A/N: Well, here I am. I'm back! I'm taking a breather from exams to write this next chapter. Now for the stumper: When Unit 01 and Unit 02 merged together; Unit F-01 appeared like last time. But this time, a girl has appeared in where the entry plug would be. She looks like Rei, except she has brown eyes, and long brown hair. So… WHO IS SHE? Find out right now!
The girl who controlled Unit F-01 noticed the EVA Series had surrounded her. But she was not even the slightest bit frightened. "So who wants to be ripped to pieces first?" she asked boldly.
The EVA Series each drew their Lance of Longinus. Each of them wound up and threw their spear at the purple and red EVA.
The girl saw the attacks coming, and raised her AT Field. "Fools…"
All eight spears made contact with the AT Field. The weapon's main design was supposed to enable it to penetrate the AT Field with little or no difficulty. But they could not break Unit F-01's AT Field, and the barrier was actually quite visible. Unit F-01 raised its hand, and the AT Field became even stronger. So strong, that it deflected all eight spears right back at each MP EVA. As a result, all eight were skewered, but still standing.
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NERV HQ – Battlestation
"Unit F-01 deflected the lances," reported Makoto. "It's completely unharmed!"
"Impossible!" said Fuyutski. "No AT Field can deflect the Lance of Longinus!"
"Guess what?" interjected the unknown girl. "I made the impossible possible! Now if you thought the incident with the 14th Angel was disgusting, then I suggest you avert your eyes!"
"Who are you?" asked Misato.
"Hardly a foe Misato. And more likely a friend."
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Unit F-01 then willed itself at the first MP EVA. It tried to defend itself, but it was no match for an EVA with a 1000 sync ratio. Unit F-01 threw a punch that ripped right through the defending arms and right into the chest. And with that same arm, it ripped up through the chest and through its head. When its hand could be seen again, it could be seen with the core in its hand.
The next MP EVA came at Unit F-01. The female pilot willed the EVA to turn around and throw the first MP EVA's core right at the next one. The EVA obeyed as if it knew what its pilot wanted to do immediately. The result was a large hole in the side of the MP EVAs head. But it kept charging at Unit F-01. It threw a punch that the girl easily saw coming. She blocked, and with a single karate chop, she cut the attacker clean in half, with the core being cut in half as well. "Still think you can beat me?" she asked. "I'll destroy you all and I won't even break a sweat."
The remaining EVA Series unfortunately couldn't hear the warning that was clearly meant for them. Still drawing from the Seal of Diablos, they were apparently no match for the mystery girl.
The third EVA tried its hand against Unit F-01. But she was too fast for it. She clawed at its throat with Unit F-01. The EVA's hand went into the throat of the MP EVA easily. With one yank, she ripped everything out of its throat. This grossly included every blood valve attached to the brain, which made blood spew everywhere. It fell on its back.
"Take this!" she yelled as she willed her red and purple EVA to stomp down on the doomed MP EVA's chest. Unit F-01's foot went right through the chest and stomped the core flat.
"Three down and five to go! Any more volunteers who want to die?"
The fourth made its presence known. The girl attacked it. She grabbed its right arm, with barely an effort, ripped its right arm off. And with a swing of the arm, she used the MP EVA's arm to decapitate the MP EVA. And with a few rapidly fast punches, the MP EVA no longer had an entire midsection.
Next came the fifth. Unit F-01 picked up Asuka's double bladed progressive sword. "Can anyone say EVA-kabob?" she said aloud as she stabbed the sword right through the EVA. Then she punched its head right off. Then she stuck Unit F-01's arm right down where the head, grabbed the core, and ripped right through the chest, core in hand.
The sixth attacked next. She pulled the sword out of the fifth MP EVA and cut the sixth MP EVA at the right shoulder on a forty-five degree angle, with the sword coming out at the waist on the left side. And she made sure the core was cut when the cut was made. Six down, and two were left.
