The room was dark. On a bed, a figure slept peacefully, the blankets wrapped around them tightly, only a small opening allowed the person to get fresh air. Then a small burst of light came from the window. It grew larger and soon began to move across the floor. A ray of light slowly crept its way along, until it finally came to a stop on the sleeper's face. After several pitiful attempts to swat the light away, the person got up and looked at the alarm clock, then shuffled to their feet towards the bathroom. Upon reaching the bathroom, the person turned on the light, and then got a good look at their reflection in the mirror.

The piercing scream that came from the bathroom woke the entire apartment complex.

Chapter 2

Asuka's point of View.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!" Asuka called out as she sat up, "I need my beau….." She paused for a moment. Something didn't sound right. "What the hell is wrong with my voice?!!" she cried.

Asuka leaped to her feet and raced into the bathroom, shoving aside Misato, who was staring at the mirror with a look of shock. When Asuka looked into the mirror, she was shocked as well when she saw her reflection.

It wasn't her.

It was Rei.

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Yet another scream echoed throughout the complex. Two more figures raced from their rooms and peered into the bathroom.

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Rei's point of View.

Rei didn't hear the first scream. She started to awaken with the sound of someone yelling. She sat upright when the second scream echoed out. She quickly got to her feet and raced towards the bathroom, the only sign of activity. Asuka too came out of………Misato's room? What was he…..? Rei put that thought aside as she looked into the bathroom. Sitting on the floor in a state of shock was a barely clothed Misato, while standing at the mirror……was herself? Rei looked over at Asuka who was looking down at Misato. Her face was also frozen in shock. Her eyes then rolled back into her head and she fell to the floor. The thud attracted the attention of Rei's duplicate. The other Rei stared at her then at the fallen Asuka, her mouth wide open.

"Mien Gott." The other Rei muttered, before fainting.

Rei quickly bent over her other self to make sure there was no injures. Only then did she notice her reflection in the mirror.

Rei quickly stood up and stared at the mirror.

Her reflection! It was of Shinji!

Rei blinked.

She then looked down at the still shocked Misato.

"Misato," Rei said. She then paused as she heard Shinji's voice from her mouth. " Misato we need to get help."

Misato finally looked up and met Rei's eyes.

"I'm not Misato." She said, "I'm….Shinji."

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Author's note

Ok…to prevent confusion.

Misato is in Asuka's body.

Asuka is in Rei's.

Rei is in Shinji's.

Shinji is in…you guessed it, Misato's

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The four now sat around the kitchen table. Misato and Asuka both were holding ice packs on their heads from hitting the floor. Shinji was staring intently at anything besides the people in front of him, and the body he currently possessed. Rei kept shifting slightly, feeling uncomfortable with something below her waist.

"Alright," Asuka said, making Rei's voice hit levels it had never done before. "What the hell happened? I went to sleep, and the next thing I know, I'm waking up to screaming, and finding you," She pointed at Misato, "....in my beautiful body."

"You think this is my fault?!" Misato shouted, which considering it was Asuka's voice, it wasn't out of the ordinary, "That I wanted to be a teenager again? Please!" She then looked toward the fridge. "God I need a beer."

"HEY!" Asuka shouted rising to her feet. "No drinking in my body! Last thing I want is liver disease!"

"But I want a beer!"

"NO!"

"But…..!"

"QUIET!" Shinji shouted, finally looking at everyone. "Misato, you can have all the beer you want AFTER we return to our right bodies. Now, how do we go about doing that?"

"We could call Sayoko." Misato said, "She's a Goddess after all."

"But she is gone." Rei said, "Remember? You gave the school the excuse that she was required by the UN."

"Oh yeah." Misato thought for a moment. "Can't we call her though?"

"Do you know the phone number of heaven?" Asuka asked.

"What about Ritsuko?" Misato said, "She and the NORN computer could help!"

"Great." muttered Asuka, "Poking and prodding by Doctor Akagi."

Misato glared at Asuka. "Would you rather me stay in your body?"

Asuka quickly jumped up. "Let's give Dr. Akagi a call!"

"Knew you'd see it my way."

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Ritsuko Akagi awoke to the ringing of a phone. She climbed out of bed and stumbled over to it.

"Hello?" she mumbled tiredly.

"Doctor Akagi?" came 'Rei's' voice.

"Mm…..Rei," Ritsuko said, "It's 6am. Can't it wa…."

"I'M NOT REI!!" 'Rei' shouted, "I'M ASUKA AND…No…Misato let go of the phone….LET GO OF THE DAMN PHONE MISA…."

