From: "Mike Bess" Subject: [Eva][FanFic] Super Evangelion Robot Wars W A NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Fan Fic. Rights belonging to GAINAX and AD Vision. Used without permission. *** Writer's note: Hi everybody, well this is my first ever fan fic submitted to any of the creative forums. I've been a fan of the EVA series for quite a while and have really enjoyed reading some of the stories here at the RAAC, and thought I'd give it a try. So, now that you've been warned (Hahaha ^____^) when you finish reading, I'd be honored if you sent along any feedback: good or bad! You can reach me at mikebess@adelphia.net. Also, this is a single episode work; so I don't plan to include any type of sequel; (which might be good depending on your opinion!) this was just meant to be a fun little thing. (Hahaha.) So, without further ado, here's my personal and humble (I hope!) interpretation of this fantastic anime series. -- MKB *** Super Evangelion Robot Wars W By: Mike Bess "Hey Shinji! Check out what I just bought!" He was in the kitchen preparing a dinner of ramen noodles when Asuka called for him. He laid the food package on the counter, and poked a head out into the hall. "Mmm?" Asuka had been out shopping earlier that day, and held an assortment of larges bags from various stores. She dropped a couple off at the corner and walked into the kitchen. She held one small package in her hand, and wore a sly smile: "You're not gonna believe what I found today, baka." She unwrapped the package and pulled out a colorful CD case with some awfully familiar faces on the cover. Standing in full battlefield glory was Unit 01, arms out-stretched and with one of those ass-beating, berserker expressions. To the side, Asuka's bright red Evangelion posed with its progressive knife, while opposite, Unit 00 held an intimidating positron rifle. "Looks like we're even bigger than we thought baka!" Asuka beamed, holding up the square jewel case. On the reverse, wild lettering and screenshots billed the contents as "A Blast Bigger Than Second Impact" and a whole number of other foolish quotes to grab attention. "Wow!" Shinji chuckled, taking the package into his own hands. He looked it over with a big smile, reading the back cover as Asuka continued. "Yeah, I know! The old shopkeeper said it had just come in; it looks cool, but geez the name!" Shinji glanced back at the front, "'Super Evangelion Robot Wars W'-- hm, hey at least they got the Eva in there." "Uuugh! It's the style baka-- something you'll never understand, I guess." "Well, come on, let me finish dinner and we'll try it out." Making his way back to the ingredients. "Oooh is the big, bad Invincible Shinji worried he'll lose?!" "N-No!! I'm not worried about anything." "Then let's go now, Third Child! Screw your noodles!" *** The pillows were pulled up and the Sega pulled out. Shinji hooked everything up to the television, and they were almost ready. Asuka had changed and was already stretched out on the floor, reading the manual. Shinji was about done connecting one of the last cords when he heard the loudest shriek since the first time they had kissed. "MEIN GOTT!!" Shinji shot a glance from behind the TV, "What's the matter, Asuka?" "Look at what they did to me!!" The manual was suddenly shoved in his face; two huge, red melons staring back at him. He went cross-eyed at the sight with a deep gulp. "M. me. melons?" Asuka looked down at her chest and back at Shinji, and then the page. "I could put an eye out with those things! They're huge!" Shinji forced down an urge to burst out laughing, and mumbled with a soft snicker, "Not how I remember them." "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" "Er. erm, nothing." Shinji darted his head back behind the TV, connecting the last wire, and hoping he could avoid one of Asuka's trademark smacks. *** The introduction fired up, and once all the trademark rubbish was out of the way, the screen opened with a sparkle of light, fading into a hue of blue. Music trailed in, as a drawing of the Tree of Sephiroth floated past, and then super-imposed by Shinji's face against a clear day. "Figures they'd put YOUR mug on first!" Asuka grumbled. "Mmm. That's a pretty catchy tune." A succession of images and animations followed, news