Orion: Hello everyone!
Shinji: Hello!
Orion: You got a compliment in the reviews mate
Shinji: Really?
Orion: Yeah Antenesis said you are cool
Shinji: Nice man you sound awesome
Orion: And also I didn't realise that I wrote Asuka's name wrong, It is supposed to be Asuka Langley Soryu right? Well thanks MakkuroX for pointing that out
Shinji: How did you mess up someone's name?
Orion: How do you end the world with one sentence?
Shinji: I what?
Orion: Nevermind
Shinji: Author-san does not in any way shape or form own Evangelion or it's characters
"Shin-chan Wake up!" Misato yells through my door.
"How did she wake up before me?" I say looking at the clock and seeing its 7 in the morning.
I get up but am too lazy to get any clothes so I grab a hoodie I bought yesterday and through it on along with a pair of jeans.
"We have to get there early to get you fitted for a plugsuit," Misato says without looking at me.
I yawn, "I didn't think it was possible for you to wake up early," I say.
"Hush you just get ready," Misato says slightly irritated at my comment.
"Sure," I say heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth, but trip and bruise my arm.
"Are you ok?" Misato asks.
"I'll be fine," I say getting up again.
'Geez I didn't I guess I didn't sleep very well, i'm still very tired. It's weird though I went to bed at 8, I guess I slept too long.' I think as I brush my teeth I then look in the mirror to check my face. 'What the hell?' I think as I look at my left eye and see a red line run vertically down my eye just to the side of my puple. 'Must be a side effect of piloting,' I think but i'm gonna have to ask Misato or the Fake blond. 'Eh I may not like her but she knows more about this stuff and Misato will freak out I should be alright as long as I don't look her in the eye,'
"Are you ready Shinji?" Misato yells.
I look away and open the door, "Yes,"
"Alright let's go," Misato says.
1 hour later-
Misato was rarely quiet on the car ride, I guess this is the first time she has woken up this early in years. Currently we are walking down the hallway but this time, we are lead by a guide.
"Here is Dct. Akagi's office," The man says.
"Thank you we have it from here," Misato says opening the door.
I follow.
"Ah Misato, Shinji, you're late," Akagi says.
"And I can smell your hair dye from here," I say teasing.
She glances at my eye and I gesture that we will talk about it later, "Hmmm well step into this machine it will fit you for a suit," Akagi says.
I step into the machine, "This won't hurt right?" I ask.
"I don't know," Akagi says before starting the machine.
"W-wait!" I say seeing mechanical arms descend on me.
"Say Misato did you notice anything strange with Shinji lately?" Akagi asks.
"Hmm no, why?" Misato says.
"That means it happened sometime in the night, any weird dream Shinji?" Akagi asks but im too busy not getting my delicates hit or cut by these arms to awnser.
Finally the door opens again and I fall out, "What the hell was that?"
"Quiet, you look good in that suit," Misato says.
"Shinji come here and let me see your eye," Akagi says.
I sit down on a stool she placed for me and let her examine my eye.
"What's wrong with his eye?" Misato asks coming around to look and seeing the red line, "What the hell?"
"That's what I said," I say.
"This is strange, it does not appear to be a blood vessel, nor an infection, I need to run a few test and in order to do that I need to take some samples," Akagi says pulling out a needle.
I sweat drop, "T-That's going in m-my eye?"
"After I administer pain medication of course," Akagi says giving me a shot of numbing medication on my face.
"I can't feel my fash when Im wish you wut I luve It," I say numbing medicine already taking over my face.
Misato face palms.
"Alright hold still," Akagi says.
"I couldn't mofe if I tried," I say.
"Alright let's see what we have here," Akagi says putting it into a box like thing.
"Of course the MAGI would know what's going on," Misato says.
"Yeah it shouldn't take long, ah here it is, that's odd," Akagi says looking at the screen closer.
"Wha-" Misato asks but is cut short by one word on the screen, Code Blue, "Angel?" Misato asks surprised.
