Disclaimer on various past chapters.
A/N: KYUUKYOKU NO HIZATSU! WRITER'S BLOCK!
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The wars raged on, and it had been only three days. All but NERV Germany and HQ were left standing, but Armisael had recently fallen when it had gone dormant, sinking Germany into a nasty gunfight. Luckily, however, the UN had gotten rid of the American armies tangling them up, and had sent reinforcements until Armisael could be regenerated. Gaghiel had finally been sent, after minor testing inside a pool of LCL. Now the size of a fishing boat, the miniature Gaghiel was even faster and actually made more deadly as opposed to less, unlike his brothers. It harpooned through ships effortlessly, sinking them rather than destroying them. NERV's retrieval team had been made into a salvage team, the generous budgets no longer enough to support the repeated crew replacement.
Shinji had launched in his Eva twice, each time doing considerable damage with its AT Field alone, causing a spherical storm to throw planes into the ground, and tanks up into the sky. His few appearances had not been as helpful as it should have been, however. Each time he had to return due to new commands needing issued and authorized. It wore him out, and Asuka's Eva would not be able to be dispatched where umbilical cables are not installed.
"Status." Shinji demanded coldly, sitting in the pose of his father up on top his desk.
"Our troops down to 294 agents, UN Soldiers posted here no longer alive. Sachiel had shown great improvement, his AT Field strength starting to show signs of restoration. Enemy force is held outside HQ." Makoto informed his commander, as he watched the events unfold and listened to reports from all over the world.
"Status of civilians." Shinji rephrased, wanting to hear something more important than the survival they didn't need to worry about.
"Tokyo-3 is in a state of civil war, however, most citizens are safe, except fanatics within the city. They were quickly wiped out."
Shinji visibly frowned at this. He didn't expect Tokyo-3 to follow the rest of the world in this stupid war.
"Alright, status of other countries." Shinji said, hoping the casualties will be less than what he expects.
"All major Christian countries such as America and England have overpowered the non-fanatics. Old, traditional countries like Japan and China have easily dominated the fanatics. Now, the countries in between are fighting a heated battle."
"Status of the JSSDF invasion force." Shinji knew nothing more was going to come out of questioning the status surrounding the fanatics, and should worry about the task at hand.
"Sir, Sachiel has gone dormant!" Shigeru shouted. "Enemy soldiers breaching area 1, 4, 8!"
"Deploy Shamshel"
"Shamshel deployed, sir." Maya informed the commander, before explosions were heard.
"Sir! Sector 21, 43, 44 and 58 have been attacked! Shamshel deployed to sector 53, choke point for all sectors breached currently."
Misato was too busy shouting orders to the agents to care, but clearly she was losing her cool.
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Sachiel's AT field was regaining its powers. In a year, he would have the AT Field of a giant Sachiel. However, not now, and not now cost him his victory. Fighting desperately against a heavily armed force, the soldiers he was up against had knew what weapons to use against this miniature angel. They hulled in a giant sniper rifle, manned by 5 men, and a huge generator. Sachiel tried to punch through it, but it was heavily plated, causing only a slight dent before the positron beam it shot out to neutralize the AT Field of Sachiel, while the rest of the soldiers began blasting him with all they got.
The soldiers advanced further in, thinking Sachiel had been killed. However, that was not the case. Sachiel began regenerating for his next assault, this time in their backs.
Shamshel waited at the choke point, the sole path to the elevators that goes to the command bridge. He was answered with a bunch of soldiers carrying the same gun that had bashed through Sachiel's evolving AT Field. The battle ensued, was soldiers trying to hold Shamshel down as it whipped and flailed at the giant gun.
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"Sir! Battleships are approaching!" Shigeru shouted.
"Pull back Gaghiel!" Misato ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" Maya said, as she started to type furiously on her keyboard.
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Ritsuko looked at the budget going into the Evas. The cost of the modification was enormous.
"What is Shinji thinking? Making all these modifications wouldn't improve performance that much, and the cost to do it..." She thought about all possible scenarios, but couldn't be sure of any single one of them. "To extract more power from the core, he says..." She wondered what he meant, but decided not to question the boy as she began ordering the technicians to cut open the Eva.
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"Asuka, sortie in Unit-02. Use the armored umbilical cord." Shinji ordered. "Pull back once the fighting becomes rough."
"Sure sure, baka-Shinji." Asuka waved Shinji off, as she launched into the lake, right into a mass of tanks and battleships. "This brings back memories." She smiled, and lifted the battleship as a shield. "Mama... I know you're with me now. Please see the progress I've made..."
