I do not own Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Extended Impacts of Second Impact

Chapter 3

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Shinji knocked on the door to Misato's room. She had come in while he was asleep, but he figured that she might want to get up anyways, or at least know he was leaving. He could hear moaning from within. He was beginning to wonder if she would ever answer his knocks.

"Come in." he heard her tired voice from within her room.

Opening the door he saw a lump on the floor covered with a blanket. He thought that she had just left a large pile of dirty clothes and covered them in a blanket, until it moved.

"Misato, it's morning. I'm leaving for school now."

"Hmm, Shinji? I just got in from work. I don't have to get up until noon. Have a good day at school, but I can't drive you." she said, her body and head still under the large blanket, hardly moving.

"Alright." Shinji said in a low voice, regretting having woke her up after she had just got in.

"Hey, today's burnable garbage day. Be a dear and take it downstairs please." she requested, still hardly moving.

"Sure. Bye." he said gently, closing her door.

Just as the sounds of Shinji exiting the building reach Misato's room, her phone rings. She groggily picks it up and answers it.

"Hello?"

[Hello Misato. Sleep well?] came the cheery voice of Ritsuko over the phone line.

"Oh, it's just you Ritsuko. Why did you have to call me now? You know I just got to sleep." Misato said in a grumpy voice.

[Aw, is someone cranky in the morning? I just called to ask about Shinji. How is he doing?]

"Oh, Shinji. He just left for school. I'm not sure, but I don't think he has any friends. It's been two weeks and no one has ever called his phone."

[Phone?] Ritsuko asked curiously.

"Yeah, well, since I thought he would be needing it, I gave him a cell phone. He never uses it though."

[It's the hedgehog's dilemma] Ritsuko said with a sigh.

"Hedgehog?" Misato asked confused. "You mean like Sonic? Those creatures with the spines?"

[Yes Misato, those creatures with spines. But not like Sonic. That's a cartoon. There's a fable about two hedgehogs that want to get close to each other. But, the closer they get to each other, the more pain they cause each other. It's the same with some people. They don't want to get close to each other for fear of being hurt, or in Shinji's case, fear of hurting them.] Ritsuko explained.

"Well, he's just going to have to learn… that pain is a part of life." Misato said.

Shinji is walking on the path that goes along a long row of trees and plants. He allows a small smile to escape his lips. This smile fades though as his memories bring up the images of fire engulfing trees, just like these. His face is now covered in a dark expression that is known only as the Ikari emotionless mask to those working in NERV.

Shinji enters his class room. He slowly makes his way towards his desk as he glances around the room. Almost the entire class that is left is there now. Most of them are huddled into groups, talking amongst themselves. Shinji hardens his mask more as he observes their smiles. He envies them for having friends.

Now his vision lands on Rei Ayanami. He had already learned that she was a fellow pilot, and was not hurt in the Eva battle as he originally thought. However, he remembered learning that a small girl had been crushed under a building. She had lived though, and as with his agreement with Gendo Ikari, she was transferred to the NERV hospital. He planned on visiting her today. It would be his first visit with her, he wished to apologize for getting her hurt.

Shinji slowly sat down at his desk. He saw a student walk in in the corner of his vision. He hadn't seen this one before, but judging from the very audible response the class rep and some other kid had at seeing him, he wasn't new, just had been absent for the last two weeks. Shinji noted that he wore a track suit instead of the normal uniform. However, Shinji didn't move his head to look at him. Shinji just starred ahead, waiting for class to begin.

Class was as boring as usual. Shinji was just getting ready to use Machine Ghost, an ability that allows a person to project themselves into a machine, where everything takes on psychical manifestations based on the user's concept of the machine world. Suddenly his laptop beeped at him. He opened it up to see that he had a message.

are you the pilot of that big robot? Y/N

Shinji suddenly shot his head around the room, looking for the source of the message. Finally he spotted two girls in the back of the class waving at him and giggling. Shinji didn't know if this information was classified or not. He didn't want to get into trouble over something so small. He decided to try and end this now, without having to answer the question.

