Rebuild SKL is Kaiser

ESKK: Well, this is a shock two chapters for the price of one. Damn I'm on a role. Well, I hope you will all enjoy it now let's get this started.

(Start Village-3 the Machine Lake)

The Machine Lake a local pet name that the Villagers had given the location where Kaiser, Wingle, and now Cutie Honey were currently stored at. The sound of welding torches could be heard as Honey was working on her robot while Kuzo was closing up a panel on Kaiser's head.

"Done over here." Kuzo said wiping off his hands with a cloth. It was midafternoon as they were all hard at work. Between them all Eve was next to Wingle's Pilder as she had a computer on her lap typing away as she monitored the robots reading during their maintenance.

"Good energy readings from Kaiser seem stable move on." Eve said as she sat down her head buried in the computer screen. It was noted that sitting right next to her was a basket full of apples and to her other side were the cores. Clearly Eve had taken a great liking to apples that first chance she got; she had acquired herself a basketful.

Kuzo nodded and using a zipline he lowered himself from Kaiser's crown and moved towards the next area of work. Eve then took another apple from the basket and began to eat it while she kept focus on her work.

"So, your mechs have been through the ringer lately." Honey said as she finished up her own area of welding. Nearby the massive container that brought Cutie Honey in was set up with several machines and the like to allow Honey to work on it. Eve had long noticed that this was cutting edge by the UN's standards paying credence to Honey's claims of being an agent of the UN.

"Yes, NERV seems invested on attacking us here at the village." Eve said as she worked on her computer before taking another bite of her apple. Once she swallowed Eve continued to speak to Honey. "And if what I suspect is accurate its more then to simply tire us out." Eve added suspecting NERV to be preparing for a play.

"So, I guess your like Misato's eyes and ears inside WILLE?" Honey asked before Eve glared at the new pilot.

"For the time being, our goals align at the moment." Eve said before taking another bite of her apple. "The goal being the end to NERV and Gendo Ikari's ambitions." Eve said before swallowing the bite once she chewed it.

"So, Misato's ambitions can take priority over Gendo's own ambitions." Honey said as this caused Eve to take a pause.

"Whatever it is the UN think of Misato I can assure you she and WILLE are not a reformatted NERV." Eve said making it clear that WILLE were their allies.

"Then why do you have plans that say otherwise?" Honey asked as she interrogated Eve.

"Just because I don't believe it's possible does not mean I won't be prepared for it." Eve said showing how she did things. Offer one hand in friendship but arm the other just in case.

"You have to admit Misato has the same background as Gendo Ikari does and from the look of things." Honey said as she began to list them off. "A son she abandoned, a dead spouse, and at the moment command of the only organization with access to the EVA's which caused the Red Earth to begin with." Honey said listing off the reasons the UN was currently distrustful of WILLE.

"They trusted Gendo, and the Red Earth was the result." Eve said knowing the UN were made fools by Gendo.

"Exactly even you had to admit the UN has every right to be worried that they will have a repeat." Honey said and thus Eve looked to Eve.

"A Fourth Impact will result in the extinction of mankind if we fail to stop it then humanity will be dust in the wind of a barren dead world." Eve said knowing this was the type of world Ryo seemed invested in.

"Exactly." Honey said and thus Eve sighed to this revelation. "And with almost the entirety of WILLE's command crew comprised of former NERV Personel the UN is rightfully cautious in the possibility of being tricked." Honey added knowing that if WILLE was in fact just a rebranded NERV the UN needed to be ready with counter measures against the organization.

"So, I would assume that since Village-3 is where the Wundur restocks its supplies you plan to ambush WILLE and apprehend the command crew then." Eve said making it clear what the logical plan was to carry out this mission. Honey only responded with silence, but Eve knew that was what would be happening here. This could prove to be an issue for WILLE and while Eve liked to plan ahead Misato's choices were now coming to roost. When it becomes clear the extent of how similar Misato was to Gendo it won't be pretty how the UN will respond.

"Eve you're a smart girl… if worse comes to worse." Honey began and in turn Eve finished her apple and let out a tired sigh.

"Then we will do what we must." Eve said plainly keeping her meaning vague so Honey could not find reason to try and arrest her.

(Later at the Suzuhara residence)

It was another day in the Suzuhara residence as Toji was finishing up another patient. It was one of their rare slow days where only one or two people would show up for medical needs. They had heard that Junior had made progress in his attempts to court Eve Ayanami. Hikari was sweeping up the area to help keep the clinic nice, tidy, and clean.

Just then the door opened before Kensuke walked in with a bag of food in his hands and a smile that was adorning his face. "Hey Suzuhara's." Kensuke greeted with a smile on his face.

"Hey Kensuke, what brings you over?" Toji asked happy to see his friend had arrived.

"Just thought you guys could use some company it's been a slow day after all." Kensuke said holding up the bag of food he brought.

"It's just one of those days." Toji said as he set a small area up so they can eat without dirtying anything his wife had cleaned up mere moments ago. Hikari smiled and thus knew what to do when they were entertaining a guest.

"I'll get some tea." Hikari said and thus she walked off to brew some tea for Kensuke to enjoy with them.

It didn't take all that long as a little while later Hikari returned with three cups of steaming tea on a tray which she served to Kensuke, her husband Toji, and finally one for herself. They seated around the spot Toji set up as they began to discuss recent events.

"Village-3 is starting to become more like Tokyo-3." Toji bluntly said as everyone could see it as it was going on. "Only this time instead of monsters we got giant robots vs giant robots." Toji said as he scratched his head a bit on this.

"When titans go to war mankind is caught in the middle every time." Kensuke mused as they had their meager meal. "It seems that ever since Third Impact the world has been becoming more unpredictable by the day." Kensuke said as Hikari nodded in agreement.

"They've started to call that lake area where Kaiser and Wingle are stored at, The Machine Lake." Hikari said as she could already tell that place would become a tourist attraction if the Red Earth wasn't an issue right now.

"I'm more worried about the brood that Shinji and Asuka came here with." Kensuke said as he recalled Akira, Kuzo, and Eve.

