This is the third fanfic, and it's taken a long time to be put up. You know how it goes, college etc...
R+R if you please...
Criticise if you want, I need all the CONSTRUCTIVE criticism I can get.
And I have been focusing on Rei and Chris because I like the pair better than Auska and Shinji, but I suppose I'd better put them in this fic more than the last. And for all my so-called friends (Only Senzei takes the piss really...) Screw you all, if I enjoy doing this, I will! And again, SCREW YOU ALL! And if they seem OOC.... I don't care, it's my story. And you probably guessed from fanfic one that Chris is an author insertion... I don't care; I want to be in Eva!!
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The three couples walked through the local shopping centre. The hunt was on, and the pray was the elusive formal wear for the upcoming school dance. They had not found the perfect items yet, and the girls decided to go it alone so that the boys didn't see their new clothes until the dance.

Auska, Rei and Hikari left Shinji, Chris and Touji to their own devices and located the nearest dress shop. It was the smallest dress shop in the entire centre, but it had the best dresses. The shop was painted a nice shade of pink, with blue neon sign that read,
*May's Place. * And a smaller sign below it, *SALE NOW ON! *
All three girls eyes widened as they looked at the dresses in the shop.
"I've never seen such dresses!" Auska and Hikari yelled. Rei was quiet and just followed along. The three of them entered the small shop and started to look at the dresses.
"Can I help you?" came a voice behind them. The three girls turned slowly to see a tall woman with long flowing black hair and little half moon spectacles, partially hiding her emerald green eyes.
"So... looking for anything in particular?" she smiled sweetly as each girl explained what they wanted. The woman, who introduced herself as May, helped each of them find the perfect dress, and at a 25% discount.
"I hope your boyfriends like them." May grinned as all three blushed as red as tomatoes. The girls exited the shop and agreed to go back one day. The boys however...

The boys still hadn't found a suitable shop. All the assistants had tried to get them into blue velvet, and that was never going to happen.
"What are we goanna do?" Shinji moaned in desperation. "The girls have probably already finished and are trying to find us."
"Don't sweat it." Chris sighed. "They won't mind helping us look..."
Just then they all saw it. A large shop with the smartest tux's in the entire world in the window.
"There is a God!" Touji breathed. All three of them entered the large shop, and to their delight, there was no blue velvet. Touji rushed up to the counter. "We need three tuxedos quickly! And no blue velvet!"
The cashier looked slightly bemused, then he smiled knowingly.
"School dance huh?"
Touji calmed down and cocked his head to one side. "How'd you know?"
The man smiled. "We have had many people your age in already. I know exactly what you're looking for." He led them to a back room and pulled back a curtain. "I have been waiting for three people to try these." he motioned toward three dummies.
"WOW!" exclaimed Shinji.
"We must buy these," said Chris flatly.
"We must." agreed Touji.
The tuxedos were black, each had a pocket on the left breast, and had matching black trousers and white shirts. The bow ties were clip on, which suited them all fine and each had a different colour fake carnation in the top buttonhole. All three seemed to give off a touch of class. They paid for their new suits and left the shop. They met up with their girlfriends at one of the many cafes spread around the shopping centre.

"Have you girls got your dresses?" Chris asked. The three girls acknowledged by patting their bags. The boys sat down next to their girlfriends and each gave them a kiss on the cheek. Auska, who wasn't expecting it, slapped Shinji who fell off his chair. Touji laughed out loud at this.
"Don't laugh, its not nice!" Hikari growled and slapped Touji and he also fell of his chair. Chris and Rei, who knew better, simply sat hugging each other. Shinji and Touji got up, fuming.
"What was that for?!" Shinji yelled at Auska.
"Idiot Shinji!" she yelled.
"Why am I the idiot?" he yelled at her.
"That's more like it!" Auska grinned evilly. "I love it when you're angry." She grinned again. "Lets go home." she grabbed a rather puzzled, if not slightly annoyed Shinji and pulled him all the way back to Misato's apartment, leaving the other two couples to do some more shopping.