(Leave me alone.) he spoke coldly in a telepathic message to the girl.

He could see her visibly leap into the air with surprise. A grin threatened to break on Shinji's face, but he kept his mask up. The girl suddenly typed into her laptop again. In seconds Shinji's laptop beeped again.

are you the pilot of that big robot? Y/N

Shinji sighed a breath of frustration. He finally decided to ask Rei.

(Is our being pilots classified?) he asked her telepathically.

(No.) was her response.

Shinji wasn't surprised at her telepathic response. He had already learned that she was a telepathic. Shinji sighed a breath of defeat, not that he showed it on his face.

yes

Suddenly the whole classroom burst out in surprise. Instantly they had surrounded his desk. Shinji was flooded with questions, declarations of pride in him, and even offers to go out with some of the girls. Apparently they had all been linked to the girl's computer when he sent his message.

Shinji answered a few of the questions here and there. Some of them though, were so stupid hardly felt like it. Finally the teacher saved him by announcing the end of class. However, Shinji was far from in the clear.

"Hey new kid! Step out side with me, now!" Shouted the student in the track uniform.

SMACK!!! Shinji fell from the force of the guy's fist. The boy who was obsessed with all things military was there, fiddling with his video camera. The guy that punched him was cracking his knuckles above him. A few other guys hung out behind the military kid. They were cheering for the guy in the track suit. Apparently, they didn't like all the girls paying attention to Shinji all of the sudden.

"Sorry new kid. I had to clock you." the boy Shinji identified as Toji said to him.

"Mean isn't he?" said the military kid. "You see, his sister was hurt in the last battle you had in that robot. It was hurt by your robot when you smashed through a building."

Shinji blinked in recognition. He knew about her, but hadn't known this was her brother. Now it made sense to him. Shinji stood up again. As he did Toji's face flashed with anger.

"They made me pilot the Eva. I'm sorry about your sister." Shinji said in a low voice, his mask returning full force.

The boy's face contorted with hate. He walked over to Shinji and punched him harder then before. Blood sprayed from his lip as he fell to the ground. Shinji wiped away the blood as he again looked up at Toji looming over him.

Toji then began to walk away. As he did though, the eight other guys started to advance on him. They surrounded him in a circle quickly. Shinji knew that he would have to react fast, before they got close enough to be hurt. Standing quickly, he suddenly transformed.

They guys screamed in horror as they fell backwards at the sight of Shinji in his plasma form. Shinji once again resembled a demon from hell as his stare bore into each and every one of them. It was only a matter of seconds before seven of them ran away.

The last one quickly ran to a nearby hose and turned it on. It blasted with unusual force as he used a form of hydrokinetic abilities to guide the increased pressurized water at Shinji as he floated two and half feet off the ground. The water evaporated a few inches before even touching Shinji. The steam blocked him from view, but it was still possible to see the glow of his superheated plasma body.

Shinji slowly floated towards the guy, making a cloud of steam as he went. The whole time Toji and the military kid just watched. Finally Shinji was within six feet of the kid, and the kid was sweating hard from the heat of his body. Suddenly Shinji made a heat burst that knocked the guy off his feet and caused him to fall on his butt several feet back.

"I am Shinji Ikari! I am a demon among men! Do not challenge me with out good reason! Now get away from me!" Shinji shouted at the boy.

With that the guy got up and ran away as fast as he could. As he went the hose suddenly dropped to the ground and the water stopped gushing forth. Shinji turned back to his normal state and turned off the still running hose. After he had finished, he turned to look at Toji and the other kid.

"Impressive new kid." Toji stated.

"Yeah, really cool, uh, I mean hot." the other kid said. "My name's Kensuke Aida. Glad to know you're not angry with me."

"Don't worry about it. I really am sorry about your sister Toji. Those guys though, they didn't have a good reason to want to hurt me. They were just being stupid, so I defended myself."

