THE CHILD OF LOVE... by Axel Terizaki ICQ # 34301980 ASUKA's Notebook First Gateway Second Gateway Third Gateway -=NINTH MONTH=- -=SPOILERS WARNING=- Exceptionally in this part, many Evangelion spoilers (or EoE spoilers, I don't even know) are revealed. Well, more than throughout this series. If you haven't seen the entire Eva series yet, well... I don't know what to do for you... Oh, never mind. Read this, and take any spoilers you see as an invention of mine... ;) Background: Our two lovers reconciliated under a tree near their school... And they seem happy to live together. But there's a giant rift, between their actual life, and the trial that awaits them, and especially Asuka and Teri. The unvoidable seems to be coming up. And Ikari Gendo is not back yet. The chances of survival for Asuka are thin and it seems that nobody can help her. Misato finds herself too weak to tell her, or even tell Shinji about the Commander's dark plans! The only thing she managed to do was to pray... Will the Gods listen to her? Can faith change the fate of a young mother facing death? Is there any solution to save Asuka? Or will she manage to do it by herself, by deciding who is the master of her own fate, her or Ikari Gendo? Was Pen-pen preparing a super counter-attack in order to make Gendo's plans fail? Please wish them all good luck! They'll need it. --- CAPTION: THE NINTH MONTH CAPTION 2: A final purpose, a final promise. Terminal Dogma. Kaji's in front of Gendo's desk. Kaji : "I hope you have a good explanation to all that mess you made, Ikari." Gendo : "I don't see why I should give you explanations." Kaji : "Well, for destroying two lives at the same time and even a third one, if we count your son." Gendo : "I'm not destroying any lives. I'm just giving the mother the chance to pariticipate in mankind's evolution." Kaji : "Is that so?" Gendo : "And besides, I need 'her' to destroy any Seele opposition." Kaji : "I don't think you'll need her anymore..." Kaji held out papers to Gendo. Gendo, surprised, but still calm : "...How did this happen?" Kaji, smiling : "Let's just say that I gave them a hand." Gendo, putting the papers back on the desk : "So... Seele is no more..." Kaji, seriously : "Now, give back the child to their parents, Ikari. You don't need her anymore." Gendo, even more seriously : "Nonsense." Kaji : "What do you mean?" Gendo : "I should have taken out Seele sooner or later. You just sped up things. I should be grateful to you for this." Kaji : "Why do you still need her? Is it... personal?" Gendo : "You couldn't understand. It's no use to explain it to you. She'll just serve my purposes as part of the Instrumentality." Kaji : "Like for the First Child, right?" Gendo : "Exactly. But it's another story for her. The time is coming, and I advise you to not interfere with my plans, Kaji. You may regret it." Kaji was leaving the room. At the door, he suddenly spoke. Kaji : "How much time left?" Gendo, putting his glasses in place with his fingers : "Exactly 21 hours." --- Misato's apartment. At the same time... A room. A bed. Two teens under the sheets wearing pajamas, sleeping peacefully. They were holding each other in a tight embrace. One of the two awakened. Shinji : "Hmmmm...." : "My angel's still asleep... What time is it?" He turned back and looked at the alarm clock. It showed 10:21 AM Shinji : "It's time to wake her up but..." He then looked down at a still sleeping Asuka. Shinji : "She looks so cute... I wish I could stay with her now and get back to sleep... But, we have to get up!" Pause. Shinji, calmly whispering : "Asuka-chan... wake up..." Asuka, slowly waking up : "Hmmmm... Shinji... hmmmm..." She then hugged him tightly, almost surprising him. Shinji : "Asuka-chan, I'm suffocating..." Asuka : "Oh, sorry, Shin-chan. I just need to give you a cuddle each morning, in order to start a good day!" Shinji : "Well, I think I, too, need to see you in order to have a good day." The two giggled. Asuka, sighing : "Ahhhhhh... when I think that nine months ago I was just teasing you... And now, I'm ready to give birth. We're gonna see Teri soon." Shinji : "I'm sure she'll be at least as cute as you." Asuka : "You already said that, baka." Shinji : "W-well... I just want to insist on that fact." Asuka : "Oh, stop that, you idiot... you know the only things I'm vulnerable to are compliments..." Shinji, chuckling : "Yes, I know that well..." Pause. Asuka : "Do we get up?" Shinji : "Yeah." --- The two of them left Shinji's room. The apartment was incredibly quiet. The calendar on the wall indicated 22nd of May 2016 Shinji : "Misato-san's at the H.Q. again." Asuka : "Why is she trying to avoid us these days? She must be sooooo jealous of our love!" Shinji : "And why are you thinking that every woman's gonna take me away from you?" Asuka put her hands around his neck. Asuka, seductively : "Because I want you all for myself, baka Shinji." Shinji, fatherly caressing her stomach : "Asuka, I will never be unfaithful to you. Never. Just because you're more important to me than myself, I won't deceive you. I won't hurt you, because in the end I will just hurt myself..." Asuka : "When you think that someone's more important than yourself, it may be love. And I think it's how I feel too." Shinji : "You must be sure of that." Asuka : "Then, I'm now sure it's how I feel. I'm now sure that I love you, Shinji." Shinji : "So do I..." And the two were going to share a passionate kiss, when, suddenly, the doorbell rang. Asuka, throwing a death glare in direction of the entrance door : "Damn. I don't know who it must be, but they're gonna pay for ruining that great moment!" Shinji nodded : "I'm going to see who it is." The door to the Katsuragi apartment opened, revealing Toji and Hikari. Toji : "Hi, Shinji!" Shinji : "Hello..." Toji, grinning : "Huh huh... Have we interrupted you in... something?" Shinji was furiously blushing. Hikari : "Toji-chan, stop that, you pervert!" Asuka : "Hi, Hikari! How are you?" Hikari : "Fine, and Teri?" Asuka : "She's fine too! Wanna see the pushchair I bought for her yesterday?" Hikari : "Oh, yes!" Asuka, dragging Hikari to her room : "Come! You'll see, it's so cute!" Toji : "Well, well, well... You see now how it costs to have a girlfriend..." Shinji, frowning : "Toji! Don't say such things! I would give everything to her. Money isn't important. And besides, I think she used Misato's credit card..." Toji : "She's gonna kill you two." Shinji : "It's strange to always see you with the class rep'..." Toji, blushing a bit : "Oh, it's just that... Oh well, you won. I'm dating her, okay?" Shinji, chuckling : "Yeah I'm happy now." Toji : "As for