Wrath of the Evangelion

Chapter I Shinji Ikari Returns

At the request of many I have rewritten this Chapter. Although you may notice the opening parts of this chapter are the same, I have done extreme revisions. This will probably affect Chapter II which I've already submitted. But please, enjoy this revised version, and if need be I will attempt to revise it again. Note also that this is my first Evangelion Fanfic. I'm just having a go and see how it turns out. So far it's pretty good in the sense that I'm learning from people's opinions and reviews.

"Shinji?" Asuka whispered.

"Ikari is that you?" Rei asked.

Shinji's face then appeared nodding, "Yup it's me. It's been a long time guys."

"Too long if you ask me," Misato's face also appearing, "Are you hear to stay?"

Shinji nodded, "You bet. I've done enough thinking. What do you say freeing Unit 00 and 02 so that we can destroy that Angel?"

Asuka giggled before speaking, "Actually Unit 02 is not longer in use. What you are looking at are Unit 02-A and Unit 14." Shinji merely nodded as the restraining clamps released the two Eva's as they stood on either side of Shinji's Eva.

"Oh by the way Shinji what should your Eva be designated as so that our computers won't confuse you as something else?" Misato quickly asked.

"Unit 01-X" Shinji replied as he charged headlong passing pistols to Rei and Asuka before extending two blades one from each forearm. Rei and Asuka quickly followed suit and withdrew their Progressive Knives. Shinji quickly jumped over Adam and he quickly thrust his blades into the back of Adam. Instantly the angel howled with pain of two blades piercing its body through its core. Rei and Asuka were firing their pistols aiming at Adam's heart but finding the pistols hard to control as of their powerful recoil. Eventually the two had reached the angel the two of them also thrusting their knives into Adam's chest. Adam let out a powerful and shrill scream as it exploded throwing the Eva's off their feet flying backwards. Luckily there were weapons locker buildings to stop them from flying to far.

Soon the dust died down as where Adam once stood was nothing but a massive crater. All of them panting quickly wiped the sweat off their foreheads getting up and heading towards the elevators that would take them back down.

"Hey Misato is my spot till vacant?" Shinji asked.

"You betcha. Just go to building A-1 and that will lead you down to your old spot. By the way, your Eva, is that a refitted version of your Eva?"

"Nope, it's scratched built. Eva 1 is going to be brought in shortly by the Chinese."

"You're telling me that you've been hiding out in China for the past four years you baka?" Asuka asked in disbelief.

"Umm…yeah sorry if I've worried you," Shinji replied in his usual manner except he looked at Asuka with a smile.

"Glad that you've lost the attitude" Asuka smirked, "I like his confident Shinji way better than that wimp."

"Oh that wimp is still here, he's just wiser and knows when to and not be a wimp."

"Good for you Shinji. Glad to see that you've changed as well," Rei said.

"I hate to break up this little chat, but can we do this inside please?" Misato called out.

"Sorry," all three of them replied as they made their way into the elevator shafts.

"Hey Shinji just wondering, is your Eva compatible with the current restraining clamps?" Misato asked.

"Yup, I made sure that the designer made my Eva compatible with this system," Shinji replied. Pretty soon all three machines were hooked up and headed back down as the city began to resurface. Soon all three machines returned.

Misato as well as Ritsuko came out to greet Shinji were in awe as they saw Shinji's unit. Although it bore resemblance to Unit 01, it still had its difference. The thighs had built-in pistol holsters; the head had small tusks protruding from the sides, the holster for the progressive knives were still the same. The knee guards were barely noticeable and the forearms had extendable progressive blades attached as well. The armour was also different colour. The head and abdomen was white but everything else was black. Before the two could continue to be amazed by Shinji's unit they were interrupted by a familiar voice.

"I'm glad that my machine has captivated you, but can we do this else where?" Shinji asked with a broad smile on his face.

"Yeah c'mon you two we don't have all day. We do want to get on with our lives and I want to show Shinji's around," Asuka spoke up.

Ritsuko merely laughed as she led the group into the briefing room. They all took a seat and Ritsuko quickly pulled out a file from a folder she was carrying handing it to Misato.

"As you know, Shinji has been listed as M.I.A. for quite some time now," Misato flatly stated, "Luckily I prepped the paperwork that will reinstate him. That is if you wish to be. Also if you are to be reinstated you will regain your commission and return to active duty as an Eva pilot, as part of the Japanese Air Force with the rank of Captain, as the other two are. So do you wish to return?" placing the form before Shinji

Shinji's face expressed a bit of disappointment, "If you guys still need me I suppose that I'll have to reinstate myself. I originally went back into the cockpit of an Eva to help the two. I'm assuming that I'm going to have to ditch my current Plug Suit?"

"That is correct. You will be issued with a new Plug Suit," Ritsuko replied, "Oh and I'm just wondering, is the Entry Plug for your current Eva the one for your previous one?"

"It's the old one but what does that have to do with anything?" Shinji inquired slightly confused.

"We are familiar with the mechanics behind the old ones which allows us to refit it much easier instead of having to learn the designs of the plug," Ritsuko replied flatly.

"I guess that makes sense," leaning back into his seat looking up at the ceiling.

"Now that has been settled, would you please sign the form as so that we can get this over with?" Asuka bluntly pointed as she held the form and her face centimeters away from Shinji's face.

"Oh yeah sorry," Shinji replied, blushing. He then grabbed the form as well as a pen that was passed to him and signed the form.

"Well now that Ikari has signed the form, is there anything else in this debriefing before we can go?" Rei asked flatly in her usual monotone.

"Just one more thing," Misato said as she faced Shinji, "Do you have the plans to Unit 01-X?"

