From: jlee100441@aol.com (JLee100441) Subject: [EVA][Ranma][AMG][Fanfic] A Better Future [parts 1-4] Disclaimer: Evangelion, Ranma 1/2, and AMS are not my property. They are the property of their respected owners. Please don't sue me, I have no money to spare! A Better Future By James Lee Part 1 Note: This takes place in alternative reality of Evangelion. In the remains of a once great city stood a ruined skyscraper. On top of this skyscraper stood a girl with long red hair. The girl was dressed in a red plug suit and held a hand over the bloody socket were her left eye used to be. As she looked over the ruins that were Tokyo 3 she began to cry. She was the last. The last human survivor of Third Impact. All the other's: Shinji, Rei, Misato, Kaji, all her friends, were gone. "Even that bastard Gendo" she said as walked up to the edge. "Well I'll be joining you soon my friends." "Are sure that's necessary Miss Soryu?" Asuka was so surprised by the voice behind her that when she turned around she slipped and fell from the skyscraper roof. Realizing that she was falling to her death Asuka closed her one good eye and waited for the impact that would brake every bone in her body. It never came. Instead she felt someone grab her arm. Then she felt her body start to decelerate. When she opened her eye she found herself looking at a woman holding her arm. The woman appeared to be Ritsuko's age with long black hair and large brown eyes. She had odd marks on her face and forehead and was floating. FLOATING! As Asuka and the woman gently landed on the ground; Asuka backed as far away as she could from the strange woman. "W-Who....What....what the hell are you?" asked a very nervous Asuka. "I am the goddess Skuld, I've come to help." "H-help. HELP! YOUR BIT FUCKIN LATE! HOW YOU PLAN TO HELP THIS!" Asuka yelled waving her hand at the destruction around them. "By granting you a wish; but only one wish." stated Skuld calmly. "YEAH RIGHT! YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST!" yelled Asuka. "How do you know you can't change the past? I have a sister who gets trouble for doing that all the time." said Skuld. "Listen. I wish I could prevent all this from happening; BUT I CAN....." Asuka stopped when the symbol on the woman's forehead flared. Asuka then dove for cover as rubble and junk flew around the woman in a whirlwind. The woman's head arched up and a beam of light shot from it straight to the sky. After the whirlwind had calmed down the woman look straight at Asuka. "Your wish has been approved." "What do you mea....." was all Asuka got out before she was engulfed in light. When her vision cleared Asuka found that she was no longer in Tokyo 3. Instead she was in an empty lot. Around the lot were nice small houses. Looking on the ground Asuka saw a thrown out newspaper that looked somewhat recent. Picking the paper up she began to read. "The Nerima Gazette.......November 1st, 1997!...." That was as far as she got before pain, exhaustion, and shock finally made her pass out. To Be Continued. If your reading this line you may have read the whole thing for which you have my thanks. James A Better Future By James Lee Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They are the property of their rightful owners. Please don't sue me. Part 2 Little Asuka ran down hall, headed for her mothers room. Her mother was be going to be so happy when she heard the good news. *It'll probably makes her all better.* Thought Little Asuka. "MAMA! MAMA! I'M SPECIAL! THEY....chos..." Little Asuka stop seeing, her mother hanging from the rafters. Asuka woke up with a start. She was in bed. For a while she let herself believe it was all a dream, but the irritation in what was her left eye let her know otherwise. Despite the irritation, Asuka began to look at her surroundings. She was in a hospital of somesort. The room had hospital equipment, but it also had a home feeling to it that you just don't get in a big hospital. "Ahhh! Your awake." Asuka turn her head to see a man in his mid-twenties enter the room smiling. He was wearing glasses and what looked like a martial arts gi. "W-Who are you? Where am I?" asked Asuka "I'm Dr. Tofu. You were brought to my clinic several days ago by one of my regulars. You were suffering from massive eye trauma, cause by the loss of your left eye. Lets have look shall we." The doctor carefully removed the bandage covering her eye. "Well everything looks okay. I'll probably feel a little tender for a while. Take a look." said Dr. Tofu holding up a mirror. "I thought you said I lost my eye?" "You did. While you were unconscious I had a specialist come in and put in a glass one. He'll be back tomorrow to show you how to care for it. He'll also bring a selection of others, although I think we got a good match for now." It did indeed look like her right eye. Asuka noticed however that the glass eye didn't move. "Now if you don't mind. I like to ask you a few questions." "Uhh. Sure." "Name?" Oh! Soryu, Asuka Langley Soryu." "Can you tell me how you lost your eye?" *Yes. This giant white robot throw a 400 foot spear into the eye of my giant robot and the neural feedback caused my eyeball to explode.* Instead Asuka said "I...I..can't remember." "Can you remember how you ended up in that lot?" *This woman claiming to be a goddess sent me to that lot to save the world.* "Ummm...No." "Can you tell me where you live?" *Eighteen years from now in a city that was built after this one was destroyed.* "I ..know I lived in Japan but I can't remember were. I did use to live in Germany." "Hmmm. I think the shock might have caused you to lose some of your memory. I think you should rest now. We'll continue tomorrow." "Y-Yes. Rest....think." "Just call if you need anything, I'll be in the next room." Dr. Tofu got up to leave the room. "Okay. Ahh Doctor?" "Yes Asuka?" "D-Do you have me on drugs?" "Just mild pain killers. Why do ask?" "I-I-I'm seeing this large panda sweeping your office!" "Oh that just Mr. Saotome. Don't worry he's harmless." said Dr.Tofu as he left the room. *Harmless! Weird is more like it.* Although Asuka had to admit that Pen Pen had been pretty weird too. Asuka then turned to the problem at hand. *That goddess. What's her name? I was so angry I didn't quite catch it. What was it? Scud? Skurd? Whatever. That goddess must have decided to have me stop everything, including second impact.