Here is a story that true fans of the old TV show Thundercats will appreciate. This actually came to me while discussing of plans for a story with 1v2, so I'd like to thank him for giving me the inspiration for this story. I really didn't want to have more than three stories being written at a time, but this one just couldn't wait. It screamed at me to write it, so here it is. I'm going to continue updates on the other stories as well, but probably put them on a rotation to not push myself so hard on them. Also I'm sorry if this first chapter seems a bit fast, but I've never been one to like the slow opening to the series. I'll slow it down after this chapter, but still keep a good pace so that it wont be some 50 chapter monster of a story. Well, I hope you all like it and please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or Thundercats.

Sword Of Omens

Chapter 1

New Master

2008

A young Shinji Ikari continued to walk up the mountain close to where his guardians home was. His guardian had chosen to build his house half way up a cliff face. This gave seclusion to both him and Shinji, much to Shinji's unhappiness. Shinji had not gotten along with his guardian and they would continuously clashed. It wasn't that he was a bad guardian, the man just had no idea how to care for a child when Shinji had been dropped off. To top it off, he could not form any emotional connection with the child, as ordered by the boys father. So Shinji had enough, and went to the far top of the cliff.

Shinji gave a sniffle as he looked over the side. "Nobody wants me. All I am is a bother to everyone."

Just as Shinji was about to take a step over the side, forever ending his life, a voice suddenly called out to him.

'Your wrong, there is always someone for everyone.'

Shinji jumped up in surprise and looked around in confusion. He saw no one on the cliff with him. "Hello, who's there?"

Suddenly, the ground opened up beneath him and he fell thru, giving a scream. The ground then covered back up, leaving no trace of the boy or the entrance to wherever he fell to.

"Oww… Where am I?" asked a groggy Shinji. He looked around and appeared to be in a cavern of sorts. He then looked around and saw a large iron door in front of him. Seeing as there was nothing but a wall of rock around him, he decided to approach the door. It had a simple design on it and looked rusty and very old. He went to push on it and much to his surprise, the door crumbled to dust and a hole his size was in the door. He stepped thru the hole and came to a grand foyer. It was dark and barely lit, but the boy could make out that there was a symbol of some sort on the floor. He then began to walk around until he tripped over something, landing on the ground.

"Ouch!" he said as he looked at what had tripped him up. There appeared to be some light blue garments, that also adorned the symbol from the floor. Looking at it closer, he could tell that the symbol was round and red, with the head of what looked like the head of a cat on it. Then a shine off an object caught his eye. It was very feint as there was very little light in the room, but it was enough to grab the boy's attention. He picked it up and gasped in awe.

It looked like a golden claw. It was really dirty, but it was no mistaken what it was. The claw tips looked very sharp, like they were still new. There was a hole on the end, which Shinji slipped his arm into. He found it fit much like a glove, and despite it being metal, he could move and manipulate it like his own hand. Then he noticed there was a smaller, yet thin hole at the opening also. He guessed it must have been for something else and looked around the clothes some more till he spotted something. He picked it up and realized he was holding a small sword. He took one of the pieces of cloth and wiped the hilt and noticed that the center of it looked like a cat's eye. He moved the sword over the hole and found it fit perfectly into the slot.

"Wow! Neato!" he exclaimed. He picked himself up and continued to explore the huge room, while still wearing the claw. But as he left, he did not noticed a blue glowing figure that was behind him. The figured gave a smile before fading away.

The boy was overly excited as he explored the place. He found what looked to be a garage, filled with many objects and an awkward looking vehicle. It looked like a cross between a cat and a tank. 'What is it with cats around here?' thought the boy. The boy had not touched anything and left, seeing as he couldn't understand any of the writing on the console of the tank. After more walking, he came to what looked like a command center of some sort. Again, not being able to understand the written language, he did not touch anything. He left and soon found himself at the very top. He saw an exit and noticed he was inside the mouth of a giant cat head. There was solid rock leveled with the opening of the mouth that extended into a tunnel. He peered down the tunnel and saw a light towards the end of it. Still having the claw and the sword, Shinji decided to leave for now and come back later. As soon as he stepped off the cat's mouth the whole cave began to shake. The boy fell forward just as a boulder fell where he was just seconds before. Seeing the cave collapse around him, he ran to the opening for safety. He reached outside to a lip on the cliff and turned back to the cave. He witnessed as the whole cavern caved in, separating him from the place he just discovered. He fell to his knees as his new discovery was lost to the mountain once again.

