As I ceaselessly continue to mention: This is not a lemon, this is not a

lime.

 At the least, this is not the intention, despite what may be read.  Though
 definitely it does have its role; everything has a purpose, even though it

may

 not seem like it.  In this case, the role was much more striking in Volume

2.

Dude, I hate to break this to you, but good fifty pages or so of this is
devoted to the lemon/limeish parts. When there's that high a ratio of lemon to
normal fic, claiming it's neither a lemon nor a lime makes you look slightly
foolish.

Besides, you're acting like it being a lemon/lime is something to be ashamed
of, like it diminishes your story somehow. Well, it doesn't. Sure, some lemons
look like people just grabbed something off of alt.sex.stroies and
search/replaced the names, but NOT this one. If anything, the fact that you've
managed to utilize lemon/lime segments so well only enhances your story,
because I've read a lot of lemons (a LOT of lemons) and these scenes are a cut
above the rest.

 >Though personally I think Gendo would take it much worse than you have

him, 

 >the gunplay notwithstanding.
 
 Gendou is a quiet man with hidden intentions.  He can not be taken at face

value.

 Lest ye see his true nature, one would think he was death incarnate.
 <chuckles>

You mean he's NOT? ^_^

To make a long story short, Gendou has his limitations on sanity (for said

situation)

 I'm sure, but both Geoff and I have come to the conclusion that he's not a
 total sadistic bastard as many are lead to believe.  He starts getting more
 'screen time' once Volume 5 strikes, allowing us to develop him some more.

Good. Even though I hate the bastard, I admit he needs more roles in serious
fics where he does more than simply sit in his chair and provide color
commentary. That's the bridge bunnies job, dammit!!!!
  

 >You also use my all time FAVORITE pair-up of all: Asuka and Hikari. I've

been

 >a silent proponent of this particular match-up for a long time, and while

i've

 >long intended to write my own, it would probaly pale in comparison to

yours, 

 >even if nothing more ever happens between those two for the rest of your
 >series. My only complaint is about that stupid phone ringing. ^_-
 
 You're the second person to mention that.  I have an email address for you,

Whose? Maybe I know them, my contacts among the hentais are somewhat
extensive.

 maybe you'd like to start up a society against interruptions during said

scenes.

 Although... <sweatdrops> You're not nearly as fanatical... <slinks into

chair

 in rememberance>

Well, c'mon, it was disappointing!! I was fully expecting to see them to rip
off all their clothes and spend several hours exploring the dark secrets of
each others bodies <drools breifly in memory> and then see Asuka get even more
screwed up because she believes she's fucked up yet ANOTHER person's life, and
see Hikari agonize over how to explain this properly to Touji, and Misato get
rip-roaring drunk when she finds out, and Kensuke starts following the pair of
them around with his camera in anticiation of the ultimate shot, and Ritsuko
and Maya start thinking 'hell, if it works for Asuka', and a whole bunch of
other cool, cathartic stuff.

But NO. The phone had to ring. Fine then, be that way.

 Asuka... has a varied role in this, I'll say that much. <chuckles>  Nothing

seems

 to be simple for her right now, and as the story progresses, that'll become

truth

 for the others as well.  As for Hikari... she's not a 2-dimensional

character

 (so to speak) in this fanfiction.  

Hikari was NEVER two-dimensional. She just looked that way to the casual
observer.

-Mercutio
"A plague 'a both your houses!"