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  Nerv would soon be looking for him and Misato and Ritsuko once it was 
discovered that they escaped. The last place they could go was back to
their 
respective homes. Asuka had defeated the next Angel, removing Shinji's
chance at 
having Unit-01 eat the core. And last but not least, Nerv would most
definitely 
not sit idle while he tried to get in to Unit-01 for when the next Angel 
attacked to make it eat its core.
  Shinji sighed, shaking his head in disbelief.
  "I'm so screwed," 




<new stuff 11/26>




  Shinji paced back and forth in a hotel room. 
  He and Misato and Ritsuko were in a hotel in the outskirts of Tokyo-3.
Being in heart of Tokyo-3 after that escape they had pulled off would be
idiotic. They would be caught for sure. 
  "Man, when it rains, it pours," Shinji said, "Things are looking really
bad right now,"
  "Well, we need to figure things out," Misato said, "All three of us are
out of a job. Of course, that's trivial considering how much trouble
we're in,"
  "I'm sorry, I really shouldn'tve told you," Shinji said to both girls,
"If I knew that this would've happened I wouldn'tve done so,"
  "It's okay," Ritsuko said for the both of them, realizing the severity
of what Shinji knew, "We really do believe you and what you said. If we
were being used as pawns, then we want nothing to do with it,"
  "That's right," Misato said, "I didn't realize that Nerv was some kinda
shadow company and such. Frankly, we've yet to really hear everything.
I'd like to know more about Seele and this Human Instrumentality
Project,"
  Ritsuko's lips became a thin line. She felt embarrassed to be taking
part in what Shinji would soon explain. However, Misato deserved to know
the truth since she was now in as deep as she was.
  Shinji went on to explain what he knew about Seele, a guy named Lorenz
that was in control of it, and the Human Instrumentality Project. It took
a good deal of time for him to explain everything, Misato asking many
questions and Ritsuko too embarrassed to help out with explaining.
  "How can you take part in something like this?" Misato turned toward
Ritsuko.
  Shinji considered telling Misato but said nothing because he didn't
want to embarrass Ritsuko. Ritsuko had hated her mother and wanted to
succeed where her mother had failed. Heck, that was why she had dyed her
hair blond, because she didn't even want to acknowledge that she had the
same hair color as her mother. It made Shinji believe that perhaps they
were more alike than they realized.
  "It doesn't matter," Shinji said, "What's done is done,"
  "I guess you have a point, but still..." Misato said with a shrug.
  Shinji went on to explain everything else he knew and, in the end, told
them about how they would be eventually killed, had Ranma not been there
to save them.
  "And when's this Ranma guy show up? He sounds really cool," Misato
smiled, already liking the guy, "What's he look like?"
  Shinji fell to the floor from the shock.
  "That's kinda not important right now," Shinji said, giving her a
disappointed look, "Keep in mind that this world's timeline is already
drastically altered and that Ranma's some different person from the one I
know, so no, he won't be coming by,"
  "Oh," Misato seemed disappointed.
  Shinji couldn't help but snicker. Only Ranma could get females
interested him and not even be there or even exist on that world. Only
Ranma.
  "Because of all that's happened, I think it'd be best if you guys head
off somewhere and just disappear for a while," Shinji said, "That way,
you'd be safe,"
  Misato smirked, "Who do you think you're talking to, little boy? We're
in this as deep as you. We'll help,"
  "How?" Shinji asked.
  "Well, considering how you need to get in to Unit-01 in order to steal
it," Misato said, "You're going to need some people in the control center
helping you get in to Unit-01. You can't expect to climb right on in to
Unit-01 by yourself without people helping out getting the dummy plug in
to Unit-01,"
  Shinji said, "Oh yeah. You've got a point,"
  "The problem at hand though is us being able to help you out in the
first place," Misato added, "Much like how Nerv would sit around while
you climb in to Unit-01, they also won't sit around while we use the
control center helping you get in to Unit-01 and it activated,"
  Shinji sighed, "Yeah, you've got a real good point,"
  He began pacing back and forth once again. 
  "Got any ideas?" Ritsuko asked Misato.
  Misato shook her head, "No. I was about to ask you,"
  "No idea here," Ritsuko said sadly.
