Heaven and Hell

Chapter I Angel Attack

Well, I'm a little disappointed that I've only received three reviews, but hopefully this update will draw attention. Please spread the word of this story to any and all Shinji/Rei fan. It's got fluff, it's got romance, it's got drama, and all. So please spread the word, and enjoy Chapter I of Heaven and Hell. Also, please note that I will be using ideas from the Manga as well, so to those who think Rei has gone OOC, that's only because I'm using her characteristics from the Manga. I have nothing to work with in terms of the anime. She's too bloody dry in that. Anyways, enjoy.

"All normal lines are down due to the special state of emergency," a monotonous voice spoke from a phone.

"No good," a boy sadly muttered as he hung up the phone. The boy sighed heavily as he ran his hand through his chestnut brown hair. He looked up into the sky as the sunlight reflected off his sad cobalt blue eyes. He had a thin frame, not all that strong, and had these three thin lines on his left arm. From the joint where the arm met the body, one line trailed down in a semi-spiral to the pit of his elbow, the second one, also semi-spiralling down to his elbow, and the third ran across his chest, where it stopped over his heart. It was his birth mark, and yet the marks looked more like scars from battle. For he though, did not care, as that was the only thing he had that was truly his.

The boy let out another sigh again and stared into the phone, "I knew I shouldn't have come," he muttered as he picked up his duffle bag. He looked to the picture of the person that was supposed to come pick him up. He had long purple hair that reached about halfway down her back, brown eyes, and was apparently wearing red lipstick. She wore a yellow, thin strapped tank top, and extremely blue short shorts. Her name was Misato Katsuragi, and from a normal boy's perspective, he would've considered a hell of a hot babe, especially with the promiscuous arrow pointing right at her valley. However, he was no ordinary boy. He was abandoned by his father at a very young age, and lived with aunt and uncle until now where he's been apparently summoned by his father.

"I may not be able to meet her," he muttered, "Oh, well. Guess I'll go to a shelter." He suddenly looks up to see on the road in front of him, a pale skinned blue haired girl standing there, clad in a school uniform. A sudden rustling draws his attention, to see a flock of birds fly off. He looks back to see the girl missing, and ponders for a moment before he is overcome with a pain in his head. His knees slightly buckle as he leans against the phone booth for support.

"I definitely knew I shouldn't have come," he groaned as images of his abandonment flooded his mind, "This place has too many memories that I've fought to forget. Tou-san…why…why are you doing this? Why do you even need me?" his train of thought was suddenly interrupted by a large rumbling, pulling him out of his train, and diverting his attention from the pain in his head as he instinctively covered his ears and close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he looked back, out towards the mountains were a whole squadron of UN VTOLs were backing away from something. The cause of the retreat soon revealed itself as it lumbered through the countryside and into the city. There, a massive 50 foot (15.2m) monster lumbered through. It had broad shoulders, its upper body triangularly shaped, leading down to a pair of thin nimble legs, where a set of gills breathed in and out at its hips. The creatures upper arm were also triangular shaped, and from the elbow down, its forearm was relatively thin, its hands consisting of three fingers; its arm reaching halfway down its shin. On its chest, was a red orb, surrounded by 4 curved bone coloured spikes, while on its back, six spikes could barely been seen, three lining each side of its back. On each shoulder, massive pieces of the bone coloured armour covered it which reached halfway down the upper arm. Its face was circular, with a thin and long triangle piece at the bottom, which was supposedly its chin. The skin itself was an oily black substance that shimmered in the afternoon sunlight.

"What the hell?" the boy exclaimed in surprise. A loud sound emanated from behind him, drawing his attention. He turned around to see a series of cruise missiles whiz pass off him, as they cruised through the city until it impacted the creature, arching its back as further missile impacted upon the creature. As the smoke cleared, a bright lance shot out as it struck one of the VTOLs as it crashed in a road near where the boy was, causing him to fall. The creature suddenly began to glow a bright yellow as it leapt through the air, landing on the fallen VTOL, as its foot crushed the aircraft as it exploded. The boy brought up his arms in hopes of somehow protecting himself. As he closed his eyes and shut them as he waited for the raging inferno from the explosion, a screech resonated in his ears as the light dimmed down. The boy opened his eyes to see a blue Renaults had pulled up in front of him with the driver door opened. The driver, revealed itself to be Misato Katsuragi, wearing a black knee length, sleeveless dress, with a white cross pendent, a pair of rouge drivers clothes and a pair of black sunglasses.

