SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE
by Gunman
Chapter 5
The Fourth Rider
Disclaimer: I still do not own Eva or Ghost Rider, nor it's characters.
Summary: Blackheart steps up his monster attacks to find out who the new Riders are. Meanwhile, the Riders get a new ally, and Shinji gets a new family member.
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Ranma Hibiki: yes, I hate writers block too. And I will make Kaji a better person, enough for Misato to like him, but yet he will be a cliché speaker.
Caladchbolg: What is Inheritance? I've never really heard of that show before. I've been too busy to check it out.
Nightmare2046: Don't worry, I am going to kill Gendo off... once he has suffered a bit.
Jak4: I hope you approved of Asuka's acceptance of the situation.
Team wolf II: I couldn't remember if the Penance Stare came from Ketch or Blaze, but I figured: it's a Ghost Rider power, so I just used it.
Ronin Katarn: Don't worry. I am planning of having Rei in this next chapter. And she will have a rather interesting role to play.
Fifth Horseman: yes, when I started doing this Ghost Rider crossover, I realized the Penance Stare would be perfect for using on Gendo.
Aneirin: Even if you like my story better than your own, that doesn't mean you should give up on yours.
Neferius: Yes, Misato, Asuka, and Ritsuko will investigate their mysterious saviors, even though they will see them in action again.
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From the rooftop of an adjacent building, two spectral forms watched as Shinji and Misato helped the disheveled Ritsuko Akagi into their apartment.
"There's One Thing I Still Don't Understand." Ghost Rider said to his companion.
"What?" Phantom Rider asked.
"Why Was Shinji Able To Sense Those Monsters Before We Were?"
"I've Been Thinking About That." the samurai said, but not giving his answer right away.
Pausing for dramatic emphasis. What a cliché. "And?" he asked, getting impatient.
"It's Possible, Because He Is Younger Than Us, That His Mind Is Less Cluttered With The Events and Goings On Of The World. This Makes Him More Sensitive To The Supernatural."
"So Just Because Shinji Is Younger, He's Better Able To Detect Demons And Monsters Than We Are?"
"Or It Could Be His Soul Is More Open."
"Guess That Makes Sense." he said with mild sarcasm.
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(Misato's Apartment)
"You mean... You and The Commander??!!" Misato gasped as the blond woman sat at the kitchen table sipping her coffee.
"It's not something I'm proud of." Ritsuko said with an ashamed look on her face.
"I wouldn't be." Asuka said, off-handedly.
"Asuka..." Shinji said, trying to quiet the girl as it was obviously hard on the blond woman.
"What? You don't find this... disturbing? I mean he's your father." the redhead snapped.
"He hasn't been my father for the last decade." the boy replied.
Asuka wasn't about to argue that fact. The blond scientist had already told everyone present about what had happened at NERV less than an hour ago. About Gendo, and the monsters, and the flaming skull-faced riders who rescued her and brought her to their apartment at her request.
Misato was intrigued by the fact that there were now three of these mysterious Riders. Asuka was shocked that there were more, diverse, monsters lurking about. Shinji however was shocked at the fact that Ritsuko was having an affair with his father.
"Ritsuko-san, why?" Shinji asked the blond scientist.
"Why what?" she asked back.
"You and my father."
"Are you asking out of curiosity or concern?" she asked.
"Concern. I mean... I figured you could have done a lot better." he explained.
That's for damn sure. Misato and Asuka's thought in unison.
Ritsuko smiled at that little compliment. She sighed a little and regained her voice.
"Thank you, Shinji. But to answer your question: I did it because I thought he loved me." she said. "But I was just deluding myself into believing that. I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing to me?" he asked curiously.
"Because I... in a way, I was taking the place... of your mother." she said sadly.
Shinji sighed as he realized where she was going with this. It wasn't so much that Ritsuko was sorry about that. His mother. It was more from the fact that it might have hurt him. Shinji. Possibly from the fact that Ritsuko knew him better. To her Shinji was definitely kinder than his father.
