Disclaimer on chapter 6. Nadesico is owned by the Nadesico people, whom the Gekigangar tribute is dedicated to. (Because I forgot how the actual Getta Robo episode went, hehe.)
A/N: The second part of the hectic Shitozan dream!
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The SEELE monoliths appeared again.
01: "We have failed."
04: "But... Our secrets will be passed on..."
06: "Yes, those who oppose them still, those who still have the power to."
11: "So this is our end. Ikari... How tedious of you to avoid death. Agent Ryoji... How tedious of you to ruin everything for us."
01: "This is farewell. We shall go our separate paths from now on."
04: "Yes. It's up to the Warriors of Holy Retribution now."
01: "Patience was a virtue we could not enjoy."
06: "Indeed. If only we were given more time..."
With that, the monoliths did not fade. They simply shattered, before the hologram projectors blew up.
SEELE was never heard from ever again, and their identities never revealed.
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Shinji walked to a retrieval point with his arm still split in two, and he didn't mind it a bit.
"Asuka... Good job..." He murmured, before falling asleep on his way down.
The last sound that graced his ears was the medical team ready to drag him out of the entry plug.
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Misato and the bridge crew sat around Caspar, this time joined by Ritsuko and Asuka.
"Yea, so I told him 'You need to cheer up, Shinji, watch this!' So I gave him..." Ritsuko giggled like a schoolgirl as she continued, hardly sustaining her laughter when the image of Shinji shouting 'CHOUHIZATSU!' popped into her mind.
"Baka-Shinji, I can't believe Hikari was telling the truth!" Asuka sighed. "I swear, he was just dying to let his dorkiness let loose into the open."
"Oh come on, we know you love him!" Misato teased.
"Why else would he make you HEART shaped things?" Makoto teased.
"WHAT? NO SUCH THING HAPPENED!" Asuka screamed in horror. "WHO TOLD YOU GUYS?"
"Misato did!" Shigeru said with a laugh, and got a whack in the head.
"Lets just leave Asuka alone..." Maya said quietly with a smile that could turn flowers into fruits, if fruits could be cultivated in the Geo front.
"MISATO!" Asuka screamed, ready to kill her guardian. It was emphasized by the fact she stood up, and her hands started to twitch.
"Yes, Asuka?" Misato said casually, as if the German girl wasn't even remotely mad and simply holding a regular conversation.
"His sushi was HORRIBLE! HOW can you SAY such a thing!" Asuka fumed, her eyes ready to burn through everybody who dared to absorb the heat radiating off of it.
Everybody laughed at her. Then everybody laughed more, as jokes after jokes and stories after stories were told. Throughout the whole session, Asuka told them about how horrible Shinji's heart shaped sushi was for 9 more times with a dreamy look in her eyes. Everybody simply teased and were faced with denial, as more laughter ensued.
The campfire then became a tradition for the bridge crew, whenever there was a gossip. Their free time and free salary was getting to their heads after the victory over SEELE.
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Kaji smiled to himself. His revenge had been executed. But his true quest has just begun. He must now reveal everything about SEELE's involvement in the Second Impact, in such a way that it would not arouse an uproar of terrorism by people who are still against NERV. It would be his tribute to those who he had betrayed, and what he would ask their forgiveness with.
"I guess Shinji's brute force in this organization helps his inexperience." He said to nobody in particular. "I guess the future trials will take everything he had learned from his father..."
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Kaworu hummed the song he had sang so many times. Rei had been discharged from the hospital, but he was still visiting the girl he was so similar to since she was released as soon as she was deemed fine. A complete opposite in personality, maybe, but genetic makeups are quite similar. Both were part human, part Angel, and both had lived uneasily amongst Lilims.
"Rei, how are you?" He asked, stepping through the door.
Rei had been in the kitchen, cleaning up after her dinner. Without an Eva, she wasn't present for the battle between Shinji and the Jet Alones. But it wasn't a problem, she had enjoyed her meal. She knew Shinji would pull through somehow.
"I am fine."
"That's good." Kaworu smiled. "How was your first day out?"
"It was no different."
"That's good. Shinji was worried."
"Shinji-sama should not trouble himself with my wellbeing." Rei said, as she threw the towel into the laundry basket skillfully, and walked out the kitchen.
