The Ultimate Angel: Changing time itself

Chapter 12: Battle plans

Disclaimer: I do not own this magnificent anime, and i would not want to for i would simply screw it up.

A/N: Here we are again, this chapter isn't one of my best i must say but it serves to drive the story farther up, an angel attack next chapter. An appearance of Rei near the end, oh and sorry for this one being shorter then usual..i'll try and make up for that next chapter.

November 15th

As the News of the military invasion spread throughout Nerv panic broke out even though Shinji tried his best to calm everyone down. After constant failure Kouzou finally was able to get order back within the compound, it was obvious he should have been in command...but of course then it would be harder to take over Nerv wouldn't it?

His sync scores had dropped dramatically and even when the angel attacked the day before they sent Asuka instead of him, not that he really minded at this point. The only thing that kept him with the slightest bit of sanity was Maya. After there little...encounter...she made him promise only one thing, that it would be an actual relationship. They would spend some time together each day, but people still hadn't really found out about them yet since there relationship in Nerv was basically just physical, but it was different outside the office.

Zipping up her uniform Maya smiled slightly "Don't forget Shinji, i'm coming over Misato's Apartment tomorrow..for once i'm going to make you dinner...can't promise much though." She had wondered if she had caused his sync drop but he assured her otherwise even with her doubts.

Smiling slightly Shinji nodded "I'm sure it will be great! As long as you didn't learn from Misato.." He shivered at that prospect. "Oh course not, i taught myself...just some basics, living alone usually means you have to learn a bit of cooking"

Rushing out the door she straightened her skirt slightly not even noticing the three people approaching from the hallway. Looking at the younger tech assistant Ritsuko smiled "Oh well there you are Maya, whatever were you doing so long with Commander Ikari?" She knew the answer from her own experiences and couldn't help but feel a shot of jealously, but with Maoto, Misato and Kouzou with her she could hardly react any other way.

Her cheeks coloring Maya quickly stood up straight "O-oh Dr. Akagi! Commander Ikari just needed a little help understanding the report..." She wasn't ashamed exactly, but it was an embarrassing situation, especially with the other two around..if it had just been Ritsuko she would have told the truth.

"Right...of course that's all, you can go over it with me in extreme detail later, and i wont have you leave anything out" When her assistant's face turned red again she couldn't help but smirk looking at the rest of her company..who besides Misato were completely clueless. "We must meet with Shinji now, if you would be so kind as to return to work...i did extend your break after all"

Nodding quickly Maya slid by the trio heading off down the hall. As Shinji emerged from his office he blinked looking up at his team of experts "Oh! Right we were supposed to go over the battle plan today..." Nodding slightly Kouzou frowned "Yes, but why you have your friend here for the meeting i would like to know"

Groaning slightly Misato still couldn't get over the fact the Military was actually going to attack them...it was just so unexpected, she could only imagine if they had not known about it ahead of time..Soldiers slaughtering the scientists like cattle. "I would like to know what Kensuke is doing here myself, but i do have my suspicions."

As the group headed for the conference room they made idle conversation about what would happen if they lost, or if they won, futures and so on. Heading into the large room they all took there respective seats, Shinji taking one by Kensuke "A-alright i guess i should explain what he's doing here now...Well since everyone here that knows anything about Military operations have there training mostly on tactics for fighting Angels i thought Kensuke here could help us out..."

Ritsuko frowned slightly looking at his slightly nervous friend before redirecting her gaze at the commander again "Are you serious? He's just fourteen, how can you expect him to be any help?" Kouzou leaned back in his chair with an amused smirk "Shinji's fourteen and he's commander of Nerv, are you saying he's a single exception? But then of course you have the other two pilots...i would say 14 year olds are exactly whatwe need."

Misato chuckled soon drawing the gaze of everyone else in the conference room "What? I'm just thinking of Seele's faces after being beaten by a bunch of kids."

Clearing his throat the old adviser smiled "So Commander, what makes you think your friend...Kensuke was it? Why would he be any help to us?" Shifting slightly in his seat Shinji looked down at the table for a moment "Well, he knows a lot about the military, and knows there tactics to. So if he helped us plan a defense i figured we would stand a better chance."

Smirking slightly Kensuke pushed up his glasses "I really do know a lot to! I know i could help you out." Sighing slightly the reluctant Ritsuko shook her head "Well you are the commander, but i still don't agree with this...So what do we plan to do..."

