Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time
Episode 31: (results) Show For Themselves/ (replacing) Episode 21
(Warning: All intellectual properties belong to their respective original creators/current copyright holders. EVA to Studio Khara, Reality Warpers to Yoshi3000, you get the idea.)
(Opening Theme: "Reverse/Re:Birth" by Hiroaki Iwagana and Asaya)
Otherworld's department of soul judgment isn't a job for a single person. While the honorable king Yema is usually the main individual you see upon death, there are others who's task is to determine if the souls of the deceased face either the pearly gates of heaven or the forever purge of hell. And for three distinct individuals, they were about to meet one of these additional judges.
"All rise for the honorable Yamaxanadu, Shiki Eiki." went an oni bailiff as the lead judge of souls from Touhou Project assumed her rightful seat on the bench.
"Good morning, everyone." went the yama before adding "I've reviewed all of today's cases thoroughly, so when I call your name, approach the bench so we can go over your actions in life and the appropriate verdict for your placement in the afterlife. First case will be a Ms. Rei Ayanami the first of Earth Dimension EVA-12385267."
It had been quite a month for the now freed soul of EVA Unit-00 alongside the other EVAs destroyed during the Bardiel incident. Having to wait in the realm of purgatory while awaiting judgment had left those who were still waiting to learn their final fates to just want to hear the verdict and finally move on with their afterlives. As the youngest of the souls approached the bench, even being offered a stand so she could reach past the podium, Ms. Eiki gave her remarks.
"Alright, aside from just standard child fare, it doesn't seem like you've committed anything that warrants damnation, even when influenced by those controlling the Evangelions. I feel for you, child. I really do, which is why access to heaven is granted to you."
The young Rei near jumped off the stool raising her off the ground in joy that she didn't have to face eternal damnation as the yama ordered a bailiff to escort her to the pearly gates.
"Kyoko Zeppelin Sohryu of Earth Dimension EVA-12385267, please approach the bench." went Ms. Eiki as Asuka's mother knew she was not in for a good time.
"Your file was a bit of a mess considering that your soul was split into two. While the majority of your more egregious behavior in life could be attributed to the half not absorbed into the EVA entering a state of psychosis, the half of you that was inside of it has roughly a clean slate." went the yama as Kyoko responded "Your honor, given the circumstances, I believe that my actions in life should take priority over my actions inside of the Evangelion. While I wasn't 'whole', my body still committed acts that caused damage to both my husband and daughter and I feel the need to take full responsibility for it."
"Indeed they should." answered Eiki before adding "However, your case will have to be revisited after further investigation, so I'll be sentencing you to stay in the netherworld until a proper sentence can be reached. Moving on to Yui Ikari of Earth Dimension EVA-12385267."
The former soul of EVA Unit-01 knew she was not in for a fun time as Asuka's mother crossed paths with her while exiting the stand and told her "Good luck, you're gonna really need it."
"I've seen plenty of vile individuals from your universe during my time as a yama, but your file is undoubtedly one of the worst I've ever dealt with." Went Shiki with no intent of hiding her grave disappointment before adding "let's start off with the least egregious, association with a society of genocidal maniacs by being legacied in as the daughter of a high ranking member."
"Your honor, if I could-" went Yui before being interrupted by the yama who added "Then you brought in an individual who has proven to be a significant threat to the multiverse as a whole."
"To be honest, none of us knew that the multiverse existed at the time, and I had no idea that what would happen would set off a-" went Yui again in another attempt to defend her actions before Eiki continued with "Not only that, you strung along one Mary Iscariot into your plan to 'make the world a better place', only to significantly cause irreparable harm to her course in life."
Yui paused for a moment along with the yama who was expecting another attempt at trying to make things seem less bad than they already were until she responded "Okay, I will give you that. Mary really shouldn't've been brought into any of this. But some good did come of it, didn't it?"
