Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion, or Kingdom Hearts or any other anime mentioned in this story, they belong to their respectable owners.

"Falling….I'm falling…but, it seems more like sinking…when did I get in the water….. I guess I'm might be in LCL, but…I don't smell blood." As the boy known as Shinji Ikari sank further and further into the murky depths of the unknown, He could not help but try to make sense of this strange dream. "Why am I here? Why is it so dark? I hope this ends soon- wait am I slowing down?" When this dawned on him he began to feel a little better. Then he saw something. "Is that a stained glass mural?" He thought. Said stained glass mural was in a circular form and seemed to show a design that resembled himself in a somewhat laidback position sleeping by the looks of it with three smaller pictures by his images' right side. One was of a violet hair woman he knew as Misato Katsuragi, the other one was a blonde haired woman he also knew as Ritsuko Akagi, and finally the last one he wished he didn't know as well as the last two the obviously male picture had Black hair like Shinjis' own hair & glasses, this man is known as his father; Gendo Ikari.

"I don't see why someone would make this in my honor, I'm not really anything that special …..am I?" As he thought this he noticed he was actually turning some as he got closer to it he then figured out that it wasn't a mural. "It's a large platform!" That's when his feet touched down on said platform. Upon doing he placed his hand on it to make sure is was solid enough for him to not have to worry. "Well it feels solid like an actual floor, that's a good sign."

"So much to do….."

"Gah, who's there!" Surprise filled the boy as he heard the voiceless words. Now he was on high alert looking in any possible direction for the speaker or possible assailant or something relatively threatening. Being in nothing but a simple white tee-shirt and dark blue pants made him feel vulnerable when he had nothing on hand to defend himself with.

" And so little time….."

"Who are you, where am I, where are you, what do you want with me?"

"The door is still shut, do you think you are ready?"

"Door? What door, what are you talking about?" Suddenly to shinjis' surprise, a light shined down onto the middle of the platform. He didn't know what to think of it at first, so he though he might as well investigate.

"Don't be afraid….take your time, are you ready?" The voice spoke again.

"Uh….I guess so." At that moment three lights descended a few feet away from Shinji, under each light a pedestal rose up. On top of them a weapon laid, just waiting to be held. Shinji took a good look at each weapon: A sword, a shield, and what he assumed was a wand or staff of some kind.

"The power sleeps within you, it gives you form, choose well, for the one you pick will decide your destiny."

"Uh, ok then." The first one Shinji looked at was the sword, when he held it up the strange voice spoke again.

"The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction. Is this the power you seek?"

Shinji started thinking about it. "It would be nice to have that kind of power I guess, but maybe I should take a look at the other ones…..just in case." So he put the sword down back on the pedestal, taking care not to drop it. When he laid his eyes on the next one, he couldn't help but stare at it. Walking over to examine this one he felt…compelled to pick it, almost like it was calling out to him. When he picked it up the disembodied voice spoke up.

"The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all. Is this the power you seek?

As he gave the shield a 'once over', he felt this one was the right one for him as strange as it might have sounded. He gave his answer. "Yes." In an instant the shield turned into a small ball of light and vanished.

"Your path is set, but now you must choose something to give up in exchange."

"Something to give up? Do you mean one of the other weapons?"

"Yes."

"Hey, you answered me for once! Can you tell me where this place is?" Shinji got no response. He sighed "I knew it was too good to be true." He began to think about which one to give up, the staff or the sword. After much thought he made his decision, and walked up to the staff. Once again the voice spoke.

"The power of the mystics. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and Ruin. You give up this power?

"….yes." Once again the weapon disappeared in a ball of light, yet he still had no idea what this was all about.

"You've chosen the power of the guardian, and you've given up the power of the mystics. Is this the form you choose?"

"Uh well I….. I guess so." At those words the pedestals began sinking into the floor, while the floor itself began shaking violently until it shattered like glass underneath him. The force of gravity got a hold of him & pulled him down further & further into the dark abyss hoping that he'll wake up before he falls into something that might cause him harm. Instead, to his relief it was just another platform with a different picture on it. The picture was of two women asleep both with their back to one another; one was smiling softly while the other one was frowning. The strange thing was about the two supposed twins (besides the fact they were both naked) was their long pink hair with what Shinji first thought where some kind of cat ears, only until he got closer did he notice they were in fact horns sticking out of their heads. Shinji's natural reaction to seeing such a sight took over. "AHH, WHY WOULD SOMEONE PUT SUCH A THING ON A PLATFROM!" He said quickly trying to cover the sight from his eyes with only a little crack in-between his finger, 'just so he can see the ground coming' he thought to himself. When Shinji landed on his feet a flash of light was in his hand where the shield from earlier materialized.