"I don't see why not. Shinji is a kind person, Rei." Kaworu frowned slightly at Rei's statement, because he knew she deserved better. Also because it sounds like an insult to Shinji.
"I simply do not wish to trouble Shinji-sama." She said, as she brushed right past the mysterious boy, into the bathroom to change and bath.
"I see. But I shall inform him of your condition nonetheless, he would like to know." Kaworu said, feeling the hostility. "Goodbye, Rei."
"Goodbye, Kaworu." The bathroom door closed, and Kaworu stepped out of Rei's residence. "I guess I might not be as all-knowing as I thought."
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"NO! STOP IT! ARRGH!" Shinji screamed, as he did his best to fight off the invading forces both in the physical and mental world. The many Angelsauruses biting, chomping, gnawing on his steel skin had the effect of eventually ripping his armor.
"BAKA-SHINJI! AHHH!" Asuka screamed, as she violently flailed her control, to no effect since Shinji was in control right now.
"Ouch." Was all Touji said, and his lack of enthusiasm slowed the assault just a bit.
"There are too many! We cannot win!" Shinji was in despair. All they had fought for... All they had achieved... All blasted to oblivion like this, defending their home to the death.
"Shitozan Zanshito." An unenthusiastic, female voice said, as Arael screamed in pain.
"NOOOOO! B-B-BUT... YOU'RE DEAD!" Arael was in denial. He had seen in their memories the girl who had sacrificed herself to save them.
"My return to life has made this more boring. I shall show you the results of my resurrection." Her voice froze the air around her and her sword, causing the would she inflict to immediately freeze up. Slicing down once more at Arael, she froze his two parts up and shattered him with a crashing blow with the flat of her blade.
"REI!" Shinji and Asuka shouted, in disbelief.
"Rei." Touji said, after the two initial shouts.
"How did you survive?" A teary-eyed Shinji asked, glad her companion is alive.
"To return from death is convenient for me." Rei said simply, and dropped the topic altogether as all future questions were ignored.
"Rei! I'M SO GLAD!" Shinji broke down crying tears of joy.
"Baka-Shinji! Get with reality! We're still surrounded by a legion!" Asuka shouted to her co-worker.
"You're right, Asuka. Rei! Join me for a final attack!"
"Yes." Rei jumped behind Shinji, and held her sword tightly.
"HYPER SHITOZAN ZANSHITO!" Shinji shouted in full blooded fury, as he slashed a 180 degree arc, making a wave of flame erupt and consume the enemies in a blaze of glorious crosses.
"Hyper Shitozan Zanshito." The words spoken froze the sword she had been holding, as she slashed out 180 degree too, in perfect unison with Shinji. Her side threw a chilling wind, freezing all those who were caught in it.
Including Shinji.
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Shinji woke in cold sweat. Probably because of how cold it was being trapped in an iceberg that had been created in your mind.
"... Dream... I finished the dream... But... I want the dream to continue..." He smiled to himself, as he closed his eyes once again, hoping to eventually finish. However, it was that exact, precise moment that Misato had left the bridge and check on him.
"SHINJI!" Misato shouted, as she ran through the room, getting Shinji to react by sitting up, and gave him a big hug.
"M-Misato... I-I'm suffocating..." He mumbled through Misato's well endowed parts, annoyed that his plans had just been ruined.
"Sorry!" She smiled and backed off. "So, how's it going with you and Asuka?" She teased, remembering what had happened on today's campfire session.
"N-nothing! When do I leave the hospital Misato?" Shinji quickly tried to change the subject.
"The doctor said a day after you woke up, so tomorrow. Now tell me what happened!" Misato changed the topic back and attacked in full power. "She was talking about... it..." She said in a mischievous, seductive manner.
"W-W-W-WHAT ARE Y-YO-YOU T-T-TAL-TALKING ABOUT MISATO?" Shinji stammered in full power, as well. His cheeks started to burn from the inside. "Some jokes are just too far fetched!"
"True, but this was real, Shinji, not a joke." Misato had a determined, serious look in her eyes. But it flickered and turned into a loud laugh that lasted enough to make Misato lightheaded.
"M-Misato, it isn't good to tease your commanding officer!" Shinji retorted, annoyed that this would happen on top of being disturbed of his dream. Misato simply laughed at Shinji's weak display of leadership. "Get back to your post!" Shinji growled, and Misato left still laughing.
