Disclaimer: I don't own GAINAX, but the plot is mine
Another Eva fanfic by Elliminist
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The switch
***** NERV *****
Ritsuko was off on a lecture about the function of Eva.
"If Eva uses the internal battery in an emergency, it can work only for one minute with its full strength or for five minutes at most even with gain."
"I suppose you can read off this manual by tomorrow?" Ritsuko asked Shinji.
"Whatever," He said.
Gendo Ikari appeared.
"Son, this is how you burn up the facts of Eva," He said and threw the manual at the Eva.
The Eva promptly fired a cross-explosion at the flying paper projectile.
NERV's foundations shook from the impact.
"Opps…" Gendo said before returning to his office.
"..." Shinji stood there.
***** Simulation *****
"Remember Shinji, use the cover points," Ritsuko advised.
Shinji looked at his target. An angel. He lifted his rifle and fired. A miss.
"Shinji, keep calm. Aim at the target in the center," Ritsuko stressed.
Shinji looked again, "Switch, fire, switch, fire."
Shinji fired 15 clean headshots at that angel.
"Next simulation," Ritsuko ordered.
Shinji looked at his next target. Gendo Ikari.
***** Out of the sim *****
The real Gendo Ikari was looking over at the simulation, flushing badly. "RITSUKO!"
Ritsuko looked over her shoulder, and suddenly froze.
***** In the sim *****
Shinji aimed his rifle and shot the Gendo sim in the groin.
***** Outside the Sim *****
Gendo clutched himself instinctively.
"Next!"
***** The next day *****
Shinji knocked on Misato's door.
"Misato, wake up. Its morning" Shinji cooed outside her room.
"Ugh…I was on a night shift. I'm leaving in the evening," She muttered before snuggling into her futon.
"Oh well…" Shinji muttered.
"Ittekimasu," Shinji called before leaving.
"Itterasshai," Mumbled a sleepy Misato.
***** BRING BRING! *****
Misato picked up the phone. It was Ritsuko.
"Moshi Moshi…zzz"
"Misato how have you been? Are you getting along with Shinji?"
"zzz…"
"Misato?"
"…zzz…"
"MISATO GODDAM IT! JUST PICK UP THE PHONE!"
"…zzz…" Misato unconsciously pulled the phone closer to her. "YES! KAJI! JUST LIKE THAT!"
"…" Ritsuko blushed on the other end. "Misato, I've recorded the conversation."
"WAH!" Misato suddenly regained her consciousness. "How much for it?" She quickly asked.
"50, 000 yen"
"No WAY!"
"…"
"C'mon"
"…No…"
"…alright…"
"So Misato, how are you getting along with Shinji?"
"…zzz…"
"MISATO!"
"Oh…yeah…He is as he was…he hasn't got any phone calls in the past two weeks…"
"Phone calls?"
"For emergencies, I handed a portable phone to him a while back. He doesn't seem to have used it nor got a phone call from anybody. He has no friends, I think."
"He seems to have an unsuited personality for making friends, doesn't he? Do you know the story of 'Hedgehogs' dilemma'?"
"Hedgehogs?"
***** Pan to Shinji *****
Shinji enters the classroom quietly.
***** Narrator *****: If a hedgehog want to give his warmth to other hedgehogs, the nearer they approach, the more they injure each other. It's the same as the people. As he is frightened of aches in his heart, he seems so cowardly now.
Asuka is looking at Shinji absent-mindedly. Shinji turns around to see Asuka surrounded by boys trying to make a move on her.
*****Narrator*****: He will realize in time that growing up is to get a sense of distance among the others for hurt feelings each other.
Kensuke is talking to Hikari, the class rep, when Touji enters.
"Touji! Ya still in one piece!" Kensuke exclaimed.
"Yeah…"
"What's wrong Touji?" Hikari asked.
"My sister…she was found in the rubble, she barely alive…"
Shinji turned his attention to Asuka, who was half smiling at him. He was about to say something when…
"Shinji!" A group of girls huddled around him.
Shinji felt his face blush.
"Will you go out with me?" All of them asked at once.
"…" Shinji was going beet red. "…Well…"
The teacher saved Shinji by entering the classroom.
The girls departed from his desk, but he heard them whispering something about 'cute' and 'nice ass'.
"Stand. Bow. Sit."
The teacher began his lecture about second impact.
Shinji half-listened when he noticed a message on his computer screen.
[To: transferee]
"Is it true that you are a pilot of that robot? Y/N"
Shinji looked around, trying to locate the sender.
Another email popped up.
[To: transferee]
"It's true isn't it?"
Shinji gave up trying to find the sender and replied.
"Yes"
***** Lunch *****
WHAM! Touji's fist hit Shinji again.
"Sorry, Transferee, but I gotta take it out on you. You hurt my sister," Touji said as he prepared another punch.
"Hurt your sister?" Shinji mumbled.
"His sister was close to the explosion when you fought. Too close. She survived
however." Kensuke replied.
WHAM!
"You bastard!" Asuka shouted as Touji went flying. "You dare pick on someone who saved all your perverted lives?"
"Are you okay Ikari-kun?" Asuka was by Shinji's side lifting him to his feet.
"Call me Shinji," He replied once he got up properly.
Asuka's cell phone rang.
"Angel…" Asuka said, turning to find Shinji gone.
A group of girls approached Asuka.
"Excuse me, but have you seen Shinji?" One of the girls asked.
"He ran away, after getting beaten by Touji." Asuka pointed to the boy who was knocked out.
The girls surrounded Touji. Kensuke ran for it.
Asuka decided to leave for NERV.
***** LATER *****
Touji groaned, waking from his unexpected slumber. His eyes focused on two round things. Focusing on the image he suddenly realised they were the breasts of a girl. "(GULP) Where (GULP) am (GULP) I?" Touji asked. The group of girls around him cracked their knuckles threateningly. "Kensuke? Kensuke? God help me…"
***** NERV *****
Shinji puts on his plugsuit, getting ready for battle. Suddenly, he notices someone was watching him change.
Shinji turned beet red when the person revealed herself. It was Asuka.
She smiled evilly. Holding a camera in her hand…
***** End Chapter 3 *****
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