A/N Well her is the last chapter. Sorry I didn't get it out as soon as I said. That whole story proof-read took longer then I thought.

But good New chapter 1 though 6 have been swiped for the morality of their remaining spelling and grammar errors, feel free to go back and re-read them if you wish , or just take for it that their better.

Anyway, your feeling on this chapter may depend on what you like about the characters involved in it, I don't know how else o say it, maybe I'm over thinking it. This chapter may seem weird it a few part but if you like the rest of the story you'll probably like this.

Sorry if it seems long, it got away from me again in that area. But I think it's worth the long read.

With out further ado, The final chapter of 'the many relationships of Shinji Ikari'

Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelina

Chapter7 The Children of EVA Pt. 4

Before Asuka knew what was happening Rei was lying her down on to Shinji's bed, all while still kissing her. Asuka's mind was in a total mental upheaval as Rei assaulted her face with light kisses and her hands roamed freely over Asuka's body.

'What is happening to me, what can't I push her away? This is disgusting, I didn't even let Shinji get this far with me so easily, what is she doing to me?' Asuka thought as her own mind turned into a prison for the thoughts that her body wouldn't listen to any more.

As Asuka's mind fought a lost battle, Rei enjoyed herself. She knew once Asuka's barrier was weakened enough her unconscious mind would reflexively give up and fall back on the human need for closeness. Although while she couldn't do anything physical to stop her, Rei new that Asuka was still fighting back in her own mind, the last refuge of Asuka's irrational stubbornness would be her conscious mind. But still, Rei's plan accounted for all of that, she'd knew the technicalities of human psychology for a long time, but it wasn't until her night with Shinji did any of it started making sense to her, she even began understanding things she didn't even know existed in the realm of human thought, and she knew that the key to helping Asuka was to bring her the same kind of pleasure that Shinji brought to her.

Continuing, Rei began to unbutton her own uniform, once she was half naked, down to just her skirt, bra, and panties, Rei started to work on Asuka's outfit.

'What is she doing, why can't I stop her?' Asuka thought as Rei undid the belt of her yellow dress. Once the belt was gone, Rei lifted Asuka's dress over her head, only breaking her kisses for a moment to do so. With Asuka down to her red bra and matching panties Rei removed her skirt leaving them both in just their underwear, Rei in matching sky blue bra and panties.

With most of their clothes gone, Rei lied on top of Asuka's body and began to insert her tongue into Asuka's mouth, and Asuka, in return, pushed her own tongue into Rei's. Their tongues didn't wrestle as much as rubbed angst each other as they explored one and other's mouths. While they French kissed, Rei proceeded to grind her whole body into Asuka's, whose body responded in kind. Their hands explored each other's mostly nude forms, both toned and slightly muscular from their EVA training. Rei knew that Asuka's body was just doing what her mind wasn't ready to admit she wanted yet, and while Asuka body did respond to Rei, it was slow stiff, and rigid in its action, and there was even a slight tremor in her hand's movements.

Before long, both their bodies began to sweat as their mutual arousal reaches its peak. Moving her left hand to Asuka's chest Rei lovingly yet firmly squeezed Asuka's right, bra clad breast. Stopping there only for a brief moment, Rei moves her hand down toward were their still covered crouches are pressed together as their lags have become entangled in each other's. Rei lefts her pelvis up just enough to allow her hand to reach, and moves beneath Asuka's panty line.

As Rei's fingers reached Asuka's femininity Asuka made a discovery. 'What, oh no, oh my god she can't have… I can't have…I can't have become wet by this!' Asuka's own inner voice called out as Rei inserting her finger into her apparently moist womanhood caused Asuka to become aware of her own arousal. Rei pushed her middle finger, her longest finger, into Asuka's vaginal entrench as far as she could before she pushed in up to her knuckle. Rei had never touch another female so intimately before, but she felt like she knew what she, herself, would like, so she assumed that Asuka would like it to. And judging by the moisture that she could feel gather on her digit, it was working. Rei fingered Asuka as Asuka's body still refused to listen to the last few stubborn parts of Asuka's conscious mind that still couldn't believe that this was happening. After running her finger all over the inside of Asuka's vagina Rei removed it and brought the dampened finger to her face. Rei put the wet digit into her mouth and began to suck it dry. 'Why is this happening, why is this getting me wet, I'm not gay, how is she doing this?' Asuka frightfully thought.

After Rei took the now clean finger out of her mouth she shows Asuka the creepiest smile she's shown yet. Asuka looked up at Rei's body. She was leaning on her knees that were on either side of Asuka's hips at this point, her pale skin shined with a thin layer of sweat and, looking down, Asuka could see that Rei's own arousal had produced a distinct wet spot on her own panties.

As Rei savored the taste of Asuka's arousal in her mouth she thought how sweet she found it, and hoped that Asuka would find her as sweet when that time came. Looking down Rei saw Asuka taking in her body, Rei hoped this was Asuka's true desires coming to the surface, but there was one way to make sure of that. Looking down Rei saw two small articles of clothing that stood between her and her plan being completed, not to motion her and Asuka's new relationship. Reaching down Rei unclasps Asuka's red bra and tossed it to the side. Lying he body back down on to Asuka's Rei put her mouth to Asuka's right nipple. A chill ran through Asuka's body and her eyes glassed over as she still couldn't comprehend why her body was reacting to another girl's this way. Rei began to suck on Asuka's nipple and another wave of shocked arousal crashed over Asuka's body. Asuka's body unconsciously arched her back upward to give Rei better access to her breast. Rei new this was a good sign, and after spending a few moments on one nipple she switched over to the left one. Asuka still couldn't believe any of this.

After Rei finished her loving assault on Asuka's breast she moved her face up to Asuka's. There both girls shared the deepest most passionate kiss they had had that night so far. Rei looked lovingly down into Asuka's eyes, she can see the inter conflict still going on inside of the girl's head, Rei felt a little bad for having to put Asuka through all this, she really did consider her a friend, but she knew it was all for Asuka's own good, for everyone's good in the long run, but right now was about Asuka, and Rei was ready to take the final step in her plan for Asuka.

Moving away from the other girl's lips, Rei kissed her way down Asuka's naked upper half, soon reaching Asuka's panty line the last thing that kept Asuka from being completely naked.

Lightly kissing Asuka's lower abdomen Rei hooked her fingers in Asuka's red underwear and pulled them off. Asuka's body, still just responding to Rei's movements on reflex, raised her hips up to allow this. Rei looked down, Asuka was now completely nude before her, and she saw Asuka's womanhood glissin with arousal, knowing what to do Rei parted Asuka's lags with her hands and began to lean down.

Asuka, whose head was propped up on a pillow, saw were Rei's head, particularly her mouth, was going, and her eye shined with a mixture of anticipation and forbearance. No a normal day Asuka would simply find this kind of situation gross and demeaning, but now seeing as her body was completely betraying her, and knowing the she still longed for the kind of release that she knew only another person could bring, like the one Shinji gave her, she was afraid of now he body would betray her further.

Barely a inch from Asuka's moist entrench Rei licked her lips at the smell of the source of the sweetness she teased on her own finger before and, feeling this is what she would want if she was in Asuka's position (she could just feel Asuka's pent up frustration), Rei clamped her whole mouth down o Asuka's vagina and thrust her tongue into her friend as Shinji would have done his penis.

