[Warhammer comes out amid singing from the light.]

WH: Dying is easy... living's the hard part. But it's more fun that way. 


Teknos Warhammer presents

Seraphim's Judgment:
Epilogue:
The Ikari Redemption 
 
The light that had descended from the skies settled in the place where 
the demon EVA once stood. The light soon faded and in its place, a man 
stood. His simple white shirt, pants, and sandals would have made any 
man doubt that this simple looking man was the Creator. Even His 
semi-youthful face and white hair would make him pass for almost any 
other man. 

	He turned to Sera and the lifeless body of Nodoka and began to walk to 
them both. Sera cringed and held Nodoka closer, not allowing rational 
thought to enter her mind. The man knelt in front of them both, reached 
forth his hand and placed it upon Sera's quivering shoulder. 

	The voice from the man was gentle and soft as he spoke, "There is 
nothing to fear Seraphina. Look." He then placed his hand on Nodoka's 
head and spoke gently. "Nodoka. Daughter of the Teknos and of Earth. 
Awaken and continue to protect." 

	When his hands left Nodoka's head, the glow within her eyes returned 
and Nodoka gasped as the air of life returned to her lungs. She started 
to cough horribly, but it eventually vanished. The man looked up to Sera 
and smiled. Her only reply was shock and amazement at the miracle that 
just occurred in front of her. 

With that done, he stood up and walked over to where the body of the 
Seraphim lay. He knelt by her body and picked her up to cradle the angel 
in his arms. She opened her eyes slightly and said weakly,

"Father... have I served thee well?" In response, He nodded and replied. 

"You always did my daughter. Now, return home and rest. You have earned 
it." Then, another pillar of light descended and seemed to take the 
wounded angel from His arms to carry her above to the clouds.  

	After Seraphim had returned to the heavens, he turned to where Reina 
had taken a seat to watch what had happened. They gave each other a 
single glance and He walked past her to the reason for His visit. When 
her back was to His, she said,
	
	"You know, I'm kinda surprised that you came down here." 

	He smiled and replied, "Don't be, you're not supposed to be. Remember?" 
Reina only smirked more and leaned against the wall adjacent to where 
she was sitting. 

	Reaching the personnel of NERV, He walked through the multitude of 
people awe struck in whom they thought this to be. Among them all, he 
went to the only man he wanted to talk to. Gendou Ikari. 

	Gendou turned as his shoulder was tapped by someone. He blinked a few 
times at the man who was dressed in something that not everyone exactly 
wore. "Are you..." the man only nodded and said with no smile on his 
face, "Gendou, we need to talk." 

Just then, everything and everyone around them vanished. All that Gendou 
saw was barren ground and a giant sea of orange as far as the eye could 
see. At the very edge of that orange sea was that same man, garbed in 
white. Curious, Gendou walked over to the edge of the sea, knelt down, 
and picked up a handful of the orange liquid. It felt as the exact same 
was as LCL! 

	"That's because it is." The man said. 

	"What do you mean?" Gendou asked, letting the LCL fall back into the 
sea. 

	"Gendou..." the man said as he stood up, "What was the reason you 
joined SEELE in the first place?"	

	Like so many times before, silence was the only answer before the true 
one could come out. "At first, it was just for the good of man. Then, 
when Yui was lost, she came first above all else. To get her back."

	"Even at the possible cost of the human race?" 

	Gendou could not deny the truth, and nodded. "I wanted her back, not 
only for myself, but for Shinji as well. More recently, I realized that 
I never really did know why I joined with the likes of SEELE."

	The man smiled, "In a way, that's good. You see, several of us above 
were not exactly happy with what you were doing. But recent events 
changed the opinion about you."

	Gendou was really confused at this point. "But what is all this... this 
sea of LCL?" 

	"This... is what would have happened had the HCP come to perfect 
completion. It would have reduced mankind to this. To put it most 
simply, a sea of spit." 

	He looked at the man in shock. If this was what was to happen, what 
were they doing wrong? They all the correct tools: the Evangelion, the 
Lancea, and Adam. 