"You've gained the power to fight."

"Fight? But….how do you fight using a shield?" Shinji questioned the voice, but got no response once again. So he tried to swing it around to see if it he could figure out how to pull it off. After short while of trial & error Shinji finally got the hang of it. "All right, I think I got it." He said filled with pride over this accomplishment.

"Well done, remember to use this power to protect yourself and others."

"Ok, but there's no one here to protect right now. Unless there's a city ready to spring up here soon."

"…There will be times you have to fight."

Suddenly two big black spots appeared on the ground with two creatures rising up from said spots.

"Keep your light burning strong!"

The creatures took on a completely pitch black colored small child-like form with antennae on the top of their heads along with yellow eyes staring at there future 'victim'. "Wha-what are those things?" Shinjis' outburst was left unanswered, instead one of the creatures leapt straight at shinji with its claws ready to tear away at the surprised boy. Thankfully Shinji remembered his shield, and pulled it up to defend himself from the upcoming onslaught. *schreek* *schreek* schreek* again and again the black thing slashed away at shinjis' shield while the second one just watched on, it continued its assault until shinji finally went on the offence and slammed his shield against the thing intending to get some breathing room, but instead ended up being pulled by too much momentum he didn't realized he put into that one thrust & landed on the creature shield first. To shinjis' surprise the thing dissolved into a small amount of black smoke."Huh, what just …." Suddenly the voice spoke with urgency.

"Look out behind you!"

Shinji quickly turned around only to find the other one he forgot already leaping at him. The brown haired boy held his shield up in time to save his skin, but after the impact it seemed to have gone silent. When he looked from behind his cover he discovered the little black monster had slammed face first into the shield, and ended up quite dazed. Shinji decided to take advantage of this. He quickly grabbed both ends of his shield, raised it above his head, and bashed the thing into black smoke. Even though he was huffing & wheezing he still managed to say "Thank you for the warning."

"Remember: don't let your guard down."

More spots of darkness began to appear on the floor, but instead of producing more of those dark creatures they just keep getting bigger and bigger taking up the entire floor. One had formed underneath Shinji; he was caught by surprise when it started sucking him in. He closed his eyes at the last second before he was in over his head, but was surprised to feel he was falling again. Then from the darkness he saw another platform he was apparently falling at again, to his relief (or disappointment depending on how you look at it.) the person on it this time had cloths on. This one was also a girl like the last platform, however that's were the similarities ended; Instead of pink hair with horns she had black hair with no horns, her eyes were closed like the other ones, she was wearing a sailor-style school uniform the shirt was white while the skirt was green, her hands were close to her chest holding what looked like a shining pink gem. "Well, at least this one is clothed." Upon touching down once again on solid ground he was attacked by more of those shadowy beings, this time there were six ready to strike at any moment. "Oh no, not more!" He got his shield ready, but he found out quickly how much trouble he was in; with this many enemies attacking from different directions plus at random moments made protecting himself even more difficult then before. "Damn, I'm use to taking on one 'thing' at a time not this many-AAAAHH." Two of the 'enemies' were able to slash at his back and left arm hitting the mark and tearing up his shirt. He fell down on one knee using his shield to support his body. He then tried to get back up, when he got back on his feet he started swinging the shield away, Shinji was able to get one or two before they got him from behind again. "I can't keep this up. I….I think this is it."

"The day you will open the door is both near and far."

Shinji was still feeling the pain, but he was still able to follow what the voice was saying.

"So don't fall into despair so soon, keep fighting & don't give in.

