New Story! So here we go!

A squall had been developing in the ocean. Inside the storm, it was dark and rainy. It was quietly peaceful.

Until a dark figure jetted out of the squall. Behind her, were flashes of light and explosions.

The Abyssal ship was running for her life. In all her time, she had never seen a ship of this power before. Her entire fleet, 12 destroyers, 10 cruisers, 8 battleships, 3 dreadnaughts, and a carrier, was destroyed. She, a battleship, was all that was left. The world didn't have enough space or distance for her to get away. The enemy ship was already gaining on her. Shells flew through the air, whistling by her. They weren't missing, they were intentional. The enemy was scaring her, until a small shell hit her back. She fell, and knew her short life was over. She tried to get a little more distance, but she wasn't quick enough. She heard the ship walk up behind her. Defiantly, she turned around to fire off one more salvo. The barrels of the enemy gun sounded off, destroying her cannons. She was powerless. The Abyssal looked up at her killer.

The barrels gleamed with blue blood. Abyssal blood. Her comrades remnants were on him, the enemy did not care. He aimed at the Abyssal, and fired.

Fifth Carrier Group

Fubuki was leading the Carrier Group on their latest sortie, and it was one of the weirder ones at that. The mission was quite simple: investigate a Abyssal disappearance on the coast of W Island. A large fleet had been heading to the island, possibly to destroy it. Then, it was no more. The Fifth Carrier Group had been assigned to check it out. The newest carrier group had two carriers (Akagi and Kaga), two battleships (Kongou and Haruna), and three destroyers (Fubuki, Shimakaze, and Yudachi). It was small, but agile. They only needed to see if the Abyssal fleet was there, nothing else. They were almost to their destination, but they were all ready to fight.

"Bucky, what do you think happened to them?" Kongou asked, as she sped up next to Fubuki.

"I don't really know. Maybe they retreated?" said the ship in person. Fubuki knew that the Abyssals were weakened by the Operation MI a few weeks back. Maybe they had second thoughts about attacking.

The group reached their destination, and were shocked by what they saw. In front of them was aftermath of what seemed to be a huge fight. Abyssal remnants and wreckage was everywhere, some of it on fire. Parts of the sight was shrouded in smoke, and much of the scene was on fire.

"The fire seems to be caused by heavy explosives. Possibly HE shells exceeding 15 inches." Akagi noted, looking around at the scene.

"Exceeding 15 inches...what's that in millimeters?" Fubuki asked the carrier.

"381 millimeters, the shell would have to be larger than what our two battleships here fire, but smaller than Yamato's." Akagi answered. "It is possible that we have a rogue Ship girl."

"How would a Ship girl survive rogue?" Yudachi asked. "Supplies would be hard to come by, poi."

"I fear we might get our answer sooner than later." Haruna reported. "I'm picking up a ship on my radar, north of our current position."

Surely enough, a ship came out of the smoke to the north of the group. It had 4 turrets, each with two large barrels on a individual turret. The main superstructure was situated on the back of the person, with a scout plane catapult on the right shoulder and one triple barrelled gun on the left. The person's waist had six torpedo launchers, three on each side. The ship also had what seemed to be smaller caliber cannons on its arms, 4 each side. The ship was grey with the barrels of the main guns being red. The person itself was wearing full metal body armor, which was light grey with the arm plates being red. The right side of the chestplate had the Kriegsmarine symbol on it. For a final added touch, the ship was wearing a Kriegsmarine Admiral's curved cap. The face of the ship was hidden by a hockey mask.

"Kaga, what am I looking here?" Akagi asked.

"I'm...not sure." she replied. The whole carrier group was stunned, they had never run into a rogue ship girl, nor had they seen a German type as well. The ship sailed closer to them, the guns down as a sign of no ill intent.

"What do we do, Bucky? You're the flagship." Kongou asked.

"We need to see what she wants first." Fubuki replied.

The ship was only 5 feet away when it stopped moving, and started talking.

"Hello there." The ship said. "You are probably all wondering what this all is, no?"

"Uhh...yes ma'am, we are wondering-" Fubuki started, before the ship stopped her.

"Let me get one thing straight here before we go any further." It said, and the ship person removed the mask and the cap. Under the mask was a face, pale skin, blue eyes, and short, dark brown hair. But that wasn't the surprising thing.

"I'm a dude, so don't 'ma'am' me, destroyer." He responded, shocking the group.

"But...a male ship? How is that possible? All the ships before have been female!" Fubuki asked, obviously shocked.

