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Traitors of the Stars
Prologue: New Recruit?
Outskirts of Tokyo-3
A boy on a mountain stared at the horizon. He saw the city in all its majesty, but that wonder was replaced with fear when he remembered he had to protect it from a cult called 'The Angelic Order'. Although the origins and workings were unknown, one thing was clear. Destroy any trace of their existence.
"Shinji! Earth to Shinji!" came a voice behind him. "God, how are you going to save the world spacing out like that!?"
"Asuka, this is a moment of peace. Besides there hasn't been any reports of any strange people in the area, if there was my mother or Misato would have told us." Shinji told Asuka in the most serene way possible.
"You're both right." came another voice. "The Angels are not doing anything right now, but that doesn't mean we should be soft."
"You two really need to take this into consideration Rei," Shinji sighed, "The Angels always announce their presence before they do something, and there's three of us. We could send one to one place and one to another if they ever get the idea to take on several locations at once."
Asuka was angry at what Shinji had said, "But what if they all attack in spades, we're three people against an unknown number of them."
Rei realized that NERV is bringing in potential recruits and started to tell them. "Actually, there's going to be a couple of new recruits."
Shinji was more relaxed. "Exactly, there's at least six coming to fight the Angelic Order. There's Touji, Kensuke, Hikari, a white haired guy, an English girl, some other girl we don't know, and..." Shinji stopped himself from going any further and decided to go home. "Let's go, break's over." Asuka and Rei were surprised at Shinji's tone of voice and nearly giving an additional recruit, as if he knows who the last person is. "Let's go find Misato before she starts looking for us."
They both agreed, Asuka whispered to Rei. "So who is this seventh recruit, one thing's for sure it's seems that he knows this person."
Rei nodded. "I agree, I also hear that there's going to be an exchange student. That's either has to be that recruit or it's just the grandmother of confinient timing."
Asuka and Rei walked behind Shinji outside the hills until they saw Misato, Captain of NERV and teacher in their school. "So how was the picnic?"
"It went pretty good, all things considering." Shinji said getting in the car.
Asuka spoke up to Misato. "Hey, teach! Can I speak to you in private?"
"I don't see why not." Misato came up to Asuka and Rei to talk while Shinji waited in the car.
Rei started, "Do you know of the seventh recruit that is to be joining us?"
Misato was shocked, "There's a seventh recruit? The Commander didn't say anything about that."
Asuka sighed in disappointment, "I guess the Ikari's know who this recruit really is."
"In any case, we better not ask Shinji or his parents." Misato warned both the girls.
Meanwhile in the car, Shinji was lost in thought, reminiscing the conversation he had with his parents a few days ago.
"Why, why did it have to be her, of all the people you could choose, why her." Shinji ask his father.
"It wasn't exactly our choice, son. She volunteered; her father and can confirm this. You can even ask her yourself." Gendo told Shinji as he had tears from his eyes.
"Do you realize why I did this in the first place, to protect her from these fucked up cultists, or have you forgotten what happened over there?" Shinji yelled.
Yui tried to calm Shinji down. "Shinji, listen to me. I know you care for your cousin, and you did promise her brother you'd protect her, but it was her decision to fight with you."
Shinji was very angry. He stormed out the door from his house. Yui tried going after him, but Gendo stopped her. "Let him go. Maybe he'll think it over and calm down." Yui, despite her fear, agreed.
As Misato, Asuka, and Rei came into the car, he snapped out of his train of thought. Asuka ask if he is going to school tomorrow. "I maybe able to go tomorrow, but..."
Rei assured Shinji by saying that they were there for him, whatever happens. Shinji was thankful that they would be able to care for him even when everyone was against him.
Tokyo-3, Ikari Residence
Shinji looked at the house before going to the door knowing she would be living here tomorrow. 'I didn't want her to be a part of this, especially during that pointless war. On the bright side, we will indeed catch up. I haven't seen her in years. I just have to protect her, just like the old days. I will be her guardian.'
Shinji walked through the door, greeted by his parents. "Hello Shinji." said Gendo. "We would like to know if you're okay with her joining you in this campaign."
Shinji looked at them as said, "Yes, I am. However, she is a bit inexperienced. If you are okay with this, I would like to be her partner for all of her missions until I think she can otherwise."