  "I know," Shinji said, "We'll take over Nerv,"
  "What?!?!?" both girls said, "How?!?"
  Shinji gave a meek smile.
  "I haven't quite figured that out yet,"
  
  Shinji entered the classroom.
  He was a bit tired. He had a hotel room to himself but had been unable
to sleep that night and had basically spent the whole night doing katas
within his hotel room.
  "I'm an idiot being here," he told himself, "I'm gonna get busted so
badly by Nerv it's not funny,"
  It was the next day. Shinji had come up with a plan of taking over
Nerv, a plan that was astronomically insane.
  Shinji had planned to kidnap either Rei or Asuka, or both for that
matter, and use them as hostages to get back in to Nerv without
resistance. Since Nerv didn't know that they would never harm Rei or
Asuka, they would threaten to kill them to keep everyone at bay while
Shinji went about achieving his objective to getting Unit-01 to take in
the core of an Angel. They had no idea when the next Angel would attack
but they would worry about that after the kidnapping.  
  "Hey," Toji greeted Shinji.
  "H-hey," Shinji gave a smile.
  "Where have you been the past couple of days?" Kensuke asked.
  Shinji pretended to cough once, "Just a bit under the weather,"
  "I wouldn't be surprised," Kensuke commented, "What with the weather
and all. It goes from pouring to sunny to pouring to sunny all the time.
The constant change in weather is enough to make anyone sick. It's kinda
strange how the weather could change so dramatically and so quickly these
past few days,"
  "Yeah," Toji said, "I wouldn't mind walking up to God and saying
'Choose a freaking weather and stick with it',"
  Shinji gave a meek chuckle to laugh along with Kensuke and Toji. The
funny thing is that it was because of Shinji that the weather was hell.
He had been knocked out before so the weather had reverted back to dark
and pouring. When he woke back up, he made the weather clear again.
  Shinji gazed toward the back of the room toward Rei's seat but he
didn't see Rei there. It made him realize that his sense of time was all
messed up. Rei had recovered fairly well and was attending classes by the
time the second Angel attacked. However, he had forgotten that the second
Angel attacked within days from the first.
  That was a mystery he still had to figure out.
  Shinji went about just gazing out the window when class started. When
the teacher got annoyed at him for not paying attention and tried to
embarrassing him by asking him a question that he figured he wouldn't
know how to answer, Shinji proved him wrong. The teacher tried it two
more times after before he decided it was best to leave him alone.
  "Why dontcha just leave me alone? So what if I'm not paying attention?
I'm not disrupting your class or anything," Shinji stated, "Go call on
someone else,"
  He couldn't help but be a bit happy that college classes made him more
like that. Classes were so different between high school and college. A
person used to dealing with college professors would never be intimidated
by mere high school teachers and it showed.
   It even showed when Shinji needed to go to the bathroom and went to
the bathroom without raising his hand. When the teacher tried to give him
hell for not raising his hand and asking, his retort embarrassed the
teacher.
   "Why do I hafta ask? If I need to go to the bathroom, then I'll go to
the bathroom," Shinji said coldly, "I'm not holding it in just because
you say so. That's bull,"
  Shinji was promptly sent to the hallway for talking back to the teacher
but he seemed to had gotten his point across for future reference,
provided he came back to school the next day if need be.
  As the day progressed, Shinji started wondering if Asuka would be
introduced to the school that day and if he would need to come back
tomorrow. He didn't really want to come back because it was pretty
nerve-racking being there in the first place. The longer he was in
Tokyo-3, the more probable he is of getting seen or caught by Nerv.
  Right before lunch was about to start, the teacher stopped what he was
teacher to make an announcement.
  "I would like the class to know that we will be having a new student
attending our school today," the teacher said.
   Shinji turned his attention toward the classroom entrance where in
entered a beautiful red-haired girl entered. 
  It was Asuka. All the males except for Shinji gasped at how beautiful
the new transfer student was.
  Shinji couldn't help but have this look of amusement on his face as he
was seeing Asuka for the first time a second time around. The time of
when she was introduced was a bit differently from usual but her
self-introduction was the same, she writing her name on the chalkboard in
bold letters and giving the class a beaming smile. 
