Evangelion: gets depressing really quickly.

Undertale: gets depressing at certain times.

This fanfiction: gets depressing right here.

Shinji sat alone on the shore. Many crucified Evas stood in the sea of LCL, as well as a giant head. He stared at the head, and it stared back at him with dead eyes. He thought about how things got to this point.

He didn't entirely get what had happened. He saw those things tear apart Eva 02 like vultures on carrion. Those things then took him up into the sky and he saw a giant version of Rei. Things got confusing after that.

"Nobody wants me, so they can all just die."

"Nobody cares whether or not I exist. Nothing ever changes, so they can all just die."

"It would be better if I never existed. I should just die, too."

All of humanity had turned into LCL and he, Rei, everyone one he knew and didn't know, had become one.

"But...this isn't right. I don't think this is right."

He wanted to see everyone again, even if it meant getting hurt or betrayed. He had heard his mother's voice, saying that anyone can come back if they have the heart to do so. When he emerged from the sea of LCL, he went to the nearest shore and waited.

"I still don't know where to find happiness...but I'll continue to think about whether it's good to be here...whether it was good to have been born."

He didn't know how long he had waited for someone, anyone, to emerge from the LCL. Had it been hours? Days? Longer? He broke his gaze with the giant head and buried his head between his knees. He allowed the one thought he dreaded most to fill his mind.

No one's coming back.

Shinji stood up and turned his back to the sea. He focused his attention to the makeshift grave marker he had set up: a simple post with Misato's cross necklace nailed to it. Whether or not she came back, it was the only thing he could do to honor her memory.

No one's coming back.

He looked away from it and started walking without really paying attention to where he was going.

What...do I do now? There's no Eva to pilot, no school to go to, nothing...no one.

He noticed that he was walking uphill. There wasn't anything that told him where he was, but he thinks that it's the mountain that was just outside of Tokyo 3. He stumbled and the next thing he knew, he was falling downwards into darkness.

It was night when Shinji woke up. He stood up and saw that he had fallen on a bed of yellow flowers. Those flowers were the first sign of life he had seen since he had emerged from the LCL. He rubbed his head and felt a lump that caused him to wince in pain. As he stood up, he noticed that he felt a bit heavier than normal...or maybe it was just him. Up ahead, he saw a patch of moonlight with more yellow flowers. With nowhere else to go, he walked towards it.

He was caught off guard when he saw that one of the flowers had a smiley face on it.

"Howdy!" It greeted. "I'm Flowey, Flowey the flower!"

...I've lost it.

"Hmm, you're new to the Underground, aren'cha? Golly, you must be so confused! Someone ought to teach you how things work around here! I guess little old me will have to do. First, do you see that heart in front of your chest?"

Shinji glanced down and saw that there was indeed a glowing red heart in front of his chest. He lightly touched it and found it strangely cold to the touch.

Is this real?

"That is your soul, the very culmination of your being." Flowey continued to explain.

My...soul? Why is it cold?

"Now, your soul starts off weak, but it can grow strong if you get a lot of LV. What's LV stand for? LOVE, of course! You want LOVE, don't you?"

More than anything.

"Of course you do! I'll share some with you!"

Little white pellets suddenly appeared around Flowey.

"Around here, LOVE is shared through little white 'friendliness pellets'. Now, try to catch as many as you can!"

As they flew towards him, Shinji reached out to try to catch them. The moment they made contact with him, pain overcame his body and he dropped to his hands and knees. His chest ached and it felt like it was about to burst. He looked at Flowey and saw that his cheerful smile had turned into a malicious grin.

"You idiot." Flowey said. "In this world, it's kill or be killed. Why would anyone pass up an opportunity like this?!"

A ring of pellets appeared and surrounded Shinji. He was in too much pain to get up and run. Instead, he could only stare at Flowey with a blank expression.

Kill or be killed...of course.

"Die."

The flower laughed as the ring of pellets slowly closed in on him. He lowered his head in resignation.

Out of nowhere, a hovering ring of fire appeared and closed in on the pellets. As soon as they had made contact, they both vanished. A fireball flew from the far end of the cavern and hit Flowey. He shrieked in pain and sunk into the earth. From the darkness, a lone figure stepped out.

She moved and looked like a human, yet she had white fur and a goat's head. She wore white and purple robes and had a worried look on her face. Shinji knew that she was the one who had saved him, though he didn't know why.

"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth." She said. "Do not be afraid, my child. I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins."

She saved me, but...is she trying to deceive me like that flower did?

"Here, let me help you."

Toriel approached Shinji and knelt in front of him. She reached a hand out to his soul, but he backed away before she could touch it. She withdrew her hand and said sadly, "I see that you don't trust me. I understand. Just know that I only want to help you. I can guide you through the catacombs, if you want to follow me."

Toriel made her way back into the darkness. Shinji slowly got to his feet. He looked around and saw that there was really nowhere else to go. He looked at his hand, clenched it, then unclenched it. He noticed a sturdy looking stick on the ground and he instinctively picked it up, noticing how right it felt in his grip. He looked up and decided that he had no choice but to follow Toriel...for now.

Real or not, I can't trust anyone here. No one.