This is my first fanfic, I would appreciate any CC to tell me how my writing style is. BTW, just a slight warning, while I believe that NGE was one of the best animes ever made, it was a little too angsty for me so be prepared for some OOC, but not too much I hope. Furthermore, I've seen all of the series and read part of the manga, but I haven't seen the movies yet. They haven't been released yet where I live and won't be until later on this year but I do know the plot line behind them so I am thinking about finishing this fic around the time of the movies, I haven't decided yet, but I will be blending in elements from the manga and the series, at least up to the point where I have read the manga which is where Shinji and Asuka have just defeated the 7th angel.
Disclaimer: Look, I'm a poor 17-year-old teenager. I don't own Evangelion, that honor belongs to Gainax and ADV. If I did own Eva, I would be rich so don't sue me. I'm not making a profit off of this fanfic and you would lose more money in the legal process than you would gain from suing me. Thank you.
Neon Genesis Evangelion:
A Young Man's Trials
Chapter 1
"Maybe I should find a shelter," Shinji Ikari said as he looked around the deserted city of Tokyo 3. Suddenly, a vision caught his eye, what looked to be a girl with blue hair in a school uniform. Another noise sounded in the sky and Shinji looked up to see what was going on. When he looked back at where the girl had been standing, she had disappeared. His gaze lingered on the spot where he had just seen her and quietly wondered if he needed to get his eyes checked.
Again, he heard a high pitched whine, but this time he saw several UN fighters backing up from something that was crashing closer to where he was. A few moments later, it appeared, a titanic monstrosity that was simply wading through everything the UN could throw at it. As Shinji stood there, paralyzed, a missile flew above him, nearly killing him as it went on to self-immolation.
After that missile over flew him, he crashed down unceremoniously onto his butt and covered his eyes with his hands. At that moment, a blue sports car appeared out of nowhere in front of him with its doors already open.
"I'm not late am I?"
"Miss Katsuragi?"
"Yeah, get in Shinji!"
Not wasting another second, Shinji quickly grabbed his bag and ran to the passenger side and climbed in. The car started to zoom off again even before Shinji had closed his door. As he quickly buckled in, he looked behind them at the monster.
"What is that thing?" he asked.
"You're calmer than you should be right now Shinji," Misato replied.
"You think so?"
"Yes. That thing is an Angel."
"An Angel?"
The pair lapsed into silence as they drove on through the city, all the while; the UN was trying to kill the Angel. As they neared the crest of a ridge outside the city, Misato stopped the car and pulled out a pair of binoculars and leaned out past Shinji to look at the angel. During this process, Shinji was trying to stop from getting a nosebleed from his face's close proximity to Misato's cleavage.
"Wait a minute, they're all leaving! They're going to use an N2 mine! Get down!" she suddenly yelled. As she yelled this out, she pushed Shinji down and covered him with her own body as the N2 mine suddenly detonated and the shockwave hit them and threw the sports car back and inverted it. (AN: If an N2 mine is a more powerful version of an H-Bomb, shouldn't the firestorm that came after the blast have melted their skin off? Or left their shadows a permanent imprint on the car?)
After getting out of the car, the pair quickly set about flipping the car onto its wheels. Once this was done, Misato "borrowed" some batteries from a nearby gas station to charge her car since the EMP from the blast had wiped out hers.
"I'm almost done here Shinji. We can go in another few minutes," Misato said.
"Miss Katsuragi," Shinji started.
"Ah, don't call me that, just Misato is fine Shinji," Misato interrupted.
"Oh, okay Misato. Um, do you know why my father called me here?" Shinji asked.
"Actually, I don't know Shinji. All I know is that he called for you to come and I volunteered to come and pick you up," Misato grunted out as she closed the hood. "Well she's ready! Let's go!"
"Right."
"Listen, can you arrange an elevator? An express of course! Well I did volunteer to go and pick him up so his safety is my top priority! Right, bye!" Misato closed her cell phone and turned to the young man in her passenger seat. "By the way Shinji, do you have your security card?"
"Oh right, here it is," Shinji replied as he rummaged through his bag.
"Thanks Shinji. Here, start reading through this."
"NERV. My father's organization. Misato, what does NERV do?"
"You mean you don't know? You're teacher didn't tell you?"
"Oh so you mean the NERV is in the honorable business of saving the world?" Shinji chuckled mirthlessly.
