Disclaimer: I own neither Evangelion nor X-men. Wish I did.
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The cab stopped at the gates of the huge mansion. Tall stone walls almost surrounded by green forests hided what was going on inside from curious eyes. A Japanese woman with dark purple hair stepped out of the car, making sure to straightening her black skirt and red uniform jacket before she handed the driver his pay.
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"So this is Xavier's school? I'm impressed."
Misato Katsuragi was standing outside the gates of said school, marveling at the sight. The large white mansion had a look that said that whoever ran it had enough money to make sure it was run good. She could not shake the feeling that there was something wrong though, like the whole place was made to hide something.
She walked up to the panel in the stone column next to the gate and pressed the button. A female computerized voice in the other end quickly answered.
"Yes?"
---= AN EVANGELION AND X-MEN FUSION =---
"This is Captain Misato Katsuragi of Nerv. I have an appointment with Professor Xavier."
"Welcome Ms. Katsuragi. Please enter. We will send someone to guide you.
The gates opened slowly, and Misato started walking towards the house. She was halfway up the road when she met a tall man in his mid twenties. He had short hair and some strange red glasses.
"Captain Katsuragi? My name is Scott Summers. It is a pleasure to meet you. Follow me please."
Misato was surprised to hear him speak fluent Japanese despite his western appearance.
"Of course."
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---= CHAPTER I - MUTANT HIGH =---
"I don't like her organization."
Jean Grey sat opposite Charles Xavier in his office, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and her red hair held in a loose ponytail. Xavier himself was a bald man in a wheelchair, dressed as always in a business suit and sitting behind his desk and looking over some files on his computer.
"Neither do I, but it is the most powerful organization in the UN. We have enough problems. Let's cooperate." A worried frown crossed his face, "have you noticed who the leader of Nerv is?"
Jean walked around the table to see what had startled the Professor.
"IKARI? Well, I already know who they will be looking for."
At this moment, Scott walked in the door with the Japanese woman behind him. Jean instantly felt a surge of jealousy at the woman's figure. She looked more like a supermodel than a military captain.
Misato sat down in a chair opposite the professor. Jean sat down at one end of the table, while Scott remained standing by the door. There was an uneasy silence until Xavier decided to open the conversation.
"Misato Katsuragi I presume?"
"Yes. I guess that you are Professor Charles Xavier?"
"Yes, that is correct. May I ask why you are here?"
"Of course. My organization, Nerv, is interested in a boy who lives here. Shinji Ikari."
At this point Jean decided to break into the conversation.
"Why now? He has lived here for almost three years. If his father wanted him, why haven't he contacted us before now?"
Scott moved to the door and put a hand on Jean's shoulder, obviously calming the redhead down a bit. Misato was taken aback by the other woman's outburst, but decided that she needed to be straightforward with these people. As straightforward as she could.
"We believe that Mr. Ikari has might be able to help us with a project. It is about the survival of the human race."
"Oh that was cliché."
Sarcasm form Scott was not something neither Jean nor Xavier was expecting.
"Cliché or not, it is the truth. However, I am not at liberty to discuss the nature of the project with civilians."
"That sounds like the government talking."
"Well, I am a government official after all. If I may ask, how did a Japanese teenager end up in an American school anyway? Our records only show that he ran away from his teacher's home after an accident, and then he shows up here in American records about 6 months later."
"One of my associates, Logan, was visiting a friend of his in Kyoto. Apparently Shinji tried to pickpocket him, and… well, Logan brought him back here. People around here liked the shy boy, and after living here for a while, he decided to stay."
"So this has nothing to do with the rumors that this school trains mutants to use their abilities? And the fact that Ikari's childhood blood tests show the presence of the mutant gene?"
"Maybe. What would you do if I said yes?"
Xavier might have lost most of his mental strength in the Second Impact, but he had a feeling about this woman. She got a playful glint in her eyes, and held out a hand. A small flame appeared over her palm.
"I don't have any problem with it."
Charles released a breath he didn't know he had been holding. Jean grinned.
