Waz up peeps, Chapter 1 in this new story is out!
I recently watched the Kantai Collection anime and loved it. I have always loved the PJ & the O as I read that series in four days but okay. I was like, 'I wonder if a crossover of these existed,' I checked, didn't find one, and thought that it'd be cool to write the first PJ/Kancolle crossover. Just saying now, this is either going to suck or be awesome.
Before you read past this, if anyone loves Kancolle fanfictions, I suggest the story Ambience: A Fleet Symphony as it is my motivation for writing this. Ambience is still in-progress but is as of now 198 chapters and is 1,984k+ words. Here is the link.
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Please check it out because it is awesome on so many levels.
Hope you all enjoy!
'...' = thought
"..." = talking
[1], [2], [3]... = extra segments given at the bottom of the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own PJ&O or the game/ anime Kantai Collection, this is just purely fan made. Please support the original works. Thank you.
Unknown POV
'Why…? I'm supposed to be the strongest… To sink because of American planes is a pitiful way to go. I could have done so much more! Please, let me have a second chance…!'
In a luscious green and purple hut…
A girl sits undisturbed, watching a TV. Nothing is abnormal. The door opens to reveal a large figure, one that is not human. The girl stands and faces to figure and opens her mouth to speak. Without warning, she keels over holding her gut. She stands up once more, but she is not in control. Her eyes glow bright green, mist flows from her mouth like a slow river, also green. In a voice that includes her own and over a hundred more, she speaks.
"From depths unknown to those back then,
One by one, dead gain life again,
Abyss and Sea will fuse as one,
For elden laws to be undone,
Misconception will be a sin,
For a son of sea, it's held within.
A wrath will shake the Earth to the keel,
An unflagging fury of fire and steel."
The light stops and the girl collapses on the floor, unconscious. The large figure rushes over and picks her up. He brings to a cot and lays her down.
"Interesting," he says
In those few moments, the world changes forever. Two factions are about rip space-time and history will be repeated...
Unknown POV
I opened my eyes only to be blinded by the sun. Wait. The sun? I sank though! The hell? The last thing I remember was hitting the seafloor at the bottom of Ormoc Bay, and that was… when?
I realized very quickly that I didn't have the body of a warship, but rather that of a 16 year old girl.
I just stayed lying on what I think was grass. Not like I could know for sure without looking... or it could be the fact that I always spent my time on water.
Despite being a ship with a metal skeleton, I knew what clothes were. I seemed to have a mash of memories of my own life, and that of my crew. That's when I noticed something…
This shirt is really short.
I finally decided to sit up and look myself over.
What I had on felt fine, it fit my personality, but it was kinda skimpy. A white shirt with golden-yellow button-type things that only came down to my navel. My lower half was even more… interesting… a blue mini-skirt with underwear that had straps that rested on the tops of my pelvic bone. I also had on red and white, striped, thigh highs and grey boot/high-heel type shoes with red rudders as the heels.
Personally, I didn't mind what I was wearing, but I didn't think others would approve of my choice of fashion.
As for my physical body, blonde hair down to my hips and I estimated that I was about 5' 5''. My chest wasn't flat flat, but it wasn't developed like a normal girl's would've been. I made a slight pouty face at myself because of it.
It was about that time when it dawned on me where I was. For some reason, I recognized my surroundings as Central Park in New York City. How I knew this, I had no idea, I'd never been to the United States before. I'd been at war with them for fuck's sake!
'Oh well, time to focus, gotta get out… fast. But… why are there no people around…? No! Stop it brain! ...I need to go. Thank you, my dear designers, for making me the fastest destroyer in the Imperial Navy!'
I stood up and almost instantly lost my balance and fell against a tree to my starboard side, or right… whatever. Regardless I found myself reacting instinctively, standing up and jumping between trees, hiding, peeking, evaluating, almost like in a smokescreen.
Just because I could, didn't mean it was easy. I fell over every time I stopped. Ballasts don't work on land I guess.
I finally made my way to the outer edge of the park and traced the border for a while till I found a lake of sorts that spanned the width of the park… almost.
"Water…" I mumbled quietly, but apparently, not quietly enough.
"Who's there!" I heard a deep, grumbling voice call. I jumped slightly, letting out a small squeak.
I turned in the direction of the voice to see a large figure wielding a club of some sort step out from the tree line about 40 feet away. The figure was soon joined by two more, similar silhouettes.
I panicked not knowing what to do on land. In my shock, the three giant, people looking things charged at me.
"Please not again!" I screamed. Just then I heard a shout behind me.
"Die ugly, DIE!"
The last thing I expected to see was a boy throwing a hammer that was burning with green fire over my head.