"Gomen ne," she called out, "I had engine trouble. Get in."

"Hai," the boy cried out as he grabbed his fallen duffle bag. He got onto his feet and ran around to the other side of the car were he opened the door, tossed his bag into the back and sat down. Before he could even buckle himself, he let out a yelp as Misato shifted gears and reversed as the creature took step forward, its foot landing where the Renaults once was. As she reverses, she turns the car to the right, and then shifts gears as she speeds forward, away from the monster. As they tore through the empty streets of Tokyo-2, the boy held on to dear life as he struggled to strap himself in. however each time his hands left the door handle and the seat, his body started to shift left and right that he had to re-grasp his anchors and prayed for some force to keep him alive.

"Sorry about this," Misato cried out as she continued to drive, "But with this place now a war zone, need to get out of here fast."

"It's no problem," the boy cried out as he held on. They drove for a bit longer, soon stopped at a lookout on an empty highway, giving a good view of the battlefield. Misato grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked out to the battlefield. As the creature entered a ravine, the squadron dispersed, in an almost frantic manner.

"Whoa it can't be," she muttered, "THEY'RE GONNA USE AN N2 MINE! GET DOWN!" She instantly pulled the boy down from the window, as moments later the area was engulfed a blinding white light, followed by a powerful shockwave. As the wave of energy approached the car, it began to rock back and forth with the approach of the wave. Upon contact, it toppled over, as it flipped over several times before landing hard on the passenger side. Soon enough both stuck out their heads, as the watched the aftermath from the nuclear weapon, as the wind from the aftershock blew their hair back.

The two of them clamoured out of the car as Misato asked, "Daijoubu desu ka?"

"Hai," the boy replied, "But there's something crunchy in my mouth."

"That's fine," she replied as the two of them leaned against the roof of the vehicle, "Are you ready?"

When the boy didn't respond, she yelled out, "Here goes!" the two of them struggled as they pushed against the roof, trying to tip it back on its four wheels. Soon the task was done, as the car was back on all fours albeit a big wreak.

Misato clapped her hands a few times before she placed her hands on her hips and faces the boy, "Thanks for the help!"

"Er," the boy meekly replied, "It was my pleasure Katsuragi-san…"

"You can call me Misato," she replied, as she whipped of her sunglasses, smiling at the boy, "It's nice to meet you, Ikari Shinji."

"Same here," he replied.

A While Later

"Sure. Don't worry," Misato stated as she spoke into a phone in her car, "His protection is my top priority. Prepare a car train for us; a linear one, please." Shinji continued to stare out the window as Misato spoke.

"Yes, I'll take full responsibility for him, since it was my idea to meet him. Ja." And with that, she hung up her phone. It was then Shinji looked at Misato, deep in thought. About what, he did not know, and was unsure if he wanted to know.

"Ano, Misato-san," he called out, and when she didn't respond, "Ano, Misato-san," this time a bit louder.

"Eh, what?" she quickly replied, looking at him.

"Is it okay that you did that?" he asked suspiciously, referring to the batteries they had 'acquired' and had used to power up her car.

"Ah, it's okay, no problem," she cheerily replied, "It's an emergency. We can't do anything if the car doesn't run. In addition, even if I don't look like it, I'm an international officer. So it's okay."

"That doesn't seem like a very good excuse," he replied back, in an almost bored tone.

"Boring boy," she whined, "You look so calm, despite your pretty face."

"You think so…?"

"Hmm, are you angry?" she teased, only to result in annoyed look from the boy.

She chuckles a bit as she spoke again, "Gomen, gomen. It's natural because you're a boy."