"Welcome to Mutant High. Let's find Shinji and hear what he has to say. This is his decision after all."
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"In the year 2000, Second Impact was a great blow to both normal humans and mutants. About half the population of earth was eradicated, and mutants found that they had lost most of their abilities."
Mana was bored out of her mind. She envied Shinji who got to train in the Danger Room while the rest of them had to sit here and listen to Storm. She was a good teacher, but almost everyone had heard this speech before. It was mainly to those who had just joined the school anyway. The wind made Mana's brown hair sway slightly, but if there was one good thing about Storm's outside classes, it was that it was no fear for bad weather. Jade green eyes looked towards the manor house, and she sighed silently.
"In the years before Second Impact the amount of mutants among the population was increasing rapidly. But the year after the impact, the birthrate of mutants had dropped with 95%, and many of the older mutants found that their abilities had been severely reduced. The positive effect is that the mutants who was born after 2000 is often more powerful and have a more diversity of abilities than the pre impact mutants. The mutant birth rate has also increased the last ten years to about 11% of the "
Mana decided to tune out the speech. It wasn't very interesting anyway.
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Misato, Jean and Scott walked through the corridors towards the danger room. After the ice was broken, the two teachers found the captain very easy to speak to. It was like she had just flipped a switch and gone from 'strictly business' mood to 'happy and carefree' mood.
Misato herself had a few questions she wanted answers to, and decided that this might be the best time to ask.
"So, what are Shinji's gifts?"
Scott and Jean exchanged glances, but then Jean shrugged and answered the question.
"Have you ever heard about a mutant named Wolverine?"
"Yeah, he's a legend in military circles. The information is mainly top-secret stuff. Very few things are known about him except that he used to work as a special operative for the US government in World War 2. After that it is mostly bits and pieces. Involvement in 'Project X', said to be immortal."
"Wolverine has animal like senses and regeneration, which makes him a powerful close combat fighter…"
"Wait, wait, time out. Wolverine must be at least 80 years old now! I have a hard time imagining him a fighter. And what does that have to do with Shinji?"
They stopped in front of a metal door with the words 'Control Room' written on it.
"You will see. Actually, we will let you see Shinji in action."
Scott his palm against the scanner next to the door, and the door slid open. The room was large, with the walls covered with consoles and screens, and one of the walls was a window to a huge room. Standing by the door, a heavy built man in a strange black outfit with a large yellow 'X' on the back.
"Logan."
The man turned around slowly. As he looked her over, Misato had the feeling that he was figuring out how to kill her if she was a threat.
"Yes, Cyclops? Who's the girl?"
"This is Captain Katsuragi. Miss Katsuragi, Logan. Also called Wolverine."
Misato's mouth was hanging open. This man was not 80. He looked more around 50.
"This is Wolverine? He doesn't look his age…"
Wolverine frowned.
"Rude, isn't she."
"I'm sorry, I was just surprised."
Wolverine face split in a wide grin. He stepped forward and took her hand, kissing it.
"You are cute, so you are forgiven."
Both Scott and Jean fell over laughing at Misato's expression. She tried to regain as much dignity as possible, which was a lost cause with a face that reminded Logan of a tomato.
"Well, I came here for a reason. Where's Ikari?"
Wolverine made a flourish with his arms towards the window.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Shinji Ikari, or as we like to call him, Fenris."
Misato walked over to the window, and was amazed at the sight. That was just not possible!
---= AN =---
This story is the result of watching Evangelion and X-men, and a "What if" thought. I was also very tired of fics that all start with a copy of episode 1. Shinji meets Misato in Tokyo-3 while Angel attacks and so on and so forth. I will probably change the Eva storyline, but not the main plot.
There will be some OOC, but I will try not to let it get out of hand. I will try to update as often as I can, but I am a busy man. The reason I cut it off there is that I want to know what people think so far before I start writing more.
"Fenris" is a giant wolf from Norse myth, the son of the god Loke, usually associated with trickery and lies (And some would say politics).
This is my first fanfic, and English is not my native language. R&R, C&C, be gentle, please? o_O;