Shinji opened his eyes and rolled over as he woke up. The sun filtered into his room through the shades as he tried to focus his vision. He looked at the clock and it was still pretty early he didn't even have to do anything it was Saturday.

He threw off the covers and swung his legs over the side and stood up and stretched his muscles and let out a groan. He made a fist and released it a few times.

His stomach growled as he started to scratch it " I know I know" he said. Without getting dressed like he usually would, he walked out into the hallway dressed in only a t shirt and boxers. He looked at a spot at the end of the hall where there was a dent from where he literally knocked the crap out of Auska.

He was still wondering how he had gotten so strong. He had trained regularly because of EVA but the results were never like this .He would have to deal with that later. A more important matter was at hand, finding something to eat.

It seemed that he was the first one up. He walked out into the kitchen and started thinking of what he wanted to eat and decided to make an omlette.

"Hmmmmmm lets mix it up a bit shall we?" he said while cracking his knuckles. Instead of making the usual egg omelet, he had a craving for something with a little bit more flavor as well as substance.

He took out a pan from the cabinet and put the stove on medium heat then cracked 4 eggs and let them sizzle for a bit. Then he took out another pan and a package of bacon from the refrigerator, as well as some peppers. He cut up the peppers while he let the bacon sizzle.

After cutting the peppers, he threw them in with the bacon. 'I should make Misato one too' He then formed the eggs until he had two omelets. he then dropped the peppers and bacon in them and put shredded cheddar on them and let it melt.

He then flipped the pan and sent the two in the air and they rolled in midair and landed in the pan behind his back. "Still got it" he said while smirking. he put the food on two plates and took one and sat down to eat. "mmmmmmmm om nom nom nom" he then heard shuffling.

He looked up to see the limping form of Auska, holding her stomach. He looked at her for a minute and shrugged and went back to enjoying his meal, like she wasn't even there, well to Shinji she really wasn't. Auska then limped over and sat down crossed her arms and stuck her nose into the air, as if she wasn't affected by the recent ass-kicking she got. She then saw the plate of delicious steaming food.

She got up and reached for it, when a silver object whizzed over to where her hand was about to be.

"Ahhhhhh what the hell" She then looked at the object and noticed it was a spoon embedded in the wood of the countertop. The dullest utensil was embedded in the countertop.

She looked back over to the table where Shinji was still happily devouring his meal. He then swallowed the mouth full of food he had in his mouth and said "None for you."Shinji had felt like testing his new found strength, and what better way to do that than to piss off Auska.

Auska growled she was already in pain from last night and now she had to deal with him. "Well where's mine." She said trying to control herself. Before he could answer Misato walked in. She made a zombie bee line for the fridge stumbling a bit along the way.

She then grabbed and chugged a beer in 2 gulps. "YEEEEEEEHHHAAAAAAA! ". After her morning beer raid she finally became aware of her surroundings. "Morning Shinji" She said in an upbeat way.

"Morning Misato breakfast is on the counter". She then walked past a raging Auska and grabbed her meal. She sat down and dug in. "MMMMMMMMM shinji this is delicious" she said while digging into her food.

Shinji chuckled and said "Thank you Misato glad you're enjoying it". Getting irked about being ignored Auska made herself known. "Where…is…Mine"

"Ummmmm I don't see anything wrong with your hands besides wont you big ass just get bigger. So you can either sit here or complain or you can get off your lazy ass and make your own damn breakfast" The reactions of his roommates were different, Auska snarled while Misato gasped. Auska then picked up the vase that was on the table and launched it at him.

He saw it coming and just moved his head to the side. It crashed against the wall showering glass everywhere. He got up and casually stepped carefully over the glass, and put his dish in the sink. He then walked out of the room.

Misato`s jaw dropped at what Shinji had done, he had just completely brushed Auska off . The thought of Shinji defying Auska both excited her and scared her. Shinji walked out and went to his room.

Misato looked as Auska got up and dusted herself off." You know you're going to clean that up right?" Misato said with a smirk.

Auska turned and shot her a glare. Her stomach still in pain. Then a thought entered her mind.'Now what would Misato do if she knew what her precious Shinji really is'.

With that the corners of her mouth turned into a creepy smile. She then started walking towards the glass covered floor as if to clean it up, and then collapsed."Ouch!". Misato rushed to her side."What's wrong Auska" . "Oh it's nothing Ouch!" she tried to get up put fell again.

"OK what hurts Auska" Misato then started to feel Auska`s torso and when she got to her stomach she winced. Misato then lifted up her shirt and gasped.

On Auska`s abdomen was a dark purple bruise that was almost black in color, and it covered most of her stomach. "Oh my god who did this to you" Auska did her best to look like a wounded animal ; pitiful and helpless.

Auska made her bottom lip quiver as she answered. "S..Shinji I asked him nicely could he make me something to eat and he went crazy. I asked him to stop but he just kept going"

At first Misato`s mind was a complete blank unable to handle the thought of Shinji of all people doing this to her, but confusion gave way to anger."Okay Auska why don't you lie down" Auska got up and turned around and made her way to her room smiling all the while.
As soon as Auska was in her room she cut loose.

"SHINJI!" Misato roared like a bezerk EVA. Shinji poked his head out of his room dressed in blue jeans a white shirt and his black and white chucks, and his hair was spiked up.

"What's up"

" Did you hit Auska" whispered Misato. Shinji`s eyebrow quirked up at this but he remained quiet.

"I asked you a question, did you hit Auska" she said a little bit louder.

"…."

"Yeah I did"

The slap echoed through the apartment, but it only made shinji turn his head to the other side a look of shock on his face.

"You had no right to beat her up, all she did was asked if you could make her something to eat and you break her ribs in" she said with an attitude

Shinji chuckled a bit" You know , you should really get the whole story before you start jumping the gun. First off I didn't beat her up like I know she told you. She stormed into my room and demanded that I make her something to eat.

I said no , and of course Auska got pissed and started talking shit about me so I finally told her what I think she really is and that I'm not dealing with her anymore ,and as far as I'm concerned she may as well be a stranger off the street. Let's just say she didn't like that so much. She tried to attack me and I retaliated once then I went to sleep"

Misato thought about what Shinji had said. She knew that he never retaliated, well not until recently, and that is how Auska would have acted if put in that position. She then thought to how Auska Had acted at breakfast and it all clicked together: She had been set up.

But nonetheless she still thought he was wrong;"You still are wrong Shinji"

Shinji was getting agitated, he really cared for Misato and didn't want to tell her off but she wasn't giving him much of a choice. He thought of Misato as a surrogate mother even though she never even remotely acts the part. The thought of her just standing by all these months and did nothing while Auska tore away at him. That thought added fuel to the flame that was Shinji`s newly awakened rage. He controlled the feeling and willed himself to calm down a little before speaking.

"Oh I'm wrong, but Auska`s been beating me up since she got here and I retaliate once, The girl has made me a damn regular at the hospital and I'm wrong? Misato you've seen me bloodied and broken from her, you knew I just didn't trip, nobody is that frickin clumsy .If I'm wrong then what is Auska? Where is her punishment?"

"Also I`m not using children in a damn war, and then coming home getting completely hammered while they sit by not giving a shit as to what happens to them. But I`m the wrong one though right?

Misato stepped back from the shiver that Shinji`s voice produced down her spine. She was speechless and was thinking of a response when he continued.

"You know Misato part of me thinks of you as a mother, but right now I'm thinking how I do all I can for you and everyone else around here, and you stand by while I get torn down. And you know what, no one even bothered to say Happy birthday. Misato`s eyes widened at this.

"What kind of mother, no what type of guardian forgets their son, charge, slave`s birthday?"

"Misato every time I get into that machine I risk the chance of getting killed, but you just keep throwing me in the snake pit and hope I come out of it ok And I can't even get a proper thank you that just shows me how much you really care." He said starting to finally get all of his thoughts out.

For once in her life Misato was speechless. She had unshed tears in her eyes at his revelation.

"You know if you always jumped the gun when I told you something or you saw a bruise on me, I wouldn't have gone through all this crap." He then slammed the door shut

As soon as the doors closed Misato dropped to the floor and let her tears flow.

'I'm so sorry Shinji. I never meant for this to happen , but what can I do' After crying/thinking she decided to get up and sullenly got dressed for NERVE thinking she could go talk to her friend Ritsuko about the situation.

