Change the Past
By
Dale Ratner
Disclaimer: Neon Gensis Evangelion was created by Hideaki
Anno and
is owned by him, Gainax with North American and Israeli (I�m not making this
part up) distribution rights owned by ADV Films. All comments should be sent
to Shadow6865@aol.com.
Warning: This fic takes place after End of Evangelion. If
don�t know anything about it prepare to be confused.
Chapter 2: Something unexpected.
Shinji was laying down on his bed later that night trying to
make sense
of everything that had happened in what seemed like only a few hours. At the
start
of the day it was the year 2016 and he and Asuka were the only two surviving
people
on Earth , living one day at a time and trying their hardest to survive. And
by the end of the day he and Asuka were transported back in time to a
different city, Kyoto, a city he has never been to before and they were given
the task/test to make sure that Second Impact never happened.
�Belldandy said that the information in the packet would put
us on the right track but I didn�t see anything that would help us� thought
Shinji. �Unless what I seek to find is at the school but what would Kyoto
prep have to do with Second Impact?� Who went or taught there? Fuyusuki? No,
he taught at some university
That Shinji could not remember the name of. Mother? M aybe? No, Impossible
thought
Shinji she would be too old to be a student and too young to teach. �Mother�
Shinji repeated softly out loud as tears began to trickle down his face. �I
wonder if I will be able to see you again. I wonder what Asuka is thinking
about.�
Asuka turned off the radio on the stereo in her room in
slight disguist. She did not think it was possoble for anyone to have worse
taste in Popular Music than the Japanese in 2015 but the Japanese in 1998
obviously did. �How can anyone
take a song seriously if the words Carrot Cake are in the title?� Asuka
thought with
honest wonder. �Doesn�t anyone outside of the United States and Britain know
how
to make good Rock and Roll?�1 Asuka did not really care about the music
though like Shinji she was full of questions that she could not answer.
�Maybe I should call Belldandy-san and find out what to do?� Asuka thoughts
about calling Belldandy gave her a sudden revelation. �If it�s 1998 that
means that he is still alive!� Asuka quickly picked up her phone and punched
in three numbers.
�Hello, information. How may we help you this evening?� asked
the voice
on the other side of the line.
�Do you have a listing for a Kaji Ryouj?i� asked Asuka hoping
that they
did.
�Just a moment� replied the operator in a sing-song voice
that some Japanese woman affected when helping someone.2 The sing-song voice
really mad Asuka mad it made the woman seem weak and passive and Asuka
occasionally found herself wanting to yell at the women who put on the voice
and tell them to grow a back
bone. �The woman came back just after Asuka was able to calm down her anger.
�We have a listing for only one Kaji family in Kyoko. Do you
want the number?�
�Yes, please. Just wait one second while I get a pen and
piece of paper ready� answered Asuka.
�Okay.� replied the sing-song, cheery operator. Asuka could
have sworn that the operator said �Do Re� instead of okay.
�I am ready� Asuka said after a minute ready to take down
the number she hoped would be for Kaji�s house.
�The number is 278-4568. Do you want me to connect you?�
�Yes� answered Asuka. �Thank you very much.�
�Your welcome� was the last words Asuka heard the operator
say before
she heard the rings for the Kaji house. Time suddenly went much slower for
Asuka. Each ring seemed to take longer and longer and it seemed like an
eternity passed before some answered after the fourth ring.
�Hello. This the Kaji residence. How may we help you?�
answered a woman�s with a middle aged sounding voice on the other line.
�Is Ryouji there?� asked Asuka.
�Just a second. I will go get him� answered the woman who
Asuka
guessed was Kaji�s mother.
�Ry-chan� The woman called out as her placed down the phone.
�There�s a call for you and it�s a girl to. I swear so many girls call you
these days. I should get you a phone of your own.�
�How many times do I have to tell you to not call me Ry-chan,
mom?� asked Kaji who wat the age of 14 decided the being called Ry-chan just
would not qualify as acceptable any more.
�But you will always be my Ry-chan� answered his mother. �Now
don�t keep the nice girl waiting to long before you pick up.�
�Yes, mom� answered Kaji before he picked up the phone.
�Hello? This is Ryouji Kaji. Who is this and when do you want to go on a
date?�
Asuka was speechless. Kaji just asked her out on a date. It
was a dream come true and Asuka wanted to yell out that they should go a date
this very night but she could not. The shock of hearing his voive again after
what seemed like ages was too much for her and she remained speechless.
�Hello?� asked Kaji. �Is their anyone there?� Kaji managed
say hello again three more times before he heard the other line go dead.
�Weird?� he thought to himself before returning to his room to complete his
homework.
�His voice sounds the same� Asuka said softly to herself.