Then he started to get a warm feeling over him. He looked down and could swear he saw the cat's eye glowing. He pulled out the sword and the feeling grew more. Then he remembered what the voice had said to him. "There is always someone for everyone." Shinji said.

He replaced the sword and followed the trail he was on up to the peek where he had first entered the cavern. He noticed that the hole he fell thru was covered up. Had he not had the sword and claw with him, he would have thought it was a dream. Shinji looked out over the cliff and saw it was getting dark. Deciding to go back, he ran back down the path to his residence.

He managed to make it back to his guardians house just as it was getting dark. He walked inside, only to be confronted by his teacher/guardian. "And just where were you Shinji? It's already dark and you didn't do your chores. If you were to go missing I would get into huge trouble from your father."

The man then spotted the claw on the boys arm. "What is that?"

Shinji held his arm in front of him, "You wouldn't believe it sensei, I fell into this hole and found some ruins. I tripped over this and found it with a sword. But when I left it sealed itself back up."

The man eyed the claw and the top of the sword peculiarly. "Don't lie to me Shinji. Where did you get that? Nobody trips over a sword and gold glove like that."

Before Shinji could protest that he was telling the truth, the teacher grabbed the top of the sword and pulled it out. But just as he was about to inspect it further, the sword gave off a strange sound. Then with a sudden spark, the sword flew off and embedded itself in the wall. The two were frozen at what just happened. The old man went over and grabbed the handle to pull it out. But with all his might he could not even make it budge. As he stepped back, Shinji stepped up to the sword and pulled it out effortlessly. Both looked at the sword as Shinji leveled it flat between the two. A low growl could be heard from the sword as the eye suddenly closed and the symbol that Shinji saw earlier appeared on the sword. Then just as quickly as it appeared, it returned to the normal eye.

Shinji looked up at the old man with excitement. "See sensei, that was the same picture I found at that place. I think something wanted me to find this sword."

He then placed the sword back into the claw and felt the warmth coming from the sword. Somehow, it had just felt right to him to have it with him.

Present day

"- No lines are currently available. This is a recording."

Shinji hung up the phone and looked around seeing nothing. "This is dumb, I shouldn't have come here." Not liking how everything was deserted, he pulled out his claw shield and sword from his bag. He brought it to his leg as it attached itself to him without harming him. He then looked at the picture of a woman leaning over showing her "assets".

"I guess we won't be meeting here. Maybe I should find a shelter?"

He then looked up and saw a blue haired girl standing in the street. Suddenly, his sword gave a warning sound and he turned to it. He looked back to only find that the girl was gone. He didn't get the chance to wonder about her as he heard a large explosion off into the distance. He turned and saw many VTOLs backing away from a huge monster. He froze as he continued to gaze at the creature. Suddenly two missiles flew over head and then hit the monster. The monster recovered and then struck one of the flying vehicles and sent it crashing next to Shinji. Then it jumped and landed on it, making it explode. Just before the debris could injure Shinji, a blue car swerved in front of him shielding him. The door opened showing the woman from the picture, Misato Katsuragi.

"Sorry, get in. Am I real late?"

Shinji jumped in and they took off. A second later, the monster's foot landed right where they had just been a few seconds ago. After awhile, they had managed to get some distance from the monster as Misato brought the car to a stop. She leaned over the Shinji and looked at it thru some binoculars. She then watched as the U.N. troops back away from the creature. "Now wait a second… No! they're going to use an N2 mine! Get down!"

She threw herself on top of the boy as the flash appeared over the horizon. Just as the shockwave was about to hit the car though, the sword gave a low growl and glowed. A shield protected the car as the shockwave hit. Misato looked up and looked around as they had been untouched. She looked at the boy perplexed. "What just happened? We should have been thrown like rag dolls."

Shinji looked down and saw the glow fade from the sword, "Must be the sword."

Misato looked at Shinji like he had lost his mind. "The sword? A sword couldn't have that. And besides, what are you doing with that?"

Shinji gave a sweet smile at her. "It's rather a long story miss Katsuragi."

She returned the smile to the boy, "Ah, Misato is fine. Miss makes me feel old."

The two then continued their trip to Nerv. Misato then turned to Shinji as the drive had restarted. "So what makes you say that your little tiny toy sword saved us back there?"

Soon a growl could be heard from inside the car. "Sheesh, sorry Shinji, didn't mean to piss ya off."

Shinji gave a small laugh, "Actually Misato, that wasn't me. It was the sword."

