Important note from the author: This fic is essentially dead in the water. My Gamecube died, and with it all my Tales of Symphonia source material, so I can't finish this story properly. However, I didn't want to leave you all with a fic that was written like total crap, so I have done my best to rewrite it better than ever before. I have left the story open ended so that others may take up the project in the end. If you feel the need to, please drop me a line. I'd like to see what is done with it.

Tales of Evangelion Rewrite

Prologue

A man with long blonde hair, wearing strange white and green garments, floated above a large, well-lit chamber on his eight translucent wings. He looked down at the humanoid with slightly pointed ears far below, clothed in a medical smock, and the team of scientists and doctors that surrounded him. He boomed in authority, "Prepare to insert the evolved Cruxius Crystal!"

"Aye, Lord." One of the scientists spoke. He attached a red orb to a mechanical plunger as the subject was strapped to a board. The board was angled towards the plunger, giving it a perfect shot at his chest, as they opened his robe enough to bare it.

The floating man spoke. "Leliel, if this operation is successful, you will become Seraphim like me. Do you desire this?"

The subject answered nervously. "Y-yes, my Lord."

"If it fails, you will lose what you are and become a monster. If so, you will be sent on a mission to break one of the three seals in the other world. Do you understand this?"

"I do."

"The process is irreversible. Do you still wish to continue?"

"Yes."

"Then proceed."

A technician next to the plunger pushed a button on the machine, and the Cruxius Crystal was forced into Leliel's body. "Glory to Lord Yggdrassil and the ascension of half-elves!" He cried in pride and pain.

The room went silent. The Crystal inside him glowed red, slowly pulsating into a pitch black in color. He cried out in excruciating pain as it expanded inside him, snapping his restraints. The orb consumed him as he began to float above the table. The blonde above frowned as the scientists hurriedly ran to the exits. The black orb grew larger and white stripes appeared on it. A shadow expanded under the orb farther than his form would allow. Leliel screamed with the power of 1,000 screams.

"Enough of this, Leliel! The experiment has failed! Now off with you to your mission!" He pointed at the demonic ball and shadow and the entity became translucent before it faded away. "Tch." He turned back to the platform and landed as a man with red hair approached him.

The man was clothed in an odd light blue and gold armor that almost looked like fabric, an engraved scabbard on his hip, his own translucent wings folded up behind him. He knelt and looked to the floor. "I believe that was unwise, Lord Yggdrassil. We should have learned of his new abilities before he was sent into battle."

"It doesn't matter." He tossed his hair over his shoulder as he walked passed him. "We need to test out every Cruxius Crystal formula to increase our numbers so our kind can ascend and wreak our revenge upon the human filth."

"By being a former human, does that mean you consider me as such?"

He paused. "No, you are my second in command. Far better than those inferiors below."

"Then I have no fear of asking this question. Why do you insist on sending the failures to the other world? As of yet, none of those before have succeeded."

"The original world has the most mana, so we must break one of the seals so the mana can flow freely again. Then we can make full use of our powers and punish them all." Yggdrassil made a fist.

"I see. Forgive me for questioning your judgment, Lord Yggdrassil."

"You have it. Come, the other Seraphim await us." Yggdrassil kicked off and flew away.

"I shall come shortly." He stood and turned to the balcony, gripping the rail tightly as he stared at the experiment pit. "Be careful, for I feel as if this will be your greatest challenge yet." He turned away and spread his wings.

In Tokyo-3, the normal routine continued for the people of the city. That is, before a shadow expanded underneath the road, drawing anything above into the mire. A black and white sphere floated above its center. The 12th Angel had arrived.

Units 00 and 02 stood around the black shadow, ready to cast their AT Fields as the bombers prepared to drop their N2 mines into the shadow in an attempt to force the recovery of Unit 01, which was deep in the Sea of Dirac in front of them. Before the operation started, the shadow began to crack.

Maya Ibuki called out from the remote command center, "Power readings are off the scale!"

Ristuko Akagi's reaction showed astonishment and fear. "But we haven't done anything yet!"

Misato Katsuragi's face showed a sliver of hope. "Could it be Shinji?"

"Impossible. The Eva's power cells must be at zero." Even so, the shadow continued to crack, revealing a deep orange-red color beneath.

The ball's white stripes faded as two monstrous hands began to tear it open from the inside. The purple Evangelion's head emerged from the opening and it began to howl. Rei Ayanami looked on with an emotionless face, while Asuka Langley Soryu's brow quivered with fear. "My God, am I piloting a thing like that?"

