*I still don't own Neon Genesis Evangelion, nor do I own Pokémon.*

Dialogue Key

"Turtwig, the Tiny Leaf Pokémon." = Regular Speech

'Starly, the Starling Pokémon.' = Someone's Thoughts

"We are Team Galactic!" = Someone Yelling

"The shell on its back is made of soil. On a very healthy Turtwig, the shell should feel moist." = Pokédex Entries

"Fear not, Chosen One." = Arceus Speaking

A Mother's Grief

As she lay down in a hospital bed, still tired from having just given birth, Yui Ikari stared lovingly at her newborn son as she cradled the half hour old infant boy in her arms. Unlike his father, who has black hair, Shinji seems to have inherited Yui's brown hair except that his is a darker shade. And as the innocent little baby opened his eyes once again, he showed to his mother that they are a beautiful shade of grayish blue.

Yui couldn't stop the proud smile from forming on her tired face as her little Shinji cooed and gurgled at his mommy. She planted a motherly kiss on his forehead and held him closer as she gently and carefully adjusted him in her arms to make sure his head had proper support.

"That's my sweet baby boy. My little Shinji."

But Yui remembered that while her husband's sensei, Fuyutsuki, was proud that the married couple have given birth to a son, her husband himself was anything but happy. It's no secret to anyone that Yui's husband, Gendo, wanted their child to be a girl. Unfortunately for him, God had other plans and instead blessed the two with their son.

Although Gendo certainly doesn't see it as a blessing, and instead refers to it as a curse.

And that brought sadness to Yui.

She doesn't like how her husband can be so blind to the blessing that their Shinji is to them, and has devoted himself to his work in a top secret military faction known as NERV. Of course, it's not so secret to Yui. She's one of the top scientists responsible for creating the giant techno-organic instruments that will be humanity's last hope. The one creature that can combat the demons that are sure to attack the Earth and begin the one thing that everyone has feared since the Second Impact took place years ago.

A Third Impact. One that would surely wipe out all life from the face of the Earth.

And Yui is determined to make sure that doesn't happen.

But lately, Yui has noticed something off about her husband. His Aura is no longer that of the man she fell in love with. The man whom she saved from his own darkness.

He feels colder. Almost sinister, as he meets up with a committee in NERV known as SEELE in order to discuss top secret plans that not even she is allowed to know. But she doesn't know why. What could be such a big secret that not even those of the EVA Project are allowed to know?

"...Prepare to have the boy shipped off to a random family in Siberia."

Yui perked up instantly as her drowsiness was replaced by a feeling she can't quite place yet.

'That sounded like Gendo-Kun.'

Glancing at the door to her room in the hospital, Yui saw her husband speaking to Fuyutsuki in the hallway. The older man looked as though Gendo had just told him the people of NERV are being ordered to murder babies.

"Gendo, you can't be serious! You can't just abandon Shinji and ship him off to Siberia, he's your son! Has Yui even consented to this, because I'm certain she didn't!" Fuyutsuki exclaimed in outrage while trying to remain as quiet as possible.

But Gendo was unfazed by this outburst from his teacher.

"Yui's wants for that little demon are irrelevant. All that matters is the completion of the Eva Units. Having to raise that boy would be nothing more than a distraction from her primary objective." Gendo said in his emotionless voice. "Besides, doing this will prove that the boy will have use when he is older. We shall simply send him to an abusive or neglectful couple who will starve him of human contact and make him as submissive as possible. Then we can mold him to better fit the scenario."

Yui pretty much tuned out the rest of their argument and held her son more protectively. She was almost in denial. Gendo wants to use their - her son as a tool for the EVA Project? She began to tear up as she so desperately wanted all of this to be a bad dream, but she knows better. Gendo really is no longer the man she married. The man she fell in love with so long ago. Now, he's nothing more than a monster in human skin!

Shinji started to whimper as he could somehow sense his mother's distress. He doesn't really understand what she's feeling, but he does know that he doesn't like it.

'Dear Lord, if you're listening, please help my little Shinji! Help me find a way to get us both out from Gendo's clutches!' she mentally prayed.

Little does she know, her prayers are about to be answered.

*To Be Continued…*

I hope you all liked this chapter. I apologise that it's not longer than this, but I don't have my copy of Pokémon Platinum Version yet. Once I get that, I can really get the ball rolling for this story.