"No it's a mixture of Code blue and Code Orange, have their been any other changes?" Akagi asks.
"No," I say less numb, "That's weird the numbing medicine is already wearing off and my arm isn't bruised anymore," I say looking at it.
"That's odd," Misato says.
"Shinji would you mind if I did one more test?" Akagi asks.
"Sure," I say.
She grabs my arm and makes a cut before I can say anything else.
"What the hell Ritsuko?" Misato yells.
"It's healing but only slightly faster, my guess is that it can heal minor injuries fast but major ones will still take time," She says.
"What?" I say looking down and noticing the cut is stitching itself back together.
"Well whatever it is it seems to be helping your body," She says.
"As long as it's not doing damage I guess it is fine." I say still looking at my arm.
"If something happens notify me immediately, you will also have to come in for monthly physicals from now on, now go to your plug," Akagi says.
"Alright," I say hopping off the chair and walking down the hallway.
"Shinji do you want a coat or something?" Misato asks before heading to the observation deck.
"No why?" I say.
"Well that suit is like a second skin if you know what that means," Misato says.
"Huh? O-oh um if I run I should be fine," I say sprinting down the halls to the simulation room.
'What is this thing?' I think to myself looking in the reflective door to the simulation room. Well it must be safe if It's not hurting me, might as well get on with the simulation.
'Alright Shinji, just point the gun at the target and the auto aim should do the rest, all you have to do after that is pull the trigger,' Misato says through the comm.
"Understood," I say.
I wait for the triangle like aiming reticle to center on the target and pull the trigger.
'Good now just repeat that with the rest of the targets,' Misato says.
"That will get boring anything you can do to make this interesting?" I ask.
'Uhhhhhh Rits?' Misato says.
'There are a couple of things, we could turn off the auto aiming system, or we could set the targets to actually attack choice is yours,' Ritsuko says.
"How about both," I say.
'Sure whatever,' Ritsuko says.
The aiming system leaves and the mock angel advances forward, "Let's do this," I say.
I point the gun at the angel and fire only to watch the first two shots go to the left of the target. 'Shit didn't account for recoil,' I think as I hold the rifle closer to my shoulder and fire again. This time I hit the enemy and stun them long enough to get in close and fire the magazine into the angel's core.
'Well done Shinji now just keep that up for the next 3 hours,' Misato says.
"Alright shouldn't be that hard," I say.
3 hours later-
'These fuckers just don't end!' I think as I dodge yet another attack from the mock angel then spin around it's follow strike and backhand it across the face. I then shoot the core and turn around to prepare for the next one.
'Good Job, your time is up though so you are allowed to go take a shower and get changed,' Misato says.
The door to the plug opens and I leave the chamber on slightly wobbly legs, sitting for so long and being exhausted will do that. I head to the locker room attached to it and take a quick shower before changing. I hate the smell of that LCL stuff it smells like blood. I look in the mirror and see that the line is still there slightly brighter than before.
I sigh and turn around to head out only to turn face first into Misato's chest, "AHHH!"
"Calm down kid its just boobs," Misato says snickering at my embarrassment.
"Those arn't boobs those are tumors!" I say.
"Shut up, now come on im ready to get a drink," Misato says.
"It's 1 in the afternoon," I say.
"And?"
"Well, don't you think it's a bad Idea to drink mid day?"
"Nope," She says smiling.
"For fucks sake," I say under my breath before following after her.
I feel something bump in my chest as if pulling me somewhere, I stop a second before shaking it off and following Misato. Eventually curiosity get's me and I have to look around.
"Hey Misato do you mind if I stick around here for a while and explore the place a bit?" I ask.
"No just make sure you can get back home," She says.