'Oh, oh god it's happening' Asuka thought, 'I can't believe this, I can't believe this. First Shinji and now I'm just letting wonder girl violet me even further, what am I the EVA slut now? Oh' Asuka thought is Self- degradation, but couldn't help but marvel at the sensations that Rei was sending through her body.

Rei could tell she was doing well from the small clenching and unclenching of Asuka's vaginal walls and the increase of girl's wetness. Again she thought of how sweet Asuka tasted and wondered if she would taste that sweet to Asuka or even Shinji the next chance she got.

Rei went on with her sucking and licking and Asuka's breathing increased because of it. Regardless of what either girl knew about human antimony or psychology they both new one thing that, even if Asuka's wouldn't admit to herself just yet, with all of Asuka's pent up frustration she was bound to reach a tremendous climax very soon.

Knowing this Rei increased her speeding as she felt Asuka approaching a badly needed, albeit somewhat unwanted, release.

Also sensing this, Asuka thought. 'No, no she can't do this, I like men, and I would even take Shinji for the rest of my life then any more of this. It takes more then…whatever she did to me to mess with my sexual identity!' Asuka thought in a kind of mental last gasp of stubborn defiance for at that moment Rei found Asuka's G-spot and Rei knew enough to press down on it with her tongue as hard as she could and that was it.

"Heeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh" Asuka violently exhaled as Rei sent the most thrilling, engulfing, and awakening waves of pleasure through Asuka's still barely used body, and when this wave hit her mind it was a whole new level. To say that the same incredible feeling echoed into her head would have been an understatement. Saying that a great massive dame that had been holding back every feeling the Rei brought out in Asuka out of her conscious mind gave way would have been more accurate, and then a even bigger wave of pure pleasure and intimacy flooded Asuka's mind as her back arced and her head was thrown back and tears and drool leaked from her eyes and mouth.

And in that moment everything Asuka thought she knew about herself changed, everything she was upset about over the past few days, and maybe even things from before then just stopped bothering her, and more than that. She really did love Shinji, and she knew that he loved her back, true he wasn't honest about his feelings with her, but that was probably because he was just as afraid of her rejecting him as she was of him rejecting her, but she knew, with the same confidence that Rei probably did, that if she was honest with him then he would be honest with her. Everything that was tied up in confusion and frustration in her head had suddenly fallen into place and the world made sense for a brief moment.

Feeling that her work was done Rei lifted her head from Asuka's still quivering womanhood. Looking at Asuka she could see her plan had the desired effect. While it may not make sense to an outsider, Rei knew how it worked. Sex, or rather lovemaking, was a natural way for humans to bound, and as a result it naturally weakened a person's barriers so all Rei had to do was use her new ability to weaken Asuka barrier just a little bit more and flood her body with the same feeling Shinji flooded hers with, only Asuka's felt even stronger because of her already weakened barrier.

Rei lays down next to Asuka and the two girls wrapped themselves in each other's arms, Asuka's being the first conscious decision she made with her own body since Rei's kiss. Asuka looked at Rei with a face that showed nothing but happiness and peace, peace with herself and peace with the world around her. Asuka put a hand to Rei's creek and Rei put her own hand on top of Asuka's hand. 'What a wonderful friend' Asuka thought to herself, her conscious thought finally reflecting her true desires, 'Shinji and I are really lucky to have her.' Asuka finished.

The two girls shared another loving kiss. They both new that eventually this euphoria would pass and Asuka would find herself annoyed by the issues of daily life once again, but it would never be like it was before, Asuka was a changed person now.

Back at NERV all the members of the meeting called by Gendo had arrived.

Gendo sat the head of the round conference table with Fuyutsuki sitting to his immediate right, along the rest of the table was Ritsuko, and next to her, her technicians, Ibuki, Hyuga, and Aoba sat to her right. Across from them was Kaji, and a few feet from his was Misato. Misato was the last one to show up, almost being late. Ritsuko figured she had to rush back to NERV after dropping off Shinji. If she only knew just what Misato and Shinji had gotten up to on their way home?

Much like the synch test earlier that day everyone was reasonably nervous. Ritsuko had just enough time to tell Ibuki, Hyuga, and Aoba about her personal meeting with Gendo before they had to enter the conference room. Kaji, although he did understand the severity of this situation, didn't let much of the tension he was feeling show on his face, just enough to let people know that he did take all this seriously. Misato was, by far, the worst off in terms of worry, in her own mid she was going over everything that lead them to this.

'Fuck…fuck, I can't believe I let all this happen! All I wanted to do was show a sad young boy some gratitude and affection, and now a bunch of lives might be ruined, mine, Shinji's, Asuka's, probably Rei's, if Ritsuko throws me under the bus to save herself I won't blame her for it, I deserve it at this point.' Misato thought to herself, and she also thought about the fact that the very reason she was almost late to this meeting was because she repeated the very behavior that started all this in the first place, overstepping her bounds as a guardian for little more than simple pleasure, albeit mutually enjoyed by both her and Shinji, now the best she seemed to be able to hope for was that Shinji would still be able to be with Rei, so at least he would have someone to make him feel loved, even if Misato did lose her job over this she didn't want Shinji to have to pay for her irresponsibility.

Seeing that everyone was there Gendo started in his usual cold monotone. "I've called all of you here tonight to discuss the seriously inconsistent synchronization ratios of the three pilots as of late." Gendo began, everyone hung on his every word, careful to listen for anything important in case he tried to blame any of them who weren't at fault. "Now, given the rumors that have been floating around the facilities recently, and the 'unprofessional' nature of them," Gendo tightened his grip on one of the arms of his chair. "I don't see the need the go into to great detail about the supposed root cause of this problem, and I trust that you all agree with that." Gendo said and didn't wait for anyone to say weather for not they did agree with that. "I'll let Fuyutsuki explain the rest." Gendo finished as he brought attention to his second in command.

Fuyutsuki began. "From what we can tell, all three pilots have each under gown their own sexual awakening, and this had yielded unforeseen consequences in terms of their respective synchronization ratios, while today's result may make it seem like there may be positive results to this, we are still concerned that the leak of consistency in the ratios, either rising for falling, may have adverse affect affects on the pilots abilities or even EVA units -00,-01, and -02 themselves." Fuyutsuki finished, sounding like he was reading from a script.

"Thank you Fuyutsuki," Gendo said retaking everyone's attention. "Now, from the best we can gather, all this can be traced back to 'certain actions' that were done by Major Katsuragi on the night of the third child's return from him being engulfed by EVA unit-01.

"Major Katsuragi, do you have anything to add to this?" Gendo asked Misato.

Misato, not having anything to add, nothing that would help at least, simply sat quietly, barley acknowledging Gendo's question.

"Major Katsuragi!?" Gendo asked more sternly.

Not wanting to make things worse for herself, Misato answered. "No, I have nothing to add to that, sure." Misato said in the most serious sounding voice she could muster at this point.

Gendo's mouth bent upward every slightly for a split second, not that anyone called any attention to it. "Well I must say that, after what I've heard from the rumors, I was expecting a more interesting or engaging response to such a question." Fuyutsuki shared in Gendo's joke on Misato but no one else did.

