From: "Shinji the 10 o'Clock Assassin" Subject: [Battle Athlete/XOver][FanFic] The Bet: Love You, Mylandah Shinji The 10 o'Clock Assassin On December 8, 1999, I received a challenge from Disaster to write a fanfic putting... Gendo Ikari... In a better light. Being a person who's Always up for a challenge within reason, I accepted. December 25, 1999. I'll end this millenium with a challenge that has been completed at it's fullest. Gendo Ikari will not be killed in this fic. Although... Heh. I'll leave it up to you, the reader, to decide. And of course, this is a King Neon Successor story. So... Murphy's Law now applies! ************ Mylandah Arkar Walder is currently within the darkness of her own room. Training, training, and training some more. The only thought in her mind now is the defeat of Lahri Feldnant, the Mongolian "Winning Machine" that was able to snatch victory from the dark-blue- haired noble's grasp. Her eyes are red, red with sheer anger... Then there's a knock on her door... Walder: GO AWAY!! Shinji: It's me, Shinji Ikari. Your biggest fan? Now, Mylandah didn't need this. She didn't need this at all. Some dog who wants to hump on her leg. Some... "Fan." A... Fan? Now why would she, an aristocratic family's daughter and infamous "Queen of Violence" have a fan? Is said fan a masochist? Does he want to be beaten around by the great "Queen of Violence" herself? Or does said fan have... pity... for her? Walder: [Pity, huh? Humph! I don't need such gratification from perverts like him. However... It would be interesting to hear what he has to say...] Come in. ************ KING NEON SUCCESSOR "LOVE YOU, MYLANDAH" ************ Walder: (Still doing pull-ups.) You are now in my presence, little one. Speak now and be quick about it! Shinji, in his high-school attire, is holding a box of Anna Miller Muffins. "Everybody Likes Muffins!" was what the box said. But then he soon notes the sheer drive within her and decides to place the box on her chair. Shinji: I was hoping I could come and cheer you up, Ms. Walder. Walder: Well, you failed miserably. I have no time for your pity, cheer-ups, or... "Muffins." I'm going back there again to defeat Lahri. And I will surely kill you if you don't get out of my way! Shinji: But this doesn't have to be. Walder: Oh, really now? And why, pray tell, doesn't it have to be? Shinji: Because Lahri's... She's not even human... -=***=- Shinji tells the still angered Mylandah about his dad (Gendo) and the work he's in charge of at NERV. "Better Life Through Genetics Study" is the slogan under the red half-leaf. Lahri Feldnant is one of the new race of beings known as the "Neo-Sapiens:" They're stronger, faster, smarter... Like having Rei Ayanami with Ruri Hoshino's intelligence and a continuous steroid intake. The older Ikari means well, though. Coming close to the end of the fifth millenium, Murphy's Law is in full effect. So, humankind must survive by any means necessary. Or so he said. But deep down somewhere he's really as much of a pervert as the younger Ikari. -=***=- Walder: So, what are you saying to me, Mr. Ikari? Should I throw in the towel? Give up and leave the "Great Competition?" Go back to my home colony like the loser you believe I am? Shinji: You're not a loser. Walder: ????!!!! If you've been paying attention, you'd know that I'd just lost to that bitch over there! And I'm third place in back of Lahri and Tomoe Midou! Now, what does that tell you about me?! Shinji: That you're the only human capable of sharing the rank with those that had to cheat on their bodies and life to get where they are. Walder: Excuse me? Shinji: Tomoe was the world's best. But at the cost of her life and soul. She died giving birth to her daughter Akari Kanzaki. I don't want something like that to happen to you. Walder: It's none of your business what I do with my body! (A long pause. But then she smiles...) But you're one of those people who do not wish for death to befall others, right. Shinji: Well... Not to people who don't deserve it... Walder: Very well. For the time being I will ponder on this. Now, leave me alone and let me train. And with that, the younger Ikari decides to leave without saying anymore. The door slides closed after him and the