"Well, the ships before me have been real. I'm a proposal that was never carried out, thus I became what I am." He responded, though it didn't dispel all the confusion. The ship sighed, "I can explain later. Now though, I need to speak with your commander, I presume?"

Before Fubuki could answer, Kongou spoke first. "Yes, you need to see the Admiral at once!" She grabbed the ship, and tried to drag him. Unfortunately, he wasn't budging. "Haruna, help me here!" Haruna grabbed the ship and pulled as well, to no avail.

"You think you two would be able to pull me, I guess not. 131,000 tons isn't that heavy, right? Stop pulling me, I can move on my own." He shook them off. "Lead the way."

The Fifth Carrier Group led the new ship to their base, hoping for some answers from the mystery ship.

Kure Shipyard and Naval Base

The Admiral was reading over reports from other sorties from the other groups. He wasn't looking too much into them, he was waiting for the Fifth Carrier Group's report. He sighed, knowing they were probably engaged in a skirmish with the enemy. He...slightly enjoyed the peace he had right now. With Kongou out, he didn't have to worry about he trying anythi-

"Admiral!"

The Admiral fell out of his chair, as he was ripped from his thoughts. He recovered quickly, looking up to see his secretary ship, Nagato, standing at attention.

"What is it, Nagato?" The Admiral asked, slightly displeased at his loss of peace and quiet.

"The Fifth Carrier Group has returned. But… they brought something back." Nagato reported, "Well, more accurately they brought back someone."

"What do you mean? They returned with a captured Abyssal?"

"No, sir. The group returned with a rogue Kanmusu. Apparently, this one was a experimental model."

"Alright, let me guess I need to see her?"

"Well…"

The shipboy was hanging in the water off the dock. He was still in his outfit, since the base still hadn't found place to put his stuff. The Admiral walked towards him, and the ship smiled.

"You must be the Admiral, yes?" The ship asked.

"Yes, I am. But I think I will be asking the questions here." The Admiral responded, "Now, the first question here will be simple. What are you, and what are your specs?"

The ship straightened up, and stood at attention. "Sir! My designation is H44, I am a super battleship proposed by the Kriegsmarine during WWII, but was never started. I am sporting eight 508 mm cannons as a primary weapon, and another eight 105mm cannons as anti aircraft fire, with a single 150mm cannon as a secondary weapon, along with a single scout plane catapult, and finally six 533 mm torpedo tubes. I carry a 549 mm armor set as my outfit, and the body armor suit on me is my actual clothing set. Extra protection, gotta have it when you fight Abyssals alone."

"Oh, so you are not only a male, you carry torpedoes as a battleship. Not something I would see in a battleship, I thought cruisers and destroyers had them." The Admiral joked, "Nice to see that we have something better-did you say 508 mm cannons?! How heavy are you? What's your speed?"

"I am 131,000 tons, with 129,000 long tons and 144,000 short tons. I have a top speed of 30.1 knots." H44 responded.

"So, not only are you heavier than Yamato-"

A loud "Hey!" was heard from across the base.

"-but you are faster than her as well? You are certainly OP, by battleship standards." The Admiral added. Nagato was standing behind the Admiral, shocked at what she heard. This ship was impressively more powerful than the other ships under her command. She already knew that this ship had destroyed the Abyssal fleet, no proof, but he boasted more than enough power to destroy the fleet that had 'disappeared'.

"Admiral, I have a question." Nagato asked.

"Go ahead."

"Well, I think we should integrate this ship into our base fleets. If he truly boasts this power, than he is almost invaluable to us. It would be beneficial to us, and this Kanmusu would have a home and supplies. Plus, he would no longer be rogue, and have a higher chance of staying alive."

The Admiral pondered it, and so did H44. The Admiral knew the pros, but H44 probably took a lot of supplies, considering how heavy of a battleship he was. And 508 mm shells were expensive, but powerful. H44 knew that he would finally have a place to stop and repair, but would have to follow orders, which he would hate doing long term. But he decided it would be worth it, in the end. He couldn't turn down food!

"I'll do it!" "I agree, let's get him integrated." H44 and the Admiral said, respectively.

Thus starts the beginning of a new type of chaos in the Kure naval base.

I know, one whole chapter and not a single mention of Hammond. No, I didn't have stroke. I wanted to spread out my wings, and this story came into my mind. I had been playing some Hearts of Iron IV (I played the German Reich) and I saw the H44 battleship in the research tree. I did some research, and had to ballpark the armor (Wikipedia didn't say), but everything else, info wise, is from Wikipedia. I shit you not, it's on there. H44 was simply… a joke I guess. So here it is, the next story!

PS: The H doesn't stand for anything. I know what some of you were thinking.