Creation began on 01-01-17
Creation ended on 02-27-17
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Stay and See, There's More to Come
A/N: Happy New Year, readers!
"…Well, Prof. Oak," went Shinji to the Kanto Pokemon Professor after reaching the Pokemon Center close by, "here are some of my other friends that I mentioned about that are from the world Kensuke and I from."
Moving away from the video phone, the temporally-displaced Pokemon Trainer showed the man his fellow temporally-displaced friends.
"Hello, sir," Hikari greeted.
"Hey, there," added Toji.
"Greetings, Prof. Oak," Rei greeted the elder.
"Howdy," said Asuka.
"Welcome to the Pokemon world," Prof. Oak responded to them. "Are they able to go back and forth like Mr. Aida?"
"It's likely they can. Part of the reason that Kensuke was around for longer than usual was because of a blackout that happened during a monitoring experiment. He was supposed to be under during the whole thing for three days, but was awakened a day early because of the blackout. That's how he ended up here for over three years with me." Shinji explained to him. "Though, three days there could be any length of time here."
"Heh-heh-heh, the perils of being displaced. But so long as they're here with you, you're bound to show them as much of the world of Pokemon as you've seen."
"Yeah, but we have to get to the Lily of the Valley to get sorted out for the conference. We're going to get there by air travel, so I'll need my largest fliers to get us there."
As Shinji began the transaction to get his Flying Pokemon that would take them to their destination, Kensuke was showing the others a map of the Sinnoh Region and how far they were from the other regions he and Shinji had been to so far…and where they just found the Unova Region.
"My God," went Toji, impressed by the mere sight of these regions on their respective maps. "That's a lot of wanderlust."
Hikari, who was holding Misato, whom had now gotten used to her, had to agree with Toji on that.
"If we end up staying long enough to see much of this world," went Asuka, pointing to the map of the Unova Region, "we should see this place."
Rei, on the other hand, turned away from the maps and at Shinji, who was holding two balls that he seemed to have just acquired.
"Thanks, Prof. Oak," she heard him say to the man on the video phone. "I look forward to speaking to you again when we reach the Lily of the Valley Island."
He came over to them and announced that he had his best Pokemon suited for aerial transport.
"I take it, you picked your most familiar fliers?" Kensuke asked him.
"And everyone's going to need goggles, too," Shinji informed them.
They went outside the Pokemon Center and Shinji unleashed the Pokemon he selected to get them to the Lily of the Valley Island.
"Whoa!" Asuka gasped, seeing three, large creatures that looked like they could take out an entire squadron of jets on their own.
One of them was Shinji's Pidgeot, as big as a tank, even with his wings closed up. The second was his Charizard, and she was built like an armada with her size and the armor-like braces on her arms and neck. And the third was the legendary Lugia that Shinji had called Guardian, and his size alone made him true to his nickname.
"Oh, man, I think I'm going to have a heart attack from all this awesomeness," said Toji, looking at the three Pokemon. "So big, so incredible!"
"So, who rides which one?" Hikari asked Shinji.
-x-
"…Somehow, I think Shinji's going to stick with the bird," said Misato as she, Antonio and Fuyutsuki saw the children going over who would ride atop which Pokemon.
"Would you and Hikari be alright riding atop Asuka, Asuka?" Shinji asked, gesturing his left hand to his Charizard.
"Grr," Asuka growled, spreading her wings.
"Kensuke, Toji and Rei can ride atop Guardian," he gestured to his Lugia, who got down and gestured for them to climb aboard, "and Misato and I'll lead the way on Kensuke here (he already climbed atop his Pidgeot). Depending on the air traffic conditions and the number of breaks we take, we should get there within two-and-a-half hours."
They saw as the First Child climbed atop Guardian with Kensuke and Toji while the Second Child did the same with Hikari atop Asuka's back while the Third Child got atop his large bird. Everyone placed on their goggles and were as prepared as any for takeoff.
"Everyone, hold on tightly! These guys fly fast!" Shinji declared, and all three winged Pokemon took off the ground and into the air!
