Disclaimer: I do not own Evangelion or any of it's characters. All rights go to Gainax and it's creators.

Shinji looked at the three people who had barged into his substitute home. The one on the far left looked to be American. He was in his late teens,average build ,and had green eyes and freckles with a mop of red hair dressed in blue jeans and a white v neck. But the weird thing was that he couldn't seem to stay still, his eyes darted all around him with nervousness as he scratched the side of neck with his hands.

On the far right was a taller guy about 6,1. He was dressed in grey shorts and a red T shirt.

He looked to be of Korean decent but had vague American features .He had brown hair and an athletic build. His shoulders were wide and taut, along with his chest, both of which stretching his shirt to it's limits .Shinji wondered how much it would hurt to be hit by him.

'A lot probably' Shinji thought to himself as he noticed the man in the middle. It was Koichi, and he looked pissed.

"Well what do we have here? Having dinner?" Koichi asked with an overly sweet tone.

"No where just sitting here waiting for the door to get kicked in so some asshole can barge in." Shinji said.

"You ." Koichi growled as he made his way around the table towards Shinji.

Shinji waited for Koichi to make his way around so he could make his move, but he didn't get the chance.

"Koichi what are you doing here!" Kodama yelled as she got up and pushed Koichi away. How did he even find her? 'The son of a mob boss, of course.' She thought to herself as she rolled her eyes.

Kodama put herself in the middle of the two males as Koichi tried to push his way past her. He stepped back and pulled out a pistol from behind his back. Hikari gasped as he leveled it at her sister's chest.

"Well firstly Im here to pay that little shit back for getting in my way. Now move out of my way!" He yelled as his grip tensed on the pistol.

Shinji grimaced as Hikari squealed again and cupped her mouth with his hands as Kodama stood her ground. Shinji felt his heart race as Kodama showed no signs of moving.

He didn't know what Koichi was planning exactly, but he knew it had something to do with Kodama. He had to buy time.

Shinji reached into his pocket for his cigarettes,causing Koichi to turn the gun onto him. Shinji was not fazed and continued to light himself a cigarette.

"So you came here for the sole purpose of getting revenge, not the most original thing I've ever heard of ,but I can understand."

He pulled on his drink for a long time as his eyes bored into Koichi's. "But what I find hilarious personally, is the part where you pay me back for getting in your way."

"And why is that?" Koichi asked with a sneer on his face. Shinji's heart was racing , his mouth was dry and hot. On the outside he was cold as stone, but on the inside a war was raging. On one side his will to fight versus with the other being his fear.

And neither was giving an inch.

He took a swig of his drink to allay his nerves before he spoke. "Because last time you had two guys , this time you have two guys, and unless you plan on killing us all I doubt you plan on using that gun."

"See that's where your wrong. Last time those guys were just low rank body guards my dad hired on the spot and dressed them up. But these two." He said jerking his hand behind him. "These two are on a completely different level of fighting."

"Koji over there used to be a pro boxer before he got kicked out of the league for his viscous fighting style. What's your best knock out time again Koji." He asked over his shoulder to the right to the man now identified as Koji.

"a minute and a half I believe." The Koji said in a thoughtful tone of voice.

"And Van over there isn't really much usually, but when he shoots up he's the strongest guy around!" Koichi grinned." So you see, you really don't have a chance of getting out of this in one piece, once they get their hands on you" He boasted.

"Don't get me wrong, I'd rather paint your brains all over the wall , but this way is just less messy." He said shrugging.

"So a boxer and a super junkie of some sort. Yes this is difficult indeed." He thought out loud as he dabbed ash on the table for lack of an ashtray.

"Shinji not on the table, my dad will kill me!" Hikari screamed.

"Hikari, there is a man with a loaded gun in my face, With two other guys that are about to tear me apart. and your worried about the table... were going to talk about this later." He said as he palmed his face in what could be described as agony.

"No you won't, because you wont have any teeth when we're through with you." Koji said.

"And then me an Kodama-chan can get more acquainted." Koichi said lecherously while Koji and van made their way farther into the kitchen towards Shinji.

'Show time.'

Shinji hurled his glass at Koichi with all of the strength his right arm could muster. The now empty glass shot across the air, smashing right up against the distracted Koichi's face. He screamed to the top of his lungs as he dropped the gun, needing both of his hands to try to pull out the glass embedded in his face.

Shinji hopped up on top of the table, grabbing his bottle of Bacardi with him. With his cigarette hanging from his lips he leapt and kicked Koichi square in in the chest. The man fell to the ground with Shinji still standing on top of him.