* *But how? I really don't know were to begin.* *NERV?.......No, they don't exist yet.* *Gendo?......No, even if the son of bitch was involved with second impact he couldn't do it alone. He have to have help or take orders from someone else. Still, I guess it wouldn't hurt to chick up on him.* *The Antarctic expedition?.....Maybe, but they'll probably just send another one instead.* *The First Angel?.....Again maybe, but how do I deal with an angel without my EVA?* It was then that Asuka remembered something from her last battle. Her orders. "Defend NERV headquarters from the troops sent by SEELE." SEELE. They had started third impact, they could have started the second one as well. She would have to find out more. Asuka had just over two years before half the world went KABOOM. She then had sixteen years after that before the other half went KABOOM. Right now she needed information. "Hey Asuka? Are you going to school?" called Dr.Tofu from the next room. "Ah....No, I don't think so." School was the last thing she needed. After all she had already gone to collage. Of course her degree was sixteen years in the future. What she needed now was information, not school. Then something occurred to her. *I can get info at school. Schools have libraries, laboratories, media rooms, computers........computers with internet access!* Yes, maybe she should go back to school. Asuka called out "Hey Dr. Tofu?" "yes?" "Do you know any good high schools near here?" "There's Furinkan High several blocks from here." "Do they have computers there?" "Yes, I think so." "Good. I think I'll go there." "That's a very wise decision. A good education is very important and besides you might make some good friends there." "Hmmm...friends" Asuka started to think about her friends. Friends that were massacred by SEELE troops. Friends that were murdered by their co-workers. Friends that were eaten alive by monsters. "No Dr. Tofu." Asuka whispered "I don't think I'll be making any more friends." To be Continued Next Part: SCHOOL! A Better Future By James Lee Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2, Evangelion, and AMS are not my property. They are the property of their respected owners. Note: This takes place in an alternate reality Evangelion. Part 3 Asuka sat impatiently in her entry plug. "What's taking so long!" She said as she waited to be launched. Apparently some group called SEELE wanted to start third impact and had sent troops and EVAs to get ride of NERV. Asuka knew that Shinji was in trouble and wanted to get to the surface fast. "O-Okay! We're Ready!" Came Maya frantic voice over the comm channel. "EVA unit 02 Launch!" The red EVA unit shot upward towards surface. When Asuka's EVA popped up out of the ground the first thing she noticed were the nine white enemy EVA units, the EVA 05 series. They were gorging on what was left of EVA 01. "S-Shinji! NNNNNN OOOOooooo!" "NOOOOOooo!" Asuka screamed in her bed. "Asuka! Are you all right?" called Dr. Tofu from downstairs. "I-I'm fine Dr. Tofu. Just a bad dream that's all." "Oh. Okay. You better get ready, today's your first day of school." Asuka got out of bed and went to take shower. She was now working as a nurse for Dr. Tofu until she found a place to stay. She was concerned for the fact that she didn't know much pass basic first aid. But, Dr. Tofu had assured her that his last nurse, a girl named "Shampoo", hadn't known much pass basic first aid and herbal medicine either. *What kind of person names their kid after a hair care product?* What really knocked Asuka out was when she found out that this Shampoo's supposed boyfriend was named Mouse. "What will they name their kids? Styler and conditioner." After taking her shower Asuka started to get dressed. Dr. Tofu had lent her some money for some cloths and school supplies. She didn't buy much, only what she needed saving the rest for later. Her new school uniform looked similar to her old one. That being a white shirt and blue jumper. After getting dressed Asuka then collected her school supplies, Paper, pencils, WEAPON. Asuka had heard that the school she was going to tended to get a little rough and had decided that it be best to arm herself. She had seen it while shopping for school supplies. It was a retractable hobby blade that sort of reminded her of her EVA's progressive knife. One of the bonuses Asuka got from piloting an EVA was learning to use various weapons including: polearms, firearms, and knives. Asuka wasn't fooling herself though. She knew that if she was going to stop second impact she was going to need something more powerful than a wanna-be prog knife, preferably a gun. Their was a problem though in that privet ownership of firearms was illegal in Japan. Even if it weren't she doubted that they just sell one to someone her age. Dressed and ready Asuka walked down to the kitchen. Grabbing a couple of pieces of toast, she was almost out the door when Dr. Tofu stopped her. "Oh! Asuka wait." "Yes Doctor?" "This morning a woman stopped by, said she wanted to talk to you. She left a card, some motor club. I've seem to have misplaced it though." Said Dr. Tofu looking around his office. Asuka looked at the doctor. "Motor Club? Who do you think it was?" "This real nice young woman. She had long brown hair and funny marks on her face and her voice was just...like.... Ka...Ka..." *SHIT!* Asuka turned and bolted for the door. Although she had never meet her, Asuka had learn not to hang around Dr. Tofu when he was thinking of Kasumi Tendo. The one time Kasumi had been by when Asuka was awake was while she was buying school supplies. Asuka had come home to find Dr. Tofu braking things and talking to his skeleton "Betty". *The girl must be a N2 sex bomb to do that to the poor guy.* Thought Asuka. "Either that or a real life Snow White and God knows those are extinct." After she was a safe distance from the clinic she began to wondered who had stopped by to talk to her. Dr. Tofu had mentioned the funny marks on her face. *Could it had been....Skid?....Skate?... Whatshername? Oh Well I'll think about it later. I don't want to be late.