Yui closed her eyes in happiness. "Of course, you have known her most of your life. But please, when she does live up to your expectations, you have to see that."
Shinji smiled. "Thank you, I will not let any harm come to her." Shinji hugged both his parents and went to his room.
"It must feel good having a hug from your son." Yui told her husband.
Gendo, giving a most caring smile said, "Better than anything."
Shinji, being a most caring person, had always seen the positive side. Even the war with the Angelic Order hadn't stumble in the slightest.
"Tomorrow will be a brand new day, for me. I just hope she enjoys her time here." Shinji smiled as he drifted off to sleep.
Shinji was walking through an empty world, no animals, no plants, and no people, nothing but a black void. In a sudden flash of light, he saw his shadow take form. In an instant, the world froze and Shinji prepared for battle. "You cannot protect her; she will be cast into the Abyss."
What is this, a nightmare, a vision, his doubt taking form? Either way, ignored this creature. "You are not me, don't you dare compare yourself to me!"
The shadow smiles and said, "You're right. I am not you, but I will when the negative emotions will run rampant, and I will be sure you will never regain humanity."
"Is that supposed to scare me? I am the guardian of the city. You are just a choir boy in comparison." Shinji told the shadow.
"Maybe so, but you also said you would protect her. What if in this instance, you were to save either the city or that vegan bitch?" the shadow smirked.
"DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING CALL HER THAT! I WILL RIP YOU APART AND FEED YOU TO A STARVING LION!" Shinji was beyond furious.
However, the shadow still had his smirk on his face, and disappeared. "I would like to see you try."
"I will use this power to save the world if I have to." Shinji quietly said to himself.
A knock on the door woke Shinji up from his deep sleep, Shinji thought to himself, 'Another dream about that shadow.' It's been going on ever since he started defending Tokyo-3 from the Angels.
"Shinji, wake up, Rei and Asuka are here! Do you want to get Asuka mad!" his mother called from the other side of the door. Shinji bolt from the bed and got suited up knowing that anything would be better that making Asuka wait.
"I'm here! I'm ready!" Shinji was hurrying to the door and Asuka was waiting outside.
"Shinji, you idiot. I told you to wake up and walk to school with us." Asuka scream.
Rei, meanwhile, was outside with her and glad to see Shinji was always the same cheerful boy from when she first meets him. "Shinji, Asuka, are you two ready to go to school, we can all talk on the way."
Toyko-3 High School
After the short walk to school, Shinji's friends, Touji and Kensuke, approached them. "Well, well, if it isn't Abbot and Castillo."
Touji took some offense to this, but Kensuke held him back. "Anyway, you hear about the exchange student that's going to be here? I heard it's a girl."
"Really? There has been rumors but are you absolutely sure about that." Shinji trying his best to not give away who it is.
Kensuke said to Shinji, "Yes, but sadly that's all we do know about her."
Touji stepped in and said, "Well, she needs to be careful with the Shin-Man. I say he has more than enough women around his arms."
"What are you implying?" Asuka and Rei said in unison.
Touji snickered. "My thoughts exactly."
As Touji was leaving Kensuke said, "Well we best be leaving, see you in class."
As Rei and Asuka stared directly at each other, saying they want to challenge each other for Shinji's affections, Shinji just blushed as red as he had ever been.
Inside the classroom, Hikari, the school rep, does the usual, "Stand, Bow, Sit," and Misato was at her desk, looking at a piece of paper.
As she started to stand, she started to speak. "Now then, as you all know we have an exchange student. The second one this year, the first being Asuka Langley Soryu. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to make her as welcome as possible." A knock came from the door. "That must be her already. Come in!"
The door opens to reveal a dark-skinned beauty. Shinji was shocked that she was actually here.
The entire classroom was flabbergasted, Touji and Kensuke whispered to each other. "Would you check her out? She's probably African or Indian."
"Alright, everyone shut up or you all get the lowest grade immediately." Misato warned the class, which quickly became silent. "Now then would you kindly tell everyone here your name?"
She took a deep breath and said, "Hello, I hope we can be friends, my name is Nadia. Nadia La Arwall."
AN:I don't know why nobody, NOBODY, wanted to use this anime as a crossover with Evangelion. But I am now and if I didn't, who would?
Hope you enjoyed and I'll bring the next chapter in this story.