"It's alright, Ritsuko. I'm not upset. Just... do you care for him?" Shinji asked.
"After what he did to me tonight... no way in hell!" she grumbled.
Oh, you don't know how close you are to that statement. Shinji thought as he moved towards the blond woman and hugged her from behind. Shinji felt her stiffen a little. "Alright. So there's nothing to forgive then."
"Thank you." Ritsuko said, relaxing in the boys embrace. The boy gives good hugs.
"Alright! If you're done hitting on the poor woman, we have more important things to worry about." Misato said to the blushing boy while a rather annoyed redhead stood behind them.
"Like what?" Ritsuko asked as Shinji backed away.
"You said you actually saw a skull faced man riding a motorcycle." Misato asked the woman.
"And a hooded skull faced rollerblader?" Asuka added.
"And a flaming skull-faced samurai riding a black horse. They looked like they were all part of the same group." Ritsuko stated.
"So... there's three of these guys?" Shinji asked, trying to sound impressed.
"Looks like it."
"Seeing something like that, guess you'd believe anything else." Shinji said to Asuka.
"Absolutely." the redhead replied.
"I'm sorry I didn't believe you before about the monsters and all." Ritsuko said to Misato.
"Don't worry. In fact, I could use your help on something." she said as she got up from the table and went into her room.
Shinji, Asuka and Ritsuko looked confused for a few seconds, hearing a bunch of thumping around from Misato's bedroom.
"Help with what?" Ritsuko asked as Misato soon returned, a bunch of books in her arms.
"Research!" she said, thrusting all her bought tombs into the blonds hands.
"Huh?" she gasped as she looked at the occult books.
"I'm really no good at this sort of thing."she giggled as the two teenagers walked out of the kitchen.
"Shinji!" Asuka whispered to the boy as the older pair started combing through the books.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"Why did you hug her?" she asked, more than a little curious, and she would never admit, jealous.
He shrugged his shoulders. "I just thought... she could use it."
Asuka looked back at the two women who were now reading and shrugged her shoulders as well. However, Shinji wondered if she was asking because she was jealous he had hugged Ritsuko.
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(NERV HQ, the next day...)
"I understand things were hectic for you last night." Fuyutsuki said as he rode up in the elevator with Ritsuko.
"Yes. It's was... disturbing." the blond said.
"I'm sorry." he said.
"It's not your fault, commander." she said with a slight smile.
"You know, I'm still not used to that title." he said with a small smile.
"Well, with Gendo in a catatonic state, you're in charge now."
"Yes. And I assure you that you won't have to preform any of the duties for me that you preformed for him." he said.
Ritsuko blushed a little at that. It wouldn't have taken much to learn about that.
"However... if you should need a shoulder to cry on, or a friendly ear to listen..."
"Thank you, sir." she smiled. "I'll keep that in mind."
The elevator reached the first stop as Fuyutsuki turned to the woman.
"I hope you will." he said, nodding to her, and then stepping off the elevator.
Ritsuko smiled a little inside at what he meant by that.
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"So, did you find what you were looking for?" Kaji asked as soon as he entered Misato's office.
"Sort of. Looking through 'demon lore' is kinda difficult when you don't have a real idea of what you're looking for." the purple-haired woman replied, only a couple books on her desk. The rest were at her apartment.
"Here we are fighting giant monsters from space, and you're looking up demons." he said, shaking his head. "Besides, I thought you knew what you were looking for."
"I did too. But there's no reference for guys with flaming skull heads."
"Guys? You're looking for more than one?" he playfully gasped.
"Yeah. Apparently, I'm now looking for three."
"THREE?!"
"Weird, huh?"
"So... what are these three like?"
"Well, apparently there's a biker guy who saved my life. Asuka was saved by a younger guy who uses rollerblades. And Ritsuko mentioned a guy who bears a strange resemblance to a samurai."
"A biker, a blader, and a bushido guy." Kaji said, counting on his fingers.
"Pretty much."
