Neon Genesis Evangelion Fan Fiction ❯ Shinji's alter-ego ❯ Prologue

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Shinji's alter ego

By John82

There is no escaping from Asuka. Shinji sneaked pass her room, walking on his
toes, trying not to awake his most feared enemy. However, the door to her
bedroom open with a scream, "BAKA! You will now pay for not doing dinner last
night!" Shinji winced.
The night before, Shinji was too tired to cook so he asked Misato to do it
instead. Bad move. Misato tried her best at cooking but it only serves to
cause Pen Pen to pass out and also both Shinji and Asuka vomited at the horrible
taste. And Shinji's vomit hits Asuka on her favorite shirt, turning it from
pink to dark brown, causing her to scream. And that's not all. Asuka's vomit
just missed Shinji and instead plows right in her bagful of new clothing nearby
(she forgot to puts them away), the one that Asuka just send lots of money on.
It all went to waste right away. She screamed once again, "You baka! I'll kill
you!" She has murder in her eyes. Shinji gulps. He ran. Right to his room
and locks (Asuka took a long time to get Misato to agree to have the locks
fitted on all the bedrooms) the door. Moving away from door, he sighs, knowing
that he is now safe. It was not to last long. The pounding begins and
"Baka-Shinji! I'll kill you! Come out like a man you are!" This went on for a
few hours until the pounding and the shouting finally ended. Shinji finally can
rest in peace. He went to sleep with the aid of his SDAT player. However this
peaceful time did not last long.
Oh no now I'm in for it. It was Shinji's last thought before he was knocked
down by Asuka's flying fist right in his face. Pain didn't hit him until he
hits the floor like a sack of flour. Groaning in pain, all he could manages
was, "I'm sorry, Asuka. I was too tired last night to cook."
Asuka didn't say anything for a while. Then she kicked Shinji in his stomach.
"You call that an excuse!?" She kicked him again. He groaned. Then she grabs
Shinji by his hair and jerks him up, causing him to yell in pain.
"You are nothing but a wimp!"
Then she smashes Shinji's head right on the wall. He blacked out. Asuka was
grinning in satisfaction. As she walks away, she heard a groan. Turning, she
saw that Shinji is awaking. She went in to knock him out again by starting to
kick him in the head when suddenly he grabbed her by her ankle, causing her to
fall with a yelp.
"Sooo… You just kicked the crap of Shinji did ya?" Shinji spoke. No, it was
not really Shinji at all; his voice is very different from Shinji's normal
voice.
"Huh?" That was all Asuka could say.
"I'm not Shinji. I am, what you could call, an alter ego. I am Hank. You will
pay for stuffing my body up! Or rather, stuffing Shinji's body up. Anyway,
it's doesn't matter." He got up slowly, groaning.
Asuka was staring at him, wide-eyed. I guess now is a good time to run. She
did. But not before Shinji/Hank caught her causing her to scream, "Help! Help!"
Misato came running out only to see Shinji/Hank holding Asuka by her head and
rubbing his fist on her head. "Shinji! What are you doing!?"
Shinji/Hank stopped and turned to stare at Misato then he grinned. "Huh. Boy,
Shinji is not kidding at all. You look absolutely smashing! Oh, by the way I
am Shinji's alter ego, Hank. Nice to meet you." He bowed.
Misato was dumbfounded. "Shinji? W-what are you talking about? Who is Hank?"
"Oh, Shinji created a imagination friend when he was little. I think it was
after that bastard of a father of his left him. So he created Hank - that's me
- to keep him from getting lonely. So you could say that I am the opposite of
what Shinji was. After that girl knocked out Shinji, I woke up just to take his
place. I guess he doesn't want to deal with you lots. So please, don't call me
Shinji, just Hank."
Both Misato and Asuka sweat dropped.
"Hank?" Ritsuko asked. They were now in the examination room.