"I swear that Akira boy is a troublemaker." Hikari said as she huffed at this. Kuzo while similar was willing to show a little more respect than Akira.

"You can't exactly blame him Hikari and besides Asuka was no better at that age." Toji said as it seems that the apple didn't fall far from the tree there.

"Nah I think there's more to it than that." Kensuke said crossing his arms in thought over the current situation. "Kid's got a lot of his mom in him, but he's also got a lot of his dad in him." Kensuke as he saw that while Akira may think he's good at hiding it Kensuke could see right through him.

"I don't follow." Toji said as he was at a lost. Hikari rolled her eyes as it was sometimes easy to forget her husband was a doctor of medicine not psychology.

"Think of it like this, Toji." Kensuke began as he got down to it. "Think Shinji if he tried to hide his issues with violence like Asuka." Kensuke said and thus Hikari got the gist of it.

"So, he has his father's issues but hides it via his mother's method." Hikari said as she saw what this was. "Like father like son, and like mother like son." Hikari said as she saw what was truly bothering Akira right now.

"That's why I think this hike will be good for them, gives them a chance to vent out their issues." Kensuke said as he made it clear what was happening.

"It's for those three that I think we need more psychologists around here." Hikari said and Kensuke chuckled a bit.

"Pardon me if this is in poor tastes… but there is not a psychologist in the world who's qualified to deal with that families issues." Kensuke quipped after a quick apology for its possible offense.

"That was terrible." Hikari said but then sighed a bit. "Thank goodness you apologize beforehand." Hikari said grateful that Asuka and Akira were not here to hear Kensuke say that. That mother son duo might just jump Kensuke and leave his corpse unidentifiable to everyone.

"So where are the munchkins?" Kensuke asked regarding the Suzuhara children.

"They're with my father and Rei in town." Hikari said which meant it was a day with grandpa Horaki and the babysitter Ms. Ayanami.

"Well, that's good to hear." Kensuke said but before they could go any further the door opened and from it three girls walked in, triplets by the looks of it. When Hikari saw them her old instincts from her days as Kekko Kamen began to kick in. There was something very wrong with those three.

"Oh hey… can I help you?" Toji asked as he looked to the three girls. Unaware to him Hikari was reaching down to where she had kept her old Nunchaku.

"Identified… Toji Suzuhara." The first girl said as she looked upon Toji.

"Identified Kensuke Aida." The second spoke looking at Kensuke.

"Identified Hikari Horaki." The third spoke as she looked at Hikari unaware that she was reaching for a weapon.

"Its Suzuhara now." Hikari said but the triplets seemed to ignore her before speaking further.

"Akira Langley Soryu." The first triplet spoke looking at the three adults standing before them.

"Where is he now?" The Second spoke as the trio of adults were getting creeped out by the three girls.

"Tell us where he is." The third finished and thus it was clear that there was more going on here.

"And if we don't?" Kensuke asked and thus that was the wrong thing to say. The girls eyes began to glow and in turn their hair began to move.

"Then you die." They all said and thus Hikari acted. Jumping over the table Hikari managed to deflect the hair strikes from the girl while pushing both Kensuke and Toji to cover. With Nunchaku in hand Hikari was ready for battle even if she might be a bit out of practice. The three girls glared at Hikari and once more went on the attack forcing Hikari to act quickly with a few smoke pellets she threw to the ground. The entire room was covered in smoke within seconds and with no way to see their target the three girls acted.

(Outside)

The door broke open as the three girls and Hikari all but flew out for a fight. The triplets landed first and when they did, they struck their pose again that formed the Kanji for, Gamia.

"Who are you, and what do you want with Akira?!" Hikari asked glaring at the trio. She may not be fond of the boys personality, but she was going to protect him as if he were her own. After all she was basically his aunt, it was her job.

"We are the killer Androids Gamia Q." The first of the three Q1 spoke as she looked to Hikari.

"We shall send you and Akira Langley Ikari to Hell." Q2 said with a smirk on her face now.

"For we are the Goddesses of Death." The third one Q3 said and once more they went for the attack. Hikari acted using her Nunchaku to deflect the Gamia Q's attacks but clearly age had dulled Hikari's blade as after a few strikes she had to dodge which tore through her sleeve. Thankfully, it didn't puncture skin, but it was clear Hikari was ill-dressed for this fight. More so she hadn't put on her outfit in years it made sense that her old combat skills were rusty.

The Gamia Q had speed, power, and numbers on their side, but Hikari had experience and muscle memories to compensate. So, fighting the Gamia Q left things at a stalemate. As Hikari fought, she dodged attacks, but they were getting dangerously close to her person. It was a miracle that she hadn't been skewered yet… or maybe it's just that her clothing were restricting her because Hikari noticed that her movements were getting more fluid the more fabric she loses.

It was almost as if something deep inside her wanted to let her old self out. The version of her who had no shame if it meant bringing forth justice. The battle went on for a bit as Hikari fought them off as her skirt was torn allowing her legs freedom of movement and her top was becoming rags. Gamia Q had also noticed that the more clothing Hikari lost the faster and more agile she became almost rivalling them. They were calculating the best path to victory and interrogation to learn Akira Langley Soryu's location from the three adults.

Nearby Kensuke and Toji watched as one of them had a shotgun ready to support Hikari against the Gamia Q. "Androids why did it have to be androids?" Toji asked as he thought the giant robots were the worst of it.

"Their looking for Akira though." Kensuke said before smiling with relief to Toji. "Good thing he's with Asuka and Shinji on that hike." Kensuke said and thus Toji went wide eyed that Kensuke stupidly blurted out where Akira was.

Kensuke was wide eyed at this as he realized his slip of the tongue. "KENSUKE!" Toji and Hikari both snapped as the Gamia Q had stopped their attack upon hearing what Kensuke had said.

"Target location identified." Q1 spoke with her cold tone.

"Falling back to primary target." Q2 followed her voice cold and emotionless like the machine she and her sisters were.

"Objective kill Akira Langley Soryu." Q3 said and thus Hikari acted.

