This is another rewrite, no big deal.

Disclaimer: I do not own NGE, please don't sue.

Chapter: 3 The future Shinji

Somewhere else, several years earlier

The blast of ozone send Shinji Ikari right through the warp gate, and with a loud crackle of thunder, it send him rolling like a bowling ball …into a wall of garbage cans. Groaning loudly about his misfortunes, Shinji finally climb out the mess. Thankfully, the garbages were all sealed in bags, so it didn't make a mess.

But that does not mean Shinji is not one. When he looks down, he saw his clothes were tattered by the warp. The Uniform Gerald give him is nearly in ribbons, thankfully, he wore his old clothes right under it, but there were scratch marks and holes all over it as well. Looking around, he saw himself in alleyway of some kind, then he notices he begin to see words in front of his eyes.

-Greeting, I am C-3PO, human cyborg relationship specialist.

When the Computer note there is no significant brainwave increase in its host,

-You don't get the joke.

-no.

-You are no fun, most people when they first use me, they thought they are going crazy.

-Maybe the shock would settle in later.

-Oh. Well, as far as I can tell, we are back in time.

-To murder my father and SEELE.

-Not exactly.

-What do you mean not exactly?

-We, are a little bit backer than we are.

-What?

-Go look around, let me switch you to German-Japanese translations.

As he walks out the alley, Shinji realize he got out in a busy street, and one of the billboard sign that sat directly over the building he was staring at was "Munich celebration to new year of 2004 in (a timer scrolling backward)" And the second poster with a picture of a old man bordering senile line states: "Say no to American Imperialism! Peace for all time"

(Ok I couldn't resist that bit of OOC…but come on, Bush is a diplomatic nightmare for United States as far as I am concerned)

HOLY CRAP!!

-Told you so.

Before he can react, a screeching sound can be heard as everyone screams and run for cover as a bus came bearing down the street, its driver either drunk or dead. And stood on the next intersection is a young red-haired German girl in a green school uniform holding a stuffed Bear and frozen in fear like a deer in front of a Headlight. Without a second thought, Shinji charges forward.

If someone strapped the Third child to a chair later and ask him what have he done next, he wouldn't be able to answer. In a blur, Shinji manage to dash more than a hundred meters under five seconds*. With a sprint, he sends his own body sailing forward like a Javelin. And bless the law of physics, the force allow him and the girl out the harm's way.

*before anyone say a word about physical impossibility of such a task, especially for Shinji, I like to remind you this is a anime fan-fic, not one of my sci-fi originals, thank you.-Author 

Well…almost out of harm's way. The girl is all right, but Shinji slam his head on to a traffic light post instead.

As planets, stars and dancing EVAs in tutu spins around in his head slowly come to focus, Shinji realize he is sitting in front a red-haired lady dressed in a rich blue shirt and black skirt that cover up to her knees, with the young girl he rescued hiding behind her. The lady bent down and wave her fingers at him. Around them, a small throng of foreigners stood and watched the scene.

"Are you all aright?" She askin German, at first Shinji couldn't understand how he is able to understand, then he remembers the XIA-Implant he had.

"I am fine." Shinji expects Japanese come out of his mouth, but instead German did.

I guess the little device is more useful than I thought.

-Thank you.

-Don't count it.

"I must thank you for saving my daughter. My name is Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu. This is my daughter Asuka. Come on, let me take you to hospital and have a look at that bump, afterwards I can treat you to dinner, after all, it is the least thing I can do for you for saving the light of my life."


Not sure if he heard it correctly, Shinji ask again: "say that again?"


A bit louder this time the lady replies: "I will take you to the hospital…"

"No, not that part, I don't need to go see an doctor, an ice pack will do thank you, but what did you say your name was?"

"Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu"

 Kyoko, Asuka's mother?? OH-MY-GOD! Exactly how far back did I go??? And if that is Asuka's mom, then the little girl…

Before Shinji can finish his thought, his mind is flooded with images of his last night with Asuka. Combine with the heat of the weather, the face of the little girl that is now staring at him as if he is some monster, and compound it with the injuries he suffered earlier, Shinji did exactly what most sensible people (and anime character do).

He faints.

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Ten years later (Third day since Tsuka came back)

It is sixth period in the Tokyo-3 district high school, and that means gym class for the 9th grade students. Like every other time, Asuka pop open her locker and find a pile of love notes, sealed with the usual red heart stickers. 

"Mein Gott! I swear Japanese people have no life! All of them are perverts and idiots!" Asuka fumes and begin to stump the pile of envelopes. Turning around, she found Tsuka opening her locker, and about equal amount of love letters fell out.

"These boys sure did their homework…I didn't even know where my locker is until a hour ago. Hell, it looks like some of these letters are addressed to you too. I guess they figure they should double their chances."

Asuka snorts: "Perverts."

Tsuka grace her younger sister with a dazzling smile then sighed "Now it would been worth it if I got one from my Shinji-Kun, I was never brave enough to say I loved him in the end."