	"That's where you're wrong Gendou. What you and the Angels have been 
fighting for was a lie. It was never Adam you found, it was Lillith."

	Once more, Gendou was shocked. Yet, it seemed to make sense. With a 
figure head of someone holy would cause only advancement. The opposite 
would only bring de-evolution and that was what Lillith was. 

	"That is correct. But there was another flaw in the thinking of you and 
SEELE. What you sought for was spiritual evolution. Causing the human 
race to become more than what they were. You and SEELE tried to force 
the human race to evolve at a point where it was far from ready. 

	True advancement for any form of life cannot be given. It must be 
achieved. Only through perseverance can such a thing be obtained, and 
even then it takes much time and patience. 

The reason why I made evolution the way it is for life is because it can 
be sustained that way. But when something is forced, it moves into a 
territory where it has no room or time to adapt and inevitably dies off. 
That is what you and SEELE tried to do, Gendou. Send humanity to its 
death. Whether they wanted it or not."

	Gendou's head hung low. The truth weighed on his shoulders like a ton 
of bricks and could he do nothing to shrug it off. Now he knew where he 
was. It was an alternate Earth where he got his wish. The HCP project 
complete and him back with his family... in a sea of spit. 

	He turned up to see the man was holding his shoulder, and He was 
smiling. "Gendou, I didn't come here just to show you this. I also came 
here to say that you saved everyone. Your son, your wife, everyone."

	Gendou stood up to meet the man, face to face. "Why? I don't deserve 
all this praise! I nearly killed my wife, I committed adultery, I 
abandoned my son, and..." Then he walked past the man and several feet 
away before stopping. 

	"Gendou, that's another reason why I wanted to talk to you. You still 
have a chance to set things right. Not only that, I need your help, 
humanity's still in danger."

	Gendou remembered SEELE being taken out by the UN. It was a little more 
than obvious why. The Evangelion as potential weaponry. He figured it 
was too good of a chance for those power hungry slugs to pass up. He 
turned to see the man was smiling and nodded the affirmative to his 
assumption. 

	"Oh and one more thing..." the man said. 

*************************************************

	With the EVAs of NERV without power, they all sat down against what few 
buildings that were standing. The pilots were able to get out without 
much difficulty, even with no power. 

	Touji and Asuka were standing against the prone head of Asuka's EVA, 
not even minding the snow that fell. 

	"That was some to do, wasn't it?" Touji asked the German girl. She only 
stared at the little flakes as they fell, but still had enough knowledge 
of what he was saying to nod. Then she turned to him,

	"Touji, were you scared?" 

	He turned to her, blinked, and then answered, "Yeah, who wouldn't be? I 
mean, going through all that, another Impact was about to occur, and 
then that last EVA..." he paused for a second, "and of course... seeing 
that thing hurt you made me pretty mad. What was worse was that I 
couldn't do anything."

	"You really mean that?" She asked. He nodded. So, she leaned against 
his shoulder and said, "Good, then I'm glad you're ok too." 

	Touji was about to put his hand on her shoulder when...

	"Just WHAT do you think you're doing with my daughter!?!" A voice 
screamed, which sent both pilots scrambling everywhere since they didn't 
know where the voice came from. They both turned to the semi-ejected 
entry plug to see a woman's head sticking out from the edge. Her short 
brown hair barely covered her gray eyes, which were filled with 
disbelief and anger. That was when Asuka spoke up. 

"Okaasan?" 

*************************************************

	In both EVA Units 00 and 03, the remaining LCL started to churn and 
stir. Tiny particles of matter spun faster and faster until they fused 
into something bigger. More and more matter started to form into larger 
chunks of living matter.  

	Then, it started to grow to the size of human body, sucking up more LCL 
with the increased size.

	The mass in Unit 03 began to grow dark and form a much larger body than 
the one in Unit 00. Little by little, the intricacies about each one 
were found and then formed into what they were to be. 

