Guardian 'Angels'


Chapter 4


Disclaimer: Refer to chapter 1 please!


Dedicated to everyone. But there are a few of you, whom I hope will know that I love you, irregardless.


(Some Time After Shamsel's Destruction)

"Shinji. Why did you disobey my orders to retreat?" Misato asked the boy sternly, once he was showered and changed. "Granted that you managed to destroy the angel, but what would've happened if you hadn't?"

"If I didn't manage to kill it? The exact same thing which would happen if I had tried to retreat," Shinji answered, looking straight into her eyes without any fear. "Apparently, you weren't aware that the retrieval exit you wanted me to take was choked by rubble, were you? And of course you know that I wouldn't be able to reach the next exit in time. So basically, I would be a sitting duck while the angel triggers third impact."

Misato winced inwardly. She hadn't known about the blockage until after everything had been organized. And she had studied the plans for extraction points so she knew that Shinji was right in the assumption that he would not be able to reach it in time. "That is not the point, Shinji. What do you think would happen if you disobeyed my orders in another scenario and failed to destroy the angel?"

Shinji stared at his commanding officer's face, weighting his answers. "If you want the diplomatic answers, I'd say that we're screwed. If you want my actual answer, I'd say that if I disobeyed orders and failed to destroy the angel, it's a hopeless scenario."

Misato frowned. "You seem very confident of yourself, don't you, Shinji?"

"I won't say that. Cursed by myself, I would rather call it," he looked away.

"And just what do you mean by that?" Misato was quickly losing her temper. Shinji wasn't giving her answers she wanted, and Ritsuko wasn't going to forgive her for her earlier course of action so easily.

"There are many things you do not have to know, Misato. There are many things in the world you don't even wish to know about. You think angels are the only things which are dangerous to humanity? You don't even know half of it," he had turned back to face her, his eyes hard, cold, and metallic.

"You have no right to talk to me like that! I am your commanding officer and you ought to show me some respect at least!" Misato hissed. "This is the last time I'm warning you. If I give you an order, you will obey it. Or I'll have you charged. Is that clear?"

Shinji returned the glare. "So be it. But don't complain if nothing ends up the way you want it too," he told her steely, but without and malice. "I'm going back. And don't even try to stop me," he added as he got up, leaving the captain alone.

Misato sat down on the bench heavily after Shinji had left. She had not realised that Shinji would be so hard to handle. And there was something in his tone and his words which caused her to shiver. She hoped that what he said wouldn't be true.


(Three Days Later)

"What do you mean Shinji's been missing!" Ritsuko asked her friend as the scientist swivelled around to look at her.

"Two days ago, he had left the apartment looking rather angry, like he wanted to bite someone's head off. I didn't want to force him to go to school if he didn't want to, so I left him alone. When he didn't return that night, I thought that he was with a friend or something. But when by the next day he hadn't returned, I was getting worried. Today, I decided to let you know," Misato confessed. "He didn't even leave a note to tell Morrigan or me of his intensions."

"And the two of you call yourselves his overseer!" Ritsuko fumed. "What has Morrigan been doing?"

"She's looking for Shinji even as we speak. She promised to call once she finds him," Misato explained.

"What are the Section Two agents doing?"

"Uh..." Misato suddenly didn't know what she ought to tell her friend. It had been messy business since NERV had to keep the fact that its agents had been killed. "You watched yesterday's news?"

"Of course not. I don't have that much spare time on my hands at the moment, you know?" Ritsuko reminded her friend.

"Okay. To keep you up to date, the numbers of murders have increased. Particularly the ones which was the result of what appears to be a large animal attack. And what the news didn't know was that other than those the public knew about, quite a few of our Section 2 agents had been killed the same way," Misato explained. "Good thing is that Shinji hasn't been identified as any of the victims."

Ritsuko paled. She head heard about the murders and had even seen some of the pictures. The ones described by Misato had been very messy, very gruesome. And she could only hope that Shinji won't be found by whatever killed those people.

"But you know, we aren't the only ones worried about Shinji," Misato said, reminding the blond scientist to her presence. "Shinji had two friends who dropped by the apartment today to see if Shinji was fine since he had been missing school. You remember the two boys who were found outside the shelters and had to be taken into the entry plug?"

"As if I could forget," Ritsuko answered sourly.

"Anyway, Morrigan lied to them that Shinji's training at NERV at the moment and he had been kept busy so he didn't have time to go to school," Misato informed Ritsuko. "And I hope he'll be alright..."

"You know that we don't have much choice but to report this, right?" Ritsuko asked the captain, who nodded.

"I think I'm going to start looking for him personally. He's a very important person in NERV anyway," Misato sighed regretfully.