"I'm afraid so. It seems that Asuka went too far and Shinji doesn't want to
deal with it anymore so Hank took over." Misato relied.
Shinji/Hank was busy checking out every detail of the women that walked by with
comment like: "Oh yeah I wonder how is she in bed?" "Uh huh huh huh." "Nice
set of hooters" and the like.
Just then Gendo Ikari and Kouzou Fuyutski just walked in the examination. Gendo
asked Ritsuko, "What is the problem with the third child?" His tone is cold, as
always.
Shinji/Hank stopped what he doing and turned to Gendo. "So you are Shinji's
bastard father eh?"
Ritsuko spoke up, "Sir, I'm sorry for this, but he seems to think he's Shinji's
alter-ego, Hank."
Gendo glanced at Shinji/Hank, "Interesting."
It was too much for Shinji/Hank. He balled his hand into a fist and threw it
right at Gendo's face, breaking his glasses. Everyone gasped. Shinji/Hank
tripped Gendo, causing him to fall and starts to kick him. "That was for not
caring for him!"
Shinji/Hank kicked him again, "That was for forcing him to pilot Unit-01!"
Again. "That was for leaving him behind like a coward after his mother's death!"
Again. "That was for not giving a damn to anyone here! Specially Shinji!"
This went on for few hours as Shinji/Hank count off a list of what Gendo has
done to everyone as he kicks Gendo in his stomach. It was a very long list.
Everyone was so shocked that they didn't move a muscle. Shinji/Hank was the
first to have the guts to kick the crap of Gendo.
Finally he was done.
Backing away from the now groaning-in-pain Gendo, Shinji/Hank grinned, "That
ought to teach ya a teach from daring to screw with your own son. If you do all
that things you did…" he moved his face close to Gendo's face, he whisper,
"…I'll be back."
The only respond from Gendo was his groaning.
Ritsuko and Misato just stared at Gendo, lying on the floor. They grinned to
each other and started to kick him. Fuyutski, shaking his head, left the room
wanting nothing to do with it.
Soon, everyone but Rei joined in kicking the crap out of Gendo.
"Yo, Rei!" Shinji/Hank called as he catches up with Rei. Rei stopped walking
and turned to him, asking, "What is it, Ikari?"
"Wrong, Rei, it isn't Shinji Ikari. I'm his alter ego, Hank. Wow, you are
looking so cute!"
"Cute?" Rei was confused.
"Yeah. Cute. What's the matter, did Commander Bastard-of-a-father tell you all
about love and stuff like that? For example, which boy do you find 'cute'?"
"I-I doesn't know. He never told me about it."
Shinji/Hank face faulted. "Well, it looks like I have to teach you a lesson or
two about love. For example have you ever kissed someone?"
"No."
"I should have guessed." Shinji/Hank then moved in and grabbed Rei by her waist
and kissed her on the lips. "Like that. Or if you are really care for the
person you are kissing, you should use your tongue like this." He kissed her
inside her mouth. For the first Rei found it was pleasure. She moaned as she
kisses back. This went on few minutes until Shinji/Hank breaks it off.
"Well, did you like it?" Shinji/Hank asked.
Rei paused, thinking how she enjoyed the kissing and answers, "Yes. Are there
more lessons?"
Grinning, Shinji/Hank said, "Yeah. Your place or mine?"
It was much later, at Rei's apartment, when Shinji/Hank was putting his clothing
back on. He asked, "Tell me, how did you enjoyed it?"
"It was… pleasure. It was my first time. I believe that I now understand the
meaning of 'love'. Thank you."
"Yeah well, it was my first time too. I'm just doing Shinji a favor. By the
way which boy did you finds cute?"
Blushing, Rei said, "You."
A minute late the bed were rocking again.
It was much, much later when Shinji/Hank returned home to his apartment to find
Misato and Asuka recounting how hard they kicked Gendo in the 'nuts'.