"You're childish for your age, aren't you, Misato-san?" he cheekily retorted. She looked back at him with an equally annoyed face, as she suddenly drove hard left and right, scaring the living daylights out of Shinji before she entered a tunnel. After that little stunt, Shinji kept his mouth shut in fear that Misato would do something similar to what she just did moments ago.

After about a half an hour or so of driving, they reached a blast door with a half leaf symbol with the word NERV emblazoned on the door in red. The door hissed opened as it revealed a slot wide enough to hold a car. Misato slowly brought the car in into position, as the door behind them closed to a shut, followed by the lights turning red.

"The special agency, NERV?" he curiously asked.

"Yes," she replied, "A special organization direction attached to the United Nations."

"It's the one my father belongs to, isn't it?"

"Well, yeah…do you know what he does?" Shinji remains silent, and looks ahead, as the lights turn back to a normal set, as the train began to come to life.

"My uncle told me it's an important job to protect the human race," he finally answered. Misato decided then to remain silent, as they rode the train. It was a rather awkward silence, especially now since the topic of his father was brought up. Misato looked at the boy worriedly as he stared at the dashboard in front of him, almost as if deep in thought.

'Why am I here? Why does tou-san need me? In fact, why the hell did I even come here? If I know him, he probably just needs me to do something, and then send me back. That's what happened when he was left at his uncle, and his father simply walked away, without as much as a word. That memory to this day continues to haunt his memories, despite all his efforts to block out his past, that one memory would not leave him. And he feared that being here would force him to remember every single thing that he had worked so hard to forget.

"Are we going to where my father is?" he weakly asks after some time.

"Well yeah…we are," Misato replied, "By the way, were you given and I.D. by your father?"

The boy slightly jumps in surprise and look at her for a moment before replying, "Oh, hai." He then began to rummage through his bag as pulled out a piece of paper that had been ripped up into 3 or 4 pieces, and handed to her. She looked it over, and put it down, and pulled something out from a pouch on the back of her seat.

"Then, read this," holding a book in front of his face. Shinji took a moment to look at it. It was rather thin, bound in a tape that read, 'FOR YOUR EYES ONLY,' the cover was of shade of green, with the words Welcome to NERV written on the cover in black. He took the book and stared at it intently for a while.

"It's about my father's work," he said aloud, then turning to face his driver, "Is there anything for me to do?" However Misato remained silent, her arms behind her head as she started at the ceiling of her vehicle.

"I can't say I'm surprised. He never writes me, unless he wants me to do something."

"Soka," Misato replied, "You consider him a tough customer. I feel the same." Shinji snapped his head back towards Misato, and stared at her incredulously. Suddenly the scenery changed from a dull, dark tunnel, to a massive underground dome structure.

"Sugoi," he exclaimed, as he began to examine his surroundings, "A real Geo-Front!"

"That's right," Misato proudly replied, "This is NERV's secret headquarters. It's also the foundation for rebuilding the world for the human race."

Below was a vast forest of green, with a beautiful blue lake in the middle with a green mass in the middle. The late afternoon sun made the water glow a bright orange, glimmering brightly, as it reflected the spires that hung from the ceiling. It was a sight to behold. Rails lead from the ceiling of the Geo-Front all the way down to a pyramid on the center island. There it stood proudly, a mighty pyramid of power, with an inverted pyramid pool before it, every wall bearing the NERV symbol. Its royal blue appearance boldly stood out in the forest green and ocean blue mass that is surrounded it, exuding a majestic aura of royalty.

A While Later Again

"That's strange. I'm sure this was the right way…" whined a highly exasperated Misato, as a set of doors opened, causing a gust of wind to blow at them.

"That's why I hate wearing skirts in this place," she grumpily mumbled, as the conveyer belt pulled them along, "Anyway, where has Ritsuko gone? Gomen ne, but I'm not familiar with this place."

"We passed here some time ago," Shinji commented, as he continued to read the handbook which hid his face.