The boy looked to be about 16 years old and had black hair. I also caught a whiff of smoke and soot as he ran by.
The flying object/hammer/projectile… whatever… slammed into the left giant's nose lighting his face on fire and knocking him over backwards.
I sat there stunned as a second boy, also black hair, ran by wielding a shiny, bronze sword. He proceed to duel with the right side giant. The middle one turned to take on the first boy.
I jumped when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Are you alright?" asked a girl who appeared to be the same age as the other two.
I took a mental note of this girl's basic features since I could clearly see her face. She had an interesting combination of blonde hair and stormy-grey eyes.
"Are you alright!?" She asked again.
"Oh… uhh. Yeah, I think so," I responded nervously.
"What's your name, if you don't mind," she questioned while glancing up at the two boys who were now walking back, leaving three piles of golden dust behind them.
"Shimakaze."
"Mine's Annabeth," she said, "nice to meet you."
"Thanks…. Annabeth. Ummm… what were those things?"
"Based on the tone of your voice, it's safe to assume that you're the demigod we were sent to recover. Anyway, those were laistrygonian giants, or monsters if you want to be vague."
"The Mist?" I asked. "What is that?"
"It's a type of magic that blocks our world from mortals' eyes."
"Uhhh…" I droned. I was so confused. First I sink in 1944, then I wake up in enemy territory with a human body, and now I have three people saving me from ugly giants, telling me I'm a 'demigod', whatever that means.
"So who's this?" asked the boy who was now holding the hammer that flew over earlier.
I opened my mouth as if to say something, but this Annabeth person beat me to it.
"Her name's Shimakaze."
"Well in that case, hey, I'm Leo, and this is Percy," he said pointing to the other boy.
"Umm.. hi?" I said, not sure how to greet people. I knew that in the United States, they generally didn't use honorifics, but in Japan, unless you had permission not to, you used specific honorifics for certain age groups. For example, -san is used for those older or the same age, and -sama for those you have a deep respect for.
"Stay here for a minute," the one named Percy said to me. "Annabeth, I need to talk to you and Leo privately."
So they rescue me, and now they're telling me to sit still while they go talk about something. Great.
You have no idea how hard it is for me to sit still. It's not like I can't, it's just really hard when you normally cruise on water at 41 knots and are then told that you can't move.
Despite this, I managed to stay in roughly one spot, maybe not still, but within a small area.
While I waited for the three to get back, I wondered how I even got here. Also, did I have some special abilities as a warship? I doubted it, but hey, it'd be cool right?
I glanced up to see the three walking back towards me.
"Can you come with us?" Percy asked me abruptly.
"..."
"Come on, Shimy." Leo pressured
Did he just call me 'Shimy'? He's serious right?
"My name's Shimakaze!" I blurted out causing Annabeth to jump in surprise.
"No need to get all worked up about it, geez, besides, it's easier to say," he reasoned."
"Sorry… Leo-san, just please call me by my actual name."
In the end, I decided to go with them to this van that had Delphi Strawberry Service written on the side. Once I got in, I was quite surprised and somewhat terrified to see a one hundred-eyed man driving. The man's name was Argus, I think.
The van dropped us off near an entrance that read "Camp Half-Blood". Percy, Annabeth, and Leo lead me to the base of a hill with an arch-type entrance before I hit an invisible wall of sorts.
"Huh?" Annabeth asked confused, "Can't you just walk through?"
I tried again to go through the gate only to get the same result.
"Maybe she's a clear sighted mortal, like Rachel." Percy said.
"Hmm…" Annabeth had her hand up by her chin as if thinking, "It would appear to be the most likely possibility. In any case, I, Annabeth Chase give Shimakaze permission to enter Camp Half-Blood."
After she finished her statement, she grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the barrier. However, this time, I passed through as if nothing was there. She then let go and started up the hill. Once we got over the peak, I saw a large expanse of cabins and fields.
"Welcome to Camp Half-Blood," a voice I hadn't heard yet announced.
Startled, I turned to my right to see a half horse-half man combination was seriously freaky, yet Annabeth and the others looked like this was normal.
"Hey, Chiron," Leo greeted in his already annoying tone.
"Leo," Chiron give him a nod before turning to Annabeth. "Is this the demigod I sent you to retrieve?"
"Yes and no. She was in the park like you said, but she couldn't enter camp until I gave her permission. I believe she's a clear-sighted mortal."
"Is that so?" the Chiron character inquired.
He proceeded to walk(?) up to me and asked, "What's your name?"
"Shimakaze. Please take care of me."
Why I said that, I have no idea.
This time, it was Chiron's turn to be confused. He looked at me with a puzzled expression before shaking his head and turning to go towards the cabins I saw earlier.
