Neon Genesis Evangelion: Divine Gene Birth
A 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' rewrite fan fic
2: A Hero Under New Ceiling Transfers
A few days have passed since the coming and departure of the Angel codenamed Sachiel, the presence of this unusual Shinji Ikari had caused an unusual arise of confusion, disorder, and unneeded ray of hope… at least in Gendo Ikari's point of view.
FLASHBACK (when Shinji first returned to base after defeating Sachiel)
After Eva Unit-01 was placed back in its docking bay after the battle, Shinji jumped out from the entry plug and wiped off as much of the remaining LCL from his clothes as he could by hand. He turned to see Misato and Ritsuko running toward him.
"What the hell was that?" cried out Ritsuko. It was obvious that she was confused about what happened in the battle and she is getting close to being livid. Misato had known the faux blonde doctor since college and if there was one thing she knew about Ritsuko, it was that she absolutely hated things she couldn't explain, much less clarify, quantify, or calibrate.
"Shinji-kun," said Misato, making a gentler approach "what Ritz is asking what all that amazing light show you've performed with Unit-01 as well as that attack that seemed to come right out of an anime show. Could you please give us a simple answer? The energy absorption trick you've used against the Angel wasn't in the Evangelion's works."
Shinji says, "I couldn't have that creature self-destruct nor let it endanger any more innocents, so I smote it with my own power added to her; Evangelion Unit-01."
"You smote it with your own power added to Unit-01?" blinked a frowning Ritsuko, clearly even more confused than before "You make it sound like that you have abilities that humans normally don't possess and learned you can use them with the Evangelion." She then gestures Shinji to come with him.
Walking with her, Shinji bluntly said to her "That is correct."
Ritsuko froze in place after the boy's answer, she then snapped out of it and exclaimed "Impossible."
"Hey!" called Shinji to the faux blonde doctor "are you going to get to the medical facilities of your base to examine me for how I did all that or what? Although I'm against it, I can assure you that you won't find anything that unusual in my body." Ritsuko ran to catch up to Misato and the phenomenal Third Child.
"Did Kuma-san teach you all that and gave you the equipment responsible as he raised you?" asked Misato. She had read the profile of Shinji Ikari since Gendo last saw him. Apparently someone had come along after Gendo had left Shinji to a teacher to raise him.
"Not personally" Shinji answered, "Since Commander Ikari made the mistake and left his only son to get involved in a different battle and come close to dying, Kuma-niisan rescued me. After going with him to his world, I've had several teachers. They taught me all sorts of stuff as well as trained me in many things, from lessons in life to fighting style. They are my extended family; the best a child could ask for. As much as Commander Ikari is technically my biological father, he's still dead to me no matter how you say it."
Ritsuko had frowned in thought, for she would calculate that Gendo was going to want names of these teachers and this foster family. She knew her commander that he would try to get them to back off from Shinji so to make the boy more malleable, or some other form of emotional blackmail so he could keep the boy under control, especially that mysterious Kuma character who came with him. But that time, it would be beyond even the elite of NERV could handle, after seeing how Kuma could handle himself and how Shinji was able to perform back there.
"Dr. Akagi" called a male voice on the intercom. "Yes?" replied the sexy doctor. The man talking to her via intercom said to her, "It's Pilot Ayanami." "Is her condition stabilized?" "More than that…" gulped the man "her condition is blue."
"What!" exclaimed the faux-blonde doctor with widened eyes, "are you sure? If so, how long was she in such a condition?"
"Since before Pilot Ikari's engagement into battle, doctor."
The news was heard throughout the base. Which brought surprise in Gendo's eyes——
'Rei recovered quickly?' gasped Gendo, 'The piece from Eve implanted into her genes shouldn't awaken this soon! If it had, the scenario is threatened even further!'
In the medical quarters or infirmary, everyone checked up on both teenaged children.
After checking on Rei, Gendo sighed and mentally said to himself 'At least she is still herself for now, but the real mystery is how was it that she recovered so spontaneously before Shinji's battle?'
Dr. Akagi took a blood sample from Shinji and said to him "All I'm doing is taking a blood sample for analysis. Other than that… you're free to go."
Shinji got up from the infirmary bed and said "Sayonara."
Disappearing into the hallway, Misato looks around thoughtfully "Doesn't he have someplace to live at? And what about Kuma-san?"