Back with Shinji

Shinji was walking on his way to a mall."I hope Misato understands what I was saying" He didn't regret what he had said rather he wished he put it into a more delicate way. he didn't want to hurt Misato just get his point across , and he thought why didn't he? He then remembered that he was sick of how things had been going for him. He would change it.

He then felt the same power course through his veins again. It was the same power from when he was synching with unit 01 and when he tore Auska a new one. He smirked and continued walking.

He reached the mall. It had 4 stories of stores and was indoors and had a huge skylight. Shinji began walking around to buy what he had wanted. He had made a list of things he had wanted, but didn't think he deserved it. But with his new persona he thought why not. He came to a laptop/desktop specialty store. He walked in and found an employee and walked up to her. She was a cute girl maybe two years older than him.

She had light brown skin with chestnut eyes and shoulder length brown hair that framed her beautiful face.

" Hi, excuse me could you help me with something" Shinji said

The girl looked up to him and smiled." Sure how can I help you"

"Well I need both a laptop and a desktop but the ones available don't meet up to my needs, so I was wondering if you guys custom build them?"

The girl blinked" ummmm yeah but its usually pretty expensive depending on what you want."

Shinji handed her two lists. She took the lists and her eyes bugged out, for the laptop he wanted he wanted 5gb of ram and an a media expansion slot as well as a web cam and wanted the key board to be touch screen. For the Desktop He wanted 5 terra bites of memory as well as ejectable drives built in. Along with a few other bells and whistles.

"Wow ummmm ok we can do this it will only take about a day or two though"

"Ok can you have it delivered to this address" Shinji handed her another slip of paper.

"Sure let me ring you up" She walked behind the counter and started typing things in.

"That will be 7 thousand yen" Shinji handed her his id/debit card and she gasped when she saw the name.

"You're Shinji Ikari!" Shinji smirked

"The one and only" He said

She gave him back his card" No charge." Shinji was flabbergasted but then smiled, 'at least some one appreciates me'

"Well at least let me do this" he then pulled out his wallet and withdrew 10,000 yen no one would call him ungrateful that`s for sure. He put the bill in the girls hand and said " It's the least I can do, think of it as a tip" He smiled

The girl blushed " I couldn't" She said as she tried to put the bill back into his hand.

"OK well at least let me do this" He replied as he returned the bill to his wallet.

He then wrote something on the back of the receipt" Let me take you out to eat sometime, call me with a time and ill choose a place" He smiled a foxy grin and turned around and walked out. The girl swooned and looked on as Shinji walked out of the store.

He then went to another store to get what was on his list, and brought an iPod touch but this one was the Disk memory version so it went up to 160 gb of music along with full metal jacket ear buds, all of which were waterproof.

Next was a music store he went in and found a worker there. He was a guy probably a senior Shinji had thought. He was a foot taller than him and had a lip piercing.

"Hey excuse me can you help me with something" Shinji said

" Of course , whatcha need?"

"Well I've had a change of tastes in music, but I don't know anything outside of classical music , but I do know that I have a craving for something a lot more heavier in rhythm as well as substance something , you get what I'm saying?"Shinji said trying to explain what he was looking for.

"Well if you want something heavier there's always rock, metal, hardcore metal, metal core , stuff like that it's kind of like classical, but it uses a lot more complex and faster rhythms and it's a little more lively in my opinion , . If you want I can give you several of popular bands as well as some of my favs. OH and if you're looking for something with more substance you should definitely try rap. Well start of broad and narrow off what you like"

"Sounds like a plan" He said

The senior started gathering several albums of artists ranging from metal, rock, alternative and rap. While he was gathering Shinji`s soon to be purchases , Shinji was listening to some of the music trying to decide what he liked and disliked telling the clerk as he gathered albums.

When the clerk had finished he had about 15 albums that he had narrowed down based on what Shinji had said. They included artists like All That Remains, Seether, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Avenged Sevenfold, Soulja Boy, Gorrilaz, and others.

"There, from here you can find more artists based on these, this should be more than enough to start you off, come back anytime if you have any more cravings." He said with a friendly smile.

"Thanks I really appreciate it. Oh what's your name by the way?"

"You can call me Gin" Shinji thanked gin again and paid for his cds and left the store.

He then made his last stop at a specialty clothing store that made clothes and altered them, and requested for a special piece of clothing to be made and dropped off at his house.

Then he started to walk home head held high smiling all the way.

With Misato

Misato felt like crap. It was her break at NERV and she decided to see Ritsuko about Shinji. "I can't believe that I forgot his birthday the one person who treats me well and I go and forget his birthday" Misato` s mind was still reeling from her conversation with Shinji. Was he right, did she really just sit by while he suffered? She pushed the thoughts from her mind as she reached Ritsuko`s office

She raised her hand and knocked. "Come in "Misato walked in the dimly lit room only illuminated by a lamp and Ritsuko`s computer. She walked to the chair in front of her desk and sat down and sighed.

"What's wrong, you look like hell" said Ritsuko.

"Well that`s why I'm here, you see this morning Auska told me that Shinji beat her and had a bruise to prove it, so I called him in and asked him if it was true and he said yes. Then I…I "

"You what" Ever since the last debriefing Ritsuko had factored Shinji as an unknown, so any piece of info would be helpful.

" I slapped him….hard. But he didn't run away like last time he stood his ground and told his part of the story and he said he thought of me as his mom , but he said that I sat by and did nothing while he was torn down. Is that really true?"

Ritsuko took out a cigarette lit it and inhaled then exhaled before speaking again."Misato you know how Auska is ,right" Misato Nodded

" Well now I ask you this question did you ever stop to intervene" There was dead silence in the room. Misato`s brain went blank.

"No" She whispered. " I never thought it was that bad. I thought it was just a few jabs here in there and some taps"

Ritsuko opened a drawer and pulled out a file packed full and threw it in front of Misato. "I assure you those were no mere taps, This is Shinji`s medical record outside of EVA" Misato opened it and reeled back in shock. The injuries here would affect the most war seasoned veteran.

" He's had 6 bruised ribs minor head trauma and several hyper extended muscles"

Misato was in complete shock. how could she let this happen? She looked at some of the pictures of bruises and had to turn away.

"What should I do" she whispered

"Step up to be the guardian or mother he needs you to be for him. Shinji is starting to come into his own and he will need someone to help him along the way."

"But how, I forgot his birthday Rits. he does everything he possibly can for us and I do this!" Misato burst into tears." How can he ever forgive me"

"Well you can start by making it up to him. for starters you should get him a present" Ritsuko got a box of tissues out and handed them to her friend"

"Sniff…..sniff what should I get him" She said drying her tears

"Well he did turn 15 so what do you think he would want"

"But I don't think I can afford it either way. Anything I think he deserves is way out of my price range"

"Don't worry ill have Nerv take care of it and well right it off as a business expense now let's look for a present you think Shinji would like" she said waving her hand at Misato.

Convinced Misato started to think of presents when she got one, but thinking he deserved more she spoke" Do you think we could add a bit more to it"

"What did you have in mind " Ritsuko said with a smirk. with his many visits to the Nerv hospital they had become good friends ,she even helped him with his homework on her lunch breaks. So she wanted to give him exactly what she thought he deserved.

At HOME

Shinji walked in the door and kicked off his shoes and saw his packages from the computer shop. ON one of the smaller ones was a note. 'He shinji I didn't know if you had a router or not so I snuck one in for you, enjoy – Kaylan'

Shinji smiled as he went to his room. It felt nice when people did him favors. He walked to his room and slid his door open and his eyes turned to the size of peas. His room was destroyed. all of his belongings , clothes everthing was either shattered or ripped to shreds, even his underwear! There were holes in the wall and his futon was in pieces. All that he had now was the clothes on his back "WHAT THE FUCK!" Shinji roared.

Flashback

Auska was sitting in her bed curled up in a fetal position. The pain coming from her stomach coursed through her body and no matter how many pain killers she took or how many times she iced it , the pain wouldn't go away. As if her humiliation was permanently embedded in her. It was not her injuries that had hurt her the most though, but Shinji`s words are what had cut her deep .She snarled thinking of how her plan had failed.

"That bastard thinking he`s so much better than everyone else, everyone knows that IM the best EVA pilot" Even though she said it fact beats opinion every time and she knew it, and it burned her . She started thinking that soon Nerv wouldn't need her because they had their worthless Shinji to always come in and save the day.

" I'M not gonna let him ruin everything for me, it's all his fault that this has happened" She whispered. she then got up and left her room , she went out into the hall and ended up at Shinji`s door.