"NO!" Hikari called out but the Gamia Q jumped away and retreated using their superior speed to make their escape and begin their hunt for Akira. When the Gamia Q were gone Kensuke laughed nervously as he realized he fucked up.

"Uh… oops." Kensuke said and thus Toji smacked Kensuke upside the head for his mistake.

"We got to warn them." Toji said but Hikari had other ideas in mind.

"There's no time." Hikari said as the only way to get to them was to try and beat the Gamia Q to them. The Hiking area was large the Gamia Q would have to search the forest for the trail Akira, Shinji, and Asuka were using.

"Well, what do you suggest we do then?" Kensuke asked and thus Hikari knew what she had to do here. Looking at her Nunchaku Hikari knew that she had the best chance at finding them before the Gamia Q can find them. If Hikari moved now, she might be able to beat them there. But where there was a big chance Hikari would fail… Kekko Kamen on the other hand...

"I need to get my things." Hikari said and thus she walked into the house with one goal in mind… her old Kekko Kamen gear.

(Later inside the Suzuhara House)

Hikari was making her way through the house to her and Toji's shared bedroom. As she walked, she was discarding articles of clothing leaving them behind like a crumb trail leading to her hidden lair. But the time Hikari arrived at her bedroom she was only in a pair of panties and socks as she left her breast hang free. Looking towards a mirror Hikari swore that even after all these years her body was still that of Kekko Kamen. Yes, her nipples were slightly darker, but Hikari clearly kept herself in shape should a day like this ever arrive.

Hikari then took off her socks before she began to make her way to the closest door where her old suit was waiting for her. Once Hikari got there seeing she was still alone in the room she grabbed the straps of her panties and began to pill them down before stepping out of them. Now completely naked Hikari knew what came next for her.

Hikari opened her closest and moved her belongings to the side to reveal a trapdoor underneath it all. Taking a deep breath, she pulled out a key and inserted it before she began to turn and open it. Once she did Hikari saw a familiar red mask with rabbit like ears staring at her from inside it next to a pair of red heeled boots and red gloves. All of the items inside the box were resting on a velvet red cloth as Hikari swallowed her resolve.

Hikari should hate this she was a mother and a wife she had the life she planned. But the thrill, the adrenalin of being a heroine was drawing her back into that life. She won't deny it being in a fight like that even against such androids… it excited Hikari allowing her to express the part of herself she had long since buried. But now it was time to let the demon out of its cage once more for no other reason than to protect and save the ones she loves.

(Later outside)

Kensuke was already contacting Eve to let her know what was going on. At the same time Toji was trying to call Asuka and Shinji to warn them about the Gamia Q hunting down Akira. But just then they heard the door opening behind them and from it they saw Hikari walking out once more. But the boys were shocked by her state of dress or lack of dress as the case seems to be. Hikari was naked save for a pair of red heeled boots that reached her knees, red gloves that reached her elbows, and a large red scarf around her neck. Everything between the boots, gloves, and scarf was bare of any clothing effectively making Hikari naked.

"So, you're really going through with it?" Toji asked as he knew that Hikari had hung up that mask years ago once the chaos of Third Impact had settled down.

"Yeah I am." Hikari admitted as she held her mask in one hand and her Nunchaku in the other hand. During this Kensuke was looking away as he waited for Eve to answer his call. "I thought I could hang up the mask, stop being the warrior and go back to being a normal girl." Hikari admitted as she looked at the mask once again. "When we got together started our family, I thought Kekko Kamen's mission was finally over." Hikari added as at the time she wanted to go back to things being normal.

"But it called you back in." Toji said as he saw what was going on.

"Yeah… I won't lie being in the thick of it like that after all this time… I was actually excited." Hikari admitted as she should have been terrified by, she was excited to fight again.

"Don't worry." Toji said giving his wife his full support. "Just do what you have to do." Toji said and thus Hikari smiled before she took her mask once more. Closing her eyes Hikari put the mask over her head until her eyes were where the masks goggles were located. Opening her eyes Hikari was ready… not the better term to use here was that Kekko Kamen had finally returned.

With heart full of justice and burning passion fueling her strength Kekko Kamen moved out to try and rescue Akira, Shinji, and Asuka from Gamia Q. But as she left Kensuke nodded as he got off the phone. "Toji, we got a problem." Kensuke said and thus Toji knew what that problem was for them.

"Well shit." Toji cursed realizing the village needed to evacuate to the shelters once more.

(Meanwhile over with Kekko Kamen)

A nearby Garage had suffered a break in as the mechanic in charge ran out to see a streak of red driving off with one of his motorcycles. As the engine roared the man was unable to stop the thief but the thief left a note surprisingly enough. As he took the note, he was wide eyed at what was written on the thief's note.

'Sorry I need to borrow this. -Kekko Kamen.'

It was clear now that the hero with no shame was back, Kekko Kamen had finally returned.

(Scene Break the Machine Lake)

Eve jumped into Wingles Pilder as it was clear that Kensuke's call had reached them in time. But now things were going from bad to worse for them. Eve's sensor array had detected a large contact coming towards the village. Nearby Kuzo was getting into Skull Pilder as he began to activate the engines for it. Not too far away from the pair Honey was in her leotard as she activated a motorcycle oddly enough.

"Kuzo, you need to find Akira and link up with Kaiser." Eve said as the engines were ready to ignite.

"Way ahead of you, Eve." Kuzo said as the cover for the Pilder closed down on him. "You and Honey just keep big ugly busy while I go looking for Akira." Kuzo said ready to launch and find his friend.

"Understood!" Eve and Honey responded and thus all was ready.

Wingle's Pilder flew off towards the robot with Honey on the motorbike following after her. With Wingle's Pilder in the air and Honey on the ground with her bike the two rode towards their robots. Eve was the first to dock into Wingle as the Pilder attached to her mechs crown causing the photonic yellow eyes to flash to life.

Following it up Honey activated her bikes built in boosters and from there small wings jutted out of either side of the bike. This turned her bike to be more like a rocket as she rode off a ramp and onto Cutie Honey's back before riding upward. "HONEY FLASH!" Honey cried out before she drove into her robots head and thus the cockpit closed around her sealing her inside. The bikes handles turned and formed into control yokes as her bikes gauges shifted to an access panel for her robot. Around her several systems began to activate as Cutie Honey began to awaken once more.