* Dr. Tofu had helped her get into school without Identif- ication. She had to take the high school entrance exam but it was easy(her Kanji had gotten better since moving to Tokyo3). Still Asuka chose to enter the tenth grade. For one thing she didn't want to stick out. Also having met the principal, she had no desire to meet his son who was said to be in the upper grades. ***** Nabiki Tendo was talking with her "lackeys" near the school gate when she noticed a student she hadn't seen before. Watching the girl with long auburn hair enter she thought *Oh goody! Another customer.* Walking towards the girl she said. "Hi! you new here? I'm Nabiki. If you need help I'm the one to come to." The girl just looked at Her then said. "Oh. And how much will this help cost?" *Okay. She's not stupid.* "Depends on the help." Asuka smiled. This was just the person she was hoping to meet, greedy and probably with contacts. It would save her the time and trouble of making her own contacts. "Do you know any computer hackers?" Nabiki smiled. *At least the girl's willing to do business.* "Of course. What do you want, test answers, grades changed,..." "I want to know what's going on in the Antarctic." "OK.....Er..What?" "I want to know what's happening in the Antarctic. I especially want to know about any planned Expeditions unto the year 2000." "Ahhh...All right. This isn't the usual request. It's going to cost you...." *She must be pulling my leg. Let's see how far she wants to take it* "3,000 yen." Nabiki was surprised when the girl reached into her bag and pulled some money out. Handing it to Nabiki she said. "Deal! Oh, I want this to be kept quit." "Of Course........HEY! Wait a minute! This is only 1,000 yen!" "That's right. You'll get the rest on delivery, no sooner. Oh, and something else, I expect prompt delivery." Nabiki fumed at that. *This girl's a sharp one! I better do a check on her.* Not showing her anger Nabiki said. "What? You think the world's gonna end." It took all Asuka's will not to flinch at that. Instead she turn and walked away. Nabiki watched the new girl walk away. She was a force to be reckon with and Nabiki had to respect that. However Nabiki had always considered herself good at reading people and something about that new girl bothered her. Thinking back, it was the girl's eyes. One eye didn't move at all and seemed to have no life in it. It really creeped Nabiki out. But it was the eye with life in it that scared her. The girl had the look of someone who had been to hell and back again. Nabiki suspected that if she removed that girls cool calm exterior she'd find a depression and anger that would make Ryoga look like he was on Kasumi brand happy drugs. ***** As Asuka entered the school she bumped into someone else. It was a boy in a red shirt and black pants. She recognized him as one of Dr. Tofu's regulars, Ranma. Turning to her he said. "Ah, sorry......Oh! It's you. How are you feeling?" "Do I Know you?" Asked Asuka as coldly as she could. "Ah...No. I guess you don't remember....OH-OH! Trouble." With that Ranma turned and ran. Turning around to see were Ranma was looking Asuka couldn't see what spooked him. She didn't care either. Sure the boy had seemed nice. He had even been good looking. But she was on a mission and was not here to make friends. She had already made that mistake once, NEVER AGAIN! Still she was puzzled. Why would he remember her? The one time she'd seen him he was out cold. ***** Asuka stood nervously looking DOWN at her "teacher". *That girl must be eight years old!* Thought Asuka. "Class this is Asuka Soryu." Started Miss Hinako. "She's just recovered from a stay at the hospital. I expect you to treat her like one of our own. Now were to sit you?....There. In front of Miss Tendo." Asuka moved to the seat she was pointed to. It was in front of a girl with short black hair. The girl tried to be friendly, but Asuka ignored her. She could hear the girl mumbling something along the lines of cold little bitch which was fine by her. She noted there was another red head in the class who looked a lot like Ranma. The girl was even wearing the same type of cloths. *Must be his sister.* After having situated the new girl Miss Hinako began her class. To Asuka's surprise, she found herself having trouble keeping up with the teacher. Having always been use to a desk computer or laptop, Asuka wasn't use to notetaking with pencil. *Jeez. How they ever learn anything this way?* ***** When lunch time finally came, Asuka found the most remote part of the school yard to go eat lunch. She was about to open her bento when she heard a voice behind her. "What vision is this that grace the fair grounds of our school?" *OH wonderful.* turning to the boy Asuka said. "listen who ever you are. I not inter..." The boy not listening cut her off. "But is it not impolite not to introduce oneself first." "I am the rising star of the kendo world. The scorn of sorcerers and demons. The defender of Akane and the Pig tailed girl. My enemies call me Blue Thunder. I am upperclassman Tatewaki Kuno." Lightning struck behind him as he finished. Asuka was not impressed. In fact she was getting quite annoyed and her temper was beginning to show. She didn't notice she was subconsciously easing her hand into her school bag. "Well that's nice. Now I just want to eat my lunch. Why don't you turn around and LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE?!" Kuno of course didn't get the message. "Ah...She has a fiery tongue. Very well I CHALLENGE YOU!" "Er...WHAT?!" "If you defeat me I shall date with thy!" Said Kuno charging with his bokken. That was it, Asuka saw red. In an instant her hand was taking out her "prog" knife. If this Kuno wanted a fight she was going to give it to him. Kuno was elated when the girl got up and charged with her own weapon, obviously she was in love with him. Of course her being of the weaker sex he decided to lessen his blow. He succeeded in hitting her in the side, but to his surprise however she kept coming! Asuka took the blow to her side. It hurt, but she had felt worst. Having at once been neurologicaly connected to an EVA and feeling the equivalent of having her arms cut off had given Asuka a good tolerance of pain. Using Kuno's surprise to her advantage she quickly close the distance between them. In a wide swing she cut Kuno's arm from the elbow to the wrist. She then pushed the boy up against the nearest wall. Placing the blade to his jugular, Asuka said with a voice of pure ice. "If you ever come on to me with your Neanderthal ideals again I will CUT YOUR FUCKIN THROAT!" Suddenly Asuka felt her body loose energy as if it was being drained. She was almost on her knees when she turn around to find herself face to face with a teacher. The teacher looked just like Miss Hinako, except this one was twenty-six years old. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING MISS SORYU!? HAND ME THAT KNIFE THIS INSTANT!!!" "B-But..." "NOW!!" Retracting the blade, Asuka handed the knife to the teacher. She then look down at bleeding Thunder and then at her now bloody uniform. *Great! Now I've done it.* Thought Asuka as she was dragged to the office. To be continued A Better Future By James Lee Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. They are the creations of there respected owners. Please don't sue me. Part 4 As Nabiki approached Asuka at the end of lunch she could feel the eyes of the other students on her. This didn't surprise her one bit, for in the week sense she had arrived Asuka had taken Nabiki's place as the Ice Queen of Furinkan. Not because she ruthlessly blackmailed everyone, but because she was one of the most unsociable girls in the whole school. She never talked with classmates, always ate alone, and avoided people in general. Most of the girls were honestly scared of her. Kuno had issued his standard challenge, that any boy who wishes to date with her had to defeat her. But after the events of Asuka's first day at school, none of the boys were willing to take him up on it this time. Although Kuno had been hurt worst all that blood had made an impression. Asuka had of course been severely punished for that incident, some what. At any other school Asuka would have been expelled and probably even arrested for her actions. But this was Furinkan, where violence was almost a required course, and the incident did involve Kuno. So Asuka had escape with only a few days suspension. Kuno was now the only boy actively chasing her and even he wasn't approaching her directly. Instead he attacked Ranma for "The most evil spell he had cast yet!". Of course Ranma didn't know what to make of it. Akane and Ukyo had made nothing of it though, sense Asuka obviously wanted nothing to do with Ranma or any other human being for that matter. Nabiki had thought of telling Shampoo that Ranma had a new girlfriend and seeing what would happen, but had thought better. She had no desire to find out if a vengeful Asuka could be just as violent against girls. Asuka looked up from her lunch. "You have something for me?" "Yeah. You have my money." Asuka reached in her bag and took out the money. Taking the money Nabiki handed Asuka a folder. Taking the folder Asuka began to file through it. "Ah huh....Ah huh..... Hmmmm......Katsuragi Expedition.........Members........Gendo Rokubungi of Nekomikoka University. I might need more information on this one, keep in touch." "Ahh...Yeah sure." Said Nabiki as she walked away from Asuka as fast as she could without showing. The girl even made her uneasy. At least Kuno had a reason for his madness. He wanted Akane and his Pig Tailed Goddess. *What could she want with information about Antarctic expeditions?* What little info Nabiki had found out about Asuka either spooked or puzzled her. Talking with Tofu-sensei she had found out that Asuka wasn't entirely stable. Like Nabiki, Dr. Tofu suspected that Asuka was hiding a depression that could be harmful or self-destructive if not helped. She also seem to be suffering from constant nightmares. Dr. Tofu had tried to convince Asuka to seek help, but she had thus far politely refused. He could force Asuka, but said he didn't want to betray what little trust she put in him. Looking at Asuka's entrance exam puzzled Nabiki. Why was she in such a low grade? The girl had aced the exam, scoring higher than Nabiki herself. *Hell. She can probably go to college if she wanted to.* Asuka was obviously smarter than she was letting on and was up to something. Nabiki would have to find out more. ***** "Hey Gendo, how was your day?" Yui asked as Gendo sat in front of her at the Nekomi Cafeteria. "Oh same old, same old. Been taking care of some new additions to the expedition." Gendo said. "How's you chemistry project going?" Yui sighed. "It's going slow right now. I can only do so much at a time." "oh? Isn't your lab partner helping you?" "AOSHIMA!? PLEASE, he spends all his time chasing that foreign girlfriend of Keiichi's. He's no help at all." "I don't know if I can blame him. Have you ever met her. She's one of the nicest girls I know." "Yeah Whatever. So, tell me about the new additions." "Well Katsuragi's little girl is coming with us." "Oh?" "Yeah. Seem's his wife finally divorced him and he has custody of the child. Gokuu's also joining us to test his new survival pod." "You mean the one that's supposed to be nearly indestructible?" "Yeah. How much longer do you have here Yui?" "Oh, I got about a year to go before I transfer over to Tokyo University. I hear there's a good professor there named Fuyuzuki....Gendo? Is there something wrong?" Gendo turned around. "Do you see that girl behind me?" "Overalls, Short brown hair?" "No not her, to the right." Yui looked around Gendo's shoulder. "Ah...School Dress, Red Hair with two red things in it?" "Yes, I've seen her twice today. I think she's following me." "Oh really?" Yui smiled and in a cutesy voice said. "Maybe she's got a crush on you. I think you're a little too old for her though." "RIGHT Yui. Maybe I should go ask her who she is." "Umm...I'm afraid your too late. She's already left." Gendo turned to see that the girl was indeed gone. ***** Asuka went around the corner and slowed down. "That was too close! I think I better call it a day." As Asuka made her way off the Nekomi campus, she thought about what she'd seen. She left for Nekomi shortly after school and had been following Gendo since about five. *I wander who that woman he was talking with?* It had really creeped her out seeing the woman who looked so much like an older version of Rei. *Maybe that's Yui.* It had not helped when Asuka had already seen a twelve year old Misato earlier in the day. Also, Gendo's behavior caught her off guard. *Funny. You'd think Gendo was a pretty nice guy.