Misato hung her head low in the first real sign of shame for what she did that they had seen. Ritsuko, Ibuki, Hyuga, Aoba, and Kaji all saw that Misato was truly sorry for all the trouble she had caused, and seeing Gendo try to goad Misato into a awkward response only made them feel every more sorry for her.

"That being said," Gendo resumed. "I know that you all have your own lives, and your own interests. But all I ask is that you do not let any of them interfere in your work or anyone else's work here at NERV." Gendo went on, taking on a more agitated sounding tone. "It does not matter what you do, or whom you do it with, or even petty things like age difference." This surprised everyone, was he really that uncaring about the fact that his teenage son was having sex with a woman twice his age? Even Misato, who had jokingly motioned that every possibility when confronted by Ritsuko about this for the first time, was surprised that it turned about to be true. "What does matter is the work we do here, and if anything anyone dose, even on their own time, interferes with that work, then it must be dealt with." Gendo finished. He looked around the table, it seemed no one had anything to add to what he said, not like he wouldn't have heard them out even if they did.

"Dr. Akagi" Gendo got Ritsuko's attention. "You said that you had some theories regarding this every issue earlier, didn't you?"

Ritsuko was caught off guard by Gendo's question, but at least having what she was going to say prepared, she was able to regain her composer after the sock wore off. With everyone's attention, Ritsuko began. "Now, I would just like to start by saying that this issue was a completely unforeseen one, given the fact that the EVA program was always intended to have child pilots. That being said, I have comprised a good working theory as to way this may be happening."

Everyone listened, even Gendo, earlier he accused Ritsuko of making her theories just to exonerate Misato, but he didn't really believe that she would let her personal attachments jeopardize her work, so he knew that whatever she said would be from the objective point of view of a scientist.

"First a major thing to consider is the A.T. field that all sentient life forms have." Ritsuko went on to explain the same thing she explained to Misato earlier, word for word. As she spoke Gendo became more disheartened, he was expecting reasons for why thing was happening, but what he didn't expect was that her words and tone of voice implied that this actually seemed unavoidable. Ritsuko finished explaining how if the emotions of the pilot played a part in their intercourse then it is possible that that may translate into them developing better synchronization skills with their EVA.

"And how do you explain the server drop in the second child's ratio?" Gendo asked the slightest bit of anger betrayed in his voice.

"To over simplify it, I believe the second child's falling out with the Third child has lead her to have a new found fear of intimacy, and furthermore, with the new connection between her sex life, her emotional state, and her synch rates, it seems that this new fear of intimacy is directly affecting her synch rates." Ritsuko finished and wanted for Gendo's fallowed up questions that she knew he would have. She also saw that Gendo seemed to be getting more irritated as her explanation what on, so she just waited for him to say something.

"And do you have any ideas of how to reverse is affect?" Gendo asked as calmly as he could.

Ritsuko knew he would ask that eventually, and this time she was prepared, and her response would either convince him that that was no longer an option, for make him so angry that he would force her to find a way to make it an option again. "Actually, sir, I don't believe that this affect can be reversed, taking into account that all of our pilots are pubescent teenagers once they have gone through something like this these kinds of changes to their personalities tend to be permanent." Ritsuko finished and she knew she had either saved the day, or doomed them all as she waited for Gendo's response.

"So you are saying that we are now at the mercy of the unpredictable emotions of three children!?" Gendo said, and the way he said it made everyone see his point.

But once again Ritsuko saw this coming and once again she knew what to say. "Actually commander, there's no reason why their feelings have to be this unpredictable." Ritsuko said, and everyone listened intently, feeling this was the solution they were all waiting for. "If my theories are correct, and given what we've seen they most likely are, the easiest and simplest solution to all this is to make sure that the pilots live in comfortable and stable living situations from here on." Ritsuko finished, and everyone couldn't believe what they had heard.

"That's you answer to all this, making sure they are all comfortable and happy." Gendo said sounding like his patience was starting to wear out. "And what do you think we've be doing so far!?"

Still seeing that coming Ritsuko want on. "I can't defend that the idea may seem overly obvious and simplistic, but from the first and third child it seems that just the slightest bit of stability or peace in their lives may be just what allows them to achieve such high rates consistently."

"And what of the second child then?" Gendo asked.

"Well, from what we can tell, and from what Misato has told me, the second child has been in a consistent state of emotional turmoil following her falling out with the third child, causing an opposite effect on her." Ritsuko clarified.

"Let me see if I understand you, Dr. Akagi, you believe that all we have to do is to work to help make the second child 'feel better' and that will cause her high synchronization ratio to return and go into a consistent upward swing?" Gendo asked, hoping that the absurd wording he used would show Ritsuko how ridiculous she was sounding.

"To put it simply commander, yes." Ritsuko said, she knew how weird this theory sounded, but it did make sense from all that she understood about the EVAs, and A.T. fields, which was more than most.

Not liking how this theory incredibly made sense, or how it acutely did exonerated Misato, Gendo turned to the rest of the group for support.

"Technicians Ibuki, Hyuga, and Aoba," Gendo called, surprising the three of them. "Does Dr. Akagi's theory make sense to you?"

Hyuga and Aoba didn't seem to know what to say but Ibuki seemed to have caught on. "Actually, commander Ikari, factors like stress and emotions have always played a crucial part in the synchronization process." Ibuki said.

Seeing one more chance for help, Gendo turned to Kaji. "Mr. Kaji, next to Major Katsuragi, you have spent more time with the pilots than anyone else at this table, does this make any sense to you?"

Seeing what Ritsuko was doing, Kaji said. "Actually, commander, it kind of dose, Asuka has always been a temperamental child, and she hasn't been herself since finding out about Misato and Shinji, quit honestly I'm surprised that it took that long to start affecting her rates, she really is one tough kid." Kaji said with all the smugness and self confidence they've came to expect from him.

Seeing that no one was going to give him any logical reason to punish anyone, Gendo addressed the whole group. "So everyone here believes it's a simple matter of stress that can be easily resolved?"

Everyone agreed.

Gendo didn't like any of this. He could always punish Misato anyway, but if there was a descant enough explanation that vindicated her it could call his professionalism into question, even more so considering that fact the one of the parties involved was his own son. If this got out of hand it could give some of the few people in a position to remove him reason to do so. He was smart enough to realize this, and he could no longer trust Ritsuko to back him if such a situation happened. Ultimately one out of three pilots with a bad synch rate, that may very well be fixable, was better than his whole organization turning against him from both the inside and the outside, and the last thing he wanted to do at this point was to jeopardize his position so, as much as it pained him, all he could do for now is let these events happen as they were going to do.

"Very well then, if you all feel that this issue needs no further dissection, I only have a few things I would like done from here on out." Gendo said and everyone listened. If he was going to pull out some kind of punishment for someone it was going to be now. "Have the synchronization monitoring equipment recalibrated so as to insure accurate results for now on!" Ibuki, Hyuga, and Aoba were unpleasantly surprised to hear that. "The new frequency of synchronization tests will continue as is. The behavior of the children will be more closely monitored! And, most of all, It this trend of inconsistency continues, we will revisit this discussion, and I will not stand for anyone sacrificing their objectivity of her personal attachments, is that clear!?" Everyone agreed again. "Very well then, you are all here by dismissed." Gendo said in a highly forced pilot voice, but no one was willing to call attention to it, as they all made their way of the conference room.