Wingle and Cutie Honey rose up from the waters and headed to where the large contact was approaching the village. At the same time Skull Pilder flew the opposite way towards where the hiking trail that Asuka, Shinji, and Akira were at for their hike. Kaiser was needed again but was useless if Kuzo and Akira were not fighting together.

(Meanwhile with the Ikari/Soryu trio)

Akira, Asuka, and Shinji were seen walking the hiking trail. In the past Asuka would never take part in this hew views of herself being the obstacle here. But after everything learning the truth of the lies told to her and being cured of the curse of EVA now just felt like the right time. So, putting herself through her paces she had to admit there was just something enticing about this hike or perhaps it was just present company. Looking back Asuka sighed as she saw how Shinji was currently struggling with the hike.

Shinji had agreed to this hike and could not fathom why at the moment. Shinji was never one to take part in physical exercise that was more of Toji's activity. Already he was downing more of his water as he was leaning against a tree. It was a miracle in of itself that Shinji managed to keep up with both Asuka and Akira at all. While Shinji was regretting his decision, he was not regretting spending time with Asuka and Akira. Akira may play the tough act to push others away, but Shinji like Kensuke saw right through Akira's act. For Shinji it made him feel the love that came from having his own family.

Akira however was a completely different story on the hike. He felt strange off then what he normally felt like. He could not describe it, but he did not like it not even a little. It got him on edge and Akira knew if he were on edge then chances are trouble would follow after. Keeping his senses on alert Akira was ready for anything with a hand on his combat knife just in case.

"This is nice." Asuka said getting Shinji and Akira's attention. "Just us out here enjoying a bit of quiet." Asuka said as she lead the trio through this nature hike.

"That sounds a bit out of character of you Asuka." Shinji admitted smiling as he was happy that Asuka was trying out some new things.

"Maybe she got captured and replaced with an imposter." Akira quipped as he walked passed Shinji. This of course got Asuka upset but she kept her calm when facing Akira. Akira was just fishing for a reaction Asuka knew this and reminded herself of this. The problem was the fact that Akira was not making this any easy for her. As much as Asuka wanted to slap him silly, she had to keep her temper.

"Akira that was rude and outright uncalled for." Shinji scolded as he knew the implications of what Akira had said. Akira scoffed and began to walk off as he did not want to deal with these two attempting to parent him. No one leashed or tamed Akira because if that happened then the boy would be as good as dead.

Asuka growled as she was having trouble controlling her temper around Akira. Shinji put a comforting hand on her shoulder that helped calm her down. But the look in his eyes Asuka saw that if Akira pushes it too far, then he won't stop Asuka's retaliation. Sometimes a lesson needed to be learned the hard way and Shinji knew this. Sighing and controlling her temper Asuka went back on the hike with Shinji in tow. She intended for them to enjoy it and Asuka had every intention of doing so.

Of course, when they arrived at a certain ledge the beauty of nature was ruined by the clear reminder of what laid beyond the village. The trio arrived at a cliff area and in turn saw the Pillars in the distance and with it they saw the Red Earth beyond. "Well, that ruins it." Asuka said as she glared at the sight while Shinji just looked at it with a clear saddened look deep self-loathing.

"It's all my fault." Shinji spoke as he looked at the Red Earth beyond the Pillars surrounding the area. "If I was smarter, if I was just more aware of what my father was doing then maybe I could have done something different." Shinji said as he looked to the price of his own mistakes. "But every time that I act something goes wrong and every time that I don't act something goes wrong." Shinji said as he saw he was in a vicious loop from this. "It's like no matter what I do my father will always get his way." Shinji said bitterness setting in for his father's actions and how they affected him.

"It's like a bad joke." Asuka said admitting that Shinji had a point from this. "It's not your fault though he forced your hand to get a reaction out of you." Asuka said as she looked over to Shinji. "He know how to play you and had the cards stacked against you." She added but Shinji was not convinced.

"But I could have chosen not to react I could have let his actions wash over me like water on stone." Shinji said but then Asuka chuckled a bit at this.

"Yeah… but it's not who you are." Asuka admitted as she knew Shinji would not sit by and let his loved ones get hurt because he chose not to act. "I know you Shinji and you're the sort of person who would fight if those you care about were in danger and you had the power to save them all." Asuka said reminding Shinji who he was the Shinji she came to know and respect.

"Asuka I…" Shinji trailed off when all of a sudden Akira pulled out his knife and glared at the trees. "Akira what's wrong?" Shinji asked but then heard a gun cocking and saw Asuka had also pulled her sidearm out. Rustling was heard from the trees as clearly something was moving through the tree line. Shinji knew these two would not react like this if they did not feel trouble was about to hit them.

It would seem that their sharp senses did not fail them as soon enough three figures zoomed out and quickly went straight for the attack. They went straight for Akira and as Akira got ready for a fight, he was suddenly pushed out of the way by Asuka who quickly opened fire on the attacks. The attackers re maneuvered themselves and avoided the gunshots before surrounding the trio of pilots. When the attackers landed, they were revealed to be the Gamia-Q who had been hunting down Akira to kill him.

"He's here." Q1 began as she saw Akira standing there.

"Akira Langley Ikari is here." Q2 spoke her voice emotionless and cold like a machine.

"Target acquired." Q3 said and thus went for the attack.

Seeing this Asuka was the first to react to it. "Akira stay down!" Asuka called as she covered Akira and Shinji while shooting at the Gamia Q to keep them safe.

"I can handle myself!" Akira snapped as he ignored Asuka's orders and parried a Gamia with his combat dagger.

"Akira wait!" Asuka called out but was too late to stop the boy from fighting. Akira got a few good hits in as he held his dagger with experience from his years of surviving alone. The Gamia Q were targeting the boy from the get-go so they would zero in on him at all times. This had triggered Asuka's maternal instincts as she tried to keep the Gamia Q away from Akira at all costs.