She slowly opened it and looked. The place was clean and barren as if no one was there. She walked up to his desk and picked up his SDAT. "Hmph poor little Shinji what will you do without your precious music" She then crushed it in her hand.

She then went into a fury and destroyed anything and everything in the room that resembled Shinji. All Auska saw was red. She ripped and tore at everything she could get her hands on. When all of his clothes and personal belongings were destroyed she punched holes into the wall until her knuckles bled.

She stood in the middle of the room huffing trying to regain air lost. She then walked back to her room and cried herself to sleep.

End Flashback

Shinji was standing there fists balled up at his sides shaking , his head held down he then walked into the center of his room and saw the shattered remains of his cello that his mom had left him. That cello was all he had left that reminded him of his mom.

Shinji gritted his teeth and put his head down. His eyes showed pure rage wind whipped around him even though no windows were open. It suddenly began to rain moderately as thunder crackled outside even though just moments ago it was sunny. Shinji started grunting and his hair started to grow longer then stopped at his shoulders. The front part of all of his hair near his face was glowing a dark purple while the rest was pure black. His eyes burned a white light and he snapped his head up and roared to the heavens. This was a roar not even unit 01 was capable of. ALL of his pain, misery and sorrow was in that roar. His eyes then dimmed down and where not the same storm blue. They were now a light greenish blue but now he had two tomoes (Somewhat like Naruto sharingan second stage)in each of his eyes one on the upper right side and one on the lower left. All of the emotions warring within him had given birth to this Shinji

He had also grown a couple inches and he was no longer as skinny. He was more defined and toned but not overly so , but not a person you would want to mess with either.

He calmly strode to Asuka`s door and ripped it off, It went banging down the hall. Auska fell back from where she was watching shinji hoping that he would break down and cry like the wimp she knew he was. Hoping that he would hurt worse than she had, but unfortunately for her she was sorely mistaken.

In front of her was no longer Shinji. His fists balled at his sides his hair moving in the absence of wind as if it were alive, but his eyes they looked as if they had fire burning within them. He then picked her up by the scruff of her shirt ,and brought her face within inches of hers."Why " was all he said.

Auska although scared and shocked at his new appearance, was not going to back down, it was not in her nature. "Because I felt like it why else, plus I was bored" she smirked at him. He then growled at her.

"You destroyed my room not only that but you destroyed the only thing my mom ever gave me" He said pointing to his broken Cello.

"Oh that piece of shit I thought I was doing you a favor by smashing it oh well , if you react like this to something so stupid then it's no wonder your mom left you , probably killed herself to get away from your sorry ass"

That was it for Shinji no matter what he did or said she would never stop. Power coursed through his veins embedding its power into him. He grabbed Auska roughly by the throat, and picked her up from the ground and slammed her into the floor, making spider cracks appear on the floor. Auska was seeing stars as he picked her up over his head and threw her into the wall of the hall where her nose broke on impact. He then ran up to her using his momentum and kneed her in the stomach then punched her across the face with his right hand. The punch was so powerful she saw EVAs. Him hitting her already sore stomach made her cough up blood, but after he nailed her in the face she was left coughing in the hallway. He then kept hammering into her stomach again and again as he said,

"First you come here and fuck up my life, harass me all the time , make me your goddamn slave , AND NOW YOU WRECK ALL OF MY SHIT.?" Shinji roared. he was in complete rage over what she had done. He then picked her up intending to punch her again but let her drop not wanting to kill the girl, because of anger clouding his mind.

Shinji looked down at her with nothing but malice as she passed out .He then picked her up bridal style, walked into her room and dropped her roughly on her bed making her groan in pain .Knowing he wasn't going to sleep in his room he walked over Auska`s door, that he had just utterly destroyed, and hopped on the couch. He put his hands behind his head and tried to get some sleep. he had to go back to school soon, and this wasn't making it any better. He then dozed off into a rather unsettling sleep.

Misato POV

Misato was driving down the quiet streets of Tokyo 3, its occupants long gone to sleep. She drove at a relatively calm pace compared to her usual bat out of hell driving style, as it reflected her thoughts at the moment: slow and analytical.

Misato was a soldier , so with being a soldier the key thing needed in a battle is information , but in this battle against Shinji she had no intel no map no instructions , not even a pamphlet.

"What made him change" She said out loud as she turned a corner lazily. In her mind Shinji was the last person she thought would … she couldn't even explain what had happened to him. She knew eventually he would get tired of Auska but she didn't know that he would turn on her as well.

If someone had told her that Shinji would have changed at all, she would have laughed in their face but if they had told them that he would have actually started to fight back, she would have them committed to a mental facility. The thought of Shinji changing at all was hilarious to her but it was the thought of WHAT he was changing into that scared the crap out of her.

She stopped the car dead at that thought. Just what is he turning into? Would he turn into a psychopath? But that couldn't have been a possibility could it? She thought about all the stresses in his life , with the stress that Eva puts on his body and mind , and the stress of Auska`s harassment on top of it all. She put every piece of Shinji`s life together Eva, Auska , his already present issues. Just the sound of it made her want to shrink in her room with a few six packs. that shit was depressing…..for anybody let alone a 14 no 15 whatever year old, "Damn forgot his birthday again stupid stupid" She said as she starting driving again.

The bottom line is that she felt that Shinji had yet to snap and fall completely into who he was going to eventually change into, but that line of no return was fast approaching, and she knew of no way to stop him from reaching that razor thin line, unless he could feel wanted, to feel loved. Hopefully her present would give him the love he so desperately needed , but this would just be the start. She would be there for him whenever he needed it , she would be there to take care of him when no one else will , she would be the closest thing to a mother he could have.

She smirked at that thought. She would never have thought that she would have been a mother , because of the accident that happened during second impact had rendered her unable to bear children. But now fate had given her a second chance and she would be damned if she passed it up

She had finally reached her destination; the flat that she shared with the pilots of the 2 most destructive weapons ever created by man. She parked her car and got out. She pressed the elevator and waited for it to open , she boarded it and pressed her floor. After a relatively short elevator ride , she reached her floor and walked to her front door.

She then took out her key and opened the door. " Im home" She called out aloud. There was no answer though immediately she knew something was wrong. There were no lights on and it was dead quiet. She took a step forward and there was a crunch noise. There sitting on the floor was Auska`s door completely ripped off the hinges. She then pulled her standard HK pistol out and had it cocked and ready. She slowly surveyed the area. She went to Shinji`s room and hid around the corner of the door, her gun at the ready.

She counted to 3 and swung around into the room and turned the lights on and panned the room. when she realized it was empty she unclenched her muscles and finally noticed the destruction within it. Everything was completely destroyed. "What in the hell?" She wondered what had happened , did someone break in and kidnap shinji , did he finally cross that line and went crazy? Before she could think another thought she heard a noise behind her. With practiced ease she fluently turned around, her gun in front of her. Before she could pull the trigger she noticed from the light of Shinji`s room that it was actually Shinji sleeping on the couch.

She walked around to the front of the couch and shook Shinji."Shinji Shinji SHINJI WAKE UP" He then rolled over and grumbled.

"Can I pleeeeease get some sleep, damn" He swung his legs over the couch and started to scratch his head.

"Thank god Shinji your ok what happened?" She asked frantically.

"OK slow down Misato , I just woke up jeez. Well I came home from the mall and I found my room and everything destroyed right down to the last sock." He sighed.

"But who , what did that to your room" She said flabbergasted.

"Really who else , it was the demon" He said tiredly.

"Auska? That little brat!" She said why would she do this.

Shinji waves a hand at her."Don't worry I already took care of her."

"What do you mean" She said confused by his somewhat cryptic words.

" I mean she won't be breaking shit anytime soon again." He said while getting up and stretching.

"You might want to get her looked at…..oh physically too."

"Shinji what did you do" she said a little worried. He then pointed a thumb over his shoulder towards Auska`s room.

She walked quickly to Auska`s room. She turned on the light and her eyes turned into the size of dinner plates. There sitting on her side on her bed, was the Great Auska Langley Souryu bruised and battered. Wrapped around her throat was a deep purple hand sized bruise. One of her eyes was completely shut and had turned completely black.

She was curled up in a fetal position and from the sounds she was making she was alive but she was struggling to breathe.

"Shinji get in here and help me" Misato said

Shinji then appeared in the doorway still covered in shadows. "Shinji help me get her to the car"

"Ummmmm she's not dying so I say let sleeping dogs lie…or in this case demons" He said looking at Auska with a scowl.

