A/N: Well now, it's time for introduction of the new Eva Pilots. Asuka will not like the fact Kensuke is an Eva Pilot I bet, and the fact she now has a new roommate won't help her temper. I sort of feel sorry for her but life isn't fair at times. Don't worry, the situation will improve for Asuka next chapter.
A/A/N: I noticed a discrepancy between chapter 1 and 2. It was Kensuke's Sync score, so I fixed it if you noticed.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Evangelion.
In school, class is now on break. Shinji, along with Kensuke and Toji, are standing on the roof.
"Hey Shinji, did you hear? There's going to be two new Evas! I hope I get to pilot one of them." Kensuke says enthusiastically.
Shinji replies, "Yeah, Misato told me and Asuka last night. She did say that there is a new pilot from America coming to move in with us."
"Aw man!" Kensuke complains, "That means- wait, just one pilot?"
Shinji nods, "That's what Misato said last-"
"Then I still have a chance!" Kensuke cheers.
"Trust me, it isn't worth the trouble." Toji says seriously, "Don't you remember what happened when my Eva got possessed by an Angel?"
Kensuke frowns. "Thanks for spoiling the fun, besides, that won't happen again. The Angels are gone, right?"
"Yes, but piloting Eva isn't meant to be fun. Your life and others depend on what you do." Shinji responds quietly.
"Wow, that sounded deep." Toji mutters.
"Either way," Kensuke continued, "Even if I can't pilot either of the Evas that will arrive today, I hope I can pilot Unit 04."
"Unit 04?" Shinji asks, his expression confused, "Wasn't that destroyed with the Nerv Branch in Nevada?"
Kensuke nods, "Yeah, but it seems it's back to normal. I heard rumors that it'll have really cool upgrades. Wouldn't it be awesome to pilot an Eva that can fly?"
"Fly?" Toji looks doubtful, "How can an Eva fly? It's too heavy."
"Ha! what about the Mass Produced Evas? They can fly!"
"Hmp. I wondered what you stooges were talking about." Asuka remarks scathingly, walking towards them with Hikari walking next to her, "Don't get your hopes up, four-eyes, there is NO way they'd select you to be an Eva Pilot."
"Well if isn't the Devil Incarnate and the class rep." Toji remarks.
"Of course they'd select me. I wouldn't lose to the Eva Series like YOU did-" Kensuke began but was interrupted by Asuka punching him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Ha! You wouldn't last one minute against them. I only lost because I ran out of power." Asuka retorted, as Kensuke attempts to get back to his feet.
"So you admit you lost?" Kensuke shot back.
"Why I oughta-" Asuka began but was interrupted by the bell ringing.
"Asuka, we have to get back to class." Hikari stepping between them, trying to avoid another fight.
Asuka glares at Kensuke, then snorts and stomps back towards the classroom. Hikari follows her, "Asuka, don't listen to them. You are a great pilot, and as long as you know that, what do their opinions matter?"
Asuka sighs, "I know that Hikari, but I really don't like being teased by those stooges."
"Well," Hikari replies, "I'm sure they have their good points, like Shinji. He doesn't tease you at all."
"Pft, you forgot he is also a coward."
"He has changed a bit after Third Impact you know," Hikari replies calmly, "I've noticed that he stands up for himself sometimes."
Asuka looks annoyed, "I noticed that too. Anyways, you said 'they', who else in that group has good points?"
Hikari looks nervous, blushing slightly, "Umm, it isn't important-"
"Wait a minute. You aren't still in love with Toji, are you…What do you see in that stooge anyways?"
Hikari blushes, "He has his good points." Hikari protests, "You only see one side of him, I see the side of him that is kind and likes to help people."
Asuka shakes her head, "I'll take your word for it." Both Asuka and Hikari enter the classroom and sit down.
Shinji, Kensuke and Toji watch Asuka and Hikari head back to class. Shinji sighs.
"What's wrong, Shinji?" Toji asks.
"I wish she wouldn't overreact like that." Shinji replies softly.
"Hmp, she has anger management issues." Kensuke grumbles.
They begin walking back to class, out of earshot of Hikari and Asuka, who are walking ahead of them. "Maybe if you didn't argue with her, she wouldn't have punched you." Shinji commented, "Besides, she has changed a little bit."
"Once the Devil Incarnate, always the Devil Incarnate." Kensuke remarked, "Besides, she started it."
"Yeah," Toji replied, "But Shinji is right, she has changed a bit. At least she doesn't get mad over nothing like she used to."