"That's it! Time to rule with an iron fist like my father!" He vowed, and fell back into his pillow, unable to sleep. Misato's laughter rang in his head like a bell.
"M-Misato!" A certain red haired girl stood at the doorway protesting, bringing Shinji back to a sitting position. Apparently dragged here by Misato.
"I found her just outside the room eavesdropping, Shinji." Misato winked, before leaving again, this time giggling.
"M-MISATO!" The red haired girl shouted after her, but she was ignored.
"Uh... Thanks for visiting Asuka." Shinji blushed remembering what Misato had said.
"Baka-Shinji! Don't think I care!" She stared into his blushing face. "What are you blushing like an idiot for?"
"Well... Misato said you talked about... it..." Shinji wasn't sure about telling her this, and twiddled his index finger.
"Baka-Shinji! She meant the sushi!" Shinji felt a fist making contact with his head. Not heavily, though, just a light punch. "Now what the hell were you mumbling about that dream? Can't be a perverted one can it?" She teased.
"W-WHAT? NO!" Shinji felt numb as his face monopolized all the blood. Teased by two attractive females who are under your command does that to you. "Did I really think that out loud? I don't think so... But..."
"Oh, in denial are we, Shinji?" Asuka laughed. "Now, is it true Ritsuko got you her friend's Super Robot collection to make you grow a spine?"
"Well... Uh... Yea..." Shinji said nervously.
"How pathetic." Asuka snorted, and flicked Shinji on the forehead.
"Ow! What was that for?" Shinji asked, rubbing where he was flicked.
"Nothing. Say, Shinji..." Asuka smiled mischievously, sending shivers down Shinji's back.
"Yes, Asuka?"
"You owe me a favor!" Asuka declared, pointing at Shinji for emphasis.
"W-Why?" Shinji knew whenever Asuka asked for a favor, it would be bad for his health.
"Because you ordered ME around, idiot!" She shouted to his face, giving him another light punch to the head. "Having the great Sohryu Asuka Langley bend to your will has a price tag, you know?" She grinned a sinister grin while looking at the bedridden boy.
Shinji gulped, and began to brace himself for her wish.
"You're buying me that new silk dress, Shinji!" She grinned. The dress had a price tag of five hundred thousand yen, embedded with small, perfectly matching shards of various gems, and definitely out of her paycheck and within Shinji's range.
"I-I'm your commanding officer! You have to bend to my will!" Shinji tried his best to keep his composure, but that grin had shattered his resolve. Just then, an idea popped in his mind. "Want a transfer to the American branch? I heard they're pretty desperate for girls there." Shinji smiled at his newfound plan. Transfer. Everybody in important positions feared transferring out of HQ, mostly because of lower paycheck for commanding officers there, but for some people, it was another reason. His second ace card up his sleeve.
"T-That was cheap, Shinji." Asuka growled, knowing she can't win.
"It's a privilege that comes with power, Asuka." Shinji smiled a triumphant smile, victory had been his.
Asuka fumed at the reaction she had gotten, and stormed out the room. Her dignity had been ripped to shreds by her defeat at the hands of Shinji.
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Kaji sat in front of his laptop, and began to type furiously on his keyboard, disguising himself as a religious fanatic. It was quite easy, all he had to do was have a bible nearby while conversing with the other fanatics. It had been a long chat until he was deemed worthy of being told the meeting place of the next meeting.
Turning off his computer, he smiled to himself.
"All that I have to do is inform the committee, and my quest for truth will step to the next level."
His idea of eliminating the threat of terrorism when he release the information, would be eliminating the terrorists.
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Ritsuko studied the brainwave patterns of Ramiel, and the changes when he is confronted with hostilities. Again, nothing changes as he simply destroys the target, even though Kaworu had insisted on Ramiel relying on his sixth sense rather than genetic makeup. There has to be an explanation for this, but Misato had said not everything can be explained through science.
"Doctor, having trouble?" Kaworu seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Kaworu! Don't do that!" The startled doctor almost screamed.
"Maybe you can replicate our shape and strength, but you cannot replicate our innate abilities, Dr. Akagi." The boy calmly stated. "If you could, Eva-01 would have the ability to create Lilims and flow with LCL, doctor." A smile crept into his face, as though he was amused.