The yama didn't even dignify Yui's answer with a response, simply going on with her tearing in of a very bad parent by stating "But all of that is nothing compared to your biggest offense: abandoning your son for over a decade while his father left him for dead, only to become an active part of his life again once a group of gigantic beasts and their humanoid compatriots threatened the very lives of the entire planet as part of some convoluted plan to improve the lives of whoever would be left to pick up the pieces once everything was said and done while the shadowy organization you were working with were plotting to use your son as the fall guy to instigate the end of the world. And where was the father in all of this? Working to bring forth armageddon just so he could reunite with you, no matter who he had to get rid of in order to do it and turning to a group of multiversal terrorists who seek nothing but to watch the multiverse burn. Give me one good reason why you shouldn't be banished to hell for what you've done."
Yui shot back "Oh give me a break, this is a complete farce of a Kangaroo Court at best. Surely there's something in that 'file' that can clear my name and prevent me from facing complete damnation."
Shiki's only response: "We looked. Multiple times. There really wasn't that outweighed the sins you committed, meaning it's off to hell for you."
Yui could only try and counterclaim her actions as she was being dragged off by a pair of oni as the yama calmly responded "Alright, I will now conduct the next hearing."
(P.O.V. Shift)
In the month that passed since the battle with Zeruel, the Lilac Storm armada had not only grown stronger, but grown in numbers. When the crews of the Crimson Wind and Super Spiral's Triumph weren't in the heat of intense training alongside the Knights of Ryujin, they were being met with more crews of RN refugees who were emboldened to take back what was theirs. Now hovering over the orbit of the Super Spiral's Earth, the armada now stood strong with a current total of 35 vessels within the fleet, each willing to give their lives to ensure the freedom of the Multiverse by joining Bishop's fight against Gendo. However, they weren't the only ones who had joined the growing army as the very Eds that had given Gourdar so much trouble had opted to stick around due to the promise of steady pay from raids on Gourdian territory and vessels. Captain Rei sat in the custom throne of her personal sanctum onboard the newly refitted Super Spiral's Triumph with a glass of white wine in her hand and a consort on each of her laps in the form of versions of Rem of Re:Zero fame and the Quintessential Quintuplets' Miku Nakano, admiring the progress her crew had made in such a short time. She had truly become a true person, and with the freedom given to her by the light of the Super Spiral, she would lead her people to victory in this war and usher in a golden age of honorable space piracy.
(P.O.V. Shift)
While the Lilac Storm armada was in a period of great success, the Gourdian Empire was in the midst of a massive rough patch. A significant contributor outside of the Knights of Ryujin's continued defense of their home dimension and the formation of their own hometown army was the rise of two new factions buying for power. The new kids on the block: universes of Sonic the Hedgehog and My Little Pony that had taken the mentalities of a content creator for both fandoms best described as if a 4Chan anon had taught themself how to animate drawings done in MS Paint and turned out their own copyright infringing anime full of scat humor, gore, and double standards voiced entirely with text to speech software.
General Blueblood of House Canterlot was locked in a heated battle against ships from the golden fleet of House Dresden under the command of a demented version of the mighty Sportacus as a branch of the Subjugation Fleet had swooped in to take advantage of the conflict.
"General, the Gourdians have come out of hyperspace and have opened fire on both us and the House Dresden ships." recapped an unnamed earth pony mare as the general responded "Silence, mud pony femoid." before continuing "Have those wood loving tin cans divert their fire onto Sport-o-Flop so that I may swoop in and pick off the survivors with the might of my unwashed poopy butt cheeks."
Onboard the lead ship of the Gourdian dispatch, the variant of Disventure Camp's Emily Campbell opened a communications channel with the capitol as Dr. Frog answered.
"The intel was right, sir. Our forces have engaged the enemy right where you said they'd be." went the former intern turned imperial agent as the ex-League of Super Evil member answered "As expected. All I need you to do is to keep them busy long enough for reinforcements to arrive, so do as much damage as you can. Oh, and keep survivor counts for either of their factions to a minimum if you'd be so kind as to set an example of why fucking around in Gourdian territory is a bad idea. Frog out."
"You heard the man." went Emily to the bridge droids before giving the order "Launch the fighters and bring the pain." as multiple fighter drones and a squadron of Category: Dragon Squash Droids flew out of the combined hangars of the Subjugation Fleet vessels.
