A/N: To Incognito Girl, sorry I couldn't put anything else in for the rest of Shinji and Asuka's week. Just try to imagine Shinji being able to find ways to keep himself busy, while Asuka constantly tries to find ways to get Shinji to pay attention to her. To nick2951, rest assured I WILL NOT pair Rei and Kensuke. To make you feel more secure on this matter, Kensuke won't be paired with anyone at all. As for Shinji and Gendo, give the wimp, the ass, and myself some time. I got something special planned along those lines.
Now my loyal readers, get ready for another vicious take-no-prisoners battle! NERV vs. SEELE Round 2! Last time was a no decision! Both sides really want to take this one! Now on with the story!
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NERV-Launch Bay
Misato was briefing the kids on what was about to happen. They were all to be in for a take-no-prisoners battle against the EVA Series. Asuka was almost ready to refuse to battle. These were the same things that picked her apart last time on the day of 3rd Impact.
"Don't worry Asuka," said a reassuring Shinji. "You're not alone this time. We're all fighting this together. Or you can stay here and we'll fight."
"No way am I being left behind. I'll go.Just stay out of my way," said a now frustrated Asuka.
"Okay, are you six all ready?" asked Misato.
"I am ready," said Rei.
"They are so fucking dead! I can't wait to have another crack at them!" declared Asuka. She would definitely be on board.
"Let's do this," replied Shinji.
"Time to kick some SEELE butt!" shouted Toji.
"Let us engage the enemy," said Ivana.
"HEY SEELE! COME AND GET SOME ASSHOLES!" shouted Zack.
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Commander Ikari's Office
Gendo had been expecting this for sometime now. SEELE tried to stop his 3rd Impact from happening. And 3rd Impact had almost taken place. However, it was stopped by his son instead, a calculation he never took into account. Ever since that day, he decided after seeing Yui when Reilith (18th Angel) merged everyone into a single entity, to carry on with life as normal. Now was the time to ponder why SEELE had come back. Revenge he assumed. NERV would always be a black spot on the old men's records. So they've come back to get revenge for being humiliated. He decided to pay the old men a visit. He allowed himself a smile at his boldness to enter their conference room.
"Now only if they were really there," he said out loud.
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SEELE Conference Room
This room always looked dark and creepy. This was where SEELE held their meetings. There were 12 big computers in a circle. They only said sound only because as many would assume, they don't want to be seen. Voices could be heard from the computers.
"Now we shall crush them like we had planned before," said SEELE 06.
"Gendo Ikari will not make it out of this one," said SEELE 03
"However, we must take into account that our EVA Series will be fighting six EVAs and not just one this time," said SEELE 11.
"That is true, but the EVA Series is much more powerful as we proved the first time," replied SEELE 05.
"Since we are going to win anyway, why can't we have a little fun while we are at it?" asked SEELE 09.
They discussed SEELE 09's idea. "Yes, it would be quite entertaining," said SEELE 01. We'll contact Ikari and see how he takes this.
Suddenly Gendo appeared in their conference room. One could swear a few of them choked on their breaths as he suddenly appeared.
"Ah, Gendo Ikari," said SEELE 01. "You know you cannot survive this time."
"I'm surprised you old men had the guts to come out of hiding," replied Gendo.
"We have a little game planned for you," said SEELE 12. "Each of us will put out one EVA at a time. Six one-on-one matches. Then after that, it will be a free-for-all. If you lose, you are to surrender peacefully. If you win, which you will not, we shall take our leave until another day."
"Games are not in my interest," replied the Commander. "If you want to play for more time, then do as you wish."
The visual of Gendo then disappeared as quickly as it had came.
"Always confident until it ends," said SEELE 01. "Then it will look that much better when your EVAs and your pilots are killed before your very eyes."
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Just outside Tokyo-3
"So that's it, said Zack in EVA Unit 05. One-on-one battles. This should be interesting."
"This is what Commander Ikari wanted us to do," replied Misato over the com. "And remember, as part of the agreement, no weapons, otherwise all of them will attack."