The Evangelion completed the splitting of the sphere and landed hard, breaking the shadow. The cracks began to spread beyond its boundaries, glowing an even brighter orange.

Maya turned to her senpai. "Something's wrong! The power level is still increasing!"

"Wait, you mean that thing isn't dead?" Misato stood to get a better look at the screens.

Ritsuko swallowed before she could find her voice. "It may be soon. It might be trying to self-destruct!"

"Oh God!" Misato snatched up her radio. "Rei! Asuka! The Angel's going critical! Get out of there, now!"

Unit 00 deliberately ignored it, dashing forward. "I will not leave Ikari-kun there."

"There's no way I'm letting her get the glory for this!" Asuka's red Eva dove into the minefield of orange fissures. They both reached the purple Eva simultaneously, turning to drag it to safety. The Angel's shadow started to glow, casting a whitish-green wall around the perimeter.

Asuka gasped. "Misato! We're surrounded!" An earthquake began, knocking all three Evas to their knees.

Maya paled. "Critical mass! It's overloading!"

"Eject the plugs, now!" Misato sent out the last order on instinct. The signal was received, and the Evas' plugs launched out of the back, flying towards the opposite border. Suddenly, the translucent wall became opaque, then there was nothing. No Angel, no Evas, no entry plugs, no buildings, nothing. The only thing left was perfectly flat dirt.

Lloyd Irving and his ragtag band of fighters flew over the seas of Tethe'-alla, reminiscing on the battle with Gnome, the Summon Spirit of Earth, which just happened only hours ago. Suddenly a flash of light appeared in the sky above them. "Yow! That's bright!" He grunted. "What is that?"

Collette Brunnel raised her hands to her blonde bangs to shield her eyes. "It's pretty, whatever it is."

Raine Sage raised an eyebrow. "Zelos, is there an oracle in this world? The light looks distinctively similar. Fascinating!"

Zelos Wilder shook his head. "We have one, but it wouldn't go off this soon. My sister, Seres isn't anywhere near old enough, and besides, I'm still here."

"Why am I getting a really bad feeling about this?" Sheena Fubayashi squinted at it.

Presea Combatir and Regal Bryant remained silent while Genis, the younger Sage, spoke up. "Look! Something's coming!"

A large meteor fell to the left of their position, creating a large explosion on impact. Then three smaller shooting stars cast their light in the opposite direction before the light dissipated. Regal finally spoke. "Was that some kind of weapon?"

Presea put her hand to her chest. "No. It is not a weapon, though I sense it has something to do with the Cruxius Crystals. I suggest we investigate."

"So you felt it too, Presea?" Collette turned from her bike, her hand to her chest as well. The pink-haired girl nodded. "Lloyd, this could be important!" She tilted to speak with her riding partner. "We might even be able to learn something about Cruxius!"

"Sorry to spoil that, but we still need to pact the last two Summon Spirits on this side to break the Mana flows." Sheena reminded them of their mission.

Lloyd bit his lip. "I've got to side with Collette on this one, Sheena. We've already broken one of the mana flows with Undine and Volt. That will have to do for now. The worlds have been competing for Mana for this long, so they can wait a little longer for us to break the seals. We should check this out while it's still fresh. Besides, people could be hurt."

Sheena sighed. "Fine. But I'm doing this under protest."

Genis and Raine pulled to the front. "Which way should we go? To the left where the big meteor hit, or to where the three shooting stars landed?"

Lloyd grinned. "I'm a fan of explosions. Let's go left!"

Zelos pulled his Rieard in front of Lloyd's before he could get too far. "Woah woah woah! Way too dangerous there, bud! All that dusk kicked up will make it hard to see anything, plus who knows what else happened in that explosion."

"He's right." Raine nodded. "Toxic chemicals, radioactivity, even rare diseases can be brought out by extreme upheavals in the ground. It would be safer for us to investigate when the smoke clears. Let's turn right and check the other fallen stars."

Lloyd grumbled. "Fine, let's go to the right." He turned his Rhieard and began to fly towards a small island where three white cylinders with the numbers 00, 01, and 02 engraved on them still smoked.

Welcome to the world of Tales of Evangelion. This was my first original fic, which I had to halt due to life's happenings. Now I'm beginning to rewrite it here. As I said originally, this will be a very long fic, running through the plots of both Evangelion and Tales of Symphonia, and you will see how the plot and characters will effect each others' worlds.