-1Lite Up - 4:20 Edition

Chapter 1: Enter Akane!

By: Midnight Lost

Authors Notes: Ok, before I begin this, let me establish one thing to everyone. From the first chapter everything for the most part is Out Of Character. If you do not like OOC fics, then read no further. This fic was purely written for humor, in no way do I promote the use of illegal drugs of any kind or under age drinking. With that out of the way, I hope everyone has a good laugh at the OOCness that is about to ensue! Now, to a lot of my older readers who are familiar with the original version of Lite Up, you will notice this one is different in many ways, so don't expect to be reading the same story.

!!!Warning!!!

This story contains material that is not suited for younger readers. This fic is rated T for Teen due to strong language, drug use, alcohol, and suggestive themes. Parental guidance is suggested!

It had been a normal day for Shinji Ikari as he sat in the class room, listening to the teacher drone on about life before the Second Impact, and how the teachers once beautiful home was now under water, though the Third Child was hardly paying attention, his thoughts were primarily on his troubles, mainly with his father. The lesson plan hardly ever changed it seemed, the only reason why he even bothered coming to school was to visit with what few friends he had. Though neither Toji nor Kensuke were here today, they wouldn't be back till next week. A few desks behind him, the new transfer student sat, glancing over at the young pilot. She could tell something was bothering him, someone would have had to been blind not to see it. Looking up at the clock she noticed it was almost lunch time, she had decided she would talk to the young pilot then. The only problem that was present was since her transfer here, her clothing style and her carefree attitude had quickly earned her a bad reputation, but she was used to it. She didn't have to wait long for the lunch bell to ring. She watched Shinji has he slowly got up from his seat, grabbing a small paper bag and leave the room. Getting up from her own seat she followed him, hanging back a ways. Seeing his two friends were not at school, Shinji continued to walk off the school grounds, going up to a large tree atop a small hill. Every now and then he would come to this hill, something about it had a serene feel to it as it over looked a part of the city he fought to defend. With a heavy sigh the young pilot sat down and rested his back along the base of the tree. Opening the paper bag he pulled out the leftovers of the dinner he had cooked the previous night.

"Mind if I join you?"

Shinji jumped at the sound of the females voice, at first he feared it was Asuka, but realized the voice was to polite to be her. He turned and looked up at the girl standing beside the tree. She was about his height, maybe a little bit smaller. The first thing he noticed about her was she didn't dress in the normal school uniform, instead she wore a pair of black waist hugger jeans along with a black short sleeved belly shirt. His eyes continued to follow up her body till he got to her face. She had a cute face he had to admit, her long black hair was up in a pony tail.

"Um, sure" he answered a little shy. It was unusual to him to be approached by a random girl, the only females he really associated with was Rei, Asuka, Misato, and Hikari; and on the rare occasion Akagi for sync tests. Receiving her answer the young girl sat down next to him.

"Name's Akane" she introduced herself. "Akane Sato"

"I'm um, Shinji Ikari"

"I know" she laughed.

"oh, uh you do?"

"Of course, you're an Eva pilot, everyone knows who you are." she replied.

"I suppose." he didn't sound to thrilled about the title he had. Digging into his lunch he had brought with him, He noticed that she had nothing with her. "Don't you have a lunch?"

"Me? Nah, I usually don't eat at school" she answered as she leaned back against the tree as well, folding her arms behind her head as she relaxed, looking up at the sky through the branches, the sunlight filtering through the leaves. "So what's bothering you?"

Shinji paused for a moment, swallowing what food he had in his mouth, before leaning back against the tree again. "A lot of things I guess, mainly my father."

"Want to talk about it?"

"I'm not sure if you would understand, my father abandoned me almost ten years ago, and then summons me when he has a use for me, it just isn't fair." Shinji began to spew, becoming angry with every thought of his father.

