Yin and Yang

Coward Shinji was mindlessly sketching on the piece of paper that was laid down in front of him. Misato tried to peek at what he was drawing but Shinji moved to cover her line of vision.

"Come on, what are you drawing?" Misato ask annoyed that the third child didn't let her see what he was drawing. After several minutes of mad scribbling, the boy laid back as if he was content with his work. "Huh?" The major walked by and took the piece of paper. On it was a beautiful sketching of Asuka, it looked almost life-like. "Wow Shinji, this picture is…"

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"…amazing, I never knew I could draw like that."

"You can't," Fate said flatly.

"What?" Original Shinji turned to Fate. "What do you mean?"

"With the separation of yourself, certain talents that have been suppressed by each other have now been freed."

"So…I can't draw like that?"

"Nope."

"Awww…"

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Asuka was lying in her bed. She was between angry and sad. Her cell phone ring interrupted her thoughts however. She grabbed it and answered it.

"Hello?" her voice answered firmly with a hint of cracking.

"This is Dr. Akagi, where are you right now?"

"I'm at home, why?"

"Were you with Shinji by any chance?"

"That idiot! Yeah…" Ritsuko put the phone away as she heard a string of curses come from the other line. After several moments, the doctor put the phone by to her head.

"So you were with him?"

"Yes!"

"Where is he now?"

"I don't know! And I don't care!"

"Seriously Asuka, I need to know."

"At the mall, I think."

"Thanks, bye." She hung up the phone. She dialed another number on the phone.

Back to spineless Shinji…

Misato was looking at the picture of Asuka.

"Shinji…I never knew that you were such a great artist!" The boy beamed with pride. Suddenly, her cell phone rang. "What's this?" She grabbed it and answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey Misato, I need you to pick somebody up for me."

"Oh really? Who?"

"Well its…"

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 Tough Shinji lay down on the chair not caring if anybody saw him or not. He was relaxing by the mall.

"Shinji?" He opened his eyes; they didn't focus for a minute. The light was so bright. Finally he saw whom the voice belonged to.

"Misato!" He realized that she seemed confused. "What is it?" Misato looked closer at Shinji.

"This can't be, Shinji's at Nerv. Who are you?" He looked side to side. "I'm talking to you."

"I'm Shinji, who else do you think I am?"

"Come with, we're going to Nerv." She grabbed his arm and started dragging him to her car.

"Let me grab this red dress first though."

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"Finally! Some progress! The sooner they figure out what's going on then the sooner I'm out of here." Fate had an amused expression on its face.

"Do you really think they'll figure it out?"

"They have to! Otherwise…"

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Shigeru had just taken his sip of coffee.

'Another day off, perfect, I should relax while I have the time.' He rotated the swivel chair he was on until he saw Dr. Akagi and two… "Pffttt!" He wiped his mouth. "What the?" Maya noticed that Shigeru had spit out his coffee.

"Shigeru! What are you…" she saw the two Shinjis standing on each side of Ritsuko. "What is this?!" Ritsuko let out a sigh, followed by Misato.

"Guys, meet Shinji and…Shinji."

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"Commander?" Fuyutsuki asked. Gendo had his hands up to his face, like usual.

"What is it Fuyutsuki?"

"It seems that you have two sons."

"What?"

"Come and see for yourself." Fuyutsuki walked out of the office as Commander Ikari followed close behind. 'What has my son gotten himself into now?'

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Tough Shinji was sitting on the swivel chair with he legs on the control console. He was whistling to himself. Makoto looked at him with mild irritation.

"Be careful, you don't want your feet to be pushing any of the wrong buttons do you?" he scolded.

"Come on, I see the way you look at Major." Makoto's face had turned red and quickly looked away. Shinji noticed the reaction. Before he could make a snide remark, Misato entered the room.

"So?" Makoto asked the Major.

"Judging from both our little friend's story and the medical reports, both of the Shinji's are the real deal. The difference is that it seems that this Shinji," she pointed at a smiling boy, "is the confident one, while the other Shinji is the anti-social one."

"Really? How?"

"They said it was a wish, but I don't believe that. Frankly, I have no idea. But we're going to have to deal with the fact that there are two Shinjis."

"Does the commander know this?"

"He's coming down right now." The other Shinji walked in with uncertainty. Makoto looked at both Shinjis. Tough Shinji seemed laid back and uncaring whereas anxiety and nervousness was etched into coward Shinji's face. This amused him to some extent. Then everything was silent as Commander Ikari walked into the room. His face showed mild surprise at seeing two Shinjis.

"Hey pops." Two simple words that made everybody freeze in the room. They slowly moved their eyes over to Tough Shinji. The commander looked at the boy and the edge of his mouth had curved ever so slightly. He turned to the other Shinji.