Ritsuko wanted to voice a question, but chose not to. 'So are you caring for him because of your duty? Or is it because you're starting to like the boy?'


Shinji knew that at where he was there would be little, if any, people. He was glad for it. The walk had cooled him down considerably too. He should never have left the anger stewing like that. His mentor had once said that if he did, he was liable to let it out at the most inopportune moment, and that would be disastrous.

The rustling of wheat made him turn to the noise. With the light of the setting sun, he could make out the silhouette of Aida. He stopped, wondering why the boy was here so far from the city.

"Hey Ikari!" the silhouette waved as Aida finally noticed Shinji. "What are you doing here?" he called as he came over.

"Taking a walk to cool off," he mumbled. "What about you?"

"I'm... well... playing war, you know?" Kensuke rubbed his hands on the back of his head sheepishly. "Let's head to the camp. We can talk there."

"Fine," Shinji nodded.

"Ikari, why haven't you been coming to school these days?" Kensuke asked once they were settled. "Was it because you got into trouble with your superiors?"

"Partly," Shinji answered vaguely. "Namely because I don't feel like going to school for a few days."

"By the way, Toji's kinda sorry for trying to hit you that day. His sister scolded him for that and told him that without the robot, she could've been killed. Kinda like what you said," Kensuke informed Shinji who simply nodded.

Seeing no further reaction from the brown haired boy, Kensuke went on. "You know, I really envy you. You get to live with two gorgeous women, you get to pilot the Evangelion, and you get to skip school too."

"Then you obviously don't know my father very much, do you?" Shinji finally spoke up, looking at Kensuke.

"What has your father got to do with your piloting?"

Shinji smirked in a bitter manner. "He's the commander of NERV."

"WHAT!" Kensuke jumped out of his seat. "You mean you're the son of the most important person in the whole of Japan?"

"I never said that," Shinji said lazily. "I said he was my father. But I'm not his son. I'm his tool," Shinji smirked. "That bastard doesn't give a damn about what you want. It's about how efficiently you finish the job. If you don't do it well enough, he sends you packing."

"How can you talk about your father like that?" Kensuke was shocked.

"Because he's father in name only. Deep down, I count him as a stranger, like those we see everyday on the streets, on the buses," Shinji answered. "Trust me. You don't want to work for him."

"Yeah... but a chance to pilot the Evangelion..."

"You don't know hoot about the machine, do you? You think it's a simple matter whereby you sit in the cockpit and control the robot?" Shinji asked Kensuke. "You don't know that you are controlling the Evangelion with not just your physical actions. Your mind is also connected to the Evangelion. If the Evangelion feels pain," he smirked sadistically, "so do you."

"Huh?" Kensuke asked, not understanding what Shinji meant.

"Never mind. You just better hope that you'll never get to pilot it, or you'll have nightmares the rest of your life," he said as he stood up and faced the wheat field. "And if you fools think you can sneak up on me, think again," he called out while Kensuke looked on in bewilderment.

A man wearing dark glasses and a jacket with the NERV emblem appeared from the foggy darkness. "Ikari Shinji, we are here to escort you back to headquarters in accordance with clause eight of the public security act."

"What if I don't feel like it?" Shinji asked.

"Then we will be compelled to use force to subdue you," the man answered. "Will you come with us?"

Shinji turned to Kensuke, his eyes a metallic glint. "Aida, you have a strong stomach for violence?"

"Eh? Kinda," Kensuke answered, still confused as to what was going on.

"Good," Shinji's smirk widened as he bared his fangs. Fangs, because his teeth were no longer nice and straight. His face had stretched, changing into a snout like a wolf's. But what caught everyone's attention was that his two eye teeth were extended longer than the others, almost like a sabre-toothed tiger. Hair started growing on his face while his hair changed from brown to reddish gold. "Because I don't feel like following you fools," he rasped.

Kensuke gasped and fell over his chair while the NERV personnel took a step back. "Shoot him! Take him down!" he ordered as he drew his own weapon and started shooting.

Shinji's muzzle twisted into a grin which would give Kensuke for days after that day. Overhead, the clouds parted to reveal a very orange, very round full moon. Shinji howled, throwing his arms back even as bullets were fired at him.

Kensuke watched in terror as he hid behind a tree large enough to give him protections from the bullets.

Finally, Shinji's clothes were ripped apart as his body grew as well, in proportion to his large head now. But instead of the coarse grey hair of most werewolf movies, Shinji's hair was reddish gold and slick, shining like silk in the light of the moon.

Many bullets had found their mark in his head and heart by now, but Shinji did not even seem to be bleeding, less say weakening.

