Haifuri - Contact!

by Nameless Slinger

In a world of warships, where girls happily pilot weapons of mass destruction across the ocean's surface, a hidden force lurks beneath the sea. Crewed by boys of questionable age and background, they do their best as the arms of their political masters. This is the fate of the boys of Toumai Boy's Marine High. This is their story.

2. Introduction

"Transients! Transients!"
"Torpedoes in the water! Three torpedoes, one-seven-eight degrees! Distance 1500 metres!"
"Two torpedoes, three-one-one degrees! Distance 2000 metres!"
"Four torpedoes, zero-nine-two degrees! Distance–"

A jaw rattling boom rocked the submarine, accompanied by the screeching sounds of men and metal. One was torn apart, the other was being crushed by the weight of the ocean. All over the submarine, water began to burst through the hull from fractures along the entire vessel, smothering the men as they scrambled to find a foot hold against the rapidly tilting submarine. With the centre portion of the submarine completely shattered from the torpedo hits, the submarine had broken in half and was sinking, bow and stern both pointing up as if asking a final question why?

Even as he turned to look, the captain was being pinned under the broken remains of the planning table, the deputy with his arm broken from his fall. His superior officer, the chief navigator, was missing his head, torn off by the sudden explosion of the ammo storages.

As for him, he was lying propped against the wall, missing his lower half from the detonation that had killed off the rest of the bridge crew. As the roaring flames and rising waters threatened to claim him, all he could do, was wonder how it had come to this.

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Author's Notes

It seems that the world of submarines in Haifuri has been left very much uncharted, very much fertile ground for us fanfiction writers. This story is going to be focused on a certain submarine and it's exploits across the world of Haifuri. To those that know me, and for the new reader, I would just like to say that I love it when things get dark. Happiness is fleeting, while the darkness is permanent. That being said, there are still times when we have SoL moments within this story. Haifuri is a Slice of Life anime, and I would not be entirely doing it justice if I were to exclude such a thing from this story.

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