I updated this yesterday. I should be fine, right?
(Last updated: April 4)
Well shit, I'm in trouble.
Conference Room
"So...you're Tirpitz?" H44 asked, nervously.
"Yep, I'm Bissy's younger sister, and Elli's roommate back in Wilhelmshaven." the ship responded. "I'm glad to meet you. I heard you and Elli are a package."
"That's far from the truth. She kissed me, that's it." H44 answered. "Nothing more."
Tirpitz was about to go on, when H44 looked back at the two Chinese shipgirls. "I know Tirpitz introduced you two, but you want to try it yourself?"
One of the girls stepped forward, albeit a bit nervous. "I am Ning Hai, and this here is my sister ship, Ping Hai. We're part of the Chinese Navy, and will be representing them in the Summit."
H44 looked back at Ping Hai, who hid behind Ning Hai. "She seems shy, and so do you."
"W-well…" Ning Hai started, but H44 raised his hand.
"If you are shy, then so be it. I don't judge." H44 turned to Tirpitz. "Tirpitz, is anyone else from the Kriegsmarine coming?"
"Nope, we're it!" She responded cheerfully.
H44 sighed, but before he could respond, Atago burst back into the room. "H44, the Admiral needs you!"
"Fine. Wonder what he wants." H44 mumbled, but walked out with Atago.
The girls all stared at each other, with the exception of Bismarck. She left with Z-1, Z-3, Prinz Eugen, Ning and Ping Hai, and Graf. Those who were left, continued to stare.
"So, what now?" Fubuki asked.
Shimakaze raised her hand. "We could-"
Kongou slammed her hands on the table. "Let's not beat around the bush. Raise your hand if you have feelings for H44."
Kongou, Elli, Tirpitz, Yamato, and Shimakaze raised their hand. Kaga, Akagi, Yuudachi, Mutsuki, and Fubuki did not.
"Shit!" Kongou exclaimed. "We can't all have him!"
"On the contrary, we just have to agree to share him." Elli stated.
"True…" Tirpitz said, placing her hand on her chin.
"I don't want to share! I saw him first!" Kongou exclaimed.
Fubuki and everyone who didn't raise their hand sighed. This was going to be a while.
Admiral's Office
"Admiral, you called for almost all 131,000 tons of me?" H44 asked. "Cause I haven't eaten yet and...oh my god it's a mess in here."
The Admiral looked up from his desk, which was covered in maps, computer parts, and take out from the restaurant. "H44, glad you could make it."
"Sir, I think you need to clean your office."
"Nevermind that. Listen, the USN is here, and Atago already got them settled into their rooms. I was going to send you to meet them. But Haruna has informed me of a certain 'situation' that happened earlier in the story-I mean, today. So I got each of them to send me a picture of them in a group, in return, I sent them a photo of you." The Admiral explained. He pulled out a photo fom his jacket pocket, and layed it on the table. It was a group photo, with all of the USN representatives standing together in front of a sign that read Now Entering Norfolk, USA.
The Admiral pointed to two girls were standing next to each other on the left of the group. The one closest to the group was a female caucasian Japanese-American with golden blonde hair with silver highlights on both sides of her hair and lilac eyes. She wore a greyish white naval sailor girl uniform shirt with a white handkerchief around her neck, a white naval cap on her head with the American flag in the center, a blue and white skirt with blue stockings on her legs, a silver necklace with a U.S. Buffalo Nickel Seal, and silver grey naval boots. The one on the other side was a female caucasian Japanese-American with midnight black hair and lilac eyes. She wore an old brown trench coat while underneath was a black and white floral blouse combined with a red and white naval uniform shirt, a naval blue skirt with white stockings on her legs, a pearl white necklace with a locket holding a picture of her and her younger sister, and black combat boots.
"These two are Fletcher and Indianapolis, respectively." The Admiral explained, pointing at the girls. He moved on to three girls standing in the center of the group.
'Oh shit, Indianapolis. That name came up in the briefing' H44 thought to himself.