	When the formation stopped, the entry plug in 03 was occupied by a 
large African American man. The man's hair was one of the few things 
missing from his well kept physique, but time would correct that. He 
opened his eyes through the half filled entry plug and to the snow 
covered sky. That was when Edward Hecatonchires realized he was free 
from his prison.  

	In Unit 00, a small pale body awoke from the puddle of LCL that still 
covered her body. She climbed up to the edge and saw in the distance the 
powerless husks of Units 01, 02, and 03 and realized where she was. She 
ran a hand through her short blue hair out of the way of her face and 
smiled, she was home again. 

*************************************************

	Shinji leaned against the side of the semi-ejected entry plug of Unit 
01, staring at the sky. He wondered what exactly was that light he and 
the others saw, but his thought were interrupted when he heard a gasp 
behind him. He turned to see a woman, with soaked, short, dark-brown 
hair, coughing out a little LCL. 

	Widening his eyes, Shinji realized who this was. His mother had escaped 
from the Evangelion! 

	"O... Okaasan?" Shinji stuttered, walking back to the woman within the 
plug. She nodded simply as her son wrapped his arms around her body. Her 
prayers had been answered. Whatever powers that be decided that she 
should be back here and no words could describe how grateful she was. 

	From behind the purple EVA, Reina flew in with her 'older' sister, 
wrapped in a blanket left among the wreckage. She placed Koorichi/Rei I 
on the ground and then left to go pick up her other sister. 

	"I believe everyone will want an explanation. So, I'll be back in a 
minute. No point in leaving everyone in the dark." Reina said, flying 
through the trees to where her sister was still.


	The child climbed up the side of the EVA to meet with Yui and Shinji. 
"Well, it appears that you're pleased with coming back Yui-san." The 
small child said with an evident maturity. 

	Yui and Shinji turned to see the child-like version of Rei, covered 
with a large blanket. The elder woman nodded and replied, "I'm really 
happy this happened, but I'm not sure how."   

	A third voice answered for her, "That's because the Evangelion has 
served its purpose with you. Now that it has nothing more to do, it has 
returned you to this world." 

	They all turned to see a white garbed man, with Gendou standing behind 
him. Gendou looked around the man and saw his wife. He then turned to 
the other man and said,

	"Is... is this what you meant by..." 

	The man only nodded. Gendou then turned back to Yui and walked to the 
woman in the plug slowly. Almost expecting it to be either a dream or 
hallucination. But as he touched the woman's hand and she smiled to him, 
tears began to develop from his eyes. 

	He whispered her name quietly and in response, she pulled him to her 
and embraced like they hadn't done so in a long time. Which they had 
not. 

	The man sighed and then said, "I would be more than happy to allow 
this, but there is something I need to talk with the Children and the 
former souls of the EVAs about."

	One by one, the large man from Unit 03, Kyoko, and the other Children 
came to the head of Unit 01 to see what the man had to say. 

	"Even though there's no more threat of another Impact, there is 
something I want to request of you all." He said standing against the 
spire of Unit 01's face. "In the future, the might of the Evangelion 
will be needed in the defense of not only Earth, but for the lives of 
countless other races. Which is why I still need the help of you who 
were absorbed into the EVAs. I cannot personally interfere in the war, 
but what I can do is bring as many factors as I can. 

	"Not only that, the Children themselves will be needed to touch the 
lives of several people that only you four can help with. Now, I will 
not force you into this. I would never forgive myself if I had separated 
you from your families after all you've been through. You will have all 
of your lives to think about it. And when it ends, I will ask you again. 

	I will not argue if you refuse. Not all of you would wish to go through 
the same thing again. Please think about it." With those words, another 
pillar of light emerged from the sky and blinded them all temporarily. 
Through the light, the same voice spoke, "Oh and if you're wondering why 
I'm doing this� today is the 25th of December, is it not?" 

	When the light faded, the man and the Evangelions were gone. 
	
