You woke up to a buzzing noise that indicated that you are ready to leave the docks. You were alone here since yesterday evening when Shoukaku left to sleep in her dorms.

"Well, time for me to get out, finally." You said and rose up from your bath. You put your towel around you and saw a small note.

Your clothes are in locker 3. If you'll need anything you can catch me in shooting range with other carriers, but go to your Admiral first, I'm sure she is waiting for you. The American HQ is up ahead the road, I'm sure you won't miss it. Admiral McKay and Captain Phillips are there most of the time. Best of luck.

Shoukaku

"Thank you, you really are an angel." you said with a smile. After a final check that you didn't leave anything behind around the tub, you went out of the bath area and entered the part of the docks with lockers. Numbers on the lockers went down the closer they were to the exit door but you found your locker quite fast. Once opened you found your clothes and a telephone if you have to guess. It didn't have buttons like you knew, but instead it had a large screen across the front and camera at the back. It had a navy blue back cover with some Google logo, it was probably the name of the manufacture. Once you put your clothes on you, you went to the mirror and checked if everything is where it has to be.

Also this was the first time you looked at yourself. Your skin has a tiny bit of tone on it. Long white hair that almost reached your hips and blue eyes. Your clothes are white shirt with a dark steel grey vest with a small number above your left breast and as well as two small anchors on the sides at the bottom of the vest. Dark grey skirt with black stripes around it and black pantyhose with steel grey low shoes with red soles and things that looked like your rudders on the back. Your hands were covered by dark grey gloves with black fingers and silver analog watches with a small digital part under it. At least you didn't show much skin, not like you have something to be shy about. You have just the right amount of muscles and your breasts and hips are just the right size. You are slightly bigger than Shoukaku when you saw her getting out of the bath. Ha, pervert!

Once you were satisfied with how you look, you went outside and were almost blinded how bright it was today. You remembered that your Admiral is waiting for you so you went ahead just as Shoukaku said and looked around meanwhile. The docks were near the harbor and you saw a few young girls playing around, probably around 10 years old. Some of them looked American and some looked Japanese. You also saw a shooting range where the carriers were just practicing since all targets were destroyed by two waves of five A6M3 Zeros. You really wanted to go there but you have a duty first. Once you arrived to the HQ, which was white on the outside with a US Navy logo above the doors. You went in and near the end of the hallway was a room signed Admirals Office.

"This is it." You said to yourself and knocked.

"Come in." You heard and after a small sigh, you obeyed. Inside the white room with wooden floor and blue carpet were two desks, one on the left side of the room and the other facing the door. The first one had a Rear Admiral Amanda McKay sign and the later Captain Christina Phillips.

"Ah you're here. How do you feel?" the Admiral asked standing up from her chair.

"I feel very well actually, better than yesterday, ma'am." You said as you stood near the door and saluted.

"Ah, no need to be so formal, as I said yesterday, you can call me Amanda, or just Admiral if you need to be formal." She said as she walked closer to you and stopping just two meters ahead of you. "Ok, before you will introduce yourself, we have a little bet with the Captain here. We will do it like this, I will ask questions and you can only answer with a yes or no, ok?" you nodded. Captain was around the same age as Admiral was. She had a brown shoulder long hair tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. Her clothes were casual. Navy blue short sleeved shirt with US Navy in gold on her breasts, which were modest, and black shorts with grey running shoes.

"Ok, due to your look, we can already exclude that you are a Destroyer, Submarine or Escort Carrier, correct?" she asked.

"Yes"

"Right so have left is a Light Cruiser…" she said and you shook your head."Heavy Cruiser…" another shake and she smiled to Captain."Battleship?" you smiled and shook your head again and she grinned and in the corner of your eyes you saw Captain to take out money from her wallet with a sigh. "So that means you are Aircraft Carrier."

"Yes." You said and smiled."USS Enterprise reporting for duty Admiral." You said and saluted again.

They immediately stopped in their tracks and looked at you with surprised faces.

"That can't be right." Admiral said to Captain. "Call her here." Captain nodded and went back to her desk.

"Uhmm… Is something wrong?" you asked Admiral, kind of worried if did something wrong.