I walk back to that spot where I felt it and then look around. 'Was it my imagination?' I think. I walk back down the hallways past the offices, past the locker room, past the simulation room, and eventually finding myself in from of the holding cage. I walk in and am face to face with the purple eva currently being painted by a crew of Nerv employees. 'It's strange, it feels like it's looking at me,' I think looking in the yellow eyes of the eva. I think I see a glimmer in the right eye for a second but blink and it's gone I shake my head and leave the cage. I see Rei walking down the hallways and jog to catch up with her.
"Hey Rei whatcha got there?" I greet her noticing a bag in her hand.
"My prescription from Dct. Akagi," Rei says.
"Prescription? For your injuries?" I ask.
"No," She says.
"What for?" I ask concerned.
"It is not necessary information," Rei states still looking forward.
"Anyone ever tell you, you sound like a robot?" I deadpan.
"Yes," She says.
"Oh uhhhhh, it could lead to voice acting careers once all this fighting is done," I say.
She stays quiet.
"Not much of a talker eh? I was the same way until I met Usui," I say.
Still no response.
I follow her down another hall, "Yeah when I first moved with my aunts I was really distant, only talking to my tutor and every once in awhile my aunt, then I met Usui, I was walking around until I head a ball bouncing and saw a basketball at my feet,"
Flashback-
A little shinji Is walking around the little town numb to the world when a basketball comes in his path.
"Hey sorry about that," A white haired kid with piercing blue eyes says while picking up the basketball, "I'm Usui, Whatta bout you?"
"Shinji Ikari," I say quietly.
"Say you wanna come play with up we only need one more person and we can play two on two," He says.
"I never really played sports, and I don't know how," I say even more quiet and slightly embarrassed.
"Aww come on, you won't learn how if you never try come on!" Usui says grabbing my wrist and pulling me to the court.
"Who's he?" A rather big kid asks.
"Guys this is Shinij, Shinji this is Akio," He says gesturing to the big one, "And this is Satoru,"
"H-hi," I say.
"Can you play?" Both ask curious.
"I-I don't k-know how," I say embarrassed.
"Aww come on you had to get the one person who can't play," Saturo says.
"Yeah i'm not playing with him," Akio says.
I'm getting really embarrassed/sad I am so useless and I turn to leave.
"Fine he is on my team then," Usui says grabbing my shoulder and pulling me back.
"Alright your loss," They both say.
He walks me under the basket, "Alright shinji see that square on the backboard? All you have to do is hit it with the ball and the ball will go in the basket alright?" He asks smiling.
"A-alright," I say.
The game starts off with Sakoru trying to get around Usui only for him to step in front of him every time. Sakuto then throws the ball to Aiko who bumps Shinji to the ground and scores.
Usui helps me up, "Im sorry," I say.
"For what?" He asks confused.
"For letting him score," I say.
"Huh? Don't be haha he has done that to so many people," He says walking back to the top of the key.
He then quickly dribbles past Sakuto and runs into Aiko who left me to guard him, Usui bounces the ball to me.
"Shoot it!" Usui says.
I throw the ball but since I don't know how it ends up slamming into the backboard, and out of bounds.
"This is a joke," Aiko says.
Im getting red in the face again and just want to leave.
"Relax, bring the ball up to the right of your forehead only slightly, tuck your elbow in and then let your arm guide the ball and the power come from your legs, try it!" Usui says instructing me how to shoot.
I hesitantly grab the ball and shoot it how he said and am amazed that it went in.
He grins widely at me, "Great! We are gonna win now for sure!"
The rest of the game passed by in a blur, nobody knows who won or lost, it was all just fun. The game is over and little Shinji doesn't want to overstay his welcome so he starts down the road again.
Usui catches him, "Where do you think your going? We still have to get some Ice cream!"
"I don't have any money," I say embarrassed once again.
"It's alright i'm paying this time," Usui says.
"I don't wanna be a burden," I say.
"I don't mind if it's for a friend," Usui says with his broad smile.
"F-Friend?" I ask.
"Yep now come on let's get some Ice cream!" He says.