"So, who will go first?" asked Shinji.
"I wanna go first!" bellowed Asuka over the com.
Ritsuko came on the com. "The MAGI has determined that Zack should go first."
"All right. Time to kick some EVA ass!" said Zack. He moved Unit 05 onto the battlefield. In response, one of the EVA Series moved onto the battlefield.
"Anything I should know about these Asuka?" asked Zack. "Misato told me you got very acquainted with these guys."
"They're bastards, and they won't fucking die unless you smash their cores into nothing!" came the blunt reply.
Then the battle began. Zack charged at the white EVA with everything he got. After exchanging blows for about a minute Zack was surprised.
"Whew! These things are tough! But I'll show you moves that made Canada proud!"
They charged again. The white EVA was expecting another grapple, but Unit 05 came in instead with a shoulder charge. It crashed into a nearby mountain.
"Haha!" shouted Zack. "In Canada, we call that a body check!"
The white EVA then came out of the mountain. To Zack's surprise, it was completely unharmed. It then took to the sky. Suddenly it came down, arms stretched out, and spinning like a drill. Of course, it missed. Zack took this chance while it was recovering to get in a few more hits. To any other adversary, they would be pretty badly beaten. Zack was caught by surprise and knocked down by a combo from the enemy.
"Damn! These things can take quite a beating. I don't know how much longer I can fight trying to wear it down!" said Zack.
"You're trying to wear it down?" asked Misato.
"Well duh. That's how I always fight."
"You can fight it all day and it won't show the slightest sign of fatigue!" said Misato. "You'll have to go in for the kill!"
"With pleasure."
Zack proceeded to attack again. The white EVA blocked and tried to counter but Unit 05 somehow stepped out of the way. This totally caught the EVA by surprise. Zack picked it up from behind. And slammed it over his shoulder backwards.
"That's what us Canadians call a belly-to-back suplex. This is what I call playing doctor!"
Zack began to tear away at the white EVA's chest. It squirmed helplessly as it tried to break free. But it wasn't working. After some tearing with his EVA's hands, he found the core. He grabbed the core, and with a powerful yank, he ripped the core right out and crushed it! The EVA went completely silent.
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NERV HQ-Battle Stations
"The first target has gone completely silent," said Makoto. Cheers all around followed this report from the others watching the battle.
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Battlefield
"Hey assholes!" shouted Zack to the EVA Series. "You SUCK!" He starts to moon the EVA Series with his Unit 05.
"Easy now Zack. You've done your job," said Misato over the com.
Ritsuko came back on. "Our calculations indicate that Rei should go next."
"Yes ma'am," came the nearly silent reply from Unit 00.
Unit 05 came off the battlefield and slapped Unit 00's hand.
"That's a tag-in," said Zack. "Go show him what happens when you mess with NERV Rei."
"Do your best," said Shinji over the com.
Asuka was frustrated. "Whatever. Just hurry up so I can have my turn!"
Unit 00 stepped onto the battlefield. Another White EVA flew onto the battlefield.
The next battle began. Rei was more vicious on the field than Zack was as she tried to force her enemy to the ground immediately. This EVA figured that Rei would go for the kill quickly. It jumped over her and kicked in her in the back. Rei quickly recovered and they grappled again. To her shock, it was pushing her back. Rei remember what Asuka did in the virtual simulator. She allowed her enemy to continue pushing. She then grabbed one of its arms and flipped it over her shoulder.
The EVA was taken aback by Rei's counter attack. It assumed a boxing stance and began throwing a flurry of punches at Unit 00.
Rei was not familiar with boxing, so she wasn't sure how to react. She was more thrown off when she got kicked while trying to dodge the punches.
"Hey Ayanami!" shouted Toji from Unit 03. "Watch out, that's kickboxing! It's gonna box and kick!"
"It appears that this one fights differently from the first one," said Shinji. "The one Zack fought was acrobatic, this one boxes."
Rei was still on the defensive, as the EVA Series behemoth continued its intense kickboxing styled attacks.