Kouzou soon turned on the briefing screen showing the layout of Nerv and the area around it. Misato sighed slightly, Nerv really was to open for attack "Well we obviously have the Cyber suits, and Ritsuko was telling me we have almost 300 of them now, so those can increase are defense."

Kensuke examined the area carefully "Well if i know the military like i think i do they will start with a bombardment from Tanks and rockets, probably from that road, and maybe even some clear spots in the forest...After that they will probably choose one point to concentrate there assault."

Maoto smiled slightly crossing his arms "Well if they get desperate they will end up hitting us with an air strike, what do we do then? The Evangelion's will be busy fighting the Military's mass produced ones."

"Well i guess it depends on what kind of supply's we can get by December" Kouzou's face was serious, as it always seemed to be whenever something important happened, and yet he never seemed nervous to Shinji "I have some favors i could call in, what kind of things do we need?"

Smiling Kensuke was getting excited about planning the fight against the very thing he spent his life admiring "Heavier weapons to train the guards with, maybe some mines..."

Ritsuko nodded slowly "We could also use some more stationary defenses that we could tie into the Magi" Standing Fuyutsuki left the briefing asking Major Katsuragi to brief him on anything else discussed.

The rest of the meeting consisted of battle plans mostly brought up by Kensuke. In the end they settled on hiding about half of there Cyber suits in hidden locations for ambushes, the rest would stay inside the complex for when they were assaulted directly. Any Scientist who wanted a weapon would be armed as well. According to Maoto Japans military wasn't going to be participating in the attack, and it wasn't even informed of it strangly enough, the Attack was going to be executed by SEELE as well as soldiers from China and the U.S.

When the meeting was finally over Shinji turned down a ride from Misato to walk home instead, he didn't want to be around anyone...his mind was overloading and he had no idea what was happening anymore. The streets were quiet, the only sound that rung in his ears was his own footsteps.

"Wow it got cold pretty fast..." Shinji regretting walking home as the bitter cold air invaded his lungs, his entire body feltthe numbing sensation. If it wasn't bad enough the third child soon felt a cold rain drop hit his nose, and within seconds it fell on him with the strength of a rifle it seemed.

He found it strange that it was not snow, but it didn't matter if the rain felt like daggers on his skin. He simply stopped and stared up at the night sky smiling as if maybe the rain really would stab into him and end his constant depression.

He wasn't sure how long he stood in the cold, or when his entire body became cold along with his soaked clothes. "You will catch cold" the voice as always was as cold as the rain itself, and Rei simply walked past him, her own clothes soaked like the grocery bag she carried.

Looking as the blue haired girl walked by him he simply sighed, he would catch a cold anyway...he was still to far from Misato's for it to matter. "You may stay with me." He didn't expect her to offer him a place to stay, but Rei was always full of surprises. Without answering he followed his classmate to the rundown apartment she lived in.

"You don't have to...let me stay you know..." Entering her apartment she placed her bag down on the table "I am taking a shower." Without another world she disappeared into her bathroom.

Shinji examined the apartment once again...but it was no different, bloody bandages in places all over the house, dust covering almost everything she owned, which wasn't much. Searching around he finally came across a door that led to a washer and dryer, but they were covered in cobwebs.

Although the washer did not work when he attempted to use it he at least was able to get the dryer to run and quickly threw in his shirt and socks. "At least something will be dry..." Sick of the dusty feel to the room he came across the utility closet and found a mop and pail that seemed almost ancient.

Leaving the comfort of her warm shower Rei calmly dried her hair before pulling the towel around herself, slowly opening the door. What she saw when she entered her bedroom was not what she expected...it was...clean. The bandages that had filled the garbage and even took up space on her bed were gone, and the floor no longer held dusty footprints.

Pulling on her school uniform she found Shinji smiling happily while he continued to clean her floors, why was cleaning an..enjoyment to him? "What are you doing?" Looking up from his self appointed task Shinji slowly rubbed the back of his head smiling a bit "Well um...i just thought...i would clean this place up for you a bit...only thing i can really repay you with..."

He got slightly nervous as those crimson red eyes continued to stare at him "You didn't have to do that" She turned and left to put away the small stock of food from the wet bag, she never bought more then what she needed to get by "Thank you..." When she turned again a rather small smile crossed her lips, and considering how rare they were Shinji couldn't help but blush.

"S-sure no problem..." It took awhile but after some hard work the place finally had a better feel to it, even if it was still run down. After Rei had gone off to sleep Shinji finally had a chance to dry his pants as well, once they were done he himself went to sleep on the floor near Rei's bed.