Not Without My Shinji
Prologue
Evangelion and Eva concepts are copyright © 1995-1999 GAINAX and Project Eva.
Not Without my Shinji original fanfiction written and owned by David Hutchings.
Any reproduction of this work, in whole or in part, without express permission
is strictly prohibited.
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There was an enormous pile of mail sticking out of the Ikari mail slot that
afternoon, just like there always was. It happened so often that Shinji had long
since taken over the job of sorting through the mail every afternoon when he got
home. Most of the time it was all for his uncle; business related papers that
were too important to e-mail. After he set his satchel aside, he set himself to
sort through the mail once again. Several were business papers, as usual. A
couple of bills were due, and those made their way to the hallway table. The
vast majority of the rest was junk mail, and it quickly found its way to the
trash can. Shinji was just about to through the last letter out, when he
noticed that it was addressed to him. This letter was particularly odd for two
reasons: one, Shinji never received any mail, and two, the name in the return
address read "Captain Misato Katsuragi."
Mystified, Shinji opened the letter. Inside was a rather official looking
notice, a handwritten note, a train ticket, and a photograph of the Captain. In
the photo, Katsuragi displayed her most prominent assets, dressed in a very
revealing tank top and short shorts. Scribbled on the photo was a brief note:
"Shinji, I'll come pick you up. Misato. P.S. Look at these!" Beside the
postscript was a long arrow pointing to Misato's cleavage. Shinji blushed.
Shinji shuffled the papers around and located the official notice. It
said, in very blunt and direct terms, that he was to make his way to Tokyo-3
with all due haste, rendezvous with a UN operative there. Afterwards, he would
be escorted to an unspecified location to begin work within the UN. The notice
had a familiar ring to it, and the signature at the bottom confirmed Shinji's
suspicions; the order came from his father.
In disgust, Shinji almost threw the letter away, but something told him to
read on. Next, he read the handwritten letter. This one was written by the
Captain herself and asked, almost pleaded Shinji to come to Tokyo-3. This letter
went into a little more detail than the official order, but still sounded vague.
The letter described that Shinji would board a train bound for Tokyo-3 in the
morning where Captain Katsuragi would meet him at the train station. She didn't
say much more then that, but instead insisted that his presence was of the
utmost importance.
The letter found its way to the garbage anyway.
The next morning, Shinji's uncle asked him about the letter in the garbage.
His uncle urged him to reconsider, but Shinji was as sure as he could be about
not wanting to go. As Shinij left for school, he wondered what his father wanted
with him. He was about to discard the notion once and for all, when a faint
voice in the back of his mind told him to turn around and start packing. Common
sense told him not to, but he did as the voice instructed, and Shinji went home
to pack. It was a long way to Tokyo-3, and it looked like he might have to stay
there for a while.
Prologue
Evangelion and Eva concepts are copyright © 1995-1999 GAINAX and Project Eva.
Not Without my Shinji original fanfiction written and owned by David Hutchings.
Any reproduction of this work, in whole or in part, without express permission
is strictly prohibited.
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There was an enormous pile of mail sticking out of the Ikari mail slot that
afternoon, just like there always was. It happened so often that Shinji had long
since taken over the job of sorting through the mail every afternoon when he got
home. Most of the time it was all for his uncle; business related papers that
were too important to e-mail. After he set his satchel aside, he set himself to
sort through the mail once again. Several were business papers, as usual. A
couple of bills were due, and those made their way to the hallway table. The
vast majority of the rest was junk mail, and it quickly found its way to the
trash can. Shinji was just about to through the last letter out, when he
noticed that it was addressed to him. This letter was particularly odd for two
reasons: one, Shinji never received any mail, and two, the name in the return
address read "Captain Misato Katsuragi."
Mystified, Shinji opened the letter. Inside was a rather official looking
notice, a handwritten note, a train ticket, and a photograph of the Captain. In
the photo, Katsuragi displayed her most prominent assets, dressed in a very
revealing tank top and short shorts. Scribbled on the photo was a brief note:
"Shinji, I'll come pick you up. Misato. P.S. Look at these!" Beside the
postscript was a long arrow pointing to Misato's cleavage. Shinji blushed.
Shinji shuffled the papers around and located the official notice. It
said, in very blunt and direct terms, that he was to make his way to Tokyo-3
with all due haste, rendezvous with a UN operative there. Afterwards, he would
be escorted to an unspecified location to begin work within the UN. The notice
had a familiar ring to it, and the signature at the bottom confirmed Shinji's
suspicions; the order came from his father.
In disgust, Shinji almost threw the letter away, but something told him to
read on. Next, he read the handwritten letter. This one was written by the
Captain herself and asked, almost pleaded Shinji to come to Tokyo-3. This letter
went into a little more detail than the official order, but still sounded vague.
The letter described that Shinji would board a train bound for Tokyo-3 in the
morning where Captain Katsuragi would meet him at the train station. She didn't
say much more then that, but instead insisted that his presence was of the
utmost importance.
The letter found its way to the garbage anyway.
The next morning, Shinji's uncle asked him about the letter in the garbage.
His uncle urged him to reconsider, but Shinji was as sure as he could be about
not wanting to go. As Shinij left for school, he wondered what his father wanted
with him. He was about to discard the notion once and for all, when a faint
voice in the back of his mind told him to turn around and start packing. Common
sense told him not to, but he did as the voice instructed, and Shinji went home
to pack. It was a long way to Tokyo-3, and it looked like he might have to stay
there for a while.