Meanwhile, onboard the leading ship of House Dresden's assault forces, "Sportacus" had opened a communication line of his own and went "Pardon the interruption, master Bartleby, but it appears that Celestia's army isn't the only force in the area. The Gourdians have managed to find us faster than expected and have sent a counter strikeforce. What is your command?" while staring at the visage of the second tier Sonic Underground character "tending to his rotund blue hedgehog lover" as the leader of House Dresden answers "You call me while I am in the process of fucking my bitch to inform me of that? You fight until the battle ends either in your death or theirs. Now get going." before ending the call.
"Sportacus" stood up from his chair after his ship took another hit and declared "If this is to be my last battlefield, then I shall die with honor fighting like a man. All ships still in the fight are to divert their fire on both the degenerate ponies and the metal menace. If we are to go down, we shall take as many of our foes as we can with us."
House Dresden's forces went with Sportacus' plan, diverting their fire and aiming at distinct angles to make it look as if the Gourdians and House Canterlot had more firepower than they had, even managing to destroy a Gourdian destroyer escort. Meanwhile, the former Disventure Camp intern was beginning to get concerned about the course of the battle despite having managed to take down a couple ships on both enemy sides when she had come up with an idea.
Turning towards one of the Squash Droids in front of her on one of the terminals, Emily asks "Is the prototype operational?" as the mechanical crew member answers "The 'Ring of Death' array is being connected to the central power core as we speak. Estimated time before it can be fired, twelve minutes."
"Tell the tin cans doing it they got five." responded Emily when the sensor systems began going off like it was the end of the universe. The cause of such an explosive response: an old threat of the empire making its presence known with the flaccid howl of lemonhate: "HWAAAAHAAHAHEEEHEEEEEEEE!"
The mutated Lemongrab had burst its way through one of the remaining pony vessels and had begun tearing its way through a Gourdian destroyer. Emily of course was caught off guard in sheer horror, having heard the stories of the renegade creature that had brought forth the destruction of many of the empire's bases of operations. Wasting no time, she opened the comms line to the capital and quickly shared the footage of the mutant's carnage: "Red alert! Red alert! The lemon mutant is in our territory again and is attacking my fleet! Requesting permission to initiate full tactical retreat and let the freak tear Dresden and Canterlot asunder! I repeat, "The lemon mutant is attacking my fleet, requesting permission to order a tactical retreat!"
Over onboard "Prince Blueblood"s vessel, the bridge crew watched in horror as another of their vessels was seemingly destroyed with no effort by the freak of nature, leading to one pony to ask "Captain, the unknown lifeform has destroyed another vessel. What do we do?"
Their valiant captain's answer: "Silence, femoid. The course of action is clear: you non-unicorns will all die in my name while I make my escape in my personal fighter made of gold plated Nth metal which cost me a hundred babillion dollars. Princess Celestia shall reward me for my outward racism towards inferior ponies and the lessening of the forces of our enemies under my command. I would say 'goodbye', but none of you inferior non-rich as balls ponies are on my level.", laughing as he made his way off the bridge. And at no better a time for as soon as the door closed, ponies began being sucked into the infinite void of space for the mutated Lemongrab had exploded onto the bridge, screaming like a deranged lunatic.
"GOOOOOWWWAAAAAAAAHPP! Everywhere I go, I sssseeeeee nnnnnnothing but ugly, filthy non-lllllllemons, HWAH! Mmmmmmy path is clear. The only way to save the multiverse through my wayyyy of lemonhate is to purrrrrrge ALL non-lemons. MMMMMMMMMMMMHHH, NOW YOU SHALL ALL SUCK UPON MY LEMON PEEPEEEEEEEE! HUUUUUUUWWAAAAHAAAAHAHEEEHEEEEEEEE!"
With a massive burst of energy from the creature's "Super Laser Piss" attack, the entire deck of the ship had been completely destroyed just as the lift carrying "Blueblood" had begun his descent to his personal hangar bay. However, the unicorn in charge wasn't going to get away no worse for wear as the blast had caused the lift he was in to descend at an accelerated pace, causing him to bang his head on the roof after reaching his destination, exiting the transport in a daze.