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Shamshel was having trouble slicing through the heavily plated gun. It seemed as if it was impregnable, as it shot a beam right into Shamshel. This would be his second death, as the beam punched through his AT Field and through his chest. The soldiers finished him off, again, before advancing towards the command bridge.
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"Shinji, you can't be serious!" Misato said in horror. "You're the commander! Don't put yourself in danger!"
"They'll be here any time now. Misato, take over command. I will hold off the invaders until Armisael or Zeruel is ready again." Shinji smiled, as he grabbed his miniature positron rifle and his counter sword, before heading towards the exit. Shinji's blood lust had proven to be an extremely dangerous factor by now. His unnatural physical capabilities peaked when he started to kill his way to the command bridge when he was blocked off earlier today. The few smoldering bullet holes were proof of that.
"Release Zeruel now! Status on Sachiel?" Misato began taking command immediately, as she tried her best to make Shinji's chance of survival higher.
"Sachiel regenerated. Arriving in 4 minutes. Zeruel will arrive in 8." Maya told her sempai's best friend.
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Outside, Unit-02 stabbed its progressive knife into a plane, as it stomped on a bunch of tanks. The armor was virtually undamaged, the AT Field blocking everything. The communication suddenly turned on, with a very worried Misato.
"Asuka! Hurry up, Shinji has engaged in physical combat! When you return, use the miniature modified positron rifle which will be at your cage. Hurry, the guards stationed there can't hold, and Armisael is still not ready!"
With that, Misato blinked out of the little screen.
"Baka-Shinji, you better not get yourself into the mental ward!" Asuka warned, though he wasn't there to hear it.
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Shinji saw the giant positron rifle they had been holding, and had to laugh in his corner. It took 5 grown men to carry that thing, but the positron rifle he held needed nothing more than one of his own frail shoulder.
"What's so funny?" One soldier asked, before finding a bullet in his helmet. Fortunately for him, the bullet hit the scalp instead of the visor. The next bullet found its mark, however, as he died with a new resident in his brain.
"Charge up the positron cannon!" A man screamed, as the generator began to glow. Shinji stepped out from his cover, holding his own positron cannon, and laughed as the small beam produced penetrated right through the generator, blowing it up and killing the men who were in charge of manning the giant gun. The rest of the soldiers began to furiously fire upon this boy, but he slipped back into his cover.
"Heads up!" A man shouted as he threw a grenade into the corner. However, the grenade was detonated by a blast of fire from behind. "WHAT?"
Sachiel stood behind them, an energy rod holding two bodies.
"Th-the monster!" Everybody screamed, as they desperately tried to run away into the command bridge, where they'll be protected if they used the personnel as shields. However, in their fear, they had forgotten the purple armored boy standing just around the corner.
Said boy smiled.
The sword found its way slashed into five victims, each time in the neck, head, or heart. The gunfire ensued bounced harmlessly off of Shinji's armor, as Sachiel and Shinji pinched them and slaughtered the squad.
"That was too easy, Sachiel." Shinji smiled sadistically under his mask, and the sound of marching could be heard. "Or maybe not."
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Asuka smashed the last of her foes outside without worries. Her mother was watching over her, and as long as she knew that, she could do anything. Opening the communication system, Asuka contacted the bridge personnel to make sure they were safe.
"Misato? I'm done here. Misato?"
Through buzzing static, Misato's voice could be heard with great difficulty.
"Shin... ... Hold... Losing... ... Not good... Army..." The incomprehensible message voiced.
"I can't hear you! Repeat that!" Asuka shouted, hoping to get through.
"Shinji... ... ... Losing ... ..." All that followed was the buzzing static. It seemed communication signals were being jammed.
"Baka-Shinji better not be dying on me!" Asuka said to herself, as she ran full speed to the retrieval point back in the river. Going back down the catapult, she prepared to kick start her sprint before she even hit the bottom.
The catapult pulled to the bottom with a clank, as the red biomechanical beast blurred into the cage. The entry plug ejected with lighting fast reflexes, as a girl in red armor, a replica of Unit-02, jumped out. Seeing the rifle that Misato had informed her of, she picked it up.
"I could've sworn this was lighter when I was in Eva." She grunted, and ran towards the command bridge.
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Shinji and Sachiel almost screamed in joy, exposing their hiding places, when Zeruel showed up, destroying one of the 5 giant positron rifles the men were carrying, killing the 5 men who were manning it. However, the joy was short-lived as soldiers began to swarm Zeruel to stop him from touching the rest.