Misato grunted slightly, then suddenly speaking in an optimistic manner, "Demo, daijoubu! All systems exist to be used." Shinji merely sighed in boredom and continued to read the manual Misato had given him. They soon reached an elevator that was supposedly would take them to where they needed to be, when the elevator stopped and the doors opened.

Misato instantly cringed in surprise as she smiled and laughed nervously, speaking in an equally nervous tone, "Uh…Hi, Ritsuko…" Ritsuko had short blond hair that slightly flared out below her eyes, green eyes, thick eyebrows, red lipstick, a pair of diamond shaped maroon earrings, and a mole below her left eye. She was merely clad in a teal one-piece swimsuit, with a white lab coat.

Ritsuko stepped forward, nudging Misato back as she did, saying, "What are you doing Captain Katsuragi? We're short of hands and time!"

Misato laughed nervously, as she slightly bowed, brought her right hand forward, her hand in a karate chop stance, held it in front of her face, the nails pointing up and said, "Gomen."

Ritsuko sighed wearily, as she directed her attention towards Shinji, "Is he the one?"

"Yes," Misato replied normally, "According to Marduk's report, he's the 'Third Child'."

"Nice to meet you," Ritsuko greeted.

"Hai," he responded, looking up from the handbook.

Misato smirked as she spoke, "He's very much like his father…neither one is loveable."

For the rest of the trip to wherever they were suppose to go, Shinji had remained silent, his nose in the book as he absorbed the information the handbook had to offer. As they went along, Shinji caught some things, such as status of a Shogouki (Unit One) chances of activating is very low, something about an 09-system, B-Type equipment, and other stuff, but Shinji didn't really pay attention, as he did not believe it concerned him whatsoever, so he let them talk. Upon reaching the top of the escalator they seemed to have gotten on without his attention, the walked down yet another hallway until they mounted a boat, and sped off to the other side. When they reached the other side, they got onto a platform, walked up a small set of stairs and entered where everything was pitch black, save for the pillar of light from the door.

Once they had entered, the door behind them closed shut, causing Shinji to jump in surprise, "Huh! It's pitch black." Suddenly a spotlight engaged as it revealed a giant purple head with white eyes. Shinji jumped back in surprise as he stared at the massive machine before him. It was purple, with two red slashes under each of its eyes, and one above both, and in-between its eyes; was a long horn. Its mouth was of a lighter shade of purple, in which it had a crooked line running across his face, forming what could be consider an evil grin.

"A face…A gigantic robot…," he muttered as he started at the monster. Suddenly, the pain from earlier that day came back to him, as he fell to his knees, clutching his head tightly, the book now forgotten on the bridge they stood on.

He groaned loudly as he yelled out, "No, no, no, no, please, I don't want these." He let out a painful yell as he was flooded with images. He saw himself as a 4 year old toddler hugging his mother in the odd suit that she wore, how she entered Evangelion Unit 01, but never came out, how his father became cold and distant, he instantly remembered the pain from the incident, and every single thing that happened that day. He remembered the hurt, the pain, the sadness, the loneliness, and even the anger of how his father changed after that day.

Shinji gasps as the pain subsided, looking up at the face of the machine as he utters, "Evangelion."

Misato suddenly looks at him in surprise, "But…how did you know what it's called?"

"He was here when he was 4," Ritsuko explained, eliciting a gasp of shock from Misato before she redirected her attention towards Shinji, "I'm glad you remember Shinji-kun. This is as you know, Shogouki. It was built in secrecy. This is mankind's last chance. This is also, the second of your mother's two creations."

"So…this is what my father's been working on?"

"Correct," a voice bellowed out. The three of them suddenly look up to a platform above Unit 01's head. There stood a man clad in a black uniform, with a red turtle neck, and the zippers and the cuffs of his tunic were gold. He appeared to be the age of over 50. He had dark chestnut hair, much like Shinji, a large beard, his face showing signs of aging along his cheeks, nose, and the lower part of his forehead. He also wore a pair of circular tinted glasses that hid the true colour behind his eyes.

"It's been a long time."