"Waaaahh!" Asuka, Hikari and Toji gasped, holding onto their respective fliers as best they could.
"Oh, my God!" Misato chuckled, seeing them high in the air.
On the screen, Shinji flew over to Asuka and Hikari and asked them, "How does it feel to be forty-one-hundred feet in the air?"
"You baka!" Asuka shouted at him. "Did you really have to say that we're up that high?!"
"Whoo!" Hikari cheered, both excited and terrified.
Shinji then flew over to Kensuke, Rei and Toji.
"How are you doing?" He asked them.
"This is…quite the experience!" Rei told him.
"It's both thrilling…and terrifying!" Toji added.
"I know, I love it, too."
"Man, it must be exhilarating to fly on one of those Pokemon," said Antonio.
"I have never understood what it is with humans and the air," went Palkia to them, and Fuyutsuki was surprised by its speech. "Once you master the power to travel by means denied to you since the dawn of your existence, you find new ways to get to where you choose to go."
"Some people just love flying," he told it.
"That love may explain why it is hard for you to, as you have stated over the long period of your existence as a whole, stay on the ground."
"Shinji, you daredevil!" They heard Toji shout, and Fuyutsuki saw the Third Child standing atop the right wing of Guardian instead of on the back of Kensuke. "Are you crazy?!"
"Oh, he learned this from several trainers that specialize in Flying Types!" Kensuke told them. "Believe it or not, I dared him into this!"
Shinji gracefully walked across the wing to Guardian's other wing, where he stepped off…and onto the left wing of Asuka.
"I can't believe you would do this!" The redhead expressed; truth be told, she felt she could do better.
"I could show you how to do this in just three days if you wanted!" Shinji expressed, walking across the wings and hovered in the air for a brief moment until his Pidgeot came from under him. "And it's remarkably stress-relieving!"
"Eevo!" Misato agreed with him, having been on his back the whole time he was in the air.
Rei, unsure of why she was impressed by his stunt of walking in the air with his Pokemon, brought her hands up and applauded him.
-x-
"…What are you doing, Maya?" Ritsuko asked her protégé, seeing her looking at a video post of the Third Child in a battle against another person with a large, two-legged creature that looked like a palm tree with three coconuts with faces.
"Just watching Shinji during his time in the Kanto Pokemon League," the young woman answered, watching Shinji throw a ball and summoning his Charmeleon. "He never won the league, but he never gave up and never walked away from the difficulties associated with being a Pokemon Trainer. I mean, he hasn't walked away…and some of us are hoping that he doesn't give up."
Watching the red reptile spit fire at the other creature, Ritsuko expressed, "How is he able to fight these creatures without killing them? Plants die when they're severely burned, creatures made of rocks should crumble when soaked, but they don't. They don't appear to be that invulnerable."
"That's not how Pokemon battles work, Dr. Akagi. Yes, they're tough, but not invincible. The goal of any battle between trainers is to defeat your opponent by incapacitating them to the point of fainting. Freezing, dropping from exhaustion, temporary paralysis, poisoning, minor burns, even confusion. These are some of the methods permitted during certain battles. But murder is against the rules; you simply beat the opponent, not kill them. And then, there's these videos of Shinji caring for his Pokemon or learning from other people that care for Pokemon." Maya explained, selecting a new video post, showing Shinji in a city or town, watching a woman among a crowd of people as she demonstrated ways to groom mammalian Pokemon, such as brushing their fur or using conditioners designed to treat fleas or rashes. "It's not always about the violence of a challenge, but the alternatives of how to face someone and prevail."
Then a new video of Shinji feeding his Shiny Gyarados with large pellets to satiate her appetite.
"It's incredible, how he's able to get near this one without getting harmed," Ritsuko stated.
"Rei? He trained her ever since she was just a Magikarp, a small fish that can't do much of anything because of being so weak. He has a special bond with her because she saved his life from a near-drowning experience by evolving. Whenever he's not traveling by boat or plane to get across water, he gets around on her because she's one of the fastest Water Pokemon…and because, despite her appearance as a giant sea serpent, she's capable of flight. A well-trained Gyarados is among the most dependable of Pokemon."