"You are sick you know that?! Shinji is such a loser, a pervert, an idiot! I cannot believe you would even touch that baka, much less sleeping with him!"

"You did too you know, and I didn't remember Misato said you had to held on to his neck so tightly in order to fight the seventh Angel" Tsuka reply coyly.

A aura of silence falls over the locker room as every girl turns around and stare at the twins, even Hikari stood there and watch the two redheads with awe, just as their faces rapidly turning red as their hair. Before the day is done, the rumor mill is going to fly…

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Main While…

A loud thud can be heard in the boy's Locker room as Shinji found himself sailing into a wall of lockers. As images of naked Asukas dancing around his head stabilizes, another fist slam into his chest while two pairs of arms grab on to him and pin him to the wall. Looking around, he found himself in the arms of two big super-seniors while a third one crackle his knuckles as he look at Shinji evilly. Around them, roughly three dozens of students in Shinji's age group stood in silence and watch on, but no one move to do anything.

"So...the little boy got my Asukas and he is double timing her. What are you going to say?"

"Go get a life?" Shinji quipped. Then he immediately regrets it as the big jock turned red and his eyes start twitching violently. But quickly as it started, his rage subsided.

"It looks like Romeo here thinks he is tough…I don't like tough guys do I boys?"

"No boss" his cronies replied.

"In fact, I think I will fix our Romeo a little bit, and maybe then Asuka would think about us better."

These guys would really need to get a life, Shinji thought. I got do something.

It is your fault. An inner voice calls out.

No it is not, it is Asuka's fault.

IT IS! You could have refused Tuska's plan, but you are weak! You believed them!

And what happen if I didn't! It is simply the difference of getting jump now or get jumped by two Asukas last night.

Suddenly, for one reason or another, Kensuke's voice enters his head. On bad days when his dad forgot to refill his prescription of anti-depressant, the Otaku often walked around reciting the Art of War in the original Chinese. On good days when his dad forgot to refill his Prozac, Shinji get them in Japanese. 

And one quote that popped up in Shinji's mind was "On deadly ground, FIGHT!" And there is nothing more deadly, short of an EVA attack, than now. As the Jock swing his fist at Shinji, the boy react with a reflex gained from hours of EVA piloting, swing his leg upwards and kicked the Jock in there. 

The big guy in the front collapses like a house of cards. In their surprise, one of the goons let go Shinji's left hand, with the speed that would made Asuka green with Envy, he deliver a punch right in the right guy's jaw. As the second goon reel back in pain, Shinji broke free and made a dash for the door to the gym. Two kids from his own age group, by accident or hostility got in his way, but they didn't even slow Shinji down as one of them went down by a nasty jab in the neck while the other one got a kick in the chest. The next thing he knows half of the guys in the dress room begin to chase him. With the grace of a panther, Shinji leap through the door and…

Asuka, Tuska, Rei and most of the girls and some of the boys were doing warm up exercises in the main gym. Before the teacher or the students who arrived early can react, a desperate Shinji crash through the door with a mob of undressed/half dressed boys in tow.

Shinji dash right past the screaming girls and found his prize, one of the poles meant for the indoor valley ball game that was left by the wall. Grabbing on to it, He turn around and charges at the 15 or so boys that remained behind (the rest of them were smart enough to realize their state of undress is distressing their female classmates).

As if by some psychic connection, both redheads shout a battle cry in German and join in the fight, before anyone else know it, so did rest of the girls. Hikari tried to assert her authority to regain peace, but her voice drowns under a sea of shouts as the entire class degenerates into open melee as dozens of students move to settle old scores. At least ten girls jumped the Asuka sisters.

Amidst the maelstrom of chaos, Rei completed her stretching and begin to do push ups.  

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SLEELE Committee HQ

Twelve holograms appears around Gendo Ikari as he give his usual briefing.

SEELE 01: You tell me there is a new girl that is identical to pilot 01.

Gendo: Yes.

SEELE 05: Is this in the scenario?

SEELE 02: I am not sure; the Dead Sea scroll didn't mention this.

SEELE 03: (dryly) The Dead Sea scroll missed a lot of things.

Gendo: There is more, her file is hacked, but we didn't manage to trace who were responsible.

SEELE 06: A spy?

Gendo: Of the greatest order, it would appear. It takes a great deal of effort to get through my files. Her father was my old friend, I am keenly aware he only had ONE daughter. However, it is puzzling why would any of our enemies be willing to do this, because it takes a great deal of resource to hack into our files, and there is much more damage they could do if they say, release them to the public, than trying to install this creature into NERV.  

SEELE 09: Do you think she is a clone?

Gendo: Then whoever did it must be a genius. You saw our clone, and how it is different than the original. 

Yui, my love, I am sorry, but we will be together again, I promise.

SEELE 11: Then watch her. Do not allow her into our facilities. Put a couple Sec 2 Agents on it. Soon or later, someone have to make contact with her.

SEELE 7: We must learn everything about her. After that or if she become uncooperative…

The unspoken phase of homicide float heavily in the air…then each of the holograms blinked out.