Once in the hallway outside of the conference room, the group of six began to disperse, the tree technicians going one way, Hyuga saying. "Man, recalibrating the monitoring equipment before the next synch test, looks like some more all nighters for us." While Ritsuko, Kaji, and Misato stayed behind, talking amongst themselves.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Misato said as she hugged Ritsuko, her normal upbeat attitude returned, along with a great sense of gratitude towards her friend.

"Hay, don't get the wrong idea." Ritsuko said as Misato released her. "All I did was tell the truth from an objective point of view, and it just so happened that you weren't as at fault as many of us thought, so don't think I'll be there every time you screw up in the future." Ritsuko said, but still appreciated that Misato understood the lengths she had just gone trough for her.

"Oh, don't worry I'll be careful for now on." Misato happily said.

"Ha, yeah and we haven't heard that before?" Kaji said sarcastically.

"Oh shut up, we've been through enough already." Misato said in response.

"Don't snap at him Misato, he's not the one who started all these." Ritsuko said.

"Ha, it's not like I meant for any of this to happen, all I was doing was showing a good person some appreciation." Misato cheekily defended.

"If that's what Shinji gets for just being a good roommate, then what dose Ritsuko get for bailing you out, and what do I get for helping her?" Kaji asked in his usual flirtatious voice.

"That crape didn't work on Ritsuko in collage, and it won't on either of us now perv." Misato told Kaji.

"What does a guy have to do to get two beautiful ladies to share a bed with him at the same time?" Kaji jokingly asked with the same flirtatious voice.

"You could try being a little more like Shinji." Misato mocked hoping to quell Kaji smugness with a fresh splash of jealously. It didn't work.

"Speaking of Shinji," Ritsuko began, "As much as I sure the two of you like… 'being so close' now might be a good time to step back and think about whether you should still be doing this. Maybe if you back off a bit Asuka won't be so jealous and her rates will stabilize, and maybe then you won't have to rush back here after dropping Shinji off at home again."

"Yeah, dropping him off at home." Misato said as she blushed and avoided eye contact with Ritsuko.

"Oh my god!" Ritsuko said

"What?" Misato said figuring she was found out.

"You had sex with Shinji just before you came here, didn't you?" Ritsuko accused.

"What, how'd you know?"

"Minus the giddy school girl laugh, that's the same look you gave me back when you started dating Kaji and I asked you where you'd been all week." Ritsuko said in her usual angry but endearing tone she took with Misato whenever she did stuff like this.

Kaji let out a small chuckle and said. "Well I guess that Shinji really is a ladies' man after all, I knew he had it in him. "Hay, maybe after he's grown a little more I can take him to a club and he can be my wingman?"

"OH NO, you keep all of your dirty little tricks on getting into a woman's pants away from my Shinji, I may be the worse guardian in the world, but I still know to keep him from bad influences!" Misato told Kaji.

"You're one to take about 'bad influences'." Ritsuko light heartedly said.

Before Misato could defend herself, Kaji said "Hay, cut her some slake, it's not like she forced anything on Shinji and, despite what the commander may think, it seems to have made things better than they were before."

"Except for Asuka." Ritsuko said.

"Hay, you never know, for all we know Shinji has already 'taken care of her' for us, assuming he had enough energy left after what Misato did with him." Kaji lewdly said.

"I thought you where jealous of me and Shinji?" Misato asked with crossed arms.

"I was a little bit at first, but after awhile, I figured that just because I flirt with you a lot doesn't mean you can't develop feelings for someone else, and really it was just the shock of the whole thing really, but now I'm just fine with the two of you. Hell I'm even happy for Asuka, her crush on me was cute, but she really should be with someone her own age."

"And what about Shinji and Misato?" Ritsuko asked Kaji.

All Kaji did in response was smile, shrug his shoulder, and say. "Exception to every rule?"

Ritsuko couldn't believe them. Rubbing her forehead she said. "Am I the only one who sees how weird all this is anymore?"

"Yap" Kaji said.

"Pretty much" Misato added.

Ritsuko surprised herself by showing a small half smile, and said to her two old friends. "You know I think we've been here long enough, we really should be heading home right now, what do you two think?"

"Your right, if I keep Shinji and Asuka waiting any longing they might start to really worry." Misato said.

"Unless they've found another way to pass the time." Kaji said in one last lewd joke.

"Oh, just shut up already" Misato endearing said, as she lightly punched Kaji in the arm as the two of them walked down the hallway toward the nearest exit, away from Ritsuko.

Once she was on her own Ritsuko continued to smile to herself. Their situation was completely ridiculous, but it did seem to be getting betting, and if Gendo had any more questions for her, she did have a few more answers to keep him from doing anything stupid for awhile while they shorted the rest of it out.

No sooner did she think that that Fuyutsuki walked up to her and said "Dr. Akagi, commend Ikari would like another world with you."

Ritsuko frowned, she was hoping that the commander would wait and see how things would go before calling on her again, and that she would have a few more positive bits of evidence to support her theory.

Back in the conference room, Gendo was still in the same chair and Ritsuko had taken the chair directly across from him, and stood Fuyutsuki behind Gendo to he's right.

The room seemed somehow even more dimly lit then before.

"Dr. Akagi," Gendo began, taking in his usual calm monotone voice. "There is one more issue which I could not disuse while the others where in the room. It involves classified information, I assume you know what I am referring to?"

Ritsuko had a feeling this would be the first thing her would bring up. "Yes" was all she said.

"Good then, I would like to know the practicality of awakening another clone in this situation?"

Ritsuko was right about what she thought he would ask about first. "Sir, that normally is only considered or done in extreme situation, I would hardly call this…" Ritsuko was interrupted.

"When I want you opinion on how in interpret a situation I'll ask that, what I asked you now is how practical a certain action would be in this situation. Please answer the questions you're asked Dr. Akagi!"

Gendo raised his voice only a few decibels, but Ritsuko got the massage.

"Sorry sir.

"Well, considering that Rei is acting very much out her usual parameters I can see why you would consider this, but I must say awaking another clone may not be the wisest course of action at this time." Ritsuko said, and she knew how to back it up to, her explanation for the odd readings may have seemed strange, but the reasons for this were a lot easier to understand.

"How so?" Gendo calmly asked, but Ritsuko knew he didn't like what he heard.

Having her response prepared Ritsuko began. "Well, normally It wouldn't be much trouble, as all the clones have the same personally and programming when they are first awakened, but this particular Rei has gone through a great deal of major personal grown that, while it doesn't seem to hinder her primary propose of piloting, is has made this Rei distinct among the rest of them in terms of behavior."

"And how does that affect the practicality of awakening a new clone?" Gendo asked making sure he understood everything that Ritsuko was saying.

"Well her behavior by itself is no problem, but it's the way other people have reacted to it.

"In just the short time since she has started acting this way, she has devolved at reputation from it, so much so that for her to just suddenly revert to her old behavior could raise more questions than her first sudden change in behavior.