"Goddamn inferior non-unicorns and femoids." went the demented unicorn, staggering their way to the hangar doors before the freak could reach him as he added "They should've fought harder and kept that lemon grease freak busy for longer so I could more easily make my escape." just as he had reached his personal fighter. He wasn't able to fully escape though, as just as the craft came alive with the hum of the engines, the creature of pure malice that had made his ship its personal punching bag had blown open the internal doors and shouted "I am not grease! And it is YYYYYYOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU that is the frrrreak! I have to use my my lemon peepee again. MMMMMMMMMMMH! NOW SUCK ON IIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"
"Fuck this shit, I'm out!" exclaimed "Blueblood" before teleporting out of the fighter and cheating death for another day as the mutant's Super Laser Piss had destroyed his fighter in a matter of seconds, moving the vile stream of destruction to destroy the rest of the ship. Now floating in the infinite void amidst the scrap and remains of its most recent victims, the mutant Lemongrab had noticed that the remaining Gourdians had gotten the fuck out of town, leaving the remaining Canterlot and House Dresden forces to purge as it went back to its work with a furious flaccid howl.
"OOOOOOOOOOONLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY MMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
(P.O.V. Shift)
After over a month of waiting and non-stop training, the Knights of Ryujin and their allies had gathered in the heart of the mountains surrounding Tokyo 3 at Kensuke's hideout, anticipating Shinji's return from his own training. Everyone had put their all into getting stronger, all day, every day, striving to be able to fight on the same level as their now divine energy mastering friend. Now the day had come to see the fruits of their efforts. With a jolt of anticipation and shock, Bishops' forces turned their heads to the east as a massive surge of Warper energy had begun manifesting as a portal right in front of them. From out the portal steps out none other than their universe's Shinji, clad in a mix of traditional oriental fighter's garb featuring ornate Unit-01 themed designs and the flaud and shoulder guards of a fully ordained Dragonball destroyer deity.
Mana wasted no time in jumping on her man in a loving embrace as Shinji opened his mouth to go "Glad to know that I was actually missed while I was away.", gazing at everyone who had gathered to see he had a proper welcome home.
Bishops was the first to respond, saying "I'm glad to see that you took your time away from us seriously, even now with your power suppressed, I can tell that you've gotten significantly stronger." with Shinji responding "So have all of you. You guys gotta fill me in on what's been going down here while I was away."
"Indeed." answered Bishops before adding "There's a big feast waiting for us back at Spiral Industries HQ, we can recap everything that's gone down on both ends and plan our next moves accordingly."
And a massive feast there was. As the celebration was not only for Shinji's return, but for a massive increase in Spiral Industries business, the establishment of protected OU status for their home turf, and for the bolstering of Jade Company's forces in the war against RN. Everyone was busy eating their fill and downing it all with various forms of drink. Shinji had finished downing an entire bottle of light beer before noting "It's amazing what you miss when you're training basically non-stop for over a month." with Bishops responding "Yes, well I hope that your training also involved how to properly control alcohol intake. Last thing I need for you right now is to be consistently brick faced when we're officially in the endgame of canon. Friendly reminder not just to you, but to the whole of the team, there's still two Angels left to fight, and I highly doubt that they'll exactly be a cakewalk even with the results of our efforts."
Ryker Blackthorn who was sitting right beside Bishops responded "Which is why you need to keep a cool head. If I recall correctly, the next Angel is supposed to mess with your mind by weaponizing your own self inadequacies and the one after it….well since there's no more EVAs for it to try and corrupt, I have no idea what it could do." before taking a slurp of miso pork ramen.
"That's something I've concerned myself about too." replied Bishops before adding "Considering the fact that Arael has massive aerial superiority by hiding in orbit and Armisael being a massive wildcard, not to mention the possibility that they'll be opting out of having heralds like Zeruel did….."
The geist Naruto responded with a firm "We'll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, let's focus on building up our forces for when Gendo finally decides to show his ugly face around here again. Though there is something that should be done now that the prodigal son is finally home." before taking a swig of sake.
"What's that, co-boss?" asked Toji after finishing off another rib as the co-founder of Spiral Industries answered "Simple, once everyone's had the chance to digest their meals, we burn off some of the excess calories with a good old fashioned mass sparring session. Since Shinji wasn't here during our training, why not show him that we weren't slacking off while he was getting mastery of his own new power?"
