Title:  The Saga Continues
Author Anthony Dantuono
Email Guyver4@prodigy.net

Greeting all fan-fiction fans and authors.  Here is my first fan-fic.  It deals with what might happen if the Third Impact was reversed after beginning.  It also features a new 4th child Anthony Draven.  The main reason for his creation is that I noticed that mostly, when some one writes a fan fic Shinji gets Asuka or Rei and the other is left in the cold
I believe all of them saw too much pain and deserve some joy so I created a new child to solve that problem.  For the full information on Draven look in the intro, which is really his bio.  All other characters are created and copyrighted by Gainax and are their property. 
I’m only using them because the Evangelion series is the Best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.  So enjoy!



The Saga Continues
Chapter one
	Asuka woke up in a cold sweat.  Her nightgown clung to her body.  Her breath was slightly ragged as she shook the remains of the nightmare away.  Beside her the 4th Child, Anthony Draven, stirred in his sleep.  In the weeks that followed the false Third Impact they had grown very close.  Asuka though of the other couple that had grown close, Shinji and Rei.  After everything that had happened she felt they all deserved some happiness.  Asuka looked at her newfound boyfriend.  She remembered what had made them so close

| TWO WEEKS AGO|
	Asuka slammed the door to her room.  She was furious.  
 
 On her way home from school, she was walking with Hikari as usual.  They passed Hikari’s building, Asuka continued alone.  She passed Rei’s building, still unsure of why, she went up to Rei’s apartment.  Upon find her apartment and opening the door she saw a shocking scene.  Shinji and Rei were on Rei’s bed together, while they were still clothed, it didn’t look like they planned to stay that way.  Asuka made eye contacted with Rei who ignored her.  Asuka stormed out without say a word or disturbing them.  If Shinji wanted that doll so badly then he could have her.  
Later that night Asuka was still fuming, even more when Shinji had returned home as if nothing happened.  When Anthony asked why Shinji was late, he made story about being at school.
She wanted to beat him into tell what he had really been up to.
In her room Asuka began to trash it in her rage.  Misato was gone for the night and so was Shinji.
Misato was on night duty and Shinji had just disappeared, Asuka suspected he had gone to Rei’s
That made her even angrier.  She thrashed widely knocking things over until she heard a voice call out 
“Asuka?”
Asuka turned to see Anthony standing in her doorway, a worried look on his face.
“GET OUT” she yelled
“What’s wrong?” he took a step into the room.
“GET OUT”
“No,  Not till I find out what’s going on” he came closer
“Take one more stepped and I’ll beat you sense less”
“I’m already senseless” 
He took another step and Asuka laid into him with a right hook.
He was staggered but didn’t fall.  So Asuka continued to beat him.  Punches rained on his head and body.  Finally after about ten punches he fell to the ground.
“That’ll teach you” said Asuka
Anthony stood up, his eyes locked with Asuka’s
 
Asuka continued the beating, Anthony just stood there take every punch, not even defending himself.  Through the punches he could see tears forming in Asuka’s eyes he could feel her blows having less and less force.  He went down a second time
Asuka looked at him with blurry eyes


Her body was trembling as he got up a second time and looked her in the eyes
She went to punch him again but she couldn’t bring her self to throw it. 
Her anger was spent now there was only hurt, sadness.  
Asuka collapsed into the 4th child, sobbing
Anthony held her as they collapsed to the ground.
“That’s it, let it out” he whispered to her “let it all out”
Asuka was crying, “I don’t know why you’re doing this.  I’m pathetic”
“Don’t say that”
“It’s true.  I’m weak and pathetic”
“No you’re not.  Even the strongest willed people need to cry, 
when the pain is great.  It’s a sign of caring not weakness”
“I saw them”
“Who?”
“Shinji and Rei, they were....were”
“Never mind.  I can guess.  Does it hurt that badly to see them like that?”
“Why would Shinji want that doll, with me here?”
“Those two have a bond, something neither of us understands and perhaps never will”
“It’s not fair!  Everyone has some one who loves them,  Except me.  
All I want is to be loved.”
Anthony felt a stab of regret.  He should have told her how he felt long before this. 
“Asuka,  I wanted to tell you some thing for a long time”
Asuka looked up into his green-brown eyes
“I....I.....I love you”
Asuka felt a dam in her heart break and emotion flooded out.  She reached up and kissed him.  Anthony was surprised but didn’t back away.
When they broke Asuka rested her head against him, with his arms around her.  
“Anthony?”
“Yes?’
“I like this.  Can we stay like this for a while?”
“Of course Asuka, of course”
Anthony pulled a pillow and a blanket of Asuka’s bed.  He placed the pillow behind his head and leaned back against the bed.  The he wrapped the blanket around the two of them
Soon both fell asleep still curled together and that is how Misato found them in the morning when she came home, but she let them be not wanting to disturb what seem to be one of the few happy times the pilots had.,