  Another difference this time around was that Asuka's face didn't show
that of shock when she spotted Shinji since she had never seen him before
nor knew who he was. What was strange was that this time around, Asuka
cast him a warm smile as she walked by him and took an empty seat right
by him.
  What the heck was that look for, Shinji thought. Does she recognize me?
Does she have some kind of trick up her sleeve? No, we can't know each
other.
  Distracted with his thoughts, Shinji accidentally dropped the pen he
was flicking around in his hands. It rolled on the floor where it came to
a stop right by Asuka's desk.
  He watched as Asuka picked it up and handed it to him.
  He thanked her and looked at the pen, expecting to see a familiar
sight. He remembered back then, when he dropped his pen, Asuka picked it
up and handed it to him and he believed he had misjudged her, that she
was really a nice person....that is, until he found out that she had
stuck her gum on his pen.    
  When he looked at his pen, he was surprised by what he saw.
  What the hell? No gum. 

  Asuka was starting to get seriously annoyed when she was approached by
the thirtieth male student in the school. And it was only lunch time! She
should've brought a lunch to school. That way, she wouldn't need to walk
the halls to the cafeteria to get some food and be approached by half the
male population within the school.
  "Go away," Asuka shooed the elder male student away. It was annoying
the even high school seniors approached her.
  "You've only been here a day and you're already the most popular girl
in the school," Hikari said, a bit envious. She was Asuka's first new
friend, the two of them instantly becoming friends.
  "Hmph," Asuka said in contempt, "It's not like I want to be. They're
all so annoying,"
  Hikari said, "I'll take your word for it since I wouldn't know,"
  "Say, who's that student that sits by the window near the back of
class?" Asuka asked, changing the subject, "He's always looking out the
window,"
  Hikari gave a mischievious smile, "What, you have some kinda crush on
him?"
  Asuka blushed, "No!"
  "Then why would you be interested in knowing who he is?" Hikari asked.
  Asuka scratched her head, "I don't know. He looks a bit familiar.
What's his name?"
  "How can you know him? You're from Germany," Hikari commented, "His
name is Shinji Ikari. No one knows much about it. Rumor has it that he's
the pilot of this giant purple robot but no one's ever asked him,"
  Shinji Ikari, huh, Asuka thought. He has the same name as Commander
Ikari. I wonder if there's any relationship. He's probably his son since
that's probably why he looks a bit familiar. 
  Asuka only had a vague recollection of what Gendo looked like because
she talked to him briefly after transferring to Nerv the other day. They
spoke for a short while before Gendo had excused himself to tend to other
issues. Little did she know that at that time, Gendo had gone off to talk
to Shinji whom had been in a holding cell at the time.
  "He's an EVA pilot?!" Asuka's eyes widened. She didn't know anything
about that. 
  Hikari nodded, "Yes, that's what the rumor is but no one knows for
sure,"
  Asuka smirked. 
  Asking him would be a good icebreaker. There had been something about
Shinji that caught her eye. Perhaps it was the way he carried himself.
Perhaps it was because he was the only guy in the entire school that had
yet to approach her and try and talk to her. Perhaps it was because he
seemed a lot more mature than all the other kids in the school, even the
seniors. 
  Asuka brushed off several more advances from school boys before she and
Hikari got their lunch and headed back to class.
  Back at class, they caught sight of Shinji as he sat with Toji and
Kensuke.
  "They're friends?" Asuka asked, noting how Shinji seemed to stand out
among the 'Two Stooges'. That was the secret nickname she had given them
when she first talked to them. They had been the first to crash and burn
when they tried to approach her, she easily brushing them off.
  Hikari nodded, "They became friends since the first day Shinji
transferred here," 
  "Shinji transferred here?" Asuka asked, curious, "When?"
  "Right after the first Angel attack," came the answer, "That's why
there's rumors circulating about him being a pilot of that robot,"
  Asuka smirked, "If that's the case, then wouldn't people think I'm an
EVA pilot?"
  "EVA pilot?" Hikari asked, "What's an EVA?"