Akane let out a soft sigh and cast her eyes down to the ground. "Actually I do understand. My mom died during child birth and my father pretty much abandoned me too, only sending money every month so I could take care of myself." Her voice quivered a little as she brought up her painful past. However when she turned back to face Shinji she was smiling "Your lucky you at least get to see your father, even under the most unwanted circumstances."

Shinji looked at her shocked, he wasn't aware that she had such a tragic past, much like himself. "I guess your right."

"So, do you come up this way often?" she asked, wanting to change the subject some. It wouldn't do either of them any good if they continued to bring each other down by bringing up the most hurtful things in their lives.

"Sometimes, it's beautiful up here, and its quiet for when I want to be alone." he replied, looking back over the landscape that held Tokyo 3.

"Oh, so would you rather I leave you to yourself?" she teased him, it was obvious as she spoke.

"No Sato-san, its alright." he laughed.

"Call me Akane."

"What?"

"We're friends now right? So call me Akane; Shinji." she beamed a smile.

Shinji smiled as well. For some reason the young pilot felt comfortable around this girl, she almost reminded him of Misato, only younger. "Alright Akane."

"Good" she said.

The two continued to talk for the remainder of the lunch period, by the time lunch was over Shinji was feeling a lot better about how things were. Akane seemed to really understand what he was going through with his father, and that in itself seemed to take a tremendous weight off his chest, he actually had someone to talk to. They got up from the tree and made their way back to the school, gaining many curious stares from some of the other students wondering what to two had done together alone. Among those students where Hikari and Asuka. Asuka shot a glare over at Shinji which usually meant they were going to have a talk later. Shinji saw this, cringed and let out a sigh. This of course did not go unnoticed.

"Something wrong?" Akane asked.

"Not really, just have a feeling my room mate is going to bitch at me after school" he sighed again, though he was used to it. Asuka was always blaming him when ever some guy was bothering her in some way or another, and of course when he did something she didn't agree with. This scenario fell under the latter.

Akane looked over to whom Shinji was talking about, seeing Asuka glaring at the two, but she just shrugged the german girl off. "Don't worry." she playfully wrapped an arm around Shinjis shoulders. "I got your back" she assured him. Asuka fumed even more at this, stomping into the class room, Hikari only looked concerned as she followed her friend.

For the most part the rest of the school day went without incident except for when Shinji could feel a pair of eyes nearly burning through his back. He was dreading the walk home with his room mate, praying to God that something would intervene and save him from her. The end of class came quickly, far to quickly for the third child. With a heavy sigh he got up from his desk, packed up the books he had and slung his pack over his shoulder. Akane had already left earlier, being called down to the office. With another sigh he left the class room making his way down the corridor until he got outside. Asuka wasn't there yet, maybe he could get lucky and make it home before her.

"There you are!" a female voice said from behind him. He suddenly felt to arms wrap around his neck. It was Akane. "Leaving without me?" she asked, in a playful hurt voice.

Shinji couldn't help but laugh a little "I thought you went to the office." he answered as the two started walking away from the school.

"I did, it was nothing. They told me to go ahead and go home but I decided to wait out here for you." she smiled

"M-me? Why?"

"Because your actually my first friend since I moved here." she said, a slight hint of sadness in her voice as she continued. "I am sure you've heard the reputation around me"

Shinji had heard of the reputations, but he really didn't think he had to worry about it. But after he met her today, he could tell that a lot of what was said about her wasn't true at all. "I guess I didn't really pay much attention to them" which wasn't a complete lie, usually during class when the gossip was floating around he would sit and listen to his SDAT. "Besides you don't seem like a bad person."

The two continued walking until they got about two blocks away when they were stopped by a very loud red head running towards them. It didn't take long for the german girl to catch up to the two.

"Damn it Shinji, why did you leave me behind you idiot!?" she asked furiously., casting a glare at Akane.

"I um just thought you left with Hikari." Shinji fumbled over an excuse, he really didn't want to walk home with his fellow pilot.