you, I still can't believe that you made a child to the redheaded devil. And now, she's so different..." Shinji : "She's the real Asuka, the one without all the pretences we knew." Toji : "In that case, I really envy you, Shinji. You lucky dog!" Shinji : "Well... She's the girlfriend I always dreamt of... Kind, attentive, cute..." Toji : "Yeah, I know what it is. The same applies for Hikari. I understand how you feel. By the way, where's Misato-san?" Shinji : "I don't know. It's now two weeks since we haven't seen her. Either she locks herself into her room, or she's at the H.Q. doing things..." Toji : "She must be really busy. It must be important." Shinji : "That's what frightens me the most..." --- Akagi's Office at NERV H.Q. Time: 15:42. Misato was looking over Maya's shoulder, who was entering commands into Ritsuko's laptop. Misato : "You understand now, Maya?" Maya : "Yes, Major... I understand all too well. And I'll try to help you, as much as I can." Misato : "Thank you. It's not really just for me, but also for Shinji, Asuka and their daughter." Maya nodded, while typing on the keyboard : "Here we are, Major." The screen showed: " AKAGI RITSUKO Personnal Files 2,3TB 03-07-2016 15:34 Properties of File: Access: Denied. READ ONLY Status: Password required. READ & WRITE Status: Password required. " Maya : "We can't access it like that. We need a password..." Misato : "Try various things. You probably know her better than me for that kind of things." Maya : "Okay, I'm trying." Screen : " PASSWORD: Caspar Invalid password. 5 Tries left before Data Erase system activation. " Misato : "Damn, she put a protection on her files! We can't make any more mistakes, let's concentrate... Try the other MAGI systems." Maya : "Hai!" Screen : " PASSWORD: Balthasar Invalid password. 4 Tries left before Data Erase system activation. PASSWORD: Melchior Invalid password. 3 Tries left before Data Erase system activation. " Maya : "That won't work! We must find something else!" Misato : "Hmmm... Would she let someone see them? Me perhaps? Or you?" Maya : "I don't know, Major." Misato : "Try... My name." Screen : " PASSWORD: Misato Katsuragi Invalid password. 2 Tries left before Data Erase system activation. PASSWORD: Katsuragi Misato " Misato, interrupting Maya : "No, no! Forget it! We have only 2 tries left. Be careful." Maya nodded. Misato : "Well... Try 2005" Maya : "2005?" Misato : "The year Ritsuko and I met for the first time." Maya : "Okay." Screen : " PASSWORD: 2005 Invalid password. 1 Try left before Data Erase system activation. " Misato : "DAMN YOU RITSUKO! Let's think more about it..." Three minutes have passed. Maya : "Perhaps this..." She began to key something in the computer but Misato quickly removed her hands from the laptop. She then began to key another password. Screen : " PASSWORD: Trust Me . . . . . Password accepted. Security system removed. Loading file... " Misato : "YEEEEEEHAAAAR!!!!! We did it!" Maya, puzzled : "How did you know, Major?" Misato : "Ritsuko's last words before they put her in jail." Maya : "Nice idea." Misato : "Now, let's see that file..." She took a chair and sat beside Maya. Screen : " SECOND CHILD PREGNANCY REPORT DIARY. MONTH 1. I wonder if the red dots on the LCL Analysis of Unit 02 the last time she did her harmonics tests had a link with her new status. The Second Child is pregnant and according to auxiliary sources, the Third Child seems to be the father. The date of conception is probably between 15-20th of August. It's difficult to determine since I did not performed any tests on that period. We'll see what'll happen if an Angel attacks during her pregnancy. MONTH 2. Misato was right. Everything with Asuka is only psychological. I couldn't believe it. You just have to tell her that everything's okay and she makes one of her best scores... I'll have to ask mother for a new analysis of this test. I'm very skeptical. Also, any tests reguarding her pregnancy were very blurred during this month. I wasn't even able to see if the baby would be a girl or a boy. It's not normal. I tried to spin a yarn to reassure her but I really feel something's wrong. Gendo seems to be preparing something. I'd better investigate a bit more about Asuka. Something tells me there's a problem. Asuka's also victim of many side effects, probably due to her current status. I'll have to gather more material about pregnancies. I'm not an expert in this and I'm not sure if these side effects are due to her pregnancy or something else. MONTH 3. The re-analysis of the last harmonics test was irrevelant and we can't put her back into a plugsuit anymore. By Gendo's and Fuyutsuki's request, I tried my best with the help of mother to find his sex. A girl... How ironic. I wonder if she'll have the same behaviour than her mother? Let's pray not. I seriously hope Shinji's chromosomes will win the match. What I dreaded happened yesterday. An Angel attacked Tokyo-3. At first, Asuka had a strange fever and was trembling like a leaf. She had something like between 40 degreesC and 41 degreesC. A big fever actually. But strangely, when I put her in bed at the H.Q. hospital room usually reserved for wounded pilots, the fever was gone. Well, another mystery... I hate mysteries. The worst thing is that she climbed into Unit 02 against Misato's will. But a surprise hid another and I saw that her synchro rate was almost at 100%. At first I thought about another 400% synchro but... No, it wouldn't go higher than 100%... It was as if... as if something was controlling her synchro rate. I REALLY hate mysteries. MONTH 4. I think I've found from where comes that set of mysteries. Traces of tetra-9 hydrocannabinol were found in Unit 02 LCL after that Angel attack. However, when I compared this LCL with the one we use in Unit 00 or 01, the tetra-9 wasn't there. As far as I know, it wasn't really tetra-9 hydrocannabinol, but something very similar. I used to know from Misato that this thing was actually used for marijuana smoking. Then, why traces of this drug were in this LCL? No... Gendo... I continued to investigate, and I discovered something horrible : D.N.A modifiers were inserted in Unit 02's LCL. No, it wasn't acting on Asuka, but rather on her daughter. One thing is sure, Asuka won't survive the childbirth if things keep going like that. And I think that it may be the key to why her synchro rate was so high... I can't believe him! Gendo's like I always thought he was! A bastard! God, I'm now 100% sure : If the child continues her development in Asuka's stomach, it's the end for her. I have to do something. And Gendo doesn't want to listen to me... That bastard... " Misato : "Ritsuko... She knew about it, from the beginning..." Maya : "Do we keep reading?" Misato : "Yes, scroll down, please." Maya : "Hai." Screen : " MONTH 5. Gosh, a suicide attempt. As if she needed that too... From what I heard from Misato, she swallowed a full vial of sleeping pills. I still can't believe she survived it. Normally, you shouldn't make it with so much sleeping pills. I'll have to study that. Maybe Gendo is again behind all this. He probably still needs her. MONTH 6. I gave Misato the medication for Asuka. I hope it'll save her and her daughter. I did all that I could manage to do. I even ordered some procanol(*) from Germany in order to build an anti-agent against Gendo's little trick. I just hope Asuka will take them now. It's even probably already too late. But to try it's better than doing nothing. Today I revealed to Misato what Gendo was doing to Asuka... Still, I promised myself I wouldn't tell her. I hope she will trust me. She was so furious... Misato, if you want a good piece of advice, you should start on a boxing career... The slap you gave me was like a punch, I could swear it. Later, Asuka told me she felt nauseous very often these days... It seems that my antidote works. Her system tries to reject Gendo's chemicals. I'm sorry to make her endure all this... Misato, if you're reading this, know that I tried everything I could to save Asuka. Unfortunately, I think it's already too late. The pills I gave you could have probably saved her, but not her daughter... Or it may be the total opposite. After what I've told you... I don't know if you'll trust me enough to put Asuka's life in my hands. I'm sure Gendo will learn about my 'treachery' and will try to shut me up for good. But I'm prepared to this, don't worry about me. I prepared that file for you. Below, you'll find all the info you need on my research... And I sincerly hope that Asuka will give birth to a beautiful little girl. " (Author's note(*) : I have invented this. I don't even know if that kind of chemical exists. :-) ) Misato was on the verge of crying. Maya : "M...Major..." Misato kicked the desk. Misato, between sobs : "What a fool I have been! I didn't trust her! I just left the pills where they were... And I knew Asuka hated them, so I didn't insist... It's all my fault if she's condemned!" She repeatedly kicked the desk in front of her. Maya, trying to calm her : "Major, we..." Misato : "And we don't know when she'll give birth to Teri! If that happens, we won't be able to assure her a safe childbirth, assuming that she survives, but I don't believe in miracles anymore." Maya : "I... I know a little about childbirth... Maybe I could help?" Misato, wiping her tears : "...I don't know..." Kaji entered the office. Kaji : "I was sure I would find you there, Misato. We have to talk." Misato : "That's good because I need to, too." Maya : "Oh, I see. Another quarrel..." Misato : "Don't worry Maya. We have more important things to discuss." Maya : "I think I can guess. I'm leaving then. Or else, Makoto and Shigeru will ask themselves questions. I'm also going to analyze the other files, if you don't have any objection." Misato : "None, you can proceed. Later, Maya." Maya : "Later, Major Katsuragi." She left. Kaji : "So...?" Misato : "We hacked Ritsuko's files... She knew from the very beginning of all this. The worst part is that... It's all my fault." Kaji : "What?" Misato : "Ritsuko said that we could have probably saved Asuka, if I had gave her all her pills...." Kaji : "Uh oh..." Misato : "Well... And for you?" Kaji : "We have 16 hours left. It seems that Ikari has scheduled everything from the date of start to the hour of her death." Misato : "That's horrible... But how do you know that?" Kaji : "I talked to him a few hours ago." Misato, furious, and beginning to prepare her gun : "He's BACK!? Okay, I'll kill him, NOW!" Kaji held her arm and stopped her. Misato : "Kaji, let me go! I have to kill that bastard! Or are you with him?!" Kaji : "Don't say such stupid things. Killing him won't resolve anything, believe me. And besides, you could lose your life too." Misato, calming down : "Well, what are we doing now, then?" Kaji : "Good question. Ikari has the key to all this. He can kill Asuka, as well as he can let her live. We won't know until the hour comes. But there's somebody who can do something... I've found out some VERY interesting things about Unit-01, you know..." Misato : "U-Unit 01?! What the...?" Kaji, taking a disc from his pocket : "I have here all the details for his plan. Everything will depend on Shinji. While he was out, I had put a microphone under his desk. Come on, I'm gonna explain it to you, but we're taking your car, it'll be long." --- Misato's apartment, 22:29 Shinji and Asuka were peacefully watching T.V. on the couch. Asuka seemed exhausted, since she was resting her head on his shoulder. He eventually noticed her sleeping state. Shinji, softly whispering into Asuka's ear : "Asuka-chan..." Asuka, awakening : "Hmmm... I think I fell asleep. This show is boring." Shinji : "You seem tired. We're going to bed, okay?" Asuka, closing her eyes, and going back to dreamland : "Hmmm... You can't imagine how carrying a child can be exhausting..." Shinji : "Well..." He took her in his arms carefully and lifted her to his room. Well, to *their* room, now. Shinji then partially undressed Asuka and laid her on his bed. He slowly put the sheets on her. Shinji : "How cute she is... I can't believe it." He then did the same to himself and joined her under the cold sheets. The two of them seeking for warmth, they both found it in each other's bodies... Shinji : "Have sweet dreams, Asuka-chan..." --- Terminal Dogma, 02:03 It was now Fuyutsuki's turn to face Gendo's desk. Fuyutsuki : "You're really going to do it? I mean..." Gendo : "I can't reverse the machine, now that it started." Fuyutsuki : "You can't be serious when you talk about making her giving birth into..." Gendo : "Are you telling me you don't want to see Yui again?" Fuyutsuki : "Of course I want to, but I definitely think there is another way!" Gendo : "I just changed my plan a bit, mostly because of the Third." Fuyutsuki : "I thought that you said you would use Unit-02?" Gendo : "Yes, but I quickly turned the disadvantage of the Third present in my plans into an advantage. Thus, I'll make Yui come back sooner than expected." Fuyutsuki : "..." Gendo : "Since the G. Child has been conceived with the Third, Unit-01 will synchronize with her maybe even better than Unit-02. I'll just exchange the places between the Second Child and Yui. The Second will be soon useless, so I thought that she could be