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Studio Gainax, and various other companies. I am merely
using the characters for the purpose of profit-free
entertainment and make no claim on them.
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fanfics and links to the rest at the following address:
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You can contact me at: kagami@jeack.com.au
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Chocolate Days Are Here
An Evangelion Fanfic
By Kagami
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Every eye in the classroom was focused on the figure that
held out the gift-wrapped box of chocolates to Asuka.
Enough attention was left over for the red-headed girl that
her face flushed to match the colour of her hair, though it
was impossible to tell whether from anger or embarassment.
"Verdammt, Wonder Girl!" Asuka choked out. "You're not
supposed to give chocolates to another girl! Just to some
idiot boy that you like! Heck, I'm from Germany, but even I
know about the stupid reversed way the Japanese do
Valentine's Day!"
Rei's hand did not move. "But the advice was not gender-
specific. I am supposed to give chocolates to anyone I like
or wish to get along with."
"Then give them to baka Shinji or something!"
"I have already given Ikari-kun his chocolates."
Asuka was ready to raise another protest when a couple of
voices piped up from the rear.
"Actually, this would explain a lot of things." Touji
chuckled heartily.
"Right," added Kensuke. "Like why Asuka's so aggressive
all the time, why she has that old guy as a 'boyfriend',
and why she hangs around Hikari all the time."
"Hey! You leave Hikari out of this," Touji sputtered.
At the front of the classroom, Hikari surreptitiously
edged her desk forward a few centimeters, while Shinji
stuck a wad of tissue up his right nostril.
"Arschloch!" Asuka fired back at two of the Three Stooges,
before turning back to Rei. "Look, Wonder Girl, this is all
just a stupid misunderstanding. Who the hell gave you that
advice anyway?"
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"Ritsuko-sempai?" Maya coughed hesitantly at the doorway
to Doctor Akagi's room. "I'm not interrupting anything, am
I?"
Ritsuko laid down the latest Evangelion status report and
looked up. "No, Maya. What can I do for you?"
Well, you could-- Maya hastily banished the wayward
thought. "Um, I seem to have have baked an excess of
chocolate last night and I was wondering if you'd like some?"
"Very kind of you, Maya," Ritsuko quirked an eyebrow, "but
wouldn't the boys like some?"
"Oh, I've already given them their share," Maya lied
smoothly.
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"So how many did you get?" Shigeru asked Makoto, casually
biting into the creamy center of a white chocolate
confectionary. NERV central was fairly quiet and empty but
for the two operators.
Black ghosts of misery hung over Makoto's hunched form and
he failed to answer. His finger continued to tap the enter
key on the keyboard as if the task would relieve the
stretching silence.
"Not a single one, eh?" Shigeru said as he progressed from
the white cream to darker, richer, and slightly bitter
chocolate offerings.
"Look, Shigeru, it's not like we're kids in school
anymore, keeping track of how many girls like us!" Makoto
flared up.
"Not even from Misato, eh?" Shigeru added with false
sympathy.
---
Misato Katsuragi laid the box of chocolates on top of the
neat grave. "Well, Kaji, you always did like creamy-
centers, so I hope you'll like these."
The grave remained silent.
"I still miss you, but--"
Alarm klaxons blared across the geofront, their harsh
warnings breaking her train of thoughts.
"Rats."
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"Status?" Commander Ikari rested his chin on his woven
fingers.
"All three Evas ready for launch, sir!" Maya proclaimed.
"Pattern Blue definite! Angel coming into video feed
view," Makoto added.
The large hanging mainscreen flickered, then produced the
image of open air and flat land near Tokyo-3. Fuyutsuki
stared at the picture, willing the Angel to come into view.
An indistinct shape began to protrude from the left of the
screen, and he bent over to whisper into the Commander's ear.
"It's about time for the Fiftee-- Good Lord! Is that an
_Easter EGG_?"
Gendo commendably managed to avoid jumping as the yell
erupted less than ten centimeters away from his eardrums,
though he shook his head irritably. The incoming Angel did
look remarkably like gilt-foiled, giant-sized chocolate
egg, but it was probably just coincidence. Gendo resumed
his interrupted posture.
"Composition of the Eg-- ah, Angel is unknown," Shigeru
said.
"Launch, Evas," Misato ordered.
"But it's two months early," protested Fuyutsuki.
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"Is that an Easter Egg?" Shinji wondered as he moved Unit-
01 towards the target.
A small screen popped up in front of him, revealing
Asuka's glaring face. "Baka! How can it be an Easter Egg?
It's just some clever disguise!"
"Really?"
"Of course! I'll show you! I'll crack it just like Humpty
Dumpty!"
With that, Eva-02 raced ahead of its compatriots, ignoring
Shinji's weak "I thought you said it wasn't an egg?"
The red production model closed the gap to the floating
egg-shaped Angel swiftly, progressive knife held ready. "I
have you now!" Asuka yelled fiercely.
A blast of brown sludge erupted from the Angel and slammed
into her machine, sending it tumbling to the ground. The
sticky fluid held it down as effectively as industrial-
strength glue despite Asuka's desperate attempts at recovery.
"What the hell is this?!" she screamed.
Ritsuko's face appeared over another screen. "Initial
analysis indicate it to be chocolate syrup. Just hold on,
Asuka."
"Units-00 and -01 will advance and engage the enemy. Be
ready to use your AT Fields to defend against-- against--
erm, sticky chocolate blasts," Misato ordered over the
tacnet, before dissolving into hysterical laughter and
closing the channel.
"Roger," acknowledged Rei as she brought Unit-00 up to
speed-- directly into the path of another brown syrup
blast. The AT Field protected her, but the blue prototype
was flung back into a cluster of outlying buildings.
"Nooo, Rei!" yelled Shinji as he felt his fury rise... and
matched by a dark force emanating from his Evangelion. Was
that... _hunger_?!
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"Synchro-ratio on Unit-01 rising! It's going berserk!"
Maya exclaimed, horrified.
On the screen, Eva-01 avoided incoming jets of chocolate
syrup with animal grace and ferocious speed, darting close
to the Angel and ripping at the lifeform's AT Field. It
began hammering its progressive knife into the outer
structure, flaking off bits of gilt and dark brown matter.
Slowly the Angel sank to the ground, overwhelmed by the
furious assault.
One last blow shattered the core and all resistance, and
Unit-01 began to feed.
"Good God!" Fuyutsuki uttered.
"This was always a possibility, Fuyutsuki," Gendo murmured
with satisfaction as the test type tore into the remains
voraciously. "Yui was very fond of her chocolate if you
recall."
"I feel... envious," muttered Makoto.
"I feel hungry," complained Maya.
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