"And most of all there's your son, who has grown very close the Rei since she started acting this way, and a new clone wouldn't have any memories of the time they've spent together, or of their… more 'intimate' time spent together, if we were to replace this Rei the third child would be more suspicious than anyone else, and given his own recant behavior that could more problematic still."

"So you're saying it would not be practical to awaken a new clone at this time?" Gendo asked.

"No sir, it would not be. But there is positive to this situation." Ritsuko said.

"And what may that be?" Gendo asked as his voice rose, and he clench his hands on his chair again.

"Aside from the new behavior, the first child's synchronization ratio has gone up and seems to be continuing to do so, thus it seems that her piloting skills will improve as well."

"And what about her part in the final plain, her behavioral programming was essential for that?" Gendo asked making sure to cover all basis.

"Rei has known about her part in that for her whole life, and she doesn't seem to be showing any problems with it now, most likely her motivations for it have shifted from loyalty to a new found sense of compassion for the concept of it?" Ritsuko explained.

"You believe all this?" Gendo asked

"They're the only logical explanations I can think of." Ritsuko simply said.

Gendo sat and thought about he what just herd for a moment. Then he said. "It's hard to believe that all this is being caused by the unpredictable behavior and emotions of children isn't it?" Gendo asked Ritsuko in a calm voice, it seemed he was excepting her explanations.

"To be far sir, this problem was foreseen in the EVA projects' earlier days, but it was disregarded due to the necessity for the child pilots." Ritsuko explained.

"Well then, I guess we're just ripping what we've sewn aren't we. Oh well, so long as EVA-01 and her pilot are functional and we have at least one other working EVA and pilot the rest of the plain can go on, and if worse comes to worse with Rei we could always just awaken another clone at the last minute, right Dr. Akagi?" Gendo calmly asked.

Ritsuko found herself disliking the callus way Gendo talked about the lives of these children, but he didn't seem to be planning to tear apart any lives at that moment, and that was the most she could have hoped for, so she decided to leave well enough alone for now. "Yes sir, all the plains can still come to complete fruition." Ritsuko finished.

"Good to hear you still think that.

"You are dismissed, Dr. Akagi" Gendo said.

Ritsuko got up and quietly left.

Once they were alone Fuyutsuki asked Gendo. "Do you still think we can trust her?"

"I've never fully trusted her, but I also doubt that she would do all this just to protect a friend, plus her explanations do make some sense, from what we know." Gendo spoke back without looking at Fuyutsuki.

"What do you think her motivations may be then?"

"Maybe she's thought of her own end to the scenario, or maybe she's now in Seele's pocket, it doesn't matter either way, what are a few more bumps in the road now?"

"So you won't be doing anything about the pilots, sir?"

"Dr. Akagi was right about that at least, it would really be more trouble than it's worth to try and reverse this, for now we'll just have to see what happens." Gendo finished.

Back that the apartment, Shinji walked through the door. The walk home from where Misato dropped him off was acutely a little lass then half way home from NERV, but he still made it.

Taking off his shoes by the door Shinji noticed that the lights where on so he guessed that Asuka had arrived home as well. Looking around he could see that she wasn't in the living room, dining room, or kitchen.

'I guess she went to bed early, she was pretty upset before.' Shinji thought, but just to be sure he walked over to Asuka's bedroom door.

Knocking he asked. "Asuka, are you in there?" No answer. "I'm coming in." Shinji said then he opened the door and saw that the room was empty.

Feeling confused Shinji walked down the hallway and called out. "Asuka, were are you, are you home?"

Shinji didn't know what he was expecting to here, if Asuka wasn't out in the living room or in her room, she probably wasn't home at all.

"We're in here Shinji!" Shinji heard from a voice that sounded like Asuka's but he had trouble believing it. The sound came from his room and that was the last place he would think Asuka would go to feel sad at this point, there was also the use of the word 'we' in what she said, but what confused Shinji the most had to be the tone she spook in. The last time he heard Asuka talk earlier that night, she was very angry, but now she sounded…not happy, but definitely not angry, but not a monotone either, just a tone of voice Shinji didn't think he heard Asuka speak in before. Before Shinji could think about any of this he opened the door, skipping the knocking since it was his own room, and what he saw surprised him more than anything else he'd ever seen.

There, lying in his bed was a completely naked Asuka and right naked to her was Rei in nothing but her bra and panties.

And if what they were (or weren't) wearing wasn't strange enough, Asuka was showing Shinji the most uncharacteristic smile Shinji had ever seen on her, it was a this dreamy kind of smile almost like she had just gotten up from a pleasant sleep, it was also the fact that Asuka was smiling for seeing Shinji, Shinji couldn't remember the last time Asuka was happy to see him.

"Shinji" Rei said braking Shinji out of his shock, "Would you care to join us over here?" Rei asked patting a space on the bed next to Asuka.

Not knowing what else to do Shinji walked over to them and lied down next to Asuka with Rae lying on Asuka's other side. Shinji felt weird lying fully clothed in a bed with a half-naked and naked girl, also it was odd that he had shared a bed with each of these girls recently, yet this still seemed strange to him. If he was able to think more clearly at the time he may have been able to appreciate that no matter how experienced he got, these girls still found new ways to make him feel surprised and shocked.

Once Shinji was in bed with them Rei said. "Shinji, I think Asuka has something she wants to tell you." Rei said as she stocked Asuka's hair with the back of her hand.

This seemed to be a queue that Asuka was waiting for, because then she looked Shinji in the eyes with another uncharacteristic look (a combination of sadness, worry, and concern) and said. "Shinji, I want to say that I'm sorry for how I've been treating you ever since I found out about you and Misato," Asuka paused for a second, it seemed she was fighting back tears. "When Misato called me jealous I got angry, angry at her for talking down to me like that, angry at you for letting her take you like that, and angry at myself for not seeing what Misato saw so clearly she was sure enough to yell it at me about it." Asuka paused again, a little bit of wetness spilled over her eyes. "I didn't want to admit it to myself then, that it did bother me that you two slept together, and not just because I thought it was gross, or that your age difference made it wrong, I really didn't care about that. I didn't like that you and Misato where together like that, I thought it meant that I really was so horrible to you that you hated me, that you didn't want anything to do with me, and I was afraid that if I told any of this you would've told me just that, and I was afraid of that because…What Misato said that night was right, all those times, training for the 7th angle's attack, when we were going after the 8th angle, and even that time Misato left us alone to go to a wedding, I…I just wanted to spend time around you to see what you were like, because ever since we meet on that carrier you've always seemed like such a nice boy and I've never meet anyone like that before, sure you acted kind of weak sometimes but I wouldn't be any different I didn't think I was that good at piloting, but now you've grown so much as a person in such a short time, and now you, Rae, and even Misato aren't even bothered by I stupid little insults anymore, everyone else has grown so much but me." Asuka paused and took hold of Shinji's arms as she fought back more tears. "I'm tired of being angry at everyone, I'm tired of feeling like everything I care about can be taken away like it's nothing, and I'm tired of thinking about every depressing thing in my life every time I'm alone.

"Shinji" Asuka began like she was bracing herself for something big. "I love you, I've loved you for a long time now." Was all Asuka could get out, and then she pressed her face to Shinji chest and began to tear up, waiting for Shinji response, and dreading it a little bit to.

