Chapter 2 -Time Skip 10 years later.
Tokyo 3 October 10 2024
Time passed.
Seasons came.
Seasons leaved.
Tokyo 3 felt the rays of the sun of October and with his glory the solar panels turned their mirrors towards the Sun, the same way as a sunflower reaches for its rays.
As the sun started shining over the city, people started to appear. Husbands leaved their wives so they could go to work. The children waking up at the sound of their mother calling for them the birds started their little song to welcome a new day.
On one of the many zones of the city was a house, painted on green with a pair of bicycles hanging on a little porch.
The house wasn´t little but neither big it was medium it showed enough of the life style of the owner, in the front a beautiful garden filled with flowers most of them selected by his roommate.
On the door the golden plate read I/I and a serial number marking the house. On the entrance was a beautiful door painted on brown resembling an old tree. Some marks were there marks of claws.
The claws belonged to the black and white cat a cat that the owner adopted some time ago.
His name Gaghiel (Jaws of God), in name of the monstrosity he faced years ago as a kid. Till this day he doesn't know why he decided that name.
The feline walked through the house without making a sound; something that helped him on his hunter games at night.
Sometimes he would put a little mouse or a big insect on the entrance, a signal of him protecting the house.
While the cat moved through the house the rays of the sun lighted the house.
The house was clean, showing one of the many aspects on the owner of the house, unlike his partner the man liked to see his house clean so one hour a day he would spend it cleaning.
The house was filled with photographs most of them captured moments of the events most important of his life.
One of the pictures showed a woman on her 23 years old, wearing a white dress and a straw hat on her head she was looking at the sunset on a bridge. Her light brown hair was blowing with the wind a smile that showed pride.
On one of the many rooms on the house was the bedroom this place was painted with a beige color; making the place brighter but at the same time darker on the nights.
Gaghiel walked towards the bed and found his owner seeping.
Shinji Ikari.
His long hair passing his ears but not reaching his back, sporting a pair of shorts and a t-shirt for the little cold that October brought with him.
The bed was big even for one person. But he didn´t slept alone, his partner was living with him.
After 6 long years of dating he asked her to move with him.
Her answer "Took you a lot of time to ask me that eh?" next day she was living with him.
He enjoyed sleeping besides someone whom he loves.
It was intoxicating it was a drug that both of them needed.
Shinji felt the movement on the bed and with little strength as always he opened his eyes, instead of meting his girlfriend he saw the pupils of his cat.
"Gaghiel…?" started Shinji those being his first words of the day. The black and white cat looked at him and meowed asking for his breakfast.
Shinji looked at his clock and again at his cat. With a loud sigh he lifted himself up from his blankets taking the little sand that the sandman put on his eyes he started making his way towards the kitchen.
The stove was one of the biggest items on the house, that and the bathtub that his girlfriend bought some days ago.
Mind you they used it pretty well.
The kitchen was his kingdom his sanctuary for his inventions on the kitchen. And most of them were a success.
He reached at the cupboard a can of tuna, walking to the hallway which was also filled with photos he looked for a certain object, a plate with a cat paw on it, as soon as he found it he put the food in there and watched how his cat devoured the food.
Shinji returned to the kitchen and went to the fridge, this one also had pictures most of them featuring the girl and the boy. Most of them being on the beach, the cat also had his share of photograph some as a kitten and other actual.
Shinji looked at some of the post notes that they used when they wanted to leave a message if the actual person wasn't there.
USA Meeting – Retrieve 07 Rider
Yes she was on a business meeting outside the country, loneliness fell on Shinji two days and he missed his personal pillow.
3 days ago his girlfriend told him that Nerv needed some information that USA had respect the new mechas that Nerv was working on.
He knew why…
As he opened the fridge he cursed, the sight in front of him was pathetic there was nothing but milk and a pair of eggs.
"Guess is better than nothing" thought Shinji and so with the grace of a professional chef he prepared his breakfast.