I didn't wait for anyone to speak up and simply followed him. By now, even without focusing on it, I seemed to be able to walk without any trouble. I hadn't tried running yet, but the thought got me excited as it was a chance for me to see if I had any speed advantage.
We entered the semicircle of cabins a few minutes later. Chiron then stopped and turned to all four of us.
"This is where you'll be staying for the time being," he said to me while pointing at a large two story hut. "It's the undetermined cabin, I'll let Annabeth fill you in, normally it's for just demigods, but we'll make an exception for now."
"Thanks," I said appreciatively. However my brain decided that it wanted to be a ship again leading to me saying more things I may regret. "So I'll be stationed there, understood."
"Does she always talk like that?" I heard Chiron question behind me.
"No, this is the first time she's spoken in that manner," answered Annabeth.
As I walked up to the cabin door, it flew open to reveal a few people staring at me with varying expressions. One boy had a lewd look on his face. I then realized that I still had on these skimpy clothes. I gave him a glare in response. One girl with grey eyes, kinda like Annabeth's, looked at me with what I assumed was a relieved look. Almost as if she had wanted something to happen.
I bowed to them, and greeted them as a whole, resisting to speak in Japanese, which for some reason, wasn't the language my brain deemed primary. This, while on one hand, it seemed pretty cool to speak a non-native language, it also was annoying that I was born in Japan, raised in Japan, fought for Japan, and yet my speech pattern didn't reflect it.
"Why are you bowing to us?" asked a young boy who seemed to be about 10 years old.
"Habit," I replied instinctively, even though cultural background would have been a better answer.
"Come to the party!" beckoned the boy who was staring before.
"Don't damage me and I might."
"Damage you?" the curious boy spoke up, with a face that radiated confusion.
"Uhh… just forget I said that," I pleaded while internally yelling at myself.
'Why brain, why?! I just want to act normal, not make warship references every two seconds. But you are a warship are you not? Shut it, brain…'
"In any case, come on in, make yourself at home," invited the kid whom I temporarily shut out in order to scold myself.
"I will in a little while. However, for now, I want to explore this place."
I told them that I wanted to explore, but it was really because I just wanted to find out what I could do as a human.
It didn't take long before I found a beach overlooking the ocean. Naturally, I waltzed right up to where the waves ended. There wasn't anyone there at the time so I wasn't too worried about being seen.
When I was originally built in Japan, I was given a unique boiler engine that was supposed to propel me at 39 knots. During those speed trials, I managed to exceed 41 knots, making me the fastest warship in the Pacific. I wondered if I kept that speed as a human, but that would mean I'd have to move at 45 miles per hour. There was really only one way to find out.
I drew a starting line with my heel and stood behind it. Giving myself a mental countdown, I took off… literally. I was expecting to be quick, but not as quick as to launch a wall of sand out behind me and create a brief 80 kph wind gust. After about five steps, I turned around to see that not only had I travelled about 60 meters, but also left a notable crater where my start line used to be. The key word there being "used".
Even though it had only been one test, it gave me hope that I was capable of some of my former specifications. I had planned to test my firepower but it yielded no results. As a ship, I wielded six 12.7cm guns in three double turrets and 15 60cm torpedo tubes. Despite no direct implication that I had any guns, my brain kept telling me that I should visit someplace nearby, yet I didn't know where said place was or what it was.
I debated trying to swim but I had no clue how to, even as a ship. Normally I just floated, not needing to swim like a submarine of sorts.
Just before I stepped into the water, I heard a loud horn go off in the distance. It got my attention, but since I didn't know what it meant, I ignored it.
"Shimakaze?!" someone called from the other end of the beach.
Glancing over, I noticed Annabeth was walking towards me while looking at the hole from earlier. How I would explain that, I don't know.
"Konichiwa, Annabeth-san," I nodded, acknowledging her presence.
"Now you're speaking Japanese? Can you keep a steady manner of speech?"
"Sorry, it's just…" I trailed off. Seriously, how on Earth do you explain how you were once a naval destroyer and now you're a human, but you've only been one for a few hours. Not to mention where the heck the last 72 years went.
"Regardless, of which," she said breaking the silence. I internally sighed in relief. "That was the conch horn that signals that it's time for dinner. Follow me so that we're not late."
I didn't argue, so I just jogged with her up to what she called the "Dining Pavilion". They had various different foods available, all of it being somewhat western style. For example, hamburgers, pastas, chicken wings, and others. I didn't occur to me just how many people there were at this "camp" until now. There had to be at least a hundred campers, all ranging from about eight years old to about eighteen.
"What are they doing?" I asked, quietly watching kids go up to a large fire and scrape some food of into it while muttering something I couldn't hear.