"Rei. Keep playing defense till you see an opening," called Ivana. "Every fighting style has a weakness.
It was looking bad for Rei. She was blocking, as it was all she could do at the moment. However, her arms were getting sore from all those hits. Eventually, the enemy would breach her defenses. Unless…
Flashback: Asuka attacked Shinji. He did the unthinkable, jumping in the air with a flip and 180-degree turn to be facing her back.
Rei then knew what she had to do. She stepped just out of the enemy's range. This would draw the enemy in close to her. As expected the white EVA moved in. In response, Rei jumped in the air, doing a flip with a 180-degree spin. Now she was facing its back. She tackled it. Unit 00 then proceeded to rip the EVA Series' back open till she found the core. It continued to struggle against her. Rei decided to rip its arms off. With two mighty yanks, its arms came off. It continued to thrash, but it was helpless as Rei used her EVA's hands to rip it open. After about 10 seconds of ripping, with EVA blood splashed everywhere, Rei found what she was looking for, its core. With a pull, the core came right out. With the loss of its core, the white EVA ceased to live.
"And that's that!" shouted Zack over the com. "Round 2 goes to NERV! I think we're getting on their nerves right now! Serves those old farts right!"
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SEELE Room
SEELE was a tad pissed that two of their EVA Series were so easily defeated.
"This is intolerable," said SEELE 12 "We've lost two already."
"We cannot afford to lose again," said SEELE 08.
"Calm down," said SEELE 01. "This is just mere entertainment for them and us. It's the least we can do before we destroy them."
"Oh that's what you had in mind!" said SEELE 04.
"Yes."
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Battlefield.
Another EVA Series took to the field. Ritsuko was going over more data on who should fight next.
"Okay. According to the MAGI, it says Ivana should go next," she reported.
"Understood ma'am," replied Ivana. Unit 04 stepped onto the battlefield as Unit 00 left the battlefield.
"So Shinji," asked Zack. "How do you think this'll end?"
"Well, I want Ivana to win of course," replied Shinji.
"I know that's how it's gonna end. I meant how long do you think that EVA Series will last before Ivana tears it to shreds?"
"I don't know," said Shinji.
"You're no fun."
The battle began between Evangelion Unit 04 and the 3rd EVA from the EVA Series. It would be difficult to know who was who because both EVAs are white, but the kids knew their comrade well. This battle would be over before it started.
This EVA Series knew karate. It aimed a punch at Unit 04. Ivana, managed to catch the arm with one arm, bring it around it back, put her other arm around its neck, and snapped it like a twig. The EVA Series fell to the ground, twitching as it did. Ivana then effortlessly tore open the body, and crushed the core.
Everyone at NERV was shocked and stunned. Ivana had defeated one of the EVA Series in a mere10 seconds.
"Uhh, Toji goes next," said Ritsuko.
"All right! It's my turn now!" boasted Toji. Unit 03 stepped onto the battlefield. Once more, another EVA Series flew onto the field. And so the next battle began.
Toji and the EVA started with a grapple. To Toji's surprise, the EVA picked him up and slammed him over its shoulder.
"Great," said Toji. "This one is a wrestler. So what? I can wrestle too!"
A/N: Just for my own fun, I had each of the EVA Series fight a different way.
All the other pilots had sweat drops coming down the backs of their heads. After a few minutes, this was looking like the wrestling matches they had seen on TV.
"Now I REALLY know why wrestling is the stupidest sport," said Asuka over the com. "Only a stooge would actually wrestle."
It could be seen easily that Toji was getting tired. It wasn't easy picking up something that was relatively huge.
"C'mon Toji!" shouted Zack. "Use one of your finishing moves already."
"Alright, fine!" muttered Toji. The EVA charged at him again. Toji blocked the charge, and kicked the EVA in the midsection, making the upper body bend over. Toji then picked up the EVA by its waist while it was still bent over. As he picked it up, he spun it around halfway and up above his head, then he slammed into the earth with tremendous force. "That's what I call a power bomb!" shouted Toji.
Unit 03 began to do the gruesome task the others had to do, rip the thing open and destroy its core. And before long, another unit of the EVA Series was dead.
