A/N: This is my first Eva fic and most likely unconventional. It's basically Eva set in a Bebop-like world. There will be similarities to both titles but otherwise originality is present. Enjoy!

"regular talk"

"thoughts"

Disclaimer: I don't own Eva. Gainax does.

File 01: Introduction to The Seatbelts

The year is 2071 and it has been 56 years since WW3 ended on Earth and left it an uninhabitable wasteland. Since then mankind has embraced the Final Frontier and made living on other planets habitable. However the crime rate rose to a new high and the ISSP can't keep the crime rate low. To counteract this, the UN has reinstated the bounty system and brought the age of bounty hunters. Our story focus on a group of bounty hunters called The Seatbelts who travel on the ship Seatbelt. Their purpose is to catch bounties just so they can eat something decent. And now on with the story.

Flashback

"Father. Why did you do this?" a 14 year old Shinji said as he lies against the wall. His blood running profusely from his body as his vision becomes blurry.

"I have no need for her. She has done everything as she was told." Gendo coldly said in his usual 'Gendo pose'.

"That still no reason for doing what you did! She was the only person I could consider as family." Shinji yelled.

Gendo calmly points his gun (a Beretta M1951) (A/N: I have no clue what's the gun he used in EoE. Can anybody tell?) "Goodbye Shinji."

"FATHER!"

End Flashback

Shinji screams after waking up from his dream/flashback and breathing heavily "Damn. Why did I dream that?" He takes a look at his alarm clock to see that it's 6:00 A.M. "Damn. It's still 6. Might as well take a shower and work on my martial arts."

Shinji Ikari. Age 19. Weapon of choice: Springfield Armory XD. His past is classified but every now and then he dreams of fragments from his past, each more painful as it chronologically progress. He pilots a unique ship he dubbed Viola (Viola means purple in Italian). What's unique about it is not the color but the installed A.I. (dubbed Reika) that refuses others to pilot the ship without reason.

8:00 A.M.

"Shinji, time for breakfast." yelled a woman's voice.

"Crap. She cooked again"

After a quick shower Shinji heads over to the lounge area to find breakfast in a green sludge.

"Misato, what the hell is this?" said Shinji as he tries to figure out whether the sludge is edible or radioactive.

"It's eggs surprise. Dig in!" proclaimed the purple haired drunk as she slams down a can of Yebisu.

Misato Katsuragi. Age 32. Measurements: classified. Weapon of choice: H&K USP. Has a unique past on Titan which she doesn't like to speak about. She pilots a Renault D700 racer; unfortunately she still has 32 payments left. Misato was an accomplished racer who was known as the Queen of the Asteroid Belt. She owns the Seatbelt.

"YYYEEEEAAAHHH! That the way to start your morning!" yelled Misato.

"Um Misato? Shouldn't you cut down on the beer? That was your 100th can this week and its still Wednesday."

"You're just jealous that you have no tolerance for beer."

"No." he lied. It's true that he's jealous that he can't hold down alcohol considering the incident last year where he streaked across the capital of Mars proclaiming "I AM COMMANDER BUN-BUN!" which led to a 1 million woolong fine in emotional damages (his original sentence was 5 years in prison for telling the Prime Mnister of Venus to fuck off). "I'm more worried about our budget."

"What about that bounty head I caught two days ago. He was worth at least 4.5 millon woolongs."

"Yeah, but we had to repair both the Renault and the policeman's ship. Not only that but we had to pay the policeman's hospital bill. And pay the orphanage in emotional damages."

"It wasn't my fault that damn policeman has it out for me."

"Every policeman has it out for you. Now what are we going to do for money?"

"Well, there's this bounty head I finally tracked down." said a girl's voice.

"Yo Emiko. Whose is it this time?" said Shinji.

Emiko Sekihara. Age 18. Weapon of choice: Browning FN Model 1910. A close friend of Shinji, she joined up with the Seatbelts after an incident with the Soldat Syndicate. An accomplished hacker her job on the Seatbelt is tracking new bounties. She's often found starving. She pilots a Lotus Ganymede E17 which she got in illegal dealings.

"Here he is." (shows computer screen) "Rahib Salazar, wanted for drug trafficking, drug dealings, dude the guy's history is full of drugs. He was last seen on Mars. The bounty is 8 million woolongs." Emiko stated.

"Alright he's mine." Misato said.

"Sorry but I got the only working ship among us. Yours is still in repair (referring to Misato) and yours still missing a left wing (referring to Emiko). Besides, I'm worried that we'll lose more than a bounty." Shinji said as heads for the Viola.

"Bring back something to eat." stated Emiko.

"What's wrong with my cooking?" said Misato sadly.

About one hour later Shinji stopped at a rest stop with no leads on Rahib. Reika (the A.I.) said that this particular rest stop is where Rahib is often found and she did say "Remember Shinji. He deals in drugs and I don't want you associating with him besides in catching his head." said Reika in a motherly tone.

"I won't."

He heads into the restroom to take a leak. He then noticed a tanned man who's fidgeting and looks like he hasn't slept in days.

"Hm. That must be him. Better follow him."

Shinji carefully follows said bounty head into a bar. Inside consists of a few tables with chairs, a barmaid, and a few drunks. Shinji sits down on one of the stools while Rahib takes a seat four stools away.

