Neon Genesis Evangelion: Forever Intertwined

Episode 22

Words from the Author:

This episode is going to be very dramatic from what I can see from the idea I have in my head. Improvising is my bread and butter, so the abuse of it will continue like usual. Taking that into consideration, I might throw in some action, but you all will have to wait and see. I would like to now apologize to all of those who don't like how I went with my story, but I just wanted it to be different from most Eva fics. The whole Shinji and Asuka pairing has been played out too much in other fan fiction stories, although I do approve of that pairing as the one that should happen in the actual series. I actually would have been fine pairing Mari with Nero, but I just decided not to. Sorry if it isn't to your liking. Neon Genesis Evangelion is sole property of Gainax and I do not plan on using this story in any way to gain money or slander the good name of Gainax and their dedicated workers. I'm just doing this to entertain others with my vision of a second season of Evangelion. That is all. Enjoy.

Episode 22: Friend Or Foe? The Return Of The True Fifth Child

The main focus starts off in Gendo's office. Gendo and Fuyutsuki are currently looking at Kaworu, who's at a small distance away from Gendo's desk. Like always, Gendo is sitting at his desk with Fuyutsuki standing to his right as Misato, Ritsuko and Kaji have just entered the room. They're then completely caught off guard by the sight of Kaworu being there while he's looking at them with a calm smile. Kaworu stands towards the left side of the room while Misato, Kaji and Ritsuko are towards the right side. So from Gendo and Fuyutsuki's point of view, Kaworu's on the right while Misato, Kaji and Ritsuko are on the left.

Misato looks at Kaworu with a shocked expression as she yells out, "What the?!" Misato quickly turns her attention towards Gendo while pointing at Kaworu with her left hand. "What's the 17th Angel doing here?!" She then looks back at Kaworu while putting her hand down. "Not to mention the fact that you're alive! Shinji killed you! So how are you...?!"

Kaworu continues to smile while cocking his head slightly towards the right. "Is it not obvious? How are all of you alive?"

Misato's eyes widen after figuring out what Kaworu meant while pulling her head back a little. She then gets very irritated while glaring at him. "So Shinji brought you back too, huh?"

Kaworu contentedly nods and then veers his gaze away from Misato. "Yes, he did. Though he did not do it intentionally." He turns his attention back to Misato, shuts his eyes and smiles. "I just got lucky."

Kaji steps into the conversation as he's standing to Misato's right with concern brimming on his face while his focus is on Kaworu. "Well that aside, what are you doing here? From what I've heard, you were an ally of SEELE before Shinji killed you."

Kaworu calmly glances at Kaji as he responds. "That is true. In fact, I was still an ally of SEELE up until not too long ago."

With her attention still on Kaworu, Misato becomes a bit confused. "What's that suppose to mean?"

Kaworu smirks while calmly turning to face Gendo. "Like I said before, I am going to tell you the purpose for me being here. I am also going to make you an offer that you will surely accept considering how much it will benefit NERV."

Gendo gives Kaworu a curious look as he's briefly in his usual pose until getting up from his chair with his hands placed on the desk and leans forward a little. "I'm listening."

Kaworu momentarily pauses while looking down at the floor and then returns his attention to Gendo with a composed demeanor. "I am here to keep a promise I made to Nero."

Seriousness takes over Gendo's expression due to what Kaworu had said while thinking, "A promise to Nero?"

At the same time, Misato's mildly shocked and then promptly asks Kaworu with concern, "You made a promise to Nero?! What kind of promise?!"