* "Gendo is a nice person." "Waah!?" Asuka turned to see a girl with long brown hair and marks on her face. The girl continued. "Gendo is a nice person. Although he is immoral, he truly believes what he's doing is for the benefit of mankind. It will be the death of his wife that will change him into the Gendo Ikari that you know." "Who are you? Wait a minute those markings..." "I am the goddess Belldandy. A mutual friend from the future has told me and Kamisama of your reason for being here." "You mean...ah..Scale..Scar? Excuse me but, can you tell me her name? I've seemed to have forgotten it." Belldandy seemed to be trying not to laugh. "I've seemed to have forgotten it myself." "Well whatever. I got about a million questions to ask you. Like why didn't she stop Second Impact!?" "Because you didn't wish for her to stop Second Impact." Asuka was a little surprised by that. "Er..excuse me?" "You wished that YOU could have prevented all that." "So she took my wish word for word?" "Exactly." "So are you here to help me?" The goddess looked down. "I'm afraid not. Because of the way you worded your wish, I've been ordered not to interfere in any way. I'm the only one who knows your here and I'm not even supposed to be talking to you. All I can do is give you a little advise." "Oh, and what advise do you have me?" "You've been rather unfriendly at school lately." Asuka darkened at that. "Maybe I don't FEEL like being friendly." The goddess turned to her. "Everyone needs friends Miss Soryu." "Look, I've already had the pleasure of watching all my friends die once. I have no desire to repeat the experience." "You don't think you can actually complete your mission alone do you?" "All right, Let's say I do need help. How am I going to convince anyone that I'm from the future and I'm here to stop Armageddon?" "Maybe that's why our mutual friend put you in Nerima. I'm sure you'll find someone who believes you there. Oh my, look at the time! I need to get to my night class." Belldandy got up to walk away. "Do think about what I've told you." *A goddess taking night classes?* "I don't know. maybe. I just don't know." "Fair well Miss Soryu. I doubt you'll ever see one of us again." Belldandy however, was wrong. ***** Over at a nearby temple Skuld busted into her room and flopped on to her bed. "Stupid Urd! She doesn't have to make fun of me like that." Sure she was the youngest of the three goddesses. Sure she needed her inventions to access her powers. Urd didn't have to make fun of her though. What was worst was that even those lowly mortals didn't take her seriously. *Well, I'll change that.* Thought Skuld as she got off her bed and went to her closet. Taking out a bag, she began to pack. "I'll show Urd. I'll show them all!" Two weeks ago Banpei kun's new sensors had detected a temporal disturbance in the Nerima district. When Skuld checked yesterday, the disturbance was still there. She decided she was going to fix that. "I'll go to Nerima. I'll hunt down this disturbance and I'll neutralize it all by myself!" Said Skuld as she packed some cloths, a few small inventions, some small tools, and all the bombs and moon bracelets she could find. *Maybe this will take my mind off my other problem.* Thought Skuld. Skuld often dreamed of the future. Lately those dreams had been becoming rather apocalyptic. She would see massive floods, Tokyo destroyed in a mushroom cloud, a sea of blood. Skuld had told no one of this. *There's no way I'm telling anyone that I'm scared of my nightmares.* Grabbing her mallet, she went to the bathroom. Filling furo with warm water, she jumped in and teleported to Nerima. To Be Continued Send C&C to JLee100441@aol.com URL:http://members.aol.com/JLee100441/index.html From: jlee100441@aol.com (JLee100441) Subject: [Eva][Ranma][AMG] Better Future [parts 5-6] A Better Future By James Lee Disclaimer: None these characters are mine. They are the property of there creators and owners. Coming after me well be pretty useless. Previous parts can be found on my webpage at: http://members.aol.com/JL100441/index.html Part 5 Asuka was walking though the ruins of Tokyo 3. She couldn't believe she was the only one left. She had to find someone else. Asuka then heard a sound down the street. Running, she turned the corner to see.... "SHINJI!!" Asuka ran up and hugged her fellow pilot. "Shinji! How did you escape!? I thought you were dead. I was beginning to think I was the only survivor." "That's the problem Asuka." Said Shinji. "What?" "There weren't suppose to be any survivors." With that Shinji changed into the white form of a EVA 05 series EVA. The white EVA then sliced open Asuka's belly with it's sword. As the stunned Asuka fell and started to die in a pool of her own blood, the EVA came down on her. Opening it's mouth it began to feed. Asuka woke up. Normally she would have woke up screaming at such a dream, but she had this one before. Four days ago it had been her friend Hikari and two days before that her mother. Asuka seemed to be getting used to the nightmares she had everynight. She didn't know whither to be happy or worried about that. Getting out of bed Asuka got ready for school. After thinking about what the goddess had said, Asuka had decided she'd at least try to accomplish her mission alone first. If she failed then she might seek help, if she survived. If she didn't she had made a note to leave Dr. Tofu telling him everything. She didn't know if he would believe it all, but at least someone would know what was going to happen. Asuka had finally come up with a plan to stop second impact. She would take out SEELE or whoever was backing the expedition. It was composed of three phases. Phase one, preparing, was already under way. Phase two, Recon, would be started today. Phase three, Strike, would be carried out after completion of Phases one and two. It was dangerous but it was the best plan Asuka could come up with at the moment. It was a one shot deal and if it didn't work, Asuka really didn't know what she was going to do next. *Well let's not think about that now. I need to start Phase two today.