The girl in the center of the trio was a caucasian female with long silver white hair and heterochromia iridum with her left eye being a bright ruby red and her right eye being a amethyst purple. She wore a long black coat with golden trims and red insides, a white and black cap sitting atop her head, while inside was a white vest with golden and black trims and a black skirt covering her upper body and some of her thighs. She also wore white stockings that stopped a few inches above her knees with black high heeled boots. There was a scar across her right eye, freckles on both sides of her cheeks, a silver ribbon tied around her neck, and the words in white bold 'CV-6' on the back of her jacket.
"This is Enterprise." The Admiral introduced. "These girls next to her are Montana-class kanmusu, Montana and Maine."
'Oh shit, Enterprise. That name came up in the briefing.' H44 thought to himself, again.
The Montana kanmusu stood at the sides of Enterprise. The one on the right, Montana, was a caucasian American female with light blondish brown hair in a loose curly ponytail tied at the end by a red and white hankerchief and had sapphire blue eyes. She wore a black and white naval trench coat with the american flag stitched on the back and a sand brown cowboy hat atop of her head while underneath was a white naval shirt with a white and black sash connected to a grey belt with a buckle of the Texas state in the middle and a blue and white naval skirt and black cowboy boots.
The one on the left, Maine, was a caucasian american female with long red hair with blue highlights that she had put in a side ponytail braided with multiple red roses all on the ponytail and chocolate brown eyes. She wore a black naval jacket while underneath was a white undershirt, black combat gloves, black naval skirt, white stockings on her legs and black naval combat boots.
"Okay, is that everyone?" H44 asked.
"Besides Iowa, that's it."
'Oh shit, Iowa. That name came up in the briefing.'
"Well, this is going to be fun, any word on when the Royal Navy is coming?" H44 asked, looking at the picture. Even with the girls warning him of how scary Enterprise was during the war, she didn't look evil or anything. Did they ever really meet her?
"Not sure, depends."
"Depends on what?"
"I dunno, depends on something beyond my control."
Dorms
"So you want me to stay in the dorm room?" H44 asked.
"Yes, according to our scouts, everyone we left behind in the meeting room is currently trying to work out who gets to sleep next to you." Fubuki answered. "We can't have you be attacked while roaming at night."
"I don't need this, I'm going for a walk." H44 scoffed. After saying that, he looked down to see Fubuki giving him a puppy eyes treatment. "Fine, I'll stay."
As he said it, Fubuki switched back to her normal self. She nodded, and turned to leave. Before she did, she turned back to H44. "By the way, the USN wants to see you. They're in our dormitary building, a few doors down." And left.
H44 nodded, and left to go meet them. He walked down a couple doors, and knocked on the door. It opened, and H44 was face to face with a midnight hair color Japanese American girl.
"Uh..hi?" He started. "I'm H44."
The girl looked him up and down before introducing herself. "I'm Indianapolis. You're the ship everyone's talking about?"
"Guess I'm not impressive?"
"Well, the clothes you're wearing don't speak highly of you."
H44 looked down, he was wearing his usual green V-neck and jeans, with a pair of sneakers. "You have point there."
"Well, besides clothes, you do look pretty okay. Not overly handsome but not ovrly ugly. Like a good middle."
"Thank you." H44 looked at the door's inside face, which had the names on it. He saw Indianapolis's name, but he saw another one. "Who's Fletcher?"
Indianapolis narrowed her eyes. "Why do you ask?"
"I was told the USN wants to meet me, so I figured I better meet with everyone." He explained. "So, is she in?"
Indianapolis scanned him again, and nodded. She turned behind, and whispered something inaudible to H44. She motioned H44 to come in, and he did.
The dorm wasn't anything special, just a normal two person dorm. He looked at the dorm beds, and saw another girl. She was a blonde haired Japanese American. "H-hi…"
"This is Fletcher. She's my younger sister." Indianapolis said. "Before you ask…"
"But you guys aren't even the same ship class." H44 interrupted. "Aren't you a heavy cruiser?"
"Don't ask, the explanation is too long." Indianapolis said.
"Oh-kay then." H44 shrugged it off. He turned to Fletcher. "Hi Fletcher, my name is H44. I'm one of the people you will be working with in the upcoming operation."
"How..do you say that?" Fletcher asked, nevously.