"H-h-h-hi F-f-father." Then the commander's mouth curved downwards, to stimulate a frown. The commander turned around and proceeded to the elevator. Everybody let out their breath that they were unconsciously holding. Ikari simply entered the elevator with Fuyutsuki and started to ascend back to the office.

"Sir?" Fuyutsuki let out.

"I already have my favorite one chosen."

"Oh."

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"Hey pops? Hey pops? What kind of thing to say is that?! I don't want to die because I couldn't keep my mouth shut!" Fate poked at him jokingly.

"Yes, if any of your two personalities happen to die, you're pretty much dead."

"This is a disaster."

"Hey, at least you have me around for company."

"Great, I'm all alone and the only person to give me company is Fate, the absolute worst thing to be alone with. So Fate, when am I going to die?"

"I'm not at liberty to divulge such information."

"So, will I eventually get Asuka?"

"Can't tell you."

"What about Ayanami?"

"My lips are sealed."

"Is this some kind of lesson I'm suppose to learn or something?"

"You do seem kind of different you know."

"Yeah, I pissed."

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"All right guys, until Ritsuko figures out what's going on, we're going to keep this a secret," Misato said to both Shinjis as they entered the apartment. Tough Shinji looked up at Misato.

"I'm I going to stay here as well? There's not enough space!" Misato rolled her eyes.

"Please, you two will share the room." Nervous Shinji looked downcast.

"There's not really enough room on the bed." Misato started getting annoyed.

"Just get a sleeping bag, it's only you two."

"Yes Misato," they both said in unison. Asuka was in her room until she heard Shinji's voice.

'That Shinji!' She burst out of the room and saw both Shinji's…and passed out.

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"You know, now that I think about it, that's the first time I ever seen her passed out. I never thought she was even capable of passing out."

"Meh." Original Shinji looked over at Fate.

"If you can't tell me my fate, what about the fate of other people?"

"No, I can't tell you any of that."

"You're no fun."

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Asuka slowly regained consciousness, she lay on the floor. She regained her senses as soon as she saw Shinji.

"You!!!" she yelled angrily. She slapped him in the face. Tears started to form in his eyes and he quickly ran away sobbing. The other Shinji came into her view.

"You shouldn't have done that you know, since he didn't do anything," he said.

"What?!" Asuka got up as quickly as possible. Misato looked at her worriedly. "I thought I just saw you run…"

"Asuka," Misato said in grim voice.

"Huh?" She turned her attention to the Major, who was pointing down the hall way where there was Shinji crying in the corner. "But…" She turned around and saw Shinji sitting on the couch with a smug expression. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!!!!!"

"You don't have to be so loud. Just calm down." Asuka glared at spine Shinji and took a look at spineless Shinji. Misato wave her hands trying to calm Asuka down.

"Let me just explain what's going on," she nervously said.

"Then tell me!" Shinji got up and ready to explain.

"Here's how it is, I'm cool Shinji," then he pointed to the other identical boy, "and he's wimpy Shinji."

"I don't care about that! How can there be two of you in the first place?!" Misato nervously shifted.

"We actually don't know. Just deal with the fact right now." Asuka had been somewhat relieved and terrified at the moment.

"I don't get it!"

"Look honey," Asuka glared at him, "Shinji made a wish and fate granted it. Guess what that wish happens to be?"

"What?!"

"To separate into two people. There's me, the charismatic, young, smart, and smooth talker. Then there's him, a withdrawn shy little wimp." Misato had a look of anger.

"Don't talk about him like that. He's a very nice artist," Misato reached into her jacket pocket and pulled out the picture of Asuka that was drawn earlier, "look at this."

"Huh?" Asuka grabbed the piece of paper and looked at her own portrait. Her face softened a bit as she looked at the sobbing mess at the corner of the hallway. Shinji just shrugged his shoulders.

"So what if he can draw better than me?"

"From what I already see in you, he's a lot more sensitive," Misato criticized.

"Well that's the difference between me and him, I'm not soft." Asuka put the picture away and stared down on him.

(SLAP!!!)

Misato looked over at Asuka with a tired look.

"You know Asuka, with these two different Shinjis, we're going have to treat them differently don't you think?"

"Yeah, I can already tell who's the pervert. And who's the wimp!"

"I sure hope you don't mean to bash the other Shinji, he can't take it."

"Don't worry Misato," Asuka reassured.

"Naw go ahead, pick on him if you want, anything to get the devil out of my hair." Asuka looked at him again.

"YOU on the other hand…"

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Original Shinji rubbed his cheek feeling the sharp pain.

"Oww." Fate however, was laughing at his companion's bad luck. "This isn't funny! How can my confident side withstand so much pain?"

"Don't worry about it. You just FEEL the pain, it's not like it's going to affect you."

"I guess, but confident Shinji can't seem to keep his mouth shut."