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A/N Thanks to all of my Readers and Reviewers. You guys and gal's rock.
Shinji ZERO
Epilogue
A Time to Shine
Much has happened over the intervening year since the defeat of SEELE.
Nerv and the Eva's have held off 4 world power grabs by ruthless dictators with Evangelions
The city of Tokyo 3 has been rebuilt around now exposed GeoFront
Misato and Kaji have married, though the entire group (Misato, Kaji, Yui, Kyoko, Rei, Rika Shinji, and Asuka) continue to live in the same flat. Against what one would expect everyone gets along rather well in the close proximity. Kaji decided to take the surname Katsuragi as a way of finally laying his past to rest.
In the intervening year Ritsuko, her staff, Yui, and Kyoko developed the Eva Bio Control Computer, a device that replaces the need for an Eva to have a core with an actual control system.
The entry plugs had also been modified. Now that the pilots no longer needed to sync with the Eva as much as before a standard butterfly stick and petal control setup was placed into the plugs, though they still needed a new synthetic LCL. (Think Gundam cockpit controls in an Entry Plug)
After the development of this system Lilith, still as a human, left Unit 00. After the new Bio Control Computer had been installed in Eva's 02 and 01, Lilith resurrected Sachiel and Zeruel as humans. Sachiel as a 4 year old boy and Zeruel a 15 year old, she and the others took the surname Nagisa and moved in with Kaoru, Lilith legally becoming his mother.
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That night was a good one, Toji, Kensuke and Hikari had come back to Tokyo 3 for good. The three were on their way over to the Katsuragi/Ikari/Soryu
Residence for a Misato planed party to celebrate the resurrection of the city and their homecoming. Hikari arrived first. The first thing she noticed was that the apartment was now twice its original size. The second thing she saw was her friend Asuka, lying on the couch, to her surprise with someone else, with blue hair. Just for a moment she cringed, the way they were holding each other screamed boy friend girlfriend. But only one person she knew had blue hair 'oh god please don't let that be Rei' she thought. But she was surprised when the blue haired person sat up a bit, it was Shinji. Upon him telling her of her friend arrival Asuka jumped up and walked over to her
"Hi hikari come in"
"Hay Asuka, it's been a while hasn't"
She looked around, still marveling at the flats new size
"What happened to the place?"
"Well, Baka's mom and sisters moved in so we needed more space. Nerv bought the two flats and knocked the wall down"
"That's cool"
"I got more good news though"
"What is it?"
"Two things, first I wanted you to be the first in our class to know since you're the class rep. Shinji and I have been dating for quiet a while"
Hikari smiled
"That's great Asuka, what's the second thing"
"Its incredible hikari, ya know how sometimes you dream about getting someone back you lost"
The girl nodded
"It happened to me; remember how we told you my mama died"
Hikari nodded again, Asuka pointed to the kitchen table; she then turned back to Hikari and put her hands on her shoulders. Tears visible in her eyes, but she was smiling
"Hikari, my mama is sitting at the table my dream came true"
To say hikari was happy for the pair was an understatement, they had not only found each other, but had gotten their mothers back as well, and then Hikari remembered something Asuka had said
"Wait, what did you mean, Shinji's sisters"
"Yeah umm, we found out right befor the last angel that Rei was Shinji's sister"
"Are you kidding, Rei Ayanami"
Asuka shook her head
"Rei Ikari now, surprisingly, finding out she had a brother thawed our 'Ice Queen' out a lot, we've actually become friends"
Hikari could only smile again
"That's great Asuka"
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Toji and Kensuke arrived a bit later; the first thing they noticed about Shinji was his now blue hair. They sat in the living room grilling him about the last year.
"Guys I cant tell you much"
Kensuke just shook his head
"All we want to know is, why you dyed your hair to match Rei's and are you really dating the Red Devil"
Shinji sighed, he knew this was coming
"Ok one, my hair was always this color, the gene was just recessive until last year and in case you're wondering Rei is my sister"
Toji and Kensuke's jaws were on the floor, the girl they had known since 7th grade was in fact their best friend's sister. Shinji knew the part about the recessive gene was a lie, but he coudn't say anything else.