Fueled by adrenaline and rum, Shinji turned and swung as hard as he could and broke the Bacardi bottle over the top of Van's head, showering him with glass and liquor. Shinji then spat his still lit cigarette at him, igniting the flammable liquid that was on his head.

"AAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH MY FACE." He yelled as he dropped to the ground, rolling around trying to put his face out.

Shinji turned around to receive a blow to the face from Koji that sent him falling straight onto his face.

"Yup that's what I thought, hurts like a bitch." Shinji said as he got up and onto his feet. He spit out a loogie of blood before Koji continued to advance on him.

"Oh trust me it's going to hurt a lot more." Koji said as he advanced on him.

He threw a punch, only to have Shinji duck under and over it. Koji saw him pull back for a punch, he brought up his guard only to receive a low kick to the inside of his left knee.

He grimaced at the pain as his form went side ways ,but he recovered in time to block a right hook from Shinji before he counter attacked with a blow to Shinji's ribs.

'Damn he's fast.' Shinji thought as he winced , but he pushed through it as he dodged an oncoming blow from the boxer. He swung his torso under the blow, coming up two deliver a two punch combo to Koji's face.

He followed up with a kick to the shin, before dodging another blow from Koji, the liquor in his system dulling the pain from his ribs.

He blocked another one of Koji's punches, his fore arm stinging from the impact. Shinji then lashed out with his foot, kicking the man square in his midsection as well as creating some distance.

Koji grunted from the blow. "Slippery bastard!" He yelled.

Shinji blocked Koji's right fist with his fore arm and started to hammer his fist into the side of his temple as hard as he could, his blows more feral from the alcohol in his system.

Koji went down to the ground by the fifth punch that Shinji had drilled into his head, breathing heavily as he saw movement in his peripheral vision. He whirled around to see Nozomi standing in the frame of the entryway to the back hallway.

"Shinji?" She said in a sleepy voice as she rubbed her eye.

"It's ok Nozomi, just go back to sleep." Shinji replied in a calm voice.

" Ok." She said and turned around sleepily and headed back to her room as she was told.

Shinji blew out a sigh of relief. He turned around to see Koichi getting up ,gun in hand. His eyes widened as Koichi aimed the shiny , big gun towards him.

"Oh shi-"

BANGBANGBANG

Shinji had quickly dove behind the couch for cover. The bullets tore through the leather couch, sending shreds of cotton and fabric into the air.

The room was still as Koichi stopped firing. A thin trail of gun smoke coming from the barrel of his pistol. He heard no noise from the other side of the room.

His face throbbed with pain from the glass Shinji had threw at him. He ignored it and turned and kicked

Koji who was laid out near his left foot.

"Van get your lazy ass up and get the girl so we can get the hell out of this place." Koichi said to the main who was still nursing his charred face.

Van pushed himself from off of the floor and started towards Kodama as he was ordered, as blood trailed straight down his throbbing face.

Van hauled Kodama onto his shoulder, struggling slightly as she kicked and screamed as loud as she could. She was in a complete frenzy, her fists roughly pounding his back.

Hikari was frozen in her seat with fear as the man walked out of the kitchen with her sister hauled over his left shoulder.

"Hurry up, I'm pretty sure some one heard those gunshots." Koichi yelled at Koji, the man responding by getting up with a bit of stumble, his head pounding from Shinji's blows.

With his crew and Kodama gathered, the group made their way to the door, but were confused to see a tall, pony tailed haired man standing in the doorway, a cold expression adorning his face.

"Who the hell-"

BANG

Koichi hit the ground screaming as Kaji had quickly drawn his handgun and fired off a round into the young mans right kneecap.

"Boss!" Van yelled as he glared at the man who now had the barrel pointing directly in between the man's eyes.

"I wouldn't if I were you, but what I would do if I were you is drop the girl, grab your boss here, and haul his sorry ass out of here before I decide to give you all matching holes." He said as he narrowed his eyes, cocking the hammer back on his pistol.

"What are you doing!Don't just stand there like fucking statues, kill him already!" Koichi yelled as he clutched his bloodied right knee with both hands.

Kaji glared at Koichi.

BANG

"And when it comes to lead Im not particularly stingy." He said, steel lining the edge of his voice.

"Fuck!" Koichi yelled as Kaji shot out his other knee.

"Now am I just going to have to keep pumping lead into your boy here, or are you guys going to get your ass in gear and get the hell out." Kaji said indifferently.

Van an Koji looked at their howling, crippled boss. Van slowly put Kodama down onto her feet.

But as soon as Kodama firmly planted her feet firmly on the ground, she launched a right hook straight into Van's jaw. Inadvertently knocking his had against the wall of the hallway.