of one more use before..." Fuyutsuki, interrupting him : "I'm sure something will keep you from doing this." Gendo : "Are you betraying me?" Fuyutsuki : "You can see my words like that, but I don't want to be involved in such things. I agree with you for the Instrumentality plan, but you could have chosen another way to accomplish it." Gendo : "It's the best way I could think of, mostly because Seele wouldn't guess anything like that. But it seems I underestimated them." Fuyutsuki : "As usual, you're too confident." Gendo : "Not this time. The gestation period would have been normally of one year. But when I discovered that Seele knew all about this, I shortened it. I wanted to keep the mother alive, but I can't risk a Seele attack in three months. And I think that the Child will be more efficient than her mother." Fuyutsuki : "You're so cruel with them..." Gendo : "There are no other possibilities. If I knew sooner that Seele would have been arrested, I could have allowed the Child three more months to grow up, but it's too late now." Fuyutsuki : "Don't you fear any resistance coming from both of them?" Gendo : "The Third can be easily controlled. As for the Second, thanks to the G-Agent in her system, I have entire control over her as well." Fuyutsuki : "I'm leaving." He was about to get past the door. Gendo : "Fuyutsuki-sensei." Fuyutsuki was surprised by the word 'sensei' [professor] coming from Gendo's mouth. He stood still. Gendo : "Don't do anything silly. You want the same thing I do, right? Then don't get on the way of my plan." Fuyutsuki : "Don't worry about that." "I think you forgot about someone. Someone who won't forgive you for this, Rokubungi Gendo..." --- Rei's apartment. 06:43 We can see Rei slowly waking up and sitting up from her bed. She rubbed her eyes with her arm and looked at the moon outside. Rei : "Ikari-kun's... daughter..." She then got up and slipped on her school uniform. Rei : "I have to go." And with that she left her house and headed towards Central Dogma. --- Terminal Dogma. 06:45 Gendo was looking at his watch. He was alone in Terminal Dogma. Gendo : "It's time." He took a small device out of his pocket, and pressed a small red button. Gendo, smiling : "Now, come to me, Second Child." --- Misato's apartment. At the same time. Asuka's eyes went wide as she quickly stood up from her bed, next to Shinji. Making no noise, she left the apartment, without even thinking of dressing herself in the process. She took the direction of Central Dogma, still being barefoot, wearing only a long T-shirt and panties. The way her eyes were so empty of all life suggested that she was either sleepwalking, or... possessed by something... or someone. --- Misato's car. 06:52 Misato : "Now I understand... We have to hurry up!" Kaji : "Put your foot down, Katsuragi!" Misato : "It's already what I am doing, you idiot!" And her car rushed as fast as it could possibly go, towards her apartment. --- Misato's apartment. 07:02 Shinji was still sleeping in his room. He woke up when he heard Misato's cry from the hallway. Misato : "Asuka! Shinji-kun!" Shinji looked at his side and saw that Asuka wasn't here anymore. Shinji : "Asuka? Where..." Misato opened the door to his room. Misato : "Shinji-kun! You... You're alone here!? Where's Asuka!?" Shinji : "I don't know! She... She was sleeping with me!" The two then saw that her clothes were still there. Misato : "No..." Shinji : "What!? Where's she, Misato-san!?" Misato, dragging Shinji out of the apartment : "Come on, there's no time to waste! Asuka's certainly in great danger!" Shinji : "W-what!!!? Hey! That hurts! Let me at least put something on!" Misato : "Take your clothes with you! You'll slip them on in the car, I already said there was no time to waste!" Shinji : "But will you *explain* me what's going on at least!!!!?" Misato, loosing patience : "ASUKA'S GONNA DELIVER!!!!!! Now hurry up, Shinji-kun!" Shinji : "No... What the...?" He was trembling. Misato : "Hurry UP!" Shinji : "I..." Misato slapped him. Shinji didn't even move a bit. Misato : "Act as a man! Come with me, now!" He then silently took his clothes with him, and they both headed to the car, where Kaji was waiting for them. --- Misato's car. 07:05 Kaji was at the driver's seat. He saw Misato dragging Shinji out of the apartment complex. The young boy was still in shock by the news. When they entered the car... Kaji : "Uh oh... Let me guess... Asuka has already left." Misato : "As you planned. I still can't believe it!" Shinji jumped on the back seat and slipped on his clothes. Misato : "Come on! Start the car!" Kaji : "Alright, ma'am." And so he did. About one minute after they left the apartment complex... Shinji, calmly : "Will you two explain me what's going on?" Misato turned back and trying to clear up all the things in her mind. Misato, sighing : "What I'm gonna tell you won't please you. Not at all." Shinji : "What...?" Misato : "How may I explain this... Teri... Your father did something terrible to Teri." Shinji, shakily : "F-father?" Misato : "He... well... He kinda genetically 'modified' your daughter, to make, hmmm, well. I can't explain you in detail, but he hurted her. And, Asuka may die as well in the process." Shinji : "That... That can't be... Why you... You knew it, didn't you?" Misato : "Since February. Ritsuko told me a part of this, and we stole the other part from your father." Shinji : "Why didn't you tell me!? Why didn't you tell *us*!? WHY, Misato-san!?" Misato : "I... don't know how you two would have reacted. I did my best to try to save Asuka and Teri without making you panic, but... The only thing I did was wasting my time... I'm sorry. I was powerless." Shinji : "And then, why did Asuka leave during her sleep, without even waking me up, and without even taking the time to dress herself!?" Misato : "Listen Shinji-kun... Do you remember what happened when you two..." Kaji, seeing that Misato was hesitating : "Come on, Katsuragi, say it. Shinji's a man now." Misato, to Kaji : "But he's still my little Shinji-kun inside my heart, you know..." Shinji : "Then what, Misato-san!?" Misato, turning back to Shinji : "Well... when you two had sex?" Shinji gulped : "W-what?" Misato : "Asuka did not do that ONLY because she was bored! Your father used sexual stimulants on her one month before you had sex together via the LCL in Eva Unit 02!" Shinji : "Father... I can't believe it... No, I just can't!" Misato : "But that's the truth, actually." Shinji : "Sorry, but this is too much to handle! Stop that car!" Misato : "And where will you go alone!?" Shinji : "Returning to the apartment in order to finish my night." Misato : "And you'd let Asuka die or, assuming that a miracle happens, let her give birth to Teri without yourself near her? How rude of you!" Shinji : "..." Misato : "Do you understand?" Shinji : "But what can I do!? Isn't it too late? What my father is going to do with Asuka!?" Misato, to Kaji : "Kaji... Do I have to tell him?" Kaji : "I think that he has to know." Misato : "Well. Shinji-kun. Do you know how the Evangelion units actually work?" Shinji : "Well, they are robots." Misato : "Not only that. I discovered, recently too, that... Human souls were in them." Shinji : "In... them!?" He began to think about it. Misato : "Shinji-kun... Can you remember the last time you saw your mother?" Shinji : "Mother... Yes I can. She was sitting in a machine and... Father told me she was gone then. It's all I can remember." Misato : "Your mother was... taken... by Eva Unit 01, when she tested it for the first time. Reaching a 400% synchro rate, she disappeared inside." Shinji : "..." Misato : "Shinji-kun?" Shinji : "That must be a nightmare. Or a dream. Or whatever, I don't care, cuz' it's not real at all." Misato : "Open your eyes, Shinji-kun! I'm serious here! This is reality! This is the world!" Shinji : "Really? Is this really true?" Misato : "Yes it is!" Shinji : "Then... This feeling... This warm feeling, when I was in the Eva. It was... It was..." Misato : "Your mother, it was your mother, Ikari Yui." Shinji : "Well, I still don't get the link with Asuka and Eva units in her childbirth!" Misato : "At first, your father wanted to make Asuka give birth to Teri inside Unit 02..." Shinji : "Why Unit 02? Don't tell me..." Misato : "Yes. Asuka's mom is trapped inside it, too. Not really, but there's a mind image of her mother inside her unit 02." Shinji : "This IS definitely too weird for me." Misato : "But, there was one mistake in his so-called perfect plan." Shinji : "And may I ask which mistake?" Misato : "You. You were the mistake." Shinji, surprised : "What?" Misato : "Exactly. Your father thought that Asuka would have had sex with anyone she would meet at that moment, only because she NEEDED to do that, because of the stimulants. And you were there..." Shinji : "Asuka... would have done that with anyone?" Kaji : "You know, when you're a bit like Misato, nothing can keep you from..." Misato, furiously blushing, to Kaji : "Oh, cut that out, you idiot!" Shinji : "Then, *luckily*, I was there." Misato : "Yes, she chose you, Shinji-kun." Shinji, smiling, to himself : "Asuka..." Misato : "You understand better the situation, now?" Shinji : "No, I still don't understand, why Unit 01?" Misato : "Because your mother is inside it. Your father thinks that she will synchronize better with Teri, since she's now your mother's granddaughter. Are you getting it?" Shinji : "I think I do. But don't ever do that again!" Misato, puzzled : "Do what?" Shinji : "Tell me so many disturbing facts like this at once!" Misato, giggling : "Ahh... Well, you understand your role, then?" Shinji nodded, now determinated : "I understand, Misato-san. I'll do my best." Misato : "Your two most precious treasures are in your hands, now." Kaji : "That's good, because we've almost arrived." Shinji, to himself : "Teri was right..." --- EVA-01 Cage 07:06 Gendo was on the bay bridge to Unit-01 Entry Plug. Gendo : "You're finally here." In front of him was Asuka, eyes still empty. Gendo : "Climb into the Entry Plug." Asuka : "Hai." She began to climb into it, occasionally letting out loud "arrrrghh"s, feeling the first contractions... Once she was installed in the Entry Plug, it inserted itself into the Eva and locked itself. Gendo was smiling, the moment he was waiting for was finally coming. He would see Yui again. Sooner than he expected, but he would see her again. Rei : "I won't let you do anything." Gendo turned around, in shock. He wasn't expecting Rei to come here. Gendo : "Rei? What are you doing here? You're not part of this plan." Rei : "I don't care. I won't let anyone hurt Ikari-kun's child." Gendo : "What? What do you mean?" He slowly approached her, trying to reason with her. Gendo : "Rei..." Rei : "I'm not anyone's doll." And with that, Gendo was projected by an unknown force against the opposite wall of the containment cage. Gendo : "Rei... The..." Rei : "Yes, this is the A.T. Field. The barrier of my soul. And you will never hurt it, you will never hurt Ikari-kun's family." Gendo : "Are you... betraying me?" Rei : "..." Gendo : "Rei..." Gendo was silenced when a bullet hit a wall near him. That startled him. Misato : "Commander! Stop that insane plan right here and now!" Misato was aiming at him with her gun. She appeared at the other corner of the room, near Rei. Shinji was behind her. --- Inside the Eva. Meanwhile. Asuka was curled in a ball inside the entry-plug. It was dark all around her. Asuka : "Where am I?" She stood up and then looked down at her stomach. Asuka : "I'm no longer pregnant? I... gave birth? Finally?" Pause. Asuka : "Then... Teri? Teri-chan! Where are you?" Teri appeared in front of her. She was like a normal five years old little girl. Asuka : "Teri-chan!" Teri : "Okasan!" Teri then jumped into Asuka's arms. Teri : "Okasan! I was so scared!" Asuka, rubbing Teri's back : "Why? What was so scary?" Teri : "I... I saw something awful. I saw you... you were dead..." Asuka : "Dead? You shouldn't say such things Teri-chan... I'm alive." "Well, I think so." Teri, sobbing a little, burying her head in Asuka's left shoulder : "Sniff..." Asuka : "Shhh... It's okay. Mama's here.... You're safe now." Teri : "Sniff... You're warm Okasan... It feels good." Asuka : "You too, Teri-chan..." Voice : "You'll definitely be a good mother." Asuka, surprised : "What? Who's there?" Teri : "It's grandma!" Asuka, even more surprised : "G...grandma!?" Yui appeared in front of them. Asuka, startled : "W-Wondergirl!?" --- EVA-01 Cage. Misato : "Rei... Move back." Rei : "Hai, Major." Gendo : "W-what?! You... would obey to her more than to me, Rei?" Rei : "Yes. Because Major Katsuragi is more human than you are." Gendo : "..." Misato : "Shinji-kun!" Shinji : "Yeah, I know what I have to do!" Misato was aiming at Gendo while Shinji was moving towards the Entry Plug who was still inside Unit 01. He tried to eject it. Shinji : "Misato-san! The Plug is locked inside!" Misato took her cell phone in her free hand and pushed one of the 'memory' buttons. Maya, throughout : "Ibuki Maya speaking, Major." Misato : "Maya, the Entry Plug is locked inside the Eva. Can you do something?" Maya : "I'll take a look." Seconds later. Maya : "Can't be..." Misato : "What?" Maya : "There is one more person inside the