END FLASHBACK
At the moment, the city is being reconstructed for future battles against any Shito…
Misato looks around at the scenery, which the recovery teams are doing their best to clean up the small amount of damage thanks to the battle against Sachiel. No matter what she does, Misato could not keep the memory of the mysterious tools and phenomena that appeared with Shinji and Kuma that same night.
The Council of SEELE did want to accuse Gendo of his involvement with the use of his Evangelion and the reemergence of the Angels, or Shito, as well as his son's use of Unit-01. They remind him of the urgency of their Human Instrumentality Project being his top priority instead.
When the Council of SEELE learned of the mysterious powers the boy presented with the Evangelion that night, they wonder if Shinji really is the boy or rather something else entirely.
FLASHBACK (after his meeting with the Council)
Inside of his office, the cold commander of NERV watched his son act through his computer monitor. If Rei should interact normally with someone other than him, it was hardly worrisome for him, but he foresaw the boy himself might possibly try to break her conditioning. That would be intolerable and had to be corrected before it could happen.
"Have Section 2 look into the history of the Third Child and his guardian Kuma, also find the names of everyone remotely connected to them both," Gendo ordered his vice-commander, Fuyutsuki.
"Emotional leverage?" the former teacher asked, but he already knew the answer. He had known Gendo far too long to be unable to anticipate his thoughts. It was a shame that he couldn't do anything about it at this point.
"He is a loose cannon," replied Gendo, "for the scenario to succeed, I must have some kind of control over him. Otherwise there will be risks that neither I nor SEELE can afford to ignore."
"I'll see to it," Fuyutsuki nodded.
Gendo so despised the old men who fashioned themselves as puppeteers. Eventually they would discover otherwise, but by then his own scenario would be complete and they would have no ability to do otherwise.
END FLASHBACK
Dr. Akagi constructed everything she could from the blood sample she got from young Shinji several times to make sure she didn't make a mistake and continuously she finds unsatisfying results, as they show only physical attributes of a 14-year-old with unusually close to superhuman levels. She has to learn more from Shinji.
Given time to go to her apartment, Misato looks for Shinji and finds him sitting in a bench with Kuma nearby the artificial lake of the Geofront. She got word that he would live in an apartment alone, compliment of his biological father, but she couldn't have it, so she arranged with Ritsuko for him to move in with her.
In their conversation about the matter…
"Huh?" blinks Misato in surprise "You wish to move in with me along with Shinji, Kuma-san?" Kuma waves his hands a bit, attempting to calm her before she might emotionally freak "Now, now, I'm not planning to make any passes at you, Misato-san." Misato places a pondering hand to her chin, saying "Funny, Ritz said the similar thing." Then she giggles and smiles, "At least you've got a good sense of humor."
In her car, moving to another location, Misato says to her male passengers "Looks like we're having a party tonight." "Why?" ask both men. Misato smiles "You're my new roommates and I feel like throwing a welcoming party." Kuma laughs "Okay, but would it be alright if we pick up some groceries first?" "You and I think alike, and that's where I'm heading first!"
At a convenience store, Misato picks up some instant food, canned foods, and Yebisu malt beer, while the men go to a regular grocery store from across the street. The moment she comes out of the convenience store with her groceries, she blinks at the men and says in amazement "That's got to be like about 20 thousand yen's worth!" Kuma says "Sometimes growing men eat a great deal." "Plus healthy food is required" adds in Shinji. Misato shrugs, "Good point."
The three stopped on the road on the way to watch buildings rise up from the streets like elevators, which Misato explained that it's for protecting the buildings in future Shito attacks.
Then they get to Misato's apartment to settle in with her…
Before turning the lights on, Misato warns them "I've got to warn you that the place is a little bit messy."
Kuma recoils in shock when she turns the lights on. The place is littered with beer cans, liquor bottles, discarded snack bags, trash bags, dirty dishes, and other junk. The stench of old beer past its really reeks and they can smell other putrid smells coming from the apartment.
"You call this a little messy?" exclaims Shinji "This place is close to being called a garbage dump!"
"I'm so sorry," feeling disappointed in herself, Misato apologizes to them "I haven't had time to clean up… lately."
"Since when? The Stone Age?" questions Kuma as he fights off the smell. He'd seen horrible living spaces while watching humans before, but he still has to act like he's from this dimension.