A loud thud came over the phone, followed by German cursing from 'Rei'? Then a new voice came on the phone.

"Rits," came 'Asuka's' voice, "It's Misato."

Ritsuko sighed. "Asuka, it's too early for you and Rei to make jokes."

"I'm not joking Rits." 'Asuka' said, "This really is Misato and we have a big problem."

"Alright then." Ritsuko said, "I'll play your game. Prove your Misato."

"We both went to Toyko-2 University and roomed together." 'Asuka' answered.

"So what?" Ritsuko replied, "Everyone knows that."

"But does everyone know about the mole?"

"Of course! It's right there on my face!"

"Not that mole. The mole on your left….."

"ALRIGHT!" Ritsuko shouted, "You convinced me!" Ritsuko sagged downward. She could also swear she heard Rei snickering in the background. "What the hell is going on As…I mean Misato."

"Rits, you really have to see it to believe it."

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The four had quickly gotten dress, (Asuka had severe objections regarding Shinji seeing Misato's naked body, as well as Rei seeing Shinji's, and how Misato had dressed her body) and then walked out to Misato's car. Misato pulled out her keys and started to enter her car.

"Umm…..Misato?" Shinji began, "Should you really be driving?"

"What? I know how to drive!." She answered in a huff.

"I know you do." Shinji said, "But Asuka doesn't have her license yet………."

"Not my fault the test is in that squiggly writing you Japanese have." Asuka muttered.

"….so since I am you, I should drive." Shinji finished.

Misato grumbled, but did had over her keys to Shinji.

Thirty minutes later, Shinji pulled the car into the UN garage. Ritsuko was there waiting.

"Now I know there is something wrong." She said, "Misato never drives that well."

"HEY!!!" Misato shouted angrily.

"Come on." Ritsuko said, turning away. "I need to examine each of you."

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About two hours later, everyone was gathered in the Toyko-2 UN Infirmary staring intently at Ritsuko. Ritsuko rubbed her brow as she looked at the others. Mis…err Shinji (she decided she might as well think of them that way for now) was looking very red. Misato was tapping her foot impatiently, as was Asuka. Rei was simply staring at her with his eyes.

"First of all," Ritsuko said, "You're all healthy. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your bodies……."

"Other then we aren't in them." muttered Asuka.

Ritsuko glared at Asuka, then continued.

"……in checking your brain waves, I have to confirm that each of you is who you say you are………"

"Which we already told you." Asuka again muttered.

"So how do we get into the right bodies?" Shinji asked.

"That's the thing." Ritsuko said, "The NORNs are deliberating about that."

"How long will that be?" Misato asked.

Ritsuko shrugged. "I don't know. The closest situation we have regarding something like this is the Dummy System. But even then…….the resulting dummies would be nothing like the original." Ritsuko glanced over at Rei. "That is known from experience." Ritsuko returned her gaze to everyone. "The best I can suggest now is you try to act as much as normal as possible."

"Act normal?!?!" Asuka shouted, "How the hell do we act normal??? Rei's a boy now! And Shinji……Shinji's a 33 year old woman!!" This got Asuka a glare from Misato. "How normal is that?!!?!"

Ritsuko let out a sigh. "Look, you four figure it out." She then looked at Misato. "I'll put you down as one medical leave. That should keep questions to a minimum. I'll let you know what the NORN say."

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The drive home was silent. Finally, Misato broke the silence.

"You three should go to school." Misato said.

"And just how is Shinji supposed to do that?" Asuka asked, "A 33 year old in High School looks really ridiculous."

"The answer is simple." Rei said, "We act the part of the body we are in."

Misato's face fell slightly as Rei's words hit home. Asuka however didn't catch on.

"What do you mean Rei?" Asuka asked.

"It is obvious." Rei said, "You will act as I would. I will act as Shinji would. And Misato will act like you. Shinji will remain home, and then do the homework that we bring from class."

"Wait a second……." Misato began.

"So we go to school and Shinji doesn't?!" Asuka shouted.

"As you said, a 33 year old would look odd in High School." Rei answered, "And it is the only way to, as Doctor Akagi said, act normal."

"Great." muttered Misato, "I get to relive High School again."

"And of course you must spend time around me." Rei added.

"What?"

"We are boyfriend and girlfriend." Rei said, "Thus we must act the part."

Misato, Asuka, and Shinji's jaws dropped.

"WHAT?!?!?" they all cried.

"But you're a GIRL Rei!" Asuka shouted, "Girls shouldn't kiss girls unless…….." she couldn't finish that sentence.