"The letter H, then the number 44." He answered calmly. He turned to Indianapolis. "She seems like a nervous type."
"Yeah, she feels safe around me, and she barely converses with anyone. I'm surprised she said anything to you." She answered, she sat down and put her arm around the timid girl. "Anyways, now you've met us. Anything we can do for you?"
"Not right now, maybe later. I'll see you two around." H44 answered. "Have a good night." With that, he left. He closed the door behind him, and left to find the other three girls. He came upon a door, and went to knock.
Suddenly, he heard a loud crash, following a someone shouting "Where is he?!"
H44 eyes widened, and knocked on the door with gusto. "Uh...a little help?"
The door opened, and someone pulled him inside. The door slammed shut, and H44 was put face to face with a light brown haired caucasian American girl. Another girl was on the side of the room, a silver haired caucasian, hiding a red head female.
"Hey you, are you he?" The girl facing him asked. "I know you ain't the Admiral."
H44 sputtered like the all-powerful-battleship he was. "D-depends on who you're talking to."
"I'm asking about the hun ship that's packin' serious heat."
"Hun...haven't heard that since the first Weltkrieg, but yeah, I'm the hun with the...packed power?" H44 answered nervously.
The girl in front of him smiled. "Good, last time a non-kanmusu male that tried to sneak in here got kicked through the nearest window. By the way, the name's Montana."
H44 tried to keep his compusure. "H44, charmed to meet you." He backed away from the girl to give himself some personal space. "So who are the other two?"
Montana turned back to the other two. "Oh, these two? The one you can currently see is Enterprise. The girl behind her is Maine, she's my younger sister."
"Got it. So, you two might already know, but I'm H44. I'm the current leader of the Kure Naval Yards Defense Group, and an honorary member of the Fifth Carrier Group of the IJN. I will be helping with the upcoming joint operation."
Enterprise nodded. "Nice to meet you. By the way, do you know where Shoukaku is?"
"Probably in the south dorms, sorry." H44 answered. "I can send someone to get her tomorrow for you, is that alright?"
"Yes."
"Alright-" Before H44 could say more, there was a pounding at the door.
"H44, are you in there? With other shipgirls?" H44 could sense the venom in Kongou's voice.
"Gott mit mir." H44 whispered in fear. He proceeded to press himself against the door. "Can I get some help here?"
Montana nodded. She walked to the door, and pressed herself against H44. Before H44 could protest, she put a finger to her lips, signalling for him to be quiet. She opened the door, and peeked her head around it. "Can I help you?"
Kongou blinked, unsure of who was at the door. "Um, who are you?"
"My name is Montana, I'm part of the USN envoy." Montana answered. "Are you looking for H44?"
"Yes, I have to find him before the others do!" Kongou answered. "Where is he?"
Montana made it seem like she was thinking. "I think I saw him run down in that direction when he heard the door and you calling for him. I think he ran towards the mess hall."
Kongou got an evil smile on her face. "I'm getting closer…"
"Excuse me?"
Kongou realized there were still people present. "Nothing! Thank you, Montana!" And ran off.
Well, in the wrong direction, but she ran off.
Montana closed the door, and backed away and let H44 fall to the floor. "Mien Gott, I think I know what Valhalla is now."
Montana winked at him. "Well, if you want to stay the night…"
H44 reverted to his old self. "No no no no. Well, I mean, I would but, Fubuki, my direct supervisor, would kill me. And you're really pretty, and I would, but-"
Montant walked up to him, and put a finger up to his lips to shush the babbling german. "I get the idea. But, you do owe me one."
"And that would be?" H44 asked.
"Drinks, and you're taking me to a club around here."
H44 thought about. "But there's no clubs around here."
"We'll work it out later. Deal?"
H44 nodded. "Consider it done." He heard someone almost fall, followed by a "Enterprise!". He and Montana looked back, and saw Maine holding Enterprise, who was very pale.
"Oh crap…" Montana mumbled, and went to help Maine. H44 went with, and kneeled near the trio.
"Is she okay?" H44 asked.
Montana turned to the ship. "What have you heard about Enterprise?"
"Besides being really good at being a carrier during WWII? Not much."
