Heaven and Hell
Prologue
Summary: Shinji, Rei, and Kaoru were childhood friends until they were four. During that time they were carefree, happy, and lived out life like a normal person would. Until that fateful day in which Yui Ikari and Tomoyo Ayanami tested pilot Units 00 and 01, in which an accident occurred, separating the three of them. Now 10 years later, Shinji returns to Tokyo-3 upon the call of his father, and finds Rei, but to see that she was no longer the girl he once knew. As for Kaoru, he was no where to be seen. Now Shinji is thrown into a war in which he has to pilot Evangelion Unit 01 to protect mankind. Does he have the courage to do such an act, or will he be a coward and run away?
I hope that the summary was adequate. This is my take on the story in general, and there will be some parallels to the original story. Anyways, I hope that you enjoy my story, and now own with the prologue.
June 6th 2001
"Congratulations Mrs. Ikari, it's a boy," a nurse happily announced.
"He's beautiful," a woman breathed out in amazement as she took the baby and held her son in her arms for the first time, "Gendo, look, he has your eyes."
"That he does," reaching out and gently placed a hand on his delicate head, "Welcome to the world, Ikari Shinji."
"Yui, he's gorgeous," a woman cried out. The two parents looked to the door to see a woman carrying two children enter. One was a blue haired girl, the other a grey haired boy, both of them with red eyes.
"Does he have the mark as well?" the mother of the twins asked.
Yui nodded, "Hai, three scars," she held her son close to herself, "Tomoyo-chan, I'm scared for them. That man said that Shinji, Rei, Kaoru along with the two others will somehow fight Adam's children."
"Shinji, that's a lovely name," Tomoyo replied as she held her children closer, "I don't like it either. But I don't think it can be helped. The messenger did say that The Dead Sea Scrolls will come to pass, and that we cannot stop it. 3 of the 5 chosen ones shall save this world, while one shall die fighting Adam's children, the other at the hands one the 3rd chosen."
Gendo gently squeezed his wife's shoulder, "They'll be fine Yui. We'll be there for him."
"I hope you're right, for their sake," she sighed out as she held her son's sleeping form closely to her.
4 Years Later
August 21st 2005
"Nii-san give that back," a red eyed, blue hair girl whined from a bench, at a grey haired boy, who also had red eyes.
"You want it; then come get it imoutou-chan," the boy teased, waving a red shoe above his head, while standing clear from his sisters flailing arms.
"Kaoru-kun, give Rei-chan her shoe," a brown haired blue eyed boy called out from a nearby swing.
The one called Kaoru looked to his friend, smiled, and said, "Why should it, Shinji-kun?" The boy merely pointed a stubby finger towards Rei. Kaoru turned his head to see his sister had started to cry.
Kaoru instantly panicked, "No, no, no, no, don't cry imoutou-chan," he hurriedly stated as he held out the shoe, but to no avail, as Rei continued to sob into her hands. Shinji shook his head and jumped off the swing, and slowly approached the desperate boy trying to appease his sister. He quickly pushed him aside, snatching the shoe from his hand as he does, and helps put on her shoes. Luckily it was simply a shoe with a button buckle so it was simple enough. Rei stopped crying when she noticed something on her foot. She looked up to see Shinji was standing in front of her with a broad smile on his face.
She sniffed a few times before saying, "A…arigatou, Shinji-kun." Shinji happily smiled and sat himself next to Rei, and the next thing he knew, Rei suddenly pounced on him, giving him a bear hug as best she could. From a distance, three adults laughed at the sight before them as they watched their children interact with one another, all three of them with broad smiles on their faces.
"They're so happy, so care free," Yui commented as she leaned onto her husband, who held her close.
"That they do," Gendo confirmed with a happy smile on his face as he watched his son interact with the twins.
"I can see a bright future for them if they make it out alive," said Tomoyo. 'Rei needs someone like Shinji. Kaoru can only do so much until she needs the shoulder of an outsider to cry on and the heart of that male outsider,' she added mentally.
"Today is the day, isn't it?" Yui asked after some time of silence as the three children played in the sand before lying on a patch of grass.
"Ah," Gendo replied as he nodded his head, "Today we test activate Units 00 and 01 while Germany Attempts Unit 02."
"I just hope nothing goes wrong Gendo-kun, Yui-chan," Tomoyo breathed out in anxiety.
"Same here, Tomoyo-chan," Yui quietly replied, Gendo grunting in agreement.
"Pretty sky Rei-chan," Shinji stated, pointing up towards the clear blue sky, as he, Rei, and Kaoru lay on the grass.
"Hai, it is Shinji-kun," Rei quietly replied as she slowly inched closer towards the object of her child-like attraction.
Kaoru noticed it but said nothing. Early on he found that his mind was a lot more developed than the average 4 year old, and he had a sixth sense of the nearby future. He sighed deeply, smiling a sad smile. 'Today Okaa-san will test Unit 00, so will otoutou-san's Okaa-san with Unit 01. I have a bad feeling about this. This may be our last time together like this. I hate this, knowing the future. I don't want this to end. I want to be there for them, especially if they fall in love.' He sighed mentally, 'I suppose that I have neither the power to stop this nor any choice but to follow this path at the moment. Goodbye sweet innocence, parting is such sweet sorrow.' Kaoru let a tear slide down his face for everyone he loved before resuming his childlike composure.