"Not much for comparison, is there?"
"Yeah. It's like they're all from different era's or something."
"Oh, what cruel fate has brought together the demon three from beyond the Netherworld!" he said dramatically as he held out his hand and waved comically.
"Oh, for crying out loud, Kaji!" Misato laughed as he hurled a pencil at the man.
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Meanwhile, back at the Katsuragi/Ikari/Sohryu apartment...
"GOD, SHINJI! IT HURTS! TAKE IT OUT! TAKE IT OUT!" Asuka screamed on the couch.
"I'm almost there Asuka. Will you calm down. Just try to relax." Shinji said as he continued to work.
"How can I? It just keeps pushing into me!" she groaned, clutching tightly on the boys shoulder.
"That's because you're clenching too much. Relax!" he strained against her.
"Will You Just Take It Out?"
"Stop struggling, damn it! It's harder that way."
"It, Just, Hurts!"
"I can't take it out if you don't RE-LAX!"
"Just please hurry!" she whined as Shinji pulled back.
"There! It's out!" he said.
"Oh, thank god. I thought that thing would rip me in half." she gasped in relief.
"It's a splinter, Asuka." the boy groaned, holding up the tweezers with the offending piece of wood in it. "I don't believe this. You're the toughest girl I know and you get panicky from a little piece of wood."
"Yeah, well, the smallest things can give you the biggest trouble." she grumbled.
"Well, it's over now. You're suffering has ended."
Asuka looked at Shinji. Was he teasing her?
"Are you teasing me, Shinji?" she asked.
"And risk the wrath of Sohryu?" he smiled.
"You are teasing me!" she growled and leapt at him, wrapping her arms around his neck "Admit it! You're teasing me!"
"ACK! ASUKA!!!!" the boy gasped in her grip.
"Admit your crimes, Mr Ikari!" she grinned maliciously as she pulled on his neck, tumbling backwards into the living room.
However, the pair tumbled backwards and went sprawling onto the floor. This ended up with Shinji collapsing on top of the German redhead, her arms still around his neck.
Their eyes locked, their faces mere inches from each other.
She's so beautiful. Shinji thought as he stared at her.
Why didn't I notice how cute he is? She wondered. Her eyes widened as she pushed on the boy, practically knocking him off of her. "Get Off Me!"
"Ouch! What was that for?" he winced as he tried to stand up.
"Are you kidding? If Misato found out about this, or worse saw us like that, we'd never hear the end of it." she stated.
"Oh. Right." he replied, knowing that was totally true.
Not that I wanted it to end. The pair thought in unison.
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(NERV, just after noon)
"Ritsuko." Fuyutsuki said as the female doctor entered the large office.
"Yes, commander?"
"There's something I need to talk to you about."
"Of course."
"It's about the HIP."
Ritsuko balked. Mostly from the fact that Fuyutsuki was speaking about it so openly.
"What about it?" she asked.
"I have to know. Are you as dedicated to it as Gendo was?"
Ritsuko knew she had to be honest about this. This was Fuyutsuki, not Gendo.
"To be honest... no. Personally I thought the project was a mistake. But if I had said anything Gendo would have replaced me with someone else."
"Someone perhaps less capable, but more willing."
"Exactly." then a thought occurred to her. "What about you, sir?"
"I'm sure Gendo knew my objections to it. But for reasons of my own, I stayed the course. But now that the commander in a coma, as it were, we should be in a position to stop it."
"By ourselves?" she asked, knowing even they would have trouble with this whole thing.
"I think I can get us some additional help." he said.
"Who are they and can we trust them?"
"Shinji Ikari and Ryoji Kaji."
Ritsuko actually mulled that over. She knew that Kaji probably had his own agenda here at NERV, and that Shinji, as an Eva pilot, was pivotal to Gendo's original plans. But that didn't mean Shinji would help them. Well, maybe he would, but he'd probably need a better reason than to help out the people who were originally involved in the plotting of the destruction of mankind.