"Chinese Government is sending the plans along with Unit-01," Shinji replied.

"Well have fun. I'm sure you guys have lots to catch up on. You're always welcomed to my place," Misato stated smiling broadly, "Heck in fact I haven't really touched your room except to organize it for your return."

"Thanks Misato. Really appreciate it. I'll see you later tonight." And with that Shinji, Asuka, and Rei left the briefing room. Before they headed towards the change room the three of them headed back out into the hanger to marvel at Shinji's unit.

"It's a real piece of work Shinji. Who designed it?" Rei asked.

"A friend of mine that was part of the original Evangelion Project in China," Shinji replied.

"Really? I didn't know an idiot like you would meet anyone that could come up with something so cool and powerful?" Asuka stated in surprise.

"I know. It sometimes surprises me too. Oh I almost forgot," Shinji quickly ran up to the entry plug but instead of entering it he slid along it onto the back of his unit, ran up to its head and detached a pack from its head. He then ran up along the plug again with a bit of difficulty, hopped off and went back to the girls.

"What's in the box?" Asuka asked extremely curious as to the contents.

"Just a set of clothes for me to wear. Oh by the way I got the two of you a little something while I was in China. Let's head into the change room and I'll show you."

When the two of them headed into the change room, Shinji pulled out a pair of shoes as well as jeans and a shirt that had his name written on the back in Chinese. He also pulled out a black t-shirt which said, DON'T TOUCH ME! Written on the back and on front on the left chest was the German flag. Asuka although loved it merely said a simple thank you and walked off to have a shower before trying on the shirt. For Rei he gave her a simple blue short sleeve summer dress. Rei simply blushed as she also went for a shower. Glad that the two girls still respected him, although Asuka showed less as normal, he quickly went for his shower as well.

Soon the three of them were topside, walking through the park Asuka and Rei were going through earlier that day, talking about their lives and what they had been doing. Shinji had just finished high school a couple weeks before returning to Japan as he had spent a year by himself think. The three of them were going out for lunch, when Rei left to meet up with her boyfriend.

That left Asuka and Shinji, when he decided to ask her something, "When did Rei get a boyfriend? In fact how did she become so cheerful?"

"Well after you disappeared and the rest of us managed to stop Third Impact, your father died. In fact his death was the very thing that prevented it as he gave his life to separate Rei from Lilith. Rei was changed after that. Seeing Gendo died changed her. Oddly enough it was his oppressiveness that made her the way she was. It was slow, but eventually she opened up and she's now the happy cheerful girl she is today. As for the boyfriend, he helped her through the entire way the moment she started school again. They've been going out for 2 years now."

"Interesting. What about you? Have you done much besides school?" curious as to what she had been doing with her life.

"Not much really. Although I've tried going out with guys none of them seem to suit me. Heck most of them merely went out with me for my body. Rei and I were the 'sexiest' girls in school so boys from all ages, types and groups wanted to go out with us. However Max, that's Rei's boyfriend, kept those jackasses off us, well mostly her. You already know that I can easily take care of myself," Asuka explained, "I tried going out with them once, thank god I remembered my training because that jackass I went out with almost raped me. Worst experience yet save the time I got my arms of my Eva chopped off by the 14th Angel. Now that was painful."

Shinji laughed before responding, "Well it seems that you've at least tried to keep your life interesting."

"But what about you huh?" Asuka asked glaring at Shinji, "I mean c'mon! You've been for what, 4 years now and all of a sudden you show your ass around this place again and act as if you just came back from a trip!" waving one of her arms as she ranted.

"Ok, ok I'm sorry ok?" Shinji brought his hands up defensively, "I took off initially to do some thinking ok? I was tired with the way I was living my life and I just roamed the world with just my Eva. After a year I was finally able to snap out of my depressive state and lose my attitude. So do you mind resisting the need to bite my head off? At least I came back."

"You may have come back, BUT I STILL WANT TO KILL YOU, YOU IDIOT!" Asuka yelled as she raised a fist to hit Shinji in the head. Shinji freaked but was able to dodge but then started running as he still feared the hot headed Asuka whenever she got mad.

Meanwhile back at NERV HQ Ritsuko was studying the plans of Eva Unit 01-X as well as a series of other Eva Units the Chinese Government has proposed while crews outside were transporting Eva Unit 01 into the storage facility to be stored with Unit 02.

"Amazing. This Unit is much more powerful than the original. It's actually easier to go into Berserker Mode than the other units. It's probably meant to only for Shinji since he does have a greater sync ratio than everyone else. But we still don't fully understand how to trigger Berserker Mode. Maybe though….Shinji or whoever designed this has found a way. I'll have to ask him the next time we meet. Now let's see," as Ritsuko looked through the plans, "A set of Progressive Knifes and a set of Progressive Blades? Interesting…they've attached those kinds of blades onto the forearms, very useful indeed. Even combat pistols? How much work did the Chinese people put into this? Heck who even designed this? SunCe Du? Wow he's really good. I have to compliment him. Although there are a few aesthetics here that is useless like the tusks. Either that or that's meant for Berserker Mode," with that Ritsuko continued to go through the plans of Unit 01-X when, "What's this? These two systems were experimental. Unless….oh my god. This guy has actually done his homework. This is incredible. I could understand the original unit because of its occasional Berserker rampages it has accumulate some things, but to think that this SunCe fellow was able to design something like these two for this unit is utter genius," Ritsuko gave a small laugh, "So, it seems that Shinji has made some powerful friends in China."

So what do you guys think Ritsuko was talking about? I'm not telling. You have to guess. Find out in the next chapter. Oh and thanks to those who've been criticizing my work to help me see the faults of my work. Thanks a lot. Please leave your reviews. It would be very much appreciated.