Entry Plug! One is Asuka... The other... seems to have approximately the same genetic pattern!" Misato : "Teri?" Maya : "I don't know... The two of them are very distinct. And they both reach a 100% synchro rate!" Misato : "With Unit-01!?" Maya : "Affirmative, Major. Even if Asuka never did any test in Unit-01, it seems that she has a better synchro rate than Shinji! Except for special cases, of course..." Gendo was slightly smiling. Misato : "Well, try to eject the entry-plug, can you?" Maya : "The signal is refused, but I'll try my best... W-... Sempai!!" Misato could hear someone else on the phone. Ritsuko : "Let me handle this Maya." Misato, happily : "Ritsuko! You're here too!" Ritsuko : "Well, thanks to you-know-who." Misato then heard a third voice coming from the other end of the phone. Kaji, seductively : "Oh, it was my pleasure, Rit-chan..." Ritsuko, even more seductively : "Oh... Kaji-kun..." Misato, comically furious : "Enough of that, you two! And come here ASAP!" She hung up the cell phone and looked angrily at the Commander, who was still sitting on the ground against a wall. Misato : "Now, Commander, tell me which excuses you have..." Shinji, on his side, was looking at his Eva. He put an hand on the head armor, and began to rub it slowly. He then closed his eyes. Shinji : "Okasan... I have something to tell you, but please save Asuka..." Rei was still looking at the scene in front of her eyes emotionlessly, as usual, even if a bit of anger could be seen on her face. --- Back inside the Eva. Yui : "I think that my granddaughter said it herself. I'm your mother-in-law, Mrs. Sohryu." Asuka : "W-What? From what I've read in Shinji's files, you should be dead!" Yui : "I am. Do you know where we are, now?" Asuka : "... I was sleeping with Shinji when... I woke up here." Yui : "We are in Evangelion Unit-01. Where I disappeared 9 years ago." Asuka and Teri were listening carefully. Yui : "My husband wanted to make you his toys, but I won't let him do that. Never. And I believe my son more than him." Asuka : "The Commander? He... I don't understand a word." Yui : "Don't fear anything, I'll protect you. But you must promise me one thing first." Asuka : "Well, I think I have no choice." Yui : "Promise me that you'll be kind with my Shinji. That you'll always be with him when he'll need you." Asuka : "... It's an easy promise to keep..." Yui : "I'm glad you're willing so much to be with him." Asuka : "Well, I love your son, Mrs. Ikari. Even if he were the most stupid and pervert boy on earth, I think that I'd still fall for him... Because... because... Well, because he's my Ikari Shinji, of course!" Yui : "That's good to hear that. You're convincing." Teri : "I think that we have to go now, Okasan. I can sense that Otousan's calling us." Yui : "Yes, I can hear him too. Be careful. I've helped you, but I want you to help Shinji in return." Asuka : "Don't worry. I'll be with him, always. I swear." Yui : "Now, go. I wish you three good luck for your new life together." A white void wrapped Asuka and Teri, as they disappeared. --- Maya, Ritsuko and Kaji were in an elevator to the cages. Maya was on the ground, keying commands on a notebook. Maya : "Synchronization aborted by Unit 01! How... The Entry Plug is ready for ejection!" Ritsuko : "Already?" Maya : "Still, I haven't done anything!" Kaji : "..." --- At Eva-01 Cage. Unit-01's Entry Plug ejected itself. Shinji : "I did it!" "Thank you, okasan." Misato was still keeping an eye on Gendo with the help of her handgun. Misato : "Hurry up, Shinji-kun!" Shinji : "Hai!" He began to force the Entry Plug's hatchway. Shinji : "NNNNNngggg....." The plug finally opened itself... Shinji, with a sigh of relief : "Asuka..." ...revealing Asuka, with Teri in her hands. Asuka seemed to sleep, since she wasn't really moving. And Teri was crying... like a normal newborn child. The most strange thing that there was no trace of the childbirth, no trace of the umbilical cord, nothing at all. It was as if... Unit-01 helped Asuka to give birth to Teri... Misato, hearing Teri, was going limp. Tears of joy began to come. Misato, trembling : "Shinji, are they...?" Shinji, in the same state : "Yes, Misato-san. I think both of them are safe and sound!" Misato : "Thank God!" However, taking advantage of the emotional shock taken by Misato, Gendo quickly stood up and ran towards her. With a skillful hand blow, thanks to years of fighting, Gendo threw Misato's handgun in the cooling liquid around the Eva. Misato : "W-what?" Gendo : "I lost on this, but I won't loose everything!" Misato : "If you think that you'll escape that eas..." Misato was interrupted as she had to support herself on the bridge rail or she would have been throwed into the liquid as well. Misato : "Shinji-kun!" However, Shinji was useless to Misato from where he was. Gendo : "You see, you're of no match for me!" He quickly ran to the elevator. But before reaching it, he awkwardly and inexplicably fell to the ground. However, the explanation was easy to find. Rei had her left foot slightly titled backwards just beside Gendo's body. In other words, Rei had simply tripped Gendo up. Gendo, head against the ground : "Rei..." Rei : "You should look in front of you, when you're running like that." Shinji wasn't sure how to react, if he had to laugh of his father, or if he had to be happy that Asuka was safe. The door to the elevator opened and revealed Ritsuko, Maya and Kaji. Kaji looked on the ground and saw Gendo in front of his eyes. Kaji, kneeling down : "Well, Katsuragi did a nice job. She prepared him for us..." He then handcuffed him. Misato finally succeeded in trying to climb back up on the bridge. Ritsuko : "Asuka! How is she!?" Shinji was still in front of the entry plug entrance. Everyone (except Gendo of course) came in order to contemplate the spectacle. Shinji had taken his daughter in his arms and Asuka was slowly waking up... Asuka : "I'm..." Ritsuko : "There's no time to waste, we must take you to the medical section!" With that, Kaji took Asuka in his arms, and lifted her to the elevator. As for Rei, she still watched the whole scene from where she was, often glancing at Teri and Shinji. The hint of a smile could be seen on her face. While Maya was inspecting the entry plug, Shinji, visibly happy of being a young father, had taken off his shirt and had wrapped Teri in it. He was looking at her with extreme joy on his face. It was something Misato had never seen on him... She quickly came back to the real world when... Ritsuko : "Hey Misato, perhaps you could help us a little, couldn't you?" Misato : "Oh well..." She took her cell phone again, and hit