Shinji couldn't believe this, this was the most honest interaction he'd ever had with Asuka, he never expected to hear her say anything like what she just said, but he didn't doubt any word of it. Before he knew what he was saying Shinji's mind had already figured what the right response to Asuka's profession of her true affections and it was every bit as honest as hers.

"Asuka, I love you to, probably as long as you have loved me." Shinji couldn't believe how right those word felt as they left his mouth, and Asuka found herself letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding in, out of everything her mind had come to terms with tonight this was, by far, the best.

As Asuka cried into his chest Shinji spoke to Rei. "What did you to do before I got there?" Shinji asked as he stroked Asuka hair, enjoying being close to her again.

Rei smiled at Shinji's question and answered. "It's hard to explain in a way you would understand, but to put it simply, I gave Asuka the opportunity to experience the feelings she has been ignoring and denying for a long time now," Rei stroked a lock of Asuka hair herself. "And the suddenness of it caused her do go through a kind of deep personal revelation as it seems." Rei finished in her new calm yet happy sounding voice.

Shinji didn't fully understand what Rei was talking about, but Asuka seemed to be in a better mood then she's been in for while, and maybe it was the fact that a girl he liked was naked and pressed against his body, and professing her love for him, but Shinji didn't see any reason to question Rei too much further about it right now.

But Shinji still wanted to get a few more things straight. "Ah, why exactly are you two naked or, why is Asuka naked, and you only have your underwear on?" Shinji asked, not knowing the correct tone of voice to use for such a question.

Rei seemed to be waiting for this question as she smiled and answered. "You see Shinji since our night together I've come to relies a few things about the concepts of love and relationships and I've realized that after all we three have been through, a sort of natural bond has formed, is was small but is was there, and after you and I made love for the first time I saw how important love and affection can be to someone, and after what Asuka said earlier, I saw that she truly needed it more than anything else. So I decided the give her the same thing you and I gave each other. And I did this because I care for both of you, as friends, as fellow pilots, and most of all, I love both of you the same way you both love each other."

Shinji understood what Rei was saying.

"So you and Asuka are…?" Shinji tired to say but Rei interrupted him.

"Do labels for relationships and sexualities really matter that much right now, everyone in this bed cares for and loves each other, and right now we just want to show that, isn't that enough for right now?" Rei calmly asked Shinji.

Shinji looks down, Asuka had stopped crying and was looking up at Shinji with big glassy loving eyes, the same eyes that she stared at him with the morning after their date. "Yeah, you're right." Shinji agreed with Rei.

"Good, now there is something that I and Asuka have been waiting for you to come home for." Rei said, then she tugged at Asuka's shoulder and Asuka turned away from Shinji and towards Rei. Before Shinji knew what they were doing Rei had embraced Asuka and the two girls were in a deep loving kiss. Rei reached her hand over to Shinji's and held it while she rubbed the back of his and with her thumb and pulled him in the direction of their bodies.

Shinji got the idea.

Half of Shinji's mind was eager to show these two girls his love again, and the other half was like any teenage boy about to have a threesome.

Shinji began taking off his clothes, but as he was just throwing off his shirt Asuka broke her kiss with Rei and said. "What, what…there's something I want to say to Shinji first." Shinji had enough control to stop were his was in undressing to listen to Asuka. Turning back to Shinji Asuka embraced him, pressing her breast up to his chest, and said. "Shinji I now that Rei said she doesn't care about labels or relationship statuses but, I have had more time then I relies to think about this, and if you would let me, could we boyfriend and Girlfriend, like Misato said I should asked you to be?"

Shinji was still surprised by this new side of Asuka and jokingly responded by asking. "Are you sure, you a made pretty big deal about you and me not dating anymore?"

Asuka said back just as jokingly. "Don't worry about it, if anyone asks I tell them to shut up and mind their own business, and if they keep asking, I'll step on them with my EVA."

Shinji liked that he saw some of Asuka's old self still in her, as much as he liked her new sweeter side, he greatly admired her fiery personality.

"Yes Asuka, I would love to be your boyfriend." Shinji said.

Asuka was overjoyed, and then she added. "And don't worry about me being jealous any more, I know that you care about other people, and you should be able to show that, so I'm fine with you and Rei, and even you and Misato."

Shinji really did love this new side of Asuka.

Shinji and Asuka kissed in showing their new relationship, and then Rei said to both of them. "You two really are beautiful together, but since Asuka brought it up I also have something to ask of you two." Shinji and Asuka gave Rei their undivided attention. "I know I just said I didn't want labels on us, but since Asuka wants it, and if you two would have me as well, could I be Shinji's girlfriend as well?" Rei asked.

Asuka was the one to answer. "Of course, you're just as close to Shinji as I am, and I promised that I wouldn't be jealous anymore." Asuka said.

Shinji wondered if Asuka would regret giving so much liberty in his love life whenever her current state of euphoria ended.

"Glad we have all that cleared up, now can we pick up where we left off?" Rei said to Asuka.

"Let's" Was all Asuka said before he turned from Shinji back to Rei and resumed kissing her.

Shinji picked up were left off as well and was soon just as naked as Asuka, while he was stripping, Asuka reached behind Rei and unhooked her bra.

Shinji moved to both girls and Asuka turned around again to make out with Shinji while Rei removed her panties, leaving all three of them completely naked.

Asuka rolled Shinji on to his back and began to kiss down his torso heading for below his waist line.

Asuka was at Shinji's privets were his penis was already erect and she quickly began sucking, like she saw Misato do in her dream.

Shinji, despite his recent experiences, has never experienced oral sex before, and while he may have found it not be as good as conventional sex, it was still a new and exiting sensation, and the way Asuka was moving her tongue didn't hurt either.

Looking over Shinji saw that Rei was masturbating to the site of Asuka going down on him. Seeing how Shinji was looking at her, Rei thought it was the right time to get involved. Moving too Shinji's face, Rei presents him with one of her breast.

His mind in a fog of lust, Shinji gets Rei implication and begins to suck on Rei's nipple. Rei enjoys the intimate feeling and embraces Shinji, shoving more of her chest into his face.

The site of Rei and Shinji hugging each other while Shinji sucked on Rei's nipple and Asuka sucked on Shinji's cock went on for a few minutes until Asuka felt her needs were due to be meant by Shinji.

Relishing Shinji's manhood from her mouth, Asuka moved back up Shinji's body, lining up her womanhood with his erection.

Shinji pulled away from Rei's breast to kiss Asuka as she lowered herself down on to his stiffness. The two young lovers let out groans of pleasure as they joined together again.

Shinji enjoyed being inside Asuka again, and Asuka loved of full feeling sex with Shinji brought her.

Rei, wanting to rejoin them, moved towards Asuka, and pulled her face from Shinji's and resumes kissing her. Rei leads Asuka up into an upright position while she's still ridding Shinji. Rei throws her lags over Shinji's face and straddles him and grinds her own womanhood in to his mouth and nose, while she kisses Asuka. Shinji had never preformed oral on anyone but something told he knew what to do anyway. So taking Rei's hint Shinji clamped his mouth on Rei's moist femininity and plunged his tongue into Rei as he would have his penis.

Rei let out a high pitch breath as she experienced oral sex for the first time herself. Thoroughly enjoying herself, and hoping that Shinji thought she tasted as good as she thought Asuka had tasted, Rei grabs Asuka's face and their tongues mass together and wrestle with wet slapping sounds.