"And why would Kaji or Shinji help us?" Ritsuko asked.
"Kaji has recently demonstrated some loyalty to me. I believe we can trust him in this." Fuyutsuki said. "As for Shinji, he probably will help us, if given the proper... incentive."
"I see."she said, musingly. "And what sort of incentive would Shinji require to help us?"
Fuyutsuki smiled.
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(Late afternoon, The Commander's Office)
"So... you're sure about this?" Shinji asked once he, Asuka and Misato had been called to the commander's office.
"Yes." the older man said.
"I have a sister?" the boy gasped.
"Yes, Shinji. According to some old files that Ritsuko and I dug up, Rei was born the same day you were, but the doctor told your mother that she had died in childbirth. This was Gendo's doing."
"WHAT?" Misato shouted, obviously outraged. "But Why?"
"So that he would have at least one child who he could raise to obey his every command as an Eva pilot." Ritsuko stated. "Like the saying goes, 'Blood is the best security'."
This is like a bad soap. Asuka mused.
"That cold-hearted, manipulating, son-of-a-stinking-" Misato grumbled.
"Yes, Captain. But it's safe to say that in leu of this discovery..." Fuyutsuki said.
"Rei Ayanami is your long lost sister, Shinji-kun." Ritsuko stated, finishing for the older man.
"I... I don't know what to say. I mean... she's my sister?" Shinji gasped.
"Yes. And I think it's right that she know this." Fuyutsuki said as he handed Shinji the file.
He looked it over once more to make sure it was all accurate, then smiled and ran out of the office.
Of course, it was a fake smile. The whole scene was for Misato and Asuka's benefit. Fuyutsuki had already told Shinji about Rei's origins and NERV's plans. The plans were of interest to Kaji, but it was Rei that interested Shinji. The fact that she was cloned from an Angel was of little concern to him. It was the fact that she had also been cloned from his mother: Yui Ikari.
That alone made Rei his sister.
After all, it wasn't her fault how she came into this world. It was his father's. And right now Rei was the closest thing to a blood relative he had. Add to the fact that he liked her and was concerned for her on many levels.
Ritsuko had spent all day doing the necessary paper work to make it look just like they had said. Which Shinji was aware of thanks to Fuyutsuki.
Shinji ran all the way, reaching Rei's apartment nearly out of breath. He knocked on the girl's door.
"Ikari-kun? What are you doing here?" she asked noting the hunched-over-heavy-breathing-boy.
"I came... sister... you... read, file, please!" he said as he thrust the document into her hands.
Rei took the file and opened it. After a few minutes of reading, her hands were shaking.
"This says that I am... your sister?" she said with nearly broken speech, startled at the revelation that this brought to her.
"Yes, Rei-chan. You're the child of Yui Ikari, just like me. And that makes you my sister."
Rei was speechless for several seconds. "You are, my brother."
"We're a family, Rei-chan. A family!"
Family. She thought deeply on the word as a smile came across her lips. I have... a family.
Shinji couldn't stand it any longer and lunged forward to wrap his sister in his arms tightly.
Rei gasped at the feel of his arms around her. His touch, his warmth. It felt so good.
She pulled her arms up and wrapped them around the boys back, pulling him in tighter to her. She sighed a little as she did this, enjoying the feel of the close contact he gave her.
Rei was fully aware of her origins, that she was cloned from Yui Ikari, not born of her like Shinji had been. Yet, in a sense it did make them related. However, Shinji was the one person she had come to trust in the long, lonely years of her life. Gendo had recently lost that trust, and Shinji had earned it. He was the closest thing she had to a friend, and now, thanks to the pretense set up by both the doctor and the sub-commander, now the current commander, Shinji was legally her brother.
Her family.
A tear raced down her cheek at the unfamiliar warmth she felt building up in her chest.
However, it was actually a different kind of warmth she was feeling as dusk was coming fast.
As the last light of the sun vanished over the horizon, Shinji felt a strange urge build up within him.