"OK, funny guys," grins Misato "there's an empty room, you can set whatever stuff you have there."
"I'll get to cleaning," sighs Shinji. Kuma says "I'll follow you after putting the stuff in the fridge."
Opening several shelves, Kuma finds ice, snacks, and about 50 gallons of beer in cans. He sighs, 'This is definitely no life for a young woman like Misato.'
Finding another fridge, Kuma asks, "What's with the other refrigerator, Misato-san?" "Oh, don't mind him!" calls Misato in another room, changing into denim shorts and neckline tank top "He's probably still sleeping." "He? You've got a pet here?" asks Shinji. Misato replies "Yep."
She pops her head out of her room, to her next surprise that her apartment is suddenly looking almost cleaner than before… and she's just been changing for about a minute!
She asks them, "What other magic tricks can the two of you do with those crystals?"
Kuma sighs, "Call it what you will, but we Divingels just to call it our power… so in a sense it's genuine magic." Shinji says "Actually, we've moved a little too fast in the normal cleaning standards." Misato gasps "For real? And what the heck are Divingels?"
Shinji sighs, "Maybe we should give you the whole story."
Kuma summarizes to Misato, "100 thousand years ago, when humans walked on the earth to begin a more advanced civilization, there were some humans born with unusual powers. There were those without powers who were fascinated by these powers and accepted them, but also there were those who feared them and regarded them as monsters. Those who feared the humans with powers outnumbered the ones who welcomed them and treated them like witches or monsters.
"The people with powers would've enslaved or wiped out the normal ones, but they couldn't. Not a single one of them were that heartless. So instead of going to cause any more trouble for the normal humans, they created another dimension to reside in. Those powerful humans became known as the human counterparts to the divine and the angels, or simply Divingels. Our purpose with the normal humans is simply because in a way the normal humans are still our brothers and sisters, we have to defend them from forces beyond their capabilities."
After a moment's pause, Misato says "So that's why you've said that about the Shito." Then she asks, "How is it that Shinji has powers like yours? I highly doubt the commander is a Divingel like you, otherwise he'd take care of everything himself."
Finishing the cleaning, Shinji frowns "If Commander Ikari was a Divingel, he wouldn't just leave his only child alone like that, nor would he let his wife get absorbed by the Evangelion before you took control of it."
Kuma says "You see, not even Divingels are perfect, as we are still human and can succumb to temptation should it be strong enough. One of the most infamous examples was the powerful of our highest order of warriors, and like a mirror with the real Heaven, we were at our first real war in the Divingel World. The two biggest fronts were those who served loyally to the leaders and those who fought beside one for gaining leadership. Of course, there were those in the middle not wanting to fight.
"When the war was over, the rebels were placed to another dimension and later became the Hell and devil counterparts called Cursevils. Luckily, still with human hearts there were some of those who changed their minds on all three groups. As for those who stuck in the middle, they were stripped of their powers and sent here, in the dimension of the normal humans, to live as normal humans. Of course, over the centuries prior have been cases of people with extremely dormant power growing here, we Divingels came first a little too soon and too great."
Slowly Misato looks at Shinji and finally asks "So, Shin-chan is something like Perseus in Greek mythology or Merlin in the European legends?" "Yes" nods Kuma.
DING! Goes the microwave, as she was making instant foods for the intended dinner.
Misato lays her head on the table, "This is heavy."
Done with the cleaning, Shinji places a can of beer near Misato and says, "I've heard your thoughts that you needed a beer to help relax you and decided to bring you one." "You can hear thoughts?" asks Misato. Kuma nods "It's one of the common powers to Divingels. Yet it's just hearing thoughts and not reading them, mind-reading comes with a little concentration." Misato gulps "Then you've heard everything I've thought about you two since day one?" "That and everything else."
Misato asks "Why bother telling me all this? Especially when I could report it to the commander?" "Let's say that you're different and more pure of heart than of the faint of heart," sighs Kuma "also humanity needs help and you're the first of the most accepting of us."
Shinji pulls out his Amulet Driver, "This is an Amulet Driver; we use it as a focus or medium on our powers. Like how wizards and witches use magic wands. But unlike them, we no longer use foolish wand-waving or silly incantation when using them." Then he produces a Light Technique Card depicting a banquet in a seashell "We use Light Technique Cards to access the higher powers we wield, these cards are forged from the techniques we've learned through growing, earning, or learning."
