Oh, before I begin, remember when I said this was a semi-AU? Well.....I think my altered version of third impact might leave you shocked for a while.

Disclaimer: I don't own NGE, if I did, it would be AIRing AROUND THE GLOB, and there would be NEW EPOSODES for it too. HINT, HINT for any Gainax staff that could be out there.

Chapter Two:
Sync Tests, School, and....

"So, Ritsuko, how are the sync rates for the pilots doing?" asked Misato.
"Well, Asuka's and Shinji's scores are improving at their normal pace, as usual, Asuka's scores are a little higher than Shinji's. But, Rei's scores....well...before they were in between the other two, but, just recently, they have dropped slightly below Shinji's. It's almost as if....." Ritsuko paused, "....she's.......apprehensive. But what is there to worry about?"

(A/N: Here comes my version of third impact..........)

"SEELE's mass produced Evas defeated the last angel before it could make contact with Lilith. The only problem with the operation was, all of SEELE's Evas were destroyed, So, I don't know why Rei would have anything to worry about."

(A/N: For those of you who don't get it, in essence, I cut SEELE some slack, and made them good guys during this AU equivalent of End of Eva.)

"Really? Rei's beginning to show emotions? That's odd," commented Misato.
"Yes, it is odd. I'm not looking forward to explaining it to Commander Ikari. Oh, by the way Misato, you can tell them they can get out now, the test is finished."
"All right."

Misato pressed the com button.

"Ok you three, you can get out now, the tests are over."
"I hate this LCL," said Shinji dully before getting out, "It smells like blood."
"Hey Misato!" called Asuka, "do we HAVE to go back to school?"
"Yes Asuka, you have to. How else are you going to eat? I believe Shinji has your lunches at school. Besides, you still have to brush up on the Kanji," replied Misato over the com.
"You can't cook either Misato! At least I don't burn instant noodles unlike you!"
"Just hurry up an get ready."

At the school later on...............

"Hey check out that crazy driver!" said a shocked kid.
"Whoa, were did they get a license?" exclaimed another kid.
"Hey look, Asuka is getting out of it...........and so is Ikari..........and that weird girl Rei!"
"Out of the way kid!" shouted Toji, with Kensuke tailing behind with his face glued to his camera.
"Look, I can almost get a glimpse of Misato," said Kensuke gleefully, "oh, I can almost see down her shirt."
"Come on man, let me see," begged Toji.
"SUZUHARA!" shouted the voice of Hikari.
"YEPS! It's the Class Rep!"

Asuka and Shinji walked into the room to see:

Kensuke crying over his broken camera.
And, Hikari chewing out Toji.

"Hey Hikari! What did 2 of the 3 stooges do THIS time," called Asuka.
"Oh No! Not the demon too!" yelped Toji as Asuka walked up towards Hikari.

During the commotion, Rei calmly walked in, and took up her usual seat, and started out the window with out anyone noticing her. However, as she stared blankly out the window, she began to fix her gaze on a mountain that was near Tokyo-2. She then made a mental note to ask Dr. Akaji about why she would want to go towards it.

Mean while, in Commander Ikari's office, Ritsuko was just leaving after she had given her report to the Commander. That's when Fuyutsuki came in, in a hurry.

"Ikari. We have a situation," reported Fuyutsuki.

A/N:

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, not my longest of writings. So don't any of you bug me about it. I'll update as often as possible to make up for my short chapters. In the down time between my updates, why don't you critique my other stories? Yes, I know, I'm plugging for my other stories, shameless I know, but I need to know how to improve my style. If I don't get reviews on the old, how can I improve?