-x-
"…There it is," Shinji told everyone, pointing to a landmass in the water. "Lily of the Valley Island! Home of the Sinnoh League!"
Asuka, Rei, Hikari, Toji and Kensuke looked where he pointed, seeing the large island.
"Whoa!" Hikari expressed. "This whole island is for the Pokemon League?"
"That's right," Shinji answered.
The Flying Pokemon began to soar downward towards the island's southern side..
"Eevo!" Misato cheered.
The town where the conference would take place seemed small, but that was expected when the primary structures were the stadiums where the matches took place. Some of the buildings were probably forty stories in height, which likely resolved any housing requirements, but something told Hikari (who had her suspicions) that the town's primary revenue was the Pokemon League, meaning it was a necessity for Shinji and other Pokemon Trainers to be here and fight it out in front of everyone.
When they finally landed on the ground, Shinji set his feet down and stretched his limbs for the third time, getting the sores and aches out of his joints.
"We're finally here, and ahead of schedule, too," he expressed as Rei, Toji and Kensuke got off Guardian and Asuka and Hikari got off Asuka. "How about you guys take a look around the town while I go to register for the conference?"
"You sure about that?" Asuka asked him.
"It shouldn't take too long. Anyway, I also need to make sure that the fliers weren't overworked."
"Pidgeo," went Kensuke as he spread his wings.
Asuka then looked up at Asuka, who seemed somewhat exhausted from flying so far. At first, she wanted to suspect that the loss of her tail flame was a factor, but then reminded herself that it had been over three-and-a-half years since Shinji caught her when she was a Charmeleon and suffered an Ice Beam attack and survived it, even though it cost her tail's flame. That was a long time to recover from a crippling injury, even if the recovery wasn't entirely what was desired or expected.
The Charizard looked at her and merely growled; she knew that when people saw or thought of her lack of a tail flame, there were hints of pity to be expected…and she didn't want any of that. Her tail flame would probably never return, but she was stronger than any other member of her species.
"We should make every second count before we likely have to go back for a while," said Toji to the others. "We could go at any time without warning."
"Unless there's another blackout there that causes us to be here longer," Kensuke added. "And towns located near where the Pokemon League takes place will have same amenities as any other location. Restaurants, theaters…clothing shops?"
"Okay," said Hikari.
Shinji put his fliers back into their Poke Balls and walked away with Misato to the Pokemon Center to register for the conference, agreeing to meet up with the others there in three hours (and this was only if they didn't disappear first).
-x-
"…Hopefully, they'll be around long enough to see him participate in this conference," said Misato to Antonio as they continued to look at the monitors.
Fuyutsuki then asked, "What do you suppose would happen if there was another blackout? Would they be staying with Shinji longer like with the Fourth Child?"
"It's possible, but I don't want to risk endangering their safety by trying to experiment with electrical blackouts," Antonio responded to him. "There's also the possibility of another time jump if that were to happen. Three or four years passing in another dimension where a young man got stranded and is trying to find a way back, that's something that can be tolerated to a degree, any other power outages could cause them to be displaced in that dimension for another uncertain amount of time, maybe longer than three or four years. But so long as another blackout doesn't occur, they should be able to be with him while under here for three days."
-x-
Once he was all set with the registration for the conference and getting his Pokemon tended to, Shinji sat in the waiting area to recoup himself, and suddenly dozed off for a minute.
Wake up! A male voice uttered in his head, and he awoke, looking around the large room, but seeing no one else near him.
I gotta see a doctor myself real soon, he thought, feeling like he was going crazy a little bit. As soon as my Pokemon are all checked, I'll ask if there's a center for people nearby.
Ding! A sound came, signifying that someone's Pokemon were now in top condition.
"Will Shinji Ikari please report to the front desk?" The voice of Nurse Joy expressed, and Shinji got up.