No! There's an evil creature nearby. Dammit I can't transform now! But I have to protect Rei. He thought as he strained to keep his Rider self from emerging. He could feel the hellfire build up within him. Within his chest as it was pressed up hard against Rei. Suddenly, he felt the Rider receding back into him.
What the... he thought as he pulled away from Rei.
"Shinji-kun! Something... is wrong." Rei said him.
"Rei?" he asked.
"I sense something is close... near us!" she said.
"Stay here. I'll check it out." he said and left so that he could transform into Soul Rider.
Once Shinji had left, Rei touched the spot between her breasts and stomach. She felt hot.
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Across town...
"I Hate Insects!" Ghost Rider screamed as his spiked chain whipped around and tore through another demon-like bug creature.
He wheeled his HellCycle around and took off as a weird demon scorpion-like creature leapt at him, followed by a monstrous-looking centipede and a mantis.
The wasp he had just killed dissipated into dust as he turned his attention the others.
"I REALLY Hate Insects!" he groaned as he lashed out again.
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When Fuyutsuki had dismissed Ritsuko, Asuka and Misato and had gone home himself, he had felt a strange presence draw up to him.
His fiery skeletal horse, Enton, lifted himself back on his hind legs and lashed out with his front hooves, striking a wolf demon in the head and knocking it back.
As the Phantom Rider, Fuyutsuki was gripping his fiery sword and slashing at a lion demon that was trying to devour him. He managed to slash at it's stomach, destroying the beast.
"Well... This Wasn't How I Was Planning To Go Out. But If Die I Must, I'll Take You With Me!" he shouted as a large bear demon and tiger demon roared and charged towards the pair.
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"ARGH!" Soul Rider groaned as he was tossed hard against the wall of the alleyway.
He looked up and saw the three demon dogs slowly advance towards him, snapping and snarling as they did.
Didn't think there was more than one. He thought as he got back up to his feet. Where are they all coming from?
The demon dogs, at least twice the size of St Bernards, moved towards him and leaped, just as he leapt into the air as well, avoiding their claws and causing them to crash through the wall.
"TIME FOR SPEED!" he shouted as he pushed off the wall and flew towards a more open area in which to fight these demons.
However, when he landed on the street he froze as he noticed several more demon dogs forming a semi-circle around the alley entrance.
"You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!" he groaned as he looked back to see the three demon dogs from before filling the alleyway. All totaled, about a dozen. Great!
The dogs were about to attack, when a bright flame overhead caught their attention. Soul Rider and the dog demons looked up as another figure wearing flaming air treks fell from the sky and landed right next to Soul Rider himself.
"What The!" Soul Rider gasped as he stared at the figure. Another Rider? He gasped, taking in the new figure who was obviously female.
Like him this new rider possessed flaming air treks, only her's had little wings on the heels. She was dressed in a white jacket with a flaming skull on the back, skin-tight pants and fingerless gloves and blue-lense goggles as opposed to his red ones. And unlike him, her flames were blue.
"Who Are..." he started to ask, only to be cut off by the rider.
"We Must First Deal With These Monsters." the female rider said.
"Uh.. Right."
The demon dogs attacked the pair. One or two, it was all the same to them.
Without a second's hesitation, the pair lashed out, their air trek's slamming into the demon dogs left and right. What amazed Soul Rider was that his new ally seemed to be able to move just as quick and as accurate as himself.
He leaped into the air and threw a roundhouse kick that slammed his fiery air treks into the face of another demon dog, causing it to dissipate into nothing.
His new partner leaped into the air, spinning like a ballerina before lashing out with a split kick that struck down two more demons and turned them to dust.
Within less than a minute, all twelve demon dogs were gone.
Soul Rider panted a little as the female rider approached him.
"Brother! Are You Alright?" she asked.
"Brother?" he gasped as realization hit him. "Rei-Chan?"
"Yes." she nodded.
"But How?"
"I Do Not Know. I Followed You When You Left And Saw You Transform. When You Did, I Felt Myself... Become This. What Is This Strange Power?" she asked, staring at her hands.