"Hello hon. What can I get you?" said the barmaid.

"You got any milk?" said Shinji.

"Coming right up. You know you're the first person to order that here. Guess you can't hold your alcohol huh?"

Unfortunately that statement made Shinji depressed.

"Here you go hon." She hands Shinji a glass of cold milk. Rahib however is fidgeting even more now. "And what I can get you."

"Give me anything to calm my nerves." said Rahib nervously.

"One Mars' Blue Devil coming up." She said as she makes said drink.

As Shinji drinks his milk his communicator rings. Shinji takes the call.

"Hello?"

"Hey Shinji. Did you find him yet?" said Misato on the other line.

"I did but the guy's a wreak. Any wrong move and he'll go insane." said Shinji.

"Well hurry up. I'm getting sick of Emiko moaning." said Misato. "Signing off."

"Hungry…" moaned Emiko.

Shinji signed off.

Meanwhile with Rahib, he's slammed the Blue Devil when some guys in suits approached him.

"Yo Rahib. You got the goods." said the bald guy.

"Y-y-y-yes. I h-have i-it right here." Rahib stuttered as he pulls out a red vial.

"Hm." The bald guy takes a good look. He then takes a drop of the stuff. Said guy starts to see images in slo-mo. "Yes. This is the real Crimson Demon."

One of the other guys (this one has a scar) starts to notices Shinji. Shinji tries to hide his face considering that he met the group in an earlier ambush. Unfortunately…

"Hey, I know that guy. He's a cowboy! Get him!" said scarred guy.

"Damn!"

One of the guys took a swing at Shinji. Shinji dodges, grabs his arm, and throws him down on the floor. The other guys tried ambushing him. Shinji calmly kicks the bald guy's face and sends him flying into the beer bottles. The barmaid screamed and ran under some tables. The drunks, being as drunk as they can, declare a bar fight. Rahib, amongst the chaos of flying beer bottles and bodies ran out the door.

"Hey get back here food money!" yelled Shinji as he butterfly kicked two men. Shinji runs out the bar following Rahib. Rahib climbs into his ship and takes off while Shinji follows suit.

"What happen to you?" said a concerned Reika.

"Not now. I gotta follow our food budget before he gets away." said Shinji.

Shinji tails Rahib while Rahib tries to lose him but it's pointless as the Viola is in a class of her own. Rahib then let out a smokescreen.

"Ha! Like a smokescreen will slow me down." said Reika. However a barrage of bullets tried to gun down the Viola. Shinji effortlessly dodge them all. Shinji noticed that they all came from a syndicate ship.

"We won't let you take our precious drug." said the guys in suits.

"Damn local syndicate. GET OFF MY BACK!" yelled Shinji.

Shinji made a U-Turn and made a beeline for the syndicate ships. The syndicate ships shot a barrage of bullets at Shinji.

"You got to do better than that bastards! Reika, charge the Progressive Blades." commanded Shinji.

"Roger."

The Viola's wings started vibrating. Pretty soon all the syndicate ships were cut in half.

"Now that they are out of the way, where the hell are you food money?" yelled Shinji.

Shinji sees Rahib's ship except that it's moving funny. "Damn. The bastard took some Crimson Demon."

"GRRRAAAHHH!" Rahib said as he tried to ram Shinji.

"Crap, the bastard must have overdosed it."

As you can see Crimson Demon enhances the abilities of the user. Overdosing it however will give off a Big Bang effect but can be extremely fatal as most cases involves death. Right now Shinji is trying his best to avoid getting rammed while druggie persists.

"Damn. There's goes lunch in 3, 2, 1."

Once zero hits, Rahib heart exploded from the overdose and falls to the ground.

"Damn. Better call Misato we lost another bounty." He takes a call.

"Hello. Misato Katsuragi's speaking."

"Misato. We lost another bounty. Damn bastard overdosed on Crimson Demon." Shinji said.

"Crap. Well no worries. There's another bounty near New Oregon. He's worth 2.5 million,"

"A small fry. Well can't be helped. Shinji signing off."

"…..food…resort…to…cannibalism…"Emiko moaned.

Later that night and 3 ambushes later...

"I'm back. And I brought take out." said Shinji.

"Help!" shrieked Misato.

"Zombie…sees…food…"Emiko said while moaning like a zombie and tried to gnaw off Shinji 's leg..

"Another day. Another moment to live." Shinji sighed as he tried to pry her off.

Life is so troublesome isn't it cowboy……

A/N: Well how was it? Hope you like it and remember to review. Till next time.

Some basic profiles:

Name: Shinji Ikari

Age: 19

Height: 5ft 11

Weight: 180 lbs.

Weapon: Springfield Armory XD

Ship: Unknown

Likes: relaxing, sleeping, tea

Hates: his father, small fries (referring to cheap bounties)

Name: Misato Katsuragi

Age: 32

Height: unknown

Weight: won't tell

Weapon: H&K USP

Ship: Renault D700, Seatbelt

Likes: beer, beer battered shrimp, anything related with beer

Hates: cheap dates, cheap beer

Name: Emiko Sekihara

Age: 18

Height: 5ft 4

Weight: 92 lbs.

Weapon: Browning FN Model 1910

Ship: Lotus Ganymede E17

Likes: food, lounging

Hates: starving