Misato realizes "So you're the cause of how Rei-chan was able to recover immediately; you've healed her!" Shinji nods. "If Ritz or the commander knew about this, they'd try to confiscate that device" sighs Misato. Kuma hands Misato his green bear paw-shaped Amulet Driver and says "Let them try."
He stands a good distance from Misato, raises his hand to his device, in a sparkle of green light, the crystal winks out, and reappears in his hand "If they get their hands on our Amulet Drivers, we can simply summon them back into our possession again." "So you're not completely powerless without them! It's frightening… and yet so cool!" gasps Misato developing a smile.
Shinji brings down the instant food ready to eat, "I guess we better eat." Kuma looks at it with eyes seemingly full of empathy and says "Shinji, we should give Misato-san something better than instant food for her kindness." Misato asks "In a few hours? Bedtime is getting close."
Kuma waves a Light Technique Card, depicting a great feast laid out on a tree stump in the middle of a forest, over his Amulet Driver "Forest Feast."
"Landome Conjure; Heroes' Feast!"
Misato keeps her eyes on the angelic event taking place before her, then in the space of the table before her appears a great quantity of food. Curious, Misato asks, "Why on earth do you want to eat all the instants while I have real food conjured by you?" "It would be an equivalent exchange out of your kindness to us, Misato-san" nods Kuma to her. "Can I still have the beer?" asks Misato "Shin-chan is too young to drink by my world's standards after all." The males nod.
"ITADAKIMASU!"
After chugging down a can of beer, Misato whoops like a party girl "OH YEAH! GOOD STUFF! LIFE DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS" then she lets out a large burp!
"Just wait until your first bite to a sample of the Heroes' Feast conjuration," says Kuma, after inhaling a plate of instant noodles. Misato looks at it carefully, "It looks extremely appetizing, but your diet might've been different from ours over the centuries you were around."
"Hey, come on!" pleads Shinji "sometimes you can only live once. Try some, Misato-san. You know that having two for dinner beast eating alone, but more than two eating for dinner becomes a feast." Misato smiles "I didn't even think of it, but I do live by that philosophy."
She uses the fork nearest to her and scoops some of the meal that Kuma conjured and pops it into her mouth and then she froze with a strange look came over her face. Slowly, she removes the utensil from her mouth before swallowing her bite. She closes her eyes and takes a few calming breaths as tears run her face…
She then immediately leaps to her feet as a dreamy look came over her brightly smiling face, "It's delicious!"
One could hear a choir of angels singing the Hallelujah chorus as she eats more of the heavenly reward for her kindness.
"This blessing! It's so divine that it must come from heaven! There's no other way around it! I could never compare to this, even with instant food!"
As she eats, Misato seems to be basking in some kind of divine light as the taste of the Heroes' Feast food is savored in her mouth.
Later, she challenges the men to Rock Paper Scissors for shares of chores since they're going to stay with her. She was pretty sure she could beat the Divingel and the Divingel-raised child with pure instinct, Kuma lost at each challenge and therefore had to do some chores aside from Shinji while Misato has the least amount of chores on the chart.
She frowns at the Divingel, "Are you letting me win on purpose?" Kuma waves hands warily, "No, no, no! It's just that we of the Landome Tribe tend to stick with Rock a lot in that game, we feel not so confident about that." Misato smiles "You know, you're silly when you get nervous. It makes me laugh. Although you live in the Divingel World, please consider this your home here in my world. So feel free to take advantage of everything here!" then she turns and winks at him "Except for me that is!"
Kuma scratches the back of his head, "I would not do that unless I had your permission anyway. I would make love to you, yes, but never rape you." She smiles and plays a coy expression in response "Is that an invitation?"
"I'm going to take a bath, your little soap opera is giving me the shivers!" calls Shinji's voice. Kuma and Misato ask, surprisingly in unison "It looks like a soap opera?"
On his way to the bath, Shinji avoids Misato's hanging bras and panties and opens a door to the bath to find a penguin with red crown points, a metallic collar reading 'Pen 2', and a pink towel.
