Disclaimer:  All characters portrayed in this story are the property of
their respective creators and companies.  I don't own any of them.  Please
don't sue me.

This story draws ideas from the anime of all series involved and happens at
the end of each one.

This story is part of my Preludes and Interludes series, which in turn is
part of my crossover series, Life and Times.

A Neon Genesis Evangelion crossover

Preludes and Interludes:  Evangelion

by

Donny Cheng

Third Impact aftermath...

	"Misato!  Misato!"

	Misato swatted at the source of the voice blindly in front of her.  "Leave
me alone.  Just ten more minutes and then I'll go to work."  She tried
getting back to sleep, but something in the back of her mind told her
somthing was wrong.  That's right, she remembered.  She was dead.

	Usagi jumped back as the woman in front of her suddenly bolted up from bed
and started to feel herself all over.  Usagi blushed, when the woman's
hands reached certain private areas.  "Yes, you're alive!  Don't need to
pinch yourself."

	"What?  How's this possible?  The explosion, the Evas, the..."

	"I can explain," Usagi cut Misato off.  "I guess I should introduce myself
first, my name is Usagi.  Yes, Misato, you did die.  But, the soul does not
leave a body that it has been attached to for nearly thirty years so
easily.  Your soul, along with the other Nerv personnels', just stuck
around long enough for the Human Completion Program to absorb it."

	"Then Third Impact..."

	"It did happen, but we were able to revert the process.  Don't ask how we
did it, because I'm not too sure myself.  Anyway, me and my friends are
going around making sure that those that did die just before the program
took affect make an easier adjustment to a new chance at life."

	"..."  Misato was silent as let this all sink in.  She was alive.

	"If you don't have anymore questions, I have go and check on the other's
that haven't awaken yet," Usagi said to Misato.  She tried to resist the
urge to look back and stare at the woman again.  She had a nagging feeling
that she had seen Misato from somewhere.

	Misato stared after the young woman that just left.  She felt this Usagi
reminded her of someone.  She shook off the feeling, it was probably
nothing.  Her thoughts then turned to her moment of death.  She touched her
lips in remembrance.  DAMN!

			* * * * *

	"Rei, would stop following me?"  Usagi turned around and faced nothing but
thin air.  However, that would last for only a moment.  The third child
mysteriously appeared she walked into Usagi's veiw from the shadow of the
night.

	"I have a debt and I intend to pay it," Rei's voice was absolute offered
no chance of rebuttal.

	"You know, it was really Hotaru that did all the work.  She's the one that
saved you.  She probably would have done that anyway even if I didn't give
the order."  Usagi could have sworn she saw Rei redden in the face at the
mentioning of Sailor Saturn.  Those two weren't...

	"She is... occupied with something at the moment.  I will watch over you
until she is available again."  Ever since Hotaru had saved her, Rei had
kept a vigilant eye on the senshi.  During this time she caught Hotaru
watching Ranma doing a kata from a distance.  Saturn also seemed to like
him and was too shy to actually go up and talk to the First Knight.  So,
Hotaru just silently stood there while Ranma trained alone.  Rei had chosen
at that point to make a little noise that he would be sure to hear and then
promptly disappeared.  Before she faded out she caught a glimpse of Ranma
scanning the area with his eyes at the sound.  Hotaru would have some
explaining to do.

	Rei was not a person that could not share.

			* * * * *

	Misato found Shinji to be alone within the bare building that was once
part of Nerv HQ.  Their home away from home for the past year.  "Uh, hi."

	"Hi."  Shinji tried fiercely to forget about his last moment with Misato. 
However, he was fighting a losing battle as blood rushed to his face and
his heart started to pound with maddening rythm.

	Misato wracked her brain for something to say.  What do you say to someone
that you've practically all but declared love to?  She looked at Shinji who
had turned away from her.  Boy, he was cute.  Ah, to hell with it, she
thought.  She walked up to Shinji and turned him to face her.  "I promised
that we would do something about 'it' when we got out alive."  Without
another word, she pulled him in for a full blown kiss.  She guessed that
maybe she did like younger men better.

	"Mmmmrph!"  It was hard to say anything with a tongue touching your
tonsils which Shinji just happened to find out.

	"Misato!  First Ryouji and now Shinji?"  Asuka had apparently reached the
building also.

	Misato let go of Shinji, who had already fainted, and looked at Asuka. 
This was her rival?  She, a thirty year old woman, was chasing after a
fifteen year old boy, who had a fifteen year old girlfriend.  Misato didn't
know whether to laugh or cry.

			* * * * *

	Rei waited patiently to be admitted into the large office while she sat on
one of the plush chairs outside.  She didn't have to wait long as a
beautiful woman opened the doors and stepped out.

	"The Almighty will see you now," Belldandy said to the young angel in
front of her.

	Rei nodded and entered to office.  She was immediated treated to the most
awesome sight she had ever seen in her short life.  How did one address the
Almighty?  God?  Lord?  Master?

	"How about just father?"  The voice was gentle yet firm.

	Rei smiled.  That sounded right to her ears.  "Father."

			* * * * *

The End. (maybe)