Kensuke nods, "Agreed. Anyways, back to what I was telling you guys earlier. I heard rumors about Unit 04 being able to fly without wings or anything, wouldn't that be awesome?"
Toji nods, his expression doubtful. "How can it fly, though?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure." Kensuke admitted, "I couldn't get much info on it…There were far too many safeguards and firewalls around the information. Anyways, Units 05 and 06 are coming tomorrow right?"
Shinji nods. "Yeah, Misato told me about it."
"I heard that Unit 06 can go underwater and still work, cool right?"
Toji nods, "Yes, but since the Angels are gone, why get more Evas?"
Kensuke replies enthusiastically, "Because they are awesome... that and the other Units are pretty damaged."
Shinji shakes his head, "Misato told me that that people who made the Eva Series are still around."
Kensuke frowns, "I've heard of them. Aren't they called SEELE or something?"
"Yeah. They were also behind Third Impact and the attack on Nerv."
"What a bunch of bastards," Toji remarked, "Why did they try to do that, are they crazy or something?"
Shinji just shrugs. The three of them reach the classroom and take their seats.
A/N: Script format isn't recommended but I'm using it for SEELE meetings.
The room is dark, absolutely no light is seen until twelve Monoliths appear out of the darkness, each of them with the word 'SEELE' on them and a number from 01 to 12.
SEELE 01: Ikari has yet to learn his place.
SEELE 05: Agreed, he plans to acquire two new Eva Units to strengthen his already weakened forces.
SEELE 07: He will pay for his arrogance when we destroy him and his Evas.
SEELE 01: Has the pilot and Eva been prepared?
SEELE 11: Yes, the pilot is limited in skill and intelligence. However, he is sufficient to put Ikari in his place.
SEELE 12: The Eva is also ready, thanks to our new benefactor's funding.
SEELE 01: Very well, we shall attack at noon tomorrow.
It is Saturday morning, the sun is obscured by the clouds as a young girl with brown eyes and chestnut-brown hair tied back to form a ponytail looks at the city of Tokyo-3 two miles away at a nearby hilltop. An older man is leaning against a nearby tree with his car parked nearby.
"It's a beautiful city." The young girl says softly, wearing a long sleeved dark blue shirt and a lavender skirt that goes down to her knees.
"Yes," the man replied, "I suppose it is, isn't it."
The girl faces the man, "Thank you for bringing me here from the airport in Tokyo-2, Kaji."
Kaji nods, "It wasn't a problem. Anyways, I wanted to see someone who lives here anyways so..."
She smiles impishly, "It's this Misato I've been hearing about, isn't it?"
Kaji scratches his cheek, "That's right, but I don't think it will be the best welcome for you. Shinji is a nice enough kid but Asuka might not like a roommate."
The girl shrugs, "That isn't a problem. She can probably live with it, and if not, I'll move into Shinji's room." she smiles, "Is he as cute as everyone says he is?"
He shrugs, "That's a matter of personal opinion. Anyways, we better head to the apartment building."
The girl nods as she and Kaji head back to the car.
"Whew, the apartment is finally clean." Misato said wearily, sitting on the couch.
"Why did I have to help you instead of Shinji doing it?" Asuka complained.
"Because, he is making breakfast, remember?"
"Hmp, I could do that." Asuka mutters.
"Really? I remember your previous attempt at cooking." Misato said teasingly.
"Breakfast is ready." Shinji called from the kitchen, cutting off Asuka's chance to retort to Misato's comment.
"Ok, we're coming" Misato replies cheerfully.
Asuka and Misato walk into the kitchen and sit down at the table. Shinji brings breakfast over, it consists of bacon, eggs, and toast. Shinji sits down and everyone begins to eat.
"When will the new pilot arrive, Misato?" Shinji asks.
"Hmm, probably around noon." Misato replies, "It'll be nice having another girl besides Asuka to talk to."
Asuka snorts, "She'd better not touch my things."
Misato smirks, finding the perfect opportunity to tease Asuka, "You mean like Shinji?"
Both Shinji and Asuka blush. "Shutup! I don't like that idiot!" Asuka snaps at Misato, pointing to Shinji, "Get it through your alcohol-stuffed head-"
"What's that suppose to-" Misato retorts but was cut off by the doorbell.
Misato glances at the clock. 9:30 am. "Well, I guess the pilot is here early." she says calmly, standing up and heading for the door. Shinji and Asuka follow her.
"Hey Misato." Kaji's voice sounds from the other side of the doorway.