"You know, you don't seem much like a demon when your not burning." Toji stated.

"You wouldn't know Toji." Shinji whispered to himself, memories of a vision of hell flashed before his eyes.

Suddenly Rei walked through a wall. When she did this, she was almost completely transparent. She looked at Shinji with her emotionless eyes for a moment.

(We are needed at NERV headquarters. I will meet you there. Please report as soon as you can.) she telepathically told Shinji.

"Alright Rei. See you there." Shinji said back.

With that Rei took off running. Toji and Kensuke just starred at her, then back at Shinji, then back at her, then back at Shinji again.

"We talked telepathically. Anyways, you guys better get to shelter. It sounds like an Angel is coming."

With that Shinji once again burst into flames and took to the air at his top speed of two hundred miles per hour. Kensuke and Toji just watched him fly away at his incredible speeds.

"Wow." Toji said.

"No kidding." Kensuke said as he filmed Shinji flying away.

Shinji sat in the entry plug wearing his plug suit, the synch clips in his hair. Quickly the plug filled with the yellowish LCL. Suddenly the plug was brought to life as Shinji synched with the Eva. He could suddenly see everything around him as though through the eyes of the giant demon.

"Are you ready Shinji?" came Misato's voice over the intercom.

"Yes Captain." Shinji said as his Ikari mask covered is face, eliminating all emotion from his face and voice.

"Remember, neutralize it's A.T. field, then fire a volley. Do it just like we practiced Shinji." came Ritsuko's voice.

"Yes ma'am." Shinji answered.

"EVA LAUNCH!" Misato shouted her command.

Suddenly the Eva lurched as it rocketed upwards. The few extra g's pushed Shinji into his seat for a moment, before he suddenly lurched upwards as the Eva stopped suddenly. The door lowered quickly and locks released him. His Eva stepped out of the bay and grabbed a rifle before taking shelter behind a building.

Taking a deep breath, Shinji willed his Eva to face the Angel. He quickly neutralized it's A.T. field and fired a volley at the Angel. He missed the core, but not by much. It hit just to the side of the core, angering the Angel as it reeled in pain.

Suddenly the tentacles the Angel had for appendages shot out. They were highly energized and sliced through the Eva's rifle and the building directly next to the Eva. Luckily Shinji dodged enough to keep from getting sliced in two, but the ruble crashing into him caused him to trip. The Angel took full advantage of this.

The Angel continued to try and slice at the Eva over and over again. Most of the time only managed to throw it backwards or bury it is ruble. Eventually it got his power cable. Then it had the Eva cornered against some buildings. Before Shinji could really react, the Angel lashed the whip around his ankle and threw the Eva into a nearby mountain.

As he landed he suddenly noticed two teenagers between his fingers. He quickly realized that they were Touji and Kensuke. He panicked when he looked up to the see the Angel hovering above him, ready to strike. Acting with sharp reflexes, he reached up and caught the whips in his hands. The pain translating to his own body. It was the first time Shinji ever felt pain from burning.

"Shinji! Place the Eva to follow you current order and eject the entry plug! Let them inside, then make a temporary retreat!" Misato ordered.

Shinji did as told and ejected the entry plug while the Eva held off the whips. Misato's voice rang outside the Eva on the external speakers telling Touji and Kensuke to get inside the plug. They also followed her orders.

Upon them entering, Shinji reinserted the entry plug. They continued to scream something about the water, but Misato had already assured them it was breathable. Kensuke shouted something about his camera. All this was unnoticed by Shinji though, as he was in intense pain.

He was down to almost a minute and still holding the Angel off. He pulled on the whips, then threw the Angel back away from him. Standing he took off running for the retrieval point Misato ordered him to. Suddenly he fell as the Angel grabbed his ankle again.

Seeing no other way Shinji pulled out the prog knife. The Angel suddenly stabbed through the Eva's chest and abdomen with its whips. Shinji shouted in pain as he managed to lunge upwards and stabbed the knife into the Angel's core above him.