footage from their battles and paper clippings of major headlines. In-game video work mingled with the rest, until it reached the climax as pictures of the beloved pilots and their Evangelion cycled. Asuka lit up when her own face blinked on-screen. And then. the cobalt blue hair and red eyes of another, all-to-familiar face. They didn't even forget Wondergirl Asuka thought, and tapped on her gamepad. The sequence blinked off, replaced by the Main Menu. "Hey! I was watching that!" Shinji protested. "Worried I'm gonna beat your ass, Third Child? Synch-ratios don't matter here, you know-- and just remember who creamed you at Tekken last night!" "I can take yah." They looked over the menu selection: Adventure Mode, Network Play, Angel Attack, Options, and Versus Battle. "There we go! Get ready to get your ass beat, baka." Asuka tapped down and opened the versus mode. She shot Shinji a confident smile, as the selection screen came up, "You wanna make a bet?" "Like what?" "Well, if I win, you'll have to clean my room and be my slave for a week." "Okay." "And if you win, I'll let you take me out on a date." Shinji blinked, "I guess I don't have much of a choice, do I.?" "Good-- it's a deal! Now, let's start." *** Evangelion Unit 02 stood at the ready, surrounded by the buildings of Tokyo 3. Asuka called on her progressive knife, poised to strike. Fifty meters ahead of her stood the green and purple clad Evangelion Unit 01. Shinji was trying out the controls, tapping the punch and kick buttons until the battle commenced. ROUND ONE READY FIGHT!! "Aaaah!!" Asuka came barreling down the street; at full stride she leapt into the air, swinging down her knife at Unit 01's head. Shinji dodged in the knick of time, crashing through a neighboring tenement, and falling to the ground. Dust and rubble went into the air. "Already on you ass, eh Shinji!?" Asuka pivoted, and stabbed down at her prey; she found her mark this time, sinking the glimmering blade into Unit 01's shoulder. Shinji countered with a swift kick to Unit 02's temple, pulled out the knife and brought it deep into Unit 02's left thigh, followed by another lightning kick. He rolled back, and climbed to his feet as Asuka struggled to remove the knife. She finally did, looking up to see a purple fist hurling her way. A quick pivot avoided the attack, but she wasn't about ready to let Shinji off the hook for that cheap ass trick. She grabbed the arm, jerking it forward and kicked Shinji's feet out from under him. He took another dive, face first, but this time Asuka meant to finish what was started; and in a single, graceful move brought her progressive knife down onto Unit 01's neck, severing nerves and the spinal cord, as it collided with the pavement. UNIT 02 WINS!! SUPER FINISH!! "See what I told you Shinji? Get that apron ready!" "That's only half the match!" he countered. *** "Well, damn. That's no fair!" Asuka hollered, "How did I know you could go into berserker on this thing!" Shinji just chuckled. Mashing all the buttons at once finally worked for a change. A smoldering mess and a number of pulverized buildings were all that remained of Unit 02 and their battle. "I think my head ended up in Matsushiro," her face fell into the pillow, mumbling, "oh my beautiful Unit 02. how embarrassing." But, before things could get any worse, she finally realized what she was saying and snapped back into bitch mode, "Damn you Shinji! That was just one match; don't think you're out just yet! I'm gonna kick your ass this time!!" *** This time it was along the shore, on the out-skirts of Old Tokyo. The crater left by the N2 mine had been flooded by the rising ocean levels; leaving only the out-cropping of a few surviving, but abandoned buildings. They were the last vestiges of the old capital's vacant legacy, rendered nicely by the video game's graphics engine. Asuka chose the long spear that helped her make quick work of the Seventh Angel before it had divided in two. A plan was hatching in her mind, and she was going to get some revenge. Did Shinji really think he could get away with that wussy move? Going berserk and then, oh! tearing that beloved Unit 02 apart like a doll. TWICE! How dare he, and if he won again, she was sure to make it difficult for him to get out of bed tomorrow