2 hours later.
Shinji walked towards the door of his house and opening was greeted by some of the kids on the district, Shinji now sporting a brown jacket along with a pair of blue jeans and black shoes a brown backpack on his back. As Shinji made his way towards the porch he took out one of the two bicycles a purple one with green dots.
Nostalgia fell on his heart.
As he rode to the entrance he talked to his cat.
"I will go check the restaurant Gaghiel and then I will go to Nerv, so stay here taking care of the house, got it?"
The cat nodded with his head, the bond between master and pet was strong between those two, that and living with Pen Pen for 6 years, made him understand the language of the animals.
As soon as he was outside of the garden he made his way to Down Town.
The people were busy, it was the beginning of Saturday that meant work, but tomorrow was the always waited Sunday so they could rest all day.
The city now active showed quiet the spectacle people walking on the streets some students walking towards they classes other leaving to spend the day on the streets, the police was on every corner to stop any kind of troublemaker.
As Shinji passed some stores he went back in time as he remembered his younger days of the life school good moments. Blushing harder at a certain memory he stopped on a certain and very famous restaurant.
The Angel of Will
He left the bicycle on the parking zone and made his way towards to the entrance of the famous place.
This restaurant was his pride, buying this place as nothing he make it become one of the best on the city the pair of doors were made with the most wonderful wood he could buy, being an ex-pilot of the Eva had its benefits, in the entrance was the image of a tree, this one had glass resembling the leafs.
As he got inside he saw with a smile that it was full. The butlers and maids were serving dishes and wine at the visitors some students were here but of course wine was out of question as they asked for their wine list. It was also a place for reunions between friends, and place to hold meetings on the special area on the second floor
"Excuse me sir do you…?" the voice didn't finish as soon has she saw the face of the visitor.
The maid bowed in a signal of apology.
"Boss I´m sorry I didn´t recognize you" said the maid with a nervous smile.
Shinji smiled.
"Good morning Takeba-san I´m just checking in how are things going on here?" said the boss as he checked the area.
The personal of the restaurant looked at the new person here and sweated, their boss was caring, yes he was one of the top ten nicest bosses on a famous magazine around the world, caring yes but also strict, he made his way and saluted at some butlers and maid who were caught on their sight.
Walking towards the kitchen he saw two of the three chefs working on, as soon as he stepped in he was noticed by one of them.
"A bosse good good now that the bosse is jere you can tell tis so called chef that the spaguetti can´t go with this sauce you would understand right bosso?"said one of the cheffs which was Italian; Mario Venzolini an oldman on with 56 years, his almost bald head showed some white lines, when Mario was on vacations from his work when he came to this little restaurant, after tasting some of the samples made by Shinji Mario offered his services at the owner. Shinji accepted but told him that he wouldn´t pay him much since he was starting, Mario didn´t care about that, he wanted to cook by his side, his simple method of cooking made him fall.
"What are you talking about Mario?" said Shinji as he took a chair and seated there.
"This bosse" said the chef as he put the sauce in front of him. A mix between meat sauce and chili, Shinji examined the sauce and arched a brow "Did you tested this already Marco?" said the boss as he turned to the man they were talking about
A big tanned man appeared from behind the boxes, he was holding some vegetables on his hands.
Marco was from USA a good cooker trying to find his way on the life, Marco appeared at Shinji´s restaurant two years ago, he heard rumors about him and his place and asked for work there, Shinji accepted of course, now there were 3 cookers on his kitchen.
As far as Shinji knew Marco didn´t have a last name, just a name and a little history.
"Yes boss, tested it on my home; friends told me they found it enjoyable." said Marco with pride on his voice.
Shinji sighed and gave Mario the sauce.
"Okay give one plate with this on one of the tables, ask them that it´s a new product that might make it on the menu, if people like it than make it permanent." Told Shinji at Marco, this one smiled and nodded.