dark-blue-haired renegade continues on with her training. But then she catches a whiff of the box of muffins still on the chair. Walder: The little bastard. He'd forgotten this box. It's in the way; an obstacle... -==- Meanwhile, in a laboratory across the "Great Competition" facility; Gendo Ikari and Ritsuko Akagi are doing post-tests on the latest machines which make strong people even stronger. Lahri Feldnant is in one of those machines. Ritsuko: And we'd best be careful not to exceed our limits. There's only so much strength the human body can hold. Gendo: I'm well aware of that, Dr. Akagi. I've seen the anime shows where the bad guy always fouls up on something. I'm merely here to see if I can bring the human race up an evolutionary notch. Ritsuko: But don't you see how much uglier she's getting? Even through the status of other women? Gendo: That is not my fault either. She came in ugly. I tried to prescribe her some beauty techniques... But she'd scoffed them off like dandruff. I'd say that this woman is driven. Ritsuko: Tomoe Midou, isn't it? It figures as such. Gendo: Her coming into the GC at 16 and scoring at everything from the get-go. Her retirement at 20, and the death during her delivery of Akari Kanzaki at 22. I suspect some foul play, but it isn't SEELE. Who else could it be, then? As Gendo speaks on, few people noticed that there was a ninja on the roof of the building, listening to every word... -==- And by that time, Mylandah has already eaten most of the muffins... (Blueberry's her favorite...) -=*=- An hour later, the "Gekiganger Team" are at the GC lunchroom eating and discussing. Vega: Your father doesn't know a thing about it either. Lucky: My question; Why on God's Red Mars are you so interested in "The Queenmater" anyway?! Shinji: (Deadpans...) Well, why not? She wasn't always like this, you know. Daigouji: Ikari-kun. As always you're attracted to some of the weirdest female characters known. Lucky: So you finally managed to acknowledge Mizuha's death and move on, right, homes? Shinji: Like I have a choice. And besides, you've read Axel Terizaki's novels. It's the "shrews" who need the most taming. Vega: That's Shinji for you; a gentleman to those who don't wish for them. They continue on eating, when suddenly... Lucky: Does anybody notice where that rabbit-girl is? Daigouji: Ah! You mean Akari Kanzaki, Tomoe's daughter. Right? -=*=- The rabbit girl in question is sleeping soundly on the street. She wakes up from her peaceful sleep to sound of sirens, klaxons, and people screaming. Her eyes start to focus to find... A scene of destruction and chaos that must have happened recently. The rabbit-threshed girl is in pure shock. Then she notices a couple of guys coming her way. One in some "Power Ranger" suit, and the other in a lab coat. She's seen these two before. Miracle: It seems that your body needs to get use to the drug before it can function properly. Akari: Mr. Miracle. You mean _I_ did this? Roberts: Yep. And you also ripped some buses in half as well as knocked a building down a few stories. Akari: OH MY GOD!! People might have gotten hurt! Miracle: But this is what you want. You wanted to become a "Cosmic Beauty;" like your mother. Correct? Akari: Not if I'm gonna end up killing people! Miracle: It doesn't have to be, though. All you have to do is meditate and get control of you inner-self. That's where all the disturbances with the drug lies. Akari: ............ Miracle: You do not want Lahri to win. Nobody wants her to win. But, how far do you wish to go in order to stop her? Akari: ............ -=**=- And soon came the final day of the Great Competition. And only ten of the best female athletes are up for the last challenge; the 100-Mile dash. Lahri Feldnant Mongolia Mylandah Arkar Walder Mars Colony Chris Christopher Moon Colony Akari Kanzaki Japan Chun-Li Xiang China Jessie Gurtland America Ayla Rovnovsky Russia Tanya Natdhipytadd Africa Emmanuelle Gonzalez Brazil Victoria C. Crest France As the ladies take their positions, they clear their minds for the work that's ahead of them. Their final thoughts race through their minds... Walder: [I will not lose to the likes of these people. Especially to that freak of nature Lahri!] (But then she turns