Right. She never gets fazed by stuff like this. "I'll Explain Later. We Need To Find The Others."
"Others?"
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Soul Rider informed Rei of how to find the others, the pair reluctantly splitting up.
It wasn't the best idea he had ever had, letting his new sister fly solo on her first night of being a Rider, but he had little choice. He could sense the presence of evil attacking the other two Riders and they needed help.
With a warm hug, the pair departed, guided only by their pulsing 'ghost sense' towards evil.
Soul Rider quickly came across Phantom Rider as he and Enton were facing a large bear demon and what looked like a cheetah demon who was newly arrived to help his animal brethren.
"Dibs On The Cheetah!" Soul Rider shouted as he leaped through the air and slammed feet-first into the fast cat.
"Soul Rider?" Phantom Rider gasped, relieved to see the younger Rider.
"Take Out The Bear, Now!" the air trek rider shouted as he started racing around the park with the cheetah now chasing him.
Phantom Rider turned back to the bear in time to avoid its huge claws. Enton spun around and kicked at the bear with his hind legs, stunning it enough for Phantom Rider to slash it's stomach with his fire sword and ending it's life in this world.
He looked back to see Soul Rider race around the park with the cheetah still chasing him, then leap onto a tree and spring backwards, twisting in the air to kick the cheetah in the face with his air treks.
Soul Rider skated back to a tired looking Phantom Rider and Enton as the cheetah turned to dust.
"Are You Both Alright?" he asked the samurai.
"Fine. Did You Encounter The Same Trouble's We Did?" Phantom Rider asked as he mounted Enton.
"Yeah, About A Dozen Demon Dogs."
"And You Defeated Them In Time To Come And Aid Me?" Enton snorted. "Aid Us?"
"Actually, I Had Some Help." he grinned.
"Help?"
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"Who Are You?" Ghost Rider asked the female Rider as the last insect demon died. Again.
"I... Have No Name." Rei said.
He looked at her up and down, taking in her air trek outfit. "Hmm. Then We Will Have To Give You A Name. How About... Flame Girl!"
"No."
"How About... The Pyro Blader!"
"No."
"The Crimson Skull?"
"No."
"The Red Lady!"
"I Am Not Red."
"The White Angel?"
"Have You No Talents Other Than Name Choosing?"
"Ooooh. Tough Critic."
"Spirit Rider!" Soul Rider said as he, Phantom Rider and Enton arrived.
"What?" Ghost Rider asked.
"We Will Call Her... The Spirit Rider." the air trek rider said.
"I Like That Name." Rei said, accepting the new title.
"Fine. But Who Is She Really?" Ghost Rider asked.
"My Sister." Soul Rider said.
"Sister?" Ghost Rider asked, staring at Soul.
"Rei?" Phantom Rider gasped.
"What?" Ghost Rider gasped, turning to Phantom.
"I'll Explain Later." Soul Rider said.
"Fine. But How Did She Gain The Same Powers As Us?" Ghost Rider asked.
Shinji thought back to when his powers had started to manifest. It was at sundown... when he was hugging Rei.
How could Rei have developed the same powers as me? Soul Rider started to rise out of me, when I was hugging Rei-chan. But... I managed to suppress it until I was able to get away. I've never really tried that before, but... Wait! Could Rei's Angel DNA have absorbed some of the Rider's powers from me when we were hugging? I did feel him recede rather quickly before I left Rei to find those demon dogs. And when I found them, I felt my powers slowly return to full strength. But for Rei to absorb that kind of energy... she... what? Absorbed part of my powers, which fully manifested into the full powers of both her Rider abilities. And mine as well? That's just impossible!
"I'm Not Sure. But She's One Of Us Now." Soul Rider said. "Welcome To Our Other Family, Spirit Rider!"
"Thank You, My Brother." Spirit Rider smiled, or as best she could considering she didn't have lips right now.
"Well... This Is Going To Be Interesting." Phantom Rider said, Enton whinnying in agreement.