�It�s still soft and
smooth and melodic. Kaji I am glad to hear your voice again� were the last
words Asuka said before she cried herself to sleep.
Shinji and Asuka ate the breakfast that Shinji prepared in an
uncomfortable silence; neither of them knowing what to say or possibly
neither of them
wanting to say anything. They both ate their meals incredibly slowly, however
because neither of them had eaten food this good in a long time and they also
did not know when or if they would go back to the desloate earth they came
from where the only food was the tons of rations that Shinji discovered in
the remains of NERV Headquarters.
�Do you take the red or blue line to your school?� asked
Asuka more out of wanting the uncomfortable silence to stop rather than
curiosity.
�I take the blue line�
�I see, I guess we travel alone then.� Asuka replied. �It�s
almost 8 in the morning, we should leave for school know. I will beep you at
lunch time to find out what�s up. Good bye.� With her final words, Asuka
quickly gobbled up the rest of her meal, grabbed her bento and bag, slipped
her shoes on and quickly left the apartment.
�That�s strange� Shinji thought to himself. �It�s like she
can�t stand being around me. Is she nervous? Or is she becoming her old self
again?� Shinji also decided to take Asuka�s words of advice and headed out
the door making sure to lock it. Shinji began to walk towards the elevator,
wishing that he spent sometime last night
explring the layout for his new home. It was very different from Misato�s
building and he would need to find out were the laundry machines and trash
burner was. Shinji steped into the elevator and rode it down for the whole 10
floor journey without anyone else getting on which relieved Shinji because he
did not know if people would now who he is. Shinji�s luck ended when we
stepped out of the apartment�s front doors when a beautiful woman in her
early 30s returning from her early morning jog stoped him for small talk.
�Good morning, Ikari-kun. How are you today?� the woman asked
her voice sounding semi out of breath.
�I am fine, How about you?� Shinji finally managed to stammer
out.
�I am doing very well, thank you very much. Today is your
first day of school at Kyoko prep, correct?�
�Yes it is. I have to go now. Bye.� Shinji said quickly while
running off
in the distance to the neares subway stop.�
Shinji arrived at the subway stop five minutes later and
stoped a few seconds to catch his breath. A boy in the same school uniform
that Shinji was wearing, in this case a tlue sport�s coat with tan pants and
a tie with straight black hair and brown eyes came over to the hunched over
Shinji. �Hey newcomer, you look out of breath.�
�Yeah. I did not want to be late on the first day of school.�
replied Shinji suddenly finding time to look up at the boy who began talking
to him.
�Don�t worry. This line takes you about one-half a block away
from the school and it is only a ten minute ride. You will arrive with plenty
of time to spare.� The boy said with a light chuckle.
�Thanks� replied Shinji.
�By the way, I am called Masamichi Akira� said the boy with a
slightly melodramatic voice. I am in nineth grade, class b.�
�My name is Ikari Shinji, Masamichi-kun. I am also in eigth
grade.�
�Call me Akira or if you must use honorifics call me
Akira-kun but most people call me Akira and I prefer it that way.�
�Okay. You can call me Shinji or Shinji-kun.�
�How about I call you Betty?�
�Huh? Why would you call me Betty?� Shinji asked.
�Forget it, Shinji-kun. It�s a line from an old American song
I heard once.
I guess you never heard it before.�
�No. Who is it by?�
� I don�t know. His first name is Paul though.�
Shinji spent this next fifteen minutes listening to Akira
ramble on about various things about the school. What clubs to join. Which
teachers assigned the most and least work and other essential facts of
knowledge that every student should know about his or her school. Shinji
liked Akira from the start and it appeared that Akira felt the sameway about
him. When they arrived at the school Akira ponited Shinji up the stairs and
to the right which led to the adminstration�s office and proceded to class.
A middle-aged receptionist with grey streaks in her long
black hair greeted Shinji as he walked into the office.
�How may I help you?� asked the receptionist.
�My name is Ikari Shinji and I am a new student. �
�Yes Ikari-san, we have been excepting you. The secretary
pulled a packet out from her desk drawer and handed it to Shinji. �This is
all the information you need to know. It contains your class number, a letter
of for your new home room teacher, the school rulebook and your locker number
and combination. Once you look it over, all you have to do is sign a few
forms and you will be all set.�
Shinji headed towards his class after signing the forms. He
was in Akira�s class which made him happy at least he would know one student
in the class already and Akira seemed to be pretty popular so his friendship
would help make the social climate easier for Shinji as well. Shinji arrived
at class B for nineth graders and knocked on the door after taking a few deep
breath to gather courage.
�Come in� said the homeroom teacher.