He then pulled out the sword and had it leveled flat. another growl was heard, this one from the sword as the eye on the hilt glowed. "See Misato, this sword is magical. It's protected me before and only I can wield it for some reason."

Misato eyed the sword cautiously. Then she turned her attention back to the road and noticed they were about to crash. Giving a yelp, she violently brought the car back onto the right side of the street. Gaining back control, she again turned back to the sword. Little did she know, that sword was forever going to change everyone's lives.

"Will the chairperson of E project, technical division one, Dr. Ritsuko Akagi, please contact captain Misato Katsuragi of operations division immediately."

"I don't believe it, is she lost again?"

Misato and Shinji were currently waiting on the elevator to arrive as they navigated Nerv. They had been currently walking around for almost an hour trying to find there way. Finally, it seemed like Misato knew where she was going. When the elevator opened however, a blonde woman stepped out and glared at the captain. Misato started to stutter and tried her best to smile. "Eh… h-hi there Ritsuko."

The woman continued to glare at the woman. "Why are you wasting my time, captain? Don't you know we're short on time and manpower?"

Misato grimaced, "Sorry."

Ritsuko sighed and turned her attention to the young boy to her right. "So, is this the boy?"

"Right," said Misato, "according to the report, he's the third child."

Ritsuko gave a smile to Shinji, "Please to meet you." she then noticed the sword at his side. 'He's fourteen and still playing with kid toys? Great, this is not going to turn out good. I feel a migraine coming on.'

All three then entered the elevator and headed for their destination. After a few lifts and a short boat ride, they finally reached it. All three entered a dark room, the only light source was cut off as the door behind them closed. Soon the lights came on and Shinji gasped. In front of him was the face of unit one. Shinji immediately opened the book that Misato had given him and tried to find something about the machine in front of him.

"You won't find this in there." said Ritsuko, "This is man's ultimate fighting machine. The synthetic life form known as Evangelion Unit One. Built here in secret. It is mankind's last hope."

Shinji gave a frown as he looked at it more intensely. "Is this my father's work?"

"Correct!"

Shinji looked up and saw his father looking down on him. Gendo looked down at his son like he was just looking at an object for his use. "It's been awhile."

Shinji looked away and stared at the hilt of his sword. He could start to feel the warmth radiate off the sword to calm him. Gendo gave a sneer as he saw his son look away. "We're moving out."

Misato gave the commander a shocked look. "Moving out? But unit zero is still in cryostasis." she then gave a gasp as it dawned on her. "Wait a minute, your going to use unit one?!"

Ritsuko gave her friend a small nod, "There's no other way."

Misato looked at Ritsuko with fright in her voice. "Now wait, Rei can't do it yet, can she? We don't have a pilot."

Ritsuko continued to look at her, "We just received one."

Now it was Misato's turn to glare. "Your serious."

Ritsuko glanced down to the boy as he continued to look at the sword attached to him. "Shinji Ikari," Shinji was shaken out of his stare as he looked up to the doctor. "You will pilot it."

Shinji turned back to the Eva. 'I can't do this. No way! I just got here!' But as he thought these thoughts, the warmth grew from the sword and enveloped him. Soon those thoughts began to recede and he could begin to feel courage enveloping him. 'There's someone for everyone.' he thought. He continued to stand there and think as the other's in the room began to bicker amongst themselves. Finally, Shinji couldn't take the bickering anymore. "Enough!"

Everyone looked at the child. He then turned to Misato, "Misato, what will happen if I don't pilot?"

Misato gave a pained look. She contemplated on telling a lie how they would get someone more qualified then him, or the nasty truth. She chose the latter. "More than likely, the angel will kill everyone and start third impact. Everyone on the planet will probably die."

Shinji put his hand over the gold claw at his side as he felt it's warmth. He then removed it and handed it to Misato. "Misato, please take care of this. It's very important to me, so whatever you do, keep it safe."

Misato gave a nod, "I promise." she whispered.

Gendo eyed the object. He would make it a point to the child that he was in complete control by destroying his toy in front of him personally. He turned around and started to head back to the bridge. Before Shinji knew it, he was in what they called an entry plug being inserted into the back of the Eva. As he felt the plug come to a rest in the Eva, a strange liquid began to fill the plug. He then started to panic as the liquid was rapidly filling the confined space.

"What? What is this stuff?" he asked as it covered his head. Just as it did, he held a big breath of air in.

Ritsuko then stepped up to the console on the bridge. "Don't worry, once your lungs are filled with LCL, your blood will be oxygenated directly."