His razor thin ribbons slashed through soldiers like hot knife through butter, but all 4 remaining guns aimed at him made Sachiel know it was not a really smart idea to leave him alone. Running out from his cover, despite the concentrated fire, Sachiel extended his energy rods and destroyed two of the large guns, before his AT Field was forcibly ripped apart by the drilling of the armor-piercing explosive anti-vehicle shells of the JSSDF.
"WE GOT ONE!" A soldier shouted in joy, as Sachiel was ripped to pieces.
"One more to go, and we're off to the command center!" Another spoke. They all turned to fire on the physically superior angel, Zeruel. Unable to even touch him the same manner they had ripped through Sachiel, the positron cannon charges were sped up. Zeruel extended his sharp ribbon blades...
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"SHINJI!" Asuka screamed, as a green, cross-shaped fire erupted in front of her. Seeing the slowed positron beams, she quickly rolled out of the way, avoiding a date with the god of death. Once the glow subsided, she got up and prepared to fire her own modified positron rifle. "Shinji, you better be safe!" She said, as she pulled the trigger.
The blue burst, shaped like an orb, found its way into the masses of soldiers still left alive. The charge dissipated upon contact, causing the ball of positron energy to be split into shards of positron energy, piercing the JSSDF issued armor through intense heat. Needless to say, the poor man who had been unlucky enough to be the catalyst for this had been liquefied. Ducking behind a corner, she cooled off her rifle for a multi-burst fire, still silently praying Shinji was safe.
Her prayers were answered with the screaming of soldiers. Turning her head to take a peek with her peripheral vision, she saw something even she would describe as fear-inducing, if she had never seen this before.
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Shinji saw the two Angels trying their best to protect him, both dying in doing so. Though they could be replaced, it still had hurt Shinji to see them die. Especially Sachiel.
Shinji prepared to dig into a feast of blood the moment he finds a distraction, and the distraction came. A blue orb of positron energy smashed its way into one of the soldiers, and those around him were burnt heavily. He smiled, as he jumped out of the ventilation shaft, knocking a man over with the cover and landing with his sword pointed down, he began his count. "One..."
The men all turned to look at him, but they were late in doing so. Shinji cut down three men in a horizontal slash. "Two... Three... Four..." He turned and used one of the corpses as his shield. The bullets ripped through the dead man, as Shinji returned fire with his positron rifle, killing three more men who conveniently lined up, somewhat. "Five... Six... Seven..." He smiled, as he switched his battered meat shield with a fresh one.
Shooting another charge of his positron rifle, he missed, and his rifle was shot with an anti-vehicle shell, causing it to explode. His arm was heavily damaged, blood dripping out of the holes that appeared from the shrapnel. His arm hang limply at his side, as he retreated back, holding a body that barely had enough flesh to cover him. Throwing the limp body away, he quickly turned and nearly jumped back into the danger-zone.
"A-Asuka?" Shinji asked incredulously. "Aren't you supposed to be outside?"
"Well, baka-Shinji, I was done with my job when your precious babies are having trouble with theirs." Asuka snorted. "Good job with your arm."
"We have a clear path! To the command center!" They heard a soldier say, and instantly Shinji realized his mistake.
"Damn it!" He shouted, before attempting to run back into the fray. However, his good arm was grabbed by another.
"Baka-Shinji, leave this to me." Asuka forcibly pulled him backwards, causing him to fall on his limp arm. Shinji screamed in pain as Asuka took his place. In front of Shinji's eyes, Asuka's modified positron rifle shot out three bursts, the barrel then glowed a dark red from overheat, as Asuka threw it next to him and pulled out her progressive knife.
"ASUKA! NO!" Shinji shouted, as he got up and ran after her.
Soldiers smiled as their barrage of anti-vehicle shells flew towards the red armored Child, and their smiles grew wider when a certain purple armored Child took the blow for her.
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"SHINJI IS DOWN!" Shigeru shouted. "EMERGENCY TEAM SENT!"
"SHINJI! God damn it, is Armisael ready yet?" Misato sounded a cross between angry and horrified.
"Armisael will be ready in 10 minutes." Maya said, reading the data on her console.
"Damn! Not fast enough! Ramiel is still dormant, I assume?"
"Energy is still recharging."
"Do we have any hosts for Iruel or Bardiel?" Misato's frustration grew.
"No computer-based weaponry remains in NERV, and Bardiel has nothing stronger than humans as a host." Misato was about to speak, before Maya continued. "Adam, Lilith and Leliel is too unstable. Commander has denied access."
"Damn! What's Rei's condition?"
"Rei is currently outside of NERV, guarded by Kaworu and Section 2." Maya answered. "She is deemed incapable by the commander."
Misato swore under her breath. She could've sworn that everything was going against her. Now all her resources were gone, and Shinji was about to die.