"Idiot, you know I was walking home with you, Now lets go" she demanded as she took Shinji by the hand, dragging him along with her. However Asuka was suddenly pulled to a stop as Akane grabbed Shinjis other hand, pulling him away from the red head.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Asuka demanded.

"I'm sorry, Shinji is coming with me." Akane replied, wrapping her arms around Shinjis shoulder. She was mainly doing this to really get under the Second Childs skin, and it was working.

"FINE! Go with her!" Asuka yelled, stomping off towards their apartment. Soon she was out of sight leaving the two by themselves again.

"Um, thanks Akane, but I think you've only prolonged the inevitable." Shinji said with a sigh.

"Well, at least it will be that much longer till it happens" she smiled. Shinji smiled at this as the two began walking away, though Shinji had no idea where they were going. The two eventually made their way towards the middle of the city where there was an assortment of shops. One in particular was an arcade. Akane proceeded to drag Shinji inside with her, insisting that he should have a good time. For the most part he did, well except when Akane beat him in nearly every game they played.

It was nearly nightfall when the two eventually decided to leave the arcade and returning to her apartment, which surprisingly looked a lot like Reis, in face it was in the same neighborhood, just a few buildings over.. Shinji knew it was time for him to get home, he knew he was going to catch hell from Misato for staying out late and not telling her where he was, and still having to deal with Asuka didn't boost his morals any either. But despite that he enjoyed being around Akane.

"Guess I better get home." he announced with a sigh.

"It is getting late isn't it." it was more of a statement rather then a question.

"I had fun tonight Akane," Shinji smiled. "Thank you"

"Hey no problem."

"I'll see you at school tomorrow"

The two said their good byes and parted ways. Shinji took his time walking home, mostly because Akane was on his mind. He never really met a girl like her, she pushed away all of his uncertainties with just her voice, making him feel more confident in himself. Though now his thoughts were on the rumors that floated around her that the other students have said. He found that a lot of it was just misunderstanding, though he knew that would change the other peoples minds. After nearly an hour of walking, he found himself in front of the door. Finding it locked he rummaged through his pocket, pulling out the key. Unlocking the door he walked inside, immediately getting yelled at by Misato.

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU!?" Misato screamed at him.

"I-I was with a friend." he answered, a little scared. He could see Asuka in the hall way behind Misato smiling. No doubt she had told their guardian some grand story of what happened, making her the victim.

"And you didn't think it was necessary to call me and let me know where you were?" the purple haired woman shot at him.

"I-I'm sorry, its just that I was with Akane and" he never got to finish as Misato cut him off again.

"Whose Akane?"

"She's the girl Shinji was with all day today." Asuka finally put in with an attitude.

"Wait, Shinji was with a girl all evening….BY HIMSELF!" Misatos mood changed from upset to mischievous as she began to think of ways to tease her young ward about his new girlfriend.

"It's not like that Misato, we're just friends." he quickly defended himself. "Besides, she actually understands what its like between me and my father." this last part he spoke with a sad voice, pushing passed the two he went to his room, shutting the door behind him as he lay on his bed. Leaving his two room mates a little stunned at what he said. It caught Asuka off guard even more as an uneasy silence hung between the two, before they eventually separated, retreating to their own rooms.

Morning came, the song birds waking Shinji up, which didn't please him any. He wanted to stay asleep after the dream he was having. Laying in his bed he stared up at the ceiling, waiting for the after effects of his dream wear off before he ventured out of his room, quickly sneaking into the bathroom before his other room mates woke up. He didn't take too long in the bath, course it still wasn't short enough as Asuka had woken up and was already pounding on the door for him to get out already. With a heavy sigh Shinji finished drying off and got dressed before leaving the bathroom to go back into his own room. While Asuka was in the bath he made his escape, being sure to leave her lunch on the counter, he left the apartment, making his way down the street towards the school. Probably for the first time in his life he was excited to go back to school, he couldn't really explain it but he wanted to see Akane again. He then began to ponder if that meant he was attracted to her. Though he began to doubt it would ever come to that.