"Shinji, Rei, Kaoru, we're going to Gehrin! You do want to see the giant robots don't you?" All the children instantly jumped at the thought of seeing robots, and ran towards the three waiting adults, running into their open arms.
"Sugoi…" the kids breathed out in amazement. They stood inside a control room staring out an observation window out to the two massive machines. One had orange armour, its head, was a helmet-like shape with a fortress stone grey face, an emerald orb on the forward part of the helmet component, with five small red orbs for its eyes, and a simple box like point at the bottom of its supposed chin. The other behemoth was black and purple with black shoulder fins. Its head was more humanoid in appearance, with the same shade of dark purple on the upper half of its head, along with its horn, with a puce green band near the bottom of the horn, and its mouth was a lighter shade. Both units exuded an aura of fear, but yet the purple unit exuded a much more disturbing feel. For unlike its counterpart which was most likely the first of the two, this one had a more menacing feeling, which was most likely due to its head, as its white eyes seemed to stare back at the children and everyone else, as well as the thin black line on its mouth, indicating that underneath that mouth guard was most likely something so terrifying that the restraint could only do so much before succumbing to the dark force that seem to lay underneath such a beast.
Gendo kneeled down beside the children, "That children, are the Evangelions, your mother's greatest work for the past 5 years. The creation of these creatures, are for the defence of your home."
"Explaining our works are you, Gendo-kun?" the three kinds turned to see their mother's wearing what appeared to be skin-tight wet suits. Yui's, was white on the chest back and shoulders, while the rest was of a royal blue, while Tomoyo wore a pure white suit.
"Ready to being?" Gendo asked. Both nodded and hugged the man before kneeling down to their children.
Yui hugged her son tightly as she whispered in his ear, "Bye sweetie. I'll see in you in bit, I love you."
"I love you too mama," Shinji replied placing a wet kiss on her cheek.
"I'll see you two later, Kaoru, Rei," Tomoyo spoke as she held her two children tightly, as they placed sweet kisses on either sides of her face. All three children held their mothers tightly, two of them unaware of the unfortunate outcome, of never seeing them again after that moment.
"Why are there children in here?" a voice inquired. Everyone looked to the door opposite the observation window to see a grey haired man enter, with a curious expression on his face.
"The red eyed ones are Pilot Ayanami's children; the other is Chief Ikari's child," a voice replied.
"Ikari, this is not a school day. This is a very important day," he stated, in mild surprise to the fact they brought their children.
"Gomen nasai, Fuyutsuki-sensei, we brought them here," Yui explained.
"Yui-kun, Tomoyo-kun, it's your experiment today."
"That's why. We want to show the promising future to our children," Tomoyo explained.
"Very well," Fuyutsuki breathed out in defeat, and looked out the window.
"Don't mind him," Yui stated to the three children, "Now be good, and after we're done, we'll go out for ice-cream, okay?"
"Hai," they cried out in unison. Yui and Tomoyo kissed all three children, before Yui turned to Gendo and gave him a passionate kiss.
"I love you," she whispered into his ear before walking off with Tomoyo.
Gendo smiled broadly and kneeled once more before the kids, "Now please stay out of the way and be good."
"Hai."
"Prepare entry plugs," he snapped out, as he walked away from the kids and sat down on a chair, and propped his elbows onto the table, bridging his fingers in front of his face. As he looked out, he could hear people begin to work but tuned them out as he watched the two women mount the cylindrical tubes.
"Good luck."
Soon the tubes were sealed, and were inserted into the spinal columns of the units, that moments later sealed the entry point. People started to say things such as charging the LCL, first stage connections, synchrographs, and such but the children did not understand an iota of the procedures and simply stared wide eyed as the two Evangelions began to come to life. The three were mystified as they stared at the god-like towers of man, built by human blood, hands, sweat and soul.
Things seemed to be going well as both units brought up their hands and gave thumbs up and were about to conclude the experiment when things began to go wrong. Both units let out powerful, mighty beast-like roars, the purple unit breaking its mouth guard revealing a set of razor-sharp teeth, breaking their arm restraints, grabbing their heads as they began to struggling against the shoulder restraints, trying to break free. It was maddening as people started to panic; giving orders, stating reports, trying to figure out what was going on and save the pilots within, all the while trying to keep the peace. The children were scared. Not for the people around them, but for their mothers. They wanted them back and prayed that some miracle would bring them back safely. But one sadly knew the harsh truth that they would be gone, as he let six silent tears down his face, one for each of his soon to be broken family. The monsters within had broken free, as they struggled and writhe against what ever force that has assaulted or possessed them.
"Get them out of there!" Gendo bellowed, as he rushed up to the window.
"It's no good," a voice replied, "Synchronisation levels are off the charts! 230, 241, 254, oh kami-sama, it just spike to 321, 340, 389, 400!"
Silence...
MAMA!