(Back at Misato's.)
Shinji and Auska arrived at the apartment. Shinji slightly annoyed at Auska's outburst in the shopping centre.
"What in the hell was that all about!?" Shinji fumed at Auska.
Auska looked at him innocently. "What was what about Shinji dear?"
"You know full well what I mean." Shinji stated flatly. "I'm going to my room." He left her alone in the hallway of the apartment.
"But... Shinji! I was just having some fun." She called after him, but he had already slammed his door and couldn't hear her. Auska walked slowly to her bedroom, pausing at Shinji's door, to see if she could hear him crying. (Something he hardly did since he and Auska got together.) She couldn't.
"I think that pushed him too far..." she thought to herself. "I can't help the way I am." With that, she walked slowly to her room, opened and closed the door and lay down on her bed. A single tear fell from her eye, hitting the pillow gently.
"I love you, Shinji. I really do..." and with that fell asleep.
Shinji lay on his bed with his SDAT playing full volume in his ears. He listened to the music roll around in his head as he lay there immersed in thought.
"Why does she do that to me? It gets on my nerves." he took his SDAT out of his ears and got up. He made his way out of his own room and across the hall to Auska's. He hesitated for a moment... then knocked. No answer. He knocked again. He was greeted by the same silence.
"Auska?" he asked through the door. "I'm coming in."
Shinji opened her door slowly and peeked around it. "Auska, you ok?" He looked around the room and saw her lying on her bed.
"Auska. You really upset me today." he said as he walked over to her and sat on her bed. "Auska... talk to me." He put his hand on her shoulder, but then he realised that she couldn't hear him. She was sound asleep. He watched her for a few minutes, listening to her slow rhythmic breathing. He then lay down next o her and put his arm around her. She snuggled next to him and squeezed the hand that he had put around her. He lay awake with her in his arms.
"I love you... Auska."

Rei and Chris had left Hikari to drag Touji into more shops, and went back to Ritsuko's. They walked along the road leading away from the shopping centre, completely happy being with each other.
"Rei?" Chris asked. "What are you thinking?"
Rei stopped and positioned herself in front of Chris and put her hands around his waist. "I was just thinking about what a good idea it would be if I cooked you dinner."
Chris in response, put his hands around her waist and pulled her close. "Ohh, you do, do you?" he grinned. "Well, I'd love that."
Rei smiled and linked arms with him and they walked back to Ritsuko's apartment. They were about to enter the apartment building, when a huge earthquake rocked the whole area.
"What in the hell...?" screamed Chris.
"There!" Rei pointed at a large looming shape.
"Its another Eva!" Chris stated the obvious as it advanced on the city. "C'mon, lets get to HQ." Chris suddenly felt weak at the knees and stumbled slightly. He clutched at his head and sank to the ground.
"What is it?" Rei asked worriedly. Chris regained his balance and stood up clutching his head.
"Its nothing..." Chris lied. "I'll be fine. Lets go..."

They both ran toward Nerv HQ at top speed. The Eva wasn't that close to the HQ, so they weren't in any danger. They ran through the doors, nearly hitting them as they swiped their cards through the auto locks.
"C'mon lets hustle it up!" shouted Misato as Chris and Rei stopped near the changing rooms. Shinji and Auska were there also.
"Where were you two?" Auska pried, alone and intimate?"
"Auska!" reprimanded Shinji. "Don't be rude!"
Auska looked glum that her fun had been stifled... and by her own boyfriend.
"Baka Shinji..." she said under her breath.
"The Eva's have been upgraded with the X-Technology. I think you'll all be surprised." she started to shout. "ALRIGHT! LETS GO!"
All the pilots rushed into the changing rooms. They all pulled on their suits, pressed their compression rings and attached their synchronisation nodules to their heads.
"Come on people." Chris smirked. "We've got an Eva to beat."
They all ran to the Eva cages and stared at their improved fighting machines.
All the Units were the same colours but with new and improved technologies. Unit-01 now had a row of three horns on its forehead, spikes on its knuckles and places where retractable spikes could slide out on its body. Unit-00 had two new arms. Each with claws on the fingers, a cloaking device and an improved fighting matrix. And last but not least, Eva-02. Evangelion Unit-02 now has a shoulder mounted ion cannon and an improved targeting system. Unit-X remained the same, but Chris didn't care.