No longer able to hold his breath, he let it go and inhaled the liquid. "I-I'm going to be sick…"

"Stop complaining! You're a boy ya know!" yelled Misato. She was currently holding the claw and sword in her hands close to her chest. She couldn't explain why, but it felt right having it near her. She could probably guess that it was whatever this sword was doing that influenced Shinji to accept to pilot.

Then the entry plug was filled with a rainbow of colors. Shinji gasped in awe at the flash of colors before him. Meanwhile on the bridge, they were finishing bringing the Eva online. The bridge tech Maya Ibuki was reading off the status of the unit. "Synchronization ratio at 41.3 percent."

"Amazing." gasped Ritsuko. Maya continued to look over the connections, "Harmonics seem to be normal. I see no disturbances."

Ritsuko smiled at the news, she then turned to Misato to give her the confirmation. "Let's do it!"

Misato returned the smile as she gave a nod. "Begin launch sequence!"

The Eva's restraints were then removed and it was brought over to one of the lifts. Once all the technical procedures were done, the Eva was ready for launch. Misato turned back to the commander, "Can we really do this?"

Gendo just gave a slight nod. He was to busy to thinking of Shinji's bravery. He shouldn't have been able to shout like he had on the catwalk, let alone have the courage to say yes to piloting. He assumed it had to do with the child's toy. Then, a noise could be heard on the bridge. It was nothing like an alarm, but it still brought attention to it. Misato looked around and saw that everyone was looking at her. She then looked down as the sword's eye seemed to be pulsing as the sound came from it. Misato shook her head and gave everyone a look that screamed to get back to what they were doing.

Misato turned back and gave the order. "Eva launch!"

The purple behemoth was launched up the tube with incredible force. The g-forces felt by Shinji made him feel like he was on a bad rollercoaster ride. Finally, the Eva came to a halt and jerked up at the sudden stop. Soon unit one came face to face with the angel. Shinji's fear began to come back to him. Then the final locks were released and the Eva slumped forward. Shinji then heard Ritsuko's voice, "Shinji, concentrate on walking for now."

Shinji could feel himself shake as he willed unit one to take it's first step. The first step went off without any problems, the second one though made him land flat on his face. As Shinji looked up, he could not hear the people talking to him, he could only see the angel tower over him and reach down to grab him. On the bridge the sword's cry became louder as the angel had grabbed the Eva's arm and broke it. Shinji cried out in pain as it had felt as if it was his own arm that was being broken.

The angel picked up the unit and started to slam it's pike into it's head. Smash after smash, the Eva's armor began to crack. Shinji began screaming as it felt like someone was drilling into his right eye. Then to everyone's horror, the pike smashed thru the Eva's head and sent it crashing into a tall building. It's broken arm fell on another building and smashed it in. Blood began to spray from it's head as the bridge crew started to go hectic.

"The pilot is on the verge of passing out!"

"We're losing connections!"

As Shinji began to lose consciousness however. He saw a fuzzy image of a man glowing blue in front of him. Shinji couldn't get a good look at him, as he was on the verge of passing out. Then he heard it. It had the same voice as the one that spoke to him that day when he found the sword.

'Call to it Shinji. Call the Sword of Omens to you. Command it Shinji. Command it.'

"Wait…" Shinji whispered. But it was too late, the figure disappeared. Everyone on the bridge turned to the sound of his voice. He held up his hand and gave a whisper. "Sword… of… Omens… come… to… my… hand…"

The sword gave a feint glow at hearing the command. Not noticing the sword, Ritsuko started to yell orders. "Cut the circuits, he's delusional! I want him out of there now!"

Shinji then said it louder, "Sword of Omens… come to… my hand. I… Shinji Ikari, command it."

Just as Ritsuko was about to give more orders to evacuate the pilot, a low growl was heard thru out the bridge. It wasn't very loud, but still very noticeable. Misato looked down and saw that the sword's eye was glowing. She pulled it out of it's sheath and looked at it in awe. Everyone had turned their attention to the sword. Not even Gendo could tear away from it's growl. Then one of the techs noticed something about Shinji, "The pilot's synch ratio has hit 48!"

Shinji then gave the command again, but with a fierce yell. "Sword of Omens! Come to my hand! I, Shinji Ikari, command it!"