"That may be true normally." Rei said, "But right now I am Shinji, and Misato is Asuka." With that, Rei got up and kissed Misato.

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"So any idea where Rei, Shinji, and the Demon are?" Kensuke asked. He Touji, and Hikari were sitting outside eating lunch.

"Kensuke!" Hikari shouted, "Don't call Asuka names!"

"She is one though!"

"Excuse me."

The three turned around to see Mana standing behind them.

"I was wondering if any of you had seen Shinji?" she asked.

Hikari scowled at the girl.

"Why should we tell you? He's dating my Best Friend."

"Because he could do a lot better." Mana replied, brushing her auburn hair out of her green eyes. "By dating me instead of that She-Witch."

"Oooo I like that." Kensuke said, "I gotta write that down."

"Look Mana," Touji said, "Those two have been through a lot together. They've worked too hard to get where they are now to let something get in between them."

"Last time someone tried to get between them it ended with the girl getting bruised and bloodied." Hikari added.

Mana's mouth dropped.

"Shinji would never beat up a….."

"It wasn't Shinji." Touji said, "It was Asuka. Shinji got knocked out by one of her punches."

"SHE HIT HIM?!?: Mana practically screamed.

"Well she didn't mean too! She was possessed by a de.." Hikari quickly slapped a hand over Touji's mouth.

"She was having a really bad time and really wasn't herself." Hikari said, "And hitting Shinji was an accident that she made up for later."

"But still…." Mana began before she was interrupted.

"HEY SHINJI!!" Kensuke shouted as he jumped to his feet.

Mana and the others turned to see Shinji, Asuka, and Rei entering the school yard. Rei kept giving Shinji and Asuka funny glances, while Asuka seemed to be avoiding looking at Shinji. Shinji's face remained mostly emotionless. Mana quickly ran up to Shinji.

"Come on Shinji." She said, "We need to talk."

Before anyone could say anything, Mana had run off with Shinji. Hikari looked at the other two girls in surprise. Asuka had a stunned look on her face while Rei……..Rei seemed really pissed. That's when the German cursing began….only….it was Rei cursing.

"Rei," Kensuke said, "I think you've been around the Red Demon too……" Kensuke was sent flying by a slap from Rei.

"SHUT THE HELL UP STOOGE."

Touji and Hikari stared slack jawed at Rei.

"Asuka," Hikari whispered to her friend. "What's wrong with Rei."

"Mr. Suzuhara," Asuka said formally, "Ms. Horaki, and….." Asuka looked down at Kensuke. "Mr. Aida. We really need to talk."

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Rei ran as fast as he could to keep up with Mana. Finally they had reached their classroom which, due to the lunch hour, was empty.

"Shinji, "Mana said as she leaned against a desk, "I just wanted to say thank you for listening last night."

Rei remained quiet as he had no clue what had occurred the night before between Mana and Shinji.

"I really haven't talk to anyone about my parents." Mana continued, "..and having someone to talk to about it…..it just….." Mana took a deep breath. "It makes me feel a bit more relaxed."

'She talked to Shinji about her parents.' Rei thought, 'nothing more. How would Shinji respond?'  "It was nothing." He finally said.

"Nothing?" Mana repeated, "Shinji what you did wasn't nothing to me."

"You were a friend in need." 'Shinji' said, "I would do the same thing for any of my friends."

"But I want to be more then a friend Shinji." Mana said, slowly walking over to 'Shinji'. She got right up close, pressing her chest against 'Shinji's'. 'Shinji's mind went into overload as it tried to process all the various signals she was getting. Also the front of his pants seemed tighter for some reason.

"I uhhh must go see to Asu…my girlfriend." 'Shinji' then quickly left the room.

Mana blinked, then he face fell into a scowl.

"Damn that German Bitch." She muttered, "Shinji will be mine."

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"Oh my god." Kensuke muttered.

"Yeah that's what I thought." Misato said.

"How horrible." Hikari said, "All of you stuck in the wrong bodies. It's….just so indecent."

"We'll get by." Misato then glanced over at the fuming Asuka. "Asuka, if you keep that up, Rei's face is going to freeze that way."

"She's been that way since the new girl took an interest in Shinji." Touji said.

"Was that her?" Misato asked. Seeing Touji and Hikari nod, she continued. "Now I see why Asuka's upset. She's kinda cute."

"Oh my god."

"Yes Kensuke. We heard." Misato then looked back at Hikari and Touji. "SO what's her story?"

"She's a whore." Asuka said, "Plain and simple."