Shinji and Asuka's minds were too hazed to the moment to wonder why three barely experienced teenagers were marching their movement together in bed so easily, but Rei knew why. Rei has used her ability to weaken their barriers just enough to allow their bodies to perfectly synchronize with each other. Rei enjoyed the extra pleasure given by the fact that they as close as they could be without being none entities. Rei also wondered when may be a good time to tell her new lovers about her ability, she wanted them to be as close as possible, even outside the bedroom, and didn't want any secretes between them.

As Asuka rode Shinji she grinds and rolled her hips in a way that would bring herself and Shinji the most pleasure. Asuka assumed that since Rei had brought her to a big climax not too long ago she would have no trouble lasting a long time now. But she was wrong.

Breaking her long kiss with Rei Asuka leaned her head on Rei's shoulder and called out. "Oh…oh god…I'm….neeeeeeaaaaaa!" Asuka screamed as she let lose a torrent of female ejaculate on to Shinji's groin and pelvic area.

Breathing heavy and feeling momentarily satisfied Asuka moved off of Shinji, allowing Rei to have her turn.

Rei climbed off of Shinji's face and laid down next to him and pulled Shinji on to top her.

Shinji wrapped his arms around Rei and entered her moist entrench. The two of them grind and move into each other much the same way they did on their first night.

Shinji likes being with Rei again as much as he did with Asuka, enjoys it even more knowing that the biggest problem he was having with his love life was now resolved, so they could enjoy everything without any pent up guilt.

Rei having already been simulated by Shinji's mouth knew it wouldn't take much to make her cum, even more so given that Shinji was thrusting into her with greater enthusiasm then their last time, Rei figured that it was either her weakening his barrier was allowing him to enjoy her body better or the fact that a manger issue was resolved, and that was allowing him to enjoy his lovers with more eagerness and less guild, either way, Rei was not complaining.

Very soon Rei was making noses like." Oh…eah…aaaaa" and soon she was cumming just like Asuka had just minutes ago.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh" Rei screamed.

Rei and Shinji rolled apart. Asuka had recovered from her earlier orgasm and saw Rei lying down like that as an opportunity.

Asuka laid her body down on to Rei's and made out with her. The two girls embrace each other, and Asuka wrapped hers and Rei's lags together.

Shinji, having brought both his new girlfriend to orgasm but had yet to cum himself, looked over at this loving display.

Asuka could feel Shinji staring at them and wiggled her private area as a sign to Shinji.

Shinji saw this and moved towards them. Wanting to be fare Shinji licked and sucked on Asuka's vaginal lips first having done the same thing to Rei earlier. Asuka feels this and breaks her kiss with Rei for just a second to let out a small whimper of pleasure.

After servicing Asuka with his mouth for a bit, Shinji filet it was time he got his release to, and moved up to penetrate Asuka once again.

Asuka lets out another small noise at Shinji reentering her. Seeing that Rei's womanhood was just beneath Asuka's, Shinji decided to switch between the two every few seconds. Back and forth Shinji went, each time he goes from the one girl to the other he feels himself getting closer. Having had sex with Misato just before this, his is able to last a long time but soon enough he was on the verge of cumming. Shinji just happened to be in Asuka at that time at and with the feeling of Shinji cumming inside her Asuka was thrown into her third climax of the night. Rei felt her two lover cumming through their weakened barriers and responds with her own orgasm. The three EVA pilots came as one.

All three of them, tired and sweaty, slumped down on to the bed, Asuka rolling over to the side nearest the door, Rei on the side against the wall, leaving Shinji to lie down in between the two girls.

After a few minutes of catching their breath it was Shinji who broke the silence. "I'm really happy that we were able to settle this." Shinji said with a grin.

Rei and Asuka found Shinji's amused smile cute.

"I'm sorry I didn't wait for you to think of your own solution to this yourself Shinji, I just saw an opportunity." Rei apologized, but sounded more happy then apologetic.

"It's OK, I don't mind how thing turned out, I could've found a better answer myself." Shinji responded to Rei.

"I agree with Shinji I loved how all this ended up, I'm just sorry all the trouble we had to go through to get here." Asuka happily said.

Shinji had a feeling that Asuka was once again skimming over the fact that most of the trouble she was referring to was caused by her, but Shinji didn't mind, he knew that on the inside Asuka had learned her lesson.

"I'm so glad you think that Asuka." Rei said, and then she leaned over Shinji and gave Asuka a peck on the lips.

"So this is, what we're doing, we going to be a…?"Shinji paused, unable to think of the right word.

"I think the term you're looking for is 'ménage a trois' relationship?" Asuka clarified. "But, oh wait, Rei doesn't like labels." Asuka lightheartedly mocked Rei.

At this Rei said. "I was just saying that to be understanding of you two possibly not being ready to except what we were going to have, but if you both are OK with it, we may be called whatever you please."

"Good to hear, because what's the point a being in a relationship this great if you don't know what to call it!" Asuka happily said, then she reached over Shinji to give Rei a deeper kiss then she had just been given. "You know, strictly speaking, this means that you and I are each other's girlfriends as well as Shinji?" Asuka told Rei after their kiss.

"Yes I know that, do you have a problem with it?" Rei asked Asuka.

"Nope, at this point I would date an angle if it made me this happy." Asuka jokingly said.

Shinji was all the more glad that he, Rei, and Asuka had final reconciled their feelings for each other, he was still pretty at surprised the apparent feelings Rei and Asuka had for one and other, but they were all happy and that's all that mattered in that moment.

Rei and Asuka shared another kiss, then lied back down and kiss Shinji respectfully. After Shinji turned to kiss both Asuka and then Rei, they all cuddle up to each other, wrapping their arms around their three bodies. They lost track of time, none of them were completely sure how long they lied like that, but to them it seemed like an entreaty, and they felt like it could have lasted that long had they not been disturbed by a familiar noise.

"Wark" They all heard.

Surprised, Rei, Shinji, and Asuka all turned their attention to the source of the sound. There, standing by the opened door no one thought to close was Pan-Pan the penguin, and just like with Misato and Shinji, and Asuka and Shinji, he was absentmindedly peaking in on a very personnel moment.

Rei and Shinji didn't see this as anything more than a small oddity, but Asuka, whose mind was still addled from Rei's earlier spiritual stimulations, went right form near perfect euphoria to absolute rage at this unwanted intrusion.

"You!" Asuka angrily said to the flightless bird as she sprung up from the bed and began to chase after him.

Pan-Pan, seeing Asuka bearing down on him let out a terrified "WARK!?" as he Waddled/Ran from the room.

Pan-Pan just managed to say ahead of Asuka, Asuka's lags were a little weak from what she was just doing, as he ran from her down the hall towards the kitchen.

He was trying to make a B-line for the freezer he where spent most of his down time. He almost made it by belly sliding across the tiled floor that Shinji cleaned earlier that day.

But before he could stop he heard Asuka right behind him so he turned at corner of the kitchen and slide into the living room instead.

Asuka ran after Pan-Pan into the kitchen and, running bare footed of smooth tiled floor in a small kitchen, slipped and slammed her abdomen into a counter.