Present day-
"And from then on we were like brothers or as close as two could be, if you saw one of us the other was around somewhere," I say looking at a picture of me, Usui, and Aiko in a streetball tournament holding the first place trophy.
I look over and notice that at some point Rei left and was replaced by a Nerv staff member.
"Ehhhhhh," I say embarrassed/confused.
"Oh i'm sorry, but your story was just too cute I had to stay and listen to the end of it," She says.
"Please don't tell anyone about this," I say.
"I won't, Im Maya Ibuki by the way," She says.
"Shinji Ikari," I say, "But you probably gathered that much,"
"Yeah well I have to get back to work see you around," She says.
"Wait!" I call after her but she can't hear me, "I don't know where i'm at anymore," I say.
Fuck and I lost my phone when I first got to Tokyo-3, I'll just hope I run into someone else.
Hour's later-
'Finally home,' I think happily as I walk into my bedroom and fall on my bed. It had taken two hours to find someone who would stop and talk, and another 4 to get to the exit. Now i am exhausted.
"Shinji come here for a second," Misato yells.
"What is it woman?" I ask mad I have to get up.
"Relax I got you a phone seeing that you didn't have one when you got here," Misato says.
Perfect, "Thank you Misato, do you want anything for dinner?" I ask.
"Curry will be fine," She says.
As im cooking I start texting Usui's number.
Shinji- Hey Usui! It's Shinji I lost my phone a couple days ago and just now got a knew one.
Usui- What the hell man? You are just gonna leave me in the dark for a couple days and give me that kind of greeting?
Shinji- Calm your tit's im fine.
Usui- Good and I have good news!
Shinji- What's that?
Usui- My parents are moving to Tokyo-3 and i'm going to your school.
Shinji- Hell yeah, well i'm going to eat then go to sleep ttyl.
Usui- ttyl bro
I finish the food and place a plate for Misato and fix mine.
"Already putting that phone to good use I see," Misato says noticing the vibration on the table.
"I guess Usui already gave my new number to everyone," I say sweat dropping at all the text's, almost my whole class is texting me asking how i'm doing and if i'm ok.
"Who is Usui?" Misato asks.
"My best friend," I say ignoring the text's and turning off my phone.
"Heh, who knew my little Shinji was so popular," Misato says.
"Wouldn't be if I hadn't met Usui," I say eating the food I made.
"Usui sound's pretty important," Misato says.
"I would be a very different person had I not met him," I say.
The rest of the meal is fairly quiet and I finish my plate before Misato and leave her with the dishes. I change into my pajamas and lay down on my bed. And soon i'm asleep.
Morning-
I wake up as the birds start chirping and sit up finding my way out of the bed sheets. I put on that uncomfortable uniform again and prepare breakfast and my lunch at the same time.
"Mmm what's that good smell?" Misato asks coming out of her room.
"Nothing special just some eggs, bacon and toast," I say placing her plate in front of her.
"I'm giving you a ride today since it is your first day," Misato says opening a beer.
"Alright," I say knowing her driving.
I sit down and eat my breakfast and before I know it Usui is texting me.
Usui- I'm in Tokyo-3 but I won't be at school until probably after home room.
Shinji- K see you there
I finish up my breakfast then wait for Misato to finish her second beer before we leave.
"I'm pretty sure you drink too much," I say actually concerned.
"Nah don't worry about it," Misato says.
'Fine then I'll just make you drink less,' I think in my head. We pull into the school the same way we did the day before. I walk to my classroom in the very quiet halls of the school, this place must not have very many students. I enter my classroom and look around, I notice Rei looking out the window. I take a seat behind her and look out the window too, that is until a student walks up to me.
"Shinji Ikari?" She asks.
"Yes and may I ask your name?" I respond.
"Hikari Horaki, class representative," She says.
"Oh sorry let me be more respectful," I say standing and bowing.
"Oh that's not necessary," Hikari says.
"Alright then I won't do it again," I say sitting back down.
