Still in the middle of the whole NGE 'circus'...

 Shinji's 'Training', part 3
  Scott S. "Zoogz" Jamison

 Directly after the Angel was dispatched...

 Misato paced the deck where only a few days ago three EVA units sat, waiting to perform their tiny masters' biddings.  Luckily, Shinji and Gendo's depredations took them near the Angel, and since Asuka was in a bad mood already, compared to taking Shinji out dispatching an angel was like snapping one's fingers.  However, Misato and Ritsuko were waiting for the return of the Two Amiegos, for they had more than a couple pieces of dirty laundry to air with them.
As the hangar doors opened, Misato turned to see a large red unit trailing, almost pushing, a large purple unit into place.  Misato sighed a breath of relief; Asuka performed her task well.  As the plugs were taken out of the monsters, the two guilty parties from EVA-01 gave one wave and one sheepish grin apiece.
"And did we have a lot of fun on our joyride?"
Gendo smiled, and gave a 'v for victory' sign.  "Yeah, we had a lot of fun Miss Misato!" he stated eagerly.
"Gendo, you're going to have a nice chat with Ritsuko.  But first, this little juvenile delinquent's going with me."
"Okay."
Misato grabbed Shinji first by his collar, then gave up and hauled him off by his ear.  "Hey, that hurts!  You're not my father, why are you doing this to me?"
Misato faced him, and gave him a glare that would wither cactus.  "Listen, you little snot... it's a damn good thing I'm not your father, and you're going to get straightened out by someone around here.  It might as well be someone who isn't going to tear you limb from limb... yet."
As Misato was herding Shinji from the dock by his ear, she turned on her heel and addressed the two hentai simultaneously.  "And before anyone gets any more fun ideas, there will be a nice child safety lock on the outside of EVA-01!"
Gendo managed a downcast look immediately, as Shinji kept protesting his forced march.  As Misato and her reluctant cargo left the docking bay, Ritsuko entered.
"Okay, now there's going to be a *lot* of explaining in the next few minutes, and it won't be me who's doing it."
Gendo managed to look like a scared puppy-dog as he was dragged by the collar and out of the door.


 Back Office Corridor, side room 34-A

Misato dragged Shinji into a side office, and slammed the door.  "Now, not only am I going to hear *good* explanations for the last two weeks, I am going to hear reasons why they won't happen again!"  Misato nearly screamed. Her command had the desired effect on Shinji... he visibly cowered, something Misato had not seen him do in quite some time now.
"Well, at first Master Happosai showed me what fun being a pervert can be. Those two weeks were the happiest...."
"Guess what, Shinji... we're past that now, right?"
"Then my dad finally showed an interest in what I was doing, and some of the girls finally noticed me.  Boy, that was fun.  I didn't even mind getting kicked through roofs and ceilings..."
"Anyway, Shinji, since I don't want to see your bones twisted and mangled, like I know some people are more than willing to do around here, we found another chaperone for you."
"Oh, is he anything like Kintaro?  Kintaro was so cool, we'd end up watching the ladies' locker rooms, and if we were caught he'd usually take the fall..."
"NO, Shinji, nothing like that..."  Misato sighed.  'If it isn't one thing this last month, it's another...'  She took a deep breath, to keep from biting the Third Child's head off, and went on.  "He's nothing like Kintaro, Shinji.  We searched high, and low, and even in between... and we think we finally found someone who can help you and your problem.  I think he's still waiting in your quarters.  Now go, before I really get impatient."
"Okay, Misato... say, does that mean he was in your quarters too?"
Glass shattered on the wall as the door opened and Shinji skipped out out range from the side room.  A couple seconds later, a red-eyed Misato emerged, and proceeded to bang her head against the wall.
"*Why*... am I *even* bothering... *with* that stupid *kid* and his *new* little *deviant* tendencies..."


 Gendo's office

Ritsuko sat Gendo at his usual chair in the office.  A few hours ago, it was the chair he had leapt from to bestow his affections upon the female members of N.E.R.V., and Ritsuko was hoping it'd bring back memories.
"Gendo, *why* did you start going crazy earlier?"
"Well, once one studies with Master Happosai, those 'lessons of a lifetime' are hard to completely ignore..."  Gendo put his elbows on the desk, and steepled his fingers.  "Why would I want to ignore that wisdom, considering my son Shinji finally partook of it?  I finally have a chance to spend some time with him, and everyone here treats it as a complete insult."
Ritsuko listened in utter disbelief.  She resisted the urge to slap him on both bearded halves of his face.  "Gendo, that is *not* the way to spend time with a child."
"He seemed to enjoy it."
Ritsuko fumed.  Not only was this not going how she planned, this was going to take longer than she thought... but she knew what kind of ammunition she needed.  She strode purposefully towards the auxiliary extension phone on the wall, the one needed for emergencies, and pressed the combination of digits to patch into the overhead system.  "Major Katsuragi, please report to Gendo's office... Major Katsuragi, please report to Gendo's office..."
She walked back to Gendo, eyes fully fixed on his face.  "Now you're in for it, bub."

Now, definitely, to be continued.  Mwahahaha.... at least now I'm not being oblique about it... previous portions available at request.


 --- S. "Zoogz" Jamison
 --committing serial ... writing?
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