"Shinji you don't know that, she could be bleeding internally" She relied

"NO I do know, hell I'm the one who did it, why should I help someone who wouldn't even piss on me if I was on fire!" Shinji said with a hiss.

Misato was getting somewhat frustrated, but she knew he wouldn't budge, she could feel the determination coming off of him. "Shinji please I'm begging you. Yes you are right about Auska but do you really want to sink down to her level?" She said.

Shinji stood still before making his reply. "Ok Misato I will help you , but just this once, because I care for you and I don't like seeing you like this , even if you don't care for me.

Misato then thanked him with a smile and ran out to her car to get it started.

Shinji then picked up the immobile girl bridal style. "You better be thankful for this, because this is the last thing I do for you"

He then followed Misato out the door.

At Nerv

Shinji was walking quickly with Auska in his arms right behind Misato down the silent corridors of nerve. Misato had sped down to Nerv , breaking every traffic law possible. They finally came to the infirmary. Shinji put the fire head on the bed.

"You stay here I'll go get Rits" Misato then took off in a dash.

Shinji looked at Auska and shrugged, he then walked out the door.

Back with Misato

Misato ran down the hall, air rushing past her head. She turned another corner and reached Ritsuko`s office. She then entered the office breathing heavily.

"Misato what's wrong" Ritsuko said as she took of her glasses, and looked up from her computer.

"Auska huff huff Shinji huff huff ass whooping" She said out of breath.

"Misato calm down, now slowly what happened" She replied as she got up and put a hand on her friends back.

"Shinji and Auska got into a big fight , they're in the infirmary come on. She said quickly. She then grabbed Ritsuko`s arm and drug her to the infirmary.

"Misato wait , you're going to rip my arm off" Misato wasn't listening, all she cared about was getting Ritsuko to Auska so she could get to Shinji. She obviously saw that whatever was happening to Shinji was beginning to escalate. She didn't want him to lose control and lose himself entirely. So she would do as Ritsuko advised, she would be there for him, let him know he`s not alone, and that she will always be there for him. But she couldn't do that with Auska all banged up.

Misato finally reached the infirmary with Ritsuko in tow literally. Ritsuko put her hands on her knees to catch her breath. "You trying to put me in the hospital too?" Ritsuko said with a tick mark on her head.

"No of course not Rits" She replied with big puppy eyes.

Ritsuko sighed she then decided to take a look at Shinji. She pulled the curtain aside and was shocked to see Auska on the bed instead , and in pretty bad shape.

"Misato I thought you said Shinji and Auska got into a fight?" Ritsuko said very confused. She had expected Shinji to be here instead of Auska.

"They did" Misato simply replied.

Ritsuko then looked at her as if she was smoking crack. "So you mean to tell me Shinji did all this?" She said while beginning to look at Auska.

Misato then slapped her forehead and realized why she sounded so stupid. Shinji beating up Auska, on his own, not possible.

"Ok this is what happened." Misato then explained what had happened, from her getting home and the state of her house , to discovering Auska and how she had gotten so screwed up in the first place.

"- And then I came and got you" Misato said finishing her tail. She breathed in. Ritsuko then looked up from her examination of Auska and she looked at Misato.

"Well it's about time that boy whooped her ass"Ritsuko said with a smirk. She was tempted to pull out her camera and snap many a picture , but she would have to wait for Misato to leave.

"Rits this isn't funny Shinji could have killed her" Misato replied with distaste.

"Well I doubt that" Ritsuko said as she pulled out a cigarette.

"What do you mean by that?" Misato said releasing her scowl and letting it fall to a look of confusion.

"Well look at all her injuries. She said as she breathed out a cloud of smoke. The power it took to do this damage could have killed her if placed in the right spots , but the way they're placed looks like they were meant to put the victim in a lot of pain."

Misato looked at the X-rays and found she was right they were placed in the abdominal region away from vital organs yet still painful. The other set was in her head, but it looks like the punches were made on her nose and cheeks as to not cause cranial swelling.

"So Shinji had no intention of killing her –"

"He just wanted to put her in a world of pain" Misato finished for her.

" Yup " She replied as she put her tobacco out.

"Now I really really REALLY don't like this girls attitude but I`M on the job so I,m a Dr. first." Ritsuko said

"But I can't jus slap a bandage on this and send her on her way, she has multiple fractures, her eye is about to have a broken blood vessel and her stomach is in very bad shape, awwww damn it" Ritsuko said as she slapped her head.

"What is it" Misato replied.

"He didn'tbreak her jaw so I don't have to wire it shut, grrrrrrr so close" She said snickering.

"Ritsuko that's not even funny, I'm not even sure if I like what he did , I mean I'm happy he is standing up for himself, but does he have to do it so violently. I want him to be better than that. I mean is he no better than Auska for doing this? No, how far will this go?" Misato said

" Ok first of all this is funny, we all saw it coming it was only a matter of time, second Shinji is way better than Auska personality wise. Think about it, he didn't beat Auska up on a whim like she does him , he did it because she crossed the line, finally. And third of all Shinji`s a kind person, she paused but if you cross him" She then jerked her head to a stationary Auska, motionless, hooked up to an iv and heart monitor, its steady beeping letting them know that she was alive.

Misato turned her head away from Auska."Hey now that I think about it , where is Shinji?" Misato said looking around the room.

"He's not in here I guess , ok you go find him ill rig something up to speed up Auska`s healing so we can put bandages on it , you go find Shinji talk to him, and well meet in R&D for plan alpha." She said with a giddy smile.

"Ok" With that she left the room.

"Now say hello to my new desktop picture" Ritsuko then took out a digital camera and started taking pictures of Auska."Hmmm hope he does this again , but next time I'll get it on tape"

With Shinji

Shinji was walking down random sections of Nerv he didn't want to go home because he could not face the shattered remains that was his room. His anger flared once again as he grit his teeth. He knew he could rebuild but what was stopping her from doing it again, then it popped in his head as he grinned. HE was what was stopping her. He was no longer the person he used to be.

It was that realization that lifted his spirits somewhat, but he still mourned the loss of his cello, it was indeed the only memento that even remotely reminded him of his mom. He sighed. "Well no use in crying over spilt milk" he said.

He figured the best thing he could do now is go in the direction he was going. Stand up on his own two legs and support himself and live his life to the fullest, he felt deep within his heart he felt like that would be what his mom would want him to do. He looked forward with a determined look in his eyes. He was still pissed of course so he decided he would go to Nerv`s gym to work off some frustrations.

He walked up to the elevator and pressed the down button and waited. About a minute later the elevator dinged and opened up revealing that it was not empty. In the elevator was none other than the bastard king himself: Gendo Ikari.

But instead of waiting for the next one he boldly walked into the car and pressed his floor ignoring his suppose 'dad' altogether.

To say Gendo Ikari was confused would be an understatement , not only was his son not cowering in fear but it would seem that he dyed some of his hair purple? He looked at his eyes his line of sight covered by his glasses. What he saw in his son`s eyes was somewhat chilling, It seemed that his eyes had changed colors and had weird marks in them, he couldn't describe the look that he saw in his son`s eye, all he knew is that it chilled him to the bone. This was NOT in the scenario.

"Third Child what is the meaning of this" he said in a cold commanding voice Shinji looked dead forward and then slowly turned his head and looked at him and could feel the cold shiver going down his spine intensify. The elevator then stopped and Shinji got off , and before Gendo could tell him to stop and answer him the doors closed. This was definitely not in the scenario Gendo thought.

Back with Misato

Misato was power walking feverishly through the halls. She had searched for Shinji almost everywhere she could think he would be. She looked in the pilots lockers , the bridge , the cafeteria , where could that boy be she thought.

She then passed by the gym area that was built into nerve when she heard grunting noises. Curious she went inside. The whole place was lit , yet no one was there. She wondered where the noises were coming from as she looked around the gym as her eyes came to a male figure punching a bag. She had never seen him before and wondered what he was doing here, was he new? He was dealing powerful blows that had made the bag flail all along its mount, making it creak in protest. The figures form was a little sloppy in Misato`s opinion, but he seemed to have great potential.

The figure then did a round house kick that was somewhat unskillful, but made the bag slide a little along its rail he then grabbed the bag and leaned on it, trying to catch his breath. Misato then got a better look at the figure. He was definitely male but he was Shinji`s age was he a new pilot?