"You'll see when she gets here." Admiral said and someone knocked on the door.

"Come in" Admiral said, the door opened and a woman almost at your height came in. She had a blond hair that reached her shoulder blades, light blue eyes, white and blue custom naval uniform with short dark blue and red skirt and simple shoes with blue socks that reached above her ankles.

"State your name and class please." Admiral said to her.

"I'm a Yorktown-class Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise." She said.

"Now state your name sailor." She turned to you.

"I'm USS Enterprise, CV-" you were cut.

"What?" she looked at you. "But, I'm Enterprise."

"Yes, you are a CV-6, most known Aircraft Carrier in the US Navy." You turned to her and took her right hand for a shake. "It's an honor to be serving with you."

"Ah, the pleasure is mine, but I'm still confused."

"I'm Enterprise-class Super Carrier, USS Enterprise, CVN-65. It's a big honor to share the name with you." You saluted.

"Oh. My. God. You are a Super Carrier?" your Admiral asked.

"Yes, I'm the first nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier in the world." You smiled.

"Now… don't get me wrong, I'm glad you are here but… Only WW2 vessels came through so far." Admiral said.

"Maybe that is why she had to go through that portal in the state she did." Captain said.

"Hmm… It's true that no other shipgirl had to go through the same as you had to get here. They simply walked out, fresh and full of energy. Anyway you must be hungry right?" she asked and you nodded. "Ok, Enterprise, can you show your successor the way to the mess hall? Oh and I will call Yubari to take care of your riggings." Enterprise nodded and led the way.

"So how is it?" she asked when you left the building.

"Eh, sorry?" you asked confused.

"How is it to have a body?"

"It's quite nice actually. If I will exclude my first time here, it is very pleasant, but I'm not used too much to it."

"Oh yeah, Yorktown said that you looked like you could sunk any second. But enough of that, we are here." She said and pointed to the Mess Hall sign. She opened the door and you were greeted by ten lines of wooden tables and chairs. You weren't the first one here though. Some Japanese girls already occupied one half of the table. You only recognized one person from the group. It was Shoukaku and she was having conversation with another one with grey hair in twin tails.

"I guess from your face that you already know at least one of them. You can sit with them if you want but be careful about Zuikaku, she is very… communicative." She said.

"What do you mean?"

"You'll see." She said and you looked at them again. Still oblivious to your presence so you went to grab some food. Your instincts told you to take a lot of rice so you did. Once you thought you have enough, you went to the table with the Japanese shipgirls. As you were getting closer, Shoukaku spotted you and waved your direction. You smiled and sat across her and Enterprise next to you.

"Hi, are you feeling better?" she asked.

"Yes, much better. Also I would like to thank you for your hospitality and help when I needed the most. I will be in your debt so if you'll need anything, I'll be happy to help." You said with a smile. You saw that the girl next to Shoukaku, the one with grey hair was looking at you with intimidating face but you didn't pay her any mind.

"Oh, it wasn't a problem. I'm sure everybody would do the same. There is no need for you to be in debt with me…. Uhhh…"

"Oh right. USS Enterprise" you extended your right hand and she awkwardly shook it while looking at Enterprise.

She answered with a simple sentence. "Yorktown-class" she pointed at herself "Enterprise-class" she pointed at you.

"Yeah, I was named after her."

"Tell her your designations. I want to see Zuikaku's face." Enterprise grinned while looking at the grey haired girl which you assumed that she was the Zuikaku in question.

"Eehh… Enterprise-class, first nuclear powered Super Carrier, CVN-65." you awkwardly said.

"Super Carrier huh? Is it because you are nuclear powered?" she said with narrowed eyes.

"Uhh… no, it's because of my displacement." It feels so awkward to be talking only about yourself.

Now your conversation gained everyone else attention. Everyone was looking at you.

"And that is?"

"Uh… 93500 tones." You quietly said.

"…" Zuikaku and everyone as well was at loss for words, even Enterprise.

"I uhh… was also the longest Carrier in the world. 342m."

"Whaat" Zuikaku almost screamed. "Fine then, if that is how you want it."