Misato froze and then smiled, with tears in her eyes. She quickly opens the door and embraces Kaji fiercely, "How-" Misato began, nearly speechless, "Why-"
"I was revived, thanks to Third Impact." Kaji said, smiling, "Miss me?"
Misato smiles and punches him lightly in the arm, "Idiot."
Kaji looks past Misato and at Shinji, "Thanks Shinji, for allowing everyone to come back to life. You made the right choice."
Shinji merely nods, still unsure he made the right choice.
Kaji glances at Asuka, "You've grown rather pretty, Asuka." Kaji says.
"Hey, what about me?" Misato complains.
Kaji smiles faintly, "You haven't changed much, Misato." Kaji looks at the girl that came with him, unnoticed until now. "I came here mainly to deliver the Seventh Child to your humble abode." Kaji says mockingly.
Misato looks annoyed, but recovers. Shinji and Asuka step out into the hallway and look at the girl. She looks calmly at Misato, Shinji and Asuka. "Hello, my name is Sarah Elenor. Pleased to meet you all."
Misato smiles, "Nice to meet you too. Right, Shinji and Asuka?"
Shinji replies, "Nice to meet you, Sarah."
Asuka, keeping her irritation at the prospect of a roommate down, replies, "Hello."
Sarah looks at Misato, "You're Major Misato Katsuragi, in charge of taking care of the Second and Third Child." Misato looks slightly impressed. Sarah glances at Asuka, "And you're the famous Second Child from Germany, Asuka Langley Souryu.." Asuka's expression becomes less annoyed, "...That lost to the Eva Series." Sarah finishes teasingly.
"EXCUSE ME?" Asuka screams at her.
"Calm down, geez." Sarah complained, "I was just kidding. I read the report of your battle with them, you fought well against them."
Asuka snorts.
Sarah looks at Shinji, "And, of course, the Third Child, Shinji Ikari. The Savior of Humanity." Shinji scratches the back of his head, looking embarrassed by the praise. "And, of course," Sarah continued, smiling faintly, "You are pretty cute looking too."
"Hey! Back off." Asuka said angrily at Sarah.
Sarah raises her eyebrow, "What, are you his girlfriend or something?"
Asuka's face becomes red, "Shutup!" she shouts and tries to slap Sarah.
Sarah steps back, tilting her head back to avoid the slap. "That wasn't very nice, you know." she calmly chides her.
"Okay," Misato says, heading off a potential fight, "Commander Ikari wants the Sync test done as soon as Sarah arrived."
Asuka glares at Sarah and stomps off toward the elevator. Misato sighs, "Lets just head to Nerv HQ."
As they approach the entrance to Nerv HQ, Toji and Kensuke are seen talking with each other. Asuka shouts, "Hey! Nerv personnel only, four-eyes!"
Toji looks annoyed, "You don't know then, I guess."
Kensuke smirks and shows Asuka his ID Card. Asuka's jaw drops as she reads it, 'Kensuke Aida. Sixth Child, Pilot of Eva Unit 05.'
"Who the hell made him an Eva Pilot?" Asuka demanded Misato, pointing a finger at him.
"Commander Ikari, if you want to argue about it with him." Misato stated calmly.
Asuka mutters to herself, "Great, now all three stooges are Eva Pilots... it's the end of the world."
Misato stands next to Doctor Akagi, looking at the Sync scores.
Shinji: 83
Asuka: 75
Toji: 43
Kensuke: 32
Sarah: 69
"Hmm, the scores look satisfactory." Ritsuko notes, "Sarah has a good score to start with, Kensuke has a low score, but that's understandable I suppose."
Misato frowns, "Toji's score is low, but then he only piloted once and his Eva was taken over by an Angel, so I guess he's nervous."
Ritsuko nods, "I don't know how either Shinji and Asuka do it, but their scores are fairly good. Considering what they went through, it's surprising they have scores like this."
"I'd have to agree with you there, Rits."
"How did the introduction of the Seventh Child and finding out of Kensuke was the Sixth Child go with Asuka?" Ritsuko asked Misato.
"It could have gone a lot better." Misato said, sighing.
"That bad?"
"It could have been worse, I suppose."
Ritsuko shrugs and looks at the time. "It's almost noon, why don't we get some lunch?"
Misato nods and goes to the comm that connects to the Entry Plugs, "Okay everyone, that's enough for today-" Misato began but was interrupted by the alarm.
Speaker: "NERV Base is under First Stage Alert, all personnel report to your stations immediately."