"So can someone tell me where is Marta?" said Shinji turning to one of the maids.
"Yes Salazar-san told us that she was on the Hospital, one of his kids was feeling sick and has been there since the morning." Answer one of the maids with blond hair.
"Okay….Marco, Mario I think you guys can handle the pressure, so can I leave you the kitchen till the afternoon?" said Shinji turning to his chefs.
They laughed "Of course bosse/boss!" answered both of them.
Shinji smiled and talked for a moment at the maids and butlers.
After an hour checking the bathrooms, the tables and some papers that were important for the restaurant he left. Walking towards his bicycle he rode to the outskirt of the city
Traveling a little more he went to a familiar place.
It was a big door.
With a leaf on its front
NERV: Lilith is smiling at us…All´s right with the world.
Shinji made his way toward a little box on the left side of the leaf and a little screen appeared.
He passed a little card to the card reader the screen lighted itself and a little keyboard appeared, he put his password and the door with the leaf opened. Revealing a little train that seem to fall through a dark tunnel.
Shinji stepped on it, the train waited a moment and then it itself started and the sound of the motor running alerted Shinji of movement. He sat on one of the chairs and the train started moving itself. Through the train Shinji took a little item from his pocket, a little Mp3 player with a paw behind and little letters carved on it –I will always love you- M, Shinji started his Mp3 player and the silence of the train was stopped as music went through ear to ear.
After some time on the train Shinji the light passed through the windows revealing at his sight the New Geofront.
This place was once the battlefield of the Evangelion Unit 02 against the Mass Productions, Asuka would have win but they cheated using their S2 cores against her.
He jumped on his bicycle and took the road filled with flowers, the sound of the wind that came from the surface was far cleaner down here than outside, thanks to the filters on the artificial roof, passing by some of the flowers he saw his destination, a beautiful pyramid made of steel, the same pattern of the leaf on it.
Almost reaching the HQ of Nerv Shinji could have sworn that someone called him.
Stopping near a tree he spotted the source of the persona calling for him, Makoto Hyuuga, one of the 3 original bunnies bridge.
Even after years passed he still had his black hair without a single touch of white, his glasses renewed with a silver line on them.
He waved his hand at him and Shinji returned the salute.
"Good morning Hyuuga-san"
"Good morning Shinji-kun, what are you doing here this early?"
Shinji hopped down from his transport and took a seat at the side of Makoto.
"Mom called me yesterday before leaving my almost wife on the airport. Telling me that they needed me for some test on the Riders" said Shinji as he took a seat beside Hyuuga.
"Incredible that you wanted to pilot this time, ten years ago you were more forced than by your own will" said Hyuuga with a sad smile.
Shinji thought about his response, indeed this time he chose to be the pilot, the Riders were more stable that the old Evangelions.
Shinji laughed and stood up walking towards his bike, bidding him a farewell Shinji continued towards de HQ.
After some minutes riding, he reached a pair of gates, where a pair of guards was guarding the massive door.
The usual uniform the guards was blue with a black cap, an MP5 on their shoulders, a radio on his belt, and a little device that was collocated around their arms, this device allowed HQ to have complete control on the area, if one of the guards disappeared then th other guards along with HQ would be alerted.
"Name" said one of them as he stepped on the way to the doors.
"Shinji Ikari" said the rider as he dismounted his bike.
The guard near the cabin pushed a pair of buttons and the image of Shinji appeared on the screen the guard nodded and the metal doors opened revealing another garden.
Shinji nodded at the guards and made his way towards the second entrance.
The entrance to the HQ of Nerv was big, in the past, it was painted grey with the usual leaf on the center, at that time the logo and the words below them were different.
Now by orders of the sub commander the place was painted, making it more colorful some pink on the walls, green on the roof, and the floor had paintings of the history of Nerv, from the left to right were the battle of the angels against the Evas.