"Wow, that's awesome!" Auska breathed. "My lovely Unit-02!"
"Unit-01..." Shinji whispered.
Rei smiled and looked at Unit-00. "I see... your ok now."
"Lets go." Chris ordered. "Lets destroy it."
"Right." they all chorused.

The entry plugs spiralled into the Evangelions backs and the cover plates slid into their closed positions.

The LCL began to fill the pilots lungs as the plugs filled with the oxidised liquid.

Maya Ibuki tapped a few keys and the pilot's synchronisation began. The entry plugs walls became awash with spiralling colours and patterns.
"I'll never get used to this process..." Chris grimaced as he synched with Unit-X. All the Evas and their pilots synched perfectly and headed to the catapults, which would take them up to the streets of Tokyo-3.
The Evangelions were launched up on the large platforms, their hands by their sides and their heads facing downwards. They couldn't move. The force of the catapults was so strong. After around thirty seconds they hit the streets. Their heads snapping up from the sudden stop.

Misato commanded. the entire command team in central Dogma watched the large view screen. The Eva that was attacking the city was a copy of the old and now destroyed Unit-03. It was the basic Seele black with white highlights. It hadn't moved since it had destroyed a large skyscraper and it looked as if it was collecting electricity from the ground.
came the command over the comm.
"Roger." acknowledged Shinji. Auska smirked, Chris and Rei just nodded.
Auska took up position behind a large warehouse, Chris spiralled into the air and hovered there, Shinji rushed at the enemy and so did Rei.
Seele's Eva released all its collected energy into the air and three identical Evas split out from the original, and assumed fighting stances.
"Wha? How can it?" chocked Auska in disbelief. "Lets just finish this!" she aimed her Ion cannon at one of the approaching Evas. As it came into range she let off a few small blasts. The Eva staggered backwards as one of the shots hit it in the chest, making a large hole. It's AT field rose a fraction of a second after the shots were fired.
"HA! that'll teach ya to mess with the great Auska!" she laughed out loud. "AHHHH!" out of nowhere the Eva, which she had been firing at, had her in a bear hug. It was gradually squeezing the life out of her. She screamed in pain as her arms broke. The Eva's grip was released and she fell to the floor. The last thing she felt, was a slight impact of a foot on her head.
Maya shouted over the comm. system. She pressed a button on her panel.
Misato grimaced and sighed. She moved forward to a control panel and spoke into a microphone.
she commanded.
"Right Misato!" he yelled back as he swooped down on his target.
Shinji went onto his two Evas and managed to knock one over and finish it quickly while the other grabbed him from behind. He projected a few spikes out of his back and into the Eva. It leaped back but it still got a large spike through its side. It howled in pain and leaped at him. He and Shinji engaged in a fistfight, which carried on for a long time.
Rei engaged one of the split-Evas in hand-to-hand combat. Rei had the advantage over her opponent because of her extra arms. They were a bit clumsy at first, but she got the hang of it.
"Engaging..." Rei whispered as she grappled with the Eva. She grabbed its wrists with her top set of arms so it couldn't rake at her with its own claws then with her lower set of arms, started to rake at its stomach. "There!" she shouted. She located the dummy plug and went for it. Crushing it in one of her hands. "Target destroyed."
the commander grimly said over the comm. Chris felt angry that the commander had talked to her in such an offhand way.
"AHHHH!" He screamed angrily as he flew at the original Eva. It projected an AT field. Luckily for Chris, that the Artificial AT fields of non-piloted Evas, as relatively weak. He punched his way through it and grabbed Seele's monster by the throat. "I hope you can here me Seele!" he roared. "Leave." he squeezed harder. "Us." he used his other hand to rip off its arm. "the." the second arm was torn off. "FUCK!" the fingers on the hand, which had the Eva by the throat, closed and punctured every vital cable in its neck. "ALONE!!!" he ripped the head clean off and threw it to the ground. He then picked up the body and hurled it behind him, barely missing Unit-01. The remaining Eva on Shinji, disappeared in a flash of bright light as the thrown body impacted with a skyscraper.