|The Present|

	Asuka finished recalling the events, she looked at her boyfriend as he turned in his sleep.  Another memory surfaced.  One from a week ago, when she learned about Anthony’s past and horrible secrets.

|One Week Ago|

	Misato was going out to dinner with Kaji and Ritsuko.  Shinji was planning to slip out and go to Rei’s, so the two would be alone.  Anthony seemed ready to chill out for the evening but Asuka had other plans for him.  Misato bid them all goodnight.  Anthony and Shinji walked into Shinji’s room.
“Take care bro.” said Anthony “Oh and take these”
Anthony handed Shinji a packet of what looked like mints
“Hey! These aren’t...” asked Shinji
“Yeah they are.” 
“Where’d you get them?”
“From Misato.  I think she maybe getting wise to what’s going on”
“What should I do?”
“YOU should go se Rei, I’ll leave the window unlocked so you can get back in”
“Thanks Anthony, I owe you”
“No you don’t.  If you never left then I could never be alone with Asuka”  Anthony grinned 
“What do you...?  You mean you two are...?’
“Why not?  You and the First Child aren’t the only ones suffering from ragging hormones”
Shinji blushed “So how is Asuka in, uh, well you know”
Anthony laughed “Get going you twit, Never mind about my sex life”

 

Shinji disappeared into the night and Anthony walked out of the room
“Where’s Shinji?” asked Asuka
“Slipped out already”
“I didn’t hear him”
“The Third Child has great motivation for learning the arts of stealth”

Anthony walked over to the TV and tried to get the remote from Pen Pen
“May I?”
Pen Pen squawked at him
“Guess not”
Asuka can up behind him.  She placed her arms around his neck
“Forget the TV  I’ve got a better idea”

Anthony had a strange feeling about this
“Uh, what did you have in mind?”
“Well  you see, we’re a couple but we haven’t done anything yet”
Anthony turned around so he was looking into her eyes
“What do you want to....”
“I’ve got some whipped cream in my room, so......”
“Uh, well, I .”
Sorry, I don’t take no for an answer” said Asuka smiling
She grabbed him by his collar and pulled him into her room.


|Later That Night|

	Asuka woke up, needing to use the bathroom.  On her way back to her room she checked Misato’s room.  It was empty, then she checked Shinji’s, which was also empty.  Sometimes he and Rei would come here and stay in Shinji’s room.
There were time Asuka had a crazy idea of all four of them having a party, with Misato gone of course.  She didn’t want anything to do with Rei but was more interested in trading boys for a night.  She wondered how the others would feel about it.

	Asuka entered her room, she smiled as she looked at her boyfriend sleeping peacefully
 she thought with a grin . 
 She kicked an empty whipped cream can 



	Suddenly Anthony began to shake and jerk  There was a look of pain and anguish on his face.  He was mumbling incoherently
Suddenly he shot up screaming “NO!”
Asuka watched as he sat up, his body shaking as if he were cold and couldn’t get warm.
He stood up and walked past Asuka, into the kitchen.  Asuka followed him, worried, she had never seen him like that.  

She followed him into the kitchen.  Asuka found him sitting at the table with a can of hot tea, still shaking
“Anthony?”
He looked up
“Asuka, sorry if I scared you”
“What happened?” she reached out, touching his arm
It jerked away involuntary
“No.  My body hasn’t calmed down yet.’
Asuka sat down next to him, careful not to touch him
“What happened?  I’ve never seen you like this”