"I don't like being touched!" She yelled as Van slid down the wall onto the floor, clutching his even more damaged face.

Kaji nodded in approval at the girls actions. "With that , I think it's time for you gentleman to leave."

"Van, help me get the boss and let's just get the hell out of here."

"My face hurts!" He yelled in pain.

"I don't give a shit, if you don't get your junkie ass over here Im going to make a whole lot more hurt!" Koji raged at the smaller man.

With some effort, he helped Koji pick up Koichi, the latter still yelling at his current state.

Kaji moved out of the way when they came toward him, tensing his grip on his pistol as he kept it trained on Koichi's head.

Kaji closed the door as best he could with it being broken. He turned around to see Kodama. She was holding the sides of her arms as she looked up to the unshaven man.

"You should call someone to get that fixed." He said with a smile, before he returned his gun to his shoulder holster.

"Ok who are you and where did you come from." Kodama said as she narrowed her eyes.

"Woah , whoa, just calm down. I'm a friend of Shinji."

Her eyes widened. "Shinji!" The girl screamed before she turned quickly on her heel, her hair swinging around in a flurry as she took of to where the boy was downed.

She made it to the bullet ridden couch and stopped, she covered her mouth with her left hand as she drew closer, feeling tears at the edges of her eyes as she saw the numerous holes in the couch.

Before they claimed her, she threw away her fears and moved forward, determined to make sure he was ok.

She approached slowly as she saw Shinji splayed out unconscious near the coffee table.

She gasped She was quickly at his side, rolling him over and checking him for any obvious wounds.

"Shinji, wake up Shinji!" She screamed at the boy.

He stirred and shifted, his eyes blinking open, focusing in on his surroundings. "What?" He said drowsily.

"Shinji are you ok?"

"I'd be fine if you'd stop yelling, geez my head is killing me." He said as he pulled himself from the girl's arms, sitting himself upright as he scratched his head.

Shinji turned to the girl and saw tears brimming at the edges of her eyes as she looked at him.

'She was worried about me.' He thought with a smile.

An impressed whistle reached Shinji's ears as he turned his head in the direction of it's origin.

"Wow , somebody did a number in this place." Kaji said as he surveyed the living room. There was shattered glass all over the floor where Shinji smashed van over the head with his Bacardi bottle, staining the carpet in alcohol and blood.

He looked over to the couch and saw the numerous bullet holes in the couch.

"Anyone want to clue me in on what went on in here?'" Kaji asked.

"Hikari you ok?" Shinji said ignoring the man's question.

"Y...Yea" The girl hesitantly replied.

Shinji nodded and got to his feet, wobbling on his legs slightly. He made his way into the Kitchen to see Hikari still frozen in her seat, pupils dilated in fear.

He walked over and laid a soft hand upon her shoulder, shocking her out of her fear induced haze.

"You sure you ok Hikari?" He asked gently.

"Yeah, I'm... fine." She repeated.

Shinji didn't seem convinced, but let it go. He walked over to where he was seated previously and grabbed a cigarette from the pack. He opened his zippo and lit it with a shaky hand before inhaling.

He sat down as he saw Kaji and Kodama walk into the kitchen.

"So you wanna tell me what happened." Kaji asked again.

Shinji blew a stream of smoke out of his nose."Well..."

D.O.D

Kaji was standing slack jawed as Shinji finished his tale. He told him everything from the bar encounter up until that night.

" And then when I jumped over the couch,I hit my head on the coffee table and blacked out, and that's when you and Kodama came in." Shinji concluded.

"Well I'd say you'd had one hell of a night." Kaji said shaking his head with a smile.

"What?" Shinji asked quirking his eyebrow.

"I just never thought you of all people would try to fight three people at once."

"Well honestly I didn't think I would ever have to." Shinji replied taking another drag off of his cig.

"You never do, not until the situation calls for it." Kaji said as he glanced at Kodama and Hikari. 'He must really care for these girls, to put up such a fight.' Kaji thought to himself.

"Well , I better get going. It's late and I better get some shut eye before work in the morning." Kaji said standing up.

"Damn!" Shinji cursed.

"What's wrong?" Kodama asked.

"I have to go to school tomorrow." He said dragging his hand down his face in an agonizing manner.

Kaji chuckled. "Well good night, and it'd be wise to get your door fixed." He said before making his way out.

Shinji was left in silence as he could feel the girls' eyes on him.

He sighed "I'll call some one at NERV in the morning to come fix it."Shinji said taking another drag.

"Well I'm gonna hit the hay, see you in the morning." Shinji said as he got up and exited the room.