Neon Code Evangelion – Beginning of the End

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or Evangelion

Note: Since this takes place in 2015 like the Evangelion canon, the Geass cast will be two years younger.

In the year 2000 a.t.b., a meteorite impacted in Antarctica causing an explosion so catastrophic it caused the ice cap to melt, leading to tsunamis and drastic rises in water levels that resulted in the immediate deaths of over two billion people within the southern hemisphere. What also resulted was the axis of the Earth shifted, causing global climate change, vast environmental damage, and numerous natural disasters. The event, which was the worst disaster to in recorded history, became known as the Second Impact.

Today was a relatively peaceful day for Lelouch Lamperouge, who was as far as most people were aware of, was a normal fifteen year old teenage boy. He closed his textbook, tired of learning about Second Impact. The sun was just starting to set, and the cicadas were chirping their usual cacophony of noise. His sister Nunnally was currently out shopping with the maid Sayoko and he decided that he was going to prepare them dinner. Before he could though, the phone rang.

"Hello, this is Lelouch. Who is this?" he said, not thinking much about the call.

"Mr. Lamperouge." The headmaster of the school Lelouch attended, Ruben K. Ashfors was the one calling. Could you please come to my office? There is someone who wants to meet you."

Who would want to see me? Lelouch thought. It couldn't be someone from the royal family, they think I'm dead.

"I'm on my way." Lelouch told the headmaster. He hung up the phone and started to walk over to where his "guest" was waiting. As he walked through the grounds, he was starting to get an incredibly uncomfortable feeling.

Lelouch was trying his best to figure out who this person could be as he was walking to his destination. He didn't like mysteries because it was difficult to plan out your strategy if one of the pieces was missing. Also something that was bothering him was the headmaster sounded very serious. That just added to the mystery, and therefore, caused more pieces to be missing, and therefore, made it harder to plan ahead.

When Lelouch finally arrived at the headmaster's office, he couldn't see the man anywhere in sight. The only person that was in the room was a man who was wearing white gloves, orange sunglasses and had brown hair that went down the side of his face and formed a beard. The man had his hands crossed, covering his mouth. Lelouch immediately recognized the man.

"You are Gendo Ikari." Lelouch stated, trying to sound as calm as he could give that he wasn't expecting a man of Gendo's caliber to be visiting him today… or any day for that matter.

Gendo Ikari, before the war, was a brilliant scientist and a politician who even acted as an ambassador to Britannia, although, he collaborated with them to assassinate Genbu Kururugi, and he had succeeded, which in turn ended the war effective immediately. Impressed by his willingness to abandon his own country, and not to mention how ruthless the man could be when necessary, the Emperor had labeled him the highest you could label someone part of the Britannian nobility, Grand Duke. The Emperor stated the reason for this, and I quote, "He perfectly embodies the virtues and ideals that Britannia holds so very dearly". The man was hated by numerous amounts of people, Britannian and Japanese alike, but due to his position nobody could touch him. He answered to the Emperor himself, and was also the head of the secret organization known as NERV, so if you want to try and mess with him, good luck to you.

"Hello, Lelouch Lamperouge. Please have a seat. Or would you rather me call you Lelouch vi Britannia, your highness?" After Gendo said this Lelouch froze. Not only did he know Lelouch's secret, but he also had a tone that Lelouch used in his multiple chess games, a tone that stated "I have the upper hand, just try and stop me."

How the hell did he figure it out? Lelouch was trying to regain his composure, but was failing miserably. The man in front of him had pretty much just smacked him across the face with the fact that he knew who Lelouch was, and Lelouch right now was feeling rather dazed because of the metaphorical slap. Lelouch took the seat he was offered as he felt as if he was about to fall over. The question he asked himself still banging around in the fore front of his thoughts, Lelouch had decided to finally ask.

"How did you know?" He asked, barely containing his anger. Lelouch thought that the entire world believed him to be dead, and he had been so careful to keep that lie seem true to others. So how the hell did he know?

"I've secretly been keeping an eye on you ever since you 'died', and you don't need to worry, I haven't informed your father." Gendo stated more to just tell Lelouch the facts than to comfort him.

You expect me to believe that? Lelouch shot back in his thoughts rather than voicing it out. He was talking to a person who sold out his own country for power, why the hell would anyone believe a word he said.

"What do you want from me?" Lelouch asked, knowing that Gendo wouldn't have just called himself here just to tell him he knows who he is. When someone as powerful as Gendo knows something that secretive, they usual want something of the person the secret pertains to.

"There is a project that NERV has been working on. I would like you to be the pilot of it."

"Pilot, you mean something like a Knightmare Frame?"

"No."

"Then what is it?" Lelouch demanded more than asked.

"That information is classified unless you agree to pilot it." Gendo shot back in the same tone he had since the beginning of this conversation.

"Why me?" Lelouch was wondering why he specifically had to pilot this…thing.

"Not just anyone can pilot it. It takes a…special someone in order for it to work, and you are the individual who is most qualified to be its pilot." Gendo paused in between his explanation, as if searching for the correct words to describe why Lelouch was apparently this "special someone" as Gendo called it.

"What if I refuse?" Lelouch asked. He wanted to know if there was any chance at getting the upper hand in the conversation. Unfortunately, such was impossible at the moment.