"Eevo!" Misato cheered as he showed up and got her and the fliers.
"Your Pokemon are in top condition, sir," Nurse Joy informed him.
"Thank you," he responded.
"Are you alright, sir?" She asked him. "You seem kinda pale."
"I was just about to ask you if you knew where a people hospital was," he explained, now feeling a little dizzy. "I, uh…I just need to, uh… I gotta lay down."
And then, he fell to the floor, surprising the nurse and Misato.
"Eevo!" She jumped off the counter and onto the floor where Shinji fell, seeing his head drenched with sweat. "Eee?"
-x-
"…This place is kinda like Tokyo-3, only not as futuristic," said Hikari to the others as they walked down the street, taking in the sights.
"Only a few cities and towns are very modern in their architecture, Class Rep.," went Kensuke to her. "Places like Saffron City in the Kanto Region or Goldenrod City of the Johto Region are close to being more like Tokyo-3…or the original Tokyo because that city was the biggest one in Japan before Second Impact happened."
Toji was about to say something about a movie they could go see when they heard an ambulance drive past them down the street.
"Wasn't that ambulance driving away from where the Pokemon Center is?" He asked instead.
They each looked at one another and decided to head to the Pokemon Center to see if Shinji was alright and if he finished his registration for the conference.
"Excuse me, Nurse Joy," Kensuke asked the woman being assisted by her Chansey helpers. "We're here to find a young man with an Eevee. We were supposed to meet him here."
"A young man with an Eevee?" Nurse Joy questioned. "Shinji Ikari?"
"Yes, him," Asuka answered her.
"Something was wrong with him and he just collapsed. He didn't look too well. An ambulance came by and took him to the hospital."
Rei approached her and asked, "Where is the hospital?"
"Eight blocks east of here."
"Thank you."
-x-
"…What do you think is wrong with Shinji?" Antonio asked Misato as they saw the boy collapse and get transported to a hospital for people.
"Maybe he caught a flu or something," she suggested. "He has been there for nearly four years now."
That's when Antonio realized something.
"What if he didn't get vaccinated during the time he's been there?" He suggested.
Even Fuyutsuki thought the same thing now. He knew it was important for people to get vaccine shots every year, and suspected that Shinji, being active in traveling to different regions in that world he was in, likely, and even unintentionally, didn't get vaccinated against any flu viruses over the years, meaning that any antibodies he had from a previous vaccination were useless in protecting him from any newer strains.
On the monitors, observation of the Pokemon world was split between Shinji and the other children that met with him. While Shinji was being tended to by the medical staff of the hospital he was relocated to, the others were on the way to said hospital.
"If they know what's wrong with him, they'll take care of him until he recovers," Fuyutsuki stated, seeing a female nurse inject Shinji with something in his left arm.
"If we hadn't gotten to him when he showed up," a male doctor expressed to his fellow physicians, looking down at Shinji as he was being set up with an intravenous drip after being placed in a room, "he'd been dealing with a whole other problem."
"Does he have anyone?" The nurse asked him.
"I checked his wallet, but all he had was his identification card, which didn't say much about his background. His Pokedex identifies him as Shinji Ikari, a transient resident of Pallet Town in the Kanto Region. When it says 'transient', it means such because he's not really from that place or any other region, for that matter. At least not long enough to have a record. But he put down Pallet Town because it's where he started his career as a Pokemon Trainer."
"If he started there, then he must know of Prof. Oak. He likely knows where this young man is from."
"Doctor!" A male nurse came and got the doctor's attention. "This kid's got visitors. They say they know him."
-x-
"…Hey, he's coming to," Shinji heard someone say.
"Ugh…" He groaned as he opened his eyes, seeing his classmates and fellow pilots. "What happened?"
"You got sick," answered Hikari to him, holding Misato in her lap. "The doctors all say you were afflicted with the flu virus and that you weren't vaccinated against it."
"The flu virus?"
"They say you were lucky," went Asuka to him, looking away from him. "Nearly four years here and not getting vaccinated is gambling with your own health."