Annabeth just looked at me for a second before responding, "They're giving an offering to their godly parent, if they know who it is."
"Do you have a godly parent, Annabeth-san?"
"Yeah, I'm a daughter of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Battle Strategy."
"Do you think I have one?" I asked curiously even though I was pretty sure that I didn't have one.
"Well, based on what I've seen, I believe you're a clear-sighted mortal, so no, you don't. However, that doesn't mean that you can't give an offering to someone."
"Who is there to give offering for?"
She proceeded to list off all the "Olympian" gods and goddesses. I took interest in a particular three, those being Zeus, God of the Sky, Poseidon, God of the Sea and Earthquakes, and Hephaestus, God of the Forge.
I didn't feel that hungry, hell, I didn't even know if I needed to eat to begin with, so I just walked up to the alter. I'm going to call it that from now on. Anyway, I push almost all my food in and simply said all their names, not knowing what else to say. Once I did, my body felt I little different. My feet felt like they all of a sudden got a bunch of foam in them, I felt something weighted land in my hand under my plate, and I felt lighter overall.
Walking back to the Athena table as where I was sitting, I wondered what this thing was in my hand. I felt kinda like a coin, but it was rippled. Just then there was a collective gasp.
I looked up to see all eyes on me and an aura of confusion around me. I spotted Annabeth looking at something above me, at the same time, pointing at it. I glanced straight up to see a transparent, glowing Japanese flag waving above me. It quickly faded, leaving me blanking of what just happened.
No one moved or made a sound, still staring at me. The silence continued for a few minutes it seemed like. It was soon broken when Chiron stood up and spoke.
"It would appear that you have been claimed, Shimakaze. However, I don't know by whom."
The rest of dinner went by smoothly, but it was practically dead-silent.
I picked at the remains of the teriyaki chicken I had on my plate. I had yet to look at the coin I had gotten because I didn't want others to see it.
Once people started getting up and leaving, I went straight back to the beach and finally looked down at the thing I had received.
A golden chrysanthemum. The seal of Imperial Japan.
I looked it over for a while. It was beautifully made, shining with its gold plating, and it felt last I was holding a piece of my past self. I sat down on the sand and started flipping it, as one would do to a normal coin.
Once it reached the top of its launch, it glowed like a bright candle and disappeared, reappearing as a little cylindrical robot with tiny nubs for arms and feet. It had a miniature life ring with a propeller where one might have a tail. However, the most prominent feature was its head. It had a head that was an exact copy of one of my main battery turrets, barrels and all.
It landed in the sand in front of me and made a series of clicking noise that my brain distinguished as a warbled morse code message. It said, "Mommy!"
I didn't know exactly what to think as I watched it hop around flailing its little arms around. If anything, it was adorable. I stood up and walked over to it giggling as it fell on its back and was now rolling back and forth across the sand.
As I picked him up, it's a him now, don't care what you think, I wasn't expecting him to weigh basically nothing. All the while he's flapping around as I held him up in the air.
Once I put him down, I felt like he was a part of my body, just not physically connected. Kinda like a familiar that those ancient mages have. As such, I decided to name him rensouhou-chan, or familiar turret buddy, in Japanese.
Meanwhile, Rensouhou had made his way to the water and was now, to my surprise, zipping around on top on the waves. He then turned to me and clicked again. "This is fun! You should try!"
I didn't want to hurt his feelings, if he had any, and walked out to the waterline. I paused.
'What if I can't float like a ship?'
"It'll be fine, Shimakaze," spoke a deep voice behind me.
Whipping around a saw a man with Bermuda shorts and a white t-shirt on.
"Who are you!" I demanded.
"Calm down, Shimakaze, my name is Poseidon. If you don't remember, you give me an offering at dinner."
'Oh yeah, I did do that, but it doesn't explain why he's here.'
"What do you want with me?"
"I just came here to return the favor and be a temporary messenger," he said calmly, raising his hand. "When you made that offering, I granted you with the ability of being able to walk on water. Your turret friend was a gift from Hephaestus, which I should say this now, as you gain experience, he will give you more. Zeus, while he didn't give you something that can be controlled, he gave you a shield of lightning that will block lethal blows if you find yourself in a tricky situation.
"You also should know now that you say a big part in humanity's survival in the near future. Use your abilities to their fullest to protect others and defeat enemies. Don't be afraid, IJN Shimakaze, be yourself and enjoy this second chance."
After his speech, he vanished in a flash of light, leaving me alone with rensouhou-chan and the sound of the ocean, crashing on the beach.
'My life just got a lot more complicated,' I thought. And with that, I turned to face the sea and sighed. 'Enjoy this second chance, eh? I'll try my best.'
I then, finally, went out to sea once again.