A/N: I may not be following the original timeline since I've forgot a lot of what happens in EVA, but hey, it's a crossover. I may or may not continue as well…

"BAKA!" Asuka's shrill cry echoed through Misato's apartment. "WHERE IS MY BREAKFAST?"

Shinji groaned inwardly. "It's nearly ready!" He sighed, pushing his glasses back up on the bridge of his nose. Ever since encountering and escaping the 12th Angel, Shinji was forced to wear glasses as a result of something the Evangelion had done to escape.

And this created a new world of pain for Shinji. Ever since wearing glasses, Asuka's insults had increased a hundredfold and instead of 'baka' and 'pervert', the German girl's repertoire of insults also included 'geek' and more frequently, 'four-eyes'.

He sighed. Judging from her voice being louder than usual, it's going to be one of those days…

But little did he know it would be one day that would change his life forever.

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As usual, Shinji packed his lunch and walked to school. However, instead of going with Toji and Kensuke as he usually would have, he decided to go alone.

During nights when he had been listening to his SDAT, the music would become incredibly loud, so loud if it was any louder he swore his ears would pop. When he would turn down the volume to a bearable level, he found that it suddenly became a barely audible sound as his hearing came back to normal.

Even worse, sometimes he'd wake up with a searing pain in his head. The young pilot couldn't explain why or what these strange things were, but Asuka definitely wasn't helping.

As he walked across a street, he turned to face the enigma that was Rei Ayanami.

Shinji smiled in a genuine way, so rare these days after escaping from the Sea of Dirac. "Hey, Ayanami."

Rei turned to acknowledge him. "Ikari." Her mouth curved up slightly, not noticeable to normal eyes but to Shinji's it was obvious she was pleased to see him.

And why not? Since Shinji had gotten glasses, the two had become closer. It was clear that Rei had seen the uncanny resemblance between him and his father; although it was lucky that Shinji hadn't looked at himself properly in a mirror otherwise he would have requested contacts.

They parted ways as they walked to school in different directions. Shinji felt that he should have asked her to walk to school with him – he could use her company.

As he walked down a lonely alley, a sharp pain rose in his ears as a horrid screeching rang.

"AGH!" Shinji dropped to the ground, clutching his ears in agony.

It suddenly cleared up, as Shinji stood up again stunned.

He then started to hear voices…

"Are you sure it's him?"

"Yes, he's the Third Child…"

Before he could react, a dark hand shot out from the shadows with a cloth covering his mouth. The teenager's eyes went wide as he tasted the chloroform…

Then it all went black.

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"Ugh…" Shinji opened his eyes groggily, feeling a splitting headache. "Where…where am I?"

He was tie to a chair, bathed in a light. Around him was darkness.

Suddenly, it all became bright as he saw that he was surrounded by several men in black clothes.

And they appeared to be surprised. "What? You should've been out for far longer than this."

Another shrugged. "Don't worry about it. Let's start the interrogation."

Shinji suddenly became freaked out. Interrogation?!

"So you're Shinji Ikari, the pilot of Unit 01," The lead man said.

He nodded uneasily. "Uh…yeah…"

"Your father runs NERV – but SEELE suspects that he has his own agenda. If you tell us anything about this, then we'll let you go free…"

"I don't know anything about it."

"If you don't tell us, then you will die!"

"I'm telling you, I don't know anything about it!" Shinji screamed.

The lead man paused. "Alright then, let's play it your way." He raised his hand to reveal a smooth shiny remote. "You see this remote. Well, I took the liberty of wiring it to two bombs, one below your guardian's apartment and the other below the school – don't worry, I have many contacts that would do this."

Shinji's eyes widened. Oh no…Rei…Asuka…Misato…everyone will die!

The man smirked. "You know what'll happen, don't you? So tell us anything…"

"I'm telling you, I don't know anything!" Shinji screamed again. "But please, please, don't kill them!"

"This kid's harder to break than we expected…" the man muttered under his breath. "Time for extreme measures." He raised his voice. "I'm going to count to five. If you don't tell me the information I want after that, then I'll blow them all to Hell!"

"NOO!" Shinji cried. "PLEASE DON'T!"

"One…"

"I'M TELLING YOU I KNOW NOTHING!"

"Two…"

"DON'T KILL THEM PLEASE!"

"Three…"

"I'M JUST AN EVA PILOT! MY DAD WOULDN'T SHARE ANYTHING WITH ME!"

"Four…"

"I'M BEGGING YOU!"

"FIVE!"

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

A searing pain ripped through Shinji's eyes as they suddenly glowed red.

As the lead man's brain sent the signal to his hand nerves to press the triggers, they suddenly stopped up to his wrist.