"Go ahead and attack me you two," she said pointing at the last two MP EVAs. "If you think I'm scared of the Seal of Diablos, you're obviously wrong." She picked up Shinji's two progressive swords.
Several cuts later, the last two EVAs were in several pieces. And the Seal of Diablos vanished.
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"Unit F-01 has completely destroyed the EVA Series," reported Shigeru.
"Sync still holding at 1000," put in Maya.
Fuyutski put a com to Unit F-01. "Hey girl, what happened to Shinji and Asuka?"
The brown haired girl seemed confused. "Shinji? Asuka? Who are you talking about?"
Now Misato spoke up. "Aren't you Shinji or Asuka?"
The brunette was still confused. "No. I ain't neither of those two names. You can call me Ashika."
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"We have a slight problem," said Ritsuko as she was talking to Misato.
"Obviously," replied Misato. "Shinji and Asuka have disappeared and we have this girl… Ashika in her place. EVA, plugsuit and all."
"Disappeared? Not entirely," said Ritsuko. "If you see here, these are Shinji and Asuka's respective genetic codes." She showed Misato two sheets. One had Shinji's genetic code. The other had Asuka's genetic code.
"What are you getting at?" asked Misato.
"Here's Ashika's genetic code." Ritsuko handed to Misato Shinsuka's genetic code.
Misato took a look at the code. Then she compared it to Shinji and Asuka's code. She then had a look of shock when she realized what she was seen. "And Ashika's brainwaves?"
"Just like the DNA, their brainwaves are also a combination of both kids," verified Ritsuko. "And the MAGI have determined that as a result of a biofusion of Unit 01 and Unit 02, it also affected Shinji and Asuka and merged them together into Ashika. On top of that, when I asked her questions about her past, she couldn't remember anything."
"Well obviously, she has no past."
"Exactly," continued Ritsuko. "So on a hunch, I asked her questions about Asuka and Shinji's pasts. And strangely enough, she was able to answer all my questions easily. Like Shinji's incident with the 13th Angel and Asuka's incident with the 15th Angel."
"So she draws her thoughts and memories based on Asuka and Shinji's thoughts?" asked Misato.
"You got it," said Ritsuko.
"Well I don't think it would be good if they stayed merged forever. Will they ever separate?"
"Don't worry," assured Ritsuko. "The MAGI give 99.9998 out of 100 that Ashika will separate back into Shinji and Asuka will happen in a few days."
"That's good," said Misato. "By the way, how are Zack, Ivana, and Rei coming along?"
"They're fine. They should be waking up anytime. I'll send them home later. Same goes for Toji and Elly. They'll be okay too. Elly should be up just in time to make dinner."
"So it's true," interjected Misato. "Elly does cook dinner for the NERV employees. What happened to the cafeteria?"
Ritsuko laughed. "Hey chill out. She's actually very good at cooking unlike you. In exchange for cooking dinner at least three times a week, the Commander has relaxed some of her restrictions."
"I see."
Just then, Ashika came in, dressed in Asuka's clothes. "So Misato, when can I go home? I heard you've been made my legal guardian. I even take your last name. Ashika Katsuragi."
"Just go out to my car and wait there," she replied. Once Ashika left, Misato shot Ritsuko a death glare. "What else did you do?"
"It was Fuyutski's idea," said the doctor. "Since she's her own separate person, and assuming that after she separates, there's a chance she could fuse again, we gave her a separate identity and an ID card as well. Just in case anyone gets suspicious."
"Okay. I'm going home." Misato got out of her chair. "All of this makes me want a beer."
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Katsuragi Residence
"So this is your apartment," said Ashika when she and Misato arrived. "I'm thirsty. It's been quite a day."
"If you want some pop, or milk, there's some in the fridge," replied Misato.
"Okay," replied the brunette. And so she walked into the kitchen like any normal girl would. But right before she opened the door, a thought struck her mind.
