Disclaimer: I don't own Eva, Gainax and ADV do, I don't own any other animes I just decide to throw in for a laugh. If there are any characters that appear that don't seem to be from Eva then I have thrown them in and they are mine, you can't have them! (Without asking anyway) Now then, on with the show.

Title : Evangelion – The New Testament

Chapter Title : Tenth Anniversary of the Apocalypse

"Lieutenant, what is the status of the project?"

A voice bellows from behind a desk in the Command Centre, the three technicians look up at the desk with a figure's head resting against joined hands. For a moment the three look scared, but when they look up they can see the purple hair of their commander flowing past her shoulders. With an old pair of glasses on and a stern look on her face the commander falls off her chair with laughter. Each of the three techs looks to another then back up with a sigh and a shake of their heads.

"Commander, really?"

"What? I have waited ten years to do that!"

The techs continue with their work while Misato, now 39 years old gets up from behind, what was Gendo Ikari's desk in the other time. She walks down to Hyuga who continued to type and she whispered into his ear.

"I was being serious, and if you don't treat me with more respect you won't get any rewards tonight."

"Sorry ma'am! Yes the project is almost, the fireworks are booked, all guests have been invited and the hall has been reserved!"

Don't get me wrong, this isn't some top-secret code for an attack by NERV on someone, the description was quite literal. After the world started asking about the fact that they all turned into liquid, NERV was forced to explain the whole Third Impact to them, although there was a Second Impact but this was a meteor strike. So when they found out that this one boy had saved them from galactic oneness they made a celebration out of it, this is the tenth anniversary of that day. Misato, the Commander of NERV was ordered to organise a party to remember those who died in the massacre before hand and mainly to remember Shinji. So she got her 'close-friend' Makoto Hyuga to help book all the major proceedings, it was about three weeks to the day and they made sure everything was ready. As for Misato herself, she had aged gracefully over the ten years, growing an odd grey streak in her hair but still being 39 she hadn't many wrinkles. Her hair was much longer and tied back in a bobble, to look a little more professional while her uniform wasn't as clean as when Shinji lived with her. She remembered Shinji and all the stupid things he used to do, and how he seemed to enjoy doing the everyday chores that she despised. She looked at the techs who had found themselves quite bored, without Evas they just sat talking most of the day occasionally reporting on some experiment. Aoba had his haircut to eye level but mostly combed it back off his face, he was getting better with his guitar and began to wonder about joining a band. Hyuga was dating Misato and had been together for a few years, although the other techs suspected they never talked about it much, and it was evident that Misato had no intention of settling down yet. Ritsuko was, well dead, Shinji hadn't deemed it necessary to bring her back when he remade the world. Kaji was...dead. Gendo was dead, in fact most of NERV's higher personnel were dead, Shinji would have brought Kaji back except he died before third impact so he didn't have much control over it. Misato went through a faze of mourning, then returned to her normal beer drinking self, (yes she was off the canned coffee! Hurrah!).

"What are the statuses of our guests of honour?"

Misato looked down at her partner, he looked at her with a small amount of confusion before realising what the woman wanted.

"The First Child, Rei, is still studying for her PhD in Astrophysics in England, we already have her confirmation, and she said she will be arriving within the week."

"What about the Second?"

"Asuka...well we have tracked her down to a small village in Germany, it seems that she has been moving around quite a bit recently. We have sent an invitation and the courier said that she would think about it."

"Well I suppose it is better than an out-right 'No!'"

"We also have had word from the Fourth Child."

Misato raised an eyebrow at this, she had a bit of a patchy memory when it came to pre-third impact, probably due to the fact that she was blown to pieces about two minutes before it happened. But after a few moments of thought she remembered that one instance in which the fourth child was asked to pilot an Eva. Apart from the fact that she had her arm in plaster for a few weeks she remembered the effect it had on Shinji.

"What did Suzuhara say?"

"He said that he would love to come if he had a chance to see you (clears throat) 'Misatooo!'"

Misato hung her head for a second before Makoto went on to add.

"Then there was a slapping noise in the background and someone yelled 'Touji no Baka!' I think he might me married or something."

Misato smirked and remembered how Touji used to act around Asuka's friend, Hikari, especially how Shinji said they would be perfect for each other. Misato then waited a moment before remembering something.

"Lieutenant, does Mr. Suzuhara have any disabilities?"

"None listed Commander."

"What about artificial limbs?"

"Negative Commander."

"Hmmm."

Misato hummed for a moment and smiled a little, there was a small beeping sound and she looked at her watch. It was the end of their shift and some of the new employees appeared (new being post third impact, they had actually been there for between one and nine years), Misato walked up to her and gave a salute.

"I leave it to you Haruka!"

"What, sitting around doing nothing all day?"

"Shhh! Don't tell them that!"

All the techs looked over at them, with evil glares and Misato just gave a smile and wandered off. The woman named Haruka sat down in her chair because she wasn't allowed behind the Commander's desk. She looked at her group of Techs, Megumi Shitow (her little sister) sitting in Maya's seat, Kim Hotaru in Aoba's seat and Souichi Yagumo who continued Hyuga's work. In fact as Souchi walked up and greeted Hyuga the men stopped to talk for a moment.

"So any word?"

"Well we have the hall and the fireworks, and all the invites have been sent."