Once his transformation was complete, Shinji started hunting, with the man who had came forth first being his first victim. Shinji leapt at him, covering the impossible distance with one jump, claws extended and fangs bared. He bowled into the man with such strength that one could hear the crack of his spine being shattered under the force.

As Shinji got up from the man, it was evidential that the man won't be paralyzed. Namely because where his heart was, there was a gaping hole.

The sabre-toothed werewolf threw his head back and dropped the still pumping heart of the agent into his mouth. Amidst the cries of fear and the shooting, he chewed on the heart, spurting blood from his snout. "Delicious," he rasped and grinned, striking fear in everyone present.


By the time Shinji returned from his hunt covered in the blood of every agent in the vicinity, and in human form, Kensuke was cowering behind the tree, whimpering in fear. There was a pile of vomit next to him, and his pants were wet.

Shinji took one look at the boy and started to dress, taking out the spare clothes he had brought with him. "Kensuke," he called to the bespectacled boy, causing the said boy to shrink back from him. "Don't worry. I'm not going to hurt you," he assured the boy.

"R-r-really?" Kensuke asked, trying to maintain the distance between himself and Shinji.

"Yeah. There was quite a few of them and it's enough, even for my werewolf standards," Shinji answered. "Besides, I don't eat anyone under the age of 18, and anyone I like," Shinji explained, nonchalantly. "You didn't run when you saw me change, you didn't run when you saw me hunt, so I think I like you," Shinji smirked.

Kensuke nodded apprehensively. He had wanted to run. He simply couldn't get his limbs to move.

"Oh, by the way, Morrigan, you don't have to stay in bat form any more," Shinji stared at the bat hanging from the branch above Kensuke.

The bat screeched, then flew towards him, changing into a woman. Morrigan grinned as she stood staring at Shinji in her actual form.

Kensuke's eyes widened even more and his mind felt like shutting down. "W-w-w-what are you two?" he stammered.

Shinji contemplated the question, and then grinned at Morrigan in a sadistic way. "Your worst nightmares," he rasped.

Kensuke couldn't stand it any more. His eyes rolled back, and he fell backwards, sprawled on the ground.

Morrigan chuckled. "My, Shinji-boy. You're really much more than I expected you to be," she told him as she crossed her hands under her breasts. "No wonder you weren't afraid when you heard the news about the killings."

Shinji shrugged. "It's not a good idea to let everyone know what I am. I just wanted to have some fun with Aida. And I had to let my anger off on something," he explained. "At least my werewolf side is sated for the moment. There probably won't be any animal killings for a month."

"And what about your extra long eye teeth?" Morrigan inquired.

"These?" Shinji bared his vampire fangs. "I'm part vampire too," he revealed, smirking as Morrigan gaped. "Come on. Let's get Kensuke somewhere else where people would find him. We'll talk on the way," Shinji suggested.

Morrigan nodded and grabbed one of the unconscious boy's arms, lifting him up easily. Shinji grabbed the other just as easily.

"How can you be werewolf and vampire at the same time? It's not possible, from what I know," Morrigan told Shinji.

"I know it's impossible. I was bitten by a werewolf about half a year before I came here. A vampire saw me and killed the werewolf. He knew that I was dying and gave me his blood so that I won't die. By right, the vampire blood would destroy the werewolf cells, but for some reason, it didn't happen to me," Shinji explained about his origin.

Morrigan nodded in agreement. They had reached the road at the outskirts of Tokyo-3, a stretch often used by commuters. There, they dumped Kensuke.

"So what do we do now?" Morrigan asked once rid of their burden.

"We head back to the apartment. I want to get myself cleaned up. Then we'll go to NERV and see what Misato and my father decides to do with me," Shinji told her matter-of-factly.


Shinji whistled as he entered Gendo's office with Morrigan and two other agents escorting him. "Impressive."

"Silence, pilot," Gendo ordered without raising his voice, but sounded intimidating nevertheless. "You ran away from your guardian without informing anyone as to your intentions. The agents who were sent to look for you turned up missing. And the next thing, you stroll into this building as though nothing has happened. What is the meaning of this?"

"I never ran away. I went for a stroll that lasted for several days. As for your agents, obviously they haven't been reading the news or were just plain stupid," Shinji spoke his mind. "And you're also one of the above. And I think you read the news, so you can't be the first. You must be the second then," Shinji smirked.

Gendo's expression appeared unchanging, but Shinji knew that his eyebrow was twitching and that he was starting to get angry. Morrigan and Fuyutsuki were struggling to keep their face stoic.

"Pilot, you are bordering on disrespect," Gendo told him coldly.

"Am I? Oops! Sorry. But I thought I was returning the favour, an eye for an eye," Shinji gave his father a mock sweet smile.

"You will not talk back to me, pilot!"