Shinji went to check out what was in Misato's fridge. To his shock, the fridge is almost filled with beer!
"Huh?" she said aloud. "Is this fridge full of beer? And who is this Shinji anyway?" She opened the fridge anyway. There was pop, milk, juice, a few other things, but there was one type of product in the fridge that shocked her. Beer! And tons of it!
As Shinji ate his toast in the morning before school, he sees Misato come out of her room, in a hangover state. She goes over to the fridge, takes out a beer, chugs it down, and is instantly relieved of her… state.
'What kind of woman is she?' thought Ashika as she poured a glass of milk. 'And that Shinji showed up again.'
"Oh Asu- I mean Ashika," started Misato. "The others will be home soon."
"Others?"
"Oh yeah, you don't know them yet. There's a boy named Zack, a girl named Ivana, and a girl named Rei."
As Zack made that inappropriate comment about Asuka bearing Shinji's child, she threw a beer can at his head. Since he blocked it, she quickly advanced on him, and kicked him clean in the pills.
"Zack?" said Ashika. "Why do I get the feeling he's bad news?"
Asuka was angry at the fact that Ivana was initially from Russia, as the feelings of country pride was in her. And her country's pride was decimated during World War II back in the 1930-40s.
"So she's Russian. And why am I angry about World War II?"
Asuka for the longest time had always wondered if Shinji had his eyes set on her or Wondergirl. She really hoped the former was true and he would be able to see through her façade as a lonely girl looking for someone to love.
"When I think of Rei, why does she strike me as Wondergirl? And who the hell is Asuka?"
"Oh don't worry about it," assured Misato. "I'm sure you'll get along just fine." She took a long needed beer out of the fridge. "Everyone except Zack that is."
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Misato's other children she watched were on their way home. The topic of discussion was the new kid at the apartment. This new girl had apparently saved their sorry behinds while they were unconscious. So they never saw what she looked like.
"So what do you think she'll look like or act like?" suggested Zack.
"I do not know," replied Rei. "I understand she is on our side. So she is likely our ally in our fight against the Black Angels."
"I just hope she doesn't have a personality like Asuka," said Ivana. "And we all have enough trouble appeasing her anger."
"Whatever," retorted Zack. "I just hope she has nice breasts and a great butt to go with it!"
"Hmm, I wonder what Elly would think if she heard that," said Ivana.
"But at the same time, I doubt anybody could look better than Elly," countered Zack. "Now she's a pink haired goddess. Nice body and personality. I bet she's a league and a half above this girl."
"I wonder what happened to Shinji and Asuka though," figured Rei. "If they were absorbed again, the NERV staff is doing a good job of not showing it on their faces."
"Perhaps," said Ivana. "The only way to find out is to go home and find the answers out ourselves."
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Katsuragi Residence
Ashika was finally feeling her stomach rumble. So by instinct, she went to the kitchen to make something for dinner. "Say Misato, you feeling hungry?" she called into the TV room.
"Yeah. The hunger bugs are kicking in," was the response. "Make some for the others too when they get in."
"Gotcha!" the merged girl said. So she took a moment to think about what she wanted to make. As she likely expected, a memory from one of those two kids flowed into her mind. This time, it was Shinji. Apparently, he was quite the cook. So she probed his memories to find a good recipe. She finally decided to make a pasta dish with Swedish meatballs and vegetables.
Right as Ashika was about to start making dinner, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," said Misato.
She opened the door to find Ivana, Rei, and Za-Casanova waiting at the door. "Ah you kids are home. Just in time, she's making dinner now."
"She?" inquired Zack. "So the newbie is a girl."
"Yup. Hey come out and meet the others, they're home!" she called into the kitchen. "Casanova. Ivana. Rei. I'd like you to meet Ashika Katsuragi."
Immediately after Misato finished speaking, Ashika walked into the room where the others were. "Hey, it's those pilots Shinji and Asuka know of!" She then pointed at Zack. "And he's that asshole named Zack, King of the Perverts!"