"Tou-san…" the boy weakly stated, instantly looking away from him. A painful silence settled in as the two simply waited for one or the other to say anything.

After a moment of silence, he smirked and ordered, "Move out."

"Move out!" Misato cried out in surprise, looking straight at Ritsuko, "Zerogouki is frozen," then looked to Unit 01 and back, "You don't mean that you're activating Shogouki?"

Ritsuko simply stared back as she coolly replied, "We have no choice."

"Wait a minute," Misato protested, "We can't have Rei pilot it!" then something really bad hit her, "We have no pilots!"

"One has just arrived."

"Are you serious?" she asked in a near growl

"Ikari-Shinji-kun," Ritsuko called, drawing the boy's attention, "You will pilot it."

"But it took Ayanami Rei seven months to synchronize with Eva," Misato further protested, "He just arrived. It's impossible."

"He just needs to take a seat," Ritsuko countered, "We don't expect him to do any more than that."

"But…"

"At present," Ritsuko interrupted, "Intercepting the Angel's attack is our top priority, even if there is little potential of synchronizing with Eva. We have no choice. Do you understand, Captain Katsuragi?"

"You may be right…" she weakly replied, in a defeated tone.

"Tou-san," Shinji dark called out, "Why did you call me?"

"For exactly the reason you think."

"Do you mean that I should pilot this, and fight against the thing I saw?"

"Of course," was his cold reply.

"NO WAY!" he bellowed as tears welled up in his eyes, "Why are you saying this now! I thought you didn't want me!"

"I called because I have a use for you."

"I won't do it," he angrily replied, "I WON'T LET WHAT HAPPEN TO KAA-SAN HAPPEN TO ME! How can I even do it when I haven't seen this thing for over 10 years? Answer me that."

"Listen to her explanation."

"No…I can't! It's impossible…I can't allow myself to become another victim of that thing. It took away kaa-san. What chance is there that I won't take me too?"

"You will pilot it now. If not just go home!" As Shinji's father says these words, every personnel present, could only stare at the boy as they waited for his response.

Shinji's mind was racing. He didn't know what to do. He saw the destruction of what that thing was doing, and how so far nothing could stop them. And yet, he wanted to know why his father didn't keep him, and simply trained him. So many questions ran through his mind, so many of them unanswered. Images continued to flood his mind, of his mother, his true father, a lavender haired woman, a blue haired girl with her twin brother of grey hair, both of them with shocking red eyes, even a massive orange Evangelion with 5 eye balls with practically no face. It was all too overwhelming for him, as he started to cry from the images and memories.

Suddenly the structure shuddered violently from an attack from the surface.

"That bastard has found us," he muttered, but was heard regardless, not that he cared. Suddenly another violent explosion occurred, as the entire building shuddered from the force of the attack.

"Shinji, there's not time," Ritsuko stated.

Shinji looks to Misato who stares back at him with her arms crossed and says, "Please get in."

Shinji looks down, "Now way! After coming all this way, it's ridiculous. I didn't want to remember any of this, but now it's all back," he started to clench and unclench his fist, "I can't do it. I won't do it; I don't want to do it. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO IT!"

Misato lowered herself and stared into Shinji's tear stained face, "Shinji…why did you come here?" Shinji just sniffs and looks away, as he continued to silently cry, "Don't run away from your father, or above that, from yourself."

"No," he growled out, "I will not become a tool that will react upon your beckoning."

Seeing that Shinji's resolve was unchanged, "Fuyutsuki," Shinji's father called out, "Wake Rei."

"Is she available?"

"She isn't dead."

"I understand," the voice grunted.

"Rei," he called out.

"Hai," a near inaudible voice replied.

"The back-up turned out to be useless. You will pilot again."

"Hai."

Ritsuko stared at Shinji in disgust for a moment before she looked up somewhere and called out, "Reconfigure Shogouki's systems for Rei. Restart!"

"Ryoukai," a voice replied as it over went the procedures, and the two women walked off in two directions. Misato towards where they came from, Ritsuko to the other end. As they began to reconfigure Unit 01, it's eyes went blank with a click, and was replaced by darkness.