"Ignorance isn't bliss," he sighed.
"Eee," went Misato; she felt she should've suspected that her trainer wasn't well, yet she didn't suspect anything odd until after he collapsed.
"What do you mean?" Toji asked him. "You mean, you never thought to get vaccinated?"
"Nobody ever told me I needed to get vaccinated every year. The last time I ever got stuck with a needle was at NERV."
Asuka sighed at how clueless Shinji had been, but then reminded herself that after spending more time as a Pokemon Trainer than as an Evangelion pilot, the young man clearly got lost in one type of life that obviously outdid another type of life where you had to protect all of mankind from creatures out to exterminate them. In addition, she had read his background (or rather, his lack of a background) and found that he lived with a guy his father chose to leave him with, and there was no development there as a result. No development in relationships…or in personal growth, not like there appeared to be with whoever Kensuke explained was this Prof. Oak that served as Shinji's mentor over the years.
"Vaccination shots are something you get once at least every year," she sighed, allowing him the benefit of the doubt because he simply had no clue about this until someone that knew informed him.
"You…were fortunate to have endured this long without any vaccine," went Rei to him.
"Did…they say how long I would be here?" Shinji asked.
"They just want to keep you overnight to make sure you're going to be fine when they let you go," Hikari answered him. "Unfortunately, they don't have lodgings here."
"What about the Pokemon Center? They're required to have lodgings for travelers."
"I'm sure that only applies to Pokemon Trainers, Shinji," said Toji, stating the obvious about themselves. "You're the only one that has Pokemon currently with them and Kensuke left Brute-Chan at home."
"Oh, that's where you're wrong, Toji. So long as you're traveling with a Pokemon Trainer or even acting as a temporary keeper of one's Pokemon should they become unable to care for them due to illness or incapacitation, Pokemon Centers have to provide you with lodgings."
"Eevo!" Misato agreed with him.
-x-
"…Something told me that he wasn't going to part with that particular Pokemon just to make sure they got into the Pokemon Center," said Fuyutsuki to Misato and Antonio, seeing Shinji give Kensuke a Poke Ball with the name Kenji on it, since the Eevee nicknamed after the purple-haired woman seemed more attached to the boy than she was to them.
"Well, she's his very first Pokemon, so she has the closest relationship with him," Antonio stated, watching the other children leave the room Shinji was in to head to the Pokemon Center.
"Three days with them with him," Misato uttered, watching Shinji pet his Eevee on her head as she hopped onto the bed in front him. "I hope that they have a good time before they wake up back here."
"I just hope nothing bad happens here while they're there," said Antonio.
Misato agreed with him on that hope; as long as no blackouts or Angels occurred, the interdimensional monitoring and recording could progress without much interference. But the Angels never played on the schedule of any human…and Shinji's schedule was random, ranging from catching and training Pokemon to participating in these competitions where you could gain recognition across the region for winning it. The boy was trying to get back, but he was also living the life of the profession he had.
"…And how many times has Shinji gotten close to incidents that nearly got him iced?" Toji questioned Kensuke as they made it to the Pokemon Center.
"More times than I could count," Kensuke responded. "I mean, he's been electrocuted, burnt, cut, even poisoned at random times by Pokemon, but he recovered fairly quickly after a few days. I've seen him take on Stun Spore and Poison Powder from Bug, Grass and Poison Pokemon. He has a will of gold to go along with his heart and a soul of silver."
"A heart of gold and a soul of silver?" Hikari expressed. "He has faced other people who have been doing this longer than he has, but he has built up his experience to overcome most of them, so I guess that's fair to say."
"If we stay to see this conference he's registered for," went Asuka, "we're bound to see more of what he's done."
"And since this is a Pokemon League tournament that permits the usage of Legendary Pokemon, Shinji's allowed to use the Legendary Pokemon he has caught over time," Kensuke revealed to them.
"Like the one he calls Pyro?" Rei asked him.
"That's right."
"Which ones are his powerhouses?" Toji asked him then.