another 'memory' button. Misato : "Major Katsuragi speaking. Yes, I'd like to have a stretcher here. Hm, Doctor Akagi is with me. Where are we? Level 7, Elevator B9. Okay, we're on our way." She hung up. --- A Waiting Room in a Central Dogma's hospital. Shinji, Rei, Misato and Kaji were in the waiting room. Misato : "What's taking them *so* long...?!" Kaji : "Hey, they must have plenty of things to check on her, ya know..." Shinji just nodded. Suddenly, the door opened. It was Ritsuko, and she had a sad look on her face. That immediately frightened the three people who were there. Rei, on her side, was as emotionless as usual, but still a bit worried. Ritsuko : "Come, she's waiting for you all." They were taken by Ritsuko to an hospital room inside where Asuka was, in a bed, with Teri in her hands. There was also a lot of machines around them. Maya was doing checks on the machines, it seems. Asuka, with a weak voice : "Shinji..." Shinji advanced and kneeled next to her, in order to be face to face with Asuka. She turned her head on her left, in order to see him, too. Shinji : "..." Asuka, still weak : "I'm gonna die, Shinji..." Shinji, trembling : "No... I can't believe it. Not now..." Asuka : "I'm afraid so. The doctors said I won't make it, because... of a virus in my system... You were right when you always told me that your father was a bastard... Now I believe you..." Shinji suddenly felt anger invade his mind. Asuka : "Will you... promise me something, Shinji?" Shinji : "Anything you wish, Asuka... Anything..." Asuka : "Take good care of... Teri for me. Misato, Kaji... Rei, you too please act as a family for her... And try to be a good replacement for her mother." "It's over, Shinji..." Shinji, tears coming : "Stay with me Asuka! Fight for life! Don't leave me, please!" Asuka : "Pfff, don't cry, baka. Be strong... Hold my hand..." Shinji did as he was told, and took Asuka's left hand in his, squeezing it a little. Asuka : "You make me feel a lot better, Shinji..." Misato had too, traces of tears on her cheeks. Asuka, weaker and weaker : "Farewell, Shinji... It was nice... To have you around..." And with that she closed her eyes, finally resting for peace. A long pause followed. A dead silence then invaded the whole room. Shinji, crying like he never did before : "Asuka!! Asuka!!!! ASUKA!!!!!" It seems that Teri was still sleeping in her mother's arms. Shinji : "Wake up! Don't leave me! Don't..." He fell on his knees, burying his head on the bed's mattress. Shinji : "...leave me..." Misato was crying too, and took refuge in Kaji's arms, who then wrapped her as tightly as he could to comfort her... Shinji and Misato suddenly stopped sobbing when they heard... ...a giggle... ...then two more... ...and finally, a burst of laughing... ...coming from a so-called dead young mother. Asuka : "Hahahahahahhahahahhahahahaha!!!" Shinji : "A-Asuka!?" Misato : "What the f...?" Asuka : "Oh, you were so touching, you two! It was EX-CEL-LENT! Really excellent!" She giggled once more. Shinji, trying desperately to understand : "You...You?" Asuka : "Of course I'm not dead, you idiot! How could Sohryu Asuka Langley die so easily!?" Shinji didn't know what to do. Misato was going to fall down in a faint, if hadn't Kaji supported her. Misato : "Ritsuko, Maya...? You knew too!?" Ritsuko, letting a chuckle escape : "Yeah, we just helped Asuka to play her game..." Asuka : "You deserved it baka Shinji! For leaving Teri and I alone like that during an entire month! Well, at least, I now know that you all care for me, thanks to you all!" Misato : "Don't ever do that again!!!" Asuka : "Haha... Oh, while I'm thinking about it, Shinji. Next time, ask you-know-who if I can deliver into Unit-01 again. I didn't feel anything." Shinji, startled : "Next time!!?" Ritsuko : "Then, my antidote worked perfectly!" Misato : "For once... Hey, wait a sec'! Your pills... I... I didn't gave them all to Asuka..." Ritsuko, horrified : "You *WHAT*?!" Misato : "I'm sorry, Ritsuko... I didn't trust you like I should have and I hadn't forced her to take them..." Ritsuko : "But... How did she survive then?!" Asuka and Shinji smiled at each other, as if they knew. Misato made a sign to the adults in the room. They all understood what Misato tried to mean, and left the room quietly. Shinji looked back at Misato who then winked at him. He smiled in return. When the door was finally closed, Shinji turned back his attention towards the object of his desire... Shinji : "Asuka..." Asuka : "What is it?" Shinji put one knee on the ground and looked her right in the eyes, before taking a little box out of one of his pockets. He then opened it in front of her. Inside was a ring. Not the ring he gave her a few months ago, simply because the said ring was still on her right hand, but another ring, even more beautiful than the first, with a blue sapphire mounted on it. Shinji : "Asuka, this is the blue of your eyes..." Asuka, stunned : "This is a..." Shinji : "I'll be 16 soon. I'll then have the legal age to do that... What I'm asking you now is... Do you wish to become my wife, Asuka?" Pause... Asuka, lovingly : "Oh... baka Shinji...!" Shinji : "I thought it was a way to make up for the time I left you two alone..." Asuka, looking down at Teri, who was still sleeping : "Shinji, can you see her?" Shinji looked at Teri too. Asuka, smiling warmly : "Shinji. This is your daughter, this is our little girl. This is *Ikari* Teri." Shinji was, too, smiling. Asuka, softly : "And... I'm sure that she'll be as proud as me to be part of the Ikari family, 'anata'." ['Anata' is the way a woman calls her husband in Japan. Like a 'darling' if you prefer.] --- THE END! --- Author's notes: Well, here's the chapter ending Asuka-chan's pregnancy. I hope you all enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it! As I said earlier, this is my first *public* fanfic. I mean that it is the first I posted. For the first time in my life I have been congratulated for my work (well, not the school one) by others, and it really makes you more confident about yourself! I know I'm a bit sounding like Shinji here, but... well, I was so happy to receive my first reader mail (Thanks to you Kami-Rakna-Sama-Sempai!) Knowing that people were reading my story helped me to continue, just for those who mailed me, because I knew that if I had stopped the story, those people with who I had communicated would have been very sad, and I can't stand sad people! Just to say that, I thank everyone, yeah, everyone, even those who disliked my story (are there any? :-) ) for reading so far (what are you doing here if you hated it? Masochist!). Ah, I wanted to