her head to find Shinji and his friends sitting at the bleachers with a "WE LOVE MYLANDAH" sign) [But if I DO happen to fall... Then someone will catch me...] (Smiling her trademark evil smile.) [Humph! Your fetish for me will drive you to your own doom...] *Lahri's Flashback* Gendo speaking to Lahri in the lab before the race. Gendo: I believe that it's still not a good idea for you to go out like this. Lahri: But do you know why I look the way I do? Gendo: Aerodynamics? Lahri: Correct. Like I have said, I will sacrifice everything to win. Life. Loved ones. Even beauty. Gendo: But if you sacrifice too much, you may never be able to go back. Lahri: High risk calls for high gain. You said it yourself, didn't you? (Walks off towards the field.) Gendo: (Takes his glasses off to wipe them...) Well... That was before I realized that I'd lost my son... To the dreaded Yagami Clan! (...and Anime-style tears start falling from his eyes.) *End Lahri's Flashback* *Start Akari's Flashback* Akari's in the locker room with Mr. Miracle and Eric Roberts. And rabbit-haired girls has a pill in her hand. Miracle: Do you know what this is? Akari: You want me to take this...? Miracle: This will be your ticket to either your victory or your downfall. Your mother had been given the same choice as you have. Akari: .......... Miracle: We will both be taking our leave, now. But whatever you do as of now is your decision and yours only... The two guys leave Akari in the locker room... Roberts: I seriously don't think that this is a good idea. Miracle: And why didn't you stop me? Roberts: Because I was hoping that there was some level of intelligence between the two of you. Miracle: Hmmm...? Roberts: She's your daughter for crying out loud. The drug you gave her is the same drug that had placed you into... "This... Thing..." And had shortened the life of your wife. Why? Miracle: Because we are destined. We surely would've died of nuclear exposure anyway if we don't take this drug. I knew that, Tomoe knew that, and I'm sure that Akari had known that. Roberts: Nuclear exposure? You mean that plant in Hokkaido...? Back to the darkened locker room with Akari still inside. Mr. Miracle's talking within the background. Miracle: There are risks that we take in life. That's what makes life interesting and livable. Without those, without the challenges of everyday life... We would've never been able to survive for that long. Akari tightens her fist around the pill. And then she takes it into her mouth... And she bites on it... *End Akari's Flashback* "On your mark!" "Get set!" "GO!!" To the audiences on their benches, the runners had taken off like a blur. But to the runners themselves, it's like a sense of slow motion... Mylandah is well into the lead. But she senses someone coming from along side her, passing her by. It's Lahri. Walder: [WHAT THE FUCK??!! HOW DID....??!!] Lahri: [It's quite simple, really. It's all basically mathematics. Once you've applied... HUH??!!] But then both of them have noticed someone passing along side them, oozing with raw power. It's Akari. Her mind is so empty, so void of anything except for the run. And she ran fast... Faster than Mylandah... Faster than Lahri... And just about faster than her mother Tomoe Midou... Lahri soon saw the light. That very light that was emitted by the great Tomoe Midou... And... Was... PETRIFIED! Mylandah, on the other hand, decided to slow down and run in pace with the other runners that were working so desperately hard to try to catch up. Walder: [Fuck this! I know I didn't eat what she had for breakfast.] (Her evil sneer widens...) [Besides, I see now that the freak CAN be beaten... I'm happy with this.] *BZZZZZZZZ!!!!* 1st Place Akari Kanzaki 2nd Place Lahri Feldnant 3rd Place Mylandah Arkar Walder... At around this time, Gendo Ikari finds Mr. Miracle and Eric Roberts at the balcony. Miracle: Well, well, well... If it ain't the bastard who dumps his own son to do his experiments. Gendo: And you must be the bastard whose own daughter IS an experiment. Lahri: (After some huffing and puffing...) How could you? How could you defeat me? I'm... Lahri then notices Akari shaking about and quivering all around. She comes closer so she can turn her around a look her in the eye. Meanwhile, Mylandah's been greeted by Shinji whose holding a water bottle and a towel for her. She's about to open up on him a can of "Verbal Whoop-Ass..." Well... Not a really harsh can of... Well, maybe she can surprise herself... Akari: GUUAAAWWRRGH!!! *GORGE!! RIP!!