*************************************************

Time: 11:35 P.M. December 31, 2015. 
Place: Tokyo-2
	
		
	Amongst the crowd assembled at the park, the Ikari family, the other 
Children, and the 'souls' sat and watched the proceedings at the 
platform. There was a celebration for the new year going on and several 
choirs had been singing, most of them from around the world.	

	As the final choir was setting up, the crowd talked silently, allowing 
the groups to prepare. 

	Under the watchful eye of her mother, Asuka was able to steal a glance 
or two from Touji whenever he looked at her. Inside, she was screaming 
that her mother wouldn't let her be. She liked Touji a lot and knew that 
her mother meant well, but Asuka wondered if she would be able to get 
any privacy at all. Besides, she was getting a little too close to 
Edward and wasn't allowing her the same right. 

	Kyoko and her father had talked about it when she returned. At first, 
her dad was shocked and surprised, but thankfully understanding 
prevailed above all. Kyoko would be able to start over in a sense and 
chose a man whom she'd had known the longest since she was 'changed'. 
Edward didn't mind it that much, but he told Asuka that her mother could 
be a little 'off' at times and it scared him. 

	Under the same blanket, Rei leaned against Shinji's shoulder and sighed 
happily. Reina and Koorichi, the name Rei I had wanted to use since she 
didn't want to be referred as a number, had given her their blessings 
about him and knew him to be a good boy. Although Reina had made a 
rather crude remark about being an aunt too soon, things had been 
amazingly smooth with her sisters. 

	Shinji's parents had a long time together to be able to talk about lost 
time. Yui had known about Gendou's past sins and although she was not 
exactly happy about it, she had enough heart to forgive him. Gendou's 
demeanor had changed rather evidently throughout the past week. Gone was 
the stone gazed and heartless monster that Shinji met when he returned 
to Tokyo-3. And in his place was the man that both Yui and Shinji loved 
dearly. 

	At the top of the hill, both Reina and Koorichi stood around a tree 
observing the proceedings with varied expressions. Koorichi looked upon 
her sister and Shinji with a warm loving smile, while Reina simply 
looked bored. Just then, another figure walked up to the tree beside 
them and took a seat on the ground. 

	Blinking, Reina said, "You're going to watch this too?"

	The man in white smiled back and said, "Of course. I do the same for 
all the other choirs and they're all filled with talented singers. So 
why not?" 

	Reina shrugged as the keyboards let loose a low, yet gentle note to 
support the rest of the song. A woman garbed in red and green, trimmed 
with mistletoe began to sing.

~ If I cannot bring you comfort 
then at least I bring you hope 
for nothing is more precious 
than the time we have and so ~

At this point, the children's choir behind her sung along, only a bit 
quieter. 

~ we all must learn from small misfortune
count the blessings that are real
let the bells ring out for christmas 
at the closing of the year
let the bells ring out for christmas 
at the closing of the year ~

	A trine was tapped as the volume slowly increased to the point where it 
was suddenly joined by jingling bells and taiko, played by Nodoka's son 
and daughter in law. Not only that, a string section, led by a woman 
about her thirties with short purple hair*. Also, several guitars played 
along with the strings to create the air of joy that seemed to fill the 
air.  

~ All the trees of the Sargent Major
Covered with the snow right here
sleigh bells in snow were ringing
happiness is in the air again
If I cannot bring you comfort
then at least I bring you hope ~

	The children sung the notes while swaying and brought the audience to 
clapping in time with the music. A girl with red hair and about ten 
years old**, played the bell chimes with another girl with aqua blue in 
pigtails***. Beside them, a boy with a trumpet played with all his might 
so as not to be drowned by all the other instruments****. 

Several children had joined to dance and play at the foot of the stage 
and band. Meanwhile, Shinji and Rei had moved to a sidewalk and still 
saw the music playing below. He took her hand in his gently, she 
accepted it and they began to dance to the music, although much more 
slower than the music actually went. 

