Misato was in the gym that NERV apparently had with Shinji, Rei, Asuka, and Kamina.

"Even though I have absolutely no experience with basketball, I'm going to have to teach you how to play! First we'll start with something simple, like passing a ball. Shinji, you're with Asuka, and Kamina will be with Rei."

Shinji looked over at Asuka. "I just know the shippers are going wild already."

Shinji was passing a ball with Asuka, as he was instructed to do.

"Hey Misato?" Shinji asked.

"Yes Shinji?"

"Is this in the Neon Genesis universe, or the rebuilds?"

Misato tried to answer, but was stumped. "You know Shinji, I don't know."

"I mean, isn't the Eva that Kamina is piloting called Unit 05? I mean, we can't be in the Rebuild universe because Unit 05 was destroyed."

"Well, I guess that means this is Neon Genesis."

"But what about the mass produced Evas? One of them was Unit 05."

Misato paused for a moment. "Damn it Shinji, stop pointing out the plot-holes."

…

After practice for the day, Commander Ikari had planned to talk with Misato.

"Why did you need to speak to me, Commander?"

"Remember how we said that The Second Impact was caused by humans discovering Adam, the First Angel?"

"Yes, but we all know that was a plot-twist, because what ACTUALLY happened…."

"No, that isn't right either."

Misato was confused by Gendo's response. "So, what did cause The Second Impact?"

"The truth is, it has nothing to do with Adam, or any of the angels for that matter. Remember how we said Second Impact happened in Alaska?"

"Yes?"

"That was a cover-up. The truth was, it was somewhere in the United States."

"Where in the United States?"

"I don't know because I couldn't find any Internet sources."

"But Commander, shouldn't you know? I mean, you ARE the commander of NERV…."

"Shut up Misato!"

Misato raised an eyebrow. "Okay…So, how did it start?"

"It was in Charles Barkley's final game."

Misato face palmed. "You can't be serious…."

"Oh, but I am. He preformed an illegal move out of desperation….The Chaos Dunk…"

"And what is that?"

"He put so much energy into a slam dunk that it ended up killing millions."

"And the wings of light?"

"Those were from Charles Barkley."

"This is ridiculous, Commander. Do you seriously expect me to believe this crap?"

"Do you expect to get paid?"

"Yes."

"Than it's a fair trade-off."

Misato rolled her eyes.

"But I haven't mentioned one important thing; The ability to perform The Choas Dunk is hereditary, meaning Hoopz can do it. So I want you to make sure that Hoopz doesn't know that he can do The Choas Dunk. And with him piloting the Eva, it's a lot more of a risk."

Misato, still baffled, tried to accept what Gendo was saying. "Well, okay….."

"And one more thing." Gendo brought up. "I'm promoting you."

"Wow! Really!?" Misato said with excitement.

"Yes. I'm promoting you to Coach Katsuragi."

"…Oh…"

…

NERV had been practicing the big game for a while now, and Misato had gathered up Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Hoopz, and Kamina.

"Okay, so I am here to give you your new plugsuits."

"New plugsuit? Is it in red?" Asuka asked.

"No. In fact, they are all in the same color."

"WHAT!? WHY DO I…."

Misato slapped Asuka. "Anyways, the changes are merely cosmetic." Misato held up one of the plugsuits. It looked like Shinji's old plugsuit, but it had the NERV logo on the front. Misato turned it around, and the back had a 03 and said "Ikari".

"This is Shinji's. Don't worry, I have one for everyone, except for Kamina, because for whatever reason he doesn't need one."

"Because it would take away from by badassery level!"

"It's about time you said something, Kamina. Now we just need Hoopz to talk."

"Ay yo! Can y'all blame me! I have not shown up in dis chaptah until now, so can y'all gangstas blame me?"

Everyone stared blankly at Hoopz.

"What? You guys said I needed more personality, so I thought I would talk like that."

"…..Right. Anyways, be ready by tomorrow. That's when our big game is."

"Tomorrow!? But, I'm not ready!" Shinji said, about to freak out.

"Stupid Shinji! You're always getting freaked out so easily!" Asuka said. "The Nerdlurks are tiny, so it's not like they'll be difficult to play against."

"Have you seen Space Jam? Of course there is going to be a plot-twist and grow the size of the angels!"

"How can you have seen Space Jam?"

"I wanted to create a plot-hole of my own, okay?"

"Anyways" Coach Katsuragi said to have attention focused on her. "By here tomorrow. We will get ready for the big game tomorrow."