"I think you know the answer to that." Gendo replied, Lelouch catching the faintest of smirks crossing his lips through his gloved hands. Lelouch knew all too well what Gendo had meant when he said that. If he refused, then Gendo simply had to tell the Emperor that his supposedly dead son and potential heir had been found along with his sister. That was something Lelouch was not willing to go through, nor was there anyway in hell he would let Nunnally go through that. "I wouldn't ask you to do this if I had no other choice. Humanity's very existence is at risk and you are one of the very few who can stop our downfall."

What? Lelouch was downright confused when Gendo had said this, so he decided to voice it.

"What on earth are you talking about?"

Gendo pulled out a file and put it on the desk he was borrowing from the headmaster. Lelouch picked it up and noticed the heading on the file and the ID card that was also present. It read "Lelouch Lamperouge – The Fourth Child."

Bastard, as if he already knows I'll accept. Lelouch cursed in his thoughts. He's just like him. The relation to Gendo and Lelouch's father wasn't a bad comparison. If you were to switch these two and their duties one would be able to bet that no one would know the difference, and the person who made that bet would probably win it.

"You will report to NERV headquarters in two days. Lieutenant – Colonel Misato Katsuragi will be the one to escort you. There, you will find the answer to your question." Gendo got up from the desk after giving Lelouch his orders, as if he was already working for him, and left. Lelouch didn't bother to answer him and just sat in the headmaster's guest chair for a while, angry that he had been used so easily.

"Dammit!" Lelouch yelled as he slammed his fist onto the desk. He hadn't been this angry in a long time.

Outside Gendo had gotten into a limousine that had been waiting for him ever since his arrival at the school. Inside the limo were four other people. One of them was an older Japanese man, another a fourteen year old girl with pale skin, light blue hair, and probably her most striking feature, red eyes. The last two were Britannian, one male and one female. The male had similar hair to the teenage girls and the female had indigo colored hair.

"Sorry for the wait Mr. Asplund and Ms. Croomy." Gendo stated as he got in the car.

"It's quite alright." The man, Lloyd Asplund had said back to him in his usual nonchalant manner. Gendo then turned to the Japanese man, Kozo Fuyutsuki, Vice Commander of NERV.

"I've arranged for the Fourth Child to be present at NERV in two days." Gendo told him.

"So he has agreed to pilot it?" Fuyutsuki asked.

"Not yet, but he will."

"You're sure?" Lloyd asked.

"Positive." Gendo told him. "Rei," Gendo then addressed the girl with red eyes sitting next to him.

"Yes, Commander Ikari?" the girl asked in an uncomfortable monotone that made Lloyd shudder a bit. The girl sitting next to him, Cecile Croomy sighed at her boss's overreacting.

"You are going to start attending this school starting tomorrow."

"Yes, Commander Ikari."

As the limousine drove by, it passed by two girls, one who was wearing maid outfit, the other was a young Britannian girl of eleven years old. With long chestnut colored hair that went down to her waist. Both women were carrying grocery bags.

"C'mon Sayoko!" the young girl called out as she ran ahead. "Lelouch is waiting for us!" This girl was Nunnally Lamperouge, Lelouch's beloved sister.

"Yes, I know." The maid chuckled as she tried her best to catch up with the young girl.

Across the ocean away from Japan, more commonly known as Area 11, in Britannia there was a girl of fourteen with fiery red hair was sitting in a hangar. Tomorrow she was to fly over to Japan with her, and I quote, "Beloved EVA Unit 02.", although the wait was making her rather bored. "I'd rather be fighting an Angel right now." she whined.

"Now, now, don't be like that Asuka." a man with hair tied into a pony tail with his chin covered in stubble said as he walked over and handed her a drink. "Just have patience. We'll be leaving tomorrow so there's no need to worry."

"But why does the damn airship have to be so long?" the girl continued to whine. "I'll miss all the action at this rate. And why the heck are they bringing Unit 03 along? They haven't even found the pilot for it yet! Heck Unit 01 doesn't even have a pilot!" Patience was not one of Asuka's strong suits.

"Actually, I heard that the pilots for them were found." The man, Ryouji Kaji told her.

"Really, who are they?" Asuka asked her curiosity peaked.

Back in Japan, a boy with brown hair and blue eyes was listening to music on his SDAT player looked down at a message in front of him, Shinji Ikari. What surprised him about the package was that it was from someone who he never expected to hear from ever again: his father.

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Alrighty! My first EVER fanfiction. And it's about, in my opinion, two of the best anime EVAHHH!

Okay time for seriousness. No you may notice that this story is very similar to another story called Neon Geass Evangelion by BahamutX978. The reason for this is because this story was inspired by that story, heck that story was the main reason I joined , so that I could write my own crossover story about these two anime. Now I am not going to completely rip off Bahamut's story, I have made a few changes. For example, Mari isn't in this story. I know that the entire Mari fanbase is going to hate me for that, but I couldn't find a way to intergrate her into the story where she would be absolutely vital. My apologies to the Mari fanbase. There are going to be other changes but I won't mention them here because I would be heading into spoiler territory with where I want to go with my story.

Now this part goes directly to BahamutX978. Look, I do apologize for if you feel offended by how similar these stories are in comparison. I tried my best to stop that from happening, but the way you wrote just seemed like the best direction to go in. I do admit that you are the better writer when it came to writing this scene, but I promise you that I will in no way try to slander you and your writing. Neon Geass Evangelion is one of my favorite fanfics, heck it's in my favourites for crying out loud. I will promise not to be too similar to your story and that I will go in my own direction from this point forward. If you feel offended that is fine by me, I will totally understand. If you can in anyway help me to improve upon this story, or anyone else for that matter, I will GALDLY take the advice and try my best to work with it. I hope you understand.

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