apologize for three mistakes (four?) in the whole story. First. I messed up with Asuka's age. In December 2015 (Fourth Month) she would have turned 14, not 15. Thus, Shinji impregnated her when she was 13. I'm sorry for this, but Eva timeline itself wasn't very clear. Second. As everyone here (well I hope) knows, Asuka had her first period in ep. 22, and thus she cannot, at least 'technically' (sorry for the word, ladies.) be pregnant. Then consider this story in an alternative timeline, in case you hadn't noticed at all... :-) Third. Hummm... What mistake I wanted to talk about? Ah yes! David Watson told me about the "tetra-9 Hydrocannabinol". I now know it's used in marijuana. Let's be clear : I DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO SMOKE THAT BECAUSE MY STORY WAS COOL, okay!? :-) This was a terrible mistake. I saw that in a french X-Files fanfic ("The X-Philo") and totally ignored that this chemical was an active part of this... well... this thing. But as Ritsuko wrote it above, it WAS NOT real tetra-9. Just something similar. So, don't flame me for this. (I know that I deserved it, but I'm apologizing in public, okay? Is that enough for you, flamers?!) Fourth. Okay, there was A LOT of grammar and spelling mistakes in the whole story, except for a few chapters. Note that retooled versions of "Child Of Love" will be released soon on SDAT and RAAC. These versions are already available on ASUKA's Notebook, if you want to read them. Mega Thanks to David Watson for the great retooling and to EBJ too for the help given! Well, that was all I wanted to say. --- The Author's quick history (for those who are NOT interested, don't flame me for this, thanks :-) ) : You are curious about my precious works? Well, I wrote with a friend (Mygard) a series of humorous novels from 'SailorMoon' and a big story called 'The True Scenario' (65Kb long) which we never finished. The real story we finished together was a cross-over between SailorMoon and Resident Evil (Bio Hazard) on PSX. It was so damn funny! :-) (Imagine : Michiru Kaioh as Jill Valentine from the S.A.I.L.S...) Then, I discovered Evangelion. Big jump, huh? Well, I began to wrote myself a new series 'NGE: Special Edition' even if I had not seen the entire Eva series yet! I was at ep. 6 when I began to write that story. It was 10 episodes long, each around 15-20Kb in size. It related the arrival of Axel, Yann, Mygard and Stef at NERV, as investigators from the Japanese government. But they soon were trained as Evangelion pilots for Eva-03 to 06 (Hey, I hadn't seen the entire Eva series yet!!!). I also wrote a sequel to this, called 'High School Priests' which I never finished as well. Finally, I wrote myself a sequel to my previous cross-over : Resident EVA 2. Starring Misato Katsuragi as Claire Redfield, Stef M. as Leon F. Kennedy, Sohryu Asuka Langley as Sherry (!), Rei as Ada Wong, Axel as the Chief of Police, Mygard as Sherry's father and Teiris (his girlfriend!) as Sherry's mother (sorry, can't remember all the names)... Well, I hope you got the picture! --- Special thanks to all of my pre-readers: Al-l-Bus ("A New World For Shinji and Asuka", "Imagine Normality?", "Love After Impact") Alain Gravel aka Kami-Rakna-Sama-Sempai!!! ("The One I Love Is...", "Lost Love") Borderline Case ("Reflections In Red") David Watson (For the great retoolings he made of this story!) DJ Lesser EBJ (Thank you too for your corrections!) Eva_Pilot00 Greg Thomas (Keep up the good work with 'Everything Anime'!) Kaoru Nagisa ("EvaLeSs") Jon Byram ("Holy Knights" it's a temporary name, though) Readiosys Fisher ("Unfamilliar Fearings") Sammy Sy Shinji The 10 O'Clock Assassin (well, too many fanfics to be quoted there!) Sudhoda'ya Sushi Boy --- Now all my readers! Well, those who sent me a little email! Battleoid2 Boris Delaunay (Thanks for the FTP Account on Wanadoo! Even if it's slow, it can be of help) Brian Carlson Tanuki David Templar Fuu Hououji Godsend777 ("The Death Of One", "Is Nothing Sacred?", "Strangely Fanfic") GreyJedi Jayson Deare KoalaKiller OrcSys Laura Turk Twinsen Prometheus Ryoga Habiki Stephanie Beasley --- And all those who stayed anonymous. (why? Am I so difficult to talk with? :-)) Oh, one last thing : Know that I encourage every fanfic author who's willing to, to write side-stories, or sequels about "The Child Of Love". I don't think I can write more about this story myself, but if any of you have ideas, you're welcome! Just send me your work before you post it, okay? (And why not a lemon side story called "The Conception of The Child Of Love"? :-) ) "And to all the Children (readers) in the world, Congratulations!" Someone could put a name for the above quote? :-) --- CAPTION: EPILOGUE CAPTION 2: The Twenty-Seventh month. ;-) Angels seemed to stop their attacks for a while, since the three Eva pilots only fought their last angel 10 months ago. But they were still on active duty. And some rumors from Commander Katsuragi Misato herself said that the Fourth Children had been discovered recently... According to the doctors, and to Ritsuko's checks on Teri, it seems that she's a totally normal little girl. No sequels to the experiences performed by Gendo Ikari were noticed, nothing at all. Well, for the moment... Shinji and Asuka were finally in front of a church. While Shinji was in a black tuxedo with a red bow tie, Asuka was wearing a beautiful wedding dress with two red bow ties on the top of her head, instead of the red clips she usually wore. (sorry, I'm not an expert on fashion... :-) ) Misato had the two years old Ikari Teri's little hand in hers. As for Rei, since she helped to save Teri's and Asuka's life, the bride thought that she had the right, after all, to be her bridesmaid. (How kind of Asuka, isn't it? :-) ). Of course, Hikari was too, Asuka's bridesmaid. Kaji, shouting : "Hey the newlyweds! Shinji-kun! Kiss the bride!" Kensuke, filming the whole wedding : "Yeah! Some action!" Everyone was here, from NERV staff to the two newly-married couple's friends. Shinji and Asuka looked in each other eyes and then kissed tenderly in an embrace. Asuka was wrapping her hands around his neck, while Shinji had his hands around her waist. After the kiss, Asuka approached his ear. Asuka : "Shinji, I have to tell you something important..." Shinji : "What is it, Asuka-chan?" Asuka, whispering : "I think I'm pregnant again..." --- END? This epilogue was inspired by an idea from Kami-Rakna-Sama-Sempai!!!! (Will Teri have a little sister or brother? How will they call him/her?) (Maybe I will write another epilogue. Maybe... Maybe not... :-) ) Thanks to you all! Guillaume Lebigot (b.k.a Axel Terizaki)