"Hey you girls, I'm home! By the way, Misato, nice set of hooters." With that
he left behind red-faced Misato, laughing to himself. He got ready for bed, but
before he went to bed, he got a piece of paper and started to write on it. When
he was done, he grabbed the SDAT player and played some music. He whispers to
himself, "Goodbye Shinji. I trust that you will find that your life has just
got easier." With that he closed his eyelids.
It was the next morning when Shinji wakes up. He was confused for a while as
the last thing he could remember was when Asuka knocked him out. He looked
around the room and noticed a piece of paper, folded with the writing: SHINJI on
it. He unfolds and begins to read it. It says:
Dear Shinji,
I am your alter ego, Hank and I have being used your body to help you out in
many thing. For one, I think your bastard-of-a-father will be kinder to you in
the future. Also, Rei has shown an interest in you (actually we rocked the bed
twice - sorry about that). Anyway that's about it. Do not screw these things
up with your wimp ness, as they are your only reason for living, not in the Eva
mind you.
Bye.
Your imagination friend, Hank.
Shinji gasped. He soon learns that his life turns out for the better: Gendo
called him over to his office. Not knowing why, he went and entered the office.
To his surprise, Gendo was not wearing his glasses, instead, he is wearing
bandage over his head. Seeing Shinji's confusion, he explained what happened.
After he was finished, he stood up and walked over to Shinji and said, "Shinji,
your alter-ego was right. I'm nothing but a coward. That day, when I left you,
I was running away from you."
"Why, father?"
"Because… I was afraid of you. Afraid of hurting you but I still hurt you in
many ways. It was the only way of staying away from you. To tell you the
truth, I didn't want you to be the pilot of Unit-01, but Seele told me I must do
it. Well damn them! As of now, I just send information and some dirty stuff
that my spy found on them to UN."
"What do you mean?"
"You know the 2nd Impact?" Shinji nodded.
"Seele cause it by removing the Lance of Longinus from the 1st Angel, Adam.
Yes, Man's greatest enemy caused the 2nd Impact: Man. I just got word they just
got arrested and were charged with crime against humanity."
Shinji were dumbfounded. "But do we still have to fight the Angels?"
Nodding, Gendo said, "I'm afraid so. Look on the bright side; at least you now
have a father, a better father. First, I want to say it: I'm sorry Shinji."
"Oh…" Shinji paused then he smiles, "You know something? Hank set me up with
Rei so I should be okay!"
"Ah. Well, this is a surprise but if that is what you want, then I should be
happy about you two pairing up. After all, I wanted you to be happy."
Both Gendo and Shinji hugged.
"Wow." Shinji commented.
He was lying in bed with Rei.
"Wow, Rei did Hank shows you how to err… you know?"
"Yes. I do not know that I love you until now."
Smiling, Shinji said, "Yeah me too. You're so… cute. With the blue hair and
all."
Blushing, Rei said, "Thank you, Ikari."
"Oh no, please just call me Shinji."
"Shinji. It sounds better than Ikari."
"Really?"
Rei nodded. They both were silence for a moment.
"Rei."
"What?"
"You know the apartment you are living in now is not a good place to live, in
fact it's a very noisy place. Why did you did not consider moving away from
this place to a better place. The apartment building I am living in now has a
lot of unused apartments. Maybe I can ask if you can move in next door to my
apartment. Also I don't want to be far away from you so I want to ask you
something."
"What?"
"Rei, is it ok for me to move in with you?"
Rei was surprised at this. She took the time to think about it. Finally she
has an answer to the question. She said, "Do you want to know what my answer
is?" She smiled. It was a dazing smile considering the fact that she does not
smile very often.
"What?" Shinji asked.
"Yes, I wanted you to move in with me. I wanted to ask you to do it because I…"
She keep smiling then continued, "I love you."
Shinji smiled back and said, "I love you too."
A minute later, the springs in Rei's bed squeaked.