Akira was holding his own, but he was outnumbered and by the looks of it the Gamia Q were made with Akira's skills in mind. The three assassin androids surrounded them as Shinji saw what was going on.

"Akira Langley Soryu." Q2 began as she looked at Akira who glared.

"Time to die." Q3 said and thus they went on the attack but then Shinji roared and hit one of them with a branch. The Branch broke against the Gamia Q as she looked at Shinji showing she was not amused. She went to deal with Shinji only for Akira to charge her and stab his knife into her shoulder. The Gamia Q easily grabbed Akira leaving the knife stabbed in her before she began to choke him out. Asuka acted and shot at the Gamia before grabbing her arm and using momentum to throw her off of Akira. Akira rolled on the ground as Asuka glared at the boy.

"Akira fall back its you, their after!" Asuka snapped as she was not going to let Akira die.

"Akira listen to her we can draw their attention." Shinji said as then he noticed how the Gamia Q casually pulled the knife out before throwing it at Akira. Akira dodged and saw his combat knife stab itself into the tree that was standing right behind Akira.

"If these skanks wanna go I'll show them a pot of Hell!" Akira snapped as he grabbed his knife and held it at the ready before noticing the blade. "Wait." Akira said and to notice that it was not blood on the knife but oil.

"That's not blood." Shinji said realizing that these were not real humans but android assassins.

"Of course, Androids." Asuka said as she figured she should have seen that one coming. But then Asuka saw a flash and knowing what it was and who it was going for she took actions. "Look out!" Asuka cried out and thus pushed Akira out of the way and in turn the Gamia Q's blond tendril shot out and stabbed its way through Asuka's arm. When it retracted blood shot out of the wound as Asuka fell over much to Shinji and Akira's shared shock.

But Asuka was already moving as she took her gun with her good arm and fired at the Gamia Q with rage fueling her moves. "Get the Hell away from my son!" Asuka snapped as she shot at the androids. The words had left her mouth naturally and for once Asuka was not shocked over what she had just said.

Akira however was caught completely by surprise with those words. "Wait what did you call me?" Akira asked as he stood there in shock at the words Asuka had used.

Shinji was also surprised and if the situation had been different, he would be smiling. Asuka had acknowledged Akira as her son the one thing Shinji wanted from his father Akira got it from his mother. Shinji would always acknowledge Akira as his son but there was something truly different when it came from the parent that seemingly won't acknowledge you as their own child.

But before Asuka could respond the Danger was still clear as the Gamia Q went on the attack once more. Akira sprang back into action with the full intention of protecting Asuka from the assassins. Dagger in hand he roared in challenge at the android foes coming his way while Shinji ran over to shield Akira with his own body. Just as the clash was about to take place a third party intervened and managed to zoom by and grab Akira in a streak of red.

Asuka was surprised by this and took the chance to empty her clip into one of the Gamia Q androids forcing her to back off with her sisters. As Shinji ran over to Asuka, he looked around trying to find Akira while the Gamia Q were doing the same.

"Good I made it in time." Came a female voice and needless to say when Asuka and Shinji saw the source they were in shock. Standing by the tree where Akira was pushed against was a familiar figure that Asuka recognized from the photos Honey had revealed when Asuka had been interrogating the new arrival.

"She didn't." Asuka gasped realizing that Hikari had went and pulled out the old outfit. Hikari was once more in the form of Kekko Kamen as she was ready to fight and protect her loved ones.

Gamia Q saw her as well and glared when they saw she was protecting Akira. "No obstacle." Q1 began as she could not make sense of this.

"Strategy of attack lacks any form of logic." Q2 added as their computers could not comprehend the strategic value of fighting naked.

"Enemy combatant identify yourself now." Q3 said as she had no data on Kekko Kamen. Asuka cringed as she had heard the story from Hikari and knew the cringe that was coming.

Smirking at this Kekko Kamen had not heard that demand in a long time. "Nobody knows my face everybody knows my body." Kekko Kamen said as Akira was getting himself an eye full of Kekko Kamen's bare ass. "I was sent by the heavens naked to bring love and justice to this village." Kekko Kamen announced as she glared at the Gamia Q. "10 years later back from the grave Kekko Kamen! I hide my face but expose all else!" She announced as she glared at the Gamia Q.

Shinji was beat red but grateful for the backup, Asuka was hoping Hikari would not dive back into that thrill again, and Akira was just counting his lucky stars. But still with the aid of Kekko Kamen the odds were now evened out here. Akira got up and then pulled out his combat dagger spinning the blade before holding it in a reverse grip.

"Well, a naked beauty who can fight can't say I haven't seen that one before." Akira said with a savage grin. "But I can say you're the first one not trying to kill me." Akira said as Asuka was surprised by these words Akira spoke.

Kekko Kamen wanted to scold Akira for that but one she was not Hikari right now and two that was Asuka's job. But it can wait until after the battle when their lives were not being threatened by three assassins. "Ok here's the plan divide and conquer." Asuka said as she knew it was their best bet to take these three androids down for good. Asuka had wrapped her injury and was focused on protecting her son from these androids.

"Agreed." Kekko Kamen said as she held her nunchaku ready to fight off these villains.

"Let's have fun!" Akira called out and thus the three charged in at the Gamia Q who did the same. At the same time Shinji moved to cover to provide support from the sidelines.

(Meanwhile with Wingle and Cutie Honey)

A massive mech was making its way towards Village-3 from the Red Earth it travelled. Each step it took caused the ground bellow to rumble and shutter with its approach. It looked more like a Greek warrior than anything else as it carried a massive shield and a large blade on its person. It was clearly modelled with Kaiser in mind so with that thought any mech would struggle with it if not be outright destroyed by this new giant terror.

But just then a roar of challenge came from the direction of its destination. "Photon Power Beam!" Honey was heard as soon enough a pair of photonic energy beams came at the massive mech. The Mech responded by bringing up its shield and defending itself from the oncoming attack.