* thought Asuka as she finished getting ready and left for school. ***** Skuld went out to get some ice-cream. She wasn't out of the door when she ran into Keiichi and Megumi. Skuld was shocked to see that they were almost skeletons. "W-What's wrong with you two!?" "We're starving! There's no food!" Skuld turned to get something for them, only to be confronted with a thousand more skeletal figures. "Fooood! We need Food!" "B-but I don't have any!" Shouted Skuld. The thousand became a million smothering her. "We're hungry! Give us foood!" "I-I don't have any food! Please NNNOOOoooo!" "NOOooo!" Skuld woke up from her own nightmare. "Hey you okay Skuld?" Skuld looked up at her new 'boss'. "I'm fine Ukyo just a bad dream that's all." "Oh. Well you better get out of bed and get ready. We have the morning rush to take care of before school." Skuld nodded and got out of the cot that Ukyo had loan her. As she got ready for 'work' Skuld thought about how she got into this mess. Skuld had just teleported to Nerima and was rather hungry. Not seeing any near by ice-cream stores, she decided to go into a okonomiyaki restaurant. She was half-way in the door when she was suddenly attacked from behind by a MAILBOX!(1) Skuld quickly produced a bomb and sent the offending mailbox into orbit. Unfortunately she also destroyed a good part of the front entrance. However, although the owner Ms Kuonji was upset about her doorway, she did thank Skuld for getting rid of a 'pest' and said that Skuld could work as payment for the damages. Skuld, a goddess second class, was now working as a waitress at the Ucchan. *How degrading!* Skuld did find Ukyo to be a nice person. Upon noticing Skuld's bag, Ukyo offered Skuld a place to stay in the restaurant and even let her barrow a Furinkan girl's uniform. Apparently Ukyo preferred the boys uniform. The girl's uniform was a bit big on Skuld but that was okay. She wasn't planning on staying there long. After she finished getting ready Skuld went into dining area to wait tables. *I wonder what else could go wrong.* ***** Nabiki was sitting at her desk taking care of her various businesses. There was a good half hour before classes started and Nabiki planned to make good use of it. Suddenly what few people that were in the class room became very quiet. Looking up Nabiki could see why it gotten so quiet. "Hello Asuka. What can I do for you?" Asuka placed one of the papers Nabiki had given her yesterday on the desk. "I want you to find out all you can about the people who are behind the Katsuragi Expedition. I want to know who's backing them financially. Where they hang out, ect. And I want it kept real quiet this time." Nabiki looked at the paper. "It will cost you 9000 yen again." "Fine." Said Asuka as she took out 3000 yen and handed it to Nabiki. "You know the procedure." Nabiki sighed. "3000 now, 6000 when you get your info." "Right! Oh and I'm serious about keeping it quiet. That's for your own good as well as mine." Said Asuka as she left the classroom. "Ah yeah. Okay. Have a nice day." Nabiki then turned to see another student approaching her. It was Oshii of the chemistry club. "Ah Oshii! I was about to go looking for you. Do you have my money?" "Ah no but..." Oshii nervously looked around to make sure Asuka was gone. "I heard you were looking for any information on Asuka." "Go on." Said Nabiki. "Well lately she's been working on something in the Chem lab after school." "Oh? What?" Nabiki was a little interested in this. "I don't know. She chases off anyone who tries to help her. She hit Yuuki in the head with a metal chair when he got too close to it. S-She's scary!" "That she is." Nabiki was now very interested. "Okay I'll cut you a little slack for now. I'll cut you some more if you find out what she's working on." "Okay! I think I can do that." "Good! Now if you'll excuse me I have some other business to take care of." With that Nabiki left the classroom. She then went down to the first floor and entered a freshmen classroom. Nabiki walked up to a thirteen year old girl typing on a computer. The girl had short black hair and a mole under her left eye. The girl looked up from her computer. "Nabiki?" "Hi Ritsuko want another brake on your loan?" Ritsuko sighed. "What do you want now?" "MEEE?" "You wouldn't be offering me a brake on my loan if you didn't want something." "True. Do you remember that Antarctic info you got for me?" "Ah yeah." "Well my client want's more information on the Katsuragi Expedition. Who's backing it. Where they hang out. Everything you can find." "Well I guess that isn't too hard. My mother's working for that expedition right now." "Oh really?" "Yeah. She's making some new program's for there GPS systems. She also working on something at the museum. She won't tell much about it though." Ritsuko went back to her typing. "I'll see what I can come up with. It may take some time. I got a LOT of important thing's to do." "Yeah. Just keep in mind you owe me a LOT of money. Oh and one other thing. She wants it kept real confidential." Said Nabiki as she headed back to her classroom. Ritsuko sighed. *Why couldn't I have gotten the money from Mom.* ***** "Class this is Skuld Eisbarm. She's an exchange student from Europe. I want you to make her welcome." Said Ms. Hinako as she introduced Skuld to the classroom. "Eh it is nice to be here." Said Skuld. Fortunately the school had accepted her somewhat false identity. Although Kamisama frowned heavily on lying, he had granted Skuld and her sisters a certain amount of leniency to conceal there divine status. Ever since that incident in which Aoshima and Sayoko had gotten a video of Belldandy coming though a mirror and almost exposed them. Technically she wasn't lying. She and her sisters really were from Europe and the last name really was a nickname given to her by a German god. Since this was Japan, Skuld doubted many people would know what it really meant. As Ms Hinako looked for a seat for her new student. Skuld noticed a small light on her watch was blinking. *The temporal disturbance is near by!* Pretending to check the time, Skuld looked at her 'watch'. On the watch face was not only the time, but also two other digital displays and an arrow pointing to the right. *Hmm It's 345 mils(2) to the right and ONLY THREE METERS AWAY!