To be continued... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's notes! --------------- A few interesting tidbits from this Lesson. Kaoru's speech about all the children being worth a small fortune was actually given to me. I tried to get the Yen number right. About 3 and a half grand (Canadian) a year per child...with inflation at the time sounds about right. Especially considering the 'special' nature of their school, and the city they're in. By the time a current US/Canadian student is graduating with a degree, he or she is worth about 300 grand, more or less, depending on what kind of education they got. The sushi Hikari gave Toji was a little fun personal touch I'd like to thank Tozetre and the PSDF for introducing me to. A special thanks to Shino Sushi in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Trust me...these guys know their stuff. 3 of the top 5 meals I have ever eaten have been at this place. Nori is the black, crisp seaweed used to wrap the Maki-sushi. (my personal fave). The Nigiri-sushi is basically a strip of fish laid across a handful of rice, and looks like a tiny oval. Anyone wanting more sushi info, check out this page: http://nmd.hyperisland.se/studentzone/crew2/martin_ragnevad/intro.html I'd also like to apologize to and thank everyone for bearing with me this month. Unfortunately, it's going to continue for a while yet, but I'll keep trying my best to get Lessons out. For anyone wondering, yes, I'm actually busy. I've been driving lots, had visitors from around the world, have my wonderful girlfriend coming up for a while, and also, probably the biggest disruptor, I have to move. ^_^ Hopefully all this and whatever else gets thrown at me will give me a few hours to work on HL, but seriously, I'm not counting on it. That's why I'm trying to cover more ground with each lesson. So I'm not falling behind my '50 or so' Lessons mark. Look on the bright side...it's summer. You should be outside enjoying the weather, not sitting around at the computer anyway. ^_^ Use this as an excuse to get some exercise. Lord knows I need it. :P Well, that's about it....OMAKE TIME! WHEEEEEEEE! ------------------------------------------------- The two stood next to the chalk board, currently blank. "Wrong." Kaoru took Shinji's hand and firmly yanked him over so the chalk hit the board. Shinji stumbled, but caught himself. "This is existence. But it is also the start of your life." Shinji looked at the chalk, now leaving a tiny white mark. "But...it's just a dot." "Move it." Kaoru offered with a light shrug. "But...I don't know where?" Shinji frowned. "I can't even draw!" "Draw a line." Kaoru offered. "Draw the ground you're standing on." With a drawn out sigh, Shinji Ikari drew a line. "Now what?" Shinji asked. "What would you like to do?" Kaoru shrugged. Shinji closed his eyes, concentrating...then began to move his hand, dragging the chalk around on the blackboard. Kaoru smiled, nodding approvingly...but soon his smile began to fade. "Uhm...Shinji?" Shinji was lost in the moment, however, and kept drawing. "Mmm..." Kaoru began to get a nosebleed as Shinji began to draw what looked like a sheep. "Uhm...Shinji? You can stop now..." Shinji started giggling, still drawing with his eyes closed and letting his mind control the chalk. Kaoru would have said something after the third butt-plug and the midget were drawn, but he was having a hard time not passing out, wondering if indeed, could Asuka bend like that? ------------------------- The end! ^_^ homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/9110 e-mail: strikef@bigfoot.com Strike Fiss, Ninja Crowbotics 2000. Khattam-Shud, EOF.