"Personally, I feel that Guardian, Pyro and Master are his best Pokemon."
"Except that the one he calls Master," Hikari uttered, thinking about it considerably, "it's not really…"
"'He', not 'it'."
"Right. Sorry. Except he's not exactly a Legendary Pokemon. Master's a…"
"That's not entirely true, Hikari," Kensuke stated, having learned with Shinji about the Mewtwo he caught and befriended. "Yes, Master is an enhanced clone of Mew, which is also a Legendary Pokemon, he's accepted as a Legendary Pokemon as a result of having survived for such a long time and because of his relation to Mew. Master is unique, the only one of his kind."
"Master is a Pokemon that…can't be replaced, no matter what?" Rei expressed.
"Whoever's responsible for creating him went to great lengths to make sure he was strongest. Sometimes, somebody that wants powerful Pokemon will settle for just one that they consider to be the best one, and Psychic Pokemon are among the best. All manner of psychic abilities. Telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance, psionic energy manipulation to produce energy beam and wave attacks. And Master has never mentioned any others that were created before or after he was, so he must be the only one that exists. Of course, whether or not Shinji will have him participate in this conference is entirely up to him."
-x-
"…Hmm?" Shinji awoke from a much-needed rest, seeing that it was nighttime outside a window, and seeing something moving quickly out there. "What?"
"Wee?" Misato, awakening from her rest, reacted to Shinji's confusion, seeing him get out of bed. "Eevo?"
Shinji, wearing hospital garments and free of the IV drip, reached into his traveling bag and took out his Pokedex.
"I think I saw a Pokemon, Misato," he explained to her, and left of the room.
The Eevee followed her trainer and they went up to the roof.
"Maybe it was just the remains of vertigo," Shinji suspected, looking around the roof and seeing nothing. "I could've sworn I saw something."
"Eee?"
Clunk. Shinji, having turned to walk away, heard something fall on the ground and turned back to see.
It was one of his unused Ultra Balls, but the strangest thing of it was that Shinji didn't bring any of his balls with him when he left his room.
"Eee?" Misato went, confused by this.
Shinji picked it up and examined it. It was definitely one of his Ultra Balls, but how did it get here?
Suddenly, the trainer felt a strange presence near him, and looked up, seeing something that he hadn't seen before…yet felt he had seen somewhere.
It was some sort of tiny, cat-like creature with a glowing, blue outline on its pinkish form.
"Mew," it chirped, floating around him. "Mew."
"Whoa," Shinji gasped, and then used his Pokedex.
"Mew, the New Species Pokemon," Dexter revealed to him. "Believed to contain the genetic information of all other Pokemon, Mew is one of the most versatile of Pokemon. Suspected to be capable of natural invisibility, Mew only appears to people with the purest of hearts, and is therefore assumed by many to be extinct."
Mew? But this is… I must be dreaming or something. This is considered the most powerful of Pokemon to exist.
Mew floated down to Misato and set its feet on the ground.
"Mew," it greeted her.
"Eevo," she greeted back.
-x-
"…If this Palkia hadn't lost consciousness at the last minute, we'd know what Shinji had found on that roof," went Fuyutsuki to Misato as they stepped out of the Giovanni Corporation's building used to house their interdimensional research.
"It reminds you that Palkia's just like us," Misato expressed. "It's capable of exhaustion, needing rest after a while."
"What do you think he saw on the roof?"
"My guess? A Pokemon he hadn't caught before."
"If only Ikari could be proud of his son's success over there."
Misato sighed at this; unless it involved the Eva, there was no getting the guy to say anything or feel anything positive about his son.
"Well, he is trying to find his way back by catching Pokemon, and he now knows he needs to catch some more powerful ones in order to get closer to his goal."
"What might he do with all those Pokemon if he does find his way back?"
"With a lot of lost animal and plant species here, they could help in replenishing some of our natural resources that are dwindling away…if the Giovanni Corporation doesn't get any further in finding other dimensions full of resources that are just there for the taking and not being used by any sentient beings as smart as us."