Following it up was Wingle as she flew in weapon in hand ready to fight. Wingle with a roar from Eve then swung her sword at the Chimera Unit who in response clashed his sword against Wingle's. The weapons were both vibration blades because when they clashed a resonating noise echoed out with sparks grinding between the two weapons. This in turn had eventually knocked Wingle back and she would have hit the ground if Eve had not used Wingle's wings to fix her flight and hover over the ground.

Following this up Cutie Honey was quick on the uptake. "BREAST MISSILES!" Honey invoked which was followed by her robots breasts launching forth as missiles. The rockets tipped with Cutie Honeys breasts flew towards their target the NERV aligned Chimera Unit that stood before her. The unit once more raised its shield before its sword converted into a gun and it began to open fire from behind the shield.

The two mechs moved out of the way to avoid being shot as they knew they had to hold the line giving Kaiser time to arrive. "Well, that got its attention!" Honey called out as she saw the mech point its sword at them before charging in. The two robots got out of the way with Wingle sending out her boomerang arm blades for a counterattack.

"We have to hold it here until Kuzo can find Akira and they join us with Kaiser." Eve said as the blades came back after the enemy mech deflected them.

"Who knows how long that will take!" Honey called out as she knew that if assassins were after Akira, then there was no telling how long they had to fight.

"We have to have faith that Kuzo will find Akira in time." Eve said as she knew it was the best they got right now.

"I hope your right." Honey said as Eve had similar thoughts to Honey right now.

(Back on the Hiking Trail)

The battle with the Gamia Q were well underway as Asuka headed to cover providing support fire while Akira and Kekko Kamen went for the Androids. Akira took out his throwing knives and sent them at Q2 who easily deflected them with her hair tendrils. But this left Q2 open to attack from Kekko Kamen who came in with her Nunchaku which she used to bash her foe about. Q2 attempted an attack with her tendrils but Kekko Kamen spun down and slid her foot under Q2 knocking her down.

Q2 acted fast and backflipped out of the way of attack just as Asuka opened fire on her. This allowed for Q1 and Q3 to move in and cover Q2. Seeing this Kekko Kamen spun around allowing for her scarf to move across the two androids faces obscuring the pairs sight. When the scarf was out of the way Q3 was caught off guard when the cord of the nunchaku extended and wrapped around her neck. Kekko Kamen then roared and yanked Q3 around slamming her into a tree that bark cracked from the impact.

"Had enough assassin?" Kekko Kamen asked as her nunchaku retracted back to its original form.

Q3 began to get up glaring at Kekko Kamen before Q2 moved in from behind her. But just then her back was riddled with more daggers as Q2 was caught off guard by this attack. "Always watch your back." Akira said with throwing knives between his fingers ready to launch. But it seems the attack was not enough as Q2 got back up and jumped over them. She was then joined by her sisters and thus the three fighters were surrounded by the Gamia Q.

"Shit." Asuka cursed as she reloaded her gun.

"Now die!" The Gamia's called out and thus moved in. Just then engines were heard and from the sky Skull Pilder flew in and fired a rocket into Q1 sending her blasting into a tree. As Skull Pilder flew over Kekko Kamen, Asuka, Akira, and Shinji saw it and from there the cockpit opened up revealing Kuzo.

"Hey Akira catch!" Kuzo called out and thus he threw down Akira's sword. Akira smirked and caught it just as Q2 moved to attack him. Akira acted fast and with a roar sliced through her separating the android girls torso from her own waste. This left only Q3 as the last android standing as she was surrounded and outgunned by her target and his allies.

"Any last words?" Akira asked pointing his sword at Q3. She had only one last move left an all or nothing gamble she had to complete her mission or die trying. So, charging in her hair began to glow causing Asuka to react. But then Shinji came in and grabbed her from behind catching Q3 by surprise.

"Hurry!" Shinji called out as he used all his strength to hold back Q3. Seeing their chance to act the two pilots and one naked super heroine got moving.

"Alright!" Kekko Kamen called out as she charged in to finally finish this fight. "Time to use an old classic move." She said and thus got ready to use her finishing move against Q3. Kekko Kamen then jumped up and in response Q3 acted and sent her hair tendrils at Kekko Kamen who dodged them with trained ease.

Once she was close enough, she changed her position and to the shock of many grabbed her thighs before she proceeded to spread her legs. Akira had to stop a nosebleed when he saw that reminding himself, that they were in a battle right now. Though that did not mean that Akira would not save it to memory.

Shinji quickly let go to get out of the way as well as look away knowing who Kekko Kamen was under the mask. She then wrapped her strong thighs around Q3's head and began crushing it between them.

Once her grip was good Kekko Kamen then flipped Q3 and sent her flying towards Akira. Akira followed it up by slicing Q3's head off with his sword ending the threat of the Gamia Q. Her head rolled across the ground as Akira smirked at this seeing that they won.

"That handles that." Asuka said holstering her gun but then hissed in pain as her injury began to act up.

"Ow, ow, ow." Kekko Kamen moaned a bit as clearly, she was sore right now. "Either I'm out of shape or I'm getting too old for this." Kekko Kamen said as Akira smirked to this.

"Whatever you say MILF Kamen." Akira joked only for Asuka to smack him upside the head.

"Show respect to the woman who saved your ass." Asuka scolded her face in a scowl despite her injury.

Akira growled for a bit but then had to ask something important. It was something Asuka had said but when Akira had asked the question had gone unanswered back then. "Hey eyepatch." Akira began as he sheathed his sword. "Earlier what did you call me?" Akira asked as he wanted to hear Asuka say it.

But before Asuka could respond the Skull Pilder flew in and was in hover mode now. "Akira get in we got company NERV sent another one." Kuzo said making it clear what needed to happen.

"I… alright." Akira said seeing no use wasting time on this. "To be continued." Akira said as he looked over to Asuka before he jumped into Skull Pilder. Asuka simply smiled to this scene as once the cockpit for Skull Pilder closed the Pilder flew off to dock with Kaiser and join up with Wingle and Cutie Honey in battle.

Kekko Kamen smiled as she put a comforting hand on Asuka's good shoulder. "I suppose it's time to say… welcome to motherhood Asuka, we've been expecting you." Kekko Kamen said and thus Asuka chuckled to her friend.