  "Um, I meant a pilot for that red robot," Asuka said, realizing that
something like the word 'EVA' is still unknown to general public, "If you
think about it, I showed up right after that attack,"
  Hikari laughed, "You, a pilot? Get real,"
  Asuka face-faulted, "What, you don't think I could be a pilot? I'll
have you know that-"
  Hikari continued to laugh, "That's funny. You, a pilot,"
  "Why do you believe this Shinji guy could be a pilot and not me?!"
Asuka found herself getting angry.
  "I don't know," Hikari commented, "Probably because he's kinda
mysterious in a cool sorta way. He's also quiet and seems rather
collected. I've played a bunch of video games with giant robots and the
pilots of those mechs were usually acted cool and such,"
  "You play video games?" Asuka said, "Me too,"
  "I've got all the game systems," she commented, "You're welcome to come
by whenever you want and we can play games together,"
  "Cool," Asuka said, "Anyway, back to the subject, you really think he's
some kind of pilot...because he seems mysterious and such and fit the
stereotype of a mech pilot based on the games you play?"
  Hikari nodded.
  "Pilot of a giant purple robot that fought off an Angel before that one
last Angel attack?" Asuka asked.
  Hikari nodded, "Yes. This city was attacked by an Angel before you
transferred here. It was beaten by this giant purple robot,"
  "Oh, okay," Asuka seemed to become quiet.
  Asuka scratched her head. A giant purple robot? A giant purple EVA? But
there were no giant purple EVA in Nerv when she was given a tour of it.
  She thought the giant orange EVA had defeated the Angel before the one
she defeated. Since Rei piloted that EVA, Asuka had assumed that was why
Rei was in the hospital at the time when they were introduced to one
another.
  There was no purple EVA at Nerv.

  Shinji emerged from the school, glancing about nervously, looking about
to make sure there weren't anyone on the lookout for him. And from the
looks of things, it seemed like no one was. 
  Shinji caught sight of Asuka and Hikari walking along, heading down the
street ahead of him. He assumed Asuka would be heading toward Nerv while
Hikari home.
  He contemplated kidnapping Asuka and taking her along with him but he
had a change in heart. There was no way he could do something like that.
It sounded like it could work well on paper, but when it came to actually
implementing it, he was too much a coward to do so. Besides, scaring the
hell out of Asuka, what with her truly believing she was being kidnapped,
was something he didn't want to do. 
  He walked past Hikari and Asuka as they stopped by the entrance to say
some parting words, not taking care to make eye contact with Asuka, a bit
ashamed with himself. Asuka was just a normal girl and didn't deserve to
undergo the trauma of what he had originally planned.
  "I'm going to need to come up with a different plan," he told himself. 
  "Hey," came a voice.
  Shinji turned around to face the voice. 
  He found himself looking toward none other than Asuka. This was the
first time he was seeing her up close and it made him realize just how
much a size difference there was. He was significantly taller than her.
Heck, considering his size, Asuka looked tiny when compared to him.
  "Um, hey," he said. 
  Asuka regarded Shinji for a moment, a bit surprised at just how big he
was. He was a lot bigger than she had expected now that she was seeing
him up close. 
  They stood in silence for several moments before Shinji finally
realized that he should say something first.
  "Yes?" he asked.
  'How come you don't hit on me like all the other boys?' was something
she had wanted to say. However, she didn't say those words.  
  "Your name's Shinji Ikari, right?" she asked.
  Shinji paused for a moment before he nodded, "Yeah,"
  "Are you related to Gendo Ikari?" she asked.
  He quickly shook his head, "No. Never heard of him. No relations,"
  "Oh," she said, "It's just that there's this guy I know named Gendo
Ikari and I figured he might be your father or something,"
  Shinji suddenly came up with an idea. Since no one knew anything about
him, he could lie if he want to. It wasn't as if he wanted to have fun,
but rather, make it easier to talk to Asuka since she was always a hard
person to talk to, even the one he knew. 
  "I doubt I would have a father by that name," Shinji said, hoping to
pique the young girl's curiosity.
  "Oh?"
  "Because, both of my parents committed suicide when I was young," he
said, "They hung themselves,"
  "I'm sorry to hear that," she said truthfully. 
  Oh my god, this guy's got a past just like me, Asuka thought. He's been
through what I've been through. He knows how it feels to have lost a
mother. We're very much alike.