The sword emitted a large growl and broke free of Misato's grip. But instead of falling, it floated up and started to spin in the air. It then started to roar and it grew in size as it spinned. It now looked like a rather large sword and the eye changed to a red circle with a shadow of a cat in front of it. It straightened up and floated still for a moment. Everyone gawked at the sword, not knowing what to do. The sword then gave one last roar before it smashed into the ceiling and ripped a hole in it. It continued up and dug thru the geo-front's ceiling before stopping in front of the injured Eva. The angel eyed the object, not knowing what to think of it.

Back on the bridge, a very confused crew started to work on their consoles to try to understand what was going on. Ritsuko shook her head as the sword floated in front of unit one. "I don't know what the hell happened, but whatever it is, that sword isn't going to be any help. It's smaller than the Eva's finger. How is it going to help?"

As if answering her question, the sword once again began to grow. It grew to a height respectable enough for the Eva to wield. Misato poked her friend in the side, who currently was gapping at seeing the sword defy logic. "Hey Ritsuko, you think you can wish us to be billionaires next?"

Unit one grabbed the sword and was suddenly enveloped with a blue energy thru out it's body. It's jaw restraints broke and a roar could be heard as the unit's arm and head were instantly repaired. The roar though was not just the Evangelion's, it was a mixture of it's and Shinji's roar. Everyone looked on as the boy's body became more muscular and toned. His eyes were glowing yellow as the symbol they saw on the sword from earlier glowed red on the center of his chest.

Ritsuko grabbed the shoulder of one of the bridge techs, "Is it berserking?"

The tech shook their head, "Negative, the pilot appears to be in full control."

The Evangelion rose to it's feet and gave another roar. The angel was now concerned. Seeing how his opponent not only came back like nothing happened, but was even stronger now. The angel decided to test his foe. It prepared to fire one of it's blasts at the purple machine. Seeing what was coming, unit one pointed the sword straight at the angel and fired it's own energy at it. Everyone saw the energy leave the sword. It paused in the air for a brief moment, looking like a cats head before the energy continued to it's target. But right before the energy bolt could hit the angel, the angel fired it's blast. Instantly a fire ball engulfed the angel and sent it flying back a mile. It then skidded to a stop and remained laying on the ground, motionless.

The Eva released another roar and started to walk towards the angel. The angel began to stir as it awoke from the pain of having it's own blast blow up in it's face. As it finally stood up, it leered at it's enemy with hate. It learned not to use that attack again, unless it needed to knock itself out. As the Eva approached, the angel decided to use it's strongest weapon. It extended it's A.T. field out and prepared for it.

Maya picked up the A.T. field on her instruments immediately. "Ma'am! The target has extended it's A.T. field! Contact with unit one in twenty seconds! Unit one has not deployed it's field!"

Just as unit one was about to touch the field, the eye in the hilt of the sword glowed a bright red. Then the Eva walked thru the field like it was not even there. Everyone on the bridge was shocked at this. "That's impossible! That sword negated the angel's field!" exclaimed Dr. Akagi.

The angel was just as surprised at seeing the enemy walk thru his field like it was nothing. Enraged at how easily it was being defeated, it charged at unit one. Unit one itself began a charge and brought the sword back to strike. The angel then extended it's right pike out as the Eva brought down it's weapon. Sparks and shards flew everywhere as the angel screamed in agony at it's pike being shattered. Unit one then brought the sword around and sliced off the angel's left arm off. Again it screeched in pain as it took a step back. Unit one then raised the sword between the two and leveled the eye with the red orb of the angel. A surge of energy swirled in the gem right before it launched and cracked the angel's core.

The angel fell on it's back, barely alive. Unit one then reared the sword back and stabbed the core. The sword went in without any seen effort. After one final shriek, the angel slumped back, dead to the world.

As the Eva began to walk back, it began to sway back and forth slightly. Aoba was the first to recover from the shock of the easy defeat of the angel. "Unit one's pilot is starting to slip, synch ratio now at 39. It's now 38 and slipping!"

Unit one fell down to it's knees, all Shinji wanted to do right now was sleep. Unit one lost it's grip on the sword and it hit the floor causing a good size crater. After a few seconds of just lying there, it began to shrink to it's normal form. Soon after, the Evangelion crashed into the ground as Shinji passed out from exertion.

And that ends the first chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it and I know it felt a little rushed at parts but I really hate the slowness of the first episode. It just always seemed to drag on, but I promise that the rest of the story will be slowed down a bit. Also, there will be no mutants in this crossover or any other villains with the exception of one. And fans of the show will know exactly who that villain is already. Please review to let me know what you think and I'll try to update ASAP!