I was thinking it was time to awake from my slumber and try to get this story off the ground. For three years the idea never left me. No matter what anime I saw, Evangelion always brought back good memories. Now for its respect I'll attempt to continue the plot.

Key : "speech" 'thought' (flashback)

Shinji, reborn, has made his choice. Yet what consequences will that yield? What alteration has happened in his life? But no matter. First we must find out how everyone else is faring AFTER THE BATTLE.

"Nyaaaah!" he let out a huge yawn, "God school's become so boring!" Kensuke Aida checked his watch. "I can't believe I'm 20 minutes late and no one was here apart from some 5 other pupils, no class representative, no teacher," he checked the masses of missing chairs, 'Touji's still recovering from his fight with Shinji. Rei's absent, well nothing new there. Asuka's been moody so she's probably boycotting school completely. Shinji is probably recovering from yesterday's fight. Wow that was a fight to remember, I only saw No14 trash Rei but even that was spectacular!' but the thing that was really bothering him was, "Where in the world is Hikari?!?!?!?!" She was probably the biggest good girl in the whole of Tokyo-3 and now she was skiving school?! 'Unless…' his specs flashed in the sunlight. He had an idea. 'Knowing her she will come and won't be too late. But seems something has distracted her of her way to school. She couldn't have overslept. Which only leaves...' He took out his phone. 'Aha! An sms from Touji saying he's able to walk now, sent to multiple recipients! I have the element of surprise...' He couldn't resist smirking. 'I wonder how far I am correct?' but as he pondered about the success rate, a girl ran through panting. Quickly sitting down at her desk Hikari tried to catch her breath, 'Now!'

"So Hikari," Kensuke approached in his usual friendly tone, "How's Touji?" The girl spun around surprised, a faint rose on her cheeks, "Huh…Oh ye he's good, he can walk and he's feeling great. He even said he might come back to school real soon." A smile slowly developed on her visage, 'Hehe, Bingo! Now to verify the information.'

"Well it seems we won't be having any teaching today. Guess I might as well go check out the absentees. Send my regards to Touji."

"You know you shouldn't skip school…hang on what did you say?" but Kensuke was long gone from the school strolling down Tokyo-3 on his way to Shinji's.

'It's becoming desolate,' he thought surveying the empty streets of Tokyo-3. 'Since No3 came more and more people started leaving. How many angels can this city take before it's wiped out?' He looked at the masses of workers trying to repair Zeruel's damage, 'Well at least there's still someone trying to repair the damage done, so I guess we still have time.'

Ringing the bell he prayed that his distraction will work – he knew that she could tear him into pieces.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT ARSCHLOCH!" the door slammed open, knocking back a concussed Kensuke, revealing a berserk scantily clad Asuka, "I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A BATH SO YOU BETTER MAKE A GOOD EXCUSE!"

"Umm…I kinda… brought you…this…homework," in a panic he tried to get his recent creation from his bag, fearing the Avatar of Rage breathing down his neck, "Here you go. Also here's some class notes you missed."

Asuka grabbed the crumpled papers and glanced at them, "Oh mein gott! This is the easiest trash we could be studying. I did this when I was nine! Anyways thanks for the notes I guess." He started thinking about what will happen when she found out they were fake.

"Oh ye and also Hikari said that Touji's getting much better and will probably come back soon," 'Did I make it too obvious? No she must fall far it, my plan was perfect.'

"Huh, she should be happy. She's been visiting him everyday… has the biggest crush on him I've ever seen," Kensuke had to restrain himself from celebrating his success 'VICTORY!'

"Oh really I didn't know," he couldn't suppress the smirk. "Oh by the way how's Shinji doin…" Kensuke stopped abruptly realising what he has just done. A malign vein started pulsating on her forehead violently, her face was twitching. 'Not good!'

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT BASTARD!" briskly followed by a slamming door, smacking Aida out of the corridor.

"What a mistake to make, jeez," but at least he got what he wanted. 'Wonder how Shinji's doing though. Speaking of which I need to go edit those angel fight clips.'

Angels attack but life carries on. It has no other choice as humans themselves are constructed solely for that purpose. All the children of Adam and Lillith, we must carry on the recycle of souls from and to the Room of Guf. If the process stopped, if the room became empty, it would be the end of the world. And its subsequent rebirth…

One battle, a mere step towards a goal. However it is the fine print that matters not the big. As the result was the same, the path to it was different. And as all children reach for their mother's milk, must all paths lead to the same end, no matter how much they swerve, as it was written in the Dead Sea Scrolls. For no path ends nowhere without a destination, it simply becomes less obvious to follow.

They lay there in each other's arms. They were exhausted to a point of pleasure. Their bodies were tired, yet this empowered rather than weaken them. It was as meant to be.

"They must think I'm such a coward running to you as Shinji got back," Misato was still smiling of the enjoyment.

"Well they can think of it as a celebration to commemorate such an occasion." Kaji lit up.

"I wonder if it's going to be ok? I mean the procedure didn't go to well… but he came back."

"He probably missed you," Kaji had a playful tone. "But he also probably had some unfinished business."

"Just like you eh?" Misato smiled.

Then they both said in chorus, "You didn't use it did you…" And they laughed at the coincidence, as Misato slowly rubbed her stomach. 'I wonder how it feels…to have life inside…' and with that thought she pounced on him again.

However not all were as joyful as that. Dr Ritsuko Akagi was still at the NERV Centre trying to understand what happened, 'The plug was ejected. The LCL poured at all over the facility. We know that the whole of Shinji's composition were in that primordial soup. Yet he came out after the LCL spilled out. How is that possible?' Putting her head in her hands she speculated. She, together with Maya, has rerun the procedure over and over again trying to understand the outcome. But the findings were always the same. The salvaging officially failed. However the body was salvaged from the EVA unit. That possibility was calculated by the Magi to be close to impossible. Ritsuko considered other scenarios as well, but those seemed even more ludicrous. Possibly the EVA unit itself was somehow able to remember all that was in the entry plug and then recreate a Shinji, but how in the world could it have done such a procedure with its own mechanics and no power. Of course they were no ordinary robots, far from it, and we still did not completely understand their functionality. 'Could the EVA give birth to Shinji? No that's preposter…unless it possessed all the necessary chromosomes, had a way of reassembling the carbon structure and reattaching the soul!' She grabbed the nearby file and read, her heart racing, 'EVA Unit-01: designed closely to the 1st Angel attempting to copy their body structure. Piloted for the first time unsuccessfully, with the loss of the pilot material in the Primordial Soup. Pilot name…'

"Yui Ikari!!"

Maya jumped from her sleep in her chair, "No not again!!!" quickly realising where she was she cleared her throat and resumed to type.

"Maya what's the status on the Third Child!"

"Umm… yes Dr Akagi, he is currently in his bed in the NERV medical facility, I'm detecting his temperature reading and weight."

"Thank god," the doctor felt relieved and sat down in her chair, "We will need to do some tests on him soon. But first we can let him back into civilisation tomorrow. We shall see how he interacts."

"Yes Doctor," but after closely looking at her screen, "Doctor I think there might be a…"

"Not now Maya, I'm too tired. Whatever it is it can wait till tomorrow. I need a shower," with that the doctor went off, leaving Maya a bit puzzled and worried as she found out on close examination that what was lying in Shinji's bed weighed 75kg and a had temperature reading of 40 degrees Celsius.

Hmm I'm sure that's not the weight and heat of a 14 year old spineless coward. But we'll see what happens next soon enough. I am hoping to get the next chapter up soon, cos that's where the action finally starts to unfold. Anyways it's good to be back. Read and review.