"You're right, but that's what a scientist is for. To achieve what was meant to be impossible for humanity." Ritsuko retorted.
"I see, I wish you the best of luck then, doctor. Please do not bring harm to my brother." Kaworu left the woman to her work, as he floated to nowhere in particular.
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A day had passed, and Shinji had left the hospital. Upon the defeat of SEELE, the WOHR had gotten restless. The committee increased the funding of NERV for conventional combat equipment in case of attacks. As predicted, attacks came from all over the world.
French, American, German and Chinese facilities of NERV had been attacked, and all attacks were barely repelled except for the American branch. The fanatics increased their weaponry with the added armaments of tanks, fighter planes, bombers, and battleships. Within 10 hours of SEELE's death, two countries, specifically England and America, had pulled out of the UN in addition to Japan, although only America and Japan has declared themselves hostile. Taking over the NERV branch in America and begin to use it as a negotiation point and research facility for weapons seemed the most logical step for USA. Fortunately, they were not closely tied with Japan, and all database from the NERV branch there had been deleted or destroyed, and all documents on paper had been burned or delivered to various other branches, to be finally taken to NERV HQ. By now, NERV had been considered another country for their vast territory in various locations and their military might.
UN allied with NERV, and thus caused the whole world to be enveloped in civil wars between religious fanatics and regular citizens.
All in a day's work.
"Rokubungi sure has caused quite an uprising, had he not?"
"Indeed. Our plan is finally put forth into motion."
"For seasons!"
"For future!"
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Shinji sat at the command bridge, and was simply overwhelmed by requests for assistance from all over. UN had helped, yes, but a few years of a certain president in America had caused the rest of the world to be suppressed, and unable to develop weapons as efficiently as them in the name of peace. However, the Japanese recently had gotten the Evangelions to study and created weaponry, small and large scaled, based upon their technology. Such weapons include the Jet Alones, and JSSDF's new standard armor and weaponry. The Japanese and American technology easily overwhelmed the UN soldiers who had been dispatched to assist various NERV branches. Casualties on both sides had been massive for a 15 hour battle, and NERV was definitely losing.
Shinji had known his plan to take over the world would not go smoothly. However, he had not anticipated the news of SEELE's destruction to spread so quickly. The American branch had already been lost, and NERV databases all over the world were being sent to the HQ and destroyed.
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The German and Chinese branches are the only 2 of the 4 attacked branches still standing. Angels Zeruel, Shamshel, Ramiel and Matariel had been dispatched as reinforcements to China, since it was way closer. Armisael had been sent to Germany for its lightning fast speed, and Sahaqiel was to follow in case Armisael could not stop all of them. The difficulty on trapping these Angels as the main reason they were sent, since if they were captured their technology could be studied and used to make miniature Evas, thus creating an army of human-sized steel-covered super-soldiers. If any remnants of SEELE were around, they could also duplicate these angels.
Though the Angels had been powerful, with AT Field and all, they were not powerful enough. The soldiers had penetrated the weak AT Field of Matariel and Shamshel through extremely heavy artillery support and concentrated fire, effectively halting both and eventually killing Matariel. China was still alright, however, as Zeruel blasted through armies upon armies of soldiers with the gaze that can penetrate 18 layers of reinforced steel. Ramiel simply sniped everything that went his way. However, though Zeruel and Shamshel lived through the bodies of their victims, Ramiel eventually ran out of energy and went dormant. Zeruel was the main driving force of this operation, but he could not act as a perfect wall as a few hundred soldiers slipped through to storm the facility.
Germany was doing substantially better, however, even though with a smaller and less powerful army. Armisael had ripped through ranks upon ranks of soldiers with its AT Field, causing great confusion and eventually soldiers shooting their own. When Sahaqiel arrived, the whole operation had just gotten much easier. The organic bomber simply dropped parts of itself down onto the ground, crushing enemies due to the lack of acceleration, and when it had ran out of energy it would just drop down to the ground and absorb whatever unfortunate hostile human beings to replenish its decreasing body mass.
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"SHINJI!" Misato shouted. "I request authorization to send out Gaghiel to the Chinese branch!"
"Denied. Gaghiel has yet to be tested." Shinji replied coldly. "However, you are authorized to use Arael."
"Yes sir." Misato replied, as Arael was released from confinement.