Ignoring the pain Asuka stepped into the living room and saw that Pan-Pan had managed to waddle over to the couch and was trying to hind under it. But his feet were still sticking out as he was trying to squeeze under the furniture.

Asuka stepped towards the startled penguin's exposed feet saying. "OK you little creep," She said as she reached under the couch and gripped Pan-Pan's body. "Get out of there!" Asuka yelled as she pulls Pan-Pan out from under the couch and he lets out his most terrified noise yet, as he flails his webbed feet and wings.

"WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKK!" Pan-Pan cried.

Asuka shakes him back and forth, yelling. "OK, listen up you black and white and perverted all over voyeur, just because some bimbo thinks you're cute doesn't mean you can…!"

Asuka abruptly stopped her rant when she saw that right by the front door Misato was staring at her. It seemed that Misato had just gotten home, as she was removing her shoes and hanging up her jacket.

Asuka instantly realized how weird this scene must seem to Misato. Asuka was naked, in the middle of their living room, holding a panicking penguin.

Then Asuka realized. She was naked in front of Misato!

Asuka covered herself with her hands as she dropped Pan-Pan. Pan-Pan relived from his capture and still fearing for his safety ran for his freezer.

Before Misato could say anything Asuka's face turned bright red and she ran crying back to Shinji's room.

Once Misato was by herself she tried to understand what just happened, after a moment of trying make sense out of the crazy scene she just witnessed all that came to mind was 'What the hell is going on here!?'.

Misato headed for Shinji room, were he saw Asuka had ran (that was one of the things she found most odd). Once there Misato say the door was open, and what she saw shocked her even more. There in Shinji's bed was not only Shinji, but also Rei, and Asuka, who was at this point clinging to Shinji's shoulder for dear life as if he was some kind of life line.

"Wha…Misato!?" Shinji said once he saw Misato enter his room shortly after Asuka ran back in. "Ah...Misato…We were just…um." Shinji stammered to come up with reasonable explanations…nothing came to him.

Misato walked up to Shinji's over crowded bed and looked at the three children, all naked. "What the hell have you guys been doing?" But then she looked at Asuka.

Their she was, Asuka, the strongest, and most self-confident of the three pilots, curled up into a fetal position, clinging to Shinji, like a frightened infant with a safety blanket. "What did you do to Asuka?" Misato asked her head spinning with all the possibilities. Sure Kaji may have joked about something like this happening just before she came home, but Misato didn't once believe anything like this could actually happen.

"Misato we…we." Shinji tried to say something, but Rei interrupted him.

"Don't blame Shinji Misato, I did this to Asuka." Rei said with no shame.

"Ah OK, but what exactly did you do?" Misato asked, still unable to wrap her head around the surreal situation she found herself in.

"Nothing bad," Rei began. "I came over to see my friends and Asuka and I were alone for a while before Shinji got home, Asuka didn't think she and I were friends so I showed her that we were, then Shinji came home and we all had chance to talk and straighten everything that's been troubling us out, and me and Asuka ended up telling Shinji that we love him and agreeing that we could share him and both be his girlfriends, but I'm afraid that it seems that with everything Asuka had been though tonight she's a bit fragile right now, Pan-Pan walked in on us and she got really upset, and apparently you seeing her in such a compromising position hasn't helped her either." Rei finished, and at the end of her words Asuka tighten her hold on Shinji's arm.

Misato looked at Asuka, sure she thought was a handful, but this seemed a bit too extreme. "Ah, is she going to be like all the time now?" Misato asked Rei who seemed to have all the answers.

"No I don't think so, she's just been through a lot and needs time to adjust, just give her time and space and she'll been fine soon enough." Rei said.

Misato still had a bad feeling about it. Asuka, the tough girl, the ace pilot, now a scared and vulnerable… 'Wait vulnerable, as in open?' Misato thought, then she remembered what Ritsuko said about how openness and intimacy boosted Rei and Shinji's rates, then it hit Misato. If what Rei and Shinji did for each other's is what brought up their rates then maybe Rei just did the same thing for Asuka, and once she's recovered from…whatever this is, her rates will be back to normal. If that was the case then this could be just thing that they were hoping for but, just wanting to be sure, Misato asked Rei one more time. "So, you think you've solved all your problems now?"

Rei knew enough about the inner workings of NERV to tell what Misato was really asking, so Rei smiled a knowing smile a said. "Yes Misato, I believe I have fixed all of our problems at this time."

Misato knew that if Rei knew what she was talking about (and she had a feeling that she did) then everything was OK, Shinji's and Asuka's relationship was fixed, Asuka's rates would go back up, and there would be nothing left for Gendo to blame on Misato, at least nothing worth punishing her over.

Deciding it was time to leave well enough alone, Misato said her good nights to the children. "All right then, good night you all, night Rei," Rei smiled at Misato and knew that Misato and her were on the same page, everything was going to be OK. "Night Shinji," Misato said and leaned down to kiss Shinji on the lips. "Night Asuka," Feeling that Asuka couldn't take much else Misato simply tussle her red hair, this alone cased Asuka to tighten her grip on Shinji even more. "Good night to all of you." Misato said one last time before stepping about of the room and closing the door for them.

Misato headed for her room and changes from her work clothes into the tank top and cut off jeans she usually wore to bed. Misato walked back into the kitchen and opened up Pan-Pan's freezer were she found him in not much better shape than Asuka. "It's OK Pan-Pan," Misato loving drew him out. "The mean girl is gone now she won't hurt anymore, alright?" At hearing a friendly voice Pan-pan went into Misato's arms.

"Come on Pan-pan, we've all had a long day, let's get to bed." Misato said as she walked down the hall towards her bedroom, but on the way, she stopped by Shinji's room and cracks the door to look inside. Most guardians might find of idea of letting their charges sleep together like that deplorable, especially with an added child, but Misato couldn't help but find the way all three of them cuddled together, completely at peace with the world absolutely adorable. 'I can't believe those kids actually pulled it off.' Misato thought as she closed the door and head for her room.

Meanwhile in his room Shinji couldn't believe it any more then Misato did. There he was, pressed between two beautiful girls that he had feelings for for a long time and now they were free to show their love for each other as openly as they wanted. Shinji found himself experiencing the same feeling he had the night he and Rei made love for the first time, a feeling of completion, of being at peace and content with the whole world, only this time was better, this time he felt more certainty in it.

All was right with the world.

The End

A/N SO there it is the end of it. How'd you like it? Comments are always appreciated.

now while this is the end of this story I may be open to a sequel, maybe, depending on the comments.

Before I go I just want to tell you all, thank you for your support and you advice I'm still new to this site and in the time I've written this story, my writing skills have improved so much( anyone you has scene the first version of the first chapter can tell you that), and looking back even all the comment about how my grammar need work were helpful.

This story started out as humor the test my skills at writing lemons and multi chapter works, it was only supposes to be three chapter I was just hint with inspiration and the last four chapter happened.

Remember the massage I tried to work into this story, being yourself is important, but so is love and loved ones. Don't let hurt feelings or the fear of being hurt keep you from happiness. If your having issues in you life, find some who care about you and talk to them about it.

I don't mean to should preachy, the last part was so emotional to would feel weird if I did write something to go along wit it in this note.