Shinji entered the classroom and and handed the homeroom
teacher the letter and proceeded to stand very uncomfortably in front of the
class waiting for the teacher to introduce him to the class. �Class this is
Ikari Shinji-san� said the teacher a young man who was about 24 years old. He
will be a member of this class from now
on. Ikari-san you can sit next to Katsuragi Misato-san she is in the second
row, fourth seat, you can take the fourth seat in the third row.�
Shinji almost jumped fifteen feet back after hearing the
teacher�s words.
�The teacher said I would be sitting next to Misato-san. This is her school
and I am in her class?! This must be one of the steps that Belldandy-sama
said would help us prevent Second Impact, but how? Shinji still pondered
these questions in his head as headed towards his seat. As he went by, he
noticed that Akira-kun gave him a look and a grin that made Shinji blush
slightly. Shinji expected Akira�s look and grin from all the time Tohji and
Kensuke teased him about wanting Rei.
Shinji tried to pay attention to the lectures his teachers
were giving but his thoughts always drifted back to Misato. �Misato-san looks
really cute in a sailor fuku� was the most common thought that came into his
head but besides that he noticed that this Misato Katsiragi was different
from the one he knew. Shinji could not tell what was different but he had a
feeling. He decided to ask Akira about Misato during lunch time.
Lunch time cam rather quickly though because most of Shinji�s
concetration lied on Misato rather than what the teachers were saying.
Luckily enough, Akira summoned him to eat his lunch outside with him.
�You know every boy in the class wants to be in your shoes
now� Akira said.
�Why?� asked Shinji
�Because you get to sit next to Misato. The girl with the
cutest looks in the whole entire school. No other boy has ever sit that close
to her before in class.�
�What is she like?�
�What do you mean?� asked Akira �She is ultra-cute. What else
do you need to know?�
�What is her personality like?� asked Shinji a little peeved
at the way Akira was acting.
�Shy. She is very shy and she rarely ever talks to anyone
especially guys which adds to her cuteness level. Her best friend is Aoki
Megumi-chan, another cute one. Megumi-chan is in class A. This is for your
own safety, don�t ever think of asking Misato-san out.�
Shinji spent the rest of lunch pondering over Akira�s advice
but luckily he was able to get some notes down from the afternoon lectuers.
At three in the afternoon the school bell rang and the class officer
dismissed the class. Shinji began to head to hsi locker but eventually
noticed that Misato-san was heading the same way. He began to trail behind
her hoping to get an answer to Akira�s warning about asking her out and
luckily was graced with an answer when he saw Misato standing in front of
three large, athletic looking boys, two of which were blocking a locker which
Shinji persumed was Misato�s.
�Please let me get to my locker� begged Misato in a quite,
meek voice that threw Shinji off guard because he was used to a more
aggresive sounding Misato.
�Not until you agree to go out on a date with boss� said one
of the thugs.
�But I already told your boss I was not interested� begged
Misato.
�No date, no locker� said the other thug who blocked Misato�s
locker.
Shinji watched the scene unfold as his blood began to boil
quickly but felt helpless at the same time. The boys were big and one of them
would have been too much for Shinji to handle so three of them woudl defintly
be able to kick his ass worse than Touji did the first time he met Shinji.
�No. I have to help Misato because she sacrificed her life for me in the
future so now I can repay her in the past. I will not run away this time.�
Shinji thought to himself gathering all the valor he had to take on his new
opponets this time with no Eva ti help him in battle. �Leave her alone!�
Shinji shouted towards the three guys who were continuning to hassle Misato.
The three boys stoped in their tracks. No student had ever
dared challenge them before because they were among the not only the
strongest but also the richest boys in the school.
�What did you say?� asked the leader with a slight tone of
amusement.
�I said leave her alone� repeated Shinji this time with more
force than he used the first time.
�Either you are very brave or very stupid� said the leader
who began to step towards Shinji with his two thugs following closely behind
as a crowd began to gather around them. �Judging by your looks I would say
that you are very stupid� said the leader. �What�s your name?�
�Ikari Shinji and based on your actions I would say that you
are a bastard.�
The crowd got a good laugh out of Shinji�s words because many
of them had wanted to say it to the boys for a long time but no one had the
courage to. The crowd was pleased that they finally got a champion in the
form of Shinji even if they wished he was a lot more muscular.
�It looks like you are stupider than I thought, Shinji-chan�
said the leader of the gang of thugs. �My name is Takhara Hikaru and you are
about to recieve the worst beating of your life. Shutaro! Jinnai! Hold his
arms behind his back.�
Shinji could only gulp as he felt his arms being pulled
behind his back and Hikaru began to step closer pounding his left fist into
his open right palm.
End of Chapter 2
Author�s Notes:
1. Usually not.
2. This little bit of information was taken from Dave
Barry Does Japan.