"What do you mean?"

"I, second of Shoukaku-class Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku, challenge you in a mock battle." She stood up and pointed at you.

"Eh?"

"Hey Zuikaku-san, I don't think that is a good idea. You don't know what you will be up against." A smaller girl with grey-brown hair and white headband with red vertical stripes and was in very similar outfit as Shoukaku and Zuikaku had.

"No, that is actually a good idea." Enterprise said. "You will prove if you are worthy of the name." she looked at you.

"Make sure you eat a lot, you will need it!" and then Zuikaku left the Mess Hall. Everyone stayed silent.

"I'm sorry Enterprise-san, but she means no harm to you. I'm sure." Shoukaku broke the silence.

"It's alright, I don't mind that much if it's only a mock battle. But I can feel that my aircraft are without ammunition and fuel."

"Well that is why you have to eat rice. Our bodies take the rice and form it into ammunition and fuel for our aircraft. Also if you lose aircraft in battle, you can just eat enough rice to make them again." Shoukaku said. "So you have to eat a lot now."

And so you ate. One bowl, two bowls, ten bowls, you only stopped on seventeenth bowl of rice and you felt that now you are combat ready so you stopped.

"Geez, you are even worse than Akagi, and she is always eating food enough for two Carriers. At least you are not as fast as she is." Shoukaku said as she and Enterprise were the only ones to stay until you satisfied your hunger.

"Now, I believe you have a mock battle ahead. Don't make your opponent wait." Enterprise said and you nodded.

Once you left the Mess Hall you could see a crowd around the peers where are mock battles like these done.

"That is her. That is the Super Carrier that is going against Zuikaku-san nanodesu." A small girl with brown short hair said. Probably a destroyers.

"Wow, she looks like a proper lady." Next one with dark blue hair and hat said.

"Khorosho." Another one with hat but with light blue hair said and nodded.

"Sisters?" you turned to Shoukaku.

"Yes, Akatsuki-class Destroyers, Akatsuki, Hibiki and Inazuma." She said and pointed to each one. "However, Ikazuchi is missing. I think she is with Tenryuu-san." They nodded.

"You are finally here. I was starting to think you will never arrive. Meanwhile you were eating I was getting prepared. I won't go easy on you just because this is your first time on the water!" Zuikaku said.

She is right. This is your first time that you will go on the water. At least in this form.

"Ah there you are." one girl with grey hair tied into the ponytail, dark grey shirt and green skirt. "I'm Yuubari, I'm here to help you summon your gear." She said.

"Make it quick, Yuubari." Zuikaku said.

"Yeah, yeah." She waved her off. "Now before anything else, try to summon your propulsion, otherwise you won't be able to move or stand on the water. Just try to imagine them. It's a little hard but you will have to do it only once in your life."

You closed your eyes and tried to picture your propulsion. Eight Westinghouse A2W nuclear reactors with four sets of geared steam turbines. Somehow your shoes felt tighter and colder.

"Yes that's it. Now your hull, hangars and everything within." Yuubari said.

At first you imagined your angled flight deck. You almost jumped from the sudden coldness on your back. Four catapults and four elevators. You felt something cold on your left thigh, then you imagined the hangars and you felt the same thing on your right thigh.

"Great, now your conning tower and bridge with your radar, sonar and things alike."

You tried to picture your bridge. It looked like two cubes on each other. The smaller one on the deck and the bigger one on the smaller one with a 65 on the side. Your antennas came into the view as well as your sonar and flight control systems. Something cold clicked on your head.

"Ok, now your armament, except your aircraft. That is AA guns, secondary guns, you get the idea."

You didn't have much of these. Two 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts, two NATO Sea Sparrow launchers and two RAM launchers.

"Oh, well, at least you have something. Now the last thing, your aircraft."

Your mind flooded with pictures of F/A-18F, F-14D, EA-6B and E-2. The thing on your right thigh felt heavier. But it didn't stop there because you also carried helicopters, CH-53. Once your mind settled down, you opened your eyes.

"Why are you all looking at me?"You said as you found that all eyes were fixed on you.