morning. Shinji made sure to have his own knife out this time. Of course, it wasn 't as fancy as Asuka's, but then she couldn't just switch into berserker when the going got tough, now could she? He chuckled at the thought. Shinji waved around the analog stick on the gamepad, performing some fancy tricks before all hell broke loose. Asuka could almost feel the ego expanding next to her. ROUND ONE! READY! FIGHT!! Blades clashed almost immediately. Asuka brought her spear down to bear on Shinji, only to be blocked by the sturdy progressive knife. He tried to over-power the assault, but Asuka was one tough cookie. He fell backwards, watching the spearhead all the way down as it sunk into the dirt just along his shoulder. Shinji gulped in a moment of deja vu. A quick roll to the left brought him far enough from harm's way to jump back up to his feet. Asuka swung around her spear slashing Unit 01's armor across the lower torso. "That was close." Shinji gulped. "Not what I was aiming for, baka!!" There was another gulp. Unit 01 leapt back into the air, crashing down into the surf. Abandoned buildings dotted the water's surface, reaching out like arms, titling in every direction with age and abuse. But there wasn't much time to enjoy this result of man's folly, as the Red Devil heightened her offensive. Asuka was hell bent to win this time and it showed. Slash. Slash. Slash. She was giving his ass a work out, even if the odds seemed a little unbalanced. Before he knew what hit him, the spear had plunged right through his chest and out the other side. Thank goodness you didn't have to synch with this thing. That would've really. really hurt. "A-ha! Third Child!" And that's when it happened. Click! All the buttons were smashed, Unit 01 had taken enough damage, and while Asuka tried to pull out the lodged spear, Shinji's Eva went crazy. Its eyes beamed with red as the familiar orchestra and lettering "Berserker" played across. It was time for some pain. The spear was broken in two, taking care of that problem, and Shinji leapt up at Unit 02 ready to pounce when. PAUSE! "Hey! What's going on!?" Shinji demanded. He looked over, Asuka and jumped up and grabbed the manual from the couch. "Look baka, I'm supposed to kick your ass. And just because you can go nuts, doesn't mean my Unit 02 doesn't have a chance!" her eyes skimmed over the page listing her Evangelion's special powers. "There we go!" That sly grin came over Asuka again, looking over at Shinji. With a quick tap the game un-paused. Unit 01 grabbed onto Unit 02, but Asuka simply rolled backwards kicking off the rabid beast out onto an unsuspecting office building. It was pulverized, smashing the floors on top of one another, and causing a great wave with all the commotion. "Here we go." Asuka whispered, her hands flying across the gamepad with a fast combination. Unit 02 jumped up into the air with a somersault that landed it directly onto Unit 01. Straddling the beast before it had a chance to fight back, the whole scene looked quite compromising. Asuka knew had this all been real, Shinji would have sprung a nosebleed and her work would've been done then and there. But of course, nothing can be so easy, though her plan continued to unfold perfectly. Finishing off the combination, Unit 02 raised its hand high into the air and gave Unit 01 the mightiest slap ever brought to bear on another's cheek. And then again! And again! Shinji blinked. Heck, it even looked like the little virtual Unit 01 did the same, but what was sure, berserker mode was called off. Asuka had called upon the power of woman and it tamed the beast! And to make sure, she pulled her progressive knife from it's holster, as Shinji sat next to her dumb-founded, and sunk the blade into Unit 01's chest winning the day. "I don't remember that being possible!" Shinji was wide-eyed; his ego shrunken to normal dimensions as Asuka beamed a wide smile of victory. The break off move, "Asuka Attacks," had worked, even if it was completely insane and totally impossible-- standard fare for any self-respecting action game, of course. "You believe EVERYTHING you're told baka?!" Asuka teased with a laugh, "You want some more of me?!" Shinji flushed with red, eyes wide at the thought. She shot him a sly smile, loving every minute of it.