"Fine. So what do you want?" Shinji asked, stopping his fun for the moment.

"I want to know the reason for your insubordination during the last battle against the angel. And why did you not let your guardian know when you went out for your... walk."

"Insubordination indeed. I do my best to help you destroy the angel and you accuse me of insubordination. For your information, I exercised my best judgement in exterminating the threat. I am following your footsteps after all. The end justifies the means? Heard of it? I got it from you. As for my walk, do I have to report to NERV every time I want to go piss?" Shinji asked. "Not that you won't know. Even the bathroom is bugged with a sound retriever."

"That's enough, pilot! You will be removed from active piloting and put under house arrest for a week!" Gendo slammed his hand on the desk.

"Sure. I'd appreciate that, but I will not allow you to send Ayanami into battle before she has fully recovered," Shinji warned his father. "But you know, I really want to leave this hellhole. You called me here so that I will pilot the Eva, right? Why can't you find someone else, someone who would listen to orders and not screw things up?" he asked his father.

Gendo was furious. He had never been spoken to like that before. "Take the pilot away!" he ordered. "Get the captain to talk to him. He's wasting my time."

The agents reached out to grab Shinji, but Shinji grabbed their wrists first. "I can walk by myself, thank you," he levelled a glare at each of them in turn.

Hastily, they withdrew their hands.

"Are you sure that the plans you made will work, Ikari?" Fuyutsuki asked the bearded man once they were alone again. "The third child isn't as predictable as you had expected."

"They will work. As long as we can destroy the angels, they will work," Gendo answered. 'They had better. And once it works, I'll see you again, Yui.'


Shinji jumped awake, looking around him as he woke up. Most of the students in the class were listening aptly to their sensei, while some had drifted off, like him. He glanced up at the clock, and smiled when he realised that it was almost time for classes to end. It was a good thing too, since it was already quite late.

Shinji could never understand why his teacher wanted so much extra lessons, even though it was close to the exams. It was tiring, and all the lessons were usually repeats of what they had already learnt.

Finally, the teacher turned away from the blackboard and looked at them, smiling as she did. "Alright, class. That's it for today. I know you're tired, and I'm sorry about that, but if you have to blame, blame the principle for it. It is regulations, much as I wish that we don't have to waste all these time, so I can't help it. Now, head on home!" she told the horde of student before her, resulting in a cheer and the sound of tables and chairs being moved as students scrambled to head home.

As usual, Shinji was the last to go. He liked to wait for the class to be empty before he left. He disliked crowds. You would never know if something was to happen and you were caught in the middle.

"Sayonara, Shinji," his teacher greeted as he passed her desk.

"Sayonara, Miss Kaede," he bowed before leaving the classroom.

Shinji's teacher looked at the retreating image of Shinji's back as he left. She sighed a little. She had been his homeroom teacher for several years already, and if there was anyone who knew about him better than she did, she would like to meet the person.

Ever since the first day she had seen Shinji coming into the class, she felt the strange feeling that she should look out for him. Not that he was likely to get into trouble, no. in fact, it was quite the opposite. He was so quiet and shy and tended to either be left out, or leave himself out of any social events.

She had noticed his lack of friends and had asked him about it, and his reply was that he didn't need one. No, wait. He had said that friends are unnecessary, and that he preferred to be alone. Yes. That's right. Still, she decided that if no one else were to be his friend, she would.

Over time, they developed a friendship, and she learnt that there was more to Shinji than meets the eye. She found out about his unwillingness to love. Love, as in forms of familial relationships and friendships. She found out that he was living not with his parents, but his uncle and aunt. She found out about his problems, like bullying, and she tried to help him as best as she could.

Gradually, her love for him changed into that similar to a mother's. It was around that time that Shinji decided to stay over at her house often. When she asked him about his guardian's reactions, she discovered that they didn't really care for the boy, instead only ensuring his well being because of the orders of his father and for the payment he was giving them. She became closer to him after that, treating him like her own child.

And Shinji had reacted positively to her ministrations, but remained quiet and shy. That was the reason why she had been shocked one day when Shinji asked her why didn't she marry anyway. She had never known Shinji to ask such bold questions, but she answered him to the best of her abilities.

She had once fallen in love with a man, and had been engaged to him. However, she had seen him with another woman while she was at a restaurant at a hotel having lunch with a client (she wasn't a teacher at that time). She saw her fiancé acting very intimately with the woman, but she kept her peace and questioned him about it only when he returned home.

A fight ensued, with her fiancé claiming that she was spying on him. Finally, he told her that he didn't love her anymore and that he's had enough of her, and that they would be breaking up.

She had become heartbroken and swore never to love again.

Shinji accepted her answer with sympathy. In fact, he was crying with her by the time she had finished her story.

