Quantum Genesis Evangelion: Universe B

A/N: Hi, this is my first fic, so bear with me. I only started reading fiction on this site in August. I mainly stuck to Eva related stuff. Ever since watching the last episodes and final movies of Eva, I had an idea for a story, mainly because I was dissatisfied with the ending of Eva. Call me naïve, call me a hopeless romantic, but I like happy endings and you can see where Eva doesn't fulfill the requirements for a happy ending. This story is not the original idea I had, the original was a "what if" story which really meant what if things earlier had influenced the main characters to change the story for the better. The story morphed into an OC insert with the new character helping the story change. Half way through I realized it was a Mary Sue like story and I'm trying to "fix" it. The story below is from an idea I got from a Futurama episode. It is an attempt at a comedy, although I know the funny stuff is sparse in this first chapter. Enjoy!

I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion, but imagine if I did; that would be cool!

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Asuka Langley Soyru was thinking bad things about Shinji Ikari that would make a sailor blush. He had just stood up to her, an action so unlike him. It had all started when Shinji's sync ratio had surpassed Asuka's own. This sudden "growing of a pair" by Shinji was confusing Asuka, she didn't know whether she liked this attitude change in him or not. She often wondered what Shinji would be like if he had total confidence.

She was told to back Shinji up but a snag in her umbilical cable was slowing her down. She heard Shinji mutter, "Are you there, Ayanami, Asuka?"

"Ohhhh! That baka dummkoph!"

Shinji Ikari's mind was racing a mile a minute. He was in completely foreign territory. He had surpassed Asuka in the tests and he had no idea how to deal with her. Before his ascension to the "number one sync ratio pilot," he could play the role of submissive underling that suited him so well, not gaining too much negative attention from Asuka in the process. But now she was directing a great deal of hostility towards him, although he secretly enjoyed any attention from her; a secret that made him blush. He felt terrified of her reactions and yet he was trying to show off, to impress her. He got the impression, however, that Asuka had not appreciated his cocky attitude when deciding who would take point on the assault.

Shinji put his pensive thoughts aside, citing that after the attack he could brood as much as he wanted on how to deal with Asuka, although he couldn't help but think that she hated him before focusing entirely on the battle.

"Are you there?" Shinji whispered as anxious energy started to pulse through his veins. The Angel was just above him and he was having a hard time waiting for Asuka and Rei.

"Fine I'll stop it myself!"

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As soon as Shinji fired his pistol at the Angel, the floating behemoth vanished as if it were never there. Shinji sat there staring in shock, barely registering the shouts issued by Misato, "Shinji under you! Get out of there!"

Shinji looked down and felt his stomach fall into his knees. He was staring at a black shadow, but to him it was a bottomless chasm that radiated mind numbing terror. He froze as he felt the sickening lurch of his Eva begin to sink.

"Wha, what the? A shadow!" Shinji screamed in shock. He fired a few rounds into the shadow to no effect, he was still slowly sinking.

"What the hell is this? This can't be happening!" And then Shinji looked up to see the shadow again, immobilizing with fear him even further. Thousands of ideas were being thought up by Shinji, but in his state of panic none of them were registering as a possible solution. Instinct took over as he began to thrash around in his Eva, like a wounded gazelle in a pit of quicksand. He continued to call out for help and none came.

"Ikari! Get your ass in gear!" screamed Asuka. She continued in her head, "What the hell does he think he is doing, that impatient idiot, this is what happens when you don't wait for my help! I mean what's the point of getting A's on tests but failing in the real world!" As she ran towards Shinji's position, Asuka for the first time in a long while felt the twinge of sadness that usually spurred tears. She had just given thought to the possibility that this could be the end of Shinji Ikari. She immediately threw that thought and especially the corresponding emotions into the far reaches of her subconscious. She had promised herself never to cry again and she wasn't going to break that promise, especially over that spineless wimp they called a pilot. She allowed herself, however, to remain hopeful that he would return unharmed (partly because she wanted to kick his ass for showing off like he did).

Shinji felt a painful fear as his vision lost sight of the blue sky above him. Finally as the last of his Eva was submerged in the Angel all of the shouts of advice and orders from Misato and his fellow pilots went deadly silent. Immediately the klaxon alarm that sounded when the external power supply was severed blared in Shinji's ears. After taking a look through the view screen of his Eva and seeing nothing but a white infinity, Shinji thought calmly (for the first time that day) to himself, "I guess I'll have to switch to minimum life support mode until they can get me out of here."

Just as Shinji was about to shut down main power to his Eva, he felt a shudder run through his Eva. All of a sudden he was jolted into his seat as his Eva was pulled into motion by an unseen force.

"What the…?" Shinji gasped as he could have sworn he saw Eva Unit 01 fly by him. But that was impossible, he was in Unit 01. It couldn't have been a reflection because from the brief glimpse he saw; it was upside down, not corresponding to his position. He soon forgot about seeing himself when he suddenly could see the world he was accustomed to. And apparently he was pretty high up in the sky. To Shinji's horror, that problem was soon disappearing as he was falling like, well like an Eva through the air.

"This is going to hurt," Shinji grimaced as he prepared for the impact.

As soon as Shinji hit the ground he blacked out, though he could have sworn, right before he made contact with the ground, he heard Rei crying. His last thoughts before he slipped out of consciousness were: "That sound is creepy."

Shinji regained awareness and made a mental sigh, "Again, an unfamiliar ceiling, well the number of times I've been here its sort of familiar by now." In Shinji's groggy state hadn't noticed he had three visitors. "Wow, it took me a while to notice them, and I still can't tell who they are; they must of put me on the good stuff," Shinji thought to himself as he passed out again.

When Shinji woke up again, he was noticeably less medicated. So obvious that he was awake, that one of his visitors shrieked, leapt up, and flung her arms around him.

"Rei!" was all Shinji could stammer before his mouth was covered and neck squeezed.

"Oh Shinji! Shinji Shinji Shinji! I'm soooo glad you're all right. I was soooo worried." Rei started to cry into Shinji's neck. Ever since Rei's intitial contact, Shinji's heart monitor started to register a steady increase. By the end of Rei's sentence Shinji's heart was up to 150 beats per minute. An alarm went off to notify anyone near by that the patient was about to enter cardiac arrest.

Rei immediately leapt of Shinji and started to wail, "Oh no! I killed Shinji! Waaaaah!" She leapt back on him and squeezed him harder than she had before. Shinji managed to let loose a gurgle before he fell unconscious yet again.

A certain purple haired Major sighed and said, "Rei, get off him."