Shinji left his bike on the entrance and went towards one of the doors on the lobby, passing his card trough the card reader Shinji was greeted by one of the most occupied zones of the base.
In there the Riders appeared on all his might, robots the same size of the Evangelion, but without the danger of being absorbed, having them on berserk state or making them fly so they could cause fourth impact.
The riders as the same size of the Evas, were quiet different, their cores were salvaged from the Mass Production Evas, and knowing pretty well what soul was inside them it was more easy to synchronize with them.
Taking for example Shinji, the first day he stepped on an Eva his Synchronization ratio was 43, with Unit he reached 89 on the first time.
Shinji knew the soul inside his Rider.
Rider Unit 06 known for his black and white style was used as a prototype for the other units.
It had a similar horn on the front of the head and instead of eyes it was an orange visor, the black strips falling from his head and reaching the neck.
From left to right there were black numbers painted on the wall 07, 08 and 09.
The other unites were being constructed on another places of the world.
Shinji walked through the cages and found a certain blonde screaming, cursing and throwing papers around her.
Ritsuko Akagi.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT THE PARTS ARE NOT HERE!?" the screams of the woman could be heard around the cages.
The workers around her covered their ears. Some parts that were meant to the legs didn´t arrived and the old doctor was so angry that if you put a cup of coffee on her head the cup could be boiling.
Shinji knew that it would be good to save the workers so he stepped in and talked to her.
"Hello Akagi-sensei I´m here to…!" Shinji couldn´t finish what he was going to say, he was being lifted with one hand by the doctor, fury on her eyes…he should have runaway.
"You are late" said with a quite tone.
He was dead and he knew it.
After screaming at the workers for 5 more minutes she and Shinji made their way towards the Synchronization Chamber, this place hasn´t changed a lot since it´s construction, the same plugs were on the wall, their numbers of course changed.
"Go change on your new plug suit would you Shinji" said the doctor as she motioned to a pile of clothes on a chair.
Knowing full well that angering her wouldn´t be wise he took the uniform and went to the pilot´s room.
He opened the bag and found a very different plug that he used a long time ago, stripping his clothes he put his plug suit, and pressing a button on his wrist, he felt the suit attaching to his skin, the plug suit was dark blue; it had two gems on the palms and a red gem on the center. (The outfit of 03) he turned around and nodded at the new suit. "At least it doesn´t show my ass too much"
"If the stories about she and you are true then I think it would be better if she didn´t saw you on that." said a bright voice behind him.
Shinji turned around and meet a purple haired woman, thin and good looking even by her age, if someone looked at her they would see a woman on her middle 20…this of course was a lie.
"Hey mom; how are you?" said Shinji as his tutor and adoptive mother stepped in.
"Better than you I bet, I heard that they caught you screaming her name two days ago, never thought that you two separated would cause such breakdown." said Misato Katsuragi as she laughed.
Shinji sighed knowing she was pulling his leg.
"Even though I miss her that doesn't mean that I am a total mess you know?" said Shinji with a quiet tone.
"Hahaha that´s what I like about you, now Rits told me that you would try the new Rider are you sure that you want to? Once you are in there´s no turning back." said Misato with her serious tone.
"Yea…she wanted to join so I wouldn´t fight, but If something happens to her then I will pull a bullet through my head. Well a bullet or a Fourth Impact." said Shinji with the same serious tone.
Misato nodded she approached him and put him on a hug.
"You really have grown up, one day you are a crying baby that wanted daddy´s approval next I´m on the principal office cause they caught you two on the student council doing hanky panky."
Shinji laughed at the memory.
"Yea…in my defense she pulled me in and closed the door." said Shinji blushing.
"Yea but you were on top of her even though on all the other event´s you were down…really you should take the wheel once in a while. I bet she would like It." said Misato smiling. "Now go to the plug or Ritsuko will have your head."