"Hey is that so hard to believe?"
"Actually yeah. Somehow, I just can't see what NERV is doing to save the world."
The conversation died as the car pulled into the elevator and started to descend. Shinji took this as his cue to start reading from the booklet that Misato had given him. As he read through the contents of the book, he couldn't help but think about why his father had called him. Suddenly, light filled the area the car was descending through and he looked up in surprise.
"Whoa, it's a real Geofront!" Shinji yelled.
"That's right. This is where NERV headquarters is. A fortress for all mankind and the key to the salvation of mankind," Misato replied.
"I didn't believe that something like this actually existed!"
"I'll agree with you there, I didn't believe it either when I saw it but it's all real and right there."
"You work in there?"
"Yup! I'm the Tactical Operations Officer of NERV!"
The elevator stopped its descent and Misato parked the blue sports car and got out with Shinji following her lead. As they worked through the levels of NERV HQ, it became increasingly apparent that Misato had gotten them lost. Shinji himself didn't care too much as he read the booklet as they walked.
"Geez, why is it so hard to get to wherever you need to go in this place?" Misato started grumbling.
The pair entered an elevator and Misato again tried to decipher what the map was saying. When the doors opened again, a blonde woman in a lab coat was waiting.
"Captain Katsuragi, we have neither the time nor the manpower to come out and hold your hand so that you can find out where you need to go!" she yelled.
"Sorry Ritsuko!"
"Hmmph. Well, is this him, the third child?" Ritsuko asked.
"Yep, Shinji Ikari, but he's like his father in the social department," Misato replied.
Still oblivious to the conversation, Shinji merely continued to read and follow the two ladies to their destination.
"Will Unit 01 work?" Misato asked.
"The chance of activation is exactly .0000000001% or the O-9 factor," Ritsuko replied.
"Then it won't work?"
"Don't be silly, it's O-9, as in Oni, a Japanese devil."
The group entered a room and suddenly, the lights went out.
"HEY! Who killed the lights?" Shinji yelled out.
No sooner had he said this when the overhead lights came on, blinding him for a second. When he could see again, he screamed at what he saw, a giant robotic face.
End Chapter 1
AN: Well, right now, I'm trying to keep it as much to the series as possible, but as soon as the battle gets underway with the 3rd angel, it will start to change a little. Unit 01 will still go beserk, but some of the plotline leading up to that will change, as will the aftereffects. I hope you enjoyed it, please review!
Disclaimer: Look, I'm a poor 17-year-old teenager. I don't own Evangelion, that honor belongs to Gainax and ADV. If I did own Eva, I would be rich so don't sue me. I'm not making a profit off of this fanfic and you would lose more money in the legal process than you would gain from suing me. Thank you.
Neon Genesis Evangelion:
A Young Man's Trials
Chapter 1
"Maybe I should find a shelter," Shinji Ikari said as he looked around the deserted city of Tokyo 3. Suddenly, a vision caught his eye, what looked to be a girl with blue hair in a school uniform. Another noise sounded in the sky and Shinji looked up to see what was going on. When he looked back at where the girl had been standing, she had disappeared. His gaze lingered on the spot where he had just seen her and quietly wondered if he needed to get his eyes checked.
Again, he heard a high pitched whine, but this time he saw several UN fighters backing up from something that was crashing closer to where he was. A few moments later, it appeared, a titanic monstrosity that was simply wading through everything the UN could throw at it. As Shinji stood there, paralyzed, a missile flew above him, nearly killing him as it went on to self-immolation.
After that missile over flew him, he crashed down unceremoniously onto his butt and covered his eyes with his hands. At that moment, a blue sports car appeared out of nowhere in front of him with its doors already open.
"I'm not late am I?"
"Miss Katsuragi?"
"Yeah, get in Shinji!"
Not wasting another second, Shinji quickly grabbed his bag and ran to the passenger side and climbed in. The car started to zoom off again even before Shinji had closed his door. As he quickly buckled in, he looked behind them at the monster.
"What is that thing?" he asked.
"You're calmer than you should be right now Shinji," Misato replied.
"You think so?"
"Yes. That thing is an Angel."
"An Angel?"
