Knight of Honor

Chapter 3: Explanations and School

Disclaimer: I don't own Evangelion or Buso Renkin in any way so get off my yard!

A paranormal alloy made with the essence of alchemy, that is "Kakugane". It unleashes a person's fighting potential and forms a truly unique weapon. That is what Buso Renkin is.

After the battle with the homunculus, Shinji and his team went to central dogma, where Misato, Ritsuko and the rest of NERV awaited explanations. "So, I suppose you want to know what happened." Said Shinji. "You bet we are, now explain." Said Misato. "Fine, but let's go somewhere private, without prying eyes." He said, putting emphasis on prying while staring at his father. "I've got an empty lab, we can talk there." said Ritsuko.

"So, tell us, what happened out there, why do you have strange uniforms, what was that monster?" Misato asked. "Alright, first of all, that monster out there was a homunculus." "Homunculus?" "yes" "They're abominations made from alchemy, an artificial human if you will." said Shinji. "Wait, there's no such thing as alchemy, it's absurd, science can't explain that!" exclaimed Ritsuko. "Oh great, you see giant monsters with force fields and firing absurd cross-shaped lasers, and you don't believe in alchemy?" Gouta said sarcastically.

"Okay, that's enough both of you!" Shinji said. "Sorry Captain, my tongue slipped." apologized Gouta. "Ok, what's with the uniforms?" Misato asked, pointing at their outfits. "Oh, these are standard uniforms for Regiment members." Shinji answered. "What's the Regiment? Asked Ritsuko. "We're a covert special international military force that fights homunculi." "So you're a captain at that age?" "Yes" "Wait, what we're those hexagonal objects you were using against that homunculus?" asked Misato. "Those were our Buso Renkin" "Buso Renkin?" "Yes, it's a paranormal alloy called Kakugane." "Can you show it to us?" "No, sorry, but that kind of info is need to know only." "Alright, We understand." "Thank you Misato."

After a 1 hour debriefing Shinji decided to rent an apartment where Misato resides. "You sure you want to go alone?" "Oh I won't be alone, I've got my "guardians" with me." "Alright, If you say so."

The next day, Shinji went to school, in a sense, he didn't need to go to school since he already had a college degree in genetics.

"Okay, everyone we have a new transferee today, come in my boy." said the teacher. "Thank you, sensei." Shinji walked in. "My name is Ikari Shinji, pleased to meet you." Shinji sat down on his seat and listened to class, Well, tried to but soon fell asleep, both due to the fact that he already knew the answers and formulas in math and that the second impact public story is just a cover-up.

He jerked awake when a small beep on his laptop told him that he received a message. Curious, Shinji opened it, only to find a question: "are u the pilot of that giant robot the other day? y/n?" Shinji already knew the natural reason of his job as an alchemist warrior: to prevent his friends and loved ones from being potential targets of homunculi attacks. He saw no reason to not apply the same principle to being an EVA pilot. He answered no.

Suddenly the class became noisy, not because of excitement about meeting a robot pilot, but because of disappointment, many voicing their loud groans, especially a bespectacled boy. "Aw man, I was really hoping he would be the pilot." The boy said.

Soon after class Shinji was approached by the 2 guys seated at the back of the class. "Hey, new kid! Hey wait up!" Shinji turned around. "Huh?" "Hi, Shinji was it? I'm Kensuke, Aida Kensuke, and the guy behind me is Suzuhara Touji." "Oh, nice to meet you." answered Shinji. "Wait, did you say your name was Shinji Ikari?" asked Touji "Huh, you know him?" "No, it's just too familiar. Did you by any chance meet a little girl at about kindergarten age at Ginsei last week?" "Why yes I did, wait, are you that damsel's brother?" "Er, yeah." "Take care of your sister, she's a nice kid." "Why, what really happened to her?"

Shinji quickly thought of an alibi that explains how he met Touji's sister without mentioning his battle with the homunculus. "I happened to be walking down the alley when I saw her with a suspicious looking guy, seems like he wasn't aware of me, since as I neared them he tried to make her inhale something in a handkerchief and abduct her. Luckily I managed to hit the guy in the head, and since he was regaining consciousness pretty quickly I told her my name and told her to run away." Shinji explained.

"I see, wait, why did you call her damsel?" "Oh, it's just a habit of mine I guess, calling young girls and women damsel and milady, or if by any chance she's French, mademoiselle." "Okay, it's been nice talking to you, bye man! Thanks for saving my sister!" "No problem!"

After that Shinji went home to his apartment, where his team set up base. Upon arriving he see's Gouta and Kazuki arguing over which socket the cord plugs into. "I'm telling you this cord is for the yellow socket!" "No it doesn't it goes here, in the blue socket!" "Yellow!" "Blue!" "Yellow!" "Blue!" "Yellow!" "Blue!" "Yellow!" "Blue!" "Red!" "See!, it's red!, wait, What!" They turn around and see Shinji plug the cord in the red socket, and the main computer went online. "See what would have happened if you two plugged it in the wrong socket." He played a video on the screen that showed a timer and after five seconds it said: "WTF- BOOOOOMMMM!" and a laughing skeleton of a fighter pilot. Shinji grinned devilishly "Since it seems you two of you still don't have the ability to see through potential dangers, I'll have to make you run through my boot camp, AGAIN." The two shivered at the outcome.