Somehow Shinji got some comfort in those words; He got back up again but this time with a more determination evident on his face. Shinji swung & bashed away at every one of those 'things' as best he could; some were sent flying while others were bashed against one another courtesy of the' Shinji express'. When it was over Shinji was the only one still there, but by the end of it he was left with many scratches and gashes. *thud* Shinji was just in too much pain to stand anymore, completely exhausted with no more strength to move, he just laid there thinking. "This feels too real to be a simple dream, am I gonna die here." That's when he saw something the black creatures had dropped earlier; it was a small vile with a green liquid inside, the letters on the bottle read 'POTION, FOR RECOVERING HEALTH. GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN INJURED.' Shinji was skeptical about such a claim, for all he knew it was actually a vile of poison that could make his condition worse, but then again maybe it could be some kind of painkiller, able to numb the pain until he can get out of this bizarre place. After much thought he drank it down hoping for the best, what he didn't expect was his wounds to close up completely along with his strength returning. When he got up he didn't expect to feel so much better, the only indication of his fight was just one or two scratches left and his torn up shirt. "I…I don't believe it. It worked." He took a quick look at his shirt and sighed. "Wish it would of fixed my shirt as well." After turning his attention away from said shirt, Shinji noticed there were a few more potions laying on the floor, so he picked them up and stored them away for safe keeping. "I might need more later on; I guess it's one of those 'better to be safe then sorry' moments."

When he picked up the last one a light flashed down in front of him, it seemed to want to get his attention as it started to move to the other side of the platform. Strangely enough(again) smaller platforms taking on a square shape began to appear all in a row, from the way it was going it seem to be a path for Shinji to walk onto. "I guess I'm supposed to follow it." And so he did, the path lead all the way to yet another platform, the picture on this one was of a woman with violet colored hair Shinji mistook it for Misato, but there was quite the different with this one. This women was wearing something that seem to Shinji like a one-piece swimsuit, with black jeans, fingerless gloves, and black shoes, just by looking at her it seem she practically radiated leadership from the picture alone. After examining the sight, a light shined down on the other side of the platform away from Shinji. Thinking he should follow it he walked towards the light taking one last look behind himself to see the path he came from was gone, as he got closer his shadow grew longer and longer.

"The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes."

This got Shinji to look at his shadow which was now almost as tall as the platform itself. Then the unthinkable happened the shadow began to rise out of the floor expanding long-ways with tendrils forming where the hair is suppose to be. Muscles formed at every part of the colossus being, a large hole in the shape of a heart formed in its stomach that you could see thru as well, and lastly this thing had yellow eyes just like the creatures from earlier.

"But don't be afraid."

Shinji backed away from the monstrosity with fear clearly shown on his face, he kept thinking this couldn't be happening there's no way he could survive against that monster he might as well be fighting one of the 'angels' without his Eva.

"And don't forget….."

"There's no way, but what am I suppose to do there's no where to run to." The decision was quickly taken out of his hands when the colossal shadow raised & slammed its fist down towards Shinji, he only had a moment to act, but he managed to jump out of the way. "I guess I don't have a choice. Again." He jumped at the still planted fist swinging his shield at it trying to do some damage, but it seem to not take notice of him or his attempts. The Giant former shadows' fist didn't move for some time this puzzled Shinji, until he looked down and saw a big black spot underneath the fist, to Shinji relief it didn't suck him down this time, instead several things were coming out of it.

"Not these guys again!" To Shinjis' dismay it was more shadow creatures, even with this he knew he could at least take these things on. For the moment the giant seemed to just watch the fight happening before it. Without Shinji noticing it with each one of these things turning into dark dust clouds he was getting stronger and stronger, the only thing he did notice was that these things were getting easier to defeat. When the last one was gone he turned his attention back to the giant, just in time to see it doing something with the heart shaped hole in its gut. "What is it doing?" Shinji thought to himself as the thing seemed to gather up darkness energy on top of that hole almost as if…