Shinji then approached the scene as Asuka saw him and smiled while noting he was avoiding looking at Kekko Kamen. "You did good, Shinji." Asuka said grateful for Shinji jumping in when Q3 tried to make a final ditch effort to kill Akira.

"Thanks." Shinji said as he was happy for the praise to finally do something right even if it was small.

"Now…" Asuka began as she turned her attention to Kekko Kamen. "Can you please put some cloths on Hikari?" Asuka stated more then asked as she thought her friend had long since hung up the heroic mask of Kekko Kamen. All Kekko Kamen did was chuckle as she had almost forgotten how courageous she felt before retiring 10 years ago.

(Back to the Mecha Battle)

Wingle and Cutie Honey were on the ground as the enemy mech had managed to get the upper hand on its two foes. Making its way over it was clear that it was prepared to end this here and now. "I don't think we're walking away from this." Honey said as she saw her systems were maxing out on her end.

"Dammit." Eve cursed realizing they were about to lose. "Where the hell is Kaiser?" Eve asked as she was willing to fight to the bitter end with or without Kaiser being here. But as the old saying goes, speak the devils name and he shall appear. From behind the two downed mechs Kaiser's Tornado Crusher flew in and seeing this the enemy mech brought up its shield for defense. The two fists met with the shield, but the NERV Chimera Unit was unable to hold out against Kaiser's attack. Before long, the mech was blasted back and its shield cast aside from the impact.

"You two get your feet under you!" Akira called out from Kaiser just as the fists returned and reattached to Kaiser.

"We'll keep ugly busy!" Kuzo added and thus Kaiser charged in for the fight. NERV's Chimera Unit got back on its feet and charged as well firing at Kaiser who used his arms to block the bullets which bounced off the mechs superior armor. The enemy mech then was met with Kaiser's fist once he got close and when that happened it was send tumbling back by Kaiser's strength. As the mech began to get back up using his weapon to holster itself Cutie Honey and Wingle came in to support the skull mech.

"Mind if we cut in?" Honey asked with a smirk on her face as she was ready for round two. Akira smirked to this and then with a roar the three super robots then charged at the NERV Chimera Unit. With weapons raised the two sides clashed as steel clashed against steel. Kaiser swung the Ganzanto at the Chimera Units own weapon, but size and power played a role as Kaiser was quickly gaining ground against his foe. The two then collided but in doing so the Chimera Unit was left open as it struggled against the Ganzanto and Kaiser. Cutie Honey and Wingle came in with their own attacks ready with Cutie Honey going first.

"Photon Power Beam!" Honey invoked and once more Cutie Honey fired off her eye lasers at the Chimera. It roared in pain as the beam hit its back on the upper right side causing it to pull away to avoid Kaiser's attack. Following it up Wingle flew in and with a roar from Eve wrapped her legs around the Chimera's head and use the momentum to flip the mech over. Kaiser then followed up by grabbing the Chimera and throwing it across the ground before throwing the Ganzanto at it. The enemy mech hit the cliffside but had to roll out of the way to avoid the Ganzanto.

Wingle still had more to give as she dopped down with a powerful kick towards the Chimera. Once she did that she jumped back and went for a roundhouse kick to the Chimera sending it across the ground to the open. Wingle followed her move up with the Boomerang Blades as the Chimera acted fast and avoided the blades. Wingle caught her blades on the return and swung her melee weapon at the Chimera who managed to block it with its AT-Field. Eve in Wingle's cockpit smirked as she saw Cutie Honey standing behind the Chimera ready to open fire.

With Wingle and Eve giving her an opening Honey had her next attack ready. "BREAST MISSILES!" Honey invoked once more firing the chest rockets at the Chimera Unit. The rockets hit their target and thus caused the Chimera to lose its focus giving Eve the chance to attack. With a kick to its midsection Wingle grabbed the hybrid of Mazinger and EVA before flying upward. Once Wingle was high enough, she then with a flip threw it down to the ground. The Chimera crashed hard but despite the level of damage it took the Chimera was still standing which was shown as it was getting back up. IT was trying to escape from the losing battle. But with the Ganzanto abandoned Kuzo had taken command of Kaiser once Akira switched out with him. So, with the Breast Triggers drawn Kaiser charged in and fired his guns at the NERV chimera unit.

The Chimera Unit tried to avoid the assault, but Kaiser was too quick for it before it found itself being hit by bullets forced to rely on its AT-Field to deflect them. But this would not work for long as soon the AT-Field began to fail forcing the Chimera to use its power to push back its foes. Once it had room it sprouted its wings and attempted to flee once more or get to its shield. The three Super Robots were about to attack and stop it only for something to happen, the Chimera being hit by cannon fire from an unknown source.

"What?!" Honey asked and in turn looking upward Akira began to smile at what just arrived.

"The Wundur!" Akira called out as behold in the sky the Wundur flew in after firing down upon the Chimera.

(In the Wundur's Command Deck)

"Of all the times for us to come back here." Makoto complained as the Wundur flew around the area for battle.

"It seems we weren't the only ones dealing with these things." Ritsuko said noting that Village-3 was also being attacked by these Chimera Units.

"Swing us around for another strike." Misato ordered to the crew. "And deploy the SKL RR!" Misato added and thus the orders were received.

"RIGHT!" The members of the command deck responded and thus began to input the commands to carry out their captains orders.

(Back to the Mecha Battle)

The Wundur flew by and began to take a turn back to the battle with the lower hatch beginning to open. "Kuzo switch over!" Akira called out and thus Kuzo nodded.

"Right!" Kuzo said and once he switched Kaiser holstered the Breast Triggers once more.

Then from the lower doors of the Wundur the SKL RR dropped out and with its autopilot engaged. Driving towards Kaiser the Skull Mech began to take a running start with the giant motorcycle driving close enough for Kaiser to jump on. Once Kaiser was close, he jumped and got on before pulling the spear out from the SKL RR. Kaiser on the SKL RR sped towards the Chimera Unit and attempted to skewered it with his spear. This move forced the Chimera Unit back as it used its AT-Field to stop the attack. The ground was being torn up as the Chimera attempted to hold its field but then let its legs buckle under to swing under the attack.

