Creation began on 10-15-17

Creation ended on 07-03-18

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Pink and Heroic

Once he was done basking in the sunlight, Kirby floated over to his spaceship and set a course to where the boy he met many years prior was being held.

"Poyo," he uttered, hoping that Shinji was at least in one piece; if anything awful happened to the boy as a direct result of bringing him back to his ancestral planet, the Star Warrior wouldn't be able to forgive himself for letting him suffer.

-x-

The only person that really knew anything about this Kirby was Shinji…and the boy decided to keep quiet after his father demanded that he reveal all that he knew about the little, pink alien.

"How long do you intend to keep him in the brig for his unwillingness to divulge what he most likely doesn't know how to answer about this Kirby, Ikari?" Fuyutsuki asked Gendo, looking down at the prison cell that held Shinji.

"He either talks or he sits in there," Gendo responded.

"You're being unfair to him. He views Kirby as a hero, and you view him as a…threat when he may not be one at all. How much of a threat is one…pink alien?"

"We don't know what this creature is capable of. It could be carrying pathogens impervious to eradication or some strain of disease."

"Well, your son has been around him for over eleven years, and he tested clear of any diseases. He was the same boy from before you left him."

Ring! Gendo's desk phone rang, and he answered it.

"Yes?" He questioned.

"Sir, uh, that pink hero that defeated the Angel…is on its way to the base," a male voice informed him.

"How long until it shows up?"

"Two minutes."

-x-

Hovering over an empty spot in Tokyo-3, Kirby vacated his ship and floated higher into the air. His intention was to solidify his body and impact his way into the underground base he discovered Shinji was being held in; after deciding that being brought back here to see his father was a grave mistake on his part, Kirby needed to rectify this act.

"Poyo," he uttered, and became a solid, orange boulder falling from the sky towards the city.

SLAM! He struck with sufficient force to smash right through the street and into the Geo-Front, where he quickly changed back and floated towards the NERV base.

-x-

"You've gotta be kidding me," said a female technician as the whole of Central Dogma watched in suspense as Kirby just let himself into the base without any resistance being thrown at him.

Through the commotion, Fuyutsuki silently vacated the chamber and headed towards the brig; if Kirby was here for Shinji, then it was in NERV's best interests to simply…let Shinji go if there was no hope of reconciliation between father and son. He ran as fast as he could and reached the brig where Shinji was being detained and opened the cell.

"Your jolly hero made a commotion by smashing right into the Geo-Front," he told Shinji.

"He did it many times when he had to rescue me from a bad guy," the boy chuckled.

"Come on. I'm getting you out of here and right to him."

"Why? Kirby wouldn't hurt anyone that doesn't deserve it."

"I don't trust your father not to try and hurt anyone else to try and hurt Kirby."

"It's next to impossible to hurt him. Powerful but peaceful, strong yet caring."

-x-

Kirby performed an energy slash at the locked entrance to the metal pyramid and walked inside.

"Poyo," he uttered.

"Stop right there!" He heard a man say to him, raising up a pistol at him. "Surrender, immediately!"

Kirby inhaled and sucked the man into himself, and then blew him out onto the floor, incapacitating him before walking past him.

"What the…" The man expressed as he got up; he felt like he had been transported to a vast abyss for what felt like a long time before being brought back to the base. "What are you?"

-x-

Gendo ordered the halls be flooded with bakelite, but nobody carried out that order after seeing Kirby suck a man into his mouth and spat him out like a vacuum cleaner.

Especially not after someone reported that the Third Child had been removed from his cell by Sub-Commander Fuyutsuki.

"What is he doing?" Gendo demanded.

"Uh, it looks like he's taking the boy right to the alien," answered a man.

Gendo got up and left the chamber, intent on stopping this attempt.

-x-

Nobody made any attempt to stop or even approach Kirby after knowing that the first attempt ended up with a guy getting sucked into his mouth and spat out again. Whenever they saw the jolly, pink alien, they just stood against the wall and waited in silence until he walked (or floated) past them.

Kirby paid them no mind; he understood they were afraid of him, but his concern was Shinji.

Further down the hall, he saw the little boy being led by an elderly man towards him and stopped.

"Hey, Kirby," Shinji greeted him.

"Poyo," he greeted back.

"Stop right there!" They all heard Gendo's voice, seeing down a different corner of the hallway, pointing a pistol at them. "I can't have you running away like before, boy."

Shinji's eyes widened in response to what his father just called him. In fact, ever since he returned from Popstar, his father, not even once, addressed him by his name. It was either "boy", "kid", "child" or "Third Child", not "son" or "Shinji". He was starting to consider that it was his greatest mistake by coming back here, not realizing that time had passed for everyone except himself…and his father. Maybe it was even his greater mistake to think that his father was a good person who was simply misunderstood and everything.

"Kirby, I want to go back to Popstar, please," he told the pink alien.

Gendo, however, felt threatened by this; even if his son hadn't grown an inch since he left him that day, he was confident that he could still use him to pilot the Eva. Even if he had to use rapid growth accelerants on him, he was certain the boy would still be useful to his agenda.

"Poyo," Kirby uttered, but then looked at Gendo; he hadn't seen another human being that was as…cold…or as heartless…as this young child's father currently was.

Kirby had seen many negative individuals before in his past, but this boy's father had to be the most negative he'd seen by far, which made him a possible threat to others if left unchecked to progress any further than currently.

"Poyo… Your father…unyielding…and unfriendly," he expressed to Shinji, who simply looked down at his feet and the floor.

Kirby then walked over to face the man, his eyes exhibiting some degree of anger towards him.

"You will not harm your son, ever again," he told Gendo.

"You can't take him," Gendo responded…and raised his gun at him; this was more out of spite than fear…and he didn't stop to think that this creature was impervious to small arms fire or a simple punch.

Shinji and Fuyutsuki gasped, but Kirby jumped…and head-butted Gendo in his stomach, sending him falling to the floor, losing his gun.

"Aaaurgh!" He groaned.

He tried to get up, but felt a weight on his chest…and saw that it was Kirby on top, looking down at him with contempt.

"Poyo!" He went, and then slapped Gendo's face several times.

"Aaaahh! Stop that! Stop! Aaah!" Gendo yelled, feeling bruised all over his cheeks and nose.

When Kirby ceased, he was bits of purple with a bloody nose. He then hopped off and returned to Shinji, intent on taking him back to Popstar.

Fuyutsuki could've said something to stop the alien, even telling the boy the truth about what happened all those years ago, but then realized that knowing could've simply made things worse than before with Shinji…and let Kirby leave with him.

"I am sorry about all of this, Shinji," he instead apologized to him.

Shinji turned back to look at him…and simply nodded in the positive.

To be continued…

A/N: Patience until the next chapter.