And it was even later still, that she discovered that he wasn't like any normal human. She had found him at a park one day and was rather shocked at seeing him talk to someone. She should've been happy if he was talking to a normal person. But the aforementioned person had a pair of fox ears and nine tails, and she was transparent.

Shinji nearly freaked when the ghost had pointed her out to him.

In the end, she found out that Shinji could see and talk to ghosts. That was one of the other reasons why he didn't want to have friends. Back before he attended high school, when he was much younger, he told his friends about the ghosts, and only got laughed at which helped make him what he was.

She accepted the ghost, whom Shinji introduced to her as Kyla, and so their relationship strengthened even more.

Kaede felt sorry for the young boy as she thought back on what she had learnt about him, and swore to look after him like he was her own child. She would be his Guardian Angel.


Shinji felt rather apprehensive as he was walking to his uncle's house. He had the feeling that something was trailing him, and even Kyla's presence couldn't calm him.

Kyla. His own 'guardian'. He had known her since young, except that she had been his mother's familiar at that time. And when his mother died, she had become his.

As far as Shinji knew, the kitsune ghost was supposed to be an avatar for the fox god, whose name had been long forgotten. And the fox god had sent her to earth, to try to stop the problem which was the impending Third Impact.

And so, by chance, she had met Yui Ikari, a shaman, whose abilities were hidden from everyone else save herself. A friendship between them brewed, and Kyla took care of Yui from adolescent to adulthood.

And then came the time when Yui and Kyla met Gendo Ikari. Yui fell in love with the man, even though Kyla tried to oppose the scientist. Knowing that she would be unable to do anything once her friend had made a decision, Kyla could only look after Yui and try to advise the scientist.

And when second impact had been initiated, NERV was established. Yui was one of the few people to be actively involved with the organization. Kyla went along upon discovering that their purpose was to prevent another such event from happening.

When Shinji was born, Kyla was asked to take care of the child, a task the kitsune took up with much enthusiasm.

Then, came the fateful day Yui was taken into the Evangelion unit.

Kyla had been instructed by Yui that should anything happen to her, the kitsune was to be by Shinji's side, protecting him from harm. Kyla did as she was instructed, and stayed with Shinji during the time the organization was tossed into upheaval, and when he was sent to his uncle's custody.

With him she stayed, being with him when others would not, comforting him when others did not. And so, the boy lived in the world created for him, unloved and unloving, avoiding contact with people as much as he could.

She was his Guardian Angel, sent by heaven to look after him, he believed. And the role of Guardian Angel, she had become.

Unfortunately, she was unable to play her role well enough that night; as Shinji's worse fears came true.

"Ah!" the boy screamed as something large suddenly pounced on him from the top of a roof, slamming into him with its claws outstretched, its fangs bared. "Get it off me, get it off me!" he screamed as the creature bit the arm the boy was using to flail about.

Unfortunately for Shinji, they were at the deserted part of town, where no one lived. Hence, no one came to the boy's rescue. Kyla quickly possessed the boy, taking control of his body. She blocked the pain from reaching the boy's consciousness before she ripped his arm from the jaws of the creature.

:Werewolf: she hissed at the creature, causing it to smile.

"Yes. Werewolf," the creature rasped, before biting down on Shinji's shoulder.

Kyla was hit by excruciating pain she had never experienced for so many years. But she knew that Shinji's life was her priority. Ignoring the pain, she lashed out at the werewolf with Shinji's legs, trying to kick it off her.

The werewolf was dislodged, but with its mouth filled with Shinji's flesh. Kyla couldn't feel the right side of Shinji's body, and knew that it meant trouble. Turning tail, she ran, trying to put distance between herself and the werewolf. But it ran up to her with ease, jumping at Shinji's back with claws reaching to tear flesh.

Kyla screamed in pain as her back was slashed, her flesh tearing open, the spine dangerously close to being torn in half. She stumbled, causing another wave of pain which Kyla gritted down as she felt her face lying on the cold ground, smeared with a warm liquid. She didn't need to see to know that it was Shinji's blood.

She reached for his consciousness, only to find emptiness. She gasped. That wasn't supposed to happen, unless Shinji was on the verge of dying. She cursed herself at being unable to protect her charge. She had forgotten that he was human. The pain, the loss of blood and the shock was killing Shinji.

She wanted to turn Shinji's body around, but was unable to as pain wrecked her nerves. She had failed in her task. She had been unable to protect Shinji, or found out about third impact. She wanted to cry.

The werewolf stood over Shinji's body triumphantly as it laughed with a rough evil rasp in its voice. "It's no use. A puny human would never be able to outrun or outfight a werewolf."

"No, but a vampire could," a second voice hissed, dangerously close to the werewolf.