  Man, I'm going to hell for so blatantly lying like that to Asuka,
Shinji thought. However, I think it's better that way. If she knows that
I'm somehow related to Gendo, then she might start asking questions to
people about me in Nerv and it might reveal to them about my whereabouts.
At least this way, I can get on her good side and not have her be
constantly out for my blood like the other Asuka seems to be.
  There was a moment of awkward silence. Shinji found the silence
extremely awkward. He had no idea where he stood with this Asuka. At
least with the other Asuka, he knew that she disliked him or at least
looked down on him. 
  "So, how do you like the school?" he asked, wanting to change the
subject, figuring he might as well make some conversation. It felt weird
because it felt like he was talking her for the very first time. What
kind of questions does one ask a person for the first time a second time
around?
  Asuka shrugged, "Boring,"
  "Um, I'm new there, too," Shinji commented, "I transferred there, um,
about a week ago. I live alone, what with my parents being dead and all,
cause they committed suicide, and, um, I didn't realize that this place
was going to be attacked until after I had already moved,"
  Shinji wondered if he was laying it on thick. Most likely he was.
  "So, where are you from?" Shinji asked, smiling slightly, "You seem
part German,"
  Asuka was surprised, "Why yes, I am. How'd you know?"
  "Um, I heard you make a few comments about how some of the boys in our
class are dumbkopfs. I know a bit of German," Shinji commented. He never
bothered to mention the little German he knew he had learned from the
Asuka he knew.
  "You know German?!" Asuka's eyes widened in surprise and delight.
  "Just a small amount," he said truthfully.
  Asuka said a sentence in German and then asked, "Do you know what I
said?"
  "Something about how you'll be impressed if I understood what you just
said," Shinji replied, "Am I close?" He only managed to make out around
five of the German words and guessed on what she had said.
  Asuka blushed, "T-that's right!"
  Shinji gave a meek smile, scratching the back of his head, "Cool,"
  He couldn't help but feel a bit happy. It seemed like the two of them
were hitting it off, a far contrast from when he first met the Asuka he
knew. It would've been really nice if they got along that well initially
as he was with this Asuka. It would've made their staying together at
Misato's place less a awkward.
  "'I'm happy'," Asuka said in German, "'You know how to speak German.
That's my preferred language',"
  Shinji gave a meek smile but answered in Japanese, "Um, I glad you're
happy. But I really dunno German. Even if it is your preferred language,
I can't understand everything,"
  "Very well, I'll speak in Japanese," Asuka giggled, the first time she
had laughed in a long long time. She made note of that, that Shinji was
the first boy to make her laugh since she got to Japan.
  "Um, you speak Japanese really well," Shinji commented, "It sounds as
if Japanese was your first language,"
  "Thanks," Asuka smiled at the compliment.
  "Do you like it here in Japan?" he asked, "It's different from Germany,
that's for sure. For instance, Japanese houses are small and there are no
locks on the bedroom doors,"
  Asuka's eyes widened, "That's so right. I can't believe you mentioned
that. That was the first thing I noticed when I moved here,"
  Shinji contemplated asking Asuka where she was living. He was sure she
wasn't living at Misato's place since Misato was now because sought after
by Nerv and her apartment was most likely under close surveillance for
her return. He chose against it. It was none of his business and asking
would seem nosy since it was their first encounter afterall.
  Shinji found it rather odd how easy it was to talk to Asuka. How come
it was coming so easy to him? He used to have a lot of trouble talking to
Asuka. Could him constantly talking to Emiko and a random female every
day back then have made him a better conversationalist?
  "Hey, didja see that Angel attack yesterday?" he asked, wanting to
change the subject.
  "Um, y-yes," she said. She was happy he mentioned that because she had
been meaning to ask him about the rumor. 
  "That was so cool what Unit....um, that red robot did to that Angel,"
he said, catching his mistake before it was too late. He was a normal
person so he shouldn't know about the proper terms for the EVAs. He
added, "Whoever the pilot of that red robot was, she...or he....must be
an amazing pilot,"
  Asuka blushed. He thought that she was an amazing pilot. Of course she
was an amazing pilot and it was nice to be acknowledged. Wait, he doesn't
know that she's a pilot. No one knows because she had wanted to wait to
figure out the deal with the rumor of Shinji being a pilot.