"And two, yes I'm dating Asuka, and I'm doing so quite happily thank you"
Toji fainted, after he recovered he and Kensuke looked at Shinji in shock, Toji thought about the way Shinji had admitted his relationship with Asuka, then realized something
"Dude, were you just, acting like a smart ass"
"Yeah a bit, sorry"
"Oh hell no don't be"
Then a female voice called from the kitchen door
"Watch your language boys there are ladies in this house"
There stood the woman the two considered a goddess, Misato Katsuragi, and then a glint on her hand caught Kensuke's eye. He readjusted his glasses and screamed like a girl when the golden object on her finger came into focus
"Is that a wedding ring?"
Misato nodded
"Yep, Kaji and I marred a while ago, I thought Shinji told you"
The blue haired boy in question just shook his head
"Haven't had a chance"
Then a blue haired girl who looked a lot like Rei walked into the living room and sat beside of Asuka and Hikari who had gone unnoticed by all in the room but Shinji. Toji was the first to ask the obvious
"Dude who's that"
Kensuke nodded
"Yeah Shinji"
He turned to the girl now on the sofa
"Hay Rika"
"Yes Shinji"
"Could you come here a second"
"Sure"
Shinji marveled at how quickly Rita had progressed as a person, still Rei's progress made hers pale in comparison. Rika waked over to where Shinji was sitting and sat beside of him
"What do you need?"
"Rika these are my friends Toji and Kensuke, guys this is Rika Ikari, my other sister"
Now they were really confused
"But what about Rei"
"She's in the kitchen with mom, oh and you can come out now Asuka"
Said girl stood up, Toji and Kensuke nearly ran when she walked over to where they were
"Hay Rika, mind if I sit with Shinji, you can have the TV"
"Ok"
The blue haired girl got up and went back to the TV, Asuka meanwhile, to the other two stooges horror, sat on Shinji's lap and put her arms around his neck and kissed him
"OH THE HORROR"
They screamed
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The first day back at school had been normal. Well as normal as could be expected. Shinji received dirty looks from nearly every guy in class except the two other stooges. Asuka, to prove her relationship with Shinji, and maybe break some hearts, kissed the boy right in front of the class. Then three new students were introduced.
"Hello my name is Kaoru Nagisa; it is nice to meet you all"
"Im Zeruel Nagisa, Kaoru is my brother, it is a pleasure"
All the girls except Rei and Asuka and Hikari had stars and hearts in their eyes, the two boys, who looked almost identical except for a few details, were hot.
Then came the third, a girl who looked almost exactly like Rei strode into the door. Now word in this school, like all to others, travels fast. And the fact that Shinji and Rei were brother and sister had been confirmed by them at the start of class. The fact that the teacher called out Rei Ikari, instead of Ayanami during roll and that they now had the same hair color also helped, now this
"Hi ya, i'm Rika Ikari, nice to meet ya"
'Oh yeah' Shinji thought 'life has gotten good'
And it had, piloting Eva wasn't painful anymore. He had the girl of his dreams. He had his sisters and his friends at his side. And most of all, he had Misato and his Mother.
The lives of the Eva pilots had finally begun to settle down, though they sometimes had to do regular Nerv stuff and fight, it was a dream compared to the hell their lives had been.
It was finally time to rest.
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That night Shinji and Asuka walked through the park, things had quieted down as the city slipped into bed. They stopped under a tree and looked up at the now visible stars. Asuka just sighed and placed her head on Shinji's shoulder. Shinji had finally worked up the courage to as Asuka the most important question of his life.
"Hay Asuka"
"Yeah"
"We've been together for a while"
"I know"
"I wana ask you something, don't flip though ok"
"I won't"
What Shinji did next shocked the crap out of her. He slipped from the bench, fell to one knee and pulled a gray box from his pocked, she instantly caught on, he was proposing
"I've never been this happy before, and I don't ever want it to end. Sure we've had our rough spots in the past, but we got through it. I know were still young but. Asuka will you marry me"
He opened the box, inside was a 10 k diamond set on top of a simple gold ring, Asuka couldn't believe it, he actually did it. She couldn't hold back anymore. She wrapped her arms around the boy and began to cry
"Yes Shinji, yes I'll marry you"
Shinji pulled back a bit and slid the ring onto her finger. She immediately wrapped her arms back around him
"I love you Shinji Ikari"
"I love you to Asuka Langley…Ikari"
Oh yes they could now finally be happy.
A/N Thank you all for joining me on this adventure. And yes all, I left the ending open so their may be a sequel some day.
But as for this, the ride is over.
The final die is caste.
Thank you all for your support
"Good Night and Good Luck"