Shinji on the other hand turned around and stared down at the red liquid that Unit 01 was immersed in, as he started to curse himself. He was really regretting ever coming here, as he now once again had to endure the memories of the accident. He had wanted to forget his past, but now, thanks to his father, it has once again returned to haunt his very thoughts and dreams. He hated those memories when he was four. By the time he was 6, he was finally able to suppress all of them save for the image and memory of his father walking away from him, and that alone caused severe states of depression periodically throughout the 10 years he spent with his aunt and uncle. He continued to curse himself, as well as he started to call himself weak and useless, and how he should just die.

Suddenly a ding from his right attracted his attention. He looked towards an elevator to see a doctor and two nurses wheeling in a gurney. As the gurney approached, he could see that someone, clad in white was lying on the bed, with an IV drip attached to the arm. When the gurney approached him, he saw the person, to be a girl. She had porcelain white skin, neck length azure blue hair, and a pair of deep crimson red eyes. She wore what appeared to be a skin tight wetsuit, with the arms exposed. She was covered in bandages all over her body, including her left eye. As they passed, the girl simply had an emotionless look, as she stared up at the ceiling, not even acknowledging the boy she just passed.

The gurney comes to a stop on the other side of the bridge Shinji stood on, as the doctor disconnects the drip from her arm, and then left her. The pale skinned girl sits up on the bed, and turns towards the machine. Shinji couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt and a feeling of familiarity as he watches the girl's face contort in pain, her breathing extremely laboured, as she tries to find the strength to even sit on the bed. Suddenly the building shudders even more violently from another explosion, causing the girl to fall off the bed. Even Shinji falls from the attack, and looks up to see a few of the overhead lights suddenly snap of the supports and fell towards him.

"Watch out!" Misato bellows. However Shinji didn't move, and simply brought up his arms in the feeble hopes that it would somehow save him. He waited for the impact, but it never came. He suddenly looks up to see that the Evangelion had brought up its right arm, and shielded him from the impact. Shinji heard a few things being said, but he didn't care, as he immediately got up and ran up to the fallen girl.

He supported her shoulders with his left arm as he held her close, in hopes to bring her some small comfort. She gasped in pain, as her injuries tore through her. She continued to gasp in pain, as her breathing became extremely laboured. He also noticed that some of the wounds must've reopened, for when he looked at his right hand; he saw blood, her blood, on his hand. He looked back to Unit 01 to see its eyes come back to life, and then looked back to the girl in his arms. It was then he noticed something on her left arm, which made him gasp.

On the upper arm, a single line trailed from the joint where the arm met the shoulder, a scar-like line ran from that point, down to the pit of her elbow. He then looked to his right arm and pulled up the sleeves of both the dress shirt and the blue undershirt, revealing his 3 scar birth mark. He looked at the one that led to the pit of his elbow, then to hers to see that they ran down the same way. Another pang of pain ran through his head, as he groaned, and clutched his head. Suddenly the image of a 4 year old, azure hair girl, with red eyes, wearing a red dress, and buckle shoes appeared in his head.

He gasps as he realises the girl in his arms as he whispers, "Rei-chan?"

The girl opens her one eye and looks up at him, then tilts her head to his arm to see his scars and whispers, "You came back, Ikari-san."

"There's no way you can pilot it. Just rest Rei-chan," he held her close as he looked up to Misato, "I'll do it. I'll pilot it!" he then looks down and whispers, "For you, I will pilot."

"You are not forgiven, Ikari-san," Rei whispers before the pain finally overwhelmed her and she fell unconscious.

And that concludes Chapter I. Stay tuned for Chapter II, which will follow episode two. By the way, can anyone get me Volumes 1-4 for the Evangelion Manga? Because I want to know what happens in the initial stages. Plus do note that the order of angels will follow the Manga, not the series. At least until the 9th Angel, which is the one where Shinji gets absorbed into Unit 01, in which that's the 14th in the anime. Well anyways, that's all from me.

Cheers Ja ne