Chapter #3 "Living with the Devil"

Shinji was reading a letter from his father it read:

Come, I have a need for you.

Your fare has been paid for and Major Katzuragi will pick you up from the train station in Tokio-3 at the time of your arrival.

Gendo Ikari

Adjacent to the letter was a photo of a young woman with lavender colored hair and perfect figure, also inside was enclosed his ticket to Tokio-3.

Shinji woke up and dressed in one of his black suits, he put on his Rolex Submariner and walked of to where he new Lucifer would be waiting for him.

On the past eleven years Shinji had become something like a surrogate son to Lucifer, he was known both to his enterprises and the old man from SEELE as Lucifer's protégé and would not only be asked his opinion but it would be valued by the people that Lucifer had placed in charge.

When arriving to the place where Lucifer was sitting having breakfast he sat down and said "He has asked me to come to Tokio-3 just like you told me all those years ago that he would"

Lucifer sighed in the last eleven years he had grown extremely fond of Shinji and together they had become not only as close as father and son but also as teacher and pupil.

In the time that Shinji had spent with him he had been tutored by the best minds in the field of both business and economics, and by the age of fourteen he already had a diploma form the university of Berlin in Business Math and one from the university of Tokio-2 he had received a degree in applied Economics.

But also when he became eight years old Lucifer had given him divine powers till some extent for example he could for see certain events and could therefore predict drops in the stock exchange as well as see if the person was lying to him, he could heal fully other people and had developed the ability of sensing his surroundings from animals to people.

He had some friends in Okinawa and they would come to visit him once in a while of course they knew nothing of Lucifer and Lucifer told him that he would prefer it so, anyway there was no reason for that.

"It is the first time that he has asked to see you and is the first time that he has asked you to go to him, what will you do?" Lucifer asked looking a little sad about it himself.

Shinji thought about it for a moment well he really didn't like his father. Lucifer had told him that the man had gone till some extent crazy after Eva-01 had absorbed his mother Yui.

The last time that he had seen the man that had once taken the place of his father was three years ago, he went to his mothers grave only to find that the man was also there.

He sat on a small stool that he had brought along with his cello and played the suite #1 for cello by Johan Sebastian Bach, he looked around and after he finished he talked about half an hour about what he had done in the past four weeks, he had taken it as a sort of tradition that he would visit his mothers allegedly grave at least once a month to tell her what he had achieved.

Since then he had said nothing to Gendo and now that he had asked for him he really had to think what he would do about it, he supposed that there was a small possibility that he would want to restart a relationship with him, but he placed a check on his hopes, he already had Lucifer who besides his busy schedule always found time for him, from concerts and parent teacher meetings to teach him how to drive and giving him a car for his birthday a year ago.

"I think I will see what he wants of me, but before I go there I will need to sort out where I will be staying, I really don't want to be depending on 'him' for anything" Shinji said putting a lot of emphasis on the word him.

"Oh don't worry about it I will take care of that you on the other hand better pack since I would like you to take some of your personal belongings with you"

With that the both of them went to get ready to go to the Bank where Shinji would meet Lorenz Keel the most influential man within the secret organization SEELE of course after Lucifer.

When they arrived at the bank Shinji and Lucifer were greeted warmly by everyone from the post man to the janitor and senior executives, when they entered their office which had two desks with a few papers, a telephone and a computer they sat on the conference table to wait for there guest.

As soon as Lorenz Keel entered the room Lucifer stood and greeted him warmly "Hello Lorenz how good to see you old friend"

"Good to see you to Lucifer old friend" said Keel shaking hands enthusiastically with the tall man in black "and this most be, your charge Shinji Ikari"

Shinji stood up and respectfully shook hands with the man; he had learned from early on in his life with Lucifer of the twisted plans that SEELE and in particular this man had, about creating third impact so that they would be able to become gods on earth.

"You wanted to meet me sir?" asked Shinji in his best behaved voice, which made Lucifer smile warmly at him knowing full well that he really hated the man and that the reason he was here was linked to fact that he had received a letter from Gendo who happened to be commander of NERV.

"Yes I did son, yes I did" said Keel "I understand that you received a letter from your father?"

"Yes he contacted me today, asked e to meet him in three days in Tokio-3 however I haven't made my mind as of yet whether I will go or not"

"That is understandable kid" said Keel with an attempt to a fatherly smile on his face "however if you were going would you mind doing a little favor for us?"

"Well that would depend on the favor you are asking, but seeing as how Lucifer holds you on such a high esteem I will definitely take it in consideration"

"What I would like son is for you to keep an eye on commander Ikari and tell us if there is anything amiss with him"

"I will try to do so sir" said Shinji in truth he knew that hew wouldn't have the level to actually see him a lot but then again one never truly knows.

After the little meeting Shinji had a small reunion with his school friends and was saying good bye to them since he didn't know how long he would be staying at Tokio-3.

The next day early in the morning Shinji started to pack a small bag with his things that he would personally take to Tokio-3.