"I expect you to work hard accomplish all your work," HIkari says before sitting in her seat.
"Huh, By the way Rei why did you abandon me in Nerv the other day?" I ask.
"I went straight home after receiving my medication, you did not notice Ikari," She responds not looking away from the window.
"Ah fine," I say as another student walks in.
"Heya Toji! Where ya been?" Another asks.
"My sister got caught up in a building that collapsed thanks to that pathetic excuse for a pilot," Toji says.
"Ah man is she ok?" The other says.
"She is getting better now that Nerv took all the injured civilians into their hospital," Toji says.
"Oh did you hear the rumor about the new kid?" The other says.
"No what is it?" Toji says.
"He may be the pilot," He says.
Toji then gives me a glare, 'Damn I guess news spreads fast here, and I hope they know I can hear every word they are saying,' I think.
"Stand, Bow, Sit!" Hikari says to start the class.
The teachers is…. Well….. A teacher still stuck on second impact. He tends to repeat his lessons I learned from listening to my classmates, who are now dozing off while i'm playing some game I managed to download onto my computer. Suddenly I get a message.
'Your him right?'
'Sorry what?' I ask playing dumb.
'You pilot that robot,' I look behind me and see a girl wave at me, 'Y/N'
'Y,' I type.
The classroom then turns into excited shouts and exclamations, with Hikari attempting futilely to calm the class.
"No way!" One shouts.
"Yep," I respond.
"What's its name?" Another asks.
"I hear a few call it the Berserker, but most call it Unit-1," I say.
"How long have you been piloting it?" One asks.
"That fight was my first attempt," I say.
"That. Is. ENOUGH," Hikari shouts finally calming the class, even though the teacher seems to not notice anything.
Fast Forward.
Smack!
I'm now on my ass on the ground, a position I hate.
"I'm sorry new kid, but I had to get some of that pent up anger out," Toji says.
I stand up and face him, "I'm the reason you're sister is where she is," I say.
"Yeah your dumb self injured her," He says.
"I requested all injured civilians be under Nerv care, she is getting the best treatment because of me, think before you punch next time asshole," I say wiping my nose on my sleeve and bumping into someone.
"Hard to think that only a few years ago you would have curled up into a ball after a punch like that," Usui says looking down at me due to his height.
"Don't sneak up on people jerk," I say.
"Couldn't help it I needed to be able to step in if things got out of hand," He says.
"Whatever," I say mock angry.
Usui rolls his eyes then looks at Toji, "Mess with my friend again and you will wake up in a hospital,"
Kensuke flinches under his gaze but Toji looks back, "Hmph," He mutters and walks away.
"It's good to see you man," I say walking with Usui.
"Yeah no shit, what kind of fun would you have without me?" He says with a broad smile.
"Oh please," I roll my eyes.
He rolls his eyes, "So we hanging out after school?" He asks.
"Why not?" I ask.
He laughs, "If you want I can sneak some beer for later," He says.
"Same here my guardian is a alcoholic," I say.
Rei runs up to me, "We are needed at Nerv,"
'Fuck,' I think, "See ya Usui get to a shelter by the way," I say.
"O-ok see you mate," He says running off.
A/N
Shinji:...
Orion:...
Shinji: So it wasn't a dream.
Orion: Nope but you don't remember this.
Shinji: Whatever, wanna explain the sudden new character?
Orion: Oh yes, you see for Shinji to become the badass he is now something had to change. And what I interpreted from his past is that the original Shinji was simply lonely and craved attention. So really a childhood friend could change him drastically. And well I watched a Anime, and I liked the character name Usui so I rolled with it, but changed what he looked like and personality.
Shinji: So that's it?
Orion: Yep a good friend can change many things and to the fans, I only have one thing to say. The ending of this story will be amazing in my opinion and will lead to another story.
Shinji: Oh yeah isn't is something about the A-
Orion: SHUT UP! *whacks him with a bottle*
Shinji: *Knocked out*