Doing her best to tilt her face upwards, she saw the massive body of the werewolf being tossed into a wall by the newcomer. 'A vampire?'

"Are you alright?" the vampire asked as he came close to her while keeping an eye on the werewolf who was starting to recover.

"No," Kyla gasped. "My master! He's dying!"

"Damn! Find him! Try to keep him awake! Throttle him if you have to!" the vampire instructed as he rushed the werewolf who retaliated by slashing.

"I-I'll try," Kyla answered weakly as she tried to anchor herself to Shinji's physical body while finding his soul.

The vampire leapt into the air, speeding towards the head of the werewolf, a katana drawn. "Die, werewolf!"

The werewolf ducked into a roll kicking out from behind the vampire, slamming the undead into the wall, causing the piece of concrete to break apart. Quickly, it dashed at the debris, claws aiming to impale.

The vampire bounced backwards, boosting himself with a push. The moment he felt solid ground beneath his feet, the vampire propelled himself into the torso of the werewolf. The werewolf span sideways, bringing its elbow down between the shoulder blades of the vampire who slammed into the ground.

Quick as lightning, the vampire span face up before he hit the ground, tossing a dagger hidden within his coat. He cursed as he missed the werewolf's heart. Still, the silver managed to cause the werewolf pain, gaining the vampire some time.

And time, he knew, was something the boy and his spirit guardian didn't have. He slashed at the lupine creature, advancing with each step the werewolf retreated.

The werewolf dodged under the flashing blade, head butting the vampire, throwing him back into the pile of debris. Snarling, it sped over to where the vampire was, grabbing the vampire. The vampire twisted in the werewolf's grip, slipping out of his coat and kicked upward while doing a back flip, feeling his heel connecting with the werewolf's jaw. Pushing his strength to increase his speed, the vampire was upon it before it could re-orient itself.

He pummelled the werewolf's with blows too quickly for it to block even as he reached for his katana.

Half a second later, there was an ear piercing roar as the sharp silver blade found its mark between the werewolf's ribs, deep in its heart. The katana flashed again, as the vampire withdrew the blade and decapitated the werewolf.

"Sorry about taking so long," the vampire panted as he limped over to where Shinji lay. "What's his condition?"

"His body's been too badly injured. And he's gone into shock," Kyla replied, gasping with each word she spoke and every breath she drew. "It's too late even if there's a doctor."

"Damn... there must be some way to save him!" the vampire declared.

"Whatever it is, it had better be fast. I'm losing him!"

"... I know of only one way, but it'll curse him the rest of his life."


Pain.

That was what Shinji felt when the creature, whatever it was, fell upon him like a tiger on its prey.

Shock.

That was what Shinji felt when he saw the visage of the werewolf, disbelief that such a thing existed on earth.

Wonder.

That was what Shinji felt as Kyla took over his body, controlling him, blocking the pain from him.

Anger.

He was angry. Not at his assailant, but himself, his inability to do anything, while they did their best to help him.

Guilt.

That was the greatest emotion he was feeling, as he 'felt' the spirit suffering in his stead.

Shinji's world turned red as those feelings shot through his mind. 'It was like they said,' he thought to himself ironically. 'Feel your life flash before your eyes as you see your death coming.'

He was very guilty. His mother. Looked after him, caring for him. Kyla. Looking after him, doing her utmost to protect him. Kaede. Tried to understand him, gave him the love he had forgotten, had rejected.

And he was going to let them all down, because he was such a weak-willed person. He closed his eyes, even though it didn't help. The world around him, falling into a state of darkness.

The darkness...

He felt it calling out to him, assuring him that he would finally be free of the guilt, the anger... The sadness.

He felt himself falling, falling, sinking into the murky depths of the darkness. He felt himself slowly lose the sensations in his body, first the fingers and toes, and slowly to his arms and legs.

"Shinji!"

His descent stopped as he heard a voice calling to him, echoing deep in his mind.

His mind...

He was also losing his ability to think, as he tried to remember who the voice belonged to. It was so soft and familiar.

"Shinji!"

His memories flitted away from him, even as he tried to grasp them, to find out who it was. Meanwhile, a second voice contended with the first, telling him to ignore the soft voice, telling him to forget everything, to let go of his past.

He was tempted. Oh very tempted. But there was desperation in the voice which had called out to him, sadness filling the two syllables which was his name.

"Shinji! You can't die yet!"

Dying? He was dying? What was dying? He tried to remember, to comprehend the voice's words. Whatever it was, it was... not something he had expected. But what was he expecting?

He continued to float in the tunnel of darkness, his mind relishing the feeling of the bliss he felt. No worries, no pain, no...

Guilt.