Shinji bends his knees and says, "Hello, little fella." The penguin greets back, squawking a little. "Your name is Pen-Pen?" asks Shinji "Aren't you the adorable little thing!"
"Huh?" blinks Kuma "A penguin? That's your pet here?"
"Is talking to animals another specialty of the Divingels?" asks Misato, curious to how come Shinji is cool with Pen-Pen. Kuma shrugs "Only with those most acquainted to our individually connected elements; water-acquainted for Searc, earth-acquainted for Landome, air-acquainted for Skyond, etc."
"I guess you have so many animals up in heaven that you're cool with any encounter" smiles an amazed Misato. Kuma closes his eyes, "I don't like the thought of boasting, but we do have nature genetic preserving facilities and zoo arks to restore life should anything happen to life here. We often come near animals to get acquainted with them."
Pen-Pen comes waddling in toward the second fridge and opens it to reveal a tiny bedroom-like compartment for someone his size before entering it.
"You've got one heck of a roommate to hang with!" calls Shinji, "And he's one of your new genetically-created warm water penguins at that!"
Misato sighs, "It's going to be more interesting than usual."
During the next two weeks since his school life in his home dimension started, Dr. Akagi tries training Shinji and yet every result at the end of each training session was quick, resourceful, frugal, and above all perfect. She wonders if the commander's son is actually the perfect male specimen awakening, her DNA tests confirm that it truly is his son but she never shown what the normal ability levels are to him which would cost her.
Kuma stays at Misato's apartment to help around and work when possible, though he generally leaves on Divingel duties from time to time.
Shinji's school life is normal, considering he is doing shockingly well and yet he hasn't opened himself to his classmates. He never caused by problems during the first two weeks. He listened to their various thoughts from time to time. Rei Ayanami, who is in the same class as he, is still startled by him whenever he arrived. Who wouldn't be after having someone heal you with a mysterious glowing touch?
Three classmates in particular have also caught Shinji's eyes——
Touji Suzuhara, a stereotypical jock with short black hair and wearing a black jacket instead of the standard school uniform. He is currently blaming Unit-01 since his little sister, Mari, was injured during its battle with the Shito monster. Shinji heard that he's also a pervert.
Kensuke Aida, Touji's bespectacled best friend and the resident otaku and military buff of the entire class, the whole school in fact. He dreams of being an Eva pilot fighting against the Shito and camps in the mountains reenacting wars by himself as a hobby. He is also never seen without his patented camcorder.
Hikari Horaki, the by-the-book class representative with brown hair in pigtails. She is the type to take her responsibilities very seriously. She lives alone with her sisters, Nozomi (younger) and Kodama (older), since her mother's dead and her father's not in town. Despite her arguments with Touji, Shinji could see from Hikari's thoughts that she's in love with the jock but cannot admit it.
In Shinji's opinion, if the three of them were raised in the Divingel World too, they'd fit right under the Firend Tribe, the Skyond Tribe, and Searc Tribe respectively, with Touji and Hikari having a touch of Landome Tribe involvement.
Today, he's going to receive a full-fledged introduction; while the teacher tells of the devastating events that happened to the Earth called the Second Impact, which are obviously going to fall in the Divingel's hands, someone asks Shinji on his laptop if he was the pilot of the Eva.
All he does was answer truthfully and then the rest of the class immediately makes a big deal out of it, especially Kensuke.
After being asked so many questions about him, namely about the Evangelion and him being the pilot, Shinji groans and says to them "Look, we're in the middle of class. So please save those questions after school."
The teacher nods "Thank you, Mr. Ikari."
Touji frowns and whispers "So there's the bastard responsible for my sister's injury." "Quite the coolheaded guy" says Kensuke. Hikari just nods to the new kid "Thank you for that, Mr. Ikari." She thinks to herself 'I think I like this guy too.'
Outside, Shinji is being bombarded with questions that his classmates were saving to ask him about. Indulging them to see if the information will knock the commander of NERV of his rocker, he gave small bits of classified information along with small answers about himself.
But as for the Poseidon Punch with his Eva that night, his only answer was "Now that is a secret!"
Touji calls him over to a secluded area around school.
Shinji now stands across from an angry Touji and wonders what he could've done to make this guy angry at him. Touji then slugs Shinji in the face, despite feeling the recoil the jock doesn't care "Sorry, newcomer, but I had to clobber you to work off my own anger."