Bishops replied "Agreed, I wanna see how far a full month plus away has gotten my first apprentice from this universe."
"Since you mentioned it" went Ryker of Jade Company before asking "how come the Majin that originally trained you and those Gurren Lagann characters you're allied with aren't here? And why weren't they here as part of our little training marathon?"
Bishops' answer: "They're currently dealing with the Anti-Spirals of their universe, but said they'd be joining us for the fight against Gendo when the time comes. Turns out that antidote I gave Nia triggered her transformation into a Super Spiral 2."
Josho even chimed in by going "Strange, I've actually wondered what a battle between the Simon and Shinji under your employ would be like. In canon, they were essentially complete opposites: one emerged out of their darkest moment and went beyond their limits continuously to become a beacon of hope while the other in certain continuities falls to darkness and becomes one of the factors in their Earth's destruction. Compare that to the versions that you've taken under your wing, making Shinji more proactive in changing fate and allowing Simon to have his lady love after the war against their universe's greatest threat while allowing them to become even more powerful than their canon counterparts, now that'd be a fight I'd pay to see on Pay-Per-View."
(P.O.V. Shift)
The final battle against the Anti-Spirals was in full swing and nearing its climax. With both the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and the Super Granzenboa both out of commission, Kitan actually surviving to this point, and everyone fighting using their strongest transformations, it was safe to say that the pocket dimension they were fighting in was shaking with raw power.
"I've grown quite tired of your resistance!" shouted the Anti-Spiral as its Ki field of dark violet with black highlights flared before adding "You fools may already be fighting at your maximum power, but as for me, I'm only getting warmed up!" before letting out power boosting shout into the eternal abyss of the pocket dimension's cosmos, unleashing more and more of its power.
"This is bad." went Rossiu before stating "I can tell his power level is shooting up quick, easily within the double digit quadrillion range. So if anyone has any last minute asspulls that can even the playing field, now's the time to bring 'em out."
Simon then turns to Viral and goes "If there was any time to try the thing, now's it." before Viral responded "I am not doing that stupid dance, I hate that technique."
"Dance? I was talking about the thing with the earrings." answered Simon as he presented one of the non-permanent fusion varieties of the fabled Potara earrings as Viral responded "Alright, fine. That version is more tolerable."
Having managed to pass his former foe the other Potara while the Anti-Spiral was distracted with its own power up, only to be distracted by a blinding green light.
(Track Change- "Gogeta's Theme"- DBS: Broly OST)
Everyone stared in awe at the new form that had spawned from the light: someone with spiky silver hair with a bright blue streaks, a cocky smile bearing fangs wearing the Dai Gurren Brigade combat gi with a version of Simon's post timeskip jacket and star shaped shades surging with bright green Spiral Ki.
"Alright!" shouted the new being as their Ki flared stronger before adding "'Bout time that we make our grand debut, and what better an opponent to face than a multiversal threat?"
"What? WHAAAAT?!" shouted the Anti-Spiral before continuing "You can combine?! Even without Gunmen?! JUST WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
The new entity simply looked at the enraged lifeform, smiled with a face of determination and answered "Now you see, you're still not getting it. We're what happens when you, you know, actually have friends to rely on. Let us spell it out for you with simple math that even we can understand: When you take Simon and Viral, add a set of Potara, add their power together and multiply it by like, 24, you get us. Who are we? Well, we're Vimon! Who the hell do you think we are?!" right before they transformed into a Super Spiral as a show of force, further increasing their power.
The enraged Anti-Spiral charged at the fusion with a Ki-charged haymaker, only for Vimon to block it and chide "Ah ah ah. You know it's impolite to start throwing hands before the bell rings. Seriously, where are your manners?" before returning fire with a well timed uppercut followed by a flurry of punches. After a combo ending punch that sent their foe flying, Vimon furthered their goading efforts by claiming "Oh come now, where's all that high and mightiness that you had a minute ago? Surely that can't be all you can do after a mech fight where we were throwing galaxies at one another."