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China was still holding barely, the fighting had gone to the insides of the facility. Their ace agent had just been injured, and Zeruel was still outside stopping the tanks from advancing. Shamshel had partially regenerated, and was assisting the soldiers from behind. The heavy weaponry of the zealots had been more than just a little bit better, however. The agents fell faster than the soldiers, and small-scale N2 mines had been thrown to kill Zeruel. The terrorist soldiers had been prepared, and had gone down low to brace for the shock wave. Shamshel was the only one standing when the shock waves passed, and Shamshel was the sole defense until Zeruel regenerates. Shamshel whipped and flailed its laser tentacles with blinding speed, but there was only so much he could do within a set amount of time as his AT Field was pierced by concentrated fire again, his body pumped full of bullets, once again going dormant. Except this time, the soldiers had the chance to finish him off.
As death was about to grace the rest of the staff of the Chinese branch, Arael arrived. The beams passed through the armored plating of the research institution, and straight through to the biggest concentration of soldiers.
The confusion ensued had caused the terrorists to commence a fight amongst themselves, and thus provided Zeruel with a little more time.
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Shinji and Asuka both twitched at the visual feedback of the fight. But for different reasons.
Shinji because of his attempts of suppression.
Asuka because she wasn't there to be the heroine to save the day.
"Misato, status." Shinji demanded.
"Germany secured, Ramiel and Zereul dormant, Shamshel and Matariel destroyed. China is barely holding." Misato informed the commander. "Authorization to transfer Armisael."
"Granted."
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Armisael sped to China as fast as he could. Zeruel still dormant, Ramiel was barely recharged due to lack of material for him to feed on. Arael had been left with only 4 minds to probe, and all 4 seems unaffected. Each with more pleasant than horrible memories, they continued to advance. However, 4 was not enough to kill the relatively trained scientists, as all 4 were brought down in a gunfight with technicians. Outside was a different story. Tanks and planes resumed their assault after recovering from the N2 attack on Zeruel.
Ramiel was launched at top speed as soon as it had enough energy to shoot. Two tanks were destroyed, before he went dormant yet again. However, he slowed the assault just a little, and everybody hoped perhaps Zeruel would not meet his end like Shamshel and Matariel.
Their hopes were not in vain, as Armisael charged right through a tank, and blocked the ensuing explosions directed at Zeruel with its AT Field.
Extending itself, it protected Zeruel while destroying the closest tanks as best as it could, until Zeruel fully regenerated himself. Arael had been ordered to retreat now that his job was done, and that was what he did.
Zeruel and Armisael seemed more than enough, however, as Zeruel slashed with his ribbons and blasted with his eyes the tanks, while Armisael had ripped through the planes with his AT Field extended at top speed. The most powerful direct attack-based angel, and the most powerful contamination-based Angel had been a most fearsome pair to the remainder of the soldiers.
But they failed.
A small group of stealth bomber had came from another direction, and had dropped 5 N2 mines onto the research institute as soon as Zeruel had destroyed the last tank, and Armisael had slashed through the final plane.
The place blew up in a blaze of glory, and now only one out of the 4 attacked branches remain.
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"We failed..." Shinji twitched with anger, suppression and frustration. "Status on remaining branches."
"German branch taken heavy casualty. Antarctic, Arctic, Brazilian branches intact. All other branches either surrendered, lost signal, or destroyed." Shigeru shouted from his console.
"WHAT? All others? But we only had gotten confirmation of 4 attacks!" Shinji shouted in surprise.
"It seems the attacks had come from within." Makoto explained.
"I see... Kaworu's gift... Why can't they accept Kaworu's gift...?"
To be continued... Maybe?
A/N: 9, 10, SEELE IS DOWN! New challenger, Warriors of Holy Retribution with America and Japan!
First time the extra branches shows up, most of them blew!
Here's an omake.
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The president of United States of America opened up a gift box, marked 'Kaworu's Gift'. Inside was a chibi-Shinji beanbag plushie, and a chibi-Unit-01 beanbag plushie.
"Our war is not yet over, you over-egoistical Japanese bastards! Changing history and giving us what you deem as cute, do you think you have the same tastes as us? NERV HQ of Japan, alongside the Japanese government, we declare war against you!" He declared, raising his fist for emphasis. Nobody clapped.
It had seemed, that the intelligence of their president has yet to increase over the years.