"Whoa! That's harsh!" retorted Zack. "So she's a bitch like Asuka was!"
"Watch it shithead!" yelled back Ashika. "Why can't you be more civil like that boy Shinji?"
"She looks familiar," said Ivana. "But I can't put my finger on what it is."
"I concur," replied Rei. "Something about her makes her look like I have seen her before."
Misato knew she needed to talk with the three other EVA pilots about Ashika. "Ashika, go back to cooking for now. I just need to talk with the others for a moment."
"Good idea," replied Ashika. "I can't stand another minute here with Casanova and I've only seen him for one minute." And with that, the brunette returned to the kitchen.
Misato led the others into the TV room. Zack was the first to say something. "So Misato, what's the deal?"
"Like he said," said Ivana. "What happened to Shinji and Asuka? And how come she is here, and has knowledge of those two?"
"This may or may not be easy to grasp," replied their guardian. "As you may or may not know, Unit 01 and Unit 02 merged again."
"So they're stuck inside and this girl is their replacement?" inquired Rei.
Misato continued to speak. "No not at all. But something DID happen to those two. Shinji and Asuka were indeed affected by the biofusion. As a result, the two of them merged into one person."
Zack was shocked. "Then that means…"
"Exactly. The girl you saw is a fusion of Shinji and Asuka. She has their memories as well, so that's how she knew you. She has no past of her own, so she draws on the thoughts of Shinji and/or Asuka depending on her situation."
"Will they exist that way forever?" asked Rei.
Misato answered again. "According to Ritsuko, no. Ashika will only exist for a few days or so before separating back into our favourite couple once again."
Misato continued to talk with them about how Ashika was able to completely decimate and rip the EVA Series to pieces. The talk carried on for another 45 minutes before Ashika called them into the kitchen for dinner.
And so, the dysfunctional household sat down for dinner. To everyone's expectations, the food tasted really good.
"Well Ashika, you're quite the talented cook," said Misato. "Just like Shinji is. You two got something in common."
"Thanks," replied Ashika. "I kept thinking of him while making dinner. Seemed like he personally had a hand in it even though he wasn't there."
"So when do you think of Asuka?" asked Ivana.
"When I think about what an ass Zack is!" she bluntly said pointing at Zack. "And why do I think you have this pink haired trouble maker for a girlfriend?"
"Because I do," replied the Canadian. "Don't you ever think you act a little too much like Asuka?"
"Don't you ever think you're an asshole once in a while?" countered Ivana. "You're giving everybody a headache."
"Everyone's picking on me," muttered Zack.
And so after dinner, Zack and Rei washed the dishes. Ivana watched a war movie on television. Misato decided to take a bath, and Ashika decided to call it a night early. Misato told her she could have Shinji and Asuka's room, and that she could borrow some of Asuka's pajamas for the time being.
As she lay down on the bed, Ashika wondered what Shinji and Asuka were like when they slept. The memories came to her quickly. The two of them seemed like they really loved each other and enjoyed each others company. And strangely enough, at their age they were sharing a bed. Probably something to do with a lack of room. While she was thinking of this, Ashika herself began to feel lonely, but for some reason, at the same time, she felt like she wasn't alone at all and someone was there with her.
Eased by the comfort of that thought, she drifted off to sleep.
A/N: WOOT! WOOT! I finally got that chapter done! I have been a very busy person over the last little while, but I managed to get some time in to do this. So, Shinji and Asuka have merged together to form Ashika. What kinds of adventures will she go on? How long will the two stay merged for? Until 47, be cool!
A/O/N: If you get the chance, read Marine Brother Shran's fic: Inescapable grasp of EVA.
A/O/O/N: I'm also planning on writing an Evangelion Christmas special. Yeah, it'll be funny, and best of all, it's based on Season 2 as well. So the Zany Antic will be put off until after Christmas.