"Hey, wait up!" he heard a voice call out from behind him, He smiled knowing who it was. Sure enough the owner of the voice caught up to him, wrapping her arms about his neck like she usually did.

"I didn't know you walked this way to school."

"I have no choice really, their doing construction on a lot of the roads down in my area." she explained as the two continued walking on to school. They chatted as they walked the rest of the way. When they reached the school grounds, once again gained many curious stares from the other students. The two shrugged off the stares and entered the class room, each taking their seats.

Asuka came in a few moments later fuming for obvious reasons. She didn't like it when Shinji took off with out here. She glared over at the young pilot who was already in his desk. Shinji shivered some as he felt her eyes on him. Soon the bell rang, signaling the students to take their seats while Hikari did her rise, bow, sit routine. Class repeated the same actions as it did the previous day. Shinji was nearly falling asleep at his desk when a small beep from his desktop caught his attention. He looked around the class for a second to see Akane waving at him with a smile. Turning back to his computer he opened the message that was sent to him. It read;

-Akane- Heya, you wanna go to the old tree again?

Shinji didn't even have to think about it. He quickly typed his reply.

-Shinji- Sure

The two of them continued to message each other until the lunch bell rang, when they got up from their seats, Shinji grabbed his lunch and the two headed out the door, again Asuka glared at the two.

'Why the hell is he ignoring me?' she thought angrily to herself. Grabbing her own lunch she joined Hikari. The class rep also looked at the two leaving the room. While she was glad Ikari was being more open to people she didn't trust his new friend, again more so with the rumors that surrounded her. Of course she couldn't really do anything to stop them, they were not doing anything against the rules, and that's what bothered her, she wanted to find any excuse to keep Ikari from hanging around the girl.

Both Shinji and Akane made their way off the school grounds, soon settling down next to the tree. Shinji opened the small paper sack he had, reaching in he pulled out two small plastic boxes that held the remains of the recent dinner he had cooked almost two nights ago. Last night was Misatos turn and he dared not expose Akane to such horror.

"Here." he said as he handed her one of the extra containers.

"I told you I don't eat at school" she laughed, but accepted it anyways.

"I know, but I just don't like eating in front of other people"

"Thank you Shinji."

Akane opened the container, using the fork that was inside she took a small bite of the meal. She quickly noted that Shinji was a very good cook, as much as she had heard the Second Child complain about their guardians horrid cooking.

"This is very good Shinji" she commented as she continued to eat.

"Thank you." he smiled. It wasn't long before the two of them had finished their lunch. Shinji took a glance at his watch, they still had twenty minutes left before lunch was over. Leaning back against the tree he looked up through the branches. Akane did the same, silence hung for a few moments before Akane turned to him.

"So….do you want to kiss me?" she suddenly asked with a laugh.

"WH-WHAT!?" he exclaimed, falling back. Hitting his head on the tree trunk. He sat back up rubbing his head before looking back at her. "Why?"

"Well, this kinda feels like a date you know." she pointed out. Shinji couldn't deny that she did have a very valid point there, they were eating together alone on top of a hill, that had a good view over the landscape; pretty much all that was missing was them kissing, this made Shinji blush at the mere thought of it.

"Isn't it too early for that? I mean we just met yesterday right?" he was a little nervous about the idea, his first kiss wasn't exactly what he had hoped it to be, Asuka had held his nose plugged the entire time so he couldn't breathe.

"What? You don't think I'm attractive?" she teased him.

"N-no..I mean yes you are…" he was stumbling over his own words, this only incited my laughter from Akane.

"You know, your cute when you blush"

"R-really?"