* Skuld lowered her arm and looked to the right. About three meters away was a girl looking STRAIGHT at her. Skuld quickly looked away. Ms. Hinako then spoke up. "Well Ms. Eisbarm. Since you came in with Ms. Kuonji, you can sit next to her." Skuld made her way to the desk next to Ukyo. As she walked, she could feel the eyes of the girl watching her. Asuka watched the new girl move to her seat. *What's she doing here!? Her name is Skuld EISBARM!?(3) What is it with the twentieth century and names? Oh well. I think I better talk to her. Maybe at lunch.* As Skuld sat down, Ukyo nudged her. "Hey Something wrong?" "That girl over there with the thing's in her hair." "Oh that's Asuka. I can see why your bothered. She is creepy." Said Ukyo. "She doesn't seem to like anyone. She doesn't talk to anyone. Doesn't seem to go out much. She eats her lunch alone away from everybody else..." "I see." *Away from everybody else huh. Convenient.* Skuld thought. If the disturbance tended to stay away from people, then it would be easier to neutralize without many people noticing. Ukyo looked at Skuld concerned. "You might want to steer clear of her Skuld. She's got a real psycho temper." "Umm." Skuld nodded. *Humph! I can take her!* The class then started. ***** It was now lunch time. Asuka had taken her usual place away from everyone else. She decided she'd first eat lunch then go look for Ms EISBARM. As she began to eat, she notice said goddess coming towards her. Asuka was about to say something when the girl threw a small object at her. Some danger sense went off in Asuka's head and she quickly dodged. The object exploded, throwing Asuka off her feet! "What the hell!" Asuka got up to see Skuld throw another bomb at her. Asuka made a run for it. She looked behind her. Skuld was following throwing bombs all the way. Asuka then notice she was entering a part of the school that was under repair. *Well I can't run forever.* As Skuld throw another bomb, Asuka stopped and picked up a 2x4. Preying that the grenade didn't have a impact fuse, Asuka struck the bomb like a baseball. Skuld eyes widen as her own bomb came flying back at her and exploded in mid-air. Coughing and sweeping away the smoke, Skuld became very mad. *ALL RIGHT NO MORE MS. NICE GODDESS!* Asuka for her part seem to notice something, as she quickly dropped her 'bat' and ran into a near by crowd of students. *Great! Now I can't use my bombs! Well there's more than one way to deal with a Rat!* Skuld reached into her bag and pulled out a small rod. Pushing a button on the side extended the rod into a full size mallet. *I'll get you yet!* Skuld was about to renew her attack when she heard a voice behind her. "Sooo Ms Eisbarm your a delinquent huh!" "Wahh!?" Skuld turned to find herself facing Ms Hinako. "B-But she's..." "HIPPO FIVE YEN DRAIN!!!" Asuka slowed down when as she heard Ms Hinako give Skuld the vampire treatment(as she called it). *Humph! Serves her right!* Asuka had seen Ms Hinako approaching after the bomb went off and made a hasty retreat. She had no desire to be on the receiving end of whatever that woman did. The girl, woman, whatever also made Asuka uneasy. Ms Hinako had strange powers and in Asuka's book that often equaled Angle. *Well as long as she leaves me alone.* Clearing her mind of Ms Hinako, Asuka began to think about what just happen. Things had suddenly become complicated. *Why did the goddess attack me? I mean, she's the one who sent me here.* Asuka then remembered that the Skuld that gave her the wish was much older. The Skuld that just attacked her was about her age, if not younger. *She hasn't meet me yet so I guess she doesn't remember me. Still. That doesn't explain her attacking me.* Asuka came to the conclusion that she now couldn't trust any goddesses anymore. With that Asuka started to return to class. *I hope Nabiki's fast. The sooner this is over the better!* ***** Later in the day, Ukyo was on her way home when she felt something grab her ankle. Looking down she saw a drained Skuld. "I-Ice-Ice-cream. Need ice-cream." "I see you've run into Ms Hinako's bad side." Sighed Ukyo as she picked her new employee up off the ground. "Come on. let's get home." With that Ukyo and Skuld made there way back to the Ucchan. To be continued Notes (1) Actually it was Tsubasa just trying to get into the Ucchan. Skuld just happen to be in his way. (2) Mils: Mils are a metric means of telling direction. It's used by modern U.S. Artillery units. Using mils are a lot more accurate than degrees. There are 6400 mils in a circle with a little over 17.7 mils per degree. (3) Eisbarm: German for ice-cream gut. And finally a question. Who in Ranma 1/2 do you think would make the best team up with Asuka? Currently it's a tie for the following (of which I both got parts thought up for). Asuka/Shampoo Asuka/Ranma Are there any others? If so, please give reason. I like to thank the people who gave idea's in the last C&Cs that aloud me to keep this going. Please keep the idea's coming. PLEASE.... Thanks James Send C&C, ideas, etc. to JLee100441@aol.com A Better Future By James Lee Disclaimer: The usual stuff. These character aren't mine. blah,blah,blah. They belong to there creators. blah,blah,blah. What has happen: In an alternite EVA universe Asuka is the last survivor of third impact. Skuld gives her a wish and she wishes to 'prevent all that's happen'. Asuka soon finds herself in Nerima in 1997 and sets out to stop second impact alone. After watching all her friends die once, she doesn't want to make anymore. Mean while a younger Skuld detects the Asuka's arrival as a temporal disturbance. Feeling she has something to prove to Urd and the others, Skuld decides to neutralize the disturbance on her own. Skuld's first attempt however, fails. Previous parts can be found at: http://members.aol.com/JLee100441/index.html Part 6 Skuld sighed as she worked on the test. Her mission was becoming very frustrating. She had been there three days now with no results to show for it. Asuka was proving to be a hard target to neutralize. Between working and sleeping, the only time Skuld had seen Asuka was at school. Since Skuld had first attacked her, Asuka had now stayed close to large groups of students. This meant that Skuld couldn't use her bombs. She doubted her sisters or Kamisama would approve of undue casualties. Also, because she only saw Asuka at school, Skuld also ran the risk of meeting Ms. Hinako. Skuld shuddered at the thought of the vampire teacher. Ever since their first confrontation, the woman seemed to have it out for Skuld. Now Ms. Hinako drained her for the slightest mistake. This had earned her the sympathy of the entire class (minus Asuka). Ukyo's fiancee Ranma said that he felt her pain. Seems to be he was Ms. Hinako's favorite before Skuld came to school. It had not helped that a student by the name of Kuno seem to be interested in her and wouldn't leave her alone. Skuld never thought that she would run into any mortal who was more perverted than Keiichi(1). *What's he mean he'll date all FOUR of us!?