* Everyone who was in eye's view were in sheer fright and shock. The drug that Akari took had started on its side effects and Lahri, who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, had her head instantly ripped off. Shinji: WHAT THE HELL??!! Walder: Her breakfast is counter attacking...? :^o^: Roberts: OH MY GOD!! NOT AGAIN!! Gendo: (Smiling...) Do you know what you've just done? Miracle: (Smiling back...) The alternative is her own death. She had been warned. The instinct-driven Akari Kanzaki then turns her head to find her next victim; that being Mylandah Arkar Walder. Said victim gets in front of Shinji and tells him to run for his life; Shinji at that time already traveling to the other side of the field. The monster that was once Akari soon makes her way towards Mylandah in her blind fury when she suddenly falls face first into the ground. And this is the third shock of the day. The first being Akari able to pass Lahri. The second when Akari goes nuts and rips Lahri's head off. And the third: Lahri's headless body still being active. That was shown when she grabbed Akari by the leg and tripped her. And it seems that the impact of Akai's head to the ground had knocked her unconscious for a while. A few deaths in the audience were had due to heart attacks. And most of everybody else is still in shock... And all Mylandah could do is laugh her pretty head off. Shinji, now with her friends, were staring in disbelief at the turn of events. Miracle: Mr. Gendo Ikari. I believe that this is the sickest, most disgusting incident I've ever seen in my whole life. Gendo: And that's said from a guy who's on life support and can only survive on chocolate, Mr. Miracle. Roberts: IMHO you BOTH win the award from the "Motion Pictures, Arts, And Science" for "BULLSHIT TECHNOLOGY!!" Lahri's head: Um... Excuse me... Can someone please put my head back on my shoulders? -=**=- MYLANDAH ARKAR WALDER WINS COSMIC BEAUTY BY DEFAULT!! -=***=- Two months later, Shinji's wearing a dark suit and is checking himself in front of a mirror. Gendo decides to come by and visit him... Gendo: And now I'm really shocked. (He doesn't look like it, though.) I understand that you don't like me at all. But to propose a union with someone as sour as her? Shinji: As I told you before; Mylandah was never like this before Lahri came around. And furthermore, it's love. Gendo: To tell you the truth, I don't think it's in your best interest to marry her. Shinji: (Giving him an evil stare.) And why's that? Gendo: Didn't you know? Even though she's a "blue-blood," her family has ties with the Kusanagi. I don't think it's a wise choice to make such a great commitment. Shinji: (Turns back towards the mirror and gives out a large sigh.) What happened to that degree you earned in human psychology, pop? Gendo: .......... Shinji: Both clans had known that their wars with each other are stupid. Especially since they'd separated into too many subgroups. Besides, we're more like sparring partners to each other. So we'd be prepared for that "greater battle," whatever that is. Now if you would excuse me... (Goes to walk out the door, but then turns toward Gendo with a brisk smile on his face.) It's time. -==- On Shinji's side of the alter... Lucky: Man, I'm still in shock with this. He's actually going through with it! Vega: I don't actually blame him myself. She's got my eyes. Daigouji: (Holding an icepack upon his head.) This defies all the laws of "Anime physics..." A marriage between a wimp and a psychopath. Vega: Well... Huh? Lucky: Hey! What happened to your head, man? Daigouji: I was in a hurry to go somewhere. But then I heard someone say "Shinji's hooking up with the Queen of Violence" and absent-mindedly ran into a door. On Mylandah's side of the alter... Kris is feeling terribly down. How could Akari do this to her? In fact, how could the whole Kanzaki family do this to her? Kris Christopher of the Beginners Clan? Her "Go back to