The timer counted down as he screamed in pain and drove the knife deeper, trying to cut a line through the core. Finally it cracked and the Angel fell silent just as the timer was up and the Eva deactivated. Shinji breathed heavily as his chest burnt with pain. Touji watched him, astonished at what he had managed to do.

It was just over five hours later that Shinji showed up at the hospital room that Touji's little sister was in. He grabbed the doorknob, sighed a breath of nervousness, put a smile on his face, and finally opened the door. He looked in to see a little girl who looked to be in fourth grade lying in a bed, bandages all over her and equipment hooked up to her, monitoring her condition.

Touji sat in a chair next to her bed, watching her. Suddenly he looked up when Shinji entered the room. For a moment he was astonished to see Shinji there, holding a bunch of flowers in one hand and a card and a balloon in the other.

"Hey Shinji. It's good to see you again. Listen man, we're really sorry for getting in the way like we did today…"

"It's okay Touji." Shinji interrupted.

Suddenly the girl's eyes flashed open and starred at Shinji in the eyes. It wasn't a look of hate in her eyes, nor one of fear, but rather one of curiosity and wonder. Shinji smiled softly at her, and she replied the same.

"Are you the pilot?" she asked softly.

Shinji nodded for a moment. "Yes, I am. I'm sorry you were hurt." he apologized.

"Don't be. It wasn't your fault. I was only hurt because the Angel knocked you into a building." she answered.

Shinji handed her the flowers, card, and balloon. Her face brightened up at this. Then she gave Shinji the biggest smile he had ever seen. Afterwards she turned to her brother.

"Now you have something to say to Shinji." she stated.

"Um, yeah. Uh, Shinji, listen… I'm sorry for getting mad at you and punching you earlier. You can hit me back if you want." Touji said while standing up.

"Nyah, that's not necessary." Shinji assured him, watching as Touji's face clearly showed relief on it.

"No, come one! Hit him!" his little sister piped up while laughing.

"Hey now." Touji said.

"Okay." Shinji said laughing cheerfully.

Shinji delivered a fake punch to Touji, who took the queue and fell into his seat. Soon the whole room was filled with laughter. This laughter filtered down the halls of the NERV hospital. As it did, the faces of all within brightened greatly.

"Hey Shinji. I heard from one of the nurses that you arranged with the commander to have my little sister moved here. Thanks man." Touji said while still smiling greatly.

"No problem. It's one of the only reasons I agreed to pilot the Eva, if anyone that got hurt because of it was transferred here."

Suddenly a more serious look came across the little girl's face.

"Touji told me what happened at school today. Do you really call yourself a demon?" she asked Shinji.

Shinji's face suddenly grew dark for a moment, then returned to his smile.

"Yes, I do."

She motioned for Shinji to lean towards him, then she took his face in her hands. She turned his head one way, then another, and felt all over his face with her hands. Finally she finished by looking into his eyes for several seconds.

"You don't look like a demon."

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So? What did you think of it? Any good? I'm still asking for ideas for pairings. And, also, I'm still making this a Shinji/Asuka fic. For those of you that don't like that, too bad. There's still two more chapters before she even arrives in this story anyways. And even then, it will be a few chapters before the actual romance begins. So pairing problems is not a good reason to flame this fic. Oh, yeah, anyone have the name for Touji's sister? Also, I was wondering if anyone had the names for all of the Angels? Please send them to me.

And now to respond to the reviews I have received since last chapter by anonymous reviewers.

Flames are us: Thank you for saying that this would have been a otherwise perfect fic. However, your poor attempt at flaming will be ignored. Next time, give advice on what to fix, not nag about the pairing. Thanks anyways for the try.

Well, that's all the responses to anonymous reviewers. Now if anyone has answers to my requests or additional things to say, please review or e-mail me at andross937@yahoo.com Oh yeah check out my newest story and review it please! Another Pointless Funny