She answered him only by moving closer to him, this caused some alarm in the young boy but he remained where he was, surely this couldn't be a repeat from when Asuka had kissed him. Their faces were only mere centimeters apart as he looked into her brown eyes, though he wanted to kiss her he was still afraid but he weighed his options and decided to take the initiative. He closed the rest of the distance, letting his lips meet hers. She was a little shocked by his sudden assertiveness but wasn't about to complain, Shinji also found that the kiss was far more enjoyable then the one he had shared with Asuka. After about thirty seconds they broke the kiss, both heads were swimming.

"So does this mean we're dating now?" Akane asked with a soft laugh, her question was serious but she disguised it as a joke in her nervousness.

Shinji thought about this for a moment. "Well…I guess, I mean if that's what you want." he began to blush again.

"Sure, lets give it a go, besides your so cute when you blush." she smiled. This caused Shinji to blush even more but he accepted with a nod, it would be nice to have someone who actually had a romantic interest in him. It was at the time the bell rang. The two let out a sigh, Shinji for the most part was curious what was going to happen from there, but reluctantly they both got up, brushing themselves off and made their way to class, by now it wasn't so much as an unusual thing so hardly any of the students returning to class took any notice to the two., as usual though two of them did, both not to pleased as they noticed a slight change in Shinji, he seemed almost embarrassed but at the same time excited, both Asuka and Hikari began to speculate what the possibilities where of what happened between the two.

For the most part, Shinji and Akane pretty much ignored the rest of the lesson as the chatted amongst themselves in the class chat room. Most of their conversation entailed what their hobbies where and what kind of things they liked. While Akanes list seemed to go on and on, Shinji really didn't have much to say. The only things he really did was cook, clean, listen to his SDAT, play his cello and pilot Eva. Before the two even knew it, the final bell rang. Closing down their computers the two grabbed their bags and exited the classroom. Shinji had forgotten all about Asuka until she caught up with the two half way down the block.

"YOU IDIOT! YOU LEFT ME BEHIND AGAIN!" Asuka screamed furiously, raising a hand to hit the young boy, only for it to be stopped by Akane. "YOU AGAIN!" Asuka glared at the other girl, surprisingly Akane didn't flinch under Asukas glare. Asuka pulled her hand away still glaring at the girl before her.

"Come on Shinji, we're leaving" Asuka ordered. "And don't say your going with her, because you have no choice, we have our self defense class at Nerv, so that maybe you could stand up for you scrawny ass" the red head fumed and stomped away, clearly upset.

Shinji let out a sigh. "Damn, I forgot all about that." he commented before looking to Akane "Sorry, but I have to go this time" Seeing Asuka had her back turned to them as she walked away, Shinji took the chance and snuck in another kiss to Akane before following after his fellow pilot. "I'll come by after I am done, if- if that's alright."

"Of course" Akane smiled.

Akane let out a small depressed sigh as Shinji disappeared from view, she had really wanted to spend more time with the young pilot. Slinging her small pack over her shoulder she continued on her way home, her fingers touching her lips, he had been the first boy to have ever kissed her.

Meanwhile; despite having to listen to Asuka rant the entire way to Nerv, Shinji was actually in a good mood, and this annoyed the second child even more. However she didn't get the chance to voice her opinion about it, as soon as the entered the building Shinji quickly left to go to the locker room to change into his cloths. The class itself last for about two hours, as the instructor taught the pilots a series of close combat maneuvers that could be used if they were ever attacked. He also pointed out that these same moves should also be effective against an Angel, seeing that the large monsters were human like, in theory. After the class was done, Shinji didn't wait for Asuka. He was too excited to see Akane again, changing back into his normal cloths he rushed out of the building, waving a goodbye to Misato as he passed her through the halls, leaving the purple haired woman stupefied as to why he was in such a good mood.

It was nearly six in the evening when Shinji arrived at Akanes door. He nervously knocked and waited. A few seconds later he heard Akane call out to come in. Shinji did so and was a little surprised by what he saw. Akane was sitting on her couch, smoking what looked to be a cigarette, but only smaller.