Seele may not have heard it, but the whole of central Dogma surely heard it. So did Shinji, Auska and Rei.
Commander Ikari shouted.
"Yes Commander. he snarled. He lowered his AT Field and walked to the nearest retrieval bay. "Unit-X, returning to base."
The retrieval bay opened and Chris moved his Eva onto the platform. Shinji dragged Unit-02 along to the platform, and Rei silently followed them. The platform lowered into the earth and down to the Eva cages.
In Central Dogma, Ritsuko and Misato were deep in whispered conversation.
"What d'ya think made him act like that?" Misato asked.
"Well, I think maybe Chris is having problems." Ritsuko answered.
"You think?" Misato whispered sarcastically. Ritsuko frowned and leaned closer to Misato.
"There's something you should know about him..."
"What?" Misato asked, intrigued.
"I can't talk here. Come to the X-Lab after your shift and I'll tell you." Ritsuko turned away and busied herself with some data. Misato stood there puzzled.
"What could it be..." she thought.

In the Eva cage, Chris sat in his Unit-X. His tears dissolving in the LCL as soon as they came out of him.
"What was I doing?" he wondered. "I had no control..."
He looked at his hands, they weren't bloody... but they sure as hell felt like it. He balled his fists and cried some more. "I could have hurt somebody..."
"Chris, come out, please." Rei pleaded through the comm. She sounded so worried. He found comfort in her words but he felt guilty.
"Rei... I..." he choked. He looked through his view screen to see her standing on the gantry, about shoulder height with his Eva. "I could have hurt you..."
"But you didn't..." he heard Shinji laugh. He walked to where Rei was standing. "It was me you almost hit."
"I... I'm sorry." Chris cried.
"Don't be." Shinji chuckled. "We all have our bad days. Now, I need to go see if Auska's ok."
He walked off leaving Rei alone on the gantry. She wasn't alone for long, as Ritsuko joined her and called to him.
"C'mon out Chris!" she shouted. "We can't repair the Eva with you in it." she sighed. "Besides, Rei needs you."
Chris gazed at the two women who were attempting to get him out of the entry plug. Rei, who loved him as a person and Ritsuko who had been like a parent to him.
"I... OK..." Chris called out feebly. He ejected the plug and drained the LCL. The hatch opened and he stumbled out. He walked towards the two women slowly. "I fell... so..." he collapsed halfway to them.
"Chris!" Ritsuko screamed. "Get a trolley down here!" she ran to him and felt his pulse. "Its weak... Rei, did anything happen to him earlier today?"
"Chris!" Rei cried as she knelt next to him. She held his hand as the trolley arrived to take him to receive treatment. "Y, yes... he fell to his knees clutching his head."
"First the fits and now this..." Ritsuko thought. "Hold on."

He was taken through the corridors of Nerv, but instead of taking him to the medical bay, they took him to the X-Lab.
"Why are we here!?" Rei moaned in confusion. "Shouldn't he be in hospital?"
"No." Ritsuko replied sadly. "I didn't want you to find out about this." she sighed. "Leave. Go find Misato and bring her here."
"But I want to stay..." Rei cried. Ritsuko got angry.
"Go find Misato!" She shouted. "I'll tend to him!"
Rei ran out of the lab as fast as she could in floods of tears as Ritsuko started to cry.
"This cant happen now..." she cried as she wheeled the trolley into a side room. The room was the same room where Chris had been introduced as the pilot of Unit-X. Ritsuko rapidly hit buttons on the computer next to the plug and it opened with a hiss.
"It wont be long..." she swallowed hard and pressed a few more keys. She then, with a little difficulty, put Chris into the plug. She sat at the computer and closed the plug.
flashed on the screen.
Ritsuko's hands flew across the keyboard at lightning speed while she waited for the charge to end.
Ritsuko couldn't hold back all the tears as she worked. She pressed another few keys and a confirmation box appeared on the screen.
she was about to click yes when Rei returned with Misato. Ritsuko clicked yes.
"What's this!?" Misato yelled. Rei ran to the plug and looked on in horror through the glass as two long needles pierced into her love. One in his neck and one into the side of his head.
"What are you doing to him?" Rei shouted angrily. Her face was red from crying. "Tell me!"
"I would like to know as well." Misato said as calmly as she could under the circumstances.
"As this will take a while..." the blond scientist choked, wiping the tears from here eyes. "I'll explain."

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Well, that's it for that chapter. Cliffhanger... don't you just love them?
Please R+R.
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