Shinji nodded and went to the door which had the big words PLUG on the top before entering the door he caught Misato taking a picture from his rear Shinji blushed and looked at his mother. "Don´t mind me it´s for her."
Shinji sighed and walked towards the path of light.
As he reached the end of the path he saw the door of his plug.
Opening it he went inside.
Feeling the old familiar cockpit of the test type he put his hand around the controllers.
"Okay Shinji-kun we will start the test, as I hope you remember, just sit there and wait." said Ritsuko
"Yea wait for like 2 hours or more"
"Sub commander Katsuragi…WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!"
"What? Can´t I see how my son does his first test?
"You should be on your office working on the papers that the commander gave you."
"Yea about that I already finished"
"You liar"
"Say what?""
Shinji turned off the sound of the two women screaming at each other.
Closing his eyes and trying to concentrate he heard a voice…the same voice that was there on his first time on Unit 06.
"Hey…welcome back"
Shinji smiled.
2 hours later
"Well you did pretty good Shinji-kun 92% a new record." said Ritsuko as she passed him a towel.
"Really? That's great!" said Shinji while he dried his hair.
"Well you can leave we still haven't got word about Iluminacion so you can go home and do whatever you want." said Misato as she cracked her neck. "In my case I have to go to a stupid meeting with the representative of the UN knowing the old man he will ask what are we going to use the Riders like last time." sighed Misato as she spun around the chair she was sitting in.
"Sempai!" screamed a voice behind them. Turning around was a woman running towards them, long brown hair and a good figure the years treated well Maya Ibuki.
"Maya what are you doing here? Weren´t you supposed to be at the Bridge?
The girl after reaching to them and trying to catch her air went to the Television and started it.
"Here on Italia one of the called angel that attacked Tokyo 3 has appeared code designation Shamshel, till know the monster hasn´t tried to do something dangerous, as we can see the police is moving the people to the bunkers so that the army can…wait there is a reaction…oh Lilith it´s…it´s turning in to stone…we have received some news from the central…Sachiel angel of water has also appeared on Paris…causing the…?" The reporter stopped as a big light covered Italia.
After the light faded Shamshel turned into stone started separating himself from the earth.
After some moments the stone form of Shamshel stopped and fell to the floor without breaking itself.
"Wow…First Zeruel appearing on the south of Africa and now those two…thing will get chaotic." said Misato.
"Shinji…return to your house we will call for you if there is a need okay?"
Shinji nodded and left.
After leaving the HQ Shinji went to the restaurant and checked on the chefs, after seeing that Marta wasn´t going to come back he decided to help.
After dealing with the restaurant Shinji went to the store he remembered that he had nothing on the fridge, after sometime buying he went directly to his house, seeing Gaghiel on the front door he smiled at his cat.
Leaving the bike on the porch he made his way towards the kitchen. Taking his groceries he took a pack of sandwiches and started eating.
Until his phone started a little song.
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Shinji smiled at the song and reached for his telephone, his smile grew wider as he noticed the number.
"Hello?"
"~Hello tight ass…what are you wearing~? said a seductive voice behind the phone.
Shinji smiled.
A/N Finally chapter 2 finished. I had to remake the second chapter for like 2 or 3 times, I also had a blast writing this one I also took my time to check my orthography on this chapter, I got some reviews that was great.
Thanks to Anesti-zoi and Guest number one for pointing some of my errors.
Now did you liked this chapter, some character appeared some new the maids and bluters most of them will appear alter we have some old people from Nerv also, the relationship between Shinji and Misato changed a lot eh? From Misato-san to Mom Rei didn´t appeared but she will make her debut on next chapter along with a new look, also we had the first words of Shinji "mysterious" girlfriend.
Now I put the keyboard down for a while and go to the XBOX to play some RE anyway hope you enjoyed this one and wait for the next one, as always Review if you liked it, tell me what I can change what you want to see. As always thanks for reading and leave a review, may your day be bright my fellow readers.
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