“That’s cause we’ve never shared a bed before” he said with a slight grin
‘What happened?”
“A familiar nightmare.  One about......my past”
“Can you tell me about it?”
“I suppose I should.  You have a right to know.  You are my girlfriend after all.
 Maybe it will help.”
“So, what’s the nightmare?”
“First I must explain my past.  The story isn’t that different from Shinji’s.  I lost my real parents when I was two.  they we killed. some people say I witnessed their death but I don’t remember and no body would tell me how they died.  Some times at night I can still hear their screams.  I have no other memory except for those screams, save for the pendent I wear around my neck” 
“That strange cross?”
“Yeah,  I was always told one of my parents wore it during their teen years.  So now I wear it.  Anyway, after my parents died I was taken in by Dr. Serwan and his wife.  Both worked for the NERV branch in the US  I lived in New York-2 where the NERV HQ was.  When I was four Mrs. Serwan disappeared.  I was told she was dead but again no one told me how.  After that Dr. Serwan became a shell of a man. Similar to Commander Ikari, he was like a flesh and blood robot, no emotion at all, he just existed.  So I stayed out of his way.  I really didn’t have any friends, not until three days before I left for Tokyo-3.  There was a bully in my high school.  He really got off on beating younger kids. One day I saw him bulling a young girl and I just went berserk,  I guess all those years of feeling helpless kind of made me snap.  I attacked him.  The fight was hard.  I eventually did win the fight.  The other kids cheered me, called me a champ.  It felt good to finally have people thinking about me.  However it was not to last.  Two days after I won the fight Dr. Serwan took me to work with him.  He said it was time for me to face my destiny.   I was taken to a chamber below the surface and was shown Evangelion units-03 and 04.  I was told to choose my weapon, for I was one of the elite, selected by fate to fight for the future of humanity.   Fate had a different idea.  While this was going on a robot who was supposed to replaced Jet Alone was being tested in New York-2.  It went berserk and attacked the city.  In NY-2 we didn’t have the shelters we’ve got here so people could only head to their basements for safety.  One of the robots energy blast scored a critical hit on NERV HQ.  Tons of concrete was sent down on top of us.  I was safe but Dr. Serwan was hurt badly.  Unit-03 was damaged so I jumped into Eva-04 and went up to fight the robot.  The battle was rocky.  I didn’t know how to fully control Eva-04 so I went down a lot.  The robot taunted me.  It had been programmed with an AI and was able to think for itself.    It killed many people, just to taunt me”

“Oh my god”

“The worst part was, when we landed near the school.  The robot knew what it was, so to punish me for challenging him”  tears began to form in Anthony’s eyes at the memory

 “He crushed the school and all my classmates underneath his feet.  Then he blasted the remains into oblivion”
Tears flowed freely as he remember the  sight of the charred ruins and the bodies lying in them.
‘For the second time in three days I snapped.  My Eva went berserk.  I tackled the robot and we fell into the near by lake.  An explosion followed and only I surfaced.  I had lost everything and everyone because I learned later that Dr.  Serwan died shortly after I boarded the Eva.  The next day I left for Tokyo-3.  I had nothing, the only thing I could do was head for Tokyo-3 and hope I could build a new life there and never look back to NY-2.”

“What’s the nightmare?”

“I’m standing in the streets of NY-2.  You, Shinji, Rei and Misato are a few feet in front of me.  I can’t move.  Suddenly the robot’s shadow is looming over me.  I stand helpless as a bolt of energy destroys you.  Then I hear the screams of all the people I wasn’t able to save back in NY-2.  Screaming for my blood, blaming me because I was helpless to save them.”  

Asuka moved closer to him and placed her arms around his neck

“I’ll help you forget the nightmares”
“You already have”
“.....?”
“Every since we became a couple, the nightmare gets weaker.  Having you so close is the only thing that keeps the nightmare from tearing me apart.  I love you for it”

Asuka smiled “What are girlfriends for?”

|PRESENT|

Asuka’s second memory faded.  She looked at her boyfriend again and smiled.  Every since that night he hasn’t had the nightmare. She put her ear to the wall and listened.  Asuka heard nothing, Shinji and Rei must be asleep.  She put her head down to go back to sleep when she head a loud ‘thud’.  Sitting up, she looked at where Anthony had just been.  He was gone.  Then his head popped up from the side of the bed, he looked at her and said, “Either we put mats on the floor or we get a bigger bed!”
Asuka started laughing, she laughed even harder when she heard a loud thud coming from Shinji’s room


End 
Chapter one
If you like it let me know.  If you don’t let me know.  If you absolutely hated it go F$%&^ yourself!! 
I worked hard on this damn it!  If you want to use Anthony Draven in any stories go right a head. I give full permission for anybody to use him.  
If you have any idea about future chapters let me know

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