Misato frowns and returns to the comm, "Change of plan, it seems. Shinji, Kensuke and Sarah, head to your Eva Units immediately. The rest of you are to report to the Command Center, understood?"
Shinji hesitates before nodding.
Sarah smiles and replies "Yes ma'am"
Kensuke cheers, "Yay, I get to- I mean, understood Major Katsuragi." Kensuke tries to hide his excitement.
Asuka sighs, realizing she could do nothing about the situation. "Okay, Misato."
Misato and Doctor Akagi reach the command center. Commanders Ikari and Fuyutsuki are present, as well as Hyuga, Aoba, and Maya. "What's the situation?" Ritsuko asks.
"Sensors have detected an unknown target two miles outside the city." Maya replies.
"It has an orange-waveform pattern. It isn't an Angel, but the MAGI are detecting the presence of an S2 Engine." Hyuga says.
"Get me a visual of it." Misato ordered.
"Yes, ma'am." Hyuga replies, pulling up a picture of the target. The target is similar in design to an Eva, but there are obvious differences. It has four arms rather than two, it's head is similar to Unit 00, and it's armor looks like it was made recently. Overall, however, the Eva looked like it was just thrown together rather than made correctly.
"Sir, we are receiving a transmission from the target." Hyuga says.
"Put it onscreen." Gendo orders in a monotone voice.
A man in his early 20s appears onscreen with a smug expression. "SEELE has ordered for your complete and total surrender, you have one hour to reply-"
Gendo cuts him off, "Launch Eva Units 05 and 06. Put Unit 01 on standby."
The man looks annoyed, "Very well, it seems I'll have to destroy an Eva or two to get the point across." he snapped, cutting off the transmission.
"You heard the Commander. Launch Evas 05 and 06." Misato ordered.
"Ok, you two," Misato says seriously over the comm to Sarah and Kensuke as their Evas are launched, "To control the Eva-"
"We know how to do it, Major Katsuragi." Kensuke replies, his plug suit color is camo green.
Sarah nods, her plug suit color is dark blue. "Ritsuko told us how earlier."
"Well, okay.." Misato responds, "Sarah, you have the higher Sync so you take the lead. Kensuke, your backup. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am." Both of them reply in unison.
"Okay you two, good luck." Misato replies.
Both Evas reach the surface on the outskirts of Tokyo-3. A weapons cache opens in a nearby building. Unit 06 takes a progressive sword and Unit 05 manages to take out a machine gun. "Hey, Kensuke. Having trouble?" Misato asks.
Kensuke nods, "It's a bit harder than I thought, but I think I have the hang of it." he states, moving Unit 05 to the edge of the city and runs over to a hilltop where he lays on the ground and points his gun at the enemy Eva, which is one mile away from the city at this point. Unit 06 stands in it's way.
Suddenly, the comm opens in Unit 06, "So," the man stated with an amused expression, "My opponent is a little girl, how amusing."
"You won't think it's amusing when cut you in half." Sarah replies calmly.
The man cuts the comm. Suddenly the two lower arms, which are more bulky that the upper arms, open up, revealing two energy cannons.
"Sir, we're detecting a high energy building in the target." Maya reported.
"What?" Misato exclaimed, she activates the comm to Unit 06. "Sarah, get out of there!"
The Eva fires two beams of energy at Unit 06, but Sarah quickly uses its AT Field to block the attack. The beams continue to fire at Unit 06, pushing it back even with her Unit's AT Field deployed. "I can't do that, Misato." Sarah replies flatly, with strain in her voice. Unnoticed to her, Sarah's umbilical cable was severed, leaving 5:00 minutes of power left.
"I'm giving you an order-" Misato snaps.
"If I move, the city will get hit." Sarah retorted, cut her off. Continuing to get pushed back, her Eva's AT Field near its limit.
Suddenly, the enemy Eva is hit by a barrage of gunfire fired by Unit 05. The enemy pilot is taken by surprise and it's energy cannons are heavily damaged, knocking them offline. Kensuke's voice is heard over the comm, "Lets see you use those laser guns now!"
The enemy Eva draws two progressive swords that were stored on its back, "You die first, brat!" He charges right at Unit 05, jumping above him and slashing down with both sword in a cross formation.
Unit 05 rolls out of the way of the swords, but its umbilical cable is cut. 5:00 minutes of power left. "Damn-" Kensuke is cut off by Unit 05 getting tripped and knocked to the ground. The enemy Eva stabs Unit 05's left leg, pinning it to the ground. Kensuke cries out in pain, clutching his leg from the pain.