Shinji says "Just admit that you're angry with me because your sister, Mari, was crushed under debris and has been laid up for weeks since my battle with the Shito. Putting the blame on someone other than yourself is not the right answer nor a reasonable excuse."
Kensuke, who was watching, gasps "Hey! He never mentioned her name! How did you know?" Touji frowns deeper, "Yeah, how?"
Shinji gets up and frowns "I shouldn't be doing this, but you deserve it as proper punishment." He pulls out his Amulet Driver and produces a Light Technique Card depicting rapidly falling rain. He swipes it through it, saying "Chastise Shower."
"Searc Elemental Spell; Watery Punishment Spell!" calls out a disembodied voice.
Suddenly, tons of water is pouring heavily on Touji, sending him to his knees. After a few seconds, the rain over him stops.
Many students witness the event.
Hikari gasps 'Is he… a wizard?' "Actually, Class Representative Hikari…" says Shinji "I'm a super-powered human whose sole duty is to protect mankind, not a wizard." Hikari gasps, "I didn't say anything!" "You didn't have to;" replies Shinji "I can hear your thoughts." Hikari blushes a cherry red upon hearing that.
Kensuke exclaims "So that is how you were able to do that big finisher with your robot, as well as know Touji's problem and his sister's name!"
The other students nod and continue to admire the action that is taking place before them.
Shinji scolds Touji some more, "It wasn't like I've had any choice, another pilot was injured and I had to humor NERV by piloting it." Touji looks at him grudgingly. Shinji scowls "I thought so" then draws another Card depicting a geyser and slashes it through his Amulet Driver, "Geyser Reprimand."
"Searc Elemental Spell; Watery Punishment Spell!"
A geyser of water erupts from underneath Touji, pushing him skyward and keeping him up there for several seconds until it slows down and settles him back to the ground, soaking wet. Shinji says, "It was a bad idea to pick a fight with me without logic or reason. It was an accident that I never intended to have happen."
Rei watches onward, in no logical possibility should any of that happen and yet she just witnessed it; Shinji is capable of manipulating water.
Shinji's cell phone rings, he picks it up "Yes?" after a while he remains silent to listen until finally he says into it "I'll take care of the Shito. Don't bother with setting up the Evangelion." Then he hangs up, just to see Rei receiving a similar call before leaving.
"Damn that Commander Ikari" frowns Shinji, then he runs for another location as the sirens wail for people to head for their designated shelters.
Kensuke walks over to check up on his heavily soaked friend and says, "Dude, he kicked your ass, with a lot of water."
"Don't wanna talk about it…" threatens Touji, "and don't you dare tell anybody."
"Suzuhara!" says Hikari "it's painfully obvious that Ikari-kun is the better; after seeing that, no one would want to fight him."
"Besides, we already saw all that" says one of the classmates. Another speaks up "Yeah, and you're no longer the toughest guy here. He is."
NERV evacuates the Tokyo 3's civilians to safety shelters and transforms the city to battle formation.
Misato asks Shinji on the phone "Why aren't you going in Unit-01 now?" "I can fight against a Shito without the need of an Eva. Trust me." "Unless you can transform into a giant," says Misato "I don't think you can stand a chance against it." "I can," says Shinji before he hangs up.
Dr. Akagi says, "Rei is in Unit-01 and we're ready to launch!" "Okay" half-quietly responds Misato. Then she thinks to herself, 'Commander Ikari is away and we've got to deal with the fourth Shito. A lot sooner than we expected 15 years ago, now it arrived after 3 weeks of giving us a break. I guess I should have some faith in Shinji's abilities. If he'll be able to pull this off, he'll be the new Perseus.'
Meanwhile in one of the shelters, Kensuke convinces Touji to come outside with him to take a look at the giant battle.
The fourth Shito, Shamshel, is a massive, vaguely arthropod-like creature, with a long cylindrical body, a roughly shovel-shaped head with two eyespot-like markings (but are not eyes), two short 'arms', and eight retractable and segmented limbs. Shamshel is remaining horizontal during flight.
Shamshel raises itself upright by 90 degrees, with its 'head' remaining parallel to the ground, revealing its core is located under its 'throat'.
Kensuke tapes the start of event "Cool! All my efforts really paid off! I've been waiting for this moment all my life!"