"Asuka." Hikari said glancing at her friend. "Mana's father vanished when she was young and then her mother was killed. Kensuke hacked the school computer……" She glared at the oblivious Kensuke. "…….but that was all there was. It was as bare as Rei's NERV file."

"Oh my god."

Asuka threw her hands up in the air.

"All right Kensuke. WHY the hell are you 'oh my god'–ing?"

"Shinji."

"What about him?" Touji asked.

"He's…well he's in….." Kensuke swallowed, "He's in Misato's body."

"Yeah. So?"

Kensuke grabbed Touji by the collar.

"ARE YOU NUTS?!?!? SHINJI IS IN THE BODY OF THE SEXIEST PERSON WE'VE EVER MET AND YOU SAY 'So?'." Kensuke released Touji and got a kind of dreamy look in his eyes. "Just think of it, he's all alone at the apartment. Just him, and Misato's thighs, her breasts, her naughty bi.…."

Kensuke never finished the sentence as a fist flew out and caught him under the jaw. He flew backwards and landed on his back, out cold. Asuka let out a whistle.

"Nice punch Misato."

Misato shook her right hand.

"Ow. Sorry Asuka I think I hurt it."

Asuka shrugged. "Don't worry about it. It was for a good cause."

"Hello."

Everyone looked up to see Rei walking towards them.

"Hi Rei." Hikari said.

Rei blinked, then looked at Asuka and Misato.

"You told them?"

"They deserved to know." Misato said, "Besides, they can help us keep our cover."

"Oh." Rei then looked down at the unconscious Kensuke. "What happened to him?"

"He decided abruptly that he needed a nap." Misato replied.

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Back at the apartment.

Shinji let out a sigh. Since the others had gone off to school, there was nothing left for her to do but sit and read, watch TV, or have a wonderful conversation with Pen Pen. Reading got old quickly as that involved her looking downward….which usually ended up with her eyes traveling towards her cleavage. TV was no good as there were only soaps on and she wanted to preserve what manhood was left in her. And Pen Pen wasn't much of a conversationalist. Leaving the apartment was also out of the question. Even when they had left for the UN, Shinji could feel eyes staring at her body. She had no idea how Misato could stand it. Oh….wait…Misato enjoyed that kind of attention.

With a sigh, she got up, grabbed the phone then walked out onto the balcony. She quickly dialed a familiar phone number.

"Hi!" came Skuld's voice, "You've reached Skuld Wishbringer….."

"…and Sayoko Morisato!" came Sayoko's voice.

"We're not home right now….."

"…but feel free to leave a message after the beep."

Shinji let out a sigh, then began speaking after she heard the beep.

"Hello Sayoko, it's Shinji." She said, "Now I know you're already wondering what is going on because this voice is obviously Misato's. Something…..happened last night. We don't know what. So here the thing…." She began to explain over the phone what had happened. As she spoke, she missed the front door opening and a male voice call out.

"….so that's all of it." Shinji said wrapping up his message. "Please call us when you get back. Maybe you and your Aunt can help us. Bye." She clicked the phone of, then rested her head on the balcony in her arms and sighed. She then heard movement behind her and then felt hands gently grabbing her chest.

"Mmmmmmm." Came a male voice, "It's been awhile Misa-chan."

"GAH!!!!!!" Shinji jumped into the air, sending the man and phone flying against the sliding door.

"Sorry Misato," the man said, "I thought you had heard me come in."

"K…k…k…Kaji!?!" Shinji managed to spit out.

Kaji Ryoji smiled.

"Yep, it's me in the flesh. Sorry I didn't call Misa-chan, but I was able to come back a few days early." He then crawled on his arms and legs towards Shinji. Shinji tried to get away, but she soon found herself pinned by Kaji.

"It's been so long Misa-chan." Kaji said as he leaned forward.

"Kaji! Wait!!! I'm.. mmph!" Shinji's pleas were cut off as Kaji kissed her deeply.

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Later that day, on the way home from school.

"Oh my god. School sucks."

Rei and Asuka looked over at Misato. Misato looked at them questioningly.

"What?"

"You've just summed up my entire school experience since I graduated College." Asuka said.

"Hey! I was told to put you in the school." Misato said, "It was supposed to help you have a life outside of Eva!"

"Thanks Misato. I really appreciate the homework I've had to do."

"Oh shut up! You get to spend more time with Shinji." Misato said, "And when you two graduate and he goes to college and you become my assistant, you're going to miss him."

"When I graduate" Asuka said, "And when I get my body back."

"Uh oh."

Both girls looked at Rei.

"What is it?" asked Misato.