  "Man, I wish I could pilot one of those things," Shinji added, figuring
Asuka would most likely inquire about the rumor about him, "I wonder
what's it like to pilot those things," 
  He figured that it was just a matter of time that someone would ask him
if he was a pilot. Now was a good time to stomp out that rumor and mask
who he really was.
  So he isn't a pilot, Asuka thought. Of course he isn't. The only pilots
are Rei and I. Why would I ever suspect that he was some kinda secret
pilot?
  "Do you know anything about, um, those robots?" Asuka asked, figuring
Shinji would be a good 'first' for her to find out she was a pilot.
  Shinji shook his head.
  "They're called EVAs. I'm actually one of those pilots," Asuka said
proudly.
  "You're a pilot?" Shinji feigned amazement, "Wow. What's it like to be
in one of those things?"
  "It's amazing," Asuka said, "You sit in this tube-like cockpit called a
dummy plug and are submerged in LCL, a form of oxygenated liquid. You
have several main weapons to choose from but your main one is a
close-combat reverberating knife,"
  Shinji smirked. Did Asuka realize that she was telling him rather
classified information? Perhaps she was too caught up in showing off that
she was a pilot to realize.
  "Heh, that's really cool," he smiled softly, "I guess I'm glad I talked
to you. Now I can say I know the pilot of an EVA,"
  "Yeah, you can tell everyone you're friends with me," she smiled
confidently.
  Friends? She already considers me a friend, Shinji thought. How's that
possible? She's supposed to hate my guts.
  "Um, I guess so," Shinji gave a meek smile, feeling the need to get out
of there, "Well, I gotta get going now. It was nice meeting you,"
  "Likewise," she smiled warmly, "I'll see you in class tomorrow,"
  "Um, okay," Shinji said, "Goodbye,"
  "Bye," Asuka happily trotted off.
  Shinji stood where he was, a very confused look on his face.
  "What the heck just happened? Why's she so nice to me?"

  "Was Asuka transferred to your class like you predicted?" Misato asked
Shinji first when he entered the hotel room that evening.
  Shinji looked around, "Where's Ritsuko?"
  "She's at an internet caf�," Misato answered.
  "What for?" Shinji was confused.
  "She went over there to use their computers," Misato said, "She wants
to snoop around in Nerv's computers to see what information has been put
out about us. We have no idea if we are viewed as traitors or spies or
saboteurs. She wants to find out exactly where we stand from Nerv's
viewpoint,"
  Shinji said, "Actually, she shouldn't do that. They might know she
would try something like that and might put forth fake information for
her to find to trick us,"
  Misato scratched her head, "Hm, I never thought about that,"
  "But then again, I don't think we have much to worry about," Shinji
said, "Ritsuko knows Nerv's computers best so I'm sure she can tell if
something is fake or not,"
  Misato was silent for a moment. Shinji seemed to be ahead of her by one
step all of the time. It was rather embarrassing to be uprooted by a
young man of Shinji's age.
  "Anyway, back to the first question, yes, Asuka was transferred in to
class," Shinji said, "I couldn't bring myself to kidnap her. I can't
bring myself to do something like that. It's just wrong and shouldn'tve
even been considered,"
  "So what do you recommend?" she asked.
  Shinji gave a meek smile, "Um, actually, I was kinda hoping to ask you.
I'm not all that good with coming up with my own plans,"
  Misato smirked, "You wanna ask me for suggestions? Is this because
you're used to taking suggestions from me, or at least the alternate
version of me?"
  Shinji gave another meek smile.
  Misato sighed, "Unfortunately, as much as I would like to offer some
kind of suggestion, I'm drawing blanks. This is just too complicated a
situation we're in. We don't even know where we stand. Your plan to
kidnap Rei and Asuka is actually a good plan. Although crude, it'll
definitely be effective, at least initially,"
  "B-but I don't want to do something like that," Shinji said, "I can't
bring myself to kidnap them. Keep in mind that they're my friends in the
other world. Um, if I didn't know them, p-perhaps I might be able to do
something like that, but since I do...."