All that managed to do is piss off the Anti-Spiral who had begun to charge up more energy before firing off a volley of Ki blasts aimed squarely at the rest of the Dai-Gurrens. Of course Vimon wasted no time aiding n deflecting the attacks along with the others who were able to hold their own with moderate effort. "Naughty, naughty, naughty." chided the fusion before continuing "Picking fights with others when you're already tangoing with someone else. Don't you know it's proper etiquette to finish one candy thing before starting on another?"
"The amount of purest hatred and disdain I harbor for you right now is beyond words!" shouted the Anti-Spiral before adding "If you wish to prioritize your own death's speed, I'll be more than happy to oblige!", charging at Vimon again who simply responded in a cocky tone "Ding ding."
With that, the true fight began proper as both titans of power unleashed a barrage of blows on one another as the pocket dimension began to shake with each connecting blow. Fists and feet flying at speeds untraceable to the untrained eye, only ceasing when using Ki attacks as part of a combo. Both combatants launched a medium Ki sphere at one another, creating a massive dust cloud as the two orbs detonated on impact.
The Anti-Spiral flies backwards from the dust cloud before declaring "You insolent fool, if you think that you can defeat me, you're sorely mistaken! I am perfection, I am the ultimate lifeform, I am-", only for Vimon to respond with a question "Do you ever stop hyping yourself up and actually focus on what you're dealing with, because there's a lot of holes in your logic there." before dashing out of the dust and delivering a well deserved punch to the xenophobe's face.
The Anti-Spiral reached for its face to examine the damage when it felt some liquid, pulling its hand away to reveal a white fluid that came from what would be its nose: Vimon's punch was able to draw blood.
"You! You vile cretin, how dare you make me bleed my own blood?! For this, I will make you suffer!" shouted the further enraged endboss of Gurren Lagann with its fusion of an opponent nonchalantly answered "Aw come on, one slightly harder than usual punch and you're complaining about a nosebleed? Have some pride, clean yourself up and actually try to win this fight because right now, it feels like you're throwing."
All this managed to do was throw the Anti-Spiral into an uncontrollable rage, shouting "You want me to actually try to win?! Let's see you and your precious friends survive THIS!" while charging up a massive amount of Ki into a jet black sphere with purple bio-electricity growing in size with each millisecond passing.
"Well then." replied Vimon at the sight of this before transforming into Super Spiral 2 and getting into a stance saying "If you're busting out your trump card, might as well bust out mine." as a bright orb of blue, green and purple Ki surged from the palms of his hands.
"Finishing Move: Final Giga Drill Kaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeee….."
The Anti-Sprial shouted "You and all who dare to stand against me will be destroyed here and now! '1,000,000% Absolute Apocalypse Death Bomb', FIIIRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" as it launched its desperation attack right as Vimon launched their finisher with a mighty "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!". The two massive sources of energy collided into a seemingly eternal stalemate, each side channeling more power into their own in an effort to finish the fight once and for all. Mura watched in awe of this sight before turning to the remaining Dai-Gurrens and going "Why are you two just standing around for? Everyone start using your full power to help Vimon, now!" before charging up her own attacks. It didn't take long for the others to follow suit by charging up their own energy and firing it off towards the Kamehameha stream, increasing its power output and sending the Death Bomb back towards its sender.
"HOW?!" exclaimed the Anti-Spiral before continuing "HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO RESIST WITH SUCH EASE?!" as Vimon simply answered with a smile on his face "It's like I said, this is one of the things that comes about when you actually have friends and trusted people to rely on. Our bonds are our power, and they're what's gonna be your downfall. See you never, sucka!" before letting out one last mighty shout for the final surge of energy needed to send the Death Bomb back to the Anti-Spiral in full, disintegrating it as it gave its dying screams knowing that it had lost to the faults of its own mentality. And just in time as the amount of power exerted caused the Potara's time limit to hasten, causing an exhausted Simon and Viral to defuse and fall to the ground on the streets of Kamina City. With their friends and loved ones surrounding them, the two simply raised their arms into the air and delivered a well deserved thumbs up as everyone cheered that the threat of the Anti-Spirals was promptly thwarted.