Rei pointed with his hand.

"Kaji is home."

Misato perked up.

"Kaji's home!" WOO HOO!" Misato quickly took off running.

"Well that was a disgusting display." Asuka muttered.

"Looked familiar to me." Rei commented.

"What do you mean?" Asuka asked.

"That was how you looked when someone mentioned Kaji way back in Tokyo-3."

Asuka winced. "I did?"

"Yes."

"I was really pathetic." Asuka said, "Thinking that way about Kaji, especially when he only had eyes for Misato." Asuka sighed, "I remember one time I came home and he and Misato were……." Asuka's eyes suddenly went wide.

"What is it?" Rei asked.

"Rei," Asuka said slowly, "Misato was with us."

"Yes….."

"Shinji is at home……."

"That is correct."

"Shinji is in Misato's body."

Rei froze in her tracks.

"Kaji doesn't know that Shinji is Misato." Asuka continued.

"Oh shit." Rei said.

Both took off running.

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Heaven

Sayoko let out a huge sigh and looked up from her 'Modern Goddess' magazine. The line was moving, but very slow. She then looked over at her Aunt.

"Don't you even dare ask me how long now." Skuld said, not even looking up from her book.

"But Auntie….."

"No buts!"

Sayoko grumbled.

"You're in heaven. Don't curse." Skuld added.

Sayoko sighed again, then looked back at her magazine.

'Wonder how the others are?' she thought.

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Misato flung the door open and ran into the apartment.

"KAJI!!!!!!!!!!" she cried as she leaped into the man's arms.

Kaji blinked for several moments.

"Umm…..Asuka?" he asked, "What are you doing?"

Misato's eyes widened as she realized what she had forgotten about.

"OH!" Misato quickly released Kaji. "Kaji, some things happened last night."

"Is that why Misato is acting all weird?" Kaji asked.

Misato paled. "Wha??"

"I got home and greeted Misato." Kaji said, " I was kissing her, she screamed and ran into Shinji's room, locking the door behind her. She hasn't responded to a thing I've said since."

"Oh my god." muttered Misato as she dropped to a sitting position on the floor.

"What? What is it? Asuka are you alright? What's wrong with her?"

Before Misato could answer, the door flew open and Rei and Asuka entered.

"Shinji? Rei?" Kaji asked, "What's wrong with Misato and Asuka?"

"Kaji," Rei softly said, "You may want to sit down for this." Rei then glanced at Asuka. "Go check on Shinji." Asuka nodded and hurried off down the hall.

"What the hell is going on around here?" Kaji asked.

"Well…" Rei began, "It's like this……"

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Asuka walked up to the door marked 'Shinji's Lovely Suite' and knocked. She waited several moments, but received no answer. She tried to open the door, but found it locked.

"Shinji," she said, "Open the door."

A shuffling sound was heard from inside, followed by the lock clicking. Asuka tried the door and opened it. She quickly stepped inside and closed the door behind her. Shinji's room was dark, she was only just able to make out the shapes of the furniture by the small amount of light that leaked through the shade.

"Shinji?" she called out softly. She heard slight movement on the bed, and headed towards it. Reaching downward, she felt her hand brush against someone. That someone shuddered from the touch.

"Shinji," Asuka said, "It's alright. It's me, Asuka."

Asuka soon found herself in a powerful hug.

"Shinji!" Asuka gasped, "Not so strong!"

The hug released itself slightly.

"Sorry." Shinji said.

"It's alright." Asuka said. She then put her arms around Shinji, "I'm here."

"WHAT?!?!?" came Kaji's voice from the living room.

"I think Rei and Misato just told Kaji what happened." Asuka said with a slight chuckle. Shinji's only response was to bury her face into Asuka's shoulder.

"Sorry." Asuka said, "I didn't mean to laugh. Don't worry Shinji, we'll get back to normal. I know we will."

Shinji finally looked up at Asuka.

"You mean that?"

Asuka nodded. "Of course! I don't want to be kissing my Guardian!"

Shinji gave a weak smile, "And I don't want to be kissing my sister."

"You'd better not want to." Asuka said with a smile. "I'm the only one you can kiss."

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"We should see something." The Demoness said.

"Give it time." Her teacher responded.

"But nothing is happening!" the Demoness responded.

"Just because the UN Medical Department isn't in a panic doesn't mean nothing happened."

The Demoness grumbled and then looked back out over the City.

"It'd be easier if we knew who the pilots were." She said, "THEN we'd know if it worked."

"We've already been over this." Her teacher replied, "Now do your exercises."

"Yes sir."