Shinji Ikari wasn't exactly people's first choice when they thought of a hero, but then again, neither was Ruby Rose. This is the story of how they turned those thoughts around and became the greatest heroes Remnant has ever seen. Welcome to a Beautiful World of Bloody Evolution. (Story can also be found on Archive of Our Own.)
It is the End Times. Humanity's destruction at the hands of the Angels is nigh, and thrust into the crucible of this apocalyptic conflict is a lost Huntress - the prodigious Ruby Rose. Enemies are made, friendships forged, and in the dusk of a dying world - a savior rises.