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Asuka watched in horror as Shinji fell onto the ground, a pool of blood forming beneath him. It seemed she had charged in too recklessly, and to save her life, the boy had pushed her out of the way with his elbow. Turning to his assailants, she unleashed her full fury with the knife she held in her hands. Most of what remains after the multi-burst fire from her rifle had been killed in the most brutal fashion by the well-trained girl. The two soldiers fortunate enough to escape to the command bridge was promptly given the sight of a purple haired beauty before both their skulls welcomed a new roommate.
"SHINJI!" Asuka screamed after the slaughter, removing his helmet to feel his breath. Feeling none, she began to cry silently behind the opaque visors of her physical mask. The emergency team arrived shortly after, and brought the dying Shinji skillfully to a stretcher before hauling him to the emergency room, leaving a scared Asuka behind.
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"Commander, you really need to stop trying to stop small armies by yourself." The doctor said. "This is the second time you've had to undergo this type of operation."
Shinji tried to laugh, but his bubbling body felt like falling apart at the slightest movement. Instead of laughing, he screamed a high-pitched scream of horrendous pain.
"Don't try to do anything more than talk now, commander. You should know how painful it is to go through the usage of this new technology."
Shinji sighed, his breath warming up a bubbling hole. This time, a yelp was heard. The new regenerative technology was still not perfected, and it still hurt like hell at the slightest change. This was something he had underwent once for his leg. This time, it was for his whole hole-filled beehive of a body.
He turned his head sideways, and saw the cake with heart-shaped icing on top left by his bed. He smiled when he read the note carefully placed so that he could read it.
Don't think I care or something, baka-Shinji! I just don't like to owe debts.
-Asuka
Shinji tried to laugh, but yet another scream sounded down the hallway.
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"Shinji Ikari. You have killed your father, Gendo Ikari in the past. Now, your father, a brilliant mastermind we cannot possibly hope to defeat, has been revived by the Invaders. You are assigned to kill him using the Shitozan." An agent briefed.
"W-wait, I thought we cleared this up! I didn't kill him!" Shinji tried to defend himself.
"Well, we need a scapegoat, and you're it, kid." The agent replied. "Now get out there and kill that bastard." The agent threw the boy out, straight into the cockpit of the Shitozan.
"Fine!" The boy shouted, as he made way to the Ikari Research Institution.
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Asuka felt horrible. She had allowed Shinji to beat her, surpass her, yet again. She was saved by the Invincible Shinji. But that's not all. She is torn between wanting him to die, and wanting him to live. One part of her said she would feel better if he had died to save her, making it seem like an even trade. The other, bigger part told her she needed him, and she shouldn't just throw him away after all they've been through together.
She had promised her mother to be the good little girl she had always been, but her facade of strength grew attached to her like a curse. She relied on it too heavily, and now not only was she a cruel, insensitive female dog, she was also a liar who couldn't keep her promise.
Asuka's guilt had been nibbling her heart, until she had given that cake to him. But now she felt like a love-struck, stereotypical teenage girl, desperate for somebody to care for her. She pulled her knee to her face, and began to weep while listening to her, and Shinji's, favorite song. An ancient song. A popular song. A love song.
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Rei and Touji delivering a container. It had been a long trip, but they endured.
"So we're all that's left of the Shitozan team? Figures, Shinji just left for no damn reason, causing Asuka threw a tantrum and stomped off." Touji commented, but got no response. Just then, they were attacked by an Invader. The Invader was easily destroyed by Rei's Shitozan Doll, but a S2 Shitozan comes out of nowhere and steals the container after damaging Rei substantially.
On top of the evil S2 Shitozan was a cackling Gendo. Rei was stunned by this turn of events, as she simply collapsed from the damage to her psyche and body. The cackling Gendo flew away, and Touji rushed to the damaged Shitozan Doll.
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Shinji arrived at the Ikari institution, only to see an army of Dummy Plug Controlled S2 Shitozans.
Gendo, his father was behind them. Cackling like a maniac.
"FATHER! This isn't the way to use the S2 Core! The S2 Organ should not be abused to create such monsters!" Shinji shouted to the man who no longer was his father.
"What about when your mother died? If there was a S2 Organ... I'm sure that would have substituted for her soul. I'll bring your mother back! Don't stop me, my son. Die!" Gendo screamed, as a superior S2 Shitozan attacked the inferior Shitozan.
"I mustn't run away... I mustn't run away..." Shinji murmured to himself, as he showed the reason he was the leader of the Shitozan team. "SHITOZAN BEAM!" He shouted, as he shot the S2 Shitozan with his positron rifle, twirling out of the way of the incoming Shitozan Knife.