"Well, you sure are advanced compared to us. Your radar is on the first look looks very advanced. Also your gear looks different. You have angled deck, catapults… heck even helicopter pads. The only thing that you have the same is that you use a bow. Although it looks like it came out of some sci-fi movie. Just look for yourself." Yuubari said.

Your shoes we now surrounded by metal things that looked like your hull if you cut it just above the waterline. On your left thigh you found your bow in a holder and it looked like Yuubari described. Black bow made out of carbon which looked like when you combine bended tubes together with three strings at the back on some round tensioners. You gave it your first stretch and to your surprise, it bended slightly. On your right hip, you saw a carbon carriage full of arrows divided into four sections. Fighter, Attacker, Helicopter and Scout. You wanted to pull out one arrow but you couldn't.

"Oh right, I need to first set up a squadron."

So you set up one fighter squadron. You could see that five F/A-18s were getting ready, getting filled with fuel and armament. Once it was done, the end of one arrow changed color from basic black to green. Your mind informed you that fighters have a green color, bombers have red and blue color (in your case, blue means that they are armed with anti ship missiles instead of torpedoes), helicopters are yellow and scouting aircraft are white. You pulled out one green arrow and placed it in the bow. You stretched it as far as you could until you got a message in your head Ready to take off. Once you aimed to the sky you let go of the string. The arrow made a trail behind itself like from afterburner. Then the arrow split into five F/A-18s and you gave them order to do a fly over the crowd, then head to US Navy HQ and then RTB. Your fighters obeyed and made a sharp left turn and flew over the crowd.

"Whooa, they are so fast." Yuubari and few others commented. "How fast are they going? And what is their maximum speed?"

"Right now, in cruising speed, about 1000 km/h or 540 knots if you will." Yuubari's eyes widen. "But their max speed is Mach 1.8. That is 2200 km/h or 1190 knots." Her mouth opened that she almost looked like a fish. "Hehehe, I'm glad you like them." You said with a chuckle and big smile.

Designated route done, we are returning to base.

Your planes informed you and you begin to prepare for them. You made sure that your deck is horizontal and your catching cables were tightened. Once all your aircraft sat down they transformed into the arrow again and the end of the arrow had a purple color. Purple meant that the aircraft need refueling or rearming. You putted it back into the cartridge and looked at your deck. Black angled deck with white marks indicating the angled deck itself. The whole deck looked like it was on ball joint so you could do almost anything with it. Your aluminum armor belt was visible when you turned it upside down. The whole deck and ball joint was on a small arm that looked like it's coming from your back. On your shoulders you had your two 20mm and missiles. You couldn't see your head but when you touched it you found that your radar antennas were above your right ear. Everything was colored in dark grey because you didn't have a camouflage but you didn't mind.

"Are you ready now?" Zuikaku asked and you nodded. "Took you long enough. The area of combat will be Yokosuka harbor. If you leave it you lose. We will fight for air supremacy and also bombing each other. The one with more hits on the other wins the bombing part. Once one of us lost all her fighters, the other wins the air supremacy. Also, make sure that all your aircraft are unarmed and in the hangar before we start. This will show how good your deck control is. Any questions?" you shook your head. "Alright then go to the entrance of the harbor. That will be your starting position. I will stay here, this will be mine starting position. I informed the harbor control that we will have a mock battle so you don't need to be aware of other ships. Alright, once you are in position send me a message and I will fire a flare, once the flare has reached its maximum height, the battle will start."

"Alright, best of luck." You said.

"Thanks, but it will be you who will need it." She said with a smirk.


POV Shift – McKay

Another boring day in the office. The only entertaining thing was when Enterprise came in. Or so you thought until…

"Hey Cristina, did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"I donno, it sounded like a jet."

"You are hearing things."

"Hmm… probably."

Just as you said that, a deafening sound of jet engines were heard above you. Windows started to resonate and you had to put your hands over your ears.

"What the fuck was that?!" you shouted as the sound was getting weaker.

"You really want to know?"

"Spill it!" you commanded.

"Five small F/A-18s. There is only one girl who comes to mind."

"Enterprise" you said angrily.