His smile disappeared as he pondered the word, trying to match word to emotion. He was unsuccessful, as the other voice called to him, telling him to forget about the guilt.

Bit by bit, he felt himself being drawn deeper into the darkness. The sweet, soft voice was growing smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared.

Suddenly, he was snatched from the peace rudely, a hard, bony hand gripping his arm. His eyes shot open as he looked towards his arm. A cloaked figure was holding him in one hand, a scythe in another.

As opposed to the time it took for him to forget everything, he suddenly remembered everything. He screamed as Death kept its grip on him, pulling him down towards the darkness even more quickly than he had been falling.

A sudden flash or orange and red seared his eyes, the heat permeating his skin. He blinked, finding himself in a world of infernos, demons with descriptions beyond words surrounding him, snarling and panting, like a big cat hunting for prey.

He was in hell.

He wanted to scream, but couldn't. He looked to the side, where Death was still standing. The spirit gestured to the area before them with its scythe. It was oval, like an arena.

"Shinji Ikari," a seductive voice suddenly came from behind him.

He spun around to see a gorgeous woman standing behind him. And she was nude, her female assets exposed for all to see.

Shinji wanted to blush. He couldn't.

"I am Lucifer," she introduced, "My other most commonly used name is the Devil."

Shinji paled. Being in hell was supposed to be bad. But being in the presence of the Devil himself –No. Herself, Shinji corrected- was supposed to be worst thing anyone would want to avoid.

"Worry not, my dear," she smiled, her sharp canines flashing in the light of the fires burning around them. "You are rather... fortunate, you know?" Lucifer chuckled.

Death nodded its head next to Shinji.

The boy didn't know if it was a good thing or not.

"You were supposed to die, Shinji. After the vicious attack by the werewolf, you were supposed to die. But you are a very special individual, and by the right of all gods, you were to be kept alive."

Shinji couldn't understand, but did not need to voice his confusion.

"You are the one, Shinji. We cannot allow the destruction of all humankind, before the time has arrived. So should you be sent to any of us, you were supposed to be sent back to the mortal world. However..." Lucifer broke off, her smile widening even wider.

Shinji knew he should feel fear, but he was calm, as though he had known the great Devil since the time he was born.

"We did not expect a vampire to try and save you. Which leads to the current situation."

"Which is?" he finally spoke.

"You will witness a fight between the two kinds of blood in yourself. Werewolf and Vampire. Should the Werewolf side win, you would be doomed to life as a werewolf for eternity, unless you die. And should the other win, you would be cursed to the eternal life of a blood drinker. Unless, of course, you die," Lucifer explained.

Shinji felt sick. This was a fight over him, a battle to see which curse he would be burdened with.

Before them, an oversized wolf walking on its hind legs entered on one side, a man dressed in a cloak emerged from the other.

Both sized each other up on opposing ends, as they waited for the signal to start.

A deafening gong was sounded, indicating for them to start.

Before Shinji could blink, the two combatants were in the middle of the arena, engaging each other, moving far too quickly for Shinji to see.

The fight was a flurry of claws, fangs, fists and the vampires flying cloak, each targeting to take the other out while avoiding being hit. The demons around the trio were roaring in exhilaration, as though they could see every aspect of the fight. Shinji did not doubt that, of course.

It didn't take long for blood to be drawn, caused by the vampire doing a heel drop on the werewolf's snout. Quickly, the fight proceeded to become bloodier, the ground being stained by the crimson liquid.

And as the battle drew on, Shinji noticed something. The werewolf had the advantage of brute strength and natural weapons, but the vampire had speed and agility. And Shinji knew that in most fights, the one who was faster, more agile would usually come up tops. Apparently, this was such a case.

But Lucifer was watching the fight with a strange frown. "That's very odd. Usually, the werewolf would've lost by now. No offence, but it's usually the vampire blood which reigns superior. But this fight is drawn, neither side seeming to win."

"Really? I don't know," Shinji admitted and started watching the fight with more interest.

By the time the two combatants had paused, they were equally bloodied, equally tired. The vampire was watching the werewolf wearily and vice versa. Finally, they dropped into a fighting position.

"Looks like they're going to have one last shot at each other," Lucifer commented. "They obviously can't take much more."

Shinji leaned forward, squinting to see better as the werewolf and the vampire charged each other. Like him, everyone else leaned forward for a better look.

Finally, with an enormous roar from each other, they clashed.

"Gah!" Shinji cried out as he was suddenly blinded. "What's happening!"

"I don't know, Shinji, but take care! Maybe we'll meet again next time!" Lucifer answered, her voice and laughter growing softer.


"Shinji! Wake up! Please!" Kyla's voice cut across sharply, causing him to jerk up.