(P.O.V. Shift)
While the Dai-Gurrens were celebrating the end of their current fight, Bishops and his allied forces were in the midst of a heated sparring session in a show of force of how far they've come in the last two canon episodes' worth of time. Super Saiyan 2 Ryker, Super Spiral 3 Bishops and the geist Naruto now having mastered a more refined Baryon Kurama Link Mode that wouldn't cause the fox spirit's death were in the midst of a three way brawl while Super Spiral Toji and a max Kaio-Ken-ed Rock Lee were trading blows at lightning fast speeds. Kensuke was leading a team of Strasberg, Kaji and Keita against a Storm Dragon group of Shikamaru, Kiba, Chouji and Neji where each fighter was unleashing everything outside of the kitchen sink that they had learned from their training ranging from various Ki attacks, Jutsu and traditional fighting techniques. And where was Shinji in all of this? Currently squaring up with the Storm Dragon version of Sauske and Josho Blackthorn while fully in his new mastered divine energy based form against Sauske's RinneSharingan and Josho's Gigavolt transformation. Everyone was in the heat of a restrained battle as blows kept flying left and right all around until the sun rose. As the dawn shines on a new day within the forever changed Tokyo 3, everyone was being handed a mixture of Senzu beans and "Rise and Shine" shots when Toji brought up a certain topic: "Man, that new form of yours is no joke, Shinji. You think of a name for it yet?"
The former Third Child's response: "Nah, never really had the time to think of one." as Josho chimed in.
"If I can make a suggestion, what about 'Worldbreaker'?"
"Worldbreaker?" asked Shinji as Josho pulled out his BlackTab to give a proper explanation of the name.
"I'm going to show you some slides regarding the state of your Earth caused by your fight with Zeruel. Slide one was this Earth's magnetic alignment before the fight, slide two is the alignment brought forth during and after the fight."
The Knights had gathered around the quickly spawning holo-display as what was shown shocked them: Earth's magnetic alignment had been reverted to its pre-Second Impact state.
"While you didn't destroy the Earth like most of your canon counterparts have done, you did bring forth the end of the Earth as is and made way for the one before it to return, for lack of better terms, breaking the current world and letting the old one replace it." explained the Amoral Aces leader before adding "And judging by these geological readings, people can expect seasons to make a rather swift comeback. Quite possibly within the next year."
Everyone was in shock at the borderline confirmation of the return of the four seasons as the non-Tokyo 3 members of Jade Company had begun opening portals back to their homes and began entering them. Most of the Blackthorn lead forces had made their way through as Ryker stopped, faced Bishops and went "Oh, I almost forgot about this. For you and the kid." before tossing him two swords: a broadsword and a katana. The katana was stylized into the form of the Magoroku Exterminate sword meant to be used by the EVA units while the Broadsword looked more like an evolved form of now long since destroyed Occam's Razor. The dragon heads that made up the handguards were replaced with a pair of dragonic wings, the head pommel replaced with a diamond shape akin to a tail, a new dragon's head now became the tang securing the blade to the handle and the jewels now taking the form of three spheres on each wing in the order of green, red and blue.
"I figured that you'd want another weapon to rely on outside of your Metsu Blade and the boy would want a new sword after his broke during his last major fight. We'll be in touch when RN is starting to make any more moves."
With that, the whole of Jade Company had taken their leave to prepare for the final fight against Gendo on their own terms, leaving the Knights of Ryujin and the Storm Dragons to tend to their land while waiting for the final two Angels to make their appearance. That night back in the penthouse after dealing with the latest round of naysayers and skeptics regarding just how "on our side" the Knights were, Bishops knew that there was something that needed to be done, stupid as it may be. Pulling out his phone, the now former leader of NERV sent out a message to the greater multiverse to hear aimed solely towards the one person that needed to hear it:
"MY universe, New Years Day. We gonna do this, then we do it where End of EVA should've taken place. Bring a real big army, Gendo, you're gonna need it."
(Ending Theme: "Aozora ni Naru" by Jin Hashimoto- Kamen Rider Kuuga OST)
(Author's Note: We are officially in Endgame proper with next time allowing Asuka to make episode 22 her bitch. We're nearing the end of canon, people, look sharp.)