He had a defined build, not bulky but like a lightweight UFC fighter or something along those lines. His purple hair stuck to the front of his face, wait purple. Misato then blinked and realized that all the hair in the front of his head was a deep shade of purple.

Puzzled at this person, Misato walked up to the figure. As she got closer she saw more of his face. She had to say he was Quite handsome maybe she could…..'No dammit I'm not 17 anymore , and im supposed to be looking for Shinji' She thought. "Excuse me have you seen a small brown haired kid , blue eyes, a little on the scrawny side" She said gesturing with her hands.

The figure looked up from his workout and she saw his eyes and sucked in a sharp breath. His eyes were a light greenish blue, but they also had two marks in the upper right and lower left of both of them. She said nothing as she was caught within his gaze, his eyes they were such a pretty color to her and looked like they held something special within them.

"Misato are you ok" Shinji said with an eyebrow raised.

"How do you know my name" She asked. Shinji looked at her 'what the hell… why is she screwing with me' Shinji thought.

"Misato its me…Shinji" Shinji replied.

THIS was shinji he looked nothing like he did before, he was bigger and his hair, his hair it was longer AND purple, well partially.

"Shinji wha…what did you do to yourself" She asked.

"Misato what are you talking about" He said trying to catch his breath.

Misato then pointed at the wall mounted mirrors on the far wall. Shinji then got a clear look at himself. His hair was now raven black in the back , and purple near the front. He looked at himself very hard and saw the shine in his new eyes. He raised his hand and made a fist in front of him.

The reflection in the mirror was reciprocating his motions. He smirked, but then looked at Misato`s face, a look of worry placed upon her features.

"Misato are you ok" Shinji said with concern laced in his voice.

"Shinji what happened" Misato replied.

Shinji thought about it he was fine in the mall , but he remembered nothing that would cause this change. But when the accident happened with Auska he felt ….. charged up or something similar to that.

"To tell you the truth I really don't know , I was fine when I left the house , so it had to be when I went eva on Auska`s ass." He said with his hand grabbing his chin.

Misato was looking at Shinji`s new look with astonishment. She couldn't believe that him getting angry could result in such a drastic change. If he got angry over his room being destroyed then what if…. She needed to get him to Ritsuko to find out what had happened to her Shinji. But first before anymore interruptions she needed to talk to him.

"Shinji we need to talk" Misato said in a stern voice.

Shinji stood straight up and looked at her. "About what " He replied walking over to a rack of clean towels.

"Well we need to… we have….. We need to talk about you" She said blurting the last part out.

Shinji was wiping the sweat from his body , and placed the towel around his shoulders before replying. "Sure just what do you want to 'talk' about Misato"

Misato was hesitant to say what she wanted to. She was for the lack of a better word, cautious as a black man in Kentucky on a Saturday night. She didn't want to anger Shinji because then she wouldn't be able to effectively get her point across, and she could get her ass chewed off.

"Well I wanted to talk about how you've been acting lately…..how you've changed." She said hesitantly.

Shinji then shot her a look and then walked over to a set of weights. " And just how have I been acting'"He said as he started to add weights to the bar.

"Well to put it bluntly you've been acting like a fight dog hopped up on steroids, I mean you beat the crap out of Auska , I mean yeah she kind of deserved but do you think it was right?"

Shinji slammed another set of weights on the bar before getting under it, he then got under the bar and started to bench it."Maybe I wouldn't act like I dog if you didn't treat me like one." He said already on his 7th bench." And to answer your second question; yes I do think it was right"

"But doesn't that make you as bad as her?" Misato replied.

Shinji stopped mid rep and looked at the ceiling. He then rested the bar on its mount and got up. He walked right up into Misato's face.

"To be honest… no it doesn't because I don't think there`s a lot of people out there who are as bad as that bitch" He said."So I finally decides to take up for myself and you try to get me not too wow, I could say I didn't expect that from you of all people but then I would be lying." Shinji said. He went to the press again and started to roughly slam weights on each side of the bar.

Misato was shell shocked she couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. Shinji had never talked bad to or about anyone. She was a little skeptic at first that he had actually told Auska off, but unfortunately for her she was the very target.

"Shinji listen I just worry ok, I don't want you to take it too far and do something you'll regret later on." Misato said trying to calm the boy down.

"Oh you worry about me , oh wow that's a definite surprise, you weren't worried about me when you stuck me in that fucking robot" He spat back.

"Shinji would you just listen to me?" She screamed. She didn't want to fight with him , yes she understood that she had messed up , but she didn't want to go into the past she just wanted to make the future for the two of them better.

"I'm listening" He then got back under the bar and started lifting it again.

"Shinji I`m sorry for everything that's happened, you're the last person that deserves any of this to happen to. And yes believe it or not I do care for you , I know I have a strange way of showing it but I do, but if you would stop making such an ass of yourself a second you would realize all of this. So can you just trust me when I tell you this."

Shinji was quiet with the exception of his grunting from lifting the weights. Misato stared at him. She felt as if he was ignoring her completely. She was about to say something else when he placed the bar back upon its mounts.

He then grabbed another fresh towel from a rack and wiped the sweat from his face. "You care about me right, ok I can believe that otherwise you wouldn't have gone so much out of your way for me the few times that you did , but let me ask you this question; what have you done for me to really trust you? Caring for someone and trusting them are two completely different things." He said staring right into her very being, as if he was trying to bore a hole into her with his eyes.

Shinji was yet again defying the coward that was rapidly disappearing within him. He was damned if he was going to run away from this. No, he wasn't backing down until he was satisfied with the outcome, and if that meant clashing with Misato he would gladly do it.

Misato stood there trying to match Shinji`s glare with one of her own, and just barely getting the desired effect, but with much effort involved. The kid had no weaknesses in his defense, or attacks everything that he said held water. But back to the issue, what had she done for him to trust what she says. Misato was starting to get a little unnerved, until she finally spoke.

"Shinji when you first got here I took you into my home when no one asked me too , it was really out of the good of my heart that I did that" She said putting her hands over her chest.

" Ok ill give you that but then you turn around and make me do everything in the house, don't know if you intentionally did or not , but you never stopped to say 'oh let me help' or 'I'll take care of that,' so what else you got."

Misato was on the ropes. Everything she said he poked holes through. She had to get through to him somehow. She couldn't really think of anything else that she had done for him; sure she gave him advice and words of wisdom, but were they the right words of wisdom she asked herself. She already knew the answer; and it deepened her mood somewhat. She didn't want to lose him. She cared for him even though she didn't show it.

Misato was at the end of the line, she didn't know what else she could- she stopped that thought in its track, and a new thought filled its place, and with that a plan formed into her head. If her head wasn't down, Shinji would have seen the face splitting grin.

"Shinji you say I don't care for you at all, yet here I am arguing with you over the matter , why would I do it if I really didn't care at all. If I really didn't care I really wouldn't be bothered with it. I wish I could show you how much I care, but I don't have to wish."

Shinji quirked an eyebrow up at Misato`s very confusing words. "Ok that wasn't confusing at all , but lets say that I don't know what you're talking about it, how can you exactly show me." he said crossing his arms in front of him.

"Come with me and find out" she replied with a small smile. Misato then started walking to the exit. Shinji was left in the gym, the only noise was the squeaking of the punching bag that was still moving back and forth. He acquiesced to his curiosity and started to follow Misato.

Time skip

Shinji and Misato had taken three elevators and one tram system , and now they were walking down a grey hall that didn't match Nerv`s usually stark white ones. Shinji was trying to keep his nerves in check, he had never even seen this place, so it was natural to be a little cautious. He had no hint besides Misato`s smirk as to what the hell was going on at the moment.

Shinji had many theories and was unable to calm his mind. He didn't know what was going on, how could Misato show him that she cared by taking him to one of the deepest parts of Nerve that he had ever seen. Wait was Misato going to do something to him? He cast the idea from his head, but he tried and partially succeeded at calming his mind by changing the subject.

Shinji turned his mind to his work out , he knew he had a long way to go in combat , he knew how to do the moves via his training but he wanted to learn more of it, all he really needed to do is be comfortable with it and he would be unstoppable . but if it wasn't a challenge , it wouldn't be any fun at all now would it . He subconsciously scheduled for more practice time to be put into his normal daily activities.

Misato was as giddy as a school girl on prom night. Her plan was a success so far, and with every step she took she found another way to strengthen it , So Shinji will have nothing to poke holes in but his own logic. She briefly glanced back at her and though no one else would see it, she knew Shinji and he was agitated. She suspected that he was wondering what she meant when she said that she could actually show him that she actually cared. Boy would he be surprised, she suppressed the urge to snicker as she saw his face knitted in concentration.