"Wait, what happened to my Zanshito? This is so inconsistent!" Shinji ranted. "DIE!" He cried, as he launched a skull-shattering punch into the S2 Shitozan, destroying it.
Suddenly, the whole army of Dummy Plug Controlled S2 Shitozans disassembled into their component planes, and charged into a being Gendo had called 'Shin Shito'. The massive being was at least a thousand times the size of the Shitozan, its head almost extending into space.
A voice was heard shouting. "SHITOZAN CHANGE! SHIN SHITO!"
"K-Kaworu!" Shinji shouted in disbelief. "W-WHY? WHY ARE YOU BETRAYING ME AGAIN?"
"Foolish boy. It was my fault you were too attached to him. I will not make the same mistake." Gendo said calmly. He disappeared into the lab.
"Damn it... I'll kill you, father!" Shinji shouted, as he jumped out of his Shitozan, and was met by Rei and Asuka.
"W-What are you 2 doing here?" The boy asked, surprised.
"We're here to make sure you don't get yourself into trouble, baka-Shinji!" Asuka said.
"Pilot Ikari. Your father must be stopped." Rei added.
Shinji nodded. "Rei, you're injured. Stay and guard the Shitozan, Asuka and I will go after him." Rei nodded back, as Shinji and Asuka ran after his father.
"I... Have something to confess... Shinji..." Asuka said guiltily.
"What is it, Asuka?" Shinji asked, still running.
"I... Killed your father..." Asuka stopped as she saw the grinning face of the boy she had framed.
"Yes... Good, use my name to commit a crime I was likely to do." The grin grew wider as the boy stopped and turned to the girl. "So that's it, everything was hidden from me. Everybody betrayed me, and everybody left me. Rei never cared, Touji was forced, you and father used me."
Just then, Touji contacted them. "SHINJI! ASUKA! JSSDF IS DROPPING 992 N2 MINES ON THE IKARI RESEARCH INSTITUTE! RUN AWAY FROM THERE!"
"What did you say? 992 N2 Mines?" Shinji's grin turned sadistic. "That's enough to destroy the whole world. That's great, Touji, thanks." Shinji ran towards the institute.
"SHINJI! DON'T GO!" She shouted, but her words went into deaf ears. Now Asuka could only follow.
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Within the institute, a dazzling, new model of the Shitozan was shown. The Shin Shitozan.
Shinji stared with amazement, as Asuka appeared behind him panting.
"That... Is the... Shin Shitozan..." She said between breaths.
"Great. With this, we can stop the N2 mines." Shinji climbed into the cockpit without another word, and Asuka quickly followed.
"If you don't succeed, I don't want to die, baka-Shinji." Asuka said coldly, and got a furious glare in return.
"Shut up! You have no right to act like my friend!"
"S-Shinji..."
"SHIN SHITOZAN, LAUNCH!" Shinji smiled, as he tested the speed of this new model. "This new model is... Awesome!" He smiled, as he fired the new Shitozan Beam. The massive balls of energy stopped some missiles, but others went straight past Shinji. "Make yourself useful, Sohryu." Shinji instructed coldly, as he disassembled Shin Shitozan Baka, and handed control over to the Shin Great Shitozan.
Using the sheer speed Asuka possessed, they tried to catch up to the missiles. However, they were not fast enough, as missiles made impact and a huge Sea of Dirac appeared, the Shin Shito being the center. Just then, the Shin Great Shitozan was disassembled, and Shin Shitozan Baka Fighter's cockpit ejected, and the boosters reversed, causing the small fighter to gain enough momentum to ram into the other two with great effect, throwing them into space away from the sea.
"Asuka... I..." Was all Shinji could say, before he disappeared into the limitless bounds of another dimension.
"SHINJI!" Asuka shouted, tear streaking down her face, before she found herself enveloped in light.
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Shinji woke with cold sweat dripping from his body, making sharp aches whenever it touched one of his bubbling holes.
"That dream... It had a meaning..." He murmured to himself, as he closed his eyes again, hoping to have a more peaceful dream this time.
To be continued... Maybe?
A/N: So ends the Shitozan dreams. Of course, if you are a Getter Robo fan like me, you'd see how different the Shitozan dreams are compared to the real series. Weee, horrah for writing something you haven't seen in years!
Next up, the third Third Impact chapter!
Hehe... Third Third... Funny.
Here's an omake!
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Guilt, the little gremlin wiped the red liquid off his face. Human organs were less tasty than human sweets.
He dug into the cake that was for Shinji, glad to have some real food for once.
"And that girl's heart was small enough to be a bite-sized snack!"