"AGGHHHH!" He screamed, clutching the burning stump that was once his hand. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!"

Shinji looked at it in horror.

"I'm done with this freak!" Another yelled. He slipped the gun hanging from his holster and raised it to Shinji's head. "Information or no information, he's dead!"

BANG!

A clattering sound was heard as the crushed bullet dropped to the ground.

The man stepped back in shock and horror. "What…what the hell are you?!"

But Shinji wasn't listening. That screeching sound was shooting in his ears, and searing pain was tearing through his body. He opened his mouth to scream –

And the pain ceased.

If Shinji had looked at himself then, he would have noticed that he had gotten much taller, and his scrawny body had gone to a not-so scrawny body.

His hair had also become slightly longer, not noticeable and a strand of curly hair flicked out onto his forehead.

"Man, let's just leave the kid here to starve," One kidnapper said. The others agreed, and soon they quickly filed out of the door.

Shinji froze in shock. What was he going to do now?

He tried to move his arms in a desperate attempt to get free –

And found that with hardly any effort at all, the ropes ripped off.

The teenager stood up, suddenly noticing that he had grown much taller.

Whoa! That's weird, I always thought I was much shorter…WHOA!

Shinji had finally noticed his now large arm muscles and broad chest. Not those of a beefy bodybuilder, but still big and well toned.

I gotta get out of here, but I can't let these show…

Shinji found his bag lying beside a table. It was lucky he always brought a jacket – if Asuka saw him like this, then she would never stop annoying him.

The Third Child decided to go to school first.

He quickly glanced at a watch lying on the table. Oh that's good, I still got two minutes till…TWO MINUTES?! I'll never make it on time!

The pilot sighed, walking outside to see what seemed to be the other side of the city.

Shinji started running, even though he knew it was a vain effort.

Or so he thought.

Everything around him blurred as he ran at a speed he never thought possible. Within seconds he had easily reached the school gate.

In one day I've suddenly gone from normal teenager to some Superman? He knew it wouldn't exactly be wise if he went to school now, not knowing the full extent of his new abilities, but he shrugged it off. "It has to be some side-effect of the 12th Angel," he said to himself. "It'll probably go away by the end of today!"

As his hand reached up to adjust his glasses, he noticed he didn't have them on. In surprise, he reached down to his glasses case, taking them out and putting them on.

Everything suddenly became blurry.

Shinji took them off, and everything became clear again.

He frowned. I don't want anyone to know that anything is wrong. I'll put up with them until the end of school then I'll get some with plain glass.

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However, this proved to be far tougher than he thought, and Shinji had to frequently take off his glasses and pretend to rub his eyes or clean them.

But thankfully no one noticed –

No one except Rei, of course.

Ikari is acting in a strange manner. Perhaps something is bothering him? And only she had noticed that he had gotten taller. Shinji acted and hunched in such a way that no one would have noticed that he had become taller.

However, as the bell rang and signaled for school to end, it was clear that Shinji did not want to be in anybody's company, and Rei concluded that he preferred to be alone for today, therefore she decided not to talk to him.

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Shinji quickly ran home when he was out of sight, using his newfound super-speed. He found it relaxing in a way when everything blurred around him and he was running several times faster than the speed of sound. Perhaps he could go even faster, but he didn't bother.

Is there something wrong with me? Is piloting the Eva making me like this? But then…why don't Rei and Asuka have any powers?

He walked into Misato's apartment to find his guardian not home. That's good…and Asuka still has to get home from school, so maybe I can experiment a bit…

The pilot grabbed a piece of scrap paper and placed it on the floor. He sat down and started to focus on it.

At first, nothing happened but then instead of intense pain like Shinji had expected, a warm energy began to build up behind his eyeballs. It didn't hurt at all; it was even a little nice.

He focused even more intensely.

His eyes glowed red as he felt the energy burst out of them, burning the piece of paper easily.

Cool! He stood up, and then remembered when he had burnt that man's hand and his happy thoughts faded.

I can't let that happen again, even if he was bad. I have to control myself so I don't kill anyone!

A few minutes later, while Shinji was still pondering about his heat vision and that it could be controlled to increase or decrease the power, the young pilot heard the loud footsteps of familiar shoes and knew that Asuka was just across the street.

He immediately stood up, quickly super-speeding into the kitchen and grabbing all the stuff from the fridge, dishes and everything he needed to start cooking afternoon tea.

Hey, you know, I might just get used to this!

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After enduring a few more screams from Asuka, waiting for Misato to pass out from drinking too much beer and finishing dinner, Shinji decided he head out and explore.