nature" philosophy was all in shattered pieces when she found out that Akari, and her mother before her, had to use drugs in order to become Cosmic Beauty. Her love for Akari had been betrayed. And now she's in a deep depression... Vanessa: Kris? Are you gonna be okay? Chris: No, I will not. Akari lied to me. How could she? Vanessa: Well, how couldn't she? We all have our dark secrets to keep. Chris: But our religion of the Beginners specifically states that we should not hide anything from anyone. Vanessa: This isn't the moon colony, you know. You shouldn't expect people to be up to your standards. Chris: (Starts to think about it a bit...) I guess your right. Ling-Pha: (Sits beside Vanessa.) Well, if it isn't Vanessa! Replacement for Lahri who so suddenly had her head ripped off! Nice to see you! Vanessa: WILL YOU STOP CALLING ME THAT?! Respighi: So the "Queen of Violence" is actually gonna marry him? This is quite frightening for me... Tanya: (With a boatload of food on her tray.) Let us not worry. We will wish them the best. (Starts going down on said food as her friends just stare at her weirdly.) -==- Jessie: (Dressed in nun's clothing...) Do you, Shinji Ikari, take this... Woman... To be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold through sickness and health, until death do us part? Shinji: I do. Jessie: And do you... (Gives out a bitter stare...) Mylandah Arkar Walder... take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold through sickness and health, until NATURAL death do us part? Walder: Are you saying that it can't be done? Jessie: huh...? Walder: If you think this is a bad idea for me to marry this person over here, then say so. (Turns to the audience.) All of you! If there's even a slight doubt in your minds that I can change, then we can all quit this and go our separate ways. The audience goes silent except for the crickets. Walder: This man I have right beside me. He came to me when I didn't need him. He had "feelings" for me. I didn't think it was possible. For all I had in my mind was revenge! But, through him... Through Shinji Ikari... I found that there was another way of living. The audience soon gawks in surprise at the new look on Mylandah's face, one of calmness like the one seen on Kris. Her eyes were of her natural color instead of red... Walder: Well? Does anyone have something to say? Everyone: (Shakes their heads.) Walder: (Turns back towards a shocked Jessie.) Then I do. I will take this Shinji Ikari to be my lawfully wedded husband. The End. Shots out to all my friends: Disaster (alias Justy Ueki Tylor of The A-Paco-Paco-Lypse) Ted Hsu (alias Ryoga Hibiki The War Machine) Chenalos (alias Gai Daigouji, The Stern Pilot of Gekiganger) African Anime (head of the National Association for the Advancement of African-American Anime Heroes and Heroines [NAAAAAHH]) Axel Terizaki (The 80th Frenchman) Godsend777 ("Mmmm.... Yuitsuko." :)...) Eric Jones (alias Mikado Sanzenin) Al-I-Bus (If y'all don't give 'im the respect he deserves, he'll take it by force!) Jason Deare (Make Us Some More "What The Hell Happened" Lemons! PLEASE!!) Y2J (alias something else he might come up with) Jeff Chuang (We're Also In Love With You, Izumi Maki!) Gendo Ikari (Not the real one, the "clone!") Wu-Tang Clan & Fam (Best wake the **** up!) Public Enemy (Brothahz Gonna Work It Out!) ADV (More Nadesice and Soft-Cel works, please!) Pioneer (What will be their next big hit?) Central Park Media (We Want More Aika, And More Voice-Overs!) Bandai/Emotion (Loved Sabre Marionette J!) Media Works (Keep it movin') Carl Macek (Be quiet! He'd just happened to be the creater of the art of "transculturizing" an anime series.) And my shoe up the butts for my enemies: The Psychomatic Poet (alias The Drooling Fat Hunchback) Tybalt and the Eternally Lost Lurker (of the Ranma 1/2 Fic Mailing List) Hideaki Anno (Winner of Chenalos' "Self-Insert Award") Puff Daddy & Master P (of Cash-Makin' Playahz From Space!) Ice Cube (alias Benidict Arnold) Trish Ledoux (of Viz Communications) Manga Entertainment (Still planning on releasing End of Eva?) All characters herein are copyrighted by their respective owners. I don't own all of them. (Except maybe Emmanuelle Gonzalez and Victoria C. Crest.)