"OH NO!" Shinji quickly held his shield up for the upcoming attack. When the colossus gathered enough energy for its attack it thrust its' gut forward, an orb of dark power flew into the air and headed straight for Shinjis' cover, only to be foiled when it hit just the shield where it ricochet off and into the floor. This caught Shinjis' attention. "Maybe I can use its' own attack against it." He quickly got his shield up at the ready; the giant seemed about ready to launch another one he just need to be ready when it did, that's when his patience paid off the giant thrusted his gut again launching another orb homing in on Shinji once again. This time his shield was ready to strike, when the orb got within striking distance he thrusted the shield forward and hit the thing back into the air where its' flight path was changed to going straight into the giants face. Even when it was hit with its' own attack it still didn't register on it as damaging the mighty beast, yet still it launched another orb at its opponent. "Jeez even the 'Angels' show some pain." He thought to himself as he sent another orb at the giants' face, still no sign of pain at any point of contact. Now Shinji was sure he was ready for the next attack. "All right, I just need to send the next one at it again." When the energy was released this time; it sent three orbs at him at once. Shinji could only think one thing at that moment "CRAP!" He still got ready to try to send the orbs back at it, with one quick wide swing he was able to send two out of three orbs back, but the third one knocked him down on his rear. The other two orbs made contact with its face, this time it showed the amount of pain it was in by falling down on its front only stopping when its clawed hands were extended to prevent it from crashing down face first. When Shinji noticed this he figured this might be his only chance to win, he quickly pulled out one of his potions from earlier and down it, then got up ready and able. Gripping his shield tightly with both hands he charged full speed at the giants face, with a one last scream of determination he swung his weapon with all his might smashing it across the giants face, in that split-second he made contact with his shield he could of sworn he saw a flash of light resembling lightning. The giant began to stand up straight on its knees wallowing in pain, Shinji jumped back a bit when his shield disappeared in an orb of light, that's when he was grabbed from below by dark tendril from a darkness that was beginning to form on the platform.

"But don't be afraid."

The giant began to waver some; this would have worried Shinji if he wasn't panicking about the tendrils grabbing him, by the time he realized the tendril were just holding him in place it was too late.

"You hold one of the mightiest weapons of all."

With no more strength to hold itself up, the giant began to fall down to Shinjis' dismay it was on top of him. He looked up just in time to see it falling on him, but at the same time it was turning into dark smoke just the same as the others just not fast enough for Shinji to not feel it. Although he didn't feel the impact he felt something just as bad, the moment it turned to black smoke the smoke seemed to grab at him and began to pull him down into the blackened floor choking him all the way down.

"So don't forget:"

Shinji continued to struggle trying with all his might to get free with no success, he panicked more trying to scream for help only to end up unheard as the tendrils grip around his throat tightened more. Before he blacked out completely he heard the voice say:

"You are one of three who will open the door."

Shinji woke up screaming his lungs out, before he realized he was safe again. His screaming didn't go unnoticed when his guardian Misato rushed to the door slamming it open. "Shinji, what wrong, are you alright?"He looked up at her with a look of bewilderment at first; he then took a calming breath and answered her. "I….I think so, but what was all that?"

Misato sighed with relief and then said "That's good, well I wouldn't worry about it, nightmares do go away over time after all."

"But it felt too real to be just a simple dream or nightmare Misato, I mean I got injured badly and felt it and ended up swallowed up by this big black giant thing!"

"Shinji it's alright," She stepped closer to the boy and put a comforting smile and hand on his shoulder. "Your safe now, everything's alright."

Scratching the back of his head some he began to get up to get ready "Yeah I guess your right." "That's the spirit." Misato responded. It was then Shinji noticed something weird. "Uh Misato, why are you up at this time without the usual wakeup routine?"

"Huh….Oh well actually it's pretty late in the morning, you where sleeping so peacefully I just didn't have the heart to wake you up yet. I was just coming over here to wake you when you scream."

"Oh thank you, but what time is it-WHAT?" When he looked at the time he knew he was going to be in trouble considering he was five minutes away from being late.

"OHNOHONOHONOHONO, I GOTTA GET DRESSED NOW!" within record time he was out the door, but not without saying bye to Misato. "Take care Shin-chan." She called out, when she heard a loud groan from outside she couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

Elsewhere far away from Tokyo-3 on board a grand space ship somewhere in a place that seem so much like space itself a man stood up from his seat with one thing in mind he felt something, something he hadn't felt in a long time of waiting "Well, looks like it finally time. Computer," at that moment many of the controls where whirring to life when a voice spoke up."

"Ah come on, you know I don't like it when you call me that." The voice sounded like a young girls' voice.

"My apologies Nini, but it's finally time."

"Really? So it finally happened, those two special ones are awakened."

"Well sorta, but I feel something odd there, almost like there's another one as well."

"But you told me it was just supposed to be two special people from…from…you know you never really told me where they were supposed to be living in."

"Right, well it's time to go check it out. Nini, set a course for Tokyo-3."

"Right away sir."

End of chapter 1.