	From the corner of Rei's eye, she could barely make out the shape of 
Kaworu's body, leaning against the light pole. Only difference was that 
he was visible only to her. He smiled at her and nodded in approval. She 
smiled back as he faded into the darkness and sighed happily onto 
Shinji's shoulder. 

	With no more Impacts, Evangelions, or angels to worry about, she moved 
both her arms to embrace Shinji wholly. And if anyone else could see, a 
pair of glowing angel wings had grown from her back, not even touching 
her uniform in the least, and embraced him. Still dancing slowly to the 
music that continued.

	The woman who sang the first passage stepped up as the wind blew gently 
about her. 

~ Now all the winter bells are ringing
hear them echo through the snow
and the children's voices singing
on the streets so far below
this is a time to be together
and the truth is somewhere here
with all our love forever 
at the closing of the year ~

	A drum set was heard as another singer began as the shifting of the 
music belonged to the string and keyboards.

~ We'll walk in the sun with none of the pain and 
all of the patience and all way
with all in the sky and all of us say
don't worry 'bout falling, we'll fly in the hours of time
walk and the way is never far
don't fall (at the closing of the year)
at the closing of the year (at the closing of the year) ~

	Before the man finished his lyrics, the man in white thought about 
doing something He hadn't done for quite some time. Then He thought, 
"Oh, what the hey, why not?" He raised his hands and then a light 
expanded throughout the park, then to the city, then to Japan, and 
inevitably, the world.

~ If I cannot bring you comfort
then at least I bring you hope ~ 

~ Then at least I bring you hope.....~

For that short time, all hate, all malice, all matter of evil was 
forgotten. Even though it wouldn't last, it would never be forgotten in 
the hearts of that whole generation. The best way to describe something 
like this was to use something so much more simple. 


And there was joy. 

Amen.

The End

[Warhammer comes out of the light.]

WH: And we have closure! Yay! Now, I know the ending is very cheesy and 
sweet, but which one would you prefer? Mine? Or Anno-baka's? I rest my 
case. 

	Next, I was going kinda overboard with God's divine intervention, but I 
think it was enough to get the happy ending for all. Or would you prefer 
them as a sea of spit? Once more, I rest my case. 

	Now, the future thing with the EVAs. They are going to be a part of a 
megacrossover that I now know that I will never get to writing[Boo hoo]. 
I may pass it on to someone else before I leave for a while. If you want 
to, make sure and Email me. I'll give all the details in the message. 

	*= Anju Kitahara from Marmalade Boy. 
	**= Washu from Tenchi Muyo
	***= Sasami/Tsunami from Tenchi Muyo
	****= Naozumi from Kodomo no Omochya

	Now for the thank you's. 

	First, I would like to thank Gainax for creating EVA and all of its 
majesty and ever present confusing-ness. And I'd like to kill Anno-baka 
Hideaki for screwing everyone at the end with the crappy piece of poop 
for that bunch of stock footage for an ending. 

	Next, I would like to thank Takahashi Rumiko for creating her Ranma 
characters so I could alter them to my evil tastes in Hammer's Wrath and 
put them in this fic. 

	And I'd like to thank Tenkou Suzuki for created Uchiyuu No Kishi 
Tekkaman Blade in the first place. Without it, all these fics I've been 
writing would never have come into being. And I would like to thank and 
kill UPN for bringing it over here, only to cancel it in mid season when 
it was the best Japan to US tv dubs EVER. If not the best dub ever. 

	And I would like to thank Wendy, Lisa, and The musical cast of Toys for 
creating one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard of. In case 
you didn't know, the song in this chapter was from the soundtrack from 
the Robin Williams movie TOYS. Oh and if the lyrics don't make any 
sense, don't blame me, the site I found the lyrics on were incomplete 
and had to wing it. 

	Finally, but not leastly, I would like to Thank God for being a part of 
this fic. Even though He didn't come to me personally, I would like to 
think he would do something good for everyone, henceforth his appearance 
in this fic. Had I offended anyone, I apologize. 

	Well, that's it until I start to work on my next fic. So be prepared!!

[Warhammer returns to the light.]




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