"Um, what are you doing?" Shinji was a little uncertain about what he saw. It took Akane a moment to figure out what he meant, she had forgotten that he didn't know everything about her yet.

"Oh, I smoke this to relax sometimes." As she took another hit off of it, holding it in before releasing it. Shinji could tell it wasn't just a normal cigarette, it had a unique smell, and despite himself, he actually liked the smell. Akane pat the cushion on the couch next to her. Shinji sat down, even more nervous now, being met with something he did not know about that his girlfriend was doing.

"But what is it?" he finally asked.

"Its called marijuana, otherwise more commonly referred to as pot or weed" she explained, then held it out for him to try. Shinji looked at her in question. Curiosity begged him to go for it and try something new, but his logic told him not to.

"But, isn't this you know…illegal?"

"Yeah, but they havnt cracked down on it since the Second Impact, besides it helps takes your mind off things." she persisted.

Shinji reluctantly gave in as he took the small cigarette from her, holding it up to his lips he took a drag from it, filling his lungs with the smoke and holding it in like he'd seen her doing previously. Being his first time he was quickly coming under its effects and he slowly let out the smoke, as he became light headed and over all feeling good. The two continued to pass the joint back and forth until it was gone, Shinji was now feeling very relaxed and at ease. His eyes blood shot. Akane was surprised that he didn't cough much seeing it was his first time smoking the stuff, until Shinji explained it was probably due to the fact he has to breathe in liquid every time he pilots Eva. During their time smoking Akane had moved over closer to Shinji, now laying her head on his shoulder nearly falling asleep. Stretching his arm out a little he looked at his wrist, seeing the time, it was passed ten at night.

"Oh shit!" he exclaimed as he shot up from the couch, causing Akane to bolt up as well

"What is it?" she asked

"Misato is going to kill me, I was supposed to be home an hour ago." he explained.

"Oh damn, I'm sor-" she began to apologize but was interrupted as Shinji kissed her.

"Don't worry, I will see you at school tomorrow" he smiled.

"Um, Shinji, tomorrow is Saturday. We don't have school tomorrow." she laughed.

"Will then, I will see you tomorrow." Shinji laughed in embarrassment. "If I'm not grounded" he added as he went to leave.

"Wait, here take this" Akane said as she grabbed a small paper bag from the coffee table, placing it in his hand.

"What is it?" he asked

"it's the same thing we smoked tonight, remember not to get caught. Just because they haven't cracked down on it doesn't mean you can get away with it." she warned with a smile.

"Ok Akane" he said as he placed it in his back pocket, giving her one last kiss good bye before he left.

It only took Shinji twenty minutes to get home, though he was lucky tonight, at least with Misato. She had to work the late shift so he was in the clear with her. However Asuka was a different story. She had stayed up the entire time waiting for him.

"Where the hell have you been?" the red head demanded as soon as he entered the door. Shinji let out an annoyed sigh before answering.

"I was with Akane ok, and we just looked track of time." he paused, seeing his room mate about to open her mouth, he knew what she was about to say, or at least hint towards. "And no, we didn't do anything perverted. You annoy the hell out of me when you say that stupid shit." he snapped at her. This caught her off guard, but at the same time respected him for actually growing some spine to do so. Without saying another word he brushed past her and went into his room, closing the door behind him. Once inside he placed the brown bag Akane had given him in his top dresser drawer under his socks. Starting to come down off his high he laid down on his bed, not bothering to take off his shoes and feel asleep.

To Be Continued…….

Additional Authors Notes: Well theres the new revised version of the first chapter. I know it seemed a little slow and I am sorry, I just wanted to give Akane a bit more of a character development so everyone can relate to her better. Anyways I hope everyone enjoyed it and please be on the look out for Chapter 2.

Disclaimer: In no way do I claim any owner ship over any of the characters from Neon Genesis Evangelion.