This would prove to be a mistake as when the Chimera got back up it saw that Kaiser had driven towards the Ganzanto. When Kaiser had gotten closed to his weapon, he used the momentum to retrieve it as it made a U-turn that freed the weapon from the ground.

"Hey, Wundur we'll lay it out for you be ready!" Akira called out to the Wundur as he was glad to have the WILLE crew backing him up once again. Kaiser sped towards the Chimera Unit and during this Akira switched out with Kuzo. "Kuzo, you know what to do!" Akira said as Kuzo smirked and once more Kaiser drew the Breast Triggers.

Kaiser opened fire on the Chimera from NERV riddling it with bullets as he got closer to it. The shots were enough to knock the Chimera to the ground with a harsh crash. It tried to get back up, but its foes were giving it no room to counterattack. As proven when it was met face to tire by the SKL RR which used it as a ramp for Kaiser to get himself airborne for his attack. Once in the air the SKL RR shifted into its skeletal Pegasus form before turning back around to face the Chimera.

Kaiser holstered the Breast Triggers showing Akira was once again in control. "Hey, we're not done just yet asshole!" Akira called out before Kaiser threw his spear into the Chimera this time unprotected from its shield and its AT-Field. The Chimera was impaled as Kaiser rode its massive metal stead still in its skeletal Pegasus form before hoisting its body to the air while Kaiser was still horseback riding.

"Wundur its all yours now!" Kuzo called out and in turn with a roar from Akira Kaiser threw the Chimera to the sky and right in the flight path of the Wundur. The Chimera found itself splattered on the front bow of the mighty battleship.

(Back on the Command Deck)

"Activate the AT-Field and trap that thing!" Misato called out as she smirked at Kaiser's set up. "All cannons lock on target and fire at will!" Misato added as everyone wanted a bit of payback against these things for what felt like months of being trapped in Paris fighting them.

"Aye!" The crew called and thus were ready to fire.

(Back to the Mech battle)

The Wundur's weapons all trained on the Chimera Unit before they proceeded to open fire down upon NERV's hybrid machine. With no AT-Field and now shield the Chimera was powerless and in turn sent to its death where it exploded on the bow of the Wundur. The Wundur however was unscathed thankfully and from that the battle was finally over.

Kaiser and the SKL RR grinded to a halt as the skull mech was joined by Wingle and Cutie Honey. "Ok victory is ours but now we can get to the big stuff." Akira began as he looked to the Wundur. "WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU GUYS!?" Akira roared clearly upset at being left marooned here while the Wundur was off doing God knows what.

"It's a long story for the both of us it seems." Misato said via communications but was just thankful that they now had their heavy hitters back. "I'm just going to start off and say that we never realized how much we needed you guys until we didn't have you." Misato said as she was just happy to have found Kaiser after losing the mech.

(Scene Break on the Wundur)

A while later after the Wundur had docked they began the reception for supplies as well as beginning their repairs. Misato had to postpone her meet with her son however as she needed to get an update on their pilots who had gone MIA after the near Fourth Impact battle. Of course, when they saw Shinji and Asuka many people were in shock by this.

"What happened to you two?" Maya asked shocked at what she found of the pair.

"To save Eve the longwinded story basically random cosmic shit from the Near Fourth Impact, the Gate of Guff, and some Photons caused them to be cured and age up." Akira said as he gestured to Shinji and Asuka.

"We'll need Akagi and Uzuki to do a deeper scan to make sure there were no side effects." Eve added as she was hauling in the remains of the Gamia Q's which both Shinji and Asuka were most warry around.

"Seems simple enough." Jun said as this was a prime time to help develop her cure to the Curse of EVA as well as some of her other experiments for both EVA and for Kaiser. Plus, with Kaiser and Wingle back in their possession Jun can start on her upgrades for both of her mechs.

"What's the current situation?" Kuzo asked as they also needed to be brought up to date over what was going on while Asuka was getting her arm treated by a medic.

"This new battle units have been hitting us in Paris, every time we get repairs done, they nail us again." Makoto said giving the group a rundown of what's going on. "We only just got this bird in air again but even then, we had to cut repairs short just to get her airworthy." He added and thus Shigeru nodded in agreement.

"We're going to be stuck in Village-3 for a bit longer until repairs are fully done." Misato said making it clear that the Wundur was grounded right now. "But with Kaiser here that should increase our odds by a large margin." Misato said grateful to have Kaiser back with all of their aces.

"But until the Wundur is back to 100% we're stuck still." Akira said which Misato nodded to this.

"Basically." Misato said and thus Eve figured as much from this information and the current state of the Wundur. "Well since we have some shore leave now, I can finally see my son." Misato said but then to their shock Honey entered the room with the door sliding open followed by several armed troops. Before anyone could act, she went straight for Misato as the soldiers had guns trained on everyone before they can even react.

"Actually, Misato your boy is going to have to take a raincheck on that visit and depending on how things go will need to visit you himself." Honey said as she came to finish her mission.

"What is going on?" Misato asked as she glared at Honey only to find a familiar badge flashed in front of her.

"I'm here to detain you and bring you in for questioning for your role in both the Near Third Impact and the Near Fourth Impact." Honey said much to the shock of everyone. "Come quietly because if you resist or reject the orders then we have free reign to shoot to kill." Honey added and thus everyone knew that they were in trouble.

"How did you get these guys here?" Eve asked as she thought she got all the blind spots.

"KREDIT, ideal to transport supplies to those surviving the post Third Impact World… and perfect to transport troops when the need should arise." Honey said and thus when Eve heard this, she began to mentally kick herself for not thinking about KREDIT being a two-way path to bypass the sensory grid that she had set up.

"Shit." Akira cursed realizing things were not about to be getting better for anyone here.

(TBC)

ESKK: Well, another chapter is off the docket I hope you all enjoyed it and will join us again for the next one. But until then leave a review and as I always say ja-ne.