"Is it just me or do these things suck?" said Asuka over the com. "Hey Misato, is it my turn yet?"
"Yup. You're up Asuka," replied Misato.
"Now I can finally get revenge for these things picking me apart before! You're going down you bastard!"
EVA Unit 02 came onto the battlefield next. Her opponent took a martial arts style stance.
"Hey? Who the hell do you think you are? Jet Li?" was the outburst over the com. Asuka charged at her opponent. The EVA dodged and blocked with well flowing moves, and kicked Unit 02 flying. Auska slammed into the mountain. She quickly recovered and attacked again. Only to have the EVA counter and smack her in the back of the head. Once again she went crashing down. She got back up, even angrier.
"Asuka, calm down," said Misato. "This one knows Kung Fu. So be careful. This one is obviously a better fighter than you, so you'll have to be creative with your attacks."
"Great. They give me the ones that'll kill me. These are the kind of jobs you make HIM do!" shouted Asuka while pointing at Shinji. "He's the All Mighty Invincible Shinji!"
Shinji had to give Asuka the motivation to keep fighting. Anything. The wave of confidence came back. "What's wrong Asuka? Need me to save you?"
"What? How dare you! I'll finish this thing myself!"
"Heh, that's the spirit," said Shinji.
Asuka attacked again, with more determination than ever. It attacked again, but Asuka countered with some moves of her own. The EVA crashed into another mountain. It got back up, and attacked Asuka. She tried blocking, but it got around her and struck her in the back of the head with a spinning back kick. Unit 02 went down hard face first. The EVA came upon its red coloured prey, going in for the kill, when Unit 02 spun around and smashed a large rock in its face. Asuka then drop kicked it and it also went down hard. However, just like the others, it was showing no signs of fatigue.
"Dammit! This is just like before!" shouted a panting Asuka. "Why doesn't this stupid thing die?"
It came back at her again. Once again using its very complicated move patterns that the German had no chance of following.
From Shinji's perspective, it was horrible. Asuka was getting beat around by a white EVA. He couldn't do anything unless he violated the agreement NERV and SEELE had for this match. What could he do?
"I can't beat it!" shouted Asuka. "It's too strong!"
"Asuka, fuck this agreement. I'm sending in Shinji in to help you," said Misato.
"No! I'd rather die than be saved!"
"Negative Asuka. Your life is more important," said Misato.
"Forget it Misato," said Shinji. "Asuka! I have faith in you!"
"See Misato? Someone understands that I fight my own battles! And that's just fine with me!" said Asuka with confidence coming back in her voice.
Once more Asuka went into battle, more determined than ever. She began another assault on the EVA. It defended like it always did, but for some reason, it looked like Asuka was slowly getting through, the exchange of punches, kicks, and blocks continued until…
WHAM!
Asuka had hit the EVA with an uppercut, which made it stumble back, Asuka then took this moment to tackle the EVA.
"Remember what I'm gonna do?" she asked the EVA. "I'm gonna rip your guts out you son of a bitch!" She then proceeded to rip away at it. The EVA struggled and struggled, but skill this time could beat pure determination. With the destruction of its core and the splash of blood everywhere, it could have easily been told that Asuka had pulled a comeback victory and beat the EVA.
"Well I guess that leaves just Shinji," said Ritsuko.
So Shinji took his place on the battlefield. This was usually the main event. Shinji was seen as the best of the EVA pilots, despite his virtual battle with Asuka. The 6th of 9 EVA Series EVAs took to the field.
And the battle began. Shinji went for a head on attack like he always did. But for some reason, the EVA did not dodge. It vanished right before his eyes. Suddenly a great force pushed him forward, sending him crashing into the ground.
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NERV- Battle Station
Ritsuko was dumbfounded. There was no way an EVA could vanish like that and reappear behind Shinji like it just did. She checked with the MAGI to see what kind of martial arts style this was. She was horrified when she read the results. She knew in an instant Shinji didn't stand a chance against….
Ninjitsu.