Touji is getting nervous.
Little do they know is that Hikari had followed them to drag them back.
Eva Unit-01 comes out, with Rei in the cockpit. She whips out with a gun made for the Eva units and fires at the monster, only to have the Shito's AT field to defend itself to neutralize every shot. Shamsel's two short 'arms' that project energy whips at Unit-01 slicing through the gun and having Rei duck from the attack and have the compartment it came out of to be sliced.
The three young civilians looking on don't know that it's Rei in the Eva and not Shinji, until…
"Hey, false angel!" calls out a young male voice.
The Shito turns and spots Shinji staring at it.
"No way!" gasps Kensuke. Touji asks "What?" "It's actually the newcomer, Shinji Ikari! He's not piloting the Eva and he's facing the Angel!" "WHAT?" Hikari lets out a loud "What?"
The boys turn to find the Class Rep and gulp.
Touji gulps, "Busted."
"Protecting the planet is my duty!" says Shinji as he pulls out his Amulet Driver and raises it above his head, calling out "Divine Armor Setup!"
To the astonished eyes of all those who were watching, Shinji's body undergoes its startling metamorphosis. The clothes immediately change into gel as he is bathed in a near-blinding luminescence and feathery wings of blue light sprout from his back. The energy forms a kind of transparent cage in the shape of his Amulet Driver. In an instant, his body becomes endowed with impenetrable armor as exotic blue crystal-like materials become fused with flesh and bone as the wings disappear for a moment. One could feel that his already superhuman powers are boosted even further and are now augmented with quantum energy weapons.
He now has the appearance of some sort of space age knight of crystal blue. His shoulders have huge armored epaulets and his helmet looks like a god's head covered by a cowl made from two sharks, judging from the twin fins on top. His arms sport gauntlets with small fin-like projections on top of the forearms and tiny teethed nozzles on top of his fists. Though he is a little bigger, his body retains its graceful, sleek lines and yet he looks like was perfect balance is emphasized rather than speed or brute power. On his back are a couple of narrow nacelles closed. His legs are incased in robotic-looking boots. His Amulet Driver is now a belt buckle. A shark symbol is emblazoned over his left breast area.
When the transformation becomes complete, the transformed Shinji slashes a Light Technique Card through his Driver Buckle——
"Divingel Augmentation; Giant Growth!"
Glowing blue, the transformed Shinji expands to an enormous size, towering over even the Evangelion.
When the size augmentation becomes complete, he breaks free from the crystal structure and went into a combat pose, which appears akin to surfing.
"Hero of the Sea! Water Hero Shinji!"
Back at NERV…
Dr. Akagi's eyes widen in surprise, "He turned into an armored giant! Impossible!"
Misato asks herself 'Will he handle himself?' then resumes command "Rei, can you hear me?" "Yes" responds Rei. Misato gives a command "That is Pilot Ikari, your orders are not to engage him! Engage only the Shito!" "Understood," replies Rei.
"So that is why he didn't want to fight back at you like a normal fighter," awes Hikari "he is too strong and you would've joined your sister's room at the hospital too."
Touji nods nervously, now regretting to have slugged him.
Kensuke is enjoying the action with glee.
Shamshel turns away from Unit-01 and focuses its attention toward the Water Hero Shinji with its energy whips. Shinji performs a sweeping kick to its mid-torso, destroying the AT Field and sending it nearer to the forest!
Rei tries her firing on the Shito, but the Shamshel is ignoring her.
"The Angel won't turn toward the Eva!" calls Shigeru.
Maya gasps "Does that mean, whatever power the Third Child has is a greater threat to the Angels than our Evas?"
Ritsuko cannot believe all of the readouts she's receiving nor the facts she is witnessing out there.
Once Shinji gets close enough, he uses this opportunity to slit a deep gouge into the core of the Shito, bringing out a screech. Surprisingly, the Shito begins backing away from the Water Hero Shinji, attempting to bring its AT Field back.
"IT'S COMING THIS WAY!" screams Touji. Hikari and Kensuke scream too.
Out of the corner of his field of sight, Shinji then notes of three people watching the battle, civilians who he knows too well and were supposed to be in the shelters.
"Horaki-san? Suzuhara-kun? Aida-kun?" gasps the enlarged hero, "Oh no!"