"That isn't what I was asking, what about the ring?"

"Shhh! I haven't even looked at it properly yet, I don't think Misa-chan...I mean Commander Katsuragi is ready for any commitment yet!"

"Oh Misa-chan now, go on, I'm sure she's waiting for you, hurry along."

Hyuga was shooed off the command deck and he left down one of the lifts, that Maya and Aoba had kept open for him. They waited for the doors to close and Haruka leaned over her own desk and looked down at the Lieutenant.

"What was that about Yagumo-kun?"

"Oh nothing ma'am!"

At the same time the two techs had cornered Hyuga in the lift, while Aoba had his arms pinned against the wall, Maya was searching through his jacket and finally found what she was looking for.

"GOT IT!"

"Hey stop! Don't look at it!"

When Maya finally opened the box she froze for a moment, Hyuga was held against the wall by Aoba, with the female tech on one knee holding an engagement ring. The elevator door opened and Hyuga was the only one to actually look at the random extra that was staring at them. He blushed and placed a hand behind his head.

"I'll get the next elevator, heh heh."

Once the door closed Maya stood up and Shigeru got just as mesmerized by the rock on the ring as Maya had been. She put her head down in apologies and then handed the now free Makoto the ring.

"I'm sorry Makoto-kun, we didn't realise it was an engagement ring."

"You dog! I thought you were just buying her a ring for the anniversary but you are actually thinking about taking the big plunge!"

"SHHHH!! You know these elevators have surveillance, come on keep it down!"

"God Shigeru, you can be such an ass!"

"Hey I'm just being happy for the guy!"

"Hey...wait a minute, how long have you two known?"

"What about you and Misato?"

Both Maya and Aoba looked at each other, they began counting on their fingers muttering certain dates and things of that nature before finally saying.

"About a day after you first slept with her."

"Yeah you never look that happy coming to work, man!"

Shigeru finished off while Makoto just slumped to the floor staring at the ring in its box, he had spent a large portion of his paycheck on the ring. He was in a gentle daydream, ignoring his bickering comrades and thinking about Misato's answer.

Misato walked through the door of her apartment and dropped her keys on the table, it was dark and she flipped the light switches on. Any true Eva fan would be amazed at the apartment, even though Rei and Asuka were overseas and Shinji was, well as far as everyone was concerned, dead, the apartment was clean. It was spotless and if Hyuga had been told the apartment was always a mess pre-third impact (now referred to as BI – before Impact while logically AI – after impact) he never would have believed it. Between getting home and Makoto coming in for dinner and some fun before he too would go home Misato was always forced to think about the past. She had one photo of all three pilots, herself and Ritsuko in the apartment and she always stared at it and talked to herself.

"I always thought a clean apartment would make me feel better...if it was dirty then I would think about Shinji and why he hadn't cleaned up...but now I feel like I am going to walk into the kitchen and he'll be standing there chopping vegetables for dinner. How pathetic I am, still after all these years I think about him, and those last minutes with him, I was never a good mother and then..."

She couldn't even continue her little dialogue before she slid to the floor crying her eyes out, each tear stinging her eyes as they slid down her cheek. She lay there for a while more before she finally pulled herself together, she got up and walked into the kitchen. On the counter was a photo she could look at and not cry at, it was her and Hyuga in their evening wear at the fifth anniversary. She remembered it as the first night he told her how he felt openly, at the time she didn't have any feelings for him but the feeling of being wanted was enough for her. But now, now she felt different, she didn't have Kaji or any other man she thought was like her father, she had someone who was more dependable and reliable. Most of all he said 'I love you' now she knew she couldn't live without him, but really after four years of a serious relationship, nothing had come from it. Maybe she would be alone again...she didn't want that.

Meanwhile in some obscure German airport a young red head walked along the duty-free section waiting quietly. She was looking around at the happy people, the happy families and the happy children. She spotted a grey head moving towards her, at first she thought Rei but she always did that when her boyfriend neared her, when he appeared he smiled and closed his blue eyes. Asuka kissed the boy named Ayato, then took his hand as she told him she wanted to go shopping. They got dragged around until she knocked into a brown haired lady, both women fell to the floor and Ayato was forced to drop his heavy shopping. He went to help Asuka when the girl pushed her hair out of her face she yelled.

"HEY WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING!"

"ME!? WHAT ABOUT YOU?"

Both girls got a good look at one another, for a moment they just stared at one another, the original angry look softened into confusion and worry. Asuka's eyes looked into the blue eyes that were the same colour as Shinji's but with the hair that was much lighter than his. The face was familiar and the trademark hairstyle that launched a thousand cosplays was a dead give away.

"Rei?"

Author's note – Yes they are all coming together nicely. You may have noticed the fact that I have included some characters from RahXephon in this fic, they are owned by Studio Bones, ADV and people like that. Although there are RahXephon characters don't expect any Mu or Dolem's attacking, I just used them because they were convenient for the story as the techs and stuff do basically the same job. I added Ayato because I wanted to give Asuka someone who was a little bit like Shinji (in fact a lot like Shinji) so that she can try that relationship. Also I would like to thank JC Fabulous for my first ever review, I tried writing a fic ages ago on another site but never got reviewed or anything. If someone says that they like your story then I feel obligated to continue and finish it! Thanks!