They finally reached their destination: Nerve's R&D department. There they stood in front of unmarked heavy bulkhead doors. Misato walked over to the side of the doors to the terminal that was mounted on its wall. She then slid her card through the reader built into the terminal. The doors then creaked and moaned as they opened.

Once the doors completely retracted into the walls, Misato walked through as Shinji followed. Shinji looked inside the room. He knew, well he didn't know, Misato wasn't trying to hurt him, so it was better safe than sorry in his opinion. He could tell two things about the room: it was big and expensive. There were all types of machinery around the room along with several empty cardboard boxes. Some Eva related and others were just research of some type having to do with numerous experiments by the looks of it.

There was then a loud intake of breath and Shinji`s muscles tensed, he scanned the room and let out a sigh of relief; it was just Ritsuko snoring, wait what was Ritsuko doing here.

Misato then walked up to the scientist who just happened to be napping on a table. "Ritsuko wake up." Ritsuko replied by turning on her other side. "Ok we tried the nice way. RITSUKO WAKE THE HELL UP!" Misato yelled.

Ritsuko then woke up and fell of the table landing face first into the floor."Owwweeee , Misato what the heck?" Ritsuko said as she got up , rubbing her face.

"Well You wouldn't wake up and I had to get you up somehow" Misato replied shrugging her shoulders." Anyway, how's Auska doing did you get her patched up?"

Ritsuko started to scratch her head before answering. "Well Shinji did a number on her so I couldn't just slap a bandage on it and be done with it. I had to dip her in a special batch of lcl that accelerated healing. But it only speeds up healing so she'll be bandaged up for a while. But she should be able to go to school tomorrow." Ritsuko finished while taking out a cigarette.

"Well that's good news to hear." Misato replied with a sigh. Shinji was getting somewhat irritated , Misato brought him all the way down here to 'show' him how much she cared , and no matter how much he thought it was bull, his curiosity was getting the better of him.

"So are we ready?" Misato asked Ritsuko with a smirk.

"Ready when you are." Ritsuko replied with a puff of smoke.

Shinji`s ears perked up at this "Ready for what exactly" Shinji asked with his eyebrows risen.

At those words Misato`s eyes gained a glimmer in them. "Shinji you say that I don't care for you at all a correct?" Shinji then simply nodded. " It`s true I haven't been honest to you about a lot of things , but it was never my intention to hurt you. I know we have a lot of issues, but can't we just start over? There's a lot that has happened to me that you couldn't know, I want to tell you but it will take time. When you told me that you thought of me as your mother I was happy yet…. So sad because I have done nothing to deserve that….. or even your trust for that matter, but I want to be that person that you see me as a mother. What I'm basically asking is, will you give me another chance…another chance to actually be the person that you see.

Shinji was stock still looking dead into Misato`s eyes. He could feel the care in her words , so as far as he could tell she was telling the truth. Shinji had always wanted a second chance, to go back and change how he did some of the things he did , so why not give Misato the thing that he himself had wanted? So with a sigh he spoke .

"Misato I know what you say is true , but wounds don't heal that quickly." He said closing his eyes as he heard Misato gasp a little." – But with a little time anything can be fixed." He said with a smirk as he opened his eyes.

Misato could feel tears forming in her eyes. Her face of disappointment turned into a face of joy. She then walked up to Shinji and roughly pulled him into a hug. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her returning the hug.

"Ahem." Ritsuko coughed. "I think we have something else to tell Shinji don't you think?" She said with a smirk.

Misato had a look on her face as if she were thinking. "Oh yeah" She exclaimed. She then let go of Shinji."Shinji remember how I forgot your birthday?" She asked.

Shinji nodded his head. " Well me and Ritsuko got you something , but let me ask you a question, What does every 15 year old kid want?" she replied.

"You did not get me Justin Bieber tickets did you" He said balling his fists as a purple aura radiated around him.

Misato could feel the killer intent coming off of him. Misato put her hands up in front of her. " No of course not. " She replied.

"Ritsuko can you please show the boy his present before he rips my throat out," Said Misato in front of an enraged Shinji, who was beginning to foam at the mouth.

Ritsuko snickered at Misato. "Ok Ok." Ritsuko walked over to a large sheet. She then ripped the sheet off revealing a brand new Shelby GT 500 Mustang. It was all black with white racing stripes and 21 inch purple rims, with black brake calipers.

Shinji saw the gleam of light and turned his head. He stopped foaming at the mouth , and begun to drool instead.

"Ritsuko can you tell Shinji here exactly what you did?" Misato asked in a sing song voice.

"Of course, for starters the shell of this car is actually experimental Eva armor that never wears, tears, or breaks. It also is n2 reactor powered of course meaning no gas is needed. Oh and I have built in an onboard computer to help you maintain the car. The only thing that needs to be changed regularly is oil and brake fluids , tires , and brakes." By the time she was done Shinji`s eye was twitching.

He scrambled towards it, opened the door and got in. The interior was all leather and very comfortable. And setting in the middle, as Ritsuko said, was a computer. But when Shinji looked down he shrank a little.

"Misato I can't drive stick." He said.

Before she could say anything Ritsuko replied" Its made partly from EVA tech meaning all you have to do is try to make the right movements and it will do the rest. Eventually you'll get the hang of it, think of It like training wheels."

Shinji shrugged he tried to turn the car on but the keys weren't inside, But before he could say anything a silver object whizzed towards him . He raised his hand and caught it. Before he Started the car he turned to Ritsuko.

"Hey Rits I need a favor." He said.

She turned her head in shock , only Misato called her Rits.

" OK" She replied.

"Can you give me a full medical exam later this week." He said.

" Ummmmm sure , but can I ask why?" She replied.

"Do you not see my hair and eyes , they changed after I beat the kong out of Auska." He said pointing to his hair.

Ritsuko gasped in the dark it looked longer , but not purple. And his eyes , his eyes.

"Ummmm sure yeah ill text you when" She said thinking trying to figure out what the heck was going on.

Shinji nodded then started the car. It roared to life , its V6 engine vibrating the whole room. Shinji was in awe at the power of it.

"Are you guys sure I can drive this?" He said closing the door.

"You can drive a 40 meter robot cant you? And if you couldn't, would you give it back?"

"Hell no WHOOOOOHOOOOOOO" Shinji slammed on the gas.

"Oh shiggut" Ritsuko said as she raced to open the door.

Shinji sped out of the large hangar and came up on ground level. He heard the engine whine and went to shift but was nervous.' no that Shinji is dead and gone' He then took his foot off the gas and pressed on the clutch and moved the shifter into second. The engine revved and went up to a higher speed. He was surprised that it was that easy , he would have to thank Ritsuko later.

Soon he got home and he parked his car. He got out and looked at it gleaming in the sunshine. As he walked to the flat , he put his car keys on the same ring as the rest of his keys. He then opened the door to the flat. No one was home as no shoes were bye the door. He slipped his own shoes off and started towards his room.

He had to walk over Auska`s door that he himself ripped off. And he sure as hell wasn't going to pick it up himself. He finally made it to his room. It was still in its ransacked state. He had lost everything, but he would move on. "No use crying over spilled milk." He said.

He then went to the kitchen and looked under the cabinet for a roll of trash bags when there was a knock at the door."Who could that be?" He thought out loud.

He walked to the door and looked into the peephole. It was the girl from the computer store. Her hair was tied back into a ponytail. She was wearing brown sandals a white skirt and green tank top.

Shinji opened the door. "Umm how can I help you?" He asked.

Kaylan gasped as she saw the person that opened the door. The front of his hair was purple while the back was pure black , and his eyes were the weirdest cross between blue and green , and the marks in them just made them so….enthralling.

"Oh ummm I'm looking for Shinji Ikari. But yeah anyway, I came to help install his system. Is he home?" She said brushing a stray bang from out of her sight.

"Ummm Kaylan its me." He said smiling shyly.

"What did you do to your hair and your eyes?" She said excitedly.

"Well to tell you the truth I don't know myself, but I'm getting it looked at." He replied running his hands through his hair."Why don't you come in," He moved aside to let her in.

"So, does the installation come with delivery?" He replied curiously.

Kaylan turned around to see that Shinji towered over her now, she remembered him only being a little taller than her, but now he was at least a head taller than her.