He then slashes a Light Technique Card through his Driver, calling out "Water Radio!"
"Searc Augmentation; Communication Adaption!"
He's suddenly patches into NERV communications——
"Misato-san," calls Shinji "My classmates are nearby the Shito!"
Dr. Akagi gasps, "How did he do that? Also what are they doing there?"
He turns the Eva, controlled by Rei, and asks her "Do you think you can rescue them?"
Rei replies through the communications he's opened, "I'm having trouble controlling your Evangelion again."
"Then, don't worry! I'll control it from outside of it!" says Water Hero Shinji.
"The outside?" gasps the technicians at NERV HQ.
Shinji slashes another Card through his Driver, "Water Remote!"
"Searc Spell; Summon and Control!"
Unit-01's eyes flash and gets up quickly!
Dr. Akagi gasps, "It's actually moving on its own!"
Shinji grabs a hold on the Shito and hauls it away, he calls to his Eva "Get those three into your entry plug!"
"Unauthorized civilians will mess up the synch!" barks Ritsuko.
"Perhaps," says Misato "but this time no one is controlling the Evangelion but Shinji, and from the outside at that."
"Time for you three to get in and join the party!" says the giant Shinji, slashing another Light Technique Card "Bubble Levitation!"
"Searc Spell; Shielded Transportation!"
The three civilians are collected in a blue bubble and it flies toward the Evangelion, which opens its back and its entry plug before it swallows them into safety before closing and reengaging.
At first, after the bubble dispersed, it was dark and then things become clear again.
"We're inside the robot!" exclaims Kensuke "This is SO COOL!"
Seeing Rei before her, Hikari gasps "Ayanami-san?"
"Huh?" gasp the two males with them, never expecting the mystery girl to be there too.
"He's… so… powerful" gasps Rei.
Unit-01 pulls out its Progressive Knife and stabs into Shamshel's core!
"Now to finish this," growls Water Hero Shinji. He flips over the Shito and grabs onto the Eva and roars out "Neptunian Puncturing!"
"Searc Final Attack; Neptunian Puncturing!"
A godly blue figure with a crown, a fish tail, and a trident with its tips bathed in radiance overlap the two and draw into the Progressive Knife, piercing through the Shito completely before the creature blasts backward and explodes in a blue mist!
He lets go of the biomechanical robot and poses, "Mankind's prayers have been answered!" The nacelle's on his back open, letting his wings of blue light appear again for a few moments.
The spirit of Yui Ikari silhouettes over Unit-01 again and turns to the giant Shinji, "I'm becoming more proud of you, my son." He nods back to her, before she vanishes again.
"The Shito is silenced" says Shigeru.
Maya exclaims "Wow, that boy is extravagant but powerful."
Misato says, "Get the cleanup crew there on the double and collect Unit-01."
Then Misato turns to spot Ritsuko on the floor, unconscious, "Wow… I guess telling the story will only make her faint too, since it's beyond even her logic," but she shrugs it off "Oh well, I drink when nothing would make sense."
Inside the Eva, the four occupants are amazed.
"Was that his mother?" blinks Hikari in surprise.
Rei replies "I don't know."
"Whoa…" exclaims an amazed Touji.
"This is… SO COOL!" grins Kensuke, "Cooler than even anything in the military, I can die happy now!"
Shinji's voice is heard, "Is your friend always like that, Suzuhara-kun?" Touji looks up to find the armored Shinji talking to him, he replies "Yup, and he'll be single and a virgin forever if he stays this way."
"Pilot Ikari," speaks up Rei. "Yes?" asks Shinji. She pauses for a bit and asks, "Do you think it would be possible to heal Suzuhara-kun's sister as you did to me three weeks ago?" "It was my fault for being part of that battle" nods Shinji, "I hope he'll understand that I forgive him for hitting me." Touji sighs "Thanks, man. I was supposed to watch her though."
"So, where would the four of you like to be dropped off?" asks Shinji.
Three days have passed, young Mari is released from the hospital some after she was healed and forgives Shinji since she could tell he was just doing his duty.
Ritsuko, however, was unconscious for two days because of the events that happened during battle. "That Third Child is going to drive me to an early grave."
Misato, however, is getting more and more used to having a Semi-Divingel and a Divingel living under her roof. Things get more exciting when his classmates visit Shinji from time to time.
To be continued…