"Ah!" he screamed as he sat up, still blinded.

"Oh thank god you're fine, Shinji!" Kyla sobbed, throwing her arms around his neck as the boy regained consciousness.

Shinji opened his eyes wearily, to see Kyla draped over him, sobbing into his chest. A shadow appeared over him.

"How do you feel, kid?"

"... painful," he replied, before he fell unconscious again. And when he woke up again later, there was no recollection of what had happened during that time he was in the presence of Lucifer. Save for a flash of red hair.


Author's notes: Uh... hi, everyone!" smiles sheepishly This chapter seemed kinda weird, don't you think? With Shinji dying and stuff. But I felt compelled to write all those feelings since I was in the mood for contemplation. ButI still feel like this chapter sucked. It doesn't have the kind of essenceI want in a good story.

The main point of this chapter was to establish Shinji's past, and what he is. If you're still wondering about his apparent personality changes, it's because he has three sides. For those who can't figure it out, he's werewolf/vampire/human all in one.

I know it's not possible, but it's my insane fic, my insane idea! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Choke. Cough, gag, clutches chest and dies of a heart attack

Shinji (vampire): Moron. picks up Author and tosses him into a swimming pool which appears out of nowhere.

Blurb! Wakes up Sorry. Am feeling kinda insane at the moment. Anyway, hope you people reading this story enjoyed this chapter. Feel free to flame me if you don't like it though.

PS: Anyone can guess what's going to happen in the future? XD


Note to Reviewers:

Hands Full: whistles No comment about what.

Hmm...: You missed it by a bit. I know the thing about the werewolf would be like copying Gambit1, but this isn't about Shinji being a werewolf. It's quite different, actually.

Animewatcher: Finally someone who almost understood what I wanted to do. Congrats! Have you been reading Buffy? Cos the thing about the 'unnatural creatures being attracted to Tokyo-3' is like Buffy's town and the Hellhole thing. Unfortunately, he's not a psychic. More details will be revealed in the future! chuckles evilly

Firehedgehog: It was great talking to you, Fire! You unknowingly got my mind to think of new ideas to add to my fic even though it would seem like all we did was talk about our insanity... .''' neway, chat with you again soon!

DarkFusion: Wonder if I surprised you with this twist. Wonder if you actually thought that there were two other killers beside Morrigan. I'm Evil! XD Anyway thanks for the info page. I got a bit more info about the charas. .

Supereva 01-02: Thanks for being so understanding about the Shinji/Rei pairing. I hope this chapter was good enough. As for Asuka... I don't hate her, I won't bash her, but I intend to do something evil to her in this story. But then again, I've been very evil to most of the characters already. Haha. I'll try to reach the episode where Asuka appears as soon as possible, but no guarantees!

NefCanuck: Here's the next chapter awaited eagerly by yours truly! Wait. What did I say? X.X anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'll do my best to make this an excellent fic!

DJ: I couldn't find the web site, DJ. Sorry about that. Feel free to e-mail me with the address if you want to. I would very much want to get a PSP, but I can't. I've only gotten a PS2 recently so I can't afford to get a PSP. I'll look into it though! Thanks for suggesting!

Rune: You're welcome! I think it's a good idea to get a bit more personal with my reviewers so that I can understand more about how they think of this story, and how I should work on it to prevent it from straying too far. And I already got a heart attack points above read the author's notes! Hahaha!

Knight Two: Thanks! I downloaded the OVA, but there doesn't seem to be the series there. Thanks for suggesting the webbie though! I appreciate it.

Shinji the Good Sharer: Sorry, Shinji, but I didn't have the time to visit your website. I'll do it once this is posted, k? Sorry about that! I look forward to reading your fics!

NickNack: The big mystery is revealed! poses with a florish Shinji (Werewolf) grabs Author and tosses him offstage. Shinji: Fool.

chaosKosmos: Well, I decided to do this partially because I was getting bored with most of the normal sotries, so I did it mainly for my entertainment. Optimus suggested that I put it up, and now I'm glad that I did. Cheers!

Sain and Kent of the Cavalier Knights of Fire Emblem: bows Thanks for the reply to my story. I never knew that I was held in such high esteem, and will do my best to deserve the position! BTW, you kinda gave me an idea, did you know? snickers evilly

ViVi239: WOW! Thanks, Vivi. I never knew that I managed to do something so insane and get a good review. As for Morrigan being giddy... well, I couldn't help it. I was going over the aspects of kawai-ness and kinda went overboard with Morrigan. Don't worry. I'll rectify that problem. Cheers!

Adyen: I never got to watch/read any of the OMG series, so I don't know about that... still, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter!

AboeUmbra: Wonder no more! The truth behind Shinji's past is revealed! XD