"Actually yes it does, we're a little short handed lately, so that's why it took me so long." She said looking around.

"Ahhhhhh well you see that's going to be a little hard you see." He said scratching the back of his head nervously.

"And what is that?" She replied.

Shinji then walked to his room waving a hand for her to follow. When they arrived at his room she gasped at the carnage inside.

"Did you –"

"No it was my stupid ass roommate" He said with venom in his voice, he jerked his head towards her room.

"Why is the door ripped off of her room?" She cautiously asked.

"Oh that one was me. Nothing like a little payback huh? So you see its going to be a little hard right now seeing as my room, or what's left of it is destroyed." He solemnly said.

"I could help you know, I mean it does include installation. She snickered, besides this place could use a little redecorating." She said looking around.

"What did you have in mind exactly?" he inquired.

"Well we'll have to patch up these holes first and go from there I guess." She said still surveying the damage.

"I think there's a hardware store downtown." He said with his chin in his hand.

"Well that settles it lets go. You go get ready, and I'll be waiting." She replied in a sing song voice. Before Shinji could even have the chance to object, he was out of her earshot. He shrugged his shoulders and decided he would make the best of it. Besides, his room could use a little more flare to match his new personality.

Shinji walked into the bathroom to clean up a bit. He then saw his messy hair and quickly grabbed a comb. "What do I look like going out looking like a bum?" He said out loud.

Shinji styled his hair so his bangs fell over his face but curved upward at the ends so they didn't cover his eyes, and spiked it in the back. Satisfied with his work he turned off the light in the bathroom.

He walked down the hall and Kaylan was there waiting for him. "Ready to go?" She asked.

"Yeah, but hold on." He then bent down and picked up about three of the CDs he'd bought the previous day and had set near the rest of his packages , as he didn't want them in that chaos he now called his room. "Now I'm ready." He said smiling.

Kaylan was confused, 'Why is he bringing CDs he doesn't have a CD player, does he 'She thought to herself.

They walked to the elevator and descended downstairs. They were now near the parking lot. Kaylan then started walking to the sidewalk. Shinji called out to her.

"Kaylan! Where are you going?" He said to her.

"Downtown. I thought we were going to get stuff to fix your room?" She asked confused.

Shinji chuckled. Well you walk. I'll meet you there then." He then took out his keys and pointed his cars remote and unlocked it with a beep.

Kaylan looked behind him where the beep came from and saw his car. If her jaw wasn't hinged to her head it would have fallen off." Where did you get a car?" She asked energetically.

"Well my mo….. guardian gave it to me this morning." He wasn't quite ready to start calling her mom just yet.

" Wow" She simply replied.

"So are we going or what." He said.

"Oh yeah sure." Kaylan regained her composure, and got into the passenger side of the car. Shinji followed her except he got into the driver's side. Before he started the car she nervously asked " Do you know how to drive."

"Of course." Shinji said with a evil grin that made her shiver. Shinji started the car. As it rumbled to life, Kaylan`s seat vibrated under her. Shinji took the car out of park and slowly reversed the car. He turned the car around and put into first. Shinji decided to go slow as to not scare the crap out of her.

" So how did you know where I lived" Shinji said not taking his eyes off the road.

" Oh well I just used the address that we shipped your purchases too." She said.

" Oh I see." He replied.

"But thanks for helping me out , not many people would in this situation." He said flashbacking to all of the times that people could have helped him but didn't.

" Oh it's no problem anything for the customers satisfaction. said Kaylan with a smile." Speaking of which, I have a friend who has a garage. If you want, he could fix up your car a bit…well a bit more anyway." Shinjis car already had bark-the purple rims made sure of that- so all it needed was a little bite.

"Really? Where is it?" Shinji inquired.

"Its near downtown, so we could, I don't know, hang out while he fixes it up?" She said nervously. The real reason she had come herself is that Shinji seemed like a nice guy , and she wanted to get to know him better.

"Sounds like a date. "Shinji teased. Kaylan blushed.

Kaylan then directed him towards her friends garage. They arrived there shortly. Shinji pulled into the garage and got out along with Kaylan. The garage itself was full of high performance and everyday cars alike , but was very neat and organized. Very professional in Shinji`s mind."Hey Al you here. " She yelled.

There was a clang and a man with blonde hair in his mid 30s slid from under a car that was sitting in the ship. "Yeah, yeah what is it?" He grumbled.

"How's it going Al," Kaylan asked the man known as Al.

"Eh its going. Where, I have no idea." He replied wiping the oil from his hands on his jeans."So who's the kid?" He jerked his head towards Shinji.

" Ah. You're very lucky Al. This is the famous Shinji Ikari." She said with a hint of pride in her voice.

"So you're the kid who`s been savin my ass! Well welcome , what can I do for you today." He asked.

"Well he just got a new car , she`s a real beauty, but she needs a little more bite if you know what I mean." She said pointing to Shinji`s ride.

"Well pop the hood and ill see what I can do." He replied. Shinji got back into the car and pooped the hood as he was told.

Al took a minute to inspect the car."Well you already have a really good engine , but there's still some stuff you can do to it. Just how much bite do you want this thing to have?" He asked from under the hood.

Shinji thought for a minute and finally said " As much as you can give it." With a smirk.

Al gave a wide smile , ear to ear." OK you asked for it." Al then walked to the back of the shop."Im going to need you two to vacate the premises, Im going to need a lot of concentration , come back in a couple hours , and don't worry ill take care of your baby." He said grinning like a madman.

They both shrugged their shoulders and walked outside, Al closed the door behind them."Well lets go I suppose." Shinji suggested. He started walking and Kaylan followed.

After about a five minute walk they arrived at the hardware store , the first thing they picked up was plaster and sheetrock. After they thought they had enough ,Kaylan spoke up , " Hey why don't we paint your room?"

"Might as well." He said. "Hmmmm what color should we use."He asked aloud. He thought about it for a sec, then he called one of the workers over to help him out.

"How can I help you." The man said.

"I kind of want to paint my room black but not jus straight black, something like a cross between grey and black." Shinji said hoping the man got what he was picturing in his mind.

The man didn't take long to reply "Well if you look over her, we have several shades of black, and I believe this one is the one you're looking for," Said the man plucking a can of paint from the shelf.

Shinji saw the color and his eyes widened in surprise at being able to find the color he was thinking of. But as he saw that color, a new Idea spurred in his mind."Thanks, but where is the white?" Shinji asked.

"It's just down the aisle." He said pointing.

"Thanks." Shinji with Kaylan in tow walked to the white. Shinji looked at the different mixes of white and found his color; it was a dark grey color.

"Is there anything else you need?" Kaylan asked sarcastically

"Actually yes there is." Shinji then picked up a pack of masking tape. "Now we can go." He said with a smirk.

They paid for their purchases, and left the store. It had been an hour or two since he dropped off his car , so Shinji thought that by the time he got back to Al`s shop he would be done. So they made their way back to Al`s shop.

When they arrived they door was still pulled down. Kaylan rose forward and starting to bang on the door. "Al you finished in there yet?" She yelled through the metal door.

After about a minute there was still no answer, but when Kaylan went to knock again the door shot up revealing grease and sweat covered Al.

"So did you finish Al?" Kaylan asked.

"Did I finish , what kind of question is that of course I did." He then pointed to the car as he sat down to take a breather." It was a bit of a rush job but it was done well.

The car looked as it did before except the exhaust tips were a bit wider then before. Shinji mentally smacked himself, he then went into the car and popped the hood. He got out and circled around to the front of the car , and finished opening the hood.

In the cavity of the car was what looked to be a titanium engine that gleamed in the mid day light. On one of the two cam shaft covers was etched one word: RAIJIN.

Before Shinji could ask what was this…..beast in his car, Al started talking " It's a 6.4 liter V8 engine with carbon steel cam heads and rods , but the body of the engine itself is actually polished aluminum, code name: SABER ." He said with a smile."I built it from head to toe myself , every part on there is forged to my exact detail, its literally one of a kind. It's my life`s work." He said with pride flowing through his words.

Shinji was astonished, could his day get any better, but a little bit of old Shinji started to rear its ugly head. "I couldn't take it, not if it's your life`s work." He said.

Al walked right up to Shinji and put his hand on his shoulder "Son you have saved my life many times, as far as I'm concerned this is as much as yours as it is mine." He said.

Shinji nodded his head, this was the answer why he fought , not everyone liked him even though he helped save the world on several occasions , but every once in a while you will find a person who is truly great full.