* Then there was that Nabiki girl. She had been hassling Skuld for information about Asuka ever since their first fight. Skuld had told her it was none of her business. Ukyo however, had warned her to be careful of the 'mercenary' Tendo. That she was..... "Ms Eisbarm! Why aren't you working? Are you cheating?" "Ah ah NO Ms Hinako. I just g-got distracted that's all." Skuld was so deep in thought that she hadn't noticed that she had stopped writing. "Oh really. Well don't be distracted or ELSE!" "Y-y-yes Maim." Ms Hinako looked at Skuld like a lion looking at the fattest Gazelle in the heard. She didn't know why, but draining Skuld had felt particularly good and had kept Ms Hinako in adult form for over six hours. Since that first day, Ms Hinako had been looking for any reason to drain Skuld again. Skuld quickly returned to working on the test. *At least I have the weekend to look forward to.* Thought Skuld with a smile. During the weekend she'd have time track down Asuka without Ms. Hinako breathing down her neck. *I'll get you yet Asuka! And then everything will be fine. Or will it?* Skuld looked over at Ms. Hinako. Skuld was beginning to wonder if Asuka really was the disturbance. Sure she was a violent anti-social. Sure all Skuld's sensors said Asuka was the disturbance. Besides those two facts however, Asuka appeared to be a normal student.(2) Ms Hinako on the other hand drained the life force from the living and changed age often. Was Ms. Hinako the disturbance? Was Ms. Hinako causing her sensors to pick out Asuka to throw her off. Maybe she should ask....*NO! I said I do this on my own and I meant it. I'll lay off Asuka for while and investigate Ms. Hinako this weekend. Yeah that's what I'll do.* (1) Perverted in her eyes. This is true of any mere mortal that tries to date her sister. (2) Granted a weird student. ***** Nabiki was beginning to eat her lunch when Ritsuko came up to her and handed her a file. Nabiki sipped her tea as she look through the information. "Well that didn't take long." "Well this time you only asked for information about one expedition and like I said; my moms working for them." Said Ritsuko as she sat down. "I really didn't even have to hack any computers. I just asked her about it over dinner." "So what did you find out?" Asked Nabiki, wanting to hear it from Ritsuko herself. "The whole expedition is being backed by Keele Lorenz." Nabiki raised an eyebrow. "Keele Lorenz? The wealthy industrialist?" "You know him?" "Only that he's rich and he's German." "Well he really has dual German/Israeli citizenship and rich is NOT the word. The man has companies all over the world! He has defense contracts with the German Bundeswher and the Israeli IDF. He's also big into biotechnology. He was one of the ones who's raising hell against the ban on human cloning. He also does a lot of 'favors' for the UN." Nabiki looked back at the information. "Hmm Interesting." Ritsuko nodded her head. "Yes. Unfortunately, what I just told you is just about all I can find out about him. The only other thing I could find is a tabloid article that said he was part or leader of some secret international society. Some sort of shadow 'Big Brother' organization. I tried hacking into one of his company's computers, but I was stopped short and almost got caught!" "So there's nothing else in here?" "Well there is one thing, he's in Tokyo right now." "Oh?" Nabiki saw Asuka and waved her to come over. "Yeah. He's visiting Lortech Japan, the company my mom works for." Asuka walked up to the table. "You have my information?" Nabiki held out her hand. "Umm hm." Asuka reached into her bag and took out the money. *This better be good. I'm running out of cash!* Asuka then noticed the girl that was sitting next to Nabiki. Nabiki took the money and handed the file to Asuka. She then noted how uneasy Asuka looked and whom she seemed to be uneasy about. "Oh Asuka this is my contact, Ritsuko Akagi. Ritsuko this is Asuka Soryu." Asuka became even more uneasy. "I have to go. I'll keep in touch." That said, Asuka turned around and left the cafeteria as fast as she could. Nabiki blinked then turned to Ritsuko. "What was THAT all about?" Ritsuko looked at her. "You're asking ME?" "She was looking at you like you were a ghost." Ritsuko shrugged. "I've never seen her in my entire life.Wait! Isn't she the one who sliced up Kino about a week ago?" Suddenly Oshii entered the cafeteria and sat down in front of Nabiki. "Nabiki, we got a talk!" Nabiki looked at him "You find something out?" "I got hold of the plans Asuka's been working off of and Xeroxed them." Oshii placed a piece of paper in front of Nabiki. It appeared to be a technical drawing. Nabiki looked up at Oshii. "OK. What is it?" "Well you see this formula in the upper right." Nabiki nodded. "That's cyclotrimethylene and that's trinitramine. Which when you mix together with the other stuff, you get a compound known as RDX, a sensitive high explosive." "So she's making a bomb?" Oshii shook his head. "Not just any bomb! Nabiki, when the chemistry club makes a bomb or land mine to defeat Saotome it's usually just a powder bomb, more bark than bite. Asuka's got about five kelos of this RDX surrounded by over 300 ball bearings! This bomb is design to KILL!" Oshii's last statement made Nabiki blood run cold. The thought of such a device in Asuka's hands turned that cold blood to ice. "Ahh Nabiki?" Nabiki turned to Ritsuko, who now looked very nervous. "T-That information we just gave her. S-Sh-She's not going to try to blow away Kheele Lorenz is she?" Nabiki got up grabbing the paper and Ritsuko. "Come on!" "W-Where are we going!?" "To find Ranma!" To Be continued. Please send C&C, ideas, etc. to JL100441@aol.com