"Right." Ghost Rider said as a new scream pierced the night. "But Later. Evil Is A Foot! Let's Ride!" Ghost Rider said as he revved his Hellcycle's demonic engine.
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Author's Notes:
Hope everyone didn't see this one coming. About Rei becoming the new Spirit of Vengeance.
I wanted to do something special with Rei since she hasn't been in the last few chapters, and I thought that this would be a good way to do it.
The idea for her to become a Rider was a little tricky, but I think I pulled it off pretty good. By having Rei absorb some of Shinji's hellfire powers, and then have it fully integrated into her body, sort of like a modified strand of DNA that sets off a chain reaction to the rest of the DNA strain.
But that means that Rei is now a superhero as well.
Hope everyone enjoyed the story and will give me good reviews. And here are some omakes for extra fun.
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OMAKE 1
Ritsuko had been summoned to NERV for another late night meeting with the commander. However it hadn't lasted long, as it never did in her opinion, as the woman found herself in a vulnerable spot when a trio of odd looking creatures emerged from the shadows just as Gendo finished.
"Commander! What's going on?" the faux-blond asked as she tried to cover herself with her coat.
"My friends want to play with you." the bearded man said, his eyes glowing.
"No. No You Can't!" she screamed.
The creatures consisted of a large beast that was human from the waist up, but from the waist down it was a giant spider-like creature. The second creature looked more human, but with a wasps wings and a stinger protruding from it's back. The third creature looked like weird Viking corpse with a very large axe, it's skin looking rotted and half gone.
The trio advanced upon the woman, as she stared at them with curiosity.
Hmm. Well, maybe these guys will last longer than Gendo. "Alright, boys! Come and get it!" she grinned as she spread herself out on the desk.
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OMAKE 2 (This is just my take on what could have happened. Less funny, more romantic)
"Well, it's over now. You're suffering has ended." Shinji said.
Asuka looked at Shinji. Was he teasing her?
"Are you teasing me, Shinji?" she asked.
"And risk the wrath of Sohryu?" he smiled.
"You are teasing me!" she growled and leapt at him, wrapping her arms around his neck "Admit it! You're teasing me!"
"ACK! ASUKA!!!!" the boy gasped in her grip.
"Admit your crimes, Mr Ikari!" she grinned maliciously as she pulled on his neck, tumbling backwards into the living room.
However, the pair tumbled backwards and went sprawling onto the floor. This ended up with Shinji collapsing on top of the German redhead, her arms still around his neck.
Their eyes locked, their faces mere inches from each other.
She's so beautiful. Shinji thought as he stared at her.
Why didn't I notice how cute he is? She wondered. Her eyes widened as Shinji suddenly leaned in and pressed his lips to her own. Oh God! He's kissing me! She thought as her arms wrapped around his neck tighter.
Her lips are so soft! Shinji thought as he wrapped his own arms around her body.
The pair continued making out until Misato came home.
"OHHHHHH! Look at the cute couple!" she teased.
"That's right! We're a couple, so get your own man!" Asuka grimaced at the woman as she held onto Shinji tighter.
Shinji turned back to Asuka. "So, you will be my girlfriend?" he asked.
"Of course. Now come here and give me some sugar!" she grinned pulling the boy into another kiss.
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OMAKE 3
"Who Are You?" Ghost Rider asked the female Rider as the last insect demon died, again.
"I... Have No Name." Rei said.
He looked at her up and down. "Hmm. Then We Will Have To Give You A Name. How About... Flame Girl!"
"No."
"How About... The Pyro Blader!"
"No."
"The Crimson Skull?"
"No."
"The Red Lady!"
"I Am Not Red."
"The White Angel?"
"You Read Far To Many Comic Books!" Rei said.
"Ooooh. Tough Critic."
"Now You Understand Why Misato Dumped Him." Soul Rider said as he and Phantom Rider arrived.
"Easily." Rei said.
"HEY!" Ghost Rider shouted.