"I'd probably settle for the palm trees with faces on their coconuts."
"Exeggutor, the Coconut Pokemon. Shinji was fortunate to catch some of those out in the wild without having to evolve any of the Exeggcute clusters he caught. He's uncomfortable with requiring stones or other objects to evolve his Pokemon."
"Not many people are comfortable with change."
-x-
"…Well, that was the first good night of sleep I've had in a hospital meant for Pokemon," said Asuka to the others as they stepped out of the Pokemon Center the next morning.
"I wonder how Shinji's feeling after finally getting the medical aid he needed?" Toji wondered.
"He's probably feeling better," went Hikari.
"There he is," went Rei, pointing down the street, seeing someone running towards them.
It was Shinji, looking better than ever, with Misato beside him.
"Good morning, Ikari-Kun," Rei greeted him as he came to a halt in front of them.
"Good morning, Ayanami, everyone," Shinji responded, catching his breath. "You won't believe what happened last night, and I say this not to boast or brag about anything I've achieved."
"Did you have an epiphany?" Asuka asked him.
"It may as well have been an epiphany, but it will be better if I show it to you first. I just need to contact Prof. Oak and get some of my Pokemon trained."
Shinji then ran inside the Pokemon Center and to a nearby PC to contact Prof. Oak.
Hikari looked down at Misato and asked, "I suppose you were with him when whatever happened last night happened?"
"Eee," she responded in the positive, and was then picked up by the pig-tailed girl.
"…I heard you were down with the flu yesterday when you collapsed," they heard Prof. Oak's voice on the monitor in front of Shinji. "Are you feeling better?"
"I'm feeling fine, Prof. Oak," Shinji responded. "Uh, last night, did you receive any Ultra Balls containing any new Pokemon from me?"
"Now that you mention it, yes, one Ultra Ball from you did come in last night. Do you have any idea how invaluable what you caught is?"
"Except I didn't capture it last night. It chose me. I need to see it again, please."
Shinji then decided to exchange his Gyarados for the recently-caught Pokemon.
"Your friends are in for quite a treat when you show them," Prof. Oak told him as he picked up Rei's Poke Ball whilst Shinji picked up the Ultra Ball from last night.
"I wouldn't believe it myself unless it was with my own eyes and a clearer head," Shinji explained. "Talk again later. Thank you."
-x-
"…There's some doubt that any Angel will show up in the next two days, Ikari," Fuyutsuki told Gendo the next morning in his office, explaining that the children were fine. "They're just on an island in the other dimension temporally with your son as he's preparing for annual competition held in the current region he's in after recovering from the flu virus he wasn't aware that he had."
"Yet, if we have an situation with an Angel that requires the Eva, we're defenseless, and everyone suffers because of the Giovanni Corporation's interference," Gendo retorted.
"Then I'll be where I know I need to be if that ever happens," Fuyutsuki told him as he turned and walked away. "It's only for another two days. What could go wrong in the next forty-eight hours?"
Gendo was displeased…and yet, all he could was wait and see what would happen. And it wasn't just the unnecessary interference caused by the other organization, it was the fact that all the remaining pilots were able to travel subconsciously to the other dimension the Third Child was displaced in and meet with him, even if it was only temporarily. He had his doubts that Rei would remain unchanged by a brief reunion with the Third Child, but there was always the chance that if she came back to this dimension, she would make the decision to go back to see him, just to be reminded that he was still alive and well.
"The second she gets back, she needs to be reminded that we have no time to waste on these foolish hopes that the Third Child will return by the time we need him to do what is necessary," he uttered to himself. "If he ever returns at all."
To be continued…
A/N: Jeez, even when Gendo has an interest in using Pokemon as bio-weapons, he has his doubts that Shinji will return to the Eva dimension. But it's not like he has any pull with the Giovanni Corporation, anyway. What did you think about the surprise Pokemon placed in this chapter? Does it make Shinji even more capable of finding his way home when he gets his chance or what?