"Well, Enterprise right now has...a sort of PTSD from the war that has led her to hating all the fame she gets, and she hates that she sank so many IJN ships that she somewhat fears them."
H44 nodded. "Damn, I'm so sorry Enterprise." Then he remembered something. "You were asking for Shoukaku because of this, weren't you?"
Enterprise nodded weakly. "S-she helps me with the pain."
"I understand." He turned back to Montana and Maine. "Remind me tomorrow, one of you, that I need to get Shoukaku."
They nodded. With that, H44 stood up, and put his hand into his pocket. He pulled out a book, titled Catch-22. "Well, it doesn't help with PTSD, but it's a good read. Here."
Enterprise took the book. "Thank you."
H44 nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait!"
H44 turned back to see who it was. Montana was moving to catch up to him, probably to tell him something, when she tripped somehow and fell on top of H44. They fell on the door and it broke off its hinges, and fell on the floor outside.
Kongou and Elli turned, each on other sides of the hallway. They stared down at each from opposite ends, when the door between them broke. H44 and Montana fell out of it, and landed in a cloud of dust.
When it cleared, H44 was lying on the door, and Montana was on top of him. While this in itself is bad when two girls who are vying for your attention see this, what's worse is when the girl on top of you somehow ended up kissing you as well.
"H44…" Kongou growled.
"Oh, you're bold. I like you." Elli said.
Montana stopped kissing him. "Oooh, lucky me."
H44 stared at the ceiling, stars in his eyes. "Valhalla, tis thee?" He proceeded to pass out.
"H44!" Kongou and Elli shouted.
I cannot apologize for how late this chapter was. Apparently, someone lewded a dragon loli because of me.
If that's the case, who goes to jail? Me or the other person?
Anyway, the update schedule for me is now going in place. The next story will be From Dust, then The Past Defines Who We Are, and finally The H Stands For Help Me. And that will rotate. I can pace myself and get stories out quicker for you all.
And now, and Omake
Omake- Smol Angelo
"Of course I love the Admiral more than I love H44!" Kongou shouts, staring at directly in front of her. But then, BLAM! A hand grabs her shoulder, and coming from a nearby open window is...Elli! Elli proceeds to like Kongou's face, and then says "This is the taste of a liar, IJN Kongou!"
Kongou backs away, shocked. "N-nani?!"
"Alright, what happens next?" H44 asked. Him, Fubuki, Shimakaze, Yamato, and the Admiral are all listening to Kongou's story. Shimakaze was just sleeping
"Well, that's the end of the first episode!" Kongou responded happily.
"And...what's the name of this anime you want to make?" Fubuki asked.
"Kongou's Bizzare Adventure, dess!"
Yamato tilted her head. "Is dess in the title?"
Kongou opened her mouth to answer, but then closed it to put her finger on her chin. After a few seconds, she find her answer. "Maybe, dess!"
"Eh, the idea of Japanese shipgirls using strange, non-well defined powers seems a bit bland, if you ask me." Elli said, eating some ice cream on a cone.
Everyone jumped-mostly into H44's arms-at her sudden appearance. "Where did you come from, Elli?"
"Oh you know, the door, like any normal-slash-probably-magical being would. Also, if it were up to me, I would probably do a story on something more exciting. Like, I dunno, italian gangsters."
"That sounds stupid, dess. Right, H44?" Kongou asked.
H44 was dreaming of something naughty, which I can't put in here since the rating is T, when Kongou elbowed him. "True, nobody would like such a thing."
"I-it sounds scary!" Fubuki added.
"N-no...I'm the faster one...Tashkent…" Shimakaze mumbled in her sleep.
"Eh, if you say so. See you guys later." Elli said, winking at H44.
And Kongou.
And Yamato.
"..." Everyone stared at the window she jumped out of.
"So...who wants ice cream?" Fubuki asked.
"Sure. Seems like a good way to end a comedy-based, self conclusive, short story." H44 said, waking Shimakaze, who immediately jumped on his back, much to Kongou and Yamato's chagrin.
"What?"
"Nothing."
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OCs go to Killroy122496 and Smol Angelo.