  Misato shrugged, "Well, that's no problem. Ritsuko and I can do it if
it ever comes to having to kidnap them. Sure, we'd probably feel every
bit as weird about doing it as you, but I'm sure we could do that if need
be,"
  Shinji's lips became a thin line. As nice as that was to hear, he still
didn't like it. Surely there had to be some other way.
  "We should wait until we know where we stand with Nerv," Misato said,
"We should wait until Ritsuko gets back with some news,"
  Ritsuko entered the hotel room.
  "Speak of the devil," Misato smiled happily.
  "What devil?" Ritsuko looked around
  "Nevermind. Anyway, how goes the search?" Misato asked, "Did you find
out anything about Nerv?"
  Ritsuko nodded, "Yes. And unfortunately, you're not going to like what
you hear,"
  Shinji and Misato both gulped. 
  "The information I found indicated that we are spies and are considered
armed and dangerous and should be shot on sight. Security within Nerv has
been tripled just for the occasion that we might ever try and come back.
All of this had been issued by, guess who, Seele," Ritsuko said, "Asuka
Soryu Langley became an official member of Nerv yesterday morning, to
compensated for the 'loss' of Shinji as a pilot. A fourth child is
currently under observation,"
  "Man," Shinji said, "Everything's moving so fast,"
  "What do you mean?" Misato asked.
  "The second Angel attack occurred just mere days after the first Angel
attack," Shinji said, "That's weeks ahead of schedule. Asuka showed up
even earlier than that. And now, a new pilot is being sought which is a
few months ahead of schedule,"
  "Well, considering the turn of events, it's only natural to assume that
things wouldn't go according to plan," Ritsuko said, "Whatever that's
supposed to happen seems to be happening faster than expected,"
  "I understand with what Nerv is doing, but I don't understand why the
Angels are attacking at a different time schedule," Shinji commented,
very confused, "We had a direct effect on Nerv changing. However, we have
nothing to do with why Angels attack at different times. For all we know,
the next Angel could attack five minutes from now and there's no way I
can tell,"
  Misato said, "Well, if the next Angel attacks, we should be okay. I
don't want to count my chickens before they hatch, but Asuka's an
exceptional pilot. She should be able to handle whatever Angel comes her
way. Even though we aren't there helping out with the battle, Commander
Ikari and Fuyutsuki should be able to get along without our help,"
  Shinji shook his head, "I don't think so. The next Angel that attacks
is basically a flying fortress. It requires two EVAs to defeat. In my
world, it took the teamwork of Rei and I to defeat it,"
  "What kind of Angel is it?" Ritsuko asked curiously.
  "It looked like some kinda floating diamond," Shinji answered, using
his hands to help convey what the shape looked like, "It has this
incredibly powerful AT Field for defense and an incredibly powerful
particle beam for offense,"
  "A particle beam?!" Ritsuko's eyes widened.
  Shinji nodded, "Yes. We needed to use a positron rifle to destroy it,"
  "What?!?!" Misato's gasped, "How is that possible? The positron rifle
is experimental! It isn't even complete! It won't be complete for at
least a month!"
  "It was complete on my world," Shinji corrected her, "The thing is is
that the Angel attacked my world shortly after a prototype of the
positron rifle was completed,"
  The sounds of an alarm could be heard echoing. It was the alarm
signaling the eventual attack of an incoming Angel.
  "What the hell? An Angel's going to attack?! It's only been one day!!"
Shinji gasped.
  Ritsuko and Misato looked at one another.
  "T-the Angel is attacking way ahead of schedule!" Shinji gasped, "If
the positron rifle isn't complete on this world, then there's no way for
this world to kill it! Oh my god! Rei wasn't in school today. That's
because she was still at the hospital recovering from what happened to
her before I showed up. She can't help out,"
  "T-that means that Asuka neither has the teammate or the weapon to kill
this Angel," Misato commented.
  "This is bad," Shinji said, "This is really really bad. I don't care
how good a pilot she is but there's no way Asuka alone can defeat that
Angel,"
  He snapped his fingers.
  "I know, she can use the Lance of Longinus!" he said.
  He started pulling his hair out.
  "Oh man! How the heck will they know to use that?!"



<all ive got so far...>




-OneShot
Jeffrey "OneShot" Wong
http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~jeffwong/index.html


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