Kaylan was looking under the hood. "You added a supercharger and changed his exhaust out as well didn't you?" She asked.

Al nodded at her "I had to , if I didn't it would have blown the engine for sure from pressure. I also did some work on your suspension so you can have way better control than with stock."

"How did you know that?"Shinji asked Kaylan.

"Well my dad isn't home a lot so I hang out here with Al , and of course I picked up a few things." She replied.

Shinji was laughing like a madman inside his, Oh the fun he's going to have with this car. He got in and started it. It came to life with a fierce roar. The whole car vibrated from its power. Shinji closed the door as Kaylan got in. He then rolled the window down.

"How can I repay you." He said to Al

Al shook his head." Just take care of that one there for me, she's like a daughter to me." He said pointing to Kaylan.

"Can do."Shinji said. He then rolled the window up and put the car into first. He shot forward, the engine thirsting for a thorough test drive. Shinji had to ease of the gas and onto the brake as to not kill anyone. He would test her out later, he thought as a plan entered his mind. Shinji then remembered his cds. He popped one randomly in. Music filled the car from all sides loud clear and crisp." LOOKS LIKE AL GAVE YOU SOME POWER ON THE INSIDE AS WELL." Kaylan yelled. Shinji was about to have a joy gasm.

Soon they made it home and went straight to Shinji`s room and nobody was home. They patched the holes in Shinji`s walls first , then they filled trash bags full of is destroyed possessions .Shinji then started painting with the flat black color, while Kaylan Started to wire up his desktop system. While they were painting Kaylan asked Shinji questions, like the things he liked to do, favorite bands, and just general questions. She then learned that yesterday was his birthday and that they both went to the same school.

Soon they were finished and Shinjis room had so much character now. The whole room was a flat black color, along with grey stripes that went along the room, they zigged up and down along the way. And lighting the room was Shinji`s new Desktop , top of the line. It had a large monitor and a wireless mouse and keyboard. He was very happy how it had turned out, next on his list of things are to buy clothes.

His anger shot up for a second , but he calmed himself down. It was starting to get late outside , and he didn't want Kaylan out too late , her parents might get worried."Hey its getting a little late let me drive u home."Shinji said as he wiped a smidge of paint from his face.

Kaylan gladly accepted the invitation. With that he drove her home. Kaylan had enjoyed her say with Shinji , she could tell they would be good friends , and maybe more she secretly hoped. Kaylan got out of the car and went around to the drivers side where Shinji rolled down the window." So ill pick you up tomorrow for school?" He said.

"Of course." She said with a smile. She then walked off and blew him a kiss.

Shinji was surprised at first but just smirked. He then rolled up the window and made his way home.

….

When Shinji got home, Misato was in the kitchen sipping tea….wait tea, only he drank tea in the house. But Auska was glaring at him from the couch. She looked like a mummy. Her arm was in a cast and a bandage over her left eye and head. Shinji dismissed her glare and went to sit down with Misato.

"So how was your day Shin-chan." She asked while reading the paper.

"It was ok I got my room fixed up , and I got some work done on my new toy hehehehe." He said with a very evil snicker.

"Okaaaaayy then, well you have school tomorrow what are you going to do about your clothes." This shocked him, usually Misato wouldn't ask questions about stuff like that. 'I guess she is trying to change'. He thought.

"Well ill just sleep in my underwear tonight and wash this" He said pointing to his clothes.

"Well that sounds good*yawn* Well I think ill turn in early for tonight." She said scratching her head. She then walked over to Shinji and gave him a tight hug. "Night Shinji." She said.

"Night Misato."

After she went to bed he took off his shirt and pants and preceded to walk around the house half naked. He put his clothes in the washer, and went back to his room. He logged into his computer and plugged his iPod in and started to download music, as he would need it for tomorrow. He also needed something to keep him up so he could put his clothes in the dryer. But soon fatigue weighed on him and he decided to go to sleep as he shut down his computer .

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Author`s notes: Well this was longer than I anticipated , I have to thank Saiyan Prince, he really is a great co writer , and friend he can take credit for a good portion of my ideas if he wanted to. But anyway if you have ANY questions please pm me I enjoy answering them.

Omake time.

"But how, I forgot his birthday Ritz. he does everything he possibly can for us and I do this!" Misato burst into tears." How can he ever forgive me"

"Well you can start by making it up to him. for starters you should get him a present" Ritsuko got a box of tissues out and handed them to her friend"

"Sniff…..sniff what should I get him" She said drying her tears

Ritz looks at misato as if she stupid and says, "Well he did turn 15 so what do you think he would want"

It is after this comment that it clicks in Misato's mind exactly what she could get shinji.

"Ritz I know what to get shinji, but I am going to need your help," Misato says as she smiles widely at Ritsuko.

Ritz smiles, "Sure I will help you in any way I can, shinji has become a good friend of mine the last few months."

"You promise Ritz," misato asks to make sure with a crazed smile on her face.

"I promise," Rits responds.

"GREAT," misato screams and then says, "well first you need to recruit someone, and if I know her well enough, you are just the person to get her."

"Who are you talking about misato," Ritzs asks with a confused face, as all Misato responds with is just a smile.

Minor time skip

Misato was as giddy as a school girl on prom night. Her plan was a success so far, and with every step she took she found another way to strengthen it , So Shinji will have nothing to poke holes in but his own logic. She briefly glanced back at her and though no one else would see it, she knew Shinji and he was agitated. She suspected that he was wondering what she meant when she said that she could actually show him that she actually cared. Boy would he be surprised, she suppressed the urge to snicker as she saw his face knitted in concentration.

They finally reached their destination: Nerve's R&D department. There they stood in front of unmarked heavy bulkhead doors. Misato walked over to the side of the doors to the terminal that was mounted on its wall. She then slid her card through the reader built into the terminal. The doors then creaked and moaned as they opened.

Once the doors completely retracted into the walls, Misato walked through as Shinji followed. Shinji looked inside the room. He knew, well he didn't know, Misato wasn't trying to hurt him, so it was better safe than sorry in his opinion. He could tell two things about the room: it was big and expensive. There were all types of machinery around the room along with several empty cardboard boxes. Some Eva related and others were just research of some type having to do with numerous experiments by the looks of it.

There was then a loud intake of breath and Shinji`s muscles tensed, he scanned the room and let out a sigh of relief; it was just Ritsuko snoring, wait what was Ritsuko doing here, and why the hell is wearing a French maid outfit and is that Maya Ibuki next to her wearing a similar outfit.

'What the hell is going on here,' he thought to himself.

It was at this moment that shinji noticed that misato was taking off her favorite red jacket and her pants. In his shock he could not look away. His mind was racing a mile per second, and he good portion of himself was really enjoying this. It was when misato was done removing her jacket and pants did he now see that she too had on a French maid outfit, but her outfit said "Head Maid" on it.

Afterwards Misato went over to the resting duo and slowly whispered into their ear, "Wake up. Our Master is here and we have to make sure he enjoys his birthday gifts."

As Ritsuko and Maya both woke up, they both had to wonder how they were dragged into shinji's birth day surprise, but none the less they got into character and said, 'welcome home Master. Is there anything we can do for you today? Perhaps we can prepare you dinner or if you wish to get cleaned before dinner we can assist you I doing that master. Or if master is stressed out… we can help remove the stress of your body…. With our own."

With the final comments said shinji's 15 year old mind could not take it anymore and his nose exploded into a crimson shower as he flew back with a huge smile on his face.

"Ah master you can't pass out yet. We have not gotten to the good part. So be a good master a wake up now," misato says with a huge smile as she Ritzs and maya make their way to shinji.

Shinji would wake up a day later with only vague memories of what happened that night. But from what he remembers, he knows that now that he will forever have a fetish for maids. Perhaps he can even buy himself a mansion full of them .

OMAKE 2

"You're Shinji Ikari!" Shinji smirked

"The one and only" He said

She gave him back his card" No charge." Shinji was flabbergasted but then smiled, 'at least some one appreciates me'

"Well at least let me do this" he then pulled out his wallet and withdrew 100 yen, no one would call him ungrateful that`s for sure. He put the bill in the girls hand and said " It's the least I can do, think of it as a tip" He smiled

The girl blushed " I couldn't take your hard earned money" She said as she tried to put the bill back into his hand.

"No problem. I make enough of it anyways, and it's the least I can do," he responded with a smile and left.

"FYI for those who don't know. 100 yen is about 85 cents in US money ."