The pair lapsed into silence as they drove on through the city, all the while; the UN was trying to kill the Angel. As they neared the crest of a ridge outside the city, Misato stopped the car and pulled out a pair of binoculars and leaned out past Shinji to look at the angel. During this process, Shinji was trying to stop from getting a nosebleed from his face's close proximity to Misato's cleavage.
"Wait a minute, they're all leaving! They're going to use an N2 mine! Get down!" she suddenly yelled. As she yelled this out, she pushed Shinji down and covered him with her own body as the N2 mine suddenly detonated and the shockwave hit them and threw the sports car back and inverted it. (AN: If an N2 mine is a more powerful version of an H-Bomb, shouldn't the firestorm that came after the blast have melted their skin off? Or left their shadows a permanent imprint on the car?)
After getting out of the car, the pair quickly set about flipping the car onto its wheels. Once this was done, Misato "borrowed" some batteries from a nearby gas station to charge her car since the EMP from the blast had wiped out hers.
"I'm almost done here Shinji. We can go in another few minutes," Misato said.
"Miss Katsuragi," Shinji started.
"Ah, don't call me that, just Misato is fine Shinji," Misato interrupted.
"Oh, okay Misato. Um, do you know why my father called me here?" Shinji asked.
"Actually, I don't know Shinji. All I know is that he called for you to come and I volunteered to come and pick you up," Misato grunted out as she closed the hood. "Well she's ready! Let's go!"
"Right."
"Listen, can you arrange an elevator? An express of course! Well I did volunteer to go and pick him up so his safety is my top priority! Right, bye!" Misato closed her cell phone and turned to the young man in her passenger seat. "By the way Shinji, do you have your security card?"
"Oh right, here it is," Shinji replied as he rummaged through his bag.
"Thanks Shinji. Here, start reading through this."
"NERV. My father's organization. Misato, what does NERV do?"
"You mean you don't know? You're teacher didn't tell you?"
"Oh so you mean the NERV is in the honorable business of saving the world?" Shinji chuckled mirthlessly.
"Hey is that so hard to believe?"
"Actually yeah. Somehow, I just can't see what NERV is doing to save the world."
The conversation died as the car pulled into the elevator and started to descend. Shinji took this as his cue to start reading from the booklet that Misato had given him. As he read through the contents of the book, he couldn't help but think about why his father had called him. Suddenly, light filled the area the car was descending through and he looked up in surprise.
"Whoa, it's a real Geofront!" Shinji yelled.
"That's right. This is where NERV headquarters is. A fortress for all mankind and the key to the salvation of mankind," Misato replied.
"I didn't believe that something like this actually existed!"
"I'll agree with you there, I didn't believe it either when I saw it but it's all real and right there."
"You work in there?"
"Yup! I'm the Tactical Operations Officer of NERV!"
The elevator stopped its descent and Misato parked the blue sports car and got out with Shinji following her lead. As they worked through the levels of NERV HQ, it became increasingly apparent that Misato had gotten them lost. Shinji himself didn't care too much as he read the booklet as they walked.
"Geez, why is it so hard to get to wherever you need to go in this place?" Misato started grumbling.
The pair entered an elevator and Misato again tried to decipher what the map was saying. When the doors opened again, a blonde woman in a lab coat was waiting.
"Captain Katsuragi, we have neither the time nor the manpower to come out and hold your hand so that you can find out where you need to go!" she yelled.
"Sorry Ritsuko!"
"Hmmph. Well, is this him, the third child?" Ritsuko asked.
"Yep, Shinji Ikari, but he's like his father in the social department," Misato replied.
Still oblivious to the conversation, Shinji merely continued to read and follow the two ladies to their destination.
"Will Unit 01 work?" Misato asked.
"The chance of activation is exactly .0000000001% or the O-9 factor," Ritsuko replied.
"Then it won't work?"
"Don't be silly, it's O-9, as in Oni, a Japanese devil."
The group entered a room and suddenly, the lights went out.
"HEY! Who killed the lights?" Shinji yelled out.
No sooner had he said this when the overhead lights came on, blinding him for a second. When he could see again, he screamed at what he saw, a giant robotic face.
End Chapter 1
AN: Well, right now, I'm trying to keep it as much to the series as possible, but as soon as the battle gets underway with the 3rd angel, it will start to change a little. Unit 01 will still go beserk, but some of the plotline leading up to that will change, as will the aftereffects. I hope you enjoyed it, please review!