"DIE!" The Eva brings its other sword down, attempting to cut Unit 05 in half from the head down. Surprisingly, Unit 05's progressive knife holster opens. Kensuke quickly grabs the knife, deflects the sword so it instead cuts deeply into Unit 05's left arm rather than its head and stabs the enemy Eva right in the left shoulder with it, disabling movement in it.
"Kensuke's sync ratio just jumped from 32 to 39." Maya said, surprise in her voice.
"However, he can't do anything else at this point." Ritsuko said seriously, "The higher the sync ratio, the more pain is felt. With two injuries that serious, he'll barely be able move at this point."
Misato sighs, "Deactivate Unit 05, Maya. Kensuke can't do anything else."
Unit 06 slowly gets to its feet, Sarah exhausted from projecting her Eva's AT Field to block the laser cannons. Misato's face appears in the comm. "Sarah, get over to Unit 05, now." she orders, her voice serious. Sarah nods and runs towards Unit 05 and the enemy Eva. The enemy Eva is pulls out the progressive knife stabbed in its left shoulder by Unit 05, it then stabs it into Unit 05's chest. It pulls out the sword that was pinning down Unit 05's leg and just as it is about to stab Unit 05 in the head, it is rammed by Unit 06, causing it to drop its sword.
As the Eva attempts to stand up, Unit 06 slashes across its chest with her sword, damaging it enough to expose its S2 Engine. The Eva trips Unit 06, picks up its sword and slashes down, but Unit 06 rolls out of the way. Using its sword to pin the enemy Eva's sword down, and kicks it in the chest, making it lose it grip on its sword. As the enemy Eva stumble back, Unit 06 grabs the sword the enemy lost and slashes with both swords in a cross formation at the enemy Eva's S2 Engine, but suddenly stops just before hitting it. Sarah looks at her Eva's power supply. 0:00. "NO!"
"Unit 06 deactivated!" Hyuga shouted.
"Send up Unit 01." Commander Ikari ordered.
Unit 01 is launched to the surface, arriving outside Tokyo-03 near the target. "Why am I doing this…" Shinji mutters to himself, "I don't even want to fight anymore."
'Fight for your friends.' A woman's voice whispers to Shinji. 'If you don't wish to fight for your own sake, then fight to protect your friends.'
Shinji becomes silent before gripping his controls tightly and charging straight at the enemy. The enemy Eva kicks Unit 06 in the chest before tearing a sword out of one of its hands. "Damn bitch. Making a fool out of me." He stabs down at the fallen Eva Unit, planning to destroy its entry plug and pilot. Unit 01 draws its Prog Knife and deflects the blade before tackling the enemy Eva, knocking it away. "Ah…Unit 01. I was worried about being forced to rip the base apart in order to find and destroy you." His voice is slightly annoyed at the loss of his prey.
"I won't let you hurt my friends." Shinji replies in a soft voice. Unit 01 charges at the Eva before it has time to react, punching him to the ground and pinning its remaining arm to the ground by the joint. At that point, the enemy pilot KNEW he had no way to win against Eva Unit 01 with no way to fight.
"Damn brat…I'll bring you down to hell with me!" He activates the self-destruct program on his Eva Unit. Shinji focuses his Eva's AT Field in front of him and somewhat around the enemy. When the enemy Eva explodes, the AT Field completely suppresses the force of the explosion, protecting Unit 01 from harm.
"The target has gone silent." Hyuga says with relief in his voice.
"Wow, Kensuke was great out there!" Toji complimented. "And Shinji was just awesome out there!"
"Well, I suppose he did okay... for a beginner." Asuka muttered, referring to Kensuke.
Misato sighed with relief, "Good job out there you guys."
Fuyutsuki frowns, "What did SEELE hope to accomplish by sending an Eva like that against us?" he asks Gendo.
"It was likely they sent it to test the potential of our new Evas and pilots, rather than seriously confront us." Gendo responds in a calm voice. "Had they been serious, they would have sent more than one Eva with an inferior pilot."
"True," Fuyutsuki looks thoughtful, 'Even though they sent an Eva, where did they get the resources to make it...' he wondered to himself.
A/N: And there you have it, Chapter Two is done. I must say, I planned to put the battle in Chapter Three rather than Two, but then it wouldn't be very fair to the readers huh... That and it was so much fun writing that I couldn't stop. Anyways... Rate, Review, and see you next chapter!